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1st Waxing of Thadingyut 1369 ME Friday, 12 October, 2007Volume XV, Number 179

Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

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Senior General Than Shwefelicitates King of SpainNAY PYI TAW, 12 Oct— Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and

Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to HisMajesty King Juan Carlos I of the Kingdom of Spain, on the occasion of the National Day ofSpain, which falls on 12 October, 2007. —MNA

Acting Prime Minister and Secretary-1Lt-Gen Thein Sein sends felicitations to Spain

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Oct— Lt-Gen Thein Sein, Acting Prime Minister and Secretary-1 ofthe State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message offelicitations to His Excellency Mr Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of theKingdom of Spain, on the occasion of the National Day of Spain, which falls on 12 October,2007. —MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Oct— In accord with law,townselders organized a ceremony to support the Na-tional Convention and the forthcoming constitution atYamanya Sports Ground in Mawlamyine, Mon State,

Ceremony to support National Convention, forthcomingconstitution held in Mawlamyine, Mon State

Desire of people is peace, stability, opposition to violent protests

yesterday morning.About 100,000 people including townselders,

national race leaders, representatives of peace groups,members of social organizations and cultural troupes,

entrepreneurs, peasants, workers, departmental per-sonnel, students and local national races attended theceremony.

(See page 8)

Chairman and members of the Panel of Chairmen and the attendees chanting the slogans at the ceremony to support the National Convention and the constitution.— MNA

It is known to all that despite various hardships and difficulties, thegovernment is striving its utmost for the emergence of a peaceful, modern,developed discipline-flourishing democratic nation. Therefore, all our peoplealso have the duty to take part in their respective roles in nation-building tasks.We must completely avoid any acts that lead to the disintegration of the Unionand disloyalty to the State through outside instigation or on our own.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 12 October, 2007

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

People’s DesireFriday, 12 October, 2007

For entire people to participatein democratic transition

“Emergence of a peaceful, modern and

developed democratic nation with flourish-

ing discipline” is the goal of the nation as well

as the strong desire of the entire people.

Now, the government is laying infrastruc-

tures in various sectors for building a demo-

cratic nation. The State constitution will be

drafted with the fundamental principles and

detailed basic principles the National Con-

vention has adopted.

The government, the people and the

Tatmadaw are working hard in harmony to

achieve the national goal. However, western

media are making attempts in collusion to

destabilize the nation, while the anti-govern-

ment groups are instigating unrest and pro-

tests.

Recently, protests took place in some

townships at the instigation of internal and

external destructive elements. In conse-

quence, the majority of the people who fa-

vour stability and peace were shocked and

frightened, and the demonstrations had ad-

verse effects on the businesses of the people.

So, the entire people are to be convinced of

the fact that the acts of certain neo-colonialist

countries are designed to disrupt stability of

the State and community peace, and all need

to crush all such acts.

The elements who are not happy with

stability, peace and progress of the nation are

creating problems and committing destruc-

tive acts, so the entire people are to partici-

pate with Union Spirit in the process of trans-

forming the nation into a democratic one.

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Foreign Minister sendsfelicitations to Spain

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Oct — U Nyan Win,Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union ofMyanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to HisExcellency Mr Miguel Angel Moratinos, Ministerfor Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Spain, on theoccasion of the National Day of Spain, which fallson 12 October, 2007.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11Oct — Minister for En-ergy Brig-Gen Lun Thivisited ShwekyaungPariyatti Sarthintaik inPinlebu Town on 8 Octo-ber and offered alms toPresiding SayadawSobhitasara.

Next, the minis-ter viewed Pariyatti aca-demic lectures and pro-vided necessary assistanceto the monastery.

At Filling StationNo 0662 in Kawlin Townof Katha District on 9October, the minister in-spected sale of fuel andgave instructions on saleof fuel correctly, treatingwith the customers in con-

Alms and provisions donatedto Shwekyaung Pariyatti

Sarthintaikvenience and focusing ondanger of fire. — MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi pays homage to the Sayadaw of

Shwekyaung Pariyatti Sarthintaik in Pinlebu.— ENERGY

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Oct—A ceremony to mark theWorld Sight Day was heldat the meeting of Ministryof Health here today.

Also present were thedirectors-general, deputydirectors-general and of-ficials of the ministry, de-partmental officials, ex-ecutives of MyanmarWomen’s Affairs Federa-tion and Myanmar Mater-nal and Child WelfareAssociation, medical su-perintendents, midwifery,nurses and others.

At the ceremony, As-sistant Director DrThandar Lwin of theHealth Department actedas Master of Ceremonies.

On behalf of the Min-

ister for Health, Director-General of the Health De-partment Dr Tin WanMaung delivered an open-ing address. Afterwards,

the attendees visited thebooths at the ceremony.

Similarly, the ceremo-nies were held at somedistricts and free medical

World Sight Day celebrated

The attendees visit the booths at the World Sight Day ceremony.— MNA

check-ups for eyes wereprovided to the people atschools and wards and vil-lages to mark the worldsight day.— MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Oct — The 143rd five-

township Sangha Maha Pawarana ceremony will be

held at Kyakhatwaing Monastery in Bago on 26

October (Full Moon Day of Thadingyut) and the

59th Kathina robe offering ceremony at 9 am on 4

November on a grand scale at the same venue.

At the Kathina robe offering ceremony,

food will be provided to laypersons.

MNA

Sangha Maha Pawarana,Kathina robe offering

ceremonies to be held atKyakhatwaing Monastery

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File photo taken on 19 Feb, 2007 shows a general view of Lijiang, southwest China’sYunnan Province. Lijiang, an ancient town in southwest China’s Yuunan Province,has won UNESCO’s 2007 Award of Merit for its restoration of ancient buildings,UNESCO official Richard Engelhart announced in Yunnan on Monday. Lijiang,listed in UNESCO’s “World Cultural Heritage”, had completed restoration of 299 households and 236 traditional complexes since 2003. — XINHUA.

BBC’s Andy Kershaw getssuspended jail term

LONDON, 10 Oct—BBCradio world musicpresenter Andy Kershawwas given a suspended

prison sentence onTuesday for breaching arestraining order thatbanned him from appro-

aching his former partner. Kershaw, 48, was jailed

for three months, sus-pended for 18 months,after admitting the offenceat the Isle of Man Courtsof Justice, a court officialsaid.

He also received a 16-month driving ban afterpleading guilty to drinkdriving on the island inAugust.

The former BBC Radio1 DJ moved to the seasidetown of Peel with hisformer partner JulietteBanner in 2006.

After the couple split,Kershaw was convictedof harassing her and wasordered to stop goingnear her. In August, hebroke the order by tryingto enter her house, thecourt heard.

At a hearing last month,he told reporters outsidecourt: “I’ve lost my kids,I’ve lost the woman I love,I’ve lost everything. It is avery difficult time for me.I just want peace andquiet.”— MNA/Reuters

US top court will not hearappeal in CIA torture caseWASHINGTON, 10 Oct—A German

citizen who claimed he was kidnapped,imprisoned and tortured by the CIA losthis appeal on Tuesday when the SupremeCourt refused to review a decisiondismissing the case because it wouldexpose state secrets. Attorneys for Khaledel-Masri, a German of Lebanese descent,argued in the high court appeal that hislawsuit did not depend on the disclosureof state secrets and that it should beallowed to go forward in US court.

His case has drawn worldwide attentionto the CIA’s extraordinary renditionprogramme, in which terrorism suspectsare sent from one foreign nation to anotherfor interrogation. Human rights groupshave strongly criticized the programme.

Masri’s case sparked outrage inGermany and prompted a parliamentary

inquiry to find out what authorities mighthave known about US renditions.

Masri’s attorneys from the AmericanCivil Liberties Union challenged whatthey called the Bush Administration’sincreased invoking of national securitysecrets to prevent any judicial inquiry intoserious allegations of misconduct.

The administration also has assertedthe so-called state secrets privilege in aneffort to dismiss the lawsuits over thewarrantless domestic spying programmethat Bush created after the 11 Septemberattacks.

Masri’s lawsuit, which sought damagesof at least 75,000 US dollars, was broughtagainst former CIA Director George Tenet,three private aviation companies and 20unnamed employees of the CIA and thecompanies.— MNA/Reuters

A Chinese engineer shows a locally designed electric train at a hitech expo inBeijing, in May. Work on a long-awaited high-speed rail linking Beijing and

Shanghai is expected to start by late 2007, with a budget that could exceedinitial estimates by 50 percent, state media said on 10 Oct.—INTERNET

Two killed in shootingnear Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, 10 Oct—An unidentified gunman opened fire at a tyre shop onTuesday morning, killing two people and wounding two others, police said.

The shooting occurred in Simi Valley, about 35 miles (57.6 kilometres)northwest of Los Angeles, police said.

Upon receiving reports of the shooting, police rushed to the scene and found thevictims, two dead on the spot and the two others critically wounded.

The survivors were hospitalized in critical condition, according to police. A manhunt has been launched to catch the gunman whose motive of the killing

remained unknown.—MNA/Xinhua

Models present designs by Wayne Cooper duringthe Transeasonal 2008 Collections fashion show in

Sydney recently.—INTERNET

Carter says Bush administration“does torture” prisoners

WASHINGTION, 11 Oct— The Bush Admini-stration does tortureprisoners in violation ofinternational law, formerpresident Jimmy Cartersaid Wednesday.

President George WBush recently defendedhis administration’stechniques used tointerrogate terror suspects,insisting that “thisgovernment does nottorture people”.

However, Carterdisagreed with Bush in aninterview with CNN.

“That’s not anaccurate statement if youuse the internationalnorms of torture as hasalways been honored —certainly in the last 60

years since the UniversalDeclaration of HumanRights was promulgated,”he said.

Responding to theremarks, a senior WhiteHouse official said, “Ourposition is clear. We don’ttorture.”

The official added,“It’s just sad to hear aformer president speaklike that.”

In the interview,Carter also criticized someof the 2008 Republicanpresidential candidates,calling former New Yorkmayor Rudy Giuliani“foolish” for hiscontention the UnitedStates should be open touse force on Iran.

“I hope that he doesn’t

become president and tryto impose his convictionthat we need to go to warwith Iran,” Carter said.

Democratic Senators.Hillary Clinton of NewYork and Barack Obamaof Illinois, both for-erunners among theDemocratic presidentialcandidates, also drewCarter’s criticism forrefusing recently topledge to withdraw alltroops from Iraq by theend of their first terms ifthey win the presidency in2008.

“I disagree with theirbasic premise that we’llstill be there; I think theAmerican people wantout,” Carter said.

MNA/Xinhua

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Photo taken on 27 Sept, 2007 shows a group of earth castles known as“Tulou”, traditional homes built by the Hakka people, in Chuxi, Xiayang

Town, Yongding County of southeast China’s Fujian Province. Those castleswere built in the mountain areas in Fujian, which first appeared about 1,200

years ago, and mostly completed in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing(1644-1911) dynasties. —XINHUA

A view of a fire that broke out at an oil refinery, owned by state-owned oilcompany ENAP, at the Aconcagua plant in Concon, about 90 miles (150 km)

from the capital Santiago on 9 Oct, 2007. —XINHUA

Iraq wants Blackwater to pay $136m compensation

US Marine killed in fighting in western Iraq

Two killed, over 20 injured in explosionin N-W Pakistan

BAGHDAD, 10 Oct—TheIraqi Government wantsUS security firm Black-water to pay 8 million USdollars in compensation toeach of the families of 17people killed in a shootinglast month, a seniorgovernment source said onTuesday.

The source said thefigure was roughly in linewith compensation paidby the Libyan Govern-ment to the families of the270 people killed in the1988 Lockerbie airlinebombing over Scotland.

“We want them to payeight million US dollarsfor each family,” thesource told Reuters. “Thesame level as the

compensation for theLockerbie victims.”

Blackwater, which hasa US State Departmentcontract to protect itsdiplomats in Baghdad, hasbeen told of the demand,the source said.

It was unclear whatBlackwater’s responsewas and the NorthCarolina-based firm didnot immediately respondto e-mailed questions fromReuters. In Washington,State Department spokes-man Sean McCormackdeclined comment on howmuch compensation itscontractor had been askedto pay for the 16 Septem-ber shootings.

“Obviously, the issue of

what some refer to asbereavement payments —or a number of differentnames for them — is anissue of some sensitivitythat we are taking a lookat,” McCormack toldreporters.

“It is an issue thatcommonly turns up whenyou have security in-cidents in which there is aloss of life. As with otherprevious incidents throug-hout Iraq, civilian ormilitary, we are taking alook at the issue.”

There are four separateinvestigations into Black-water’s actions in Iraq andMcCormack cautionedpeople about “jumping toconclusions” on the

private security con-tractor’s conduct.

Far more often, he saidthere was a loss ofinnocent life from theactions of al-Qaeda andother extremist groups inIraq than securitycontractors working forthe US Government.

MNA/Reuters

Denmark will not further boost Afghan troopsCOPENHAGEN, 10 Oct—Denmark has

no plans to further boost the number oftroops it has in Afghanistan as part ofthe International Security AssistanceForce, Danish Prime Minister AndersFogh Rasmussen said on Monday.

Denmark has about 400 troops inAfghanistan and plans to increase thenumber to about 550 this month.

“No, we have no further plans now wehave decided to increase the number oftroops in the Helmand Province, whichbrings Denmark among the top fivecountries per capita in Afghanistan,”Rasmussen told a news conference aftera meeting with NATO General-

Secretary Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.“We urge all partners in NATO to

provide a sufficient number of troops forthis very important NATO militaryoperation.”

Last month, de Hoop Schefferexpressed disappointment that some ofthe 26 allies were not sending troops tofight the Taleban in the more dangeroussouthern provinces.

Germany in particular has beenresisting pressure from the United Statesand other NATO countries to allow its3,000 soldiers in Afghanistan to operateoutside of the more stable north.

MNA/Reuters

BAGHDAD, 10 Oct—AUS Marine was killed infighting in Iraq’s AnbarProvince, the US militarysaid on Tuesday.

The soldier, assignedto Multinational Force-

West, was killed onMonday during combatoperations in western Iraq,the military said in astatement.

The latest deaths bringthe number of US soldiers

who have been killed inIraq to about 3,815 sincethe outbreak of the Iraqwar in 2003, according tomedia count based onPentagon figures.

MNA/Xinhua

ISLAMABAD, 10 Oct—Atleast two people died and20 others were injuredin an explosion in North-west Pakistan on Tuesday,local TV channel DAWNNews reported.

The explosion took placenear a CD shop in Nish-tarabad area of Peshawar,capital of North WestFrontier Province (NW-FP), the DAWN Newsreport said.

The injured havebeen shifted to a nearbyhospital.

At least 30 CD shopsand video centres weredestroyed on Monday andTuesday night whenexplosive devices, plantedby unknown criminals,went off in BatkhelaBazaar, headquarters ofMalakand Agency inNWFP. Some CD shopswere asked to terminate

their business duringthe holy month of Ram-adan, which started frommid-September. Unknownpeople sent letters to theCD shops, saying that theywould face seriousconsequences if the shopsremained open. Women insome areas were alsorequired to wear tradit-ional clothes during theholy month.

MNA/Xinhua

Study shows donated bloodquickly loses important gas

CHICAGO, 10 Oct—Donated blood quicklyloses some of its life-saving properties as animportant gas dissipates,US researchers said onMonday, in a finding thatexplains why manypatients fare poorly afterblood transfusions.

Researchers at DukeUniversity MedicalCentre in Durham, North

Carolina, have found thatnitric oxide in red bloodcells is the key totransferring oxygen in theblood to tissues.

This gas appears tobreak down almostimmediately after redblood cells leave the body,rendering much of theblood stored in bloodbanks impaired, said DrJonathan Stamler, a Dukeresearcher whose workappears in the Proceedingsof the National Academyof Sciences.

“If you don’t have nitricoxide in there, you can’tget oxygen into the tis-sues,” he said in a tele-phone interview.

But if you restore thisgas, banked blood appearsto regain this ability,Stamler said.

“The medical com-

munity for the past five toeight years has really beenstruggling with this issueof blood not being quite asgood as we’d hoped,”Stamler said.

He noted that studyafter study has shownpatients who receive bloodtransfusions have higherincidents of heart attacks,heart failure, stroke andeven death.

“This is not a new is-sue. It has been a longstruggle,” he said.

While researchers haveunderstood that bankedblood is not the same asthe blood in the body, theexact difference was notwell understood.

“I think we have a goodexplanation and I think wehave a solution,” Stamlersaid.

MNA/Reuters

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Provision donated to monasteries in Pyay

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Oct— Member of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen KhinMaung Than of theMinistry of Defenceattended the 26thceremony to donateprovision to monasteriesin Pyaytaungdan in Pyay,Bago Division (West)today.

The donationceremony was held at SiriKhitta Sirindara SasanaBuilding in Pyay and it

was attended by Vice-Chairman Sayadaw of theState Sangha MahaNayaka Committee AggaMaha Pandita Agga MahaSaddhamma Jotika DhajaBhaddanta Kundalajotiand Sayadaws, CECmember of UnionSolidarity andDevelopment AssociationDeputy Minister forEnergy Brig-Gen ThanHtay, Vice-Chairman ofBago Division Peace andDevelopment CouncilBrig-Gen Sein Myint,senior military officers,departmental officials and

townselders.At the ceremony, Lt-

Gen Khin Maung Thanand the congregation tookthe Nine Precepts fromthe Sayadaw. Afterwards,Lt-Gen Khin Maung Thansupplicated religiousaffairs to the Sayadaw andmembers of the Sangha.

Next, Lt-Gen KhinMaung Than donatedrice, edible oil salt andmedicine to Vice-Chairman Sayadaw of theState Sangha MahaNayaka Committee ofZawtikayon Monastery.

Deputy Minister

Brig-Gen Than Htay,Brig-Gen Sein Myint andsenior military officersdonated rice, edible oil,salt and medicine to theSayadaws and thecongregation sharedmerits gained.

They donated K7,311,300, 1283 bags ofrice, 220 viss of edibleoil, 1800 bags of salt,traditional medicineworth K 400,000 to 63Sayadaws, 561 monks,246 novices and 884 nunstoday. Today’s donationis over K 30 million intotal.— MNA

Commander inspects venues forholding 15th Myanmar

Performing Arts CompetitionsNAY PYI TAW, 11 Oct — Chairman of Leading

Committee for Organizing the 15th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing Arts CompetitionsCommander of Nay Pyi Taw Command Maj-Gen WaiLwin inspected the venues for holding the competitions,here this afternoon.

At Yezin University campus, the commanderlooked into preparations of the convocation hall ofUniversity of Veterinary Science, the meeting hall andtraining hall of Forest Research Department, and themeeting hall, the lecture hall, the convocation hall andthe mess of University of Agriculture and attended tothe needs. — MNA

12th renal transplant performed in MyanmarYANGON, 11 Oct—

Myanmar’s 12th renaltransplant took place atNew General Hospital onBogyoke Aung San Streetin Lanmadaw Townshiphere this morning.

The transplant wasperformed by Myanmarspecialists.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe ofthe Ministry of Defence,Yangon Division Peaceand Development Council

Chairman YangonCommand CommanderMaj-Gen Hla Htay Win,Minister for HealthProfessor Dr Kyaw Myint,Yangon Mayor Brig-GenAung Thein Lin, DeputyMinister for HealthProfessor Dr Paing Soewatched the operationthrough the Closed-CircuitTelevision (CCTV).

Lt-Gen Myint Swecomforted patient Daw

Swe Swe Oo, 43, who hada renal transplant on 9October, and her brotherkidney donor U MaungMaung Oo, 41.

Eight specialists led byProfessor Dr Toe Lwin and11 members led byOperation Matron DawSaw Yu May Ooperformed the operation incooperation with 11 kidneyspecialists led by SpecialistProfessor Dr Khin Maung

Htay, six nurses led byMatron Daw Khin Mi Mi,five anesthesiologistspecialists led by ProfessorDr Tin Myint and twonurses.

The operation tookplace at 9.30 am. ProfessorDr Toe Lwin, AssociateProfessor Dr Phone Myintand Specialists Dr Min Thugave an operation onkidney donor Daw LwinLwin Soe, 48, to take outone of her kidneys. Theoperation was completedsuccessfully at 11.4 am.

Professor Dr ToeLwin, Professor Dr WinMyaing, Lecturer Dr KyawSwa Hlaing and SpecialistDr Tin Maung Lwin gaveanother operation on DawLwin Lwin Soe’s sisterpatient Daw San San Soe,43, to replace the damagedkidney with the new one.The operation wascompleted at 3.45 pm.

Kidney donor DawLwin Lwin Soe and patientDaw San San Soe are nowin good condition.—MNA

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than of Ministry of Defence and thecongregation receive the Nine Precepts from a Sayadaw.—MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence views performance of renaltransplant at New General Hospital in Yangon.— MNA

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We must be dutifulZaw Myo Zaw

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“Hello! Is that Dad? This is Thamee (daughter)

speaking. We must be dutiful. That’s all. We must

be dutiful. Talk to Kokogyi (elder brother), please.”

“Hello! Is that Dad? We must be dutiful. That’s

all. We must be dutiful.”

My six-year-old first standard student daughter

and eight-year-old third standard student son always

use these expressions every time they say hello and

goodbye, while talking to me on phone. I taught them

to say so every time they say hello and goodbye while

they are talking to me on phone. “What is your duty,

my kids?” I ask them. They said, “Our duties are to

be clever and polite, to listen to the parents and

elder persons, and to try in our studies”. I have not

only designated their duties but also explained my

duties—to earn money in an honest way, and to try

my best to fulfil all the basic needs of my family.

I am preparing myself to nurture them by

designating their duties in proportion to their ages

when my daughter goes to middle school and my son,

to the high school, and to explain my duties to them.

Mine is a middle-class family. My family has set

up a goal and all family members believe that the

achievement of our common goal depends on how

much each of the family member is dutiful. We are

firmly determined to pursue the goal as we are

convinced.

The memories of my childhood are still with me.

Both of my parents were State service personnel.

Among the three children, I am the second. When my

elder sister passed matriculation exam and joined

university, my parents had to make a lot of sacrifices

so that we could have a good education. At that time,

I was in the tenth standard. My parents’ pat expression

was “You can inherit nothing but education from

us, so you have to try hard in your studies”. However,

we are not in a position to pursue education in

comfort. My sister had a very tight budget in Mandalay

University. I could not attend any private tuition, so

I paid careful attention to everything the teachers said

in the class. Our concept is that despite our parents’

tight budget we never demand them for what we

want. We understand genuine goodwill of our

parents and present conditions of our family, and

we do our bit in the attempts to reach the goal of

our family.

Due to a lot of sacrifices our parents made, we

have got our degrees. Our parents often said, “Your

standard must be at least one step higher than

ours. If so, ours is an improving family. We must

be dutiful.” Our parents have been dutiful with

benevolence towards us to achieve the most

appropriate family goal that reflects the present

conditions of the family, while we are taking the path

they paved and had been dutiful. So, our hard work

and tenacity are very rewarding now. Our living

standard is higher than our parents’, as they aspired.

So, they are very pleased with our achievement, and

our family can lead a peaceful life.

Let’s have a look at the present Union of

Myanmar or the family of various national races.

If the government is regarded as parents, we,

national brethren, can be called its children. Our

family consists of various national races who are

united and harmonious. So, the family has a

peaceful life. The family of national races has gone

down in the annals of the nation’s history as the

family that has gained a large number of historic

events, and overcome a variety of difficulties

through tenacity throughout the successive

periods.

(See page 7)

Let’s have a look at thepresent Union of Myanmar orthe family of various nationalraces. If the government isregarded as parents, we,national brethren, can becalled its children. Our familyconsists of various nationalraces who are united andharmonious. So, the family hasa peaceful life. The family ofnational races has gone downin the annals of the nation’shistory as the family that hasgained a large number ofhistoric events, and overcomea variety of difficulties throughtenacity throughout thesuccessive periods.

Due to the

leadership role the

government is playing

and harmonious and

active participation of

the entire people, the

nation has enjoyed all-

round development in

various sectors. That

is one of the tangible

results.

These days, mass rallies are being held all over the

nation to support the National Convention and the

upcoming constitution. With farsighted view, I believe

that the mass rallies are reinforcing the endeavours of

our government for the emergence of a peaceful, modern,

developed discipline-flourishing democratic nation. I

praise the people for their duty-consciousness.

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(from page 6)

Now, the government has laid down the

goal of the family of national races “emergence ofa peaceful, modern and developed democraticnation with flourishing discipline” that is in

conformity with the prevailing conditions of the

nation. It has designated the State’s seven-step

Road Map as the path on which national races have

to march forward to achieve the national goal. It has

also laid down Our Three Main National Causes the

family of national races has to uphold steadfastly

and has been implementing 12 objectives that serve

as basic foundations. Due to the leadership rolethe government is playing and harmonious andactive participation of the entire people, thenation has enjoyed all-round development invarious sectors. That is one of the tangible results.

It is known to all that despite varioushardships and difficulties, the government isstriving its utmost for the emergence of a peaceful,modern, developed discipline-flourishingdemocratic nation. Therefore, all our people alsohave the duty to take part in their respective rolesin nation-building tasks. We must completelyavoid any acts that lead to the disintegration ofthe Union and disloyalty to the State throughoutside instigation or on our own.

Our country, the Union of Myanmar, has

successfully completed the National Convention,

the first of the seven-step Road Map. According to

the principles the NC has adopted, a constitution

with fundamental rights will emerge for the people

and legislative, executive and judicial powers will

be bestowed on the national races. Besides the

existing seven states, Wa, Danu, Palaung, PaO,

Kokang and Naga nationals will have self-

We must be…

administered division or zones.

Moreover, according to the principles, the

ethnic groups who cannot have self-administered

division or zones shall be entitled to enjoy other

democratic rights. The national races representing

more than 0.1 percent of the nation’s population will

have a representative in the Legislative Hluttaw of

the State/ Division concerned and that representative

will become a cabinet member of the State / Division

concerned. Again, that minister shall be entitled to

deal with the legislative and executive affairs on

behalf of the national people. Likewise, the ethnic

group with a population of more than 10000 will

have the right to participate in the legislative and

executive affairs of the self-administered division or

zone concerned.

The forthcoming constitution will also

guarantee the rights in religious and social sectors

that are as good as those of other democracies.

It is found that the constitution that will

emerge based on the fundamental principles and

detailed basic principles the NC has laid down

conforms with Myanmar’s prevailing conditions

and it is the best and the most suitable one for our

nation. These principles were unanimously laid

down and approved by all the delegates of every

township including those of the national race armed

organizations which have returned to the legal

fold.

These days, mass rallies are being heldall over the nation to support the NationalConvention and the upcoming constitution. Withfarsighted view, I believe that the mass ralliesare reinforcing the endeavours of ourgovernment for the emergence of a peaceful,modern, developed discipline-flourishingdemocratic nation. I praise the people for theirduty-consciousness.

As I have mentioned, thanks to our

dutifulness and encouragment to the efforts of our

parents, the dream of our family has come true and

we are now living in peace and unity.

I still remember reciting the four oathsat school when we were schoolboys: ‘Weourselves shall try to be good and dutiful’; “Weshall try for our class to be good’; ‘We shall tryfor our school to be good’; and ‘We shall try forour country to be good’. Students must try fortheir school to be good. The people must try fortheir country to be good. This is actually animpetus to further strengthen our nationalisticspirit.

The goal of building a future nation isnot too distant. To reach the goal we all nationalbrethren shall have to be dutiful.

When I was about to finish this article, the

phone was ringing. “Hello! Speaking. Hello, Dad?”

She’s my daughter. She said, ‘We must be dutiful.’

(As a gesture of hailing the National

Convention and the forthcoming constitution)

Translation: MS+STKyemon: 10-10-2007

*****

I could not attend any private tuition, so I paid

careful attention to everything the teachers said in

the class. Our concept is that despite our parents’

tight budget we never demand them for what we

want. We understand genuine goodwill of our

parents and present conditions of our family, and

we do our bit in the attempts to reach the goal of

our family.

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I still remember reciting the four oaths at

school when we were schoolboys: ‘We ourselves

shall try to be good and dutiful’; “We shall try

for our class to be good’; We shall try for our

school to be good’; and ‘We shall try for our

country to be good’. Students must try for their

school to be good. The people must try for their

country to be good. This is actually an impetus

to further strengthen our nationalistic spirit.

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 12 October, 2007

(from page 1)Before the cer-

emony, Sittoung columnled by U Tin Oo, Thanlwincolumn led by Ye ThureinU Aung Win Sein, Attarancolumn led by U Hla Tunand Gyaing column ledby U Naing Aung marchedto Yamanya sports groundand took designatedplaces.

Medical Superin-tendent Dr Nyan Zaw ofMon State General Hospi-tal presided over the rallytogether with Member ofthe Union Solidarity andDevelopment AssociationSpecialist Surgeon Dr MyoSwe Kyi, Secretary of StateWomen’s Affairs Organi-zation Principal of Educa-tion College (Retd) DawYin Yin Myat, Member ofState Maternal Child Wel-fare Association gold en-trepreneur Daw KhaingKhaing Win, Member ofState War Veterans Super-

Ceremony to supportNational Convention, …

visory Committee U ThanTun, Townselder RetiredState Education Officer UAung Myot and Chairmanof Thaton Township Pa-OLiterature and CultureCommittee U Khun AungNyein as members of panelof chairmen. ExecutiveDaw San San Win ofMawlamyine TownshipUSDA acted as master ofceremonies and member ofMawlamyine TownshipUSDA Daw Saw MyatThandar as co-MC. First,those present saluted theState Flag.

In his address,Chairman Medical Super-intendent Dr Nyan Zaw ofMon State General Hospi-tal said that constitution iskey to perpetuation andpeace of a nation, thattherefore, the constitutionis a lifeblood of a nation.

As emergence ofa constitution is vital forthe nation, the government

has laid down the seven-step road map and is im-plementing it.

The governmentheld the National Conven-

tion systematically foremergence of the constitu-tion which is needed in

building a discipline flour-ishing democratic nation.With six objectives, theNational Convention wasattended by over 1000 del-egates from all walks oflife. Sixteen doctorate de-gree holders, 55 masters de-gree holders, 597 graduates,21 diploma holders andthose with vast experiencewere among these del-egates.

At the NationalConvention such principlesas every part of the nationare not allowed to cede fromthe nation, the State shallnot nationalize the privateproperty and foreign troopswill never be allowed to bestationed in the countrywere laid down and it suc-cessfully concluded on 3

September, 2007. Alto-gether 47 national race del-egates from Mon State at-

tended the National Con-vention.

Due to instigationmade by neo-colonialistsand destructive elementswithin and without thecountry among monks, in-stability broke out in someparts of the country. But,the government has han-dled these incidents system-atically and thus, the situa-tion have returned to nor-malcy.

The real desire ofthe people is stability andpeace and opposition toviolent unrest. The instiga-tion of neo-colonialists andviolent protest caused anxi-ety among people that theremay be instability in thestate, economic downturnand harmful to Sasana.

Therefore, the en-tire people of Mon Statestrongly denounce the pro-

test, he said.He continued that

the goal of a peaceful, mod-ern and developed, disci-pline flourishing demo-cratic nation is within reach.

In conclusion, heurged the people to strivefor successful realization ofthe seven-step road map andsupport the National Con-vention and the forthcom-ing constitution.

Member of theUnion Solidarity andDevelopment AssociationDr San Hlaing ofMawlamyine TechnologyUniversity tabled a motionin support of the NationalConvention and theconstitution.

He said: theNational Convention was

completed successfully on3 September.

(See page 9)

Ceremony to support the National Convention and the constitution being held in Mawlamyine, Mon State. — MNA

Local people in Mawlamyine marching to the mass rally inMawlamyine. — MNA

Local people including townselders, members of social organizations, businessmen, peasants, workers,representatives from peace groups, service personnel and students marching towards the ceremony to

support the National Convention and the constitution in Mawlamyine, Mon State. — MNA

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(from page 8)The delegates to the

National Convention laiddown detailed basicprinciples for writing theconstitution which isnecessary for the futurenation.

We believe thatsafeguarding the threeMain National Causes —Non-disintegration of theUnion, Non-disintegra-tion of the National

Ceremony to supportNational Convention, …

Solidarity and Per-petuation of Sovereigntyof the State — is thenational duty of allcitizens.

To build a modernnation, the governmentlaid down the seven-stepRoad Map and held theNational Convention, thefirst step of the Road Map.

The fundamentalprinciples and detailedbasic principles forwriting the forthcomingconstitution have beenlaid down at the NationalConvention.

According to the1947 constitution, there

were four states inMyanmar. In the 1974constitution, there wereseven sates and sevendivisions. According tothe fundamentalprinciples and detailedbasic principles laid downat the NationalConstitution, there will beseven States, sevenRegions, one self-administered division forWa nationals, five self-

administered zones forNaga, Danu, PaO,Palaung and Kokangnationals.

In the forthcomingconstitution States andRegions are allowed toshare executive power,administrative power andjudicial power.

The forthcomingconstitution guaranteesthat all national races willhave equal rights.Therefore, on behalf ofthe people in Mon State,we support the NationalConvention and theforthcoming constitution.

Afterwards, Member

of Mon State Women’sAffairs OrganizationDaw Htar Htar Shweseconded the motioncalling for support of theNational Convention andthe constitution.

She said: Thegovernment has madeefforts for building apeaceful, modern,developed and discipline-flourishing democraticnation.

Therefore, to build afuture nation, thegovernment laid down the

seven-step Road Map on30, August 2007.

The governmentorganized thecommission forconvening the National

Convention andconvened the NationalConvention. At theconvention, delegatesdiscussed matters onlaying down basicprinciples for writing theconstitution. Aconstitution can not bewritten by a person or oneorganization in a day. If aconstitution is written inhaste and carelessly, andwithout discussion, therewill be mistakes in aconstitution as the 1947constitution that couldlead to disintegration ofthe national unity.

Regarding therights for women, thebasic principles laiddown at the NationalConvention guaranteethat women and menhave equal rights andsalary in same jobs;women, children andpregnant women haveequal rights and theState forbids the slaveryand trafficking inpersons.

The forthcomingconstitution gives equalopportunities for womenso that they can serve theinterests of the country.

Therefore, wesupport the NationalConvention which washeld to lay down the basicprinciples for writing theconstitution for the futurenation.

Member of Mon StateMCWSC Daw Lay MoeThu disclosed that thereare 264,279 members inMon State Maternal ChildWelfare Association. Theassociation is caring forthe mothers and childrenwho will take respon-sibility for the futurenation. The fundamentalprinciples and detailed

basic principles were laiddown by the NationalConvention.

In building a newdemocratic state in accordwith the seven-step RoadMap, tasks ondevelopment of humanresources, provision ofeducation and health carefor the people andpromotion of nationaleducation are constantlybeing carried out. Thepeople in Mon State havewitnessed developmentof basic and highereducation sectors.

(See page 10)

MC Daw San San Win and Co-MCDaw Saw Myat Thanda.— MNA

Chairman Dr NyanZaw, Medical

Superintendent ofMawlamyine General

Hospital.— MNA

Secretary U ManAung Tin Myint of

Haungthayaw SpecialRegion, Kayin Peace

Group.— MNA

U Htet Nay Hein ofMon State WVO.

MNA

Dr San Hlaing ofMawlamyine

TechnologicalUniversity.—MNA

Daw Lay Moe Thu,Member of Mon State

MCWSC.MNA

Daw Htar HtarShwe of Mon State

WAO.MNA

U Tun Aye ofMawlamyine

Township.MNA

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(from page 9)We have known that the principles on education and

health laid down in the National Convention will contributea lot to education and health sectors of the future generation.

For building a peaceful modern developed anddisciplined flourishing democratic State, the fundamentalprinciples and basic detailed principles to be included inthe forthcoming constitution laid down by the NationalConvention will guarantee the lives of mothers andchildren. Therefore, we support the National Conventionand the constitution.

U Tun Aye of Mawlamyine Township said that ifthere is no constitution in a country, tasks on stability ofthe State, rule of law and national development will notbe carried out. It is very important that the constitutionmust be an enduring one. Building of infrastructuresneeded are gaining momentum for the future State. InMon State, transport and agricultural facilities have beenburgeoning. Furthermore, education and health sectors inthe state have also developed.

There are six fundamental principles on economy inthe basic principles laid down by the National Convention.These principles are drafted for the long-term interests ofthe entire people. The principles will practically contributeto basic interests of the citizens. Therefore, we endorsedthe National Convention and the forthcomingconstitution.

Secretary U Mann Aung Tin Myint of Kayin PeaceGroup Haungthayaw Special Region seconded themotion calling for the support of the National Conventionand the State Constitution. He said that KNU BrigadeNo 6 led by U Saw Tha Mu He is an armed group. We

Ceremony to supportNational Convention, …

took the arms struggle line attacking the government forseveral years because we were organized under thepretext of liberation of Kayin nationals. Both sides losttheir lives as well as peace for the national brethrenfought against each other.

After realizing good-for-nothing hostilities, thearmed group led by U Saw Tha Mu He broke away fromKNU in 1997, unconditionally handed over arms toTatmadaw and exchanged arms for peace. We favourfreedom, peace, stability and development.Unfortunately, the whole armed group felt bitterlysorrowful when U Saw Tha Mu He’s family and histroops were cruelly assassinated by terrorist insurgents.

Under the correct leadership of the Government,we are living in peace and unity. We have decided towork together with the Government. Our group hasrights to attend the National Convention. Now theNational Convention has successfully concludedbecause delegates from all walks of life can franklydiscuss the basic principles. Neo-colonialists and theirlackeys are still committing destructive acts throughvarious ways and means to break up the peaceful andstable country. BBC, VOA, RFA and DVB arestimulating the monks and the people to cause unrestin the country with groundless accusations. All theentire national people want peace and stability but notof protests. Therefore, on behalf of the entire nationalpeople, we together with all the people in Mon Statestrongly oppose the recent protests and absolutelysupport the successfully-finished National Conventionand upcoming State Constitution.

U Htet Nay Hein of Mon State War VeteransOrganization seconded the motion calling for support ofthe National Convention and the State Constitution. Hesaid that peace and stability, law and order, and the

national consolidation are the key factors in the drive foremergence of a modern developed democratic nation.The entire national people are now enjoying fruitfulresults of the development. Seventeen armed groups whoexchanged arms for peace and entered the legal foldjoining hands with the Government regional developmenttasks through united efforts. With peace and stability ofthe State, development tasks are being carried out.

We, war veterans will continue to discharge nationalduties upholding “Our Three Main National Causes” inspite of our retirement from the military service. It isknown to all that recent protests are due to instigation ofNeo-colonialists and internal renegades. Both we andthe people do not want such protests. If such protestsoccurred, we would stand up for the people and fightagainst these. Tatmadaw never turned a blind eye tonational interests. War veterans and the national peopleimbued with Union spirit will work together. Therefore,seven-step Road Map of the State will surely be realized.

The National Convention has laid down six basicprinciples for Tatmadaw role. Tatmadaw discharged dutiesto perpetuate sovereignty and independence, strengthennational consolidation and safeguard lives and property ofthe entire national people in successive Myanmar eras.

Tatmadawmen always stood up for their State andpeople regardless of their lives, blood and sweat. Despitethe retirement from the military service, the war veteransare forever prepared to be engaged in the State’s affairs.

Therefore I absolutely support the already-finishedNational Convention and upcoming State Constitution.

Next, the chairman of the mass rally sought approvalof those present and they unanimously support the NationalConvention and the State Constitution.

Then, those present chanted slogans and the mass rallyended at 8 am. —MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11Oct — People of Pale,Kalay, Kalaywa,ChaungU in SagaingDivision and Kalaw inShan State who favourstability of the State,prevalence of law andorder and communitypeace walked inprocession on 7, 8 and 9October with the conceptthat the recentdemonstrations staged bysome monks and NLDmembers undermined theliving conditions of the

People of Sagaing Division and Kalaw express their desirepeace and stability”, “Weoppose acts of violence”,“We must guard againstthe unrest and violence”,“We must guard againstthe danger of destructiveelements”, “Acts ofviolence is the oppositeof democracy”, “Wesupport the NationalConvention” and “Wehail the forthcomingconstitution” during theprocession.

Similarly, localpeople in Kalay,Kalaywa, Kalaw walked

Local people marching to the mass rally in ChaungU.— MNA

Local people

marching to the

mass rally in Kalay.

MNA

Local residents marching to the mass rally in Kalaw.— MNA

people.They organized

the procession afterseeking permission fromthe authorities concernedin accord with the law.

On 7 October inPale, Sagaing Division,over 13,500 peopleholding the placards thatread “We don’t want actsof violence” and “Wedon’t want internal andexternal destructiveelements” and chanted“Our Three Main NationalCauses”, “We favour

in procession on 8October and people inChuangU on 9 October todenounce the recent thedemonstrations and tosupport the NationalConvention. During thewalk in procession, theyholding placards andchanted slogans. — MNA

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Developing Myanma industrial sectorMaung Khit Hsan

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Metal bearing plant in Indakaw industrial zone.

Factories and workshops in Kyaukse industrial zone.

The objective of Myanmar is to establish an

agro-based industrialized country. It can be said

that establishment of an industrialized nation is

not far at the present time. The government is

making efforts for development of industries and

is paving the way for the progress of industrial

sector and it is making arrangements for turning

out technicians.

Myanmar is rich in industrial raw material

crops and natural resources and human resources

have increased year after year. Based on rich

resources scattered industries have been relocated

in industrial zones.

With the establishment of state-owned

and private factories and workshops industries

in the country have improved. On 18 March,

2007, Tawwin plastic woven bag factory

(Kyaukse) was opened and new industrial zone

(Pyay) was established after private industries

in Bago Division were concentrated.

Altogether 22 industrial zones have been

establishment due to the government’s

encouragement. About 10,000 workshops are in

operation in the zones. Spare parts, which were

imported in the past, can be manufactured in

the zones. Now the country can manufacture

import-substitute industrial products.

There were over 10,000 industries in the

past. The number of private workshops and

factories increased up to 40,000. Therefore

30,000 more workshops and factories increased.

Moreover, over 8,000 cottage industries fulfill

the requirements of the people.

There were 624 state-owned factories and

now there are over 800. A total of 176 factories

increased. With the assistance of the government

there will be job opportunities and the industrial

sector will flourish soon.

Translation: NY

Kyemon 9-10-2007

Spare parts, which

were imported in the

past, can be manu-

factured in the zones.

Now the country can

manufacture import-

substitute industrial

products.

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American, British scientists win 2007Nobel Medicine Prize

Official says no possible survivors in US small plane crash

Two roadside bombs killconstruction worker in Baghdad

Six killed, ten injured inroad crash in Bangladesh DHAKA, 10 Oct — Six people were killed and 10

others injured when a bus rammed into a microbus inBangladesh’s Comilla District, 90 kilometres southeastof capital Dhaka, early on Tuesday.

Police was quoted by private news agency UNB assaying a passenger bus hit a Dhaka-bound microbus onthe highway connecting Dhaka with southeastern portcity Chittagong at about 5 am local time.

Two microbus passengers were killed on the spotand 14 others were injured. Of the injured, four diedlater at hospital.—MNA/Xinhua

STOCKHOLM, 10 Oct —Two Americans and aBriton won the 2007Nobel Medicine Prize onMonday for their work inembryonic stem cellresearch, the Nobel jurysaid. Briton Martin JEvans and AmericansMario R Capecchi andOliver Smithies shared theMedicine Prize for their“groundbreaking dis-coveries concerningembryonic stem cells andDNA recombination inmammals”, according tothe Nobel jury at theKarolinska Institute.

The international teamhas made significant

contributions to intro-ducing genetic changes inmice using embroynicstem cells. The process hasbeen used to determinewhy some diseases strikepeople at a cellular level,as well as models in micethat show how humandisorders such as car-diovascular ailments,

diabetes and cancer existand strike otherwisehealthy people.

Capecchi, 70, was bornin Italy and is a US citizennow. Both Evans of 66and Smithies of 82 areBritish-born while thelatter is holding UScitizenship.

The award committee

praised their work forhaving helped expand theknowledge of “numerousgenes in embryonicdevelopment, adult phy-siology, aging and dis-ease”. The medicine prizewas the first of the sixprestigious awards to beannounced this year.

MNA/Xinhua

BAGHDAD, 10 Oct—Tworoadside bombs detonatedamong a gathering ofconstruction workerswaiting for daylong jobsin southeastern Baghdad

on Tuesday, killing oneworker and wounding 11others, an Interior Mini-stry source said.

“Two roadside bombswent off in a quick succe-ssion at about 6:40 am(0340 GMT) in a square inJesr Diyala District, killinga construction worker andwounding 11 others,” thesource told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

Some of the wounded

workers were in criticalcondition, the source said.

Late on Monday,gunmen shot dead ShiekhIbrahim Abdul Kareem,head of the Shiite endow-ment office in Sadr Cityneighbourhood.

Kareem was attackedwhile he was driving hiscar in Baghdad’s south-eastern neighbourhood ofMashtel, the source said.

MNA/Xinhua

LOS ANGELES, 10 Oct—It appears none of the 10people aboard a smallplane survived in the crashin the Cascade mountainsof Washington state,Yakima County emer-gency official said onMonday.

The plane went missingon its route from Idaho toShelton, Washington,

authorities said.The Cessna 208 Car-

avan left Boise, Idahoaround 7 pm Sunday butdid not arrive at Sheltonas scheduled, according toaviation officials.

A hunter reported seeinga low-lying plane and apossible crash, said NishaMarvel, a spokeswomanfor the state Department

of Transportation.The plane's emergency

locator was not activated,authorities said.

Rescue workers weredispatched to the scenewhere the plane probablycrashed Monday to searchthe central WashingtonCascades for wreckage,authorities said.

MNA/Xinhua

Strong quake hits Sumatra, Indonesia

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JAKARTA, 11 Oct —Apowerful quake with amagnitude of 6.0 struckSumatera Island onWednesday morning, butnot potential for tsunami,Indonesian Meteorologyand Geophysics Agencysaid. The quake jolted at07:19 am Jakarta Time(0019 GMT) with

epicentre at 82 kilometressouthwest Painan Town ofWest Sumatra Provinceand at 20 kilometres undersea bed, an official of theagency Andi Zulfikar toldXinhua.

The quake was felt at 3to 4 MMI (modifiedmercalli intensity), a scalethat is enable to crack

buildings, at Padang city,at the capital of theprovince and at 2 to 3 MMIat Muko Muko Town ofnearby province ofBengkulu.

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KHARTOUM, 10 Oct—The Sudanese ForeignMinistry criticized onTuesday a US envoy’sstatements that warned ofa “poisonous” politicalatmosphere between theruling National CongressParty (NCP) in north andthe former rebel SudanPeople’s LiberationMovement (SPLM) insouth.

The Foreign Ministrysaid in a statement that thestatements made by theUS special envoy to SudanAndrew Natsios wereinaccurate, and would nothelp narrow the differ-ences between the twosides.

Natsios said lastSaturday when hewrapped up a 10-day visit

In this artist rendering released by Toyota Motor Corp ahead of Tokyo MotorShow, which opens to public in Chiba, east of Tokyo, a toylike ‘concept’ car

called Rin is shown. The green-and-beige model has a transparent floor, hugewindows and doors that slide open like Japanese ‘shoji’ screens so its interior

appears to blend with its surroundings for what Toyota called a soothingride.—INTERNET

Sudan slams US envoy’s statementson southern Sudan

to Sudan that the UnitedStates was deeplyconcerned about the healthof the 2005 peace dealsigned between NCPheaded by SudanesePresident Omer al-Bashirand the SPLM.

“The current politicalatmosphere is poisonous... this war of words has tostop,” Natsios said,referring to the accusationthrows between the twosides through the mediaover the failure inimplementation of theComprehensive PeaceAgreement (CPA).

The Foreign Ministrycalled on the US envoy tobe more accurate andobjective in his statementsand refrain from sendingwrong and troubling

signals.It reiterated that

Sudan’s peace partnersare keeping the commit-ment to the CPA, underl-ining that 90 per cent ofthe peace deal had beenimplemented.

The ministry alsoreminded that efforts werestill underway to find asolution for contentiousissues.

The CPA signed in2005 ended 21 years offighting between the northand south and created asemi-autonomous south-ern Sudanese Govern-ment. — MNA/Xinhua

A model poses beside a posh sedan on display at 2007 Nanjing InternationalAuto Expo in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu Province on 9 Oct, 2007. The

expo will run from 9-13 Oct. —INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 10 Oct —The rights of Americansswept up in PresidentGeorge W Bush’s war-rantless domestic spyingprogramme would begiven new safeguardsunder a bill introduced onTuesday by Democraticlawmakers.

But civil libertiesadvocates complained thatthe measure, which wouldrequire secret-court app-roval of most spying, didnot go far enough inprotecting the rights of UScitizens.

Republicans warned itcould help terrorists.

The White House hadits own objections.

BEIJING, 10 Oct — A team of divers has discoveredthe wreck of an American ship that sank off the south-central Alaska coast 139 years ago, according to mediareports Wednesday.

The Torrent, carrying 155 passengers, struck a reefand sank near Port Graham in 1868. That was less thana year after the US purchased Alaska from Russia.

The men on board had been ordered to construct thefirst US fort on the mainland of southcentral Alaska.The castaways camped on an adjacent beach for 18days awaiting rescue.

A four-man dive team led by Steve Lloyd, owner ofAnchorage’s largest independent book store, made thediscovery in July but kept it hidden at the request ofstate officials who wanted more time to document thesite.

Internet

139-year-old shipwreckfound in Alaska

Democrats propose safeguards in Bush’sspy programme

It wants retroactiveimmunity for telecom-munications companiesthat cooperated in thewarrantless surveillancebegun after the 11 Septem-ber attacks.

Democrats in theHouse of Representativessaid they would not evenconsider immunity untilthey receive informationdetailing precisely whatthe firms did.

“To give immunity atthis point in time wouldbe a blind immunity —not knowing what, in fact,was done,” said HouseMajority Leader StenyHoyer, a Maryland Demo-crat. The bill was draftedin response to a temporarymeasure the White Housepushed through theDemocratic-led Congressin August along withwarnings of possible

additional attacks.The measure would

provide intensified over-sight of the extendedpowers of federal authori-ties to track suspectedforeign enemy targetswithout court approval.

White House spokes-man Tony Fratto said thebill seemed to be a stepbackward from the earlierlegislation.

MNA/Reuters

WASHINGTON, 10 Oct— Astronomershave taken a baby step in trying to answerthe cosmic question of where we comefrom.

Planets and much on them, includinghumans, come from dust — mostly fromdying stars. But where did the dust thathelped form those early stars come from?

A NASA telescope may have spottedone of the answers. It’s in the wind burstingout of super-massive black holes.

The Spitzer Space Telescopeidentified large quantities of freshly madespace dust in a quasar about 8 billionlight years from here.

Astronomers used the telescope tobreak down the wavelengths of light inthe quasar to figure out what was in thespace dust. They found signs of glass,sand, crystal, marble, rubies andsapphires, said Ciska Markwick-Kemperof the University of Manchester inEngland. She is the lead author of astudy that will be published later thismonth in Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Dust is important in the cooling

Astronomers trace humans’ dusty origins

This artists rendering provided byNASA shows dusty grains —

including tiny specks of the mineralsfound in the gemstones peridot,

sapphires, and rubies — that can beseen blowing in the winds of a quasar,

or active black hole. —INTERNET

process to make stars, which arepredominantly gas. The leftover dusttends to clump together to make planets,comets and asteroids, said astronomerSarah Gallagher, a study co-author at theUniversity of California Los Angeles.

“In the end, everything comes fromspace dust,” Markwick-Kemper said.“It’s putting all the pieces of the puzzletogether to figure out where we camefrom.”—Internet

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S P O R T S FIFA approves trial of goalmouth referees ZURICH, 10 Oct — Soccer's world governing body FIFA is to experiment

with two additional goalmouth referees at the Club World Cup competition inJapan in December.

FIFA Ethics Committee tohave World Cup bidding role

Lazio’s Rossi charged inattempted “fix” probe

ROME, 10 Oct — Lazio coach Delio Rossi has beencharged with trying to influence the performance of anopposing team in April 2006, the Italian Soccer Fed-eration (FIGC) said on Tuesday.

The federation alleged that Rossi, who took over atthe Rome club in 2005, attempted to ask club presidentClaudio Lotito to contact Lecce officials and discusstheir tactics ahead of their match, which Lazio won 1-0. FIGC gave few details in a statement but did sayRossi’s attempts had been unsuccessful.

“The coach Delio Rossi, has been charged withtrying to ask, without success, the Lazio presidentLotito to start talks with Lecce directors in a bid toaffect the technical performance of the squad ahead ofa match on April 30, 2006,” a statement on the FIGCwebsite (www.figc.it) said.

Lazio, who have also been charged as the respon-sible club, said Rossi was only talking about prospec-tive signings and not anything more sinister.

“The club remains astonished at this development,born out of a subjective intepretation of a telephoneconversation which contrasts with the clear and trans-parent explanation of the call's author,” said a state-ment on the club website (www.sslazio.it) adding itexpected Rossi to be cleared.— MNA/Reuters

Partizan, Red Star punishedfor derby trouble

BELGRADE, 10 Oct — Belgrade rivals Partizan andRed Star were punished on Tuesday for trouble involv-ing fans and players during their derby last month.

"The organization of the derby was sloppy to saythe least," deputy first division commissioner DragceDimitrijevic said.

Partizan were ordered to play one match behindclosed doors after their fans shouted racist abuse at RedStar's Senegalese defender Ibrahim Gueye and twodozen of them invaded the pitch after the final whistle.

Red Star's Portuguese midfielder Lukas and strikerNenad Jestrovic were given two-match bans whileSerbia winger Ognjen Koroman will miss one gamefor violent conduct.— MNA/Reuters

Dunga tells Brazil toconcentrate on football

TERESOPOLIS (Brazil), 10 Oct — Brazil coach Dungahas told his team not to get involved in gamesmanshipand petty arguments during the World Cup qualifiers.

Brazil, the only team to have played at all 18 WorldCups and winners of a record five, kick off theircampaign to qualify for the 2010 finals in South Africain Colombia on Sunday.

They host Ecuador in Rio de Janeiro three days lateras they start an 18-match campaign that will take twoyears and involves home and away games againstevery other side in South America.

"We mustn't get into arguments or start using games-manship, Brazil don't know how to do these things,"Dunga told reporters. "We just have to play football."

Although Brazil qualified comfortably for the 2006World Cup, they struggled in earlier South Americanqualifiers. They lost six matches on their way to the2002 finals and also stuttered to the 1994 tournamentin the United States, losing to Bolivia at high altitudealong the way.

"The difficulties are different from any other tour-nament and you have to be ready for it," said Dunga."You're playing a game where the whole country hasbeen preparing to face Brazil."

"You can get booed at the airport, other thingshappen, but you have to be prepared to play," he added.

MNA/Reuters

Livorno sackOrsi after poor

run MILAN, 10 Oct —

Fernando Orsi became thefirst managerial casualtyof the Serie A season onTuesday when he wassacked by bottom clubLivorno.

“Orsi did not deservethe sack but the fans aredisappointed and the dif-ficult start to the seasoncomes down to the coach,and the players,” Livornopresident Aldo Spinellitold Italian media.

Livorno have twopoints from seven gamesand have had problemsscoring since selling Italystriker Cristiano Lucarellito Ukraine’s ShakhtarDonetsk in the close sea-son.— MNA/Reuters

The move, heavilychampioned by Europeangoverning body (UEFA)president Michel Platini,was confirmed during thefirst meeting of FIFA'snew Strategic Committee,chaired by Platini in Zu-rich on Tuesday.

A FIFA spokesmansaid the precise role ofthe two extra officials,including their generalpositioning, would bedetermined in the run-upto the competition.

FIFA had already an-nounced that it would usethe tournament to con-tinue tests on goal-linetechnology developed byball manufacturer adidas,using a chip in the match

ball to determine whethershots had crossed the line.

The International Foot-ball Association Board(IFAB), which governs thelaws of football, gave pro-visional backing to the useof goal-line technologyduring a meeting in March.

IFAB insisted that thetechnology had to be in-stantaneous and 100 percent accurate with deci-sions transmitted only tothe match officials.

Tuesday's StrategicCommittee meeting alsoinvolved talks on disputedissues, including the fu-ture look of the interna-tional match calendar and

the row over compensat-ing clubs whose playerswere injured on interna-tional duty.

The committee said ithad agreed to set up work-ing groups to discuss bothissues. In a statement re-leased after the meeting,FIFA said there were "se-rious concerns" regardingthe issue of third-partyownership of players

“The FIFA administra-tion is working on a sim-ple and effective solu-tion... that will be submit-ted to the world govern-ing body’s legal commit-tee,” it added.

MNA/Reuters

China’s Zhang Ning returns the shuttlecock againsther compatriot Li Shengnan during the women’ssingles round of 16 at the 2007 International Badmin-ton Invitational Tournament in Beijing, capital of China, on 11 Oct, 2007. —XINHUA

China’s Lin Dan returns the shuttlecock during thefirst round match against his compatriot Lai Chao atthe 2007 International Badminton Invitational Tour-nament in Beijing, China, on 10 Oct, 2007. —XINHUA

Bayern, Red Star drawn togetherin UEFA Cup

LONDON, 10 Oct— Former European championsBayern Munich and Red Star Belgrade came out to-gether in the draw for the group stages of the UEFA Cupon Tuesday.

Forty teams were drawn into eight groups of five withthe top three going through to form the last 32 alongsideeight sides from the Champions League.

Spanish club Villareal face a tough task in Group Cwhere they will face AEK Athens, Fiorentina, Czechoutfit Mlada Boleslav and Swedish club Elfsborg Boras.Amongst the other top-seeded teams in the competition,Panathinaikos must face Lokomotiv Moscow, AtleticoMadrid and 1983 winners Aberdeen, while BayerLeverkusen are also up against Russian opposition inthe form of Spartak Moscow.—MNA/Reuters

ZURICH, 10 Oct —FIFA’s newly formed Eth-ics Committee is to begiven a role in futureWorld Cup bidding pro-cedures, according to astatement by the commit-tee's chairman SebastianCoe. Following a meetingwith FIFA president SeppBlatter in Zurich on Tues-day, Coe said the commit-tee would “discuss its rolein the bidding process forthe 2018 FIFA WorldCup” when it holds its firstworking meeting in De-cember.

The statement, pub-lished on FIFA’s web site(www.fifa.org), gave nofurther details as to the

precise role of the EthicsCommittee in the biddingprocess. No timeframe hasyet been set for the 2018World Cup bids withFIFA’s Executive Com-mittee yet to decide if itwill stick with its currentpractice of rotating WorldCups by continent.

Coe said the commit-tee would also take a deci-sion over “irregularities”in the selection of Kenyanmatch officials for FIFA’s2007 list of internationalreferees. The controver-sial settlement reachedwith former secretary gen-eral Urs Linsi will not beon the agenda however.

MNA/Reuters

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WEATHER

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Thursday, 11 October, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thunder-showers have been widespread in Kayin and Mon States,fairly widespread in Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions,scattered in Kachin and Shan States, upper Sagaing,Bago and Taninthayi Divisions, isolated in Chin, Rakhineand Kayah States, Mandalay Division and weather hasbeen partly cloudy in the remaining areas. The notewor-thy amounts of rainfall recorded were Hpa-an (2.75)inches, Kayan (2.44) inches, Bago (1.78) inches andYangon (Kaba-Aye) (1.06) inches.

Maximum temperature on 10-10-2007 was 88ºF.Minimun temperature on 11-10-2007 was 72ºF. Relativehumidity at 09:30 hours MST on 11-10-2007 was 96%.Total sunshine hours on 10-10-2007 was (5.3) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 11-10-2007 was (0.55) inch atMingaladon, (1.06) inches at Kaba-Aye and (0.87) inchat Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2007 was(129.84) inches at Mingaladon, (135.00) inches at Kaba-Aye and (138.82) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph fromSouthwest at (16:15) hours MST on 10-10-2007.

Bay inference: Weather is cloudy in the AndamanSea and partly cloudy in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 12-10-2007: Rainor thundershowers will be widespread in Mon, KayinStates and Taninthayi Division, fairly widespread inYangon and Ayeyawady Divisions, scattered in Kachinand Shan States, upper Sagaing and Bago Divisions andisolated in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is(80%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: General de-crease of rain in the whole country.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringarea for 12-10-2007: Likelihood of isolated rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for12-10-2007: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 12-10-2007: Likelihood of isolated rain or thunder-showers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

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AL terms US Senate’s plan to divideIraq “aberrant”

Student wounds 4, kills self, at Ohio school

CAIRO, 11 Oct — Arab League (AL) AssistantSecretary-General for Political Affairs Ahmed Bin Hellion Tuesday described the US Senate’s plan to divide Iraqinto three regions on ethnic and religious bases as“aberrant”.

Bin Helli told reporters that the plan would furthercomplicate an already bad situation in Iraq, said an ALstatement.

Bin Helli also noted that the upcoming meeting ofthe interior ministers of Iraq’s neighbouring countriesdue in Kuwait on 23 October would assert the necessityof preserving Iraq’s unity and territorial integrity.

He added that the Arab League will take part in theKuwait-hosted meeting, which will deal with means of

helping the Iraqi Government and people in the securitysphere and pave the way for a plenary meeting on Iraq, setfor Istanbul, Turkey from 30 October to 1 November.

The ministerial meeting of “Countries NeighbouringIraq” will bring together foreign ministers of Iraq’sneighbours, the G-8 members and the permanent membersof the UN Security Council, is a follow-up to theinternational conference on Iraq held in Egyptian Red Searesort of Sharm el-Sheikh in May, according to Bin Helli.

Bin Helli also said that the AL welcomed the recently-crafted agreement between the Supreme Iraqi IslamicCouncil and al-Sadr trend on the inviolability of the Iraqiblood.

MNA/Xinhua

CLEVELAND, 11 Oct —A 14-year-old student shotand wounded two adults andtwo students at a high schoolnear downtown Clevelandbefore killing himself,authorities said onWednesday.

The reason for therampage remained unclearbut Eugene Sanders, chiefexecutive officer of theCleveland public schools,said the boy was notsupposed to be in thebuilding Wednesday andlocal media reports said he

had been suspended. Police Chief Michael

McGrath said the initialinvestigation indicated thatthe boy killed himselfbefore police arrived andthat he had at least twoguns. Asked at a newsconference whether hecould say the shootingswere random, he said hecould not.

The wounded weretwo men aged 42 and 57,both of whom were instable condition, MayorFrank Jackson said. He

said two male students ages17 and 14 suffered minorgunshot wounds and that a14-year-old girl, also astudent, injured her kneetrying to flee the chaos.

The shootings tookplace in the early afternoonat SuccessTech Academy,a 250-student specializedschool that concentrates onmath and technology.Sanders said he wascancelling classes at allCleveland public schoolson Thursday so that parents,students and faculty could

“take a breather” and “putthis in perspective”.

MNA/Reuters

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1st Waxing of Thadingyut 1369 ME Friday, 12 October, 2007

People’s Desire� We favour stability.� We favour peace.� We oppose unrest and violence.

� Skyful liars attempting to destroy nation� BBC lying

VOA deceivingRFA setting up hostilities

� Beware! Don’t be bought by those slickers

� RFA, VOA and BBC airing skyful of lies� RFA, VOA and BBC saboteurs, watch your step!� The public be warned of

killers in the air waves —RFA, VOA and BBC

Who are the winners, and who, the losers from recent violent protests?� Due to the violent protests,

The people are in a state of panicArtless persons get into bad company and run into troubleTrade and commerce hit hardVendors and shopkeepers have hard timesTourism industry in bad shape

� Due to the violent protests,Colonialists’ lackey expatriates earn dollarsTouts were provided with fundsCriminals and opportunists are happy with the unrestNational traitors from agitator media gained a lot of dollars

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