KEY STORY; • Election Commission concessions; • Election restrictions; • USDP vote buying alleged; • NLD candidacies prompt criticism; • Daw Suu visits Pegu, Magwe; • USDP ousts Shwe Mann as chair; • USDP reshuffles... INSIDE BURMA: • Flood death toll reaches 121; • UN concern for food, water; • ?Black Ribbon” campaign; • Parliament?s 12th session ends; • Peace talks hit stumbling block; • Clashes in Kachin, Shan States... HUMAN RIGHTS: • Students go on hunger strike; • UNSR Yanghee Lee?s 3rd visit; • UNSR Yanghee Lee?s statement... DISPLACEMENT: • August trafficking developments... ECONOMY: • Kyat devalues post-reshuffle; • Layoffs after minimum wage set... OTHER BURMA NEWS... REPORTS.