DOMESTIC NEWS: President grants amnesty [reduction of prison terms]...Flag-hoisting ceremony to be broadcast live...Six special appeal cases heard...Union A&I Minister on tour of Ayeyawady Region...Winners awarded in inter-basic education sports competitions...Cash and kind donated to deceased and injured firefighters of FSD...Two new stamps to be sold to mark Independence Day...Assistance provided to TB patients...Loans disbursed to vendors, pony-cart drivers...Mid-year Myanma Gems Emporium goes on...Hotels and Tourism Ministry organizes mass walk and sports activities...Untimely Rainfall Warning...Fire drill exercised...Shan State Minister calls for environmental conservation campaigns...Baby show and best mother contests held...Basic first-aid course concludes...Rural health branch opened...Basic fire fighting course concludes...Loans disbursed to vendors...Tachilek gets new asphalt lanes..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein accepts credentials of Ambassador of Federal Republic of Germany...Ambassador U Kyaw Zwar Minn concurrently appointed as Ambassador to Spain...Buddha Tooth Relic conveyed to China...President U Thein Sein accepts credentials of Ambassador of Brunei Darussalam...President U Thein Sein accepts credentials of Ambassador of Kingdom of Sweden..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Show your respect for Independence Day pledges".....Hailing the 64th Anniversary Independence Day:- ARTICLE: "A new nation with new strength" YANGYI AUNG [As the three powers of the constitution are in force, legislative Hluttaws have been able to widen the scope of their knowledge and experience and work more actively in the Hluttaw sessions. In changing a new system and new era, a primary work plan is to make reforms in laws and procedures in parallel with the present time.]...POEM: "High in sky the national flag"