DOMESTIC NEWS: Acting Prime Minister and Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein enjoys Suvannasama Drama Contest; Provisions donated to four monasteries in Mandalay; Mass rally against recent protests held in Mongshu Township, Shan State (South); Maha Doat Drama Contest (marionette) continues; Lt-Gen Ye Myint offers rice, edible oil to Sayadaws for 23rd Shwegyin Nikaya Vinaya Examination; Lt-Gen Kyaw Win and wife attend dancing and music contests of Performing Arts Competitions; Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command attends Performing Arts Competitions... "PERSPECTIVES": "Work hard in concert for emergence of genuine democratic nation"...ARTICLES: "Aunty Suu, we are living in hope or Our only wish is to see a win-win situation-2" by Chan Mya Aye.