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Suu Kyi to make bittersweet return to Oxford

By Jill Lawless
Published June 18, 2012 5:10am ET
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Suu Kyi to make bittersweet return to Oxford
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi signs a book at the Nobel Institute after a meeting with the Norwegian Nobel Committee members in Oslo, Norway, Saturday, June 16, 2012. It's been 21 years, and Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is about to give her Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech. (AP Photo/Cathal McNaughton, Pool) | Cathal Mcnaughton

LONDON (AP) — Before Aung San Suu Kyi was a prisoner of conscience and a political icon, she inhabited a world of children’s birthday parties, university libraries and bicycle-filled English suburbs.

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