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Maj-Gen Myint Soe of Ministry ofDefence oversees river water pumping

project, regional development tasks * Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic sys-tem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and pres-ervation and safeguarding of cultural heritage andnational character

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

the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Constitution* Building of a new modern developed nation in accord

with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Sept — Maj-Gen Myint Soe ofthe Ministry of Defence accompanied by Chairman ofMandalay Region Peace and Development Council Com-mander of Central Command Brig-Gen Ye Aung anddepartmental officials inspected tarmacking of road sec-tion on Yangon-Mandalay Union Highway yesterday.

After hearing reports on progress of road works,Maj-Gen Myint Soe gave necessary instructions.

At the work site of repairing Yintaw Tank nearYintaw Village in Pyawbwe Township of MandalayRegion, Maj-Gen Myint Soe heard reports on work

progress, water storage capacity and arrangementsbeing made for supplying water to farmlands presentedby the director of Mandalay Region Irrigation Depart-ment and project in-charge and fulfilled the require-ments.

On his arrival at Ngwechi (6) long staplecotton model farmland at Shwekokko village in MeiktilaTownship, Maj-Gen Myint Soe heard reports onprogress of cotton cultivation and production, andgreeted local people.

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Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon) reflectingnational development

Byline: Maung Maung Myint Swe;Photos: Kyaw Myint Than

(Lanmadaw)

Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon) lying splen-didly across the Ayeyawady River, the gift of nature,makes commodity flow swift, for the bridge can reducetraveling time obviously.

If you take a look at Sagaing from Khawataungof Mandalay bank, residential buildings with the greenishmountain ranges in the background will be seen. Sagaingof Sagaing Region shares border with Mandalay of Man-dalay Region. But the Ayeyawady River is flowingbetween them.

Although Inwa Birdge bonded Mandalay andSagaing together in the past, it is now in aging state. So,the government set down a project to build the AyeyawadyBridge (Yadanabon) 2000 feet upstream of the InwaBridge.

The bridge is 5614 feet long steel girdle type, with49-foot-wide four lanes motor road flanked by six-foot-wide pedestrian ways, and can withstand 60 tons of loads.Vessels and motorboats can run in the clearance area of thebridge.

While having a stroll on the Ayeyawady Bridgefrom Mandalay, I witnessed the bridge is beneficial toevery national race as it serve as an all-season-use facility,staring at various vehicles driving along the bridge.

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Photo shows magnificent Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon).

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Construction of extended approach road ofAyeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon) on Mandalay

bank.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 10 September, 2010

Friday, 10 September, 2010

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

People’s Desire

Gear up literacy campaignLiteracy can change living standard of a

person and helps develop life of families,communities and human society. New knowledgeand skills through literacy can createdevelopment. As literacy is essential fordevelopment and prosperity, all the globalcountries are placing emphasis on literacyprogramme.

Myanmar society has sound foundation inthe education sector since yore. Only educatedand healthy citizens can bring prosperity to thenation.

At present, programmes of formal andnon-formal education gather momentum inMyanmar. Over 40,000 primary, post-primary,middle and high schools have been openedthroughout the nation for enabling the school-aged children to pursue education conveniently.

Myanmar is steadfastly implementing theliteracy programmes in accord with the aim:“Education for All”. Basic literacy programmeand Continuing Education Programme are beingimplemented in the non-formal education sector.Due to opening the learning centre and 3-Rscourses, the number of literates has beenincreasing in the all regions of the nationincluding border areas.

Literacy campaign are conductedsuccessfully thanks to concerted efforts of thelocal authorities, education staff, socialorganizations and local people. In 2010,Myanmar achieved 94.95 per cent of adultliteracy rate.

Higher literacy rate of Myanmar is prideof the entire people, reflecting the higher livingstandard of the people. Literacy campaign foreach and every citizen and the ContinuingEducation Programme are to be geared up inorder that Myanmar sees literacy rate on theincrease.

YANGON, 9 Sept—Myanmar ComputerProfessionals Asso-ciation (MCPA) iscarrying out practicalwork by making monthlyLAB schedule so as tohelp facilities members’practical study of ICT.MCPA Executive U TinHtoo Khaine (AccessSpectrum Co., Ltd) willprovide a practicaldemonstration onWireless RouterConfiguration EnGeniuson 12 September.

M e m b e r s a n d

UMFCCI official meetsPhilippine guest

YANGON, 9 Sept—Vice-President of the Unionof Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerceand Industry and Chairman of Kitchen Crops ProducersAssociation U Win Aung and general secretary U SoeThan Min Din received Post Harvest Consultant MrRosende Ropusas from the Philippines at UMFCCIOffice here on 6 September. They cordially discussedcooperation in educative course, opening of fruits andflower markets and exchange information.—MNA

YANGON, 9 Sept —Chairman of YangonRegion Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Brig-Gen TunThan delivered address at aceremony to markInternational Literacy Day2010 held at No.2 BasicEducation High School inSangyoung Townshipyesterday.

It was attended bydepartmental officials,officials of the BasicEducation Department,members of socialorganizations, teachers andstudents.

After deliveringopening address, thecommander awarded thewinners of the essay andposter competitions held tomark the InternationalLiteracy Day 2010.

YANGON, 9 Sept—Concordia Int’l Co., Ltdwil l open advancedcertified land surveycourse (11/2010) atConcordia training hall

Int’l Literacy Day observedin Yangon

The commander andguests visited the boothstaged to mark theInternational Literacy Day2010.

MNA

Com-

mander of

Yangon

Command

Brig-Gen

Tun Than

awards an

outstanding

student.

MNA

Practical demonstration on WirelessRouter Configuration EnGenius 12 Sept

i n t e r e s t e d p e r s o n sm a y p r a c t i c e a n dregister not later than10 Sep tember . Then u m b e r o f t h o s e

w i s h i n g t o m a k ep r a c t i c a l t e s t i sl i m i t e d t o 2 4 . F o rm o r e i n f o r m a t i o n ,contact MCPA Office

i n M y a n m a r I n f o -Tech, Building, RoomN o . 4 a n d d i a l p h -652276.

MNA

Concordia to conduct land survey, GPS &Google Earth Software course

in Mandalay from 17 to30 September andapplied GPS & GoogleEarth Software coursefrom 17 to 21September.

The courses covertotal station, handheldGPS, GPS downloadingand processing toGarmin Mapsource &Google Earth Softwaresubjects. The studentswho passedmatriculation exam mayattend the courses. Theenrolment will beaccepted as from 10September. For moreinformation, contactMandalay SY Building,30th street and between77th and 78th street,C h a n a y e t h a z a nTownship and dial ph-02-36428, 69303 and095067172.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Sept — The State Peace andDevelopment Council has confirmed theappointment of Director-General U Tin Maung Ohnof Irrigation Department under the Ministry ofAgriculture and Irrigation on expiry of the one-yearprobation period.—MNA

MYANMAR GAZETTE

UMFCCI Vice-President U Win Aung meetsPost Harvest Consultant Mr. Rosende

Ropusas of Philippines.MNA

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Rescuers check a vehiclefor casualties after a

crash in northernMorocco on 8

September. NinePortuguese tourists were

killed and 14 injuredwhen the bus plunged

into a ravine in northernMorocco, the interior

ministry said.INTERNET

RABAT, 9 Sept—NinePortuguese tourists werekilled and 14 injuredwhen their tour busplunged into a ravine innorthern Morocco onWednesday, the interiorministry said.

Eight of the dead inthe accident near theborder with the Spanishenclave of Ceuta werefemale, including a

Nine dead in Portuguese bus crash inMorocco

BOGOTA, 9 Sept—Twelve people were woundedwhen a bomb exploded outside the Colombianintelligence agency’s offices in the southern city ofPasto, near the Ecuadoran border, the Red Crosssaid.

A “low-intensity package bomb was left outsidethe Administrative Department of Security (DAS)building, next to a lamppost, by a man who then ranaway,” Pasto Red Cross official Henry Palacios toldAFP.

He said 12 passersby and workers from the DASbuilding were wounded in the blast and taken to areahospitals.

Narino department Governor Antonio Navarrotold Caracol radio that two of the wounded were inserious condition and that the damage wrought by

Bomb blast wounds 12 outside Colombia spy agencyMap of

ColombialocatingPasto,

where atleast 12

people werewoundedafter an

explosionoutside

intelligenceagency

offices onWednesday.

INTERNETKABUL, 9 Sept— Over a dozen people were killed

and two dozen others sustained injuries as a passengerbus turned turtle in Ghazni Province south ofAfghanistan on Wednesday, a local television channelreported.

“A passenger bus heading for Kandahar fromKabul turned turtle on the highway in Ghazni Provincethis morning as a result 14 people were killed and 24others sustained injuries,” Tolo broadcast in its newsbulletin.

Women and children are among the victims,citing local officials, the television further said.

Reckless driving on congested roads andhighways is the main cause of road accidents inAfghanistan.

More than 50 people have lost their lives in roadaccidents mostly in the restive southern region wheremilitants are active and the law and order is poor, overthe past couple of months.—Xinhua

14 killed, 24 injured as busturn turtle in S Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD, 9 Sept—A suspected Americanmissile strike killed five alleged militants innorthwestern Pakistan early Thursday, an intelligenceofficial said, the fourth attack in 24 hours as the USsteps up the tactic to keep al-Qaeda and its alliesunder pressure.

The barrage against houses and a vehicle in themountains close to the Afghan border was one of themost intense since the attacks were stepped up morethan two years ago. Most are believed to be fired fromunmanned, remote-controlled planes that can hoverfor hours above the area.

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4th US missile strike in 24 hrs inPakistan

File photo of aUS Predatorunmanned

drone armedwith a missileon the tarmacof Kandahar

militaryairport.

INTERNET

No injuries in Palestinian mortar attack on Israelikindergarten

ISLAMABAD, 9 Sept—At least 10 people werekilled Thursday morning as a passenger van struck alandmine in Dol Ragha area of the central Kurramtribal area in northwest Pakistan, reported localmedia.

According to the report, another eight peoplewere injured in the blast, three of whom are said to becritically injured.

All the injured people have been shifted tohospital in the area. No group has claimedresponsibility for the blast.—Xinhua

Landmine blast kills 10 passengers inKurram, NW Pakistan

A security official stands near the wreckage ofa vehicle used in the last night’s bombing in

Kohat, 60 kilometres (37 miles) south ofPeshawar, Pakistan on 8 Sept, 2010.

A car bomb ripped through a police compoundkilling 18 people, including 14 women and

children and four officers, the latest in a stringof attacks proving that militants remain a

potent force in the country.INTERNET

teenager, and one of theinjured was a Moroccanguide, medical sourcesadded.

“It was very foggy anddrizzling,” a witness said.“The coach skidded andfell into a ravine.” ASpanish governmentrepresentative in Ceutatold AFP the bus wascarrying Portuguesetourists who arrived on

Wednesday morning inthe enclave on a cruiseship.

Witnesses quoted byPortuguese media said itwas in a convoy of buseswhen the accidenthappened some 15kilometres (ten miles)from Ceita.

The injured wereferried to hospitals inTetouan, Fnideq and

M’diq, near Ceuta, theMoroccan police said,adding that the driver ofthe bus was among them.

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the bomb was considerable.He said authorities suspect the bombing was the

work of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC), the country’s oldest and strongestrebel group.

Shortly after the blast, DAS agents detained aman and a woman who were leaving the area in a taxiand are suspected of being behind the blast, DASDirector Felipe Munoz said.

Pasto is the capital of Narino department, one ofthe FARC’s strongholds in southern Colombia. OnTuesday, six police officers on road patrol wereambushed and killed in Samaniego.—Internet

JERUSALEM, 9 Sept—Palestinian militants innorthern Gaza fired a mortar into a nearby Israelikibbutz community Wednesday morning that slammeddown between kindergarten classrooms.

The shell, which caused slight damage but nocasualties, failed to trigger an early-warning systemmeant to detect rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled area.

The structure’s rooms were unoccupied at thetime, although children were on their way to classeswithin about half an hour, local security officials said.

“We heard a loud explosion. I woke up in panic.The shell exploded about 100 metres from my house.The blast was so powerful that it set off the car alarms.It was very frightening,” a report on the local Ynetnews website quoted a kibbutz resident as saying.

Security officials decided to keep the kindergartensopen, but instructed children and staff to remain indoorsfor the next few hours.

The shelling took place on the eve of Rosh Hashana,the two-day Jewish New Year.

The strike came on the heels of an uptick inmortar and Kassam rocket strikes at Israeli targetssince the onset of direct negotiations between Israeland the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) beganlast week. Gaza militants fired a Kassam towardsIsrael on Saturday that hit an open field, causing nodamage.

Hamas officials bitterly slammed the talks betweenIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and PNAPresident Mahmoud Abbas.—Xinhua

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Science

Technology

Russia sends three satellites into spaceMoscow, 9 Sept—

Russia has sent threesatellites into space earlyWednesday, saidspokesman for RussianSpace Forces AlexeiZolotukhin.

A Roket launchvehicle blasted off fromthe Plesetsk space centrein northern Russia at07:30 am. Moscow Time(0330 GMT), with two

Asteroid near-misses actuallycommon, scientists say

WASHINGTON, 9Sept— Asteroid near-misses actuallycommTwo asteroidsswooping past EarthWednesday may havecaught the attention of thepublic, but events likethese are not actually rare,NASA scientists say.“This is the first timewe’ve seen [two]combined within a 24-hour period, but that’sprobably because we

A reasercher is seen feeding stem cells at the Universityof Connecticut’s Stem Cell Institute in Farmington.President Barack Obama’s administration asked a

federal appeals court Wednesday to lift a court orderblocking federal funding for research involving human

embryonic stem cells.—INTERNET

don’t know everythingthat is out there,” saidLindley Johnson,programme executive ofthe Near-Earth Objectprogramme at NASAhead-quarters inWashington.

Single asteroids havebeen known to make suchclose passes, but theyusually slip by unnoticed,Johnson toldSPACE.com.

In fact, with a rough

estimate of 50 millionunknown asteroids, a 33-foot-wide (10-metre)near-Earth object couldpass harmlessly betweenEarth and the orbit of themoon every day, Johnsonadded. Such an asteroidmight hit Earth’satmosphere once every 10years, but because of itssmall size, it would poseno substantial threat to thepeople or property below.

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military satellites of“Cosmos” series and the“Gonets-M” satelliteatop.

The launch wascompleted in normalmode, said Zolotukhin,adding that the Breeze-KM third stage with threesatellites on board isscheduled to separatefrom the carrier rocket ataround 09:14 am Moscow

Time (0514 GMT) onWednesday.

The Cosmos sate-llites will be used formilitary commu-nications, while theGonets-M commu-nications satellite will bepart of Russia’s Glonasssatellite navigationsystem, an equivalent ofthe US GPS system.

Internet

Brain scientistsdiscover a tiny

traffic copWASHINGTON, 9

Sept—Scientists havediscovered a protein thathelps direct traffic withinbrain cells.

The discovery of therole filled by the protein,called MEC-17, couldplay a part in research ofdiseases like Hun-tington’s, Parkinson’sand Alzheimer’s, inwhich brain cellsdegenerate, the researc-hers say.

Scientists haveknown that the dege-neration is partly due tochanges in the tiny tubesinside brain cells, calledmicrotubules. Thesetubes work like traintracks inside cells,making sure proteins,nutrients and wasteproducts get to theirdestinations.

Internet

New arm chip to stretch fromsmartphones to servers

NEW YORK, 9 Sept—Arm Holdingshas taken the wraps off its next majorchip design, promising a five-foldincrease in performance that thecompany hopes will take it beyondsmartphones and into new types ofequipment such as high-performancerouters and servers.

Arm’s top executives launched theCortex-A15 MPCore at a pressconference in San FranciscoWednesday evening. The name issupposed to reflect how much of anadvance the chip represents — Arm’scurrent designs are the Cortex-A8 andthe Cortex-A9.

“This is a huge day for us,” saidEric Schorn, Arm’s vice president ofmarketing. “Today is the biggest thing

that has happened to Arm, period.”Arm chips are used in most of

today’s smartphones, including theiPhone and Android-based devices.They are also found in printers, harddisk drives and a myriad of otherelectronics products. Arm creates thedesigns for the chips, which are thenlicensed and manufactured bycompanies such as Texas Instrumentsand Samsung.

The A15 is still a long way fromshipping in products. In fact, even itspredecessor, the Cortex-A9, isn’texpected to appear until the end ofthis year. Smartphones and otherdevices using the A15 will go on saletoward the end of 2012, Schorn said.

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Members of the mediaand invited guests use the

new Google Instantduring a special launchevent in San Francisco,

California. Googleannounced the launch ofGoogle Instant, a fasterversion of Google searchthat streams results liveas you type your query.

INTERNET

Mophie releases juice packair for iPhone 4

NEW YORK, 9 Sept—If you own an iPhone 4and find that you burn tooquickly through itsbattery despite the 16percent capacity bump,you have a new batteryexpansion option from anold favourite. Mophie hasannounced the Juice PackAir for iPhone 4.

Maker of accessoriesfor a variety of Appleproducts, Mophie hasdesigned its Juice Packline for the iPhone forsome time—the companyclaims to have been first

Russian pilots have safely landed a passengerplane in Siberia after the aircraft lost power at

10,600m (34,800ft). None of the 81 passengers andcrew was injured in the emergency landing on adisused military airstrip on 7 Sept, 2010, Russian

officials said.—XINHUA

Operators get creative due to spectrum crunchNEW YORK, 9 Sept—

The spectrum shortage isforcing mobile operatorsto experiment more withpricing models, newtechnologies andpartners-hips, executivesspeaking at the MobileFuture Forward event inSeattle said onWednesday.

“There is a spectrumshortage, and demand willexceed supply, andsomething has to be done,”said Mike Sievert, chiefcommercial officer forClearwire.

At the same time,demand for wireless dataservices is growing fast.The mean average data

usage is 0.5GB per month,per user in the US, he said.Users of Clearwire’s USBdata sticks, however,consume a mean averageof 7GB of data per month,he said. Clearwire’ssmartphone usersconsume less, but “wayabove the average,” hesaid.

“It means that whenyou give people 4G, theyuse it,” he said. “If theindustry average grows toeven 1GB or 2.5GB, mostcarriers in the US are inbig, big trouble.”

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Mophie juice pack air

for iPhone 4.

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with a ‘Works withiPhone’ battery pack.Now in its seventhversion, the Juice PackAir has been updated tofit the iPhone 4. Theredesigned extended-battery-slash-case offersa 1500 mAh battery (theiPhone 4’s built-in batteryis 1420 mAh), whichMophie claims to add upto 6 hours of talk time on3G, and up to 12 onEDGE, or an extra 36hours of audio playback,or nine hours of videoplayback.—Internet

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Health

Business

2009 H1N1 flu not moreserious than otherseasonal influenza

WASHINGTON, 9 Sept— An analysis of datafrom influenza cases inthe US state of Wisconsinindicates individualswith 2009 H1N1infections were youngerthan those with H3N2,and that the risk of mostserious complicationswas not higher in adultsor children with 2009H1N1 compared withrecent seasonal strains,according to a study tobe published onWednesday in theJournal of the AmericanMedical Association.

Teaching children to take precautions while waitingfor, entering and exiting a school bus can help keepthem safe.

The National Safety Council offers thesesuggestions:

• Wait for the bus far away from traffic. Stayon the sidewalk, and pay attention to passingcars.

• Use the handrail while entering and exitingthe bus.

• Don’t approach the bus until it hascompletely stopped, and the door is open.

• Allow at least 10 feet clearance if you crossthe street in front of the bus. Wait for thedriver to tell you that it’s safe to cross.

• Make sure the driver can see where you areafter you’ve left the vehicle.

• Stay well away from the bus’s rear wheels.Internet

File photo shows Apharmacy employeelooks for medicationas she works to fill aprescription while

working at apharmacy inNew York.INTERNET

Edward Belongia, ofthe Marshfield ClinicResearch Foundation,Marshfield, Wisconsin,and colleagues con-ducted a study tocompare the character-istics of pandemic andseasonal influenza Ainfections occurring in adefined population. Thestudy consisted of activesurveillance with 30-dayfollow-up for influenzacases among childrenand adults living in a 14-zip code area inWisconsin.

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Treatments for cancer patients are seen being mixed atthe Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Centre at JohnsHopkins, in Baltimore, Maryland. Researchers said

Wednesday they have identified two new geneticmutations linked to the deadliest types of ovariancancer, which may play a key role in suppressing

tumours.—INTERNET

Immune system genes show links totype 1 diabetes

LONDON, 9 Sept—The exact cause of type 1diabetes is still unknown,but international resear-chers have found a linkbetween the blood sugardisorder and a network of

immune system genes.Using a genome-wideassociation study, theresearchers found that acertain group of genes thatreact in response to viralinfections were present inboth rats and humans, andthat those same genes werealso associated with asusceptibility to type 1diabetes. “Diseases ariseas a result of many geneticand environ-mental

factors through genenetworks that causetissue damage,” ex-plained study seniorauthor Dr Stuart Cook,the group head ofmolecular and cellularcardiology at the MedicalResearch Coun-cil Clin-ical Scie-nces Centre,and a professor of clinicaland molecularcardiology at ImperialCollege in London. Internet

Spartech posts fiscal 3Q loss, missesexpectations

ST LOUIS, 9 Sept—Plast ic sheet andpackaging makerSpartech Corp reporteda net loss for its fiscalthird quarter onWednesday and said thatdespite higher revenue,the overal l marketrecover is slower thanexpected.

For May throughJuly, Spartech said its

net loss was $3.9million, or 12 cents pershare. In the same periodlast year, the companyreported net income of$1.5 million, or 5 centsper share.

Excluding one-timeitems, the company saidi ts net loss was anarrower 5 cents pershare.

Analysts surveyed

by Thomson Reuterswere looking forstronger resul ts , anestimated net income of27 cents per share.

Revenue increased17 percent to $269.6million from $230.5million a year earlier andslightly higher than the$268.2 million WallStreet expected.

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London shares closed higher on Wednesdayafter a boost from a successful Portuguese

debt auction, although many financial

stocks remained. — INTERNET

FTSE 100 closes higherLONDON, 9 Sept—London shares closed higher on

Wednesday after a boost from a successful Portuguesedebt auction, although many financial stocks remainedweak.

The benchmark FTSE 100 index added 0.41percent to close at 5,429.74 points.

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) was the most tradedstock, seeing 119 million shares switch owners,followed by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), whichsaw 116 million units change hands.

Arm Holdings was the top blue-chip performer,adding 5.84 percent — or 21.4 pence — to end at387.7, followed by Icap, which rose 3.51 percent — or14.7 pence — and end at 434.1.

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Nissan team checks quality inThai-made March cars

YOKOHAMA, 9 Sept—Thai-madeNissan March subcompact cars — thefirst major model from a Japaneseautomaker being mass producedabroad for sale in Japan — are gettingextra scrutiny from a team of qualityexperts to meet choosey consumerstandards, a senior executive said onThursday. The team of about 50 peoplecalled “neniri ,” which means“thorough” in Japanese, is double-checking quality in addition to regularchecks, said Toru Hasegawa, president

of Nissan Motor Co’s Thai operations.Demand for the March in Japan —also known as the Micra in somemarkets — has been strong since itwent on sale in July, with orderstopping 20,000 so far.

Nissan is thinking about makingother models in Thailand for export,Hasegawa said, as a surging yen, highlabour costs and stagnating domesticdemand make production in Japan lesslucrative for automakers.

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Two rescuers carry a simulated victim poisoned by gasin an anti-terror drill at Tianjin Meijiang Conventionand Exhibition Centre in Tianjin, east China, 8 Sept,2010, as a part of preparation for the 2010 SummerDavos Forum which will kick off 13 Sept.—XINHUA

Health Tip: Stay safearound the school bus

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Chinese citizens ranked EU’s 10thbiggest foreign population group

BRUSSELS, 9 Sept—Chinese citizens are the10th largest foreignpopulation group withinthe European Union’s 27-member states in 2009,according to a Eurostatreport.

The total number offoreigners living in an EUcountry from which theyare not citizens is 31.9million, of which 11.9

million are citizens ofanother member state and20 million from a thirdcountry, said the reportpublished on Tuesday byEurostat, the statisticalarm of the EU.

In EU’s top 10biggest non-nationalgroups, Turkish citizensrank first, representing7.5 percent of the totalEU foreign population in

2009. As for Chinesecitizens, they account for2.1 percent, thusbecoming the 10th largestgroup. Some half of non-EU foreign population aremainly from Turkey,Albania and Russia,while around 25 percentcome from India andChina. Eurostat alsopointed out that non-nationals bring a youngerpopulation to the EU,with a median age of 34.3years (36.9 for the EUnon-nationals and 33.0for citizens of non-EUcountries) against 40.6years in the EU-27population.

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File photoshows a

Cambodiancouple riding

past asubstation in

Phnom Penh. AChinese

company plansto pump threebillion dollars

intoCambodian

energy,property, andaluminiumprocessingprojects, anofficial saidThursday.INTERNET

A Jeep Journey for Women Only in theSouth of Israel 27 October to 2 November

2010.—INTERNET

TEL AVIV, 9 Sept—Tens of women from Israeland around the world are expected to participate inthe third annual women-only Desert Queen jeepexpedition through Israel’s desert landscape, whichwill take place from 27 October to 2 November2010. Desert Queen 2010 combines a competitiveoutdoor adventure and 4WD driving expedition withpersonal empowerment – and the opportunity toexperience the sheer beauty of Israel’s deserts andthe warmth of its people. Organized by the JewishAgency for Israel and Geographical Tours with thecooperation of the Tourism Ministry, the Israelijeep expedition is a sister project of internationalDesert Queen journeys. This year’s seven-dayjourney will take place in the beautiful desert terrainsof Israel’s southern region, including Mitzpe Ramon,Nahal Barak and Moa, with an orientation day on 26October. In addition to the traditional jeep andoutdoor adventure, Desert Queen 2010 will alsoinclude special features, for example, a unique desert-based ecological project. The final route will be keptconfidential by the organizers with details onlyrevealed to the participants on a day-to-day basis.

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Desert Queen 2010

Mechanism controls quickor safe decision discovered

THE HAGUE, 9 Sept—The ability to switch fromspeed to accuracy in perceptual decision making isdetermined by the strength of the connectionbetween two brain areas, an international team saidin the latest issue of Proceedings of the NationalAcademy of Sciences (PNAS).

Quick decisions generally have a greater chanceof error than decisions which take longer time.Therefore it is important for both humans andanimals, to provide a flexible switching from quickbut risky to virtually error-free but slow decisionmaking. However, the ability to adjust was notknown.

Neuroscientist Birte Forstmann of Universityof Amsterdam and his British, German andAustralian colleagues explained, when people makedecisions they often face opposing demands forresponse speed and response accuracy, a processlikely mediated by response thresholds.

The researchers conducted two experiments onperceptual decision making in which they usedcues to vary the demands for speed vs accuracy. Inboth experiments, behavioral data and mathematicalmodel analyses confirmed that instruction from thecue selectively affected the setting of responsethresholds.

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SEOUL, 9 Sept—Hyundai Motor unveiledits first electric carThursday — the BlueOn— as it moves to catch upwith Japanese rivals thathave jumped ahead in the

Hyundai shows off S Korea’s firstelectric car

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak test drivesan electric vehicle at the compound of the

presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, on 9Sept, 2010.—INTERNET

field.Hyundai showed off

the car on the grounds ofSeoul’s hillside BlueHouse, the office andresidence of South KoreanPresident Lee Myung-bak, who took it for a spinwhile Cabinet ministers,officials and electric-vehicle industryrepresentatives looked on.South Korea’s biggest

automaker said that itinvested about 40 billionwon ($34.3 million) overone year to create thevehicle, which is based onthe automaker’s small i10hatchback. Hyundai,which hailed the small caras South Korea’s first full-speed electric vehicle, saidthat it plans to deliver 30of them on a test basis tovarious South Koreangovernment organizati-ons by October and plansto manufacture 2,500 bythe end of 2012.

“We are proud tointroduce the world toBlueOn, which was fullydeveloped in Korea anddisplays Hyundai’s latesttechnological advancem-ents,” Lee Hyun-Soon,vice chairman at theautomaker’s research anddevelopment centre, saidin a release.—Internet

Russia hosts discussion on internationalfinancial centre

IRKUTSK, 9 Sept—Hundreds of Russian andforeign representativesgathered here Wednes-day to discuss buildingan international financialcenter in Russia.

Sergei Naryshkin, thehead of the Kremlinadministration and chairof the round-tableconference, said the

creation of the financialcenter should not merelybe an idea but rather a“working draft” byimplementing Russia’sglobal status.

Establishing aninternational financialcentre, he said, is con-ducive to a better macro-economic environment inRussia and would

enhance the competiti-veness of Russia’sdomestic financialsystem in the globalmarket.

Meanwhile Narysh-kin suggested that thecenter should not becreated at the level ofMoscow only, but also ofregional megacities.

That view was

echoed by AlexanderVoloshin, the head of theworking group involvedin establishing the centre.Voloshin voiced favourfor Irkutsk.

“Irkutsk as any otherbig city is already aregional financial centerand the rest is the questionof size and scale,” he said.

Xinhua

MEXICO CITY, 9Sept— Mexicanauthorities arrested sevensuspected drug cartelmembers believed to havekilled 72 migrantsheading to the UnitedStates, in what is said tobe the worst massacre inthe country’s escalatingdrug war, the governmentsaid on Wednesday.

The victims, mostlyCentral and SouthAmerican migrants, werekidnapped last month inthe northern state ofTamaulipas by the fearedZetas drug gang. Theywere blindfolded and

Seven Mexican gunmenarrested in migrant massacre

bound before being linedup against a wall andgunned down, authoritiessaid. “These seven peoplearrested in recent days arepresumably part of theoperational structure ofthe Zetas, responsible forthe killings,” nationalsecurity official AlejandroPoire told a newsconference. “This willclarify fully whathappened in SanFernando, Tamaulipas,and signifies an importantstep to halt attacks onmigrants perpetrated byorganized crime,” headded.—Reuters

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(from page 1)After inspecting

monsoon paddy andNgwechi (6) long staplecotton plantations on bothsides of Yangon-Manda-lay Union Highway in amotorcade, Maj-GenMyint Soe looked intoroadwork of Meiktila-Mandalay road sectionand called for mainte-nance of road.

At the worksite ofriver water pumpingproject for availability ofwater in Meiktila Plain in

Maj-Gen Myint Soe of Minis-try of Defence oversees…

(from page 1)Observing beautifully and sturdily con-

structed bridge, I viewed construction of extendedapproach road to the bridge from Mandalay, built bythe government to be convenient and traffic safetyfor drivers.

Approach road is built with RC bore piles,RC beams and rails. It is 612 feet long and 24 feetwide, flanked by 3 feet and 6 inches wide pedestrianways, and can bear up to 60 tons of loads. Work onconstruction of the whole project is nearly com-pleted. Tarring on the concrete layer is under way.

Ayeyawady Bridge(Yadanabon) reflecting…

To ensure traffic safety on the bridge, theapproach road has been built. It can also stand tobenefit the drivers of heavy trucks.

Building bridges across the AyeyawadyRiver is vital for national development and ap-proach road for traffic safety. Under the umbrellaof the government, Public Works is making earnestefforts to reach for the stars in the interests ofnational races.

*******Translation: ZZS

Myanma Alin: 9-9-2010

Approach road to Ayeyawady Bridge(Yadanabon) from Mandalay bank.

Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon) parallel to

old Inwa Bridge across the

Ayeyawady River.

Wundwin Township,Maj-Gen Myint Soe heardwork progress and follow-up tasks and attended tothe needs.

Maj-Gen MyintSoe met local farmers andurged them to strive forregional developmenttasks.

At the briefinghall of Meiktila PlainWater Supply Project, heheard reports on progressof work, supply of waterand future tasks presentedby officials and left neces-

sary instructions. Afterwards,

Maj-Gen Myint Soe visitedHtainkangyi Lake whichis under repair in Wundwinand cordially greeted localpeople.—MNA

EP 1 Minister receives Chinese guestsNAY PYI TAW, 9

Sept— Minis ter forElectric Power No. 1 UZaw Min received First-

Vice Chairman MrQuan Zhezhu, ViceChairman Mr LiuCanglong and party of

All-China Federation ofIndustry and Commercefrom the People’s Repub-lic of China at his officehere this morning.

Also present atthe call were directors-general of the depart-ments and Enterprisesunder the Ministry ofElectric Power No. 1and o f f i c i a l s con -cerned.—MNA

Minister for Electric Power No. 1 U ZawMin receives First-Vice Chairman Mr

Quan Zhezhu, Vice Chairman Mr LiuCanglong and party of All-China

Federation of Industry and Commerce of

PRC.—EP-1

Maj-Gen Myint Soe

of Ministry of

Defence inspects

road work of

Meiktila -Mandalay

section.—MNA

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Let’s vote to choose reliable representativesMaung Motion

Democracy general elections will takeplace on 7 November 2010. All eligible voterscan cast votes in polling stations.

Certain foreign radio stations are dis-suading the people from taking part in thevoting.

I wonder why they are that ignorant ofthe fact that the people have waited for years toembrace such a rare opportunity. I wonder ifthey are not happy with democratization proc-ess through voting. And I wonder if they thinkthat Myanmar people are not intelligent enoughof choosing reliable, responsible public repre-sentatives as yet.

Voting is, indeed, a fundamental rightof every citizen. Those deceiving the peopleinto refusing to enjoy the voting right are noneother than anti-democracy activists. In reality,every citizen has the right to vote in Myanmar.They are not under any negative influence inthat regard. They can vote if they want to andthey may not vote if they don’t want to; it is upto them. If a citizen, despite having the votingright, does not participate in elections, such aperson may be deemed to be an irresponsibleopportunist. I do not think such persons deservedemocracy. And if so, they are too foolish toenjoy democracy. Now, the country is trans-forming from the government-centered intopublic-centered system. Therefore, the peoplewill have to enjoy fundamental rights and takefundamental duties. Voting is a responsibilityof every citizen under which they have toexpress their desire freely. So, I would sayevery citizen should vote in elections.

Anyone can ask a question “For whomwill we have to vote, then?”

The answer is “You may vote for anycandidate you favour”.

In that case, a voter just has to put a tickin the box beside the candidate he is in favourof. All voters have the right to vote for anycandidate. They do not need to claim who theyvoted for. The secret ballot system is applied inall polling stations to ensure free and fair elec-tions. Rest assured no one can know for who aperson voted in elections.

What should be taken into considerationis that which candidates are reliable for nationalinterest.

Voting should not be based on relation-ship, same location, and canvassing. Voters shouldtry to know what the candidates for the constitu-ency concerned are like.

Some say “I don’t think it matters if Idon’t vote in the election.” Democracy is a systemin which the strength of every citizen is mobilizedto build a democratic nation. Every citizen isresponsible for democratization.

Here, I would like to tell a story.Onceupon a time, there existed a livestock village of atribe without much civilization. Villagers raisedcattle, goat, sheep, chicken and duck.

One day, the village head set a glazed potin the middle of the village and said to thevillagers that he had a plan to hold a festivity thenext day. He asked them to prepare meals forthemselves and put a quart (a bottle) of milk eachinto the pot from the evening onwards. He alsosaid that the villagers might add milk at night, andmilk would be boiled and a banquet would beheld the next morning.

Commencing the dusk, villagers put milkinto the pot till late at night.

The following morning, the pot of milkwas opened and it was found that what in the potwas all water, not milk.

Every villager thought that other house-holds would add pure milk into the pot. It did notmatter even if he put water. And no one couldnotice that.

After all, inside the pot was all water dueto irresponsibility of every villager.

Nothing added and nothing enjoyed.The village head said to the villagers that

their village remained poor whereas the village tothe east and the village to the west of their villagehad become affluent; that he would like to askwhy their village was still poor; that day, theycould know the root cause of why their villagewas poor; and that it was due to lack of goodwillor sense of responsibility. And he exhorted hisfollowers to have a sense of duty. Later, everyvillager did their bit in the tasks for developmentof their village. Before long, the village becameeconomically developed.

Only each and every person has a sense ofaltruistic spirit in a society, will it be possible forsuch a society to enjoy progress and prosperity.The total strength of everyone is mighty. No

sweat to go to the polling station and castvotes. The number of the citizens who havevoted in the general elections is an indicatorfor the political sense of the people.

If the people all take part in theelections, the image projected to the interna-tional community by Myanmar will be verypositive.

Then, the countries that are in favourof Myanmar will show their praise.

The countries that dislike Myanmarwill be shocked.

The countries that want Myanmar toenjoy development will be happy.

The countries that want to get Myanmarinto trouble will be unhappy.

So, every citizen is solemnly urged tovote in the elections. Voting is a duty entrustedto every citizen.

Whoever is found guilty of disturbingthe people from casting votes in electionsmay face a one-year prison term or a fine of100,000 kyats or both. The people should,therefore, weigh the broadcasts aired bycertain foreign radios as to the forthcomingelections. They should not let themselvesunder the sway of such broadcasts.

At first, an eligible voter has to searchhis name in the list of voters on the board. It willbe convenient if he put his roll number into hismemory. It will be easy for the polling boothofficer or the deputy polling booth officer toidentify him if he lets them know what is his rollnumber in the book of the names of 500 to 1000voters. Voters should extend a helping hand tothose responsible for elections.

If his name is not included yet in the listof voters attached to the board, a voter shouldinform the ward election commission aboutthat. Every eligible voter is to be on the voterslist. Rest assured. (A voter shall not vote twicenor does he vote in two elections. Every votershall vote only one time).

Suppose today is 7 November 2010(First Waxing of Tazaungmone, 1372Myanmar Era):

(1) Go to the polling station and drawa ballot paper. What he just needs is to put theballot paper into the ballot box. Put a tick-marked vote in the box shown against the nameof the Pyithu Hluttaw candidate he favours.That is all he has to do. (Remark: Do not putany cross-marked vote in the box.) If a voterputs a cross mark in the box, his ballot paperwill be a canceled vote.

The names and party emblems of can-didates are stated on the ballot paper.

A voter can choose the candidate hefavours in the polling booth and put a tick-marked vote in the box shown against the nameof the candidate. Then, put the paper into thegreen-coloured ballot box.

(See page 9)

If a citizen, despite having the votingright, does not participate in elections,such a person may be deemed to be anirresponsible opportunist. I do not thinksuch persons deserve democracy.

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Fire Services Department demonstratesrescue task in Mayangon

YANGON, 9 Sept— A conclud-ing ceremony of 13/2010 rescue tech-nique training course of Fire ServicesDepartment under the Ministry of So-cial Welfare, Relief and Resettlementtook place at Fire Services Depart-ment (Head Office) in MayangonTownship here this morning with dem-onstration.

Director-General of Fire Serv-

ices Department U Tin Moe enjoyedpractical demonstration of rescue tech-nique of the trainees and presentedprize money.

A total of 60 trainees includingOfficers of Fire Services Department(Head Office), heads of Township FSD,trainers from the States and Regionsattended the 6-week course.

MNA

Myanmar Sports Meet for theDisabled commences

NAY PYI TAW, 9Sept—The 22ndMyanmar Sports Meet forthe Disabled 2010 wasopened at Aung San Gym-nasium, here, yesterdaymorning.

On behalf of the

Chairman of MyanmarOlympic CommitteeMinister for Sports,MOC General-SecretaryDirector-General UThaung Htaik of theSports and Physical Edu-cation Department

opened it.The director-gen-

eral made a speech.A total of 12 sports

teams are competing in thesports meet that runs up to12 September.

MNA

Talks on geosciences on 11 SeptYANGON, 8 Sept

— Myanmar GeosciencesAssociation will conductan educative talk atMyanmar EngineeringSociety in Hline Univer-sity campus at 1 pm on 11September.

Mr. Douglas JKirwin from Society ofEconomic Geologists andDr. Andrew H. Mitchellfrom Ivanhoe MyanmarHolding Ltd will give talkson mineral deposits in theRepublic of Korea and

Australia and copper de-posit in Monywa and golddeposit in Yamethin,Myanmar. The associationhas invited its membersand enthusiasts to attendthe talk.

MNA

MCPA to hold symposium andworkshop on 13, 14 Sept

YANGON, 9 Sept—With a viewto improving information and commu-nication technology, MyanmarComputer Professionals Associationplans to hold symposium and workshoptitled “Ethic and Technology” with spon-sorship of Myanmar Blogger Society(MBS) at Myanmar Info-Tech in HlineTownship, here, on 13 and 14 September.

The symposium titled “Culture

and Technology” will be held at theconference hall of Myanmar Info-Techfrom 9 am to 5 pm on 13 September, andworkshop “Ethic and Technology” atRoom No. 205, Myanmar Info-Tech from9 am to 5 pm on the next day. For furtherdetails, contact MCPA, Room No. 4,Building No. 4, Myanmar Info-Tech,Hline University Campus (Ph: 652276or 73088300).—MNA

The opening ceremony of 1st Myanmar-Korea ICT Products &

Solutions Exhibition 2010 in progress at Myanmar Info-Tech in

Hline University Campus in Yangon. (News on page 16)—MNA

(from page 8)(2) He also has to draw another ballot

paper to vote for a township candidate to theAmyotha Hluttaw. The number of the candi-dates to Amyotha Hluttaw may be three to five.

Put a tick-marked vote in the box shownagainst the name of the favoured candidate.And put the ballot paper into the blue-colouredballot box.

(3) Also draw the third ballot paper tovote for a candidate to State (or) Region Hluttaw.The number of the candidates to State (or)Region Hluttaw may be two to three. Put a tick-marked vote in the box shown against the nameof the favoured candidate. And put the ballotpaper into the violet-coloured ballot box.

(4) If a local in Yangon Region is aKayin national, he also can enjoy the right tochoose a candidate for the seat of Kayin people.Draw out a ballot paper. Put a tick-marked votein the box shown against the name of the favouredcandidate. And put the ballot paper into thefourth ballot box.

(5) If a local in Yangon Region is aRakhine national, he also can enjoy the right tochoose a candidate for the seat of Rakhine people.Draw out a ballot paper. Put a tick-marked votein the box shown against the name of the favouredcandidate. And put the ballot paper into the fifthballot box.

Very clear, in Yangon Region, a Kayinnational voter has to put four ballot papers intothe four ballot boxes, and a Rakhine nationalvoter also has to put four ballot papers into thefour ballot boxes. Other voters have to put threeballot papers into the three ballot boxes (green,blue and violet boxes) to choose three candi-dates to the Pyithu Hluttaw, the Amyotha Hluttawand Region Hluttaw.

As to putting ballot papers to chooserepresentatives to Pyithu Hluttaw (green ballotbox), the numbers of candidates to townships arenot the same. Candidates are free to choose theconstituency.

In Yangon Region, there is no constitu-ency in which there is only one canditate. Inevery constituency, candidates all have to com-pete for seats.

The numbers of Pyithu Hluttaw candi-dates for townships each of which can elect onerepresentative are as follows:-(1) Candidates for Cocogyun Township 2(2) Candidates for Yankin Township 3(3) Candidates for Dawbon Township 4(4) Candidates for S/Okkalapa Township 5(5) Candidates for Kamayut Township 6(6) Candidates for Kyauktada Township 7(7) Candidates for Hlinethaya Township 8

There is no township in Yangon Regionfor which nine candidates are nominated.

To vote, it is needed to take into consid-eration the behaviors of each candidate andparty. Elected representatives should be all quali-fied. And the favoured parties should be theones with correct policies capable of servingnational interests. The people should vote themost reliable, suitable candidates.

Free and fair general elections will beheld in the Union of Myanmar from 6 am until4 pm on 7 November 2010. (Those who havealready got into the polling stations before 4 pmare allowed to cast votes till it is already 4 pm.)Voters are hoped to cast votes in the morning inorder that votes can be counted ward-wise assoon as possible. (A polling station can beclosed before 4 pm if all the voters whose namesare on the list all have cast votes.)

The Union of Myanmar is on the vergeof another system with enthusiasm of each andevery citizen.

Translation: MS

Let’s vote to choose reliable…

To vote, it is needed to take into consideration the behaviorsof each candidate and party. Elected representatives should beall qualified. And the favoured parties should be the ones withcorrect policies capable of serving national interests. The peopleshould vote the most reliable, suitable candidates.

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NAY PYI TAW, 9Sept—Two young menwere shot dead in aconflict between drunkenyoung men on Mya Streetin Zaiganai (South) Ward,Bago, on 4 September.

The incident is thattaxi motorbike carryingan army officer takingresponsibility for securityof Bago railway stationand an officer fromanother local regiment ontheir way to the railwaystation after drinking beerin a beer station slightlyhit a three-wheeled taximotorbike carrying sevenyoung men from Bagoaround 10 pm on 4September. Themotorbike of the securityofficer fell down to theground, and the sevenyoung men assaulted theofficer, and he sustainedinjuries and fell down onthe spot. Despite beingbegged for their pardon,the seven drunken youthkept attacking the two. So,the officer from anotherregiment fled the site forBago Railway Station andinformed securitymembers. On his way tothe scene, the officeraccompanied by foursecurity members againcame cross the seven men,

Drunken brawl grows into gunfire in Bagothus leading to anotherconflict. One of the foursecurity members openedfire, leading Maung SoePaing Zaw, 17, and MaungAung Thu Hein, 21, dead.

The clash betweensome young civilians andsome young soldiers was,indeed, due to drinking.The two late youth wereburied in HsinbyugwinCemetery on 7 Septemberafternoon. Officersconcerned called at thehouses of the two victimsto beg the pardon of theirparents.

The Tatmadaw is aforce well-organized inline with military code ofconduct, and preserves afine tradition thatservicemen offenders weregiven punitive action.Now, a lawsuit has beenfiled to take action againstthe servicemen who gotinvolved in the incident.

However, somepoliticians, some anti-government people andcertain foreign radiostations are takingadvantage of the fight forpolitical gains by incitingriots and protests in thenation. In their plot, theyare saying and airing withrepetition of the term“Tatmadaw” with the aim

of misleading the peoplemisunderstanding theTatmadaw.

In reality, it was justa drunken brawl in thestreet between someyoung soldiers and someyoung civilians, not afight between theTatmadaw and the public.Such cases take placesometimes. So, theattempt to exploit suchcases to cause massdemonstrations isdeemed to be adestructive act.

Today, the people arenot happy with anyattempts to undermineState stability and peace,and are keen to help wipeout such elementsprovoking mass protestsfor political gains. Andthey want the governmentto expose and take actionagainst such instigators.

To comply with thepublic desire , thegovernment is nowgearing up hand in handwith the people forstopping and takingaction against thoseelements deceiving thepeople into taking to thestreets with the intentionof destroying Statestability and peace.

MNA

EP-2 opens basic course on storage of materialsNAY PYI TAW, 9 Sept— Minister

for Electric Power No. 2 U Khin MaungMyint attended a ceremony to open No1/2010 basic course on storage ofmaterials of Electricity supplyEnterprise at the Ministry hereyesterday

morning.It was attended by managing

directors of Myanma Electric PowerEnterprise and Electric City SupplyEnterprise and 30 trainees who aregoing to take two weeks course.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Sept— Chairmanof Rakhine State Peace andDevelopment Council Commander ofWestern Command Brig-Gen SoeThein paid an inspection tour ofMinbu-An road construction site on3 September.

After hear ing repor ts onconstruction works being carried outat the briefing hall, the commanderlef t ins t ruct ions and then he

Commander inspects upgrading of Minbu-An roadextended his tour to the constructionsite of Hinywet Dam. On 4 September, he looked intoroad construction project of Yangon-Sittway road and An-Kyarinntaungroad. The commander then oversawprogress in construction of PikaukBridge and gave necessaryinstructions.

MNA

Chairman of Yangon City Development Committee Mayor U AungThein Lin being welcomed by Ambassador of Democratic People'sRepublic of Korea Mr Kim Sok Chol at the reception to mark 62nd

National Foundation Day of DPRK in Yangon on 9 September.—MNA

Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe of Ministry of Defence visits 1st Myanmar-KoreaICT Products & Solutions Exhibition 2010.

(News on page 16)—MNA

NAY P YI TAW, 9Sept—Chairman of MonState Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of South-East Command Brig-GenTun Nay Lin on 2September attended

Commander looks into regional developmenttasks in Mawlamyine District

fertil izer scatteringceremony on monsoonpaddy fields atKawtpayan Village. Theofficials reported ongrowing of monsoonpaddy and high yieldsample saplings to him.

The commanderviewed broadcasting offertilizer by farmers andpresented prizes to them.Later, he viewed thrivingpaddy fields and gavenecessary instructions.

MNA

YANGON, 8 Sept—Entrance test for BCAAcademy in Singaporewill be conducted inMyanmar on 10 October.Future Way Education &Services is the agent ofBCA Academy inMyanmar. BCA Academy

Want to learn engineering and design?is turning out qualifiedengineers. The studentswho have passedmatriculation exam orGCE “O” level can takeentrance test. Thestudents can choose anysubject out of sixsubjects. Entrance test

will be on 10 October.For more information,contact Future WayEducation & Services,No. 9, Room (6-A),Yawmingyi street,Thamada Condo, and dialPh: 254185 and241099.—MNA

NAY P YI TAW, 9Sept—Gusto computertraining school will opengraphic design courses.By using AdobePhotoshop, AdobeIllustrator and AdobeInDesign software, thecourse covering design

Gusto to open graphic design course

principle, colour theory,design process,typographic technique,business logo creation,text and graphics filepreparation for printprocessing will beconducted.

The three-month

course will start on 22September. Trainees arelimited to 15. They musthave basic computer skilland may enroll by 15September. For moreinformation, contactGusto computer trainingschool, No. 26, 14 thstreet (lower block),Lanmadaw Townshipand dial Ph: 01-224496and 09-8628806.—MNA

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A rescue helicopter searches for missing workers above a tilted drillingplatform on Bohai Bay, off eastern China’s Shandong Province, in this photo

distributed by China’s official Xinhua News Agency,on 8 September, 2010.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 9 Sept—Emergency teamswith helicopters rescued 34 workers onWednesday from an oil drilling platformthat was leaning dangerously in theEast China Sea after a storm, andsearched for two others still missing,officials said.

The No 3 drilling platform in theShengli oil field, operated by Sinopec,Asia’s largest refiner by capacity,started tilting over on Tuesday, causingfour workers to fall into the water andtrapping 32 of them on the platform, theTransport Ministry said in a statementon its website.

Rescue helicopters were dispatchedto the site from the coastal city of Dalianat around 6 am local time, the ministry

34 rescued from China oil platformaccident

said.The platform was tilting at a 45

degree angle to the sea, around fivenautical miles (nine kilometres) fromthe coast, where the water is 23 feet(seven metres) deep, the official XinhuaNews Agency said.

A typhoon caused the platform totilt, said a man surnamed Sun from theShengli Oil Management Bureau ofSinopec, also known as China Petroleum& Chemical Corp, in Dongying inShandong Province.

Sun said winds were blowing at upto 55 miles per hour (24.4 metres persecond), causing 13-foot (four-metre)waves.

Internet

MOSCOW, 9 Sept—Forest fires flared again inRussia on Wednesday as President Dmitry Medvedevdemanded better protection for the country’s prizedforests to avoid a repeat of this summer’s disaster.

Fresh fires destroyed more than 400 houses in theSiberian region of Altai, officials said, as flames spreadacross the region’s border with the Central Asiancountry of Kazakhstan.

“The village of Nikolayevka has been entirelytaken by the flames. According to preliminaryinformation, 433 houses burned down,” emergencyministry spokeswoman Irina Andryanova was quotedas saying by Interfax news agency.

All 1,000 residents of the village were safelyevacuated, the spokeswoman said.

An evacuation was underway in the village ofBastan, where flames had already destroyed fourhouses, she said.—Internet

Fires flare up as Russiapledges better forest

protection

A firefighters work to extinguish a peak fire in aforest near the village Ryazanovka, outside

Moscow in July 2010. Forest fires flared again inRussia on Wednesday as President Dmitry

Medvedev demanded better protection for thecountry’s prized forests to avoid a repeat of this

summer’s disaster.—INTERNET

ISLAMABAD, 9 Sept— At least 12 passengers diedwhile many others sustained injuries when a passengerbus overturned near Thal point on RCD Highway inQuetta on Thursday morning, reported local mediaGeo News.

According to the report, the rescue efforts areunderway while injured have been shifted to hospitals.No other details are immediately available.

Xinhua

12 die as passenger busoverturns in Pakistan’s Quetta

VILLAHERMOSA, 9 Sept— Floods that have affectedalmost one million people in the south and east ofMexico will likely worsen after the opening of a damand predictions of more rain, a state governor saidWednesday.

“Heavy rains are predicted, not only in Tabasco(state) but also in the whole south-southeastern region,including storms and hurricanes... which would put usin a more critical situation,” Tabasco governor AndresGranier told local journalists.

The opening of the region’s Penitas dam couldrelease up to 2,000 cubic meters of water per second tothe Carrizal and Samaria rivers, which were already atcritical levels, Granier said.

“The worrying thing is that for people in Tabasco,the worst — our real rainy season — is starting now,”he added.

Devastating Mexicoflooding to worsen

Residents walk through a flooded street inVillahermosa, Tabasco State, Mexico on 7

September . Floods that have affected almost onemillion people in the south and east of Mexico will

likely worsen after the opening of a dam andpredictions of more rain, a state governor said on

Wednesday.—INTERNET

The states of Veracruz, Oaxaca and Tabasco werethe worst hit in the floods that swept through entiretowns and affected more than 900,000 people in someway, according to state civil protection officials.

The total toll from the heaviest rains in livingmemory in Guatemala and Mexico rose above 50 onTuesday, including seven in Mexico. Guatemalanofficials on Tuesday called off the search for 15 morecorpses over safety fears.—Internet

Four plead not guilty inTongan ferry sinking case

A Royal New Zealand Navy photo shows theTongan ferry Princess Ashika sitting on the seabed

after sinking in August 2009. Four men havepleaded not guilty to manslaughter over the sinking

of the Princess Ashikawith the loss of 74 lives.

INTERNET

NUKU’ ALOFA, 9 Sept—Four men have pleadednot guilty to manslaughter over the sinking of theTongan ferry Princess Ashika last year with the lossof 74 lives.

The four, the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia’smanaging director John Jonesse as well as the ferrycaptain, first mate and a senior public servant, face upto 25 years in jail if convicted.

At a directions hearing in the Supreme Court onWednesday, the accused pleaded not guilty and judgeRobert Shuster adjourned the matter to 8 October,when a trial date is expected to be set.

The Princess Ashika sank in August last yearwhile on an overnight voyage from Nuku’alofa, thecapital of the South Pacific nation, to an outlyingisland.

Survivors told of water building up in the cargohold of the boat before the ferry capsized aroundmidnight, trapping sleeping passengers below deck.

An inquiry into the sinking described the tragedyas “scandalous” and found there was a lack of duediligence by the shipping firm and government whenthe unsafe ferry was bought.

The Princess Ashika, built in the early 1970s,was on its fourth voyage in Tonga when it sank, andthe inquiry blamed authorities for allowing it to sailas evidence mounted of its unseaworthiness whichled to the 74 deaths.—Internet

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (533)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAP

VOY NO (533) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 9.9.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T 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 ADVANCE CONTAINERLINE

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DIBENA HAPPY VOY NO (121)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV DIBENAHAPPY VOY NO (121) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 10.9.2010 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W(3) where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S PHULSAWAT SHIPPINGCO. LTD,

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SANG THAI EAGLE VOY NO (11)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SANG THAIEAGLE VOY NO (11) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 10.9.2010 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: SANG THAI SHIPPINGCO. LTD,

Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV AN YUE JIANG VOY NO (161)

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Daniel Crooks’ piecestretches and compactstime and space.— XINHUA

Digital art comes to Sanlitun

Photo taken on 7 Sept, 2010shows a panda-shaped Mid-Au-tumn lantern in Macao of southChina, on 7 Sept, 2010. Two gi-ant pandas from the ChengduResearch Base of Panda Breed-ing will soon be sent here as agift to the Macao Special Admin-istrative Region. — XINHUA

BEIJING, 9 Sept—ThisSeptember, DreamWorlds — AustralianMoving Image 2010, adigital exhibition curatedby Melinda Rackham,brings art to The Villageat Sanlitun. DreamWorlds is just one of themany events that make upImagine Australia, a year-long festival of perform-ances, exhibitions, con-certs and forums, to beheld all over China. Itpresents the moving im-ages of eight leading Aus-tralian artists, each two tosix minutes long, which

run together uninterruptedfor half an hour every houron the large screen abovethe Piazza in TheVillage.—Xinhua

An aeroplane takes off from London City airport,from where the business jet involved in the near-

collision had just departed.— INTERNET

Business jet in near-collisionwith airliner over east London

This file photo shows a securityofficer helping a woman to

carry a map of China across astreet in Shanghai. China hasgranted licences to 31 compa-nies to provide web mapping

services in the world’s biggestonline market, an official saidon Thursday, but many foreign

firms including Google haveyet to apply.— INTERNET

LONDON, 9 Sept—Inci-dent involving airlinerwith 232 passengers onboard forces air traffic con-trol to introduce strictersafety procedures in area.A near miss involving two

planes, one carrying 232passengers, has forced airtraffic controllers to intro-duce strict safety proce-dures to prevent the risk ofa mid-air collision at a po-tential blackspot over eastLondon.

The new measures fol-low a “serious incident”when a business jet wasforced to take action toavoid a Heathrow-boundBoeing 777, as the twopassed just half-a-milefrom each other at heightsless than 61 metres (200ft)apart above the busy A12near Hackney, an accidentreport reveals today.

Internet

Brazil’s car production jumpsin January-August period

RIO DE JANEIRO, 9 Sept—Brazil’s vehicle productionamounted to over 2.4 million units in the first eightmonths of 2010, up 17.4 percent year on year, the NationalMotor Vehicle Manufacturers Association (Anfavea)said on Wednesday. In August, vehicle production reached329,092 units, up 3.4 percent from July and 11.5 percentcompared with last August. Lower default rates, highercredit, and the rise of employment attributed to thisincrease, Anfavea said.

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PHNOM PENH, 9 Sept—Cambodia hostsAsia-Pacific French speaking Parliaments onThursday to discuss regional issues.

Speaking at the opening of the three-dayforum, Nguon Nhel, vice president ofCambodia’s National Assembly and whopresided over the forum said the topics fordiscussions include roundtable discussion onthe policy for socio-economic developmentafter the global economic crisis and the visionsfor cooperation among French-speakingcountries in Asia-Pacific.

He said the meeting which is called inFrench as “Assemblee Parlementaire de laFrancophonie” is also to discuss educationsector at the post-graduate level.

The meeting, the 5th APF, is participatedby members of parliaments from Cambodia,Laos, Vietnam, Belgium, and France as wellas diplomats and representatives from manyother French- speaking countries.

Xinhua

Cambodia hosts Asia-Pacific French-speaking

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LONDON, 9 Sept—Clive Donner, the Britishfilm director whosemovies helped set thetone for the swingingsixties, died Tuesday atthe age of 84, his familysaid. He had beensuffering fromAlzheimer’s disease anddied in London.

Donner’s careerbegan at PinewoodStudios outside Londonwhen he was 15, hiscousin Gavin Asher said.“One of the things he wasmost proud of was whathe did for the careers ofquite a lot of Britishactors including AlanBates, David Hemmingsand Ian McKellen,” hesaid.

Internet

Swinging sixtiesBritish filmdirector dies

Poster for Clive Donner’smovie “What’s New

Pussycat.” Donner, whosemovies helped set the tonefor the swinging sixties,died on Tuesday at the

age of 84, his family said.INTERNET

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, 9 Sept—Calling her “a LindsayLohan wannabe,” a judge fined “Jersey Shore” starNicole “Snooki” Polizzi $500 on Wednesday andordered her to perform community service after shepleaded guilty to disturbing others on a beach inJuly.

Her lawyer said Polizzi was under the influenceof alcohol when she stumbled around the beach inSeaside Heights, using loud language that disturbedother beachgoers.—Internet

MTV’s ‘Snooki’ fined $500 forbothering beachgoers

Nicole Polizzi, betterknown as ‘Snooki’

from the MTV show‘Jersey Shore’ sits in

court on 8 Sept, 2010,in Seaside Heights,NJ, waiting to facecharges of being a

public nuisance andannoying others onthe Seaside Heights

beach in July.INTERNET

CHICAGO, 9 Sept—Chicago Mayor RichardDaley’s decision to notrun for another termprompted a call fromsomeone else who’sfamous name issynonymous with thenation’s third-largestcity: Oprah Winfrey.

Winfrey was amongthe notables who havecalled Daley since his

Chicago Mayor Daley hearsfrom Oprah Winfrey

announcement Tuesdaythat he would give upthe job he’s had since1989.

Like Daley, Oprah isgiving up her currentjob, too. She’s endingher Chicago-baseddaytime talk show thisseason after 25 years.

Daley said onWednesday he alsoheard from PresidentBarack Obama, formerVice President Al Goreand White Houseadvisors David Axelrodand Rahm Emanuel.

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 9Sept—There are musicdocumentaries that areall about the music —concert films that focussolely on the artistry andthrill of live per-

Five most explosive music documentaries

In this 8 Dec, 1969 file photo, the Rolling Stonesperform at the ‘Gimme Shelter’ rock concert at the

Altamont Race Track in California.—INTERNET

The Baltimore Sun says several readers grousedabout the use of the word “limn” in a recent headline.

The newspaper said it received severalcomplaints about the headline, “Opposing voteslimn difference in race,” which utilized the synonymfor describe, from people who had to look up thedefinition of the word.

“I had to keep looking at it again and again,”Sun reader Carol Shaw wrote in an e-mailedcomplaint about the Tuesday headline. “I considermyself an educated person ... I have never heard ofthe word ‘limn.’ ... To put a word like ‘limn’ in theheadline for the lead article on the front page of thisnewspaper seems to me to be unbelievably arrogantand patronizing.”

The Sun said a check of its records found theword “limn” had been used 47 previous times in thenewspaper since 1991, including two headlines.

Obscure word in headlinesparks complaints

formance — and thenthere are juicy ones thatare all about backstageego and volatility. “I’mstill here,” which followsJoaquin Phoenix’stumultuous transforma-

tion from Oscar-nominated actor toshaggy, doughy rapper,would seem to fall intothe latter category — if ittruly is a documentary,that is, and not anelaborate put-on. Hereare some other examplesof serious rock-starbehavior:

“Bob Dylan: Don’tLook Back” (1967): Aclassic from legendarydocumentarian DAPennebaker, this behind-the-scenes look at the 23-year-old Dylan set thestandard for this kind offilm.

Internet

Spain’s BernatGuardia Pascual takes

a jump as he cyclesduring the men’s

downhill at the UCIMountain Bike World

Championships inMount Ste-Anne,

Beaupre on 5 September, 2010.

A cat eyes a squirrel asit makes it’s way along

a fence in OrmondBeach Fla, on 8

September, 2010. Catand squirrel partedwithout incident.

The cause of a mystery eye ailment that struckabout 50 visitors to a dairy pavilion at an agriculturalshow in Australia has been traced — to cow urine. TheRoyal Adelaide Show had to close its dairy cattlepavilion after an rising number of people reported soreeyes when visiting the judging marquee. Officials fromthe South Australia (SA) Health Department were calledin to investigate and found the cause of the outbreak wasstagnant cow urine.

Show spokeswoman Michelle Hocking told localreporters that a recent spell of wet weather may havecreated conditions within the pavilion where ammoniafrom cow urine was released. About 30 people weretreated on site by volunteers from the first aid group StJohn Ambulance but about 20 went to the emergencydepartment of the Royal Adelaide Hospital. “From ourinstitutional memory we can’t recall an incident of thisnature before,” Peter Jackson from the St JohnAmbulance told Reuters.

Mystery eye problem at dairyshow caused by cow urine

A Baton RougeMetro Council memberwants the parish tosupport a publicawareness campaignagainst men who weartheir pants so low thattheir boxer shorts show.

‘Low pants, nochance’

Councilwoman C De-nise Marcelle has aslogan for thecampaign: “Low pants,no chance.” “I hate tosee it and I see somuch of i t in mydis t r ic t ,” Marce l lesa id . “ I t ’ s d i s res -pectful to the elderly,to young kids and towomen.”

Her resolution, onthe agenda fordiscussion Wednes-day, says wearing saggypants creates negativestereotypes and that“those who wear saggypants are hurting theirchances of becomingemployable, educatedand productive citi-zens.”

Marcelle said she’dlike to pass a law allowingpolice to cite and finepeople for wearing saggypants that expose theirunderwear, but recognizesthat constitutional issuesprevent such a law.

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Capello confirms he will quitafter Euro 2012

Djokovic advances to USOpen semi against Federer

Gillis takes the long way tothe BMW Championship

Ronaldo says he may be fitfor Ajax match

Aston Villa name Houllier asnew manager

Tired Tevezunsure he will

last to nextWorld CupBUENOS AIRES, 9

Sept—Argentinian inter-national striker CarlosTevez revealed onWednesday that he couldretire from internationalfootball before the 2014World Cup finals in Bra-zil. The 26-year-old Man-chester City star told Ar-gentinian daily Clarin hewas unsure of his futurecommitment to the na-tional side, for whom hescored in the impressive4-1 friendly victory overworld champions Spainon Tuesday.

“The truth is, I don’tknow whether I will re-main in the national sideuntil 2014,” said Tevez,who was part of the sidethat were humbled 4-0 byGermany in this year’sWorld Cup quarter-finals.“Because while I was ableto prepare well for SouthAfrica, I will not be ableto do the same for 2014.“I am not really surewhether I will have any-thing else to give to thenational side.” —Internet

Real Madrid’sPortuguese forwardCristiano Ronaldo

MADRID, 9 Sept —Real Madrid star CristianoRonaldo said onWednesday he has “al-most” recovered from anankle injury and may beavailable to play againstAjax in the EuropeanChampions League nextweek. The Portuguesewinger took a knock to his

right ankle in Real Ma-drid’s 0-0 draw at RealMallorca on 29 August,and was ruled out for aboutthree weeks.

He missed Portugal’sshock 4-4 draw with min-nows Cyprus in a Euro2012 qualifier on Fridayand the team’s 1-0 loss toNorway on Tuesday.”I feelbetter and we’ll see how it(the injury) develops,” hetold reporters in Madridlate on Wednesday. “I’mstill not perfect but almostat one hundred percent. I’llreturn as soon as possible,maybe in two days I canrejoin the squad.” He addedthat “I believe I can beready for the match againstAjax” on 15 September ,Real’s first ChampionsLeague group phase match. Internet

Novak Djokovic

Tom Gillis

LEMONT, 9 Sept—Liv-ing off fast food andpocket change as youchase a dream from onesmall tour stop to anotheris easy — romantic, even— when you’re youngand have no responsibili-ties. At 39, with one smallchild and another on theway, Tom Gillis wasn’tsure he had it in himagain.”We went back toMichigan and spoke witha few people about work,and times were toughthere. There wasn’t a lotof opportunities,” he saidon Wednesday. “Snowand three months in thecold weather, I found thisisn’t so bad.”Good thing.

Three years after nearlyquitting, the 42-year-oldGillis is enjoying a resur-gence that seems moresuited for Hollywood thanthe PGA Tour. The guywho couldn’t keep his cardstill has a shot at a $10million payoff along withTiger, Phil and the rest ofthe game’s biggestnames.— Internet

Former France coachGerard Houllier

BUENOS AIRES, 9 Sept—InterimArgentina coach Sergio Batista willkeep the job until the end of theyear, a reward for Tuesday’s 4-1

victory over World Cup championSpain. Batista replaced DiegoMaradona and opened with a 1-0win over Ireland last month. Hewill remain foe an exhibit ionagainst Japan and two againstBrazil.

Luis Segura, a high-ranking

member of the Argentine FootballAssociation, confirmed afterTuesday’s victory that Batista willstay on in the job.

He said other candidates will beevaluated at year’s end. Othersthought to be in the running areAlejandro Sabella of Estudiantes,Miguel Angel Russo of RacingClub and Carlos Bianchi, who iswithout a club.

Internet

LONDON, 9 Sept—Former France coachGerard Houllier wasnamed the new managerof English PremierLeague side Aston Villaon Wednesday, the clubannounced. The 63-year-old, who coached Liver-pool between 1998 and2004, has been workingas National Coaching Di-rector at the FFF sinceleaving his last top club,French side Lyon, in2007.

However, he had beengiven permission to stepdown from that positionearlier on Wednesday byinterim French FootballFederation presidentFernand Duchaussoy,who also said he wouldbe signing a two year con-tract.

He takes over fromcaretaker KevinMacDonald, who hadbeen in charge since Mar-tin O’Neill surprisinglyleft on 9 August just daysbefore the start of the sea-son. —Internet

England managerFabio Capello

LONDON, 9 Sept—England manager FabioCapello has ruled out thepossibility that he willcontinue in the job afterthe Euro 2012 tourna-ment, killing off specu-lation that recent goodperformances could pro-long his stay. TheItalian’s reputation tooka battering after Eng-land’s dismal World Cupperformance, but hisstock has bounced backafter impressive victoriesagainst Bulgaria andSwitzerland in Euroqualifiers this month.

The renewed successof his team had raisedquestions about whetherCapello would try andstay on after the Euro-pean Championships inPoland and Ukraine —

but he moved lateWednesday to put an endto such talk.Askedwhether he would beleaving after Euro 2012,the 64-year-old re-sponded: “Absolutely.Yes.”We have to qualifyfirst of course but afterthat I will be too old — Iwant to enjoy my life asa pensioner,” he added.

Internet

Real Madrid report‘world record’ revenues

MADRID, 9 Sept—RealMadrid Wednesday an-nounced net profit for the2009-2010 seasonjumped 11.5 percent fromthe previous year on whatit said were the highestrevenues “of any sportsinstitution in the world.”The big-spending Span-ish club reported annualprofits of 24 millioneuros (30.6 million dol-lars), up from 21.5 mil-lion a year earlier.It saidgross revenues for theseason were 442.3 mil-lion euros, up 8.6 percent

from the previous year,“an amount that is thehighest of any sports in-stitution in the world.”The club said its net debthad fallen 25.1 percent to244.6 million euros.

Real was listed as thelargest revenue-generat-ing football club in theworld, ahead of arch-ri-vals Barcelona and Man-chester United of Eng-land, in the FootballMoney League releasedby the Deloitte businessadvisory firm in March.

Internet

NEW YORK, 9 Sept—Blasted by the trickiestwinds yet at this year’s USOpen, Novak Djokovicadjusted his game andblew out French 17th seedGael Monfils 7-6 (7/2),6-1, 6-2 to reach the USOpen semi-finals.

The Serbian third seedon Wednesday joinedRoger Federer, JimmyConnors, Ivan Lendl andJohn McEnroe as the onlymen to reach the US Open

semi-finals four years in arow since the Open Erabegan in 1968.

Djokovic will play fora spot in Sunday’s final onSaturday against Swisssecond seed RogerFederer, who eliminatedSwedish fifth seed RobinSoderling 6-4, 6-4, 7-5.

Djokovic, whose onlyGrand Slam title came atthe 2008 Australian Open,is only 5-10 againstFederer, including losses inthe 2007 US Open final and2008 and 2009 US Opensemi-finals.—Internet

Male bodybuilders take part in the annual MuscleBeach Championship bodybuilding and bikinicompetition at Venice Beach, Los Angeles on 6

Sept, 2010.— INTERNET

Batista gets Argentina jobuntil end of year

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30hr. M.S.T. During the past 24 hours,weather hasbeen partly cloudy in Mandalay and MagwayRegions, rain or thundershowers have been isolatedin Kachin, Kayah States and lower Sagaing Region,scattered in upper Sagaing, Bago and YangonRegions, fairly widespread in Shan, Chin, Rakhine,Kayin States and Ayeyawady Region andwidespread in the remaining States and Regions.The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded wereTaunggyi (2.24) inches,T h e i n z a y a t ( 2 . 0 5 ) i n c h e s , Y a n g o n ( K a b a -Aye)(2.00)inches,Heho(1.89)inchesand Cocogyun(1.73) inches.

Nay Pyi Taw WeatherMaximum temperature on 8-9-2010 was 97°F.

Minimum temperature on 9-9-2010 was 79°F.Relative humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 9-9-2010 was (79%). Rainfall on 9-9-2010 was (Nil).

Yangon (Kaba-Aye)Maximum temperature on 8-9-2010 was 93°F.

Minimum temperature on 9-9-2010 was 77°F.Relative humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 9-9-2010 was (79 %). Total sunshine hours on 8-9-2010was (5.3) hours.

Rainfall on 9-9-2010 was (0.55) inch at

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Thursday, 9th September, 2010

Mingaladon, (2.00) inches at Kaba-Aye and (Nil)Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was(63.15) inches at Mingaladon, (72.28) inches atKaba-Aye and (79.65) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(6) mph from Southwest at (15:30) hours MST on 8-9-2010.

Bay Inference: Monsoon is weak to moderatein the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until afternoon of the 10th

September 2010: Rain or thundershowers will beisolated in Mandalay and Magway Regions,scattered in Kachin, Kayah States and SagaingRegion, fairly widespread in Shan, Chin andRakhine States, Bago, Yangon and AyeyawadyRegions and widespread in the remaining Statesand Regions. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderatein Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days:Continuation of decrease of in the NorthernMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringarea for 10-9-2010: Likelihood of isolated rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 10-9-2010: Isolated rain or thunder-showers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringarea for 10-9-2010: Likelihood of isolated rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

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Engineering College, in Liuzhou, southwestChina’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on

9 Sept, 2010.—XINHUA

Russia’s GDP up 4.2 percentin first six months

MOSCOW, 9 Sept—Russia’s gross domesticproduct (GDP) rose 4.2 percent in the first half of2010 to 20.7 trillion rubles (about 670.6 billion USdollars), the RBC news agency reported on Thursday.

According to the Federal Statistics Bureau Rosstat,in the second quarter the economy grew by 5.2 percentyear-on-year and by 8 percent compared to the firstquarter.

Thus, the figure for the second quarter GDP hasbeen corrected downward from the earlier reported5.4 percent.

The Ministry of Economic Development put theGDP growth in 2010 at 4 percent.

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

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

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

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

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YANGON, 9 Sept —The 1st Myanmar-Korea ICTProducts & Solutions Exhibition 2010 was opened atMyanmar Info-tech in Hline University Campus herein the presence of Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe of the Ministryof Defence.

Also present at the ceremony to open the

1st Myanmar-Korea ICT Products & Solutions Exhibition 2010 kicks offexhibition were Chairman of Yangon Region Peaceand Development Council Commander of YangonCommand Brig-Gen Tun Than, Ambassador of theRepublic of Korea to Myanmar Mr. Cho Byung-jae,responsible personnel from Myanmar ComputerFederation and information and communication

technology companies.Ambassador Mr. Cho Byung-jae, the president

of the Myanmar Computer Federation and officialsconcerned formally opened the exhibition. Maj-GenTin Ngwe, the commander and officials concernedvisited the exhibition.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9Sept—The talks onprevention againsthuman trafficking washeld at the women’svocational trainingschool in Haka yesterday

Talks on anti-human trafficking held in Hakamorning.

Chairperson of ChinState Women’s AffairsOrganization Daw ThinThin Htwe made a speechand responsible personsgave talks on prevention

against humantrafficking.

The chairpersonpresented teaching aidbooks and clothes to thetrainees through theprincipal.—MNA

Most penguin populations continue todecline, biologists warn

Adele penguins jumping off of iceberg,Antarctica.

SCIENCE DAILY, 9Sept — Penguinbiologists from aroundthe world, who aregathered in Boston theweek of September 6,warn that ten of theplanet’s eighteenpenguin species haveexperienced furtherserious population

declines. The effects ofclimate change, overfishing, chronic oilpollution and predation byintroduced mammals areamong the major factorscited repeatedly bypenguin scientists ascontributing to thesepopulation drops. Prior tothe conference, thirteen of

these penguin specieswere already classified asendangered orthreatened. Somepenguin species may faceextinction in this century.

More than 180penguin biologists,government officials,conservation advocates,and zoo and aquariumprofessionals from 22nations have convenedin Boston for the fiveday InternationalPenguin Conference,which is being hostedthis year by the NewEngland Aquarium. Theconference is held everythree to four years, andthis is the first time thatit has been held in theNorthern Hemisphere.

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Free and fair general elections will be held in theUnion of Myanmar from 6 am until 4 pm on 7November 2010. (Those who have got into the pollingstations before 4 pm are allowed to cast votes althoughit is already 4 pm.) Voters are hoped to cast votes inthe morning in order that votes can be countedward-wise as soon as possible. (A polling station canbe closed before 4 pm if all the voters whose namesare on the list all have cast votes.)

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