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Volume XVII, Number 218 4th Waxing of Nadaw 1371 ME Friday, 20 November, 2009

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participa-tion in terms of technical know-how and invest-ments from sources inside the country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must bekept in the hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and pres-ervation and safeguarding of cultural heritageand national character

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

of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace and tran-quillity, prevalence of law and order

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Constitution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

Umin Koepauk river water pumpingstation benefiting agriculture and

greening of Chauk TownshipArticle: Htein Lin;Photos: Aung Than

(Mingala Taungnyunt)

YANGON, 19 Nov—Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence this morning attended the Viet-nam-Myanmar International Exposition 2009 at theMyanmar Convention Centre on Mindhamma Road inMayangon Township.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade MrNguyen Thanh Bien of the Socialist Republic of Viet-nam made an opening speech.

Deputy Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen AungTun extended greetings.

Ambassador of the SRV to the Union of MyanmarMr Chu Cong Phung also extended greetings.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry ofDefence attends Vietnam-Myanmar

International Exposition 2009Afterwards, Lt-Gen Myint Swe, Chairman of

Yangon Division Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen WinMyint, the Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industryand Trade, the Deputy Minister for Commerce, theVietnamese Ambassador and the President of theUnion of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Com-merce and Industry cut the ribbon to open the exposi-tion.

Later, Lt-Gen Myint Swe and party visited thebooths of the exposition.

MNA

For many years,the Anya region hadexperienced less rain-fall, high temperatureand shortage of waterfor agriculture purpose.

Due to reliance onthe rainwater in the past,the farmers could culti-

vated groundnut, beansand pulses and cotton only.

The TatmadawGovernment has beenstriving for ensuringavailability of water notonly for agriculture pur-pose but for drinking.The Ministry of Agricul-

vate monsoon paddy inthe favourable weather ofrainy season. In someyears when there was lessrainfall, the farmersbought rice for their con-sumption from otherswithout growing paddy.At that time, they culti-

ture and Irrigation con-structed dams and reser-voirs, implemented riverwater pumping projectsand sank artesian wellsand tube-wells for agri-cultural purpose. Like-wise, the Ministry ofProgress of Border Areas

and National Races andDevelopment Affairs andwellwishers are sinkingtube-wells for supply ofpotable water. As a re-sult, farmers have oppor-tunities to grow suitablecrops for the regionswithout waiting for the

rainwater.During the visit

to Chauk Township, thenews crew of theMyanma Alin Dailywent to Umin Koepaukriver water pumpingproject implemented bythe Water ResourcesUtilization Departmentunder the Ministry ofAgriculture and Irriga-tion and had interviewswith officials.

First, Chairmanof Chauk TownshipPeace and DevelopmentCouncil U Thiha ex-plained, “The Water Re-sources Utilization De-partment commencedthe implementation ofUmin Koepauk riverwater pumping projectin Sale region of ChaukTownship in the year2000. The project wasfirst aimed at supplyingwater to 300 acres offarmlands. After that,the project was extendedto irrigate 7800 acres offarmlands in accordancewith the decision

(See page 7)Umin Koepauk river water pumping station installed with water pipelines supplying water from Ayeyawady River to

over 4700 acres of paddy and other crops in Chauk Township.

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Friday, 20 November, 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

Construction of dams, river waterpumping stations and underground watertapping stations in the regions in upperMyanmar where water is scarce is one of thetop priorities the government gives in its bid tofulfil the basic needs of the people.

In compliance with the guidance of theHead of State, a large number of projects forconstruction of dams, diversion weirs, riverwater pumping stations, and sluice gates arebeing implemented to supply adequateirrigation water to farmlands in the arid zonesin upper and central Myanmar.

As a result of great prominence to watersupply projects, the government so far hasmanaged to construct 228 dams across thenation, the majority of which are in the aridzones.

The inauguration of Kantdaunt Dam nearKantdaunt Village, Pale Township, SagaingDivision, constructed by the IrrigationDepartment of the Ministry of Agriculture andIrrigation, took place on 15 November.

The government is working hard totransform the nation from agricultural toindustrialized one. At the heart of mechanizedfarming lies sufficient irrigation water supply.Farming crops does not call for much water,whereas supply of sufficient irrigation water isan engine for growing paddy.

Kantdaunt Dam benefits nearby villagesto grow monsoon and summer paddy. PaleTownship gets average annual rainfall of only30 inches, with many water sources and fertilesoil. Due to the dam, local people have launchedtriple-cropping pattern, growing monsoonpaddy, summer paddy and other crops in ayear.

In response to the government’sbenevolent attitude towards them, local peoplehave to maintain the irrigation facilities with asense of duty for their durability.

Irrigation water fundamentalfor boosting agriculturalproduction

NAY PYI TAW, 19 Nov—The State Peace andDevelopment Council has appointed DeputyDirector-General U Maung Wai of the Consuler andLegal Affairs Department under the Ministry ofForeign Affairs as Director-General of the ASEANAffairs Department under the same ministry on oneyear probation from the date he assumes charge ofhis duties.—MNA

MYANMAR GAZETTE

NAY PYI TAW, 19Nov—Under thesupervision of the Ministryof Finance and Revenue,the Myanmar BanksAssociation organized thePart-time BankingServices Diploma CourseNo. 1 of MyanmarInstitute of Banking(Yangon) at the hall of the

Part-time Banking ServicesDiploma Course commences

association in YankinTownship, Yangon, on 16November.

After giving anaddress, Minister forFinance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun cordiallygreeted the principal andinstructors of the instituteand trainees.

Altogether 40

trainees—eight fromState-owned and private-run banks and 32 from

other organizations—areattending the two-yearcourse.—MNA

YANGON, 19 Nov—Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung TheinLin inspected the upgrading of Okponseik road intonine-inch feet thick tarred one in Mayangon Townshiphere yesterday morning.

Afterwards, the mayor inspected upgrading of BoTeza road in Bo Sein Hman ward in Bahan Townshipinto six inches thick concrete one, extension of

Mayor inspects upgrading, construction of roads and bridgesThuwunna Youth Training Centre circular road inThingangyun Township and Sethmu Yadana road inTamway Township, completion of RC type creek-crossing Khunhnabinlain Bridge and laying gravelfor paving of Sethmu Yadana road section.

Upon completion of above roads, people will beable to go to Thingangyun, Tamway and relatedTownships in a short time.—MNA

YANGON, 19 Nov—With the mainsponsorship of MonywaOpen Golf Cham-pionship, jointly-organized by MyanmarGolf Federation andMyanmar PGA,Monywa Open GolfChampionship wasopened in Monywa GolfClub this morning.

Among the spectatorswere Chairman of SagaingDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of North-West Command Maj-GenMyint Soe, guests,officials and golfenthusiasts.

By the time golferstook their designatedpositions, President of

Monywa Open Golf Championship opensFuture EngineeringGroup U Khin MaungHan, General Secretaryof MGF U Aung HlaHan, Managing Directorof Pacific Asia Hi-TechDr Tun Tun Aung openedthe tournament by teeingoff golf balls in turn.

In the first round ofprofessional golferslevel, Zaw Zaw Latt ledthe tournament with 70strokes, followed byMin Naing (Srixon) with71 strokes and Zaw ZawWin (Srixon), Thant Zin(Srixon) and Htein Win(Kyauk Sein Nagar)with 72 strokes eachshared in the third place.

In the amateur level,Naing Ye Lin took alead in the tournament

with 69 strokes aheadof second placed AungWin (Myanma selectedgolfer) with 72 strokesand third placed ThuraKyaw with 72 strokes.

The main sponsor isFuture EngineeringGroup and co-sponsors

are Htoo Group ofCompanies, InternationalBeverages Trading CoLtd (IBTC), Pacific AsiaHi-Tech, Aung ThamadiGold Shop, Han GolfMasters Pte, Ltd, andMonywa Golf Club.

NLM

CPA Association to hold talksNAY PYI TAW, 19 Nov—Under the arrangement of

Myanmar CPAs Association, the Internal RevenueDepartment will hold a talk entitled “Claim and Self-levying Tax System” at the training school (Yangon) ofthe Auditor-General’s Office atNo. 1/19 on Thakhin Mya Park Road in Ahlon Townshipon 29 November.

The CPAs may attend the talk and those whoattended the talks will receive the CPE hourendorsement. They may pay the fee for the talks at theCPA office on the first floor of training school (Yangon),not later than 25 November. Those from the other statesand divisions may dial 214653 at the association.

The trainees from the CPA Part-II wishing toattend the talks may register at the office of the trainingschool (Yangon) before the designated date.

MNAA golfer competing in Monywa Open Golf

Championship.—NLM

Minister forFinance and

Revenue Maj-GenHla Tun addressesPart-time BankingServices DiplomaCourse.—F & R

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UN official questions world’shunger commitment

British soldier killed in Afghanistan

Two Afghansinjured

mistakenly byGerman troops

KUNDUZ, 19 Nov—Twocivilians were injured byGerman troops in KunduzProvince north of Af-ghanistan on Wednesday.

“The troops mistakenlyopened fire in Ludin areaof Kunduz Province thisafternoon injuring twopersons. One is 15 yearsold and the other is 25,” aspokesman with Germantroops said.

The incident took placein an area where militantsoften attack the troops, hesaid.

Xinhua

Ark policeofficer uses

Taser on10-year-old

girlLITTLE ROCK, 19 Nov—

A police officer in a smallArkansas town used astun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl after he saidher mother gave him per-mission to do so. Now thetown’s mayor is callingfor an investigation intowhether the Taser use wasappropriate.

According to a reportby Officer DustinBradshaw, obtained onWednesday by The Asso-ciated Press, police werecalled to the Ozark homeon 11 Nov because of adomestic disturbance.When he arrived, the girlwas curled up on the floor,screaming, the report said.

Bradshaw’s report saidthe girl screamed, kickedand resisted any time hermother tried to get her inthe shower before bed.

“Her mother told me totase her if I needed to,”Bradshaw wrote.

Internet

WASHINGTON, 19 Nov—At least one in two childrenin 17 small counties in the United States is living inpoverty, according to a US Census survey measuringincome and poverty in small areas and school districts.

Ziebach County, South Dakota, an area with a popu-lation of 2,542, leads with a poverty rate for those underthe age of 18 of 67.1 percent, the survey released onWednesday showed. For all ages, the poverty rate is54.4 percent.

In at least 30 counties with populations ranging fromjust over 2,000 people to nearly 62,250 people, thepoverty rate for all ages is more than one in three, theCensus showed.

Douglas County, Colorado with a population of280,621 has the lowest poverty rate of 3.1 percent, whileNew Mexico’s Los Alamos County has the lowest ratefor children of 2.8 percent. The survey, which relies on2008 data, is an indication of how American small townsand rural areas are faring economically. The data is alsoimportant as the stimulus plan passed in February hasspecial programmes targeted to “recovery zones,” ar-eas with high unemployment rates and low incomes,and schools where large numbers of the students livehand to mouth.—Internet

ROME, 19 Nov—The director of a UNfood agency questioned on Wednesdayhow world powers could commit so muchmoney to fighting the financial crisis andnot to feeding the 1 billion hungry.

The three-day summit at the UN Foodand Agriculture Organization headquar-ters in Rome ended with little new head-way in efforts for a new strategy to helpfarmers in poor countries produceenough to feed their people.

The director-general of the Food andAgriculture Organization said the sum-mit “didn’t go as far” as he had hoped.

“If it has been possible to mobilize tril-lions of dollars” to stimulate the globaleconomy to combat the financial crisis,the world should be able to come up withresources to solve its hunger problem,Jacques Diouf added at a final news con-ference.

The summit was labeled a failure at theoutset on Monday when delegates from192 nations rejected UN appeals to com-mit themselves to $44 billion annually inagricultural development aid.—Internet

Jacques Diouf, Director-General of theFAO Food and Agriculture Organizationof the United Nations answers journal-ists’ questions during a Press conferenceat the end of a World Summit on FoodSecurity at the FAO headquarters, in Rome, on 18 Nov, 2009.—INTERNET

LONDON, 19 Nov—ABritish soldier was shotand killed on Wednesdayin Afghanistan, taking thenumber of British deathsthere this year alone to 98,the Ministry of Defencesaid. The soldier, from theRoyal Military Police,was killed during opera-tions in the Babaji area insouthern Helmand Pro-vince, the ministry said.

His family have beeninformed.

“It is with deep sadnessI must inform you that asoldier from The RoyalMilitary Police was shotand killed this morning onoperations,” said aspokesman for Task ForceHelmand, LieutenantColonel David Wakefield.

“One of our fellow sol-diers taken from us in thecourse of his duty, andwho we will remember,”he said.

The death brings the

total number of Britishkilled in Afghanistan to235 since the US-led in-vasion in 2001 to oust theTaleban regime.

British Prime MinisterGordon Brown offered onMonday to host an inter-national conference onAfghanistan in London inJanuary, which he saidcould set a timeframefor a gradual securityhandover from 2010 toAfghan forces.—Internet

A man shops forflat-panel wide

screen televisionsat a Best Buy

store. Californiaon Wednesday

became the firstUS state to set

energy-efficiencystandards for

television sets, amove designed to

save billion ofdollars in energycosts.—INTERNET

People learn to use theInternet in Gabon. TheInternet is still under

the control of theUnited States, partici-pants at a governanceforum said, despite amove by America to

loosen its grip over theprivate corporation that

administers the net.INTERNETA child lies in the bedroom of an apartment in Los

Angeles, on 11 June, 2009.—INTERNET

Half of children in 17 US countieslive in poverty

US drone attack kills fourmilitants in Pakistan’s tribal area

ISLAMABAD, 19 Nov—At least four militantswere killed and five oth-ers wounded in a sus-pected United Statesdrone missile strike inNorth Waziristan tribalagency, local TV channelreported on Thursday.

The attack tookplace late Wednesdaynight in Shanakhora vil-lage of North Waziristan,the Pakistan’s tribal re-gion near the Afghan bor-der. Washington said in-surgent fighters are hid-ing out in the area andplanning attacks on West-ern troops stationed inneighbouring Afghani-stan.

“It was a US drone at-tack which targeted amilitant compound, kill-ing four militants andwounding five others,” asenior security official inthe area told the privateTV GEO news. He saidtwo missiles were firedfrom a US drone. Anothersecurity official con-

firmed the attack.US drone plane’s flights

are still underway over thearea, witnesses said, add-ing that the attackpounded militants hideoutestablished in a house.

The US drones regu-larly hit hideouts of themilitants in the Pakistanitribal region, which Wash-ington considers as thecenter of Taleban and Al-Qaeda militants.

Pakistan opposes theUS strikes inside thecountry’s tribal regionsand seeks the drone tech-nology. But the US doesnot accept Islamabad’s re-quest.

Xinhua

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NEW YORK, 19 Nov—Aetna Inc (AET.N) onWednesday said it expects to eliminate roughly 1,250jobs by the end of March 2010, reflecting weak eco-nomic conditions and the potential impact of healthcare reform.

The third-largest US health insurer said it is cut-ting about 625 jobs now, and expects to make a simi-lar number of cuts by the end of the first quarter.

Such cuts would reflect about 3.5 percent of its35,500-person work-force.

Aetna also said it expects to merge some field of-fices, but is not exiting any markets as a result.

Internet

DUBLIN, 19 Nov—Irish airline Aer Lingus warnedon Wednesday of more possible job losses if agree-ment cannot be reached by the end of November overproposed cost cutting measures.

The loss-making airline announced last month itplanned to save 97 million euros (143 million dol-lars) a year by 2011, largely by cutting nearly 700jobs and staff pay.

Aer Lingus said on Wednesday that more cuts, in-cluding compulsory redundancies, could not be ruledout if agreement on the plan was not reached in fullwith unions and staff when talks conclude on 30 No-vember. If the plan has not been agreed, “the boardand management will proceed to implement an alter-native means of delivering the savings within the sametimeframe set out under the plan.”—Internet

An Aer Lingus aircraft is pictured on the apron at Bel-fast International Airport. Irish airline Aer Linguswarned Wednesday of more possible job losses if agree-ment cannot be reached by the end of November overproposed cost cutting measures.—INTERNET

Aetna says cuttingroughly 1,250 jobs

Ireland’s Aer Lingus warns of more job losses

KUALA LUMPUR, 19Nov—Malaysia’s top mo-bile operator, Maxis,made a strong return tothe bourse on Thursday inSoutheast Asia’s biggestever IPO, worth 3.3 bil-lion dollars.

Maxis Berhad, con-trolled by reclusiveMalaysian tycoon AnandaKrishnan and SaudiTelecom, opened onBursa Malaysia at a 9.2percent premium to its5.00 ringgit (1.49 dollars)reference price.

The opening price of5.46 ringgit was at the topend of forecasts forMaxis’ return to the stockmarket, two years after itwas taken private and de-listed.

“Today’s listing marks

BEIJING, 19 Nov—Gome Electrical Appli-ances Holdings Ltd said itexpected better full yearnumbers and would openmore outlets next year, asthe electronics retailercontinued to benefit fromits store restructuring planand various other costcontrol measures, ChinaDaily reported on Thurs-

Maxis, Malaysia’s top mobile operator, debuted at a9.2 percent premium on its reference price of 5.00

ringgit (1.49 dollars) on Thursday in SoutheastAsia’s biggest ever IPO.—INTERNET

Malaysia’s Maxis in SE Asia’s biggest IPOanother milestone on ourbourse — the largest IPOin the history of SoutheastAsia and the largest tel-ecommunications IPO inAsia-Pacific since 2000,”said Second Finance Min-ister Ahmad HusniHanadzlah.

Ahmad Husni said thatat 5.00 ringgit per share,Maxis’ market capitalisa-tion stands at 37.5 billionringgit, expanding thecapitalisation of the na-tion’s bourse by 4.0 per-cent.

“The offering was metwith strong demand frominternational andMalaysian investors,” hesaid at the launch cer-emony.

“On the global front,the return of Maxis has at-

tracted the attention of theinternational investmentcommunity to theMalaysian equity mar-ket.”

Maxis Berhad said ear-lier this month it hadraised 11.2 billion ringgit(3.3 billion dollars) in theIPO. It offered 2.25 bil-lion, or 30 percent, of itsshares and the majoritywere taken up by institu-tional investors.—Internet

China electrical appliances retailer Gomeexpects better profit

day.Chen Xiao, president

of Gome, said revenueduring the third quarter ofthe year rose 2.85 percentto 10.97 billion yuan (1.61billion US dollars) com-pared with 10.66 billionyuan in the previous quar-ter. Net profit for the pe-riod was 385 millionyuan.

The company said rev-enue for the nine monthsending 30 Sept rose 13.64percent to 31.43 billion

yuan over the same periodlast year. Net profit, how-ever, fell in the ninemonths by 39 percent to965 million yuan from ayear ago.

The company has im-proved its performancewith better managementand outlet optimizationand needs to revamp theproducts at its outlets, saidLu Renbo, analyst of theResearch Institute of Mar-ket Economy of the StateCouncil.—Xinhua

SINGAPORE, 19 Nov—Singapore on Thursday de-clared a severe recession over as data showed itseconomy grew for the second straight quarter in thethree months to September.

Official data released on Thursday showed grossdomestic product (GDP) expanded 14.2 percent in theJuly-September period on a quarter-on-quarterannualised basis following a 21.7 percent surge in theprevious quarter.

“Effectively, the recession in Singapore is over,”Ravi Menon, permanent secretary with the Ministryof Trade and Industry (MTI), said at a media briefing.

“Economies around the world are now turning thecorner... Singapore has benefited from these global andregional trends.”

Year-on-year, Singapore’s GDP grew 0.6 percentin the third quarter compared with a 3.3 percent con-traction in the April-June period, the MTI said in itsthird-quarter economic survey.

The 0.6 percent annual growth in the July-Septem-ber period was the economy’s first positive showingsince the third quarter of 2008, when the city-state slidinto a recession.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 19 Nov —General Motors (GM.UL)should focus on making money and repaying US Treas-ury loans before turning to public markets to sell thetaxpayer’s stake in the automaker, a senior govern-ment official said.

Ron Bloom, head of the Obama administration’sautos task force, nevertheless told Reuters that an ini-tial public offering could come as soon as the fourthquarter of 2010 if the automaker meets its recoverytargets and the financial markets are receptive.

Bloom said the government had previously ex-pressed concerns about GM operations but now truststhe directors and management to do what is best forshareholders.

“We’re done. We’re not saying what we thinkanymore,” Bloom said of the more passive role as-sumed by the administration since GM’s bankruptcy.

Ensuring corporate independence at GM and Fiat-led (FIA.MI) Chrysler includes accepting decisionsthat may surprise the government or diverge from ad-ministration goals, such as production of electric ve-hicles.

Bloom said the administration was caught off guardwhen GM decided this month to keep its EuropeanOpel unit rather than sell a majority stake to a Rus-sian-backed group led by Canadian auto parts makerMagna International (MGa.TO).

The former investment banker and senior execu-tive of the United Steelworkers union said the GMboard, which the task force helped create, is as goodas any globally and the decision on Opel was neverchallenged by the administration.—Internet

The Port of Singapore container terminal. The citystate on Thursday declared a severe recession over

as data showed its economy grew for the secondstraight quarter in the three months to

September.—INTERNET

Singapore declares itsrecession over

GM must pay debt, makemoney before IPO

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China, Vietnam sign land boundarydemarcation agreements

BEIJING, 19 Nov—China and Vietnam signeda package of agreementson the demarcation oftheir 1,300-kilometer landboundary on Wednesday.

Vice Chinese ForeignMinister Wu Dawei andhis Vietnamese counter-part Ho Xuan Son inkedthese agreements on be-half of the two govern-ments. Chinese ForeignMinister Yang Jiechi at-tended the signing cer-emony.

The agreements include

a protocol on demarcationof the land boundary, anagreement on land bound-ary management regimeand an agreement on landport and its managementregime.

The two vice foreignministers held talks beforethe ceremony, duringwhich they agreed to fur-ther the coordination andcooperation in land borderaffairs and work to achievelasting peace, security andmutual development alongthe border areas.

They also reiterated thatthe two countries will tryto solve the sea issuethrough diplomatic nego-tiation. They agreed tojointly maintain peace andstability of the SouthChina Sea and start con-sultation to formulate theguidelines to solve the seaissue. China and Vietnamsigned land boundarytreaty in 1999 and set upa joint committee for landborder demarcation twoyears later.

Xinhua

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei (2nd R, front) and his Vietnamesecounterpart Ho Xuan Son (2nd L, front) sign a package of agreements on the

demarcation of 1,300-kilometer land boundary between China and Vietnam inBeijing, capital of China, on 18 Nov, 2009. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang

Jiechi (C, second row) also attended the signing ceremony.—XINHUA

Tour bus rolls overin Minnesota, killing twoWASHINGTON, 19 Nov—A tour bus rolled over in a

high way in Minnesota, killing at least two persons andinjuring 21 others, said local officials on Wednesday.Minnesota Department of Public Safety spokesmanAndy Skoogman told reporters that the crash took placeon the Interstate 90 highway in southern Minnesota inthe afternoon.

The bus, which was operated by Strain Bus LineMotocoach Tours, was running eastbound on the high-way when it crossed into westbound lanes and thencrashed, according to local authorities. Six helicoptershave sent all the injured to hospitals nearby. The buscompany said that the bus carrying 22 passengers and onedriver came from the Diamond Jo Casino in Northwood,Iowa, and was on its way to Rochester. —Xinhua

Suspected Somali pirates stay at the northeastern Somali port town ofBossaso, on 18 Nov, 2009. The Spanish Navy patroling Somali coast handed

over 12 suspected pirates to the local authorities on Wednesday. —XINHUA

Rescuers work at the scene of a bus accident on Wednesday afternoon 18 Nov,2009 in Freeborn County on Interstate 90 west of Austin, Minn. A tour bus,

operated by Strain Bus Line Motorcoach Tours in Rochester, ran off a south-ern Minnesota interstate and rolled over in a ditch onWednesday. A state

official said fatalities were reported but the number of people killed was notimmediately known.—XINHUA

Five cyclones to originate from Fiji

One injured in blastin Indonesia’s Yogyakarta

SUVA, 19 Nov—Five cy-clones will originate in Fi-ji’s backyard out of the 12expected to hit the AsiaPacific region in the nexttwo years. This was theshocking revelation madeby John Goodman, direc-tor of the US Military’sCenter for Excellence inDisaster Management andHumanitarian Assistance

on Wednesday.“Based on what we have

looked at it looks like fouror five are going to spawnin your region,” Goodmansaid to participants at aDisaster management Ex-ercise for Fiji officials.

The United States gov-ernment is hosting in Fijia four-day workshop onDisaster Management Ex-

ercise. Goodman said thequestion was when the cy-clones will come and howdoes the country preparefor it.

Participants at the work-shop include senior offi-cials from the Fiji PoliceForce, Fiji Military, FijiNavy, National DisasterManagement Office, Divi-sional Commissioners,Provincial Administrators,District Officers, Munici-pal Special Administratorsand Senior Local Govern-ment officials.—Xinhua

JAKARTA, 19 Nov—Anexplosion occurred at adrug store at Indonesia’sYogyakarta province onThursday, one motorcy-clist injured, local mediareported.

The accident took placein Medistra drug store at08:10 local time (0110

GMT).A police line is unfurled

to block residents enteringthe scene.

According to a witness,one person that was rid-ing a motorcycle aroundthe area was injured dueto the explosion.

One of staffs of a na-tional bank, Puji, whoworks around 200 metersfrom the explosion scene,claimed that he hadheard a loud explosionwith billowing smokeseen right after the inci-dent.

“I was on the third floor(of my office building).The drug store was closed(when it was happened),”Puji told Kompas.com,anonline news service.

The intensity of the ex-plosion was felt by pa-tients at Dr Yap EyeCenter across the phar-macy.—Xinhua

Mexico considering spaceagency to develop astronomy MEXICO CITY, 19 Nov—Mexican President Felipe

Calderon said on Wednesday that the nation is con-sidering creating a space agency to boost the develop-ment of astronomy and space science.

“Right now, the Congress is considering the crea-tion of an aerospace agency, which already has abudget of 122 million pesos (9.38 million US dollars)committed,” Calderon said at a ceremony honoringJose Hernandez Moreno, a Mexican citizen and a doc-tor in engineering who traveled to the internationalspace station in August as part of a team sent by theUS National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA).—Xinhua

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

China homegrown C919 jetsfinal assembly line settles in

Shanghai’s Pudong BEIJING, 19 Nov—Commercial Aircraft Corp of

China Ltd (COMAC) has announced that it would setup its C919 airplane final assembly line in Pudong NewDistrict of Shanghai, China Daily reported on Thurs-day.

Construction of the Pudong base will start by year-end, and it aims to produce 20 homegrown C919 jetsand 50 ARJ 21-series planes annually by 2016, thecompany said.—Xinhua

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6 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 20 November, 2009

NEWS ALBUMCritics shouldstop tugging onSuperman’s cape— comic bookscan be just as so-phisticated asother forms of lit-erature, a US re-searcher says.

Carol L Tilley,a professor of li-

International BusinessMachines Corp (IBM) an-nounced that its researchershave made significantprogress toward creating acomputer system that simu-lates the way the brainworks.

Reporting their results ata supercomputing confer-ence being held in Portland

A 2-year-oldMississippi boyprovided valuableassistance in theunexpected birthof his baby brother,the boy’s mothersays.

The toddler,Jeremiha Taylor ofOlive Branch, Mi-ss, caught the newbaby as his mother,Bobbye Favazza,27, pushed whilegiving birth on herliving room couchlast week, TheMemphis Com-mercial Appeal re-ported.

Blue roses named “SUNTORY bluerose APPLAUSE” are shown at a

press conference unveiling theflowers that Suntory Holdings said tobe the world’s first roses with nearly

100 percent blue pigment in thepetals in Tokyo, Japan,

on 20 Oct, 2009.

Socotra in Indian Ocean.

Visitors watch a robot during the

2009 Northeast Asia Hi-Tech Fair in

Shenyang, capital of northeast

China’s Liaoning Province. A total of

387 enterprises from northeast Asian

countries and regions participated in

the fair.

US researchershave linked mod-erate sleep depri-vation to poten-tially devastatingerrors.

Todd Maddoxand David Schn-yer, psychologyprofessors at theUniversity ofTexas at Austin,found moderatesleep deprivationcan lead to anoverall immediate

Comic books get no respect but they shouldLack of sleep may lead to devastating errors

2-year-old helps mom in unexpected birth“He’s my little

hero,” Favazza,27, told the news-

paper. “It was likehe knew what todo.”

IBM reports progress in creatingbrain-like computer

in the US state of Oregon,IBM researchers said theyhave achieved a simulationwith 1 billion neurons and 10billion synapses using a su-per-computer that has147,456 processors.

Neurons are the key func-tional elements of the brainand synapses are the connec-tions between them.

Malaysia vehicle sales down 5.07%KUALA LUMPUR, 19 Nov—Malaysia’s total vehicle

sales in the first 10 months contracted by 5.07 per-cent, the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA)said here on Wednesday.

MAA said in a statement that the sales volume forthe period this year was 443,711 units as compared to467,425 units in the corresponding period last year.

MAA also noted that vehicles production in thesame period registered a drop of 10.07 percent from449,988 units in 2008 to 404,681 units this year.

However, MAA said sales volume for Novemberis expected to recover given the continuous favorablemarket and consumer sentiment, as well as year-endsales campaigns in place.—Xinhua

CARACAS, 19 Nov—The Venezuelan govern-ment rejected on Wednes-day a US proposal to me-diate in a dispute betweenVenezuela and Colombiaover Colombia’s militarycooperation agreementwith the United States.

“The mediation pro-posal has a clear aim ofdeviating the attention of

NAIROBI, 19 Nov—Guards aboard theMaersk Alabama usedguns and a sound blasteron Wednesday to repel thesecond pirate attack inseven months on the USvessel at a time whenships are increasingly hir-ing armed security teamsto thwart hijackings.

Despite an increasedinternational flotilla ofwarships off the Horn ofAfrica, maritime figuresindicate the number ofship boardings has re-mained about the same in

The US-flagged cargo ship, the Maersk Alabamaarrives in Mombasa, Kenya, in this 11 April 2009,file photo, after the ship was attacked by Somalipirates firing automatic weapons on Wednesday

but its unarmed crew locked themselves in a secureroom.—INTERNET

BRUSSELS, 19 Nov—NATO has delayed a meetingon boosting forces for Afghanistan to take all devel-opments into account, including US President BarackObama’s decision on his new strategy.

NATO spokesman James Appathurai said onWednesday at a press briefing that the force genera-tion conference, which is expected on 23 Nov, willtake place in two parts. The 23 Nov meeting will goahead and focus on NATO’s missions except Afghani-stan, while the conference concerning Afghanistan willbe held in December.

The spokesman gave no specific date, but said itwill be held after the meeting of NATO’s foreign mini-sters on 2-3 Dec.

He also said that he was confident “before the forcegeneration meeting, the United States will make itsannouncement, not only on troop levels, but very muchin a broader context on approach and strategy.”

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US ship repels pirates with guns and sound blaststhe past year.

A US naval com-mander hailed the ship’snew defences and familymembers rejoiced at theMaersk Alabama’s es-cape this time around,but the handling of theattack highlights a grow-ing schism over use ofarms on commercial ves-sels.

The UN’s MaritimeSafety Committee saysmembers should “stronglydiscourage the carryingand use of firearms byseafarers for personal pro-

tection or for the protec-tion of a ship.”

The concern is thatbringing guns aboard shipwill encourage violence.

With young and im-poverished Somalis in-creasingly seeking outmultimillion-dollar pay-days from successfulhijackings, ship ownersare turning to new tactics,including armed security.

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its primary responsibilityin the crisis and it is rudefor the people of the worldwho are aware of it,” theVenezuelan Foreign Mini-stry said in a statement.

The ministry said thatthe best way for theUnited States to collabo-rate on this issue is to stopintending to make Colom-bia an operational base forits regional strategy todominate and control thecountries in South Ame-rica.”

Venezuela said that theagreement signed be-tween the United States

and Colombia on 30 Octthis year allows a dispro-portionate military pres-ence of US troops in Co-lombian territory, and thisbrings uncertainty to theSouth American region.

“These arguments(fight against drug traf-ficking and terrorism) arefalse and do not dissipatethe doubt and questions,with the establishment ofequipment for the elec-tronic war, tasks of intel-ligence, military officersand staff of security con-tractor companies,” theministry added.—Xinhua

short-term loss ofinformation-inte-gration — a proc-ess of informationcategorization thatenables people tomake accurate,split-second “gut”decisions. “It’s im-portant to under-stand this domainof procedurallearning becauseinformation-inte-gration — the fastand accurate strat-

egy — is critical insituations whensolders need tomake split-seconddecisions aboutwhether a potentialtarget is an enemysoldier, a civilianor one of theirown,” Maddoxsaid in a statement.

brary and informa-tion science at theUniversity of Illi-nois at Champaignsays children ben-efit from readingcomics at least asmuch as they dofrom reading othertypes of books.

“A lot of the

criticism of comicsand comic bookscome from peoplewho think that kidsare just looking atthe pictures andnot putting themtogether with thewords,” Tilley saidin a statement.“Some kids, yes.But you could eas-ily make some ofthe same criticismsof picture books —that kids are justlooking at pictures,and not at thewords.”

NATO postpones conference onforces for Afghanistan

Venezuela rejects US mediation in disputewith Colombia

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Umin Koepauk river water pumping station benefitingagriculture and greening of Chauk Township

Article: Htein Lin; Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

(from page 1)of the Special ProjectsImplementation Com-mittee’s Meeting 1/2000.”

In-charge of theproject Staff Officer UKyaw Myint Sein said,“Sale region of ChaukTownship is located onthe east bank ofAyeyawady River. Thestation is pumping wa-ter from AyeyawadyRiver to Sale Region.The distance of the wa-ter supply area from thestation is 860 feet long.The water is pumped to305 feet high throughsix steps. The water ispumped to the platform

watt pumps and nine tubesets x one 55-kilowattpump. On the 35 feet highfourth step, the water isirrigated to 1028 acres offarmlands through ninetube sets x four 55-kilo-

watt pumps.”With regard to the

cultivation task, “The wa-ter pumping project ben-efits 1500 acres of paddyplantation and 6300 acresof other crops. Despitesetting the plan to supplywater to 300 acres ofmonsoon paddy in 2002-

2003, only 132 acres offarmlands could be irri-gated. Commencing2003-2004 cultivationseason, the plan was set togrow 1500 acres ofmonsoon paddy annually,and the sown acreagecould be extended year byyear. In 2005-2006, a to-tal of 1215 acres of landwas put under paddy. In2006-2007, the plan wasadopted to cultivate 1 mil-lion acres of monsoonpaddy in Magway Divi-sion. Therefore, the Saleregion extended its tar-geted sown acreage from1500 to 3500. Due to con-

certed efforts, the regionwas able to grow 2502acres of paddy that year.Paddy plantations covered2520 acres in 2007-2008and 3500 acres in 2009-2010,” he continued.

The Staff Officeradded, “The cultivation ofsummer paddy met thetarget. The local farmersuse high yieldHsinnweyin paddy strainfor both monsoon andsummer paddy. Thanks to

implementation of riverwater pumping project,the croplands could be re-claimed as the farmlandsin the region. Due to triplecropping including sum-mer and monsoon paddy

yearly, the local farmersare enjoying improvementin the livelihoods.”

While visiting UminKoepauk river waterpumping project, we sawcompletion of growingmonsoon paddy on 3500

acres of land with theuse of irrigation water.The lush and greenpaddy plantations arestretching along themain canal of the pump-ing station.

The Chairman of theTownship PDC and partyexplained progress of ag-ricultural task. In theirclarifications, the farm-ers can grow crops aswell as shady trees andflowery plants as thewater pumping project issupplying sufficient wa-ter for both agriculturaland drinking purposes.Actually, Umin Koepaukriver water pumpingproject is contributing

not also to the cultivationtask but to the greeningof the region.

*****Translation: TTA

Myanma Alin:19-11-2009

*******

U Thiha, Chairmanof Chauk TownshipPeace and Develop-

ment Council.

U Kyaw Myint Sein,Staff Officer, Water

Resources UtilizationDepartment.

Chairman of Township PDC U Thiha andTownship Manager of Myanma Agriculture

Service U Khaing Min inspect thrivingHsinnweyin paddy plantations.

Photo shows six feet wide, six feet deep and 26,950 feet long maincanal of water pumping station.

Irrigation water flows in five feet wide, fourfeet deep and 68,900 feet long tributary canal

of water pumping station.

Thriving monsoon paddy plantations seen by the canal of Umin Koepauk river water pumping station in Chauk Township.

of 110 feet high through30 tube sets x three 630-kilowatt pumps on thefirst step to supply wa-ter to 2950 acres offarmlands. On the sec-ond step, the water ispumped to the platformof 54 feet high through20 tube sets x four 180-kilowatt pumps to irri-gate 1832 acres of farm-lands. On the 36 feethigh third step, the wa-ter benefited 616 acresof farmlands through 20tube sets x two 180-kilo-

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NAY PYI TAW, 19 Nov—TV Guide Volume 1, No. 20 will be in circulationon 20 November.

The guide carries programmes on MTV World Stage through MTV channel,Mrs. World 2009 and Kings TV series through STAR World, football matches ofEPL through STAR Sports, seven wonderful places of Greek through Discovery,programmes of MRTV-4 and others.

TV Guide is available for K 500 per copy at City Marts, Sein Gay Harministores, shopping centres, book shops, and the door-to-door sales of the TVGuide commences in Yangon and Mandalay.

Novel Light Express (Tel: 391186 and 243893) is publishing TV Guide onevery Friday.—MNA

YANGON, 19 Nov—YangonFellowship Association (Yangon) isinviting application to providescholarships to those who can not affordto learn university education for 2009-2010 academic year.

The application forms may beavailable from respective townshipeducation officer’s office of RakhineState, representatives of RakhineFellowship Association (Yangon) andRakhine Fellowship Association(Yangon) office. One may submit theforms to Rakhine Fellowship

NAY PYI TAW, 19Nov—Chairman ofAyeyawady DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of

NAY PYI TAW, 19 Nov—Chairman of TaninthayiDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Coastal Region Command Maj-Gen Khin Zaw Ooinspected road construction on Bok-Daw-Gabin roadsection on 14 November.

Next, the commander looked into upgrading ofthe bailey bridge, construction of Myeik-Dawei railroadand Thamok-Bokchan railroad section, and progressin completion of the entrance to TechnologicalUniversity (Myeik).—MNA

Commander inspectsregional development

in Myeik

Commander, ministers attend opening of freeeye surgical treatment in Pyapon

South-West CommandMaj-Gen Kyaw Swe,accompanied byMinister for Hotels andTourism Maj-Gen SoeNaing and Minister forHealth Dr Kyaw Myint

on 15 November metwith Israeli AmbassadorMr Yaron Mayer andeye specialists fromIsrael at Pyapon General

Hospital (200-bed) andviewed modernmachinery andmedicines at the eyesurgical room.

They comfortedthe patients with eye

complaints and the eyepatients who haveundergone surgicaloperation.

On 17 November,

the commander and theministers attended theopening ceremony ofproviding surgicaltreatment to eye patientsfree of charge, jointlyorganized by the Ministry

of Health and Eye FromZion of Israel at the hallof the Pyapon DistrictGeneral AdministrationDepartment. The

commander, the Ministerfor Health, the IsraeliAmbassador andExpedition Manager MrNati Marcus spoke on theoccasion.

The commanderand party presentedoptical glasses free ofcharge to the patients whohave received eyesurgical treatment.

Medical Super-intendent Dr Nyi NyiMin, doctors, nurses andstaff of Pyapon GeneralHospital (200-bed)assisted the eye surgicalteam.

Eye From Zion ofIsrael will providemodern eye surgicaltreatment to theMyanmar eye specialists.The team brought Phacomachines, lenspharmaceuticals and

medicine equipment fromIsrael along with them toperform surgicaltreatment on the patientswith cataract complaintand squinted eyes.

The eye specialistteam will conduct thesurgical treatment atPyapon General Hospital(200-bed) up to 20November, at MandalayEye, Ear, Nose andThroat Hospital from 23to 25 November, YangonEye Specialist Hospitalon 26 November, andwill provide training toeye specialists and thetrainees of the master’sdegree course.

On 15 Novemberevening, Minister DrKyaw Myint inspectedKungyangon and DedayeTownship People'sHospitals.—MNA

Rakhine Fellowship Association (Yangon) toprovide scholarships

Association (Yangon) office at No. (115),first floor (right), Thamainbayan Road,Tamway Township, Yangon, not laterthan 31 January 2010. Those who wantto supply scholarship may contactChairman U Khin Maung Soe (ph;552126), Vice-Charimen U Kyaw Yin(ph; 376848, 095126489), U Bo Tin (ph;095006926), U Myo Swe (ph;095001180), U Zaw Aye Maung (ph;095140407), U Zaw Win (ph;095006820) and Acting GeneralSecretary U Tha Mya Kyaw (ph; 556221,095155419).—MNA

TV Guide to be published

Lt-GenMyint Sweof Ministryof Defence

viewsproducts atVietnam-Myanmar

InternationalExposition

2009.(News onpage 1)

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Commander Maj-Gen Kyaw Swe speaking at opening of free eyesurgical treatment jointly organized by Ministry of Health and eye

specialist team of Israel.—MNA

Eyespecialistsfrom Eye

From Zion ofIsrael

performingsurgical

treatment oneye patient at

PyaponGeneralHospital

(200-bed).MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 19Nov—At the invitation ofMinister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win, theLaotian delegation led byDr Thongloun Sisoulith,Deputy Prime Ministerand Minister of ForeignAffairs of the LaoPeople’s DemocraticRepublic, arrived atYangon by air on 17November morning, toattend the 9th Myanmar-Lao Joint Commissionfor Bilateral Coopeartion.

The Laotiandelegation was welcomedat the airport by MinisterU Nyan Win and officials.The Laotian delegationled by the Deputy PrimeMinister and Minister ofForeign Affairs of LaoPDR, accompanied byMinister U Nyan Win andLaotian Ambassador MrKouily A. Souphakhet,left for Taunggyi by air.

9th Meeting of Myanmar-Lao JointCommission for Bilateral Cooperation held

The foreign ministerhosted a dinner in honourof the visiting Laodelegation at Aye ThayarHotel in Taunggyi.

The 9th Meeting ofthe Myanmar-Lao JointCommission forBilateral Cooperationwas held at Aye ThayarHotel on 18 Novembermorning. The meetingwas attended by theMyanmar delegation ledby Foreign Minister UNyan Win, and theLaotian delegation led bythe deputy primeminister and foreignminister of the Lao PDR.The two sides discussedmatters relating tofurther strengthening ofthe friendly relations andcooperation between thetwo countries as well asenhancing in mutualcooperation in regionaland international forums.

While in Taunggyi,the Laotian delegationpaid homage to InlayPhaungdawU Pagoda on18 November. In theevening, Chairman ofShan State Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of EasternCommand Maj-Gen YarPyae hosted a dinner inhonour of the delegatesattending the 9th Meetingof the Myanmar-LaoJoint Commission forBilateral Cooperation.

The JointCommission meeting waspreceded by the SeniorOfficial Meeting todiscuss the draft agreedminutes for theministerial meeting of theJoint Commission.

The Lao delegationarrived here by air todayto commence an officialgoodwill visit.

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NAY PYI TAW, 19Nov—Chairman ofMandalay CityDevelopment CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen PhoneZaw Han inspected the

Mandalay Mayor looks into road construction tasksTaung Bridge andconstruction of reinforcedconcrete piles, greeningof Kandawgyi Region,and nurturing ofsaplings.—MNA

construction of Yangon-Mandalay Highway on 14November.

He also looked intoprogress of building abridge beside U Shwe

NAY PYI TAW, 19Nov—The second roundmatches of the 3rd Nay PyiTaw Inter-Ministry Men’sVolleyball Tournamentcontinued at the volleyballsports grounds, here,today.

Among the spectators

Nay Pyi Taw Inter-Ministry Men’sVolleyball Tournament continues

were departmental heads,officials and staff familiesof the respectiveministries.

In the morning,Ministry of Industry-1routed Ministry of RailTransportation 3-0; andMinistry of Home Affairs

won over Ministry ofCulture 3-0.

In the evening,Ministry of Informationbeat Ministry of Commerce3-1; and Ministry ofLivestock and Fisheriesthrashed Ministry ofForestry 3-0.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19Nov—Minister for EnergyBrig-Gen Lun Thi went tothe worksite of laying 24-inch off shore natural gaspipeline being undertakenby Myanma Oil and GasEnterprise at Kungyangon-

Energy Minister inspects laying naturalgas pipeline in Twantay Tsp

Twan tay -Tawgy i t ansection near PhayagyiVillage, TwantayTownship of YangonDivision on 14 November.He heard reports onwelding and connecting thegas pipeline submitted by

officials.The minister called for

putting energies into thetasks with addedmomentum and lookinginto the welding throughX-ray test system.

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YANGON, 19 Nov—Old students who pursuededucation at ShweboRegional College andShwebo College from1977 to 1983 academicyears will hold theceremony to pay respectsto faculty members at thebuilding of ShweboCollege on 26 December.

The faculty membersand old students are toattend the ceremonywithout fail and maycontact Professor Daw TinTin Aye, Tel: 09-2100177, U Mya WinAung, Tel: 09-2100058and 075-21050 and U ChitKo Ko, Tel: 09-2100143

Old students of Shwebo Regional College, ShweboCollege to pay respects to faculty members

for more information.Those wishing to

make donations maycontact U Tin Myint (09-2100831), U Tin MaungKyi (09-2100053), U SoeZaw (a) Than Doke (09-2100764), U Tun Tun Oo(09-2100311), Daw Ni NiKhin (09-2130284), UThein Win-Daw KhinMar Kyi (Kyaukmyaung)(09-2450409), U ZawWin (YeU) (02-70546), UTin Myint (067-414272),Dr Tun Tun Oo(Mandalay) (09-5153050), Dr Thaung Lin(Mandalay) (02-71861),Daw Moe Moe Win (02-25309), Daw Lin Lin Wai

(Mandalay) (02-66817),U Myo Myint Thein (09-2024485), U Win Zaw (a)U Zaw Win (09-5183353), Dr Kyaw Kyaw(Lashio) (082-22402 and09-5260627), Dr MyintThaung (Mogok) (086-20279), U Win Myint(Yangon) (09-5200106),U Kyaw Min (Yangon)(09-5311687), U Saw WinThaung-Daw MyintMyint Win (Yangon) (01-681412), U Myint(Kawlin) (075-42495), UToe Toe Myint (09-2022949), U Kyaw MinSein (02-88048) and DawChin Kyi (Katha) (075-25142).—MNA

Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi inspects laying of 24-inchdiametre natural gas pipelines on Kungyangon-Twantay Tawgyidan

section.—MNA

Players vigoriously competing in 3rd Nay Pyi Taw Inter-MinistryMen's Volleyball Tournament.—MNA

An official speaking at opening of state-level talks on treatment formiscarriage at Mawlamyine General Hospital in Mon State on 6

November. (News reported)—MNA

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 20 November, 2009

Undated picture of an MD-80 aircraft taken inMedellin, Colombia.—INTERNET

KINSHASA (Congo),19 NOV—A passengerplane overshot therunway on Thursday,landing in hardened lavasurrounding an airport ineastern Congo andinjuring 20 people, a UNrun radio stationreported.

The plane was flyingfrom Kinshasa to Goma,and passengers hadwarned the crew that

there were heavy clouds,Radio Okapi said.

An official from theUN mission in Congo,who spoke on conditionof anonymity because hedoes not have per-mission to speak withmedia, said there were117 passengers aboard.They included thegovernor of North Kivuprovince, who was nothurt.

The plane wasoperated by CAA(Compagnie Africained’Aviation).

A 2002 volcaniceruption sent lava oozingonto Goma’s runway,truncating it from morethan 2 miles (3kilometers) to less than amile (1.5 kilometers).Authorities have notremoved all of the lavarock.

A cargo plane burstinto flames after hittinghardened lava on theairport runway in 2007,killing at least eight.

And in April 2008, aDC-9 rammed into abustling market afterfailing to lift off fromGoma’s airport, killingat least 40 people, mostof them on the ground.

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People stand near the AOL corporate headquarters on Broadway, in NewYork City, in May2009. AOL will cuts some 2,500 jobs, or one-third or its

workforce, under the plan to spin off the Internet firm from media giant TimeWarner, company officials said on Thursday.—INTERNET

Plane misses runway in east Congo,landing in lava

Suicidebomber killsten civilians

inAfghanistan

KANDAHAR, 19 Nov—Afghan officials say asuicide bomber targetingan Afghan security forcesconvoy in the south of thecountry has killed 10civilians and woundedanother 13.

The deputy policechief of Uruzgan province,Gulad Khan, says thesuicide bomber was onfoot and blew himself upin a busy market, beforereaching the convoy.

Khan says three of thedead are boys agedbetween 12 and 14 whowere selling shoppingbags in the market. He saysfour of the wounded are incritical condition. Sevenshops were also damagedin the Thursday afternoonbombing.

Interior Ministryspokesman ZemeriBashary says a policemanhad tried to stop the suicidebomber, who thendetonated his explosives.Bashary also said the deadand wounded werecivilians.—Internet

This photo released by BMW shows 2010, 650i.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 19Nov—A majority ofAmericans said that theydo not want to take A/H1N1 vaccine shotdespite the USgovernment’s encou-

Most Americans do not want A/H1N1vaccine shot

ragement, according to apoll released onWednesday.

The survey by CNNand Opinion Researchindicated that 55 percentof Americans polled saidthey don’t want to getthe new flu vaccine,while 20 percent saidthey want to, but havenot taken any steps to doso.

Another 14 percentsaid that they want a shotand also have tried to getit but did not succeed,and only 7 percent havetaken the shots.

The major reasonwhy most Americansrefuse the flu vaccine, asCNN polling directorKeating Holland said, is“the perception that thevaccine has dangerousside effects.”

On the reason whysome people did notsuccessfully get shots,Holland said that 5percent of all polledadults were turned down

since they are not in ahigh-risk group who havepriority to take thevaccine, such as pregnantwomen. Another threepercent said they found afacility that ran out ofvaccine before they gotthere.

According to theU.S. Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention(CDC), flu had killednearly 4,000 Americansincluding 540 children,and infected about 22million Americans sinceApril.

The White House hasreleased a report, 2009-H1N1 NationalPreparedness andResponse Overview,saying that the UnitedStates should makesteady progress ondeveloping a safe andeffective H1N1 fluvaccine, and adopt avoluntary H1N1 flu shotprogram available to allAmericans.

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LONDON, 19 Nov—Women are most at riskfrom the damagingeffects of climate changebut are largely ignored inthe debate about how tofind solutions, the UnitedNations Population Fund(UNFPA) said onWednesday.

In its 2009 state ofthe world populationreport, the agency saidthe world’s poor are themost vulnerable toclimate change and themajority of the 1.5 billionpeople living on 1.0 USdollar a day or less arewomen.

“Poor women in poorcountries are among the

hardest hit by climatechange, even though theycontributed the least to it,”said UNFPA executivedirector Thoraya AhmedObaid. World leaders aredue to meet at a UN globalwarming summit inCopenhagen in Decemberand the UN agency urgedthem to think about howmuch women are harmedby climate change andhow much they could beengaged in the fightagainst it.

“With thepossibility of a climatecatastrophe on thehorizon, we cannotafford to relegate theworld’s 3.4 bi l l ion

women and girls to therole of victim,” Obidsaid in a commentary onthe report.

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Climate change deal must aim to help women

BEIJING, 19 Nov— China disagreesto the suggestion of a “Group of Two”(G2), Chinese Premier Wen Jiabaosaid at a meeting with visiting USPresident Barack Obama here onWednesday.

China is still a developing countrywith a huge population and has a longway to go before it becomes modernized,Wen said, stressing “We must alwayskeep sober-minded over it”.

China pursues the independentforeign policy of peace and will not

align with any country or countryblocks, Wen said.

Global issues should decided byall nations in the world, rather than oneor two countries, he added.

“Meanwhile, we believe Sino-U.S.cooperation can play a unique role inadvancing the establishment of the newinternational political and economicorder, as well as promoting worldpeace, stability and prosperity,” Wensaid.

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China disagrees to so-called G2, calling foreffort to fight protectionism

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Don’t use Plavix alongwith Prilosec

WASHINGTON, 19 Nov—The US Food and DrugAdministration is warning patients against using thestomach acid reducer Prilosec with the anti-clotting drugPlavix. FDA officials said new data suggests whenpatients take both Prilosec (omeprazole) and Plavix(clopidogrel), Plavix’s ability to block plateletaggregation, its anti-clotting effect, might be reducedby about half.

Plavix is used to prevent blood clots that could leadto heart attacks or strokes in at-risk patients, the FDAsaid. Omeprazole, the active ingredient of Prilosec, is aproton pump inhibitor used to reduce the production ofstomach acid and prevent stomach irritation.

The FDA said Plavix does not have anti-clotting effectsuntil it is converted or metabolized into its active formwith the help of a liver enzyme. Prilosec blocks thatenzyme, thereby reducing the effectiveness of Plavix.Officials said it’s not known how other medications mightinterfere with Plavix. But the FDA said other drugs thatshould not be used with Plavix include Nexium, Tagamet,Diflucan, Nizoral, VFEND, Intelence, Felbatol, Prozac,Serafem, Symbyax, Luvox and Ticlid.—Internet

Navy finds lax behavior aboard sub in collision

Neurosurgeons Alison Wray (L) and WirginiaMaixner (C), and anaesthetist Andrew Greensmith

operate on newly separated twins Trishna andKrishna of Bangladesh in the surgery at the RoyalChildren’s Hospital in Melbourne in this handoutpicture taken on 17 Nov, 2009 and made available

on 19 Nov, 2009. —INTERNET

A sniffer dog searches a car at the entrance of theSupreme Court in Dhaka on 18 November.

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Cooling heart patientsimproves survival

China, Sudan agree on agriculture cooperationKHARTOUM, 19 Nov—China and Sudan have agreed to further enhance

cooperation on agriculture during the visit to Khartoum by Zhou Yongkang, asenior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), said sources with theInternational Department of the CPC Central Committee on Thursday.

Zhou, a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee’sPolitical Bureau, paid a three-day official goodwill visit to Khartoum from Mondayto Wednesday at the invitation of Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP).

During his visit, Zhou and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir held talks andagreed to further oil cooperation and tap potentials for cooperation in theagricultural field, the sources said.—Internet

Artists from India’s north eastern state Manipur

perform in New Delhi, India, on 19 Nov, 2009.INTERNET

Air pollution at smallairports a concernLOS ANGELES, 19 Nov—

Air pollution is well-rec-ognized problem at majorairports, but air pollutionnear smaller regional air-ports may be overlooked,US researchers say.

Suzanne Paulson of theUniversity of California,Los Angeles, and col-leagues said smaller re-gional airports are becom-ing an increasingly impor-tant component of globalair transport systems.

The study, published inthe journal EnvironmentalScience & Technology, sug-gests that officials shouldpay closer attention to theseoverlooked emissions,which could cause healthproblems for residents.Paulson and colleaguesnote that scientists haveknown for years that air-craft emissions from fuelburned during takeoffs andlandings can have a seriousimpact on air quality nearmajor airports.—Internet

GROTON, 19 Nov— Thecrew of a US submarinemade dozens of errorsbefore the vessel collidedwith an American warshipin the Persian Gulf, anaccident that exposed laxleaders who toleratedsleeping, slouching and aradio room rigged withmusic speakers, a Navyreview found. Navy

investigators placed blamefor the March collision onthe submarine’s “in-effective and negligentcommand leadership,”including what they calleda lack of standards andfailure to adequatelyprepare for navigating thebusy Strait of Hormuz.

The Navy Times news-paper first reported the find-ings Sunday after obtaininga heavily redacted copy ofthe Navy’s report through aFreedom of Information

Act request. A Connecticutnewspaper, The Day of NewLondon, made a similarrequest and reported thefindings on Wednesday.

The USS Hartford, anuclear-powered sub-marine based in Groton,Conn, collided with theUSS New Orleans, a SanDiego-based Navy am-phibious ship, on 20 Marchin the narrow, heavilytraveled strait at the mouthof the Persian Gulf.

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16 killedin blast in NW

Pakistan’sPeshawar

PESHAWAR, 19 Nov—Asuicide bombing killed atleast 16 people and in-jured 36 others in the Pa-kistan’s northwestern cityof Peshawar on Thursday,officials and hospitalsources said.

Sixteen bodies and 36injured were brought tothe hospital, MedicalSuperintendant in mainLady Readings HospitalSahib Gul told reporters inthe hospital premises.

District CoordinationOfficer Sahibzada Anissaid that a suicide bomberwanted to enter the judi-cial complex on the city’sbusy Khyber Road, butthe police stopped him forthe search.

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ORLANDO, 19 Nov—Rapidly cooling a personin cardiac arrest mayimprove the chance ofsurvival without braindamage, researchers inSweden said.

Dr Maaret Castren ofthe Karolinska Institutein Stockholm andcolleagues at 14 centresacross Europe randomlygave 180 patients eitherstandard resuscitation orresuscitation includinguse of a battery-poweredtool called RhinoChillthat introduced coolantthrough nasal prongs.

The study found 46.7percent of those cooledsurvived to hospitaldischarge versus 31percent of those receivingstandard care with 36.7percent of those cooledbeing in good

neurological condition onhospital discharge versus21.4 percent of thosereceiving standard care.

“Our results show thatthe earlier you can do thecooling, the better,”Castren said in astatement. “Whenresuscitation efforts weredelayed, there was nosignificant difference insurvival.”

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BILLION VOY NO (113 )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BILLIONVOY NO (113 ) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 20.11.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of S.P.W 1 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 PHULSAWAT SHIPPINGCO., LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA RUKUN VOY NO (519 )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA RUKUNVOY NO (519 ) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 20.11.2009 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

Panama may buildbridge or tunnel across

canalPANAMA CITY, 19 Nov—The Panamanian govern-

ment is planning to build a bridge or a tunnel acrossthe Panama Canal near the Atlantic coast, the PanamaCanal Authority (ACP) said on Wednesday.

The authorities will invite bidders for a contract inJanuary. The winning company must analyze andpresent the feasibility of building a bridge over theCanal or a tunnel across the Canal.

Both alternatives will be studied independently, theACP said.

“It is estimated that the presentation of thestudies will last seven months,” and a committeeformed by engineers will be in charge of evaluatingthe proposals, and it is possible to hire externaladvisors to guarantee efficiency, the ACP said.

Panama began to modernize the Canal in 2007and is scheduled to finish the work in 2014 at the lat-est, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of theCanal. The project will cost about 5.25 billion USdollars.

Xinhua

School bus crash kills girl,eight, in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, 19 Nov—Authorities in Puerto Rico saya school bus has fallen off an overpass, killing an 8-year-old girl near the capital of the US Caribbean ter-ritory.

Police officer Erick Aponte says the bus was carry-ing at least nine people when the driver lost controland it fell off an overpass on Wednesday morning insuburban Guaynabo.

Edward Moreno of the Education Department saysthird-grader Paola Nicole Guzman was killed and sixother people were injured, including the driver.

Internet

One soldier killed in army campexplosion in New Zealand

WELLINGTON, 19 Nov—A solider was killed and an-other one injured on Thursday morning in an explo-sion at the Waiouru Military Camp in New Zealand’scentral North Island.

A Defence Force spokesman said it was a standardexercise involving explosives and the incident occurredas soldiers were working with explosives in a camptraining area. The injured soldier was taken to hospi-tal.

Representatives from the force, along with police,were investigating the incident and further details arelikely to be released in the afternoon.—Xinhua

Oil stays above $79 amid mixed economic signs

Mitsubishi UFJ FG announcesprofit gains

Vehicles run in snow in Moscow, Russia, on 17Nov, 2009.—XINHUA

KUALA LUMPUR, 19 Nov—Oil priceshovered above $79 a barrel on Thursdayin Asia amid mixed signals over thestrength of the global economic recovery.

Benchmark crude for December de-livery was down 18 cents to $79.40 abarrel at midday Singapore time in elec-tronic trading on the New York Mercan-tile Exchange. The contract rose 44 centsto settle at $79.58 on Wednesday.

Prices were underpinned by US datashowing lower crude inventories lastweek and auto club AAA reporting thatmore drivers are expected on America’shighways over the upcoming Thanks-giving weekend, suggesting that con-sumers are more confident in the

economy.Gains, however, were offset by poor

economic news stemming from an un-expected drop in US home constructionand disappointing forecasts from technol-ogy companies.

“The resistance to oil sustaining abovethe $80 level is very strong. There aresigns of economic recovery but so far,the signals have been mixed and thesustainability of the recovery is uncer-tain,” said Victor Shum, an energy ana-lyst with consultancy Purvin & Gertz inSingapore.

Crude prices have zigzagged around$79 a barrel for more than a month.

Internet

TOKYO, 19 Nov—Ja-pan’s top bank Mit-subishi UFJ FinancialGroup (MUFG) an-nounced on Wednesdayits first-half net profit forApril-September period

surged 53.2 percent froma year earlier to 140.95billion yen (1.6 billionUS dollars).

MUFG, who postedlosses of 256.9 millionyen (2.89 billion US dol-lars) in net losses in fis-cal 2008, cited its gainsmade in the past sixmonths were due to themega bank’s positive re-turns on investmentsmade in stocks and bondsas well as increased capi-tal gains made through itscorporate lending infra-structure, which is Ja-pan’s largest.

According to a state-ment made by the bankon Wednesday, it’s origi-nal forecast of net profits

amounting to 300 billionyen for the year throughMarch, has remained un-changed.

MUFG further an-nounced on Wednesdaythat it will join forceswith global financialservices firm MorganStanley and create twonew companies throughthe integration of the twofirms’ brokerage and se-curities divisions, con-solidating their opera-tions in Japan. In a jointstatement made by thetwo companies the USfirm will be allowed tomaintain a voting major-ity at its Japanese broker-age.

Xinhua

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Macedonia reports firstA/H1N1 flu death

TIRANA, 19 Nov — Macedonian health authoritiessaid Wednesday that a 32-year-old man has died ofA/H1N1 flu, the first fatality related to the virus in thewestern Balkan country. It was reported that the manwas admitted to the Skopje Clinic for Infectious Diseaseswith high temperature and breathing difficulty, anddied of complications on Tuesday. Health authorities said during the last 24 hours ninepeople have been hospitalized with symptoms of thenew influenza.—Xinhua

Nearly two million Frenchinfected with A/H1N1 flu

PARIS, 19 Nov — Some 1.98 million French peoplehave been infected with A/H1N1 flu since this August,the French influenza surveillance system reported onWednesday. “From the beginning of this August, 1.98 millionFrench people have been infected with A/H1N1epidemic,” French Regional Groups of Flu Observation(Grog) said, adding that the figure may be a littleunderestimated from the real level. As many as 410,000 cases were newly registeredwithin the last week, according to latest statistics. On the same day, French Health Minister RoselyneBachelot announced that 200,000 persons havereceived vaccine injections since the nationalvaccination was launched on 12 Nov, and urged thevaccination campaign to go “on full acceleration”because augmented virus activity has appeared aswinter falls. “Tonight we have 81 persons under service ofintensive care unit ... We have 16 deaths fromA/H1N1 flu within this week. The figure has increased 50 percent compared tothe report of previous week,” Bachelot said on France2 television.—Xinhua

Switzerland registers firstA/H1N1 flu death

GENEVA , 19 Nov— A Swiss baby has died ofA/H1N1 influenza, the first fatality from the virus inthis country, the official Swissinfo. ch news websitereported on Wednesday. The five-month-old baby boy, who died at theweekend in the canton of Basel Country, had otherhealth conditions, including a cleft lip and palate, aheart problem and a possible immune deficiency,health officials were quoted as saying. Switzerland has so far recorded more than 1,550confirmed cases of A/H1N1 influenza, including 30patients who had to be admitted to hospital. TheFederal Health Office has warned that cases wouldcontinue to increase in the next few weeks. A national voluntary immunization program hasalready started, with at-risk groups being targeted first.These groups include the chronically ill, pregnantwomen, children with previous health problems, andmedical staff, according to the report. The World Health Organization (WHO), whichdeclared the A/H1N1 flu as a pandemic in June, said sofar more than 206 countries and overseas territories orcommunities have reported laboratory confirmed cases,with at least 6,260 deaths.—Xinhua

NASA gives Hubble hardware toSmithsonian

VThe new

camera

installed on

NASA’s

Hubble Space

Telescope

delivered this

detailed view

of star birth in

the nearby

spiral galaxy

M83,

nicknamed the

Southern

Pinwheel.

INTERNET

VBoosting neurotransmitter could reverseDown Syndrome

V5.1 magnitude earthquake hitsNew Zealand North Island

S Korea posts world’s second-lowestfertility rate

SEOUL,19 Nov — A United Nations population report showed that South Koreaposted the second-lowest fertility rate in the world, a local health and welfarefederation said Wednesday.

According to the 2009 report by the United Nations Population Fund, South Korea’stotal fertility rate (TFR) reached 1.22, the lowest number after Bosnia and Herzegovina’s1.21, the Planned Population Federation of Korea (PPFK) said.

The world average among 185 countries, in the meantime, was 2.54, the organizationsaid.The PPFK added that South Korea, with a population of 48.3 million people, ranked26th in terms of total population among 186 countries examined. The nation’s population,however, is expected to hit 44.1 million people in 2050, likely to rank 41st, if the fertility ratestays at the current level, the organization said.—Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 19 Nov— NASA has given theSmithsonian National Airand Space Museum twokey instruments fromthe Hubble SpaceTelescope.

The instruments — theWide Field and PlanetaryCamera 2 (WFPC-2) andthe Corrective OpticsSpace Telescope AxialReplacement (COSTAR)— were returned to Earthaboard space shuttleAtlantis in May after more

than 15 years in space.“This was the camera

that saved Hubble,”said Ed Weiler, associateadministrator forNASA’s Science MissionDire-ctorate.

“I have looked forwardfor a long time to stand infront of this veryinstrument while ondisplay to the public.”

After Hubble’s deplo-yment in 1990, scientistsrealized the telescope’sprimary mirror had a flaw

that caused fuzzy images,NASA said.

Hubble’s first servicingmission in 1993 byspace shuttle Endeavourprovided the telescopewith hardware that actedas eye glasses.

The mission added theWFPC-2 and COSTAR.

The WFPC-2 providedthe optical correction,while COSTAR providedcorrections for otherHubble instruments.

Internet

,NMMWASHINGTON, 19 Nov—Boosting a neuro-transmitter called nore-pinephrine in sufferers ofDown Syndrome couldhelp reverse the condition,which is the most common

cause of mental retardationin children, a study showedWednesday.

“If you intervene earlyenough, you will be able tohelp kids with DownSyndrome to collect and

modulate information,”said Ahmad Salehi, thelead author of the study,which was published inScience TranslationalMedicine.

“Theoretically, that couldlead to an impro-vement incognitive functions in thesekids,” he said.Salehi waspart of a team of scientists atStanford University Schoolof Medicine and theLucile Packard Children’sHospital in Californiawho used a precursor ofnorepinephrine to reverselearning deficits in mice withsymptoms very close tothose seen in humans withDown Syndrome.

Internet

WELLINGTON, 19 Nov— Twoearthquakes hit near New Zealand NorthIsland’s Palmerston North on Thursdaymorning. There have been no immediatereports of injury or damage. The NewZealand Institute of Geological and NuclearSciences (GNS Science) said the first tremor

of 5.1 magnitude struck at 7:04 am (18:04GMT Wednesday), 10 km south ofPalmerston North at a depth of 40 km.Thetremor was felt throughout the North Island.A second earthquake of 4.3 magnitude wasrecorded in the same place at 8:05 am.

Xinhua

Boosting a neurotransmitter called norepinephrine insufferers of Down Syndrome could help reverse the

condition, which is the most common cause of mentalretardation in children, a study showed. —INTERNET

Death toll of A/H1N1 flureaches 100 in Iran

TEHRAN, 19 Nov — Iran’s Health Ministry said theinfluenza A/H1N1 has claimed the lives of 100 peopleacross the country as the national tally of infectionsreaches 3,128, the official IRNA news agency reported.“With the death of more 42 people last week, the numberof victims due to the infection to the A/H1N1 flu has risento 100 (in the country),” the public relations of Iran’sHealth Ministry announced Wednesday. According tothe announcement most of the dead had a record ofrespiratory and heart diseases, the report said.—Xinhua

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MONTEVIDEO, 19 Nov— Uruguay finished the job,qualifying for the 2010 World Cup with a 1-1 drawagainst Costa Rica.

The South American side had gained the upper handin their play-off against North and Central America’sCosta Rica with a 1-0 victory at San Jose on Saturdayand duly wrapped up the 32nd and final spot in the2010 finals in South Africa.

Their victory on a 2-1 aggregate sends the Uru-guayans back to the World Cup finals for the first timesince 2002 - where they will seek to add to the titlesthey won in 1930 and 1950.

Substitute Sebastian Abreu came on for Uruguayin the 65th minute and immediately made his pres-ence felt.

The Greece-based striker headed home a goal off aball from Andres Scotti in the 70th minute to open thescoring.—Internet

Slovenia stun Russia to reachWorld Cup

MARIBOR, 19 Nov— Slovenia qualified for onlytheir second World Cup on Wednesday with a 1-0 winover nine-man Russia in their European zone, second-leg play-off tie.

Striker Zlatko Dedic, who plays his club footballfor Bochum in Germany, scored the only goal just be-fore the break. He was fastest to the ball when ValterBirsa crossed from the right with Russia’s defenderscaught cold.

Russia had won the first leg 2-1 in Moscow on Sat-urday, but Slovenia’s win on Wednesday meant theyqualified on the away goals rule.

“They are men of merit for continuing the Slovenianfootball fairy tale,” said Slovenia coach Matjaz Kek.

Internet

DONETSK, 19 NovGreece reached the WorldCup finals for the firsttime since 1994 onWednesday with a hard-fought 1-0 win overUkraine in the return legof their European zoneplay-off. Panathinaikosstriker DimitrisSalpingidis netted theonly goal of the matchsending Greece, the 2004European champions,into their second WorldCup finals after a 16-yearabsence.—Internet

ZENICA, (Bosnia-Hercegovina), 19 Nov—A second-half strike byRaul Meireles wasenough to break Bosnianhearts and send 2006semi-finalists Portugalthrough to the World Cupfinals on Wednesday.

The Portuguese, onceagain without the injuredCristiano Ronaldo, hadwon a hard-fought firstleg 1-0 courtesy of aclose-range header byBruno Alves on Saturdayand again had to be ontheir mettle beforeMeireles’ effort ensuredtheir place at next sum-mer’s showpiece in SouthAfrica.

Despite enjoying thelion’s share of possessionin the opening period ona heavy pitch theBosnians failed to carveout any clear chances asthe Portuguese sat back

France advance to World Cup finalsPARIS, 19 Nov—France qualified for the World Cup

finals after a controversial 1-1 draw in a playoff sec-ond-leg match with Ireland on Wednesday.

In the European zone match, France qualified fortheir fourth straight World Cup finals after collectinga 2-1 aggregate playoff win.

KHARTOUM, 19 Nov—Algeria will play theirfirst World Cup in 24years after edging Egypt1-0 in the World Cup Af-rican zone playoff onWednesday.

Defender Antar Yahyahit a volley in off the un-derside of the crossbar on39 minutes to give Algeriavictory.The match wasplayed in Khartoum, Su-dan, after the two teams fin-ished their group matcheslevel on points and havingscored and conceded thesame number of goals.

Internet

ROCHESTER, 19 Nov—The LPGA Championshipwill be held at Locust Hillgolf course in suburbanRochester for one yearnext June, with supermar-ket chain Wegmans re-placing McDonald’s assponsor of the season’ssecond major.

The recession-pinchedLPGA Tour is shrinking to24 tournaments in 2010,down from 27 this yearand 34 in 2008. With 13events in the UnitedStates, it’s the smallesttour schedule in nearly 40years.

Internet

PARIS, 19 Nov—Spainunderscored their statusas World Cup favouriteson Wednesday by swat-ting Austria 5-1 away inan international friendlyencounter, David Villatwice on target.

But three-times win-ners Germany, who Spainbeat in the final of Euro2008, had to rely on alast-gasp goal from LukasPodolski to secure a 2-2home draw with IvoryCoast.

Reigning world cham-pions Italy saw a secondstring side come through1-0 at home to a Swedenteam missing star playerZlatan Ibrahimovic withcentral defender GiorgioChiellini netting inCesena.

While Portugal werecoming through their

Uruguay qualify for World Cup

Uruguay’s players leave the field at the end of theirFIFA World Cup 2010 qualifier match against

Costa Rica at Centenario stadium in Montevideo,on 18 November. —INTERNET

Greece edge Ukraine to reachWorld Cup

Greece’s DimitriosSalpingidis reacts after

his scoring againstUkraine during their

FIFA World Cup 2010play-off qualification

football game inDonetsk. Greece won 1-0 to qualify for the

World Cup.INTERNET

France team celebratestheir win against Ireland

in their World Cupqualifying playoff return

leg match at the Stadede France stadium in

Saint Denis near Parison 18Nov, 2009.

XINHUA

Meireles seals World Cup qualifi-cation for Portugal

Portugal’s Pepe and

Portugal’s Bruno Alves

(top) cheer after win-

ning against Bosnia in

their WC2010 play-off

football match at Bilino

Polje Stadium in

Zenica. —INTERNET

Captain Thierry Henryappeared to handle theball twice before feedingWiliam Gallas, whoscored from close rangeon 103 minutes to giveFrance a 1-1 draw in thereturn leg at Stade deFrance.

Ireland captain RobbieKeane had put the visitorsin the 32nd mintue andleveled the tie at 1-1 onaggregate.

Xinhua

hoping to catch their hostson the counter in theirEuropean zone play-offsecond leg.

Internet

Algeria edge Egypt 1-0 to reach2010 World Cup

Algeria’s Samir Zaoui

(L) fights for the ball

with Egypt’s Ahmed

Aboutrika during their

World Cup 2010

qualifying soccer match

in Khartoum

on 18 November, 2009.

INTERNET

LPGA Championship moves toLocust Hill in New York

Michelle Wie signsautographs for fansafter completing herround in the Pro-Amevent for the LPGATour Championship

golf tournament on 18Nov, 2009 in Richmond,Texas. The LPGA TourChampionship begins

Thursday.INTERNET

Spain soar, Germany stutterin friendly action

Spain’s PabloHernandez celebrates

his goal during thefriendly match between

Austria and Spain atErnst Happel stadiumin Vienna. —INTERNET

playoff match againstBosnia to sneak throughthe backdoor into theWorld Cup finals theteam that beat them to au-tomatic qualification,Denmark, had to comefrom a goal down to beatthe United States 3-1 atAarhus.—Internet

Slovenia’s team celebrate after their World Cup2010 qualifying play-off second leg soccer matchbetween Slovenia and Russia in Maribor, some

150 kilometres from the capital Ljubljana.Slovenia won 1-0 and qualified for the WC2010 in

South Africa.—INTERNET

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