DOMESTIC NEWS: President meets northern Shan State officials...10 NCA signatories, northern alliance arrive in Nay Pyi Taw for peace conference...VP U Henry Van Thio attends second meeting of the National Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities...Shwedagon Pagoda?s donated estate tender sales cancelled...Agricultural garden planned in Mandalay Myotha...Workshop on preservation of Chatthin wildlife sanctuary held...China?s purchase price, transportation hurdles bring down rice prices...Union Minister Dr. Pe Myint receives Myanmar Press Council...Deedok U Ba Cho, a reporter at heart...Myanmar Writers Association lauds third session of Union Peace Conference-21st Century Panglong...New steps toward peace...Advertising promotion for MDN website held in Yangon...KIO vice chairman: ?We are hoping for the best?...Rakhine implementation committee holds sixth meeting...Myanmar loses to Malaysia but advances to semi-finals.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor receives CPC delegation, World Bank?s Vice President...Chinese Communist Party delegation leaves Nay Pyi Taw...UN assistant secretary-general arrives in Myanmar...Actual amount of FDI registered at $1.3 billion, approved amount at $842 million in three months...More demand for Pakokku textiles from Japan...IPPA negotiation meeting held between Myanmar and Singapore...U Thaung Tun receives World Bank?s VP...Thura U Shwe Mann receives Czech Ambassador.....OPINION: "Democracy demands responsibilities from civil servants".....ARTICLE: "Eternal memories of an extraordinary man, our Bogyoke" - By Than Phyo Naing (Ka Nyin Kyoe)