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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment 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 insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 18Dec—Chairman of theState Peace and Develop-ment Council Com-mander-in-Chief of De-fence Services Senior Gen-eral Than Shwe and wifeDaw Kyaing Kyaing at-tended the graduation din-ner of the 12th Intake ofDefence Services Techno-logical Academy at theDSTA parade ground inPyinOoLwin, MandalayDivision at 5.30 pm yester-day.

Also present at thegraduation dinner wereMember of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil General ThuraShwe Mann, Secretary-1of the State Peace and De-velopment Council Quar-termaster-General Gen-eral Thiha Thura TinAung Myint Oo, Memberof the SPDC Lt-Gen TinAye of the Ministry of

(See page 7)

Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaingattend graduation dinner of 12th Intake of DSTA

Profile of PRC Vice President Mr Xi JinpingMr Xi Jinping is an ethnic Han and

born in June 1953, in Fuping, ShaanxiProvince. He joined the Communist Partyof China (CPC) in 1974. He receivedDoctor of Laws (LLD) from the Schoolof Humanities and Social Sciences ofTsinghua University, majoring in Marx-ist theory and ideological education.

From 1969 to 1975, he worked atLiangjiahe Brigade, Wenanyi Com-mune, Yanchuan County, Shaanxi Prov-ince, and served as party branch secre-tary.

From 1975 to1979, he was a studentof basic organic synthesis at the Chemi-cal Engineering Department of TsinghuaUniversity.

From 1979 to 1982, he was a secre-

tary at the General Office of the SateCouncil and the General Office of theCentral Military Commission. From1982 to 1985, he was a deputy secretaryand secretary of the CPC ZhengdingCounty Committee, Hebei Province.

From 1985 to 1988, he was a memberof the Standing Committee of the Mu-nicipal Party Committee and vice mayorof Xiamen, Fujian Province. From 1988to 1990, he was a secretary of the CPCNingde Prefectural Committee, FujianProvince.

From 1990 to 1993, he was a secre-tary of the CPC Fuzhou Municipal Com-mittee and chairman of the standing com-mittee of the Fuzhou Municipal People’sCongress, Fujian Province.

From 1993 to 1995, he was a mem-ber of the Standing Committee of theCPC Fujian Provincial Committee,Secretary of the CPC Fuzhou Munici-pal Committee and Chairman of theStanding Committee of the FuzhouMunicipal People’s Congress.

From 1995 to 1996, he was a deputysecretary of the CPC Fujian ProvincialCommittee, Secretary of the CPCFuzhou Municipal Committee andChairman of the Standing Committeeof the Fuzhou Municipal People’s Con-gress.

From 1996 to 1999, he was a deputysecretary of the CPC Fujian ProvincialCommittee.

(See page 7)

Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesSenior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing attend graduation dinner of the 12th Intake of Defence Services

Technological Academy.—MNA

Mr Xi Jinping.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 19 December, 2009

Saturday, 19 December, 2009

PERSPECTIVES

Military engineers to playroles in building modernTatmadaw


The graduation parade of the 12th Intakeof Defence Services Technological Academy tookplace at the parade ground of the academy inPyinOoLwin the other day, with an address byCommander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesSenior General Than Shwe.

In his speech, the Senior General said, “Iwould say with all seriousness that you must bewell capable of staying in touch with not only theadvancements in the military science but alsomodern warfare, as well as applying them inaccordance with the objective conditions. And toshape the Myanmar Tatmadaw into a strong,efficient and modern one depends on the sense ofpatriotism, capability and hard work of youngergenerations of intellectuals and intelligentsia likeyou.”

The world has seen rapid advancements inthe science and technology. Modern wars arewaged with the use of science and technology.Sophisticated weapons and advanced warfareare now common in wars. Various types of to-day’s heavy weaponry can hit the targets withpinpoint accuracy, and so, enemies can be crashedwith minimum loss.

Today, the Tatmadaw is in the process ofbeing upgraded into a strong, capable and mod-ern patriotic force to be able to defend the moth-erland. The drive calls for further developmentof human resources. In this regard, the DefenceServices Technological Academy is one of thesources. The 12th graduation of DSTA increasedthe number of military engineers.

Being engineers, the newly graduated jun-ior military officers have to do their bit in thenational defence and security duties, while dis-charging the major duties of building a modernTatmadaw. Simultaneously, they have to try tocatch up with the ever-advancing military sci-ence.

So, Tatmadaw junior engineer officersare duty-bound to meet the five fundamentalrequirements: moral conduct, self-discipline, loy-alty, team spirit, and being endowed with threecapabilities. In line with the motto “EngineeringProwess for Military Might”, they can be inperpetual service of the mother country by play-ing their role as reliable resources in building amodern Tatmadaw.

* 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

Domestic science courses conclude in Pyapon, Bogale

YANGON, 18 Dec—Minister for Progress ofBorder Areas and Na-tional Races and Devel-opment Affairs Col TheinNyunt addressed the con-clusion of Special Do-

mestic Science Course No(2) (Basic Level) inPyapon, Ayeyawady Di-vision, on 13 December.

He viewed gar-ments and works made bythe trainees, and the prac-

tice of preparing meals.The minister also

attended the conclusion ofSpecial Domestic ScienceCourse No (2) (BasicLevel) in Bogale.

In compliance with

Dy Foreign Affairs Minister arrives back from Japan

Italy donates hospitalequipment and ambulance

YANGON, 18 Dec—Under the programme ofSupport the Vulnerable Population Myanmar Aid8976, the Government of Italy, after coordinating withMinistry of Health of the Union of Myanmar, donatedUS$ 195,076 worth 22 items of hospital equipmentand one ambulance to Jivitadana Sangha Hospital on15 December. The donation ceremony was attendedby Italian Ambassador to Myanmar H.E Dr GiuseppeCinti and embassy staff, Chairman of the HospitalAdministrative Board U Maung Maung and members.

The chairman extended greetings and spoke

words of thanks. Afterwards, the ambassador ex-plained the purpose of donation and handed overdocuments related to 22 items of hospital equipmentand one ambulance. The chairman accepted the dona-tion and presented the certificate of honour and fruitbasket to the ambassador.—MNA

MinisterCol Thein

Nyuntpresents

awards toan out-

standingtrainee inSpecial

DomesticScience

Course No(2) (BasicLevel) inPyapon.

MNA

Deputy Minister U Maung Myint speaking atMyanmar Investment Seminar sponsored byASEAN-Japan Promotion Center on Trade,

Investment and Tourism held in Japan.MOFA

Chairman U Maung Maung accepts US$195,076 worth 22 items of hospital equipmentand one ambulance donated by Italian ambas-

sador to Myanmar H.E Dr Giuseppe Cinti.NLM

the guidance of the Headof State, the Education andTraining Department un-der the ministry conductedthe courses for youngwomen from the storm-hit villages in the town-ships.

On 15 December,the minister attended theopening of Maubin-Pantaput tarred road inMaubin, and inspected thefacility.

The 13,260 feetlong and 12 feet wide roadwas built in 2009-2010fiscal year by MaubinTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee withthe funds of the Develop-ment Affairs Department.The road benefits ruralpeople in 56 villages of 15village-tracts.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Dec—A Myanmar delegationled by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U MaungMyint arrived back here by air on 16 December afterattending the Myanmar Investment Seminar spon-sored by ASEAN-Japan Promotion Center on Trade,Investment and Tourism and held in Japan from 13 to16 December. Director-General U Htay Aung ofDirectorate of Hotels and Tourism, Director Daw MyaThuzar of Directorate of Investment and CompaniesAdministration and responsible officials from Minis-try of Foreign Affairs also attended the seminar.

On 15 December, the deputy minister and partyattended the Myanmar Investment Seminars at GrandPrince Hotel in Tokyo. At the seminar, the deputyminister and party presented the overviews of eco-nomic, industrial, tourism and commercial develop-ment of Myanmar and the business and investmentopportunities as well as Japanese investment in Myanmar.The delegation exchanged views and had discussionwith the participants. More than 200 Japanese business-men attended the seminar. During the visit, the deputy

minister held separate discussions with Deputy Minis-ters for Foreign Affairs of Japan Mr Mitoji Yabunakaand Mr Kenichiro Sasae, Secretary General of ASEAN-Japan Center Mr Yoshikuni Ohnishi. The two sidescordially exchanged views on matters concerning thepromotion of friendly relations and cooperation be-tween Myanmar and Japan as well as on the interna-tional issues of mutual interest.—MNA

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Roadside bomb kills seven membersof same family in Taleban hotbedKANDAHAR, 18 Dec — Seven civilians including

five women were killed and three others sustainedinjures as their car ran over a roadside bomb inTaleban hotbed Kandahar Province of southern Af-ghanistan on Thursday, spokesman for local admin-istration said.

“The bloody incident occurred in Khakriz Dis-trict at 4 pm. local time (1130 GMT) as a result sevenpeople including five women were killed,” ZulmiAyobi told Xinhua.

All the victims are the members of same family,he added. Three children were injured in the inci-dent, he further said.—Xinhua.

Suicide attack wounds eightin S Afghanistan

KABUL, 18 Dec — A suicide bomber blew him-self up in Uruzgan Province south of Afghanistanwounding eight people including four Afghan sol-diers on Thursday, provincial police chief Juma GulHumat said.

“Meeting of elders with local authorities was go-ing on in the headquarters of Deh Rawad Districttoday at around 03:00 p.m. local time when a manattempted to get inside but the soldiers at the gaterefused to allow him and he blew up himself upwounding eight persons including four soldiers,”Humat told Xinhua.

He also added that among four more injured inthe incident is a15-year old boy and all of them havebeen taken to a nearby hospital.—Xinhua.

Car blast kills militant, woundsfour soldiers in E AfghanistanKHOST, 18 Dec — An explosive-laden car deto-

nated by Taleban militants in Afghanistan’s easternprovince of Khost on Wednesday night leaving oneTaleban fighter dead and four soldiers injured, a sen-ior Afghan military officer in the province GeneralMohammad Israr said on Thursday.

“Acting upon intelligence report, a joint unit ofAfghan and US forces were searching for an explo-sive-laden car in Sabari District but Taleban mili-tants detonated it by a remote-control killing a rebelon the spot and slightly wounding one Afghan andthree US soldiers,” Israr told Xinhua.

One Taleban militants was also killed at the siteof the blast, he further said.

The officer added that the militants wanted to usethe car bomb against security forces in the area butthe troops foiled their design.

Xinhua.

Car bomb near central Baghdadrestaurant kills three

A woman is helpedonto a small boat that

transports peopleover the Tigris Riverin central Baghdad,

Iraq, on 17 Dec,2009. Many civilians

use small boats tocross the Tigris Riverand avoid the traffic

jams and possibleattacks on the roads.

INTERNET

Spain to send 511 more troops to AfghanistanMADRID, 18 Dec — Spain’s Defence Minister has announced plans to send 511

more soldiers to Afghanistan in response to President Barack Obama’s request formore allied help to fight the Taleban.

Carme Chacon says most of the soldiers will train Afghan soldiers so the Kabulgovernment can eventually fend for itself.

The deployment needs approval from Spain’s Parliament. It would raise theSpanish troop presence in Afghanistan to more than 1,500.

Chacon told a parliamentary panel on Thursday that details of the deploymentwould be announced at a conference on Afghanistan next month in London.

In November, Spain sent an additional 200 troops.—Internet

Ali Hussein is seen after being injured in a car bombattack in Baghdad, Iraq, on 15 Dec, 2009. A seriesof car bombs ripped through downtown Baghdadnear the heavily fortified Green Zone.—INTERNET

In this handout picture re-ceived from The NetherlandsMinistry of Defence, a boatcontaining alleged Somali pi-rates is apprehended by theNetherlands warship Evertsenon 2 December. A band of sus-pected Somali pirates capturedby the Dutch Navy after a failedattack on a cargo ship are to befreed after no country wouldagree to prosecute them, Dutchofficials said on Thursday. INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 18 Dec — Acar bomb exploded out-side a popular restaurantin central Baghdad onThursday night, killingthree people and wound-ing 16 as diners were outenjoying the start to theirweekend, police and hos-pital officials said.

The explosion hap-pened around 7:10 pm.outside the City Chef res-taurant in the Karradahneighbourhood. Dinerswere among those in-jured, police said.

The officials were notauthorized to talk to themedia and spoke on con-

dition of anonymity.“I saw at least two cars

burning and screamingwomen running out of therestaurant,” said AliAhmed, 26, who washeaded to the City Chefwith a friend when theyheard the blast. “Somewounded people were onthe ground waiting forambulances.”

Ahmed said parts ofthe front of the restaurantwere damaged. The CityChef opened last sum-mer.

The attack happenedjust days after three carbombs were detonated

US drone strike kills 14 inPakistan’s tribal area

across the Tigris River,outside the Green Zone,and a week after suicidebombers killed 127 andwounded more than 500in Baghdad.

Iraqi security forceshave detained dozens ofpeople as suspects in thehorrific on 8 Dec suicidebombings, officials saidearlier on Thursday. Thatannouncement sought toclarify earlier remarks byPrime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that had appearedto link security forces tothe attacks.

At an hourlong newsconference on Wednes-day, al-Maliki cited thecontinuing investigationof the 8 Dec attacks. Hesaid several securityforces were involved inthe probe.—Internet.

ISLAMABAD, 18 Dec—A US drone aircraft onThursday fired volley ofmissiles in Pakistan’sNorth Waziristan tribalregion, killing at least 14people, locals said.

Missiles were fired inDegan and Ambur Shagaareas on the suspectedhideouts of the militants,killing 12 persons, theysaid.

It was the most seriousUS drone attack so far,tribesmen said.

Locals said that the USdrone fired missiles at oneplace and when the peo-ple were heading to thesite of the first blast topull the bodies and in-jured out of the rubblesmore missiles were fired.

Sources said that Arabmilitants were attacked inthe strike. However,tribesmen said localswere killed and injured.Some sources said thatseven foreigners were

among those killed in theattack.

It was the secondstrike in North Waziristanin one day. Earlier in themorning a strike in DattaKhel area killed two per-sons.

The drone struck mili-tants at a time when Pa-kistani forces have takencontrol of most of the ar-eas in the neighbouringSouth Waziristan. Offi-cials say that militantshave moved to NorthWaziristan and Orakzaitribal region.

MNA/Xinhua

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A Haitian girl collects water in a flood-affected area in Malpasse on 17 De-cember, 2009. Two of the ten countries which were more affected by climate

change between 1990 and 2008 belong to the Caribbean. —INTERNET

MEXICO CITY, 18 Dec—Latin American econo-mies were battered by theworldwide recession in2009, but escaped domes-tic crises in contrast to thestart of this decade whenglobal links triggered onecrisis after another in theregion.

SEOUL, 18 Dec—The South Korean governmentplans to wrap up the sale of Daewoo International Corpin the first half of next year as it seeks to retrieve pub-lic funds, a committee said on Friday.

According to the public fund oversight committee,the company’s creditors, led by the state-run debtclearer Korea Asset Management Corp (KAMCO),decided to unload a 68 percent stake, worth 2.2 tril-lion won (1.87 billion US dollars) in Daewoo.

The government will start with a 35.5 percent stakeheld by the KAMCO, and the sale process will be con-tinued throughout the first half of 2010, the commit-tee said.

POSCO, South Korea’s leading steelmaker, has re-portedly shown interest in joining the bid which kickedoff in October when a consortium of Merrill Lynch &accounting firm Samjong KPMG was picked as mainarranger. The South Korean government is pushing fora swift retrieval of the so-called ‘bailout funds’, whichthey formed to save the local financial market fallinginto a disorder from corporate bankruptcies amid the1997-98 Asian financial crisis.—Xinhua

PARIS, 18 Dec—France’s financial mar-kets watchdog on Thurs-day cleared 17 current andformer EADS aerospaceexecutives accused ofmaking millions in insidertrading linked to the Air-bus A380 superjumboproject.

Three firms — EADSitself and shareholdersChrysler and Lagardere

An Airbus A380. France’s financial markets watchdog on Thursday cleared17 current and former EADS aerospace executives accused of making

millions in insider trading linked to the Airbus A380 superjumbo project.INTERNET

MONTREAL, 18 Dec—Research In Motion Ltdwas hit by an email out-age on Thursday for itspopular Blackberry butthere were no problemswith the quarterly earn-ings of the Canadiansmartphone maker.

Besides releasing re-sults that surpassed theexpectations of WallStreet analysts, RIM alsoannounced that in addi-tion to China Mobile itwas adding China Tele-com as a Blackberry part-

PORTLAND, 18 Dec—Tiger Woods’ situationmay be worsening, but hiskey sponsor sees brighterdays ahead for its busi-ness.

Nike Inc, the world’slargest athletic shoe andclothing company, said onThursday its earningsdipped because of a salesdecline in its fiscal secondquarter. But companyleaders said they are see-ing hopeful signs of re-covery and consumer sen-timent around the worldafter several tough quar-ters.

Nike said its orders forgoods to be deliveredthrough the early springwere up 4 percent — ben-efiting from the weakerdollar and with significantgrowth in Western Eu-rope, China and emergingmarkets.

In the second quarter,Nike’s profit fell 4 percentto $375.4 million, or 76cents per share. Tight in-ventory and cost controlshelped it withstand an 8percent decline in revenueto $4.4 billion.—Internet

2009, difficult year forLatin American economies

In the long term, thecrisis may have positiveeffects on the top regionaleconomies because it ledto the G20 replacing theG8 as the world’s leadingeconomic group.

Since September’sPittsburgh summit, Brazil,Mexico and Argentinanow speak as peers to im-portant global economiessuch as the United States,China and the EuropeanUnion.

The G20 has made a

commitment to ensuringpoorer nations have betteraccess to financing andthe world has better safetymeasures to prevent fu-ture crises.

The economies ofMexico and Brazil, theregion’s two heavy-weights, have started togrow, lending strength toa recovery. But their dif-ferent economic ties withthe United States havetaken them on two paths.

Xinhua

France clears Airbus execsof insider trading

— were also cleared ofaccusations that they soldstock options becausethey knew the share pricewould slump when A380production delays wentpublic.

European aerospacemaker EADS is the parentcompany of Airbus.

The Financial MarketsAuthority (AMF) said ina report on the high-pro-

file investigation thatknowledge of the A380delays was not “privi-leged information” andtherefore there was nocase of insider trading.

Arnaud Lagardere,whose company was oneof the ones being investi-gated, said on televisionchannel Canal+ that hefelt “relief” at the ruling.

Internet

Record sales for Blackberry maker, adds China partner

Research In Motion Ltdwas hit by an email

outage on Thursday forits popular Blackberrybut there were no prob-lems with the quarterlyearnings of the Cana-

dian smartphone maker.INTERNET

ner in China.RIM reported a 58.5

percent rise in quarterlynet profit to 628.4 milliondollars. The Waterloo,Ontario-based companysaid revenue rose 41 per-cent to 3.92 billion dollarsin the third quarter of itsfinancial year.

It said it shipped arecord 10.1 million de-vices during the quarterwhich ended on 28 No-vember, including its 75millionth Blackberry.

Internet

Nike Q2 profitdips 4 percent;

futureorders rise

S Korean Gov’t to concludesale of Daewoo

International by June 2010

A construction worker works at the Octagonal Hallof the Shanghai Peace Hotel in Shanghai, the

economic and financial hub of China, on 17 Dec,2009. With a history of nearly one hundred years,

the landmark building in Shanghai began itsreconstruction and renovation to welcome visitors

all over the world by the time when ShanghaiExpo would be held next year.—XINHUA

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Egypt lifts gate of Isis fromunderwater

CAIRO, 18 Dec—Egypt on Thursday lifted a nine-ton gate of the goddess Isis which carved out of redgranite and discovered in the port area on the easterncoast of the Mediterranean Sea.

The gate is one of the rare artifacts discovered in1998 by an archaeological survey carried out by theGreek archaeological mission in cooperation with thediving team of the Department of the Sunken Antiqui-ties in Alexandria, said the Egyptian Minister of Cul-ture Farouk Hosni during the ceremony.

Hosni noted that a committee of the UNESCO wouldmeet with Egyptian archaeologists to study the estab-lishment of the museum under the waters of the Medi-terranean, it would be the first museum of its kindworldwide. Another part of the museum would be setup over the water surface taking the form of the light-house of Alexandria.—Xinhua

Chinese Premier meets Maldivian, Ethiopian,Bangladeshi, Grenadian, Sudanese leaders

UN agencies respond to deadlyoutbreak of cholera in NW KenyaUNITED NATIONS, 18 Dec—United Nations humani-

tarian agencies are providing emergency supplies andother forms of assistance to Kenyan government offi-cials as they respond to an outbreak of cholera in thenorthwest of the country that has left at least 26 peo-ple dead, UN officials said here on Thursday.

More than 200 cases of cholera have now been re-ported in the outbreak, the UN Office for the Coordi-nation of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Thurs-day, with most deaths occurring in relatively remoteand inaccessible areas.

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has providedhygiene and sanitation supplies and begun workingwith authorities in Turkana East District to finalize ajoint response plan to the outbreak.

Xinhua

Guatemala, PAHOsign medicine

purchasing pactMEXICO CITY, 18 Dec—

Guatemala’s Health Min-ister told media on Thurs-day that the nation hassigned an agreement withthe Pan-American HealthOrganization (PAHO) tobuy medicine and vaccinesagainst A/H1N1 flu.

The minister, LudwigOvalle, said that PAHO,the Regional Office for theAmericas of the WorldHealth Organization(WHO), will purchasemedicine and vaccines forGuatemala at a muchcheaper price than the na-tion does it by itself.

In late November, theWHO said it would donate1.3 million doses ofvaccines against A/H1N1flu to the nation, which hasseen 18 deaths from thedisease. The first some260,000 doses are set toarrive in January. The na-tion is currently experienc-ing a wave of cold tem-peratures which could in-crease the amount of flucases.—Xinhua

COPENHAGEN, 18 Dec—Chinese Premier WenJiabao said on Thursdaythat China and other devel-oping countries, includingunderdeveloped countries,small island states and Af-rican countries, all face thepressing tasks of economicdevelopment and eradica-tion of poverty.

Premier Wen made theremarks when he metPresident of the MaldivesMohammed Nasheed,Ethiopian Prime MinisterMeles Zenawi, Bangla-deshi Prime Minister

Sheikh Hasina, GrenadianPrime Minister TillmanThomas and SudanesePresidential AssistantNafie Ali Nafieon the is-sue of climate change onthe sidelines of the UN-ledtalks being held here.

Developing countriesare most severely affectedby climate change, Wensaid, adding that they sharea broad range of commoninterests, concerns and tar-gets in this regard.

The Chinese govern-ment understands the par-ticular situation and needs

of underdeveloped coun-tries, small island statesand African countries onthe issue of climate changeand urges developed coun-tries to support them interms of technology, fi-nance and capacity build-ing, Wen said.

China will continue itssupport and aid to thesecountries on agriculture,health care, education andclimate change in theframeworks of South-South cooperation and bi-lateral cooperation, hesaid.—Xinhua

A passenger takes apicture as he sits

aboard high speedtrain Sapsan in

Moscow, on 17 Dec,2009. Sapsan will

take passengers fromMoscow to St

Petersburg in 3 hoursand 45 minutes at a

top speed of 250kmph (155 miles per

hour).XINHUA

Somali pirates release Greek cargo shipFour found deadat Manhattan

building NEW YORK, 18 Dec—

The bodies of four homi-cide victims—three re-portedly from the samefamily—were found onThursday at a single ad-dress on New York City’sUpper West Side. Awoman suffered a grazewound.

The New York Timesdescribed the dead as agrandfather, father andson.

The fourth man was be-lieved to be the assailant,chief police spokesmanPaul Browne said.

An automatic pistol wasfound at the scene.

The woman, who wasnot immediately identi-fied, was taken to StLuke’s Hospital, whereshe was described as be-ing in stable conditionwith a “graze wound,” apolice spokeswoman toldXinhua.—Xinhua

Workers handle an ancient Egyptian granite tower that was retrieved from theMediterranean Sea, at Alexandria’s eastern harbour on 17 Dec, 2009. The

tower is a part of a pylon of the temple to Isis, and was found next to Cleopat-ra’s submerged mausoleum on the murky seabed.—INTERNET

Children sit in the helicopter of a merry-go-roundat a funfair inside Paris’ Grand Palais as part of

holiday activities in the French capital on 17 Dec,2009. —XINHUA

NAIROBI, 18 Dec—So-mali pirates have releaseda Greek cargo ship afterholding it for about sixweeks, a regional maritimeofficial confirmed on Fri-day. Andrew Mwangura,the East Africa Coordina-tor of Seafarers AssistanceProgramme (SAP) said theMV Delvina, which washijacked by pirates on 5

Nov, was freed by Somalipirates late Thursday.

“The MV Delvina wasfreed late Thursday andwas to reach Mombasa inthe next two days but is notmoving. She is drifting inone position where shewas being held captive,”Mwangura told Xinhua bytelephone from Mombasa.

All the crew in the

Green cargo ship whichwas seized in the IndianOcean are unharmed andare well despite their 43-day ordeal.

The cargo ship was hi-jacked northeast of theComoros Islands in theIndian Ocean. It had beensailing from Ukraine toMombassa in Kenya.

Xinhua

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

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NEWS ALBUM

In this 10 Dec, 2009 phototaken near Indonesia and

released by MuseumVictoria, a veined octopus,Amphioctopus marginatus

crawls along the oceanfloor holding one half of acoconut shell. Australianscientists have filmed the

octopus collecting coconutshells for shelter, unusu-ally sophisticated behav-iour that the researchers

believe is the first evidenceof tool use in an inverte-

brate animal.

A German visitor was caught tryingto leave New Zealand with 23 geckosand 20 skinks hidden in his underwear, acourt was told.

Hans Kubus, 58, was stopped atChristchurch Airport on Sunday afterchecking in, and was searched byCustoms staff.

A small package containing thereptiles was found in his underwear,prosecutor Mike Bodie told the

Tourist caught smuggling lizards in pants

A German visitor has been caughttrying to leave New Zealand with 23geckos and 20 skinks hidden in hisunderwear, a court has been told.

Christchurch District Court on Monday.“The package contained eight

separate compartments separatingvarious gecko and skink species,” hesaid. Kubus’ luggage also contained asingle gecko in a rolled up sock.

A total of 24 geckos were foundfrom five different species, as well as 20skinks from two species. The Germanadmitted trading geckos and takinggeckos and skinks from the wild withouta permit.

A black market trade in geckos existsin Europe and those taken by Kubuswould have had a street value of around50,000 dollars (35,850 US), Bodie said.

The value of the skinks was unknownbecause trading in that species had notpreviously been identified. Kubus wasdue to be sentenced on 25 January.

Britain’s Ministry of Defence hashad a close encounter of the credit crunchkind.

After more than 50 years of service,the ministry has shut down its UFOinvestigation unit, saying it could nolonger justify the cost of running theservice.

The ministry said it had found noevidence of a threat to Britain or proof ofthe existence of extra-terrestrials, despitethe public sending thousands ofreportings of UFOs to a ministry hotlineand email address.

It said it held no opinion on theexistence or otherwise of alien life, butadded it had “no specific capability foridentifying the nature of such sightings.”

“There is no defense benefit in suchinvestigation and it would be aninappropriate use of defence resources,”it said.

After 50 years, UK ministryshuts down UFO unit

BEIRUT, 18 Dec—The Lebanese army says at leastfour people have died and dozens are still missing af-ter a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship carrying cattlesank in stormy weather.

The army said on Friday that 38 of the 83 crewmembers have been rescued and that four bodies havebeen retrieved. Rescue operations are continuing de-spite high waves. The ship was believed to have beensailing from Uruguay to Syria.

Andrea Tenenti, a spokesman for the UNIFILpeacekeeping force, identified the vessel as the DannyF II. It went down on Thursday afternoon some 11miles (17 kilometres) from the Lebanese port city ofTripoli.

The crew members were from Britain, Australia,Russia, Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan, the Philippines andUruguay, the state-run National News Agency re-ported.—Internet

Rescue workers help a survivor of a sunkenPanama ship after he was rescued off the port ofTripoli in northern Lebanon, on 17 December,

2009. —XINHUA

MIAMI, 18 Dec—Locked up 35 years for child rapeand kidnapping, James Bain was finally set free by aFlorida judge after a DNA test proved he was inno-cent of the crimes.

“Mr Bain, I’m now signing the order... you’re afree man. Congratulations,” the judge told the 54-year-old as his family and friends in the courtroom brokeout in applause.

Outside the courtroom, Bain told reporters he heldno grudge.

“No, I’m not angry, because I’ve got God... I’mgoing home with my family... and I will stay in touchwith my lawyers,” he said. Bain’s ordeal with the lawbegan when in 1974, at the age of 19, he was sen-tenced to life in prison for kidnapping and raping anine-year-old boy.—Internet

A technician prepares vials for DNA testing at alaboratory. Locked up 35 years for child rape andkidnapping, James Bain was finally set free by a

Florida judge after a DNA test proved he wasinnocent of the crimes.—INTERNET

Four dead so far in cargoship sinking

SAN’A, 18 Dec—Yemeni security forces struck sus-pected al-Qaeda hide-outs and training sites on Thurs-day, and officials said at least 34 militants were killed,in an unusually heavy assault as Washington pressesthe deeply unstable country for tougher action againstthe terror network.

Witnesses, however, put the number killed at over60 in the heaviest strike and said the dead were mostlycivilians, including women and children. They deniedthe target was an al-Qaeda stronghold, and one pro-vincial official said only 10 militant suspects died.

Internet

WASHINGTON, 18 Dec—Despite several recalls andwarnings, the number of reported baby deaths linkedto defective Simplicity cribs has risen to 11.

The most recent death occurred in September whena 7-month-old child from Princeton, Ky, became en-trapped in the crib when a part of it broke, the Con-sumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday.

The agency also said it’s aware of 25 other inci-dents involving drop-side parts detaching from Sim-plicity cribs.

The recall of Simplicity-manufactured cribs beganin December 2005. More than 2 million Simplicitydrop-side cribs have been recalled so far because ofproblems with their plastic hardware. Some of the re-called cribs have the Graco logo and Winnie the Poohmotif.

Internet

Yemen claims 34 killed in raidon Qaeda hide-outs

DNA test sets US inmate freeafter 35 years in jail

A 2-year-old boy has as many as 50metal sewing needles inside his body,apparently stuck there one by one, adoctor treating him said Wednesday.Brazilian media said the boy’s ex-step-father was detained.

Dr. Luiz Cesar Soltoski told The As-sociated Press that surgeons hope to re-move most of the needles — some aslong as 2 inches (5 centimeters) — butthose in the lungs will have to wait untilthe child’s breathing improves.

Some needles cannot be removed asthey are too close to vital organs or eveninside organs, Soltoski said.

The boy’s mother, a maid, took himto a hospital in the small northeasterncity of Ibotirama last Thursday, saying

Brazil toddler has 50 sewing needles in-side body

he was complaining of pain. Three dayslater, after X-rays revealed many of theneedles, doctors moved him to a largerhospital in the nearby city of Barreiras.

The mother told police she didn’tknow how the needles got inside herson, whose name was not released be-cause of his age. But police Wednes-day night detained an ex-stepfather ofthe boy who confessed, according toBrazil’s Globo TV. It reported the mansaid he inserted the needles with thehelp of two women who were not iden-tified.

11 baby deaths now linked toSimplicity cribs

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(from page 1)From 1999 to 2002, he was a

deputy secretary of the CPC FujianProvincial Committee and acting gov-ernor and governor of Fujian Prov-ince.

From 2002 to 2003, he was adeputy secretary and Secretary of theCPC Zhejiang Provincial Committeeand acting governor of Zhejiang Prov-

Profile of PRC Vice President…ince.

From 2003 to 2007, he was a secre-tary of the CPC Zhejiang ProvincialCommittee and Chairman of the Stand-ing Committee of the Zhejiang Provin-cial People’s Congress.

In 2007, he was a secretary of theCPC Shanghai Municipal Committee.

From 2007 to 2008, he was a mem-ber of the Standing Committee of the

Political Bureau of the CPC CentralCommittee, member of the Secretariatof the CPC Central Committee, andpresident of Party School of the CPCCentral Committee. In 2008, he servedas Member of the Standing Committeeof the Political Bureau of the CPC Cen-tral Committee, member of the Secre-tariat of the CPC Central Committee,vice president of PRC and president ofParty School of the CPC Central Com-mittee and alternate member of the 15th

Senior General Than Shwe and wife…(from page 1)

Defence, Commander-in-Chief(Navy) Vice-Admiral Nyan Tun,Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen

Myat Hein, senior military officersof the Ministry of Defence, command-ers of military commands, ministers,senior military officers, deputy min-

isters, the Mandalay Mayor, officialsof the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Office, the Commander ofPyinOoLwin Station and senior mili-tary officers of PyinOoLwin Station,the Commandant of DSTA, the chief

instructor officer, commanding offic-ers of the cadet battalions, profes-sors/deans, faculty members, gradu-ate officers and their parents and rela-tives.

MNA

CPC Central Committee, member of16th and 17th CPC Central Committes,and member of the Political Bureau ofthe 17th CPC Central Committee, mem-ber of the Standing Committee of thePolitical Bureau of the 17th CPC Cen-tral Committee and member of theSecretariat of the 17th CPC CentralCommittee. He was elected as the vicepresident of PRC at the first session ofthe 11th National People’s Congress.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 18Dec—Chairman ofRakhine State Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of WesternCommand Maj-GenThaung Aye togetherwith Minister forTransport Maj-Gen

Thandwe Airport runway in course ofextension

Thein Swe yesterdayvisited Thandwe Airportin Rakhine State.

The commander andthe minister heardreports on progress inrenovation of the airport,extension of the runway,stockpiling of materials

to be used in work. Theminister then gaveinstructions on tasks forbeautifying the environsof the airport, extensionand repair work, timelycompletion of projects,safety measures andurged the staff to have a

sense of duty.The commander and

the minister inspectedgroundword forextension of runway,landing of aircrafts andgave necessaryinstructions.

MNA

Construction of Upper YeywaHydropower Project going on

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Dec—Minister for Electric PowerNo. 1 Col Zaw Min whoaccompanied the Head ofState in his inspection tour,together with Director-General U Myint Zaw ofHydropower Departmenton 16 December visitedUpper Yeywa HydropowerProject.

At the briefing hall ofthe director of No. 2Construction Groupreported to the minister onlocation of the project,construction of roads to theproject, chosen site for dam,chosen places forconstruction of intaketunnel and diversion tunnel,chosen site for constructionof power station, conditionof rock layers according togeological survey, andfuture programmes. Theminister called forcompletion of work at thetop of the agenda in seasonand inspected the chosen

site for construction of thedam and stones from SeinLun quarry.

The minister thencordially greetedcommunity elders and localresidents from Taunggyayvillage near the project.

Yeywa HydropowerProject (Upper) is builtacross Dokhtawady riverin Kyaukme Township, 65miles upstream of YeywaHydropower Project. Theriver was dammed andhydropower projects arebeing implemented alongit—Yeywa HydropowerProject as the first phaseand Upper YeywaHydropower Project as thesecond. The Upper YeywaHydropower Project willbe a 140-megawattelectricity supplier.—MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Thaung Aye and Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe inspectextension of the runway of Thandwe Airport.—TRANSPORT

Minister for Electric Power No. 1 Col Zaw Min inspects Upper Yeywa Hydropower Project.—MNA

4th Inter-SchoolSenior Cricket

Challenge Shield2009 on 22 Dec

YANGON, 18 Dec—Jointly organized by No. 3Basic EducationDepartment and MyanmarCricket Federation, 4th

Inter-School Senior CricketChallenge Shield 2009 willbe held from daily 22 to 27December at the sportground of No. 1 BasicEducation High School inLanmadaw Township here.

A total of 10 teams willparticipate in men’s eventand six in women’s.Myanmar Cricket Fede-ration will award K 70,000for first prize winner, K40,000 for second and K20,000 for third.—MNA

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We favour peace and stabilityChit Naing (Psychology)

“I think it is a natural phenomenon that if anythingor anyone took a wrong place, then they would becomedirty. We should be well aware of how important it isto live in a right place.”

Saya Aung Thin(Shin-bayin-babe & the book on Shwepyikan

articles- P-60Former British Prime Minister Lord Paul Marston

once wrote: “Dirt is not dirt; it is a thing that is wronglyplaced.”

In this context, Saya Aung Thin said one feels sickwhen a hair is in one’s plate. If one’s hair cream is onhis face, he removes it as dirt. When one’s facialpowder is down on the mirror, he shakes it off. It isexplained in detail in the article titled ‘Hmatthade’.One must know his own place. One must be in his rightplace. If one stands firm in a wrong place, no benefitwill be reaped for him, for his surroundings as well asfor the whole world.

Welcome, if you show positive attitude.If you show negative attitude, then it will adversely

affect others. Why don’t you show positive attitude?Never too late.

“The blessing of a person goes together with thatof the human society. Only if peace and stability of thehuman society prevails, will a person enjoy a peacefullife. So everyone has a bounden duty to make theirenvironment and society peaceful.

Sayagyi Paragu(Japan Book, P-127)

A little frog can see the sky over the rim of its wellwith the limited diameter. The frog thinks the sky is toowide as much as it could see. When it reaches on thewell rim, it will see that the sky is far wider than it hasthought.

Without boundaries, a place is spacious.It is necessary not to stick to unacceptable

wants and demands. Retrospection is not necessarywhen impossible. Yesterday has gone. We have tolook straight at the present. Like or dislike,prevailing conditions can be seen right now. Thefuture can be shaped depending on the presentsituations. Pragmatism is important. We cannotbuild a castle in the air.

In the post-Cold War, a symbol emerged. It wasInternet Website. What is the indication of the Website?

Now is the age of cooperation by seeking commongoals rather than heated disagreement focusing ondifferent opinions. It is known to all that there havebeen instances of successes by using such a way ofthinking.

The more narrow-minded attitude one has, themore difficulty one will have to live. And thisconcept is concerned with everyone.

It is not possible for a person to sit on the fence if hesticks to destructive acts instead of participating inmaking the human society peaceful without discardinghis negative attitude when his desire is not met.

Why not one builds confidence? Honesty is requiredin building confidence. When one acts dishonestly, theother knows it. But such a dishonest act may be forgivenwith kindness and patience like parents’ showing loving-kindness towards their children. How much has thenation lost due to various hindrances and disturbances?Let bygones be bygones as the nation no longer wantsto remember the bitter experiences of the past.

Honesty is Sila (a good practice).There is nothing that does not emerge from practising

Sila.There is no other tool as strong as loving-kindness.The sweet smell of Sila can spread far beyond the

wall of the universe. The blessings of Sila are countless.Every race, every religion or every custom must

practise Sila. If one does not know how to value one’sculture and tradition, law and Sila, one will only sufferbecause of one’s own fault.

The dishonest act has been forgiven one or twotimes. But according to Dhamma, doing insincere actsagain and again is unacceptable. Only a person whorespects Dhamma will be protected by Dhamma.

If one wants to enjoy peace and tranquility, onewill have to take part in making one’s own nationand people peaceful. It is totally wrong for a personto think that he can prevent the nation frombecoming peaceful and prosperous. Anyone cannotblock people’s desire to see the nation develop inorder to keep abreast of the internationalcommunity. They have their ability to overcomeany difficulties.

I don’t want anyone suffering from evil consequenceof preventing the people’s strength. Doing everythingwith care and consideration is the best. I don’t hate anybeings. I don’t want to see harm to anyone.

If you help others, then you help yourself.Serving own interest at expense of others’ is driven

by a wrong concept. The dream of such a selfish personwill never come true. They are now dreaming of a newera. But how can they serve the interest of humansociety if they keep on centering their interest, showingtotal disregard for the opinion of others and expendingthe interest of the people?

“For the youth, receiving a legacy of educationalone is not enough. In that context, we have to nurtureand guide our children in order that they become uprightwith good moral conduct and a heart of gold.”

Saya Chit San Win“Good Legacy and Evil Legacy Book”, Page-117Our country lies between two Asian giants. Our

country stands 50th in order of size on the list of 200world countries. But, ours is not a very small country.The area of England or Japan, for example, is half ofour country’s. France and Germany are not as big asour country.

Due to our country’s vast area, it does not mattereven if the population reaches over 100 million.Myanmar’s population is extremely sparse if comparedwith that of the country with a population of over 1000million to the north, and the country with a populationof over 1000 million to the west of our country. Andour country’s military power is nothing if comparedwith their navies, air forces, and atomic bombs.Myanmar still exists due to being a brave people.

Our ancestors were capable enough to live on, asevidenced by the fact that they had made their home inthe nation for hundreds of years. Our country has seensigns of progress.

In his article featured in Tharapa Magazine, LuduSein Win said, “There is nothing like our motherland.”He also said that a person cannot automatically havea sense of patriotism by just claiming that he loveshis country. He will come to love his country only ifhe has known why his country deserves admirationand how his country should be loved. Otherwise, itis out of the question. By traveling around the nation,a citizen can know facts about his country and his ownpeople thoroughly. In that regard, making an around-the-nation trip works more beautifully to know thegeographical features and traditions of own peoplethan giving lip services.

If so, a citizen can have a first-hand experience ofhow much beautiful Myanmar’s geographical featuresare; how much Myanmar is rich in natural resources;and Myanmar people’s innate nature of being helpfuland big-hearted, he said.

Moreover, he said that he can know the extent ofthe difference between Myanmar culture and that ofthe cities in other countries.

He also stated that Myanmar people are ofconsiderable intellect by nature with high innovativepower. The youth of today in Myanmar are highlyintelligent, as well.

What we are working is not in the interest of thepeople at the age of 60 to 70 alone. The major duty isto lay foundations for development of the nation in theinterest of our posterity. We have made a lot ofsacrifices, showed forbearance, stuck to forget-and-forgive practice, and built national reconsolidation andensured non-disintegration of the Union at theunprecedented level in discharging national duties.

Visionary leaders of successive periods managedto guard the motherland against outside threats meantto harm the independence and sovereignty. Now, thenation has been unified far strongly than ever, and thenation will be handed over to future generations in linewith the State constitution in 2010.

We have yet to hand down the legacy of uprightnessand the legacy of good morality and magnanimity tothe youth. The people should stay away from plottingagainst others, entertaining rumours and hearsays, andchiding each other for small matters.

We should play an exemplary role in nurturing theyouth. It is time we drove out provocateurs disguisedas peacemakers, and work together to generate a betterfuture of our nation.

Translation: ST + MS

It is necessary not to stick to unacceptable wants anddemands. Retrospection is not necessary when impossible.Yesterday has gone. We have to look straight at thepresent. Like or dislike, prevailing conditions can be seenright now. The future can be shaped depending on thepresent situations. Pragmatism is important. We cannotbuild a castle in the air.

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YANGON, 18 Dec—Asia Light ElectricalAccessories opened itsnew show room at No (16/17), East wing of AungSan Stadium on UpperPansodan Road inMingala TaungnyuntTownship here today.

Ceiling Lamp, DownLight and Spot Light, GateLamp, Garden Lamp,Water Proof Lamp,Security Lamp, WallLamp, Stand Lamp, TableLamp, Crystals Lamp,Sodium Lamp, SolarizeLawn Lamp, electronicwires and switches are

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Dec—The opening of the 48th

Defence Services Commander-in-Chief’s TrophyFootball Tournament (2009) took place at No (1)football ground here yesterday afternoon.

48th Tatmadaw Football Tourney begins

managers of the football teams.The commander watched the match between Camp

Commandant’s Office of the Ministry of Defence andEastern Command teams.—MNA

On behalf of the Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices, Commander of Nay Pyi Taw CommandMaj-Gen Wai Lwin delivered a speech.

It was attended by senior military officers and

Construction of Cyclone Shelters instorm-hit regions in progress

NAY PYI TAW, 18Dec—A coordinationmeeting on progress ofwork in construction ofCyclone Shelters in storm-hit regions in Ayeyawadyand Yangon Divisionswas held at the office ofPublic Works (YangonDivision) yesterdaymorning, attended by

Deputy Minister forConstruction Brig-GenMyint Thein, ChiefEngineer (Bridge)(Advisor) U Khin MaungOo, Chief Engineer(Building) (Advisor) UNyunt Maung San, andofficials of Public Worksand personnel fromprivate companies.

The deputy ministergave instructions oncompletion of the workon schedule meeting theset standard and AdvisorChief Engineers madesupplementary reports onrequired technologies andpersonnel from companieson progress of the work.

MNA

New Asia Light Electrical Accessoriesshow room to be opened

displayed at the showroom. Various designs ofDiamond shaped andCrystal Ceiling Lampproduced by EgyptianAsfour Crystal Companyand switches of C-MetroE-3000 Series andZencelo Series producedby Schneider Companythrough GermanTechnology are also ondisplay. The customerswill be able to buy thosehigh standard products,which are ensuring safetyfor electrical uses andappropriate for homedecoration, at reasonable

prices. The lamps andbulbs can be switchedthrough sensors of humantemperature, shadow andsound. Various sensors arealso on sale.

The show rooms ofAsia Light ElectricalAccessories have beenopened between No. 97 andNo. 30 Streets (Ph:0209421 and 0274655) andat No. 269 between No. 26and (83x84) Streets (Ph:0266655 and 0272300).One may contact the showrooms Asia Light throughEmail: [email protected]. —MNA

YANGON, 18 Dec—Director-General U Soe KoKo of Education andTraining Departmentunder the Ministry forProgress of Border Areasand National Races andDevelopment Affairs met

Website and mobile applicationcompetitions to be held

YANGON, 18 Dec—With a view to enhancingthe skill of computertechnology andinnovation, enabling theyouth to take interests incomputer technology andreaching internationallevel, Myanmar ComputerFederation, MyanmarComputer Entrepreneurs’Association and MyanmarComputer Professional

Association will holdwebsite and mobileapplication competitions.

Participants are tosend their projects withtwo sets of CD. They areto deliver application formtogether with objectives,features, market potential,uniqueness, technologyand benefits of site /application to the officeof MCEA and MCPA,

Myanmar Info-Tech,Hline Township here by30 December (noon).

Cash awards,certificates and MyanmarICT Awards 2009 will bepresent. For moreinformation, visitwww.myanmarictawards.org,www.mcpamyanmar.organd www.mcia-myanmar.org.

MNA

Director-General inspects CentralTraining School

with the staff and traineeswho were attendingcourses and gaveinstructions on academicmatters at the CentralTraining School ofEducation and TrainingDepartment in Dagon

Myothit (North) Townshipyesterday morning.

He met with traineeswho were attending thespecia l vocationalinstructor course No 2of and fulf i l led therequire-ments.

The director-generalinspected the workshop ofParahita (Tiger) School.

MNA

YANGON, 18 Dec—Police Captain Myint Kyiand party of YangonDivision Wireless TrafficPolice Force gaveeducation talks on traffic

Educative talks on traffic rules inMayangon and Shwepyitha Townships

rules to teachers andstudents at No. 29 BasicEducation Middle Schoolin Mayangon Townshipon 16 December morning,and to car owners and

drivers and conductors atoffice of War VeteranOrganization inShwepyitha Township atnoon.

MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Wai Lwin delivers a speech at opening of the 48th Defence Services Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy FootballTournament (2009).—MNA

Newly-opened

show roomof AsiaLight

ElectricalAccessorieson UpperPansodanRoad inMingala

TaungnyuntTownship.

UMFCCI

DONATE BLOOD

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NAY PYI TAW, 18 Dec—TV Guide Volum-1No.24 will be published on Friday, 18 December.

The guide carries programmes of about Rihanna,Featured Artist of December through MRTVchannel, American Idol programme through StarWorld channel, two famous world tennis playersthrough Star Sport channel, football match previewsof EPL through ESPN, coastal reef from Indonesiathrough Net Geo Wild channel, Project Runway 5:Rock N’ Runway for Fashion Industry throughTravel &Living channel, about Mummy of famousQueen who was more powerful than Cleopatrathrough Discovery channel, programmes of MRTV-4 and others.

MNA

TV Guide in circulation

Medal Standing in XXV SEA Games

Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total

Thailand 86 83 97 266Vietnam 83 75 57 215Indonesia 43 53 74 170Malaysia 40 40 59 139Philippines 38 35 51 124Singapore 33 30 35 98Laos 33 25 52 110Myanmar 12 22 37 71Cambodia 3 10 27 40Brunei 1 1 8 10Timor Leste 0 0 3 3

Ministry of Livestock andFisheries holds coord

meetingNAY PYI TAW, 18

Dec—Ministry ofLivestock and Fisheriesheld its coordinationmeeting at the ministryon 16 December, with anaddress by Minister forLivestock and FisheriesBrig-Gen Maung MaungThein.

The minister thenpresented cash awards tochildren of staff ofLivestock, Feedstuff andDairy ProductsEnterprise, LivestockBreeding and VeterinaryDepartment, FisheriesDepartment, LivestockBreeding and Fisheries

Development Bank andUniversity of VeterinaryScience and BeekeepingDepartment who passedmatriculation exa-mination for 2008-2009with flying coloursthrough directors-generaland managing directors.

Next, President UKyaw Lwin of LivestockBreeding and FisheriesDevelopment Bank,Director-General DrMyint Thein of LivestockBreeding and VeterinaryDepartment, DeputyDirector-General DrMyint Than ofBeekeeping Department,

MPEC to open ProfessionalApplication Developer Course in Jan

YANGON, 18 Dec—Myanmar Professionals

application developercourse for bachelordegree, master degree, orhigher diploma holders inInformation Technologyand related fields whowant to work asprofessional applicationdevelopers.

The four-monthcourse will be opened inthe first week of January2010. The curriculumcovers Introduction toMicrosoft, NETFramework, ObjectOriented Programming inC #. NET, Web BasedApplication with ASP.NET, Window FormApplication with VisualC #, AJAX Technologyand other essentialsubjects.

Those who havecompleted the course canenter IT industry as aprofessional applicationdeveloper with full of self-confidence. Thosewishing to attend thecourse may register atMyanmar ProfessionalsEducation Centre, No.112, Room (11/12), 8th

miles, Pyay Road,Mayangon Township,here, Ph: 668779, 668259and 650124.

MNA

YANGON, 18 Dec—Inthe final day of the XXVSEA Games in Vientianeof Laos, selectedMyanmar Sepak Takrawteam won two gold in

Myanmar win two moregold and one more silver

Education Centre willopen professional

men’s and women’sdouble Sepak Takrawevent whereas Min Swewon sliver in 55-70 kiloMartial Arts Contestyesterday.—MNA

The best time to plant a tree was 20

years ago.

The second best time is now.

Flowers in full bloom at National Kandawgyi Gardens.MNA (News on page 16)

Ministers view progress in upgrading of National Kandawgyi Gardens in PyinOoLwin.MNA (News on page 16)

Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein deliversan address at work coordination meeting.—L&F

Acting Rector Dr TinNgwe of University ofVeterinary Science,Acting ManagingDirector Dr Pyae Sone ofLivestock, Feedstuff andDairy Products Enter-prise, Director-GeneralU Khin Ko Lay ofFisheries Departmentreported to the ministeron work progress andfuture plans.

The minister stressedthe needs and madeconcluding remarks.

MNA

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Venezuela’s Chavez sees USthreat in Dutch islands

COPENHAGEN, 18 Dec—Hugo Chavez accused theNetherlands on Thursdayof allowing the UnitedStates to use Dutchislands off Venezuela’sCaribbean coast to pre-pare a possible militaryattack against his country.

The Venezuelan leadersaid the US military, toprepare for a possible of-fensive, has sent intelli-gence agents, war shipsand spy planes to Aruba,

Curacao and Bonaire,which are self-governingDutch islands.

“They are three islandsin Venezuela’s territorialwaters, but they are stillunder an imperial regime:the Netherlands,” Chavezsaid during a speech at aclimate change confer-ence in Denmark. “Eu-rope should know that theNorth American empire isfilling these islands withweapons, assassins,

American intelligenceunits, and spy planes andwar ships.”

In Washington, StateDepartment spokesmanIan Kelly denied that USmilitary personnel in theCaribbean are planning toattack Venezuela.

“These allegations arebaseless. These are rou-tine exercises. We seekcooperation with the re-gion,” Kelly said.

Internet

S Korea, EU sign MoU on cultural exchanges

Farmers return to erupting Philippine volcano

Former Syrian PresidentAmin Hafez dies at 89

DAMASCUS,18 Dec—Former Syrian President AminHafez, who was brought to power by a military couponly to be overthrown three years later, has died at theage of 89. One of those who served as an adviser to theformer strongman, Monzer Mosaly, says Hafez died onThursday of cancer.

Hafez became President in a 1963 coup, but BaathParty radicals drove him from power three years later.Among the fighters who had a part in toppling him wasHafez Assad, who became President four years laterand ruled Syria with an iron fist for three decades.

Hafez lived in exile in Iraq after his overthrow. Hereturned to his homeland in 2003 after the US-led inva-sion of Iraq.—Internet

Italy’s security to be increased after failed bomb attacks

SEOUL, 18 Dec—TheSouth Korean Ministry ofCulture, Sports, and Tour-ism and the EuropeanUnion Chamber of Com-merce in Korea (EUCCK)signed a memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) oncultural development co-operation on Friday.

South Korean CultureMinister Yu In-chon andChairman of the EUCCKJean-Marie Hurtigersigned the deal on Fridaymorning.

“I expect to see substan-

tial growth in cultural andtourism exchanges be-tween South Korea andthe European Union (EU),which have been quite in-active in the past, throughthis agreement,” Yu saidupon settling the accord.

Following this deal, thetwo sides are expected towork on co-hosting a filmfestival during the Groupof 20 financial summitthat is to be held in Seoulnext year, and cooperateon building joint institutesin areas involving

eSports, animation, andtourism, the release said.

The move comes asSouth Korea seeks to pro-mote stronger ties be-tween the two sides in ar-eas such as culture, arts,and tourism and to builda foundation for better in-stitutional structures, es-pecially as the South Ko-rea-EU free trade deal isexpected to be ratifiednext year, the culture min-istry said in a Press re-lease.

Xinhua

A workman cleans the floor in the Bella Centre as negotiators workedthrough the night to form a draft text at the UN Climate Change Conference

2009 in Copenhagen on 18 Dec, 2009.—INTERNET

A partial aerial viewof the man-made

Palm Jumeirah islandbuilt by Nakheel

property giant off thecoast of Dubai. AbuDhabi’s last-minutelifeline to debt-ladenDubai, which pre-vented a potential

major default, was aninterest-bearing

commercial loan andnot a handout, a

government-owneddaily has said.

INTERNET

ROME, 18 Dec—TheItalian government an-nounced on Thursday thattighter national securitymeasures will be exam-ined after two bombs werediscovered in separate lo-cations in northern Italythis week.

An anarchist group hasclaimed responsibility forthe partially explodedbomb found at Bocconi’sMilan University onWednesday as well as aletter bomb sent to an im-

migrant centre in thenortheast region ofFriuli-Venezia Giulia onTuesday. Italian InteriorMinister Roberto Maronisaid the government wasvery concerned about thetwo bombs and did not un-derestimate their signifi-cance.

“It is a serious thing,these actions are occurringin several cities, in Milanand in Friuli, but also otherplaces,” Maroni said. “Weare giving a great deal of

attention to these eventsand looking at measures totake to avoid their spread-ing in the country.”

As investigations intothe bombs continue, au-thorities fear there may bemore attacks.

One partially explodedbomb, discovered at theBocconi University in Mi-lan, was claimed by an an-archist group inspired byChilean left-wing anar-chist Mauricio Morales.

Xinhua

LEGASPI, 18 Dec—Farmers have be-gun returning to the foothills of the Phil-ippines’ most active volcano despite anincreasing flow of lava from the moun-tain, officials said on Friday.

The picturesque Mayon volcano con-tinued to spout spectacular fountains ofash into the sky amid a series of minoreruptions, heightening concerns that amajor explosion could occur at any time.

Earthquakes inside Mayon also in-creased due to the enormous pressure ofthe ever-increasing amount of lava onits slopes, according to the government’svolcanology institute.

“The important thing is that people

Plumes of ash and smoke streamfrom the top of the Mayon volcano in

the Philipine town of Legazpi inNovember. —INTERNET

should not be in those danger zones whena hazardous explosion happens,” saidchief government volcanologist RenatoSolidum.—Internet

The floral houses of the Royal Castle of Laeken in Brussels, seen under thesnow on 18 Dec, 2009.—INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BANGKHONTHI VOY NO ( )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BANG-KHONTHI VOY NO ( ) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 19.12.2009 and cargo willbe discharged into the premises of S.P.W6 where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claim Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S PHULSAWAT SHIPPINGCO.,LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG XIU VOY NO (9060)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG XIUVOY NO (9060) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 19.12.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claim Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S CHINA SHIPPING(MALAYSIA) AGENCY SDN BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

MINISTRY OF INFORMATION

MYANMA RADIO AND TELEVISION

INVITATION TO TENDER

1. Sealed tenders are invited for Myanma Radio andTelevision for the following equipment:

(1) 3KW UHF TV Transmitter System (Dual Cast) 2 Sets -Dual Power Amplifier ( Analogue/ Digital) -Output Coaxial Equipment & Channel Combiner -Programme Input and Monitoring Equipment &

Audio/ Video Power & RF Cabling Material(2) Antenna System for 3 KW TV.TX & RF Feeder Cable 2 Sets(3) 100 Metre Guyed Tower Complete Set 1 Lot(4) Automatic Voltage Regulator & Power Distribution

Board for TV.TX 2 Nos(5) Generator (Diesel Open type,3Ø, 65KVA, 380 V.50 Hz) 2 Nos(6) Supervision Commissioning and site training 2 Lots

2. Tender closing date/time will be on 30.12.2009 at 16:30 hrs.

3. Tender documents are available at the below mentioned address.

Procurement CommitteeMinistry of Information

Myanma Motion Picture EnterpriseNo.28, Kokkine Yeiktha Street,

Bahan Township, YangonPh: 534574, 536029

Deep sea freediver pushesendurance to the limit

Freediver Sara Campbell poses withher World Championships silver

medal, in central London. Campbellis on a mission to stretch the limits of

human beings even further, swim-ming deeper still into the murky

ocean depths on just a single gulp ofair.—INTERNET

LONDON, 18 Dec—Briton SaraCampbell is on a mission to stretch thelimits of the human body — diving downinto the murky ocean depths for minutesat a time, on a single gulp of air.

Extreme depth freedivers swim downand back as far as possible, while cop-ing with pressure that crushes their lungsto the size of a lemon and would wrecktheir eardrums if they were not careful.

And the record-breaking Briton admit-ted it is tough. “Each dive is a phenom-enal physical and mental challenge,” the37-year-old told AFP. “Your body goesthrough very extreme changes.

“Your heart rate drops, all the bloodcomes to the centre of your body, andthen that blood starts to fill the lung tis-sues so that the air spaces can contracteven more.

“For every 10 metres (yards) that youdescend, the pressure doubles, so thatmeans your lungs halve in size. So downat 90 metres, 100 metres, they’re about aninth, tenth of the size.”

Internet

Mudslide kills nine, destroyshouses in Peru Andes

AYACUCHO, 18 Dec—A storm-loosened wave of mudand rocks rolled through the streets of Ayacucho in thePeruvian Andes, killing at least nine people while de-stroying homes and cars, authorities said on Thursday.Wednesday’s mudslide came to within a block of thecentral plaza in the mountain city of 150,000 people.

Senior Cabinet Minister Javier Velasquez said ninevictims were confirmed dead and 23 injured, three ofwhom were still hospitalized for fractured bones.

Authorities declared a state of emergency and wereon guard for further slides in the region, where mete-orologists predicted continued intense rains in the com-ing days.—Internet

French militarysatellite launchdelayed againPARIS, 18 Dec—The

launch of French militaryobservation satelliteHelios 2B has to be de-layed once again, anArianespace official an-nounced on Thursday afew minutes after thescheduled liftoff timepassed.

The liftoff was origi-nally scheduled at around1626 GMT on 9 Dec fromthe Kourou launch siteof Arianespace in FrenchGuiana, SouthernAmerica, but an “anomalyof the launcher” firstlypostponed the launch to on17 Dec.—Xinhua

Giving the gift of higher IQ

Reason to AF447 crash still unknown

CLEVELAND, 18 Dec—AUS pediatrician advisesveering away from videoswhen giving gifts to smallchildren.

Dr Michael Macknin, apediatrician at ClevelandClinic Children’s Hospital,says a study found infants8-16 months old whowatched popular babyeducation videos for morethan one hour a day scored17 points lower on verbaltests than peers.

Cartoon watchers, hesays, had verbal scores thatwere 11 points lower.However, reading to chil-dren improved their verbalscores by 12 points.

The American Acad-emy of Pediatrics suggests

total screen time be limitedto one to two hours perday, maximum, for videoviewing, television andcomputer time combined,Macknin says. Less screentime has been linked to lessobesity and less violentbehaviour, as well,

Macknin says.Macknin also advises

the perfect gift is a helmet.“Always add a safety

helmet when giving a bike,skateboard, scooter orrollerblades,” Mackninsays in a statement.

Internet

PARIS, 18 Dec—France’s Bureau of Inves-tigation and Analysis(BEA) published onThursday its second reporton the crash of the AirFrance airliner AF447 thatfell into the Atlantic, whichoutlined the latest progressbut said the real cause ofthe tragedy is still un-known.

Six months after the ac-cident that killed 228 peo-

ple on board, the search-ing teams have found moredebris, based on which, thereport confirmed that “theairplane struck the surfaceof the water pitch-up, witha slight bank and a highvertical speed” while oxy-gen masks and all life jack-ets hadn’t be used.

Its first report releasedon 2 July said that theproblem of the airspeedsensors, called pitot tubes,

was broken and broughtmass criticism. The secondreport confirmed the incor-rect readings provided bythe defaulted pitot tubeswas “one element amonga chain of events that havecaused the accident” butexcluded it as the only rea-son.

This time, the analysisbureau suggested the Eu-ropean Aviation SafetyAgency (EASA) “modifythe certification criteria” ofpitot tubes at the end of thereport, saying recent testsfound out some equip-ment, in particular the pitotprobes “do not appear tobe well-adapted to flightsat high altitude.”

It also recommendedEASA “undertake studiesto determine with appro-priate precision the com-position of cloud masses athigh altitude.”—Xinhua

Photo taken in Novem-

ber 2009 shows the

night view in Macao

Special Administrative

Region (SAR) in south

China. The 10th anniver-

sary of Macao’s return

to the motherland will

fall on 20 Dec this year.

XINHUA

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Robot records deepest eruptingundersea volcano

SAN FRANCISCO, 18 Dec— Scientists have recordedthe deepest eruptingundersea volcano everseen, capturing for the firsttime video of fiery moltenlava bubbles exploding4,000 feet beneath thePacific Ocean. Asubmersible robotwitnessed the eruption inMay during an underwaterexpedition near Samoa,and the high-definitionvideos were presented onThursday at a geophysicsconference in SanFrancisco.

Scientists hope theimages, data and samplesobtained during themission will shed new light

on how the earth’s crustwas formed. The researchcould also help explainhow some sea creaturessurvive and thrive inextreme environments andhow the earth behaveswhen tectonic platescollide.

“It was an under-water Fourth of July,”said Bob Embley, amarine geologist forthe National Oceanicand AtmosphericAdministration, in a newsrelease. “Since the waterpressure at that depthsuppresses the violence ofthe volcano’s explosions,we could get theunderwater robot within

feet of the active eruption.”The eruption was a

spectacular sight: Bright-red lava bubbles shot outof the volcano, releasing a smoke-like cloud ofsulfur. The lava frozealmost instantly as it hitthe cold sea water, causingblack rock to sink to thesea floor. The submersiblehovered near the blasts,its robotic arm reachinginto the lava to collectsamples.

Internet

In this image taken from a May 7, 2009 video and provided by the NationalScience Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, a robotic arm collects samples at the West Mata Volcanonearly 4,000 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean, south of Samoa.—INTERNET

Earthquake withmagnitude 5.5 hits

MoroccoRABAT, 18 Dec — An earthquake with a

magnitude 5.5 was reported early on Thursday inMorocco, Media 1 satellite TV reported.

The epicentre of the quake was located in theAtlantic Ocean, 300 km off the northern city ofTangier, the report quoted the Moroccan GeophysicsInstitute as saying.

The tremor was particularly felt in the cities ofRabat, Casablanca, Tangier, Fez, Saf said andMarrakesh, according to the institite. There were noreports of damage or injuries until now.—Xinhua

Quake hits central Japan,seven hurt

VMap locating theepicentre of a 5.2-

magnitude quake thatstruck off the coast ofJapan on Friday. Atleast seven peoplewere injured and

more than 20buildings damaged.

INTERNET

VHeart drugs may help treatcolon cancer

UPPSALA, 18 Dec — A group of drugs used to treatheart failure shows promise for fighting colon cancer,researchers in Sweden said.

Jenny Felth and Joachim Gullbo both of UppsalaUniversity and colleagues said cardiac glycosides —a family of naturally derived drugs used to treatcongestive heart failure and abnormal heart rahythms— may prove useful in fighting many types of cancer.

As part of a larger study to screen and identifynatural substances with activity against colon cancer,the researchers tested five of these heart drugs againstlaboratory cultures of human colon cancer cells andfound they were all effective, to varying degrees, inkilling the cancer cells.

The sensitivity was rather low when compared withthat of other cancer cell types reported previously.However, several of the drugs also showed increasedanti-cancer activity when combined with certain drugsused for standard chemotherapy.—Internet

Drug added to cocainecould kill

ATLANTA, 18 Dec — Two state health departmentsidentified a life-threatening condition thatcompromises the immune system among personsusing cocaine, US officials said.

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’sMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Report saidagranulocytosis is a life-threatening condition believedto be caused by inadvertent exposure to levamisole— a veterinary drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis— added to cocaine for reasons unknown. It is nolonger available in North America for human use, butis available in the United States and South Americafor veterinary administration.

The New Mexico department of health andWashington state department of health have identified21 cases of agranulocytosis, the report said. Peoplewho use cocaine should seek medical attention if theyexperience persistent sore throat, persistent orrecurrent fever, swollen glands, painful sores, skininfections or other unusual infections.

Internet

Beaches may bereservoirs of Ecoli

PARIS, 18 Dec—Beaches may be a reservoirof the pathogen Ecoli as aresult of migratory birddroppings, researchers inFrance and Portugal say.

Scientists at theHopital de Bicetre inParis and Universidadedo Porto in Portugal said

Ecoli can be veryresistant to antibioticdrugs, which makes theinfection hard to treat.

The researchers foundthe same bacteria in thebird droppings ashospitalized people andconcluded that people weregetting infected by birddroppings on the sand onthe beaches in Portugal.The Porto coastline inPortugal, includingdowntown Porto, has alarge seagull population,the researchers said.

During December 2007through April 2008, wildseagull feces werecollected on beaches inPorto, Portugal. Twentysamples were collectedevery two weeks and theresearchers detected Ecoliin the samples.

Internet

TOKYO, 18 Dec — Atleast seven people wereinjured and more than 20buildings damaged onFriday when a moderateearthquake hit centralJapan aand more than100 aftershocks jolted theregion. The 5.2magnitude quake struckat 8:45 am (2345 GMTThursday), with theepicentre located off theIzu Peninsula in thePacific Ocean about 90kilometres (55 miles)southwest of Tokyo, theUS Geological Surveysaid.

The tremor shatteredwindows and crackedsome roads andsidewalks, toppled overtombstones in acemetery, caused thecollapse of a hotel walland damaged more than20 other buildings in ItoCity, eastern Izu.Among those injuredwas a 78-year-old manwho broke his hip whenhe fell on a stairwell,

local officials said.“We have continued

feeling aftershocks,” saidHiroki Ishii, an Ito cityofficial. “We are trying toask our citizens to be onalert while we areproviding as muchsupport for them aspossible.”

Internet

The sun sets behind a transmission pylon

carrying high voltage power cables in Horinger

County, north China’s Inner Mongolia

Autonomous Region, on 16 Dec, 2009.

INTERNET

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S P O R T S

LONDON, 18 Dec—Ital-ian soccer club Lazio onThursday lost its finalGroup G game 1-0 athome to Levski Sofia andfailed to advance to theknockout stages of theEuropa League.

In the same group,Austrian club Salzburg,who has qualified withundefeated run in theLeague, edged pastVillarreal 1-0, a win thatmeans both reach the last32, combined with theloss from Lazio.

Elsewhere, Spain for-ward David Villa missed apenalty but later grabbed aninjury-time winner as Va-lencia triumphed 2-1 atGenoa to make sure of itsplace and eliminate the Ital-ians. Belgian club Ander-lecht was far too strong forAjax Amsterdam in GroupA and won 3-1 in the Neth-erlands to move past theDutch club into first placeinto the group.

Only several placeswere up for grabs in Thurs-day’s 12 games, with anumber of teams havingalready qualified including

NEW YORK, 18 Dec—Tiger Woods has beenvoted male Golfer of theYear in the annual Golf

Villarreal, Valencia reach last32 in Europa League

Tiger Woods reactsduring the British OpenGolf Championship at

the Turnberry GolfClub in Scotland, in this

on 16 July, 2009 filephoto. Woods said on 11

December he wouldtake an “indefinitebreak” from profes-sional golf, acknowl-

edging the disappoint-ment and hurt his

“infidelity” had causedhis family.

XINHUA

Woods wins American GolfWriters’ player of year award

Writers of AmericanAwards, the PGA Toursaid on Thursday.

Woods received 84percent of the vote (168votes), while SteveStricker and PGA Cham-pionship winner YangYong-eun only polled 10percent and six percentrespectively.

The American was arunaway winner of theaward for the 10th time in13 seasons despite the re-cent tabloid revelationsabout his personal life.

Woods has taken an“indefinite break” fromthe game after admittinghis being unfaithful to hiswife.

South Korean JiyaiShin, the LPGA’s Rookieof the Year, won the fe-male player award whileLoren Roberts won thesenior player of the yearprize.—Xinhua

Salzburg’s playerscelebrate their victoryover Villarreal aftertheir Europa Leaguesoccer match at the

Madrigal Stadium inVillarreal on 17 Decem-

ber, 2009.—INTERNET

Anderlecht’s opponentsAjax.

Lille also secured theticket to the knockoutround after beating SlaviaPrague 3-1, and formerEngland coach SteveMcClaren’s TwenteEnschede completed thelineup for the last 32 witha 1-1 draw at eliminatedSteaua Bucharest.

On Wednesday strug-gling Bundesliga clubHertha Berlin beat Sport-ing Lisbon 1-0 to join thePortuguese team in thenext round, while Baselfailed to get the win itneeded against Fulham.

Internet

NYON, 18 Dec—David Beckham is dream-ing of a return to OldTrafford ahead of Friday’sdraw for the knockoutstages of the ChampionsLeague, which could seeManchester United pairedwith AC Milan.

Beckham is due to re-turn to Milan in Januaryfor a second loan spell and,with United among theseeds for the draw in Swit-zerland, they are one of sixteams the English champi-ons could face in February.

Beckham left United

BERLIN, 18 Dec—Ital-ian World Cup winnerLuca Toni said on Thurs-day he is also ready to quitBayern Munich for aSpanish or English clubwhen the transfer windowreopens in January to winback his Azzurri place.

“I am also ready to goto England or Spain,”Toni told German maga-zine Kicker having al-ready said a return to Italyis another possibility.

Having been in theItalian team which wonthe 2006 World Cup inGermany, Toni has found

YOUNGSTOWN, 18Dec—Kelly Pavlik, frus-trated after a 10-monthlayoff because of an in-fected hand, returns to thering on Saturday in hishometown to defend hisWorld Boxing Councilmiddleweight crown.

The 27-year-old facesfellow American MiguelAngel Espino after monthsfighting off the infection inhis right hand, a delay thatscrubbed a potential show-down with US southpawPaul Williams.

“It has been a long yearfor me, very frustratingbecause of a series of set-backs,” Pavlik said. “Butnow I’m back. I feel great.I have a huge hunger toget back into the ring. OnSaturday it will be‘Bombs away.’”

Pavlik, 35-1 with 31

SHANGHAI, 18 Dec—Houston Rockets’ Chi-nese center Yao Ming saidhe will focus mainly onthe running of ShanghaiSharks back in China andwould probably return toNBA by next season.

Yao came back toShanghai on Thursdaynight, mainly to fulfill hisduty as the sole share-holder of ShanghaiSharks, the name of whichhad been changed toShanghai Sharks-MaxxisTires basketball team asMaxxis Tires signed withYao’s management teamto be the team’s title spon-sor on Friday morning.

“I used to be a playerof Shanghai Sharks, andnow I become the boss ofthe team.

But no matter how the

MADRID, 18 Dec— Barcelona midfielder AndresIniesta will miss the final of the World Club Champi-onship on Saturday.

Barcelona plays Argentinean side Estudiantes thisSaturday in Abu Dhabi after beating Mexican outfitAtlante in Wednesday’s semi-final.

However, Iniesta was forced to limp out of thegame with 15 minutes remaining after suffering prob-lems with his upper left thigh.

He will undergo further tests on Thursday, but theclub website insists there is no chance of the Spaininternational recovering in time for the final.

“It is confirmed that he has a tear in his upperthigh,” confirmed the FC Barcelona website.

Meanwhile the player admitted he was uncertainhow serious the injury was.

“I don’t know if it was after a challenge or whetherthe muscle was a bit overworked,” he said before giv-ing his support to his team mates who have the chanceto win their sixth title of 2009.—Xinhua

Beckham dreaming of Unitedreturn

David Beckham.

for Real Madrid in 2003and has not yet come upagainst the club where hemade his name and withwhom he collected aChampions League win-ners’ medal in 1999.

Internet

Barcelona midfielder Iniesta tomiss World Club final

MADRID, 18 Dec—Real Madrid looks to close thegap on Spanish Primera Liga leaders FC Barcelonawhen Zaragoza visits the Santiago Bernabeu stadiumfor the last game of 2009 on Saturday night.

Barcelona is in Abu Dhabi to contest the World ClubChampionship and has already played its match day-15 game, beating Xerez 2-0 away from home.

That has given the Catalan side a five point lead atthe top of the table, which Real Madrid aims to re-duce to just two.

Real Madrid welcomes back Cristiano Ronaldo af-ter his suspension for the 3-2 triumph in Valencia, butManuel Pellegrini’s side is still without Kaka, who isstruggling from a groin problem.

Real also has to start getting used to life withoutcentral defender Pepe, who is out for the season afterdamaging the ligaments in his right knee last week-end, Ezequiel Garay, who replaced Pepe in Valenciaand scored the winning goal in the game, is the favoriteto fill the gap in the Madrid defence.—XinhuaPavlik finally back in ring to

defend crown

Kelly Pavlik

knockouts, suffered hisonly loss 14 months agowhen he stepped up inweight to face BernardHopkins and dropped aunanimous 12-round de-cision.

Pavlik defended his ti-tle last February by beat-ing Mexico’s MarcoAntonio Rubio, but hasmuch to prove after thelayoff when he meetsEspino, 20-2 with onedrawn and nine knock-outs.—Internet

Italy’s Toni drops Englandand Spain hints

Italian World Cupwinner Luca Toni

himself on the bench atBayern Munich this sea-son having lost favourwith their Dutch coachLouis van Gaal.

Internet

Real Madrid looks to close gapon league leaders Barcelona

Yao Ming

Yao to focus on Sharks beforereturning to NBA by next season

identity changes, I hopethat Shanghai sharkswould soon return to gloryand take on new look forfans in Shanghai and allover China,” said Yao onthe signing ceremony.

The Chinese Basket-ball Association (CBA)league will kick off onSaturday with its openerbetween ZhejiangGuangsha and ShanghaiSharks. —Xinhua

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain has been isolated inTaninthayi Divisions, weather has been partly cooudy inKachin, Shan, Chin and Rakhine States, Sagaing Mandalay,Bago and Yangon Divisions and generally fair in remainingStates and Divisions. Night temperatures were (3°C) belowDecember average temperatures in Yangon Division, (5 °C)below December average temperatures in Shan State andupper Sagaing Division, (3°C) to (4 °C) above Decemberaverage temperatures in Kachin State and TaninthayiDivision and about December average temperatures in theremaining areas. The significant night temperatures wereLoilem (1°C) , Haka (2°C), Lashio (4°C), Namhsam andHeho (5 °C) each and Mogok (6°C). The Noteworthy amountsof rainfalls recorded were Myeik (0.35) inch and Kawthoung(0.12) inch.

Maximum temperature on 18-12-2009 was 59°F.Minimum temperature on 16-12-2009 was 58°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 18-12-2009 was 67%.Total sun shine hours on 17-12-2009 was (9.4) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 18-12-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, atKaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (111.69) inches at Mingaladon, (122.09) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (129.41) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mphfrom Northeast at (18:30) hours MST on 17-12-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy inthe South Bay and partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea andelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 18th December 2009:Light rain are possible to be isolated in Kachin State andTaninthayi Division and weather will be partly cloudy inthe remaining States and Divisions. Degree of cerataintyis (40%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofisolated rain in extreme Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for19-12-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for19-12-2009: Generally fair weather .

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for19-12-2009: Generally fair weather.

Weather outlook for forth weekend of December2009: During the coming weekend, weather will be partlycloudy in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon and Mandalay Divisons.

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A visitor looks at a projection of Space andEarth, a part of the NGO presentation in

Oeksnehallen in the centre of Copenhagen, 17December 2009, during the United Nations

Climate Change Conference 2009.INTERNET

China builds one more pandabreeding base, expecting eight

more cubs a yearXI’ AN, 18 Dec— China began to build a fourth

giant panda breeding base in northwestern ShaanxiProvince Friday, which is expected to add at leasteight cubs to the population of the endangeredspecies a year.

With an investment of 69.54 million yuan (10.2million U.S. dollars), the Qinling giant pandabreeding base will cover 287 hectares, according toZhang Shenian, head of the provincial forestrydepartment.

The base will have eight breeding pens and 10“kindergartens” for cubs, and the 22 pandas whichwill live there after the base is built are expected tohave at least eight cubs a year, and the total populationof the base could reach 40 in two years, according toZhang. There are about 1,600 giant pandas living inthe wild, mostly in southwestern Sichuan Provinceand the northwestern provinces of Shaanxi andGansu.—Xinhua

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4th Waxing of Pyatho 1371 ME Saturday, 19 December, 2009

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC-sowing hatred amongthe people

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest

and violence

Ministers inspect upgrading ofNational Kandawgyi Gardens

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Dec—Minister for Industry-1U Aung Thaung, Minister for Science and TechnologyU Thaung, Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint,Minister for Electric Power No. 1 Col Zaw Min,Minister for Communications, Posts and TelegraphsBrig-Gen Thein Zaw, Minister for Education Dr ChanNyein and Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung,who accompanied the Head of State on his inspectiontour, inspected upgrading of National Kandawgyi Gar-dens in PyinOoLwin yesterday morning.

First, the ministers viewed the colourful flowerbedsin the gardens. The ministers then looked round fossils ofmammals, reptiles, and invertebrates displayed in fossilmuseum. The ministers also observed fossils of plants,colourful stones, fossils of toddy-palm roots, and thingsmade from fossils of plants in Petrified Wood Museum.

The ministers then visited butterfly museum wherethey viewed various species of butterflies fromMyanmar, Nepal, Chinese Taipei, South America,Japan and South East Asia.-—MNA

Ministers inspect upgrading of National Kandawgyi Gardens in PyinOoLwin.—MNA

2nd round ofTatmadaw

Football Tourney(2009) continues

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Dec—The second roundrobin match of the 48th Defence Services Com-mander-in-Chief’s Trophy (Army, Navy and Air)Football Tournament continued at designatedplaces today.

In No.1 Sports Ground in Nay Pyi Taw, YangonCommand won over Eastern Command (A) 6-1. InPaunglong Sports Ground, Tatmadaw (Navy) helddraw with Southern Command 1-1.

MNA

(18-12-2009)

Loilem (1°C)Haka (2°C)Lashio (4°C)Namhsan and Heho (5°C)Mogok (6°C)

Significant nighttemperatures

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th Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing attend … · 2009. 12. 19. · Volume XVII, Number 247 ... of basic organic synthesis at the Chemi-cal Engineering Department