Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 340 8th Waxing of Tagu 1371 ME Monday, 22 March, 2010

It can be said that the Tatmadaw was conceived in the anti-colonialist struggle and born of theanti-fascist resistance. As it was the rallying point of patriotic youths, it fitted into the good traditionof a patriotic Tatmadaw. As it maintained good military discipline, it became a disciplined Tatmadaw.When Myanmar regained her independence in 1948, the fire of national insurrection had alreadystarted. Though there were many attempts to entice the Tatmadaw, it looked only to the face of thenation. It therefore gained the attribute of a loyal Tatmadaw.

Senior General Than ShweChairman of the State Peace and Development Council

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services(From the address delivered at the 52nd Anniversary Armed Forces Day Parade)

The loyal Tatmadaw

NAY PYI TAW, 21March—Secretary-1 ofthe State Peace and De-velopment Council Quar-termaster-General Gen-eral Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo today attendedopening ceremony of No.4 Steel Plant (Myingyan)of Myanmar EconomicCorporation under theMinistry of Defence inMyingyan Township,Mandalay Division. Heunveiled the plaque of thenewly inaugurated plant.

Also present at theceremony were Lt-GenTha Aye of the Ministryof Defence, Chairman ofMandalay Division PDCCommander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen TinNgwe, ministers, deputyministers, senior militaryofficers of the Ministry ofDefence, departmentalheads,service personnel,responsible persons of theNo. 4 Steel Plant(Myingyan) and Danieli

Iron and steel industry being improved to ensure nationaldevelopment and generate job opportunities for local peopleNo. 4 Steel Plant (Myingyan) of Myanmar Economic Corporation opened

Co of Italy, social organi-zation members and localresidents.

The Secretary-1 inhis address said since itsassumption of State du-ties, the Tatmadaw hasbeen taking all necessary

development are neces-sary for democratic proc-ess and the marketeconomy. So, the SPDCgives top priority to peaceand stability. It has beenc o n s t r u c t i n ginfrastructural buildings

tres and educational in-stitutions. In the process,cement and steel are ma-jor inputs. So, the gov-ernment has been build-ing cement plants andiron and steel industriescomplexes. No. (4) Steel

steel billets and slabs forother plants.

Here, I would liketo present a brief accountof the historical back-ground of Myanmar’siron and steel industry.Ywama Steel Plant in

Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo inspects No. 4 Steel Plant (Myingyan).—MNA

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment of other sectors of the economy as well

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

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept inthe hands 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

measures for smoothtransition to democracyand market economy.For a country, peace and

across the nation for na-tional development suchas roads, bridges, dams,factories, health care cen-

Plant (Myingyan) willtake the centre stage ofthe iron and steel indus-try by manufacturing

Insein Township,Yangon Division, is thefirst of i ts kind inMyanmar. It was built

in 1955 according to theprinciple adopted at1946 Sorrento VillaConference in the pre-independence period. In1956, it started produc-tion of deformed bars,round bars, barbed wire,

and nails.Another iron and

steel plant was built in(See page 4)

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Monday, 22 March, 2010

PERSPECTIVES

Try to improve technologythrough ICT exhibitions

It is important for global countries topossess human resources capable of knowingand applying modern science and technologiesso that they can stand in the long run withtheir own strength.

Arranged by Myanmar ComputerProfessionals Association and MyanmarComputer Entrepreneurs Association underthe supervision of Myanmar ComputerFederation, Myanmar ICT Exhibition-2010was held at the Tatmadaw Convention Centreon U Wisara Road in Yangon from 19 to 21March.

It is required for Myanmar to catch upwith advancing information technology andsophisticated IT products. So, holding ICTexhibitions is an opportunity to study IT.

There were 160 booths at the exhibition,displaying 300 kinds of products such aslaptops, desktop computers and accessories,ip cameras, photocopiers, projectors andaccessories, TOSHIBA Cancoder cameras,TOSHIBA notebooks and other IT productsof latest models.

By holding ICT exhibitions, today’syouth can become more interested intechnology and improve their IT knowledge,thereby contributing to national development.

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

People’s Desire

NAY PYI TAW, 21 March—A delegation led byMinister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win arrivedback from the Philippines on 19 March afterattending the Special Non-Aligned MovementMinisterial Meeting on Interfaith Dialogue andCoopera t ion for Peace and Development(SNAMMM) held in Manila from 16 to 18 March.

The meeting was opened at the PhilippinesInternational Convention Centre on 17 March,with an address by President of the Republic ofthe Philippines Madame Gloria MacapagalArroyo. Representat ives from 83 membercountries participated in the meeting. Theminister delivered a statement in general debateat the plenary meeting on the same day, stressingthe important of mutual respect, equal treatmentand appreciation to other religions in pursuing apeaceful world. He urged all member states tojoin hands in the effort to building a world ofpeace and prosper i ty through increas inginterfaith dialogues and exchange views toachieve bet ter unders tanding and mutualconfidence among peoples of different faiths.He also shared Myanmar’s experience and goodpractises in religious tolerance and on living aharmonious life among people of diverse culturaland religious backgrounds. He reaffirmedMyanmar’s commi tment to p romote andstrengthen a culture through interfaith dialoguesand cooperation among members of the Non-Aligned Movement.

The Special NAM Minister ial Meetingadopted the Manila Declaration which coversthe Plan of actions and measures to be taken bymember states in promoting the culture of peaceand dialogue among civilizations, religions andcultures.

The meeting was preceded by the SeniorOfficial’s Meeting which had been held on 16March to consider the draft Manila Declaration.

While in Manila, the minister met separatelywith Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic

Myanmar participates in NAM ministerial meeting

YANGON, 21 March—Selected Myanmar archeryteam arrived back from Thailand yesterday, aftersecuring victory in 2010 Asian Grand Prix ArcheryTournament held in Bangkok.

The winners were proudly welcomed at YangonInternational Airport by officials, athletes and theirrelatives.

Myanmar has won two gold medals, one silverand two bronze in the tournament.

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Minister U Nyan Win addresses SpecialNon-Aligned Movement Ministerial Meeting.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 21 March— A ChineseDelegation led by Mr.Ning Fukui, Director-Generalof the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs ofthe Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republicof China, which was on an official visit to Myanmarsince 17 March to attend the 10th Meeting on theImplementation of the Myanmar-China Border AreasManagement and Cooperation Agreement left Yangonyesterday.

The 10th Meeting on the Implementation ofthe Myanmar-China Border Areas Management andCooperation Agreement was held at Chatrium Hotelin Yangon from 18 to 20 March. The MyanmarDelegation led by U Kyaw Tin, Director-General ofthe Political Department of the Ministry of ForeignAffairs and the Chinese side led by Mr.Ning Fukui,Director-General of the Department of Boundaryand Ocean Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairsof the People’s Republic of China attended themeeting and cordially discussed matters on border

“Right View” series on MRTV and MWDNAY PYI TAW, 21 March—Hailing the 65th

Anniversary Armed Forces Day, Myanma Radioand Television and Myawady Television will broad-cast TV series “Alinyaung (Right View)” after 8pm news programme from 23 to 25 March.

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Victorious Myanmar archeryteam back home

Chinese delegationconcludes official visit

areas development of both sides. Duringtheir stay in Myanmar, the 10-member Chinesedelegation led by Director-General Mr.Ning Fukuialso made a study tour of Bagan in addition toYangon.

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Notice to mariners issuedNAY PYI TAW, 21 March— Twinza Oil (Asia)

Limited and Myanma Oil, joint venture with MyanmaOil and Gas Enterprise will conduct drilling of oilwell with the use of Jack Up Rig “West Triton” atTaninthayi offshore block No Yetagun East Block(YEB) from 23 March to 15 May.

The locations of the oil well are at NorthLatitude 13 degrees, 01 minute, 00 second and EastLongitude 98 degrees, 02 minutes and 30 secondsfor Point-A, at North Latitude 13 degrees, 01 minute,00 second and East Longitude 98 degrees, 05minutes and 00 second for Point-B, at North Latitude12 degrees, 56 minutes, 00 second and EastLongitude 98 degrees, 05 minutes, 00 second forPoint-C and at North Latitude 12 degrees, 56minutes, 00 second and East Longitude 98 degrees,02 minutes, 30 seconds for Point-D.

The Fisheries Department issued anannouncement that all vessels large and small areto stay away from four kilometers radius of thedrilling operation area in which the drilling will beconducted.

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of the Philippines Mr. Alberto G. Romulo,Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic ofBangladesh Dr. Dipu Moni, Deputy Ministerfor Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic ofIran Mr. Mohammad Fathollahi, Head of theDelega t ion and the Ambassador o f theDomin ican Republ ic Mr . F rank HansDannenberg, Minister of Foreign Affairs of theRepublic of Indonesia Dr. Marty Natalegawa,Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DemocraticRepublic of Timor-Leste Mr. Zacarias AlbanodaCosta on 17 March. He received Deputy Ministerof the Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom ofMorocco Madame Latifa Akharbach on 18March. He exchanged v iews on mat tersconcerning promotion of bilateral relations andcooperation in meeting with them.

MNA

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With cheap food imports,Haiti can’t feed itself

Fargo calm, confident as Red Rivercompletes rise

Maria Carmelle Jean,centre, sells rice and dryproducts at a downtownstreet market in Port-au-Prince, on 20 March,������2010.—INTERNET

A road is closed due tooverland flooding fromthe Sheyenne River, on20 March, 2010, inWest Fargo, ND Fore-casters lowered theirflood crest predictionsfor the area expectingthe Red River in Fargo

to crest a foot lowerthan expected on

Sunday.—INTERNET

Colombian journalist shot and killed

Roadside bomb killsAfghan soldier

KABUL, 21 March—An Afghan soldier was killedas a roadside bomb struck a military vehicle in PaktiaProvince on Friday, a Press release of Defence Min-istry issued here on Saturday said.

“A unit of soldiers was on routine patrol in ZarmatDistrict yesterday when a mine planted by militantshit a van as a result one soldier was martyred,” thePress release added. Taleban militants fighting Afghanand the NATO-led troops have intensified their attacksmostly in the shape of suicide and roadside bombings.

Xinhua

General Motorsemployees man their

stations while workingat the GM Bay CityPowertrain plant in

Michigan. A key indextracking the US

economy barely rosein February, indicat-

ing that economicgrowth after a brutalrecession may havepeaked, the Confer-ence Board said on

Thursday.—INTERNET

PORT-AU-PRINCE, 21 March—Theearthquake not only smashed markets,collapsed warehouses and left more than2.5 million people without enough to eat.It may also have shaken up the way thedeveloping world gets food.

Decades of inexpensive imports —especially rice from the US— punctu-ated with abundant aid in various criseshave destroyed local agriculture and leftimpoverished countries such as Haiti un-able to feed themselves.

While those policies have been criti-cized for years in aid worker circles,world leaders focused on fixing Haiti areadmitting for the first time that loosen-ing trade barriers has only exacerbatedhunger in Haiti and elsewhere.

They’re led by former US PresidentBill Clinton — now UN special envoyto Haiti — who publicly apologized thismonth for championing policies that de-stroyed Haiti’s rice production. Clintonin the mid-1990s encouraged the impov-erished country to dramatically cut tar-iffs on imported US rice.

“It may have been good for some ofmy farmers in Arkansas, but it has notworked. It was a mistake,” Clinton toldthe Senate Foreign Relations Commit-tee on 10 March. “I had to live everydaywith the consequences of the loss of ca-pacity to produce a rice crop in Haiti tofeed those people because of what I did;nobody else.”

Internet

FARGO, 21 March—They passed out cigars inFargo on Saturday, but nomatches just yet, as aflood-weary city that’sspent the last week get-ting ready to hold back

the Red River cautiouslyprepared to celebratewhat appeared to be asuccessful defenceagainst the swollen wa-terway.

The river continued to

inch upward toward anexpected crest Sunday afew feet below last year’srecord, to be followed bya quick and steady drop.As they waited, Fargo’sresidents turned their at-tention to cleaning up de-bris in low-lying neigh-bourhoods where morethan a million sandbagsheld back the waters,with some taking a breakfor basketball.

Internet

BOGOTA, 21 March—Agunman killed a Colom-bian journalist who hadreceived threats and re-ported on politicianslinked to paramilitarydeath squads, police andthe victim’s family said onSaturday.

Clodomiro Castilla, aneditor of El Pulso maga-zine and a reporter for lo-cal radio, was shot todeath on Friday night ashe read a book on the ter-race of his home inMonteria city in the northof the Andean country.

Colombia’s decades-long internal war haseased after PresidentAlvaro Uribe sent troopsto take back areas undercontrol of rebels andparamilitaries. But jour-

nalists are still occasion-ally targeted by armedgroups and cocaine traf-fickers.

“When the journalistwas sitting reading a bookon his terrace, he was ap-

proached by a gunman,who shot him severaltimes and fled on a mo-torcycle,” said ColonelPedro Angelo Franco, astate police commander.

Internet

United Nations Secretary-General’smessage on

World Water Day 22 March 2010

Water is the source of life and the link that binds allliving beings on this planet. It is connected directly toall our United Nations goals: improved maternal andchild health and life expectancy, women’s empower-ment, food security, sustainable development and cli-mate change adaptation and mitigation. Recognitionof these links led to the declaration of 2005-2015 asthe International Decade for Action “Water for Life”.

Our indispensable water resources have proventhemselves to be greatly resilient, but they are increas-ingly vulnerable and threatened. Our growing popula-tion’s need for water for food, raw materials and en-ergy is increasingly competing with nature’s own de-mands for water to sustain already imperiled ecosys-tems and the services on which we depend. Day afterday, we pour millions of tons of untreated sewage andindustrial and agricultural wastes into the world’s wa-ter systems. Clean water has become scarce and willbecome even scarcer with the onset of climate change.And the poor continue to suffer first and most frompollution, water shortages and the lack of adequate sani-tation.

The theme of this year’s World Water Day, “CleanWater for a Healthy World”, emphasizes that both thequality and the quantity of water resources are at risk.More people die from unsafe water than from all formsof violence, including war. These deaths are an affrontto our common humanity, and undermine the efforts ofmany countries to achieve their development potential.

The world has the know-how to solve these chal-lenges and become better stewards of our water re-sources. Water is central to all our development goals.As we mark the mid-point of the International Decadefor Action, and look forward to this year’s MDG Sum-mit, let us protect and sustainably manage our watersfor the poor, the vulnerable and for all life on Earth.

UNIC

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Iron and steel industry being improved…(from page 1)

Anisakhan, PyinOoLwinTownship, in 1979. Thepilot plant produced rawmaterials for productionof steel billets and in-dustrial ironware.

The annual outputof Ywama andPyinOoLwin s tee lp lan ts ranged f rom5000 to 10,000 tons.With the concept thatonly with iron and steel

industries complex willthe nation develop, thegovernment made sus-tained efforts.

In order to set upan iron and steel indus-

tries complex, No. (1)Steel Plant was estab-l i shed inK y a u k s w e k y o ,Aunglan Township ,Bago Division, in 1996.In 1999, it began itsproduction line at theannual production rateof 150,000 to 200,000tons. No. (2) Steel Plant(Myaungdagar ) inHmawby Township ,Yangon Division, was

built in 1997, and com-missioned in 1999. Itproduces 150,000 tonsof s tee l s labs and12,000 tons of fabrica-tion parts a year. Now,

follow-up programmesare in progress to boostits production to 30,000tons. However, we stillhad to import steel bil-lets and slabs as rawmaterials for the plants.

No. (4) Steel Plant(Myingyan) and No. (5)Steel Plant (Pinpet) aredesigned to produce bil-lets and slabs for otherplants.

In order to get steel

raw material before No.(5) Steel Plant (Pinpet)starts its production lineof pig iron from ironore, ship dismantlingworkshop (Thi lawa)

was built in 2000. It wasoperated in 2002.

Myanmar has threerich iron deposits. Thef i rs t deposi t i s inP y i n O o L w i n(Kyadwinyay) and itholds about three mil-lion tons of iron ore. Thesecond deposit is inPinpet on the border be-tween Taunggyi andHopong townships, andit holds about 70 mil-lion tons of iron ore. Thethird is in

scraps a year.The i ron ore in

Pinpet is of two types:hematite and lemonite.According to the sizeof the plant, iron orecan be exploited fromthe deposit for about150 years. Pig iron willbe produced from ironore with the romeltprocess of the RussianFedera t ion . A coa lmine is in-operation inold Wanhok Village inKehsi Mahsam Town-

(Myaungdagar) will pro-duce various sizes of bil-lets for shipbuilding,apart from steel plates,H beams, I beams, gird-ers, and trusses.

No. (3) Steel Plant(Ywama) has boosted itsannual iron productionrate from less than10,000 to 50,000 tons. Itmainly produces 12-me-ter billets, and producesbarbed wire, bindingwire, nails, sieves andchain links, oxygen, ar-gon and nitrogen. Theplant is in the process ofbeing upgraded to pro-duce high tensile steelbolts and nuts.

No. (4) Steel Plant(Myingyan) is to be up-graded to produce dif-ferent sizes of hot rollsheets, cold roll sheets,colour sheets, and cor-rugated zinc sheets. Italso has a plan to boostannual production ofgoods from 200,000 to400,000 tons after pro-duct ion of p ig i ronfrom iron ore from thedeposit of Kathaingmountain.

The plants will belinked with railroads foreasy transport.

In conclusion, hesaid that all the steelplants operate as an ironand steel industries com-plex to produce finishedproducts in combinationfor bridge and buildingprojects. The iron andsteel industry is beingimproved to ensure na-tional development andgenerate job opportuni-ties for local people.The rapid developmentof the iron and steel sec-tor is due to the estab-l ishment of i ron (See page 5)

Photo shows No. (4) Steel Plant (Myingyan) of Myanmar Economic Corporation.—MNA

Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo views No. (4) Steel Plant (Myingyan).—MNA

Myanmar has three rich iron deposits.The first deposit is in PyinOoLwin(Kyadwinyay) and it holds about three mil-lion tons of iron ore. The second deposit is inPinpet on the border between Taunggyi andHopong townships, and it holds about 70 mil-lion tons of iron ore. The third is inKathaingtaung, Phakant Township, and ac-cording to the estimation, it holds about 230million tons of iron ore.

K a t h a i n g t a u n g ,Phakant Township, andaccording to the esti-mation, it holds about230 million tons of ironore.

Regarding the ironand steel industr iescomplex under con-struction, pig iron fromNo. (5) Steel Plant(Pinpet) and scrapsfrom the ship disman-t l ing workshop(Thilawa) will be sentto No. (4) Steel Plant(Myingyan). No. (5)Steel Plant (Pinpet) hasa target of 200,000 tonsof pig iron a year. Shipdismantling workshop(Thilawa) will produce50,000 tons of iron

ship. It holds about 37million tons of coal,f rom which P inpe tPlant can get coal for75 years.

No. (4) Steel Plant(Myingyan) producessteel billets for No. (1)Steel Plant(Kyaukswekyo), andsteel slabs for No. (2)Steel Plant(Myaungdagar).

No. (1) Steel Plant(Kyaukswekyo) will alsoget billets from No. (4)Steel Plant (Myingyan)and No. (3) Steel Plant(Ywama), and will pro-duce deformed bars,round bars, wire coilsand angle iron.

No. (2) Steel Plant

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Railroad for transportation of raw materials and finished products of No. (4) Steel Plant (Myingyan).—MNA

Products of No. (1) Steel Plant (Kyaukswekyo).—MNA

Iron and steelindustry beingimproved…

(from page 4)and steel industries com-plex. The Myanmar Eco-nomic Corporation underthe Ministry of Defence isworking hard to fulfil therequirement of iron andsteel of the nation.

The commander,Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint and re-sponsible persons for-mally opened the plant.

Next, the Secretary-1cordially greeted theattendees. He then un-veiled the plaque of theplant.

At the meeting roomof the plant, the acting man-aging director of MyanmarEconomic Corporationelaborated on constructionof the plant, production ofsteel ware, buildings in the

plant compound, installedmachines, and organizationset-up to the Secretary-1.

The Secretary-1 andthe acting managing direc-tor presented commemo-rative gifts to Mr MareschiDanieli Giacomo of DanieliCo.

The Secretary-1 laterlooked around the plant.He put his signature to firstbillet manufactured fromthe plant and so did Lt-GenTha Aye, the commander,the minister and officials.The secretary-1 and partyhad documentary phototaken.

The Secretary-1 gaveaway gifts to foreign engi-neers who are dischargingat the plant.

No. 4 Steel Plant

(Myingyan) is locatednear Sakha Village,Myingyan Township,Mandalay Division.

The plant was con-structed on 16 May 2005to manufacture 0.2 mil-lion tons of steel billetsand slabs per year whichis main raw materials ofsteel rolling mills andsteel plate mills under-

taken by Myanmar Eco-nomic Corporation. Now,the plant is running at fullcapacity.

The plant is outfittedwith scrap yard equip-ment, 60-ton Electric ArcFurnace (EAF) which canmanufacture 900 tons ofsteel, 60-ton Ladle Fur-nace (LF), 60-tonVaccum Degasser (VD),continues casting ma-chine which can cast 1936tons of steel billets perday, Thin Slab Caster(TSC) which can producetwo to five million steelslabs per year, fume treat-ment plant, air seperationplant that can produceoxygen, nitrogen and ar-gon gases, compressed airplant, steam boiler plant,

natural gas station, limeplant, material handlingsystem, 15 electric over-head travelling cranes,sub power station, main-tenance workshop, and alaboratory.

Moreover, guest-house, staff quarters, mar-ket, main office, securitygate, mess hall, storeshops, cargrage, outside

car parking, canteen, andtechnological high schoolhave also been con-structed for employeeconvenience.

The plant is bound tomanufacture two millionsteel billets and 50,000steel slabs per year.

The Secretary-1 andparty arrived AyeyawadyBridge (Pakokku) Con-struction Project onLetpanchepaw bank inNyaungU Township at1.15 pm. They were wel-comed by Deputy Minis-ter for Construction Brig-Gen Myint Thein, Chair-man of Magway DivisionPeace and Development

Council Col Phone MawShwe, Col Mya Tun Ooof Pakokku station anddepartmental officials.

Minister for Con-struction Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint reportedthe Secretary-1 on theprogress in construction

of the project carried outby Special Project Con-struction Group (3) ofPublic Works of the min-istry, implementation ofthe project simultane-ously on Letpanchepawbank, Yelaykyun andPakokku bank to com-plete the construction onschedule, facts about thebridge and 15 per cent

completion of the projectimplemented since 15December 2009.

Commander Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe submittedreport on situation of en-virons of the bridge andLt-Gen Tha Aye presentedsupplementary report.

Minister for RailTransportation Maj-GenAung Min explained theconstruction of approachrailroad, situations ofrailroad of AyeyawadyBridge (Malun), andemergence of railroadnetwork upon comple-tion of three strategicrailroads.

The Secretary-1called for meeting setstandard and carrying outconstant waterway sur-veillance.

The State is imple-menting five bridgeprojects over AyayawadyRiver in 2009-2010 fiscalyear. Among them,Sinkhan, Pakokku, Malunand Nyaungdon bridgesare rail-cum-road ones.Yadana Theingha Bridgeis the only motor road one.On completion of theprojects, the number ofAyeyawady River span-ning bridge will reach 13.

Upon completion,Ayeyawady Bridge(Pakokku) will become thelongest one in Myanmarwith its length of 21,886feet.

The Secretary-1 andparty arrived back hereby helicopters at 4 pm.

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Upon completion, AyeyawadyBridge (Pakokku) will becomethe longest one in Myanmarwith its length of 21,886 feet.

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NAY PYI TAW, 21 March—Ministerfor Electric Power No. (1) Col Zaw Minpaid a visit to Shwegyin Dam Projectyesterday.

The project is being implemented byNo. (4) Construction, near Kyauknagarvillage about six miles northeastShwegyin in Bago Division.

At the briefing of the project,Construction Director U Hein Htetreported the minister on progress in

Earthquake reportNAY PYI TAW, 21 March—A slight earthquake

of magnitude (4.3) Richter Scale with its epicenterNamalin village, about (30) miles east of Homalin,about (200) miles northwest of Mandalayseismological observatory was recorded at (24) hrs(19) min (42) sec MST today, reported theMeteorology and Hydrology Department.

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“Nay Pyi Taw Maha Thingyan Tour GoldCup” Golf Tournament to be held

NAY PYI TAW, 21 March— “Nay Pyi Taw Maha Thingyan Tour GoldCup” Golf Tournament will take place at Nay Pyi Taw, Myodaw and RoyalMyanmar Golf Courses from 14 to 16 April, 2010.

The prizes are for both teams and individuals. The Nay Pyi Taw MahaThingyan Tour Gold Cup as well as golden prizes are for the best team. Thesilver prizes and cash awards stand for the second best team. The best golferwill win a golden prize and 1 million kyat. The second best golfer will get asilver prize and 700,000 kyats.

There may be only 6 golfers including two golf professionals in eachteam. All participants must be under rules of the tournament.

Any golfers wishing to participate may send their lists to the city officein Nay Pyi Taw (Ph: 067-414610 or 414289) not later than 8 April, 2010.

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Shwegyin Dam Project inspected

YANGON, 21M a r c h — M y a n m a rOlympic CommitteeChairman’s TourneySeventh NationalHockey League kickedoff at Theinbyu HockeyPitch this evening.

President ofMyanmar HockeyFederation Col HtinZaw Win, on behalf ofthe MOC Chairman theMinister for Sports,

National Hockey League commences

Photo shows No.(2)

Steel Plant

(Myaungdagar) and

production of steel

plates used in

building bridges.

(News on Page-1)

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No.(3) Steel Plant (Ywama). (News on Page-1)—MNA

Commander attends openingceremonies

YANGON, 21 March— Chairman of YangonDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Yangon Command Maj-Gen Win Myint was presentat the opening ceremonies to open rural library andnew tarred road in Hlegu Township, Yangon NorthDistrict, today morning. In the opening ceremony Pyitawta (3) street, PyitawtaWard, Hlegu Township, the commander heard matterspresented by an executive officer of TownshipDevelopment Affairs Committee and words of thanksfrom townselders. The commander and officialsconcerned formally opened the new road.

In the library opening ceremony, he donatedknowledgeable books to the library.

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NAY PYI TAW, 21 March—Minister for Construction Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint urged servicepersonnel to serve dutifully the nationand abide by code of ethics at themeeting hall of the Public Works in

NAY PYI Taw, 21 March—ChiefJustice U Aung Toe today met judges,and judicial officers at the meetingHall of PyinOoLwin District court inPyinOoLwin Township, MandalayDivision.

The chief justice then visitedSupreme Court (Mandalay) where he

Chief Justice meets judicial staff fromMandalay and Sagaing Divisions

Construction Minister meets staff inThandwe

Thandwe District, Thandwe in RakhineState. Staff from the Public Works andSpecial Construction Group (Road andBridge) in Thandwe attended themeeting.

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discussed judicial matters with judgesfrom Mandalay and SagaingDivisions. It was also attended byDeputy Chief Justice U Khin MaungLatt of Supreme Court (Mandalay),judges, directors and off icialsconcerned.

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construction and Deputy Director-General U Maw Tha Htwe submitted thesupplementary report.

The minister called for completingthe project on schedule, using qualitymaterials and minimizing wastage.

He later viewed the construction tasksand attended to the needs. The ministermet staff of the project and gavenecessary instructions.

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addressed the openingceremony.

Defence teamheld a victorious start

by routing Greenway4-0 in the first day matchof the game.

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Take Fire Preventive Measures

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Sr Subject 1988 2009 Increased in No. Number

1. Improving industrial sector- industrial zones - 28 28 - main zone - 18 18 - zone (branch) - 10 10 - enterprises - 9589 9589- private factory 26690 43789 17099- cottage industries - 10879 10879

2. State-owned factories 624 793 169(Industry-1)

3. State-owned factories 9 31 22(Industry-2)- completed 9 25 16- under construction - 6 6

Developing Industrial Sector in thetime of the Tatmadaw Government

An aerial view of No. 2 Tyre and Rubber Plant (Bilin) of the Ministry of Industry-2 in

Bilin Township, Mon State.

Workshops of Construction MachineryFactory (Thagara) in Thagara Industrial

Region in Yedashe Township, BagoDivision.

50-ton Pulp Factory and 80-ton Packaging Factory seen in YedasheTownship, Toungoo District, Bago Division.

Textile Factory (Pyawbwe) of Myanma Textile Industries of Ministry of Industry-1.

Hailing the 65th Anniversary

Armed Forces Day

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Poem

To build a modern, patriotic TatmadawA Reader

Every country has their own Tatmadaw (armedforces). Myanmar Tatmadaw, a patriotic one, cameto being with the aim of helping the motherland toregain independence. So, the historical backgroundof Myanmar and that of the Tatmadaw are in pairs.The Tatmadaw and the people joined hands inindependence struggles as well as in the drive torestore independence.

Myanmar fell under the rule of the colonialistsfor more than 100 years, and under the rule ofJapanese Fascists for three years. The Tatmadaw wasformed to drive the colonialists out of the nation’ssoil. In order to do so, Myanmar cooperated withJapan due to the verbal promise of Japan that theywould guarantee Myanmar independence as soon asBritish colonialists were driven out of the nation.

Then, the Tatmadaw cooperated with JapaneseFascists to achieve the goal. However, the Tatmadawhad to make allies with British colonialists to fightback the Fascists. The major purpose in that regardwas none other than to regain independence.Nevertheless, Japanese Fascists wanted to make useof the Burma Independence Army (BIA) in a fightagainst the British.

Since 1885 in which the whole Myanmarcame under subjugation of the colonialists, Myanmarhad not had any national Tatmadaw. So, formation ofBIA was, indeed, emergence of a patriotic force thatbrought honour to the nation. The people gotencouraged with the belief that the Tatmadaw wasequipped with the sense of patriotic spirit of theentire Myanmar people. Many people from all strataof life joined BIA. The Tatmadaw received rapturousassistance and applause from the entire people.

Witnessing that BIA was growing rapidly inno time, Japanese Fascists came to weaken the force.Issuing a wide variety of restrictions, they reducedBIA into the Burma Defence Army (BDA). Yet, the

people’s sense of patriotic spirit was getting higherand higher in parallel with that of the Tatmadaw.Japanese Fascists presented former Myanmarpoliticians to the public and made use of them for theirconvenience in ruling Myanmar. In the process, theyinstalled a puppet government under their influence inorder to slow down the role the Tatmadaw played inthe national politics. In spite of that, the entire peoplewere backing the Tatmadaw, and the Tatmadaw cameto stand by the public.

Then, the time was ripe to launch a Fascistresistance. The Tatmadaw was well convinced of therelations between political and military affairs. TheTatmadaw was constituted with reliable andresponsible politicians of younger generations with astrong sense of patriotism. They also realized thepoint that Myanmar’s independence struggles wouldbe brought to fruition only when political and militaryaffairs were carried out in harmony. In order to putthat concept into action, the Tatmadaw workedtogether with political leaders from the CommunistParty, and Pyithu Ayedawbon Party, and formed theAnti-Fascist Organization (AFO).

Actually, the Communist Party was the firstpolitical party that disrupted the initial activities of BIAformed for regaining independence. It laid down apolicy that Communists would fight Japan in cooperationwith British colonialists while BIA forces weremarching. That policy was just a carbon copy of awrong policy of a foreign country. Therefore, themajority of the people were opposed to it, and in supportof the Tatmadaw.

Since then, the Tatmadaw officially had formedallies to fight Japanese Fascists. On 23 July 1945,allies renamed BIA the Patriotic Burmese Force (PBF).In reality, the Tatmadaw had been renamed BIA, thenBDA. In the Anti-Fascist Resistance, the Burma Armywas termed the Burma National Army. At that time,the Tatmadaw had taken into the shape of a standingTatmadaw or a national Tatmadaw representing thewhole nation. Nonetheless, British colonialists wereanxious to take a dim view of the role of the Tatmadaw.Terming the Tatmadaw the PBF implied thecolonialists’ stance of regarding the Tatmadaw as aguerrilla force, instead of a standing army. The term“patriotic” was, indeed, something to be proud of, forthe entire people. It is the Tatmadaw that has goneunder the name of the patriotic Tatmadaw with allseriousness.

British colonialists’ stance behind that regardwas to dissolve the Tatmadaw that drove them out ofthe nation in alliance with Japan. The situations went

from bad to worse due to Communists. At that time,Communist leaders had formed a Red Army withvarious sorts of arms they had got in the World WarII. They were not happy with the potential that theTatmadaw, which had won the unanimous supportof the entire people in the resistance period. Withthat ill intention, Communists nudged the Britishinto dissolution of the Tatmadaw.

(See page 9)

Always in fore the Four Oaths* Dedication the Tatmadaw has for nation

Keeping in fore the Four OathsFrom subjugation it saved nationRestoring independence and heading tonew eraAll nationalities of MyanmarIn oneness they gatheredAnd formed the Tatmadaw

* From its birth till nowLoyal the Tatmadaw to nationNever hesitates to sacrificeLives, blood and sweat for countryEver advancing with consolidationMaintaining forever territory of countryBraving all difficulties with unityAnd also with valour and perseveranceSafeguards nation the Tatmadaw

* Hatching plots to break up MyanmarWicked old colonialist predatorsTrying to fuel antagonismBetween brethren with use of agentsEvil intentions they haveAs for the TatmadawAlways in hearts Union unityNever does it believe thatProblems brethren haveBe solved through battlesEver paving way to unityPeace is the wish it always has

* Unity and peace in whole countryProsperity and progress it bringsConstitution the foundationOverwhelmingly approved the peopleIn a very systemic wayPublic unity and wish showedThanks to brilliant TatmadawNation now in progress

* O….The people’s Tatmadaw, our TatmadawEvery barrier and difficultyIt obliterates for motherlandAnd for people it overcomes themUnwavering till reaching goalSo brave is the TatmadawIts confidence total in internal strengthMarching the long journeyAnd forever it is advancingKeeping in fore the Four OathsWith ever love for the nation

Hailing the 65th Anniversary Armed Forces DayMyinmu Maung Naing Moe (Trs)

Hailing the 65th Anniversary Armed Forces Day

Till now external and internal saboteurs areworking in harmony to destroy the Tatmadawwhich is in the process of building soundpolitical, economic and social foundations tobuild a peaceful, modern and developed newnation.

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(from page 8)British colonialists

wanted to use Burma Armythey had formed beforetheir withdrawal from thenation, as a pocket army.So, they demandeddissolution of all forcesexcept the forces fightingJapanese Fascists. Theirreal intention was to reformthe Patriotic BurmeseForce into a pocket army.After driving out thecolonialists then Fascists,the Tatmadaw and thepeople again came underthe British. In consequence,the nation was still far awayfrom independence, and thecontinued existence of theTatmadaw was uncertain.

Following the Anti-Fascist Resistance,Tatmadaw leaders urgedpoliticians to give firstpriority to independenceand national reconstruction.They also strongly objectedto the colonialists’ plan todissolve the Tatmadaw. On13 August 1945, the Anti-Fascist People’s FreedomLeague (AFPFL) organizedNe Thurein Conference. Itinvited all political partieswith a sense of nationalisticspirit to join hands with it.At the conference, Deedok

1. To uphold Our Three Main National Causesat risk to life as the national policy

2. To work hard with national people forsuccessful completion of elections due to beheld in accordance with the new constitution

3. To crush internal and external subversiveelements through the strength andconsolidated unity of the people

4. To build a strong, patriotic modernTatmadaw capable of safeguarding thesovereignty and territorial integrity of thenation

Objectives of 65th AnniversaryArmed Forces Day

U Ba Cho tabled motion No(1) “Burma Army”. Kayinnational leader Mahn BaKhaing supported theTatmadaw as a benefactor.The entire people supportedthe motion of theTatmadaw’s survivalwithout exception.

The conference was thefirst of its kind for Myanmarindependence after the Anti-Fascist Resistance. In thenational politics process,continued existence of theTatmadaw stood at thecentre. Harmoniouscooperation of Tatmadawleaders and nationalpoliticians and unanimoussupport of the entire peopleled to historic Kandyagreement with allies on 25September 1945. Accordingto the agreement, theTatmadaw had the right tocontinue to stand underBritish colonialists. At thattime, the entire people hadplaced their reliance on theTatmadaw forindependence.

AFPFL, the assemblyof political forces, took aleading role in the drive forMyanmar independence.However, there was aconflict betweenCommunist Party and the

Pyithu Ayedawbon Party.Communists came toattempt to set up anothergroup in rivalry, so theywere expelled from theAFPFL. Party affairs andpersonality cult came to runhigh following the split ofBurma Communist Partyinto two factions. None ofthe politicians was qualifiedto play a leading role in thenational politics forMyanmar independence.General Aung San,founding leader of theTatmadaw, was the centreof the entire people. Then,General Aung San played aleadership role in theMyanmar’s political affairs,with the support of theTatmadaw and patrioticpolitical forces.

While the entire nationwas active to regainindependence, thereemerged a politicalviolence. The cooperationof the colonialists andnational traitors sparkedassassination of GeneralAung San and some politicalleaders. Thus, the sense ofpatriotism of Tatmadawmembers and the peoplereached its peak. Thecolonialists and nationaltraitors were in no positionto take another step, and theBritish had no choice, but to

grant Myanmarindependence.

Myanmar’s indepen-dence was followed by theraging inferno of internalinsurgency. Sticking to thearmed policy, Communistsrevolted against the AFPFLgovernment, and so did someremnant Kayin troops fromBurma Army formed by thecolonialists to sow hatredamong national races, andKNDO troops. Communistsinfiltrated into the MyanmarTatmadaw and drove awedge among the forces. Inconsequence, someregiments and units wentunderground. While theinferno of internal armedconflicts was blazing thewhole country till thegovernment was nicknamedYangon six milesgovernment, the Tatmadawmobilized its remainingforces and repulsed theinternal armed insurgency.Military affairs is said to bethe sequel of political affairs.The Tatmadaw had to risklife and limb to address theissue in which politiciansvied against each other forpower.

At a time when theTatmadaw was busycrushing the internalinsurgency Kuomintangtroops intruded intoMyanmar territory with thehelp of neo-colonialists.While the matter was beingsolved through politicalmeans, the Tatmadaw had tolaunch major operationsagainst the enemy. TheTatmadaw was able to endthe battles. On the otherhand, politicians became richand corrupted and theAFPFL began to face splits.Underground politiciansinitiated their armed struggleline and abovegroundpoliticians set up pocketarmies. Some politicianseven tried to control theTatmadaw at will.

During the parlia-mentary democracy era, theTatmadaw stayed alooffrom party politics. Onlyduring the unavoidablemissions did the Tatmadawrendered assistance to thepolitical forces. It believedthat the political forces andparties would correctlysolve the political problemsby themselves. As usual,the political parties becameuncontrollable giving morepriority to party interest andpersonal interest than theinterest of the nation andthe people. National unitythat was restored togetherwith independence brokeup. The trend towards

Union disintegrationseemed almost impossibleto stop. The nation was onthe verge of falling apartand losing herindependence.

The Tatmadaw withfine national politicalleadership had no otherchoice but to end theparliamentary democracyand take over the stateduties. Efforts were madeto adopt socialism whichwas the goal of GeneralAung San and politicalleaders since theindependence struggle. TheTatmadaw accepted theleadership of the BurmaSocialist Programme Party.It was serving the peoplewhile building itself intopeople’s Tatmadaw. It wasable to crush rightist andleftist insurgents that weregetting stronger with alienassistance in major battles.The Tatmadaw and thepeople were in oneness.Colonialists and anti-government groups wishedto separate the Tatmadawand the people as if theTatmadaw was a mercenaryforce. However, theTatmadaw was able to wardoff all internal and externalenemies as the patrioticpeople’s armed forcestogether with the people.

Although Myanmarwas freed from colonialistrule, it faced a lot of alien-created problems during thecold war era as the nation-building tasks wereconnected with globalaffairs. Like many othersocialist countries, it faceda turning point and it was1988. As they knew that theTatmadaw in accord withits fine traditions wouldstand by the people, leftistand rightist saboteurs weregiving priority to destroyingthe Tatmadaw.

But the Tatmadaw isalways ready for the criticalmoments. The Tatmadawalways trying to uplift the

national political traditionswas in the vanguard ofrestoring community peaceand stability and the rule oflaw and implementingmultiparty democracy andmarket oriented economy.Under the pretext ofdemocracy and humanrights, the leftist andrightist politicians weretrying to destroy theTatmadaw. Somepoliticians who wanted tograb power through shortcut revealed their truepicture at the expense ofthe nation’s dignitary.

It is commonknowledge that there werethreats as well as falseaccusations saying “Wewill have to cut off theTatmadaw’s head and takeonly the body”, “The caseof the Tatmadaw will betaken to the “Nuremburgtribunal” and “TheTatmadaw is fascist”. Someex-military officers wereopenly engaged inTatmadaw destructionattempts without thinkingabout the nation’s futureduring the 1988disturbances. Till nowexternal and internalsaboteurs are working inharmony to destroy theTatmadaw which is in theprocess of building soundpolitical, economic andsocial foundations to builda peaceful, modern anddeveloped new nation.

The Tatmadaw hasbeen successfully wardingoff all the various types ofoppressions, incitingdissensions and imposingsanctions of colonialists,fascists, communists andevil politicians. At present,the Tatmadaw is graduallydeveloping itself intomodern patriotic armedforces while upholding OurThree Main NationalCauses. Together with thisencouraging sign, I hail theArmed Forces Day!Translation: MS + TMT

To build a modern,...

Thieves are pleased when one breaks

one’s wall of bamboo matting.

Hee…

hee…

Nation will collapse

if Tatmadaw is not firm.

Oh dear!

Bang!

Looking forward to success and peace andprosperity of Myanmar, the people in

unison line along the road through whichmembers of the victorious Tatmadaw willmarch ready to present Eugenia sprigs tothem out of goodwill and loving-kindness.

Linn

Myatt

Only when

Tatmadaw is

strong…

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NEWS ALBUM

Pakistan kidnappers to chop up UK boy

Russia launches US satelliteMOSCOW, 21 March — Russia launched a US tel-

ecommunications satellite from the Baikonurcosmodrome in Kazakhstan Saturday night, the Rus-sian Federal Space Agency said.

The Proton-M carrier rocket with the Echostar-14satellite atop lifted off at around 09:27 pm Moscowtime (1827 GMT). The 6.3-ton spacecraft is expectedto separate from the Briz-M booster and take the posi-tion at 119 degrees West in the geostationary orbitabout nine hours after the launch.

The Russian-US joint venture InternationalLaunch Services concluded a launch contract of thesatellite with the US telecommunications companyEchostar.—Xinhua

Volcano erupts in Iceland;hundreds evacuated same

Yemen President: War withnorthern rebels is over

CAIRO, 21 March — Yemen’s President on Fridaydeclared the country’s six-year war with northern rebelsover, saying the Shiite militants are living up to a cease-fire agreement signed last month.

After years of sporadic fighting, Yemen has comeunder international pressure to quickly end the con-flict — which spilled over into Saudi Arabia late lastyear — to free up resources to confront a separate threatfrom an al-Qaeda offshoot in the country.

In an interview with the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya tel-evision, Ali Abdullah Saleh said rebels have given “posi-tive signs” that they are committed to the cease-fire theystruck with the government in February.—Internet

LONDON, 21 March —The father of a five-year-old British boy held hos-tage for 12 days in Paki-stan said Sunday the kid-nappers had threatenedto chop off parts of theboy’s body if he did notpay a ransom.

Raja Naqqash Saeedtold the Mail on Sundaynewspaper how the gangholding his son Sahil hadwarned: “Do exactly aswe say, or you will be re-ceiving a little gift —any part of his body.”

When he tried to ex-

plain that he could notafford the amount theywanted, the gang said:“Look, you know howwe came to your house injackets packed with bul-lets and grenades? “Youknow what we can do tohim — we can put ajacket around him withgrenades and explosivesand blow him to pieces.And we will deliverwhat’s left of him to youin a bin bag on a rounda-bout.”

Sahil was snatched atgunpoint from his grand-

mother’s house in thetown of Jhelum, about100 kilometres (65miles) south ofIslamabad, in the earlyhours of March 4 at theend of a family holiday.Pakistani and British of-ficials launched a huntfor the boy and 12 dayslater Sahil was recov-ered safe and well in afield not far fromJhelum — but only af-ter the boy’s uncle hadpaid a 110,000-pound(168,000-dollar) ran-som.—Internet

REYKJAVIK, 21 March — Authorities evacuated hun-dreds of people after a volcano erupted beneath a gla-cier in southern Iceland, Iceland’s civil protectionagency said on Sunday. The eruption occurred around11:30 pm Saturday (1930 EDT) beneath theEyjafjallajokull glacier, the fifth largest glacier in Ice-land. The volcano is covered by an ice cap.

Fearing flooding from the glacier melt, authoritiesevacuated some 400 people in the area 160 kilometres(100 miles) southeast of the capital, Reykjavik, as a pre-caution but no damage or injuries have been reported,said Vidir Reynisson, the department manager for theIcelandic Civil Protection Department.—Internet

Man uses sex change toavoid mounting debt

Actress Sarah Thom said shelearned of a man in the West Midlands,England, who underwent a sex changein order to hide from debt collectors.

Speaking with WolverhamptonCredit Union workers in preparationfor a role in a touring play, Thom saidshe was told the unidentified man wentthrough with the medical procedure inthe face of his mounting debt, TheDaily Telegraph said.

Thom said unfortunately for theman, the procedure did not stop hiscreditors in their pursuit of his debts,thought to have reached as much as$75,000.

The actress said learning about theextreme cases of debt from the creditunion workers was an eye-opener.

New species of dinosaur found in N China

People pose for a photo with vintagecars on display during an exhibition

of vintage cars opening here inBuenos Aires, capital of

Argentina.

A visitor looks at an exhibit during

a Christie’s auction preview in New

York, the United States. The

Christie’s auction of Fine Chinese

Ceramics and Works of Art will be

held here from 25 to 26 March.

Photo shows a saker is catching a

pigeon in the sky in Xinjiang’s Akqi

county, which is called “The Land

of Falcon” in China.

A team of paleontologists hasfound an intact and complete skeletonfossil of a previously undiscovered di-nosaur species in north China, theteam’s leading scientist Xu Xingsaid.

Named Linheraptor exquisitus, thenew species is the latest one found inthe Dromaeosauridae family of thecarnivorous theropod dinosaurs thatlived about 80 million years ago dur-ing the Late Cretaceous period.

The fossil of the dinosaur was oneof the world’s most well-preservedspecimen of small predator dinosaurs

that lived during that period, said Xu,a research fellow with the Institute ofVertebrate Paleontology andPaleoanthropology of the ChineseAcademy of Sciences.

About 2.5 meters long and weighing25 kg, the dinosaur would have been afast and agile predator and, like otherdromaeosaurids, possessed large “kill-ing claws.”Xu said the new species documents atransitional stage in dromaeosaurid evo-lution from original ones with long andthin hindlimbs to developed ones thatwere comparatively stronger.

Internet nurse ‘is notorious suicide voyeur’Mark Drybrough received his final

e-mail at 10.32am. It asked: “Are youall right?” Seconds later he switchedoff his computer, walked upstairs to hisbedroom and hanged himself froma decorator ’s ladder. When MrDrybrough’s sister later read throughthe months of e-mails and chat-roomposts stored on the computer, itappeared that the message was theculmination of a suicide pact with ayoung female nurse.

His mother, Elaine Drybrough (61)of Coventry, England, cannot bringherself to read the exchanges in whichher 32-year-old son, an IT technician,was persuaded to take his own life. She

said: “My daughter told me that a nursecalled Li encouraged Mark to killhimself and said that some people hadallowed her to watch before.”

Her son had suffered fromdepression since a bout of glandularfever about eight years earlier. Laterhe had mental illness diagnosed but hisfamily was not aware that he wassuicidal. In the months before his deathhe became increasingly withdrawnfrom his friends and family, spendinghours every day using the internet onhis home-built computer. “When Markwas ill I noticed he was using thecomputer a lot and I was worried whathe was doing,” Mrs Drybrough said.

“Red Steel 2,” the sword and gun-play videogame hitting the market on 23 March,2010. The videogame plays out in a fictional “East meets West” setting in theUS state of Nevada. Players take on the role of a banished clan member who�������returns home to find his town taken over by biker thugs.—INTERNET

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Nearly 100 kgs ivory seized in Vietnam

ATHENS, 21 March—Ahome-made bomb ex-ploded outside a buildinghousing immigration of-fices in Athens Saturdaycausing some damage butno one was hurt, policesaid.

Police cordoned offthe area after an anony-mous caller warned anewspaper and a televi-sion network of the explo-sion which damaged afence around the buildingin the Petrou Ralli Dis-trict, a bus shelter andnearby shop windows.

The device had beendeposited in a bag near theshelter.

Earlier on Saturday, abomb exploded outsidethe home of a Pakistanicommunity leader inAthens without injuringanyone.

Gas the next fuel to fireAustralia’s boom

KARRATHA, 21 March—First gold, then coal and iron ore. Now, anew bonanza is about to be unleashed from beneath Down Under:Australia’s got gas.

Projects being ramped up to tap huge undersea fields off the coun-try’s northwest could quadruple Australia’s exports of liquefied natu-ral gas in the next few years and turn it into what the country’sresources minister has called an “energy superpower.”

It will be the next stage of a long boom that has enriched Aus-tralia and made it a key supplier of the raw materials underpinningAsia’s development — from the girders in city skyscrapers to thefuel burned to light them.

“We have what the world, and particularly the rapidly growingeconomies of Asia, want — iron ore, energy and minerals,” saidColin Barnett, the premier of Western Australia state, which is atthe heart of the new boom.

Internet

File image provided by PTTEP Australasia, the West Atlas oilrig is on fire 150 miles (250 kilometres) off Australia’s

northwest coast.—INTERNET

Police search for evidence among debris outside a building housing animmigration office in Athens. A home-made bomb exploded outside a buildinghousing immigration offices in Athens on Saturday causing some damage but

no one was hurt, police said.—INTERNET

Power cut to60,000 as

cyclone hitsAustralia

AIRLIE BEACH, 21March—About 60,000homes are without power,trees and signs haveblown over and boatshave been smashed on therocks after a massivestorm blew across thecoast of northeastern Aus-tralia.

Tropical Cyclone Uluicrossed the coast at AirlieBeach as a category threestorm early Sunday withwinds up to 124 miles(200 kilometers) per hour.

A dozen boats werewashed onto the rocks atAirlie Beach, but busi-nesses on the main streetescaped any significantdamage.

The Bureau of Mete-orology said the storm hassince been downgraded tocategory two as it contin-ues inland, dumpingheavy rain and still blow-ing strongly. WhitsundaysMayor Mike Brunker saidthe energy company hadcrews on standby to re-store power but that workcould not begin until thewinds died down.

Internet

Mexico’s drug war takesgrowing toll on Americans

MEXICO CITY, 21 March—More Americans inMexico are falling victim to a wave of drug violencesweeping the country, a change driven home by therecent killing of a US Consulate employee and herhusband who were gunned down after leaving a chil-dren’s birthday party.

The number of US citizens killed in Mexico hasmore than doubled to 79 in 2009 from 35 in 2007,according to the US State Department’s annual count.No figures were available for the first two months of2010.

While only some of the killings are specificallylisted as “executions” or “drug-related,” the increasein homicides appears to be related to drug battles. InCiudad Juarez, the northern border city hardest hit bydrug violence and where the consulate employee waskilled, homicides of Americans rose to 23 in 2009 fromtwo in 2007.—Internet

Three killed after small planes collideover Florida

WILLISTON, 21 March—A single-engine plane and a kit-built aircraft collidedin clear, sunny skies on Saturday over central Florida, killing three people, au-thorities said.

A Williston woman who thought she heard a gunshot discovered the kit-builtplane upside down in a field near her house and called authorities, Levy Sheriff’sOffice Capt Evan Sullivan. When emergency responders arrived, they found asecond plane engulfed in flames in a dense wooded area several hundred yardsaway.

“The fire was extremely intense and at the area of the Piper 32 crash an oak treecaught on fire some 40 feet above ground,” Sullivan said.—Internet

File photo of an elephant at the Tsavo WestNational Park in southern Kenya. There is a

booming black market in African ivory linked toAsian crime syndicates.—INTERNET

HANOI, 21 March—Vi-etnamese police haveseized about 100 kilo-grams (220 pounds) ofivory near the border withChina, a newspaper re-ported on Sunday.

Traffic police made thediscovery after stopping acar early Friday morning,said Tuoi Tre newspaper,which did not say if anyarrests were made.

The police declined tocomment when contactedby AFP.

State-linked media re-ported last year that Viet-namese police had seizedhundreds of kilogrammes

of ivory. Much of it wastusks illegally importedfrom Kenya.

Internet

Greek immigration office damagedby bomb blast

Anonymous warningsmade by telephone to aGreek television stationand a newspaper 15 min-utes before the explosionalso enabled police to sealoff the area.

Media reports said thebomb targeted the homeof the chairman of theGreek-Pakistan friend-ship association.

The Pakistani commu-

nity in Greece numbersseveral thousand mem-bers, most of whom livein the greater Athens area.

Muslim migrants inGreece have faced in-creasing hostility fromfar-right militants in re-cent years, and the Paki-stani community has fre-quently denounced at-tacks on its members byGreek youths.—Internet

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YANGON GOLF CLUB“ANNUAL-AT-HOME & PRIZE DISTRIBU-

TION” Members, their Families & Guests are cor-dially invited.

Day & Date : Sunday, 28th March,2010Time : 12:00 NoonPlace : Yangon Golf Club

CLUB COUNCIL YANGON GOLF CLUB

Spain moves to save 3blneuros a year on energy

Three deaths reported assnow storm strikes Plains

Vehicles traverseswater covered roadscaused by overlandflooding from the

Sheyenne River, on19 March, 2010,

outside Harwood, NDForecasters lowered

their flood crestpredictions for the

area today predictingthe Red River in

Fargo to crest a halffoot lower than

expected onSunday.—INTERNET

A female anteater (Tamandua Mirim) carries herbaby at the zoo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. n the heartof the historical Sao Cristovao neighbourhood, closeto Rio’s open-air football stadium of Maracan, thezoo is home to over 500 mammals, 900 reptiles and1,000 birds representing 400 species from the Brazilian ecosystem.—INTERNET

Laos vows to advancebilateral ties with China

VIENTIANE, 21 March — Lao Prime MinisterBouasone Bouphavanh said here on Saturday that Laosis ready to work with China to promote the bilateralcomprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

Bouasone made the remarks when meeting with vis-iting Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu, who arrivedin Vientiane on Friday for an official visit to Laos.

At the meeting, Bouasone spoke highly of bilateralrelations and thanked China for all the past supportand assistance for his country’s economic and socialdevelopment.

For his part, Hui said China and Laos are goodneighbours, friends, comrades and partners. The twocountries share political mutual trust and similar viewson major international and regional issues.

Hui said China and Laos lifted bilateral ties to com-prehensive strategic cooperative partnership last year,which is expected to push the two-way cooperation toa new height.—Xinhua

Three killed, 14 injured intraffic accidents in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, 21 March— At least three people werekilled and 14 others injured in two separate traffic ac-cidents in Kompong Speu Province, some 100kilometers west of the capital Phnom Penh, a provin-cial police official said on Saturday.

Sem Sarith, deputy police chief of traffic depart-ment of Kompong Speu province said the first acci-dent occurred at 20:19 pm and the second one occurredat 20:49 pm on Friday night at Picnil downtown. Hesaid the carelessness of the drivers were the real causesof the two accidents that resulted in three deaths in-cluding one young girl, and 14 others injured—all areCambodians.

Picnil is known to many Cambodian people as asacred transit point where travelers normally make ashort stop and pray to spirit for their safe journey.

Picnil is nearly halfway from Phnom Penh toSihanoukville in the country’s northwestern coastal andresort area. Sem Sarith said it was the first time thatthe area of Picnil was reported with such accidents sinceearly of this year.

Traffic accidents have become a great concern forCambodian government in recent years.—Xinhua

Toby Sumner, of Ritzman Lawn Service, clears snow in front of a Weaver’sDepartment Store window on 20 March, 2010, in Lawrence,

Kan.—INTERNET

Two Baltimore officers shotduring traffic stop

BALTIMORE, 21 March — Baltimore police say twoofficers have been shot during a traffic stop and theyare in serious but stable condition. The suspectedshooter was killed by return fire.

Spokesman Anthony Guglielmi (goo-lee-EHL’-mee) says the shooting happened about 12:21 pm Sun-day.

The officers had pulled over the suspected shooterfor an unknown traffic offense. When the officers ap-proached the car, the suspect pulled out a gun and shotone officer in the face and the other in the arm.

Police were able to return fire and the suspect diedfrom his wounds.

The names of the officers and the suspect were notimmediately released.—Internet

MADRID, 21 March —Spain’s Prime MinisterSaturday announced aplan to save some threebillion euros (four billiondollars) a year on thestate’s energy bill in a fur-

ther move to tackle thecountry’s economic crisis.

The plan aims to cutenergy use by 20 percentin some 2,000 publicbuildings, Jose LuisRodriguez Zapatero saidin a meeting with busi-nessmen and unions in thesouthern city of Seville.

“Savings in energy useare savings for all citi-zens,” he said.

It forms part of meas-ures to tackle the economiccrisis in Spain which are tobe approved by the govern-ment this month, the news-paper El Pais said.

The Spanish economy,the fourth largest in theeurozone, has been miredin recession since the glo-bal financial crisis has-tened the collapse of itsonce-buoyant propertysector at the end of 2008.

The recession sent theunemployment rate soaringto nearly 19 percent in thefourth quarter.—Internet

NORMAN, 21 March —A powerful storm beganblowing through Okla-homa and the southernPlains on the first day ofspring Saturday, bringingheavy snow and strongwinds a day after tempera-tures reached into the 70s.

Forecasters said gustsof up to 40 mph could cre-ate drifts of blowing snowand blizzard conditions inwhat the National WeatherService called “a poten-tially life-threatening”storm. Authorities attrib-uted at least three deaths inthree states to the weather.

The storm hit as teamswere playing or preparingto do so in the NCAAmen’s and women’s bas-ketball tournaments thisweekend in OklahomaCity and Norman. Somefans from Kansas andKansas State, who playedSaturday in the secondround of the men’s tourna-

ment, opted not to makethe trip south.

“I’m not going to riskgetting myself killed goingdown I-35,” said KansasState fan John Blankenshipof Udall, Kan, who attendedthe Wildcats’ game Thurs-day and intended to comeback on Saturday. Still, hesaid, “if it was the FinalFour, I’d be going.”

Much of Oklahoma, theTexas Panhandle and partsof Kansas, Missouri andArkansas were under awinter storm warning thatwas to last into Sunday.Travel was being discour-aged in central and north-ern Oklahoma, where au-thorities said roads wereslick and hazardous. Sev-eral flights were delayed orcanceled at Will RogersWorld Airport in OklahomaCity because of snow andfreezing fog, spokes-woman Karen Carneysaid.—Internet

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Angola, Portugal sign accord onhigher education, scientific research

NASA launches mission tosurvey polar ice

LOS ANGELES, 21 March —NASA on Sunday kickedoff the second year of a mission designed to conduct aairborne survey of the Earth’s polar ice.

“The first priority is to survey Arctic sea ice, whichreaches its maximum extent each year in March or earlyApril,” according to a NASA statement. “High- and low-altitude flights also will survey Greenland’s ice sheetsand outer glaciers,” the statement said.

The mission will be conducted by an aircraft whichtakes off from the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facilitynear Palmdale, Southern California later in the day, ac-cording to NASA. NASA called the mission the largestairborne survey ever of the Earth’s polar ice.—Xinhua

A paramedic leaves the shooting scene at a clothing store in Old Montreal,on 18 March, 2010. Police have arrested the owner of an Old Montreal

boutique where deadly shootings took place.—INTERNET

LUANDA, 21 March —The Angolan and Portu-guese governments havesigned a cooperationagreement for the devel-opment of higher educa-tion and promotion of sci-entific research, the offi-cial news agency Angopreported on Saturday.

The accord was signedin Luanda on Friday byAngolan Minister of Sci-ence, Technology andHigher Education MariaCandida Teixeira and her

Portuguese counterpartJose Mariano Gago.

The Portuguese minis-ter stressed that therelaunching of the policybetween the two countriesfor the development ofhigher education will helpAngola to improve itshigher education institu-tions in a systematic wayand further improve bilat-eral ties between the twocountries.

He said under the newagreement academic vis-

its would be exchangedbetween universities andother higher education in-stitutions from the twocountries.

Angolan MinisterMaria Candida Teixeirasaid the agreement willimprove the quality ofeducation in Angola andmany Angolans would beable to study and gradu-ate in Portugal, and theaccord would also en-hance cooperation in sci-entific research.—Xinhua

Abused children may agemore quickly

Bioethicist warns of first-cousin unions

File photo shows aNASA satellite imagefrom 16 September,

2007 and released on 21September, 2007, showsArctic summer sea ice.Arctic sea ice melted toits lowest level ever this

week, shattering arecord set in 2005 and

continuing a trendspurred by

human-caused globalwarming, scientists saidon 20 September, 2007.

XINHUA

LONDON, 21 March—More marriages betweenfirst cousins in Britainare leading to more chil-dren born with geneticdiseases, a bioethicistwarns.

Ruth Deech, who sitsin the House of Lords asBaroness Deech andchaired the Human Fer-tilization and Embryol-ogy Authority for eightyears, plans to call for agovernment campaignagainst the practice, TheTimes of London reports.Deech also argues that

marriage between closerelatives, common inBritain’s large Pakistanicommunity, deters inte-gration of immigrantsand their families intothe larger community.

More than half, 55percent, of British Paki-stanis are in first-cousinmarriages. While only 3percent of newborns arePakistani, they accountfor about one-third ofchildren born with dis-eases caused by reces-sive genes.

Deech does not want

to ban first-cousin mar-riages. Instead she plansto call for genetic testingof parents and embryos.

“Human rights and re-ligious and cultural prac-tices are respected by notbanning cousin mar-riage,” she plans to say ina speech next week at theMuseum of London. “Butthose involved must bemade aware of the con-sequences.”

Deech’s lecture is thelast in a series she hasgiven on children andfamilies.—Internet

PROVIDENCE, 21 March—Children who sufferphysical or emotionalabuse may face acceler-ated aging as adults, USresearchers said.

Audrey Tyrka and hercolleagues from ButlerHospital and Brown Uni-versity in Providence, RI,examined the DNA ofhealthy adults who had ahistory of childhood mal-treatment.

The study, published inthe journal Biological

Psychiatry, found theyhad shorter telomeres —region of repetitive DNAat the end of a chromo-some, which protects theend of the chromosomefrom deterioration — thanthose who did not experi-ence child maltreatment.

Telomere length is ameasure of biological ag-ing because telomeresshorten progressivelywith each cell division,Tyrka said.

Internet

A control room of oneof seven reactors at theKashiwazaki-Kariwa

nuclear power plant inNiigata prefecture,

northern Japan.Resource-poor Japanis planning to build atleast 14 nuclear powerplants over the next 20

years to reduce itsreliance on other

countries for its energyneeds, a report said on

Sunday.—INTERNET

DNA experts revealChina’s ancient open

door to WestEDINBURGH, 21 March

— For four millenniatheir secrets lay hiddenbeneath the desert sands,the final resting place ofa mysterious civilizat-ion. And since their dis-covery in 1934, theTarim mummies inChina have perplexedhistorians and archae-ologists.

But a remarkablenew study has found thatthe origins of the inhab-itants of the ancientgraveyard in theTaklimakan desert northof Tibet lie in Europe.

A team of Chinese ge-neticists have analysedthe DNA of the BronzeAge cadavers and foundthat they are of mixedancestry, displaying bothEuropean and Siberiangenetic markers.

One expert in Chi-nese history at the Uni-versity of Edinburghsaid the tests revealed a

“fascinating develop-ment”. Professor PaulBailey said the findingsconfirmed long-heldsuspicions that they hadtravelled to the autono-mous region of Xinjiangfrom the West, wellbefore the opening of theSilk Road in the 2nd cen-tury BC.—Internet

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KlitschkoKOs Cham-bers to keep

titlesDUESSELDORF, 21

March—World heavy-weight championWladimir Klitschkoknocked out US chal-lenger Eddie Chamberswith five seconds re-maining in the 12th andfinal round to defend hisIBF, WBO and IBO titles.

The Saturday bout inDuesseldorf, Germany,was the 33-year-oldUkrainian’s fifth de-fence of his WBO andIBF titles. Chamberswent down for at leasttwo minutes after re-ceiving Klitschko’s lefthook to the right temple,according to CNNSI’sBryan Armen Grahamround-by-round blog ofthe fight. Read Gra-ham’s account of thefight.

Internet

Giant-killer Ljubicic knocksout Nadal to reachIndian Wells final

Gonzalo Higuain cel-ebrates after scoringReal Madrid’s third goalagainst Sporting Gijonon Saturday.—INTERNET

Real Madrid rally to move clearof Barcelona in Spanish league

Edison Cavani fires Palermo’s first-half equalizerin Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Serie A leaders

Inter Milan.—INTERNET

Italian leaders Inter stumbleagain with Palermo draw

ROME, 21 March—Defending champions InterMilan face the prospect of losing the Italian leaguelead to their bitter city rivals after being held 1-1 byPalermo in Sicily on Saturday evening. JoseMourinho’s team could not reproduce the form thatsaw them so convincingly knock his former team Chel-sea out of the Champions League on Tuesday. Intermoved two points clear of second-placed AC Milan,who can go top of Serie A for the first time this seasonwith victory against Napoli on Sunday.Inter, who hada 10-point advantage over Milan earlier in the season,have now won just once in their last seven leaguematches.— Internet

Ivan Ljubicic celebratesafter claiming his

second big scalp of theATP Tour’s Masters

tournament inCalifornia.—INTERNET

Caroline Wozniacki

Wozniacki to take onJankovic in Indian Wells final

Irish golferPadraig Harrington

Transitions leader Harrington happyto play with Tiger at Augusta

MADRID , 21 March—Cristiano Ronaldo was tothe fore as Real Madridcame from behind to de-feat Sporting Gijon 3-1 onSaturday night and movethree points clear of Bar-

celona at the top ofSpain’s La Liga.

Coach ManuelPellegrini, who received avote of confidence fromReal’s directors after thedisappointing last-16 exitfrom the ChampionsLeague two weeks ago,was not happy with theway his team played.

“We did not have agood first half, we did nothave the creativity tobreak through Sporting’sdefense,” the Chileansaid.—Internet

INDIAN WELLS, 21M a r c h — D e f e n d i n gchampion Rafael Nadalcrashed to a shock defeatby Ivan Ljubicic in thesemifinals of the IndianWells Masters tourna-ment in California onSaturday. The unfanciedCroatian 20th seed camefrom behind to beat theformer world No. 1 3-6,

6-4, 7-6 (7-1) in the out-door hardcourt event,which the Spaniard alsowon in 2007. The 31-year-old beat third seedNadal for the second timein seven meetings, withhis other victory back in2005.

Ljubicic, who reacheda career-high third in theworld rankings in 2006,will face American sev-enth seed Andy Roddickin Sunday’s final.Roddick defeated Swed-ish sixth seed RobinSoderling 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 ina showdown betweentwo big servers in thelater semifinal to earn hisfirst shot at the IndianWells title.

Internet

INDIAN WELLS, 21M a r c h — C a r o l i n eWozniacki has earned acareer-high world No 2tennis ranking after win-ning through to the finalof the BNP Paribas Openat Indian Wells in Califor-nia. The second-seededDane will move above theinjured Dinara Safina andclose the gap on No. 1

Serena Williams when thelatest standings are re-leased on Monday.

The 19-year-old willplay former world No 1Jelena Jankovic in the fi-nal of the Californian out-door hardcourt tourna-ment after defeating closefriend Agnieszka Rad-wanska 6-2, 6-3 on Fridaynight. Wozniacki, whoreached the US Open fi-nal last year before losingto comeback queen KimClijsters, will be seekingher seventh title on theWTA Tour.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 21March—Three-time ma-jor winner PadraigHarrington fired his bestscore this year to take thehalfway lead at the Tran-sitions Championship inFlorida, and then claimedhe would be happy to bepaired with Tiger Woodswhen the disgraced worldNo. 1 makes his golfingcomeback at the Masters.

The Irishman, whoselast victory on the PGATour came at the US PGAChampionship in 2008,carded six-under-par 65on Friday to move a shotclear of defending cham-pion Retief Goosen, Swe-den’s Carl Pettersen andWoods’ fellow AmericansJim Furyk and BubbaWatson.

Asked if he would rel-ish the opportunity to bepaired with Woods atAugusta next month whenthe fallen superstar re-turns following his admis-sions of marital infideli-ties, the 38-year-old saidhe could handle the at-tendant pressures of suchan occasion.

InternetManchester United 2-1 Liverpool

MANCHESTER, 21March—ManchesterUnited came from a goaldown to defeatLiverpool at OldTrafford.

A second-half goalfrom Park Ji-Sung gaveManchester United acrucial win over archrivals Liverpool to takethem back to the top ofthe Barclays PremierLeague.

Fernando Torres hadput the visitors into a fifth-

minute lead with atowering header fromDirk Kuyt’s cross, butWayne Rooney soonequalised.

The England star

netted his 33rd goal ofthe season, by scoringfrom the rebound afterhis penalty had beenparried by Pepe Reina.

Internet

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Blackburn Rovers 1-1 ChelseaBLACKBURN, 21

March—BlackburnRovers hit back to earn apoint against Chelsea atEwood Park. El-Hadji

Diouf punished the

Londoners for failing to take

their chances in the first-

half with a superb header to

pull Rovers level 20 minutes

from time.

Didier Drogba’s 22nd

Premier League goal of the

season had given Chelsea an

early lead but for large parts

of the match Blackburn

defended well, led by the

John Obi Mikel of Chelsea is challenged by David

Dunn of Blackburn Rovers.

outstanding Christopher Samba.—Internet

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Ranges* Kayah Traditional Museum* News* Bottled Buddha Image* Reed Handbag* Be Fashionable with Myanmar Cotton wear* News* Grow Noni; Become a Millionaire* The Fruits of MyanmarOversea Transmission* Signature Tune

MRTV-3Programme Schedule(22-3-2010)(Monday)

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been isolated in Shan State, weather has been partlycloudy in Rakhine and Mon States, upper Sagaing, Bago,

Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions and generally fair in theremaining areas. Day temperatures were (3 °C) to (4°C)above March average temperatures in Chin and Mon States,Bago, Ayeyawady, Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions, (5°C)above March average temperatures in Kachin State andupper Sagaing Division and about March averagetemperatures in the remaining areas. The significant daytemperatures were Aunglan and Thayawady (39°C) each.

Maximum temperature on 20-3-2010 was 99 °F.Minimum temperature on 21-3-2010 was 73°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 21-3-2010 was 70%.Total sun shine hours on 20-3-2010 was (5.3) hours approx.

Rainfall on 21-3-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was(Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mphfrom South at (10:30) hours MST on 20-3-2010.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the AndamanSea and Southeast Bay and generally fair elsewhere in theBay of Bengal.

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waters.Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of

isolated rain or thundershowers in the Northern Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for22-3-2010 : Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for22-3-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for22-3-2010:Partly cloudy.

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Bully galaxy rules the neighborhoodSCIENCE DAILY, 21 March — Located

half a billion light-years from Earth,ESO 306-17, is a large, bright ellipticalgalaxy in the southern sky of a typeknown as a fossil group. Astronomersuse this term to emphasize the isolatednature of these galaxies. However, arethey like fossils — the last remnants ofa once active community — or is it moresinister than that? Did ESO 306-17gobble up its next-door neighbors?

Gravity brings galaxies together andbigger ones swallow smaller ones. Thereis evidence that our own Milky Waygalaxy has “snacked” on numeroussmaller galaxies that strayed too close.ESO 306-17 and other fossil groups maybe the most extreme examples of galaxycannibalism, ravenous systems that don’tstop until they’ve devoured all of theirneighbors.

Internet

This image from theAdvanced Camera for

Surveys aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space

Telescope highlights thelarge and bright ellipticalgalaxy called ESO 306-17

in the southern sky. INTERNET

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8th Waxing of Tagu 1371 ME Monday, 22 March, 2010

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire ★ VOA, BBC-sowing hatredamong the people

★ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

★ Do not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest

and violence

SPECIAL FEATURES TO HAIL 65TH ANNIVERSARY ARMED FORCES DAY

Article Poem Cartoon

Developing Industrial Sector in the time of the Tatmadaw Government

Always in fore the Four Oaths

* Dedication the Tatmadaw has for nationKeeping in fore the Four Oaths

From subjugation it saved nation

Restoring independence and heading to newera

All nationalities of Myanmar

In oneness they gatheredAnd formed the Tatmadaw

The Tatmadaw has been successfullywarding off all the various types of oppressions,inciting dissensions and imposing sanctions ofcolonialists, fascists, communists and evilpoliticians. At present, the Tatmadaw isgradually developing itself into modernpatriotic armed forces while upholding OurThree Main National Causes.

To build a modern, patrioticTatmadaw

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