DOMESTIC NEWS: Peacocks, flamingos on verge of extinction: researchers... Coconut plantations sell for K400 million per acre in Rakhine State... MoI and DKK Foundation agree to open more community libraries... Minister calls for healthy competition between government and private sector... Dala to receive water purification facility worth K100 million... Wild weather wreaks havoc in Shan state... Police to educate public on human trafficking... Fire destroys a house in Thamanya village... Fridge safe-guard fails causing fire... Head on collision injures nine... Illegal logs and sawn timber seized in Sagaing... Tree falls on hut killing woman in Monywa... Young man charged with stealing motorbike... New report looks at budget policies of U Thein Sein government... Heavy rain, hailstones and power failure in Mandalay... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Govt plans to boost exports threefold in five years... First chemical residue testing lab to be built in Myanmar... Preventive measures in full swing to battle El Ninotriggered water scarcity... Police refute Bangalis news report... Operation delay to cause 100 million baht losses to Millcon Steel Plc... Prosecution will face revelers visiting southern Myanmar island... "OPINION": "Harm principle and law making" - Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLES: "Leopard, a majestic predator: some interesting facts" - Saikat Kumar Basu Lethbridge AB Canada... "What Education Means" - Ko Myat