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Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi receives a traditional Chin shawl before speaking in Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 25, 2012. Fort Wayne is home to one of the largest Burmese population in the United States. Samuel Hoffman/The Journal Gazette/AP
Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (c.) receives the Congressional Gold Medal from Speaker of the House John Boehner, at the US Capitol in Washington, Sept. 19, 2012. Jacquelyn Martin/AP
President Barack Obama meets with Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the Oval Office of the White House, Sept. 19, 2012, in Washington. Susan Walsh/AP
Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (l.) and French President Francois Hollande walk in the garden of the Elysee Palace on the first day of her three-day visit in Paris, June 26, 2012. Bertrand Langlois/Reuters
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi visits the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, on June 16, 2012. Cathal McNaughton/AP
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi looks up as she arrives in a procession at an award ceremony at Oxford University, Oxford, England, on June 20, 2012. It was a long wait, but Aung San Suu Kyi has finally received her honorary degree, awarded in 1993, from Oxford University. Lefteris Pitarakis/AP
Protesters picket the Myanmar Embassy at the financial district of Makati city, east of Manila, Philippines, on June 19, 2012. They rallied to coincide with the international celebration of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's 67th birthday. Bullit Marquez/AP
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (l. to r.) speaks next to Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and singer Bono of the band U2 at the opening session of the Oslo Forum in Norway, on June 18, 2012. Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Aung San Suu Kyi (r.) speaks with old friends during a reception at Oxford University, southern England, on June 19, 2012. Myanmar's Nobel laureate had an emotional visit to Britain, where she left her family 24 years ago. Lefteris Pitarakis/Reuters
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks addresses the audience at a concert to honor her after her speech at the Peace Nobel Prize lecture at the city hall in Oslo, on June 16, 2012. Markus Schreiber/AP
Kim Aris, son of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, sits between his uncle Anthony Aris and Francis Sejersted, who was leader of the Nobel Committee in 1991, as his mother gives her Nobel speech at Oslo City Hall June 16, 2012. Lise Aserud/Reuters
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron greets Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Downing Street in London, on June 21, 2012. Luke MacGregor/Reuters
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, participates in a discussion with Swiss apprentices, unseen, on June 14, 2012 on the train between Geneva and Bern on her first trip to Europe since 1988 to formally accept the Nobel Peace Prize that thrust her into the global limelight two decades ago. Sebastien Boz/AP
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (c.) talks with Swiss apprentices (r.) during a train trip from Geneva to Bern June 14, 2012. Suu Kyi began a tour of Europe almost certain to attract the kind of fanfare that will test the patience of the reformist generals now in power after decades of army rule. Sebastien Bozon/Reuters
Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is welcomed by supporters outside the Swiss Parliament building in Bern June 15, 2012. Suu Kyi, recovering from a brief illness, attended a session of the Swiss parliament on Friday hours before she was due to fly to Oslo to finally collect her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. Ruben Sprich/Reuters
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi sits on the stand during her visit at the government building in Bern, Switzerland, June 15, 2012. Lukas Lehmann/AP
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (c.) is surrounded by media and residents after her visit at the government building in Bern, Switzerland, June 15, 2012. Lukas Lehmann/AP
Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and National Councilor and mayor of the City of Bern Alexander Tschaeppaet look at roses in the Rosengarden in Bern, Switzerland, June 15, 2012. Ruben Sprich /Reuters
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi attends a news conference after addressing the 101st session of the International Labour Conference of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva June 14, 2012. Suu Kyi has begun a tour of Europe. Valentin Flauraud/Reuters
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (r.) sits next to International Labour Organization Director-General Juan Somavia before she delivers a speech during the last day of the 101st session of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Valentin Flauraud/Reuters
In this July 12, 1996 file photo, Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi sits at the window of her residence during an interview in Rangoon, Burma. Twenty-four years ago Aung San Suu Kyi left Europe for what was then a military-controlled nation called Burma. She returns to Europe Wednesday, June 13, 2012 as the icon of Myanmar's democracy movement. Richard Vogel/AP/File
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (c.) signs autographs at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 14, 2012. Suu Kyi visits Switzerland, Norway, Ireland, Britain, and France from June 13 - June 29. Laurent Gillieron/AP
Aung San Suu Kyi shakes hands with a Myanmar worker from a car during her visit to a shrimp market in Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand, May 30, 2012. This is the opposition leader's first trip abroad in nearly a quarter-century. Wason Wanichakorn/AP
Myanmar workers hold pictures of Aung San Suu Kyi and her father Gen. Aung San as they gather to hear her speech in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, May 30, 2012. Wason Wanichakorn/AP
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi greets migrant workers from Myanmar, as she visits Thailand, May 30, 2012. Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi ventures outside Myanmar for the first time in 24 years in an unmistakable display of confidence in the liberalization taking shape in her country after five decades of military rule. Sukree Sukplang/Reuters
The empty seat of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is seen among members of parliament at Myanmar's parliament in Naypyitaw April 30, 2012. Suu Kyi's party agreed on Monday to end a boycott of parliament and swear an oath to protect the constitution, said party officials, apparently ending a dispute with the government. Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
People read a newspaper in Yangon on April 2, 2012. Aung San Suu Kyi won a seat in parliament on Sunday, her party said, after an historic by-election that is testing the country's nascent reform credentials and could persuade the West to end sanctions. Reuters
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi makes her way trough the crowd as she arrives to the office of her National League for Democracy (NLD) in Yangon on April 2, 2012. Reuters
Workers count Myanmar's kyat banknotes at the office of a local bank in Yangon on April 2, 2012. Myanmar's dysfunctional banking system took a big step into the 21st century with the floating of the kyat. Myanmar's banks prepare for what many see as inevitable: a wave of foreign investment and the lifting of Western sanctions after Sunday's historic by-election catapulted pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi into parliament. Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
A portrait of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is seen on a tree outside the house of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party supporters at Kawhmu Township March 30, 2012. Myanmar holds by-elections on Sunday and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is standing for one of 45 parliamentary seats to be filled. Reuters
A mother holds her child as supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), gather for a campaign rally in Yangon March 30, 2012. The stickers on the child's face are party symbols of the NLD. Damir Sagolj /Reuters
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to reporters during a press conference at her lakeside residence in Yangon, Myanmar Friday, March 30, 2012. Khin Maung Win/AP
Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (NLD) party sing and dance during a campaign rally in Yangon March 30, 2012. Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi greets supporters from her vehicle in Nyaung Tone, Myanmar on her way to Pathein, Irrawaddy Delta, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Khin Maung Win/AP
Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of major opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party, delivers her speech to supporters from her vehicle on her way to Myaungmya township from Pathein February 7, 2012. Suu Kyi's party is running in the upcoming by-elections on April 1 for all 48 vacant seats -- 40 in the lower house, six in the upper house and two in provincial parliaments. Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (c.) sits in front of the chairman of the District Election Commission during an interview as part of electoral procedures to run as a candidate in the upcoming April 1 by-elections, at Thanlyin town, Feb. 6, 2012. The Noble Peace Prize laureate is standing for the Lower House from Kawhum Township Constituency, Southern District of Yangon. Soe Zeya/Reuters
Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to the media after meeting with UN the human rights envoy to Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana, at her home Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. Khin Maung Win/AP
Myanmar (Burma) pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi waves as she makes her way to the airport after her visit in Pakokku Township Jan. 31, 2012. Soe Zeya/Reuters
Supporters of Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi wait to welcome her on her arrival at Dawei, about 380 miles south of Yangon, Myanmar. Thousands of supporters in the countryside cheered her during her first campaign tour for parliament Sunday, Jan.29, 2012. Khin Maung Win/AP
Aseefa Bhutto Zardari (center left), a daughter of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari (l.), presents the medal for the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Award for Democracy to Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi after their meeting at her home in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Suu Kyi has become the first recipient of the new award instituted by the ruling Pakistan People's Party. Khin Maung Win/AP
People play chess near pictures of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her father and country's independence hero General Aung San at a market in Naypyitaw, January 24, 2012. Hopes of concrete economic reforms are running high among foreign business people now pouring into Myanmar, which has fanned optimism by pledging democratic reform, freeing political prisoners, and setting the stage for an April election. Damir Sagolj/Reuters
Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses during a ceremony to mark the 64th Independence Day at the house of a politician in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. Khin Maung Win/AP
Aung San Suu Kyi, who was named winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, is shown in a 1989 file photo in Rangoon, Burma, wearing a bamboo hat, the election symbol of the opposition National League for Democracy. She had been under house arrest in Rangoon since July 20, 1989, for her campaign against Burma's ruling junta. AP
In this photo taken Jan. 6, 2012, a Myanmar mother and son walk past a roadside shop selling posters of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Rangoon, Myanmar. The Myanmar government has opened up a dialogue with opposition groups. Apichart Weerawong/AP
British Foreign Secretary William Hague (r.) shakes hands with Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on her arrival to attend a dinner at British ambassador's residence in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. Hague is the first British foreign secretary to visit Myanmar since 1955. Though Hague's two-day visit signals a shift in relations, Britain won't promise any immediate change in European Union sanctions on arms sales, asset freezes and travel bans, or change a policy that discourages British businesses from trade with Myanmar. Khin Maung Win/AP
Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi talked to reporters about her trip to Bagan at her home in Yangon July 11, 2011. Myanmar’s generals were looking for a chance to improve ties with the United States. American John Yettaw gave them one in May 2009, when he swam across Yangon’s Inya Lake on "a mission from God" to rescue Aung San Suu Kyi. Soe Zeya Tun//Reuters
Myanmar's pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (r.) and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton embraced while speaking to the press after meetings at Ms. Suu Kyi's residence in Yangon, Myanmar Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. AP
Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi shakes hands with supporters as she leaves the National League for Democracy party's headquarters after a meeting in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 18, 2011. The main opposition party led by Nobel laureate Suu Kyi decided to rejoin politics and register for future elections, signaling its confidence in recent reforms by the military-aligned government. Khin Maung Win/AP
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (c.) is greeted by supporters at her National League for Democracy's party headquarters in Yangon Nov. 15, 2010. Suu Kyi's re-emergence from seven years' incarceration thrust Western sanctions back onto the agenda in Myanmar, adding a new dimension to the army-ruled country's fast-changing political landscape. Reuters
Aung San Suu Kyi (c.) arrives for a meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell (l.) at the Inya Lake Hotel in Yangon Nov. 4, 2009. A delegation of senior US officials, pursuing a new dialogue, met with Myanmar's military rulers in the highest-level talks with the reclusive junta in 14 years. Aung Hla Tun/Reuters
Members of the National League for Democracy party, wearing the party's hats, stand in line outside the party's headquarters, prior to a ceremony to commemorate the party's 18th anniversary election win in Yangon, Myanmar May 27, 2008. AP
A small boat moved along a lake near the rear of Aung San Suu Kyi's home in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, May 7, 2009. Police in Yangon tightened security around Suu Kyi's home following the arrest of an American who swam the lake and then entered the compound. Khin Maung Win/AP
A woman passes by a poster of Myanmar political detainee Aung San Suu Kyi during the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus in suburban Manila Saturday, April 2, 2005. Aaron Favila/AP
An exiled Myanmar student chants 'stop human rights violations,' as he holds a poster of Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, during a protest in front of Myanmar's embassy in Bangkok, July 30, 1998. The protesters condemned the military junta of barring Aung San Suu Kyi from traveling outside of her Yangon home. Thaksina Khaikaew/AP
Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (l.) is pictured with Aung Shwe, chairman of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party, during a press conference in Yangon, Myanmar, on Feb. 25, 1999. Grant Peck/AP
Buddhist monks, accompanied by civilians, march on a street in a protest against the military government in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007. About 20,000 Buddhist monks and citizens demonstrated against Myanmar's military junta in the country's largest city, with many shouting support for detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. AP
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This week's good reads include words of wisdom from Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, using the Internet and applied mathematics to find the long road home, and a profile of Egyptian courage.
Larry Diamond writes in the Atlantic of the recent 17-day US tour by Myanmar (Burma) pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi – the first since her release from house arrest in November 2010.
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