Suu Kyi party gets polls green light

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says the government has approved her National League for Democracy to run in upcoming by-elections.

Suu Kyi said the party had been accepted earlier today.

NLD spokesman Nyan Win also said the party will start accepting new members on Monday.

In an interview at her home, Suu Kyi declined to say if she herself will stand in the election.

The NLD boycotted general elections in 2010 because of restrictions that among other things would have prevented Suu Kyi from running.