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New in USA Today: Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi denied Myanmar's presidency

March 10, 2016

She is the iconic face of democracy in a country crushed by more than a half-century of military rule — a former political prisoner, Nobel laureate and the head of the National League for Democracy party, which saw a landslide victory in November. But of all the titles granted to Aung San Suu Kyi in recent years, the president of Myanmar, for now, will not be one of them.

You can read my latest piece on Myanmar's fragile democratic transition here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/03/10/aung-san-suu-kyi-myanmar-burma-president/81587208/

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