Kyaiklat Township, largest summer paddy producer in Myanmar · 7/18/2009 · gunfire. In the end, four more officers were wounded and the two suspects were killed in an exchange

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 93 12th Waning of Waso 1371 ME Saturday, 18 July, 2009

INSIDE

* 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

Kyaiklat Township in Ayeyawady Divisionis well-known for largest summer paddyproduction. It is the largest summer paddy produceras well as one of the townships with highest peracre yields of crops in Myanmar.

In Kyaiklat, thriving paddy fields are seenstretching to the horizon. The green paddy fields

Kyaiklat Township, largest summerpaddy producer in Myanmar

Article: Mg Mg Myint Swe; Photos: Kyaw Myint Than (Lanmadaw)

Some paddy fields with high-yield Theehtatyin strain paddy in Kyaiklat Township, Ayeyawady Division.

seemed to meet a good harvest. During our tour ofKyaiklat Township, we interviewed Chairman U AungThan Zaw of the Township Peace and DevelopmentCouncil.

He told the Myanma Alin, “Our township achievedthe targeted per acre yield of summer paddy from 2004to 2006, and won township level first prize for outstanding

performance in growing summer paddy three yearssuccessively. Moreover, our township won first prizein 2007-2008. This year, we plan to grow 136,431acres of monsoon paddy. Up to July 6, we had grown38,271 acres of monsoon paddy. Now, we are tryinghard to meet the targeted acreage of monsoon paddy.

(See page 7)

The noteworthy amountsof rainfall recorded

Gwa 4.25 inchesDawei 3.51 inchesNyaungdon 3.10 inchesYe 3.03 inchesNgathaingchaung 3.03 inchesMawlamyine 2.80 inchesCoco Island 2.80 inchesShwegyin 2.60 inches

The true aspiration of Myanmar people

MI KHIN THANTPAGES 8+9

In practising sovereign power along with legislationand executive, it is always necessary to prohibit, underthe judiciary system, those who breach laws, oppose theState and the legitimate government and harm thepublic interests.

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Saturday, 18 July, 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

Actively participate inbuilding a modern anddeveloped nation

Peace and stability is indispensable fordevelopment of a country or a region. Onlywhen there is prevalence of law and orderand peace and stability across the countryincluding border areas will the socio-economic status of the people improve.

The government is making all-outefforts for ensuring stability of the State,bringing about sound national economy andpromoting national education. As it forgednational reconciliation, progress has beenmade in fostering friendship andunderstanding among national brethren,thereby further strengthening Union Spiritand national consolidation.

At present, the government is buildingdevelopment infrastructures for the emergenceof a modern and developed nation. In thatregard, it has laid down and is implementingthe seven-step Road Map in line with the wishesof the people. As it has already approved theState constitution, the fourth step of the seven-step Road Map, it is now making arrangementsfor holding the multi-party general election,the fifth step, in 2010.

Nowadays, peace and stability prevailsthe length and breadth of the nation. And thegovernment is making great strides inagriculture and production. With smoothand secure transport, trade and commerce isin full swing. As a result, the entire nationalpeople are enjoying the fruits of peace anddevelopment.

At a time when peace and stabilityprevails along with national solidarity andregional development, it is incumbent uponthe entire national people to activelyparticipate in the drive for the emergence ofa modern and developed nation.

Commander looks into development of Mongyawng, Mongphyat stationsNAY PYI TAW, 17 July—Chairman of Shan State

(East) Peace and Development Council Commander ofTriangle Region Command Maj-Gen Kyaw Phyo on 10July met with servicemen and their families at the hall ofMongyawng Station and presented foodstuffs to them.

At the hall of Mongyawng Township PDC, he metwith departmental personnel, social organization membersand townselders.

The commander attended the fertilizer

broadcasting ceremony at monsoon paddy plantationsin Monlaik Village-tract of Mongyawng. He visitedthe construction of Mongphyat—Mongyawng roadPanmakyu Village Basic Education Primary School inMongyawng Township and the model plantations ofNgwechi-6 long staple cotton and maize in HsainghsatVillage of Mongphyat Township.

At the hall of Mongphyat Station, the commandermet servicemen and their families.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 17 July—The final match and prize-presenting ceremony of the Commander-in-Chief’s (Air)Football Championship shield (2009) took place at theplayground of the ground training base in Meiktila on 13July. On behalf of the Commander-in-Chief (Air),Commander of the ground training base presented prizes

C-in-C’s (Air) Football championship match endsto winner team and athletes.

It was attended by the commander of flying trainingbase, Squadron Leader, Commander, Head of Department,senior military officers, families and teams from theground training base and flying training base.—MNA

NIPRO Corporation (Japan)donates Haemodialysis Machine

YANGON, 17 July—On behalf of NIPROCorporation (Japan), Managing Director of MyanmarYutani Co Ltd. Mr Yoshinori Komaru donated US $17,000 worth Haemodialysis Machine to the RenalMedical Ward of Yangon General Hospital today.Medical Superintendent of Yangon General HospitalDr Daw Nu Nu Tha accepted the donation and spokedwords of thanks.—NLM

YUCS pays respects to faculty membersYANGON, 17 July—

The third ceremony to payrespects to faculty membersby the old students of theUniversity of ComputerStudies (Yangon) took placeat the Conference Hall ofMyanmar Info-Tech in HlineTownship, here, on 12 July.

First, Rector ofYUCS Dr Thin Nu Naingintroduced the attendees tofaculty members. The oldstudents then paid respectsand presented gifts to thefaculty members.

Next, Rector (retired)of YUCS Dr Kyaw Theindelivered an address and oldstudent Nay Lin Zin frombatch No. 10 spoke words ofthanks.

Afterwards, they alsohave donated K 500,000 tomedical fund of YangonGeneral Hospital inmemory of the late faculty

members . Moreover, underthe patronage of facultymembers who may notattend the ceremony, cashhave been donated toorganizations and booksto YUCS.

MNA

The old students present gifts to facultymembers.—NLM

Managing Director of Myanmar Yutani Co, Ltd Mr Yoshinori Komarudonates Haemodialysis Machine to Medical Superintendent

Dr Daw Nu Nu Tha of Yangon General Hospital.—NLM

Minister forConstruction

Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint awards

prize to asix-distinctionwinner in 2009Matriculationexamination.

(News reported)CONSTRUCTION

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Air strike claims four civilian lives,wounds a dozen in S Afghanistan

Blasts at Jakarta Ritz, Marriott kill nine, wound 50

Two killed, five woundedin New Jersey shooting

WASHINGTON, 17 July— Two suspects were killedin a shootout with police early Thursday in JerseyCity, New Jersey, as five police officers were alsowounded in the incident, authorities said. It took place around 5 am eastern time (900 GMT)as two police officers spotted a vehicle suspected ofbeing involved in a recent armed robbery, the city’spolice chief Thomas Comey told reporters at a newsconference. When a man went to the car, police approachedhim. The man, dressed like a priest, pulled out a shot-gun and fired, grazing one officer in the leg. The man then fled and holed up in a nearby apart-ment building with another suspect. Police called in backup and evacuated other resi-dents of the building. As police entered the building, they were met withgunfire. In the end, four more officers were wounded andthe two suspects were killed in an exchange of gun-fire. Among the five wounded officers, two sufferedfrom serious injuries.—Internet

Victims of a bombing recuperate in a hospital after an attack on a funeral inthe Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, on 15 July, 2009. The bombwas placed in a plastic bag near a tent where men were mourning the death of

the wife of a Shiite tribal leader.—INTERNET

A police vehicle and ambulances are parked outside the JW Marriott hotelafter an explosion in Jakarta on 17 July, 2009. —INTERNET

Mexico sends more police,army after gang attacks

MEXICO CITY, 17 July—Mexico on Thursday ordered5,500 federal police, soldiers and navy personnel tomove into a gang-plagued western state following acartel’s slaying of 20 officers and troops in one of theboldest revenge attacks ever mounted against the gov-ernment. Amid the violence, US Secretary of StateHillary Rodham Clinton indicated Thursday that theUnited States is committed to the Merida Initiative, a$1.4 billion funding package aimed at helping Mexicotrain and equip its anti-drug efforts.

Mexico is facing a huge challenge, and late Thurs-day Interior Secretary Fernando Gomez Mont said thegovernment was pouring 1,500 federal police offic-ers, 2,500 soldiers and 1,500 navy personnel intoMichoacan state, the home base for the violent LaFamilia cartel.—Internet

Police investigate the scene of a shooting on ReedStreet in Jersey City on 16 July, 2009. Five Jersey

City police officers were shot, two criticallywounded in an early morning shootout in New

Jersey’s second-largest city. Two suspects were alsokilled in the shootout, which stemmed from police

surveillance of two armed robbery suspects inJersey City, authorities said.—INTERNET

17 killed in torrential rainsin southern India

NEW DELHI, 17 July—Seventeen people have beenkilled in torrential rains which hit the southern Indianstate of Karnataka over the past one week, said Indianpolice on Thursday.

Police officials in the state said eight people werekilled over the past 24 hours, including a three-mem-ber family and a boy washed away by floods. Manyparts of India have been hit by torrential rains over thepast several days. In the eastern state of Orissa, morethan 20 people were killed in flood and heavy rain hasbeen pouring over the past several days.—Internet

KABUL, 17 July—Fourmembers of a family werekilled and a dozen otherssustained injuries as ahouse was attacked fromthe air in Taleban formerstronghold Kandaharearly Thursday, owner ofthe house Hajji Nem-atullah Khan said.

The upset Khan whotook the injured membersof his family to Mir WaisHospital in Kandahar citythe capital of KandaharProvince said the bom-bardment occurred thismorning in Shah Walikotdistrict.

“It was early this morn-

ing that aircraft of foreigntroops raided his house inTawala village killingfour people including achild and injured 12 oth-ers including four menand eight women andchildren,” NematullahKhan told newsmen at thehospital.

However, he did not sayif the planes belonged toNATO-led multinationalpeacekeeping force ISAF(International SecurityAssistance Force) or theUS-led Coalition forces.

Local officials have yetto make comment. Adeadly air raid againstTaleban militants in thewest Farah Province lastMay left some 140 civil-ians dead.

Internet

JAKARTA, 17 July—Bombs minutes apartripped through twoluxury hotels in JakartaFriday, killing nine andwounding at least 50more, ending a four-yearlull in terror attacks in theworld’s most populousMuslim nation. At least14 foreigners were amongthe dead and wounded.

The blasts at the JWMarriott and Ritz-Carltonhotels, located side-by-side in an upscale busi-ness district in the capi-tal, blew out windows andscattered debris and glassacross the street, kickingup a thick plume of

smoke. Facades of bothhotels were reduced totwisted metal.

Alex Asmasubrata,who was jogging nearby,said he walked into theMarriott before emer-gency services arrivedand “there were bodies onthe ground, one of themhad no stomach,” he said.“It was terrible.”

The Marriott, whichwas attacked in 2003 in abombing blamed on

Southeast Asian terrornetwork Jemaah Islami-yah, was hit first, fol-lowed by the blast at theRitz two minutes later.

The attacks came justtwo weeks after presiden-tial vote expected to re-elect incumbent SusiloBam-bang Yudhoyonowho has been creditedwith stabilizing a nationpreviously wracked bymilitancy.

Internet

Test of Russia’s Bulava missile fails MOSCOW, 17 July— Russia’s latest test of its newBulava submarine-launched ballistic missile has failed,the Russian Defence Ministry said on Thursday. The missile was launched on Wednesday from thestrategic nuclear-powered submarine Dmitry Donskoiin the White Sea off Russia’s northwest coast, the mini-stry said. “The missile self-destructed after a malfunction ofthe first stage,” it was quoted as saying by RIA Novostiand Interfax.

Internet

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JAKARTA, 17 July—In-donesian economy growthin the second quarter 2009slowed to 3.7 percentcompared to 6.4 percentin the same period lastyear, the Kompas dailyreported on Friday.

It also recordedslowdown compared tothe previous quarter of 4.4percent, said the daily.

The decrease was con-tributed by slowing ex-port-import growth andgovernment’s consump-

Handout photo shows an offshore oil production platform-destined for theUnited Arab Emirates-being launched in Ulsan, South Korea. Three firms

from South Korea have won orders totalling 3.9 billion dollars for a series ofmassive gas development projects in the oil-rich region of the Middle East, it

has been announced.—INTERNET

An employee cleans a

Porsche ‘Cayenne’

sports utility vehicle at

the auto-maker’s

annual stockholder’s

meeting in Stuttgart.

INTERNET

Indonesian economy growthslows in Q2

tion.Early Monitoring Data

by the Finance Ministry’sFiscal Policy Agency pre-dicted that the secondquarter figure was sup-ported by investmentgrowth of 7.6 percentcompared to the same pe-riod of 2008. The figurewas bigger than the 3.3percent in the first quar-ter of 2009.

The head of economistin the Bank Mandiri, thecountry’s biggest bank,

Mirza Adityaswara saidthat the slow growth inthe second quarter wasdue to low banks’ creditrealization. It reached al-most zero growth in theperiod of December 2008to June 2009.

Banking credit growthin 2009 is predicted toreach no more than 15percent but no less than12 percent. In 2010, thecredit growth is predictedto reach 15 percent.

Internet

A Lufthansa Boeing 747 takes off from Frankfurt airport. The leadingGerman airline, Lufthansa, will launch a cost-cutting programme aimed at

saving one billion euros (1.4 billion dollars) per year from 2011, a pressreport said—INTERNET

MILWAUKEE, 17 July—US motorcycle icon Harley-Davidson said it would temporarily shutter produc-tion lines and cut 1,000 jobs as the recession has cutinto sales.

The company said it would close its powertrainproduction facility in Wauwatosa, Wis, and its HarleyV-Rod and Sportster facilities in Kansas City, Mo,for 14 weeks later this year.

Young Chinese mencheck out the latestline-up of Harley-

Davidson motorcycleson sale at the compa-ny’s main showroomin Beijing, China on25 December, 2007.

INTERNET

Harley-Davidson to slowdown and cut jobsCHICAGO, 17 July — Al-

ready high unemploymentrate in the US state ofMichigan jumped 1.1 per-cent in June, hitting 15.2percent, it is reported hereon Thursday.

According to officialsof the state, the latest job-less rate was 7.1 percent-age points above thestate’s June 2008 rate of8.1 percent. A large dropin manufacturing jobscaused by restructuring inthe auto industry ac-counted for much of therise. The headquarters ofthe three US auto compa-nies — GM, Chrysler andFord are all in MichiganState. GM and Chryslershed thousands of jobs asthey went through bank-ruptcy in June. The na-tional unemployment ratein the June was 9.5 per-cent.—Internet

CHICAGO, 17 July— Grain futures in Chicago Boardof Trade declined on Thursday as corn fell to a two-year low due to favourable weather in Midwest.

September corn fell 12.75 cents, closing at 3.1675dollars a bushel, the lowest closing level since July2007.

Wheat future for September delivery was down 1.5cents, settled at 5.3325 US dollars per bushel. Novem-ber soybean lost 14.5 cents to 8.90 dollars per bushel.

Consistently favourable weather conditions for cropdevelopment over the past few weeks and forecastedfor the rest of this week and this weekend weighed oncorn.—Internet

SAN FRANCISCO, 17 July — In response to the glo-bal recession, Cisco Systems is planning to cut as manyas 700 jobs at its Silicon Valley headquarters, US me-dia reported on Thursday.

The layoffs will be in the range of 600 to 700 em-ployees and will be “company wide” and involve “mul-tiple departments,” the San Jose Mercury News saidin a report on its website, citing a source close to thecompany’s leadership.

The cuts are part of a restructuring effort announcedearlier by the world’s biggest networking equipmentmaker, the newspaper said.—Internet

SAN FRANCISCO, 17July—Despite the ongo-ing economic downturn,Google Inc on Thursdaysaid its profit climbedmore than 18 percent inthe second quarter endedon 30 June.

The Internet giantearned 1.48 billion USdollars in the quarter,compared with 1.25 bil-lion dollars in the sameperiod a year earlier.

The company’s profitin the most recent quarterincreased about4 percent

Harley’s second quarterearnings fell from $222.8million in the second quar-ter of 2008 to $19.8 mil-lion in this year’s secondquarter, the MilwaukeeJournal Sentinel reportedThursday.

Revenue fell 27 percentto $1.15 billion.

About 700 job cutswould come from hourlypositions, the companysaid. In a previousworkforce reduction thisyear, Harley said it wouldeliminate as many as 1,500hourly jobs.—Internet

Unemploymenthits 15.2% in USstate of Michigan

Google profit jumps 18%in second quarter

from 1.42 billion dollarsin the first three monthsthis year. However, as areflection of the contin-ued difficult economicconditions, Google sawits sales growth slowing.

Its revenues increasedjust 3 percent to 5.52 bil-lion dollars over the year-ago period, down fromthe 6-percent growth inthe first quarter this year.

Paid clicks to ads onGoogle sites rose about15 percent over the samequarter of 2008, but rep-resenting a decrease of 2percent from the previousquarter.—Internet

Chicago grains end lower,corn dropping to a two-yearlow on favourable weather

Cisco to cut about 700 jobs atheadquarters

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NAM summit closes after reachingconsensus, approving documents

Majority of Canadians oppose Afghan mission

Beijing to introduce maglev trainsto ease traffic jams in urban area

SHARM EL SHEIKH, 17July—The 15th Non-aligned Movement(NAM) Summit waswrapped up here Thurs-day, after member coun-tries reached consensus onpromoting solidarity andratified documents onjointly addressing interna-tional and regional issues.

At the two-day summitheld in this Egyptian RedSea coastal city, leadersfrom over 100 NAMcountries or their repre-sentatives focused theirdebate on the summit’s

theme of InternationalSolidarity for Peace andDevelopment.

They extensively dis-cussed current hotspot in-ternational and regionalproblems, such as the on-going global financial cri-sis, climate change, theMiddle East peace proc-ess, food security, energyand nuclear issues.

The Summit admittedArgentina as NAM ob-server country and theWorld Peace Council asits observer organization.

Egyptian President

Hosny Mubarak waselected as NAM Chairper-son for the following 3years.

At a speech deliveredbefore the Summit’s clos-ing, Mubarak said: “TheSummit has provided newevidence of the vitality ofthe Non-aligned Move-ment, and affirmed thesignificance of this mas-sive bloc of over half ofthe world’s states, as wellas the importance of thevalues and principles thatthey defend.”

Xinhua

Local citizens watch the sketch maps illustrating the whole process of the fullsolar eclipse, during a popular science exhibition on the introduction to theforthcoming 2009 Full Solar Eclipse at the Shanghai Science & Technology

Museum, in Shanghai, east China, on 11 July, 2009. —XINHUA

Japanese toymaker TOMY Company’s Motomasa Kuge displays the company’sworld smallest class infrared light controlled biped walking robot “ROBO-Q”at the International Tokyo Toy Show 2009 in Tokyo on 16 July, 2009. —XINHUA

The path for pedestrian at the Donghekou Earthquake Relics Park is floodedin Qingchuan County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on 15 July, 2009.

Heavy rains that began on Tuesday have killed one people and caused theother missing in Qingchuan County. —XINHUA

OTTAWA, 17 July—There are moreCanadians who oppose the country’stroops deployment in Afghanistan thanthose who support it, according to pollsreleased Thursday.

Fifty-four percent of respondents op-posed the Afghan mission, while 34 per-cent supported it and 12 percent wereundecided, according to a poll by EKOSthat was done for the Canadian Broad-casting Corporation (CBC).

The survey suggests the strongest op-position exists in the French-speakingQuebec Province, with 73 percent ofthose polled saying they did not supportCanada’s presence in Afghanistan.

Only15 percent offered their support.Opposition was very high among

women across the country, with 60 per-cent saying Canada should not be in-volved in Afghanistan and only 27 per-cent saying it should.

EKOS conducted the poll between 8and 14 July, 2009, surveying 2,713 Ca-nadians from across the country over theage of 18. The margin of error for thesurvey is plus or minus 1.9 percentagepoints, 19 times out of 20.

Another poll released on the same dayalso suggested that 52 percent of Cana-dians want the combat mission to end in2011 as planned.—Xinhua

Indian, French navies jointly rescueIndian crew from pirates in Gulf of AdenNEW DELHI, 17 July—Indian and French navies

jointly rescued a 14-member Indian crew on board anIndian vessel hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulfof Aden Wednesday, said the Press Trust of India quot-ing Navy sources Thursday.

The combined action by the two navies patrollingthe pirate-infested waters forced seven pirates holdingthe crew at gun point to release them without any ran-som and to abandon the vessel, said the report.—Xinhua

Ten climbers die on mountainsin Japan’s Hokkaido

TOKYO, 17 July—Ten climbers have died on twomountains in north Japan’s Hokkaido since Thursday,Kyodo News reported, quoting police sources, Friday.

Among the 10 victims, the body of Atsuko Onoue,64, from Hyogo Prefecture, was recovered on the2,052-metre Mt. Biei, while eight others died whileclimbing the 2,141-metre Mt Tomuraushi, accordingto local police.

Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

WHO says A/H1N1 pandemic spreads at unprecedented speed

GENEVA, 17 July—The A/H1N1 influenza has beenspreading at an unprecedented speed, much faster thanother pandemics in history, the World Health Organi-zation (WHO) said on Thursday.

“In past pandemics, influenza viruses have neededmore than six months to spread as widely as the newH1N1 virus has spread in less than six weeks,” theUN agency said in a briefing posted on its webside.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 17 July—Beijing’s communica-tions authority hasplanned to introduceChina-made maglevtrains into its expandingpublic transport systemto ease urban trafficcongestions.

Li Xiaosong, spokes-man of the BeijingMunicipal Committee ofC o m m u n i c a t i o n s ,confirmed the plan Thurs-

day and said the commit-tee has aimed to updatethe transport system inorder to cut commutingtime within the city’s fifthring road into one hour by2015.

According to Friday’sGlobal Times, the firstplanned maglev route, theDaitai line (S1), will startin Beijing’s IT center inHaidian District passingthrough Shijingshan Dis-

trict, and end inMentougou District inwestern Beijing.

Though with a speedof up to 500-plus kmh,the levitating trains,which will be designedand made by China,will travel at a speedof 100-80 kmh in Beijingfor passenger safety,said transport authori-ties.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

A view of Australia’s Blue Mountainswhere a British teenage backpackerhas been found alive, 12 days afterhe went missing in the area, police

have said.

“Hitler tree” may facethe axe in Polish townAn oak tree planted in Nazi-occupied

Poland during World War Two to markAdolf Hitler’s birthday may soon facethe axe if the local mayor has her way.

Authorities in Jaslo in ruralsoutheastern Poland discovered theorigins of the tree when plans werelodged to fell it to make way for a trafficroundabout.

“We obtained information that thisis no ordinary tree but was put here tomark Adolf Hitler’s birthday,” saidJaslo’s mayor, Maria Kurowska.

Man sues Kimberly-Clarkover bad-breath deviceA Boston-area inventor sued

Kimberly-Clark Corp, contending thatthe maker of Kleenex tissues andHuggies diapers had violated his patentfor a device to detect bad breath.

The man, Marv Freadman of Chelsea,Massachusetts, filed a lawsuit in Bostonfederal court, saying that the Dallas-based consumer products maker isdeveloping a “visual indicating devicefor bad breath.”

Authorities say a man has died afterfalling into a vat of melted chocolate ina New Jersey processing plant.

A spokesman for the CamdenCounty Prosecutor’s Office says the29-year-old temporary worker atCocoa Services Inc. plant fell after ablade used to mix raw chocolate hithim. The man’s name has not beenreleased.

The accident happened around 10:30am on Wednesday as the worker wasloading raw chocolate into the vat whereit’s melted and mixed before beingshipped elsewhere to be made into candyproducts.

The victim was said to have beentrapped in the vat for nearly 10 minutesbefore being freed, reports CBS station

Lost French hikersurvives 11 days on only

a picnic A 62-year-old French woman hiker

survived 11 days lost in the Pyreneesmountains with nothing but a picnic toeat, her husband said Thursday.

Therese Bordais lost her way afterwandering ahead of the rest of her hikingparty, in the Ondesa national park in theSpanish Pyrenees.

Spanish rescuers scoured the areawith helicopters and dogs for over aweek until spotting her at the footof a gorge, where she had spreadbrightly coloured clothes by theside of a stream to attract atten-tion.

“Frankly, I had lost all hope. Howon earth can someone survive 11 dayswithout food, alone out in the storms?”said her husband Marcel Bordais.

A pelican checks out a snappingturtle in their enclosure at the zoo in

the western German city ofMuenster.

Man falls to death into vat of chocolateKYW. Officials said a preliminaryinvestigation has revealed that the workermay have suffered a head injury whileinside the vat.

CAIRO, 17 July—Eight Serb touristsand three Egyptians were killed when atruck on the wrong side of the road hittheir coach head-on along Egypt’s RedSea coast on Thursday, a security offi-cial said.

Nine Serbs were also injured in thecrash near Safaga while on their way tothe ancient pharaonic city of Luxor insouthern Egypt, the official said.

Security and medical officials said

MARSEILLE, 17 July—The roof of a stage being builtfor a Madonna concert in the French port city of Mar-seille collapsed on Thursday, leaving one worker deadand nine injured, city officials said.

The roof at the Stade Velodrome stadium fell aparton top of several workers.

One worker was killed and two of the injured wereseriously hurt, said Maurice Di Nocera, Marseille citycouncilor in charge of major events, said on France-Info radio. The seriously injured were an Americanand a Briton, said the Marseille central fire depart-ment. The killed worker was French. No identities werereleased.

Four other people had multiple injuries, includingfractured bones, and three others suffered light inju-ries, the fire department said. All of the injured weretaken to local hospitals.

Di Nocera said the roof had been about two-thirdscomplete when it collapsed gradually on top of sev-eral workers.—Internet

Ambulances leave the Stade Velodrome stadium inMarseille, southern France, on 16 July, 2009.

INTERNET

DENVER, 17 July— In-vestigators are trying todetermine if a hospitaltechnician who may havespread hepatitis C inColorado did the samething when she worked inNew York.

Kristen Parker, whowas a surgical technicianat Rose Medical Center,told Denver police shestole syringes containingthe painkiller Fentanyl,injected herself with thedrug and then refilled thesyringes with saline solu-tion to hide the theft,KMGH-TV, Denver, re-ported.

Parker, infected with

HANGZHOU, 17 July—New Jack Sewing Ma-chine Co, Ltd, a Chineseprivate sewing machinesupplier based in easternChina’s Zhejiang Prov-ince, have taken over twoGerman counterparts,Bullmer and TopCut,company officials said onFriday.

China Sewing Machin-ery Association said thatthe move was the first suc-cessful acquisition ofoverseas companies by aChinese private sewingmachine manufacturer.

The first successfuloffshore takeover by aChinese state-owned sew-ing machine company oc-curred in 2005.

Company officials saidNew Jack Sewing Ma-chine has taken over brandnames, technology, effec-tive stocks and human re-sources of the two Ger-man firms at a cost of 45million yuan (6.6 millionUS dollars).—Internet

Stage for French Madonnashow collapses; 1 dead

Chinese privatesewing machine

maker takes overGerman peers

Eight Serbs, three Egyptians killed in coach crashearlier that other European tourists wereinvolved in the crash, but all the victimshave now been identified as Serbs.

Egypt’s roads are among the mostchaotic and dangerous in the world, withtraffic laws frequently flouted and roadspoorly maintained.

In 2008, more than 8,000 people diedfrom traffic-related accidents, officialssay.

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Hospital tech may have spreadhepatitis Chepatitis C, risked spread-ing the disease to patients,officials said.

In late 2007 and early2008, Parker worked atNorthern WestchesterHospital in Mount Kisco,NY. Health officials theretold 7NEWS Wednesday2,800 patients treated atthe hospital have beenwarned they might havebeen infected.

In 2005 and 2006,Parker worked at ChristusSt John Hospital in Hou-ston.

She told police she be-lieves she became infectedwith hepatitis during a pe-riod of heroin use after she

was fired from theWestchester hospital.

Parker faces federaldrug charges and a longprison sentence if con-victed.

At one point during a30 June interview withpolice, she began crying.

“I didn’t know that thiswas going to happen. Imean, to the extent peo-ple would get sick for therest of their lives becauseof me. And I can’t take itback,” she said.

“Now, I’ve got to livewith what I did for the restof my life, and so doeseverybody else.”

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Japanese toymaker TOMY Company’s“Bowlingual voice” device, which thecompany says “translates” dog emotions,is displayed at the International TokyoToy Show, July 16, 2009. The wireless mi-crophone device, which fits on a dog’scollar, transmits the animal’s sound to ahandheld consul which analyses and“translates” into six emotional categories.The device then emits a common phrasematching the dog’s emotional state, both in words and voices.

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Commander inspectsdevelopment tasks in

Hmawby, Taikkyi townshipsYANGON, 17 July—Chairman of Yangon Divi-

sion Peace and Development Council Commander ofYangon Command Maj-Gen Win Myint heard thereports on maintenance tasks presented by the Execu-tive Officer of Hmawby Township Development Af-fairs Committee on the inter-district road in InkanVillage yesterday morning.

At Shwe Inwa Rubber Cultivation Company inTaikkyi Township, the in-charge of the rubber farmreported on cultivation of rubber. After giving neces-sary instructions, the commander visited the rubberfarm.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 17July—Minister for Indus-try-1 U Aung Thaunggrew Gangaw (Mesua

Ministry of Industry-1 holds 2nd

monsoon tree-planting ceremonyferrea ) at the 2nd monsoontree-planting ceremonyheld at Minister’s officehere on 15 July. Direc-tors-General and Manag-ing-Directors of Depart-ments and Enterprises alsogrew star flower saplings.

A total of 7149-sap-ling were grown at theceremony and so far, alto-

gether 40,632 saplingshave been grown.

The minister putfingerlings into No.1 smalldam and so did the direc-tors-general and the man-aging-directors.

A total of 20,000fingerlings were releasedat the ceremony.

MNA

Minister U AungThaung releasesfingerlings into a

dam in Nay Pyi Taw. INDUSTRY-1

Commander

Maj-Gen

Win Myint

inspects

rubber

plantation of

Shwe Inwa

Co Ltd in

Taikkyi.

MNA

Kyaiklat Township, largest summer paddy producer in Myanmar

Article: Mg Mg Myint Swe; Photos: Kyaw Myint Than (Lanmadaw)

(from page 1)Last year, Kyaiklat

Township gained per acreyield of 100 baskets insummer paddy, and 75.55baskets in monsoonpaddy. And the paddystrains it grew commonlywere Hnankha,H s i n t h w e l a t ,Manawthukha andTheehtatyin.

“In order toachieve paddy per acreyield, we choose high-yield strains, andorganize and encouragefarmers to use advancedagricultural methods.Now, we have set up aplot of 200 acres forpaddy seeds to distributethem to farmers in orderthat they come to usehigh-yield strain paddyseeds. In that regard, wewill distribute high-yieldstrain paddy seeds tofarmers at the rate of twobaskets a farmer. Thehigh-yield paddy strain

we choose isTheehtatyin,” he said.

Then, we observedthe plot with theaccompaniment of UAung Than Zaw. To getto the plot, we had to walkon muddy embankmentsof paddy fields filled withirrigation water. There,we saw the thriving greenpaddy plants swayinggently in the breeze.

He explained, “Itis amazing that here theper acre yield of

Theehtatyin strain paddyis as many as 195 basketsif it is grown in summer. Iwould like to prove that ifopportune. That strainyields high, although itslifespan is short, aboutonly 110 days. We cancollect grains in a shortterm. It is suitable for ourregion and resistantenough to pests.”

Last year, KyaiklatTownship put 118,719acres under summer paddyand harvested 11,909,891

baskets, thus hitting thetarget. This year also, thetownship is working hardto achieve the targeted peracre yield of paddy.

Next, weproceeded to HleseikYwama in HleseikVillage-tract in KyaiklatTownship. Along theway, we noticed thrivingmonsoon paddy fields,nurseries, and workerstransplanting paddy. The

paddy fields were foundstretching as far as wecould see.

This rainy season,Kyaiklat Township hasgrown high-yield strainpaddy for paddy seeds.So, the township is certainto achieve the targeted peracre yield of summerpaddy, using the collectedhigh-yield strain paddyseeds, as the previousyear. It is very heartening

U Aung Than Zaw, Chairman of KyaiklatTownship Peace and Development Council.

Female workers transplanting high-yield Theehtatyin strain paddynear Kyaiklat.

to learn that one-third ofthe total rice output isadequate for itsconsumption, and theremaining paddy isdistributed to otherstates and divisions. In aword, the paddy harvestof Kyaiklat Townshipreaches at its peak.

******Translation: MS

Myanma Alin:15-7-2009

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Dear Chief Editor,I am not a writer. As a mother I have written

some articles from a mother’s angle of loving kind-ness and goodwill and view point during the year of1988 and 1989. I write this article as I can no longertolerate the attempts to harm the interest of ourcountry at present.Dear Chief Editor,

After the end of the 1988 disturbances, whilethe so-called four big democracies or five big democ-racies were vying for power, the country was facingvarious kinds of tragedies including looting,beheadings between Myanmars for no particular rea-son and starvation as the people were not able to earntheir living.

The Tatmadaw took over the duties of the Stateon 18 September 1988 while the nation was on theverge of falling apart, facing intrusion of troops fromfive naval ships of a power that were in the Myanmarterritorial waters and facing clashes between trouble-makers creating violence and the people who couldnot accept violence and anarchy.

The Tatmadaw government made continuousefforts for restoring peace and stability of the State,community peace and tranquillity, the rule of law,secure and smooth transportation and freedom ofbusiness and livelihood.

Internal peace, which is the public aspira-tion, was achieved during the years the Tatmadawwas assuming the State duties. The whole Unionwas free from areas which were under the rule ofinsurgency. The unity of national brethren or thenational unity became stronger.

As all the people are witnessing all-rounddevelopment in the entire country, they are enjoyingand knowing the taste of independence with happi-ness. The nation was enjoying peace and stability anddevelopment in all aspects, in the past two decadesduring which the national people and the Tatmadawwere marching forward in harmony. We the peopleknow that the nation will be more prosperous ifthere were no outside disturbances and sanctionsduring the two decades.Dear Chief Editor,

The so-called democrary leaders after using oursons and daughters, who were students, at will foralmost the whole 1988 sent them to border areas throughflatters and intimidation. Many of our offspring faced atragic end at the border. I could not stay idle anymore.So, I wrote articles during 1988 and 1989.

The true aspiration of Myanmar peopleMi Khin Thant

My heart almost broke with sorrow when I reada news report featured in The Bangkok Post and TheNation. The news report appeared together with photossaid that Thai police arrested over 80 young Myanmargirl students at a brothel in Ranong. I wrote my firstarticle with heart-rending feeling.

The so-called democracy leaders told studentyouths, “Now, the soldiers are coming. Even we don’tknow where to hide. So you’d better flee to borderareas”. Some of the youngsters arrived at insurgentcamps and became insurgents, some fell into the handsof human traffickers and were sold into prostitutionand some faced tragic death. All in all, it was so heart-rendering as those youngsters were forced to becomeabsconders fleeing the nation after betraying the State.

Thanks to the cooperation of Thai and Myanmargovernments,we were able to resuce a large number ofyouths who were facing a lot of troubles in the othercountry and convey them back to the enbrace of theirparents. Actually, these youths were too late to learn alesson. Under the influence of the words of the powercraze these youths made wrong judgements. Only afterfacing a lot of troubles, they began to realize the truthand came back to their parents.

The colonialist media including BBC and VOAmade brazen lies concerning the youths who cameback home via Tak district reception camp in Thailand.The West media in their news reports said that themilitary killed these youths with bayonets.

In that way, they stopped remnant students fromreturning home from the hell of insurgency. In conse-quence, they had no choice but to trouble their mother-land for their living and earning dollar. That is reallyawful. So-called democracy leaders at home who in-cited those conditions are unforgivable. Again, thepersons and organizations are resorting to assortedmeans to harm the interest of the nation and thepeople.Dear Chief Editor,

Myanmar, being an independent, sovereign na-tion, the people have the freedom to do and makedecision in the interest of their country. That representsindependence, fundamental right, self-determinationand democratic rights. Fundamental rights bestowedby the nature, international law, United Nations Char-ter, and Principle of Bandung Conference of the Non-Aligned member countries bestow and recognize thoserights.

The following four points are embodied in theUnited Nations Charter formulated in San Francisco,

the United States of America, in 1945.(1) every member country has the right to cast onlya vote in an issue to be addressed with the approvalof other member countries.(2) the vote of the least powerful country is equal tothe vote of the most powerful country.(3) no country has the right to ask jurisdiction overany other member country.(4) courts of a member country do not inquire theofficial acts of another country that fall on thejurisdiction of the latter to know whether they areofficial or not.

All member countries have signed to pledgethat they will honour the principles. The UN Charterand purposes and principles include a point “Noth-ing in the Charter is to authorize the United Nationsto intervene in matters which are essentially withinthe domestic jurisdiction of any State as long as thematters do not pose a threat to regional and interna-tional security and stability”.

According to the obligations manifested inthe UN Charter and UN principles, even the UNis not bestowed with any authority to intervene inthe affairs of any member country, let alone UNsub-organizations such as UN Security Council,UN Secretariat, and a member country does nothave any right to intervene in the affairs of anymember country as long as the affairs do not posea threat to regional and international securityand stability.Dear Chief Editor,

In Myanmar, the ruling government is an offi-cial one, which is recognized by the UN and interna-tional community. So, the countries maintain theirdiplomatic relations with Myanmar. It is recognizedby the world according to international customs andinternational law. It is common knowledge that theTatmadaw saved the Union from collapse in 1988,following the nationwide unrest, and took up Stateduties and since then has been shouldering nation-building tasks day in, day out to restore stability andpeace, and bring about national development.

Now, the government is implementing theState’s seven-step Road Map, and the fourth step hasbeen implemented. The fifth step is to hold electionin 2010, and the sixth step is for representatives-electto form Pyidaungsu Hluttaw and elect the governingbody led by the President. The seventh step is tobuild a modern, developed and democratic nation bythe government and Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.

Now, the State constitution or the fourth stephas been approved by the great majority of thevoters.

The draft constitution (2008), the fourth stepof the Road Map, was approved by the majority ofthe public voters. After Pyidaungsu Hluttaw hasbeen formed, constitutional amendments, supple-ments, removals and substitutions can be carried outin accord with democratic practices if necessary.Such tasks can be carried out with the consent of the75 per cent of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representatives.

(See page 9)

According to the obligations manifested in the UN Charterand UN principles, even the UN is not bestowed with anyauthority to intervene in the affairs of any member country, letalone UN sub-organizations such as UN Security Council, UNSecretariat, and a member country does not have any right tointervene in the affairs of any member country as long as theaffairs do not pose a threat to regional and international secu-rity and stability.

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NAY PYI TAW, 17July—A research teamcomprising servicepersonnel fromArchaeology, NationalMuseum and LibraryDepartment (North) ofMandalay and HistoricalResearch Department ledby Lecturer U Win Kyaingof Archaeology

NAY PYI TAW, 17 July—Ministry of ReligiousAffairs held coor-dination meeting at theministry here today.

The meeting wasattended by Minister forReligious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung,Religious AffairsDepartment Director-

Religious Ministry holds coord meetingGeneral U Myo Kyaw,Department for Pro-motion and Propagationof the Sasana Director-General Dr Myo Myint,International TheravadaBuddhist MissionaryUniversity pro-rector DrMyint Kyi and heads ofreligious affairsdepartments in states and

divisions.The participants of the

meeting discussed tasksfor resolutions of theprevious meeting andfuture tasks to be carriedout.

The meeting endedwith concluding remarksby the minister.

MNA

Cultural evidences of early andlater stone age found

Technology TrainingSchool of Pyay made afield trip to search theevidences of stone age ofMyanmar around Pyayand Pakokku from 5 to 20June.

It was the second fieldtrip supervised by theMinistry of Culture.During the trip, the team

collected 169 stoneweapons from Hsin-paungwe, Migyaungye,Kwechaung, Minhla,Minbu, Kyapin andPakokku regions. It wasestimated that thesefindings were related toearly and later AnyathianCulture. Weapons ofAnyathan Culture can be

divided into chopper andchopping tools, hand adzeand scraper.

Significantly, theteam found the stoneweapons of laterAnyathian culture level-2at the old river bank-3,northwest of LeyarVillage and west ofPakokhu.

The research teamconducted the initial studyon classification,measurement and puttingrecord on stone weapons.Other experts will holddiscussions on the lifespan of Anyathian culturethrough comparativestudy and scientific datingmethod.

The team couldextend the area ofAnyathian culture bycollecting the stone agefindings.

The Ministry ofCulture plans to studygeographical boundary ofAnyathian culture andstone weapons ofAnyathian culture.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung addresses at coordination

meeting of the Ministry of Culture.—MNA

Theweaponof earlystoneage

found inold river

bank.MNA The

stone

weapons

of early

and late

Anyathian

culture

found in

Pakokku.

MNA

The true aspiration of Myanmar peopleMi Khin Thant

(from page 8)Some basic principles (articles) on non-disin-

tegration of the Union, perpetuation of sovereigntyand separation of power will be decided by the 75percent approval of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representa-tives as well as by the majority of the people througha referendum.

Articles on procedures can be amended byPyidaungsu Hluttaw. Basic principles on perpetuationof the Union and public interests can be amended onlythrough the desire of the people. However, no one hasthe right to amend the constitution (2008) of the Repub-lic of the Union of Myanmar approved by the vastmajority of the people before the emergence ofPyidaungsu Hluttaw. Any organization or party cannotdo so. Even a world body like the United Nations hasno right to do so let alone a certain global nation.

If democracy activists, nations wishing to seedemocracy flourishing in Myanmar and interna-tional organizations and persons wishing to see moreprogress in Myanmar believe in genuine democracy,they, even if they are not satisfied, will have to acceptand honour the constitution (2008) approved by the

Myanmar national people of their own volition.Myanmar, a sovereign nation, has the interna-

tionally recognized government. It has its own terri-tory, population and sovereignty. It also has its ownidentity. In this country, everything the government isdoing in the interests of the people is legitimate. Thisis the practice of sovereignty. Outside interference isunnecessary. Here, I would like to firmly say that anynation does not need to interfere in the internalaffairs of our country at all.

In practising sovereign power along with legis-lation and executive, it is always necessary to prohibit,under the judiciary system, those who breach laws,oppose the State and the legitimate government andharm the public interests. All global nations havetheir laws, courts, police stations, confinementsand prisons. I would like to know whether there isany nation in the world that does not take actionagainst, file a lawsuit and convict those breakingthe laws.

Nowadays, tens of thousands or hundreds of thou-sands of people have been killed in bomb blasts in somenations under alien aggression and occupation due to lack

of sovereignty and some nations with civil wars andinternal conflicts due to outside interferences. The build-ings have burned down to ashes, and civilians have to berunning and hiding in fear. No nation wants to invitesuch tragedies. No traitor is welcomed.

We already experienced such tragedies in thecolonialist period. We have learned tragic news aboutsome troubled nations in danger of neo-colonialists.

Today's Myanmar will not tolerate the break-ing up of the Union, her people getting into trouble,losing of independence and harming the alreadyachieved peace and development. Now is the time allthe Myanmar people are to unitedly and cooperativelystrive for the nation to be prosperous and to reach thegoal of genuine democracy.

Here, I would like to present the genuine desireof the people of Myanmar. This is the wish to seestability, prosperity and development.

All in all, through the Chief Editor, I would liketo express the public desire that the entire peopleincluding me cannot accept any act to jeopardize ourefforts to realize the seven-step Road Map.

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Runway of Myitkyina Airport in Kachin State being extendedArticle: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)

Junior Engineer-2 U Aung Hsan Oo ofMyitkyina District Public Works explainsextension of runway at Myitkyina Airport.

U Saw Nwe PhaHein Sae, in-chargeof Myitkyina Airport.

Airport Building seen at Myitkyina Airport.

Photo shows progressof ground work onextended runway atMyitkyina Airport.

(from page 16)“During the period

from 2005 to 2008, we

had completed groundworks on the 1050 feetby 500 feet area and

tarmacked the 400 feetby 100 feet runway sec-tion. We will continue

tarring the 600 feet by100 feet section andcarry out the groundwork on the 350 feet by500 feet section. Oncompletion of the run-way extension task, F-28 jets carrying 68 pas-sengers can safely landat the airport.”

With regard to theaviation tasks of the air-port, in-charge of the air-

NAY PYI TAW, 17July—Minister forForestry Brig-Gen TheinAung visited People’sHospital and MyomaNorth BEPS in IngapuTownship on 13 July.

The minister met withlocal people there andcoordinated matters forrenovation of schoolbuildings. The ministerinspected construction ofnew school building inHtanpingon villageaffiliated BEHS andprovided constructionmaterials. He presentedcash to the funds of theschool and grew Mesuaferrea trees together withpersonnel.

The minister alsovisited construction sites

NAY PYI TAW, 17July—Minister forIndustry-2 Vice-AdmiralSoe Thein received MrKung Leewook, VicePresident of HyundaiHeavy Industries Co Ltdand party at the ministryhere today.

They helddiscussions on industrialmatters. Also present on

Forestry Minister inspectsconstruction of new school buildings

of new school buildingsin Gunon village BEPS,Shan Kwin village BEMS(Affiliated) andTawnaysan village BEPS.He met with locals andattended to therequirements.

The minister then

Industry-2 Minister receives gueststhe occasion were DeputyMinister Lt-Col KhinMaung Kyaw, director-

inspected Thayagonvillage BEPS and madearrangements forconstruction of newschool building. Hepresented cash for theschool and delivered anaddress in meeting withlocals.—MNA

general, managing-director and personnel.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 17 July—News had been reportedon 16 July that roofs and walls of some houses andbuildings were destroyed by tornado and some peoplewere injured in some townships of Ayeyawady Divisionon 14 July.

According to the news covered today, tornadodestroyed some houses and huts at Kyin-kaw village inHainggyigyun Township from 10 a.m to 10.10 am on14 July. Similarly, tornado hit Ka-zaung-wa village inMawlamyinegyun Township from 2 p.m to 2.10 pm. Itblew off roofs of some houses and school buildings.After 15-minute of heavy rains and strong wind whichstarted from 11.05 am at Hantha village in EinmeTownship on 15 July, a paddy transplanter was injuredin the field. The victim died on her way to the EinmeTownship hospital.

Local authorities are providing necessaryassistance to storm victims.

MNA

Tornado hits AyeyawadyDivision leaving one dead

port U Saw Nwe PhaHein Sae said, “The aero-planes fly fromMyitkyina Airport toPutao, Mandalay andYangon. There are threeairlines namely MyanmaAirways, Air Bagan andAir Mandalay. TheMyanma Airways flies itsaeroplanes every Tues-day and Saturday and AirBagan every Tuesday and

Friday. Air Mandalayalso flies the Yangon-M a n d a l a y - B h a m o -Myitkyina route.”

Among the three air-

lines, the air ticket ofMyanma Airways is 65per cent cheaper than twoothers.

The government isimplementing the plan toextend the runway ofMyitkyina Airport andfly the aircraft regularly.As a result, the local peo-ple, air passengers andprivate entrepreneurswill enjoy the fruits of

better air transportationin the future.

Translation: TTAMyanma Alin:

12-7-2009

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung delivers an address in meeting withlocal people at Shan Kwin Village BEMS (Affiliated) in Ingapu

Township.—FORESTRY

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BMW recalls 135 sedans overairbag system defects in China

The world’s cheapest car, the Tata Nano, at a showroom in Mumbai. The vehicleis set to hit the country’s streets, as the first customer gets the keys to a vehiclethat its makers hope will transform travel for millions of Indians.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 17 July —BMW is recalling 135 of its2008 BMW1-Series and 2008 BMW3-Series sedansin China because of airbag system defects, the country’squality supervisor said Friday.

The sedans, all imported, were produced between23 May, 2008 and 21 July , 2008, said a statementreleased by the General Administration of QualitySupervision, Inspection and Quarantine.

There is a chance that some of the cars may haveincorrect crimp connectors installed to the side airbagand seatbelt tension wire, said the statement.

This would result in the possible failure of theairbag or belt fastener in an accident.BMW will conductchecks and maintenance free of charge.—Internet

Site of South Han Palace discoveredin Guangzhou

BEIJING, 17 July—Archaeologists from theNanyue Kingdom Palacepreparatory officeannounced Wednesdaythat the site of a FiveDynasties palace wasdiscovered on 14 July inGuangzhou, capital ofsouth China’s GuangdongProvince.

As the seat of theWestern Han NanyueKingdom and the FiveDynasties South HanKingdom, the site has beenthe centre of Guangzhoufor some 2000 years.

Cultural relics of 12dynasties, covering theQin Dynasty to the

A South Korean woman struggles with her umbrellain heavy rain in Seoul on 14 July.—INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 17 July—The US military saidFriday that three of itssoldiers were killed in anattack on a base outsideIraq’s second largest cityof Basra, in the south.

Also, two Iraqis werekilled and at least twodozen others were injuredin bombings in Baghdadas huge crowds of pilgrimsgathered to commemoratea revered Shiite saint. InKarmah, 80 kilometers(50 miles) west of thecapital, the daughter andgranddaughter of a policeofficer died in a bombingat his home.

“Three Multi-National Division-SouthSoldiers were killed whenContingency OperatingBase Basra was attackedby indirect fire,” the USmilitary said, referring toa mortar or rocket attack.The attack happenedaround 9:15 pm onThursday.

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US militaryin Iraq says3 soldiers

killed

People’s Republic ofChina, are beingdiscovered there.

Li Zaoxin, director ofthe ArchaeologicalResearch Department ofthe Nanyue KingdomPalace preparatory office,said, “We are now in thebackyard of the secondSouth Han Palace. All ofthe floor tiles here aredecorated with images ofbutterflies. This is animportant discovery in arthistory, since we thoughtthe butterfly decorationwas often used in the Mingand Qing dynasties.” TheSouth Han is one of theFive Dynasties of south

China, during which kingsbuilt grand palaces in thecapital of Guangzhou.According to Li, thenewly-discovered sitemight be one of the palaceswhere kings handled theirdaily affairs.

Li added, “We arestanding in the South Handynasty section now. Wecan also see sites of otherdynasties, for this was thecenter of Guangzhouduring the Qin Dynasty,and capital of the Nanyueand South Han Kingdom.”

Archaeologists willfurthur excavate theancient treasure, and planto preserve it as a museum.

Internet

File photo shows India’s first unmanned mission tothe moon, Chandrayaan-1.—INTERNET

“Art crocodile” gallery showscontemporary ink-wash NEW DELHI, 17 July—

India’s only satelliteorbiting the moon cameclose to failure afteroverheating but scientistsimprovised to save it andhave achieved more than90 percent of themission’s objectives, anofficial said Friday.

The launch ofChandrayaan-1 inOctober 2008 put India inan elite group to havelunar missions along withthe US, Russia, theEuropean Space Agency,Japan and China.

But on 16 May, thesatellite lost a criticalinstrument called the starsensor, the Indian SpaceResearch Organization’schief Madhavan Nair toldreporters.

The sensor helps thesatellite stay oriented soits cameras and other

Scientists save India’s moon mission from failure

recording equipment areconstantly aimed at thelunar surface.

However, ISROscientists were able tosalvage the $80 millionsatellite within a week andresume normal operationsby activating the satellite’sgyroscope, which also

gives satisfactoryorientation, Nair said.

He said more than 90percent of the two-yearmission’s objectives hadalready been achieved, anddismissed suggestions thatthe sensor’s failure mightreduce the life span of thespacecraft.—Internet

China welcomes foreign enterprises to invest in China

BEIJING, 17 July— Cutting-edge ink-wash paintings take the ancient art tonew levels, and even oil painters, printersand sculptors put brush to rice paper ina refreshing show. Wang Jie picks upher brush.

Contemporary ink-wash paintingsby 58 artists are exhibited at MingyuanArt Center which aims to become aheavyweight dealer, commonly knownas an “art crocodile.”

The exhibit of very different worksrunning through 5 August displays the

best of innovative ink-wash worksbuilding on ancient traditions.

In October the centre will present“Open Expression 2009 - ShanghaiYoung Artists.”

“This show features ink-wash artistswhose style and technique contrast witheach other,” says Lin Feifei, director ofMingyuan Art Centre. “With differentapproaches, concepts and forms, theseartists together present the real local artscene of contemporary ink-washpaintings.”—Internet

BEIJING, 17 July—China welcomesforeign enterprises to invest in China,and adheres to its mutually beneficialopening up strategy, Foreign Ministryspokesman Qin Gang said at a routinePress conference Thursday.

Qin said the “Rio Tinto case” haddrawn great attention, and he wanted touse the Chinese saying “Gong Xi FaCai” or “May you be prosperous” to tellforeign companies in China that “we

wish all of you good fortune”. And theChinese Government was also willingto provide a better environment for themto make a good fortune, he said.

Meanwhile, he quoted anotherChinese saying “A real gentleman onlygains his wealth in the right ways”, toremind these companies to do businesslegally and honestly. “The right way”has two meanings: one is legally and theother is honestly”, he said.—Internet

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KMA II VOY NO (906)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KMA II VOYNO (906) are here by notified that the vessels will bearriving on 18.7.2009 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of B.S.W (3) where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm 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 KMA SHIPPING CO., LTDPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG XIU VOY NO (9038)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG XIUVOY NO (9038) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 18.7.2009 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.




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

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SIRI BHUM VOY NO (335)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SIRI BHUMVOY NO (335) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 18.7.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S REGIONAL CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GLOVIS MERCURY VOY NO (002)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV GLOVIS MER-CURY VOY NO (002) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 19.7.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S RUYI KOREA CO., LTDPhone No: 256924/256914

3-D mapping helps in braintumor’s removal

CINCINNATI, 17 July—University of Cincinnatineurosurgeons say theyused a new technology in-volving the creation of a 3-D map to remove a largetumor from a patient’sbrain.

The surgeons used mul-tiple brain scans that werefused and installed into asurgical guidance compu-ter, whose function is simi-lar to that of a global-po-sitioning system. By re-vealing the fist-sizedtumor’s relationship to allthe functional centres,

electrical pathways, arter-ies and veins in the pa-tient’s brain, the surgeonswere able to chart a safepathway to the tumor.

The surgery was per-formed at Cincinnati’sUniversity Hospital by aneight-member team fromthe Brain Tumor Center atthe university’s Neuro-science Institute.

“This marks the culmi-nation of one of the mostimportant developments inbrain tumor surgery in thelast 100 years,” said DrJohn Tew, a neurosurgeon,

professor and clinical di-rector of the NeuroscienceInstitute. Dr James Leach,an associate professor ofneuroradiology, per-formed the processing andfusion of images.

“The ability to com-pletely map the brain andto understand before weoperate where the tumorlies in relation to importantstructures is a milestone inour use of digital compu-ter technology to heightenpatient safety during com-plex brain tumor surgery,”Tew said.—Internet

New Harry Potter film earns morethan $100 m in first day

LOS ANGELES, 17 July—“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” brought in more than 100 million dol-lars in its first full day in release and broke two boxoffice records in the process, Warner Bros Picturesannounced on Thursday. The sixth film in the “Harry Potter” franchise made22.2 million dollars during its Wednesday midnightopening, eclipsing the studio’s own record set last yearby “The Dark Knight,” according to Warner Bros Pic-tures. The latest Potter installment also set a world-wide opening day box office record with a domesticgross of 58.18 million dollars and international totalsof 45.85 million, combining for a one-day global boxoffice gross of more than 104 million, according toWarner Bros.. “With many countries yet to open, these alreadyoutstanding box office numbers are another testamentto the universal appeal of JK Rowling’s stories andthe remarkable work of everyone behind the HarryPotter films,” said Veronika Kwan-Rubinek, presidentof Warner Bros. “The Half-Blood Prince,” which cost Warners Brosabout 400 million dollars to make, could gross morethan its two latest predecessors with its broader PG(parental guidance) rate. The fourth and fifth Potterfilms were rated PG-13. The previous Potter film, “the Order of the Phoe-nix,” grossed 292 million dollars in North Americaand worldwide 938.2 million dollars two years ago.The new Potter film debuts this week in all major for-eign markets. —Internet

Supermarkets slash plastic bagsLONDON, 17 July—Supermarkets are giving out al-

most half as many plastic shopping bags as they werethree years ago after a campaign to slash use of theenvironmental hazards, officials have said.

Shoppers were handed 372 million plastic bags atseven major supermarkets in May this year, down from718 million bags at the same time in 2006, the environ-ment secretary said. The figures suggest supermarketsare now using 346 million fewer carrier bags everymonth than they were in 2006, a drop of 48 percent.

“This is a great achievement by the seven supermar-kets and their customers and it shows that by workingtogether, we really can change our bag habits,” Envi-ronment Secretary Hilary Benn said.

The reduction narrowly misses a voluntary target setby the supermarkets, including Sainsbury’s and Tesco,at the end of 2008 to halve the number of plastic carrierbags handed out compared to May 2006.—Internet

Shopping bags are unloaded at a Tesco supermar-ket in Liverpool. —INTERNET

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan 17 July— A roadside bomb ripped though a vehiclein southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing 11 civilians, including five children,a border police official said.

The bomb exploded in Kandahar province’s Spin Boldak district as the ci-vilians were traveling toward a shrine, said Gen. Saifullah Hakim.

Hakim blamed Taliban militants, who regularly use roadside bombs againstAfghan and foreign troops.

“Innocent civilians are dying as a result,” Hakim said. He also said threewomen were wounded. The number of such attacks has spiked this year, asthousands of additional American troops have joined the fighting in Afghani-stan. President Barack Obama has ordered 21,000 additional troops into thecountry this year, most of them into the south.—Internet

Roadside

bomb kills

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civilians

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Participants run with Nunez del Cuvillo fighting bulls on the last day of SanFermin Festival bull run, on 14 July, in Pamplona, northern Spain. Thefestival is a symbol of Spanish culture, despite heavy condemnation fromanimal rights groups, and attracts thousands of tourists to watch the bull

runs.—INTERNET

Chickens destroyed in west Nepalfor fearing bird flu

KATHMANDU, 17 July —Some 1,000 live chickensthat were smuggled intoNepal from India weredestroyed in western Ne-pal, Nepali national newsagency RSS reported onThursday. A team deployed by theArea Administration Of-fice, Rajapur, seized1,000 live chickens inRajapur bazaar located atBardiya district, some 390km south west of capital

Kathmandu and destroyedthem Wednesday eveningfearing outbreak of birdflu. The import of live-stock products, includingchickens and eggs, fromIndia has been banned inNepal following bird flu(avian influenza) out-break in some Indian cit-ies bordering to Nepal. It is said that there hasbeen no let-up in importof poultry products fromIndia to Nepal, despite

measures to discouragecross-country poultrytrade since secret routeshave been used to bring ineggs and live birds takingadvantage of open border,said the report. On 16 Jan, Nepali gov-ernment for the first timeconfirmed the outbreak ofbird flu virus in Jhapa dis-trict (bordering to neigh-bouring country India),some 320 km southeast ofNepali capital Kathmanduand issued a bird flu alertin the area.

InternetHuman Y chromosome

may be lostSTATE COLLEGE, 17 July — US scientists say a rapid

evolution of the Y chromosome carried only by menhas led to a rapid gene loss that might lead to the chro-mosome’s disappearance.

Pennsylvania State University Associate ProfessorKateryna Makova, who led the study, and researcherMelissa Wilson compared the DNA of the X and Ychromosomes in different classes of mammals.

The researchers found that DNA of the human Ychromosome began to evolve rapidly 80 million to 130million years ago.

But while DNA on X chromosomes evolved at aconstant rate, the rapid evolution of the Y chromo-some has resulted in a rapid loss of genes.

Parents should raise child‘safety IQ’

NORTHBROOK, 17 July — Ninety percent of parentssay they feel responsible for supplying their childrenwith safety information, a US survey indicates.

A survey by Underwriters Laboratories, an inde-pendent product safety certification organization, alsofound 90 percent of children in grades kindergartenthrough fifth rely on their parents for information tokeep them safe.

US children sustain an estimated 14 million poten-tially disabling unintentional injuries annually, JohnDrengenberg, director of Consumer Safety at Under-writers Laboratories, says.—Internet

Filipino schoolchildren ride a tricycle through aflooded street following heavy downpours insuburban Malabon city north of Manila.—INTERNET

Solar activity linked with Earth’s weather Med student with rare cancer in researchInternet

BOULDER,17 July — US climate re-searchers say they have established alink between solar activity and La Nina-and El Nino-like events in the SouthPacific Ocean.

The study, led by the National Centerfor Atmospheric Research, shows maxi-mum solar activity and its aftermathimpact Earth. Scientists said their find-ings might result in better predictions of

temperature and precipitation patterns atcertain times during the sun’s cycle,which lasts approximately 11 years.

“We have fleshed out the effects of anew mechanism to understand what hap-pens in the tropical Pacific when there isa maximum of solar activity,” NCARscientist Gerald Meehl, the study’s leadauthor, said.

Internet

EVANSTON, 17 July —A Chicago-area medicalstudent says he beganworking as a researcher onthe rare brain cancer gliob-lastoma after he was diag-nosed with the disease.

PJ Lukac told the Chi-cago Tribune he decidedto talk to Dr Markus

Bredel, head of researchat the Northwestern BrainTumor Institute, a fewweeks after learning hehad a life expectancy ofjust over a year. He saidsome people think of can-cer as having a “mysticalpower” but Bredel “hasreally reduced it to a set

equation, with these genesas variables.”

At the time, Lukac wasa second-year medicalstudent at Columbia Uni-versity. The cancer, thesame one afflicting Sen.Edward Kennedy, D-Mass, is extremely rare.

Internet

HK reports first suspectedfatal case of influenza

A/H1N1HONG KONG, 17 July — A 42-year-old Philippine

seaman, who died last week with a superbug infec-tion, was tested positive for the influenza A/H1N1overnight, Hong Kong’s Center for Health Protectionannounced on Thursday.

If confirmed, it would be Hong Kong’s first fatal-ity from influenza A/H1N1.

Earlier tests found community-associated methi-cillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA)in the man’s blood sample, the center discovered healso tested positive for the human swine flu virus onWednesday night.

The man flew to Hong Kong from the Philippineson 28 June and left two days later on board a cargoship. He came down with a fever, cough and chestpain on 3 July and was admitted to the RuttonjeeHospital with pneumonia on July 8 when he was backto the city. He had respiratory failure and died on 10July.—Internet

Florida reports six deaths,400 new cases of A/H1N1 flu

HOUSTON, 17 July — The Florida health depart-ment on Thursday reported six new deaths and morethan four hundred new cases of the A/H1N1 flu forthe past week, while local health officials said thedeath toll of the new virus had nearly doubled inthe state for the week.

The department said that, as of on Thursday, therehave been 2,188 confirmed and probable cases of theA/H1N1 flu, 407 more than the previous record of1,781, or increasing 23 percent in the past week.

Meanwhile, state health officials on Thursday con-firmed the 13th death of the new virus in the state af-ter a 22-year-old died in Sarasota County.

Of the 13 victims, six had died in the past week.This sharp increase of fatalities of the new virus

seems unpredicted by the health officials and localcitizens in the southeast US State.

The state health officials are urging people to beprepared for the pandemic declared by World HealthOrganization last month.—Internet

California reports 24 moredeaths, 707 new cases of

A/H1N1 fluHOUSTON, 17 July — The A/H1N1 flu death toll in

the most populous US State of California has reached55, while confirmed and probable cases rose to 3,168,according to the latest statistics released by the Cali-fornia Department of Public Health (CDPH) lateThursday. The department said that 24 more deathshave been reported in the past week, a 77-percentjump from the previous record of 31, and 707 newcases have emerged, representing a 29-percent in-crease from the previous total of 2,461 released aweek ago by the federal Centers for Disease Controland Prevention (CDC).

Since the outbreak of the A/H1N1 flu, Californiahas been among the top states leading the nation withmost deaths and confirmed cases of the new flu vi-rus. The latest CDPH report shows that San Diego,Orange, Los Angeles and Long Beach counties havebeen the four hardest-hit, with San Diego and Or-ange each has 8 deaths, while Los Angeles and LongBeach each has 7 victims of the new A/H1N1 vi-rus.—Internet

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S P O R T S

LONDON, 17 July—England winger StewartDowning on Thursdayjoined Premier LeagueAston Villa from rel-egated Middlesbrough for12 million pounds (19.7million dollars).

Downing, 24, ex-plained he needed to playin the top flight to im-prove his chances of be-ing selected for Englandin the 2010 World Cup.

England winger Downingcompletes Villa move

SUNDERLAND, 17 July—England striker PeterCrouch arrived in thenorth-east on Thursday todiscuss a 12-million-pound (19.7-million-dol-lar) switch to Sunderlandfrom Portsmouth.

The 28-year-old willhold talks with managerSteve Bruce, but has alsobeen linked with Fulhamamid suggestions he willhead for the London clubon Friday.

ROME, 17 July— ACMilan will have to makean improved offer for Bra-zil forward Luis Fabianoif they are to prise himaway from Sevilla, theplayer’s agent said onThursday.

Speaking to RadioOnda Zero, Jose Fuentes,said the only thing block-ing a move for the Con-federations Cup topgoalscorer was Milan’sreluctance to up their of-fer.

ROME, 17 July—Bayern Munich’s Brazil-ian international defenderLucio’s proposed move toSerie A champions InterMilan has not been com-pleted, the Italians said onThursday.

Inter’s transfer consult-ant Gabriele Oriali re-buked an earlier claim

PARIS, 17 July—Frenchfirst division side Sochauxhave signed US interna-tional striker CharlieDavies from Swedish sideHammarby, the club saidon Thursday.

The 23-year-old striker,scorer of 22 goals for theSwedish side, is the firstever American to play forthe French club. Davieswas spotted while playingfor low-profile sideWestchester Flames andwent to Holland for a trialwith Ajax.—Internet

American striker Davies joins Sochaux

EAST RUTHERFORD, 17July — David Beckhamreturned to Major LeagueSoccer with a whisper, nota shout.

Playing in a stadiumnearly three-quartersempty, the star midfielderwas slow and had littlerole in the Los AngelesGalaxy’s 3-1 victory overthe New York Red Bullson Thursday night.

“The most importantthing is for us to get threepoints, and tonight we didthat in style,” Beckhamsaid.—Internet

England winger StewartDowning

“Leaving Boro seems strange to me because I havealways been at the club. I supported them when I wasyoung and I’ll always be a Boro fan,” he said.

“I hope the fans will understand that I’m ambitiousand want to win things.

“This move gives me the chance of that. Also Idefinitely want to play at next year’s World Cup, sothat’s my aim - to get back to full fitness and get myselfin the England team for the World Cup.”

“I have to be in a good Premier League side if I wantto do that,” he added.

Middlesbrough-born Downing made 181 leagueappearances for the club scoring 17 goals.

He was part of the squad which won the 2004League Cup final and reached the 2006 UEFA Cupfinal.—Internet

Don’t compare me to Ronaldo,says United new boy Valencia

Manchester United’s new signings (L-R) French Un-der 21 international Gabriel Obertan, former NewcastleUnited player Michael Owen and Ecuadorian AntonioValencia, pose for pictures at the Club’s Carrington training grounds in Manchester.—INTERNET

MANCHESTER, 17 July— New Manchester Unitedwinger Antonio Valencia brushed off comparisonswith Cristiano Ronaldo on Thursday and insisted lifein the north-west of England suited him just fine.

The Ecuador player moved from nearby Wigan for17 million pounds, a fraction of the world record 80million pounds United received from Real Madrid forRonaldo.

“I don’t make any comparisons between myself andCristiano,” said 23-year-old Valencia.

“Obviously Cristiano did very well here but, whenI had my first conversations with Manchester United,it was never said I was coming here as a replacementfor him. “What I want is to make sure I do my own joband concentrate on the things I do well.

“That is the main thing for me because I have a realdesire to be a success here.”—Internet

Crouch begins Sunderland talks

Peter Crouch

The 6ft 7in frontman scored 16 goals in 49 appear-ances for his club last season, and also played six timesfor England, finding the back of the net in World Cupqualifier victories over Ukraine and Andorra.—Internet

Milan need to up Fabianooffer, says agent

Brazil forward Luis

Fabiano

“Right now it’s Milan who need to take a stepforward for Luis Fabiano, we’re waiting, we’ll see ifit’s possible to close out this deal,” Fuentes said.

“It’s Milan who have to move, fly to Seville andincrease their offer.” Fuentes said he understood Sevillapresident Jose Maria del Nido’s demand that the Ital-ians stump up 20 million euros for the 28-year-old,although Milan don’t want to pay more than 14 millioneuros.—Internet

Lucio switch to Inter ‘not done’

Lucio

from the German club andwas later confirmed byclub president MassimoMoratti. “Nothing issigned regarding Lucio’stransfer, there’s nothingofficial,” Moratti told In-ter’s official website.

However he did admitthat any such deal for thecentre-back could spell theend in Inter’s interest inChelsea pair RicardoCarvalho and Deco.

“From what I knowthere’s nothing agreed.Would the signing ofLucio mean we abandon adeal for Deco andCarvalho?” he said.

“I think it’s sufficientlyclear that we can’t sign 40players.”—Internet

US international striker

Charlie Davies.

Los Angeles Galaxymidfielder David

Beckham takes a shotduring the first half ofan MLS soccer gameagainst the New YorkRed Bulls on 16 July,

2009, at Giants Stadiumin East Rutherford,

NJ.—INTERNET

Beckham back as Galaxy beatRed Bulls 3-1

Greg Chalmers chips tothe 18th green duringthe first round of theUS Bank Champion-ship golf tournament,on 16 July, 2009, in

Milwaukee.—INTENRET

Chalmers, Klauk tied at 6under after 1 at US Bank

MILWAUKEE, 17 July—The US Bank Champion-ship has only a few notablenames when compared withthe British Open. But the lackof star power doesn’t deterGreg Chalmers’ belief some-thing amazing will happen— maybe even to him.Chalmers shot a 6-under 64on Thursday to tie Jeff Klaukfor the lead after the firstround of the Milwaukee tour-nament on Thursday.

“I’ve played in several opposite-field events and ittypically provides a fantastic story for someone ifthey’re not a named player,” Chalmers said. “It couldbe a first-time winner, it could be someone who goesfrom nowhere to somewhere very quickly.

“People talk about the great stories, the Tiger Woods,the Phil Mickelsons and all the top players, but some-times some of the best stories are about the guys whoare battling away and manage to find a week wherethey strike gold.” Frank Lickliter II, Tag Ridings,Jason Gore and Skip Kendall all finished at 4-under 66.

The tournament that’s opposite the British Openand needs a new title sponsor gives many players arealistic shot at winning, like Chalmers, who waseighth on the Nationwide tour money list last seasonand has only one second place finish on the PGA tourin 2000.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kayah State, lower Sagaing and MagwayDivisions, rain have been isolated in Shan State andMandalay Division, scattered in upper SagaingDivision, fairly widespread in Kachin, Chin States andwidespread in the remaining areas with locallyheavyfalls in Ayeyawady Division, isolated heavyfallsin Rakhine, Mon States and Taninthayi Division. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Gwa(4.25) inches, Dawei (3.51) inches, Nyaungdone (3.10)inches, Ye and Ngathaingchaung (3.03) inches each,Mawlamyine and Coco Island (2.80) inches each andShwegyin (2.60) inches each.

Maximum temperature on 16-7-2009 was 88°F.Minimum temperature on 17-7-2009 was 69°F.Relative humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 17-7-2009was 96%. Total sun shine hours on 16-7-2009 was (3.3)hours approx.

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Bay inference: Monsoon is moderate in theAndaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 18th July 2009:Rain will be isolated in Kayah State, lower Sagaing,Magway and Mandalay Divisions, scattered in ChinState and upper Sagaing Division, fairly widespread inKachin and Shan States, Bago, Ayeyawady and YangonDivisions and widespread in the remaining States andDivisions with likelihood of isolated heavyfall inRakhine, Mon and Kayin States, Yangon andTaninthayi Divisions. Degree of certanity is (80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Moderatemonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 18-7-2009: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is(80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 18-7-2009: One or two rain. Degree of certainty is(80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 18-7-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain. Degree ofcertainty is (60%).

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China’s Internet users top338 mln by June

BEIJING, 17 July—China had 338 million Internetusers by the end of June, up 40 million from the end oflast year, according to a report released Thursday bythe China Internet Network Information Centre(CNNIC).Among the total, 320 million, or 94.3 percent,used broadband services, up 3.7 percentage pointsfrom the end of 2008.

The number of people using cell phones to accessthe Internet hit 155 million, up by 32.1 percent in thefirst half.Most people used the Internet for news,entertainment and social networking. Online shoppingwas gaining popularity as the number of shoppersjumped by 14 million in six months to 87.9 million byJune.—MNA/Xinhua

Ryuji Imada of Japan drives the ball from the secondtee during the second round of the British Open Golfchampionship, at the Turnberry golf course, Scotland,

on Friday, 17 July , 2009.—INTERNET

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12th Waning of Waso 1371 ME Saturday, 18 July, 2009

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

People’s Desire■ We favour peace and stability

■ We favour development

■ We oppose unrest and violence

■ Wipe out those inciting unrest and violence

YANGON, 17 July— Health educative talk onnew influenza A (H1N1) was held at Yangon Na-tionalities Youth Resource Development DegreeCollege on 16 July, here. Principal U Win Aungexplained the purpose of the talk and Officer ofYangon Division Health Department and Healthand Educative Department U Thein Soe gave talkon the subject including the history of New Influ-enza, preventive measures and survellience tasks.

The deputy principal and professors, teach-ers and trainees totalling over 500 attended the talk.

MNA

Talks on NewInfluenza held

NAY PYI TAW, 17July—The 3rd Nay PyiTaw Inter-Ministry Foot-ball Tournament contin-ued at the designatedplaces, here, this after-noon.

At Nay Pyi TawSports Ground, Ministryof Hotels and Tourismwhitewashed Ministry ofForestry 15-0.

H&T, EP-1, CPT win over opponentsMinistry of Electric

Power No. 1 beat Minis-try of Energy with a 2-0result at Nay Pyi TawPaunglaung SportsGround.

At Nay Pyi TawLewe Sports Ground,Ministry of Communica-tions, Posts and Tel-egraphs routed Ministry ofConstruction 3-1.

Tomorrow fixtures:Ministry of Rail Transpor-tation vs CSSTB at NayPyi Taw Sports Ground;Transport Ministry vs Min-istry of Foreign Affairs atNay Pyi Taw PaunglaungSports Ground; and Cul-ture Ministry vs Attorney-General’s Office at NayPyi Taw Lewe SportsGround.—MNA

Runway of Myitkyina Airport in Kachin State being extended

Article: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)

Photo shows the runway of Myitkyina Airport tarmacked byMyitkyina District Public Works.

While forging na-tional reconsolidation,the government is focus-ing on equitable devel-opment in social, educa-tion, health and economicsectors of the local peo-ple.

At present, un-precedented develop-ment can be witnessed inborder areas. No one can

deny the fact that a regionrestored with peace andstability will gain devel-opment momentumgradually.

Recently, the newscrew of the Myanma AlinDaily toured Kachin Stateto write bylines on devel-opment of the region. Aswe had learnt that theMyitkyina Airport is be-

ing extended, an interviewwas made with Junior En-gineer-2 U Aung Hsan Ooof the Ministry of Con-struction.

He explained,“Myitkyina District Pub-lic Works under the Min-istry of Construction hasstarted extension of therunway of Myitkyina Air-port from the 6000 feet

by 100 feet facility tothe 7000 feet by 100 feetone since 2005-2006financial year. In 2005-2006 financial year, the300 feet by 100 feettarred runway sectionwas constructed, and the400 feet by 500 feetground work was car-ried out.”

He continued tosay, “In the 2007-2008financial year, the run-way extension tasks werecarried out on the 200feet by 500 feet section.In 2008-2009 financialyear, we carried out theground work on the 250feet by 500 feet section.”

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