DOMESTIC NEWS: Amnesty granted to 651 male and female prisoners in accordance with Section 401, Sub-section (1) of Code of Criminal Procedure aimed at enabling them to participate in national reconciliation and political processes...Socio-economic development of rural people undertaken in Monywa District...MYANMAR GAZETTE...Two diesel engines handed over to IWT...Myanmar Medical Research Conference goes on...Sports events hail Kayah State Day...Human trafficking exposed through hot line...Work-coordinating meeting for constructions held...Construction of sports grounds, gymnasiums inspected...Dy Construction Minister looks into Kyaukse-Yeywa-PyinOoLwin Road...Myanmar Open Chess 25 Jan-3 Feb...Achievement in chess event discussed...Village football tournament wimps up in Htantabin Township...Dalla Township gets new road, bridge...Fire preventive measures taken...Health knowledge shared...Union Ministers on inspection tour of self-reliant library, high yield Palethwe hybrid paddy plantation in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area...Emergency traditional medicine kits distributed...Personnel, farmers observe thriving Palethwe paddy plantation..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: General Min Aung Hlaing visits Wing-7 of Royal Thai Air Force in Suratthani Province of Thailand...Dy Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives US House of Representatives...Union Health Minister meets Samsung Corporation GM...ASEAN FMs reiterate call for lifting eco sanctions on Myanmar...First Vice-President of Islamic Republic of Iran sends felicitations to Vice-President Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo...First Vice-President of Islamic Republic of Iran sends felicitations to Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham...Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin attends ASEAN Foreign Ministers? Meeting (AMM) Retreat...Workshop on ASEAN-ROK Film Community Project, One Asia in Film held...Myanmar, UNICEF to cooperate in education works..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Dusk of life".....COVERAGE: Myanmar-related news: 6 pp; Foreign news: 6pp; Science & Technology: 2pp; Foreign sport: 1p; Foreign celebrities: 0.5p; Health: 0.5p