DOMESTIC NEWS: President pledges livelihood assistance for Rakhine flood victims...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing inspects relief efforts in Ayeyawady Region...State of emergency: Rakhine bears brunt of flood disaster - By Aye Min Soe...Gov?t, ethnic armed groups to negotiate ?inclusiveness? hurdle to peace deal - By Ye Myint...MWCDF holds tree-growing ceremony, annual meeting...Mandalay Region to recruit special police for election...Watercolour artists showcase diverse works...Bird watching seminar targets biodiversity, conservation...Tatkon Township review disaster preparedness...Election postponement impossible due to flooding despite constitutional mandate: UEC...Domestic airlines fly to Sittway, Kalay with aid...Cash and relief supplies donated for flood victims...Nomination for Hluttaw candidates continues...Trains resume runs on Hinthada-Pathein section...Collegians contest Sepak Takraw tournament in Upper Myanmar..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vice President U Nyan Tun meets int?l disaster response experts...Union FM arrives back from Malaysia...Chinese aid shipment reaches Mandalay...Thailand donates relief supplies for flood victims - By Ko Moe...India?s relief aid arrives in Kalay region...Police save 173 trafficked victims in past seven months - By Khaing Thanda Lwin...Komatsu Manufacturing launches power plant...ASEAN nations struggle to agree communique wording on South China Sea...ITF provides communication devices...Students in Kayin State get two new school buildings supported by Japan..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Past failures must not be repeated" - By Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Donations that spring from the heart" - By Myo Myint.