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Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy supporter is illuminated by car headlights during jubilations through the streets after the party’s announcement outside the party headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, April 1, 2012. Supporters of Suu Kyi erupted in euphoric cheers Sunday after her party announced that she had won a parliamentary seat in the landmark election, setting the stage for her to take public office for the first time.(AP Photo)

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi reported winning historic vote

Last updated Sunday, April 1, 2012 - 5:21pm

YANGON, Myanmar — She struggled for a free Myanmar for a quarter-century, much of it spent locked away under house arrest. Now, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate whose nonviolent campaign for democracy at home transformed her into a global icon is on the verge of ascending to public office for the first time.

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In this Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011 file photo, pro-reform leader and Nobel peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his home in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Egypt reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei said Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 that he won't run for president to protest military rule. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

Egypt’s ElBaradei ends presidential bid in protest

Last updated Saturday, January 14, 2012 - 5:14pm

CAIRO — Egypt’s reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei withdrew from the presidential race Saturday, saying a fair election is impossible under the military’s grip nearly a year after Hosni Mubarak’s ouster. Many fear that the ruling generals will push through a candidate of their own to preserve their power.

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