SUU KYI ARRIVES AT HER OLD OXFORD UNIVERSITY

(19 Jun 2012) Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 67th birthday on Tuesday, at the start of a week-long visit to Britain.
Suu Kyi spent the afternoon in the university city of Oxford, where she studied in the 1960s and later lived for many years with her late husband, Michael Aris, and their two sons.
She was greeted by Oxford University Chancellor Chris Patten and a crowd of well-wishers, who burst into a rendition of "Happy Birthday."
Trip organisers said she planned to celebrate her birthday privately with family and friends on Tuesday evening.
On Wednesday, Oxford University will present her with an honorary degree that it awarded in 1993 but that she was not free to collect.
Earlier on Tuesday Suu Kyi attended 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, who is on her first overseas trip since 1988, received a standing ovation as she took the stage during the panel discussion.
Suu Kyi has a long association with Britain, the former colonial ruler of the then Burma, but she has not visited for 24 years.
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.
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