DOMESTIC NEWS: Independence Day message from the president...State Counsellor addresses meeting on Rakhine State Stability...Press release on killing civilians by violent attackers issued...Man murdered in Maungtaw...Stimulants seized in Kutkai and Tangyang...Farmers ask compensation for destroyed land...Over 8,000 fair cost apartment units to be developed in Mandalay within three years...Home Affairs Ministry issues press release on police abuse in video clip...Winners of titles and medals announced.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Interim Report of the Investigation Commission on Maungtaw...State Counsellor entertains members of Italy-Myanmar Friendship Association with Traditional Foods...Stock trading at YSX hit about Ks70 billion in 2016...Normal trade exports up by $390m, but border trade exports down by $80m...Pakistan proposes to purchase Myanmar?s rice under G to G system...Speaker U Win Myint receives Egyptian ambassador, Italy-Myanmar friendship member...Two illegal fishing boats seized in Myanmar territorial waters...Indoor stadium being constructed in Maungtaw..... "OPINION": "Independence and Peace" - Editorial from the Mirror/ Kyemon 3rd January 2017.....ARTICLE: "History in a nut shell" - Maha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt