DOMESTIC NEWS: An auspicious and historic day ?Union Day” is an auspicious and historic day, on which the Union of Myanmar, through the might of unity of national people, managed to throw off the yoke of servitude under the colonialists who enslaved the nation for more than one hundred years, and the nation became an independent and sovereign nation again. Senior General Than Shwe Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services (From the message sent on the occasion of the 59th Anniversary Union Day)...Chin State dwellers urged to forge Union spirit as Chin State is part of the Union - Prime Minister General Thein Sein on inspection tour of Kanpetlet, Mindat, Matupi and Haka...Industry-2 Minister receives Deputy Minister at Prime Minister?s Office of ROK...Minister inspects construction works in Pyapon Township...Energy Minister?s Cup Volleyball Tournament kicks off...Thandwe District Association to hold AGM...Micro Computer distributes laptops with Myanmar alphabets...Minister receives Chinese Economic and Commercial Counsellor...Village BEMS gets new building in Dedaye Township...Training Course on Prevention against Recruitment of Minors concludes...MWJA receives cash donation...Academy award presentation ceremony to be broadcast live...Significant night temperatures (4-2-2010)..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Turn out mechanical experts and set up modern industrial businesses"..... ARTICLES: Hailing the 63rd Anniversary Union Day: "The long-established unity of the people of Union" Kyaw Zin (Sarnezin)..."Developing Kachin State with peace, unity and pleasantness" Article & Photos:Tin Htwe (MNA)..."Story-telling foreign radio stations" (2) The Dabwint ["...Since 1988, such story-telling foreign radio stations as BBC, VOA, RFA and DVB have manufactured fabrications one after another with the intention of causing wholesale death and destruction to the nation and the people. They cling on to their subversive plots, airing distorted news, news based on rumours, and invented news stories day in, day out. In fact, Western neo-colonialists heavily aid and abet those radio stations and give directions to absconders, perpetrators and axe-handles from their targeted countries to harm their mother countries concerned, calling them as democracy activists..."]..... POEM: "Towards the new golden age" ["In harmony and unison Brethren of the nation Union of Myanmar they built * Amity forever Living on this land Since time immemorial Any place in Myanmar they settled Riding the same boat towards same destination..."]...CARTOON: ["All the national brethren have resided in the Union of Myanmar since time immemorial, much like the eggs and the nest intact..."]