Burmese Junta to reveal election plans

Burma's ruling junta will appoint the commission that will have the final say over the country's first elections in two decades, state-run newspapers announced today as the country's military rulers began unveiling the laws that will govern this year's balloting.

There are growing fears among pro-democracy groups that the election - a date for which has not been announced - will be weighted in favour of the military and its supporters, and the first of five election-related laws to be published is likely to increase that unease.