DOMESTIC NEWS: State Counsellor visits vocational training Institute (SMVTI), Yangon...Reading of contemporary historical literature, day 3 held...Daylight robbery of Money Changer at gunpoint in busy township of largest city in Myanmar...Government troops defend Mongkoe military post...Peace Commission succeeds in withdrawal of Wa troops from Mongla area...Homage paid to doyen writers on Myanmar Sarsodaw Day...Five arrested for timber trafficking in Bilin Township...New bridge allows vehicles to resume travel...Heroin and yaba seized in Lashio, Mandalay...Rice growers ask for extension of repayment period to Kayin State government...Bean price continues to decline in local market...Community radio programme to launch in Yangon?s Htantabin Township...Kanbawza Brighter Future Myanmar donates K 30 m...Ks375m in compensation paid by insurance industry over past five years - Aung Thant Khaing...Child sexual abuse prevention video to be developed..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Kofi Annan visits Maungtaw... Prospect of Maungtaw Trade Zone Development - Myint Maung Soe...Developer Conference on 17-18 December..... "OPINION": "Should problems go from bad to worse" - Myint Win Thein..... ARTICLE: "Education: Academia?s Resurgence on the Horizon?" - Phoehlaing.....POEM: "Progress" - Lokethar