DOMESTIC NEWS: Patients of Kyaukpyu receive free eye treatment...MFF to hold talks...Ambassador U Hla Myint accredited to New Zealand...Myanmarsar Dept get-together 11 Jan...Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air) swimming and water polo contests conclude...Firemen honoured for risky performances...9th MOC Chairman?s Cup volleyball tournament concludes...Outstanding students and winners in English Debate Competition honoured...Yagyi Village has access to electricity...Botahtaung No. 5 BEHS to honour outstanding students...Digital auto-exchanges opened in Pakokku District...Red Cross youth leadership course opens...25th Phyo Cetana free clinic opened...Mon State observes 61st Anniversary Independence Day 2009...Mayor visits repaving of roads in Mayangon...Deputy Minister inspects communications in Chin State...Oilfield Services & Technology Seminar held...Myanmar Health Research Conference 12-16 Jan... FOREIGN NEWS: US troops open fire on car in Iraq, one killed...Several killed in Iraq explosions...US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,222...Pakistan calls for foreign support, not troops...NATO soldier, three police killed in Afghanistan...China urges Security Council to push for immediate ceasefire in Gaza...Plane makes emergency landing in Manila soon after take-off...Israel seeking Gaza exit beside Hamas? wreck...Uruguayan authorities evacuate tourists from forest fire...Explosive devices detonate of little danger to public...News safety organization says 109 journalists killed in 2008...Mitsubishi Motors eyeing 900 more job cuts...Cambodia marks Khmer Rouge fall...Palestinian working for Iran media held in Israel...M&S to shed over 1,000 jobs...Gunmen attack TV station in northern Mexico...Six killed in house fires in Japan...Chinese bank says Bank of America selling shares...German billionaire commits suicide due to financial crisis...Roadside bomb blast kills one African peacekeeper in Mogadishu...MP3 player guides rescuers to lost tourists...Brazilian toddler found alive days after lost in forest...Punk singer ?hiccups for two years”...Nurse missing for a week found alive in car boot...Hubble views galactic core in unprecedented new detail...Scotland?s Loch Leven on road to recovery after decades of water quality problems...Researchers create car parts from coconuts...Organic plant waste proves effective weed control for citrus trees...Russia supplies to South-East Europe halted...Handlers on phone ordered Mumbai gunmen to kill...Vietnamese PM calls for harmony in religious land rows...Hostages freed from pirates off Somalia, Nigeria...Depression may underlie ?transmission” of poverty...Grand Canyon, Loch Ness compete as nature wonders...California sues company in San Francisco oil spill...Study backs deep brain stimulation for Parkinson?s...Coffee may protect against oral cancers...Scientists doubt Europe can wipe out measles by 2010...Bird flu infects poultry in second province in Vietnam...Study shows how sleep apnea may cause stroke...China issues bird flu alert after woman dies...Generator fumes kill family of 13 in Nigeria...Apple unveils new Laptop, uperades to software...Ugandan peacekeeper, WFP worker killed in Somalia...Green turtle?s journey opens ‘oceanic superhighway? mystery... MYANMAR GAZETTE: The State Peace and Development Council has confirmed the appointment of the following persons as heads of service organizations shown against each on expiry of the one-year probationary period. "PERSPECTIVES": "Unity is dignity of the Union".....ARTICLES: "Balar River Water Pumping Station benefits 1000 acres of arable lands" Article: Tin Htwe (MNA); Photos: Thaung Myint (MNA)..."Chaungtha beach full of outstanding natural beauty" Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine).....SLOGANS: "Hepatitis: A vaccine gives long-lasting protection" SPORTS: 8 foreign sports stories