1. JAPAN MAY PROVIDE AID TO MYANMAR; 2. US$17 M DEBT RELIEF IN JAPANESE GOVT GRANT; 3. LETTER OF CONCERN TO THE JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER REGARDING RESUMPTION OF AID TO THE BALUCHAUNG HYDROPOWER PLANT; 4. STATEMENT OF KARENNI EVERGREEN REGARDING THE PROPOSED JAPANESE GOVERNMENT GRANT OF 3.5 BILLION YEN TO THE SPDC FOR THE REPAIR OF LAWPITA HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION NO-(2) IN KARENNI; 5. INSIDE SOURCES ? LEAKS FROM THE CORPORATE STRUCTURE; 6. SALWEEN PROJECT DUSTED OFF; 7. CHAVALIT PROPOSES TO HELP DEVELOP BURMA: ?Feeling comes from 'bottom of my heart'; 8. CHINESE PLANNING TO DIVERT WATER TO THE NORTHWEST PART OF CHINA FROM UPPER SALWEEN, UPPER MEKONG AND UPPER BRAMAPUTRA?; 9. PLANT FUELS POLLUTION CONCERNS; 10. SHANS TAKE PART IN THE ANTI-POWER PLANT PROTEST; 11. STOP FIRES BEFORE THEY TAKE HOLD. Commentary on the Politics of the Tachilek Power Plant and the Environment; 12. DAM CREATES BANGLADESH, MYANMAR TENSION; 13. KAREN REBELS BOAST OF MARCH 5 CONQUEST: DAM HEAD TAKEN, THREE DEAD IN RAID; 14. SINO-THAI POWER SHARING DEAL STRUCK.