DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein, wife Daw Khin Khin Win enjoy Myanmar Traditional Cultural Maha Thingyan Festival...Union A & I Minister visits Palethwe hybrid paddy plantations...Yangon Region Chief Minister inspects Pyidawtha rural housing project...Taninthayi Region Myanma Traditional Maha Thingyan Festival Central Pandal opens...Insein Township observes World TB Day 2012...Photos capturing scenes on Maha Thingyan Akyat Day...Kyaukdaga Township Association (Yangon) opens office...Loans disbursed to agriculture and livestock breeding entrepreneurs...Changes of taxation system clarified in Sagaing Region...MLF invites donations of cash, books...Chin State Chief Minister opens new earth roads, hostels...Mandalay Maha Thingyan continues on a grand scale...Ayeyawady Region Chief Minister partakes in Maha Thingyan...NyaungU District Maha Thingyan Festival Central Pandal opened...Thingyan festive spirits influence Maha Thingyan Akyat Day...Sabagyi Library put into service in Momauk Township...Outstanding bus workers awarded in Yangon East District...Citizenship cards issued in Taikkyi Township...CASH DONATED: [photo]...PRIZES AWARDED [photo]...Communal ordination, novitiation held...Reforms of tax collection system clarified in Mawlamyinegyun...New library building put into service in Kangyidaunt...Nay Pyi Taw Maha Thingyan filled with lively entertainment..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Diplomats participate in Myanmar Traditional Maha Thingyan Festival in Nay Pyi Taw..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Towards a new great year"..... ARTICLE: "What we call it Thingyan: The big screen" Nathan