LONDON (AP) — Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi started a week-long visit to Britain on Tuesday, telling hundreds of students and academics that time alone will not heal the wounds of her country.
Her first public event in the U.K. was a debate at the London School of Economics on how Myanmar can move to the rule of law, a reminder of the tough road ahead for the leader of the Southeast Asian country's reform movement.
Suu Kyi told the audience that "time will not heal. There has to be acknowledgment" of the wrongs of the past.
"The progress that we hope to make with regard to democratization and reform," she said, "depends so much on an understanding of the importance of the rule of law."
Suu Kyi, who is on her first overseas trip since 1988, received a standing ovation as she took the stage during the panel discussion. Most in the crowd had come to hear her speak. But she listened intently to the academics and lawyers who spoke alongside her.
Suu Kyi has a long association with Britain, but she has not visited for 24 years. Many of those years she has been under house arrest in Myanmar.
Later she will travel to Oxford, where she studied and lived for many years with her late husband, Michael Aris, and their two sons. Trip organizers said she would celebrate her 67th birthday there with family and friends.
On Wednesday, Oxford University will present her with an honorary degree that it awarded in 1993 but that she was not free to collect.
Suu Kyi was kept under house arrest by Myanmar's rulers for 15 years, and was freed in 2010. She decided to visit Europe after the Myanmar government assured her that she will not be blocked from returning home.
She has been to Oslo to pick up the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded in 1991. During a visit to Dublin she was feted by dignitaries and U2 frontman Bono, a longtime supporter.
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Investing in the legacy of the London 2012 Games - The Independent
Since day one, Cisco has anticipated with pleasure, the mammoth task of providing the network infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Not least because the legacy of this investment will benefit London and the UK for many years to come.
Part of this legacy is already under way in the form of the Cisco Networking Academies. This is a global, online education programme that teaches students how to design, build, troubleshoot and secure computer networks, giving them access to career and economic opportunities they would never otherwise have had. Between now and 2013 Cisco aims to open 30 new Cisco Networking Academies in East and South-east London, capable of improving the prospects of more than 4,000 students in the next five years.
Cisco will equip selected Networking Academy schools and colleges with technology, ITE and Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) online training and lab equipment. However, the academies are not restricted to traditional schools, colleges and universities. Cisco has run successful academies in places as diverse as community centres, football clubs, prisons, military bases and even homeless shelters.
To demonstrate the potential of the programme, Cisco is staging the Inspiration Roadshow. Roger Black, winner of Olympic silver and World Championship gold, will inspire young people to consider careers in networking, and encourage schools to become Networking Academies. With him will be Sean Kelly who, with the help of the Networking Academy, turned his prison sentence into a lifechanging career opportunity. Kelly is a perfect example of how Cisco’s Networking Academies can change the lives of young people in London.
In years to come, the 30th Olympic and Paralympic Games will be remembered not only for breathtaking feats of athleticism, but also for the event that launched a new era in education. Students in East London and across the UK will be able to create their own life changing experiences, through Cisco’s Networking Academies.
To find out how Cisco could help prepare your students for the future, visit: www.ciscolondon2012.co.uk/learn/cisco-academy
In association with Cisco, Official Network Infrastructure Supporter for London 2012
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Source: www.independent.co.uk
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