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Myanmar’s junta sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday to another six years in prison for corruption, a source with knowledge of the case said, taking the Nobel laureate’s total jail time to 26 years. Suu Kyi, 77, has been detained since the generals toppled her government in a coup on 1 February last year, ending the Southeast Asian country’s brief period of democracy. She has since been convicted on a clutch of charges, including violating the official secrets act, electoral fraud and illegally possessing walkie-talkies. In the latest case, the Nobel laureate was “sentenced to…