Myanmar's Suu Kyi to run for parliament (AP)

YANGON, Myanmar ? Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has confirmed she will run for a parliamentary seat in April by-elections.

Party spokesman Nyan Win said Tuesday that the Nobel Peace Prize winner announced during a party meeting that she will seek a seat in suburban Yangon, Myanmar's largest city and her hometown.

Suu Kyi's presence will add star power and significance to upcoming by-elections that will be held nearly one year after nominally democratic elections ended a half century of military rule.

Her National League for Democracy Party decided to rejoin electoral politics amid signs that the new government is easing years of repression.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120110/ap_on_re_as/as_myanmar_suu_kyi

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