2012 has been a big year for pro-democracy activist Aun Suu Kyi. Long held under house arrest by the country's former ruling military junta, Suu Kyi this year was elected to Myanmar's parliament and made her first trips to Europe and the U.S. in decades.
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Aung San Suu Kyi waves to supporters as she campaigns in Mawlamyine, Myanmar, on March 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
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Aung San Suu Kyi arrives to attend her first session as a member of parliament in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
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Supporters welcome Aung San Suu Kyi home at Yangon International Airport after her trip to Europe, on June 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
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Aung San Suu Kyi waves towards her supporters in Yangon, Myanmar, after claiming victory in a by-election on April 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Aung San Suu Kyi receives an honorary doctorate from the University of San Francisco on Sept. 29, 2012, in San Francisco. At left is House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi accepts her Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, on June 16, 2012. She won the award in 1991 when she was under house arrest. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi receives an honorary degree from Oxford University on June 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Aung San Suu Kyi takes part in a debate with French students at the Sorbonne University in Paris on June 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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President Barack Obama meets with Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the White House on Sept. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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United Nations Secretary General Ban K-moon escorts Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to their meeting at the U.N. in New York on Sept. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi receives a traditional Chin shawl before speaking in Fort Wayne, Ind., on Sept. 25, 2012. Fort Wayne is home to one of the largest Burmese communities in the United States. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)







































