DOMESTIC NEWS: Activists call for an end to armed clashes...Experts discuss earthquake preparedness in Yangon...No plan to hand over Maha Thaantithukha Buddhist Missionary Monastery: permanent secretary...Home for the aged named Anupyinnya Siza Yeik to open in early 2017 fiscal year...Yaba seized in Nawnghkio and Laukkai...One person injured in three-vehicle collision...Man wanted by police for robbery in Taungdwingyi...Yaba worth over K2.1 million seized..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS US lifts economic sanctions on Myanmar...Labour attachè meets Thailand-based Labor Orgs...6,000 Packages of LEO beer destroyed in Tachilek...Retired rector to participate in MOOCS in Seoul...Dagon FC (Myanmar) left for Viettel World Cup 2016 of Viet Nam...Italy to launch project on sustainable tourism in support of cultural heritage in Myanmar...Two new villages to add to Community Based Ecotourism in ADPA...Myanmar man held in Pathum Thani murders..... "OPINION": "A ?do it yourself? project to protect against WMDs" - Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLE: "Homage to 21st Century Myanmar Teachers on World Teachers Day" - Pho Thit..... POEM: "On Viewing the Video Clip on the Opening of IPA General Assembly" - Zaw Tun