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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 insidethe country 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 entire nation* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and preserva-

tion and safeguarding of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

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

entire nation

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

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

the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectivesMaubin (South) region has potential oil fieldYANGON, 19 July—Minister for Energy U Lun

Thi yesterday afternoon inspected deep test oil well (1)under the Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise in Maubin(South) region in Maubin Township, Ayeyawady Division.

Those in charge of the oil well reported on

progress in drilling test oil wells in the region. Themanaging director of MOGE gave a supplementaryreport.

In his address, the minister said that the regionhad potential for a new oil field, calling for completionof the drilling of the test oil well on schedule.

He inspected the test oil well being drilled withthe use of ZJ 50D SR1 drilling machine.

Next, he inspected the installation of compres-sors in the natural gas compressing plant under con-struction in Nyaungdon oil field in Nyaungdon Town-ship.

He viewed the process of producing oil andnatural gas at oil rig (1) and called for minimizing lossand wastage and worksite safety.—MNA

Development of roads and bridges in MyanmarByline:Maung Saw Win (Myanma Alin); Photos: Myanma Alin

Better transport and regional development areinterrelated. Better transport contributes not only toimproving socio-economic status of local people butalso to having more relationships among the nationalbrethren.

Before 1988, there were no motor ways inborder areas—even in Ayeyawady Division andRakhine State due to poor transport. So, people hadto rely solely on waterway and airway. Most of theroads could not be easily used at any time people

wanted. Then, there existed tarred road and earthenroads, totaling over 20,000 miles. There were over-180-foot 198 bridges and under-180-foot 3,305bridges.

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Minkyaung Creek Bridge on Maei-Kyaukpyu road section in Yanbye Township, Rakhine State.

Minister for Energy U Lun Thi inspects Maubin (South) test oil well being drilled with use of ZJ 50D SR1 drilling machine.—ENERGY

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Tuesday, 20 July, 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

Now, the rainy season has well set in, andit is the most opportune time to grow trees tohelp green the surrounding areas. Forestsand trees contribute substantially to climatepatterns and make the environment pleasantand green.

Deforestation is followed by climatechanges and shortage of water foragricultural purposes. It is in Myanmarpeople’s nature to cherish woodlands andgeographical features of the nation.

It is therefore mandatory not only forstaff members of the Forest Department butalso for the people to conserve forests andtrees in order to avert unnecessarydeforestation.

Today, respective ministries, townships,wards, wards and organizations holdmonsoon tree planting ceremonies on theirown on a broad scale around the Union.

The species of trees they grow are fruittrees and many others including mahogany,teak, ironwood, padauk (gum-kino),eucalyptus and mango.

By growing trees, we can gain a variety ofbenefits such as fruit, shade, wooden utensils,fresh mind, and good health.

Not only human beings but also birdsbenefit from forests, now that forests andtrees are natural habitats for birds, and theysomeway maintain species of birds.

Myanmar people live in the motto “Withlove, we grow trees annually for furthergreening”. Therefore, the people need notonly to grow trees for greening their regionsand the nation, but also to nurture the treesthey have planted.

Grow trees for greening

NAY PYI TAW, 19 July—Chairman of Shan State(East) Peace and Development Council Commanderof Triangle Region Command Maj-Gen Kyaw Phyoon 11 July attended the monsoon tree plantingceremonies of the command and Kengtung Station.The Commander handed over saplings and plantedyoung trees. The Commander then graced SchoolEnvironment Day activity with his presence atKengtung Basic Education High School and viewed

Triangle Region Command green Mother Earthstudents planting saplings collectively.

The Commander then inspected progress ofWokok Myothit road construction and NawngtonLake circular road and gave necessary instructions.

The Commander delivered a speech at the openingof Triangle Region Command Commander’s ShieldFootball Tournament on 12 July and enjoyed theopening match.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19 July—The Government Officeheld monsoon tree planting ceremony 2010 at itscompound, here, this morning.

Director-General U Thant Shin of the GovernmentOffice, office staff and staff families attended theceremony.

Government Office holds Monsoon tree planting ceremony

YANGON, 17 July—Mainly sponsored by GaMon Pwint Co Ltd and Department of ExportPromotion (DEP) of Thailand, the fourth “Made inThailand Festival” was launched at Ga Mon PwintShopping Mall on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road heretoday.

Thai Ambassador to the Union of Myanmr MrApirath Vienravi formally opened the sales whichrun up to 26 July.

The festival provides a one-stop sales centrewhere shoppers can purchase Thai-made brandedclothes, cosmetics, personal and household goods,and foodstuff at fair prices. —MNA

Made in Thailand Festival atGa Mon Pwint Shopping Mall

Director-General U Thant Shin of the Government Office views personnel, staff and theirfamilies of the office planting trees.—MNA

Thai Ambassador Mr Apirath Vienraviformally opens the sales of festival.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19 July—Chairman of MandalayCity Development Committee Mandalay Mayor UPhone Zaw Han inspected No (1) Malun Waterworksand gave instructions on water supply tasks on 15 July.

He inspected supply of potable water and roadworkin Mahaaungmye Township.

At the monsoon tree planting ceremony held inAungmyethazan Township, the mayor planted someshade trees and viewed the process of planting saplingsof various species.

MNA

MDY Mayor visits No (1)Malun Waterworks

NAY PYI TAW, 19 July—Mandalay CityDevelopment Committee organized monsoon treeplanting activity at Aungmyethazan Township on 16July, participated by Chairman of Mandalay DivisionPeace and Development Council Commander ofCentral Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe, Chairman ofMCDC Mayor U Phone Zaw Han, departmentalpersonnel, teachers, students and members of social

Greening activity of MCDCorganizations.

The Commander and the mayor planted youngtrees and viewed the greening activity.

The Commander, the Mayor and personnelconcerned enjoyed the final match of Inter-townshipMen’s and Women’s Volleyball Tournament atMandalay Stadium. They then presented prizes towinning teams.—MNA

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

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever flat-

tered* Do not be softened whenever

appeased

The Director-General planted a mahogany saplingand viewed participation of those present in the treeplanting ceremony. The government office planted1420 mahogany, teak, ironwood, gum-kino, Seintalonmango saplings and other crops at the tree plantingceremony.—MNA

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KABUL, 19 July—The spokesman forNATO-led InternationalSecurity AssistanceForce (ISAF) on Sundaysaid that more than 180Afghan civilians havebeen killed by Talebanmilitants since last Juneas Taleban MullahMohammad Omarordered his men to attackspecific targets.

“Since 1 June, 188civilians have been killedby militants,” Josef Blotztold reporters at weekly

Taleban kill over 180 Afghan civilianssince June

W A S H I N G T O N, 19July— US VicePresident Joe Bidensaid on Sunday the UScombat troops in Iraqare on schedule towithdraw by the end ofAugust, and would notbe delayed by lengthy

US troops to withdraw in time from Iraq

Afghan firefighters hose down the scene of asuicide bombing in Kabul,Afghanistan, on 18

July, 2010. —INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 19 July—Five people were killedand three others wereinjured in two bombexplos ions targetedAwakening Counci lgroup members in westof Baghdad on Sunday,an Interior Ministrysource said.

Three Iraqi armysoldiers, including anexp los ives exper tofficer, were killed bymul t ip le explos ionswhen they were tryingto de fuse bombsplanted in a house of afo rmer Awaken ingCouncil group memberin a vil lage in AbuGhraib area, just westof Baghdad, the sourceto ld Xinhua oncondi t ion o fanonymity.

Xinhua

DUZ, (Afghanistan), 19 July—Four Germansoldiers were injured as a roadside bomb strucktheir vehicle in Afghanistan’s northern KunduzProvince on Monday, spokesman with the NATO-led forces in the province Lieutenant ColonelWebber said.

“The incident occurred in Ali Abad District at05:30 am local time as a result three or four Germansoldiers were injured,” Webber told Xinhua.Meantime, governor of Kunduz ProvinceMohammad Omar also said that the blast took placein Lala Maidan village of Ali Abad District thismorning injuring four German soldiers.

On the other hand, a Taleban purportedspokesman Zabihullah Mujahid in talks with mediavia telephone from undisclosed location claimedthat Taleban is responsible for the bomb attack,adding that the four German soldiers were killed inthe blast.—Xinhua

Roadside bomb wounds fourGerman soldiers in northern

Afghan province KABUL, 19 July— A foreign soldier was killed inAfghanistan on Monday after a Taleban-style bombattack, NATO said.

The death brings to 379 the number of foreignsoldiers to die in the Afghan war so far this year.

NATO’s International Security Assistance Forcedid not give the soldier’s nationality but said thebombing took place in the south, where the Taleban-led militancy is at its fiercest.

The death comes as Kabul and its internationalpartners are preparing for a major conference onTuesday, where President Hamid Karzai is expectedto announce a deadline of 2014 for domestic forcesto take over security.

NATO and the United States have 143,000 troopsin Afghanistan, set to peak at 150,000 in comingweeks as they take a US-led counter-militancy to themilitants’ southern strongholds in an effort to speedup an end to the war.

Xinhua

Taleban-style bombing killsforeign soldier

MEXICO CITY, 19July— At least 17 peopledied and 17 others wereinjured on Sunday earlymorning in the northernstate of Coahuila, Mexicowhen an armed group firedat the people who wereattending a party,authorities said. Accordingto the first reports ofCoahuila’s Police, the

17 killed, 17 injured in shooting in northern Mexico

Five killed inbomb

explosions nearBaghdad

press briefing in ISAFfortified headquarters.

“Today I want toshare with you a recentlydeclassified messagethat was intercepted inJune.

The message wasfrom Mullah Omar, whois hiding in Pakistan,ordered his subordinatecommanders inAfghanistan to fightNATO-led troops andkill Afghans who supportAfghan government.

The spokesman of

over 130,000-strongNATO-led ISAF forcesalso said that many ofthese deaths were causedby militants’ use ofindiscriminate IEDs(Improvised ExplosiveDevice), automaticmachine gun fire andsuicide bombers. In thisregard he named threeAfghan officials — GulMohammad, HayatullahAgha and MohammadReza — had beenassassinated by Talebanmilitants in Logar,Kandahar and GhazniProvinces over the pastcouple of weeks.

Xinhua

p o w e r - s h a r i n gnegotiations in the Iraqigovernment. Speakingto ABC’s “This Week”progra-mme, Biden saidthe I raqi t rans i t iongovernment is “in placethat’s working. Iraqisecur i ty i s be ing

provided by the Iraqis.”The US forces last

year have pulled out ofIraqi c i t ies and areworking to formally endcombat operations by 1Sept of this year, cuttingthe US military forcefrom just under 90,000to 50, 000. A ful lwithdrawal is also insight at the end of 2011.However , I raq’spolitical blocs are stilld iscuss ing theformation of a newgovernment, monthsaf ter the 7 Marchelections. Biden said heis conf ident thewithdrawal won’t affectthe physical stability ofIraq.—Xinhua

shooting occurred about1:30 am local time, in thereal estate of “Italia Inn” inSan Luis municipality. TheGeneral Prosecutor’s Officeof Coahuila said that theattackers arrived at the partyaboard five vehicles andbegan shooting at thepeople attending theparty.—Xinhua

Chairs and others items are seen scattered at a housewhere a party was interrupted by gunmen early Sunday

in the town of Torreon, in the state of Coahuila, 18July, 2010.—XINHUA

Afghan police and officials are at the scene of asuicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, 18 July,

2010. A suicide bombing in eastern Kabul killed threecivilians on Sunday, two days before an internationalconference that will host representatives from about60 nations, an Afghan official said. The bomber was

on foot and his target was unclear, police officialAbdul Ghafor Sayedzada said.—INTERNET

Soldiers rescue a woman trapped by floodwater in the old downtown area of Guang’anCity, southwest China’s Sichuan Province,on 18 July, 2010. Due to the upriver flood

triggered by heavy rainfall in Qujiang River,the old downtown area of Guang’an City was

deluged by knee-level flood water. Soldierspromptly relocated local residents and

properties to safe zones before the arrival ofthe next flood peak.

XINHUA

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Facebook reaches 500million users

BEIJING, 19 July — Social networking giantFacebook is expected to officially announce its 500millionth user sometime this week, media reportedon Monday.

To celebrate, the giant will be launching aspecial feature called “Facebook Stories,” whichwill be a collection of short tales about users whohave had their lives changed by Facebook.

The company is currently accepting submissionsfor their Stories feature; stories that receive themost Likes could be included in the final product.

As well, Facebook recently announced that ithad reached a milestone of 150 million mobileusers, an increase of approximately 50 percent sinceApril’s 100-million-mobile-user measurement.

Internet

Patrol formation performs in Vigo, Spain, duringthe International Vigo Airshow, on

18 July , 2010.—XINHUA

Huge solar station startsoperation in Shanghai

BEIJING, 19 July — Theworld’s largest stand aloneintegrated photovoltaic(BIPV) project startedtransmitting power to thegrid in Shanghai onSunday in another moveshowcasing China’scommitment to reducedcarbon emissions.

The 6.68-megawattsolar system can produce6.3 million kilowatt-hours(kwh) of electricity peryear to meet the needs of12,000 Shanghaihouseholds. It will cut coalconsumption by 2,254

tons, while reducingcarbon emissions by 6,600tons.

The project has beeninstalled on the awningson both sides of the newlycompleted HongqiaoStation of the Beijing-Shanghai High-SpeedRailway. Its 20,000 solarpanels cover a roof area of61,000 sq m and haveproduced 300,000 kwhpower since the 160million-yuan projectbegan operation twoweeks ago.

Xinhua

Australian research reveals impact ofonline social networking

SYDNEY, 19 July — More than half of Australianparents with children using online social networkingservices like Facebook and Twitter said the servicesare distracting them from their studies, the latestCyber-safety Research Report commissioned byTelstra revealed on Monday.

The survey of parents with children aged 10 to 17years was conducted by Newspoll and shows theproblem is more pronounced with teenagers agedbetween 14 and 17 years, with 65 percent of parentsreporting social networking is frequently oroccasionally distracting their children from theirhomework.

The Telstra Cyber-safety Research Report has ledcyber-safety expert Dr Martyn Wild, ManagingDirector of SuperClubsPLUS Australia, to encourageparents to place computers in family areas such as alounge room, in an effort to keep younger schoolchildren focused on their studies.—Xinhua

File photo shows cows in a field near AucklandInternational Airport. China’s Bright Dairy &Food Co has said it plans to buy a controlling

stake in the New Zealand dairy farm owner andmilk processor Synlait Milk Ltd, giving it a stable

supply of “quality” milk.—INTERNET

Technology

Deep-Sea Amphipod”, photograph courtesyQueensland Brain Institute.—INTERENET

When was the last earthquakenear Washington, DC?

WASHINGTON, 19July —The mild, 3.6-magnitude earthquakethat rattled Washing-ton , DC, and thesurrounding area a t5:04 am local time wasthe largest earthquaketo s t r ike nea r thenation’s capital since1984. On April 23 oftha t yea r , a 4 .4 -magni tude quakestruck near WicomicoChurch, Va, about 120miles (193 km) northof DC, according to the

US Geological Survey.Before today, the

most recent earthquaketo strike in the DC areawas a minor , 1 .8 -magnitude quake thatstruck on 6 May, 2008in Annanda le , Va ,which is 13 miles (21km) west-southwest ofthe district, accordingto the USGS. L iketoday’s earthquake, itwas just large enoughto be felt, but not largeenough to causedamage.—Internet

People attempt to contain a huge oil slick from furthercontaminating the Yellow Sea on 18 July, 2010 in

Dalian, northest China’s Liaoning Province.Authorities have launched an ocean clean-up

operation after an oil pipeline explosion and firespilled 1,500 tonnes of crude in the coastal region,

state media said on Monday.—INTERNET

US raises concern over Gulf oilwell seepage

NEW ORLEANS, 19 July— BP has raised hopes that nomore toxic crude will leak into the Gulf of Mexico, sayingit intends to keep its runaway oil well sealed until apermanent “kill” operation later this month.

The US government is granting extensions toexhaustive well tests on a 24-hour basis, but BP said thevalves on the containment cap that is staunching the flowwill remain shut as long as no leaks are discovered.

This could mark the beginning of the end of whatestimates suggest is the biggest oil spill ever, although thetrue damage from one of America’s worst environmentaldisasters might not be known for decades.

“Clearly we don’t want to reinitiate flow into theGulf if we don’t have to,” said BP chief operating officerDoug Suttles.

“We’re hopeful that if the encouraging signs continuewe’ll be able to continue the integrity test all the way tothe point where we get the well killed.”

The start of the two-week operation to plug the wellpermanently by pumping in heavy drilling fluids andthen cement is now less than two weeks away as engineershave only 100 feet (30 metres) left vertically to drill.

Internet

Night Sky’s great globular clustervisible in telescopes

NEW YORK, 19 July—A fascinating deep skyobject called the Great Globular Cluster can currentlybe found in telescopes looking nearly overhead onclear summer nights, and there’s good story behindhow it and other objects are classified.

How often in looking through books onastronomy have you noticed star clusters and nebulaedesignated by the letter M, followed by somenumber? For example: the famous AndromedaGalaxy is known as M31 and the Great Orion Nebulais M42.

The Great Globular Cluster is known as M13and sits the constellation Hercules. The ‘M’ standsfor the initial of the famed 18th century cometobserver, Charles Messier (1730-1817).

Messier was deeply interested in discoveringcomets but he was plagued by the same trouble thatbesets all comet hunters.

Internet

Science

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Shanghai Expo providingplatform for business success

BEIJING, 19 July—Expo 2010 Shanghai is provingto be a boon for successful Chinese entrepreneurseager to tap into the global market.

The 184-day event, which is predicted to attract anestimated 4 million foreign visitors along with globalmedia coverage, is considered to be a goldenopportunity for Chinese companies to raise their brandsto an international level and explore businessopportunities.

According to survey released last year by theinformation office of Shanghai Municipal Government,more than a quarter of the respondents were hoping tovisit Shanghai during the Expo to seek futurebusiness.—Xinhua US stocks down on recovery fears

Kuwait, Cuba to boostcooperation in trade, culture

HAVANA, 19 July—Cuba and Kuwait have signedagreements aimed at boosting cooperation in tradeand culture, the official Radio Reloj reported onSunday.

The documents were signed by visiting KuwaitiPrime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Cuba’s first Vice-President ofthe Council of State Jose Ramon Machado Ventura.Al-Sabah and Machado Ventura also “talked on thegood state of bilateral relations” and expressed thecommon will to further strengthen cooperation, saidthe radio.—Xinhua

NEW YORK, 19 July—Leading US stock marketstumbled more than 2.5% aspoor company results andfresh economic data hitinvestor confidence in theeconomic recovery.

On Wall Street thebenchmark Dow JonesIndustrial Average fell2.5%, while the S&P 500index was down 2.9%.

Shares in Citigroup andBank of America were hit,with both reporting fallingrevenues.

US consumerconfidence also fell to itslowest level since August2009, according to one

US investors remain concerned about the strengthof the US recovery.—INTERNET

report. The poor resultswere not limited to USbanks, however, with

General Electric also down5% after reporting fallingrevenues, despite a rise in

profits.Google also worried

investors, with its profitsfor the last three monthsfalling short of expectationsfor the first time in itshistory.

Its shares ended the daydown nearly 7%.

Investors warned thatthe economic recoveryappeared to be losingmomentum, but denied thata double-dip recession wason its way.

“The economicrecovery is still intact,” saidJim O’Sullivan, chiefeconomist at MF Global.

InternetBusinessWorkers are seen assembling motorcycle parts at

an industrial park in Vinh Phuc Province innorthern Vietnam.—INTERNET

Many false-positive HIV test resultsfor those in AIDS vaccine trials

NEW JERSEY, 19 July—Almost halfof HIV-negative people who participatein clinical trials for HIV vaccines endup testing positive on routine HIV tests— even though they’re not actuallyinfected, a new study shows.

The reason: They underwent whatexperts call “vaccine-inducedseropositivity/reactivity” (VISP),meaning that they possess immunesystem antibodies to the virus but notthe virus itself. That’s an importantdistinction, since routine HIV screeninglooks for virus antibodies only. Expertspointed out that the results are not newor surprising, but simply underline the

delicacies of conducting trials into HIV/AIDS.

“You need to make sure to useother forms of testing for HIV, forexample, viral load or p24 antigen, notjust HIV antibodies. And peoplewho’ve been in trials need to knowtheir antibody status by the end of thetrial,” said Dr Michael Horberg,director of HIV/AIDS at KaiserPermanente in Santa Clara, Calif. “If itis a false positive but they do not haveHIV infection, that would be veryimportant for them to know, especiallyif they do repeat testing as part of goodpreventive health.”—Internet

A nurse prepares drugs for patientsrecently diagnosed with HIV and TB.

Drugs that repress HIV halved thenumber of new cases of the AIDS

virus, according to a study publishedon Sunday ahead of the opening of

the International AIDSConference.—INTERNET

An oil absorbent boom sits idle in a canal awaitingto be be cleaned up near Port Sulphur, Louisiana,

on 17 July, 2010.—INTERNET

Flu Vaccine via skin patchshows promise in mice

GEORGIA, 19 July—Wouldn’t it be nice if youcould get the flu vaccine through a stick-on skinpatch instead of a shot?

Experiments in mice show that using skinpatches containing tiny, painless “microneedles”to deliver the influenza vaccine may someday be aviable alternative to traditional shots.

The microneedles — less than 1 millimetre inlength, or about half the thickness of a nickel turnedon its side — dissolve into the skin and are smallenough that they don’t draw blood or cause pain,researchers said.

Internet

Aggressivedrug therapy

may helpslow spread

of AIDSVIENNA,19 July—

Effective andwidespread treatment ofHIV disease may alsohelp cut the rate of newinfections, researchersreport.

Since the introdu-ction of powerful anti-HIV drugs known ashighly active antiret-roviral therapy(HAART) in 1996, thenumber of new cases ofHIV infection in theCanadian province ofBritish Columbia hasdecreased by more thanhalf, the team report.

The study ispublished online July 18in The Lancet inconjunction with itspresentation Sunday atthe International AIDSSociety (IAS) meeting inVienna.

Xinhua

Marvin Hutchens (L) and Jimmy RayHenson ride down the fairway at Indian

Tree golf course on Segway personaltransports in Arvada, Colorado on 17

July, 2010.INTERNET

Health

Chinese youths chat at a cafe modeled after the‘Central Perk’ cafe in the ‘Friends’ sitcom long

popular amongst young Chinese audience inBeijing on 19 July, 2010.

INTERNET

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FIFA president Sepp Blatter (right) is seen besidethe president of the Japan Football Associationand Chairman of the Japan bid Motoaki Inukaiduring a ceremony at FIFA’s headquarters in

Zurich, in May. —INTERNET

FIFA inspectors in Japan to checkWorld Cup bid

OSAKA, 19 July—Hoton the heels of the WorldCup in South Africa,FIFA kicked off a

whirlwind two-monthtour on Monday toinspect nine candidatesvying to host the 2018 or

2022 tournaments, thefirst stop in Japan.

A five-member teamfrom the sport’s worldgoverning body was toarrive in the westernmegacity of Osaka at0820 GMT on a four-daytrip to see stadiums,facilities andpresentations there and inTokyo.

They will go on toSouth Korea, Australia,the Netherlands-Belgium(joint bid), Russia,England, Spain-Portugal,the United States andQatar in that order anddraw up reports on thefeasibility of each bid.

Internet

CAIRO, 19 July— The Middle East region onSunday witnessed unprecedented meetings focusedon promoting the direct Palestinian-Israelinegotiations as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarakheld separate talks with Israeli, Palestinian leadersand US Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell.

Analysts believe that through these extensivemeetings, the two sides will be set to start directtalks, maybe secretly, although the indirectnegotiations have not been so fruitful.

“The two sides will agree on moving to the directtalks secretly to ensure its success like what happenedwith Oslo,” Fakhry al-Tahtawy, a professor ofpolitical affairs at Cairo University, told Xinhua onSunday.

“There are Egyptian-American efforts to pushthe peace process to move from the indirect talks todirect ones,” he said, adding “ there is a need fordirect negotiations as the US realizes that there aresome differences which require the two rivals to sitface to face to resolve.” Emad Gad, an Israeli affairsexpert with Egypt’s Al-Ahram Centre for Politicaland Strategic Studies, also told Xinhua on Sundaythat Palestinians and Israelis will start secret directtalks soon. “As long as the direct talks were secretand away from the media, it will be more likely tosucceed,” Gad said.—Xinhua

JAKARTA, 19 July— Indonesian Meteorologyand Geophysics Agency lifted tsunami warningafter a 7.1 magnitude aftershock and a 7.2magnitude main shock in Papua New Guinea onSunday.

“Tsunami warning is lifted,” as the tsunamidid not occur over an hour after the strong quakes,the agency said.

The agency issued the warning immediatelyafter an aftershock taking place on sea, the agencysaid.

The after shock struck at 20:35 Jakarta Time(1335 GMT) with epicentre at 537 km northeast ofPort Moresby in Papua New Guinea with the depthat 26 km under sea bed, the agency said.

The main shock occurred at 20:04 Jakarta Time(1304 GMT) with epicentre at 503 km northeastPort Moresby and with the depth at 77 km underland, an official of the agency Andri Sembiringtold Xinhua. —Xinhua

People on boats wait for the start of the fireworks to celebrate theRedentore Festival in Venice, Italy, on 17 July, 2010. Venetians and

visitors celebrated on Saturday one of the biggest festivals of the year theRedentore Festival, to remind the end of a disastrous plague in Venicehistory plague in 1577. This tradition festival is famous for its fabulousfireworks and during the festival a special floating pontoon is built to

connect the San Marco Square and the Church of the Redentore on theGiudecca Island.—XINHUA

Palestinians, Israelis set to startsecret direct talks

A visitor is attracted by a toy chicken at the annualTokyo Toy Show in Tokyo on July 18, 2010.The 4-

day toy show ends on Sunday. More than 130companies brought more than 36,000 new toys to

the event.—XINHUA

Indonesia lifts tsunamiwarning after Papua New

Guinea strong quakes

Trouble for Brazil-Paris flight for 4th time

SI N G A P O R E, 19J u l y — S i n g a p o r e a npolice said Monday theyarrested a British authoras part of a criminaldefamation invest-igation related to hisbook on the city-state’sdeath penalty policy.

Alan Shadrake, 75,was in Singapore topromote the book andwas arrested on Sunday,police said in astatement.

He hosted an eventthe day beforepromot ing “Once aJol ly Hangman:

Singapore arrests Britishwriter for defamation

Singapore Justice in theDock.”

Police said theyarrested Shadrake basedon a complaint by thegovernment’s MediaDevelopment Authorityand were investigatinghim for other offenses.They declined to givedetails.

The a t torney-general’s office is alsoseeking contempt ofcourt charges againstShadrake becausestatements in the bookallegedly impugn theimpartiality, integrityand independence of

the judic iary , aspokeswoman sa id .She spoke anony-mously in line with theattorney-general officepolicy.

Internet

A South Korean childcools himself off by

playing in a fountain inSeoul, South Korea, on19 July, 2010. In South

Korea, on 19 July istypically the day thatsignals the beginningof the hottest time ofthe year.—INTERNET

SAO PAULO, 19 July— Air France says a Riode Janeiro to Paris flight has been canceledbecause of electronic problems. It is the fourthincident in eight days involving an Air Francepassenger jet from Brazil.

Air France spokeswoman Leticia Lyra saysproblems were detected on the before the flightwas to leave for Paris on Saturday with 170passengers. It was rescheduled for Sunday night.She did not provide details.

On Thursday, Air France canceled a Sao Pauloto Paris flight because of damage in the aircraft’sfuselage.

Two days earlier, an Air France Rio to Parisflight was forced to return to Brazil because ofmalfunctioning bathrooms. On 10 July, a bombthreat forced a Paris-bound Air France jet boundto make an emergency landing in northeasternBrazil.

Internet

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YANGON, 19 July—The 63rd AnniversaryArzani Day was markedat the Martyrs’Mausoleum here thismorning. Chairman ofthe Committee forObservance of the 63rd

Anniversary Arzani DayChairman of YangonCity DevelopmentCommittee Mayor UAung Thein Lin laidwreaths at the tombs ofBogyoke Aung San andthe fallen leaders andpaid tributes to them,dispensing Metta.

Also present on theoccasion were Chairmanof the Work Committeefor Observance of the63rd Anniversary Arzani

63rd Anniversary ArzaniDay observed

Day Secretary of YCDCU Aung Than Win,members, departmentalheads, the Guard ofHonour and officers ofMyanmar Police Forceand Myanmar FireBrigade.

On arr ival atMartyr’s Mausoleum bycar at 8 am, Mayor UAung Thein Lin tookposition.

The mayor laidwreaths at the tombs ofBogyoke Aung San andthe fallen leaders andpaid tributes to them.

In the meanwhile,the State Flag was flownat half mast, and theGuard of Honour and theband saluted the fallen

leaders. That wasfollowed by dispensingof Metta and two-minutesilence in memory of theArzani leaders.

U Aung San Oo,eldest son of BogyokeAung San, and wife DawLe Le Nwe Thein laid awreath at the tomb ofBogyoke Aung San andpaid tribute to him anddispensed Metta.

Next , familymembers of the fallenleaders laid wreaths atrespective tombs andpaid tributes to them anddispensed Metta.

R e p r e s e n t a t i v e sfrom the Myanmar WarVeterans Organization,the Myanmar Fire

Brigade, MyanmarWriters and JournalistsAssociation, MyanmarMotion PicturesAssociation, Myanmar

Music Associat ion,Myanmar ThabinAssociat ion, andMyanmar Artists andArtisians Association

laid wreaths at the tombsof Bogyoke Aung Sanand fallen leaders andpaid tributes to them.

MNA

YANGON, 19 July—If you have beenconsidering to go on avacation with yourfamily or make studytour of Australia, thereis an opportunity rightnow. There will be apackage tour of Perth ofAustralia in October tobe jointly organized bySTI Education andeducation and trainingdepartment of WesternAustral ian govern-ment.

The tour will help

Wanna make a study tour of Australia?

you make friends withstudents at AustralianGovernment Schools,and enjoy the taste ofstudying at GovernmentSchools, and you mayalso be able to embraceloveliness of Australianfamil ies , enjoyAustralian traditionalfoods and homestay.

The package tourcovers flight charges,transportation charges,training fees, chargesfor welcomingceremony, concluding

ceremony, study tours ofschools, other studytours, health insurance,visa letter, homestayinclusive of meals .Cert if icates ofcomplet ion wil l bepresented at concludingceremony in whichtraining staff of theschools wil l alsoappraise theperformance of eachstudent.

For details, contactNo. 377, UpperShwebontha Street,Pabedan Township, hereor Room No. 7, Building4, Myanmar Info-Tech,Hline Township, Ph:507048, 250056, 507151,700273, 507152.

MNA

Mayor U Aung Thein Lin lays wreaths at the tombs of Bogyoke AungSan and the fallen leaders at 63rd Anniversary Arzani Day .

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19July—Chairman ofChin State Peace andDevelopment CouncilBrig-Gen Hong Ngai on1 July visited ZalueHydropower Plant inTiddim Township, ChinState.

The Commander

Chin State Chairman on inspectiontour of Chin State

also graced themonsoon tree plantingceremony at LwebwalWard and planted treestogether wi thdepar tmenta l per-sonnel , members ofsocial organizat ionsand people.

The Chin Sta te

Chairman on 2 Julyvis i ted RamkalaungTea Farm in Falam,Thantlang TownshipPeople’s Hospital andSchools for Develop-ment of Nat ionalYouths and fulfilled theneeds.

MNA

PATHEIN, 19 July—Pathein Township inPathein District,Ayeyawady Division,opened Non-FormalPrimary Education(NFPE) Course atPathein Basic EducationHigh School No. 1yesterday.

Ayeyawady Divi-

Non-Formal Primary Education Course openedin Pathein Township

sion Education OfficerU Win Shwe andChairman of PatheinTownship Peace andDevelopment Council UPercy deliveredspeeches.

Secretary ofTownship Level NFPESupervisory CommitteeDistrict Education

Officer U Kyi Aungpresented facts about thecourse.

Social organizationsdonated K 400,000 andthe division educationofficer and the townshipeducation officer andstaff, K 250,000 to thecourse.

MNA

District Education Officer U Kyi Aung

explaining facts about non-formal

primary education course.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19July—A workshop onconservation of InlayLake and its environs washeld at Town Hall ofTaunggyi on 14 July. Itwas attended by ShanState Peace andDevelopment CouncilChairman EasternCommand CommanderMaj-Gen Yar Pyae,senior military officials,members of socialorganizations, locals andguests.

Responsible persons

Commander attends opening of new schoolbuilding in Taunggyi

reported to theCommander on ongoingtasks and the workshipcame to end. TheCommander then vieweddisplay of nature ofinsects.

On 15 July, theCommander attended theopening of new schoolbuilding at Taunggyi No.4 Basic Education MiddleSchool, Responsiblepersons formally openedthe new-building and theCommander unveiled thesignboard of it.

The Commanderthen looked round thebuilding and addressedthe handing-over of thenew school building. Theheadmistress spokeworlds of thanks and aresponsible personexplained construction ofthe new school building.

Next, wellwisherspresented cashdonations and aresponsible personhanded over relevantdocuments to the school.

MNA

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 20 July, 2010

Development of roads and bridges in MyanmarByline:Maung Saw Win (Myanma Alin); Photos: Myanma Alin

(from page 1)Nowadays, new

roads and bridges, in-cluding four lane and sixlane roads have emergedfar and wide. Amongthem, these roads areMandalay-Myitkyina,M a n d a l a y - B h a m o ,Myitkyina-Putao, Hpa-a n - Z a r - t h a b y i n -Mawlamyine, Taunggyi-Ywangan-Hanmyintmo,Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana-Pinlaung, Sittway-An-Minbu, Kawthoung-B o k p y i n - D a w e i -Mawlamyine, Taungup-Maei-Kyaukpyu andMonywa-Hkamti motorroads.

For the developmentof the regions of the westbank of AyeyawadyRiver, Minbu-Seikpyu-Pakokku-Monywa mo-tor road and Minhla-Thayet-Pyay motorroads were constructed.There exist many roads:N a t m a u k - M a g w a y ,

M o n y w a - K a l e w a ,Toungoo-Pyay and roadsfrom Nay Pyi TawPyinmana toTaungdwingyi.

With respect topresent transport sector,over 70,000 miles ofroads, including concreteroads, tarred roads, gravelroads, hard roads andearthen have now existed.

The bridges all areall-weather ones. Peoplenow can go in a day. It islike a dream to see theemergence of bridgesacross the nation if com-pared with the past (be-fore 1988).

Regarding roads andbridges sectors, therewere 13,635 miles ofroads before 1988, butnow it has increased to21,361 miles and 2 fur-longs. In 2009-2010finical year, Ministry ofConstruction handed over1147 miles and one fur-long miles of roads to

Pinlaung (Kintha-Koegway) ( 20 miles andthree furlongs) in July.

In order that thecars can run smoothly,Ministry of Constructionhas upgraded 12 feet wideNay Pyi Taw Pyinmana-

six furlongs long Minhla-S e i n k a n t l a n t -M y o c h a u n g - P h a d o -P e i n z a l o k e -Banbwaygon-Penwegon,96 miles and three fur-longs Koebin-Thagara,108 miles and four fur-longs long Magway-K a n b y a - M y o t h i t -Taungnyo-Nay Pyi Taw,91 miles and four furlongsM a g w a y - N a t m a u k -Pyawbwe, 97 miles longPyinOoLwin-Mogok, 65miles long Katha-Sinkhan, 218 miles longM y i t k y i n a - S w a n -parabwan-Putao, 330miles long Thetkaekyin-Phaung-pyin-Hkamti, 70miles and two furlongslong Nay Pyi TawPyinmana-Pinlaung, 22miles and six furlongs

long Ponnagyun-Yathedaung, 24 milesand seven furlongs longMyebon-Minbya, 20miles and six furlongslong Pauktaw-Minbyaand 33 miles and five fur-longs long Kyauktaw-Paletwa.

There have nowemerged bridges cross-ing Ayeyawady River,namely Maubin,Nawaday, Dedaye andBo Myat Tun. In addtion,Balaminhtin, Anawrahta,Ayeyawady (Magway)and Yadanarbon (Man-dalay) bridges are underconstruction.

The rivers crossingbridges, including two onChindwin River, three onSitttoung River and fiveon Thanlwin River havebeen constructed. In theolden days, those regionshad to face difficulties intransport due to such bar-riers as mountains, riv-ers and creeks.

Although the regions

are so much close, it haddifficulties in transport.Due to emergence of thenetworks of roads andbridges, people can nowgo from Putao, the north-ern part of the country toKawthoung, the southernpart and from Kengtung,the eastern part toSittway, the western part.The development of roadsand bridges helps facili-tate that of a network ofUnion Road. At the sametime, rail roads andbridges have been con-structed to be a networkof road. There hasemerged a rail road,centered at Magway Di-vision, to the west bankof Ayeyawady River fromPathein and Kyangin-Pakokku-Kalay.

The west bank re-gions of AyeyawadyRiver, lagged behind inthe past, are no longerdifferent if comparedwith the east. It is wit-nessed that trading isswifter, and local peo-ple’s education, eco-nomic and health stand-ards and social statushave now improved.Peace is the base of thedevelopment. Only whenthe regions have peaceand stability, these re-gions will become de-veloped.

The government isimplementing infrastru-ctural developments inorder to be peaceful andnot to have much differ-ence among the nationalbrethrens. It can be saidthat regional develop-ment is a result of peaceand stability.

For the developmentof the country in the futureto have adequate transportinfrastructure, Public

Works is extending thenumber of roads andbridges. From 1988 to date,2,915 bridges (between100 feet and 180 feet) and240 bridges (over-180-foot) have been opened.Now, five AyeyawadyRiver crossing bridges arebeing built, four of themare rail-cum-road and oneof them is only two lanemotor roads. For havingbetter transport betweenYangon Division andAyeyawady Division,Ayeyawady Bridge(Nyaungdon), which is arail-cum-road, is built pass-ing Ayeyawady nearNyaungdon. It has 9,382-foot- long two lane motorway and 10,377-foot-longone rail road.

(See page 9)

other ministries and Di-rectorate of Military En-gineers' Office.

In accord with theguidance of the Head ofState, Pyay-Paukkaung-Toungoo (125 mile andone furlong) was openedin March, 2010, Pathein-Thaletkhwa-Mawtinson(96 miles) in May andNay Pyi Taw Pyinmana-

Pinlaung gravel road sec-tion into 18 feet widetarred one on 8 August,2009. In addition, 1,760feet long Leinli suspen-sion bridge, located atmile post No. 42/6 of NayPyi Taw-Pinlaung roadsection, is under construc-tion. Its withstand is 13tons of loads. Now, it is asteel truss suspensionbridge and can withstand75 tons of loads. Aftercompletion, it will be thehighest, most prominentand most distinct one.Plans are under way toopen 49 miles and 7 fur-longs long tarred(Koegway-Pinlaung)road section.

Now, roads beingconstructed by Ministryof Construction are: 450miles and five furlongslong Pathein-Monywa,42 miles and seven fur-longs long Taikkyi-P h a u n g g y i - B a g o(Taikkyi-10th mile roadsection), 143 miles and

Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyine) helps facilitate better transportbetween the north and the south.

Construction site of Yazudai Bridge No.1 seen on the bank of Mawlamyinegyun.

Dokhtawady Bridge (Nawngkhio) that connects Shan State (North)with other regions.

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Development of roads and bridges in MyanmarByline:Maung Saw Win (Myanma Alin); Photos: Myanma Alin

Sr State/division Completed Under construction Proposed

1. Kachin 19 2 1 2. Kayah 1 1 - 3. Kayin 7 2 1 4. Chin 3 - - 5. Sagaing 17 3 1 6. Taninthayi 7 - - 7. Bago 19 1 - 8. Magway 20 3 - 9. Mandalay 12 1 -10. Mon 4 - -11. Rakhine 36 1 -12. Yangon 30 1 -13. Shan (East) 4 - -14. Shan (South) 5 2 -15. Shan (North) 7 - 116. Ayeyawady 49 5 1

Total 240 22 5

Sr Names Miles

1. Pathein-Monywa road 450 miles and five furlongs 2. Taikkyi-Phaunggyi-Bago (Taikkyi-10th mile section) 42 miles and seven furlongs 3. Minhla-Seinkantlant-Myochaung-Phado- Peinzaloke -Bankbwaygon-Penwegon 143 miles and six furlongs 4. Goebin-Thagara 96 miles and three furlongs 5. Magway-Kanbya-Myothit-Taungnyo- Nay Pyi Taw road 108 miles and four furlongs 6. Magway-Natmauk-Pyawbwe road 91 miles and four longs 7. PyinOoLwin-Mogok road 97 miles 8. Katha-Sinkhan road 65 miles 9. Myitkyina-Swanparabwan-Putao 218 miles10. Thetkaekyin-Phaung Pyin-Hkanti 330 miles11. Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana-Pinlaung road 70 miles and two furlongs12. Ponnagyun-Yathedaung road 22 miles and six furlongs13. Myebon-Minbya road 24 miles and six furlongs14. Pauktaw-Minbya road 20 miles and six furlongs15. Kyauktaw-Paletwa road 33 miles and five furlongs

Main roads under construction The numbers of over-180-foot bridges (completed, underconstruction and proposed) from 1988 to date.

(from page 8)The width of motor

way is 28 feet long andthat of railroad 14 feetlong, and it has three feetwide pedestrian way onboth sides.

Ayeyawady Bridge(Malun), is being built bypassing AyeyawadyRiver near Pahtanago andMalun. The purpose ofbuilding the bridge is toconnect Pathein-Kyangin-Pakokku railroad on the west bank ofAyeyawady River withPyay-Aunglan-Taung-dwingyi-Magway-Chaukrail road on the east. Itstwo lane motor way is4,695 feet long and railroad, 5510 feet long.

In order to travel eas-ily from Sagaing Divi-sion to Kachin State andShan State, AyeyawadyBridge (Yadanatheinga)with 2841 feet and fourinches long two lane mo-tor way is being built. By

using the bridge, peoplecan soon travel to Singufrom the feeder ofLatpanhla on Mandalay-Madaya-Mogok road, tothe north of Mandalay-Shwebo-Myitkyina roadthrough Kyaukmyaung-Shwebo road in the west,to Monywa in the westand to Mandalay throughSagaing in the south.

Another AyeyawadyRiver Crossing bridge is11,431 feet longAyeyawady Bridge(Pakokku) that connectsLatpanchepaw village inNyaungU on the east bankof Ayeyawady River withPakokku on the west bank.The main bridge is overtwo miles long. It is a RCtype steel truss in whichtwo lanes motor way runsparallel with rail road. Itwill connect Pakokku-Myinchaing-Letpan-chepaw-Th i th - t auk-NyaungU. The bridgeconstruction starts being

done. Upon completion,it will emerge a networkof rail road in Bhamo ofKachin State, Kengtungof Shan State, Myeik ofTaninthayi Division,Kyauktaw-Sittway inRakhine State through

Minbu-An road. It will soonemerge as Union Road.People can travel to Kalayand Moeyay throughYangon-Pathein road sec-tion and Pathein-Hinthada-Kyangyin-Pakokku roadand through Lashio to KyeGoyn. Ayeyawady Bridge(Pakokku) will be a mainbridge on Thai-Myanmar-India border ASEAN-BIMSTEC road. Of the rail-cum-road bridges inMyanmar, it will be thelongest and most promi-nent one.

Ayeyawady Bridge(Sinkhan) is located nearBhamo of Kachin State. Itis a 4,695 feet long rail-cum-road and steel trussstructure. On completion,

goods from other states anddivisions can be swiftlytransported to Bhamo bycars and trains. And therewill be trade with Chinathrough border trade camp.These Ayeyawady RiverCrossing Bridges are RCType Steel truss ones, whichconnect the regions on theeast bank of AyeyawadyRiver with the west bank. Itwill contribute to the devel-opment of the region.

Public Works is nowbuilding 22 bridges includ-ing five Ayeyawady RiverCrossing Bridges. Plansare under way to buildbridges in Shan, Kayin andKachin States andSagaing, Ayeyawady Di-visions. In addition, ar-

rangements are beingmade to build 720 feetlong Sittoung Bridge(Natthangwin) onPenngwegon-Kyaukkyiroad.

With political, eco-nomic and nationalisticview, the government isbuilding the roads andbridges by spending hugeamounts of money na-tion wide. The aforesaidroads and bridges devel-opment, a good legacy,which is to be handeddown to the next genera-tion, can be regarded as asuccess of the presenttime.

Translation: MTMyanma Alin(19-7-2010)

Waingmaw-Bhamo motor road in Kachin State.

Photo shows construction site of Ayeyawady Bridge (Sinkhan) in Katha District ofSagaing Division.

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NEW ORLEANS, 19July—BP and the Obamaadministration offeredsignificantly differingviews Sunday on whetherthe capped Gulf of

Oil cleanup workersskim for oil from theDeepwater Horizon

oil spill in thePerdido Pass in

Orange Beach, Ala,during a heavy rainstorm on 18 July ,

2010.INTERNET

Mexico oil well will haveto be reopened, acontradiction that may bean effort by the oil giantto avoid blame if crudestarts spewing again.

Pilloried for nearlythree months as it triedrepeatedly to stop theleak, BP PLC capped thenearly mile-deep well onThursday and wants tokeep it that way. Thegovernment’s plan,however, is to

Bankers worried overEuropean bank stress tests

LONDON, 19 July—Senior bankers and regulatorsacross Europe are worried that markets couldmisinterpret the outcome of a test of how resilientEuropean banks are to economic shocks, the FinancialTimes said on Monday.

The paper said board members at banks in the UK,France and Germany, who spoke on condition ofanonymity, had reservations about the way in whichthe stress test had been conducted. The FT said thebanks in question are considered to be among thosethat will pass the test.

“It is not a question of whether we will pass,” theFT quoted one finance director as saying. “It is that themarket will compare our stressed capital ratio withothers that have been calculated in an entirely differentbut untransparent way.”—Interent

A visitor looks at cars displayed on a shelf at the 7th ChangchunInternational Auto Expo held in Changchun, capital of northeast China’s

Jilin Province, on 17 July, 2010.—XINHUA

Philips report bigprofit on consumer

electronicsTHE HAGUE, 19 July—Dutch electronics group

Philips reported on Monday a net profit of 262 million

euros for the second quarter of 2010, boosted by sales

of consumer lifestyle electronics.

The figure was nearly six times the profit for a year

earlier and sales rose by 12 percent to 6.19 billion

dollars from the first quarter, the group said in a

statement.

Sales grew in all sectors of the group’s activities,

especially in consumer lifestyle electronics which

grew by 20 percent compared to the second quarter of

2009, while lighting sales grew by 13 percent, it said.

Sales to emerging markets grew 29 percent.

Internet

New fleamarket in LA

offers coolspot amidflaggingeconomy

LOS ANGELES, 19 July—For Phillip Dane, theinaugural Los Angelesflea market held Sundayon the spacious parkinglot of the Dodger Stadiumis not the largest of itskind, but definitely thebest ever in SouthernCalifornia.

“We put togethersome of the greatestvintage dealers, classicand new merchandisedealers and combine thatwith amazing views ofworld-famous DodgerStadium,” Dane, theinitiator of the market, toldXinhua.

Under a scorchingsummer sun, the giantparking lot overlookingthe downtown area of LosAngeles is bustling withsellers and buyers.

Xinhua

A Greek police officerstands guard at a

crime scene inAthens’ ExarchiaDistrict. Gunmen

have shot and killed aGreek journalist infront of his home

near the Greekcapital, before fleeingin a car, police have

said.INTERNET

Dutch electronics group Philips reported onMonday a net profit of 262 million euros for the

second quarter of 2010, boosted by sales ofconsumer lifestyle electronics.

INTERNET

NEW YORK, 19 July—A magnitude-7.3 earthquakehit New Britain region of Papua New Guinea onSunday, according to the US Geological Survey(USGS).

The quake struck at 11:35 pm (1335 GMT) at theepicenter, 65 km southeast of Kimbe, New Britainwith a depth of 57.6 km, the USGS said.

There is no immediate report of any casualties ordamages in the quake.

Xinhua

Strong earthquake shakesPapau New Guinea

BP, feds clash over reopeningcapped Gulf oil well

eventually pipe oil to thesurface, which wouldease pressure on thefragile well but wouldrequire up to three moredays of oil spilling intothe Gulf.

“No one associatedwith this whole activity... wants to see any moreoil flow into the Gulf ofMexico,” Doug Suttles,BP’s chief operatingofficer, said Sunday.

Internet

FARNBOROUGH, 19 July—An unmanned solar-powered plane has set a record by remaining aloftfor seven straight days, flying day and night, itsdesigners say.

The “Zephyr” drone, developed by Britishdefense technology company QinetiQ inFarnborough, England, took off from the US Army’sYuma Proving Ground in Arizona on 9 July, CNNreported.

It was still flying at the weekend, and itsdesigners say they hope it can remain airborne foranother seven days, the US news network said.

“It’s extremely exciting,” Zephyr programmedirector Jon Saltmarsh said. “What we now have isan eternal plane. It has the same amount of fuel atthe start of one day as it does at the start of another.”

The Zephyr project was conceived in 2001 andfunded by the United Kingdom’s Ministry ofDefence.

Saltmarsh says the aircraft demonstratesgenuine military utility.

“It has the persistence to stay up there for longperiods of time and it carries payloads that aredoing things that the military will find useful,” hesaid.

The Zephyr weighs just 117 pounds, has awingspan of 74 feet and a wing area of about 323square feet.

The top side of the wing is covered in solarpanels thinner than a sheet of paper, CNN reported.

Internet

Solar-powered plane setsendurance record

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Global biodiversity conference opens inIndonesia

JAKARTA, 19 July — The 2010 International Meeting of the Association ofTropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) opened on Monday in Indonesia’sBali Province amid growing concerns that the world is facing a biodiversity crisison an unprecedented scale, a press statement said here.

Theme of this year’s meeting is Tropical biodiversity: surviving the food,energy and climate crisis, as habitat destruction from agricultural expansion andclimate change is likely to lead to the mass extinction of irreplaceable plant andanimal species.

“Crisis is a much overused term,” said Dr Terry Sunderland of the Bogor basedCenter for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and a member of the conferenceorganizing committee. “But in terms of global biodiversity at this point, I think itentirely justified. For Indonesia, with its extraordinary wealth of plant and animallife, this crisis is acute.”

Sunderland said that biodiversity loss is a time bomb that has the potential toseverely damage the global systems that sustain life on earth.

“We are all an integral part of nature; our fates tightly linked with biodiversity.Yet this rich resource is being lost at a greatly accelerated rate because of humanactivities. This impoverishes us all and weakens the ability of the living systems,on which we depend, to resist growing threats such as climate change,” he said.

Xinhua

Passers-by admire a grouper and other tropical fish in an aquarium set up atTokyo’s Ginza shopping District on 19 July, 2010.

XINHUA

Workshop on int’l aid, protectionagainst chemical weapons held

in BeijingBEIJING, 19 July — A

training class on internationalassistance and protectionagainst chemical weaponswas opened here onMonday.

The week-longworkshop is jointly held bythe Chinese government andthe Organization for theProhibition of ChemicalWeapons (OPCW) with 22trainees from 21 countries.

The class is designed toequip the trainees with betterknowledge on protectionagainst chemical weaponsand provide a platform torelated nations to exchangeinformation and experience.It eyes implementing article10 of the Chemical WeaponsConvention (CWC) and

helping the involvedcountries to improve theirability to deal with the threatof chemical weapons andchemical accidents.

The ChemicalWeapons Convention,which entered into force 13years ago, establishes far-reaching rights andobligations aimed at freeingthe world of chemicalweapons.

China has consistentlyfulfilled its obligations of theCWC and maintained soundcooperation with the OPCWby assisting it with protectiveequipment, donation andholding related trainingclasses, said a statement fromthe Chinese foreignministry.—Xinhua

A local Cambodian

vendor reads a

magazine with her

children while she

waits customers at

Kampong Thmar

market about 210

kilometers (74 miles)

north of Phnom Penh,

Cambodia, on 19 July

, 2010.

XINHUA

Wild elephants create panic in eastern Nepal

MANILA, 19 July — Atleast two children died whilemore than 30 people werehospitalized after sufferingsymptoms of cholera insouthern Philippine city ofZamboanga over theweekend, local mediareported on Monday.

Local health workershave advised residents in thearea not to get their waterfrom a local well that theysuspected was the source ofcontaminated water, RadiodzBB reported.

But local residents saidthey will have problemslooking for water, as thewell is their only source ofwater.

The World HealthOrganization definescholera as an acute intestinalinfection caused byingestion of food or watercontaminated with thebacterium Vibriocholerae.—Xinhua

Two die fromcholera symptom in

S Philippine city

Workers begin to lay tracksfor Beijing-Shanghai high-

speed railwayXUZHOU, 19 July — Workers began to lay tracks

for a high-speed railway connecting Beijing and

Shanghai on Monday, according to China’s Ministry

of Railways (MOR).

MOR held a ceremony in Xuzhou City, east

China’s Jiangsu Province, on Monday to mark the

event.

MOR said the laying of 1,318-km of railway

track would be finished by the end of the year. The

railway is scheduled to open in 2012,

The construction of the Beijing-Shanghai high-

speed railway was started in April 2008. Total

investment was estimated at 220.9 billion yuan

(32.5 billion US dollars).

The high-speed railway would cut travel time

between Beijing, China’s capital in the north, and

Shanghai, the country’s economic centre in the east,

to less than five hours, compared with the 10-hour

journey by train between the two cities now.

By 2012, China would have a railway network

of 110,000 km, 13,000 km of which would be high-

speed rail, according to the MOR.

Xinhua

At least 50 killed, over 100 injured intrains collision in eastern India

NEW DELHI, 19 July— At least 50 peoplewere killed and morethan 110 injured as apassenger train hit frombehind a stationarypassenger train at arailway station in theeastern Indian state ofWest Bengal earlyMonday morning, saidpolice.

Rescuers have so farrecovered the bodies of40 people from thewreckage of theB h a g a l p u r - R a n c h iVananchal Express train,which was stationary atthe Sainthia station some200 kilometres from thecity of Kolkata, when itwas hit from behind bythe Sealdah- boundUttarbanga Express, saidpolice.

Casualties could riseas rescuers were stilltrying to find the bodiesin compartments

reduced to junks, saidpolice.

Local TV channelshowed footage ofrescuers trying to bringinjured people from thewreckage. Rescue worksbegan two hours afterthe collision took placeat 02:00 am local time,said the TV reports.

Onlookers gather around the mangled wreckage oftrain coaches following a railway accident in

Sainthia, some 200 kilometres from Kolkata, on 19July. A speeding express rammed into the back ofa stationary passenger train, killing more than 50

people and trapping others in the wreckage,according to officials.

XINHUA

Some suvivors saidthe accident took placewhen most of thepassengers weresleeping.

The exact cause ofthe accident is notknown, although humanerror or signal error werethe most likely ones,said police.—Xinhua

KATHMANDU, 19 July—The people ofBahundangi VillageDevelopment Committeein Jhapa district are onceagain suffering from themenace of wild elephantsthat are crossing over theborder from India to theeastern part of thecountry.

According toMonday’s Republica

daily report, the elephantsentering Jhapa districtevery year in herds of 100to 150 not only destroyproperty worth millions,but also pose threat to thelives of the locals, whoare now contemplatingtaking extreme measuresto get rid of the tuskers.

“The people are nowagitated and they couldeven kill the elephants

if need be,” aconservation workerengaged in f ieldresearch in Jhapa saidon condit ion ofanonymity. Accordingto the source, peoplehave been more violentafter an elephant killeda man in this village amonth ago, some 320 kmeast of Kathmandu.

Xinhua

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Scientists baffled by unusualupper atmosphere shrinkage

One-year-old female elephant Ko Raya (bottom) andher five-year-old sister Shaina Pali cool off in a poolon a hot summer day in the Berlin Zoo.—INTERNET

Smuggled rare Madagascartortoises seized in Malaysia

It is the second such find in the last month. INTERNET

Dengue epidemic threatensCaribbean as number of

infections and deaths increaseSAN JUAN, 19 July—Mosquito-borne dengue

fever is reaching epidemic stages across the Carib-bean, with dozens of deaths reported and health au-thorities concerned it could get much worse as the rainyseason advances.

The increase in cases is being blamed on warmweather and an unusually early rainy season, whichhas produced an explosion of mosquitoes. Health of-ficials say the flood of cases is straining the region’shospitals.

In the Dominican Republic, where at least 27 deathshave been reported, hundreds of health workers andsoldiers went door-to-door Saturday to warn about thevirus and destroy mosquito breeding areas. Hospitalsin Trinidad are running out of beds, and Puerto Ricois facing what officials say could be its worst dengueoutbreak in more than a decade.

Internet

Malaria-proof mosquito engineered

The scientists tagged the gene with afluorescent marker to ensure it had

been inserted.— INTERNET

A beautiful catch: A California sea lion catches afish during a public feeding in the zoo in Stuttgart,

southern Germany.— INTERNET

Out-of-hours births ‘are riskier’

HOUSTON, 19 July—Anupper layer of Earth’satmosphere recentlyshrank so much that re-searchers are at a loss toadequately explain it,NASA said on Thursday.The thermosphere, whichblocks harmful ultravioletrays, expands and con-tracts regularly due to thesun’s activities. As carbondioxide increases, it has acooling effect at such highaltitudes, which also con-tributes to the contraction.

But even these twofactors aren’t fully ex-plaining the extraordinarycontraction which, thoughunlikely to affect theweather, can affect themovement of satellites,

researchers said. “This isthe biggest contraction ofthe thermosphere in atleast 43 years,” JohnEmmert of the Naval Re-search Lab was quoted assaying in NASA newsreport.

Emmert is the lead au-thor of a paper announc-ing the finding in the 19June issue of the journalGeophysical ResearchLetters. “We cannot ex-plain the abnormally lowdensities, which are about30 percent lower” thanfrom previous contrac-tions, Emmert toldCNN.com.—Internet

KUALA LUMPUR, 19July—Customs officersat Kuala Lumpur airporthave found nearly 400rare tortoises smuggledfrom Madagascar. TheRadiated and Plough-share tortoises were onthe last leg of their jour-ney to pet shops andpossibly cooking pots,Malaysian officials be-lieve. Also recoveredwere more than 40 raretomato frogs.

There are fears that asMadagascar’s politicalproblems continue, ille-gal exportation of thecountry’s animals andplants is on the rise. It isthe second such find inthe last month. TwoMalagasy women havebeen arrested. Officialssay the animals were

found in their luggage.Richard Thomas of

Traffic International, anorganization trying tostop the illegal trade inexotic animals, said bothspecies of tortoise in-volved in this case wereincredibly rare.

InternetLONDON , 19 July—Scientists in the

US have succeeded in genetically engi-neering a malaria-resistant mosquito.The researchers, from the University ofArizona, introduced a gene that affectedthe insect’s gut, meaning the malariaparasite could not develop.

They report the advance, which alsoreduced the insects’ lifespan, in the jour-nal PLoS Pathogens. They say that theultimate goal is to introduce malaria-re-sistant mosquitoes into the environment.“Before we do this, we have to some-how give the mosquitoes a competitiveadvantage over the disease-carrying in-sects,” explained Professor Michael

Riehle from the University of Arizona aprinciple investigator on the project. Inthe study the researchers altered a genethat codes for a “signalling molecule”.

Internet

LONDON, 19 July— Ba-bies born at night or at theweekend are at a greaterrisk of dying than thoseborn within normal work-ing hours, a study sug-gests. The analysis ofmore than one millionbirths in Scotland overtwo decades found therisk of death for babiesborn out of hours, while

small, was a third higherthan for those born inthe day.

Night staffing and ac-cess to facilities were pos-sible explanations, Glas-gow and Cambridge uni-versities suggested. Mostbabies died from lack ofoxygen. Those born be-tween 0900 and 1700 onMonday to Friday wereclassified as being withinnormal working hours, allothers as out-of-hours, theBritish Medical Journalreported. In all, there were539 deaths.

The team adjusted fora wide range of factorsand excluded babies bornvia planned caesarean,who are usually deliveredduring the day. The teamargued that as the risk ofdeath for these babies wasso much lower than forthose born vaginally, theirinclusion could overstatethe risks of out-of-hoursbirth.—Internet

Fish costumes of “FishLeather Tribe”

Fish costumes of “Fish Leather Tribe.”—XINHUA

BEIJING, 19 July—The “Fish Leather Tribe” ofthe Hezhe ethnic group live in northeastern China,along the Heilongjiang, Songhuajiang and Wusulirivers.

In ancient times, they made their living mostlyby fishing. Not only did they cook fish for food, theyalso made marvelous clothing from fish skins, andthus were known as the “Fish Leather Tribe.” Theyalso made shelters and boats using fish skins.Different species of fish were used to make differentarticles of clothing - pants, dresses, boots, leggings,gloves, hats and other articles. They used fish-skinthreads to stitch and strong fish-bone needles.

Some fish were huge, their skins were tough andleathery and bore beautiful scale patterns. Theclothing was smooth, supple and durable andceremonial clothes were decorated.

Xinhua

Boeing, Airbus await orders atFarnborough show

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft isseen at the Farnborough Airshow in

Hampshire on 18 July, 2010.INTERNET

FARNBOROUGH, 19 July—TheFarnborough International Airshowkicks off Monday with Boeing andAirbus hopeful of securing big orders

for their planes in the face of risingcompetition.

One of aviation’s biggest tradeshows is renowned for being an arenafor major deal announcements and thisyear’s event is set to follow suit, asairlines in Asia and the Middle East seekto meet growing travel demands.

Dubai’s Emirates airline will onMonday announce it is ordering morethan 30 Boeing long-range 777 jets,only a month after it ordered 32 A380superjumbo jetliners from Airbus in arecord deal, The Wall Street Journalreported.—Internet

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BEIJING, 19 July—The US team behind newSino-US co-productionDouble Lives is currentlyin China, working withtheir local partners ondeveloping the film andscouting for futurepossibilities.

Director Rob Cohen(Dragon: The Bruce LeeStory (1993), TheMummy: Tomb of theDragon Emperor (2008))said during the film’ssigning ceremony inBeijing on Wednesday

Hollywood coming toChina

Film posters of Sino-USjoint film productions

Shanghai.XINHUA

BEIJING, 19 July—Hong Kong singer-actress Sammi Chengbrought her “Love MiConcert Tour” toShanghai on Saturday(17 July), celebrating her20 years as an entertainer.During the two-hourperformance, Chengpresented popular songsand hot dances toentertain her fans. Duringthe show, she changedinto eight differentcostumes.—Xinhua

Sammi Cheng’sLove Mi concertlive in Shanghai

Hong Kong pop singerSammi Cheng performs

at her tour concert inShanghai, east China,

on 17 July, 2010.XINHUA

LOS ANGELES, 19 July— Starz is firming up the cast and story line for its“Spartacus” prequel series, whose subtitle will be the epic-sounding “Gods of theArena.”

Three Australian actors have joined the cast, including Dustin Clare(“Underbelly”) in the lead role. He will play Gannicus, the champion gladiator inthe House of Batiatus before Spartacus came along.

“Spartacus” star Andy Whitfield, who was sidelined for several months afterbeing diagnosed with cancer, will make a brief appearance in the prequel. He hasbeen cleared by doctors to return to work.

“Spartacus: Gods of the Arena” will begin production on six episodes nextmonth and will hit the air in January.

Internet

Starz casts “Spartacus” prequel

LOS ANGELES, 19 July—LeonardoDiCaprio and Christopher Nolan’s“Inception” is anything but a sleeper

‘Inception’ earns dreamy reception with$60.4M

that he was thrilled to beback in China.

“It is very importantfor us to learn from China,I first came to China in1991 to direct Dragon: TheBruce Lee Story and lovedthis land.

The reason I directedThe Mummy was becauseI could come back to China.I converted to Buddhismbecause of the influence ofhere, Jet Li once said I wasa Chinese in another life,that is the biggestcompliment I ever got,” hesaid. “With Double Lives,I get the chance to comehere again, I am veryexcited and I am lookingforward to it.”

This year several jointSino- US film productionshave found success,including The Karate Kid,Reign of Assassins andShanghai. Sheng Boyu,producer of Double Lives,told the Global Times thatthe new film will bebigger and better thananything before.

Xinhua

In this film publicity file photoprovided by Warner Bros.,

Leonardo DiCaprio is shown in ascene from ‘Inception.’

INTERNET

A monster tunacaught off Japan turnedheads at a Tokyo fishmarket on Friday,where the 445kilogramme (981pound) bluefin — thebiggest caught heresince 1986 — sold for3.2 million yen (36,700dollars).

“Many of thepeople who work atthe market have neverseen a tuna that big,”said an official of theTokyo MetropolitanGovernment, whichruns the Tsukiji fishmarket, the world’sb igges t sea foodmarket.

The fish, whichwas auc t ioned a t7 ,200 yen pe rk i l o g r a mm e, h a dalready been guttedand cleaned of i tsgills, meaning it musthave weighed morewhen it was caughtof f Nagasak iprefecture this week,the official said.

Sushi-hungry Japan sells monster tuna

A monster tuna caught off Japan has turned headsat a Tokyo fish market, where the 445 kilogram(981 pound) bluefin — the biggest caught heresince 1986 — sold for 3.2 million yen (36,700

dollars).

An Australian man dubbed “Crocodile Dumb-dee” for trying to ride a huge crocodile after adrinking spree described on Wednesday how hejust wanted to play with the animal.

Michal Newman, 36, said he climbed into theenclosure of “Fatso”, a five-metre (yard) saltwatercroc who lives at a northern wildlife park, to pathim and sit on his back.

“I thought to myself, ‘Well, I will jump thefence and go from behind its tail and pat it and siton its back’,” Newman told public broadcasterABC.

‘Crocodile Dumb-dee’ says hewanted to play with croc

A handout photo released by Western Australia

(WA) Police on 13 July shows the five-metre

crocodile “Fatso” in a wildlife compound in

Broome.

Germany’s autobahns are renownedfor average speeds well in excess of 80miles (130 kilometers) an hour. But theaverage dropped near zero on Sundayas tens of thousands of people sat at a37-mile table for a cultural celebrationtitled, appropriately enough, “StillLife.”

Cars were strictly verboten.“Attention on the A40,” a radio

traffic report warned. “There is a 60-kilometre (37-mile) closure betweenDuisburg and Dortmund due to thelongest table in the world.”

No autos on the autobahn:Germans party on highway

People gather on

the Autobahn in

Essen, western

Germany, to

celebrate ‘Still-

Life’ on 18 July,

2010.

News Album

as the thriller opened big with $60.4million and a No 1 finish at the weekendbox office, according to studioestimates on Sunday.

The Warner Bros action tale abouta team that sneaks into people’s dreamsis DiCaprio’s biggest openingweekend, topping his previous best of$41.1 million for last winter’s “ShutterIsland.”

“Inception” falls far short ofdirector Christopher Nolan’s best,though. Nolan is the man who directedthe Batman blockbuster “The DarkKnight,” which opened over the sameweekend two years ago with a record$158.4 million.

Warner Bros has carved out a nichewith this particular mid-Julyweekend.—Internet

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S P O R T SCapello will axe Terry says

Cannavaro

Liverpool World Cup stars tomiss Europa opener

Manchester City opensUS tour with 3-0 victory

PORTLAND, 19 July—Manchester City of the Eng-lish Premier League kicked off its summer exhibitiontour of the United States with a 3-0 victory over thePortland Timbers on Saturday night.

Stephen Ireland and Emmanuel Adebayor scoredquick back-to-back goals for City, which has beentraining at the Nike corporate headquarters inBeaverton for the past week.

It was the fourth international friendly this seasonfor the Timbers, who will make the leap to MajorLeague Soccer next season.

The game, played at the University of Portland’sMerlo Field, was sold out with all of the 5,018 seatsgoing to Timbers’ season ticket holders.—Internet

Edwards beatsKeselowski in

wild finishMADISON, 19 July—Carl

Edwards meant no harm toBrad Keselowski. He justwanted to take the checkeredflag that he deserved.

Edwards prevailed in awild final lap, nudgingKeselowski out of controlon the final straightaway totake the Nationwide DodgeDealers 250 on Saturdaynight. Ten cars were in-volved in the mess.

“The deal is he’ll even-tually learn he can’t run intomy car over and over andput me in bad situations,”Edwards said. —Internet

Woods faces 12-shot deficitheading to Open finale

Portland Timbers soccer fans cheer during the firsthalf of their against Manchester City exhibition.

INTERNET

England defender JohnTerry, pictured during

the World Cup, is likelyto be dropped by

manager Fabio Capello.INTERNET

LONDON, 19 July —Fabio Capello is likely todrop John Terry fromthe England team nextseason, according toItaly defender FabioCannavaro.

Cannavaro got an in-sight into Capello’s ruth-less style of managementwhen he worked with the

Italian at Real Madridand the Juventus star isconvinced Terry is in se-vere danger of losing hisEngland place after hiscontroversial commentsat the World Cup.

Earlier this yearCapello had strippedTerry of the captaincyfollowing revelationsabout the Chelsea play-er’s affair with the ex-partner of former team-mate Wayne Bridge.

And Capello was fur-ther angered when Terryused a Press conferenceduring the World Cup toclaim that he was readyto confront the Italianover his tactics and teamselection.—Internet

LIVERPOOL, 19 July—Liverpool boss RoyHodgson says he won’trisk any of his squad’sWorld Cup stars in theirearly Europa Leaguequalifier.

Hodgson’s team face athird qualifying roundclash against either Mac-edonian side Rabotnickior Armenia’s Mika laterthis month in what will bethe former Fulham man-ager’s first competitivematch in charge of theReds.

With the first legscheduled for July 29,Hodgson knows he is go-ing to have to kick offwithout Steven Gerrard,Javier Mascherano, JoseReina, Dirk Kuyt, RyanBabel, Daniel Agger,Glen Johnson, JamieCarragher and the alreadyinjured Fernando Torres.

Werder Bremen ready forOzil offers

Almagro beats Soderlingto win Swedish Open

Steven Gerrard, seenduring the World Cup,is among the Liverpool

stars who will not berisked in their early

Europa League quali-fier.—INTERNET

Hodgson’s medicalstaff have warned himabout forcing those play-ers back into action tooearly after their gruellingseason finally came to anend in South Africa earlierthis month.—Internet

Real focus onBrazil backThiago SilvaMADRID, 19 July—

Spanish giants Real Ma-drid have turned their at-tention towards signingBrazilian Thiago Silva ascoach Jose Mourinhohunts down a world classcentre back, according tosports daily Marca onSunday.

However, it appearsthat their interest in sign-ing his Brazilianteammate Maicon fromMourinho’s old club InterMilan has cooled becauseof the money being de-manded by the Europeanchampions.

Inter would have low-ered their price forMaicon, the only Brazil-ian to make the WorldCup All-Star team, from35 to 30 million euros,according to the report.However, Real are notprepared to pay more than28 million euros and nowconsider Silva a good al-ternative.

Internet

AC Milan’s Braziliandefender Thiago Silva

is said to be beinghunted by Real

Madrid.—INTERNET

Germany’s midfielderMesut Ozil pictured

during the World Cupsemi-final againstSpain.—INTERNET

BERLIN, 19 July—Werder Bremen are readyto listen to offers for theirGerman internationalplaymaker, Mesut Ozil, theclub’s sporting directorKlaus Allofs admitted onSunday.

The German first divi-sion side had been hopingto extend the 21-year-old’s contract but with ne-gotiations having hit awall, they are now brac-ing themselves for hisexit. “I can imagine thatin the coming weeks orjust before the transferwindow closes, one clubor another will begin topress us a little harder,”said Aloffs, according tosports agency SID, an af-filiate of AFP.

“We will have to listento those offers if that iswhat Mesut and his advi-sors want.—Internet

BAASTAD, 19 July—Spain’s Nicolas Almagrocame through a toughthree-setter to beat top seedand defending championRobin Soderling in the fi-nal of the claycourt ATPSwedish Open on Sunday.

The 24-year-old sur-vived dropping the secondset to win 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 injust under two hours. Itwas his sixth ATP title andhis first of 2010.

“It’s a great feeling towin here,” said Almagro.

“It’s always amazing towin a final and I’m veryhappy with the week. I’mgoing to enjoy this mo-ment and then prepare fornext week in Hamburg.”

Internet

Spain’s Nicolas Almagro(L) shakes hands withSweden’s Robin Soder- ling (R). —INTERNET

CLEVELAND, 19 July—Austin Kearns lined a two-out RBI single in the bot-tom of the 11th inning togive the Cleveland Indiansa 2-1 win and double-header sweep of the DetroitTigers on Saturday. FaustoCarmona (9-7) outlastedJustin Verlander in amatchup of All-Star right-handers to win the opener4-3.

Rafael Perez (2-0)pitched 1 1-3 scoreless in-nings in the second gamefor the win.—Internet

Tiger Woods of the UnitedStates chips onto the 17thgreen during the thirdround of the British Open.—INTERNET

ST ANDREWS, 19 July—Tiger Woods wasclearly enjoying himselfbetween shots, yukking itup with good buddyDarren Clarke as theyplayed 18 holes at thebirthplace of golf.

Not a bad way to spenda sunny afternoon. But thenumber on the cardneeded to be lower. A lotlower.

All Woods could man-age Saturday at the BritishOpen was a second straight73, despite having fourputts for eagle on the OldCourse. None of themwould drop, and the dis-tance between the world’s

No. 1 player and the onlyspot he really cares aboutgrew from eight shots at thebeginning of the thirdround to a daunting dozenby the time it was done.

Internet

Brad Keselowski, drivingcar #22, drives on hisway to a third placefinish at the Missouri- Illinois.—INTERNET

Kearns’ hit in 11thgives Indians sweep

of Tigers

Cleveland Indians startingpitcher Fausto Carmonathrows against the Detroit Tigers.—INTERNET

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been isolated in Kayah State and Magway Division,scattered in Mandalay Division, fairly widespread inlower Sagaing and Bago Divisions and widespread in theremaining areas with isolated heavy falls in Kachin andKayin States and upper Sagaing Division. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Hkamti(6.22) inches, Bhamo (4.52) inches, Kawkariek (3.98)inches, Longlon (2.68) inches, Kyaukpyu (2.60) inches,Kawthoung (2.40) inches, Manaung (2.32) inches,Zalun (2.09) inches and Sittway (2.05) inches.

Maximum temperature on 18-7-2010 was 90°F.Minimum temperature on 19-7-2010 was 76°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 19-7-2010 was 100%.Total sun shine hours on 18-7-2010 was (2.0) hours.

Rainfall on 19-7-2010 was (1.97) inches atMingaladon, (1.18) inches at Kaba-Aye and (0.71) inchat Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was(36.54) inches at Mingaladon, (42.72) inches at Kaba-Ayeand (49.96) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum windspeed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph from Southat (15:30) hours MST on 18-7-2010.

Bay Inference: Monsoon is moderate to strong in theAndaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 20thJuly 2010:Rain or thundershowers will be isolated in Kayah State,lower Sagaing and Magway Divisions, scattered in ChinState and Mandalay Division, fairly widespread in ShanState, upper Sagaing, Bago and Yangon Divisions andwidespread in the remaining States and Divisions withlikelihood of isolated heavy falls in Kachin, Shan, Kayinand Mon States and Taninthayi Division. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seasare likely at times off and along Myanmar Coast. Surfacewind speed in squalls may reach (35) mph.

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20-7-2010: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for20-7-2010: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for20-7-2010: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

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Netherlands; M.Sc. Hydraulics University ofNew South Wales, Sydney, Australia,

Retired Chief Civil Engineer,(Myanma Port Authority)

U Khin Maung Zaw, grandson of Sithu UHlaing Bwa and Daw Mya Ohn, son of U Ba Shinand Daw San Myint. Loving husband of DawThan Than Nwe, loving father of Dr. KyawThuya Zaw, MD, MBBS, MSc Health Education,-Dr. Khin Kyaw Kyaw Thein, MD, MBBS, MScHealth Education, Aung Thiha Zaw loving grand-father of Seth Naythway Zaw, passed away on 15July, 2010 at 8:25pm, and funeral service con-ducted on 2:00pm on 17 July, at Emporia, Virginia,USA.

Firemen search for missing passengers after abus plunged into the Dajin River in Rongchag

County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on 18

July, 2010. The bus registered in Aba Tibetanand Qiang Autonomous Prefecture crashed intothe river at 10:15 am on Saturday, leaving 26

missing and 12 injured. —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

9th Waxing of Second Waso 1372 ME Tuesday, 20 July, 2010

Noteworthy amountsof rainfall

(19-7-2010)Hkamti 6.22 inches

Bhamo 4.52 inches

Kawkareik 3.98 inches

Longlon 2.68 inches

Kyaukpyu 2.60 inches

Kawthoung 2.40 inches

Manaung 2.32 inches

Zalun 2.09 inches

Sittway 2.05 inches

Books donation held inInsein Township

YANGON, 19July—A ceremony todonate informative andcreative books tookplace at Information andPublic RelationsDepartment in InseinTownship, YangonNorth District on 18 July. It was attended by staffofficer Daw Phyu Phyuand Township staffofficer Daw Khin HninKyi, staff and donors.

On behalf of

wellwishers, writerPonnawady TintHnaung explained thepurpose of donation. Thewriter donated 392books worth K 112,950and U Mya Thin and wifeDaw Tin Tin Yi, 100books worth K 21,500.Staff officer Daw PhyuPhyu accepted donationand presentedcertificates of honour tothem.

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Business as usual’ crop development won’tsatisfy future demand, research finds

SCIENCE DAILY, 19July—Although globalgrain production mustdouble by 2050 to addressrising population anddemand, new data from theUniversity of Illinoissuggests crop yields willsuffer unless newapproaches to adapt crop

plants to climate change areadopted. Improvedagronomic traits responsiblefor the remarkable increasesin yield accomplishedduring the past 50 years havereached their ceiling forsome of the world’s mostimportant crops.

“Global change is

happening so quickly thatits impact on agriculture istaking the world bysurprise,” said Don Ort, Uof I professor of cropsciences and USDA/ARSscientist. “Until recently, wehaven’t understood theurgency of addressingglobal change in

agriculture.”The need for new

technologies to conductglobal change research oncrops in an open-fieldenvironment is holding thecommercial sector backfrom studying issues suchas maximizing the elevatedcarbon dioxide advantageor studying the effects ofozone pollution on crops.

From an agriculturalstandpoint, one of the fewpositive aspects of globalchange has been the notionthat elevated carbondioxide in the atmospherewill stimulatephotosynthesis and resultin increased crop yields.

But recent studiesshow that crops grown inopen fields under elevatedcarbon dioxide levelsresulted in only half theyield increase expected andhalf of what the UnitedNation’s Intergovern-mental Panel on ClimateChange used in their modelpredictions regarding theworld’s food supply in2050.

Internet

Amy Betzelberger, a graduate student in the U of I Department ofCrop Sciences, discusses with students how wind speed and wind

direction apparatus are being used in a CO2 FACE ring to control thecarbon dioxide concentration within the ring. The elevated carbon

dioxide experiment is being conducted in both corn and soybean at theUrbana SoyFACE facility.—INTERNET

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