DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe pays homage to pagodas in Bagan-NyaungU...Vice-President of PRC to pay goodwill visit to Myanmar...Coord meeting on holding 62nd Anniversary Independence Day State Flag hoisting and saluting ceremony held...Gifts presented to Correction Department (Mawlamyine)...Respects paid to doyens at their homes...EP-2 Dy Minister attends Refresher Course for Officers (1/2009)...188 drug-related cases exposed in November...Storm News...Senior General Than Shwe inspects greening of Mt. Popa - Mt. Popa region an invaluable natural resource for arid central Myanmar...Medal Standing in XXV SEA Games...Bitdefender Antivirus Software 2010 opened...Myanmar win one more gold, two silver, four bronze in SEA Games...Vice-Senior General Maung Aye meets Singaporean Military Attaché...Significant night temperatures..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Make relentless efforts for timely completion of projects"..... ARTICLE: "The Ayeyawady river-crossing bridges that will promise development of the nation" Kyaw Ye Min