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Volume XVII, Number 102 6th Waxing of Wagaung 1371 ME Monday, 27 July, 2009

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PAGES 8+9 SOE MYA KYAW

Noteworthy amounts of rainfall

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting partici-pation in terms of technical know-how andinvestments from sources inside the countryand abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational 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 stand-

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

Nay Pyi Taw (Pyinmana) 0.54 inchNay Pyi Taw (Lewe) 0.08 inchNay Pyi Taw (Tatkon) 0.08 inchGwa 5.94 inchesYe 5.36 inchesYangon (Central) 4.84 inchesYangon (Kaba Aye) 4.80 inchesPathein 4.21 inchesMaubin 4.06 inchesYangon (Mingaladon) 3.38 inchesPutao 3.23 inches

Being agro-basedcountry, Myanmar isbuilding dams andreservoirs, river waterpumping projects andsluice gates foraccelerating thecultivation capabilitywhile reclaiming vacantand virgin lands.

As a result of

Marketable quality paddy strainsused in Bago Township

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing of the Ministry of Defence went on aninspection tour of Pyinyaung Bridge on Meiktila-Taunggyi-Kengtung motor road on 24 July.Officials concerned conduced Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing round the preparations for durability of the

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing inspects progress inextension of Meiktila-Taunggyi road section,

developments of Kalaw and Aungbanbridge and the chosen site for the construction ofthe bridge.

After giving necessary instructions, Lt-Gen MinAung Hlaing looked into progress in extension ofMeiktila-Taunggyi-Kengtung-Tachilek road.

(See page 9)

Article: Win Naing (Kyemon);Photos: Khin Maung Win (Kyemon)

implementing the waterresource uti l izationplans, per-acre yield ofpaddy is increasing yearafter year. In addition tostoring reserved food,the country has surplus

food. Therefore, thecountry becomes paddyexporter.

In order to benefit thefarmers and develop theState economy, MyanmaAgriculture Service is

providing necessaryassistance to the farmersfor enabling them toselect quality paddystrains.

Now is rainyseason. All the farmersare trying hard inploughing and growingmonsoon paddy in time.

(See page 7)

Thriving paddy

plantation seen

on 10-acre

farmlands of

farmer U Myint

Swe in Mayin

Village of Bago

Township.

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It would be better for the UN toassist our country by realizing thereal situation without infringing uponour country’s sovereignty.

Do with consideration and caution

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Monday, 27 July, 2009 * 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 DesirePERSPECTIVES

Inspire people to cultivategreater sense of defendingmotherland

The research papers reading session onMyanmar traditional national culture tookplace at the Ministry of Culture in Nay PyiTaw on 24 July. Research papers are intendedto inspire the people to equip themselvesmore firmly with nationalistic fervour andpatriotic spirit in order that they will come tolove and safeguard own race and preservenational culture through Myanmar cultureand customs more than ever.

The people will have a growing sense ofsafeguarding the independence andsovereignty only if each of them isknowledgeable about the high culturalcivilization and long history of themotherland and values and cherishesnational cultural heritage with pride. That isin the center of uplifting the dynamism ofpatriotic spirit of the entire people.

Research papers on Myanmar traditionalnational culture reflect 12 Myanmartraditional blessing ceremonies, songs aboutMyanmar traditional nat spirits, Myanmartraditional duet dances, and lessons learntfrom Myanmar jataka.

The resource persons, researchers andenthusiasts took part in the preserving andpromoting of Myanmar traditional culturalcharacters with fervour of national duty bygiving advice and making suggestions.

Conducting such prudent research paperreading sessions energizes the people to imbuethemselves from the bottom of their heartswith a spirit of defending the mother countryfor its perpetual existence.

NAY PYI TAW, 25 July—A six-member researchteam comprising staff fromArchaeology, NationalMuseum and LibraryDepartment (North) andHistorical ResearchDepartment conducted the

YANGON, 26 July—The Management CourseNos. 31/32, the AdvancedDomestic Course No. 21and the Clerical CourseNos. 60/61, conducted byEducation and TrainingDepartment under theMinistry of Progress ofBorder Areas and NationalRaces and DevelopmentAffairs, concluded at thecentral training school inDagon Myothit (North)Township on 24 July.

Deputy Director-General Dr Soe Thein ofthe department presentedprizes to the outstandingtrainees in the respectivecourses.A total of 196

Training courses of Education and TrainingDept conclude

trainees fromDevelopment AffairsDepartment the Nay PyiTaw Development AffairsCommittee, the Progressof Border Areas and

National RacesDepartment and theEducation and TrainingDepartment attended thecourses that lasted 12weeks each. After the

ceremony, the deputydirector-general inspectedthe mess hall and thrivingperennial and seasonalcrops plantations of thetraining school.—MNA

Buddhist religious edifice of Pyu culture found inancient Pinle city of Myittha Tsp

research works in ancientPinle city of MyitthaTownship, Kyauksedistrict, Mandalay Divisionfrom 4 June to 8 July.Theycarried out excavation taskat No. 15 mound out of 30mounds. They found a 50

square feet structure ofBuddhist religious edifice.Despite building thestructure with simplearchitectural works, thehigh standard decorationscould be found.

In the excavation task,

the team found some piecesof fire clay, three pieces ofstone beads and a few ironnails Significantly, theworks of structure found atNo. 15 mound are similarto the structure and brickdecorations of Nos 14 and18 mounds in ancientBeikthanoe city, those ofthe structure at Matheekyamound of ancientSrikhestra city and those

of Nos 8 and 14 in ancientPinle city.

The shapes of buildingsare also similar to thestructures of temples inAmaravati andNagajunakunda ancientcities in the southeastern

region of India. Due to thefindings, the research teamconfirmed that the structurethey found is a religiousedifice.

The team plans to conductmore research works to findthe firm historical evidencesby studying the culturalcharacters of ancient Pyucities namely Beikthanoe,Hanlin and Srikhetra.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26July—Chairman ofMandalay CityDevelopment CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen PhoneZaw Han attended thework coordinationmeeting on the FourthMandalay Mayor's CupMen's Futsal Tournament(Open) held at the meetinghall of MCDC on 15July.The mayor spoke on

Deputy Director-General Dr Soe Thein addresses concluding ceremonyof Training Courses of Education and Training Department.—MNA

The structure seen at No 15 mound inancient Pinle city of Myittha Township.—MNA

A few iron nails found at No 15 mound in ancient Pinle city of Myittha Township.— MNA

Stone beads foundat No 15 mound in

ancient Pinle city ofMyittha Township.

MNA

Meeting on holding FutsalTournament coordinated

the occasion.The futsal

tournament will be held inShwemantaung SportsGround in Mandalay on7 August.—MNA

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Hamas rejects Abbas to visit Gaza GAZA, 26 July — Palestinian Islamic Hamas movement strongman in Gaza

Mahmoud al-Zahar on Saturday rejected the visit of western-backed PalestinianPresident Mahmoud Abbas to the Gaza Strip, ruled by the movement since June2007.

“This matter (Abbas’s visit to Gaza) is completely rejected for security con-siderations,” al-Zahar told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in an in-terview on Saturday.Al-Zahar wondered “how could Abu Mazen return (to Gaza)under such security situation? How could he be received? And what effect thisvisit would have on people who have their sons, their homes destroyed or theirsalaries stopped?”

Hamas has been ruling the impoverished coastal enclave since it seized controlof it in mid June 2007, following weeks of street-fighting with Abbas’s securityforces and Fatah party militants. Abbas remained in the West Bank and his forceswere routed.

Asked about Hamas conditions to let Gaza Fatah party members travel to theWest Bank city of Bethlehem to attend the party’s sixth General Assembly, al-Zahar said “Fatah has to pay the invoice for its conference success.”

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A guard

post which

was

damaged

in an

attack in

Khost, east

of Kabul,

Afghani-

stan, on 25

July, 2009.

INTERNET

SEOUL, 26 July—Thedeath toll rose to fiveSunday from an accidentat an elevated railwayconstruction site justnorth of Seoul as one ofthe injured died, officialssaid.

A giant iron girder col-lapsed from the 12-me-tre-high (40-foot-high)railway being built inUijeongbu city, on theoutskirts of Seoul, onSaturday night, immedi-ately killing four work-ers and injuring nine oth-ers.

Wis father saw sickness as‘test of his faith’

Photo illustration ofiron rods at a con-struction site in S

Korea. The death tollrose to five Sunday

from an accident at anelevated railway

construction site justnorth of Seoul as one

of the injured died,officials said.

INTERNET

Number of British troops killedin Afghanistan rises to 20

LONDON, 26 July —The number of British troopskilled in Afghanistan this month rose to 20 after asoldier was killed Saturday in a bomb blast.The Brit-ish Defence Ministry said the soldier was killed inan explosion during a vehicle patrol in centralHelmand Province.

As of now, 189 British soldiers have died, surpass-ing the number killed in Iraq after the 2003 inva-sion. Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth said on Fri-day that Britain will send 125 service personnel toAfghanistan to help sustain the progress of currentoperations.

“Reinforcements are necessary to ensure we canmaintain our operational tempo and consolidate thereal progress we have made,” he said. —Internet

A kid poses for photos in a helicopter during the Civil Aviation Exhibition atthe Santo Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 25 July, 2009. The2nd Civil Aviation Exhibition was held here from 24 to 25 July.—INTERNET

WAUSAU, 26 July—AWisconsin man accusedof killing his daughter bypraying instead of seekinglifesaving medical helpconsidered her illness “atest of his faith,” a prose-cutor told jurors onSaturday.

Dale Neumann, 47, is a“full-Gospel Christian,”who did not know his 11-year-old daughter had dia-betes, his defence attorney

said. There’s also not “ashred of evidence”Neumann knew hisprayers would fail to helphis daughter or cause herdeath, the lawyer said.

Neumann is chargedwith second-degree reck-less homicide in the 2008death of his daughterMadeline Neumann,called Kara by her par-ents. His wife, Leilani,was convicted of the same

charge this spring andfaces up to 25 years inprison when sentencedon 6 Oct.

The girl died from un-diagnosed diabetes on 23March, 2008, surroundedby people praying atthe family’s rural homein Weston in central Wis-consin. Someone called911 when she stoppedbreathing.

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Car bomb attacks kill fivein Falluja, Iraq

FALLUJA, 26 July—Two car bomb attackskilled 5 people and injuredmore than 20 others inFalluja on Saturday, asrenewed violence flaredup in the mid-westernIraqi city.

A truck parked nearthe Iraqi Islamic Partyoffice exploded. Policesay the terror attacktargeted the influentialSunni Arab political party.

Shortly after theoutset of the Iraq War,Falluja was the site ofheavy fighting betweenUS forces and Sunni

militants or Islamist al-Qaeda fighters.

Since last year, theSunni-dominant city andother places in AnbarProvince had beenrelatively quiet after Sunnitribal leaders turnedagainst insurgents, sidingwith US forces. Butviolence appears to haveescalated in the region inrecent weeks.

In the provincialcapital of Ramadi, bombattacks have repeatedlytargeted police officersand administrationofficials.—Internet

One of the nine taken tohospital was declared deadearly Sunday, a Uijeongbucity government spokes-man said.

The steel frame, meas-uring 30 metres long andsix metres wide, fell downfrom concrete pillars onwhich a bridge will be builtfor the 11-kilometre intra-city railway system, hesaid.

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Five killed after girdercollapses in S Korea

Suicide bombers attackAfghanistan

KHOST, 26 July—Theassault in Khost beganwhen at least six Talibanfighters carrying AK-47sand rocket-propelledgrenades stormed thearea around the mainpolice station and anearby government-runbank. All were shot deadbefore they coulddetonate their suicide

vests, the InteriorMinistry said in astatement.

A seventh attackerdetonated a car riggedwith explosives near apolice rapid reactionforce, wounding twopolicemen, the ministrysaid.

Interior Ministryspokesman Zemeri

Bashary said all theattackers were killed,but the DefenceMinistry later said aneighth attacker mayhave escaped. Theministry said nogovernment forces werekilled but 14 peoplewere wounded - 11civilians and threepolice.—Internet

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China posts double-digitgrowth in diamond in H1Ericsson buys Nortel

wireless units for $1.13 bln

E-China: The bicycle kingdomis going electric

Survey shows Indonesians morepositive on financial conditions

File photo shows awoman rides a bicycle

near the electricbicycles and mopedsparking in Shanghai,

China. Industryestimates put the

number of electricbikes and scooters on

the roads at more than65 million.—INTERNET

People visit the rockery of millstones in the Fork Custom Park inDahezhuang Village, Dingcun Town, Dancheng County of central China’s

Henan Province, on 24 July, 2009.—INTERNET

Lots of people visit an livestock and agricultureexhibition in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 25 July,

2009.The 123rd Argentine Rural Society’sPalermo Livestock and Agriculture Exhibitionwas held here recently, attracting thousands of

people to visit. The exhibition will last till4 August.—INTERNET

Via Rail lays off 2,000,service stopped

VANCOUVER, 26 July—Via Rail Canada temporar-ily laid off some 2,000 employees, and rail servicestopped across the country, the railroad said on Satur-day. All the employees had jobs aboard trains and werelaid off after locomotive engineers walked off the job,Malcolm Andrews, a Via Rail spokesman, told CBCNews.

“We have no choice, of course,” Andrews said. “Thelayoffs are a necessary part of an unfortunate processlike this one simply because it’s a process over whichwe don’t have entire control, and there are pretty sig-nificant costs involved in paying salaries of all thosepeople.”

Contract negotiations between the railroad and theTeamsters Canada Rail Conference, which represents340 locomotive engineers and yardmasters, brokedown on Thursday.

The engineers union is seeking higher wages, bet-ter training and scheduling changes that would givethem two straight days off, CBC said.

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STOCKHOLM, 26 July—Swedish wireless equip-ment maker LM Ericssonon Saturday said it hadpenned a deal to buy amajority of Nortel Net-works’ North Americanwireless business for$1.13 billion.

The Stockholm-basedgroup said the purchase ison a cash and debt-freebasis and covers the olderCDMA and newer LTEwireless businesses ofNortel’s Carrier Networksunit.

Nortel on Friday placedits wireless business upfor auction behind closeddoors in New York City,and international tech in-dustry titans submittedtheir best offers for theprized division.

Nortel, a former tele-

communications equip-ment powerhouse, soughtbankruptcy protection inJanuary and the auctionwas planned after thecompany said it plannedto liquidate its business.

The deal is subject toapproval by relevant au-thorities.

Ericsson CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg said in astatement that the acqui-sition would add 2,500employees to his com-pany, of which about 400are focused on LTE re-search and development.

“Acquiring Nortel’sNorth American CDMAbusiness allows us toserve this important re-gion better as we buildrelationships for the fu-ture migration to LTE,” hesaid.—Internet

SHANGHAI, 26 July—It’s a simple pleas-ure, but Xu Beilu savors it daily: glidingpast snarled traffic on her motorized bi-cycle, relaxed and sweat-free alongsidethe pedal-pushing masses. China, theworld’s bicycle kingdom — one for everythree inhabitants — is going electric.

Workers weary of crammed publictransport or pedaling long distances tojobs are upgrading to battery-poweredbikes and scooters. Even some who canafford cars are ditching them for electrictwo-wheelers to avoid traffic jams and ex-pensive gasoline. The bicycle was a vividsymbol of China in more doctrinaire com-munist times, when virtually no oneowned a car. Even now, nearly two dec-ades after the country began its great leapinto capitalism, it still has 430 million bi-cycles by government count, outnumber-ing electric bikes and scooters 7-1.

But production of electric two-wheel-ers has soared from fewer than 200,000eight years ago to 22 million last year,mostly for the domestic market. The in-

dustry estimates about 65 million are onChinese roads. Car sales are also boom-ing but there are still only 24 million forcivilian use, because few of the 1.3 bil-lion population can afford them. Andunlike in many other developing coun-tries, Chinese cities still have plenty ofbicycle lanes, even if some have madeway for cars and buses.—Internet

JAKARTA, 26 July—Compared to people inother areas of Asia, Indo-nesians have more confi-dence in investing theirfunds at home and havemore positive impressionon their financial condi-tions in the future, the re-sult of a survey disclosedhere on Sunday.

The survey, which wascarried out by Sun Finan-cial, an international finan-cial consultant firm, early

this year, showed that 90percent of respondents inIndonesia’s largest busi-ness cities of Jakarta,Medan and Surabaya re-garded their financial con-ditions better than before.

Sixty four percent ofthem were optimistic thattheir financial situationwould be improving nextyear and 84 percent othersexpect improvement

within at least two yearsfrom present time. Indo-nesian respondents werepart of the 7,300 ones sur-veyed in 19 Asian coun-tries and regions includingChina, India, the Philip-pines, Indonesia. The re-spondents were consistedof people with consider-ably high income. Most ofthem were married couplewith children.—Internet

SHANGHAI, 26 July—China bought morediamond from abroadagainst the financialcrisis effect in the first

half of this year, Shang-hai diamond trading ad-ministration office said onSunday.

Between January andJune, China’s foreigntrade in diamondamounted to 692 millionUS dollars, a growth of6.9 percent on the sameperiod of last year.

The total included arecord 300 million USdollars in import value, up12.7 percent.

The office attributedthe fast growth in arrivalsto relatively stable domes-tic economy and continu-ous growth in demand forjewels at home, thoseused for wedding ceremo-nies in particular.

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All items from Xinhua News Agency Security systems being built for world cultural

heritage site in NW China’s Gansu

Mogao Grottoes now has 735 grottoes,ranked as aUNESCO world cultural heritage site in 1987more than 2,000 coloured statues, and 45,000

square meters of frescos.—XINHUA

Qantas flight grounded in Aucklandfollowing malfunction

LANZHOU, 26 July—Aproject is under construc-tion to upgrade securityarrangements for MogaoGrottoes, a world culturalheritage site in Dunhuang

of northwestern China’sGansu Province,Dunhuang Researchinstitute confirmed onSunday.

The project embraces a

visual monitoring and au-dio check system, intru-sion sirens, entrance con-trol system, wired tel-ecommunication system,broadcasting system anda security control centre.

The project is one ofthe four projects underthe Mogao Grottos con-servation programme,which began at the end oflast year as the largest ofits kind in the history ofDunhuang.

Ranked as a UNESCOworld cultural heritagesite in 1987, Mogao Grot-toes now has 735 grot-toes, more than 2,000colored statues, and45,000 square meters offrescos.—Xinhua

Manhunt underway in US, Mexicoafter border agent killed

Somalia, int’l community launchjoint security committee

LOS ANGELES, 26 July—US and Mexican au-thorities on Saturday con-tinued their search for sus-pects along the US-Mexico border after a USBorder Patrol agent waskilled by assailants.

Investigators said evi-dence shows that theshooting confrontation atthe border fence near SanDiego, California, mayhave left at least one ofthe attackers seriouslyinjured. Authorities werechecking hospitals andother medical facilities onboth sides of the border foranyone suspicious of seek-ing treatment, accordingto the FBI office in San

Diego.FBI spokesman Darrell

Foxworth said on Fridaynight that investigatorswere following up on “anumber of leads” in theUnited States and Mexico,but denied reports of anyarrests related to the kill-ing.

US Border Patrol agentRobert Rosas was shot andkilled on Thursday nightwhile tracking a group ofpeople presumed to havecrossed into the country il-legally. Investigators saidthey didn’t know howmany people shot atRosas, or whether theagent was able to returnfire. US Homeland Secu-

rity Secretary JanetNapolitano said she has di-rected the full resources ofthe department to investi-gate the attack and bringthe killer or killers to jus-tice.—Xinhua

WELLINGTON, 26 July—A Boeing 737 passengerplane of the Australian air-lines Qantas, has beengrounded in New Zea-land’s largest city of Auck-land while engineers wereinvestigating what sparkeda malfunction on a flightto Brisbane on Saturday.

The Boeing 737, boundfor Australia, was forced toreturn to Auckland airportwith 91 passengers

onboard after the planestarted to depressurise,Radio New Zealand re-ported on Sunday. Qantassaid the jet lost cabin pres-sure at 25,000 feet, forc-ing the captain to turn theplane around shortly aftertake-off.

The airline was playingdown the incident, sayingthe malfunction was not anemergency.

Qantas said there was

never a threat to passen-gers or the crew becausethe depressurisation wasso small it was not neces-sary to supply oxygenmasks.The plane made itsafely back to Aucklandand the passengers weretransferred to a differentflight.The jet remainedgrounded while Qantasengineers were investigat-ing the cause and makingrepairs.—Xinhua

MOGADISHU, 26 July—The African Union peace-keeping Mission in Soma-lia (AMISOM) togetherwith the UN Political of-fice for Somalia (UNPOS)as well as the Somali gov-ernment on Saturdaylaunched a Joint SecurityCommittee to coordinateefforts in support of theSomali government’s se-curity sector institutions.

The Joint Security Com-mittee (JSC), composed ofthe Somali Ministers of De-

fence, National Security, In-terior, Chief of Staff, PoliceCommissioner and theHead of Intelligence fromthe Somali government sidewhile the international com-munity was represented byAMISOM, UNPOS andthree members from donorcommunity, said a jointcommuniqué issued inMogadishu.

The JSC held, for thefirst time, its maiden meet-ing in the restive Somalicapital, a move described

as important by AMISOMspokesman, Major BarigyeBa-Hoku, “considering thatSomalia, especiallyMogadishu, is considered ano-go-area”. “Senior officials from theUN, EU, AMISOM andother countries like Italyand Sweden deliberatedtoday in Mogadishu onhow to strengthen the So-malia Security Sector,”said spokesman forAMISOM forces inMogadishu.—Xinhua

Russian paratroopers para-chute during the real-com-bat of the “Peace Mission-2009” joint anti-terror mili-tary exercise in Taonan ofnortheast China’s JilinProvince, on 26 July, 2009.More than 100 tanks, self-propelled cannons, as wellas more than 60 aircraft arefighting against “terrorists”

in the 80-minute finalperformance of the five-day exercises. —XINHUA

People watch spring tide of the Qiantang River in Haining, southeast China’sZhejiang Province, on 25 July, 2009. Huge tide of the Qiangtang River

occured here on Saturday. —XINHUA

2,000 people bitten by dogs per dayin Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, 26 July—Two thousand incidents ofdog bites are reported eachday in Sri Lanka, a localEnglish newspaperreported on Sunday.TheSunday Island quotedofficials from the HealthMinistry as saying that 28patients died of rabieswhile 205 others sufferedfrom the disease in the firstsix months of 2009.

Of the 205 patients,

172 had been infectedfrom dog bites while theothers had contracted thedisease from cats, cows,pigs, goats, polecats andfoxes.

The government has tospend 500 million rupees(about 4.31 million USdollars) each year to treatthe victims bitten by dogswith an average of 39,000rupees (about 336.2dollars) per person.

Meanwhile, the govern-ment has allocated 200million rupees ( about 1.74million dollars) to theHealth Ministry’ssterilization programme tocontrol the growth of dogpopulation in Sri Lanka.

The government said20,740 surgical steri-lizations and 13,557chemical sterilizationswere made in the first halfof this year.—Xinhua

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This photo shows amphorae, believedto be of Spanish origin and dating backto the 1st century AD, lie on the seabedoff the coast of Ventotene, a tiny islandpart of an archipelago between Romeand Naples, Italy. Archaeology officialssay they have found five well-preservedRoman shipwrecks off a smallMediterranean island, with their cargoof amphorae, pots and other objectslargely intact. They date from the 1stcentury BC to the 4th century andcarried wine amphorae, kitchen toolsand some metal and glass objects thathave yet to be identified, Italy’s Culture Ministry said.

Five ancient Roman shipwrecks found off Italy coastArchaeologists have found five well-

preserved Roman shipwrecks deep underthe sea off a small Mediterranean island,with their cargo of vases, pots and otherobjects largely intact, official said .

The ships are submerged between100 and 150 meters (about 330 to 490feet) off Ventotene, a tiny island that ispart of an archipelago off Italy’s westcoast between Rome and Naples.

The ships, which date from betweenthe 1st century BC and the 4th century,carried amphorae — vases used forholding wine, olive oil and other products— as well as kitchen tools and metal andglass objects that have yet to be

identified, Italy’s Culture Ministry said.The spot was highly trafficked, and hitby frequent storms and dangerous seacurrents.

The discovery is part of a new driveby archaeological officials to scandeeper levels of the sea and preventlooting of submerged treasures.

An Iranian woman takes a photo-graph of a 1957 Ford skyliner, whichwas made in the US, during the Tehe-ran Classic Car Show 09 at Niavaran palace in northern Teheran.

Bolivian farmworkerkilled by ants

Bolivian police say that a 42-year-oldman who fell asleep under an ant-infestedtree has been killed by insect bites.

Beni city Police Chief RolandoRamos says that farmworker SantiagoOrtiz apparently had been drinkingbefore sitting down beneath a Palo Santotree — a type noted for its aromaticwood and for hosting a particularlyaggressive sort of ant.

Ramos said Tuesday that when policereached the scene, the man was alreadydead, but swarms of ants were stillcrawling across his body.

Japan train workerscheck grins with smile

meter Her uniform looks good, with striped

scarf and blue cap in perfect order, butrailway employee Mitsue Endo has onething to do before she faces the masses— pass the smile test.

Endo, who works at hectic ShinagawaStation in central Tokyo for KeihinExpress Railway Co, sits in front of alaptop computer with a digital cameramounted on top. At first she is a bit grim-faced, and the verdict from thecompany’s smile-rating software isinstant and candid.

“Smile: 0” pops up on the screen.She breaks into a broad grin and the

computer responds cheerfully, givingher a score of 70.

The company has installed the systemto help employees check their smilesbefore heading out to face customers.The test is optional, but at major stationslike Shinagawa, the 250,000 riders whopass through per day can be rushed andagitated, and a happy face can go a longway.

“Smiling helps our interaction withthe passengers. I think the atmospherebecomes more relaxing with a smile,”says Endo, whose job includes helpinglost customers find their way and dealingwith ticketing mishaps.

A view of the Gran TelescopioCanarias, the world’s largest infra-redtelescope taken at the Roque de losMuchachos Observatory in the Ca-nary Island of La Palma. Spain is setto inaugurate a huge telescope on theCanary Islands, billed as the world’sbiggest scope for visible and infraredlight and set to give astronomers a vital tool to map the universe.

MADISON,26July—University of WisconsinHospital staffappropriately handled apatient who died ofCreutzfeldt-Jakob, adeadly brain disease,hospital officials said.

The hospital thisweek notified 53 patientsthey have an extremelylow risk of contractingthe disease, despite beingoperated on withpotentially contaminatedsurgical instruments usedon the patient with thedisease, The WisconsinState Journal reportedSaturday.The woman, inher 50s, died on Tuesdayat the hospital of whatdoctors called “sporadic”C r e u t z f e l d t - J a k o b ,meaning it “came out ofthe blue” with no knowncause, Dr Nasia Safdar, thehospital’s infectiousdisease specialist, said onFriday.

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Hospitaldefends

handling ofbrain case

MEXICO CITY, 26 July —Mexican police say they have captured 11 suspectedmembers of the La Familia cartel and seized a methamphetamine lab in the westernstate of Michoacan.The Public Safety Department says federal police detected thelab allegedly operated by La Familia after a strong chemical smell was reported ina rural area of the state.

The department says the lab produced about 220 pounds (100 kilograms) ofcrystal meth each week.Lab operators packaged the drugs, loaded them into pickuptrucks and sent them to the United States.Police said they seized two rifles in theSaturday raid. The suspects are being held on suspicion of drug offenses.So far thisyear, police say they have seized 40 drug labs operated by the La Familia cartel.

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Mexico police catch 11 cartelsuspects at meth lab

BOGOTA, 26 July —The Colombian military saysat least 16 suspected guerrillas and one soldier havebeen killed in clashes.

Defence Minister Gen Freddy Padilla says troopsfaced off with rebels belonging to the RevolutionaryArmed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in the southerndepartment of Meta.

Padilla says soldiers seized camping equipment,munitions and other items following Friday andSaturday’s clashes.

He added that the suspected rebels answered to No2 FARC commander Jorge Briceno, or “MonoJojoy.”—Internet

Colombian: 16 rebels, 1 soldierkilled in fighting

Police officers escort Jaime Cervantes Alvarez, centre, an allegedmember of the Mexican drug cartel known as ‘La Familia,’ during hispresentation to the media in Mexico City, on 25 July ,2009. Cervantesand other eleven members of La Familia were arrested during an anti-

drug operation in Michoacan.—INTERNET

Minister’s official carstolen in Spain

BERLIN, 26 July —Thieves have stolen GermanHealth Minister Ulla Schmidt’s official limousine fromnear the Spanish town of Alicante while she was onholiday, a ministry spokeswoman said Saturday.“Herchauffeur’s accommodation was broken into and thecar keys were stolen,” said a health ministryspokeswoman.Schmidt, a Social Democrat inconservative Chancellor Angela Merkel’s left-rightcoalition, had been using the black Mercedes for officialappointments including meetings at old peoples’ homes,hospitals and schools, the spokeswoman said.“There isgreat demand for the minister to discuss issues such ashealth care and pensions with Germans there,” said thespokeswoman, adding Schmidt rented a car for herprivate use.Alicante, on the Costa Blanca in south-eastern Spain, is a popular retirement and holidaydestination for Germans.—Internet

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 27 July, 2009 7

Marketable quality paddy strains used in Bago TownshipArticle: Win Naing (Kyemon); Photos: Khin Maung Win (Kyemon)

(from page 1)While in Bago, the

news crew of the KyemonDaily observedcultivation of monsoonpaddy of Bago Township.First, we met TownshipManager U Yin Tun ofMAS and enquired theassistance of the servicefor the farmers to growquality paddy strains.

The manager said,“MAS manages todistribute the qualitypaddy strains to meet theper acre yield of 100baskets of paddy.Moreover, the serviceorganizes the farmers toapply correct cultivationmethods. As theSoutheast Asiancountries focus oncultivation of paddy, theInternational RiceResearch Institute basedin the Philippinesdistributes quality paddy

Paddy transplanters working at farmlands.

U Yin Tun, TownshipManager of MyanmaAgriculture Service.

U Kyaw Thura,Secretary of Bago

Township Peace andDevelopment Council.

U Myint Swe, farmerof Mayin Village,Bago Township.

A paddy field cultivated applying correctgrowing methods.Farmers ploughing at farmlands beside cultivated farmlands.

strains. These paddystrains were propagatedto the suitable strains forthe country. Next, thequality paddy strains wereselected for the localfarmers. Myanmar usesthe good yield paddystrain, the high yieldpaddy strain and thedomestic paddy strain.

MAS gives educative talkson ground preparations,stirring fertile soil andbroadcasting of fertilizersto the farmer to apply thecorrect cultivationmethods. In harvestingpaddy, the service sharestechniques with thefarmers not to exceed the

harvesting time and tominimize loss andwastage.”

Secretary ofTownship Peace andDevelopment Council UKyaw Thura explained,“The township authoritiesare joining hands with the

agriculture coordinationcommittees to disburseagricultural loans anddistribute fertilizers to thefarmers in time. In theharvesting time, they helpthe respectiveorganizations collect therepayment from thefarmers.”

We proceeded tothe 10-acre monsoonpaddy plantation of farmerU Myint Swe at field No.659/A in Mayin Villageof Bago Township. Thefarmer said, “I own 10acres of monsoon paddyin 100 acres of qualitymonsoon paddy farm. In

early days of the rainyseason, the collectiveploughing ceremony washeld with the use of 20power-tillers. MASdistributes Hsinthwelatpaddy strain to us. Wecultivate paddy plants inthe growing plotsprescribed by MAS.Pesticides were sprayed.The quality paddy strainsfrom these fields weresupplied to the farmersthrough the sales systemor the paddy strainexchange system. Due tousing quality paddystrains, substitutingagricultural equipment inplace of draught cattleand completion ofgrowing monsoon paddy,the farmers achieve highper-acre yield of paddyand earn the increasedincome.”

Applying moderncultivation techniqueswith the use of farmingimplements increases theper-acre yield of paddyand improves the livingstandard of the farmers.Therefore, the farmershave to contribute to theeconomic growth of thecountry by planting thequality paddy strains.

*****Translation: TTAKyemon: 16-7-2009

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Kyaw: : It has been a long time since we last talkedabout international affairs, Grandpa. I amhere to ask you about something I want toknow. These days, I have heard many timesthat some foreign radio stations and someso-called politicians at home are claimingthat Mr Ban Ki-moon’s visit to our countrywas not satisfactory. What is your opinionin that regard?

Soe: : As a matter of fact,if a head of state or aleader of an international organization likeMr Ban Ki-moon wants to visit our country,they have to seek invitation of the hostcountry. After they have received invita-tion, representative persons on both sideshave to coordinate as to schedules and top-ics during the visit. He can visit only afterprearrangements. Regarding prearrange-ments for Mr Ban Ki-moon’s visit, bothsides had already reached a prior agree-ment under which who he could meetand who would not be available. Ban Ki-moon agreed on the prearrangements, sohe visited our country, and he was grantedapproval to hold frank discussions andexchange views with State leaders. Inaddition, the Head of State received himtwo times in honour of his request. Iwould say it was a visit that soundlyproved Myanmar’s hospitality and will-ingness to cooperate with the UN, and itwas a successful visit.

Mya: : Oh, Maung Kyaw, even civilians of ushave to seize up the prevailing rapport withthe hosts when we are on a visit to a house.And hospitality does not mean fulfillingall the wishes of the guests. The hosts’fulfillments and treatment are withintheir reach. But, in that case, they arecriticizing the visit as they viewed.

Kyaw: : They are claiming that the governmentshould have fulfilled Mr Ban Ki-moon’s allwishes and demands because he was report-edly assigned duties by the General Assem-bly to work out the Myanmar issue. Do youthink the UN has the rights to handle ourcountry’s issue so?

Soe: : I should tell you the purposes of the UNfirst before I answer your question. Afterthe World War II, the UN was formed toprevent another world war, for members torefrain from the threat or use of force againstany other State, and to settle their interna-tional disputes by peaceful means and with-out force. That is why the UN Charterstates two purposes that to maintain in-ternational peace and security, and todevelop friendly relations among nationsbased on respect for the principle of equalrights and self-determination of peoples.

Kyaw: : I got it, grandpa. Then, could I ask if he hasthe rights to make such demands.

Soe: : No, he hasn’t. The UN has the right tointervene in such cases that pose threat tointernational peace and security. In the

Do with consideration and cautionSoe Mya Kyaw

UN Charter, a principle says that it isbased on the sovereign equality of all itsmembers, and another principle says,“Nothing contained in the Charter shallauthorize the United Nations to intervenein matters which are essentially withinthe domestic jurisdiction of any State”.So, it makes it clear that no organizationor country has the rights to give directivesor to have a go at the democratizationprocess that is our country’s domesticaffairs. Sorry for my being rude in myspeech, Maung Kyaw. I lost my patiencebecause I have heard so many such awkwardmatters very frequently.

Mya: :Mr Ban Ki-moon said that he made threedemands, and he had to watch and see if theMyanmar government would obey them. Hedid interfere in our country’s internal affairs,then, didn’t he?

Soe: :Here is so, Mya. As a friend, colleague or UNSecretary-General, he can give advice andmake suggestions. Our country will take themas appropriate if they are suitable for ourcountry, circumstances favour, and they donot harm our country’s sovereignty. But, I donot think it is wise if he gives instructions asthough our country is a subordinate countryof his. I am sure a UN Secretary-General likeMr Ban Ki-moon has known that. In this case,I think they must be positive suggestions, andanti-government groups exaggerated his sug-gestions to deceive the people into misunder-standing them.

Kyaw: :It will be nice if it is so. Our country has beencooperating constantly with the UN, hasn’tit? But our country will not accept them ifthey are designed to infringe upon sover-eignty and interfere in the internal affairs ofour country.

Mya: :By the way, some are demanding that theSecurity Council take action against our coun-try. What is your opinion in this regard?

Soe: :I have already said that nothing in the Char-ter is to authorize the United Nations tointervene in matters which are essentiallywithin the domestic jurisdiction of any State.The countries that are interfering in the in-ternal affairs of our country and trying toinstall a particular person as the head of Statewho will dance to their tune know well that.That is why they are trying to submitMyanmar issue to the Security Council withthe accusation that Myanmar issue is posinga threat to regional and international secu-rity and peace.

Mya: :Oh, they are making one-sided accusations!Compare the present situation with that before1988. Far-flung areas where people had to live

in a state of panic have become peaceful.Although they did not say a word about thisin those days, they are now accusing ourcountry of posing a threat to the global peaceeven when we have already achieved peace.I’m getting tired of laughing.

Kyaw: :You are right, Kyee Kyee. Sometimes Iwonder whether the UN has lost its originalaims when we hear that it puts blame only onsmall nations like ours but does not say asingle word about the unilateral invasion ofIraq, and hundreds of deaths of civiliansincluding children due to bombings thereand in Afghanistan.

Soe: :Such incidents would not have happenedif the UN Charter had been respected.The Article 100 of the Charter preciselyprescribes that the Secretary-General andhis staff shall not seek the instructions ofany nation or any government in theplace where they are shouldering theirduties. Member nations shall not try toinfluence the work of the Secretary-Gen-eral and his staff. But actually, you haveheard what the Secretary-General mustdemand and what he must say. And youhave also heard what they are talkingthat it cannot be called a success if thosedemands were not met.

Kyaw: :If so, the UN officials should exactly fol-low the UN Charter. The UN is a reliableorganization for us, isn’t it? Since itsformation, the UN’s duty has been toprevent bullying. Is that so?

Soe: There might be control over the UN in ordernot to exactly follow the Charter. For exam-ple, most of the UN funds for its activitiesare raised by powerful countries. Thosewielding veto power are powerful countries.Even the appointment of Secretary-Generalcan be possible only through the approval ofSecurity Council permanent members.

Mya: :I once happened to read a piece of news inthe newspaper that the US owed over onebillion dollars to the UN funds. Is it really?

Soe: :Absolutely right. It is not that that countryis unable to contribute. Being a powerfulcountry, it might have had a plan to coercethe UN to fulfil its wishes through amicableway and not to oppose it by withholding itsshare of contribution.

Kyaw: :I remember one thing only when you have said.Whenever the UN Security Council discussedmilitary operations and civilian arrests in theGaza Strip and on the west bank of JordanRiver the US turned it down with veto power.

Soe: :Oh, Maung Kyaw! What’s more, the UNSGcould not take any action when the US

(See page 9)

“Nothing contained in the Charter shall authorize theUnited Nations to intervene in matters which are essentiallywithin the domestic jurisdiction of any State.”

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Do with consideration and cautionSoe Mya Kyaw

(from page 8)unilaterally invaded Iraq and tortured hun-dreds of prisoners in Guantanamo Prisonwithout the approval of the UNSC. The UNSecretariat could not do anything.

Kyaw: :I came to clearly understand the visit of MrBan Ki-moon only when you have ex-plained to me. It has been clear to me thatthose who turned a blind eye to those majorissues but said that the SG’s visit to ourcountry which has been making earnestcooperation was a failure are trying to causemisunderstanding among the people.

Soe: :The most important thing for Myanmaris to hold the 2010 election successfullyby maintaining the already-achievedpeace and stability.

It would be better for the UN to

assist our country by realizing the realsituation without infringing upon ourcountry’s sovereignty. But I think therole of the UN would be different if it triedto do its work under others’ pressure not inconformity with the Charter.

Mya: :You must be tired talking. Drink green teaand have roasted dried mutton. MaungKyaw, you’d better explain to your friendswhat your uncle has said. Only then, will thepeople be able to know the road ahead.Otherwise, they will lose their way by am-biguously accepting what others have said.

Kyaw: :Yes, Kyee Kyee. That is why I came hereas I want to explain it again to others. As Ihave known the facts included in the UNCharter, I am in doubt whether Mr Ban Ki-moon’s acts are in conformity with the

Charter. Moreover, are his acts tantamountto interfering in the internal affairs of ourcountry? Does it amount to threateningthe sovereignty? These are the points to beconsidered.

Soe: :Don’t think too much, Maung Kyaw. Theanswer is clear, isn’t it? Anyhow, all thepeople like you and me will have to goforward justifying everything with greatcare.

Kyaw: :Your words are noteworthy. Only if wedo everything with consideration andcaution will our future be bright andthe goal of democracy can be achievedquickly. Thank you, Bagyi and KyeeKyee.

Translation: MS+ST****

Gabani village ofAungban. Afterwards, of-ficials presented reports toLt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing,who then left necessaryinstructions.—MNA

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlainginspects progress…

(from page 1)Accompanied by

Chairman of Shan StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofEastern Command Maj-Gen Yar Pyae and offi-cials, Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing oversaw tasks ofbeautifying Kalaw andthen instructed officials tokeep the town clean andbeautiful possessing thecharacteristics of the town.

Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing and party yester-day met with members ofthe township agricultureand production develop-ment supervisory commit-tee at the office of KalawTownship.

The chairman of

township PDC presentedreports to Lt-Gen MinAung Hlaing on factsabout the township andprogress of agriculturaltasks. Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing gave instructionson measures to be takenfor beefing up productionin the township.

At Aungban ResearchFarm of Agricultural Re-search Department underthe Ministry of Agricul-ture and Irrigation, Lt-GenMin Aung Hlaing in-spected the researchworks.

Next, Lt-Gen MinAung Hlaing went on aninspection tour of mixed-cropping ginger planta-tion in the apple farm near

NAY PYI TAW, 26July—The monsoon tree-planting ceremony 2009of Bago Division was heldin Bago on 18 July morn-ing, attended by Chairmanof Bago Division Peaceand Development Coun-cil Commander of South-

Commander attends tree-plantingceremony in Bago

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—Chairman of Mon StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofSouth-East CommandMaj-Gen Thet NaingWin, accompanied by de-partmental officials, at-tended ceremony of col-lective broadcasting offertilizers for monsoon

ern Command Maj-GenHla Min, departmentalofficials and members ofsocial organizations. Thecommander planted teaksapling. The commanderand officials viewed plant-ing of perennial saplingsby those present.

Next, the commanderattended the opening ofPyinnya Padetha self-re-liant library of DaikUTownship. The com-mander formally openedthe library and lookedaround it.

MNA

South-East Command Commander inspectsregional development tasks in Mawlamyine

paddy at U Raja's farm-land in Ngantae Villageof Mawlamyine on 17July.

The commanderlooked round the cultiva-tion of local farmers andviewed the thriving paddyplantations.

The commander andparty inspected tasks for

construction ofShwehintha and Sein KyeAung Kaung automobilefactories, Power Station(branch), Foundry Shop inMawlamyine IndustrialZone and construction ofNo (1) new two-storeymarket and left necessaryinstructions.

MNA

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing views condition of Pyinyaung Bridge on Meiktila-Taunggyi-KengtungRoad.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25 July—Minister for Industry-1U Aung Thaung lookedinto construction of two-storey school building(Annex) to Minsu VillageBasic Education MiddleSchool yesterday.

The minister and wifeDaw Khin Khin Yi at-tended the 14th prize pres-entation ceremony at thetown hall of TaungthaTownship. The ministerdelivered an address at theceremony.

Next, the minister pre-sented awards for the dis-tinction winning students

Outstanding students of Taungtha awardedfor 2008-09 through MaMaw Po Po Tun and DawKhin Khin Yi for theteachers who turned outoutstanding studentsthrough the headmistressof Taungtha Basic Edu-cation High School.

Then officials pro-vided stipends for theneedy 50 university, col-lege and institute studentsand presented outstand-ing basic education stu-dents. Taungtha Town-ship Education Officer UHtet Cho and an outstand-ing student spoke wordsof thanks.In the evening,

the minister and wife at-tended the 11th prize pres-entation ceremony ofHsimeekan BEHS(Branch) and the ministermade an address at theceremony.

Afterwards, the min-ister awarded the one-dis-tinction winner and DawKhin Khin Yi two out-standing teachers and of-ficials outstanding basiceducation students.

Then the headmas-ter U Myint Swe of theschool spoke words ofthanks.

MNA

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 27 July, 2009

Industry-1 Minister attends opening ceremony of

new school buildingNAY PYI TAW, 26 July

– Minister for Industry-1

U Aung Thaung attended

the opening ceremony of

Pinnyajawta new school

building of Yathit Basic

Education High School

(branch) inTaungtha

Township, Mandalay, on

25 July. A f t e r

education officers and

YANGON, 26 July –

Chairman of Myanmar

Olympic Committee

Course (1/2009) for Sports Coach/Technical Officer concludes

Minister for Sports

Brig-Gen Thura Aye

Myint del ivered an

address at the

conclusion ceremony of

the Course (1/2009) for

Sports Coach/Technical

Officer at Pyidaungsu

Hall of Sports Physical

Education Department

(Yangon) in

Kyaikkansan Grounds

here yesterday.

It was also attended

by Deputy Minister for

Education Brig-Gen Aung

Myo Min and officials,

officials of the Ministry of

Sports, Chairperson of

Central Work Committee

of Myanmar Women’s

Sports Federation and

executives and trainees.

The minister

presented cash awards and

medals to trainees who

stood first, second and third

at the course and

conclusion certificates to

trainees. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26

July—Chairman of

Ayeyawady Division

Peace and Development

Council Commander of

South-West Command

Maj-Gen Kyaw Swe and

Minister for Rail

Transportation Maj-Gen

Aung Min together with

Deputy Minister U Pe

Than inspected the site

chosen for the bridge near

Thongwa creek bridge in

Kyondinegyi village

yesterday morning.

At the briefing hall of

Yangon-Pathein railroad

construction project, the

commander and the

minister heard the reports

on condition of axis for

railroad presented by

Deputy Minister U Pe

Than and gave necessary

instructions.

Next, the commander

and the minister looked

into axis for railroad at

the exit of Dahka to

Pathein.

Afterwards, the

commander and the

Commander, Rail Transportation

Minister inspect axis for Yangon-

Pathein railroad

minister inspected

construction of railway

station in front of

Technological University

(Pathein) and called on

officials to keep Pathein

railway station yard and

platforms clean and

pleasant.

Y a n g o n - P a t h e i n

railroad (Yangon

(Hlinethaya)-Sarmalauk

(Nyaungdon)-Pantanaw-

Einme-Dahka-Pathein) is

103 miles long. Plans are

under way to construct 46-

mile Yangon (Hlinethaya)-

Sarmalauk (Nyaungdon)-

Pantanaw railroad section

and 57-mile Pantanaw-

Pathein section.

At present, searching

the axis for railroad and

survey works are being

carried out.

The rail tracks

between Pathein-

Hinthada and Kyangin are

now substituted with more

reliable rail tracks and

concrete sleepers starting

from Kyangin station.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—A total of

11 acres of poppy plantation was

destroyed near Lahwe Village of

Phekhon Township, Shan State (South),

on 21 July.

So far, a total of 9,719.15 acres of

poppy plantations had been destroyed

in States and Divisions in this poppy

cultivation season.

MNA

YANGON , 24 July –

Police Captain Win Shwe

of Yangon Division

Wireless and Traffic Police

Force and party gave

educative talks on traffic

rules to teachers and

students totaling 415 of

Kyimyindine Township

Basic Education High

School No (1) yesterday.

Similarly, Police Captain

Win Myine and party

disseminated knowledge

Talks on traffic rules given in Kyimyindine

Township BEHSson traffic rules to teachers

and students totaling 210

of Kyimyindine Township

Basic Education High

School No (2).

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July— Meteorology and

Hydrology Department announced today that a

moderate earthquake of intensity 5.0 Richter Scale

with its epicenter outside Myanmar (Andaman Sea)

about 450 miles south of Kaba Aye Seismological

Observatory was recorded at 16 hrs 44 min 15 sec

M.S.T on 26th July, 2009.

MNA

Earthquake Report

YANGON, 26 July—

The board of trustees of

Basic Education High

School (Thuwunna) of

Thingangyun Township

organized educative talks

on school health at Yuzana

hall of the school yesterday

morning.

It was attended by U

Maung Maung Lwin,

Chairman of Township

Education Committee,

Chairman of Township

Talks given, books donated

Peace and Development

Council, headmaster U

Aung Kyaw Mya and

teachers, patron Col Aung

Din (Retd) of school board

of trustees, chairman U

Chit Myo and members,

students and their parents.

Township health

officer Dr Phyu Phyu Soe

and staff officer-1 Daw

Ye Ye Swe gave talks on

prevention and control

measures against new

influenza A (H1N1),

dengue hemorrhagic fever

and cholera with the help

of charts and handouts.

Next, the school board

of trustees continued the

ceremony to provide cash

assistance for education and

donate exercise books and

stationery and it presented

56 students with cash

assistance, exercise books

and stationery.

NLM

Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint addresses the conclusion ceremony of the

Course (1/2009) for sports Coach/ Techanical officer.–MNA

Township health officer Dr Phyu Phyu Soe gives talks on

health care.—NLM

member school board of

trustees formally had

opened the school, the

minister unveiled the

stone plaque of the new

school building and

sprinkled it with scented

water.

The minister

extended greetings and

Head mistress Daw Aye

Htay handed over

documents related to

new school building to

Township education

officer U Tint Cho.

The minister

attended prize awarding

ceremony at Tamitetha

BEHS (branch) and

Zagyan BEHS. He

presented prizes to

outstanding teachers and

students.

The minister

inspected Zagyan station

hospital in Taungtha

Township and attended

opening ceremony of

Tetlan Library of

Khanpinkwe Village in

Taungtha Township.

MNA

Over 9,700 acres of poppy plantations destroyed

in this year’s poppy cultivation season

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Vietnam invests 200 mln USD onCambodian Air, banking

PHNOMPENH, 26July— A signingceremony was held onSunday by Cambodia andVietnam on theestablishment ofCambodian Air Carrierwhich was a joint venturebetween Vietnam Airlineand National CambodiaAir Carrier namelyCambodia Angkor Air.

”Vietnamese side hasinvested 100 million USdollars capital inCambodia Angkor air,”Sok An, deputy primeminister and minister in

charge of the Council ofMinisters, said at thesigning ceremony whichwas presided over byPrime Minister HunSenand visitingVietnamese DeputyPrime Minister TruongVinh Trong, who is alsorepresentative of theprime minister ofVietnam.

”Cambodia will have51 percent share andVietnamese side controls49 percent,” Sok An said,adding that theCambodian new airline

will help to push thetourism sector in theKingdom while the worldhas met with globaleconomic and financialcrisis. The Vietnameseinvestment on CambodiaAngkor Air will beprocessed for30 years,Sok An said.

Meanwhile, Vietnamhas also invested another100 million US dollars toopen the Bank forDevelopment and Inv-estment of VietnamandInsurance sector inCambodia.—Interent

Blood stains the entrance of a currency exchangeshop in central Baghdad where gunmen killed foursecurity guards and wounded five other people in anapparent failed robbery, police said.—INTERNET

Indonesian women walk past by traditional giant puppets called ‘ondel-ondel’during a car free day in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, 26 July, 2009. Jakartagovernment ban cars, buses and motorcycles from the main business districtevery last Sunday of the month to promote clean air in the city of 8.5 million

usually plagued with bumper to bumper traffic.—INTERNET

Gunmen kill 5, wound 12 in Baghdad attackBAGHDAD, 26 July—

Five people were killedSunday in a daylightattack at a popular moneyexchange office, areflection of theincreasing crime in Iraqeven as violence is on thedecline.

The gunmen brokeinto the al-Nibal moneyexchange office indowntown Baghdadshortly before noon,killing three employeesand two customers, saidtwo Iraqi police officials.

They said 12 others,including eight emloyees,

were wou-nded in the attackin Baghdad’s commercialKarradah district.

A witness describeda chaotic scene inside theoffice.—Internet

Suez Canal revenue falls 7.2% in 2008-2009 fiscal yearISMAILIA, Egypt, 26 July—The

revenue of Egypt’s Suez Canal in the2008-2009 fiscal year which ended onJune 30, decreased to 4.74 billion USdollars, down 7.2 percent from a recordhigh of the previous fiscal year, thecanal’s governing body said Sunday.

Chairman of the Ismailia-based SuezCanal Authority Ahmed Ali Fadel madethe announcement at a press conferenceto mark the 53rdanniversary of the SuezCanal’s nationalization.

”The total revenue of the 2008-2009fiscal year fell to 4.74 billion dollars,down 7.2 percent compared with theprevious year,” Fadel said.

Meanwhile, the number of shipspassing through the waterway fell to19,354 in the 2008-2009 fiscal year,down from 21,080 in the 2007-2008fiscal year. Some 811.4 million tons ofgoods passed the canal in the period,down 8.9 percent from 890 million tonsthe previous year.—Internet

A driver of a delman, traditional horse-drawn cart,

waits for customers in Jakarta, Indonesia, on

Sunday, 26 July, 2009.—INTERENT

Wife of Indian PM launches home-made nuclearattack submarine

NEW DELHI, 26 July—Indian Prime MinisterManmohan Singh’s wifeGursharan Kaur launchedon Sunday the country’sfirst indigenouslydesigned and builtnuclear-powered attacksubmarine, INS Arihant,in Visakhapatnam,southern India, said asenior Indian navyofficial.

”It marks a quantumleap in India’s shipbuilding capabilities andlet the country join theelite club which can buildnuclear powered attacksubmarines — the UnitedStates, Russia, China,

France and Britain,” saidthe official on conditionof anonymity.

The submarine washoused in a dry dock,which was flooded withsea water to mark thelaunching ceremony, saidthe official.

The submarine will becommissioned in theIndian Navy as INSArihant, which translatesas “destroyer of enemies”,after extensive outfittingand sea trial, he added.

It is the first of threesuch vessels to be built inthe country.Hitherto,submarines have beenbuilt here under license

from their foreigndesigners, said thereport.—Internet

Motorbike bomb wounds 4Italian soldiers in W Afghanistan

KABUL, 26 July—Four Italian soldiers sustainedinjuries as a roadside bomb planted by insurgentsstruck a military vehicle in Herat province, west ofAfghanistan, a spokesman of the troops Marco Amorilosaid Sunday.

”The explosive device, planted on a motorbike,was detonated by remote control Saturday afternoonwounding four soldiers,” the spokesman told Xinhua.

Meantime, Ikramudin Yawar, the commanderof police in western region, said that one tank wasdamaged in the blast.

Some 2,500 Italian troops have been stationed inwest Afghanistan as part of NATO-led multinationalpeacekeeping force ISAF (International SecurityAssistance Force) in west Afghanistan.—Internet

A baby creeps during

a baby talent show in

Harbin, capital of

northeast China’s

Heilongjiang

Province, on 26 July,

2009.

INTERNET

Indonesia confirms 19 new cases of influenza A/H1N1JAKARTA, 26 July—Indonesia

recorded 19 people newly infected byA/H1N1 influenza virus, putting the totalcases to 362in the country, HealthMinistry said in a statement here onSunday night.

Six of the 19 persons, two foreignersand 17 Indonesian citizens, had historicaljourney to Saudi Arabia, Australia,Japan,Morocco, Netherlands andSingapore, director general of diseasecontrol and environmental health of theministry Tjandra Yoga Aditama said in

the statement."So far, the cumulative of the cases

in Indonesia is 362," he said, adding thatall the 19 people were being treated athospitals.

The disease has spread to nearly ahalf of total 33 province in the country,the ministry said.

According to the World HeathOrganization, more than 700 people diedof the A/H1N1 influenza virus. It alsoreported that the virus spread nearly allcountries in the world.—Internet

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12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 27 July, 2009

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA RUKUN VOY NO (499)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA RUKUNVOY NO (499) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 27.7.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINER LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV VASCO DA GAMA VOY NO (177)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV VASCO DAGAMA VOY NO (177) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 27.7.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S INTERASIA LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KMA III VOY NO ( )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KMA III VOYNO ( ) are here by notified that the vessels will bearriving on 27.7.2009 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of BSW(3) where it will lie at the consign-ee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws andconditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT

MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S KMA SHIPPING CO.,LTD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

LONDON, 26 July—The last surviving Britishsoldier to fight in theWWI Harry Patch died atthe age of 111, BritishMinistry of Defenceannounced on Saturday. Itwas reported that Patchhad been unwell for some

Ferrari’s Massa remains in ICUafter skull operation

BUDAPEST, 26 July —Ferrari driver FelipeMassa underwent skullsurgery and will remainin intensive care forobservation, his F1 teamsaid on Saturday.

Massa crashed intoa tyre wall in secondqualifying after being hiton the helmet by a piece

of flying debris believedto have come from theBrawn GP car of RubensBarrichello. He wasflown to the AEKHospital in Budapestafter being treated at thetrack’s medical centre.

Ferrari said in astatement that Messawas conscious when he

arrived at the hospitaland the outcome of hissurgery was “positive”.“He underwent surgeryto treat these conditions,the outcome of whichwas positive. He willnow remain underobservation in intensivecare,” Ferrari.

Internet

Britain’s last WWI veterandies at 111

This file photo takenon 11 Nov, 2008 shows

the British soldierHarry Patch who

fought in the WWI.Patch died at the ageof 111 on Saturday.

INTERNET

time and passed awaypeacefully at a care home.

His passing comesone week after anothersurvivors of the conflictand the world’s oldestman, Henry Allinghamdied aged 113.

Internet

Quake hitseastern

IndonesiaJAKARTA, 26 July— An

earthquake with magnitudeof 5.2 rocked eastern partsof Indonseia on Sunday, noreport of damage orcasualty, Meteorology andGeophysics Agency saidhere.

The quake struck at10:07 Jakarta time (0307GMT) with epicenter at 1kms northwest Manado ofNorth Sulawesi and at 187kms in depth, the agencysaid.—Internet

Gaza movie house ownerbecomes vegetable vendor

GAZA, 26 July— The57-year-old Gaza vendorAdnan Abu Beid waspreoccupied with showinghis watermelons, onions,fruits and vegetables at hislittle store in Sheja’eyaneighborhood in easternGaza City to attract thepurchasers to buy hismerchandise.

But 20 years ago,

Abu Beid’s customerswere completely different.He used to run al-Nasser,the most famous andbiggest movie house indowntown Gaza city,which had shut down asthe first PalestinianIntifada, or uprising,erupted against Israel inDecember 1987.

Internet

Medical staff lift Ferrari Formula One car driver Felipe Massa of Brazilinto an ambulance after he crashed during the qualification session for

the Hungarian F1 Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit nearBudapeston 25 July, 2009. The Hungarian F1 Grand Prix will take place

on 26 July .—INTERNET

Turkey’s Culture Minister Ertugrul Gunay speaksto journalists beside a well-preserved, long-hiddenmosaic depicting the face of an angel which wasuncovered by restoration workers in the former

Byzantine cathedral of Haghia Sophia in Istanbul,Turkey, on 27 July , 2009.—INTERNET

Angel’s face uncovered atIstanbul’s Haghia Sophia

ANKARA, 26 July —Restoration workers haveuncovered a well-preserved, long-hiddenmosaic face of an angel atthe former Byzantinecathedral of HaghiaSophia in Istanbul, anofficial said on Friday.

The seraphim figure— one of two located onthe side of a dome — hadbeen covered up alongwith the building’s otherChristian mosaics shortlyafter Constantinople —the former name forIstanbul — fell to theOttomans in 1453 and the

cathedral was turned intoa mosque.

The mosaics wereplastered over accordingto Muslim custom thatprohibits therepresentation of humans.

Some of the mosaicswere revealed when thedomed complex wasturned into a museum in1935, but the seraphimhad largely remainedcovered, Ahmet EmreBilgili, who heads cultureand tourism affairs inIstanbul, told TheAssociated Press.

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Caffeine-drinking teenslack sleep

Microchips to trace routeof garbage

Hubble camera trained on Jupiter scar

Succors clear the sap at Xinyongfeng Coal Minein Jixi City of northeastern China’s Heilongjiang

Province, on 25 July, 2009. —INTERNET

CAMBRIDGE, 26 July—US researchers saythey’re tagging trash withmicrochips in hopes offinding better ways ofhandling what we discarddaily.

The so-called “smarttags” tested this month atthe Massachusetts Insti-tute of Technology debutnext month in Seattle,where thousands of vol-unteers will attach thetags to trash and then dis-card the rubbish as theyusually would, The Bos-ton Globe reported Satur-day. Similar projects areplanned for New YorkCity and London, withthe voyage of items to berecorded and available

for viewing on a blog, saidAssaf Biderman, associatedirector of MIT’sSenseable City Labora-tory.

“When you throw some-thing in the trash, most peo-ple think it’s gone. It justdisappears,” Bidermansaid. “What would happenif you knew what happenedto the plastic cup you threwin the garbage three daysearlier?”

Biderman’s lab choseSeattle for the prog-ramme’s prime time debutbecause of that city’s repu-tation for recycling —Seattle recycled half of itsresidential and commer-cial waste last year.

Internet

PHILADELPHIA, 26July—Teenagers whoWeb surf, text messageand consume caffeine atnight are more likely tofall asleep during the day,researchers in Pennsylva-nia said.

Philadelphia’s DrexelCollege of Nursing stud-ied adolescents whoused multiple forms oftechnology late into thenight while drinkingcaffeinated beverages,lead author Dr ChristinaCalamaro said in a releaseon Friday.

Of the 100 studentsages 12 to 18 studied, 66percent had a television intheir bedroom, 30 percenta computer, 90 percent a

cell phone and 79 percentan MP3 digital audioplayer, Calamaro’s teamwrote in the journalPediatrics.

Eighty percent of theteens reported getting lessthan 8 hours of sleep on aschool night, while at least30 percent reported fall-ing asleep at school.Those who fell asleep atschool on average had acaffeine consumption 76-percent higher than thosewho reported stayingawake, she said.

“Even though we knowadolescents are on a dif-ferent time schedule thanadults, we still need to getthem less wired at night,”Calamaro said.—Internet

A member of the jury checks a cat during a two-day international cat exhibi-tion in Prague on 25 July, 2009.—INTERNET

BOULDER, 26 July—The newly repairedHubble Space Telescope issending back “exquisite”pictures of debris from anobject that collided withJupiter, NASA officialssaid.

Scientists interruptedcalibration of Hubble’snew Wide Field Camera 3,installed by astronauts inMay, to photograph thedebris field 360 millionmiles away, said Heidi

Hammel, Hubble’s leadastronomer at the SpaceScience Institute in Boul-der, Colo. Hubble is in or-bit 347 miles above theEarth.

“Hubble’s truly exqui-site imaging capability hasrevealed an astonishingwealth of detail in the im-pact site,” Hammel said ina NASA release Saturday.

While it is possible tophotograph celestial im-ages, the camera’s full po-

tential has yet to be tested,she said.

A comet or asteroid col-lided with Jupiter 19 July,the impact discoveredby Australian amateurastronomer AnthonyWesley. The impact wasthousands of times morepowerful than the sus-pected comet or asteroidthat exploded over the Si-berian Tunguska RiverValley in June 1908,NASA said.—Internet

Animals survive by changing looks 81 new A/H1N1 cases confirmedin Europe

A diver looks at aschool of fish at 19meters depth in the

popular diving coast ofSabang in Puerto

Galera, the northernPhilippines, on 22 July,2009. The Philippines

is blessed with richhalobios diversity. The

archipelago watershosts 330 freshwaterand 2995 marine fishspecies.—INTERNET

OXFORD, 26 July —Animals of the same spe-cies who look differentfrom each other mayhave evolved that way todeter predators, Britishscientists said.

Distinctly differentlooking animals withinthe same species —known as “exuberantpolymorphisms” — canreach double figureswithin a single animalpopulation, biologistGeoff Oxford of the Uni-versity of York said in arelease Thursday.

A prime example is theHawaiian Happy-faceSpider, which varies fromplain yellow to rare typeswith red, black or whitemarks, all of which areinherited, Oxford and histeam wrote in the journalEvolution.

Oxford and his team

suggest the spiderevolved polymorphismsto deter predators by pre-senting them with a largenumber of visually novelfoods. Predators arewary of consumingnovel food, Oxford said.

“A mutant prey indi-vidual that looks differ-ent from its fellows has

a survival advantage be-cause it will be unfamil-iar to predators that willbe reluctant to changetheir diet to accommo-date it,” Oxford said.

Internet

STOCKHOLM, 26July—A Europeanhealth agency said Sat-urday that 81 new A/H1N1 flu cases were re-

ported in Europeancountries within the last24 hours.

Of the new cases, 26were confirmed in Den-

mark, 19 in Romania, 14in Portugal, 11 in Ireland,seven in Malta, four inPoland, the EuropeanCenter for Disease Pre-vention and Control(ECDC) said in its dailysituation report.

The total number ofconfirmed cases of theH1N1 flu virus in the EUand European Free TradeAssociation (EFTA)countries rose to 20,463,with 1,538 cases in Spainand 11,159 in Britain, 628in France and 2,844 inGermany, the ECDC said.

The ECDC publishes adaily situation reportabout the H1N1 flu casesin the EU and EFTAcountries based on offi-cial information fromthese countries.

Internet

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Fergie labels Man City‘arrogant’ and ‘stupid’

Haas eyes treble, Safin closesin on retirement

LOS ANGELES, 26 July—Tommy Haas will bid for aLos Angeles Open title hat-trick from Monday while

Manchester United bossSir Alex Ferguson

Tommy Haas, pictured on1 July, 2009, will bid for aLos Angeles Open title hat-trick from Monday whilesoon-to-retire RussianMarat Safin ticks off an-other tournament box inhis season-long farewell tothe game.—INTERNET

Dufner leads soggyCanadian Open

Jason Dufner, of Auburn, Ala.,watches his drive on the 17th

hole during the continuation ofthe second round of the Cana-

dian Open Golf championship inOakville, Ontario, on 25 July ,

2009.— INTERNET

Kuszczak eyesgoalkeeper’s jersey

Manchester United’sTomasz Kuszczak, seenhere, has his sights set onsucceeding Edwin vander Sar as the club’s first-choice goalkeeper, de-spite competition fromEngland internationalBen Foster.— INTERNET

Real Madrid coach mulls overfinal squad

Real Madrid’sChilean coach

Manuel Pellegrini

Liverpool’s Skrtel, El Zharout for up to a month

Liverpool striker Nabil elZhar is seen here in ac-tion in 2008. —INTERNET

Bolton sign defensive pairBOLTON, 26 July—Premier League side Bolton on

Saturday completed the signings of Aston Villa defenderZat Knight and Hull full-back Sam Ricketts on three-year deals.Centre-back Knight, who has won two Eng-land caps, has struggled for regular first-team footballsince joining Villa in 2007 from Fulham, starting just13 Premier League games last season.

Wales international Ricketts, who can play on theleft or the right of a back four, started 27 Premier Leaguegames in their first top flight season.They are Wander-ers boss Gary Megson’s third and fourth signings of thesummer, with the club having brought in Sean Davisafter his contract at Portsmouth expired and also de-fender Paul Robinson from West Brom.—Internet

Mourinho fires parting shotat Ibrahimovic

ROME, 26 July—Jose Mourinho has fired a partingshot at Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, claiminghe was never loved by the Inter Milan fans.Ibrahimovicis due to wrap up a switch to Barcelona when he agreespersonal terms with the Spaniards, with Cameroonforward Samuel Eto’o heading in the opposite direc-tion.

But Mourinho clearly feels let down by the bigSweden and told Saturday’s Gazzetta dello Sport thatthe club’s fans would have more affection for Eto’o.

“I thought he would stay because only Real Madrid— and they weren’t interested in him — could spendsuch crazy money, but then Barcelona did too,” saidMourinho of the deal which will see the Italians alsonet Belarus winger Alexander Hleb on loan and 50million euros.—Internet

Beckham gets first assist,Galaxy draw Wizards 1-1

KANSAS CITY, 26 July—David Beckham earned hisfirst assist since returning to the Los Angeles Galaxy,setting up Landon Donovan’s first-half equalizer in a1-1 draw with the Kansas City Wizards on Saturdaynight.

The Galaxy (6-3-10) had a four-match winningstreak snapped. Kansas City (5-6-6) is winless overits last three matches and 1-2-4 over the past seven.

Internet

HANGZHOU, 26 July—Manchester United’sTomasz Kuszczak hashis sights set on suc-ceeding Edwin van derSar as the club’s first-

choice goalkeeper, de-spite competition fromEngland internationalBen Foster.

The Polish stopperconceded twice againstFC Seoul on Friday butcould do little about ei-ther goal and overall putin a solid performance.

Kuszczak, who hasmade 37 appearances inthree years for the Eng-lish Premier Leaguechampions, told MUTVhe hopes boss Sir AlexFerguson took note ofthe performance.”I’vebeen trying my hardest toimpress the manager forthree years now and Ihope this year I can im-press him so much thathe gives me more andmore chances to showwhat I can do,” he said.

Internet

HANGZHOU, 26 July—Manchester United bossSir Alex Ferguson has la-belled big-spending Man-chester City a “smallclub” who are “arrogant”and “stupid” as his sideprepare to wrap up theirAsian tour on Sunday.

In an interview withEnglish newspapers dur-ing United’s pre-seasontour, the Scot said it wouldbe tricky for City to breakinto the Premier League’stop four despite their hugesummer spending spree.

And he expressed an-ger at a prominent city-centre billboard in Man-chester that says “Wel-come to Manchester” un-der a sky-blue graphic ofArgentina’s Carlos Tevez,who crossed to United’sbitter rivals this summer.

Internet

OAKVILLE, 26J u l y — J a s o nDufner threat-ened to shoot inthe 50s, then set-tled for a 9-un-der 63. MarkCalcavecchiamade a PGATo u r - r e c o n dnine straightbirdies. Andthere were twomore aces inperfect scoringconditions at therainy Canadian Open. Dufner eagled the par-5 13thto reach 9 under for the round, but played the finalfive holes in even par — birdieing the par-5 16th, drop-ping a stroke on the par-4 17th and saving par on thepar-5 18th after hitting into the water.—Internet

SINGAPORE, 26 July—Liverpool defender Mar-tin Skrtel and striker NabilEl Zhar will be out of ac-tion for three weeks and amonth respectively afterpicking up injuries, theclub said Saturday.Theyboth limped out ofWednesday’s friendlywith Thailand and flewback to England while therest of the squad travelledto Singapore.

Scans conducted Fri-day revealed that Skrtelhas suffered a hamstringstrain while El Zhar sus-tained a medial ligamentsprain to his right knee,Liverpool said on itswebsite.ew signing Glen

Johnson, meanwhile, willnot be available for Sun-day’s match against theSingapore national teamas he recovers from anAchilles injury.

Internet

soon-to-retire RussianMarat Safin ticks off an-other tournament box inhis season-long farewellto the game.

Wimbledon semi-final-ist Haas will have it all toplay for after his solidshowing final four at theAll England club.

The 31-year-old will tryto back up titles here from2004 and 2006 after losingin a first-round shock atUCLA a year ago to Ameri-can Donald Young.Haasrested after Wimbledon andhas had three clear weeksto get ready for the summerhardcourt season.

Internet

MADRID, 26 July—RealMadrid still has still notdetermined what its finalsquad and its starting 11will be for the upcomingseason, new coach ManuelPellegrini said on Saturday.The Spanish giants spentover 200 million euros onnew players in the pre-sea-

son, including CristianoRonaldo, Karim Benzemaand Kaka, and earlier thismonth Pellegrini said hehoped to have the finalsquad ironed out by 27 Julywhen all of the club’s in-ternationals returned fromholidays. “I said that, but Iadded that it was importantnot to make mistakes, thatwe should make the rightdecisions. We’ll waitlonger if we must,” theChilean coach told a newsconference ahead of Real’sfriendly at home Sundayagainst Saudi Arabian sideAl-Ittihad.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudyin lower Sagaing Division, rain have been isolated in Chinand Kayah States, upper Sagaing and Magway Divisions,scattered in Mandalay Division, fairly widespread in KachinState and widespread in the remaining areas with locallyheavyfall in Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions, isolatedheavyfall in Rakhine and Mon States. The noteworthyamounts of rainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw (Pyinmana)(0.54) inch, Nay Pyi Taw (Lewe) and Nay Pyi Taw (Tatkon)(0.08) inch each, Gwa (5.94) inches, Ye (5.36) inches, Yangon(Central) (4.84) inches, Yangon (Kaba-Aye) (4.80) inches,Pathein (4.21) inches, Maubin (4.06) inches, Yangon(Mingaladon) (3.38) inches and Putao (3.23) inches.

Maximum temperature on 25-7-2009 was 85°F.Minimum temperature on 26-7-2009 was 68°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 26-7-2009 was 100%.Total sun shine hours on 25-7-2009 was Nil.

Rainfall on 26-7-2009 was (3.38) inches at Mingaladon,(4.80) inches at Kaba-Aye and (4.84) inches at CentralYangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (63.62) inches atMingaladon, (69.41) inches at Kaba-Aye and (72.24) inchesat Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (15) mph from South at (13:00) hours MST on25-7-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong to vigorous in theAndaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 27th July 2009: Rainwill be isolated to scattered in Shan and Kayah States, lowerSagaing, Magway and Mandalay Divisions, fairlywidespread in Kachin and Chin States, upper SagaingDivision and widespread in the remaining States andDivisions with likelihood of isolated heavyfall in Rakhine,Mon and Kayin States, Ayeyawady, Yangon, Bago andTaninthayi Divisions. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Occasional squalls with rough seaswill be experienced off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surfacewind speed in squalls may reach (45) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation ofstrong monsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for27-7-2009: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for27-7-2009: Some rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for27-7-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain. Degree of certaintyis (60%).

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BEIJING, 26 July—The number of phone usersin China has surpassed one billion by the end ofJune, boosted by the launch of the third-generation(3G) network, statistics from the Ministry ofIndustry and Information Technology (MIIT) hasshown. China added 43.5 million phone usersduring January-June, bringing the total to 1.025billion.

During the period, fixed-line telephone usersdropped by more than 10 million, while mobilephone users jumped by nearly 54 million.

To improve 3G network efficiency, China’s topthree telecommunication operators, China Telecom,China Mobile and China Unicom, invested 80billion yuan so far this year.

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China’s telephone usersexceed one billion

Ai Miyazato of Japan poses with her trophyafter winning the Evian Masters women’s golf

tournament in Evian, eastern France, onSunday, 26 July, 2009.—INTERNET

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

People’s Desire�We favour peace and stability

�We favour development

�We oppose unrest and violence

�Wipe out those inciting unrest and violence

Kengtung Nurses Training School produceshuman resources in health sector

is located near Shan StateGeneral Hospital, twomiles from Kengtung.The training school wasopened on 12 May2001.The training schooladmits the new traineesfor the diploma in nursingcourse once every threeyears and the 18-monthmidwifery course onceevery six months. In 2008-2009 academic year, thetraining courses are beingprovided to 182 trainees.So far, the training schoolhas successfully turned out520 male and femaletrainees.

Translation: TTAKyemon: 16-7-2009

Article: Tin Win Lay(Kyimyindine);

Photo: Htay Aung (Kyemon)

Photo shows two-storey RC building of Kengtung Nurses Training School.With the aim of fully

providing health careservices to the national racesof border regions, Kengtung

Nurses Training Schoolwas built on 26.13 acres of

land near Panahun Villageof Mongzin Village-tract

in Kengtung Township.The two-storey RC building

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—The fourth patient out ofsix found with New Influenza A (H1N1) in Myanmarhas been discharged from the hospital as the patienthas fully recovered from the illness and remainingtwo patients who have been in hospital are also on themend now.

Up to now, the National Health Laboratory hadexamined 98 persons suspected of infected with A(H1N1). Of them only six who were found infectedwith the virus.—MNA

Inbred bumblebees less successful due to ‘inefficient’ males

Two bumblebees. Declining bumblebee populationsare at greater risk of inbreeding, which can trigger a

downward spiral of further decline.

SCIENCE DAILY, 26 July — Declining bumblebeepopulations are at greater risk of inbreeding, whichcan trigger a downward spiral of further decline.Researchers have provided the first proof thatinbreeding reduces colony fitness under naturalconditions by increasing the production ofreproductively inefficient ‘diploid’ males.

The sex of bumblebees is normally determined bythe number of chromosome sets an individual receives.Males, born from unfertilised eggs, are haploid (justone chromosome set), while females receive geneticmaterial from a father and a mother and so are diploid(two sets of chromosomes).—Internet

Fourth patient living withA (H1N1) discharged from hospital

YANGON, 26 July—A a total of 3,017,879 acres

have been put under monsoon paddy in Ayeyawady

Division up to 23 July.

MNA

Over 3 million acres put

under monsoon paddy in

Ayeyawady Division

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