DOMESTIC NEWS: Secretary-1 attends meeting on progress of Uppatasanti Pagoda, enshrinement of religious objects, erection of pivot...Want to be a qualified software engineer?...Earthquake News...Information Minister meets rural people...Deputy Minister inspects hospital and dispensaries...Management Committee discusses Observance of 62nd Anniversary Union Day ceremony...Yenwe diversion weir in Bago Div under construction...Sales promotion of Sakura, Orchid electronics held...Myanmar, Singaporean orthopaedic specialists perform surgical operations...Maj-Gen Ko Ko inspects roadworks and hydropower project in Bago Div...Coconut Sculpture Course of PBANRDA concludes...Cyclone shelter under construction in Pyapon Township...IBTC Open Golf Championship continues...Breakthrough in treating premature babies... FOREIGN NEWS: Pakistan extends crackdown on Mumbai suspects...War on terror a mistake, says British Foreign Secretary...Iraq Cabinet member escapes bomb in Baghdad...Two British soldiers killed in S Afghanistan...US Airways jet crashes into Hudson, all 155 aboard survive...EU threatens WTO action against US over beef trade sanctions...California in state of emergency due to budget crisis...Five killed in aircraft collision in S Russia...GCC leaders meet in Riyadh on Gaza war...Israeli airstrike kills three senior Hamas leaders...US probe into Afghan civil deaths ?flawed"...Top Afghan Army general killed in chopper crash...Fisherman killed during pirate chase...Airbus orders decline in 2008...Series aftershocks rock West Papua, Indonesia...Pakistan says militants killed in Swat valley...Hutton attacks NATO over troops...Man survives after 12cm knife thrust deep into head...Strong quake hits New Caledonia...DVD teaches autistic kids what a smile means...Man says he shot car with paintballs to deter DUI...Elephants give up jelly beans, lose 11,314 pounds...Man found aboard idling Zamboni faces OUI charge...Man arrested after grave decorations found at home...Scientists bring painted warrior 2,000 years old to virtual life...EU: Carmakers won?t get a free ride in state help...Industrial output drops more than expected in Dec...Honda extends shutdown at Swindon factory...Somali pirates release Danish ship...Zimbabwe cholera death toll surges again...South Africans bust rhinoceros poaching ring...Latin America to hold summit to fight crime...700-pound man freed from home...Boy?s tongue stuck to metal pole...St Helena penguins disappearing...US learns from Swiss, Dutch healthcare...New light on Mars methane mystery...Land under NJ project laden with toxics...UNICEF: Maternal deaths, poverty linked...European virus linked to global warming...'Stellar Cannibalism' key to formation of overweight stars.....9 FOREIGN SPORTS STORIES..... GOVT. ADS: UNION OF MYANMAR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION (MOAI) IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT (ID) FEASIBILITY STUDY AND PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING DESIGN FOR IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT OF PHYU CHAUNG DAM MULTI-PURPOSE PROJECT INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Anti-venom produced from egg shows successful".....ARTICLES: "600 tons of tin and tungsten targeted to be extracted at Heinda Mine yearly" Article: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)..."To export ethanol by 2010 on target" Article: Zaw Win (Kyemon); Photos: Khin Maung Win (Kyemon).