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Aung San Suu Kyi to stand for parliament in Burma
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Nov 18, 2011 02:39pm |
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| Author | Rachel Harvey |
| News Date | Friday, November 18, 2011 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said she will stand for election to parliament, as her party rejoined the political process.
On Friday her National League for Democracy said it would register to run in as yet unscheduled by-elections.
The party boycotted the last polls in November 2010, the first in 20 years.
Meanwhile the US is to send Hillary Clinton to visit Burma next month, amid what President Barack Obama called "flickers of progress" in the nation.
Mr Obama spoke to Ms Suu Kyi before deciding to send Mrs Clinton, who will be the first secretary of state to visit in 50 years.
The BBC's South East Asia correspondent Rachel Harvey says the developments are being seen as endorsements of the steps taken by the new military-backed civilian-led government towards political reform.
The announcements from Ms Suu Kyi and her party followed a meeting of 100 senior NLD leaders in Rangoon. |
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