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Volume XVII, Number 175 5th Waning of Thadingyut 1371 ME Thursday, 8 October, 2009

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct—Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaingof the Ministry of Defence,

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of Ministry of Defenceattends conveying ceremony of Inlay PhaungdawU

Buddha Images to SankyaungdawCommander of EasternCommand Maj-Gen YarPyae and officials,

Ma Sein-Kyauk Sin suspension bridge in Kalewa of SagaingDivision contributing to smooth transport for local people

Article: Kyawt Maung Maung; Photos: Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)

Ma Sein-Kyauk Sin suspension bridge in Kalewa.

Our media crew of Myanma Alin daily were onour way to Kalewa from Kalay. Both sides of theroad were green and lush paddy fields, some undertransplanting, and some under ploughing. On themotorway were a stream of bicycles, three-wheelersand vehicles running to different directions.

Myitha river was flowing at the right side underthe motorway on Yesangyun road. We had passedan enormous number of iron frame iron truss bridgesand iron frame wood truss ones on our way toKalewa.

We interviewed Chairman of KalewaTownship Peace and Development Council UKyaw Zin about development undertakings of theregion. He took us to Ma Sein model village towitness the progress of the village.

It was a 1:45 hr-boat ride to Ma Sein modelvillage from Kalewa jetty upstream Chindwinriver. We drove past the houses on the banks,enjoying the stunning views of mountain rangesunder the bright sunshine.

As soon as we arrived at Ma Sein modelvillage, we saw Youth Hostel on the bank. MaSein model village, which is situated on the eastbank of Chindwin river, has an area of 34 acresand is 18 miles north of Kalay. Waterway is themajor transportation mode for the village to thetown.

As we passed through the village to ourdestination, we saw bazaar, playground, garden,police station, residence of the doctor of the stationhospital built by the village on self-reliance basis.

When asked about the purposes of erecting thebridge, Chairman U Maung Wai of Ma Sein-KyaukSin suspension bridge construction committee said

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accompanied by Chairmanof Shan State Peace andDevelopment Council

yesterday morning,attended the ceremony toconvey the InlayPhaungdawU Buddhaimages to YadanaSankyaung held inconjunction with the prizepresentation to winners inthe Intha traditional boatrace in Namhu Village ofNyaungshwe Township.

Intha boats demon-strated their skills.

Inlay PhaungdawUBuddha images wereconveyed with the use of 28boats and 2500 participantsto Yadana Sankyaungthrough Namhu Creek. Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing andparty paid homage to the

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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of the economyas well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting participa-tion in terms of technical know-how and invest-ments from sources inside the country andabroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy mustbe kept in the hands of the State and the nationalpeoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the en-tire nation

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

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

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

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

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of Ministry of Defence presents prizes towinners in Intha traditional boat race.—MNA

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Thursday, 8 October, 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

Being a member nation of ASEAN,Myanmar is working in concert with othermember nations in education, culture, eco-nomic and social fields.

A ceremony to open the meeting of the15th ASEAN Youth Day, organized by theMinistry of Social Welfare, Relief and Reset-tlement, was held at Shwenantaw Hotel inNay Pyi Taw Hotel Zone on 4 October.

Regional peace, stability and develop-ment have been gaining a good momentumthanks to the united efforts of the Associa-tion. Moreover, due to the emergence of theASEAN community, ASEAN people are nowable to enjoy the fruits of peace, stability,prosperity and social and cultural develop-ment.

The 15th ASEAN Youth Meeting playsan important role in implementation ofASEAN social culture, and the ASEAN youthare a major force in the present as well as inthe future.

Prize presentation ceremonies are heldevery year for the emergence of brilliantyouth in the ASEAN region. It is necessaryfor the ASEAN youth to try to be the archi-tect of their own life by promoting their self-esteem, discernment and capacity, realizingtheir full potential and respecting and recog-nizing one another.

Myanmar is creating a sound founda-tion and a modern network system for edu-cation so that its future generations will be-come a major force of the nation.

Myanmar will always participate ac-tively in ASEAN youth affairs and nurtureits youth in order that they will becomeprecious gems of the nation.

Nurture the youth to becomeprecious gems of the nation

YANGON, 7 Oct—Sarpay Beikman underPrinting and PublishingEnterprise of the Ministryof Information publishedthe prize-winning booksrecently.

These were the SarpayBeikman manuscriptaward winning book in theyouth literature genre writ-ten by Maung Kyi Thant,

Prize winning books in circulationthe first prize winningbook in the collective shortshories genre by ThweHtar Nyo (Thakkala), thethird prize winning bookin the novel genre byMyaylatt Min Lwin andthe second prize winningbook in the youth litera-ture genre by Maung SoeHtaik (Thonze).

The above books are

available at SarpayBeikman bookshops at Ta-55, Thabyegon Market,Nay Pyi Taw, Tel: 067-414681, at 529/531, Mer-chant Street, Yangon, Tel:01-249031 and in Manda-lay, Tel: 02-62931 andbook agents from thecountryside of SarpayBeikman.

MNA

YANGON, 7 Oct —Minister for NationalPlanning and EconomicDevelopment U Soe Thamet with local people inTwantay Township atPeikswe Village-tractyesterday and fulfilledthe requirements forrenovation of classrooms

Minister supervises rural development tasks inTwantay Township

the development of ruralareas.

At the meeting, healso said it is important toknow the fact that only anation and its citizenshave rights to safeguardthe sovereignty of the na-tion.

The minister gave in-

and presented sewing ma-chines to local people.

At the meeting, hestressed the need for co-operation of the depart-ments and social organi-zations with local peoplefor the regional develop-ment while the govern-ment is making efforts for

structions to officialsconcerned on construc-tion of the buildingswhich were damaged bythe storm Nargis,renovaion of lakes andschools, paving of roadsand installation of pub-lic phones in the village-tract.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct— Deputy Minister forImmigration and Popula-tion Brig-Gen Win Seinparticipated in the 60th

annual session ofUNHCR’s GoverningExecutive Committee inGeneva, Switzerland,from 28 September to 2October.

The meeting ofUNHCR was opened on28 September at GeneralAssembly of the UN Of-fice in Geneva, andDeputy Minister Brig-Gen

I & P Dy Minister attends 60th meeting of UNHCR in Geneva

Win Sein read the reportof Myanmar on 29 Sep-tember.

The meeting was at-tended by delegates from72 member countries ofthe executive committee,and delegates from 42countries includingMyanmar as observers,representatives from UNagencies and 35 NGOs.

Led by Deputy Min-ister Brig-Gen Win Sein,the Myanmar delegationto the meeting comprised

Counsellor of Myanmaroffice at UN in Geneva UWin Thein, Director of Im-migration and NationalRegistration DepartmentU Htay Hlaing, First Sec-retary Daw Khin ThidaAye and First SecretaryDr Htoo Maung.

Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Win Sein held a meet-ing with High Commis-sioner for RefugeesAntonio Guterres on 29September. Also present atthe meeting were Charge

d’ affaires ai U Kyaw MyoHtut, U Win Thein, U HtinLin, Dr Htoo Maung andU Htay Hlaing.

The meeting endedwith concluding remarksby the chief of UNHCRon 2 October after thenew executives were se-lected and approved atthe meeting.

Deputy Minister forImmigration and Popu-lation Brig-Gen Win Seinarrived back here yester-day. — MNA

Minister U Soe Tha meeting with local people at Peikswe village in TwantayTownship.—MNA

DeputyMinister

Brig-Gen WinSein attends60th annualsession ofUNHCR’sGoverningExecutiveCommittee

held inGeneva,

Switzerland.MNA

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

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever flat-

tered* Do not be softened whenever appeased

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Invasion of US and allies kills, injuresIraqi people

BAGHDAD, 7 Oct— There has been daily casualties in Iraq since the US andits allies have invaded the country.

Casualties of Iraqi peopleThe total number of casualties as from the day they invaded the country to 7

October reached 698,883 and the total number of seriously injured people reached1,259,853 according to the news on the internet.

No. Subject Number1. Death toll of Iraqi people 698,8832. The total number of seriously injured people 1,259,853

Internet

Casualties of Afghan people in invasion ofNATO troops led by US

KABUL, 7 Oct—The NATO troops led by the US have invaded Afghanistanand they are there for a long time.

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

Casualties of Afghan peopleAccording to the Internet news, a total of 32,268 Afghan people were killed

and 37,881 injured seriously as from the day when the NATO troops led by theUS invaded Afghanistan to 7 October.

No. Subject Number1. Number of Afghan people killed 32,2682. Seriously injured Afghan people 37,881

Internet

Militant rocket hits Afghan civilianbus, kills two

A wounded man is attended to byhis relative after a suicide bombattack at a funeral in Haditha,

190 km (120 miles) northwest ofBaghdad on 5 Oct, 2009. A

suicide bomber walked into anIraqi funeral tent and blew

himself up on Monday, killing atleast six mourners and wounding

15, Iraqi police said. The tollfrom the attack in the town of

Haditha, 190 km (120 miles) westof Baghdad, could rise, police

said.—INTERNET

Roadside bomb kills 10Afghan soldiers in South

KABUL, 7 Oct—Militants in the militancy plaguedsouthern region of Afghanistan detonated a roadsidebomb, leaving 10 soldiers dead, a senior military com-mander said Tuesday.

“The rebels detonated a remote-controlled minein Popalzai area,a suburb of Laskkar Gah, the capitalof Helmand province Monday afternoon, damagingthree vehicles and killing 10 soldiers,” General ShirMohammad Zazi told Xinhua.

Xinhua

Six militants killed in W Afghanistan KABUL, 7 Oct—Afghan and NATO-led forces have killed six militants, includ-

ing three Arabic trainers, in Herat Province of western Afghanistan, military spokes-man in the region Abdul Basir Ghori said Tuesday.

“A joint operation of Afghan and NATO forces was kicked off in Gazara dis-trict since Monday to clean up the area from rebels and so far six militants includ-ing three Arabs have been eliminated,” Ghori told Xinhua.

These Arabic fighters, he added, had provided military training to Taleban in-surgents in the area. The military official also stressed that the operation will goon until all the militants are swept out and the durable peace is ensured.

Taleban militants who are fighting the Afghan government and internationaltroops, have yet to make comment. —Xinhua

Nine killed, 31 injured in carbombing in west Baghdad

At least nine peoplewere killed and 31

others injured in a carbomb explosion at abusy marketplace inIraq’s western city of

Fallujah on 6 Oct,2009.—XINHUA

Soldier killed in Afghanistan to be named

KABUL, 7 Oct—Anmilitant rocket rippedthrough a bus driving ona highway in eastern Af-ghanistan on Wednesday,killing two people aboardand wounding about 25,the government said.

The militants appearedto have been aiming for anearby police checkpoint,but the rocket fell short ofthe target and hit thebusload of civiliansinstead, the InteriorMinistry said.

The deaths in Ghazni

province’s Qarabagh dis-trict are part of a growingcivilian toll from roadsidebombs, battles and suicideattacks this year.

A UN report issued lastmonth said August wasthe deadliest month of2009 for civilians becauseof violence from theinsurgency. A total of1,500 civilians died inAfghanistan betweenJanuary and August, upfrom 1,145 for the sameperiod of 2008. About 68percent of the deaths were

due to the militants, thereport said.

Military clashes havealso intensified. On Wed-nesday, American and Af-ghan forces battled mili-tants in neighboringWardak province, killing anumber of insurgents. USforces spokeswoman CaptRegina Gillis declined tosay exactly how manymilitants were killed, butsaid it was fewer than 10.No casualties were re-ported among American orAfghan forces.—Internet

LONDON, 7 Oct—A sol-dier killed in an explosionwhile on patrol in south-ern Afghanistan will benamed on Wednesday, areport said.

The soldier, from 1st

Battalion The GrenadierGuards, was killed Mon-day on a foot patrol in theNad Ali area of HelmandProvince, the Press Asso-ciation said MoD said.

The death brings to 220the number of Britishtroops who have diedsince operations againstthe Taliban extremists be-gan in October 2001. Ofthese, at least 188 werekilled as a result of hos-tile action.

Task Force Helmand

BAGHDAD, 7 Oct—Atleast nine people werekilled and 31 others in-jured in a car bomb explo-sion at a busy marketplacein Iraq’s western city ofFallujah on Tuesday, anInterior Ministry sourcesaid.

A booby-trapped carripped through an outdoorpopular market at sunsetin the town of Amriyat al-Fallujah, near Fallujahcity, some 50 km west ofBaghdad, the source toldXinhua on condition ofanonymity.

The powerful blast de-stroyed several nearbycars and many stalls sell-ing vegetables and fruits,the source said.

The attack came a dayafter a suicide car bombblast killed six mournersand wounded 15 others ata funeral in the city ofHadithain Iraq’s once in-surgent stronghold ofAnbar province, whereFallujah is located.

Xinhua

spokesman LieutenantColonel Nick Richardsonsaid: “Our deepest andheartfelt sympathies goout to his bereaved fam-ily, to his friends and tothe many comrades of thisproud and brave Guardssoldier.”

Next of kin have been

informed. The announce-ment comes after The Sunnewspaper reported Gen-eral Richard Dannatt, theformer head of the army,as saying the governmentturned down a request for2,000 more troops insAfghanistan this year.

Internet

Afghan men,who have lost

their legs to thewar, exercise

during a physi-otherapy sessionat the Interna-

tional Committeeof the Red Crossorthopedic center

in Kabul, Af-ghanistan, on 6

Oct, 2009.INTERNET

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UNITED NATIONS, 7Oct— China on Tuesdaycalled on the internationalcommunity to intensify itsefforts to address the po-tential threat posed bynuclear non-proliferation.

Speaking at the Gen-eral Debate of the FirstCommittee of the 64thSession of the United Na-tions General Assembly,Wang Qun, Chinese am-bassador for disarmamentaffairs, said that nuclearnon-proliferation and nu-clear disarmament are

LONDON, 7 Oct—Brit-ish Airways (BA) is fac-ing the threat of a strikeaction after angry workersprotested on Wednesdayagainst the airline’s plansto cut 1,700 jobs andfreeze pay in order to stemlosses.

“This inevitably bringsa strike closer. We havebeen working flat out tofind a negotiated solutionwith this company butthey are clearly not inter-

British Airways jets are parked at London’s Heathrow airport, 2006. BritishAirways (BA) is facing the threat of a strike action after angry workers pro-tested against the airline’s plans to cut 1,700 jobs and freeze pay in order to

stem losses.—INTERNET

ZURICH, 7 Oct— Swit-zerland’s unemploymentrate climbed to 3.9 per-cent in September, upfrom 3.8 percent a monthearlier, official figuresshowed Wednesday.

The number of peopleregistered as unemployedreached 154,409, or 3,578more than in August, saidthe State Secretariat forEconomic Affairs in astatement.

U n e m p l o y m e n tamong 15 to 24 year-oldsalso continued to swell,

Job seekers entering anemployment agency in

Cologne. Germany saysit is poised to recoverfaster than originally

thought from a cripplingrecession, revising up aforecast for output this

year in Europe’s topeconomy.—INTERNET

AMMAN, 7 Oct—Feud-ing Palestinian factionswill sign a reconciliationagreement in Cairo on 25Oct, Egyptian ForeignMinister Ahmed AbulGheit said in Amman, ac-cording to the report ofJordan News AgencyPetra on Tuesday.

In a joint press confer-ence with his Jordaniancounterpart late Monday,Abul Gheit said after the

TEHERAN, 7 Oct—Iran’s Aerospace Re-search Center official an-nounced on Tuesday thatthe country will launch itsresearch rocket calledKavoshgar (Explorer)into space by the end ofMarch 2010, the semi-of-ficial Fars news agencyreported.

“Iranian Kavoshgarrocket will be sent into the

ISTANBUL, 7 Oct—TheInternational MonetaryFund (IMF) and the WorldBank concluded their an-nual meetings here onWednesday, calling forcontinuous policy supportas the world economy isstill precarious.

“Recovery” becamethe main theme of del-egates’ speech in thisyear’s annual meetings. Inits latest World EconomicOutlook (WEO),the IMFpredicted that the globaleconomy would grow by3.1 percent in 2010, 0.6percent higher than itsprediction in July, sayingthe global recession “isending.”

Global financial stabil-ity has also improved fol-lowing unprecedentedpolicy actions and signs ofeconomic recovery, theIMF said in the GlobalFinancial Stability Report(GFSR).

The IMF lowered itsestimate of losses fromthe global financial and

Swiss unemployment rate climbs in Septemberwith some 29,999 youthsregistered as jobless inSeptember, up 701 com-pared to a month ago.Against September 2008,the month’s jobless num-bers was a jump of some74.9 percent.

The Swiss governmentexpects overall unem-ployment rate to reach anaverage of 3.8 percent in2009 and 5.2 percent in2010 due to the economiccrisis, up sharply from 2.6percent in 2008.

Bern approved a third

stimulus package in Junewhich includes measuresto tackle growing unem-ployment.

Internet

World economy on road ofrecovery but still precarious

economic crisis to 3.4 tril-lion US dollars, around600 billion dollars lowerthan its last report in April,largely due to rising secu-rities values, the reportsaid.

Asia is leading theworld economy out of thecrisis, Anoop Singh, di-rector of the IMF’s Asiaand Pacific Department,told reporters.

Xinhua

Palestinians to sign reconciliation agreementlate October

factions sign the agree-ment on 25 Oct, anothermeeting will take place on26 Oct between the ArabFollow-up Committeeand heads of Palestinianfactions to sign on theagreement as witnesses.

He said representativesof non-Arab countries arealso scheduled to attendthe October 26 meeting aswitnesses to the signing ofthe reconciliation charter.

The Arab Follow-upCommittee groups for-eign ministers of Jordan,Palestine, Yemen, Bah-rain, Morocco, Syria,Egypt, Lebanon andSaudi Arabia, in additionto Arab League SecretaryGeneral Amr Moussa.

Xinhua

Unions protest British Airways job cut plansested in compromise, pre-ferring conflict instead,”a senior union leader toldthe Press Association.

“They are holding agun to the heads of ourmembers.

We will not stand bywhile they push fewer andfewer people to do moreand more work on lesspay and turn our premierairline into a low-cost op-erator,” he added.

The cuts will reduce

the total number of cabincrew-related jobs from14,000 to 12,300, it said,noting that the move in-volves cabin crew manag-ers rather than cabin crewthemselves.

“These changes willtake place from the end ofNovember.

They will not reducethe number of workingcrew on board,” said a BAstatement of the job cuts.

Internet

China urges intensified int’l effortsin nuclear non-proliferation

mutually reinforcing andsupplementary to eachother.

“To achieve completeprohibition and thoroughdestruction of nuclearweapons for a nuclear-weapon-free world, theinternational efforts in nu-clear non-proliferationmust be vigorously inten-sified in eliminating therisk of nuclear weaponproliferation,” Wang said.

The ambassador calledfor the international nu-clear non-proliferation re-

gime to be consolidatedand strengthened, andemphasized that non-proliferation issues be re-solved peacefully throughpolitical and diplomaticmeans and within theframework of existinginternational law. Wangsaid that China has madeunremitting efforts inseeking peaceful resolu-tion to the nuclear issueon the Korean Peninsulaand Iranian nuclear issuethrough dialogue and ne-gotiation.—Xinhua

Iran to launch research rocketinto space

space by the end of the cur-rent (Iranian) year (endingon March 20) to do re-search studies,” Head ofIran’s Aerospace ResearchCenter Mohammad Ebrahi-mi was quoted as saying.

Talking at a ceremonymarking the World SpaceWeek, Ebrahimi said that“The rocket can be sent toaltitudes at the height of50km to 150km which is

not a fly zone for aircraftand satellites ... it can beemployed in different re-searches and studies.”

Earlier in February,Teheran announced thatthe Omid lightweight tel-ecommunications satel-lite, its first home-madesatellite, was success-fully sent into space bythe Iranian-produced sat-ellite carrier Safir 2,evoking the West’s con-cern over its potentialmilitary purposes.

In last November,Iran launched success-fully a space rocket whichwas called “Kavosh 2”(Explore 2). “The rocketwas launched into thespace and after complet-ing its mission returnedto the earth using para-chute,” Iran’s state TVIRIB said.—Xinhua

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Photo taken on 5 Oct, 2009 shows the exterior view of the terminal of Monte-video international airport in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay. The launching

ceremony of the terminal of Montevideo international airport was held inMontevideo on Monday. —XINHUA

Economists warn of hot moneydanger in Indonesia

JAKARTA, 7 Oct—Economists saidthat Indonesia should be alert to incom-ing hot money to its financial instru-ments amidst uncertain global economicsituation, Kompas daily reported onWednesday.

Indonesia’s central bank, Bank Indo-nesia, reported that the country’s forexreserves as of third quarter 2009 havereached 62.3 billion US dollars.

Meanwhile, positive economicgrowth, controlled inflation and rela-tively high portfolio return have beentriggering foreign fund to enter Indone-sia. According to Bank Indonesia, as ofthe third quarter, foreign fund to the Cer-

tificate of Bank Indonesia reached 1.58billion dollars or equal with 15 trillionrupiah and to the country’s bonds worth620.25 million dollars or about 6 trillionrupiah.

In the capital market, foreign inves-tors recorded net buy of 608.7 milliondollar, pushing the market index to climbto level of 2,528.

Economist Iman Sugema from the In-stitute for Development Economy andFinance (INDEF) said that flood of shortterm foreign fund (hot money) to Indo-nesia and other developing countries isdue to recovering global economy.

Xinhua

Brazil, Belgium sign spacecooperation agreement

RIO DE JANEIRO, 7 Oct—Brazil and Belgium signeda cooperation agreement on space technology in theBelgian city of Liege on Tuesday, the Brazilian Min-istry of Science and Technology announced.

The accord was signed between the Brazilian SpaceAgency and the Belgian Space Center of Liege, min-istry sources added. A ministry statement quoted Bra-zilian Space Agency President Carlos Ganem as say-ing that “despite not producing rockets or satellites,Belgium is an important partner of countries with spaceprograms for its quality of the services offered in itsuniversities and of its optic and space projects.”

The four-year agreement also includes cooperationin education of space science and techniques, apartfrom cooperation in such fields as earth observation,conception and proof of space instruments, satellitepayloads, university nano-satellites, optic techniquesand specific technologies for the space sector.—Xinhua

Boeing expects billion dollar chargeCHICAGO, 7 Oct—Chicago-based Boeing Company announced Tuesday it is ex-

pecting to report a one-billion dollar charge because of a delay in producing a newversion of the 747 freighter jet.

In a written statement, Boeing blames most of the billion-dollar charge on in-creased production costs of one of its freighter airplanes. The company adds themarket conditions are not helping either.

Business analysts here believe that Boeing’s problems are not limited to just thefreighter plane program. Boeing is having problems across almost its entire com-mercial aircraft operations as it looks like the 787 program is absorbing a lot of theresources in the company.—Xinhua

Vietnam unlikelyto meet economicgrowth target for2006-2010 periodHANOI, 7 Oct—Viet-

namese Ministry of Plan-ning and Investment saidthe country would notmeet the average eco-nomic growth target ofbetween 7.5 percent and8 percent a year in the2006-2010 period, localnewspaper the VietnamInvestment Review re-ported on Wednesday.

The ministry forecastthat Vietnam’s economicgrowth rate would beabout 6.9 percent a yearduring this period, said thenewspaper.

The negative impactsof global economic down-turn and the country’s in-ternal difficulties from2008 to 2010 were toblame for the failure, saidthe ministry.

Xinhua

Italy’s floods death toll finally rises to 35ROME, 7 Oct—Italy’s civil protection chief Guido

Bertolaso said on Tuesday that final death toll fromfloods in northeastern Sicilian town of Messina finallyreached 35 since there was no hope of finding survi-vors from 10 people still missing. “We know the fullnames of the people who are missing and are at workto find their bodies,” Bertolaso said during an addressto the Italian Senate, where he was asked to give anassessment of the tragedy.

Some 730 evacuees had been moved into hotelswhile over 2,300 workers were involved in 24-hourrelief efforts, Bertolaso told parliamentarians. The civilprotection chief said he had no information regardingreports of unregistered immigrants also said to be miss-ing after the floods.—Xinhua

Kuwaiti oil minister expects oil prices at$60-80 per barrel till year end

Zhoima fills a basin with water at the yard of herhouse at Yangyi village of Damxung County in the

north of southwest China’s Tibet AutonomousRegion, on 6 Oct, 2009. —XINHUA

All items from Xinhua News Agency

Indonesian journalistKustiyo Kustiyo, whowas the first to sign infor the World Media

Summit, shows his presscard in the press center

at the Beijing NewsPlaza Hotel in Beijing,capital of China, on 7Oct, 2009. —XINHUA

KUWAIT CITY, 7 Oct—Kuwaiti OilMinister Sheikh Ahmad Al-AbdullahAl-Sabah said on Tuesday he expectedthe oil prices to range between 60 to 80US dollars per barrel till the end of thisyear, the official KUNA news agency re-ported.

It was premature to speculate on theoil prices of next year, the minister saidafter addressing Kuwait’s Third Interna-tional Energy and Petrochemicals Exhi-bition.

Kuwait sits atop 10 percent of theworld’s proven oil reserves andcontributes three million barrels of crude

per day.Due to higher-than-expected oil prices,

Kuwait has earned around 80 percent ofits projected annual income in the firstfive months of this fiscal year and is ex-pected to witness the 11th straight yearof budget surplus.

The oil minister added on the sameoccasion that the ambition to lift the dailyoutput to four million barrels by 2020was amended to 2030.

The Gulf Arab emirate is the fourthlargest exporter of the Organization ofPetroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUMMan wins lottery prizeduring embezzlement

caseA former Kansas radio executive

who admitted that he embezzled tosupport an addiction to scratch-offlottery tickets won a $96,000 lotteryprize.

Prosecutors say the prize money willgo toward paying restitution to Paul WLyle’s former employer, AmericanMedia Investments.

Lyle pleaded guilty on Thursday tofelony theft for embezzling an estimated$88,000 from American Media.

It was during his preliminary hearing21 Sept that Lyle was notified he hadwon a prize in a second-chance lotterydrawing. The prize includes a boat,cash and tickets to a NASCAR race atthe Kansas Speedway.

Lyle will be sentenced 30 Nov.His conviction carries a sentencing

range of five to 17 months in jail orprison. But prosecutors say Lyle likelywill get probation because he has noprevious felony convictions.

Woman finds US Capitolofficer in her bed

Arlington police say a US CapitolPolice officer was arrested when awoman came home to find the strangerpassed out drunk in her bed. Policesaid the 34-year-old man was stillsleeping when officers arrived at 1 am.Spokeswoman Crystal Nosal said theofficer was charged with unlawfulentry.

Police don’t know why the officer,who lives in Reston, picked the woman’sapartment to sleep, but investigatorsbelieve he came in through the frontdoor.

Capitol Police spokeswomanKimberly Schneider said the officer ison paid administrative leave pendingthe outcome of the criminal charges.Schneider said the agency will alsoconduct an investigation.

Two arrested with ‘cocaine sandwiches’ at Dutch airportDutch police have arrested two people at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport for

allegedly having hidden three kilograms (6.6 pounds) of cocaine in sandwiches,authorities said on Thursday. Inspectors found the drugs last week in 33 sandwichesin the luggage of the two, a 30-year-old man from Suriname and a Dutch woman, 56.

“With the unpacking of the sandwiches ... it transpired that they were not fitfor consumption,” said a military police statement. “They were filled with about100 grams of cocaine each.”

This on 7 June, 2007 file photoshows Italian speleologist and

sociologist Maurizio Montalbinijust after exiting the Grotta

Fredda di Acquasanta cave wherehe spent 236 days in total isola-tion, near Ascoli Piceno, centralItaly, on 7 June, 2007. MaurizioMontalbini, who spent months

dwelling in caves to study how themind and body cope with complete

isolation, has died of a heartattack.

This image released by the journal Sci-ence shows the probable life appearancein anterior view of Ardipithecussramidus (“Ardi”). In a special issue ofScience, an international team of sci-entists has for the first time thoroughlydescribed Ardipithecus ramidus, a ho-minid species that lived 4.4 million yearsago in what is now Ethiopia.

British archaeologists work at thediscovered ruins of an arena built

early in the third century BC outsideOstia, the ancient imperial port 25kilometres (16 miles) from Rome.

General view taken during the opening day of theInternational Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Telecom World 2009 exhibition, on 5 October, inGeneva. According to the UN’s International

Telecommunication Union, some 450 exhibitorsand 40,000 participants are expected to attend the

five-day trade show.—INTERNET

KATHMANDU, 7 Oct—At least 36 people werekilled in western parts ofthe country on Tuesdaydue to landslides andfloods triggered by inces-sant rain since the lastcouple of days, TheKathmandu Post reportedon Wednesday.

According to the daily,12 people, includingseven children, werekilled at the Gorkhagaonsettlement in Dadeldhuradistrict, some 525 kmwest of Kathmandu, when

RIO DE JANEIRO, 7 Oct—Brazilian PresidentLuiz Inacio Lula da Silvasaid Tuesday that Brazilwill continue its effort toreduce deforestation rateby 70 percent by 2017,and by 80 percent by2020. Lula made the re-marks during a one-dayEU-Brazil Summit inSweden, the countryholding the EU presi-dency. But Lula said thegoal of zero deforestationwas impossible toachieve in Brazil.

“It is a goal which willdemand an incommensu-rable effort from the Bra-zilian society,” Lula said,adding that in 2009, Bra-zil would register thelowest deforestation ratein two decades.

Jose Manuel Barroso,president of the EuropeanCommission, consideredBrazil’s deforestation tar-get ambitious, and urgedother countries withtropical forests to committo the same effort.

Xinhua

TEHERAN, 7 Oct —Iran’s Majlis (Parliament)Speaker Ali Larijani saidon Tuesday that the parlia-ment will sue the UnitedStates over the illegal treat-ment of detained Iraniandiplomats in Iraq, thesemi-official ISNA newsagency reported.

Majlis will take thecomplaint to the interna-tional bodies and to theUnited Nations, Larijaniwas quoted as saying.

“The Americans have APIA, 7 Oct—Tonga is to provide financial aid toPacific neighbours of Samoa and American Samoa fol-lowing last week’s devastating tsunami, media reportsreaching here said.

The confirmed death toll from the disaster stood at183 on Tuesday, including 142 people in Samoa, 32in American Samoa and nine in Tonga.

Seven people are still missing in Samoa and twostill missing in American Samoa.

The Tongan government said the country has linksgoing back 800years with the Samoas and it is time toshow the true Polynesian spirit of love, ofa and talofa,Radio New Zealand International reported.

The New Zealand Defence Force says it now has102 people in the area, including 18 medics, five en-gineers and six divers who have been repairing waterpipes.

Three Iroquois helicopters are helping to distrib-ute aid. HMNZS Canterbury is on stand-by at Devonport in Auckland.

Xinhua

Brazil to continuereducing

deforestation

36 people killed in landslides, floods in western Nepala landslide buried twohouses in the area.

The landslide has ren-dered the settlement in-habitable, said police per-sonnel involved in the res-cue. Besides Gorkhagaon,the other parts of Dadeld-hura were also struck bylandslides but no humancasualties occurred.

The unceasing rain,meanwhile, destroyed alarge area of farmland indifferent villages. Simi-larly, floods at the Ran-goon River and Pantura

River have deluged threeinner-tarai Village Devel-opment Committees(VDCs) in the district.Hundreds of people havebeen displaced.

In Achham district,some 330 km west ofKathmandu, 18 people inthree VDCs were killed inlandslides. At least twopeople died in Bajhangdistrict, some 450 kmwest of Kathmandu, whena house was buried in alandslide, police said.

Xinhua

Iran to sue US over illegal treatmentof detained Iranian diplomats

committed crimes due tothe physical and spiritualpressures they have in-flicted on the Iranian dip-lomats and due to the longand lonely imprisonmentof them, the ForeignPolicy and National Secu-rity Commission of Majliswill sue (the US) by tak-ing the complaint to the

United Nations,” saidLarijani.

He made the remarksin a meeting with the freedIranian diplomats whowere captured by the UStroops after a raid of theIranian Liaison Office inIraq’s Kurdish city ofArbil on 11 Jan,2007.

Xinhua

Tonga provides aid totsunami-hit neighbours

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YICHANG, (HUBEI PROVINCE), 7 Oct—More than20,000 artificially propagated acipenser sinensis,Chinese sturgeon, were born in an institution in centralChina’s Hubei Province, experts here said onWednesday.

The institution announced successful breeding ofthe first sturgeon on Monday.

Acipenser sinensis, better known as Chinesesturgeon, one of the oldest living things on earth, hasso far existed for more than 140 million years. Thespecies had been listed as a wild creature under statetop protection.—Xinhua

SINGAPORE, 7 Oct—Singapore firms must takein lessons to be learnt fromthis global crisis and keepup the efforts to enhancecorporate governance, aSingapore official said onWednesday.Singapore’sMinister for FinanceTharman Shanmugar-atnam said that during theAsian financial crisis andthe recent global financialcrisis, it is the companieswith robust standards ofcorporate governance thatare better placed to keepthe loyalty of investorswhen the flight to safetyand quality occurs.

Speaking at the 10thanniversary of Singapore’sSecurities InvestorsAssociation, he said thatthe recent financial crisishas highli-ghted variousweak-nesses in corporategovernance arrangem-entsin the business of financein the advanced economiesespecially.

“In many instances,the combination ofaccounting standardsbased on fair market

Singapore firms urged to further enhancecorporate governance

KAMPALA, 7 Oct—The Ugandan militarysaid on early Wednesdaythat the Somali stateminister for defense wasin the hands of theUganda People DefenseForce (UPDF).

It was revealed byUgandan military spok-esman Felix Kulayigye.

K u l a y i g y edismissed the allegationthat Somali StateMinister for DefenseSheikh Yusuf MohamedSiyad was kidnapped inthe Ugandan capital ofKampala by unidentifiedgunmen. “He was in thehands of the UPDF,” thespokesman told Xinhua

Ugandan military says Somaliofficial in hands of UPDF

Parcels areautomatically packed

at a distributioncentre of Amazon.de,the German branch

of US online retailer.The firm has

announced it isreleasing an

international versionof the e-reader Kindlewhile also trimmingprices of the covetedgadget.—INTERNET

HONG KONG, 7 Oct—Hong Kong’s Center forFood Safety Wednesdayannounced its monthlyfood test results forAugust, revealing thatamong the 4,800 samples,13 were foundunsatisfactory.Accordingto the center, 3,200samples were taken forchemical tests and 1,600for microbiological andother tests. The overallsatisfactory rate was 99.7percent.

Most of the unsatisf-actory chemical testresults involved excessi-ve or illegal use of foodpreservatives, veterinarydrug residues or coloringmattersThe unsatisfa-ctory samples includedlettu-ce, five fresh beefsam-ples, ready-to-eatwined chicken, a frozenshrimp, two chilledthreadfin, a “poon choi”sample, soup vermicelliwith pork satay, and achilli sauce.—Xinhua

HK food testshows 13

unsatisfactorysamples

Ushering in the next generation of desktop computingand leveraging the advanced multi-touch capabilities

of Microsoft Windows 7, Gateway today introduced theGateway One ZX Series, all-in-one desktop PCs with

multi-touch displays.—INTERNET

LUSAKA, 7 Oct—Three countries haveconfirmed theirparticipation in thismonth’s IndependenceInvitation Swimming galain Zambia, the ZambiaDaily Mail reported onWednesday.

World’s first batch of artificiallybred sturgeon born in China

value, market comp-etition and internalremuneration structureshad the effect ofrewarding risk-takingaimed at short-termreturns,” he said, addingthat discussions areunderway to refocusbanks on the long terminterests of theirclients.He said thatSingapore firms havedemonstrated strongcorporate governance

standards and practices,but there is still ampleroom for improvement.

He also noted thatevery investor should beguided by the simple anduniversal principles ofinvesting. He urgedfinancial institutions andadvisors to make thedownside risks perfectlyplain and clear to theretail investor whenselling any investmentproduct.—Xinhua

by phone.No furtherdetails was available sofar.

Somalia has not hadstrong functioningnational governmentsince the ouster of formerruler Mohamed SiyadBarre in 1991.

The developmentcame after three aidworkers kidnapped twomonths ago have beenre leased by the i rcaptors last week inSomalia.

Mohamed OsmanArus, spokesman forthe Is lamist HezbulIslam faction, said thehum-anitarian workerswere re leased andf lown out o f thef a c t i o n - c o n t r o l l e dsouthern town of Luq.

Arus den ied h i sgroup was involved inthe abduction of thethree aid workers in across border raid intoKenya in July, but saidthe group “facilitated”the nego t i a t i ons t orelease them.

Xinhua

Three countries confirm participation inZambia’s swimming gala

Zambia AmateurSwimming Union (ZASU)vice-president DavidThompson said in aninterview with the paperthat Malawi, Tanzania andZimbabwe have confirmedpartici-pation at theSwimming gala to be

staged in Lusaka.Zambia will be

represented by 40swimmers, Malawi 35,Tanzania 20 andZimbabwe 18 at the gala tobe held from October 23 to25, Daily Mail said.

Xinhua

NAY PYI TAW, 7Oct—Minister forEnergy Brig-Gen LunThi on 5 October viewedthe laying of 24-inchdiameter natural gaspipeline across TwantayCanal being undertakenby Myanma Oil and GasEnterprise.

Officials of MOGEreported on mattersrelated to laying thenatural gas pipeline. Theminister gave necessary

Energy Minister inspects progress oflaying natural gas pipeline

instructions.

Over 2,010 feet longnatural gas pipeline willbe laid under 31 feetunderground of Twan-tayCanal.

In KungyangongaleVillage of KawhmuTownship, the minister

inspected stockpiling of24-inch diameterpipelines to be used inlaying of natural gaspipeline at Kung-yangon-Twantay Taw-gyitan and left necessaryinstructions.

MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence and wifebeing welcomed by Ambassador of the Republic of

Korea to Myanmar Mr Park Key-Chong at thereception to mark National Day and Armed

Forces Day of ROK on 7 October.—MNA

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 8 October, 2009

These days, a hot news item is the US’s possiblenew direction for its relations with Myanmar. Mediaare broadly reporting that economic sanctions cannotfulfill the political requirements, so the US willimpose economic sanctions and engage with Myanmarsimultaneously as its new policy towards Myanmar.It has not been clear yet how it will do to achieve itsgoal. My opinion in this context is that economicsanctions against Myanmar have adverse effectson the people, from all strata of life and they willnot be able to bring their objectives to fruition.

It is not fair that economic sanctions are imposedas a tool to put political pressure on Myanmar. Eco-nomic sanctions do not contribute to the drive forensuring human rights and democratic process, butthey hurt economic and social development of thepeople on a large scale. Myanmar, a small nation, stillhas to cope with internal armed insurgency triggeredby the evil legacy of the colonialism. So, economicsanctions also disrupt the projects for progress ofborder areas. In consequence, far-flung areas werebehind other regions in development, and that has adirect strong impact on ongoing anti-narcotic drugscampaigns which are very demanding.

Economic sanctions are more of a hindrancethan a help in anti-narcotic drugs programmes.However, the government is determined to keepon trying hard with self-reliance basis to be able toward off the menace of narcotic drugs that posedangers to the whole mankind and that should notbe associated with political issues. Certain westernpowers have not viewed Myanmar’s objective condi-tions as they really are, and instead they on purposeshow total disregard for the dramatic success Myanmarhas achieved in a fight against narcotic drugs.

According to the broadcasts aired by some radiostations, the US government issued the list of 20narcotic drugs producing and distributing countrieson 15 September 2009, claiming that in the last 12months, Bolivia, Venezuela and Myanmar failed tocooperate with the international community in a fightagainst narcotic drugs production and illicit traffick-ing, and it might impose sanctions against the three.

If it puts its words into deeds, there will be nothingmore than its imprudent pressure, turning a blind eyeand a deaf ear to Myanmar’s anti-narcotic drugs cam-paigns. Imposing sanctions under the pretext of nar-cotic drugs elimination for political gains instead of

Profound evidences of Myanmar’s drug elimination tasksAung Shin

rendering assistance is like fueling the problem. Al-though our government constantly issue news storieswith profound evidences, attacks are made againstMyanmar unusually regarding her anti-narcotic drugsprogrammes. So, that can be considered strange. Whatit should do in this regard is that it should render asmuch assistance as it can to Myanmar becauseMyanmar shows a sense of responsibility by puttinggreat efforts into preventive and control measures towipe out the dangers of narcotic drugs in the interestof the entire human beings.

Despite economic sanctions, Myanmar is trying tothe best of its ability to combat narcotic drugs, using itsall possible sources to the highest degree. It is globalknowledge that the country is cooperating with theinternational community through friendly relations toexpedite the onerous tasks. For instance, Myanmartakes an active part in the drive jointly implemented byfive Mekong Region countries and the United NationsOffice of Drugs and Crimes (UNODC). In addition,she is working together with China, Thailand, Laos,India, Bangladesh, the Russian Federation, Vietnamand the Philippines through a large number of agree-ments, memorandums of understanding and bilateralcooperation deals on anti-narcotic drugs.

Besides, Myanmar has joined the ASEAN andChina Cooperative Operations in Response to Danger-ous Drugs (ACCORD) and shares news on narcoticdrugs and experiences of drug elimination with othermembers. Due to its active cooperation and agree-ments with international organizations and neighbour-ing countries, Myanmar recently won recognition ofthe UN agencies that her anti-narcotic drugs cam-paigns worked beautifully. It also managed to exposeworldwide famous cases got involved by internationaldrug lords such as Operation “Soe San Zone” in whichit seized 591.05 kilos of heroin blocks and the opera-tion in which it seized 496 kilos of heroin blocks.

Thanks to cooperation for exchanging narcotics-related information with Drug Enforcement Adminis-tration (DEA), China, and Thailand, Myanmar anti-narcotic drugs squads managed to seize 761.95 kilos ofheroin blocks and 340,000 stimulant tablets with astreet value of 7877.55 million kyats at Lwe TawKham checkpoint in Tachilek Township on 10 July2009. Moreover, they exposed 10.368 million stimu-lant tablets, 819.35 kilos of heroin and 10 kilos of ICEand precursor chemicals and arms and ammunition

with a total face value of 39,068.15 million kyats.Recently, servicemen and members of the

Myanmar Police Force launched an operation at riskto life to storm Laukkai for narcotic drugs, and seized10.168 million stimulant tablets, 86.57 kilos of stimu-lant powder, 0.131 kilos of heroin, 0.19 kilos of ICE,1371.37 kilos of ephedrine, 0.24 kilos of morphine,600 Sado ephedrine tablets, 34.32 kilos of caffeine,0.8 kilo of raw opium, 3211.4 kilos of chemicalpowder, 2818.19 gallons of acid, 1392.89 gallons ofchemical liquid, and 170 gallons of spirit with acurrent value of 16,149.58 million kyats and a lot ofarms and ammunition.

Those events show that Myanmar has achievedgreat success in a fight against narcotic drugs, andthat should not lose international attention. Such animpressive achievement is largely due to the govern-ment’s correct policy and decisive aims.

In order to achieve such great success, the gov-ernment formed the Central Committee for DrugAbuse Control, and laid down two strategies, threetactics and two methods. The two strategies are tofight narcotic drugs in all aspects as a national duty,to improve socio-economic life of national races inborder areas, and to eradicate poppy growing. Thethree tactics are supply elimination, demand elimina-tion and law enforcement. In order to speed up thetwo strategies and three tactics, the government isapplying the three methods: to uplift the belief,concept and morale of poppy growers and drug users;to ensure easy communication between hill and plainregions and between national races; and to improvethe livelihoods and socio-economic life of local resi-dents in far-flung areas.

Furthermore, Myanmar is in pursuit of the 15-year narcotic drugs elimination plan (1999-2014)with the target of freeing from narcotic drugs by 2014in it. Under the plan, the government is encouragingcultivation of poppy-substitute crops apart from thesupply elimination, reduction of demand, and lawenforcement. In 2008-2009 poppy season, Myanmarcould destroy 101,000.65 acres of poppy fields. Inthe meantime, it rendered assistance to the high-lander poppy growers to engage in growing of alter-native crops and other businesses. Farming of poppy-substitute crops is necessary for establishment ofnarcotic drugs-free zones, and that calls for hugefunds. The government accelerates giving educativetalks on dangers of narcotic drugs to artless, poorpoppy cultivators, improving their living conditions,implementing poverty alleviation work to fulfil theirbasic needs, and bridging the development gap be-tween hill regions and plains. The nation needs agreat deal of international aid to realize those tasks.Nevertheless, it is the West Bloc countries that areimposing economic sanctions instead of providingassistance, thus forcing former poppy farmers torelapse into the bad livelihoods.

Now, the 15-year plan is in its third phase. Thegovernment is seeking all possible ways and meansto mobilize international cooperation in the supplyelimination, demand elimination and law enforce-ment tasks. However, the drug production and traf-ficking has not met its end yet in border areas where

(See page 9)

No one shall be privileged on any groundand action will be taken against anyoneaccording to the law if he gets involved indrug-related crimes. The government hasto give punitive punishment to any organi-zations or individuals in terms of narcoticdrugs crimes.

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Cash donated second time for 17th

Myanmar Traditional CulturalPerforming Arts Competitions

Attorney-General U Aye Maung receives goodwill delegation led byVice-Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assem-bly Office and Chairman of Vietnam-ASEAN Congressperson group

Mr Ngo Duc Manh.—MNA

Chief Justice U Aung Toe receives goodwill delegation led by Vice-Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of the National AssemblyOffice and Chairman of Vietnam-ASEAN Congressperson group

Mr Ngo Duc Manh.—MNA

Chief Justice, Attorney-General receiveVietnamese delegation

Deputy Minister Col Tin Ngwe accepts cash donated by a donor atsecond-time cash donation ceremony for 17th Myanmar

Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct—On behalf of Chairman ofLeading Committee forOrganizing the 17th

Myanmar Traditional Cul-tural Performing ArtsCompetitions 2009 Com-mander of Nay Pyi TawCommand Maj-Gen WaiLwin, Chairman of Sub-committee for RaisingFunds and Prize Presenta-tion Deputy Minister forProgress of Border Areasand National Races andDevelopment Affairs ColTin Ngwe attended thesecond-time cash dona-tion ceremony for the 17th

Myanmar Traditional Cul-tural Performing Arts

Competitions.Also present on the

occasion were Secretaryof Subcommittee forOrganizing the 17th

Myanmar Tratitional Cul-tural Performing ArtsCompetitions, Secretaryof Sub-committee forRaising Funds and PrizePresentation Secretary ofNay Pyi Taw Develop-ment Committee U TunKyi and officials of 12ministries, 24 private com-panies and four bankingservices.

First, Deputy MinisterCol Tin Ngwe made aspeech on the occasion,saying that the government

held Myanma traditionalperforming arts competi-tions spending a large sumof money every year withthe aim of turning out po-lite and gentle citizens whovalued Myanmar tradi-tions. The competition hasnow turned the 17 times.The deputy minister ex-pressed thanks towellwishers. He stressedthe need to make effortspaying special attention torealizing the objectives ofthe competition.

Next, the wellwishersdonated cash and then thesecretary of Nay Pyi TawDevelopment Committeeand the secretary of Sub-

committee for organizingthe competitions presentedcertificates of houour tothe wellwishers.

Afterwards, awellwisher Managing Di-

rector of KTM PurifiedDrinking Water U KyawTun Maung explained thepurpose of the donation.

The secretary of NayPyi Taw DC spoke words

of thanks. Today’s dona-tions made by 12 minis-tries, 24 private companiesand four banking servicestotalled K 51.95 million intotal.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct—A visiting delegation ledby Vice-Chairman ofForeign Affairs Commit-tee of the NationalAssembly Office andChairman of Vietnam-

ASEAN Congresspersongroup of the SocialistRepublic of Vietnam MrNgo Duc Manh arrived athere by air at 9.30 amtoday.

They were welcomed

by CEC member of theUnion Solidarity and De-velopment AssociationDeputy Minister for Re-ligious Affairs Brig-GenThura Aung Ko and partyat Nay Pyi Taw Airport.

Next, Chief JusticeU Aung Toe met the del-egation led by Mr NgoDuc Manh at SupremeCourt, here, at 10.00 amtoday.

Also present at themeeting were Director-General of SupremeCourt U Mya Thein, Di-rector (Research) of thecourt U Myint Thein andHead of Office U Myo

Nyunt.Attorney-General U

Aye Maung received thedelegation led by Mr NgoDuc Manh at theA t t o r n e y - G e n e r a l ’sOffice (Nay Pyi Taw),here, at 11.00 am.

Present on theoccasion were DeputyAttorney-General UMyint Naing, DeputyDirector-General Daw

Kyin San, Director UKyaw San and Head ofOffice U Wishu.

Afterwards, the del-egation left for Yangon at1.20 pm by air and wereseen off by CEC memberof USDA Deputy Ministerfor Religious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Aung Ko andparty at Nay Pyi Taw Air-port.

MNA

Profound evidences of Myanmar’s…(from page 8)

insurgents are still active. The governmentprioritizes combating narcotic drugs in line withthe law in cooperation with international com-munity in the tasks in order that the wholenation becomes a drug-free one on schedule.

No one shall be privileged on any ground andaction will be taken against anyone according tothe law if he gets involved in drug-related crimes.The government has to give punitive punishmentto any organizations or individuals in terms of

narcotic drugs crimes. That reflects the policy thegovernment adheres to in connection with drugelimination tasks. Like other countries, Myanmaris effectively tackling such cross-border crimes asnarcotic drugs production and distribution, andlaundering the money gained through such busi-nesses.

A review of the government’s policies and ap-proaches and cooperation with international organi-zations in respect of narcotic drugs have made itvery clear whether Myanmar is ignoring narcotic

drugs crimes, or is constantly implementing thetasks with a sense of national duty. Therefore, theaccusations associated with political issues aretotally unreasonable. In conclusion, I would saythat instead of lodging groundless accusationsagainst Myanmar, they should all participate in andencourage the tasks Myanmar is implementing fordrug elimination, reduction of poppy growing,provision of technical assistance and aid for culti-vation of poppy-substitute crops, and the pro-grammes to alleviate poverty of poppy growers.

Translation: MS*********

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Kyaukse District, greening with treesByline and Photos : Khin Maung Than (Sethmu)

Kyaukse Districtof Mandalay Divisionsis formed withKyaukse, Myittha,TadaU and SingaingTownships. KyaukseTownship is located onY a n g o n - M a n d a l a ymotor road and rail road.It is well-known as ninefarm districts wherefour Panlaung districtsand five Zawgyidistricts wereconstituted in the timeof King Bodawphaya,who founded Amrapurain Konbaung Period.Kyaukse is situated inthe arid zone. In the timeof King Anawratha,dams were built toensure that there was noa shortage of irrigationand drinking water.Nowadays, with the

emergence of Kintar,Minye, Zetaw andThinkwe dams thetownship is in a positionto grow a variety ofcrops.

Kyaukse Districtis one of the 13 districtsunder the arid zonegreening project. Effortsare being made forgreening MtShwetharlyaung inKyaukse Township. MtShwetharlyaung islocated in the east ofKyaukse Township andin the north of Kyaukse-Phyaukseikbin motorroad. It is 975 feet inheight and has an area of1,136 acres.

We, Kyemon newscrew took train from NayPyi Taw to Kyaukse inorder to observe greening

tasks of KyaukseDistrict. On arrival atKyaukse District DryZones Greeningdepartment, the assistantdirector of thedepartment explainedour news crew about dryzone greening tasks inKyaukse District. Theroad snakes itself to thesummit of MountShwetharlyaung and inmany sites the road goesdownhill and uphillsteeply. We saw Banyantrees along the road. TheDry Zones GreeningDepartment designated936.5 acres of forest asthe protected forest in1999 and various speciesof trees are grown there.A total of 120,000 havebeen grown on thesouthern part of the

mountain. More than50,000 trees were alsoplanted.

Altogether 427trees were grown from2000 to 2005 and morethan 100 plants in 2006-2007.

During the periodof 1998 to 2004, 1,435acres were put underplants in KyaukseTownship, 2,229 acresin Myittha Townshipand 2,260 acres inTadaU Township. Up to1995, altogether 6,644acres were covered withvarious species of trees.

In 2005-2006, 13,000acres in Kyaukse,13,000 acres in Myitthaand 11,000 acres inTadaU have beenpreserved as naturalforests. Powered-stoveis being used in an effortto substitute firewoodwith fuel. Small lakeswere dug in the districtin order to supply waterand there are 69 smalllakes in three townships.In addition, altogether78 sediment-filteringdams have been built forexploration ofunderground water.

Kyaukse andKyaukse District wasabundant with dams,creeks and lakes sincethe past. It stood at thehighest position inpaddy growing inMandalay Division.Kyaukse District is nowgreening due togrowing trees on theplains and hills,preservation of naturalforests, supplying waterand use of firewoodsubstitute fuel.

*****Translation:MT

Kyemon: 7-10-2009

NAY PYI TAW, 7Oct—The security force inLaukkai Township, ShanState (North), confiscatedstimulant tablets, drugpowder and chemicalsused in making drug yes-

Stimulant tablets, chemicalsseized in Laukkai

terday.The security force

found 450,000 brownMethaphetamine tablets,18,000 Ephedrine tablets,5,300 red stimulant tablets,14.5 kilos of sodium hy-droxide, 11 kilos of caffeine,15 kilos of phosperous pow-der, 4.5 kilos of white pow-der, 3 litre of Lysol, 2 kilosof red stimulant powder, 45kilos of ammonium chlo-ride, 4.5 kilos of red dyepowder, 21 moulds, two ce-

ramic funnels and two glasssteamers at the ravine westof Parkyawshwe Villageand in a cave west ofYanshin Village.

The seizures werehanded over to Laukkaimobile team of KunlongSpecial Anti-drug Squadand arrangements are beingmade to arrest those in-volved in the case. The sei-zures are related to the fugi-tive drug traffickers.

MNA

Forest

plantation

in

Kyaukse

District.

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Natural forest in Kyaukse Township.

Stimulant tablets,chemical substances

and relatedmaterials seized in

LaukkaiTownship.—MNA

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Ma Sein-Kyauk Sin suspension bridge in Kalewa of SagaingDivision contributing to smooth transport for local people

Article: Kyawt Maung Maung; Photos: Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of Ministry of Defence attends …

(from page 1)images at the archway ofthe stairways.

Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing, the commanderand officials conveyed theimages to the altar of theSankyaungdaw along thestairways. Thecongregation paid homageto the images and madecash donation.

Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing donated alms andgold foils to the Buddhaimages.

At Inlay PhaungdawU

Dhammayon, Lt-Gen MinAung Hlaing and wife, thecommander and officialsoffered robes, umbrellas,slippers and fans toPresiding Nayaka ofHeyaywama ShwebonthaMonastery member ofState Sangha Maha

Nayaka Committee AggaMaha Pandita Agga MahaSaddhamma JotikadhajaBhaddanta Vepull-abhivamsa and membersof the Sangha.

Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing and party watchedsemifinals and finals ofIntha traditional 46-oar,student 46-oar, women’s26-oar and over 100-oarboat races.

Officials presentedconsolation prizes to thewinners in the respectiveboat races. Thecommander presentedfirst and second prizewinners in 46-oar boat

races.Lt-Gen Min Aung

Hlaing awarded first prizewinning Kelar Village boatteam and second prizewinning Ywagyi Villageboat team in the men’sover-100 oar boat race.

After the ceremony,they cordially greeted thewinners.

Later, Lt-Gen MinAung Hlaing and party paidhomage to PresidingNayaka of NyaungshweSasanaWeiponla ShweguMonastery AbhidhajaMaha Rattha GuruBhaddanta Vilas-abhivamsa.—MNA

(from page 1)“As Ma Sein has got 16-bed station hospital,BEHS (Branch) andpolice station, we hadthe bridge constructed sothat health, educationand social matters of the12 village-tracts couldbe without delay andaccident. He saidthat water flow Ma Seincreek is rough, and itwould be unwise to crossthe creek in hastiness;

that sometimes, it isdifficult to get to the otherbank even with boat thatthey had to form bridgeconstruction committeeand had wooden bridgeconstructed; that the 7-feet wide and 570-feetlong bridge was fundedby cash assistance ofwellwishers and grant ofthe government.

Chairman U AungSan of Balaktha villagePDC said “We had tocross the creek on footpreviously. And we foundthat when it comes torainy season, adults couldmanage to cross the creek.But, children and schoolboys faced difficulties incrossing the bridge alone.I am very glad to see thebridge.”

We also had anopportunity to observethe customs of thevillagers who live on

either sides of Ma Seincreek that is if somebodyfall ill, every householdsends its one familymember to take care ofthe patient. Soon, as thebell rung, we sawstudents walking backhome through Ma Sein-Kyauk Sin suspensionbridge, and intervieweda student who said hewas Maung Thein Zaw

of Balaktha villagestudying at eighth grade.The boy also said thatthey have to cross thecreek in water before theexistence of the bridge:that they crossed thecreek with boat whenwater level is rising; thatthey do not have to worrythe tide now as the bridgehad emerged.

Local people of

Kalewa now areenjoying bettertransportation owing tothe emergence of MaSein-Kyauk Sinsuspension bridgeresulted from assistanceof the State and goodwillof wellwishers.

Translation: TKK

Myanma Alin:

7-10-2009

Chairman U KyawZin of Kalewa

Township Peace andDevelopment

Council.

Maung Thein ZawStudent

Balektha village.

Picturesque view of Kalewa in Sagaing Division.

Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing conveys

Buddha images toaltar of

Sankyaungdaw alongstairways.

MNA

Intha traditional boat race in Inlay lake in progress.—MNA

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INVITATIONThe Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia invites all

qualified planning and monitoring consultants to submittheir best cost proposal for the Ambassador’s residencefurniture work.

For further information, please contact Ms. Sri DewiDyah Iskatonningsih or Mr. Gopokson T. Situmorangat the Embassy by phone: 254465, 254469 or fax:254468.

Interested consultants may come to the Embassy onweekdays during office hours (09.00 am-04.00 pm)from 7 to 14 October 2009.

The proposals are to be submitted by 19 October2009. Late bids will not be accepted.

Yangon, 6 October 2009

INVITATIONThe Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia invites all

qualified engineering companies/ contractors to submittheir best cost proposal for renovation of the IndonesianCompound 1 and the Indonesian Compound 2 andsend it to the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia.

For further information, please contact Mr. RahmanPriaelmu or Mr. Gopokson T. Situmorang at IndonesianEmbassy Office (Ph. 01-254465, 254469 or fax.01-254468).

Interested Companies/ Contractors are allowed tocome and examine both compounds during office hourfrom 8th October 2009 to13th October 2009.

Company proposal must be submitted on 16th October2009. Late bids will not be accepted.

Yangon, 7 October 2009

NASA spacetelescope discoverslargest ring around

SaturnWASHINGTON, 7 Oct—

NASA’s Spitzer Space Tel-escope has discovered anenormous ring around Sat-urn — by far the largest ofthe giant planet’s manyrings, the US space agencysaid on Tuesday.

The new belt lies at thefar reaches of the Saturniansystem, with an orbit tilted27 degrees from the mainring plane. The bulk of itsmaterial starts about sixmillion kilometers (3.7million miles) away fromthe planet and extends out-ward roughly another12million kilometers (7.4million miles). One of Sat-urn’s farthest moons,Phoebe, circles within thenewfound ring, and islikely the source of its ma-terial. Saturn’s newest halois thick, too — its verticalheight is about 20 times thediameter of the planet. Itwould take about one bil-lion Earths stacked to-gether to fill the ring.

Xinhua

3M locatesfirst Asian

drug deliveryR&D lab inSingapore

SINGAPORE, 7 Oct—3M,an American multinationalconglomerate corporation,opened here on Wednes-day a drug delivery R&Dlab, also its first in Asia.

Officiating at theopening ceremony for thelab on Wednesday, Singa-pore Minister for Tradeand Industry Lim HngKiang said that it is alsoSingapore’s first drugformulation lab, whichwill introduce new drugdelivery device capabili-ties that will enhance andstrengthen the fast grow-ing base of biomedical re-search here.

He also stressed thatpharmaceutical andbiotech companies cannow leverage 3M’s R&Dpresence here to co-de-velop innovative drug de-livery products for globalmarkets. He said that to-day, more than 50 globalbiomedical sciences com-panies carry out cutting-edge R&D in Singapore,and that through Singa-pore, they can take their in-novations beyond thelaboratory into clinicaltesting and commercialdevelopment.—Xinhua

About 400 children dieannually in Fiji frompreventable diseases

SUVA, 7 Oct—It was revealed this week by healthauthorities in Fiji that about 400 children under theage of five died from preventable or curable diseasesannually.

In 2008 alone there were 259 cases of syphilis inchildren according to statistics released Tuesday fromthe Ministry of Health.

This was mainly attributed to the fact that mostmothers failed to attend ante natal clinics in their ini-tial stages of pregnancies.

Fiji Ministry of Health official and national adviserfor family health, Josaia Samuela, made this revela-tion based on annual statistics.

He said because some mothers had not undergonethe pregnancy checks in the first three months, condi-tions developed which could have been prevented ifdetected sooner.

An emerging issue in the island nation with the po-tential of becoming a major public health problem issexually-transmitted infections such as HIV/AIDS,syphilis and gonorrhea.

The infection of so many newborns with syphilis isbecause infected mothers booked very late or simplyignored antenatal care resulting in the passing of theinfection to the unborn child, Dr Samuela said.

Internet

Three Cambodians dieof flu A/H1N1

PHNOM PENH, 7 Oct—The Cambodian Health Min-istry said on Tuesday that two more Cambodians diedof A/H1N1 virus so far, raising the total death numberto three in Cambodia.

A 24-year-old pregnant woman and a 41-year-oldCambodian man became the second and third personthat died of the flu A/ H1N1 after a 40-year-old womandied late last month.

“We all regret for those persons who died of thedisease,” Mum Bun Heng, health minister said in anews conference at the Calmette Hospital here.

He also appealed to all local people to take care ofthemselves from this flu and to live with hygiene andsanitation.

“We should be cautious in the upcoming RoyalWater Festival which falls on 31 Oct to 3 Nov be-cause people are crowded at that time, he said, callingon people who have infected with the flu should notgo out this festival to avoid spreading it to other peo-ple.

Xinhua

New findings about brainproteins suggest possibleway to fight Alzheimer’sWASHINGTON, 7 Oct—The action of a small pro-

tein that is a major villain in Alzheimer’s diseasecan be counterbalanced with another brain pro-tein, researchers at University of Texas (UT)Southwestern Medical Center have found in ananimal study.

The findings, available online this week in thejournal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sci-ences, suggest a promising new tactic against thedevastating illness, the researchers said.

The harmful protein, called beta-amyloid, is foundin the brain and, when functioning properly, sup-presses nerve activity involved with memory andlearning. Its normal function can be likened to a redtraffic light, restraining nerve cells from gettingoverexcited when they receive stimulating signalsfrom neighboring cells. People with Alzheimer’sdisease, however, accumulate too much beta-amy-loid — the traffic light gets stuck on “red” and nervecells become less responsive.

Another brain protein, called Reelin, acts as a“green light,” stimulating nerve cells to respondmore strongly to their neighbors’ signals.

The new study shows that applying Reelin directlyto brain slices from mice prevents excess beta-amy-loid from completely silencing nerves.

Internet

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Moms-to-be can pass onasthma to baby

MONTREAL, 7 Oct —Expectant mothers, whohave asthma but are nottreated during pregnancy,heighten the risk of theirbabies having asthma,Canadian researcherssaid.Lead author DrLucie Blais, a professor atthe Universite de Mon-treal and researcher at theHopital du Sacre-Coeurde Montreal and col-leagues at the Sainte-Justine University Hospi-tal Research Center exam-ined a decade of healthrecords for 8,226 children— from birth to age 10 —born to asthmatic moth-

ers.Parents of these chil-

dren were also mailedquestionnaires requestingadditional facts concern-ing familial medical his-tory, lifestyle habits andenvironment.

The study, published inthe European RespiratoryJournal, found 32.6 per-cent of children born tomothers who neglected totreat their asthma duringpregnancy developed therespiratory illness them-selves.

“Uncontrolled mater-nal asthma during preg-nancy could trigger a tran-

sient yet important reac-tion in the fetus that af-fects lung developmentand could subsequentlyincrease the likelihood ofa baby developing asthmain later childhood,” Blaissaid in a statement.

“It is of great impor-tance for physicians toadequately treat asthmaticmothers during preg-nancy, not only for thefavorable outcome ofpregnancy but also for thebenefit of the child.”

Internet

Flexibility test mayindicate heart risk

DENTON, 7 Oct— Whether someone can reach hisor her toes from a sitting position on the floor may bean indicator of heart risk, US and Japanese research-ers said.

Among people age 40 and older, performance onthe sit-and-reach test could be used to assess the flex-ibility of the arteries. Arterial stiffness often precedescardiovascular disease and the results suggest that thissimple test could become a quick measure of an indi-vidual’s risk for early mortality from heart attack orstroke, researchers said.

Study author Kenta Yamamoto, of the Universityof North Texas and the National Institute of Healthand Nutrition in Japan, and colleagues in Japan said itis not known why arterial flexibility would be relatedto the flexibility of the body in middle age and olderpeople. However, the study authors said that one pos-sibility is that stretching exercises may set into mo-tion physiological reactions that slow down age-re-lated arterial stiffening.

“Our findings have potentially important clinicalimplications because trunk flexibility can be easilyevaluated,” Yamamoto said in a statement. “This sim-ple test might help to prevent age-related arterial stiff-ening.”—Internet

Fast-food ban unlikely to cut obesity Nanoparticlesgive solar

cells a boostCOLUMBUS, 7 Oct—

Ohio State University sci-entists say they are usingsilver nanoparticles in re-search designed to lead tolighter, cheaper and moreflexible solar cells.

The scientists saythey’re experimentingwith polymer semicon-ductors that absorb thesun’s energy and generateelectricity. They reportdiscovering that addingtiny bits of silver to theplastic boosts the materi-als’ electrical current gen-eration.

The team, led by phys-ics Professor Paul Berger,said it measured theamount of light absorbedby an experimentalsolar cell polymer withand without silvernanoparticles. They alsomeasured the solar cell’scurrent density — theamount of electrical cur-rent generated per squarecentimeter.

The scientists saidwithout silver, the mate-rial generated 6.2milliamps per squarecentimeter. With silver, itgenerated 7.0 milliamps— an increase of nearly12 percent.

Berger said the smallsilver particles help thepolymer capture a widerrange of wavelengths ofsunlight than would nor-mally be possible, whichin turn increases the cur-rent output.

Internet

SANTA MONICA, 7 Oct— An ordinance to restrictfast-food chain restau-rants in South Los Ange-les is unlikely to cut obes-ity, officials of a non-profit research organiza-tion said.

Researchers at Rand

Health, part of the RandCorp., found that theSouth Los Angeles regionhas no more fast-foodchain establishments on aper capita basis than otherparts of the city, but rathermany more small foodstores and other food out-

lets.The report, published

online by the journalHealth Affairs, said thesesmall food stores and out-lets are more likely to bethe source of high-caloriesnacks and soda con-sumed substantially moreoften by residents ofSouth Los Angeles ascompared to other parts ofthe city.“The Los Angelesordinance may have beenan important first by be-ing concerned with healthoutcomes, but it is not themost promising approachto lowering the high rateof obesity in South LosAngeles,” lead authorRoland Sturm, a senioreconomist at Rand, anonprofit research organi-zation, said in a state-ment.—Internet

Healthiest foods some ofthe riskiest

WASHINGTON, 7 Oct —Greens, eggs, tuna, oysters,potatoes, cheese, ice cream,tomatoes and berries are theriskiest foods the US gov-ernment regulates, a non-profit says.

Sarah Klein, staff attor-ney for the Center for Sci-ence in the Public Interestand lead author of the re-port on food regulation saidmore than 1,500 separate,definable outbreaks wereassociated with the top 10riskiest Food and Drug Ad-ministration-regulatedfoods, causing nearly50,000 reported illnesses.

However, since mostfood-borne illnesses arenever reported, these out-

breaks are only the tip of alarge hulking iceberg,Klein says.

Manure, contaminatedirrigation water, or poorhandling practices are allpossible culprits in thoseoutbreaks, Klein says. “It isclearly time for FDA’s re-liance on industry self-regulation to come to anend.

Internet

Exercise advised forrheumatoid arthritis

LEIDEN,7 Oct — Exercise programs designed to im-prove strength and stamina are safe and effective treat-ments for rheumatoid arthritis, a review by Dutch re-searchers found.Lead researcher Emalie Hurkmans of theLeiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands andcolleagues reviewed dynamic exercise program trials inrheumatoid arthritis patients and found moderate ben-efits associated with this type of treatment.

“Based on the evidence in this study, we would rec-ommend aerobic capacity training combined with mus-cle strength training as routine practice for RA patients,”Hurkmans said in a statement. “But we need more re-search to establish the recommended length and type ofexercise programs, whether patients need to be super-vised and if these programs are cost effective.”The re-searchers combined data from eight trials involving a totalof 575 patients. The results, published in the CochraneLibrary, reaffirm the previous studies’ findings that dy-namic exercise programs are safe and have positive ef-fects on aerobic capacity and muscle strength in rheu-matoid arthritis patients, and when performed long-termalso have a positive effect on functional ability.—Internet

A paramedical worker sprays influenza H1N1 vaccine into Brundan Marty’snose at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore during an event marking thebeginning of the city-wide H1N1 vaccination program in New York, the US,

on 6 Oct, 2009.—XINHUA

Whooper swans swim at Qinghai Lake nearXining, capital of northwest China’s QinghaiProvince on 6 Oct, 2009. Whooper swans ar-rived at the lake to live through the winterweeks earlier than past years. —XINHUA

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S P O R T S

Ghana in U20 World Cup quarterfinals

Costa Rica in U20 World Cup quarterfinals

Hungary in U20 World Cupquarterfinals

ALEXANDRIA, 7 Oct—Hungary beat Czech Repub-lic 6-5 after playing two extra periods and resortingto penalties on Tuesday to reach the quarterfinals ofFIFA U-20 World Cup.

At the 15th minute of the match, Mate Kiss,midfielder of Hungary, scored through a powerfulshot to put his team ahead.

Czech Republic tried hard to equalize when itsforward Jan Vosahlik scored the first goal for his teamat the 26th minute.

The second halftime ended when the result was1-1, so the referee gave two periods of extra time.

At the second minute of the first extra period, for-ward of Czech Republic, Micheal Rabusic, scoredthe second goal for his team.—Xinhua

Hungary’s JanVosahlik celebrates hisgoal during the matchbetween Hungary and

Czech at the 17th FIFAU-20 World Cup in

Egyptian coastal city ofAlexandria, on 6 Oct,

2009. Hungary won thematch 6-5 to step in the

top 8.—XINHUA

Ghana’s Andre Ayew (R) vies with SouthAfrica’s Ace Bhengu during the roundof 16 match at the 17th FIFA U-20 WorldCup in Ismailia, Egypt, on 6 Oct, 2009.Ghana won the match 2-1.—XINHUA

Costa Rica’s David Guzman Perez(R) vies with Egypt’s Afroto duringthe round of 16 match at the 17thFIFA U-20 World Cup in Cairo,

Egypt, on 6 Oct, 2009. Costa Ricawon the match 2-0.—XINHUA

England turn to Cahill and Hart

Centreback Gary Cahill

Maradona talks of quittingArgentina job

BUENOS AIRES, 7 Oct—Under-pressure Argentina coach DiegoMaradona has announced that he might quit after must-win WorldCup qualifiers against Peru and Uruguay.

“After the qualifiers, I will talk to (Argentine football federationchairman) Julio (Grondona),” Maradona told reporters Tuesday.

“I’ll see if I carry on, and it will be on my conditions,” he said.“When Julio offered me this job, I was the happiest man in the

world, but since there have been things that I have not liked,”Maradona said, without further explanation.

Internet

FIFA chiefto discuss

Russian 2018World Cup bid

MOSCOW, 7Oct—FIFAchief Joseph Blatter is tovisit Moscow on 14-15Oct to discuss the Russianbid to host the 2018football World Cup, localmedia reported onWednesday.

Blatter will hold talkswith Russian Prime Min-ister Vladimir Putin onRussia’s application forhosting the 2018 WorldCup, Russian Sports andTourism Minister VitalyMutko said.

The sport’s world gov-erning body FIFA highlyvalues the government’ssupport during a country’sbid for the world champi-onship, Mutko said.

Blatter has already metwith senior officials frommost candidates, and wehave now set a date for hisvisit to Russia and hismeeting with Putin,Mutko said.

Xinhua

Queiroz counting on fit Ronaldofor World Cup qualifiers

Portugal coachCarlos Queiroz

Latvia’s Ernests Gulbispictured during his

game against France’sJo-Wilfied Tsonga

during their secondround of ATP ThailandOpen in Bangkok on 1

October.—INTERNET

Gulbis upsets Stepanekat Japan Open tennis

Argentina coach Diego Maradonapictured during a training session

in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, on 6October.—INTERNET

Serena reignssupreme as

Nadal survivestennis scare

BEIJING, 7 Oct—Ameri-can tennis superstarSerena Williams regainedthe world number oneranking on Tuesday withan easy win at the ChinaOpen, while Rafael Nadalsurvived a scare in hisopening match.

Defending championsAndy Roddick and JelenaJankovic were both upsetat the 6.6-million-dollartournament, a combinedATP/WTA event aimedat bolstering China’sposition as a key tennismarketplace.

Internet

LISBON, 7 Oct—Portu-gal coach Carlos Queirozexpressed his confidenceon Tuesday that Real Ma-drid striker CristinaoRonaldo would be fit forkey World Cup qualifiersagainst Hungary andMalta on October 10 and

14 respectively.Ronaldo missed Real

Madrid’s first Liga loss ofthe season at Seville lastweekend with an ankleinjury.

But Queiroz believeshe will be fit and includedhim along with Rangersmidfielder Pedro Mendesand Malaga strikerEdinho among his 24-man squad.

Queiroz put his sidethrough their paces atObidos on Tuesdsay withsix players missing be-cause of fitness worries.

Internet

TOKYO, 7 Oct—Unheralded qualifierErnests Gulbis of Latviashowed his potential byupsetting sixth seedRadek Stepanek in thefirst round at the JapanOpen tennis tournamenton Wednesday.

The 21-year-oldLatvian, ranked 98thagainst Stepanek’s 16th,used his serve to score asolid 6-4, 6-4 victory overthe Czech player.

Gulbis fired a total of13 aces and saved all fivebreak points against himin the 65-minute match.

Gulbis said he strug-gled with a left knee in-jury during the season, butregained his confidence

after playing Britain’sAndy Murray in the USOpen last month despite athree-set loss.—Internet

CAIRO, 7 Oct—Costa Rica stunnedEgypt 2-0 on Tuesday to reach the quar-

terfinals of FIFA U-20 World Cup. At the 21st minute of the first

halftime, Defender of Costa Rica, JoseMena, succeeded to score to put histeam ahead.

After the goal, Egyptian playerstried hard to equalize but in vain to endthe first halftime 1-0 for Costa Rica.

One minute before the end of thematch, midfielder of Costa Rica, Di-ego Esrrada, succeeded to score thesecond goal for his team, to end Egypt’shopes and to end the match 2-0 for hiscountry.

The match witnessed seven yellowcards. Costa Rica was yellow cardedthree times while Egypt was yellowcarded four times. —Xinhua

CAIRO, 7 Oct—Ghana overcameSouth Africa 2-1 on Tuesday to reachthe quarterfinals of FIFA U-20 WorldCup.

The first halftime ended with a goal-less draw despite efforts from both sides.

Then South Africa scored first whenits forward Kermit Erasmus succeededto score at the 60th minute of the match.

However, Ghana tried hard to equal-ize until its midfielder Andre Ayewscored the first goal for his team aboutten minutes later.

The second halftime ended when theresult was 1-1, so the referee gave twoperiods of extra time.

At the first extra time, at the 99thminute of the match, Dominic Adiyiah,forward of Ghana succeeded to scorethe second goal for his team through a

powerful shot. The match witnessed eleven yellow

cards and one red card. South Africa wasyellow carded five times while Ghanawas yellow carded six times and redcarded once. —Xinhua

LONDON, 7 Oct—Goal-keeper Joe Hart andcentreback Gary Cahillhave won late call-ups toEngland’s squad for theupcoming World Cupqualifiers against Ukraineand Belarus.

The duo replaceBlackburn goalkeeperPaul Robinson, who has ahip injury, and Everton de-fender Joleon Lescott(calf), respectively.

For Hart, currently onloan at Birmingham fromManchester City, the call-up represents a chance toforce his way into conten-tion for a trip to the WorldCup finals in South Africanext year. He joins fellowkeepers Portsmouth’sDavid James and WestHam’s Robert Green in asquad from which BenFoster was conspicuouslyabsent.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kayah State, rain or thundershowers havebeen widespread in Chin State and TaninthayiDivision,fairly widespread in Sagaing Division,scattered in Kachin and Rakhine States,Yangon andAyeyawady Divisions and isolated in the remainingStates and Divisions with isolated heavyfall inMagway Division. The noteworthy amounts ofrainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw (Yezin) (0.08)inch, Nay Pyi Taw (0.31) inch, Dawei (1.81) inches,Gangaw (1.50) inches, Mogok and Yangon(Mingaladon) (0.83) inch each and Mingin (0.71)inch.

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Forecast valid until evening of 8th October 2009:Rain or thundershowers will be widespread in ChinState and Taninthayi Division, fairly widespread inKachin, Rakhine, Kayin and Mon States, upperSagaing, Bago, Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions,scattered in lower Sagaing and Mandalay Divisionsand isolated in the remaining States and Divisions.Degree of certainty is (80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Thundery conditionsin the Southern Myanmar areas.

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Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for8-10-2009: Isolated rain or tundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for8-10-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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AMMAN, 7 Oct—Trading in real estate sector inJordan during the first nine months of 2009 plummetedby 38 percent compared with the same period in 2008,according to figures by the Lands and SurveyDepartment on Wednesday.

The figures showed trading in the sector during theJanuary-September period dropped to 3.1 billionJordanian dinars compared with 5 billion dinars inthe same period of 2008.Of the total amount oftransactions during the first nine months, 3,595 dealswere registered by non-Jordanians with a total value of185.5 million dinars.Iraqis came first in the list ofinvestors in terms of the total value of transactions with89.99 million dinars, followed by Americans andSaudi Arabians.Head of Jordan’s Housing InvestorsSociety Zuhair Omari said the drop is no surprisebecause of the global financial crisis, noting that thedecline is much better than expectation.“We expecteda decline by 50 percent during the first three quarters of2009 and the 38 percent drop is less than what expected.This is good and ushers in a imminent recovery in thesector,” Omari told Xinhua.—Xinhua

Real estate trading in Jordan down38% during January-September

Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat marches with tens ofthousands of people at the Jerusalem March October 6,2009. Jews and visitors from all over the world gatheredin Jerusalem on Tuesday and staged a massive and festive parade across the holy city.—INTERNET

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

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

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

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

troubles

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

and violence

YANGON, 7 Oct—Minister for Labour UAung Kyi, who is assigned

Relations Minister U Aung Kyi

meets Daw Aung San Suu Kyiduties as Relations Minis-ter to communicate withDaw Aung San Suu Kyi,

met Daw Aung San SuuKyi at Seinle KanthaGuesthouse, here, from 1pm to 1.26 pm today.

Relations MinisterU Aung Kyi met DawAung San Suu Kyi for thefirst time on 3 October2009 and the current meet-ing was the second one in2009.—MNA

Relations Minister U Aung Kyi meeting

with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at Seinle

Kantha Guesthouse in Yangon.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 7Oct—Donor U MaungMaung Lwin-Daw AyeAye Hla (Ministry of RailTransportation) and fam-ily presented various kindsof publications totalling365 books to Director UThan Tun of Informationand Public Relations De-

Publicationsdonated to village

libraries

partment (Head Office),here, for village librariesyesterday.

Those publica-tions will be distributedto village libraries in NayPyi Taw Pyinmana, NayPyi Taw Lewe and NayPyi Taw Tatkon Town-ships.—MNA

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Profound evidences of Myanmar’sdrug elimination tasks

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Instead of lodging groundless accusations againstMyanmar, they should all participate in and en-courage the tasks Myanmar is implementing fordrug elimination, reduction of poppy growing,provision of technical assistance and aid for culti-vation of poppy-substitute crops, and the pro-grammes to alleviate poverty of poppy growers.

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