DOMESTIC NEWS: FORCE OF NATURE - Strong gales claim lives, damage buildings in Mandalay and Sagaing... Heavy rain, lightning to likely hit northwest Myanmar this week... Traders? suggestions to be incorporated into economic policies... Football qualifier to be held in Yangon... Lanmadaw Junction overpass nearly completed... Bull killed in Bago road accident... Police attacked by timber smuggler... Fire engulfs 18 houses in Natogyi Tsp... Illegal drugs, heroin seized... Woman killed in traffic accident in Yangon... Nipa palm thatch industry vanishing for lack of workers... Waste from Myitkyina factory wreaking public health havoc... Govt planning recreation centre in Mandalay... Teachers? federation seeks elimination of promotion exams..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar wins bronzes at Southeast Asia track and field event..... "OPINION": "Free to hurt oneself, but not others"-Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLES: "The Telephone Sector Should Have Been Privatized Long Ago"-Khin Maung Myint... "We will be back"-Aung Myint Oo