Established 1914 Volume XVI, Number 239 1st Waning of ... · 12/13/2008 · Established 1914 Volume XVI, Number 239 1st Waning of Nadaw 1370 ME Saturday, 13 December, 2008 Comrades,

Established 1914

Volume XVI, Number 239 1st Waning of Nadaw 1370 ME Saturday, 13 December, 2008

Comrades,Today is the

Graduation Ceremony ofthe 51st Intake of the De-fence Services Acad-emy. Since you Com-rades have acquired theacademic and military

The objective of training is to be compe-tent in modern warfare. Today, the joint mili-tary operations of army, navy and air forceshave become the characteristics of the war-fare rather than launching operations sepa-rately.

Coordinated efforts and unity among the State, the peopleand the Tatmadaw could overcome any challenges

Our Independence regained through sacrifice of many lives, bloodand sweat can be lost all of a sudden if we take it for granted

knowledge through yourstudies at the DefenceServices Academy andare going to assume yourduties as junior leaders, Iwould like to ask you tolearn things you need toobserve.

Comrades,Since its incep-

tion, our Tatmadaw hasbeen formed based uponthe patriotic spirit. It isknown to all that ourTatmadaw has alwaysstood firm at the front of

the State every time theState is in need, and up-holding Our Three MainNational Causes in thefore as our national con-viction, we have been im-plementing the TwelveObjectives. You Com-rades are required to par-ticipate in the nation-building tasks while car-rying out your main re-sponsibi l i t ies—safe-guarding the State, train-ing and carrying out thepublic welfare tasks.Comrades,

In safeguarding theState, you Comrades arerequired to protect thelives and property of thepublic while safeguard-

ing the land and waterterritories and air spaceof the State. If you lookback at the history of ourcountry, we lost our in-dependence and sover-eignty since we had notformed a strong army toprotect the country fromthe colonial invasion.That is why it is the re-sponsibil i ty of OurTatmadaw to be strong,skillful and highly ad-vanced. Only then willwe be able to safeguardeach and every inch ofour territory from out-side invasion. In con-structing a strong, capa-ble and patrioticTatmadaw, we should be

well equipped with in-tellectual and academicaptitudes besides beingoutfitted with physicaland mental prowess. Inthis connection, youComrades who willshoulder the future Stateresponsibilities as con-quering warriors shouldbe competent to utilizethe sophisticated equip-ment such as high-techweapons, vehicles andmachinery. In the mean-time, you Comradesshould construct theTatmadaw to become anadvanced one while ob-serving the changingmilitary strategies.

(See page 8)

Senior General Than Shwe takes the salute of graduating battalions.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Dec—The following is the full text of the address delivered by Senior General Than Shwe, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, at theGraduation Parade of the 51st Intake of the Defence Services Academy in PyinOoLwin today.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 13 December, 2008

Saturday, 13 December, 2008

Donation of blood is a noble deed asblood is human life. Increasing the numberof blood donors through the donation ofblood is a profound contribution.

Blood transfusion is indispensable forthose who lose a lot of blood from a wound oran injury and an operation, those who are inneed of blood after giving birth and abortion,and those suffering from anemia and cancer.

Patients who are in need of blood arerequired to obtain enough blood in time. Soalso, blood donors need to be healthy andfree from contagious diseases. Particularly,they are to be free from HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis-B and Hepatitis-C.

The Ministry of Health is taking stepsfor blood donors to undergo the requiredtest in order to obtain healthy and disease-free blood for blood transfusion. Blooddonors, on their part, may donate blood withpeace of mind as sterilized needles andequipment are used in the taking of blood.

At present, regular blood donors, blooddonors and members of social organizationsare satisfying the demand for blood inhospitals.

Saving a life through donating healthyblood out of goodwill is a noble deed. Now,efforts are being made through the donationof cash and equipment to double the numberof blood donors. Such noble deeds will surelybe able to save a lot of lives.

Donation of healthyblood, a noble deed

* 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 DesirePERSPECTIVES

YANGON, 12 Dec—Deputy Director-General of ProtocalDepartment of the

YANGON, 12 Dec— Director-General forTraining, Research andForeign LanguagesDepartment of theMinistry of ForeignAffairs U Paw Lwin Seinsigned Book of

DG of TRFLD signs Book of Condolences for Former IndonesianMinister of Foreign Affairs

Talks on new financial paradigmYANGON, 12 Dec — Chairman of First Private

Bank Ltd Dr Sein Maung gave educative talks onGlobal Financial Crisis Search for a New FinancialParadigm at UMFCCI Office here on 6 December.

The educative talk was jointly organized by Unionof Myanmar Federation of Chambers of CommerceIndustry and Enervon-C (United Pharma Yangon CoLtd). The educative talks opened with an address by ViceChairman of UMFCCI U Zaw Min Win. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Dec—Rakhine FriendshipAssociation (Yangon) will go for a picnic from 26 to 29December.

Those wishing to join the programme may contactfor tickets U Khin Maung Soe (Ph: 552126), U KyawYin (09 5126489), U Myo Swe (09 8721726) (Haigyi),U Zaw Aye Maung (09 8501686) (Haigyi), U Bo Tin(09 5006926), U Tun Naing (09 5013887), U HlaMaung Thein (09 5139790), U Kyaw Naing (095001964), U Myint Kyaw (09 5064653), Dr Mya HninAye (09 5021432), Daw San San Aye (09 5058136),Dee Dee Restaurant (510898), Swe Restaurant (infront of Tamway Police Station), office of RakhineFriendship Association, Min Road Rakhine RiceNoodle & Seafood shops (09 5025110).—MNA

Rakhine Friendship Association (Yangon) to go for picnic

YANGON, 12 Dec—Aceremony to open the useof EDMS and basiccomputer course,conducted by Ministry ofTransport, was held at themeeting hall of Inland

Dy D-G of Protocal Department of MOFA signs Book of Condolences forHead of Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexis II

Minister forForeign AffairsU Nyan Win and

wife beingwelcomed at a

reception to markthe birthday of theEmperor of Japan

by JapaneseAmbassadorMr Yasuaki

Nogawa on 12December.

MNA

Director-GeneralU Paw Lwin Sein

signs Book ofCondolences openedfor the demise of MrAli Alatas, FormerMinister of Foreign

Affairs of theRepublic of

Indonesia.—MNA

Deputy Director-General U Soe Win

signs Book ofCondolences openedfor the demise of theHead of the Russian

Orthodox ChurchPatriarch Alexis II.

MNA

Condolences at theEmbassy of Indonesia,Yangon at 2:45 p.m.

opened for the demise ofH.E Mr Ali Alatas, FormerMinister of Foreign

Affairs of the Republic ofIndonesia on 11 December2008.—MNA

Ministry of ForeignAffairs U Soe Win signedBook of Condolences atthe Embassy of theRussian Federation, hereat 1:00 p.m., opened forthe demise of the Headof the Russian OrthodoxChurch Patriarch AlexisII.—MNA

Ministry of Transport opens useof EDMS, basic computer course

Water Transport (Headoffice) here on 10December, with anaddress by ManagingDirector U Soe Tint ofIWT. Altogether 30trainees are attending the

course. Three EDMScourses and four two-month basic computercourses will be conducted.

MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 13 December, 2008 3

A look at attacksin or near Kirkuk

BAGHDAD, 12 Dec—A look at deadly attacks in or nearthe northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk over the past few years:

-11 Dec, 2008: A suicide bomber strikes a crowdedrestaurant where Kurdish officials were meeting withArab tribal leaders, killing at least 55 people.

-28 July 28, 2008: At least 25 people are killed and187 wounded when a blast tears through a crowd ofKurds protesting a draft provincial elections law.

-16 July, 2007: A suicide truck bombing outside thePatriotic Union of Kurdistan headquarters followed bytwo smaller car bombs elsewhere in the city kills morethan 80 people and wounds at least 180.

- 2 April, 2007: A suicide truck bomber targets a po-lice station in northern Kirkuk, killing at least 15 civil-ians and wounding nearly 200, including children andstudents who were leaving a girls’ school nearby.

-17 Feb, 2007: Twin bombings leave 11 dead and 65wounded in a Kurdish neighborhood of Kirkuk.

- 17 Sept, 2006: Six bombs kill 24 people and wound84. The worst assault involves a suicide truck bomb thatexplodes in the city center.

- 22 Nov, 2006: A suicide car bomber attacks a po-lice patrol killing at least 22 people and wounding 23;at least half of those killed are police officers.—Internet

Canada rejects Gates’ hintto extend Afghan mission OTTAWA, 12 Dec—Canada’s Defence Minister Pe-

ter MacKay on Thursday appeared to be rejecting hintsby the US that Canadian troops should stay in Afghani-stan past the 2011 deadline, reiterating that the mis-sion will end on time.

Earlier Thursday, US Secretary of Defence RobertGates said during his visit in Afghanistan that he wouldlike to see Canada’s mission in Afghanistan as long aspossible.

“The countries that have partnered here in RC Southhave made an extraordinary commitment and propor-tionately none has worked harder or sacrificed morethan the Canadian .... The longer we can have Cana-dian soldiers as our partners the better it is,” Gatessaid at a press conference.

But a statement released by MacKay followingGates’ remarks noted: “The minister and the govern-ment have been very clear that Parliament has decidedthat our mission there ends in 2011.”

In 2007, Canada’s Parliament voted to extendthe 2009 deadline of the Afghan mission to 2011.Prime Minister Stephen Harper stressed during theelection campaign that the mission will end ontime.

Internet

Attacks expose weakness of keyAfghanistan supply route

KABUL, 12 Dec— Two sophisticated Taleban raidson NATO trucks in Pakistan have exposed the dan-gerous vulnerability of the vital supply route for in-ternational troops in Afghanistan through the legen-dary Khyber Pass.

Hundreds of vehicles were destroyed in two daringand well-planned attacks on terminals in northwestPakistan— at a time the United States is preparing toalmost double the size of its force in landlocked Af-ghanistan.

The bulk of the supplies and equipment requiredby NATO and US-led forces battling the Taleban in-surgency is shipped to Pakistan’s largest port, Karachiin the south.

From there, the containers of food, fuel, vehiclesand munitions are taken by truck to the city ofPeshawar before being transported through Pakistan’srestive tribal areas to Afghanistan via the Khyber pass.

It makes the famous 50-kilometre (30-mile) moun-tain pass —used since the time of Alexander the Great—indispensable to international forces.

Internet

A wounded man is brought to a hospital after asuicide bombing in Kirkuk, 290 kilometres (180miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, on 11 Dec, 2008.

The bomber detonated his explosives inside apopular restaurant killing at least 55 people and

wounding 120 others, police said. —INTERNET

US strike killssix in Pakistan

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, 12 Dec—A suspected US strikekilled six people Thursday on the Pakistan side of theAfghan border, a lawless region believed to be a strong-hold of al-Qaida, two intelligence officials said.

The identities of those killed in the attack was notimmediately known, the officials said on condition ofanonymity because they were not authorized to speakto the media.

“At present, local Taleban have surrounded the de-stroyed house, and they are not letting anybody getclose to it,” said one of the officials.

Citing agents and informants in the field, the offi-cials said six people were killed in the strike late Thurs-day in a village near Azam Warsak in South Waziristan.

The United States is suspected of carrying out morethan 30 missile strikes against militant targets on thePakistan side of the Afghan border since August.

Internet

US captures six in raidsagainst al-Qaida in Iraq

BAGHDAD,12 Dec—UStroops launched raids in atleast four Iraqi cities, de-taining six people be-lieved associated with al-Qaida in Iraq, the US mili-tary said on Thursday.

A US statement saystwo men were detained onWednesday in a pair ofraids near Tarmiyah, 30miles (50 kilometres)north of Baghdad.

Two others were cap-

tured Thursday inRamadi, capital of Anbarprovince west of Bagh-dad, the statement said.The two others were ar-rested Thursday — one inMosul and the other inBaghdad, the US said.

US troops have broadauthority under a UNmandate to apprehendpeople deemed a securitythreat and hold them in-definitely without charge.

However, the mandateexpires at the end of thismonth and will be re-placed by a US-Iraqi se-curity agreement that re-quires the US to obtainwarrants to search housesor detain people except inactive combat.

The new regulationswill be part of a series ofmajor changes in the five-year US-led mission.

InternetA restaurant after a suicide bomber blew himselfup in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of

Baghdad, Iraq, on 11 Dec, 2008. —INTERNET

Pakistani firefighters extinguish smouldering trucks ata NATO container terminal near Peshawar on 8 Dec.Two sophisticated Taleban raids on NATO trucks inPakistan have exposed the dangerous vulnerability ofthe vital supply route for international troops in Afghani-stan through the legendary Khyber Pass.—INTERNET

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BEIJING, 12 Dec— En-voys failed to agreeThursday on how toverify North Korea’s pastatomic activities in the lat-est round of talks on thecountry’s nuclear pro-gram, all but extinguish-ing hopes of a successfullegacy on the issue by theoutgoing Bush adminis-tration.

The deadlock meansthat the North Korea nu-clear issue will be one ofthe many challenges fac-

A resident buys vegetables at a market in Beijing on 11 Dec, 2008. China’sconsumer price inflation fell to a 22-month low of 2.4 percent in November,

giving the central bank free rein to cut interest rates further to offset anabrupt slump in the world’s fourth-largest economy.—INTERNET

In this undated photograph released by the Turks and Caicos Islands, scubadivers submerge so-called reef balls on sandy seabeds off the coast of Grand

Turk island. —INTERNET

N Korea nuclear talks failto break deadlock

ing President-elect Ba-rack Obama when hetakes office in January.

“We had some veryambitious plans for thisround. Unfortunately,we were not able to com-plete some of the thingswe wanted to do,”Christop-her Hill, thechief US negotiator, toldreporters before leavingBeijing. “Ultimately(North Korea) was notready to reach a verifica-tion protocol with all the

standards that are re-quired.”

He did not elaboratewhat differences re-mained.

The current round ofsix-nation talks wasmarked by frustrationover the North’s refusal toput into writing any com-mitments on inspection,making it impossible tomove forward on an dis-armament-for-aid agree-ment.

Internet

ROME, 12 Dec— Another 40 million people havebeen pushed into hunger this year primarily due tohigher food prices, according to a new report pub-lished by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) this week.

This brings the overall number of undernourishedpeople in the world to 963 million, compared to 923million in 2007 and the ongoing financial and eco-nomic crisis could tip even more people into hungerand poverty, FAO warned.

“World food prices have dropped since early 2008,but lower prices have not ended the food crisis in manypoor countries,” said FAO Assistant Director-GeneralHafez Ghanem, presenting the new edition of FAO’shunger report, The State of Food Insecurity in theWorld 2008.

“For millions of people in developing countries,eating the minimum amount of food every day to livean active and healthy life is a distant dream. The struc-tural problems of hunger, like the lack of access toland, credit and employment, combined with high foodprices remain a dire reality,” he stressed.—InternetANKARA, 12 Dec—

Under the strong pressureof the Turkish politicalparties and Turkish na-tionals, the Turkish gov-ernment and army is con-tinuing to escalate the

TEHERAN,12 Dec—A Russian man working for anuclear company in Iran has been found dead afterdisappearing 18 days earlier, Iranian media and a Rus-sian spokeswoman said on Thursday.

According to the state-owned Iran newspaper, theman’s frozen body was found on Tuesday at a recrea-tional area in a mountainous area just outside of Tehe-ran, where nighttime temperatures dip well belowfreezing.

Iran is building its first nuclear power plant withRussian help in the southern port of Bushehr, which isexpected to go on line next year. Russia has backedlimited UN sanctions aimed at forcing Iran to suspendits uranium enrichment program, but has staunchlyopposed the US push for harsher measures.

Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for the state-run Rus-sian company coordinating the Bushehr project,Atomstroiexport, said the deceased was an employeeand that he died in an accidental fall from a rock in therecreational area.

The spokeswoman, Irina Yesipova, would not iden-tify the man or give specifics about his job. She saidthe area is a popular weekend getaway destination.

Internet

KATHMANDU, 12 Dec—A crowded school busskidded off a bridge on ahighway in southern Ne-pal, killing at least 20 stu-dents and two teachers,police said on Friday. Atleast 57 others were in-jured.

The bus was returningfrom a school picnic lateThursday when it plungedoff the highway nearMukundapur village,about 125 miles (200 kilo-metres) southwest of thecapital, Kathmandu. Po-lice official Len PratapSen said all of the studentswere teenagers.

The 57 injured weretreated at several hospitals,Sen said. An initial investi-gation indicated the bus wasspeeding, he said.—Internet

22 killed, 57injured in Nepal

school busaccident

Turkey escalates campaignagainst PKK based in Iraq

campaign against the out-lawed Kurdish Workers’Party (PKK) based in thenorth of Iraq.

PKK guerrillas havehideouts in the high, rug-ged mountains dividing

Turkey from northernIraq. On 3 Oct, 17 Turk-ish soldiers were killedwhen PKK militantsbased in northern Iraq at-tacked Aktutun Gendar-merie Border Unit inSemdinli town in theprovince of Hakkari.

The tension is mount-ing after the deadliest at-tack in the year and Turk-ish Prime Minister RecepTayyip Erdogan and themilitary have pledged tointensify a campaign tocrush the PKK, whichwas blacklisted by Ankaraand the United States as aterrorist group.

The Turkish Air Forcehas conducted a numberof airstrikes against PKKtargets in northern Iraqsince a week-long cross-border incursion intonorthern Iraq waslaunched the last incident.

Internet

Number of hungry peopleworldwide rises to 963 mln

Russian working for nuclearcompany dies in Iran

A nurse attends to bus accident victims in a hospital at Nawalparasi on 12Dec, 2008. A school bus crashed in southwest Nepal, killing at least 22 people,

most of them children returning from a picnic, police said on Friday.INTERNET

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A cargo ship goes through the Panama Canal on it’s way to the Pacific Oceanin Panama City, on 9 Dec, 2008. Panama Canal Authority representatives and

financial agencies signed an agreement to finance the Panama Canalexpansion project.—XINHUA

WASHINGTON, 12 Dec— Former Senate major-ity leader Tom Daschlewas nominated on Thurs-day by President-electBarack Obama as the nextSecretary of Health andHuman Services.

Daschle, 61, couldbring to Washington aknowledge of Congress,especially the Senate, fardeeper than Obama, ana-lysts said.

He served in Congressfrom South Dakota for 26years, including the 10years as Democraticleader in the Senate.

As leader when theDemocrats were in the

Ancient thermal baths

are seen at Villa delle

Vignacce near

Ciampino airport,

south of Rome, in an

undated photo released

on 10 Dec, 2008.

XINHUA

Ford F-150 pickup frames sit on the assembly line at the Kansas City FordAssembly plant October 2 in Claycomo, Missouri. The US Senate failed to

reach a deal on a controversial multi-billion-dollar bailout for the beleagueredauto industry due to a disagreement over wage cuts, senators said.—XINHUA

Obama’s pick for healthsecretary Daschle

minority and the majority,Daschle was known forhis soft-spoken and reas-suring style.

A former Air Force of-ficer, his adult life hasbeen mainly involved inCongress.

He was 30 when hewas elected to the Housein 1978, after serving asan aide to Senator JamesAbourezk, Democrat ofSouth Dakota.

Daschle left the Senate

after losing a brutal re-election bid to JohnThune, a RepublicanCongressman, in 2004,the year Obama waselected to the Senate. Sothe two did not overlap aslawmakers.

But Daschle left officewith a strong reputation asa scholar of Senate dy-namics, and Obama ea-gerly welcomed his ad-vice.

Xinhua

GAZA, 12 Dec— Onemillion Israeli Shekel(NIS) (around 25 millionUS dollars) arrived inGaza from Israel onThursday evening, andhundreds of civil and mili-tary servants get theirNovember salaries paid.

The Palestinian Mon-etary Authority in theWest Bank said in a writ-

LOS ANGELES, 12 Dec— The US National Pub-lic Radio announced onThursday that it was cut-ting its work force andcanceling two nationallybroadcast shows to copewith an uncertain econo-my and a sharp decline incurrent and projected rev-enues from corporate un-derwriting.

The two shows beingcanceled are “Day to Day”and “News & Notes” pro-duced at NPR’s CulverCity West studio in Los

MOSCOW, 12 Dec—Russia is ready to coordi-nate its oil price policywith the Organization ofPetroleum ExportingCountries (OPEC) in a bidto stem the plunge incrude prices, PresidentDmitry Medvedev said onThursday.

“Our partners and col-leagues from the oil clubare asking us to pursue acoordinated policy,”Medvedev told a confer-

SEOUL, 12 Dec — POSCO, theworld’s fourth largest steelmaker, an-nounced that it would invest 6 trillionwon (4.3 billion US dollars) in the do-mestic market in 2009 and create a 10billion-won (7.2 million US dollars)R&D fund, the Korea Herald reportedon Friday.

The amount of investment, which willbe used to promote growth of POSCO’s13 subsidiaries, is up from 3.4 trillionwon (2.4 billion US dollars) this year.

“By collaborating with our subsidi-ary companies, we can turn the current

US radio NPR cuts work forceAngeles, according to theannouncement.

The elimination ofthose shows will meanlayoffs for at least 22 peo-ple, said Anna Christop-her, senior manager forNPR Media Relations.

“Unfortunately, therewill also be a number oftechnical and administra-tive people working onthose shows who will alsobe getting laid off. I justdon’t have an exact numberat this moment,” Christop-her said.—Xinhua

Israeli currency arrives in Gaza, employees get paidten statement sent to re-porters that Israel agreedto transfer Israeli currencyliquidity into the GazaStrip through Gaza bordercrossings with Israel.

The statement said thatthe Israeli money weretransferred from Israelitrucks to Palestinian trucks,and were sent immediatelyto the Gaza Strip banks to

enable the employees to gettheir salaries for Novemberpaid.

Tens of thousands ofPalestinian Authority em-ployees stood in queues infront of the Gaza Stripbanks, which reopened inspite of Muslims’ holiday— Eid al-Adha that wouldend on Thursday night.

Xinhua

Russia may coordinate with OPEC to stemcrude prices fall

ence on socio-economicdevelopment in the Urals.

“We are ready for this,we must defend ourselves... Protective measures ofthis kind could be con-nected with a cut in oiloutput and taking part inexisting supplier organi-zations or new organiza-tions,” he was quoted byInterfax news agency assaying.

World oil prices havefallen by more than 60

percent from a record highof 147 US dollar per bar-rel in July to under 50 dol-lars, as the global finan-cial crisis has reduced thedemand for fuel.

Russia and OPEC,which is to hold an ex-traordinary meeting inAlgeria on 17 Dec to de-cide on further oil outputcuts, account for morethan half of global oil pro-duction.

Xinhua

POSCO to invest $4.3 bln in 2009

All items from Xinhua News Agency

crisis into a new business opportunity,”POSCO CEO LeeKu-taek said.

Lee added that the plan will providethe company with a long-term growthengine while its competitors in China,India and Europe cut production and in-vestment. In the meantime, POSCO isalso expanding capacity for products in-cluding heavy plates for ships.

POSCO’s production of heavy steelplates is expected to increase 38 percentto 7.3 million tons by 2011 with the newplant expected to be completed in July2010. —Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

Flexible Display Center at ArizonaState University

Skinny screens to lighten load Santa arrives early forspace crew

An unmanned Russian cargo ship hasbrought Christmas presents for the crewon the International Space Station.

The “Progress” was expected todock automatically with the ISS but a crewmember had to aid the process manually.The reason for the change of plans isn’tclear.The capsule also delivered food supplies,a new air purification system as well as somepresents for Christmas and the New Year.

A new kind of computer screen is setto revolutionise the way we think aboutnotebooks, mobiles and personalorganizers. That ’s according to computermaker Hewlett Packard, who haveunveiled a prototype of the flexibledisplay, said to be more efficient andaffordable than anything that has gonebefore.

The new screen is paper-thin andconsumes far less energy than today’scomputer displays, making it a perfectsolution for portable devices like smartphones, laptops or e-readers, say itscreators HP and Flexible Display Center(FDC) based at Arizona State University.

Its most striking feature is itsaffordability. The display is producedwith HP is award-winning technologycalled SAIL (self-aligned imprintlithography). It’s a potential replacement

technique for the photolithographyprocess that is used to manufacturedisplays and computer chips today.

The groundbreaking manufacturingprocess dramatically cuts down costsboth in material and time. The result is a“cheap-as-dirt” high-resolution display.

Volcano erupts in Russia’s far EastResidents of the Kamchatka region have

been watching a local volcano erupt foralmost a week. The stream of lava comingfrom Kluchevskaya Sopka has reached overone kilometre.

Geologists say it poses no danger to thenearby village, as a glacier on top of thevolcano is preventing the lava flow frommoving towards the settlement.

Kluchevskaya Sopka is the highest activevolcano in Eurasia.

In addition to the usual diet, crewmembers Yury Lonchakov, Michael Finkand Sandra Magnus can look forwardtucking in to 15kg of fresh fruit andvegetables as well as sweets and nuts.

A DVD with a compilation of thecrew’s favourite music videos will set themood for the holiday.

Among other gifts are the latest issuesof GEO and Russian Space magazinesand a book on of the pioneers of spaceexploration by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.

Two men survive crash,frigid night on Arctic iceTwo men believed to be from

Sweden escaped with only “minorfrostbite” after their small plane crashedin northern Canada and they spent anight on the Arctic ice near BaffinIsland before being rescued.

An air search for the men wasunsuccessful on Sunday evening, but afishing vessel picked up the two menon Monday morning and they werelater flown to Iqaluit, Nunavut, formedical treatment.

“They had some minor frostbite butother than that they were in good spiritsand good health,” said Major DenisMcGuire of the Joint RescueCoordination Center in Halifax, NovaScotia.

In Iqaluit, the normal lowtemperature at this time of year is -25degrees Celsius (-13 Fahrenheit),according to Environment Canada,although press reports said it was -13Caround the time the men were pickedup.

“They were very fortunate, theywere wearing proper safety equipmentand managed to scramble from theaircraft just prior to its sinking into thewater,” McGuire said.

Oil prices slip to below$46 in Asia

BofA plans up to 35,000 job cuts innext three years

Russian news agencies reportnine dead in mine blast

MOSCOW, 12 Dec — Russian news agencies are reporting that at least nineworkers have been killed in an explosion at a mine in northern Russia.

State-run RIA-Novosti cites an unidentified law enforcement official as sayingthree people remained missing and six others were injured by the blast on Thursdayat a mine in the Murmansk region.

Interfax cites an unidentified emergency official as saying 12 people were killedand four injured.

According to RIA-Novosti, the mine belongs to a major company that produces afertilizer component. It cites the law enforcement official as saying the blast happenedwhile workers were conducting controlled explosions at the mine.—Internet

An environmental

management special-

ist of the Batangas

city fisheries office

inspects a coral reef

formation in the

Verde sea passage

south of Manila,

Philippines. Almost a

fifth of the planet’s

coral reefs have died

and carbon emis-

sions are largely to

blame, according

to an NGO study.

INTERNET

KUALA LUMPUR, 12 Dec—Oil prices retreated tobelow $46 a barrel onFriday in Asia after a strongrally overnight, but traderssaid expectations of a sharpproduction cut by OPECwill support the market.

Light, sweet crude forJanuary delivery fell $2.41to $45.57 a barrel inelectronic trading on theNew York MercantileExchange by mid-afternoon in Singapore.Losses were extended afternews broke that a $14-billion emergency bailoutfor US automakers had

collapsed in the Senate.Overnight, the contractsurged $4.46, or 10 percent,to settle at $47.98.

David Moore, com-modity strategist atCommonwealth Bank ofAustralia in Sydney, saidcomments by SaudiArabia’s Oil Minister Alial-Naimi on Thursday thatNovember production bythe world’s largestexporter was in linewith OPEC’s recentlylowered targets indicatedit was serious aboutoutput cuts.

“There are expecta-

tions that OPEC will moveto tighten supplies,”Moore said. “Oil pricessoftened this morning butwell within the range wesaw last night (despite)worries about fallingconsumption because ofeconomic weakness.”

The Organization ofPetroleum ExportingCountries, which accountsfor about 40 percent ofglobal crude supply, hassignaled it plans to reduceoutput quotas at a meetingon 17 Dec in Algeria.

Internet

NEW YORK, 12 Dec—Bank ofAmerica Corp said on Thursday it expectsto cut 30,000 to 35,000 jobs over the nextthree years, as it faces a deterioratingeconomic environment and tries to absorbMerrill Lynch & Co.

The final number could be evenhigher, analysts say. Charlotte, NC-basedBank of America said it hasn’t yetcompleted its analysis for eliminatingpositions, and won't until early next year.

The company and Merrill have about308,000 employees in total, and the cutswill affect workers from both companiesand all types of businesses. Bank ofAmerica is considered one of the country’shealthier banks, and its decision to slash somany jobs illustrates the breadth of thelayoffs hitting the United States. The nationlost more than half a million jobs inNovember alone, and economists expectmany more to come.—Internet

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Zeechaung DamProject is about fivemiles from Kyauktaw,Rakhine State. On ourway to the project, wehad a wonderful view ofKissapanadi Bridge, acrucial part of Yango-Sittway Road, in thedistance.

In the olden times,people wishing to go toKyauktaw from Yangonhad to cross theKissapanadi River byboat or by ship. It wasvery risky to do so in therainy season. In the timeof the Tatmadaw

Zeechaung Dam to irrigate 1000 acres of farmlandsArticle: Singu Soe Win; Photos: Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)

Zeechaung Dam in Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State.

Kissapanadi Bridge in Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State.

U Sao Khun Oo, StaffOfficer (Civil) ofConstruction-3.

The control tower under construction ofZeechaung Dam.

Heavy machinery operating for land consolidation work.

government, however,Yangon-Sittway Roadwas constructed for localpeople to enjoy all-rounddevelopment despite avariety of challenges.

Staff Officer(Civil) U Sao Khun Oobriefed the MyanmaAlin Daily onZeechaung Dam Projectwhich is nearingcompletion. He said thatthe earthen dam was 115feet high and 840 feetlong with a catchmentarea of three squaremiles; that the region gotan average annualrainfall of 190 inchesand inflow water into thefacility was 13,200 acresa year; its stagnant waterstorage capacity was 580acre feet and full tankwater surface, 154 acres;and on completion, thedam would be able tobenefit 1000 acres ofsummer paddy as doublecropping and generate80 kilowatts for theMaha Muni Buddha

Image.We noticed that the

project was operating afive-kilowatt turbine to

supply power to theworksite. The 4' x 6'reinforced concrete typeoutlet is 577 feet long witha water outflow rate of100 cubic feet seconds.And its 30 feet wide boardcrested type spillway'swater outflow rate is 1700cubic feet seconds. Theproject has a three mileslong main canal, a fivemiles long distributory(secondary), and 80 canalstructures.

The project has a

workforce of 200 whitecollar workers plus bluecollar workers. So far, theproject has been completedby 90 per cent. After sometime, it will be able toirrigate the summer paddyfields near the distributory,so local farmers will soonenjoy higher incomes.

The ground near themain dam is even and thecatchment area consistingof mountains, forests andravines is home to manywild animals such aselephant, tiger, deer,barking deer and sambur.

Head of Township

Information and PublicRelations DepartmentDaw Aung Mya Than said,"Up to now, we haveopened round about 250self-reliant village librariesin the township. Of them,50 are separate buildingsand the others are attachedto schools and the officesof Village Peace andDevelopment Councilsconcerned. Township PDCChairman U Aung KyawOo takes responsibilitiy forproviding daily

newspapers to the villages.So, every village-tract getstwo copies of the MirrorDaily and the MyanmaAlin Daily. We are nowtrying to get more copiesof the newspapers andmaintain the libraries".

As we got back tothe lodging house, we weregreeted by a report bookand a letter of TownshipDevelopment AffairsCommittee. So, we werenot in a position to takesome rest. We got someexcerpts from the book.Then, we visited the dieseland paddy husk-firedgenerator of Kyauktaw toget some facts about it.

After theassumption of State dutiesby the Tatmadawgovernment, KyauktawTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee hasconstructed tarred roads,gravel roads and earthenroads stretching 21 milesand 7.52 furlongs in total;upgraded rural roads of 4miles and 5 furlongs into

gravel ones and lateriteones; and four concrete andtwo wooden bridges inurban areas, and threeconcrete and 11 woodenbridges in rural areas.

The committee hasdug and repaired 28 lakes

upgrading lakes for urbanwater supply. It is alsotaking measures forsprucing up the town.

Thanks toKissapanadi Bridge, localpeople have beenenjoying better living

and supplies water to 3237houses of five wards inKyauktaw, and thesufficiency of clean wateris 66 per cent.

Similarly, it spentover 10.2 million kyats ondigging 20 lakes; over 52.5million kyats on urbanroads; over 36.5 millionkyats on rural roads; over7.8 million kyats on urbanbridges; over 16.7 millionkyats on rural bridges; andover 3.2 million kyats on

conditions in theeconomic, social, healthand education sectors. InKyauktaw, Pyaing-chaung Dam benefits5000 acres of arablelands. Zeechaung Dam,on completion, will beable to benefit 1000 acresof agricultural farms. So,the township is on thepoint of development.

*****Translation: MS

Myanma Alin: 12-12-2008

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Commander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesSenior General Than Shwe presents Award

for Excellent Performance in Training toCadet Myint Thu Soe.—MNA


for Excellent Performance in Study (Science)to Cadet Paing Thu Htet.—MNA


for Excellent Performance in Study (ComputerScience) to Cadet Kyaw Paing.—MNA

Distinguished guests at the Graduation Parade of 51st Intake of the Defence Services Academy.—MNA

Dignitaries seen at the Graduation Parade of 51st Intake of the DefenceServices Academy.—MNA

Coordinated efforts and unityamong the State, …

(from page 1)Comrades,

When you get toyour post ings uponcomplet ion of yourcourse, you Comradesshould construct theTatmadaw in accord-ance with the Four Con-struction Tasks of theTatmadaw after equip-ping your soldiers withthe five fundamental re-quirements. In doing so,the most fundamental isconstruct ing theTatmadaw while under-going training. You willfruitfully accomplishyour tasks throughtraining your soldiersto be well disciplinedand highly spirited.

Comrades,The objective of

training is to be compe-tent in modern warfare.Today, you need to under-stand that the joint mili-tary operations of army,navy and air forces havebecome the characteristicsof the warfare rather thanlaunching operationsseparately, and you needto comprehend the fea-tures of the army, navyand air forces, the su-premacy of the advancedweaponry. Moreover, acombatant soldier shouldalways engage in trainingbesides being strongphysically and mentally.Keeping balance in physi-cal and mental trainings

will yield new strength andconstructive outcomes. Inaccordance with the per-spective of being skillfulthrough training, beingconfident through skill,being valiant through con-fidence and being victori-ous through valiance, youComrades should fullyengage in training on theword of the motto “Onlythrough proper tempera-ture will fine iron be pro-duced, and only when theiron is fine will the sharpknife be produced” so asto be able to carry out yourtasks devotedly.Comrades,

As you get to yourrespective postings, youneed to devote your effortsto carrying out your tasksdutifully while observingthe motto “Keep your forcesin a good shape, and win

your battles.” In your en-deavours to keep yourforces in a good shape, theprogress of the forces ishighly dependent upon yourleadership attributes. Youneed to command yourforces with your leadershipaptitude, and keep them

consolidated. Even thoughthe armed forces need to berun by command as per theirnature, the observation ofthose commands throughcomprehensive under-standing will lead to suc-cessful accomplishment ofthe duties assigned. Accord-ingly, you Comrades shouldorganize members of yourforces to obey their com-mand through full under-standing.Comrades,

While ourTatmadaw is carrying out

the tasks of safeguardingour State and getting en-gaged in training, we needto perform public welfaretasks when and where it isrequired. When CycloneNargis devastated theAyeyawady delta in thebeginning of last May, ourTatmadaw keeping its tra-dition of safeguarding thelives and property of thepeople got its manpower,vehicles, food andmedicine ready. Soonafter the devastation of

(See page 9)

When an outside power in-tervenes in the State sovereignty,it indicates the loss of our sover-eignty or loss of our independ-ence. The initiative to shape thesovereignty must be kept in thehands of national brethren.

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Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe inspects the cadetbattalions of the DSA.—MNA

Dignitaries seen at the Graduation Parade of 51st Intake of the Defence Services Academy.MNA

Dignitaries seen at the Graduation Parade of 51st Intake of the Defence Services Academy.MNA

The national unity is indispensable for theperpetuity of sovereignty. Our national breth-ren have been living in the country, in weal orwoe, since time immemorial.

(from page 8)Cyclone stopped, mem-bers of the Tatmadawreached even to the far-thest villages and ren-dered assistance to thegrief-ridden people rely-ing on our own rationsand paving our own ways.Through our immediaterelief and rehabilitationefforts provided to thepeople in cyclone-hit ar-eas, we could prevent thesubsequent disastrouschallenges like hungerand outbreak of epidem-ics. This is an evidentproof to the world com-munity that the coordi-nated efforts and unityamong the State, the peo-ple and the Tatmadawcould overcome any chal-lenges. During the timewe were making relief ef-forts, Tatmadaw (Army)


provided over 40,000men, 769 vehicles for3,350 times to transport54,188 tons of reliefitems, Tatmadaw (Navy)provided over 1,400 men,29 vessels of varioustypes for 92 times to trans-port 3,407 tons of reliefitems, and Tatmadaw(Air) provided over 1,700men, 25 helicopters andaircraft for 1,593 times totransport 588 tons of re-lief items. Furthermore,members of the DefenceServices (Army, Navyand Air) and their fami-lies demonstrated theirgoodwill by donatingcash amounting to over1,179 million kyats whichthey saved from their sal-ary to the people.

Also in their reha-bilitation efforts, membersof the defence services

have tried their utmost toshape the better future ofthe people. Moreover, themembers of ourTatmadaw who have beenall over the country renderrequired assistance to thepeople for their regionaldevelopment if and whenit is necessary. You Com-rades are required to main-tain these good traditionsand join hands with thenational brethren for theregional developments atthe places of your assignedpostings.Comrades,

When an outsidepower intervenes in theState sovereignty, it indi-

cates the loss of our sover-eignty or loss of our inde-pendence. The initiativeto shape the sovereigntymust be kept in the handsof national brethren. Intoday’s world, there are anumber of countries whichhave lost their sovereigntyand rights to shape theirown future. Our independ-ence which we regainedthrough sacrifice of manylives, blood and sweat canbe lost all of a sudden ifwe take it for granted.Therefore, you Comradeswho are to shoulder thefuture State responsibilityneed to maintain the na-tional spirit and political

awareness. In the time ofour Tatmadaw, we havebeen laying benevolentlygood foundation for theemergence of a peaceful,developed new nationwhile upholding OurThree Main NationalCauses as our nationalconviction. In doing so,the fourth step of theseven-step Road Map, thedraft State Constitution,was approved by the peo-ple overwhelmingly inMay 2008. We will con-tinue to implement thefifth step which is the hold-ing of general elections in2010 and the transfer ofState power will be car-

ried out accordingly.Comrades,

The national unityis indispensable for theperpetuity of sovereignty.Our national brethrenhave been living in thecountry, in weal or woe,since time immemorial.However, due to the di-vide-and-rule policy ofthe colonialists, armedconflicts broke out amongour national brethrenleading to delays for ourdevelopment endeavours.Today, as you are aware,the development taskshave been carried outmomentously all over thecountry since we couldbuild national unity whichwas unlikely in the past.Our national brethrenshould promote the truepatriotism or the UnionSpirit to maintain our na-tional unity.

(See page 10)

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(from page 9)In this connection, youComrades who will be as-signed to various parts ofthe country should imple-ment rural developmenttasks while safeguarding thelives and property of ournational brethren. In addi-tion, it is necessary to or-ganize people enablingthem to consolidate the truepatriotism and the nationalunity.Comrades,

Today ourTatmadaw has joinedhands with the people tobuild our political might,economic might and de-fence might untiringlywhile assuming the Stateresponsibility. Among

these, the economic mightis pivotal since it can sup-port the political and de-fence might. In this re-gard, our Tatmadaw gov-ernment has laid downgood foundation for theState after adopting foureconomic objectives andcarried out the market-ori-ented economy tostrengthen our economicmight. It is your responsi-bility to observe interna-tional developments so asto maintain and furtherdevelop this good foun-dation. You need to culti-vate yourself to beequipped with Four Out-looks—military outlook,political outlook, eco-nomic outlook and admin-

istrative outlook. If peaceand stability does not pre-vail in a country eventhough it may be well de-veloped, the inhabitantswill experience onlysufferings, far from reap-ing benefits. It is evidentthat there are a number ofcountries around the worldwhere people experienceonly bloodshed becausepeace and stability doesnot prevail in these coun-tries well-developed asthey are. That is why weneed to maintain peace andstability while we buildour country into a devel-oped new nation. YouComrades are advised toconstruct the national poli-tics which is forging na-tional unity in whateversystem while implement-ing the tasks of national

defence, and to organizethe people so that peaceand stability will be pro-moted and noble objec-tives will be accom-plished.Comrades,

In conclusion, Iwould like to urge you to:

- Keep abreast withand observe thechanging militarystrategies and stud-

ies so that you willbe able to fully carryout our main re-sponsibility, whichis safeguarding theState,

- Always practise tobe strong mentallyand physically, beacademically com-petent in accord-ance with ThreeForevers, and

- Organize our na-tional brethren ena-bling them to up-hold the UnionSpirit for safeguard-ing the State sover-eignty while takingpart in the regionaldevelopment en-deavours of the peo-ple at your respec-tive assigned places.

MNA

YANGON, 12 Dec—Senior vice president-1 UHla Maung Shwe, Vicepresident U Tin MaungThan, executive vice-president U Han Tun,general secretary U Win

MFF meets Israeli Ambassador and scholars

Kyaing, secretaty-1 UHnin Oo and secretary-2U Ba Thaw of theMyanmar Fishery Fed-eration met Israeli Am-bassador to Myanmar MrYaron Mayer and party at

MFF here on 10 Decem-ber. At the call, they dis-cussed matters related tocooperation between thetwo countries in the fish-ery sector.

MNA

YANGON, 12 Dec—A ceremony to presentsports suits and sportsgear to Yangon Com-mand hockey team thatwill take part in the 12thDefence Services Com-m a n d e r - i n - C h i e f ’ sShield Hockey Champi-onship was held inShwepyitha on 8 Decem-ber.

Chairman of

Sports suits and equipment donatedYangon Division hockeysubcommittee MajorMaung Maung Oo ac-cepted 12 hockey sticksand five hockey ballsworth K 350,000 donatedby Director Dr EbrahimBin Dr Mohd Haroon andCountry RepresentativeU Kyaw Naing (Excel-lent Performance in So-cial Field-Third Class) ofSheiphia Holdings Sdn

Bhd of Malaysia, and 24sports suits worth K120,000 by ManagingDirector U Zaw Win ofJust Fashion Co.

U Kyaw Naing ex-plained the purpose of thedonation. Major MaungMaung Oo spoke wordsof thanks and presentedcertificates of honour tothe wellwishers.

MNA

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe

meets the four outstanding cadets and their parents.—MNA

Major Maung Maung Oo accepts sports gear from U Kyaw Naing(Excellent Performance in Social Field-Third Class).—YCHC

Senior vice-president-1 U Hla Maung Shwe and party meet IsraeliAmbassador Mr Yaron Mayer and scholars.—MNA

Today our Tatmadawhas joined hands with thepeople to build our politicalmight, economic might anddefence might untiringlywhile assuming the Stateresponsibility.

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NAY PYI TAW, 12 Dec —Special market festivalof the Ministry of Industry-1 was opened in themonument ground of PyinOoLwin on 10 Decembermorning and officials formally opened the festival.

The ministry will sell 318 items of its productsat the festival which lasts till 19 December from 8 amto 8 pm daily. – MNA

YANGON, 12 Dec—Myanmar Archery Teamsecured two more goldand one more silvermedals in the 1st AsianCompound ArcheryTournament 2008 in thesecond day competitionat Kyaikkasan ArcheryGround, here, thismorning.

Please read physicnut instead of rubber inparagraph four of thenews "Farms use bio-gasto generate power" onpage 1 of 11 Decemberissue of this daily. Erroris regretted. — Ed

NAY PYI TAW, 12Dec—The celebration ofthe 77th anniversary ofNational KandawgyiGardens (PyinOoLwin)and the 2nd anniversaryof the NationalLandmarks Gardens andthe opening of ModernAmusement Park and thethird Flower Festivalwere held under the

National Kandawgyi Gardens (PyinOoLwin) teeming with visitors

arrangements of theMinistry of Forestry on 11December.

The NationalLandmarks Gardens wascrowded with knowledgeseekers and holiday-makers.

Moreover, the view-point is thronged withfamilies and photographersgoing sightseeing in the

gardens where Christmastrees, statues and fountainsare on display.

The 3rd flower festivalwas drawing the attentionof the visitors. Well-knownmusic bands entertainedyoung visitors with songsand the music festival runsuntil tomorrow atPyidaungsu square in thegardens.—MNA

Myanmar lead in archery tournamentwith four gold medals

Ye Min Swebagged one gold medalin the men’s 70-msingles knockout eventand Hla Hla San, onegold medal and AungHngein, one silver in thewomen’s 70-m singlesknockout event.

After the second-day competitions, host

Myanmar led thetournament with 4 goldand 2 silver medals, andIndia, two silver and fourbronze medals.

It was alsoattended by SecretaryGeneral of MyanmarOlympic CommitteeDirector-General UThaung Htaik of theSports and PhysicalEducation Department,member of AsianArchery FederationCouncil Vice-Presidentof SEA ArcheryFederation HonoraryPresident of MyanmarArchery Federation DrKhin Shwe, GeneralSecretary U Kyaw Oo,Vice-President of WorldArchery Federation MrSanguan Kosavinta,Vice-President of AAFMajor (Retd) BaharuddinJamil and Secretary MrUm Sung Ho andofficials.

Special market festival opensin PyinOoLwin

Visitors seen at National Kandawgyi Gardens in PyinOoLwin. —MNA

People enjoy scenic beauty of National Kandawgyi Gardens inPyinOoLwin.

MNA

People take relaxation at National Kandawgyi Gardens. —MNA

Visitors seen at National Landmarks Garden in PyinOoLwin.

MNA

Goldmedalist

HlaHlaSan

concent-rating

onarchery

inwomen’s70-m

singlesknockoutevent.

NLM

Corrigendum

NLM

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Anthony home maybe a crime scene

ORLANDO, 12 Dec — Authorities cordoned off thehome of missing toddler Caylee Anthony’s grandpar-ents on Thursday, hours after the remains of a smallchild were found nearby.

The sheriff’s office in Orange County, Florida, saidit is seeking a warrant to search the home of Georgeand Cindy Anthony.

Sheriff Kevin Beary said the home has been secured“pending more investigation.” The house has the “pos-sibility of being more of a crime scene later,” he added.

A child’s skull was found at about 9:30 a.m. by autility meter reader who alerted authorities, sheriff’sspokesman Jim Solomons said. Investigators, includ-ing those from the Anthony case, rushed to the scene,he added. CNN affiliate WFTV reported that the me-ter reader picked up a plastic bag at the site and a skullfell out. The remains have been removed by the medi-cal examiner and will be sent to the FBI lab atQuantico, Virginia, Sheriff Beary said.

Prosecutors have asked police not to disclose manydetails surrounding the discovery, Beary said.

Caylee Anthony, 3, has been missing since June ina case that has received national attention. CaseyAnthony, the child’s 22-year-old mother, was chargedlast month with murder and other offenses. She is be-ing held at the Orange County Jail.—Internet

Terror group founderdetained

ISLAMABAD, 12 Dec—The founder of the terroristgroup India blames for last month’s Mumbai attackshas been placed under house arrest, a senior Pakistanigovernment official told CNN.

The move comes after the Pakistani governmentbanned his group, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), a charityaffiliated with Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) which Indiablames for last month’s Mumbai attacks.

Hafiz Saeed will be under house arrest at his resi-dence in Lahore, Pakistan for three months as Paki-stani authorities investigate the attacks that killed 160people in India’s financial capital.

Saeed founded LeT and is the leader of JuD. Hespoke to journalists in Lahore at a televised news con-ference — although his face was shielded from thecameras — to address accusations that the groups wereinvolved in the attacks.

LeT has denied responsibility for the Mumbai at-tacks, a three-day siege that left more than 160 peopledead. Saeed said the decision on Wednesday by a UNcommittee to identify Lashkar leaders as terrorists wasin haste. He said any evidence linking JuD to theMumbai attacks should be presented by the Indianauthorities. Saeed said the accusations against hisgroup are propaganda and an attack on both Pakistanand Islam.—Internet

Switzerland scraps land border controls

A Swiss Custom officerstops traffic on a countryroad 4 kilometers fromthe German border in

Switzerland, nearZurzach, on 10 Dec.

INTERNET

ZURZACH, 12 Dec—witzerland’s land bordersopened up on Friday withits membership in the Eu-ropean border-freeSchengen zone.

Passport checks arenow abolished for all trav-ellers entering the countryby road, but air passen-gers will have to wait un-til March 29 next year be-

fore they can benefit fromthe new rules.

The Schengen agree-ment, named after thetown in Luxembourgwhere it was signed in1985, now allows forpassport-free travel be-tween 25 countries afterSwiss citizens voted infavour of joining theSchengen area in a 2005referendum.

At the exit of northernSwitzerland’s Zurzachforest bordering Ger-many, a Swiss mobile pa-

trol team geared up for thechange ahead of the tran-sition at midnight.

One of the guards, Cor-poral Heinz Meister, saidhe was stopping vehiclesonly to ask about anygoods being carried andnot checking identity pa-pers. Hans Arzethauser, aspokesman for the bordersecurity force, said themove would allow Swit-zerland to access the EU’selectronic information sys-tem for information aboutcriminals.—Internet

Investigators have sealed off the Anthony home,which shows a large Caylee poster.—INTERNET

Elephants ‘die earlier in zoos’LONDON , 12 Dec — A new study comparing wild,

captive and working elephants has found that livingin zoos can significantly shorten the animals’ lives.

Writing in the journal Science, researchers say obes-ity is a major cause of death in adult zoo elephants.They also cite stress as the key factor in the death ofyoung captive animals when they are moved from zooto zoo. They say ideally zoos should not take on newelephants if they cannot provide suitable environments.

The study focused on the lives of female elephants,comparing more than 4,500 individuals. The research-ers looked at wild elephants in Kenya’s AmbosseliNational Park, working elephants in logging industry,and zoo elephant populations in Europe.

For African elephants, the average lifespan in cap-tivity was only 19 years compared with 56 years inthe wild. Rates of mortality amongst zoo-born Asianelephants were two to three times higher than for thoseborn in the logging camps.

Ros Clubb from Britain’s Royal Society for the Pre-vention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) says diet andlifestyle are the key factors influencing elephantlifespan in zoos.

“The vast majority are overweight in zoos, this couldexplain the high still-birth rates and why they’re dy-ing early. Bigger mothers have bigger calves and moreof these are still-born,” she said.—Internet

Trung Le, 33, sits with his robot, named Aiko, athis parents house in Brampton, Ont., on 11 Dec,

2008.—INTERNET

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Senate report ties Rumsfeld toAbu Ghraib abuse

Bone drug helps chemofight breast cancer

Sumatra quake likely infew decades

WASHINGTON, 12 Dec — Another devastating earthquakealong the coast of western Sumatra is likely during thelifetime of many people now living there, researchers arewarning.

More than 200,000 died when a quake in that regiongenerated a tsunami across the Indian Ocean on 26 Dec,2004, and quakes have continued, including a major shockin 2007.

A research team led by Kerry Sieh of the CaliforniaInstitute of Technology reports in Friday’s edition of thejournal Science that a quake with loss of life and propertyequal to that of 2004 could occur within the next fewdecades. The researchers reached their conclusion studyingearthquake history of the region and sea-level changesrecorded on corals.

They found a series of events from 1350 to 1380, from1606 to 1685 and from 1797 to 1833. The 2007 quakeseems to be part of a similar pattern, they suggested, but thehistory is so variable they cannot make an exact forecast.

“Nevertheless, to those living in harm’s way on thecoasts of western Sumatra, it should be useful to know thatthe next great earthquake and tsunami are likely to occurwithin the next few decades, well within the lifetimes ofchildren and young adults living there now,” Sieh’s teamconcluded.—Internet

Former US Secretary ofDefence Donald

Rumsfeld. —INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 12 Dec –Former Defence SecretaryDonald Rumsfeld andother senior US officialsshare much of the blamefor detainee abuse at AbuGhraib prison in Iraq, andGuantanamo Bay, Cuba,according to portions of areport released onThursday by the SenateArmed ServicesCommittee.

The report’s executivesummary, made public bythe committee’s De-mocratic chairman SenCarl Levin of Michigan and

its top Republican Sen. JohnMcCain of Arizona, saidRumsfeld contributed to theabuse by authorizingaggressive interrogationtechniques at GuantanamoBay on 2 Dec, 2002.

He rescinded the

authorization six weekslater. But the report saidword of his approvalcontinued to spread withinUS military circles andencouraged the use of harshtechniques as far away asIraq and Afghanistan.

The report concludedthat Rumsfeld’s actionswere “a direct cause ofdetainee abuse” atGuantanamo and“influenced and contributedto the use of abusivetechniques ... inAfghanistan and Iraq.”

Internet

This undated photoprovided by their fa-ther Dong Yun Yoon,shows Grace Yoon, leftand Rachel Yoon, 2months. Grace, Racheland two other mem-bers of their familywere killed when amilitary F/A-18D jetcrashed into the Yoonhouse on Monday inthe University Cityneighborhood of SanDiego.—INTERNET

FDA advisers: restrict some asthma drugs

People visit the Japanese design exhibition“Kansei” at the Arts Decoratifs museum in

Paris.—INTERNET

Pensioners fencing in Melbourne. Sarcasm may be the lowest form of wit, butAustralian scientists are using it to diagnose dementia, according to

research.—INTERNET

Man sprays ‘toilet-papering’teens with fox urine

SAN ANTONIO, 12 Dec— New research addsfresh hope that a drug thatstrengthens bones mightalso fight breast cancer.Women who were giventhe drug, Zometa, as partof their initial treatmenthad greater tumorshrinkage and were lesslikely to need radicalsurgery, according to apreliminary studyreported on Thursday at acancer conference inTexas.

In June, doctors werestunned when a big studyfound that Zometa —given to prevent bone losscaused by certain cancertreatments — also greatlycut the risk that cancerwould recur in womenwho developed the diseasebefore menopause.

Cancer specialists areeagerly awaiting the finalresults of a second,ongoing study testingZometa in 3,360 womenwho had breast cancer

after menopause — amuch more commonsituation.

Its leaders gave a mini-report Thursday on 205participants who hadchemotherapy to try toshrink their tumors beforesurgery.

Internet

WILLMAR (Minn),12Dec—A 50-yaear-old manwho told authorities he wasfed up with teens toilet-papering his house decidedto defend his property —with a squirt gun filled withfox urine. Now, ScottWagar is in trouble withthe law.

Wagar pleaded notguilty on Wednesday inKandiyohi County DistrictCourt to misdemeanorassault and other charges.

He was released onpersonal recognizance.

According to police,Wagar was on his propertyon 16 Sept when he usednight vision goggles to see15-20 people runningtoward his place. He toldpolice that he told them toleave, swore at them andsprayed them with the foxurine. He also allegedlystruggled with one of theteens.

Internet WASHINGTON, 12 Dec—Government health advisersrecommended restrictionsThursday on some long-acting asthma drugs,although not Advair, a top-selling medication.

Outside experts advisingthe Food and DrugAdministration said Foradiland Serevent no longershould be used for asthma.But they said the benefits ofthe more widely used Advairand Symbicort clearlyoutweigh the risks.

Each contains aningredient that relaxesmuscles around stressedairways. But that may masksymptoms that can trigger

life-threatening asthmaattacks. Advair andSymbicort contain a secondingredient that reducesinflammation insidebreathing passages and mayhelp patients avoid suchproblems.

For all four drugs, theFDA’s drug safety expertshad recommendedrestrictions, including notusing them to treat asthmaticchildren. The agency’srespiratory specialistsdisagreed, saying the riskswere manageable.

With its own expertsdeadlocked, the FDA calledin an unusually large panelof nearly 30 outside advisers.

The medical and scientificexperts said Advair andSymbicort should continueto be used with all patients,including children. TheFDA usually follows therecommendations of itsoutside advisers.

The panelists wereunanimous in recommend-ing that Advair (on a 27-0vote) and Symbicort (on a26-0 vote) continue to beused with adults. For Foradil,there were 18 “no” votesand nine “yes” votes — a“no” vote means the risksare greater than the benefits.For Serevent, “no” votesheld a 17-10 edge.

Internet

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S P O R T S

BORDEAUX, 12 Dec –Laurent Blanc claimed itwas no surprise a Frenchteam has not won theChampions League in 15years, saying his Bor-deaux side’s lack of indi-vidual talent and a 100-million-euro budget costthem dear.

Bordeaux footballcoach Laurent Blanc.

INTERNET

No surprise French clubs donot excel in C1

Bordeaux’s 2-0 defeatin Rome on Wednesdaynight meant they have theconsolation of the UEFACup instead of a contin-ued Champions Leaguecampaign.

The former WorldCup-winning defenderclaimed the 16 firstknockout round qualifiershave big money to spendto get the players requiredto compete at the highestlevel on the continentalstage.

“I thought we werenot far from goingthrough but that little bitextra we needed is in facta huge gap,” Blanc saidafter Thursday training.

Internet

MADRID ,12 Dec – Bar-celona officials havewarned their side to be onguard on Saturday whenthey meet rivals Real Ma-drid, who are determinedto win under new coachJuande Ramos following astring of poor results.

“It is an injured Realwho will be coming here.We must be very carefuland make sure that they donot use the match torelaunch themselves, asthey have in other years,”said Barcelona presidentJoan Laporta.

“It seems that everyoneexpects us to win easily, itwill not be easy... we haveto keep our feet on theground,” he added.

Barcelona are at the topof the Spanish league,nine points ahead offourth-place Real, andwere seen as the favour-ites to win the match untilthe reigning Spanishchampions on Tuesdayousted their Germancoach Bernd Schuster andreplaced him, effectiveimmediately, with Ramos.

“With Schuster weknew more or less whatthey did, with the newcoach there will be otherthings, it will be a verydifficult match,” said Bar-

Barcelona urged to be waryof Real Madrid

New coach of RealMadrid Juande

Ramos.—INTERNET

celona coach JosepGuardiola.—Internet

MANCHESTER, 12 Dec –Manchester United face anervous wait to learnwhether they will be de-prived of the services ofWayne Rooney for aChampions League sec-ond round tie which couldpit them against eitherReal Madrid or Inter Mi-lan.

Rooney was fortunateto escape a red card overan incident in Wednes-day’s 2-2 draw withAalborg in which heapeared to trample on thechest of the Danish side’smidfielder KasperRisgard, but he could yetface disciplinary actiononce UEFA reviews the

Manchester United’sEnglish forward Wayne

Rooney.—INTERNET

Man Utd left sweating onUEFA Rooney verdict

video of the match.Risgard was con-

vinced Rooney shouldhave been sent off. “Idon’t know what hap-pened but he was jumpingon my chest,” he said. “Ithink he was a little bitfrustrated.—Internet

HONG KONG,12 Dec –World number one JelenaJankovic is working hard toget into shape for the 2009season as she bids to breakher Grand Slam duck at nextmonth’s Australian Open.The Serbian won four titlesthis year and ends 2008 asthe top player after a see-sawbattle for the number onespot but has yet to win oneof the four majors.

“I’m really traininghard and doing my best toget as fit as possible. Ihope to be ready and inthe best shape ever by theAustralian Open becausemy goal is to win,” saidJankovic, speaking to re-

Jankovic confident of breakingSlam duck

Jelena Jankovic ofSerbia.—INTERNET

porters here by telephonefrom the United States.

The 23-year-old, backon the courts and in thegym after two weeks’holiday in Hawaii,reached the semi-finals oflast year’s opening GrandSlam as well as the semi-final of the French Openand final of the US Open.

Internet

MELBOURNE ,12 Dec –Lindsay Davenport hasindicated she intends con-tinuing playing on theWTA Tour by officiallyentering next month’sAustralian Open, organis-ers said Thursday.

The former worldnumber one and 2000Australian Open cham-pion has not played sincethe US Open last Augustand there was speculationthat she may retire fromcompetitive tennis.

But Australian Openofficials said the 32-year-old American mum in-tends to return to Mel-bourne Park to play in the

DUBAI, 12 Dec –Annika Sorenstam startedthe final tournament ofher career on Thursdaywith a 2-under 70, fourshots off the lead at theDubai Ladies Masters.

The defending cham-pion closed with back-to-back bogeys at EmiratesGolf Club after startingfrom the 10th tee. She dou-ble-bogeyed the 18th, buthad seven birdies at the sea-son-ending tournament onthe Ladies European Tour.

Johanna Head of Eng-land opened with a bogey-free 66 to lead AnjaMonke of Germany bytwo shots. England’sKatharina Schallenberg,

Sorenstam opens final tournamentwith 70 in Dubai

Annika Sorenstam fromSweden reacts after she

missed a ball on the15th during the first

round of Dubai LadiesMasters golf tourna-

ment in Dubai, UnitedArab Emirates, on 11Dec, 2008.—INTERNET

Sweden’s Maria Bodenand Italy’s Veronica Zorzieach shot 69s.

Sorenstam started withthree birdies in her firstfour holes before drop-ping a shot on the 14th.On the par-5 18th, herthird shot to the greenspun back into the waterhazard guarding the frontof the green.

“I got off to a tremen-dous start,” Sorenstamsaid. “Played well forabout 14 holes and col-lapsed on the other four,which is a bummer whenyou feel so good aboutsomething and then youcome in with such a terri-ble finish.”—Internet

Lindsay Davenport.INTERNET

Organisers say Davenportenters Australian Open

year’s opening GrandSlam tournament from 19January to 1 February.

“We are really excitedthat she has entered,”tournament director CraigTiley said. “She is a worldclass player and a greatambassador for oursport.”—Internet

Pavin officially selectedRyder Cup captain

In this photo releasedby the PGA of America,

golfer Corey Pavin isshown with the RyderCup trophy during a

new conference wherehe was introduced as

the next US captain forthe Ryder Cup on 11Dec, 2008, in NewYork.—INTERNET

WIGAN ,12 Dec – Wiganmanager Steve Bruce hastold Chelsea boss LuizFelipe Scolari to forgetabout signing Egypt strikerAmr Zaki.

Zaki has caughtScolari’s eye after scoringeight times in the PremierLeague since joining onloan from El Zamalek andthe Blues have been linkedwith a big-money bid whenthe transfer window reo-pens in January.

But Bruce is determined

Bruce tells Scolari to forget aboutsigning Zaki

Egypt striker Amr

Zaki—INTERNET

NEW YORK,12 Dec –Corey Pavin’s hand wasshaking so badly that allhe could do was drop theball and hope it stayed onthe tee. It was his firstRyder Cup overseas, andhe had the opening tee

shot at The Belfry.Pavin composed him-

self and won threematches to help theUnited States to victoryin 1993. That was the lasttime the Americans wonthe Ryder Cup in Europe,and the last time they suc-cessfully defended thecup.

Now the pressure is onPavin to repeat thosefeats — this time as acaptain.

“The nerves you feelat the Ryder Cup arenothing like you feel any-where else in golf,” Pavinsaid on Thursday as hewas introduced as captainat a news conference.“I’ve won the US Open— it felt like a walk in thepark compared to theRyder Cup.”—Internet

to keep the 25-year-old andinsists he will remain at theJJB Stadium for the rest ofthe season.

Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been gener-ally fair in Chin, Rakhine and Mon States, lower Sagaing,Magway and Ayeyawady Divisions and partly cloudy inthe remaining areas.Night temperatures were (3˚C) to(4˚C) below December average temperatures in ShanState and upper Sagaing Division, (5˚C) below Decem-ber average temperatures in Taninthayi Division, (3˚C)above December average temperatures in Rakhine Stateand about December average temperatures in the remain-ing areas. The significant night temperatures were Loilem(1˚C), Namsam and Hakha (4˚C) each and Pinlaung (5˚C).

Maximum temperature on 11-12-2008 was 91˚F.Minimum temperature on 12-12-2008 was 62˚F. Rela-tive humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 12-12-2008 was80%. Total sunshine hours on 11-12-2008 was (7.1) hrsapprox.

Rainfall on 12-12-2008 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was (110.31) inches at Mingaladon,(120.95) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (140.94) inches at Central Yangon. Maxi-mum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mphfrom North at (08:30) hours MST on 12-12-2008.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and South Bay and generally fair else-where in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 13th December2008: Weather will be partly cloudy in Kachin, Chin andRakhine States, Sagaing, Bago, Yangon and TaninthayiDivisions and generally fair in the remaining States andDivisions.

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofslight decrease of night temperature in the Northeasternparts of Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 13-12-2008: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 13-12-2008: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 13-12-2008: Generally fair weather.

Weather outlook for third weekend of December2008: During the coming weekend, weather will be partlycloudy in Yangon Division, generally fair in Nay Pyi Tawand Mandalay Division.

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400 kilos of opium, weaponsseized in S Afghanistan

BERLIN, 12 Dec— A worker in a meat factory inwestern German city of Saarbruecken has been infectedwith the potentially fatal disease anthrax, Germannews agency DPA reported on Thursday.

However, German authorities said Thursdayanthrax had not come from the plant's meat.

The man, a French national who commutes acrossthe border to work in German city of Saarbruecken,had been infected on a farm in the French region ofLorraine, health officials was quoted as saying byDPA. The man was under treatment.—MNA/Xinhua

Worker in German factoryinfected with anthrax

KABUL, 12 Dec— Afghan National Security Forces(ANSF) supported by NATO-led International SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF) have seized and destroyed “asizeable quantity of drugs and weapons” in southernAfghanistan, said an ISAF statement released here onThursday. The joint forces during the operation in theNawa area of southern province Helmand earlier thisweek discovered about 400 kilogrammes of wet opium inthe targeted compound with an estimated street value ofnearly 1.5 million US dollars, the statement said. “Thosedrugs were destroyed later.” It said that large number ofweapons and ammunition were also found at the sameplace, including rocket propelled grenades, mortar rounds,small arms and components of explosive.—Internet

Rare positioning of planets Venus (top left) andJupiter (top right) and the crescent moon of theEarth provides a ‘smiley’ effect that captivatedAsia Monday night on 2 Dec, 2008.—INTERNET

A girl born with two faces rests in her relative's lapat Saini village in Noida, some 55 km (34 miles)

from New Delhi.—INTERNET

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1st Waning of Nadaw 1370 ME Saturday, 13 December, 2008

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 12Dec—The GraduationParade of the 51st Intakeof Defence ServicesAcademy took place atthe parade ground ofDSA in PyinOoLwin at8 a.m. today, with aspeech by Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices Senior GeneralThan Shwe.

It was also at-tended by Member of theState Peace and Devel-opment Council GeneralThura Shwe Mann of theMinistry of Defence,SPDC Secretary-1Quartermaster-GeneralLt-Gen Thiha Thura TinAung Myint Oo, SPDC

Senior General Than Shwe addresses GraduationParade of 51st Intake of Defence Services Academy

Member Lt-Gen Tin Ayeof the Ministry of De-fence, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Rear-Ad-miral Nyan Tun, Com-mander-in-Chief (Air)Lt-Gen Myat Hein, Maj-Gen Ohn Myint, Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaingand Lt-Gen Khin Zaw ofthe Ministry of Defence,Adjutant-General Lt-Gen Thura Myint Aung,Defence-Services In-spector-General Maj-Gen Thein Htaik, Mili-tary Appointment-Gen-eral Maj-Gen HsanHsint, Judge Advocate-General Maj-Gen SoeMaung, Lt-Gen MyintHlaing and Lt-Gen Ye

Myint of the Ministry ofDefence, Chief ofArmed Forces TrainingMaj-Gen Hla Htay Win,Defence Services Inspec-tion and Auditor-General(Army, Navy and Air)Maj-Gen Maung Shein,Commander of North-East Command Maj-GenAung Than Htut, Com-mander of North-WestCommand Maj-GenMyint Soe, Commanderof Central Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe, ministersMaj-Gen Htay Oo, UAung Thaung, U Thaung,Col Zaw Min, Brig-GenThein Zaw, Brig-Gen LunThi, Dr Chan Nyein andBrig-Gen Thein Aung,

Vice-Chiefs of ArmedForces Training Maj-GenZaw Win and Brig-GenThoe Htein, DirectorsMaj-Gen Mya Win, Maj-Gen Tin Soe, Brig-GenKyaw Nyunt, Brig-GenMaung Maung Ohn, Maj-Gen Khin Maung Tint,Maj-Gen Hlaing Myint,Brig-Gen Nyan Tun, Maj-Gen Than Htay, seniormilitary officers,PyinOoLwin StationCommander Brig-GenZeyar Aung, MandalayMayor Brig-Gen PhoneZaw Han, departmentalofficials, Military

inspected them.The graduating

battalions marched pastthe Commander-in-Chief of Defence Serv-ices.

The Senior Gen-eral presented Best Ca-det Award to Cadet HanZaw Tun, Award for Ex-cellent Performance inTraining to Cadet MyintThu Soe, Award for Ex-cellent Performance inStudy (Science) to Ca-det Paing Thu Htet andAward for Excellent Per-formance in Study(Computer Science) to

Cadet Kyaw Paing.Next, the Senior

General delivered an ad-dress to the graduatingbattalions. (The speech ofthe Senior General is re-ported separately.)

After taking the sa-lute of the battalions, theSenior General left theparade ground.

After the gradua-tion parade, Senior Gen-eral Than Shwe met withfour outstanding cadetsand their parents at thehall of the DSA Head-quarters.

MNA

Attachés of foreign mis-sions to the Union ofMyanmar, members ofsocial organizations, par-ents and relatives of thegraduate cadets andguests.

Senior GeneralThan Shwe took the sa-lute of the graduating bat-talions of the DSA and

Commander-in-

Chief of Defence

Services Senior

General Than Shwe

presents Best Cadet

Award to Cadet Han

Zaw Tun.—MNA

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwedelivers an address at Graduation Parade of the 51st Intake of Defence

Services Academy.—MNA

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