DOMESTIC NEWS: Summary of observations at 9.30 hr MST on 25-12-2012...Weather Bulletin...Cash and kind for local people, students in Mansi Township...Motorcyclist knocked down by a car...Smart sealions at Zoological Garden (Nay Pyi Taw)...A young woman hangs herself in Toungoo...Referee and officiating course of MWF concludes...Insein Township organizes mass walks...Mon State High Court holds prize-giving ceremony...Literary talks given in Pyay...Emergency response team for Chin State...Yoma Yangon International Marathon on 27 January...Umbrella to be hoisted on Fullmoon day of Nadaw...New Tawwin bus line launched in Padaung...Mandalay NBB to honour blood donors...New ward/ village administrators elected in Sagaing...TUNE-UP MATCH HELD; BOOKS DONATED [photos]...Myanmar celebrates X?mas at Myanmar Baptist Church of Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana...Yangon to host Academy night...Two died, nine injured in Heho plane accident...Investigation Commission formed to probe into plane crash in Heho...Significant night temperatures (25-12-2012)..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann receives Chinese guests...Thai entrepreneurs hold talks with UMFCCI officials...Efforts made for declining illegal trade at Myanmar- India border in Tamu...Vietnam to make investment in Myanmar?s fisheries sector...Thura U Thet Oo Maung presents Credentials to Egyptian President...Myanmar establishes diplomatic relations with Iceland...Labour issues for Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand discussed..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Long live the Republic of the Union of Myanmar!"..... ARTICLES: "Cooperation with understanding of genuine goodwill needed" Aung Theinga..."Independence Day, simply unforgettable" Ko Tin Maung Oo (Ahlon)..."DMH, JICA to make concerted efforts for installation of radars" Thun Wathan