DOMESTIC NEWS: Preserving fine tradition, government keeps on conferring honorary titles and medals on commendable persons - President Aggamaha Thayaysithu, Aggamaha Thirithudhamma U Thein Sein presents honorary titles and medals...Yangon Region 64th Anniversary Independence Day State Flag Hoisting Ceremony held...Sports competitions and funfairs mark 64th Anniversary Independence Day...Literary talks to hail Literati Day...Senior and novice football tournaments organized in Taunggyi...Winners awarded in Equestrian Contest...YCDC maternal and child welfare branch donates cash to fire survivors...IMAGES OF CONFERRING HONORARY TITLES AND MEDALS ON COMMENDABLE PERSONS...Funfairs and sports activities to mark Independence Day...25 literati and artistes among 30 Sithu Titles recipients...Union Minister demands preparedness for unprecedented obstacles...School family day festival held in Ayeyawady Region...Gov?t staff need to maximize utility of resources, Union Minister says...Model plot harvested in Thanatpin...President U Thein Sein, wife Daw Khin Khin Win host reception and dinner to mark 64th Anniversary Independence Day 2012...State Flag Hoisting and Saluting Ceremony 2012 observed in Nay Pyi Taw...Gallantry medals of MPF conferred on five members of Fire Services Department who bravely sacrificed life for State and people..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Foreign Heads of State send felicitations to President U Thein Sein..... "PERSPECTIVES": "2012, a banner year in the making"