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Volume XVII, Number 4 11th Waning of Tagu 1371 ME Monday, 20 April, 2009

Kengtawng Hydropower Plant,a development drive for Shan State

Article: Yan Gyi Aung; Photos: Kyaw Swe Moe (IPRD)

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting partici-pation in terms of technical know-how andinvestments from sources inside the countryand abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational 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 stand-

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Consti-

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 19April—Minister forTransport Maj-Gen TheinSwe inspected the all-

Minister inspects all-round naturaldisaster preparedness centre

round natural disasterpreparedness centre ofDepartment ofMeteorology and

Hydrology, here, thismorning.

During hisinspection, the minister

heard reports on timelyannouncement for stormnews based on internal andexternal data in the timesof storms at the Bay ofBengal and itsneighbourhood, forecaston tidal surge at the regionswhere the storm will hit,by applying computersoftware, releasing ofdaily weather news,receiving of earthquakeinformation, river watercondition in major riversof the country andpreparatory tasks for floodforecasting presented byDeputy Director-Generalof Department ofMeteorology andHydrology Dr Thein Tunand officials.

MNA

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Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe inspects all-round natural disasterpreparedness centre of Meteorology and Hydrology Department.— MNA

As a gesture of honouring the 64th

Anniversary Armed Forces Day 2009,the Kengtawng Hydropower Plant wasinaugurated on 21 March 2009.

Kengtawng Hydropower Plant is

located near Kengtawng Waterfall onNamtein Creek, 30 miles northeast fromMonai of Langkho District in Shan State(South). To generate hydropower withthe use of water from Namtein Creek,

the Construction (7) of HydropowerImplementation Department under theMinistry of Electric Power No. 1 builtthe power plant.

(See page 7)

Kengtawng Hydropower Plant in Kengtawng region.

Not verydemanding ifpeace talk is

desired

There are many

lackeys of external

elements who are in

fear that they would

no longer get foreign

assistance and they

would lose their

atmospheres if KNU

troops are no more in

the border areas.

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Monday, 20 April, 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

As Myanmar is rich in land and marineresources, natural resources are beingexploited effectively. Perennial crops are being grown inKyauksone, Kyaukgu, Hsisoneganaing andthe mountain tops of Kyaukgu region afterfallow and virgin lands have been reclaimedin Yaksauk Township in Shan State.

National entrepreneurs are allowed toreclaim the fallow and virgin land in theinterest of both the State and the nationalentrepreneurs themselves.

There are four private major farms inIndaw region. It is the region where perennialcrops can be grown according to thefavourable climate and fertile land. This iswhy the private entrepreneurs are permittedto reclaim 32,000 acres of fallow and virginland in Indaw-Kyaukgu region. Now, over4,000 acres of perennial crops have beengrown there.

The perennial crops include orange,macadamia, avocado, pear, coffee, tea, physicnut and mango and others. Seasonal cropssuch as maize, sugarcane, soybean, niger andgroundnut are also grown in the farms.

Income earned from cultivation ofseasonal crops can be enough to cover thecosts of cultivation of perennial crops.

Exploitation of fallow and virgin landin the region not only creates jobopportunities for local people but contributestowards boosting production of crops.

Reclaim and exploit fallowand virgin land nationwide

Commander Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe hands over a paddy transplantingmachine to an official.—MNA

Development tasks in An Tsp inspectedNAY PYI TAW, 19 April — Chairman of Rakhine

State Peace and Development Council Commander ofWestern Command Maj-Gen Thaung Aye togetherwith officials inspected construction project of AnTownship sports ground in An on 10 April.

The commander and officials inspected conditionof the village to village road to be constructed inKazukaing Village in the township in a motorcade.

During the tour, the commander looked intoconstruction of motor road at Kanhtaunggyi Village in

Myebon Township, construction project for new schoolbuilding and renovation of lake for drinking water.Next, the commander gave the chairmen of VillagePeace and Development Councils warning of naturaldisaster preventive measures.

The commander inspected development tasksalong Yangon-Sittway motor road in An Townshipand held discussion with townselders and socialorganization members in Minbya Township.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19 April— Vice-Chairman ofBago Division Peace andDevelopment CouncilBrig-Gen Sein Myint andmembers inspectedconstruction of canals ofThonze Dam inThayawady Township on2 April. On 4 April, the Vice-Chairman and party

Official inspects constructionof canals of Thonze Dam

attended the launching ofthe National SanitationWeek (2009) held at BagoDivision (West) HealthDepartment in Pyay. They visited the boothof the National SanitationWeek (2009) andsanitation work in thestreets in Khittaya Wardin Pyay.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19April— Mass activities onKachin StateEnvironmental SanitationWeek were launched atthe General Hospital inMyitkyina, Kachin Stateon 11 April morning withthe participation of theTatmadaw members,members of MPF,departmental personneland social organizationsnumbering 1,200.

Chairman of Kachin

Mass activities on KachinState Environmental

Sanitation Week launchedState Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of NorthernCommand Brig-Gen SoeWin and officials lookedinto the tasks.

Afterwards, thecommander and officialsproceeded to the Drug-addicts RehabilitationHospital in Myitkyinawhere they inspected themaintenance of medicalwards and attended to theneeds—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19April— MandalayDivision Peace andDevelopment Councilheld a ceremony to handover paddy transplantingmachines to District PDCsat the temporary pandal offarmer U Tin Hla of NandaVillage in PatheingyiTownship on 31 Marchafternoon.

Chairman of Man-dalay Division PDCCommander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen TinNgwe delivered anaddress. Next, he handedover each paddytransplanting machine toan official.

The ceremony wasalso attended by thesecretary of DivisionPDC, division levelofficials, local authoritiesand the local people.

Paddy transplanting machines provided

After the ceremony,the commander and partyviewed high yield paddystrains, rice sample andsaplings, pests and

insecticides, naturalfertilizers and foliofertilizers.

The commander alsoinspected nurturing of

paddy plants andcultivation of paddy atthe field of farmer U TinHla.

MNANAY PYI TAW, 19April—Chairman ofKayah State Peace andDevelopment CouncilBrig-Gen Win Myintlooked into printing andpublishing of newspaperthrough Internet byapplying MPT SatelliteTerminal and preparationsfor changing magnetoexchange system to auto-exchange system atradiotelegraph exchangeof Myanma Posts andTelecommunications inBawlake on 6 April.

He viewed the sitechosen for construction ofthe building for BawlakePeople’s Hospital to beupgraded from 25-bed

Development tasks of KayahState under inspection

facility to 50-bed one andpresented K 100,000 to themedical funds.

After inspectingseasonal crops plantationof the staff of BawlakeDistrict and TownshipGeneral AdministrationDepartments, he met withlocal national people atBasic Education PrimarySchool in Htarle village.

Afterwards, Brig-GenWin Myint looked intoplacing of gravel betweenmile post Nos 167 and 168on Bawlake-Pruhso roadbeing undertaken byPublic Works andinstructed officials toconstruct the road meetingset standards.—MNA

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Taleban fighters intensify roadsidebombings, suicide attacks

KABUL, 19 April — Taleban militants fightingagainst Afghan and the US-led coalition forces in anew tactic to terrify people and undermine governmentpopularity have intensified their roadside bombings andsuicide attacks as over two dozen people have beenkilled over the past two days.

Militants in a new wave of violence and an indica-tion of spreading activities in the relatively peacefulNorthern Provinces carried out a car bomb attackagainst the NATO-led peacekeeping ISAF (Interna-tional Security Assistance Force) in Balkh Provinceon Friday injuring two soldiers.

Also on the same day on Friday, a suicide bomberloyal to Taleban outfit blew himself up in Zaranj, thecapital of western Nimroz Province, killing three per-sons and wounding over 10 others.

The target of the suicide bomber, according to pro-vincial governor Ghulam Dastgir Azad was Ministerfor Refugees Affairs Abdul Karim Barahawi but heescaped unhurt.

Internet

Twin roadside bombings killone, wound three civilians

in AfghanistanKABUL, 19 April—Two mines planted by militants

exploded in western Afghan Province of Herat, kill-ing one civilian and wounding three others on Satur-day, officials said.

“The first roadside bomb exploded in Jabrahil areaof Anjil district at around 7:00 am local time (0230GMT) killing one truck driver and wounding anothercivilian,” provincial police spokesman Noor KhanNikzad told Xinhua.

According to another police official, the secondbomb which exploded by remote control targeted thevehicle of the police chief of the same district.

“The second explosion occurred at around 8:30 am(0400 GMT), wounding two civilians,” Abdul RaufAhmadi police spokesman in southwestern region toldXinhua.

However, the police chief Khuja MohammadHissah escaped the attack, he added.

Taleban-led militancy and skirmishes claimed thelives of over 5,000 people, including more than 2,000civilians, in 2008.—Internet

A wounded man is attended to by paramedics after ablast, at the Charsadda DHQ Hospital, Pakistan, on15 April, 2009. A suicide car bomber attacked a po-lice checkpoint, killing six officers and five civilians.Ten others were wounded, some of them critically,said provincial police chief Malik Naveed Khan.—INTERNET

NISHAGAM, 19 April —While US troops busilyprepare mortar shells foran assault on a nearbymountain, theircounterparts in the Afghanarmy lounge on the grassas a soldier dances.

The men in full bodyarmour from CharlieTroop, 3rd Platoon 1st In-fantry Division, glanceover bemused as theAfghan soldier — wearingno bullet proof helmet —

Palestinian driver hitspolicemen near Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, 19 April—A Palestinian driver hit andinjured two Israeli police officers with his car nearJerusalem on Saturday, local news service Ynet re-ported.

The policemen were rushed to hospital followingthe incident, which happened near a checkpoint northof the Holy City, and the driver, resident of east Jeru-salem, was immediately detained, said the report.Themotive behind the incident was still under investiga-tion. The report said the attacker initially admitted mal-ice, but later confessed to having mental problems.

The incident came a day after a Palestinian man, whoentered a settlement in the West Bank and allegedlyattempted an attack, was shot dead by local securityguards, and two weeks after a Palestinian man killed anIsraeli teenager and wounded a child in another WestBank settlement before he escaped.—Internet

Fadil Abbas is seen at a hospital in Iskandariyah, 50 kilometers (30 miles) south ofBaghdad, Iraq, after being wounded in a suicide bombing recently. A suicide bomberwalked into a crowd of US-allied Sunni paramilitaries waiting in line for theirsalaries in Iraq on Saturday and detonated his explosives belt, Iraqi police said. The11 am explosion took place outside the military headquarters in the town of Jbala,

about 35 miles (50 kilometers) south of Baghdad.—INTERNET

Shells hit Baghdad’s Green Zoneafter 3-month lull

BAGHDAD, 19 April —Suspected militants shelledBaghdad’s protected GreenZone on Saturday in the

first such bombardment inmore than three months.

The back-to-backstrikes reverberated acrossthe Tigris River to apopular promenade,sending families packingup from fish restaurantsand abruptly halting a partyat a club.

Violence across Iraqremains sharply downcompared with past years,but attacks and bloodshedhave edged up in recentweeks and brought worriesthat it could slow the return

of nightlife and commerceto parts of Baghdad.

The US military said theGreen Zone was hit by two“indirect fire” rounds —which typically meanseither rockets or mortars —but there were no casualtiesor damage reported.

A police official says therounds were fired frompredominantly Shiiteeastern Baghdad. Theofficial spoke on conditionof anonymity because hewas not authorized to speakto media.—Internet

A wounded member of “Awakening Council”, a localneighbourhood guard unit, waits for medicaltreatment in a hospital after a bomb attack inIskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdadrecently. A suicide bomber targeted a group of SunniArab militiamen queuing to collect pay cheques at anIraqi army post south of Baghdad, killing 9 andwounding 31 on Saturday, police said.—INTERNET

Afghan army grapples with shortagestwirls gracefully to folkmusic blaring from amobile phone.

Building up andtraining the fledglingAfghan army is a key exitstrategy for the UnitedStates and other Westernpowers keen to quell aTaleban insurgency inAfghanistan that last yearreached its deadliest yet.

But nearly eight yearsafter the fall of the Talebanregime, Afghan troops

still lack equipment todeal with the increasinglysophisticated tactics of theresurgent fundamentalistmovement, and aregrappling with the basics.

“We don’t have thingsto protect ourselves likerain jackets or warm coats— we only have one pairof shoes,” says 20-year-old soldier Ghazni fromJalalabad, who goes byone name only, pointingto his tattered boots.

While coalitionsoldiers patrol dangerousroads in high-tech newarmoured vehiclesknown as M-RAPS,Afghan troops perch onthe back of a pick-uptruck, vulnerable to bombattacks and small-armsambushes.

Internet

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British boy dies inVenezuela plane crash

CARACAS, 19 April—A 6-year-old British boy waskilled when a small plane carrying British touristscrashed shortly after take off from an airstrip nearVenezuela’s Angel Falls.

The boy was travelling with eight other Britishtourists, including his parents, civil protection di-rector Luis Diaz told The Associated Press on Sat-urday. He said all 10 survivors on board, includinga Venezuelan pilot and co-pilot, were flown tonearby Ciudad Bolivar and were being treated forinjures at a hospital. The boy’s aunt, June Holman,said the dead child was 6-year-old Thomas Horne.

“Following the tragic death of Thomas, the thoughtsof us all are with his parents Jane and Dave at thisvery sad time,” Holman said in a statement issued inBritain. “There is nothing worse than losing a lovedone, especially not a young child.”—Internet

Smoke rises from the

Abitibi-Consolidated

mill in Shawinigan,

Que. Debt-strapped

newsprint giant

AbitibiBowater Inc has

filed for bankruptcy

protection from credi-

tors in Canada and the

United States.

INTERNET

Eleven confirmed dead inIndonesia plane crash

TIMIKA, 19 April—Eleven people were killed whentheir light plane crashed in Indonesia’s mountainousPapua Province, an airfield official said on Sunday.Timika Air Base commander Easter Haryanto, whois coordinating search efforts, said rescue teams havereached the wreckage of the Mimika Air plane on asteep slope on Mount Gergaji.

“We confirm that all passengers and crew mem-bers are dead. The bodies are still in the plane andwe hope to transfer them into body bags today andfly them to Ilaga on Monday for identification,” headded. The Mimika Air Pilatus Porter was en routefrom Ilaga to the remote highlands town of KotaMulia with 11 people on board, including a child,when it crashed on Friday.—Internet

File photo shows a Mimika Air Pilatus TurboPorter aircarft. Eleven people were killed whentheir Mimika Air flight crashed in Indonesia’s

mountainous Papua Province, an airfieldofficial has said.—INTERNET

Obama says he’ll cut dozensof wasteful programmes

WASHINGTON, 19 April— President Barack Obamasaid on Saturday he would soon announce the elimina-tion of dozens of wasteful or ineffective governmentprogrammes as part of a broad effort to restore fiscalaccountability to the federal budget. Obama, speakingin his weekly radio address, said he would use his firstfull Cabinet meeting on Monday to ask department andagency heads for specific ideas to trim their budgets.

He named two new officials as part of a team ofmanagement, technology and budget experts that willdrive the process of trimming the fat and waste fromgovernment spending. “As surely as our future dependson building a new energy economy, controllinghealthcare costs and ensuring that our kids are onceagain the best educated in the world, it also dependson restoring a sense of responsibility and accountabil-ity to our federal budget,” Obama said.

“Without significant change to steer away fromever-expanding deficits and debt, we are on an unsus-tainable course,” he added.—Internet

French policemen talk

with bomb disposal

experts during a search

at a suspected cache of

the Basque separatist

group ETA, on 6 April

in Grenoble, eastern

France. Police found

300 kilos (660 pounds)

of explosives.

INTERNET

Venezuela’s Chavez torestore ambassador in USPORT-OF-SPAIN (Trinidad), 19 April—Hugo Chavez

said on Saturday that he is restoring Venezuela’s Am-bassador in Washington, voicing hopes for a “new era”in relations after exchanging greetings with US Presi-dent Barack Obama at a regional summit.

Venezuela’s socialist president told reporters at theSummit of the Americas that he will propose RoyChaderton, his current Ambassador to the Organiza-tion of American States, as the country’s new repre-sentative in a move toward improving strained ties withWashington. The announcement crowns a week inwhich Obama rejected two centuries of US “heavy-handedness” toward Latin America and raised hopesfor a rapprochement with Cuba, with which it severedties 48 years ago. Venezuela under Chavez has be-come a close ally of Cuba.—Internet

US President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands withVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez who is present-ing the US leader with a book called: “The Open Veinsof Latin America” by Uruguayan writer EduardoGaleano. Latin American leaders — including fierceUS critics — hailed Obama and his vow to start a newera in ties with them, at a Summit of the Americas underway in Trinidad and Tobago.—INTERNET

At least 70 injured in Mexicocommuter train crash

MEXICO CITY, 19 April—An official says at least70 people have been injured in a commuter train crashon the outskirts of Mexico City.

Mexico State civil defence employee Heladio dela Cruz says many injured were being treated earlySunday at several local hospitals but there was no im-mediate information on their condition. Emergencypersonnel were working to remove all the victims fromthe train cars.

Officials say one train apparently ran into anotherSaturday on the recently inaugurated Suburban Rail-way in the State of Mexico, which borders MexicoCity. Photos from the scene showed crumpled traincars still on the tracks.

Internet

373 killed over Songkran festivalBANGKOK, 19 April—A total of 373 people were

killed and more than 4,000 injured in road accidentsnationwide during the seven-day Songkran festival,which ended on Thursday.

Interior permanent secretary Wichai Srikwan said3,977 road accidents across the country were recordedbetween April 10-16 — the seven day period considereddangerous for road users during the Songkran holidays.That was 266 fewer accidents than last year.

Mr Wichai said fatalities have risen to 373, fivemore than last year, while 4,332 people were injured,471 less than the previous year.

During the seven-day period, Chiang Rai recordedthe highest number of accidents (145) as well as thehighest number of injuries (164) while Chiang Mairecorded the most deaths (14).

On Thursday alone, the last day of the period, 343road accidents were recorded, and 52 deaths. SuphanBuri had the highest number of accidents (13).

The main causes of accidents were driving underthe influence and speeding, and most accidents involvedmotorcycles.—Bangkokpost

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Villagers decorate their new houses into aNongjiale, a farmhouse attraction, at Qingpingvillage in Deyang, southwest China’s Sichuan

Province on 18 April, 2009.—XINHUA

France hopes to promote co-opwith China in all fields

Summit of Americas’ finaldeclaration still at stake

PORT OF SPAIN (Trinidad and Tobago), 19 April—Withat least four heads of state critical of the draft declara-tion of the Fifth Summit of the Americas, it is still un-clear whether all 34 participant countries will sign thedocument and whether its text will remain unchanged.

Among the strongest critics of the draft declarationare Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, BolivianPresident Evo Morales, Nicaraguan President DanielOrtega, and Honduran President Manuel Zelaya.

The four countries are members of the BolivarianAlternative for the People of Our America, an interna-tional cooperation organization proposed by Chavez asan alternative to the US-sponsored Free Trade Area ofthe Americas (FTAA). Shortly before the summit, thefour heads of state criticized the draft, the result of oneand a half years of negotiations, that it does not addressthe necessary measures to curb the effects of the globalfinancial crisis on the developing countries in the Ameri-cas — a crisis which they blame on the United States.

The most common explanation for the absence ofspecific clauses dealing with the crisis is that the draftwas mostly negotiated before the crisis deepened inSeptember and October last year.—Xinhua

Five killed in US family murder-suicide incident

PARIS, 19 April—France hopes to improveits all-round cooperationwith China and consoli-date bilateral comprehen-sive strategic partnership,speaker of the French Na-tional Assembly toldXinhua in a recent inter-view. Bernard Accoyer isscheduled to visit Chinaon 19-26 April at the in-

vitation of his Chinesecounterpart Wu Bangguo,chairman of the StandingCommittee of the Na-tional People’s Congressof China.

This will be the firsttime since 1982 that aspeaker of the NationalAssembly makes an offi-cial visit to China.

The visit is designed to

boost the cooperation be-tween the two parliamentsand upgrade the China-France parliamentarianrelations, Accoyer said.

Accoyer also said thathis visit has two purposes,namely, to promote theexchanges between thetwo parliaments, and theeconomic cooperation be-tween the two countrieswhich lies at the core ofbilateral relations.

He also said “under-standing and mutual re-spect must remain as thedriving force behind thedevelopment of bilateralrelations in the future.”

Xinhua

Bridegroom shoots anarrow at a Chinese-stylewedding ceremony held

in Kaifeng, centralChina’s Henan Province,

on 18 April, 2009.A traditional Chinese

wedding ceremony washeld in Kaifeng onSaturday, in which

people put on traditionalcostumes, and the

newlyweds followed aseries of Chinese wed-

ding customs. —XINHUA

The newly-releasedNano — the world’s

cheapest car — picturedat the Tata auto-maker’s

plant at Pimpri nearMumbai. The Nano

went on sale on Thurs-day, with dealers andthe company behind it

confident of strongdemand despite a slumpin global car sales amid

the world economicdownturn.

XINHUA

WASHINGTON, 19 April—A man apparentlykilled his wife and threechildren before shootinghimself dead in a home inMaryland, US police saidon Saturday.

Frederick County sher-iff Charles Jenkins told apress conference that po-lice arrived at the scene ata call early on the morn-ing, and found five bod-ies inside the residence inthe first block of Washing-ton Street.

The 34-year-old father,who was identified asChristopher Wood, mayhave slashed at least someof his members in the kill-ings and turned the gun tohimself at the foot of thebed.

“These are horrific in-cidents,” said the policeofficer, adding some ofvictims suffered “severelacerations and cut

wounds.”According to police,

Wood and his wife,Frances Billotti Wood justmoved to Maryland fivemonths ago with theirchildren, who were be-

tween 4 to 5 years old.Their neighbours told

reporters that the familywas actively involved inthe community and no-body could see such atragedy coming.—Xinhua

GUANGZHOU, 19 April—Vietnamese Prime MinisterNguyen Tan Dung met with Secretary of the Commu-nist Party of China (CPC) Guangdong Provincial Com-mittee Wang Yang here on Saturday, calling on con-certed efforts in tiding over the global financial crisis.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of theCPC Central Committee, said Dung’s visit fully dem-onstrated that the Vietnamese government attachedgreat importance to developing cooperative relationswith Guangdong.—Xinhua

Somali pirates attack two morevessels, one seized, another freed

MOGADISHU, 19 April—Somali pirates attacked twomore vessels on Saturday in the Indian Ocean off theHorn of Africa country, seizing a Belgian dredger butthwarted in an attempt to hold a tanker, according toreports monitored here.

A Belgian dredger with 10 crew members on boardwas hijacked by pirates on Saturday morning, Belgianbroadcaster VRT said.

The ship, which is owned by Belgian dredging firmsJan De Nul and DEME, was reportedly missing offthe Somali coast. It sounded a silent alarm twice earlyin the morning, a staff member of the Belgian govern-ment’s crisis centre told the VRT.

Jaak Raes of the crisis centre, which is monitoringthe situation, said the crew on board the Pompei in-clude two Belgians, one Dutchman and severalCroatian and Filipino nationals.

The Pompei first sounded the alarm at around 5:30am. A second distress call was received by coast guardsat around 6 am.

Later in the day, NATO forces captured seven So-mali pirates in the Gulf of Aden and freed 20 peopletaken hostages.—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

Vietnam, southChina

province vowto enhanceeconomic

co-op

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NEWS ALBUM

A visitor experiences a touchscreen during the 5th

International Flat Panel Display(FPD) Expo in Tokyo, capital

of Japan.

An archerfish latches onto the finger ofa young tourist who lured it out of thewater with bread on his finger tip duringa visit to a fish farm at the Kilim KartsGeoforest Park on Langkawi island inMalaysia. Langkawi Geopark isMalaysia’s first geopark and is locatedin the far northwestern corner of peninsular Malaysia .

A robot moves a Rubik cube, at a standat the “Hannover Messe” industrialtrade fair in Hanover. The world’sleading fair for industrial technology,with about 6,150 exhibitors from 61nations, opened to the public onMonday and runs till April 24 withKorea as this year’s partner country. Bus driver accused using brake to discipline kids

A bus driver accused of slamming on the brakes to discipline children on herbus when they misbehaved was arrested. Police said the sudden stops caused theelementary school children to hit their heads on the seat in front of them or fall onto the floor. No one was seriously injured.

According to WCAX-TV, the 38-year-year-old driver was charged withcareless and negligent operation.

Ala coffee shop customers pick up other’s tabsSome customers at Starbucks shops

around the Birmingham area have beengetting an extra ingredient with theircoffee: Kindness. Customers at shops ineastern Birmingham, Hoover andVestavia Hills are paying it forward byanonymously picking up the tabs ofothers.

Sharon Dierking got a taste of themovement when she pulled up to thewindow at a Starbucks on US 280 andthe barista told her the driver in the carahead of her had paid for her order.

“I was completely dumbfounded, butI was thrilled,” she said.

Dierking was last in line that day, butwas able to return the kindness to anotherat a Starbucks in Inverness a few dayslater.

“It makes you feel good and itbrightens your day,” she said.

A Starbucks spokeswoman said theSeattle-based company promoted a Cheer

Pass programme in 2007 to remindcustomers to spread kindness, but therecent phenomenon is “consumer-driven.”

13-year-old boy accused ofrobbing bank

A 13-year-old boy who police saywas caught red-handed a block awaywas accused of robbing a bank inPeoria.

The unidentified boy was chargedwith felony armed robbery in juvenilecourt, accused of threatening a tellerwith a gun and demanding cash.

He was found hiding in a nearbygarage about 30 minutes after Monday’srobbery, stained red from a dye pack thathad been placed in the bag of money.

“It’s the youngest person I canremember,” said Sheriff MichaelMcCoy, a four-decade veteran of thesheriff’s office.

Prosecutors were consideringwhether to seek to have him tried as anadult and face up to 30 years in prison.

Five children feared deadin Texas storms

Joshlyn Bennett, foreground, her sister,Leanna Caldwell, right, and an uniden-tified woman react during the search for

five children feared dead after the carthey were in was swept away by highwater in Houston on 18 April, 2009.

INTERNET

HOUSTON, 19 April — Five Hou-ston children were feared dead afterthe car they were riding in was sweptaway by high water on Saturdayevening, a fire official said.

Rescue workers found the car about7:30 pm, about 100 feet from wherethe driver lost control 2 1/2 hours ear-lier, Houston Fire Assistant ChiefOmero Longoria told the HoustonChronicle for its online edition.

The car came to rest in a drainageditch filled with about 9 feet of water.Two men and a 10-year-old girl man-aged to escape the car, but a strongstorm current initially prevented res-cuers from getting to it, Longoria.

Travis Campbell, 24, watched inshock as police and firefighterssearched for the bodies of his 7- and10-year-old nephews.

“At this point, I just want their bod-ies to be found,” Campbell said.

Further information about the occu-pants of the car was not immediatelyavailable. The children’s deaths wouldbring the weekend death toll to six fromthe massive storms that moved acrosssoutheast Texas.

A 76-year-old Fayette County mandied after his car got stuck in a floodedunderpass in Schulenburg, midwaybetween Houston and San Antonio.Frank Floyd, 76, of Hallettsville,drowned Friday afternoon after he and

Sino-Egyptian economic zone to becompleted in 2018

TIANJIN, 19 April — Construction of the Suez Economic and Trade CooperationZone, a key project of the Forum on China-African Cooperation, is expected to befinished around 2018, a Chinese source said here on Saturday.

The zone reflected China’s willingness to invest in Africa and help develop thecontinent, Yang Zhiqiang, president of the Tianjin Economic & Technological De-velopment Area Suez International Cooperation Company, told an investment fo-rum.

The company is a shareholder of Egypt Teda, a Sino-Egyptian joint venture re-sponsible for the development, construction, management, and administration of thezone.—Internet

A car and van are nearly buried insnow while parked in a lot near themountain community of Genesee,Colo, on 18 April, 2009. Forecasterspredict that the spring storm that hasdumped up to two feet of snow in someparts of Colorado will move outon to the eastern plains on Saturday.—INTERNET

Thousands in Colorado withoutpower after storm

DENVER, 19 April — Hundreds ofstranded travellers resumed their jour-neys on Saturday after spending the nightat shelters when a powerful spring stormwalloped the Rocky Mountains and foot-hills west of Denver with more than 3feet of snow.

Officials reopened an 80-mile stretchof Interstate 70 between Golden and Vailthat had been closed on Friday, said Colo-rado Department of Transportationspokesman Bob Wilson. Drivers werecautioned to expect heavy traffic andsloppy road conditions.

“It’s not the I-70 you know in a Juneafternoon,” Wilson said.

Storm warnings were dropped as thebulk of the storm moved east into Kan-sas.

About 15,000 homes and businesseswere without power in Denver and areas

his wife became trapped after driving intoa flooded railroad underpass on US 77,said Schulenburg Police Chief RandyMican.—Internet

north and west of the city. The heavysnow had weighed down power linesand tripped system circuit breakers.Piles of snow and closed roads werepreventing crews from reaching someareas, Xcel Energy spokesman JoeFuentes said, adding that crews hopedto restore power by 11 am on Sunday.

About 3 to 10 inches fell in Denver,but the heaviest of Friday’s snowdropped on the foothills west of the city,with 52 inches at Pinecliffe and 36 atBlack Hawk, said National WeatherService meteorologist Carl Burroughs.

April is one of the third snowiestmonth in Colorado, behind March andNovember, he said.—Internet

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Kengtawng Hydropower Plant, adevelopment drive for Shan State

Article: Yan Gyi Aung; Photos: Kyaw Swe Moe (IPRD)(from page 1)

Namtein Creekoriginates in the northernpart of Mongkai andflows into ThanlwinRiver, five miles north ofNamhsan throughKengtawng andLangkho. KengtawngHydropower Project wasimplemented with the useof water source from theKengtawng Waterfallthat is located 18 milessoutheast of Kengtawng.

The government hadset a five-year short-termplan to implement thehydropower plant notonly for contribution tothe economic sector butalso for development ofthe region. Moreover, thepower plant was built toprovide hydroelectricityto townships of Loilem

and Langkho districts fordevelopment of theirsocial and economicsectors and supply surpluselectricity to the entirenation through the powergrid.

The hydropowerplant that can generate 54megawatts was one of theheavy hydropowerprojects of the State and itwas built with might andmain during a five-yearperiod. At present,Kengtawng HydropowerPlant was the largestfacility of its kind in ShanState.

In the past, there werethree small-scalehydropower plants in

plant can generate 54megawatts in total. Assuch, the power plant cangenerate 377.6 millionkilowatt hours yearly.

The construction ofthe plant started in 2003-2004 financial year and itwas completed in 2008-2009. During a five-yearperiod, the power plantproject was implemented.The test-run and powersupply functions wereundertaken at everygenerator, and as of 31-1-2009, all the generatorscommenced to produce 54megawatts at full capacity.The government has spentK 15,285 million and US$19.56 million onconstruction of the powerplant.

A large amount ofinvestment was put in thetask to generate electricity.Moreover, the govern-ment is undertaking theinstallation of power linesand construction of powerstations for supplying

power to the consumers.To supply electricity

to townships in Loilemand Langkho Districts ofShan State (South), the114-mile 132KV powerline, the 211-mile 66KVpower line, the 75-mile33KV power line and the81-mile 11KV line areunder construction. The132KV power line islinking 73 miles longpower line section fromKengtawng to Namhsanand 41 miles long fromNamhsan to Pinpet. The66KV power line includes82 miles long Namhsan-Loilem-Mongkai section,44 miles long Kholan-Mongnaung section, 33miles long Kholan-Kunhing section and 52miles long Namhsan-Monai-Langkho section.The 33KV power line iscombined with 38 mileslong Mongnaung-Mongshu section and 37miles long Mongnaung-Kehsi section. The 11KV

power line is beinginstalled with 18-milesection from the powerplant to Kengtawng, 32-mile Monai-Maukmaisection and 31-mileL a n g k h o - M o n g p a nsection. In addition,plan is under way toprovide electricity toother States andDivisions through thepower grid.

Thanks to imple-mentation of the powerproject, not onlyKengtawng region butalso the townships inLoilem and LangkhoDistricts get electricity 24hours a day.

Actually, Keng-tawng Hydropower Plantcontributing to the socialeconomic improvementof the local people is amajor drive to developShan State.

*****Translation: TTA

Kyemon: 14-4-2009

Namhkam, Muse andTatgyi. So far, thegovernment had builtsmall- and medium-scalehydropower plants inHamhmyaw, Hamh-saungngaung, Pakyethaw,N a m h s a u n g c h a u n g ,Zawgyi-1, Zawgyi-2,H a m s h a n c h a u n g ,Namwok, Maipan,Mongla, Namlat and Silu.Except Zawgyi hydro-power plants, theremaining plants cangenerate electricity to therespective regions.

The newly openedKengtawng HydropowerProject is a national levelproject that can contributeto development of theState and the region.

Kengtawng Hydro-power Project was one of16 hydropower projects

being implemented byHydropower Imple-mentation Departmentunder the Ministry ofElectric Power No. 1.Moreover, it was 40th

hydropower facility of itskind across the nation.

Thanks toconstruction of the powerplant, the local people inKengtawng, Loilem,Namhsam, Langkho,Monai, Mongpan,Maukmai, Panglong andLaikha of Loilem andLangkho Districts areenjoying fruits ofhydroelectricity. It is surethat these regions in ShanState will gain social-economic improvements

in the future.In addition, the

government is imple-menting the UpperKengtawng HydropowerProject. On completion,the project will contributeto generating electricityof Kengtawng Hydro-power Plant. Therefore,the project will helpsatisfy the electricitydemand of the nation.

Actually, KengtawngHydropower Plant had notbeen built easily. Theplant is located in the poortransport region. With aview to narrowing thedevelopment gap andensuring equitabledevelopment of all theregions throughout thenation, the power plantwas constructed with thegoodwill of the

government and concertedefforts of the staff underthe Ministry of ElectricPower No. 1. Indeed, thepower plant could be builtas peace and stability wasrestored in Kengtawngregion.

Namtein Creekhas 2325 square miles ofcatchment areas and itscurrent flow rate is 3225cubic feet per second.There has been 53 inchesof rainfall in Kengtawngregion.

The power plant wasinstalled with threevertical-type Francisgenerators. As eachgenerator can produce 18megawatts, the power

A beautiful scene of Kengtawng Waterfall located on Namtein Creek,30 miles northeast of Monai in Shan State (South).

Modern equipment installed at central control room of KengtawngHydropower Plant.

Three vertical-type Francis generators installed at KengtawngHydropower Plant.

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YANGON, 19 April—Chairmanof Yangon Division Peace andDevelopment Council Commander ofYangon Command Brig-Gen WinMyint and Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin this morningattended the opening ceremonies ofbasic education schools in DagonMyothit (South) Township.

At No. 3 Basic Education HighSchool, the commander, the mayor andthe vice-mayor opened the new schoolbuilding. They also cut the ribbon toopen the new building of BEPS No. 1.

Next, the mayor delivered anaddress and handed over documentsrelated to the buildings to the director-general of No. 3 Basic EducationDepartment.

The commander attended thecoordination meeting at the hall of ShweNagamin Co on No. 2 block of ModernMechanized Farming Special Zone-2

Commander, Mayor attend openingof school buildings, inspect water

supply facilities

in the township.Officials reported on undertaking

of the tasks of the zones with momentum.The Director-General of Department ofHuman Settlement and HousingDevelopment gave a supplement tary report.The commander attended to the needs.

The commander looked intodredging of drains, construction ofproduction roads and canals at summerpaddy model plantations.

They inspected the site forconstruction of Ngamoeyeik Sluice Gatein Hlegu Township.

Afterwards, they viewed summerpaddy harvesting in West Malit Village-tract and construction of the fish ponds inAhtayu field.

The commander inspectedstorage of water at Ngamoeyeik Dam andirrigation facilities and functions of CityWater Supply Control Tower of YCDCat Ngamoeyeik Dam and left necessaryinstructions.—MNA

Commander Brig-GenWin Myint viewsthriving paddy

plantations of ShweNaga Min Co inDagon Myothit

(South) township.MNA

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YANGON, 19 April—TheTreasure Engineering Group, a memberof Myanmar Industries Association,held a demonstration on TreasureYadana gasifier in Letkhaik Village ofKawhmu Township on 28 March.

Chairman of the group U YeChan explained the purpose of thedemonstration. Managing Director UKhin Win introduced use of TreasureYadana gasifier to be applied in waterpumping, rice milling, generating

New gasifier brand introduced

electricity and operating oil mill and sawmill.

Chairman of Village Peace andDevelopment Council U Han Nyuntspoke words of thanks for thedemonstration.

The operating of a water pumpwill use eight gallons of diesel in 24hours. The treasure Yadana gasifier willuse one gallon of diesel and 10 viss ofpaddy husk only for the similar work.

MNA

Use of Treasure Yadana gasifier being demonstrated.UMFCCI

HALIFAXM, 19April —In everyday life,someone who takes aperfectionist’s approach

Binge eating: When perfection unravels

Binge eating has been

found to be associated

with perfectionism.

to activities might beadmired or even rewardedwith a pat on the back.

These attitudesare tied to a commonlyheld, but mistaken, beliefthat perfectionism willultimately produceachievement and socialsuccess. But apsychologist warns thatperfectionism is not ahealthy, or even effective,approach to life’schallenges.“Perfectionism is adouble-edged personalitytrait,” says Simon Sherry,assistant professor ofpsychology.

A newly-published study shows

why individuals with ahigh degree ofperfectionism are oftensetting themselves up fora host of physical,emotional and mentalproblems– particularlyrelated to binge eating.Although less wellrecognized than anorexiaor bulimia, binge eating isa serious disorder. Bingeeating occurs when aperson feels out of controland rapidly consumes alarge amount of food in ashort period of time. Bingeeating elevates the risk ofdeveloping depression,obesity, diabetes and otherproblems.

Internet

SCIENCEDAILY, 19April—Of all the thingsthat can bring down arocket, bubbles seem themost unlikely. They are athreat to rockets that usevery cold liquid fuels, likethe upper stage of NASA’snew Ares 1 rocket, whichwill carry astronauts to thespace station and join upin orbit with spacecraftcarried by the larger Ares5 rocket for missions tothe moon and beyond.Bubbles can form whenfrigid liquid hydrogen andoxygen fuel are pumpedinto a rocket engine. Theproblem arises when theypop.

NASA Goddard to purge rocket-burstingbubbles on Ares-1

“You get cavitation – atiny but powerful pressurewave – that can erode bits

of metal from the rocket’sfuel pump.

Internet

An artist’sc o n c e p timage showsthe Ares Icrew launchvehicle on thelaunch pad atN A S A ’ sK e n n e d yS p a c eC e n t e r ,Florida. Theupper stage isthe wide partof the rocketnear the top.

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 20 April, 2009 9

Peaceful and stable Myebon Townshipgaining development momentum

Article & Photos: Reporter Singu Soe Win

(from page 16)west, Kyaukpyu in thesouth and Minbya in thenorth. Local people areengaged in agriculturefish and prawn produc-tion. The town is formedwith nine wards whichare home to over 15,000

people of over 2,000households. In calculat-ing the population den-sity based on 2.2 per centrate, it can be estimatedthat the town may have apopulation of 35,000 incoming 20 years. Theurban areas will require0.7 million gallons ofwater daily and 166.8million gallons for eightmonths every year.

In the town, a total of10 ponds, 118 artisanwells and KandawgyiDam can supply 40.12million gallons of water.Kandawgyi Dam is 1200feet long and 12 feet high.The dam can store 20.48acre feet of water at the

highest level or 26 mil-lion gallons. The dam isinstalled with gravel-filledconcrete spillway. Theregion gets 200 inches ofrainfall yearly.

At present, the dam issupplying water to sixwards out of nine and

partially supplying waterto two wards. Arrange-ments are being made forundertaking water supplyfacilities for all the wards.

The people of KanthaHtwetwa, Taungbaing,Alebaing, Zaybaing,Tayoktan and Thedanwards are enjoying fruitsof water supply facilities.Moreover, the water isbeing supplied partially totwo wards namelyMyaukpaing andTaungbaw wards.Myaukpaing Ward isfacilitated with one 1200-gallon-capacity watertank, Thetet Ward with one1200-gallon-capacitywater tank. Tayoktan ward

with 60 water taps and theremaining eight wardswith 247 residential watertaps.

In Myebon, seventarred roads, seven gravelroads and 21 earth roadsare being upgraded.Moreover, Township

Development AffairsCommittee is nurturingvarious flower plants atthe nursery.

Local fishermen ofvillages in the townshipsell aquatic products tofish and prawn brokeragesin the urban area daily.Therefore, the news teamobserved the functions ofthe brokerages.

U Nyi Pu KMP fishand prawn brokerage onBogyoke Street is buyingsome 300 viss of fish andprawns daily and sendingthem to Taungup and

Yangon through water-way and land route.On arrival at NCR PeaceFish and Prawn Brokerageat Myoma Jetty, ManagerU Than Tun explainedpurchase of over 500 vissof fish and prawn daily toexport the processedproducts through the NCRcold storage of Kyaukpyuand Yangon.

At TTT Fish andPrawn Trading of U TinAye on U Uttama Road,we observed buying ofabout 300 viss of aquaticproducts and distributionof them to Taungup andYangon through water-way and land route.

Dried shrimp andprawn brokerage onBogyoke Street,brokerage owner U SawBa Gyi said that hegenerated jobs for 70workers and 400dependants. He said thathe was pleased with hisefforts to provide K 18,000

to K 50,000 to everyworker. He added that hisbrokerage sends 300 to3000 viss of dried shrimpand prawn to Yangontwice a month.

In Myebon Township,various kinds of fish andprawn worth K 9,754 mil-lion are being producedyearly. Up to 20-1-2009,Township Fisheries De-partment has levied K 15.7million in tax against thetarget of K 12.5 million,accounting for 116.104

per cent.A total of 735 breedersof 45 village-tracts arebreeding fish and prawnat 24,657 acres offarming resources.

Likewise, the local fish-ermen are catchingaquatic products with theuse of 2,253 trawlers andfishing boats.

At present, thegovernment isconstructing Myebon-Minbya Motor Road. Oncompletion of the road,vehicles will run alongMyebon-Yangon routeby carrying passengersand commodities. Withpeace and stabilityprevailing in the region,the local people can enjoyfruits of economic,health, education andsocial sectors in MyebonTownship.

*****

Translation: TTA

Myanma Alin:

10-4-2009

Fish and prawn brokerages buying aquatic products from fishermen.

Photo shows a beautiful scene of the jetty in Myebon.

Photo shows dried shrimp and prawn to be sent to Yangon.

Workers are processing fish and prawn forexport and local consumption.

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 20 April, 2009

(Continued from yesterday)During the period from 1970 to the early 1980s,

KNU made huge sums of money from illegal trade of thenation's natural resources and could strengthen itsmanpower and weaponry by making good use of theconditions in which the Tatmadaw was preoccupiedwith the fight against the growing BCP. In the 1988unrest, KNU could occupy some outposts of theTatmadaw through attacks on Methawaw region. So, theTatmadaw had to launch an 80-day military operation toreoccupy the region. Later that, the Tatmadaw managedto occupy KNU's military bases one after another throughmilitary operations, and that was the beginning of theKNU's downfall. In the meantime, BCP, the strongestforce among the armed groups, collapsed. Since March1989, troops of various national races in the BCP startedto rise against BCP and exchange arms for peace with thegovernment through peace talks. The collapse of BCPhad considerable effect to the national race armed groupsin Shan, Kachin and Kayah states, and 14 of the groupsreturned to the legal fold from 1989 to 1995.

However, KNU persisted in exercising the armedstruggle line. On 28 April 1992, the Tatmadawgovernment announced the unilateral suspension of itsmilitary operations in Kayin State with the aim ofopening the door for peace. Nevertheless, KNUmisjudged the Tatmadaw's intention of regaining nationalreconsolidation and peace, making an unwise commentthat the announcement was due to the government'sdeclining strength. And KNU leaders turned down theolive branch the government had extended to it. Duringthe period of the Tatmadaw's unilateral suspension ofmilitary operations, KNU launched attacks on theTatmadaw for about 100 times. The Tatmadaw wagedjust defensive attacks and continued its efforts for peace.

Whatever it was, the aspect of the Tatmadaw'sbehaviour was never hidden. The Tatmadaw'spursuance of peace with national race armed groupswas based on conviction and benevolent attitude. So,the Tatmadaw government formed the CentralCommittee for Progress of Border Areas and NationalRaces in 1989, and tasks for development of borderareas were effectively stepped up under the leadershipof the Head of State. As a result, the battlefields werelater converted into irrigation facilities andfarmlands. Many hamlets were transformed intourban areas with fine buildings. Getting new roadsand bridges along with schools, hospitals, health carecentres, TV retransmitting stations and autoexchanges, the regions enjoyed cumulativedevelopment. Those facts then came to the knowledgeof the regions with less development where peace hadnot been restored.

The information about gradual development of peaceregions reached the ears of the people of Kayin Statewho are going through real hard times due to the KNU'sarmed insurgency and KNU members of other rankswho are engaged in the Kayin revolution at risk to life forages. In reality, they all favoured peace. However, there

Not very demanding if peace talk is desiredSaw Hla Aung

are many leaders in KNU who are opposed to peace andafraid of peace. In addition, there are many lackeys ofexternal elements who are in fear that they would nolonger get foreign assistance and they would lose theiratmospheres if KNU troops are no more in the borderareas, alongside certain elements who are resorting to allpossible ways under the pretext of KNU affairs to messup the Myanmar politics and disrupt the peace process.

So, the government's efforts to make peace withthe whole KNU prolonged unnecessarily. However,the officers and other ranks and leaders of KNU whoare completely weary of the armed conflicts aredetermined to achieve peace.

In the end of 1994, KNU troops under KNU leaders'intolerable oppression and disruptive attempts to thepeace process and Kayin nationals formed themselvesinto the Democratic Kayin Buddhist Organization(DKBO) and joined the Tatmadaw to fight back KNU,thus culminating in the downfall of almost all the KNUmilitary bases in the border areas including itsheadquarters.

DKBO taking a stronghold in Myainggyingumanaged to scale up the momentum of the tasks it wascarrying out in cooperation with the government fordevelopment of local Kayin people. Emulating the successof DKBO, the KNU troops in many other regions havemade peace on their own. They are the group led by USaw Tha Mu He of KNU Brigade (6), the group ofThandaung region, the group led by Phado Aung Sanfrom KNU (Central), Brigade (2) special region group,and the KNU/KNLA Peace Council led by Maj-Gen HtayMaung.

In order to make peace with the government, theyhad to brave a variety of hindrances. They had to risk theirlives and deal with the dangers posed by the groups thatwere not happy with the peace process.

There is disunity between two factions of KNUleaders regarding the peace process: the first that havecome to understand well the genuine goodwill of thegovernment and the other that want to give priority to itsinterests rather than that of the people of Kayin State.The leaders in favour of peace with the government aregood soldiers. They are rural folks as well as soldiers, sothey are open-minded with decisive attitude. They bynature do whatever thing with all their heart and soul,and speak wholeheartedly and bluntly. They are fromKNLA, the military wing. Unlike them, members ofKNU are educated persons from urban areas. They haveincidentally become insurgents due to various reasonsin doing aboveground politics. In the atmosphere ofarmed insurrection, the educated population is so lowthat they dominate office work. Being politicians, theytalk too big. They never put their words into deeds. Theyare skilled at the tactics of politics. They are in a positionto enjoy the benefits from Kayin revolution far morethan any other fellow member. They live a life of luxurywith fine vehicles and residences in Maesot due to theforeign funds. They could send their children to foreigncountries such as the US, Australia and Norway for

academic purposes. So, they want the Kayin revolutionto be never-ending, whereas The KNU leaders-cum-solidiers used to engaging in combats at the risk of lifeand going through hardships including hunger havecome to realize that it is no use of continuing theirarmed insurrection, through which they would nevergenerate a prosperous future of Kayin people.

As a result, KNU leaders split into two factions withrespect to the peace offer proposed by the Tatmadaw in1992. The desire of the KNU leaders-cum-soldiers isthat they can make peace if they could trust the offer ofthe government. The group of politicians has a plan todelay the peace process as long as they can by claimingtheir superficial programmes.

The peace process commenced in 1993, and KNUand the government held 10 informal meetings and sixformal meetings for peace. The then Chairman of KNUSaw Bo Mya took part in the peace talks in Yangon inJanuary 2004. On his tour, he witnessed the projects thegovernment was undertaking for national development.So, he agreed to the process for peace with thegovernment. At that time he was at old age. He had apassion to see development of the entire Kayin State.Nonetheless, he no longer had influence over the KNUleaders of young generation, as the saying that goes "Afeeble person is hardly heeded by others". To makematters worse, his health was deteriorating due to hisripe old age. After all, he was removed from hischairmanship on health grounds.

Despite his ill health, Saw Bo Mya worked as muchas he could for peace. He handed over his ongoing peaceprocess to his confidant Major General Htay Maung(Htein Maung) who was capable of serving as a personin charge of the entire KNU. Major General Htay Maungwas very eager to make peace, so as entrusted tasks bySaw Bo Mya, he continued the peace talks with thegovernment on behalf of KNU. Some time later, henoticed that the peace process for the whole KNU wasimpossible for the time being. So, he mobilized as manytroops as he could and celebrated the victory of peaceprocess in Htot-kawkoe on 11 February 2007. At thattime, his party comprised 320—309 members and 11family members. Then, they were followed by othermembers who also wanted to enjoy the taste of peace,adding to the number of members to 1708 — 615members and 1093 family members with 218 assortedarms. They are now carrying out regional developmenttasks in Htot-kawkoe, Nabu Township, KawkareikDistrict.

The group led by Captain Saw Nay Soe Mya ofKNU Special Force (202) recently entered the legal foldin compliance with the wish of his late father GeneralSaw Bo Mya. There might be many other troops whowill come to the peace region like the group of CaptainSaw Nay Soe Mya.

What they will have to do is not so difficult if theyreally want to enjoy the taste of peace. It took onlyeight hours for Captain Saw Nay Soe Mya and hismembers to leave the gathering point in the junglefor Htot-kaw-koe peace region. However, KNU thathas practised the armed struggle line for more than60 years has not been able to complete the peaceprocess because of the hindrance caused by anti-peace leaders.

Anyhow, inspired by the good news about peace,remnant KNU officers and other ranks areabandoning awful KNU. So, in the near future, thewhole Kayin State will be able to enjoy peace fully.

Translation: MS*******

Inspired by the good news about peace, remnantKNU officers and other ranks are abandoningawful KNU. So, in the near future, the wholeKayin State will be able to enjoy peace fully.

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Koreans predict shorter skirts thissummer

SEOUL, 19 April — South Korean fashion mavens said miniskirts in thecountry are likely to shrink to no longer than 9.8 inches long during the comingsummer season.Chung Il-chae, chief merchandiser for Shinsegae DepartmentStore, said skirt length is tied to the state of the global economy, The Korea Timesreported on Friday.

“Women’s skirts are going to get shorter as the economy continues itsdownswing cycle,” Chung said.He said the trend in women’s fashion will likelynot stop with miniskirts.”Everything is going to shrink,” he said.

Kim Sun-ae, a shop manager at Lotte Department Store, said the coming ofshorter skirts is likely to increase the sales of shoes with heels more than 4 incheshigh.

“Don’t think about lowering those heels,” Kim said. “There’s nothing thatcomplements a miniskirt better than a pair of power heels.”— Internet

Checks ordered for British helicopters

Mexico says 8 killed in attack onpolice convoy

People were injured on Saturday when two light railtrains collided on the outskirts of Mexico City.Thetrain service was launched in mid-2008.— INTERNET

MEXICO CITY,19 April— Eight Mexican lawenforcement officers werekilled on Saturday in abrazen attack on a policeconvoy transporting animportant drug suspect toa prison in westernMexico.

Gunmen killed fourfederal police officers, twofederal investigativeagents and two prisonemployees in anunsuccessful attempt toprevent the transfer, thePublic Safety Departmentsaid.”They fulfilled theirduty with profes-sionalism, commitmentand dedication,” thedepartment said of thefallen officers.

The assailants havenot been identified, but thedepartment said the attack

appeared to have been anattempt to free a toplieutenant of the Beltran-Leyva cartel namedJeronimo Gamez, whowas arrested on theoutskirts of Mexico Cityin January.

Gamez was takenfrom Mexico City to an

airport in the Pacific coaststate of Nayarit, and fromthere was beingtransported overland to aprison in the state capital,Tepic. Police said gunmenin three vehicles openedfire shortly after the policeconvoy left the Nayaritairport.— Internet

EDIBURGH(SCOTLAND),19 April — Britishaccident investigatorsordered emergencyinspections on Friday ofall helicopters of themodel that crashed in theNorth Sea killing 18.

The gearboxes are tobe checked, TheScotsman reported. Agearbox failure has beenblamed for the deadlycrash.

The EurocopterAS332L2 Super Pumawas making a ferry trip to

an oil platform when itplunged into the sea offAberdeenshire. Checkswere also ordered on theEC225LP Super Puma,the model involved in aFebruary crash in whichall aboard were rescued.

The helicopters couldbe grounded if theinspections do not reveala cause for the failure ofthe gearbox that has beenblamed for the crash, anexpert said.

The Air AccidentsInvestigation Board said

the Super Puma thatcrashed was being putthrough a gearbox checkbecause a metal chip wasfound on a detector.

“However, during theperiod between thediscovery of the chip andthe accident, no signs ofan incipient gearboxfailure were detected,” theAAIB report said.

The helicopter flewfor 34 hours between thediscovery of the chip andthe crash.

Internet

Fetus may benefit from mom’sexercise

NEW ORLEANS, 19April — US researcherssay exercising mothers-to-be may be helping fetaldevelopment of theirbaby.

Kansas CityUniversity of Medicineand Biosciences’Stephanie Million andLinda May along withKathleen Gustafson ofthe University of KansasMedical Center in KansasCity, Kansas, used abiomagnetometer, to

measure maternal andfetal magnetocar-diograms as well as fetalmovements.

They recorded thephysiology of thedeveloping fetus in agroup of mothersinvolved in a moderateintensity aerobic 30-minutes-three-times-a-week exercise programand a group of motherswith no regular exerciseroutine.

The researchers

found fetal heart ratessignificantly lower and thevariability of heart ratesduring fetal breathing andnon-breathing movementperiods higher in themothers who exercised.The fetal measures havingto do with the nerveresponsible for heart rate,peristalsis and musclemovements in the mouthalso were higher duringbreathing movements inthe fetuses of exercisingmothers.

“These findingssuggest a potential benefitof maternal exercise onfetal development becauseof the link between fetalbreathing movements andthe developing autonomicnervous system,” May andGustafson said in astatement.

Internet

Study finds dullness can kill amarriage

Hostages and pirates stand with their hands up before the intervention ofDutch NATO soldiers off Somalia’s coast in this NATO handout photo made

available on 18 April, 2009.—INTERNET

STONY BROOK (NY),19 April — A team of USresearchers hasconcluded that problemsdon’t hurt a marriage, butdullness — being in a rut— does.

Irene Tsapelas andArthur Aron of StonyBrook University andUniversity of Michiganresearcher Terri Orbuchinterviewed arepresentative US sampleof 123 married couplesseven years into theirmarriage, and theninterviewed them againnine years later, 16 yearsinto their marriage.

As part of theinterview taking part inthe seventh year ofmarriage couples wereasked, “During the pastmonth, how often did youfeel that your marriagewas in a rut, or gettinginto a rut, that you do thesame thing all the timeand rarely get to doexciting things togetheras a couple?”

The study, publishedin the journalPsychological Science,said the key finding wasthat those who werebored with their marriageat year seven experienced

a greater decrease insatisfaction at year 16.Those who were notbored at year sevenexperienced a typicallysmall decrease insatisfaction at year 16.

Internet

Undated handout

image shows

Belgian-registered

ship Pompei made

available by

Belgium’s Home

Affairs Office

crisis centre on 19

April, 2009.

INTERNET

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Italian scientist, turning 100, still worksGel studied as cancer treatment

Lead can affect child’s heart risk

MP3 player designed for fetuses

Smoke may be deadly for heartNEW ORLEANS, 19 April—Smoke particulates from

tobacco, cooking oil and wood fires affect cardiovas-cular function after as little as 10 minutes of expo-sure, US researchers say.

“I was surprised we got statistically significant re-sults with this low level of exposure,” Joyce Evans ofthe University of Kentucky in Lexington said in a state-ment. “If we can detect these effects with smaller ex-posures, then the public health hazard from cigarettesand other particulate exposures may have been un-derestimated.”

The study also finds that, particularly among men,exposure to smoke changed breathing patterns, raisedblood pressure oscillations in peripheral arteries andshifted control of heart rate toward sympathetic domi-nation.

The sympathetic nervous system produces the “fightor flight” response, which drives the heart and bloodpressure and may cause damage if activated too long,Evans says.

The researchers briefly exposed 21 women and 19men to low levels of secondhand cigarette smoke,wood smoke or cooking oil smoke in separate trialsand measured their cardiovascular and cardiorespira-tory responses. All were healthy non-smokers. The av-erage age was 35.—Internet

An investor sits watch-ing share prices at a

local securities tradingfloor in Hanoi in 2008.

Vietnam will allowforeign investors to

increase their stakes innon-listed companiesand plans to set up anew trading floor forunlisted shareholding

firms, officials saidon 17 April, 2009.

INTERNET

Italian neurologist and senator forlife Rita Levi Montalcini, Nobel Prize

winner for Medicine in 1986, seenwith a glass, at the end of a pressconference for her one hundredth

birthday in Rome, on 18 April,2009.—INTERNET

ROME,19 April—Rita Levi Montalcini,a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, said onSaturday that even though she is aboutto turn 100, her mind is sharper than itwas she when she was 20.

Levi Montalcini, who also serves as asenator for life in Italy, celebrates her100th birthday on Wednesday, and shespoke at a ceremony held in her honorby the European Brain ResearchInstitute.She shared the 1986 NobelPrize for Medicine with AmericanStanley Cohen for discovering mecha-nisms that regulate the growth of cellsand organs.

“At 100, I have a mind that is superior— thanks to experience — than when Iwas 20,” she told the party, completewith a large cake for her.The Turin-bornLevi Montalcini recounted how the anti-Jewish laws of the 1930s under BenitoMussolini’s Fascist regime forced her toquit university and do research in an im-provised laboratory in her bedroom athome.

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CHICAGO, 19 April—USgastroenterologists arestudying a new system fordelivering chemotherapyfor esophageal cancerpatients.The drug therapydelivers a highly concen-trated dose of chemo-therapy directly to hard-to-reach tumors ofesophageal cancer pa-tients. The aim is to re-duce the size of thetumors.

“Patients withesophageal cancer havevery few treatment op-tions,” study principal in-vestigator Dr SohrabMobarhan of the Coleman

Foundation Comprehen-sive Clinic forGastrointestinal Cancersat Rush University Medi-cal Center in Chicago saidin a statement. “This alsocould potentially be a vi-able treatment option forpatients who have inoper-able tumors located intheir esophagus.”

The investigationaldrug, OncoGel, is made oftwo major components —the ReGel drug deliverysystem, which is a gelmade up of ingredientsused in biodegradablestitches, and paxclitaxel,an established, US Food

and Drug Administration-approved anti-cancerchemotherapy agent. Pa-tients receive a one-timeinjection of OncoGel dur-ing an endoscopy.

In an earlier phase of thestudy of OncoGel in pa-tients with late stage inop-erable esophageal cancer,70 percent of patients hada reduction in tumor vol-ume when OncoGel wasused in combination withradiotherapy. In addition,after treatment, biopsysamples did not containtumor cells in almost 40percent of patients.

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OSWEGO, 19 April—Low levels of lead in theblood during early child-hood can adversely affecta child’s cardiovascularsystem, US researcherssaid.Researchers at theState University of NewYork at Oswego said leadexposure was associatedwith an increase in vascu-lar resistance when thechildren worked on astressful computer task —vascular resistance is ameasure of tension within

the blood vessels.James A MacKenzie,

Brooks B Gump, KristenRoosa, KestasBendinskas and AmyDumas of the State Uni-versity of New York,Oswego; Robert Morganof Oswego Family Physi-cians; and Patrick Parsonsof the New York State De-partment of Health foundthat lead exposure wasassociated with a decreasein circulating aldosteronelevels. Aldosterone is a

hormone that helps regu-late blood pressure.

Increased vascular re-sistance may lead to hy-pertension if it continuesover time, the researcherssaid.The researchers arescheduled to present theirfindings at the 122nd an-nual meeting of TheAmerican PhysiologicalSociety, part of the Ex-perimental Biology 2009conference, in New Orle-ans.

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$10m announced for hybrid schoolbusWASHINGTON, 19 April— The US Department of En-

ergy has allocated $10 million for the developmentof a plug-in hybrid electric school bus, SecretaryMargaret Chu announced on Friday.

“These projects will help move technologies fromthe laboratory to the marketplace by improving theirdurability, reducing their costs, and validating theirperformance in real-world settings,” Chu said. “Byinvesting in the vehicles of the future, we will createnew jobs while reducing our dependence on foreignoil and improving our environment.”

The vehicle could be recharged through any stand-ard electrical outlet. The proposed buses could oper-ate as hybrids or all-electric vehicles.—Internet

OTTAWA, 19 April—ACanadian design studentsaid he has created anMP3 player that wrapsaround an expectingmother’s waist to playmusic for the unbornchild.

Geof Ramsay said hisinvention, the BLABY, is

comprised of the MP3player, a contoured beltand three speakers thatbroadcast the vibrationsfrom the chosen musicinto the womb, Britain’sThe Daily Telegraph re-ported on Friday.

“Scientists have talkedabout music being a cata-lyst for an unborn child’smental growth for years,”Ramsay said. “This sim-ple device just givesmothers a chance to tryout that theory and also to

help form a bond withtheir baby before they areeven born.”

“Of course, classicalmusic is what the expertshave suggested be used,but there is nothing to stopyou playing your favoriteBeatles track or even LedZeppelin,” he said.

Ramsay said theBLABY can also helpparents strengthen theirbonds with their unbornchildren.

InternetQINGDAO,19 April—

Sailing ship ARMCuauhtemoc of the Mexi-can Navy arrived here onSaturday to attend an in-ternational fleet review onApril 23 to celebrate the60th anniversary of thefounding of the People’sLiberation Army Navy.

The visiting Mexi-can ship was received by

Senior Colonel HanXiangzhong, deputyleader of a destroyer de-tachment of the PLA’sNorth Sea Fleet. TheARM Cuauhtemoc andthe Chinese Navy ex-changed21 salutes withone another, when theformer arrived at the Chi-nese naval port ofQingdao.—Internet

Mexican sailing ship arrives inChina to join int’l fleet review

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Father tried to sell‘Slumdog Millionaire’ girlLONDON, 19 April—The father of “Slumdog Million-

aire” child actress Rubina Ali tried to sell his nine-year-old daughter for adoption in a bid to escape the Mumbaislums, a British newspaper said on Sunday.

News of the World alleged that Rafiq Qureshiwanted 20 million rupees (400,000 dollars, 310,000euros) for the girl, who played the young Latika in theBritish hit film set in India.

“Slumdog Millionaire”, a rags-to-riches tale ofchildren from the slums of Mumbai, won eight Oscarsin February, including the best picture Academy Award.

News of the World said its reporters posed as awealthy family from Dubai, employing its regular “fakesheikh” sting tactic.

The weekly tabloid said a Mumbai informant toldthem that Qureshi was touting for the highest offer,having already been approached by a Middle Easternfamily.

The newspaper published pictures of the actress, herfather and uncle posing with their undercover reporter,plus video clips of Qureshi and his brother-in-lawduring their meeting last week.

“Yes, we are considering Rubina’s future,” Qureshiwas quoted as saying.—Internet

5.5-magnitude quake hitsXinjiang

URUMQI, 19 April—An earthquake measuring 5.5on the Richter scale rocked a far northwestern countyon Sunday noon in Xinjiang Uygur AutonomousRegion, according to China’s seismological network.

The epicentre was at 41.3 degrees north latitudeand 78.3 degrees east longitude in Akqi County inKizilsu Kirgiz Prefecture.

No casualties have been reported, local authori-ties said. —Internet

5.8 magnitude earthquakehits Fiji

WELLINGTON, 19 April—An earthquake measur-ing 5.8 on the Richter scale hit the sea area off thePacific island nation of Fiji on Sunday morning, theUS Geological Survey reported.

The quake occurred at 05:49 am Fiji local time(1749 GMT on Saturday) and was centered 425 kmsoutheast the Fiji capital of Suva with a depth of566 km.

There were no immediate reports of casualties ordamages. —Internet

A supporter of the anti-shark fins animal rightgroup signs a petition on a shark-shaped

cardboard cutout during a campaign against sharkkilling in Singapore.—INTERNET

A Panamanian goldenfrog (Atelopus zeteki) isseen at the El Nisperozoo in Valle de Anton,124 km east of PanamaCity on 16 April, 2009.The Panamaniangolden frog (Atelopuszeteki) is a critically en-dangered toad which isendemic to Panama.They inhabit tropicalforest regions, particu-larly on mountains, near

streams.—INTERNET

Men dressed in 1940s-era zoot suits dance during a festival in honour of TinTan in Mexico City, on 18 April, 2009. The week-long festival is in honour of

German Valdes, better known as Tin Tan, a Mexican actor and singer whomade the look famous on both sides of the US - Mexico border.—INTERNET

Cisco to launch“Cultivated Innovation Model” in China

NASA team treks to Mt Qomolangmaregion on research mission

Desert clash in West oversolar potential, water

OAKLAND, 19 April—A westward dash to powerelectricity-hungry cities by cashing in on the desert’smost abundant resource — sunshine — is clashingwith efforts to protect the tiny pupfish and deserttortoise and stinginess over the region’s rarestresource: water.

Water is the cooling agent for what traditionallyhas been the most cost-efficient type of large-scalesolar plants. To some solar companies answeringWashington’s push for renewable energy on vastgovernment lands, it’s also an environmental thorn.The unusual collision pits natural resources protectionsagainst President Barack Obama’s plans to producemore environmentally friendly energy.

The solar hopefuls are encountering overtaxedaquifers and a legendary legacy of Western water warsand legal and regulatory scuffles. Some are movingto more costly air-cooled technology — which uses90 percent less water — for solar plants that willemploy miles of sun-reflecting mirrors across theWestern deserts. Others see market advantages in solardish or photovoltaic technologies that don’t requiresteam engines and cooling water and that are becomingmore economically competitive.—Internet

BEIJING, 19 April —US network equipmentmaker Cisco Systemssaid on Friday that it willallocate $1 billion tosupport its newlyunveiled “CultivatedInnovation Model” toboost local innovation inChina, as part of its $16

billion investment com-mitment in the country.

The new model,unveiled on Friday, “isaimed at boosting localinnovation throughcapital, technology,process expertise, in-cubation resources andleadership investments”.

The model, Ciscosaid, will help it andits partners and custom-ers accelerate their timeto market span as theypursue new localand global marketopportunities.

The world’s topnetwork equipment gearmaker on Fridaylaunched a jointgreen technology and

research and deve-lopment laboratory withTsinghua University, oneof the country’s top ones.

The lab will developnetwork-based tech-nologies and solutionsfor intelligent urba-nization development, thecompany said.

“Our innovationinitiative and theestablishment of thelab are clear examplesof our commitmentto the country, and ourfocus on the long-termgrowth potential,”Cisco’s Chief ExecutiveOfficer John Chamberssaid at the unveilingceremony.

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KATHMANDU, 19 April —A team of the US NationalAeronautics and SpaceAdministration (NASA)officials has arrived inKathmandu on a visit to theMt Qomolangma region.

A report of localnewspaper The HimalayanTimes said on Sunday, “Theteam members said theywould contribute to theresearch activities of theNASA. They, however, saidtheir trip was not official.”

NASA Orion Landing Sys-tem Integration Ma-nagerand leader of the expeditionChris J Johnson said thereare doctors,pilots and scientists in the11-member team. “SteveVander Ark, sectionmanager of the NASABehavioral Health andPerformance Group saidNASA scientist Jake Mauleand he wanted to do someserious research to help theastronauts,” the report said.

Equipped with theActiwatch and Lab-On-a-Chip Application Deve-lopment Portable TestSystem, the team memberswould record the sleepingand waking movementsand light exposure of thesubjects, Steve said, addingthat the Lab-On-a-Chip,which detects bacteria andfungi on surfaces inside theInternational Space Station,will be used to look forsnow algae.—Internet

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Chelsea’s Hiddink starts to dream in ‘treble vision’

Chelsea’s Florent Maloudacelebrates after scoring against

Arsenal during their FA Cupsemi-final match at Wembley

Stadium in London, on 18 April.Chelsea won 2-1.—INTERNET

Wozniacki to face Lisickiafter stunning Dementieva

Nantes’ forward MamadouBagayoko (R) jumps for the ballagains Nice’s goalkeeper DavidOspina (L) during the French L1football match at the La Beaujoirestadium in Nantes. Nantes gavetheir hopes of staving off relega-tion a major shot in the arm onSaturday with a 2-0 home winover mid-table Nice.—INTERNET

Day after plunking woman,Bill Murray hacks away

LUTZ, 19 April—One day after she was plunkedon the head by Bill Murray’s wayward tee shot, GayleDiMaggio had a request: a signed copy of his movie“Caddyshack.”The actor, meanwhile, was back on

Actor Bill Murray teesoff on the seventh holeat Pebble Beach GolfCourse during the thirdround of the AT&TPebble Beach NationalPro-Am at PebbleBeach,Calif.—INTERNET

Real stay on Barcelona’s heelsin Spanish League

Real Madrid’s Marcelo Vieira (R)fights for the ball with RecreativoHuelva’s Aitor Tornavaca (L) dur-ing their Spanish league footballmatch at the Nuevo Colombino’sstadium in Huelva.—INTERNET

CHARLEEESTON, 19A p r i l — D e n m a r k ’sCaroline Wozniacki stayedon course for back-to-backclaycourt titles when shereached the Charleston fi-nal Saturday with a 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 win over Russian topseed Elena Dementieva.The 18-year-old Woznia-cki, the world number 12who won the Ponte VedraCaroline Wozniacki

Beach title in Florida last weekend, came out on top aftera three-hour battle with world number five Dementieva.

It would have been a shorter match had she convertedone of the three match points she had in the second setwhen she was leading 5-3. In Sunday’s final, Wozniackiwill face German 16th seed Sabine Lisicki who defeatedFrench sixth seed Marion Bartoli 6-3, 6-1.—Internet

MADRID, 19A p r i l —Double cham-pions RealMadrid keptup the pressureon Barcelonain the Spanishtitle race de-f e a t i n gR e c r e a t i v oHuelva 1-0 onSaturday tostay six pointsbehind theirarch rivals.

Brazilian Marcelo scored three minutes into the sec-ond half to sink Recre as Real made it 15 wins from17 league matches under coach Juande Ramos.

“We are still hanging in there and keep fighting forevery three points,” said Marcelo.”We just have tohope Barca drop some points. I think Sevilla could dous a favour this week (the two sides meet on Wednes-day) and get at least a draw at Barcelona.”—Internet

LONDON, 19 April—GuusHiddink believes his “extraordi-nary” Chelsea squad could yet en-sure a trying season ends with anunprecedented sweep of trophies.

The west Londoners, disheart-ened and hopelessly out of formunder previous manager LuizFelipe Scolari, were in danger ofsurrendering their status as one ofthe English Premier League’s ‘bigfour’ clubs until Hiddink was ap-pointed on an interim basis inFebruary.Now, the Dutchman’soutlook is resolutely sunny. Histeam are still clinging onto theirplace in the title race, albeit as rank

outsiders to Manchester United andLiverpool, and have booked theirspot in the Champions Leaguesemi-finals, where they will faceBarcelona.

On Saturday, they maintainedtheir three-pronged assault on sil-verware by defeating Arsenal 2-1in a hard-fought FA Cup semi-finalat Wembley, courtesy of a dramaticlate goal from in-form DidierDrogba.It is a remarkable transfor-mation, but Hiddink — swiftly be-coming a bona fide Chelsea hero,despite insisting he will walk awayfor good at the end of May — waskeen to play down his own role inChelsea’s rise from the ashes.

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the course Saturday forthe second round of theOutback Pro-Am. Andthe course marshals tookno chances: They worehard hats.

DiMaggio lives on thecourse where Murrayhooked his shot far to theleft of the No. 9 hole atTPC Tampa Bay. She washit on the left temple Fri-day as she stood in herbackyard to watch thefirst round. She never lostconsciousness but neededstitches at a hospital.DiMaggio, who has livedon the course for eightyears, recounted her mis-hap and her encounterwith Murray.

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Nadal meets Djokovic forfifth Monte Carlo title

MONTE CARLO, 19 April—World number one RafaelNadal out-muscled Andy Murray on Saturday with a6-2, 7-6 (7/4) win which moved him to within onevictory of a fifth consecutive Monte Carlo Masterstitle.

The Spanish claycourt king will take on Serbianworld number three Novak Djokovic, who recoveredto beat Swiss 13th seed Stanislas Wawrinka, theconqueror of Roger Federer, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, to reachhis first final in the principality. Nadal leads Djokovic11-4 in career meetings, including a Davis Cupvictory last month and a 6-0 mark on clay.

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Wilson Palacios of Tottenham Hotspur tacklesMichael Owen.—INTERNET

Man Utd v Everton: Everton’s Leon Osmanbattles against Darron Gibson during the opening

exchanges of the FA Cup semi-final

Everton win 4-2 on penalties afterextra-time

LONDON, 19 April—Everton saw off ManchesterUnited in a dramatic penalty shoot-out to set up an FACup final clash with Chelsea. After a largely disappointingsemi-final, Phil Jagielka scored the decisive kick afterDimitar Berbatov and Rio Ferdinand's efforts were saved.

United were unlucky not to get a normal time penaltyafter Danny Welbeck was clattered by Jagielka in thebox. Everton livened up after a slow start with TimCahill’s shot well saved and James Vaughan denied byNemanja Vidic. —Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudy inKayah Statr and Magway Division, rain or thundershowershave been scattered in Kachin, Shan, Rakhine, Kayin and MonStates, Mandalay, Bago and Taninthayi Divisions and isolatedin the remaining States and Divisions with isolated heavyfallin Mon State. Day temperatures were (4°C) above April aver-age temperatures in Taninthayi Divisions,(7°C) to (8°C) belowApril average temperatures in Kachin State and upper SagaingDivisions,(3°C) to (4°C) below April average temperatures inKayin and Mon States, Bagon and Yangon Divisions and aboutApril average temperatures in the remaining areas.The signifi-cant day temperatures were Myingyan (41˚C), Nyaungoo,Chauk and Minbu (40˚C) each. The noteworthy amounts ofrainfall recorded were Belin (4.41) inches, Kawkayeik (1.38)inches,Hpa-an(0.09) inche, Shwebo (0.78) inche, Thandweand Bago (0.71) inche each, Thaton (0.67) inche, Sagain (0.63)inche, Heho (0.55) inche, Minesat, Gwa and Dawei (0.47) incheach.

Maximum temperature on 18-4-2009 was 95°F.Minimum temperature on 19-4-2009 was 73°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 19-4-2009 was 79%. Totalsunshine hours on 18-4-2009 was (6.1) hrs approx.

Rainfall on 19-4-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, (Nil) atKaba-Aye and (0.20) inch at Central Yangon. Total rainfallsince 1-1-2009 was (1.06) inches at Mingaladon, (1.58) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (2.84) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (12) mph fromSouthwest at (15:30) hours MST on 18-4-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the AndamanSea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 20th April 2009: Weatherwill be partly cloudy in Kayah State and Magway Division,rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolated in lower Sagaing,Mandalay and Bago Divisions and scattered in the remainingareas. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderated in Myanmar waters.Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of

continuaion of rain or thundershowers in the lower Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 20-4-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 20-4-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 20-4-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Sunday, 19 April, 2009

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* Signature Tune* Song of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights* Nan Pan Market Day* Mandalay, A Close distance* Resort for Rest and Recreation (Inle Khaung Taing Village)* Delicious Sein Talone Mangoes* Smogless sky, Enchanting Smiles (Evening Flight in

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* Signature Tune* Song of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights* Native of Pa-O Nationals (Kyauktalone)* A Journey to the Zalon Mountain* Myanmar Traditional Marionette Theatre (Part-V)* Shopping with Torchlight* Road Network Speed Up Commodity Flow* Myanmar Traditional Food “Pone Ye Gyi”* Myanmar Footware and Bags* A Salient Myin Ma Hti* Everyone has a life* Preserve and Safeguard Cultural Heritage* Nan Pan Market Day* Mandalay, A Close distance* Resort for Rest and Recreation (Inle Khaung Taing Village)* Delicious Sein Talone Mangoes* Smogless sky, Enchanting Smiles (Evening Flight in

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New Zealand agrees to tourismlimits in Antarctica

China will start building a new giant panda breeding centre asearly as next month after last year’s 8.0-magnitude earthquakedestroyed much of their habitat, according to state media. Thenew centre in the Wolong nature reserve will replace a destroyedbase in southwestern Sichuan province where most of China’scaptive pandas were kept before the earthquake.—INTERNET

WELLINGTOM, 19April—New Zealand hasagreed to a proposal bythe United States for limitson tourism in Antarctica,according to mediareports on Sunday.

Measures to protectthe ecosystem of thecontinent were tabled byUS Secretary of StateHillary Clinton at ameeting of signatories tothe Antarctic Treaty inBaltimore.

All 28 signatorieshave agreed to introduce

legislation limiting shorevisits to no more than 100people at a time, RadioNew Zealand reported onSunday. Antarctic visitornumbers have risen from6,700 in 1992-93 to morethan 45,000 last season.

Another resolutionadopted at the meetingplaces a mandatory safetycode on vessels operatingin the region. Two cruiseships ran aground duringthe 2008-09 season.

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11th Waning of Tagu 1371 ME Monday, 20 April, 2009

True patriotism* It is very important for everyone of the

nation regardless of the place he lives tohave strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true patriotismall the nationalities will have to safe-guard.

YANGON, 19 April—Minister for ElectricPower No. 2 Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myinttogether with departmental officials inspectedpower input and output through Control PanelBox at the Control Room, distribution of powerand transformers at the Switch Yard and con-nection of power lines and gave necessary

Thephyu and Toungoo mainpower stations inspected

instructions at 230/33/11 KV (100 MVA)Thephyu main power station near Myohla,Yedashe Township, Bago Division yesterday.

Similarly, the minister and party lookedinto the Control Room of 230/33/11 KV (60MVA) Toungoo main power station.

MNA

Peaceful and stable Myebon Townshipgaining development momentum

Article & Photos: Reporter Singu Soe Win

Kandawgyi Dam stores 26 million gallons of water to be supplied to Myebon Township of Rakhine State.

SCIENCEDAILY, 19April — New calculationsmade by marine chemistsfrom the Monterey BayAquarium Research Insti-tute (MBARI) suggest thatlow-oxygen “dead zones”in the ocean could expandsignificantly over the nextcentury. These predictionsare based on the fact that,as more and more carbondioxide dissolves from theatmosphere into the ocean,marine animals will needmore oxygen to survive.

Concentrations of car-bon dioxide are increas-ing rapidly in the Earth’satmosphere, primarily be-cause of human activities.About one third of the car-

Major boost in atomic clock accuracy: Loses orgains less than a second every 300 million years

This is a strontium atomic clock operating atJILA, University of Colorado.

DENVER, 19 April—Physicists have meas-ured and controlledseemingly forbidden col-lisions between neutralstrontium atoms—a classof antisocial atoms

hundreds or thousands ofneutral atoms.

Described in the April17 issue of the journal Sci-ence, the research was per-formed at JILA, a jointinstitute of the NationalInstitute of Standards andTechnology (NIST) andthe University of Colorado(CU) at Boulder.

“This is one of themost precise measure-ments of collisional effectsin a clock,” says NIST/JILA Fellow Jun Ye,whose strontium atomicclock design enables sci-entists to “peek into verytiny effects.”—Internet

known as fermions thatare not supposed to col-lide when in identical en-ergy states. The advancemakes possible a signifi-cant boost in the accuracyof atomic clocks based on

Ocean dead zones likely to expandbon dioxide that humansproduce by burning fossilfuels is being absorbed bythe world’s oceans, gradu-ally causing seawater tobecome more acidic.

However, such“ocean acidification” isnot the only way that car-bon dioxide can harmmarine animals. In a “Per-

spective” published in thejournal Science, PeterBrewer and EdwardPeltzer combine pub-lished data on rising lev-els of carbon dioxide anddeclining levels of oxy-gen in the ocean in a set ofnew and thermodynami-cally rigorous calcula-tions.—Internet

A new study by marine chemists at MBARI sug-gests that deep-ocean animals such as this owlfish(Bathylagus milleri) may suffer as carbon dioxide

increases and oxygen concentrations decline inthe deep sea.

While visiting Myebon of Sittway District inRakhine State recently, we learned the efforts forbeautifying the township by Township DevelopmentAffairs Committee, production of fish and prawn andimprovement of living standard of the fishermen

explained by Township Peace and Development Coun-cil Chairman U Thet Naing.

At the office of Township DAC near the jetty,Executive Officer U Than Tun of Township DAC andEngineer U Kaung Tun Lin explained developments of

the committee in the township.Myebon Township is located on 243 acres of land

in northern part of Rakhine State. The township issharing borders with An in the east, Pauktaw in the

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