DOMESTIC NEWS: Tourism target on pace: Tourist arrivals set to exceed 4.5 million in 2015, says ministry...Over 130 fishermen to return from Indonesia in Oct...Telenor adopts new maternity leave policy...UEC chairman discusses election in Kengtung...Hospital opens in Nay Pyi Taw...Locals ask Tatmadaw to drive out KIA: Tatmadaw...Myanmar and Russia to boost cultural ties...Myanmar signs Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child...What they stand for: campaigns aired...UN applauds as Myanmar signs key protocol on children?s protection in armed conflict...Media slots for three political parties announced...Mandalay Region gets late, heavy rainfall...Mandalay voters apply for last-minute corrections...Civil engineers discuss projects in Mandalay...Myanmar seaman seek to compete in wider market...Census data distributed in Dekhina district...Clean water services for arsenic affected villages...Course on mitigating natural disasters begins...Govt, CSOs discuss priorities for reducing climate change impacts...WWII bomb found...Miss Universe Myanmar Organization to host charity auction..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Military meeting with Russia in Nay Pyi Taw...Japanese railway coaches make test run...Myanmar, Thailand to join forces against drug trade...Hluttaw deputy speaker to attend Globe Asia Legislators Forum...Qualifiers for 2018 FIFA World Cup from 8 Oct...Yangon United FC to choose new head coach..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Don?t dilute the constitution" by Myint Win Thein..... ARTICLE: "Making universities more responsive to stakeholder needs" by Myo Myint