Aung San Suu Kyi Thanks Supporters after Hague Appearance.
VAUSE: A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales. Prosecutors accuse him of terrorism and sedition. He says it's unjust and illegal. Prosecutors alleged Morales encouraged deadly clashes before and after he left office; 35 people died in those clashes. Morales resigned last month after waves of protest and under pressure from the Bolivian police and the military. He is now in Argentina where he was granted political asylum. He moved there just last week. There are those who fall from grace and then there is Aung San Suu Kyi -- Myanmar's civilian leader. The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, now international pariah, received a hero's welcome when she returned home after defending her military on charges of genocide carried out against the Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State.</s>AUNG SAN SUU KYI, MYANMAR CIVILIAN LEADER (through translator): The challenge we faced at the court actually emerged due not only to the crisis that happened in recent years, but also missed opportunities to handle fairly and constructively social issues, politics, and the economy in Rakhine state over many decades.</s>VAUSE: The Peace Prize winner was once continued considered a champion of human rights. A woman giving power to the powerless, she spent 15 years under house arrest. But her position on the military crackdown on the Rohingya has brought international condemnation and caused that Nobel Peace Prize to be revoked. Still, she's pretty popular at home. British Queen Elizabeth will formally open parliament in the coming hours and announce the Prime Minister's legislative agenda, that's after last week's U.K. election. But forget the pomp, Thursday's ceremony will be a lot more low key than the October (ph) speech shortly before the election was called. Instead today's focus will be squarely on Boris Johnson's plans to get Brexit done quickly. Mr. Johnson will also cement his commitment to spend more on Britain's much loved but struggling National Health Service. Also, a steady rise (ph) of Vladimir Putin's annual year-end news conference -- this one just goes on for hours. It is awesome. Once a year the Russian president presides over a marathon question and answer event with the international media. Mr. Putin is expected to be asked about his relationship yet again with President Donald Trump, Russia's slowing economy and Russian policy, Syria and Ukraine. You won't want to miss it. It's a real doozy. Thank you for watching CNN NEWSROOM. I am John Vause. "WORLD SPORT" is next. END