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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment of other sectors of the economy as well

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

technical know-how and investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage 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 Constitu-

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Prime Minister U Thein Sein visits the factory of ASIA Mega Link Co Ltd.—MNA

Prime Minister U Thein Sein unveils the signboard of Technological University (Yatanarpon Cyber City).—MNA

It is necessary to make efforts for development of theState through combined strength of nations’ natural

resources and human resourcesMyanmar has taken first step towards the goal of national industrialization

It is very important to improve theICT sector in nurturing human resourcesin this age of information. Therefore,Yatanarpon Cyber City has been built inaccord with the farsighted guidance ofthe Head of State.

NAY PYI TAW, 17Oct—Prime Minister UThein Sein addressed theopening ceremonies ofTechnological Univer-sity (Yatanarpon CyberCity) and YatanarponInternet Exchange atYatanarpon Cyber City inPyinOoLwin Township,Mandalay Region, thismorning.

Also present onthe occasion were Maj-Gen Myint Soe of theMinistry of Defence,Chairman of MandalayRegion Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of Central Com-mand Brig-Gen YeAung, ministers, deputyministers, the Mandalaymayor, heads of depart-ment, rectors and princi-pals of technological uni-versities and colleges inMandalay Region, the

principal, faculty mem-bers and students fromTechnological University(Yatanarpon Cyber City),departmental officials,members of social organi-zations, officials from thecompanies that will makeinvestment in YatanarponCity, and guests.

The opening of

Technological University(Yatanarpon Cyber City)took place at the univer-sity at 9 am. The com-mander, Minister for Sci-ence and Technology UThaung and Minister forCommunications, Postsand Telegraphs U TheinZaw formally opened it.

(See page 8)

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PERSPECTIVES* 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 Desire

Better health care ofmothers and children

In its drive for longevity and good healthof the people, the Ministry of Health isapproaching three methods: giving healtheducation talks across the nation including ruralareas, prevention and control of diseases, andeffective treatment.

In this regard, health care of mothers andchildren including newborns is centre stagewith the aim of reducing epidemic outbreaksand mortality rates of mothers, newly-bornbabies and under-one-year children inMyanmar.

The government is working hard toachieve one of the millennium developmentgoals for health—to reduce maternal mortalityrate of 1990 by four-thirds by 2015.

Annually, about 1.3 million women arepregnant in Myanmar, and priority is given toimprovement of health care for mothers andnewborns and safe births.

Maternal and child health care covershealth education talks, care of pregnant women,pasteurization methods for systematic births,care of mothers and under-fives, fulfillingnutritional requirements of mothers and babies,and prevention and control of diseases.

Systematic breastfeeding plays animportant role in taking care of mothers andchildren. So, children are to be breastfed andfed additional foods till they turn two years.

Indeed, children are the future of thenation. Only when mothers and children are ingood health will they have high physical andmental prowers.

Therefore, the entire people should extenda helping hand to health staff in improving thehealth standard of mothers and children.

Minister for Construction U Khin Maung Myint looks intomaintenance of Laylu Suspension Bridge on Namhsan-Panlon

Road.—MNA

NA Y PYI T A W, 17 Oct—Ministry ofAgriculture and Irrigation honoured offspring ofstaff who passed 2009-2010 academic yearmatriculation examination with three distinctionsand above and athletes of the ministry who wonprizes in sports events home and abroad at theministry here this morning.

Minister U Htay Oo spoke on the occasionand awarded outstanding students. Next, officialsawarded medal winner athletes and coaches.Athletes from the ministry won four gold medals,five silver medals, and 10 bronze medals in sportsevents in abroad and 238 gold medals, 134 silvermedals, and 122 bronze in medals in sports eventsat home.—MNA

A & I Ministry honours outstanding students and athletes

Minister for Agriculture and IrrigationU Htay Oo awards six-distinction winningstudent of matriculation examination for

2009-2010.—MNA

YANGON, 17 Oct—Proven TechnologyIndustry Co Ltd (TOYOBattery) hosted a dinnerin honour of big saleagents at Western ParkRoyal Restaurant inKandawgyi hereyesterday evening.

MD U Ohn Lwinintroduced newp r o d u c t s — t u b u l a r

NAY PYI TAw, 17Oct—Minister forConstruction U KhinMaung Myint inspectedupgrading of Lashio-Mansan road section ofL a s h i o - M a n s a n -Nanmatu road to tarredone by Lashio Districtand road special group(1) on 15 October.

Construction Minister inspects upgrading ofLashio-Mansan road section

The minister inspectedthe repaving of Hsipaw-Panlon road section ofH s i p a w - M a n s a n -Nanmatu road betweenmile post No.17/7 andNo.18/0. And heinstructed officials tocarry out works with set

standards, to stockpilepaving stones so as toaccelerate works in openseason and to dig canalson both sides.

The minister thenproceeded to 320 feetlong Laylu SuspensionBridge near mile post

No. 21/1 on Namhsan-Panlon road. There, heinspected maintenanceof the bridge onNamhsan side, passingof trucks andmaintenance of steeltruss and pillars. Heurged the officials tocheck it regularly for itsdurability and to controltraffic in line with thebridge’s withstanding.

MNA

Toyo Battery honours big sellers

battery and Lionmotorcycle dry batteryand awarded 19 sale repswho hit highest salevolume in 2009-2010.

Born in 1996,TOYO battery got ISO9001 (QMS) certificate in2008. The contactaddresses are F/S 14,Shwesabe Complex,opposite of Institute of

marine TechnologyKamayut Township, Tel:701719, 701720, 527667,530694, in Yangon andNo. 371, 81st Street,between 29th Street and30th Street, Chan-ayethazan Township, Tel:02-72761, 02-21884 inMandalay.

MNA

Managing Director U Ohn Lwin of ProvenTechnology Co Ltd (Toyo Battery) speaking

at ceremony to honour big sale agents.—MNA

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China battles to save 11 trappedminers as Chile offers help

BEIJING, 17 Oct—Dozens of rescuers battledthick dust Sunday as they tried to reach 11 coalminers trapped underground after a gas leak killed 26of their colleagues, as Chile offered help in thesalvage operation.

A “sudden coal and gas outburst” hit the mine inthe central province of Henan on Saturday while 276miners were at work below ground, the nationalwork safety agency said, confirming the death andmissing toll.

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera offered tohelp China, saying his country had learned from theSan Jose mine disaster in northern Chile, where 33miners were trapped for two months before beingpulled out alive last week.—Internet

Rescuers are ready togo underground after

an explosion at thestate-run Pingyu

Coal & Electric CoLtd mine

in Yuzhou city.INTERNET

Two Ecuador miners may bealive after collapse

PORTOVELO, 17 Oct—Two of the four workerstrapped in a collapsed gold mine were found deadbut the other two may have survived and could behiding deep within the mine, a cabinet minister saidlate Saturday.

Non-Renewable Resources Minister CarlosPareja denied earlier reports from a Civil Defenceofficial that three of the miners had been confirmeddead. Only two bodies have been recovered, he toldreporters in Portovelo, close to the mine.—Internet

Rescuers set up a remotely operated probe atCasa Negra mine in Portovelo, Ecuador.

INTERNET

Attacks hit Kandahar, killing twoAfghan civilians

Men injured in a blast

are brought to hospital

in Kandahar city, south

of Kabul, Afghanistan,

on 16 Oct, 2010. A

series of blasts killed at

least two civilians and

wounded several others

in Kandahar city

Saturday.

INTERNET

KANDAHAR, 17 Oct—A series of blasts killedat least two civilians andwounded several othersSaturday inAfghanistan’s mainsouthern city, the sceneof several recent deadlyattacks on police.

Helicopters patro-lled above the city asNATO and Afghantroops were deployed toseal off the attack sites.Ambulances with sirenswailing ferried victims tolocal hospitals.

In one attack, amotorized rickshawcarrying explosivesdetonated behind policeheadquarters in thecentre of the city, said

Zelmai Ayubi, spokes-man for the governor ofKandahar Province. Onebystander was killed andthree others wounded,Ayubi said. On theeastern side of the city,militants attacked an oiltanker with gunfire,causing it to explode.One civilian was killedand at least two otherswere wounded.

A rocket fired bymilitants slammed into aprison compound in thecity’s west, police said.No casualties wereimmediately reported.Another explosion wentoff in the city’s businessdistrict, also in the west.Details were not

immediately available.Kandahar city has

been a target for militantsthis month. Twoexplosions killed ninepeople and wounded twodozen others on 6 Oct.Three blasts just minutesapart killed three Afghanpolice officers in the cityon 5 Oct.—Internet

Nigeria beefs up security at key airport after bomb threat

ABUJA, 17 Oct—Nigeria tightened securitySaturday at the busy Abuja international airport, a dayafter the militant group MEND threatened an imminentattack in the nation’s capital, travellers said.

The officials, armed with bomb detectors, screened

Security agents check a damaged car following a blastin Abuja during the 50th independence anniversary

ceremony in Abuja on 1 October.—INTERNET

vehicles about 250 metres (800 feet) out on the airportaccess road, including conducting physical inspectionsof some vehicles. “There was no such security measureswere in place at the airport three days ago,” onetraveller said.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the NigerDelta (MEND) threatened in a statement on Friday an“imminent” bomb attack on Abuja, which experiencedtwin car bombings two weeks ago in which at least 12people died and several others injured. The threat camein a statement that criticised the government’s responseto the 1 October Independence Day bombings.

MEND, which claimed responsibility for the Abujablasts, said that opponents of President GoodluckJonathan have been falsely implicated ahead ofelections early next year, and vowed to carry outanother attack to prove them innocent.

Internet

Somali pirates seizeS Korean fishing boat

Two suspected pirates standing in a whaler offthe Somali coast.—INTERNET

SEOUL, 17 Oct—A South Korean fishing boat with43 people on board has been seized by Somali piratesoff the coast of Kenya, the foreign ministry said Sunday.

The 241-ton crab fishing vessel, which was carryingtwo South Koreans, two Chinese and 39 Kenyans, washijacked on 9 October near the Kenyan island of Lamuin the Indian Ocean, the ministry said in a statement.“We are investigating the exact circumstancessurround-ing the incident by setting up an emergencyteam at our embassy in Kenya,” it said, withoutrevealing whereabouts of the vessel and crew. YTNnews channel reported that the fishing boat and itscrew had been taken to a pirate stronghold in northernSomalia, citing South Korean sources in Kenya. Thelatest hijacking came as South Korea increases effortsto counter piracy in international waters. South Koreahas an anti-piracy warship patrolling Somali watersbecause of a rise in hijackings near the Horn of Africa,a key route leading to the Suez Canal. In April, a SouthKorean oil tanker with 24 crew members was hijackedby pirates off the coast of Somalia and has been heldsince then.

The 300,000-ton ship, the Samho Dream, was on

Two Taleban commanderskilled in S Afghanistan

KABUL, 17 Oct—Security forces duringoperation againstTaleban militants in JalaiDistrict of Talebanbirthplace KandaharProvince in southAfghanistan eliminatedtwo militants’commanders, a pressstatement released byKandahar provincialadministration onSunday said. “Theoperation coveredPashmol and Reg villageson Saturday during whichtwo commanders ofmilitants namely AbdulKhaliq and Kako werekilled,” the statement

its way from Iraq to the US state of Louisiana with acrew of five South Koreans and 19 Filipinos.

Somali pirates, targeting one of the world’s busiestmaritime trade routes, raked in an estimated 60 milliondollars in ransoms last year.—Internet

added.Another com-

mander Mullah Rahma-tullah received injuriesduring the operation, itfurther said. Talebanmilitants have yet tomake comment.Kandahar has been thescene of increasingTaleban-led militancyover the past couple ofyears.

To ensure lastingpeace there in Kandahar,a joint Afghan andNATO-led forcesoperation has been goingon in parts of the provincesince early September.

Xinhua

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Technology

Science

CAMBRIDGE, 17 Oct—Determiningthe weight of a distant star usually yieldsjust an estimate, but one US scientistsays in special cases a star can be“weighed” directly.

Astronomers have found more than90 planets that cross in front of, ortransit, their stars, and by measuring theamount of starlight that’s blocked, theycan calculate how big the planet isrelative to the star. But they can’t knowexactly how big the planet is, becausethey can only estimate the size and themass of the star, scientists at theHarvard-Smithsonian Centre forAstrophysics say.

Research by center astrophysicistDavid Kipping shows that in some cases,the exact weight can be determined, aninstitute release says. If the star has aplanet, and that planet has a moon, andboth of them cross in front of their star,their sizes and orbits and the weight ofthe star can be calculated, Kipping says.“Basically, we measure the orbits of theplanet around the star and the moonaround the planet,” he says. “Thenthrough Kepler’s Laws of Motion, it’spossible to calculate the mass of thestar.”—Internet

Scientist ready to‘weigh’ distant stars

Technicians of the computer aided engineeringdepartment work in Chery’s automotive

engineering and research institute in Wuhu City,east China’s Anhui Province, 13 Oct, 2010.

INTERNET

LONDON, 17 Oct— Two womenhave given birth to healthy babies fromeggs screened for genetic defectsbefore being implanted in the womb,in a study of a new technique thatcould improve the success rate of in-vitro fertilization.

Twin girls born in Germany inJune and a boy born in Italy inSeptember are the first deliveries in apilot study of a technique calledcomparative genomic hybridisation(CGH) by microarray, Europeanscientists said on Friday.

The technique is a new way ofscreening eggs and embryos for geneticdefects to increase the odds a womanachieves a healthy pregnancy from in-vitro fertilization (IVF), when eggsare fertilized with sperm in a lab dishand implanted into her womb. Thebirths were part of a “proof ofprinciple” analysis on whether thismethod of screening of oocytes, or eggcells, and embryos before transfer inIVF can help to increase birth rates.“We have learnt from more than 30years of IVF that many of the embryoswe transfer have chromosomeabnormalities,” Luca Gianaroli,

First babies born in IVF full genescreening study

A doctor is silhouetted as he walks past aposter showing images of the development

of a human fetus at a fertility clinic inRome 6 May, 2005.—INTERNET

A staff member showsthe painless

percutaneous drugdelivery arrays made

with nano-technology atSuzhou Natong

Bionanotechnology,Ltd, in Suzhou, east

China’s JiangsuProvince, on 16 Oct,

2010. —XINHUA

chairman of the European Society ofHuman Reproduction and Embryology(ESHRE) and one of the scientists whoworked on the study, said in astatement.—Reuters

PASADENA, 17 Oct—An Antarcticmountain range, buried in ice and out ofview, has escaped the erosion experiencedby other mountain ranges on Earth, USresearchers say.

The Gamburtsev Mountains areevidence of a counterintuitive theory thatglaciers don’t always carve down anderode mountains but can in certainconditions protect them, ScienceNews.orgreported Friday.

“It’s feasible for topography to bepreserved,” Stephen Cox, a graduatestudent at Caltech and coauthor of a studypaper, says. The study of the range’serosion rate during the past 250 millionyears found the Gamburtsevs eroded just1-1/2 miles to 5 miles, an order ofmagnitude slower than modern erosion inplaces like the Alps and other mountainranges.—Internet

Glaciers protectedAntarctic range

WASHINGTON, 17 Oct—Thegovernment is reviewing an Australianprogramme that will allow Internetservice providers to alert customers iftheir computers are taken over by hackersand could limit online access if peopledon’t fix the problem.

Obama administration officials havemet with industry leaders and experts tofind ways to increase online safety whiletrying to balance securing the Internetand guarding people’s privacy and civilliberties. Experts and US officials areinterested in portions of the plan, set togo into effect in Australia in December.

US studying Australian Internet securityprogramme

SAN FRANCISCO, 17Oct—Yasir Afifi, a 20-year-old computersalesman and commun-ity college student, tookhis car in for an oilchange earl ier thismonth and his mechanicspotted an odd wirehanging from theundercarriage.

The wire wasattached to a strangemagnetic device that

Discovery of GPS tracker becomes privacy issue

In this

undated

photo

provided by

Yasir Afifi,

shows a GPS

monitoring

device he

found on his

car in Santa

Clara, Calif.

INTERNET

puzzled Afifi and themechanic. They freed itfrom the car and postedimages of it online,asking for help inidentifying it.

Two days later, FBIagents arrived at Afifi’sSanta Clara apartmentand demanded the returnof their property — aglobal posi t ioningsystem tracking devicenow at the center of a

raging legal debate overprivacy r ights . Onefederal judge wrote thatthe widespread use of thedevice was straight outof George Orwell’snovel, “1984”.

“By holding that thiskind of surveillancedoesn’t impair anindividual’s reasonableexpectation of privacy,the panel hands thegovernment the power to

track the movements ofevery one of us, everyday of our lives,” wroteAlex Kozinski, the chiefjudge of the 9th USCircuit Court ofAppeals, in a blisteringdissent in which a three-judge panel from hiscourt ruled that searchwarrants weren’tnecessary for GPStracking.

But other federal andstate courts have cometo the oppositeconclusion.

Law enforcementadvocates for the devicessay GPS can eliminatetim consuming stakeoutsand old-fashioned “tails”with unmarked policecars. The technology hada starring role in the HBOcops-and-robbers series“The Wire” and policeuse it to track every typeof suspect — fromterrorist to thievesstealing copper from airconditioners.

Internet

But any move toward Internet regulationor monitoring by the US government orindustry could trigger fierce oppositionfrom the public.

The discussions come as private,corporate and government computersacross the US are increasingly being takenover and exploited by hackers and othercomputer criminals.

White House cybercoordinatorHoward Schmidt told The AssociatedPress that the US is looking at a numberof voluntary ways to help the public andsmall businesses better protectthemselves online.—Internet

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Health

Business

Waist size key predictor of heart riskATHENS, 17 Oct— Waist circumference is the

best predictor of a child’s future cardiovascularrisk, Australian and US researchers suggest.

Researchers at the University of Georgia inAthens, the Menzies Research Institute in Hobart,Australia, and the Murdoch Childrens ResearchInst i tute in Melbourne suggests waistcircumference rather than the height/weightmeasure called the body mass index is the bestclinical predictor of a child’s risk later risk ofcardiovascular disease and diabetes.

The study, published online in the InternationalJournal of Obesity, finds children whose high-waist circumference values put them in the top 25percent for their age and sex were five to six timesmore likely to develop metabolic syndrome asyoung adults than children whose low-waistcircumferences placed them in the bottom 25

JCDecaux wins deal for 26Saudi airports

JEDDAH, 17 Oct—French advertising giantJCDecaux said onSaturday its Saudisubsidiary had wonexclusive rights foradvertising at all 26airports in Saudi Arabia.

The 10-year contractwas granted by the SaudiGeneral Authority forCivil Aviation toJCDecaux ATA, andincludes the busyinternational airports inJeddah, Riyadh,Dammam and Medinaand 22 domesticterminals, the companysaid.

More than 45 millionpassengers passedthrough the airports in2009, including 39.4million in the fourinternational airports, thecompany said.

Passenger traffic inthe Middle East grew 7.1percent in 2009, the

Passengers queue at theairport in the Saudi Red

Sea city of Jeddah in2009. French advertisinggiant JCDecaux says its

Saudi subsidiary has wonexclusive rights foradvertising at all 26

airports in Saudi Arabia.INTERNET

OPEC caught in dollar crossfireVIENNA, 17 Oct—OPEC

nations seeking higher oil pricesto boost revenues may get theirwish as the sliding dollar seesinvestment switch from the UScurrency and into crude andother commodities, accordingto analysts.

Yet higher commodityprices, which help to push upinflation, are also seen as a threatto the economic recovery. TheOrganization of PetroleumExporting Countries, whichpumps 40 percent of world oil,chose last week to keep itsofficial production targetunchanged at a ministerialmeeting in Vienna, home to thecartel’s headquarters.

OPEC left its target at 24.84million barrels a day where ithas stood since the start of 2009claiming the market is wellsupplied amid risks to theeconomic recovery and againsta backdrop of mainly steady oilprices.

Crude oil futures havetraded between 70 and 80dollars for much of the past

Delegates wait for the start of anOrganization of the Petroleum Exporting

Countries (OPEC) ministerial meetingon 14 October, 2010 in Vienna. OPEC,which pumps 40 percent of the world’s

oil, began a ministerial meeting today todecide whether to make changes to its oil

output amid a pick-up in demand forenergy.

INTERNET

year but shot above 85 dollars inrecent days, helped by thetumbling dollar and datashowing surprisingly strongglobal demand for energy. Thespike came as OPEC membersAlgeria, Libya and Venezuelasaid they wanted to see prices at90-100 dollars a barrel. “Becausethe dollar is getting eroded, theprice of commodities,particularly food and wheat arehigh,” Libya’s OPEC officialShukri Ghanem said on thesidelines of the Viennameeting.—Internet

India’s ‘King Coal’ sale to raise billionsMUMBAI, 17 Oct— India is set to launch its largest ever share sale in

a public company this week as the government looks to raise 3.5 billiondollars with the divestment of 10 percent of Coal India.

The group is the world’s largest coal miner, producing over 80percent of India’s coal through 471 mines across eight states.

It also holds the largest extractable coal reserves in the world withover 22 billion tonnes, ahead of rivals state-run China Shenhua Energyand the world’s largest private miner Peabody Energy in the UnitedStates.

Coal currently accounts for more than half of India’s energy use andconsumption is set to increase as the country’s economic developmentaccelerates in energy-intensive sectors such as steel and cementmanufacturing.—Internet

Pine bark may reducetinnitus symptoms

CHIETI, 17 Oct—Pycnogenol, an antioxidantextract from the bark of the French maritimepine tree, may relieve tinnitus symptoms byimproving blood flow, researchers say.

“Impaired blood flow to the ear is a commoncause for t innitus, a disturbing and verydebilitating condition that can considerablyimpact overall health and quality of life,” leadresearcher Dr Gianni Belcaro of Irvine3 Vascularlabs at Chieti-Pescara University in Italy, saysin a statement. “With few options available fortreatment, this study gave us the opportunity toexplore a natural solution to tinnitus symptomsand its causes.”

The study involved 82 patients ages 35-55with mild-to-moderate tinnitus in only one ear,while the other remains unaffected.

During a four-week period, patients wereassigned to one of three groups — Group Aconsisted of 24 patients who were administered150 mg/day of Pycnogenol; group B consisted of34 patients who were administered 100 mg/dayof Pycnogenol; and the control group consistedof 24 patients who received no Pycnogenol. Usinga Subjective Tinnitus Scale, study subjects wereinstructed to rate their symptoms from zero forlow intensity of symptoms to 15 for constant andsevere symptoms. The initial average value wasapproximately 8.8 among pat ients in thePycnogenol group and 7.9 in the control group.

Internet

Obesity drug blamed inFrench deaths

PARIS, 17 Oct— Frenchhealth officials say an anti-obesity drug pulled from themarket in 2009 because ofconcern about heart problemsmay have killed as many as1,000 people.

Studies have shown thatbenflourex, the maincomponent of the drugMediator, could weakenheart valves and also causepulmonary arterialhypertension, FrenchE n g l i s h - l a n g u a g enewspaper The Connexionreported Thursday.

The drug, originallydeveloped to help diabeticscombat insulin resistance,

US jazz singer Randy Crawford, center,performs during Beirut Jazz Festival in Beirut,

Lebanon, Saturday, 16 Oct, 2010.INTERNET

percent. Metabolic syndrome a cluster of keycardiovascular risk factors is associated with anincreased risk of coronary artery disease, strokeand type 2 diabetes.

“We wanted to identify which clinical measureof childhood body composition best predicts long-term cardio-metabolic health risks,” lead authorMichael Schmidt of the University of Georgia saysin a statement.—Internet

was found to be an appetitesuppressant and was used tocontrol obesity.

Seven million boxes ayear were being sold andsome 300,000 people inFrance were taking it beforeit was withdrawn inNovember.

French health agencyofficials were asked toexamine files and theyestimated between 500 and1,000 people may have diedas a result of the drug. Long-term users were being urgedto talk to their doctors abouta heart scan, The Connexionsaid.

Internet

fastest regional growth inthe world, it said.

JCDecaux ATA is 60percent-owned by theFrench company and 40percent by Saudi partnerATA.

Internet

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LONDON, 187 Oct—Almost half of Britonsthink that major cuts inpublic spending due tobe unveiled this weekwill be unfair but theytrust ministers morethan the opposition tofix the economy, a pollrevealed Sunday. PrimeMinister David Camer-on’s coalition governm-ent is due to unveil planson Wednesday to cut 83bil l ion pounds (130bil l ion dollars , 95bil l ion euros) in

Britons trust ministers on cuts, expectunfairness

Military rescuers standbeside their life savingequipment as Typhoon

Megi approaches innorthern Philippinesduring a formation atCamp Aguinaldo inQuezon City MetroManila 17 October,

2010. An approachingtyphoon triggered

warnings in 19 northernPhilippines provinces

with forecastersexpecting it to intensify to

a super typhoon withwinds in excess of 250

kph (155 mph) as itmakes landfall on

Monday.INTERNET

Arnaldo Otegi

government expendit-ure by 2014-15 to helppay off a record deficit.

A ComRes poll forthe Independent onSunday and SundayMirror newspapersrevealed that despiteCameron’s vow that thecuts would be fairlydistr ibuted, just 30percent expected them tobe “fair” and 43 percentdid not.

However , 45percent of respondentssa id they t rus ted

Cameron and hisfinance minister GeorgeOsborne to steer theeconomy out ofrecession, compared to23 percent who trustedopposi t ion Labourleader Ed Miliband andhis team.

Details of where theaxe wil l fal l inWednesday’s spendingreview began to emergethis weekend, with someministries set to sufferfar more than others.

Internet

BEIJING, 17 Oct—China on Saturday rejectedUS allegations that it was engaging in unfair tradepractices in the green technology sector, callingthe charge “groundless and irresponsible”. Thestatement from the commerce ministry followedan announcement Friday by US trade authoritiesthat a probe had been launched into claims Chinais handing out huge illegal subsidies in a bid todominate the sector.

The United Steelworkers union had petitionedUS trade officials to investigate practices it claimscontravene World Trade Organization (WTO)rules and cost American jobs. “The union’scomplaint is groundless and irresponsible,”China’s commerce ministry said Saturday in astatement posted on its website.

The US union — one of the nation’s largest —accused China of blocking access to materialsused in green technologies, illegally linkingsubsidies to export sales, curbing imports anddemanding that foreign investors hand overtechnology secrets.

It also accused China of providing more than216 billion dollars’ worth of subsidies to greentechnology makers.

Internet

ATHENS, 17 Oct—The 32nd annual Athensinternational Boat Show opened on Saturday,presenting to thousands of Greek and foreign visitors“affordable gateways for all” amidst a severe globaleconomic crisis that has hit hard Greece this year.

This is the main motto of the event which ishosted at the Metropolitan Exhibition Centre next tothe “Eleftherios Venizelos” International Airport andruns to 24 October.

Sea adventurers are offered the opportunity tovisit the stands of 186 exhibitors from Greece toDenmark and Japan and see and learn everythingabout approximately 1,000 sailboats, cruisers,speedboats and rubber boats. More than 10,000products and services, such as engines, electronicsystems, fishing equipment, marine sports accessories,yacht rentals and aqua sporting items are presented tothe public.

“Amidst a difficult economic period, we do havethe potential to return to the path of development.Shipping is our strength. United, we will make it,”said Greek Minister of Maritime Affairs, Islands andFisheries Giannis Diamantidis, inaugurating the eventon Saturday afternoon. Since the outbreak of a debtcrisis in late 2009, Greece reached the brink of defaultthis year and since May aided by InternationalMonetary Fund and European Union implements aharsh austerity and reform program to exit the crisisin three years.—Internet

China rejects US green-techtrade charges

MINSK, 17 Oct—Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez agreed on Saturday tosupply the former Soviet republic of Belarus with 30 million tonnes of oil overthree years from 2011 in a deal worth as much as $19.4 billion.

Belarus has slashed imports of Russian Urals blend oil and increasedpurchases from Venezuela since Moscow imposed export duties, a step thatraised the price of Russian exports to Belarus by about 36 percent.

“Belarussian refineries will have no shortages for the next 200 years,”Chavez said after over seven hours of talks with his Belarussian counterpart,Alexander Lukashenko, in Minsk.

A family crosses aflooded street in a horsedrawn cart in the districtof Tipitapa in Managua,Nicaragua, 16 Oct, 2010.

Heavy rains causedXolotlan Lake and rivers

to overflow, forcingpeople from their flooded

homes in severalneighbourhoods.

INTERNET

Wind turbines in a China farm.

Venezuela inks oil deal with Belarus

Int’l Boat Show launched inAthens promoting “affordable

gateways for all”

MADRID, 17 Oct—Arnaldo Otegi, the jailedtop leader of ETA, saidthe Basque group shoulddeclare a permanentceasefire, in an interviewpublished by El Paisdaily on Sunday.

Otegi, a formerspokesman for Batasuna,said if he had the ETA

Basque says ETA shoulddeclare ‘permanent truce’

leadership before him, hewould ask them to eschewviolence and declare a“unilateral and permanenttruce which can beverified by theinternational commun-ity.” “There is no otherpath to independenceother than those thatfollow the peaceful anddemocratic paths,” hesaid in a long interview tothe Spanish newspaper.

Otega, who wasjailed for two years inMarch for “glorifying”terrorism in remarks hemade at a 2005 rally inmemory of a jailed ETAmember, Jose MariaSagarduy, said ETA wasnot likely to resort toviolence as it hadannounced “the end ofarmed action.—Internet

“We are proud of the fact that our vessels cansupply our oil to Belarus,” Chavez added afterofficials from the Venezuelan state oil companyPDVSA and the Belarussian Oil Company signedthe accord.

Neither side disclosed the price tag for the deal.But state statistics show Belarus is currently buyingVenezuelan crude for $647 per metric tone, pricing30 million tonnes at about $19.4 billion, accordingto Reuters calculations.

That is a major boon for Belarus, whose grossdomestic product is just $55 billion.—Reuters

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Forest coverage ishigh in Bago Yomamountain range in centralMyanmar. Many planta-tions of teak and otherhardwood trees have beenestablished there.

On our trip to teakplantations, Staff OfficerU Hla Myint ofTaungdwingyi TownshipForest Department tookus to Wan-awgyi forestreserve on Nay Pyi Taw-Taungdwingyi Road inTaungdwingyi Town-ship.

A 300-acre teakplantation was set up inWan-awgyi forest re-serve in 2003-2004.There, 800 more acreswere put in 2005-2006,and 500 acres, under

Taungdwingyi Township sees a growing number of plantationsByline & Photos: Khin Maung Than (Sethmu)

The 100-acre teak plantation in Wan-awgyi Forest Reserve inTaungdwingyi Township.

A plantation of teak saplings in Kinpundaung Forest Reserve in Taungdwingyi Township.

Yinma (Chukrassiatabularis) in 2006-2007. A100-acre teak plantationwas formed at plot No. 34in 2008-2009. The 300-acre teak plantation(2003-2004) was foundthriving.

As separate planta-tions, 300 acres were putunder teak at plot No. 31in 2004-2005 and 800acres under teak at plotNo. 29-30 in 2005-2006in Kinpundaung ForestReserve in TaungdwingyiTownship. In the forestreserve, the three-acremodel teak plantation setup in 2004-2005 and2005-2006 was also foundgrowing well.Kinpundaung Forest Re-serve saw Yinma and teak

plantations with a totalarea of 50 acres in 2007-2008. The 100-acre physicnut plantation set up in2006-2007 in plot No. 78of Kyaukmichaung ForestReserve is successful. Onethousand acres aroundYanpei Dam (HsinkyaVillage) were put underneem, eastern gooseberry,thitphyu, rain tree andmezali (cassia siamea) in2004-2005 to form a wa-tershed forest. The cross-breeding of trees was car-ried out for 6250 acres inGyochaung andMinpundaung forest re-serves from 2004-2005 to2006-2007, and for 2000acres in 2007-2008 andfor 450 acres in 2008-2009 in Kinpundaung

Forest Reserve.Wan-awgyi Village

was designated as amodel forest village in2005-2006. Plantations

for firewood for villageswere established for 18acres in Thebyu Village in2005-2006 and for 100acres in Thabyebin Vil-lage in 2008-2009.

As value-added plan-tations which play animportant role in foresta-tion, about 6450 acres ofwere put under teak inYanpei and Kinpundaungforest reserves from 2004-2005 to 2008-2009.

On our way toSunchaung Dam alongMyothit-Nay Pyi TawRoad, we saw the 11,195-acre natural forest afterdriving 12 miles, wherediverse species of treesgrow well.

Upon arrival atSatugan Forest Reserve,we noticed that severalforests of various speciesof hardwood trees wereconserved. We also vis-ited the 100-acre teakplantation at plot No. 9of Sun Forest Reserve.

Now, reforestationis in full swing inTaungdwingyi Town-ship. Deforestation isone of the biggest causesof climate change. So,the people are urged togrow trees and conserveforests and woodlands.

*****Translation: MS

Myanma Alin: 14-10-2010

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Oct—In heavy rains at 8 pm on14 October, three members of a family took shelter atan empty hut near the bank of Ayeyawady Riverbetween Hlinetet and Aungpyisoe villages in MyingyanTownship were killed by a strong thunder strike .

MNA

Thunder strike kills three

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Oct—The prize presentationceremony for No. 66 LightInfantry DivisionCommander’s ShieldMonsoon FootballTournament took place atthe sports ground of thestation yesterday afternoon.

It was attended by thecommander of the LID,senior military officers,commandants of regimentsand units, servicemen andfamily members.

The prize presentationceremony followed.Officials presented third

LID Commander’s ShieldFootball Tournament concludes

NAY PYI TAW, 17Oct—Member of UnionElection Commission in-charge of MandalayRegion U Myint Naing hada meeting with members ofMandalay Region/District

UEC member meets subcommissions ofMandalay Region, Districts and Townships

and Township ElectionSubcommissions at theoffice of the region’ssubcommission on 11October morning.

After delivering anaddress, UEC member UMyint Naing explainedelectoral process.

Chairman ofMandalay Region

Subcommission U AungHtut and chairmen ofDistrict and TownshipSubcommissions reportedon progress of their worksand future tasks.

UEC member U MyintNaing reviewed theirreports and made aconcluding speech.

MNA

The LID Commander presents championshipshield to first prize winning team in No. 66

LID Commander’s Shield FootballTournament.—MNA

and second prizes to therespective football teams.

The commander of theLID awardedchampionship shield to thefirst prize winning team.

MNA

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 18 October, 2010

(from page 1)The Prime Minister

and entourage posed fora documentary phototogether with officials.

Next, the PrimeMinister unveiled thesignboard of the univer-sity.

The Prime Ministerinspected the practicalrooms of Informationand Technology Depart-ment (M.A), wheredeans conducted himround the university.

At the conferencehall, the Prime Ministergave a speech, sayingthat the opening of Tech-nological University(Yatanarpon CyberCity) is a milestone inthe history of the Unionof Myanmar. The worldis advancing as time goesby, and informationtechnology is improvingconstantly around theworld. So, IT andelectrical engineeringplay more importantroles in enabling thenation to keep abreast ofother countries.

Due to IT, the worldhas been like a globalvillage and seen many

It is necessary to makeefforts for development…

changes and develop-ments. In olden days,labour intensiveindustry was applied toachieve national eco-nomic growth. Today,

however, IT is in placeof the industry to achievethe goal. Therefore,many countries are en-joying development onthe ground of IT out-sourcing, and their suc-cess is, indeed, some-thing to be emulated.

Technologies asso-ciated with electronicsand industry in combi-nation are essential forbuilding a modern na-tion. It is also needed to

be able to apply nano-technologies to producesophisticated electronicsand mineral and alloyproducts.

Myanmar is trying toachieve soon the goal ofnational industrializa-tion. In this regard, thenation is improving the

agricultural sector. Now,Myanmar has taken thefirst step towards thegoal and has thepotential for sustainabledevelopment. Withoutdoubt, Myanmar willbecome a peaceful ,modern and developedindustrialized country inthe future.

The government isencouraging IT-basedproduction process toput the nation on the

threshold of sustainableeconomic development.Myanmar is now work-ing hard to get advancedindustries and technolo-gies, while encouragingdevelopment of IT andresearch. In this case, theMinistry of Science andTechnology is to play a

leading role in produc-ing a growing number ofengineers in the fields ofproduction, innovationand research. Moreover,in line with the economicand social reforms of thenation, the governmentis in pursuit of the ob-jective of upgrading allits technological univer-sities to the level of topuniversities of ASEAN.The Technological Uni-versi ty (Yatanarpon

Cyber City) is designedto cooperate with inter-national universities soas to produce experts inthe fields of technologyand research.

Technological Uni-versi ty (YatanarponCyber City) is also in-tended to produce hu-

man resources capable ofproducing new productswith innovations basedon ICT, electronics,communication, state-of-the-art technologiesfor production ofmachines, and advancedtechnologies forproduction of heavyequipment. Theuniversity will soonbegin to produce expertsof various fields.

The university is

constituted with four de-partments, under whichof it are 15 research .

Universities aroundthe world focus oninternational coopera-tion and innovation inthe education sector.China, India andSingapore, for instance,

are trying their utmostto produce experts inadvanced technologies.So, these countries haveAsia’s leadinguniversities on researchthat can penetrate theworld’s education. Theydeal with world leadingorganizations throughstudent exchange andresearch. Therefore,Myanmar is to take intoconsiderat ion pro-duct ion of newgenerations of produc-tion engineers throughinternational coopera-tion and research.

With regard tonurturing technologicalhuman resources ,Myanmar had one tech-nological university toconfer degree of engi-neering on the graduatesin the past. In the timeof Tatmadaw govern-m e n t , t e c h n o l o g i c a luniversities, colleges,in s t i t u t e s , t echn ica l

(See page 9)

Prime Minister U

Thein Sein delivers

an address at open-

ing of Technologi-

cal University

(Yatanarpon Cyber

City).

MNA

Prime Minister U Thein Sein hears a report on matters related to e-Cinema presented by Minister for InformationU Kyaw Hsan.—MNA

Prime Minister U Thein Sein views applying modern teaching aid communication systems at Technological University(Yatanarpon Cyber City).—MNA

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(from page 8)high schools and univer-sities of computer studieshave been opened in allparts of the nation fortraining the students withmodern technology. Atpresent, a new technologi-cal university was alreadyopened by linking inter-national universities toturn out qualified techni-cians who will be able topursue higher engineer-ing courses and to hunt

It is neces-sary to makeefforts fordevelop-ment…

jobs in foreign countries.Therefore, the studentshave to effectively utilizethe good opportunity. In-deed, establishment of thetechnology is a valuableopportunity for new gen-erations.

In nurturing the tech-nicians, the governmenthas turned out manyyoung engineers holdingdoctorate degrees and ITtechnicians who pursued

higher education atforeign countries. Atpresent, a significanttechnological universityhas emerged forproviding training to thestudents to be able to

conduct applied researchworks.

Nowadays, corporatecolleges and corporateuniversities play an im-portant role in rapid de-velopment of highereducation sector of theworld countries. Now, thenumber of theseinstitutions increased twotimes more than that ofthe past. HwaweiTechnologies Company

of the People’s Republicof China and InfosysCompany of India achieveremarkable progress oftheir corporate Universi-ties. As Myanmar hasplanned to establish

Technological University(Yatanarpon Cyber City)linking with international,universities, corporatecolleges and corporateuniversities, new genera-tion engineers andtechnicians will get jointcertificates ofinternational communityand enjoy job opportunity.

The universitystudents play the mostimportant role in building

a peaceful, modern anddeveloped nation asnational goal. Afterreceiving the degrees, thegraduates have to run theirowned businesses andjoin the private compa-nies and governmentaldepartments. Especially,engineers and techniciansmust have research skillsto be able to penetrate intothe international commu-nity.

Due to adding Tech-nological University(Yatanarpon Cyber City)

In conclusion, thePrime Minister urged thosepresent to strive forachieving technologicalprogress to build a modernand developed nation tokeep abreast of globalcountries; to participate intransforming the Union ofMyanmar from the suc-cessful arable country intoa modern and industrial-ized one; to shape the na-tion into a modern anddeveloped industrializedcountry with the strengthof advanced technical en-

progress of works withinvestment companies.

The Prime Ministerstressed the need todevelop communicationworks in line with theState policy on commu-nications and placeemphasis on cybersecurity and securitymeasures for men andmaterials.

At 10.30 am, thePrime Minister attendeda ceremony to openYatanarpon Internet Ex-change, Yatanarpon Web

into the science and tech-nological field, the Minis-try of Science and Tech-nology has 109 university/college/institute/schoolsincluding 36 governmenttechnical high schools, 12Government TechnicalInstitutes, four Govern-ment Technological Col-leges, 31 TechnologicalUniversities, 25 Universi-ties of Computer Studiesand one Myanmar Aero-space EngineeringUniversity. As such, thehighly-qualified and tech-nicians can be turned outin the future.

gineers and advancedresearchers trained byTechnological University(Yatanarpon Cyber City);and to provide training tothe skillful persons withgood morale and patrioticspirit to become the highly-qualified technicians whoadore the nation.

At the briefing hall ofthe university, Minister UThein Zaw reported onprogress of YatanarponMyothit constructionproject and progress ofinstallation of communi-cation machines, powerand water supply and

Portal and Tripple PlaySoft Switch ofYatanarpon Teleport CoLtd held at YatanarponCyber Hall in YatanarponCyber City. First, he for-mally opened theceremony.

Addressing the open-ing ceremony, the PrimeMinister said peace andstability of the State,strong national economyand human resourcedevelopment areessential for buildinga peaceful, modernand developed nation.

(See page 10)

Prime Minister U Thein Sein unveils Yatanarpon Internet Exchange, Yatanarpon Web Portal and Tripple Play SoftSwitch of Yatanarpon Teleport Co Ltd.—MNA

Prime Minister U Thein Sein visits booths of Yatanarpon Cyber Hall.MNA

Prime Minister U Thein Sein views products displayed at TechnologyResearch Department (PyinOoLwin) in front Yatanarpon Cyber Hall.

MNA

Students learning modern technology at Faculty of Information andTechnology of Technological University (Yatanarpon Cyber City).

MNA

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Hopang, a land…(from page 16)

Manager U Kya Win of Kunlong District PerennialCrops Enterprise said that Kunlong District had 8436acres of rubber farms, 1500 acres of which were beingharvested. It was such a large area of rubber farms thatit was like a man-made forest. All the vacant lands inKunlong, Hopang, Namtit and Mongmao regions arecovered with rubbers farms with a total area of thou-sands of acres.

Up to 1988, those regions did not see anyrubber plantations. Only in 1990, did they see rubberfarms grown as a poppy-substitute plant by the Min-istry of Progress of Border Areas and National Racesand Development Affairs and the Ministry of Agricul-ture and Irrigation in compliance with the guidance ofthe Head of State. U Kyan Par reclaimed 385 acres offallow lands and put them under rubber in ShwewahVillage in 1997. He started to tap latex in 2004. UPto now, he gets over 100,000 lbs of latex from 150acres of rubber farms a year. The rubber species hegrows are RRIM 600, GT1 and BPM-24. He said thatstaff of the Perennial Crops Enterprise had urged himto grow rubber as it grew well in the border areas of

A female worker collecting latex in a rubberfarm.

(from page 9)It has been known to allthat the nation today hasseen more peace and sta-bility than ever before. En-deavours are being madeto develop the agriculturaland industrial sectors har-moniously for national eco-nomic growth. So, contin-ued efforts are being madeto speedily improve all sec-tors, including the indus-trial sector while keepingthe development momen-tum of the agricultural sec-tor. It is necessary to makeefforts for development ofthe State through the com-bined strength of the na-tions’ natural resources andhuman resources.

It is veryimportant to improve theICT sector in nurturing hu-man resources in this ageof information. Therefore,Yatanarpon Cyber City hasbeen built in accord withthe farsighted guidance ofthe Head of State.

T h eTechnological University(Yatanarpon Cyber City)was opened with the aim ofserving the best interest ofthe State by nurturinghuman resources and es-tablishing knowledgebased industries.

For the speedy de-velopment of the ICT in-dustry, telecommunicationinfrastructure projects havebeen systematically laid

It isnecessary tomake …

down. More than 10000kilometers of fiber opticcables have been laid na-tionwide and 335 digitalmicrowave stations and 75IP microwave stationsbuilt. In the regions withdifficulty in installation offiber and microwave sys-tems, VSAT, IPSTAR andI-Direct systems have beenbuilt.

As for the inter-national communication,SEA-ME-WE 3 (SouthEast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 3 systemlinking 34 countries, un-derwater cable system andsatellite communicationsystem and cross-bordertransmission link systemhave been built. With theextended communicationlinks with the People’s Re-public of China, the Re-public of India, Thailandand Vietnam, the ICT sec-tor of the nation will de-velop remarkably.

Through these in-frastructures, the people

are using fax by phone andIP services with ADSL,WiFi, WiMAX wirelessbroad band systems. Newlyopened Yatanarpon IXP,Yatanarpon Web Portal andTripple Play Soft Switchwill fulfill the requirementsfor speedy development ofIP services.

Yatanarpon IXP(Internet Exchange Point)is installed with machinesnecessary for ISP (InternetService Provider). So,Internet services can be pro-vided with the help of theIXP. Yatanarpon Web Por-tal is a first ever service ofthe State. It is built forInternet users, knowledgeseekers and informationgatherers to be able tobrowse the websites theylike by using the nation’sown search engine inMyanmar language. Withno reliance on foreignwebsites, students, thosestudying their specializedsubjects and those seekingknowledge will be able to

browse local and interna-tional websites viaYatanarpon Web Portal.The tripple play service ismade up of the Internetservice, information andcommunication.

Yatanarpon IXP,Yatanarpon Web Portaland Tripple Play SoftSwitch are a milestone inthe history of ICT devel-opment in Myanmar. Withthe ICT development, theeducation, economic andsocial conditions of thepeople, thereby contribut-ing to their socio-eco-nomic improvement.Moreover, the three serv-ices opened today are inter-connected. In conclusion,the Prime Minister said theMinistry of Communica-tions, Posts and Telegraphs,Yatanarpon Teleport, tech-nocrats and entrepreneursare to continue to cooperatein the efforts for ICT devel-opment.

Next, Internetservices provided by

Yatanarpon Teleport CoLtd were explained withvideo clip. Minister UThein Zaw presented acommemorative paintingof the scale model ofYatanarpon Teleport to thePrime Minister.

The Prime Minis-ter and party viewedYatanarpon Web Portalbooth, FJTH service pro-viders’ booths and e-cin-ema booth of ShweThanlwin Media Com-pany. Minister for Infor-mation U Kyaw Hsan re-ported on facts about e-cinema.

The Prime Minis-ter and party viewed re-search works on car en-gines and gear boxes, 22HP power tillers, accesso-ries for 6-megawatt hydro-power turbines displayedat the booth of thetechnological research de-partment (PyinOoLwin) ofthe Ministry of Science andTechnology. They wereconducted round the booth

by Minister U Thaung.Then, the Prime

Minister inspected use oftelephone with TV andInternet with Sky Net MultiPlay mobile terminal ofShwe Thanlwin Media Coand communicationservices to be provided bythe vehicles of the CPTMinistry.

On arrival at thefactory of Elite Tech Manu-facturing Co Ltd inYatanarpon Cyber City, thePrime Minister studied pro-duction of CDMA-800 and450 top-up cards, BBU3900 (basedband unit ofBTS) and BTS 3606CE(CDMA 450 MHZ) 4thgeneration. The Prime Min-ister also inspected produc-tion of fibers at YatanarponFiber Co Ltd.

Later, the PrimeMinister visited the factoryof Asia Mega Link Co andviewed production of solarpanels, solar controllers andaccessories for phones andexchange. — MNA

China close to Hopang, and he therefore entered rubberfarming; that before that he had used to grow and tradecrops; that then the acreage of mature rubber plantationswas growing, that he chose rubber farming as majorbusiness; and that his success was due to the applicationof agricultural methods provided by the enterprise. Theface price of rubber, also known as white gold, is twomillion to three million kyats a ton. It is in high demandworldwide. Now, rubber farming is very popular inMyanmar thanks to the encouragement of the govern-ment, technical assistance of the Ministry of Agricul-ture and Irrigation, and interest of entrepreneurs.

The ministry yearly honours outstanding town-ships, farmers, workers and entrepreneurs in the agricul-tural field. World Food Day commemorative awards forrubber farming went to U Shauk Shin, U Kyin Wan andU Maung Myint of Hopang Township in previous years.This year, U Kyan Par won the award. There are manyother entrepreneurs trying to achieve the award.

So, I would like to urge farmers to work harderto achieve all-round development in the agriculturalsector, making good use of the encouragement of thegovernment, and assistance of relevant ministries.

Translation: MSKyemon: 15-10-2010

Prime Minister U Thein Sein views products displayed at Technology Research Department (PyinOoLwin) in front ofYatanarpon Cyber Hall.—MNA

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KENT, 17 Oct—Regular testing andpracticing for tests canimprove memory byhelping the brain becomemore efficient at storingand recalling facts, USresearchers say.Researchers at KentState University foundthat testing helps thebrain come up withmental keywords calledmediators that triggermemories, somethingthat doesn’t happen withjust study, Britain’sDaily Telegraphreported.

“Taking practicetests particularly onesthat involve attemptingto recall something from

A medical personnel treats a local as Kenya’sVice President Kalonzo Musyoka (2nd R, front)visits Chinese navy hospital ship Peace Ark in

Mombasa, Kenya, on 15 Oct, 2010. The Chinesenavy hospital ship Peace Ark arrived in Kenya onWednesday for providing 5-day medical treatmentfor locals. It is the first overseas medical mission

for Peace Ark.XINHUA

Memory improves more with testingmemory can drasticallyincrease the likelihoodthat you’ll be able toremember thatinformation again later,”Kent State psychologistKatherine Rawson says.

Testing is good formemory because itsupports more effectiveencoding strategies, shesays.

“Given that hundredsof experiments have beenconducted to establish theeffects of testing onlearning, it’s surprisingthat we know very littleabout why testingimproves memory,” shesays.

In an experiment,subjects were tested on a

foreign languagevocabulary, like theSwahili-English word pairwingu/cloud.

“To learn this item,you could just repeat it overand over to yourself eachtime you studied it, but itturns out that’s not aparticularly effectivestrategy for committingsomething to memory,”Rawson says.

“A more effectivestrategy is to develop akeyword that connects theforeign language wordwith the English word.‘Wingu’ sounds like‘wing’, birds have wingsand fly in the ‘clouds’,”she says.

Testing is moreconducive to keywordformation than studyalone, she says.

Internet

Philippine civil defence officials on Saturday put thecountry’s north on notice for a typhoon that could hit

the area early next week. Typhoon Megi, packingsustained winds of 140 kilometres (87 miles) an hour

near the centre, was churning slowly toward thenortheast coast of the main island of Luzon, said

government weather forecaster Leni Ruiz.—INTERNET

People stand near a car damaged by a fallen treein Havana 15 October, 2010. Tropical

Depression Paula spun itself out over Cuba onFriday after smacking the capital Havana andthe island’s western tobacco-growing province

with driving rain and high winds. There were noreports of deaths or major damage from the

storm, indicating the communist-ruledCaribbean nation was spared the destruction it

suffered from three powerful hurricanes in 2008.

XINHUA

Rabies claims 100th fatality inIndonesia’s Bali

BALI, 17 Oct—A rabies outbreak on Indonesia’s resortisland of Bali has now killed 100 people. Ken Wirasandhi,a doctor monitoring the epidemic, said Friday that a 40-year-old villager died overnight after being hospitalizedwith rabies symptoms. Bali, an island of 3 million peopleand one of Asia’s top tourist destinations, has been grapplingwith the outbreak for nearly two years. Several countrieshave issued advisories, telling travelers they should getshots and stay clear of dogs roaming the white-sandbeaches.—Internet

A 401.4-meter long bullet trainof 16 compartments is lifted up

to receive repair in Wuhan,capital of central China’s

Hubei Province,on 15 Oct, 2010.

XINHUA

Training plane crashes inwestern Turkey

ANKARA, 17 Oct—A training plane crashed inwestern Turkey Saturday but the pilot was rescued,the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

The training plane which belonged to AnadoluStars Flights School took off from Corlu Airport inTekirdag province, 135 km west of Istanbul andcrashed near Yenice village, said the report.

The pilot is in good conditions and aninvestigation into the crash is underway, accordingto the report.—Internet

Three Zambian ministerssurvive plane crash

LUSAKA, 17 Oct—Three Zambian ministers havesurvived a plane crash in northwestern Zambia’sKasempa district, one of the ministers confirmed onSaturday.

The three officials include Finance and NationalPlanning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane, Worksand Supply Minister Mike Mulongoti andCommunity Development Social Services MinisterMichael Kaingu.

They were part of an advance team of ZambianPresident Rupiah Banda who was visiting theprovince for a traditional ceremony.

The Zambia Air Force (ZAF) plane crash-landedat Munkinge airstrip in the morning, but all theministers escaped unhurt.

Xinhua

One dead, 39 hurt in Jamaicabus crash; driver flees

KINGSTON, 17 Oct—Police in Jamaica say abus has plunged over acliff on the Caribbeanisland’s north coast,killing a teenage girland injuring 39 people.

Pol ice ConstableYanique Matthews saysthe bus driver fled afterthe accident late Fridayand has not been found.

Mat thews sa idSaturday that the buswas carrying churchmem-bers to a weekendretreat when it went offthe road in St Ann,Jamaica’s la rges tparish. She says a 16-year-old girl died andseveral of the 39 injuredpeople are in criticalcondition.

Jamaica UrbanTransit Co spokesmanReginald Allen says theperson driving the buswas not scheduled to bethe designated driver.The bus company andpolice are investigating.

Internet

Haze in Singapore dueto Sumatra fires

SINGAPORE, 17 Oct—The skies over Singaporewere slightly hazy on Saturday.

The National Environment Agency (NEA)attributed this to the smoke haze from the fires inSumatra brought in by the prevailing southwesterlywinds. “The latest satellite pass today detected 80hotspots mainly in the Riau Province in Sumatra,”added the NEA in a statement.

The air quality in Singapore, as measured by thePSI readings, was in the moderate range - which isone level below the good range. At 4pm, the 24-hourPSI reading was 54.

“The winds are expected to remain southwesterlytomorrow and showers with thunder are expected inthe morning. The showers should help to mitigate thesmoke haze but there is still a possibility that someslight haziness may remain tomorrow,” said theNEA.—Internet

New storms hitflood-ravaged

HainanProvince

HAIKOU, 17 Oct—Thousands of residents havebeen evacuated from flood-ravaged areas in HainanProvince, focal disaster reliefauthorities said on Saturday.

In wancheng County,the worst-hit county inWanning City, southernHainan Province, about15,700 villagers wereisolated by surging floods.Government staff and troopshave since been mobilized tohelp evacuate the flood-stricken villagers.

Also, more than 1,600villagers have beenevacuated from WanchengCounty, and reporters at thescene saw armed policerescuing the trapped villagersand goods in Knee-deepwaters.—MNA/Xinhua

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World’s longest tunnel completed in Switzerland

Flight attendants walk in front of an EmiratesAirlines A380 at the International Aerospace

Exhibition (ILA) in June. Canada has found itselfentangled in a complex row after its refusal togrant UAE airlines new routes soured bilateral

relations and forced the closure of a military basein Dubai.— INTERNET

Study warns obesitythreatens US national defence

US FDA issues warnings to 8marketers of unapproved

“chelation” products

Valdironde

Oliveirarides abull inTimes

Square inNew

York, theUnited

States, on15 Oct,2010.

XINHUA

The raven :A raven flies

above aninstallation

by Swissartist Ugo

Rondinone,entitled

“Turn backtime, lets start

this dayagain,” on

display at theTuileriesgardens. INTERNET

WELLINGTON, 17 Oct—Tropical islands like Fijihave suffered a 60 percent loss in biodiversity inless than 40 years, according to the 2010 editionof the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Living PlanetReport. Produced in collaboration with the Zoo-logical Society of London and the Global FootprintNetwork, the report showed a decrease by 30 per-cent since 1970.

“There is an alarming rate of biodiversity lossin low-income, often tropical countries while thedeveloped world is living in a false paradise, fueledby excessive consumption and high carbon emis-sions,” the Fiji Live news website on Friday quotedKesaia Tabunakawai, Representative of WWFSouth Pacific Programme Office ( SPPO), assaying.— Xinhua

LOS ANGELES, 17 Oct—Climbing obesity ratesamong Americans areposing a threat to nationaldefence, US researcherswarn. From 2007 to 2008,5.7 million American menand 16.5 million women ofmilitary age were ineligiblefor duty because they wereoverweight or obese, re-searchers at Cornell Uni-versity said.

In the past half-century,the number of women ofmilitary age who exceedthe US Army’s enlistmentstandards for weight-to-height ratio and body fat

percentage has more thantripled, the researchers saidin a working paperpublished Friday by theNational Bureau of Eco-nomic Research.

For military-age men,the figure has more thandoubled, said the paperentitled, “Unfit for Service:The Implications of RisingObesity for US MilitaryRecruitment.” Being tooheavy or fat meant 23 per-cent of applicants wererejected from the military,according to a 2006National Research Council(NRC) report.—Xinhua

GENEVA, 17 Oct—After two decades’ con-struction, the GotthardBase Tunnel in southernSwitzerland brokethrough the final 1.8 me-ters on Friday to create theworld’s longest tunnel at57 kilometers. The trans-Alps railway tunnel is amajor feat in establishinga new flat rail link be-tween the southern andnorthern flank of themountain range. It will cut40 kilometers from thecurrent route and reducethe travel from Zurich toMilan by one and a halfhours.

With a maximum alti-tude of no higher than 550meters above sea level,much lower than the ex-isting trans-Alps tunnels,the Gotthard is designed

for high-speed passengerand cargo trains. It is ex-pected the amount offreight will be doubled toaround 40 million tonesper year, once the newlink is opened, backingthe EU’s environmentalefforts to move freightfrom road to rail.

To achieve the engi-neering marvel, an esti-mated 24 million tonnesof rocks have been exca-vated, which, according toSwiss media, is theequivalent of five timesthe volume of the GreatPyramid of Giza.

Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 17Oct— The US Food andDrug Administration(FDA) on Thursdaywarned eight companiesthat their over-the-counter chelation prod-ucts are unapproveddrugs and devices andthat it is a violation offederal law to make

unproven claims aboutthese products. The com-panies that received thewarning letters includeWorld Health Productsof Draper, Utah, CardioRenew of Apple Valley,Minn., and HormonalHealth of SanBernardino, Calif.

The companies claimthat their products treata range of diseases by re-moving toxic metalsfrom the body. Someclaim to treat autismspectrum disorder,cardiovascular diseases,Parkinson’s disease,Alzheimer’s disease,macular degeneration,and other serious condi-tions. Some also claimtheir products will detectthe presence of heavymetals to justify the needfor chelation therapy.

Xinhua

Peugeot ‘had no heavy-driver test’LONDON, 17 Oct—

Peugeot had never crash-tested one of its cars forany driver weighing morethan 78kg (12 stone 4lb),an inquest heard yester-day.

Judith Evans, aPeugeot 107 driver whoweighed almost 100kgs(16 stone), died in a head-on crash with a VauxhallVectra on her way home

Tropic islands’s biodiversitydeclining: WWF

New data

on effects

of alcohol

during

pregnancy

LONDON, 17 Oct—Scientific data continue to indicate that higher intake of alcoholduring pregnancy adversely affects the fetus, and could lead to very severe developmentalor other problems in the child. However, most recent publications show little or noeffects of occasional or light drinking by the mother during pregnancy. The studies alsodemonstrate how socio-economic, education, and other lifestyle factors of the mothermay have large effects on the health of the fetus and child; these must be consideredwhen evaluating the potential effects of alcohol during pregnancy.

A very large population-based observational study from the UK found that at theage of 5 years, the children of women who reported light (no more than 1-2 units ofalcohol per week or per occasion) drinking did not show any evidence of impairmenton testing for behavioral and emotional problems or cognitive ability. There was atendency for the male children of women reporting “heavy/binge” drinking duringpregnancy (7 or more units per week or 6 or more units per occasion) to have poorerbehavioural scores, but the effects were less clear among female offspring.

Internet

Scientific data continueto indicate that higher

intake of alcohol duringpregnancy adverselyaffects the fetus, and

could lead to very severedevelopmental or otherproblems in the child.

INTERNET

from work on 20 Januarylast year.

Asked whether the carcompany had carried outcrash tests on the Peugeot107 model with dummiesweighing more than 78kg,a Peugeot safety expertsaid it had not.

The driver of theVectra only sufferedfractures to her kneecapand internal bruising, the

inquest at High WycombeMagistrates’ Court inBuckinghamshire, UK,has heard.

Internet

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Police in Florida said they arrested a man whotook a ride on the luggage carousel at MiamiInternational Airport.

Investigators said Bradley Bromlow, 40, rode thecarousel through the curtains into the internal baggagearea, a secure area of the airport, WPLG-TV, Miami,reported Friday.

Miami-Dade police said Bromlow told them hetook the ride to tape the reactions of his friends.

Bromlow was charged with trespassing, policesaid.

A stunt airplane performsduring Shaanxi Weinan 2010

Luyanghu InternationalAviation Festival, in Weinan, of

northwest China’s Shaanxiprovince, on 15 Oct, 2010. Thefestival kicked off on Friday.

LOS ANGELES, 17 Oct— Actress BarbaraBillingsley, best known for portraying thequintessential suburban American mom on the 1957-1963 US television comedy “Leave It to Beaver,”died on Saturday at age 94.

A family spokeswoman said Billingsley, whoalso played a memorable cameo as a jive-talkingelderly passenger in the 1980 hit comedy film“Airplane!,” had been in poor health in recent yearsand died of rheumatoid disease at her Santa Monica,California, home. In her signature role as JuneCleaver in “Leave It to Beaver,” which ran for sixseasons, Billingsley personified the ideal middle-class mother and housewife in an era when relativelyfew American women with children worked outsidethe home.—Reuters

“Leave It to Beaver” mom Barbara Billingsley dies

In this 27 Sept, 2007file photo, Barbara

Billingsley, of ‘LeaveIt To Beaver,’ smilesas the cast members

reunite in SantaMonica, Calif.

Billingsley, whogained the title

supermom for hergentle portrayal ofJune Cleaver, thewarm, supportive

mother of a pair ofprecocious boys in

‘Leave it to Beaver,’has died Saturday, 16

Oct, 2010. She was94.

INTERNET

MANILA, 17 Oct— Philippine comic books havenurtured talent for international TV and animationblockbusters, but the once-mighty industry is fightingto survive as it comes up against the Internet and othernew media.

Comic books that dominated the Philippinepublishing industry just a couple of decades ago arenow largely relegated to photocopied titles sold in afew specialty stores and at conventions, lamentedveteran artist Rico Rival.

“There are still a lot of good Filipino artists. Theyjust don’t have an outlet anymore. They just photocopytheir own works,” said Rival who has worked for localpublications as well as US comic and animationcompanies.—Internet

Once-great Philippine comic industry fights forsurvival

Michael Jackson stands onhis car to wave to fans after

leaving the courthousewhere he was arraigned inSanta Maria, California inthis 16 January, 2004 file

photo.—XINHUA

LOS ANGELES, 17Oct— The late pop iconMichael Jackson, whowas charged with childmolestation seven yearsago, was reinstated in aspectacular way, thistime by a sting ofgleaming silver lettersdedicated to his name ina Los Angeleselementary school onFriday.

The sign,proclaiming TheMichael Jackson

Michael Jackson’s name uncoveredin LA public school

Auditorium at GardnerStreet ElementarySchool in Hollywood,was uncovered frombehind white plywoodboards at the direction ofLos Angeles UnifiedSchool DistrictSuperintendent Ramon CCortines, ending a periodof seven years when thetribute was covered bythe school after Jacksonwas arrested on suspicionof child molestation in2003.—Xinhua

BEIJING, 17 Oct— China’s new regulation oncharging copyright fees for playing movies in Internetcafes and on long-distance buses has stirred debateamong the Chinese public.

The National Copyright Administration issuedthe regulation Thursday “in a bid to improve films’copyright protection,” said Zhu Yongde, president ofthe China Film Copyright Association (CFCA).

Zhu said the regulation would be first carried outin eight municipalities and provinces, includingBeijing, Shanghai and eastern Jiangsu Province.Officials said the CFCA would begin collectingcopyright royalites on 1 Jan, 2011.

Xinhua

China’s new film royalty rulestirs debate

Terry Bagalso, editorof Atlas publishing,displays an old copy

of “komiks”magazine at the

company’s library inManila.INTERNET

Man arrested after baggagecarousel ride

A humanoid robot code-named HRP-4C , centre,

performs with dancers at DIGITAL CONTENT

EXPO in Tokyo 16 Oct, 2010.

This little piggy went to market — to pay off aRussian woman’s overdue debt to a bank.

Court officers in far eastern Russia have seized apiglet from a woman who owes a bank 13,000 roubles($432) and put it up for sale to recuperate some of themoney, the regional branch of the Federal BailiffsService said on Thursday.

The woman had been given the seven-month-oldpiglet for safekeeping, but it was taken away after acourt survey of her property found it to be her mostvaluable possession, the bailiffs service said in astatement.

The piglet was seized after the woman failed tocomply with a court order to pay off her debt within 10days, it said. Consumer debt in Russia has crippledlocal economies in some of the country’s poor ruraland industrial areas, which have been hardest hit by theeconomic crisis that followed nearly a decade of risingliving standards.

Piglet seized to recover woman’sdebt

Armenia on Saturday launched the world’s longest cable car line, a 5.7-kilometre (3.5-mile) engineering feat that spans a spectacular gorge to thecountry’s ancient Tatev monastery.

Gathered in Armenia’s southern mountains near the border with Iran,guests including President Serzh Sarkisian and the head of the ArmenianApostolic Church, Karekin II, took part as the cable car link launched its firstofficial voyage over the Vorotan River Gorge.

The link will allow year-round access to Armenia’s ninth-century Tatevmonastery complex, one of the country’s most important religious centresand a major tourist attraction.

World’s longest cable car line opens in Armenia

The cable car line is

the world’s longest,

a 5.7-kilometre (3.5-

mile) engineering

feat that spans a

spectacular gorge to

the ancient

monastery.

At the openingceremony, Sarkisian saidthe link was of“exceptional importancefor Tatev and thesurrounding region” andpraised the project forovercoming the manydifficulties involved inconstruction. “This cablecar line shows that evendreams that seemunrealistic can be realisedwith faith and purpose,”he said.

Karekin II said thelaunch of the link was animportant step inrestoring access to “acenturies-old holy shrinewhich was a place ofpilgrimage fromapostolic times.”

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Answers to yesterday’sCrosswords Puzzle

Serbia top seeds for tennisHopman Cup

The Serbian team ofAna Ivanovic and

Novak Djokovic (pic-tured) are the top seedsfor the Hopman Cupmixed teams event in

Perth in January,organizers said on

Sunday.— INTERNET

Federer to face Murray inShanghai final

Hodgson wants to welcome new owners with derby win

Aston Villa’s John Carew (left) clasheswith Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic duringtheir English Premier League match atVilla Park in Birmingham.— INTERNET

Ancelotti contented despite Villa stalematePARIS, 17 Oct—Carlo Ancelotti is a

contented man at this stage of the sea-son, despite his team missing a goldenopportunity to open up significant day-light over their chief Premier Leaguetitle rivals. Chelsea were held to a 0-0draw by Aston Villa on Saturday as theirpoor record at the venue continued.Apoor miss from French striker NicolasAnelka cost Chelsea the chance of ex-tending their lead to seven points, in-stead of the five-point advantage theyhave as they break for ChampionsLeague duty in Moscow on Wednesday.

Given Chelsea’s record of just one winin their last 12 visits to Villa Park andthe fact that Villa defeated them 2-1almost exactly 12 months ago, Ancelotti

feels his side should be praised for themanner in which they avoided defeat,despite missing Didier Drogba, FrankLampard and other key players.— Internet

Ronaldo fires unbeaten Real top

Real Madrid’s forwardCristiano Ronaldo

Red-carded Wilshere‘not dirty,’ says Wenger

LONDON, 17 Oct—Arsene Wenger admitted JackWilshere deserved to be sent off at the end of Arse-nal’s 2-1 victory over Birmingham but insisted theEngland youngster is not a dirty player. Wilshere, 18,received a straight red card for an ugly lunge on NikolaZigic in the final seconds of a clash that was decidedby Marouane Chamakh’s 48th minute goal.

Internet

Lack of killerinstinct

worrying FergieMANCHESTER, 17 Oct—

Sir Alex Ferguson feelsthat his ManchesterUnited side are paying theprice for failing to killteams off this season.United’s 2-2 draw withWest Brom was their fifthdraw in eight PremierLeague matches this termand the second time theyhad given up a two-goaladvantage to drop points.The worrying thing forFerguson is that histeam’s under-par openingto the campaign has notincluded matches againstany notable opposition,other than a strugglingLiverpool side.—Internet

Roger Federer ofSwitzerland

Liverpool’s managerRoy Hodgson

SHANGHAI, 17 Oct—Roger Federer will faceAndy Murray in theShanghai Masters finalafter edging out NovakDjokovic 7-5, 6-4 in the

semi-finals on Saturday.The Swiss came

through an hour-long firstset at the Qi Zhong centreto regain form and defeatthe Serb, who had tri-umphed over Federer amonth ago in the US Opensemi-finals.” Today was agood match, I’m playingreally well, I’ve had agreat buildup,” saidFederer. “Here I’m play-ing well right off the bat.

Internet

SYDNEY, 17 Oct—TheSerbian team of AnaIvanovic and NovakDjokovic are the top seedsfor the Hopman Cupmixed teams event inPerth in January, organiz-ers said on Sunday.

The Serbs beat off theAmerican team of SerenaWilliams and John Isnerand Britons Laura Robsonand Andy Murray for thetop ranking. The Belgianduo of Justine Henin andSteve Darcis are the fourthseeds.”This is the most wehave ever deliberated overwho would be top seed,”tournament director PaulMcNamee said.

Internet

LIVERPOOL, 17 Oct—Roy Hodgson admits Liv-erpool must mark theclub’s takeover by NewEngland Sports Ventures(NESV) with a victory inSunday’s Merseysidederby against Everton.

Hodgson’s side make theshort trip to GoodisonPark desperately in needof a win at the end of oneof the most turbulentweeks in the club’s longand illustrious history.

The 18-time Englishchampions are stuck in thePremier League relega-tion zone after their worststart to a season for 57years, but Liverpool’s fu-ture finally looks brighterfollowing the conclusionof NESV’s acrimonious

MADRID, 17 Oct—Cristiano Ronaldo andGonzalo Higuain bothscored braces as RealMadrid made it ten goalsin two games with a 4-1win at Malaga on Satur-day to move top of theSpanish first division.

Portuguese star Ronaldomoved to the top of thegoalscoring charts on sixfollowing his double andJose Mourinho’s Realhave the best attack anddefence in the league ly-ing a point ahead of Bar-celona and Valencia at thesummit.

Real are now the onlyunbeaten side in theleague after championsBarcelona inflicted a firstleague defeat of the sea-son on Valencia comingfrom behind to win 2-1 atCamp Nou. —Internet

300 million pounds (480million dollars) buy-outof Tom Hicks and GeorgeGillett.—Internet

New era, same old story asLiverpool crashes

Liverpool midfielderSteven Gerrard (R)

and Everton’smidfielder Phil

Jagielka compete forthe ball during their

English PremierLeague football matchat Goodison Park in

Liverpool, north-westEngland.—INTERNET

LIVERPOOL, 17 Oct– That was the length oftime required for Evertonto turn a dominant firsthalf display into a goal,one carved out by asuperb run from youngIrish midfielder SeamusColeman.

He skipped pastthree challenges, the lasta despairing lunge fromPaul Konchesky, before

pulling the ball backfrom the right-hand by-line for Cahill to beatJose Reina with aflourishing finish fromsix yards.

The only surprisewas that it had takenEverton that length oftime to convertpossession and pressureinto a lead.

In a physical and

h i g h l y - e m o t i o n a lopening to the game, thefirst shot of the encountercame from Evertondefender Phil Jagielkawho scooped his effortwell over from apromising position after11 minutes; an attemptmirrored soon after byfellow centre-halfSylvain Distin whochanged feet neatly in thearea but still failed to hitthe target from 15yards.—Internet

LONDON, 17 Oct—Manchester City edgedout Blackpool in a five-goal thriller atBloomfield Road.Carlos Tevez scored abrace as City claimedsecond place in theBarclays PremierLeague thanks to arousing second-halfdisplay.

The Argentinastriker made thebreakthrough beforesubstitute MarlonHarewood equalised forthe home side.

Tevez then took histally for the season toseven goals andsubstitute David Silva

Blackpool 2-3 Manchester City

added a third before GaryTaylor-Fletcher scoredBlackpool’s second.

Intenet

Manchester City’sCarlos Tevez andBlackpool’s ElliotGrandin challenge

for the ball.INTERNET

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R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar.

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Beautiful Sunrise in MraukU* News* Welcome To A Rural Pagoda Festival* Music Gallery* Father of Myanmar Modern Art* News* Working & Living in Myanmar (Fishery)* News* Annual Pilgrims From the River* Smogless Sky, Enchanting Smile (Popa)Oversea Transmission* Opening* News* Beautiful Sunrise in MraukU* News* Welcome To A Rural Pagoda Festival* Music Gallery* Father of Myanmar Modern Art* Traditional Chin Clothes* News* Working & Living in Myanmar (Fishery)* News* Annual Pilgrims From the River* Smogless Sky, Enchanting Smile (Popa)* News* Inside Myanmar’s Music World* Pleasant Taunggyi* News* Myanmar Paper Toys* Record Album* News* Chin Cultural Museum (New)* Today’s popular Rattan Industry* News* Enchanting Myanma Innlay* Zar Ni Aung & Her Goal of Arts* Myanmar Movie “Love Be Won”

7:00 am 1. Paritta By

VanarableMin Gun Sayadaw

7:15 am 2. Dhamma Puja

Song7:25 am 3. To Be Healthy

Exercise

Monday,18 October

View on today

7:30 am4. Morning News7:40 am 5. Nice & Sweet

Song7:50 am 6. Dance Of NationalRaces8:05 am 7. Cute Little Dancers8:15 am 8. Myanmar

Traditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions

8:35 am 9. Documentary8:40 am10. International News8:45 am11. Musical Programme4:00 pm 1. Martial Song

4:10 pm 2. Dance Variety4:20 pm 3. Musical Programme

(The RadioMyanmar

Modern MusicTroupe)

4:35 pm 4. University Of

DistanceEducation(TV Lectures)- Frist Year(History)

4:50 pm 5. Songs For

UpholdingNational Spirit

5:00 pm 6. Musical Programme5:15 pm 7. Myanmar

Language

5:30 pm 8. Myanmar Idol6:00 pm 9. Evening News6:15 pm10. Weather Report6:20 pm11. Sing & Enjoy7:00 pm12. TV Drama Series7:45 pm13. ‘‘How to Cast

Vote’’ (MyanmarMotion PictureAsiayon)

8:00 pm14. News15. Talks of the

Political Parties(Repeat)

16. International News17. Weather Report18. TV Drama Series19. Fine Arts Square

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(18-10-2010)(Monday)

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am) MSTOversea Transmission - (18-10-10 09:30 am ~

19-10-10 09:30 am) MST

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kayah State and lower Sagaing Region, rain orthundershowers have been isolated in Kachin and ShanStates and upper Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway Regions,scattered in Chin and Rakhine States, fairly widespread inBago and Yangon Regions and widespread in theremaining States and Regions with locally heavy falls inBago Region and isolated heavy falls in AyeyawadyRegion. The notewothy amounts of rainfall recorded wereNgathainggyaung (4.53) inches, Bago (4.02) inches,zaungtu (3.90) inches, Gyobingauk (2.56) inches, An(2.01) inches and Kyaukse (1.30) inches .

Nay Pyi Taw WeatherMaximum temperature on 16-10-2010 was 89°F.

Minimum temperature on 17-10-2010 was 74°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 17-10-2010 was (94%).Rainfall on 17-10-2010 was (Nil).

Yangon (Kaba-Aye)Maximum temperature on 16-10-2010 was 93°F.

Minimum temperature on 17-10-2010 was 74°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 17-10-2010 was (84%).Total sunshine hours on 16-10-2010 was (6.7) hours.

Rainfall on 17-10-2010 was (1.14) inches at

WEATHERSunday, 17th October, 2010

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas Mingaladon, (0.16) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.31) inchat Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was(76.89) inches at Mingaladon, (88.19) inches at Kaba-Ayeand (99.84) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum windspeed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph from Northeastat (12:30) hours MST on 16-10-2010.

Bay Inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until afternoon of the 18th October2010: Rain or thundershowers will be isolated in Kachin,Kayah and Shan States, Sagaing, Mandalay and MagwayRegions, scattered in Chin and Rakhine States, fairlywidespread in Bago, Ayeyawady and Yangon Regionsand widespread in the remaining States and Regions withLikelihood of isolated heavy falls in Mon State andTaninthayi Region. Degree of cetainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seasare likely at times Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and alongMon-Taninthayi Coasts. Surface wind speed in squallsmay reach (35) mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere inMyanmar waters.

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

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor18-10-2010: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for18-10-2010: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 18-10-2010: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

san Francisco Giants’ Cody Ross hits a homerun during the fifth inning of Game 1 of

baseball’s National League ChampionshipSeries against the Philadelphia Phillies, on 16Oct. 2010, in Philadelphia. The home run was

Ross’ second of the game.INTERNET

Lincecum outduels Halladay,Giants lead NLCS 1-0

PHILADELPHIA, 17 Oct—All those derisive whistlessounded like cheers to Tim Lincecum.The Freakoutdueled Roy Halladay, Cody Ross hit a pair of solohomers and the San Francisco Giants beat thePhiladelphia Phillies 4-3 Saturday night in the NLchampionship series opener.In a mega-hyped matchupbetween marquee pitchers, neither starter came closeto matching his sensational postseason debut last week.Both gave up homers to No. 8 hitters.“It was big, it setsthe pace for the series,” Lincecum said.Halladay’s bidfor a second straight no-hitter lasted until Rossconnected with one out in the third.

Lincecum, who tossed a two-hitter in the divisionseries, gave up three runs on homers to Jayson Werthand Carlos Ruiz in seven innings.But Lincecum gotthe big outs when he needed them, and the Giantsearned their fourth one-run win in the playoffs. Thetwo-time NL champion Phillies lost their first seriesopener since getting swept by Colorado in 2007.“Idon’t think we can do nothing to bring this game backtonight,” Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. “It’s aloss. So we come out tomorrow, and we come out andplay in that moment, try to win that game.—Internet

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Only with stability and peace will the nation developOnly with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracyRiots beget riots, not democracyDemocracy can be introduced only through constitution

VOA, BBC-sowing hatredamong the peopleRFA, DVB-generating publicoutrageDo not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

People’s DesireWe favour peace and stabilityWe favour developmentWe oppose unrest and violenceWipe out those inciting unrestand violence

10th Waxing of Thadingyut 1372 ME Monday, 18 October, 2010

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Oct—A slight earthquakeof magnitude (4.8) Richter Scale with its epicenteroutside Myanmar (Andaman Islands, India Region)about (370) miles Southwest of Kaba-Aye seismo-logical observatory was recorded at (16) hrs (46) min(37) sec MST on 17th October, 2010.

MNA

Slight earthquake jolts

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Oct— Under the supervi-

sion of Nay Pyi Taw Traffic Rules Enforcement

Supervisory Committee, the Nay Pyi Taw Traffic

Police Force organized talks on vehicles and traffic

rules in Taungnyo Village of Ottara Thiri Township

of Nay Pyi Taw District on 14 October evening.

It was attended by Chairman of Village Peace

and Development Council U Than Swe, Chairman of

Taungnyo All Bus-line Supervisory Committee U

Tin Maung Win and 79 people.

IP Tun Tun of B Company of Nay Pyi Taw

Traffic Police Force gave talks on rules for road users

and drivers and number of deaths and injuries in the

road accidents.

The documentary video clip on traffic acci-

dents was presented. Later, pamphlets published by

Nay Pyi Taw Traffic Rules Enforcement Supervisory

Committee were given to those present.

MNA

Talks on traffic rules givenin Ottara Thiri Tsp

Hopang, a land of rubber farmsByline & Photos: Win Hlaing Oo

A thriving rubber plantation in Hopang Township.

In spite of a hot afternoon, the site wewere staying remained cool due to a constant coolbreeze. The observation desk on the hilloverviewed a very large rubber farm stretching tothe horizon.

It was the rubber farm of local U Kyan Par of

Hopang who won the outstanding rubber farm owneraward to mark World Food Day (2010) presented bythe Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation. The farmis on Kunlong-Hopang Road by the Namtein Creekin Shwewah Village, one mile from Hopang.

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