DOMESTIC NEWS: Loans disbursed to members of cooperative society...Drinking water supplied to villages in Padaung Township...Cattle smugglers seized in Waingmaw Township...Teachers attend child-centre teachership course in Natmauk...Fingerlings, birds released on New Year Day...Lake dredged on self-reliant basis for water storage in Yamethin...Negligent fire destroys 75 houses in KhinU Township...Quality Thanakha marketable in Pakokku...Free medical treatment provided to patients in Bago...Draft Printing and Publishing Draft Law briefed in Mawlamyine...Survey to be conducted for integrated transport master plan...Junior Golf Myanmar Tourney 2-3 May...Over 1000 units of SIM cards sold at Thazi...Kengtung sees two fire outbreaks in single day...Fire breaks out at old guest house...SIM card buyers chosen by lots in Mayangon Tsp...Plan to rebuild houses of fire victims in NyaungU...Squad arrests soccer betting...Ammunition unearthed in Bago...Letpadaungtaung Copper Mining Project faces mob protests...Workshop on disaster risk reduction and gender equality at Nay Pyi Taw Amara Hotel..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein congratulates Bangladeshi counterpart...President U Thein Sein calls for closer cooperation of ASEAN members towards a people-centered community...President U Thein Sein attends working dinner of 22nd ASEAN Summit...Flocks of globetrotters interested in Myanmar handicrafts in Mingun region...Wellwishers continuously donate cash and kind...Fukuoka official in Myanmar as water adviser on JICA mission...Draft Printing and Publishing Draft Law briefed in Mawlamyine...Australian Senator John Joseph Hogg to pay visit to Myanmar...USAID to help Union Attorney-General?s Office...Education Ministry seeks English language proficiency of students...President U Thein Sein meets Thai Prime Minister Mrs Yingluck Shinawatra...President U Thein Sein arrives back in Nay Pyi Taw... "PERSPECTIVES": "Build a green city"..... ARTICLE: "Love life without drug" Khin Maung Tun (Lanmadaw)