Suu Kyi walks on with ‘star-struck’ Bono

By Shawn Pogatchnik

Published June 18, 2012 6:35pm ET

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Suu Kyi walks on with ‘star-struck’ Bono — Irish singer and activist Bono and Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, pose for the media after attending a conference of the Oslo Forum at the Losby Gods resort, about 13 kilometers (8 miles) east of Oslo, Monday, June 18, 2012. The Oslo Forum is an international network of armed conflict mediation practitioners. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) | Markus Schreiber

DUBLIN (AP) — Aung San Suu Kyi and Bono joined forces Monday as the Myanmar democracy activist’s European tour moved from the home of the Nobel Peace Prize to the land of U2.

The pair spent more than an hour answering questions at an Oslo conference of peace mediators at the end of Suu Kyi’s four-day visit to Norway. Then they jetted together to the Irish capital, Dublin, for an evening concert in her honor.

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