KEY STORY: 1 Mass release of prisoners 2 Arrests and imprisonment 3 Crackdown on monks... INSIDE BURMA: 4 Daw Suu reaches out to SPDC 5 New parties galore 5 Kokang offensive ends 5 Conflict between SPDC and Wa 6 BGF talks go nowhere 6 SPDC Army desertions 7 Bombs 7 Food insecurity continues... HUMAN RIGHTS: 7 Detention conditions... DISPLACEMENT: 7 Refugees remain in China... INTERNATIONAL: 8 US unveils new Burma policy 8 SPDC moans about sanctions 8 UNSG: Free ALL dissidents 9 Thailand crackdown... ECONOMY: 9 Gas deals increase instability 10 Daewoo/CNPC/GAIL deal 10 New 5,000 kyat note 10 Jetstar propping up SPDC?... 10 OTHER BURMA NEWS... 12 REPORTS.