KEY STORY: 1 Economic mismanagement... 2 SPDC way to privatization... 2 Corruption cripples Burma..... INSIDE BURMA: 3 Election promises... 3 Protests, boycotts, campaigns... 4 NLD marks Independence Day... 4 NLD re-organizes CEC... 5 SPDC toys with Daw Suu... 5 SPDC Army gets new radios... 5 Military reshuffles... 5 Death sentences for officials... 6 Opium cultivation increased... 6 SPDC presses on BGF..... HUMAN RIGHTS: 7 Reports blasts SPDC... 7 Arrests and prison sentences... 7 SPDC-ILO agreement extended..... DISPLACEMENT: 8 Two thousand Karen flee... 8 Rohingya plight worsens... 8 Thailand extends deadline..... INTERNATIONAL: 9 Int?l concerns over elections... 9 US: No progress in Burma... 9 SPDC acts on anti-India groups..... ECONOMY: 9 Civil servants pay hikes..... 10 OTHER BURMA NEWS..... 11 REPORTS