HLUTTAW MEETINGS: Pyithu Hluttaw committees, commission meet...Incumbent government focuses on local sufficiency of oil and gas: Union Energy Minister - Pyithu Hluttaw regular session continues for 17th day...CBM alone not enough to implement monetary reforms: MPs Amyotha Hluttaw continues for 17th day... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein and wife attend Waso Robe offering ceremony...Outstanding students of Pyawbwe Tsp awarded...KNPP opens liaison office in Loikaw...Rakhine State Chief Minister inspects providing of food for locals at relief camp...Mon State Chief Minister meets survey teams before field trips...Knowledge about taxation shared in Htigyaing...Bank loans disbursed to local farmers...Information for anti-human trafficking...BOOKS DONATED; CASH DONATED [photos]...Narcotic drugs and related equipment seized...Deaf student passes matriculation exam in Mandalay...Special appeal case heard...EDUCATIVE TALKS [photo]...Hiking and mountaineering experiences recounted...President U Thein Sein and wife attend waso robe offering ceremony [photos]...Talks on levying tax clarified in Ahtet Minhla...Myanmar has freedom of religion and there is no restriction on religious beliefs - Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham addresses coord meeting on rehabilitation of Rakhine State...Flood bulletin for Ayeyawady, Ngawun Rivers..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: MOFA briefs diplomats on incidents in Rakhine State...Victims of violence are both from Buddhist and Muslim communities, it is very clear that the riots are not linked to religious persecution - Myanmar totally rejects the attempts by some quarters to politicize and internationalize the situation as a religious issue - The Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press Release on Situation in Rakhine State...ASEAN Multi-Sectoral Workshop on MDGs: Acceleration Strategies and Priorities Beyond 2015 held...Union F&R Minister receives WB East Asia and Pacific Regional Vice President...Mr. Tomas Ojea Quintana, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights situation in Myanmar, visits Insein Jail (Central), Insein General Hospital...Common goal is to reduce poverty within MDGs by implementing ASEAN Blue Print under ASCC Pillar - Union Information and Culture Minister addresses ASEAN Multi-sectoral Workshop on MDGs...President U Thein Sein receives World Bank East Asia and Pacific Regional Vice-President..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Let?s bury the hatchet!" [The motion for enactment of a law for protection of the interests of national races is under serious debate at the House of Representatives]