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Volume XIX, Number 32 6th Waning of Kason 1373 ME Monday, 23 May, 2011

* Stability of the State, community peace and tran-quillity, prevalence of law and order

* Strengthening of national solidarity* Building and strengthening of discipline-flourish-

ing democracy system* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the Constitution

Four political objectives* Building of modern industrialized nation through the agricultural devel-

opment, and all-round development of other sectors of the economy* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of technical

know-how and investment from sources inside the country and abroad* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in the hands of

the State and the national peoples

Four economic objectives* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire nation* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and preservation

and safeguarding of cultural heritage and national char-acter

* Flourishing of Union Spirit, the true patriotism* Uplift of health, fitness and education standards of the

entire nation

NAY PYI TAW, 23 May— At the invitation of His Excellency Mr. Hu Jintao, Presidentof the People’s Republic of China, U Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar, will pay a State Visit to the People’s Republic of China in the near future.

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President U Thein Sein to payState Visit to PRC

True patriotism * It is very important for everyone of

the nation regardless of the place helives to have strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true patriot-ism all the nationalities will have tosafeguard.

NAY PYI TAW, 22 May— The third-day session of the National Level Work-shop on Rural Development and Pov-erty Alleviation took place at MyanmarInternational Convention Centre inZabuthiri Township of Nay Pyi TawDistrict at 8 am today.

It was attended by Union Minis-ters, deputy ministers, ministers foreconomic of Regions and States, de-partmental heads, economists, resourcepersons, social organizations andjournalists.

Chairman of Myanmar CentralCooperative Union U Khin Maung Ayepresided over the section 5 of the work-shop (cooperative sector).

Chairman of Mandalay RegionCooperative Syndicate Ltd U SoeMyint Aung submitted the paper onrural development and cooperative,Chairman of Shan State (South andEast) Cooperative Syndicate Ltd UKyaw Mya Khaing on construction of

Third-day session of National Level Workshop onRural Development and Poverty Alleviation held

infrastructure for development ofMyanma cooperatives like world’scooperatives, Chairman of MonetaryCooperative Syndicate Ltd U MyintMaung Tun on seeking capital invest-ment for cooperatives and ManagingDirector U Kyi Tint of Central Coop-erative Union on systematic commenc-ing rural development through coop-erative method.

Four scholars read four papersand those present participated in thediscussions.

(See page 8)

The third-day session of the National Level Workshop on Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation in progress.—MNA

Four social objectives

Spacewalking astronautsencounter bolt trouble

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New fears as whalesreported to havereturned to loch

13 killed in series ofblasts across Iraq

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

People’s DesireMonday, 23 May, 2011

Let’s read to expand ourhorizons

Development of human resources hasbecome an indispensable part of the life of thenation. Today is the Age of Knowledge withsuperiority of knowledge over other fields,and knowledge has been power and economy.

Reading helps broaden our horizons.Literary works written by the learned inpervious periods are still useful to us today.Myanmar people have own literature,language, culture and national character.

It is to keep proportionate improvementof physical infrastructure of the nation andmental development of the people in buildinga modern developed nation. Literature, thelifeblood of a people, can polish the image ofthe nation.

Now, the people have easy access tolibraries across Regions and States designedto provide intellectual nourishment for readers.The number of libraries is on the increasethanks to the establishment of the MyanmarLibraries Foundation. In addition, mediacorners have been set up in Yangon where thepeople can read publications with convenience.A plan has been adopted to erect similarfacilities in other cities.

The government has applied varieties ofapproaches to provide the public with learningopportunities to enrich their lives. Therefore,the entire people, old or young, should dolifelong study to expand their horizons andhelp the nation keep abreast of the internationalcommunity.

NAY PYI TAW, 22May—Chief Minister UNyan Win of Bago Re-

National Sanitation Week (2011)launched in Bago Region

gion yesterday morningattended the ceremony tolaunch Bago Region

National Sanitation Week(2011) at the city hall inBago.

The Chief Minister putAbate and chlorine intowaters of lakes in Bo MinThein Ward and lookedinto fumigation andsanitation at BagoPeople’s Hospital.—MNA

Thabyegon Village-tract Administrator U TheinZaw donated K 3 million for construction of new

building of Pyinnya Yeikmon Library of the villagein Myanaung Township through an official of the

library on 14 May. —TOWNSHIP IPRD

Union Minister for Immigration and Population U Khin Yi addressed coordination meeting onseeking ways to promptly issue citizenship scrutiny cards and household registration held at the

ministry in Nay Pyi Taw on 20 May. (News Reported)—MNA

MCF prepares to conducttrial for Chinlon sport

YANGON, 22 May—Myanmar ChinlonFederation is making preparations for conductingtrials for Myanmar selected Chinlon team that willparticipate in the XXVII SEA Games.

MCF has chosen tentatively selected playersfor two circle Chinlon event.

The federation plans to attract the enthusiastsfrom SEA countries in Myanmar Chinlon event andto preserve Myanmar traditional Chinlon sport fornew generations.—MNA

YANGON, 22 May—The Republic of the Union ofMyanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerceand Industry President U Win Aung received DrGiovanni Capannelli (Principal Economist and SeniorResearch Fellow) of Japan and Mr Jean PierreVerbiest (Principal Consultant ASEAN 2030 Study,ADBI) at his office, here, on 12 May afternoon.

RUMFCCI President meets foreign guestsThey discussed successfully holding 1st Country

Consultation Meeting on Aspirations and Challengesfor ASEAN and the Myanmar Economy in 2030 tobe jointly conducted by RUMFCCI and ADBI,assistance to be provided by ADBI for upliftingcapacity and sending of foreign scholars to meetingsand workshops.—MNA

12th Inter-Region/ State Union Sports Minister Cup’s U-19Men Football Tournament 2011 kicks off

YANGON, 22 May—Opening of 12th Inter-Region/ State UnionSports Minister Cup’s U-19 Men Football Tou-rnament 2011 was held atAungsan Stadium hereyesterday evening. Onbehalf of Union Ministerfor Sports, DeputyMinister U Aye Myint Kyumade an opening speechand opened it. A total of13 teams will compete at

the tournament that willbe held from 21 May to 6June.

After that, the depu-ty minister attended the

prize-awarding ceremo-ny of 6th MyanmarOlympics CommitteeChairman’s Cup MenRound robin Hockey

NAY PYI TAW, 22 May—Chief Minister of KayinState Brig-Gen Zaw Min on 19 May made aninspection tour of new office of Kayin StateWomen’s Affairs Organization and Maternal and

Kayin State Chief Minister views nurturing of saplingsChild Welfare Association, nurturing of 100,000saplings of Kayin State Forest Department nearZwegabin Hall in Hpa-an, Hpa-kat Model Villageand Tayokhla Model Village.—MNA

Tournament, at TheinbyuHockey pitch, andpresented awards.

He encouragedMyanmar selected Wu-sho athletes and shooterswho are undergoingtraining for XXVI SEAGames.—MNA

YANGON, 22 May— Bago RegionWomen’s Affairs Organization held theannual general meeting to adopt futuretasks at Thiri Hantha Hall in Bago on 19May, with an address by Chairperson ofthe Bago Region WAO Daw May Thu.

Bago Region WAO holds Annual General MeetingResponsible persons reported on

accomplishments of the region WAOsand District WAOs. Officials presentedmicro credit disbursed by MyanmarWomen’s Affairs Organization to fourdistrict WAOs.—MNA

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Smoke rises from the Grimsvotn volcano,on 21 May, 2011 in Reykjavik, Iceland.

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Militants storm Afghan gov’tbuilding; five dead

KABUL, 22 May—Gunmen wearing suicide vestsstormed a government building in eastern Afghanistanearly Sunday and engaged in a shootout with Afghansecurity forces who surrounded the compound, officialssaid. At least five people were killed in ongoing fighting.

The attack came a day after a Taleban suicide bomberinfiltrated the capital’s main military hospital and killedat least six Afghan medical students.

In Sunday’s incident, four men armed with assaultrifles and wearing explosives strapped to their bodiesshot their way into a compound that houses the trafficdepartment on the edge of Khost city shortly after dawn,said Gen Raz Mohammad Oryakhail, the armycommander for Khost Province.

They killed a police guard as they entered and thentook over the second floor of the building, from whichthey shot down at police and soldiers outside, he said.

The gunbattle was still going on more than fourhours later, and flames were shooting out of the building,

Iceland closes main airport amidvolcano eruption

REYKJAVIK, (Iceland)22 May—Iceland hasclosed its maininternational airport as avolcanic eruption sendsa plume of ash, smokeand steam 12 miles (20kilometers) into the air.

Airport operatorISAVIA said KeflavikAirport was closed at0830 GMT.

S p o k e s w o m a nHjordis Gudmundsdottirsaid the ash plume wascovering Iceland, but

was not heading towardEurope.

She said the ash wasblowing west towardGreenland instead.

The Grimsvotnvolcano, which liesunder the uninhabitedVatnajokull glacier,began erupting Saturdayfor the first time since2004.

In April 2010, ashfrom the Eyjafjallajokullvolcano was blowntoward Europe. Officialsclosed the continent’s airspace for five days,fearing the ash couldharm jet engines. Some10 million travelers werestranded.

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13 killed in series of blasts across Iraq

Civilians andsecurity forces

personnel gatherat the scene of acar bomb attack

in Baghdad, Iraq,on 22 May, 2011.

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BAGHDAD, 22 May—A rapid-fireseries of explosions in and aroundBaghdad killed 13 people Sunday,including seven people who diedwhen a suicide bomber blew himselfup in a crowd of police officers,officials said.

In total, at least 10 bombsexploded as Iraqis were headed towork in a reminder of the dangersIraq still faces despite a drop inviolence since the height of the war.At least seven of the dead were policeofficers, who often are targeted bymilitants hoping to destabilize the

country.The worst single attack came near

the city of Taji, which is 12 miles (20kilometers) north of Baghdad.

Police officers had gathered aftera roadside bomb targeting a passingAmerican military convoy blew up.When the police arrived on the scene,a suicide bomber walked into thecrowd and blew himself up, policeand hospital officials said.

Five police and two civilians diedand 19 people, including 15policemen, were injured, the officialssaid.—Internet

Afghan National Army soldiers walktowards smoke rising from a fire in agovernment building, where Taleban

militants who have taken over thebuilding are fighting NATO andAfghan forces, in Khost Province

22 May, 2011.—INTERNET

An Iraqi policeman inspects the scene after twoKurdish brothers were killed inside their home inKirkuk. Seven people were killed in attacks in the

disputed northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk onSaturday, police said, just two days after a string of

anti-police attacks in the region killed 29.—INTERNET

Russian FM sees Russia-NATOmissile project as “test”

MOSCOW, 22 May—The Russia-NATO project to builda joint missile defence system for Europe is a “practicaltest” of cooperation between the two sides, ForeignMinister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday.

He called the project “an absolutely concrete practicaltest” for whether the two sides are capable of building ajoint “undivided” security system for the Europeancontinent. Meanwhile, Lavrov noted that negotiationswith the United States and NATO were proceedingslowly. “We are convinced that we should have startedwith coordinating a joint concept and joint architecture ofa future European missile defence system.

The process is moving ahead, although slowly,”Lavrov said at a press conference in Russia’s westmostregion Kaliningrad after meeting with Polish and Germancolleagues.

Russia and NATO agreed to cooperate on the so-called Euro missile shield during the Russia-NATOCouncil summit in Lisbon in November 2010.

NATO insists there should be two independentsystems that exchange information, while Russia favorsa joint system with full-scale interoperability and demandsNATO to guarantee that the system would not be aimedagainst Russian targets. —Internet

Storms clouds pass behind Buck Creek Schoolnear Lawrence, Kan, on 21 May, 2011.

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said provincial Police Chief Gen AbdulHakim Ishaqzai.

At least two more police were killed,he said. Ishaqzai said security officialsbelieved some of the attackers werealso dead.—Internet

READING, 22 May—A tornado swept througha small eastern Kansas town, killing one personand destroying at least 20 homes, as severethunderstorms pelted the region with hail thatsome residents said was the size of baseballs,authorities said early Sunday.

A man was pronounced dead shortly afterbeing taken to Newman Regional Hospital inEmporia, about 20 miles from where the tornadohit Saturday night in Reading, hospitalsupervisor Deb Gould said. She said two otherpeople were brought in with injuries but shehad no further details.

“I’m hoping it’s over for us,” she told TheAssociated Press, noting that local authoritieswere still at the scene in Reading, about 50miles south of Topeka. About 200 homes weredamaged in and around the town of about 250people Saturday night, said Kansas Division of

Emergency Management spokeswoman SharonWatson. The local post office and volunteer firedepartment were damaged, and all roads in and outof the town have been closed off.

Rev Lyle Williams, who lives in Emporia and isa pastor for about 10 worshipers at the Reading FirstBaptist Church, said the church suffered extensivedamage.—Internet

Tornado kills man, destroys20 homes in Kan town

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NEW YORK, 22 May—Does Google’s mobile Android2.3 operating system, aka Gingerbread, lie beneath itstablet-only Android 3.0 os, aka Honeycomb?

A modder by the name of Graffix0214 has discovereda way to unlock the Gingerbread user interface on hisDell Streak 7 tablet, which runs Honeycomb, by simplychanging the system’s pixel settings.

Using the app “LCDDensity for Root,” he changedthe LCD pixel density setting from 160 to above 170,then rebooted. The tablet then displayed a Gingerbreadlogin interface. You can revert back to Honeycomb bysimply changing the pixel density back to 160, he said.Check out his demonstration in the video below.

“It’s safe to say that Honeycomb wasn’t built fromthe ground up. Looks like it was taken from Gingerbread,”Graphix0214 concluded.

Perhaps Android 4.0, codenamed “Ice CreamSandwich,” which isn’t expected until the fourth quarter,is already in place. At Mobile World Congress inFebruary, Google CEO Eric Schmidt suggested that IceCream Sandwich will combine elements of Gingerbreadand Honeycomb:

“The two of them – notice that starts with a G and thenext one starts with an H. You can imagine the follow-on will start with an I and it will be named after a dessertand it will combine capabilities of both the G and the Hrelease,” Schmidt said.

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WASHINGTON,22 May—In the surest sign yetthat the Rapture is nigh, or that Apple is revealinga new retail store experience tomorrow, Apple’s“order status” page is under maintenance untilSunday.

When you attempt to check the order statusof your online purchase, you see the followingmessage:

“We are currently updating our systems.Starting Sunday, 22nd May, you can visit onlineOrder Status to make changes to your order,track your shipment and more,” the placeholderreads.

On Thursday, the tenth anniversary of thefirst Apple Store, several publications reportedthat CEO Steve Jobs and industrial designerJonathan Ive were overseeing an online andoffline retail overhaul, dubbed “Apple Store2.0.” Rumored changes include making the stores

Modder discovers Android’s‘Gingerbread’ on his‘Honeycomb’ tablet

Evidence of Rapture or Apple Store 2.0? Apple’s‘order status’ page is down

File photo shows photo provided by IBMshows the IBM computer system known as

Watson at IBM’s TJ Watson research centerin Yorktown Heights, NY Watson, best known

for handily defeating the world’s best‘Jeopardy!’ players on TV earlier this year, is

on a diet of medical textbooks and journalsfor health care. IBM says Watson, with itsability to understand plain language, can

digest questions about a person’s symptomsand medical history and quickly suggest

diagnoses and treatments.—INTERNET

more interactive, replacing paper signage withinteractive iPads, a dedicated iOS app for in-store use, and “Startup Sessions” booths whereApple employees would help customers getstarted with their new Apple products.

Sources also reportedly told AppleInsiderthat Apple is holding mandatory store meetingson Sunday regarding “procedural changes” atthe stores, instead of a new product, as somehoped.

Meanwhile Apple has said it will continue toemphasize locations in China. While Apple hasn’tdisclosed the locations of the next store, thecompany has said it will open 40 more stores bySeptember, 30 of which will be outside of theUS.

For more, see “Apple Stores: The Next 10Years” .

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Galactic ‘fountain of youth’flows in Hubble Photo

NEW YORK, 22 May—A new photo from the HubbleSpace Telescope has revealed what scientists have called averitable galactic “fountain of youth,” one that would turnthe fictional pirate captain Jack Sparrow of the “Pirates of theCaribbean” films green with envy.

Journeying to the mythic Fountain of Youth is Sparrow’sgoal in Disney’s latest installment in the adventure filmfranchise, “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.”But the space fountain spotted by Hubble is no myth.

The new Hubble image shows the galaxy NGC 5775,which is located about 85 million light-years from Earth ina group of galaxies called the Virgo Cluster.

NGC 5775 is a spiral galaxy that is tilted away fromEarth in such a way that only its edge is visible.

This edge-on position of the galaxy has allowedastronomers to spot a vast halo of hot gas around NGC5775, but how the material actually got there is unclear,researchers said.

“Some astronomers think that hot gas from the disc isdriven into the halo by supernova explosions, which is thenreturned to the disc as it cools — like a massive galacticfountain,” according to a Hubble telescope image description.Because of the phenomenon, Hubble researchers dubbed ita “galactic fountain of youth” when they released the imagethis month.

There is also another oddity about the galaxy NGC 5775that has attracted attention from astronomers: a bridge ofhydrogen gas linking the galaxy with a galactic neighborcalled NGC 5774.

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Spacewalking astronauts encounter bolt troubleCAPE CANAVERAL, 22

May—A spacewalkingastronaut ran into troublewhile trying to lubricatea critical joint in the powersystem of theInternational SpaceStation on Sunday, losinga bolt and getting awasher stuck in a crevice.Mission Control toldastronaut Mike Fincke hemight have to settle for a

This imagetaken from

NASA televisionshows

astronautsAndrew

Feustel, top,and Mike

Fincke exitingthe hatch on the

InternationalSpace Station atthe start of the

secondspacewalk early22 May, 2011.

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partial lube job, ratherthan the completegreasing.

“Bummer,” said hisspacewalking partner,Andrew Feustel. Thespacewalk started outwell enough, with Finckeand Feustel topping off aleaky radiator line. Theysuccessfully addedammonia to the spacestation’s coolant system,

after rerouting jumper cables and openingvalves. One line leaks slightly, and theastronauts needed to recharge it.

Ammonia is extremely hazardous, andthe two did their best to avoid contaminatingtheir spacesuits while replenishing thesystem with about 5 pounds of thesubstance.

Fincke moved on preventivemaintenance on the large joint that rotatesthe space station’s solar wings on the leftside. He was removing covers when a boltgot away from him.

He caught it. Butanother bolt ended upfloating away, and awasher got stuckbetween the cover andan attachment.

Mission Controlworried the washermight get in the gearmechanisms of the jointand damage them.Fincke was advised touse “gentle backhandsweeping motions” toget the washer awayfrom the gears, and theastronaut replied hecould try to coax it out.

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Sino-Russian crude oil refinery to startconstruction in north China

TIANJIN, 22 May—The construction of aSino-Russian crude oil refinery is expected tostart in the northern industrial city of Tianjinin the second half of the year, local officialssaid. Oriental Refinery, the joint venture withan investment of 30 billion yuan (4.62 billionUS dollars), was co-funded by PetroChinaCompany Limited and Russia’s Rosneft. It isdesigned to process 13 million tonnes ofcrude oil every year. “The project is a priorityfor construction. We hope it can start operationby 2015,” said Wang Junming, general

manager of the Nangang industrial zonedevelopment firm, where the project is located.

The Sino-Russian refinery is expected togenerate an annual revenue of 60 billion yuanonce operation commences. Wang said theauthorities aim to build a complete industrialchain from oil refining to petrochemicalengineering in the zone.

In Tianjin, Sinopec is operating a 10-million-tonnes/year refinery, which hasethylene production capacity of 1 milliontonnes/year and is building a crude oil storagedepot.—Xinhua

Health Tip: Don’t let the bedbugs biteBedbugs feed on human blood, leaving annoying itchy bites in their wake.

They may hide in places such as in and around the bed, in crevices behindchair and couch cushions, and in the folds of curtains. The US EnvironmentalProtection Agency offers these suggestions to help prevent bedbugs:

* If you’re accepting secondhand furniture, carefully inspect it for bedbugsbefore bringing it home.

* Encase box springs and mattresses in protective covers. Inspect the coversoften to look for holes.

* Clean up clutter in your home to give bedbugs fewer hiding spots.* When coming home from a trip, unpack your suitcase straight into the

washing machine. Also inspect luggage.* When in a hotel, keep suitcases on luggage racks rather than the floor.

Inspect the room for bedbugs, which are brown, oval-shaped, and 1/4 inchto 3/8 inches long.—Internet

Study sees link between psoriasis, obesity in kidsLOS ANGELES, 22

May—The prevalence ofpsoriasis — a chronic,inflammatory disease ofthe skin — is significantlyhigher among over-weight and obese kids,researchers have found.

The Kaiser Perma-nente study, publishedonline in the Journal ofPediatrics, also found thatteens with psoriasis(regardless of their bodyweight) have highercholesterol levels, putting

them at greater risk forheart disease.

“This study suggestsa link between obesity andpsoriasis in children,” thestudy’s lead authorCorinna Koebnick, re-search scientist at theKaiser Permanente Sou-thern California’s Depart-ment of Research & Eva-luation, said in a KaiserPermanente news release.

“But our studyfindings also suggest thatthe higher heart disease

risk for patients withpsoriasis starts inchildhood in the form ofhigher cholesterol levels.

We may need tomonitor youth withpsoriasis more closely forcardiovascular risk factors,especially if they areobese,” Koebnick added.

Using electronichealth records to study710,949 racially andethnically diverse children,the investi-gators foundobese children were

almost 40 percent morelikely to have psoriasisthan normal weightchildren. At even greaterrisk, extremely obesechildren were nearly 80percent more likely tohave psoriasis than normalweight children.

Moreover, it was fourtimes more likely forpsoriasis to be severe ormore widespread in obeseyouth than in normalweight children.

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Two ostrices at afarm in Balgowan,

some 100 kmsnorth of Durban in

June 2010. TheEuropean

Commission hassent animal healthexperts to South

Africa to helpauthorities there

contain an avian fluoutbreak that has

put a halt to ostrichmeat exports.

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French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy attendsa Press Conference in Paris in December 2008

in her role as ambassador to the Global Fund toFight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The

Fund is facing a funding shortfall of more thana billion dollars.—INTERNET

Citizens appreciate the animal head sculpturesof Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, atthe treasure collections exhibition of Poly Arts

Museum, in Wuxi, east China’s JiangsuProvince, 22 May, 2011.—XINHUA

Consumers pick “zongzi”,the typical snack on DragonBoat Festival of a pyramid-shaped dumpling made ofglutinous rice wrapped in

bamboo or reed leaves, at asupermarket in Yinchuan,northwest China’s NingxiaHui Autonomous Region,

22 May, 2011. As theDragon Boat Festival draws

near, all flavours of ricedumplings and materials formaking them are on sale at

supermarkets.XINHUA

CANBERRA, 22 May—One of Australia’s largesthome and business electricity suppliers,TRUenergy, on Sunday warned that householdpower bills will double in six years after a carbonprice is introduced.

According to TRUenergy’s chief executiveRichard McIndoe, a carbon tax of between 22 and28 US dollars a tonne of emissions would notchange industry behavior, but would doubleelectricity bills for households over six years.

He said electricity prices has risen by 40 percentin the past three years.

“A carbon price will add another 330 US dollarsper household on top of that, so for a six-year

period you’re seeing an effective doubling ofelectricity prices per household with no tangiblebenefit,” McIndoe was quoted by ABC TV onSunday.

He also said uncertainty over what the long-term carbon price might be has stalled capitalinvestment in the industry and halted constructionof new power stations, which might lead to powershortage.

Electricity regulator Australian Energy MarketOperator (AEMO) had earlier forecast shortages ofbaseload power for Queensland in 2013 and 2014,with Victoria and New South Wales experiencingshortages in 2015 and 2016.—Xinhua

Carbon tax to double Australians’ power bills in sixyears

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Flooding becomes widespread ineastern Montana

Motorists make

their way

southbound on

US Highway 191

across a tributary

overflowing into

the Gallatin

River, on 21

May, 2011, north

of Big Sky, Mont.

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BILLINGS, 22 May—Flooding in Montanacaused the cancellation ofseveral high schoolgraduations and fishermenwere trapped by washedout roads on Saturday,while swelling rivers ledto voluntary evacuationsin a community nearBillings, meteorologistswith the National WeatherService said.

Much of the easterntwo-thirds of the state isdealing with flood warningsor actual flooding as aslow-moving storm hasdumped rain across theregion for several days, insome areas as much as sixinches since Thursday.

The National WeatherService in Billings pred-icted rainfall would lightenovernight in southeasternMontana.

The stormy weatherbegan to hit the region asthe state braces for morepossible flooding afterharsh winter and latespring snow storms dee-pened mountain snow-pack to levels nearlydouble their averagelevels. “The ironic thing iswe really haven’t begunto bring the snow outabove 8,000 feet ofelevation,” said Billings-based meteorologist JoesLester. “This event is fromrain.”

Flooding has dama-ged several roads, bridgesand culverts and farmfields are being inundatedin southeastern Montana,said James Zabrocki, thedirector of Custer County’sDisaster and EmergencyServices in southeasternMontana.—Internet

TOKYO, 22 May—A total of 250 tons of highlycontaminated radioactive water leaked into the seain earlier May from the No 3 reactor at the FukushimaDaiichi nuclear power plant, the Tokyo ElectricPower Co said Saturday.

The water, leaked from a pit near a seawaterintake of the reactor, contained an estimated 20terabecquerels of radioactive substances, TEPCOwas quoted by Koydo News as saying. The leak isestimated to have lasted for 41 hours from 2 am on10 May through 7 pm on the following day.

The estimated amount of radioactive substancesfrom the plant, crippled by the 11 March earthquakeand ensuing tsunami, is about 100 times the annualallowable limit for release outside the plant, saidTEPCO.

However, the leak just raised the concentrationof radioactive substances within the port of thepower plant, but the level outside the port did notchange significantly, said TEPCO.—Xinhua

250 tons of radioactivewater leaks from nuclearplant into sea early May

Theatre to stage WikiLeaks’ Assange lifestory

Rehearsals are due tostart this week for“Stainless Steel Rat” byaward-winning Melbo-urne playwright RonElisha, which will tell thestory of a director makinga film of Assange’s life.

Key players in theWikileaks drama, includ-ing US President BarackObama and the Swedishwoman who has accusedAssange of sexualmisconduct, will bedepicted, the Sun-Heraldsaid The newspapercalled it the world’s first“wikiplay”, opening inSydney ahead of severalHollywood films whichare reportedly in thepipeline.

Director Wayne Har-

WikiLeaks founderJulian Assange,

pictured, will have hislife story immortalisedin a stage play in his

home country ofAustralia, a report said

Sunday.—INTERNET

SYDNEY, 22 May—WikiLeaks founderJulian Assange will havehis life story immortalisedin a stage play in hishome country ofAustralia, a report saidSunday.

rison said it would be“quirky, funny andcontroversial”.

“This is a compellingstory of an Australianwho is changing theworld right now. It can’twait. It has to be producedas quickly as possible,”he said.

Local actor DarrenWeller will play Assange,head of the whistleblow-ing website that haspublished thousands ofcables in which USdiplomats give their oftencandid views on worldleaders, to Washington’sacute embarrassment.Ithas also leaked countlesssecret documents aboutthe wars in Afghanistanand Iraq.—Internet

Inmates free 15 hostage at Venezuela prisonto investigate their complaints thatseveral inmates had been abused, saidNestor Reverol, a deputy justiceminister. “They’re with us. They’re ingood health,” Reverol said of the 15hostages. The uprising at La Plantaprison began at 5 pm Friday wheninmates clashed with National Guardtroops, whom prisoners accused ofmistreating a group of inmates as theywere being taken to court.

Authorities are investigating thatincident, in which four inmates werehospitalized due to injuries sufferedwhile being taken to the courts,Reverol said. Three of the injuredinmates later were returned to theprison. It was unclear how the injuriesoccurred, and officials did not givedetails.—Internet

Relatives of inmates wait for newsoutside La Planta prison in Caracas,

Venezuela, on 21 May, 2011.INTERNET

Bomb in N Ireland city raises tensionsLONDON, 22 May—A

bomb exploded at a bankin Northern IrelandSaturday but caused noinjuries, one day afterBritain’s QueenElizabeth II ended anhistoric trip across theborder in the IrishRepublic.

The blast in ashopping district ofLondonderry alsocomes ahead of USPresident BarackObama’s visit to Irelandon Monday and amid a

Forenic police officersinspect the scene of a

bomb in Omagh,Northern Ireland inApril 2011. A deviceexploded in NorthernIreland, police said,

adding that the blast in ashopping area of

Londonderry, a cityclose to the border withIreland, had caused no

injuries.—INTERNET

to injure or maiminnocent members of thepublic,” said ChiefInspector John Burrowsof the Police Service ofNorthern Ireland.

The incident comesafter the queen on Fridayended a four-day trip tothe Republic of Irelandaimed at reconciliationfollowing the peaceestablished in NorthernIreland as a result of the1998 Good Fridayaccord.

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recent surge in unrest inBritish-ruled NorthernIreland blamed ondissident republicans.

Police said threemasked men burst intothe branch of Spanish-owned Santander bankwith the bomb and toldcustomers it wouldexplode in one hour.The area was evacuatedbut police said it wasnot a controlledexplosion.

“I have no doubtthat the device was set

CARACAS, 22 May—Inmates at aCaracas prison freed the warden and14 other officers Saturday night afterholding them hostage for more than aday.

The prisoners agreed to releasetheir captives after authorities pledged

Thunderstorms kill 39 in Uttar PradeshNEW DELHI, 22 May—

Thunderstorms killed at least 39people in Uttar Pradesh today evenas the mercury dipped into thecomfort zone following rains in mostparts of North India, including thenational capital, which led to sharpfall in temperatures.

Delhiites woke up to an overcastmorning which soon turned into apleasant one once it started raining ataround 8:30 am in most parts of thecity.

Mercury settled in the capital at

32.4 degree Celsius, seven notchesbelow yesterday’s high of 40 degreeCelsius.

In Uttar Pradesh, eleven people,including four children, were killedin Lakhimpur District in incidents ofhouse collapse and uprooting of treesduring a high-velocity storm whichhit the state this morning, AdditionalDistrict Magistrate Tulsi Ram said.

In Shahjahanpur District, 16people were killed in similar storm-related incidents, ADM RamaShanker Maurya said.—MNA/PTI

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BEIJING, 22 May—Heavy rain is expected tofall on southern Chinaover the next 24 hours,offering relief to thecountry’s drought-hitregions, China’s meteoro-logical authority said onSunday. Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region,Guangdong Province andregions south of theYangtze River will be hitby storm, or evenhailstone, the NationalMeteorological Centresaid in a statement postedon its website.

The drought-hitregions in the middle andlower reaches of theYangtze River will see aprecipitation of 5 to 30mm, the statement said.

Light to moderate rainis forecasted for parts ofXinjiang Uygur Autono-mous Region, InnerMongolia AutonomousRegion, northeast Chinaand most areas south tothe Huaihe River over thenext 24 hours.

Besides, Songda, thisyear’s second tropicalstorm, has formed on thenorthwestern PacificOcean early Sundaymorning. It is expected tomove northwestward at15 km per hour, but it willnot impact the country’ssea areas in the comingthree days, the statementsaid.—Xinhua

Heavy rain topelt south

China overnext 24 hours

Indian drug firms use S Africa to accesscontinent

JOHANNESBURG, 22May—A white SouthAfrican woman runs thelocal operations ofIndia’s largest drugcompany, Ranbaxy, andthe second largest, Cipla,is listed on theJohannesburg StockExchange.

India’s pharmac-eutical industry hasrolled out a strong localpresence in South Africa,cornering a large share

Laboratory researchers are seen at the RanbaxyLaboratories in Mumbai. —INTERNET

of the market and usingthe country as a base togush a flood of cheapgeneric drugs into Africa.Unlike mostmultinational compa-nies, India’s “big three”pharmaceuticals —Ranbaxy, Cipla and DrReddy’s — have care-fully cultivated their localcredentials by bringingSouth Africans into thetop corporate echelons.

Ranbaxy and Cipla

have also won fans byslashing the price of anti-AIDS drugs, savingcountless lives in thecountry with the world’slargest HIV epidemic.

“They’ve been verystrategic in terms of howthey’ve positionedthemselves in SouthAfrica and using SouthAfrica as a launch padinto Africa,” saidAbdullah Verachia, ananalyst at consulting firmFrontier Advisory whohas followed the Indiancompanies’ ascent.

“That reflects one,their understanding ofthe market and two, theircommitment to SouthAfrica. You seldom geta foreign multinationalcompany appointing alocal CEO,” he toldAFP.

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LOS ANGELES, 22 May—The Japan nuclear power disaster caused by earthquakeand tsunami has prompted the United States to further evaluate the risk of usednuclear fuel, and a new plan is expected on the storage, processing and disposalof such nuclear waste, a US expert has said.

Thomas Light, Associate Economist and Professor at Pardee RAND GraduateSchool, told Xinhua in a recent interview that as highlighted by the disaster inJapan, there are natural disaster risks that could be amplified by the presence ofadditional spent fuel, tightly packed into pools.

However, he said that at this point, researchers, power companies andgovernment regulators are still trying to better understand these risks.

He said the US Department of Energy has convened a Blue Ribbon Commissionon America’s Nuclear Future, whose charter is to “conduct a comprehensivereview of policies for managing the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle.”—Xinhua

Visitors view an energy saving car at the openday of Challenge Bibendum 2011 in Berlin on

21 May, 2011. Over 200 energy saving vehiclesfrom dozens of manufacturers attended the

contest which started on Wednesday.—XINHUA

US seeks new plan on used nuclear fuel afterJapan disaster

Tiger bites handler atAustralian theme park

File photo shows aBengal tiger behind barsat a zoo. A Bengal tigerbit one of its handlers at

an Australian theme parkon Sunday, with

paramedics treating theman for five deep

puncture wounds to histhigh and upper calf.

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SYDNEY, 22 May—A Bengal tiger bit one of itshandlers at an Australian theme park on Sunday,with paramedics treating the man for five deeppuncture wounds to his thigh and upper calf.

The animal, named “Kato”, was being led to theTiger World natural habitat at Dreamworld on theGold Coast when he lunged.

Staff at the park, popular with overseas tourists,said it was just “a nip” and the handler should beback at work in a few days.

“The handler’s taken a bit longer than the tigerwould have liked and hasgiven him just a little nipon the thigh,” Dream-world spokeswomanMelinda Lloyd said.

“The tiger’s justnipped, but because ofthe natural bite force of atiger it’s gone throughhis skin and muscle there.

“If the tiger wantedto attack the handler, itwould have been a lotworse. This is just thetiger saying ‘let’s movethings along’.”

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Australia rules out total smoking banSYDNEY, 22 May—

Australia plans theworld’s toughest laws ontobacco promotion butHealth Minister NicolaRoxon denied Sunday thegovernment’s ultimategoal was a complete banon smoking.

Under proposedlegislation, due to takeeffect next year, all logoswill be removed fromcigarette packets, whichmust be a drab olive-green colour and beplastered with graphichealth warnings.

The big tobaccocompanies have vowedto fight the move in thecourts. Anti-smokingadvocates were quoted inthe media Sunday assaying a smoking ban

A man smokes a cigarette in Sydney’s centralbusiness district. Australia plans the world’s

toughest laws on tobacco promotion but HealthMinister Nicola Roxon denied Sunday the

government’s ultimate goal was a complete banon smoking.—INTERNET

WELLINGTON, 22 May—One in every eightwomen giving birth in a New Zealand hospital lastyear was Asian, local media reported Sunday.

In the country’s most populous city, Auckland,5,149 Asian women gave birth, more than doublethe number of 15 years ago, the New ZealandHerald reported.

Last year was the first year in the city whenmore Asian women gave birth than indigenousMaori women, who registered 5,015 births.

Citing figures from the government statisticsagency, Statistics New Zealand, the report said themajority of women nationwide who gave birth lastyear were still of European descent, accounting for43,965 of last year’s 63,897 births.

But more women of other ethnic backgroundswere also becoming mothers, including those fromthe Middle East, Latin America and Africa.

Auckland University head of obstetrics andgynaecology, Professor Lesley McCowan, said theincrease reflected New Zealand is an increasinglymulticultural society.

Xinhua

Asian births on the rise inNew Zealand could be a reality within

10 to 15 years, but Roxonsaid that was not part ofher agenda.

“No, I don’t think itis,” she told the TenNetwork’s “Meet thePress” programme when

asked if a complete banwas where she wasultimately heading.

“I think what is logicalabout it is if tobacco werea brand new producttoday, seeking to comeon to the market, and we

knew about tobacco whatwe know now, it wouldnot be a legal product.

“But the truth is that ithas been a legal productfor many, many years.“We’re trying to makesure that we tackle the lastremaining method thattobacco companies useto market their products.

“We know it issuccessful in marketingtheir products, becausewe know that they aredetermined to stop it andthey are very fearful aboutwhat it will do to theirbusiness.

“We know it affectstheir profits. It means it isgood to reduce thenumber of smokers. Thatis the public health aimwe have.”—Internet

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(from page 1)Scholar Dr U

Myint reviewed the dis-cussions of theworkshop.

Union MinistersU Tin Naing Thein, UKyaw Hsan, U MyintHlaing, U Soe Thein,U Aung Kyi, U WinMyint, Dr Mya Aye andU Ohn Myint and thosepresent madesuggestions on drawingthe Plan of Action. Theworkshop ended in theafternoon.

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T h i r d - d a ysession ofNational LevelWorkshop onRural Develop-ment…

Union Minister U Myint Hlaingmakes suggestions.—MNA

UNI MIISTER

Union Minister U Win Myintmakes suggestions.—MNA

Chairman U Myint Maung Tun ofMonetary Cooperative Syndicate

Ltd.—MNA

Chairman U Soe Myint Aung ofMandalay Region Cooperative

Syndicate Ltd.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 22 May— The National Sani-tation Week 2011 was launched at the hall of ChinState General Hospital in Haka yesterday morning,attended by Chin State Chief Minister U Hong Ngai,Deputy Speaker of Chin State Hluttaw U Ohn Lwinand officials.

Chin State Minister for Social Welfare DrBa Maung made a speech and Head of Chin StateHealth Department Dr Zaw Htay reported on pro-grammes for the national sanitation week 2011.

The Chief Minister and party viewed photosand publications on environmental sanitationdisplayed at the hall.

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Chin State launchesNational Sanitation Week 2011

YANGON, 22 May—Bago Region Maternaland Child Welfare Supervisory Committee held theannual general meeting and adopted future tasks inBago on 19 May.

Chairperson of the Region SupervisoryCommittee Daw May Thu made a speech.

Responsible persons reported the futuretasks.

Chairpersons of District Supervisory Com-mittees reported on their respective sectors andBago Region TB medical officer Dr Myint Hsanon control of TB in the region through GlobalFund. Later, officials presented K 300,000 toBago, Pyay, Toungoo and Thayawady DistrictSupervisory Committees.—MNA

Bago Region MCWSupervisory Committee meets

Yangon MayorYangon Region

Minister for Develop-ment AffairsU Hla Myint

inspected preventativemeasures against

dengue haemorrhagicfever on Insein Streetin west Zegyi ward in

KyimyindineTownship in YangonRegion on 21 May.(News Reported)

YCDC

NAY PYI TAW, 22 May—The 2010-2011 seasonof Barclays Premier League have concluded today,with the title celebration at Old Trafford whererelegated Blackpool was bade farewell by record19th English league champions Machester Uniteddenying twice leaders by visitors.

Alongside the Red Devils, first runners-upChelsea and seond runners-up Manchester Cityqualified for Champions League. Arsenalmaintained fourth place and will have to playChampions League qualifier after a 2-2 draw atCraven Cottage.

Tottenham Hotspurs ensured their chance toplay Europa League next season after defeatingBirmingham at home 2-1, with contendersLiverpool losing their European dream after beingbeaten by Aston Villa 1-0 at Villa Park.

Blackpool and Birmingham joined West HamUnited for the championship next term.

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Premier League 2010-2011season waves goodbye

Aston Villa 1 - 0 LiverpoolBolton W. 0 - 2 Man CityEverton 1 - 0 ChelseaFulham 2 - 2 ArsenalMan Utd 4 - 2 BlackpoolNewcastle Utd 3 - 3 West BromStoke City 0 - 1 WiganTottenham H. 2 - 1 BirminghamWest Ham Utd 0 - 3 SunderlandWolves 2 - 3 Blackburn

United duo clinchBarclays awards

MANCHESTER, 22 May— Manchester United duoSir Alex Ferguson and Nemanja Vidic have beennamed Barclays Manager and Player of the Season.

Manager Sir Alex Ferguson receives the awardafter leading the Red Devils to an unprecedented12th Barclays Premier League winning season,and a record 19th English league title in total.

Central defender Nemanja Vidic has been incommanding form throughout the season and hasfully justified Ferguson’s decision to give him thecaptain’s armband full-time.—Internet

Hart handed Barclays Golden GloveMANCHESTER, 22 May—Manchester City

goalkeeper Joe Hart has been presented with theBarclays Golden Glove Award.

The England shotstopper has taken anunassailable position in the race to win the awardfor keeping the most clean sheets in the 2010/11Barclays Premier League season.

Internet

Manchester United’s players celebrate with theEnglish Premier League trophy following theirEnglish Premier League soccer match againstBlackpool at Old Trafford, northern England,

22 May, 2011.—INTERNET

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

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered* Do not be softened whenever appeased

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Farmlands irrigated at low cost with paddy husk-fired gasifiers in SingaingByline: Myat Soe (Hline); Photos: Yan Naing Win (Hline)

Paddy husk-fired gasifiers.U Po Thee explains use of paddy

husk-fired gasifiers to The Myanma Alin.

Water is pumped with husk-fired gasifiers through leading channel.

Learning that water is pumped for agriculturalpurposes with paddy husk-fired gasifier waterpumps at Shwe Hlan Bo River Water PumpingProject under the Water Resources UtilizationDepartment of the Ministry of Agriculture andIrrigation in Singaing Township, Kyaukse District,Mandalay Region, we visited the project site.

When we got informed that water in the lead-ing canal of Shwe Hlan Bo Lake was being pumped

Union Minister forConstruction

U Khin MaungMyint,

Kachin StateChief Minister U La

John Ngan Saiand

officials walking onthe newly openedNantkhwin Creek

Bridgeon Shwebo-

Myitkyina Roadin Hopin Townshipof Mohnyin District,

Kachin State.(News on page 16)

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project site, we witnessed water was being pumpedwith paddy husk-fired gasifiers at Platform Level(2). Paddy husk was put into the kilns and fired tooperate generators to pump water from the leadingcanal of the lake to support irrigation water to thenearby farmlands through pipelines.

Platform Level (2) is installed with four 100-kilowatt sets, four 20-tuset pumps and 55 inches xfive feet kilns.

The level is as high as 31 feet. Water is pumpedto Platform Level (2) through 20-diameter and 171feet long and 160 feet long pipelines.

It was learnt that the gasifier water pump wasinnovated by a Myanmar technician U Po Thee ofTheikpan Street, Mandalay, and as a child he wascrazy about innovation of machines. He explainedto us the operating process of the pumps heinnovated.

Now, farmlands are irrigated at low cost withpaddy husk-fired gasifiers in Singaing Township.

Translation: MSMyanma Alin: 22-5-2011

to Platform Level (2) with gasifiers at Shwe HlanBo River Water Pumping Station to supply irrigationwater to 3000 acres of farmlands, we took interestin the project, and the news crew members from

the Myanma Alin Daily us made a tour of it there-after.

On our way to the project, I happened to thinkthat it might save fuel greatly. Upon arrival at the

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NEW DELHI, 22 May—The 31-year-old King ofBhuttan, and Oxford-educated bachelor crownedin the remote Himalayan country in 2008, set upanother royal wedding on Friday by announcinghis engagement.

Jame Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck revealedhis intention at the opening session of Parliament,a secretary from the Monistry of Informarion, DashoKinley Dorji, told AFP by telephone from thecapital Thimphu.

“The King presided over the opening ofParliament this morning and during the ceremonyhe announced that he would be getting married inOctober,” Dorji added. Local media named theKing’s fiancee as Jetsun Pema, a commoner.

The announcement sets up another weeding ina year of royal nuptials that has already seenBritain’s Prince William wed Kate Middleton inLondon in an event that captured the world’sattention. In July, Prince Albert II of Monaco is tomarry his swimming champ fiancee, CharleneWittstock. Bhutan, famed for its invention of GrossNational Happiness to measure progress and itscitizen’s well-being, is one of the most remote andreclusive places on Earth, sandwiched betweenIndia and China.—MNA/AFP/CNA

Japan quakereconstruction may cost

up to $184 billion

A fisherman (R) repairs his fishing net, which heretrieved from tsunami debris at a damaged

fishing port by March 11’s magnitude 9.0earthquake and tsunami, in Otsu town in

Kitaibaraki, about 70 km (42 miles) south of thecrippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power

Station, 22 April, 2011.—INTERNET

TOKYO, 22 May—Japanese Economics MinisterKaoru Yosano said on Sunday the governmentmay need to spend 10 trillion yen to 15 trillion yen($184 billion) for reconstruction from the devastatingearthquake that hit the country’s northeast in March.

The government may need to issue bonds tomeet the costs but should not do so without comingup with ways to pay for redemption, Yosano said,signaling that some form of tax hike would beinevitable. “I understand those who say we need toissue bonds for quake (reconstruction). But weshouldn’t borrow recklessly without thinking abouthow to pay the money back,” Yosano told atelevision programme.

“If we were to issue bonds for reconstruction,we need to decide in how many years we would paythe money back and how.

That’s important in maintaining market trust inJapan’s fiscal state,” he said.

Japan is reeling from the triple disaster of anearthquake, tsunami and prolonged nuclear crisis,with the government struggling to find ways to payfor the biggest reconstruction effort since theaftermath of World War Two.

Damage from the quake pushed Japan intorecession with the economy shrinking much morethan expected in the first quarter and set to contractagain in April-June as power shortages and supplychain disruptions hit factory output.

The government earlier this month passedthrough parliament a 4-trillion-yen first extra budgetto meet immediate disaster relief costs.

Reuters

Bhutan’s 31-year-old king tomarry

China, Namibia eye on closer cooperation tostrengthen partnership

WINDHOEK, 22 May—Top Chinese legislatorWu Bangguo on Saturday met with NamibianPresident Hifikepunye Pohamba on advancingthe bilateral cooperation to further develop thepartnership with Namibia. Wu, chairman of theNational People’s Congress (NPC) StandingCommittee, China’s top legislative body,extended Chinese President Hu Jintao’s greetingsto Pohamba and hailed an “all- weather”partnership forged between the two nations.Namibia is one of the youngest states in Africa,which became fully independent in 1990.

Wu reviewed the profound friendshipbetween the two countries, which establisheddiplomatic ties one day after Namibia’s

announcement of its full independence.Wu said the two countries have reaped good

harvests in cooperation in the fields of politics,trade, culture, education, public health and culturein recent years, which has already set a model forcountries engaged in the South-Southcooperation.

He also highlighted the mutual understandingand support on issues concerning each other’score interests, and to bring the bilateral economicand trade cooperation to a new high, Wu putforward a three-point proposal concerning theimportation of the husbandry and aquaticproducts, resource and mining as well as theinfrastructure construction.—Internet

Participants take part in a seven-kilometer race in thesuburbs of Tallinn, Estonia, 21 May, 2011. Some

12,000 women and children participated in the charityactivity to raise money for low-income families.

XINHUA

India tycoon denies attack on ‘lazy’ UK workersNEW DELHI, 22 May—Indian tycoon

Ratan Tata has denied calling his Britishworkers lazy after a London newspaperquoted him attacking them for headinghome early on Friday afternoons.

The Tata Group issued a statement afterthe Times published an interview in whichhe described how “nobody is willing to gothe extra mile” at Jaguar Land Rover orCorus, two British firms which he bought in2008 and 2006.

“Friday, from 3.30 pm, you can’t findanybody in their office,” he told the Times.

The Tata Group, a massive internationalconglomerate, said Ratan Tata had stressedthat he was talking about managementpractices before he took over.

“Mr Tata has always been proud ofwhat these companies’ present managementteams have been able to do following theiracquisition by Tata,” the statement issuedlate on Saturday said.

“The Times... seeks to present thesecomments as being about company

Indian tycoon RatanTata, seen here in

February 2011, hasdenied calling his

British workers lazyafter a London

newspaper quotedhim attacking themfor heading homeearly on Friday

afternoons.INTERNET

managers today, eventhough Mr Tata makesclear in the interview thatnew management atCorus and Jaguar LandRover has eliminatedthose practices.”

It said the news-paper “fundamentallymisrepresents” RatanTata, adding he never

used the word “lazy”during the recordedinterview, which tookplace two months ago.

Tata said on Fridayit would axe up to 1,500jobs at two steel-makingsites in northeasternEngland, blaming weakdemand for its products.

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JUBA, 22 May—Thousands of civilians were fleeingfighting in Sudan’s contested Abyei District on Sunday, asthe southern army admitted northern troops were in fullcontrol of its main town. “The fighting has been very, verybad,” said Philip Aguer, spokesman for the south’s SudanPeople’s Liberation Army. Late on Saturday, northerntroops of the Sudan Armed Forces took the town of Abyei,focal point of deadly tensions between north and south inthe run-up to the planned recognition of southernindependence in late July, Aguer said.

People have fled the area, because the bombardmentwas indiscriminate — bombs from the air and from tankson the ground.

“They came into Abyei with a full division of soldiers,while we did not have a fighting force on the ground.”

Troops loyal to the SPLA have all retreated into thesouth from the disputed district on the border with thenorth, he added.

“We don’t know the exact whereabouts of them now,”Aguer said. “People are missing. They were attacked veryheavily. Aguer said that there was no immediate counter-attack planned.—Internet

Thousands flee as Sudanarmy seizes flashpoint town

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ADDIS ABABA, 22May—The African U-nion (AU) on Saturdayurged India to furtherdiversify its Africa-bound investment byincreasing shares ininfrastructure and ca-pacity building.

In his message to theIndia-Africa TradeMinisters’ Meeting inAddis Ababa, AUCommission Chair-

NAIROBI, 22 May—The livelihoods of over1.6 billion people andmillions of animals dependon forests, but sadly theyare not given the necessarycare, said Nick Nuttall,spokesperson of theUnited Nations Environ-ment Programme (UNEP).

“From whatever angleyou look at it, forests arecentral towards achievinga low carbon, resource effi-cient green economy inthe 21st century,” Nuttalltold Xinhua ahead of theWorld Biodiversity Dayon 22 May. He added thatthe United Nation has de-signated 2011 as Inter-national Year of Forests tocreate awareness and helpprotect forests.

Nuttall said biodi-versity is the buildingblocks of ecosystems,from forests to coral reefs.

The recent work ofThe Economics of Eco-systems and Biodiversity(TEEB) estimates that asmuch as 4.5 trillion USdollars are lost annuallybecause of degradationand damage of naturalassets, a great deal of whichis linked with forests.

Xinhua

JAKARTA, 22 May—Three French navywarships will visitTanjung Priok Port ofIndonesia on 24-28, MaySeputar Indonesia dailyreported on Saturday.The warships includeMistral, an amphibiousassault ship, Georges-Leygues, a destroyer, andfrigate Vendemiaire.

On 25 May, therewill be an exhibition ofFrench defence equip-ment on Mistral openedfor Indonesian militaryand public.

During their journeyfrom France, the shipsjoined several shortoperations such asevacuation in Tunisiaand piracy eradicationoff Somalia.

Xinhua

Japan, China, South Korea holdsummit in Tokyo

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) waves to theguests upon his arrival at a reception dinnerwith Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C)

and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (R)at the State Guesthouse in Tokyo 21 May, 2011.

INTERNET

TOKYO, 22 May—The leaders of China andSouth Korea agreedSunday to bolster effortsto aid Japan’s disasterrecovery as they met withthe Japanese primeminister to smooth overdifferences on Tokyo’shandling of its post-tsunami nuclear crisis.

Prime MinisterNaoto Kan hostedChinese Premier WenJiabao and South KoreanPresident Lee Myung-bak in Sunday’s summit.Japan hoped the meetingwould present a unified

front after Beijing andSeoul criticized itsresponse to the nuclearcrisis, and that it wouldlead to an easing ofrestrictions on the exportof Japanese produce.

On Saturday, thethree leaders met inFukushima todemonstrate their jointdesire for Japan’srecovery from the March11 earthquake andtsunami. The disastersleft more than 24,000people dead or missingand sparked an ongoingcrisis at the Fukushima

Dai-ichi nuclear powerplant.

Kan led a momentof silence for the victims,then thanked China andSouth Korea for theirassistance.

“We are deeplygrateful for the great helpand assistance providedby China and SouthKorea,” he said.

Japan has beenparticularly concernedthat excessive fears overthe contamination ofJapanese produce haveled to unnecessary traderestrictions. China and

South Korea had bothexpressed fears overJapanese imports, andcriticized Japan for

allowing the release ofwater with high radiationlevels into the ocean.

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Three Frenchwarships to

visit Indonesia

Forestscrucial in

developinggreen

economy

A robot for family use shows its skills in a robotcompetition in Hefei, capital of east China’sAnhui Province, on 21 May, 2011. The robotcompetition to last until 22 May has attracted

more than 60 teams from Chinese universities.XINHUA

A feeder nurses a white tiger at a nursery housein the Xixiakou wildlife protection area inWeihai, east China’s Shandong Province,

21 May, 2011. The eight-year-old white tigermother “Lili” gave birth Friday to two white

female tigers and two snowwhite female tigers,belonging to a relatively rare species. These

four tiger cubs now have to get fed from a “dogmother”, because the tiger mother, who has

already given birth to another quadruplets ofthree snowwhite tigers and one white tiger lastSeptember, refuses to feed her kids.—XINHUA

AU urges India to diversify investment inAfrica

person Jean Ping saidIndian investment flowsto Africa should also betargeting sectorsincluding infrastructure,capacity building andpersonnel training apartfrom the naturalresources. The chairmansaid although theircultural and trade linksdate back to long timeago, the level ofcooperation between

India and Africa hasremained low becauseof their geographicaldistance. However, JeanPing said, India andAfrica share the sameaspiration for inclusivedevelopment and theircooperation in trade andeconomy over the pastyears has been a perfectdemonstration of South–South cooperation.

Xinhua

Malay indigenous dancers performduring the Colours of Malaysia 2011held at Dataran Merdeka in Kuala

Lumpur, Malaysia, 21 May, 2011. Theyearly event organized by Malaysia’s

Ministry of Tourism was held tointroduce and promote local tourismproducts and highlight Malaysia as a

tourism destination.—XINHUA

Singapore PM Lee and new Cabinetsworn in

SI N G A P O R E, 22 May—Singa-pore’s new Cabinet has been sworninto office, with Prime Minister LeeHsien Loong pledging that thegovernment will evolve in tandemwith the aspirat ions of a newgeneration of Singaporeans.

Prime Minister Lee said; “Thegovernment cannot stand still. Itmust evolve in tandem with oursociety and our people. That is thebest way for our government toserve and to govern, in accord withthe spirit of the times and theaspirations of our people.”

The new Cabinet was sworn into

office by President S R Nathan onSaturday. The swearing-in ceremonyfor the 15 ministers and 10 ministersof state took place at the Istana, theofficial residence and office of thepresident of Singapore.

The new Cabinet sees a freshinjection of new faces and theretirement of nine ministers includingMinister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew andSenior Minister Goh Chok Tong.

Lee has opted for a smallerCabinet, with only 15 ministers-downfrom the previous 21. The averageage is 53, down from 59.

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Mexico police seize ‘narco-tank’used by drug gang

New fears as whales reported to have returned to loch

The whales had appeared to be moving awayfrom the sea loch.— INTERNET

Boy rescued from Bridlington cliff after dare

A lifeboat found the boy before he was winchedto safety.— INTERNET

Police said the narco-tankhad probably been used in a shoot-out between gangs.— INTERNET

Fight to halt toxic caterpillars

The oak processionarymoth caterpillar was

discovered in Englandin 2006.— INTERNET

US man charged with Chihuahuadeath faces life in jail

MEXICO CITY, 22 May— Police in Mexico saythey have seized a “narco-tank”, a pickup truck fit-ted with steel armour thatis thought to have beenused by a drugs gang.The home-madearmoured vehicle wasfound in the western stateof Jalisco.

It had metal reinforce-ments fitted to its front,and a metal cabin cover-ing the rear platform, pre-sumably to protect pas-sengers from gunfire. The

security forces often com-plain that the drug gangsthey battle are betterarmed and equipped thanthey are. The vehicle wasfound abandoned in a ruralarea of Jalisco, wherecriminal gangs have beenfighting with the securityforces and each other.

Jalisco was the strong-hold of the late drug baronIgnacio “Nacho” Coronel,a top member of the Sinaloacartel. Since he was killedby the security forces in July2010, Jalisco has seen aviolent battle for control ofthe area between membersof the Sinaloa cartel andtheir rivals from the Cartelde Jalisco NuevaGeneracion. — Internet

LONDON, 22 May—Apod of pilot whales arereported to have returnedto a Hebridean sea lochwhere they risk becomingbeached. Conservationistshad thought the 60 whaleshad moved from the shal-low waters of LochCarnan, South Uist, andwere swimming south. ButBritish Divers Marine LifeRescue (BDMLR) latersaid the animals hadheaded back into the loch.

Rescuers also said oneof the whales may nowhave died after an appar-ent sighting of a body inthe water. The animalswere first spotted aroundLoch Carnan on Thurs-day, sparking fears thatthey would die in a massstranding. Some of themhave injuries to theirheads, thought to havebeen sustained while theywere stranded.

BDMLR’s DaveJarvis described the latestdevelopment as disap-pointing. He said: “Un-fortunately the pod of pilot

whales that it was hopedwere moving away fromthe sea loch earlier havenow returned to theiroriginal location.”Personnel were deployedearlier to search for thegroup that it was hoped

were leaving the area, butthey were located not faraway, from a land vantagepoint, by BDMLRoperations managerStephen Marsh andSSPCA senior inspectorCalum Watt.—Internet

LONDON, 22 May—Forthe past two days, TonyKirkham has been spray-ing insecticide on hundredsof oak trees at KewGardens to keep a toxiccaterpillar at bay. The cat-erpillars of the oakprocessionary moth (OPM)damage oak trees byfeeding on their leaves,while its toxin-containinghairs pose health risks topeople.

The moth has taken

hold in five London bor-oughs despite attempts toeradicate it after its arrivalin the UK five years ago.Head of arboretum MrKirkham said the RoyalBotanic Gardens had been“fighting to eradicate it”since three caterpillar nestswere identified at the sitein 2006.

He said the outbreakspread into the famous gar-dens from imported treesused in a housing devel-opment in nearby KewVillage. The south-westLondon gardens originallyfought the problem byremoving caterpillar nestsbut found the insectsreturned every year, andin 2009 about 450European oaks were af-fected.—Internet

LONDON , 22 May — Ateenager had to bewinched to safety by heli-copter after getting stuckas he climbed down 100ftcliffs for a birthday dare,the Coastguard said.

The 14-year-old was40ft from the beach belowwhen he became stuck asthe tide swept in. Hisfriends called the policeto the scene at Sewerby in

Bridlington, North Hum-berside. The RNLIFlamborough Head in-shore lifeboat found theboy before an RAF heli-copter winched him tosafety. Humber Coast-guard Watch Manager

Drew Mahood said: “Weunderstand that the teen-ager had descended thecliff as part of a dare on hisbirthday, but becamestuck when the gravity ofhis situation struck home.”

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SANTA CLARA, 22 May— A man in the US state ofCalifornia faces a possiblelife sentence for allegedlykilling his wife’s Chihua-hua. Bud Wally Ruiz, 53,gave the puppy to his wifeas a Mother’s Day gift, butnow he is charged withanimal cruelty. Ruiz has acriminal history stretchingback 30 years, with fourconvictions for assault witha deadly weapon.

Under California’s“three strikes” law, thecourts are bound to con-sider a 25-year sentence

for criminals convicted ofmultiple violent felonies.However, they do havediscretion to impose alesser sentence if they de-cide the new offence isless serious. —Internet

Gas blast injures 10 miners, traps six others inSW China

CHENGDU, 22 May—Ten miners were injured and six others were trapped after agas explosion occurred early Sunday morning in southwest China’s SichuanProvince, local authorities said. The blast occurred in a coal mine in Rongxian Countyat about 7:30 am, a spokesman from the county’s emergency response office said.

There were 28 miners working underground when the explosion happened,the spokesman said. Rescue operations for the trapped miners are under way. TheSichuan Electric Power Corp has dispatched 95 workers to the mine to carry outrescue operations and ensure a steady supply of electricity to the area.

The condition of the injured miners is not yet known.—Xinhua

NASA wants pics of damagedshuttle tile

A citizen learns to draw the facial makeup ofcharacters in Peking Opera in Guangxi Museum

of Nationalities in Nanning, capital of southChina’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,

on 21 May, 2011.—XINHUA

CAPE CANAVERAL, 22May—NASA says it willknow by Sunday if adamaged heat shield tileon the shuttle Endeavourneeds to be repairedbefore the shuttle headsback to Earth.

Astronauts wereasked to photograph thedamaged area with adigital camera and lasersmounted on the end of arobotically controlledboom, Florida Todayreported Saturday.

Officials don’t thinkthe tile will require repairbut asked for moredetailed informationbefore making adecision.

“This is one that wefeel pretty confident thatwe’re going to be able toclear once we get somehigher-fidelity data,”said LeRoy Cain, head

of the mission management team. NASA said the3-by-2 inch gouge is about 1 inch deep. Officialssaid it might have been caused by a piece of icefalling from the craft about 70 seconds after liftoff.

If the tile needs repair, astronauts could beasked to perform a space walk to apply a coatingover the gouge.—Internet

Space ShuttleEndeavour STS-134

blasts off into the cloudsfrom launch pad 39A atKennedy Space Centeron 16 May, 2011. This

is the 25th and lastflight of the Endeavouras NASA is retiring itsshuttle fleet after 30

years. One more flightof Space Shuttle

Atlantis is schedulednext month.—INTERNET

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News Album

N Zealand set for ‘Wellywood’challenge Hollywood

The New Zealandcapital of Wellington isto have a giant “Welly-wood” sign emblazonedacross a hillside despitecriticism and threats oflegal action for theblatant copy of thefamed Hollywood sym-bol.

Wellywood was firstmooted 15 months ago,prompting HollywoodChamber of Commercechief executive LeronGubler to challenge theidea saying the worldfamous Hollywoodlettering was trademark-ed. “If they do that withthe Wellywood sign thenI would think that would

be a violation of ourtrademark ... I amchecking that with ourattorney,” he said.

But Wellington Air-port announced Satur-day it will erect an eight-by-30 metre (26x100foot) Wellywood sign ona hillside it owns over-looking the city.

Airport chief execu-tive Steve Fitzgerald saidthey wanted to promotethe film industry in thecity which is home toacclaimed director PeterJackson and the Oscar-winning Weta Work-shop which designs andmanufactures movieprops.

Man took beer to ‘score women’Authorities in

Florida said a man whostole an 18-pack of BudLight from a 7-Elevenstore told deputies hetook the beer to helphim get women.

The Martin CountySheriff’s Office said theman, who was accom-panied by two otherswho were uninvolvedwith the theft, took the

beer from the JensenBeach conveniencestore Monday morningand left in a silver DodgeNeon with the othermen, the South FloridaSun-Sentinel reportedFriday.

Deputies said theyfound the men changinga tire on the vehicleabout 3 miles from thestore. They said

Anthony Hernandez,20, admitted stealingthe beer so he could“score some women.”

The sheriff’s officesaid Hernandez, whowas arrested, told themhe did not know thewhereabouts of thepilfered beer.

South Koreandirector Kim Ki-

Duk poses duringthe photocall of

“Arirang”presented in the Un

Certain Regardselection at the 64th

Cannes FilmFestival on

13 May.—INTERNET

South Korea, Germany share keyCannes sidebar prize

CANNES, 22 May—South Korean director Kim Ki-Duk’swrenching cinematic self-portrait and a German drama aboutthe final days of a dying man shared a coveted sidebar prizeat Cannes on Saturday, as the festival cruised toward itsawards climax.

The section’s jury president, Serbian director EmirKusturica, announced the winners for best picture, Kim’s“Arirang” and “Stopped On Track” by Germany’s AndreasDresen, at a glittering ceremony.

The runner-up award went to Russian film-maker AndreyZvyagintsev’s “Elena” about a docile woman in a relationshipwith an colder, wealthier man who learns he does not havelong to live.

“Arirang”, which drew a lengthy standing ovation whenit screened during the 12-day event, is an emotionally raw filmexercise aimed at curing a crippling bout of “director’sblock”.

The picture shows Kim, who won prizes at Venice andBerlin for “3-Iron” and “Samaritan Girl”, living in self-imposed exile and grilling himself on camera about his ownperceived failings as a director and a human being.—Internet

Cruise to star in sci-fi flick ‘Oblivion’

Actor Tom Cruise attendsthe Japanese premiere forthe film “Knight & Day”

in Tokyo, Japan, on28 September, 2010.

INTERNET

HOLLYWOOD, 22 May—Tom Cruise has agreed to star in thenew Universal science fiction movie “Oblivion,” EntertainmentWeekly said Saturday.

Entertainment Weekly said it had confirmed earlier Internetreports that Cruise would play the lead in the small-cast adventureabout a lone soldier stationed on an inhospitable post-apocalypticEarth.

Cruise is currently at work on the musical “Rock of Ages.”“Oblivion” shooting starts in October with “Tron: Legacy”director Joseph Kosinski in charge. Kosinski developed the“Oblivion” story and helped turn it into a graphic novel that willbe released later this year to stir up interest among sci-fi fans.

Internet

Canadiansinger Justin

Bieber attendsthe unveiling of

his newwaxwork at

MadameTussauds inLondon on15 March,

2011.INTERNET

Justin Bieber to launchperfume line

LOS ANGELES, 22 May—Justin Bieberhas placed his imprimatur on a newperfume that will hit US stores nextmonth, his camp said.

The new scent is called “Someday”and is a follow-up to the nail-polish linecalled “One Less Lonely Girl,” whichwas the teenage heartthrob’s successfulinitial venture into cosmetics.

US Magazine said Saturday thatBieber has been calling “Someday” hisway of forging a “deep connection”with his fans.

“Creating a fragrance that Ipersonally love is another way I canbring them closer to my world,” Biebertold Women’s Wear Daily.

New Zealandminister defends

‘dead possum’ hairdo

Photo illustration.

A New Zealand minister has hitout at critics of his “dead possum”haircut, chastising bald-headedjournalists for mocking his manicuredmane.

In a light-hearted video blogposted on YouTube this week,Revenue Minister Peter Dunne saidtoo much attention was paid to hisbouffant hairstyle.

“What’s this thing about my hair?I’m getting a bit fed up with beingdescribed as having a dead possumon top, all sorts of other things likethat,” he said.

“Some people who think it’suntidy, it’s too grey, it’s too coiffured.The only thing that ever goes on this

is a comb and a hairbrush,” he added,waving a comb at the camera.

“And I think it’s really bald-headed men (behind the criticism).”

Dunne, the leader of the UnitedFuture Party, a minority partner in theconservative coalition government,said appearing on one high-profilecurrent affairs show was awkwardbecause the interviewer constantlystared at his hair.

Taking a dig at another TV host,he said “I quite like your plastic hairtoo”.

Gang blindsIndian

woman,accused ofwitchcraft,

with scissorsEleven people

stormed into a house in acentral Indian village andassaulted a woman whomthey accused ofwitchcraft, blinding herand her husband bystabbing them in the eyeswith scissors, police saidon Saturday.

The incident tookplace on Friday in theRaipur District ofChhattisgarh State. Policelater arrested 10 suspects.

A family in Khairavillage had been havingmoney troubles andhealth problems, whichthey blamed on a 45-year-old woman, according toSS Baghel, a local policeofficer. “The accusedblamed the allegedwitchcraft power of thelady for their problemsand raided her house onFriday morning,” Bagheltold Reuters by phone.

“Someday” comes in a heart-shaped bottle andhas a “citrus gourmand” scent. WWD estimatedsales could top $30 million this year based on theperformance of other celebrity branded perfumesand colognes.

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View of the Hollywood sign.

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Answers to yesterday’sCrosswords Puzzle

Edwards rolls to easy win inAll-Star Race

Leipheimer wins 7th stage ofTour of California

Wozniacki beats Peng Shuaifor Brussels Open title

New boxing champ Cleverlystops Kuziemski

Garcia proud as Lille endleague title wait

Schalke rout Duisberg to winGerman Cup

BERLIN, 22 May — Bayern Munich-target ManuelNeuer captained Schalke 04 to their fifth GermanCup title as second-division Duisburg were ham-mered 5-0 in Saturday's final on what may have beenhis last game for the club. The 25-year-old has toldSchalke he will not stay past June 2012 and withBavarian giants Bayern waiting to sign him for areported 25 million euros before next season, Neuerlifted the German Cup at Berlin's Olympic Stadium.

Bayern are in talks with Schalke about signing theGermany goalkeeper and it seems to be a case ofwhen, not if, Neuer will go to Munich.—Internet

Delneri confirms he is leavingJuventus

Carl Edwards celebratesafter winning the

NASCAR Sprint CupSeries All-Star auto racein Concord, NC, on 21May, 2011.—INTERNET

Schalke's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer holds thecup in the air after they won the DFB GermanCup final football match against Duisburg at

the Olmpic stadium in Berlin.— INTERNET

Lille's football club'sFrench coach Rudi Garcia

PARIS, 22 May – Lillecoach Rudi Garcia heraldedhis players and predictedthat they would be "friendsfor life" after they capturedthe French league title witha 2-2 draw at Paris Saint-Germain. Second-placedMarseille's 2-2 draw againstValenciennes renderedLille's result immaterial, butGarcia's side still managedto procure the point theyhad needed prior to kick-offto end a 57-year wait forFrench football's top prize.

It also completed a fa-mous double — the second

in their history — follow-ing last weekend's 1-0 de-feat of PSG in the FrenchCup final. "There is a lot ofpride," said Garcia, whoinvited his entire back-roomstaff to join him at the post-match press conferenceat Parc des Princes.

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Juventus Italian mana-ger Luigi Delneri

ROME, 22 May — LuigiDelneri confirmed on Sat-urday that as expected hewould not be Juventuscoach next season after hefailed to guide them to ei-ther a trophy or barring amiracle a place in Euro-pean competition nextseason.The 60-year-old -who arrived this season af-ter a successful spell withSampdoria where he tookthem to fourth place and aChampions League quali-fier spot last season — islikely to be replaced byformer Juventus playingfavourite Antonio Conte.

"I was informed by theclub on Wednesday thatthere was going to be achange of coach," said

Delneri on the eve of thefinal Serie A clash withNapoli. "I wish whoeverreplaces me the best of luck,I hope for Juventus it is theright choice. "I do not feellike a scapegoat and I leavewith a clear conscience."Juventus are seventh andneed a series of results to goin their favour on Sunday ifthey are to even garner aplace in the Europa Leaguenext season. —Internet

Polish Boxer AleksyKuziemski (L) moves inagainst Nathan Cleverly,during their WBO WorldL igh t -Heavywe igh tChampionship title box-ing fight at the O2 Arena,in London. — INTERNET

LONDON, 22 May —Nathan Cleverly's firstdefence of his WorldBoxing Organization(WBO) light-heavy-weight title has endedwith a fourth round stop-

page win on cuts againstPoland's AleksyKuziemski in London.The Welshman had beendue to face previous title-holder Juergen Braehmerat the O2 Arena. But theGerman pulled out andwas stripped of his title,with Cleverly promotedto champion. The 24-year-old Cleverly wasthen due to face TonyBellow, only for his fel-low British boxer to beruled out after problemsmaking the weight. Even-tually, the Welshmanwas paired against the34-year-old Kuziemski.

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ary celebratory backflip,and he apologized to crewchief Bob Osborne forwrecking the car.

Internet

Chris Horner, left, andteammate Levi Leipheimercross the finish line to-gether during Stage 7 ofthe Tour of California cy-cling race, on 21 May,2011, in San Bernardino,

Calif. — INTERNET

MOUNT BALDY, 22 May— Levi Leipheimerslipped ahead in the finalyards to claim the moun-tainous seventh stage ofthe Tour of California on

Saturday, whileRadioShack teammateChris Horner finished sec-ond just behind and so-lidified his pending over-all race title.

After going to the frontwith Horner with just lessthan two miles left,Leipheimer, the formerthree-time race winner,completed the 75.8-milestage from Claremont toMount Baldy in 3 hours,33 minutes and 1 second.

Horner, who beganday with a 38-secondcushion over Leipheimer,eased at the line and wassecond in the same time.

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Germany claim record fifthtennis World Team Cup

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Caroline Wozniacki (L)of Denmark poses nextto Peng Shuai of China

after winning theirWTA Brussels Open

final match on 21 May,2011.— XINHUA

BRUSSELS, 22 May —Top-ranked CarolineWozniacki overcameChina's Peng Shuai 2-6,6-3, 6-3 to win the Brus-sels Open on Saturday. Itwas Wozniacki's fourthtournament victory thisyear, unmatched on theWTA Tour, and her firstwin on clay, serving as awelcome boost ahead ofthe French Open.

"I feel in good shape. Idon't feel tired at all. I amfull of confidence,"Wozniacki said. Startingsluggish following a toughthree-set win overFrancesca Schiavone lateFriday, the Dane found

her touch and fightingspirit as of the second setagainst the 31st-rankedChinese.Peng, 25, waslooking for her first WTAtour win but is 0-for-4so far.—Xinhua

CONCORD, 22 May —Carl Edwards easilyclaimed the $1 million pay-day on Saturday night witha flawless run in the SprintAll-Star Race.

His only mistake at Char-lotte Motor Speedwaycame after he beat KyleBusch to the checkeredflag. Although it appearedEdwards ran over either amanhole cover or drainagedevice, a collision thatcaused heavy damage tothe front of his RoushFenway Racing Ford, trackofficials said the infield hasonly grass, so it wasn't clearwhat caused all the mishap.

Edwards had a sheep-ish grin as he climbed outhis window for his custom-

BERLIN, 22 May —Victory in the doubleshanded Germany a recordfifth World Team Cup titleon Saturday as the hostssealed a 2-1 win over de-fending champions Ar-gentina in the final inDuesseldorf. Having lostto Juan Ignacio Chela ear-lier in the singles, PhilippKohlschreiber partneredPhilipp Petzschner and en-joyed some revenge as

the pair earned a 6-3, 7-6(7/5) win over Chela andMaximo Gonzalez to winthe title.

Chela had earlier lev-elled the scores in the twosingles matches with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) win overKohlschreiber to make itall square after Germany'sFlorian Mayer had earliersealed a straight-sets 7-6(7/4), 6-0 win over JuanMonaco.—Internet

Germany’s PhilippKohlschreiber celebratesvictory in the doubles ATPTeam World Cup match inthe western German city ofDuesseldorf.— INTERNET

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Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

7:00 am 1. Paritta By

Venerable MungunSayadaw-Uppatasanti Paritta

7:30 am 2. Morning News7:40 am 3. Dhamma Puja

Song

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, Southwest monsoonhas advanced into the Southern Myanmar areas. Weatherhas been partly cloudy in Kayah State, rain orthundershowers have been isolated in Ayeyawady Regionand Shan State, scattered in Mandalay, Magway and BagoRegions, fairly widespread in Yangon and TaninthayiRegions and widespread in the remaining Regions andStates with isolated heavyfall in Mon State. Daytemperatures were (4°C) above May average temperaturesin Ayeyawady Region, (3°C) below May averagetemperatures in Magway Region, (7°C) to (8°C) below Mayaverage temperatures in Upper Sagaing and Kachin Stateand about May average temperature in the remainingRegions and States. The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Nay Pyi Taw(Airport) (1.38) inches, Paung(3.81) inches, Kyaikmaraw (3.14) inches, Kyauktaw (2.68)inches, Mudon (2.28) inches, Thandwe (2.17) inches andAn (2.05) inches.

Nay Pyi TawMaximum temperature on 21-5-2011 was 90°F.

Minimum temperature on 22-5-2011 was 75°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 22-5-2011 was (84%).Rainfall on 22-5-2011 was ( Nil).

Nay Pyi Taw (Airport)Maximum temperature on 21-5-2011 was 88°F.

Minimum temperature on 22-5-2011 was 73°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 22-5-2011 was (84%).Rainfall on 22-5-2011 was (1.38) inches.

Rainfall on 22-5-2011 was (Nil) at Nay Pyi Taw,(0.08) inch at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) and (Tr) at Mandalay.Total rainfall since 1-1-2011 was (11.78) inches at NayPyi Taw, (18.04) inches at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) and (8.78)inches at Mandalay. Maximum wind speed at Nay Pyi Tawwas (6) mph from Southeast at (09:30) hours MST on22-5-2011.

Bay Inference: Monsoon is moderate in the AndamanSea and Southeast Bay, weather is partly cloudy in the EastCentral and North Bay and partly cloudy elsewhere in theBay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 23rd May2011: Rain or thundershowers will be isolated to scatteredin Lower Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway Regions, Shanand Kayah States, fairly widespread in Upper Sagaing,Bago, Yangon and Ayeyawady Regions , Chin State andwidespread in the remaining Regions and States withlikelihood of isolated heavy falls in Rakhine and MonStates. Degree of certainty is (80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Southwestmonsoon is likely to set in to the Deltaic Areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 23rd May 2011: One or two rain or thundershowers.Degree of cerainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for23rd May 2011: One or two rain or thundershowers.Degree of cerainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for23rd May 2011: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degreeof cerainty is (80%).

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7:50 am 4. Nice & Sweet Song8:00 am 5. Health Programme8:05 am 6. Dance Of National

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Hargreaves to be releasedby United

LONDON, 22 May—Owen Hargreaves will leaveManchester United at the end of this season afterAlex Ferguson confirmed the injury-ravaged Englandmidfielder will not be offered a new contract.Hargreaves endured a miserable four-year spell atOld Trafford as tendinitis in both knees left him languishing in the treatment room for long spells.

Having signed a four-year contract on his arrivalfrom Bayern Munich in a £17 million deal in July 2007,the 30-year-old has made only two appearances in thelast two seasons and played just three times in thecampaign prior to that. Canadian-born Hargreaves,who has a total of 39 United appearances, is still battlingto regain full fitness but manager Ferguson admits hisclub can no longer wait for him to win that fight.

Ferguson told the Mail on Sunday: “This has

OwenHargreaves will

leaveManchester

United at theend of this

season afterAlex Fergusonconfirmed theinjury-ravaged

Englandmidfielder will

not be offered anew contract.

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been a difficult decision knowing how hard the ladhas worked to win back his fitness.

“But we have made it in the hope he will be ableto resurrect his career elsewhere.”—Internet

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Only with stability and peace will the nation developOnly with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracyRiots beget riots, not democracyDemocracy can be introduced only through constitution

VOA, BBC-sowing hatredamong the peopleRFA, DVB-generating publicoutrageDo not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

People’s DesireWe favour peace and stabilityWe favour developmentWe oppose unrest and violenceWipe out those inciting unrestand violence

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NAY PYI TAW, 22May—Nantkhwin CreekBridge was opened atmile post No.214/215 onShwebo-Myitkyina Roadin Hopin Township,Mohnyin District,Kachin State yesterday.It was attended by UnionMinister for ConstructionU Khin Maung Myint,Kachin State ChiefMinister U La John NganSai, Deputy Minister forConstruction U KyawLwin, Minister for Trans-port of Kachin State U KaMan Du Naw, depart-mental heads, officialsfrom Public Works andlocal people.

The newly-openedNantkhwin Bridge is the

Nantkhwin Creek Bridge inKachin State put into service

NAY PYI TAW, 22May—Member of NayPyi Taw Council Chair-man of Traffic RulesSupervisory CommitteeU Saw Hla inspected

Traffic rules enforcement worksinspected in Nay Pyi Taw District

Noteworthy amounts ofrainfall recorded

(22-5-2011)

Nay Pyi Taw (Airport) (1.38) inchesPaung (3.81) inchesKyaikmaraw (3.14) inchesKyauktaw (2.68) inchesMudon (2.28) inchesThandwe (2.17) inchesAn (2.05) inches

activities of townshiptraffic rules enforce-ment combined teamswho are striving for re-duction of trafficaccidents in eight town-

ships of Nay Pyi TawDistrict, use of LED/LCD traffic lights anddistribution of pam-phlets on traffic rules.

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second one after the Gov-ernment of the Republicof the Union Myanmartakes office. It was builtby Bridge Construction

Project Special Group-15of Public Works under theMinistry of Construction.The bridge is 350 feet longwith a 24-ft-wide two-lane

road and three-foot -widepedestrian lanes on eachside. It can withstand 60tons of loads. Thanks tothe Bridge, crops, paddyand other materialswould be transported tofour corners of thecountry through roadnetworks. And it con-tributes to developmentof economic, social,health and educationsectors of the region.

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Photo shows Nantkhwin Creek Bridge

at mile post No. 214/215 on

Shwebo-Myitkyina Road in Hopin Township.

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