DOMESTIC NEWS: Peace in progress: Gov and ethnic armed groups prepare for ceasefire signing...Donations to 10,000 monks in Mandalay...ID cards distributed in Dountbow Village...IKBZ compensate bus crash victims...Good seized at Mandalay train station worth US$78,000...Solving food shortages is top priority: Commander-in-Chief...New therapies for blood disease discussed at conference...What they stand for: campaigns aired...Media slots for three political parties announced...Two villages in Natogyi light up...Traditional boxing draws bigger crowds...Election commission inspects voters? lists...Fundraiser to showcase handicrafts made by women with HIV..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: IMF welcomes Myanmar currency reforms, says more needed...US-ASEAN scholarship eligibility explained...CSR workshop held in Yadanabon University...Traditional Korean wrestling tournaments kick off in Yangon..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Why there?s more to education than good grades" by Kyaw Thura..... ARTICLE: "PEACE: ESSENTIAL FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL PROGRESS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" by Dr. Aung Soe @ Aung Kyaw Moe Retired United Nations Volunteer-UNV-UNDP..."Quotidian traffic, routine and commute in urban and rural areas" by Tommy Pauk