KEY STORY: ASEAN backs off on Burma; ASEAN: No civil rights for civil society; Human Rights Commission inaugurated... INSIDE BURMA: Daw Suu?s appeal rejected; Sanctions talks; Ethnic groups oppose 2010 elections; Ceasefire groups resist BGF ultimatum; Pro-junta groups incorporated into BGFs; ASEAN, US, and EU pledge new aid; Rats reach Kachin and Arakan States; Burmese heroin still a threat to the region... HUMAN RIGHTS: Human rights situation ?alarming”; Arrests; Prison sentences; Custodial death; Freedom of information; Religious freedom; Forced labor... DISPLACEMENT: Number of IDPs rising; Rohingya used as pawns; Burmese migrants in Thailand... INTERNATIONAL: Burma-Bangladesh crisis; Switzerland, East Timor call for arms embargo... ECONOMY: Burmese timber exports to China; Mobile phones in Naypyidaw; SPDC gem sales; Trade with Bangladesh, Thailand, and Sudan... OTHER BURMA NEWS... REPORTS