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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation in termsof technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

standards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peaceand tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Danañca, generosity; this is the way to auspiciousness

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Sept— Maj-Gen Ohn Myintof the Ministry of Defencetogether with Chairmanof Kachin State Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of NorthernCommand Brig-Gen SoeWin met with servicemenand families of MyitkyinaStation yesterday and pro-vided supplies to the fami-lies of the station.

During the tour ofMyitkyina, Maj-Gen OhnMyint inspectedMyitkyina-Hsinbo- Akye-Katha section of No. 3 dis-trict-to-district road andunveiled the signboard toopen Hsinbo People’sHospital in Hsinbo.

Next, Maj-Gen OhnMyint presented cash as-sistance to patients receiv-ing medical treatment atthe hospital and medicinesto the hospital. The com-mander donated cash tothe trust funds of the hos-pital.

The hospital was setup at the cost of K 80million by the govern-ment. The work on con-struction of the hospitalstarted in October 2006and completed in August

Hsinbo Hospital in Kachin State gets more supplies

Maj-Gen Ohn Myint of Ministry of Defence

unveils signboard of Hsinbo People’s

Hospital in Hsinbo.—MNABERN, 25 Sept—The

Swiss archaeologistCharles Bonnet spentmany years exploring theremains of Nubian civili-zation in northern Sudan,focusing particular atten-tion on the site of Kerma,the capital of the Nubians,and finding evidence ofthe existence of a genu-ine civilization in the re-gion.

The rare discovery ofthe black pharaohs on thesite “Doukki Gel” is con-sidered to be the culmi-nation of the work ofCharles Bonnet and theSwiss team: Their find-ings provided new andprecious informationabout Nubian civilizationduring the era of KermaKingdom, and some as-pects of the relationshipthat existed between theEgyptian pharaohs andNubian kings in northern

Northern Sudan yields Nubian civilization

Ancient Nubia (Sudan): Around 5,000 years ago,a rich and powerful nation called the kingdom of

Kush (also referred to as ancient Nubia) was acenter of culture and military might in Africa.

Ancient Nubia had a wealth of natural resourcessuch as gold, ivory, copper, frankincense and

ebony but they also produced and traded a varietyof goods such as pottery.

Sudan.The special dossier of

the Arabic website ofswissinfo.ch also coversthe contribution of Swit-zerland in the financingof Charles Bonnet’s mis-sion over the past decadesand its participation in the

construction of the mu-seum of “Kerma civiliza-tion complex”. This newsite will open up widercultural and touristic ho-rizons in this region richin cultural legacy and his-torical treasures.

Internet

2008.At Aungsitthi Hall of

Hsinbo Station, Maj-GenOhn Myint met officers,other ranks and familiesand presented assistanceto them.

Afterwards, he visitedHsin-3 strain paddy plan-tation at Hsinbo 3-milefarm cultivated by HsinboPolice Force and greetedfamilies of Hsinbo PoliceStation and left there byboat for Hsamdu village.

At Jarinyan Village in

Dawphoneyan Maj-GenOhn Myint met withtownselders and teachersat the primary school andgave cash and clothes tothem.

At Manpain Planta-tion of 4000 acres farm-land reclaimed by North-ern Command, Maj-GenOhn Myint inspected 600acres paddy field bySinakari 3 paddy strain.Next, he visited the rub-ber nursery which is set

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PERSPECTIVES* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesireFriday, 26 September, 2008

The Ministry of Health is working hard to

fulfil nutritional requirements of mothers and

children. Simultaneously, it is providing maternal

and child health care, implementing

immunization and vaccination campaigns, taking

disease control measures, carrying out sanitation

tasks and school health care programmes, and

giving health education talks on a wide scale.

These days, Nutritional Development Week

commemorative activities are ongoing township-

wise. The activities cover giving educative talks

about nutritional development, feeding Vitamin-

A pills to children aged between six months and

five years, distributing iron tablets to pregnant

women, and educative campaigns for widespread

consumption of iodized salt.

In developing countries, the majority of the

under-five mortalities are due to malnutrition.

Vitamin-A deficiency can cause blindness to and

weaken the antibody system of children.

Iodine deficiency can hinder physical and

mental development and cause goitre. The

majority of people in over 100 countries have

come under iodine deficiency owing to various

reasons.

Accordingly, parents have to feed hygienic

food, food rich in iron and iodine, and nutritional

food to children since their youth.

Everyone, therefore, should have a healthy

and balanced diet to be able to lead a healthy life,

free from diseases. Health staff, social

organizations and departments are to continue

to carry out nutritional development campaigns

in collaboration.

Enhance nutritionaldevelopment of mothersand children

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Assistance for leaguedevelopment

YANGON, 25 Sept—With the aim of thedevelopment of Myanmarfootball standard for theMyanmar League Season2008-09, main sponsorsGrand Royal (IBTC CoLtd) donated K 50 million,

Co-Sponsors MyanmarC.P Livestock Co Ltd, K10 million, Canon Co Ltd,K 5 million, UnitedMercury Group Co Ltd,K 5 million, CalsomeCereal (M.D.G Co Ltd), K5 million and Khin MaungNyunt Trading Co Ltd, K3 million. Moreover,United Pharma Co Ltddonated K 1.5 million tothe Myanmar League andmedicines worth K 3.5million to the MyanmarFootball selected players.

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MYANMAR GAZETTE

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Sept—The State Peaceand Development Council has confirmed theappointment of Rector U Khin Maung Zaw ofForestry University of Forest Department under theMinistry of Forestry on expiry of the one-yearprobationary period.—MNA

Inter-ministry TableTennis Contest kicks off

YANGON, 25 Sept—A ceremony to open theinter-ministry table tennis contest 2008, organizedby Myanmar Table Tennis Federation, was held atthe hall of MTTF in the compound of NationalSwimming Pool on U Wisara road here this morning.At the ceremony, President of MTTF U Kyaw Kyawgave a speech and accepted K1,000,000 donated byManaging Director of Aung Myin Chan Tha MiningCo U Ban Ni Chit.

The contest will be held at 9 am daily till 28September and ten teams from ministries areparticipating in the nine contests.—MNA

Storm-ravaged areas inKungyangon get more supplies

YANGON, 25 Sept —Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi looked intocleaning and beautifyingworks along the road toKungyangon on 20September and greeningof tree plantation there.

At Seikkyi Village inTawkayan Village-tract,the minister attended theceremony to donatesupplies to households ofsix villages in storm-hitEast and West TawkayanVillage-tracts. Theminister inspectedprogress in building boatsdonated by Tripartite CoreGroup.

The minister attendeda ceremony to provide aidto the households of Eastand West Tawku Village-tracts. At the southern wardof Kung-yangon, theminister viewed con-struction of houses

contributed by Asia WorldCo for the storm survivors.After inspecting thrivingten kinds of vegetables inthe compound of thehouses, the ministergreeted the villagers andattended to the needs.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi inspects progressin building boats donated by Tripartite Core

Group.—MNA

Striker of Transportteam controlling the

ball to penetrateMyanma Railways

in Myanmar Leaguematch at Youth

Training Centre inThuwunna on 23September.— NLM

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12 dead in Morocco bus crash

A file photo shows abus in the Moroccancity of Rabat. At least12 people have beenkilled and 43 injured

after a bus overturnedin the southern Moroc-

can province ofTaroudannt.—

INTERNET

US military deathsin Iraq war at 4,171

BAGHDAD, 25 Sept — As of Wednesday, 24 Sept,2008, at least 4,171 members of the US military havedied in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003.

The figure includes eight military civilians killedin action. At least 3,378 military personnel died as aresult of hostile action, according to the military’snumbers. The British military has reported 176deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria,13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five;Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Es-tonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania, twoeach; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and SouthKorea, one death each.—Internet

Cuba slams US for imposingdecades-long blockade

UNITED NATIONS, 25 Sept—Cuba slammed the UnitedStates on Wednesday for imposing a decades-longblockade against the Caribbean state.

The Cuban people have endured the “longest andcruelest blockade in history, imposed by the most pow-erful nation on Earth,” Jose Ramon Machado Ventura,head of the Cuban delegation, told world leaders atthe general debate of the 63rd UN General Assembly.

Despite the fact that the 192-member assembly hasrepeatedly called on it to end the blockade, the USgovernment has not only “ignored the will of the in-ternational community, but also gradually intensifiedits economic war against Cuba,” he said.

As of 2007, the General Assembly had acted for 16consecutive years to approve a resolution urging theUnited States to lift its embargo against Cuba.—Internet

US Navy ship fires shots toboats off Somalia

WASHINGTON, 25 Sept—A US navy ship fired warn-ing shots toward two approaching small boats off theSomali coast, the US military said Wednesday.

The Tuesday incident involves USNS JohnLenthall, a refueling ships, US Military Sealift Com-mand said.

The shots landed in the water, prompting the boatsto turn around, and no casualties were reported, itadded. It is unclear whether the approaching boatswere trying to attack the 41,000-ton USNS JohnLenthall.

But the command said it is clear that the boats werenot following the international rules at sea.

Internet

China launches mission for first spacewalk

The Long-March II-F rocket carrying theShenzhou VII manned spacecraft blasts off from

the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansuprovince on 25 Sept, 2008.—INTERNET

JIUQUAN, 25 Sept—China successfully launcheda three-man crew into space Thursday to carry out thecountry’s first spacewalk, beginning the nation’s mostchallenging space mission since it first sent a personinto space in 2003.

The Shenzhou 7 spacecraft, China’s third mannedmission, blasted off atop a Long March 2F rocketshortly after 9 a.m. EDT under clear night skies innorthwestern China.

The spacewalk by one of the astronauts is expectedto take place either on Friday or Saturday.

Underscoring the mission’s heavy politicalovertones, Chinese President and Communist Partyhead Hu Jintao was shown live on state televisionhailing the astronauts at the launch site near thenorthwestern town of Jiuquan.

“You will definitely accomplish this glorious andsacred mission. The motherland and the people arelooking forward to your triumphant return,” Hu told

the three, who were dressed in their flight suits andbehind glass to avoid germs.

The mission is expected to last three to four days.The spacewalk will last about 40 minutes.—Internet

Man falls to death afterpolice stun gun shock

Use of Taser could

endanger lives.—INTERNET

NEW YORK, 25 Sept—A naked, distraught manfell to his death after apolice officer shocked himwith a Taser stun gun as hestood on a building ledge,authorities said. A nakedman falls off a building’sledge during stun gunencounter with NYPD.

The man, ImanMorales, 35, waspronounced dead at ahospital after his nearly10-foot fall Wednesday.Police said he sufferedserious head trauma whenhe hit the sidewalk.

The death of theman, who witnesses andneighbors said hadbecome distraught and hadthreatened to kill himselfearlier in the day, broughtrenewed focus to the use

of Tasers by the police.It also raised

questions over whyMorales was shocked withthe stun gun when therewas no inflatable bagplaced on the sidewalk tocatch him if he fell.

“They didn’t try tobrace his fall. They didnothing. I’ve seen a lot ofthings in my time. Butwhat they did was wrong,”said neighbour KirkGiddens.—Internet

Israel sees completion of peacetalks with Palestine next yearUNITED NATIONS, 25 Sept—Israeli President Shimon

Peres said Wednesday that the current Israeli-Pales-tinian negotiations will be completed next year.

“With the Palestinian, we negotiate full peace,”Peres told world leaders attending the UN GeneralAssembly’s annual debate. “Both parties agrees tobuilding a Palestinian State side by side with Israel,living in peace, security and respect,” he said.

Internet

Bombs kill two policemen,one civilian in AfghanistanKANDAHAR (Afghanistan), 25 Sept—Officials say

separate bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan havekilled two policemen and a civilian.

Matiullah Khan, Kandahar’s provincial policechief, says a remote-controled bomb struck a po-lice vehicle Wednesday in Spin Boldak district, kill-ing two officers.

Mohammad Gul, a police officer in Kandahar,says another bomb targeted a bus full of police train-ers in Kandahar city Thursday, killing a civilianpasserby. The bomb missed the bus.

More than 4,600 people — mostly militants —have died so far this year in insurgency-related vio-lence in Afghanistan.—Internet

Iraq ambush toll climbsto 35

BAQUBA (Iraq),25 Sept—The death toll from anambush against Iraqi police in the restive provinceof Diyala has risen to 35, a local mayor told AFPon Thursday.

Gunmen struck on Wednesday in the village ofAl-Dulaimat near the town of Khan Bani Saad northof Baghdad, in one of the worst attacks against po-lice in recent times. Gunmen shot dead 12 police-men and eight anti-Qaeda fighters, a security offi-cial said on Wednesday.—Internet

Suicide bomber killsUS soldier in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 25 Sept—The US military says anAmerican soldier has been killed by a suicidebomber in Iraq. A statement says the attacker strucka Multi-National Division–North solider duringoperation on Wednesday in Diyala Province. USand Iraqi forces launched an offensive this summerto try to rout insurgents from the rural area north ofBaghdad.—Internet

RABAT (Morocco), 25Sept—At least 12 peoplewere killed and 43 in-jured Wednesday when abus overturned in thesouthern Moroccan prov-ince of Taroudannt, the

Moroccan news agencyMap reported. The bus,travelling towards theeastern city of Oujda,overturned due to excessspeed according to pre-liminary information.

One pedestrian was alsoinjured.

Internet

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Chinese President Hu Jintao(R) meets with visiting Venezuelan PresidentHugo Chavez at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China,

on 24 Sept, 2008. —XINHUA

PRAGUE, 25 Sept— TheCzech Republic and Po-land refused the idea ofRussians’ permanent pre-sence at the planned anti-missile bases in the twocountries, the Czech For-eign Ministry told Xinhuaon Wednesday.

The ministry made thestatement after the meet-ing of Czech Deputy For-eign Minister Tomas Pojarand his visiting Polishcounterpart Przemyslaw

Czechs, Poles against Russia’spermanent presence at US

anti-missile basesGrudzinski in Prague.

According to the infor-mation from the ministry,the two sides discussedRussia’s possible partner-ship in the US anti-mis-sile shield project in Po-land and the Czech Re-public. Possible partner-ship of Moscow was men-tioned by Russian ForeignMinister Sergey Lavrovin Poland recently.

The United Statesplans to build a radar base

in the Czech Republic,along with an interceptormissile base in Poland, aspart of its East Europeanmissile defense shield.

Russia is strongly op-posed to the deploymentof the anti-missile system,saying it poses a threat toits national security.Czech opposition partiesand some 70 percent ofthe country’s citizens alsooppose the project.

Xinhua

A nine-day-old tiger cub suckles on a pig at a farm in the village ofMarianovka, some 400 km south-east of Kiev on 24 Sept, 2008. The cubs were

rejected by its mother. —XINHUA

Trees are blown down by strong winds brought by Typhoon Hagupit onNansha Road in Haikou City, south China’s Hainan Province,

on 24 Sept, 2008. —XINHUA

XI’AN, 25 Sept — Eight people have been confirmeddead and 27 others injured in a bus accident onWednesday in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, alocal official said on Thursday.The bus with 43 peo-ple on board fell off a flyover in Xi’an, capital city ofShaanxi, at 5:20 pm Wednesday. The injured peoplehave been sent to hospital, said the official with Xi’ancity government.

An investigation into the cause of the accident isunderway.—Xinhua

Bus falls off flyover in NW China,killing eight passengers

LOS ANGELES, 25 Sept— Cisco Systems onWednesday announced anupdate to its suite of pro-ducts used for businesscommunications, inten-sifying its battle withMicrosoft in that growingmarket.

Joe Burton, chief tech-nical officer for unifiedcommunications, saidCisco is improving theproducts’ interoperability,integrating TelePresence— a virtual meeting expe-rience — with its cus-tomer service software,and adding instantmessaging and other newfeatures to its onlineconferencing known asWebEx.

Cisco, the supplier ofnetworking equipmentand network managementfor the Internet, is the firstto offer unified communi-cations as a real softwareservice, market analystssaid.

Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 25 Sept— US Republican presi-dential nominee JohnMcCain proposed Wed-nesday to delay his firstdebate with Democraticopponent Barack Obamato focus on the financialcrisis, but Obama said hewill go ahead.

In a statement, McCain

McCain proposes to delay debate, Obamadecides to go ahead

said it was time for bothparties to come together tosolve economic crisis. “Iam calling on the presidentto convene a meeting withthe leadership from bothhouses of Congress, in-cluding Senator Obamaand myself,” he said. BothMcCain and Obama aresenators.

It was not immediatelyclear how extensive thesuspension he announcedwould be — whether it

would include droppingtelevision advertising orjust canceling scheduledappearances.

McCain’s announce-ment came just hours be-fore President George WBush was scheduled toaddress the nation on thetroubled state of the USfinancial system — aproblem for which his ad-ministration has proposeda 700-billion-US-dollarbailout. —Xinhua

JIANGYOU (SichuanProvince), 25 Sept — Tor-rential rains have cut allcontacts with more than20,000 people in fivetowns in the area of south-west China’s SichuanProvince still recoveringfrom the 12 May earth-quake.

A Jiangyou municipalgovernment official said

Cisco challengesMicrosoft incollaboration

technology

Storms leave 20,000 people cut off in China’s quake zoneon Thursday the govern-ment was concernedabout the safety of theresidents roads and tele-phone lines were cut.

He said crops weredamaged and walls col-lapsed in the rainstorms.

At least eight people

had been killed and 38were missing as ofWednesday afternoon inthe heavy rains and ensu-ing disasters, includingflash floods, cave-ins andlandslides, in the Pro-vince.

Xinhua

All items from Xinhua NewsAgency

Israel has population ofover 7 mln

JERUSALEM, 25 Sept — Census conducted by IsraeliCentral Bureau of Statistics shows that 7,337,000 residentsare living in Israel, local website Ynet reported Wednesday.

The report, published ahead of the Jewish new yearday Rosh Hashana, said among the residents of overseven millions, some 75.6 per cent are Jewish and 20 percent are Arabs.

The growth rate of Jewish population is 1.6 per cent,while the Arab’s is 2.6 per cent, said the report, adding thatIsrael’s population has grown by 1.8 per cent since 2007.

Meanwhile, the report shows that Israel’s populationis relatively young compared with Western nations.

In 2007, 28.4 per cent of Israelis were below theage of 14, while Western countries stood at 17 percent. Moreover, only 9.8 per cent of Israel’s populationwas aged 65 and above, compared with Western’s 15per cent. — MNA/Xinhua

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An aquarium containing various species of marine wildlife is seen in the newSant Ocean Hall in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in

Washington, on 24 Sept, 2008. —INTERNET

A file photo shows Linn Moedinger, president and chiefmechanical officer of the Strasburg Rail Road, workson Engine No 90, the biggest locomotive on the touristline in Strasburg, Pa. — INTERNET

VIENNA, 25 Sept—North Korea is preparingto restart a nuclear reprocess-ing plant used to makeweapons-grade materialas a crucial six-party dis-armament-for-aid dealfounders, the UN atomicwatchdog said.

Amid growing differ-ences over its denucleari-sation pact with SouthKorea, the United States,Japan, China and Russia,the reclusive Staliniststate told the International

A map of the Yongbyon nuclear plant in NorthKorea. North Korea is preparing to restart a

nuclear reprocessing plant used to make weapons-grade material as a crucial six-party disarmament-

for-aid deal founders, the UN atomic watchdogsaid on 24 Sept, 2008.—INTERNET

North Korea to restart keyreprocessing plant

Atomic Energy Agency itwould restart the Yong-byon plant next week, anIAEA spokeswoman said.

In a closed session ofthe IAEA’s 35-memberboard, deputy directorgeneral Olli Heinonensaid North Korea had in-formed inspectors itwould “introduce nuclearmaterial to the reprocess-ing plant in one week’stime,” according to spokes-woman Melissa Fleming.

Pyongyang also barred

inspectors from the plantand removed IAEA sealsand surveillance equip-ment on Wednesday,Fleming said.

IAEA inspectors them-selves removed around100 seals and 20-25 cam-eras, diplomats told AFPbut stressed that seals andcameras were still in placeat other parts of the site.

Similarly, IAEA in-spectors were only beingdenied access to the re-processing plant and threeinspectors remained inYongbyon, the diplomatssaid.—Internet

JERUSALEM, 25 Sept—An Israeli airliner that re-ceived a fighter jet escortafter a bomb threat landedsafely Wednesday at anairport outside Tel Aviv,authorities said. No bombwas found.

Israeli fighter jets ac-companied the El Al IsraelAirlines flight in to BenGurion Airport from thetime it entered Israeli air-space. After it landed, Is-raeli security checked theplane, the military said.

Channel 2 TV reportedthat the plane, whichoriginated in Paris, was aBoeing 767. Airport secu-rity on flights to Israel islegendary for its thor-oughness, because Israel-bound airliners are con-sidered prime targets forattackers.

Internet

Fighter jetsaccompany Israeli

jet after threat

TOKYO, 25 Sept — Ja-pan posted a 324.0 billion-yen trade deficit in Augustdue to surging imports,the Finance Ministry saidThursday.

It is the first time in al-most 26 years that Japanhas reported a trade defi-cit, excluding Januarywhen exports are general-ly slow due to the halt inbusiness during the NewYear holidays, the minis-try said.

The deficit is mainlydue to a lackluster globaleconomic performanceand soaring prices ofcrude oil and other fuels.

Exports increased 0.3percent to 7,055.9 billionyen for the second con-secutive month of rise,while imports grew 17.3percent to 7,379.9 billionyen, up for the 11thstraight month, accordingto the ministry.

VIENTIANE, 25 Sept—The Mekong River Com-mission (MRC) on Thurs-day launched consultationmeeting for the regionalMekong HydropowerProgramme platform hereon Thursday, aiming to

Japan posts first trade deficitin 26 years

Crude oil imports in-creased 64.3 percent andthose of coal surged 121.2percent.

The trade surplus withJapan’s largest tradingpartner, the United States,fell 48.2 percent to 371.1billion yen. —Internet

The Mekong River Hydropower Programmeshape a way for the river’sfuture hydropower develop-ment which is shared byCambodia, Laos, Thai-land, Vietnam, Myanmarand China.

Hydropower develop-ments in the LowerMekong Basin are develop-ing rapidly, with the ad-vent of numerous private-

sector/government part-nerships and proposals,both on the tributaries andfor the Mekong main-stream. High oil and gasprices and concerns overclimate change have in-tensified the focus onhydropower as a renew-able technology.

Internet

BEIJING, 25 Sept — China will carry out its secondeconomic census between October and December,which will give the government a deeper insight intohow the economy is impacted by the global financialturmoil.

The census, conducted every five years since 2004,will help form the basis of the nation’s social and eco-nomic development blueprint during the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015). —Internet

China to kick off secondeconomic census

in October

Chinese PM pledges efforts topromote world peace

UNITED NATIONS, 25Sept — Chinese PremierWen Jiabao saidWednesday that China isready to make joint effortswith other countries forworld peace and willdevelop ties with them onthe basis of equality andmutual benefit.

“The world needspeace, for only with peacecan there bedevelopment,” Wen saidat the annual high-leveldebate of the UnitedNations GeneralAssembly.

“China earnestlyhopes to have a peacefulinternational environmentin order to achieve itsdevelopment goal,” saidthe Premier.

“The ChineseGovernment is committedto an independent foreignpolicy of peace and standsready to work with othercountries to advance thenoble cause of peace andprogress of mankind,”Wen said.

China is firm inupholding its hard-wonsovereignty and territorial

integrity, and also respectsthe sovereignty andterritorial integrity of othercountries as well as theindependent choice oftheir people for socialsystems and developmentpaths, he said.

China is ready todevelop friendly relationswith all countries “on thebasis of equality andmutual benefit rather thanon ideology or politicalsystem,” he said.

In internationalrelations, China “does notseek to build alliance orbecome a leader and willnever do so in the future”,he said.—MNA/Xinhua—

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Maize maze honors parents love

Principal regrets makingstudents view excrement

Ningsih, a 4-year-old orangutan,plays with a newspaper at Ragunanzoo in Jakarta. At least 1,000orangutans are estimated to have beenkilled by land-clearing fires inIndonesia this year, a wildlife expertsaid. Fires that swept through Borneoand the drive to create palm oilplantations either killed theorangutans or drove them closer tohuman settlements, where they were killed as pests.

Dong Yaoge, 70, is seen stripped to thewaist as he runs past some youths in 4-degree weather in Changchun, JilinProvince, China. Dong, who hasinsisted on running every morning forthe last 30 years, ran about 3 miles in the frosty conditions.

A man in US calledGlen Fritzler sur-prised his parentsby designing a cornmaze featuring hisparents’ portraitwith a note:“Thanks mom anddad!”.

When Glen’ sparents watched thegigantic drawingaboard the helicop-ter, they werespeechless withtears rolling down.Ed and EileenFritzler have been

married for 63years. In 1955,they bought thefarm south of LaSalle and raisedfive children. Thefarm was thentended by theirchildren, with gi-gantic maze fash-ioned out everyyear.

T his is the ninthyear for the Fritzlercorn maze, one ofthe largest attrac-tions in WeldCounty every fall.

A ColoradoSprings elementaryschool principal hasapologized formaking studentslook inside a bag ofhuman feces andurine.

Peyton Elemen-tary PrincipalMichael Auclairesaid he wanted tomake a point to thestudents becausesomeone had beenleaving humanwaste on the floorand toilet seats in agirl’s lavatory.

Some parentscomplained Auc-laire’s actions wereinappropriate andcreated a healthrisk.

Auclaire said hehas apologized inperson to the stu-dents and by letter totheir parents. He saidhe realized it was“not the best thing to

do”.“Auclaire said

the students weregiven janitorialgloves to wearbefore holding thebag and were told towash their handsafterward.

The incidenttook place Mondayand Auclaire apo-logized Tuesday.

NYC pooch comes tosick neighbour’s aid

A fluffy little dog named Lexi is beingcalled a hero for helping to rescue an 85-year-old neighbour who collapsed in hisBrooklyn apartment.

Linda Deutsch concedes that shethought Lexi — a white bichon frise —was being naughty when she refused toget into the elevator for theirwalk.Finally, though, Deutsch let Lexilead her down the hall. That’s when sheheard a cry for help.

The building superintendent wassummoned, and they found Charles Postler,who had been lying helplessly on the floorfor hours. He was treated at ahospital.Comments his son, Charles PostlerJr.: “People say that dogs are man’s bestfriend and this proves it all over again.”

Man bills Michigan Town $156 for cleaning bathroomA businessman said he was so

frustrated with the condition of a publicbathroom in the western Michigantourist town of Saugatuck that hecleaned it himself, and billed the city$156 for his work.

Steve Oswald told WZZM-TV inGrand Rapids that customers of hisshop complained 9 Aug about thecondition of the bathroom.Oswaldchecked it out and said he “wouldn’thave sat down there.”

He called a city official and soon gotto work, spending 45 minutes cleaning.

City Manager Kirk Harrier said thebathroom typically is cleaned twice daily,and he thinks it got dirty quickly becauseit was a busy tourist weekend. Sincethen, the city has increased cleanings.

Harrier said the city appreciatesOswald’s effort, but city council hasn’tdecided whether to pay him.

Aso’s new Cabinet formallylaunched

Wall Street trades mixed as marketsawait rescue plan

Taro Aso attends a news conference,the first after he is elected the Prime

Minister of Japan, at his officialresidence in Tokyo, capital of Japan,

on 24 Sept, 2008.—INTERNET

TOKYO. 25 Sept — The cabinet ofJapan’s newly-elected Prime MinisterTaro Aso was formally launched late

Wednesday following an attestationceremony at the Imperial Palace.

Earlier in the day, Aso, chief of Japan’sruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),was elected by the Diet as the nation’s92nd prime minister. And he announcedthe lineup of his 17-member Cabinet athis first press conference as primeminister.

“I have just appointed appropriatepersons to the appropriate posts in thecabinet,” said Aso at the press conference.

“The new cabinet will not fail theexpectation of the Japanese people,” hesaid. And the cabinet will make the utmostefforts to win the general parliamentaryelection, said the new prime minister.

Internet

DPRK accuses US of playingtricks in nuclear talks

NEW YORK, 25 Sept —Wall Street traded mixedWednesday as investorsawait Congress couldapprove the US govern-ment new rescue plan.

Federal ReserveChairman Ben Bernankeurged Congress’ JointEconomic Committee topass the bailout plan,saying delay would keep

lenders from extendingcredit to households andbusinesses, but lawmakersvoiced doubt about the sizeand scope of the plan.

Traders wereencouraged by Buffett’sdecision to invest 5 billionU.S. dollars in GoldmanSachs. Goldman’s stockrose 6.4 percent while theClass A stock of Berkshire

Hathaway, Buffett’sholding company, added3.5 percent.

Internet

Under the instruction oftheir trainers, a dolphinkisses a sea lion in theBeijing Aquarium inthis photo published

on 25 Sept, 2008.INTERNET

PYONGYANG, 25 Sept— The six-party nucleartalks area trick of theUnited States whoseonly goal is to initiateanother war against theDemocratic People’sRepublic of Korea(DPRK), the country’sofficial newspaper saidWednesday.

The United States hasworked out a plan torapidly dispatch hugereinforcements to theKorean Peninsula fromits mainland in the“event of contingency,”

a commentary carried bythe official RodongSinmun daily said.

“This clearly showsonce again that theUnited States’ call for‘peaceful settlement ofthe nuclear issue’ or‘talks’ is a trick aimed atdeceiving public opinionat home and abroad, andthat the United States ispersistently seeking apre-emptive attack onthe DPRK,” it said.

“Reality has proventhe validity of themeasures taken by the

DPRK to bolster its self-defensive capabilities,”said the commentary.“The DPRK has the rightto choose military actionfor its self-defence.”

Pyongyang hasintensified its rhetoricalwar against Washingtonsince the six-party talks,aimed at denuclearizingthe Korean Peninsula,reached a deadlock lastmonth following theDPRK’s announcementthat it would restart itsnuclear reactor atYongbyon. —Internet

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Milk powder and healthDr Khin Maung Lwin

Now, there has been a new issue ofmelamine powder added to milk powder.So, the people should drink boilednatural milk, rather than milk powder.

The expression that means ‘a hero should nottarnish the gratitude of mother’s milk’ inspired meto write an article “Attributes of Mother’s Milk”. Atthat time, people all over the world were trying forhealth and survival of children, putting GOBI in thefore. The initials GOBI stand for “growth chart”,“oral rehydration”, “breast milk” and“immunization”. The method was launched in thecommunity health care programmes and savedmillions of children. Among the four methods,“breast milk” is the easiest and the most suitable onefor Myanmar people because it reflects the Myanmarpeople’s lifestyle.

In olden days, many mothers throughout theworld did not breastfeed their children due to theirwrong concept that breastfeeding was an outdatedtradition and it had adverse effects on their beauties.

At that time, a large number of brands of milkpowder were widely used for more than 30 years,overwhelming mother’s milk. An internationalorganization that is now inspiring global women tobreastfeed their children was well-known in theMyanmar society as an organization distributingmilk powder. In my youth, I used to take milkpowder drink. And I was in the habit of taking themixture of milk powder and sugar, putting it in myhand. In consequence, I often suffered diarrhea,then. My stomach was easily upset if I took milk andmilk powder. One of the causes was that I failed tokeep my hands clean. I noticed many cases in whichbabies were hospitalized, suffering diarrhea resultingfrom use of unclean feeding bottles and water.

Now, the issue of milk powder has reared itsugly head again. Milk powder contains melamine,which cause diseases and mortalities to children,

especially to under-twos. According to a news story,two children in Hong Kong had gall-stones in theirkidneys. Melamine is used to make household utensilssuch as plates, cup and spoons. I wonder why milkpowder contains it. Cattle farms and milk powdercompanies denied that they put melamine powder intheir products. However, the laboratory results saidthat melamine powder was found in milk powder.The problem is now rife across the world, not in acountry alone. So, the chemical is found more or lessin the foods made with milk powder such as yoghurt,ice-cream and ice-lolly.

There is a chemical reaction when boiling water,especially hot fried foods are put into a melamineplate or cup, and the process makes harmful agents.Parents are frightened when they learn that themelamine powder contained in milk goes to the

stomachs of children, it forms gall-stones in theirkidneys, and such children have difficulties withurinating, and some die of bad kidneys.

Parents feed excessive amount of milk powderdrink to their children to be strong and to grow fast,but that has been followed by undesirableconsequences, and parents of children and milkpowder producers are now in buzz. It has not beenclear yet whether melamine was added to milk ormilk powder on purpose. The research shows thatmore melamine is found in milk powder than in milk.Melamine constitutes one per cent of milk powder.The companies concerned have recalled their dairyproducts from the markets. The WHO is helpingaddress the issue.

Myanmar held Breastfeeding Weekcommemorative activities the whole previous August.If exclusive breastfeeding is carried out for a baby till

it is six months, and then it is fed additional foods ina systematic way, the process will reduce the numberof such causes. Mothers who have difficulties withproducing their breast milk are to be aware of thatpoint. It is difficult for parents to choose the mostsuitable nutritious cereal for their children due to thestrong lure of the advertisements. The best way inthat regard is to avoid such dairy products.

Once, many people did not consumetraditionally-made sweetened condensed milkbecause of their suspicion that the product containedformalin. When some European countries announcedthat milk and dairy products contained dioxyn,Myanmar launched educative programmes in it. Atthat time, educative talks were held for the people tobe aware of suspicious dioxyn contained in milk,milk powder, cheese, yoghurt and ice-cream. Now,there has been a new issue of melamine powderadded to milk powder. So, the people should drinkboiled natural milk, rather than milk powder.

That is a problem for housewives who makeyoghurt for the health of their family members. Ittakes too long to make fresh milk into yoghurtbecause fresh milk contains a lot of extra water. Themilk turns bad before it congeals in the process ofmaking yoghurt, so some milk powder is used tosolve the problem. If there is some sugar in milkpowder, the yoghurt is bad. Therefore, housewivesand patients who consume milk powder as additionalfood have to find out if milk powder they use carriesmelamine powder or not.

We should prepare and eat fresh natural foodsthat contain proportionate amounts of carbohydrates,protein, fibre and vitamins. Some medical expertshave pointed out that fruit and vegetables are plentifulin Myanmar, but the people consume them less thanthey should. In many countries, soya bean milk isreplaced with cow milk, but soya bean is notfashionable here. Such foods as bean curd cake,fermented soya bean, bean paste, and bean curd arewidely used. It has yet to produce sufficient amountof hygienic natural milk domestically. I would liketo say that a person can enjoy longevity withoutconsuming milk and milk powder.

Translation: MS

Management, academic functions inspectedat universities, colleges in Yangon

Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyein meets faculty members atDagon University.—MNA

YANGON, 25 Sept—Minister for Education DrChan Nyein viewed sittingof students for the secondsemesters of under-graduate courses, honourscourses and eligiblecourses for masters’courses at DagonUniversity on 22September.

At Yangon West

University, Rector DrAung Aung Min and headsof department reported onacademic and managementmatters. After hearing thereports, the minister gavenecessary instructions. Heinspected research workson generating of solarenergy.

On 21 September, theminister met the principal

and faculty members atYangon EducationCollege and discussedacademic andmanagement matters.

At ThingangyunEducation College, theminister heard reports onrequirements of facultymembers and leftnecessary instructions.

MNA

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Myanmar expressescondolences to formerSri Lanka President

YANGON, 25 Sept—Deputy Minister forForeign Affairs U Kyaw Thu signed Book ofCondolences at the Embassy of the Democratic SocialistRepublic of Sri Lanka, No. A-34, Taw Win Road,Dagon Township here at 10 am today, opened for thedemise of His Excellency Mr D B Wijetunga, FormerPresident of the Democratic Socialist Republic of SriLanka on 21 September.

MNA

YANGON, 25 Sept— A ceremony to mark the60th anniversary of World Marine Day 2008 was heldat Park Royal Hotel on Alanpyaphaya Street heretoday.

Col Nyan Tun Aung, Deputy Minister forTransport, made a speech on the occasion and residentrepresentative of UNDP Mr.Bishow Parajuli read outthe message sent by Secretary-General of InternationalMaritime Organization (IMO) Mr EfthimiosE.Mitropoulos.

Next, the video documentary of IMO’s effortwas shown and the ceremony came to close. Theparticipants then observed the documentary photosconcerning IMO’s motto “Safe secure and efficientshipping on cleaner oceans” and record photos ofmaritime departments of Myanmar.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Sept—A bomb explosionoccurred at Maha Bandoola Park in KyauktadaTownship, Yangon, this morning, leaving seveninnocent people injured.

At 10.40 a.m, the explosion took place near thegarbage box in the park behind the bus stop of No.45 bus line, and seven innocent people were injured(all not in serious condition). Deputy Commanderof Yangon Command Brig-Gen Kyaw Kyaw Tun,

Bomb explosion at MahaBandoola Park

Hearing the bad news, public membersexpressed their views that there should not be suchterrorist attack designed to create public panic andcause casualties of innocent people; that suchdespicable acts were absolutely loathsome becausethe attacks had harmed innocent people; and thatpunitive action should be taken against thebombers.

The authorities concerned are conducting

(from page 1)up as part of the project of 20,000-acre rubberplantation,10,000-acre teak plantation of NorthernTawin Jade Co Ltd and NgweKyephyu Co Ltd atHtainthaw Protected Forest in the town.

Out of the target of 20,000 acres of rubber and10000 acres of teak and ironwood and paddy, the twocompanies have grown teak on1,250 acres, ironwoodon 250 acres and rubber on 10,000 acres so far.

Next, Maj-Gen Ohn Myint and party inspected700 acres of thriving banana plantation along Khayaand Nar road cultivated by Kachin Special Region 2.

MNA

Hsinbo Hospital inKachin State…

Yangon Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin andofficials arrived at the scene and supervised theclearing of the area.

The security members exposed another timebomb fixed in a cassette packed in a plastic bagplaced on a seat of the bus stop, about 10 feet fromthe explosion site. The time bomb was set for 11.45a.m, and it was deactivated at 11.40 a.m. The injuredwere rushed to Yangon General Hospital for medicaltreatment.

investigation into the case to expose the saboteursand explosives. The people are reminded to remainconstantly vigilant against bombers and terroristsin disguise in residential and business areas and toinform the authorities concerned if there is anythingsuspicious.

The authorities also said that only whenterrorist acts are exposed in time will it be possibleto avert loss of lives and property of the people.

MNA

Damage caused by bomb blast at Maha Bandoola Park. —MNA

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cassette.

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Deputy Minister U Kyaw Thu signs Book of

Condolences of the late former Sri Lanka

President at the Embassy of the Democratic

Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.—MNA

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Objectives of the 16th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing

Arts Competitions1. Uplift of national prestige and integrity and preservation

and safeguarding of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

2. Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire nation3. Keeping genuine patriotism based on national solidarity

alive and dynamic4. Turning out younger generation who will continue to

safeguard the national culture and character

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Sept — Ministerfor Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aungarrived at the hall of Tekmataunggreening task in Pauk Township on 21September.

At the office, Director-General ofDry Zones Greening Department U TunTun reported to the minister on carryingout of greening tasks and the ministerfulfilled the needs.

At the wood based factory of TawWin Tun Co Ltd in Pakokku Township,a responsible personnel of the factoryreported to the minister on productionprocess of the factory.

Next, the director-general of thedepartment reported to the minister oncultivation of greening plantationsaround Boditahtaung greening task inMonywa Township.

Forestry Minister inspects saw millsAt Myanma Timber Enterprise in

Monywa, the minister heard reports onforest reserve, plantations and measurestaken by officials against illegal timberextraction.

Next, the minister inspected No 5plywood factory and No 75 saw mill.

In ChaungU Township, the ministervisited 50 acres of other plantation ofNatyekankakwetaw and thrivingplantation of Yeposar nursery garden.

At Pyigyidagun Industrial Zone inMandalay, the minister looked into thefinished wood factory of MyanmarMaykaung Wood Based Industrial CoLtd and Hi-Teach finishing wood factory.

Next, the minister inspected No 103saw mill of Myanma Timber Enterprisein Amarapura Township.

MNA

USDA Secretariat Member Minister Brig-Gen Thein Zaw awardsoutstanding student at 14th Prize Presentation Ceremony for

Outstanding Students.—COMMUNICATIONS

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung inspects finished wood factory ofMyanmar Maykaung at Pyigyidagun Industrial Zone in Mandalay.

FORESTRY

Managing Director U Kyaw Soe extends greetings at ceremony to introduce Hempel Paint.MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25Sept—Secretariat mem-ber of Union Solidarity andDevelopment Association(Kachin State In-charge)Minister for Com-munications, Posts andTelegraphs Brig-GenThein Zaw on 20September met with localresidents at Pamate village.The minister presentedbooks and cash assistanceand Deputy Commanderof Northern CommandBrig-Gen San Tun, USDAuniforms to them.

At Kanpu village, theminister and DeputyCommander met with localpeople.

The minister gavenecessary instructions inmeeting with the people ofMadaine Village ofWinemaw Township.

On 21 September, the

USDA development tasks in Kachin Stateminister met withtownselders at NanmateBasic Education HighSchool in MoegaungTownship and presentedbooks to them.

Afterwards, Moe-gaung Township USDASecretary accepted 1550membership applicationsand Kachin State USDASecretary presented USDAuniforms to them.

Next, the ministermet with responsiblepersons, members of socialorganizations andtownselders at affiliatedBEMS (Branch) inGyunbintha Village ofMoegaung Township.

Later, the ministergave a speech at USDAAnnual General Meeting2008, held at MoegaungHall of MoegaungTownship. The minister

and Deputy Commanderawarded the outstandingstudents at the meeting.

Later, Secretary ofKachin State USDAaccepted 3200 mem-bership applicationspresented by TownshipUSDA Secretary.

Afterwards, theminister awarded teachersand USDA members whovolunteered forrehabilitation in storm-hitregions.

The minister met withtownselders of Natgyigoneward of MoegaungTownship. In-chargeengineers reported oninstallation of D-Ampscellular system machinesat D-Amps Cellular systemmachine room ofMoegaung Township andthe minister gave necessaryinstructions.—MNA

YANGON, 25 Sept — No10, Volume 7 of Shwe-naing-ngan (Golden Country) Journal comes out today.

No. 10 issue of the journal has covered domesticand foreign news and is available at the book shop ofNews and Periodicals Enterprise and Pan ShwepyiBook Shop on Theinbyu Road here. Those wishing tocontribute to the journal may contact the office ofPrinting and Publishing Enterprise at No 228, TheinbyuRoad, Botahtaung Township, Ph 01-382070.— MNA

Hempel paint introducedYANGON, 25 Sept—A

ceremony to introducenew Hempel paint to besold by Win EngineeringCo was held at TradersHotel here this afternoon.

Managing Director UKyaw Soe of WinEngineering extended

greetings and Mr DannyBoon and Mr Francis ofHempel Paint Co Ltd ofSingapore explained factsabout the paint.

Hempel paint isavailable at WinEngineering Company atNo 226 of Wizaya Plaza

at the corner of U WisaraRoad and DhammazediRoad in Bahan Township,and for details contact 01-501064, fax-01-501105and e-mail:winengg@myanmar.com.mm.—MNA

Shwe-naing-ngan Journalin circulation

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 26 September, 2008

Our motorized boatleft Kayan and speedilymoved along thewaterway of KayanCreek. Along the route,the boat passed underDaw Nu Bridge, URannah Bridge, ThanBridge and SauklokyayBridge. Our destinationwas Kyinichaung Village.The boat headed forPhayapyo Villagebecause the waterwaydoesn’t lead to thedestination directly. FromPhayapyo Village, theboat proceeded toKyinichaung Village.

Kayan Township isset up with over 100villages where over160,000 people areresiding. In the rainyseason, local people fromvillages have access toKayan by boat. Insummer, they can use thedry creek as a road by car.In the past Kayan Creekflowed into the sea ofMottama, but it had beensilted up for 50 years.Therefore, rain water canbe seen in the wholetownship in the rainyseason but dry in summer.

Although the localpeople can travel to allvillages of the townshipin the rainy season andsummer, the regionexperiences poortransport in the cold

Kyinichaung Station Hospital provides health care servicesto over 30,000 people of Kayan, Kawa townships

Article & Photos: Kayan Soe Myint

season. In the past, therewas only one 25-bedhospital in the urban areaand no station hospital.Rural dispensaries were setup in Yekyaw and Daepaukin the east of the townshipand Peinkan andKyinichaung Kamamatvillages in the west. Assuch, over 100,000 peoplecould not receive healthcare services. Due to lackof hospital equipment,most of the patients wentto Yangon for receivingtreatments.

The local people in thepast encountered transportdifficulties along the 34miles long Kayan-Thanlyin road. To proceedto Yangon, there were novessels at late night. Thosewishing to go to Yangonhad to pass throughYangon River by sampans.Indeed, the transportdifficulties along the 34miles long Kayan-Thanlyin road were just forthose residing in the urbanarea. Villagers found itmore difficult to reachYangon then.

Actually, the healthfacility for the villagers ofKyinichaung Village-tractand its surrounding areaswas a dream only.Nowadays, their dream hascome true. Not only as K500,000 donor but also asa media person, I attended

the inauguration ceremonyof Kyinichaung StationHospital. I attended theceremony together withother 13 wellwishers fromKayan TownshipAssociation (Yangon).Altogether 14 wellwishersincluding myself donatedK 500,000 each toconstruction of thehospital.

The health sector is adriving force fordevelopment of the State.Under the leadership ofthe National HealthCommittee, the Ministryof Health joining handswith the other ministriesand social organizationsincluding donors isstriving for ensuringhealth and fitness of theentire nation and theirlongevity. As a result,remarkable progress canbe seen in health careservices year after year.

With a view toenhancing the healthsector, the government isproviding the health careservices to all regions ofthe nation and it has openedand upgraded the hospitalsand clinics and appointeddoctors and nurses to upliftthe health sector. Openingof Kyinichaung StationHospital reflected theutmost efforts of thegovernment.

On 20 September,CEC member of the UnionSolidarity and Develop-ment Association Ministerfor Livestock andFisheries Brig-GenMaung Maung Thein,Deputy Director-GeneralDr Win Myint of theHealth Department andSecretary of YangonDivision USDA U AyeMyint cut the ribbon toopen the station hospital.Chairman of YangonDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Brig-Gen WinMyint pressed the buttonto unveil the signboard ofthe hospital. Next, CECmember Minister Brig-Gen Maung Maung Theinhanded over documentsrelated to the hospital toHead of Yangon DivisionHealth Department Dr HlaMyint.

For ensuring equi-

table development in allthe regions of the union,the government hasdesignated 25 specialdevelopment regions andfacilitated them each withone university, onetechnological college, onecomputer college and one200-bed specialist generalhospital.

Furthermore, thegovernment is under-taking five ruraldevelopment tasks: toensure smooth and bettertransport in rural areas; toensure adequate supply ofclean water; to uplift theliving standards of ruralpeople; to improve thehealth care services ofrural people; and todevelop the ruraleconomy. Therefore,progress can be witnessedlength and breadth of thenation, and all the nationalbrethren are enjoying thefruits of developmentfacilities.

The emergence ofKyinichaung StationHospital was based on theinspection tour of USDACEC member MinisterBrig-Gen Maung MaungThein from 5 to 15 August2004. At that time, theminister discussed regionaldevelopment tasks in thevillages of the township.On 1 November 2004, theCEC member met with

local responsible personsat Kayan TownshipUSDA Office and madedecisions forconstruction of thehospital.

On 28 January 2006,the constructioncommittee was formed.In accord with theinstructions of the CECmember, KayanTownship USDA tookthe responsibility forconstruction of thehospital. The hospitalwas completed in March2008. The main buildingof the hospital, thesurgeons’ housing andstaff quarters were builtat a cost of K 112.3million.

One doctor, twohealth staff andmidwives, one medicalassistant and four healthstaff were appointed atthe station hospital.Thanks to construction ofthe station hospital, over30,000 local people from17 villages includingKyinichaung Village andother villages from KawaTownship that sharesborder with KayanTownship have enjoyedthe fruits of free healthcare services.

*****Translation: TTA

Myanma Alin:25-9-2008

USDA CEC memberMinister Brig-Gen

Maung Maung Thein,Deputy Director-General Dr WinMyint of HealthDepartment andYangon Division

USDA Secretary UAye Myint formallyopen KyinichaungStation Hospital.

Inauguration ofStation Hospital

Photo shows newly inaugurated Kyinichaung Station Hospital to givehealth care to over 30,000 rural people beginning 20 September.

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20 foreigners killed in Sept 14air crash in Russia

MOSCOW, 25 Sept — Twenty foreigners died inthe passenger plane crash in the Russian Urals earlierthis month, the Russian Transport Ministry saidWednesday.

According to the latest data, the victims includeseven citizens of Azerbaijan, six Ukrainians, andone national each from France, Italy, Germany,Uzbekistan, Turkey, China and Belarus.

The airplane’s black boxes were almost decoded,with information being clarified and voices identified,the ministry said in a statement.

A broad range of issues, including the training ofpilots, airport and airline personnel and the airplane’soperational conditions, are under investigation, thestatement said. — MNA/Xinhua

11 Philippine babieskilled by pneumoniaMANILA, 25 Sept — Eleven children, with

average age under three, have reportedly died ofsevere pneumonia in southern Philippine city ofZamboanga.

Dr. Rodel Agbulos, city health officer, toldlocal TV news network ABS-CBN News that thenumber of cases of pneumonia in the city is already“alarming”. There have been more than 300 personshospitalized since Augustdue to pneumonia, a sharprise from the monthly average 60 cases, the reportsaid.

Doctors from the Department of Health sent toZamboanga have yet to determine the cause of thepneumonia outbreak. The city health office hasearlier reported of a certain ‘strain virus’ whichinfected some children deportees coming fromMalaysia, ABS-CBN News said. Health officialsare verifying if some foreign organisms have enteredthe southern Philippines. — MNA/Xinhua

Laos to launch 3G mobilenetwork next month

HANOI, 25 Sept — Lao Telecom will introduce athird generation (3G) mobile phone network inVientiane in October after long delays due to technicaldifficulties, the Vientiane Times reported onWednesday.

The service will allow people to access high-speedInternet and receive video calls via their mobile phones,the newspaper quoted Lao Telecom Director GeneralThansamay Kommasith as saying.

The network was originally scheduled to belaunched in August 2006, but was delayed due to a lackof technical expertise.

The third generation mobile network systemprovides multimedia services and links to the Internetat speeds of up to 2 megabytes per second, according toThansamay.

Customers can download video clips to theirhandsets, including sports updates, music files, newsheadlines, weather forecasts and movie trailers.

“This year, our 3G services will only be available inVientiane. We hope to have about 30,000 customers bythe end of the year,” Thansamay said. —MNA/Xinhua

Gillani says not to tolerate violationof sovereignty

ISLAMBAD, 25 Sept — Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza GillaniWednesday said Pakistan would not tolerate the violation of sovereignty andterritorial integrity.

WHO confident in Chinasharing information on

tainted milk

This handout image obtained in 2007 and taken by NASA's Hubble SpaceTelescope shows the colorful “last hurrah” of a star like our Sun. NASA

announced Wednesday that it has postponed the shuttle Atlantis’ repair andupgrade mission to the Hubble space telescope for four days, until October 14

at the earliest.—INTERNET

Speaking to reportersat an Iftar dinner at thePrime Minister Househere, Gillani said, “Wewill not tolerate theviolation of oursovereignty and territorialintegrity by any one in thename of combatingterrorism.”

Gillani saidgovernment had a vitalresponsibility to ensure

cohesion on issues ofnational importanceincluding national securityand war against terrorism.The PakistaniGovernment hasembarked on a multi-pronged strategy to faceup to the challenges posedby terrorist elements intribal areas and the region,said Gillani.

He clarified that the

government would useforce as the last resortagainst those who wantedto take law into their ownhands. Talking about thesuicide blast at theMarriott Hotel lastSaturday which left morethan 50 people dead andaround 270 injured,Gillani said it was a humantragedy shared by theinternational communityinstead of Pakistan alone.

He also said thatpeople should be informedabout the mentality ofterrorists. —MNA/Xinhua

Computer generated image shows the pit stop areaof the first-ever Formula One night race on a

circuit of public roads in Singapore. —INTERNET

According to a new study in the American Journalof Clinical Nutrition from Penn State University, aserving of pistachios each day as part of a diet low

in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the riskof heart disease. Results showed that consumingpistachios significantly lowered total cholesterol,LDL cholesterol and non-HDL cholesterol levels.For full study and pistachio heart-healthy recipes,

visit pistachiohealth.com. — INTERNET

GENEVA, 25 Sept —The World HealthOrganization (WHO) isconfident that the ChineseGovernment has providedtimely information on thetainted milk problem, aWHO spokeswoman saidon Tuesday.

“We don’t reallyknow the scale of theproblem, but we areconfident that the Chineseauthorities are informingus in a timely manner,”Fadela Chaib told a newsbriefing in Geneva.

WHO said nearly40,000 cases of kidneystones in infants with threeconfirmed deaths relatedto the consumption of

melamine-contaminatedpowdered infant formulahave been reported fromacross China as ofSeptember 21. Almost12,900 are currentlyhospitalized.

According to thespokeswoman, China isnot obliged to informWHO of this case becauseit is a nationwide problem,not an emergency with aninternational impact orscale.

WHO is thereforeawaiting the results of afull investigation by theChinese authorities tolearn the scale of theproblem, she said.

MNA/Xinhua

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12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 26 September, 2008

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV VASCO DA GAMA VOY NO (119)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV VASCO DAGAMA VOY NO (119) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 26.9.2008 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 up 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 INTERASIA LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TABAH VOY NO (247)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TABAH

VOY NO (247) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 26.9.2008 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm up 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

An artist’s drawing of Albertonykus borealis,North America’s smallest dinosaur, at the Depart-ment of Biological Sciences at the University ofCalgary on 23 Sept, 2008. The dinosaur is 70

million years old, the size of a chicken, and lookslike an animal created by ‘Dr Seuss’.—INTERNET

Guantanamo prosecutor quitsover detainee case

China, Jordan signpower plant deal

UNGA’s annualgeneral debate opens

UNITED NATIONS, 25 Sept—The United Nations’General Assembly opened its annual general debatehere Tuesday with Secretary-General Ban Ki-mooncalling for “strong global leadership” and UN reform.

“In this new world, our challenges are increasinglythose of collaboration rather than confrontation. Nationscan no longer protect their interests, or advance the well-being of their people, without the partnership of therest,” Ban said in his speech inaugurating the debate. “Isee a danger of retreating from the progress we havemade, particularly in the realm of development andmore equitably sharing the fruits of global growth,” hesaid, adding that the international community is alsoconfronted with issues such as human rights abuses anddeepening violence in countries such as Afghanistan,Somalia, Iraq and Sudan.

“This is not right. This is not just. We can dosomething about it. And with strong global leadership,we will,” Ban said. He also called for UN reform,calling the current system of contracts and conditionsof service “dysfunctional” and “demoralizing”.

Ban said that in the coming weeks, he will askmember states to support his proposals for a newhuman resources framework. He also pledged to injecta “new flexibility and dynamism” into the globalorganization.— MNA/Xinhua

GUANTANAMO BAY NA-VAL BASE (Cuba), 25Sept—A US military pro-secutor at GuantanamoBay has quit because ofwhat he described as ethi-cal disputes with his su-periors, alleging they sup-pressed evidence thatcould help clear a youngAfghan detainee of warcrimes.

The prosecutor, ArmyLt Col Darrel Vandeveld,described the disagree-ments in a statement sup-porting a defense bid todismiss the charges

against MohammedJawad. A copy was ob-tained Wednesday by TheAssociated Press.

“Potentially exculpa-tory evidence has not beenprovided,” Vandeveldwrote, citing a failure by“prosecutors and officersof the court.”

The disclosure trig-gered new attacks on theintegrity of the Pentagon’smilitary tribunal system,which has faced accusa-tions of ethical lapses andpolitical interference fromother insiders including a

former chief prosecutor.The current chief pros-

ecutor, Army Col Law-rence Morris, denied thathis office withheld evi-dence and said there wasno basis to Vandeveld’sethical qualms. He saidVandeveld told him hewas leaving his post for“personal reasons.”

“All you have is some-one who is disappointedbecause his superiorsdidn’t see the wisdom ofhis recommendations in acase,” Morris told report-ers.—Internet

Extending time of stroke drugtreatment OK

AMMAN, 25 Sept—China and Jordan onTuesday inked a deal on apower station expansionproject, the first of itskind implemented byChinese firms in Jordan’spower generation sectorand hailed by the ChineseAmbassador in JordanGong Xiaosheng as aresult of bilateral coo-peration.

The add-on cycle powerplant contract, worth ofmulti-million US dollars,was signed by China’sShandong Electric PowerConstruction Corp IIIElectric Power Con-struction Corp (SEPCO III)and Samra ElectricPower Generating Co(SEPGCO).

Under the deal, theChinese firm will helpinstall a gas-poweredgenerator unit withcapacity of 100MW, withwhich the total capacity ofSamra’s phase two projectswill climb to 300MW.

The project, located inZarqa, some 35 kilo-metres north of Jordan’scapital of Amman, isexpected to start com-mercial operation byJune, 2010, according toSaid Alloush, chairmanof the SEPGCO.

MNA/Xinhua

LOS ANGELES, 25 Sept— Stroke sufferers canstill benefit from clot-busting medicine even ifthey receive it an hour orso beyond the currentthree-hour window aftersymptoms start, an impor-tant new study suggests.

The finding could po-tentially extend treatmentto thousands more peopleeach year and preventmany from being left disa-bled. However, it does notchange long-standing ad-vice that stroke victims

seek immediate help ifthey feel sudden numb-ness or weakness in theface, arm or leg.

“Don’t wait,” said DrLarry Goldstein, directorof Duke University’sstroke center and aspokesman for the Ameri-can Stroke Association.“If you think you are hav-ing symptoms, call 911.”

The study by Europeandoctors found that the clotdissolver could safely begiven up to 4 1/2 hours af-ter the start of symptoms.

Results were published inThursday’s New EnglandJournal of Medicine. Thebest treatment is givingpatients the drug TPA tobreak up the clot and openthe artery. A large federalstudy in 1995 showed thatpeople fared better whengiven the drug within threehours of the start of astroke. Beyond that, stud-ies have shown the drugcan raise the risk of dan-gerous bleeding in thebrain and may not be aseffective.—Internet

Two die of Legionnaires’disease in NJ hospital

NEWARK (NJ), 25 Sept —New Jersey health officialssay two men have died after contracting Legionnaires’disease in a hospital.

Health Department spokeswoman Marilyn Rileysaid Wednesday that one died 12 Sept and the otherMonday at St. Peter’s University Hospital in the cityof New Brunswick.

Four other people at the hospital were found to haveLegionnaires’ over the past two weeks. All six wereadmitted with other serious illnesses.

The hospital is treating its water supply with chlo-rine to kill the bacteria and reviewing records to de-termine whether other patients might have contractedthe disease.

Legionnaires’ disease is a type of pneumonia thatcan be spread through plumbing and air conditioningsystems.

Internet

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This NASA file image shows a 4.5 billion-year-oldrock, labeled meteorite ALH84001, believed to

have once been a part of Mars and to contain fossilevidence that primitive life may have existed on

Mars more than 3.6 billion years ago, which wasfound in Allan Hills ice field, Antarctica in 1984.

INTERNET

A man takes a photo of Chinese taikonauts (L-R) Jing Haipeng, ZhaiZhigang and Liu Boming during a press conference at the Jiuquan

Satellite Launch Center in northwest China’s Gansu Province, on 24Sept, 2008. The Shenzhou-7 spaceship will carry the three taikonauts, all

aged 42, for China’s third manned space mission that will include thecountry’s first-ever space walk.—INTERNET

Lee Kuan Yew praises China forreform’s success

SINGAPORE, 25 Sept—Singapore’s MinisterMentor Lee Kuan Yew haspraised China for theremarkable achievementsover the past threedecades, saying thatChina’s role in regionaland international affairswill increase with itshigher status and therespect that it has gained.

In an exclusiveinterview with Xinhuarecently, Lee Kuan Yew,Singapore’s first primeminister after the citystate’s independence fromneighboring Malaysia in1965, attributed China’s

success over the past 30years to the reform andopening up.

Lee, who justcelebrated his 85thbirthday, described thetransformation of Chinasince 1978 as“extraordinary”, sayingChina’s economy isproviding residents everrising standards of livingand better life style.

”In the 70s, big citieslike Beijing and Shanghaihad decaying buildings,full of bicycles day andnight, poorly lightedstreets, everyone in greyor blue Mao jackets. Now

China’s cities, those alongthe coast, have spankingnew high-rises, widemotorways, bridges andtunnels across the YangtzeRiver to Pudong, Maglevtrain from the new airportin Shanghai to Pudong,colorful dresses forwomen and men in loungesuits or in blouses andjeans.

The people dress likeany modern city in Japan,South Korea, orSingapore,” said Lee, oneof the key witnesses to thegreat changes that havetaken place in China.

Internet

India, Pakistan leadersagree to kickstart peace talks

NEW YORK, 25 Sept—Indian Prime MinisterManmohan Singh and Pakistan President Asif AliZardari have agreed to kickstart an embattled peacedialogue between the two nuclear-armed rivals, withnew talks to be scheduled by year’s end.

The leaders agreed that their foreign secretaries“will schedule meetings of the fifth round of thecomposite dialogue in the next three months,” ajoint statement said Wednesday after the summit onthe sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

The composite dialogue, which has madesignificant progress since it was launched in 2004,has been stalled for months due to political turmoilin Pakistan. The fourth round was completed lastOctober.

The talks since January 2004 have added morebus and train links between the traditionally feudingneighbours, but there has been scant headway onKashmir, the trigger for two of their three wars since1947.

Singh and Zardari also decided to launch tradingbetween the divided zones of the disputed Kashmirregion from October 21.

In their first discussions since Zardari replacedformer military strongman Pervez Musharraf inAugust, the two leaders also called for an ongoingceasefire to be “stabilized.”

Internet

More Americans unable to pay medical bill

NASA delays Hubble mission byfive days, Ike blamed

This image provided byNASA shows the crew

of STS-125 posing for aphoto on the 225-foot

level of the fixed servicestructure at LaunchPad 39A after takingpart in a simulated

launch countdown atNASA’s Kennedy SpaceCenter in Florida on 24Sept, 2008.—INTERNET

CAPE CANAVERAL,25Sept — NASA is delayingnext month’s shuttle

launch to the HubbleSpace Telescope becauseof problems stemming

from Hurricane Ike andreplacement parts for theobservatory.

Space shuttle Atlantisis now set to blast off lateat night on 14 Oct for thelast visit to the orbitingtelescope, officials saidWednesday. Liftoff hadbeen scheduled for the weehours of Oct. 10,technically making this afive-day postponement.

Senior managers willreassess the launch datenext week.—Internet

A Chinese lab technician performs tests on variousmilk products suspected of being tainted, in central

China on 23 September. The country has announcedan ambitious programme to improve food safety as itscrambled to salvage its reputation amid a scandalover contaminated milk that has sickened 53,000

babies and killed four.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 25 Sept — Anew study bythe Centerfor Studying HealthSystem Changeshowed agrowing number ofAmericans are havingdifficulties paying theirmedical bills, accordingto hschange.com. Thurs-day.

The study foundthenumber of Americans infamilies with difficultypaying medical billsreachedas high as 19.4percent in 2007, up from15.1 percent in 2003.

More than 57 millionAmericans, or some19percent of the wholepopulation, live in familiesstruggling with medicalbills. This meant anincrease of14 millionpeople since 2003, thestudy added.

Of those in trouble, thevast majority — 42.5

million -- had some formof health insurancecoverage. About 2.2million people with billproblems were in familiesthat filed for bankruptcyas a result of medical debt,the study said.

The study did nottakeinto account the effect ofthe more recent economicdownturn, including theproposed 700 billiondollar bailout of thefinancial sector.

Internet

Strong quake joltsXigaze of TibetBEIJING, 25 Sept — A

strong earthquake measur-ing 6.0 on the Richter scalehit Zhongba County inXigaze Prefecture at 9:47am in southwest China'sTibet AutonomousRegion on Thursday, theNational SeismologicalNetwork said. Nocasualties were reported.

It said the epicenter was20 kilometers deep and waslocated at30.8 degrees northlatitude and 83.6 degrees eastlongitude.—Internet

21 refugees feared dead inSudan river crossing

NAIROBI, 25 Sept — TheUN refugee agency(UNHCR) said on Wednes-day that 21 refugees arefeared to have beendrowned on Tuesday nightwhen their overloaded boatcapsized in the AtbaraRiver, near the Shagarabrefugee camp in easternSudan. The bodies have yetto be recovered.

UNHCR said in astatement issued in Nairobithat local administrationand security officials, alongwith UNHCR and its

Sudanese governmentcounterpart, COR, rushedto the scene.

According to eyewit-nesses, the refugees werepart of a larger group thattried to cross the river infour boats. —Internet

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S P O R T S

Vijay Singh practices for the Tour Championshipgolf tournament at the East Lake Golf Course in

Atlanta, on 24 Sept, 2008.—INTERNET

ATLANTA, 25 Sept — If the FedEx Cup is supposedto be the Super Bowl of golf, then the PGA Tour shouldtake heart. The first two Super Bowls were just as dull.

It’s hard to blame Tiger Woods (last year) and VijaySingh (this year) for playing great golf, just like theGreen Bay Packers could not be faulted for being su-perior to the Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raid-ers. Even so, PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchemcontinues looking for answers.

The Tour Championship begins Thursday withoutthe tour’s dream of a half-dozen players or more com-ing down the stretch at East Lake with a chance tocapture the FedEx Cup and its $10 million prize.

Instead, there are only two possibilities:• Vijay Singh wins the FedEx Cup by finishing four

rounds.• If the Fijian can’t make it for 72 holes, Camilo

Villegas can win the FedEx Cup with a victory at EastLake.—Internet

Tour still waiting for a dramaticend of the year

Robin Soderling of Sweden returns a shot toTeimuraz Gabashvili of Russia during their secondround match at the Thailand Open tennis tourna-

ment in Bangkok on 25 Sept, 2008.—INTERNET

Top seed David Ferrer of Spain (seen here onSeptember 19) was dumped out of the China Open

by world number 92 Dudi Sela on Thursday ashome favourite Zheng Jie cruised through to thequarter-finals. Ferrer, playing his first match ofthe tournament, lost 6-3, 6-3 in 70 minutes to the

Israeli.—INTERNET

Mexico’s EnriqueEsqueda (L) fights

for possessionwith Chile’s

Manuel Iturraduring theirinternational

soccer friendlymatch in LosAngeles,on 24

Sept, 2008.INTERNET

Chile goalkeeper Miguel Pinto stops a shot duringthe second half of their soccer match against

Mexico in Los Angeles, on 24 Sept, 2008. Chilewon 1-0.—INTERNET

MADRID, 25 Sept—Madrid new boy Rafael van derVaart scored a hat-trick to help the champions thrashpromoted Sporting Gijon 7-1 in the Primera LigaWednesday.

Sporting were subjected to a 6-1 beating at hometo Barcelona Sunday and were quickly on the backfoot at the Bernabeu as Netherlands midfielder Vander Vaart completed his hat-trick in the 46th minute.

A brace from Raul and further goals from GonzaloHiguain and Arjen Robben completed a miserable fourdays for the top-flight newcomers.

Real climbed to second in the standings with ninepoints from four games, one behind leaders Villarrealwho beat Racing Santander 2-0 with goals from JoanCapdevila and Joseba Llorente.—Internet

Real thump Sporting withVan der Vaart hat-trick

MADRID, 25 Sept — FC Barcelona gave a lesson inhow not to defend but still managed to beat Real Betis3-2 on Wednesday night while Real Madrid took aneasy win against Sporting Gijon in Primera Liga.

T wo goals from Samuel Eto’o, his 99th and 100thfor the club, gave Barca a 2-0 lead at half time. Butsome dreadful defending allowed Betis to level thescores, although credit must be given to the visitorsfor whom Monzon and Jose Mari found the net.

With over 20 minutes remaining, the game was inthe balance, before Eidur Gudjohnsen assured thepoints for Barca with a far post volley after 79 min-utes.

Real Madrid had far fewer problems destroyingSporting Gijon 7-1 in the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.

Sporting had lost 6-1 at home to Barca at the week-end and they were already 3-0 down to Real at thebreak on Wednesday night, thanks to two goals fromRafael Van der Vaart and one from Gonzalo Higuain.

Van der Vaart completed his hat-trick after thebreak, Arjen Robben added a fifth and although Sport-ing pulled a goal back, Raul scored twice to make it7-1 before the end. —Internet

RIO DE JANEIRO, 25 Sept— Head coach of the Vascosoccer team, Renato Gaucho, said Wednesday that hisplayers who failed to get back to their ideal weightwould be not only off the starting roster but also fined.

According to Gaucho, each and every athlete hasto understand the importance of giving their all to theteam. The coach was brought to the team with thehopes of saving the season and getting them out ofdanger of being sent into the second division for nextyear’s Brasileiro Championship.

“A soccer player is only able to learn by two ways:when they lose their starting position or when theyare fined. With me, the first thing that will happen isthat the athlete will lose his starting position. If theplayer does not respond and fix his problem (weight),then he will be fined 150 US dollars per day that heremains overweight. —Internet

LONDON, 25 Sept —Manchester City’s new billion-aire owners got a harsh taste of reality Wednesday asthe team were bundled out of the English League Cupby League One (third division) Brighton & HoveAlbion on penalties.

The delayed second-round tie ended 2-2 after ex-tra time before Brighton won the shoot-out 5-3 at theramshackle Withdean Stadium on the Sussex coast.

In third round action, Chelsea cruised past Port-smouth, romping to a 4-0 victory at Fratton Park ascoach Luiz Felipe Scolari’s unbeaten start continuedin style.

High-flying Aston Villa were also on the end of ashock, losing 1-0 at home to Championship (seconddivision) Queens Park Rangers. Holders TottenhamHotspur enjoyed a morale-boosting 2-1 victory atmanagerless Newcastle United.

Blackburn Rovers beat Everton 1-0 in an all-Pre-mier League clash at Ewood Park and Wigan Athleticwon 4-1 at Ipswich Town to book their place in thefourth round.

Manchester City’s new Abu Dhabi owners havevowed to make the club a force in English footballand a 6-0 Premier League win over Portsmouth Sun-day increased the wave of optimism sweeping theclub’s long-suffering fans.—Internet

Real Madrid, Barcelona winagain in Primera Liga

Man City humbled butChelsea cruise

Vasco’s soccer players to befined for overweight

LONDON ,25 Sept — Arsene Wenger will spend thedays ahead of Saturday’s home Premier League clashwith Hull City contemplating how many of his teendream team might be on duty with the big boys fol-lowing their League Cup goalfest.

Wenger sent a team out with an average age of 19on Tuesday and was rewarded with a 6-0 thrashing ofSheffield United as the young Gunners stood up to becounted.

Several of them have already had a taste of the firstteam, including hat-trick-scoring Carlos Vela and histwo-goal strike partner Nicklas Bendtner, while oth-ers have barely secured their places in the youth team.

All of them, however, seemed to have absorbedWenger’s footballing philosophy as they zipped theball around the Emirates pitch and counter-attackedwith a speed and precision that left the experiencedChampionship side chasing shadows.

Internet

Young Gunners give Wengerfood for thought

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudyin Kayah State and upper Sagaing Divisions, rain or thun-dershowers have been isolated in Chin State,lowerSagaing,Mandalay and Magway Divisions, scattered inKachin, Shan and Kayin States,Bago and Yangon Divi-sions, fairly widespread in Ayeyawady Division and wide-spread in the remaining States and Divisions with locallyheavyfalls in Mon State and isolated heavyfall in KayinState. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded wereKawkkaayate (6.89) inches, Mudon (4.21) inches,Mawlamyine (3.50) inches,Ye (3.11) inches,Putao andKyeikkami (1.46) inches each, Thandwe and Kayan (1.38)inches each and Moekok (0.91) inch.

Maximum temperature on 24-9-2008 was 90˚F.Minimum temperature on 25-9-2008 was 71ºF. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 25-9-2008 was 88%.Total sunshine hours on 24-9-2008 was (5.8) hours(Approx).

Rainfall on 25-9-2008 was (Tr) inch at Mingaladon,(Nil) inch at Kaba-Aye and (Nil) inches at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was (95.75) inches atMingaladon, (107.36) inches at Kaba-Aye and (124.64)inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph from Southwest at (15:30) hoursMST on 24-9-2008.

Bay inference: Weather is cloudy in the North Bayand monsoon is generally moderate in the Andaman Seaand elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Special feature: Acoording to the observation at(09:30)hrs M.S.T today, the Typhoon {{{{{HAGUPIT}}}}} whichcrossed the South China Coast yesterday has downgradedinto a tropical depression and forecast to move westwardsdirection.

Forecast valid until evening of 26-9-2008: Rain orthundershowers will be isolated in lower Sagaing Divi-sion, scattered in Kachin,Kayah States,upper Sagaing,Mandalay and Magway Divisions,fairly widespread inChin State,Yangon and Bago Divisions and widespreadin the remaining States and Divisions with likelihood ofisolated heavyfalls in Mon States and Thaninthayi Divi-sion. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seasare likely at time off along Myanmar Coast. Surface windlikely in squalls may reach (35-40) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Increase of rainin the Eastern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 26-9-2008: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for26-9-2008: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for26 -9-2008: likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Thursday, 25 September, 2008

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Mass grave discovered inColombia

17 missing afterS Korean cargo shipcapsizes off MacaoSEOUL,25 Sept — About 17 crew members on a

South Korean cargo ship were missing after the shipcapsized off the coast of Macao on Wednesday,South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said.

According to Yonhap, the 4,000-ton Zues-ho wasfound capsized in waters around 57 kilometressouthwest of China’s Macao Special AdministrativeRegion at 4:10 p.m. (0810 GMT) by a Chinese rescueship.

The ship lost radio contact after sending a distresscall to Singaporean maritime authorities earlier onthe day, Yonhap said.

The Chinese authorities deployed a 3,500-tonrescue ship and an airplane to the scene to find themissing, but Typhoon Hagupit hampered the rescueship from conducting the rescue operations, SouthKorea’s Coast Guard said.

The Zues-ho, registered in South Korea, leftVietnam on Sunday with 6,200 tons of glass materialson board and was scheduled to arrive at the SouthKorean port of Masan on next Sunday, Yonhap said.

MNA/XIinxua

BOGOTA. 25 Sept —Colombian authoritieshave found a mass graveof 32 people believed tohave been killed byirregular Armed Forces innorthwest Colombia.

The remains werediscovered in themunicipality of Ituango inAntioquia Province, theexperts from the NationalUnit of Justice and PeaceProsecutor told a Pressconference recently. Localresidents said that therewere at least other 14 massgraves with remains ofpeople killed by the

paramilitary or guerilla inthe region.

The government wastold of the graves after apeace deal with the UnitedSelf Defence of Colombia(AUC), a right-wingparamilitary group whichhas been blamed for manymassacres. Under thepeace deal, the AUCmembers would receivelighter prison sentences ifthey confessed theircrimes, which promptedmany AUC members toreveal the existence of themass graves.

MNA/Xinxua

Protesters on boats demonstrate in front ofJapan’s Self-Defence’s vessel, background, as thenuclear-powered US aircraft carrier USS GeorgeWashington, unseen, arrives at its new home portof Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on 25 Sept, 2008.

INTERNET

Strict law sought to endviolence against Nepali women

KATHMANDU, 25 Sept — The Nepali ConstituentAssembly (CA) members Wednesday demandedpromulgation of strict legal provisions to stop violenceagainst women, local newspaper The Himalayan Timesreported on Thursday.

Speaking at a programme organized by Forum forWomen, Law and Development (FWLD) in Nepalicapital Kathmandu on Wednesday, Dinanath Sharmafrom the ruling party in the government the CommunistParty of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M), said there was aneed for effective legal provision to guarantee women'sequal rights to property in order to bring an end toviolence against women.

"Domestic violence against women will not cometo an end until they got equal access to property," headded. He also said women were facing such problemsbecause of the social structure, religion and complexlegal provisions in Nepal.

MNA/Xinhua

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Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of the Ministry of Defence inspects Mongyu town Basic EducationHigh School in Shan State (East). —MNA

TOTTENHAM, 25 Sept—Tottenham Hot-spurmanager Juande Ramosis hoping that new sign-ing Roman Pavly-uchenko’s first goal forSpurs against NewcastleUnited in the Carling Cupwill help the striker settleat the North London club.

Pavlyuchenko, whowas a £14million sum-mer signing from SpartakMoscow has admitted tofinding it hard to settle atSpurs, with the RussianInternational claiming onWednesday that he hadbeen shocked by the in-tensity of the training atWhite Hart Lane.

The 26-year-oldfailed to score on his Pre-mier League debutagainst Aston Villa andwas taken off at half-timeby Ramos against WiganAthletic last Sunday.

However, Pavly-uchenko broke his duckagainst the Magpies inTottenham’s 2-1 CarlingCup win at St James’Park, with Ramos believ-ing that it will be an im-

Goal will help Pavlyuchenkosettle at Spurs

portant goal for the Rus-sian and help him to settlein the Premiership.

“The goal was veryimportant for Roman andvery important for theteam,” said Ramos onSpurs’ official website.

“It's not been easy forhim, he's only been heretwo weeks and I hope thiswill help him.

“He is certainly veryhappy about it and his goalhelped us to go on andwin the game.”

However, Pavly-uchenko broke his duckagainst the Magpies inTottenham’s 2-1 CarlingCup win at St James’ Park,with Ramos believing thatit will be an important goalfor the Russian and helphim to settle in thePremiership.—Internet

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Sept — National League for Democracy issued the special announcementNo. 18/09/08 dated 22 September, 2008.

Regarding the referendum for the constitution, the announcement used words that could harmnational security, stability and tranquility of the State; that has led the people to misunderstand andmistrust the government; that discredited and undermined the friendship and cooperation betweenthe government and governments of other countries and NGOs including the United Nations; andthat were tantamount to insulting the people who had freely voted in the referendum.

As Myanmar Police Force is responsible for the security and stability of the State, Director-General of Myanmar Police Force Brig-Gen Khin Yi and party summoned Chairman of the centralexecutive committee of National League for Democracy U Aung Shwe and five CEC members at2 pm today and warned them. — MNA

MPF summons and warnsNLD CEC members

YANGON, 25 Sept — A total of 10 graduates fromthe National Culture and Fine Arts University (Yangon)and the State School of Fine Arts (Yangon) will jointlyorganize the Art Field painting show at Lawkanat ArtGallery on Pansodan Street, Kyauktada Township,here, from 9 am to 5 pm daily from 24 to 30 September.

A total of 54 oil colour, acrylic and water colourworks are being displayed at the Art Field paintingshow. Interested persons may visit the show. —MNA

Art Field show 24-30 Sept

Merchants receiveofficial advice

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Sept—Minister for CommerceBrig-Gen Tin Naing Thein visited Nantpalon Marketin Tamu near Myanmar-India border on 21 September.

At the border trade camp in Tamu, the ministerheard reports on export and import by departmentalofficials and merchants and attended to the needs. Heviewed checking the trucks in the checkpoints of theborder trade camp.

At the office of Kalay Township Peace and Devel-opment Council, the minister gave necessary instruc-tions to brokers, rice and edible oil dealers, breeders andtransport entrepreneurs.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Sept—Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaingof the Ministry of Defence together with Chairman ofShan State (East) Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Triangle Region Command Brig-GenKyaw Phyo and departmental officials inspected thriv-ing paddy and rubber plantations along Kengtung-Mongphyat-Mongyawng-Mongyu motor road yester-day, then comforted patients undergoing medical treat-ment at Mongyu People’s Hospital and provided cashassistance to them.

After looking into the hospital, Maj-Gen MinAung Hlaing presented medical equipment and medi-cines to the hospital through the Medical Super-intendent.

At the meeting hall of Mongyu General Adminis-tration Department, Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing metwith departmental officials, members of social organi-zations and townselders and then presented sports gearand aid to the town through administrator U Min NaingAung.

At Mongyu Basic Education High School, Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing and party oversaw the learn-ing of students and presented exercise books andstationery to them through Headmistress Daw HlaWin Yi.

Next, they inspected Tarkyant village rural healthbranch and handed medicines. Afterwards, theylooked into thriving monsoon paddy, rubber andphysic nut plantations along Kengtung-Mongphyat-Mongyawng-Mongyu motor road and then providedassistance to the patients and handed medical equip-ment and medicines to Medical Superintendent DrThit Lwin.

At Bala Min Htin hall of Mongyawng, Maj-GenMin Aung Hlaing met with departmental officials,

Brethren in Mongyu, Mongyawng of far easternregions in Shan State enjoy fruits of development

members of social organizations and townselders andpresented sports gear for the region through townshipsports in-charge U Sai Win Tin. — MNA

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