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Established 1914

Volume XVIII, Number 209 10th Waxing of Tazaungmone 1372 ME Tuesday, 16 November, 2010

* 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

Head of State Senior General Than Shwe sees offPrime Minister U Thein Sein on departure for Cambodia

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov—Chairman of theState Peace and Development CouncilCommander-in-Chief of Defence Services SeniorGeneral Than Shwe saw off Prime Minister UThein Sein who left here for Cambodia by specialflight to attend the 5th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) Summit and the 4th

Ayeyawady-Chaophraya-Mekong EconomicCooperation Strategy (ACMECS) Summit to beheld in Phnom Penh, Cambodia at the invitationof H.E Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister of theKingdom of Cambodia, at Nay Pyi Taw Airportat 10 am today.

(See page 8)

Pyithu Hluttaw representatives-elect announced

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov — The Union Election Commission issuedNotification No.136/2010 today. The translation of the notification is asfollows:

The Union of MyanmarUnion Election Commission

Nay Pyi TawNotification No.136/2010

9th Waxing of Tazaungmone 1372 ME15th November 2010

Announcement of names of Pyithu Hluttawrepresentatives

According to the statements issued in accord with the Article 49 (b)of Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law by Region and State Subcommissions thatthe following persons are representatives-elect in the Multiparty DemocracyGeneral Elections held on 7 November 2010, it is hereby announced thatthey are Pyithu Hluttaw representatives in the constituencies shown againstthem.

Chin Sate

1. U Khun Lain 4/TaZaNa(N)001972 Falam ChinProgressiveParty

2. U Ngon Maung 4/HaKhaNa(N)007389 Haka Chin NationalParty

3. Daw Za Talan 4/HtaTaLa(N)005504 Thantlang CNP4. U Pon Khant In 4/TaTaNa(N)001539 Tiddim USDP5. U Hauk Khant Man 5/TaZaNa(N)008318 Tonzang USDP

Sagaing Region

6. U Hla Tun 5/LaRaNa(N)000413 Khamti USDP7. U Aye 5/HaMaLa(N)036589 Homalin USDP8. U Shi Thee 5/LaRaNa(N)002514 Leshi USDP

Shan State

9. U Sai Win Khaing 13/ThaNaNa(N)006044 Hsenwi SNDP

Sd/Thein SoeChairman

Union Election Commission

Sr. Name CSC number Constituency Party/Indepen-dent Candidate

Senior General Than Shwe sees off Prime

Minister U Thein Sein on departure for

Cambodia to attend 5th CLMV Summit

and 4th ACMECS Summit to be held in

Phnom Penh, Cambodia at Nay Pyi Taw

Airport.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 16 November, 2010

Tuesday, 16 November, 2010

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

National economy relies mainly onagriculture. With the advancingagricultural technique, farmers are tryingfor promotion of cultivation capacity andper-acre high yield and growing qualitypaddy strains.

It is now in mid-November. The rice-growing regions have started harvestingmonsoon paddy as there is no more rain.Many parts of Ayeyawady and BagoRegions are harvesting monsoon paddy.Some areas have already harvested twothirds.

According to weather condition, theremight be untimely rainfall. So, the Ministryof Agriculture and Irrigation has issuednotices on preventive measures against lossand wastage of newly-harvested monsoonpaddy. It is necessary to winnow and storeharvested paddy in a shelter as quickly aspossible.

If harvested paddy is left on anembankment or in another suitable placefor long, it can be broken. As broken paddycan reduce the output rate of rice-milling,paddy should be harvested and winnowedwith the use of machinery.

Winnowed paddy must be first driedand sent to a shelter in time. Otherwise,about three baskets of rice per acre can bewasted. The rice produced can be brokenand inferior in quality.

All in all, by following the notices ofthe ministry, farmers will gain benefitsfrom the high yield of quality paddy.

Harvest, winnow and storemonsoon paddy in time

Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe of Ministry of Defence visits Mechanized Farming(Model) Special Zone in Dagon Myothit (Seikkan) Township

YANGON, 15 Nov — Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe of theMinistry of Defence together with Chairman ofYangon Region Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Yangon Command Brig-Gen TunThan and officials viewed harvesting and winnowingof monsoon paddy at Special Zone No (2) ofMechanized Farming (Model) in Dagon Myothit(Seikkan) Township of Yangon East District thisafternoon.

At field No (6) of Eden company, Maj-Gen TinNgwe, the commander and officials observedharvesting of monsoon paddy with the use of farmequipment and gave necessary instructions.

Next, Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe inspected Seikkanthasluice gate built by Irrigation Department of theMinistry of Agriculture & Irrigation and left necessaryinstructions.

Then he visited field No (10) of Good BrotherCo Ltd and observed farming work.

At the briefing hall of fish paste, dry fish andfish sauce project zone at Thayetpin village-tract inthe township, Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe and the commanderheard reports on work being carried out and futureplans presented by an official, and looked into theproject zone in a motorcade.

MNA

Korean Food Fair 2010 ofOrange Supermarket kicks off

MMA donates books and publicationsfor self-reliant libraries

YANGON, 15 Nov—A ceremony to donate SaranaMagazines published by Sarana Co of Myanmar MedicalAssociation for self-reliant libraries being run by Ministryof Information, took place at Hall (B) of MMA thismorning.

At the ceremony, chairman of MMA Professor DrKyaw Myint Naing donated 7727 Sarana magazines and339 MMA annual magazines through Director(Production) U Aye Kywe of Information and PublicRelations Department. The books and publicationsdonated by MMA for self-reliant libraries are worth K14,949,900.

MNA

YANGON, 15 Nov —Korea Food Fair2010 was opened atOrange Supermarketin Wayzayanna thisafternoon.

Korean Ambassadorto Myanmar Mr. ChoByungjae and ManagingDirector Daw MyintMyint Win of CreationMyanmar Co Ltd formallyopened the fair. KoreaFood Fair 2010 will bealso held at OrangeSupermarkets inKyimyindine, North

Okkalapa and TamwayTownships and BlazonDepartment Store till 30November. As a specialprogramme, food fairgoers will have a chanceto enjoy the taste ofKorean food served byKorean restaurants.

Different kinds ofKorean noodles, Koreantraditional foods, biscuitsand juices and powders tobe used in cooking Koreanfood will be on display atthe food fair.

MNAYANGON, 15 Nov — Myanma Posts and

Telecommunications under the Ministry ofCommunications, Posts and Telegraphs will sell anew stamp worth K 100 in commemoration of the 25th

anniversary of Vienna Convention for the Protectionof the Ozone Layer at State/ Region/ District/Township post offices beginning at 9.30 am on 18November.

MNA

New stamp for 25th anniversaryof Vienna Convention on sale

Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe of Ministry of Defence views harvesting and winnowing of monsoon paddyat Special Zone No (2) of Mechanized Farming (Model) in Dagon Myothit (Seikkan)

Township.—MNA

Korean Ambassador to Myanmar Mr. ChoByungjae and Managing Director Daw

Myint Myint Win of Creation Myanmar CoLtd open Korea Food Fair 2010 of Orange

Supermarket.—MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 16 November, 2010 3

WASHINGTON, 15 Nov—AfghanPresident Hamid Karzai wants the USmilitary to scale back the visibility andintensity of its operations in Afghanistanand end night raids that he said incitedpeople to join the Taleban insurgency,The Washington Post reported onSaturday.

“The time has come to reducemilitary operations,” Karzai told the Postin an interview. “The time has come toreduce the presence of, you know, bootsin Afghanistan to reduce the intrusivenessinto the daily Afghan life.”

The Post said his comments put himat odds with US General David Petraeus,who has made “capture-and-kill”missions a central part ofcounterinsurgency strategy.

In the past three months, such nightraids of Afghan homes by US Special

Karzai wants US to cut backAfghan military operations

KABUL, 15 Nov—Militants set fire to aconvoy of NATO fueltankers in easternAfghanistan on Sunday,while a series of bombblasts in the south killeda NATO service memberand two civilians. Thecivilians were killed inan explosion in SpinBoldak district ofKandahar Province, justeast of the Pakistanborder, said districtgovernment chief AbdulGhani. The bomb wasattached to a motorcycleparked in the mainmarket, he said. Theblast injured more than10 people.

The NATO servicemember was killed in aseparate explosion. Theinternational military

Afghan militants torch NATO convoy;blasts kill three

KANDAHAR, 15Nov— A powerfulbomb blast designed totarget a police vehiclerocked Spin Boldak, aborder town in southernAfghanistan on Sunday,killing two people andinjuring 11 others, alocal official said.

“The explosivedevice planted on amotorbike wasdetonated by remotecontrol at around 9:00am local time when apolice van was passingby a bus stop, as a resulttwo persons were killedand 11 others sustainedinjuries,” Hajji Abdul

Two killed, 11 woundedin bomb attack in

S Afghanistan

In the file photo, a man killed in a blast is

surrounded by his relatives in a hospital in

Kandahar City, south of Kabul, Afghanistan

recently.—INTERNET

Operations forces had killed or captured368 militancy leaders, the Post said.

Karzai was quoted as saying hiscomments were not meant as criticism ofWashington, adding that candor couldimprove what he termed a “grudging”relationship between the two countries.

A senior Afghan official was quotedby the newspaper as saying that Karzaihad repeatedly criticized the night raidsin meetings with Petraeus and wasseeking veto power over the operations.

“The raids are a problem always.They were a problem then, they are aproblem now. They have to go away,”Karzai said in in the interview. “TheAfghan people don’t like these raids, ifthere is any raid it has to be done by theAfghan Government within the Afghanlaws. This is a continuing disagreementbetween us,” he said.—MNA/Reuters

A father comforts his child who was injured in an explosion duringa Medevac mission in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand Province

on 13 Nov, 2010.—INTERNET

PARIS, 15 Nov—A judicial official says that fourmen suspected of belonging to a network sendingFrench residents to the tribal zones of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border to train for combat have beencharged.

A woman who was detained with them has beenreleased.

The official said on Saturday that the men, aged 25to 30, have been charged with “criminal associationlinked to a terrorist enterprise.”

The official said the four are also suspected ofplotting to kill the head of the Grand Mosque of Paris,Dalil Boubakeur but there wasn’t enough evidence tojustify charges. The official, not authorized to discusscases publicly, demanded anonymity.

Two of the suspects were detained Monday afterdisembarking from a flight from Egypt. The others werepicked up Tuesday in Paris.

Internet

French charge foursuspected in terror training

coalition did not providefurther details or thenationality of the deadservice member. Theconvoy attack started inthe early morning whena group of gunmenrushed on the trucks inBehsud district ofNangarhar Province —

A soldier uses a forklift to load humanitarian aidonto a helicopter at an airfield in Herat.

INTERNET

MINGORA, 15 Nov—A Pakistani armyspokesman says securityforces have killed sixmilitants in clashes inSwat Valley, a formerTaleban stronghold in thecountry’s northwest.

Maj Mushtaq Ahmedsays militants attacked asecurity checkpoint nearShakar Dara Saturdaynight.

Authorities imposeda curfew as they searchedfor the assailants.

Pakistani security forceskill six militants in Swat

the same area on theedge of Jalalabad Citywhere a group of would-be suicide bombers triedto storm a NATO baseon Saturday, said AhmadZia Abdulzai, aspokesman for theprovincial government.

Internet

Clashes during thesearch operation killed sixmilitants and woundedone soldier in the Mattaarea.

Despite a majormilitary operation againstthe Taleban in Swat in2009, sporadic violencestill occurs, underscoringthe fragility of the army’sgains.—Internet

Ghani, the governor ofSpin Boldak districttold Xinhua, adding thatall victims werecivilians.

The official blamedthe attack on theenemies of peace, areference to Talebanmilitants though nogroup has claimedresponsibilities. Aborder town connectingTaleban birthplace insouth Afghan Provinceof Kandahar toPakistan’s BaluchistanProvince, Spin Boldakhas experiencedrepeated deadly bombblasts.—Xinhua

KABUL, 15 Nov—Asoldier with NATO-ledInternational SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF)was killed in a suspectedTaleban bomb attack insouthern Afghanistan onSunday, ISAF said in a Pressrelease.

“An InternationalSecurity Assistance Forceservice member diedfollowing an improvisedexplosive device attack insouthern Afghanistan onSunday,” the press releasesaid.

However, it did notidentify the nationality of thevictim, saying it is ISAFpolicy to defer casualtyidentification procedures tothe relevant nationalauthorities.

More than 620 soldiersof ISAF with majority ofthem Americans have beenkilled so far this year inAfghanistan.— Xinhua

NATO soldierkilled in

S Afghanistan

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WELLINGTON, 15 Nov—New Zealand’s Canterbury Region in centralSouth Island was rocked by a 4.7 magnitude earthquake in the earlyhours on Sunday. The shallow aftershock occurred at 1.34 am localtime, centreed 20 km west of Christchurch, and was at a depth of 7km.

Two earlier aftershocks registered 3.8 and 3.1 on the Richterscale. Seismologist Caroline Ashenden said it could be two yearsbefore Christchurch is free of aftershocks in the wake of the 7.1magnitude quake on 4 Sept this year. Police said no damage to roadsand homes has been reported.—Xinhua

4.7-magnitude aftershock hits New Zealand’sCanterbury Region

Snowstorm causes 400 Minncrashes; two die in Wis

The image of a wolf head made of turnip lamps is paradedduring the Raebechilbi (Turnip Fair) in the village of Richterswil

on Lake Zurich, Switzerland, on 13 Nov, 2010.—XINHUA

Micaela Pommerening

uses a ladder and

snow rake to pull the

snow off her home’s

garage, on 13 Nov ,

2010, in St Louis

Park, Minn.

INTERNET

NEW YORK , 15 Nov — Parts of the Upper Midwest dug out from a heavysnowfall Saturday that caused more than 400 traffic accidents in Minnesota,and wintry conditions also were being blamed for a collision in northernWisconsin that killed two people. Nearly a foot of snow had fallen in parts ofthe Twin Cities area by Saturday evening, downing trees and causing sporadicpower outages.

The storm that began late Friday night was blamed for a collision Saturdaymorning that killed both drivers and left a passenger hospitalized. Thesheriff’s department in Wisconsin’s Bayfield County said the storm produced“rapidly deteriorating road conditions” that likely contributed to the crash.Kevin Kraujalis of the National Weather Service’s Duluth office estimated thatBayfield County had a couple of inches of snow on the ground when thecollision occurred. The meteorologist said the county had about 5 inches asof 6 pm Saturday.

The Minnesota State Patrol responded to 401 crashes as of 4 pm, with 45of them involving minor injuries, Patrol Capt Matt Langer said. There were noother immediate reports of fatalities or major injuries. The storm dumped 11inches of snow in parts of Eden Prairie, Minn, and 10 inches in the Forest Lakeand Mankato areas, said Todd Krause, a federal meteorologist in Minneapolis.The major snowfall activity ended by early afternoon, and Sunday’s forecastlooked milder, he said.—Internet

SANTO DOMINGO, 15 Nov—A 5.6-magnitude earthquake has shakenbuildings in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic but caused no damage.The quake happened early Saturday in the Mona Passage between the USCaribbean territory and the island of Hispaniola, which the DominicanRepublic shares with Haiti.

US Geological Survey geophysicist Randy Baldwin said the tremor wasnot an aftershock of the devastating 12 Jan earthquake that killed anestimated 300,000 people and left millions homeless in Haiti. A couple oftremors reported earlier this week in Haiti have been identified as aftershocks,however.— Internet

Small quake shakes Puerto Rico,Dominican Republic

More ash-buried bodies found atIndonesia volcano

Mount Merapi spews volcanic material as seenfrom Manis Renggo, Klaten, Indonesia,

on 13 Nov, 2010.— INTERNET

MOUNT MERAPI, 15Nov—Rescuers diggingthrough several feet (ametre) of ash discoverednine more bodies on theslopes of Mount Merapi,whose explosiveeruption a week agoburied whole villages.As confirmation of moredeaths trickled inSunday, the toll from a

ZHENGZHOU, 15 Nov—A Chineseenvironmental group is recruitingvolunteers to take part in a schemeto breed earthworms in a bid torecycle kitchen waste in severalChinese cities. Friends of Nature,one of the oldest environmentalgroups in China, has recruited 21families since the scheme was startedin March in Zhengzhou, capital ofcentral China’s Henan Province.

“We keep thousands ofearthworms in our flower bed. Theyeat most of the kitchen waste myfamily produces every day,” said FanXiaohong, a woman from one of thevolunteer families. Guo Mingliangwho helped initiate the scheme inZhengzhou, said he had contracted apatch of waste land by the side of theYellow River running through thecity, which he used to showcase theeffect of biological waste treatment.

“This is our earthworm farm, asbig as two soccer fields. We use

Earthworms play essential role inChinese recycling scheme

half of it to raise earthworms andthe rest for growing organicvegetables with the worms’ dirt,”he said. The group’s volunteersbelieve the loess soil will be turnedfertile through the worms’ activity.“If the scheme is successful, we willhave more evidence to lobby thegovernment with to support our‘green community project’,” Guosaid.

He said more efforts should bemade to ra ise people’senvironmental awareness. It is noteasy to convince people to breedearthworms as it requires a lot ofenergy and t ime, sa id YangXiaoj ing, one of the group’svolunteers. Even though schemein Zhengzhou is making headway,the volunteers admitted the projectwas not going well in the other twocities, Beijing and Shanghai, asfamilies seemed less eager to jointhe scheme.—Xinhua

series of blasts at theIndonesian volcano roseto at least 250.

The mountain, whichhas let off blasts of hotgas clouds over the pasttwo days, resumedspewing ash on Sundayas it as donecontinuously since itroared to life on 26 Oct.No new deaths have been

reported from the latestflows, which were wellwithin the zone that hasbeen evacuated. Thoughthere has been no majoreruption since 5 Nov —the deadliest day atMerapi in decades —tallying the dead fromthat blast has been slow.

Many villages whereofficials knew peoplehad died have remainedtoo hot — shrouded indrifts of ash several feet(a metre) deep — forrescuers to work.Conditions haveimproved in the past fewdays, pushing the deathtoll from the devastatingeruption higher, saidWaluyo Rahardjo, asearch and rescueofficial.

Internet

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A journalist checks out the TechCrunch internetsite in Washington, DC, on January 2010.

TechCrunch said Facebook’s planned Web-basedemail service is part of a secret project known as“Project Titan” that is “unofficially referred to

internally as its ‘Gmail killer.INTERNET

DETROIT, 15 Nov— Among the banks helpingGeneral Motors with its initial public stock offeringnext week are two identified by initials only: ICBCand CICC.

Americans uncomfortable with US govern-mentownership of General Motors may want to hear more:One of those banks is the Industrial and CommercialBank of China, one of China’s four big centralgovernment banks. The other, China InternationalCapital Corp, is a joint venture run primarily byCentral Huijin Investment Ltd, an arm of the state,and Morgan Stanley.

This is the first time Chinese government bankshave participated in a major US issued IPO, accordingto IPO tracking firm Dealogic. The banks are listed asco-managers in the offering, meaning they will sell aportion of the new shares.

Chinese automaker SAIC, GM’s partner in China,is finalizing plans to buy a roughly 1 percent stake,worth about $500 million, in GM’s IPO, the WallStreet Journal reported Friday. SAIC is owned by theShanghai City government.—Internet

China to play role inGeneral Motors IPO

MADRID, 15 Nov—Knockdown homeprices, idle cranes andbuilders forced toretrain for new jobs:despite sliding pricesthe spectre of a Spanishproperty bubble ishurt ing a fragileeconomic recovery.

The new labourminister , ValerianoGomez, summed it upwhen he took over at theend of October: “Threeout of four jobs lost inthe cris is are inconstruction and relatedsectors.” Spain has theeuro zone’s highestjobless rate at about 20percent.

All-out building insuburbs, the countryand especially on thecoast was the engine ofthe economy in the pastdecade.

“In the last eight

Property bubble fears weigh onSpanish recovery

File picture shows aresidential

development inAlicante. Knock-down

home prices, idlecranes and buildersforced to retrain for

new jobs: despitesliding prices the

spectre of a Spanishproperty bubble ishurting a fragile

economic recovery.INTERNET

YOKOHAMA, 15 Nov— Asia-Pacific leadersendorsed a blueprint for future growth Sunday thatcalls for pushing ahead with free trade agreements androlling back protectionist measures put in place duringthe financial crisis.

Wrapping up the annual Asia-Pacific EconomicCooperation, the leaders of 21 economies put asidedifferences over currency policies to voice a strongcommitment to increasing the trade and investmentcrucial to the region’s growth and resilience.

Leaders representing the US, China, Japan, Russiaand other regional economies also agreed on the needto reduce trade imbalances and government debt andavoid sharp, potentially disruptive fluctuations inexchange rates.

While many participants remained at odds overcurrency policies and other issues, they appeared toagree on the vital role freer trade can play in sparkinggrowth.— Internet

Asia-Pacific leaders vow towork for freer trade

NEW YORK, 15 Nov — Astronomers have created a new, incredibly detailedmap of dark matter by using the Hubble Space Telescope to peer through ahuge cluster of galaxies as if it were a cosmic magnifying glass.

Though invisible, dark matter makes its presence known through itsgravitational tug on normal stuff. Scientists now calculate that dark mattercould make up 80 percent of all the matter in the universe. The new darkmatter map could reveal secrets not just about dark matter, but about its equallyenigmatic sibling, dark energy. This is the name given to the perplexing forcethat is pulling against gravity, causing the universe to balloon in size evermore rapidly.

The dark matter map was created with observations from the Hubbletelescope of a large galaxy cluster called Abell 1689, located 2.2 billion light-years from Earth. This cluster is famous as a stunning example of gravitationallensing – a phenomenon predicted by Einstein that happens when massiveobjects warp the space-time around them, causing even light to travel on abent path when it passes by.—Internet

A Transportation Security Administration (TSA)volunteer demonstrates a full-body scanner atO’Hare International Airport in March. US

scientists warned on Friday that the full-body,graphic-image X-ray scanners that are beingused to screen passengers and airline crews at

airports around the country may be unsafe.INTERNET

A boy walksthrough a display at

the CopernicusScience Centre in

Warsaw. TheCopernicus ScienceCentre is wowing itsfirst visitors with a

robot theatre,hands-on

laboratories and thepromise of a state-

of-the-artplanetarium next

year for star gazers— all features

science buffs knowwell in major

museums in theWest and Asia.

INTERNET

Chubbygalaxycluster

suggestsdark

energy wasstrongerlong ago

Australian students cheatby outsourcing homeworkon foreign websites for two

US dollarsCANBERRA, 15 Nov—

Australian high schooland university studentshave been found ou-tsourcing their homeworkto websites in India,Pakistan and Egypt whichprovide English essaysand maths papers for aslittle as two US dollars,Australia’s mediareported on Sunday.According to News Ltdnewspapers, thesewebsites offer fixed- pricetariffs or auction-styleservices where studentspost their assignments,and mostly graduates

from India and Pakistanbid to take on the projects.

The Sunday Tele-graph tracked down oneworker offering hisservices, graduateMohammed Ali Khan,23, of Islamabad,Pakistan. “It’s my part-time job,” Khan told TheSunday Telegraph onSunday. “I get work fromall over the worldincluding Australia, theUS and the UnitedKingdom.” Schools arepowerless to stop cheatersusing the outsourcingservices, because custom-made work cannot usuallybe detected by plagiarismsoftware. And Academicsexpressed concerns aboutthe new customizedcheating factories on thenet.

According toUniversity of WesternSydney associate deanCraig Ellis, in the pastfive years there has beenan explosion in siteswhere you can downloadpre-written assignments.

He said the trendtowards custom-producedwork at such low costs isparticularly worrying,because it is much harderto spot. Meanwhile,Australia’s New SouthWales Department ofEducation warned that anystudents caught cheatingwould be given zeromarks.

Xinhua

years, two thirds of thehomes built in Europewere in Spain,” saidChristian Palau, directorof the online real estateadvert is ing si teFotocasa. From 2000,Spain buil t about700,000 homes a year,as many as in France,Germany and Britaincombined, unti l the2008 glut pricked thebubble, with a priceslump and a slew ofproperty developerbankruptcies.

Internet

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ADADO, 15 Nov—Somali pirateson Sunday freed British couple Pauland Rachel Chandler, ending an ordealthat started when their yacht washijacked off the idyllic shores of theSeychelles a year ago. An AFPcorrespondent said the Chandlersarrived in Adado, a central Somalitown near the Ethiopian border, afterthe pirates handed them over to theforces of the local self-proclaimedadministration of Himan and Heeb.

The couple looked tired but happyas they were given mobile phones tomake calls as soon as they entered thesafety of the compound housing theadministration headquarters underheavy guard. “They are OK. They arebeing given breakfast now,” said AbdiMohamed Helmi “Hangul”, a Somali

Somali pirates free British couple A woman watches videofootage last year of British

couple Paul and RachelChandler after they werekidnapped while sailingoff the coast of Somalia.Pirates on Sunday freed

the couple, ending anordeal that started when

their yacht was hijacked ayear ago.— INTERNET

YALE, 15 Nov —Thestabbing victims’ 17-year-old daughter wasone of three people incustody Saturday in theinvestigation of a small-town attack that killed aman and seriouslyinjured his wife, policesaid.

Two intruders inHalloween masksclimbed through a

Daughter of Mich stabbing victims in jailStrofades IV isparked at Piraeus

port behind a GreekCoast guard vessel on

13 Nov, 2010. Theship, hired to carry

aid from Libya to theMiddle East, hadreached Greece

Friday,with 17 pro-Palestinian aid

workers and officialsstranded on boarddue to a chartering

dispute. — INTERNET

bedroom window aboutmidnight Thursday andattacked Paul and MaraSkinner as they lay inbed. The couple’sdisapproval of arelationship betweentheir daughter and amale “may have been afactor” in the attack, saiddetective Pat Young ofthe Michigan StatePolice.

No charges havebeen filed in thestabbings. The couple’sadopted daughterremained in jail alongwith two males, ages 18and 19, Yale PoliceChief Michael Redmansaid. Meanwhile, anautopsy confirmed PaulSkinner, 47, died ofmultiple stab wounds.“There was nothing thatwe didn’t expect,”Young said of theautopsy. Mara Skinner, a44-year-old teacher, wasrecovering from herinjuries at a hospital. Shehad more than 20 knifewounds.— Internet

SAN JOSE , 15 Nov —San Jose police areinvestigating the death ofa transient whose bodywas found Saturday nightfloating in the GuadalupeCreek.

Police were called tothe creek, near JulianStreet and Highway 87,where they found theunidentified woman, inher 40s.

The Santa ClaraCounty MedicalExaminer’s office isexpected to investigatethe cause of death to helpinvestigators determine ifthere was any foul play.

Internet

Body of atransient woman

—in her 40s—found floating in

GuadalupeCreek

HARRISBURG, 15Nov—A Pennsylvaniawildlife conservationofficer was killed in ashootout with a manusing a spotlight forillegal hunting, policesaid. David Grove, 31,died Thursday night

Wildlife officer killed on patrol

HOWARD, 15 Nov —A full-scale search Saturday failed to find an Ohiowoman, her two children and a woman friend who lived nearby, authoritiessaid. The Columbus Dispatch said the hunt for Tina Herrmann, 32, of Howard;her children, Sarah Maynard, 13, and Kody Maynard, 10; and Stephanie Sprang,2 of Howard Township was concentrated in the Knox County countrysidearound the women’s homes. The four have been missing since Wednesday.Knox County Sheriff David Barber said an unusual amount of blood was foundThursday in Herrmann’s home.

“It was not from someone stubbing a toe, cutting a finger or peeling anapple,” said Barber, who added he still considered it a missing personsinvestigation. “We still hope for a positive outcome.” The sheriff saidauthorities were “brainstorming, backtracking, trying to figure out whereStephanie went, where Tina went, where they could be.” Herrmann’s pickuptruck was found abandoned on the Kenyon College campus in nearby GambierThursday night.

Internet

Two women, two children missing in Ohio

BERLIN, 15 Nov— Police say a fire at theKarlsruhe zoo in southwestern Germany has killed26 animals including Shetland ponies, goats, sheepand a llama. Karlsruhe police said elephants andhippos were saved from their enclosures next tothe petting zoo that caught fire and burned downearly Saturday.

Some 100 firefighters fought against strongwinds that threatened to spread the flames fromwooden structures of the pet t ing zoo toneighbouring buildings. Authorities have launchedan investigation but no cause has yet beendetermined. The zoo is temporarily closed to thepublic.— Internet

26 animals die in fire atGerman zoo

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at theKarlsruhe Zoo, in Karlsruhe, southern Germany,

early on 13 Nov , 2010.— INTERNET

surgeon who was instrumental in theChandlers’ release. “They look inrelatively good health but they needto be checked,” he told AFP. “Securityis huge here, inside and outside thecompound, nothing can happen tothem now.”

The Chandlers were wearing thesame clothes they have worn duringmost of their captivity and wereinvited to take a shower upon arrivingat the compound of Himan and Heebpresident, Mohamed Aden “Tiiceey”.A deal was struck with the pirates thisweek and although no officialinvolved in the negotiation spoke of aransom, local elders in the region saidthe Chandlers were exchanged formoney.

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while he was on patrolsouth of Gettysburg, ThePhiladelphia Inquirerreported. He was the firstwildlife officer to die inthe line of duty in thestate since 1915.

Christopher John-son, 27, of Fairfield, wasarrested and chargedwith murder Friday.Investigators said he waswounded in theexchange of gunfire andwas camped near thespot where Grove died.Johnson allegedly pulledout a gun as Grove triedto handcuff him.Investigators say Grovesaw a truck equippedwith a spotlight parkedon the side of a back roadand heard shots.

Grove became afulltime conservationofficer two years ago

after several years as avolunteer deputy. Hegraduated from PennState with a degree inwildlife science and alsoattended AppalachianBible College in WestVirginia.

State PoliceCommissioner FrankPawlowski said Grovewas aware of thedangers of dealing withpeople carrying guns,often at night and indesolate areas, andusually wore a bullet-proof vest on the job.This month’sPennsylvania GameNews includes an articleby Grove, “A Shot in theDark,” describing anencounter with poacherswhile he was on patrolwith a cadet.

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Chin State 1. U Na Htan 4/HtaTaLa(N)006355 Falam (1) Chin Progres-

sive Party 2. U Noe Son 4/PhaLaNa(N)003904 Falam (2) CPP 3. U Yan Mann 4/HaKhaNa(N)005633 Haka (1) Chin national

Party 4. U Chan Pun 4/HaKhaNa(N)004732 Haka(2) CNP 5. U Lal Maung Kyone 4/HtaTaLa(N)002500 Htantalan (1) CNP 6. U Robin 4/HtaTaLa(N)009947 Htantalan (2) CNP 7. U Nan Zamon 4/TaTaNa(N)016549 Tiddim (1) USDP 8. U Zam Kyint Paw

(a) U Zozam 7/PaTaNa(N)010223 Tiddim (2) CNP 9. U Kyint Hlyan Paung 4/TaZaNa(N)001738 Tonzang (1) USDP10. U Hauk Khin Kham 4/TaZaNa(N)001705 Tonzang (2) USDP

Sagaing Region11. U Saw Myint Oo 5/KhaTaNa(N)000401 Khamti (1) USDP12. U Mya Maung 5/KhaTaNa(N)002841 Khamti (2) USDP13. U Kyaw Win 5/HaMaLa(N)047556 Homalin (1) NUP14. U Khin Maung Swe 5/HaMaLa(N)026202 Homalin (2) USDP15. U Aung Win 5/LaRaNa(N)000448 Leshi (1) USDP16. U Kyawt Nar 5/LaRaNa(N)003303 Leshi (2) USDP

Shan State17. U Sai San Aye 13/ThaNaNa(N)003104 Hsenwi (1) USDP18. U Sai Aik Paung 12/MaGaTa(N)059924 Hsenwi (2) SNDP



NAY PYI TAw, 15 Nov — The Union Election Commission issued Notifi-cation No.138/2010 today. The translation of the notification is as follows:


Nay Pyi TawNotification No. l38 /2010

9th Waxing of Tazaungmone 1372 ME15 November 2010

Announcement of names of Region Hluttaw orState Hluttaw representatives

According to the statements issued in accord with the Article 49 (b) of RegionHluttaw or State Hluttaw Election Law by Region and State Subcommissions that thefollowing persons are representatives-elect in the Multiparty Democracy General Elec-tions held on 7 November 2010, it is hereby announced that they are Region Hluttaw orState Hluttaw representatives in the constituencies shown against them.

Region Hluttaw or State Hluttawrepresentatives-elect announced


Chin State1. U Kyun Kann 5/KaLaHta(N)029085 No.1 CPP2. U Zone Hlal Htan 4/PhaLaNa(N)006357 No.2 CPP3. U Paul Htan Htai 4/HtaTaLa(N)026590 No.3 CNP4. U Steven Thar Beik 5/AhTaNa(N)003914 No.4 CNP5. U Kham Swin Mon 4/TaTaNa(N)002115 No.5 USDP6. U Son Doke Kyint 4/PhaLaNa(N)004711 No.6 USDP7. U Nain Khinn Paung 4/TaZaNa(N)002015 No.7 USDP

Sagaing Region8. U Aung Chit Lwin 5/KhaTaNa(N)003334 No.11 USDP

NAY PYI TAw, 15 Nov — The Union Election Commission issued Notifi-cation No.137/2010 today. The translation of the notification is as follows:


Nay Pyi TawNotification No. l37 /2010

9th Waxing of Tazaungmone 1372 ME15 November 2010

Announcement of names of Amyotha Hluttawrepresentatives

According to the statements issued in accord with the Article 49 (b) of AmyothaHluttaw Election Law by Region and State Subcommissions that the following per-sons are representatives-elect in the Multiparty Democracy General Elections held on7 November 2010, it is hereby announced that they are Amyotha Hluttaw representa-tives in the constituencies shown against them.

Amyotha Hluttaw representa-tives-elect announced



NAY PYI TAW, 15Nov—A mobile healthteam led by DeputyD i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l(Disease control) Dr SawLwin, accompanied by DrMyo Han from YangonPeople’s Hospital, healthstaff of State/TownshipHealth Departments,made a field trip toMyebon Township,

Storm Giri-hit areas provided with health careYANGON, 15 Nov — A ceremony to

launch the maiden flight of Ho Chi Minh-Yangon-Ho Chi Minh of VietnamAirlines with Airbus A -320 took placeat Gate-5 Lounge of YangonInternational Airport at 5.30 pm today.

Executive Vice-President Mr. TrinhHong Quang of Vietnam Airlines,General Manager U Win Ko ofDepartment for Civil Aviation andVietnamese Ambassador Mr. Chu CongPhung extended greetings.

Executive Vice- President Mr. TrinhHong Quang, Deputy Director-General U

Maiden flight of Ho Chi Minh-Yangon-Ho Chi Minh

Win Swe Tun and VietnameseAmbassador Mr. Chu Cong Phung cut theribbon to open the launching ceremony ofthe maiden flight.

Next, officials presented a bouquetto the pilot and flight attendants of AirbusA -320 and posed for a documentaryphoto.

Ho Chi Minh-Yangon-Ho Chi Minhdirect flight will go into commercialoperation on Sunday, Monday and Fridayevery week. Price of return ticket is US$110 per head.

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Vietnamese Ambassador Mr. Chu Cong Phung, Executive Vice- PresidentMr. Trinh Hong Quang of Vietnam Airlines and Deputy Director-GeneralU Win Swe Tun of Civil Aviation Department formally launch air route.

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NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov — Of representatives-elect for respectiveHluttaws in Multiparty Democracy General Elections held on 7 November2010, the announcement on remaining lists of representatives-elect will beissued.—MNA

Announcement of remaining lists of representatives-elect tobe continued

Rakhine State on 10November.

In Pyinchaung andNgamanye Villages, theyprovided the stormvictims with health careand gave educative talks.

On 11 November, DrMyo Han from YGH andhealth staff of State/Township HealthDepartments extended

their trip to LonlonepikeVillage, giving health carecare.

Likely, Head ofDistrict HealthDepartment gavetreatment to patients atDistrict People’s Hospital,K a l a p i k e s e i k ,Sarpyinkwin and PyinbyuWards.

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(from page 1)Together with

the Senior General atthe Airport were Vice-Chairman of the SPDCDeputy Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General MaungAye, SPDC MemberThura U Shwe Mann,SPDC Secre ta ry -1Thiha Thura U TinAung Myint Oo, SPDC

Head of State Senior GeneralThan Shwe sees off…

Member U Tin Aye, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaingof the Min i s t ry o fDefence, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admira l Nyan Tun ,Commander-in-Chief(Ai r ) L t -Gen MyatHein, senior militaryoff i ce r s f rom theMinistry of Defence,Commander of Nay PyiTaw Command Brig-Gen Maung MaungAye , depar tmenta l

heads and Charge’ d’Affaires a i Mr VethNareth of the Embassyof Cambodia.

Prime MinisterU Thein Sein wasaccompanied byMinister for NationalPlanning and EconomicDevelopment U SoeTha, Minis ter forForeign Affairs U NyanWin and high-rankingoff ic ia ls f rom thedepartments.—MNA

Central Committee for Organizing2010 Mid-year Myanma Gems

Emporium meetsNAY PYI TAW, 15

Nov — The third workcoordination meeting ofthe central committee fororganizing 2010 Mid-year Myanma GemsEmporium was held atthe meeting hall ofMyanma Gems Museumin Zabuthiri Township ofNay Pyi Taw Districtthis afternoon.

It was attended bymembers of panel ofpatrons of centralcommittee fororganizing 2010 Mid-year Myanma GemsEmporium Minister forMines U Ohn Myint,

Minister for Hotels andTourism U Soe Naingand Minister forCommerce U Tin NaingThein, the vice-chairmenof the central committee,secretaries and centralcommittee members,officials, executives ofMyanmar GemsE n t r e p r e n e u r sAssociation.

Secretary of thecentral committeeManaging Director UThein Swe of MyanmaGems Enterpriseexplained preparationsfor organizing 2010Mid-year Myanma

Gems Emporium.Next, off icials

reported on preparationsfor holding openingceremony of theemporium.

Minister U SoeNaing made asupplementary report.

Minister U OhnMyint held discussionswith those present andmade concludingremarks.

The 2010 Mid-yearMyanma GemsEmporium will be heldin Nay Pyi Taw from 17to 29 November.

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Chinese super leaguefootball club arrives to playfriendly against Myanmar

YANGON, 15 Nov –Dalian Shide, a leadingfootball club of Chinesesuper league, arrived hereby air this morning to playa friendly match against thetentatively selectedMyanmar football team,which is trainingextensively in order to winAFF Suzuki Cup 2010 tobe jointly held in Indonesiaand Vietnam in December.

three selected Chineseplayers. Dalian Shide andthe tentatively selectedMyanmar football teamwill play two friendlymatches at 4 pm on 17 and19 November. Admissionfee is K 1000 for specialclass and K 500 forordinary class. The pressconference will be held on16 November at 2 pm atHotel Yangon ballroom at

Dalian Shidecomprises five foreignprofessional players and

The third workcoordination meetingof central committeefor organizing 2010Mid-year MyanmaGems Emporium in

progress.— MNA

Chinese Super League club Dalian Shide

arrives in Yangon for friendly match against

Myanmar.— MNA

MES to organize talks onGeotechnical Engineering

YANGON, 15 Nov— Mining EngineeringGroup of MyanmarEngineering Society willorganize a seminar at theSeminar Room of theMES on 20 November.

G e o t e c h n i c a lDesign Engineer, ECAS-EI Consultant Pte Ltd ofSingapore U Zaw Win

Myint will gave talksentitled “TheoreticalConcept and PracticalSolution of UndergroundStation and Cut & CoverTunnel Design( G e o t e c h n i c a lEngineering Aspect)”.Those may contact MES(Ph: 519676) for moredetails.—MNA

Players of tentatively selected Myanmar

football team in training session for AFF

Suzuki Cup 2010. —MNA

the junction of Pyay Roadand 8th-Mile junction.

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(from page 16)It is an only

bypass on which bigand small cars can run.It can withstand theloads of buses and

Myitkyina gravel …

U John Se (StaffOfficer) explains

facts about pavingof gravel bypass.

Photo shows part ofMyitkyina gravel bypass.

trucks and can be used inall seasons. The bypasswas built by crushingearth with the use ofmachinery. And thensand was placed on it and

crushed it again.After the bypass

had been graded to the

desired level, same-sizesmall stones were placedon it systematically. Andsand was placed on it andit was crushed again.Small and big cars andcycles can run on it safely.

It is seven mile long and18 feet wide. It was builtby Kachin State Peaceand DevelopmentCouncil in cooperationwith DevelopmentAffairs Committee andcompleted on 26 March2010.

*****Translation: MT

Myanma Alin:15-11-2010

Photo shows part of

Myitkyina gravel

bypass.

Transport Minister arrives backfrom Brunei Darussalam

NAY PYI TAW, 15Nov—Minister forTransport U Thein Sweattended the 16thASEAN TransportMinisters’ Meeting, the9th ASEAN-ChinaTransport Ministers’Meeting, the 8thASEAN-Japan Trans-port Ministers’ Meetingand the 2nd ASEAN-Korea Transport Minis-ters’ Meeting held inBrunei Darussalam from11 to 12 November.

Minister U TheinSwe signed ASEANMultilateral Agreement

on the Full Liberalisationof Passenger Air Servicesand its Protocol (1) & (2),Memorandum of Under-standing on ASEAN’sAir Services Engagementwith Dialogue PartnersASEAN-China AirTransport Agreementand its Protocol (1),Memorandum of Under-standing between theGovernments of theMember States of theAssociation of SoutheastAsian Nations and theGovernment of the Peo-ple’s Republic of Chinaon Maritime Consulta-

tion Mechanism andEmergency Plan toHandle and Coordinatethe Navigation-RelatedUnexpected Accidentson the Lancang-MekongRiver among China,Laos, Myanmar andThailand.

At the meetings withASEAN dialoguepartner nations, the PRC,Japan and ROK, the pri-ority list of projects tobe implemented in 2011according to theStrategic Plan forA S E A N - C h i n aTransport Cooperation,

Minister for Transport U Thein Swe attends 16th ASEAN TransportMinisters’ Meeting, 9th ASEAN-China Transport Ministers’

Meeting, 8th ASEAN-Japan Transport Ministers’ Meeting and 2ndASEAN-Korea Transport Ministers’ Meeting held in Brunei

Darussalam.—MNA

9th anniversary of MAXXIS Tires marked

with an address of Di-rector U Ko Lay of HeinSi Trading Co Ltd.

M a n a g i n gDirector U Thein Htwepresented gifts andprizes to U Ye Tun (A1Tires Trading) andDirector U Ko Kyee

(Managing Director ofOctagon InternationalServices Co Ltd), andthose present partook inthe lucky draw pro-gramme.

Buyers maycontact No 1,Zayyarmon Housing

Director U Ko Lay of Hein Si Trading Co Ltd making a speechat the 9th anniversary of MAXXIS.—MNA

the draft of ASEAN-Ja-pan Cooperative Pro-gram on Development ofTechnical Regulationsand Establishment of aType Approval Systemfor Vehicle and the draftof ASEAN-Japan Trans-port Partnership WorkPlan for 2010-2011 and

the draft of ASEAN-ROK TransportRoadmap were ap-proved.

On 12 Novemberevening, Minister UThein Swe received Par-liamentary Vice-MinisterMr Toshiaki Koizumi ofMinistry of Land Infra-

structure, Transport andTourism and discussedmatters related to promo-tion of bilateral coopera-tion.

The Myanmar del-egation led by Minister UThein Swe arrived backhere on 13 November byair.—MNA

YA N G O N, 15Nov— The 9 th

anniversary ofMAXXIS Tires distrib-

uted by Hein Si TradingCo Ltd which is a soleagent for Myanmar wasmarked at Western Park

Restaurant (II) (WesternPark Ruby) on StrandRoad, Ahlon Townshiphere yesterday evening,

Complex onBayintnaung Road inMayangon Township,Yangon, Ph: 682513 or682472 and Nay Pyi Tawshowroom in PaunglongWard, Pyinmana, Ph:067-23761 or 067-24138.—MNA

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New housing units are seen in the West Bank

Israeli settlement of Har Gilo, near the Palestinian

city of Bethlehem, on 11 Nov, 2010.

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Palestinians critical of USsettlement proposal

JERUSALEM, 15 Nov—Palestinians are expressingstrong reservations about aUS proposal meant toentice Israel to reinstatelimits on West Banksettlement constructionand revive peace talks.Palestinian negotiatorSaeb Erekat did not rejectthe proposal outright onSunday, but said adecision on whether toendorse it would be madeafter consultations withPalestinian and Arableaders.

The proposal calls fora 90-day ban on housingstarts in the West Bank,but not in war-won eastJerusalem, the Palestinianswould-be capital. Erekatsays the Palestinians “have

a major problem in notincluding east Jerusalem.”In exchange, the WhiteHouse would askCongress to supply 20

stealth fighter jets to Israel,and the US would fightinternational resolutionscritical of Israel.

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A Palestinian man carries a sheep in the Rafahrefugee camp, southern Gaza Strip,

on 13 Nov, 2010.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 15Nov— The USDepartment of HomelandSecurity said it is trying toaddress concerns of pilotsabout stepped-up screeningat US airports and worriesin the travel industry thatfliers will limit tripsbecause of more rigorouschecks.

Security officials havedefended the measuresafter foiled plots by al-Qaeda in the ArabianPeninsula, which tried tohide bombs in clothing andparcels that made it aboarda US passenger airliner andtwo cargo planes.

After fierce complaintsby pilots about new full-body scanners and morethorough patdowns that

US officials try to address airsecurity worries

began recently, theTransportation SecurityAdministration has startedtesting other methods forthem, a DHS official said.

TSA is examining“alternative securityprotocols for airline pilotsthat would expeditescreening for this low-riskpopulation whilemaintaining high securitystandards,” the DHSofficial told Reuters. Thenew tests come after talksearlier this week betweenTSA Administrator JohnPistole and the head of theAir Line Pilots

Association, the largest USpilot union, about how toaddress the concernsamong cockpit crews.

The union has advisedits members who areuncomfortable after beingpatted down to call in sickand not fly. Pilots have alsoexpressed worries abouthealth risks from the bodyscanners because they gothrough them more oftenthan travellers. DHSofficials have said they aresafe and people areexposed to more radiationnaturally than from onescan.—MNA/Reuters

BAGHDAD, 15 Nov—Frequent dust storms andscarce rains are stifling Iraq’s efforts to revive a farmingsector hit by decades of war, sanctions and isolation.

Wheat and rice production has suffered from asevere drought in the past two years, due in part to risingtemperatures, along with a dearth of water in the Tigrisand Euphrates rivers.

The UN Inter-Agency Information and AnalysisUnit (IAU) says water levels in the two rivers — Iraq’smain water sources have dropped to less than a third ofnormal capacity.

“The tendency of rainfall in general is continuouslydeclining. The same for temperature ... you can see thereis a rise,” said Deputy Environment Minister KamalHussein Latif.

Farmers like Akram Mousa now face a struggle tokeep their land cultivatable in the once fertile countrywatered by rivers that nurtured Mesopotamia’s ancientcivilisations. “The temperature rise has deformed ourcrops.

They either don’t grow properly or wither. It hasmade me abandon half my farms,” said the 65-year-oldwho owns seven farms of tomato, cucumber and melonin Zubair, in the southern Province of Basra.

Farming is one of Iraq’s biggest employers, butcontributes less than 3 percent of state revenue and getslittle investment compared to the oil sector, the sourceof 95 percent of revenue. Iraq is among the world’s top10 importers of wheat and rice, purchased mostly for ahuge public food ration scheme.—MNA/Reuters

Climate change worsensplight of Iraqi farmers

Rabat arrests 96 in connectionwith W Sahara unrest

RABAT, 15 Nov—Moroccan authorities saidSaturday they had arrested 96people accused of incitingviolence during acontroversial police raid on asquatter camp near theWestern Sahara town ofLaayoune. Most of thosedetained are blamed forsetting fires and destroyingprivate and public goods, theMoroccan publicprosecutor’s office inLaayoune said in a statement.

At least three “areaccused of threatening thestate’s internal security”, itsaid. Half a dozen of thosearrested have appeared beforethe military court chief,including anti-Morocco

Moroccan forces dismantle a camp housing thousandsof refugees in the Western Sahara, near Laayoune.

Moroccan authorities said Saturday they had arrested96 people accused of inciting violence during a

controversial police raid on a squatter camp near theWestern Sahara town of Laayoune.—INTERNET

Japan, China agree ways toimprove ties

YOKOHAMA, 15Nov— Japan and China’sforeign ministers agreedon Sunday to improveties through private andcultural exchanges, aJapanese official said,after tensions spiked overa territorial row in theEast China Sea.

Relations betweenAsia’s two biggesteconomies soured afterJapan in Septemberdetained a Chineseskipper whose fishingboat collided withJapanese patrol vesselsoff the disputed islands.

The boat captain waslater released and senthome, but tensions havepersisted, promptingworries about fallout forbusiness. Japanese PrimeMinister Naoto Kan hascome under domestic firefor appearing to cave into China’s demands.

The top spokesmanfor the Chinese ForeignMinistry, Ma Zhaoxu,told reporters thatBeijing was “satisfiedwith the outcome” of themeeting, which comes aday after Japanese PrimeMinister Naoto Kan metChinese President HuJintao on the sidelines ofan Asia-Pacific summitin Yokohama, near

Tokyo.The two ministers

“thoroughly discussedgrowth strategies,human security, regionaleconomic integration, anassessment of the Bogorgoals, the Doha roundnegotiations and thefuture development ofthe Asia-PacificEconomic Cooperationorgani-zation, reaching abroad consensus, andachieving abundant,practical and substantiveoutcomes”.

Japanese ForeignMinister Seiji Maeharaurged Beijing to reopentalks on gas fields in theEast China Sea, theJapanese official said.

But Chinese ForeignMinister Yang Jiechireplied that an“environment” wasneeded to do so, theJapanese official said,which would suggestthat a feud overpotentially vastmaritime resources willcontinue to fester.

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activist Annaama Asfari,according to a source close tothe Sahrawi independencemovement. Moroccorecently announced 163arrests following a police raidMonday on a camp nearLaayoune housing thousandsof Sahrawis who moved thereto protest their livingconditions.

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Five years comatose, Israel’s Sharontaken home

JERUSALEM, 15 Nov— Israel’s comatoseformer Prime Minister,Ariel Sharon, was movedback to his desert ranch onFriday, leaving the securehospital ward that hasbeen his home for almostfive years, officials said.Sharon, 82, will continueto receive treatment atSycamore Farm, where aspremier he wouldsummon advisers to planstrategies such as Israel’s2002 offensive in thePalestinian West Bankand the surprise 2005withdrawal from the GazaStrip.

Felled by a stroke inJanuary 2006, the ex-general left behind anoften jittery Jewish statethat has since fought twowars while charting an

uncertain course in US-sponsored peace talkswith the Palestinians.

“Today, in 2010, theaspiration of any patient,our aspiration in thehospital, is to ensure thatany chronic patient, whenpossible, is with hiscommunity, at home,”said Professor ShlomoNoy, director ofrehabilitation at the ShebaMedical Centre outsideTel Aviv, where Sharonhad been receiving care.

Asked whether therewas any chance of Sharonmaking a significantrecovery or even re-turning to public life, as afew of his loyalistsenvisage Noy toldIsrael’s Army Radio:“Clearly what’s behindthis is the hope that his

situation will get better.But the improvements thatwe talk about in suchsituations are not greatimprovements, notdramatic improve-ments.”After his stroke, Sharonsettled into what medicalstaff and the friends whowere allowed to visitdescribe as a limbo stateuncommunicative butapparently responding tobasic stimuli andtelevision.

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Tango : Megumi Morita (L) and Minato Kojima of Japan compete in thedancesport standard tango event at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou.

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Germany lifts passenger flightban from Yemen

BERLIN, 15 Nov—Germany has lifted a suspensionof passenger flights from Yemen but left in place a banon air cargo imposed after bombs were found inpackages sent from there two weeks ago, the TransportMinistry said on Saturday.

The discovery of suspected al-Qaeda parcel bombsat the end of last month prompted governments, airlinesand aviation authorities around the world to review theirsecurity. Several western states have implemented flightsuspensions.

Packages intercepted in Britain and Dubaicontained bombs sent from Yemen and addressed tosynagogues in Chicago. One, found on a United ParcelService cargo plane at East Midlands Airport in Britain,had been trans-shipped at Cologne Bonn airport inGermany.

A Transport Ministry spokeswoman said passengerplanes had been given permission to fly from Yemento Germany as of 1300 GMT on Friday. Cargo flightsand the transport of cargo on passenger flights are stillbanned.

The decision to lift the ban on passenger flightsfollowed a new security report from Germany’sInterior Ministry, which sent German police to Yemento investigate security at airports, the website “SpiegelOnline” reported.—MNA/Reuters

Nigerian military warns of action in oil deltaYENAGOA, 15 Nov—Nigeria’s

military threatened on Saturday tocarry out raids against what it saidwere camps of criminal gangs in thecreeks of the oil-producing NigerDelta, and told civilians in the vicinityto leave.

Any major offensive by theArmed Forces would be the first in theNiger Delta, the heartland of theOPEC member’s energy industry,since an amnesty programme brokeredby President Goodluck Jonathan beganin August 2009.

Seven expatriate workers werekidnapped from an oil rig off the NigerDelta almost a week ago, while thehome of President GoodluckJonathan’s main adviser on the regionwas attacked with explosives late onThursday.

“We have observed with concern

London sprays roadsin bid to reduce pollution

LONDON, 15 Nov —London began spraying itsroads with a dustsuppressant on Friday totackle its high air pollutionlevels. The capital is closeto breaching EuropeanUnion legal limits forparticulate matter (PM10),a pollutant produced mainlyby engine emissions alongwith tyre and brake wear.London Mayor BorisJohnson hopes a six-monthtrial of the dust suppressant,designed to stop vehicleemissions recirculating andchoking residents, will cutPM10 levels by 10 to 20percent.

“We expect this newmeasure to have animmediate impact on airquality in the most pollutedareas of central London,” hesaid. Tests in Sweden,Norway, Austria, Italy and

Germany have recordedsimilar success, Johnsonsaid.The dust suppressant,made from calciummagnesium acetate, worksby sticking the particulatematter to the road. Johnsonis running the dust trial intwo of London’s worstaffected areas, VictoriaEmbankment by theThames river and the roadwest of King’s Crossstation, at a cost of 300,000pounds

“We have scoured theglobe to find new ways totackle pollution and foundthis wonderful contraptionthat tackles air quality headon, sticking particles to theroads’ surface andpreventing their dastardlyescape back into the air webreathe,” Johnson said.

MNA/Reuters

A man uses a laptopto browse theInternet. Pope

Benedict XVI haswarned that the

Internet does notmake people more

humane but insteadrisks increasing a“sense of solitude

and disorientation”among “numbed”

young people.INTERNET

some criminal acts within the past fewdays by some people claiming to bemilitants ... Many of these criminalsare known to be hiding in campswithin the creeks of the Niger Delta,”Chief of Defence Staff OluseyiPetinrin said in a statement.

“These camps will no longer betolerated. To avoid any collateraldamage, we are seizing thisopportunity to instruct all law-abidingcitizens who live around the vicinityof these camps to leave immediately,”the statement said.

The military taskforce in theNiger Delta (JTF) said one camp inBayelsa, one of the three main oil-producing states, was raided onFriday. Officials said there was anexchange of gunfire, and weapons andmaps of oil facilities were seized.

MNA/Reuters

MOMBASAS, 15Nov—Kenyan Navyofficers on patrol in theIndia Ocean shot deadthree suspected Somalipirates who boardedtheir vessel aftermistaking it for amerchant ship, a militaryspokesman said onSaturday. The KenyaNavy said the three werein the company ofseveral others who triedto seize the patrol vessellate on Friday some 21nautical miles off Kilifi.

“The Navy vesselwas on normal patrol ataround 11 pm in Kilifiarea when foursuspected Somali pirateson board a speed boatclimbed the vessel,mistaking it for amerchant vessel,”Bogita Ongeri, Depar-tment of Defencespokesman, told Reutersby phone. “Three ofthem ... gunned down bynaval officers while onedived into the sea withbullet wounds during thescuffle.” Ongeri said thefourth pirate most likelydied from his wounds.“Several others, whosenumber could not bei m m e d i a t e l yestablished, escaped inthe speed boat that theywere using,” he said,adding that the deadpirates’ bodies had beentaken to Mombasa’sCoast General Hospital.

Somali pirates haveplagued the busyshipping lanes off theSomali coast, where theGulf of Aden and itsadjacent seas linksEurope to Asia, raking inmillions of dollars torelease ships incaptivity.

MNA/Reuters

Kenya Navykills threesuspected

Somali pirates

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MYANMAR IVANHOE COPPER COMPANY LIMITED (TENDER NOTICE)TENDER. IFB No. 53/Local/2010Supply of Petrol Fuel, General Items and (17 lots) are invited from LocalSuppliers by FEC Currency.CLOSING DATE will be on 29th November 2010 12:00 hr.Tender documents are available at the following addresses:70 (I) Bo Chein Street, Pyay Road, Hlaing Township, Yangon, MyanmarTel: (95) 1 514194 to 7; Fax: (95) 1 514208; email:[email protected]: Tel: (95) 71 22225/6; Fax: (95) 71 22522; email: [email protected] Bids are to be reached the above offices on or before the closing date.Queries can be done between 10am to 4pm at Supply Department; Tel: (95) 71 22225/6;email :[email protected] before the Tender Closing Date.

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (545)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAP

VOY NO (545) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 16.11.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BUNGA MAS 12 VOY NO (130)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BUNGA MAS12 VOY NO (130) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 15.11.2010 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S MALAYSIA INTERNATIONALSHIPPING CORPORATION BERHAD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

DECLARATION FORTHWARNUTETA DAUGHTER

I have to declare as follows according to my friends’instructions who are U Shwe Tun and Daw Yi and residingat No. (112), Mandalay Road, Mingalar Taung NyuntTownship, Yangon. As Daw Win Win Hlaing (a) Too Mar, daughter of myfriends, U Shwe Tun and Daw Yi, does not obey and abideby teachings of my friends, U Shwe Tun and Daw Yiformerlly and upto now again and again repeatedly, andmakes interferences to her parents’ mind, my friends, UShwe Tun and Daw Yi declare Daw Win Win Hlaing (a)Too Mar as Thwarnuteta daughter with effect from todayfor public notice.

According to instruction given byU Shwe Tun and Daw Yi

Daw Myat Myat SoeAdvocate (Sr. No. 7467)

No. 70 (3B), Htanar Street, Htanar Ward,Ahlone Township, Yangon.

Phone: 73043152

OCOTILLO, 15 Nov—Five people were killed onSaturday in a crash in-volving seven motorcy-cles and at least one othervehicle on a rural deserthighway east of San Di-ego, authorities said.Thefive fatalities occurred inthe collision shortly be-fore 1 pm on Route 98near Ocotillo in ImperialCounty, just miles fromthe US-Mexico border,California HighwayPatrol spokesman PabloTorrez told the ImperialValley Press. Torrez saidhe did not know whetherone or two vehicles otherthan the motorcycles wereinvolved. It was not clearwhich vehicles the deadcame from or why somany motorcycles wereriding together. The CHPhad earlier reported sixinjuries, but it was notclear if any of those sixwere among the dead.

Internet

People play in theFirst International

Chess Big Party in theNational AutonomousUniversity in MexicoCity, Mexico, on 13

Nov, 2010.The party will be held

from 13 to 21 Nov.XINHUA

Va sturgeon may be key toancient fish’s recovery

Virginia Commonwealth University graduate studentMatt Balazik, gets ready to toss a 70-lb Atlantic stur-geon into the James River near Charles City, Va.Balazik is a sturgeon census taker, using electronic

tracking devices to monitor the movements of thearmor-plated fish.— INTERNET

HOPEWELL, 15 Nov—Researcher Matt Balazikwears his passion for sav-ing the Atlantic sturgeonon his right arm — a tat-too of the ancient fish —and lives it by countingthe bottom-feeding giantsin the James River. The30-year-old doctoral stu-dent is part sturgeon wran-gler, part census taker ashe patrols the river in asmall boat, checking1,000-foot-long nets forwhat scientists believe is

the last viable reproduc-tive population of Atlanticsturgeon in theChesapeake Bay.

Sturgeon, which havesurvived virtually un-changed since the time ofthe dinosaurs, are dwin-dling worldwide under theinfluence of human be-ings. You hear these mon-ster fish before you seethem — Atlantic sturgeonleap out of the water andland with a loud splash,like a log dropped fromabove.

On a recent languid fallday on the river, in one ofhis last checks of the dayin this shoestring recoveryeffort, Balazik has snareda sturgeon in his net andhauls it into the well of hisboat.

Internet

Early Oscars presentedat 2nd Governors Awards

LOS ANGELES, 15 Nov—A few honorary Os-car winners are getting a jump on next year’sAcademy Awards. Film historian and preserva-tionist Kevin Brownlow, director Jean-LucGodard and character actor Eli Wallach are to re-ceive Oscar statuettes on Saturday evening at theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’second annual Governors Awards.

Director-producer Francis Ford Coppola is alsoto be presented with the academy’s Irving GThalberg award at the private black-tie dinner atHollywood & Highland’s Grand Ballroom, whichis adjacent to the Kodak Theatre, home of the Acad-emy Awards. Winners were chosen by the gover-nors of the academy’s 15 branches.— Internet

This photo released by Pueblo County, Colo Sher-iff’s Department shows an emergency

personnel rescuing a springer spaniel stuck on acliff ledge in Lake Pueblo State Park on 12 Nov,

2010 in Pueblo, Colo.— INTERNET

Dog stuck on cliff rescued by sheriff’s deputyPUEBLO, 15 Nov—A

springer spaniel stuckovernight on a cliff ledgein Lake Pueblo State Parkis OK after a sheriff’sdeputy rappelled down acanyon to retrieve him.

The dog named “Doc”went over an 80-foot cliffon Thursday morningwhile training to becomea hunting dog.

The Pueblo Chieftainreports the spaniel became

trapped after sliding downa shale canyon side. Thepup landed on a ledgeabout 80 feet down a 200-foot ravine.

Master Deputy DylanJacketta says it was toodark Thursday to attempta rescue, so rescuerspassed blankets downto the ledge. On Fridaymorning, Jacketta rap-pelled down the canyonand rescued Doc.

Internet

Five dead inSoCal crash,seven cycles

involved

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CHENGDU, 15 Nov —The reconstruction of theErwang Temple, whichwas damaged in theWenchuan Earthquake in2008, is expected tofinish on 18 Nov insouthwest China’sSichuan Province, ac-cording to local heritageprotection authorities onFriday.

Sitting in the YuleiMountains in Duji-angyan City, ErwangTemple was built over2,000 years ago to

Quake-jolted world heritage sitereconstruction to finish in southwest China

commemorate Li Bingand his son, the twoengineers who built theDujiangyan irrigationsystem, which was listedas a World Heritage sitein 2000. The temple willsoon be partially open forvisitors and the finaltouches are being addedto the water supply,drainage system andlavatories in these areas,said Fan Tuoyu, deputychief of the DujiangyanCultural Relics Adminis-tration.

The entire templewill be opened after theChinese Lunar NewYear, which falls on 3Feb, 2011, said Fan. Thereconstruction projectkicked off in June, 2008with an investment of126 million yuan (19million US dollars) fromthe central budget. Thetemple was seriouslydamaged in theWenchuan earthquakewith almost all theancient buildings havingcollapsed.

Xinhua

Australian airline Qantasfinds more engine

problems

A Qantas Airways 380 passenger plane flightQF32 is sprayed by rescue services aftermaking an emergency landing at Changi

airport in Singapore on 4 Nov, 2010.XINHUA

CANBERRA, 15 Nov — Australian airlineQantas has been plagued with more engineproblems, with a domestic flight carrying 234passengers to Melbourne forced to turn back toPerth, local media reported on Saturday. Qantassaid the flight from Perth to Melbourne thatturned around after experiencing engine problem,has nothing to do with concerns over Qantas’Airbus A380 fleet.

According to Australia Associated Press, theflight crew noticed the problem between five to10 minutes after QF768 took off from Perth onFr iday. The crew then fo l lowed wi thprecaut ionary procedure , sought pr ior i tyclearance from air-traffic control at Perth Airportbefore landing. The airline has grounded all sixof its A380s, after flight QF32 from Singapore toSydney of Australia had to turn back when oneof its four engines exploded over Indonesia on 4Nov.

The manufacturers of the A380 engine, Rolls-Royce, on Friday announced it had drawn twoimportant conclusions about the incident. “First,as previously announced, the issue is specific tothe Trent 900 engine,” Rolls-Royce said in astatement on Friday. “ Secondly, the failure wasconfined to a specific component in the turbinearea of the engine.”

Xinhua

Confucius opens Bulgarianfilm festival

SOFIA, 15 Nov — The newest Chinese mainland-Hong Kong movie “Confucius” and a directdescendant of the great thinker opened here on Fridayevening the 24th Bulgarian film festival Cinemania.“For the first time, we will open Cinemania with onesuperb Chinese film,” Dimiter Dereliev, BulgarianDeputy Minister of Culture told the openingceremony of the 17-day festival where 72 movies willparticipate.

The Chinese ambassador to Bulgaria GuoYezhou said they sincerely hope that the screeningof this movie will build between China and Bulgariaa bridge of mutual understanding, to deepen mutualunderstanding and respect between Chinese andBulgarian people, and to stimulate the process ofSino-Bulgarian and Sino- European cooperation.

Kong Xianglin, a 75th generation directdescendant of Confucius, said Confucius was thegreatest Chinese thinker, educator and politician, andalso one of the greatest philosophers of the world.Earlier on Friday Kong, who is paying a one-weekvisit in four Bulgarian cities ending on Tuesday, gavea public lecture in the Bulgarian Foreign Ministryentitled “The ideas of Confucius and China’sdevelopment.” Many Bulgarian media wereinterested to take an interview from him.

Xinhua

Fire damages oldest building ofChina’s Tsinghua University, no

casualties reportedBEIJING, 15 Nov —

A blaze engulfed a 99-year-old building inTsinghua University,one of China’s leadingseats of learning inBeijing, early Saturday,with no casualt iesreported.

The fire broke out atabout 1:00 am at“Tsinghua College”, aGerman style buildingthat spreads 800 squaremetres, and was put outat 3:15 am, said the firebrigade under BeijingPublic Security Bureau.The building on fire isadjacent to several mainteaching buildings ofthe university. Somewitnesses said smokeand flare were billowingfrom the top of thebuilding.

The “TsinghuaCollege” was built in1911, from whichdeveloped the currentTsinghua University.The building was under

renovation for theuniversi ty’s forth-coming centenarycelebrations. Police areprobing into the causeof the f ire , and thedamage is underassessment.

Xinhua

A Haitian resident suffering from cholera waits

for help on a street at the slum of

Cite-Soleil in Port-au-Prince.

INTERNET

First foreign cruise ship docks in Cubain three years

HAVANA, 15 Nov — A Spanish cruise ship carrying 220 tourists anchored inHavana Friday, the first foreign cruise ship to visit the US embargoed nation. TheGemini, owned by the Spanish Happy Cruises company, has a capacity for 800passengers. It carried tourists from 11 countries, mostly Spain, who will start to tourCuba and Mexico on Saturday. The Spanish cruise company, together with the Cubantravel agency Cubatur, operates the tour, which will take the tourists to the Mexicanports of Cozumel and Cancun, and conclude in Havana.

It was the first time in three years that Cuba had been visited by a foreign cruiseship after the Spanish company “Pullmantur” suspended its operations in Cubafollowing its acquisition by US owned Royal Caribbean Cruises. Philip Lester Oliva,president of Cubatur, said the Spanish Happy Cruises company is expected to keepstable operations until the first half of 2011. He also said a British and a Russiancruise are scheduled to start regular operations in Cuba.

“Cuba expects a big growth of cruise tours in the future,” he added. Accordingto the Cuban Tourism Ministry, if Washington lifts its embargo banning US citizensfrom traveling to the island country, Cuba would receive an estimated 1,000 cruiseships a year carrying 1.2 million US tourists. Cuba and the United States are separatedonly by the narrow strait of Florida.

Xinhua

‘Nice to meet ya!’ A Magellan penguin checks out the recently rescued babydolphin. Visitors have been lining up to see the newest resident of SOS FaunaMarina. The survival rate for young dolphins is low, both for those in the wild

and those living in captivity.— INTERNET

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Chelsea shrug off Wilkinsexit, Lampard setback

LONDON, 15 Nov — Carlo Ancelotti has enduredone of his most troubled weeks as Chelsea managerfollowing the dismissal of assistant manager RayWilkins and another injury setback for Frank Lampard.The sacking of Wilkins — who has a 37-year connec-tion with the club — less than six months after lastseason?s FA Cup and Premier League double hasprompted surprise and dismay.

Ancelotti confirmed the decision had been takenby the club’s chief executive Ron Gourlay but declaredhe “respected” the decision. The Italian will be assistedby the rest of his backroom staff for the visit of Sun-derland and while no decision has been taken on theidentity of Wilkins? successor, Ancelotti insists it willbe an internal appointment.

“I just want to say one thing,” said the Chelsea man-ager. “Ray was a fantastic assistant coach and I wantto say thanks to him because he was fantastic supportlast season, this season.”—Internet

Chelsea’s John Terry (right) vies with Fulham’sMoussa Dembele during their English PremierLeague match between at Stamford Bridge in London, on 10 November.— INTERNET

Inconsistent Arsenal faceEverton test

Pacquiao wins on dominatingperformance

Appleby wins in Australia for1st time in nine years

Park, Kitajima out to haltChinese juggernaut at Asiad

Arsenal’s season is prov-ing frustratingly — iftypically — inconsistentand a victory at Evertonwould be the ideal wayfor Arsene Wenger’s(pictured) side to restatetheir title ambitions. INTERNET

LONDON, 15 Nov —Arsenal’s season is prov-ing frustratingly — iftypically — inconsistentand a victory at Evertonwould be the ideal way forArsene Wenger’s side torestate their title ambi-tions. The meeting be-tween the two sides comesseven days afterNewcastle United stunnedthe Gunners at the Emir-ates Stadium, inflicting asingle goal victory that ap-peared to expose the homeside’s flaws. There is littledoubt that Wenger’s sideis far from being the fin-ished article.

Yet away to Wolves thisweek, they produced the

kind of gritty away per-formance that remindedtheir main rivals in the bat-tle for the championshipthat they should never beruled out. —Internet

Yuichi Hosoda of Japan(right) shakes hands withsecond placed compatriotRyosuke Yamamoto after

the men’s individualtriathlon final, at the16th Asian Games in

Guangzhou, on 14November.—INTERNET

GUANGZHOU, 15 Nov —Four-time Olympic cham-pion swimmer KosukeKitajima and South Ko-rean superstar Park Tae-Hwan made theirGuangzhou debuts as thepair look to halt the Chi-nese Asian Games jugger-

naut. China dominated theopening day of action andwhile more of the same isexpected over comingdays, Japan and South Ko-rea have other ideas.

The hosts won anothergold on the cycling track onSunday but Japan clawedone back when YuichiHosoda won the men’striathlon, completing the1.5km swim, 40km bikerace and 10km run in 1hr52min 13sec. And it wasthe Koreans who camegood on the shootingranges, winning three-out-of-three gold. Thirty-fivetitles are on the line on Sun-day with Kitajima and Parkspearheading Japan andSouth Korea’s hunt in thepool.— Internet

Monfils sinks Federer to setup Soderling showdown

Manny Pacquiao, right,lands a punch againstAntonio Margarito duringthe eleventh round of theirWBC light middleweighttitle boxing match on 13Nov, 2010, in Arlington, Texas.— INTERNET

ARLINGTON, 15 Nov —Manny Pacquiao more thanmade up with speed what helacked in size. Giving awayboth pounds and inches,boxing’s little superstarturned Antonio Margaritointo a bloody and nearlyblind fighter with a dizzyingarray of punches Saturdaynight in a lopsided decisionvictory that wasn’t closefrom the opening rounds on.

In a spectacular per-formance before a delightedcrowd of 41,734 at Cow-boys Stadium, Pacquiao ce-mented his claim to beingthe best fighter in the worldby dominating the biggerbut slower Margarito al-most from the opening bell.Pacquiao won round afterround, opening a cut onMargarito’s cheek, closinghis right eye, and turning his

face into a bloody mess.The punches came

quickly, and they came of-ten. Margarito was plentygame as he tried to stalkPacquiao around the ring,but every time he got closePacquiao would land afour- or five-punch combi-nation that snapped hishead back and stopped himin his tracks.—Internet

French Michael Llodrareturns the ball to hisSwedish opponent RobinSoderling during theParis masters 1000 ATPtournament semi finaltennis match at the ParisBercy in Paris.Soderlingended Llodra’s ParisMasters fairytale in thesemi-finals with an epic6-7 (0/7), 7-5, 7-6 (8/6) win . — INTERNET

PARIS, 15 Nov — GaelMonfils stunned top seedRoger Federer 7-6 (9/7),6-7 (1/7), 7-6 (7/4) toreach the ATP Paris Mas-ters final on Saturday,after Robin Soderling hadedged Michael Llodra inan equally epic tie.

Monfils, the French12th seed, fought backfrom 4-1 down in thethird set to reach thefinal at the Bercy arena

for the second year insuccession, followinghis defeat by NovakDjokovic last year.

The Frenchman willbid to win his first Mas-ters title against fourthseed Soderling, who isalso yet to win a Mastersevent, after the Swedeended unseeded Llodra’sfairytale run with a 6-7(0/7), 7-5, 7-6 (8/6) vic-tory.— Internet

MELBOURNE, 15 Nov— Stuart Appleby endeda nine-year drought athome by winning theAustralian Masters onSunday, rallying from aseven-shot deficit withbirdies on his last twoholes for a 6-under 65.Appleby was as golden asthe winner’s jacket withhis putter down thestretch. He knocked in a30-foot par putt on the16th hole to stay in themix, took the lead with a

25-footer for birdie on the17th and closed with atwo-putt birdie for a one-shot victory.

“I figured I had to winonce every 10 years,” saidAppleby, who last won onhome soil in the 2001 Aus-tralian Open. Adam Bland,who began the final roundat Victoria Golf Club witha three-shot lead, missed a10-foot eagle putt on thelast hole that would haveforced a playoff.

He closed with a 73.Daniel Gaunt shot 71 andwas alone in third. De-fending champion TigerWoods completed an en-tire year without a victory,although he finished instyle. Woods made twoeagles over the last fourholes, played the last sixholes in 6 under andmatched his best score ofthe year with a 65.

Internet

Tiger Woods

Roma holdJuventus to

1-1 drawTURIN, 15 Nov —

Francesco Totti ended hisgoal drought as Romaheld hosts Juventus to a1-1 draw on Saturday. Inthe injury time of the firsthalf, Totti held his nerveto score his first leaguegoal of the season afterVincenzo Iaquinta hadopened the scoring 10minutes earlier. Juventusenjoyed the better of thechances and only an acro-batic save from Romagoalkeeper Julio Sergiodenied the home sidethe win after FabioQuagliarella had fired ina volley with four minutesremaining.—Internet

Capello names Englandsquad against France

LONDON, 15 Nov — England manager FabioCapello named the team’s squad on Saturday, whichwill play France next Wednesday at Wembley. ChrisSmalling along with Jordan Henderson, Jay Bothroydand Andy Carroll were called upon for national dutyfor the first time with striker Bothroyd unexpectedlyearned the opportunity as a player from the Champi-onship.

Following is the squad in full:GoalkeepersBen Foster (Birmingham), Robert Green (West

Ham), Joe Hart (Manchester City);DefendersAshley Cole (Chelsea), Rio Ferdinand (Manches-

ter United), Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal), Phil Jagielka(Everton), Joleon Lescott (Manchester City), MicahRichards (Manchester City), Chris Smalling (Manches-ter United), John Terry (Chelsea);

MidfieldersGareth Barry (Manchester City), Steven Gerrard

(Liverpool), Jordan Henderson (Sunderland), AdamJohnson (Manchester City), James Milner (Manches-ter City), Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Jack Wilshere (Ar-senal), Ashley Young (Aston Villa);

StrikersGabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Jay Bothroyd

(Cardiff), Andy Carroll (Newcastle), Peter Crouch(Tottenham Hotspur).

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* Fabulous Fire Floating Festival* News* Memorable Visit to Pyay or Sri-Keshtra

Ancient City* VCD Centre* News* Shwe Than Lwin Home for the Aged* Tazaungdaing Festival in Pine land* News* National Kandawgyi Garden

(PyinOoLwin)Oversea Transmission* Opening* News* Fabulous Fire Floating Festival* News* Memorable Visit to Pyay or Sri-Keshtra

Ancient City* VCD Centre* News* Shwe Than Lwin Home for the Aged* Tazaungdaing Festival in Pine land* News* National Kandawgyi Garden

(PyinOoLwin)* News* Working & Living in Myanmar

(Jade and Gem)* ‘‘MI People’s Celebrities’’

Hein Wai Yan & N Kai Ra* News* Living in Paradise* Music Gallery* News* Bagan: The Land of Pagoda* News* Secret Places for Yummy Foods* Ngwe Hsaung Welcomes Everyone* Myanmar Movies ‘‘On Getting Six Lives’’

7:00 am 1. Paritta By

Venerable Min GunSayadaw

7:15 am 2. Dhamma Puja Song 7:25 am 3. To Be Healthy

Exercise 7:30 am 4. Morning News 7:40 am 5. Nice & Sweet

Song

Tuesday,16 November

View on today

7:50 am 6. Documentary

8:00 am 7. Song Of Yester

Year

8:15 am 8. Myanmar

Traditional Cultural

Performing Arts

Competition8:25 am 9. Dance Of National

Races8:40 am10. International News

8:45 am11. Musical Programme

4:00 pm 1. Martial Song4:10 pm 2. Musical Programme

4:20 pm 3. Myanmar

Traditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetition

4:50 pm 4. University Of

Distance Education(TV Lectures)-First Year(Public policy)

5:05 pm 5. Songs For

UpholdingNational Spirit

5:10 pm 6. Teleplay (Traffic)5:20 pm 7. The Mirror Images

Of The MusicalOldies

5:30 pm 8. Documentary

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(16-11-2010)(Tuesday)

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am) MSTOversea Transmission - (16-11-10 09:30 am ~

17-11-10 09:30 am) MST

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain has been isolated inShan State, Yangon and Taninthayi Regions, weather hasbeen partly cloudy in the remaining States and Regions.Night temperatures were (4°C) below November averagetemperatures in Kayah State, (5°C) below Novemberaverage temperatures in Chin State and (7°C) belowNovember average temperatures in upper Sagaing Regionand (3°C) above November average temperatures in MonState and about November average temperatures in theremaining States and Regions. The significant nighttemperatures were Haka (6°C) and Mindat (7°C). Thenoteworthy amount of rainfall recorded were Cocogyun(0.55) inch and Kawthoung (0.16) inch .

Nay Pyi TawMaximum temperature on 14-11-2010 was 91°F.

Minimum temperature on 15-11-2010 was 68°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 15-11-2010 was (83%).Rainfall on 15-11-2010 was (Nil) .

Yangon (Kaba-Aye)Maximum temperature on 14-11-2010 was 96°F.

Minimum temperature on 15-11-2010 was 75°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 15-11-2010 was (70%).Total sunshine hours on 14-11-2010 was (8.3) hours.

Rainfall on 15-11-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-

WEATHERMonday, 15th November, 2010

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was(82.20) inches at Mingaladon, (96.06) inches at Kaba-Ayeand (108.46) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum windspeed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mph from Northeastat (09:30) hours MST on 14-11-2010.

Bay Inference: According to the observations at(12:30) hrs MST today, the low pressure area overSoutheast Bay still persists. Weather is partly cloudy tocloudy in the Andaman Sea and South Bay and partlycloudy elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 16thNovember2010: Light rain are likely to be isolated in Mon State,Yangon and Taninthayi Regions, weather will be partlycloudy over Kachin, Chin, Shan, Rakhine and KayinStates and generally fair in the remaining States andRegions. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seasare likely at times Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off andalong Mon-Taninthayi Coast. Surface wind speed insqualls may reach (35) mph. Seas will be moderateelsewhere in Myanmar waters.

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

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for16-11-2010: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for 16-11-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for16-11-2010: Generally fair weather.

5:45 pm 9. Sweet Melody

6:00 pm10. Evening News

6:15 pm11. Weather Report

6:20 pm12. Kyae Pwint Myaye

Yin Khone Than

6:35 pm13. Sing A Song

7:00 pm14. TV Drama Series

8:00 pm15. News

16. International News

17. Weather Report

18. Documentary

19. Just for laughs

20. TV Drama Series

21. Movie Quiz

Asleep in JesusU Pakyeng Boey (U.P.Boey)

Aged (97) years

U Pakyeng Boey, beloved husband of Daw NyuntZin (Daisy), beloved father of Daw Khin Khin Aye(Pamela) (Loi Hein), (U Kyaw Win, Alan) - Daw Si SiNyunt, Daw Yin Yin Aye (Catherine) MPF, Daw PhyuPhyu Aye (Priscilla) (UNMIS/Sudan), Dr. Daw Hla HlaAye (Caroline) (ex-Director MOH) - ex Bishop ZothanMawia (Methodist Church L/M), Daw Cho Cho Aye(Angela) (WHO), Dr. Peter Boey, Dr. Roland Boey - Dr.Khin Than Myint, grandfather of Hilary, Bruno (LoiHein), Christer, Grace (Loi Hein), Theodore, Christopherand Timothy, was called to his heavenly home at hisresidence, 133/1 Supaung Housing Estate, ThanthumarRoad, Thuwanna, Yangon, at 6:45 pm on Saturday,13.11.2010. Funeral service will be held at All ChristianDenominations Cemetery (Yeway) on 17.11.2010(Wednesday), at 10 am and entombment. Friends andrelatives please kindly accept this as the only intimation.(Buses will leave from Thuwanna residence on17-11-2010 (Wednesday) at 8:30 am)

The bereaved family

Medical personnel from both Bangladesh andChina take part in a caesarean operation on the

Chinese Navy hospital ship “Peace Ark” inChittagong, Bangladesh, on 12 Nov, 2010.

XINHUA

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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 Tazaungmone 1372 ME Tuesday, 16 November, 2010

Supplement of ballot countsfor each Hluttaw candidate

The 8-page supplements carrying ballotcounts for each Hluttaw candidate are attached in thisdaily issued today.

Low pressure area oversouthwest of Bay of Bengal

Myitkyina gravel bypass on which small and big cars and motor cyclescan run smoothly.

Myitkyina gravel bypass, unique oneArticle: Reporter Tun Zaw (Sangyoung); Photos: Reporter Myint Aung (Ahlon)

I recently paid a visit to Myitkyina,the capital of Kachin State. One can see signboardreading Welcome to Myitkyina of Kachin State, onUnion Road, Myitkyina Township from the way toShwebo Township. Nowadays, the entire nation haswitnessed unprecedented development. With

developments in urban and rural areas includingborder areas, people are now enjoying higherstandards of living. As the urban roads are notsufficient, bypasses are being built. In Myitkyina,unique gravel bypass was built without using cement.

(See page 9)

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov—The Departmentof Meteorology and Hydrology today announcedthat according to the observations recorded at 5:30pm today, the low pressure area which formed overthe southeast of the Bay of Bengal moved to thewest, and it continues to exist over the southwestof the Bay of Bengal. The department is keeping aclose watch on progress of low pressure.—MNA

Talks on traffic rulesand regulations given in

Nay Pyi TawNAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov—With the sponsorship

of Nay Pyi Taw Traffic Rules EnforcementCommittee, talks on traffic rules and regulations weregiven at Thittat Village, Thittat Village-tract, ZeyathiriTownship, Nay Pyi Taw District on 11 November.

It was attended by the chairman of theTownship Peace and Development Council, PoliceInspector Soe Myint Oo of Nay Pyi Taw Traffic PoliceForce and members, the chairman of the ward PDCand members, local residents, students, motorists andothers.

MNA

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