Aung San Suu Kyi set for historic European tour

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Aung San Suu Kyi takes the latest stride in her journey from an imprisoned activist to a politician on the world stage when she visits Europe this week to give a Nobel speech two decades in the making.

The Myanmar democracy icon, who was under house arrest when she was awarded the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, will leave on Wednesday for Switzerland, Norway, Ireland, Britain and France on only her second overseas foray in 24 years.

For more than two decades Ms Suu Kyi did not dare leave Myanmar - even to see her sons or British husband before his death from cancer in 1999 - fearing the generals who ruled the country would not let her return.

As well as the Nobel speech, she will speak at an International Labour Organization conference, address Britain's parliament and receive an Amnesty International human rights award in Dublin from rock star Bono.