DOMESTIC NEWS: Region/State CMs urged to develop main staple crop paddy, establish crop farms to increase farmers? incomes...Six agreements signed at second Union Level Peace Talk...Public Works, private companies ink BOT contracts...Dy Sports Minister inspects training at SPES (Yangon...Mid-year Gems Emporium continues for fourth day...Self-reliant power supply undertaken...Knowledge anti-human trafficking disseminated...Crime reduction talked...Myanmar Brewery Ltd donates blood...UMFCCI?s talk on Google on 30 Dec...Body-building and Physical Culture Contest held...Electricity cuts in Yangon during Dec 29-Jan 1...Local people participate in mass walk...2012 MNL Community Shield on 31 Dec...New school buildings opened in Salingyi, Taze...CBM changes interest rates on deposits and loans...Storm ?THANE? unlikely to move to Myanmar...CBM adjusts interest rates of treasury bonds..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar Ambassador presents Credentials to Israeli President...Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister holds press conference after second JCBC...Myanmar delegation deals with workers affairs in Thailand...Myanmar, Indonesia hold joint commission meeting..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Start a good job".....ARTICLE: "Kyaiklat swarming with paddy-loaded motorboats and porters" Byline & Photos: Min Maung