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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of

technical know-how and investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage 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 Constitu-

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

True patriotism * It is very important for everyone of

the nation regardless of the placehe lives to have strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true patri-otism all the nationalities will haveto safeguard.

State Flag hoisting and salutingceremony held in Yangon Region

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Jan—State Flag hoisting and sa-luting ceremony on 63rd

Anniversary Inde-pendence Day was held atPeople’s Square on PyayRoad yesterday.

When the clock struck4.20 am, State Flaghoisting group of YangonCommand raised the StateFlag atop the mast.

The senior military of-ficers, officers and otherranks of the regiments andunits, departmental offi-

Rich deposits of oil and gas discovered in Pahtolon OilfieldByline: Yan Gyi Aung; Photos: Ministry of Energy

The Ministry of En-ergy is in constant explora-tion of oil and gas to helpfulfill the domestic demand.From 1963 to 1985, it foundout onshore oil deposits inMan, Pyay, Myanaung,Shwepyitha, Letpanto,Petpei, Mintegyi,Htauksharbin, Htantapin,Tetma and Kani, and gasdeposits in Mottama Off-shore Oilfield.

According to ForeignInvestment Law enacted in1988, the Myanma Oil andGas Enterprise under theMinistry of Energy invitedforeign oil companies and

started to explore potentialregions for oil and gas withjoint-venture system withthe aim of boosting pro-duction of oil and gas. Inthe process, it systemati-cally designated 49 onshoreblocks along with 26blocks in Rakhine,Mottama and Taninthayioffshore oilfields. The ex-ploration of potential re-gions led to the discoveryof onshore oil and gas de-posits in Kyaukkhwet,Aphyauk, Nyaungdon,Thagyidaung, Zabei,Inndaw, Htangaing andMaubin; Yadana, Sein,

Padamya and Zawtika gasdeposits in Mottama Off-shore Oilfield; gas depos-its in Yedagun gas field inoffshore Taninthayi re-gion; and Shwe Thabarwagas field in offshoreRakhine region. Produc-tion of oil and gas hasbeen launched thosefields.

According to the geo-logical conditions,Myanmar has 14 sedi-mentary geological val-leys in inland regions thathave potential for oiland gas deposits. Of them,

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CommanderBrig-Gen TunThan reads

out themessage sent

by SeniorGeneral ThanShwe on the

occasion of the63rd

AnniversaryIndependence

Day 2011.MNA

An aerial view of National 55/6 drilling machine in Pahtolon test oil-well No (2).

cials and staff, social or-ganizations members,teachers and students, andlocals were present at theceremony.

First, Chairman ofYangon Region Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Brig-Gen TunThan took the salute of theGuard of Honour.

Then the commandertogether with those presentsaluted the State Flag.

The Guard of Honour

paid tribute to the fallenTatmadawmen and tookthe four oaths.

The commander thenread out the message sentby Chairman of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Senior GeneralThan Shwe on the

occasion of the 63rd

Anniversary Independ-ence Day 2011.

Next, the commanderattended the prize-givingceremony for funfairs andgames held at thecommand and awardedthe winners.—MNA

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Thursday, 6 January, 2011

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 Desire

Literature is a source of national culture.In the successive eras, literati could uplift theprestigious national culture, lineage andreligion based on social and religious directivesin Myanmar literature.

Today’s literati and those of literaryworld are to disseminate literary knowledgeto the people for practising correct ideologyon ethics. They have to discharge literaryduty with good spirit of preserving nationalcharacters and unity.

In the 21st Century, big countries withupper hand in terms of economic might andmodern technology are interfering in internalaffairs of developing countries though variousways of media. They are performinginfluential activities in order to dull nationalideology, own culture and traditions andnational characters of respective countries.

Literati are to discharge bounden dutythrough literary strength to motivate thefurther strengthening and enhancement ofnational culture of the nation. They are toprotect against influence and penetration ofalien culture through the national cultureand literary strength.

Nowadays, the State is givingencouragement for flourishing of literaryworld. By selecting best literary works, literatiare awarded in the ceremony annually. Theprize presentation ceremony for winners inthe Life-time Achievement for NationalLiterary Award, National Literary Awardand Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Award for2009 took place in Nay Pyi Taw on 31December.

The literary works serving the nationalinterest disseminate correct ideology andliterary knowledge to the people and broadentheir horizons for preservation of nationalcharacters through the nationalistic spiritand patriotic spirit. All the literati are tomake strenuous efforts to reach their goodworks which can propagate belief for nationalinterest among the people by taking out theirliterary duties best.

Be dutiful for today’sliterary world

YANGON, 5 Jan — K Future Co Ltd held a pressconference on Automobile & Autoparts Expo 2011— to be held at Tatmadaw Convention Hall from 21to 24 January — at Chatrium Hotel here on 2January.

Managing Director Dr Kaung Kyaw Swe of KFuture Co Ltd extended greetings. General ManagerU Tint Lwin of main sponsor Rammar AutomobileManufacturing & Trading Co Ltd and ManagingDirector U Soe Soe (a) U Soe Soe Than of co-

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Jan — Chairman of Shan StatePeace and Development Council Commander ofEastern Command Brig-Gen Hsan Oo attended aceremony to inaugurate Mongsan Basic EducationHigh School in Mongsan Village in KunhingTownship on 18 December.

The school is upgraded from the basiceducation primary school.

During the ceremony, the commander andofficials concerned presented teaching aids to theschool.

On 18 December morning, the commandervisited a local battalion in Kunhing and presentedcash assistance to officers, other ranks and theirfamilies.

Commander inaugurates BEHS in Mongsan, Kunhing TspDuring the visit, the commander assisted in

the agriculture and livestock farm of the battalion.He inspected condition of road and bridges

along Kunhing-Kali-Mongsan road on his way toMongsan.

On 20 December, the commander held ameeting with departmental officials at the office ofMonghsu Township Peace and DevelopmentCouncil and assisted in the tasks for the regionaldevelopment.

Afterwards, the commander went to alocal battalion in Mongnaung Township andfulfilled the requirements for the farming ofthe battalion.

MNA

YANGON, 5 Jan— Adelegation led by Vice-Chairperson Daw Nu NuYi from MyanmarWomen EntrepreneursAssociation on 3 Januaryevening left here forIndia to attendSustainable LivelihoodFor Women ThroughCraft Seminar to be heldin Delhi of the Republicof India from 4 to 17January.

They were seen offby Adviser to MWEAProfessor Daw Yi Yi

Vice-Chairperson of MWEA attends Sustainable LivelihoodFor Women Through Craft Seminar

Myint (Rtd), ViceChairperson Daw Thet

Yi and officialsconcerned at Yangon

International Airport.MNA

sponsor Ever Smile Co Ltd (Armanthit AutomobileManufacturing) answered the journalists.

The expo will showcase a wide range ofvehicles, spare parts, car accessories and automobiletechnologies, targeting public attention. The expo,with celebrities’ participation, will be kept openfrom 9 am to 6 pm. Detail seekers may dial 400021.

MNA

Daw Nu Nu Yi, Vice-Chairperson of MWEA is seen at Yangon

International Airport before departure for India.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Jan— Minister for Energy ULun Thi this morning inspected progress of runningtasks at the construction project of No 5 FertilizerPlant in Pathein, Ayeyawady Region.

Energy Minister looks into No 5 Fertilizer Plant in Pathein The minister called the officials for

completion of the plant in time through right processand ensuring availability of electricity by cooperatingwith the Ministry of Electric Power- 2.—MNA

YANGON, 5 Jan—To mark the 63rd

Anniversary Inde-pendence Day, the final

Independence Day commemorative equestriancontest finishes

Yangon EquestrianClub in Dagon Myothit(North) Township hereon 4 January.

matches of equestriancontest organized byMyanmar EquestrianFederation took place at

At the prize-presenting ceremony,President of MEFU Pyone MaungMaung and officialspresented awards to thewinners.

MNA

K Future introduces Automobile& Autoparts Expo to media

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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US and allies kill, injureIraqi people

BAGHDAD, 5 Jan— There has been daily casualties in Iraq since the USand its allies have invaded the country.

Casualties of Iraqi peopleThe total number of casualties as from the day they invaded the

country to 5 January reached 704604 and the total number of seriouslyinjured people reached 1275382, according to the news on the Internet.

No. Subject Number

1. Death toll of Iraqi people 704604

2. The total number of seriously injured people 1275382

Internet

Casualties of Afghan people in invasion ofNATO troops led by US

KABUL, 5 Jan—The NATO troops led by the US have invaded Afghanistanand they are there for a long time.

A number of Afghan people are killed and injured due to invasion ofthe NATO troops led by the US.

Casualties of Afghan peopleAccording to the Internet news, a total of 33551 Afghan people were

killed and 40749 injured seriously as from the day when the NATO troopsled by the US invaded Afghanistan to 5 January.

No. Subject Number1. Number of Afghan people killed 335512. Seriously injured Afghan people 40749

Internet

Iraqi woman killed, femalelawyer seriously wounded in

Baghdad violence

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of twosuicide bombers attacks in west of Baghdad,

Iraq recently.—INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 5 Jan—Anold woman was killed anda female lawyer seriouslywounded in bomb andgunfire attacks in Baghdadon Tuesday, an InteriorMinistry source said.

An old woman waskilled and her sonwounded when a bombexploded at the door oftheir home in Abu Ghraibarea, just west of Baghdad,the source told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

In a separate incident,Dhuha Ali, a femalelawyer, was criticallywounded when gunmenopened fire from silencedweapons at her car inBaghdad’s central districtof al-Alawi, the sourcesaid.

Violence and sporadichigh-profile bomb attackscontinue in the Iraqi citiesdespite the decrease ofviolence over the last threeyears.—Xinhua

Child scavenges forfamily’s survivalin Afghanistan

KABUL, 5 Jan—Five-year-old Marjan snifflesfrom the cold as shestruggles under her load.Hoisted on her back is abag almost as big as sheis.

Instead of going toschool, Marjan scaven-ges for hours with her10-year-old auntcollecting trash. It is aheavy burden for such a

Afghan police detects suicide vest,detain four suspected insurgents

PUL-E-KHUMRI, 5 Jan— Police found a suicide vestin northern Baghlan Province on Tuesday and thusfoiled a possible terrorist attack there, provincial policechief said.

“Acting upon a tip off, police stopped a car outsideprovincial capital Pul-e-Khumri 160 km north ofcapital city Kabul and found a suicide vest hiddeninside a bag of rice,” Abdul Rahman Rahimi toldnewsmen at a Press conference here.

Police by discovering and defusing the suicidevest have thwarted a terrorist attack, he further said.Four persons have been apprehended in this regard, headded. This is the second terrorist attempts of Talebanmilitants foiled by police in the past couple of weeksthere, the police chief Rahimi said, adding policeidentified and apprehended an explosive-laden car inBaghlan Province about two weeks ago.—Xinhua

Iraqi killed, four Iranian pilgrimswounded in Iraq’s violence

BAGHDAD, 5 Jan—An Iraqi governmentemployee was shot deadand four Iranian pilgrimswere wounded in agunfire and a bomb attackin Baghdad onWednesday, an InteriorMinistry source said.

An employee in theIraqi Housing Ministrywas killed when gunmenusing silenced weaponsopened fire on him whiledriving his car in al-

The International Security Assistance Force(ISAF) troops in Afghanistan. There are now

140,000 US-led NATO troops on the ground —two-thirds of them American — and 2010 hasproved to be the deadliest year on record with

the deaths of at least 707 foreign soldiers, or anaverage of two a day.—INTERNET

Afghan policemen look for clues in front

of a wall, riddled with splinters, near the

site of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan

on 4 Jan, 2011.—INTERNET

Iraqi security forces survey the damage at the

scene of a suicide attack in the restive city of

Ramadi, west of Baghdad. Fourteen people

including six policemen were killed in two

attacks.—INTERNET

small child but anecessary one. The trashshe collects is what herfamily uses as fuel forcooking and, moreimportantly, to fend offKabul’s bitter winter.

It is a matter of lifeand death for someoneso young.

UNICEF, the UNchildren’s agency, saysthat Afghanistan is theworst place in the worldto be a child. One in fivechildren do not live pastthe age of five.Afghanistan is secondonly to Sierra Leonewhen it comes to childmortality.

Most of those deathsare caused by curablechildhood diseases andmalnutrition, com-pounded by the securitysituation, which meansthat parents are unableto access proper healthcare.—Internet

Waziriyah District innorthern central Bag-hdad, the source toldXinhua on condition ofanonymity.

In a separateincident, a roadsidebomb went off near abus carrying Iranianpilgrims travelling in Tajiarea north of Baghdad,wounding four pilgrims,the source said.

Militants frequent-ly attacked Iranian

pilgrims who flock inlarge numbers to Iraq tovisit holy Shiite shrinessince the US- led invasionin 2003 that toppledformer dictator SaddamHussein.

Violence andsporadic high-profilebomb attacks continue inthe Iraqi cities despite thedramatic decrease ofviolence over the lastthree years.

Xinhua

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Science, bugs team up to fight hemlock-eating pest

CONCORD, 5 Jan— For nearly 60 years, scientists have watched helplessly as a warof bug vs hemlock played out from Georgia to Maine. Now they’ve got a new weaponin their arsenal — another bug — and say the tide is turning, at least in New England.

The hemlock woolly adelgid, native to Asia, was discovered in Virginia in1951. Since then, it has spread to suck up the sap of the stately evergreens in atleast 16 Eastern states, including in New England, which hasn’t lost large numbersof trees yet.

A beetle that eats the adelgid (pronounced uh-DEL-jid) was found in Idaho and

This 18 Aug, 2010 photo released by theUS Forest Service shows a close-up ofhemlock woolly adelgid, cottony eggmasses on a hemlock twig in the USForest Service’s Durham, NH, field

office. For nearly 60 years, scientistshave watched helplessly as a war of bugvs. hemlock played out from Georgia to

Maine. Now they’ve got a new weapon intheir arsenal — another bug — and say

the tide is turning, at leastin New England.

INTERNET

was introduced to forests inMassachusetts, New Hampshire,Vermont, Maine and New York in 2007.Since then, entomologists havedetermined that the predator, which isable to withstand cold weather betterthan its cousins, is doing its job.—Internet

Genes predict hair colour, say scientistsPARIS, 5 Jan— Samples of DNA can

give a high-probability estimate ofsomeone’s hair colour, a finding that willbe a boon for forensic scientists, accordingto a new study published on Tuesday.

DNA taken from blood, sperm, salivaor skin cells can determine with more than90-percent accuracy whether a personhas red hair or black hair, and with anaccuracy of more than 80 percent as towhether their hair is blond or brown, sayits authors.

The technique, published in theEuropean journal Human Genetics, caneven differentiate between hair coloursthat are similar, such as red and reddishblond and blond and dark blond.

“That we are now making it possibleto predict different hair colours fromDNA represents a major breakthroughbecause, so far, only red hair colour,which is rare, could be estimated fromDNA,” said Manfred Kayser, a forensicmolecular biology professor at ErasmusMedical Centre in Rotterdam in theNetherlands.

The research is based on 13 telltalesignatures of DNA in 11 genes, whichmatched hair colours in hundreds ofEuropeans. It was based on hair on thehead, and further research is needed topredict the colour of body hair.—Reuters

A man has his hair cut inWashington 2006. Samples of DNAcan give a high-probability estimateof someone’s hair colour, a finding

that will be a boon for forensicscientists, according to a new studypublished on Tuesday.—INTERNET

NASA wants shuttle fuel tank reinforcedCAPE CANAVERAL, 5 Jan— NASA on Tuesday began modifications to shuttle

Discovery’s fuel tank, hoping to thwart a potential debris hazard during a plannedFebruary launch to the International Space Station.

Managers decided to buttress at least 34 of the tank’s 108 metal supportstructures after cracks were discovered in five beams following a launch attempt on5 November.

The launch initially was scuttled by an unrelated hydrogen fuel leak, butinspectors also found a 21-inch long crack in the fuel tank’s insulating foam, whichlikewise would have nixed liftoff, said shuttle programme manager John Shannon.

The concern is that bits of cracked foam could break off and hit the shuttle duringliftoff, such as what happened during the 2003 launch of shuttle Columbia. Thedamage caused the shuttle to break apart as it flew through the atmosphere forlanding 16 days later, killing seven astronauts aboard.—Internet

Remotes coming to Netflix-streamingdevices

Impregnating plastics with carbon dioxide

A visor-mountedBHF-2000

DriveNTalk device byEnustech is displayed

during a mediapreview event for the2011 International

Consumer ElectronicsShow (CES) in LasVegas, Nevada on 4

Jan, 2011.INTERNET

NEW YORK, 5 Jan—Everyone has heardthat carbon dioxide is responsible for globalwarming. But the gas also has some positivecharacteristics. Researchers are nowimpregnating plastics with compressedCO

2 in a process that could lead to new

applications ranging from coloured contactlenses to bacteria-resistant door handles.

CO2 is more than just a waste product.

In fact, it has a variety of uses: the chemicalindustry makes use of this colourless gasto produce urea, methanol and salicylicacid. Urea is a fertilizer, methanol is a fueladditive, and salicylic acid is an ingredientin aspirin.

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institutefor Environmental, Safety and EnergyTechnology UMSICHT in Oberhausenare pursuing a new idea by testing howcarbon dioxide can be used to impregnateplastics. At a temperature of 30.1 degreesCelsius and a pressure of 73.8 bar, CO

2goes into a supercritical state that gives thegas solvent-like properties. In this state, itcan be introduced into polymers, or act as

LOS GATOS, 5 Jan—Netflix fans willsoon be able to use a remote controllerto flick through their flicks available forstreaming over the Internet on devicessuch as TV sets, Blu-ray players andothers.

Netflix Inc said Tuesday thatconsumer electronics companies willbegin selling remotes with “Netflix”buttons in the spring. The buttons willbring up the Netflix screen on users’TV sets, providing easier access to TVshows and movies. Though the buttonwill likely only save couch potatoes afew seconds of time, its appearance isanother sign that Netflix has become ahousehold name.

Netflix says the list of companiesthat will make the remotes for some new

Blu-ray players include Best Buy’s in-house Dynex brand, Memorex,Panasonic, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba.Some Blu-ray devices can connect tothe Internet, which lets users streammovies.

Sharp, Sony and Toshiba will alsoplace the Netflix button on some newInternet-connected TVs. Netflix, basedin Los Gatos, Calif, has been spendingheavily to obtain the streaming rights tomovies and TV shows to help lure morecustomers and shift existing subscribersaway from DVDs, which cost more todistribute.

Shares of Netflix rose 18 cents to$181.55 in after-hours trading, havingclosed up $2.96 at $181.37.

Internet

a “carrier” in which dyes, additives,medical compounds and other substancescan be dissolved.

“We pump liquid carbon dioxideinto a high-pressure container with theplastic components that are to beimpregnated, then steadily increase thetemperature and the pressure until thegas reaches the supercritical state. Whenthat state is reached, we increase thepressure further. At 170 bar, pigment inpowder form dissolves completely in theCO

2 and then diffuses with the gas into

the plastic. The whole process only takesa few minutes. When the container isopened, the gas escapes through thesurface of the polymer but the pigmentstays behind and cannot subsequentlybe wiped off,” explains Dipl.-Ing.Manfred Renner, a scientist at FraunhoferUMSICHT.

In tests, the researchers have evenmanaged to impregnate polycarbonatewith nanoparticles that give it antibacterialproperties.—Internet

A transgenic cloned buffalo is seenat Guangxi University in Nanning,

south China’s Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region, on 19 Dec,2010. Two buffalo were cloned

from transgenic embryos here on19 Dec, 2010 but only one of them

survived.—XINHUA

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Blood test for cancer gets US boostWASHINGTON, 5 Jan— Pharmaceu-

tical giant Johnson & Johnson said itis partnering with US doctors toimprove a blood test that could replacebiopsies and transform the field ofcancer treatment.

The Circulating Tumor Cell (CTC)technology, which inventors describeas a “liquid biopsy,” has been toutedas a revolutionary approach todiagnosing cancer since it was firstdeveloped several years ago bydoctors at Massachusetts GeneralHospital.

It works by detecting cancer cellsthat have detached from a tumor andare circulating at very low levels inthe blood.

But until now, the technology hasbeen unable to do much more thancount cells, giving doctors an idea ofwhat is happening with a patient’scancer but not delivering the precisionthat the latest version can.

“The new technology allows us tonot just count them but to understandthe molecular changes that lead to thedisease progression that is occurringin the cells,” said Nicholas Dracopoli,vice president of Ortho BiotechOncology Research and Development(ORD), a unit of Johnson & Johnson.

With just a single blood draw, thenew technology can find and trap a

Average child may get seven radiationscans by age 18

CHICAGO, 5 Jan— Thefirst large study toexamine the use of X-rays, CT scans and othermedical radiation inchildren estimates theaverage child will getmore than seven radiationscans by age 18, apotentially worrisometrend.

Most of the scansinvolve X-rays, whichuse relatively littleradiation. But there isgrowing concern aboutCT scans, which entailfar more radiation andcan raise the risk forcancer, particularly inchildren.

The study found thatX-rays of the chest, handand foot are the mostcommon. Forty-twopercent of children hadat least one radiationprocedure and 25 percenthad two or more duringthe three-year studyperiod. Dental X-rayswere not included in the

File picture of researchers inspecting a specimenat Australia’s Peter MacCullum Cancer Centre,

where scientists investigate families with multiplecases of breast cancer.—INTERNET

A self-management programmecan help people with osteoarthritislearn more about the joint disease andhow to better cope with it.

The US National Institute ofArthritis and Musculoskeletal and SkinDiseases says self-managementprogrammes may offer these benefits:

* Gain a better understanding ofosteoarthritis.

* Stay physically active while stillcontrolling pain.

* Learn ways to deal withosteoarthritis emotionally andphysically.

* Learn to feel more self-confident,which can lead to a moreindependent lifestyle.—Internet

Health Tip: Try a self-management programme

for Osteoarthritis

study.More troubling is that

8 percent of the childrengot at least one CT scan.And more than 3 percentof children got two ormore CT scans.

“That’s particularlyconcerning,” said leadauthor Dr Adam Dorf-man of University ofMichigan Medical Schoolin Ann Arbor. “Today’schildren are undoubtedlygetting many more ofthese studies thanprevious generations.”

The rapid growth ofCT scans, which provideextremely detailedpictures of the body, andother medical imaging inrecent decades has led tobig increases in theaverage American’s totalradiation exposure.

The new study,published online onMonday in Archives ofPediatrics and Ado-lescent Medicine, is abest-ever snapshot ofradiation use in USchildren. —Internet

Facebook deal valuesit at $50 bil

NEW YORK, 5 Jan—The No 1 visitedwebsite in 2010 has raised $500 mil fromGoldman Sachs and a Russianinvestment firm, the New York Timessaid, citing unnamed sources. Goldmaninvested $450 mil and Digital SkyTechnologies $50 mil, the Times said.

The SEC is said to be looking into thebooming trade in private shares of popularsocial networking sites. Once a companyhits 500 shareholders, it must disclosefinancial information to the public, evenif it hasn’t done an IPO.—Internet

Two Borders’ execsresign; B&N’s Nook

boosts holidaysNEW YORK, 5 Jan— Barnes & Noble

Inc (BKS.N) reported strongpreliminary holiday results at itssuperstores, led by the popularity of itsNook e-readers, and shares of the topUS bookseller gained 9 percent onMonday.

Rival Borders Group Inc (BGP.N),which has been seeking financing tofight credit woes, said on Monday thattwo top executives resigned. Its sharesfell 8 percent after-hours. Borders hasbeen hurt by an industry-wide declinein sales of physical books and has notdeveloped an e-reader to compete withAmazon’s popular Kindle device.Barnes & Noble said that same-storesales, or sales at superstores open atleast 15 months, rose 9.7 percent forthe nine-week period ended on 1January.—Reuters

The Barnes & Noble nook, a WirelesseBook Reader, is seen during a news

conference in New York on20 October, 2009.—INTERNET

Consumer bankruptcies hit 5-year high in 2010NEW YORK, 5 Jan—

The number of USconsumers who filed forbankruptcy protection in2010 was the highest infive years, and the figurecould rise as Americansstruggle with excess debtin an uncertain eco-nomy, a report issuedMonday said.

Roughly 1.53 mill-

ion consumer bankru-ptcy petitions were filedin 2010, up 9 percentfrom 1.41 million in2009, according to theAmerican BankruptcyInstitute, citing data fromthe National BankruptcyResearch Centre.

Filings in Decembertotaled 118,146, up 4percent from a year

earlier and 3 percentfrom November’s total.

The full-year total isthe highest since the2.04 million recorded in2005, when there was arush to seek bankruptcyprotection ahead of astricter federal lawtaking effect in Octoberof that year.

Reuters

single cancer cell from among a billionblood cells without the patient havingto undergo invasive and often painfulsurgical biopsy procedures.

“That will then allow us to dosophisticated molecular analysis ofthose isolated cells so that we can thenlook and see if there are therapies thatare optimally suited to a patient withthose particular abnormalities,”Dracopoli said.—Internet

File photo shows a woman buyingdollars at a currency exchange

house in Santiago, Chile. Chile’scentral bank announced plans tobuy 12 billion US dollars to soften

the effects of exchange ratefluctuations, in its first marketintervention since April 2008.

INTERNET

China’s 2010 GDPgrowth likely 10 percent

BEIJING, 5 Jan — China expects toregister a double digit annual economicgrowth rate in 2010, the country’s centralbank governor said.

Zhou Xiaochuan, in a speech carriedon the Web site of the People’s Bank ofChina, said the country’s economy hadreturned to normal and that the 2010economic growth was estimated to reachabout 10 percent, the state-run Xinhuanews agency reported. The governorcalled for prudence in settingmacroeconomic policies and the need toconduct counter-cyclical adjustmentsagainst “over-expansion.”

Zhou said the government wouldpromote a market-oriented reform of theinterest rate regime in a gradual andunwavering way. China remains underpressure to control inflation and liquidity.Inflation hit a 28-month high of 5.1percent in November, against thegovernment’s target to keep it far belowthat level. Xinhua reported this weekChina was “very likely” to announceinterest rate hikes in the New Year to coolthe property market. Any such step wouldfollow similar increases in October andDecember.—Internet

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NAY PYI TAW, 5 Jan—The following are mes-sages of felicitations from foreign Heads of Stateto Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of theState Peace and Development Council, on theoccasion of the 63rd Anniversary Independence Dayof the Union of Myanmar.

Foreign Heads of State send felicitations toSenior General Than Shwe

From Mr Akihito, His Majesty King of JapanOn the occasion of the Independence Day of

the Union of Myanmar, I have great pleasure in send-ing Your Excellency my heartfelt congratulations andsincere good wishes for Your happiness and for theprosperity of the people of Your country.From Takashi SAITO, Ambassador Extraordinaryand Plenipotentiary of JapanExcellency,

On the occasion of the 63rd Anniversary of theIndependence of the Union of Myanmar, I have thehonour to extend to Your Excellency sincere felicita-tions and best wishers for the progress, the success inthe efforts of new nation-building and prosperity ofyour country.

On this happy occasion, I would like to expressmy sincere wish that the friendly relations, which ex-ist between our two countries, will be maintained andfurther strengthened for the mutual benefit of our twopeoples.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of myhighest consideration.From Mr D.Medvedev, President of the RussianFederationEsteemed Mr Chairman,

I congratulate You on the occasion of the Na-tional Day of the Union of Myanmar—the Independ-ence Day.

I consider the general elections held in Yourcountry in November, 2010 as an important step onthe way of building the modern civil society anddemocratic state.

I am satisfied with the development of theRussia-Myanmar relations of friendship and coopera-tion. I expect that the bilateral ties will be furtherstrengthened and deepened for the sake of the peo-ples of Russia and Myanmar, in the interests of peaceand security in the Asia-Pacific region.

I wish You health and success, and to thefriendly people of Myanmar—well-being andprosperity.From Mr. S R Nathan, President of the Republic ofSingaporeExcellency,

On behalf of the people of the Republic of Sin-gapore, I convey my warmest wishes to Your Excel-lency and the people of the Union of Myanmar onthe 63rd anniversary of the Independence ofMyanmar.

We hope that Myanmar’s transition towardsparliamentary government following the November2010 General Elections will lay a strong foundationfor Myanmar’s growth, stability and development, andhelp Myanmar achieve national reconciliation. Sin-gapore looks forward to continue working closely withMyanmar, to further strengthen our bilateral ties andachieve our common goal of building an ASEAN Eco-nomic Community by 2015.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurancesof my highest consideration.From Nguyen Minh Triet, President of the Socialist

Republic of Viet NamOn the occasion of the 63rd Anniversary of the

Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar, onbehalf of the State and people of Viet Nam and in myown name, I have the great honour to extend to YourExcellency and the people of Myanmar the warmestcongratulations.

May the country and people of Myanmar con-tinue to record greater achievements in their cause ofbuilding a Myanmar of peace, stability and prosperity.

May the traditional relations of friendship andthe fine cooperation between Viet Nam and Myanmarbe further strengthened and broadened for the interestsof our two peoples, for the sake of peace, stability,cooperation and development in the region and theworld over.

On this occasion, I wish Your Excellency thebest of health, happiness and many successes in yournoble position.From Dr H. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Presidentof the Republic of IndonesiaYour Excellency,

It gives me great pleasure to convey to you andto the government and people of Myanmar my warmestfelicitations and best wishes on the auspicious occa-sion of the anniversary of the Independence Day ofthe Union of Myanmar.

The historical ties and longstanding friendshipbetween our two countries have served as the founda-tion of our close cooperation both on a bilateral basisand in the context of ASEAN Community building.

May I take this opportunity to reiterate Indone-sia’s appreciation of recent positive developments inMyanmar as well as our firm support for your effortsto implement your Government’s Road Map to De-mocracy.

Please accept, Excellency, the renewed assur-ances of my highest esteem.From Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President ofthe Republic of IndiaExcellency,

I extend to you my warm greetings and felici-tations on the Independence Day of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar.

Our strong bonds of friendship and coopera-tion are rooted in centuries of shared history andculture. Your visit to India in July this year helpedbring our countries even closer. I am confident thatour friendly relations will be further strengthened inthe coming years, for the peace and prosperity of ourpeoples.

Please accept, Excellency, my best wishes foryour personal well-being and for the continuedprosperity of the friendly people of Myanmar.From Mr Lee Myung-Bak, President of the Re-public of KoreaExcellency,

On behalf of the Korean People, I have thegreat pleasure to convey to Your Excellency myheartfelt congratulations on the occasion of theIndependence Day of the Union of Myanmar.

I would like to take this opportunity to expressmy satisfaction with the steady development of bi-lateral relations between our two countries. I am fullyconvinced that the co-operation based on commoninterests, mutual respect and friendship of the peo-ples of the Union of Myanmar and the Republic of

Korea will be further strengthened in the comingyears.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of myhighest consideration.From Mr Kim Yong Nam, President of Presidium ofSupreme People’s Assembly of the DemocraticPeople’s Republic of Korea

I warmly congratulate you and your people onthe 63rd Anniversary of the Independence of Myanmar.

Convinced that friendly and cooperative rela-tions between our two countries will further strengthenand develop by our common efforts. I take thisopportunity to sincerely wish you and your peoplegreater successes in the work for independentdevelopment and prosperity of the country.From Ms. Quentin, Bryce, Governor-General ofthe Commonwealth of AustraliaYour Excellency,

On the occasion of the 63rd anniversary ofthe Union of Myanmar’s Independence Day on 4January 2011, I wish to convey to the people ofMyanmar my congratulations and those of the Gov-ernment and the people of Australia.From Prof Dr Ivo Josipovic, President of the Re-public of CroatiaExcellency,

On the occasion of the Independence Day of theUnion of Myanmar, I am pleased to extend to you mymost cordial congratulations and those of the citizensof the Republic of Croatia as well as best wishes for theprosperity of your country and its citizens.

Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my high-est consideration.From Mr Christian Wulff, President of the FederalRepublic of GermanyMr. Chairman,

On the occasion of Independence Day in theUnion of Myanmar I offer you and the people ofMyanmar my good wishes, together with those ofmy fellow Germans.

Allow me to express my hope that your countrywill find its way towards national reconciliation and ademocratic order. I wish all those in Myanmar who arecommitted to these goals, good fortune and everysuccess. From Mr Mohamed Hosny Mubarak, Presidentof the Arab Republic of Egypt

It is with immense pleasure that I extend toYour Excellency heartfelt congratulations on theAnniversary of the Independence Day of the Unionof Myanmar.

I wish you all the best of health and happinessand your friendly people evermore progress andprosperity.

Highest consideration and appreciation.From Mr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President ofthe Islamic Republic of Iran,

I would like sincerely to congratulate YourExcellency, the Government and the Nation ofMyanmar on the occasion of the National Day of theUnion of Myanmar.

I am hopeful that existing friendly relationswill further be expanded and promoted beneficial toour nations.

I wish good health, success and prosperity forYour Excellency, government and the people of theUnion of Myanmar.

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Foreign Heads of Government sendfelicitations to Prime Minister U Thein Sein

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Jan—The following are messagesof felicitations from foreign Heads of Govenment sent toU Thein Sein, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar,on the occasion of the 63rd Anniversary IndependenceDay of the Union of Myanmar.From Mr. Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State Coun-cil of the People’s Republic of ChinaExcellency,

Upon the auspicious occasion of the 63rd Anniver-sary of the Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar,I would like to, on behalf of the Government of thePeople,s Republic of China and in my own name, extendto Your Excellency and through you to the Governmentof Union of Myanmar the warmest congratulations andbest wishes.

I am very glad to see that great achievements weremade in the China-Myanmar good-neighbourly andfriendly cooperative relations in the past Year. In 2010,the two countries jointly hosted a series of activities tocommemorate the 60th Anniversary of the establishmentof diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic ofChina and the Union of Myanmar, the political mutualtrusts were consolidated, the pragmatic cooperation weredeepened, the peoples contacts were close, and the China-Myanmar friendship was more deeply rooted among thetwo peoples. China is willing to work with Myanmar tofurther deepen all areas cooperation, promote the China-Myanmar good-neighbourly and friendly cooperativerelations developing continuously.

I would like to take this opportunity to convey mybest wishes for the prosperity to Myanmar and well-being to the Myanmar peoples as well as for YourExcellency’s good health and personal well-being.From Mr. V.Putin, Prime Minister of the RussianFederationEsteemed Mr. Prime Minister,

Please accept my sincere greetings on the occasionof the National Day of the Union of Myanmar—the In-dependence Day.

I am confident that the traditionally friendly bilat-eral relations, mutually beneficial cooperation in the tradeand economic sphere, science and technology, culturaland the other fields will be further successfully devel-oped for the sake of the peoples of our countries, in theinterests of stability and security in the Asia-Pacificregion.

I wish You, Mr Prime Minister, strong health, hap-piness and success, and to the people of Myanmar—well-being and prosperity.From Mr. Naoto Kan, Prime Minister of JapanExcellency,

On the 63rd anniversary of the Independence Dayof the Union of Myanmar, I wish to extend to YourExcellency, on behalf of the Government and people ofJapan, my warm congratulations and best wishes for theprosperity of your country.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of myhighest consideration.From Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of theRepublic of IndiaExcellency,

On behalf of the people of India and on my ownbehalf I have the pleasure to extend my best wishes toYour Excellency on the occasion of the IndependenceDay of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

India-Myanmar relations have become multi-fac-eted, encompassing a wide range of areas of cooperation.It will be our mutual endeavour to ensure that this closecooperation is strengthened further and diversified in theyears to come.

Please accept, Excellency best wishes for yourpersonal well-being and for the continued prosperity ofthe friendly people of Myanmar.

With the assurance of my highest consideration.From Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of theKingdom of ThailandExcellency,

On behalf of the Royal Thai Government and theThai people, I have the honour to extend my sincerecongratulations and warmest wishes for the progress andprosperity of the Union of Myanmar and her people onthe occasion of the 63rd Anniversary of the Independ-ence Day.

It is well noted that our two countries have enjoyeda long lasting friendship, deeply rooted in our sharedcultural heritage and geographical proximity. Conse-quently, our cooperation has continuously expanded,covering all dimensions of mutual interests. I recall ourfruitful discuss on during my recent visit to Nay PyiTaw last October which illustrated our unwavering de-termination to promote wider spectrum of our political,socio-economic development cooperation and to enhanceregional and sub-regional cooperation frameworks, inparticularly on issue of regional connectivity for theprosperity of two countries and the region as a whole. Iwish, therefore, to reiterate my earnest desire to continueto work closely with Your Excellency to further en-hance our existing friendly relations for the greater ben-efit of our two countries, people and beyond. Lookingahead, I believe that, with our concerted efforts, wewill ultimately achieve the realization of ASEAN Com-munity by 2015 in all aspects as well as peace and sta-bility for our region.

Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of myhighest consederation.From Mr. Nguyen Tan Dzung, Prime Minister of theSocialist Republic of Viet Nam

On the occasion of the 63rd Anniversary Independ-ence Day of the Union of Myanmar, on behalf of theGovernment and people of Viet Nam and in my ownname, I have the honour to convey to Your Excellency,the Government and people of Myanmar the warmestcongratulations.

The Government and people of Viet Nam warmlycongratulate great achievements which have been gainedby the Government and people of Myanmar in the causeof building and developing the Union of Myanmar overthe past 63 years. I believe that the people of Myanmarwill gain greater achievements in the coming years,successfully build a Myanmar of peace, stability andprosperous development.

I am pleased to see that the traditional relations offriendship and multi-faceted cooperation between VietNam and Myanmar have been continuously developedfinely, particularly the economic, trade and investmentcooperation have had positive progress. I am confidentthat with the joint efforts of our two Governments andpeoples, the fine cooperation between the two countrieswill be unceasingly strengthened and developed in thecoming time for the interests of the two peoples and forpeace, stability, cooperation and prosperous develop-ment in Southeast Asia and the world over.

I wish Your Excellency the best of health, happinessand many successes in your noble duty.From Dr. H. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Presidentof the Republic of IndonesiaYour Excellency,

I am delighted to convey my heartiest congratula-tions and best wishes to you and to the government andpeople of Myanmar on the happy occasion of the

anniversary of the Independence Day of the Union ofMyanmar.

It heartens me that our friendship and cooperation,both on a bilateral basis and in the context of ASEANcommunity building, have remained strong and mutuallybeneficial.

I wish also to take this opportunity to assure ofIndonesia’s appreciation of recent positive developmentsin Myanmar and our firm support for the implementationof your Government’s Road Map to Democracy.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances ofmy highest esteem.From Mr. Choe Yong Rim, Premier of the Demo-cratic People’s Republic of Korea

I warmly congratulate you and your government onthe 63rd Anniversary of the Independence of Myanmar.I take this opportunity to wish you great success in yourwork for stability and prosperity of the country.

I also express my conviction that excellent relationsof friendship and cooperation between our two countrieswill further expand and develop across several fields infuture, too.From Mr. Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Prime Minister ofthe Islamic Republic of PakistanExcellency,

On behalf of the Government and people of theIslamic Republic of Pakistan and on my own behalf, Ihave great pleasure in extending to Your Excellency oursincere greetings and warm felicitations on the auspi-cious occasion of the Independence Day of the Union ofMyanmar.

Pakistan and Myanmar enjoy cordial and coopera-tive relation. I am confident that the friendly ties existingbetween our two countries would be further strengthenedin the years to come.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of myhighest consideration.From Mr. Mirko Cvetkovic, Prime Minister of theRepublic of Serbia

On the occasion of the Independence Day of theUnion of Myanmar, I extend you, on behalf of theGovernment of the Republic of Serbia and myself, mysincere felicitations and best wishes for the furtherprogress and prosperity of your country and people.

I am convinced that in the coming period the friendlyrelations existing between the Republic of Serbia and theUnion of Myanmar will be further developed and pro-moted for the benefit of our peoples.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of myhighest consideration.From Mr. Ahmed Ouyahia, Prime Minister of thePeople’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

The celebration of the National Day of the Unionof Myanmar gives me the agreeable occasion to presentmy warm and sincere felicitations and my best wishesfor your health and happiness to you and the progressand prosperity of the people of Myanmar.

I take this joyous opportunity to express my entirecommitment to work together with you for the consoli-dation and reinforcement of the ties of friendship andcooperation which exist between our two countries.

Accept, Mr. Prime Minister, the assurances of myhighest considerationFrom Mr. George A Papandreou, Prime Minister ofthe Hellenic Republic

On the occasion of the National Day of your coun-try, I would like to convey to you my warmest con-gratulations and best wishes for the prosperity, progressand well-being of the friendly people of the Union ofMyanmar.

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Rich deposits of oil and gasdiscovered…

The map shows the location of Block D.

(from page 1)those in central Myanmar,Pyay and Delta are alsounder exploration now.

Recent test runningof the oil-wells inPahtolon, one of the oilblocks in centralMyanmar, shows that theoilfield has rich oil andgas deposits.

Pahtolon test oil-wellsin Onshore Oil Explora-tion Block D coveringGangaw Township inMagway Region, and PaleTownship and KaniTownship in Monywa

District, Sagaing Region.Standing at an altitude of4000 feet with an area of3,048,320 acres, the blockis situated on PontaungPonnya mountain range.The Myanma Oil and GasEnterprise and SIPCMyanmar Petroleum CoLtd from the People’s Re-public of China signed Pro-duction Sharing Contract-PSC on 3 September 2004,and since then they havebeen exploring regions foroil and gas deposits.

SIPC Myanmar Petro-leum Co Ltd launched 2D

Seismic work in 2007. Upto 2009, it has measured2918 2D Seismic linekilometers. According tothe 2D Seismic lines, fourtest oil-wells were sunk inPahtolon and Yagyi oil-fields; and two test oil-wellsin Thingadone and Padaukoilfields.

Pahtolon test oil-wellNo (1) is about 10 milesnortheast of Kyaw Village,Gangaw Township,Magway Region. It wassunk on 2 September2007. On 2 June 2008, ithad been sunk as deep as12,461. Tests were carriedout in the sand layer asdeep as between 7813 feet

and 7895 feet, and the sandlayer between 7878 feetand 7906 feet. Then, 61barrels of condensate and5.19 million cubic feet ofgas were produced perday.

The company sankPahtolon test oil-well No(2), 14 miles northeast ofKyaw Village as deep as12,307 feet on 1 August2009. Tests carried out inthe sand layer as deep asbetween 7743 feet and7766 feet on 27 July 2010,and it produced 30 barrelsof condensate and 3.555million cubic feet of gasper day.

In the estimation ofthe company, the depositstored as many as 909 bil-lion cubic feet of gas, and7.16 million barrels ofcondensate in Pahtolonoilfield. More oil-wells willsoon be sunk in the areasof test oil-well Nos (1) and(2). Pahtolon Region isexpected to produce gasand condensate for manyyears.

SIPC discovered 42traps of oil and gas inGangaw, Pahtolon,Mahutaung, Kani and

Thingadone oilfields inBlock D, and in the bound-ary of Letpanto andKyaukkhwet blocks be-ing undertaken by MOGE.It sank potential oil-wellsin three hopeful traps inPahtolon, Mahutaung andThingadone. For the timebeing, it is sinking test oil-wells with two drillingmachines that can pen-etrate the ground as deepas more than 20,000 feet.

Now, it is sinking testoil-well No (3) inPadaukkone, about 16miles west of Pale, PaleTownship, Monywa Dis-trict, Sagaing Region, andtest oil-well No (1) inThingadone, 10 miles eastof Kyaw Village. The testoil-wells were found po-tential for oil and gas. Now,the company keepssinking the oil-wells asdeep as the targeted site.When those test oil-wellshave been sunk, test oil-well Nos (3) and (1-1) inPahtolon. When the sink-ing of the test oil-wells iscompleted and volumesof potential oil and gas canbe estimated more exactly,the Development Plan will

be put into action to pro-duce gas on a commer-cial scale in PahtolonRegion.

While the Develop-ment Plan is ongoing,more test oil-wells will besunk according to thegeological results in thepotential areas in BlockD, and 3D Seismic workwill be carried out thor-oughly in Pahtolon oil-field.

Based on the geologi-cal and geophysical re-sults, the number of testoil-wells to be sunk andvolumes of oil and gaswill be estimated down tothe smallest detail.

In-dept survey re-veals that oil and gas canbe produced on a com-mercial scale only in theoil-wells of PahtolonRegion. Geological posi-tions have been discov-ered that oil and gas canbe produced on a largescale in Block D. If thetest oil-wells in Block Dare found successful, theblock can be a large de-posit of oil and gas.

******Translation: MS

Talks on Myanmar 2020 andBeyond on 8 Jan

YANGON, 5 Jan —Jointly organized byMyanmar Fisheries Fed-eration and MyanmarPrawn Entrepreneurs As-sociation under the spon-sorship of YuzanaGroup, U Tin Maung

Than, Vice-President ofMFF, Writer U Kyaw Win,U Hla Maung Shwe,Senior Vice-President ofMFF and Dr Nay WinMaung of Living ColourMagazine and MyanmarEgress will give talks on

Myanmar 2020 and Be-yond at Thiri AnnawahHall of MFF Buildingon Bayintnaung Roadin West Gyotkon wardof Insein Township,Yangon Region at 2 pmon 8 January.—MNA

PUBLICATIONS DONATED:

A ceremony to donate

books and media items

to village libraries in

Twantay Township in

progress at township

IPRD Office on 23

December.

TOWNSHIP IPRD

The map showing Pahtolon test oil-well Nos (1) and (2).

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NAY PYI TAW, 5 Jan—Minister for InformationU Kyaw Hsan received Mr Li Junhua, Ambassadorof the People’s Republic of China to Myanmar atthe ministry, here, this moring.

Also present at the call were Director-GeneralU Khin Maung Htay of Myanma Radio andTelevision, Director-General U Ye Htut of

Information Minister receives Chinese Ambassador

Information and Public Relations Department,Managing Director U Soe Win of News andPeriodicals Enterprise, Acting Managing Director UYe Tint of Printing and Publishing Enterprise andHead of Office U Myint Htwe. Both sides cordiallydiscussed matters relating to news and informationbetween the two countries.—MNA

YANGON, 5 Jan—Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment Committee Mayor U Aung TheinLin attended the opening ceremonies of concreteroads in Insein Township, here, this morning.

The mayor and officials opened the concreteroads in Sawbwargyigon and Taungthugon wardsin Insein Township.—MNA

Mayor attends openingof new concrete roads in

Insein Tsp

Foreign Affairs Ministryopens archive and library

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Jan— The Ministry of ForeignAffairs held an opening ceremony of an archiveand a library at the ministry here on 3 Januarymorning.

On the occasion, the Deputy Minister and thedirector-general formally opened the ceremonyafter an opening speech given by Minister forForeign Affairs U Nyan Win.

MNA

Minister for Information U Kyaw Hsan receives Chinese Ambassador to MyanmarMr Li Junhua.—MNA

Pyinmana-TaungnyoRoad to give impetus…

A section of Pyinmana-Taungnyo Road isbeing tarred.

Kyweshin Bridge Project (180 feet long) is nearing completion.

(from page 16)Pyinmana-Taungnyo Road Project is being

implemented under the aegis of Public Worksof the Ministry of Construction and thesupervision of Chief Engineer U Win Pe. In thatregard, the project is divided into parts: thesection between mile post Nos 12/0 and 14/0which has been completed by over 80 percent;between 14/0 and 16/0; and between 16/0and 17/4 and Kyweshin Bridge at mile postNo 17/4.

Deputy Superintending Engineer (Civil)U Than Toe Aung of Road Group (5) said that

the road section between mile post Nos 12/0 and14/0 they were undertaking was divided intofive parts; that in some parts, bad soil was replacedwith selected soil; that they had to constructthree medium bridges in the section; that the 18feet wide two-lane Pyinmana-Taungnyo RoadSection was being upgraded to a 48 feet widefour-lane one; that they were working day in,day out for high quality of the road; and that oncompletion, the road would also become thebeginning part of Pyinmana-Taungnyo-Taungdwingyi road section and Pyinmana-Taungnyo-Kanbya-Magway Road.

Upon completion, Kyweshin Road will befive miles and furlongs long and 48 feet wide.And Kyweshin Bridge at the end of the road

section will be 180 feet long with two five-foot-wide pedestrian walkways on it. The bridge liesat mile post No 17/4 near Kyweshin Village,Nay Pyi Taw District. It will be able to withstand60 tons of loads. Its clearance area will be 60feet wide and 12 feet high. The broad cresttype facility is being undertaken by BridgeGroup (3).

Now, both urban and border areas areenjoying development owing to the benevolentattitude the government shows to the nation bybuilding roads and bridges everywherenecessary throughout the nation.

*****Translation: MS

Myanma Alin: 27-12-2010

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France orders 200 air-to-air missile toequip Rafale

PARIS, 5 Jan —France has ordered 200air-to-air Meteor missilesto equip its Rafale fightersserving in the air forceand navy, the defenceministry said on Mondayin a statement.

Defence MinisterAlain Juppe welcomedthe order of the long-

Photo taken on 3 Jan, 2011 shows trees coated with rime along theSonghua River in Jilin City, of northeast China’s Jilin Province.—XINHUA

Israel arrests staff from British consulateLONDON, 5 Jan—Israeli authorities

have arrested two locally hired workersat the British consulate general inJerusalem who were reportedly linked toa plot to attack a stadium, the ForeignOffice in London said.

“I can confirm that two members ofthe local staff at the consulate general inJerusalem have been arrested by Israeliauthorities,” a Foreign Office spokesmansaid.

“We understand from reports thatthey have been charged with the illegal

sale of weapons and we are seekingconfirmation of these charges. It is anongoing legal process.”

The BBC reported the two men,who were maintenance workers at theconsulate, were arrested over theiralleged links to a plan to fire a rocket atJerusalem’s Teddy Stadium.

The two men — one an Israeli citizen,the other a resident of East Jerusalem —had allegedly obtained weapons for twoother men accused of planning the attack,said the broadcaster.—Internet

Rain created in Abu Dhabi desertABU DHABI, 5 Jan—Scientists working for the

ruler of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates saythey’ve used weather technology to create rain in thedesert.

Most of the artificially created storms were at theheight of the summer in July and August when thereis historically no rain at all, Britain’s Daily Mailreported Monday.

Scientists working for United Arab EmiratesPresident Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan havebeen using giant ionizers, metal antennas on steelpoles, to generate fields of negatively charged particles.

The particles attract tiny specks of dust ever-present in the atmosphere in desert regions, and arecarried up from the particle emitter by rising air overthe hot desert.

Once the dust particles reach the right height for

cloud formation, the charged particles attract watermolecules present in the air, which then start tocondense around them.

If there is sufficient moisture in the air, it inducesbillions of droplets to form that can create clouds andrain, the researchers say.

The founder of the Swiss company in charge ofthe project, Metro Systems International, says they’vehad success creating rainstorms in Abu Dhabi’seastern Al Ain region.

“We have achieved a number of rainfalls,” HelmutFluhrer says.

Some scientists are viewing the results withcaution because Abu Dhabi is a coastal state and canexperience natural summer rainfall when air picks upmoisture from the warm ocean before dropping it onland.

Internet

An emergency personnel boat drives past astreet sign partially covered by floodwaters

6 km south of Rockhampton on 3 Jan, 2011.Military aircraft flew supplies to an Australiantown slowly disappearing beneath floodwaterson Monday, as record flooding in the country’s

northeast continues to cut coal exports anddevastate wheat production.—XINHUA

range missile designedfor French jet Rafaleunder the cooperationbetween France, Ger-many, Italy, Sweden,Spain and Britain,according to the ministry.

The French GeneralDirection for Ordnance(DGA) has awarded theorder to multinational

missile producer MBDA.“The first Meteor

missile will be deliveredto the French Air Force in2018,” the statement said.

The Meteor missile,to be designed with aramjet, can “ intercepttargets at ranges ofseveral tens of kilom-etres,” the statementadded.

With over 9,750employees in Europe andthe United States, thestake of MBDA group isshared by Britain’s BAESystem (37.5 percent),European EADS (37.5percent) and Italy’sFinmeccanica (25percent).—Xinhua

Rafale fighters

Fiji receives machines from China fordevelopment projects

SUVA, 5 Jan—Fiji has received 24pieces of new machinery worth 4.1million Fiji dollars (2.2 million USdollars) , which is expected to assistthe island nation’s rural developmentprogrammes, according to Fiji’s primeminister’s office on Wednesday.

Eliki Bomani, deputy secretary ofthe Development Cooperation andFacilitation in the prime minister’s

office, told local media that theconstruction and civil engineeringequipment shipment comprises theChinese government’s direct aid grantproject.

He said formal delivery of theequipment, which arrived in a shipfrom China last week, will be donenext week.

Xinhua

Korea’s Samsung to invest record43.1 trillion won in 2011

SEOUL, 5 Jan— Samsung Group,South Korea’s largest business groupthat includes Samsung Electronics, saidWednesday that it will invest a record43.1 trillion won (38 billion US dollars)this year, up 18 percent from last year.

The group has earmarked 29.9trillion won for capital expenditures,including 10.3 trillion won for

semiconductors, 5.4 trillion won forliquid-crystal displays and 5.4 trillionwon for new displays called OLED. Itwill also invest additional 12.1 trillionwon on research and development.

The group also said in a statementthat it will increase hiring by 11 percentto 25,000 people this year.

Xinhua

Vienna witnesses solar eclipse

Photo taken on 4 Jan, 2011, shows apartial solar eclipse in Moscow, capital

of Russia.—XINHUA

VIENNA, 5 Jan—A partial solar eclipsewas visible on Tuesday morning inAustria. Under perfect weatherconditions, spectators in Vienna watchedthe moon shadow covering the sun by78 percent.

Although not being as spectacular asthe total eclipse visible from Vienna in1999, a large number of professionalastronomers and hobby watchersobserved the natural phenomenon withinterest.

In Vienna the partial darkening ofthe sun started at 8:30 am, reaching theclimax of a darkening by 78 percent at9:15 am. In the western regions of Austria,the course of the eclipse differed slightly,with only 75 percent of the sun covered,reaching the climax at 9:25 am.

Due to the earth rotation, the moon

crossed the sun from right to left, leavinga gleaming crescent-shaped sun withboth tips pointing upwards duringmaximum occultation.

However, even at the climax of thepartial eclipse, there was no significantdarkening as it happened during totalsolar eclipses.—Xinhua

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Rescued Chile minersmulling future

SANTIAGO, 5 Jan—Some of the 33 miners who spenta record 69-days trapped undergr-ound want to changejobs and are thinking of becoming fruit sellers ormotivational speakers, while others say they have nochoice but to go back to the pits.

Global media stars after their 13 October rescue,the miners are running out of disability pay and spokewith El Mercurio newspaper about their plans for thefuture. Dario Segovia said he is thinking of selling fruitat a market.

“I’ve got to move quickly on this, because they’vecanceled my sick leave and I’ve got to get back towork. I think I’ll start with peaches and grapes,” he saidin an interview published Sunday.

Omar Reygadas and Mario Sepulveda have beenbusy giving moti-vational speeches and plan to taketheir new occupation outside Chile.—Internet

Chilean miner Mario Sepulveda (C) watches ashort film with fellow miners about their escape

during a visit to Manchester United’s OldTrafford Stadium.—INTERNET

A member of the Edo Civilian Firefighters’Association performs on the top of a bamboo

ladder following the New Year’s holiday atMitsukoshi department store in Tokyo

on 4 January, 2011.—XINHUA

No treatment for somecancers

WELLINGTON, 5 Jan—New Zealand says a shortageof oncologists means patients with certain kinds ofcancers will not be referred to specialists or beeligible for chemotherapy.

Hospitals in the central North Island have beeninstructed not to send people suffering a range of 14cancers to oncologists, the Wellington DominionPost reported Monday.

MidCentral District Health Board says it does nothave enough oncologists, and doctors at localhospitals should not refer patients suffering particularcancers “unless there are active relevant clinicaltrials or overriding individual circumst-ance,” it saidin a letter to physicians.

Patients suffering relapses of some cancers,including cervical and esophagus, are on the list, asare those with melanoma.

“Of course, in a perfect world people would beable to get the very best of everything, but if we haveto have a list, this is a good list,” Cancer Society chiefexecutive Dalton Kelly said. Making the list publicwas a step toward identifying where real treatmentshortages were and where in the country there wasspare treatment capacity, he said.

“It might not be what we want to hear, but it ishonest. It is good to know they will not be hidingpatients on waiting lists,” he said. The letter, thoughnot confidential, had been intended for clinicians,not the general public, MidCentral operations directorNicholas Glubb said.

Peter Foley, Hawke’s Bay District Health Boardchief medical officer of primary care, said it was timeto be “open and honest” with patients who would notbenefit from intensive treatment.—Internet

Pedometer can result inmore walking

BANNOCKBURN, 5 Jan—Using a pedometer canincrease physical activity by about 2,000 steps dailythat can make all the difference in weight loss, a USpedometer maker says.

Jill Person, product manager at Omron HealthcareInc, says the company’s pocket pedometer uses dual-accelerometre technology to accurately counts stepswhen placed horizontally or vertically at the hip, in apocket, handbag or backpack.

The Omron HJ-112 GOsmart Pocket pedometernot only tracks steps but time, distance and calories aswell as fat grams burned, Person says.

The pedometer also stores seven days of historicaldata, which allows for tracking a full week of exercise,Person says.

“At Omron, we want to empower Americans toachieve and maintain personal fitness goals by providingeasy-to-use and accurate fitness products,” Person says ina statement. “The fresh start of a new year serves as theperfect time to set goals, start tracking steps and staymotivated with the HJ-112 so you can achieve yourpersonal best.” A 2007 study by the Stanford School ofMedicine showed that using a pedometer can increasephysical activity by about 2,000 steps about 1 mileshowing it can be a motivational tool that can push peopleto reach their exercise goals, Person says.—Internet

Li Kengqiang,boss of “Dr Sweet

Potato” sellsgrilled sweet

potato at campusin Changsha,

capital of CentralChina’s HunanProvince, on 4

Jan, 2011.INTERNET

Australianelderly pilot

killed inultralight

plane crashCANBERRA, 5 Jan—An

elderly pilot died onTuesday, after hisultralight plane crashedto the ground in Victoria’snorth-west of Australia.

According to Vic-torian police, it is believedthe aircraft crashed into apaddock about 3:30 pmlocal time at Cullulleraineoff the Sturt Highway inVictoria.

Inspector SimonClemence said the 72years old man was thesole occupant of the plane.

“Sometime shortlybefore 4:00 pm we got acall that a light plane hadcrashed,” he told ABCNews on Tuesday. “Wesent a unit down here fromWerrimull and a short timelater confirmed there wasone deceased.”

An Ambulancespokesman said there wasno other person on boardthe plane.

Xinhua

Airbus launches air traffic management firm ProSkyPARIS, 5 Jan—Airbus has launched

a new subsidiary company called“Airbus ProSky,” aiming to enhancedevelopment and support of modern airtraffic management (ATM) systems inEurope and other regions, the Frenchcompany said Tuesday. Airbus ProSkywill function to interact and developATM programmes such as “SingleEuropean Sky ATM Research”

(SESAR) in Europe, resembling whatNextGen does in the United States, theEuropean leading aircraft maker said ina statement. The Airbus subsidiary willalso work to implement air trafficmanagement cooperation between theEuropean and the United States by“capitalizing on the technological,operational and commercial synergies,”it added.—Xinhua

File photo of miniature handmade models of theCommonwealth Games mascot “Shera”, baton and

flags of the participating nations as well as egg shellswith a map of India (L) and the Commonwealth Games

logo (R) are shown in October 2010.—INTERNET

Oil price retreats as investors take profitsNew York, 5 Jan—US crude oil

futures price dropped broadly onTuesday as investors took profits after itrose to a 27-month high on Monday.

Investors began to feel unsafe whenoil, which hit 27-month high on Monday,and other commodities surged rapidlyin recent days, deciding to trim theirlong bets and took profits, despite areport on Tuesday showing that the USfactory orders increased in November.

Not only the oil, but also some othercommodities were hurt by profit-takingactions, as well as a stronger dollar on

Tuesday. Copper fell about 2 percent inTuesday’s trading, while soybean dippedalmost 1 percent, which hit its highestlevel since mid-2008 recently.

Also, the Fed’s comment on theeconomic situation hurt the market’sconfidence and pressured the oil price.The Fed minutes of December meetingreleased on Tuesday said the economywasn’t improving fast enough to makea noticeable dent in unemployment,and reiterated it would stick to its 600-billion bond-buying programme tostimulate the economy.—Xinhua

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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin

Netanyahu, second right, convenes

the weekly cabinet meeting in

Jerusalem, on 2 Jan, 2011.

INTERNET

Probe of Egypt church bombfocuses on local group

Actress Brooke Shields and actor BrendanFraser talk to co-star Matt Prokop via Skype atthe premiere of their film “Furry Vengeance”in Westwood, California, in April. Skype hasmade its first foray into video calls on mobile

telephones, launching a new applicationfor users of Apple’s iPhone as well as the iPod

music player and the iPad tabletcomputer.— INTERNET

ALEXANDRIA, 5 Jan—Egyptian police are focus-ing their investigation intothe New Year’s suicidebombing of a church on agroup of Islamic hard-lin-ers inspired by al-Qaedaand based in the Mediter-ranean port city of Alex-andria where the attackkilled 21 people, securityofficials said Sunday.

The bombing touchedoff riots and protests byEgypt’s Christian minor-ity, who feel they are tar-geted and discriminatedagainst and do not get ad-equate protection fromauthorities.

There were signs ofbeefed up security outsidechurches nationwide anddozens returned to pray

Sunday in the bombed,blood-spattered SaintsChurch — many of themsobbing, screaming in an-ger and slapping them-selves in grief.

No group has claimedresponsibility for the attackon Coptic Christiansleaving a midnight Massabout a half hour into thenew year Saturday, theworst attack on EgyptianChristians in a decade.

In the immediate after-math, President HosniMubarak blamed foreign-ers and the Alexandriagovernor accused al-Qaeda, pointing to threatsagainst Christians by theterror network’s branch inIraq.

But on Sunday, secu-rity officials said police arelooking at the possibilitythat homegrown Islamicextremists were behind it,and perhaps were inspiredby al-Qaeda though notdirectly under foreigncommand.

Internet

Iran to let countries visit nuclear sites, not US

A general view of the Bushehr main nuclear reactor,1,200 km less (746 miles) south of Teheran.—INTERNET

TEHERAN, 5 Jan—Iransaid on Tuesday it had in-vited the European Unionand some other worldpowers — but apparentlynot chief critic the UnitedStates — to tour nuclearsites before the next roundof international talks inlate January on its dis-puted nuclear programme.

The Associated Pressreported the invitation totour the facilities on Mon-day, citing a letter from asenior Iranian envoy thatsuggested 15-16 Jan forthe visit. A diplomat famil-iar with the letter said Iraninvited Russia, China,Egypt, the group of nona-ligned nations atthe UN’s InternationalAtomic Energy Agency,Cuba, Arab League mem-

bers at the IAEA, andHungary, which currentlyholds the rotating EUpresidency.

Iran’s economy ap-pears to be struggling un-der the weight of fourrounds of internationalsanctions over its nuclearprogramme, which theWest suspects is aimed atproducing weaponsthough Tehean denies that.

Oil hovers below $92as global equities rally

Pharmacy

employees check

medicine supplies in

a drugstore in

Caracas

on 4 Jan, 2011.

INTERNET

SINGAPORE, 5 Jan—Oilprices hovered below$92 a barrel Tuesday inAsia near a two-year highas a stock market rally tostart 2011 boosted crudetrader optimism.

Benchmark oil forFebruary delivery rose 2cents to $91.57 a barrellate afternoon Singaporetime in electronic tradingon the New York Mer-cantile Exchange. Thecontract rose 17 cents tosettle at $91.55 onMonday.

US stock markets ad-vanced the first tradingday of the year as datashowed recent manufac-turing activity and con-struction spending rosemore than analysts were

predicting.The S&P 500 stock

index gained 1.1 percentMonday and major Asiaequity markets roseTuesday, led by a 1.7percent jump in Japan’sNikkei 225 index.

Oil investors oftenlook to equities as a ba-rometer of overall inves-tor sentiment.

“This ongoing burstof economic optimism isenhancing the oilmarket’s attractiveness asan asset class,”Ritterbusch and Associ-ates said in a report. “Welook for this momentumto be sustained as long asthe stock market main-tains a northerly course.”

Internet

Iran returned last month tonuclear talks with the so-called 5+1 countries — theUnited States, Britain,France, Russia and China,plus Germany — whichhold sway over the sanc-tions. And the invitationto visit nuclear sites mayalso be a sign thatTeheran is looking forways to ease its financialpain.—Internet

Sightseeing boats cruise on moat in Jinan,

capital of east China’s Shandong Province,

on 29 Dec, 2010. The moat which links

Jinan’s four main springs was opened to

navigation on Wednesday.

XINHUA

BOSTON, 5 — Women with depression and diabetes have a higher risk thanothers of death from heart disease, a six-year study found, US researchers say.Study leader An Pan of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston andcolleagues said the study indicated women with depression had a 44 percentincreased risk of death, those with diabetes had a 35 percent increased risk ofdeath and those with both conditions had approximately twice the risk of death— vs. women who had neither condition.

The study, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, found whenconsidering only deaths from cardiovascular disease, women with diabeteshad a 67 percent increased risk, women with depression had a 37 percentincreased risk and women with both had a 2.7-fold increased risk.

“The underlying mechanisms of the increased mortality risk associatedwith depression in patients with diabetes remains to be elucidated,” the studyauthors say in a statement.

However, the researchers suggest diabetes and depression links tounhealthy behaviors such as smoking, poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle andnoted depression could trigger changes in the nervous system that affect theheart adversely.

Internet

Depression, diabetes, heart disease linked

JERUSALEM, 5 Jan—Israel’s prime minister on Sunday proposednonstop, face-to-face talks with the Palestinian president until a peaceagreement is reached — offering a possible way to advance talks thathave stalled over the construction of Jewish settlements.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal offers the appeal of leaders work-ing together to make history, and it comes in response to PalestinianPresident Mahmoud Abbas’ latest claim — made over the weekendin South America — that genuine talks could yield a deal within months.But the Palestinians showed little enthusiasm for Netanyahu’s offer.

Reached by The Associated Press in Brazil on Sunday, Abbasreiterated his call for a settlement freeze. “If he does so, we canreach an agreement not in six months, but in two months,” he said.Abbas’ chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, said Netanyahu’s offeramounted to little more than an empty declaration. He called on theIsraeli leader to spell out a vision of peace, and specifically to com-mit to a near-complete withdrawal from the West Bank and eastJerusalem.—Internet

Israeli PM wants nonstop talks with Palestinians

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News Album

Python newlyweds draw crowdsin Cambodia

a lake.He said Chamreun

had gone missing for overa month but was found aweek ago, at the same timepeople in his neighbouringvillage caught a malepython, which they namedKrong Pich.

Old villagers decidedto wed the two pythonsafter a boy, who wasbelieved to be spirit-possessed, said Krong Pichwanted to marryChamreun, or “people inthe villages will sufferillnesses and bad luck,”Neth Vy told AFP.

He said some fortunetellers had also appealedfor the marriage betweenthe pythons in order tobring “good luck andharmony for the people inthe villages”.

“So we held thewedding ceremony for thepythons with blessingsfrom Buddhist monks, inaccordance with ourtradition,” he said.

A Cambodian man holds Chamreun, his femalepet python (left), as a woman holds Krong Pich,

her male python, in Kandal Province,Cambodia.

Hundreds of Cam-bodians on Mondaycelebrated an unusualwedding ceremony for apair of pythons who theybelieve will bring goodluck to their villages.

The marriage ofserpent bride Chamreunto groom, Krong Pich,was held in Village Onein Kandal Province, about20 kilometres (12 miles)south of the CapitalPhnom Penh, andattracted nearly 1,000

people, according towitnesses.

“We organized thewedding ceremony for thepythons in order to oustbad things and bring goodluck and happiness for ourvillages,” said 41-year-oldNeth Vy, Chamreun’sowner.

Neth Vy said hisfamily had raisedChamreun in their homesince 1994, after the thenfinger-sized snake gotcaught in his fishing net in

Fla man says he’ll live in lions’ den for 30 daysA Florida man says he’s going to

spend the next month living in afenced enclosure with two Africanlions.

James Jablon of Spring Hill hopesthe stunt will raise money for hiswildlife centre, Wildlife Rehabilitationof Hernando.

Jablon entered the lions’ denSaturday. He says he’s going to sleepon hay near the lions named Lea andEd and eat when they eat.

He says he’s also going to build a

place to sleep and hide in the trees inthe enclosure, in case the lions fightwith each other. His adventure isbeing streamed live online through31 January.

About 100 animals live at thecentre about 40 miles north ofTampa. It was started for nativewildlife needing medical treatment,but Jablon says he’s now being askedto provide homes for exotic pets.

A citizen walks past a building with a painting decoration on the outsidewall in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, on 4 Jan,2011. The painting work costed a young artist two months to finish and

attracted many visitors.

Countrysinger Kellie

Picklermarries

songwriter

Country singer

and former

‘American Idol’

contestant Kellie

Pickler .

INTERNET

NASHVILLE, 5 Jan—Country singer KelliePickler has gottenmarried.

Her label, BNARecords, says in astatement that she wedsongwriter Kyle Jacobson New Year’s Day.They held a smallceremony on a privateisland in the Caribbean.

Pickler finished inthe top six on “AmericanIdol” in 2005.

Her songs includethe top 10 hit she co-wrote with Taylor Swift,“Best Days of YourLife,” as well as “RedHigh Heels,” “Don’tYou Know You’reBeautiful,” and her mostrecent single, “Makin’Me Fall in Love Again.”

Internet

Taylor Swift and JakeGyllenhaal split

source tells themagazine. “It ended lastmonth.”

Both Swift, 21, andGyllenhaal, 30, spentNew Year’s solo, withthe country starlet at aparty in Nashville andthe Oscar-nominatedactor in New York.

The two, who werefirst spotted together inOctober, spent Thanks-giving weekend to-gether and were last seentogether publicly inearly December in LosAngeles.—Internet

Singer Taylor Swift

NEW YORK, 5 Jan—Taylor Swift and JakeGyllenhaal’s short-livedrelationship has come toan end, reports People.

Get more of today’snews.

“They’re over,” a

Comic book legend Stan Lee getsHollywood star

LOS ANGELES, 5 Jan—There’s a newsuperhero on Hollywood Boulevard.

Comic book legend Stan Lee,creator or co-creator of such MarvelComics characters as Spider-Man, theIncredible Hulk, X-Men, The FantasticFour and Iron Man, has now beenenshrined in concrete.

The 88-year-old Lee unveiled hisWalk of Fame sidewalk star onTuesday in front of the Live Nation

Comic book creator Stan Lee poses with his wife Joanafter he received a star on the Hollywood Walk ofFame in Los Angeles, on 4 Jan, 2011.—INTERNET

Building on Hollywood Boulevard.It’s the 2,428th star dedicated on thefamous avenue of dreams. Lee isfounder, chairman and chief creativeofficer of POW! Entertainment. Morethan 2 million of Lee’s comic bookshave been published in 75 nationsand in 25 languages. His charactershave been featured in 24 animatedtelevision series and several live-action movies.—Internet

Vince Neil’s DUI trialpushed back in Las Vegas

A 26 June, 2010 filephoto shows Vince

Neil as he poses for aportrait in New

York.—INTERNET

LAS VEGAS, 5 Jan—Rocker Vince Neil’s trialon misdemeanordrunken driving andspeeding charges hasbeen changed, thanks toa change in the judge in

the case.The Las Vegas Sun

reports that the 49-year-old Motley Crue singer’scase will now be heardby a newly elected judgewho is assigned to DUItrials. A Clark CountyDistrict Attorney’s officespokeswoman saidMonday that Neil willgo before Justice of thePeace William Kepharton 26 Jan. His originalcourt date was 6 Jan.

Neil has pleaded notguilty to the charges.

Internet

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United subdue Stokeas leaders push on

MANCHESTER, 5 Jan—Javier Hernandez and Naniscored either side of Dean Whitehead’s effort as Man-chester United moved three points clear at the top ofthe English Premier League with a 2-1 victory overStoke at Old Trafford here on Tuesday.

A much-changed United made hard work of de-feating a team they had beaten in 10 of their previ-ous 13 matches.

Hernandez gave the hosts the lead midwaythrough the first half with his ninth goal of the sea-son.

Midfielder Whitehead equalised for the visitorsfive minutes after the interval, engulfing OldTrafford with tension.

But Nani, back in the side after a hip injury, foundthe corner of the net just after the hour to earnUnited the victory.—Internet

Manchester Unit-ed’s midfielder Nani

celebrates afterscoring the secondgoal during their

English.—INTERNET

Real’s Higuain to undergo surgery

Ronaldinho signs for Gremio

Kaka feared he would neverbe able to play again

Real Madrid’s Brazil-ian midfielder Kaka

Manchester Unitedforward Federico

Macheda.—INTERNET

Macheda nearing Sampswitch

Results on 4 JanuaryInternational - Club Friendlies

Al-Wasl 2 - 3 Hamburger SV England - Premier League

Blackpool 1 - 2 Birmingham C.Fulham 3 - 0 West Bromwich A.Manchester U. 2 - 1 Stoke C.

DOHA, 5 Jan—Iraq stormed to shockAsian Cup glory in 2007 against thebackdrop of war, but they will have tospring another major upset if they areto repeat the emotional feat in Qatar.

The Iraqi team made headlinesworldwide and were welcomed homeas heroes after they defeated SaudiArabia 1-0 in Jakarta four years ago to

The Iraq squad for the Asian Cuptrain in Doha last week.—INTERNET

Redknapp wants Beckhamdecision soon from Galaxy

Berdych makes perfect startto new tennis season

Czech Republic’stennis player TomasBerdych.—INTERNET

Real Madrid’s Argen-tinian forward Gonzalo

Higuain.—INTERNET

S P O R T S

Former twice world player of theyear Ronaldinho.—INTERNET

ROME, 5 Jan—Former twice worldplayer of the year Ronaldinho hassigned a deal to join Brazilians Gremio

from AC Milan, according to theGazzetta dello Sport on Tuesday.

The sports newspaper claimsRonaldinho’s brother and agentRoberto de Assis has reached anagreement with Gremio, where the 30-year-old began his career in 1998 inhis home town of Porto Alegre.

Gazzetta claims the official newswill be announced in a few hours.

Should that be the case it will scup-per Blackburn’s bid to bring theformer Barcelona and Paris StGermain forward to the PremierLeague.

CHENNAI, 5 Jan—Topseed Tomas Berdych ofthe Czech Republicopened his campaign inthe 450,000-dollar ATPChennai Open with a flu-ent win over Frederico Gilof Portugal on Tuesday.

The world number sixneeded just 45 minutes todefeat the 101st-rankedGil 6-0, 6-1 in a first roundmatch at the Nungam-bakkam Tennis stadium inthe southern Indian city.Gil was facing a total routwhen he trailed 5-0 in thesecond set, but managedto hold his serve at thatstage to win his only gamein the match.

“It was important tostart well in the new sea-son and I am happy I wasable to do that tonight,”said 25-year-old Berdych.

InternetInternet

MADRID, 5 Jan—RealMadrid’s Argentinestriker Gonzalo Higuainis to undergo surgery tofix a slipped disc that hasalready kept him out ofaction since late Novem-ber, the club said onTuesday.

It said a new MRIshowed “some improve-ment” and a “reductionof the inflammation.”

But “the persistance ofpain and of the slippeddisc moved experts to ad-vise surgery as the nextstep. This decision hasbeen accepted by theplayer, his family and the

club.”It said a decision will

be made in the next 48hours on where the op-eration will be carriedout.

Higuain, who nor-mally started in attack forReal alongside CristianoRonaldo, has been un-able to play since the end

of November.Real revealed at the

beginning of Decemberthat the 23-year-old hadsustained a slipped discthat could require anoperation.

Real coach JoseMourinho said on Sun-day that he will have tore-construct his team inthe absence of Higuain,who was signed fromRiver Plate in 2007.

Internet

MADRID, 5 Jan—RealMadrid’s Brazilianmidfielder Kaka, who re-turned to action on Mondayfor the first time since heunderwent knee surgery inAugust, says he feared hewould never be able to playagain. “I am very happy forplaying a game again andfor stepping onto a pitch.Coming back with a victoryis the best thing that couldhave happened to me,” hesaid in comments publishedon Tuesday on the club’swebsite.

“At times, I was afraidwhen I thought about whenI was going to come back,

or if I ever would. I mustnow earn a spot because theteam is in great form. Com-petition is always good forthe team,” he added.

Real’s Portuguesecoach Jose Mourinho sentKaka, the winner of the2007 Ballon d’Or, on thepitch in the 75th minute ofReal’s 3-2 Spanish leaguewin at Getafe on Monday.

Internet

ROME, 5 Jan—Manches-ter United forward FedericoMacheda is close tocompleting a loan switch toSampdoria, his agentGiovanni Bia told reporterson Tuesday.

United manager Sir AlexFerguson revealed recentlythat he would let the teen-ager go out on loan in orderto get more first team foot-ball and Sampdoria haveemerged as the front-run-ners to land his signature

having released AntonioCassano to join AC Milan.The success of the deal ap-parently rests on guaranteesFerguson is looking for that19-year-old Macheda willplay regularly.

“There was a late morn-ing meeting to conclude theloan transfer of FedericoMacheda to Sampdoria,”said Bia. “ManchesterUnited manager Sir AlexFerguson wanted to talk tothe blucerchiati managersand so I believe the deal willbe completed today andMacheda could arrive inGenoa tomorrow.”

Internet

David Beckham

LONDON, 5 Jan—Tottenham Hotspurmanager HarryRedknapp has insisted hemust know soon if theLA Galaxy are willing tolet David Beckham jointhe Premier League high-flyers on loan otherwisethe deal has no future.

For the former Eng-land captain, a stint withSpurs would signal to na-

tional manager FabioCapello that he is stillready to represent hiscountry.

The Galaxy wouldwant the 35-year-oldmidfielder back in timefor their Major LeagueSoccer (MLS) seasonopener against SeattleSounders on 15 March.

And with Redknappwanting Beckham, whoenjoyed loan spells withItalian giants AC Milanin 2008 and 2009, for “atleast three months”, timeis running out for theGalaxy and Spurs toreach an agreement.

Internet

Iraq eye unlikely Asian Cup title defencemomentarily take the spotlight off theviolence in their war-ravaged country.

But they face a stiff task to even makeit to the knock-out stages this time afterthey were drawn in a highly competitiveGroup D that also includes arch rivalsIran, World Cup finalists North Koreaand United Arab Emirates.

Experienced coach Wolfgang Sidka,who has only been in the job since thesummer, has kept the bulk of the squadthat brought Iraq its greatest ever foot-ball triumph, complemented by a sprin-kling of young prospects.

However, it remains to be seen if theformer Werder Bremen coach has hadenough time to get his footballing phi-losophy across to his charges and theyare not among the favourites in Qatar.

Internet

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

Thursday,6 January

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy over Kachin, Chin and Rakhine States, Bago,Yangon, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Regions andgenerally fair in the remaining States and Regions. Nighttemperatures were (3°C) below January averagetemperatures in Kachin State, (6°C) below Januaryaverage temperatures in Upper Sagaing Region, (3°C)to (4°C) above January average temperatures in Rakhine,Kayin and Mon States, Lower Sagaing, Mandalay,Magway and Ayeyawady Regions and about Januaryaverage temperatures in the remaining States andRegions. The significant night temperatures werePinlaung and Haka (2°C) each, Putao, Namhsan and Katha(4°C) each.

Nay Pyi TawMaximum temperature on 4-1-2011 was 91°F.

Minimum temperature on 5-1-2011 was 59°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 5-1-2011 was (82%).Rainfall on 5-1-2011 was (Nil) .

Yangon (Kaba-Aye)Maximum temperature on 4-1-2011 was 92°F.

Minimum temperature on 5-1-2011 was 65°F. Relative

WEATHERWednesday, 5th January, 2011

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 5-1-2011 was (67%).Total sunshine hours on 4-1-2011 was (9.6) hours.

Rainfall on 5-1-2011 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2011 was(Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mphfrom Northeast at (10:30) hours MST on 4-1-2011.

Bay Inference: Weather is cloudy over the South Bayand partly cloudy over the Andaman Sea and elsewhereBay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 6th January2011: Light rain are possible to be isolated in Kachin,Chin, Shan and Rakhine States, Taninthayi Region,weather will be partly cloudy over Mon State, Sagaing,Mandalay, Magway and Yangon Regions and generallyfair in the remaining States and Regions. Degree ofcertainty is (40%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofisolated light rain in the Eastern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 6-1-2011: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 6-1-2011: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 6-1-2011: Partly cloudy.

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am MSTOversea Transmission - (6-1-11 09:30 am ~

7-1-11 09:30 am MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Charming Myanmar Silk Fabric* Exquisite Silver Jewellery* News* Floral Lovers’ Paradise

(National Kandawgyi Gardens)* News* VCD Centre* Artist Hla Tun Aung’s Milestone* News* ‘‘Myanmar’s Traditions and Culture’’

Myanmar PotteryOversea Transmission* Opening* News* Charming Myanmar Silk Fabric* Exquisite Silver Jewellery* News* Floral Lovers’ Paradise

(National Kandawgyi Gardens)* Straw Embossed Painting* News* VCD Centre* Artist Hla Tun Aung’s Milestone* News* ‘‘Myanmar’s Traditions and Culture’’

Myanmar Pottery* News* Brilliant Youngsters (I)* News* A Bridge To The Ultimate Realities* Music Gallery* News* Mandalay Cultural Museum* News* A Visit to A Laungdaw Kassapa in Modern Days* Monywa...Picturesque City* Myanmar Movie “Good-Hearted Bad Guy”

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(6-1-2011) (Thursday)

Wigan Athletic 0 Vs 1 Newcastle Utd

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Hilly

Region MissionarySayadaw

7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy

Exercise 7:30 am 3. Morning News 7:40 am 4. Dhamma Puja Song 7:50 am 5. Nice & Sweet Song

8:00 am 6. Dance Of National

Races

8:05 am 7. Dance Variety

8:15 am 8. Myanmar Traditional

Cultural Performing

Arts Competition

8:25 am 9. Teleplay (Forest)

8:40 am10. International News

8:45 am11. Musical Programme

4:00 pm 1. Martial Song

4:10 pm 2. Musical Programme

4:25 pm 3. Cute Little Dancers

4:35 pm

4. Myanmar Traditional

Cultural Performing

Arts Competition

4:50 pm

5. University Of

Distance Education

(TV Lectures)

-Second Year

(Zoology)

5:10 pm

6. Songs For

Upholding

National Spirit

5:05 pm

7. One village and

one Product

5:30 pm

9. Musical

Programme

5:45 pm

9. Science And

Envoriment (Fresh)

(A Ripple EffectProduction)

6:00 pm10. Evening News6:15 pm11. Weather Report6:20 pm12. Myanmar Series6:40 pm13. Approaching

Science DiscoveryWorld

7:00 pm14. TV Drama Series8:00 pm15. News16. International News17. Weather Report18. Documentary19. TV Drama Series20. TV Drama Series

Team Europe’s Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark

plays against Team Asia-Pacific’s Li Na of

China at the Tennis Classic 2011 in Hong Kong

on 5 January, 2011. Wozniacki beat Li 6-4, 6-3

in the exhibition contest.

INTERNET

Asleep in Jesus

Lt.Col Maung Maung Kyan (Retd)B.C. 6041, O.T.S.5

Aged-88 Years

31st Street, Leikpyagan Qr, BagoSon of Mr. Ghose and Mrs. Mary, husband

of Daw Kyi Htet, father of Daw Aye Oo Kyan-U

Bynnyarr Aung, Daw Khine Myat Kyan-U Tin

Maung Thein, U Htet Kyan-Daw Aye Aye Swe, Dr.

May Htet Kyan-U Hla Aye, grandfather of Swe Swe

Htet Kyan, Lin Htet Kyan, Han Thi Ni Ni, Thinzar Ni

Ni, Myint Maung Kyan, great grandfather of Jonah,

passed away peacefully at 126, Aye Theik Di Street,

East Ywama, Insein on 5th January, 2011, and will be

entombed at Yayway Christian Cemetery at 3.30 pm

on 7th January 2011.

Bereaved Family

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

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

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

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

2nd Waxing of Pyatho 1372 ME Thursday, 6 January, 2011

Pyinmana-Taungnyo Road to give impetusto regional development

Byline & photos: Po Thaw Zin

Quality control is one of the top priorities in implementing four-lane Pyinmana-Taungnyo RoadProject.

Today, there has been smooth transportbetween one region and any other region elseowing to the roads and bridges the governmenthas built across the nation for equitabledevelopment of all parts of the nation including

border areas.Smooth transport has also brought great

benefits to the economic, social and health sectorsand put an end to only distant, rare relations amongregions stemming from poor transport.

As part of the plan to complete thenationwide network of transport facilities, withNay Pyi Taw in the centre of it, four-laneKyweshin section of Pyinmana-TaungnyoRoad has been built since on 16 March 2010,which is now nearing completion.

The road is designed to be linked with Yangon-Mandalay Expressway in compliance with theguidance of the Head of State for convenience oflocal and foreign tourists to Ngalaik Resort nearmile post No 116 of the expressway. It is alsobecause some games of XXVII SEA Games to behosted in 2013 by Myanmar will take place at theresort. (See page 9)

Significant nighttemperatures

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