Aung San Suu Kyi has fought for democracy in Burma for decades, and faced long periods of house arrest.
Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's Longtime Pro-Democracy Leader
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The pro-democracy leader was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2009 after an American swam across a lake to her compound. (AP)
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Aung San Suu Kyi walks to her political office in November, 2010 after being freed from house arrest. (AP)
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Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at her NLD party's headquarters on November 18, 2011. Party leaders say she might run in upcoming parliamentary elections. (AP)
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Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at the election commission office to register her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), for any upcoming elections. (Reuters)