DOMESTIC NEWS: Carolers visit Presidential Palace on Christmas Eve...Ministry vows to increase budget for small-scale fish farming next FY...Yangon Mayor gives rare press conference to local media...President?s excellent awards added two more genres...Myanmar, Thailand to expand project areas of alternative development in Tachilek and Monghsat...Yangon Region government honours victorious athletes, well-wishers...Chief Minister attends Kayin New Year Day in Bago...Vice President inspects rehearsal of Grand Military Review Parade...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing delivers speech at launching of new frigate...Thura U Shwe Mann meets farmers in Mandalay Region...Zeyathiri Township gets self-reliant village library...Short-term course improves capacity of law officers...Thayetchaung Township gets new law office...Field staff to cultivate Palethwe hybrid rice on 3,000 acres of firm...Directorate of Water Resources Utilization sinks tube-wells one after another...Mohnyin police officers meet media...Agricultural development bank disburses loans to farmers...Students get experiences from pre-tests for examination...Social organization members vaccinate people against elephantiasis...People join December?s sports activities...Record of Discussion for new Technical Cooperation Project signed..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: MFF releases lineup for Myanmar women?s team...International Fashion Show honours Myanmar?s ASEAN chairmanship..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Birth and death should be for the world" Aung Khin..... ARTICLE: "THREATS TO GLOBAL VILLAGE AND GLOBAL PEACE" by Tommy Pauk