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Volume XVII, Number 103 7th Waxing of Wagaung 1371 ME Tuesday, 28 July, 2009

NAY PYI TAW, 27 July—Vice -Chairman of theState Peace and Development Council DeputyCommander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Ayereceived Military Attaché of the Republic of Korea to

Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development CouncilDeputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army)

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye receives Military Attachés of ROK

the Union of Myanmar Colonel Lee Nae Chan who hadcompleted his tour of duties and his successor ColonelLee Seok Young at the Bayintnaung Yeiktha, here, thismorning. Also present on the occasion together withVice-Senior General Maung Aye were member of the

State Peace and Development Council General ThuraShwe Mann, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Nyan Tun, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein, and Lt-Gen Ye Myint of Ministry ofDefence.—MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye cordially greets outgoing Militaryattaché of Republic of Korea to the Union of Myanmar Colonel Lee Nae

Chan at Bayintnaung Yeiktha in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye receives Colonel Lee Nae Chan and Colonel Lee Seok Young at Bayintnaung Yeiktha in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye cordially greets incoming Militaryattaché of Republic of Korea to the Union of Myanmar Colonel Lee

Seok Young at Bayintnaung Yeiktha in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

* 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 Con-

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

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Tuesday, 28 July, 2009 * 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

Strictly observe traffic rules

to reduce traffic accidents

The number of road accidents have been

on the increase in many nations in the world,

including Myanmar, due to the growing

population and vehicles. As traffic accidents

can cause losses, both social and economic, all

road users—drivers as well as pedestrians—

are required to abide by traffic rules.

The number of traffic accidents and of

people who died or were injured during the

first half of the year 2009 has increased,

compared with the same period in 2008. It was

reported that there were more than 400 road

accidents during the period from January to

June this year and over 100 people died and

more than 900 were injured. In other words,

there is an average of 70 road accidents, 18

deaths and 160 injuries every month.

The study of traffic accidents shows

that the cases of vehicles running over people

is more common than those of crashes between

vehicles. If passenger buses crash or overturn,

it can cause more deaths and injuries.

It can be seen that traffic accidents are

frequently caused by those who drive

recklessly or try to overtake others or drive

under the influence. It must be seen to it that

every driver observes traffic rules, that no

one drives under the influence and that no

one breaks the speed limit for downtown and

uptown areas.

Moreover, slow-moving vehicles and

pedestrians are also required to abide by traffic

rules. Pedestrians should walk on the pavement

or cross the road through zebra crossing or an

overbridge. And owners must also have their

vehicles checked and serviced constantly.

We believe that there will be fewer road

accidents if those concerned often educate

people on traffic rules and drivers, pedestrians

and slow-moving vehicles strictly observe the

respective traffic rules.

Minister Vice-Admiral SoeThein visits Industrial Training CentreProject (Pakokku) in Pakokku Industrial Region.—MNA

Director U Nay Myo Aung of MCG Co Ltdaddresses annual dinner and prize-

presenting ceremony for dealers of thecompany.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 27

July—Minister for

Industry-2 Vice-Admiral

Soe Thein inspected the

Heavy Truck Factory

Project (Magway) in

Magway Industrial

Region on 24 July

afternoon.

On arrival at No (2)

Farm Machinery Factory

(Malun), he gave

instructions, calling for

boosting production of

popular items that are in

demand, and turning to

customer satisfaction in

producing casting forging

parts orders placed by

other departments.

On 26 July, he

visited the Industrial

Training (Pakokku) in

Pakokku Industr ial

Region and gave

Industry-2 Minister tours industrial regions

instruct ions on

conducting the courses

on schedule. He

inspected progress in

construction of the lecture

hall.

He also inspected the

Machine and Machine Tools

Factory (Myaing).— MNA

CHIGO Airconditioner holds

annual prize-presenting ceremony

YANGON, 27 July—

MCG Co Ltd conducted

p r i z e - p r e s e n t i n g

ceremony for dealers

along with annual dinner

for 2009 at Traders Hotel

on Sule Pagoda Road here

yesterday.

Director U Nay Myo

Aung of MCG Co Ltd

explained facts about

Chigo Airconditioner

and company. The

officials presented prizes

to shops for their

performances in the

greatest sales and made

lucky draw programme

for those present.

MCG Co Ltd, a sole

agent, has been

distributing assorted

CHIGO Air-con used in

home, industry and

factory.

Customers are

pleased to use CHIGO

Air-con due to the use of

latest Japanese

technology, compressors

and micro-processor

control that can help users

to display error code in

display screen if there is

anything malfunction

detected. So the users can

repair the set with ease.

The company also

provides good services

and spare parts are easily

available for customer

convenience .

MCG Co Ltd has

been importing quality-

CHIGO Air-con

including auto-restart, 4-

way system air flow and

over energy saving

functions. The company

gives three years

warranty which is free

of charge for parts and

services rendered for

first one year and free

for services rendered for

the rest.

CHIGO Air-cons are

now available at sale

agents in states and

divisions and Head

Office No. 216, ground

floor, 38th street (upper),

Kyauktada township,

Yangon, (ph: 373472,

705060, 09-5066939,

09-5176789).—MNA

YANGON, 27 July—

The free article contest in

commemoration of the

International Literacy

Day 2009 will be held,

hailing the International

Literacy Day which will

fall on 8 September, 2009.

Anyone may

participate in the contest

with an article that is not

less than 3,000 not more

than 4,000 words.

The manuscript must

be written on A4 page,

only on its one side with

computer or typewriter or

by hand in clarity and two

Free Article Contest for International

Literacy Day 2009 to be held

manuscripts (original &

copy) may be mailed to U

Khin Maung Lu, Director,

Myanmar Educational

Research Bureau at

No.426, Pyay Road,

Universities Post Office,

Kamayut Township,

Yangon, enclosed with

admission that the

manuscript is of own

writing, CV, and three

colour photos (1.5∞2

inches), not later than 21

August (Friday).

Fore more

information, dial 503987.

MNA

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A person watches anexcavator working at

the site of the landslidein Kangding, southwest

China’s SichuanProvince, on 26 July,

2009.—INTERNET

The remains of ahouse washed awayafter heavy rains at

Umi in Fukuokaprefecture. Rescue

crews recovered threemore bodies from

landslides and a riverin southern Japan onMonday, raising to 10

the death toll fromdisasters brought by

heavy weekend rains,police said.—INTERNET

Israeli missile defencesystem improved

JERUSALEM, 27 July—The Israel military announcedon Sunday it had conducted a successful high-seas testof the Barak missile defence system.

Ynetnews.com reported the experiment involved asimulated enemy missile targeted at a ship, with theBarak system intercepting the missile. A top-rankingNavy official said the Barak defence system hit anddestroyed the enemy missile.

The updated system can identify and intercept im-proved enemy missiles, and fire on them automati-cally, Israel News reported. Updates were institutedfollowing a determination that powers in the regioncould soon launch an attack from the sea with advancedmissiles.—Internet

Water crisis uproots Syrianfarmers

SHAIZAR CASTLE, 27 July— Only a few decades ago,fish were plentiful in the Orontes river which for thou-sands of years has provided water to the lush Syrianplains, at the crossroads of the ancient world.

These days the Orontes’s 12th century norias, enor-mous water wheels famous for their distinctive creak,barely turn in the weak tides. Algae covers the river’ssurface and the desert has been closing in.

“The river has become so polluted. The quality ofour produce has suffered and there is barely enoughnow to feed my family,” said 80-year-old farmerMohammad al-Hamdo.

Internet

Sweden: Apartment firekills woman, 5 daughters

STOCKHOLM, 27 July—A woman in her 40s and herfive daughters were killed when they tried to escapean apartment fire in a Stockholm suburb, police andmedia reports said on Sunday.

Three other people were injured in the blaze lateSaturday in Rinkeby, a suburb of the Swedish capital.Police say the victims were found in a stairwell.

The cause of the fire was not immediately clear butinvestigators say they believe it was an accident.

Swedish media reported that the woman and herdaughters, ranging from a baby to a girl in her teens,lived in an apartment above the fire. They apparentlytried to escape down the stairwell even though it wasfull of smoke. “If the mother and the children hadstayed in their apartment instead of fleeing into thestairwell, they would most likely have survived,” res-cue spokesman Christer Angehov was quoted as say-ing by TV4.—Internet

Afghan vice-presidentialcandidate survives ambushKUNDUZ, 27 July—One of Afghan President Hamid

Karzai’s vice presidential running mates in nextmonth’s elections escaped unhurt from an ambush byTaleban militants on Sunday, officials said.

Mohammad Qasim Fahim, the former head of analliance that toppled the Taleban in 2001, was am-bushed on a road in northern Kunduz Province wherehe was campaigning on Karzai’s behalf for the Au-gust 20 poll, said senior campaign official ZalmaiMujadidi. Kunduz governor Mohammad Omar saidFahim was traveling by road to the adjacent TakharProvince on Sunday afternoon when his convoy wasattacked by militants.—Internet

No end to violence in blood-soakedMexican state

NUEVA ITALIA, 27 July—Close to a black crosswhere Mexican drug car-tels used to place the sev-ered heads of their rivals,and near the site where themutilated bodies of 12 po-lice officers were found, avendor has little success athis roadside stall selling“lucky” toy rabbits.

The wind-up rabbitswobbled and jumpedaround a small wood tablethe vendor had set up on theFour Roads route, on a road

in this largely rural westernMexican state known as“Michoacan Bravo”—Wild Michoacan. The stateis home to La FamiliaMichoacana, a ruthless,pseudo Christian cult-likedrug organization thatmade its appearance in dra-matic fashion in 2006 whenmembers rolled five de-capitated heads onto anightclub dance floor.

Violence has since beenon the upswing, even afterPresident Felipe Calderon

deployed thousands of sol-diers and federal police tothis state — his home state— of 4.2 million residents.

Even toys “don’t dis-tract us,” said the middle-aged vendor, gazing sadlyat the ground. “The truthis we don’t believe in any-thing, not lucky amulets,not anything,” saidRosalba Hernandez, whowas at a federal policecheckpoint outside thetown. “Things get worseevery day.”—Internet

BEIJINE, 27 July — The numberof phone users in China hassurpassed one billion by the end ofJune, boosted by the launch of thethird-generation (3G) network,statistics from the Ministry ofIndustry and Informat ionTechnology (MIIT) has shown.China added 43.5 million phoneusers during January-June, bringingthe total to 1.025 billion.

During the period, fixed-linetelephone users dropped by more

China’s telephone usersexceed one billion

than 10 million, while mobile phoneusers jumped by nearly 54 million.To improve 3G network efficiency,China's top three telecommunicationoperators, China Telecom, ChinaMobile and China Unicom, invested80 billion yuan so far this year.

The top three operators havestarted trial 3G operation, whichallows mobile phone users todownload data faster, make videocalls and watch TV shows.

MNA/Xinhua

A resident checks the damage of a burnt vehicle as a policeman stands guard atthe site of a bomb attack in Baghdad on 27 July, 2009.—Internet

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NEW YORK, 27 July—Federal Reserve Chair-man Ben Bernanke toldan audience in Missourion Sunday unemploymentwill exceed 10 percentbefore receding in the sec-ond half of 2009.

In an appearance at atown hall in Kansas City,Mo, Bernanke said theeconomy is showing signsof improvement but hesaid recovery will not berapid, CNN Money re-ported.

During the event —“Bernanke on theRecord” — the Fed

China’s Zhang Yu (C) smiles on the stage after she was crowned winner ofthe 4th Asian Super Model Contest in Nanning, capital of southwest China’s

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on 26 July, 2009.—INTERNET

Workers fix solar energy panels on the top floor of the Chinese Pavilion at theShanghai Expo Site, Shanghai, east China, on 25 July, 2009. 1,264 solar

energy panels will be fixed on the top floor of the Chinese Pavilion, which couldgenerate 300 kilowatt-hours of electricity per hour in the sunny days.—XINHUA

Tourists look at a bevy of red-crowned cranes at the wetland of the ZhalongNature Reserve in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, on 25 July, 2009.

Located near Qiqihar City in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, theZhalong Nature Reserve is a perfect habitat for red-crowned cranes, and also

a perfect observation site for bird fans at home and abroad.—XINHUA

Bernanke says unemploymentto top 10 percent

chairman took questionsfrom audience membersand from moderator JimLehrer, the host of“NewsHour”on PBS.

Bernanke said the re-cession, which he said isthe worst since the GreatDepression, could resultin an economy that isstronger than it was beforethe downturn began.

“The silver lining inthis whole thing is that

people are starting to savemore, since they saw whathappened with 401(k) in-vestments,” he said.

Bernanke said the USgovernment is takingsteps intended to preventsimilar downturns.

“I don’t think we’llever completely eliminatefinancial crises, but thereare ways to make sure onethis severe never happensagain,” he said.—Internet

BEIJING, 27 July—German luxury carmaker Audi AG,which is owned by Volkswagen Group, plans to open anew 100,000-vehicle assemble plant in September inChina to meet growing demand in the world’s biggestauto market, reported on Monday’s China Daily.

The 1 billion yuan plant will be in the northeasterncity of Changchun. It will double Audi’s productioncapacity to 200,000 units a year, the newspaper said,citing Zhang Xiaojun, executive deputy general man-ager of the Audi Sales Division at Sino-German carjoint venture FAW Volkswagen Automobile Co Ltd.

The first two models to roll off the new assemblyline will be the Audi A4L sedan and Q5 SUV. TheA4L is now made at an existing 100,000-unit factoryin Changchun that also produces the Audi A6L sedan.Production of the Q5 will begin at its new plant at theend of this year.—Internet

SINGAPORE, 27 July —Despite the 20 percentimprovement in theGross Domestic Product(GDP) in the secondquarter of this year, Sin-gapore’s economic out-look is still dependent onother major economieslike the United States,Europe and the rest ofAsia, a Singapore gov-ernment official said hereon Sunday.

According to ChannelNewsAsia reports onSunday night, Singa-pore’s Finance MinisterTharman Shanmugarat-nam made the remarkswhile addressing a localdistrict meeting.

Internet

BEIJING, 27 July— Ap-ple Inc and four recordlabels are working on aplan to increase digitalsales of albums, while thecomputer maker is alsoseparately developing atablet-sized device, ac-cording to media reports

SINGAPORE, 27 July—Oil prices rose above $68 abarrel on Monday in Asia as a rally fueled by an im-proving economic and corporate outlook extended intoa third week.

Benchmark crude for September delivery was up59 cents to $68.64 a barrel by midday Singapore timein electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Ex-change. On Friday, the contract rose 89 cents to settleat $68.05.

Oil has rebounded from $58.78 a barrel earlier thismonth as stronger economic results from the US andChina boosted investor optimism.

The Dow Jones industrial average has risen about11 percent during the last 10 days.

Internet

DUBLIN, 27 July—Irishairline Ryanair (RYA I)on Monday posted abetter-than-expected 550percent rise in first quarterprofit thanks to a large re-duction in fuel costs butsaid its outlook remainedcautious for the rest of theyear.

Ryanair, one of theworld’s biggest airlinesby market value, said netprofit for the three months

Economicoutlook in

Singapore stilluncertainty

Apple, record labels to boost digital albums saleson Monday.

Apple is working withEMI, Sony Music, WarnerMusic and Vivendi’s Uni-versal Music Group on theproject with the sideshoping for a launch in Sep-tember.

The project with the

record companies aims tooffer interactive featureswith music downloads, thereports said.

Apple also hopes tooffer the tablet-sized com-puter in time for Christmasshopping, which willconnect to the Internet likeApple’s iPod Touch andwhose screen may be upto 10 inches (25.4 cm)diagonally, the reportssaid.—Internet

Audi to open 100,000-vehicleassemble plant in China

Oil rises above $68 as rallyextends to third week

Ryanair Q1 earnings up 550 percentto 30 June came in at136.5 million euros($193.8 million). Thatcompared with 132 mil-lion euros on average ex-pected by three analystssurveyed by Reuters.

“Thanks to a 13 per-cent reduction in averagefares we grew traffic by11 percent, a robust per-formance in a deeprecession, when many ofour competitors were

cutting flights, losingtraffic and reportingincreased losses,” ChiefExecutive MichaelO’Leary said in astatement.

While rivals exposedto the weak premium sec-tor shrink in the face offalling demand, Ryanairis hoping to mop up busi-ness from cost-conscioustravelers during the globalrecession.—Internet

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Bangladesh seeks China’ssupport for tunnel construction

6.2 magnitude earthquakeoccurs off Vanuatu

WELLINGTON, 27 July— A strong earthquakemeasuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck the Pacificisland nation of Vanuatu on Monday, the US Geo-logical Survey said.

The quake, occurred at 10:01 am Vanuatu localtime (23:01 GMT Sunday), was centered 30 km westof the Vanuatu capital of Port Villa. It was at a depthof 67.3 km.

No casualties or damages were reported so far.No tsunami warning had been issued by the Ha-

waii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.Xinhua

Strong quake rocksSumatra, Indonesia

JAKARTA, 27 July—An earthquake with a magni-tude of 6.1 jolted waters off Bengkulu Province ofSumatra island in western parts of Indonesia onMonday morning, Meteorology and GeophysicsAgency said here. The quake struck at 6:10 am Ja-karta time (2310 GMT) with epicenter at 73 kmsouthwest Bintuhan of Bengkulu Province and at 57km under sea bed, an official of the agency HendraRahman told Xinhua.

The intensity of the quake was felt at 3 MMI(Modified Mercally Intensity) in Kepahiang of theprovince and Liwa of nearby Lampung Province,he said.

Xinhua Vietnam proposes measures to

boost exports to China

12 people injured in grenadeattack in Guatemala

MEXICO CITY, 27 July—12 people, including 11 po-licemen, were injured on Sunday in a grenade attackreportedly conducted by a local gang for extorting pro-tection money in the southeast of Guatemala City, newsreaching here reported.

The fragmentation grenade was tossed at a group ofpolicemen when they were standing outside the busesof La Union company.

The policemen were guarding the buses after thecompany was blackmailed to pay money to the gang,known as “Maras,” or face killing of its bus drivers.

The injured were immediately taken to a nearby hos-pital.

So far, more than 100 drivers and assistants havebeen killed this year, according to the Guatemalangovernment.—Xinhua

Wildfires in S Peloponneseunder control

ATHENS, 27 July—Three separate wildfires were re-ported on Sunday in the southern Peloponnese, withall three luckily being extinguished towards theevening hours, according to Athens News Agency.

According to the report, a massive fire-fighting ef-fort, including dozens of vehicles, two aircraft andthree helicopters, finally put out the wildfire on Sun-day. It is claiming that more than 350 hectares of for-est and crops have been destroyed.

Scorching hot temperatures amounting to 40 degreesCelsius have been recorded Sunday throughout Greece.

Due to the extremely high and dry weather, forestfires easily break out during the summer time in Medi-terranean countries. In 2007 big fires broke out inGreece with more than 60 deaths.

Xinhua

DHAKA, 27 July—TheBangladeshi governmentis seeking Chinese supportfor construction of aplanned tunnel underneathKarnaphuli river to im-prove road links of thecountry’s commerciallyimportant SoutheasternChittagong port city, some242km away of capital cityDhaka. Bangladeshi Com-munications Minister SyedAbul Hossain said thisSunday while speaking inChittagong at a ceremony

to mark the start of the fi-nal construction phase ofthe third bridge over theKarnaphuli river under-neath which the plannedtunnel will be constructed,private television channelATN reported.

“A seven-member teamof the Economic RelationsDepartment under FinanceMinistry, which is going toBeijing on 28 July to at-tend the Joint EconomicCommission (JEC) meet-ing, will take the issue for

discussion with the Chi-nese government,” theminister said.

He said the team willdiscuss in details regardingto financial and technicalassistance of the Chinesegovernment for construc-tion of the planned tunnel.

Hossain said the tunnelunderneath of the riverwould greatly improvetransport links between thenorth and south parts of thecountry’s second largestcity Chittagong.—Xinhua

Members of bands perform guzheng, an ancient Chinese musical instrument,during a guzheng music festival held in Beijing, China, on 26 July, 2009.

Some 11 concerts and two forums will be held to promote Chinese traditionalmusic during the festival opened on Sunday. —XINHUA

Honour guard of theRussian airborne

forces take part in aparade after the

real-combat simula-tion of the “Peace

Mission-2009” jointanti-terror militaryexercise in Taonan

of northeast China’sJilin Province,

on 26 July, 2009.XINHUA

A cargo ship passes theSuez Canal in Egypt on

26 July, 2009. XINHUA

HANOI, 27 July—Vietnam’s Ministryof Industry and Trade proposed fivemeasures at a recently-concluded semi-nar to boost exports to China, the localnewspaper Vietnam Investment Reviewreported on Monday.

The proposal was made in the con-text that Vietnam has seen trade deficitwith China in recent years.

According to the ministry, the firstmeasure is to build infrastructure to sup-port trade activities at Vietnam’s provinces bordering China.

The other three measures focus on

creating goods delivery system at bor-der gates with China, upgrading thecountry’s market chain at provinces bor-dering China, and making informationon China’s trade policies available forVietnam’s traders.

The fifth measure is to speed up tradepromotion to fully tap the competitiveadvantages of the border provinces, saidHoang.

According to Vietnamese figures,in 2008 alone, Vietnam saw trade defi-cit with China stand over 11 billion USdollars.—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

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NEWS ALBUM

Michael Jackson is seen in ashopping mall in Berlin.

Young love rekindledafter 85 years

A 93-year-old Illinois man says heis marrying his third-grade sweetheartafter 85 years apart.

Roland “Mac” McKitrick, 93, ofArlington Heights, proposed to LorraineBeatty, 92, of Georgia, on Tuesdaymorning, about three years after they re-connected following an 85-year lull intheir friendship, the Arlington HeightsDaily Herald reported on Thursday.

“She was my third-grade sweetheartback in 1921,” McKitrick said.“We knew each other for about oneyear. Then, for all practical purposes,we lost contact for 85 years.”

VMen use old trick to steal$120K worth of jewellery

It’s one of the oldest tricks in theplaybook of scams. New York City policesaid three men stole $120,000 worth ofjewelery at Grand Central Terminal byfurtively switching a bag containing thejewels with an identical duffel.

Metropolitan Transportation Authoritypolice said two jewellery companyemployees were transporting the bag duringrush hour at Grand Central on 24 June.

The MTA said the employee with thebag put it down “momentarily” to throwaway garbage.

That’s when two suspects created adiversion by dropping a $10 bill on theground, and telling the other jewelleryemployee that he had dropped themoney. A third suspect switched the bagfor a nearly identical one that had beenweighted down to appear as if it containedthe jewellery.

The photo shows a Sun Conure, one ofa collection of tropical birds from theZoo’s Festival of Flight free-flight birdshow. Officials at the Philadelphia Zoosay one of these tropical birds wentmissing during the show. A zoo spokes-man says the zoo is very worried aboutthe juvenile bird and that anyone whocatches a glimpse of the bird is asked to alert the zoo.

Fledgling fowl takes flight from Philadelphia ZooAttention, bird watchers: A

flamboyant feathered friend hasapparently flown the coop at thePhiladelphia Zoo.

Zoo officials say the juvenile sunconure (CON’-yer) parrot disappearedon Thursday during the Festival ofFlight bird show. Spokesman BillLarson says the zoo is very worriedabout the bird.

Larson says the birds are trained tofly from one perch to another for theshow but can get distracted or frightenedand lose their way.

The AWOL avian is mostly yellowwith a green tail.

Anyone who catches a glimpse ofthe bird is asked to alert the zoo.

Mass gov’s puppy nips woman at town hall meetingMassachusetts Gov Deval Patrick’s new puppy nipped a woman on the hand

and she later went to a hospital for evaluation.The incident occurred on Thursday after the governor brought his 9-week-old

black Lab, Tobey, with him to a town hall meeting in Boston.The puppy has been an attraction since Patrick received him last week. He has

been bringing him to work for house-training purposes.Children touring the Statehouse have asked to see Tobey, and youngsters

played with the dog at the town hall meeting.Aides say the woman was bitten when she bent down to pet the puppy but

continued to play with him nonetheless. She was left with a red mark on her hand,which was treated with a bandage. She went to the hospital as a precaution.

A lion fish rests on a wreck in the popu-lar diving site of Sabang in PuertoGalera, the northern Philippines. ThePhilippines is blessed with richhalobios diversity. The archipelagowaters hosts 330 freshwater and 2995marine fish species.

MADRID, 27 July—TheInterior Ministry saysSpain remains on highalert as firefighters com-bat wildfires in hot, tin-der-dry conditions acrossthe southern half of thecountry.

Ministry officials say

PETROPAVLOVSK, 27July— Volcanic ashreached 23,000 feet abovePetropavlovsk in Russia’sFar East as the country’snorthernmost active vol-cano continued erupting,a geophysicist said.

The Shiveluch volcanobegan erupting in Decem-ber 2006 and hasn’t stop-ped since.

The 10,771-foot vol-

PARIS, 27 July—France’s PresidentNicolas Sarkozy col-lapsed while jogging nearhis weekend retreat onSunday and was rushed tohospital where officialssaid he was “doing well”but would remain over-night.

The 54-year-old con-servative president’s wifeCarla Bruni-Sarkozyraced to his side on theback of a police motor-bike after he felt faintwhile running in the

Burnt trees are seenafter a forest fire in

Segorbe, near Valencia,Spain, on 25 July,2009.—INTERNET

Spain remains on high wildfire alertat least 24,000 hectares(59,304 acres) have beencharred by fires that havekilled six people in justover a week.

Seven active fires werestill being fought late Sun-day. Some of the fiercestoutbreaks, in Aragon and

Catalonia, were close tobeing extinguished.

Officials believe atleast one fire was causedby lightning, one wasstarted accidentally by atourist in Andalusia, andone in western Caceresmay have been started de-liberately and is being in-vestigated. An outbreakin Lesaka in northernNavarra was under con-trol the ministry said in astatement.—Internet

BAUCHI, 27 July—More than 50 Nigerianswere killed on Sunday inclashes between securityforces and militants in thenortheastern city ofBauchi, residents and hos-pital sources said.

The fighting beganearly on Sunday whenaround 70 militants armedwith guns and explosivesattacked a local police sta-tion in retaliation for thearrest of their leaders.

Police and soldiers re-pelled the attack and thenraided neighbourhoods to

Sarkozy rushed to hospital after jogging collapsewooded park around theVersailles Palace, a wit-ness said.

“The president wastaken by helicopter to theVal de Grace militaryhospital where he hasbeen undergoing testssince 1:45 pm (1145GMT),” the French presi-dency said in a statement.

“The clinical examina-tion and additional neuro-logical tests are normal.Cardiological monitoring,as is normal in these cir-cumstances, will continue

until tomorrow morning,”it added, promising anupdate on Monday.

The president’s chiefof staff, Claude Gueant,told AFP that Sarkozywas “doing well and talk-ing normally to medicalstaff”.

A presidential aidetold AFP that Sarkozyhad a problem related tohis vagus nerve — whichhelps the body regulate itsheart rate — but that doc-tors considered the prob-lem “minor”.—Internet

Nigeria clashes kill over 50 in northeastern cityarrest those responsible.Hospital sources and resi-dents said more than 50people were killed in thefighting. A Reuters re-porter counted 32 bodiesat two Bauchi police sta-tions and said dozenswere wounded among themore than 200 arrested.The official governmentdeath toll is 39, includingone soldier.

“We have pre-emptedthe militants. Otherwisethe situation would havebeen bad,” Bauchi stateGovernor Isa Yuguda

told reporters.“I’m calling on all the

people of Bauchi to becalm and be rest assuredthe situation has beenbrought under control,”he added.

The governor imposeda night time curfew inBauchi for the next fewdays to calm tensions.There was an increasedpolice presence in someneighbourhoods, butbusinesses remained openand people were millingthe streets freely beforethe curfew.—Internet

Volcanic ash rises to 23,000 feetcano is on the KamchatkaPeninsula.

The local geophysicsservice registered morethan 170 tremors in thearea of the volcano be-tween Saturday and Sun-day, a spokesman told2HS Novosti.

“Some of (the tremors)were followed by power-ful ash bursts and ava-lanches,” the spokesman

said.He said the volcanic

activity has altered thecontour of the volcano,with the crater increasingin size by 50 percent andthe slopes having becomemuch steeper.

The news service saidthere are more than 150volcanoes on the penin-sula, 29 of them active.

Internet

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NAY PYI TAW, 27July—Linpan Dam inKanbalu Township ofShwebo District inSagaing Division con-structed by Construction-4 of Irrigation Depart-ment under Ministry ofAgriculture and Irriga-tion was opened at thepavilion near the damyesterday morning.

It was attended byChairman of Sagaing Di-vision Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of North-WestCommand Maj-GenMyint Soe, Minister forAgriculture and Irriga-tion Maj-Gen Htay Oo,members of Sagaing Di-vision PDC, chairmenand members of districtand township PDCs, de-partmental personnelfrom the division, districtand townships, membersof social organizationslocal peasants, local peo-ple, staff of Construction-4. First, the Commanderdelivered an address. Theminister also spoke on the

Linpan Dam in ShweboDistrict open now

occasion and a localthanked the State Peaceand Development Coun-cil for construction ofLinpan Dam.

Next, the Com-mander and the ministercordially greeted the lo-cal people there and theCommander unveiled thestone plaque of LinpanDam and sprinkledscented water to it. Next,

YANGON, 27 July—Myanmar Com-puter Professionals’ Association willorganize its second Free Talk from 1pm to 4 pm on 1 August (Saturday) formore friendliness among executivemembers of MCPA, members, andthose interested from outside.

The talk will be conducted underfive sections which are examination,technology, education, members af-

CommandeCr

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Commander Maj-Gen Myint Soe unveils the stone plaque of Linpan Dam.—MNA

LLinpan Dam in Kanbalu Township, Shwebo District, Sagaing Division.—MNA

Objectives of the 17th MyanmarTraditional Cultural

Performing Arts Competitions1. Uplift of national prestige and integrity

and preservation and safeguarding ofcultural heritage and national character

2. Uplift of morale and morality of the entirenation

3. Uplift of dynamism of genuine patrioticspirit based on national unity

4. Emergence of new generations who willpreserve and safeguard nationalcharacter

the Commander and theminister formally openedthe dam by cutting a rib-

bon and had documentaryphotos taken together withthose present.

The Commander andthe minister lookedaround the dam and cor-dially greeted the locals.The Commander and theminister put fingerlingsinto the dam. At the brief-ing hall, the director ofConstruction-4 of Irriga-tion Department reported

on records on construc-tion process and facilitiesof Linpan Dam upon

which the director-gen-eral made supplementaryreports.

The Commander andminister then called forimproved socioeconomicstatus of the local peopleand progress of agricul-tural sector of the region.

Linpan Dam, locatedin Kanbalu Township inShwebo District ofSagaing Division, is 40

feet high and 9,800 feetwide earthen type with5.21 miles long main ca-

nal and 9.92 miles longcanals which can irrigate2,000 acres of farms. The

dam is the 224th irriga-tion facility constructedafter 1988.—MNA

Earthquake ReportNAY PYI TAW, 27 July—A mod-

erate earthquake of intensity 5.1 Rich-ter Scale with its epicenter outsideMyanmar (Pakistan) about 1900 milesnorthwest of Kaba-Aye seismologicalobservatory was recorded at 12 hrs 59min 16 sec MST today, announcedMeteorology and Hydrology Depart-ment.

MNA

The best time to planta tree was 20 years

ago.

The second best timeis now.

MCPA to hold second Free Talkfairs and general matters.

Members of the association, busi-nessmen, those whishing to launch intocomputer field, parents who want tolearn about the education and careerprospects of their children and anyoneinterested may take part in the talk. Formore information, contact MCPA Of-fice, Room.4 Building.4, MyanmarInfotech, Ph:652276.—MNA

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 28 July, 2009

If a politician is not to be put behind bars and ontrial for whatever crimes he has committed, the peoplewill join political parties and will do as they wish.

Maung De Doh: : Sometimes, I feel frustrated forbeing a citizen of a small country, Grandpa.

Bagyi Phyo: : Ah, what is happening to you?Your words are out of the context.

Doh: :Since I heard of the words the person whorecently had visited our country said, I amitching to unburden my feelings. So, I comehere with the hope of feeling relieved if Italk about that with you.

Phyo: : Well, let me know what he said.Doh: : He said that it was disappointing because

Myanmar was one of the countries that hadapproved the Universal Declaration of Hu-man Rights first, but failed to respect humanrights. In fact, almost every country hastheir human rights problems more or less.The US, a democracy and human rightspioneer, has committed human rights viola-tion many times, for instance, torturing pris-oners physically, taking photos of two pris-oners with birthday suits placed one uponanother, smothering prisoners tied to planksby placing water pipes into their mouths andblocking their noses with cloths, a methodof torture called waterboarding, detainingprisoners for life without any outsiders tomeet them, without charging them in AbuGhraib Prison in Iraq and Guantanamo inCuba. I wonder why he doesn’t feel disap-pointed for such inhuman acts. I learnt thatin Guantanamo Prison, a well-known pris-oner was waterboarded for 83 times. If aperson is smothered with water, he willsuffer greatly, so 83 times is too much. Itinvaded Iraq without seeking any approvalof the UN Security Council in 2003. Now,the country is completely war-torn. It hasnot risen from the invasion. Hundreds ofthousands of civilians have died, millions ofpeople are homeless, and about 2 millionpeople are staying as war refugees in neigh-bouring countries. Isn’t it human rights vio-lation, Grandpa? He is silent in those cases,but is pointing out Myanmar issue that isnothing if compared with them. Doubtfully,that is in accordance with the UN principlesof non discrimination and justice.

Phyo: : When it comes to State security and stabil-ity, the government sometimes has to re-strict freedom and human rights of an indi-vidual. In the past, the people thought hu-man rights meant social and political rightsonly such as discrimination and suppres-sion of man by man, the right to vote andfreedom of expression. Today, these viewsdo not cover human rights thoroughly. Theseviews are merged with social, economicand cultural rights that are more importantfor the mankind. For instance, the rights tobasic needs, social status, professions, equalsalaries in same work, education, practiceof own culture and traditions and acts forlife improvement. The 1986 UN Develop-ment Declaration says that developmentis human right. The 1993 UN HumanRights Conference said that the freedomof development is a human right that isnot left out, as well as the consolidatedpart of fundamental rights of human be-ings.

Our country has a very long tradi-

Disease is curable with right medicineMaung De Doh

tion that local people work together fordevelopment of own wards and villages.In western countries also, if a road isblocked by snow, each house removes thesnow on the road in front of it with a senseof duty. But some people, who are in nomood to repair the roads they will takeand say that such work is the concern ofthe government alone, are lodging com-plaints, claiming the government is vio-lating human rights. They say that isforced labour. Well, if so, in their coun-tries, young men are conscripted intoarmy whether they want to join army ornot, when they come of age. Then, theyare sent to Iraq and Afghanistan for mili-tary purpose. None of them is willing tobe sent there, but they are sent under thelaw. If that is not human right violation,and if the citizens are duty-bound to servemilitary duties at risk to life, why don’tthe people have responsibilities for giv-ing voluntary service in the interest oftheir wards and villages?

Another case is the matter of politicalprisoners. If a politician is not to be putbehind bars and on trial for whatevercrimes he has committed, the people willjoin political parties and will do as theywish. Then, what will we have to do withthe expression politicians often say “Noone is above the law”. If they consider it isnecessary for their security, they arrest allsuspects all over the world and detain them inGuantanamo or send secretly to some othercountries and detain them without chargingthem. What are their reasons for those cases?In our country, the accused can enjoy humanrights in accordance with the law. But, intheir countries, all those branded as terroristsare subject to all kinds of torture. So, I won-der why they point out such cases.

Doh: : My feeling in this regard is as a Myanmarsaying that goes “If you point at others witha forefinger, the other fingers remain point-ing at you”. If my memory serves me right,Para (7) of Article (2) of the UN Chartersays that nothing contained in the Chartershall authorize the United Nations to in-tervene in matters which are essentiallywithin the domestic jurisdiction of anyState. And it shall not call on the countryto work out the issue. As it is important, itis enshried at the top of the list. But, thehighest ranking official of the UN made aformal request to meet with Daw Suu Kyialthough a prior agreement had been reachedthat Daw Suu Kyi who was on trial was notavailable in Myanmar, and he had admittedthat he knew that she was on trial. His firstrequest was turned down, but he requestedagain when he called on the Head of State. Inaddition, he demanded the release of DawSuu Kyi who is waiting for a verdict.The trial against Daw Suu Kyi has not been

intentionally created by the government. Ithas emerged because Mr Yettaw, who mighthave been sent to the country by an anony-mous country or organization, illegally in-truded into Daw Suu Kyi’s house and mether. The aim of his meeting with Daw SuuKyi has not been known clearly. He evenleft two chadors and dark sunglasses to herto act herself in disguise. Was it aimed attaking her out of the house? The route Yettawchose to enter Daw Suu Kyi’s house was theditch beside the US Embassy. The placewhere he was arrested is about 25 yardsfrom the house of the US charge d’ affaries.So there are so many points to ponder. Ithink their demand to release Daw SuuKyi immediately by setting aside her casebeing examined by the court means inter-fering in the internal jurisdiction.

Phyo: We have so many things to say if we wantto. As you have said, the Article (2) Para(4) of the UN Charter prescribes “AllMembers shall refrain in their interna-tional relations from the threat or useof force against the territorial integrityor political independence of any state.”The Article (39) says “The SecurityCouncil shall determine the existenceof any threat to the peace, breach of thepeace, or act of aggression and shallmake recommendations, or decide whatmeasures shall be taken.” To solve suchproblems first, without any bias, deci-sions shall have to be made withoutharming the rights of the nations con-cerned. If they do not work, the Article42 says “Should the Security Councilconsider that measures provided for inArticle 41 would be inadequate or haveproved to be inadequate, it may takesuch action by air, sea, or land forces asmay be necessary to maintain or re-store international peace and security.”As you know, however, there was noUNSC’s decision when US invaded andattacked Iraq in 2003. Knowing thatthe UNSC would not approve the case ifsubmitted, it attacked Iraq by fabricat-ing false news. Eventually, the US itselfhad to admit to that. At that time, Ifound no one responsible for the UNsaid a word about the attack. Whenformer UNSG Mr Kofi Anan left officeafter completing his term, he admittedthat the Iraq war was not legitimate asthere was no approval of the UNSC.

Doe: :Another point I am thinking about isthat I doubt whether the repeated de-mands to meet Daw Suu Kyi and releaseher immediately, which can violate theUN Charter and lead to using inappro-priate power in her trial, are of his ownaccord. It is because I happen to thinkabout the Article (100) of the Charter that

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Minister for Industry-1 attends prize presentationceremonies of BEHS, BEMS in Taungtha Township

Disease is curable with right medicineMaung De Doh

(from page 8)prescribes the Secretary-General and hisstaff shall not seek the instructions of anynation or any government in the placewhere they are shouldering their duties.Member nations shall not try to influencethe work of the Secretary-General and hisstaff.

Phyo: How can we exactly know about that? But Iheard the former First Lady would call himout in the west wing of the White House. Ithink there might have been control andpressure of big nations.

Doe: If it is going on like this, it can harm the non-discrimination policy of the UN, which is theonly reliable organization for the world’speople. What about your opinion, Bagyi?Like in Article (2) Para (1) of the UNCharter, it is based on the basic principleon equality in terms of the sovereignty ofevery member nation. What can happento the basic principle if a weaker is alwaysthe victim to suppression? If otherremaining small member nations are to be

bullied like this, how will they regard theorganization?

Phyo: For small nations like ours, they have no otherreliable organizations. So we have to continueto make cooperation in accord with the Charterof that organization. There are also good deedsthe UN is doing such as rendering assistanceto poor and troubled regions across the worldand intervention in global peace processes.After our country had experienced cycloneNargis, it rendered us much assistance. Weshould not set aside their gratitude. Accordingto the human nature, there may be differentopinions. It is likely that Mr Ban Ki-moonhimself happened to say so with the aim ofhastily addressing the issues of Myanmar.However, every well-meaning attempt is nothelpful. A practitioner needs to give a suitableprescription to cure a disease. It is not possibleto give a hot medicine to cure a cold-relateddisease. Likewise, it is not possible to give acold medicine to cure a warmth-related disease.If a medicine is not suitable, the disease canworsen. It is necessary to be aware that a

patient can get worse because of thepractitioner.

Doe: :You are right. If we suffer from a disease,some people in our neighbourhood usuallyadvise us to take this and that medicine. Themost important thing for a practitioner is togive a medicine that must be suitable to basicproperties of matter and astronomicalcalculations. Then, the disease will be curedfor sure. Our Myanmar people are polite.We are hospitable to guests and knowwhat duties we should do. As a UN membernation, we will follow the goodwillsuggestions and proposals of a UNSecretary-General in accord with thenation’s prevailing conditions. But theremay be limitations that are unavoidableunder our own circumstances.

Phyo: One suffers from disease as he has not livedon the four basic properties of matter.Similarly, a problem of the human societyoccurs due to misunderstandings. But we cansolve it with patience and goodwill.

Translation: MS+ST

NAY PYI TAW, 27July—A prize presentationceremony of Talineyat newvillage Basic EducationHigh School (branch) washeld at Talineyat newvillage in TaungthaTownship, MandalayDivision on 26 Julymorning, with an addressby Minister for Industry-1U Aung Thaung.

The Ministerpresented prizes tooutstanding students whopassed the metric examfor 2009 with flyingcolours, and wife of theMinister gave prizes to sixteachers for outstanding

YANGON, 27 July—Yangon NorthDistrict Court heard Criminal Case Nos47/2009, 48/2009, 49/2009 filed againstUS citizen Mr John William Yettaw,Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw KhinKhin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma thisafternoon.

The court first heard the finalarguments of Advocate U Hla MyoMyint defending the accused Daw KhinKhin Win, Ma Win Ma Ma in Criminal

performance and teaching.After that, officials

presented prizes to theoutstanding students ofTalineyat new villageBasic Education HighSchool (branch) andTandaanouk village BasicEducation Middle School.And then, Tandaanoukvillage Basic EducationMiddle School theheadmistress Daw TinHtwe and outstandingstudent Maung Htin AungKyaw spoke words ofthanks.

The Minister visitedWelaung station hospitaland comforted the

patients.He attended prize

presenting ceremony ofWelaung BEHS and madea speech at the ceremony.

He also awardedoutstanding students andfour teachers who turnedout outstanding students.Officials concerned gaveprizes to outstandingstudents of WelaungBEHS and KyaukkaBEMS.

Afterwards, theHeadmistress of WelaungBEHS Daw Mya Mya andprize winner student MaPhyu Hnin Swe spokewords of thanks.—MNA

Final arguments heard for lawsuitagainst US citizen Mr John William

Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, DawKhin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma

3rd Nay Pyi Taw Inter-Ministry FootballTournament 2009 continues

Case 47/2009 and of Advocate U KhinMaung Oo defending the accused MrJohn William Yettaw in the same case.

The court then heard the finalarguments of the district law officerconducting for the plaintiff.

The cases were postponed to 10 amon 28 July so as to hear the complaintsof the advocates defending the accusedand the final arguments of the rest cases.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 27July—The round matchesof 3rd Nay Pyi Taw Inter-Ministry FootballTournament 2009continued at designatedsports grounds thisevening.

Ministry of Labourtrounced Ministry ofScience and Technology5-1. Ministry ofInformation routedMinistry of Industry-2 5-1

while Ministry of Industry-1 beat Ministry ofPopulation andImmigration 4-1.

Attorney General’sOffice will play againstMinistry of Social Welfare,Relief and Resettlement;Ministry of Livestock andFisheries, Ministry ofHealth; Ministry of HomeAffairs, Ministry ofFinance and Revenuetomorrow.—MNA

Ministry of Information plays against

Ministry of Industry-2 in 3rd Nay Pyi Taw

Inter-Ministry Football Tournament.—MNA

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 28 July, 2009

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defence addresses coord meeting of Yangon Division Industrial Zones Manage-

ment Committees.—MNA

Minister for Labour U Aung Kyi visits Labour Exchange Offices in

Yangon Division.—MNA

YANGON, 27 July —A

coordination meeting of

industrial zones

management committees

in Yangon Division was

held at the meeting hall of

Yangon Command

Headquarters on

Konmyinttha, here, this

afternoon, with an address

by Lt-Gen Myint Swe of

the Ministry of Defence.

Chairman of Yangon

Division Peace and

Development Council

Commander of Yangon

Command Maj-Gen Win

Myint and Chairman of

Yangon City Development

Committee Yangon Mayor

Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin

reported on progress of work.

Coordination meeting of industrial zones management

committees in Yangon Division held

Lt-Gen Myint Swe,

the commander and the

mayor coordinated the

essentials after hearing the

reports presented by

departmental personnel,

chairmen and officials of

the management

committees and

entrepreneurs on sector-

wise progress and

requirements. After that,

Lt-Gen Myint Swe gave a

concluding remark.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 27 July — Minister

for Labour U Aung Kyi inspected

Labour Exchange Offices in Taungoo,

Nyaunglaypin and Bago on 24 July and

in Yangon Division on 25 July and left

necessary instructions.

Starting from 20 July 2009, the

ministry of Labour opened 77 Labour

Exchange Offices to effectively carry

Labour Minister inspects Labour

Exchange Offices

out tasks in line with the existing laws

and procedures.

The employers who need

employees are to contact the offices

according to the existing laws. The

offices register the employees free of

charge and attend to the supply and

demand in labour market.

MNA

Competitive

begging.

Researchers have

found the first

signs of vocal

learning in the

food begging calls

of male chipping

sparrows, which

learn to vary their

cries from an

early age. Begging

for food at 8 days

old (top) differs

from the same

behavior at 23

days (bottom).

Songbirds’ elaborate cries for food show

first signs of vocal learning

NEW YORK, 27 July

— Only a handful of social

animals — songbirds,

some marine mammals,

some bats and humans —

learn to actively style their

vocal communications.

Babies, for instance, start

by babbling, their first

chance to experiment with

sounds. Now, new

research in songbirds

shows that vocal

experimentation may

begin with their earliest

vocalizations — food

begging calls — and

perhaps for a more

devious reason than

previously believed. The

findings could change the

way we think about the

evolution of vocal

learning.

“It may have started

as cheating,” says

Fernando Nottebohm,

head of the Laboratory of

Animal Behavior at The

Rockefeller University.

Internet

Bernard-Lyot Telescope, on top of the Pic du Midi de

Bigorre (France).

Magnetic field on bright star Vega

PARIS, 27 July —

Astronomy &

Astrophysics is

publishing the first

detection of a magnetic

field on the star Vega, one

of the brightest stars in

the sky. Using the high-

sensitivity NARVAL

s p e c t r o p o l a r i m e t e r

installed at the Bernard-

Lyot telescope (Pic du

Midi Observatory,

France), a team of

astronomers [1] detected

the effect of a magnetic

field (known as the

Zeeman effect) in the light

emitted by Vega.

Vega is a famous star

among amateur and

professional astronomers.

Located at only 25 light

years from Earth in the

Lyra constellation, it is the

fifth brightest star in the

sky. It has been used as a

reference star for

brightness comparisons.

Vega is twice as massive

as the Sun and has only

one tenth its age. Because

it is both bright and

nearby, Vega has been

often studied but it is still

revealing new aspects

when it is observed with

more powerful

instruments.

Vega rotates in less

than a day, while the

Sun’s rotation period is

27 days. The intense

centrifugal force induced

by this rapid rotation

flattens its poles and

generates temperature

variations of more than

1000 degrees Celsius

between the polar

(warmer) and the

equatorial regions of its

surface. Vega is also

surrounded by a disk of

dust, in which the

inhomogeneities suggest

the presence of planets.

This time, astronomers

analyzed the polarization

of light emitted by Vega [2]

and detected a weak

magnetic field at its surface.

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Evolution making women more beautiful,men not as lucky

LONDON, 27 July—Forthe female half of thepopulation, it may bring asatisfied smile. Scientistshave found that evolutionis driving women tobecome ever morebeautiful, while menremain as aestheticallyunappealing as theircaveman ancestors.

Researchers havefound beautiful womenhave more children thantheir plainer counterpartsand that a higherproportion of thosechildren are female. Thosedaughters, once adult, alsotend to be attractive and sorepeat the pattern.

Over generations, the

scientists argue, this hasled to women becomingsteadily more aestheticallypleasing, a “beauty race”that is still on. The findingshave emerged from aseries of studies ofphysical attractivenessand its links toreproductive success inhumans.

In a study released lastweek, Markus Jokela, aresearcher at theUniversity of Helsinki,found beautiful womenhad up to 16 percent morechildren than their plainercounterparts. He used datagathered in America, inwhich 1,244 women and997 men were followed

through four decades oflife. Their attractivenesswas assessed fromphotographs taken duringthe study, which alsocollected data on thenumber of children theyhad.

This builds onprevious work by SatoshiKanazawa, anevolutionary psychologistat the London School ofEconomics, who foundthat good-looking parentswere far more likely toconceive daughters. Hesuggested this was anevolutionary strategysubtly programmed intohuman DNA.

Internet

This undated image made available by the Olympic Delivery Authority inLondon, on 27 July, 2009, Olympic stadium construction workers form a

giant 3 in the centre of the Stadium bowl to mark the 3 years to go point untilthe Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Games. With three years to go

until the opening.—INTERNET

Stylish, Touch-SensitiveCordless Phone System

Features AdvancedBlueto-oth(R) Wireless

Capabilities andInterference-free

DECT 6.0 Technology—All for Under$100.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 27July—U.S. health officialsstrengthened theirrecommendations forseasonal flu vaccines onFriday, saying all childrenaged 6 months to 18 yearsshould be immunized —especially because of theH1N1 flu pandemic.

The seasonal vaccineprovides little or noprotection against H1N1swine flu, butimmunization will helpprevent people from beinginfected with both at onceand can help minimize theeffects of the pandemicon schools, workplacesand the economy in

First defense against swine flu—seasonal vaccinegeneral, health expertssay.

“Vaccination againstseasonal influenza shouldbegin as soon as vaccineis available and continuethroughout the influenzaseason,” Dr. AnneSchuchat of the U.S.Centers for DiseaseControl and Preventiontold reporters in atelephone briefing.

“At this point, 83percent of the populationis recommended to get anannual flu vaccine,” shesaid. “Unfortunately, onlyabout 40 percent of theU.S. population receivedthe flu vaccine last year.”

Last year the CDC“encouraged” all childrento be vaccinated. Now it“recommends” this—advice that does not havethe force of law but thatcan affect what states andinsurers do.

On Thursday U.S.Food and DrugAdministration officialssaid they would work withcompanies and theNational Institutes ofHealth to quickly testexperimental H1N1vaccines, with the aim ofgetting a vaccination planunderway as soon aspossible.

Internet

The Space Shuttle Endeavour is seen docked to theInternational Space Station with the earth in the

background in this image handout from NASA TVon 26 July, 2009.—INTERNET

CHENGDU, 27 July —Eight people died andanother eight were injuredwhen a coal mine gantrycollapsed in southwestChina’s Sichuan Province,local authorities said onMonday.

The incident occurredat 9:20 a.m. in Yimen coalmine in Huili County ofSichuan when the gantryabove the earth fell andburied 16 constructionworkers, said an officialwith Liangshan YiAutonomous Prefecture.

All the injured,including three seriouslyhurt, were being treated inhospital, the officialsaid.The three weredescribed as stable afterundergoing surgery, theofficial said.

The site had beencleared up, the officialsaid.An investigation teamfrom the provincialgovernment had arrived atthe coal mine.—Internet

Eight killedafter coal minegantry collapse

in southwestChina

June new home sales rise 11percent

WASHINGTON, 27July—New U.S. homesales rose by the largestamount in more than eightyears last month, inanother sign the housingmarket is finally bouncingback from the worstdownturn in decades.

The CommerceDepartment said Mondaythat sales rose 11 percentin June to a seasonallyadjusted annual rate of384,000, from anupwardly revised May rateof 346,000.

It was the strongestsales pace sinceNovember 2008 andexceeded the forecasts ofeconomists surveyed byThomson Reuters, whoexpected a pace of360,000 units. The lasttime sales rose sodramatically was inDecember 2000.

Sales have risen forthree straight months. Themedian sales price of$206,200, however, wasdown 12 percent from$234,300 a year earlier anddown nearly 6 percentfrom $219,000 in May.

The report is anotherencouraging sign that thebeleaguered housingsector is finally comingback to life. LastThursday, Fallout from thehousing crisis has playeda central role in the U.S.recession, now the longestsince World War II.Foreclosures have spiked,homebuilders haveslashed construction, andfinancial companies havelost billions.NationalAssociation of Realtorsreported that home resalesposted a monthly increaseof 3.6 percent in June.

Internet

Wireless power system shown offOXFORD, 27 July—A

system that can deliverpower to devices withoutthe need for wires has beenshown off at a hi-techconference.The techniqueexploits simple physics andcan be used to charge a rangeof electronic devices overmany metres. Eric Giler,chief executive of US firmWitricity, showed mobilephones and televisionscharging wirelessly at theTED Global conference inOxford.

He said the systemcould replace the miles ofexpensive power cables andbillions of disposablebatteries.“There issomething like 40 billiondisposable batteries builtevery year for power that,generally speaking, is used

within a few inches or feet ofwhere there is veryinexpensive power,” hesaid.Trillions of dollars, hesaid, had also been investedbuilding an infrastructure ofwires “to get power fromwhere it is created to where

it is used.”Electric car charger

(AFP/Getty) Witricityclaims to be able to chargegadgets large and small “Welove this stuff [electricity]so much,” he said.

Internet

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12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 28 July, 2009

GM crop trials start againin Britain in ‘secret’

LONDON, 27 July—Ge-netically modified cropsare being grown in Brit-ain for the first time in12 months after contro-versial trials were re-sumed without alertingthe public, a newspaperreported Monday.

Cultivation of a fieldof potatoes designed tobe resistant to pests wasabandoned more than ayear ago when environ-mental protesters rippedup the crop, the DailyTelegraph said.

But, without alertingthe public, the projectnear Tadcaster in north-ern England has been re-started, prompting warn-ings from green groups

that local farms and resi-dents could be put atrisk, the newspaper said.

One group accusedthe government of tryingto “slip it under the ra-dar.”

The Department forthe Environment, Foodand Rural Affairs saidthe potatoes wouldbe grown in a safeenvironment, wherethere is no risk of con-tamination. They wouldnot be used for human oranimal consumption, itsaid.

The trial, run by LeedsUniversity, is looking atpotatoes that are resist-ant to a parasite wormthat costs British farmers

millions of pounds a yearin lost and damagedcrops.

Genetically-modifiedcrops have a gene, orgenes, inserted into themin the lab so that they ac-quire traits that are use-ful to farmers.

They are widelygrown in North America,South America andChina.

But in Europe theyhave run into fierce re-sistance, led by greengroups who say the cropscarry risks throughcross-pollination, poten-tially creating “super-weeds” that are impervi-ous to herbicides.

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Photo illustration of potatoes. Genetically modifiedcrops are being grown in Britain for the first time

in 12 months after controversial trials were re-sumed without alerting the public, a newspaper

reported on Monday.—INTERNET

Four cousins, mom, three othersdie in NY wrong-way crash

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, 27 July— A family’s minivangoing in the wrong direction crashed into two cars ona suburban parkway on Sunday, killing eight people,including four young cousins and the mother of oneof them.

State police Investigator Joseph Becerra said theminivan was traveling southbound in the northboundlanes of the Taconic State Parkway in WestchesterCounty, just north of New York City, when it struckan SUV and then careened into a third vehicle. Theminivan rolled down an embankment, where it burstinto flames. The minivan’s front end appeared to havebeen almost entirely smashed in, and its shell wasscorched and bent. At least one wheel was blown out.

Fire spread from under the minivan, throughout itsshell, within minutes.

The woman driving the minivan and four of the fivechildren inside it were killed, Becerra said. They werepart of a family from Floral Park and West Babylon,on Long Island.

The children who died were girls ages 2, 5, 7 and 9.The fifth child, a boy, age 5, was hospitalized.

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Child will have rare brainsurgery

RICHMOND, 27 July—Doctors at Virginia Common-wealth University Medical Center in Richmond will per-form a rare brain surgery this week on a 7-year-oldgirl, her mother said.

Lexi Haas of Charlotte, NC, suffers from kernicterus,a rare complication of jaundice. She can’t talk or con-trol the movement of her muscles.

Doctors will bore two holes through Lexi’s skull andthread tiny electrodes inside her brain, targeting the spotdamaged by jaundice, The Charlotte Observer reportedon Sunday. Doctors will implant a battery-operated gen-erator in her abdomen 5 Aug and will then thread wiresbeneath her skin, connecting the generator to the elec-trodes. Doctors say they hope pulses from the genera-tor will block the abnormal firing of neurons in Lexi’sbrain that prevent her from talking or walking. Theysay they expect to know by Aug 24 when they turn onthe generator.

Her parents, Susan, a medical writer, and Ken, achiropractor, knew she had jaundice when she was born,Susan Hass said, but were told by their pediatrician itdid not require therapy. The doctor did not return theObserver’s phone calls.—Internet

Demand for CBD space is still healthy

South Korean magician performs during the stagecompetition of the 24th World Magic Champion-ships of the International Federation of Magic

Societies (FISM) held in Beijing, capital of China,on 27 July, 2009.—INTERNET

A Harp seal pup lays on an ice floe in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence nearCharlottetown, Canada. Canada appealed to the European Union (EU) on

Sunday to “reconsider” the adoption of a ban on the sale of seal products, andwarned it would consider bringing the issue with the World Trade Organiza-

tion.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 27 July—Theglobal economic crisis hashad little impact onBeijing’s central businessdistrict (CBD), but limitedspace in the financial hubis hampering develop-ment, said officials.

Currently, 80 percent ofoffice space in the CBD’s77 buildings is rented outand more than 90 percentof space in high-end build-ings - including ChinaWorld Trade Centre andFortune Plaza - is occu-pied, said Liu Chuncheng,

executive deputy directorof Beijing CBD Adminis-tration Committee.

Liu added that rents hadnot fallen in the CBD,which occupies 3.99 sq kmnear the city’s East 3rdRing Road.

The area is home tomuch of the city’s finance,media and business serv-ices sector and was estab-lished by the governmenteight years ago.

Some reports pointedout that multinational com-panies, including Kodak

and Motorola, had movedout in apparent cost-cutting measures withexperts predicting the ar-ea’s vacancy rate wouldrise to 40 percent this year.

However, Liu said thereports were inaccurate.

“Yes, some companieslike Kodak and Motorolamoved their offices out ofa CBD building, but thenthey moved into anotherCBD buildings where therent was cheaper,” Liusaid.

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Dry cleaning solventa danger in Illinois

Europe fast-tracking swine flu vaccine Vietnam’s A/H1N1 flu cases climb to 612

Live healthy, lower heart disease riskBOSTON, 27 July—US

doctors say keeping to ahealthy lifestyle helpsmen lower their lifetimerisk of heart failure.

Their study, publishedin the Journal of theAmerican Medical Ass-ociation, found des-irablebehaviors — exercisingregularly, drinkingmoderately, not smoking,not being overweight andeating a diet that includesvegetables, fruits andcereal — were eachassociated with a lower

lifetime risk of heartfailure compared to ac o r r e s p o n d i n gundesirable behavior.

There was an inverseand graded associationbetween the number ofhealthy lifestyle factorsand lifetime risk of heartfailure, the study said.

The study included datafrom 20,900 men who hadbeen healthy and anaverage age of 53.6 yearswhen first enrolled in thePhysicians’ Health Study.They were tracked an

average of 22.4 years.“A demonstration of

beneficial influence ofhealthy lifestyle habits onthe lifetime risk haspotential clinical andpublic health impl-ications,” study rese-archer Dr Luc Djousse ofBrigham and Women’sHospital, HarvardMedical School andBoston Veterans AffairsHealthcare System inBoston, said in astatement.

Internet

A Brazilian woman puts on the mask to her daugther before being seen bymedical personnel at a Brazilian Air Force tent installed near a hospital in

Porto Alegre to help fight to the Influenza A(H1N1) virus (swine flu)infection. Swine flu has spread to nearly every corner of the globe, the World

Health Organisation said.—INTERNET

Supplement helps avoidsome kidney stones

Study links metabolic andimmune diseases

CAMBRIDGE, 27 July — Researchers in Cambridge,Mass, found a link between metabolic and immunologicconditions, they said in papers published 0n Sunday in thejournal Nature Medicine.

They used two over-the-counter allergy medicationsto reduce both obesity and type 2 diabetes in mice. Thepapers explained the medications stabilize a populationof inflammatory immune cells called mast cells.

The researchers also found a white blood cell called aregulatory T cell controls inflammation in fat tissues.Obese people and people with type 2 diabetes have toofew of these cells, the papers said.

“It seems that we’re seeing the emergence of a newbiomedical discipline: immunometabolism,” said HarvardMedical School Professor of pathology Diane Mathis,senior author on one of the papers.

Scientists know type 1 diabetes is an immunologicaldisease but didn’t consider type 2 to be immunologicaluntil this study, the Harvard scientists said.—Internet

CHICAGO, 27 July—Useof the dry cleaning solventperch-loroethylene atcertain Illinois sites has leftstate residents facing cancerand other ailments,scientists say.

Scientists have linkedexposure to the chemicalcommonly used at drycleaning establishmentswith ailments like cancer,neurological problems andliver damage, the ChicagoTribune reported onSunday.

While the IllinoisEnvironmental ProtectionAgency has targeted nearly

500 Illinois sites forperchloroethylene cleanupefforts, more than 400 sitesin the state are suspected ofbeing polluted.The Tribunesaid the majority of thosestate sites in need of cleanupefforts are in Chicago andthe city’s suburbs.H PatrickEriksen, the administratorof a cleaners’ insurancefund created by stateofficials a decade ago, toldthe Tribune the problemswith perchloroethylenecame from a lack of stateguidelines and sloppy useof the chemical.

Internet

Nepal reports three newflu A/H1N1 cases, total 17

KATHMANDU, 27 July — Three more people werefound affected with flu A/H1N1 in Nepal, bringing thecountry’s total to17, local news websiteNepalnews.com reported on Monday.

Two of the affected people are Nepali men livingabroad and the other is a Japanese woman living inNepal, the report quoted the Health and PopulationMinistry of Nepal as saying.

One of the affected men was from Canada, whilethe others came from Qatar.

However, the details of the latest confirmed caseshave not been revealed. —Internet

BALTIMORE, 27 July—Children on a high fat dietto stem seizures may wardoff kidney stones with asupplement, US doctorssaid.

The study, published inPediatrics, looked at 301children being treated forseizures with the ketogenicdiet at Baltimore’s JohnHopkins Children’s Center.It found children receivingthe supplement potassiumcitrate were seven times lesslikely than others to developkidney stones.

Senior investigator DrEric Kossoff said theketogenic diet given manychildren whose seizures arenot responding tomedication seems to initiatebiochemical changes thateliminate seizure-triggeringshort circuits in the brain’ssignaling system.

However, the low-carbohydrate diet causes abuildup of calcium in theurine and about 6 percentof those on it form kidneystones, he said.

Internet

HANOI, 27 July—TheVietnamese Ministry ofHealth confirmed 113more cases of A/H1N1influenza over theweekend, bringing thetotal number of flupatients in the country to612, local newspaper the

People reported onMonday.

Most of the newlyconfirmed cases are in thesouthern parts of thecountry, said thenewspaper.

As the number of A/H1N1 flu cases continuesto rise, Vietnamese PrimeMinister Nguyen TanDung required all theministries and localitiesto carry out urgent

measures to fight the flu.They were asked to

adopt preventivemeasures and closelymonitor new cases toprevent the A/H1N1 flufrom spreading.

So far, 375 patientsin Vietnam have recoveredand been discharged fromhospitals. The rest arebeing quarantined andtreated, said thenewspaper.—Internet

LONDON, 27 July—In adrive to inoculate peopleagainst swine flu beforewinter, many Europeangovernments say they willfast-track the testing of avaccine, arousing concernamong some experts aboutsafety and proper doses.

The EuropeanMedicines Agency, theEU’s top drug regulatorybody, is accelerating theapproval process for swineflu vaccine, and countriessuch as Britain, Greece,France and Sweden saythey’ll start using thevaccine after it’sgreenlighted — possiblywithin weeks.

In an interview with TheAssociated Press, Dr. KeijiFukuda, the World HealthOrganization’s flu chief,warned about the potentialdangers of untestedvaccines, although hestopped short of criticizingEurope’s approach

outright.“One of the thingswhich cannot becompromised is the safetyof vaccines,” he saidFriday. “There are certainareas where you can makeeconomies, perhaps, butcertain areas where yousimply do not try to make

any economies.”Flu vaccines have been

used for 40 years, and manyexperts say extensivetesting is unnecessary, sincethe swine flu vaccine willsimply contain a newingredient: the swine fluvirus.—Internet

Fishermen rinse off the mussels they caught. A fishing boat trawling for musselsFishermen rinse off the mussels they caught. A fishing boat trawling for musselsoff the Dutch coast has instead landed a 40,000 year-old human bone, Germanoff the Dutch coast has instead landed a 40,000 year-old human bone, Germanscientists said after examining the find.—scientists said after examining the find.—IINTERNETNTERNET

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Fergie confident in striking soccer optionsHANGZHOU, 27 July—Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says he has

“strong options” up front going into the new Premier League season after all hisstrikers caught the eye on their tour of Asia.New signing Michael Owen continued

Manchester United’s Michael Owenshoots against Hangzhou. Manchester

boss Sir Alex Ferguson says he has“strong options” up front going intothe new Premier League season afterall his strikers caught the eye on their

tour of Asia.—INTERNET

Ginepri crowns comebackwith Indianapolis title

INDIANAPOLIS, 27 July—Robby Ginepri, who was laidlow by a burst appendix earlier this year, won his secondIndianapolis title on Sunday with a 6-2, 6-4 victory overthird seeded compatriot Sam Querrey.The 62-minutewin repeated the triumph which Ginepri enjoyed fouryears ago and was the third overall of his career.

Ginepri, who spent nine days in hospital earlier this

Robby Ginepri poses forphotographers after defeatingSam Querrey during the final ofthe Indianapolis Tennis Cham-pionships at the IndianapolisTennis Center in Indianapolis,

Indiana.—INTERNET

Dufner leads rain-delayed Canadian Open

Spectators take shelter under theirumbrellas during a delay in the

third round of the Canadian OpenGolf championship in Oakville,

Ontario, on 26 July, 2009.INTERNET

London marks 3-yearcountdown to 2012 OlympicsLONDON, 27 July—The construction of venues is

forging ahead, hundreds of millions in sponsorshipmoney has been secured, and the project remains ontime and on budget despite the recession.With threeyears to go Monday until the opening ceremony,London organizers say they are firmly on track inpreparations for the 2012 Olympics.

“If you had asked me a day after we won the gamesin Singapore four years ago, whether I would takewhere we are now, the answer would have been,‘Absolutely, firmly yes,’” said Sebastian Coe,chairman of London’s Olympic organizingcommittee.

Internet

Ronaldo’s Real held to 1-1 Peace Cup drawby Al-Ittihad

MADRID, 27 July—Real Madrid were held to a 1-1 draw by Saudi side Al-Ittihadin the Peace Cup on Sunday as Cristiano Ronaldo failed to make an impact in his first

Al-Ittaihad Naif Hazazi (C) vies withReal Madrid’s Lassana Diarra (L)

and Wesley Sneijder (R) during theirPeace Cup tournament footballmatch at the Santiago Bernabeu

Stadium in Madrid. The match endedin a 1-1 draw.—INTERNET

I’m staying at Chelsea says Terry

Chelsea captainJohn Terry

Celtic prepare for Euro testwith Wembley Cup win

LONDON, 27 July—Celtic enjoyed the perfectpreparation for this week’s crucial Champions Leaguequalifier against Dinamo Moscow as the Scottishclub defeated Tottenham 2-0 to win the WembleyCup on Sunday.

Tony Mowbray’s side go into the first leg againstthe Russians at Parkhead on Wednesday in fine formafter following Friday’s 5-0 victory over Africanchampions Al Ahly with another impressiveperformance in the pre-season tournament atEngland’s national stadium.

New Zealand striker Chris Killen opened thescoring for a Celtic team showing 10 changes fromthe Al Ahly match and Georgios Samaras added asecond before half-time.

Internet

Celtic team poses with the Wembley Cup afterCeltic beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 at Wembley

Stadium in west London.—INTERNET

Redknapp keen to tie upCrouch, Vieira deals

a fine start to his United career in thefinal match of the pre-season tour, nettinga brace in Sunday’s clash against China’sHangzhou Greentown to add to two goalsin Malaysia.

Speaking after the 8-2 rout ofHangzhou, Ferguson said his intentionon the tour had been to rotate his frontmen — Owen, Dimitar Berbatov, WayneRooney and teenager Federico Macheda— as he weighs up his options followingthe departures of Cristiano Ronaldo andCarlos Tevez.

Ferguson, chasing a record fourthconsecutive Premier League crown,paired Owen and Berbatov from thestart for the first time in China and bothfound the net in the opening period.”Wedidn’t use Macheda tonight but I think itgives us strong options,” he said.”I thinkthat Macheda’s development obviouslyas we saw the other night is good for a17-year-old boy and he’s got the physicalattributes to go with it.”—Internet

year to undergoappendix surgery,had not reached asemi-final before thisweek since LasVegas in March,2008.Querrey hasnow lost in finals inhis last two eventsafter going down afortnight ago ongrass in Newport toRajeev Ram.

Internet

LONDON, 27 July—Chelsea captain JohnTerry on Sunday put anend to speculation that he

might be tempted by amega-money move toManchester City byconfirming that he was“totally committed” tostaying at StamfordBridge.

The 28-year-old issueda statement suggestingthat despite numerousreports to the contrary hehad never contemplatedquitting the Londonclub.”There has been a lotof speculation recentlyabout my future and I wantto clear this up once andfor all,” the Englandskipper said.—Internet

LONDON, 27 July—HarryRedknapp believes PeterCrouch and Patrick Vieiraare essential signings ifTottenham are to mount aserious challenge for a topfour finish in the PremierLeague.The north Londonclub are in negotiations withPortsmouth over a deal forEngland striker Crouch,while Redknapp claimsInter Milan midfielderVieira is considering amove to White Hart Lane.

A deal for Crouch hingeson Tottenham persuadingPortsmouth to lower their15 million pounds askingprice to around 10 millionpounds, but Redknapp is

keen to ensure the dealgoes through. The formerPortsmouth boss believesCrouch’s height and abilityto retain possessionwould bring a differentdimension to a Tottenhamattack lacking physicallyimposing players.

Internet

match at the Santiago Bernabeu with theSpanish giants.

Real captain Raul put the Spanish giantsin the lead in the 55th minute after gettingthe ball from new team-mate KarimBenzema and fending off ObaidAlshamrani to send the ball past the keeperfrom 12 yards out.Six minutes later Real’sDutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder had ago from 25 yards out but the ball flew overand behind the net. HichamAboucherouane equalized for Al-Ittihadin the 64th minute with a header into thetop corner of the net after beating FernandoGago to the ball following a free kick byAl Saqri from the left flank.—Internet

OAKVILLE, 27 July—Jason Dufnerplayed six holes in 1 under Sunday totop the Canadian Open leaderboardbefore play was washed out because ofthe latest round of heavy rain andlightning, forcing the tournament to atleast a fifth day.

“Instead of reading the grain, youhave to read the current out there,” said

Mike Weir, the Canadian star who had ahole-in-one and was caught up in aconfusing rules situation involving hissecond shot on the 18th hole Saturday.

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, rain have been isolated in KayahState and lower Sagaing Division, scattered in Mandalayand Magway Divisions, fairly widespread in TaninthayiDivision and widespread in the remaining areas with locallyheavyfalls in Rakhine and Mon States, Yangon Division,isolated heavyfall in Ayeyarwady Division. The noteworthyamounts of rainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw (Pyinmana)(0.28) inch, Nay Pyi Taw (Thapyaykone) (0.20) inch, Bilin(5.00) inches, Yangon (Kaba-Aye) (4.49) inches, Kyauktawand Maubin (4.33) inches, Yangon (Mingaladon) (4.06)inches, An (3.94) inches, Maungdaw (3.82) inches, Kayah(3.31) inches, Thandwe (3.27) inches, Thaton (3.23) inches,Theinzayat (3.15) inches and Aunglan (0.35) inch.

Maximum temperature on 26-7-2009 was 80°F.Minimum temperature on 27-7-2009 was 67°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 27-7-2009 was 84%.Total sun shine hours on 26-7-2009 was Nil.

Rainfall on 27-7-2009 was (4.06) inches at Mingaladon,(4.49) inches at Kaba-Aye and (2.92) inches at CentralYangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (67.68) inches atMingaladon, (73.90) inches at Kaba-Aye and (75.16) inchesat Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph from South at (16:00) hours MST on26-7-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong to vigorous in theAndaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 28th July 2009: Rainwill be isolated to scattered in Kayah State, lower Sagaing,Magway and Mandalay Divisions, fairly widespread inShan State and widespread in the remaining areas withlikelihood of isolated heavyfall in Rakhine, Mon and KayinStates, Ayeyawady, Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions.Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Occasional squalls with rough seaswill be experienced off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surfacewind speed in squalls may reach (45) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation ofstrong monsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for28-7-2009: One or two rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for28-7-2009: Some rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for28-7-2009: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

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Jason Dufner, of the United States, hits out of abunker onto the 10th green during the continuationof the third round of the Canadian Open Golfchampionship in Oakville, Ontario on 27 July ,

2009.—INTERNET

Jupiter’s black eye to be shown offBEIJING, 27 July—NASA’s Hubble Space

Telescope is offering a glimpse at the atmosphericdebris kicked up by the comet or asteroid that hitJupiter in a spectacular collision, according to mediareports on Monday.

Scientists used the telescope on Thursday tocapture what they call the “sharpest visible-lightpicture” so far of the expanding gash. An Australianamateur astronomer, Anthony Wesley, reported thedark mark near the planet’s south pole. Scientists atJet Propulsion Laboratory confirmed the new Earth-size “scar” on Jupiter Monday.

This image shows Jupiter’s impact feature (darkspot) left after the King of Planets collided with anobject. Finding out what the object was, the size andthe velocity in which it hit the gas planet is gong tobe difficult. Whatever slammed into the planet andleft the huge, glowing scar there remains unknown.

Amy Simon-Miller of NASA’s Goddard SpaceFlight Centre estimated that the diameter of theobject that hit the planet was the size of severalfootball fields. The magnitude of the impact eventwas rare, Amy Simon-Miller said.

The space agency said the release of the close-up look at Jupiter’s black eye proves repairs doneon the Hubble in May were successful.—Internet

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

People’s Desire■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest and violence

Prime Minister General Thein Seinreceives UN Under-Secretary-General

NAY PYI TAW, 27 July—Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein of the Union of Myanmar received UN

Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary ofthe Economic and Social Commission for Asia and thePacific Dr Noeleen Heyzer at the hall of the Govern-ment Office here at 4 pm today.

Together with Prime Minister General Thein Seinat the call were Minister for Agriculture and IrrigationMaj-Gen Htay Oo, Minister for Foreign Affairs UNyan Win, Minister for National Planning and Eco-nomic Development U Soe Tha, Chairman of Civil

Service Selection and Training Board and of TripartiteCore Group (TCG) U Kyaw Thu, Director-GeneralCol Thant Shin of the Government Office, Director-General U Kyaw Kyaw of the Protocol Department ofthe Ministry of Foreign Affairs and departmental heads.

Together with Dr Noeleen Heyzer at the call wereUNICEF resident representative to Myanmar and actingUN coordinator Mr Ramesh Shrestha and responsiblepersons.—MNA

Old bank notes now exchangeableat Myanma Economic Banks

YANGON, 27 July—It is learnt that old banknotes can be exchanged for new ones provided thatthe note is in specified condition at notes changingcounter of Central Bank of Myanmar at No (198/199) at the corner of Bo Sun Pak Street and StrandRoad and respective branches of Myanma Eco-nomic Bank. Arrangements have been made forexchange of old notes for new ones, ranging from K10 to K 200 notes.

For more details, inquire at branches ofMyanma Economic Bank in Yangon, announcedYangon branch of Central Bank of Myanmar. Cen-tral Bank of Myanmar is also providing small changesto All Bus Lines Supervisory Committees and Mar-kets Department of City Development Committeesin Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon, and Mandalay weekly.

MNA

One more infected with New Influenzavirus, a total of seven infected up to now

NAY PYI TAW, 27 July—A man aged 25 whocame back from Thailand by flight TG-305 of ThaiAirways on 16 July was found ill and transferred toWaibagi Specialist Hospital from township HealthDepartment on 25 July. Sample of plasma from thepatient was examined at National Health Labora-tory and found New Influenza A (H1/N1) viruspositive.

Other six family members living together withthe patient are being kept home quarantine. Like-

wise, 244 passengers who were together with thepatient on the same flight were under surveillance.

A total of seven persons have been infectedwith the virus up to now, of them, four were dis-charged from the hospital as they recovered and otherthree are under systematic treatment.

A total of 96 New Influenza A (H1/N1) virussuspects were examined at National Health Labora-tory and seven was found to be infected with thevirus.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein receives UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commissionfor Asia and the Pacific Dr Noeleen Heyzer at Government Office in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

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