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Volume XIX, Number 352 1st Waning of Tagu 1373 ME Saturday, 7 April, 2012

Our Three MainNational Causes

* Non-disintegration ofthe Union

* Non-disintegration ofNational Solidarity

* Perpetuation ofSovereignty

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April— President of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein received a Vietnamesedelegation led by National Assembly Vice ChairmanMr. Huynh Ngoc Son at the Credentials Hall of PresidentialPalace here at 11:00 am today.

Present at the call together with PresidentU Thein Sein were Union Minister for Foreign AffairsU Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister for Industry U SoeThein, Union Minister at the President Office U Thein Nyunt,Union Minister for National Planning and EconomicDevelopment U Tin Naing Thein and departmental heads.

The Vietnamese delegation was accompanied byVietnamese Ambassador to Myanmar Mr. Chu Cong Phung.

They had a cordial discussion on further cementingrelationships between Myanmar and Vietnam and bilateralcooperation between the two Hluttaws.—MNA

President U Thein Sein receives Vietnamese guests ledby National Assembly Vice Chairman

Republic of the Union of MyanmarPresident Office

Order No.10/201215th Waxing of Tagu, 1373 ME

(6 April, 2012)

Deputy Ministers reshuffled

In accord with the Section 234, Sub-section (a), (d) of the Constitution of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar and Section 16, Sub-section (b), Para (9) of the UnionGovernment Law, Deputy Ministers for Myanma Industrial Development U Han Sein andU Chan Maung were reshuffled as Deputy Ministers at the President Office.

Sd/ Thein Sein President

Republic of the Union of Myanmar

NAY PYI TAW, 6April—A ceremony to launcha generator for supply of elec-tricity to Aungchantha Vil-lage of Lewe Township washeld at the village on 31 Marchmorning.

Generator launched for supply ofelectricity to rural area

Member of Nay PyiTaw Council U Myint Swe,Amyotha Hluttaw repre-sentative U Hmat Gyi andthe chairman of the villageelectricity supply committeeformally launched the sup-

ply of electricity.A local spoke words

of thanks.A total of 155 houses

in the village are now beingsupplied electricity till 10pm daily.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6April—The advanced tailor-ing course No. 1 and the basic

Vocational courses conclude in Thawuthtidomestic science course No.2 concluded at Sama HillMaha Parahita Youth Devel-opment Home of Thawuthtiin Lewe Township this morn-ing.

After delivering anaddress, Director-General UMyo Hlaing of Educationand Training Departmentpresented one set of sewing

machine each to two out-standing trainees.

Deputy Director-General U Thein Htay Oopresented completioncertificates to the trainees.

The director-general and party viewed theworks of the trainees. Thetraining courses lasted 12weeks.—MNA

YANGON, 6 April—Myanmar Libraries Founda-tion organized cash and pub-lication donation ceremonyfor development of librariesat No. 1 Basic EducationHigh School in KyimyindineTownship here yesterdaymorning.

MLF organizes donationceremony

Administrator ofYangon West District UKyaw Thu Zaw and MLFChairman U Maung Maungaddressed the ceremonywhere 50 donors presentedover K 12 million and publi-cations.

MNA

President of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar U Thein Sein receives Vietnamese

National Assembly Vice ChairmanMr. Huynh Ngoc Son and party.—MNA

Irrigationfacilitiesbuilt to

help boostagriculturalproduction

in BagoRegion

Wegyi Dam supplying irrigation water to farmlands in Paungde Township, BagoRegion (West).

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PERSPECTIVES

At the expense of natural andhuman resources

Saturday, 7 April, 2012

Koreans see Myanmar as a country richin natural resources such as minerals, naturalgas, and forest and sea products and alsohuman resources such as labour that is muchcheaper than theirs. As Myanmar is locatedbetween two Asian giants China and India andforming part as a divide between South Asiaand Southeast Asia Koreans also perceive ourcountry as a hub where they can participate inhighway, bullet train, deep-sea port or economiczone projects for their own profits. So, Koreanscome to Myanmar to do business for their owninterest and that is fair because it’s today’sglobal trend!

As for Myanmar, it sees Korea as atechnologically advanced country enjoyingrapid industrial development and GDP growthstanding as the 13th (in some statistics 14th)largest economy of the world. We hope that bycooperating with Korea, we can acquire itsadvanced technology and science, expertiseand experience through joint-ventures or otherbusiness initiatives. And in the course of bilateraleconomic cooperation, we can expect a largeamount of Korean direct investment flowinginto our country, and helping further stabilizeour currency in one way or another. What’smore, like some of our neighbors, we will havea chance to receive and accommodate moreKorean tourists, enticing them into spendingmore. Accordingly, we need enhancedcooperation with the East Asian country forour own interest and that’s fair too. So, weinvite or welcome Korean entrepreneurs!

Subsequently there should not be anyunequal practices in Myanmar-Koreaeconomic cooperation. As both countriesmaking business overtures for they are eagerto expand their economies, they must findcommon ground that serves mutual interest.

Fair enough, Koreans or any otherdeveloped countries will exploit our naturalresources including labour as they bring capitalinto our country. But the important thing forour citizens is that they must acquire knowledge,expertise, technology and experience from themwithout fail because every bit of benefit aninvestor country brings into Myanmar is at theexpense of our natural and human resources.

YANGON, 6 April—Under thesupervision of the Sports and PhysicalEducation Department under the Ministryof Sports, Myanmar Sepak TakrawFederation and Double Strong jointlyorganized the press conference on theDouble Strong Cup, Sepak TakrawChampionship 2012 at the training camp ofthe federation in Thingangyun Township

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April—Union Minister for Mines UThein Htaik received Deputy Minister of KnowledgeEconomy Mr Cho Seok and party of the Republic of Koreaat his office, here, at 3 pm today.

At the bilateral call, both sides discussed matters

Union Mines Minister receives Deputy Minister ofKnowledge Economy and party

related to rules and regulations of bilateral cooperation inexploring of mineral in Myanmar, plans, training of modernexploring technologies, research works in cooperation withboth countries and environmental conservation.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April—Those wishing to form politicalparties have been submitting their applications to the UnionElection Commission for setting up political parties. A 21-member group including U Thar Ban applied to the UnionElection Commission for setting up Rakhine League forDemocracy Party. As its application for establishment ofRakhine League for Democracy Party is in conformity withthe law and rules and so the Commission allowedestablishment of the party on 6 April, 2012.—MNA

RLDP granted formation

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April—Myanmar-Korea EconomicDelegation held a press conference at Hotel Amara heretoday.

Deputy Minister of Knowledge Economy of theRepublic of Korea Mr Cho Seok delivered an address andKorean entrepreneurs clarified plans for cooperation ininvestment and economic sectors in Myanmar.

Ambassador of the ROK to Myanmar Mr Khim Hae-Yong and journalists attended the conference.—MNA

Myanmar-ROK EconomicDelegation holds press

conference

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April—A clarificationon resolution and future tasks adopted atthe 2011 Annual General Meeting ofMyanmar Women’s Affairs Federation washeld at the hall of Nay Pyi Taw Council,here, this morning.

It was attended by Patron of MWAFDaw Kyin Khaing, the chairman of Nay PyiTaw Women’s Affairs Organization andmembers, chairpersons and members ofeight townships in Nay Pyi Taw CouncilArea.

Resolution, future tasks of MWAF AGMclarified

Patron Daw Kyin Khaing explained theresolutions and future of the federation andtasks for township WAOs.

Chairperson Daw Win Win Khaing ofNay Pyi Taw WAO and chairpersons oftownship WAOs submitted the reports toundertake the tasks in 2012.

Nay Pyi Taw Council donated K 6 millionto Nay Pyi Taw WAO and Nay Pyi TawMaternal and Child Welfare SupervisoryCommittees.

MNA

Press conference on Double Strong Cup,Sepak Takraw held

on 4 April.According to the press conference, the

first round robin semifinals will be held atYouth Training Centre in Thuwunna from 25to 29 April, the second at Bahtoo Stadium inMandalay from 23 to 27 May, and the third atMawlamyine Sports Ground in Mawlamyinefrom 9 to 15 July.

MNA

The press conference on Myanmar-KoreaEconomic Delegation in progress at Amara

Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

Take Fire Preventive Measures

Third regular session of First Ayeyawady Region Hluttaw continues

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April—Third regular session of FirstAyeyawady Region Hluttaw continued for 10th dayyesterday, attended by Region Chief Minister U TheinAung, Region Hluttaw Speaker U Hsan Hsint,65 representatives and guests.

At the meeting, four questions were raised andanswered, Ayeyawady Region Development AffairsCommittee Bill, Region systematic use of fertilizers and

production and use of natural fertilizers bill, proposal onaccess to direct purchase of fertilizers by farmers from state-owned fertilizer plants, proposal on urging to put diverseand scattered social welfare under organized administrationin line with laws and proposal on relaxations on possibilitiesregarding 24 points to be followed in carrying out villageelectrification were discussed and approved. The meetingcame to an end at 2.45 pm.—MNA

Third regular session of first Ayeyawady Region Hluttaw continues for 10th day.—MNA

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BUENOS AIRES, 6 April — At least 14 peoplehave been killed in severe storms in Argentina.Most of the victims died in the province of BuenosAires, where winds reached speeds of more than100km (60 miles) an hour, toppling trees andcausing roofs to cave in. A teenager waselectrocuted in the city of Santa Fe, in the north-east, when he stepped on a downed power cable.

Many neighbourhoods in the capital, BuenosAires, were left without power as cables snappedin the strong winds. Residents said unseasonablyhot and humid weather gave way to the violentstorm. Some local media reported squalls of up to

MEXICO CITY, 6 April —One of the alleged plotters oflast year’s deadly arson attackon a Mexican casino has beenkilled in a gunbattle withtroops, the defence ministrysays. Francisco Medina Mejiaand three other gunmen wereshot dead near the northerncity of Nuevo Laredo, officialssaid. The fire at the casino inMonterrey, which killed 52people, was reportedly thework of the Zetas drug cartel.

Other suspects arrestedover the fire say the casinowas targeted because theowners had not paid protectionmoney. The torching of theCasino Royale in broaddaylight shocked Mexico.

KABUL, 6 April — Seven people were burnt to death insouthern Afghanistan when a fuel tanker supplying a NATObase crashed and set their vehicle on fire, officials said. Thesecurity chief of Panjwayi district and the Kandahar policechief said there was no insurgent activity at the time, andresidents later pulled back from claims that the Taliban hadattacked with rocket-propelled grenades.

A US soldier serving in NATO’s US-led InternationalSecurity Assistance Force (ISAF) was charged this monthwith 17 counts of murder following a killing spree in the samedistrict of Kandahar Province on 11 March.

Sardar Mohammad, Panjwayi’s security chief, told AFPon Friday: “A fuel tanker supplying fuel for ISAF overturnedand caught fire, and simultaneously a civilian minivan waspassing nearby also set ablaze.” Seven people were killedand three others who were injured were taken to hospital, hesaid.

Abdul Hakim, who lives opposite the crash site, toldAFP he heard a loud bang when the tanker overturned, anda passing vehicle was set on fire by the blaze. Kandahar policechief Abdul Raziq confirmed the death toll, telling AFP:“This fuel tanker was coming from the city of Kandahar toPanjwayi District at high speed.

“On its way this tanker overturned and caught fire,” hesaid. “A civilian minivan was passing on the way and thevehicle was also set ablaze.”

Internet

Roofs were blown off buildings in Buenos Aires.—INTERNET

Buenos Aires hit by deadly storm

Many of the victims at the Casino Royale were women.INTERNET

Mexican troops shoot dead‘casino arson plotter’

This file photo shows a fireman standing beside aburning truck loaded with supplies for NATO forces, in

2009. Seven people were burnt to death in southernAfghanistan on Friday when a fuel tanker supplying a

NATO base crashed and set their vehicle on fire,according to officials.—INTERNET

NATO fuel tanker blaze killsseven in Afghanistan

OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA, 6 April—The long, lonelyvoyage of the Japanese ghost ship is over. A US Coast Guardcutter unleashed cannon fire on the abandoned 164-footRyou-Un Maru on Thursday, ending a journey that beganwhen last year’s tsunami dislodged it and set it adrift acrossthe Pacific Ocean. It sank into waters more than 6,000 feet deepin the Gulf of Alaska, about 180 miles west of the southeastAlaska coast, the Coast Guard said.

The crew pummeled the ghost ship with high explosiveammunition, and the Ryou-Un Maru soon burst into flames,took on water and began listing, officials said.

A huge column of smoke could be seen over the gulf asa Coast Guard C-130 cargo plane, sent to observe the sinking,dropped a buoy to monitor for any possible pollution fromthe sunken ship.

The Coast Guard warned mariners to stay away, andaviation authorities did the same for pilots.

In about four hours, the ship vanished into the water, saidChief Petty Officer Kip Wadlow in Juneau.

In this photo provided by the US Coast Guard, a plume ofsmoke rises from a derelict Japanese ship after it was hit

by canon fire by a US Coast Guard cutter on 5 April ,2012, in the Gulf of Alaska. The Coast Guard decided tosink the ship dislodged by last year’s tsunami because it

was a threat to maritime traffic and could have anenvironmental impact if it grounded.— INTERNET

Coast Guard cannon fire sinksJapanese ghost ship

Officials decided to sink the ship rather than risk thechance of it running aground or endangering other vessels inthe busy shipping lanes between North America and Asia. Heship had no lights or communications system, and its tankwas able to carry more than 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel.

Officials, however, didn’t know how much fuel, if any,was aboard. It’s less risky than it would be running into shoreor running into (maritime) traffic,” Coast Guard spokesmanPaul Webb said.

Internet

120km (75 miles) an hour. City streets were blockedby fallen trees and masonry blown off roofs. Tenpeople were injured when the roof of a church waslifted by the strong winds and fell onto passengerswaiting for a bus some 40m (40 yards) along theroad.

Most of the casualties were crushed by fallentrees and masonry, while others were electrocutedby downed power cables. Buenos Aires city officialDiego Santilli said the storm felt like a tornado anddescribed it as “an inferno”. He said clean-up crewswere clearing the streets of the debris and restoringpower to cut-off areas. — Internet

Some 20 people, including atleast three other allegedmasterminds, have beenarrested in connection withthe attack.

Mr Medina Mejia, knownas El Quemado or The BurnedOne, was said to be an aide toMiguel Angel Trevino, one ofthe top leaders of the Zetas.The Zetas are one of Mexico’smost powerful and violentdrugs gangs, and have beenexpanding their influence inrecent years. Monterrey — amajor industrial city close tothe border with Texas in theUS - saw rising violence lastyear as the Zetas battled therival Gulf cartel for control ofterritory and smugglingroutes.—Internet

BEIJING, 6 April — China on Thursday called on allrelevant parties to comprehensively lift sanctions againstMyanmar as soon as possible.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the remarksat a regular Press briefing when asked to comment on thesuccessful holding of parliamentary by-elections in Myanmaron 1 April. The elections were the first to be held since thecurrent civilian government took office in March 2011, andwere generally affirmed by the nation and the internationalcommunity, said Hong.

China hopes that the by-elections will advance theprocess of domestic political reconciliation as well as nationalstability and development in Myanmar, he noted. “China’sposition on relevant issues is consistent," said Hong whenresponding to whether the international community shouldcase sanctions against Myanmar.

“We have taken note of that the United States and theEuropean Union are considering to partly ease their sanctionson Myanmar, and we welcome that,” he said. Myanmar heldits historic parliamentary by -elections on Sunday, in which157 candidates from 17 political parties competed for 45open parliamentary seats.—MNA/Xinhua

China calls for lifting ofsanctions against Myanmar

PARIS, 6 April—France will urge itsEuropean Union partners to consider easingsanctions on Myanmar after Nobel PeacePrize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Khyi wona parliamentary seat in an 1 April election,French Foreign Minister Alain Jupple said onThursday.

The United States said a day earlier it wasready to relax some sanctions on Myanmar torecognize its fledgling democratic transition,including a ban on US companies investing

France to urge EU sanctions easing forMyanmar

in, or offering financial services to, thecountry. Juppe said Europe had to make a“gesture”, given the outcome of the electionin the resorce-rich Southeast Asian country.

“I will propose to Brussels’ (EU) partnersto make a gesture on easing some sanctions,”he said. The EU’s executive Commission hintedon Monday that the bloc’s foreign ministerswould lift some sanctions on Myanmar whenthey meet on 23 April.

MNA/Reuters

LOS ANGELES, 6 April—Court papers filed by policein the beating death of anIraqi-American woman nearSan Diego cite her divorceplans and daughter’sapparent suicide attempt lastyear, but do not point tofurther evidence that themurder was a hate crime.Shaima Alawadi, a 32-year-old mother of five, was found

Family turmoil of slain Iraqi-Americanwoman revealed

bludgeoned in her rentedhome in a refugee communityof the San Diego suburb of ElCajon on March 21 and diedof her injuries several dayslater, after doctors removedher from life support.

A threatening note foundat the scene has given rise tosuggestions that Alawadi mayhave been targeted becauseof her ethnicity, though police

have cautioned againstdrawing that conclusionduring the investigation.According to a search warrantaffidavit filed last week andobtained by Reuters onThursday, a relative ofAlawadi told detectives thevictim had “been planningon divorcing her husband andmoving to the state ofTexas.”—Internet

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Terrafugia envisions flying carson autopilot

NEW YORK, 6 April —Aviation companyTerrafugia’s first step towardcreating a flying car does notallow drivers to hover overdowntown traffic gridlockand land on city roads orhighways. But the company’svision for making flying saferand more accessible couldpave the way for flying carsof the future to sensibly flythemselves. Today’s bigcommercial jets can alreadyfly and land themselveswithout much help fromhuman pilots. Suchautomated flying techno-logies could soon take off ineven smaller aircraft such asTerrafugia’s “Transition” —a vehicle that is less the stuffof science fiction and more ofa “street-legal airplane” thatfolds its wings to drivebetween small airports.

“The evolution in theTransition is going to comein the capability of theelectronics and autopilot,”said Cliff Allen, vice presidentof sales at Terrafugia and atrained flight instructor.“Everybody has heard of theGoogle [driverless] car. Thetechnology is there to makean airplane that can virtuallyfly itself.” Terrafugia

LHC is back with big energy boostGENEVA, 6 April—The

Large Hadron Collider (LHC)is operating again after itswinter break. Early onThursday, opposing stablebeams of protons weresmashed into each other atfour observation positions.The total collision energy inthese bunches of sub-atomicparticles was eight trillionelectron volts — a worldrecord. Scientists expect thebig boost in capability tosignificantly increase thecollider’s chances ofdiscovering “new physics”.

The great expectation isthat they will definitivelyconfirm or deny the existenceof the Higgs boson, theelusive particle that wouldhelp explain why matter hasmass.

“The experience of twogood years of running at 3.5

Two teams at the LHChave seen hints of whatmay well prove to be the

Higgs.— INTERNET

TeV per beam gave us theconfidence to increase theenergy for this year withoutany significant risk to themachine,” explained SteveMyers, the director foraccelerators and technologyat Cern (EuropeanOrganization for NuclearResearch).”Now it’s over tothe experiments to make thebest of the increaseddiscovery potential we’redelivering them!” Since firstswitching on in 2008,operators at the LHC havecautiously increased theenergy contained in each ofthe bunches of protons sentaround the 27km collider,which lies beneath theFranco-Swiss border.

It is planned that thecollider will collect data untilNovember, after which it willbe upgraded during a

shutdown period that will last

20 months. That should resultin an operating proton beamenergy of 14 trillionelectronvolts, or teraele-ctronvolts — another greatleap in capability. The LHCcollaboration hopes to reachthat milestone in 2014, re-starting the hunt for novelphysics in early 2015.

In the 2012 run of

experiments, the Higgs will bea key focus.

Teams working on thetwo major detectors at thefacility announced at the endof last year that they had seenhints of the particle, butstopped short of claimingthey had seen it withcertainty.

Internet

Antarctic ice sheet dwindles under ‘eyes’ ofsatellite

PARIS, 6 April — As aEuropean satellite enters itssecond decade in orbit, itcontinues to observe theretreat of an Antarctic icesheet, which has beendwindling due to warming.The satellite, Envisat, waslaunched by the EuropeanSpace Agency (ESA) on 1March, 2002. One of its firstobservations was the

disintegration of 1,235 squaremiles (3,200 squarekilometres) of ice from part ofthe Larsen Ice Shelf. (Iceshelves are “permanent”floating sheets of iceconnected to a land mass,with most of the world’s iceshelves hugging the coast ofAntarctica.)

The Larsen Ice Shelfencompasses shelves: A (the

smallest), B and C (thelargest), which line theeastern side of the AntarcticPeninsula.

The peninsula is one ofthe fastest-warming places onEarth, jutting north of the restof the frozen continent. Overits decade in orbit, Envisathas watched the B shelfdwindle by an additional 691square miles (1,790 square

km), due to calving eventswhereby large chunks of icebreak off from the main shelf.For instance, a chunk twicethe size of the city of Dallasbroke off of Larsen B inJanuary 2005.

This shelf is now lessthan 15 percent of its size in1995. While Larsen Adisintegrated in January1995, Larsen C has beenstable, though observationsshow it is thinning and thatits summer melts arebecoming longer.—Internet

envisions the Transition as atransformative vehicle forsports pilots who can getcertified with as little as 20hours of flight training.Rather than abort a flightbecause of bad weather orpress on at the risk of crashing,Transition pilots could landat one of the 5,200 publicairports in the US andcontinue their journey on theroads. But more automatedversions of the Transitioncould make flying even saferfor inexperienced pilots orwould-be flying car drivers,Allen said during a presspreview here at the New YorkInternational Auto Show on 4April. Such autopilottechnology could also provenecessary for any futuristicvision of flying cars thatwon’t give air trafficcontrollers nightmares.“Your co-pilot would be thesystems of the airplane itselfto the point where it won’t letyou fly into bad weather — itwill take over,” Allen toldInnovationNewsDaily.

“It will be HAL saying“You’re jeopardizing themission at this point,” andwill land at the nearestairport.”

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Google creates a spectacle with projectNEW YORK, 6 April — If you think texting while walking

is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google’sfuturistic, Internet-connected glasses. While wearing a pair,you can see directions to your destination appear literallybefore your eyes. You can talk to friends over video chat, takea photo or even buy a few things online as you walk around.These glasses can do anything you now need a smartphoneor tablet computer to do —and then some.

Google gave a glimpse of “Project Glass” in a video andblog post this week. Still in an early prototype stage, theglasses open up endless possibilities — as well as challengesto safety, privacy and fashion sensibility. The prototypes

This image released by Google shows eyewear thatmeshes the online world with the real world.— INTERNET

Google displayed have a sleek wrap-around look and appearnothing like clunky 3-D glasses. But if Google isn’t careful,they could be dismissed as a kind of Bluetooth earpiece ofthe future, a fashion faux-pas where bulky looks outweighmarginal utility.

In development for a couple of years, the project is thebrainchild of Google X, the online search-leader’s secretfacility that spawned the self-driving car and could one daysend elevators into space.—Internet

Half a million Mac computers‘infected with malware’

LONDON, 6 April — More than half amillion Apple computers have been infectedwith the Flashback Trojan, according to aRussian anti-virus firm. Its report claims thatabout 600,000 Macs have installed the malware— potentially allowing them to be hijackedand used as a “botnet”. The firm, Dr Web,says that more than half that number arebased in the US. Apple has released a securityupdate, but users who have not installed thepatch remain exposed. Flashback was firstdetected last September when anti-virusresearchers flagged up softwaremasquerading itself as a Flash Player update.

Once downloaded it deactivated someof the computer’s security software. Laterversions of the malware exploited weaknessesin the Java programming language to allowthe code to be installed from bogus siteswithout the user’s permission. Dr Web saidthat once the Trojan was installed it sent amessage to the intruder’s control server witha unique ID to identify the infected machine.

Chocolate printer to go on sale after Easter

LONDON, 6 April —TheUK scientists who developeda prototype chocolate printerlast year say they have nowperfected it. They hope to havethe machine on sale at the endof April — just missing theEaster egg rush. It would allowchocolate lovers to print theirown custom-made sweets,

“By introducing the code criminals arepotentially able to control the machine,” thefirm’s chief executive Boris Sharov told theBBC.

“We stress the word potential as we havenever seen any malicious activity since wehijacked the botnet to take it out of criminals’hands. However, we know people createviruses to get money. “The largest amountsof bots — based on the IP addresses weidentified — are in the US, Canada, UK andAustralia, so it appears to have targetedEnglish-speaking people.”—Internet

Dr Web says most infected computers arein the US.— INTERNET

The researchers say the printer is very easy to use.—INTERNET

layer by layer. Lead scientistDr Liang Hao, from theUniversity of Exeter, foundedthe Choc Edge company tocommercialise the device afterinterest from retailers. 3Dprinting using plastic, woodand metal is already widelyused by industry to createobjects ranging from jewellery

and footwear to human bones.Dr Hao told the BBC that

chocolate printing, just likeany other 3D printingtechnique, starts with a flatcross-section image - similarto that produced by ordinaryprinters turning out images,and then prints out chocolatelayer by layer to create a 3Dshape, without any mouldingtools. “We’ve improved andsimplified the machine, so nowit is really easy to use,” said DrHao. “You just need to meltsome chocolate, fill a syringethat is stored in the printer,and get creative printing yourchocolate.” A number ofretailers and e-commercewebsites around the worldhave expressed interest inbuying the printer once itbecomes available, added theresearcher.—Internet

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Wegyi Dam supplying irrigation water to farmlands in Paungde Township, Bago Region (West).

Irrigation facilities built to help boost agricultural production in Bago Region

Bawbin Dam and Control Tower seen in supplying irrigation water to 30000 acres of farmlands in Bago Region.

* Located at Wegyi Creek about one mile up fromPhaungaing Village to the northeast of Paungde.

* It is 4170 feet long and 115 feet high embarkment.* Its watershed area is 202 square miles and water

storage area 252,000 acres feet.* It can benefit 45000 acres of farmlands.

Facts about Wegyi Dam

Bawbin Dam* It is located between Gyobingauk Township and

Zigon Township in Bago Region.* It is built at Bawbin Creek and of earthen type.* The main embarkment is 910 feet long and the

supporting dam 1590 feet long.* It can benefit 30000 acres of farmlands.

* Located at Khabaung Creek about 15 miles to thewest of Ottwin Township, Bago Region.

* Its height is 200 feet and lenght 920 feet.* It is of earthen type.* It can irrigate 100,000 acres of farmlands in Bago

Region.

Facts about Khabaung Dam

Khabaung Dam in Ottwin Township, Bago Region, stored with water.

Hope for Romania baby born with stunted intestinesBUCHAREST, 6 April — Baby Andrei has

confounded doctors just by being alive: Thetiny boy with twig-thin limbs was given justdays to live when he was born with almost nointestines — eight months ago. Now there’sa glimmer of hope for another miracle. Peoplein Europe and the United States have startedoffering funds to help Andrei get acomplicated intestine transplant in the UnitedStates, the Romanian pediatrician in chargeof the baby’s care said on Thursday.

The offers came after an Associated Press

story last week chronicled how Dr CatalinCirstoveanu, head of the neonatal unit atBucharest’s Marie Curie children’s hospital,flies babies abroad for lifesaving surgery toget around a culture of corruption in whichmany doctors won’t operate unless they’rebribed. AP photographs of Andrei in hisincubator generated sympathy around theworld.

“Offers of help have come in, particularlyfrom abroad, from a non-governmentalorganization,” Cirstoveanu said. —Internet

Archives: Maung Nyein Aye Translation: ST

Antibody clues to AIDS vaccine successLONDON, 6 April—The success of an AIDS

vaccine trial that in 2009 was shown to protect 31percent of people studied may have been due tovarying levels of antibody responses in thepatients, researchers said on Thursday. Differenttypes of antibody responses were associated withwho became infected and who did not, accordingto an analysis of the results published in the April5 edition of the New England Journal ofMedicine.

For instance, a type of antibody producedby the body to ward off infection, known as IgG,

could attach itself to the surface of the HIV proteinand appeared to help prevent infection in somepeople. People received the vaccine and whoseIgG antibodies were able to bind to this region,called V1V2, showed lower infection rates thanthe placebo group. On the other hand, patientswhose blood tests showed the highest levels of adifferent antibody, IgA, appeared to have lessprotection against HIV than people with lowerlevels, leading scientists to think it may haveactually interfered with the vaccine and made itless effective. —Internet

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NAY PYI TAW, 6 April—KNU which has accepted thepeace offer of the government of the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar came to Yangon to hold peace talks with Unionlevel peace-making group at the Sedona Hotel in Yangonyesterday.

KNU peace negotiators were welcomed by UnionMinister for Rail Transportation U Aung Min, Union Ministerfor Immigration and Population U Khin Yi, Yangon RegionChief Minister U Myint Swe, region ministers, departmentalpersonnel, personalities of social organizations, and Kayinnational organizations.

In the evening, Yangon Region Chief MinisterU Myint Swe hosted a dinner to KNU Secretary-General NawSi Poe Yarsein and party at the Sedona Hotel. Union MinisterU Aung Min and Naw Si Poe Yarsein from KNU spoke wordsof thanks.

Union level peace negotiation took place at the SedonaHotel today, attended by Union Ministers U Aung Min, U SoeThein, U Win Tun, U Zaw Min, U Khin Yi,U Khin Maung Soe, U Than Htay, Kayin State Chief MinisterU Zaw Min, Deputy Minister for Border Affairs Maj-Gen ZawWin, Deputy Attorney-General U Tun Tun Oo, General StaffOfficer (Grade I) Lt-Col Zaw Naing Oo from Commander-in-Chief’ Office, Yangon Region Minister for Security andBorder Affairs Col Tin Win, Yangon Region Minister forKayin National Race Affairs U Saw Tun Aung Myint andpersonnel from Union level peacemaking group and Secretary-General Naw Si Poe Yarsein, General Saw Mutu Sae Poe andparty from the KNU.

KNU holds peace talks with Union levelpeace-making group

The peace negotiators from the Union level peace-making group and the KNU discussed long-term ceasefire,opening of liaison offices, and 6 out of 11 points proposedby the KNU at 12-1-2012 Union level peace talk for furthernegotiations, followed by documentary photo session.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April—KNU,responding the peace offer of thegovernment of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar held state levelpeace talk with peacemaking groupof Kayin State government at theZwekabin Hotel in Kayin State on 4April.

Peace negotiators werewelcomed by Union Minister U AungMin, Union Minister U Khin Yi, KayinState Chief Minister U Zaw Min, andCommander of South-EastCommand Maj-Gen Tin Maung Win,personalities from social organi-zations, departmental personnel andlocals.

The peace talk was attended byUnion Minister U Aung Min, UnionMinister U Khin Yi, State ChiefMinister U Zaw Min, the South-EastCommand Commander, Kayin State

KNU holds peace negotiationwith Kayin State government

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April—Shan State Chief Minister USao Aung Myat on 30 March met Chairman U Maung Kyawand officials of Palaung Self-Administered Zone LeadingBody at the leading body office.

Officials donated K 1 million for urban development,K 1 million to medical fund of the people’s hospital andK 0.5 million for Ta-aung literature and culture.

The Chief Minister donated offertories to the abbotof Myoma Gaigyoke Kyaunggyi Monastery in Namhsan.

The State Chief Minister visited Namhsan TownshipPeople’s Hospital and Lwekhan green tea factory and paidhomage to Buddha Image in Zetungsan monastery inMankhaik ward on 1 April.

He also paid homage to ancient pagodas in TaungmaVillage in Namhsan.—MNA

Shan State Chief Ministermeets Palaung

Self-Administered ZoneLeading Body

Union level peace-making group led byUnion Minister U Aung Min and KNU

Secretary-General Naw Si Poe Yarsein,General Saw Mutu Sae Poe and party pose

for documentary photo.—MNA

Kayin State level peace-makinggroup and KNU hold discussionon peace making process.—MNA

Tobacco Kills

Deputy Minister forForeign AffairsU Maung Myint

being welcomed byAmbassador of

DemocraticPeople’s Republic

of Korea toRepublic of the

Union of MyanmarMr Kim Sok Chol atreception to mark100th birthday of

Leader of theKorean People Mr

Kim Il Sung, atChatrium Hotel inYangon on 6 April.

MNA

Minister for Security and BorderAffairs Col Aung Lwin, the South-East Command General Staff Officer(Grade I) (Militia), State Advocate-General, personnel from the Unionlevel peacemaking group,Secretary-General Naw Si PoeYarsein and General Saw Mutu SaePoe from the KNU and party.

They discussed long-termceasefire, opening of liaisonoffices, Kayin State governmenthosted dinner to the KNU peacenegotiators at the Zwekabin Hoteland Kayin State cultural troupeentertained with dances and theywere presented with flower basketsby the peacemaking groups.

Union level peace negotiationtook place at the Sedona Hotel inYangon today.

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NAY PYI TAW, 6 April—Graduation Parade of 115th (ThuraCompany) Intake of Defence Services (Army) OfficersTraining School was held at Parade Ground of DefenceServices (Army) Officers Training School in Bahtoo thismorning, with an address by Deputy Commander-in-Chief ofDefence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) General SoeWin, on behalf of the Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices.

It was also attended by Daw Than Than Nwe, wife of theDeputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesCommander-in-Chief (Army), senior military officers from

Graduation Parade of 115th Intake of Defence Services (Army) OfficersTraining School held

the Office of Commander-in-Chief and their wives, theCommander of Eastern Command, the Kalaw StationCommander, the Bahtoo Station Commander, senior militaryofficers, guests and trainees and their parents and relatives.

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesCommander-in-Chief (Army) General Soe Win took thesalute of Cadet Companines and inspected the companies.Cadet Companines marched past the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army).

After that, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices Commander-in-Chief (Army) awarded silver sword

to Cadet No.140 Cadet Ye Myint Cho who won the best CadetAward.

He delivered an address on the occasion. After that, hetook the salute of Cadet Companies and left the paradeground. After the graduation parade, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army)General Soe Win, together with senior military officers fromthe Office of the Commander-in-Chief and Commander ofEastern Command Maj-Gen Soe Htut, met the Best CadetAward Winner Cadet Ye Myint Cho and his parents.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April—Chief Minister of SagaingRegion U Tha Aye on 4 Aprilmorning attended thecoordination meeting fororganizing the SagaingRegion’s MyanmaTraditional Thingyan

Sagaing Region’s Myanma TraditionalThingyan Festival coordinated

Festival 1373 ME at the hall ofSagaing Region Governmentoffice in Monywa.

In the afternoon, heattended the meeting onclarification on changes oflaw, rules and announcementson taxation at the office of

Internal RevenueDepartment in the region.

On 5 April, he attendedthe opening ceremony ofShwe Nan Htaik schoolbuilding at Basic EducationHigh School (Branch) inNgapayin Village of Budalin

Township and unveiled thesignboard of the building.

The Region ChiefMinister and officialspresented computer, exercisebooks,sports gear and booksto the school and villagelibrary. The Region ChiefMinister visited theBandoola Park, BandoolaLibrary, Cooperative Shopand rural health centre inNgapayin Village.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April—Rakhine State Peace Groupand Rakhine StateLiberation Party Peace-Making Group continuedtheir peace talks at SittwayHotel on 5 April morning.The two groups reached anagreement and signed thefollowing points before theRakhine State ChiefMinister and exchangednotes. This is the result of anagreement reached at SittwayHotel on 4 April between threemembers led by Leader ofRakhine State PeaceDiscussion Group Ministerof State Security and BorderAffairs Col Htein Lin and adelegation led by Leader ofRakhine State LiberationParty Peace-Making GroupJoint General Secretary-2Khine Thukha.(a) The Tatmadaw and

Rakhine StateLiberation Party are tohalt attacks on eachother starting from 6April 2012.

(b) To open liaison officesof Rakhine StateLiberation Party at thefollowing mutually-agreed regions inorder to e n s u r emutual contact and holddiscussions.(1) Paletwa(2) Kyauktaw

Rakhine State Peace Group, Rakhine StateLiberation Party Peace-Making Group hold

state-level peace talks

(c) During the cease fires,carrying weaponsbeyond the mutually-agreed regions is to becoordinated in advanceby both sides.

(d) During the cease fire,members of RakhineState Liberation Partyare to be allowed to

move freely withoutarms.

(e) Peace Making Groupformed by the UnionGovernment andRakhine StateLiberation Party are tocontinue their talks onpeace and stability anddevelopment in

Rakhine State at themutually-agreed venuesand times.Afterwards, the Rakhine

State Chief Ministerpresented gifts to membersof Rakhine State LiberationParty and had a documentaryphoto taken together withthem.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 5 April—Kachin State Chief Minister U LaJohn Ngan Hsai met officials at the lounge of Putao Airport on1 April. At the meeting, he stressed the need for timelycompletion of runway extension projects. He then met withdepartmental personnel and local people at Phonkanrazi Halland inspected preventive measures against erosion of HokhoWard, progress in construction of Mansay suspension bridgeand Dakushiza suspension bridge.

On 2 April, the chief minister met local people of Htawadamvillage in Putao Township and made cash donations forregional development tasks, paid homage to KaunghmulonPagoda, ancient Buddha statues and the Sayadaw of hillyregion missionary.

He also inspected Putao-Htawadam-Kaungmhulon-Naungmon road section, environmental conservation boothin Myoma Ward and Malikha suspension bridge construction.After viewing the site chosen for Machanbaw new town, thechief minister presented cash assistance to patients at thetownship hospital. He then visited Putao People’s Hospital.On 3 April, the chief minister met local people of Mulashidivillage of Putao Township and inspected Mulashidisuspension bridge. Later, he visited the technical high schoolin Dokhtan ward, government technical institutionconstruction project and Htoo Foundation hostel.—MNA

Regional development tasks inKachin State inspected

NAY PYI TAW, 5 April—Chairperson of Magway RegionMaternal and Child Welfare Association and Chairperson ofRegion Women’s Affairs Organization Daw Thin Thin Htweand party on 3 April provided health care to 38 older personsat their home in Chauk Township.

They donated K 30,000 for roofing the house of a needygrandma in Ward 1 to the ward administrator, donated booksto YaungchiU Library in Ward 1 and met with members ofTownship MCWA and WAO.—MNA

MCWA, WAO members givehealth care to the aged

Fire hazard lectured, fire drillexercised

NAY PYI TAW, 5 April—The Base Workshop (Pyay) ofEngineering Department of Myanma Timber Enterprise underthe Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestryheld a talk on fire prevention and demonstrated fire drill atthe workshop in Pyay on 5 April.

Officials of Myanma Timber Enterprise gave talks onfire and fire hazard preventive measures.

Later, servicemen of Pyay District Fire ServicesDepartment demonstrated fire drills.—MNA

Rakhine State Peace Group and Rakhine State Liberation Party Peace-Making Group exchange their notes.—MNA

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence

ServicesCommander-in-Chief(Army) General Soe

Win addressesGraduation Parade

of 115th (ThuraCompany) Intake of

Defence Services(Army) OfficersTraining School.

MNA

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Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mannmeets Vietnamese delegation led by National

Assembly Vice ChairmanNAY PYI TAW, 6 April— Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw Thura

U Shwe Mann held a meeting with a Vietnamese delegationled by National Assembly Vice Chairman Mr. Huynh NgocSon at Zabuthiri Hall of the Hluttaw Building here at 10 amtoday.

It was also attended by Chairmen of Pyithu HluttawCommittees, secretaries and members. The Vietnamese

delegation was accompanied by Vietnamese Ambassador toMyanmar Mr. Chu Cong Phung.

The meeting concentrated on matters related tocementing friendly ties between Myanmar and Vietnam,bilateral cooperation between the two Hluttaws and mutualcooperation in trading.

MNA

Myanmar-Korea Economic Cooperation Forum-2012held in Nay Pyi Taw

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April—Myanmar InvestmentCommission and Ministry ofKnowledge Economy of theRepublic of Korea organizedMyanmar-Korea EconomicCooperation Forum-2012 atBanquet Hall of MyanmarInternational ConventionCentre in ZabuthiriTownship in Nay Pyi TawCouncil Area at 9:55 amtoday.

It was attended by UnionMinister for Industry U SoeThein, Union Minister forNational Planning andEconomic Development UTin Naing Thein, Attorney-General of the Union Dr TunShin, deputy ministers,departmental heads,President of the Republic ofthe Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambers ofCommerce and Industry UWin Aung and members and

invited persons. KoreanAmbassador to Myanmar MrKim Hae-Yong accompaniedthe Korean delegation led by

Deputy Minister of Know-ledge Economy Mr. Cho Seok.

On the occasion, UnionMinister U Tin Naing Theinmade an opening speech, andthe greetings of DeputyMinister Mr. Cho Seok ofKnowledge Economyfollowed.

Afterwards, the forum wasrespectively participated andconcluded at noon.

Then, President ofUMFCCI U Win Aung andMr. Sohn Kyung Shik of KCCIsigned MoU on bilateralcooperation in trade andinvestment between the twocountries, and exchanged the

related documents and gifts.The donation of solar

power generator made by theRepublic of Korea to theRepublic of the Union ofMyanmar took place. Anofficial concerned presentedDeputy Minister for IndustryU Myo Aung its relateddocuments.

In the evening, Korea-Myanmar Construction Infra-structure Project Meetingswere held at MICC. KOTRAChairman hosted a dinner tothose present at Myanmar-Korea EconomicCooperation Forum.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April – Union Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation U Myint Hlaing, accompanied by region andstate ministers for agriculture and livestock breeding, headsof region and state settlement and land record departments,executives of Myanmar Rice Industry Association and RiceMillers’ Association, 80 farmers from Pakokku, Gangaw andMagway districts of Magway Region, 290 farmers from thetownships of Ayeyawady Region and 110 farmers fromThandaung, Kyainseikkyi, Phapon and Hlaingbwe of KayinState, inspected 369 acres of Palethwe hybrid paddy plantationin Alyinlo Village in Pyinmana Township in Nay Pyi TawCouncil Area this morning. He then stressed the need toinitiate public-private partnership (PPP) as Myanmar hasreceived overseas offer to export about 20000 tons of Palethwerice a month. So, merchants need to provide capital to farmers,who are to try to produce quality Palethwe rice.

The Union Minister said the ministry itself is ready torender help from the time of growing to harvest and to market,and research results are being sent to famers under lab to farmsystem. Then, the Union Minister also stressed the need to useGAP system in growing paddy on a manageable scale andmechanization in growing paddy on commercial scale. —MNA

Union A&I Minister meetsstate/region ministers ofagriculture and livestock

breeding, farmers

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April—Chairman of the Pyithu HluttawSocial Development Committee U Maung Maung Swe receivedCountry Representative Mr Bengt Ekman of SwedishInternational Development Corporation Agency at the MeetingHall No 1 of the Hluttaw Building, here, at 9 am today.

Also present at the call were officials of the PyithuHluttaw. They discussed arrangements for observatory tourof Myanmar Hluttaw representatives to Swedish Parliament.

MNA

Pyithu Hluttaw SocialDevelopment Committee

Chairman receives SwedishInternational Development

Corporation Agency

Prizes awarded in YangonLifestyle Furniture Fair

YANGON 6 April—Under the supervision of MyanmarTimber Entrepreneurs Association, the Yangon LifestyleFurniture Fair was held at Tatmadaw Convention Hall on UWisara Road, here, from 30 March to 3 April.

Myanma Timber Enterprise secured the Honour of FairAward; Lin Win Co bagged Award of Design; Shwe NandaWun Myanmar Handicraft Industry won the TraditionalFurniture Award.

Chairman of Myanmar Timber Entrepreneurs AssociationU Sein Lwin and officials presented prizes to the winners.

MNA

President U Thein Sein cordially greets ViceChairman of National Assembly Mr HuynhNgoc Son of Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

(News on page 1)—MNASpeaker of Pyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann receives Vice Chairman of National AssemblyMr Huynh Ngoc Son of Socialist Republic of Vietnam and party at Zabuthiri Hall of Hluttaw

Building in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

Myanmar-Korea Economic Cooperation Forum 2012 in progress atMyanmar International Convention Centre.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 6April— Speaker of AmyothaHluttaw U Khin Aung Myintreceived a Vietnamese del-egation led by National As-sembly Vice Chairman Mr.Huynh Ngoc Son at theAmyotha Hluttaw Hall of theHluttaw Building here at 9 amthis morning.

Also present at thecall together with Speaker ofAmyotha Hluttaw U KhinAung Myint were Chairmen

Speaker of Amyotha HluttawU Khin Aung Myint receivesVietnamese delegation led by

National Assembly Vice Chairmanof Amyotha Hluttaw Com-mittees. The Vietnamese del-egation was accompanied byVietnamese Ambassador toMyanmar Mr. Chu CongPhung.

Both sides discussedmatters relating to further ce-menting relationship be-tween the two countries, bi-lateral cooperation, as wellas matters on mutual coop-eration between the twoHluttaws.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April—Union Minister for Health Dr PeThet Khin received Vice-Chairman Mr John G Rice and partyof US-based General Electric Corporation at the ministry,here, this morning.

They discussed health care services, pathology andtreatment, plan for uplift of proficiency, rural health careservices, prioritized maternal and child care plans for furtherdecline in and mortality rate of mothers and children trainingprogramme for health staff, and assistance of General ElectricCorporation for health care services.

Also present at the call were Deputy Ministers Dr DawMyat Myat Ohn Khin and Dr Win Myint, Direct-General DrTun Naing Oo of Health Department, Director-General DrThan Zaw Myint of Medical Science Department, deputydirectors-general and officials.—MNA

Union Health Ministerreceives General Electric

Corporation Vice-Chairman

YANGON, 6 April —Myanmar and UNESCO ex-perts held a meeting on 4 Aprilhere to discuss nominatingthree Pyu city statesBeikthano, Hanlin and SriKestra to the world heritagelist.

Speaking on theoccasion, Deputy Minister forCulture Daw Sanda Khin saidthat evidences includingPondaung and Ponnya pri-mates have been found inMyanmar showing the coun-try’s rich cultural heritage andthe country’s evolutionthrough the Stone Age, theBronze Age and the Iron Age.Besides, Pyu culture has beendiscovered through evi-dences from Pyu city statesBeikthano, Hanlin, Sri Kestra,Tagaung and Wati, she said.

Ministry of Culture hasbeen working to sign the In-tangible Cultural Heritage Con-

Experts meet to discussnominating three Pyu citystates to world heritage list

vention to win a place in theworld’s heritage list for thecountry’s tangible culturalheritage.

UNESCO’s experts fromBangkok and Asia-Pacificregion visited Bagan ancientcultural zone and Sri Kestraancient city state in May,

2011, and representativesfrom UNESCO and officialsof the Ministry of Cultureheld a meeting in February todiscuss projects to beimplemented with theassistance of internationaldonors and Italy, she said.She believed that theparticipants of the metingwould help to include thethree ancient city states inthe world heritage list afterdiscussing the significant

values of Pyu city states, shesaid. She also expressedthanks for those who con-tributed cash and technicalassistance to the capacitybuilding for safeguardingcultural heritage funded byItalian government and su-pervised by UNESCO. It wasattended by Italian Ambas-sador, UNESCO Office inBangkok and Ministry ofCulture. The meeting con-tinued on 6 April.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April—Secretary of MicrofinanceWorks Supervisory Commit-tee Managing Director ofMyanma MicrofinanceSupervisory Enterprise UHtein Lin explained proce-

Microfinance worksknowledge shared

dures, instructions andknowledge about micro-finance works at Kayah StateGovernment Office in Loikawon 4 April.

It was attended byKayah State Minister forFinance and RevenueChairman of Kayah StateMicrofinance WorksDevelopment Committee UThan Kyaw Soe, and StateMinister for DevelopmentAffairs U Aung Naing Oo.

MNA

Ayeyawady Region Chief Minister receivesMD of TPS WOODEN Industry

NAY PYI TAW, 5April—Ayeyawady RegionChief Minister U Thein Aungmet Managing Director MrNattawin Phongsphetrara ofTPS WOODEN INDUS-TRIES SDN BHD at theregion governent office, on 4April and discussed matters

related to investment.Also present at the

meeting were Region Minis-ter for Secutiry and BorderAffairs Col Maung MaungWin, Region Minister forFinance and Revenue U WinKo Ko and officials.

MNA

Delegates to theseminar on Towards

World HeritageNomination of PyuAncient Cities pose

for documentaryphoto.—MNA

PresidentU Thein

Sein viewsdocumen-

taryphotos on

Korea-Myanmarrelations

andKorean

culture atKorea-

MyanmarEconomicCoopera-

tionForum2012.

(News onpage 16)

MNA

Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung Myintholding talks with Vice Chairman of NationalAssembly of Vietnam Mr Huynh Ngoc Son atAmyotha Hluttaw Hall of Hluttaw Building.

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Myingyan Degree Collegeholds extempore talks

MYINGYAN, 6 April—The Extempore Talks in English,organized by English Department, was held at themultipurpose hall of Myingyan Degree College in MandalayRegion on 29 March morning, with an address by PrincipalU Maung Maung.

After the contest, Principal U Maung Maung presentedthe first prize to Maung Wai Lin Aung (second year Maths)in the extempore talks and the first prize to Ma Ei Ei Phyo inthe essay contest.—Myanma Alin

Rules for taxation explained inMonywa

MONYWA, 6 April—Theeducative talks onprocedures for month levyingincome tax, organized byMonywa Township InternalRevenue Department ofSagaing Region, was held atthe township IRD on 29March.

Head of Region InternalRevenue Department U NyiNyi Htin Paw made a speech.

Staff Officers Daw Khin AyeMyint and Daw Thida Moereported on regulations oftaxation, calculation of tax,and ways to pay tax.

Next, Head of DistrictInternal Revenue Depart-ment U John Seingi and thehead of Region InternalRevenue Department repliedto queries raised by thosepresent.—IRD

Wundwin Township opensvillage library

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April—The opening ceremony ofBawa Mee-ein Library washeld in Yathincha Village ofWundwin Township inMeiktila District on 19March morning.

Wundwin TownshipAdministrator U Ko Ko Htwe,Staff Officer of DistrictInformation and PublicRelations Department UMyint Aye, Head ofTownship IPRD U Win

Maung and village elder UChit Tin donated 50 bookseach to the library.

U Tin Nwe of ChaingVillage of Yathincha Village-tract donated K 100,000 tothe fund for the library.

The village adminis-trator donated cash for oneyear cost of Yadanabon Dailyand library committeemember U Htay Kyaw Lwin,one year cost of Doh KyayYwa journal.—MNA

DISTRICT NEWS

MLF invites donations of cash,books from wellwishers

Myanmar Libraries Foundation is giving encouragementto broadening the horizon of the people and developing self-reliant libraries across the nation.

Those wishing to donate cash and books to the librariesmay contact Myanmar Libraries Foundation at No. 228 onTheinbyu Street in Botahtaung Township, Yangon, Tel: 01-371342, 01-201936 and 01-398756.

Oxygen concentrators donated to stationhospital in Yaksawk Township

YANGON, 6 April—Aspart of efforts to ensure ruraldevelopment and povertyalleviation, a ceremony todonate oxygen concentratorsto Kengkham Village StationHospital by YaksawkTownship Forest Departmentwas held at the 18-mile forestcamp in Yaksawk Townshipon 27 March.

It was attended byYaksawk Township

Administrator U Khun SoeLwin of Township GeneralAdministration Department,Staff Officer U Khaing Nyuntof Township ForestDepartment, forestpersonnel, health staff of thestation hospital and localpeople.

At first, TownshipAdministrator U Khun SoeLwin made a speech, andStaff Officer of the Township

Forest Department U KhaingNyunt explained the purposeof donations.

Next, the Staff Officerhanded over oxygenconcentrators to nurses of thestation hospital and villageelders.

The oxygen con-centrators were bought withcontributions of staff of theTownship Forest Departmentand Township SawMill entrepreneurs, andthe concentrators costK 390,000.—Myanma Alin

CASH DONATED: Inmemory of U Tun Yin,

father of Sein and Mya,Thiri Thudhamma TheingiDaw Tin Yi and daughterDaw Ni Ni Yin (Sein and

Mya Cotton Trading)family donated K 4 million

to the fund for secondrenovation of Pagoda

No. 1955 in Baganancient cultural region on13 March. An official ofArchaeology, NationalMuseum and LibraryDepartment under the

Ministry of Cultureaccepts cash donation.MDY SUB-PRINTING HOUSE

FIRE DRILL EXERCISED: Fire preventive measureswere taken and fire drill practised at Myoma Market in

Gyobingauk recently. Township Administrator U MaungMaung Naing, Commander of Township Police ForcePolice Captain Myint Kyaing and Head of TownshipFire Services Department Ye Kyawswa U Phyu Win

supervise fire drill of fire brigade members.—KYEMON

VETERINARY CLINIC OPENED: The veterinaryclinic of Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department

was opened on Bogyoke Street in Ward 2 of DedayeTownship on 19 February. Head of Pyapon District

Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department Dr KyiKyi Thein and Township Administrator U Tin Shwe

formally open the clinic.—TOWNSHIP LBVD

MEB in Rakhine State holdsanniversary celebration

SITTWAY, 6 April—Myanma Economic Bank ofthe Ministry of Finance andRevenue held theanniversary celebration atthe office of Rakhine StateMEB in Sittway on 1 Aprilmorning.

It was attended byRakhine State Minister forFinance and Revenue U SoeAye, State Minister forPlanning and Economic UMya Aung, State Auditor-

General U Mya Aung,Rakhine State Manager ofMEB U Maung Aye Tha,District Manager U Ba KyawTin and staff.

At first, they took theFive Precepts from DhammaThukha Sayadaw. Next, StateMinister U Soe Aye, StateManager U Maung Aye Thaand District Manager U BaKyaw Tin offered alms tomembers of the Sangha.

Rakhine State MEB

Age-wise measles vaccination2012 explained

MANSI, 6 April—The talks on age-wise measlesvaccination 2012 was held at Mansi Township People’sHospital on 26 March.

At first, Township Administrator U Thein Zaw Oo madea speech. Township Medical Officer Dr May Thet Nweexplained matters related to measles disease in Myanmar,Nurse-1 Daw Bauk Ra information, education andcommunication programme and Township Health Assistant-I Daw Mary facts about measles.

Myanma Alin

Bio-security of poultry farmsinspected in Mansi

MANSI, 6 April—A teamof Township Level AvianInfluenza PreventionCommittee led by TownshipAdministrator U Thein Zaw

Oo inspected poultry farmsfor bio-security in Mansi on15 March morning.

Head of Mansi TownshipLivestock Breeding and

Veterinary Department DrWin Myint Aung explainedmatters related to avianinfluenza disease. AssistantVeterinarian U Dah Shi AungDun sprayed the poultryfarms.

Township LBVD

Insein Township WJA donatesbooks

YANGON, 6 April—Thebook donations of InseinTownship Writers andJournalists Association toKyaikto TownshipInformation and PublicRelations Department washeld at the Dhammayon ofKinpunchaung in KyaiktoTownship on 25 March.

Vice-Chairman ofInsein Township Writers andJournalists Association U BoKyi (Dr Bo Thanmani-Taungdwingyi), Secretary USoe Win Maung (Shwe TaikSoe) and Auditor U WinMyint (Maung Maung Win

Myint-Hmukhin) donatedbooks.

Staff Officer Daw KhinSaw Lin of DistrictInformation and PublicRelations Department andHead of Township IPRD DawAye Myo Myo San acceptedthe book donation.

Township WJA

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Drought forces hosepipe banLONDON, 6 April — A

hosepipe ban was imposedon Thursday on millions ofBritish households after oneof the driest two-year periodson record.

Householders ignoringthe ban face a £1,000 fine aswater companies across thecountry grapple with theworsening drought. Sevensuppliers in the south east ofEngland; Southern Water,South East Water, ThamesWater, Anglian Water, Suttonand East Surrey, VeoliaCentral and Veolia South Eastwill enforce the restrictionsfrom Thursday.

The ban applies to theuse hoses on gardens, plants,

A hosepipe ban wasimposed Thursday on

millions of Britishhouseholds after one of thedriest two-year periods on

record.— INTERNET

cars or boats for “recreationaluse”; to fill or maintain ponds,pools or fountains; and toclean paths, walls andwindows. Britain suffered adry March, and, despite recentrain, the south east of Englandand Yorkshire in the north areofficially in a state of drought.The Environment Agencysaid river flows weredecreasing and reservoirlevels were lower than normal.

Peter Simpson, manag-ing director of Anglian Water,explained: “Two dry wintershave prevented rivers,reservoirs and aquifers fromrefilling with the water wetreat and supply the rest of theyear, especially during the

hotter months when demandrises.” Mike Hegarty,operations director at Suttonand East Surrey Water said

the company “very muchregretted” having to imposethe ban but that it had “no

choice” due to the increasingseriousness of the drought.

Internet

Wanted man hijacked carwith toddlers in back seatLONDON, 6 April — A man

described by police as amongBritain’s most wantedcriminals has been arrested ina vehicle carjacked from ayoung mother — and foundwith her two toddlers stillstrapped in the back seats.West Midlands police rushedto the Birmingham suburb ofErdington on Tuesdayfollowing reports of a burglaryin progress. Minutes later,three men were spottedrunning from a suspectedgetaway car.

“One dragged a femaledriver out of a Ford Focus andsped away with her one-year-old son and daughter, agedtwo, secured in their childseats,” a spokesman for theWest Midlands force said in astatement. The man was

Police cars are pictured inBirmingham.—INTERNET

Japan rushes to restart reactors to avoid total shutdownTOKYO, 6 April — Japan’s government is racing to get two

nuclear reactors, idled after the Fukushima crisis, runningagain by next month out of what experts say is fear that a totalshutdown would make it hard to convince a wary public thatatomic power is vital. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda andthree cabinet ministers are to meet on Thursday to discuss thepossible restarts of the No 3 and No 4 reactors at KansaiElectric Power Co’s Ohi plant in Fukui, western Japan — aregion dubbed the “nuclear arcade” for the string of atomicplants that dot its coast.

Trade minister Yukio Edano, who holds the energyportfolio, could travel to Fukui as early as Sunday to seeklocal approval for the restarts, Japanese media said. If approved,the restarts would be the first since a huge earthquake andtsunami triggered the radiation crisis at Tokyo Electric Power’s

Blackberryearthquake app

rolled out in MexicoMEXICO CITY , 6 April — Civil authorities

in Mexico City have rolled out a free app thatwill warn people when an earthquake isimminent. Mayor of Mexico City MarceloEbrard unveiled the app on Tuesday, on behalfof Mexico City’s Civil Protection service.

The app triggers an alarm on the phoneonce an earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or higherhas been detected. On receiving the signal,the phone makes a sound and vibrates, evenif the device is set to silent.

The app has been developed forBlackberry, according to Mr Ebrard, becauseonly its handsets could send out mass alertsquickly enough: up to five seconds fromwhen the signal is given.

Blackberry has been given access to thesignal which is operated by Mexico’sSeismological Service, which continuouslymonitors for earthquake activity throughregional stations.

“If tomorrow someone else does it, we’llalso give them the signal,” Mr Ebrard said.Although the alarm may only give people amatter of seconds to prepare for an earthquake,authorities believe this may allow them toadopt safer positions, and save lives.

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Evicted 101-year-old Detroiter gets her home backDETROIT, 6 April — Baking cookies never seemed as sweet for 101-year-old Texana Hollis as it did on

Wednesday, when she tearfully was allowed back into the home her husband bought after World War IIfollowing her eviction seven months ago. Foreclosure initially forced Hollis from the home where she’d spentsix decades of her life, then federal officials wouldn’t let her move back in because of its dilapidated condition.That’s when Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom and his charity stepped in, and convinced volunteersand businesses to do the same.

“God bless everyone who had a hand in this,” Hollis said, tears swelling in her eyes, after she re-enteredthe home. One of her first tasks: Trying out the new stove to bake sugar and chocolate chip cookies, whichshe lifted off a tinfoil-covered baking sheet using a new spatula and carefully placed into a tin.

Albom and his charities helped renovate Hollis’ house after buying it from the US Department of Housingand Urban Development.

So far Blackberry has been givenexclusive access to the earthquake

warning signal.— INTERNET

Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom, right, helpsTexana Hollis pull cookies from the oven in her home in

Detroit, on 4 April, 2012.—INTERNET

Albom spent $30,000 — much of it outof his own pocket — on the project, and morethan 100 volunteers spent months putting innew flooring, drywall, appliances and evena portion of the roof.

“I promised Texana that all she has to dois just stay alive and give us another 101years,” he said after pushing Hollis up anewly constructed wheelchair ramp and intothe gleaming home. “She will never lose thishouse again.” When asked about the changesinside the house, where rooms were paintedin soft shades of blue, green and yellow anddecorated with welcoming bouquets offlowers, he jokingly answered: “It wouldprobably be easier to tell you what’s old.”

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Hundreds of homes still without powerLONDON, 6 April — Hundreds of homes are still

without power more than 38 hours after gales and icebrought down power lines. Northern Powergrid saidthere were now fewer than 2,500 customers withoutpower in Northumberland, west County Durham andparts of Yorkshire. In Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire9,000 properties had been reconnected, WesternPower said. A spokesman also confirmed that onlyfive homes in the Peaks remain with electricity.

At one stage on Wednesday morning, some50,000 homes and businesses in the North East andDerbyshire were without electricity. NorthernPowergrid said it would make contact with customerswho qualify for compensation over the loss of power.

The collapseof a wall at ahouse which

damaged carsin Stoke-on-

Trenthappened

during highwinds.

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Fukushima plant a year ago, forcing tens of thousands ofpeople to evacuate. Concern about a power crunch whenelectricity demand peaks in the summer has been set againstpublic fears about safety since Fukushima, the world’s worstnuclear accident in 25 years.

Nuclear power, long advertised as safe and cheap,provided almost 30 percent of Japan’s electricity before thecrisis but now all but one of Japan’s 54 reactors are off-line,mainly for maintenance.

The last reactor will shut down on 5 May. “They want toavoid setting a precedent of the country operating withoutnuclear power because it will create a huge barrier in terms ofrestarts,” said Jeffrey Kingston, director of Asian Studies atTemple University’s Tokyo campus. “People will questionwhy we need it,” he said.— Reuters

The company blamed strong winds and blizzardson Tuesday for bringing down overhead power linesin the North East.—Internet

NY judgegives ex-Sovietarms dealer 25

yearsNEW YORK, 6 April — A

defiant Russian arms dealerdubbed the Merchant of Deathwas sentenced Thursday to25 years in prison, far short ofthe life term prosecutorssought for his conviction onterrorism charges that grewfrom a US sting operation.Viktor Bout’s sentence wasthe mandatory minimum hefaced and well below the lifeprison term called for byfederal sentencing guidelines.

This 16 Nov , 2010 filephoto provided by the Drug

EnforcementAdministration shows

Russian arms traffickerViktor Bout in US custody

after being flown fromBangkok to New York in a

chartered US plane. INTERNET

US District Judge ShiraScheindlin in Manhattan saidit was sufficient andappropriate because Bout’scrimes originated onlybecause of an elaborate stingoperation created by the DrugEnforcement Administrationto catch one of the world’smost notorious arms dealers.She said there was noevidence the 45-year-old Bouthad ever planned to harmAmericans or commit a crimepunishable in US court untilthe sting was created.

“But for the approachmade through this determinedsting operation, there is noreason to believe Bout wouldever have committed thecharged crimes,” she said.

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cornered by police about amile away and arrested after aviolent struggle. The PressAssociation named him asCedric Brown, citing policesources.

The 44-year-old is beinginterviewed by detectives onsuspicion of burglary androbbery over Tuesday’sincident, and will also bequestioned about a brutalstabbing and burglary twoyears ago — which appearedon the BBC’s Crimewatch —in which a Bristol husbandand wife were tied up andslashed with a knife.

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SANG THAI EAGLE VOY NO (-)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SANG THAIEAGLE VOY NO (-) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 8.4.2012 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of B.S.W (1) 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: SANG THAI SHIPPINGCO LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (633)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAPVOY NO (633) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 7.4.2012 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 CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Experts survey stricken Total North Sea gasplatform

ABERDEEN, 6 April — Ateam of experts spent fourhours inspecting a wellheadthat is spewing a cloud ofpotentially explosive gas on aNorth Sea platform operatedby French energy giant Total,the company said onThursday. It was the first timethe wellhead has beeninspected since the Elginplatform was evacuated of its238 crew on 25 March whenthe leak was detected. Totalsaid a helicopter carrying theeight-strong team of expertsleft Aberdeen on the eastcoast of Scotland at 10:30 am(0930 GMT) to fly the 150miles (240 kilometres) to therig and returned at 4:50 pm.

French energy giant Total’s Elgin rig, 150 miles (240 kms) from Aberdeen. A team ofexperts spent four hours inspecting a wellhead that is spewing a cloud of potentiallyexplosive gas on a North Sea platform operated by French energy giant Total, the

company said on Thursday.— INTERNET

In a “key milestone”towards bringing thesituation under control, theteam spent nearly four hoursestablishing which zones ofthe platform were safe toaccess and what equipmentwill be required in any wellcontrol operation.

The platform issurrounded by a cloud of low-lying gas and Andrew Hogg,Total’s UK communicationsmanager, said Wednesdaythere was a continuing risk ofexplosion.

Total is due to begin atwo-pronged operation toblock the well by pumping itfull of “heavy mud” at highpressure and drilling two relief

wells.Jacques-Emmanuel

Saulnier, Total’s head ofcommunications, said thesurvey would ensure that theteams who will later work onblocking the wells “can do soin the best possibleconditions”. Strong windshad thwarted plans to fly theexperts to the platform onWednesday.

An estimated 200,000cubic metres of highlyflammable gas are escapingfrom the platform each day ina leak which Total says iscosting the company $2.5million (1.91 million euros)daily.

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Missing HK cargo ship: 11rescued by Japan coastguard

TOKYO, 6 April — Japan’scoastguard has rescued 11 of17 crew members from a HongKong-registered cargo shipthat went missing in a stormon Tuesday. The 4,143-tonneship, called New Lucky VII,went missing about 100km(60 miles) west of the southernJapanese island of AmamiOshima on Tuesday. OneTaiwanese, two Chinese and14 Indonesian sailors wereon board, said Japanesemedia reports. The search forthe remaining six crewmembers is continuing. Thevessel, which was carryingtimber from Papua NewGuinea to China, lost contactwith its owners during thestorm.

The Japanesecoastguard launched a search

Three plead guilty in botched “Fast andFurious” gun-running sting

PHOENIX, 6 April —Three men pleaded guilty onThursday to charges oftrafficking high-poweredrifles and other guns toMexico from Arizona underthe botched “Fast andFurious” federal stingoperation tied to the murderof a US federal agent. JaimeAvila Jr, Joshua DavidMoore and Kenneth JamesThompson were among a ringof 20 defendants chargedwith buying and runninghigh-powered firearmsincluding Kalashnikov-typeassault rifles, 5.7mm pistolsand Barrett sniper rifles tothe Mexican cartels.

The purchases weremade in the Phoenix area from

Barry apologizes for commenton Asian businesses

WASHINGTON , 6 April — Just after yet another decisiveelectoral victory, DC Councilman Marion Barry is once againembroiled in controversy, this time for remarks disparagingAsian-owned businesses in his poor, majority-black ward.

At his primary election victory party on Tuesday, Barrysaid: “We got to do something about these Asians coming inand opening up businesses and dirty shops. ... They ought togo. I’m going to say that right now. But we need African-American businesspeople to be able to take their places, too.”His comments were first reported by WRC-TV. Barry apologizedThursday for the comments.

“I want to express my deep apology for offending somemembers of the Asian community and the DC community,”Barry said in an interview with The Associated Press.

“I have a solid record of relationships with the Asiancommunity.” The former mayor won the Democratic primary forhis Ward 8 council seat with 73 percent of the vote, all butassuring him of another four-year term.

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2009 to 2010 when a bungledBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,Firearms and Explosivesoperation allowed more than2,000 US-bought weapons toslip across the border toMexico.

Two of those weaponswere found at the spot nearthe Arizona-Mexico borderwhere Border Patrol agentBrian Terry was killed duringa shootout with illegalimmigrants in December 2010.

It was not clear, however,if those weapons fired thefatal shots.

Fast and Furious was runby the Phoenix field office ofthe ATF and the US Attorney.Its goal was to try to trackguns being smuggled from

the initial purchaser to seniordrug cartel members. Avilawas named as the primarydefendant in the suit.According to courtdocuments, he was recruitedin November 2009 by a co-conspirator, Juan JoseMartinez-Gonzalez, to makethird-party straw purchasesfrom licensed dealers.

He bought 52 firearms,including powerful .308-caliber rifles and two .50-caliber Barrett sniper rifles.

During his involvementwith the ring, he became awarethat the guns were intendedfor export to Mexico, wheredrug cartel violence has killedmore than 50,000 people sincelate 2006.— Reuters

Gunmenkill nine at

NigeriamarketMAIDUGURI, 6 April

— Nine people were killedwhen gunmen opened fireat a market in northeastNigeria, authorities said.

The shootings, whichalso injured severalpeople, occurred about 2pm Wednesday at themarket in Maiduguri,witnesses told theNigerian Tribune.

Elsewhere in thecapital, a mechanic wasfatally shot Wednesdayafternoon, the Tribunesaid.

The Joint MilitaryTask Force said threeterrorists were killed byauthorities Tuesday in thenorthern state of Kanoafter they had stolen a carat gunpoint.

Nigerian Army MajGen Garba AyodejiWahab said the gunmenhad planned an attack thisweek in the northern stateof Kano.— Internet

“Titanic: 100 YearObsession”exhibited in

Washington DC.One hundred yearsago, on 14 April,

Titanic, the world’slargest ship, sank

after colliding withan iceberg,

claiming 1,514lives.— XINHUA

operation on Thursday,following a request from theHong Kong authorities.Patrol vessels reported largeamounts of oil afloat in thesea where the ship had lostcontact with its owner,raising fears it had sunk. Thecoastguard found nine crewmembers on a life raft driftingabout 60km from the ship’slast known position. Anothertwo sailors were found on alife raft nearby. An officialsaid that the rescued crewmembers — eightIndonesian, two Chinese, andone Taiwanese - appearedunhurt. “But we have not hadfurther details including theiridentification, the fate of theremaining six crew as well asthe cargo ship,” the officialsaid. — Internet

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British supermarketchain Tesco apologized aftera mother complained her 7-year-old daughter wasallowed to buy a bottle ofwine.

Maggie Waugh, 43, saidshe waited outside of theTesco Express store in Exeter,England, while her daughter,Dani, went inside the store tobuy her some “surprise” earlyMother’s Day gifts and shewas shocked when the girl

Store sells wine to 7-year-old girl

Circle irrigated areas in Saudi Arabia.

Plastinated specimens ofanimal displayed in UK.

LOS ANGELES, 6 April —Dr John was definitely in theright place at the right timewhen he agreed to let the BlackKeys’ Dan Auerbachproduce his new album,“Locked Down,” one of thegiddiest experiences a seriousrock fan could have thisspring.

By “right place,” wedon’t necessarily mean

Dr John’s “Locked Down” has vintage sound

US singer and pianist Dr John performs onstage duringthe 45th Montreux Jazz Festival on 6 July, 2011. Over350 artists and groups will perform on the two main

stages and at the ten free venues duringthe sixteen-day long festival.

REUTERS

LOS ANGELES, 6 April —A fresh wave of Beatlemaniacould sweep the world after Paul McCartney’s son said fourof the legendary British rock group’s children were consideringsetting up a band together.

James McCartney told the BBC website that he and JohnLennon’s son Sean, George Harrison’s son Dhani, and RingoStarr’s son Zak Starkey had mooted the idea of forming “TheBeatles — The Next Generation”.

“I’d be up for it,” said the 34-year-old, who is launchinga solo career as a singer and guitarist. “Sean seemed to be intoit, Dhani seemed to be into it.”

He added that Starkey was less keen, but that the bandcould “hopefully” happen with “nature’s support”.

All four have followed in their fathers’ footsteps andpursued musical careers. Sean Lennon is a New York-basedsinger-songwriter, while Dhani Harrison fronts London rockband thenewno2. Zak Starkey became a drummer like hisfather Ringo Starr and has played with bands including TheWho and Oasis. James McCartney, who strongly resembleshis father, said he had “dreamt of being better than TheBeatles”.—Internet

James McCartney arrivesat the Grammy Awards in

Los Angeles on 12February. A fresh wave ofBeatlemania could sweep

the world after PaulMcCartney’s son said four

of the legendary Britishrock group’s children were

considering setting up aband together.—INTERNET

Beatles’ kids could form aband, says McCartney son

LOS ANGELES, 6 April —Gary Sinise is cancellingappearances with his Lt DanBand after suffering injuriesin a car accident.

A spokeswoman for theactor says Sinise was apassenger in a car involved inan accident Friday. StaciWolfe did not offer detailsabout the extent of hisinjuries.

The 57-year-old Sinisewas to perform with his bandat a fundraising event last

Gary Sinise cancelsappearances after car accident

LOS ANGELES, 6 April—Whitney Houston drowned in ahot bathtub in a Beverly Hills hotel room with cocaine in hersystem and white powder nearby, a final coroner’s reportrevealed on Wednesday.

Detectives found white powdery substances, a rolled-up piece of paper, a small spoon and a mirror in the bathroomshortly after Houston’s naked body was found face down inthe bathtub on 11 February, the 40-page Los Angeles Countycoroner’s report said.

Houston, 48, had a history of drug addiction. An autopsyin March determined she died of accidental drowning due tothe effects of cocaine and heart disease.

Wednesday’s report revealed that Houston had aperforated nose, indicating substance abuse, filled with abloody discharge.

Detectives said she was found in about 12 inches ofextremely hot water, which was determined to be 93 Fahrenheit(34 Celsius) some six hours after her death.

The singer also had traces of marijuana in her system andan open bottle of champagne was found in her room at theBeverly Hilton, hours before she was due to attend a pre-Grammy party.

On a counter in the bathroom, detectives found “a smallspoon with a crystal-like substance in it and a rolled up pieceof white paper.”—Reuters

Houston drowned in very hotwater, cocaine in system

Whitney Houstonperforms during the

World Music Awards atthe Thomas & MackCenetr in Las Vegas,

Nevada as a tribute tomusic mogul Clive

Davis, who received theOutstanding

Contribution to theMusic Industry Award,in this 15 September,

2004 file photo.Houston died of

accidental drowningdue to the effects of

cocaine use and heartdisease, a Los Angeles

County coroner’sspokesman said on 22

March, 2012.REUTERS

In this 28 July, 2010 filephoto, actor Gary Sinisearrives at the CBS CW

Showtime Press tour partyin Beverly Hills, Calif Sinise

is canceling appearanceswith his Lt Dan Band aftersuffering injuries in a car

accident. —INTERNET

weekend in Martinsville, Va,and next week in Palm Desert,Calif.

The Martinsvilleconcert will be rescheduled.The Palm Desert performancehas been canceled.

Sinise stars on TV’s “CSI:NY.” The show has completedproduction for the season andwon’t be affected by theactor’s injuries.—Internet

Bourbon Street. If you’rethinking this will be “a NewOrleans album” in any of theusual senses - even in any ofthe usual Dr John senses -you might be disappointed.The artist lesser known asMac Rebennack doesn’t playacoustic piano on the album(or if he does, it’s virtuallysubliminal). So don’t expect asecond of that distinct

Tipitina vibe.And by “right time,” we

don’t necessarily mean 2012.Because “Locked Down”could almost be mistaken fora newly discovered set ofouttakes recorded betweenthe good doc’s first two LPsin the late ‘60s. There’s adistant, low-fi aspect tocertain parts of the mix thatalmost sounds as if it wererecorded off an AM radio witha primitive cassette player,but then Auerbach is alwaysusing the stereo separationto play with the electric guitarsand make them dance aroundDr John’s electric piano andfarfisa.

That’s right, ‘60s nuts:farfisa (albeit only for onesolo)! But suffice it to say thatif you love mid-‘60s rock, evenif Dr John isn’t usually yourthing, you’ll get a huge kickout of the way this albumevokes that era and style ofrecording. Almost any of thearrangements would havebeen right at home on theWoodstock stage.

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MACDON, 6 April — Afather and son in upstate NewYork face possible chargesafter the son was allegedlyspotted burying a stolen boxtruck in a sand pit,investigators said.

Macedon, NY, policeand the Orleans CountySheriff’s Office said the 26-foot-long box truck was takenlast week from a Macedonbusiness and their only leads

Police find stolen truck beingburied

were the name of a company,Country Construction, andthe first name of a suspect,Jeff, The (Batavia, NY) DailyNews reported Wednesday.

The sheriff’s office saiddeputies using a helicopterspotted Jeffery Paul, the sonof Country Constructionowner David Paul, 72, using abulldozer to bury the truck ina sand pit on a 77-acre parcelof land owned by the family.

The Pauls were taken intocustody and investigatorssearched the property Fridayand discovered the stolentruck, two stolen backhoes, astolen backhoe that had beendismantled and a stolen car.

Sheriff’s investigatorCorey Black said no chargeshave yet been filed against thefather and son pending furtherinvestigation, but possessionof stolen property charges arelikely.—Internet

emerged with a box ofchocolates and a bottle ofsparkling wine, The Sunreported on Wednesday.

“The duty manager saidit was a mistake and shouldn’thave been authorized,”Waugh said. “I can’t thinkwhat the worker was doing.She obviously didn’t look atwhat Dani was buying andjust let it go through.”

Waugh said she refusedan offer of a voucher from the

store, saying she just wantsto make sure the incident isnot repeated. Tesco said theemployee who sold the wineto the girl was not fired but isno longer with the company.

“This was a genuinemistake for which weapologize. We have remindedstaff of their responsibilitieswhen selling alcohol,” thestore said in a statement.

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Police in Florida said a pawn shop worker was accidentally shot in the buttocks by anotheremployee who was putting a gun into a display case.

The Margate Police Department said a worker at David Bari’s Pawn Shop on State Road7 left his semiautomatic Glock .40 caliber handgun on a counter when he stepped out around6:30 pm Tuesday and another employee mistook it for a store item and attempted to place itinto a display case, The Miami Herald reported on Wednesday.

The gun went off while it was being handled and the bullet struck a third employee in thebuttocks and entered through the front pelvic area, police said.

The employee was taken to North Broward Medical Centre with non-life-threateninginjuries and is expected to fully recover.

Police said the incident is being investigated but the preliminary investigation indicatesthe shooting was accidental.

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Vidic impressed byFerdinand’s ‘hunger’

Serbian says defender’s performances thisseason are proving the doubters wrongLONDON, 6 April —

Manchester United defenderNemanja Vidic says RioFerdinand is as much of adefensive force as ever.Ferdinand, 33, has struggledwith a back injury which haslimited his first-team actionduring recent seasons - buthas been a reliable presenceduring this campaign. AndVidic, who is currentlyrecuperating from a rupturedcruciate knee ligament, saidhis central defensive partnerhad firmly proved his criticswrong.

“At the beginning of theseason there were a lot ofpeople questioning Rio,asking whether he could dowhat he did in the past, can heplay, is he finished?” Vidicsaid. “This was nonsense. Riohas hunger and now he hasproved people they are wrong.“He is a very important player,not just this year but over thepast years and he has donevery well over the last fewmonths.” Ferdinand has made23 Barclays Premier League

Season overfor AC Milan’sinjury-plagued

PatoMILAN, 6 April — AC

Milan’s Brazilian striker Patowill be out of action for therest of the season, club doctorJean-Pierre Meerssmanrevealed on Thursday. The22-year-old has suffered 14injuries in the past two years,principally thigh muscleproblems, but also to hisankles and groin, restrictinghim to just 11 league gamesthis season, in which he hasscored once.

“Ten days, or 20 or 30(out) does little to change werewe are now,” Meerssman toldGazzetta dello sport. “Andwhen he has recovered we’ll

appearances this season asUnited have headed to the topof the table bolstered by adefence which has concededonly 27 times — a tally onlybettered by second-placedManchester City.

United trailed theirneighbours by five points inthe League at the time of Vidic’sinjury against Basle in theChampions League inDecember. But the Serbian saidthat even though he has towatch from the sidelines, hehad full confidence in theteam’s ability to mount a solidchallenge for the title. “I alwaysbelieved we would challengefor the title,” he said.

“It doesn’t matter who isout. Manchester United neverdepend on one player. “If youlook at the past, players haveleft and fans have said how arewe going to cope? But themanager is the best at replacingplayers and the team still wintitles and trophies. “That iswhy Manchester United areso special.”

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Westwood gets his nose in frontat the Masters

AUGUSTA, 6 April —With his words and then hisplay, Lee Westwood shotdown the notion on Thursdaythat this Masters was a two-horse race. On a busyopening day at AugustaNational that featured mud, alittle rain and a snowman onthe final hole for HenrikStenson, Westwood provid-ed a steady hand Thursdaywith seven birdies for a 5-under 67 that gave him a one-shot lead.

It was the first timeWestwood has led after theopening round of a major,though that was little comfort.Louis Oosthuizen made fourbirdies over the last five holesfor a 68, while Peter Hansonof Sweden made six birdiesfor his 68. Bubba Watson,blasting tee shots with hispink driver, was among sixplayers at 69. Westwood hadsaid it would be naive foranyone to think this majorwas only about Tiger Woodsand Rory McIlroy.

Those two horses werehappy to still be in the running.

Lee Westwood of Englandwatches his tee shot on the

18th hole during firstround play in the 2012

Masters Golf Tournamentat the Augusta NationalGolf Club in Augusta,Georgia, on 5 April ,

2012.— INTERNET

Rio

Ferdinand

has been a

regular for

Manchester

United this

season.

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Woods took two penaltyshots, hit three tee shots thatrattled the pines and wasthrilled to make bogey on hislast hole for a 72, the first timesince 2008 that he failed tobreak par in the opening roundof the Masters. “I had some ofthe worst golf swings I’veever hit today,” Woodssaid.— Reuters

Spain favourites as clay kings step up in Davis Cup

BUENOS AIRES , 6 April— The kings of clay are set toreign as holders Spain arefavourites to keep their DavisCup title defence on trackdespite taking on old foesAustria without worldnumber two Rafael Nadal inthe quarter-finals at homestarting on Friday.

All four ties take placeon the surface with France

Real’s Di Maria returns in time for Bayern test

Real Madrid’s Pepe and APOEL’s Esteban Solari go forthe ball during their Champions League quarter-finalsecond leg match at Santiago Bernabeu stadium, on 4

April, 2012. — INTERNET

(From L) Spain’s Marcel Granollers, Nicolas Almagro,Juan Carlos Ferrero, captain Alex Corretja and MarcLopez celebrate after winning their Davis Cup World

Group doubles match against Kazakhstan at theMunicipal hall in Oviedo, in February. Holders Spain

are favourites to keep their title defence on track despitetaking on old foes Austria without world number two

Rafael Nadal in the quarters.— INTERNET

playing the United States inthe Monte Carlo CountryClub, the Czech Republichosting Serbia in Prague andArgentina and Croatia goinghead to head in Buenos Aires.

Three of the world’s topplayers will not be competingfor their countries in the teamtournament with Serbia’sworld number one NovakDjokovic, Nadal and ninth-

MADRID, 6 April — AngelDi Maria’s late goal for RealMadrid against APOELNicosia will have been the icingon the cake for coach JoseMourinho, as it appeared tosignal the return to fitness ofone of his most potentforwards. The pacy Argentinewinger completed a 5-2thrashing of the ChampionsLeague debutants with adelightful lob on Wednesdayand he should be firing on allcylinders by the time they meetBayern Munich in the semi-finals later this month.

Di Maria is still one of theside’s highest providers ofassists despite havingsidelined with a string ofniggling muscle injuries sincethe turn of the year and he hasonly started 12 league gamesand three in the ChampionsLeague. “I suffered a lot afterhaving a relapse on my injuryand it has been very tough.”

Di Maria told reporters aftercoming on as a substitute toplay a lively 35 minutes. “Ithought it was the end of theseason for me but I am back intime for the most importantgames.”

Kaka and Jose Callejon

also netted on Wednesday,as did ever-present leadingscorer Cristiano Ronaldo, whobagged a brace, and Mourinhowas able to rest regulars suchas striker Karim Benzema andmidfielders Xabi Alonso andMesut Ozil. —Reuters

ranked American Mardy Fish,all missing. Despite beingfavourites, captain AlexCorretja said hosts Spanishwould be approaching theirtie “with respect and humility”given that Spain have wonjust one of their four previousmeetings - in Vienna 33 yearsago. Nadal is suffering from aknee injury which forced himout of the Miami Masters lastweek, but world number fiveDavid Ferrer is back alongsideNico Almagro (12), MarcelGranollers (26) and MarcLopez (1147).

The 30-year-old Ferrerarrives with three titles underhis belt this season inAcapulco, Buenos Aires andAuckland, and a confidentCorretja warned that“conditions here are perfect”for the Spanish at the Marinad’Or in Oropesa del Mardespite forecasts of rain forthe weekend. The JurgenMelzer-led Austrians arereturning to the quarter-finalsafter a 17-year absence.

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Stoke announce £6m training ground plan

AC Milan’s Brazilianstriker Pato, will be out ofaction for the rest of the

season, club doctor Jean-Pierre Meerssman revealed

on Thursday.—INTERNET

LONDON , 6 April — StokeCity have unveiled plans for a£6m expansion of theirtraining ground facilities. TheClub hopes the improvementsto its Clayton Wood TrainingGround will enable it to achieveCategory 1 status in the PremierLeague’s new Elite PlayerPerformance Plan (EPPP). TheEPPP is a long-term strategydesigned to take PremierLeague Youth Developmentto the next level, and it will seeclubs’ academies awarded astatus of 1 to 4.

Stoke’s plans include afull-size indoor pitch, as wellas an expansion of the trainingground complex to accom-modate changing rooms,

be back to square one again.Pato was declared clinicallyrecovered 13 times but he’sobviously not cured.” Patopicked up the latest injury inWednesday’s 3-1 ChampionsLeague quarter-final, secondleg loss in Barcelona, leavingthe pitch 14 mitches aftercoming on.

“He’s been all over theplace from Germany to theUnited States, lots of doctorsand therapists have examinedand treated him, I don’t knowwho to turn to next,” addedMeerssman. Pato came closeto signing in January forFrench side Paris SaintGermain in a 28-million-eurodeal, but the move wasblocked by the last minuteintervention of club ownerSilvio Berlusconi.— Internet

offices and a treatment room.They hope to begin buildingwork later in the year. RichardSmith, Managing Director ofStoke City Property Ltd, toldthe club’s official website:“The Club and its owners arefirmly committed to achievingCategory 1 status which will

give us the best possiblechance of developing our ownplayers for the first team. “EPPPis designed to create astructure and facilities whichwill give English football aworld-class Academy system,and we want to ensure that weare right up there with the top

clubs so we can nurture thebest young talent in Stoke-on-Trent and the surroundingareas, while also attracting thebest young players who areavailable to us.

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Category 1statuswouldenablethem to

attract thebest young

players. INTERNET

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 7 April, 2012 15

(7-4-12 09:30 am ~8-4-12 09:30 am) MST

MYANMARINTERNATIONAL

MYANMAR TV

(7-4-2012) (Saturday)

Focus Myanmar TV Programme

NewsThings should becarried out inThingyan Period &Auspicious MyanmarNew YaerNewsThingyan Songs &DancesNewsHANs Golf MastersTravelling in ShanMountain rangs“Myoma Market”NewsGraduation Ceremonyfor AbhidhammaDiploma CourseNewsA Pilgrimage toProminent Pagodas InPakokkuNewsMogok: The ColorfulLand of RubiesNewsMyanmar TraditionalIdentity “ TumblingDoll, Pyit TineHtaungMyanmar Movie“Why you hateme Ko Ko”

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Hilly

Region MissionarySayadaw-UppatathandiParitta

7:50 am 2. Nice and Sweet Song8:10 am 3. Dance of Thingyan

Festival8:35 am 4. International News4:00 pm7. Martial Song4:25 pm8. Dance Of National

Races4:35 pm9. Dance of Thingyan

Festival5:05 pm10. Songs For

Upholding NationalSpirit

5:10 pm11. Myanmar Language5:50 pm12. Sports Highlight7:20 pm13. Dan

ce of Thingyan Festival8:00 pm14. News15. TV Drama Series16. Song Lovers

R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information.

Weather forecast for 7th April, 2012Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

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

Maximum Minimum Likelihood of scattered rain or thundershowers Percent

1 Kachin 31/88 19/66 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

2 Kayah 33/91 20/68 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

3 Kayin 36/97 22/72 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

4 Chin 25/77 10/50 Likelihood of scattered rain or thundershowers (60%)

5 Upper Sagaing 31/88 20/68 Likelihood of scattered rain or thundershowers (60%)

6 Lower Sagaing 37/99 22/72 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

7 Taninthayi 36/97 22/72 Likelihood of scattered rain or thundershowers (60%)

8 Bago 34/93 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

9 Magway 37/99 21/70 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

10 Mandalay 37/99 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

11 Mon 37/99 23/73 Likelihood of scattered rain or thundershowers (60%)

12 Yangon 35/95 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

13 Rakhine 36/97 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

14 Southern Shan 28/82 16/61 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

15 Northern Shan 33/91 12/54 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

16 Eastern Shan 33/91 19/66 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

17 Ayeyawady 36/97 26/77 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 37/99 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

19 Neighbouring Yangon 35/95 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 37/99 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers (60%)

Summary of

observations at 09:30

hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, rain or thundershowers has been scattered in Kachin and Shan States, isolated in Upper Sagaing, Mandalay, Magway, Yangon and Taninthayi Regions, Chin, Rakhine and Mon States and weather has been partly cloudy in the remaining regions and States. Day temperatures were (3°C) above April average temperatures in Southern Shan States, (5°C) above April average temperatures in Chin State and about April average temperatures in the remaining Regions and States. The significant day temperatures were Chauk (42°C), Minbu (41°C) each. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Magway (0.98) inch, Minesat (0.94) inch, Machanbaw (0.47) inch, Putao (0.35) inch and Kawthong (0.32) inch.

Bay Inference Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy in the Andaman Sea, North Bay and Southeast Bay and partly cloudy

eleswhere in the Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Seas will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Continuation of rain or thundershowers in the Northern Myanmar areas.

READING HABIT RAISED: The reading habit raising andbook donation was held at Hsutaungpyae Monastery

near Sarpay Uyin library in Phayagon Village ofThanlyin Township on 23 March. Deputy Commissioner

U Sai Thaw Win of Yangon South District GeneralAdministration Department speaks on the occasion.

MYANMA ALIN

Basic auxiliary fire fightingcourse concludes

TOUNGOO, 6 April—Thebasic auxiliary fire fightingcourse No 2/2012 concludedat Kandaw Basic EducationPrimary School in Ward 11 ofToungoo in Bago Region on25 March.

Vice-Chairman ofToungoo Township FirePreventive Committee U YeMyint (Brokerage), Patron ofthe Supporting Committee U

Kyaw Hla (Thamadi),townselder U Myint Thu(Nanthu Roast lablab) andHead of District Fire ServicesDepartmetn U Htin Aung Linmade speeches.

Officials presentedcertificates to the trainees.

Later, the traineesdemonstrated fire drill with theuse of fire engines.

Kyemon

Yaya Toure deniesYaya Toure deniesBalotelli bust-up

LONDON, 6 April — Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure on Thursday dismissedreports of dressing-room bust-ups with team-mate Mario Balotelli. Reports alleged the pairclashed at half-time in City’s 3-3 draw at home to Sunderland last weekend as well as duringthe defeat at Swansea. But Toure said he views Balotelli as a “brother” and “loves” him.“They said I fought with Mario at Swansea and against Sunderland,” he said in an interviewwith the Daily Mail. “That shocked me. My lawyers called me about this and it was thefirst I knew about it.

“It’s just not true. It didn’t happen. I am a footballer, not a boxer. People don’t knowmy relationship with Mario. He’s not my friend, he’s my brother and I love him. To saywe had a fight is very sad. It upset me and I feel sorry for Mario. He suffers most from thesethings. “At half-time against Sunderland it was very difficult. We are trying to win theleague and are losing 2-1. It’s not good. But everybody was quiet. We were just lookingat each other, trying to find a way to turn the result. “But I didn’t even talk to Mario. Thenext day he sent me a text message saying, ‘Apparently we had a fight’. I just want to stoppeople writing and thinking that.”

Meanwhile, City manager Roberto Mancini, who has seen his side slip five pointsbehind leaders Manchester United in the race for the English Premier League title, added:“Yaya Toure — that is totally false.”—Internet

Manchester City strikerMario Balotelli (L) speaks

with team-mate YayaToure (R) during theirside’s Premier League

match against Blackburnin Manchester, north-westEngland, February 2012.City midfielder Toure on

Thursday dismissedreports of dressing-roombust-ups with Balotelli.

INTERNET

Across1. Scoop-like surgical instrument8. Taqueria offering15. View16. Without weapons17. Danced wildly18. Echo19. Cartoon art20. “A Nightmare on ___ Street”22. Kind of battery23. “I had no ___!”24. Blue ___, song26. French father27. Mother Teresa, for one28. North Atlantic oily fish

Crossword Puzzle

30. “___ the season ...”31. Word derived from a person’s name33. Mark used to indicate word omissions35. Sonata, e.g.37. Fly high38. Taking place outdoors42. Antsy (2 wds)46. “___ bad!”47. Most authentic49. Victorian, for one50. Think52. Automatic transmission setting53. Boris Godunov, for one54. Archaeological find

56. Bill and ___57. Dine at home (2 wds)58. Surveying instrument60. Camp outhouse62. Certain time zone63. Wine merchant64. Firmly65. Back-to-school purchases

Down1. Addictive narcotic2. On the ___ (3 wds)3. Full orchestra4. Bowel cleansing5. Radial, e.g.6. “For shame!”7. Ingratiate8. Violent disturbances9. “___ moment”10. Back talk11. Band12. Juju and mojo13. Ancient Roman silver coins14. Deal with21. Harp’s cousin24. Deep in thought25. Release28. Abnormally active29. Colossal32. “___ any drop to drink”: Coleridge34. Grand ___ (“Evangeline” setting)36. Hardly at all38. Draw close39. Danger for sailors40. “No ___!”41. Assortment43. Preordain44. Furniture finisher45. Wage ___ (pl.)48. Come about51. Side-to-side measurement

53. Fruit pastries55. Links rental57. “Empedocles on ___” (Matthew Arnold poem)59. 10 liters61. Balloon filler

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Saturday, 7 April, 20121st Waning of Tagu 1373 ME

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April — President U Thein Seinreceived a business delegation led by Mr Cho Seok, DeputyMinister of Knowledge Economy of the Republic of Korea,who will attend Korea-Myanmar Economic CooperationForum 2012, at VIP Holding Room of MyanmarInternational Convention Centre here at 9.15 am today.

Also present at the call were Union Minister forIndustry U Soe Thein, Union Minister for Finance andRevenue U Hla Tun, Union Minister for National Planningand Economic Development U Tin Naing Thein, UnionMinister for Labour and for Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement U Aung Kyi, Union Minister for Hotels andTourism and for Sports U Tint Hsan, Attorney-General ofthe Union Dr Tun Shin, deputy ministers, President U WinAung of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Federationof Chambers of Commerce and Industry and officials, KoreanAmbassador to Myanmar Mr Kim Hae-Yong.

Extending greetings, President U Thein Seinexpressed his belief that the visit of the business delegationwill further promote the economy and amity between thetwo countries, urging them to review and grab the futureopportunities by studying Myanmar’s current economicsituations.

The President then pointed out opportunities suchas manufacturing of value-added products, technicalassistance and investment in IT sector, establishment ofsmall- and medium-scale factories for rubber, oil palm andother consumer products which can create job opportunities,potential investment in three special economic zones to beestablished in Myanmar namely Dawei Special EconomicZone, Kyaukpyu Special Economic Zone and ThilawaSpecial Economic Zone and other investment opportunitiessuch as investments in upgrading of motor roads and

President U Thein Sein receives Korean Deputy Minister ofKnowledge Economy, businessmen

railroads in relation to development of Yangon and airtransport sector.

On his part, the Korean deputy minister expressedhis heartfelt thanks to the President for his presence. He saidthat the delegation represents 86 companies and 170businessmen wishing to invest in Myanmar. He thenexpressed his thanks to Myanmar for its assistance tosuccessfully hold Korea-Myanmar Economic CooperationForum 2012, adding that Korea’s investment in various

economic fields stands at fourth place in Myanmar. ROKwill try to promote cooperation with Myanmar, which isblessed with natural resources. It will try its best fordevelopment of Myanmar in all aspects.

Afterwards, President U Thein Sein cordially greetedthe Korean deputy minister and businessmen. Later, thePresident and party viewed the documentary photos onKorea-Myanmar relations and Korean culture displayed atthe forum.—MNA

President U Thein Sein receives Mr Cho Seok, Deputy Minister of Knowledge Economy andbusinessmen of the Republic of Korea attending Korea-Myanmar Economic Cooperation

Forum-2012 at MICC.—MNA

YANGON, 6 April—The two-storeybuilding of Social Welfare Department underthe Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement was opened in the compoundof School for the Disabled Children at No. 65on Kyaikwaing Pagoda Road in MayangonTownship this afternoon.

Economic Counsellor Mr Matsuo ofJapanese Embassy explained the purpose ofdonation and handed over documents related

Two-storey building opened at Schoolfor Disabled Children

to the building.After accepting the documents,

Director-General U Soe Kyi of SocialWelfare Department presented certificateto the wellwisher.

The new building is 30x90 two-storey concrete facility constructed at acost of K 88.6 million by Japan’s GrassrootsGrant Assistance.

MNA

Hlawga NaturalPark to be closed in

Maha Thingyan daysYANGON, 6 April—Hlawga

Natural Park will be temporarilyclosed during the Thingyan Periodfrom 12 to 16 April. It will bereopened on 17 April (MyanmarNew Year Day).—MNA

Noteworthy amounts ofrainfall

(6-4-2012)Magway (0.98) inchMonghsat (0.94) inchMachanbaw (0.47) inchPutao (0.35) inchKawthoung (0.32) inch

Wenger says Chamakh’sfuture on the line at Arsenal

Olympiakos’ Vassilis Torosidis (front) tackles Arsenal’sMarouane Chamakh during their Champions League

Group F soccer match at Karaiskaki stadium in Athenson 6 December, 2011.—INTERNET

LONDON, 6 April—Marouane Chamakh’s futureat Arsenal is in the balance,

manager Arsene Wenger saidon Friday adding that he didnot know whether the

Moroccan internationalwould still be at the club nextseason.

Chamakh, 28, wasphotographed smoking ashisha pipe after lastweekend’s 2-1 PremierLeague defeat at Queens ParkRangers, and he has notexactly been in red hot formon the pitch this season.

He has started onlyseven matches for Arsenalthis season and his only goalin a total of 17 appearancescame in the 4-3 defeat atBlackburn Rovers lastSeptember.

He has not started amatch since the FA Cup winover Leeds United in Januaryand Wenger appearedunimpressed over last week’sphotograph when he spoke toreporters at the club’s trainingground at London Colney onFriday.—Internet

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KNU holds peace talk with Union levelpeace-making group

KNU holds peace negotiation withKayin State government

French energy giant Total’s Elgin rig, 150 miles (240 kms)from Aberdeen. A team of experts spent four hours

inspecting a wellhead that is spewing a cloud of potentiallyexplosive gas on a North Sea platform operated by French

energy giant Total, the company said on Thursday.

(From L) Spain’s Marcel Granollers, Nicolas Almagro,Juan Carlos Ferrero, captain Alex Corretja and MarcLopez celebrate after winning their Davis Cup World

Group doubles match against Kazakhstan at theMunicipal hall in Oviedo, in February.

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Rakhine State Peace Group, RakhineState Liberation Party Peace-Making

Group hold state-level peace talks

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