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* 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

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence visits farms in HmawbyYANGON, 10 Aug—

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defencetogether with Chairmanof Yangon DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofYangon Command Maj-Gen Win Myint andofficials visited YangonDivision VegetableCultivation and Poultryand Fish Farming SpecialZone-2 in HmawbyTownship yesterday.

Lt-Gen Myint Sweheard reports on ongoing

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Kyonmange enjoys multi-sectoral development

The microwave station of Kyonmange is forcomfort and convenience of local people in

communication.

Article, photos:Maung Tin Hlaing(Hotels & Tourism)

Recently, fortune smiled on me to make a boat tripto Ayeyawady Division enjoying cumulativedevelopment. The first itinerary of our journey tookme to Kyonmange, 106 miles from Yangon.

Kyonmange is accessible by boat and by car fromYangon. The vessels plying between Yangon Divisionand Ayeaywady Delta are kept clean with strongengines. So, passengers can reach their destinations inthe two regions in a short time. The clean jetty, tickethouse, roads and bridges made me relax and refresh.According to my first-hand knowledge, Kyonmangeis developing remarkably with thriving paddy fieldsand fisheries.

Local service personnel were found working hardfor the convenience of local people in communicationand agricultural farming. I noticed local authoritiessupervising regional development undertakings.

Kyonmange grows paddy as the major crop alongwith jute, black gram, green gram, sesame, sunflower,groundnut, corn, chilli and vegetables and raiselivestock including fish, prawn, chicken, pig, goat andduck on a commercial scale.

In the pre- and post-independence periods,Kyonmange fell behind in development due to lack ofpeace and stability. Compared with the conditions in

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Leading Committeefor Organizing 17th

Performing ArtsCompetitions holdsmeeting with State/Division delegates

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug—The leading committeefor observance of the 17th Myanmar Traditional CulturalPerforming Arts Competitions held its coordinationmeeting with delegates to states and divisions at themeeting hall of the Ministry of Culture, here, thisevening.

Chairman of the leading committee Commanderof Nay Pyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin madea speech on the occasion.

Next, Chairman of the Work CommitteeMinister for Culture Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myintstressed the need for committees and subcommitteesto submit reports on accomplishment of the tasks inpreparations for observance of the Myanmarperforming arts presented by committees and sub-committees and urged those present to make effortsto hold the 17th performing arts competitions.

Afterwards, Secretary of the work committeeDirector-General of Fine Arts Department U YanNaing Oo presented reports on preparations to hold theMyanmar performing arts competitions.

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Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence inspects roadworks on No. 2 Highway.—MNA

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Tuesday, 11 August, 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

Always keep school and itsenvironment clean

While raising the momentum of itsimplementation of the 30-year long-termplan for national education promotion,the government of Myanmar is alsocarrying out work for practical educationdevelopment.

According to the educationalcalendar of the 2009-2010 academic year,the period from 10 to 15 August has beendesignated as School Health Week and fiveschool health programmes — sanitation ofschool and its environment, school healthinspection and treatment, prevention ofcontagious diseases, school healtheducation and nutrition development —are being implemented at all basiceducation schools across the nation.

Children start school at the age offive and they need to be healthy.Therefore, sanitation of school and itsenvironment is very important to them.Clean water, clean hand, clean food andclean latrine are necessary for schoolhealth. For healthy school environment,schools must always be free frommosquitoes, refuse and filth.

It is necessary for parents andteachers to work together to ensure thatschool and its environment is always cleanand children are healthy, well nourishedand intelligent.

YANGON, 10 Aug—The prize-presentingceremony for schoolsthat took part in schoolhealth week movementin Division/Districtlevels was held alongwith school health weekmovement underYangon Division HealthCommittee at the hall ofNo.1 Basic EducationHigh School in DagonTownship this afternoon,attended by Chairman ofYangon Division Peaceand DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofYangon Command Maj-Gen Win Myint.

It was also attendedby the director-generalof No.3 Basic EducationDepartment, chairman ofDivision HealthCommittee, secretaryand members of DivisionPeace and Development

Commander attends prize-presenting ceremony ofschool health week movement

Council, districtchairmen, DivisionHealth Department staffofficer, teachers, invitedguests and students.

The commander andofficials presented prize-winning school awards toHigh, Middle and PrimaryEducation Schools.

Next, the commanderand guests viewed theschool health movementsdisplayed at the hall of theschool.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug— 42nd Anniversary ofASEAN Day was held atthe meeting hall of theMinistry of Foreign Affairshere this morning.

Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Windelivered an openingaddress on the occasion. Inhis address, he pointed outthat progress anddevelopments have beenachieved during the periodof 42 years. Among others,ratification of Charter by allASEAN member states isone of its successful eventsin the history of ASEAN.The ASEAN Charter wasentered into forced on 15December 2008. Afterhaving entered into force,we, the member states haveresponsibility to implementthe ASEAN Charter. Inregards to the ASEANCharter, Minister U NyanWin expressed that theASEAN Community willbe established in accordance

with the Charter and it willbe composed of threecommunities namelyASEAN Political andSecurity Community,ASEAN EconomicCommunities and ASEANSocio Cultural Community.The ASEAN Community isbeing systematicallyimplemented byCoordination Ministries ofMyanmar. Therefore theMinister urged all concernedMinisteries involving inbuilding the ASEANCommunity to step up theircoordination andcooperation activities andworking closely with eachothers. Bearing it in mind, hedistributed the ASEANCharter printed books torepresentatives of Ministriesand Organizations tocontribute to buildingASEAN Community.

Then, ASEANPolitical and SecurityCommunity was briefed byU Than Tun, Director-

General of ASEAN AffairsDepartment, Ministry ofForeign Affairs, ASEANEconomic Communitywas briefed by U HtayChun, Deputy Director-General of Ministry ofNational Planning andEconomic Developmentand ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community wasbriefed by U San Win,Director-General of

Ministry of Culturerespectively.

Also present on theoccasion were repre-sentatives of Ministries andOrganizations, members ofthe Panel of Patrons andExecutive Committee ofthe Myanmar ASEANWomen’s FriendshipAssociation (MAWFA)and others invited guests.

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42nd Anniversary of ASEAN Day

YANGON, 10 Aug— Thutapadetha Journal Volume36, No.8 published by Sarpay Beikman of the Printingand Publishing Enterprise under Ministry ofInformation came out today for readers who areinterested in translation literature.

The journal carries various interesting articles onknowledge and literature such as ASEAN commoncurrency system, poisonous particles of computer, lastdefence of polio, prosperous thoughts, utilization ofrain water, archive of Soviet-era, value of time as wellas translated poems, view on international community,laughter, and so on.

The journal is available at Sarpay Beikman bookshop, No (529/531), Merchant Street, here, Ph: 01-249031 and agents of Sarpay Beikman in respectivetownships at a price of K 400 per copy—MNA

Thutapadetha Journal in circulation

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug— The second round of the3rd Nay Pyi Taw Inter-Ministry Men’s FootballTournament for 2009 continued in Nay Pyi TawSports Ground this evening.

The Ministry of Finance and Revenue hammeredMinistry of Progress of Border Areas and NationalRaces and Development Affairs 2-1 in the group-DDwhile Ministry of Sports beat Ministry of Immigrationand Population1-0 in the group-DD in Nay Pyi Taw(Paunglong Sports Ground).

The following day Ministry of Communications,Posts and Telegraphs meets Ministry of Mines at NayPyi Taw Sports Ground in the group-AA whereas theMinistry of Labour faces with Ministy of RailTransportation at Nay Pyi Taw (Paunglaung SportsGround) in the group-AA.

MNA

Second round of 3rd Nay Pyi TawInter-Ministry Men’s Football

Tournament continues

Yangon Command Commander Maj-Gen Win Myint views schoolhealth activities on display.—MNA

All this needs to be known* Do not be frightened whenever

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered* Do not be softened whenever appeased

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Vietnam launches Orange Dayfor victims of war

Two young disabled Vietnamese, claimed to be Agent Orange victims, arepictured in Hanoi, in March. Vietnam on Monday launched an annual

Orange Day to highlight the plight of millions of people it says were victimsof chemicals used by the US during the Vietnam War.—INTERNET

HANOI, 10 Aug—Vietnam on Monday laun-ched an annualOrange Day to highlightthe plight of millions ofpeople it says were victimsof chemicals used by theUnited States during theVietnam War.

A show launched bystate television on Mondayevening is expected to helpraise up to 60 billion dong(3.3 million dollars) thisyear, said the VietnamAssociation for Victims ofAgent Orange (VAVA).

The campaign also

includes a range of otheractivities including charityprogrammes.

“This day was chosenbecause the US firstsprayed chemicals insouthern Vietnam on 10August, 1961,” VAVAofficial Dao Van Tam toldAFP.

The US military usedAgent Orange, named afterits orange-striped con-tainers, to defoliate areasbelieved to be harbouringcommunist forces duringthe war which ended in1975 and led to Vietnam’s

reunification.It contained dioxin, a

chemical linked to a varietyof diseases and whichVietnam has blamed for aspate of birth deformities.

At least three millionVietnamese people havesuffered as a result ofthe spraying of about80 million litres (21 milliongallons) of herbicide,much of it Agent Orange,over southern Vietnamduring a 10-yearperiod, the VAVAestimates.

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Chavez urges military to be prepared for conflict

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez

CARACAS, 10 Aug—President HugoChavez told his military to be preparedfor a possible confrontation withColombia, warning that Bogota’s plansto increase the US military presence atits bases poses a threat to Venezuela.

Chavez has issued near dailywarnings that Washington could usebases in Colombia to destabilize theregion since learning of negotiations tolease seven Colombian military basesto the United States. “The threat againstus is growing,” Chavez said on Sunday.“I call on the people and the armedforces, let’s go, ready for combat!”

The former paratroop commandersaid Colombian soldiers were recentlyspotted crossing the porous 1,400-mile

A python in captivity. A

gang pinned down a

14-year-old boy and

attacked him with a

snake, forcing the

reptile to bite the

teenager on the arm,

police said on Sunday.

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Teenager attacked with snakeLONDON, 10 Aug—A gang pinned down a 14-year-old boy and attacked him with a

snake, forcing the reptile to bite the teenager on the arm, police said on Sunday.Police said they were interviewing two teenagers over the attack in Bristol which they

suspect was racially motivated.The boy was taken to hospital for treatment on Saturday after the non-venomous

snake, thought to be a python about 1.2 metres long, sank its fangs into his arm, leavingtwo puncture wounds, police said.

“The teenager had been subject to racist comments and then reportedly held down asa snake was held in front of him, which bit his right arm,” a spokesman for Avon andSomerset police said.“The boy was taken to Frenchay Hospital with breathing problems,where he was treated for the injury to his arm.”

The boy gave a description of the snake to ambulance officers who contacted experts.“We contacted Bristol Zoo to talk to their snake expert. What we described they indicatedwas probably a type of python, so not venomous,” an officer from Great WesternAmbulance said.—Internet

Roadside bomb killsthree Afghan soldiers

KABUL, 10 Aug—Three Afghan soldiers werekilled as a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in thesouthern Zabul Province on Sunday, an officialsaid. “The soldiers were on patrol in Shahjoi districtwhen a mine planted by Taleban militants hit theirvehicle killing three aboard, “General ShirMohammad Zazi, commander of army Corps in theregion, told Xinhua.

Taleban militants fighting Afghan andinternational troops have intensified their activitiesas the post-Taleban country moving towardspresidential election to be held soon.—Xinhua

String of bombings kill atleast 40 in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 10 Aug—A double truck bombing torethrough a Shiite minority community near thenorthern city of Mosul, while a series of blastsstruck Baghdad on Monday in a wave of predawnviolence that killed at least 40 people, according toIraqi officials.

The attacks provided a grim example of USmilitary warnings that insurgents are expected tostep up efforts to derail security gains as theAmericans scale back their presence.

The deadliest blast on Monday was a doubletruck bombing in Khazna village, just east of Mosul,as the members of the Shiite Shabak ethnic groupwho live there were still sleeping.—Internet

Protesters disrupttown-hall

healthcare talksBOILING SPRINGS, 10

Aug—At scattered eventsacross the United States,protesters are confrontingmembers of Congresswhose summer “town hall”meetings aim to get a senseof how Americans feelabout overhauling health-care.

Boiling Springs in SouthCarolina — population4,500 — was true to itsname on Thursday, givingUS Representative BobInglis a taste of rising angeramong conservative voterstoward President BarackObama’s reform plan.

“There is no way, shapeor form we need to have anational healthcaresystem. No! Nothing!None! It’s got to stopnow,” said one man whoaddressed the audience of300 people to sustainedapplause.

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(2,300-kilometre) border that separatesthe two countries and suggested thatColombia may have been trying toprovoke Venezuela’s military.

“They crossed the Orinoco River in aboat and entered Venezuelan territory,”Chavez said. “When our troops arrived,they’d already left.”

Internet

Vast expanses of Arctic ice melt in summer heatTUKTOYAKTUK, 10 Aug—The Arctic Ocean has given up tens of thousands more

square miles (square kilometers) of ice on Sunday in a relentless summer of melt,with scientists watching through satellite eyes for a possible record low polar icecap.From the barren Arctic shore of this village in Canada’s far northwest, 1,500miles (2,414 kilometers) north of Seattle, veteran observer Eddie Gruben has seenthe summer ice retreating more each decade as the world has warmed. By thisweekend the ice edge lay some 80 miles (128 kilometers) at sea.

“Forty years ago, it was 40 miles (64 kilometers) out,” said Gruben, 89,patriarch of a local contracting business.Global average temperatures rose 1 degreeFahrenheit (0.6 degree Celsius) in the past century, but Arctic temperatures rosetwice as much or even faster, almost certainly in good part because of manmadegreenhouse gases, researchers say.—Internet

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People drive antique cars during a parade at the Flower Festival in Medellin,on 8 Aug, 2009.—INTERNET

Rescuers pull a car out of water in rain in Wenzhou, east China’s ZhejiangProvince, on 9 Aug, 2009. —XINHUA

The wreckage of a helicopter is lifted by crane from the Hudson River andplaced on a boat as seen from Hoboken, NJ, on 9 Aug, 2009. Divers

recovered a piece of a submerged helicopter and a fifth body on Sunday asinvestigators searched the Hudson River for wreckage from the helicopterand a small plane that collided in midair, killing nine people.—INTERNET

TOKYO, 10 Aug—Japan’s current accountsurplus in June expandedfor the first time in 16months, soaring by 144.4percent year-on-year to1.15 trillion yen (11.86billion US dollars) inJune, the Finance Mini-

Japan’s current account surplusrockets 144.4% in June

stry said in a preliminaryreport on Monday.

A steep fall in importswas a key factor behindthe surge in the nation’current account surplus,according to the ministry.

The trade surplus ingoods and services rose

for the first time in 13months to 485.9 billionyen (5 billion dollars),compared with 1.9 billionyen (19.59 milliondollars) a year earlier,said the report.

Exports extracted 37.0percent to 4,307.7 billionyen (44.40 billiondollars) while importsplunged 43.8 percent to3,705.4 billion yen(38.20 billion dollars).

The current accountbalance, the broadestgauge of trade in goods,services, tourism andinvestment, is calculatedby determining thedifference between anation’s income fromforeign sources andpayments on foreignobligations, excludingnet capital investment.

Xinhua

LONDON, 10 Aug— ABritish economic reco-very may be at hand, butit would be quite fragileat least in the comingmonths as there are manyuncertainties lying ahead,analysts said.

There have been a few“green shots” of economicrecovery in the past monthsand more welcoming datawere released last week,

SEOUL, 10 Aug— South Korea’s second-quartermanufacturing output growth stood at a 36-year highin the second quarter of this year, mainly due tocorporate inventory adjustments amid a recovery indemand, the central bank said on Monday.

According to the report by the Bank of Korea(BOK), manufacturing output grew 8.2 percent in theApril-June period from a quarter earlier, marking thefastest growth since the fourth quarter of 1973 whenthe figure also hit 8.2 percent.

The second-quarter gain, following a minus 3.4percent on-quarter growth in the first quarter and an11.9 percent contraction in the last quarter of 2008, ishinting at external economic conditions picking up,an official at the BOK said.—Xinhua

LOS ANGELES, 10Aug— With holidays sillmonths away, more thanone in three Americanconsumers (36.2 percent)said they would spend lessthis holiday season thanlast year, according to asurvey published onSunday.

Just 2.7 percent ofconsumers said theywould spend more, and26.1 percent plan to spendthe same, said the surveypublished by the LosAngeles Times.

The survey also foundthat 29.1 percent ofrespondents said it wastoo early to know, and 5.8percent don’t celebrate theholiday season.—Xinhua

BEIJING, 10 Aug—French advertising com-pany Publicis Groupestruck a deal on Sundayto buy the digital market-ing agency Razorfishfrom Microsoft in orderto boost its share ofadvertising on the Web,according to a jointstatement released onSunday.

The deal is valued at530 million US dollars,comprised of cash and6.5 million Publicis

PERTH, 10 Aug—Oil prices were little changed at$71 a barrel on Monday, paring earlier losses as risingAsian stocks bolstered sentiment over an economicrecovery while the dollar dipped, lending support tothe commodities complex.

Slight losses in the US dollar after its jump of morethan 1 percent jump on Friday buttressed oil prices,which like other commodities are increasingly playedagainst the greenback. A 1.3 percent rise in Japan’sNikkei (T), tracking Friday’s Wall Street gains, helped.

US crude rose 11 cents to $71.04 a barrel by 0343GMT (11:43 pm EDT), retracing earlier losses.London Brent crude rose 15 cents to $73.74 a barrel.

Prices rose more than 2 percent last week amidgenerally upbeat earnings and economic indicatorsthat raised hope of higher fuel demand, touching afive-week high on Friday. But they closed the daydown more than $1, the biggest decline since 29 July,after the dollar’s unexpected surge on positive jobsdata.

US employers cut 247,000 jobs in July, far fewerthan expected and the least in any month since lastAugust, according to a government report.—Internet

S Korea’s manufacturing outputgrowth hits 36-year high in Q2

One third ofAmericans plan

to spend less

Publicis Groupe acquires Razorfishfrom Microsoft

Groupe treasury shares.The two companies alsosigned a five-year strate-gic alliance agreementthat will allow Publicis topurchase display andsearch advertising fromMicrosoft on favourableterms, in exchange forguaranteed aggregatepurchase levels.

“We look forward tocontinuing to work withRazorfish as one of ouragencies, and we’reconfident that as a part of

Publicis Groupe, Razor-fish will build on itssuccess to date in thedigital advertising in-dustry,” said MicrosoftCEO Steve Ballmer, in ajoint statement from thetwo companies.

Microsoft acquiredRazorfish in 2007 when itbought aQuantive, adigital marketing servicescompany, for about 6billion US dollars in orderto compete better withGoogle.—Xinhua

Oil steady at $71, buoyed bystocks and softer dollar

British economic recovery at hand, but uncertainties remainthey said.

Britain’s CharteredInstitute for Purchasingand Supply (CIPS)reported last week that itsindex of activity in theservices sector, whichaccounts for around twothirds of the country’s totaleconomic activity, rose to53.2 in July from 51.6 inJune, hitting the highestpoint since February 2008.

Readings above 50indicate the expansion ofthe services sector, whilethose below 50 signalcontraction. An equi-valent survey releasedearlier last week by CIPSalso indicated thatBritain’s manufacturingsector, which accounts foraround 15 percent of theeconomy, was alsogrowing.—Xinhua

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Singapore celebrates 44th

birthday with massive partySINGAPORE, 10 Aug—Singapore, a city state with a

population of 4.84 million, marked its 44th birthdaywith a massive party at the Marina Bay floatingplatform on Sunday night.

In the early part of the National Day Parade (NDP),12 Red Lions parachuters made a perfect landing onthe floating platform, and three F-16s fighters of theSingapore Air Force swooped across the bay in whatis known as the salute to the nation.

There was a thrilling police boat chase on theSingapore River not far away from the crowd, andsome spills with a Chinook flying low over the water.Four helicopters with a Singapore national flag flewpast. Singapore’s President SR Nathan inspected theguard-of-honor while he was being given a 21-gunsalute.—Xinhua

Spectators watch the national day celebration in Singapore,on 9 Aug, 2009. Singapore, a city state with a population of

4.84 million, marked its 44th birthday with a massive party atthe Marina Bay floating platform on Sunday night.—XINHUA

Iraq arrests Briton for murder charges

Car fleeing police kills seven in California

The children show their paintings at the “Chant of Picture Scroll to theMotherland” held in Yuncheng City of north China’s Shanxi Province,

on 9 Aug, 2009.—XINHUA

BAGHDAD, 10 Aug—Iraqi authoritiesarrested a British contractor formurdering an Australian and a fellowBritish co-worker in Baghdad heavily-guarded Green Zone, an Iraqi officialtelevision reported on Sunday. “A British national shot dead anAustralian and a British citizen andwounded an Iraqi with a pistol insidethe Green Zone early on Sunday,” theIraqia state-run television quotedQassim Atta, spokesman of Baghdadoperations command, as saying. Atta said that the arrested Briton is“facing premeditated murder charges,and he is now in the hand of the Iraqi

justice.” The suspect and the two victims areemployees for Armor Group, a securityfirm in Iraq, Atta added. The US and British embassies inBaghdad told reporters that they wereaware of the shooting incident and theywere working closely with the Iraqiauthorities to investigate thecircumstances of the deaths. The arrested Briton could be the firstwesterner that faces Iraqi trial on murdercharges, according to security pactsinged late last year between Baghdadand Washington.

Xinhua

Miao girlsperform at the

openingceremony of

Julan CulturalFestival in

Huangping, acounty ofsouthwestChina’sGuizhouProvince,on 8 Aug,

2009. XINHUA

More than 4.9 mln people livewith HIV in Asia-Pacific region JAKARTA, 10 Aug—The World Health Organization

has reported there are about 4.9 million people affectedwith AIDS in Asia-Pacific region, the second highestfigure in the world, Indonesian Health Minister SitiPadilah Sufari said on Monday. The minister made thestatement read by Director General of Disease Controland Environmental Health of the ministry Prof DrTjandra Yoga Aditama at the ninth International Congresson AIDS/HIV in Asia and Pacific Region (ICAAP) inBali. The HIV cases are recorded at the group of highlyrisked people such as drug consumers, prostitutes andtheir consumers, according to the WHO. More than95 percent or 4.5 million cases of the HIV in the regionstook places in nine countries, including Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea (PNG),and Thailand and it said.—Xinhua

Performers from local Chinese community playtraditional Chinese dragon dance during the

festival cavalcade in Edinburgh, Britain, on 9 Aug,2009. —XINHUA

All items from Xinhua News Agency

LOS ANGELES, 10 Aug—Seven people were killedin an accident caused by acar fleeing from police inCentral California, theCalifornia Highway Patrol(CHP) said on Sunday.

The accident occurredin Dinuba, southeast ofFresno in CentralCalifornia on Saturdayafternoon, the CHP said.

Police in Dinuba were

trying to stop the car for atraffic infraction, but thecar tried to flee, running astop sign and slamminginto a pickup, killing threepeople in the car and fouryoung children in the truck,according to the CHP. Thepatrol said the truck wascarrying two adults andtheir five children. Four ofthe children — ages 1, 3, 4and 7 — were ejected and

died at the scene. The fifthchild — age 8 — and theparents were taken to ahospital, said the CHP.

The adults wereidentified as 29-year-oldCarlos Salazar Jr and 26-year-old Jennifer Salazar.

All three men in thefleeing car were killed, butpolice did not disclosetheir identities and ages.

Xinhua

MANILA, 10 Aug—Twenty-five 25 fishermenmissing off E Philippine coastfishermen on board fivepump-boats remain missing more than a week afterthey sailed off the eastern Philippine coast for fishing,local newspaper reported on Monday.

Families of the fishermen feared that the smallwooden-hulled boats might have capsized whentyphoon Morakot swept through the northern Luzonisland in the past three days, the Manila Bulletin said.

Four of the five missing boats have been identifiedby local police, it said.

But when reached on phone on Monday, neitherthe coast guard authorities nor the national disasterrelief agency — the National Disaster Coord-inatingCouncil (NDCC) — could confirm thereport.—Xinhua

25 fishermen missing offE Philippine coast

Ahmadinejad vows toseverely punishbullying powers

TEHERAN,10 August— Iran’s PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad said that hisgovernment will severely punish bullyingpowers, the official IRNA news agencyreported on Sunday. The new governmentwill slam those bullying powers (someWestern states), which fanned the flamesof Iran’s post-election unrest, IRNA quotedAhmadinejad as saying.Iranian officialshave recently used their bitter rhetoricagainst some Western countries, accusingthem of meddling in Iran’ s post-electionunrest. Teheran says that the Westirresponsibly interfered in Iran’s internalaffairs in an attempt to implement a “velvetcoup” against the country’s religioussystem. —Xinhua

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A woman in Guiyang, capital of GuizhouProvince, installed a device in her housethat shields cell phone signals in a bid tostop her husband from going out with his friends to get drunk at nights.

Woman installs cell phoneshielding device at home

A woman in Guiyang, capital ofGuizhou Province, installed a devicein her house that shields cell phonesignals in a bid to stop her husbandfrom going out with his friends to getdrunk at nights.

The woman surnamed Huang, 33,said she was frustrated because herhusband, the chief of an advertisingfirm, received phone calls from friendsevery night asking him to come out fora drink.

“Each night my husband would returnhome drunk, which is why I installed thedevice,” Huang said.

However, her husband figured thereason for not getting phone calls off lateand decided to stay in office after workto receive phone calls from his friends.

Archaeologists unearth ‘birthplace ofRoman emperor’ in Italy

Man with fetish charged with stealing eyeglassesAn Illinois man was accused of stealing more than $45,000

worth of eyeglasses from suburban Milwaukee stores becausehe enjoys being around eyewear. Jerry Lowery, 38, wascharged with three counts of armed robbery and one count offleeing an officer. The charges carry a maximum penalty ofmore than 120 years in prison and a $310,000 fine.

Prosecutors said Lowery walked into three shops betweenApril and July and said he had a gun. They say he took morethan 500 pairs of high-end glasses including Prada and Guccibrands, but didn’t take cash.

A man shows his accordionto sell on a flea market heldin Panjiayuan, the market

for folk art, in Beijing,China. Panjiayuan Marketwill supply 400 free boothsfor citizens to trade theirunused articles on every

Thursday.

A marble bust of RomanEmperor Vespasian.

Archaeologists said theyhad unearthed the ruins of

a villa believed to be thebirthplace of the Roman

Emperor who reignedalmost 2,000 years ago.

Archaeologists said theyhad unearthed the ruins of avilla believed to be thebirthplace of a RomanEmperor who reigned almost2,000 years ago.

Professor FilippoCoarelli, who is leading thedig, said “numerous clues”pointed to the site as the houseof Emperor Vespasian, whoruled the Roman Empire from69 AD to 79 AD.

The location of the villa,in the ancient city ofFalacrine, 70 kilometres (45miles) northeast of Rome,was a strong indicator thatthe site was where the rulerwas born, Coarelli added.

Vespasian was born in thecity, which was lost until2005 when archaelogistslocated the site and beganexcavating it.

In addition, the luxuriousproperty could only havebeen built by a wealthyperson such as the father ofVespasian, who was a bankerfrom the region, thearchaeologists said.

“Hive” to boostbee-keepingA new plastic

beehive was laun-ched in Britainyesterday to en-courage people tokeep bees in theirgardens or onrooftops to helpboost declininghoneybee popul-ations.

The bees buz-zed in and out ofthe postbox-likeslot in the grey andyellow “beehaus”on the roof of con-servation agencyNatural England’sLondon offices.

SAN DIEGO, 10 Aug—In China it’s the year ofthe ox — and it could befor Cuba, too.

President Raul Castrois promoting the beasts ofburden as a way for theeconomically strappedcommunist country toramp up food productionwhile conserving energy.

He recently suggestedexpanding a pilotprogramme that givesprivate farmers fallowgovernment land tocultivate — but withoutthe use of gas-guzzlingmachinery.

“For this programmewe should forget abouttractors and fuel, even if

In this 6 Aug, 2009 photo, farmer Diosdado Menaworks his oxen in a field in Los Palacios, Cuba.

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VIENNA, 10 Aug—Thenumber of Austrian singleparents, especially singlefathers, has been on therise, according to thelatest figures released byStatistics Austria.

As of 2008, among a

JERUSALEM, 10 Aug— Israeli warplanes bombed asmuggling tunnel along the Gaza-Egypt border earlyon Monday in response to Palestinian rocket andmortar fire, in a brief flare-up of violence at a time ofrelative quiet in the volatile Palestinian territory.

Such exchanges of fire, once routine, have becomerare in recent months. Rocket fire from Hamas-controlled Gaza has largely subsided since a fierceIsraeli offensive against militants early this year.

There were no reports of casualties in any of theattacks.

On Sunday, Gaza militants launched mortar shellsat a border crossing between Gaza and Israel just asPalestinian patients were being transferred into Israelfor medical treatment, according to Dr MoaiyaHassanain of the Gaza Health Ministry.

Hassanain said it was a “miracle” that no one washurt. According to the procedure, Palestinian patientsare brought to the crossing in local ambulances,transferred to Israeli ambulances and taken to hospitalsinside Israel.

Two small Palestinian militant factions said theyfired 12 mortars at the Erez crossing. The Israelimilitary said about six shells exploded near thecrossing as the transfer was in progress.—Internet

ROME, 10 Aug— An Italian tugboat and its crewof 16, seized by pirates off the Gulf of Aden in April,have been released, Italian Foreign Minister FrancoFrattini said on Sunday.

Frattini told Sky Italia TV he had been given the newsby the Somali prime minister. The ship’s release was theresult of “exceptional work” on the part of Somaliauthorities and the Italian intelligence service, he said.

The pirates hijacked the Italian-flagged Buccaneeron 11 April with a crew of 10 Italians, 5 Romaniansand one Croatian and took it to a point close to LasQoray, a fishing village in a disputed area of northernSomalia. The ship is now on its way to the port ofDjibouti, escorted by naval vessels, said SilvioBartolotti, general manager of the company that ownsit, Ravenna-based Micoperi Marine Contractors.

Internet

In Cuba, the ox may be mightier thanthe tractor

we had enough. The ideais to work basically withoxen,” Castro toldparliament on 1 Aug “Anincreasing number ofgrowers have been doingexactly this with excellentresults.”

Cuba’s economy wasdevastated by threehurricanes last summer,and the global recessionhas left the governmentshort on cash to coverdebts.

As a result, it hasslashed spending and cutdomestic production andforeign imports, causingshortages of such basicsas cooking oil, groundbeef and toilet paper.

Though the island getsnearly 100,000 freebarrels of oil a day fromVenezuela, it also hasbegun a campaign toconserve crude.—Internet

Israeli planes strike in responseto mortars

Single fathers increase rapidly in Austriatotal of 8.35 millionAustrians, the number ofsingle parents stood at296,000.

The number ofAustrian single parentsincreased 7.6 percent inthe 1998-2008 decade,whereas the number ofsingle fathers more thanquadrupled by 32.4percent.

So far, single fathersaccount for 15 percent ofall single parents inAustria.

A high divorce rate isbelieved to be the major

cause for the highproportion of singleparents. Almost 40percent of the singleparents in Austria have toraise their children alonedue to broken marriage.

In 2008, the averagedivorce rate in Austrianationwide was 47.76percent, while capitalVienna beat the nationalaverage with a 59.5percent. Austria’s highdivorce rate put thecountry among those withthe highest rate in theworld.—Internet

Pirates free Italian cargo ship, crew

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 11 August, 2009 7

Kyonmange enjoys multi-sectoral developmentArticle, photos: Maung Tin Hlaing (Hotels & Tourism)

Kyonmange People’s Hospital.

A flourishing paddy field in Kyonmange.

(from page 1)the past, the town has developed inleaps and bounds, as supported bypeaceful life local people lead andflourishing agricultural farms. TheAgricultural MechanizationDepartment renders farm implementsto local farmers to beef up the region’sagricultural growth. KyonmangePeople’s Hospital equipped withcompetent health staff attracts trust and

reliance from the residents due to itshealth care.

The town has got a university forcomputer studies, apart from basiceducation schools. Thanks to the effortsof officials concerned to improve thepass rate, the town saw five-distinctionwinners at the matriculation level thisacademic year.

There have emerged many librariesin the township. It has a relatively low

crime rate owning to law enforcementmeasures.

Now, Kyonmange has changed a lotin all sectors with markets, fine roadsand bridges and peace and stability. Finelarge buildings and internal roads copingwith constant flows of traffic in the towndepict its significant development.

The shops of the markets in the townare well-organized. The whole town iskept clean and tidy. The construction ofa large market is nearing completion in

it.Overall, Kyonmange enjoys all-

round development with peace andstability on the ground of the five ruraldevelopment programmes laid downby the government, close supervisionof Ayeaywady Division Peace andDevelopment Council and hard workof local authorities.

******Translation: MSKyemon: 3-8-2009

NAY PYI TAW, 10Aug—Minister forEducation Dr Chan Nyeinaccompanied by DeputyMinister Brig-Gen AungMyo Min and personnelvisited Nay Pyi Taw No. 1Basic Education HighSchool and observedschool health activitiessuch as cleanliness ofschool and environs,medical check-up andremedy, preventionagainst infectious disease,dissemination ofhealthcare knowledge,nourishment.

Education Minister views school health activities

The minister andparty also visited Nay PyiTaw Pyinmana No. 2BEHS and Nay Pyi TawNo. 3 BEMS and oversawschool health activities ofrespective schools.

Likewise, the deputyminister and party went toNay Pyi Taw Lewe No.1BEMS and viewed schoolhealth activities.

The period from 10 to15 August was designatedas school health weekaccording to procedure of2009-2010 school yeareducational plan.—MNA

MWEA Vice-Chairperson leaves for ThailandYANGON, 10 Aug—

Vice-Chairperson ofMyanmar WomenEntrepreneurs’ Asso-ciation Daw Nu Nu Yi andparty left here by air forThailand this morning toattend ASEAN FashionPlus Fair and Bangkok

International Leather Fair2009 (BIFF & BIL 2009)to be held in Bangkok,Thailand, from 13 Augustto 16 August.

Founder/adviser toMWEA Professor Daw YiYi Myint, (Retd) Chair-person, Agga Maha

Thiri ThaddhammaTheingi (ExcellentPerformance in SocialField- Class-I) Daw KhinMyint Myint andexecutives saw off theMyanmar delegation atYangon InternationalAirport.—MNA

YANGON, 10 Aug — Aceremony to open the eightperforming arts and magiccompetitions of Direc-torate of Public Relationsand Psychological Warfareunder the Ministry ofDefence took place at No 3Mobile Public Relations

Performing arts and magiccompetitions start

Unit this morning. Theopening ceremony wasattended by DeputyCommander of CentralCommand Brig-Gen ThanTun Aung, senior militaryofficers of MandalayStation, officials of theNational Culture and Fine

Arts University (Man-dalay), judges and artistes.First, Col Nyo Win of theMinistry of Defence madean opening speech andformally opened theceremony. Then, the firstday events then followed.

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Minister Dr ChanNyein views activities

of School Health Weekobserved at Nay PyiTaw No. 3 BEMS.

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Delegation ofMyanmar Women

Entrepreneurs’ Asso-ciation seen at

Yangon InternationalAirport before their

departure forThailand to partici-pate in BIFF & BIL

2009.—MNA

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 11 August, 2009

Now, is a critical moment in the transitionalperiod from old system into democracy to satisfy thewishes of the entire people. The improvement infundamental requirements such as State stabilityand peace, security, transport, education, healthcare, and economy is sufficient enough for demo-cratic transition. In addition, the State constitution,which is a must for the drive, has been approved withthe support of the great majority of the voters. Thereis only one thing to be realized to complete theprocess—to keep on marching in harmony along thepaved way to democracy which is the most appropri-ate and safest one for the nation and the people.

The government is working hard to completethe transition to democracy as soon as possible, andthe people cannot wait to build a democratic nation,making good use of peace and stability. The entirepeople are looking forward to the multiparty democ-racy election due to be held in 2010 and the newgovernment to be formed democratically. The ulti-mate goal is now within the touching distance, so thepeople cannot let any forms of situations that candisrupt the proceedings. The real desire of thepeople is that the democratic process goes smoothlyand steadily, while they are leading a peaceful lifeand getting on with their businesses. The people whofavour democracy do not want to see riots andprotests that can harm their goal.

Nevertheless, some persons who do not wantnational interest are resorting to a variety of meansto disrupt the national goal, taking full advantage ofthe trial against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. The casewill be pronounced according to the law. Anti-government groups inside and outside the nationand the US are accusing the government of deterringDaw Aung San Suu Kyi from standing for election.Personally, I do not think they are right. The ap-proved constitution and the forthcoming electionlaw will decide who will be entitled and who will notbe entitled to stand for election.

Certain power countries, organizations andsubversives are demanding that Daw Aung San SuuKyi should be released unconditionally and shouldhave the right to stand for election. A so-calledveteran local politician once made a comment that itwas needed to have dialogue with Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi and she be released sooner for the purpose.In order to defend himself against possible criticism,he also said that his words were not associated withpersonality cult, but my feeling is that his wordswere somewhat extreme.

Since Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s case was putoff, internal and external organizations and somepersons have been generating public outrage andpersuading the people to take to the streets on the daythe court delivers the final judgment if she faces apunishment. What is their motive? Is it good or bad?The nation’s future will be good only if the peopleare capable enough of assessing their motive.

Today, the government is implementing demo-cratic process step by step in compliance with thedesire of the people. In that regard, the governmenthas to take time and great care because it is not asmall matter. It prioritizes a brighter future of the

Visualize, ponder over and do goodKo Thaya

nation, taking into consideration all forms of possibleharms in order to ensure enduing democracy. Demo-cratic process calls for good foundations in all sectors.Despite a large range of destructive activities, democ-ratization has been completed nearly cent per cent.

However, certain politicians are claiming that theupcoming election will be a fair one only if their partycomes to power, their leader is the leader of the Stateand their party forms a governing body. Actually, theirbehaviours serve as a great hindrance to the nationalgoal. If a person wants to practise politics, he shouldfocus on long-term, rather than short-term interest ofthe nation. He should stand for objective conditions inthe interest of the nation and the people. He shouldunderstand and respect the public desire.

Their mistakes will go further if they continueto act to the liking of certain powerful countries,placing reliance on external elements. They shouldhave taken lessons from the past historic events.What is the real attitude of the foreign countriesthey rely on, and what have they done in the interestof the motherland? Frankly, they are trying tomake our country a neo-colony. All they are doingin complicity is none other than to help the person,who will dance to their tune, come to power. Fallingto alien subjugation is not the only way of beingenslaved. The people can also be slaves if any personwho complies with their instructions comes to power.That is a point worthy of serious consideration.

All persons wishing to rule the nation shouldnotice such a small point. Article (59) of the StateConstitution adopted in the National Convention bypeople’s representatives says “The President and Vice-Presidents shall be well acquainted with the affairs ofthe Union such as political, administrative, economicand military”. Without these qualifications, any personshould not enter into politics. Otherwise, Myanmarwill follow Iraq and Afghanistan.

The super power is meddling in the world affairs inorder that no other country will be able to vie with it. Itis also attempting to oppress the countries that aremaking themselves stronger, as testified by its stanceand attitude towards Asian giants. It is claiming peace,freedom and human rights, but its real intention is tostrengthen its hegemony over the whole world. Thecountry that commits human right violation is themajor power itself. It is committing human right viola-tion variously such as invading Iraq, torturing andkilling innocent people in Iraq, Afghanistan, andGuantanamo prison.

Now, it is eyeing Myanmar which is geographi-cally strategic in Asia, and it is anxious to install apuppet government in Myanmar in order to expand itsmilitary power in Asia. If the people carry on work-ing together, Myanmar will soon see a democraticgovernment that is well resistant to alien interfer-ence. Then, things will go against what it hasintended, and it cannot let such conditions comeinto force. Therefore, it is using all possible waysand means to disrupt the 2010 election. In collu-sion with destructive elements outside the nation,it is deceiving the people into staging mass pro-tests. It is aiding and abetting anti-governmentgroups. It is generating popular outrage in orderthat the people will take wrong way and divertthemselves from the correct path.

They are provoking riots, destabilizing the coun-try, sowing hatred among the people, making goodthings happen in reverse, destroying national achieve-ments, and troubling the people. Only then will it bepossible for it to deepen the poverty of the people. Ifso things will favour it to intrude on the nation and itwill never withdraw from Myanmar.

So, it is high time the entire people remainedunited and warded off various types of dangersand made preparations for a proserous future ofthe nation. If the people let themselves to be swayedby their instigation and peace and stability aredeteriorating, democratic process will be far be-hind the goal. Besides, the future of the nation andthe people will be uncertain.

The government will never let disappear thedemocratic transition from sight. It will never let thenational goal divert from its course. It will continue tosee to the national goal, wiping out all forms ofdestructive acts. And it will never let the mothercountry see 1988 unrest-like affairs, nor will thepeople. The people wish to see further peace andstability.

So, they should have stopped creating publicoutrage that can grow into mass demonstrations. Thepeople do not want the situations that force the nationto restart the democratic process from the beginning.Their incitements will never benefit the people, buttrouble those who believe the incitements hopefully.They should have given up their campaigns that haveadverse effects on the people. I would like to suggestthat every politician visualize the future of the nation,ponder over and serve the interest of the nation.

Translation: MS

The government will never let the demo-

cratic transition disappear from sight. It will

never let the national goal divert from its

course. It will continue to see to the national

goal, wiping out all forms of destructive acts.

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 11 August, 2009 9

YANGON, 10 Aug—Chairman of Rakhine StatePeace and Development Council Commander of West-ern Command Maj-Gen Thaung Aye and Minister forTransport Maj-Gen Thein Swe inspected studentslearning lessons at Basic Education Primary Schoolsin Sittway and progress in construction of new schoolbuilding. The Commander and the Minister gave exer-cise books, stationery and sport gear to students.

After that, the Commander and the Ministervisited Sininngyi village, Padetha village-tract,Ponnagyun Township. They met with local people,village elders and members of social groups fromPadetha village-tract at the Sininngyi village BasicEducation Primary School and gave assistance forrural development.

On arrival at Kwumtaung village, they exam-ined learning of students at Basic Education PrimarySchool and fulfilled the requirement.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10Aug — The opening cer-emony of the ProficiencyCourse No. 31 for Audi-tors was held at the train-ing school in Auditor-General’s Office, here,this afternoon, with anopening speech by Audi-tor-General Maj-Gen LunMaung.

A total of 95 train-ees are attending the two

(from page 1)work and coordinated essentials. Lt-Gen Myint Sweurged the officials to make efforts as the zone is themain one which provides the demand of vegetables andmeat of Yangon and for export if there is surplus.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe then viewed vegetable plantsand raising of layers in Daw Yi Yi’s farm and raisingof layers in poultry farm of U Kyaw Than.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe then inspected supply of waterto water purifying plant of Yangon City DevelopmentCommittee through the main canal of NgamoeyeikDam in Yegahtit village.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspected the sitechosen for implementing water pumping project inYemon Station and attended to the requirements.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe then oversaw roadworks onNo. 2 Highway and stressed the needs.—MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministryof Defence…

(from page 1)Delegates from states and divisions and offi-

cials of committees and sub-committees, and maestrospresented reports on preparations for carrying outrespective subjects and, then general round of discus-sions followed.

Leading committeefor Organizing…

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug— The opening ceremonyof course on training oftrainers for civil serviceNo. 2/2009 organized byASEAN Resource Centerfor Training of Trainersfor Civil Service, estab-lished at Civil ServiceSelection and TrainingBoard (CSSTB), tookplace at the CSSTB, Of-fice No. 17, here this

Next, Maj-Gen Wai Lwin made concludingremarks and those present viewed samples of back-ground boards on display at the meeting hall.

Also present on the occasion were Maj-GenThan Htay of the Ministry of Defence, leading com-mittee members deputy ministers, the director-generalof the Government Office, heads of departments, maes-tros, delegates to states and divisions and officialsconcerned.

MNA

Maj-Gen Wai Lwin addresses the coord meeting of Leading Committee for Organizing the17thMyanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions.—MNA

Director-General U Myo Myint of Development Affairs Department delivers an speech atopening ceremony of courses conducted by the ministry.—DAD

Commander, Ministeron inspection tour of

Rakhine State

PBANRDA courses open

Proficiency Course forAuditors opened

Course on training oftrainers for civil service

No. 2/2009 openedmonths and 15 days course.

The plans are underway to open Grade-I,Grade-II and Grade-IIIcourses for service person-nel of government organi-zations and the proficiencycourse for senior auditorsof the Auditor-General’sOffice and Diploma inAccounting Course at thetraining school.

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morning. U Kyaw Thu,Chairman of the CSSTB,made an opening addresson the occasion.

It was also attendedby members of CSSTB UHla Myint Oo, U WinAung, U Soe Oo and UNyi Htun, directors-gen-eral of departments underthe CSSTB, responsibleofficials, course instruc-tors and participants.

A total of 30 partici-pants from the trainingcenters of various minis-tries, organizations and thetwo Central Institutes ofCivil Service are currentlyattending the course whichwill include five modulesfocusing on training mat-ters and methodologies. Itis learnt that the durationof the course will be fourweeks.

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YANGON, 10 Aug—Management courses No.33/34, Financial Rulecourse No. 21 and Cleri-cal courses No. 62/63 con-ducted by the Ministry ofProgress of Border Areasand National Races andDevelopment Affairswere opened at the Cen-

tral Training School ofEducation and TrainingDepartment in DagonMyothit (North), here, thismorning. Director-Gen-eral U Myo Myint of De-velopment Affairs Depart-ment delivered an openingspeech on the occasion.

After the ceremony,

the Director-General in-spected the lecture rooms,typing and computerrooms, hostel and masshall.

A total of 210 traineesare taking the courses. Fi-nancial rule special courselasts six weeks and otherstwelve weeks. —MNA

Living under canvas at the Rutford Ice Stream.

New research provides insightinto ice sheet behavior

SCIENCE DAILY, 10 Aug—A new study publishedthis week takes scientists a step further in their questto understand how Antarctica's vast glaciers willcontribute to future sea-level rise. Reporting in thejournal Nature Geoscience, scientists from BritishAntarctic Survey (BAS) and University of Durhamdescribe how a new 3-d map created from radarmeasurements reveals features in the landscape be-neath a vast river of ice, ten times wider than theRhine*, in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 11 August, 2009

Minister Maj-Gen Soe Naing attends theceremony to hand over Kawatyekanchaung

village rural healthcare centre to HealthDepartment in Dedaye Township.

MNA

Director-General U Aye Lwin observes activities of school health weekof No.1 BEHS in Aungmyethazan Township, Mandalay.

MNA

Delegation of Myanmar Gioscience Association led by Chairman DrWin Swe seen at Yangon International Airport before their

departure for Singapore to attend 6th Conference Asia OceaniaGeological Society (AOGS).—MNA

YANGON, 10 Aug— Aceremony to hand over atwo-storey RC BasicEducation Primary Schoolbuilding and a two-storeyRC BEMS building atK a w a t y e k a n c h a u n gvillage of DedayeTownship in AyeyawadyDivision to theDepartment of BasicEducation, a rural clinic tothe Department of Health,a 30-foot long and 13-footwide jetty to the villagecommittee took place atK a w a t y e k a n c h a u n gvillage yesterday morning.

It was attended byMinister for Hotels andTourism Maj-Gen SoeNaing, officialsconcerned, Chairman of

School buildings, jetty handed over in Dedaye Township

Myanmar YouthEntrepreneurs AssociationU Myint Maung Tun andmembers and the donorsfrom Switzerland.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10Aug — Deputy Ministerfor Construction U TintSwe inspectedconstruction of tension

Deputy Minister inspects construction oftower and bridge

The deputy ministerleft necessaryinstructions and fulfilledthe needs.

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towers of ChindwinRiver on Monywa sideand Thirimingalaoverpass in Sagaing on6 August.

YANGON, 10 Aug —Director-General of No.2 Basic EducationDepartment U Aye Lwininspected activities forschool health week for2009-2010 AcademicYear at Nos 1 and 4BEHS, No 4 BEMS and

No. 2 BED Director-General inspectsschool health activities

Fire drill for busescarried out

NAY PYI TAW, 10Aug — Nay Pyi TawAll Bus-line ControlCommittee (highway &downtown) conducted afire drill as part of effortsfor prevention of fire onbuses here on 2 August.

The fire drill wascarried out in thepresence of Chairman ofNay Pyi Taw TrafficRules EnforcementSupervisory CommitteeDeputy Commander ofNay Pyi Taw CommandBrig-Gen Min Zaw,Chairmen of Nay PyiTaw All Bus-line Control

Committee (highway &downtown) and driversand conductors of buses.

Assistant Director ofNay Pyi Taw DistrictFire ServicesDepartment YeKyawswa Win Myintand Staff Officer ofTownship Fire ServicesDepartment Ye ThureinKhin Maung Yiexplained preventivemeasures against fire andsteps for usingextinguisher. Driversand conductors of busesalso participated in thedrill.— MNA

YANGON, 10 Aug—Chairman of MyanmarGeoscience AssociationDr Win Swe, Secretaryof SeismologyCommittee U Soe ThuraTun and member DawHla Hla Aung (AssistantLecturer (Retd)

Myanmar delegation leaves forSingapore

Department of Geology,Yangon University) lefthere by air for theRepublic of Singaporethis morning to attend 6th

Conference AsiaOceania GeologicalSociety to be held from11 August to 15 August

in Republic of Singapore.General Secretary of

Myanmar GeologyAssociation U Aye Lwinand officials concernedsaw off the Myanmardelegation at YangonInternational Airport.

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No 21 BEPS inA u n g m y e t h a z a nTownship today.

Next, the director-general inspected fivetasks of school healthweek and fulfilled theneeds.

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UMFCCI meets foreign delegations

YANGON, 10 Aug— Vice Presidents of Union ofMyanmar Federation of Chambers of Commenceand Industry U Zaw Min Win, U Aung Lwin and UTun Aung, General Secretary Dr Maung Maung Layand officials received a delegation led by Mr KevinR. Thieneman, (President, Caterpillar Asia Pte Ltd,Singapore), Mr. Sumit Mazumder, (Vice Chairman& Managing Director, TIL Tractors India, Kolkata)

and Mr Heinz Ludi, (General Manager, MyanmarTractors Ltd) at UMFCCI office on 7 Augustmorning.

On the occasion they cordially discussed moredistribution of machine and machinery partsproduced by Caterpillar to Myanmar market,conducting of Technology Courses, economicopportunities and cooperation matters.—MNA

Tobacco kills

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(from page 16)For equitable development of all parts of the

country, the government has fulfilled the requirementsof all sectors including the economic, health, educa-tion and transportation sectors. Therefore, all thetownships and villages are enjoying development withthe characteristics of a township and a village. Bor-der areas have seen international level cities.

Kachin State enjoys smooth transportation thanks to Warazwut Bridge No. 2

Warazwut Bridge No. 2 on Myitkyina-Namti-Tanai road in Phakant, Kachin State, is one of the de-velopments of Kachin State fufilled by the government.The bridge was inaugurated on 7 May, 2009 and it isthe latest one among the 18 above-180-fooot-longbridges constructed in Kachin State from 1988 onwards.Warazwut Bridge No.2 on the new road is 354 feet longand 22 feet wide. It is of reinforced concrete type and

can withstand 60 tons of loads and has two three-foot-wide walkways on it. In the past, Kachin State wasdifficult of access, and railway and airway were itsmajor transport means. Today, local people in KachinState are able to access to every part of the nation byroad thanks to emergence of new roads and bridges.

Myanma Alin: 7-8-2009Translation: AMS

Article: Tin Mar Win and Aye Thanda Thein, Photo: Myanma Alin

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug—Minister for RailTransportation Maj-Gen Aung Min together withDeputy Minister U Pe Than, on 8 August, inspectedconstruction site of concrete sleeper plant inPakokku.

Next, the minister visited Pakokku station andcalled for cleanliness of the yard and platforms of thestation. He then oversaw construction of Shwechaungbridge in the town.

The minister and party later visited constructionsite of Pakokku University station and station ofUniversity for Computer Science Studies.

The minister viewed Chaungmakaing bridge

Functions of labour exchangeoffices inspected

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug — Deputy Minister forLabour Brig-Gen Tin Tun Aung on 7 August inspectedtasks of labour exchange office in Hinthada Townshipand fulfilled the requirements.

The deputy minister inspected labour exchangeoffices in Myaungmya, Pyapon, Pathein, Hmawby,Thayawady, Maubin, Aunglan and Pyay.

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NAY PYI TAW, 10Aug — A ceremony todonate a building forOxygen Plant to supplyoxygen to extendedspecial operation theatre,special intensive care wardand special cardiac wardin Nay Pyi Taw Hospital

Minister for Rail Transportationinspects Pakokku-Pwintbyu

Railroad section

project. The minister then oversaw construction siteand placing of rail tracks and ballasts at the other sideof the bridge.

The minister and party inspected road overbridge constructed at mile-post No.9 near Pakokkuand Myitche Road.

Afterwards, the minister and party oversawshipment of rail tracks near Begyi village station,construction site of Chaungmagyi bridge No.1, stationjust constructed and stockpiling of rail tracks nearMyitche village and groundworks for construction ofrailroad in Tantkyi mountain area on Pakokku-Pwintbyu railroad section.

The minister then inspected construction ofroads, bridges and stations on Pwintbyu-Pakokkurailroad section of Kyangin-Pakokku railroadconstruction project, production at No.1 quarry inAyadaw, progress of tunnel shape culvert nearYenanchat village and Taungywaya village in PakokkuTownship, and construction of tunnel shape culvertnear Oakkyaung village.—MNA

Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Tin Tun Aung visits

Labour Exchange Office in Pyay.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Aung Min viewsconstruction of roads, bridges and stations on

Pwintbyu-Pakokku railroad section.—MNA

Minister for CPT Brig-Gen Thein Zaw inspects operating room of Yatanarpon TeleportCompany (Yangon Branch). (News Reported)—MNA

(1000-bed) here on 7August.

The building wasdonated by MyanmarLand and DevelopmentCo Ltd.

Donor, GeneralManager of Myanmar landand Development Co LtdU Thaung Tin and U LinKhaing of Nan Taw WinJewellery Shop explainedthe purpose of thedonation and oxygensupply.

Next, MedicalSuperintendent DrThaung Tin Tun spokewords of thanks.—MNA

Building for oxygen plantdonated

YANGON, 10 Aug—Ladies & ArtExhibition of three female artists, MayMoe Thu, Ma Ei and Zun Pwint Thu ison display at Lawkanat Gallery, at No62 Pansodan Street, KyauktadaTownship here.

A total number of 43 works of art

Ladies paint their emotions on canvasthat are outcome of creativecombination of concepts, ideas andinnovations of the three artists will beexhibited up to 15 August.Everyone isinvited to enjoy the efforts of those artiststhat may offer the enthusiasts differenttastes and feelings—MNA

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12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 11 August, 2009

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA RAJA VOY NO ( 891)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA RAJA

VOY NO (891) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 11.8.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (265)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA

TAMPAN VOY NO (265) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 11.8.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Strong earthquake shakesTokyo area

Two killed in earthquakein SW China

CHONGQING, 10 Aug—An earthquake measuring 4on the Richter scale late on Saturday left two peopledead and one slightly injured in southwest China’sChongqing municipality, the municipal governmentsaid on Monday.

A total of 425 people in Rongchang county wererelocated after 173 houses were destroyed in the quakeand 267 houses were badly damaged, a municipalgovernment spokesman said.

According to the municipal seismological bureauof Chongqing, the “moderate” quake occurred at 9:26pm on Saturday at a depth of 11 kilometres, and theepicentre was at Yujiu Village, Ronglong town.

Rongchang county sits on a fault line runningthrough Mount Huaying, which is part of a majortectonic belt along the boundary of Sichuan Provinceand Chongqing, where “numerous” earthquakes hadbeen recorded, according to the municipalseismological bureau of Chongqing.—Xinhua

Unknown diseaseclaims five incentral Nepal

KATHMANDU, 10 Aug— Five peoplein central Nepal have recently diedof an unknown disease, state-runnewspaper The Rising Nepal reportedon Monday.

Public Health Officer BinayManadhar of the Sindhuli district ofCentral Development Region, some80 km east of Nepali capitalKathmandu, had said five localpeople died of diarrhea, but later ateam of health workers reached thesite and said the disease was notdiarrhea but an unidentified disease.

“We are trying to trace the diseasewith the symptoms such as high fever,bleeding from nose and mouth, anddifficulty in breathing,” the officersaid. Two people of Kalpabrikeha andthree others of Kaneshwore in thedistrict, died of the unknown diseaseon Friday and Saturday. Media reportssaid that some 100 people have beenaffected by the disease.

The disease is under control,according to health workers.

Xinhua

Maltese ship and crewmissing in Baltic

MOSCOW, 10 Aug—A Maltese ship with a Russiancrew has been missing since 24 July, a Russianmaritime journal editor said on Sunday.

RIA Novosti reported the dry cargo ship, The ArticSea, was supposed to pull into the Algerian port ofBejaia on 4 Aug.

Mikhail, Voitenko, editor of the maritime journal,Sovfrakht, said “the vessel has literally disappearedsince 28 July: there is no communication, and neitherthe ship-owners nor the relatives (of crewmembers)nor Lloyd’s have any information about itswhereabouts,” The newspaper reported peopleclaiming to be police halted the vessel in the Balticsea, tied up the crew and then searched the vessel for12 hours.—Internet

TOKYO, 10 Aug— Astrong earthquake shookJapan’s capital andsurrounding areas onSunday, halting trains anda professional baseballgame, but there were noimmediate reports ofdamage or casualties.

There was no threat ofa tsunami from the quake,which was centered at adepth of 188 miles (303kilometers) in the Izuislands off the easterncoast of Japan, the USGeological Survey said.

The USGS measured

the quake at magnitude7.1, while the JapanMeteorological Agencyput it at 6.9.

The quake, whichrattled furniture and wallsin Tokyo homes, hit at7:56 pm (1056 GMT) andshook the capital region,including Ibaraki,Saitama, Tochigi andChiba prefectures, theJapanese agency said.

A baseball game inYokohama between theYokohama Bay Stars andChunichi Dragons wasstopped temporarily by

the umpire when thequake struck. Some high-speed bullet trains alsowere halted, but beganrunning again after theshaking stopped, publicbroadcaster NHK said.

Japan is one of theworld’s most earthquake-prone countries, andexperts believe Tokyo hasa 90 percent chance ofbeing hit by a major quakeover the next 50 years. In1995, a magnitude-7.2quake in the western portcity of Kobe killed 6,400people.—Internet

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MADRID, 10 Aug—Two small bombs blamedon Basque separatist group ETA exploded onSunday in downtown locations on the Spanishresort island of Mallorca, causing no injuries, thegovernment said. Police defused a third devicefound nearby.

The blasts occurred just over a week after ETAkilled two police officers in Mallorca in attacksaimed at striking fear among tourists at the heightof the summer holiday season. One bomb explodedin La Rigoleta restaurant on the Can Pere Antonibeachfront in Palma de Mallorca and the secondin an underground passage at the central PlazaMayor square, the government said. Officers

Two bombs explode on Spain’s Mallorca; no injuriesdeactivated a bomb left at Bar Enco.

Police searched a hotel on the Mediterraneanisland’s popular beach-front capital, Palma deMallorca, for a possible fourth bomb, the govern-ment said.

Earlier Sunday, ETA claimed responsibilityfor four other bombings this summer that killedthree people — including the two police officerskilled in Mallorca on 30 July — and injureddozens more.

Spain’s state-run broadcaster TVE said on its lateafternoon news bulletin that one bomb that explodedwas in a beach bag hidden in the ceiling of awomen’s bathroom in the restaurant.—Internet

Afghan soldiers inspect aburning car used by a

suicide attacker in the cityof Kunduz Province northof Kabul, Afghanistan, on10 Aug, 2009. A suicide

bomber attacked theNATO-led International

Security Assistance Forcein Kunduz Province,partially damaged an

ISAF’s armoredpersonnel carrier vehicle,

police officials said.INTERNET

Two schoolsclosed afterstudents testpositive for

NewInfluenza

H1N1 virusNEW DELHI, 10 Aug—

Two Delhi schools havebeen closed for a weekfrom Monday after a stu-dent each from the edu-cational institution testedpositive for swine flu.

Sanskriti School de-cided to close for a weekafter a student tested posi-tive Saturday. “This is aprecautionary step. Weare also in touch withparents to find out whethertheir children had comein contact with the stu-dent who tested positive,”its principal AbhaSehegal said.

The school is sendingmessages to the parents,informing them about theprecautionary steps to betaken by them, she said.DPS East of Kailash hasalso been closed for aweek after a class-IV stu-dent tested positive for thevirus. The school willreopen on August 17.

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Singapore reports one moreA/H1N1 related death

SINGAPORE, 10 Aug — Singapore’s Ministry ofHealth on Sunday reported one more flu A/H1N1related death case, bringing the number of total A/H1N1 related fatalities here to nine.

According to a statement by the ministry, a 27-year-old Indian female with no known underlyingmedical conditions died on Saturday morning afterher condition deteriorated. She went to the ChangiGeneral Hospital’s Emergency Department 23 onJuly with a 4day history of fever, cough and lethargy.

Xinhua

A/H1N1 flu cases increase to1,158 in Vietnam

HANOI, 10 Aug—The Vietnamese Ministry of Healthconfirmed 115 more A/H1N1 influenza cases over theweekend, bringing the total number of flu patients to 1,158in the country, local newspaper the New Hanoi reportedon Monday.Among the newly detected cases, most ofthem are in the southern parts of the country, said theministry. Since the flu A/H1N1 cases keep rising,Vietnamese health officials suggest that people takeprevention measures. However, they are not advised tobuy Tamiflu drugs without doctors’ directions, said thenewspaper.—Xinhua

India reports 4th deathfrom A/H1N1 flu

NEW DELHI, 10 Aug — A 43-year-old overseasIndian who returned home from the United States 10days ago died Sunday of the A H1N1 flu, becoming thefourth fatality of the deadly flu in the country, the semi-official Press Trust of India reported.

Praveen Patel died of the highly infectious disease at01:30 am at the Ahmedabad, Gujarat in western India,said the report.A 14-year-old schoolgirl, Reeda Shaikh,died on 3 Aug in Pune,western India, becoming the firstfatality of the flu in India.Sanjay Tukaram Kokre, a 42-year-old teacher, and 53-year-old Fahmida Panwala,who was a diabetic with a history of hypertension, dieddue to A H1N1 flu on Saturday in Pune and Mumbairespectively.—Xinhua

51 US soldiers in Iraqdiagnosed with swine fluBAGHDAD, 10 Aug—Fifty-one American troops in

Iraq have been diagnosed with and treated for swineflu, while another 71 soldiers remain in isolationsuspected of contracting the potentially deadly virus,the US military said on Sunday.

The figures were released as Iraqi health officialsconfirmed Sunday the country’s first swine flu death.

A woman in the southern holy Shiite city of Najafdied of the disease, raising fears about a possibleoutbreak among worshippers making pilgrimages tothe revered sites.All the 51 US troops diagnosed withthe flu have fully recovered, while the 71 suspectcases are in isolation, said Col Michael D Eisenhauer,the chief of clinical operations in Iraq.—Internet

12 killed, 10 missing as typhoon hits Japan

A traditional Chinese medicine physician checks the blood pressure of anelderly patient at the only clinic of a rural village in Baotou, China’s InnerMongolia region in April 2009. China is to set up health records for its 800million rural residents as part of an ambitious reform that aims to provide

basic medical care for all by 2020, state media said.—INTERNET

Shanghai braces for rain after typhoonhits coast

SHANGHAI, 10 Aug—Shanghai braced fortorrential rain Mondayafter Typhoon Morakotslammed China’ssoutheast coast, pro-mpting the evacuation ofnearly a million peopleand leaving one dead,officials said.

The typhoon wasdowngraded to a tropicalstorm as it approachedShanghai but was stillforecast to bring rain ofup to 90 millimetres (3.5inches) an hour to China’slargest city and the easternprovinces of Zhejiang,

Jiangsu, Shandong andAnhui, the NationalMeteorological Centresaid.

The tropical storm’sintensity was weakeningafter leaving a child deadin the city of Wenzhou onSunday and at least 12dead in Taipei, where itcaused the worst floodingin 50 years.

The storm’s centre hitthe border of Zhejiang andFujian provinces at five amMonday (2100 GMTSunday), lashing cities inthe area with 83 kilometre(51 mile) per hour winds,

Shanghai’s meteorologicalbureau said.

More than 3.4 millionpeople in Zhejiang suf-fered property losses ashundreds of villages wereflooded and more than1,800 houses collapsed,Xinhua said, citing theProvincial Flood Controland Drought ReliefHeadquarters.

In Cangnan, one of 20flooded counties inZhejiang, vehicles leftparked on main roads weresubmerged in a meter ofwater, according toXinhua.—Internet

A big wave hits Katsurahama beach near a man strolling in Kochi, westernJapan,on 10 Aug, 2009. Typhoon Etau slams into Japan causing floods and

landslides—INTERNET

TOKYO, 10 Aug—Atyphoon slammed intoJapan’s west coast onMonday, bringing heavyrain that triggered floodsand landslides and left atleast 12 people dead andanother 10 reportedmissing.

Typhoon Etau killed 11people in Hyogo pre-fecture, around 310 miles(500 kilometers) west ofTokyo, police officialShigekazu Kamenobusaid. He could not provide

details but said many werecaught in raging waters.

“At least one man wasswept away in a river whilehe was in a car. His bodywas later found inside thevehicle,” Kamenobu said.

Police said about 2,200people were evacuatedfrom their homes in Hyogoand were staying at publicschools. Some 500 houseswere flooded, with TVfootage showing residentsclearing up mud withshovels.

A woman was alsofound dead in her housethat was destroyed by alandslide in neighb-ouringOkayama prefecture,police official WataruYamamoto said.

Police said at least twopeople were missing inTokushima, on the westernisland of Shikoku. ATokushima police officialsaid another woman wasrescued after she becamestranded in her car byfloods.—Internet

Lack of isotopes a health riskIOWA CITY, 10 Aug — A

University of Iowa officialsays the current limitedsupply of radioisotopesused in medical scans couldput some patients’ lives indanger.Dr MichaelGraham, a universityofficial and president ofSNM, formerly known asthe Society of NuclearMedicine, said somemedical patients could be

facing risky surgeries thatcould be avoided throughmedical scans utilizing theisotopes, the Los AngelesTimes reported on Sunday.

“It’s possible that somedeaths could occur,”Graham said.

The radio-isotopes areused in medical scans forafflictions such as heartdisease and cancer.

Internet

Health officials brace forH1N1 2nd wave

WASHINGTON, 10 Aug — The United States and otherNorthern Hemisphere countries are racing to get readyfor a second wave of H1N1 flu virus that could be weeksaway, officials said.

The pandemic that has spread in the SouthernHemisphere, which is currently in mid-winter, hasstruck especially harshly in the poorest parts of theworld, international health officials told The WashingtonPost.A second wave of the first influenza pandemic in41 years could reach the Northern Hemisphere withinweeks, US and international health officials told thenewspaper. There is a possibility it could disrupt schools,workplaces and hospitals but its course is unpredictable,the officials said.—Internet

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Real enjoys second comfortwin in North American tour MADRID, 10 Aug—Real Madrid enjoyed a comfort-

able 3-0 win over MLS side DC United in Washingtonin the second match of the club’s North American touron Sunday night.The victory came after Real’s 5-1 winin Toronto on Friday. However, the Spanish soccer gianthad to wait until well into the second half before GonzaloHiguain opened the scoring. The Argentinean, who couldlose his place following the signing of players such asKarim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo, scored two goalsin two minutes to put his side ahead.

He made the first goal himself in the 57th minute andscored a right foot shot after taking a pass from ArjenRobben at 59. Robben added a third goal, his second intwo games, on 69 minutes.The game kicked off after aminute’s silence in the memory of Espanyol captainDaniel Jarque, who died of a heart attack on Saturday.

Xinhua

South Korea’s players celebrate their victory afterthe final of Recurve women’s team in 2009 ArcheryWorld Cup Stage 4 held in Shanghai, east China,on 9 Aug, 2009. South Korea defeated Russia by

221-210 and claimed the title of the event.XINHUA

Pennetta captures biggest winof career at LA Championship

Flavia Pennettaof Italy poses with thechampionship trophy.

INTERNET

City play Tevez waiting game

Tiger rallies to winat Firestone

AKRON, 10 Aug—First came anothersignature moment from Tiger Woods, an8-iron over the water that stopped a footfrom the hole. Even more stunning wasthe meltdown that followed by PadraigHarrington.

A swift and shocking turn of eventson Firestone’s famous 16th hole tookWoods went from one shot behind to afour-shot victory Sunday as he closedwith a 5-under 65 to win the BridgestoneInvitational.

Internet

Real Madrid pulls away in2nd, tops DC United 3-0

LANDOVER, 10 Aug—For the longest time, more than$300 million worth of spanking-new Real Madrid tal-ent couldn’t get the ball past a modestly paid goal-keeper named Josh Wicks, who dived left, right andtook command in front of his net to keep D.C. Unitedin the game against soccer’s latest edition of the bestteam money can buy.

The inevitable breakdown occurred in the secondhalf, when Gonzalo Higuain shredded United’s defensefor two goals in a two-minute span, leading the Span-ish powerhouse to a 3-0 victory over the MLS club inSunday’s exhibition before 72,368 at FedEx Field.

Internet

Real Madrid’sGonzalo

Higuain, left,battles for the

ball against DCUnited’s GregJanicki, right,

during thesecond half of an

internationalfriendly soccer

match, on 9 Aug,2009, in

Landover, Md.INTERNET

Ancelotti impressedby resilient Chelsea

LONDON, 10 Aug—Carlo Ancelotti believes Chel-sea’s Community Shield victory over ManchesterUnited proves his team have the mental strength towin the Premier League.Ancelotti’s side struck an earlypsychological blow in the battle to be English foot-ball’s top dogs by ending United’s two-year reign asCommunity Shield holders at Wembley on Sunday.

The FA Cup winners recovered from the disappoint-ment of Wayne Rooney’s stoppage time strike, whichrescued a 2-2 draw, to win the penalty shoot-out4-1.Petr Cech saved from Ryan Giggs and Patrice Evra,while all four Chelsea players converted their spot-kicks to give Ancelotti a trophy in his first seriousmatch as Blues boss.—Internet

Chelsea’s Italian Manager Carlo Ancelotti (left)watches a throw on by Chelsea’s Branislav

Ivanovic during the FA Community Shield atWembley Stadium in London, England.—INTERNET

Del Potro outlasts Roddick todefend ATP Washington titleWASHINGTON, 10 Aug—Juan Martin Del Potro

blasted five of his 19 aces in the deciding tie-breakerSunday to beat US top seed Andy Roddick 3-6, 7-5,7-6 (8/6) and win his second consecutive ATP Wash-ington Classic title.

Ignoring fatigue and sweltering heat to launch hismost powerful serves of the match at the finish, theArgentine second seed finally overcame Roddick onhis fourth match-point chance when a line call reviewupheld a forehand winner.

“I did my best services ever in my life,” Del Potrosaid of the tie-breaker. “I don’t know what happenedin that moment. I was just trying to do my best, play10 minutes and you are out.”On that last forehand, Isaw the ball very close. Andy called the HawkEye andsaid, ‘I saw out.’ I said, ‘I saw out too.’ Then HawkEyesaid it was in.”—Internet

LOS ANGELES, 10 Aug—Italy’s Flavia Pennetta de-feated Samantha Stosur ofAustralia 6-4, 6-3 in thefinal of the 700,000 dol-lar WTA Los AngelesWomen’s Tennis Champi-onship on Sunday. The 27-year-old Italian, who wasrunner-up in 2008 at thisevent, called Sunday’svictory the biggest of hercareer. She earned107,000 dollars in first-place prize money andposted her eighth careersingles title.—Internet

Manchester City aresweating on the fitness ofArgentine striker Carlos

Tevez.— INTERNET

MANCHESTER, 10 Aug—Manchester City aresweating on the fitness ofArgentine striker CarlosTevez ahead of the big-spending club’s PremierLeague opener atBlackburn.Tevez, pluckedfrom Manchester Unitedin the summer, has beenstruggling with a heel in-jury and has already beenoverlooked by Argentinacoach Diego Maradonafor the midweek friendlyin Russia.

“I would like to thinkCarlos will play a part onSaturday although we willhave to see how this weekgoes before we decide

whether to start him ornot,” said City boss MarkHughes.Tevez played just25 minutes of Saturday’s2-1 friendly win overCeltic, but Hughes waspleased with his new re-cruit’s impact during hisbrief cameo.

Internet

Sir Alex Ferguson of Man-chester United gestures toreferee Chris Foy at the

final whistle during the FACommunity Shield at Wem-

bley Stadium in London.Chelsea and Manchester

United launched the Englishseason in explosive fashion

as the Blues’ 4-1 penaltyshoot-out win in the Com-munity Shield was marredby an ugly clash between

Michael Ballack and PatriceEvra.—INTERNET

Proposal to name Espanyol groundafter deceased captain Jarque MADRID, 10 Aug—Spanish Primera Liga soccer

club Espanyol could decide to name its new stadiumafter club captain Daniel Jarque, who died of a heartattack on Saturday aged just 26. The club has beenshocked by the death of Jarque, who died as the resultof a heart attack while with the club on pre-seasontraining in Italy.

The club returned from Italy on Sunday whilehundreds of the club’s fans decided to mount a hom-age to Jarque in one of the entrances at the club’s newCornella-El Prat Stadium. Just seven days ago, Jarquehad led his side onto the pitch at the ground in thestadium’s inaugural match against Liverpool.

Xinhua

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudy inKayah State, upper Sagaing and Magway Divisions, rainhave been isolated in Shan, Chin States and lower SagaingDivision, scattered in Mandalay Division, fairly widespreadin Bago and Yangon Divisions and widespread in theremaining areas with locally heavyfall in Mon State andisolated heavyfall in Rakhine State.The noteworthy amountsof rainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw (Yesin) (0.12) inch, NayPyi Taw (Pyinmana) (0.15) inch, Gwa (4.88) inches,Kyeikkhame (3.11) inches, Bago and Yangon (Central) (2.72)inches each, Thandwe (2.68)inches, Ye (2.64) inches,Kyaukpyu (2.60) inches and Khayan (2.56) inches.

Maximum temperature on 9-8-2009 was 85°F.Minimum temperature on 10-8-2009 was 69°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 10-8-2009 was 92%. TotalSun shine hours on 9-8-2009 was (0.1) hour approx.

Rainfall on 10-8-2009 was (0.47) inch at Mingaladon,(1.45) inches at Kaba-Aye and (2.72) inches at CentralYangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (78.27) inches atMingaladon, (88.42) inches at Kaba-Aye and (92.01) inchesat Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph from Southwest at (12:30) hours MST on9-8-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in the Andaman Seaand Bay of Bengal.

Special feature: According to the observations at(12:30) hrs M.S.T today, the depression “GONI” over Gulfof Tonkin in the South China Sea has downgreated into alow pressure area.

Forecast valid until evening of 11th August 2009: Rainwill be isolated in lower Sagaing, Mandalay and MagwayDivisions, scattered in Shan, Chin and Kayah States, fairlywidespread in Kachin State and upper Sagaing Divisionand widespread in the remaining States and Divisions withlikelihood of isolated heavyfalls in Rakhine and Mon States.Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seas arelikely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface windspeed in squalls may reach (35-40) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of increaseof rain in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for11-8-2009: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for11-8-2009: Some rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for11-8-2009: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

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This undated photo released by The World WideFund for Nature (WWF) shows a flying frog orRhacophorus suffry, in Assam, India. Over 350species including the bright green, flying frog andthe world's smallest deer have been discoveredover the past decade in the Himalayas, making itone of the world's most biological rich regions, anenvironmental group said on 10 Aug, 2009.

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Over 350 species found inHimalayas in past decadeKATMANDU, Nepal, 10 Aug—The world’s smallest

deer, a flying frog and catfish that stick to rocks—aswell as more than 350 other species—have beendiscovered over the past decade in the Himalayas,making it one of the world’s most biologically richregions, an environmental group said on Monday.

But researchers warn that the effects of climatechange, as well as development, threaten the diversehabitat that supports these species.“This enormouscultural and biological diversity underscores the fragilenature of an environment which risks being lostforever unless the impacts of climate change arereversed,” said Tariq Aziz, the leader of the WorldWildlife Fund’s Living Himalayas Initiative, a regionalconservation program that covers India, Nepal andBhutan.

The WWF is calling for the countries to develop aconservation plan for the region and for governmentsto give local communities more authority to managethe forests, grasslands and wetlands.—Internet

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

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

and violence

■ VOA, BBC - sowing hatred amongthe people

■ RFA, DVB - generating publicoutrage

■ Do not allow ourselves to beswayed

■ By broadcasts designed to causetroubles

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug—Out of 17 patients found to have been infected withNew Influenza A (H1N1) virus, 10 had been discharged from hospital earlier as theyhad fully recovered and there are still three patients in Wabagi Specialist Hospital,one in Yangon People’s Hospital, one in Yangon Children’s Hospital, one in InseinGeneral Hospital and one in Yangon East District Hospital under treatment.

Out of the seven patients, a man aged 26, a man aged 25 and a man aged29 were discharged from respective hospitals today since they recovered from theflu and home quarantine measures for family members who came into contactwith the patients were also stopped. There are two left in Wabagi SpecialistHospital, one in Yangon Children’s Hospital, and one in Yangon East DistrictHospital who are kept in separate rooms for treatment and are improving theirhealth conditions.—MNA

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remaining four getting betterFalling to alien subjugation is not the

only way of being enslaved. The peoplecan also be slaves if any person whocomplies with their instructions comes topower. That is a point worthy of seriousconsideration.

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