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Aung San Suu Kyi sworn in to Burma parliament
May 02, 2012
May 02, 2012
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(AP) NAYPYITAW, Burma - Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sworn in to Burma's military-backed parliament Wednesday, taking public office for the first time since launching her struggle against authoritarian rule nearly a quarter century ago.
The opposition leader's entry into the legislature heralds a new political era in Burma, also known as Myanmar, cementing a risky detente between her party and the reformist government of President Thein Sein, which inherited power from the army last year.
Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party will occupy too few seats to have any real power in the ruling-party dominated assembly,
The opposition leader's entry into the legislature heralds a new political era in Burma, also known as Myanmar, cementing a risky detente between her party and the reformist government of President Thein Sein, which inherited power from the army last year.
Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party will occupy too few seats to have any real power in the ruling-party dominated assembly,
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