DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to Maldives; Senior General Than Shwe receives special envoy of Thai PM and party; General Thura Shwe Mann receives Thai guests; Daw Mya Mya San attends merit sharing ceremony of Tipitaka Dhamma Pala Maha Vihara in Yinmabin; General Thura Shwe Mann hosts luncheon in honour of Thai guests; Hydel power station commissioned into service in Kaungkha, Shan State (North); Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand Dr Surakiart Sathirathai leaves for Mandalay; Special envoy of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, Deputy Prime Minister Dr Surakiart Sathirathai arrives; FM to attend meetings in Laos; Foreign Minister sends felicitations to Maldives; Government creating a constant learning society to keep pace with changes and developments of Information Technology Myanmar Education Committee held its meeting 1/2005; Secretary-1 inspects regional development in North East Command; Rice trading course opened; Cyber Game Exhibition on MICT Park; Provisions donated to monasteries, nunneries in Yangon East, West Districts; Waso robes offered in Myingyan; Myanmar stands first in Invitational Archery Contest..."PERSPECTIVES":"Forge national unity and safeguard the State"...