"Nibbanasacchikiriya ca, to realize the Nirvana; this is the way to auspiciousness"...DOMESTIC NEWS: Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to Senior General Than Shwe; Prime Minister receives Chairman of Daewoo International Corporation and party; Head of State Senior General Than Shwe receives Governor of West Bengal State of India; Development of Myanma gems industry coordinated; Secretary-1 meets with departmental personnel in Myitkyina; Minister inspects railroad sections; Armed Forces Day TV Quiz held; Military band contest continues; Committee for Preventing Recruitment of Child Soldiers meets; Coord meeting on organizing Salone Traditional Festival held; Commander inspects regional development tasks; Reminder of satellite TV receiver licence renewal; Governor of West Bengal State of India and party tour Yangon; Japan and Myanmar exchange notes; Minister receives foreign guests; Doctors replant amputated forearm of 55-year-old man; Second International Computer Ph.D Level Research Conference held; ITF 14 and Under Asian Championship 2004 Asia Zone-2 continues; Sports events of pre-primary schools..."PERSPECTIVES": "Explore and exploit natural resources for national interest" (oil and gas) (Page 2)... ARTICLE: "To further raise the standard of Myanmar sports"