HLUTTAW MEETINGS: Lawmakers meet to protect rights of ethnic nationalities" .....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Myanmar Anti-Trafficking in Persons Day observed...Roads in Mandalay upgraded for better transportation...Hselaydaw Village in Sagaing Tsp enjoys electricity through bio-gas...Stolen handsets, accessories seized in Mawlamyine...Reckless driver taken action in Hpa-an...Traffic congestions shifted to growing number of train passengers in Yangon...Milk fed to middle and primary students in Manhero...Saplings distributed to people...Menace of drugs disseminated to people...Students fed milk in Nyaunglebin Township...Cash, blankets donated to nuns...Foods provided to flood victims...Meiktila gets 7th brokerage in Mandalay Region...Meiktila District Interfaith friendship association constituted...Landslide blocks railroad in Wuntho...Contests mark Myanmar Anti-Trafficking in Persons Day...Dokhtawady River overflows villages of Amarapura Township...Inundated Monywa-Mandalay road delays transport in a few hours...Katha Township gets rural village library...Reengineering of statistical organizations and mechanisms is a must, says Vice-President...Commission on Letpadaungtaung Copper Mine Project meets...Myanmar Climate Change Alliance program introduced..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President receives Latvian Foreign Minister...Timor-Leste PM and wife tour Mandalay...ANA to fly Yangon-Tokyo schedules with Boeing 767...Rice sold to Wadan brokerage by boat...Railroads in downtown Monywa under maintenance...ASEAN Officials to meet on Drug...Temporary passports to be issued to Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand...JICA to spend US$ 6.41 million on plantation and border region development...Ooredo donates USD 20000 for disaster victims...Accreditation forms for SEA Games journalists available..... "PERSPECTIVES": "SEA Games, broad interpretation"..... ARTICLES: "Shamanism in Myanmar (Part II)" Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt..."E-Learning Management, ICT and MMU" Capt Kyaw Zeya (Maritime University)