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True patriotism * It is very important for every one of the

nation regardless of the place he lives to

have strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true patriotism all

the nationalities will have to safeguard.

NAY PYI TAW, 23 June—Union Minister for ElectricPower No. 1 U Zaw Min yesterday afternoon inspectedfixing of Spiral Casing at Unit 1 and Unit 2, installation ofpenstock steel pipeline at the exit of power intake tunnel,completion of concrete works at the tunnel, constructionof sluice gate and land preparations for construction of theswitch yard at Pyuchaung Hydropower Project beingimplemented by Construction 3 of HydropowerImplementation Department on Pyu Creek, seven milessouthwest of Pyu in Bago Region.

The Union minister stressed the need for officials tostrive for timely completion of the project and superviseworksite safety and then viewed progress of mainembankment construction tasks.

The main embankment of the project is being built by

Pyuchaung Hydropower Project to generatePyuchaung Hydropower Project to generate120 million kwh/Year120 million kwh/Year

Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and the power stationby Ministry of Electric Power No 1.

On completion, two 20-megawatt generators willgenerate 120 million kilowatt hours per year. The projectwould be completed in 2013.

MNA

YANGON, 23 June—Cash and kind were donatedto local people in RakhineState who lost their propertyand possessions in a series ofrecent events in the state atthe donation ceremony heldat the hall of Fire ServicesDepartment (Head Office) inMayangon Township herethis morning.

Chairman of SupremeGroup of Companies Dr SeinMyint and wife Daw MyatThanda donated K 1 million;Col Tin Shein (Retd) and wifeDaw Aye Mon Shein, K 0.5million, Yangon RegionWomen’s Affairs Organiza-tion and Maternal and ChildWelfare SupervisoryCommittee, K 0.3 million;sisters of Maekha-Maelikha

Cash and kind donated to localCash and kind donated to localpeople in Rakhine Statepeople in Rakhine State

Confluence, K 0.25 million;Ma Win Nweni Cho and sisterMa Thae Ei Phyu (Yangon),K 0.125 million; U Tin TunKhaing and wife Daw MoeSoe, and Ko Zaw Min Aungand wife Daw Moe Moe, 63dozens of exercise books worthK 0.1 million; Lt-Col AungHtoo and wife Daw Tin WinPhyo, K 0.1 million; Lt-ColAung Din (Retd) and wife DawYin Min Tun, K 0.1 million;Lt-Col Mann Shwe (Retd) andwife Daw Wah Wah Aung,K 0.1 million; U Thet Khaingand wife Daw Cho Cho Win,K 0.1 million; U Sit Hlaingand wife Daw Khin Ye Myint,K 0.1 million; U Hla Win Shein(Kawhmu Township), K 0.1million; Daw Pu Sein (westKyaunggon, Shwepyitha),

K 0.1 million; the abbot ofMaha Bodhi Monastery inMogaung street in YankinTownship, K 0.1 milion;family of late Major PyaePhyo Myo, K 50,000; ColKhaing Soe and wife Daw YiYi Myint, K 50,000; MajorZaw Myint Aung (Retd) andwife Daw Nyo Mi San,K 50,000; Ko Chit Ye and KoThein Than Toe, K 50,000;Ko Aung Aung and wife MaNwe Ni Wai, K 30,000; UWin Ngwe and wife Daw ThanThan Hsint, K 20,000 andone bale of cloth; deputydirector Daw Aye Aye Soe ofEducation Ministry, twobales of cloth; deputy firebrigade head of admindivision of FSD (HeadOffice) Daw Zin Nwe Soe,

platoon commander DawCho Win Mon, Sgt ThidaAye, Sgt San Mya Thida andPrivate Thet Hnin Wai,K 20,000; Daw Tin Tin Ei(Bayintnaung), K 3000;Warrant Officer Class I UKyaw Tun Wai (Retd) andwife Daw Htay Htay,K 15,000; Sgt Zaw WinMaung and wife DawCynthia Khin Soe, K 11,000;Ma Su Hlaing Phyo, MaThawda San and Maung HtinLin, K 11,000, one bale ofcloth and one bale of slipper;Ma Khin Su Su San andMaung Phyo Pyae Sone,K 11,000, two bales of clothand one bale of handbag; UAung Kyaw Min and DawMyo Myo Thant, K 3000; KoZarni Win Naing and wifeMa Thi Thin Naing, one baleof cloth; U Hlaing Moe andwife Daw Saw Le Le,K 20,000; U Thit and wifeDaw Htay Yi, K 3000; U KhinSoe and Daw Than Myintand U Zaw and Daw ThanThan Oo, K 11,000; U TunTun Oo of Myanmar ReginCompany , K 10,000; U KyawNyein (Hydro-power-Nay PyiTaw), K 0.2 million; and U KiHin and wife Daw Kyin Yoe,two bales of cloth and onebale of school uniform. FSDDeputy Director-General UKo Ko Hlaing and officialsaccepted the donations andthe deputy director-generalspoke words of thanks.

D o n a t i o namounted to K 158,035,676to date.—MNA

Hkamti (9.06) inchesKyauktaw (4.65) inchesMraukU (3.94) inchesMaungtaw (3.62) inchesMyitkyina (2.68) inchesShwegyin (2.13) inchesPaletwa (1.85) inchesToungoo (Airport) (1.85) inches

Noteworthy amounts of rainfall(23-6-2012)

Union Minister for Electric Power

No. 1 U Zaw Min looks into progress of

Pyuchaung Hydropower Project.

MNA

Officialsaccept cash

andfoodstuffsdonated bywellwishers

for localpeople ofRakhine

State, at FireServices

Department(Head

Office).MNA

International RhinoFoundation showsRatu, a Sumatran

rhinoceros, at WayKambas National Park

in Indonesia on 14June. Ratu gave birth

to a male baby onSaturday — only the

fourth birth in captivityin more than a century. PAGE 6

All favourites move on easily at trials

Sanya Richards-Ross leads the way

in the women’s400m preliminaryat the US OlympicTrack and Field

Trials on 22 June,2012, in Eugene,

Ore. PAGE 14

Sweden’sJacobson eyes

repeat at storm-hit PGA event

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PERSPECTIVES

Maximum resultsSunday, 24 June, 2012

Mostly, the national budget cannot be anadequate single financial force for thedeveloping countries in their missions formultiple sectoral progresses covering thenational development goals and the UNMillennium Development Goals. Naturally,they need international aid, loans andtechnological assistance.

In consequence, our government in officeformed the Central Committee forManagement of Foreign Aids, the WorkCommittee and the National Economic andSocial Advisory Council for the effectivemanagement of any financial or materialassistance we receive from internationalcommunity while learning the internationalexperiences in facilitating the work.

Normally, benefactor states ororganizations have their own specificprogrammes, interests and focusing areas,and the receiving countries on their part toohave their own special, pressing and normalissues for the effective implementation of theirdevelopment plans and reform strategies.

So we need comprehensive and integratedplans in carefully and wisely spending thefinancial resources we receive from thegovernment budget allotments, internationalaids and domestic and foreign investments aseffective as we can. A large chunk ofgovernment budget allotments and aids shouldbe saved for far-flung areas where the privatesector has less interest in making investmentsas the profit prospects are low while usingmost of the local and foreign investments inregions which are economic for privatecompanies.

In taking loans from abroad we must takeinto account the interest rate, other terms andconditions, and our promising areas andprojects and priority concerns. We needconsiderable investments in infrastructureprojects including education, health, electricity,communications, roads, bridges and ports asthey serve the long-term interest of the Stateand the people.

As the current year sees the governmentlaunching the second phase of reform strategyat top gear, all levels at government bodiesmust do their best in managing financial andmaterial resources though wider bottom-upapproach to get maximum results in everysector.

NAY PYI TAW, 23 June—As Myanma Hotels and TourismServices (Restaurant Branch) earns the largest amount ofincome for the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, those in-charge of the branch are to draw better plans with reformsfor earning more income, said Union Minister for Hotelsand Tourism U Tint Hsan in the meeting with those in-charge from Myanma Hotels and Tourism Services(Restaurant Branch) (Nay Pyi Taw Head Office), UpperMyanmar branch and Lower Myanmar branch and six topsales branches at the ministry, here, this morning.

Union H&T Minister stresses better services andquality products

After that, the Union Minister stressed the need to tryhard for providing better services with quality products tothe customers, practise thrifty not to cost unacceptableexpenses and make field trip to the grassroots level forknowing capability of each staff in the worksite.

The attendees reported on plans to earn increasedincomes.

Later, Managing Director of MHTS U Hla Htay andDeputy Minister U Htay Aung gave supplementaryreports.—MNA

YANGON, 23 June— Bago Region Chief MinisterU Nyan Win and wife Daw Myint Myint Soe yesterdaymorning attended a monsoon tree-planting ceremony heldnear Maha Pagoda in Oktha Myothit, Bago.

At the ceremony, he presented saplings to those presentfrom the departments, Bago Region Women’s AffairsOrganization and Maternal and Child Welfare Associationto plant them at designated places.—MNA

Bago Region Chief Ministerattends tree-planting ceremony

YANGON, 23 June—The mass walk activity to mark the2012 International Olympic Day was held in front of theDepartment of Sports and Physical Education under theMinistry of Sports in Kyaikkasan Grounds of TamwayTownship this morning.

Vice-President of Myanmar Track & Field Federation USan Tun launched the mass walk activity, and the athletes ledby Deputy Minister for Sports U Aye Myint Kyu walkedround the Kyaikkasan Grounds.

Next, the deputy minister launched the 15-km men’s andwomen’s race. After that, the deputy minister presented prizesto the men’s open event, member of Myanmar OlympicCommittee Vice-President of Myanmar Women’s SportsFederation Dr Daw Khin Swe Myint, prizes to winners in thewomen’s open event, General Secretary of MOC Director-General U Thaung Htaik of SPED, winners in the men’s U-20event, MOC member MWSF executive Prof Dr Daw KhinMay Ohn winners in the women’s U-20 event, Vice-PresidentU San Tun, winners in the men’s U-18 event and MOCmember MWSF executive Dr Daw Pandora Aung Gyi, winnersin the women’s U-18 event.

The deputy minister and party enjoyed the InternationalOlympic Day commemorative volleyball tournament at AungSan Gymnasium and Judo contest at the National Swimming

Walk and race contests markInternational Olympic Day 2012

Pool on U Wisara Road and presented prizes to the winners.After that, he also watched water polo contest at the

national swimming pool, the Champion Challenge CupTournament (bodybuilding) 2012 and IOD commemorativebody-building and physical culture contest at MyanmarConvention Centre on Mindhamma Road in MayangonTownship.

The deputy directors-general of SPED awarded thewinners in the weightlifting contest. Later, the deputy ministerand party enjoyed IOD commemorative sailing contest atMyanmar Sailing Federation.—MNA

YANGON, 23 June—Jointly organized by Ministry ofSports and Myanmar Hockey Federation, the 2012International Olympic Day sports activity was launched atMHF, here, this morning.

In the activity, three student hockey teams from NorthOkkalapa, Thakayta and Mingala Taungnyunt townshipswhich attended the summer basic hockey course 2012played the round-robin matches.

After the matches, President of Myanmar HockeyFederation member of Yangon City Development CommitteeU Htin Zaw Win, the vice-president and executives presentedthe first prize to Mingala Taungnyunt Township team, thesecond to North Okkalapa Township team and the third toThakayta Township team.—NLM

Hockey matches hail InternationalOlympic Day 2012

YANGON, 23 June—Deputy Minister forEducation U Ba Shwe thismorning met Rector Dr TinTun, pro-rectors and facultymembers of YangonUniversity this morning andgave instructions onupgrading of education

NAY PYI TAW, 23 June—In commemoration of theMyanmar Women’s Day which falls on 3 July, Mon StateWomen’s Affairs Organization held the tree growingceremony at Pariyatti Dhamma Beikman in MyenigonWard of Mawlamyine this morning.

Present on the occasion were the Speaker of Mon StateHluttaw, the Chief Justice of Mon State High Court andwife, state ministers and wives, the state advocate-general,the state auditor-general, the state, district and townshiplevel departmental officials and wives, Chairperson ofMon State Women’s Affairs Organization Daw San SanLwin and members, chairpersons of Mawlamyine Districtand Township WAOs and members, members of socialorganizations, trainees of nursing training school andEducation College and guests totalling 673.

The Speaker of State Hluttaw and those present grew550 saplings of shade and flowery plants.—MNA

Dy Education Minister visits Yangon University, Dagon Universitystandard, uplift of facultymembers’ proficiency andpromotion of education tocooperate with internationalcommunity.

The deputy ministerviewed renovation ofConvocation of YangonUniversity.

At Dagon University,the deputy minister metRector in-charge Dr HlaHtay, pro-rectors, officialsand sports subcommittees.He then inspectedconstruction of multi-

functioned gymnasium, thegymnasium, universityfootball ground and gym.

After that, he mettrainees of GIS trainingcourse at Centre forGeospatial Technology ofGeography Department.

MNA

Tree growing ceremony hails MyanmarWomen’s Day

Bago Region Chief Minister U Nyan Winpartaking in monsoon tree-planting ceremony.

MNA

Photo shows three student hockey teams fromNorth Okkalapa, Thakayta and Mingala

Taungnyunt townships.—NLM

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ISLAMABAD, 23 June— Pakistan’s newly elected PrimeMinister Raja Pervez Ashrarf took oath of his office inIslamabad on Friday night. President Asif Ali Zardariadministered the oath-taking ceremony which was attendedby former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, chairman of theSenate, speaker of the National Assembly, senior politicalleaders, military and civilian officials, members of theparliament, dignitaries and journalists.

Ashraf replaced Yusuf Raza Gilani who was disqualifiedby the Supreme Court on Tuesday over contempt of court tobecome the 25th prime minister of the country. The presidentalso administered the oath to federal ministers and ministers,who had been members of Gilani cabinet.

President Zardari congratulated the newly elected primeminister over his election and said his election reflectscontinuation of democratic process in the country. He alsopraised speaker of the National Assembly for smoothlyrunning the house during the election process. He hoped thatthe new prime minister would focus on solution to the energycrisis in the country. — Xinhua

ROME, 23 June— As Italysweltered in the summer heat,there were signs of warmerrelations among leaders of thebig four eurozone nations —Italy, Germany, France andSpain, as they met in Rome toconsider the future of the euroand how to balance austeritywith growth. Dressed in a mintgreen suit, GermanChancellor Angela Merkellooked cool and in control asshe faced the media flankedby Italian Prime MinisterMario Monti, FrenchPresident Francois Hollande

Spanish Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy, French

President FrancoisHollande, GermanChancellor Angela

Merkel and Italian PrimeMinister Mario Monti(L to R) attend a pressconference after their

meeting in Rome, Italy,on 22 June , 2012.

XINHUA

Big four eurozone economies proposegrowth package at Rome summit

and Spanish Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy.

The biggest surprise wasthe leaders’ endorsement of a130-billion-euro (163.0billion US dollars) package,or 1 percent of Europe’s grossdomestic product, to stimulategrowth in Europe ahead of acrucial European Unionsummit in Brussels next week.“Risk cannot be sustainableeconomically and politicallyif there are no conditions forgrowth,” Monti told themedia.” We agree on the factthat what has been done so far

is insufficient for economicgrowth, the stability of theeurozone and the possibilityto offer European citizens along-term vision of eurointegration,” he said.

“Growth and job creationshould be the first objectiveto be brought about bynational structural reforms toincrease competitiveness anda new European agenda,” hesaid.Hollande endorsed thegrowth package, but he alsospoke of the need for austerityin a concession to hiscolleagues. Merkel backed

the ambitious spendingpackage and called for moreaction to stabilize the euro.”We want it to be clear that wewill do our best for the euroand are ready to fight for theeuro so it can go back to be a

stable currency,” Merkel said.Italian political punditsimmediately welcomed theleaders’ growth proposal butdemanded more details abouthow the stimulus packagewould be funded.” I think it is

important from a politicalpoint of view,” said ProfessorMiguel Maduro, head of theglobal governance progra-mme at the EuropeanUniversity Institute inFlorence.—Xinhua

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari (L) takes an oath toPakistan’s new PM Raja Pervez Ashraf (R) during his

sworn-in ceremony in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, on22 June, 2012. Pakistan’s National Assembly, the lowerhouse of the parliament in the country, on Friday electedRaja Pervez Ashraf,a candidate from the ruling Pakistan

Peoples Party, as the country’s new prime minister,announced the National Assembly Speaker.

XINHUA

Pakistan’s newly elected PM,cabinet take oath

MADRID, 23 June—The Spanish government on Fridayapproved a plan aimed at promoting and increasing incomefrom tourism in the country. About 1.6-1.8 billion euros (2.0-2.3 billion US dollars) would be dedicated to the sector,announced the government.

The plan aims to create the conditions for rapid andsustainable growth in the sector. Spain is the fourth mostimportant tourist destination in the world after France, theUnited States and China. Nearly 57 million foreign visitorsvisited the country in 2011.

Tourism accounts for around 10 percent of Spain’s GDP,which is vital in times of economic crisis. About 19.1 millionforeign visitors spent time in Spain between January andMay this year. Catalonia is the most popular destination fortourists. Visitors there increased by 12.3 percent so far thisyear.— Xinhua

Spanish Govt announces planto boost tourism

MOSCOW, 23 June— Further talks with Washington over thecontroversial missile defence issue are only possible after thisNovember’s presidential election in the United States, the Kremlinsaid on Friday. “Perhaps it would be possible to resume authentic anddetailed political discussions on the missile defence issue only uponthe end of the US presidential election,” Russian presidential aideYuri Ushakov told a news briefing here.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who met with his US counterpartBarack Obama at the G20 summit in Mexico earlier this week, has saidthat Washington is continuing its development of the missile defencesystem.” Still, our president said a drastic decision will changeeverything, if the United States accepts our offer to make everyone— Russia, the US and Europe — equal participants in that process,”Ushakov said. Meanwhile, the official said that Moscow remainscalm at a tough rhetoric of US Republican presidential candidate MittRomney, who called Russia a “geopolitical opponent.”

“This statement is odd but we perceive it absolutely calmly ... andunderstand that the election campaign is in progress, (and) theemotions are on the rise,” he said. Ushakov also expressed hope thatif Romney becomes the next US president, he would understand it isin the national interests of the United States to treat Russia in abalanced and pragmatic way.

Xinhua

Russia says more missile talks onlypossible after US presidential

election

Photo taken on 22 June, 2012 shows theJiaolong, China’s manned deep-sea

submersible, on the deck of the mother shipXiangyanghong 09 in the Marian Trench. The

Jiaolong completed its third dive into theMariana Trench and returned to the mothership with a biological sample on Friday. The

dive reached as deep as 6963 metres.— XINHUA

WASHINGTON, 23 June—The US government said onFriday it looks forward toworking with Pakistan’snewly-elected prime ministerRaja Pervez Ashraf to bringthe strained US- Pakistanrelations back on track.” Weare pleased that theleadership issue appears tohave been settled,” StateDepartment spokeswomanVictoria Nuland toldreporters at a news briefing.

“We obviously lookforward to working with thenew prime minister and hopethat this will open space tocontinue to roll up oursleeves and get back on trackwith all of the things that wewant to do with Pakistan,”she added. Ashraf took oathof his office in IslamabadFriday night at a ceremonyadministered by PresidentAsif Ali Zardari, to replace

UNITED NATIONS, 23 June—The UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute(UNICRI) and the European Union (EU) launched a programme here on Friday in a bid to preventfuture biological and nuclear disasters around the world.The Centres for Excellence (CoE)Initiative is designed to alleviate the risks of crimes related to chemical, biological, radiologicaland nuclear disasters (CBRN) by “promoting cooperation, coordination, and coherent nationaland regional CBRN policies,” according to a Press statement issued here on Friday.

“The initiative maximizes existing capacities and supports countries to better address therisks posed by CBRN through the coordination and integration of their actions within a broadernetwork,” Jonathan Lucas, director of UNICRI, said in the Press release. During a Pressconference here, Bruno Dupre, the policy coordinator for CBRN issues for the EU DiplomaticService, said that the agency’s aim toward “increasing cooperation, increasing vigilance andincreasing dialogues” in those regions which are at higher risk of suffering from any nucleardisaster.—Xinhua

US looks forward to working withPakistan’s new PM to restore ties

UN, EUlaunch newproject toprevent

biological,nucleardisasters

Afghan security forces check a room after a battle withTaleban militants at a hotel in the western edge ofKabul, Afghanistan, on 22 June, 2012.—XINHUA

Yusuf Raza Gilani, who wasdisqualified by the SupremeCourt on Tuesday overcontempt of court.

The US-Pakistanrelations have been souredsince May 2011, when theUS sent special forces intoPakistan to kill al-Qaedamastermind Osama binLaden, without noticingIslamabad in advance. Theties took a turn for the worsein late November last year,when the US-led NATO forcesin Afghanistan launched anair strike on a Pakistan’sborder post, killing 24soldiers. Pakistan closedNATO’s land supply routesin retaliation and has beendemanding for an apologyfrom Washington for theincident. Past talks onreopening the routes haveyielded no tangible results.

Xinhua

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Science & Technology Science & Technology Science & TechnologySamsung probes burnt outGalaxy phone in Ireland

SEOUL, 23 June—Samsung Electronics Co saidit was investigating reportsthat one of its flagship GalaxyS III smartphones explodedin a user’s car in Ireland.

Samsung launched itslatest Galaxy S, the strongestrival for Apple’s iPhone, inEurope on May 29 and in theUnited States on Thursday. Itplans to roll out the device inits lucrative home market inSouth Korea on Monday.

A Dublin-basedconsumer posted commentsand photos on a web site onWednesday (here), saying hisGalaxy phone “exploded”while mounted on his cardashboard. He wrote thatwhile he was driving,“suddenly a white flame,

sparks and a bang came out ofthe phone.”

“There’s no confirmationit was a fault with the phone.It may actually have beencaused by a combination ofmy car mount and my car’sheating system,” he added.

There have been otherreports of Samsungsmartphones overheating. InMarch, a Korean schoolboyreported that a spare batteryfor his Galaxy S II explodedin his back pocket. Samsungsaid then that the cause wasmassive external pressure orforce.

On Friday, the companysaid it was still looking intothe reported Irish incident.“Our initial investigationfound no fault with the phone,

but we’ll conduct furtherinvestigations to decide theexact cause of the problem,”spokesman James Chungsaid, adding the result ofthose investigations could bereleased as early as next week.

Heat issues have beenreported with other devices.In March, influential

A woman holds up her new Samsung Galaxy S III after itwas launched at Westfield in west London, on 29 May,

2012. —REUTERS

consumer watchdogConsumer Reports saidApple’s latest iPad tabletthrew off a lot more heat thanthe previous version, lendingweight to complaints onInternet forums that thedevice could getuncomfortably warm afterheavy use.—Reuters

Prehistoric ‘giant wombats’unearthed

BRISBANE, 23 June—Australian paleontologistssay they’ve unearthed a largedeposit of prehistoric “giantwombat” skeletons thatprovide clues to the species’extinction.

Remains of about 50diprotodons, the largestmarsupial that ever lived,were found in Queenslandand are believed to bebetween 100,000 and200,000 years old,researchers said.

“When we did the initialsurvey I was just completelyblown away by theconcentrations of thesefragments,” Scott Hocknullof the Queensland Museumin Brisbane told the BBC.

“It’s a paleontologists’goldmine where we can reallysee what these megafaunawere doing, how they actuallybehaved, what their ecologywas.”

The “mega-wombats”were still widespread acrossAustralia about 50,000 yearsago when the fist indigenous

people are believed to havelived but the creatures firstappeared about 1.6 millionyears ago, researchers said.

Scientists say they’re notsure why the species wentextinct but it could have beendue to hunting by humans or,more likely, a changingclimate.

The grouping of theskeletons found suggests thecreatures had been trapped ina bog while taking refugefrom dry conditions,Hocknull said.

Along with thediprotodons, researchersfound other prehistoricspecies including a 20-footlizard called megalania andgiant crocodiles.

“We’re almost certainthat most of these carcassesof diprotodon have been tornapart by both the crocodilesand the lizards, becausewe’ve found shed teethwithin their skeletons fromboth animals,” Hocknullsaid.

Internet

Yahoo, Facebook seek more time for settlement talksNEW YORK, 23 June—

Yahoo Inc (YHOO O) andFacebook Inc (FB O) believesettlement talks in a highprofile patent lawsuit wouldbe helped if a US judge pushedback certain deadlines in thecase, according to a court filing

on Tuesday.Yahoo sued Facebook

earlier this year, claiming thesocial networking companyinfringed 10 of Yahoo’spatents, including several thatcover online advertisingtechnology. In its lawsuit,

Yahoo said Facebook wasconsidered “one of the worstperforming sites foradvertising” prior to adaptingYahoo’s ideas. Facebook thenfiled a countersuit of its ownand called Yahoo short-sighted for its decision toprioritize “litigation overinnovation.”

Yahoo brought its lawsuitwhile the company was underthe leadership of then-ChiefExecutive Scott Thompson.However, shortly after the casebegan Thompson was oustedfrom the company amidquestions about his resume.

In a court filing onTuesday, Yahoo attorneyKevin Smith asked a SanFrancisco federal judge to pushback a series of deadlines inthe case for two weeks.Facebook did not oppose therequest, Smith wrote.

The extension would“facilitate settlement,” he wrote.Representatives for Yahoo andFacebook declined tocomment. US District JudgeJeffrey White approved thedelay request on Wednesday.

The case in US DistrictCourt, Northern District ofCalifornia is Yahoo Inc vFacebook Inc, 12-cv-1212.

Reuters

Most US readers unaware of e-books at librariesNEW YORK, 23 June—

Though Kindles and Nooksare becoming almost ascommon as books, more thanhalf of all US readers don’tknow they can borrow e-books from their local library,a Pew Centre poll showed onFriday.

The poll showed 62percent of readers didn’t knowif their library had e-booksfor lending, and only 12percent of Americans 16 andolder who read e-books hadborrowed at least one from alibrary in the past year.

“The most importantthing libraries can do is makesure e-books are accessiblethrough the rest of the librarysystem,” said Micah May,the director of strategy at theNew York Public Library,about raising e-book lendingawareness.

Of those who hadborrowed e-books, 66 percentsaid their library’s selectionwas at least “good,” whileonly 4 percent thought theirswas “poor,” the survey said.

There are difficulties,occasionally, with the

process, with 56 percent ofborrowers saying theirlibraries didn’t have aparticular e-book while 52percent found there was awaiting list to borrow a bookthey wanted. Some 18 percenthad incompatible readers forthe e-books they wanted.

May said most e-booklending problems were dueto the current library e-bookdistribution system. OnThursday, book publisherPenguin agreed to digitallylend its books to the NYPL,joining Random House andHarperCollins to becomeonly the third of the “BigSix” publishing companiesto lend e-books throughlibraries.

Simon and Schuster,Macmillan and Hachettedon’t lend new e-booksthrough libraries, accordingto Publisher’s Weekly.

Print readers expressedinterest in e-books, though.Of those who don’t borrow e-books, 46 percent said they’dbe at least somewhat likely toborrow a device pre-loadedwith a book, while 32 percent

would be at least somewhatinterested in learning how touse an e-reader or downloade-books.

Those who borrow e-books are much heavierreaders than those who don’t,averaging six more booksthan non-borrowers last year.

The lack of knowledgeabout libraries and e-booksmeans many readers still buy;55 percent of e-book readerswith library cards prefer tobuy their e-books, while 46percent said they preferpurchasing printed books.

The purchasingnumbers lessen with thosewho borrow e-books; 33percent of e-book borrowersprefer to buy e-books and 57percent prefer to borrow them.

Reading is still importantto many Americans. Fifty-eight percent of those 16 andolder have library cards, while69 percent said the library wasimportant to them. The Pewpoll surveyed 2,986Americans aged 16 and olderby phone with a margin oferror of 2 percentage points.

Internet

The loadingscreen of theFacebook

application on amobile phone is

seen in this photoillustration takenin Lavigny on 16

May, 2012.REUTERS

Twitter double outage blamed on bugSAN FRANCISCO, 23

June—A double outagerocked Twitter on Thursday,as users worldwide reportedsignificant down-time andslow service across the websiteand mobile applications ofthe microblogging platform.

The outages left anotherbruise on a service that earneda reputation for unreliabilityin its early days. The SanFrancisco-based companyblamed the disruption on a“cascading bug” in one of itsinfrastructure components.

“One of the characteristicsof such a bug is that it can havea significant impact on allusers, worldwide, which wasthe case today,” MazenRawashdeh, a Twitter vicepresident of engineering,wrote in a blog post after normalservice resumed.

“This wasn’t due to ahack or our new office orEuro 2012 or GIF avatars, assome have speculatedtoday.” “We are currentlyconducting a comprehensivereview to ensure that we canavoid this chain of events inthe future,” he added.

Twitter’s statements

came amid speculation thathackers contributed to thedisruption.

UgNazi — an emerginghacker outfit that recentlygained publicity for breakinginto Cloudflare chiefexecutive Matthew Prince’spersonal Google emailaccount — claimed credit forthe service disruption in anemail to Reuters, saying itlaunched a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attackagainst Twitter because ofthe company’s support forthe Cyber IntelligenceSharing and Protection Act.

One security professio-nal said the group probablyused a DDoS-for-hire site tolaunch an attack againstTwitter on Thursday, butplayed down the likelihoodthe group was responsible for

bringing down the socialmedia network. “It was merecoincidence,” the securityprofessional said. “Thebackend of Twitter is havingissues, which is unrelated tothe very small attack.”

North American trafficlevels for Twitter.complummeted on two occasionsbetween 8.30 am PDT (1530GMT) and 11.00 am PDT (1800GMT), according to dataprovided by network analyticscompany Sandvine. The firstoutage lasted between 8.30am (1530 GMT) and 10.00 am(1700 GMT), data showed.

Twitter acknowledgedthe disruption in a mid-morning blog post that wascontinually revised as theservice resumed, only to failfor a second time before 11.00am.—Reuters

A Twitterpage is

displayedon a laptopcomputer inLos Angeleson 13 Oct,

2009.REUTERS

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Business & Health Business & Health Business & HealthSony to invest $997 million toboost output of CMOS sensors

TOKYO, 23 June—SonyCorp said on Friday it wouldspend 80 billion yen ($997million) to boost productionof image sensors as part of itsstrategy to boost income fromdigital imaging.

Sony, which posted arecord net loss in the year to 31March, said it will completethe investment by September2013 at its CMOS image sensorplant in Nagasaki in southernJapan, with half the money tobe spent during the currentbusiness term as part of outlaysalready announced.

Output at the plant willbe 60,000 wafers a month onceit has established newproduction lines, the companysaid. These will be sold tomakers of smart phones andtablets and will also be used

A Sony logo is seen as customers look at Sony’s digitalcameras at an electronic shop in Tokyo on 10 May, 2012.

REUTERS

Roche’s breast cancer drugextends survival in study

ZURICH, 23 June—A late-stage study showed thatwomen with an aggressivetype of breast cancer livedsignificantly longer whentreated with Roche’s newbreast cancer drug Perjeta,the Swiss drugmaker said onFriday.

The phase III studyfound a combinationtreatment of the drugs Perjetaand Herceptin pluschemotherapy lengthenedthe amount of time womenlived without their disease

A logo of Swisspharmaceutical

company Roche ispictured in front of acompany’s buildingin Rotkreuz, on 12

April , 2012.REUTERS

worsening, compared tothose just treated withHerceptin and chem-otherapy. Perjeta, also knownas pertuzumab, was grantedapproval by US healthregulators earlier this month.

Roche is hoping that itwill become the standardtreatment for women with aform of cancer known asHER-2 positive, whichmakes up about a quarter ofall breast cancers and has nocure.

Reuters

for Sony’s own products.With its television unit

hammered by weak demandand intense competition fromforeign rivals such as SamsungElectronics the company islooking for ways to boostrevenue and profits in otherdivisions.

Sony expects sales at itsTV unit, which has lost morethan $12 billion in 9 years, tofall 11 percent to 17.5 millionthis business year.

The company’s newpresident, Kazuo Hirai, in Aprilsaid that Sony’s future lay inmobile devices such as theXperia smartphone, gamingand digital imaging. He set atarget for group sales of 8.5trillion yen in two years, withan operating margin of morethan 5 percent.—Reuters

Court rules in favour of TataMotors in Singur land tussle

KOLKATA, 23 June—TheCalcutta High Court onFriday nullified a law thatforced Tata Motors (TAMONS) to forfeit Singur landacquired by the company tobuild a factory, in a decisionthat could pave the way forthe automaker to recoupsome of its $310 millioninvestment in thedevelopment.

The law, which forcedthe company to hand backland in West Bengal, was ruled“unconstitutional and void”by the Calcutta High Court,lawyers present told Reuters.

The ruling will bechallenged in the Supreme

Court, said Kalyan Banerjee,a lawmaker in the stategovernment.

Tata, which abandonedthe project in 2008 and shiftedthe factory to make its ultra-low cost Nano car to Gujarat,has previously soughtcompensation over thedispute.

“We will be studying theorder before deciding the nextcourse of action,” Tata Motorsspokeswoman Ashmita Pillaysaid.

Shares in Tata Motorswere flat in the afternoon, afterhaving risen slightlyfollowing the ruling.

Reuters

A view of a factory shade of a new small car project, runby Tata Motors, is seen in Singur 50 km (32 miles) north

of Kolkata on 7 August, 2008. —REUTERS

Drugs help infants from gettingmom’s HIV

BETHESDA, 23 June —Adding nevirapine to drugs givennewborns of women diagnosed with HIV shortly before orduring labour halves the newborns’ risk of HIV, US researcherssay. Study author Dr Heather Watts of the Eunice KennedyShriver National Institute of Child Health and HumanDevelopment said the rate of mother-to-child HIVtransmission around the time of delivery was 2.2 percentamong infants who received the standard drug zidovudinecombined with nevirapine, compared with 4.8 percent amonginfants treated with zidovudine alone. The study, whichinvolved 1,600 infants, found a reduced rate of transmission— 2.4 percent — among infants treated with a three-drugcombination: zidovudine, nelfinavir and lamivudine.However, infants given the two-drug combination were lesslikely than were those on the three drug regimen to haveneutropenia — a blood disorder consisting of low levels ofneutrophils, a type of infection-fighting white blood cells.

“Pregnant women who don’t know they have HIV orthose who don’t come in for prenatal care may not get theearly treatment needed to keep the virus from being passedon to the baby,” Watts said in a statement. “Our findings showthat even in these situations, many, many infant cases of HIVcan be prevented with the two drug combination treatment.”

The findings were published in the New England Journalof Medicine.—Internet

IKEA to enter India, invest 1.5 b euros in storesMUMBAI, 23 June—

Swedish retailer IKEA, theworld’s largest furniture maker,is opening up in India, markinga crucial step for the Indiangovernment whose policy flipflops related to foreigninvestment have damagedmarket confidence. Thecompany, known for hugestores selling flatpackfurniture and accessories, saidit would invest 1.5 billioneuros to open 25 stores inAsia’s third-largest economyafter initially balking at India’ssourcing requirements.

IKEA’s plans,announced by the Indiangovernment after a meetingbetween the company’s CEOand India’s trade minister inRussia, could give a boost tothe embattled government ofPrime Minister ManmohanSingh, which was forced inDecember to backtrack onplans to allow in foreignsupermarket operators.

While the governmentremoved foreign investmentcaps in single-brand retail inJanuary, it imposed acondition that foreignretailers source 30 percentfrom local small and mid-sizedenterprises, dampening theenthusiasm of retailers for theplan. “It’s a baby step but ithas definitely sent the rightsignal out ... The governmentis trying to convinceinternational investors, Indiais still open for business,” said

A Japanese woman takes a seat on one of Swedishfurniture retailer IKEA’s chairs at the company’s first

store in Japan in Funabashi, east of Tokyo, on 24 April,2006.—INTERNET

Devangshu Dutta, consultantwith Third Eyesight, a retailconsultancy said. The Indianeconomy which grew at itsslowest pace in nine years hasbeen badly hit by politicalroadblocks to economicpolicymaking batteringcorporate investor sentiment.

But the company,following similar moves inChina and Russia, plans tocash in on India’s burgeoningurban middle class, which,having grown up on popculture, generates a strongdemand for owninginternational brands andlifestyle products such asfurniture.

SourcingOn Friday, India said the

company had discussed itsreservations over the sourcingpolicy with the government.

“IKEA had certainreservations about sourcing

norms which were discussedwith the DIPP (Department ofIndustrial Policy andPromotion) officials; suitableanswers of which wereprovided leading to thedecision to invest,” the Indiangovernment said in astatement. The company doesnot yet have any stores inIndia but sourced $450million worth of goods fromthe country last year, a figureit aims to lift to $1 billion incoming years.

It sources goods such astextiles and carpets from 70suppliers and 1,400 sub-suppliers in the country, thecompany said. “The mandatorysourcing clause that requiresgoods to be sourced from smalland medium enterprises willremain a challenge,” IKEAspokeswoman MalinPettersson Beckeman toldReuters by phone on Friday.

The Singh governmentis keen to bring globalsupermarket chains such asWal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N)and Carrefour SA (CARR.PA)into India, in hope ofimproving the efficiency ofsupply chains in a countrywhere roughly one-third offresh produce rots before itgets to market.

However, foreign directinvestment in supermarketshas been opposed by ownersof one-off shops, whichaccount for roughly 90 percentof India’s $450 billion retailsector, as well as by membersof the ruling coalition.

IKEA said its investmentwill be made over 15 to 20years. India’s CommerceMinistry said IKEA willinitially invest 600 millioneuros and a further sum of upto 900 million. “Theseinvestment estimates havebeen drawn up based on ourexperience in countries likeChina and Russia,”Beckeman said.

Industry officials,however, said that the Swedishfirm’s entry will not reallyshake things for the domesticmarket given the number ofstores it plans and the periodof investment. “It’s not goingto shake up the entire domesticmarket but it will set abenchmark model for othersto follow in India’s nascentfurniture and home productsmarket,” Dutta said.—Reuters

Health Tip: Does your child have a seasonal allergy?It may be difficult to tell if your child’s sniffles are caused by the common cold or seasonal allergies. The American

Academy of Pediatrics offers these telltale signs of seasonal allergies:*Persistent symptoms including red and watery eyes, sneezing and runny nose that last for weeks at a time, and seem

to emerge at the same time each year.*A tingling or itching feeling in the mouth or throat.*A scaly red rash in the skin creases, ankles or wrists.*If your child has the skin condition eczema, he or she is more likely to develop seasonal allergies.—Internet

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Oil, soap used to free stuck babyraccoon in Mich

DEARBORN HEIGHTS, 23 June — A baby raccoon that gotstuck head-first in a sewer grate is free thanks to the quick andslippery work of some city workers in suburban Detroit.

The Detroit Free Press reports Dearborn HeightsDepartment of Public Works Director Bill Zimmer was in hisfront yard on Wednesday when he noticed the critter. Hecalled fellow Public Works employees for help. They usedvegetable oil and dish soap to free the raccoon.

A release from Dearborn Heights says the crew took theraccoon to the Public Works yard for a “much-needed shower”before letting it go in the woods. The animal was OK after theordeal.— Internet

Endangered Sumatran rhino gives birthin Indonesia

JAKARTA, 23 June — Acritically endangered Sumatranrhinoceros was born onSaturday at an Indonesiansanctuary, only the fourth birthin captivity in more than acentury, boosting survivalhopes for the species, sayconservationists.

“Ratu gave birth to a malebaby at 00:45 (1745 GMTFriday) on Saturday. Both themother and the baby are allvery well,” conservationistWidodo Ramono, who worksat a sanctuary on the southerntip of Sumatra island, told AFP.

The last three in-captivitybirths for Sumatran rhinos tookplace in the United States atthe Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio.The father of the new born,Andalas, was himself the firstSumatran rhino delivered in

in case that Ratu need(ed) asurgery in delivering thebaby,” Indonesia forestryministry’s spokesmanMasyhud said.

“It’s really a big presentfor the Sumatran rhinobreeding efforts as we knowthat this is a very rare specieswhich have some difficultiesin their reproduction,” theministry’s spokesman said.”

“This is the first birth of aSumatran rhino at a sanctuaryin Indonesia,” he told AFP.“Soon after the delivery, themother began breastfeedingthe baby,” he added. The US-based International RhinoFoundation executive directorSusie Ellis said in a Pressrelease, published on Fridaybefore the birth, that aveterinary team would

captivity in 112 years. He wasborn in September 2001,according to the zoo.

Andalas was brought toIndonesia to mate with Ratu, afemale who grew up in the wildbut wandered out of the forestand now lives at the SumatranRhino Sanctuary in WayKambas National Park.

Sumatran rhinos havesuffered a 50 percent drop inpopulation numbers over thepast 20 years, largely due topoaching and loss of tropicalhabitat. There are now believedto be fewer than 200 alive.Most reside in isolated pocketsin Southeast Asia.

“Thank God, we are verygrateful that all the deliveryprocess went smoothly andnaturally. We actually madesome emergency preparation

Baghdad market bombs kill 14, wound morethan 100

Chavez hosts close allyAhmadinejad

CARACAS, 23 June —Venezuelan President HugoChavez hosted Iran’s Presid-ent Mahmoud Ahmadinejadon Friday to ink a series ofdeals, just a week after boastingabout collaboration withTeheran on a drone project.

Chavez, who has beenbattling cancer for more than ayear and faces a tough re-election contest in October,has expressed “solidarity”with key ally Iran as it facesgrowing pressure over itssuspect nuclear programme.The two firebrand leaders, whoshare a common hostilitytowards the United States,were scheduled to hold a jointPress conference at Chavez’sMiraflores presidential palaceat 8:00 pm local time (0030 GMTSaturday).

Chavez said he plannedto ink bilateral cooperationdeals with Ahmadinejad on awide range of areas, fromhousing to technology. Iranand Venezuela also engage inmilitary cooperation. Chavezraised hackles last week whenhe announced that, withIranian help, he had made hisfirst drone and planned to soonbegin exporting the unmannedaircraft. A Venezuelan generalsaid the drone, which “doesnot carry arms,” has a 100-kilometre (60 mile) sweep, canfly solo for some 90 minutesand reach an altitude of 3,000meters (9,000 feet).

The United States —which has controversiallywaged drone strikes remotelyagainst suspected militants inPakistan and Yemen — expre-

An Iraqi policemansecures an area in

Baghdad in 2011. Attacksin Iraq killed at least 14

people and woundeddozens more on Friday,

security and medicalofficials said, in the latest

in a wave of violenceacross the country.

INTERNET

Image provided by theInternational Rhino

Foundation shows Ratu, aSumatran rhinoceros, at

the Way Kambas NationalPark in Indonesia on 14

June . Ratu gave birth to amale baby on Saturday —

only the fourth birth incaptivity in more than a

century.— INTERNET

immediately harvest placentalcells that can be used togenerate stem cells. Stem cellshave the potential to be usefulfor many purposes in the nearfuture, including curingdiseases and helping promotereproduction, it said.

Internet

ssed caution about Chavez’sannouncement. “The Venez-uelans make lots of extrava-gant claims. So do the Iranians,”State Department spokeswo-man Victoria Nuland toldreporters in Washington. Iranand Venezuela have mutualinvestment of about $5 billionin factories to make cement,satellites, food, tractors andbicycles.

Under escalating pressurefrom the West over its nuclearactivities, Iran has soughtcloser political and economicrelations with countries far andwide, including many in LatinAmerica. Ahmadinejad willarrive in Caracas from the UN-sponsored Rio+20 summit onsustainable development inBrazil. En route to Rio, theIranian leader stopped inBolivia to court support fromanother leftist Latin Americannation that has tense ties withthe United States. Chavez hasvisited Teheran 13 times sincetaking power in 1999.

Internet

Venezuelan PresidentHugo Chavez hosts Iran’s

President MahmoudAhmadinejad, pictured on21 June, to ink a series of

deals, just a week afterboasting about

collaboration withTeheran on a droneproject.— INTERNET

MANCHESTER TONWNSHIP, (NJ) 23 June—A New Jerseywoman who was struck in the face with a baseball at a LittleLeague game is suing the young catcher who threw it.Elizabeth Lloyd is seeking more than $150,000 in damagesto cover medical costs stemming from the incident at aManchester Little League game two years ago. She’s alsoseeking an undefined amount for pain and suffering.

Lloyd was sitting at a picnic table near a fenced-in bullpenwhen she was hit with the ball. Catcher Matthew Migliacciowas 11 years old at the time and was warming up a pitcher. Thelawsuit filed on 24 April alleges Migliaccio’s errant throw wasintentional and reckless, “assaulted and battered” Lloyd andcaused “severe, painful and permanent” injuries.

A second count alleges Migliaccio’s actions werenegligent and careless through “engaging in inappropriatephysical and/or sporting activity” near Lloyd. She continuesto suffer pain and anguish, incur medical expenses and hasbeen unable to carry out her usual duties and activities, thelawsuit says.

And Lloyd’s husband, in a third count, is suing for theloss of “services, society and consortium” of his wife. They’vedemanded a jury trial. Anthony Pagano, a lawyer for theMigliaccios, said the lawsuit is frivolous and without merit.

Internet

NJ woman hit with ball suesLittle League player

In this 20 June , 2012 photo released by the DearbornHeights Department of Public Works, a young

raccoon’s head is shown stuck in a storm drain cover inDearborn Heights, Mich.

INTERNET

5.9 quake hits Indonesia’s SumatraJAKARTA, 23 June — A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit the

north of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Saturday, the USGeological Survey said, but there were no reports of damageor casualties. The quake struck at 11:34 am (0434 GMT), 66kilometres (41 miles) west-southwest of Kabanjahe at a depthof 97 kilometres, the USGS said.

Indonesia’s Meteorolo-gical and Geophysics Agencyput the magnitude at 6.6.” The quake’s epicentre was on land.There are no reports of damage so far,” Indonesian agencyofficial Dedi Sugianto told AFP, adding the quake was feltmoderately in a number of areas.Indonesia sits on the Pacific“Ring of Fire” where continental plates collide, causingfrequent seismic and volcanic activity.—Internet

This file photo shows a general view of a village innorthern Sumatra. A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit the

north of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Saturday, the USGeological Survey said, but there were no reports of

damage or casualties.— INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 23 June —Two bombs exploded in anopen-air market in Baghdadon Friday, killing at least 14people in the latest round ofspiraling violence six monthsafter the last US troopswithdrew from Iraq. Morethan 160 people have diedthis month in attacks mostlyattributed to Sunni insurgentslinked to al-Qaeda.

They are targetingsecurity forces and Shiitecivilians in an attempt toweaken Iraq’s fragilegovernment, which is miredin deadlock and struggling toprovide security and evenbasic services like electricity.

Friday’s explosions,timed within minutes of eachother, came at midmorning inthe mostly Shiite

neighbourhood ofHusseiniyah in northeastBaghdad. No one claimedresponsibility. MohammedHussein al-Jizani said he washaggling with customers inhis shoe store next to themarket when he heard a loudblast and ran outside.

“Three minutes later,there was a second explosionas people and policemen wererushing to the site of the firstbomb,” al-Jizani said. “Theevil insurgents chose the besttime to attack, because themarket is usually busy onFridays with young peoplegathering to sell and buybirds.”

The blasts killed at least14 people and wounded 106,a medical official said. Hespoke on condition of

anonymity because he wasnot authorized to release theinformation. The death tollfor the month of June is thesecond highest so far in 2012,rivaled only by January, when198 Iraqis were killed in a series

of blasts widely seen as al-Qaeda’s attempts to shockthe country immediately after

the last American troopswithdrew in December.

Internet

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Be healthy, be strongBehealthy,bestrongBehealthy,bestrongBehealthy,bestrong Khin Aye Kyu

These days when slim, skinny and thin modelsare in fashion, women especially young girls, watch TVadvertisements and models walking the catwalk showingfashionable gowns and dresses, with awe and envy. Theywould be willing to pay their fortunes to be like them.They diet and try to lose weight. Some skip meals, feeldizzy and get gastric ulcers and all kinds of disorders.

Some take slimming pills which are detrimentalto health. However much they may advertise and say it isharmless, these pills are sure to contain chemicals whichwould suppress the appetite and go against nature. I readin a foreign newspaper some time ago, that a TV celebrityhad to have a life-saving liver transplant after she nearlydied from liver failure. She had taken diet pills to make herslim. At least a dozen other women had reported havinghealth problems after taking these pills. Although theymay be produced with herbs, they are adulterated withwestern synthetic chemicals which are harmful to thehuman body.

People especially young girls should think twiceabout taking these pills and eat nutritious food with a lotof fibre and also take vitamins that would make them grow

healthy and strong. It is vital to have a balanced diet withthe necessary proteins, carbohydrates and minerals. Butbecause of modern day lifestyles most people rely on ready-made fast foods and do not get the required amount ofnutrients and become weak and ill.

Luckily up to now, I have not suffered any majorillnesses. It is I think due to the nutritious diet given to meby my parents when I was young. My father, a naval officernever drank alcohol. He just drank juice, milk, Ovaltine andHolicks, did exercise and walked a lot. He lived up to theripe old age of eighty-eight. He would have lived evenlonger if he had not fallen down and broke his hip bonecausing other complications.

Vitamins are essential. Lack of Vitamin A causesshortsightedness and dry skin. We should eat liver, drinkmilk, take cod-liver oil, eat vegetables and fruit. Lack ofVitamin B1 causes beri-beri and disorder of the nervoussystems. Cereals, beans and meat are rich in Vitamin B1.Lack of B2 can slow and stunt growth. So to grow tall andstrong we must eat cereals and dairy products. Vitamin C isessential to keep away scurvy and you can get this Vitaminfrom citrus fruits and fresh vegetables. Lacking in Vitamin

D causes our bones to grow soft, so we should eat eggs andtake milk and cod-liver oil.

Deficiency of Vitamin E causes weak muscles, sowe much drink milk, eat cereals, vegetables and some fat.Calcium is also necessary for our bones and teeth. We canget this vitamin from milk and vegetables. Recently,Vitamin K was found to show promise in the treatmentof Parkinson’s Disease, a condition characterized bylack of movement, tremors and muscle stiffness. Researchshows that Vitamin K succeeded in undoing the effect ofone of the genetic defects that leads to Parkinson’sDisease.

Millions of people do not eat enough fruits andvegetables, putting them at risk of cancer. Research showsthat a diet based on plant foods such as wholegrains andpulses as well as fruit and vegetables can protect againsta range of cancers. It confirmed that foods containing fibrereduce the risk of bowel cancer.

With this knowledge in mind the young will beable to eat nourishing food and grow up to be healthy,strong and sturdy citizens who will have the ability toserve our beloved Motherland.

KYONPYAW, 23 June—Myanma AgriculturalDevelopment Bank ofKyonpyaw Township inPathein District disbursedloans for cultivation ofmonsoon crops for 2012 asof 15 June. A total of 46farmers from Kansu Village-tract have been disbursedwith K 9.6 million for 193acres of farmlands.

Township IPRD

Agricultural loans disbursed in Kyonpyaw Township

CITIZENSHIP CARDS ISSUED: The issuance ofcitizenship scrutiny cards was held in Shwekokko MyaingVillage-tract of Myawady Township on 15 June throughone stop service. Kayin State Head of INRD U Thaung Zaw,Deputy Commissioner of Myawady District U Shein Winand party presented cards to local people.—MYANMA ALIN

Regional ASEANDengue Day

observed in BagoYANGON, 23 June—The

Regional ASEAN DengueDay of Bago Region was heldat Thiri Pyinnya hall of BasicEducation High School No 1in Bago on 15 June.

Bago Region Ministerfor Social Affairs Dr KyawOo delivered an address.

Head of Region HealthDepartment Dr Nay Myo Ohnexplained purpose ofholding the RegionalASEAN Dengue Day andprevention against ASEANDengue. Child specialist DrDaw Than Than Win of BagoGeneral Hospital gave talkson dengue disease. After theceremony, the attendeesparticipated in preventivemeasures against dengue.

Health

YANGON, 23 June—Wakema Township GeneralAdministration Department

Uniforms, cash assistance provided in Wakema

presented uniforms and staffmembers at Manaw ThukhaHall of the township on 15

June, with an address byTownship Administrator USoe Tun.

Next, the townshipadministrator andChairperson of TownshipFamily DisciplinaryCommittee Daw Ohnma KoKo Hyi presented uniformsto staff and cash assistanceto offspring of staff.

The township GADgave uniforms worth K208,000 and cash assistanceK 436,000.—Myanma Alin

ESSAY CONTEST: Incommemoration of the

International Day againstDrug Abuse and Illicit

Trafficking which falls on26 June, a painting and anessay contests were held at

No 2 Basic EducationHigh School on 17 June.

Township Administrator UThein Win and officialsviewed participation of

students in the essaycontest.

MYANMA ALIN

YANGON, 23 June—Thecrime free month from 18June to 17 July in the area ofThakayta Township PoliceForce in Yangon EastDistrict was implemented atthe office of ThakaytaTownship Fire ServicesDepartment on 18 June.

It was attended byYangon Region Hluttawrepresentative U Zaw WinNaing and guests.

Thakayta Township designatescrime free month

Commander of YangonEast District Police ForcePolice Lt-Col Myint Ayemade a speech. Commanderof Township Police ForcePolice Captain Tint Nainggave talks on matters relatedto crime free month andTownship Judge U KyawKyaw Win on legal affairs.

Township Law OfficerU Maung Maung Myint andHead of Township FireServices Department U KoKo Oo participated in thediscussions.

Myanma Alin

DISTRICTNEWS

Winners awarded in cultural courseYANGON, 23 June—A

ceremony to award thestudents who passed theBuddhism cultural course ofDagon Myothit (South)Township was held at MahaDhammaçariya monasticeducation on

Minyekaungbon Road inWard 56 of the township on17 June.

Patron of the TownshipSangha Nayaka CommitteeSayadaw BhaddantaNarapati gave advice.Township Administrator

U Myint Lwin supplicatedon religious affairs.

At the ceremony, theTownship Administratorand officials presented K380,000 and certificates tothe students.

San San Kyi

Uniforms provided to offspring of vendors in LetpadanSetsetyo Creek dredged for proper flow of water

BAGO, 23 June—Letpadan Township ofThayawady DistrictDevelopment AffairsCommittee of Bago Regionheld the ceremony to provideschool uniforms and cashassistance to 41 students of25 vendors at the hall of the

committee on 13 Juneevening.

It was attended byTownship Administrator UThiha, Bago Region Hluttawrepresentative U Kyaw Minand Daw Aye Aye Khaing,Executive Officer U Aye Winof Township Development

Affairs Committee, micro-finance service committeemembers, vendors andstudents.

Officials presented oneset of uniforms worth K123,000 in total amount to41 students.

Kyemon

TAUNGDWINGYI, 23June—With the aim ofexceeding sown acres ofmonsoon paddy in 2012 andcarrying out ploughing

tasks in time, under thesupervision of TownshipAdministrator U Aung Htutand leadership ofCommander of Township

Police Force Police CaptainMyint Swe and ExecutiveOfficer U Aung Phyo Kyawof Township DevelopmentAffairs Committee, the staffand local people cleaneddebris and dredged sand andsilt in Setsetyo Creek forproper flow of water on 20June.—Kyemon

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26-June-2012

NAY PYI TAW, 23 June—It is about 65 years that theRepublic of the Union ofMyanmar has been a memberof International OlympicCommittee so as tocommunicate withinternational sportsorganizations in sports sectorsince 1947. Being IOCmember, Myanmar OlympicCommittee holds sportsactivities every 23rd June onwhich IOC was establishedlike other members.

To hail InternationalOlympic Day, a mass walkactivity and a circular cyclingrace, all of which were held infront of Myoma Market herethis morning,participated byUnion Minister for Sports UTint Hsan.

After the UnionMinister had watchedstarting of the circular cyclingrace, he lead the mass walkactivity comprising membersof Myanmar OlympicCommittee, staff of theMinistry of Sports andrespective ministries in NayPyi Taw, locals fromZabuthiri Township, sportsmen getting training in NayPyi Taw Sports TrainingCamp, coaches and youths,totalling some 2500participants.

Union Sports Minister takes part in mass walkUnion Sports Minister takes part in mass walkactivity hailing International Olympic Day

Afterwards, the UnionMinister enjoyed basketballround matches (secondround) of ChampionChallenge Cup, held at NayPyi Taw Pyimana(Paunglaung) Gymnasium.

He paid attention toprogress of installation oftarget switches at theshooting training hall of theSports Training Camp(Lewe), where he enjoyedWushu second-roundmatches (Sanshou) and Judomatches of ChampionChallenge Cup, being heldat Wushu training hall and

Judo training hall, and gaveencouragement toweightlifters practising atWeightlifting training halland youths performingaerobatics movements atAerobatics training hall.

The Union Ministergreeted in-charges of thesports training camp andcoaches and managers ofrespective sports teams atthe meeting hall of thecamp, and he was amongfun seekers watching Judofinal matches at weight-classes at Judo sportstraining hall.

At the awardingceremony, the UnionMinister presented Men’sChampionship shield toKachin State Team (Men)and Women’s Champion oneto Mon State Team (Women)and Men’s/Women’sChampion shield toAyeyawady Region Team.

The UnionMinister had enjoymentfrom Tennis Tournament(Men/Women) of ChampionChallenge Cup at the tenniscourt in Zabuthiri SportsZone.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 23 June—A ceremony to openNyaungshwe branch of AsiaGreen Development Bankwas held in front of the bankbranch in Nyaungshwe ofShan State yesterdaymorning.

It was attended by ShanState Chief Minister U Sao

Nyaungshwe gets branch ofAsia Green Development Bank

Aung Myat, Shan StateMinister for Finance andRevenue U Khun TheinMaung and ExecutiveDirector of Asia GreenDevelopment Bank U Ye MinOo formally opened the bankbranch and looked roundthere.

MNA

YANGON, 23 June— Tomark Myanmar Women’sDay, a monsoon tree-planting ceremony tookplace in the compound ofPearl Hospital in ShweNantha Village inMingaladon Township herethis morning.

There, wife of YangonRegion Chief MinisterPatron of Yangon Region

Monsoon tree-planting ceremonyheld in Mingaladon Tsp

Women’s AffairsOrganization Daw Khin ThetHtay extended greetings.Region Minister for Financeand Revenue Daw San SanNwe, Yangon RegionWomen’s AffairsOrganization patrons andchairpersons presented atotal of 550 saplings to thosepresent at the ceremony.

MNA

YANGON, 23 June—Hong Kong businessmenled by Director Ms TinaPhan of Hong Kong TradeDevelopment Council(HKTDC) holds industry-wise meeting in cooperationwith the Republic of the

Myanmar-Hong Kong businessmeeting on 26 June

Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambers ofCommerce and Industry atRarkroyal Hotel on 26 June.

Those willing to attendthe meeting are to enlist atUMFCCI Office not laterthan 25 June.—MNA

MOHNYIN, 23 June—Mohnyin Degree Collegedonates exercise books toBasic Education PrimarySchools of its surroundingareas yearly.

On 20 June, Principal ofthe degree college Dr KyiShwin and faculty membersdonated exercise books toBEPSs in Ywathitgon,Kantawgon and Htantabinvillages. On behalf of theTownship EducationOfficer, Headmistress DrWatthan Myat Thin of Basic

Exercise books donated tovillage BEPSs in Mohnyin

Mohnyin Degree College Principal Dr Kyi Shwinpresents exercise books to students of Htantabin

Basic Education Primary School.—NLM 001

Education High School No 1and school heads of BEPSsattended the donationceremony.

At the ceremony,exercise books worth K300,000 were presented tostudents of respectiveBEPSs. Since itsestablishment in 2003,Mohnyin Degree Collegehas been donating exercisebooks to village BEPSs andthis year’s donation was forthe 10th time of its kind.

NLM 001

CASH DONATED: In memory of Daw KhinMar Oo, U Soe Win and family donatedK 1 million to fund for construction of

Nagayon Buddha Image in compound ofMaubin Home for the Aged on 17 June.Chairman of the Construction Committee

U Soe Win accepts cash donation.MYANMA ALIN

AGM HELD: Annual General Meeting of Shwepon WinTrading Cooperative Ltd for 2011-2012 fiscal year was

held at Basic Education Primary School No 32 inPonnagon Ward of Tamway Township on 16 June.

Chairman of the cooperative U Khin Maung Yi explainsformation of cooperative limited.—MYANMA ALIN

TACHILEK, 23 June—Eight Myanmar women whofell the victim of humantrafficking and then keptunder care of the Homes ofthe Social WelfareDepartment of Thailandwere handed back toMyanmar at No 1 FriendshipBridge in Tachilek on 20June.

Assistant Director U LinHtut of Additional State Officeof Social Welfare Department,Chairman of Tachilek District

Trafficked victims handedover to parents

Women’s AffairsOrganization Dr Htay HtayWin, Staff Officer U Thein Lwinof Township Immigration andNational RegistrationDepartment, IP Yin Yin Aye ofAnti-Human TraffickingSquad and officials took backthe victims.

Officials cordially metfive women from Mongshuand three from Kunhing andgave cash assistance to them.Then, they were sent back totheir parents.—Myanma Alin

Chairman of National Sports Committee Union Minister for SportsU Tint Hsan enjoys cycling contest to mark International Olympic Day

2012 in front of Nay Pyi Taw Myoma Market.—MNA

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HLAINGBWE, 23 June—Manager of Hlaingbwe TownshipMyanma Agricultural Development Bank Branch of KayinState U Tun Tun Oo and staff disbursed K 23150000 to 58farmers from Partkyaw Village-tract on 15 June.

The bank disburses K 50,000 per acre in 2012 rainypaddy cultivation.—Township MADB

Agricultural loans disbursedto local farmers

YANGON, 23 June—Yangon RegionDevelopment AffairsMinister Yangon Mayor UHla Myint inspectedpreventive measures againstdengue fever in TamwayTownship this morning.

The measuresagainst the seasonal diseasewere also carried out in other

Yangon Mayor inspectsDHF preventive measures

Myanmar Women’s Day3rd July

NAY PYI TAW, 23 June— Union Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation U Myint Hlaing attended the ceremony topresent cash assistance to officers and staff of the ministry,who are serving in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, held at theministry here this morning.

Union A & I Minister supplies staff with cash assistanceOn the occasion, the Union Minister addressed, and

Deputy Ministers for Agriculture and Irrigation U OhnThan and U Khin Zaw followed.

The Union Minister, the deputy ministers presentedassistance—one set of uniform, one blanket and K 10000for each of 2376 staff— through the respective directors-general of the departments.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 22 June—A ceremony to hold rainy-season tree-planting and putfingerlings by Ministry ofTransport, took place at the

Rainy-season tree-plantingceremony held in Ministry of

Transportfront of the Ministry herethis morning. At theceremony, Union Ministerfor Transport U Nyan TunAung and wife Daw Wai Waiplanted a starflower plant incommemoration of theceremony. And DeputyMinister U Win Shein andwife Daw Su Nyunt Oo alsoplanted a Padauk plant.

After that, the UnionMinister enjoyed tree-growing of departmentalheads and their wives, andstaff. The Union Ministerand wife, the deputyminister and wife, thedepartmental heads and staffput fingerlings into No.33dam. The ministry has beenplanting saplings in Nay PyiTaw since 2006 and a totalof 13550 plants have beenplanted and 35,000fingerlings, put so far. TheMinistry planted 550saplings this year. —MNA

MANDALAY, 23 June—Chinese Yunnan BuddhistTemple donated cash forpeople who lost shelters andproperties due to recentincidents in Rakhine Stateat Mandalay Region FireServices Department at thecorner of 29th Street and 81st

Street yesterday evening.Present on the occasion

were Region Planning andEconomic Minister U AungSan, Director of No.1Region/State Fire Services

Cash donated to people ofRakhine State

Department CommandDivision U Aung KyawMyint, head of Region FireServices Department U KyiToe and Chairman ofChinese Yunnan BuddhistTemple U Kyaw Sein andmembers and donors.

The Buddhist templechairman donated K 5million for the sufferersthrough region minister

YANGON, 23 June—TheMyanmar selected men’svolleyball team led by Vice-President of MyanmarVolleyball Federation UThein Win (GeneralManager of Asia World CoLtd) left here by air thisafternoon to take part in the2012 Asian Men’s ClubVolleyball Championshipto be held in Shanghai ofChina from 30 June to 8 July2012.

The Myanmar selected

Myanmar volleyball team leaves for Chinavolleyball team comprisesChief Coach Mr Zhang Qun,Coach General Secretary UNyi Nyi Lwin of MyanmarVolleyball Federation,trainer U Maung Zaw(Ministry of Home Affairs),players Kyaw Shwe and WinTun Oo (SPED), Aung Thu(Ministry of Defence), YeMin Aung, Aung Myat Tun,Do Maeni Ko, Kyaw KyawHtwe, Ye Yint Tun, PaingTha (Ministry of HomeAffairs), Sai Nyi Lay

(Immigration) and Zaw HtetWai and Zaw Myo(Students).

A total of 17 contendingteams are divided into fourgroups. Group B isconstituted with Myanmar,Iran, Qatar and Uzbekistan.

In the debut, Myanmarwill play against Qatar on 1July. Before the cham-pionship, Myanmar plans toplay tune-up matches withvolleyball clubs inGuangzhou.—MNA

YANGON, 23 June—Asthe manuscripts have beeninvited for Sarpay Beikmanmanuscript contest 2011,three extracted chaptersfrom Disaster Managementby Dr Ratina Nagar waschosen for translationmanuscript. The book isavailable at SarpayBeikman bookshop, No.

Translation manuscript set for SarpayBeikman manuscript contest 2011

529-531, Merchant Street,here for 255 kyats.

The manuscript will beaccepted only withdesignated form andpamphlets describing rulesfor the contest are sold atSarpay Beikman for 100kyats. Those from othertownships wishing to orderthrough mail may send

money order of 800 kyatsinclusive of the bookaddressing to the secretaryof the Sarpay Beikmanmanuscript award scrutinyboard (Ph: 01-376569, 01-381449.

The manuscript for thetranslation category is to besent by 15 September, 2012.

MNA

YANGON, 23 June—Myanmar Women’s AffairsFederation yesterdayannounced winners inarticle and photo contestshailing Myanmar Women’sDay that falls on 3 July.

Ma Aye Myat Myat(Aye Myat Myat-Universityof Foreign Languages) wonfirst prize in the article

Winners in article and photocontests announced

Yangon Region Development Affairs MinisterYangon Mayor U Hla Myint inspects

preventive measures against dengue fever.MNA

townships in the region.The mayor then

inspected sanitation tasks inthe townships of YangonRegion.

He also visitedconstruction sites ofNgamoeyeik Bridge(Parami) and new marketsheds.—MNA

contest while Aung NaingWin (SPED) stood first inthe photo contest.

Winners are awarded atthe Myanmar Women’s Dayceremony on 3 July. Theyare required to report MWAFin Nay Pyi Taw (Ph: 067-419174 and Fax:067419179) not later than28 June.—MNA

Students in Kyaiklat getknowledge on traffic rulesKYAIKLAT, 23 June—As

Pyapon District ofAyeyawady Region isimplementing the traffic ruleeducation period for localpeople to be free from trafficdangers, educative talk washeld at the hall of BasicEducation High School No 1

U Aung Zan. Wellwishersmay make donation at thedonation acceptance centreof Mandalay Regiongovernment at the region fireservices department.

MNA

School uniforms presented to students

in Kyaiklat on 15 Junemorning.

At the ceremony, in-charge of Pyapon DistrictTraffic Police Corps IP ChitSein gave talks on trafficrules. A similar talk was givenat Kyaiklat BEHS No 2 in theafternoon.—District IPRD

MEIKTILA, 23 June—Meiktila Township DevelopmentAffairs Committee of Mandalay Region held schooluniforms presentation to students of vendors for 2012-2013 at Kandaw Mingala Hall in Meiktila on 14 June.

At the ceremony, Executive Officer U Than Aye andloan committee member presented school uniforms worthK 510,000 to 102 students.—Myanma Alin

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YANGON, 23 June—Incommemoration of theInternational Day againstDrug Abuse and IllicitTrafficking which falls on26 June, the essay, painting,cartoon and poster contests

Essay, painting and poster contest held atYankin Education College

was held at YankinEducation College inYankin Township ofYangon East District on 15June.

Under the supervision

of Yankin Township GeneralAdministration Departmentand Yangon RegionVolunteer Drug SupervisoryCommittee, a total of 54trainees from the college and47 students from EducationCollege Practising MiddleSchool participated in thecontest.

Chairman of theYangon Region AssociationU San Shein and executives,U Win Aung of TownshipGeneral AdministrationDepartment and townshiplevel departmental officialsviewed participation ofstudents in the contest.

SWD

Limited Store opened inDawbon Township

YANGON, 23 June—Dawbon Township CooperativeSyndicate of Yangon Region opened the Limited Store incommemoration of the International Cooperative Day onYamonna Street in Dawbon Township on 21 morning.

Deputy Director U Hla Han of Yangon RegionCooperative Department formally ooened the store.

Swe Swe Naing (MNA)

STUDENTS HONOURED: A ceremony to honouroutstanding students in 2011-2012 academic year was

held at North Okkalapa General and TeachingHospital on 19 June. Medical Superintendent Dr TinWin Kyaw presents prize to three-distinction winner

Ma May Pwint Phu Thwe, daughter matron Daw KhinMay Win.—KYEMON

YANGON, 23 June—Member of Myitkyina Anti-Drug Special Squad ofKachin State together withwitnesses searched the hutnear Thebyuchaug forest inMyayzeya Ward in HopinSub-Township of MohnyinTownship on 9 Junemorning.

At the hut, Kyaw MyoLwin, 38 of Setkon Ward inHopin Sub-township hackedConstable Thurein Tun withthe use of 20 inches sword.The policeman was injuredat his right arm.

Although theauthorities concerned urgedKyaw Myo Lwin to give up,the latter continued attacks.So, the leader of the squadshot his right knee. In theincident, powder like heroinweighing 0.5 gram, onepenicillin bottle and 0.001

Drug possessor seized in Hopingram of expected heroin inone box and K 161,000.

Injured ConstableThurein Tun and KyawMyo Lwin were rushed to

Hopin People’s Hospital.The authorities concernedtakes action against theoffender.

Yi Yi Myint (MNA)

YCDC to grow over 365,000saplings

YANGON, 23 June—A plan is under way to grow 365,000shade trees and windbreak for keeping Yangon green andpleasant in rainy season from 1 June to 31 July, said Headof Parks and Playgrounds Department of Yangon CityDevelopment Committee U Tin Pe.

It was reported that the department will grow 365,441shade, windbreak and flowery plants in four districts.Saplings of shade plants and windbreak are being nurturedat Hanthawady, 6-1/2 miles and Hlawga parks and floweryand seasonal plants at Resistance Park, Thuwunna andKandawmingala Park.

The department will grow over 1 million of 15 speciesof flowery and seasonal plants at the parks, roundabouts,traffic islands and pavements in Yangon the whole year.

Kyemon

Talks on Ca Cevix on 24 JuneYANGON, 23 June—A talk on endoscopic surgical

operations for Ca Cervix will be given at Parkroyal Hotelin Yangon from 9 am to 11 am on 24 June.

OG specialists from Pacific Healthcare Singapore willgive talks.

Those wishing to attend the talk may take out invitationcards from Room 203 of IHBC on the first floor at 365/367on Upper Block of Bo Aung Kyaw Street in KyauktadaTownship, free of charge.—Swe Swe Naing-MNA

Trees grownin village ofThanatpinTownshipTHANATPIN, 23 June—

The tree growing ceremonywas held in PhayegyiVillage of ThanatpinTownship of Bago Regionon 6 June.

The ceremony wasparticipated by SeniorForester U Thein Shwe ofthe Township ForestDepartment, village-tractadministrator U Aung KoLatt and local people,Headmistress Daw Tin NweOo of Basic Education Post-Primary School andstudents. They planted 600Eucalyptus plants forestablishment of one-acreforest per acre.

Township Forest

Crimereduction

talks given inPinlebu

PINLEBU, 23 June—AtU Aung Myat Hall of BasicEducation High School inPinlebu Township, the talkson crime reduction, dangerof narcotic drugs and trafficrules were given on 10 Junemorning.

After TownshipAdministrator U Sann Lwingave a speech, TownshipJudge U Min Shwe talkedabout crime reduction andCommander of TownshipPolice Force Police CaptainMyint Wai aboutprevention against narcoticdrugs.

Later, Commander ofTownship Police Station IPMya Thaung gave talks ontraffic rules and preventionagainst trafficking inperson.

Myanma Alin

CASH DONATED:Graduate officers of

Thiha Company at No. 85Officer Training Course

donated K 200,000 to AyeYeikmon Nunnery andHome for the Female

Orphanage inAungmyaythazan

Township of Mandalay on9 June.—MNA

INGAPU, 23 June—Aceremony to donate cash andbooks to Shwe MyintmoLibrary was held inNyaungon Village of IngapuTownship in HinthadaDistrict on 10 June

Rainy season tree growingceremony at YWTU

Cash, books donated to village library inIngapu Township

afternoon.At the ceremony,

Township Administrator UHlwan Moe Han made aspeech. Amyotha Hluttawrepresentative U Htay Winand Staff Officer of DistrictInformation and PublicRelations Department UWin Shein gave talks ondurability of the library andincrease of books.

Next, wellwisher U SanMyat and family of ShweMyintmo Robe Housedonated 700,000 and DrKyaw Shwe and family ofHinthada 200 copies ofbooks.

Secretary of the librarycommittee U Kyaw Aung

Htay handed overdocuments related to Headof Township Informationand Public RelationsDepartment Daw Thi ThiShein.

The library, 24 feet longand 14 feet wide, was built ata cost of K 1 million by theState and K 1.5 million bythe people.

Township Admini-strator U Hlwan Moe Han,Pyithu Hluttawrepresentative U MaungMaung Soe, AmyothaHluttaw representative UHtay Win and Staff Officerof District IPRD U San Myatformally opened thelibrary.—Township IPRD

YANGON, 23 June—Yangon West TechnologicalUniversity in Hlinethaya Township and Forest Departmentin Insein Township jointly organized the 2012 monsoonseason tree growing ceremony t the university on 19 June.

Rector (Duty) of the university Dr Theingi made aspeech. Staff Officer U Myint Aung of Township ForestDepartment explained the purpose of holding the treegrowing ceremony.

Later, the rector (duty) and faculty members, staff of theTownship Forest Department and students grew over 500saplings.—Myanma Alin

DISTRICT NEWS

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KABUL, 23 June— The death toll of aTaleban attack on a hotel in Afghan capital ofKabul has risen to 23, the Afghan InteriorMinistry said in a statement on Friday evening.“The terror attack on Spozhmai Hotel in QarghaLake has left 18 people including 17 civiliansand a policeman dead,” the ministry said in astatement. The clash, according to thestatement, began at 11:00 pm local time onThursday when the attackers occupied thehotel building, overlooking the lake, some 10km west of Kabul, and was over at 10: 30 amon Friday.

“The five suicide attackers openedindiscriminate gun fire on guests and hotelservants shortly after occupying the buildingbesides holding several civilian hostages,”the statement said, adding that five morepeople including four civilians and apoliceman were injured in the incident.

NAIROBI, 23 June— The Kenya WildlifeService (KWS) on Friday decried the loss oflions to both poachers and incidences of humanwildlife conflict. KWS Assistant Director PaulMbugua told journalists in Nairobi that theestimated population of lions in the countrystands at 2000 with 30 of them at the NairobiNational Park. “KWS is concerned that rapidpopulation growth has seen humans encroachon wildlife migratory paths leading to loss ofwildlife, including lions,” Mbugua toldjournalists in Nairobi.

According to the wildlife agency, thecountry has lost nine lions, six alone in the pastweek and four elephants since January due toconflicts with people. Data from KWS alsoindicates that total wildlife mortality resultingfrom human wildlife conflict since January is50, including 26 primates. Mbugua noted that

ST PETERSBURG, 23June— No artificial timetableto solve the Iranian nuclearissue should be set, ForeignMinister Sergei Lavrov saidon Friday.

“It seems the process isunderway. The talks shouldnot be protracted, but it iswrong to set some artificialdeadlines and ultimatumssaying like ‘unless by July orAugust the final agreement isreached’ — which isdefinitely impossible in such

ANKARA, 23 June— TheTurkish general staff saidFriday that a military aircraftdisappeared on radar over theMediterranean Sea. Thewarplane, carrying twopilots, was found crashed intoSyrian territorial waters, saidlocal Dogan News Agency,adding that the two pilotshas been rescued by forces.

The pilots, locating inthe Mediterranean Sea, werein good health, according toa report posted on the websiteof Turkish newspaperHurriyet Daily News.Turkish search and rescueteams are waiting for Syrianauthorities’ permission toenter the area to further locatethe plane, Dogan said,adding that the Medi-terranean naval units ofTurkey are now approaching

MOSCOW, 23 June— Russia confirmedFriday three new crew members for theInternational Space Station (ISS). They wereNASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Russiancosmonaut Yury Malenchenko and Japaneseastronaut Akihito Hoshide, a spokesman forRussia’s Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centertold reporters. The new crew members havepassed all of the exams at the training centerand Russia’s Soyuz TMA-05M rocket has beenscheduled to take them to the ISS from theBaikonur space center in Kazakhstan on 15July, the spokesman said.

The backup members for the new crew alsowere announced and include Russiancosmonaut Roman Romanenko, Canadianastronaut Chris Hadfield and NASA astronautThomas Marshburn. The new crew memberswill join the current ISS crew, which includesRussian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka andSergei Revin and NASA astronaut Joe Acaba,who have been in orbit since mid-May.

Xinhua

Smoke is seen from the attacked hotel in the Qargha Lake, a picnic spot on the westernoutskirts of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on 22 June, 2012. — XINHUA

Death toll of Taleban attack on hotel in Kabulrises to 23: Afghan gov’t

Kenya wildlife agency decries death of lionsdue to human wildlife conflict

Russia rejects artificial timetable for Iraniannuclear talks

Participants take partduring a rehearsal for

the Chinese Queenbeauty pageant contestin Panama City on 22

June, 2012. Nineparticipants will compete

in Panama’s annualChinese Queen conteston Saturday, and thewinner will representPanama in this year’s

Central AmericanChinese Queen contest

held in Guatemala,according to the

organizers.— REUTERS

ADEN, 23 June— A local leader of Yemen-based al-Qaeda branch was arrested by soldiersof Yemeni security apparatus on the outskirts of southern port city of Aden, a police officer saidon Friday. Security soldiers managed to capture a leading member of the al- Qaeda terroristgroup suspected of links to a suicide bombing attack that killed a high-ranking militarycommander earlier this week in Aden, the local police officer told Xinhua on condition ofanonymity. “Sami Dayyan, the captured al-Qaeda leader, was behind assassinating MajorGeneral Salim Qatan, the commander of military forces in southern regions last Monday. Hemasterminded and planned the suicide operation,” the police officer said. “Two of hisbodyguards were also arrested while they were attempting to sneak into Aden by a pick-up truckfilled with explosives and suicide belts,” he added. Last Monday, the al-Qaeda group claimedresponsibility for assassinating Major General Salim Qatan, the commander of military forcesin south Yemen.—Xinhua

A woman prepares to export butterflypupae in a hatchery in Cali on 21 June,2012. Alas de Colombia is a company

dedicated to the breeding, conservationand export of native butterflies whichare used for gifts and, when they die

naturally, are also used to createaccessories and crafts. — REUTERS

A dog owner guides her

dog onstage during the

24th annual World’s

Ugliest Dog Contest at

the Sonoma-Marin Fair

in Petaluma, California,

on 22 June, 2012.

REUTERS

Russia confirms three newISS crew members

Turkish military plane lost overMediterranean Sea, pilots in good

condition

Yemeni security forces detain local al-Qaeda leader

Meantime, Afghan President Hamid Karzai,Interior Minister Basmillah Mohammadi andthe top US and NATO commander in the countryGeneral John R Allen have strongly condemnedthe attack.

General Allen blamed the Haqqani networkfor the attack. A Taleban-affiliated group ofmilitants, the Haqqani network which mostlyoperates in eastern Afghan provinces andcapital Kabul, has been responsible for manyhigh-profile attacks including suicidebombings and Improvised Explosive Device(IED) against security forces. Taleban insurgentsclaimed responsibility for the attack. TheTaleban-led insurgency has been rampant sincethe militant group announced that it wouldlaunch a spring rebel offensive dubbed “Al-Farooq” from 3 May this year against Afghanand NATO- led troops stationed inAfghanistan.—Xinhua

terms, — ‘we shall cut thenegotiations and start somebelligerent actions’,” Lavrovtold Russia-24 TV channel.

He said that threats to useforce against Iran were nothelping the situation, addingthat the Moscow talksbetween Iran and the six worldpowers on 18-19 June wereuseful.” There were noagreements reached on theessence of the Iranian nuclearproblem, but the meeting,from our point of view, was

quite useful,” Lavrov said.During the Moscow talks, Iranand the P5+1 group, the fivepermanent members of the UNSecurity Council plusGermany, thoroughly exch-anged their views and agreedto meet again in Istanbul inJuly at the expert level. TheWestern countries suspect thatIran is developing nuclearbombs under the cover of itsnuclear programme, while Iraninsists on the programme’speaceful nature.— Xinhua

areas that were once inhabited by wildlife havenow been occupied by humans leading toincreasing conflict. “Since the beginning ofthe year, 18 people have lost their lives as aresult of human wildlife conflict, while another65 have suffered injuries,” the assistant directorsaid.

On Tuesday, angry residents at a localvillage in the outskirts of Nairobi speared todeath a total of 6 lions. The wildlife body is yetto arrest any suspects but said it has launchedinvestigations to ascertain the cause of thedeaths and also dispatched rangers and aveterinary capture teams to search for the lionswho escaped during the incident. Mbuguanoted that some communities are still engagingin the age old practice of killing lions in orderto show their prowess but it results in loss ofprecious resource for the country.—Xinhua

the area. The military planedisappeared on radar at 11:58am local time (0858 GMT) inthe southwest of Turkey’ssouthern Hatay Province afterit departed from southernMalatya-Erhac airbase oneand a half hours ago, theTurkish general staff said ina statement.—Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (451)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTATAMPAN VOY NO (451) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 24.6.2012 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the 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 ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Air France announced onThursday plans to shedmore than 5,000 jobs,about 10 percent of its

workforce, by 2014. Thestruggling Franco-Dutchairline, which posted an

•809 million loss in 2011,said all departures wouldbe voluntary. — INTERNET

Air France to axe 5,000 jobs by 2014

PARIS , 23 June — Frenchairline Air France saidThursday it is to cut over5,000 jobs or around 10

Slowest Greenland sharkshunts sleeping prey

percent of its workforce involuntary departures by2014. A total of 5,122 jobswill be shed and thestruggling carrier said in astatement that all departureswould be voluntary provideda new framework agreementcan be signed with unions.

“Air France has chosen towork in completetransparency and to privilegesocial dialogue to find

structural and sustainablesolutions, included incorporate agreements,” itsaid.

If new frameworkagreements are signed by staffthen “Air France has pledgednot to make redundancies andto implement variousmeasures to support thenecessary reduction in staffnumbers,” it said. Thestruggling Franco-Dutchcarrier Air France-KLM haslaunched a major cost-savingprogramme after posting aloss of 809 million euros ($1.0billion) for 2011 and a firstquarter net loss in 2012 of368 million euros. Shares inAir France-KLM shot up by6.0 percent after the job cutsannouncement.

The company said thatthe new framework

agreement is “a majorcondition of the company’srecovery” and the carrierneeds to increase economicefficiency by 20 percent bythe end of 2014. Air Francesaid the Central WorksCouncil would have draftagreements for signing byunions on 28 June.

“If the agreements aresigned, the accompanyingmeasures to reduce staffnumbers will exclude the useof forced departures beforethe end of 2013,” Air Francesaid. The efficacy of the planwill be evaluated in the secondhalf of 2013 and if the 20percent improvement isachieved “the use of forceddepartures will also beavoided in 2014,” thecompany said.

InternetLONDON, 23 June —

Researchers have measuredthe swimming speed of theocean’s slowest shark. Data-logging tags revealed thatGreenland sharks “cruise” at0.34m per second — less than1mph.

The study showed that,even when the languid fishembarks on a burst of speedin order to hunt, it is far tooslow to catch a swimmingseal. Since the species isknown to eat seals, thescientists think it probably“sneaks up on them” as theysleep under the water. TheGreenland shark was alreadyknown to be the world’sslowest swimming shark, butits sluggishness surprised thescientists.

Yuuki Watanabe fromthe National Institute of PolarResearch in Tokyo, who tookpart in the study, said that,when you account for thesize of its body, it is theslowest fish in the ocean.

Previous research hadrevealed seal remains in thestomachs of the sharks. “Itwas hard to understand,” hetold BBC Nature, “because[it would seem] impossiblefor them to catch fast-swimming seals.”

The researcher joined DrKit Kovacs and Dr ChristianLydersen from the NorwegianPolar Institute, to tagGreenland sharks in thewaters off Svarlbard.

The study, published inthe Journal of ExperimentalMarine Biology andEcology, was the latest partof an ongoing mission by theNorwegian researchers to findout what has been killing theharbour seals off Svarlbard’scoast.

It was thought thatGreenland sharks simply fedon the carcasses of dead sealson the seafloor, but the teamrecently discovered evidencethat they were taking liveseals.—Internet

S Korea, US conduct joint drills in Yellow SeaSEOUL, 23 June— Forces from South

Korea and the United States launchedcombined maritime maneuver drills onSaturday in the Yellow Sea with theparticipation of the US nuclear-poweredaircraft carrier, the USS GeorgeWashington. According to Seoul’s JointChiefs of Staff (JCS), the three-dayexercises mobilized about 10 warshipsand submarines. Apart from the carrierGeorge Washington, South Korea’s KingSejong destroyer also took part in thedrills.

The drills, taking place near a SouthKorean island off the west coast town ofTaean in the Yellow Sea, also involvedsome 8, 000 personnel from the two allies’navies and airforces, along with SouthKorea’s F-15K fighter jets and the US F-18Super Hornet aircraft. The intention of theexercises is to boost the operability of thecombined forces between the two allies,the JCS said. According to the plan, thetwo sides will conduct maneuvers tojointly detect. The exercises came as afollow-up of a two-day, trilateral navaldrill with Japan in waters off South Korea’s

A tank is seen during a media day of the live-fire drill in Pocheon,northeast of Seoul, on 19 June, 2012. South Korea and the United Statesstaged their largest-ever live-fire drill on Friday amid lingering tensions

on the Korean peninsula.— XINHUA

The team

fitted six

Greenland

sharks

with data-

loggers.

INTERNET

southern island of Jeju which just ended on Friday.Also on Friday, the two allies held their largest-ever live- fire drill in

Pocheon. The series of military drills came amid persistent tensions on thepeninsula in April, which was seen as a cover for a long-range missile test anddrew condemnation from the UN Security Council. —Xinhua

KABUL, 23 June—One NATO soldier was killed on Friday following an insurgentattack in southern Afghanistan, the military alliance confirmed.

“An International Security Assistance Force service member died following aninsurgent attack in southern Afghanistan today,” the NATO-led ISAF said in a pressreleases issued on Friday. The brief statement did not provide more details and thenationality of the victim, only saying “it is ISAF policy to defer casualty identificationprocedures to the relevant national authorities.”

The Taleban insurgents, who have been waging more than a decade- long insurgency,announced on 2 May that they would launched a spring rebel offensive starting on 3 Mayto target Afghan forces as well as US and NATO troops across the country. A total of 208NATO soldiers with the majority of them Americans have been killed in Afghanistan sofar this year.

Xinhua

One NATO soldier killed in S Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, 23 June—Seas could rise higher alongthe California coastline thiscentury than in other placesin the world, increasing therisk of flooding and stormdamage, dune erosion andwetland destruction, the USNational Research Councilreported on Friday. Risingsea levels have long beenseen as a consequence ofclimate change, because asthe world warms, glaciersmelt and contribute water to

SINGAPORE, 23 June—Singapore’s Changi Airports International, a wholly-ownedsubsidiary of Singapore Airport Group, announced on Friday a joint venture (JV) agreementfor a 30 percent stake in a company in developing four airports in Russia.

The other two shareholders of the JV are Russian giant Basia Element Group and Russia’slargest bank Sherbank, with respective stakes of 50 percent and 20 percent.

The JV will invest in and further develop four airports in Russia, including airports ofSochi, Krasnodar, Anapa and Gelendzhik, which have the joint value over 500 million USdollars, according to the joint Press release. Changi Airports International has long beeninvolved in investments of various airports throughout the world and consulting servicesto foreign airports.—MNA/Xinhua

Rising sea levels to hit California hard by 2100

Changi Airport inks JV for four Russian airports

the Earth’s oceans. At thesame time, ocean waters tendto expand as they heat,pushing sea levels higher.

The report looked at howmuch seas could rise by 2100along the US West Coast, andfound that the water offCalifornia’s coast from theMexican border to CapeMendocino could risebetween 16.5 inches and 66inches by century’s end,compared to what they werein 2000. The high end of the

range is higher than theprojection for the global risein sea levels, which runs fromabout 20 inches to 55 inches,scientists said in the report.

That global range ishigher than predictions madein 2007 by the United NationsIntergovernmental Panel onClimate Change: between 7inches and 23 inches, with anadditional 6.7 inches if rapidchanges in ice flow are part ofthe calculation.

MNA/Reuters

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LONDON, 23 June—British pop singer Lily Allenannounced via Twitter she isworking on a new album.

This will be her first newmusic since her secondalbum, “It’s Not Me, It’sYou,” which was producedby Greg Kurstin, was releasedin 2009, the BBC said.

The 27-year-oldrecording artist suffered amiscarriage in 2010 andcelebrated the birth of herdaughter in 2011.

“You will be pleased to

British singer Lily Allen

Lily Allenrecording

new album

know that I am currently inthe studio with@GregKurstin,” Allen wrotevia Twitter this week. “Nobig deal really, I’m justthrowing stuff at the wall andseeing if anything sticks.”

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 23 June— “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” is thetop-selling DVD in the United States, Rentrak reported on Thursday.

Coming in at No 2 on the DVD and Blu-ray sales chart for the week endingon 17 June is “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” followed by “Safe House”at No 3, “Act of Valor” at No 4 and “John Carter” at No 5.

Rounding out the top tier are “Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds” at No 6, “Journey2: The Mysterious Island” at No 7, “True Blood: The Complete Fourth Season”at No 8, “Tyler Perry’s Aunt Bam’s Place” at No 9 and “Game of Thrones: TheComplete First Season” at No 10.

“Safe House” is the No 1 DVD and Blu-ray rental for the week ended on16 June. “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” is No 2, “Sherlock Holmes: A Gameof Shadows” is No 3, “Man on a Ledge” is No 4, “This Means War” is No 5, “Actof Valor” is No 6, “John Carter” is No 7, “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island”is No 8, “The Grey” is No 9 and “Gone” is No 10.—Internet

‘Sherlock Holmes’ tops DVD saleschart

American actor Robert Downey Jr,Swedish actress Noomi Rapace andBritish actor Jude Law attend the

premiere of “Sherlock Holmes: A GameOf Shadows” at Empire, LeicesterSquare in London on 8 Dec, 2011.

INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 23 June—20th Century Fox isdeveloping a film based onthe classic Americanchildren’s television series“Sesame Street,” TheHollywood Reporter said.Joey Mazzarino, a longtimewriter on the show, is writingthe script, while Shawn Levyand his 21 Laps productioncompany, Michael Aguilar,Mark Gordon and Film 360’sGuymon Casady areproducing the picture.

The series premiered in1969 and is a mix of live-action, animation and JimHenson puppets such as BigBird, Elmo, Oscar the Grouch,Cookie Monster and Bert andErnie.

The show has inspiredtwo previous movies —“Follow That Bird” in 1985and “The Adventures of Elmo

‘Sesame Street’ movie in theworks

Elmo and Big Bird (R)attend the 150th birthday

celebration for Macy’sdepartment store in New

York on 28 Oct, 2008.INTERNET

in Grouchland” in 1999.The Hollywood

Reporter said Fox had nocomment on its story about apossible third installment inthe big-screen “SesameStreet” franchise.

The entertainmentindustry trade newspaper didnot say on which charactersthe new movie would focusor what the story might be.

InternetLOS ANGELES, 23 J une—

Nick Stahl’s wife told TMZon Thursday she has stoppedlooking for the Hollywoodactor, who has been missingfor more than a week afterleaving rehab.

Rose Stahl reported the“Terminator 3: Rise of theMachines” and “In theBedroom” star missing twicein the past two months.

The 32-year-old actorchecked into rehab to betreated for drug addictionafter going missing the firsttime but walked out of thefacility last week againstdoctors’ orders and hasn’tcontacted his loved onessince.

Rose Stahl told TMZ she

Wynonna Judd signscopies of her new book

“Restless Heart” atBorders Books and Musicat Time Warner Centre in

New York on 25 Jan, 2011.INTERNET

Nick Stahl’s wife ends search

LOS ANGELES, 23 June—Forbes says Hollywoodstarlet Kristen Stewart earned$34.5 million between May2011 and May 2012, puttingher at the top of its list ofhighest-paid actresses.Stewart, 22, is the female leadof the “Twilight” film

Actor NickStahl has

gone missingtwice in the

last twomonths.INTERNET

is no longer actively tryingto find her husband and bringhim home. “I’m backing off,”she said. “He knows exactlywhere home is. It’s the lovingthing to do for him, myselfand our daughter.”

Internet

Officials at the Houston Zoo saidthe “Apps for Apes” program, whichprovides apes with iPad apps designedfor children, helps mentally stimulatethe primates.

Zookeepers said the facility is thefirst in Texas to participate in the“Apps for Apes” programme, whichwas developed by New York primateadvocacy group Orangutan Outreachand pioneered at zoos in Wisconsinand Toronto. The programme helps tostimulate the primates mentally in theabsence of wild conditions, theHouston Chronicle reported.

“Chimps and orangutans and

Police in Ohio said they are searching for a man whostole $400 to $600 worth of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups andchips from a gas station over several months. Lorain policesaid the man has been coming to the Sunoco gas station onOberlin Avenue during the past several months, usually aftermidnight, and running off with the candy and chips beforeclerks can contact police, the Lorain Morning Journalreported.

The most recent incident took place at 1 am, on 20, Junepolice said. The suspect was described as a black man,estimated to be 18 years old, standing at 5 feet, 10 inches andweighing about 140 pounds.

An Ohio robber stole $400 to $600 of Reese’s PeanutButter Cups and chips from a gas station.

Firefighters in Alaskasaid they were called torescue a man who was stuckdangling upside-downabout 25 to 30 feet up a tree.

The Fairbanks FireDepartment said the 53-year-old man, whose name was

Zoo apes get stimulation from iPad appsand shelter. They don’t have to do thatat the zoo. This is enrichment. It helpsthem use their minds.”

Zoo spokesman Brian Hill saidzookeepers have noticed similarreactions in apes and human childrenwhen they solve the puzzles on theiPad apps.

“You see the same reaction ontheir faces when they solve a problemand get something right,” he said.

other apes are very intelligent,” chimp keeperHelen Boostrom said. “In the wild, theproblems they must solve are finding food

Man stuck upside down in tree

not released, climbed the treenext to the old Ice Park siteon Phillips Field Road forexercise because “it wassomething he wanted to do,”The Fairbanks Daily NewsMiner reported Thursday.

The man said he used

foot spikes and a belly beltto climb the tree and endedup stuck upside down whenhe leaned back to rest.

The Fire Departmentrescued the man using asplatform/ladder truck.

“He had a cellphone on

a lanyard around his neckand called his buddy whocalled 911,” the FireDepartment said in a newsrelease. “It was suggestedthat when he does this infuture he not do it alone ...have a buddy with him. Hepicked up his gear oncemedics checked him andwalked back to his car.Everyone then went home.”

Thief repeatedly targetsReese’s cups

News Album

Forbes: Stewart is highest paidactress

Actress Kristen Stewartearned $34.5 million in the

past year.—INTERNET

franchise and also recentlyheadlined “Snow White andthe Huntsman.”

Cameron Diaz came inat No 2 on the Forbes list with$34 million, followed bySandra Bullock at No. 3 with$25 million, Angelina Jolieat No 4 with $20 million andCharlize Theron at No 5 with$18 million. Rounding outthe top tier are Julia Robertsat No 6 with $16 million,Sarah Jessica Parker at No 7with $15 million, MerylStreep and Kristen Wiig tiedat No 8 with $12 million, andJennifer Aniston at No 9 with$11 million.—Internet

LEIPER’S FORK, 23 J une—Country music star WynonnaJudd married musician Cactus Moser, her boyfriend of threeyears, on her farm in Leiper’s Fork, Tenn., UsMagazine.comreported. The bride, 48, wore an Houri Barahimi dress andwent barefoot for the June 10 wedding, which her famousmother Naomi and Sister Ashley did not attend, the magazinesaid Wednesday. However, Grace, 16, and Elijah, 17 — herchildren from a previous marriage — were on hand to help hercelebrate her big day. Moser, 55, is a drummer in Judd’s band,The Big Noise.—Internet

Wynonna Judd marries CactusMoser

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Mesut Oezil (R) of Germany vies with Kostas Katsouranis ofGreece during the quarterfinal match between Germanyand Greece at the Euro 2012 football championships in

Gdansk, Poland, on 22 June, 2012.—XINHUA

Germany thrashes Greece toreach Euro 2012 semis

CONNECTICUT, 23 June — Defendingchampion Fredrik Jacobson of Sweden fireda four-under par 66 to seize a one-stroke leadin Friday’s storm-halted second round of the

EUGENE, 23 June—Sanya Richards-Ross stepped overa puddle, ran hard for a few more steps, then jogged to thefinish line for an easy win. A routine result Friday at the rain-drenched Olympic trials that left one of America’s biggesttrack stars with nothing to complain about. Well, almostnothing. “Other than it messing up my hair, it’s OK,” she said.Richards-Ross, LaShawn Merritt, Allyson Felix, Dawn Harperand Carmelita Jeter were among those who made it through thefirst day of rain-soaked Olympic trials without any problems.Richards-Ross ran her qualifying heat in the 400 meters in51.69 seconds, winning by 0.55 seconds even though shejogged to the finish. “We all have to compete in it,” saidRichards-Ross, who will also try to qualify in the 200 nextweek. “Whatever it is, go out here and put in your best show.”A few minutes earlier, Merritt, the defending Olympic championat 400 meters, took to the rain-slickened track, sidestepped arunner who fell in the lane next to him and finished in 45.36seconds, the best time in the men’s heats. “I saw him and I hadto do a little step more toward the inside of my lane, where Ishould’ve been in the first place,” Merritt said.

Internet

The closing ceremony for the 3rd Asian Beach Games isheld in Haiyang, east China’s Shandong Province,

on 22 June, 2012.— XINHUA

Sweden’s Jacobson eyes repeat at storm-hit PGA event

Fredrick Jacobson of Sweden makes hisshot toward the 1st green during the

2012 Travelers Championship at TPCRiver Highlands in Cromwell,

Connecticut. Jacobson of Sweden fireda four-under par 66 to seize a one-stroke

lead in Friday’s storm-halted secondround of the US PGA Travellers

Championship.— INTERNET

All favourites move on easilyat trials

Sanya Richards-Ross leads the way in the women’s 400mpreliminary at the US Olympic Track and Field Trials on

22 June, 2012, in Eugene, Ore.— INTERNET

US PGA Travelers Championship. Despiteclosing with a bogey, Jacobson was theclubhouse leader after 36 holes at nine-under131 in the $6 million event at TPC RiverHighlands.

Jacobson could match Phil Mickelsonfrom 2001 and 2002 as the only players todefend a title in the event’s 60-year history.”It’seasy to start thinking about the finish linealready and I can see that,” Jacobson said.“Any tournament it’s tough to win. To wintwo in a row is probably tougher.”But youhave the thing going for you that you havesome good memories to draw from, so hopefullythat increase your chances.”

Australian Nathan Green and AmericanCharley Hoffman were on the course at eight-under par when storms halted play with 77players yet to finish their second round. Greenbirdied five of the last seven holes on the frontnine but has yet to finish the back nine.Hoffman, who began on the back nine and has12 holes to play, had birdied five holes in a rowwhen play was stopped.— Internet

Andy Roddick earns 600th career win

Andy Roddick

Herman back on the right track at PHSWichita Open

International Sports

GDANSK, 23 June — Germany showed their champion-level strength by sweeping past Greece 4-2 to reach Euro 2012semifinals on Friday night. Philipp Lahm’s powerful strike,Sami Khedira’s volley, Miroslav Klose’s header and MarcoReus’ last shot inspired Germany to keep 100% record at thistournament and play either England or Italy in the last-fourbattle in Warsaw on 28 June. “No matter whom we will meet,the next step for us is to go to the finals. We want to achieveit,” said German playmaker Mesut Oezil, who was voted as theman of the match.

Greece, who upset Russia to progress from Group A,failed to find their rhythm throughout this lop-sided matchdespite being boosted by Giorgos Samaras’ equalizer andDimitris Salpingidis’ late penalty. Germany has refreshed theiradvantageous record against Greece by six wins and threedraws, igniting the passion of their fanatic supporters at the39,150-capacity Gdansk Arena, where German ChancellorAngela Merkel also appeared in the stands. “The Chancellorshowed her praises and congratulations to us,” added byOezil.

Germany head coach Joachim Low made a bold selectionby giving four changes to his starting lineup for the encounter.Jerome Boateng returned from suspension to his regular rightdefending role while two young wingers Marco Reus, AndreSchuerrle and veteran Miroslav Klose all made their firstappearances. “Though they put in many new faces, they areequally good as the first-choice players. As I said before thetournament, Germany and Spain are favorites to win the title.Low made a right decision to give chances to young players,”said Greece’s head coach Fernando Santos. The youngestsquad at this tournament started solid and gave no chance tothe opponents, dominating the game with a near 70%possession and 26 shots in total, which are three times ofGreece.

The fullback Lahm showed his attacking talent with sixminutes left in the first half. The German captain cut in from leftflank, rounded a defender and struck a swerving shot near theedge of the area to send the ball in the dead corner. Greecelaunched a counterattack 10 minutes into the second halfwhen left winger Samaras ran onto a sharp pass to the nearpost and made a cool finish before a desperate save from

Manuel Neuer.However, the fans of Greece got another blowjust after six minutes when Khedira in the middle of the areaconnected well with Jerome Boateng’s pass to deliver a volleyand restore Germany’s lead.

The starting forward Klose proved his value in the 68thminute when he grabbed a header in the area to make it 3-1 andleave no suspense for the match. Greece produced their lastgoal in the tournament by a well-placed penalty in the lastminute of regular time after the young gun Reus fired in aGermany’s fourth goal in the area. “I just thought about thechange after the group campaign. Greece knew our formationwell. So today I wanted to make our team unpredictable. Ifielded onto three different type players. All of them did well,”said coach Low.Germany are now on a run of 15 consecutivecompetitive victories, refreshing their national team record.“We are in the fourth successive semifinals in big tournaments(2006, 2008 and 2010).

We won 15 official games in a row. No one would thinkabout that after 2004. The team are very young and have greatfuture. I was proud of what they did today,” added by thecoach. For the next opponent England or Italy, Low said everyteam in the last four had the talents to win the title. “Englandare well organized and dangerous in counter-attack. Italy aregreat in the back. Just a small thing can decide the match in thislevel. We don’t allow that to happen.” — Xinhua

WICHITA, 23 June— JimHerman wasn’t happy withhis performance at last week’sU7 Open at The OlympicClub, finishing 36 holes at10-over and missing the cut.So he came to Wichita for thisweek’s Nationwide Tourevent determined to dosomething about it. If his first36 holes this week are anyindication, Herman isdefinitely on the right track.

After posting a 66 in theafternoon yesterday, the 34-year-old Herman used a runof five consecutive birdieson Crestview Country Club’sback nine to shoot 64 onFriday, one of four players torecord a 7-under score inRound 2. Herman’s bogey-

free score of 12-under 130 forthe first 36 holes led to a two-stroke lead over Stanfordproduct Joseph Bramlett, arunner-up earlier this year atthe Chile Classic presentedby Pacific Rubiales, andveteran Robert Damron, thewinner of the 2001 VerizonByron Nelson Classic on thePGA TOUR and the 2008Athens Regional FoundationClassic on the NationwideTour.

Herman’s stretch ofconsecutive birdies on theback nine started with a five-footer at the short par-4 11thafter almost driving the green.He then holed 15- and 25-foot birdie putts and the nexttwo par-4s before two-puttingfrom 20 feet for birdie at the

par-5 14th. His last birdie ofthe day came at the par-415th when he holed an eight-foot putt.

Herman’s two-day totalthis week was also just onestroke off Camilo Benedetti’sbest first 36 holes on the 2012Nationwide Tour, recordedat the Chitimacha LouisianaOpen. The Palm City, Flaresident was a 36-hole co-leader earlier this year at theStadion Classic at theUniversity of Georgiatournament and eventuallyfinished solo sixth in Athens.His only victory on theNationwide Tour came at the2010 Moonah Classic inAustralia where he was thesolo leader after the first twodays.— Internet

EASTBOURNE, 23 June—Andy Roddick claimed his600th career singles win andreached the Eastbourne finalwhen Steve Darcis retired onFriday after receivingtreatment on his back.Roddick was leading 6-3, 3-1when Darcis stopped,sending the American intohis first final since winningMemphis in February 2011.

Roddick next faces third-seeded Andreas Seppi, whobeat American Ryan Harrison7-5, 6-1.

On the women’s side,unseeded Tamira Paszek ofAustria rallied to beatdefending champion MarionBartoli 4-6, 7-5, 6-4. Paszek’sopponent in the final is fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber ofGermany, who beat Klara

Zakopalova of the CzechRepublic 6-0, 6-3. Players hadgreat difficulty in gusts up to50 mph. Sixth-seeded Roddickwas in control throughoutagainst Darcis.

The Belgian dropped hisserve at the start of the secondset after leading 40-0, andretired after playing three moregames.

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.

(24-6-12 09:30 am ~25-6-12 09:30 am) MST

MYANMARINTERNATIONAL

MYANMAR TV(24-6-2012) (Sunday)

Focus Myanmar TV ProgrammeWeather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas Weather forecast for 24th June, 2012

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow Sr. No.

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 27/81 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) (100%)

2 Kayah 28/82 19/66 Scattered rain or thundershowers (100%)

3 Kayin 29/84 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

4 Chin 21/70 16/61 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

5 Upper Sagaing 27/81 25/77 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) (100%)

6 Lower Sagaing 36/97 26/79 Isolated rain or thundershowers (100%)

7 Taninthayi 32/90 24/75 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

8 Bago 31/88 26/79 Scattered rain or thundershowers (100%)

9 Magway 31/88 26/79 Isolated rain or thundershowers (100%)

10 Mandalay 36/97 26/79 Isolated rain or thundershowers (100%)

11 Mon 31/88 25/77 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

12 Yangon 33/91 23/73 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

13 Rakhine 31/88 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershowers (RH) (100%)

14 Southern Shan 25/77 17/63 Scattered rain or thundershowers (100%)

15 Northern Shan 29/84 23/73 Scattered rain or thundershowers (100%)

16 Eastern Shan 29/84 22/72 Scattered rain or thundershowers (100%)

17 Ayeyawady 32/90 25/77 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 31/88 24/75 Isolated rain or thundershowers (80%)

19 Neighbouring Yangon 33/91 23/73 One or two rain or thundershowers (80%)

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 36/97 26/79 Isolated rain or thundershowers (80%)

Summary of

observations at

09:30 hr MST on

today

During the past (24) hours, weather is partly cloudy in the Lower Sagaing Region, rain or thundershowers have been isolated in Mandalay and Magway Regions, scattered in Ayeyawady Region and Shan State, fairly widespread in Bago and Yangon Regions, Chin and Kayah States and widespread in the remaining Regions and States with regionally heavy falls in Rakhine State and isolated heavy falls in Upper Sagaing Region. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Hkamti (9.06) inches, Kyauktaw (4.65) inches, MyaukU (3.94) inches, Maungtaw (3.62) inches, Myitkyina (2.68) inches, Shwegyin (2.13) inches, Paletwa and Toungoo (Airport) (1.85) inches each.

Bay Inference Monsoon is moderate strong in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Occasional squalls with rough sea will be experienced off and along Rakhine Coasts. Surface

wind speed in squalls may reach (40) mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar water.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Continuation of increase of rain in the Rakhine coast.

CASH DONATED: In commemoration of the birthday, UAung Than Nyunt-Daw Khin Thiri Aung donated K

100,000 to the fund of Home for the Aged through Headof the Home U Maung Maung in Yedashe recently.

MYANMA ALIN

Tree growing ceremony heldin Minbu

MINBU, 23 June—As a gesture of hailing MyanmarWomen’s Day, Minbu Township held the tree growingceremony near Minbu Station on 17 June morning.

At the ceremony, Township Administrator U KhinMaung Myint, Assistant Director U M Khaw Hsawng ofDistrict Forest Department, members of District and TownshipWomen’s Affairs Organizations and local people totalingabout 540 planted saplings.—Township Forest

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* Law Ka Nat MemberShow

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Police and firefighters survey the scene of the bus crashnear Gospic, Croatia, on 23 June, 2012. At least sevenCzech tourists were killed and 44 injured in a bus crash

on a major highway in Croatia on early Saturday, policesaid.— INTERNET

Seven Czechs killed, 44injured in Croatia bus crash

ZAGREB, 23 June — At least seven Czech tourists werekilled and 44 injured in a bus crash on a major highway inCroatia on early Saturday, police said. The accident happenedat around 4 am some 200 kilometers (124 miles) south ofZagreb, on the highway connecting the Croatian capital withthe central Adriatic coastal city of Split.

Croatia’s state TV said the bus crashed through the metalbarriers in the middle of the highway and overturned in theopposite lane near a tunnel. The TV quoted eyewitnessessaying that the bus started “swaying” on the highway momentsbefore it crashed through the barriers. Initial photos form thescene of the crash showed the twisted metal remains of the buspositioned on its side, with bodies covered with white sheetsspread on the pavement. The TV said that among the killed isone child.

Most of the injured passengers were hospitalized at thenearby town of Gospic while three of the most seriously hurt,including two children, were flown to Zagreb by a helicopter.Gospic General Hospital doctor Marija Vrkljan Ilijevska toldthe Croatian TV that those hospitalized there were not seriously

injured, mostly having fractures of extremities andconcussions. The highway was closed for traffic because ofthe crash. The cause of the accident was under investigation.

Internet

NEW DELHI , 23 June — Inthe far north-east of India, cutoff from the rest of the countryexcept via a narrow landbridge, perhaps the only wayto make yourself heard is loud,really loud, rock music.ForWhite Fire’s drummerElangbam Kumar, thatexplains why their coverversion of the Guns N’Rosessong “Welcome To TheJungle” has become ananthem for the band and a bighit with their fans in theremote state of Manipur.

The state, which is 1,000miles (1,700 kilometres) fromthe capital New Delhi, hasstruggled for decades withseparatist violence, a societydivided among competingtribes and grinding poverty.It is also an unlikely hub forrock and heavy metal music,boasting a burgeoningfestival scene and local starswho have defied social and

Remote Indian statebecomes rock music hub

Members of rock band “White Fire” — (L-R) guitaristKenan Laishram, drummer Elangbam Kumar, bassist

Akoi Konjengbam and vocalist Alvina Gonson — duringa jam session in a practice room in Imphal, Manipur.

The remote state of Manipur has become an unlikely hubfor rock and heavy metal music.— INTERNET

cultural boundaries to pursuetheir music.

“All my pain and angstfound an outlet in this genreof music. It is the attitude andthe lyrics which are thebiggest draw for us,” 32-year-old Kumar, his tattooedbiceps bulging out of a tightT-shirt, told AFP.

Kumar first startedplaying music at college inthe city of Bangalore, wherehe watched MTV and hungout with students from acrossIndia who were into the“head-banging” style of theWest.

“There is somethingraw, rebellious and pure aboutrock. You can expressyourself freely,” he explains,adjusting drums in hismakeshift practice roomdecorated with posters of USheavy metal bands CoalChamber and Slipknot.

Internet

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Venerable

Mingun Sayadaw7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy Exercise7:40 am 3. Nice and Sweet Song8:25 am 4. Songs for International

Day against Drug Abuseand Illicit Trafficking

11:10 am 5. Musical Programme11:30 am 6. TV Drama Series12:30 pm 7. How It’s Works12:50 pm 8. Fashion Show in honour

of Myanmar Women’sDay (2010)

4:20 pm 9. Dance of National Races4:25 pm10. University of Distance

Education (TV Lectures)-Secong Year (Myanmar)

4:45 pm11. Songs for International

Day against Drug Abuseand Illicit Trafficking

5:20 pm12. Sing & Enjoy7:00 pm13. TV Drama Series8:00 pm14. News15. Cartoon Series16. TV Drama Series

Serena Williams: Venus and I are not ready to retireNEW YORK, 23 June—

Former Wimbledonchampion Serena Williamshas hit back at suggestionsthat she and sister Venuscould be ready to retire fromtennis. After over a decadeas the sport’s most dominantforces, both Serena andVenus head into Wimbledon,which starts on Monday,without a grand slam title

between them since 2010.The American sisters are

both in their 30s now andhave never hidden their desireto pursue off-court interestsin fashion and show business.

That, combined with adecline in their performances,has led to a belief they couldbe ready to call it quits.

Venus, 32, has struggledto recover from Sjogren’s

syndrome, an autoimmunedisease that causes fatigueand joint pain, and the five-time Wimbledon championwill be unseeded at the AllEngland Club for the first timesince 1997 after dropping to55th in the world rankings.

Serena, 30, remains apowerful force, but she hasn’twon a grand slam since herfourth Wimbledon triumph in

2010 and her first round exitfrom the French Open againstVirginie Razzano last monthranked as her worst ever resultat a major.

Even so, Serena isadamant she and Venus lovethe sport too much tocontemplate retirement. Ihave no intention of stoppingand I don’t think she (Venus)does either.—Internet

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NAY PYI TAW, 23 June—Union Minister forAgriculture and Irrigation U Myint Hlaing and UnionMinister for Education Dr Mya Aye this morning attendedthe ceremony to honour the teachers and the studentswho passed matriculation examination in 2011-2012academic year from Basic Education High School No 18and No 19 in Dekkhinathiri Township of Nay Pyi TawCouncil Area.

Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister U MyintHlaing said that education in international communityplays a crucial role for development of the State. Asintelligent skills of human are very important in technologyage, the government is giving encouragement to emergenceof outstanding educated persons in all aspects, he said. TheUnion Minister stressed the need for the students for tryinghard to achieve success in learning. As today’s youths areto discharge duties of the State in the future, they have toset precise and firm aims to become intellectuals,intelligentsia and leaders, he said.

Next, Union Minister Dr Mya Aye delivered anaddress.

After that, Union Minister U Myint Hlaing presentedK 90,000 each and one wrist watch each to two four-distinction winning students in the matriculationexamination.

The Deputy Director-General of No 2 Basic EducationDepartment and the township education officer presentedcash awards to three two-distinction winning students andone distinction winning students.

Union Minister U Myint Hlaing gave one set of SkyNet TV receiver each to Dekkhinathiri Township EducationOffice and No 19 BEHS. Union Minister Dr Mya Aye

Outstanding students, teachers honouredin Dekkhinathiri Township

presented one sets of computer and copiers to BEHS No 18and No 19.

Managing Director U Khin Maung Aye of KMA Codonated K 2 million, Managing Director U Tun Yin ofCapital Diamond Star Group Co K 2 million and MarketingManager U Kyaw Si of Myat Mon Yadana Co K 2 millionto the education fund. Union Minister Dr Mya Aye accepted

the cash donations.Daw Khin Thant Sin, wife of Union Minister U Myint

Hlaing, donated 83 sets of school uniforms to 35 teachersfrom BEHS No 18 and 48 teachers from BEHS No 19.

The Union ministers then cordially greeted parents,teachers and students.

MNA

Union Education Minister Dr Mya Aye delivering address at ceremony to honour the teachers and thestudents who passed matriculation examination in 2011-2012 academic year from Basic Education

High School No 18 and No 19 in Dekkhinathiri Township of Nay Pyi Taw Council Area.—MNA

YANGON, 23 June—Jointly organizedby Ministry of Sports and MyanmarSwimming Federation, the 2012International Olympic Daycommemorative water polo and swimmingcontests were held at the NationalSwimming Pool in Dagon Township thismorning.

Deputy Minister for Sports U AyeMyint Kyu, General Secretary of MyanmarOlympic Committee Director-General ofSports and Physical EducationDepartment U Thaung Htaik, GeneralSecretary of Myanmar SwimmingFederation U Myo Wunna Tun and

New records set at regions and stateslevel in swimming event

executives, guests and spectators enjoyedcompetition of athletes.

In the first match of Water Polo Contest,Ministry of Defence (B) beat AyeyawadyRegion. In the second match, Ministry ofDefence (A) won over TNO Sports.

Among 28 swimming matches, athletesset two new records of the Regions and Statesold records. In the men’s 200-m butterflyevent, Thiha Aung broke the record 2 min46.25 sec in 2010 of Win Tun Myat with newrecord 2 min 30.69 sec. In the women’s 200-butterfly event, old record 3 min 03.38 sec ofEi Ei Thet in 2010 was broken with newrecord 2 min 57.97 sec.—MNA

KYAUKSE, 23 June—Kyaukse TownshipPeople’s Hospital ofMandalay Region honouredblood donors incommemoration of theWorld Blood Donor Day atthe hospital on 14 June.

Medical Superin-tendent Dr Yin Thanda Lwinmade a speech. PathologistDr Than Tun Aungexplained function of the

Blood donors honoured at Kyaukse Hospitalblood bank.

Chairman of thehospital supervisorycommittee DeputyCommissioner of KyaukseDistrict GeneralAdministration DepartmentU Ohn Than presented acertificate of honourwellwisher Daw TheinNyunt and family ofYanponhnit Village whodonated air conditioner.

Deputy CommissionerU Ohn Than, TownshipAdministrator U KhinMaung Than, Chairpersonof District Maternal andChild Welfare SupervisoryCommittee Daw Aye AyeWin and Chairperson ofTownship Women’s AffairsOrganization Daw San SanWai presented certificates ofhonour, T-shirts andbrooches to blood donors.

Later, blood donorsdonated blood at thenational blood bank branchin Kyaukse.—Myanma Alin

Switzerland’s Roger Federer, shownhere at Wimbledon in 2011, insists he isstill hungry enough for grand slam glory

and will do whatever it takes to breakNovak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal’s grip

on the top prizes.—INTERNET

Federer’s eyes on Nadal, Djokovic at WimbledonLONDON, 23 June — Roger Federer insists

he is still hungry enough for grand slam gloryand will do whatever it takes to break NovakDjokovic and Rafael Nadal’s grip on the topprizes.

For years, Federer reigned supreme atWimbledon, winning the grass-court grandslam six times, while also enjoying huge successat most of the other major events.

The Swiss star amassed a record 16 grandslam crowns and occupied the world numberone ranking for a total of 285 weeks.

But those halcyon days must seem like adistant memory to the 30-year-old, who headsinto Wimbledon, which starts on Monday,without a grand slam title to his name since the2010 Australian Open.

That barren sequence includes successiveWimbledon quarter-final exits as Djokovic andNadal have run amok, winning nine grandslams between them since Federer last lifted amajor trophy.

Such is Nadal and Djokovic’s strangleholdon the sport that they have made the last fourgrand slam finals a private battle for supremacy.

Having won so much in his illustriouscareer and with other priorities now — Federer

Over 400saplings planted

in TadaUTownship

TADAU, 23 June—TadaU Township ofMandalay Region organizedthe rainy season treegrowing ceremony nearPaunghlegyi Lake of thetownship on 16 Junemorning.

At the ceremony,Township Administrator UZaw Min and officials,Mandalay Region Hluttawrepresentative U Aung Thu,Head of Township ForestDepartment U Win Htaik andstaff, departmentalpersonnel members of socialorganizations and localpeople grew 425 saplings ofshade and flowery plants.

Myanma Alin

is a father to young twin daughters — it hasbeen suggested that his appetite for successhas started to fade.

But Federer is adamant he is still willingto put in the hard work required to keep upwith, and ultimately defeat, Djokovic andNadal. “My confidence is very good. I’vewon many tournaments, so many matchesthe last year or so that I feel perfect in thisregard,” Federer said on the eve of his 14thWimbledon appearance.—Internet

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Pakistan’snewlyelected

PM,cabinet

take oath

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Slowest Greenland sharks huntssleeping prey

The teamfitted six

Greenlandsharks with

data-loggers.

Germany thrashes Greece to reachEuro 2012 semis

Mesut Oezil (R) ofGermany vies withKostas Katsouranis ofGreece during thequarterfinal matchbetween Germanyand Greece at Euro

2012 in Gdansk,Poland, on 22 June.

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