HLUTTAW SESSIONS: Pyithu Hluttaw session continues for eighth day - Six questions answered, one important proposal approved, one bill submitted, one bill reviewed...Eighth day session of Amyotha Hluttaw continues - One bill approved, one bill discussed, one bill submitted, one proposal discussed..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (13-7-2012)...Culture Ministry plants trees, releases fingerlings...Mon State Chief Minister looks into regional development tasks...Sittway station grows saplings in rainy season...Tree growing ceremony marked as conservation of school environment...CASH DONATED; FIELD TRIP MADE; COORD MEETING HELD [photos]...Fire breaks out at Pyisonekyaw rice mill in Mawgyun...Agricultural loans for monsoon crops disbursed in Myaungmya...Hiking team plans to climb mountains in Mon State...Paddy transplanting machine demonstrated in Thayawady Township...Summer Palethwe paddy harvested on model plot...Collective tree growing ceremony held in Hsenwi Township...Agricultural loans disbursed to farmers in Myohla Sub- Township...Tachilek observes Myanmar Women?s Day...Citizenship cards issued in Thayet Township...University of Veterinary Science plants saplings... Coordination meeting for holding 65th Anniversary Martyr?s Day commences...Nursing trainees decorated with caps and coats...Kayin State Chief Minister attends rainy season treeplanting ceremony...Outstanding students honoured in Kanyutkwin...Plan to hold workshop for development of meat sector...Township Administrator?s Cup U-19 Football Tournament commences in Nyaungdon...Rural area of Tatkon covered with maize plantations...School Environment Day marked in Bago...Traffic lights help people create traffic safety area in Shwepyitha...Books, publications donated to library in Kyaunggon Township...Talks on taxation disseminated in Taikkyi...Auxiliary fire brigade signboard put up in Zeyathiri Township...Facts about revenue disseminated in Yekyi...Dengue hemorrhagic fever combated in Shwepyitha...Saplings grown at tree growing ceremony in Pathein...Drug elimination day observed in Bokpyin..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein leaves for Cambodia to attend US-ASEAN Economic Forum...President U Thein Sein sends message of felicitations to French counterpart...President U Thein Sein felicitates French Prime Minister...Union Foreign Affairs Minister felicitates French counterpart...Workshop on frozen meat import held...Myanmar, Thai to cooperate in rice mill industry...Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw attends AIPA Executive Committee Meeting..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Tug-of-war" ["between economic development and environmental conservation"]