DOMESTIC NEWS: Immunology Course for Doctors...Publications donated for school library...Slight earthquake recorded...MLF to help expedite tasks for rural development and poverty alleviation...Jade, Gems, Pearl Special Sales 2011 continues...Monsoon tree-planting ceremony held in Myinmu Township...Educational aids for schools in Nay Pyi Taw Dekkhinathiri Township...Outstanding students honoured in Myaing Township, Magway Region...Traffic Knowledge disseminated...Uppatasanti Pagoda Ovadacariya Sayadaws give Ovada...Measures for efficient use of electricity and gas coordinated...Yangon Region eyes micro credit schemes development...5th Nay Pyi Taw Inter-Ministry Football Tournament goes on...Conference (2011) of Myanmar War Veterans Organization on its first day...Three dead, four injured in PC Myanmar?s copter crash in technical error..... FOREIGN RELATIONS: Laotian Prime Minister Mr. Thongsing Thammavong and party tour Nay Pyi Taw Council Area..."Myanmar-Lao friendly relations improving"["Perspectives"]...Myanmar, Lao to cooperate in construction works...Myanmar delegation arrives back from ROK...Myanmar, Thai businessmen meet...Union Sports Minister receives Secretary of World Chess Federation...MWEA members leave for Indonesia...Visiting Laotian Prime Minister Mr. Thongsing Thammavong and party tour Yangon...Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (12-7-2011)..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Myanmar-Lao friendly relations improving"..... ARTICLE: "Pragmatic approaches to rural development and poverty alleviation" Po Tha Aung