DOMESTIC NEWS: Workshop on promoting education standard held...One dead, another hospitalized after knife fight...Man stabs himself twice after stabbing wife to death...Man stabs himself twice after stabbing wife to death...Search for missing passengers of sinking boat in Yangon River ongoing...Mandalay Region Chief Minister visits relief camps in Meiktila...Fire breaks out in Tamway Tsp...Yezagyo Township gets more 900 SIM cards in May...Seminar on mobile technology held in Mandalay...Bago prepares to prevent flood...Magway Region ANA invites entries for anti-narcotic contest...Loans disbursed to members of cooperative society in NyaungU...C-in-C of Defence Services meets officers, other ranks in Magway...Taunggalay Village in Bilin Tsp gets library...Coordination meeting for private sector development held...Workshop on Disabilities and Rights of Disabled kicks off...Ottwin Township gets rural library in Khindan Village...WAO members make field trips...CDMA 800 MHz SIM cards sold in Myinmu for second batch...Padaung rural people enjoy free health care services...Mandalay Region Health Care Subcommittee meets...One dead, two injured in Insein car accident...Seven got injured in light truck and 22-wheeled truck accident..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein meets US Senators...Donation of Elite Tech Group of Companies for MGF...Myanmar entrepreneurs leave for Thailand...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets Swiss President of the Council of States...Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Amyotha Hluttaw receives President of the Council of States of Switzerland...Myanmar, Japan discuss religious matters...Mawlamyine University opens three-storey buildings...Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham attends 2nd day of 10th Anniversary Celebration of the United Nations Day of Vesak...Vice-President U Nyan Tun receives Swiss President of the Council of States...Ambassador Thura U Thet Oo Maung concurrently accredited to Turkey..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Our future in colour"..... ARTICLES: "ASEAN Highway-123 linking Dawei Deep Sea Port and Thailand" Byline: Maung Maung Myint Swe; Photo: Kyaw Thu Win..."Press freedom is a foundation for democratic society, plays a role in democratic transition" By- Thadin Lu Lin