The New Light of Myanmar 07-01-2010

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 266 8th Waning of Pyatho 1371 ME Thursday, 7 January, 2010

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

standards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peaceand tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Jan—Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaingof the Ministry of Defence, accompanied by depart-mental officials, yesterday afternoon, arrived in Thazitownship.

At Yinmarbin Street Yeiktha, officials con-

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing inspects maintenanceof Meiktila-Thazi-Nantpantet-Kalaw-Taunggyi

Road, durability of Pyay Nyaung bridgecerned presented reports to Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaingand party on accomplishment of the tasks. After hear-ing the reports, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing gave neces-sary instructions.

Next, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing and party

inspected conditions of Thazi-Nantpantet road sectionin a motorcade. On arrival at Pyay Nyaung Bridge, theylooked into durability of the bridge and the alignmentfor the new bridge to be built and fulfilled therequirements. (See page 7)

A large quantityof mountain ranges, riv-ers, creeks, forests andwaterfalls really putMyanmar on the map.

Shan Yomamountain ranges in theeastern part, andRakhine Yoma moun-tain ranges and BagoYoma mountain rangesin the western part of

Ngalaikkantha Resort attractingattention from more vacationers

Ngalaik Dam in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana.—MNA

Holidaymakers at the water-slide centre in Ngalaikkantha Resort.

Byline: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Tin Soe

the nation, for instance,contribute towards thenation’s forest coverage,lending natural beauty tothe nation.

The alluvialflood plains along thelarge rivers such asAyeyawady, Chindwin,Sittoung and Thanlwinand many small rivers aresources of fertile soils for

the agricultural farmingas well as attractive sitesof natural beauty. Thegovernment isestablishing beach re-sorts and tourist destina-tions in the areas of natu-ral beauty. Therefore, thenumber of tourist attrac-tions is on the increasein Myanmar.

(See page 7)

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Thursday, 7 January, 2010

PERSPECTIVES

Serve interest of Myanmarliterary world with utmost efforts

* 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

Literature is a vital resource of the nationalculture.

It is pillar of culture for all the national races.Myanmar literati have had the opportunity

to preserve the heritage of Myanmar literaturein the history of the country.

Myanmar has been able to preserve andhand down her thousand-year-old literaryheritage to the posterity throughout the successiveeras thereby uplifting the race, literature andreligion together with national culture based onsecular and religious guidelines of the literature.Efforts are to be made for ensuring developmentof Myanmar literature and constant flow ofcultural traditions with momentum.

The State is giving encouragement toflourishing of literary world of Myanmar. Thefine works of the literati have been selectedannually, and deserving prizes are awarded tothe winners at the prize presentation ceremony.The ceremony to present the National LiteraryAward for 2008 took place at the meeting hall ofthe Ministry of Information in Nay Pyi Taw on31 January 2009. On the occasion, the Life-TimeAchievement National Literary Award, theNational Literary Awards and the SarpayBeikman Manuscript Awards were given to theoutstanding literati.

Literature influences the nationalconstruction programmes in all aspects. All theliterati are to disseminate the general knowledgeto the people through the literature forbroadening their horizons and for forging thenationalistic spirit and the national outlooks.They have to make efforts for introducing theMyanmar and world classic literatures and othercontemporary literature to the Myanmar readers.

At present, the alien behavior, culture, musicand dressing styles are penetrating Myanmarculture. Hence, all the people including the literatimust ward off these alien culture and traditionsthrough own literary strength and own nationalcultural strength. As the new nation is beingbuilt under the correct policy appropriate for theMyanmar human society, it is time all the literatito harmoniously take part in the nation -buildingtasks.

As such, all the literati and those of theliterary world have to preserve and hand downthe good heritage of the nation to the posterity.They are to preserve the noble national identity.While creating the fine literary works for thenation and the people, the literati are to makeutmost efforts for serving the interest of theMyanmar literary world.

YANGON, 6 Jan—The get-together of old stu-dents who attended the Institute of Medicine-1 (Yangon)in 1972-1980 will be held in conjunction with theceremony to offer meals to members of the Sangha inmemory of late faculty members and friends at Kyargu

Get-together of old medicalstudents of IM-I on 9 Jan

Dhamma Beikman on Shwedagon Pagoda Road inDagon Township at 9:30 am on 9 January.

The old students wishing to make donationsmay contact Dr Naing Win (095127477), Dr WinMyat Aye (095004548), Dr Khin Thiri (095122732)and Dr Thawda Myint (095136584). The old studentsare invited to attend the get-together without fail.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Jan—The following are themessages of felicitations from foreign Heads of Statesent to Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of theState Peace and Development Council, on the occasionof the 62nd Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar.From H.E Mr. Lee Myung-bak, President of theRepublic of KoreaExcellency,

On behalf of the government and people of theRepublic of Korea, I have the great pleasure to extendmy warmest congratulations to you and the people ofthe Union of Myanmar on the occasion of yourIndependence Day.

I take this opportunity to express my sincerewish for the further deepening of the ties of friendship

Foreign Heads of State felicitateSenior General Than Shwe

and cooperation between our two countries andpeoples.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurance ofmy highest consideration as well as sincere wishes foryour continued good health and the everlastingprosperity of your country.From Mr. Stjepan Mesic, President of CroatiaExcellency,

On the occasion of the Independence Day of theUnion of Myanmar, I am pleased to extend to you mymost cordial congratulations and those of the citizensof the Republic of Croatia, as well as best wishes forthe prosperity of your country and its citizens.

Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highestconsideration.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6Jan—The openingceremony of MyanmarTimber EntrepreneursAssociation Office (NayPyi Taw) was held at theoffice in Uttarathiri Myothithere yesterday morning.

Present at theceremony wereministers, deputyministers, departmentalheads of the Ministry ofForestry, chairmen,executives and membersof Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambersof Commerce andIndustry and MTEA.

Minister for Progressof Border Areas andNational Races andDevelopment Affairs ColThein Nyunt, UMFCCIPresident U Win Myintand MTEA ChairmanU Sein Lwin formallyopened the office.

Minister for ForestryBrig-Gen Thein Aungunveiled the signboard of

MTEA office (Nay Pyi Taw) opened

the office.The ministers, deputy

ministers and officialsgrew teak plants in thecompound of the office,sprinkled the inscriptionwith scented water andposed for a documentaryphoto.

MNA

Minister Col Thein Nyunt, UMFCCI President U Win Myint and MTEAChairman U Sein Lwin open MTEA Office (Nay Pyi Taw).—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung sprinkles scentedwater on inscription of MTEA Office (Nay Pyi

Taw).—MNA

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US and allies kills, injures Iraqipeople

BAGHDAD, 6 Jan— There has been daily casualties in Iraq since the US and itsallies have invaded the country.

Casualties of Iraqi peopleThe total number of casualties as from the day they invaded the country to 6

January reached 699919 and the total number of seriously injured peoplereached 1263674, according to the news on the Internet.

No. Subject Number1. Death toll of Iraqi people 6999192. The total number of seriously injured people 1263674

Internet

Medics treat a man injured in a roadside bomb at-tack in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometres) north ofBaghdad, Iraq, on 4 Jan, 2010. Police and hospitalofficials say two roadside bombs in the northern Iraqicity of Kirkuk have killed at least three people and wounded several.—INTERNET

Afghan National Policeinspect a vehicle at acheck point in Kapisa

Province. Four US troopsand a British soldier have

been killed in Afghani-stan, officials have said inthe first reported fatalities

of 2010 after a recordnumber of foreign deaths

in the conflict lastyear.—INTERNET

An Iraqi soldier inspects

the site of a car bomb at-

tack in Mosul, 390 km

(240 miles) north of

Baghdad 4 January,

2010. A car bomb ex-

ploded and wounded

eight people at a market

east of Mosul, police said.

Picture taken on 4 Janu-

ary, 2010.—INTERNET

An Afghan demonstratorholds a placard while

shouting anti-US slogansduring a protest rally in

Kabul. NATO forces fightingin Afghanistan on Wednes-day disputed the results of an

Afghan governmentinvestigation that found tenunarmed civilians includingteenagers had been shot dead

by Western forces.INTERNET

Roadside bomb kills two,wounds three foreign troops

in E Afghan ProvinceKABUL, 6 Jan — A roadside bomb in Nangarhar

Province east of Afghanistan on Wednesday morningleft two persons dead and wounded 15 others includ-ing three foreign troops, a local official said.

“The incident occurred this morning when a convoyof Afghan and international troops were moving in RodatDistrict to inspect a project,” spokesman for the provin-cial administration Ahmad Zia Abdulzai told Xinhua. Inthe blast, two children were killed and 15 others includ-ing three soldiers of international troops and a number ofpolice personnel sustained injuries, he said.—Xinhua

Three Taleban militantsincluding commander killed

in N AfghanistanKABUL, 6 Jan — Three Taleban militants including

their commander were killed as foreign troops raided acompound in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz Provinceon Tuesday night, local police said on Wednesday.

“Troops with the US special forces during a searchoperation raided a compound in Chardara District latelast night and killed three militants including their com-mander Baz Mohammad,” Abdul Rahman Haqtash,deputy provincial police chief, told Xinhua.

Three other militants were arrested during the op-eration, he added.—Xinhua

British soldier killed inAfghanistan

Explosion kills 14 Taleban in N AfghanistanKABUL, 6 Jan — Fourteen Taleban militants were killed as their explosive de-

vice exploded prematurely in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz Province, AbdulRizaq Yaqubi, the provincial police chief, said on Tuesday.

“Fourteen Taleban fighters were busy in planting explosive materials in aminibus in Bagh-e-Sharkat area in outskirts of Kunduz city late Monday to targetAfghan and foreign troops,” Yaqubi told Xinhua. “Suddenly, it exploded, killingall insurgents on the spot.”

Taliban militants have so far made no comment.—Xinhua

Explosion rocks market inE Afghanistan, injures eight

KABUL, 6 Jan — A powerful explosion shocked amarket in Khost Province east of Afghanistan on Wednes-day, injuring eight persons, a senior police officer said.

“The blast occurred this morning in a cellular phoneshop in Khost city, capital of Khost Province, wound-ing eight persons, all of whom civilians,” Guldad, headof Crime Investigation Department of the provincialpolice, told Xinhua.

Guldad, who uses one name like many Afghan peo-ple, blamed the attack on the enemies of peace, a termused against Taleban militants, adding that the mili-tants by carrying out such attacks want to destabilizethe province.–Xinhua

KABUL, 6 Jan — TheNATO-led InternationalSecurity Assistance Force(ISAF) here on Tuesdayconfirmed the death of aBritish soldier in restivesouthern Afghanistan.

“An ISAF service mem-ber from the United King-dom died on Sunday dur-ing a fire fight with insur-gents in southern Afghani-stan,” said a Press releaseissued by the ISAF.

The British soldier

died while on foot patrolSunday in Helmand Pro-vince, according to BritishMinistry of Defence. However, the ISAF re-fused to release detail ofthe incident. Some 10,000 Britishtroops stationed in south-ern Afghanistan under theISAF command.

Xinhua

Casualties of Afghan people in invasion ofNATO troops led by US

KABUL, 6 Jan—The NATO troops led by the US have invaded Afghanistanand they are there for a long time.

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

Casualties of Afghan peopleAccording to the Internet news, a total of 32430Afghan people were killed

and 38158 injured seriously as from the day when the NATO troops led by theUS invaded Afghanistan up to 6 January.

No. Subject Number1. Number of Afghan people killed 324302. Seriously injured Afghan people 38158

Internet

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CARACAS, 6 Jan— A 5.4-magnitude earthquakestruck the east coast of Venezuela late Monday night,without immediate reports of any victims and mate-rial damages, Director of Venezuelan Foundation ofSeismology Investigations (Funvisis) FranciscoGarces said on Tuesday.

The earthquake struck at 11:06 pm local time(0336 GMT Tuesday) and the epicenter of the quakewas located 18 km southwest to Guiria town in Sucrestate with a depth of 105 km.—Xinhua

JAKARTA, 6 Jan — A 5.2-magnitude earthquakehit Indonesia’s central Sulawesi province on Tues-day night, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geo-physics Agency said in a statement.

The earthquake struck at 9:36 pm Jakarta time(1436 GMT) and its epicenter was at 122 kilometresof southeastern Poso of the Province and 136kilometres of northeastern Palopo of South Sulawesiprovince at the depth of 10 kilometres under seabed.

Xinhua

Workers build cars on the assembly line at Ford’s Chicago Assembly plant in2009 in Chicago, Illinois. Ford Motor Co posted its first full-year US market

share gain since 1995 even as industry sales fell to levels not seen in nearly 30years, the automaker said on Tuesday.—INTERNET

GENEVA, 6 Jan—The UN food agency is stoppingaid distribution to about 1 million people in southernSomalia because of attacks against staff and demandsby armed groups that aid organizations remove womenfrom their teams, the agency said on Tuesday.

The World Food Programme is moving staff andsupplies to northern and central Somalia from six ar-eas in the south that are largely controlled by the al-Shabab Islamist group, said Emilia Casella, a WFPspokeswoman. The US State Department says al-Shabab has links to al-Qaeda.

“Up to a million people that have been dependenton food assistance in southern Somalia face a situa-tion that is particularly dire,” Casella told reporters inGeneva.

Al-Shabab controls up to 95 percent of the areasaffected, she said.

Somali government spokesman Abdi Haji Gobdoncalled WFP’s decision “very, very sad news.”

“But we understand who is behind the country’sproblems. It is the opposition,” said Gobdon. “We arehopeful that WFP will resume their operations as soonas possible, and not leave those suffering people totheir fate,” he said.

At least four of WFP’s staff have been killed overthe past 18 months, and militants threatened and at-tacked three of its offices in the south.—Internet

RIO DE JANEIRO, 6 Jan—At least seven peopledied when a bridge crum-bled down in Rio Grandedo Sul state, southern Bra-zil, on Tuesday morning,local authorities said.

The bridge over theJacui River is located be-tween the municipalitiesof Agudo and RestingaSeca, in the state’s centralregion, and is 314 metreslong. According to the lo-cal authorities, about 80 to100 metres of the bridgefell into the river and therest of the constructionwas blocked because itmay crumble down aswell.

The authorities believethat the accident may have

Rescuers work on thecollapsed bridge on

the River Jacuí in RioGrande do Sul, Brazil,

on 5 Jan, 2010. Tenpeople fell into the

river when the bridgecollapsed Tuesday.

XINHUA

In this on 2 Jan, 2010 file photo Internally dis-placed Somali women wait with containers and

baskets in hand to receive food aid at a food distri-bution centre in Mogadishu, Somalia. —INTERNET

LAGOS, 6 Jan— TheNigerian Senate on Tues-day described as unac-ceptable the US govern-ment’s decision to list Ni-geria as a terrorist nation.

Nigeria has been listedamong 14 countries by theUnited States with direc-tives that passengers trav-elling from the country tothe United States by airface extra security screen-ing. The US decisioncame after Umar FaroukAbdulmutallab, a 23-yearold Nigerian, attempted toblow up a jetliner as it ap-

Nigerian senate rejects US decisionto list Nigeria as terrorist nation

proached Detroit after aflight from Amsterdambut failed on ChristmasDay.

Ayogu Eze, the chair-man of the senate com-mittee on information andmedia, told reporters inAbuja that the decision bythe US authorities is toohasty. “I am speaking onbehalf of the Senate andon behalf of the SenatePresident and we are veryunhappy about the devel-

opment and when weresume we are going totake up this matter seri-ously if they have nottaken Nigeria’s name offthat list,” he said.

“We also want to ad-dress America that it is intheir own interest to ad-dress this matter very welland in a manner that willnot resolve into a diplo-matic row betweenAmerica and Nigeria,” headded.—Xinhua

UN stops food aid to 1 millionin southern Somalia

At least seven killed in bridge collapse in Brazilbeen caused by the strongcurrent of the Jacui River,whose water level isabove the normal pointbecause of the rain. Forthat reason, a secondbridge over the river wasalso blocked from traffic.

About 30 people areestimated to having beenat the bridge at the time ofthe accident; vehicleswere carried out by thestrong current of the JacuiRiver.

Rescue teams and vol-unteers are still searchingfor survivors and bodies,with the help of eightboats and four helicopters.At least 11 people wererescued from the river, butthe strong current is mak-

ing the search difficult.About 20 people re-

main missing, includingthe Vice-Mayor of thetown of Agudo, HilbertoBoeck.

The recent rains haveaffected a total of 32 mu-nicipalities in Rio Grandedo Sul. Over 1,000 peoplehad to leave their homesin the state.—Xinhua

Moderate earthquake shakeseastern Venezuela

Moderate quake hitsIndonesia’s central Sulawesi

InjuredIraqis arrivein Amman

fortreatment

AMMAN, 6 Jan—A total of 25 Iraqis, who were in-jured in a series of bombings in Baghdad last month,arrived in the Jordanian capital of Amman on Tues-day to receive required medical treatment, the state-run Petra news agency reported.

The Iraqi nationals will be treated at the military-run Queen Alia Hospital in Amman, according toRoyal Medical Services (RMS) Director Major Gen-eral Abdul Latif Wreikat.—Xinhua

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Indonesian Gov’t sets fivepriority programmes this year

Google, Apple step upsmart phone rivalry

SAN FRANCISCO, 6 Jan—The rivalry between GoogleInc. and Apple Inc. has heated up as the two SiliconValley giants are foraying deeper into each other’sstrongholds to win control of the increasinglyimportant smart phone platform.

Google on Tuesday officially unveiled Nexus One,the first smart phone designed and sold by thecompany, representing its strongest challenge againstApple’s popular iPhone. The new handset is anexemplar of what’s possible with mobile phones onGoogle’s Android operating system, Google executivessaid, claiming that it belongs in the emerging class ofdevices which the company calls “super phones.” NexusOne is the first phone to be sold directly to consumersthrough Google’s new web store, seen by the companyas a new model for consumers to buy a mobile phone.

Through the web store hosted by Google, consum-ers can buy NexusOne without service or purchase thephone with service from one of Google’s operator part-ners.—Xinhua

S Korea’s Samsung Fire to advanceinto Chinese auto insurance marketSEOUL, 6 Jan—South Korea’s top non-life insurer

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. is planning totap the Chinese auto insurance market as early as thefirst half of 2010, local media reported on Wednesday.

According to media reports, Samsung Fire has beenconducting market research in China as it seeks launch-ing official operations by June 2010.

Samsung Fire will be the first company in China’sauto insurance sector, considering its competitorHyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. is only operat-ing a branch in Beijing that offers insurance packagedonly with vehicles sold by its affiliate Hyundai MotorCo, media said.—Xinhua

Mexican toy industry estimates10-per-cent decline in sales in 2010

MEXICO CITY, 6 Jan—Mexico’s toy industry willsell10 percent fewer toys this year compared with lastyear, according to a Tuesday statement released by theMexican Toy Association.

Miguel Angel Martin, the association’s president,said the industry would earn no more than 1.78 billionpesos (138.8 million US dollars) this year, based onpurchasing orders received by warehouses acrossMexico. 6 Jan is the day when Latin Americansusually give children toys, saying that they are fromthree kings. Just like in the United States and northernEurope, parents give children toys on 25 Dec, sayingthey are from Santa Claus.—Xinhua

Three US automakersreport double-digitsales drops for 2009CHICAGO, 6 Jan—The

three big automakers ofthe United States reportedon Tuesday double-digitsales drops for 2009, theworst year for US autosales in nearly 30 years.

General Motors reportedsales of 2,084,492 vehiclesin 2009, off 30 percentfrom the previous year. ItsDecember sales weredown 6 percent comparedwith the previous month.

“The year-over-yearcomparison reflects a 38-per-cent reduction in fleet,reduced overall incentivespending and the orderlywind-down of the Pontiacand Saturn brands,” saidSusan Docherty, GM vicepresident, US Sales.

Xinhua

Peru to tender 20 oil lotsin late April

LIMA, 6 Jan—Peru is to tender 20 oil and naturalgas lots for exploration/production licenses in April,the state-run company Perupetro said on Tuesday.

Perupetro president Daniel Saba said that the coun-try is tendering the 20 lots in one pot instead of in twoseparate pots as previously planned.

But the company has to delay the tendering, origi-nally slated for January, because it needs further con-sultation with the indigenous people dwelling near thelots.

These 20 lots are mostly located in the rainforestsand along the northern coast.

Perupetro has planned to promote these 20 lots atthe coming North American Prospects Exhibition2010, which runs from 10 Feb to 12 in the US city ofHouston, Texas.

“Peru will present the potential and geological in-formation of the lots to various investors, and it willhave a stand at the exhibition,” Saba said.

So far, Total and Exxon Mobil have shown interestin bidding for the lots on offer, according to Perupetrosources.

Xinhua

JAKARTA, 6 Jan— TheIndonesian government setfive priority programmesthis year that continue thegovernment’s seven eco-nomic priorityprogrammes implementedlast year, the Bisnis Indo-nesia daily reported hereon Wednesday.

“We would direct thedevelopment programmesmainly to support the na-tional economy activitiesaimed at increasing eco-nomic growth, creatingand opening more jobs and

reducing poverty,” Indo-nesian President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono saidon the sidelines of handingover the 2010 preliminarybudget to the ministries inthe presidential palace onTuesday. The five priorityprogrammes comprised ofimproving the social pro-tection system for the peo-ple, human resources im-provement, improvingnational security, law andbureaucracy reform,economy recovery sup-ported by agriculture, en-

ergy and infrastructure andimproving the naturalresource management andgood climate change han-dling.

On the occasion, thePresident declared his gov-ernment’s developmenttheme this year called “Na-tional Economic Recoveryand People’s Welfare Pres-ervation.” The Presidentexpected that by setting thefive priority programmes,the government would beable to spend its budget ef-ficiently.—Xinhua

A woman shows a postcard with the stamp and seal marking the 2010 year oftiger in Tianjin, north China, on 5 Jan, 2010. The stamp for 2010, the year oftiger in China’s lunar calendar, is launched for public sales nationwide as of

the day.—XINHUA

A screen shotof the GoogleNexus One

smartphone,on the An-droid plat-

form. NexusOne handsetsare no thickerthan pencils

and noheavier than

keychainSwiss Army

knives,Google

engineerErick Tsengsaid while

demonstrat-ing one of thesmartphones.

XINHUA

Actor Song Seung-heon uses a remote

controller whilestanding besides LGElectronics’ new air

conditioners during aproduct launch at ahotel in Seoul on 5

Jan, 2010.—XINHUA

All items from Xinhua News Agency

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NEWS ALBUM

Police in Oregon said a man arrestedfor allegedly cutting a woman’s hair ona public bus is suspected in a numberof similar incidents.

Prosecutors told Multnomah CountyCircuit Court that Jared Weston Walter,22, was arrested New Year’s Eve forcutting off chunks of a woman’s hairwhile she was sitting in front of him ona TriMet bus, The (Portland) Oregonianreported.

Deputy District Attorney Chuck

Man cut woman’s hair on bus

MANAGUA, 6 Jan—Nicaragua’s ongoing drought, anaftermath of El Nino, is expected to last for at leastthree more months, local experts warned.

Esperanza Nurinda, a meteorologist at the Nicara-guan Institute of Territorial Studies (INETER), saidthat the drought would continue in the country’s Pa-cific coastal areas for the first three months of this year.

“El Nino could continue to be moderate in the Pa-cific off Nicaragua, but it will be felt stronger indrought in the country’s north and northeast,” themeteorologist added. Nurinda warned that the droughtwould have severe effects on the agricultural sector.

Xinhua

TOKYO, 6 Jan—Tsutomu Yamaguchi, theonly person officially rec-ognized as a survivor ofboth the Hiroshima andNagasaki atomic bombingsat the end of World War II,has died at age 93, mediareports said on Wednes-day.

Yamaguchi died of stom-ach cancer on Monday, themass circulation Mainichi,Asahi and Yomiuri newspa-pers reported.

Yamaguchi was in Hiro-shima on a business trip for hisshipbuilding company on 6Aug, 1945, when a US B-29dropped an atomic bomb onthe city. He suffered seriousburns to his upper body andspent the night in the city.

He then returned to hishometown of Nagasaki,about 300 kilometres (190miles) southwest, which suf-fered a second US atomicbomb attack three dayslater.—Internet

GAZA, 6 Jan— A Palestinian militant was killed andfour wounded during an Israeli airstrike in southeast-ern Gaza Strip late on Tuesday, witnesses and medicalsources said.

An Israeli drone fired a rocket on a group of mili-tants that was monitoring the security fence separat-ing between Israel and Khan Younis in southern GazaStrip, killing one and wounding four, the witnesses said.

The fighters were apparently planning to fire a mis-sile into the Israeli lands, added the witnesses.

The dead and the wounded were transferred toNasser hospital in Khan Younis where officials identi-fied the dead as Jihad al-Sumiri, a member of the Popu-lar Resistance Committees (PRC), an armed factionclose to Gaza’s Hamas rulers.

Xinhua

SY D N E Y, 6 Jan—Aconservation group’sboat had its bow shearedoff and was taking onwater on Wednesday af-ter it collided with aJapanese whaling shipin the frigid waters ofAntarctica, the groupsaid.

The boat’s six crewmembers were safelyrescued.

The clash was appar-

In this photo released by the Institute of Cetacean Research of Japan, activists ofthe Sea Shepherd Conservation Society aboard the anti-whaling group’s vessel

Ady Gil aim a projectile launcher during their encounter with theJapanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru in the Antarctic on 6 Jan, 2010.—INTERNET

Boat sinking after whaling clashin Antarcticaently the most serious inthe past several years,during which the SeaShepherd ConservationSociety has sent vesselsinto far southern waters totry to harass the Japanesefleet into ceasing its an-nual whale cull.

Clashes using hand-thrown stink bombs,ropes meant to tanglepropellers and high-techsound equipment have

been common in recentyears, and collisions be-tween ships have some-times happened.

The society said itsboat Ady Gil — a hightech speed boat that re-sembles a stealth bomber— was hit by the Japaneseship the Shonan Marunear Commonwealth Bayand had its bow shearedoff.

Internet

DoubleA-bomb

survivor diesin Japan

One killed, four wounded inIsraeli airstrike on Gaza

El Nino-related drought todrag on in Nicaragua

Members of a traditional firemenpreservation group perform acrobat-

ics on bamboo ladders during theannual new year’s fire review inTokyo, Japan, on 6 Jan, 2010.

A man carries a piece of traditional“Rosca de Reyes” baked for

Epiphany in Mexico City, capital ofMexico. The biggest “Rosca de

Reyes” of the world, of 720 meterslength and 12,000 kg weight, was

distributed to 250,000 people at theZocalo square in Mexico City.

French said Walter is suspected in “anumber of incidents” involving femaleriders complaining their hair had beencut or “superglued” on a bus.

TriMet spokeswoman Bekki Wittsaid three “hair-cutting incidents” werereported on TriMet buses in the sixweeks leading up to the most recent in-cident. “I don’t know if they are all con-nected,” Witt said, “but I think we canprobably assume it’s the same person.It’s a pretty unusual activity.”

An Indo-Pacific red lionfish swimsin the Caribbean in this undated

handout photograph. More than 300scuba divers have been certified to

catch red lionfish in a race toprevent the invasive and voracious

species from consuming all theyoung and small fish on the Cayman

Islands’ famous corals reefs.

A distant star dubbed Y-155 hadnearly 200 times the mass of our sunwhen it exploded about seven billionyears ago, scientists in Indiana said.

Y-155 is so far away it is a milliontimes fainter than the unaided human eyecan detect, University of Notre Dame as-tronomer Peter Garnavich said in releaseon Tuesday. The star’s centre became sohot it triggered a thermonuclear reactionthat would have been visible nearly half-way across the universe.

Surgeons in Beijing say they expecta full recovery for a 14-month-old boywho drove a chopstick up his nose andinto his brain while playing at home.

“It touched upon the deep area of hisbrain,” Dr Sun Wei told CNN.

Li Jingchao’s, mother, Zhao Guilu,heard her son crying in another room andfound him with the chopstick up his nose.

Local doctors said they were notequipped to deal with the emergency, so theboy’s parents drove him 10 hours to ahospital in Beijing.“I thought at that time,it is all over, my boy will die” said his fa-ther, Li Guanglai. “I looked at my boy andhis right side was numb, he was paralyzed.”

Surgeons were prepared to cut intothe boy’s skull, if necessary, to controlbleeding, but when they pulled on thechopstick, it simply slid out withoutcausing further damage, Sun said.

Police in Spain said an apparent slip-up by drug dealers led to almost 175pounds of cocaine being delivered togrocery stores in boxes of bananas.

Investigators said workers at a Lidlsupermarket in Madrid discovered abrick of cocaine at the bottom of a boxof bananas on Saturday and drug-sniff-ing dogs discovered 25 other packagesat other Lidl locations, the BBC reportedon Tuesday.

Police said the bananas had beenshipped from Ecuador and Ivory Coastand arrived in the southeast port ofSagunto last week.

Boy drives chopstick upnose, into brain

Star had mass 200 timesthat of the sun

175 pounds of cocainesent to stores

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Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of the Ministry of Defence inspects construction of a road section on Meiktila-Thazi-

Nantpantet-Kalaw-Taunggyi Road.—MNA

(from page 1)Afterwards, Lt-Gen

Min Aung Hlaing, accom-panied by Chairman ofShan State Peace and De-velopment Council Com-mander of Eastern Com-mand Maj-Gen Yar Pyaeand department officialsarrived at Meiktila-Thazi-N a n t p a n t e t - K a l a w -Taunggyi Road andoversaw progress in build-ing the road. Next, Lt-GenMin Aung Hlaing gavenecessary instructions toofficials concerned.

On arrival at the

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing in-spects maintenance of …

briefing hall of Meiktila-Thazi-Nantpantet-Kalaw-Taunggyi Road project,Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing

heard reports by officialsconcerned on progress inupgrading the road. Afterhearing the reports, Lt-Gen

Min Aung Hlaing gavenecessary instructions toofficials concerned.

After inspecting the

progress of the constructionof the road, Lt-Gen MinAung Hlaing left necessaryinstructions.—MNA

Ngalaikkantha Resort attracting…

Ngalaikkantha Resort is drawing the attention of a growing numberof vacationers.

A view of Ngalaik Dam from Ngalaikkantha Resort.

(from page 1)One of the emerging

tourist destinations inMyanmar isNgalaikkantha Resortnear Nay Pyi Taw. To beexact, the resort issituated near KyweshinVillage on Nay Pyi TawPyinmana-TaungnyoRoad.

On our way toNgalaikkantha Resortfrom Nay Pyi Taw

Pyinmana, we noticedthat Nay Pyi Taw wasseeing dramatic changesin development, develop-ing villages, thrivingplantations of crops andbeautiful mountainranges. After a one and ahalf hours’ drive, we gotoff the vehicle atKyweshin Village, andwent up the mountainalong the concrete road.Shortly after that, we gotto Ngalaikkantha Resort,which is named after

Ngalaik Dam. Con-struction Group (9) of theMinistry of Agricultureand Irrigation has been im-plementing the projectsince January 2008 tomake Ngalaik Dam aresort. Now, in NgalaikDam are an inland resort,a water-slide station, cof-fee bars, lounges, and twoindependent bungalows.The inland resort has somelodging houses for the

comfort and convenienceof Nay Pyi Taw dwellers.

Yangon-MandalayExpressway passes byNgalaikkantha Resort.Now, Yangon-Nay PyiTaw section, part ofY a n g o n - M a n d a l a yExpressway, has been putinto commission. Nay PyiTaw-Mandalay section isunder construction. Whenthe Expressway Project isc o m p l e t e d ,Ngalaikkantha Resort willbecome a major breaking

site for travelers. Now,Ngalaikkantha Resort seesa constant stream ofvisitors from Nay Pyi Tawand Nay Pyi TawPyinmana every day,especially weekends. Thepeak season of Ngalaik-kantha Resort is Thingyan(Water Festival).

Ngalaikkantha Resortalso has a hotel that pro-vides a wide range of mealsand drinks. We saw many

holiday makers ridingboats to the islands in thedam for pleasure. Thehotel is surrounded by arow of Yaytamar trees (or-namental shade trees),each has a set of armlesschairs and a table underthem. The whole area wasfound kept clean and tidy.It was very pleasant tohave a good view of thewater surface of the damwith beautiful Bago Yomamountain range in thebackground. Now, an

artificial bank is beingbuilt on the top of the dam.Upon completion, theman-made bank will pro-vide the visitors a com-bined sense of a beach anda sea to an extent. Down-stream the dam is a water-slide station.

The water-slide stationis kept cool by the shade

cast by a mangrove ofeucalyptus trees. We alsonoticed many small res-taurants, coffee shops, andcold drink shops. Theplayground is the busiestsite in the compound.Ngalaikkantha Resort alsoprovides a breathtakingview of glorious sunset atdusk. Now, two compa-

nies are building somemore recreation centres inthe resort.

So, Nay Pyi Taw hasseen one more resort thattravelers and dwellers canvisit for recreation andrelaxation.

Translation: MSMyanma Alin:

22-12-2009

Visitors can take a rest under Yaytamar trees (ornamental shade trees).

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NAY PYI TAW, 7 Jan —The Chairman ofthe State Peace and Development Council of theUnion of Myanmar has appointed U Than Swe,Permanent Representative of the Union ofMyanmar to the United Nations, New York, con-currently as Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni-potentiary of the Union of Myanmar to the UnitedMexican States.

MNA

U Than Swe accredited tothe United Mexican States

NAY PYI TAW, 6Jan – Minister forTransport Maj-Gen TheinSwe received ChairmanMr. Homin Aoyama of

Transport Minister meets Chairman ofTsuneishi-Azimuth Corporation Co. Ltd

Tsuneishi-Azimuth Cor-poration Co. Ltd and partyat his office here yesterdaymorning.

Present also at the

call were Director-GeneralU Win Pe of Transport De-partment, Head of OfficeU Win Khant and officials.

They held discus-

sions on mutual interest inwater transport betweenthe Ministry of Transportand the company.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Jan—Deputy Minister forHealth Dr Paing Soe asked after U Aung Myint Naing,49, who received liver-transplant surgery on 29 De-cember, and U Win Htet Hlaing, 32, liver donor, at NewYangon General Hospital yesterday morning.

The deputy minister fulfilled their require-ments and spoke words of encouragement to them.

The patient is getting better, and the donor isalso in good health.

MNA

Liver-transplant patient,liver donor on the mend

YANGON, 6 Jan—Myanmar Book Centrewill hold Year End Saleand New Year Gift Pro-gramme from 9 to 12 Janu-ary.

During the period,members get a 15 % dis-count, and customers, a 10% discount. One can alsoget a gift book if one buysbooks worth 10,000 kyats.

Myanmar Book Centre’s SpecialProgramme on 9-12 January

Gift books are of variousgenres such as literature forchildren, English language,arts, science, education,management andeconomics.

The programmewill take place at its outletssimultaneously: at outletNo (1) at 55, Baho Street,corner of Baho Street andAhlon Road in Ahlon

Township, Yangon, andoutlet No (2) at (561-567)Room No (3) on GroundFloor, MAC Tower (1),Merchant Street,Kyauktada Township,Yangon, from 9 am to 6pm; and Mandalay Branchat Room (429), Level-4,78 Shopping Centre, Man-dalay, from 9 am to 9 pm.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe receives Chairman Mr. Homin Aoyama of Tsuneishi-AzimuthCorporation Co. Ltd.—MNA

Myanmar Book Centre preparing for Year End Sale.—MNA

Deputy Minister Dr Paing Soe asks after Liver-transplant patientMNA

YANGON, 6 Jan—The governmentof the Republic of Korea will choose fiveMyanmar students for “Year 2010 KoreanGovernment Scholarship Programme forUndergraduate Students” with the aim ofpromoting bilateral friendship and inter-national exchange in education.

ROK offers scholarship forundergraduate students

Candidates must be under 25 andpass matriculation examination. Detailedinformation can be downloaded fromhttp://www.niied.go.kr/ and be accquiredfrom Korean Embassy. Applications areto be sent to the Embassy of ROK by 15January.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6Jan—The 56thMyanmar Medical Con-ference of MyanmarMedical Association(Central) will be held atthe hall of MMA at No.249 on Theinbyu road in

Myanmar Medical Conference on 20-26 JanMingala TaungnyuntTownship from 20 to 26January.

Registration feeto attend the conferencefor lifetime members isK 15,000 and memberfee and registration fee

for those out of lifetimemembers l ist is K25,000. The registrationwill be accepted atMMA office startingfrom 16 Januarybetween 10 am and2 pm.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Jan –The writerstrata of the Myanmar Writers and Jour-nalists Association will organize a Guideto Basic Writing of Short Story, Poem andArticles Course from 2 pm to 5 pm fromTuesday until Saturday from 30 Januaryto 27 February.

Writers Ledwinthar Saw Chit,Manutha Kyaw Win, Chit Naing (Psy-chology), Myintmu Maung Naing Moe,Thura Zaw, Khin Maung Nyo (Econom-

Guide to basic writing of short story,poem and articles course on 30 January

ics), Nyunt Han (Kyudaw), MaungKyaezu, Maung Nyein Thu (Gyobingauk),Kyu Kyu Thin, Ma Sandar, Cho Mya Nweand Ma Hnin Phway will give talks onbasic writing methods. Those aged 16 areeligible to attend the course. They have tofollow the disciplines of the course andpay K 10000 to join the course. ContactMWJA Office, No (529), Merchant Street,Yangon (Ph: 252417 and 385273) notlater than 24 January, 2010.—MNA

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The socio-economicstatus of rural people hasimproved as the devel-opment gap betweenrural and urban regionsbecame narrow. Sincethere has been an im-provement in socio-eco-

Traffic Rules Educative Show and Competitionopened in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana

Byline: Myint Maung Soe, Photos: Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)

the increase. However, fre-quent traffic accidentscaused by motoristsshould be well aware ofand must be paid moreattention.

In that regard, theTraffic Rules Enforce-

Show and Competition inthe Aungmingala car parkof Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmanafrom 6 to 10 January.

Our news crew ofMyanma Alin daily vis-ited Aungmingala car parkand made an interview

nomic status of ruralpeople, the number ofthose who are affordableto buy motorcycles is on

ment Supervisory Com-mittee of Nay Pyi Tawplanned to organize theTraffic Rules Educative

with Staff Officer U SeinWin Hlaing of Nay PyiTaw District TransportPlanning Departmentunder the Ministry of RailTransportation.

U Sein Win Hlaing inthe interview said, “OurNay Pyi Taw TrafficRules Enforcement Su-pervisory Committeeoften made the trip rightdown to five towns of NayPyi Taw to disseminatethe knowledge abouttraffic rules, and it is nowthe third time to hold such

show and competition inNay Pyi Taw Pyinmana.”

“At the show”, he con-tinued, “Nay Pyi TawTraffic Rules Enforce-ment Supervisory Com-mittee will put on displayits activities on traffic rulesenforcement.

And the booths to bestaged at the show aretraffic police, TransportPlanning Department,Road Transport Adminis-tration Department, NayPyi Taw DevelopmentCommittee, Ministry ofHealth, Ministry of Indus-try-2 and Information andPublic Relations Depart-ment. Moreover, booth onsales of vehicles made inindustrial zones, elec-tronic and communicationdevices booth and

Winthuza shops will bestaged at the show.”

In addition, essay,cartoon and postercontests at basic educa-tion primary, middle andhigh school levels will beheld, added U Sein WinHlaing.

Model show, fashionshow, dances to the ac-companiment of songsand modern dancelaunched by Htet MediaGroup from Yangon, andvocalists and dancers withDamp Proof band, modeland fashion shows fromNay Pyi Taw Pyinmanawill be presented to thevisitors as entertainmentprogrammes.

Translation: ZZSMyanma Alin:

(6-1-2010)

Photos, posters and wallpapers atRoad Transportation booth.

Documentary photos on traffic rules enforcement of TransportPlanning Department.

Booth of Myanmar Police Force of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Booth of Nay Pyi Taw District Informationand Public Relations Department.

U Sein Win Hlaing Head of Nay Pyi TawDistrict Transport Planning Department.

Facts about vehicle licence issued byTransportPlanning Department.

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Asian automakers dethroneDetroit in 2009 US sales

A Toyota Motors factory worker checks the latest assembled Prius hybridvehicle in Aichi prefecture, Japan. Asian automakers dethroned Detroit asthe biggest sellers in the United States in 2009 after General Motors andChrysler succumbed to the strain of the economic crisis, industry data

showed on Tuesday.—INTERNET

CHICAGO, 6 Jan—Asian automakersdethroned Detroit as the biggest sellersin the United States in 2009 after Gen-eral Motors and Chrysler succumbed tothe strain of the economic crisis, indus-try data showed.

Total industry sales fell 21.2 percentto 10.43 million vehicles in 2009, ac-cording to Autodata.

That is the lowest level since the 1983recession and drastically below the 15to 17 million vehicle range posted in theprevious 15 years.

GM and Chrysler saw their sales suf-fer more than most after seeking billionsof dollars in government aid and restruc-

turing under bankruptcy protection.While Ford managed to both stay afloat

and increase its piece of the shrunkenmarket, the Detroit Three’s overall sharefell to 44.2 percent of their home marketfrom 47.5 percent in 2008.

Asian brands captured a 47.4 percentshare in 2009, up from 44.6 percent in2008, Autodata said. It was the first timethey gained a bigger piece than GM,Chrysler and Ford combined, which helda 60 percent share as recently as 2004 anda 70 percent share a decade ago.

European automakers saw their pieceof the pie rise to 8.4 percent from 7.8 per-cent in 2008.—Internet

German new car sales up23 percent in 2009

FRANKFURT, 6 Jan—German new car sales jumped23 percent in 2009 but began to slow in December aftera cash-for-clunkers scrapping scheme expired, figuresreleased on Tuesday by the VDA auto federationshowed.

Through the year, 3.8 million vehicles were regis-tered in Germany, the biggest European car market,which the VDIK association of foreign auto manufac-turers said was the highest level since 1992.

In December however, registrations fell five per-cent from the same month a year earlier to 215,400vehicles, the first annual decline since February.

Sales of small cars in particular were boosted lastyear by a car scrapping premium worth a total of fivebillion euros (7.2 billion dollars), part of a broad gov-ernment stimulus programme aimed at pulling Ger-many out of recession.

The popular scheme ended in September.This year is thus set to see slower sales, which VDA

forecast would fall to between 2.75-3.0 million.German auto production fell 10 percent last year to

3.41 million vehicles, while exports were down by 17percent, the VDA figures showed.

Internet

2009 sees recordnumber of

bankruptciesin Denmark

STOCKHOLM, 6 Jan—Nearly 5,900 companieswent bankrupt in Den-mark in 2009, a 50-per-cent increase over 2008,according to news reach-ing here from Copenha-gen on Tuesday.

Agriculture, fisheries,financial institutions, pro-duction companies andthe health sector wereworst hit by the economiccrisis, with the highest in-creases in bankruptcies,the Danish daily Politikensaid in a report.

But the bankruptcy ris-ing rate declined in De-cember 2009, with 564companies having beenbankrupt, compared with596 in December 2008,the Danish economy stillhas a long way to go, thereport added.

Internet

Some 30 million German bankcards hit by 2010 bug

FRANKFURT, 6 Jan—Around 30 million high-techGerman bank cards could leave owners high and dry,bank associations warned on Tuesday as the fearedY2K computer bug cropped up 10 years later than ex-pected.

The problem that hit cardholders trying to use cashmachines or make payments throughout Germany andabroad stems from computer chips unable to recog-nize the year 2010, and could take up to a week toresolve, the DSGV savings and regional banking as-sociation said in a statement.

A global alert had gone out 10 years ago amid wide-spread fears of a similar problem, dubbed Y2K for theyear 2000.

More recent cards that contain a computer chip de-signed to provide extra security have been affectedwhile older ones with just a magnetic strip on the backappear to work normally.

DSGV said around 20 million “electronic cash” (EC)cards, also known as “girocards,” and 3.5 million clas-sic credit cards issued by its members had been af-fected. EC cards are direct debit instruments which donot allow owners to buy on credit.

The world’s biggest chip card maker, the Frenchgroup Gemalto, is the cause of the problem, two Ger-man newspapers, Handelsblatt and the Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger, reported in their editions to appear onWednesday.—Internet

A Volkswagen Polo model being retrieved by an automated palette from astorage tower near the company’s main factory in Wolfsburg in 2008. Germannew car sales jumped 23 percent in 2009 but began to slow in December aftera cash-for-clunkers scrapping scheme expired, figures released on Tuesday by

the VDA auto federation showed.—INTERNET

A German debt card in a cash machine in Berlin.Around 30 million high-tech German bank cards

could leave owners high and dry, bankassociations warned on Tuesday as the fearedY2K computer bug cropped up 10 years later

than expected.—INTERNET

Brazil creates1.1 million

jobs in 2009BRASILIA, 6 Jan—Brazil

created 1.1 million newjobs in 2009, about350,000 less than in 2008,said Minister of LabourCarlos Lupi in an interviewwith local Press onTuesday.

He attributed the drop tothe effect of internationalfinancial crisis, but said theoutcome was better thanexpected.

In January-Novemberperiod, 1.4 million jobswere created, but in De-cember, the layoffs of tem-porary workers should cut300,000 jobs from the to-tal number.

“Every December weusually have layoffs ofabout 300,000. Therefore,in 2009 we expected to cre-ate news jobs of 1.1 mil-lion or 1.15 million,” theminister said.—Xinhua

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Last decade warmest on recordfor New Zealand

Cambodia hopes to bolster foodsecurity by boosting crop yields

Two killed in cargo planecrash near Chicago

CHICAGO, 6 Jan—At least two people were killed ina cargo plane crash on Tuesday afternoon near theWheeling Airport in the northwestern suburbs of Chi-cago, according to US aviation officials.

Airport manager Dennis Rouleau said he believedthe two male victims were the plane’s pilot and co-pilot.

Video footage of the crash scene shows the planebroke up in the Des Plaines River near the WheelingAirport, about 50 kilometres northwest of Chicago.

Fire department officials said there were two dif-ferent areas that contained debris from the crash.

The Learjet was making an approach to a runwayat the airport about 1:30 pm when it went down.

Rouleau said the plane was going to the airport topick up cargo and that he believed the plane was emptywhen it crashed.

Xinhua

Two-step nano cocktail targets tumorsSAN DIEGO, 6 Jan—A cocktail of nano-sized particles introduced into the blood-

stream shows promise in adhering to and killing cancerous tumours, scientists inSan Diego say.

Scientists at the University of California-San Diego developed a system con-taining two nano materials, each one-thousandth the diameter of a human hair.

One nano material of iron oxide was designed to find and adhere to epithelialtumors in mice, while a second nano material — the anti-cancer drug doxorubicin— was fabricated to kill the tumours, biochemist Michael Sailor said in a releaseon Monday.

“This study represents the first example of the benefits of employing a coopera-tive nano system to fight cancer,” Michael Sailor said of the results, which were tobe published in an upcoming issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy ofSciences. —Internet

ESPN to bring World Cupin 3-D

LAS VEGAS, 6 Jan—Television entered a new dimen-sion on Tuesday as US sports broadcaster ESPN saidit will show some World Cup soccer matches live fromSouth Africa in 3-D and Japan’s Sony teamed up withDiscovery and IMAX to launch a 3-D TV network inthe United States.

The new “ESPN 3-D” service plans at least 85 livesporting events during its first year, starting with theopening FIFA World Cup match between South Af-rica and Mexico on 11 June, ESPN and ABC Sportspresident George Bodenheimer said.

Up to 25 World Cup matches will be shown on whatESPN called “the industry’s first 3-D television net-work” along with college basketball, college footballand other US domestic sports events.

Electronics giant Sony, Discovery Communicationsand IMAX Corp announced meanwhile that they werecreating a joint venture to “develop the first 24/7 dedi-cated 3-D television network” in the United States.

They said the new 3-D network, which is expectedto launch next year, will feature “high-quality premiumcontent from genres that are most appealing in 3-D,including natural history, space, exploration, adven-ture, engineering, science and technology, motion pic-tures and children’s programming.”—Internet

File photo shows Brazilianfootballer Marcos Cafuholding the FIFA WorldCup trophy in Rio de Ja-neiro. Television has en-tered a new dimension asUS sports broadcasterESPN said it will showsome World Cup soccermatches live from SouthAfrica in 3-D and Japan’sSony teamed up with Dis-covery and IMAX tolaunch a 3-D TV network

in the United States.INTERNET

Authorities comb the wreckage of a small plane thatcrashed on 5 Jan, 2010, in Glenview, Ill. Authoritiessay a Royal Air cargo jet had been cleared for land-ing before it crashed in a forest preserve near Chi-cago Executive Airport in nearby Wheeling, Ill. Itwas not known immediately know how many peoplewere aboard and if there were injuries.—INTERNET

A locomotive is put on the tracks in Kota Kinabalu, the capital of East Malay-sia’s Sabah State, on 5 Jan, 2010. Two locomotives and eight carriages made

in China is transported to Kota Kinabalu on Tuesday to serve for publictransportation of Sabah.—XINHUA

Chopper crashesin remote Calif

forest; fourmen die

FRESNO, 6 Jan—ThreeCalifornia Department ofFish and Game biologistsand a pilot were killed onTuesday afternoon whentheir helicopter crashed ina craggy stretch of theSierra National Forestwhere they were survey-ing wildlife.

The crash happened ina narrow canyon nearRedinger Lake after theBell 206 helicopter strucka power line and sparkeda blaze that scattered de-bris throughout a quarter-mile of brush, MaderaCounty officials said.

Killed in the accidentwere two longtime statescientists, 48-year-old CluCotter and 40-year-oldKevin O’Connor, as wellas a scientists’ aide, 31-year-old Tom Stolberg, allof Fresno. Pilot DennisDonovan also died, but hishometown and age werenot released.

Internet

WELLINGTON, 6 Jan—The last decade has beenconfirmed as the warmeston record for New Zea-land.

Figures released byNew Zealand’s NationalInstitute of Water and At-mospheric Research(Niwa) on Wednesday

showed the years from2000 to 2009 wereslightly warmer than theprevious warmest decadein the 1980s.

NIWA Principal Sci-entist, James Renwick,said the finding is consist-ent with a World Mete-orological Organization

statement that the decadefrom 2000 to 2009 islikely to be the warmeston record globally.

The warmer climatewas due to a combinationof natural variability anda background warmingtrend, he said.

Xinhua

PHNOM PENH, 6 Jan—Cambodia will spend 21million US dollars thisyear to boost rice cropyields in a move aimed atbolstering food security inthe Kingdom, local mediareported on Wednesday.

The funds from theMinistry of Agriculture

will go towards irrigationsystems and developingdrought- and flood-resist-ant hybrid rice seeds in aneffort to boost production,the Phnom Penh Postquoted Chan Sarun, Agri-cultural Minister, as say-ing.

“We have preparedmore than 21 million USdollars for new hybrid riceseeds that can enduredrought and flood,” ChanSarun said.

Officials are also aim-ing to expand cultivatedland by five percent.

Cambodia’s rice pro-

duction suffers from oneof the lowest yields in theregion, according to statis-tics compiled by the UN’sFood and Agriculture Or-ganization.

Ouk Saren, director ofthe Khmer Communityfor Agriculture Develop-ment, said farmers in low-land and coastal areasworry about unpredictablefloods, while farmers inhighland areas are moreconcerned with droughts.

“We need more mod-ern techniques to help usresolve this problem,” hesaid.—Xinhua

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INVITATION TO TENDERSealed tenders are invited by the Public Works, Ministry of

Construction, Government of the Union of Myanmar from reputedmanufacturers or the bonafide a gents for the supply and delivery ofthe following foundation equipment.

TENDER NO. E-2 (T) PW/2009-2010 CLOSING DATE (18.1.2010) 4:00 PM

Tender application form (including tender documents anddetailed technical specifications) will be purchased in FEC 400.00(or) equivalent US$ per set. The payment for tender application mustbe paid to Account No. SEE. 01015, Myanma Economic Bank (2).Yangon through Myanma Foreign Trade Bank.

The tender documents can be obtained from MechanicalDivision, Building No.40, Public Works, Ministry of Construction,Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, only with the Payment receipt from AccountDivision, Public Works.

Tender should be submitted to the above address not later than16:00 hours on 18th January 2010.

The Public Works reserves the right to reject any or all tenderswithout furnishing reasons.

For further detail information, please contact to TelephoneNo. 067-407076, 407176, 407173.

MANAGING DIRECTOR

PUBLIC WORKS

MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTION

Nomenclature QtyScheduleNumber

Soilmec RT3ST Ratary Drilling Rig complete with (4) SetsKelly Bar (4x15m) (Used/ Reconditioned)

Hydraulic Vibro Hammer complete with (1) SetHydraulic Power Pack (Used/Reconditioned)

1

2

Iran to build power plants in GeorgiaIn this 11 Dec, 2009 file photo, the new military Airbus A400M transport

plane is seen during an exhibition flight in Seville, Spain. An Airbus officialsays on 5 Jan, 2010 the company is considering scrapping its A400M Euro-pean military plane project just weeks after the maiden flight of the grossly

over-budget plane.—INTERNET

Airbus threatens to drop A400M military plane

UN rushes aid to tsunamivictims in Solomon Islands

UNITED NATIONS, 6 Jan—The United Nations isrushing aid, including sanitation facilities, safe waterand basic health care, to victims of a tsunami that hitthe Solomon Islands on Monday, the second suchmassive wave to strike the region in three years, UNofficials said here on Tuesday.

Following reports that hundreds of houses weredamaged and large areas completely inundated onRendova Island, with a population of 3,600, in West-ern Province of the South Pacific island nation, theUN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) dispatched a rapidresponse team by boat from nearby Gizo Island, whereit was already working on reconstruction of schoolsaffected by the deadly 2007 tsunami, said the officials.

Internet

TEHERAN, 6 Jan—Ira-nian officials discussedthe terms of building twohydroelectric powerplants in Georgia with acombined capacity of 36megawatts.

Georgian Energy Min-ister Alexander Kheta-guri met with his Iraniancounterpart, MajidNamjoo, in the Iraniancapital to discuss a seriesof energy deals, Iran’sMehr News Agency re-ports.

In what Teheran de-scribes as one of the big-gest industrial contractsever between the twocountries, Iran wouldagree to build two hydro-electric power plants inGeorgia. Both sideswould work together tocomplete the projectwithin five years. Iranianstate banks would helpfinance the $97.8 million

project.Deputy Oil Minister

Ebrahim Rad Afzoon toldMNA, meanwhile, thatIran plans to sink roughly$245 million into morethan 300 projects in thenational oil and gas sec-tor.

Teheran will invest $2billion to develop phases15 and 16 of the giantSouth Pars field in thePersian Gulf with the aimof producing 1.76 billioncubic feet of refined natu-ral gas from the offshorecomplex.—Internet

PARIS, 6 Jan—Airbusthreatened to scrap theoverdue and overbudgetA400M military transportjust weeks after itsmaiden flight, puttingmore pressure on sevenEuropean governments togive it better financialterms for the troubledproject.

Analysts said the threatwas aimed at forcinggoverments to moveahead with a project thatsupports 40,000 jobs butis three years overdue andover budget. Actually can-celling would be highlyunappetizing at a time ofhigh unemploymentacross Europe, and

alternative planes don’tmeet the requirements setout for the A400M.

EADS, Airbus’ parent,hopes governments willeither pay more for theplanes or reduce thenumber of planes on or-der. Other options includereducing the specifica-tions, or spreading in-creased payments out overtime.

The customer govern-ments have agreed to re-negotiate the original fixed-price contract. Butcompeting military inter-ests and tight budgets meanthey have so far failed tofind a compromise.

Airbus spokesman

Stefan Schaffrath said thatending the programme “isa scenario” if the militaryplane project “continuesto contribute to a loss.”

“We are suffering froma stagnation, he said. “Theloss-making is serious.This needs to be urgentlyresolved.”

Gareth Jennings,Jane’s Defence Weekly’ssenior aviation analyst,said cancellation wasunlikely. “There is toomuch resting on theprogramme for theEuropean aerospace in-dustry in terms of job,prestige, and future capa-bility,” he said.

Internet

INVITATION TO TENDERSealed tenders are invited by the Department of Health,

Central Medical Stores Depot for the supply of MedicalEquipment.

Tender documents are available during office hours atthe office of the Deputy Director (Medical Stores),Central Medical Stores Depot, No-57, Sakawa Road,Dagon Township, Yangon, commencing from (15.1.2010).

Sealed bids are to be submitted to the office of theDeputy Director (Medical Stores), Central Medical StoresDepot, not later than (5.2.2010) 14:00 hour, after whichno bid will be accepted. No telegraphic/telex proposal willbe accepted.

For detail information please contact the Deputy Direc-tor (Medical Stores) Phone No. 371284, 371969, 372362.

Central Medical Stores DepotDepartment of Health

China, Singapore seek to furthermilitary ties

BEIJING, 6 Jan—China and Singapore pledged tofurther boost military cooperation at a high levelmeeting of senior military officers on Wednesday.

“The Chinese and Singaporean armed forces haveconducted diversified and pragmatic cooperation, andmaintained a good momentum of development of theirrelations, “ said Chinese Defense Minister LiangGuanglie when meeting with Singapore’s Chief ofArmy Neo Kian Hong in Beijing.

Xinhua

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Obesity poses as great athreat as smoking

Model display costumes during the pre-show of World Boutique, Hong Kongin Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, south China, on 5 Jan,2010. The show, believed to be the biggest fashion show in Asia consists of

Hong Kong Fashion Week and World Boutique Hong Kong, will be held on18-21 Jan 2010. —XINHUA

Having heart pain without heart attackCHAPEL HILI, 6 Jan—

Patients may suffer heartpain during a period ofseveral years without hav-ing a heart attack, a UScardiologist says.

Dr Cam Patterson ofthe University of NorthCarolina at Chapel HillSchool of Medicine saysone possible example ofheart pain that isn’t a heartattack is small vessel dis-ease or microvascular dis-ease. It is not as threaten-

ing as the blockage oflarge arteries in the heartand it may not necessar-ily require hospitaliza-tion, but it may developinto heart disease,Patterson says.

Patterson says thekeys to better heart healthare to stop smoking, toexercise, to eat right andto reduce stress — whichcan increase blood pres-sure and signal the releaseof adrenaline, which can

spark a heart attack.“A good balanced diet

does a lot to stay on aneven keel, and I tell mypatients a good free re-source for healthy diets iswww.drgourmet.com,”Patterson says in a state-ment. “Being happy is agreat way to reduce stressas well, and I’ve been re-ferring my patients to theHappiness Project —w w w . h a p p i n e s s -project.com — because Ithink there is a lot of goodcommon-sense wisdomthere.”

Internet

Online help can reduce alcohol abuse

Photo Taken on 5 Jan,2010 shows the traffic ata highway entrance in

Jiujiang, southeastChina’s Jiangxi Prov-ince. The first snowfall

hit Jiujiang on Tuesday.XINHUA

Coffee linked to lessliver fibrosis

BETHESDA, 6 Jan—Patients with chronic hepatitis Cvirus who consumed about 2 1/4 cups of coffee withcaffeine daily had milder liver fibrosis, US researchersfound. Dr Apurva Modi, the lead author, and fellow re-searchers at the National Institute of Diabetes and Di-gestive and Kidney Diseases determined that for pa-tients with chronic hepatitis C virus other sources ofcaffeine beyond coffee did not have the same therapeu-tic effect. Liver fibrosis, or scarring of the liver, is thesecond stage of liver disease, characterized by a degra-dation of liver function due to accumulated connectivetissue.

From January 2006 to November 2008, all patientsevaluated in the Liver Disease Branch of the NationalInstitutes of Health were asked to complete a question-naire to determine caffeine consumption.— Internet

Breast cancer screeningshould begin at 40

Passengers ride atop overloaded carriages of acommuter train in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, on 5

Jan, 2009.—INTERNET

TORONTO, 6 Jan—Online interventions forproblem alcohol use canbe effective in changingdrinking behaviours andcan offer a public healthbenefit, Canadian re-searchers say.

Dr John Cunningham,senior scientist at the Cen-tre for Addiction and Men-tal Health, says problemdrinking is a major causeof preventable deaths inCanada, as well as sick-

ness, trauma and violence,yet many will never seektreatment. “An unfortunatereality is that many prob-lem drinkers do not seektreatment,” Cunning-hamsaid in a statement.

“While getting helpfrom a healthcare profes-sional is ideal, there arebarriers to access such asconcerns about stigma, adesire to handle problemson one’s own, or simplybecause treatment is notreadily available. Onlineinterventions can help re-duce these barriers by al-lowing people to seek helpin their own homes.”

The study, published inthe journal Addiction,found that problem drink-ers provided access to theonline screener www.

CheckYourDrinking.netreduced their alcohol con-sumption by 30 percent, orsix to seven drinks,weekly. That is compara-ble to face-to-face inter-ventions, and were sus-tained in the three- and six-month follow-ups, thestudy showed.

“The Check YourDrinking online screenerprovides participants witha wealth of informationabout their drinking, itsconsequences, and howthey compare to others,”Cunningham said. “Whenpresented these facts in anon-judgmental manner,participants are able to re-evaluate their drinking andmay be motivated to re-duce their alcohol con-sumption.”—Internet

NEW YORK, 6 Jan—Breast cancer screeningshould begin at age 40, andearlier in high-risk pa-tients, two US medicalgroups say. The recom-mendations by the Societyof Breast Imaging and theAmerican College of Ra-diology suggest appropri-ate utilization of medicalimaging modalities such asmammography, magneticresonance imaging and ul-trasound for breast cancerscreening.“The significantdecrease in breast cancermortality, which amountsto nearly 30 percent since1990, is a major medicalsuccess and is due largelyto earlier detection ofbreast cancer through

mammography screen-ing,” lead study author DrCarol H Lee of MemorialSloan-Kettering CancerCentre says in a statement.

The recommendationsstate the average patientshould begin annual breastcancer screening at age 40.High-risk patients shouldbegin by age 30, but notbefore age 25.

“Evidence to supportthe recommendation forregular periodic screeningmammography comesfrom the results of severalrandomized trials con-ducted in Europe andNorth America that in-cluded a total of nearly500,000 women.

Internet

NEW YORK, 6 Jan—Obesity has become anequal, if not greater, con-tributor to illness and ashortened life as smoking,US researchers found.

Haomiao Jia and DrErica I. Lubetkin of Co-lumbia University and TheCity College of New Yorkcalculated that the qualityadjusted life years lost dueto obesity is now equal to,if not greater than, thoselost due to smoking.

The researchers useddata from the 1993-2008Behavioral Risk FactorSurveillance System,which conducted inter-views of more than 3.5million individuals withannual interviews startingwith 102,263 in 1993 and

ending with 406,749 in2008. From 1993-2008,the proportion of smokersamong US adults declined18.5 percent and smoking-related, quality adjustedlife years lost were rela-tively stable at 0.0438quality adjusted life yearslost per population.

During this same pe-riod, the proportion ofobese people increased 85percent and this resulted in0.0464 quality adjustedlife years lost.—Internet

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S P O R T S

Stoke claim points as Fulham feel the chill

Stoke City’s Senegalese midfielderAbdoulaye Diagne-Faye (L) celebratesafter scoring the second goal duringthe English Premier League football

match against Fulham at TheBritannia stadium, Stoke-on-Trent.

Stoke won 3-2.—INTERNET

French midfield veteranPatrick Vieira, picturedin 2008, is set to leaveInter Milan within days,amid reports of interestfrom Manchester City,coach Jose Mourinhosaid Tuesday.—INTERNET

Vieira set to leave Inter, says Mourinho

Burnley resigned to losingCoyle to Bolton

Burnley on Tuesdayaccepted defeat in theirbattle to prevent theirmanager Owen Coyle(seen here) from leavingfor Premier League ri-vals Bolton.—INTERNET

England set for pre-WorldCup altitude camp in Austria

England manager FabioCapello attends a trainingsession in 2009. Capello’sEngland squad will travelto Austria for a trainingcamp at altitude prior tothe 2010 World Cup inSouth Africa, the camp’sorganiser said Tuesday.

INTERNET

Peer faces protest as seeds tumble in tennis clash

Roddick in control at Brisbane InternationalBRISBANE, 6 Jan—Andy Roddick cruised into the quarter-finals of the Brisbane

International with a comfortable 7-6 (7/0), 6-3 win over Australian Carsten Ballon Wednesday.

The top seed proved far more consistent than his lesser known opponent in abattle of the big servers, seeing off his second Australian in a row following a firstround win over Peter Luczak.

He now faces Richard Gasquet in the last eight after the Frenchman endedAustralian hopes when he ousted qualifier Matthew Ebden 6-3, 6-4.

Roddick once again showed no signs of the knee injury that forced him to pullout of October’s ATP tournament in Shanghai.—Internet

The USA’s Andy Roddick hits abackhand volley against Australia’sPeter Luczak. Roddick has cruised

into the quarter-finals of theBrisbane International with a

comfortable 7-6 (7/0), 6-3 win overAustralian Carsten Ball.—INTERNET

Federer andNadal cruise

into Qatar Opensecond round DOHA, 6 Jan—Two-

time winner RogerFederer and second seedRafael Nadal both cruisedinto the second round ofthe Qatar Open tennistournament with straight-sets wins on Tuesday.

Top seed Federer, the2005-06 titlist, cruisedpast world No.86Christophe Rochus ofBelgium 6-1, 6-2 in 58minutes, while Nadal,ranked No.2, beat SimoneBolelli of Italy 6-3, 6-3.

“I thought my movingwas explosive and nice,”said Federer. “I was happywith the way I felt outthere. It wasn’t as cold aslast year so this was morecomfortable to play in andI was overall very happywith the way I played.”

Xinhua

Barcelona suffers Cup defeatat home to Sevilla

Israel’s Shahar Peer, pictured, over-came protesters’ chants to make thequarter-finals in the second round of theAuckland Classic women’s tennis tour-nament on Wednesday.—INTERNET

ROME, 6 Jan—Frenchmidfield veteran PatrickVieira is set to leave Inter

Milan within days, amidreports of interest fromManchester City, coachJose Mourinho said onTuesday.

Asked what thechances were of the 33-year-old staying onMourinho told reporters“I think they are veryslim.”

Earlier, the Timesnewspaper had reportedthat City were in talksover a move for Vieira,who has also had the rulerun over him by Lyon.

Internet

LONDON, 6 Jan—Burnley on Tuesday ac-cepted defeat in their bat-tle to prevent their man-ager Owen Coyle fromleaving for PremierLeague rivals Bolton.

In a statement, Burnleysaid they were now nego-tiating the level of com-pensation to be paid byBolton, having reluctantlyaccepted that Coyle wasdetermined to leave.

“Burnley Football Clubwill now enter discussionswith Bolton WanderersFootball Club, due to thefact that compensation be-tween the two parties hasyet to be agreed,” a state-ment said.

Coyle, who played forBolton between 1993 and1995, was club chairmanPhil Gartside’s first choiceto succeed Gary Megson,who was sacked last weekafter just over two years incharge which finished withthe club in the relegationzone.—Internet

AUCKLAND, 6 Jan—Israel’s ShaharPeer overcame the chants of protestersto make the quarter-finals as three otherseeds tumbled in the second round of theAuckland Classic women’s tennis tour-nament here on Wednesday.

The 22-year-old world number 31appeared to cope with the noisy protestagainst Israel’s policies towards the Pal-estinians better than her Slovakian op-ponent Magdalena Rybarikova.

“I think it was really, really bad,” Peersaid of the noise coming from outsidethe ASB Tennis Centre after her crush-ing 6-1, 6-0 victory in just over an hour.

“I don’t really have anything to sayto (the protesters). I know they can dowhatever they want, but as long as I’mwinning, I don’t care.”

Rybarikova was rattled as around 10protesters chanted throughout the first

set before police moved in to dispersethem, arresting one person.

“I have to say it was tough to playduring the protest,” she said.

Internet

MADRID, 6 Jan—Reigning Copa del Reychampions FC Barcelonahas an uphill task to reachthe quarter finals of thecompetition after suffer-ing a shock 2-1 defeat athome to Sevilla onTuesday.

The result means thatBarcelona has to score atleast two goals in nextweek’s return leg inSevilla’s Sanchez Pizjuanstadium.

The good news for Bar-celona fans was that cen-tral defender GabiMilitoreturned to the starting lineup for the first time in ayear and a half after suffer-ing a knee injury at the endof the 2007/08 season.

Bojan was also given arare start, while XabiHernandez started on thesubstitute’s bench, whileyoung midfielder Thiagowas also given the chanceto start.

Sevilla meanwhile waswithout strikers LuisFabiano and FreddyKanoute, meaning ArunaKone led the line for thevisitors.

The first half was aclose fought affair withboth sides working hard inmidfield, however, Barcahad slightly the better ofthe chances and LeoMessi was unlucky to seehis shot bounce back offthe post after 21 minutes.

The second half sawSevilla replace injuredwinger Jesus Navas withattacking midfielderRenato.—Xinhua

VIENNA, 6 Jan—FabioCapello’s England squadwill travel to Austria for atraining camp at altitudeprior to the 2010 WorldCup in South Africa, thecamp’s organizer saidTuesday.

“We have organised thecamp in conjunction withthe English Football Fed-eration (FA),” saidNikolaus Pichler, a repre-sentative of the IFCScompany which organisestraining camps for profes-sional teams in the regionof Styria.

“The team managerFabio Capello will be therewith the team in Irdning,which he is already famil-iar with. He has alreadyvisited here with otherteams, such as AS Romaand Real Madrid.”

The exact dates of Eng-land’s stay will be an-nounced soon, addedPichler, who said he is ne-gotiating with two othernational teams interestedin setting up camp inStyria.—Internet

STOKE, 6 Jan—Stoke mastered theelements better than visitors Fulham toclimb back into the top half of the Pre-mier League with a 3-2 win at a snow-covered Britannia Stadium here onTuesday.

Tony Pulis’s side seized control of theencounter after Tuncay Sanli had headedthem into an early lead and furtherstrikes from Abdoulaye Faye andMamady Sidibe gave them a command-ing three-goal advantage by half-time.

Ireland winger Damien Duff pulled agoal back for Fulham just after the hourmark and a Clint Dempsey strike fiveminutes from time made things franticat the end, but Stoke were able to holdout for a win that lifts them to tenth inthe table, a place and three points behindtheir visitors.

The evening had not started auspi-ciously for Stoke with their Danish goal-keeper, Thomas Sorensen, suffering aninjury the warm-up.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, Rain or Thundershowerhas been isolated in Taninthayi Division, weather has beenpartly cloudy in the remaining States and Divisions. Nighttemperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) below January averagetemperatures in Kachin and Chin States, Magway andupper Sagaing Divisions, (3°C) above January averagetemperatures in Ayeyawady Division, (5°C) to (6°C) aboveJanuary average temperatuers in Mon State and TaninthayiDivision and about January average temperatures in theremaining areas. The significant night temperatures wereHaka (2°C ), Heho (3°C), Putao and An (4°C) each. Thenoteworthy rainfall recorded was Myeik (1.34) inches.

Maximum temperature on 5-1-2010 was 90°F.Minimum temperature on 6-1-2010 was 60°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 6-1-2010 was 72%.Total sun shine hours on 5-1-2010 was (2.3) hours approx.

Rainfall on 6-1-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mphfrom Southeast at (15:30) hours MST on 5-1-2010.

Bay inference: Weather is cloudy in the Andaman Seaand South Bay and partly cloudy elsewhere in the Bay ofBengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 7th January 2010:Light rain are likely to be isolated in Yangon, Ayeyawadyand Taninthayi Divisions and weather will be partly cloudyin the remaining States and Divisions. Degree of certaintyis (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days:Likelihood ofcontinuation of isolated rain in the Southern Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for7-1-2010: Partly cloudy .

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for7-1-2010:Likehood of isolated light rain. Degree ofcertainty is (60%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for7-1-2010: Generally fair weather.

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File photo of the ‘Shonan Maru No 2’ battlingsea ice in pursuit of the Sea Shepherd’s ‘Steve

Irwin’ through the Southern Ocean offAntarctica.—INTERNET

Endangered speciesprotection assured in HK

HONGKONG, 6 Jan—Acting Secretary for theEnvironment of Hong Kong Kitty Poon Wednesdaysaid there were 69 successful prosecutions relatedto illegal import of endangered species in the first11 months of 2009. Poon told lawmakers onWednesday that the numbers of prosecutions were73 and 61 for 2007 and 2008 respectively andreiterated the government’s commitment to theprotection of endangered species andimplementation of the Convention on InternationalTrade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna andFlora.

The convention’s Conference of the Partieswill consider in March the listing of other sharkspecies, including the International Union forConservation of Nature-listed threatened sharkspecies, including the scalloped hammerhead, saidPoon.

She said the government will closely followthe international control as required by theconvention on the trade in endangered species.Species listed in the convention appendices at theConference of the Parties will be put under thecontrol of the ordinance accordingly. Illegal importof endangered species warrants two years’ jailand a 5-million US dollar fine. —Internet

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8th Waning of Pyatho 1371 ME Thursday, 7 January, 2010

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

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

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

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

troubles

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

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Jan — Bawditahtaung Dam inMonywa Township was inaugurated on 31 December.At the ceremony to inaugurate the dam, Chairman ofSagaing Division Peace and Development CouncilCommander of North-West Command Maj-Gen MyintSoe delivered an opening address and unveiled thestone inscription of the dam. The commander andDeputy Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation U OhnMyint sprinkled scented water on the stone inscriptions.Afterwards, the commander and the deputy minister

Bawditahtaung Dam in MonywaTownship inaugurated

formally opened and inspected the dam.Also present on the occasion were departmental

officials, members of social organizations and localpeople.

At the briefing hall of the dam, an official andthe deputy minister reported to the commander onconstruction and facts about the dam.

The dam is located near Bawditahtaungstanding Buddha Image in Khattakan Village inMonywa Township. — MNA

Photo shows Bawditahtaung Dam.—MNA

Significant night temperature(6-1-2010)

Haka (2o C)

Heho (3o C)

Putao (4o C)

An (4o C)

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