Convicted in Burma, Suu Kyi sentenced to more house arrest
Posted: August 12, 2009 at 5:58 a.m.
Protesters display placards and portraits of Burma opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest at the Burman Embassy at Manila's financial district on Tuesday Aug. 11, 2009, in the Philippines.
A Burma court convicted Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday of violating her house arrest by allowing an uninvited American to stay at her home. The head of the military-ruled country ordered the democracy leader to serve an 18-month sentence under house arrest.
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