UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon walks down the stairs at a hotel in Yangon, following his arrival in Myanmar early on July 3, 2009, on his way to the capital Naypyidaw. The UN Secretary General is to press the chief of the ruling military junta to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners. Ban touched down in the commercial hub Yangon on the day the detained Nobel Peace laureate appeared at a prison court for the latest hearing in her internationally condemned trial. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon walks down the stairs at a hotel in Yangon, following his arrival in Myanmar early on July 3, 2009, on his way to the capital Naypyidaw. The UN Secretary General is to press the chief of the ruling military junta to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners. Ban touched down in the commercial hub Yangon on the day the detained Nobel Peace laureate appeared at a prison court for the latest hearing in her internationally condemned trial.

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