Aung San Suu Kyi waves to her supporters as she leaves the National League for Democracy headquarters where she celebrated her 68th birthday, in Rangoon, Burma. Suu Kyi has declared her intention to run for president. From picture desk live: the best news images of the day
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MOMENT of the day: Barack Obama and Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi after they delivered statements expressing hope for Burma’s further progress after their meeting at her house in Rangoon. Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA
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Aung San Suu Kyi greets migrant workers from Burma, as she visits them in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand
Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
Aung San Suu Kyi talks to reporters after news emerged that her planned debut in Burma’s parliament next week could be shelved amid a standoff between her party and the government over the wording used in the swearing-in oath. See more in our new picture desk live series.
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Burma has freed up to 100 political prisoners, including an ethnic minority guerrilla leader and a prominent dissident, in a gesture the country’s elected government hope will be seen by the international community as a move toward liberalisation.
Above Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel peace prizewinner, leader of the opposition NLD party and Burma’s democracy icon is one of a group of former prisoners photographed with the name of a current political prisoner written on their palm for Abhaya - Burma’s Fearlessness, a book by James Mackay
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