DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein meets Chin State government, departmental heads, townselders...Weather outlook for subsequent two days...Shuttle service to and from Shwesettaw Pagoda launched...One-year-old child found abandoned in empty box in Bago Myoma market...Development works of Mohnyin District inspected...Narcotic drug seized in Indaw...Dredging of well claims two lives in Taninthayi Township...Sagaing Township sees thriving wheat plantations...Three-hour electricity cut in wards of Mandalay...Students enjoy IPRD wall magazine...Basic military training course conducted at No 3 University Training Corps...Kalay gets town hall...Forest fire blazes oil mill...Blood donated at Nay Pyi Taw General Hospital (1000-bed)...Hsihseng gets newly-repaved asphalt road...Umbrella hoisted atop pagoda in Ngaputaw Township...Rural development tasks coordinated in Kachin State...100 acres of farmlands reclaimed through mechanized farming system...Milk, egg fed to students in Nyaunglebin...President U Thein Sein visits Haka, Chin State...Thriving Sunflower field in Tada Sub-Township in Yangon South District...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker urges ward/village-tract administrators to carry out tasks with participation of local people..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Message from U Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to Mr. Vladimir V Putin, President of the Russian Federation on the Occasion of the 65th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Myanmar and Russia...Message from Mr. Vladimir V. Putin, President of the Russian Federation to U Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar on the Occasion of the 65th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Myanmar and Russia...First India-Myanmar domestic arts show on 20-24 February...Message from U Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to Mr Sergey V Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on the Occasion of the 65th Anniversary of the Diplomatic Relations between Myanmar and Russia...Message from Mr Sergey V. Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation to U Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar on the Occasion of the 65th Anniversary of the Diplomatic Relations between Myanmar and Russia...Myanmar ship sinks near Pangasinan...Dope test to be carried out in 27th SEA Games..... "PERSPECTIVES": "For rapid progress".....ARTICLE: "65th Anniversary of Myanmar-Russia Diplomatic Relations" May Hnin Aye.....INTERVIEW: "Rural region development calls for active participation of local people" Interviewer: Myint Wai Hlaing Photo: Maung Maung Than (Kawhmu