DOMESTIC NEWS: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker assists in fulfilling desires of local people in Maubin...Mon State marks 65th Anniversary Independence Day...Second Embraer arrives in Yangon...Baby show marks 65th Anniversary Independence Day in Sittway...New umbrella hoisted atop Kyantaingaung Sutaungpyae pagoda in Kyangin...Scouts formed nationwide to boost morale and morality of schoolchildren...Overturned Hilux pick-up hurts nine passengers...Car crash kills driver in Taungdwingyi...Cotton growers generate more incomes in Tatkon Township...Mongnawng BEHS observes Independence Day...Stake-driving ceremony of Hline River crossing Bayintnaung Bridge-2...Villagers object elected village administrator...KIA blasts trucks, abducts local women, sabotages rails, bridge...Plans to provide US$ 5 million to Naga Self- Administered Zone, Chin State...Ward administrator elected in Kyimyindine Township...Tube-well supplies water to local people...Cultivation of organic paddy on increase in Labutta...Traditional boat race honours Independence Day in Ye...Overspeed motorbike hits roadside post...Tomato at Sarlingyi Market...Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, KNU Chairman hold talks...Kayin State celebrates Independence Day...Summary of observations at (9:30)hr M.S.T today..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to President U Thein Sein...Shwedagon Pagoda sees more than 300,000 tourists in 2012...Visits of globetrotters increase at Mingun this year...Elephant camp in Katha attracts globetrotters..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Vultures are only birds"