News: (1) Students pay excess maintenance fees in Ye Town; (2) DKBA soldiers beat and rob villagers in Thaton district; (3) 19-Year-Old Woman Raped and Murdered in Karen State; (4) LIB no. 273, forced resident to serve portering into their operation... Commentary: Peace Spirit in September 2007... Reports: (1) Burmese government action in advance of 2010 election... (2) Empty Rice Baskets: An Analysis of the Causes and Implications of the August 2009 Flooding in Mon State: Introduction; Background; Methodology; The Win-pha-non and Kataik dams; Dam flooding impacts; Rainfall Flooding; Rainfall Flooding Impacts; Burmese Government Abuse; Additional Burdens for Mon State?s Farmers Forcing Farmers to Guard the Gas Pipeline; Farmers Forced to Work on the Burmese Army?s Farms; Opinions; Conclusion.