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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi prays at the tomb of her late father and Myanmar's independence hero Gen. Aung San during a ceremony to mark the 72nd anniversary of his 1947 assassination, at the Martyrs' Mausoleum Friday, July 19, 2019, in Yangon, Myanmar. The country's Independence hero Gen. Aung San and his cabinet were gunned down in 1947. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Myanmar marks anniversary of killing of founding father

Associated Press

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (center) poses for photographers after she accepted an honorary doctorate from England's University of Oxford on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Suu Kyi finally receives honorary doctorate from Oxford

By Gregory Katz and Lefteris Pitarakis - Associated Press

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (right) receives a picture of her father as a birthday gift after taking part in a round table at the London School of Economics and Political Science in London on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi visits London, Oxford on U.K. tour

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi signs a book at the Nobel Institute after a meeting with Norwegian Nobel Committee members in Oslo on Saturday, June 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Cathal McNaughton, Pool)

Suu Kyi to make bittersweet return to Oxford

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to reporters as she arrives at Yangon International Airport on Wednesday, June 13, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar, on her way to Europe for the first time in 24 years. (AP Photo)

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi on way to Europe for first time in 24 years

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (center) is greeted by a supporter upon her arrival at Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, on her way to Bangkok on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. The trip is her first outside Myanmar in 24 years. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Suu Kyi, in Myanmar since 1988, starts world tour

By Jocelyn Gecker - Associated Press

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (center) arrives at parliament to attend a regular session of the body's lower house in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

New era begins in Myanmar as Suu Kyi joins parliament

By Aye Aye Win and Todd Pitman - Associated Press

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi waves to supporters after a brief visit to the headquarters of her National League for Democracy party in Yangon, Myanmar, on Monday, April 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi hopes victory is dawn of new era

By Aye Aye Win and Todd Pitman - Associated Press

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (center) waves to supporters on her arrival in Dawei, Myanmar, on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Thousands of supporters in Myanmar's countryside cheered Mrs. Suu Kyi as she made a political tour ahead of parliamentary by-elections. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Suu Kyi galvanizes once-repressed Myanmar politics

By Aye Aye Win and Todd Pitman - Associated Press

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (left) signs documents as she submits a candidate list of her National League for Democracy party for the upcoming parliamentary by-elections at the Yangon District Election Commission on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. Mrs. Suu Kyi registered to run for a seat representing Kawhmu, a poor district south of Yangon. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Suu Kyi registers for Myanmar’s parliamentary elections

By Aye Aye Win - Associated Press

Burmese icon sees no softening

Associated Press