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NAY PYI TAW, 26 Sept — Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar General Soe Winhas sent a message of congratulations to Mr Shinzo Abe, elected as Prime Minister of Japan.

MNA

Prime Minister General Soe Wincongratulates Mr Shinzo Abe

NAY PYI TAW, 26 Sept — Prime Minister GeneralSoe Win went on an inspection tour of Myitnge Carriageand Wagon Workshop of Myanma Railways of theMinistry of Rail Transportation, Amarapura, MandalayDivision on 23 September and Ywahtaung Diesel Loco-motive Shed, Sagaing Township, Sagaing Division on24 September and gave instructions to fulfill the require-ments during his tour.

Accompanied by Members of the State Peaceand Development Council Lt-Gen Ye Myint and Lt-Gen Kyaw Win, Chairman of Mandalay Division PDCCommander of Central Command Maj-Gen Khin Zaw,ministers, departmental heads, Prime Minister GeneralSoe Win visited Myitnge Carriage and Wagon Work-shop on 23 September.

First, Minister for Rail Transportation Maj-GenAung Min briefed the Prime Minister and party onmatters relating to Myitnge Carriage and Wagon Work-shop and General Manager U Tun Oo on functions andaccomplishments of the workshop, and the workshop’sprogress in realizing the guidance given by Head ofState Senior General Than Shwe during his tour, up-grading of carriages, innovative means to save foreignexchange, renovation of coaches presented by the Peo-ple’s Republic of China as goodwill gifts to be used onthe railroads across the country.

Prime Minister on inspection tour ofMyitnge Carriage and Wagon Workshop,

Ywahtaung Diesel Locomotive Shed

Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.

Prime Minister General Soe Win inspects construction of a carriage at Myitnge Carriage andWagon Workshop. — MNA

Prime Minister General Soe Win inspects Ywahtaung Locomotive Shed.— MNA

As the Myitnge workshopstaff already have experienceand technology, they should runthe entire production processof carriages apart from major repairs.

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Strive for speedycompletion ofhydroelectric projects

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As Myanmar is rich in aquatic and ter-restrial resources, the government has been try-ing to build large, medium and small hydroelec-tric power stations wherever possible by mak-ing use of all the water resources available. Atpresent, hydelpower station constructionprojects are being implemented at Yeywa,Kyunchaung, Pyuchaung, Khabaung, Yenwe,Shwegyin, Shweli and Kengtawng.

The Yeywa hydelpower station is beingbuilt across the Myitnge river near Ye-Yamanvillage 31 miles southeast of Mandalay. The2000-foot-long main concrete embankment isbeing constructed with the use of heavy ma-chinery. The 35 per cent of construction work isnow finished and, on completion, the powerstation will be able to generate 790 megawatts.

In the same way, the Shweli hydelpowerproject is being implemented with the coopera-tion of the companies from the People’s Repub-lic of China. This project is situated 17 milessouthwest of Namhkam in Shan State (North)and the dam is being constructed across theShweli river. The project is 38 per cent finished;on completion, this power station will be able togenerate 600 megawatts and the electricity willbe distributed through the Belin sub-station.

Electric power is an essential prerequisitefor the development of the nation’s productionand social sectors. Nowadays, as the living stand-ard of the people has become higher, the needfor electricity has also become more striking.Therefore, we would like to call on all thoseresponsible to try their level best to completethe hydelpower projects in time. For, only thenwill the speedy socio-economic development beassured.

Talks on revenue on 5 Oct

USDA’s annual meeting sign-board unveiled in Sagaing

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Sept — Signboard of theAnnual General Meeting-2006 of Union Solidarityand Development Association was erected in Monywa,Sagaing Division, yesterday.

Sagaing Division’s outstanding students whopassed the matriculation examination for 2006 with sixdistinctions unveiled the signboard in the presence ofCentral Executive Committee Member of USDA Min-ister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint and DeputyCommander of North-West Command Brig-Gen TinMaung Ohn and secretaries and executives of division/township USDAs in Sagaing Division.

Sagaing Division USDA continued its annualgeneral meeting-2006 at the town hall in Sagaingyesterday.

At the meeting, wellwishers made cash dona-tions and Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint ac-cepted the cash totalling K 6.4 million.

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint, DeputyCommander of North-West Command Brig-Gen TinMaung Ohn and Chairperson of Sagaing DivisionMaternal and Child Welfare Association Daw WaiWai Khaing presented prizes to outstanding studentsof Sagaing Division. — MNA

Minister inspectsNyaungdon oil and gas

fieldYANGON, 25 Sept — Minister for Energy Brig-

Gen Lun Thi yesterday went to the oil and gas field inNyaungdon, Ayeyawady Division, and called for moreoil exploration in the field.

At the meeting with officials of the oil and gasfield, the minister assisted the officials in explorationof oil and gas in the southern part of Maubin,Ayeyawady Division.

Afterwards, Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi wentto the new well No 36 and inspected productionprocess of the well which produces over 4 millioncubic feet of natural gas and 55 barrels of conden-sate a day.

On his inspection tour, Brig-Gen Lun Thi alsoinspected laying of 10-inch pipe linking Nyaungdonand Thabaung.

Afterwards, he went to Maubin and assisted inpreparation for drilling of an oil well. Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi called on officials for exploration ofmore oil feilds to be able to meet the demand of thecountry.

MNA

Seminar on SMEs Productivity Improvement heldYANGON, 25 Sept —

Union of Myanmar Fed-eration of Chambers ofCommerce and Industry incooperation with Japan Pro-ductivity Centre (JPC), Ja-pan, held a seminar onSMEs Productivity Im-provement at UMFCCIOffice Tower on Min YeKyaw Swa Road inLanmadaw Township on 21September.

Present on the occa-sion were Vice-Chairmenof UMFCCI U Zaw MinWin and U Aung Lwin,General Secretary U SeinWin Hlaing, Joint-Secre-tary U Tun Aung, CECmembers, executive com-mittee members, guests andAdviser to JPC Mr Kochi

Hiratsuta. Vice-ChairmanU Zaw Min Win made anopening speech and Execu-tive U Aung Moe clarifiedfacts on the seminar.

Next, Mr KochiHiratsuta discussed theprocesses carried out in Ja-pan Productivity Centreand the importance of pro-

ductivity in small and me-dium enterprises based onhis experiences and Japa-nese technology.

MNA

Seminar on SMEs Productivity Improvement in progress. — MNA

Talk on Pozzolanto be given

YANGON, 26 Sept—Geologist U Win Maung ofTwinsah Oil Company will give a talk on Pozzolan atthe Myanmar Engineering Association’s building onHline University’s Campus here at 1 pm on 30 Septem-ber 2006.

Members of MEA, engineers and those inter-ested may attend it, it is learnt.

MNA

YANGON, 26 Sept — Talks on revenue jointlyorganized by Myanmar Women Entrepreneurs Asso-ciation and Internal Revenue Department will be heldat International Business Centre here at 1 pm on 5October.

MWEA members, entrepreneurs, businessmenand enthusiasts may take part in the discussion.

MNA

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A senior Iranian nuclear official, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy OrganizationGholamreza Aghazadeh (L), listens during his meeting with the head of Russia’satomic energy agency Sergei Kiriyenko in Moscow on 25 Sept, 2006. —INTERNET

Red Cross membershelp a colleague who

was trapped by asecond landslide whilesearching for victimsof an initial landslideon Toluca motorwayoutside Mexico City

on 24 Sept, 2006.INTERNET

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir

Sudanese President slams US over Darfur KHARTOUM, 25 Sept — Suda-

nese President Omar al-Bashirslammed the United States on Sun-day, saying Washington had a hid-den agenda behind its campaignfor a UN peacekeeping operationin Darfur, west Sudan.

Addressing Cabinet ministersand journalists in Khartoum, Bashirsaid that by pressuring Sudan toagree to a UN force in Darfur, theUnited States and Britain were in-tending to create a “new MiddleEast” in the interests of Israel.

Darfur has been plagued formore than three years by a conflictbetween government troops, mili-tias and rebel groups.

“They want to use the Darfurissue to re-colonize Sudan,” Bashirsaid. He reiterated that he totally

“The resolution would in effectput Sudan under an internationalmandate,” Bashir said. “It negatesevery institution of the Sudanesestate.” Under the resolution, the UNforce would replace the 7,000 Afri-can Union (AU) peacekeepers cur-rently stationed in Darfur. At a re-cent meeting in New York, AU lead-ers agreed to extend for at least threemonths the mandate of the AU force,which expires on 30 September.

Bashir also accused Westernnews media of exaggerating thehumanitarian crisis in Darfur, andquestioned the precision of theirreports of the conflict’s death toll.

“I challenge any precise statis-tic that shows the fighting killedmore than 10,000 people in Darfur,”he said.—MNA/Xinhua

rejected the resolution adoptedby the UN Security Council on 31August calling for a 20,000-strongUN force to be deployed in Darfur.

APEC seeks ways ofpromoting SMEs

HANOI, 25 Sept—Dele-gates from the Asia-Pa-cific Region are attendingthe 13th APEC SME Min-isterial Meeting and re-lated ones here on 25-29September to facilitatedevelopment of small- andmedium-sized enterprises(SMEs).

The ministerial meet-ing, slated for September28-29, with the theme“Strengthening SMECompetitiveness forTrade and Investment,”will centre on businessenabling environment forSME, SME capacitybuilding for trade and in-vestment and facilitatinglinkages for SME.

A series of SME-re-lated events also startedMonday with the 7thAPEC Micro EnterprisesSub Group Meeting, dur-ing which delegates frommember economies of theAsia-Pacific EconomicCooperation (APEC) areto focus discussions onmeasures to build microenterprise capacity for

market integration, in-cluding those on creatingbusiness-enabling envi-ronment, facilitating mi-cro enterprises to re-sources, and enhancingbusiness opportunities forthem.

“We all appreciate therole of micro enterprisesas the engine for job crea-tion and poverty reduc-tion, especially as the con-tribution to trade and serv-ices in APEC economiesis increasing,” NguyenVan Trung, director gen-eral of the Agency forSME Development underVietnam’s Ministry ofPlanning and Investment,said at the one-day microenterprise meeting.

MNA/Xinhua

Air crew deliver babymid-flight

LONDON, 25 Sept—A British Airways flight crewthis weekend delivered a baby girl with the help of twomedical students, before the pilot could land at thenearest airport.

The mother, who was travelling in the Club Worldcabin, went into labour about five hours into flight BA215 from London Heathrow to Boston on Saturdaynight.

Stunned staff hastily shifted nearby passengers intothe first-class cabin before helping the woman givebirth to baby Nadine, assisted by two medical studentpassengers.

Crew member Kam Dobe said he noticed the woman,thought to be Egyptian and travelling on a US passport,looking “uncomfortable” during the pre-flight emer-gency procedures demonstration. He said: “She wasclearly pregnant and I could see she was a bit uncom-fortable. But I thought she was just scared of flying.”

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Death toll in carbombing in central

Baghdad rises to fourBAGHDAD, 25 Sept—

The death toll in carbombing in central Bagh-dad rose to four on Sun-day, and seven others in-jured, a well-informedpolice source told Xinhua.Earlier report said that twopeople were killed andseven others injured whena car bomb attack targeteda police patrol near Bagh-dad’s morgue.

“A parking car bombdetonated at about 1:20 pm(0920 GMT) near policepatrol close to the Bagh-dad morgue, killing fourpeople, including a police-man and wounding sevenothers, including four po-licemen,” the source saidon condition of anonymi-ty.—MNA/Xinhua

Two children costumed as ancient Chinese per-form during the march parade of the 9th Beijing

International Cultural Tourism Festival in Beijing,capital of China, on 24 Sept, 2006.—XINHUA

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Singapore’s PM tovisit Vietnam

Christie’s employee Samantha Ryan looks at part of a Barbie collection inChristie’s auction house in London on 25 Sept, 2006. The Ietje Raebel and MarinaCollection, which auctioned on Tuesday, spans the entire history of Barbie, herfamily, friends and fashion during the second half of the 20th century.—INTERNET

Martial arts star Jet Li may be fearless, but a terrifiedstunt man caused both of them to fall from a buildingrecently while shooting a fight sequence for “Fearless.”The incident occurred when a stunt man lost hisbalance and the pair tumbled to the ground.—INTERNET

A dancer from Armenia performs a traditionaldance during a cultural programme in New Delhi

on 25 Sept, 2006.—INTERNET

KHARTOUM, 25 Sept—Sudanese State Ministerfor Foreign Affairs AliAhmed Karti said that thecrisis in the westernSudanese region of Darfurhas become a card inelections in the UnitedStates, the Sudan VisionDaily reported on Sunday.

The steps taken by theUS Administration on theDarfur issue were aimedat “getting satisfaction ofAmerican voters in thecomplementary electionsfor the Congress and togratify humanitarian andJewish organizations thatare funding the American

All 24 aboard WWFhelicopter killed in Nepal

KATHMANDU, 26 Sept — All 24 people on board ahelicopter chartered by conservation group WWF(World Wildlife Fund) in Nepal were killed after theaircraft crashed in bad weather two days ago, officialssaid on Monday.

The wreckage of the Russian-made helicopter wasfound earlier on Monday by a Nepali Army team afterincessant rains and fog had hampered rescue efforts.

The Army helicopter found the crashed aircraftabout two kilometres southwest of Ghunsa, a village inTaplejung District, about 300 kilometres (190 miles)east of the capital, Kathmandu.

“There are no survivors,” Purushottam Shakya,who coordinates rescues from Kathmandu Airport,told Reuters.

Officials said the helicopter was found broken intopieces. Plans were being made to recover bodies andmore helicopters were being sent to Taplejung, theyadded.

Some rescuers had also reached the site by land.“There were 24 people on this helicopter, including

7 staff of WWF,” WWF Director-General James Leapetold Reuters television at WWF headquarters in Gland,Switzerland.

MNA/Reuters

Sudan says Darfur issue becomes card in American electionselections”, Karti wasquoted as saying.

“The Darfur issue hasbecome a subject ofinternal discussion andcompetition between theAmerican parties in theirrace for getting power atthe administration,” theminister added.

US President GeorgeW Bush repeated thecharge of genocide inDarfur when he addressedworld leaders at the UNGeneral Assembly earlierthis week and he appointeda special envoy to bringmore pressure on theKhartoum Governmentunder the leadership of

President Omar el-Bashir. Karti accused Israel ofattempting to distort thesituation in Darfur andsupporting the armedopposition in Sudan.

Karti said that “Zionistorganizations” werefunding major US news-papers so as to reflect a

distorted image on thesituation in Darfur.

He also accused Israelof providing weapons andammunition for the armedopposition in Sudan andhelping them to establishextensive relations withEuropean and othercountries.—MNA/Xinhua

Explosion near bus stationkills two in eastern PakistanISLAMABAD, 25 Sept— An explosion occurred on

Saturday at a bus terminal in eastern Pakistani provinceof Punjab killed two and injured over a dozen people,local police said.

Explosives planted on a bicycle went off at a crowdedbus stand in central city of Dera Ghazi Khan, some 400kilometres southwest of the Punjab’s provincial capitalLahore, police said.—MNA/Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 26 Sept — Three US Marines will becourt-martialed for killing an innocent Iraqi man inApril near Hamdania, a town west of Baghdad, the USmilitary said Monday.

The US Marine 1st Division, which the threesoldiers belong to, made the announcement in astatement, but said the military would not seek deathpenalty in the court-martials against the three Marines.

The three are among seven US Marines and oneNavy corpsman charged with kidnapping andmurdering 52-year-old Hashim Ibrahim Awad on 26April near Hamdania.

All the eight have been held in the headquarters ofthe US Marine 1st Division at Camp Pendleton,California, since May.

The four other marines and Navy corpsman willface preliminary hearings in coming weeks to determinewhether they should be court- martialed.

There have been several incidents in which USsoldiers were accused of killing Iraqi civilians over thepast several months.

On 19 November, 2005, 24 Iraqi civilians wereallegedly killed by US troops in the western Iraqi townof Haditha, and in March this year, 11 Iraqi civilians,including five children, were killed during a US-ledraid against a suspected al-Qaeda site

MNA/Xinhua

SINGAPORE, 25S e p t — S i n g a p o r e ’ sPrime Minister LeeHsien Loong will pay atwo-day visit to theSocialist Republic ofVietnam from Monday,

3 US Marines to becourt-martialed for

killing innocent Iraqi

Channel NewsAsia, Leeis expected to attend the10th anniversary celebra-tions of the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Parkin Binh Duong Province.

He will also witnessthe signing of acommitment letter tolaunch Vietnam-Singa-pore Industrial Park Two.

Singapore is thelargest foreign investor inVietnam, with 425 pro-jects.

MNA/Xinhua

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A ceremony is held for China Merchants Bank’s trading debut at the HongKong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong, south China, on 22 Sept 2006.

INTERNET

Ron Dantowitz, operating a high-powered telescope capable of tracking spacevehicles, awaits the launch of SpaceLoft XL, a rocket packed with cargo set toblast off into space from a desert launch range near Truth or Consequences,

New Mexico on 25 Sept, 2006.—INTERNET

India, Britain to holdjoint air exercise

NEW DELHI, 25 Sept—Indian and British AirForces will hold a jointexercise in Agra of northIndia’s Uttar Pradesh andGwalior of central India’sMadhya Pradesh from 13to 20 October.

Indo-Asian NewsService quoted the militarysource as sayingthat 100Indian Air Force (IAF)officers and 100 officersof Royal Air Force (RAF)of Britain will take part in

the exercise named“Indradhanush”.

Eight Tornado aircraft,accompanied by a VC-10aerial tanker, will par-ticipate in the exercise.Pilots of the two countrieswill also fly in each other’saircraft as co-pilots.

The IAF will use theMirage 2000 aircraftwhile other aircraftlike theSu-30, the Jaguar and IL-78 mid-air refuellers willfly in the exercise.

Gwalior is one ofIndia’s leading trainingand operational centresand the home base ofIAF's two Mirage 2000squadrons.

Agra has the besttraining facilities and theonly Para Training Schoolin India.

India had conductedsimilar joint exercises withUS Air Force in Agra twoyears ago.

MNA/Xinhua

Glittering golden floor in N-E China hotelsparks debate

HARBIN, 25 Sept—The use of 270 kilogrammes ofgold bullion as a floor inlay has turned a newlyinaugurated hotel in Harbin, capital of northeast China’sHeilongjiang Province, into the centre of a debate.

Paradise Island Hotel, located on Zhongyang Streetin downtown Harbin, started business on Tuesday. Thegold bullion, bearing the inscription “Swiss BankCorporation” and “Paradise Island”, glitters in twoheart-shaped formations beneath transparent glass inthe hotel lobby.

“The gold floor is a great innovation. A lot ofcustomers have been coming in to take a look and someof them stayed to have dinner,” said Yin Yingchuan,sales director with Paradise Island Hotel Co, Ltd.

The hotel is owned by Wanda Group, a propertydeveloper based in Dalian, a coastal city in LiaoningProvince. 56 million yuan (about 7 million US dollars)

was spent on acquiring and transporting the goldbullion, according to Yin.

Opinions are divided about the luxurious display. Aprimary school teacher, who refused to be identified,said the fanfare about the gold floor was extravagantand in bad taste.

“I didn't think a modern enterprise would act likethat,” he said. An ordinary citizen identified as Xu Bintook a different view. “The gold floor idea has madethe newly-opened hotel famous right from the wordgo,” said Xu, “and it is also a show of economicstrength by the hotel operator.”

Xu is supported by Li Shuanghe, another residentof Harbin. “The gold bullion is underneath theglasswork and won’t be damaged,” said Xu, “Gold isgold and the carefully designed floor will preserve itsvalue.”— MNA/Xinhua

US contractor killed in S Iraq BAGHDAD, 25 Sept—A US contractor working for

the American consulate in Basra, the second largestcity of Iraq, was killed in a rocket attack overnight, aspokesman of the multinational forces in southern Iraqsaid on Saturday.

Several rockets struck a former presidential palace,which is now guarded by the British forces and housessome of its troops as well as diplomatic missions forBritain, the United States and their allies. “One of therockets hit the British consulate without causingcasualties, but the second hit the US consulate, killingthe contractor,” the spokesman said.— MNA/Xinhua

Photo taken on 24 Sept,2006, shows the debutof a ship imitating the

vessel Zheng Henavigated to the west

about 600 years ago, inNanjing, capital of east

China’s JiangsuProvince.—XINHUA

Road accidents kill over 10,000in Uganda in five years

KAMPALA, 25 Sept— Traffic accidents have becomeone of the leading killers in Uganda, with over 10,000people having died in such accidents in the last fiveyears, the local media reported on Sunday.

Police statistics show that 2,034 people died in1,732 accidents in 2005, making an aggregate of10,551 deaths on roads in the last five years.

The death toll could be much higher than what thepolice statistics show since the figures do not includeaccident victims who die of injuries later afteradmission to hospitals. John Nasasira, Minister ofWorks, Transport and Communication, said roadaccidents "compete with malaria and HIV/AIDS, asthe leading killers" in Uganda.— MNA/Xinhua

Gaza-Egypt border reopens for two days GAZA, 25 Sept— The

Rafah Crossing betweenGaza and Egypt, the onlyoutlet for Palestinians inthe Gaza Strip to theoutside world, reopenedon Friday, an EU officialsaid.

The crossing willremain operational for twodays, EU spokesmanPekka Korhola said,

adding that it reopened at8:00 am (0500 GMT) andwas due to be closed at6:00 pm (1500 GMT)before opening again onSaturday.

The Gaza’s uniquegateway to the worldbypassing Israel wasreopened ahead of theMuslim fasting month ofRamadan. Korhola said

that students, the patientand the pilgrims werebeing allowed from Gazainto Egypt on Friday,while the crossing wouldbe open for everyone onSaturday.

As for people fromEgypt into the Gaza Strip,however, there were norestrictions, Korhola said.

MNA/Xinhua

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Competitors take part in the Great Gorilla Run in central London, on 24 Sept,2006. Every year, competitors wear gorilla suits and walk, run or jog arounda 7km (4.3 miles) route in the the city of London to raise money for the Dian

Fossey Gorilla Fund.—XINHUA

A Pakistani man displays a book written byPresident Pervez Musharraf titled “In The Line ofFire: A Memoir” after it was released in Islamabad

on 25 Sept, 2006. — INTERNET

China, Portuguese-speakingcountries forum meeting ends MACAO, 25 Sept — The two-day 2nd Ministerial Conference of the Forum

on Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speakingCountries closed here Monday morning.

The conference wascrowned with theadoption on Sunday of anew cooperation ActionPlan for the next threeyears.

Under the theme of“strengthening coopera-tion, common develop-ment,” the current

conference made aretrospective analysis ofthe implementation ofthe previous “ActionPlan for Economic andTrade Cooperation,”which was approved bythe 1st ministerialconference of the Forumin October 2003.

Member countries ofthe Forum are China andseven Portuguese-speaking countries,namely, Angola, Brazil,Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique,Portugal and Timor-Leste.

MNA/Xinhua

Afghanistan to buypassenger planes from China

KABUL, 25 Sept—Afghanistan’s Ministry forTransport and Aviation isconsidering buying somepassenger planes fromChina, a Kabul-basedEnglish newspaperreported on Sunday. Intalks with the dailyAfghanistan Times,Minister for Transport andAviation NimatullahEhsan Jawid said hisministry would buy fivesmall planes from China torestore Afghanistan’sformer domestic airliner

company the Bakhter. “With buying such

planes from China theBakhter’s activities wouldbe revived,” Ehsan Jawidtold Afghanistan Times.

Bakhter, a smallcompany providing do-mestic flight services in thepast, stopped its servicesdue to over two and a halfdecades of war. CurrentlyAfghanistan’s state-ownednational carrier Ariana anda private airline companythe KamAir are inoperation.

Ariana has only threeBoeing 727s and two AirBus 300s and KamAir hasa few planes connectingpost-Taleban Afghanistanwith the outside world.

MNA/Xinhua

France urges Russia to let Totalcontinue project

PARIS, 25 Sept— France hopes Russia will allow energy company Total tocontinue with its production sharing agreement in Western Siberia, ForeignMinister Philippe Douste-Blazy said on Sunday.

The Vremya Novosteinewspaper on Fridayquoted a source close

to Russia’s NaturalResources Ministry assaying that it was only amatter of time beforeTotal’s PSA (productionsharing agreement)licence for the Kharyagaproject was withdrawn.

Asked whether Francehad received anyguarantees, Douste-Blazy said: “To myknowledge no, but Ireally hope that thegood relations betweenFrance and Russiatranslate very quicklyinto the possibility forTotal to continue itswhole programme inRussia.”

He was speaking on

LCI Television.Russian President

Vladimir Putin, who wasin Paris on Friday tomeet French PresidentJacques Chirac andGerman ChancellorAngela Merkel, playeddown fears over thereport.

“I can assure youthat the rumours abouttaking away the licence(Total’s) are greatlyexaggerated,” Putinsaid.

Total and Russia’senergy ministry havebeen at odds for yearsover how to develop theKharyaga oil field in theArctic.— MNA/Reuters

Spain seizes 2.4 tonsof cocaine

MADRID, 25 Sept— The Spanish authorities onSaturday seized 2.4 tons of cocaine in a British-registered boat close to the island of Ibiza, one ofthe Spanish-owned Balearic Islands in the westernMediterranean.

The operation began on Saturday morning whenpolice raided the Tatibat, a catamaran leisure vessel,suspected of carrying drugs to the Iberian mainland,Spain’s National Guard said in a statement onSunday.

Officers captured 2.4 tons of cocaine packed into80 bundles of between 25 kilos and 35 kilos each,encountering no resistance from the three crewmembers on board.

The vessel was then taken to the Ibiza port ofSant Antoni, where police were to take statementsfrom the three sailors and verify their identities.

MNA/Xinhua

British baby girl diesafter Rottweiler attack LONDON, 25 Sept— A five-month-old baby girl has

died after being attacked by two Rottweiler dogs in theMidlands city of Leicester, British police said on Sunday.

Leicestershire police and ambulance staff were calledto a pub in the New Parks area of the city on Saturdayafternoon, before the baby was rushed to LeicesterRoyal Infirmary, where she later died from her injuries.

The BBC reported the baby girl had been draggedonto the roof of the pub, which was run by her parents.

Police said they had taken away the two Rottweilersfrom the scene of the attack and have launched aninvestigation into the baby’s death.

MNA/Reuters

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craftworks at stall on

San Jacinto Avenue

in Mexico City,

capital of Mexico,on

24 Sept, 2006.

XINHUA

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NAY PYI TAW, 26 Sept — The 61st annual meetingof International Monetary Fund and the World Bankwas held at Sentec Singapore International Conven-tion and Exhibition Centre in Singapore from 19 to 20September. It was attended by Myanmar delegation led byMinister for Finance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun,Finance Ministers from 184 member countries of IMFand WB, governors, representatives, those of NGOsand guests. Chairman of the meeting Finance Minister of Guy-ana Mr Bharrat Jagdeo and Singaporean Prime Minis-ter and Finance Minister Mr Lee Hsein Loong ex-tended greetings. Managing Director of IMF MrRodrigo De Rato reported on economic progress amongthe member nations and monetary and financial coop-eration. Next, Chairman of the WB Mr Paul Wolfowitzreported on the WB’s efforts for development of thenations. The Finance Ministers also reported on finan-cial, monetary and economic situations of their coun-tries and world economic situation. Minister for Finance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tunexplained about the government‘s efforts for economicstability utilizing resources available, combating hu-man trafficking, money laundering and active participa-tion in regional and international organizations.

YANGON, 26 Sept—Mon State Union Solidar-ity and Development As-sociation held its annualgeneral meeting (2006) atits office in Mawlamyineon 24 September.

Patron of Mon StateUSDA Chairman of MonState Peace and Develop-ment Council Com-mander of South-EastCommand Brig-Gen ThetNaing Win and USDACEC Member Ministerfor Mines Brig-Gen OhnMyint delivered ad-

Mon State USDA holds AnnualGeneral Meeting

dresses at the meeting.Wellwishers pre-

sented cash donations toMon State USDAthrough the commanderand the minister.

The commander, theminister and departmen-tal officials presentedgifts to three basic edu-cation schools thatachieved best pass rate inthe matriculation exam(2005-2006) and out-standing students in MonState.

Next, Mon State

USDA Secretary U TinSoe Moe Naing gave aspeech.

The central execu-tive committee of MonState USDA presentedthe annual report; andsecretaries of Thatonand Mawlamyine Dis-trict USDAs, on the an-nual report of the com-mittees. The Mon StateUSDA assessed the re-ports. And resolutionswere passed and put onrecord.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26Sept — Minister forHome Affairs Maj-GenMaung Oo received In-

Home Affairs Minister receives In-dian Ambassador

dian Ambassador MrBhaskar Kumar Mitra atthe minister’s office herethis evening.

Present also wereDirector-General U MyatKo of General Adminis-tration Depart-ment,Director-General U ZawWin of Prisons Depart-ment, Deputy Director-General U Ye Myint ofBureau of Special Inves-tigation , Police Brig-Gen

Soe Win Myint ofMyanmar Police Force andHead of Office U KhinMaung Thein of the min-istry.

MNA

Minister for Finance and Revenue attends 61stAnnual meeting of IMF, WB

Deputy Executive Chairman of Overseas ChineseBanking Corporation called on Minister Maj-GenHla Tun and discussed common interest on 20 Sep-tember. The Myanmar delegation arrived back here thisafternoon. They were welcomed back at the airport byMinister for Home Affairs Maj-Gen Maung Oo, Min-ister for Electric Power No 2 Maj-Gen Khin MaungMyint, Vice-Governor of the Central Bank of MyanmarU Than Nyein and officials. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 Sept— The Health Ministryheld its work coordination meeting here yesterdaywith an opening address by Minister for Health DrKyaw Myint.

Deputy Ministers for Health Dr Mya Oo and DrPaing Soe also attended the meeting.

At the meeting held at the hall of the NationalHealth Committee, directors-general and directors ofthe departments under the ministry and medical super-intendents reported on tasks being implemented to theminister and deputy ministers. After hearing reports,the deputy ministers fulfilled the requirements, and themeeting concluded with remarks by Minister Dr KyawMyint.

MNA

Ministry of Health holdsWork Coordination

Meeting

Home Affairs Minis-ter Maj-Gen MaungOo receives Indian

Ambassador toMyanmar Mr

Bhaskar KumarMitra. — MNA

CEC Member of USDA Minister Brig-Gen Ohn Myint delivers an address at Annual GeneralMeeting of Mon State USDA. — MINES

Health Minister Dr Kyaw Myint delivers an address at Work Coordination Meeting of Ministryof Health. — HEALTH

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(from page 1)Next, Deputy Min-

ister Thura U ThaungLwin gave a supplemen-tary report. In connectionwith the reports, the PrimeMinister asked questionsto get further details andstressed the need formanufacturing of com-fortable passengercoaches and wagons bythe workshop. As theMyitnge workshop al-ready have experience andtechnology, the workshopshould run the entire proc-ess of carriages apart frommajor repairs, added thePrime Minister.

PrimeMinister oninspection…

Afterwards, thePrime Minister and partyinspected scale models ofthe passenger coaches reno-vated by the workshop.

Next, Minister Maj-GenAung Min and responsiblepersonnel explained factsabout the carriage partsmanufactured by the work-shop, experiments for pro-duction of coach parts, car-

riage linking parts pro-duced by the workshop,bogies used at passengercoach and upper-classseats. The Prime Minister

also heard reports on pro-duction of passengercoaches.

Next, the PrimeMinister and party lookedinto renovation of passen-ger coaches presented by

the People’s Republic ofChina as gifts.

Accompanied byChairman of Sagaing Divi-sion PDC Commander of

North-West CommandMaj-Gen Tha Aye andChairman of MandalayDivision PDC Comman-der of Central CommandMaj-Gen Khin Zaw, PrimeMinister General Soe Win

and party went on an in-spection tour ofYwahtaung Diesel Loco-motive Shed on 24 Sep-tember.

At the briefinghall, Minister Maj-GenAung Min briefedthe Prime Minister onmatters relating toYwahtaung Diesel Loco-motive Shed and InseinLocomotive Shed. Next,General Manager ofYwahtaung Diesel Loco-motive Shed U MyintKhine and General Man-ager of Insein Locomo-tive Shed U Saw Valintinebriefed the Prime Minis-

ter and party on mainte-nance of diesel locomo-tives, the workshop’sundertakings in respect tothe guidance given byHead of State SeniorGeneral Than Shwe dur-ing his tour, purchase ofmachines for maintenanceof locomotives andproduction of spare partsin cooperation withindustrial zones andrelated ministries.

(See page 9)

Prime Minister General Soe Win hears report on Ywahtaung and Insein locomotive sheds presented byMinister for Rail Transportation Maj-Gen Aung Min. — MNA

Prime Minister General Soe Win inspects machinery parts at Ywahtaung Locomotive Shed. — MNA

Prime Minister General Soe Win inspects construction of carriages at Myitnge Carriage and Wagon Shed. — MNA

Technicians and servicepersonnel are to manu-facture diesel locomotives in-side the country based ontechnical know-how and ex-periences. If the workshopsof Myanma Railways, state-owned factories and private-owned ones take cooperativemeasures, diesel locomotivescan be manufactured.

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DKBA objects, condemns indirect…

YANGON, 26 Sept— Secretary-General ofthe Union Solidarity andDevelopment As-sociation Minister forAgriculture and IrrigationMaj-Gen Htay Oo on 24September presented cashto the free funeral serviceasso-ciation (Yangon) inWard 16/2, Thingangyun

USDA Secretary-General presentscash to free funeral service association

Township, Yangon EastDistrict.

The ministerexplained the purpose ofthe cash donation andpresented K 2 milliondonated by USDA, K 1.5million donated by theMinistry of Agricultureand Irrigation, and K500,000 by his family

totaling K 4 million.Chairman of the

association U Aye Thantaccepted the donation andspoke words of thanks.

After hearing thereports presented by thosefrom the association, theminister fulfilled therequirements.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26Sept — Minister forEnergy Brig-Gen Lun Thimet with Ambassador ofthe People’s Republic ofChina to the Union ofMyanmar Mr Guan Mu

Energy Minister meets PRCAmbassadorat the ministry heretoday.

Present on theoccasion were DeputyMinister for Energy Brig-Gen Than Htay, Director-General of Energy

Planning Departmentunder the ministry U SoeMyint, Managing Directorof Myanma Oil and GasEnterprise U Myint Kyiand officials.

MNA

(from page 16)3. We, the DKBA, have been witnessing regional peace, stability anddevelopment and enjoying the benefits as never before since we havejoined hands with the Tatmadaw. As the entire Myanmar is also enjoyingpeace and stability practically, the situation in Myanmar will in no waythreaten regional peace and stability.4. The DKBA does not accept and objects and condemns the indirectattempts of the US, using the UN as a tool, to destabilize Myanmar andcause public hardships concerning basic needs and to encroach on thesovereignty of the country, a signatory to the UN Charter.

U Tha Htoo KyawChairman

DKBA HeadquartersMNA

Prime Minister on inspection tour…(from page 8)In connection with

the reports presented bythe general manager ofInsein Locomotive Shed,Minister Maj-Gen AungMin gave a supplementaryreport. Next, the PrimeMinister gave instructionson the requirements to befulfilled by the Govern-ment for ensuring produc-tion of diesel locomotivesinside the country. Tech-nicians and service person-nel were to manufacturediesel locomotives insidethe country based on tech-nical know-how and expe-riences. If the workshopsof Myanma Railways,state-owned factories andprivate-owned ones takecooperative measures, die-sel locomotives can be

manufactured.Next, the Prime

Minister and party in-spected diesel transmissionworkshop, diesel electri-cal workshop and air-conditioner workshop.Next, they looked into car-riage spare parts manufac-tured by the workshopsunder Myanma Railways,locomotives and spareparts by private factoriesand Monywa industrialzone and imported spareparts.

Afterwards, thePrime Minister oversawdiesel locomotives andbuilding of rail car and gavenecessary instructions.Next, the Prime Ministerand party left for Manda-lay by train and proceededto Nay Pyi Taw. — MNA

Mingaladon Township MCWA gets new membersYANGON, 27 Sept—

With the sponsorship ofYangon North DistrictMaternal and ChildWelfare SupervisoryCommittee, a ceremony topresent membershipapplications ofMingaladon TownshipMaternal and ChildWelfare Association washeld in conjunction withthe hand-over of a new

building of the rural healthcare sub-centre at No 15Post-primary School inPaungku Village in thetownship this morning.

Chairperson ofYangon DivisionMaternal and ChildWelfare SupervisoryCommittee Daw Mar MarWai made a speech on theoccasion and presentedschool uniforms and

Prime Minister General Soe Win inspects carriages at Myitnge Carriage and WagonWorkshop. — MNA

Secretary-General of USDA Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo (L) presentsK 500,000 to Chairman of Free Funeral Service Association

(Yangon). — MNA

Chairperson of Yangon Division Maternal and Child Welfare SupervisoryCommittee Daw Mar Mar Wai views cultivation of ginger. — MNA

stationery to students ofthe school.

The chairpersonaccepted K 13.5 millionfor regional developmentwork donated by WahWah Win Finished WoodFactory 1,019 mem-bership applications andpresented uniforms fornew members andpermanent members of thetown MCWA.—MNA

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YANGON, 26 Sept—Secretariat Member of theUnion Solidarity andDevelopment AssociationMinister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan on24 September supervisedregional developmentundertakings in MagwayDivision.

He formally openedthe paddy husk-poweredgenerator constructed bythe USDA at Ponna Villagein Bilin Township,Gangaw District, MagwayDivision. It contributestowards supply of powerto 150 houses, irrigating70 acres of farmland and

Myanmar to enjoy developmentsignificantly in near future

operating a small-scale ricemill.

In meeting with over2,300 local people at PonnaVillage, the minister dealtwith regional developmenttasks and accepted 517USDA membershipapplications. He presentedawards to outstanding tenthstandard students (2005-

accepted 550 member-ship applications. Hepresented awards tooutstanding matriculationstudents, householdutensils, exercise booksand periodicals to localpeople. He also presentedK 780,000 for desks to theschools in GangawDistrict, K 200,000 each

and desksto Gangaw, Htilin andSaw township USDAs.

On 23 Septembermorning, the ministerattended the presenting ofa K 550,000 worth TV setand satellite disc antennato the self-reliant library ofKyattoe Village inPakokku Township. Hepresented publications tothe facility.

During his tour ofMagway Division, theminister briefed localpeople on dramaticdevelopment the nation iswitnessing. The govern-ment has constructed

People, government, Tatmadaw to becohesive in crushing destructive elements

2006) of the villages, K200,000 for replacementof the old pump with a six-inch-diameter one forsupply of water to 30 moreacres of paddy fields, andclothing, household items,exercise books andpublications to rural folksthrough officialsconcerned.

He also attended theopening of the paddyhusk-powered generatorat Htilin Township USDAoffice.

He met with servicepersonnel, townseldersand more than 1,000 localpeople from Htilin and

almost all infrastructuresneeded for nationaldevelopment, so the nationis going to enjoydevelopment signifi-cantly,he said.

However, internaland external destructiveelements who cannot bearto see national develop-ment are inciting unrest and

Secretariat Member of USDA Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan inspects paddyhusk-powered generator at Ponna Village in Htilin Township. — MNA

Secretariat Member of USDA Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan meeting with local people in Htilin Township. — MNA

Secretariat Member of USDA Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presentsaward to an outstanding student of Ponna Village. — MNA

mass protests andattempting to destabilizethe nation. An internalorganization is employingfour-cut policy, utterdevastation and defianceof order-policy, whileinternal and externalelements are waging three-pronged attacks on thenation.

In conclusion, hecalled on the people tojoin hands with thegovernment, the Tatma-daw and the USDA incrushing the destructiveacts. — MNA

The government has constructed almost

all infrastructures needed for national

development, so the nation is going to enjoy

development significantly.

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A model shows a kind of new game consoleduring the Tokyo Game Show 2006 in MakuhariMesse in Chiba, on 22 Sept, 2006. — INTERNET

Xbox Peter Moore is leading the charge in Japan.Microsoft is still determined to crack the Japanese

market, Xbox boss Peter Moore has told BBCNews. — INTERNET

This does notnecessarily mean therewill be more frequent ElNinos -- which can disruptnormal weather around theworld -- but could wellmean that these wildpatterns will be strongerwhen they occur, saidJames Hansen of NASA'sGoddard Institute forSpace Studies in NewYork City. The El Ninophenomenon is animportant factor inmonitoring global warm-ing, according to a paperby Hansen and colleaguespublished in the currentProceedings of theNational Academy ofSciences.

Earth may be at warmest point in 1mln yearsWASHINGTON, 26 Sept — Earth may be close to the warmest it has been in the last million years,

especially in the part of the Pacific Ocean where potentially violent El Nino weather patterns are born,climate scientists reported on Monday.

El Ninos can pushtemperatures higher thanthey might ordinarily be.This happened in 1998when a so-called "superEl Nino" helped heat theEarth to a record high.

What is significant,the scientists wrote, is that2005 was in the sametemperature range as1998, and probably wasthe warmest year ever,with no sign of the warmsurface water in the easternequatorial Pacific typicalof an El Nino.

The waters of thewestern equatorial Pacificare warmer than in theeastern equatorial Pacific,and the difference in

temperature betweenthese two areas couldproduce greater tem-perature swings betweenthe normal weather patternand El Nino, they wrote.

They blamed thisphenomenon on globalwarming that is affectingthe surface of the westernPacific before it affects thedeeper water.

Overall, Earth iswithin 1.8 degreesFahrenheit (1 degreeCentigrade) of its highesttemperature levels in thepast million years,Hansen and the otherswrote. They noted arecent steep rise inaverage temperatures,

with global surfacetemperatures increasingabout 0.4 degreesFahrenheit (0.2 degreesCentigrade) for each ofthe last three decades.

Scientists attributethis rise to humanactivities, notably therelease into theatmosphere of green-house gases -- notablycarbon dioxide -- whichlet in sunlight and trap itsheat like the glass wallsof a greenhouse.

H u m a n - c a u s e dglobal warming in-fluences El Ninos muchas it sways tropicalstorms, the scientistswrote. — MNA/Reuters

As membership in thegroup in Ontario, Canada,increased between 1968and 1991, murders theredropped off, said RobertMann from theUniversity of Torontoand Mark Asbridge fromDalhousie University.

Research has shownthere is a significantrelationship betweendrinking and homicide inEurope, the United Statesand Canada, they wrotein their report, publishedin the October issue ofAlcoholism: Clinical andExperimental Research.

But they found anincrease of one AAmember per 100,000people was followed by adrop of 0.3 to 0.5 per cent

Study says AlcoholicsAnonymous may prevent murders

WASHINGTON, 26 Sept — Alcoholics Anonymous, the worldwide groupthat helps addicts stop drinking, may also help drive down the number ofmurders in a community, Canadian researchers reported on Sunday.

in Ontario's homiciderate.

The relationship wasonly apparent when itcame to men. They didnot find a relationship inthe case of women.

“Males drink moreoften, more heavily andconsume more beer andspirits than females,”Asbridge said in astatement.

“Moreover, thenature of the link betweenalcohol consumption andviolence is more readilya male experience, forexample, drinkingheavily in bar settingsleads to aggression andviolence.”

For the study, Mannand Asbridge used

Statistics Canada data tocalculate per capita totalalcohol consumption aswell as murders of peopleaged 15 and older from1968 to 1991.

Alcoholics Anony-mous gave estimatedmembership data fromsurveys and mailing lists.

“Our study showedthat male homicide ratesin Ontario were stronglyrelated to average levelsof alcohol consumption,”Mann said in a statement.

“These observationsconfirm previous re-search showing thatalcohol is a leadingcontributor to violence,as well as violence-related mortality.”

MNA/Reuters

BEIJING, 26 Sept — Anasteroid discovered by aChinese observatory hasbeen named after PengHuanwu, who madeimportant contributions tothe development ofChina’s first atomic andhydrogen bombs.

The asteroid bears theinternational code No48798. The naming hasbeen approved by theInternational Astrono-

Study says taller womenmore likely to have twins

NEW YORK, 26 Sept —Taller women are morelikely to have twins, according to a US study.

Gary Steinman, an obstetrician at New York'sLong Island Jewish Medical Centre, compared theheights of 129 women who gave birth to twins ortriplets with the average height of women in theUnited States and found women with multiple-birthpregnancies averaged more than an inch taller.

Steinman, whose study is being published in theSeptember issue of the Journal of ReproductiveMedicine, said the reason seems to be an insulin-likegrowth factor, which has been positively linked toboth height and twinning.

MNA/Reuters

Asteroid named after Chinese physicistmical Union (IAU).

At a ceremony hereon Monday, the 91-year-old scientist accepted thecertificate to mark thenaming of the asteroidfrom Deng Nan, vicepresident of the ChinaAssociation for Scienceand Technology.

The asteroid wasdiscovered by an ob-servation station of theState Observatory of

China in XinglongCounty, north China’sHebei Province, on 6October, Peng’s birthday,in 1997.

Peng, an academicianof the Chinese Academyof Sciences (CAS), hasbeen mainly engaged inthe basic and appliedstudies of theoreticalphysics and has madesignificant achievements.

MNA/Xinhua

Shinzo Abe elected Japan’snew Prime Minister

TOKYO, 26 Sept —The newly-elected pre-sident of Japan’s rulingLiberal Democratic(LDP) Party Shinzo Abeexpectably won the vote

in an extra Diet sessionand was elected thecountry’s new PrimeMinister on Tuesdayafternoon.

His earlier victory,with 339 votes out of the480, in the Lower House,which holds the final sayin picking a Premier, wasapproved in the UpperHouse given the majoritiesenjoyed by the ruling bloc,made up of the LDP andits coalition partner NewKomeito Party, in bothHouses.

Abe, who sealed alandslide victory in theLDP presidential race on20 September and was setto succeed JunichiroKoizumi to become newPremier, will announce thelineup of his Cabinet laterin the afternoon.

After an attestationceremony at the ImperialPalace, Abe will give hisfirst news conference asPremier in the evening.

Abe has indicatedthat in choosing theCabinet ministers, he willbreak traditions andappoint members whosupport his policies andare suitable for theirrespective posts, accord-ing to Kyodo News.

Sources indicatedthat current Senior ViceForeign MinisterYasuhisa Shiozaki islikely to be nominatedchief Cabinet secretary,the post of top governmentspokesman which will beconcurrently given theassignment to handle theissue of abductions ofJapanese nationals byNorth Korea.

MNA/Xinhua

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BANG SAO TONG VOY NO (97)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BANG SAOTONG VOY NO (97) are hereby notified that the vesselhas arrived on 27.9.2006 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm up to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S WONGSAMUT OCEAN SHIP-PING CO., LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921TRADE MARK

CAUTION NOTICESociété des Produits NestléS.A,a company organizedunder the laws of SWIT-ZERLAND and having itsprincipal office at Vevey,Switzerland is the ownerand sole proprietor of thefollowing Trademarks:-

Reg. No. 1367/1990Used in respect of:-“All food products, includ-ing milk, butter, cheese,sweetened condensed milk,unsweetened evaporatedmilk, evaporated skimmedmilk, condensed sweetenedskimmed milk, powderedmilk, malted milk, sterilizedcream, sterilized evaporatedcream, milk compounds(skimmed milk vegetablefats) and ice cream.

Reg. No. 1891/2000

Reg. No. 5602/1997Used in respect of:-“Food and ingredients offood”.

Reg. No. 3300/2001

Reg. No. 3301/2001

Reg. No. 3302/2001

Used in respect of:-“Pharmaceutical, veterinary

and sanitary preparations,dietetic substances adaptedfor medical use, food forbabies. Vegetables, fruit,meat, poultry, fish and ali-mentary products originat-ing from the sea, all theseproducts in the form of ex-tracts, soups, jellies, pastes,preserves, ready-madedishes and frozen or dehy-drated preserves, as well asin crisp form; jams, eggs,milk, cheese and other foodpreparations having a baseof milk, milk substitutes, ed-ible oils and fats; mayon-naise; protein preparation forfood. Coffee and coffee ex-tracts; coffee substitutes andextracts of coffee substitutes;tea and tea extracts; cocoaand preparations having abase of cocoa, chocolate,confectionery, sweets, sugar,bakery products, pastry, des-serts, puddings; ice creamproducts for the preparationof ice-cream; honey andhoney substitutes; foodstuffshaving a base of rice, of flouror of cereals, also in the formof ready-made dishes;sauces, aromatizing or sea-soning products for food.Mineral waters and othernon-alcoholic drinks, syrups,extracts and essences formaking non-alcoholic bev-erages”.

Reg. No. 5601/1997Used in respect of:-“Seasonings, meat extracts,sauces, bouillons, souppreparations and relatedproducts”.

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Reg. No. 6230/1997Used in respect of:-“Milk products, dietetic and

pharmaceutical products, in-fants and invalids foods,products containing cocoa,chocolate, milt, coffee andtea”.

Reg. No. 633/1999Used in respect of:-“Vegetables, fruit, meat,poultry, game, fish and sea-food all these products alsoin the form of extracts, soups,jellies, pastes, preserves,ready-made dishes, frozen ordehydrated; jams; eggs; milk,cheese and other food prepa-rations having a base of milk,milk substitutes; soya milkand soya-based preparations,edible oils and fats; proteinpreparations for food. Cof-fee, coffee extracts and cof-fee-based preparations; cof-fee substitutes and extractsof coffee substitutes; tea, teaextracts and tea-based prepa-rations; cocoa and prepara-tions having a base of cocoa,chocolate,. chocolate prod-ucts, confectionery, sweets;sugar; sweeteners; bakeryproducts, bread, yeast, pas-try; biscuits, cakes, desserts,puddings; ice-cream, prod-ucts for the preparation ofice cream; honey and honeysubstitutes; break fast cere-als, rice, pasta, foodstuffshaving a base of rice, of flouror of cereals, also in the formof ready-made dishes;sauces; aromatizing or sea-soning products for food,salad dressings, mayon-naise”.

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Tourists sightsee the Venetian Square on a carriage in Rome, capital of Italy,on “Car Free Day”, on 24 Sept, 2006. Cars except for buses were banned onSunday in central Rome in a move to decrease pollution and protect cultural

relics and historic sites.—XINHUA

Villagers travel on boat through the flooded village of Jagatpur, about 150km (93 miles) north of Kolkata, on 25 Sept, 2006.—INTERNET

Meng Derong (L), a biology associate professor,gives treatment to a catagmatic bird at a wildliferescue station in Cangzhou, north China’s Hebei

Province, recently—XINHUA

Heung Soo Lheem, Hyundai Motor India Ltd.’s Managing Director andCEO, stands next to the newly launched ‘Verna’ car in New Delhi on 25

Sept, 2006. The Indian unit of South Korea’s top car maker Hyundai MotorCo on Monday said it was investing $500 million in a new engine plant in the

southern city of Chennai. —INTERNET

Tourists flock to Three Gorges damYICHANG, 25 Sept — A record 1.3 million visitors will have visited the

mammoth dam area of the Three Gorges Project on the middle reaches of theYangtze by the end of the year.

At 9:55 am Saturday, thedam area notched up its 1millionth visitor for the year,according to Chen Menjiu,general manager of theYangtze River ThreeGorges Tourism Company.

The increase in thenumber of tourists can beattributed to two keymilestones: completion ofthe gigantic dam in May,and the raising of thewater level from 135metres to 156 metres last

Wednesday, according toZhang Chao, deputymanager of the YangtzeRiver Three GorgesTourism Company.

1.16 million people hadto be relocated whenconstruction of the 203.9billion yuan (25.5 billion USdollars) Three Gorges projectbegan in 1993. The massivedam has a span of 2,309meters and is 185 metreshigh. There are 26 powergenerators on the two banksof the river, and a five-tier,

dual-track ship lock.When completed in

2009, the reservoir willhave a capacity of 39.3billion cubic meters andproduce 84.7 billion kw/hof electricity annually.

Workers have completedthe dam, installation of 14generating units on thenorthern bank and most ofthe ship lock system.Thirteen of the 26 generatorsare already producingelectricity.

MNA/Xinhua

China’s industrial sectorsees soaring profits

BEIJING, 25 Sept—China’s industrial firms scored1.1327 trillion yuan (143 billion US dollars) of profitsin the first eight months, up 29.1 per cent from a yearearlier, according to the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS). Profits of state-owned enterprises rose 19.7per cent to 508.6 billion yuan, while collective andforeign-invested enterprises scored 33.9 billion and313.6 billion yuan respectively.

Profits of private enterprises hit 167.2 billion yuan,up 53.1 per cent from a year earlier.

The booming growth was primarily driven bysoaring profits in sectors such as non-ferrous metals,oil and gas, and transport equipment, according toNBS.

MNA/Xinhua

Macao Int’l Trade and Investment Fair opens

Mine landslidekills two, injures

two others SHUIJIAZHUANG, 25 Sept

— Two people have beenkilled and two others injuredin a mine landslide inLaiyuan, a county in northChina’s Hebei Province.

The landslide tookplace around 11 a.m onFriday at an iron ore minebelonging to Laiyuan Ironand Steel Plant. Threeexcavators were buried byfalling stones and earth,said an official with thegeneral office of LaiyuanCounty Government.

The official was un-able to confirm whetherthe victims were operatingthe excavator machines.

An investigation isunderway to determineexactly how many workerswere present when thelandslide occurred and thecause of the accident.

MNA/Xinhua

MACAO, 25 Sept — TheMacao International Tradeand Investment Fair (MIF)opened here on Saturday,attracting some 150commerce and tradedelegations from 47countries and regions.

The fair, sponsored bythe Macao Trade andInvestment PromotionInstitute (MTIPI), is a venuefor over 30 seminars,conferences and productpromotion programmes.

It features 336 exhibition

booths and pre-arranged 380“business matchings” for theparticipants to engage inbusiness talks.

Lee Peng Hong,president of the MTIPI, saidwhile addressing theopening ceremony that theMIF boasts the largestcomprehensive commerceand trade exhibition in thespecial administrativeregion.This year’s MIFversion has enhancedservices for the small andmedium enterprises by“actively optimizing”buyers and businessmatching activities, Leesaid.The four-day annualevent has become animportant trade platform forenterprises from the ChineseMainland, European andPortuguese-speakingcountries, he added.

MNA/Xinhua

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S P O R T S

Portsmouth’s Nwankwo Kanu, left, challenges forthe ball with Bolton Wanderers’ Abdoulaye Meite

during their English Premier League soccer matchat Fratton Park, Portsmouth, England, on 25 Sept,

2006. Bolton won 1-0.—INTERNET

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9)looks downfield as Atlanta Falcons' Rod Coleman(75) defends in the first half of their football gameat the newly re-opened Louisiana Superdome in

New Orleans on 25 Sept, 2006. —INTERNET

Everton, Newcastleshare goals, red cards

LONDON, 26 Sept — Everton maintained their un-beaten start to the season and finished the day in fourthplace in the Premier League after a 1-1 draw againstNewcastle United at St James' Park on Sunday.

Shola Ameobi was allowed to play on and score theopener for Newcastle after they were adjudged to havesprung Everton's offside trap in the 14th minute.

Everton equalized five minutes before halftimewhen Tim Cahill scored with a powerfully executedheader from a Mikel Arteta cross after Newcastlefailed to clear a corner.

Both sides finished with 10 men after Newcastledefender Titus Bramble was sent off for picking up asecond yellow card for a late sliding tackle on LeonOsman in the 75th minute. — MNA/Reuters

Sweden’s Robin Soderling celebrates af-ter winning against Brazil’s Flavio Sarettaduring the Davis Cup tennis play-offsin Belo Horizonte, on 25 Sept, 2006.Soderling won 6-0, 6-3, 7-6.—INTERNET

Chinese gold medal winner Xingfang Xie, right, andSilver medal Ning Zhang also of China celebrateon the podium after the singles women final 21-16,21-14 at the World Championship Badmintontournament in Madrid, on 24 Sept, 2006.—INTERNET

Toronto Marathon suffersdeath incident

TORONTO, 26 Sept— The Toronto Marathon suf-fered a death incident when a 41-year-old man runnercollapsed and died, organizers said on Sunday.

However, the officials declined to release the nameof the man. The race was won by Kenya's Daniel Ronowho ran Canada's second fastest marathon time ever in2 hours, 10 minutes and 14 seconds.

Abderrahime Bouramdane of Morocco finishedsecond by 26 seconds. The fastest Canadian marathonwas during the 1976 Montreal Olympics, whereWaldemar Cierpinski took the gold medal by clocking2:09.55. Malgorzata Sobanska of Poland won thewomen's division in a course record of 2:34.31. Shebeat the mark of 2:36.20 set by Russia's LyubovMorgunova in 2003. — MNA/Xinhua

Europe on courseto retain Ryder Cup

STRAFFAN (Ireland), 26 Sept—Europe were comfort-ably on track to retain the Ryder Cup after making abright start in the last-day singles at the K Club onSunday.

Needing only four points from the 12 matches, theywere up in seven, down in four and all square in onethree hours into the action.

Colin Montgomerie, so often the talisman in theRyder Cup environment where he is unbeaten insingles, was two up on David Toms after 14 holes inthe top match.

The Scot birdied the third and fourth, was peggedback at the fifth but regained the two-shot cushion witha birdie two at the 14th after a superb tee shot.

Briton Paul Casey, boosted by four early birdies inmatch two, was four up on Jim Furyk after 10 holes asafternoon sunshine replaced morning rain.

Winner of last week's World Match Play Champi-onship, Casey sank a 10-footer at the first and a 15-footer at the third before picking up further shots at thefifth and seventh.

In match six, Paul McGinley led J.J. Henry by twoafter seven holes, Darren Clarke was one up on ZachJohnson after six while David Howell birdied thefourth to take the lead against rookie Brett Wetterich.

MNA/Reuters

The European Ryder Cup team poses for photographers after defeating their US counter-parts to retain the Ryder Cup at The K Club inCounty Kildare, Ireland, on 24 Sept, 2006. The

players are holding up three fingers after winningthe tournament three times in a row.—INTERNET

Argentina complete whitewash against Australia Suarez, Pascual windoubles title at China

WTA OpenBEIJING, 26 Sept— Paola

Suarez and Virginia Pascualwon the women's doublestitle at the China Open WTAtennis tournament on Sun-day after beating AnnaChakvetadze and ElenaVesnina in straight sets.

Second seed Suarezfrom Argentina andPascual of Spain had noproblem with the Russianpair of Chakvetadze andVesnina 6-2, 6-4 in justone hour and 19 minutes.

Australian Open andWimbledon doubleschampions Zheng and Yansuffered a stunning firstround exit at the ChinaOpen. — MNA/Reuters

Bettini wins world roadrace cycling title

VIENNA, 26 Sept — Paolo Bettini ofItaly sprinted to victory in the worldchampionship road race in Salzburg,Austria on Sunday.

The 32-year-old won the 265-kilome-tre race by beating Germany's Erik Zabeland Spain's Alejandro Valverde after thethree edged clear of the main field in thefinal kilometre. The 2005 world cham-pion, Tom Boonen finished ninth, twoseconds behind the leading trio.

Bettini has won numerous prestigiousone-day races, including gold at the Ath-ens Olympic Games in 2004, but hadalways missed out on the world title.

It is the 17th time an Italian has woncycling's most prestigious one-day race.

MNA/Reuters

Ex-Uruguay striker Silva in intensive care after crashMONTEVIDEO, 26 Sept — Former

Uruguay striker Dario Silva was in in-tensive care and in danger of having hislower right leg amputated after a carcrash on Sunday, a hospital official said.

Silva suffered an exposed fractureof the leg after the accident on Montevi-deo's main seafront avenue on Sundaymorning.

"It's the condition of the leg whichworries us," Mario Cancela, head of the

intensive unit at the private hospital whereSilva is being treated, told reporters.

"It's a very complex injury and a realrisk."

Silva, who played for English Pre-mier League Portsmouth last year, iscurrently without a contract.

The 33-year-old striker began hiscareer with local side Defensor Sportingbefore joining more fashionable Penarol.

MNA/Reuters

BUENOS AIRES, 26 Sept—Argentina completed a 5-0whitewash in their DavisCup semifinal against Aus-tralia on Sunday.

Argentina, who wrap-ped up the tie on Saturdaywhen they took a decisive3-0 lead and will meet Rus-sia in Moscow in the finalin December, won the firstof Sunday's reverse singleswhen Agustin Callerithumped doubles special-ist Paul Hanley

6-0,6-3. The hosts wereawarded a walkover in thefinal rubber when Australiasaid that none of their eligi-ble players were fit to play.

Tennis Australia saidLleyton Hewitt and Mark

Philippoussis were ruledout due to knee and backinjuries respectively whileWayne Arthurs picked upan Achilles problem dur-ing Saturday's doubles.

MNA/Reuters

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Tuesday, 26 September, 2006Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, Southwest monsoon haswithdrawn from the central Bay of Bengal and Deltaicareas, weather has been partly cloudy in Rakhine Stateand Magway Division, rain or thundershowers have beenisolated in Kachin State, Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago,Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions, scattered in Shan,Kayah and Kayin States, fairly widespread in Chin Stateand widespread in the remaining States and Divisions withlocally heavyfall in Taninthayi Division and isolatedheavyfall in Mon State. The noteworthy amounts of rain-fall recorded were Kyaikhame (9.33) inches, Ye (6.34)inches, Kawthoung (6.10) inches, Dawei (5.56) inches,Myeik (2.44) inches, Mawlamyine (2.05) inches,PyinOoLwin (1.61) inches, Heho (1.46) inches, Monywa(0.12) inch and Pyinmana (0.08) inch.

Maximum temperature on 25-9-2006 was 91°F.Minimum temperature on 26-9-2006 was 74°F. Relativehumidity at 09:30 hours MST on 26-9-2006 was (92%).Total sunshine hours on 25-9-2006 was (6.9) hours approx.

Rainfalls on 26-9-2006 were (Tr) at Mingaladon,(Nil) at Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at Central Yangon. Totalrainfalls since 1-1-2006 were (91.61) inches at Mingaladon,(103.23) inches at Kaba-Aye and (106.22) inches at Cen-tral Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (12) mph from Southwest at (18:15) hours MSTon 25-9-2006.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in the AndamanSea and South Bay and weather is partly cloudy else-where in the Bay of Bengal.

Special feature: According to the observations atMid-night, the tropical depression over South China Seahas crossed Vietnam Coast at Mid-night.

Forecast valid until evening of 27-9-2006: Rainor thundershowers will be isolated in Kachin, Chin States,Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway Divisions, scattered inShan, Rakhine and Kayah States, fairly widespread in Bagoand Ayeyawady Divisions and widespread in the remain-ing states and divisions with likelihood of isolatedheavyfalls in Mon State and Taninthayi Division. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

State of the Sea: Squalls with rough seas are likelyat times Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon- TaninthayiCoast. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (35-40)mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar wa-ters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Strongmonsoon in the Andaman Sea and South Bay of Bengal.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 27-9-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain or thun-dershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 27-9-2006: One or two rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 27-9-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain or thun-dershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

WEATHER

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China blasts US Congressional-Executivereport as “groundless”

BEIJING, 26 Sept — The Chinese Government on Monday denounced a report from the USCongressional-Executive Commission on China, saying the charges against it are “groundless”

“China is stronglydissatisfied with andresolutely refutes theUS accusations aboutChina’s social and judi-cial system, ethnic andreligious policies as wellas human rights situa-tion in its report,” For-eign Ministry spokes-man Qin Gang said in astatement.

Qin’s commentscame in the wake of areport by the US Con-gressional-ExecutiveCommission on China,which was released lastweek.

The annual reporthad ignored China’sprogress and achieve-ments made in the fieldsof human rights and thelegal system, said Qin.

The Chinese Gov-ernment suggested theUS congress and otherinstitutions pay moreattention to their ownproblems, to stop inter-fering China’s internalaffairs and to focus onissues more conducive

to Sino-US relations,Qin said.

“We demand thatthe US Government se-riously treat the solemnstance of China and takesubstantive measures toeradicate the adverseimpact of the report,”said Qin.—MNA/Xinhua

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6th Waxing of Thadingyut 1368 ME Wednesday, 27 September, 2006

* 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

Lt-Gen Myint Swe visits tax-free marketsYANGON, 26 Sept — Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the

Ministry of Defence visited tax-free markets here thismorning. On arrival at Pantaya tax-free market inDagon Township, Lt-Gen Myint Swe was welcomedby Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Develop-ment Council Commander of Yangon Command Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win, Chairman of Yangon City Devel-opment Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Linand Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa and officials.

Next, Lt-Gen Myint Swe and party visitedHanthawady tax-free market in Sangyoung Town-ship, the tax-free markets near Htihlaingshin Estate inHlinethaya Township and in Thirimingala circularroad in Ward-5, Shwepyitha Township, Nawadaytax-free market in Mayangon Township and inspectedshops of consumer products of the Ministry of Indus-try-1 and Ministry of Energy, shops of eggs, fish andmeat, vegetables and dairy products of YCDC, battal-ions and units in Yangon Division, district and town-ship PDCs, the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries,rice and edible oil shops of Myanmar Rice DealersAssociation and Myanmar Edible Oil Dealers Asso-ciation.

During his inspection, Lt-Gen Myint Swe gaveinstructions to officials on upholding of the objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 26 Sept — The Democratic Kayin BuddhistAssociation (DKBA) today issued a declaration officially expressingits stance concerning the decision to put Myanmar on the agenda ofthe UN Security Council.

The following is the full text of the declaration:

The declaration (1/2006) on the stance ofthe Democratic Kayin Buddhist Association (DKBA)

1. Due to the submission of the permanent US representative tothe UN on 15 September 2006 that Myanmar posed a threat toregional stability and peace, a decision was made to put Myanmar onthe agenda of the UNSC.

2. The DKBA assumes that the US by using the UN(a) is deliberately and purposely plotting to undermine the

US deliberately plotting to undermine Myanmar

Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspects Hanthawadytax-free market in Sangyoung Township.

MNA

DKBA objects, condemns indirectattempts of US, using UN as tool,

to destabilize Myanmar

of opening the tax-free markets, keeping the marketsneat and tidy, sale of various kinds of foods, fresh meatand vegetables at fair prices.

MNA

nation since it is against Our Three Main National Causes— non-disintegration of the Union; non-disintegration ofnational solidarity; and perpetuation of sovereignty —, inother words, the national policy.

(b) is attempting to delay and disturb the National Con-vention that is nearing successful completion. With theparticipation of all the mass and class organizations, theNational Convention has been held in accord with theseven-point Road Map.

(c) is attempting to harm the stability and peace, the ruleof law and democracy transition of the nation in addition todisturbing the building of a new modern developed nation.

(See page 9)

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