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NAY PYI TAW, 29 April — Mr Antonio de FariaE Maya, newly-accredited Ambassador of the Republicof Portugal to the Union of Myanmar, presented hiscredentials to Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of

Senior General Than Shwe accepts credentialsof Ambassador of the Republic of Portugal

the State Peace and Development Council of the Unionof Myanmar, at Bayintnaung Yeiktha, Nay Pyi Taw at10:00 am today.

Present on the occasion were Secretary-1 of

the State Peace and Development Council GeneralThiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo, Deputy Minister forForeign Affairs U Maung Myint and Director-GeneralU Kyaw Kyaw of the Protocol Department.— MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 29April — Mr DouglasHarvey Monro Gibson,n e w l y - a c c r e d i t e dAmbassador of theRepublic of SouthAfrica to the Union ofMyanmar, presented hiscredentials to SeniorGeneral Than Shwe,Chairman of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil of the Union ofMyanmar, atBayintnaung Yeiktha,here at 10:30 am today.

Present on the

Senior General Than Shweaccepts credentials of

Ambassador of theRepublic of South Africa

occasion wereSecretary-1 of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil General ThihaThura Tin Aung MyintOo, Deputy Minister for

Foreign Affairs UMaung Myint andDirector-General UKyaw Kyaw of theProtocol Department.

MNA

Senior General Than Shwe receives Mr Antonio de Faria E Maya, newly-accredited Ambassador of the Republic of Portugal to the Union ofMyanmar, at Bayintnaung Yeiktha in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe accepts

credentials of Mr Douglas Harvey Monro

Gibson, newly-accredited Ambassador of

the Republic of South Africa to the Union

of Myanmar, at Bayintnaung Yeiktha

in Nay Pyi Taw.

MNA

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Thursday, 30 April, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

The goal of the entire people of Myanmaris emergence of a peaceful, modern anddeveloped nation and therefore they are workingin concert with the government to realize theirgoal.

Nowadays, as the border areasdevelopment project, the special developmentproject and the rural development project arebeing implemented in each and every region ofthe nation, there have been remarkableimprovements in transport, education, health,economy and security, especially in the borderregions.

Shan State (East) is the easternmost regionof the nation and has common borders withneighbouring countries. This being so, it is astrategic area for regional relations and security.In the past, Kengtung and its environs lackedpeace and security owing to frequent outbreaksof fighting among national races, a legacy left bythe divide-and-rule policy of the colonialists.

Border areas where reports of guns andblasts of bombs were quite common in the pastare now able to keep pace with inner regions ofthe Union as far as development is concerned. Itis mainly due to prevalence of peace and stability,unity and amity among national races and theirunited efforts. Without sticking to any isms, allthe national races should cultivate Union Spiritand try their level best to maintain suchfavourable environments as the rule of law andcommunity peace.

The government has been steadfastlyworking towards a new democratic nation theentire people have longed for in line with theseven-step Road Map. And as the constitutionhas been approved by the vast majority ofnational people, elections are going to be held inthe year 2010.

A peaceful, modern and developed nationwill surely emerge in the near future if thenational brethren of the Union continue working,hand in hand with the government, towardstheir cherished goal.

Work towards a moderndeveloped nation

YANGON, 29 April — ASEAN Tourism Task ForcesMeetings were held here yesterday and Minister forHotels and Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing delivered anopening address.

It was also attended by Deputy Minister for Cultureand Tourism of Indonesia Mr I Gusti Putu and directors-generals of departments related to tourism from ASEAN

ASEAN Tourism Task Forces Meetings kick off

Minister Maj-Gen Soe Naing delivers an opening speech at ASEAN Tourism Task ForcesMeetings.—H&T

YANGON, 29 April—Myanmar ICT Exibition-2009will be held at Tatmadaw Convention Centre on UWisara Road here from 1 to 3 May.

At the exhibition, the booth of MPEC will giveinformation about courses on CICT Diploma inSoftware Engineering offered Cambridge ICT ofMalaysia and Double Certificate offered Beacon Schoolof Technology of Singapore.

The exhibition is supervised by MyanmarComputer Federation and co-organized by MyanmarComputer Professionals Association and MyanmarComputer Entrepreneurs’ Association.—MNA

Myanmar ICTExhibition to be held

YANGON, 29 April—A ceremony to mark one yearon of Nargis will be held at Parkroyal Hotel on AlanpyaPagoda Road, here, on 2 May. Mingalar Myanmar (01-544482), Yadana Myitta (01-375345) and Myanmar

One year on of Nargis to be organized soon

countries, Special Officer Mr Eddy Krismeidi ofASEAN Secretariat, Ambassadors of ASEAN nationsin Yangon and responsible personnel of MyanmarHoteliers’ Association and Union of Myanmar TravelsAssociation.

The meetings will continue till 30 April. MNA

NGO Network (MNN) (01-537888) see to theaccomplishment of the ceremony. All who renderedhelp during Nargis may attend the ceremony free ofcharge.—MNA

YANGON, 29 April—A work coordinationmeeting on ensuringbetter communications inYangon area was held atthe meeting hall ofExpedite Mail Service

Better communications in Yangon area discussed

here yesterday.Minister for Com-

munications, Posts andTelegraphs Brig-GenThein Zaw spoke on theoccasion. The group forestablishment of Myan-

mar translation systemon computer will focuson better links in Yangonarea. The minister in-spected Pabedan andThingangyun auto-exchanges. Today, the

minister inspected over-seas communicationstation in MayangonTownship and auto-exchange in NorthOkkalapa Township.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Zaw inspects overseas communication station in Mayangon Township.—MNA

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10 rebels killed, two suspectsdetained near Afghan capital

KABUL, 29 April—Afghan troops on Wednesdaybacked by the US -led Coalition forces killed 10militants and detained two suspects in a battle thaterupted during a patrol in Logar Province, some 60km south from Afghan capital Kabul, said a Coali-tion statement.

The combined forces patrolled to a village inBaraki Barak district where intelligence sources hadindicated Taleban operatives were gathered whilethey encountered enemy forces en route to the tar-geted compounds, the statement said.

It added that an estimated 10 militants were killedduring the battle and two suspects were arrested asthe combined forces searched the targetedcompounds.—Internet

Iraqi security forces arrestsuspected car bombers

BAGHDAD, 29 April— Iraq’s Interior Ministry saidon Tuesday that Iraqi security forces arrested a po-liceman and six suspected al-Qaeda members whowere involved in car bombings in Baghdad earlierthis month.

The suspected group is responsible for some 27attacks, including car bombings, stealing cars andkilling their drivers to use their cars in bombings,Interior Ministry spokesman Maj Gen Abdul KareemKhalaf told reporters.

Khalaf said that three of the captured were ar-rested in Baghdad and the rest in Iraq’s western prov-ince of Anbar.—Internet

Australia to send extra troopsto Afghanistan

Costs soar for Iraqi military training

Israeli PM will bendon Palestinian stateJERUSALEM, 29 April—Israel’s defence minister said

in an interview published on Tuesday that he expectsPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to theprinciple of Palestinian statehood — something theIsraeli leader has balked at doing since taking office amonth ago.

Netanyahu is coming under increasing pressurefrom Washington to resume peacemaking with the Pal-estinians, a process designed ultimately to create a Pal-estinian state that would live alongside Israel peace-fully within fixed borders.

In what could be seen as a mild slap from the US,Israel’s ceremonial President, Shimon Peres, willmeet President Barack Obama next week, beforeNetanyahu travels to Washington in mid-May. Astatement from Peres’ office said he would attendnext week’s conference of AIPAC, the pro-Israellobby, and meet Obama.

Peres, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is a world-re-nowned Mideast peacemaker, while Netanyahu has ahawkish reputation. Netanyahu took office on 31March amid predictions of a clash with the Obamaadministration over peacemaking.—Internet

Residents chant slogans as they demonstrate in Kut, 150 km (95 miles)southeast of Baghdad, on 27 April, 2009. Hundreds of Iraqis protested

against US forces on Sunday after US soldiers killed a policeman and awoman in an overnight raid that was condemned by the provincial

governor.—INTERNET

CANBERRA, 29 April—Australia will send an ex-tra 330 soldiers to Af-ghanistan, responding toan appeal from close allythe United States for moretroops to combat Talebanmilitants, Prime MinisterKevin Rudd said onWednesday.

The troops and a smallnumber of police wouldhelp train Afghan securityforces and secure presi-dential elections in Au-gust, Rudd said.

They would bring Aus-tralia’s military contin-gent in the country toaround 1,550, making itthe largest contributoroutside the NATO alli-ance.

“Australia will not bowto the threat of terrorismin Afghanistan. We willcontinue to stand by ourAmerican ally in con-fronting this threat,” Ruddtold reporters in Canberra.

Australia, a close Wash-ington ally, was an origi-

nal member of the US-ledcoalition that arrived inAfghanistan in 2001 tooust the Taleban and alQaeda fighters.

But with 10 Australiansoldiers killed in Afghani-stan since 2001, publicsupport has begun towane.

An Australian NationalUniversity poll onWednesday found 53 per-cent support for Austral-ian participation in thewar.—Internet

An Iraqi soldier inspects the wreckage of a vehicle used in a car bomb attackin Baghdad.—INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 29 April—Iraq is falling far behindschedule in creating a sys-tem to maintain its ownmilitary equipment, costingAmerican taxpayers hun-dreds of millions of dollarsto fill in the gaps, accordingto a new US audit.

The report highlightssome of the fundamentalworries among Americancommanders as they lookpast the US military exitfrom Iraq at the end of2011: Will Iraqi security

forces be able to handletasks as basic as keepingtheir vehicles on the road?

The US has spent bil-lions of dollars to developIraq’s security forces withan emphasis in recentyears on developing Iraq’smaintenance and supplycapabilities — seen as es-sential for the country tomaintain a self-sufficientforce after the lifeline fromWashington is trimmedback. It’s part of the Pen-tagon’s wide-ranging

plans to train and upgradeIraq security forces fromstreet-level police unitsand rebuild Iraqi naval andair power.

But the audit — by theSpecial Inspector Generalfor Iraq Reconstruction —found a pattern of negli-gence and shortcomings bythe Iraqi military in plan-ning for the basic needs ofthe military: repairing andmaintaining equipment andsupplying troops.

Internet

Blood-stained stretchers are seen after victims of asuicide bombing were brought into the Kazimiyah hos-pital in Baghdad, Iraq, on 24 April, 2009.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 29 April—American authorities confirmed the first death out-side of Mexico from swine flu on Wednesday, as the number of confirmed casesof the disease continued to rise in Europe.

Dr. Richard Besser, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention, said on Wednesday in an interview that the first American death ofthe disease was a 23-month-old child in Texas. He gave no other details about thechild.—INTERNET

First USdeath fromSwine Flureported

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A girl helps her sister pluck tea leaves at a tea garden in Enshi, central Chi-na’s Hubei Province, on 26 April, 2009. Local farmers live on planting tea onthe 47,390,000 square metres’ tea gardens at the Bajiao village of Dong ethnic

group in southwest Enshi.—XINHUA

Togolese people with colourful clothes perform dancing as they pass thereviewing stand during a grand parade marking the 49th anniversary of theindependence of Togo in Lome, capital of Togo, on 27 April, 2009.—XINHUA

Boats are seen docked during the Boat Asia show in Singapore, on 23 April,2009. Luxury boat makers are trying to survive the global financial storm by

slashing prices and creating bargains for millionaires looking to play offAsia’s coastlines. —INTERNET

NEW YORK, 29 April—Wall Street traded flat onTuesday, as bigger-than-expected increase in con-sumer confidence and aslower drop in home pricesoffset concerns about theswine flu outbreak and thebanking industry.

The US ConferenceBoard, an economic re-search group, said its con-sumer confidence indexrose to 39.2 in April, upfrom a revised 26.9 inMarch. The reading marksthe highest level since

BEIJING, 29 April —China Petroleum and Chemi-cal Corporation (Sinopec) reported on Tuesday thatits net profit in the first quarter rose 85.1 percentyear on year, because of lower international crudeoil prices and adjusted refined oil prices on the do-mestic market.

Net profit totaled 11.219 billion yuan (1.64 bil-lion US dollars) in the first quarter, due to the coun-try’s adjusted refined oil pricing mechanism sincethe beginning of this year, the company said in astatement to the Shanghai and Hong Kong stockmarkets.

Sinopec saw its net profit drop by 69 percent toabout 6 billion yuan in the first three months of 2008because of China’s price ceilings on refined oil prod-ucts and global oil price rises.

The slump in the international crude oil priceshas given a positive boost to the performance ofSinopec, the country’s top refiner, as the governmentlaunched the new pricing mechanism for refinedproducts in 2009, which ensured profits of oilrefiners, despite the still weak demand in thedomestic market.

The company predicted its net profit for the firsthalf of 2009would increase by more than 50 percentyear on year.

In contrast, PetroChina Company Limited,reported on Monday its net profit in the first quarterslid 35.3 percent year on year to 18.956 billion yuan,pulled down by the low price of crude oil and lessdemand.

PetroChina is the leading oil producer of China,with most crude oil it refined produced by the com-pany itself, while Sinopec has over 70 percent ofits crude oil imported.—Internet

MUMBAI, 29 April—India’s top mobile phonecompany Bharti Airtelreported Wednesday thatfourth-quarter net profitjumped by 21 percentyear on year, boosted bya rise in the number ofcellular phone users.

For the full year, theNew Delhi-based com-pany announced a 26

RAFAH, 29 April—Once a profitable busi-ness, Abu Abdallah’s tun-nel under the border be-tween Egypt and the GazaStrip has been out of workfor three weeks due to anEgyptian security crack-down on smuggling.

The Palestinian net-work of some 3,000 tun-nels, created to thwart Is-rael’s blockade of thecoastal territory ruled by

MEXICO CITY, 29 April— A leading businessgroup estimates thatcanceled events and clo-sure of movie theaters,night clubs, museums andother establishments toprevent the spread ofswine flu is costingMexico City at least 777million pesos ($57 mil-lion) a day.

Arturo Mendicuti,president of the city’sChamber of Trade, Serv-ices and Tourism, says thefigure represents a 36-per-cent drop in revenue gen-erated by tourism andservices in the Mexicancapital.—Internet

US stocks trade flat as upbeateconomic data offset flu concerns

November and surpassesthe reading of 29.5 econo-mists had expected.

Moreover, the Stand-ard & Poor’s/Case-Shillerindex showed home pricesin 20 major cities tumbledby 18.6 percent inFebruary from a year ago.It is the first time the indexdidn’t set a record sinceJanuary 2007 and wasslightly better thanJanuary’s 19 percent de-cline.

Airlines stocks still gothammered on Tuesday on

fears that worried travelerswould stay home, as thedeadly swine flu virus isrampant in Mexico.

Banking stocks weretraded lower after the USgovernment said Bank ofAmerica Corp andCitigroup Inc may needmore capital.

The Dow Jones indus-trial average was down8.05 points, or 0.10 per-cent, to 8,016.95. TheStandard & Poor’s 500index dropped2.35points, or 0.27percent, to 855.16. TheNasdaq composite indexfell 5.60 points, or 0.33percent, to 1,673.81.

Internet

Sinopec’s net profit rises85.1% in Q1

Mexico Cityswine flu

losses at $57million a day

India’s Bharti Airtel Q4 profit jumps 21 pctpercent jump in netprofit to 84.69 billionrupees (1.68 billiondollars) on a 37 percentincrease in revenues to369.61 billion rupees.

Net profit for thethree months to March31 rose to 22.39 billion

rupees from 18.5 billionrupees in the samequarter last year asrevenues grew 26 per-cent to 98.2 billion ru-pees, the company said.

The firm based its fig-ures on US accountingstandards.

Internet

Egypt puts the bite on Gaza tunnelsmugglers

Hamas Islamists, was re-duced to hundreds bybombing during Israel’sthree-week offensive inJanuary.

Now Egyptian policeefforts are also biting intoGaza’s underground sup-ply system, which supple-ments the tightly restrictedflow of aid commoditiesallowed in by the Israelis.

“Tunnel business hasdropped to 20 percent of

what it was before the waron Gaza because of Is-raeli destruction and thestepped-up security cam-paign by Egypt,” said AbuAbdallah.

The Egyptian effortwas “more effective” thanIsraeli bombs, he said.They not only blow up thetunnels but also stop con-traband goods reachingEgyptian cities near Gaza.

Internet

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Soldiers sneak up onto the “hijacked” plane in the anti-hijacking exerciseheld at Tianhe Airport in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province,

on 28 April, 2009.—XINHUA

Expo will lift nation’seconomy: top city official

BEIJING, 29 April— The2010 World Expo inShanghai, the largest me-tropolis and an economicpowerhouse in easternChina, will spur the na-tion’s economy at a timewhen the global financialcrisis has not yet bottomedout, according to a top cityofficial. The six-monthexpo, due to open in Maynext year, will lift China’seconomy, with invest-ments and employmentopportunities, boosting

consumption in the tour-ism and commerce sec-tors, Shanghai’s PartyChief Yu Zhengsheng,who is also the vice-chair-man of the expo’s organ-izing committee, wasquoted by Wednesday’sChina Daily as saying.

“This year, ahead of theexpo, is going to be verycritical and we are activelypushing our preparationsfor the massive event in anorderly manner,” he said.

Most foreign participants

have started constructingtheir exhibition halls, andby the end of this year, allthe landmark venues forthe expo, such as the ChinaPavillion and the ExpoCenter, will complete con-struction, Yu said. The me-tropolis is also on track tofinish construction of itstunnels, rails and roadswell in time for the event,and will continue with itsefforts to improve the en-vironment around the expovenue, he said.—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency 10 dead, dozens injured inCalifornia tour bus crash

LOS ANGELES, 29 April—At least 10 people werekilled and dozens more injured on Tuesday when atour bus carrying French tourists crashed on a high-way in California, hospital officials said. Eight people are in critical condition and all the in-jured are being treated at a hospital near Soledad, about200 kilometres south of San Francisco, local televi-sion station KSBW quoted hospital officials as say-ing. The crash occurred at about 3:20 pm on the US101 highway when the day-night tour bus carrying 48French tourists heading from San Francisco to SantaMaria overturned in Soledad, with three or four pas-sengers ejected from the bus, officials said. “We had a tour bus traveling south on Highway 101,crossing thorough the city of Soledad,” said Brian Westof the California Highway Patrol. “The bus overturnedand passengers were ejected.” Crash victims were brought by helicopters to SalinasValley Memorial Hospital, which is asking for Frenchspeakers, according to KSBW.—Xinhua

At least 10 people were killed and dozens moreinjured on Tuesday when a tour bus carrying

French tourists crashed on a highway inCalifornia, hospital officials said.—XINHUA

New York City-sized ice collapsesoff Antarctica

BEIJING, 29 April—A New York City-sized Antarcticice shelf has broken into icebergs this month after thecollapse of an ice bridge widely blamed on global warm-ing, a scientist said on Tuesday. “The northern ice frontof the Wilkins Ice Shelf has become unstable and thefirst icebergs have been released,” Angelika Humbert,glaciologist at the University of Muenster in Germany,said of European Space Agency satellite images of theshelf. Humbert told Reuters about 700 sq km (270.3 sqmile) of ice — bigger than Singapore or Bahrain andalmost the size of New York City — has broken off theWilkins this month and shattered into a mass of ice-bergs. She said 370 sq kms of ice had cracked up inrecent days from the Shelf, the latest of about 10 shelveson the Antarctic Peninsula to retreat in a trend linkedby the UN Climate Panel to global warming. The newicebergs added to 330 sq kms of ice that broke up ear-lier this month with the shattering of an ice bridge ap-parently pinning the Wilkins in place between Charcotisland and the Antarctic Peninsula.

Xinhua

Total confirmed swine flucases rise to 13 in Canada

OTTAWA, 29 April —Canada reportedseven more confirmed cases of swineflu on Tuesday, bringing the totalnumber of cases in the country to 13.

All the new cases are mild ones, withfour in Ontario, one in British Colum-bia and two in Alberta, health officialssaid. All the Ontario cases were foundin the Toronto area and have beenlinked to Mexican travell, DavidWilliams, the province’s acting chiefmedical officer of health told a newsconference in Toronto.

The illnesses so far appear to be mildand “it’s like flu season continuing,”he said.—Xinhua

US confirmed swine flu casesrise to 64, five hospitalizedWASHINGTON, 29 April— The number

of confirmed human swine flu cases inthe United States has risen to 64, withat least five patients having been hospi-talized, a health official said on Tues-day.

“I fully expect we will see deathsfrom this infection,” as swine flu casesare investigated, said Richard Besser,acting director of the US Centres forDisease Control and Prevention in At-lanta (CDC).

According to Besser, the hospitaliz-ations include three in California andtwo in Texas. Their ages range fromseven to 54.—Xinhua

Five suspectedcases of swine flufound in Austria

VIENNA, 29 April— Five suspectedcases of swine flu had been found inAustria by Tuesday evening andthe final result will not be availableuntil Wednesday, Austrian HealthMinister Alois Stoeger said on Tues-day.

Stoeger told a press conferencethat there are four patients incapital Vienna, whose test resultsfor swine flu (H1N1) showedpositive.

Xinhua

Spain confirms 2nd

case of swine fluMADRID, 29 April— Spain’s Health

and Social Policy Minister TrinidadJimenez confirmed on Tuesday the sec-ond case of swine flu infection in thecountry.

The patient is a 24-year-old male stu-dent from University of Valencia, whomade a study trip to Mexico with an-other student from Almansa (Albacete),who was the first confirmed case ofswine flu in Spain.

Health authorities said that both in-fected men are out of risk and are re-covering at hospitals.

Xinhua

Three more die of swine flu in Mexico City, authorities saymeasures working

MEXICO CITY, 29 April— Three more people died in the last 24 hours of swine flu, MexicoCity officials told a Tuesday press conference, adding that local authorities had ordered theclosure of more public places. The total number of deaths in the city believed to be relatedto swine flu is now 25, while 89 people are in hospital with swine-flu symptoms, said ArmandoAhued Ortega, head of the city’s health department. He said that 31 people had been hospi-talized on Monday while 14 had been discharged from hospital. —Xinhua

Passengerswear protectivemasks as theyride Mexico’s

city subway, on28 April, 2009.

XINHUA

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NEWS ALBUM

Live shark left outside office

Smog linked to inducing asthma in children

A tourist looks up through aglass tunnel at a group ofPort Jackson sharks restingin the Sydney Aquarium .

A live shark dumped onthe doorstep of an Australiancountry newspaper office hadlocal police puzzled onThursday, with authoritiesvowing to charge the personwho left it with animal cruelty.

The juvenile Port Jacksonshark, which measuredaround 70 centimetres inlength, was left in darknessoutside the office atWarrnambool, on the coastof southeast Victoria state.“We arrived and poured somewater on it just to see if it wasstill breathing and it kickedaround for a little while,”Constable Jarrod Dwyer toldstate radio.

“I walked over toMcDonalds and borrowed abucket off them and filled it

up with water, and we pickedthe shark up and put it inside itand then drove it down to thebreakwater and released it backinto the water,” he said.

Bra deflects bulletaimed at woman

A 57-year-old Detroit womanavoided serious injury when theunderwire on her bra deflected a bulletshot at her from next door, police said.

The woman, who lives on the Westside of Detroit, saw a group of menbreaking into a neighbour’s house onTuesday morning. When the menspotted her, one of them fired a shot ather, a police spokesman said.

The bullet struck the underwire onthe woman’s bra and that saved herfrom a more serious injury, police said.

“It did slow the bullet down,” saidDetroit police spokesman Phillip Cook.

“She sustained injuries but they’renot life threatening.”

Leopard population declines fast in E India

This photo released by Peapod Mobilityshows the Peapod NeighbourhoodElectric Vehicle. Designer Peter Arnellhopes the car that goes up to 25 milesper hour appeals to families who want another car for local trips.

Childhood asthma rates could in-crease as much as 30 percent with ex-posure to higher levels of traffic-relatedair pollution, a California study sug-gests.

The study, published in the journalof Environmental Health Perspectives,is the latest to come from the SouthernCalifornia Children’s Health Study, a

project pioneered by the Air ResourcesBoard in the early 1990s.

The eight-year study followed 217non-asthmatic children from a widearea of Southern California. Home airmonitors allowed scientists to com-pare the children’s exposure to airpollution and newly diagnosed casesof asthma.

The leopardpopulation ineastern India hasbeen declining fastwith 44 leopardskilled in the easternstate of Assam in thepast three yearsalone, said the localdaily Mail Today onSaturday.

A non-govern-ment organizationcalled Aaranyak hasbeen conducting a

research in 30 forestdivisions of Assamfor over one yearand it has found thatmost of the casual-ties were felineswhich strayed intohuman habitationsand were killed bythe villagers, saidthe report.

Lack of aware-ness for protectingthe animals,destruction of

natural habitat, littleor no compensationfor killing animals,declining prey baseand a demand forleopard parts suchas skins have led toa 50 percent declineof the leopardpopulation over thepast one decade,according to thereport.

The Indianleopard, a veryfamous member ofthe big cats familyin the country, isnow regarded as athreatened, if notendangered specieby animal protec-tion groups.

Kamogawa Sea World’s trainerNamie Ninomiya gets a ride on a

female Orca ‘Lovey’ during a showin Kamogawa, east of Tokyo, Japan.

Seychelles security

officers lead a sus-

pected Somali pirate

(C) off a Seychelles

coast guard vessel in

the capital Victoria, on

28 April, 2009. A

Spanish warship has

arrested nine sus-

pected pirates believed

to be behind an attack

on an Italian cruise

ship and handed them

over to Seychelles, the

head of an anti-piracy

taskforce said on

Tuesday.—INTERNET

MOSCOW, 29 April—Russian news agencies, citing the nation’s Defence Minis-try, say a Russian warship has seized a vessel with 29 suspected pirates on boardoff the coast of Somalia.

RIA Novosti and other agencies say a Russian anti-submarine vessel seized theship on Tuesday along with automatic rifles, pistols and ammunition found onboard.

The reports say a Russian tanker fended off an attack by the same group earlierTuesday.

Russia and other nations patrol the region as part of an international effort todeter pirate hijackings in the busy shipping lane off the Somali coast.—Internet

TIJUANA, 29 April—Seven police officers wereassassinated in about anhour’s time in what authori-ties said on Tuesday was acoordinated effort that fol-lowed months of relativecalm in a border citystricken by drug-fueledviolence. Two other offic-ers and a convenience-storeemployee were injured.

Several people wereheld briefly for question-ing after Monday night’sattacks and released, saidJose Manuel Yepiz,spokesman for the BajaCalifornia state attorney

Russian ship seizes 29suspected pirates

Attacks kill seven Mexican police in Tijuanageneral’s office.

“There is very strongindignation in the policeforce,” Julian Leyzaola,Tijuana’s public safetysecretary, told a news con-ference. “We do not knowthe motive. We do notknow where these attackscame from.”

After four officerswere killed by gunfireoutside the conveniencestore, police scannershummed with “narcocor-ridos,” or drug ballads.One voice threatened overthe airwaves that 30 offic-ers would be killed.

The officers — threemen and a woman —were found amid morethan 200 bullet shells, theattorney general’s officesaid.

Witnesses told au-thorities that the assail-ants’ faces were coveredand two got out of the ve-hicle to finish off theirvictims.

Jovanni Fabiani, 14,heard a hail of gunfirewhile playing football ata friends’ house.

“There was a moun-tain of smoke,” he said.

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WASHINGTON, 29 April— As President BarackObama completes his first100 days in office thisweek, his top aideTuesday said the recentactions by the USindicates that it wants towork closely with Indiaas a partner in addressingthe “increasingly dire”situation in Afghanistanand Pakistan.

Karl F Inderfurth, aDemocrat and South

Obama wants to work closely with IndiaAsian expert, said thereare “encouraging signs”to show that ObamaAdministration is keen tobuild on the foundationlaid by his precedessorsBill Clinton and GeorgeW. Bush and take theIndo-US relationship tothe next level.

“The meeting betweenObama and the IndianPrime MinisterManmohan Singh on thesidelines of the London G-

20 Summit early this monthwas an important one,”Inderfurth, who served asAssistant Secretary of Statefor South Asian Affairsduring Bill Clinton’sregime, told PTI in aninterview.

“It (the meeting)demonstrated that theUnited States fullyrecognizes the role Indiaplays on the worldeconomic scene,” he said.

MNA/PTI

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NAY PYI TAW, 29April—The 150thfounding anniversary ofYadanabon Mandalay willbe marked on a grand scalefrom 14 to 18 May.

Literary com-petition (basic education,higher education andopen levels) will be heldat University ofMandalay and No 14Basic Education HighSchool, book show andbook sale festival atYadanapura Hall,painting, sculpture, goldembroidery, Myanmararts and photo shows atMandalay City Hall,Myanma cane ball andMyanma martial arts atShwemantaung sportsground, Myanmatraditional boxing at

150th founding

anniversary of

Yadanabon Mandalay

to be marked

YANGON, 29 April—The Rehabilitation andReintegration WorkingGroup of the MyanmarWomen’s AffairsFederation conducted thecookery and bakery courseat the Institute of Social

Cookery and bakery course openedWelfare under the SocialWelfare Department inMayangon Township hereyesterday noon.

Leader of theworking group Daw TinTin Nwe explained factsabout the MWAF and

cottage industries andformally opened thecourse.

Fifty women fromMayangon Townshipattended the course thatcontinued today.

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Bahtoo Stadium, bodybuilding and physicalculture and Myanmatraditional fashion contestat the National Theatre.

E n t e r t a i n m e n tprogrammes will be heldat National Theater from30 April to 3 May.

Five modern musicbands will performentertainment pro-grammes during thefestival days of 14 to 18May. Documentarymovies, drama andAnyeint will be presentedevery night during thefestival days.

Starting from 28April, paper readingsessions were held and 19resource persons will readout the papers up to 30April.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 29April—The annualmeeting of the MyanmarMaternal and ChildWelfare Association wenton for the second day at itsoffice here this morning,attended by MMCWAPresident Daw Khin SawHnin.

MMCWA Vice-President Daw Aye Ayepresided over the meeting.

MMCWA 19th annual meeting continues

Joint-Secretary-2 Dr TheinThein Htay acted as MCtogether with Dr Hnin YiHlaing.

Secretaries ofShan State (South) MCWSupervisory CommitteeDr Daw Nan Thuzar, ShanState (North) MCWSC DrDaw Nan Kein Phaung Tit,Shan State (East) MCWSCDr Daw Zin Mar Oo, andAyeyawady Division

MCWSC Dr Daw KhinSan Lwin presentedrespective annual reports(2008). Vice-PresidentDaw Aye Aye assessed thereports.

Director-GeneralDr Tun Naing Oo of theDepartment of MedicalResearch (CentralMyanmar) under theMinistry of Health chairedthe paper reading session.

The secretaries of stateand division MCWSC readpapers on health.

The meetingchairperson added somefacts to the reports.

Also present on theoccasion were CECmembers, and joint-secretaries.

The meeting continuestomorrow.

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The 19th annual meeting of MMCWA continues for second day.—MNA

Dr Daw Nan Thuzarpresents annual reports

(2008) of Shan State(South) MCWSC.

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Dr Daw Nan KeinPhaung Tit presents

annual reports (2008)of Shan State (North)

MCWSC.—MNA

Dr Daw Zin Mar Oopresents annual reports

(2008) of Shan State(East) MCWSC.

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Dr Daw Khin San Lwinpresents annual reports

(2008) of AyeyawadyDivision MCWSC.

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Dicussion on Protecting Older People: Cyclone Nargis One Year On in Progress at TradersHotel.—SWD

Discussion on Protecting Older People: Cyclone Nargis One Year On held

YANGON, 29 April—Discussion on ProtectingOlder People: CycloneNargis One Year On,organized by Help AgeInternational, was held atthe Ballroom of TradersHotel here this morning.

It was attended bygovernmental and non-governmental organi-zations (NGOs), UNagencies, donors andguests.

Regional represen-tative Mr Eduarodo Klien

of Help Age InternationalAsia/Pacific explainedmatters on findings afterstorm Nargis and work tobe done.

Deputy Director-General U Aung TunKhaing of Social Welfare

Department discussed thematters on rehabilitationand reconstruction instorm-hit regionsundertaken by thegovernment, elder carebeing undertaken byMinistry of SocialWelfare, Relief andResettlement. Thosepresent took part in thediscussions on basicrequirements of olderpeople in storm-hit regionsand works to be fulfilled.Afterwards, responsiblepersons replied to thequeries raised by thosepresent.—MNA

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YANGON, 29 April—Lt-Gen MyintSwe of the Ministry of Defence attendedthe coordination meeting of managementcommittee for industrial zones in YangonDivision at the meeting hall of YangonCommand Headquarters, here, yesterdayafternoon.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe urged officialsconcerned to render assistance in thedrive for development of industrial sectorin Yangon Division and to carry out thetasks for the improvement of agro-basedindustrial sector.

Next, Chairman of YangonDivision Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of YangonCommand Brig-Gen Win Myint and

YANGON, 29 April—The ASEAN Fashion PlusFair and Bangkok International Fashion Fair andBangkok International Leather Fair 2009 (BIFF andBIL 2009) will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 13to 16 August.

Cloth, clothing cosmetics and jewellery as well as

NAY PYI TAW, 29 April—Taungyamachaung(Wetkhok) Bridge was opened in Yesagyo Townshipon 27 April.

The bridge lies on Pathein-Monywa Road(Kazunma-Monywa section).

Also present were Chairman of SagaingDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof North-West Command Maj-Gen Myint Soe, DeputyMinister for Construction U Tint Swe, Chairman ofMagway Division Peace and Development CouncilCol Phone Maw Shwe and local people.

The commander spoke on the occasion andthe deputy minister reported on the bridge.

The commander and guests greeted thosepresent at the ceremony.

The commander and the deputy ministerformally opened the bridge and unveiled the stoneplaque. The RC Bailey bridge can withstand 13 tons ofloads.—MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe attendscoord meeting of managementcommittee for industrial zones

in Yangon DivisionChairman of Yangon City DevelopmentCommittee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung TheinLin gave supplementary reports onrequirements of the work.

Afterwards, chairmen ofmanagement committees for industrialzones, officials concerned andindustrialists briefed Lt-Gen Myint Sweon sector-wise measures andrequirements of the work.

After hearing the reports, Lt-GenMyint Swe, the commander and themayor attended to the needs.The meeting then ended with theconcluding remarks made by Lt-GenMyint Swe.

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ASEAN Fashion Plus Fair to be heldother finished goods can be put on display at the fair.Seminars for cooperation and investment will also beheld.

Exhibitors from Myanmar may contact the Unionof Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerceand Industry dialing 214344-49.—MNA

Taungyamachaung(Wetkhok) Bridge opened

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence delivers speech at coordination meeting ofmanagement committee for industrial zones in Yangon Division.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe accepts credentials of Mr Antonio de FariaE Maya, newly-accredited Ambassador of the Republic of Portugal to

the Union of Myanmar, at Bayintnaung Yeiktha in Nay Pyi Taw.(News on page 1)—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe receives Mr Douglas Harvey Monro Gibson, newly-accredited Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to the Unionof Myanmar, at Bayintnaung Yeiktha in Nay Pyi Taw. (News on page 1)—MNA

Tobacco Kills

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Senior General Than Shwe accepts credentials of Mr MirghaniMohamed Salih, newly-accredited Ambassador of the Republic of

Sudan to the Union of Myanmar, at Bayintnaung Yeiktha inNay Pyi Taw. (News on page 16)—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe meets with local people in Gaelaungmodel village, An Township.—MNA

YANGON, 29 April—The National Commissionfor EnvironmentalConservation will holdarticle and essay com-petitions (open) with the2009 motto of “Your PlanetNeeds You—Unite toCombat Climate Change”as a gesture of hailing WorldEnvironment Day.

Every world peopleneed to pay specialattention to climatechange, to take morecooperative measures inUN conventions onclimate change, to reducecarbon dioxide emission,

to make more invest in theenvironmental conser-vation technology, topreserve naturalenvironment that canabsorb carbon, to controlcarbon dioxide emittedfrom industries and otherservices and to combat theclimate change problemsin cooperation with worldnations.

The competitors mustwrite at lease 10 pages ofA4 size for the articles and7 pages of A4 size for theessays with the use ofcomputer (Win-InnwaFont size 17 or Myanmar

Unicode Myanmar 2 Fontsize 17 Line Spacing 1.5Lines).

Hansome prizes willbe presented to winners atthe ceremony of markingWorld Environment Day2009.

Articles and essaysattached with the name ofthe competitor, nationalregistration card andcomplete address are tobe sent to the NationalCommission forEnvironmental Conser-vation Office No 28, NayPyi Taw not later than 22May.—MNA

Article and essay competitions (open) tomark World Environment Day

NAY PYI TAW, 29April — Chairman ofRakhine State Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of WesternCommand Maj-Gen

Use of Bio batteries demonstratedin An Township

Township on 27 April anddemonstrated the ways formaking bio batteries.

After the meeting, thecommander and theminister presented books,

Thaung Aye and Ministerfor Transport Maj-GenThein Swe met with localpeople in GaelaungVillage-tract at Gaelaungmodel village in An

clothes, journals,magazines, LEDfluorescent lamps and biobatteries to the villagersthrough officialsconcerned.—MNA

Kinds of from No 3 Junction from Pyu from No 3 Junctionvehicles to Pyu to Nay Pyi Taw to Nay Pyi Taw

Vehicles K 1,500 K 1,000 K 2,500under 1 tonVehicles K 3,000 K 2,000 K 5,000under 3 tonsVehicles K 4,500 K 3,000 K 7,500under 5 tonsVehicles K 7,500 K 5,000 K 12,500under 10 tons

Public WorksMinistry of Construction

Toll gate fees to be paid from No 3 Junction of Yangon-Mandalay Expressway to Nay Pyi Taw C Junction

beginning 30-4-2009

NAY PYI TAW, 29April—Minister for ElectricPower No.2 Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint, on 26 April,inspected Switch Yard,being constructed to supplyelectricity to Namkham,Muse and environs withelectricity from Shwelihydropower plant and gaveinstructions on timelycompletion of tasks andsafety of worksite.

The minister visited 66/11 KV (5) MVA Namkhamsub power station and heardreports on matters related tothe sub power station on 27April.

Out of the wholeproject, construction ofcontrol building has been

Electric Power -2 Minister visitselectricity supply tasks in Muse

completed by 80 percent,switch yard, 100 percent andelectrical installation 100percent, and electricity willbe supplied to Namkham,Muse and Kyugok (Pansai).

The minister then metwith staff and attended tothe need and tasksundertaken. In Namkham,the minister gaveinstructions on plans forsupply of electricity fromShweli-Namkham-Muse 66KV power grid.

The minister visitedMuse District ElectricalEngineers’ Office, townshipElectrical Engineers’ Officeand 66/11 KV(10) MVAMuse sub power station.

MNA

YANGON, 29 April —Vice-Chairman ofYangon CityDevelopment CommitteeVice-Mayor Col MaungPa today inspectedpreventive measuresagainst DengueHaemorrhagic Feverbeing carried out inYankin Township inYangon East District.

At the Township

Executive Officer Office,the officials reported tothe vice-mayor onprogress work inpreventive measuresagainst DHF, householdsof the township anddrinking water supply.

Next, he looked intosanitation work beingcarried out by the HealthDepartment of YCDC andsocial organization

members along ShweThitsa Street in thetownship and holdingeducative talks onpreventive measuresagainst DHF.

Similarly, thepreventive measuresagainst DHF were carriedout in Lanmadaw,Kyauktada, Botahtaungand Mayangon townshipstoday.—MNA

Vice-Mayor inspects preventivemeasures against DHF

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NAY PYI TAW, 29April—Minister forInformation Brig-GenKyaw Hsan attended theopening of PyithuAlinyaung library ofThagara Village in ThaziTownship, Meiktila District,yesterday morning.

Acting Director-General of the Informationand Public RelationsDepartment U Ye Htut,Deputy Director ofMandalay Division IPRDU Kyaw Than Tun andChairman of the villagePeace and DevelopmentCouncil U Nyunt Lwinformally opened the library.The minister inspected the

Information Minister attends opening of libraries, meets locals in Meiktila District

facility and called for itssustainable progress.

The minister had ameeting with servicepersonnel, members ofsocial organizations, andlocal people from six village-tracts, totalling over 7000.

Village elder of ThagaraVillage-tract U Tun Kyigave an account of regionaldevelopment tasks. Theminister presented K500,000 each forconstruction of Hsegyi andHngetkyithaik villagelibraries, and publications,bio-battery and bulbs.

The minister and wifeand family donated K 1million to set up the initial

fund of Thagara Village ruralhealth care centre. Head ofthe Information Departmentof the Myanmar Women'sAffairs Federation Daw KyiKyi Win presentedpublications; DeputyDirector U Kyaw Than Tun,newspapers and books;Shwe Taung Co, K 1.5million; Meiktila DistrictIPRD, a TV set; the secretaryof Meiktila District UnionSolidarity and DevelopmentAssociation, publications;well-wishers, K 500,000;Thazi Township USDA, K20,000 and publications; andU Khin Maung Nyein andfamily of Hanzar village, UNyunt Lwin and family, U

Aung Zaw and family, andU Soe Tin and family ofThagara village, cash forsubscribing newspaper forone year, and magazines.

On his tour ofAlinyaung library ofShante Village in MeiktilaTownship, the ministercalled for cooperation withlocal people forsustainable developmentof the facility.

Next, he held a meetingwith about 5000 local peopleof 11 village-tracts and 14wards. Village elder ofShante Village presentedwork progress for regionaldevelopment. The ministergave instructions on regionaldevelopment.

The minister presentedK 500,000 each forconstruction of Shante andPhayagyi village libraries,bio-battery and bulbs, andpublications; Head ofInformation Department

Daw Kyi Kyi Win, books;Secretary of Yangon WestDistrict PDC U Soe Myintand family, a TV set and aDVD player; MeiktilaDistrict USDA, journals;and Meiktila TownshipUSDA, journals.

At the meetings, theminister called for greaterparticipation in the tasks forsustainable developmenttasks, greater attention tohealthy living, boostingintegrated farming,extensive use of bio-battery,and greater participation inthe rural developmentprojects. Then, he stressedthe importance of peace andstability and spoke at lengthon making comparisonbetween the historicalevents during the periodfrom 1948 to 1988 and theperiod from 1988 to thisdate with reasoning powerand achieving greaterdevelopment.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 29April—Minister forHealth Dr Kyaw Myintmet with President DrLincoln C Chen of ChinaMedical Board (CMB)based in the United Satesand party, and Chairperson

Health Minister meets withCMB president

Mrs Mary B Bullock andparty at the meeting hallof the Ministry here thismorning.

At the call, theydiscussed progress ofwork in teaching ofUniversities of Medicine

and other relateduniversities under theMedical ScienceDepartment andcooperation betweenthem.

Also present at the callwere Deputy Ministers forHealth Dr Mya Oo and DrPaing Soe, directors-general, the rector ofUniversity of Medicine -1(Yangon), directors andofficials concerned.

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Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan meets with officials of district/township departments, socialorganizations members and local people of 11 village-tracts and 14 wards in Shante Village,

Meiktila Township.—MNA

Minister Dr Kyaw Myint meets PresidentDr Lincoln C Chen of China Medical Board(CMB) based in the United Sates and party,

and Chairperson Mrs Mary B Bullockand party.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan attends opening of Pyithu Alinyaunglibrary in Thagara village, Thazi Township.—MNA

Importance of peace and stability stressed

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Warning on global human flu1. Swine flu in humans: Swine flu has been detected in the people in Mexico,the US, Canada and New Zealand from 17 to 25 April 2009. There were over1,300 cases and over 80 were killed.2. The flu is caused by a new virus. It is mixed with four genes and can spreadquickly. Now there are cases of such flu in some countries. Regarding the disease,the World Health Organization announced that it is international public healthState of emergency. The Ministry of Health is undertaking preventive measuresagainst transmitting to humans through avian flu. In some countries there was anoutbreak of swine flu among the people. The Ministry of Health is carrying outthe tasks to fight against the disease.3. The symptoms of swine flu are body heat, runny nose, coughing, aching,headache, lethargy, difficult breathing. They are like the symptoms of otherdiseases. If these symptoms appear, do not go to crowded public places such asworksites and schools. Take a rest at home. Make contact with the nearest healthcentres. Go to the hospital when one has high fever, long coughing, difficultbreathing and lethargy. If the disease is serious, go to the hospital immediately.Wear surgical masks in order not to spread the disease.4. It is found that the disease spread from people to people. Like SARS, it canbecome a pandemic. Therefore, the people are requested to keep in mind thefollowing points.

(a) Using handkerchief when coughing(b) Wash the hands with soap properly(c) Carrying out personal hygiene measures(d) Sleeping well(e) Eating nutritious food(f) Taking exercises(g) Breathing fresh air

5. In order to prevent flu infection, those who take care of the people infectedwith flu, wear surgical masks.6. The Ministry of Health has made arrangements for prevention of the spreadof such flu from other countries. News and information will be announced in timeand the people are requested to follow the notice of the ministry.

Ministry of Health

The Government of the Union of Myanmar

Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries

Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department

Warning on Swine Flu

1. Swine flu in humans: Swine flu has been detected in the people in Mexico, the

US, Canada and New Zealand from 17 to 25 April 2009. There were over 1,300 cases

and over 80 were killed.

2. Symptoms in swine: The symptoms of the swine flu are sudden illness,

mopping, coughing, runny nose, sneezing, difficult breathing, red eyes, inflammation,

loss of appetite. These symptoms can also be found in normal coughing and other

sickness due to the weather changes.

3. Points to be followed in prevention against swine flu

(a) If found symptoms of sickness in pigs, they are to be kept in quarantine,

and inform the LBVD.

(b) Take care of bio security in the farm where a large number of pigs are raised

(c) Wash hands and legs clean after cleaning the pigsty

(e) Use face masks and gloves when handling the unhealthy pigs

(f) Ban the sale of unhealthy pigs in the markets.

(g) Do not raise the pigs of unknown origin, especially those smuggled from

other country

(h) If pork is cooked at 70°C and above, there will be no infection.

4. Prevention of swine flu: There is no case of swine flu in Myanmar. It is necessary

for pig breeders and those who keep pigs on commercial scale and seller to participate

in the preventive measures against the disease in cooperation with Myanmar Livestock

Breeding Federation, Development Committees and local authorities.

Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department

Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries

YANGON, 29 April—An informative seminaron swine flu, jointlyorganized by LivestockBreeding and VeterinaryDepartment and UnitedNations Food andAgriculture Organization(FAO), was held at themeeting hall of thedepartment in Inseintownship, here,yesterday.

Chief TechnicalAdvisor of FAO DrMurray Maclean and

Informative seminar on swine flu heldDeputy Director-Generalof LBVD Dr Aung Gyidiscussed current out-breaks of swine flu andhuman flu in the worldnations, cooperativemeasures being taken bycountries and govern-ments, WHO, FAO, OIEand departmentsconcerned, points to befollowed by pig breedersand the public andpreventive measuresbeing taken in Myanmar.

The officials

replied to the queriesraised by those present.The seminar was attendedby officials of LivestockBreeding and VeterinaryDepartment, Livestock,Feedstuff and DairyEnterprise, Yangon CityDevelopment Committee,Myanmar LivestockBreeding Federation,Myanmar Pig Breedersand Producers Asso-ciation and media personstotalling 60.

MNACommander Maj-Gen Khin Zaw Oo and party stroll along

Yaypon bridge.—MNA

Yaypon Bridge inaugurated…(from page 16)

In his speech, thecommander said thatYaypon Bridge, which isimportant for TaninthayiDivision, is the 224th

bridges among 180-footand above long bridgeacross the nation and the9th bridge in the division.

Construction ofbridges one after anotherindicates the status of theState, skills and innova-tions of Myanmar engi-neers, unity and strengthof the entire people.

Taninthayi Division isimportant one for nationaleconomic sector as oilpalm, rubber, areca palmand cashew thrive in the

division.Thanks to completion

of Yaypon Bridge, it con-tributes to development ofeducation, social andhealth sectors, thereby fa-cilitating smooth transportand swift flow ofgoodsbetween TaninthayiDivision and other re-gions.

Besides, transport be-tween Taninthayi Divi-sion and other states anddivisions has becomesmoother due to thenewly-built bridges.

Thanks to inaugura-tion of Yaypon Bridge,raw materials and manu-factured goods of agro-based industries, fisher-

ies and cottage industriesin Dawei District andTaninthayi Division canbe transported to other re-gions at a low cost withina short time.

Local people will en-joy the fruits of educa-tion, health and social sec-tors through better trans-port.

The commander con-cluded his speech, call-ing for systemic use andmaintenance of develop-ment infrastructures in-cluding newly-openedYaypon Bridge imple-mented by the State forthe benefits of posterity.

Next, the managingdirector briefed facts

Opening ceremony of Yaypon Bridge in progress.—MNA

about the bridge and alocal spoke words ofthanks.

Afterwards, theyopened the bridge and

posed for a documentaryphoto together with de-partmental officials andguests.

Then, they sprin-

kled scented water on thestone inscriptions of thebridge and strolled alongthe bridge.

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12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 30 April, 2009

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MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITYINVITATION TO QUOTATION

Sealed quotations/ tender are invited by the MyanmaPort Authority, for the supply of the following items- (1) Spare Parts for Major Vessel (2) Spare Parts for Small Launches (3) Pressure Gauge and Temperature Gauge for Vessel (4) Spare parts For Fire Fighting Vessel (5) Electrical Spare Parts For Vessel (6) Echosounder Including Transducer, Accessories & Spares (7) Portable Automatic Tide Gauge & Spares (8) Hydraulic Jack (50 Ton) (9) Lifting Jack (25 Ton) (10) Ratched Hand Winch (5 Ton) (11) Water Pump (Petrol Engine Driven) (12) Hoist Wire Rope & Trolley Wire Rope for Crane

Quotation forms and documents are available at theStores Department, Seik Kan Township, Myanma PortAuthority, starting from 30.4.2009 during office hours.

Currency Closing DateFor Item (1) to (5) F.E 4-6-2009For Item (6) to (12) Kyats 28-5-2009

For further details, please contact telephone number292334,292292, and 292301.

Controller of Stores Myanma Port Authority

Invitation To Tender (FE) Sr. No Description Qty Issuing Date Closing Date

1. Spare Parts For Slurry Transporting System 1 Lot 28.4.2009 1.6.20092. Spare Parts For Heavy Equipment 1 Lot 28.4.2009 1.6.20093. Spare Parts For Production Machinery 1 Lot 28.4.2009 1.6.20094. Travelling Brake System For E.O.T Crane 1 Lot 28.4.2009 1.6.20095. Spare Parts For Air Quenching Cooler 1 Lot 28.4.2009 1.6.20096. Raw Mill & Cement Mill Spares 1 Lot 28.4.2009 1.6.20097. Gear Reducer For Finish Mill 1 Set 28.4.2009 1.6.20098. Cement Testing Instrument 1 Lot 28.4.2009 1.6.20099. Under Ground Cable Wire & Accessories 1 Lot 28.4.2009 1.6.2009

10. Unit Cooler For Rotary Kiln No. 3&4 1 Unit 28.4.2009 1.6.200911. Main power Cable & Control Cable For Reclaimer 1 Lot 28.4.2009 1.6.200912. 3, Phase V.S Motor With V.S Controller 1 Lot 28.4.2009 1.6.200913. 55 KW Motor For Slurry Pump 1 Unit 28.4.2009 1.6.2009

14. 45 KW Gear Motor 1 Unit 28.4.2009 1.6.200915. Dump Truck (3~3.5) Tons 4 Unit 28.4.2009 1.6.2009

16. Raw Materials For Tile Plant 4 Items 28.4.2009 1.6.2009Tender forms and documents are available at the Procurement Department,

Myanma Ceramic Enterprise, Ministry of Industry (1), Office No. 41, Nay Pyi Taw,during office hours. Tender will be accepted only from Bidder who purchased TenderDocuments officially. (For further details, contact telephone number. 067.408298)

MyanmaCeramic Industry

Invitation To Tender Sr No Description Qty Issuing date Closing date

1. Portable Hand Drill With Air Compressor (F.E)1 Unit 30.4.2009 8.6.20092. Air Compressor With Motor for 1 Unit 30.4.2009 8.6.2009

Aerial Rope way (F.E)3. Reno: Of Heavy Equipment (KS) 1 Lot 30.4.2009 8.6.20094. Slurry Pump (F.E) 2 Sets 30.4.2009 8.6.20095. Furance Oil Pump (F.E) 5 Sets 30.4.2009 8.6.20096. Laboratory Apparatus (KS) 1 Lot 30.4.2009 8.6.20097. Power Distribution Systems (F.E) 1 Lot 30.4.2009 8.6.20098. Industry TV And Camera For Kiln (F.E) 1 Lot 30.4.2009 8.6.20099. P-10 Gas (Cylinder) For X Ray Spectrometer (F.E) 1 No 30.4.2009 8.6.2009

10. Fan With Motor (F.E) 3 Items 30.4.2009 8.6.200911. Spare Parts For Machinery (F.E) 4 Items 30.4.2009 8.6.200912. Spare Parts For I.S Machine (F.E) 1 Unit 30.4.2009 8.6.200913. Spare Parts For Generator (F.E) 1 Unit 30.4.2009 8.6.2009

14. Spare Parts For Gas Generator (F.E)1 Unit 30.4.2009 8.6.200915. Water Pump & Accessories (F.E) 1 Unit 30.4.2009 8.6.2009

Tender forms and documents are available at the Procurement Department,Myanma Ceramic Enterprise, Ministry of Industry (1), Office No. 41, Nay Pyi Taw,during office hours. Tender will be accepted only from Bidder who purchased TenderDocuments officially. (For further details, contact telephone number. 067.408298)

MyanmaCeramic Industry

MYANMA PORT AUTHORITYHOLIDAY NOTICE

As the wharves warehouses and chellan Offices ofYangon Port will be closed on the 1st May 2009(May Day) and 8th May 2009 (Full Moon Day ofKasone) being the public Holidays. Goods will bereceived shipped or delivered on payment of Holi-day Fees.

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SUPA BHUM VOY NO ( )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SUPA BHUMVOY NO ( ) are hereby notified that the vessel will bearriving on 30.4.2009 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of M.I.P where it will lie at the consignee’srisk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and condi-tions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S REGIONAL CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (247 )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTATAMPAN VOY NO (247 ) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 30.4.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws 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 up to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the vessel.

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

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ago. The second best time is now.

TROMSOE, (Norway), 29 April—Norway’s foreign minister on Tues-day called for peaceful cooperation in the Arctic as the region’s fivebordering countries vie for potentially lucrative natural resources.

“High North, low tension,” Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoeresaid prior to the opening of an international conference in thenorthern Norwegian town of Tromsoe on the Arctic’s melting ice.“We will as responsible governments and coastal states be able tomanage the challenges and opportunities of this region without glidinginto conflict and negative competition,” he told reporters.

Internet

Norwaycalls for

cooperationon Arctic

riches

500 British nationals screened by Goa health dept PANAJI, 29 April—Taking precautionary steps against any possible

outbreak of swine flu in the state, health officials in India’s westerncoastal state of Goa have so far screened around 500 British nationalswho flew in here ten days ago. The move comes following the instructionfrom the Union Health Ministry to screen passengers arriving from UK,US, France, Canada and New Zealand at the airports, officials said hereTuesday. Moreover, tourists haling from these countries, who reachedhere 10 days ago or prior to that, would be tracked down and asked toreport to the nearest medical centre, they said.—MNA/PTI

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Drivewith care

Envoys more optimisticfor climate treaty

A guest visitor isfrightened as he rodethe ostrich with thehelp of Highgate

Ostrich Show Farmworkers in WesternCape, South Africa

recently.INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 29 April—Top climate envoyssaid they were more opti-mistic about sealing aglobal warming deal thisyear after a US-led meet-ing of major economies,but they sparred on thelevel of their commit-ments.

US President BarackObama, who championsaggressive action againstglobal warming, invitednegotiators from 17 othermajor economies includ-ing developing powerssuch as China and India tomeet in Washington.

The talks came as theclock ticks to a Decembermeeting in Copenhagenthat is meant to approve anew global treaty to slowdown the planet’s risingtemperatures.

“I come out of thismeeting a bit more opti-mistic,” Todd Stern, thechief US negotiator on cli-mate change, told report-

ers. Stern acknowledgedthat much of the conversa-tion was general in scopebut said it was not a “head-butting exercise.”

“Believe me, I’m nottrying to oversell,” Sternsaid. “I would not down-play or underestimate thedifficulty of getting anagreement in Copenh-agen.”

His remarks were ech-oed by German Environ-mental Minister SigmarGabriel, who said: “I’mquite optimistic that wewill succeed in Decem-ber.”

But he said that emerg-ing countries still did notwant to make bindingcommitments on howmuch they will cut carbonemissions blamed for glo-bal warming.

Internet

WASHINGTON, 29 April—Astronomers tracking amysterious blast of energy called a gamma ray burstsaid on Tuesday they had snapped a photograph ofthe most distant object in the universe — a smudge13 billion light-years away.

Hawaii’s Gemini Observatory caught the imageearlier this month after a satellite first detected theburst. “Our infrared observations from Gemini im-mediately suggested that this was an unusually dis-tant burst, these images were the smoking gun,” saidEdo Berger of the Harvard Smithsonian Center forAstrophysics.

Distortions in the light signature of the object showit is 13 billion years old — at the speed of light, 13billion light-years away. A light-year is 6 trillion miles(10 trillion km). This makes it easily the most distantobject ever seen by humanity, Berger said.—Internet

Telescope snaps mostdistant object WASHINGTON, 29 April

—Researchers havefound the first commongenetic link to autismand said on Tuesday itcould potentially ac-count for 15 percent ofthe disease’s cases.Three studies, two in thejournal Nature and onein Molecular Psychiatry,suggest changes in brainconnections could un-derlie some cases.

While the findings donot immediately offerhope for a treatment,they do help explain theunderlying causes of thecondition, which affectsas many as one in 150children, according tothe US Centres for Dis-ease Control and Preven-tion.

“These findings estab-lish that genetic factorsplay a strong role in au-tism spectrum disorder,”National Institutes ofHealth acting director DrRaynard Kington said ina statement. “Detailedanalysis of the genes andhow they affect brain de-velopment is likely toyield better strategies fordiagnosing and treatingchildren with autism.

Internet

Researchersfind firstcommon

autism gene

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14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 30 April, 2009

S P O R T S Guardiola slams Chelsea’snegative, physical tactics

Chelsea’s defender John Terry(bottom) slides in to challengeBarcelona’s defender DanielAlves during their ChampionsLeague semi-final, first-legmatch at the Camp Nou sta-dium in Barcelona. The gameended 0-0.—INTERNET

Gerets stuns Marseillewith decision to quit

Marseille coachEric Gerets

Barcelona’sCameroonian forward

Samuel Eto’o celebratesafter scoring during theSpanish League footballmatch against Malagaat Camp Nou stadiumin Barcelona, March

2009. —INTERNET

Heynckes targets ChampionsLeague place for Bayern

The new head coach of BayernMunich Jupp Heynckes (L) andhis assistant Hermann Gerland

arrive for a training session of theBayern Munich Bundesligafootball team. —INTERNET

Ferguson says Nani going nowhere

Manchester United andPortuguese winger’s Nani

Djokovic overcomes Montanes to moveinto third round

ROME, 29 April—Serbian world number three Novak Djokovicovercame a tough first set tiebreak to ease through to the third roundof the Rome Masters here on Tuesday beating Spaniard AlbertoMontanes 7-6 (7/5), 6-0.

The titleholder took just over an hour-and-a-half to overcome thedurable Spanish player. Montanes - ranked 33 in the world - lookedto have the first set in the bag when he led Djokovic 4-2 in the firstset tiebreak but the Serbian recovered to take five of the next sixpoints and in the process the set.

It was no contest in the second set as he ran away with it.—Internet

Serbian Novak Djokovic returns a ballto Spaniard Albert Montanes duringtheir ATP Tennis Open in Rome.Djokovic won 7-6, 6-0.—INTERNET

Tennis queen Safinasteamrollers into second round

Dinara Safina of Russia

Dementieva digs deep to beatlocal hero

STUTTGART, 29 April—Olympic champion ElenaDementieva needed more than two hours to survive ascare from local heroine Anna-Lena Groenefeld be-fore winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 here on Tuesday atStuttgart’s WTA event.

Having had few problems in the first set, the Rus-sian pin-up was put under pressure by Groenefeld,from Saarbrucken in the second, and Dementieva couldonly defend one of the three break points against her.

But the Russian, who won gold at the Beijing Olym-pic Games last August, regained control in the thirdset before admitting she had found it hard going to beback on clay.

Internet

MARSEILLE, 29 April—Marseille coach Eric Geretsdropped a bombshell here onTuesday as he told his title-leading players he would bequitting the club at the end ofthe season.

The Belgian coach - whosecontract terminates at the endof June - has been at the clubsince September 2007 and hasturned them into title contend-

ers after years of failing to challenge seven-time cham-pions Lyon.

Gerets, who turns 55 in May, told French radio sta-tion RTL in an interview to be broadcast on Wednes-day that he felt he had no option but to quit since Rob-ert Louis-Dreyfus, the largest shareholder in the club,to his mind had criticised him in an interview withL’Equipe in January.—Internet

MUNICH, 29April—In thewake of JurgenKlinsmann’ssacking byBayern Munich,c a r e t a k e rcoach JuppHeynckes saidTuesday hisgoal is toensure his sidequalify for theC h a m p i o n sLeague in hisfive games in charge. “A club like Bayern Munich mustbe playing in the Champions League next year,” saidHeynckes who won two Bundesliga titles with Bayernin his first spell as Munich coach between 1987 and 1991.

“Five teams can still win the league and the playersare better, for example, than the way they played lastweekend.”

Klinsmann was sacked Monday after the last in aseries of bad results, a 1-0 home defeat to Schalke 04,left the defending champions in third place three pointsbehind leaders Wolfsburg.

Heynckes, 63, said he was “surprised” to be askedto take over from Klinsmann, but he quickly acceptedthe position “out of friendship for Bayern Munich andfor Uli (Hoeness, Bayern team manager).”—Internet

BARCELONA, 29April—Barcelonacoach PepGuardiola reactedangrily at what hesaw as the referee’sleniency towardsEnglish sideChelsea’s physicalapproach in their 0-0 ChampionsLeague semi-finalfirst leg match.

Chelsea wentaway with missionaccomplished afterthey stood firmagainst a barragefrom Barcelona atthe Camp Nou and

become the first side this season in the competition tostop Barca from scoring at home.

As expected Barca took the game to Chelsea andenjoyed the vast majority of the possession but theywere unable to find a way through to goal for the firsttime at home this season in the competition.

Petr Cech made a couple of important blocks fromSamuel Eto’o and substitute Alexandr Hleb but toooften they were restricted to strikes from distance.

“It is difficult to play against a team which doesn’twant to play football,” stormed 37-year-old Guardiola,who has worked wonders with the side since replacingthe sacked Frank Rijkaard for this season.—Internet

STUTTGART, 29 April—Russia’s Dinara Safinacelebrated her first matchas world number one byneeding just 51 minutes toblitz Italy’s Sara Errani6-0, 6-1 in the first roundof Stuttgart’s WTA tour-

nament on Tuesday.The Russian domi-

nated to win the first setin just 26 minutes againstErrani, ranked 37th, and ittook the 21-year-old Ital-ian 40 minutes to evenwin a game as the Russianhit five aces in her open-ing match here.

With plenty of powerat the baseline blendedwith some delicatedropshots Safina, whoturned 23 on Monday, be-gan her Stuttgart cam-paign in style at the firstindoor stadium on theWTA tour to host a clay-court tournament.

Internet

MANCHESTER, 29April—Sir AlexFerguson has insistedNani has a future atManchester United andattributed the Portuguesewinger’s lack of first-team opportunities thisseason to the form ofKorean rival ParkJi-Sung.

Nani, who was substi-tuted at half-time duringthe 5-2 win overTottenham at the week-

end, has started only six Premier League games thisseason and not finished any of them.

That has fuelled reports the 22-year-old will beoffloaded barely two years after United paid 14 mil-lion pounds (20.4 million dollars) to buy him fromSporting Lisbon.—Internet

MANCHESTER, 29April—Manchester Citymanager Mark Hugheson Tuesday denied thatthe club had begun talkswith Barcelona aimed atbringing Samuel Eto’o tothe English PremierLeague club.

A meeting betweenCity chief executiveGarry Cook and BarcaPresident Joan Laporta inLondon on Monday trig-gered a flurry of reportssuggesting a 40-million-pound bid (58 milliondollars) for theCameroon striker was inthe offing.

But Hughes claimedthe talks were simply partof an effort to establishcloser links to Europe’stop clubs following thetakeover of City by theAbu Dhabi UnitedGroup, who financed lastyear’s 32-million-poundacquisition of Robinho.

“There has been

speculation about playersall year,” Hughes toldManchester radio stationKey103. “It is somethingthat we accept and hasbecome predictable.

“The meeting was notabout individuals buthow both clubs can helpeach other.

Internet

Hughes denies Man Citymove for Eto’o

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenscattered in Mon State, Bago and Yangon Divisions, isolatedin Shan, Rakhine and Kayin States, lower Sagaing andMandalay divisions, weather has been partly cloudy in theremaining areas. Day temperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) aboveApril average temperatures in Kachin State, lower Sagaing,Mandalay and Taninthyi Divisions,(5°C) to (6°C) aboveApril average temperatures in Chin State and upper SagaingDivision,(3°C) to (4°C) below April average temperaturesin Rakhine, kayin, MonStates and Bago Division and aboutApril average temperatures in the remaining States andDivisions. The significant day temperatures were Chauk,Myingyan, Monywa and NyaungU (42°C) each. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were CentralYangon (0.95) inch, Thayawady (0.86) inch and Myingyan(0.55) inch.

Maximum temperature on 28-4-2009 was 99°F.Minimum temperature on 29-4-2009 was 73°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 29-4-2009 was 68%.Total sunshine hours on 28-4-2009 was (6.5) hrs approx.

Rainfall on 29-4-2009 was (Tr) at Mingaladon, (0.20)inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.95) inch at Central Yangon. Totalrainfall since 1-1-2009 was (1.14) inches at Mingaladon,(2.01) inches at Kaba-Aye and (5.16) inches at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye)was (8) mph from Southwest at (17:00) hours MST on 28-4-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the AndamanSea and South Bay and generally fair elsewhere in the Bayof Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 30th April 2009: Rainor thundershowers are likely to be scattered in Shan, Kayinand Mon States, Bago and Yangon Divisions, isolated inKachin, Rakhine and Kayah States, lower Sagaing,Mandalay, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions and partlycloudy in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofcontinuation of isolated rain or thundershowers in theSouthern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 30-4-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 30-4-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers in theafternoon or evening. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for30-4-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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Almost 90 ill in suspectedfood poisoning case in N-W

China’s GansuLANZHOU, 29 April—Local health authorities said

87 people from three villages in northwestern China’sGansu Province were evaluated for food poisoningearly Wednesday.

The authorities in Yuzhong County, whichadministers the villages, said 28 of those people werehospitalized and 59 more were under observation. Nodeaths have been reported so far.

The problems surfaced on Tuesday at noon atXuanmatan, Xiaoshuizi and Xieluwa villages. Thevictims developed symptoms such as nausea, vomitingand diarrhea.

The county launched an emergency plan for food-safety incidents, and 42 doctors and nurses weredispatched to provide emergency services.

Local police are investigating vendors who soldniangpi, a traditional steamed snack made from wheat.These items are believed to be behind the foodpoisoning cases. Niangpi is popular in the northwest,including Gansu and Qinghai.

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A duck passes under a bridge in Lazienki park inWarsaw, Poland on Tuesday, on 28 April 2009.

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7th Waxing of Kason 1371 ME Thursday, 30 April, 2009

Yaypon Bridge on Yangon-Mawlamyine-Ye-Dawei-Myeik-Kawthoung Road.—MNA

* 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 insidethe country 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 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

Constitution* 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, 29 April — Mr MirghaniMohamed Salih, newly-accredited Ambassador of theRepublic of Sudan to the Union of Myanmar, pre-sented his credentials to Senior General Than Shwe,

Senior General Than Shwe accepts credentialsof Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan

Chairman of the State Peace and Development Coun-cil of the Union of Myanmar, at Bayintnaung Yeiktha,here at 11;00 am today.

Present on the occasion were Secretary-1 of

the State Peace and Development Council GeneralThiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo, Deputy Minister forForeign Affairs U Maung Myint and Director-GeneralU Kyaw Kyaw of the Protocol Department.— MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 29 April—The opening of YayponBridge on Yangon-Mawlamyine-Ye-Dawei-

Yaypon Bridge in Taninthayi Division inauguratedMyeik-Kawthoung Roadwas held at the pavilionnear the bridge on 27April, attended by Chair-

man of Taninthayi Divi-sion Peace and Develop-ment Council Commanderof Coastal Region Com-

mand Maj-Gen Khin ZawOo, Managing Director UKhin Maung Hse of Pub-lic Works under the Min-

istry of Construction, sen-ior military officers, divi-sion, district and townshiplevel departmental offi-

cials, members of socialorganizations, teachersand students, guests andlocal people.(See page 11)

Senior General Than Shwe receives Mr Mirghani Mohamed Salih, newly-accredited Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan to the Union ofMyanmar, at Bayintnaung Yeiktha in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

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