DOMESTIC NEWS: PROGRESS IN STEPS - Government, ethnic representatives meet in Yangon for NCA signing...MOI plans contemporary history reading plus winter book fair...Dermatologists furrow their brow at tattoo industry...Pakokku U Ohn Pe Literary Awards ceremony held in Yangon...Healthcare services provided by Eastern Command in Aungban town Commander Gen. Aye Win comforting villagers. Photo: C-in-C?s Office Search and...Four students missing after motor ferry sampan sinks...Four-member family slain in Mingaladon...Yaba and marijuana seized in Taunggyi...Yaba worth over K 400,000 seized in Nay Pyi Taw...Illegal hardwood logs confiscated from vehicle...Palm oil price increases by Ks300 per viss in mid August...Yangon ICT Fair to be held next month...Revenue authorities collect K3b commercial tax, K2b income tax from gold trading over three years...Commander-in-Chief presents offertories to Sayadaws at two monasteries in Mandalay...Mon State Hluttaw to verify legal legitimacy of MCL cement plant..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor visits Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors in Xian...Joint Press Release between the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the People?s Republic of China...State Counsellor, Shaanxi Province?s Governor hold talks...International assistance absent from Myanmar?s flood relief efforts...Tourism expected to bring more than one million jobs opportunities...Palm oil price increases by Ks300 per viss in mid August...Rubber exports reach over 2,000 tonnes within one week..... "OPINION": "Reducing poverty through agricultural development" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Myanmar?s Neighbourhood Diplomacy at Play" - K. Yhome.....POEM: "Union peace Conference or 21st century Panglong" - Khin (Natmauk)