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Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize (Norwegian and Swedish: ') is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.

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Suu Kyi urges 'skepticism' on Myanmar reforms, receives ovation at first international speech

Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi basked in a long-overdue standing ovation at her first speech before an international audience Friday, but quickly shifted the focus from herself to Myanmar's many needs — and how the world can help.

Despite recently emerging from 24 years of isolation, the former political prisoner appeared completely at ease speaking to the World Economic Forum in Bangkok where she urged the international community to exercise "healthy skepticism" toward Myanmar's much-touted reform process.It is not the first time that Suu Kyi has called for caution in the world's approach to Myanmar — but it is the first time she has uttered the sentiment on foreign soil since becoming her country's democracy crusader in 1988. The speech was broadcast live across several time zones.The Oxford graduate and longtime political prisoner also delighted the audience with an anecdote about her arrival in Bangkok — on her first international flight in decades."The captain was so very kind as ...

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