DOMESTIC NEWS: 1. Sri Lankan PM Mr Mahinda Rajapakse; 2. Kyaukphyu to become important deep-sea port in near future; 3. Education Minister addresses conclusion of special; 4. Commander, minister meets members of Supervisory Committee; 5. Sri Lankan Prime Minister tours downtown Yangon; 6. Home Affairs Deputy Minister returns from India; 7. Nepalese Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation visits Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda; 8. Hoteliers to be provided with assistance; 9. Self-reliant library opened in Chauk Township; 10. Organized Without Losing East Stance; 11. Minister inspects rural development tasks in Taikkyi Tsp; 12. Cooperatives Minister tours PyinOoLwin; 13. Experiences on AIDS control measures shared; 14. USDA CEC member inspects rural development task; 15. Delegates who attended World Buddhist Summit leave for Mandalay; 16. MWAF holds meeting; 17. Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe inspects Ahlon Shipyards and port; 18. Commerce Minister inspects Myawady border trade centre..."PERSPECTIVES": "Raise educational standard, foundation of discipline-flourishing democracy" (page 2)...FEATURE: "Myanmar Tradational Medicine and the Six Priority Diseases" (page 7)