DOMESTIC NEWS: Governmental mission to clarify local people in Rakhine State about deadly attacks on border posts...Troops fight back violent armed attackers, kill four...Shan State residents receive warm clothes for cold winter...Mental health first aid training courses to begin in Yangon...Missing policeman, firearm found separately after deadly armed attacks in Rakhine State...A talk for achieving success in business held in Mandalay...Drug seizures dramatically increase...Four more villages in Thaton declared drug free zone...Opium powder seized in Kawthaung...Yaba seized from vehicle and motorbike..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vice President U Myint Swe calls for more linking among member countries to fight poverty in region...FDA to open food preservation training for entrepreneurs...Whither the future for Flower City—Dawn or Dusk? - K Zu (AMIA)...President accepts credentials from newly appointed ambassadors...Indian companies mulling purchase of Myanmar?s peas...Offshore Gas Project Awards EPCI Deal in Myanmar..... POEM: ?We love our land” - Hlaing Bwa..... "OPINION": "Border management mechanism to strengthen" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "As before, Sir ?" - Yin Nwe Ko (Linn)