DOMESTIC NEWS: President: Increase the fight against drug abuse...President pledges to return confiscated farmland to farmers...Union Minister for International Cooperation U Kyaw Tin receives Mr. Giuseppe de Vincentiis, UNHCR Resident Representative...Ayeyawady river water level falls from over 1,000cm at Mandalay harbour...Gov?t should reduce tax rate to promote tax system...Thandaunggyi Women Group cultivates Arabica coffee...MIC attempting to speed up processing time of investments...Registered companies need to re-register within 6 months from 1 August: MIC...It is required to enhance our efforts in the drug countering matters as the national priority...Rain to increase in Bago Region, Kayin and Mon states...More progress on returning farming...55 th Myanma Gems Emporium continues for seventh day...MNHRC calls for providing aid sufficiently to Kachin State IDPs ....Drugs destroyed in Yangon on Int?l Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking...Ceremony to mark International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking held in Sittway...Pyuntaza Township locals receive free eye care...Gov?t ready to help potential disaster victims.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor receives NDI?s President...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker Mahn Win Khaing Than visits Beijing...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U T Khun Myat receives President of NDI...Union Minister U Soe Win separately receives US Ambassador, country director of ADB...Authorities to control illegal potato imports from China...U Myint Swe presents credentials to President of Zimbabwe...Daw Ei Ei Khin Aye presents credentials to President of Timor-Leste...Thura U Shwe Mann separately receives Italian Ambassador, President of NDI .....OPINION: "Tackle the drug problem in synchronization with multi-sectorial aspects".....ARTICLE: "Waso proves that Buddhism is green" - By Maha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja Sithu, Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt