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Volume XVIII, Number 112 1st Waxing of Wagaung 1372 ME Wednesday, 11 August, 2010

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* 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 bekept in 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 tranquil-lity, 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 objectivesRegional development tasks in Mandalay,

Sagaing Divisions gaining momentum

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug — Accompanied by Chair-man of Mandalay Division Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of Central Command Maj-GenTin Ngwe and officials, Lt-Gen Tha Aye of the Ministryof Defence on 5 August morning looked into Mandalay-Madaya road section, monsoon paddy fields on bothsides of the road and teak plantations along the road, andviewed growing of monsoon paddy at Latkaunggyivillage in Madaya Township.

Next, Lt-Gen Tha Aye held discussions with thelocal people and attended to the needs.

Then, Lt-Gen Tha Aye attended the rainy seasontree planting ceremony at Okkan Ward in MadayaTownship. He grew a teak sapling and viewed growing

of teak plants by service personnel, members of socialorganizations and local people.

After inspecting Mandalay-Madaya-Singu roadsection and maintenance of bridges along the roadsection in a motorcade, Lt-Gen Tha Aye observeddirect seeding monsoon paddy cultivation at Shwepyivillage in Singu Township.

After inspecting thriving monsoon paddy plan-tations, Lt-Gen Tha Aye cordially greeted local peo-ple and fulfilled the requirements.

Next, Lt-Gen Tha Aye oversaw extended con-struction of Mandalay-Thabeikkyin road through BOTsystem.

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PBANRDA Ministry organizes cash donationceremony for rural water supply

NAY PYI TAW, 10Aug—The Ministry forProgress of Border Areasand National Races and De-velopment Affairs organ-ized the 18th ceremony topresent cash donations forsupply of potable water torural areas at the MountPleasant Hotel here thismorning.

On behalf of Secre-tary-1 of the State Peaceand Development CouncilGeneral Thiha Thura TinAung Myint Oo, Ministerfor Progress of Border Ar-eas and National Races and

Development Affairs UThein Nyunt delivered anaddress.

At the ceremony,111 well-wishers donatedK 243.43 million includingK 2 million by MyanmarWomen’s Affairs Federa-tion; K 2.5 million each byUnion of Myanmar Eco-nomic Holdings Ltd andMyanmar Economic Cor-poration; K 80 million bySibinthayayay Bank; K18.9 million by Interna-tional Beverages TradingCo Ltd and people ofNatkanlei Village; K 7 mil-

lion by Chan Myae WaterDonation Association; K13.35 million by Ven.Monk U Tiloka; K 5 mil-lion each by U Tint San-DrHtay Htay Nyein (ACE CoLtd), Htoo Trading Co Ltd,and Europe & Asia Com-mercial Co Ltd; K 3.5 mil-lion by Max MyanmarCompanies Group; K 3 mil-lion each by U Tha Htay-Daw Kyi Khin, OriginalGroup Co Ltd, A-1 Co, andTZTM Co; K 2.7 millionby U Win Naing-Daw ThanThan Swe family (WEGCo); K 2.5 million each byMoon Ray Co, Moe KyeiSin Co, and Metta Nadi As-sociation; K 2.3 million byDaw Tin Tin Win and fam-ily; K 2.05 million by DrThaung Sein-Dr Hla HlaWai and family; and K 2million each by ShweTaung Co, U Pyae Phyo

A total of 23,225 villages in states and divisionshave enjoyed adequate potable water, accountingfor cent per cent of the target. Development affairscommittees are striving for ensuring every villagehas one to three tube-wells in future.

Lwin-Daw Yin OhnmarMyo (Kinetic Art Co Ltd),U Thein Aung, Thein Co,

U Sai Tit Aung, NaungtonCo, and Pantaing U ThanMaung-Daw Thi Thi Khin

Ministerfor

Progressof BorderAreas andNational

Races andDevelop-

mentAffairs U

TheinNyuntaccepts

cashdanationfrom awell-

wisher.PBANRDA

Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in Ramadi. Weekendviolence across Iraq killed 60 people, officials said.

Health Minister receives Indonesian Ambassador, Resident Representatives

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Wednesday, 11 August, 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

Keep Inlay Lake greenand pleasant

Standing at an altitude of more than 2900feet, Inlay, a large lake in Nyaungshwe Township,Shan State (South), is a natural habitat for wildlife.The freshwater lake is a national heritage ofMyanmar, adding to the natural beauty of thesurrounding areas and attracting attention fromtourists around the world.

Among the creeks that empty into InlayLake, Namlat, Kalaw and Balu creeks contributelargely towards the natural ecology of the lake.Deforestation in the watershed areas andunsystematic farming are leading to soil depletionand silting up of the lake.

Now, related departments are takingmeasures for protecting Inlay Lake from siltingup, improvement of the natural ecology, andkeeping the lake green and pleasant. In addition,afforestation is under way in the watershedregions; mud and sand are being removed withdredgers; and the lake is being cleared of waterhyacinth, flotsam and duckweed.

In regenerating the barren areas, it is neededto choose perennial trees that like the climatepatterns of the region and generate cash.Encouragement is to be given to establishment ofprivate-run perennial crops farms. And allpossible types of assistance are to be rendered fortransforming slash and burn farming intohighland farming.

Accelerating the tasks for greening InlayLake and surrounding areas makes contributionto environmental conservation. Preservation ofnatural heritages helps improve the tourismindustry of the nation.

With many floating villages in it, InlayLake is a region where traditional industries andagriculture are successful. Inlay Lake and itssurrounding areas can be kept green and beautifulby choosing humus, organic fertilizers, weed killerand pesticides in agricultural farming, andconserving the watershed areas.

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug — A launching ceremonyof detailed contour map of the whole Myanmar inGarmin GPS and computer imported and distributedby Concordia Int’l Co., Ltd was held at the office ofthe company here on 6 August.

Detailed contour maps of the whole Myanmarand 25 major towns are included in Garmin GPS andcomputers which are essential for conducting landsurvey, mining, searching alignment for the road anddam construction.

Further information, contact Concordia Int’l Co.,Ltd on the third and fifth floor of Shwegon Plaza in BahanTownship, Yangon (Ph: 01-558374, 549444, 73009223,951544824, 558170 and 540026 and Fax: 544199), No(5), ground floor of SY Building on 30th Street between77th and 78th Street in Chanaye Thazan Township,Mandalay (Ph: 09-5067172, 02-91001983, 02-36478and 02-96303) and No (144), Thiri Yadana Market inNay Pyi Taw (Ph: 09-49200948, 067-420819 and421362).— MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug—Chairman ofCommittee for Ensuring swift and full operationof Freight-handling Minister for Transport U TheinSwe inspected checking of export and import items,systematic storage of goods in warehouse, checkingof containers through X-ray machine, loading andunloading of containers to and from a vessel at No.3 Bo Aung Kyaw Jetty of Myanma Port Authorityyesterday. He urged officials concerned to

Transport Minister inspects jetties in Yangon forswift commodity flow

methodically check the export and import goods,to ensure speedy and correct checking system, andto eradicate corruption.

At No. 5 Sule Jetty, the minister looked intoloading and unloading of goods from a vesselberthing at the jetty and passenger vessels of InlandWater Transport . He then lef t necessaryinstructions.

MNA

Contour maps available in GerminGPS, computer

of Concordia Int’l Co., Ltd

Religious Affairs Minister receives IndonesianAmbassador

NAY PYI TAW, 10Aug—Minister forReligious Affairs ThuraU Myint Maung receivedAmbassador of theRepublic of Indonesia tothe Union of MyanmarMr SebastianusSumarsono at theministry here today.They discussed religiousaffairs between the twocountries.

MNA

YA N G O N , 10Aug—NetInfo TrainingCentre will conductcomputer networkingcourse on 14 August.

Computer Networking withWindows 7 on 14 Aug

The curriculumcovers Windows 7Instal lat ion, con-figurat ion main-tenance, t rouble

shooting, providingsound foundation tocontinue learning forMCITP certificate, oneof the necessities towork as a networkingadministrator anywherein the globe.

The course isrecommended for thosewho have passed matrixexam with basicknowledge oncomputer , under-graduates from

University of ComputerStudies, those wishingto work as networkingprofessionals, and astechnicians in computerservice centres.

The classes are onweekends and only 18trainees will be admittedto a section. For details,contact NetInfo, Room.2, Building. 4, MyanmarInfo-Tech, HlineTownship, ph:507045and 652291.—MNA

Minister for Transport U Thein Swe inspects freight handling works at Sule No (5) Jetty.—MNA

Minister for Religious Affairs Thura U Myint Maung receives IndonesianAmbassador to Myanmar Mr. Sebastianus Sumarsono.—MNA

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KABUL, 10 Aug — Anunmanned plane of NATO-led International SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF)crashed in KunduzProvince north ofAfghanistan on Monday, apress release of the alliancesaid.

“An InternationalSecurity Assistance Forceunmanned aerial vehiclewent down in KunduzProvince today,” the pressrelease added. It also addedthat the vehicle, a GermanArmy Kleinflugger

NATO’s unmanned plane crashes innorthern Afghan Province

Iraqi security forcesinspect the site of a

suicide attack in Ramadi.Weekend violence across

Iraq killed 60 people,officials said, just daysahead of the start of the

holy Muslim fastingmonth of Ramadan wheninsurgents typically step

up their attacks.INTERNET

KANDAHAR, 10 Aug—Afghan and NATO-led troops during a joint operationin Taleban birthplace Kandahar, south Afghanistan, eliminated 10 Talebaninsurgents and recued two persons from their custody on Monday, police said.

“The operation involving Afghan police, army and international troops andlaunched at 04:00 am this morning in second precinct of Kandahar city theprovincial capital covering several villages has left 10 Taleban rebels dead,”deputy to provincial police chief Fazal Ahmad Shirzad told Xinhua.

Two more innocent people were set free from Taleban captivity during theoperation, he further said, adding the two were kidnapped by insurgents.However, he did not give more details. There were no casualties on the troops,he added.

Meantime, Taleban spokesman Qari Yusuf Ahmadi in talks with media viatelephone from unknown location rejected the claim, saying the militants killedseveral Afghan and foreign soldiers.

Kandahar, the former stronghold of Taleban, has been the scece of increasingmilitancy over the past couple of years. Rockets fired by insurgents also injuredsix civilians in Kandahar city on Sunday night.—Xinhua

Troops kill 10 insurgents inTaleban birthplace

Five killed in Kabul suicideattack

A woman grieves for

a relative killed the

day before by one of

the explosions that

tore through a

market in Basra,

Iraq’s second-largest

city, 550 kilometers

(340 miles) southeast

of Baghdad, Iraq, on

8 Aug, 2010.

INTERNET

Unknown armed menkill six in northernAfghan Province

KUNDUZ, 10 Aug—Unknown armed menassassinated commander of auxiliary police alongwith five of his men in Kunduz Province north ofAfghanistan, a local official said on Sunday.

“Unknown armed men raided the house ofGhulam Hussain, the commander of auxiliary police,in Imam Sahib District late on Saturday night andkilled him along with five of his men,” district chiefof Imam Sahib Mohammad Ayub Haqyar toldXinhua.

He blamed the attack on the enemies of peace,a term used against Taleban militants but the outfithas yet to make comment.

A relatively peaceful Province in northernAfghanistan, Kunduz has been the scene ofincreasing Taleban activities since beginning thisyear and the insurgents often target governmentinterests and NATO-led troops based there.

Xinhua

Afghans carry an injured man to the hospital inHeraton on 8 Aug, 2010. A suicide bomb attackaimed at a senior Afghan police official killed

three officers and one female civilian in westernHerat province, a senior provincial official said.

Four other police were wounded, he said. Talebaninsurgents claimed responsibility for the attack.—

INTERNET

Iraqi traffic police gather at a bombing scene at their precinct in Baghdad,Iraq, on 9 Aug, 2010. Officials say a rush-hour bombing at a western

Baghdad police precinct has killed traffic cops and a civilian. Monday’sbombing is the latest targeting Baghdad’s traffic police force, which is trying

to restore normalcy to the capital’s streets after years of violence. Thegovernment blames al-Qaida for the attacks.—INTERNET

Zielortung, or KZO, wasremotely piloted from aground station and containsno weapons or intelligencethat could be exploited byenemy forces.

Meantime, authoritiesin Kunduz Province toldXinhua that the pilotlessplane went down in Ludinarea, a suburban ofprovincial capital Kunduzcity at 01:30 am local timebut caused no loss of life ordamage.

This is the secondunmanned plane of NATO-

led troops crashed in thenorthern Kunduz Provinceover the past month.

In the previous incidentsimilar pilotless plane wentdown in Qalai Zal districtcouple of weeks ago. FourNATO soldiers have beenkilled in Afghanistan’stroubled southern regionover the past two days,bringing the number ofNATO-led forces fatalitiesto over 420 since beginningthis year in the militancy-hit country.

Xinhua

KABUL, 10 Aug—Two suicide bomberskilled up to five Afghansin an attack on aresidental area of centralKabul on Tuesday,Afghan police andsecurity sources said,only hours after a UNreport detailed a sharprice in civlian casualties.

One police source

said one of the bombershad blown himself up atthe gate of a compoundused by foreigners,killing three Afghanpassers-by and twosecurity guards.

He said the secondbomber had managed toget inside the compoundbefore detonating anexplosives-packed vest

he was wearing butcaused no furthercasualties.

A governmentsecurity source said thebodies of at least threeAfghans could be seenclose to the site of theattack.

The source said thetarget appeared to be anAmerican company nextto a guest-house but hadno further details.

Reuters

KABUL, 10 Aug —Afghan civilian casua-lties rose by 31 percent in thefirst six months of 2010, with 1,271 people killed, the United Nations saidon Tuesday.

“Afghan civilian casualties have incr-eased by 31 percent compared tothe same period last year,” said Staffan de Mistura, the UN’s special envoyin Afghanistan.

“Thirty-one percent means what in civilian lives? It means 1,271civilians died, 1,991 were injured, most of them severely,” he told a pressconference in Kabul.

Internet

Afghan civilian casualtiesup 31%

A blood stain is seeninside a vehicle in

Kandahar on 8 August,2010. Several Afghan

police were wounded byexplosives hidden in a

rickshaw in Kandahar cityin the south, the Interior

Ministry said.INTERNET

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Science

Technology

Iran plans to send astronauts tospace by 2017

TEHERAN, 10 Aug—Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad said on Thursday Iran will send the country’sfirst astronauts to space in seven years’ time, local satellitePress TV reported.

“The plan is in line with an Iran space agency programto produce and place in orbit a spacecraft at an altitude ofmore than 35,000 km,” the report quoted Ahmadinejad assaying on Thursday.

The country’s growth and scientific breakthroughs indifferent areas are occurring despite the West’s sanctionsagainst the Islamic Republic, he made the remarks inwestern Iranian city of Hamedan.

In February, Iran launched the country’s new satellitecarrier into space with living organisms aboard.—Xinhua

Is solar power cheaperthan nuclear power?

CAROLINA, 10 Aug—A new study out of DukeUniversity, though, casts doubt on the idea thatnuclear power is cheaper than solar power. Usinginformation from North Carolina, the study showsthat solar power may be more cost efficient thannuclear power. With costs dropping on the productionof photovoltaic cells, and with solar cells becomingincreasingly efficient, it appears that — in NorthCarolina at least — solar installations offer a viablealternative to nuclear power, which is the source forabout 20% of the electricity in the US.—Internet

A week old Mount Apo Lorikeet lies on the handof a keeper at Chester zoo, northern England on 3Aug, 2010. The chick is one of a pair of the rarebirds being hand reared on a mix of nectar and

water.—XINHUA

Robots created that developemotions in interaction with

humansLONDON, 10 Aug—

The first prototype robotscapable of developingemotions as they interactwith their humancaregivers and expressinga whole range ofemotions have beenfinalised by researchers.

The robots have beencreated throughmodelling the earlyattachment process thathuman and chimpanzeeinfants undergo with theircaregivers when theydevelop a preference fora primary caregiver.

Dr Cañamero with asad robot.

The robots arecapable of expressinganger, fear, sadness,happiness, excitementand pride and willdemonstrate very visibledistress if the caregiverfails to provide themcomfort when confrontedby a stressful situationthat they cannot cope withor to interact with themwhen they need it.

Internet

The computer that drives an ElectricPiaggio Porter, made by The Artificial

Vision and Intelligent Systems Laboratory(VisLab) of Parma University, tracks

another same vehicle in a convoy, along aroad in Kiev on 4 Aug, 2010. Two of theseelectric vehicles, mainly powered by solar

energy, are making a 13000 km ( 8077miles) trip from Milan to Shanghai as they

demonstrate the feasibility of deployingautonomous “green” vehicles using

today’s technology.—INTERNET

Internet calling serviceSkype files for IPO

NEW YORK, 10 Aug—Skype SA, the Internet callingservice that was controlled until last year by eBay Inc, filedon Monday for a US initial public offering.

Luxembourg-based Skype tentatively put the value ofthe offering at $100 million, but that’s a rough estimate onlyused as a basis for calculating the filing fee for the Securitiesand Exchange Commission.

Skype did not say when its shares would go on sale, orat what price. It expects to list on the Nasdaq Stock Marketunder an unspecified symbol.

Calls between Skype users are free. The companymakes most of its money from calls that Skype users placeto landline and cellular phones.

Skype said a portion of the IPO shares will be madeavailable to its customers, “based on the nature and extent oftheir relationship with Skype.”—Internet

The Skype web browser is shown on a computerscreen in Palo Alto, Calif. Skype SA, the Internet

calling service that was controlled until last year byeBay Inc, filed on Monday, 9 Aug, 2010, for a USinitial public offering. Luxembourg-based Skypetentatively put the value of the offering at $100

million, but that’s a rough estimate only used as abasis for the filing fee for the Securities and Exchange

Commission.

Verizon, Google outlinevision on Internet trafficWASHINGTON, 10 Aug—Phone and cable TV

companies that provide Internet access should be barredfrom slowing down, blocking or charging to prioritizeInternet traffic flowing over their regular broadbandlines, Verizon Communications Inc and Google Inc saidin a policy statement released on Monday.

But the companies left room for broadband providersto charge extra to route traffic from premium servicessuch as remote medical monitoring and smart grid controlsover dedicated networks that are separate from the publicInternet.

Verizon and Google laid out their vision in a policyproposal that they hope can serve as a framework forCongress and the Federal Communications Commissionin drafting so-called “network neutrality” rules.

In a conference call with reporters, Google CEO Eric

Google and US telecom titan Verizon on Mondayproposed a legal framework to safeguard “net

neutrality” but said the rules should not apply towireless broadband Internet connections.

Astronauts Douglas Wheelock, and Tracy CaldwellDyson work on the International Space Station torestore a crucial cooling system on 7 Aug, 2010.Their mission was to replace a broken ammoniacoolant pump, a job considered so difficult that

two spacewalks are required.—INTERNET

Schmidt and Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg said theirproposal would preserve the openness of the Internet, butstill give phone and cable TV companies room toexperiment with “managed” services that could sendvideo, games and other bandwidth-hungry applicationsover separate systems.—Internet

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Health

BusinessGerman exports see strong

growth in JuneBERLIN, 10 Aug—

German exports surged 3.8percent in June on amonthly basis, raising itstrade surplus to the highestlevel since October 2008,the Federal StatisticalOffice said on Monday.

The latest data showedthat Germany’s exports ofgoods and services jumpedto 86.5 billion euros (112billion US dollars) in June,while imports climbed 1.9percent from May to 72.4billion euros (93.7 billiondollars), the highest since1950 when the statisticswere first compiled.

On a year-on-yearlevel, exports grew by 28.5percent in June and importssurged 31.7 percent, asglobal and domesticeconomy gradually cameout of the shadow of theinternational financialcrisis that has lasted forover two years, the officesaid.

Graphic showingGermany trade figures.Germany sprang a big

boost to European growthprospects with trade

figures showing exportsand imports close to or

even better than pre-crisislevels in June.—XINHUA

Tyson 3rd-qtr net income rises89 pct on chicken rebound,higher beef and pork prices

S P R I N G D A L E , 1 0Aug—Meat producerTyson Foods posted an89 per cent jump int h i r d - q u a r t e r n e tincome as its chickenbusiness continued tor e c o v e r a n d i tbenefited from higherbeef and pork prices.

The company hasbeen working througha n i n d u s t r y w i d edownturn brought onby a combination ofh i g h e r p r o d u c t i o ncos t s and s lumpingdemand as shoppers

Tyson Foods Inc,frozen chicken

nuggets aredisplayed in the

freezer at a LittleRock, Ark,

grocery store.INTERNET

cut back on trips out toeat.

T y s o n s a y s i t sprepared foods uni tstruggled in the quarterb e c a u s e o f r i s i n gingredient costs butstill made money.

T h e c o m p a n yearned $248 million or65 cents per share inthe quarter ending July3 , u p f r o m $ 1 3 1million, or 35 cents pershare last year.

Revenue rose 11.6p e r c e n t t o $ 7 . 4 4billion.—Internet

Analysts predictedearlier that exports wouldjust rise 1.8 percent in Juneafter soaring 7.9 percent inMay. The newly releasedreport bolstered marketexpectations thatGermany, Europe’s maineconomic engine, willregister a robust growth inthe second quarter after amere 0.2 percent increasefrom January to March.

Xinhua

US mortgage firm suffers$6 bln quarterly loss

WASHINGTON, 10 Aug—Troubled US mortgagefirm Freddie Mac reported on Monday a second quarternet loss of six billion dollars and sought another 1.8billion dollars from the Treasury to contain the red ink.The government-backed company said its strategiesto boost business and “sustainable homeownership”were taking hold but cited high unemployment posing“very real challenges” for the already embattledhousing market.

Freddie Mac suffered a 6.009 billion dollar netloss attributable to common stockholders in the April-June period from a loss of 7.980 billion dollars in thefirst quarter and 840 million dollars in the year agoperiod.—Internet

The exterior view of Freddie Mac in McLean, Virginia.Troubled US mortgage firm Freddie Mac reported a

second quarter net loss of six billion dollars and soughtanother 1.8 billion dollars from the Treasury to contain

the red ink.—INTERNET

Health Tips: What may triggerangina pain?

Angina is a term for chest pain that occurs whena portion of the heart isn’t getting enough oxygenatedblood.

The National Heart Lung and Blood Institutesays the following triggers may be behind anginapain:

*Coronary heart disease.*A blood clot.*Extremely hot or cold weather.*Emotional stress.*Smoking or using cocaine.*Medications that cause narrowing of the blood

vessels.*Insufficient blood flow to the small arteries

feeding the heart.—Internet

Dry pet food can cause humansalmonella outbreak

Gene link tomeningitis infection

LO N D O N, 10 Aug—Theinternational team compared DNAfrom 1,400 people with bacterialmeningit is and 6,000 healthyindividuals, Nature Genetics reports.

They found differences in a familyof genes involved in the immuneresponse seem to make people moreor less susceptible to the infection.

It is hoped the findings will leadto the development of new vaccines.

The researchers were looking atmeningitis caused by the Neisseriameningitidis bacterium, which leadsto swelling of the lining of the brainand blood poisoning.

They found a clear difference in asmall set of genes known to beinvolved in the immune systemresponse.

Internet

A set of genes which renders peoplemore prone to meningitis has been

pinpointed by researchers.INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 10 Aug—Dry pet food may be linked to humansalmonella outbreak, according to a new study by US researchers.

In that outbreak, 79 people were infected with the disease. Theinfections, half of which struck children, are the first known humansalmonella cases linked to dry dog and cat food, said the studyconducted by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention (CDC).

According to the study, salmonella can jump from pet food tohumans mostly in the following two ways:

— Pets can shed salmonella in their feces for up to 12 weeks afterinfection, even if the dogs themselves don’t appear sick, and

— Children might have also played with the pet food and then puttheir hands or the food itself in their mouths.

The researchers recommend hand-washing after coming in contactwith pets or pet food. Pet food bowls and feeding areas should beregularly disinfected, Behravesh said, and food bowls should bewashed outside, not in sinks used for human hygiene or foodpreparation.—Internet

A girl wears a gas mask toprotect herself from the

forest fire smog in Moscowon 8 August. The wildfiresburning around Moscow

have created a cloud of smogover the city which at the

weekend contained levels ofcarbon monoxide an

alarming 6.6 percent timeshigher than the acceptable

norm.INTERNET

A baby holding adrink outside a

children’s hospitalin Beijing. Parents

and doctors incentral China fearthat hormones inmilk power theyfed their infantdaughters may

have led them todevelop prematurebreasts, according

to state media.INTERNET

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Lone holdout blocking gold minedevelopment in Quebec gets dragged out

MALARTIC, 10 Aug—A man whose house wasthe only thing leftstanding in the way of agold mining project hasbeen evicted.

Police literallydragged Ken Masse awayfrom his western Quebechome today after amining companyobtained anexpropriation order.Masse says he’d alreadyturned down $350,000from the miningcompany — for a houseworth $14,000.

But Masse’s child-hood home was the lastobstacle in the way of the

Ken Masse holds inMalartic, Que. on 8July, 2010. The manwhose house was the

only thing left standingin the way of a gold

mining project has beenevicted.

INTERNET

multibillion- dollarproject by Osisko MiningCorp.

The reclusive Masseinsisted he was fighting

to protect property rightsand the environment fromthe massive open-pitmine.

Court documentssaid the family was alsoseeking $1 million fromthe mining company.

Masse was the loneholdout from a relocationproject that saw Osiskobuy out 204 of 205homeowners in hisneighbourhood, whichliterally sits on top of thedeposit.

A provincial tribunalwill now identify anappropriate market-levelcompensation forMasse’s home.—Internet

Visitors try the roulette king during an exhibit onthe gaming industry in Manila. Philippine President

Benigno Aquino’s government is studying a 10-billion-dollar offer from a local tycoon to take overthe government’s monopoly casino franchise with

Malaysian help.INTERNET

Chrysler pares losses butremains in red

CHICAGO, 10 Aug—Embattled US automakerChrysler reported Mondaya net loss of 172 milliondollars in the secondquarter, a smaller loss thanin the first quarter of theyear.

One year after it leftbankruptcy, Chryslertrimmed its quarterly lossesby 25 million dollars fromthe first three months of2010 and said it was seeingmore customers in itsdealerships, helping it postan operating profit.

“The second quarteroperating profit confirmsthat Chrysler Group is ontrack to achieve its goals,yet an extraordinaryamount of work still liesahead,” said ChiefExecutive Officer SergioMarchionne.

Marchionne said henow expected the roll-outof new models to drivegrowth for the rest of theyear. “Customer traffic inour dealerships andconfidence in thecompany’s future

US automaker Chrysler reported a net loss of 172million dollars in the second quarter, a smaller loss

than in the first quarter of the year.—INTERNET

Cartoons trump news onS Korea smartphones

Cartoons are more popular than news with SouthKorean smartphone users, especially during thetedious morning commute, a survey by LG U+

said. The number of users viewing weatherapplications also spiked between 7 and 9 am and 4and 6 pm as people prepared for journeys to and

from work.—INTERNET

continued to grow with thelaunch of the all-new 2011Jeep Grand Cherokee, oneof the signature vehicles forChrysler Group,” he said.

“2010 is seen as a yearof transition andstabilization. With most ofour 16 all-new or refreshedproducts launching laterthis year... Chrysler Groupmust continue to berigorous, disciplined andfocused on the task athand.” Worldwide salesrose around 22 percent inthe second quarter, to407,000 units, as USmarket share climbedslightly to 9.4 percent,from 9.1 percent.

Internet

Goldman had ten days oftrading losses in Q2

NEW YORK, 10 Aug—The New York-basedinvestment bank reported 10 days of trading losses inthe period, including losses of more than $100 millionon three days.

In the first quarter, Goldman hit trading perfectionby reporting trading gains of at least $25 million everyday.

Goldman’s trading gains and losses have mirroredthose of its Wall Street counterparts: Surging first-quarter trading results cooled in the spring and earlysummer.

Traders work in theGoldman Sachs

stall on the floor ofthe New York Stock

Exchange on 16July, 2010.INTERNET

Graphic explaininghow Blackberry’sencryption serviceworks. Hundredsof thousands of

BlackBerry usersare awaiting adecision by the

Saudi regulator onbanning the

handset’smessenger service

following testsaimed at allayingsecurity concerns.

INTERNET

The S&P 500 Index <.SPX> fell 12 percent insecond quarter as the flash crash, the debate in the USCongress over financial reform, and renewed investorfears about US economic growth resulted in lowreturns and high volatility.

While the second quarter was still largely profitablefor Goldman’s trading operations, positive tradingdays seesawed between booming returns and sluggishresults.

The bank reported 17 days with more than $100million in trading gains, and 12 days with gains of nilto $25 million.—Internet

This computer generated image provided by Hanley Wood Home Plans showsHouse Of The Week HMAFAPW00001. A Palladian window, arched porch

columns and stone trim add visual interest to this traditional one-storyhome.—INTERNET

SEOUL, 10 Aug—Cartoons are more popularthan news with South Korean smartphone users,especially during the tedious morning commute,according to a survey seen Monday.

The cartoon application got an average of372,000 hits a day compared with 280,000 fornews and 275,000 for weather, said the survey byLG U+ (formerly LG Telecom). The country’sthird-largest mobile operator said the data camefrom an analysis of its 170,000 smartphone usersin July.

Cartoon viewing nearly doubled from 6 to 8

am compared with other times of the day as morepeople “assuage boredom in subways and busesduring the morning commute”, said the companyin a report.

South Korea’s mobile phone market is one ofthe world’s most vibrant, with 45 million users ina population of 49 million. But smartphones havea relatively small share, implying huge growthpotential.—Internet

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ATHENS, 10 Aug—Greek healthauthorities confirmed on Mondayan outbreak of the West Nile virusin northern Greece which has causedthe deaths of three elderly people.

Two women and one man havepassed away since last on Fridaydue to encepha l i t i s , a severeinflammation of the brain. Theresults of laboratory tests that wereannounced on Monday show thatthe illness was caused by the rarevi rus which i s t ransmi t ted bymosquitos.

There are 16 confirmed cases of

People watch a car produced 93 years ago during an tourism-promotionactivity held in Panjin, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, on 8 Aug,

2010. Some 18 vintage cars were on exhibition to promote a local tourismweek.—XINHUA

LONDON, 10 Aug—Over the years, Monopoly, theclassic Hasbro board game, has been re-imagined in aplethora of different ways — there’s even aUCLAOLOPY edition for Bruins fans — and alsoexists in Google Maps form. Crystal Gibson just oneupped them all with her own ingenious version, theSocial Media Monopoly Board game.

The game, which Gibson posted to Bite, is anelaborate version of Monopoly that includes directand indirect references to our favorite — and not-so-favorite — social media entities. The game evencomes with a complete set of Chance and CommunityChest cards that play upon Technorati’s and Mashable’sthemes.

Internet

Monopoly gets anunofficial social media

edition

WA S H I N G T O N , 10Aug— More than sixtypercent of the USmetropolitan areas sawa decline in personalincome last year, the USCommerce Departmentreported on Monday.

Personal incomedropped in 223 metroareas, increased in 134,and remainedunchanged in 9 regions.On average, personalincome fell 1.8 percentin 2009, after rising 2.7percent in 2008.

In areas that sawgains, most of theincreases came fromgovernment t ransferreceipts such asunemployment benefitsor Social Securi typayments. Only in 57regions did the netearnings of workersincrease last year.

Even in most of theregions where netearnings increased, thegains were concentratedin the governmentsector. Military earningsgrowth was particularlystrong in seven of theten regions with thefastest personal incomegrowth last year.

Personal incomesacross the United Statesstal led in June, theCommerce Departmentreported last week.

The figure is closelywatched since i tdetermines how muchhouseholds could spend,which accounts forabout 70 percent of theoverall economy.

Xinhua

Personalincome

declines inmost US

metropolitanareas

NEW YORK, 10 Aug—About 1,000 subwaysecurity cameras will be set up by the end of nextyear to help catch New York subway criminals,local media reported on Monday.

There are now 3,100 subway security camerasin operation, including about 900 that went onlinein June. Another thousand will be set up by the endof next year to help solve subway crimes,Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) toldthe local media.

Transit police investigating subway crimes areincreasingly going to the videotape to identify andarrest armed robbers, muggers and other thugs.

The NYC Transit data reveal that detectivesfrom New York City Police Department (NYPD)asked NYC Transit to pull footage from surveillancecameras nearly 2,000 times last year, up from 222times in 2005, local media reported.—Xinhua

New York City to install moresubway surveillance cameras

A Chinese warship

arrives at Pireaus

Port of Greece, on 9

Aug, 2010. Two

Chinese naval

warships destroyer

Guangzhou and

frigate Chaohu,

which are part of the

fifth Chinese naval

escort flotilla, arrived

on Monday at Pireaus

Port for a visit to

Greece.

XINHUA

Artists from SouthAfrica perform to

celebrate theNational Pavilion

Day for South Africaat the World Expo in

Shanghai, eastChina, on 9 Aug,

2010.XINHUA

Children receive medical care in a hospital inManagua, Nicaragua, on 9 Aug, 2010. Manychildren in Nicaragua suffer from respiratory

illness due to heavy rains in recent days. Medicaldepartments of the country took measures to

ensure the children right medical services in time.XINHUA

TAIYUAN, 10 Aug —China on Tuesday successfully put into orbit anotherremote-sensing satellite, “Yaogan X”, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centerin northern Shanxi Province.

The satellite was sent into space aboard a Long March 4C carrier rocket at 6:49am (Beijing Time), according to the centre.

The satellite will be used to conduct scientific experiment, carry out surveyson land resources, estimate crops yield and help with natural disaster-reduction andprevention endeavor.

Its predecessor “Yaogan IX” was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite LaunchCenter in northwestern Gansu Province in March.

Xinhua

China launches new remote-sensing satellite

Outbreak of West Nile virus with threecasualties confirmed in Greece

people polluted by the virus innorthern Greece over the past twoweeks, said Anna Pappa, professorof Microbiology at the MedicineSchool of the Aristotle Universityof Thessaloniki and head of the VirusResearch Centre in Greece.

A d o z e n o f t h e m a r ehospitalized in hospitals in then o r t h e r n G r e e k c i t y o fT h e s s a l o n i k i , o n e i n s e r i o u scondition, while doctors examinewhether other suspected cases areindeed connected with the virus.

Xinhua

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 11 August, 2010

(from page 1)Lt-Gen Tha Aye looked into progress of con-

struction of Station Hospital in Twinnge village ofThabeikkyin Township and attended to the needs inmeeting with local people.

On 6 August, Lt-Gen Tha Aye together withChairman of Sagaing Division Peace and Develop-ment Council Commander of North-West CommandMaj-Gen Myint Soe, Chairman of Mandalay DivisionPeace and Development Council Commander of Cen-tral Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe and departmentalofficials visited Agricultural Research and Tissue

Regional development tasksin Mandalay, Sagaing …

Workshop at Maungkon village in Htigyaing Town-ship.

At the jetty of Myataung village in the township,he greeted local people and fulfilled the requirements.

At Htigyaing People's Hospital, Lt-Gen ThaAye donated cash for the medical fund and presentedmedicines for the hospital through officials.

Next, he looked into cleaning and beautifying ofthe township, progress of construction of ShwepyithaHall in Htigyaing and cultivation of monsoon paddy ina motorcade.

Then he viewed collective broadcasting of fer-tilizer at monsoon paddy farmlands at Kwingyi villagein Htigyaing Township. After hearing reports onprogress of monsoon paddy cultivation in the townshippresented by the township manager of Myanma Agri-

culture Service, Lt-Gen Tha Aye gave necessary in-structions and met local people.

At Station Hospital in Aletaw village of thetownship, Lt-Gen Tha Aye presented medicines andcash for the medical fund through officials and cor-dially greeted local people.

Next, he viewed collective broadcasting of fer-tilizer at Lepyin village in Indaw and cordially greetedlocal people.

After inspecting extended construction of Indaw-Katha road through BOT system, he gave necessaryinstructions.

Next, Lt-Gen Tha Aye oversaw progress of hous-ing of Katha Township War Veteran Organization andconstruction of Katha-Sinkhan-Bhamo road section,and gave necessary instructions.—MNA

Lt-Gen Tha Aye of

the Ministry of

Defence views land

preparation for

monsoon paddy in

Latkaunggyi Village

of Madaya

Township.—MNA

YANGON, 10 Aug— Minister for HealthDr Kyaw Myint re-ceived Indonesian Am-bassador to the Unionof Myanmar Mr.Sebastianus Sumarsonoand party at his officein Nay Pyi Taw at 9a.m. today.

They discussedmatters related to open-ing of Pyinsalu Hospi-tal in Labutta Townshipof Ayeyawady Divi-sion.

Health Minister receives IndonesianAmbassador, Resident Representatives

Similar ly, theminister met ResidentRepresentative of theUnited Nations Officefor Projects Services(UNOPS) Mr. SanjayMathur and party at 10a.m. and Resident Rep-resentative Ms. NaidaPasion of Save the Chil-dren (US) at 10.30 a.m.separate ly, and theyheld discussions on co-operation in combatingthree major diseases.

MNA

YANGON, 10 Aug — Secretary U Khin Maung Yi of Kayah State Sub-commission and Township Sub-Commission Chairman and members visitedShwetaung and Dawnoeku wards in Loikaw Township yesterday.They inspected the ward sub-commission offices, compilation of lists ofeligible voters lists and sites chosen for construction of polling booths.—MNA

Kayah State Sub-commission Secretary inspects ward sub-commission offices in Loikaw

Health Minister Dr Kyaw Myint meets Indonesian Ambassador toMyanmar Mr. Sebastianus Sumarsono.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10Aug—An opening cer-emony of ReproductiveHealth Care Course No.2/2010, jointly organ-ized by Myanmar Ma-ternal and Child Wel-fare Association, Health

Reproductive Health CareCourse No. 2/2010 opens

Department and IPPF/BMZ, was held at theoffice of MMCWA hereyesterday.

MMCWA Chair-person Daw Nilar Thawgave an opening speech.Vice-Chairperson Dr

Daw Wai Wai Tha ex-plained purpose of con-ducting the course.

A total of 70 train-ees from Sagain Divi-s ion are taking thethree-day course.

MNA

YANGON, 10 Aug—Malaysian-made Khind, Mis-tral and Maco brands electrics and electronics will beon display at Yangon Expo 2010 that runs at theTatmadaw Convention Centre on U Wisara Road herefrom 12 to 15 August.

Monarch Co Ltd has been distributingMalaysian-made Khind Brand electrics to Yangon andother cities for 14 years. Khine factory in Malaysiadistributes Khind Brand fans and electrics to over 50countries including Myanmar.

Khind, Mistral and Maco brands electrics areon sale at Maco Electronic (Khind Digital World)Showroom at 204, Ground Floor, Factory Street, be-side MOB Bank, near Mingalar Market, TamwayTownship (Ph: 205130).

Khind, Mistral electrics on displayin Yangon Expo 2010

Booth of Khind, Mistral at YangonExpo 2010.—MNA MNA

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(from page 16)Myanmar engi-

neers are building thedam for storage of wa-ter for agricultural pur-pose and they cooperatewith Chinese techni-cians in generatinghydropower at the

Kyeeohn-Kyeewa Damnearing completion …

Power station is under construction to generate 74 megawatts.

Installation of penstock steel pipelines inprogress.

Photo shows progress in construction of embankment at Kyeeohn-Kyeewa Multi-purpose Dam Project.

project. The dam is lo-cated near Wunlo Vil-lage of Pwintbyu Town-ship, 15 miles down-stream of MonechaungDam. The water flowedout from generatingelectricity atMonechaung Dam andthe water flowing be-tween the two dams isto be gathered for gen-erating 74 megawatts.”

He further ex-plained, “The water

flowed out from generat-ing hydropower atKyeeohn-Kyeewa Multi-purpose Dam Project willbe sent to Mezali Diver-sion Weir through thedrainage system. As such,Mezali Dam will effi-ciently irrigate 96777

acres of monsoon paddyin Minbu District andmore 74,007 acres ofsummer paddy as the dou-ble cropping.”

Kyeeohn-KyeewaMulti-purpose Dam is un-der construction with3280 feet long and 164feet high embankment,885 feet long and 51 feetdeep concrete diaphragmwalls, 1100 feet long and326 feet wide reinforcedconcrete spillway, two 18

feet diameters steel pipesto be used in generatinghydropower, one 10 feetdiameters long steel pipeto be used in supplyingwater to the farmlands andconstruction of thehydropower station to beinstalled with two 37-megawatt turbines.

Staff Officer(Civil) U Than Tun, in-charge of the dam con-

House was built at thedam instead of the watercontrol tower. The damhas been installed withtwo 18 feet diameterpenstock steel pipes to beable to generatehydropower and one 10feet diameter steel pipe tobe used in supplying irri-gation water. At a timewhen hydropower is notgenerated, the dam willsupply water to the farm-lands through the 10 feetdiameter steel pipeline. Sofar, the dam project hascompleted by 71 per cent.”

The governmenthas adopted and is imple-menting the aims for all-round development of thenation. The Ministry ofAgriculture and Irriga-tion is carrying out bothtasks to supply water foragricultural purpose andto generate hydropowerwhich is essential for en-hancement of State’seconomy. As part of ef-

forts to contribute to cul-tivation of summerpaddy, greening the re-gion and generatinghydropower, Kyeeohn-Kyeewa Multi-purpose

Dam Project will besymbol of improvingsocio-economic statusof the nation.

Translation: TTAMyanma Alin: 7-8-2010

(from page 1)Minister for Industry-2

U Soe Thein, Minister UThein Nyunt, Minister forTransport U Thein Swe,Deputy Minister for Im-

PBANRDA Ministry…migration and PopulationU Win Sein, Deputy Min-ister for Progress of Bor-der Areas and NationalRaces and DevelopmentAffairs U Tin Ngwe,

Deputy Minister for Sci-ence and Technology UKyaw Soe, Deputy Min-ister for National Plan-ning and Economic De-velopment U ThureinZaw, and Members of theCivil Service Selection

and Training Board U SoeOo and U Hla Myint Ooaccepted the donations.

After the ceremony, theministers, deputy minis-ters and well-wishersviewed the documentary

photos on rural water sup-ply.

Now, a total of 23,225villages in states and di-visions have enjoyed ad-equate potable water, ac-counting for cent per cent

of the target. Develop-ment affairs committeesare striving for ensuringevery village has one tothree tube-wells infuture.

MNA

struction said, “It is ofzonal type. River bedmaterial was included inconstruction of the upperand lower parts of em-bankment. The centralpart of embankment wasbuild with the use of corezone. River bed was ob-tained from the floor ofMone Creek.”

With regard to con-struction of the power sta-tion, he explained, “TheIntake Penstoke & Power

Minister for

Industry-2

U Soe Thein

accepts dona-

tions from a

well-wisher at

the cash dona-

tion ceremony.

PBANRDA

Minister for

Transport

U Thein Swe

accepts dona-

tion from a

well-wisher at

the cash dona-

tion ceremony.

PBANRDA

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 11 August, 2010

Four missing in Idahoreservoir

AMERICAN FALLS, 10 Aug — Search-and-rescuecrews on Sunday were unable to find four menmissing from a boat on a reservoir in Idaho, authoritiessaid.

Power County Sheriff Jim Jeffries said the men,in their 20s and 30s, were on a boat with five children,ages 2-9, when one of the adults pushed another oneinto the water as a joke, not knowing the man couldn’tswim, KIFI-TV in Idaho Falls reported.

The other men then jumped in to try to save thefirst man. The sheriff said only one of the men had alife jacket with him when entering the water but hewasn’t wearing it. One of the children used a cellphoneto call for help but the men were nowhere to be seenby the time authorities arrived.—Internet

Gym collapse accident injures eight,traps 10 in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, 10Aug— A gym on the toplevel of a building herecollapsed Monday,injuring at least eightpeople and leaving morethan 10 others trappedunder the rubbles,

Rescuers work at the

site after a building

collapsed in Buenos

Aires, Argentina,

on 9 Aug, 2010.

XINHUA

JetBlue flight attendantarrested after NYC ruckus

NEW YORK, 10 Aug—A JetBlue flight attendant

got into an argument witha passenger on a jetlinerarriving at John F.

Kennedy InternationalAirport on Monday,cursed the passenger,

grabbed a beer from thegalley and then deployedan emergency exit slide

and fled the plane,authorities said.

Flight attendant

Steven Slater wasarrested at his nearbyhome in the Belle Harbor

section of Queens by PortAuthority of New YorkAnd New Jersey police

on charges of criminalmischief, recklessendangerment and

trespassing.Slater, 39, remained

A flight attendantfurious with

passengers whorefused to followhis instructions

told them off overthe loudspeaker

before pulling thechute to make his

own dramaticpersonal

emergency exit,police said.INTERNET

in custody Mondaynight. His attorney’s

name wasn’timmediately available,and there was no home

telephone number listedfor him. A woman whoanswered a phone at a

previous residence listedfor Slater in ThousandOaks, Calif., identified

herself as his mother butsaid she wasn’t speakingto the media.

JetBlue AirwaysCorp. said in a statementthat it was working with

the Federal AviationAdministration and PortAuthority police to

investigate the matter. Itsaid the safety of itscustomers and crew

members was never atrisk.—Internet

In this Nov. 2008photo released by

Press Contact on 9Aug, 2010, Ed

Stafford, of England,walks through water

in an unknownlocation in Peru

during his journeyalong the Amazon

river. After 859 daysand thousands ofmiles, Ed Stafford

became the first manknown to have walkedthe entire length of the

Amazon river.—XINHUA Obama warns of

decreasing number ofUS college graduates

HOUSTON, 10 Aug — US President Barack Obamaon Monday warned of the decreasing number of thecountry’s college graduates, saying “the countriesthat outeducate us today will outcompete ustomorrow.”

Over a third of American college students, andover half of the country’s minority students, don’tearn a degree, Obama told an audience of students atthe University of Texas.

The president urged the United States to producean additional 8 million college graduates by 2020 towin back the spot as the country with the highestpercentage of college graduates.

Stressing that “education is an economic issue,”Obama said during a visit to the U.S. state Texas thathis country has fallen from first place to 12th place incollege graduation rates and should retake the firstspot.

“What I’ve tried to explain to people, educationis an economic issue, education is the economic issueof our time,” Obama said.

To maintain the country’s leading role in worldeconomy, the United States not only needs to “opendoors of college to more Americans but also shouldmake sure those students “stick with it throughgraduation,” he said.

Xinhua

authorities said.Alberto Cresecenti,

director of the city’semergency services, saidthe injured had been sentto three area hospitals and“there might be 10 moreunder the ruin.” A digging

machine was called in tojoin the rescue effortswhile the city’s mayorMauricio Marci andsecurity chief GuillermoMontenegro weresupervising the rescuework.—Xinhua

Containers fall from the deck of damaged cargo ship MSC Chitra in theArabian Sea off the Mumbai coast on 9 August, 2010. Teams from the Navyand the Coast Guard were attempting to contain an oil spill off the coast of

Mumbai on Monday after a collision between two cargo ships, with concernsrising that the slick may spread.—INTERNET

Gas-powered bus explodes in Seoul,17 injured

SEOUL, 10 Aug— Anatural gas-poweredpubl ic t rans i t busexploded on a street inSeoul, capital of SouthKorea , on Monday,injuring 17 passengersand passersbys, localmedia reports said.

Pol ice sa id theexplosion took place ataround 16:57 local time,when the bus, usingcompressed natural gas,was waiting for the lightto change on amotorway nearHaengdang Subwan

Sta t ion in nor thernSeoul.

A 28-year-oldfemale passenger wasseriously injured, while16 others, including thedrive and passersbyssuffered minor injuries,reports said.

Police assumed thata possible leak in thegas tank in the bottomof the bus had causedthe explosion due to hotweather . Fur ther

investigation will beconducted to figure outthe exact cause of theaccident.

About 95 percent ofpublic transit buses inSeoul use compressednatural gas as fuel. Localofficials pledged to takeimmediate measures tocheck the safety of allgas-powered buses,according to localmedia.

Xinhua

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evening in southeastNorth Dakota andwestern Minnesota, theNational Weather Servicesaid on Sunday.

No injuries werereported in any of thetornadoes.

Wather service crewson Sunday sur-veyeddamage from two of thetwisters, including astrong one that hit nearTyler, ND, about 7 pm onSaturday. Meteoro-logistGreg Gust, in the weatherservice’s Grand Forksoffice, said that tornadowas on the ground forabout five miles and hadwind speeds greater thanan EF3, which range from136 to 165 mph.

Internet

Up to Seven tornadoes hitND, Minn

In this 7 Aug, 2010 image made from APTN video,debris flies through the air as a tornado touches

down in rural Wilkin County, Minn. MeteorolgistTom Grafenauer says a line of storms that startedin North Dakota and moved east into Minnesotaappears to have generated several tornadoes. Hesays touchdowns were reported near Tyler, ND;

Tenney, Minn.; and Fergus Falls, Minn.—INTERNET

GRAND FORKS, 10Aug—As many as seven

tornadoes may havetouched down Saturday

Photo taken on 8 Aug, 2010 shows a flower bedlandscape for Shoton Festival near Potala Palace

in Lhasa, capital of southwest China’s TibetanAutonomous Region. The celebration of Shoton

Festival will last from 10 to 16 Aug this year. TheShoton Festival of Tibetan ethnic group, also

known as the “yogurt banquet festival”, iscelebrated in the best season of a year in the formsof eating yogurt, appreciating Tibetan opera, and

holding the Buddhist rituals.—XINHUA

Boy, 14,suspected

ofstartingLA-areawildfire

SANTA CLARITA, 10 Aug—A 14-year-old boy whoallegedly told deputies he dropped a lighter as he wastrying to smoke pot in a field Sunday sparked a 40-acreblaze that briefly threatened some 50 homes and forcedevacuations before it was contained, authorities said.

The boy from Saugus, one of four people detained inconnection with the blaze, was booked on suspicion ofarson, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Captss Mike Parkersaid.

Another 14-year-old boy had joined the suspect andhelped him try to put out the fire. When they failed theyfled, and after tips from neighbors both boys were detained,Parker said.—Internet

A Los Angeles County Fire Department camp crewscrambles down a hillside on Sunday 8 Aug, 2010 as

flames from a fast moving brush fire scorched 40 acresnear an exclusive housing neighborhood. The fire,

about 40 miles northwest of Los Angeles, was declaredknocked down in about three hours. Two firefighters

were injured and taken to a local hospital.INTERNET

Buildings and roads are hit by mudslides inZhouqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous

Prefecture in northwest China’s GansuProvince, on 8 Aug, 2010. At least 127 peoplehave been confirmed dead, and nearly 2,000others are still missing after the mudslides

triggered by torrential rains in Zhouqu County,according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

XINHUA

PYONGYANG, 10Aug— Disaster relief hasbeen carried out in areashit by days of heavy rainsin the DemocraticPeople’s Republic ofKorea (DPRK), said theofficial on Sunday.

The central and localauthorities are tapping allreserves and mobilizingfull man-power to ensurenecessary material sup-plies in the strickenregion, said the KCNA.

Urgent consultativemeetings were called inthe disaster areas to takemeasures to restorenormal life. The effortsto reconstruct houses,public buildings, roadsand bridges are alsounder way.

In the SouthHamgyong Province,a l l the des t royedirrigation waterwayshave been reinforcedwhile the damaged onesin Nor th PhyonganProvince are still beingrepaired.

Meanwhile, the bedsof railways andtelecommunication lineshave already beenrestored in JagangProvince.

According to a reporton Thursday, the rainfallhas caused huge damageto people’s daily lives,transportation, agri-culture and other sectors,destroying some 5,560houses, 350 publicbuildings and flooded14,850 hectares offarmland.

Xinhua

DPRK getsprogress in

flood disasterrelief

FREETOWN, 10 Aug—Thirteen people died onMonday when several mud houses collapsesd, trappingresidents to death in eastern part of Freetown, thecapital city of Sierra Leone.

Ten others were reportedly injured, with five ofthem in critical conditions, said sources in the city’sConnaught hospital.

Eye witness told Xinhua that the houses, locatedon a hill top at the east end of the city, collapsed atabout 4:00 am local time.

The area was cordoned off by security forces,amid fears that other nearby houses were on the vergeof collapse.

Ministry of Lands, Housing and the Environmentsaid the collapse was caused by “the heavy torrentialrains that had fallen on the capital throughout Sunday,”which broke through gutters and flooded streets in thecapital, hindering traffic.

Xinhua

Landslide kills 13 inSierra Leone

MANILA, 10 Aug— One person was killed while at least 12 were reported missingwhen tropical cyclone Dianmu lashed parts of the Philippines over the weekend, theNational Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said on Monday.

The Philippine Coast Guard recovered Monday a body, believed to be one of the16 crewmembers of a freighter that sank Saturday off Dos Hermanas island inMarinduque. Three others were rescued at the shoreline of Quezon province, while12 others were still missing.

On the other hand, a 13-year-old boy was reported missing after a strong currentswept him away while he was swimming in a river.—Xinhua

Tropical cyclone Dianmu kills one in Philippines

SEOUL, 10 Aug—FourSouth Koreans remainmissing after flash floodsin northern India, Seoul’sforeign ministry saidMonday. Four unidenti-fied South Koreans cannotbe reached by travelagencies that organizedtrekking tours in Leh, theHimalayan town inKashmir, while some 100South Korean tourists arestranded in the region,ministry spokesman KimYoung-sun told reportersin a press briefing.

Xinhua

Four SouthKoreans missingafter India floods

HONG KONG, 10 Aug— An earthquake measuring5.1 on the Richter scale hit off Bonin Islands, Japan, at0141 GMT on Tuesday, according to a bulletin releasedby the US Geological Survey.

Xinhua

Moderate earthquake hits off Japan

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12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 11 August, 2010

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV VOGE LENA VOY NO (10015)Consignees of cargo carried on MV VOGE LENA

VOY NO (10015) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 11.8.2010 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of S.P.W 4 where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S KOOK YANG SHIPPINGCO, LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

Crabs provide evidence oil tainting Gulf food web

Honda torecall 428,000

vehicles inN AmericaDETROIT, 10 Aug —

Honda Motor Co said onMonday it was recallingmore than 428,000 vehi-cles in the United Statesand Canada because of adefect that could causethe cars to roll away ifthey are parked incor-rectly.

The Honda recall cov-ers Accord, Civic and El-ement models from the2003 and 2004 modelyears in the United States.That recall includes384,220 vehicles.

A parallel safety recallin Canada covers thosemodels and some Acura1.7ELs. There are about44,000 vehicles under re-call in Canada, most ofthem Accords and Civics.

Honda said that insome situations a partknown as the ignition in-terlock lever could fail.

Internet

BARATARIA, 10 Aug —To assess how heavy ablow the BP oil spill hasdealt the Gulf of Mexico,researchers are closely

watching a staple of theseafood industry and pri-mary indicator of the eco-system’s health: the bluecrab. Weeks ago, beforeengineers pumped in mudand cement to plug thegusher, scientists beganfinding specks of oil incrab larvae plucked fromwaters across the Gulfcoast.

The government saidlast week that three-quar-ters of the spilled oil hasbeen removed or naturallydissipated from the water.But the crab larvae discov-

ery was an ominous signthat crude had already in-filtrated the Gulf’s vastfood web — and could af-fect it for years to come.

“It would suggest theoil has reached a positionwhere it can start movingup the food chain insteadof just hanging in the wa-ter,” said Bob Thomas, abiologist at Loyola Uni-versity in New Orleans.“Something likely will eatthose oiled larvae ... andthen that animal will beeaten by something biggerand so on.”—Internet

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BANGSAOTONG VOY NO (131)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BANG-SAOTONG VOY NO (131) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 10.8.2010 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S WONGSAMUT OCEANSHIPPING CO, LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

Spain’s King Juan Carlos, right, welcomes USfirst lady Michelle Obama and daughter

Sasha, 9.—INTERNET

Critics rain on Spain getawayfor first lady

Residents walk past a street covered by mud afterthe mudslide-hit town of Zhouqu in Gannan

prefecture .—INTERNET

1,100 missing in China asAsian flood misery rises

ZHOUQU, 10 Aug — Rescuers lifted muddy bodiesinto trucks, and aid convoys choked the road into theremote Chinese town where hundreds died and morethan 1,100 were missing Monday from landslidescaused by heavy rain that has flooded swaths of Asiaand spread misery to millions.

In Pakistan, the United Nations said the govern-ment’s estimate of 13.8 million people affected by thecountry’s worst-ever floods exceeded the combinedtotal of three recent megadisasters — the 2004 IndianOcean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the2010 Haiti earthquake.

Rescuers in mountainous Indian-controlled Kash-mir raced to rescue dozens of stranded foreign trekkersand find 500 people still missing in flash floods thathave killed 140.

In China, the death toll jumped to 337 late Mon-day after Sunday’s landslides in the northwestern prov-ince of Gansu — the deadliest incident so far in thecountry’s worst flooding in a decade. A debris-blockedswollen river burst, swamping entire mountain villagesin the county seat of Zhouqu and ripping homes fromtheir foundations.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 10 Aug— It sounded simpleenough: a mother-daugh-ter getaway during thedogs days of August. Butit’s not so simple whenMom is the first lady ofthe United States. And thetrip is to a luxury resorton Spain’s Costa del Sol.

During tough economictimes at home.

Michelle Obama’sfive-day trip to the southof Spain with daughterSasha touched off a mini-firestorm stoked by ques-tions about the wisdom ofsuch a glamorous trip andover-the-top speculationabout who was footing thebill and how many friendswere along for the ride.

Suddenly, the popularfirst lady was being com-pared to Marie Antoinetteand labeled a “materialgirl” sponging off taxpay-ers.—Internet

An aerial view shows a broken bridge surroundedby floodwaters in Ghazi Gaht in Punjab

Province.—INTERNET

UN to launch appeal as Pakistanfloods affect 13.8 million

SUKKUR, 10 Aug —The United Nations saidon Monday it is to appealfor hundreds of millionsof dollars in aid to Paki-stan’s flood victims afterthe crisis eclipsed thescale of the devastating2004 tsunami.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon announced the im-minent appeal hours afterits representatives in Pa-kistan said the massivefloods had affected 13.8million people.

“We will soon issuean... appeal for several

hundred million dollars torespond to immediateneeds,” Ban told a pressconference. “I appeal fordonors to generously sup-port Pakistan at this diffi-cult time.”

The Pakistani govern-ment and UN officialshave appealed for moreurgent relief efforts tocope with the country’sworst ever floods, withPresident Asif Ali Zardaridue to return home after aheavily criticised Euro-pean tour.

Internet

Wedding a great burden formost newlyweds

BEIJING, 10 Aug—Newlyweds spend nearly150,000 yuan ($22,000) on their wedding in Shang-hai, with 62 percent having their parents bear someof the cost, according to a recent survey.

The survey, conducted among 100 new couplesin Shanghai by the Shanghai Morning Post, found34 percent can’t afford a wedding ceremony thatcosts on average 150,000 yuan, an expense thatconsumes three years’ salary of an average white-collar worker who earns between 40,000 and 60,000yuan a year.

Internet

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BEIJING, 10 Aug —Oscar-winner Sandra Bullockwas crowned the Choice Actress for “The Blind Side”at the ceremony of Teen Choice Awards on Monday,according to reports of People magazine.

The 46-year-old actress also grabbed ChoiceActress Award in a romantic comedy for “TheProposal”, for which she also shared the Choice Danceaward with Betty White.

“I don’t know if you should bring attention to this.Some things are better left unsaid. It’s been awhilesince I was a teen,” Bullock said. “I’m so blessed andlucky. The Blind Side – I got to meet so many goodpeople, so many good lessons I took away from it.”

Xinhua

Sandra Bullock wins Choice ActressAward in LA

Sandra BullockXINHUA

Doje Wangdui(L), a 16-year-old boy of Tibetanethnic group, plays flute together with his father

during his flute concert in Lhasa, capital ofsouthwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, on8Aug, 2010. Doje Wangdui started to play flute

when he was 9, he is now a student of HangzhouArt School.—XINHUA

LOS ANGELES, 10Aug— China is getting apiece of Hollywood.Actually, make thathundreds of pieces.

Julien’s Auctionssays it will bring the nationits first celebritymemorabilia auction on 9Oct.

The auction at Ponte16 in Macau, China, willfeature items fromMadonna, MichaelJackson, Elvis Presley,Bruce Lee and MarilynMonroe.—Internet

Hollywood comes to China incelebrity auction

This undated imagereleased by Julien’s

Auctions shows a pairof yellow Adidas shoeswith three blue stripes

and white rubberbumpers worn by Bruce

Lee for ‘Game ofDeath.,’ Columbia

Pictures, 1978.INTERNET

Retired Santa Rosacontractor Ben Oretskyhas spent much of the

past 15 years at his scrollsaw to create

magnificently ornateclocks, jewelry boxes andtoys. Oretsky spent 800hours making the giantclock in the dining room

of his home.

Archaeologists working on the Blackfeet Indianreservation in northwestern Montana say they haveuncovered a vast former hunting complex wherebison were stampeded over a cliff at least 1,000years ago. Researchers say the 9-mile-long areacontains a well-preserved “drive line” system usedto funnel bison to their deaths, along with bisonbones and the remnants of campsites with hundredsof tepee rings.

The site is on a remote plateau overlooking theTwo Medicine River. Researchers say it couldbecome one of the largest and most significantBlackfeet heritage sites in the region. Plains Indiansharvested bison hundreds of years ago by stampedingthem over cliffs. John Murray, the Blackfeet Tribe’shistoric preservation officer, says research at thenew site will help tribal members better understandtheir history.

Ancient bison kill siteuncovered in Montana A 35-year-old man was fatally bitten by a hog he was

keeping in Zala County, southwestern Hungary, on Sunday.The hog, a 140-150 kg Hungarian breed called a mangalitsa,

sometimes known as a curly-coated pig, broke out of its pen andas the owner attempted to force it back inside, the animal bit itsowner on the thigh, severing an artery, local wire service MTIreported.

The father of three, whose name was not released, bled todeath before the ambulance helicopter dispatched to help couldreach him. A two-hour resuscitation effort failed.

The man’s employer, veterinarian Laszlo Belso, said thedead man had regularly demonstrated a high level of expertisewhen working with animals, which was part of his job. Thisparticular hog, said Belso, had broken out of its pen severaltimes previously.

Police are investigating the fatality.

Man killed by hog in Hungary

Panda Ying Yingtastes an ice cake atthe Ocean Park inHong Kong, southChina, on 8 Aug,

2010.� Six children,who have the samebirthday with giant

pandas Le Le or YingYing born on 8 Aug,

2005 and 16 Aug,2005 respectively,were invited by the

Ocean Park tocelebrate their

birthday with thegiant pandas on

Sunday.

A Florida woman says she had the ride of her lifethis week when she wound up on the back of a sharkduring a leisurely swim in the Atlantic Ocean.

Judy Fischman of Bethune Beach told the DaytonaBeach News-Journal she felt a bump while swimminga couple of hundred yards from shore Thursday andfound herself on top of some kind of animal shebelieves was a shark.

“My first thought was ‘I hope this is a manatee,’”Fischman told the newspaper. “Then I saw the blacktail.” “Then I saw other sharks and I thought, ‘My God,how am I going to escape a whole group of sharks?’”she said.

Shark gives Florida swimmerride of life

News Album

BEIJING, 10 Aug—Feng Xiaogang’s latestfilm “Aftershock” hastaken just two weeks tobecome the mostprof i table Chinese-language film ever.

The tear jerker ,about a mother’s three-decade-long strugglewi th the emot ionalrepercussions of the1976 Tangshanearthquake, has raked in510 mi l l ion yuan(US$75.4 million) as ofSaturday (7 August),according to projected

Feng’s “Aftershock” sets new record

A scene from FengXiaogang’s film

“Aftershock”XINHUA

figures released by thedis t r ibutor Huayi

Brothers.This is the second

crown for Feng, whose2008 romantic comedy“If You Are the One”earned 350 mi l l ionyuan, a new record forChinese cinema beforeit was outdone by theal l -s tar epic “TheFounding of aRepublic” in 2009 with415 million yuan.

“Aftershock”, thef i rs t Chinese f i lmreleased in IMAX, hasbeen rapidly makingmoney since its 22 July

Paris Hilton goesshopping in

black-lace top.INTERNET

opening. It surpassedthe 100-million-yuanmark in three days,fas ter than “TheFounding of aRepublic”.

Feng wrote on hisblog on Saturday thathe expected“Aftershock” to reach600 million yuan in thenext week.

The di rec tor i scurrent ly f i lming asequel to “If You Arethe One”, due outaround Christmas.

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S P O R T SCarragher backs underfire Capello

Domenech summoned to French World Cup inquest

Krasic says he will moveto Juventus

England is the place foryoung players, says Macheda

What are the odds thatWoods is done? Zero

O’Neill resigns as Aston Villa manager

Former France coach RaymondDomenech has been summoned to

give evidence.—INTERNET

PARIS, 10 Aug — Former Francecoach Raymond Domenech has beensummoned to give evidence on 17 Au-gust to an investigation into his team’spoor showing at the World Cup in

South Africa, the French football fed-eration (FFF) announced on Monday.

Former president of the FFF, Jean-Pierre Escalettes, as well as five play-ers have also been called upon to attendthe same day to explain events leadingup to the sending home of NicolasAnelka for his foul-mouthed outburstagainst Domenech and the team’s one-day strike in protest at his expulsion.

Anelka, along with captain PatriceEvra, vice-captain Franck Ribery, EricAbidal and Jeremy Toulalan, have beenordered to attend. Former FFF officialJean-Louis Valentin and Domenech’sassistant Alain Boghossian will also bepresent.

Internet

Argentine pair signInter extensions

LONDON, 10 Aug —Former England defenderJamie Carragher gave hisbacking to national coachFabio Capello on Mon-day ahead of the friendlyinternational againstHungary on Wednesday.

The Italian has comeunder constant criticismsince England’s mediocreperformance at the WorldCup in South Africaended in the last 16 witha 4-1 defeat at the handsof Germany.

Carragher, however,who came out of interna-tional retirement to playfor England in South Af-rica, insisted the playershad not been up to stand-ard.

“Obviously the WorldCup didn’t go well but theplayers have to look at

themselves and say wedidn’t perform as wecan,” said the Liverpooldefender.

“We all realise whatcomes with playing forEngland. It’s massive.And when somethinggoes wrong everyonejumps on it.—Internet

BIRMINGHAM, 10 Aug— Martin O’Neill has re-signed as manager ofAston Villa with immedi-ate effect, the PremierLeague club said on Mon-day after the formerNorthern Ireland captain’srelationship with owner

Randy Lerner had dete-riorated beyond repair.

The club gave no rea-son for the departure ofthe 59-year-old Ulster-man, just five days beforeVilla kick off the new sea-son with a home matchagainst West Ham, butbookmakers had sus-pended betting on hisleaving the club as hegrew more and more dis-illusioned with having tosell his best players eachsummer.

Last year he wasforced to sell Englandmidfielder Gareth Barryto Manchester City and itlooks certain that after a

protracted battle this sum-mer that another Englandinternational midfielderJames Milner will also besnapped up by big-spend-ing City.

“Aston Villa can con-firm that Martin O’Neillhas resigned as manager ofthe football club with im-mediate effect,” the clubsaid in a statement.

“Kevin MacDonald, re-serve team manager, hasassumed the role of care-taker manager and willprepare the team for theopening Premier Leaguegame of the season againstWest Ham on Saturday atVilla Park.”—Internet

Serbia forwardMilos Krasic

BELGRADE, 10 Aug—Serbia forward MilosKrasic, currently playingfor CSKA Moscow, saidon Monday he hasreached an agreementwith Italian giantsJuventus, with the twosides still to agree a feeand conditions for histransfer.

“I have done my partof the agreement, it re-

mains for the teams to fin-ish their talks,” saidKrasic, who had a disap-pointing World Cup hav-ing been hailed as one ofthe likely stars but failedto sparkle as Serbia exitedin the first round.

Speaking to journalistsin the Kovilovo sportscentre, near Belgrade,where Serbia’s nationalsquad players gathered forpreparations for Wednes-day’s friendly match withGreece, Krasic refused toreveal any other details.

“I am fed up with allthese stories, I can hardlywait for all this to end,”he said.

Internet

ROME, 10 Aug — Ar-gentine pair Diego Militoand Javier Zanetti on Mon-day signed contract exten-sions with European cham-pions Inter Milan.

Both were integral play-ers in Inter’s historic trebleseason last time out.

Hot-shot Milito, whoscored the winning goals inboth the ChampionsLeague and Coppa Italia

finals as well as in Inter’sdecisive final Serie A gameof the season, added a yearto his deal which will nowrun until June 2014.

Club captain Zanetti,36, added two years to hiscontract that was due to runout at the end of the com-ing season.

“I’m delighted and veryproud. My thanks go out tomy family, the Moratti fam-ily (of Inter presidentMassimo Moratti) and eve-ryone at Inter and to ourfans who have always sup-ported me and alwayswill,” Zanetti, who will be39 when his contract runsout, told the club website.

Milito, 31, who onlyjoined Inter a year ago fromGenoa, was the club’s topscorer last season.

Internet

Manchester Unitedforward Federico

Macheda.—INTERNET

Nadal extends ATP lead as USmen slip out of top 10

ROME, 10 Aug — Man-chester United forwardFederico Macheda hasurged his compatriotMario Balotelli to com-plete his proposed switchfrom Inter Milan to Man-chester City, to advance hiscareer.

Teenager Machedamade the move to Englandthree years ago after grow-ing up in the Lazio youthsystem and he has alreadyweighed in with some cru-cial strikes for United,even though he has playedonly a handful of games.

And Macheda believesthat young players in Eng-land get more opportuni-ties than their Italian coun-terparts.

“He’s coming to play inEngland because in thePremier League he will bea protagonist,” saidMacheda from the Italyunder-21 base inViareggio, in Tuscany.

Internet

Martin O’Neill.INTERNET

The top-ranked USplayer Andy Roddick,seen here on 5 August,dropped from ninth to11th position.—INTERNET

PARIS, 10 Aug —Spaniard Rafael Nadal in-creased his lead at the topof the ATP rankings pub-lished on Monday as forthe first time since com-puter rankings began in1973 there are no Ameri-cans in the top 10.

The top-ranked USplayer Andy Roddickdropped from ninth to11th position after histhird round exit from theWashington ATP tourna-ment.

Nadal, who did notplay in Washington, nowhas closen on a 4,000-point lead on Serb NovakDjokovic and SwissRoger Federer.

Argentina’s David

Nalbandian, winner inWashington, moves up 72places to 45, while run-ner-up Marcos Baghdatisof Cyprus returns to thetop 20.—Internet

Former England de-fender Jamie Carragher

gave his backing tonational coach Fabio.

INTERNET

Tiger Woods wipes hisface during a practiceround for the PGA Cham-pionship golf tournamenton Monday.—INTERNET

SHEBOYGAN, 10 Aug—No one seems to know ex-actly what’s wrong, leastof all Tiger Woods.

He’s gone from a veryrespectable start to the sea-son, tied for fourth at thepressure-packed Masters

in April, to the worst 72holes he’s ever turned in asa pro by nearly every sta-tistical measure. If it wasjust a swing adjustment, itwould have been takencare of long before now.

The speculation thatfollowed Woods’ drive-way demolition derby lastNovember has waxed andwaned. But a consensusemerged from the week-end that he’s hit rock-bot-tom as a golfer, which be-came a tripwire for yet an-other round of over-wrought analysis that hewas on the ropes as a hu-man being, too.—Internet

Argentine pair DiegoMilito and Javier

Zanetti on Mondaysigned contract

extensions.—INTERNET

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Rainfall on 10-8-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, at Kaba-Aye and at Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was(46.03) inches at Mingaladon, (53.15) inches at Kaba-Aye and(62.12) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum windspeed atYangon (Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph from Northwest at (09:30)hours MST on 9-8-2010.

Bay Inference: Monsoon is strong in the Andaman Seaand South Bay and moderate elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 11th August 2010: Rain orthundershowers will be scattered in Kachin and Kayah States,Uppeer Sagaing, Magway, Bago, Yangon and AyeyarwadyDivisions, fairly widespread in Rakhine State, Lower Sagaingand Mandalay Divisions and widespread in the remainingStates and Divisions with likelihood of isolated heavy falls inMon State and Taninthayi Division. Degree of certainty is(80%).

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Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of increaseof rain in the Rakhine coastal areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for 11-8-2010: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty is(80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for 11-8-2010: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty is(80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for 11-8-2010: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree of certaintyis (80%).

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Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, southChina, on 9 Aug, 2010. Seven former Olympic

medalists visited Hong Kong on Monday.XINHUA

Companies declaring bankruptcyin Spain down 13.7% in Q2

MADRD, 10 Aug—The number of companiesdeclaring bankruptcy in Spain saw a drop of 13.7 percentin the second quarter of 2010 compared with the previoussame period, a report from the National Statistics Institutesaid on Monday. During the period, a total of 1,243companies had to suspend their payments, down 9.5percent from the first quarter of the year, the report said.

The number of individuals declaring insolvency inthe second quarter also dropped 16.5 percent from a yearearlier, to 268. But the number was 7.2 percent higherthan that of the first quarter. Among the companies andindividuals that declared bankruptcy, 1,421 did so on avoluntary basis, down 14.8 percent from a year ago.

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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

1st Waxing of Wagaung1372 ME Wednesday, 11 August, 2010

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug — A moderate earth-quake of magnitude 5.4 Richter Scale with itsepicenter outside Myanmar (Andaman Islands ofIndia) about 320 miles south-west of Kaba AyeSeismological Observatory was recorded at 4 hrs 53min and 54 sec MST today, Department of Meteor-ology and Hydrology announced.

MNA

Moderate quake joltsoutside Myanmar

Kyeeohn-Kyeewa Dam nearing completion to irrigateover 90,000 acres of farmlands, generate 74 megawatts

Article: Kyaw SeinPhotos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

On arrival at the construction site of Kyeeohn-Kyeewa Dam, we faced noisy environs where vehi-cles, excavators, rollers, bulldozers and dump truckswere in operations. It is an area of Pwintbyu Town-ship, Magway Division, where Construction-3 of theIrrigation Department under the Ministry of Agricul-ture and Irrigation is implementing Kyeeohn-KyeewaMulti-purpose Dam Project.

Deputy Director U Myint of Irrigation Depart-ment said, “Implementation of Kyeeohn-KyeewaMulti-purpose Dam Project commenced in 2003.

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A deserted road in a sandstorm runs along

the Eastern Sahara Desert between the

White Desert and the Black Desert in

Egypt. Every day, millions of microorgan-

isms reach Spain from the Sahara Desert

and the Sahel region—by flying.

INTERNETMone Creek is blocked temporarily and the diversion drain is supplying water to farmlands.

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