IN THIS ISSUE - NATIONAL CONVENTION: 1 New session, old story; 2 Ethnic groups unhappy... INSIDE BURMA: 3 NLD ignored; 4 KIO under pressure; 4 SSNPLO ends ceasefire; 5 ICRC under attack; 5 Bird flu more widespread; 5 Dengue fever... HUMAN RIGHTS: 6 Arrests and imprisonments; 6 Releases... DISPLACEMENT: 7 Migrant workers in Thailand; 7 Refugees turned away... INTERNATIONAL: 7 ASEAN Charter; 8 Gambari?s travels; 8 US: sanctions extended; 8 Bangladesh and the SPDC; 9 India and the arms embargo... ECONOMY: 9 SPDC corruption; 9 Food shortages; 10 Gem sale... 10 CHRONOLOGY... 12 REPORTS.