DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice-President Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo inspects Yasagyo Multi-purpose Dam Project, development undertakings in Kalay...Vice-President Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo meets district and township officials in Kalay...Danger of narcotic drugs disseminated...Sports competitions organized in Yanbye...Sports trial for billiards, snooker, carom on 9 Feb...Basic livestock breeding and veterinary course conducted...Farmlands of Palethwe hybrid paddy strain inspected...Union F&R Minister meets officers, staff of departments, enterprises under F&R Ministry in Mandalay...Dy Construction Minister inspects rural development tasks in Kawhmu...Thithnapin General Economic Cooperative Ltd formed...Educative talks on traffic rules given...Fire drills demonstrated...Model monsoon plot harvested...Significant night temperature (18-1-2012)...Land management under systematic supervision not to lose actual rights of deserved persons...KIA mine blast leaves three dead and one injured in Phakant Township..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Information & Culture Minister receives BBC world news editor...U Kyaw Soe Win appointed as Ambassador to Lao PDR...Myanmar, Bangladesh hold bilateral air services consultations...Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to President U Thein Sein...Pyithu Hluttaw Deputy Speaker U Nanda Kyaw Swa receives Australian MP Ms Janelle Saffin...Union Transport Minister receives Malaysian Ambassador...Attorney-General of the Union Dr Tun Shin receives Singaporean Ambassador...CHINESE SPRING FESTIVAL MARKED...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung Myint receives Australian MP Ms Janelle Saffin..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Always be alert" [fire prevention].....BREAKDOWN OF COVERAGE: Myanmar-related news: 7.5pp; Foreign news: 4.5pp; Foreign sport: 1.5pp; Science & technology: 1p; Foreign business: 0.5p; Health: 0.5p; Foreign celebrities: 0.5p