Aung San Suu Kyi wins right to run in Burma elections
Opposition leader gets official approval from Burmese election
commission to stand in parliamentary poll in April Aung San Suu
Kyi prepares to run in by-election Opposition leader Aung San
Suu Kyi surrounded by supporters after Burma's election
commission authorised her to runs as a candidate in the April
election. Photograph: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA  Burma's election
commission has given the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi the
green light to run for parliamentary byelections, another step
toward political openness in a country emerging from nearly half
a century of military rule.  Aung San Suu Kyi announced her
intention last month to stand in elections in April but was
waiting for official approval from the commission, which said it
had to scrutinise her eligibility.  A spokesman for Aung San Suu
Kyi's party said the commission approved her candidacy and would
make a formal announcement on Monday. "There is no objection to
her nomination and we can say