DOMESTIC NEWS: Local banks show no interest in buying credit guarantee insurance...MRTV refreshes agreements with private broadcasters...Media Handbook on websites...Cooperatives Ministry conducts refresher course for cooperative officials...Public notice...MNHRC launches investigation into death of Pa Gyi (a) Aung Naing during skirmishes between Tatmadaw and KKO...Deputy Minister receives ESC award for Yangon...Libel suit against EMG adjourned for fourth hearing...Roads to be closed temporarily...Mathoe Robes weaving contest held at Shwedagon Pagoda...Discussions focus on implementation of rural emerald project...Expressway police station, fire station put into service in Natogyi Tsp...Towers erected in Natogyi Township for better communications...Delivery kits issued to midwives in Myanaung...Mandalay Region High Court donates Kathina robes to Buddhist monks...Foreigners allowed to visit Mogok under permissions of ministries concerned...Palaw Township auxiliary firefighters attend refresher course...Monsoon paddy harvested in Loikaw, Dimawhso Tsps...Navy medics give health care services to locals...Health staff give medical care to people at Kathina robe offering ceremony.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, Belarus to cooperate in fight against terrorism and narcotic drug...Myanmar journalists study US mid-term elections...MWEA team to attend Regional Policy Dialogue...Preparations for hosting 25th ASEAN Summit and related summits in Nay Pyi Taw..... "PERSPECTIVES": "The Hluttaw, CSOs and the media" by Myint Win Thein.....ARTICLES: "ALTRUISM" by Kyi Mun..."Never-Never Land or Utopia" by Tommy Pauk..."The Auspicious Occasion of Tazaungmon: the Kathina Festival" by Tun Myint Aung