LOCAL NEWS: Defence services appointees revealed; Support grows for end to sanctions; SKorea increases foreign worker quota 40 percent; Free operations conclude in Thandwe; Director Maung Wunna passes away; ASEAN calls for lifting of sanctions; Electronic devices banned in parliaments; Mobile clinic for novices to expand; Annual medical conference begins in Yangon; Medical association warns on ART misuse; Naga New Year in Lahe attracts a handful of visitors; Extreme weather hits parts of Kachin State; Healthy enrolments for medical courses; MERN to implement mangrove regeneration project in Rakhine; Inexperience behind highway deaths: police; MGS plans joint Mekong research; Visitors to India miss out on VOA; After election, we are no longer rivals (Q&A); Man kills nephew in Sanchaung murder-suicide; Old writers to receive free medical care...BUSINESS & PROPERTY: South Korea linked to Myanmar bourse plan; Onions prices climb after rain delays harvest: traders; Rice prices retreat after surge: traders; New housing development could include home loans; Japanese car firms seek joint ventures; Pharmaceutical deal with India signed; Death keeps spotlight on ?dangerous? sites...TIMEOUT: Holocaust Day marked by art exhibition; U Maung Maung Circus returns to Yangon; DJ Jay to teach mixing...SPORT: Saw Nga Man outclasses his young opponent to regain title; Myanmar likely to have little involvement...INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: London Games organisers put technology to the test; Apple share price drops on Jobs health fears; China?s net population rises to 457m; Domain names for sale...TRAVEL: World tourism up sharply in 2010; Airbus beats Boeing with 574 orders in 2010...YOUR STARS...FLIGHT SCHEDULES (same as No. 557).....N.B. SINCE THIS ISSUE HAS NO INDEX PAGE, NAVIGATE FROM "LOCAL NEWS" TO THE OTHER SECTIONS