KEY STORY: SPDC clique still in power; No debate, no media coverage... INSIDE BURMA: NLD on sanctions; SPDC-ethnic groups tensions; New ethnic alliance formed; Union Day events... UN: Burma is regional burden; More Rohingya boatpeople... INTERNATIONAL: US: Sanctions stay... ECONOMY: Prices rise on uncertainty; China is Burma?s top investor; Natural resources up for grabs; Workers strike in Tavoy... OTHER BURMA NEWS