Burma approves Suu Kyi's party for election - CBS News: "(AP) YANGON, Myanmar - Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Burma's government on Thursday approved her National League for Democracy to run in upcoming by-elections.
Suu Kyi declined to say yet if she herself will stand in the election when pressed on the issue, but party spokesman Nyan Win said Suu Kyi intends to run.
The highly anticipated by-election set for April 1 will return Suu Kyi's party to mainstream politics after two decades. In 1991 elections, the then-ruling junta refused to accept a NLD victory, and the party boycotted general elections in 2010 because of restrictions that among other things would have prevented Suu Kyi from running.
That vote lead to a nominally civilian government being installed in March 2011 that has eased restrictions on politics and other matters, and leaders have begun engaging Suu Kyi.
She and Nyan Win spoke to The Associated Press in an interview at the Nobel laureate's residence Thursday."
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