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Myanmar's Suu Kyi heads to Hague court for genocide showdown

Aung San Suu Kyi, seen at last month's ASEAN summit in Bangkok, was once mentioned in the same breath as Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. [AFP]

Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is set Tuesday to personally defend Myanmar in The Hague against accusations of genocide, in a remarkable fall from grace for the woman once hailed as a rights icon.

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