Senior General Than Shwe visits Yeywa Hydropower … on Friday that four British Royal Marines had been killed in two separate explosions in Afghanistan. The first blast killed a marine

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Volume XVI, Number 240 2nd Waning of Nadaw 1370 ME Sunday, 14 December, 2008

NAY PYI TAW, 13Dec—Chairman of theState Peace and Develop-ment Council Com-mander-in-Chief of De-fence Services SeniorGeneral Than Shwe in-spected Yeywa hydro-power project work beingimplemented on theMyitnge River to thesoutheast of Mandalay in

As project is nearing completion, step-by-steptasks need to be done carefully

Senior General Than Shwe visits Yeywa Hydropower Project site

Yeywa hydropower project being implemented on Myitnge river, south-east of Mandalay.—MNA

Mandalay Division on 10December.

Senior GeneralThan Shwe, accompaniedby member of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil General ThuraShwe Mann of the Minis-try of Defence, SPDCmember Lt-Gen Tin Aye,Commander-in-Chief(Navy) Rear-Admiral

Nyan Tun, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-GenMyat Hein, Maj-Gen OhnMyint, Maj-Gen MinAung Hlaing, Lt-GenKhin Zaw, Lt-Gen MyintHlaing, Lt-Gen Ye Myint,Maj-Gen Hla Htay Winand Maj-Gen MaungShein of the Ministryof Defence, chairmen of

(See page 8)

As the tasks for supply of electricityare being implemented, the work for dis-tributing power to the consumers alsoneeds to be done as scheduled. Power sup-ply tasks are to be carried out systemati-cally without any loss and wastage.

Senior General Than Shwe inspects progress of Yeywa hydropower project work.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 14 December, 2008

Sunday, 14 December, 2008

Commander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesSenior General Than Shwe delivered an addressto the Graduation Parade of the 51st Intake of theDefence Services Academy in PyinOoLwin theother day.

The Senior General in his address said, “OurTatmadaw is required to be strong, skillful andhighly advanced. Only then will we be able tosafeguard each and every inch of our territoryfrom alien invasion. In constructing a strong,capable and patriotic Tatmadaw, we should beequipped with intellectual and academicaptitudes besides being outfitted with physicaland mental prowess”.

A powerful Tatmadaw is necessary forbuilding a modern developed nation. So, theTatmadaw is trying to become a strong andpowerful patriotic one to be able to protect themotherland and lives and property of the people.

With respect to building a strong Tatmadaw,qualitative improvement is more important thanquantitative improvement. Therefore, everyTatmadaw member has to try constantly to havehigh calibres. It is required of newly-graduatedjunior officers to stay in touch with the changesin military strategy and warfare.

Moreover, when they get to their respectivepostings, they need to devote themselves to theirtasks with a sense of duty while observing themotto “Keep your forces in a good shape, andwin your battles”. So, they also have to organizetheir men to obey their command through fullunderstanding.

Being “Triumphant Elites of the Future”,the newly-graduated junior leaders will be ableto continue to equip all national brethren withUnion Spirit, while defending the State's territoryand the lives and property of the people inaccordance with the fine traditions of theTatmadaw.

Build efficient Tatmadawin national interest

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

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

YANGON, 13 Dec — Work coordination meetingfor holding National Immunization Days (2009)in Mon State took place in Mawlamyine on 10December.

Chairman of Mon State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of South-East Command Maj-Gen Thet Naing Win addressed the meeting.

Head of Mon State Health Department Dr Htay

Meeting on National Immunization Days (2009) held in Mon StateAung gave an account of work programmes for thedays and the heads of ten township health departmentsreported on arrangements made for the days and workto be done.

Beginning from January 2009, poliomyelitisvaccines will be given to under-five children at thedesignated days and places in Mon State.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 13Dec—Basic SpokenEnglish course (4/2008) ofMinistry of Hotels andTourism concluded at theministry here yesterdaymorning with an addressby Minister Maj-Gen SoeNaing.

At the closingceremony, the traineesreported in English onMyanmar’s participationin the development oftourism in the communityof the six-country GreaterMekong Sub-region. Next,the minister presentedcompletion certificates tothe trainees and awardedthree outstanding trainees.

MNA

Basic Spoken English course of Ministry of H&T concludes

NAY PYI TAW, 13 Dec —Vice-President DawAye Aye and Secretary Dr Daw Wai Wai Tha ofMyanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Associationand Chairperson of Ayeyawady Division Maternaland Child Welfare Supervisory Committee Daw WinWin Maw on 10 December inspected fly-proof latrinesin Tanyingon village-tract and Hmawai village and thedelivery room of Hmawwai village MCWA in DedayeTownship and fulfilled the requirements.

Next, they visited the pre-primary school inKyonku village in Pyapon Township and donatedclothes to the storm victims.

Maternal and child care tasks carried out in storm-affected regionsAfterwards, the vice-president and party donated

bicycles and clothes to the storm victims at BogaleTownship MCWA office. They also viewed constructionof a maternal and child care centre undertaken byMMCWA and UNFPA and the delivery room in MaubinTownship and comforted pregnant women and presentedcash and kind. They also inspected preventive measuresagainst mother-to-child HIV infection infection andfulfilled the needs.

On 11 December, they inspected functions ofthe maternal and child care centre in KangyidauntTownship and the primary school of MCWA inPantanaw Township. They later donated K 100,000each to the delivery rooms and K 50000 each and aidto the pre-primary schools.—MNA

YANGON, 12 Dec —To mark the DiamondJubilee of HninzigonHome for the Aged, thesecond book fair wasopened at the home inBahan Township here thismorning. Chairman ColChit Swe (Retd) ofCommittee for organizingthe second book fair

Second book fair opensexplained the purpose ofholding the book fair.

Next, National LiteraryAward winner writerTakkatho Sein Tin spokeon the occasion and lookedround the book stallstogether with the guests.The book fair continues till18 December from 9 am to5 p.m. daily. — MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Soe Naing presents prize to an outstanding trainee of

Basic Spoken English Course No. 4/2008.—MNA

Col Chit Swe (Retd) explains purposes ofholding book fair at the Diamond Jubilee of

Hninzigon Home for the Aged.—MNA

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Bomb attack victims receive treatment in a hospital in Kirkuk, 250 km (155miles) north of Baghdad on 11 December, 2008.—INTERNET

Debris are scattered on the floor of a restaurant aftera suicide bomb attack near Kirkuk, about 250 km (155miles) north of Baghdad, on 12 Dec, 2008.—INTERNET

People are seen

standing next to

vehicles loaded with

supplies for US and

allied forces in

Afghanistan destroyed

by militants in

Peshawar, Pakistan,

on 12 Dec, 2008.

INTERNET

US troops kill 4 Afghans on busthat wouldn’t stop

KABUL, 13 Dec — The 50-year-old father of eight died, shovel in hand, simplydoing his job.

Dressed in fluorescent orange overhauls, the blue-collar attire of a Kabulmunicipal employee, Nasir Ali was standing near two steel-gray trash bins whena suicide bomber threw himself at a passing vehicle 10 yards away. Shrapnelpierced Ali’s skull, killing him.

The bomber’s target was a German Embassy vehicle but everyone inside thearmored SUV escaped unharmed. The only people killed in the attack late lastmonth were two Afghans.

Taleban suicide attacks typically target US or NATO troops, Afghan securityforces or government officials, but far more bystanders usually get killed, leavingAfghan families in tatters. Late last month alone, two relatively small suicide attackskilled five people. The result was five children quitting school because their families’breadwinners died, making it impossible to pay for school costs.—Internet

Four British soldiers killedin Afghanistan

LONDON, 13 Dec —British Defense Ministryannounced on Friday that four British Royal Marineshad been killed in two separate explosions inAfghanistan.

The first blast killed a marine in a Jackal armoredvehicle in the Sangin district of northern Helmandprovince. An hour later three other marines werekilled in an explosion after being approached by ayoung Afghan pushing a wheelbarrow in anotherpart of Sangin.—Internet

Pakistan militants kill twoalleged US spies

MIRAN SHAH (Pakistan), 13 Dec — Police sayTaleban militants killed two Afghan men theyaccused of spying on behalf of US forces behindmissile strikes in northwest Pakistan.

Official Sakhi-ur-Rehman says authorities foundthe men's bodies Saturday in Miran Shah, the maintown in the North Waziristan tribal region, afterbeing alerted by residents. One had his throat slit.The other had multiple bullet wounds.

A letter found nearby alleges the men gaveinformation to the US that aided missile strikes inthe militant-plagued region. Rehman says the letterclaims a CD containing the pair’s alleged confessionis forthcoming.—Internet

British soldier in Iraq diesafter shooting himself

LONDON, 13 Dec — A British soldier serving in Iraqhas died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Ministryof Defence in London said Friday, adding that aninvestigation is underway.

The soldier — who has not been identified — wasserving with 20 Armoured Brigade at the British baseoutside the main southern Iraqi city of Basra. He diedThursday. “At approximately 2200 hours (1900 GMT)local time, a report was received of a soldier who hadsuffered a gunshot wound, within the ContingencyOperating Base,” the ministry said in a statement.

“Immediate medical assistance was provided, butsadly the soldier died at the scene.” No enemy forces wereinvolved, and there was “no evidence at this stage tosuggest that any third party was involved in the incident”.

The soldier’s death brings to 178 the total number ofBritish troops who have died in the Iraq operation sincethe US-led invasion in March 2003. Of these, 136 werekilled as a result of hostile action.—Internet

Karzai reviews process forAfghanistan air strikes

MANAMA (Bahrain), 13 Dec — US naval officialshosted Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai aboard anAmerican carrier this week to assure him that the militaryis taking all precautions to avoid civilian casualties duringairstrikes in his country.

US Vice Adm Bill Gortney, commander of the Navy’s5th Fleet, said naval officers walked Karzai through theirprocess as they conduct air operations against suspectedinsurgents. Gortney said that Karzai did not detail hisconcerns about civilian deaths in military strikes duringthe visit. But the Afghan president has made public hisanger over recent strikes that left civilians dead.

The US and its allies routinely turn to air power tocombat Taleban and other insurgents because ofAfghanistan’s mountainous terrain and limited orimpassable roads.

Karzai has said civilian deaths erode support for thewar among his people and has pushed for a review of theuse of US and NATO air power.—Internet

Suicidebombs

tearing atordinaryAfghanfamilies

KABUL, 13 Dec — US troops opened fire on a bus carrying civilians Friday incentral Afghanistan, killing four passengers after their driver refused to stop,officials said.

A spokesman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force said the buswas heading toward 20 troops on foot patrol on a highway in central Wardakprovince. The troops first fired warning rounds in the air to stop the vehicle, thenshot into the engine block. The bus kept coming, so they opened fire on the vehiclein self-defense. The provincial governor and area residents confirmed that thetroops were US forces.

At least 10 other passengers were wounded, Wardak Gov Halim Fidai said. AnISAF statement said the wounded were evacuated to military hospitals.

The incident is one of a series that threaten to undermine Afghan support forforeign troops just as the United States prepares to boost its presence in the country.The UN said in September that 577 Afghan civilians had been killed this year byUS, NATO and Afghan troops, a 21 percent jump from 2007. Taleban fighters andother insurgents killed another 800 civilians this year.—Internet

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A Toyota assemblyplant in Aichi. The

Japanese auto giantis likely to suffer a

1.1 billion dollar lossfor the second half of

the current fiscalyear due to a stronger

yen and a globalindustry slump, news

reports said.INTERNET

Eurozone industrial productiondrops by 1.2% in October

US Big-3 automakers to shut downtemporarily in Canada

The entrance to a Ford car plant. The United States is mulling urgent newsteps to prevent the collapse of its embattled auto sector as the European

Union announced the sealing of a massive US$260 billion bailout package tofight off the global recession.—INTERNET

Bomb blast at an Oregon bank kills one

FUKUOKA, 12 Dec—Japan, China and SouthKorea moved to ward offthe effects of the globalfinancial crunch at atrilateral summit Saturday,while Tokyo and Seoulcriticized North Korea forstalling denuclearizationtalks. The three Asiannations — which togethermake up 75 percent of theeast Asian economy —have held meetings on thesidelines of broaderinternational gatherings

Darfur clashes kill 75,including policemen

KHARTOUM, 12 Dec—Seventy-five people, includingsix policemen, were killed in separate tribal clashes insouth Darfur on Friday, security officials and tribalsources said.

Thirty-five members of Al-Falata tribe died infighting with the rival Habaniya tribe while 17tribesmen were wounded in the clashes, a securityofficial said.

“Six policemen, including an officer, were killedwhile attempting to stop the tribal conflict,” the official,adding that six other men who were not immediatelyidentified were also killed in the clashes.

The official did not provide reasons for the clashesbut said that the government in south Darfur had sentreinforcements earlier in the day to contain theviolence. In a separate incident, 28 members of theAl-Gamir tribe were killed in an attack by unidentifiedgunmen on a village in the Ed al-Fursan region, tribalchief Othman Hashim told AFP. He did not providefurther details.—Internet

West Coast Bank shown in the back ground is ‘whereOregon State Police said a bomb detonated afterpolice arrived to inspect a suspicious device on 12Dec, 2008, in Woodburn, Ore. The Oregon StatePolice said there were ‘serious injuries.’—INTERNET

OTTAWA, 12 Dec—Allthe Canadian plants of theUS Big-3 automakers willshut down temporarily inJanuary, the president ofthe Canadian AutoWorkers union said onFriday. The plants will beclosed for different periodsof time through Decemberand January, said KenLewenza, adding thetemporary layoffs are “aresult of declining sales in

the United States.” General Motors has

12,574 active workers inCanada, Chrysler LLC has7,865 and Ford Motor Cohas 7,402.

The news came asCanada’s Finance Minister

Jim Flaherty said he is stillopen to helping theCanadian auto industry,although the US Senaterejected a 14-billion-US-dollar bailout package forthe Big-three on Thursday.

Internet

Map of Sudan and theDarfur region. At least75 people, including sixpolicemen, were killed

in separate tribalclashes in south

Darfur.—INTERNET

SKorea, China, Japan showunity at first summit

but this was the first timethey held an independentthree-way summit.

Though their countriesare often at odds over thelegacy of Japan’s militaristpast, solidarity was theword of the day.

In their key statement,Japanese Prime MinisterTaro Aso, South KoreanPresident Lee Myung-bakand Chinese Premier WenJiabao were expected toissue an action plan tomake the trilateral summit

an annual event andstrengthen ties throughincreased political andcultural exchanges.

Meeting ahead of thethree-way talks, Aso andLee welcomed a dealreached the night before toincrease a bilateral cur-rency swap arrangement tothe equivalent of $20billion. The Bank of Koreaalso announced a deal withthe People’s Bank ofChina worth about $26billion.—Internet

WOODBURN,12 Dec—Abomb exploded inside abank here late Fridayafternoon afterexplosives expertsarrived to check on asuspicious object andauthorities said at leastone person was killed bythe blast.

Oregon State Policesaid the explosion at theWest Coast Bank caused“serious injuries” and

that police officers werein the area when thedevice detonated. Theydid not say how manypolice officers wereinjured.

A spokesman for theBureau of Alcohol,Tobacco, Firearms andExplosives told TheOregonian at least onebomb technician hadbeen injured.

Marion County deputy

medical examiner RodgeWomack said he has beentold of at least onefatality. He said he didnot know the identity ofthe victim.

Bank President andCEO Bob Sznewajs toldThe Associated Press thatsome bank employeesmight have been injuredby flying glass but thatnone was seriously hurt.

Internet

BRUSSELS, 12 Dec —Industrial production inthe eurozone dropped by1.2 percent in October,compared with theprevious month, theEuropean Union (EU)’sstatistics bureau Eurostatsaid on Friday.

The monthly index fellby 1.8 percent inSeptember, according torevised figures.

In October, production

of non-durable consumergoods grew by 0.3percent. Production ofenergy dropped by 0.1percent. Durableconsumer goodsdecreased by 1.4 percent.Both capital goods andintermediate goodsdeclined by 2.0 percent.

Figures showed thatindustrial production inGermany, the biggesteconomy within the euro

zone, dropped by 2.0percent in October after asharp decease of 3.3percent in the previousmonth. France, the secondlargest, dropped by 2.7percent following adecrease of 0.8 percent inSeptember.

Compared to October2007, the eurozoneindustrial productiondecreased by 5.3percent.—Internet

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A total of 99 newly wed couples and old couples from home and abroad cameto the Huge Rock with Four Characters of “Tian Ya Hai Jiao (the RemotestCorner of the World)” on the coast south of Sanya City, to attend the 12thSanya International Wedding Celebration Festival, south China’s Hainan

Province, on 12 Dec, 2008. — XINHUA

A visitor look at a dress designed by John Galliano for Christian Dior, duringan exibition held at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art at the 798 Art

Zone in Beijing, China,on 10 Dec, 2008. —XINHUA

An Indian labourertalks on his cellularphone while waitingfor customers at awholesale grain

market in New Delhiin April 2008. India

could double itsnumber of mobile

subscribers by 2012 to650 million, Prime

Minister ManmohanSingh forecast

Thursday.INTERNET

Reform, opening-up have given Chinese greaterhappiness, freedom, says Vietnamese scholar

Number of homeless peopleincreases in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, 13 Dec — The number of homelesspeople has dramatically increased in Los Angelesdue to the worsening economic downturn, it wasreported on Friday.

Despite efforts by the city, county and non-profitagencies to help keep homeless families off thestreets, officials at rescue missions and winter sheltersin the Los Angeles area have received overwhelminghomeless families at their facilities, according to thelocal Daily News.

Andy Bales, president of the Union Rescue Missionin downtown Los Angeles, said the number of homelessfamilies staying at the mission has tripled to 45 overthis time last year, the paper said.—Xinhua

Gaza militants attack Israelwith more rockets

GAZA, 13 Dec — Several Gaza militant groups onFriday claimed responsibility for firing more homemaderockets from Gaza at southern Israeli towns and militarybases.

Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armed wing of thePopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)said in a leaflet sent to reporters that its militants firedfive homemade rockets from Gaza at southern Israel.

The group said that the rockets attack were carriedout to mark the 41-year-anniversary of establishing thePalestinian left-wing organization, and “to send amessage to the occupation that resistance wouldn’tstop.”—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

HANOI, 13 Dec — “Whatdid the Chinese gain from30 years of continuousreform and opening-up tothe outside world?” Theanswer to this question maybe as varied as there arepeople in the world. For DoTien Sam, a Vietnamesescholar on Chinese affairs,the answer is “happinessand freedom.”

“The Chinese nowenjoy greater protection oftheir property andfreedomafter years of reform andopening-up. We can saythat theyenjoy greaterfreedom and happinesstoday,” said Do in a recent

interview with Xinhua. The scholar, who can

speak fluent Chinese, hasread many books on Chinaand visited a number ofprovinces along the China-Vietnamborder and on theeastern coast of China.

Professor Do, who hasaccumulated comprehen-sive and in-depth know-ledge about Chinese affairsthrough years of study, iscurrently director of theInstitute of Chinese Studiesunder the VietnameseAcademy of SocialSciences.

He believes that the greatachievements of China’s

reform and opening-uppolicy are visible in allaspects of the Chinesesociety, including theeconomic, scientific andcultural sectors.

The recent successfulmission of the Shenzhou-7manned spacecraft andChina’s successful hostingof the Beijing Olympics arefurther proof of thecountry’s growth, said Do.These major events haveenhanced the nationalstrength of China andhighlighted its role in theinternational arena, headded.

Xinhua

US plane makesemergency landing inNicaraguan airport

MANAGUA, 13 Dec —A plane from the USairline ContinentalAirlines, with 150passengers aboard, madeon Friday an emergencylanding in the airport ofNicaragua’s capital afterdetecting mechanicfailures in theundercarriage.

The official radiostation “Nueva Radio ya”reported that the planecircled over the AugustoC Sandino internationalairport for many hours, inorder to finish the fuel andreduce the risks during themaneuvering.—Xinhua

China’s top maker ofsolar water heaterswins 100-mln-dollar

injection from foreigninvestors

BEIJING, 13 Dec — Himin Solar Energy Group, China’s top maker of solarwater heaters, has secured an investment of nearly 100 million US dollarsfrom Goldman Sachs and CDH Investment, the English China Daily reportedon Saturday.

The deal comes at a time when venture capital activities are slackening inthe country as IPOs dry up, proving that investors remain zealous aboutChina’s promising solar industry.

The investment is expected to help Himin’s expansion drive both at homeand overseas. The company, based in east China’s Shandong Province,produces solar water heaters that are sold both home and aboard.—Xinhua

Brazilian police arrest 41 for drugtrafficking

RIO DE JANEIRO, 13 Dec — Forty-one people werearrested in Brazil on Friday in connection with aninternational cocaine trafficking operation, FederalPolice said. As many as 400 police officers wereinvolved in the arrests, which took place in sevenBrazilian states, including Mato Grosso and Sao Paulo,and the capital city Brasilia.

Police said the investigation, which began inSeptember 2007, showed that the gang received largeamounts of coca paste from two Bolivian suppliers. Thedrugs entered Brazil by plane and were stored on farmsin Mato Grosso state before being distributed in otherparts of the country.—Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM Nagging wife, sausage help man win $4.2m lotteryHomeless dog tries tosave dog hit by car in

ChileChileans have a new hero: an

apparently homeless dog that pulled thebody of another dog through traffic offa busy highway. A surveillance cameraon a Santiago freeway captured imagesof a dog trotting past speeding cars topull the lifeless body of the other canine,which had been run over by a vehicle,away from traffic and onto the medianstrip.

The scene was broadcast by Chileantelevision stations and then posted onWeb sites such as YouTube.com, andhundreds of thousands of people hadviewed versions of it by Monday.

Highway crews removed both thedead and live dogs from the medianstrip of the Vespucio Norte Highwayshortly after the 4 Dec incident. But therescuer dog ran away.

Authorities say images of the rescueprompted some people to call and offerto adopt the dog, but neither highwayworkers nor a television crew could findthey animal.

Woman accused oftrying to smoke pot

near officerPolice said a woman was arrested

after asking a state trooper whether shecould smoke — and then trying to lightup a marijuana joint. Honesty Knight,32, was a passenger in a vehicle thatTrooper Eric Perkins pulled over for atraffic violation early Friday. While thetrooper was talking to the driver, Knightobtained the trooper’s permission tosmoke.

Police say Perkins then asked to seethe cigarette, which containedmarijuana, not tobacco.

Knight faces a preliminary charge ofpossession of paraphernalia. She wasreleased from jail on bond, but couldn'tbe located for comment because nohome telephone number was listed inher name.

A “nagging” wife who pushed herhusband to buy a lottery ticket helpedscoop the $4.2 million ($7.7 millionNew Zealand dollar) first prize _ withonly minutes to spare. The man fromNew Zealand's biggest city, Auckland,bought his ticket just two minutes beforeticket sales closed Saturday night.

“My wife had been nagging me allweek to get a ticket, so I when saw theLotto sign ... I sprinted in to get the ticketbefore they closed,” said the man, whoasked not to be identified — normalpractice among lottery winners in NewZealand .

“I must have been their last customer

of the night,” he said, adding that theyoung married couple had had a “rough”couple of years, reduced to one incomeafter having children.

“I have never been so glad to listen tomy wife's nagging,” the man saidTuesday.

He discovered their newly wonfortune Sunday thanks to his wife'srequest for a barbecued sausage.

Out shopping for bargains, the mansaid he didn’t have enough money tobuy his wife the sausage she’d askedhim for. So he decided to check hisSaturday lottery ticket in case he’d wona small prize.

“I could not believe it when they saidI was actually the big winner,” he said.

When he showed the printout to hiswife, she initially thought they had won$4,200 (NZ$7,700).

“When she realized how much itreally was, she fell to the floor, and thensaid: ‘but all I wanted was a sausage.’”

Checker Chuck drives the truck“Iron Outlaw” over wrecked cars at

Monster Showdown, a monstertruck competition in Monterrey,

northern Mexico.

A group of red starfish is seen on theseabed of Antarctica.

As Andalusian horseman performsnext to flamenco artists during the

rehearsal of Sicab the InternationalPre Horse Fair show in Seville.

French frigate Nivose(centre at left) escortscommercial ships in

the Gulf of Aden.Somali pirates have

released a Greekchemical tanker seized

in October but threecrew members are

feared dead, a Kenyanmaritime official has

said.—INTERNET

Ice storm causes massive blackoutsin eastern US

Brain enzyme may play key rolein controlling appetite, weight gain

WASHINGTON, 13 Dec — US researchers have found that over activity of a brainenzyme may play a role in preventing weight gain and obesity. The findings were reported Friday in the journal Cell Metabolism. To understand what drives hunger and causes metabolic disease, many scien-tists have focused on the hypothalamus, an almond-sized structure located deepwithin the brain that controls body temperature, hunger, and thirst. Specialized nerve cells in the hypothalamus sense whether the body containsadequate amounts of nutrients and stored body fat. The cells then send out signalstelling other parts of the brain to adjust food intake, metabolic rates, and physicalactivity accordingly — keeping the body’s caloric intake in balance with caloriesburned.—Internet

Italian airline Alitalia officially soldto private investors

Snow causes chaos in southwestern Austria VIENNA,13 Dec— Due to heavy snowfalls over the past two days, many roads insouthwestern Austria were blocked, many households suffered blackouts, and someschools were forced to close. According to a Friday report released by Central Institute for Meteorology andGeodynamics of Austria(ZAMG), Austria’s southwestern states of Carinthia andTyrol suffered most from the snowfalls. As much as 102 centimeters of fresh snowhave fallen inLienz of East Tyrol within 48 hours. Austrian Television ORF also reported on Friday that in the southwestern cityof Lesachtal near Italy, which is now totally cut off from the outside world, theaccumulated snowfall has reached 200 centimeters in two days.—Internet

ROME, 13 Dec— Theflight operations of Italy’sbankrupt national carrierofficially changed handson Friday, soldtoCompagnia Aerea Italiana(CAI), a group of privateItalian investors created tolaunch a new Italian na-tional airline. Although the sale rep-resented a breakawayfrom the carrier’s state-controlled past, CAIChairman RobertoColaninno said thenewnational airline willretain the name Alitalia,according to Italian NewsAgency ANSA.

12 Jan is the date setfor the conversion fromthe old state-owned car-rier to the new private na-tional airline. Before the new airlineofficially takes off, CAIwill merge its Alitalia as-sets with those of Italy’sbiggest private airline AirOne, controlled by CAIpartner Carlo Toto, whichit formally acquired onThursday. A decision is also ex-pected on CAI’s strategicforeign partner,whichmany pundits believe willbe Air France-KLM. CAI is paying a total of

1.052 billion euros (1.41billion US dollars) forAlitalia’s flight division,which includes assets aswell as selective debtsfrom ordering newaircraft.

Internet

WASHINGTON, 13 Dec — An ice stormripped through eastern United States overThursday night from Maine to Pennsyl-vania, causing massive blackouts andleaving 1.25 million customers in thedark, the National Weather Service(NWS) said on Friday. The storm has dumped more than 18centimeters of snow in the region and

forced many roads and schools to close,it said. The governments of Massachu-setts and New Hampshire declared stateof emergency. In Maine, Governor John Baldacci or-dered state government closed for the day. The American Red Cross opened shel-ters throughout the region to help peopleaffected by the storm.—Internet

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China makes first 2,210-kw coalmining machine

Five killed in roadsidebomb blast in NW

Pakistan ISLAMABAD, 13 Dec— At least five people were

killed in a roadside bomb blast in northwestern Pakistanon Saturday, private TV channel DAWN NEWSreported.

The incident occurred when a car was hit by aroadside bomb in Khawzakhela tehsil of Swat districtof North West Frontier Province, said the report.

Details about the incident are not immediatelyavailable.

Pakistan’s security forces have been fighting militantgroups in Swat valley, a stronghold of pro-Talebanmilitants.

Internet

XI’AN, 13 Dec — Thefirst China-made 2,210kilowatt coal miningmachine passed check andappraisal on Saturday inthe northwestern ShaanxiProvince, reducing thereliance on exports.

Trial operation showedthe remote control

machine, produced byXi’an Coal MiningMachine Co Ltd, canmine eight million tons ofcoal annually, accordingto the Shaanxi ProvincialScience and TechnologyDepartment.

The price for each was16 million yuan (2.3

million US dollars), morethan 40 percent lower thanexported ones.

China’s coal productiondoubled in the recentdecade and reached 2.5billion tons last year. Butit can only produce coalmining machine withpower capacity below1,800 kw.

Machines above 2,000-kw were exported fromthe US and Germany.

Internet

A lady takes photo infront of a Christmas

tree made of over 1,800deserted bottles nearthe Shanghai OceanAquarium in PudongDistrict in Shanghai,

east China, on 12 Dec,2008.—INTERNET

The space shuttle Endeavour returns atop aNASA 747 aircraft to the Kennedy Space Center

in Cape Canaveral, Florida on 12 Dec, 2008. Theshuttle was transported back to KSC after bad

weather in Florida forced it to land at EdwardsAir Force Base in California.—INTERNET

NATO forces wound 5 Afghan civiliansin clash with insurgents

KABUL, 13 Dec— The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force(ISAF) has wounded five civilians in Afghanistan’s troubled Helmand province asthe troops came in contact with insurgents, a press release of the alliance said onSaturday.

“ISAF accidentally injured five locals in Helmand province, during an engagementwith the Taleban on 12 Dec,” the press release added.

The incident, according to the press release, occurred in Garmsir district onFriday when the troops patrolling the area were engaged from four differentcompounds with militants using small arms.

In a similar incident in southern Uruzgan province, two men and one womanwere reportedly killed as the US-led Coalition forces clashed with insurgents onWednesday.

Coalition forces conducting a night-time dismounted reconnaissance patrol inDeh Rawood district were ambushed on 10 Dec, when the forces returned fire andsuccessfully disengage from enemy contact, a press release of the troops saidSaturday.—Internet

Indian navy arrests 23 pirates inGulf of Aden

NEW DELHI,13 Dec— The Indian navy captured 23 pirates who threatened amerchant vessel Saturday in the lawless waters of the Gulf of Aden, where dozensof ships have come under attack by gunmen in recent months.

An Indian navy ship, the INS Mysore, was escorting merchant ships in the regionnear Somalia when it received a distress call from seamen on board the MV Gibe,who said they were being attacked by two boats.

The distress call said the pirates were firing as their boats closed in on the Gibe,according to a statement from the Indian government. The pirate boats attemptedto escape when they saw the Mysore and its helicopter, but were boarded by Indianmarine commandoes, the statement said.

The pirates had “a substantial cache of arms and equipment,” including sevenAK-47 assault rifles, three machine guns, a rocket-propelled grenade launcher andother weapons, the statement said. They also found a GPS receiver and otherequipment.

The pirates were from Somalia and Yemen, two countries on the coast of the Gulfof Aden. The Gibe was flying an Ethiopian flag, the statement said, but there wasno further information about the ship.—Internet

This photograph released by India governmentPress Information Bureau in New Delhi, on 13

Dec, 2008, shows arms and ammunition recoveredby the Indian Navy from pirates in the Gulf of

Aden on 13 Dec, 2008.INTERNET

Japan’s Mao Asada,center, South Korea’sKim Yu-na, left, and

Italy’s Carolina Kostnerpose during a medal

ceremony of women’sFree Skating for the ISU

Grand Prix of FigureSkating Final in

Goyang, west of Seoul,South Korea, on 13 Dec,

2008.—INTERNET

Iraqi PM rejectscomment of US troopsmay remain 10 years

BAGHDAD, 13 Dec— Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki rejected comments by his spokesman that UStroops may stay in Iraq for ten years, according to astatement Xinhua obtained on Saturday.

“What Dr Ali al-Dabbagh said about Iraqi forceswill need ten years to be ready was only his personalview and does not represent the Iraqi government,”Maliki’s office said in the statement issued late onFriday.

On Thursday Dabbagh said at a Pentagon pressbriefing that some US forces could be needed for 10years. “We do understand that the Iraqi military is notgoing to get built out in the three years. We do needmany more years. It might be 10 years.”

Internet

Six persons diein fire in OsloSTOCKHOLM, 13 Dec—

At least six persons died ina fire in the downtown ofOslo in the early morningof Saturday, said reportsreaching here from thecapital of Norway.

The local police has notruled out that more peopledied in the fire, theNorwegian news agencyNTB said in a report.

A total of 33 people wereevacuated from the four-storey building. Fifteenwere evacuated by laddertruck. Twelve are injuredin the fire, with oneseriously.

Internet

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Yeywa hydropower project being implemented on Myitnge river, south-east of Mandalay.—MNA

(from page 1)Mandalay Division, Sagaing Division and Shan State(North) Peace and Development Councils, the minis-ters, senior military officers and officials of the SPDCOffice, arrived at the Yeywa hydropower project sitenear Ye-Yaman Village at 12.45 p.m.

At the briefing hall, Minister for Electric PowerNo. 1 Col Zaw Min reported to the Senior General andparty saying that Yeywa hydropower project is theproject of the State that will generate 790 megawattsand 3,550 million kilowatts hours yearly. The rollercompacted concrete main dam with 2,264 feet inlength and 433 feet in height is being built on theMyitnge River and the construction has been com-pleted by almost cent per cent.

Minister Col Zaw Min also reported on progressin construction of the diversion tunnel and inlet andoutlet, intake structure and spillway, installation of

As project is nearingcompletion, step-by-step…

penstock and building of power station and switchyard, completion of the project as scheduled and ar-rangements being made for storing water in the dam inthe coming rainy season.

Managing Director Dr San Oo of Myanma Elec-tric Power Enterprise under the Ministry of ElectricPower No. 2 reported on construction of Yeywa-Belin(Kyaukse) 230 KV power line, Yeywa-Meiktila 230KV power line and Belin-Meiktila 230 KV power linefor supply of 790 megawatts from Yeywa hydropowerstation to the National Grid, construction of sub-powerstations and power supply tasks of Belin-Shwesaryan230 KV power line and Meiktila-Thazi 230 KV powerline.

In response to the reports, Senior General ThanShwe said Yeywa Hydropower Project is a large-scaleproject of the State. As the project is nearing comple-tion, all the step-by-step tasks of the project need to bedone carefully. Moreover, efforts are to be made forfully tapping of water resources of the Myitnge River.As the tasks for supply of electricity are being imple-

mented, the work for distributing power to the con-sumers also needs to be done as scheduled. Powersupply tasks are to be carried out systematically with-out any loss and wastage, said the Senior General.

Next, Senior General Than Shwe presentedgifts to the responsible personel of Colenco PowerEngineering Ltd and China Gezhouba Group Corpo-ration and the staff of Construction Group-2 ofHydropower Department, who are participating inthe Yeywa project.

The Senior General and party viewed the con-struction work from the viewing deck of the briefinghall. He also looked into the project site, constructionof Yeywa water tank, laying of RCC concrete on themain dam, construction of the power station and spill-way and digging of the canal.

Of the major tasks of the project, construction ofdiversion tunnel Nos 1 and 2 and the spillway hascompleted cent-per-cent and RCC main dam will becompleted very soon. The whole project has beencompleted by 67.32 per cent. – MNA

YANGON, 13 Dec—Chief Justice U Aung Toemet with division, districts and townships judges ofYangon Division at Supreme Court (Yangon) yester-day.

Present on the occasion were Deputy ChiefJustice U Thein Soe of Supreme Court (Yangon),supreme court judges, and officials.

Chief Justice meets judges ofYangon Division

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Justice saidthat judges need to understand regulations and ethicsthey are to abide by, so that people may put trust in andrely on judicial pillar and they are to try to becomegood and able persons and judges at different level areto make the decision in accord with law and regula-tions without corruption.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 13 Dec –—A work coordinationmeeting of state/division level directors of the Auditor-General’s Office took place at the office yesterdaymorning with an address by Auditor-General Maj-GenLun Maung. In his speech, he stressed the need ofresponsible personnel to be free from irregularities andcorruptions and to expose any malpractices. He alsospoke of the need to try to complete the auditing ofdepartments and organizations for 2007-2008 by theend of March 2009.

Next, the state/division directors presented theirreports and the director-general of the Auditor-Gener-al’s Office gave a supplementary report. The auditor-general gave a concluding remark. —MNA

Auditor-General’s Office meets

NAY PYI TAW, 13 Dec—Secretary of NationalHealth Committee Deputy Minister for Health Dr MyaOo met members of Township Health Committee, spe-cialists, assistant surgeons, nurses, health staff,townselders and members of social organizations inPaungde on 7 December.

Next, the deputy minister viewed the compoundof Paungde Township Hospital.

Director Dr Nay Win (Lab), Director Dr Soe LwinNyein (disease control) and Director Dr Kyee Myint(Treatment) of Health Department also met health staff atNattalin, Zigon and Gyobingauk Hospitals. They in-structed matters related to promoting of laboratories,feeding vaccine and safely treatment of patients.—MNA

Hospitals in Bago Division(West) under inspection

Chief Justice U Aung Toe meets division, district and township judges of Yangon Division.MNA

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YANGON, 13Dec— The SpecialRefresher Course No. 67for basic educationteachers concluded atNawarat Hall of CentralInstitute of Civil Service(Phaunggyi) in HleguTownship, YangonDivision this morning.

Chairman of CivilService Selection andTraining Board Dr ThanNyun, on behalf ofChairman of MyanmarEducation CommitteeSecretary-1 of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen ThihaThura Tin Aung MyintOo, delivered an addresson the occasion.

Also present onthe occasion wereMinister for Labour UAung Kyi, deputyministers, members ofCSSTB, departmentalheads, the Rector of CICS(Phaunggyi), pro-rectors,heads of department,course instructors andtrainee teachers.

In his address,Chairman of Civil ServiceSelection and TrainingBoard Dr Than Nyun, onbehalf of Chairman ofMyanmar EducationCommittee Secretary-1 ofthe State Peace and

YANGON, 13 Dec—Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung TheinLin toured gratis education class opened by YCDC onBo Aung Kyaw Road in Ward 18 of HlinethayaTownship here this morning. He met teachers andviewed studying of the students.

YCDC opened the gratis education classes inWard 18 of Hlinethaya Township, Ward 7 in SouthOkkalapa Township and Ward 8 in Dagon Myothit(East) Township for students who will take thematriculation examination. Any students can attendthe class free of charge.—MNA

Teachers capable of guiding youths to respectivefields in accord with their bent, good prospects

Special Refresher Course No. 67 for basiceducation teachers concludes

Development Council Lt-Gen Thiha Thura TinAung Myint Oo, said it ishis belief that all thetrainees will fully equipwith national outlooks andnationalistic fervour as thecourse will inculcate themwith the past history of theState, efforts of thegovernment in the processof building a new modernand developed nation andthe future nationalobjectives and prospects.

The teachers area national force thatproduces and nurtureshighly qualified humanresources which play animportant role in buildinga new peaceful moderndeveloped and discipline-flourishing democraticnation.

When dis-charging the Stateresponsibilities in accordwith the demand ofhistory, the State Peaceand Development Councilis making all-out effortsfor warding off evil legacyand for development ofthe nation in all aspects.

With the aim ofbringing about equitableand harmoniousdevelopment in differentregions of the states anddivisions, the government

has laid down the borderarea developmentprojects, the five ruraldevelopment tasks and the24 special regionsdevelopment plan and isimplementing them withadded momentum. Inother words, thegovernment has paved theway for the emergence ofnew peaceful moderndeveloped and discipline-flourishing democraticnation aspired by the entirenational people.

M e a n w h i l e ,efforts are being made to

effectively utilize naturalresources in agricultureand production sectorswhile striving fordevelopment of humanresources. As a result, theeducation standard of theentire nation has changedand developed both incontent and essenceduring the period of twodecades.

The qualitative andquantitative developmentof new generation youthsbeing nurtured and trainedby the teachers largelydepends on capability andefficiency of each teacherof present day.

The people, localauthorities and socialorganizations are makingconcerted efforts forsuccessful realization ofthe 30-year long termnational educationpromotion programme.With that regard, localpeople of different regionsare to try their utmost forensuring the schoolenrollment of each andevery school-age child,which is prerequisite forsuccess of theprogrammes, realizing theimportance of educationin bringing about the long-term development.

C o o p e r a t i o namong the people who are

parents of the youths cancontribute towards thesuccess of the tasks in thebasic education sector, hesaid. He said there arevarious kinds of socio-economic challenges inthe 21st century. Theteachers are capable ofguiding the youths to therespective fields in accordwith their bent and goodprospects. It is necessaryfor them to produceintellectuals andintelligentsia needed inbuilding a new nation, hesaid.

Continuing, hesaid, the State and thepeople has acknowledgedthe endeavours of theteachers in the countrywhere they have alwaysvalued and respected therole of education andteachers in successiveperiods. That is why theteachers, who areorganizational leaders andshaping the future of theState, should possesspolitical, economic and

social outlooks andgenuine patriotism, firmstand on national interestand upright morale. Heurged them to implementthe educational tasks.

He quoted Head ofState Senior General ThanShwe as saying at theconclusion of the courseon Myanmar affairs andinternational studies thatparticipation in thenational tasks personallyafter realizing the eventsas a citizen is serving thenational interests anddutiful citizens with highconcepts are the strengthsof the nation.

He urged theteachers to discharge theduties of producing humanresources for the nationafter accepting theguidance of the Head ofState as the workguidelines.

Next, Dr ThanNyun presented awards tothe outstanding traineesand certificates to thetrainees through theirleaders.—MNA

On behalf of Chairman of MEC Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thiha ThuraTin Aung Myint Oo, CSSTB Chairman Dr Than Nyun presents prize

to JAT U Myint Oo of Muhtaw Post Primary Schoolin Pyay Township. — MNA

The cashdonationceremonyfor payingrespects to

formerfaculty

membersof YIT and

YTU inprogress.

NLM

YANGON, 13 Dec—The donation ceremony ofgraduated civil engineering students was held atMyanmar Engineering Society on Hline Campus,Yangon University on 6 December for third respectpaying ceremony to full time and part time facultymembers at Yangon Institute of Technology andYangon Technological University.

At the ceremony, chairman of organizingcommittee U Ohn Kyaw accepted K 700,000 donatedby U Tint Hsan (81) (ACE construction), K 500,000 byU Win Naing (80)-Daw Than Than Swe (81), K300,000 by graduated students (1980-intake), K 1.5million by U Win Naing (80) on behalf of wellwishers,K 200,000 by U Khin Lat on behalf of graduatedstudents (1975-intake) and Principal U Ko Ko(Superintending Engineer) of Central ConstructionTraining School.—NLM

Mayor views lecturing atgratis education class

Cash presented to holdrespect paying ceremony

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

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

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Mass walk in Nay Pyi TawNAY PYI TAW, 13

Dec—A mass walk tookplace here as part of 2008December mass sportsactivity here thismorning.

Member of theMyanmar OlympicCommittee DeputyMinister for Hotels andTourism Brig-Gen AyeMyint Kyu, departmentalheads, officials,government employeesand people participated inthe walk.

Next, they tookexercise at the gatheringpoint of Nay Pyi TawMyoma Market.

MNA

YANGON, 13 Dec—The 6th respect payingceremony of MagwayCollege students (1964-1976) was held atUniversities Dhammayonin Kamayut Township on7 December.

Magway College old students pay respect to teachersAt the ceremony, the

old students paid respectand presented cash and kindto old teachers. On behalfof old teachers, Dr MaungDi, U Win Maung, Dr SoeYin and Daw Khin Nudelivered addresses. Daw

Kyi Kyi Tin and Daw KhinThan Sein on behalf oforganizing committeeexplained matters related toceremony and U Bar BarCho and Daw Tin Tin Yiexpressed words ofthanks.—NLM

YANGON, 11 Dec – The course on basicdiplomatic skills (BDS-19/2008) conducted by theMinistry of Foreign Affairs concluded at the ministrythis morning. At the ceremony, U Maung Myint,Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs delivered a courseconcluding speech.

Also present on the occasion were directors-general of the departments under the ministry,departmental officials, retired Myanmar ambassadors,senior diplomats and professors and lecturers fromuniversities and institutes.

Altogether 188 trainees including thoseinterested in international affairs, entrepreneursdealing with foreign firms, company officials andservice personnel attended the 12-week course.

The simulation of a formal banquet was heldlater in the evening at Park Royal Hotel in the presenceof Deputy Minister U Maung Myint and wife.

MNA

Basic diplomatic skillscourse concludes

NAY PYI TAW, 13Dec—The 77thanniversary celebration ofNational Kandawgyi

Flower Festival draws holidaymakersGardens (PyinOoLwin)and the 2nd anniversaryof the National LandmarksGarden and the opening

of Modern AmusementPark and the third FlowerFestival were taking placeunder the arrangements ofthe Ministry of Forestry.

The NationalLandmarks Gardens wascrowded with knowledgeseekers and holiday-makers and the childrenparked the newly-openedModern Amusement Park.

The families andphotographers wentsightseeing in the gardenswhere floral statues andstalls are on display.

The 3rd flowerfestival was drawing theattention of the visitors.Well-known music bandsentertained music-loverswith songs and about over70,000 people visited thegardens.

MNA

Departmental personnel, staff family members and people taking partin mass walk of December 2008 in Nay Pyi Taw. —MNA

Departmental personnel, staff family members and people takingphysical exercise near Myoma Market in Nay Pyi Taw. —MNA

National Kandawgyi Gardens teeming with visitors in PyinOoLwin on13-12-2008. —MNA

Holiday makers and visitors seen at National Kandawgyi Gardens inPyinOoLwin on 13-12-2008. —MNA

Oldstudents

ofMagwayCollegepresentgifts toformerfaculty

membersat respect

payingceremony.

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M a u n g m a g a nBeach Resort nearDawei, TaninthayiDivision, is a well-known touristattraction.

On a tour ofTaninthayi Division towrite articles aboutregional development,our media team of theMyanma Alin Dailyhappened to enjoy thenatural beauty ofMaungmagan BeachResort for our firsthand

Picturesque Maungmagan Beach ResortArticle: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

Maungmagan Beach Resort is very pleasant with mountain ranges in the background at sunset.

A row of traditionally-decorated lodging houses in Maungmagan Beach Resort.

A group of family members collectingcolourful seashells to make and sell

strings of seashell beads.

knowledge.Maungmagan Beach

Resort is located inLonglon Township, closeto Dawei. It is 10 milesor a 30 minutes drivefrom Dawei.

We went toMaungmagan BeachResort in a car ofTownship Reporter UKhin Maung Gyi. It wasat nearly 5 p.m. whenwe reached ourdestination.

The sun was setting

on the mountain rangesamong the islets. Uponarrival on the beach, wenoticed lovely lodginghouses and garden-likecompounds withbeautiful buildings inthem.

Unlike other beachresorts, MaungmaganBeach Resort has manypine trees, instead ofcoconut palms. Now,coconut palm saplingsare being grown near theresort.

Maungmagan BeachResort stretches fromsouth to north with high

mountain ranges andmany small islets in thesouth, thus adding to itsscenic beauty.

Along the beach,many people werestrolling and ridingmotorbikes for relaxa-tion and recreation. Andthe beach was teemingwith people collectingseashells and lively withrestaurants, rows ofshops, and souvenirshops.

The sea was foundpleasant with wavessplashing on the shore.The clouds in the whole

sky were glowingbrightly with reflectedrays of the sun. Seagullswere flying back in flockto the sea to roost, butsmall groups of fishingboats were still at workin the sea.

A woman whocollects colourfulseashells and makes andsells strings of seashellbeads to earn her livingsaid, “The beach starts tobe crowded with visitorsat about 8 o’clock in themorning. And it is busyin summer. Not all thevisitors are local people.

The people fromaround the country visitthe beach while theyare in Dawei. Thebeach has been well-known for ages, so thenumber of visitors tothe beach is on theincrease”.

Going well withmountain ranges andthe sea, MaungmaganBeach Resort isdefinitely worth visitingfor recreation.

*****Translation: MS

Myanma Alin:11-12-2008

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TABAH VOY NO (261)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TABAHVOY NO (261) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 14.12.08 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 up 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

Invitation to Submit “Expression ofInterest” to Construct School cum

Cyclone ShelterMyanmar Engineering Society (MES) will build a

school cum cyclone shelter in Kungyangon Township,Yangon Division utilizing funds received from variousdonors.

MES invites locally registered construction companiesto submit an “Expression of Interest” to construct thementioned school cum cyclone shelter by 22-12-2008.

Detail information can be obtained from MES.Tel : (01) 519673-76, 579038, 09 50 10386 (U Ko Ko Gyi)Fax: (01) 519681Address: MES Building, Hlaing Universities Campus,

Hlaing Tsp, Yangon. Myanmar Engineering Society

Vancouver, BC, Christmas party shooting kills one

Police officers stand outside a building in Vancouver, BC, on 12 Dec, 2008.A former employee recently let go from his job opened fire at an office

Christmas party on Friday, killing one person.—INTERNET

Hawaii flood causes wastewater leaks

HONOLULU, 13 Dec — A total of 347,680 gallons oftreated and untreated waste water overflowed intostreams, lakes and the ocean during a slow-movingHawaii storm, officials said.

The Honolulu Advertiser reported on Friday thatabout 226,000 gallons of fully treated and untreatedwaste water went into Wahiawa Reservoir, officialssaid.

The newspaper reported that state health officialsare monitoring water quality at a dozen Oahu locations.

The Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported that residentscould expect continued heavy rainfall because of theslow-moving storm.

The Advertiser reported that about 14,000 homesand businesses were without electricity for differentperiods on Thursday.—Internet

Ex-Ford engineer sentencedto 10 years

Pregnant woman shot, killed at Mexicohighway checkpoint

Iran cuts support for Iraqgroups

BAGHDAD , 13 Dec — There are signs that Iran hasreduced its support for militant Shia groups in Iraq,say US and Iraqi officials.

The US says there has been a big drop in the numberof Iranian-made bombs in recent months, suggestingIran has decided to rein in militants.

An Iraqi official said Iran had restrained its activitiesbecause it believed that the US-Iraqi security pactposed no threat to Tehran.

Iran government has consistently denied arming orfunding Iraqi militants.

Lt Gen Thomas Metz said the numbers of Iranian-made Explosively Formed Penetrators (EFPs) in Iraqdecreased in recent months.

These are a type of shaped charge that is particularlyeffective at penetrating armour.

Internet

VANCOUVER (BritishColumbia),13 Dec — Aformer employee recentlylet go from his job openedfire at an office Christmasparty on Friday, killingone person, police said.

“The suspect, a 61-year-old man, entered thebusiness, which had atleast a dozen peopleinside enjoying aChristmas party,” policesaid in a statement.

Police Const TimFanning said the gunmanentered the party around4 pm. One man was shotand killed but the otherpartygoers managed toescape and no one elsewas injured.

“Police ‘locked down’the neighborhood andnegotiated with thesuspect, who gave himselfup to police just after 6:00

pm,” Fanning said in thestatement.

The business at thelocation of the shooting islisted as TallGrass

Distribution Ltd, a naturalhealth productsupplier.Police said thevictim’s name would notbe released until next of

kin had been notified.Theysaid the name of thesuspect would be releasedafter he is formallycharged.—Internet

Triple suicide tragedy in France

The three women threw themselves under high-speed trains.—INTERNET

PARIS ,13 Dec — Amother and her adultdaughter, devastated bythe suicide of anotherdaughter, have killedthemselves on the samerailway track in southernFrance.

They went to a section

of a high-speed TGV linenear the town of Sollies-Pont, near Toulon, wherethe elder daughter killedherself in July.

Both they and thefather of the family hadbeen regarded by localofficials as a suicide risk

after the death.They were placed in

psychiatric care for threeweeks.

After being released,the three members of theunnamed family returnedto their native region innorthern France,Lorraine, but came backto Sollies-Pont a fewweeks ago, town mayorAndre Garron told AFPnews agency.

The mother anddaughter, aged 56 and 22,left a letter for the father,who was at work, beforethey went to the Paris-Nice railway track late onWednesday afternoon,local newspaper Nice-Matin reports.—Internet

CIUDAD JUAREZ

(Mexico),13 Dec —Soldiers shot to death apregnant 35-year-oldwoman after she reportedlyfailed to stop at a highwaycheckpoint in the northernstate of Chihuahua,authorities said on Friday.

Silvia Arzate died aftersoldiers opened fire on thesport utility vehicle she wasdriving near the capital ofChihuahua, which isexperiencing a surge ofviolence as drug gangsbattle each other andauthorities, said the state

prosecutors’ spokesman,Eduardo Esparza.

The circumstancessurrounding Thursday’sshooting remain unclear.

Esparza said Arzate,who died of severalgunshot wounds, had beencarrying a cousin in hervehicle who had beenwounded in an earliergunbattle. Her mother wasalso aboard, but was notinjured.

It was unclear if thecousin had been aparticipant in the earliergunfight. Initial reports

suggested Arzate may havebeen speeding in a bid toescape from anothervehicle that was followingher. The DefenseDepartment had noimmediate comment on theshooting.

Army checkpoints inMexico are sometimespoorly marked.

Many have criticizedPresident Felipe Calderonfor deploying more than20,000 soldiers acrossMexico to combat thecountry’s violent drugcartels.—Internet

DETROIT, 13 Dec — Aformer Ford Motor Coengineer who tried tosmuggle night-visiongoggles and other militarygear overseas has beensentenced to 10 years inprison.

Fawzi Assi, 49,attempted to send theequipment in 1998 to helpdrive Israelis out ofsouthern Lebanon, theDetroit Free Press reported.

He was sentenced inDetroit by US DistrictJudge Gerald Rosen asfriends and familymembers looked on, thenewspaper said.

Among other items

Assi tried to smugglewere global positioningsatellite modules and athermal imaging camera.

He pleaded guilty inNovember to providingmaterial support for aforeign terroristorganization. He fled theUnited States in 1998 toavoid prosecution, butreturned in 2004 to facecharges.

The judge gave himcredit for the 4 1/2 yearshe has spent in custody.

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Heavy rains pound Italy, Romedeclares emergency

ROME, 13 Dec – Romedeclared a state of emer-gency as the swollen Tiberriver threatened to floodFriday and the death tollfrom the heavy rains bat-tering much of Italy roseto four. The Civil Protec-tion Department said theTiber had risen about 16feet (5 meters) in the pasttwo days and warned itmight burst its banks.

Officials evacuatedGypsy camps along theTiber’s banks and boats

broke loose from theirmoorings in the surgingwater. The smaller Anieneriver, which flows into theTiber, already overflowed,forcing officials to closedown some streets inRome and evacuate hun-dreds of people.

“It is as if there hasbeen an earthquake,”Rome Mayor GianniAlemanno told the dailyLa Repubblica.

Italy has been hit by daysof bad weather, and TV

footage has shown entireneighborhoods flooded orsubmerged by mud. In Ven-ice, alarms sounded early inthe morning as the high tidecame in and parts of the cityflooded. Still, the water wasfar less than the unusuallyhigh tide recorded in thelagoon city last week, whenresidents and touristswaded through knee-highwater, shops were floodedand much of the city wasbrought to a halt.

Internet The Tiber river flows in downtown Rome on 12 Dec, 2008.—INTERNET

Girl caught in crossfire dies in Congo

Congolese walk on a road near the front linenear Kibati.—INTERNET

KIBATI ,13 Dec — Straygunfire struck two girls ata civilian displacementcamp in eastern Congo,

killing one and woundinganother, the UN refugeeagency said on Friday.

Fighting between gov-

ernment troops and rebelshas raged near two UNHigh Commissioner forRefugees displaced per-sons camps in Kibati —located in the DemocraticRepublic of Congo’s war-ravaged North Kivu Prov-ince. The warfare hasprompted the displace-ment of 250,000 peoplesince August.

The two girls were shotaround 1 am Friday, witha 5-year-old dying in-stantly. A 7-year-old re-mains alive but “is fight-ing for her life,” saidUNHCR spokesman RonRedmond.—Internet

Fatty acids in formula can boost immunityEVANSVILLE,13 Dec —

Infants fed formula DHA,an omega-3 fatty acid, andARA, an omega-6 fattyacid, show better respira-tory health during winter,a US pediatrician said.

Dr Laura Jana, pediatri-cian and author of “Head-ing Home with Your New-born; from Birth to Real-ity” said that human milkis widely considered to bethe optimal source of nu-trition for infants, since itprovides a variety of bio-logical factors — includ-ing antibodies, which helpsupport the developmentof the infant’s immune

system.But there is emerging

science that suggests thatmothers who cannot orchose not to breastfeed canimprove their infants’ res-piratory health by feedingan infant formula that in-cludes DHA and ARA —important nutrients foundnaturally in breast milk,Jana said.

Infants fed EnfamilLIPIL during the first yearof life experienced im-proved immune outcomes,including improved respi-ratory health, compared toinfants fed the prior formu-lation without DHA and

ARA — a health benefitshown for the first threeyears of life, Jana added.

“This is intriguing newsfor moms who choose tofeed their babies infant for-mula,” Jana, said in a state-ment. “DHA and ARAhave been increasinglyrecognized as importantnutrients in infant nutri-tion. “The fact that they arefound naturally in breastmilk and as added nutri-ents in infant formulameans that all infants,whether they are fed breastmilk or infant formula,stand to benefit.”

Internet

Response to alcohol has geneticcomponent

SAN FRANCISCO,13 Dec— US researchers haveidentified a region of thehuman genome that ap-pears to determine howstrongly drinkers feel theeffects of alcohol.

Researchers at the Uni-versity of California, SanFrancisco, Ernest GalloClinic and ResearchCenter, found that aDNA sequence variation,known as a single nucle-otide polymorphism, onchromosome 15 is signifi-cantly associated with thelevel of response to alco-hol and could signal thegenetic factors thataffect alcohol abuse.Theresearchers investigatedtwo sentinel single nucle-otide polymorphismmarkers — RS1051730and RS8034191 — thatpreviously had been asso-ciated with nicotine de-

pendence and lung cancer.They found a strong asso-ciation with the firstmarker.

“We know that thelevel of response to alco-hol is heritable and thinkthere are genetic factorsbehind 40 percent to 60percent of alcohol de-pendence, but until now,the chromosomal loca-tions of these factors havenot been clear for the most

common forms of alcoholuse disorders,” senior au-thor Raymond L. White,director of the GalloCenter, said in a statement.“By understanding whichportion of our geneticmakeup influences our re-sponse to alcohol, we canbegin to understand whattype of treatments mightbe most successful inhelping reduce alcohol usedisorders.”—Internet

Earth enjoys full moon close-up

The moon will appear high in the night sky.INTERNET

LONDON,13 Dec — Afull moon has occurredcloser to the Earth than ithas done at any time for thepast 15 years.

The Moon’s ellipticalorbit means its distancefrom the Earth is not con-stant. It was a littleover 350,000km away as itpassed over the northernhemisphere, about30,000km closer thanusual.Astronomers said themoon would appearbrighter and larger than

usual, but the sky in the UKwas almost completelycovered by cloud.

Friday’s full moon waspredicted to appear up to14% bigger and 30%brighter than other fullmoons this year, accordingto NASA. The Moon’s or-bit is elliptical, meaning itdoes not follow a circularbut rather an oval path.

It has reached the pointwhere this oval orbit isnearest to the Earth.

“It’s only every few

years that a full moon hap-pens to coincide with thepart of the Moon’s orbitwhen its closest to theEarth,” said Marek Kukula,an astronomer at the UK’sRoyal Observatory. Themoon appears largest as itrises and sets, but this is apsychological illusion, DrKukula said. “When it’sclose to the horizon, ourbrain interprets it as beingbigger than it actually is,this is called the moon illu-sion,” he said.–Internet

Kidney treatment may by denied due to costCAMBRIDGE,13 Dec — A British on-

cologist says he is dismayed that kid-ney cancer patients may be denied fournew treatments due to cost.

Dr Tim Eisen of the University ofCambridge reports in BJU Internationalthat the National Institute for Healthand Clinical Excellence has provision-ally decided sunitinib, sorafenib,temsirolimus and interferon plusbevacizumab are too costly.

While none of these new drugs curethe condition, they sometimes can ex-

tend life, Eisen said. For instance, somepatients taking sunitinib get an extrayear.

The variability of the natural historyof kidney cell carcinoma makes it pos-sible a minority of patients may benefitvery significantly, Eisen says, but “noprovision is made for the importance ofgaining even a few months of extra lifefor patients, despite the fact that thesebenefits are deemed to be extremelyimportant by all patient groups.”

Internet

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New Madrid coach Ramosin baptism of fire at Barcelona

MADRID,13 Dec—New Real Madrid manager JuandeRamos faces a real baptism of fire in his first leaguematch in charge with the struggling double championstravelling to Barcelona’s Camp Nou on Saturday night.

If Barcelona win the league leaders will extend theiradvantage over Real to 12 points heading into theChristmas break and surely all but end Real’s hopes ofa third successive league crown.

Ramos, who started with a 3-0 win over Zenit St.Petersburg in Tuesday’s Champions League match,has a chance to endear himself to the Real supportersby dragging their stumbling side back into the titlerace.—Internet

Real Madrid’s new coach Juande Ramos (C, bottom)attends a training session in Madrid, on 11 Dec aheadof its December 13 El Clasico match against familiarfoe Barcelona at Camp Nou in Barcelona.—INTERNET

Sorenstam leads after 2ndround of last tournament

DUBAI, 13 Dec—Annika Sorenstam had an eagleand four birdies in a 6-under 66 Friday that gave hera one-shot lead after the second round of the DubaiLadies Masters, her last tournament before retiring.

Annika Sorenstam ofSweden plays a ball on

the 12th during thesecond round of the

Dubai Ladies Mastersgolf tournament in

Dubai, UnitedArab Emirates on 12

Dec, 2008.—INTERNET

Milan and Juve play downimportance of crucial clash

AC Milan’s Brazilianmidfielder Kaka

Hughes puts quality aheadof quantity

Mark Hughes

Former PGA president diesBETHESDA, 13 Dec—Max Elbin, the longtime head

pro at Burning Tree who was president of the PGA ofAmerica when tournament players broke away to formthe PGA Tour, died on Friday. He was 88.

He died of heart failure, the PGA said. Elbin playedand taught six US presidents at Burning Tree, theprivate club outside Washington where presidents,congressmen and business executives play golf.

He became the 15th president of the PGA of Americain 1965, serving three years during tumultuous timesthat reshaped the organization. With tour pros feelingtheir needs were not being met, Arnold Palmer andJack Nicklaus led a move to create a separate division,which eventually became the PGA Tour.—Internet

United face crunch time at TottenhamLONDON, 13 Dec—Sir Alex Ferguson admits Man-

chester United’s Premier League clash againstTottenham on Saturday is one of the champions’ most

Manchester United for-ward Carlos Tévez (C),forward Wayne Rooney(R) and midfielder Nani,

seen on 10 December.INTERNET

important games of theseason.

While leaders Liver-pool and second-placedChelsea have winnablehome games against Hulland West Ham respec-tively this weekend,United go in search of acure to their away-dayblues at White Hart Lane.

Ferguson’s team havealready been beaten at Liv-erpool and Arsenal thisseason, as well as drawingat Chelsea, Aston Villaand Everton.—Internet

MANCHESTER, 13 Dec —Mark Hughes insists Man-chester City won’t spendmoney for the sake of itduring the January trans-fer window after admit-ting that the intense specu-lation surrounding theclub’s intentions is prov-ing impossible to tone down.

Hughes, whose team face Everton at Eastlands onSaturday, is expected to make at least four signings inJanuary, with Chelsea defender Wayne Bridge, Port-smouth’s French midfielder Lassana Diarra, Blackburnforward Roque Santa Cruz and an experienced goal-keeper at the top of his list.

Internet

ROME, 13 Dec—ACMilan and Juventus havebeen trying to play downthe significance of theirmust-win clash at Turin’sStadio Olimpico thisweekend.

Both sides sit six pointsbehind champions and

runaway Serie A leaders Inter Milan, who face theseemingly straight-forward task of a home matchagainst rock-bottom Chievo.

Should Jose Mourinho’s star-studded team win thatmatch, a draw or defeat for either Milan or Juve wouldleave them eight or nine points off the pace — adaunting prospect for any team with title aspirations.

But both Juve and Milan have been trying to calmexpectations ahead of Sunday night.

Internet

After dropping twoshots on her final twoholes on Thursday,Sorenstam managed abogey-free second roundto sit at 8-under 136, oneshot ahead of NikkiGarrett of Australia.

First-round leaderJohanna Head of Englandwas among three playerstied for third, anothershot back.

“I was very pleasedwith the front nine to-day,” said Sorenstam,who is aiming to win thetournament for the thirdstraight year. “A niceeagle on the third holewhere I hit a 5-iron to 10feet and rolled that in.That kick-started my dayright there.”

Internet

Arsenal’s Emmanuel Adebayor, right, scores hisgoal during their English Premier League soccermatch against Middlesbrough at Middlesbrough’sRiverside Stadium, Middlesbrough, England on 13

Dec, 2008.—INTERNET

Andy Reid scores a third for Sunderland beforeDjibril Cisse’s penalty just after the break gives

the hosts a comfortable lead.—INTERNET

Aston Villa 4 - 2 BotonLiverpool 2 - 2 Hull CityManchester City 0 - 1 EvertonMiddlesbrough 1 - 1 ArsenalStoke City 0 - 0 FulhamSunderland 4 - 0 WBATottenham 0 - 0 Man UtdWigan Athletic 3 - 0 Blackburn

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, light rain or thunder-showers have been isolated in upper Sagaing Division,weather has been partly cloudy in Kachin, Shan andRakhine States, Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions andgenerally fair in the remaining areas. Night tempera-tures were (3˚C) to (4˚C) above December average tem-peratures in Kachin and Rakhine States, upper Sagaingand Bago Divisions, (3˚C) to (4˚C) below Decemberaverage temperatures in Chin, Mon States and TaninthayiDivision and about December average temperatures inthe remaining areas. The significant night temperaturewas Hakha (0˚C).

Maximum temperature on 12-12-2008 was 91˚F.Minimum temperature on 13-12-2008 was 63˚F. Rela-tive humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 13-12-2008 was76%. Total sunshine hours on 12-12-2008 was (7.0) hrsapprox.

Rainfall on 13-12-2008 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was (110.31) inches at Mingaladon,(120.95) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (140.94) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4)mph from East at (15:30) hours MST on 12-12-2008.

Bay inference: Weather is generally fair in the NorthBay and partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and else-where in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 14th December2008: Weather will be partly cloudy in Kachin, Chinand Rakhine States, upper Sagaing, Yangon andTaninthayi Divisions and generally fair in the remain-ing areas.

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofslight decrease of night temperature in the EasternMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 14-12-2008: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 14-12-2008: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 14-12-2008: Generally fair weather.

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Volvo Ocean Race participants leave Cochin, India,Saturday, on 13 Dec, 2008. Eight yachts in the VolvoOcean round-the-world race left for Singapore onthe third leg Saturday. The Volvo Ocean race startedin Alicante and ends in St. Petersburg, Russia, inJune 2009 after 10 legs that take the fleet around the

world and six in-port regattas.—Internet

Somali pirates releaseGreek ship

NAIROBI, 13 Dec—A regional maritime officialconfirmed on Saturday that Somali pirates have freeda Greek chemical tanker hijacked on October 10 in theGulf of Aden with 20crew members.

Andrew Mwangura, East Africa’s Coordinator ofthe Seafarers Assistance Program (SAP) said the MVAction was released on Saturday and was currentlysailing on safe waters amid fears that her three crewmembers were dead. “MV Action was released bypirates. She is currently limping to safe waters. It isfeared that three crew members lost their lives underquestionable circumstances,” Mwangura told Xinhuaby telephone.—Internet

Beijing stages anti-terrordrill after Mumbai attack

African illegal migrant killed at Egypt-Israel borderCAIRO, 13 Dec—

Egyptian border guardsshot dead an Africannational who tried to sneakinto Israel illegally via theEgyptian border in theSinai peninsula, a securitysource said on Saturday.

The Togolese manwas spotted by a team ofEgyptian police patrollingthe border on late Friday

when he was trying to getthrough the border fence,the source said oncondition of anonymity.

The Egyptian policeopened fire after the 25-year-old man refused tostop and killed him on the

spot, added the source.According to media

counts, at least 28 illegalmigrants have been shotdead at the Egyptianborder with Israel thisyear.

Internet

BEIJING, 13 Dec—Beijing armed policeconducted an anti-terrordrill Saturday to strengthenits prep-aredness againstmilitant attacks like the onein Mumbai. The scenariowas that a group ofterrorists rocked the citywith a series of explosionsand kidnapped hostages ata hotel. Members of theBeijing Special ArmedPolice Unit (BSAPU) useda helicopter and ropes toget 10 meters down to theground within twoseconds. They then shottargets of swaying eggs 15meters away within 1.5seconds to practice killingterrorists. After breakingthrough windows, policewere able to rescuehostages.

“The drill was aimedat preventing terrorist

attacks, especially after theMumbai attack which haddefinite targets and carefulplan. We noticed that theterrorists attacked differentsites of the city in differentways such as explosions,shooting, kidnapping anda gunfight with the police,”said Xiao Yong, the headof the unit.

Internet

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2nd Waning of Nadaw 1370 ME Sunday, 14 December, 2008

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be keptin the hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

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

standards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peaceand tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 13 Dec—The graduation din-ner to honour the graduate officers of the 51st

Intake of Defence Services Academy was heldat the parade ground of Anawrahta battalion ofDSA in PyinOoLwin at 5.30 p.m. yesterday,attended by Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Commander-in-Chief ofDefence Services Senior General Than Shwe.

Also present on the occasion were Memberof the State Peace and Development CouncilGeneral Thura Shwe Mann of the Ministry ofDefence, SPDC Secretary-1 Quartermaster-

Senior General Than Shwe attendsgraduation dinner of 51st Intake of DSA

General Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung MyintOo, SPDC Member Lt-Gen Tin Aye of theMinistry of Defence, Commander-in-Chief(Navy) Rear-Admiral Nyan Tun, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein, Maj-GenOhn Myint, Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing and Lt-Gen Khin Zaw of the Ministry of Defence,Adjutant-General Lt-Gen Thura Myint Aung,Defence Services Inspector-General Maj-GenThein Htaik, Military Appointment-GeneralMaj-Gen Hsan Hsint, Judge Advocate-GeneralMaj-Gen Soe Maung, Lt-Gen Myint Hlaing and

Lt-Gen Ye Myint of the Ministry of Defence,Chief of Armed Forces Training Maj-Gen HlaHtay Win, Maj-Gen Maung Shein of the Minis-try of Defence, commanders of military com-mands, ministers, senior military officers, theMandalay mayor, officials of the SPDC Office,the commander of PyinOoLwin Station and sen-ior military officers of PyinOoLwin Station, thedirector (literature), commanding officers ofcadet battalions, professors, faculty members,graduate officers and their parents and rela-tives.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe attends the graduation dinner to honour graduate officers of the 51st Intake ofDefence Services Academy.—MNA

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Senior General Than Shwe visits Yeywa Hydropower … on Friday that four British Royal Marines had been killed in two separate explosions in Afghanistan. The first blast killed a marine