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Volume XVI, Number 114 9th Waxing of Wagaung 1370 ME Sunday, 10 August, 2008

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be keptin the hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

* Uplift of dynamism of patriotic spirit* Uplift of health, fitness and education

standards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peaceand tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Danañca, generosity; this is the way to auspiciousness

NAY PYI TAW, 9Aug — Accompanied byChairman of AyeyawadyDivision Peace and De-velopment Council Com-mander of South-WestCommand Brig-GenKyaw Swe and officials,Maj-Gen Ko Ko of theMinistry of Defence on 7August arrived in Labuttawhere they were wel-comed by Minister for Co-operatives Maj-Gen TinHtut and officials.

Maj-Gen Ko Ko,the commander, MinisterMaj-Gen Tin Htut andMinister for ReligiousAffairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung attended aceremony to donate robes

Maj-Gen Ko Ko attends cash and kind donationsof Sitagu Missionary Group for monasteries,

hospital and people in Labutta Township

and other supplies bySitagu Missionary Groupto monks and people ofLabutta Township andhospital equipment worth

US$ 50,000 to LabuttaPeople’s Hospital.

Sitagu SayadawAgga Maha Pandita AggaMaha Saddhamma

Jotikadhaja MahaD h a m m a k a t h i k aBahujanahitadhara AggaMaha GanthavacakaPandita Dr Ashin

Ñanissara gaveOvadakatha in connec-tion with the donation of2,200 sets of robes andmedicines to 358 monas-

teries of the township,hospital equipment to thehospital and relief sup-plies to storm victims.

(See page 8)

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Aug— Maj-Gen Tha Aye ofthe Ministry of Defence,Col Tin Maung Win ofHpa-an Station and offi-cials, offered robes andalms to SayadawBhaddanta Kusala ofKoenawin Monastery inKamamoung of Papun

Maj-Gen Tha Aye supervises regionaldevelopment tasks in Hlaingbwe, Hpa-an

Township on 5 Augustmorning.

They also donated100 bags of cement forconstruction of the refec-tory.

At KamamoungBasic Education HighSchool, they inspectedlearning of students at the

computer room and schoollibrary.

They gave instruc-tions on cultivation of veg-etables and physic nut andrenovation of schoolbuildings.

At KamamoungPeople’s Hospital, theycomforted the patients and

presented cash assistanceto them.

They met depart-mental officials and so-cial organization mem-bers in the town. Maj-GenTha Aye presented cashassistance for exercisebooks and medical equip-ment to Headmaster U

Myint Oo of KamamoungBEHS and Medical Su-perintendent Dr KyawMin Min Tun. AtMyainggyingu SpecialRegion BEHS, theypresend K 100,000 to act-ing headmaster U ShweLamin.

(See page 9)

Maj-Gen Ko Ko views 21-foot long boats for fishermen in Ayeyawady Division.—MNA

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PERSPECTIVES* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesireSunday, 10 August, 2008

Myanmar produces more goods in theagricultural sector than in any other sector.Agriculture is the major business of ruralresidents. So, the government givesencouragement to and takes all possible steps forboosting production in the agricultural sector.

Kengkham Multipurpose Dam Project, oneof the projects designed for greening MeiktilaPlain, is now under way on the Namt-at Creeknear Kengkham Village, Yaksawk Township,Shan State (South).

Kengkham and Zawgyi Multipurpose DamProjects are in progress for greening MeiktilaPlain, and Myogyi Multipurpose Dam Project inYwangan Township, to supply more irrigationwater to Meiktila Plain and the irrigated areas ofZawgyi Dam.

The multipurpose dam projects are intendedto supply irrigation water and generatehydropower. Upon completion, the irrigationfacilities will be able to support more water toMeiktila Lake. Therefore, local farmers will bein a position to enjoy better living conditions bygrowing crops on a broader scale by then.

Water resources across the nation contributenot only towards boosting agricultural productionbut also towards generation of hydropower. Localfarmers, on their part, are to use irrigation watermost effectively for boosting per acre yields ofcrops.

The projects aimed at greening Meiktila Plainbenefit the people and help improve the livingstandard of the people. Departments concerned,local organizations and farmers have to work incollaboration for greening the whole arid zoneincluding Meiktila Plain.

Projects for greening MeiktilaPlain benefit the people

YANGON, 9 Aug — A total of 1000 Buddhaimages were donated to the storm survivors at FireServices (Head office) near Buddha’s Tooth RelicsPagoda in Mayangon township on 7 August.

Donors (U Thein Maung) and Daw Papa (SandiFamily for Traditional Medicine) donated the imagesthrough Secretary of National Disaster PreparednessCentral Committee Chairman of cash and kindaccepting and supervisory committee Minister forSocial Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Maj-GenMaung Maung Swe.

Myanmar Maternal and Child WelfareAssociation and State and Division Maternal and ChildWelfare Supervisory Committees donated K 11.4million to set up 19 houses for the storm victims andAsia Pacific Lady Friendship Association, K 3.0 millionto build 5 houses through MMCWA.

CEC Members of MMCWA Daw Htwe HtweNyunt, Daw Khin Nwe Nwe, Daw Thazin Nwe andDaw Khin Mya Win handed over the donation to theSWRR Minister, Deputy Minister Brig-Gen KyawMyint and officials concerned who presentedcertificates of honour to the donors.

MNA

1,000 Buddha imagesfor storm survivors

USDA CEC member presents cashassistance to students of YIE

YANGON, 9 Aug — TheUnion Solidarity andDevelopment Associationheld a ceremony to providecash assistance to storm-affected students of YangonInstitute of Education at themeeting hall of the institute,

here, on 5August, attendedby USDA CEC memberMinister for Education DrChan Nyein, USDA CECmember (Yangon DivisionIn-charge) Vice-Mayor ColMaung Pa, Deputy Ministerfor Education U Myo

Nyunt, the directors-general, the rectors, pro-rectors, professors andstudents.

Minister Dr ChanNyein delivered anaddress on the occasion.

Next the minister, the

vice-mayor and Pro-Rector Dr Daw MalarAung of University ofDistance Education(Yangon) presented cashassistance to representa-tives of storm-affectedstudents. —MNA

NDPCC member on inspection tour of villagesin Labutta Township

YANGON, 9 Aug —Member of NationalDisaster PreparednessCentral CommitteeMinister for CooperativesMaj-Gen Tin Htutaccompanied by officialswent to Kanyinkwinvillage in LabuttaTownship by boat on 5August and viewedploughing for monsoonpaddy in farmlands alongwater course andencouraged fishermenwho were fishing with theuse of fishing nets and

boats provided by thegovernment on 5 August.

On his arrival atKayinkwin village, theminister greeted localpeople and attended to theneeds.

At village BasicEducation Middle School(Affiliated), the ministermet with teachers andstudents and presentedexercise books to them.

Next, the ministerheard reports on regionaldevelopment presented byofficials and fulfilled the

requirements at Betukvillage.

At Po Thin village,the minister discussed

matters on repair of villagemonastery with town-selders and attended to theneeds. — MNA

YANGON, 9 Aug — Myanmar ComputerProfessionals Association organized the talks on CyberThreats at Room-205 of Myanmar Info-Tech in HlineTownship this afternoon.

U Aung Soe Moe of MCPA delivered a speech.Computer professional U Aung Zaw Myint gave talkson cyber threats, spyware, malware, hack, virus andwarm and future cyber security.

Those present took part in the discussions. NLM

Talks on Cyber Threats held

Minister Dr Chan Nyein addresses ceremony to provide cash assistance for storm-survivorstudents.—EDUCATION

Talks on Cyber Threats in progress.—NLM

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Czech train crash killsseven, injures about 70

STUDENKA (Czech Republic), 9 Aug — An internationalexpress train hit a collapsed bridge at high speed in theCzech Republic on Friday, killing at least seven peopleand injuring about 70.

The EuroCity train, from the Polish city of Krakow toPrague, crashed at about 140 km per hour (87 mph) inStudenka, near the northeastern border with Poland.

"An international train from Krakow to Prague ran intoa collapsed bridge which fell on the rails," said CzechRailways spokesman Radek Joklik.

Officials said six bodies were found in the wreckageand the CTK news agency reported that a seventh person,a Ukrainian, died in hospital. A rescue services spokesmansaid 13 people were seriously hurt.

The Czech and Polish prime ministers, Mirek Topolanekand Donald Tusk, visited the scene to observe rescueefforts. "There were many Poles on the train ... andunfortunately, apparently at least one of the dead isPolish," Topolanek said on Czech television.—Internet

US military deaths in Iraqwar at 4,136

WASHINGTON, 9 Aug — As of Friday, 8 Aug, 2008,at least 4,136 members of the U.S. military have diedin the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, accordingto an Associated Press count.

The figure includes eight military civilians killedin action. At least 3,364 died as a result of hostileaction, according to the military's numbers.

The AP count is one fewer than the DefenseDepartment's tally, last updated Friday at 10 amEDT. The British military has reported 176 deaths;Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13;Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five;Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each;Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, Romania, two each;and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea,one death each.—Internet

A boy helps a policeman carry furniture out of aflooded police station in Allahabad, India, Friday, 8

Aug, 2008. Two days of heavy rainfall has resulted insevere water-logging in various localities of the

city.—INTERNET

Rescuers try to retrieve passengers from theinternational EuroCity Comenius train that crashedinto a part of a reconstructed road bridge, that felldown just before the passing train, in Studenka, some360 kilometers east of Prague, Czech Republic, on 8Aug, 2008. Seven people died and at least another 13 were injured. —INTERNET

In Iraq, fault lines run deep overKirkuk’s future

KIRKUK, 9 Aug — Thefailure of Iraqi politiciansto resolve competingethnic claims for the oil-rich northern city ofKirkuk is storing upexplosive problems for thecountry's future.

After months of debate,parliament shut for a

summer break withoutagreement on a new lawpaving the way for the firstprovincial elections since2005 — and it wasdivisions over how to holdthe vote in Kirkuk thatscuppered a deal.

“Postponing theelection law willcomplicate the situation inKirkuk and lead to astruggle between thefactions and eventually acivil war may erupt,” saidAli Ibrahim, an Arab.

“The parliament and the

government has to work

seriously to resolve the

situation,” he said.Internet

Nine policemenkilled in N-W

PakistanISLAMABAD, 9 Aug—

Armed suspected Talibankilled at least ninepolicemen in an overnightattack on a check post inPakistan’s northwest,the News NetworkInternational (NNI) newsagency reported Saturday.

Security forces at acheck post stopped a pick-up for routine search inBuner area of North WestFrontier Province Fridaynight, but when they triedto search the vehicle,armed Taliban opened fireat the policemen, thereport said.

Nine policemen diedat the scene and severalothers fled, it added.

MNA/Xinhua

Japan remembers Nagasakiatomic bomb victims

TOKYO, 9 Aug —Japan marked the 63rd anniversaryof the atomic bombing of Nagasaki with a solemnceremony on Saturday and a call for world powers toabandon their nuclear weapons.

Thousands of children, elderly survivors anddignitaries in the city's Peace Park bowed theirheads in a minute of silence at 11:02 am (10:02 pmEDT), the time the bomb was dropped, to rememberthe tens of thousands who ultimately died from theblast.

Nagasaki was bombed by the United States onAugust 9, 1945, three days after the western city ofHiroshima, where the blast also killed tens ofthousands immediately and many more later fromradiation sickness.—Internet

Georgia declares state of war with Russia

A burning appartment building, damaged by aRussian airstrike is seen the northern Georgian

town of Gori.—INTERNET

Doves flutter aroundthe Peace Statue inNagasaki’s PeacePark in Nagasaki,western Japan,during a ceremonycommemorating the63rd anniversary ofthe city’s atomicbomb blast, 9 August,

2008.—Internet

Dozens killed in Vietnam floods

TBLISI (Georgia), 9Aug — Georgia’sparliament Saturdayapproved a request byPresident MikhailSaakashvili’s to impose a“state of war,” as theconflict between Georgiaand Russia escalated,Georgian officials said.Saakashvili accusedRussia of launching anunprovoked full-scalemilitary attack against hiscountry, includingtargeting civilian homes,

while Russian officialsinsist their troops wereprotecting people fromGeorgia’s attacks onSouth Ossetia, abreakaway Georgianregion that borders Russia.

Russia’s Interfaxnews agency said the deathtoll was at least 2,000killed in the capital ofSouth Ossetia and claimedthe city has beendestroyed.

Georgian officialssaid Russia has mobilizedits Black Sea fleet off thecoast of Abkhazia, anotherbreakaway Georgianprovince.

The Georgian “stateof war” order is not aformal declaration of war,and stops short ofdeclaring martial law,according to Georgianofficials.

Internet

LAO CAI, 9 Aug — Atleast 62 people in northernVietnam have been killedby flash floods andlandslides caused by atropical storm.

Dozens of people aremissing and entirevillages have been cut offin Lao Cai, the worst-affected province.

A rescue effort led bythe army is under way butis being hampered by thesevere weather.

Tropical storm Kam-muri, which came in fromthe Gulf of Tonkin andmade landfall on Friday,hit China with rain andwinds earlier in the week.

Officials in the

mountainous province ofLao Cai, which bordersChina, told news agenciesthat tens of thousands ofpeople had been strandedafter roads were washedaway.

Further landslides havebeen predicted, sparkingfears that the death toll couldrise.—Internet

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A resident takes a look at the first-day cover he just bought outside theNanjing Post Office in Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, on

8 Aug, 2008. The commemorative postcards, stamps and first-day covers of theopening ceremony of the 29th Olympic Games were issued nationwide on

Friday, the opening day of the games. —INTERNET

A total of 19 pairs of newlyweds from 12 cities of China hold a romanticgroup wedding on the sea in Olympic co-host city Qinhuangdao, north

China’s Hebei Province, at about 11 a.m. on 8 Aug, 2008, 9-hour countdownto the opening ceremony of the Olympics. —INTERNET

Seven killed in policeclashes near Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, 9 Aug — Seven people were killedand unknown number of others wounded Friday ininternal clashes among police forces near the capital,Mogadishu, local media reports.

The clashes involved newly trained police officersand their counterparts in Afgooye town in LowerShabelle Province, 30 km west of Mogadishu, ShabelleRadio reported.

Czech anti-radar activists boycott USmade products

Swiss engineers to remainin jail over nuclear probe

PRAGUE, 9 Aug —Czech activists opposingthe planned US radar baseon Czech soil are trying toboycott products made byUS companies, the dailyHospodarske Noviny (HN)said on Friday.

“We have selected thefirms that are funding theUS government. When thecompanies start feeling thelosses, they will have to dosomething with it,” said JanBednar, one of the leadingactivists of the No to Basesgroup who recently wenton an anti-radar hungerstrike with his colleague.

Moreover, the radaropponents must alsoboycott the products thatare traditionallyconsidered Czech, such asthe Sparta and Startcigarettes, as theirproducer is the PhilipMorris company, and theSiesta biscuits, made byUS Kraft Foods, HNpointed out.The logos of

all the banned productshave been released on theanti-radar websites.

The radar opponentsexpect their step to annoythe US administration and,in the ideal case, make thecompanies persuade USPresident George W Bushto give up the radar baseproject.—Internet

GENEVA, 9 Aug — Thetwo Swiss engineers, Ursand Marco Tinner,suspected of involvementin an international nuclearsmuggling network wererefused bail on Friday, theofficial Swissinfo newswebsite reported.

The Swiss FederalCourt upheld a ruling bythe Criminal Court earlierthis year which ordered theTinners to remain incustody pending theoutcome of aninvestigation, according tothe report.The pair, who

have been detained since2005, had argued theiralleged involvement couldno longer be proven afterthe government orderedthe destruction ofdocuments on the case.

The brothers along withtheir father, FriedrichTinner, are suspected ofhelping to supply parts forLibya’s nuclear weaponsprogram through atrafficking ring run byAbdul Qadeer Khan, thefounder of Pakistan’snuclear program.

Internet

CPP wins 58% votes in 4thgeneral election of Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, 9 Aug —The major rulingCambodian People’s Party(CPP) won around 58.11

percent of the votes in thefourth general election on27 July, according to thepreliminary officialballoting results declared bythe National ElectionCommittee (NEC) hereSaturday.

Altogether 3,492,374out of the 6,010,277 actualvoters cast their ballots forCPP, who had alreadytranslated the victory into90 out of the 123 seats atthe National Assembly(NA) and claimed to be thelandslide winner of thenationwide politicalshowdown.

CPP’s winning rateduring the past three generalelections respectively stoodat 39.63 percent in 1993,41.67 percent in 1998 and47.30 percent in 2003, saidNEC.—Internet

Internet

Dancers from the Gansu Provincial Song andDance Company perform the Chinese classic six-scene dance drama “Flower Rains on Silk Road”,

an episode on the Silk Road, at the TianqiaoTheater in Beijing, capital of China, on 7 Aug,

2008.—INTERNET

Somali pirates free twoGerman hostages

BOSASSO (Somalia), 9Aug— Pirates on Fridayfreed two German touriststhey had held hostage inremote northern Somaliasince June, local elders anda source close to the gangsaid.

Hopes for their releaserose this week as leaders inthe breakaway region ofPuntland tried to arrangefor a ransom payment tobe taken to the kidnappers.

Yusuf, a local man whodescribed himself as anaccomplice of the gang,said he was part of thegroup that carried one

million US dollars to theirmountain hideout.

“They have released thetwo Germans,” Yusuf toldReuters by telephone fromthe small town of LasQoray. “They are well andwe will be taking them toBosasso.”— MNA/Reuters

NEW DELHI, 9Aug—India’s SupremeCourt on Friday allowedSouth Korean steel firmPOSCO the use of largeswathes of forest land inthe country’s east to builda 12-billion-US -dollarplant.

The project inOrissa state, India’s singlebiggest foreign investment,had also been left hangingfor more than two yearsdue to stiff opposition fromfarmers angry over losingtheir land.

“POSCO ispermitted to continue theiron ore mining,” theSupreme Court said in ajudgement.

Posco has so farbeen able to get about aquarter of the required4,000 acres (1,600

India court approves forestland for POSCO plant

hectares) of land. The courthas allowed Posco use ofanother 3,000 acres offorest land.

Protestors claimthe plant could displace20,000 people, while thefirm and government say itwill create jobs in animpoverished part of thecountry. The stand-offover the project reflects alarger anger among Indianfarmers fighting to savetheir land from factories asthe country’s economicpriorities shift fromagriculture to industry.

MNA/Reuters

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A customer chooses jewellery in Changchun, on6 Aug, 2008. Platinum price in Changchun fell

back sharply on Wednesday, dropping 10 percentto about 500 yuan per gram, due to the recent

plunge of international oil price. —XINHUA

2008 shows a novel-styled dustbin on the newly-renovated Qianmen Street incentral Beijing, China, on 7 Aug, 2008.—XINHUA

William Thorsell, director and chief executive of the Royal Ontario Museum,unveils a dinosaur exhibit erected by the museum at Pearson International

Airport in Toronto on 6 Aug, 2008. — XINHUA

Japan Inc sees bigger profitfall than expected

TOKYO. 9 Aug — Japan Inc has forecast a biggerprofit decline than its earlier estimate for the year toMarch 2009 due to price hikes and an economicslowdown at home and in the United States, a daily saidSaturday.

Combined full-year group pretax profit is now seenfalling 9.2 percent, compared with the initially estimated5.6 percent, the Nikkei business daily said in itssurvey.

The newspaper covered 1,324 listed firms that hadreported their April-June quarterly earnings by Friday.

Some 140 firms have recently downgraded theirfull-year earnings projections as rising fuel and materialcosts eroded earnings while the Japanese and USeconomies are slowing, the daily said.—Internet

Berkshire Hathaway 2nd-quarter profit falls 8 pct

UBS settles $18.6B auction-rate securities case

Oil slips below $116 onstrong dollar

NEW YORK, 9 Aug — Oil prices resumed theirdeclines on Friday, as the US dollar surged to a six-month high against the euro and expectations ofslowing global demand offset supply concerns over afire on key Turkish pipeline.

The US dollar enjoyed a powerful rebound againstthe euro, after the European Central Bank and the Bankof England both left their benchmark interest ratesunchanged, which made traders found reasons to sell.

Moreover, the central banks’ actions also boostedspeculations that economies around the world areslowing and will further dampen demand for oil.

Light, sweet crude for September delivery slipped4.82 dollars to settle at 115.20 dollars a barrel on theNew York Mercantile Exchange and continued to dipbelow 115 dollars a barrel in electronic trading afterthe close. Many traders regard 117 dollars a barrel asa key support level for crude oil. They say a movebelow this level suggests oil's recent slide is more thana brief pullback. —Internet

Indonesian airline Merpati to getfresh funds from government

NEW YORK, 9 Aug —Swiss banking giant UBSAG agreed on Friday tobuy back nearly $20 billionin auction-rate securitiesfrom investors, a day afterCitigroup Inc. reached asimilar settlement withregulators for $7 billion aspart of a wide-ranginginvestigation into thecollapse of the market forthe bond-like investments.

UBS will repurchase all$18.6 billion of thesecurities it sold and pay afine of $150 million as partof an investigation led byNew York AttorneyGeneral Andrew Cuomointo whether banks misled

customers about the safetyof the securities.

Cuomo said in aninterview that hisinvestigation into thetroubled securities iscontinuing. Of the twosettlements reached in asmany days with UBS andCitigroup, he said: “Wetend to start with the largestbecause that can make thegreatest impact.”

As part of its settlementannounced Thursday,Citigroup will also payfines of $100 million.

The bond-like invest-ments were widely held bymany institutional andindividual investors and

were seen as highly liquid,money market-likeinvestments. However themarket for them collapsedin February amid thedownturn in the broadercredit markets.

The $330 billionauction-rate securitiesmarket involved investorsbuying and sellinginstruments that resembledcorporate debt, except theinterest rates were reset atregular auctions, some asfrequently as once a week.A number of companiesinvested in the securitiesbecause they could treattheir holdings almost likecash.—Internet

JAKARTA, 9 Aug —Indonesian FinanceMinister Sri Mulyani saidthat the government wouldinject 300 billion rupiah(about 533 million USdollars) to the IndonesianMerpati NusantaraAirlines Inc after thecompany improved itsperformance.

The minister saidPresident Susilo BambangYudhoyono had orderedan audit on the state-owned airline.

“The president hadasked that Merpati Inc,be audited to ascertainits current financialcondition,” the ministerwas quoted by the JakartaPost as saying hereSaturday.

Besides, Merpati wasalso required to make abusiness plan first such asflight routes that shouldbe maintained, operationalfund reduction schemeand the needed

investment.The business plan is

required so that Merpatiwill have a sound financialbalance under a goodmanagement, she added.

Internet

NEW YORK, 9 Aug —Warren Buffett'sBerkshire Hathaway Inc(BRKa.N)(BRKb.N) saidon Friday second-quarterprofit fell 8 percent, hurtby weaker results frominsurance underwriting.

Net income for theOmaha, Nebraska-basedinsurance and investmentcompany fell to $2.88billion, or $1,859 per ClassA share, from $3.12billion, or $2,018, a yearearlier.

Operating profit

declined 10 percent to$2.27 billion, or $1,465per share, from $2.51billion, or $1,625, a yearearlier.

On that basis, analystson average expected profitof $1,370 per share,according to ReutersEstimates. Revenue rose10 percent to $30.09billion.

Insurance underwritingprofit fell 43 percent to$360 million, althoughearned premiums rose 5percent to $6.23 billion.

Berkshire was ablto boost insurancepremiums followingHurricane Katrina in2005, but Buffett hassaid prices and profitmargins have sincefallen.—Internet.

Warren Buffet

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NEWS ALBUM

A double-headed red-eared slider turtle“Takara,” named after a boy who foundit at a park nearby and meaning“treasure” in Japanese, is shown inMoriyama, western Japan on 27 May,2008. Researcjers say it is very rare forsuch a turtle to be found alive andadded that it is highly unlikely that thecause was due to pollution but rather a natural phenomenon.

Dancers of the “Vertical DanceCompany” practice their

performance along the facade of theSwiss embassy in Berlin.

A competitor dives from a 21 metre-high bridge over the river Moracaduring the annual “Vizier Bridge”

high diving competition in Podgoricaon 11 July, 2008.

Woman wantsprotective thief as

boyfriend A woman in Nanning, capital of the

Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region,who has been robbed more times thanshe can remember, wants a thief for aboyfriend.

The woman, a college student, hasbeen robbed of money, cell phones, IDcards, credit and debit cards; also theonly picture she had of her lategrandfather.—Internet

Bulgarian archaeologistsdiscover ancient chariot

Archaeologists have unearthed a1,900-year-old well-preserved chariotat an ancient Thracian tomb insoutheastern Bulgaria, the head of theexcavation said Thursday.

Daniela Agre said her team found thefour-wheel chariot during excavationsnear the village of Borisovo, around 180miles east of the capital, Sofia.

"This is the first time that we havefound a completely preserved chariot inBulgaria," said Agre, a seniorarchaeologist at the Bulgarian Academyof Sciences.

She said previous excavations hadonly unearthed single parts of chariots— often because ancients sites had beenlooted.—Internet

Archaeologist works around a 1,900-year-old well-preserved chariot at an

ancient Thracian tomb near thevillage of Borisovo, some 290

kilometers (180 miles) east of theBulgarian capital Sofia, Thursday,on 7 Aug, 2008. The archaeologist

Daniela Agre said her team found thefour-wheel chariot during

excavations near the village ofBorisovo.

Woman riding a donkey fights off a 500-poundlion with machete

A Mexican woman said she fought a500-pound lion with a machete near theresort city of Acapulco and scared himaway. Celsa Aleman said she and her 7-year-old niece were riding a donkeyMonday along a road when the lion wentafter the animal's legs.

The 35-year-old woman says shefound the courage to fight the lionbecause she thought it would attack her

niece. She hit the animal with a macheteuntil the beast ran away. Aleman andher niece were unharmed.

The state government said in astatement that the lion had escaped froma private zoo owned by a former localcongressman. It said the animal killedtwo dogs and ate a pig before it wassedated and taken back to the zoo.

Internet

French firefighters stand on a road near a high-speed rail line in the Atlantictown of Ondres where a makeshift bom2b was found on the line. Police defusedthree makeshift bombs in a busy tourist resort and on a high-speed rail line in the

French Basque country, officials said on Friday.—INTERNET

Makeshift bombs defused inFrench tourist hotspot

China’s consumer inflation maycontinue to fall

China’s consumer inflation maycontinue to decline in July, markingthe second consecutive month thisyear that it has dropped, accordingto economists’ estimates.—XINHUA

Netcom offers historic Olympic hi-tech

CNC technicians adjust their facilitiesat a Beijing gymnasium. —XINHUA

BAYONNE (France), 9Aug — Police defused threemakeshift bombs in a busytourist resort and on a high-speed rail line in the FrenchBasque country, officialssaid on Friday.

More than 1,200 touristswere evacuated in themiddle of the night fromtheir holiday homes after

firefighters received atelephone tip-off alertingthem to a total of fiveexplosive devices in thesouthwestern region.

Two were found in theBasque village ofArcangues, in a holidayresort and outside thetourism office, and a thirdon a TGV rail line near the

Atlantic town of Ondres, atthe northern edge of theBasque country.

Officials said all threedevices had been easilydefused, and thatholidaymakers had beenallowed to return to theiraccommodation on Fridaymorning.

Internet

Beijing, 9 Aug—China Netcom hasdeveloped eight innovations in digitalcommunications used for the first timeat the “hi-tech Olympics.”

An ASON-based intelli-gent optical

transmission network is in use for thefirst time to improve the quality andsecurity of the video transmission andspecial services for the Games.

It is also the first time light-compression high-definition (HD) videotransmission technology has been used.Netcom is employing long-distance non-compressed methods to deliver originalHD TV signal without any loss globally.The result is TV viewers can watchevents almost as instantaneously asvisitors on the spot, solving the problemof delay in TV transmission.

Internet

Beijing, 9 Aug—China’s consumerinflation may continue to decline in July,marking the second consecutive monththis year that it has dropped, accordingto economists’ estimates.

That may mean a departure fromthe rising spiral of inflation after it peakedat an annualized 8.7 percent in February.

Lehman Brothers economist SunMingchun said his team’s research foundthe July consumer price index (CPI), themain barometer of inflation, may drop to6.7 percent year-on-year from 7.1 percentin June. The domestic Bank of Com-munications research arm said the figurecould fall at 6.4 percent, which is alsothe estimate of Southwest Securities.

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NAY PYI TAW, 9 Aug — The Ministry of Cultureheld a coordination meeting at the ministry, here, thismorning, with an address by Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint.

The Directors-General reported onimplementation of the minutes of the previousmeetings and future tasks, rectors of NationalCulture and Fine Arts University (Yangon) and(Mandalay) on staff affairs and academic matters,librarians of museums and libraries in States andDivisions on general matters.

After giving necessary instructions, the meetingended with the concluding remarks. — MNA

YANGON, 9 Aug—With the sponsorship ofJapan InternationalCooperation Agency(JICA), the National JointCoordination CommitteeMeeting of the AnimalDisease Control ProjectPhase II was held at themeeting hall of LivestockBreeding and VeterinaryDepartment in InseinTownship here on 7August morning with anaddress by DeputyDirector-General ofLBVD Dr Aung Gyi.

It was attended byofficials of LBVD underthe Ministry of Livestockand Fisheries, SecondSecretary (Economy) ofJapan Embassy Mr

Ministry of Culture holdscoord meeting

National Joint CoordinationCommittee Meeting of the Animal

Disease Control Project Phase II held

Tetsuya Oishi, SecondResident RepresentativeJICA to Myanmar MrSato Kohei, officials ofJICA Regional Office ledby Project Adviser DrNishino Shigeo,responsible personnel ofMandalay DivisionLBVD and represen-tatives from MyanmarLivestock BreedingFederation.

M y a n m a r ,Thailand, Malaysia, Laos,Vietnam and Cambodiaare participating in theregional project that willlast three years from 2008to 2010. JICA willprovide assistance in kindand expertise worthJapanese ¥ 102 million to

the project. The projectcovers PyinOoLwinTownship andAmarapura Township inMandalay Division andwill benefit the tasks toimprove the laboratoryskills, to reportinformation on animalinfectious diseases, todetect the infectiousdiseases and control ofthe infectious diseasesthat can spread to human.

The project willalso cover the surveyingof TB and abortioncommon in diary cattleand provide the targettownships with medicinesand necessities for settingup small-scale labora-tories.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint delivers a speech at work coordination meeting ofMinistry of Culture.—MNA

National Joint Coordination Committee Meeting of the Animal DiseaseControl Project Phase II in progress.

MNA

BEIJING, 9 Aug —Olympic champion-turned-entrepreneur Li Ning ignitedthe Olympic cauldron at theBird’s Nest NationalStadium Friday night,concluding the 129-dayworld trip of the Olympicflame billed as a journey ofharmony and peace.

The BeijingOlympic torch relay wasmeant to spread the spiritof peace, progress,equality, friendship,justice and partnership,which is the widely valuedconcept in the modernOlympic Games.

After being lit at theOlympic birthplace inAncient Olympia, Greece,on March 24, the Olympic

NEW YORK, 9Aug—Oil dropped fivedollars to a three-monthlow on Friday as thedollar surged andconcerns about globaleconomic growthweighed on demandexpectations.

The fall came evenas Russia sent forces intoGeorgia, a key energytransit region, to repel aGeorgian assault on thebreakaway South Ossetiaregion.

US light crudesettled down 4.82 dollarsto 115.20 dollars abarrel, before falling to114.90 dollars in post-

UNITED NATIONS, 9Aug—The UN PostalAdministration (UNPA)issued on Friday a set ofsix commemorativestamps in mini-sheetformat on the theme“Sport for Peace” to markthe Beijing Olympic

Olympic flame concludes its worldtour at Bird’s Nest

torch travelled to thePanathinaiko Stadium inAthens before it wascarried to Beijing onMarch 31.

Starting from theChinese capital, the torchpassed five continents,visited cities along the SilkRoad that symbolizesancient links betweenChina and the rest of theworld. It was also carriedto the top of the world -the Mt. Everest peak.

The Olympic torchrelay has achieved its goalto spread the Olympicspirit as well as themessage of peace,progress and friendship.It also ignited the passionof the people around the

world in spite of thesporadic protests andmelees.

The relay covered137,000 kilometres(85,000 miles) as thelongest ever trip of thesacred flame since thetradition started at the1936 Olympcis. TheOlympic torch returned toChinese territory on May2 as tens of thousands ofpeople turned out to cheerthe flame in Hong Kong.Astronaut Yang Liweikicked off the relay’shome stretch on August 6.After three days of relayby 841 runners, theOlympic flame finallymade it to the Bird’s Nest.

MNA/Xinhua

UN issues commemorative stampsfor Beijing Olympics

Games. Three souvenirsheets and a BeijingPersonalized stamp sheetwere also released on thesame day.

The overall themeand slogan for the Beijing2008 Olympic Games is“One World One Dream”

which fully reflects theessence and the universalvalues of the Olympicspirit — Unity,Friendship, Progress,Harmony, Participationand Dream, said a UNPAstatement.

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Oil falls to $115 on economic worries,dollar gainssettlement trade, thelowest level since earlyMay. Prices have slidsince hitting a recordhigh over 147 dollars abarrel on July 11.

London Brentcrude settled at 113.33dollars, down 4.53dollars. “It seems that we’vegot a lot of selling basedon the stronger dollar,”said Peter Beutel,president of tradingconsultants CameronHanover.

Energy demanddestruction and thedollar return haveformed a quiet alliance

to bring the oil marketdown, and today thelouder of the two is thedollar.”

Strong demandfrom emergingeconomies like Chinasent oil on a six-yearrally, with prices upsevenfold at their peak.More support came frominvestors rushing intocommodities as a hedgeagainst inflation and theweak dollar.

But mountingglobal economic pro-blems and high fuelprices have begun to hurtdemand.

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nated alms to the Sayadaw.The commander and theministers offered robesand alms to members ofthe Sangha. On behalf ofthe Sayadaw, MinisterBrig-Gen Thura MyintMaung, officials andwellwishers handed overrobes, medicines, offerto-ries and cash to 358 mon-asteries.

German citizen DawUppalavanna presentedhospital equipment worthUS$ 50,000 to MedicalSuperintendent Dr Ye Winof the hospital.

Minister Maj-GenTin Htut offered a certifi-cate of honour to theSayadaw.

Maj-Gen Ko Ko andparty inspected the new pon-toon bridge at Labutta port.

At BayintnaungYeiktha in Labutta, Maj-Gen Ko Ko met with localauthorities and heard re-ports on progress of thetownship and rehabilitationand reconstruction tasks.

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paddy against the targetof 363,702 acres in 2008-09, accounting for 71.9 percent. The remaining acresof farmland are being cul-tivated with the use of 893draught cattle and 3,570power-tillers. Emphasis isbeing placed on timelycultivation of the targetedareas.

Maj-Gen Ko Ko andparty inspected the poul-try farm of U Myint Aung-Daw Yi Yi Thant inShukhintha Village ofMyaungmya Township.

Myaungmya Town-ship won the first prize(township level) for breed-ing of domestic chickenon 2003 World Food Dayand the second prize forbreeding domesticchicken on 2005 WorldFood Day. In the meat andfish sector, the townshipdaily distributes 18,750viss of pork and 65,000eggs to Yangon. In accordwith the guidance of theHead of State,Myaungmya District isbuilding the model buf-falo breeding farm at milepost No. 19/2 on Labutta-Myaungmya road.

At rice mill port inMyaungmya IndustrialZone, Maj-Gen Ko Ko andparty viewed constructionof 21-foot-long boats forfishermen of AyeyawadyDivision being undertakenby Bago Division Fisher-ies Department.

Altogether 50 work-ers from Bago Divisionhave built 491 fishingboats against the target of500 and distributed to 323fishing boats to the localfishermen.

Maj-Gen Ko Ko andparty looked into operatingof Kyaw Rice Mill inMyaungmya IndustrialZone and storage of100,000 baskets of paddyseeds and 129,000 basketsof reserve rice inMyaungmya District.

In Myaungmya Dis-trict, 36 rice mills are run-ning. Out of 5,204 ricemills in the division, 4,812rice mills are working. Atotal of 12,264.45 tons ofrice delivered by the Stateand 11,413.8 tons of ricedonated by wellwishers athome and from abroadhave been provided to thevictims. At present,Ayeyawady Division hasstored 65.8 million bas-kets of paddy and 23,896tons of rice.—MNA

YANGON, 9 Aug—Thefourth annual generalmeeting of Myanmar In-stitute of Certified PublicAccountants was held atInternational BusinessCenter on Pyay Road,here, this morning.

It was attended byPatron of MICPA Chair-man of Myanmar Ac-countancy Council Audi-tor-General Maj-Gen LunMaung, EC members of

Myanmar Institute of Certified PublicAccountants holds AGM

MICPA, guests and certi-fied public accountants.

First, Auditor-Gen-eral Maj-Gen Lun Maungmade an address.

MICPA Vice-Chair-man U Win Thin read outthe report of executivecommittee for 2007-08and Secretary U TheinMyint submitted the meet-ing minutes for approval.

Next, Treasurer UThan Tin presented finan-

cial report and audit re-port for 2007-08.

Afterwards, new ECmembers were chosen for2008-09 and MICPAChairman U Myo Myintmade a speech of pledgeon behalf of the newly-elected executive commit-tee. After the meeting,Secretary U Thein Myintgave talks on ContinuingProfessional Education(CPE).—MNA

YANGON, 9 Aug—A ceremony to hand overand open a new two-storeybuilding for Ywale BasicEducation High School(Branch) in Kanyutkwin,Pyu Township, Bago Di-vision, was held at theschool yesterday morning.

Secretary-Generalof the Union Solidarity andDevelopment AssociationU Htay Oo, Director-Gen-eral of No. 1 Basic Educa-tion Department U KyawThu and donor ManagingDirector of IBTC Co U TinMaung Win formallyopened the new schoolbuilding.

Next, Chairman ofBago Division Peace and

New two-storey building for Ywale Basic EducationHigh School (Branch) in Kanyutkwin opened

Development CouncilCommander of SouthernCommand Brig-Gen HlaMin unveiled the stoneinscription of the build-ing, and the commander,the secretary-general andguests sprinkled scentedwater onto it.

Next, the com-mander, the secretary-gen-eral and those present onthe occasion viewed li-brary, computer room, lan-guage lab and learning ofstudents at the new build-ing. That was followed bya ceremony to hand overthe new school buildingand provide stationery atShwemyitta Hall, and thecommander and the sec-

retary-general madespeeches on the occasion.

Next, the well-wisher explained the pur-pose of donation of theschool building and handedover the related documentsto Director-General UKyaw Thu.

Later, the com-mander, the secretary-gen-eral and officials presentedschool uniforms and sta-tionery to the students.

After that, Directorof IBTC Co U Tin Oo pre-sented K 2.5 million to theschool through Headmis-tress Daw San Kyi, andTownselder U Aung Myintspoke words of thanks.

MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Hla Min and USDA Secretary-GeneralU Htay Oo view learning of schoolchildren at BEHS in Ywale,

Pyu Township.—A&I

Auditor-General Maj-Gen Lun Maung addresses the fourth annual general meeting of Myanmar Institute of Certified Public Accountants.MNA

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Maj-Gen Tha Aye viewedHsinshweli sugarcane and monsoonpaddy plantations in Shwegun NawkawVillage of Hlaingbwe Township andNaungkamyaing Village of Hpa-anTownship. They also inspected construc-tion of War Veterans Village near HtilonVillage of Hlaingbwe Township.

Maj-Gen Tha Aye offered robesand alms to Taunggale Sayadaw Ashin

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Aug —Yangon Division Super-visory Committee for En-suring Smooth and SecureTransport held its workcoordination meeting atYangon Command yester-day. Chairman of Yangon

NAY PYI TAW, 8Aug—Minister for Elec-tric Power No. 1 Col ZawMin received ChairmanMr Huang Guangmin ofYunnan United Power

Yangon Division Supervisory Committee forEnsuring Smooth and Secure Transport meets

Division SupervisoryCommittee for EnsuringSmooth and Secure Trans-port Chairman of YangonDivision Peace and De-velopment Council Com-mander of Yangon Com-mand Brig-Gen WinMyint delivered a speech.

Officials of collegesand universities, depart-ments and the bus lineservices reported on keep-ing traffic rules and roadsafety. The commander ful-filled the requirements andthe meeting ended. —MNA

YANGON, 9 Aug—A ceremony to presentcompletion certificatesand awards to those whopassed Cambridge YoungLearners’ Exams under thearrangement of NelsonEnglish language Centre(NELC) was held atParkroyal Hotel onAlanpya Pagoda Road,here, this morning.

Teacher Nelson de-livered an address and

YANGON, 9Aug— Secretary of theNational Disaster Prepar-edness Central Commit-

Paññasami of Taunggale Pariyatti Mon-astery in Hpa-an Township.

In Hpa-an, he attended the coor-dination meeting of Kayin State Agri-cultural Supervisory Committee atZwegabin Yeiktha and gave instructionson cultivation of monsoon paddy meet-ing the target to ensure local food suffi-ciency and extended growing of rubberand industrial crops.

MNA

Water purifiers for storm survivorstee Chairman of Cash andKind Accepting and Su-pervisory CommitteeMinister for Social Wel-

fare, Relief and Resettle-ment Maj-Gen MaungMaung Swe, Deputy Min-ister Brig-Gen KyawMyint and officials ac-cepted 3,197 sets of wa-ter purifiers worth US$39,985 donated by Na-tional Director of WorldVision Myanmar MrJames Ltumbuan andparty to storm survivorsat Fire Service Depart-ment (Head Office) inMayangone Township,here, yesterday.

The minister pre-sented a certificate ofhonour to the well-wisher and expressedthanks.

EP No. 1 Minister receives Chinese delegationDevelopment Co Ltd(YUPD) and party at theministry here yesterday af-ternoon.

Present at the call wereDeputy Minister U Myo

Myint, Heads of the De-partment and officials.They discussed mattersrelated to Shweli-1 HydroElectric Power Project.

MNA

NELC holds certificate and prize presentation ceremonyExam Services ManagerU Kyaw Htin gave ac-counts of CambridgeYoung Learners’ Exams.

Next, responsiblepersons presented comple-tion certificates and awardsto students who completedstarters, movers, flyers andKET courses.

NELC organizedClass No. 1 for childrenaged 16 and above at No.53 on Dhammayon street,

Myaynigon, SangyoungTownship (Ph: 534287,504493), Class No. 2 forchildren of 5-15 years agegroup and children aged16 above at Room No. 202,MGW Tower, Bo AungKyaw Road, BotahtaungTownship (Ph: 256517),Class No. 3 children of3-15 years age group atNo. 3, Thabyaenyo Street,Sangyoung Township(Ph: 510612).—MNA

Commander

Brig-Gen Win

Myint making

speech at meeting of

Yangon Division

Supervisory Com-

mittee for Ensuring

Smooth and Secure

Transport.

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Saya

Nelson

presents

comple-

tion

certificate

to a

trainee.

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Maj-Gen Tha Aye views broadcasting of fertilizer in paddy field, Kanaungmyaing village.—MNA

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1. Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

2. Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

3. Keeping genuine patriotism based on nationalsolidarity alive and dynamic

4. Turning out younger generation who willcontinue to safeguard the national cultureand character

Objectives of the 16th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing

Arts CompetitionsNAY PYI TAW, 9

Aug— Ministry ofIndustry-2 held a workcoordination meeting atthe hall of the ministryhere on 6 August with anaddress by Minister forIndustry-2 Vice-AdmiralSoe Thein.

In his address, theminister said that effortsare to be made for runningfactories and workshopsat full capacity, for timelycompletion of newprojects and for mini-mizing loss and wastage.He stressed the need for

Ministry of Industry-2 holds workcoordination meeting

officials to inspect notonly progress of work butalso financial matters tosee to it that they can bein place.

He added thatpersonnel of the ministryare to be equipped withesprit de corps, to be unitedand to be straightforwardin discharging theministry’s tasks.

Next, deputyministers touched uponthe salient points ofmeeting while managingdirectors reported onwork carried out ministry-

wise in 2007-2008 andfuture tasks for 2008-2009.

After that,factory managers re-ported on work to becarried out in 2008-2009and future tasks forboosting the quality offinished items and thosein charge of projects incharges on the respectivetasks.

The meetingended with theconcluding remarks byMinister Vice-AdmiralSoe Thein.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9Aug—Minister forForestry Brig-Gen TheinAung this morning wentto Plywood Factory ofMyanmar Korea TimberInternational Ltd (MKTI)in Swa, Bago Division(East).

Saw mills inspectedHe inspected

production process of ply-wood in the factory andthen proceeded to BaseWorkshop of EngineeringDivision (Swa), MyanmarTimber Enterprise. Heinspected warehouses andmaintenance of vehicles.

The minister andofficials arrived at No. 20Saw Mill of Thagara underMyanmar Timber En-terprise, inspected runningof the mill and sawntimbers, and gaveinstructions to officials.

MNA

YANGON, 9 Aug —Deputy Minister forHealth Dr Paing Soe gaveinstructions to the rector,faculty members andtrainees of University ofNursing (Yangon) yes-terday morning.

At the CentralWomen’s Hospital(Yangon), the deputyminister met with the headof department and officialsat Obstetrics andGynaecology Departmentand instructed them todisseminate reproductiveknowledge to the people.

Deputy Minister inspectsfunctions of universities, hospitals

Next, he visited thematernity ward and theintensive care unit.

At Children’sHospital (Yangon), thedeputy minister and partyviewed progress inconstruction of four-

storey extended building.They also inspected thelaboratory and mainbuildings of University ofMedical Technology(Yangon) in InseinTownship.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Aug—According to theobservation at 18.30 hrs Myanmar Standard Time, alow pressure area is formed in the north west andmiddle west of the Bay of Bengal.—MNA

Low pressure area inBay of Bengal

Minister Vice-Admiral Soe Thein

speaking at themeeting of Ministry

of Industry-2.INDUSTRY-2

Minister Brig-GenThein Aung visits

Plywood Factory ofMyanmar Korea

International Ltd inSwa.—FORESTRY

Deputy Minister Dr Paing Soe inspects construction work of Universityof Medical Technology (Yangon).—HEALTH

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Czech markswomansnatches first Olympicgold

Markswoman KaterinaEmmons of Czechcelebrates after women’s10m air rifle final awardingceremony of BeijingOlympic Games at BeijingShooting Range Hall inBeijing, China, 9 Aug,2008. Katerina Emmonswon the gold medal in theevent with 503.5 points.

Chen Xiexia wins China1st gold medal

Gold medalist ChenXiexia of China shows thegold medal at theawarding ceremony of thewomen’s 48kg weight-lifting event at Beijing2008 Olympic Games atthe Beijing University ofAeronautics & Astro-nautics Gymnasium inBeijing, China, 9 Aug,2008. Chen won the firstgold for the Chinese.

Pang Wei wins the goldmedal in men’s 10m airpistolPang Wei (R) of Chinacelebrates with his coachWang Yifu after men's10m air pistol final ofBeijing Olympic Gamesat Beijing Shooting RangeHall in Beijing, China,Aug. 9, 2008. Pang Weiwon the gold medal inmen's 10m air pistol final.

Samuel Sanchez of Spainwins gold in man roadrace.Spaniard Samuel Sanchezcelebrates after winningthe gold medal in themen’s road race of theBeijing 2008 OlympicGames in Beijing, China,9 Aug, 2008.

Alina Alexandra Dumitru(blue) of Romaniacompetes against YanetBermoy of Cuba duringthe women -48kg final ofjudo at Beijing 2008Olympic Games inBeijing, China, 9 Aug,2008. Dumitru won thematch and claimed thegold medal in this event.

Choi Minho of SouthKorea celebrates afterwinning LudwigPaischer of Austriaduring the men -60kgfinal of judo at Beijing2008 Olympic Games inBeijing, China, 9 Aug,2008. Choi won thematch and claimed thegold medal in this event.

Cheering squad perform during the match between

South Korea and Brazil of women’s preliminary

round group A at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

basketball event at the Beijing Olympic Basketball

Gymnasium in Beijing, China, on 9 Aug, 2008.

South Korea beat Brazil 68-62.—XINHUA

Rank NOC Name Men Women Open/Mixed Total Rank by

G S B T G S B T G S B T G S B T Total

1 China 1 1 1 1 2 2 =2

2 United States 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 1

3 Korea 1 1 2 1 1 2 =2

4 Czech Republic 1 1 1 1 =4

4 Spain 1 1 1 1 =4

4 Romania 1 1 1 1 =4

7 Austria 1 1 1 1 =4

7 Cuba 1 1 1 1 =4

7 Italy 1 1 1 1 =4

7 Russian Fed. 1 1 1 1 =4

7 Turkey 1 1 1 1 =4

12 Argentina 1 1 1 1 =4

12 Croatia 1 1 1 1 =4

12 Japan 1 1 1 1 =4

12 Netherlands 1 1 1 1 =4

12 DPR Korea 1 1 1 1 =4

12 Switzerland 1 1 1 1 =4

12 Chinese Taipei 1 1 1 1 =4

12 Uzbekistan 1 1 1 1 =4

Total: 3 3 4 10 4 4 5 13 7 7 9 23

Overall Medal Standings(9-8-08)

Charlie’s Angels’ star Bernie Mac dies

Bernie Mac, 50.

CHICAGO, 9 Aug — Comic actorBernie Mac died early Saturday ofcomplications from pneumonia,

according to a family member andhis publicist. He was 50.

He had been hospitalized inChicago, Illinois, for more than aweek with the lung infection.

Mac — born Bernard JeffreyMcCollough — starred in the Foxtelevision series “The Bernie MacShow.” His film roles included the“Ocean’s Eleven” series, “Friday,”“Get on the Bus,” “Transformers”and “Bad Santa.”

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Marine to stand trial over detainee killing in IraqLOS ANGELES, 9 Aug — A US Marine is to face

a military trial for murder over charges stemmingfrom the shooting death of an unarmed Iraqiprisoner during fighting in Fallujah in 2004, themilitary said on Friday.

A statement released by the US Marine Corpsfrom their California base at Camp Pendleton saidSergeant Ryan Weemer would be tried at a laterdate on charges of unpremeditated murder anddereliction of duty.

Weemer is the second soldier to be sent to courtmartial in the case. Another Sergeant, Jermaine

Nelson, was ordered to stand trial in May onidentical charges.

Weemer and Nelson are among three soldiersfacing charges in the case, which occurred duringfierce combat operations in Fallujah on 9November, 2004.

A third soldier, Jose Nazario, is being tried incivilian courts in California on manslaughtercharges in connection with the shooting deaths oftwo Iraqi prisoners. Nazario, who denies thecharges, is awaiting trial.

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Pakistani youngsters play in a drainage channel after heavy rain fall inIslamabad, Pakistan, on Friday, 8 Aug, 2008.—INTERNET

A dancer performs during the opening ceremony for the Beijing 2008Olympics in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008.—INTERNET

ASEAN+3 to study preparationof oil stockpiling roadmap

KidnappedGerman-

Afghan freedin Kabul

KABUL, 8 Aug —Afghan security forcesfreed a German-Afghanbusinessman in a raid onThursday, nearly twoweeks after he waskidnapped from thecapital, the country’sintelligence agancy said.

Azizullah was seized bya group of armed men ashe walked home from ahotel he owns in Kabul,the deputy head of theDirectorate for NationalSecurity, Abdullah toldreporters. Three armedmen were arrested duringthe pre-dawn raid on ahouse where Azizullahwas kept, Abdullah said,adding the abductors haddemanded three millionUS dollars for his release.

The kidnapping offoreigners and Afghanshas become a lucrativebusiness for criminalgangs and Talebaninsurgents amid risingviolence in Afghanistan.

MNA/Reuters

BANGKOK, 8 Aug —ASEAN membercountries (AMEM) plus3 (China, Japan, andSouth Korea) has agreedto jointly study thepreparation work for aregional oil stockpilingplan to prevent shortagesand reduce impacts ofoil price surges in the

future during the 26thASEAN Ministers onEnergy Meeting heldhere.

Thai Energy MinisterPoonpirom Liptapanlopsaid Thailand had pushedfor a basic connection ofenergy sources under theASEAN framework, ThaiNews Agency reported on

Friday. The project involves

the international gaspipeline linkage fromIndonesia’s Nutuna gasfield to Thailand,Singapore, Vietnam, andMalaysia, and the powertrans-mission lineconnection.

Regarding an amen-dment of the agreementon assistance for oilimporting countries in theface of the oil crisis, shesaid member countriessaw a need to alter rulesand regulations to ensurethey are in compliancewith the amended pact.

A signing of theagreement would takeplace at the ASEANSummit to be hosted byThailand late this year.

MNA/Xinhua

Ninearrested in

allegedconnectionwith Nepalitwin blastsKATHMANDU, 8 Aug —

Nepali police havearrested nine people onsuspicion of involving inWednesday evening’stwin blasts in a teashop inPokhara City in westernNepal.

According to a leadingwebsite, nepalnews.comreport, the identity ofthose arrested has not beenrevealed yet as police saidthe investigation was ininitial stage.

As many as six peopleincluding two women anda minor were injured inthe two blasts that camewithin the gap of half anhour in the city.

It was the first bombattack in the westernregion ever since thecountry entered the peaceprocess two years ago.The situation of thefamous tourism city, some200 kilometres west ofKathmandu, turned to betense after the blasts.

MNA/Xinhua

MANILA, 8 Aug —Two gunmen on amotorcycle killed a localradio commentator in thecentral Philippines, policesaid on Thursday, thesecond attack in a weekand the third journalistkilled this year.

Martin Rojas, 37, wason his way home from

Drive withcare

Hollywood producerBernie Brillstein dies at 77

LOS ANGELES, 9 Aug— Hollywood producerand talent manager BernieBrillstein, whose moviecredits include “The BluesBrothers” and “HappyGilmore”, has died of lungdisease at age 77, hiscompany said on Friday.

Brillstein died onThursday night in LosAngeles from chronicobstructive pulmonarydisease, BrillsteinEntertainment Partnerssaid in a statement.

He was a talent

manager early in his careerand helped guide the riseto stardom of Muppetcreator Jim Henson, comicactors John Belushi andDan Aykroyd and“Saturday Night Live”creator Lorne Michaels.He served as executiveproducer on many filmsincluding “The BluesBrothers”, starringBelushi and Aykroyd, aswell as TV comedies likethe 1990s hit“NewsRadio”.

MNA/Reuters

Gunmen on motorcycle killPhilippine journalist

work when the gunmenshot him in the back onWednesday in Roxas Cityon Panay Island, a policeofficer said.

“He died while beingtreated at a hospital,” saidJefferson Soriano, thehead of a police task forceinvestigating mediakillings.

Rojas was described byhis colleagues at RadioMindanao Network as ahard-hitting commentator,criticizing localpoliticians, soldiers andpolice officers for allegedwrongdoings.

MNA/Reuters

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Pakistan army paramedics help Italian climber Marco Confortola, 37, uponhis arrival at a military hospital in the northern Pakistani town of Skardu

on 6 Aug, 2008.—INTERNET

In this file photo theVenus of Willendorf is

shown at Vienna’snatural history museum.

The Venus ofWillendorf, a small

Paleolithic statuette witha fleshy, distinctivelyfeminine figure, wasdiscovered 100 yearsago on 7 Aug, 2008.

INTERNET

Early treatment is key to combatinghepatitis C virus

AIDS forum closes with calls for funds,action on prevention 9-8-08

Thai central province declared denguedisaster zone with 1,400 infected

BANGKOK, 9 Aug —Authorities in Thailand’scentral province ofRayong declared theprovince as a denguedisaster zone after 1,397people were infected andtwo of them were killedthis year, The Nation newswebsite reported onFriday.

Rayong deputy

governor Siripong Han-trakul was quoted as sayingthat by declaring a disasterzone, the provincialadministration could spendits emergency fund of 50million baht (about 1.47million US dollars) to fightthe spread of the disease.

He said Rayong,some 150 kilometers fromBangkok, remained on top

of the provinces with thehighest dengue spread rate,according to the report.Dengue or Dengue Feveris an infectious diseasenormally transmitted bymosquitoes, common in atropical country likeThailand especially duringits rainy season, which fallsaround June throughOctober. —Internet

Rabies from bats suspectedin Venezuela deaths

Gene raises risk of lifetimesmoking habit

WASHINGTON, 9 Aug— A new study showsthat patients, whoreceive early treatmentfor Hepatitis C virus(HCV) within the firstmonths following aninfection, develop arapid poly-functionalimmune responseagainst HCV similarto when infection is eradicated spon-taneously.

Researchers from

University of Montrealin Canada publishedtheir results on Friday inthe US Journal ofVirology. In the study,researchers followed agroup of intravenousdrug users at high risk ofHCV infection beforeand immediately afterexposure to HCV.

They found that earlytreatment restores a rapidpoly-functional immuneresponse, characterized

by the simultaneousproduction of multipleanti-viral mediators.

Therefore, earlytreatment can restoreimmune response againstHCV and help eliminatethe virus rapidly, theauthors conclude.

Internet

MEXICO CITY, 9 Aug—The world AIDSconference ended hereFriday with appeals forfurther funds to care forpeople infected by HIVand a scaleup of efforts to

root out AIDS stigma andprevent the lethal virusfrom spreading.

“Lives are being savedon an unprecedentedscale,” said MichelKazatchkine, executive

director of the GlobalFund to Fight AIDS,Tuberculosis and Malaria,at closing ceremonies tothe six-day parlay.

But, he warned, “Wecannot leave Mexico withany sense ofcomplacency.”

Kazatchkine namedthree priorities: defeatingthe discrimination inwhich the AIDS virusflourished; focussingresearch on smarter,coordinated paths ratherthan a scattergunapproach; and beefing uphealth systems in poorcountries.

He named his fourthpriority as ensuring thatthe surge in funding forfighting AIDS in poorcountries, which began inmid-decade and in 2007reached 8.1 billion dollars,was sustained.

Internet

CHICAGO, 9 Aug — Formost people, the firstexperimental drags on acigarette bring on nausea,coughing and other signalsfrom the brain that say,“Turn back. This is a badidea.” But for some, theybring a wave of pleasure.

Those in the secondgroup likely bear a genetype that not only increasestheir addiction risk, but hasbeen implicated in thedevelopment of lung

cancer, researchers said onFriday.

“If you have this vari-ant, you are goingto like your earliestexperiences with smo-king,” said OvidePomerleau of the Uni-versity of MichiganMedical School, whoseresearch appears in thejournal Addiction.

Pomerleau said thefinding suggests that forsome, smoking even one

cigarette is a bad idea. “It’sa trap,” he said in atelephone interview.

“What they don’t realizeis if they have this kind ofgenetic make-up, they areon their way to de-pendency,” he said, andthat raises their risk forlung cancer.

The research is part of agrowing understanding ofgenetic factors involved innicotine addiction and lungcancer.— Internet

CARACAS, 9 Aug — Atleast 38 Warao Indianshave died in remotevillages in Venezuela, andmedical experts suspect anoutbreak of rabies spreadby bites from vampire bats.Laboratory investigationshave yet to confirm thecause, but the symptomspoint to rabies, accordingto two researchers from theUniversity of California atBerkeley and othermedical experts.

The two UC Berkeleyresearchers — thehusband-and-wife team ofanthropologist CharlesBriggs and public healthspecialist Dr ClaraMantini-Briggs — said thesymptoms include fever,

body pains, tingling in thefeet followed byprogressive paralysis, andan extreme fear of water.Victims tend to haveconvulsions and grow rigidbefore death. Dr Charles Rupprecht,chief of the rabies programat the US Centers forDisease Control andPrevention in Atlanta,agreed with theirpreliminary diagnosis.

InternetThree men drowned in an unfortunate sequence of

events, an inquest heard.—INTERNET

lifebelts.Derek Batten, 56,

and brothers Peter and JimTunstead, in their 60s, lefton an eight-week trip fromQueensland to WesternAustralia in April last year.But their yacht was foundadrift just three days later.

Now, after a week-long inquest, a coroner inQueensland has ruled thatthe men lost their lives ina freak accident andsuggested they drownedin an unfortunate sequenceof events. None of the menwere good swimmers, thecoroner concluded, andthey would have struggledand then been lost beneaththe waves.—Internet

Ghost ships’ deaths an accidentQ U E E N S L A N D

(Australia), 9 Aug—Three sailors whodisappeared from a yachtlater found empty anddrifting off the coast of

Australia died in a freakaccident, an inquest found.

The vessel, Kaz II,was found with its enginerunning, food on the table,and its full complement of

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S P O R T SJohnson’s goal: third Cup

title and a road winWATKINS GLEN, 9 Aug — After a slow start in his

quest to win a third straight Sprint Cup title, JimmieJohnson is coming up to speed as the Chase for thechampionship looms. Now, if he could only master aroad course.

"When I wake up in the morning and look in themirror, this is my challenge," Johnson said Fridaybefore rain canceled qualifying for Sunday's CenturionBoats at The Glen. "I want to win on a road course, andit's the last chance I have this year to do it. That's whatit really boils down to."

Johnson has two shots this weekend at Watkins GlenInternational ó Sunday's Sprint Cup race and the Na-tionwide Series' Zippo 200 on Saturday. It will be onlyJohnson's second Nationwide start of the year.—Internet

Del Potro powers through toLos Angeles final four

Liverpool beat Lazio inChampions League warm-up

LIVERPOOL, 9 Aug — Liverpool, without injuredcaptain Steven Gerrard, beat Lazio 1-0 at Anfield onFriday in a friendly warm-up for next week's Cham-pions League match with Xabi Alonso in fine form.

Liverpool travel to Belgians Standard Liege for thefirst leg of the third qualifying round on Wednesdayand thigh-strain victim Gerrard at this point looksunlikely to feature.

Liverpool fans chanted Alonso's name constantlyduring the match and the Spaniard responded with afine all-action display of passing and running.

Liverpool were crisp and assertive with Alonsopulling the strings in front of a 43,062 crowd.

They made it eight pre-season games unbeaten, thewinner coming in injury-time when Andriy Voroninvolleyed home from Jay Spearing's pass.

Internet

Liverpool's French forward David Ngog(R) ischallenged by Lazio's Alessandro Tuia during their

pre-season friendly football match in Liverpool.Liverpool won 1-0.—INTERNET

Juan del Potro, seenhere, remained untouch-able as the Argentinethird seed stretched hissummer victory streakwith a 7-6 (8/6)), 6-2 winto reach the ATP LosAngeles Classic semi- finals—INTERNET

Van Bommel takes over asBayern captain

J.B. Holmes hits hisdrive on the 18th holeduring the second roundof the 90th PGA Cham-pionship golf tourna-ment on Friday, 8 Aug,2008 at Oakland HillsCountry Club inBloomfield Township,Mich. Holmes finished1-under par after two

rounds.—INTERNET

Dutch internationalMark van Bommel, seenhere last month, has beenhanded the captain'sarmband by Bayern Mu-nich coach JurgenKlinsmann, the Germanclub has said.—INTERNET

tory streak with a 7-6 (8/6)), 6-2 win to reach theATP Los Angeles Classicsemi-finals.

The breakthrough teen-ager, winner of his last twoEuropean clay events,moved into a Saturdaymatch-up with sixth seedMardy Fish.

The soon-to-be marriedAmerican Fish demon-strated his current personalhappiness on court, ridingeight aces to a 6-4, 6-4decision over Florent Serra

German outsider DenisGremelmayr accounted forhis second seed of theweek, following up afterbeating number fourFeliciano Lopez by takingout number five MaratSafin in a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2turnaround at UCLA.

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 9 Aug— Juan del Potro re-mained untouchable asthe Argentine third seedstretched his summer vic-

Veteran Germany keeperLehmann exits national squad

Germany's veterangoalkeeper Jens

Lehmann, seen here inMay 2008, is handing

in his internationalgloves after 10 years'service, the Germanfootball federation

(DFB) said on Friday.INTERNET

BERLIN, 8 Aug — Dutchinternational Mark vanBommel has been handedthe captain's armband byBayern Munich coachJurgen Klinsmann, the Ger-man club said on Friday.

Speaking one week be-fore the start of the newBundesliga season,Klinsmann said: "Markvan Bommel is predestinedfor the role. Since trainingresumed at the end of June,I have been able to assessthe excellent way in whichhe leads the team, to thepoint that he enjoys con-siderable respect from allthe players, from theyoungsters to the olderones."

The 31-year-old

midfielder takes over thecaptaincy from OliverKahn who retired at theend of last season whenBayern Munich won theBundesliga championshipas well as the German Cup.

Internet

BERLIN, 9 Aug — Ger-many's veteran goalkeeperJens Lehmann is handingin his international glovesafter 10 years' service, theGerman football federa-tion (DFB) said on Fri-day.

The 38-year-oldLehmann was the oldestplayer at Euro 2008 inSwitzerland and Austriawhen Germany lost toSpain in the June 29 final.

The keeper, who quitArsenal at the end of lastseason to join Stuttgart,decided to step down aftera discussion with Germa-ny's national coachJoachim Low andgoalkeeping coachAndreas Kopke.

Lehmann explained hewanted to give a chancefor another keeper to provehimself in time for the2010 World Cup in SouthAfrica.

"I was not able to guar-antee to the national coachthat I would still be play-ing football at the end ofthe coming season during

which I am under contractto Stuttgart," he said in thestatement.

"In these conditions Iproposed to him and toAndreas Kopke that theyshould no longer includeme in the national squad.It has been a good periodfor me in the Germanteam."

The Euro 2008 final onJune 29 in Vienna willtherefore have beenLehmann's final appear-ance for his country.

Internet

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Holmes leads the PGA as theonly player under par

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP,9 Aug—JB Holmes andhis monster length turnedout to be a good fit forOakland Hills. With ablack glove on his handand a scowl on his face,Holmes hammered onetee shot after another Fri-day and kept most ofthem in the short grass,leading to a 2-under 68for a one-shot lead goinginto the weekend at thePGA Championship.

Holmes was at 1-un-der 139, the only playerto break par over tworounds on a courseknown as "The Monster."It was the first time since1972 — at Oakland Hills,not so coincidentally óthat only one player wasunder par through 36holes of the PGA Cham-pionship.

"When I hit my driverlike I did today, this is aneasy sport," Holmes said.

It sure didn't feel easyto anyone else.

Sergio Garcia four-putted the 17th green latein the second round justas he was trying to catchHolmes, and insteaddropped to a 73 and wasthree shots behind. PhilMickelson struggledwith a few bad drives, afew poor chips and notmany putts, making threebogeys over the final fiveholes for a 73 that lefthim four shots behind.

Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, rain have been fairly wide-spread in Kayah State and Mandalay Division and wide-spread in the remaining States and Divisions with locallyheavyfalls in Rakhine, Mon States and Bago Division,isolated heavyfalls in Kayin State and Mandalay Division.The noteworhty amounts of rainfalls recorded were NayPyi Taw (0.08) inch, Shwegyin (5.94) inches, Ye (5.11)inches, Bilin (4.53) inches, Thanton (4.33) inches,Theinzayat and Hpa-an (4.25) inches each,Zaungtu (4.13)inches,Gwa (3.54) inches, Nyaunglaypin (3.15) inches,Kyaukpyu (3.07) inches, Thadwe (2.99) inches, Naungoo(2.68) inches, Mawlamyine (2.64) inches, Hinthada (2.55)inches, Taunggu (2.32) inches and Putao (2.28) inchesand Kyaukpataung (1.25) inches.

Maximum temperature on 8-8-2008 was 83˚F.Minimum temperature on 9-8-2008 was 70ºF. Relative hu-midity at (09:30) hours MST on 9-8-2008 was 96%. Totalsunshine hours on 8-8-2008 was (Nil).

Rainfall on 9-8-2008 was (1.42) inches at Mingaladon,(1.42) inches at Kaba-Aye and (1.02) inches at CentralYangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was (69.22) inches atMingaladon, (78.03) inches at Kaba-Aye and (93.50) inchesat Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph from Southeast at (16:30) hours MSTon 8-8-2008.

Bay inference: Monsoon is vigorous in the AndamanSea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 10-8-2008: Rain willbe fairly widespread in Kayah State,lower Sagaing,Magway and Mandalay Divisions and widespread in theremaining areas with likelihoods of isolated heavyfalls inRakhine, Mon, Kayin States and Bago Division. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with rough seas will be ex-perienced at time off and along Myanmar Coast. Surfacewind speed in squall may reach (40) to (45) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation ofstrong monsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 10-8-2008: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for10-8-2008: Some rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for10-8-2008: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

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Food crisis hits several westernhill districts in Nepal

KATHMANDU, 9 Aug— Hundreds of local residentshave been compelled to leave the country for survivalas the food scarcity looms large at nine different hilldistricts in mid-western and far-western developmentregions in Nepal, The Kathmandu Post reported onSaturday.

Claiming the government was indifferent to sucha grave problem, the victims said they had notalternative but to go to neighbouring India to fill theirbellies.

Informal Sector and Service Center claimed thatabout 50 locals at Pakha Village of Kalikot districthave been displaced from the village due to food crisis.

“All of them have migrated to India to work fortheir livelihood now,” said the report.

Similarly, in Achham district, about 2,000 localsfrom 25 villages in the eastern part have left for Indiadue to food scarcity in the district.

I am going to India as there is nothing left at hometo eat,” said Chandrakanta Dhakal in the district.

They criticized the government for not supplyingfoodstuff though they had been demanding food forthe last month. —MNA/Xinhua

Aerial view of a flooded area in Trinidad in 2007,blamed on the “El Nino” weather phenomenon. USand British researchers have confirmed the linkbetween warmer climate and an increase in powerfulrainstorms, according to a study released on Thursdaythat underscores one of the challenges of global warming.—XINHUA

US warns of muscle harmwhen heart drugs combinedWASHINGTON, 9 Aug — US health officials warned

the public on Friday about the risk of a rare type ofmuscle injury seen when the cholesterol drugsimvastatin is combined with the anti-arrhythmiamedicine amiodarone.

The Food and Drug Administration said itcontinued to receive reports of rhabdomyolysis, atype of muscle injury that can lead to kidney failure ordeath, despite a 2002 warning about combining thedrugs.

Simvastatin is an ingredient in Merck & Co’sZocor and Abbott Laboratories Inc’s Simcor, and issold generically. It also is one of two components inMerck and Schering-Plough Corp’s Vytorin.Amiodarone is an ingredient in Wyeth’s Cordaroneand is also sold generically. All drugs in the statinclass of medicines, which includes simvastatin, carrya potential risk of rhabdomyolysis.

But compared with other statins, the risk is “morepronounced” when simvastatin is given withamiodarone, the FDA said. The risk increased withsimvastatin doses greater than 20 milligrammes perday. — MNA/Reuters

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Make donations to the storm victims

� Everybody may make donations freely.� Everybody may make donations to any person or any area.

However, wellwishers are urged to avoid unsystematic donations and acts that may tarnishthe image of the nation and its people.

Anyone may dial the following phone numbers of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement if he witnesses or knows that the cash assistance and relief supplies donated fromabroad and at home to the storm victims are kept for self-interest, traded, used for particular personsand organizations, or misappropriated for other purposes.

Head of Office Ph: 067 404021 and 067 404022Deputy Head of Office Ph: 09 860 1002

Witness may inform about misappropriation ofinternal and international relief funds and supplies

� Certain internal and external anti-government elements, self-centred persons andunscrupulous elements are now seeking their self-interests by sending to the foreign newsagencies stories about relief and rehabilitation work they have made up and shot on video.

� Storm victims are hereby warned to remain vigilant with nationalistic spirit against thedeceptions of the self-centred persons and unscrupulous elements.

NAY PYI TAW, 9Aug— The first roundmatches of the SecondNay Pyi Taw Inter-Minis-try Football Tournament,jointly organized by Min-istry of Sports andMyanmar Football Fed-eration were held at des-ignated venues here thisafternoon.

At Nay Pyi TawSports Ground, Ministryof Information beat Min-istry of Rail Transporta-tion 5-2 in Group-C.

Nay Pyi Taw Inter-MinistryFootball tournament continues

Among the spectatorswere Deputy Ministers forRail Transportation ThuraU Thaung Lwin and U PeThan, Managing Directorof Myanma Railways UMin Swe, Managing Di-rector U Soe Win of Newsand Periodicals Enter-prise, Managing DirectorU Aung Nyein of Printingand Publishing Enterprise,staff of the two ministriesand enthusiasts.

At PaunglaungSports Ground, Ministry

of Construction routedCivil Service Selectionand Training Board 4-O.

On 11 August, Min-istry of Sports will playagainst Ministry of Na-tional Planning and Eco-nomic Development atNay Pyi Taw SportsGround. At PaunglaungSports Ground, Ministryfor Progress of BorderAreas and National Racesand Development Affairswill meet with Ministry ofCo-operatives.— MNA

Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area:Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Yangon and neighbouring area:Some rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Mandalay and neighbouring area:Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Weather Forecast for 10-8-2008

YANGON, 9 Aug—The seventh collectiveblood donation ceremonyto Jivitadhana SanghaHospital took place at thehospital in Bahan Town-ship here this morning.

Collective blood donation atJivitadhana Sangha Hospital

Altogether 13members of the Sangha,five nuns and 106 lay per-sons including staff mem-bers of the hospital do-nated blood at the cer-emony. In Charge of Na-

tional Blood Bank ofYangon General HospitalDr Daw Thida Aung andparty accepted the bloodwhich will go to wardedpatients of the hospital.

MNA

Gold medalist Chen Xiexia ofChina shows the gold medal at the

awarding ceremony of thewomen’s 48kg weight-lifting event.

BeijingOlympicsSpecial on

page 11

Players of Ministry of

Information team

and Ministry of Rail

Transportation team

in action.—MNA

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