March 8, 2010 6:42 PM

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Myanmar to publish new election laws Tuesday

<br/> Myanmar's military government has passed the country's long-awaited election laws which pave the way for polls expected this year. Details of the laws have not yet been revealed. <br/> Myanmar's state media said the five new elections laws will be published in detail tomorrow. The laws are expected to lay out rules on how long candidates can campaign for and how many candidates can run in each constituency. <br/> Reports say the new laws could also include a date for the elections, the first in 20 years. The 1990 general election was overwhelmingly won by Ms Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), but the military government annulled the result. She has been under house arrest for much for the past two decades and in August last year her latest period of detention was extended until November 2010.

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