DOMESTIC NEWS: Copper Mining Project It is time for all to carry out purification and propagation of Sasana - Ceremony to apologize to State Sangha Maha Nayaka Sayadaws for incidents stemming from protest in Letpadaungtaung Copper Mining Project...Unprecedented challenges in political process being tackled with cooperation of the people [The following is a translation of the 92nd Anniversary National Day message sent by President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein]...Citizens, journalists requested to smooth the ?hard road...IWT set up joint venture with private sector...Installation of power lines from Shwe Myot to Ngatesu...FMI eyes to lead auto market in Myanmar...Jivitadana Sangha Hospital (Yangon) to organize charity sales...Untimely rainfall damages monsoon paddy harvest, preparation for winter crops...Car crash on Yangon- Nay Pyi Taw Expressway...Hledan overhead bridge sees more than 60 per cent completion...Traditional boat race attracts local people...Gold plates to be donated to Shwedagon Pagoda...Crime reduction talks given...Heroin seized in Khampat, Kawlin...Stimulant tablets seized in Myitkyina...CSC ISSUED [photo]...World AIDS Day marked in Bago...Graduation dinner of 55th Intake of DSA held...Government instructs departmental staff to carry out their duties without bias...Human capabilities are crucial: Union Minister for Industry...Free health care services provided to nuns, students...Graduation parade of 55th Intake of Defence Services Academy held..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar delegation back home [from USA]...Russia-Myanmar trade and investment discussed...Candle light starts outbreak of fire in Katha...USAID-supported NGO to assist Myanmar meat, fish sector...Border Affairs Union Minister holds talks with UN Under-Secretary General and Emergency Relief Coordinator...Japan provides Kawlin Township Hospital with cash assistance..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Teach them how to fish".....ARTICLE: "Commemorating our National Day" Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt.....POEM: "THE DAY ON WHICH A CLARION CALL WAS SOUNDED" Maung Swe Ngae