DOMESTIC NEWS: 1.The struggle to regain independence lasted over 100 years; 2.Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than inspects DaikU-Nyaungkhashe Road, Yenwe Multipurpose Dam, Shwekyin hydel power project; 3.Cash and kind donated to disaster-hit villages; 3.Shan State (North) USDA makes resolution of speedy implementation of seven objectives, nine future tasks adopted by AGM (2004), and plans in the region; 4.Leading Committee for Observance of 60th Anniversary Armed Forces Day meets; 5.Press conference on bomb blast, unlicensed vehicles and damages caused by strong earthquake; 6.Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than attends opening of Shwekyin Township People?s Hospital; 7.Minister inspects rural development tasks in Mahlaing Tsp; 8.Minister inspects Mandalay International Airport, upgrading of Hkamti Airport; 9.Minister visits prawn breeding camps in Taninthayi Divsion; 10.Interdepartmental Workshop on Occupational Health opens; 11.Rural road and bridge inaugurated; 12. Be ever alert..."PERSPECTIVES": "Work hard for speedy and successful implementation of special projets(page 2)...FEATURE:"National patriotic peasant who fought against the colonialists(page 8)