The party of Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has agreed to re-enter the political process, amid signs of reform in the country. In a statement, the National League for Democracy said it would re-register as a political party so it could contest future elections. The party boycotted the last polls in November 2010, the first in 20 years.
But the new military-backed civilian-led government has now amended the regulations that led to the boycott.
Meanwhile the US says it will send Hillary Clinton to visit Burma next month, amid what US 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.
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