Crowd lines up outside Suu Kyi home to welcome US president

(19 Nov 2012) SHOTLIST
1. Pan of crowd outside the house of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar democracy activist and lawmaker, ahead of the arrival of US President Barack Obama
2. People holding pictures of Obama and Suu Kyi
3. Close of poster which shows Suu Kyi with Obama
4. People in crowd holding small US flags
5. Policemen standing in front of crowd
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Vox pop, (name not given), Crowd member:
"Well of course this is a very great event and we are very happy about it."
7. Obama's motorcade coming down road and entering compound of Suu Kyi, crowd chant "welcome Obama"
8. Wide of crowd cheering
9. Wide of crowd
STORYLINE
Tight security in the Myanmar city of Yangon hasn't stopped well-wishers turning out to catch a glimpse of US President Barack Obama, or at least of his motorcade.
Several hundred onlookers gathered outside the home of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to wait for his arrival around midday on Monday.
Some in the crowd carried US flags and posters showing the opposition leader and the President together.
Others wore Obama T-shirts.
The security, though large-scale, was relaxed.
When the motorcade arrived the crowd took up a chant of "Welcome Obama" and cheered his vehicle into the compound where he was to meet with Suu Kyi, following a meeting with President Thein Sein.
Obama has said his visit is designed to acknowledge Myanmar's move towards democracy and to encourage it to go further.
It is not, he said, an endorsement of the current government.
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