DOMESTIC NEWS: Second day of Myanmar Pearl Auction...Widespread rain across Myanmar today...Myanmar Democracy Festival to be held with anyeint and dances...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker, Union Ministers inspect Nay Pyi Taw hydropower stations...Tenders to be invited for sub-Ks100 million projects in Rakhine...Over 3 million acres of monsoon paddy in MraukU...Freight costs along Mandalay-Muse route decreased since mid-July...Yaba pills seized...Prices of chicken, duck continue to drop in Yangon market...Yangon?s auto dealers face cooling demand...No more death from H1N1 yesterday.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Border import with ITCs more than Ks12 billion; exports over Ks960 million...Local exporters face losses as India raises import duty on betel nuts...Over 48,000 tons of diesels imported in early August...Myanmar-Japan company donates school, road for Thilawa SEZ...Myanmar women?s football team plays Viet Nam today at SEA Games...Myanmar hockey teams depart for SEA Games...Myanmar men?s and women?s basketball teams play today at SEA Games....."OPINION": "Trafficking in persons sees improvement, but still more needs to be done" - Aye Min Soe.....ARTICLE: "Sharing" - Ashin Canda Dika.....SUNDAY SPECIALS: "Stop switching on loudspeakers severely" - Nadi Win Lae..."The Day I have been Bullied" - Aung Kaung Pyae @ Daniel..."Basic English Grammar for Basic Students" - Lesson 15: Adjectives ? degrees of comparison..."Learn to A Self sacrificial aspect of Love of Mother Pelican to her children- An Arb Pelican tales" - Khin Maung Phone Ko..."Inform us:Call of Sarus Crane" - Nyi Two... SUNDAY COMICS: "MI CHUU" - Thoo..." People will be People" - Maung Shwe Win..."Sunday Joke" - Maung Maung Aung...?Peace will make the Golden Land shine” - EU Ambassador Roland Kobia