Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) holds a press conference in Yangon.
Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) holds a press conference in Yangon.
Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi hands over documents to journalists during a news conference in Yangon. Suu Kyi slammed the -military government for continued repression of the opposition movement. The 1991 Nobel Peace laureat vowed to continue to fight for democracy in Burma. ×EditStatus ×× ×Byline PATRICK DE NOIRMONT ×Keywords Myanmar Asia Politics Women Feminine Media
Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi anwsers questions from journalists during a news conference in Yangon. Suu Kyi slammed the -military government for continued repression of the opposition movement. The 1991 Nobel Peace laureat vowed to continue to fight for democracy in Burma. ×EditStatus ×× ×Byline PATRICK DE NOIRMONT ×Keywords Myanmar Asia Politics Women Feminine Media
US President Bill Clinton (L) meets King Bhumibol Adulyadej in the royal residence in Bangkok. Clinton arrived in Thailand for a brief state visit to commemorate the Thai king's 50th birthday on the throne and to help boost commercial ties.
A ceremonial hat partly obscures the face of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, accompanied by Queen Sirikit (L), as he reviews an honour guard during the trooping of colour ceremony during birthday celebrations in Bangkok.
Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej is accompanied by Queen Sirikit as they review an honour guard during the trooping of the colour ceremony for the King's birthday in Bangkok.
Belgian movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme and his new wife Darcy greet screaming fans as they arrive at the opening of Bangkok's Planet Hollywood restaurant January 23, 1997. Hundreds of star-struck fans waited just off one of the most congested streets of the city for more than four hours to catch a glimpse of their favourite movie stars.
French comedian Coluche's coffin is carried out from the church of Montrouge,south of Paris, June 24, 1986, en route to the cemetery as thousands of wellwishers crowd the area. Coluche died in a motorcycle crash.
French comedians Coluche and Thierry Le Luron exchange rings during their mock wedding in Paris September 26, 1985.
French comedians Coluche and Thierry Le Luron parade after their mock wedding in Paris September 26, 1985
French comedians Coluche and Thierry Le Luron parade after their mock wedding in Paris September 26, 1985
Colombian sculptor Fernando Botero in his Paris studio November 26, 1986.
Italian architect Renzo Piano photographed at his Paris office, on November 12, 1987.
PLO leader Yasse Arafat is presented a ouqet of flowers by a girl on arival in Paris, May 2, 1989, for a two-day official visit to France. Arrafat, ariving from Baghdad with a heavy entourage of security, will meet French President Francois Mitterand for talks on peace in the Middle East.
British rocker Mick Jagger performs for a packed audience at Ellis Park stadium, in Johannesburg February 25,1995 . The Rolling Stones sang to a virtually all-white audience about love and revolution.
British rocker Keith Richards performs for a packed audience at Ellis Park stadium February 25, 1995. The Rolling Stones sang to a virtually all-white audience about love and revolution. The band arrived in four chartered aircrafts from South America on the latest leg of their Voodoo Lounge world tour.
Veteran rock and rollers the Rolling Stones hold a press conference February 23, 1995, on the eve of their first ever concerts in South Africa. From L.: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Ron Wood and Charlie Watts. The band arrived in four chartered aircrafts from South America on the latest leg of their Voodoo Lounge world tour.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by Archbishop Desmond Tutu (L), greets members of the choir at St Georges Cathedral after attending a Human Rights Day service, March 21, 1995. The Queen is in South Africa, her first to the country since 1947.
Former white Rhodesian leader Ian Smith shows his identity card to polling officials at the Alexandra Park primary school April 8, 1995, but was unable to vote in Zimbabwe's general elections. Smith led the breakaway Rhodesian regime that declared unilateral independence from Britain in 1965. Rhodesia became independent Zimbabwe in 1980 after a guerilla war.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth chats with an auid in the Natal Society for the Blind in Umbilo near Durban, March 25, 1995. Queen Elizabeth is on the last day of a six day visit to South Africa.
American pop singer Michael Jackson said July 19, 1996, he wanted to buy a house in South Africa because he loved the country so much and would include it in a world tour starting in September.
American pop star Michael Jackson shields his eyes from the sun as he arrives at Johannesburg International airport July 18, 1996, for a three-day visit sponsored by an unlikely coalition of big business and radical black politicians. Jackson is not due to give any concerts in South Africa.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe urges people to vote massively as he tours the Sunningdale constituency outside the capital April 7, 1995. Mugabe wound up his campaign for weekend general elections, already assured of victory but concerned that voter apathy will damage his political standing after 15 years in power.
African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Cyril Ramaphosa displays a draft of South Africa's first post-apartheid constitution which was presented to democracy negotiators July 26, 1994.
