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Volume XIV, Number 33 8th Waning of Kason 1368 ME Friday, 19 May, 2006

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

YANGON, 18 May — At the invitation of Mini-

ster for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win, Under-Secre-

tary-General for Political Affairs of the United Nations

Mr Ibrahim A Gambari arrived at Yangon Interna-

tional Airport via Singapore by Silk Air this morning.

He was welcomed by Minister for Foreign Af-

fairs U Nyan Win, Minister for Science and Techno-

logy U Thaung, Director-General U Kyaw Kyaw of

Protocol Department, Director-General U Win Mra of

International Organizations and Economics Depart-

ment, Permanent Representative of the Union of

Myanmar to the United Nations in New York U Kyaw

Tint Swe and officials from the Ministry of Foreign

Affairs.

UN Under-Secretary-General Mr Ibrahim A

Gambari was accompanied by Director Mr Michael C

Williams and Deputy Director Ms Beng Yong Chew of

the Asia and Pacific Division of the United Nations

and Mr Charles Petrie of UNDP.

MNA

UN Under-Secretary-General arrives

* 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

A train crossing over Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyine) at the opening day of the rail bridge on 17 April 2006. — MNA

Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win and Minister for Science and Technology U Thaung welcomeUN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Mr Ibrahim A Gambari at the airport. — MNA

2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 19 May, 2006

Friday, 19 May, 2006

PERSPECTIVES

In the world today, the population of

every nation is increasing rapidly, especially

in the developing countries like Myanmar. As

the population of towns and citites in Myanmar

is on the increase, new settlements are being

established.

The government and regional authori-

ties are taking measures for towns and cities

across the nation to become clean and pleas-

ant places to live by building parks, gardens

and recreation centres in order that people

can relax there. Moreover, roads are being

tarmacked for smooth flow of traffic and the

drains cleaned for proper drainage. It is not

only departmental personnel but also people

living in respective wards who are taking part

in these tasks.

Sanitation work should be carried out

not once a week or a month but every day. It

is up to each and every individual to make

their neighbourhood clean and healthy place

to live. Littering, leaving the taps on, using

pedestrian lanes and pavements for self-inter-

est, felling plants and trees, throwing rubbish

from buses and spitting betel spittle on the

roads deface towns and cities.

Unfortunately, towns and cities are be-

ing made ugly and interests of their residents

harmed because of some undisciplined people.

Therefore, townspeople and family members

should organize and educate one another on

living in accordance with the law stipulated

for urban sanitation. Effective action should

be taken against disobedient people.

We would like to call on people to pay

serious attention to the rules and discipline

and make their towns and cities clean, healthy

and pleasant places to live.

Keep your towns and citiesclean and pleasant

* 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 Desire

YANGON, 18 May— Intending to achievesuccess for MyanmarJudo Federation to baggold medals in interna-tional competitions, a 4-member Myanmar del-egation led by Presidentof Myanmar Judo Fed-eration U Tun Tun leftfor Japan yesterday todiscuss tasks to be under-taken with officials ofShikodokan Judo Train-ing School in Japan from17 to 24 May.

They were seenoff at Yangon Interna-tional Airport by GeneralSecretary of MyanmarOlympic Committee Di-rector-General U ThaungHtaik of Sports andPhysical Education De-

MJF President leaves for Japan

partment and officials,General Secretary ofMyanmar Jodo Federa-tion Staff Officer DawThi Thi Shein of Sports

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YANGON, 18 May —MT-Smooth Sea-4 ves-sel loaded with 2,700 tons of palm oil arrived todayat Htidan Port here.

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Coach U Than Maungand Executive U AungMyo Shein also left forJapan on the same flight.

MNA

YANGON, 18 May — A fire broke out inMonywa, Sagaing Division, on 16 May. The firestarted in kitchen of U Than Win's house inMyaukbat Lane in Pann Kaukkone ward in Monywa.Two houses were destroyed by the fire.

In another incident, a candle light had set ahouse on fire in Dawei Township, Taninthayi Divi-sion on 17 May. The fire started from U Soe Thein'shouse in New Nyaungbingyi Lane, Daungngu TahngaWard in Dawei. One house was destroyed by the fire.

A fire broke out in Sangyoung Township,Yangon Division yesterday. A snack shop at the cor-ner of Yandana Street and Panchan Street inMyaynigone (South) ward was destroyed by the short-circuit fire. — MNA

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Officials inspect the unloading of 2,700 tons of palm oil from MT Smooth Sea-4 vessel atHtidan Port in Yangon. — MNA

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Tut\kun\Ṅs\S tiu;®mHc\.ÂkASEAN countries brace for singleeconomic community by 2015

MANILA, 17 May —Asingle economic com-munity with a regionalmarket but without asingle currency by 2015has been endorsed bytrade ministers of theAssociation of South-EastAsian Nations (ASEAN),according to a Pressbriefing here on theirthree-day meeting.

The trade ministers haveexpressed their countries ’resolve to speed up thecreation of the ASEANEconomic Community(AEC) which is consideredto be at par with the

economies of the EuropeanUnion by the year 2015, thebriefing official said.

Ministers fromASEAN countries exceptthose from Thailand,Malaysia, and Vietnamattended the meeting anddiscussed the ways toexecute operational plansto form a single marketin the Southeast Asianregion, so as to keep pacewith China and India, thehuge developing eco-nomies of the region, theofficial said.

Ministers fromThailand, Malaysia and

Vietnam could not attendthe meeting due to othercommitments, officialssaid. The three countrieswere represented by seniorofficials. It remainsimmature to establish anagenda to introduce asingle currency to thefuture regional free-trademarket, the official added,although related researchis being undertaken bysome economists ofvarious internationalinstitutions such as theAsian Development Bank.

MNA/Xinhua

Leaders of Venezuela, Libya discuss oilTRIPOLI, 16 May—

Libyan leader MoammarGadhafi, who is recon-necting his nation to theUS and to global energycompanies, met for talksabout oil on Wednesdaywith VenezuelanPresident Hugo Chavez,who is moving his countryin a different direction.

Chavez said beforegoing into a meeting withthe Libyan leader that thetwo men planned todiscuss maintainingcurrent oil prices.

The two Organizationof Petroleum ExportingCountries memberswere to talk about“strengthening ourcommitment insideOPEC to maintain oilprices and avoid thatthey hit the floor again,”Chavez said in com-ments broadcast onVenezuelan statetelevision. “Today wehave a fair pricefor oil.” The Bushadministration an-nounced Monday thatLibya is being taken offa US list of terrorismsponsors and diplomatic

ties are being restored, astriking success forGadhafi’s push to dobusiness with foreignoil companies —especially American ones.

The administration alsosaid Monday it was banningarms sales to Venezuelabecause of what Washing-ton called a lack of supportfor counterterrorism. Themove was the latest blow tosteadily worsening relationsbetween the US andVenezuela, America’sfifth-largest oil supplier.

“We don’t need arms

from the United States,”Chavez, a harsh andconstant critic of theBush administration, said,adding that Venezuela islooking at the possibilityof purchasing Russianfighter planes and expectsto soon receive a shipmentof 30,000 Russian-madeKalashnikov assaultrifles.“And we leave thedoor open to China,” hesaid.

Chavez called for theworld to turn its back onthe United States.

“We are against

America, the imperialist,”he told reporters afterdining with Gadhafi.“We don’t accept itshegemony. The wholeworld should unite againstAmerica.”

Gadhafi, his face partlycovered by a largebrown scarf draped overhis Arab tribal robe,welcomed Chavez athis house, scarred withbullet holes and stillshowing some damagefrom a 1986 US bombingraid.

Internet

In this photo released by Venezuela’s Miraflores Press, Venezuela’sPresident Hugo Chavez, left, and Libya’s leader Moammar Gadhafi, right,

meet as an unidentified interpreter sits between them in Tripoli, Libya,on 17 May, 2006. —INTERNET

Seat belt, bra save womanfrom gunshot

TAMPA, 16 May—A 44-year-old woman escapedserious injury from a gunshot Sunday thanks to her seatbelt and a thick bra strap, authorities said. Robin Key, 44,of Riverview, Fla, was shot through the windshield of thecar she was riding in Sunday. She said she felt a searingpain in her shoulder. Hillsborough County sheriff’sdeputies said a .38-caliber bullet smashed through thewindshield then bounced off Key’s shoulder — thanks toa seat belt and a thick bra strap. The copper-jacketed sluglanded in her lap.“It’s a big bullet, but you had all thoseforces acting against it,” Hillsborough sheriff’s spokesmanJD. Callaway told the St Petersburg Times. “It’s very rarethat something like that occurs. She’s very lucky. Youknow, we’re just glad she came out OK.”—Internet

Iraq Sunnis accuse US of “atrocity” over raids BAGHDAD, 17 May —

Iraq's main Sunni religiousgrouping accused USforces on Monday ofkilling 25 civilians in raidsnear Baghdad in the pasttwo days, rejecting the USaccount that onlysuspected guerillas haddied.

“We hold the IraqiGovernment and theoccupiers responsible forthis brutal atrocity,” theMuslim Clerics Asso-ciation said in a statement.

The US military earlieron Monday said its forceshad killed more than 41guerillas in and around thevillages of Latifiya andYusifiya, south of thecapital, on Saturday andSunday. It also said a UShelicopter was shot down,killing two soldiers.

Two separate USstatements on the air andground raids did notmention any civiliandeaths, but said severalwomen and children were

wounded. The US military says

al-Qaeda’s leader in Iraq,Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,uses the area as a stagingground for suicide attacksin Baghdad. It says he aimsto incite a sectarian civilwar between majorityShiites and minoritySunnis. The Sunniassociation accused USforces of attacking civilianhouses and killing peopleas they tried to flee.

MNA/Reuters

A man looks at televisions in Singapore, on 17 May, 2006. Singapore’s economygrew faster than expected in the first quarter, backed by sustained demand forelectronics goods and a stronger services sector, leading the government to raise

its 2006 growth forecast to 5-7 percent. —INTERNET

American actor Tom Hanks, left, arrives with his wifeAmerican actress Rita Wilson for the screening of ‘TheDa Vinci Code,’ at the 59th International film festival inCannes, southern France, on 17 May, 2006.—INTERNET

Typhoon Chanchu brings huge waves at Dameisha in Shenzhen, south China’sGuangdong Province, on 17 May, 2006. A powerful typhoon slammed into southChina on Thursday killing two children and forcing the evacuation of more than630,000 people, Xinhua news agency said, while Vietnam was searching for 99

fishermen missing at sea.—INTERNET


sk\mOs∑m\;Aa; eKt\ek¥a\lWa;TEHERAN, 17 May— Iran’s President mocked a package of incentives to suspend uranium enrichment,saying on Wednesday they were like giving up gold for chocolate — defiance that appeared certain tocomplicate US efforts to curb Teheran’s nuclear ambitions.

NEW YORK, 17 May—The number of cleansubway cars in New YorkCity decreased for thesecond year in a row,according to a survey by ariders' advocacy group.

The survey, conductedon 2,200 subway carson 22 lines betweenSeptember 2005 andJanuary 2006 by theStraphangers Campaign,rated 47 per cent of thesubway cars clean, downfrom 61 per cent a yearearlier.

Iran mocks European nuclear incentives

“Do you think you aredealing with a 4-year-oldchild to whom you cangive some walnuts andchocolates and get gold fromhim?” President MahmoudAhmadinejad asked deri-sively.

He spoke before a hugecrowd in the city of Arak,the site of a heavy-waterreactor that is scheduled forcompletion by early 2009.Such facilities produceplutonium as a byproductusable in building nuclear

weapons.Signalling the difficulties

ahead, a high-level, six-nation meeting on Iran waspostponed on Wednesday,reflecting differencesbetween the United Statesand its allies on one side,

and the Chinese andRussians on the other.

The London meeting ofsenior officials from the fivepermanent Security Councilmembers and Germany wasto have been held Friday,but was postponed toTuesday at the earliest,diplomats told TheAssociated Press.

In Washington, StateDepartment spokesman SeanMcCormack said the sessionwas postponed because“we’re trying to put togethera package that would includeincentives on one side andpenalties.” “I don’t thinkthere is a full agreementon exactly what wouldcormpise the package,” hesaid. “This is complex,multilateral diplomacy. Ittakes a little bit of time.”

China and Russia haveopposed bringing Iran’s caseto a vote in the UN SecurityCouncil, where the UnitedStates, Britain and Francehave pressed for sanctions.

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Survey shows New Yorksubway cars getting dirtier

The StraphangersCampaign survey foundcleanliness, rated by levelsof grime, not litter, onsome subway linesdeteriorated significantly,while others improved.

Only 2 per cent of trainson the E line betweenBrooklyn and lowerManhattan were ratedclean, whereas 94 per centof the cars on the 4 linebetween Bronx andBrooklyn via Manhattanwere found clean.

MNA/Xinhua

Reputed cocaine kingpin arrested in Brazil47.5 tons of cocaine,nearly $70 million in assets seized

C o l o m b i a n - b o r nPablo Rayo Montano,who had been on the runfor a decade, was capturedTuesday in Sao Paulo aspart of an operationcoordinated by the USDrug EnforcementAdministration andinvolving anti-drug policein eight other countries.

More than threedozen others werearrested during simul-taneous raids in theUnited States and LatinAmerica, US andColombian anti-drugofficials said. Authoritiesalso seized control ofthree islands off the coastof Panama, a trove ofartwork, real estateholdings, yachts andmillions in cash.

“The Rayo-Montanotrafficking organizationranked up there withPablo Escobar and theCali Cartel in terms of theamount of cocaine it wasable to smuggle into theUnited States” DaveGaddis, head of the DrugEnforcement Admini-stration in Bogota,Colombia, told TheAssociated Press.

Colombia-based Es-cobar was among theworld’s most notoriousdrug traffickers, ruling theillegal drug trade duringthe 1980s. He was killedin a shootout with policein 1993.

Called Twin Oceans,the operation targeted amajor drug cartel thatshipped cocaine fromclandestine ports alongColombia's coast to theUnited States and Europe.

“The Rayo-Montanoorganization had its ownprivate, rogue navy to runa drug business that wasnearly as sophisticated asa small nation,” said DEAadministrator Karen PTandy in a press release.

Also arrested wereRayo-Montano’s topdeputies — JacksonOrozco-Gil, his brotherDomingo, and MarsMicolta-Hurtado — whoallegedly oversaw opera-tions along Colombia’sCarribbean coast.TheDEA said nine countrieshave been involved in theinvestigation for threeyears. It said that duringthat period the countries— Argentina, Brazil,

Pablo Rayo Montano is seen after being capturedby Federal Police in Sao Paulo, on Tuesday,

16 May, 2006. —INTERNET

Colombia, Ecuador, CostaRica, Panama, Venezuela,Mexico and the UnitedStates — have arrestedmore than 100 people andseized 47.5 tons of cocaineand nearly $70 million inassets.

BOGOTA, 17 May—One of the world's most hunted drug traffickers — accused of shipping more than70 tons of cocaine to the United States — has been arrested in Brazil as part of an internationalcrackdown, officials said Wednesday.

BEIJING, 17 May— The number of websites registeredin China reached 2.6 million at the end of last year and 1.1million of the websites are with “.CN” domain name. Thewebsites increased by 40 per cent in terms of number lastyear, said a report released by the InformationizationOffice under the State Council.—MNA/Xinhua

China has 2.6 mln websites

America’s Cup challenger Emirates Team NewZealand (L) and defender Alinghi of Switzerlandrace downwind with spinnakers on the eleventh flightof their match race during the sixth day of theValencia Louis Vuitton Act 10 in Valencia, eastern Spain, on 16 May, 2006. —INTERNET

Wu Bangguo (L), chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s NationalPeople’s Congress, shakes hands with the vice-chairman of the RomanianChamber of Deputies Valer Dorneanu after Wu's arrival at an airport in Bucharest, capital of Romania, on 17 May, 2006. —INTERNET

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, a member of the Jury ofthe 59th International Cannes Film Festival attendsa Press conference in Cannes, southern France, on17 May, 2006. The 59th Cannes film festival opened

officially on Wednesday.—INTERNET

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"It's estimated theamount of cocainesupplied by thisorganization was enoughto poison 37 millionconsumers," Colombia’santi-narcotics police saidin a statement.—Internet

Heatwave kills 137 in PakistanISLAMABAD, 18 May — At least 20 people died and

more than 40 people fainted in the past 24 hours withthe mercury rising to 49 degree Celsius which hasincreased death toll to 137 in central Pakistan’s PunjabProvince, local newspaper Daily Times reported onWednesday.

Most of them died of extreme heat and unannouncedpower outages during the past 24 hours, the newspapersaid. Temperature levels in the country in May werefour to five degrees Celsius higher as compared toaverage temperatures, according to director- generalof the Meteorological Department Qamar Zaman.

MNA/Xinhua


Sambi wins Comoros’ presidential election MORONI, 17 May —

Former parliamenta-rian Ahmed AbdallahMohamed Sambi was thewinner of the Comoranpresidential elections,announced the IndianOcean island nation’sNational ElectoralCommission here Tues-day.

He gained 58.14 percent of the votes in thenationwide run-off. Therival former prime

minister AbderemaneIbrahim Halidi andNational Assembly vice-president MohamedDjanfari received 28.11per cent and 13.72 per centof the votes respectively.

The result needs to bevalidated by the Consti-tutional Court to be legallyeffective. The validationis only a matter ofprocedure, said localanalysts.

A total of 178,500

people voted in theelection held on Sunday,accounting for 58 percent of the registeredvoters.

The president elected,whose term is four years,is scheduled to be swornin on 25 May.

This year’s election isthe first one for thecountry to see presidencyrotate from one island toanother.

MNA/Xinhua

Argentine beauty queen brings protest homeBUENOS AIRES, 17

May—An Argentinebeauty queen who dis-rupted a presidentialsummit in Vienna with abikini-clad protest againstwood pulp processingplants received anenthusiastic welcomehome as she joineda new demonstration onWednesday.

Evangelina Carrozzodrew attention Friday whenshe emerged from a crowdof photographers as LatinAmerican and Europeanpresidents gathered for aphotograph and shuckedoff her raincoat to reveal abikini, knee-high boots anda sign against pulp plantsin Uruguay.

Carrozzo — fully clothed

— joined 300 demons-trators protesting outside theembassy of Finland, hometo an investment con-sortium building one of thetwo Uruguayan plants.Carrozzo, the 2006 carnivalqueen of Gualeguaychu,Argentina, said she wassurprised by the hoopla.

“I didn’t think therewere going to be so manypeople and that they weregoing to mob me somuch,” she said. “But I’mhappy to have come toBuenos Aires to be part ofthis protest.”

The protesters claim thetwo pulp plants being builtjust across the UruguayRiver will pollute north-east Argentine farmlandsand damage tourism alongthe river.

Uruguay insists theproject is environmentallysound and has vowed togo ahead.

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Evangelina Carrozzo, an Argentine beauty queenwho disrupted a presidential summit in Vienna lastweek with a bikini-baring protest against Uruguay’spulp mill plants, dances while demonstrators beatdrums outside Finland’s Embassy in Buenos Aires,

on 17 May, 2006.—INTERNET

Seven US lawmakers arrested inSudan protest

WASHINGTON, 17May—Seven African-American members ofthe US Congress werearrested on Tuesday at theEmbassy of Sudan, wherethey were protestingatrocities in that country’sDarfur region.

The members of theCongressional BlackCaucus held a news

conference in front of theembassy property, thenmoved to block theentrance to deliberatelyprompt their arrests, saidChristopher Johnson,spokesman for NorthCarolina DemocraticRepresentative Mel Watt.

“It’s time for themembers of the Con-gressional Black Caucus

and the world communityto raise the ante on Sudan,”Watt, the caucus chair-man, said in a statement.

Also arrested wereDemocratic Represen-tative John Lewis ofGeorgia, Barbara Lee ofCalifornia, Eddie BerniceJohnson and Al Greenof Texas, Gwen Mooreof Wisconsin andWashington, DC, Dele-gate Eleanor HolmesNorton.

The lawmakers wereled away in plastichandcuffs and paid 50 USdollars fines, Johnson said.

“We must not forgetthat while we considerwhat to do, the situationon the ground is worseningfor the millions of peopleaffected by the crisis,”Lewis said in a statement.

Five other members ofCongress were arrestedlast month at the Embassyof Sudan protesting theDarfur situation afterdeliberately going onembassy property.

MNA/Reuters

Trapped miners finally rescuedfrom China’s collapsed shaft

DALONGSHAN (AnhuiProvince), 17 May —Rescuers finally suc-ceeded Tuesday night inpulling an iron minerwhose legs had beenpinned by rocks from acollapsed shaft in eastChina’s Anhui Province,local authorities said.

The trapped miner,Zheng Yujie, was veryweak and sent to a localhospital immediately.

One of his ribs wasbroken and he had kidneyproblems, doctors said.

Zheng's legs werestuck at the very beginningwhen the iron minecollapsed Saturday morn-ing, according to HuDexiang, the miner whowas the first among theeight trapped to be rescuedMonday afternoon.

Zheng had been offeredphysiological salt solutionand milk for survivalunderground since hewas discovered at about2:00 pm Monday, rescuerssaid. Too much siltunderground had ham-pered the rescue operation,rescuers said.

To date, five miners,including a female, outof the eight trapped hadbeen pulled out alivefrom the collapsed shaftand were rushed to a localhospital.

MNA/Xinhua

German detained at borderfor importing Nazi items

British ferry passengersstranded by unexploded bomb

LONDON, 17 May —Around 250 passengersand crew were strandedon ferries in the RiverMersey in northernEngland on Tuesday aftera huge unexploded bombwas spotted, British CoastGuard said.

The 500 pound bomb,dating from World WarTwo, was found by theBritish Royal Navy nearTwelve Quays in Liver-pool shortly before mid-night on Monday.

Two ferries, theMersey Viking andDublin Viking, bringingpassengers from Belfastand Dublin across theIrish Sea, were forced toremain at sea while theexplosive was dealt with,the coastguard said.

One of the ferries had

been stuck since before4 am, a spokesman said.

The device was alsoonly 300 metres from aroad tunnel linkingLiverpool to Birkenheadunder the Mersey. Thetunnel was closed bypolice whilst the bombwas being dealt with.

The Coast Guardspokesman said the Navywere slowly towing thebomb out to deeper waterin the Irish Sea where itwill be lowered to the seabed and a diver willprepare it for a safedetonation.

“Our priority is to assistthe Navy and dispose ofthis device in a safe andtimely manor so normaloperations can resume,”Liverpool CoastguardWatch Manager Steve

Cross said in a statement. MNA/Reuters

FRANKFURT, 17 May—German authorities havelaunched an investigationafter a man tried to import

Nazi soldiers' helmets andother banned memorabiliain his car from the CzechRepublic, police said onTuesday.

A spokesman for theGerman border police saidthe 62-year-old man wasstopped at the border onSunday and Nazi items hehad bought at a Czech fleamarket were found in theboot of his car.

The man, a pensioner,had about 20 steel helmetsof the SS, the Nazis’paramilitary force, as wellas knives and Army beltsbearing the swastikasymbol, and about 100bullets, the spokesmansaid.

MNA/Reuters

Bullfighter SerafinMarin, from Spain, is flippedby a bull during a San Isidrobullfight in ‘Las Ventas’arena in Madrid, on 17 May, 2006. —INTERNET

People line up outside a bank on 18 May, 2006, to pick up applications andprospectus to buy share in the Bank of China, whose US$9.9 billion (7.7 billion)initial public offering next month in Hong Kong is expected to be the world’s

biggest this year.—INTERNET


PHNOM PENH, 17 May—Cambodia's sacred oxen have forecast a bountiful harvest but thin rains,leading farmers to call on the government to build more irrigation systems and canals.

LONDON, 17 May — The BBC, Britain's publiclyfunded broadcaster, said on Tuesday an internalinvestigation has found that a 23-year-old temporaryemployee leaked the salaries of star DJs and presentersto tabloid publications.

The employee had access to the British BroadcastingCorp’s financial systems and has admitted to receivingmore than 1,000 pounds (1,880 US dollars) in cash forpassing on the information, according to a report in thebroadcaster's in1-house newspaper Ariel, which wasconfirmed by a BBC spokesman.

Tabloids including the Sun and the Mirror ranstories last month on the salaries of BBC presentersand DJs including Chris Moyles, Jonathan Ross andTerry Wogan. British media companies, which havecomplained about BBC's dominance in radio and TV,seized on the leaked salaries as evidence that thecorporation was distorting the talent market byoverpaying. — MNA/Reuters

TOKYO, 17 May — Iran, as a member of the nuclear Non-ProliferationTreaty (NPT), has the right to peaceful use of atomic energy but should not beallowed to have nuclear arms, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheitsaid on Tuesday.

Egypt says Iran has rightto peaceful atomic energy

Iran made a rare call toEgypt last month over thenuclear issue. The twonations have not hadrelations for over 25 yearsand high-level contactsbetween the two govern-ments are rare, usuallylimited to internationalmeetings.

Speaking during a visitto Japan, Aboul Gheitreiterated Egypt's op-

position to nuclearweapons in the MiddleEast and called for apeaceful solution to thestand-off over Iran'snuclear programme.

"We are opposed to theintroduction of nuclearweapons to this part of theworld," he told a newsconference in Tokyo.

"Iran is a party to theNPT—The right of each

and every member statethat is party to the NPT toexploit and have the rightof peaceful uses is aninherent right within theNPT agreement," he said.

"The important thing isthat no one shouldintroduce a militarynuclear programmewhether it is Israel or Iranor anybody else," headded. — MNA/Reuters

BBC says temporary workerleaked stars salaries

A jet fighter of the type Mikojan MIG-29M OVT of the Russian AircraftCorporation overflies the exhibition area of the International Aerospace

Exhibition (ILA) at Berlin’s Schoenefeld airport on the show’s opening dayon 16 May, 2006.—INTERNET

Cambodian Royal oxen eat corn during the annualploughing ceremony in Phnom Penh in this May26, 2005 file photo.Cambodia's sacred oxen have

forecast a bountiful harvest but thin rains, leadingfarmers to call on the government to build more

irrigation systems and canals.—INTERNET

Sacred Cambodian oxen predict bountiful harvest

At the annual royalploughing ceremony infront of Phnom Penh'sgolden-spired palace, thecows ate lots of rice, beansand corn, suggesting"there will be plenty ofcrops", court astrologerKang Ken told the crowdson Tuesday.

However, the beasts,who were also presentedwith golden bowls of waterand wine, refused to drinkany water, meaning thewar-scarred SoutheastAsian nation could suffera year of drought.

"If the rains are goingto be poor, we are going tohave to have irrigation asa back-up," said 31-year-old farmer Bun Nak, whohad travelled to the city towitness the ancientceremony, which wasoverseen by KingNorodom Sihamoni.

Last year, the cows gotit spot on with theirprediction of an abundantrice harvest. Cambodiaproduced more than 6million tonnes of rice forthe first time ever.

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MEXICO CITY, 17May— Mexico willdispatch a technical teamto Bolivia to discuss thepossibility of participatingin the energy developmentplan related to Boliviangas, Mexican ForeignMinister Luis ErnestoDerbez said on Monday.

The decision wasmade by Mexican Presi-dent Vicente Fox and his

Mexico sending technical teamto help develop Bolivian gas

Bolivian counterpartEvo Morales on thesideline of the fourth EU-Latin American Summitlast week in Vienna,Austria.

The two countriesmust hammer out detailsof how Mexico can gainaccess to Bolivian gaswhile respecting lawsand conditions imposedby Bolivia, Derbeztold Mexican radioprogramme Enfoque(Focus).

Morales announcedthe nationalization of hiscountry's oil and gasindustry early this month.

Fox and Morales alsodiscussed how to helpBolivia's indigenouspeople and reached lots ofagreements on the issue,Derbez said.

He added thatsupporting Bolivia'sindigenous communitieswas a "historic issue". Foxhad said the two countriesstill had potential toexpand their cooperationon the issue.

MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 17 May — An"evil" rapist who abducteda teenage girl, strangledher and dumped herdismembered body in binbags was jailed for life onTuesday and told he wouldnever be released.

John McGrady, 48,snatched 15-year-oldRochelle Holness from thestreet last September asshe went to a phone box tocall her boyfriend. He tookher back to his flat on a

Rapist dismembering teenager jailed for life in Britainrundown estate in Catford,south London, where hemurdered her.

McGrady, a formerbutcher, then cut her bodyup into five pieces using ahacksaw, the Old Baileyheard.

"He wrapped thedismembered parts inrubbish bags and placedthem in a trolley which hewheeled across MilfordTowers Estate and left thebags in a stairwell," said

prosecutor RichardWhittam.

The remains wereeventually found four dayslater by ambulance staffcalled to the estate to treatMcGrady, who hadslashed his wrists afterconfessing his crime to hisgirlfriend.

McGrady, who pleadedguilty to murder in April,was jailed for life with noprospect of release.

MNA/Reuters

MANILA, 17 May — Thecasualty toll from tropicalstorm Chanchu in thePhilippines has increasedto 37 people killed, 15injured and 10 missingMonday as the number ofpeople displaced havestarted to return to theirhomes, the Office of theCivil Defence (OCD said.

Latest reports from theOCD said most of thefatalities were from theBicol region, mostly dueto the capsizing of amotorboat Mae-ann 5 offthe waters of Masbate Citylast Friday.

The Bicol region posted28 deaths, 25 of them werecaused by the mishapinvolving the ill-fatedmotorboat.

Southern Tagalogposted seven deaths whileWestern Visayas, andNational Capital Regionregistered one death each,said OCD.

The number ofaffected families stood at10,962 families or 53,307persons but those whoremained at the evacua-tion centres reduced toonly about 435 familiesor 2,144 families from ahigh over 1,500 familiesor more than 7,000persons, according to theOCD.

The OCD said thenumber of evacueessignificantly went down"since the weather hasalready improved".

The OCD has initiallyplaced the damage toproperty incurred from theweather disturbance at40.446 million pesos(784,000 US dollars).

MNA/Xinhua

Philippinedeath toll fromtropical storm

rises to 37

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A pharmacist holds bottles of the prescriptionarthritis and pain medication VIOXX at a New

York City Pharmacy in this 30 September, 2004 filephoto. Merck & Co Inc has provided new data toUS regulators showing that all patients who tookthe arthritis medicine VIOXX were at increased

risk of heart attacks, strokes and othercomplications, National Public Radio reported on

Wednesday.—INTERNET

A boy runs between two fibreglass cows that arepart of the Cow Parade art show on display inEdinburgh, Scotland, on 17 May, 2006. Cow Paraderuns from 15 May to 23 July, 2006. Ninety-fourbrightly coloured bovines will be grazing theEdinburgh’s cityscape during the show.—INTERNET

It will be highest-levelofficial talks between thetwo governments since aterritorial disputes overthe islets of Dokdo, whichwas called “Takeshima”by Japan, in April thatheavily strained theirbilateral ties.

South Korea andJapan “have reached anagreement on the datefor the talks, but theirdiplomatic authorities arein consultations to fix theexact time and the venue,”Ban told a news confe-rence without giving moredetails.

Ban and Aso willattend the Asia Coope-ration Dialogue (ACD)scheduled on 23-24 May

S Korean, Japanese FMs to holdfence-mending talks

SEOUL, 18 May — South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon said hereon Wednesday that he will hold one-on-one talks with his Japanese counterpartTaro Aso in Qatar next week.

A baby flamingo keeps warm under it’smother’s wing at the Cincinnati Zoo,

on Tuesday, 16 May, 2006.—INTERNET

in Qatar. Their talks areexpected to be anopportunity for the twosides to mend the strainedrelations.

Ban said he will alsohave separate talks withforeign ministers from

more than 10 other coun-tries including China andRussia.

South Korea will hostthe next annual conferenceof ACD to be held nextyear.

MNA/Xinhua

HK bans beef importsfrom Californian ranchHONG KONG, 18 May — The Hong Kong Special

Administrative Region (HKSAR) Tuesday suspendedbeef imports from a California processor that violatedan imports rule aimed to curb the risk of spreading madcow disease.

The HKSAR Food and Environmental HygieneDepartment announced a ban on beef imports fromHarris Ranch Beef Company, a processing plant inCalifornia, following the discovery of bones in theimports from the plant.

The department said it will contact the relevantauthorities for more information concerning the importsin question.

Hong Kong resumed beef imports from the UnitedStates on 29 December, 2005, but only boneless beeffrom cattle of less than 30 months old were allowed tobe imported. The imported beef has to be of cattleremoved of high-risk materials such as brain andspinal cord during slaughtering.

The agreed protocol also stipulated that the beefcan be imported from designated plants approved bythe US authorities. — MNA/Xinhua

SEOUL, 18 May — Chung Mong-koo, chairmanof South Korea’s giant automaker Hyundai MotorGroup, will face trial on charges of embezzlementand breach of trust relating to bribery allegations,South Korean prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Hyundai Motor chairmanfaces charges of

embezzlement, bribery

Annan arrivesin Japan for

visitTOKYO, 18 May —

The United NationsSecretary-General KofiAnnan arrived in Japan onTuesday night for hissecond stop of Asian tourand is scheduled to heldtalks with Japaneseofficials, according toKyodo News on Wednes-day.

During his four-daystay, Annan will meet withJapanese Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi, ChiefCabinet Secretary ShinzoAbe and Foreign MinisterTaro Aso respectively.

Annan, whose termexpires at the end of thisyear, visited South Koreafrom late last week andwill travel to China andVietnam after leavingJapan. — MNA/Xinhua

JAKARTA, 18 May— An earthquake measuring 6.5on the Richter Scale rattled Banda Aceh, capital ofIndonesia’s Aceh Province, and its suburbs on Tuesdaynight but did not panic residents, an official said.

The quake which occurred at 10:28 pm local timewas mainly felt by people living in the southern coastof Aceh Province, Antara news agency on Wednesdayquoted Aceh Besar District meteorology and geophysicsagency head Syahnan as saying.

He said the quake’s epicentre was located west offNias Island coast (North Sumatra Province) and 16kilometres beneath the sea level.

The tremor was traced at 0.10 degrees NorthLatitude and 97.06 degrees East Longitude, he said.

There is no immediate report of casualty or materialloss.

Meanwhile, reports from Aceh Singkil Districtsaid most residents living in the coastal areas of AcehSingkil panicked when they felt the tremor as theywere still traumatized by a killer earthquake that joltedthe western part of Aceh on 26 December, 2004.

MNA/Xinhua

Strong quake jolts BandaAceh, Indonesia

WHO confirms five morebird flu fatalities in

IndonesiaJAKARTA, 18 May — The World Health

Organization has confirmed that five people died ofbird flu in Indonesia, bringing total death toll to 39 thusfar, a report said on Wednesday.

Four of the victims were from a family in NorthSumatra and another death was from East Java, reportedthe Jakarta Post online news service.

The alarming rate of bird flu casualties hasprompted the government to launch a thoroughinvestigation about the possibility of mutating H5N1avian flu infection among humans.

The move came after eight people from a family inNorth Sumatra were admitted to hospital for developingbird flu symptoms, with four died later of the virus.

MNA/Xinhua

Pakistani nationals still inUS’ Guantanamo Prison

ISLAMABAD, 18 May — There are still 29 Pakistaniprisoners in the US detention centre of Guantanamoand eight of them are likely to be freed soon, PakistaniInterior Minister Aftab Sherpao said on Tuesday.

The United States has now told Pakistan that 29Pakistanis are still in Guantanamo Prison, Sherpaotold a news conference here on Tuesday.

There were a total of 67 Pakistani prisoners inGuantanamo and the US authorities have so far freed38 of them, the minister said.

The Pakistani Government is trying to get theremaining freed as soon as possible, he said.

MNA/Xinhua

The announcementwas made after theSupreme Prosecutor’Office conducted a month-long probe into the scandalof Hyundai.

Chung, who has beenin custody since he wasarrested on 28 April, wascharged with forcingseveral Hyundai affiliatesto take part in paid-incapital increases forHyundai Space andAircraft Co, which bank-rupted in late 2001, inAugust 1999 and April2000. The increasedcapital was used to paydebts for the ailingcompany but incurred atotal of 358.4 billion won(379 million US dollars)in losses to the financially

stable affiliates, prose-cutors said.

Prosecutors also saidthe 68-year-old chairmanforced an investmentcompany he established inMalaysia to participate ina paid-in capital increasefor Hyundai Pipe Co, nowHyundai Hysco, causinglosses of 39 million and11 million US dollars forHyundai Motor andHyundai Heavy Industries.

Chung is also chargedwith misappropriating 120billion won (127 millionUS dollars) in companyfunds and causing about400 billion won (423million US dollars) indamages to his company’sinterests.

MNA/Xinhua


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Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Philippines Ambassador Madame Phoebe A Gomez encouragesfourth standand student Ma Wah Wah Soe who lost one of her legs in KNU mine explosion.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan comforts a mine victim who is undergoing treatment at Mone Station Hospital. —MNA

(continued fromyesterday)

We left Thabye-nyunt just before noon.Among the members ofthe expedition team were13 correspondents formthe Myanmar ForeignCorrespondents’ Club,four of them werewomen. There were alsomembers of theMyanmar Writers andJournalists Associationand 27 chief editors,editors (news) andreporters of localjournals.

In addition, theteam also comprisedDean of the DiplomaticCorps PhilippineAmbassador MadamePhoebe A Gomez,Charge de’ Affaires ai ofGerman Embassy MrDirk Augustin andmembers, AssistantResident RepresentativeSi Canka Dhanapala ofthe office of the UnitedNations HighCommissioner forRefugees and projectofficer Jean BenoitManhez of the UNICEFand members. Theinformation groupconsisted of female stafffrom the Myanma Radioand Television andMyawady Television.

At that time, allthe members seemed tobe happy and free fromworries and anxieties.The Philippine

Ambassador was notfeeling well the previousday, but the followingday she was getting well.It could be said that allthe media persons andmembers of the teamenjoyed themselves inthe regions of localnational race people.

T h a b y e n y u n t -Mone Road is a gravelone. Along the road weremany villages. Theregions are favoured bygeneral conditions. So,we noticed that all thepeople of the villageswere enjoying highstandard of living. Ithought the villageswould be able to enjoydevelopment many timesbetter if peace andstability has beenrestored fully.

Along the journey,I happened to recall theceremony held inThabyenyunt Village.Chairman of theInformation Committeeof the State Peace andDevelopment CouncilMinister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsanwas together with theteam. At ThabyenyuntVillage, the ministerdealt with powerstruggles and killing andtorturing one anotheramong the members ofKNU Brigade (7), andvarious forms ofadversities and stressesand strains local people

were facing due toatrocities committed byKNU such as torchingvillages, planting minesand blasting buildings.He also replied to thequestions of thejournalists.

Indeed, in thejungle of the east Yomamountain rangesadjacent to the region,KNU Brigade (7) isfollowing the policy of“Dismiss, remove andkill” practised by theBurma CommunistsParty (BCP) in BagoYoma mountain range inthe past. They aretroubling and harminglocal people of nearbyregions through terroristacts. Kayin ethnic groups

of Kayin national racethat live in the region arePaku, Bwe and Gaybar.Present KNU Brigade(2) commander Ar Si isin favour of members ofPaku ethnic group, andfinds faults with the sonsof previous commanderof Brigade (2) Baw Niand their followers. Theykilled five innocentvillagers fromHsidawkho Villagewithout any reasons.Daw Naw Hale Dah, 75,wife of commander BawNi, said that Ar Si wastreading on her throat.She meant that KNUmembers are betrayingto one another in KNUBrigade (7).

The persons like

Ar Si who are toooverbearing and whostick to murdering policyare not in favour ofpeace. BCP insurgentsmet with their tragic endin Bago Yoma. Now, ArSi and members arepractising the policy ofthe BCP. And, KNU’srefugee camps and thepretext of refugee campshave existed long. Theseare, in fact, just inventedstories that have comeinto being since theTatmadaw attacked andoccupied KNU’s strongmilitary camps, in whichfamilies of KNUmembers also lived.When the Tatmadawlaunched attacks on thecamps, they shifted theirfamilies and hard-coresto the border of theneighbouring country toreceive foreign cashassistance on the pretextof refugee camps. Theyalso exploited thesituations politically.The pretext of refugeecamps has thusresurfaced.

I thought that theTatmadaw would haveeliminated KNU tenyears ago if it wanted to.And there was no needto hold peacenegotiation. As theTatmadaw iswholeheartedly desirousof national reconso-lidation, peace and

national development, itis paving the waytowards peace for KNU.Nevertheless, KNU isregarding the Tatmadawas its enemy and placingreliance on foreignelements. And it sticks tothe armed struggle lineand terrorism. It has alsofailed to emulate theother national racegroups that havereturned to the legal foldand are on the pathtowards peace. While Ilost myself in thethought of what KNUwould plot, we arrived inMone.

Mone is enjoyingfruitful results ofdevelopment withcharacteristics of a townsuch as basic educationhigh school, stationhospital and a market ofthe Town DevelopmentAffairs Committee. Inthe Bagan period, whileon a tour with a raftagainst the current in theYaw Creek, KingAlongsithu broke the tripto pay respect to theMyat Saw NyinaungPagoda, and comparedthe current of Yaw Creekand that ofThaukyaykhat Creek.Then he found that YawCreek was a little moretransparent, so it wascalled Moo Tha Creek

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Local people who suffered trouble due to atrocitiesof KNU insurgents seen at the hall in Mone of Kyaukkyi Township.

MNA

Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, Dean of Diplomatic Corps and members, local andforeign journalists ask after the patients who lost their limbs in mine

blasts committed by KNU insurgents.MNA

(from page 8)and later it was well-known as Mone Creek.

There emerged avillage that relies onthe creek to earn theirliving. Now, the villagehas developed to a townwith nearly 1,800homes of five wardsand some villages. It ishome to variousnational races such asBamar, Kayin andShan. Mone region hasbeen facilitated withtwo monasteries, achurch, 16-bed stationhospital, auto exchange,post office, electricpower office, firebrigade, veterinaryoffice and agriculturaloffice. The operationtheatre of the stationhospital has beeninstalled fully withmedical equipment tobe able to attend to thevictims of minesplanted by KNU.

In the afternoon, weenjoyed lunch hostedby local authorities.Meanwhile, I remem-bered a Myanmarsaying “Even for amouthful of food eaten,one owes gratitude tothe host”. In reality,KNU insurgents survivewith the extortionmoney they havecollected from localpeople. A villager ofThabyenyunt Villagesaid that if local peoplefailed to pay money,KNU insurgentstortured and killedvillagers, and so they

had to pay extortionmoney. Instead of payinggratitude of local people,KNU insurgents aredetonating bombs andkilling people. Howungrateful they are!

At the ceremony torecount the bitter eventsencountered by localpeople due to the acts ofKNU held at the hall ofMone town, head of thestation hospital DrMaung Maung Khinclarified the incidents inwhich many local peoplelost their limbs owing tothe land mines planted byKNU insurgents. A totalof 16 local people werewounded in 2004, 14people in 2005, and 18people up to 13 May2006. He said that onlythat morning he hadmade arrangements in thehospital to amputate oneof the legs of a patientwho had accidentallytreaded on a mine.

According to theoriginal agenda, thespeech of the medicalsuperintendent of thestation hospital would befollowed by anexplanation by a localelder about KNUatrocities includingmurders, arson, extortion,forced labour and mineplanting. But locals at theceremony were eager totell all the KNU’satrocities they had faced.Hence, the emcee invitedeveryone to explain theirpersonal experiences.Local nationalities in turnexplained all the KNU’s

evil acts to torch villages,kill people, seize cattleand bullock-carts, burndown monasteries, throwhand grenades atcollective novitiationceremonies andintimidate people forforced labour, withoutproviding enough food.The locals said that theywere afraid to go out ofthe village as it wassurrounded by KNUmine fields within itsone-mile radius.

The experiences theyexplained in the presenceof diplomats, officials ofUN agencies and localand foreign journalistsgave witness to the KNUatrocities. The worldwould know thoseatrocities through themedia. Some were almostcrying while explainingtheir personal expe-riences. It was heart-rending to hear theirstories. It seemed thatdiplomats and UNofficials also felt like usas there was aninterpreter. As ouritinerary was a tightschedule, we had toconclude the ceremony.If we could spare moretime, their stories wouldbe longer than theArabian Nights.

We proceeded tothe station hospital tovisit the mine victims. Itwas a neat building witha compound. Theminister, diplomats andUN officials visited thepatients one by one togive words of

Can’t afford to hate you,Mone

* Twelve-year-old daughter’sTender stage, beginning to blossomMade to fall aground, to lose statusThe KNU has cut off hands, feet.

* The young boy, who looks afterAgeing parents in twilight of lifeThey plant land-mines, to stop themPush them into darknessThe despicable KNU.

* Children’s mother, looking for foodOn way home, at nightfallUnable to return, without hands and feetIn pool of blood, unable to stand upMade remorseful, by KNU.

* While hundred Buddhist boysWere being novitiatedGrenade was thrownHeavy explosion, for bereavement’Tis the KNU, that spoil the show.

* O, KNU, no matter how muchYou try to spoil beauty, disrupt life.Those who dwell, in Mone areaTo our citizens, with clean mindThey show no pity, no mercyNo matter how they may hate, citizensWho dwell in Mone region, we hate notWith unceasing love, in our heartsWe have but affection, and kindnessAnd caressIf we were to dream, and prayMay they be punished soon by citizensThese terrorists and insurgentsMay they soon see end to their folly.Mone Creek we can’t hateMay it flow clearly in peace.

(Reminiscing over visit to Mone Creek area.)Myinmu Maung Naing Moe (Trs)

encouragement. Themine victims includedpeople of various agesand nationalitiesincluding a 12-year oldfifth grader Ma WhaWha Soe. The patientseemed to be encouragedby the visitors. ThePhilippine Ambassadorgreeted the patientsindividually and recordedher conversations withthem. She asked Ma WhaWha Soe whether shewas still feeling painwound after her left legwas cut off. She sincerelysaid that she was feelingno more pain. She was anunfortunate one amongthe siblings who werecollecting inphet leaves.The child seemed to beanxious, for, she wishedto attend school in time.We felt great sympathyfor her.

The InformationMinister was the first todonate cash for the minevictims, followed bydiplomats, UN officials,journalists and staff of theministry. A total of K101,300 was collected.

The sun wasalready setting when weleft Mone. All along theroad were thenationalities happilywaving at us. They werebidding us farewell withfirm belief that we, thejournalists, were going toinform the public and theworld about theirsufferings.

On the return journey,I was asking myself aquestion “Which is thetrue wish of thevillagers?” At that time,the title of a short story

“Which is the option,little village?” cameinto my mind. Theywould surely answer“Peace, prosperity andpro-gress.”

Hence, journalistswill have to join handswith the government,

the Tatmadaw and thepeople to end KNU’sdestructive misdeeds inorder to achieve “Peace,prosperity and progress”the people desire.

(Translation:MS+TMT)

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YANGON, 18 May –For enabling the Mini-stry of Science and Tech-nology to participate inInformation Technologyand Computer AidedDrawing and DesignCompetitions of the 6thASEAN Skill Competi-tion which will be heldin Darussalam of BruneiDarussalam from 3 to 12September, the nationaltechnological profi-ciency tests for the com-petitions took place atUniversity of ComputerStudies (Hline Campus)and Mandalay Govern-ment Computer Collegetoday. Altogether 73 stu-dents from the Universi-ties of Computer Stud-ies, Technological Uni-

6th ASEAN SkillCompetition to be held

versities and Govern-ment Computer Collegesand Technological Col-leges under the Ministryof Science and Technol-ogy took part in the tests.

MNA

YANGON, 18 May — Tatmadaw, Myanmar Po-lice Force and Customs Department exposed 203 casesof narcotic drugs in April.

They seized 75.159 kilos of opium in 35 cases,10,4633 kilos of heroin in 74 cases, 10.4633 kilos ofopium oil in 6 cases, 4.9846 kilos of low grade opiumin 15 cases, 1.9043 kilos of stimulant tablets in 37cases, 10324 tablets of Ephedrine in 2 cases, 395.0496kilos of stimulant power in one case, 0.0078 kilo ofopium speciosa in 8 cases, 8.06 kilos of chemicalliquid in 2 cases, 1528.965 litres of chemical powder,one case in failure to register and other 5 cases.

Action was taken against 320 persons — 267men and 54 women in drug-related cases.

MNA

203 drug-related casesexposed in April

UMFCCI graduationsto be held

YANGON, 18 May— Accountancy and manage-ment courses Level I & II and Koeki Japanese Lan-guage Course organized by Union of Myanmar Fed-eration of Chambers of Commerce and Industry-UMFCCI will be held on 20 May afternoon at HotelNikko here. Those who passed the courses are invitedto attend the concluding ceremony and are to phone381284, 381285, 370823. — MNA

YANGON, 18 May —A Training Ship of the Re-public of Korea, namelyHanbada, from Korea Mari-time University carrying itstrainees and four cadet train-ees of Institute of MarineTechnology under the Min-istry of Transport ofMyanmar arrived atNanthida Jetty, here, thisevening on a journey oftraining programme travel-ling to different countries.

The trainees andofficials from Hanbadawere welcomed by DeputyMinister for Transport UPe Than and departmen-tal heads, Korean Ambas-sador Mr Lee Ju-heum andembassy staff, Principal ofIMT U Win Thein, headsof departments, faculty

South Korean training shiparrives Yangon

members and cadets.Deputy Minister U

Pe Than extended greet-ings to the guests.

The training shipwill stop over in Myanmartill 22 May and then it willcontinue to other coun-tries. — MNA

(from page 16)and it will arrive at BaganStation in Bagan-NyaungU at 6 pm. No 108Bagan-Nay Pyi Taw Ex-press Down-Train willleave Bagan Station inBagan-NyaungU at 9.15am and arrive at PyinmanaStation in Nay Pyi Taw at7.30 pm.

The Nay Pyi Taw-Bagan-Nay Pyi Taw Ex-press Train will run ontime daily. On its route,the train will stop over in

Nay Pyi Taw-Bagan-Nay Pyi Taw…Lewe, Thitpokpin,Minbyan, Hsatthwa,Taungdwingyi, Myothit,Natmauk, Thamya,K y a u k p a d a u n g ,Kanthaya, Ngaminmay,Zade and Taungzin Sta-tions.

Tickets will be soldone day ahead from 8 amto 4 pm daily, and the re-maining tickets can beavailable at the station at 5am to 7 pm before depar-ture of the train. The priceof the ticket is K 680 for

Nay Pyi Taw-Bagan pack-age.

As a special sched-ule, those wishing to travelfrom Yangon to Bagan cantravel to Pyinmana Stationof Nay Pyi Taw fromYangon by No 7 Yangon-Thazi Up-train. Then, theyare to get No 107 Nay PyiTaw-Bagan Express Up-train from Pyinmana toBagan. Likewise, thosewishing to visit Yangonfrom Bagan may ride No108 Bagan-Nay Pyi Taw

Express Down-Train andNo 8 Thazi-YangonDown-Train. Yangon-Bagan and Bagan-Yangontickets will be sold atYangon and Bagan Rail-way Stations.

No 101 Nay PyiTaw-Kyaukpadaung Ex-press Up-train and No 102Kyaukpadaung-Nay PyiTaw Down-Mail-trainwere running with onecoach each recently. Fromnow on, Myanma Rail-ways schedules to run thetwo trains with two car-riages each daily with aview to ensuring smoothtransportation for the lo-cal people.

F u r t h e r m o r e ,Myanma Railways willmake arrangements forrunning of Nay Pyi Taw-Pyay-Nay Pyi Taw Ex-press Trains beginning 25May to ensure bettertransport for local peoplein western region ofYoma and for State serv-ice personnel who are dis-charging duties in Nay PyiTaw. — MNA

The National Technological Proficiency Test for 6th ASEAN SkillCompetition in progress. — MNA

Deputy Minister for Transport U Pe Than

and officials welcome training ship Hanbada

of ROK at Nanthida Jetty.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Aung Min sprinkles scentedwater on Express Train. — MNA

Minister for Rail Transportation Maj-Gen Aung Min gives souvenir toa passenger in 107 Express Train. — MNA


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Hlaing), K 200,000 by UWin Maw of ForeverGroup, K 100,000 eachby U Myint Than (KidsZone), U Soe Moe Than (Yangon Directory),Myanmar Newsweekjournal and MyanmarPrinting and Publishers

InformationMinisterattends cashpresentation…

Association, K 50,000each by each Phato Tim-

ber Mill family,Khayanpyar journal,

Tharaphu magazine,Wellness magazine,U Chit Maung (Yoatshin-taegabyar magazine) andU Aung Myat (Pyimnya-shwe-toung PublishingHouse), 300 books by UChit Naing (Chit Naing-Psychology), 300 booksby U Soe Shein (MaungSoe Taik-Thonze), 300books by U MaungMaung Myint Aye(Latmoeswe), 350 booksby U Aung Thein Win(Maung Khaing Khant),K 10,000 each by MingalaTaungnyunt TownshipWJA and U Soe Win(Tekkatho-Soe Yin) andfamily.

The Vice-Chairmen

of MWJA and directors-general accepted cash andkind donations.

As part of theState’s special plan forfuel, Shan State (North)set its target to grow500,000 acres of physicnut plants. In accordancewith its plan for cultiva-tion of physic nut plantsin the region, Shan State(North) Peace and De-velopment Council hasassisted private compa-nies and local farmers incultivation of the plantsin a bid to meet the re-gion’s target. During mytrip to the region in earlyMay 2006, I witnessed

Shan State (North)’s bio-diesel plan paints rosy picture

Today’s donationswere K 4.24 million and1,250 books.—MNA

Article & Photos byThaung Win Bo

over 21,800 acres of fieldshave been put under physicnut. Physic nut planta-tions are mushrooming inLashio, Kyaukme, Muse,Kunlong and Laukkai dis-tricts in Shan State (North)and the fruits of the thriv-ing plants are expected to

mature by June. Hence,the state’s plan has cometo fruition.

Collaborative ef-

forts of local farmers, pri-vate companies and localregiments and battalionsare beginning to showgood results and it is surethey will enjoy the fruitsof their labour.

The first batch offruits will be distributed

to local farmers, privatefarming companies andlocal regiments and unitswith a view to extended

cultivation of physic nutplants in the region.

Apart from the firstbatch, physic nut seedsfrom the plantation willbe milled to produce biodiesel to be used in farm-ing machinery and gen-erators for power supplyin rural areas.

Moreover, in an at-tempt to assist in pro-ducing bio-diesel, ShanState (North) Peace andDevelopment Councilwill provide grindingmachines to Townshipand District Union Soli-

darity and DevelopmentAssociations and ruralareas in the state.

Hnin Hnin KhaingCompany, a private farm-ing company, has begunits 1,000-acre-cultivationtarget in early May on theHighland CultivationField No 3 while reclaim-ing more virgin lands.Now, the company is alsofarming its 145 acres ofmixed and double crop-ping of physic nut in aneffort to reach the target.The efforts of Shan State(North) will finally be

crowned with success inthe near future.

Shan State (North)Peace and DevelopmentCouncil will distribute biodiesel-fuelled stoves,lamps and generators freeto local farmers who cul-tivate over 100 acres ofphysic nut. This is a greatencouragement to localfarmers. Shan State(North) will have abun-dant supplies of the bio-diesel derived fromphysic nut plants in thenear future.

Translation - AMS

Shan State (North) produces small-scale milling machines to mill physic nutseeds to extract physic nut oil.

Thriving physic nut saplings being nurtured by Hnin Hnin Khaing

Company.

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan accepts cash donations made by the

Printing and Publishing Enterprise. — MNADirector-General U Chit Naing accepts cash

donation from a wellwisher. — MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan attends the ceremony and MWJA Chairman U Hla Myaing (Ko Hsaung) speaks. — MNA


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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV JIANG NINGGUAN VOY NO (74)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV JIANGNINGGUAN VOY NO (74) are hereby notified that thevessel has arrived on 18.5.2006 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and 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.

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Consignees of cargo carried on MV HUA SHANVOY NO (63) are hereby notified that the vessel hasarrived on 17.5.2006 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of B.S.W where it will lie at the con-signee’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.

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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years

ago. The second best time is now.

Russia to convert“Airbus” planes

into cargoaircraft

BERLIN, 17 May—Russian planes manu-facturers are set to convertolder airbus passengerplanes into cargo aircraftbeginning from 2011,according to a declarationof intent signed hereTuesday at the Inter-national AerospaceExhibition ILA.

Two Russian aero-space companies, MIGand Irkut, signed thedocument and talks on afull contract will befollowed to convertnarrow-body A320 andA321 planes for air cargofreighter.— MNA/Xinhua


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of refined oil in 2020 BEIJING, 17 May — China will be able to substitute bio-liquid fuel for 10 million tons of refined oil

products in 2020, said a Chinese energy think tank on Tuesday.

Han Wenke, deputydirector of the EnergyResearch Institute of theNational Developmentand Reform Commission(NDRC), said at theongoing forum ondecentralized sustainableenergy solutions in China,that by 2020 renewableenergy will increaseChina’s energy supplycapacity by 400 to 500

million tons of coalequivalent.

Then renewableenergy will account for 10per cent of China’s annualenergy consumption, hesaid.

China’s electricityinstalled capacity byrenewable energy willbe over 360 millionkilowatts, including 300million kilowatts by

hydro, 30 millionkilowatts by wind farm,150,000 kilowatts bysmall wind, 30 millionkilowatts by biomass and1.8 million kilowatts bysolar.

By 2020, China’sproduction capacity ofbio-liquid fuel such as fuelethanol and bio-diesel willreach 12 million tons,which could substitute

Vow of undying love disrupts wedding night in Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, 17 May — A Malaysian man slapped his wife on their

wedding night and stormed out of their home after she received a text messagefrom an unknown admirer who professed his undying love for her.

“Though you aremarried, I still love you,”was the message that

flashed on the screen of the19-year-old woman’smobile phone just as the

couple were about to entertheir room at 2 am onSunday, official newsagency Bernama reported.

Her husband, 25, refusedto believe the woman’sstatement that she did notknow who the sender was,hit her, tossed away thephone and walked out of thehouse, the agency said onMonday, quoting theBorneo Post newspaper.

Police on the ruggedeastern island have arresteda man and are investigatingafter the woman and herfamily complained aboutthe incident in a case thatone official called unique inhis 33-year career.

The couple are membersof the Iban, a tribe of formerheadhunters that lives incommunal longhouses andmakes up about a third ofthe population of Borneo.

MNA/Reuters

Heart disease costs Britain $55b a year LONDON, 17 May — Heart disease, the most preventable health threat, is

costing Britain’s economy 29 billion pounds (55 billion US dollars) a year, astudy showed on Monday.

In the first study of itskind to calculate thefinancial burden ofcardiovascular disease(CVD), researchers fromthe Health EconomicsResearch Centre at OxfordUniversity found thatBritain is spending more

healthcare money on thecondition than any otherEuropean country.

Medical treatmentaccounted for about 60 percent of the total costsattributed to the condition,while lost productivityconsumed 23 per cent and

informal care 17 per cent,according to the researchfindings published in thejournal Heart.

The study showed 69million work days werelost due to cardiovasculardisease in 2004.

Cardiovascular diseaseis a leading killer inBritain.

High blood pressure,raised cholesterol levels,obesity and smoking areleading risk factors.People who survive a heartattack or stroke often needcare and long-term medi-cal treatment.

The research is basedon all British residentsdiagnosed with car-diovascular disease in2004. Costs includemedication, emergencycare, hospitalization andcommunity and socialservices.

MNA/Xinhua

Pacific Tsunami Centre ready for exercise WELLINGTON,17 May — Pacific Tsunami Centre

in Hawaii is making all preparations ready for atsunami warning scenario on Wednesday.

According to Radio New Zealand International,Pacific Tsunami Centre said the exercise is to testcountries around the Pacific of abilities to respond to areal emergency situation.

The exercise, named Exercise Pacific Wave, willinvolve 28 countries.

Since the 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit Tonga on 3May, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre hasexperienced a spike in replies to invitations about thetest that were sent out by a UN agency two months ago.

The organization’s geophysicist, Stuart Koyanagi,said on Tuesday earthquakes will be simulated in Chileand on Taiwan’s southern coast, and fake tsunamiwarnings will be issued to all countries participating inthe test.— MNA/Xinhua

A Royal Bengal tiger moves through a pond inside hisenclosure at the zoo in New Delhi on 17 May, 2006.China’s help is critical to protect India’s tigerpopulation and Beijing needs to curb the market forbig cat skins and body parts, a leading Indianconservation official said on 17 May, 2006. —INTERNET

A man visits the promotional exhibition of the movie ‘The Da Vinci Code’ inHong Kong, on 17 May, 2006. —INTERNET

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some 10 million tons ofrefined oil products, saidHan.

Soaring internationaloil prices have encouragedinvestment in alterna-tive energies. Accordingto statistics of theWorldwatch Institute,world output of etha-nol and bio-diesel isover 30 billion litres in2004, accounting for 3 percent of the total gasolineconsumption that year.

Han said that China’scurrent fuel ethanol pro-duction capacity, withcorn as raw material, is1.02 million tons per year,and the trial productionscale of fuel ethanol withsweet sorghum as rawmaterial is 5,000 tons peryear.

The annual pro-duction capacity of bio-diesel is 20,000 tons Chi-na has been mixing apercentage of ethanolinto gasoline in someprovinces includingnortheastern Heilong-jiang, Jilin and Liaoningprovinces, and CentralChina’s Henan and Anhuiprovinces.

MNA/Xinhua

India’s strategic weapons programmebased on“tech factors”

NEW DELHI, 17 May — Rebutting reports that test firingof Agni III missile had been halted due to US pressure, Indiaon Tuesday said the country’s strategic weapons programmewas based on “technical factors” and assessment of theoverall security environment. In identical clarification,federal Defence and External Affairs spokesman said thoughIndia had a policy of responsibility and restraint in pursuingits strategic programme, decisions concerning testing ofdifferent classes of missiles were based on technical factorsand overall security environment.— MNA/PTI


S P O R T S

Arsenal’s Sol Campbell (L) heads the ball to scoreduring their Champions League final match againstBarcelona at the Stade de France in Saint Denis near Paris, on 17 May, 2006.—INTERNET

Barcelona players pose with the trophy after Barce-lona won the Champions League final against Ar-senal in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, on 17 May, 2006.—INTERNET

Barcelona rebounce to beat Arsenal in Champions League PARIS, 18 May — The best defence succumbed to best attack in the European Champions League

final as Barcelona scored two late goals to beat 10-man Arsenal 2-1 on Wednesday. When Arsenal were

only 14 minutes awayfrom their first ever Eu-ropean champions, theirdefence which concededonly two goals on theirway to the final this sea-son fell apart to Barcelo-na's ferocious attacks.

Sol Campbell'sthumping header gaveArsenal a 37th minutelead -- after goalkeeperJens Lehmann had beensent off for a foul onSamuel Eto'o.

Thierry Henrymissed a crucial chanceto give Arsenal a two-goal lead before Eto'o

fired home with 14 min-utes left.

Henrik Larsson thenset up fellow substituteJuliano Belletti to win itfour minutes later to sinkArsenal.

Henry opened in sen-sational fashion and couldhave twice given Arsenalthe lead in the first threeminutes.

He turned brilliantly inthe Barcelona box, onlyto be denied by the divingVictor Valdes from point-blank range.

And from the result-ing short corner, he firedin an angled drive which

was pushed to safety byValdes.

Lehmann had alreadyshown his quality withtwo stops from LudovicGiuly and Deco -- but wasshown the red card in amoment of drama after18 minutes.

Ronaldinho played inEto'o, who was upendedby Lehmann as herounded the keeper.

Giuly tapped in theloose ball, but Arsenalwere at least reprievedfrom going behind be-cause referee Terje Haugehad already blown for thefoul.

Lehmann was sentoff for his foul on Eto'owith Manuel Almuniacoming on for the un-lucky Robert Pires, inpossibly his last gamefor the club.

Barcelona were start-ing to take control whenArsenal stunned the fa-vourites by going aheadafter 37 minutes.

Arsenal were fortu-nate to be given afreekick when Em-manuel Eboue tumbledthreatrically under achallenge from CarlesPuyol.

MNA/Xinhua

Pamplona erupts after Osasuna grabChampions League spot

MADRID, 18 May — Osasuna have secured aChampions League place for the first time with a2-1 home win over Valencia that sparked celebra-tions in Pamplona.

Clijsters recovers to reach last 16 in Rome ROME, 18 May 18 —

Second seed Kim Clijstersreached the last 16 of theItalian Open with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 win over Japanesequalifier Akiko Morigamion Tuesday.

The 22-year-old Bel-gian, the highest-rankedplayer in the claycourttournament after AmelieMauresmo withdrew witha stomach bug, struggledto find her rhythm at the

start. Clijsters made a series

of unforced errors to letslip a one-break advan-tage and gifted Morigamithe first set.

However, she steadiedherself to break the Japa-nese in the first game ofthe second set after whichit was no contest.

"The last time I playedon clay was in Warsaw(earlier this month) and

the surface was com-pletely different," saidClijsters, who will regainthe world number oneranking from Mauresmoif she wins in Rome thisweek.

"It took a bit of time toget used to it, but I keptgoing for my shots andluckily things went betterin the second and thirdsets."

Clijsters next faces16th seed Dinara Safina,who did just enough tobeat Maria Elena Camerin6-4, 6-4.

"She's a very goodplayer and if I want to winI will have to play goodtennis," said Clijsters.

"She's young and hun-gry and has a good kickserve that puts a lot ofpressure on the opponent.It will be important to beplaying well from thestart."

MNA/Reuters

"It's like a dream younever want to wake upfrom," Osasuna presidentPatxi Izco told reportersafter the club's last gameof the season on Tues-day. "We have been inthe Champions Leagueplaces for 32 weeks thisseason and deserve it. Wemade it difficult near theend but finally did it instyle by beating a greatValencia side."

The Navarrans had towin to guarantee fourthplace because Sevillawere level on points withan inferior head-to-headrecord.

Serbian striker SavoMilosevic headed theopener after 48 minutesand midfielder DavidLopez added a second twominutes later.

Former ManchesterUnited goalkeeperRicardo was in fine formas third-placed Valenciaapplied the pressure nearthe end, and remained un-beaten until David Villascored from a free kick ininjury time.

Osasuna coach JavierAguirre, who is leavingafter four years at the club,said: "It is an indescrib-able emotion.

"This is the reward fora large number of peoplebecause behind me thereare hundreds of workerswho will enjoy this evenmore, and deservedly so."

The Mexican is beinglinked with Atletico Ma-drid. Osasuna will enterthe third qualifying roundof Europe's elite compe-tition. Valencia ended theseason a point behindReal Madrid who finishedrunners-up to championsBarcelona despite losing4-3 in Sevilla.

MNA/Reuters

Steaua beatBacau to take

top spot BUCHAREST, 18 May —

Steaua Bucharest grabbedtop spot in Romania onWednesday after winning2-0 away to bottom sideFCM Bacau.

With three rounds re-maining, Steaua have 55points, two more thanSportul Studentesc andRapid Bucharest.

Goals in each half fromstriker Andrei Cristea andmidfielder Florin Lovin,both former Bacau play-ers, gave Steaua victory. MNA/REeuters

Switzerland Patty Schnyder returns the ball toRussia's Vera Dushevina during their match at theRome Masters tennis tournament, in Rome, on 17

May, 2006. —INTERNET

World Cup mascot makerfiles for insolvency

Orangutans in jerseys representing the South Ko-rean (L) and the French soccer teams perform at ananimal show wishing South Korean national soccerteam victory against France in the 2006 World Cupin Germany, in Seoul, on 18 May, 2006. South Koreahave been drawn in World Cup Group G along withFrance, Switzerland and Togo for next month's tournament in Germany. —INTERNET

BERLIN, 17 May —The German manufacturerof World Cup mascot"Goleo" has declared it-self insolvent.

German media reports

said sluggish demand forthe cuddly toy lion waspartly responsible for thefirm's problems."We filedfor insolvency," a spokes-man for the Bavarian toymaker Nici AG said, de-clining to comment further.

The firm, based in theBavarian town ofAltenkunstadt, cited itsinability to make pay-ments as its reason for fil-ing for insolvency, aspokesman for the districtcourt in Coburg said.

The product — a grin-ning lion with a thick mane— is on sale ahead of theWorld Cup at 19.95 euros(25.5 US dollars).

He wears a soccer shirtwith the number 6 but istrouserless. His sidekickis a talking football calledPille.— MNA/Reuters

Chonbuk battle through to AFC Champions League quarters KUALA LUMPUR, 18 May 8

— South Korean sideChonbuk Motors recoveredfrom a goal down to beatChinese champions DalianShide 3-1 in Jeonju and ad-vance to the quarterfinals ofthe AFC Champions Leagueon Wednesday. Needing vic-tory to finish top of Group E,Chonbuk fell behind in the

57th minute when visitingstriker Zou Jie rounded goal-keeper Kwoun Sun-tae to puthis side 1-0 up.

Dalian, who needed onlya draw to go through, thenmade the mistake of sittingback on their one-goal advan-tage and paid a heavy price.

Midfielder Kim Hyeung-bum equalized in the 66th

minute with a deflected driveand Wang Jung-hyung putChonbuk ahead nine minutesfrom the end after controllingthe ball on his chest, turningand blasting past goalkeeperChen Dong. Kim made sureof victory in the 87th minutewith a low, angled shot for hissecond goal..

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WEATHERThursday, 18 May, 2006

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30hours MST: During the past 24 hours, Rain or thun-dershowers have been widespread in Yangon andTaninthayi Divisions, scattered in Mon State andAyeyawady Division, isolated in Kachin, Rakhine andKayin States and Bago Division with isolated heavyfallin Taninthayi Division, weather has been partly cloudyin the remaining States and Divisions. Day tempera-tures were (3°C) to (4C˚) above normal in Kachin,Shan and Rakhine States, Yangon Division, (3˚C) to(4˚C) below normal in Kayin and Mon States, Bago,Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions, (5˚C) belownormal in Kayah State and about normal in the remain-ing areas. The significant day temperatures wereMonywa and Minbu (38˚C) each. The noteworthyamounts of rainfalls recorded were Kawthoung (5.00)inches, Myeik (2.12) inches, Pyapon (1.6) inches andMachanbaw (1.26) inches.

Maximum temperature on 17-5-2006 was 88°F.Minimum temperature on 18

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