DOMESTIC NEWS: The Most Basic Requirement: "Union Spirit lies at the centre of ensuring perpetuation of the sovereignty. It is, therefore, mandatory for us to firmly cultivate a strong sense of Union Spirit wherever we live in the Union. We are also to be convinced of the point that Union Spirit is exactly true patriotic spirit and we are all duty-bound to preserve it forever." - Senior General Than Shwe Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services (From message sent on the occasion of 62nd Anniversary Union Day)...Senior General Than Shwe accepts credentials of Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria...Senior General Than Shwe accepts credentials of Ambassador of the Republic of Poland...Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence visits Housing & Building-2010...Workshop on National Clearing House Mechanism and Gap Analysis for Terrestrial Protected Areas commences...Sosuco tiles displayed at Housing & Building-2010...Four patients found with A/H1N1 Effective measures taken to control virus...Deputy Construction Minister inspects unloading of iron frames...TMW opens booth at Housing & Building-2010...Government has been carrying out tasks for better road transportation in Chin State - Administrative body, officials urged to strive for prevalence of law and order to bring about peaceful livelihood of Sagaing Division dwellers - Prime Minister General Thein Sein tours townships of Chin State, Sagaing Division...Chin State is strategic for border security and commercial sectors - Prime Minister attends opening of 200-bed main medical ward of Chin State People?s Hospital in Haka..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Union of Myanmar of various national races"..... ARTICLES: "Story-telling foreign radio stations" (3) The Dabwint ["...It is crystal clear that foreign media and their stooges at home made false and fabricated news with the intention of hindering the development and stability, destroying the cooperation of the government, the people and the Tatmadaw, damaging the implementation of the sevenstep Road Map of the State and hindering the 2010 election deviating from the way of transition to democracy..."]...Hailing the 63rd Anniversary Union Day: "All-round development of Kayah State with prevailing peace and stability in the time of Tatmadaw Government" Article: Maung Chit Pe..."Panglong Conference, National Convention, and historical background of the Union" An Observer ["...In consistence with the State?s seven-step Road Map laid down in 2003, the National Convention was continued with great tenacity. As a result, fundamental principles and detailed basic principles could be laid down for the emergence of an enduring State constitution. The principles the National Convention adopted through discussions in accord with the objective conditions reflected Union Spirit, Union desire and Union goal conceived by the Panglong Conference..."] .....POEM: "Our Union": "The Union of ours Founded by kith and kin United and consolidated it is Shan, Kayah, Chin, Kachin Rakhine, Kayin, Mon, Bamar Together they are Hands joining with amity All through the thousand-year-old history In weal or woe Striving in harmony...".....CARTOON: "Nationalism"