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Volume XVII, Number 144 4th Waning of Tawthalin 1371 ME Monday, 7 September, 2009

One who spreads out his metta (loving-kindness) towards all sentient beings, doesnot harm or causes others to harm another;or does not bully or causes others to bullyanother.

To such a person arises no enmityinternal or external.

(Anguttara Pali, Vol I, Metta Sutta-443)

Metta dispelsharm

* 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 participa-tion in terms of technical know-how and invest-ments from sources 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 heritageand national 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 tran-quillity, prevalence of law and order

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

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

Senior General Than Shwe sendsfelicitations to Brazilian President

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Sept— Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a massage of felicitations to HisExcellency Mr Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, onthe anniversary of the Independence of the Federative Republic of Brazil which falls on 7September 2009.—MNA

Myitkyina Nursing and MidwiferySchool turning out nurses

YANGON, 6 Sept—Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence, accompanied by Chairmanof Yangon Division Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Win Myint, arrived at the monsoon paddymodel field at the entrance to Thayagon village-

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defenceinspects monsoon paddy plantations,

Mahuya Dam, teak plantation

Lt-Gen Tha Aye inspects road worksalong No. 2 inter-district road

Myitkyina Nursing and Midwifery School.

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

The State is promoting health care servicesfor the whole country including border areas byadopting one social objective – uplift of health, fitnessand education standards of the entire nation.

Particularly, plans and projects could havebeen implemented to provide health care for thepeople residing in border regions.

Lately, the news team of Myanma Alin dailypaid a study visit to the nursing and midwifery schoolin Myitkyina while in Kachin State to write articlesabout its developments.

“In the past we had only an eight-monthmidwifery course in Myitkyina. In the time of thepresent government, a three-year nursing diplomacourse started on 1 July, 1993. Up to course No (13)in November 2008, the school had trained

(See page 11)

tract in Hlegu Township, Yangon North District,yesterday morning and inspected plantations ofvarious paddy strains and high quality strains andscattering of fertilizers. Next, they looked intoroadworks being done on Hlegu-Phaunggyi road.

(See page 9)

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Sept—Lt-Gen Tha Aye of theMinistry of Defence, on 3 September, visited thebriefing hall at Kintha junction on No. 2 inter-districtroad at the gateway to Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon Township.There, the officials reported on the completed roadworks to him.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye inspected the site chosen forearth works at Mile Post No. 120/0 and called onofficials to plant shady trees. He then viewed themonsoon plantations and pigeon pea plantations onboth sides of the road and looked into the road works

(See page 7)

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Monday, 7 September, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

The government is working hard to boostproduction of industrial items for industrialdevelopment with the aim of industrializingthe nation.

In that regard, 18 industrial zones havebeen set up in states and divisions so as touplift the role of private-owned industries.

The government encouragesestablishment of factories of import-substituteproducts, improving the capacities of State-owned heavy industries. The greater scalethe industrial zones boost production ofquality items, the greater momentum theMyanmar’s industrial sector will pick up.

Now, measures are ongoing to improvethe position of the private-owned industriesin order to meet the economic policies thegovernment has laid down. The governmenthas given entrepreneurs the green light tooperate all forms of industries except heavyindustries as private-owned or joint-ventureones.

In addition, the government is promotingthe education standard of the nation to bringabout a growing number of highly-educatedpeople in the industrial sector for greaterindustrial development. In order to achievesuch a prudent plan, it is opening more andmore technological universities andgovernment technical institutes across thecountry and nurturing younger generations.The State’s industrial sector will make a betterheadway if the processes are implemented ina well-organized way.

So, the government, industrialists andresearchers should work more closely by allmeans for industrial development in orderthat the nation will be able to transform itselfinto an industrialized one in the near future.

Industrial development callsfor harmonious cooperation

NAY PYI TAW, 6Sept — The opening ofCommander-in-Chief ofDefence Services’ CupTatmadaw (Army, Navyand Air) TaekwondoContest was held at thegymnasium in the stationof Northern Commandheadquarters in Myitkyinaon 1 September morning.

Defence Service C-in-C’s CupTaekwondo contest commences

The opening speech wasgiven by Chairman ofKachin State Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of NorthernCommand Maj-Gen SoeWin.

The commanderwatched the first daymatches of the contest.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6Sept—Minister forIndustry-1 U Aung Thaunginspected the production ofprovimin tablets at theMyanmar PharmaceuticalFactory (Sagaing) on 4September.

At Sagaing TextileFactory , he inspectedweaving of textiles, spareparts of machines andproducts. Next, theminister inspected theInstant Noodle Factoryunder No.1 wheat productsfactory (Sagaing) of theMyanma FoodstuffIndustries, and the garmentfactory of the MyanmaTextile Industries inSagaing.—MNA

Industry-1 Minister inspects factories in Sagaing

Thingangyun BEHS-2 holds annualmeeting, prize presentation

YANGON, 6 Sept –Basic Education HighSchool No (2) ofThingangyun Townshipheld an annual meeting ofthe parent-teacher

association and prizepresentation ceremonyat the school thismorning.

Headmistress DawTin Nwe and member ofthe school board of trusteesU Hla Han made speeches.Secretary of the parent-teacher association U TinSoe submitted the annualreport and auditor U NyuntThaung, the financialstatement. Next, the newmembers of theassociation were selectedincluding theheadmistress. Then, cashawards were presented tothe six-distinction winnersother outstanding studentsand teachers. —MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6Sept — Chairman of ChinState Peace andDevelopment CouncilBrig-Gen Hong Ngaidelivered an address at theconcluding ceremony ofBasic Tailoring CourseNo (40/2009), AdvancedTailoring Course No (23/

Vocational training courses conclude2009), Knitting CourseNo (15/2009) andMossaic Art and WeavingCourse No (14/2009) atChin State Women’sVocational TrainingSchool in Haka on 14August morning andawarded the outstandingtrainees.—MNA

Talks on Quality Control Techniqueand our Experience on 8 Sept

YANGON, 6 Sept—Organized by Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry,talks (2/September 2009) will take place on the firstfloor of the UMFCCI Office Tower on Minye KyawswaRoad in Lanmadaw Township at 2 pm on 8 September.Professor Dr Seiji Osawa, Director of Institute of HumanCulture Studies of Otsuma Women’s University, willgive talks on “Quality Control Technique and ourExperience”.President, executives and members of theUMFCCI and brother association and those interestedpersons may attend the talks.—MNA

Foreign Affairs Ministerfelicitates Brazilian

counterpartNAY PYI TAW, 7 Sept— U Nyan Win, Minister

for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, has sent

a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr Celso

Luiz Nunes Amorim, Minister of Foreign Relations

of the Federative Republic of Brazil, on the anniversary

of the Independence of the Federative Republic of

Brazil which falls on 7 September 2009.

MNA

Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung inspects production process ofMyanmar Pharmaceutical Factory (Sagaing).—INDUSTRY-1

Headmistress Daw Tin Nwe presents prize to anoutstanding student in matriculationexamination for 2009 at the prize presentationceremony of Thingangyun BEHS No. 2.—NLM

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Russia, US begin working onnew nuclear arms deal

China starts developing Long Marchsix carrier rockets for space mission

BEIJING, 6 Sept — China has started developing theLong March six carrier rockets for its space pro-grammes, the China National Space Administrationannounced on its official website.

The Long March six rockets will be non-toxic andpollution-free while featuring a number of new tech-nologies used for the first time in China, according tothe administration.

The Long March 6 rockets are expected to be readyfor blast off in 2013, it said.

The rockets will be designed by the China Aero-space Science and Technology Corporation, developerof the Shenzhou VII spacecraft, from which Chineseaeronauts carried out the country’s first space walk in2008.—Xinhua

Fresh clashesin south

Sudan kill 25JUBA, 6 Spet —

Twenty-five people havebeen killed and severalmore wounded in clashesin the tense oil-rich UpperNile region of south Su-dan, a military spokesmansaid on Saturday.

Heavily armed fightersattacked an ethnic Dinkasettlement in Bony-Thiang, north of the statecapital Malakal, early onFriday, Major GeneralKuol Diem Kuol, of thesouthern Sudan People’sLiberation Army (SPLA),said.

“They killed 20, in-cluding the paramountchief, his two wives andthree children, andwounded many more,”Kuol said. “They haveburnt down the village anddestroyed all the huts, andthey have stolen verymany cattle.”—Internet

Three killed, 880 people rescued fromPhilippine ferry

In this undated photo re-leased by the PhilippineCoast Guard, theSuperferry 9 sails inPhilippine waters. Atleast three peopledrowned and more than800 terrified passengerswere rescued early on 6Sept, 2009 from the ferrythat listed dangerously inthe southern Philippines,officials said.—INTERNET

People walk through the financial banking district in Singapore. A US-ledcrackdown by industrialised countries against cross-border tax cheats will

promote greater transparency and benefit Singapore and other global finan-cial centres, bankers and analysts said.—INTERNET

A birdview of the 14th China NationalAntique Fair is seen in this picturetaken in Wuhan, central China’s HubeiProvince, on 4 Sept, 2009. Invited well-known Chinese experts came to ap-praise the value of antiques from the collectors across China.—XINHUA

Small plane crashes intoOkla park, five dead

OKLAHOMA CITY, 6 Spet — A small aircraft plummetedinto an Oklahoma park and burst into flames on Satur-day after hitting a guide wire from a communicationstower, killing all five people on board, investigators said.

The six-passenger plane was on its way to Dallaswhen it crashed amid heavy fog near a baseball field inTulsa, said Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt George Brown.

“The wings came off. The engine came off,” Brownsaid. “When it hit, it rolled. It did catch fire. It rolled atleast a couple of times, ejecting the occupants.”

Brown said the victims, who all died at the scene,were pilot Dr Stephen Lester, 48; his wife Dana, 48;daughters Laura, 16, and Christina, 13; and Dr. KenVeteto, 50. All were from Tulsa. No one on the groundwas injured.—Internet

MOSCOW, 6 Sept — Russia and theUnited States have started drafting a newnuclear arms reduction treaty, the ForeignMinistry said on Saturday.

“The sides have started working onspecific articles of a future treaty, andagreed that work on them will be carriedout by special working groups,” RIANovosti and Itar-Tass quoted a foreignministry official as saying.

The two countries concluded their fifthround of talks on an arms reduction treatyin Geneva on 2 Sept. Foreign Ministryspokesman Andrei Nesterenko said onThursday that another round of talks willbe held in Geneva on 21 Sept.

During their last meeting, the nego-tiators discussed the parameters of a newtreaty, formulating wording that the presi-

dents of both countries can agree to,Nesterenko said. President DmitryMedvedev and US President BarackObama agreed in July in Moscow on theoutlines of a deal to replace the StrategicArms Reduction Treaty (START 1).

START I, signed in 1991 and due toexpire in December, places a limit of 6,000strategic or long-range nuclear warheadson both countries and allows the inspec-tion of weapons.—Xinhua

MANILA, 6 Sept — Atleast three peopledrowned and more than800 terrified passengers,many roused from theirsleep, were rescued earlyon Sunday from a ferrythat listed and then sankin the southern Philip-pines, officials said. More

than 80 people were miss-ing.

Coast guard chief Ad-miral Wilfredo Tamayosaid 880 of 964 passengersand crewmen on board theSuperferry 9 were trans-ferred to two nearby com-mercial ships and a navygunboat hours after theferry began to list offZamboanga del NorteProvince before dawn.

A search was underway for more than 80 peo-ple who remained miss-

ing, Tamayo said, addingthat they may have driftedwith their life jackets orhave been rescued butwere not yet listed as sur-vivors.

“We really hopethey’re just unaccountedfor due to the confusion,”Tamayo told The Associ-ated Press.

Navy ships were de-ployed and air force heli-copters scoured the seas,Defence Secretary GilbertTeodoro said.—Internet

Macedonia mourns boataccident victims

TIRANA, 6 Sept— Macedonia canceled all publicevents on Sunday to mourn 15 people who died whena tourist boat sank in a southern Macedonian lake,local media reported.

“I was deeply shaken by the tragic accident in theOhrid Lake and the death of the Bulgarian citizens. Inthese difficult moments of national mourning, I wouldlike to extend my deepest condolences to you and yourpeople on behalf of the Macedonian government,” hesaid. There were 57 people, mostly Bulgarian tourists,on board. Fifteen passengers drowned, while 42,including two crew members, survived the accident.

Earlier reports had put the number of passengerson-board at 73. Police later corrected the number.

The boat, with a capacity of 42, was built inGermany in the 1930s. It was examined and given alicense to operate last May.—Internet

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Russian economy to growin third quarter

LONDON, 6 Sept—The third quarter will mark theend of the recession as the Russian economy will grow,the country’s finance minister says.

In London Friday to attend a ministerial meetingof the BRIC union countries — Brazil, Russia, Indiaand China — on the sidelines of a Group of 20 pre-summit conference, Russian Finance Minister AlexeiKudrin told reporters that the third quarter would markthe beginning of a turnaround in Moscow’s hard-hiteconomy, RIA Novosti said.

“We still do not have the final data for the secondquarter, but we expect Russia’s economy to grow inthe third quarter compared to the second quarter, andthe third quarter will mark the end of recession,”Kudrin said.—Internet

Drought a ‘hiccup’ in Indiagrowth story

An LG promoter holds a coin next to a liquid crystal display (LCD) televisionpanel which is used an edge-lit light emitting diode (LED) backlight system toachieve a thickness of just 5.9mm (0.2 inches). The world’s top two makers offlat-panel televisions are stressing the energy-saving virtues of different display

technologies in their race to dominate a huge global market.—INTERNET

A child holds adecorated basket duringa party for the preschool

children in Managua,capital of Nicaragua, on4 Sept, 2009. Hundredsof preschool children

from all over thecountry on Friday

attended the annualparty organized by the

Nicaraguan Ministry ofEducation.—XINHUA

A visitor checks out Nokia’s first notebook, the“Booklet 3G” at the “Nokia World 2009” inStuttgart. Faced with increased competition from up-and-coming rivals, Finnish telecom giant Nokiaplans to launch a slew of new products this year butanalysts say it faces a tough battle to hold on

to its position as the world’s number one mobilephone manufacturer.—INTERNET

Canada still faces rockyroad to economic recovery

POSCO to build plantin Turkey

SEOUL, 6 Sept—South Korean steelmaker POSCOon Friday confirmed plans to build a $24 millionprocessing plant in Turkey to serve the Europeanmarket.

POSCO, also called the Pohang Iron and Steel Co,did not provide details beyond the amount of theinvestment, The Korea Times reported. The Turkishgovernment, however, said the new plant willproduce flat steel, primarily for the automotiveindustry. Groundbreaking for the facility will takeplace in October, a Turkish investment agency said.

Internet

Teen joblessrate reaches25.5 percentWASHINGTON, 6 Sept—

The number of jobless USteens last month reachedreached its highest levelsince recording began in1948 with 25.5 percentunemployed, statisticsindicate.

The figure points outthat recessionsdisproportionately impactthe young, analysts toldSaturday’s New YorkTimes.

“There are an amazingnumber of kids out therelooking for work,”Andrew Sum, aneconomics professor atNortheastern University,told the newspaper. “Andgiven that unemploymentis a lagging indicator, andyoung people’sunemployment even lagsbehind the rest ofunemployment, we’regoing to see a lot of kidsof out work for a long,long, long, long time.”

Internet

Nokia strikes back against‘smart’ rivals

HELSINKI, 6 Sept—Faced with increasedcompetition from up-and-coming rivals, Finnishtelecom giant Nokia plans to launch a slew of newproducts this year but analysts say it faces a toughbattle to hold on to its position as the world’s numberone mobile phone manufacturer.

To fight back against Apple’s iPhone and RIM’sBlackberry, Nokia announced plans to launch threenew smartphones with touch screens, a portablenotebook PC, and will tie up with Microsoft to use itspopular Office software on its handsets.

Industry observers criticised the Finnish giant forits aging product lineup and for not bringingsmartphones to market quickly enough to take on theirup-and-coming rivals.

Analysts interviewed by AFP agreed that Nokia hadnot yet found a product to challenge the iPhone asmost new Nokia devices use an outdated operatingsystem to drive their phones.

“It is going to be 2011 before they have the rightsoftware to make a really competitive product,”Richard Windsor, a London-based technology analystfor Nomura Securities, told AFP.

Its latest smartphone, the N97, has achieved modestsales so far compared to the iPhone.—Internet

NEW DELHI, 6 Sept—India’s economy maystumble due to awidespread drought butanalysts say it is set toreturn to strong growth inthe medium-term thanksto its huge population andinfrastructure spending.

The poor rains are “anear-term hiccup in theevolving rise of the Indianeconomy,” said RajeevMalik, economist atAustralia’s MacquarieSecurities.

Analysts are bettingdemand generated byIndia’s population ofnearly 1.2 billion people

and the need to moderniseits dilapidated airports,roads, ports and otherinfrastructure will keepAsia’s third-largesteconomy humming.

“Like China, India hasample long-term growthpotential, especially withits large population and

vast underdevelopedareas,” said ShermanChan, economist atMoody’s Economy.com.

India has an ambitioustarget of investing 500billion dollars during afive-year period to 2012 toupdate transport links andother services.—Internet

BEIJING, 6 Sept—TheCanadian economy isshowing signs of perkingup after recording its firstgrowth in 11 months inJune.

But analysts believethat recovery from therecession in Canada will beslow and fragile with manyobstacles looming in theway of economic health.

Statistics Canada onMonday reported anincrease in Canada’s gross

domestic product of 0.1percent in June, the firstgain in 11 months. TheGDP shrank an annualized3.4 percent in the secondquarter, the least of threeconsecutive declines, withcumulative output down bya record rate since the fourthquarter of 2008. Bothfigures fell short of marketexpectations of a 0.2percent gain in June and a3-percent contraction in thesecond quarter.—Xinhua

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The internationalmilitary-musical festivalopens on Red Square in

Moscow, on 5 Sept,2009. Performers fromChina, India, Italy andRussia, etc, took part in

the festival inMoscow.—XINHUA

Right to education more important thanright to vote: Indian Vice President

Top Chinese legislator pledges to enhancecooperation with Bahamian Parliament

Wu Bangguo (2nd R), chairman of the Standing Committee of China’sNational People’s Congress, holds talks with Lynn Holowesko (4th L),

president of the Bahamian Senate, and Alvin Smith (3rd L), speaker of theBahamian House, in Nassau, the Bahamas, on 4 Sept, 2009. —XINHUA

NASSAU, 6 Sept—TopChinese legislator WuBangguo has pledged toincrease exchanges andcooperation with the Ba-hamian Parliament.

Wu, chairman of theStanding Committee ofthe National People’sCongress (NPC) — Chi-na’s top legislature, madethe remarks during histalks here on Friday withLynn Holowesko, presi-dent of the Bahamian Sen-

ate and Alvin Smith,speaker of the BahamianHouse. Both the Chineseleader and the Bahamianparliament leaders ex-changed views on bilateralrelations, parliamentarycooperation and other is-sues of common concern.

The top Chinese legis-lator hailed the sound ex-changes and cooperationbetween the legislativebodies of the two coun-tries, saying the NPC is

ready to work with theBahamian parliament tomaintain the momentumof high-level visits and toincrease exchanges amongspecial committees,friendship groups andother institutions. Parlia-ments represent the will ofthe people, and the ex-change and cooperationbetween parliaments willhelp boost mutual trust andcooperation in variousfields, Wu said.— Xinhua

NEW DELHI, 6 Sept—Indian Vice PresidentHamid Ansari has calledon India to regard com-pulsory education as thepriority for the country,saying the right to educa-tion is more importantthan the right to vote, ac-cording to the Indo-AsianNewsService on Sunday.

Ansari made the state-ment on Saturday whenconferring awards on 300school teachers fromacross India on the occa-sion of Teachers’ Day.

“It has taken us six dec-ades to provide the rightto every child in the six to14 years age group to freeand compulsory primary

education in neigh-borhood schools. TheRight to Education Actpassed by the parliamentlast month is a historicstep and probably moreempowering, in terms ofits impact, than the rightto vote,” Ansari wasquoted as saying.

Xinhua

US astronauts finish maintenanceof space station

WASHINGTON, 5 Sept—Two US astronauts con-ducted a third and finalspace walk for shuttleDiscovery’s STS-128mission on Saturday andfinished outfitting andmaintenance of Interna-tional Space Station mod-ules, NASA said.

According to NASA,Discovery’s mission spe-cialists Danny OlivasandChrister Fuglesang beganthe space walk at 4:39 pmEDT (2039 GMT), whichlasted over seven hours.

The duo deployed apayload attachment sys-tem on the starboard trussand replaced a failed rategyro assembly, whichmeasures rates for any

changes in the station’sattitude, with a new one.

With that complete,they split up for the nexttasks. Olivas installed aGlobal Positioning Sys-tem antenna whileFuglesang replaced a re-mote power control mod-ule and installed an insu-lation sleeve on a cableinside the truss. Fuglesangfollowed that up with the

installation of a secondGPS antenna.

The two then reunitedfor the final task, routing60-foot-long avionics sys-tems cables along the sta-tion. The cables are beinginstalled in preparationfor the arrival of theNode 3 “Tranquility” in2010.—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

Wildfire burning deep inAngeles National Forest

LOS ANGELES, 5 Sept —Although its western edgeunder control, the wildfirein Northern Los Angeleswas burning deep in theAngeles National Foreston Saturday, fire com-manders said.

As it was moving east-ward into wilderness, thearson-caused fire hasgrown to be the biggest inthe Los Angeles Countyhistory, the US Forest Serv-ice (USFS) said. Since itsignition on 26 Aug, the Sta-tion fire has destroyed 76homes, mostly cabins; de-nuded some 241 squaremiles (about 386 squarekilo-meters) of forest land;

led to the deaths of two fire-fighters and cost 37 milliondollars to fightso far.

The USFS listed 7,000homes as still being inharm’s way. The risk tohomes was significantlyreduced as hand crews heldthe fire line to the north,

south and west, said USFSspokeswoman MichelleCaldwell. A massive air-borne firefighting efforthelped save Mount Wilson,a site for a historic observa-tory and a number of TVand broadcasting transmit-ting stations, the USFSsaid.—Xinhua

Photo taken on 5 Sept, 2009 shows a giant parterre in the shape of a flyingdragon, at the intersection of business downtown of Xidan, in Beijing.

Beijing Municipality is setting up a total of 22 large-scale solid parterres withover 3.3 million flowers along the Chang’an Avenue, the east-west axis of

Beijing, in a move to beef up the happy festival atmosphere for the upcomingNational Day Celebration on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the

People’s Republic of China.—XINHUA

China’s national library bracesfor centenary celebration

BEIJING, 6 Sept— TheNational Library of Chinais bracing for a series of ac-tivities to celebrate its100th anniversary whichfalls on Wednesday, thelibrary said on its websiteon Sunday. The library

started an exhibition of itsspecial and rare collectionson Tuesday.

The exhibits includenine treasure pieces of ora-cle bone inscriptions valu-able for research on thelater Shang Dynasty(1600-1046 BC).

Another exhibition fea-turing the library’s historyover the last 100 years willgo on display on the com-ing Tuesday. The twoevents will last till 7 Oct.

Starting on Monday, thelibrary will host a four-daysymposium on the collec-tion development andservice on Chinese stud-ies.—Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

A two-headed cobra snake has beenborn in China.

Twice the snakeLiu, a rail worker who breeds

snakes as a hobby, said he wasamazed when he first saw the reptile.

He had bought 10 snake eggs tohatch at his home in Jiujiang, east-ern China’s Jiangxi Province, re-ports Dajiang Network.

“When the cobras hatched out,one of them had two heads,” saidLiu.

He said the cobra was able to eatusing both of its mouths simultane-ously. Its four eyes were cloudy – buthe expected that to change when thesnake sheds its skin for the first time.

A spokesman for the local wildanimal protection centre said thetwo-headed snake was most likelythe result of genetic mutation.

‘Spider-man’ jailed after 88-story climb

File photo showsFrenchman Alain Robertas he attempts to scale thelandmark Petronas TwinTowers in Kuala Lumpur

in March 2007. Robertfinally scrambled up the88-storey Petronas Twin

Towers.

A Frenchman whosepenchant for climbing tallstructures has earned him thenickname “Spider-man” wasjailed after scaling an 88-storytower in Malaysia.

Robert Alain, 46, used nospecial equipment to reach thetop of the Petronas TwinTowers in Kuala Lumpur,Bernama reported. He hadfailed in two previous attemptsin 1997 and 2007, theMalaysian news agency said.

Alain, wearing a dark T-shirt and jeans, took abouttwo hours to reach his goalabout 8 am local time.

Police took him intocustody while theyinvestigated the possibility ofcharging him withtrespassing.

Authorities search for police car thief

Cardiologist: Exercise, a pill taken daily

Authorities inGeorgia said a manarrested for drivingunder the influenceslipped out of hishandcuffs and stolea police cruiser.

Duluth PoliceMaj Don Wood-ruff said an officerpulled over a U-Haul truck at about5 pm and arrestedthe driver —described as a blackmale estimat-ed tobe about 30-years-old — afterdetermining that hewas intoxicated, theAtlanta Journal-Constitution.

Woodruff saidthe officer searched

the U-Haul truckand returned to findhis police cruiserand the suspectwere gone. “Hemanaged to slip onehand out of the cuffsand kick out theback window,”Wood-ruff said.

Duluth, Atlantaand DeKalb Countyofficers joined thesearch for themissing car and itwas spotted drivinglater in the day on

Memorial Drive.Woodruff said thesuspect jumped outof the car and fledbefore officerscould reach him.

Woodruff saidthere was no majordamage to the carand none of theequipment wasm i s s i n g .Investigators saidthey determined theU-Haul truck theman had beendriving was stolen.

A US cardiologist says exercise islike a pill that should be taken daily forgood health.

This pill, suggests Dr Philip Ades ofthe University of Vermont College ofMedicine, controls weight, lowers bloodpressure, prevents diabetes and heartdisease, raises “good” cholesterol,improves fitness and elevates mood.

Ades published a study in the journalCirculation showing insulin resistance,blood pressure and a number of othercardiac risk factors improved due toweight loss resulting from exercise beingcombined with mild caloric restriction.

To help patients cut calories Adeshas written the “EatingWell for a HealthyHeart Cookbook.”

A woman shows a child how to washhis hands with an antibacterial handgel, at the Sainte Marie Institute, in

Caen, northwestern France. TheWorld Health Organisation said that

the swine flu virus has overtakenother viruses to become the most

prevalent flu strain.

A Jet Airways aircraftprepares to land at

the Mumbai Airport.India’s low-cost

airlines are set to gofrom strength to

strength as they grabmarket share from

ailing premier carri-ers such as Air India,

whose debts andlosses continue to pile

up, experts say.INTERNET

Nightclub an unlikely school neighbour

Green technology may sparknew US-China trade boom

WASHINGTON, 6 Sept — Many experts foresee a greentrade boom between the United States and China due totheir enormous energy demand, but when that will comeand how large it will be remain unclear.

Energy experts differ so widely in their opinions onthe issue that those who look forward to a boom considerits potential “huge.” Others, however, are more cautiousin their outlook. “It’s going to be huge because it has tobe huge...there is no choice but for the sector to becomeenormous,” said Julian L Wong, a senior policy analystat the Center for American Progress.

Wong cited the International Energy Agency’s fore-cast that 26 trillion US dollars will be needed by 2030 tomeet global energy demands.

With both China and the United States planning cutsin carbon emissions, the two — the world’s largest en-ergy consumers — can play leading roles in developingrenewable energy equipment and technologies, expertssay.—Xinhua

India’s budget airlines leaverivals in vapour stream

MUMBAI, 6 Sept — India’s low-cost airlines are setto go from strength to strength as they grab marketshare from ailing premier carriers such as Air India,whose debts and losses continue to pile up, expertssay.

Big airlines such as Jet Airways, Kingfisher andAir India are being hit by falling revenues due to tougheconomic conditions and high air fuel taxes.

The smaller, “no-frills” carriers such as Spicejet orIndigo, set up to open up the skies to the country’s bur-geoning middle classes, have dealt better with the tur-bulent business conditions of the last year, analysts say.

At least seven budget airlines fly across India’sskies, with a 40-percent market share.

“By December-end, we estimate this to rise to 70percent,” said Kapil Kaul, South Asia chief executiveof the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA)consultancy.—Internet

RALEIGH, 6 Sept — A mother inRaleigh, NC, says she is concerned herdaughter’s middle school is nowneighbours with the Ugly Monkey PartyBar.

Nancy Locklin, whose daughter at-tends Exploris Middle School, said sheis particularly concerned the downtownclub’s name may draw the attention ofstudents at the charter school, The(Raleigh) News & Observer reported onFriday.

“I don’t think my daughter would payattention to a bar usually, but when it has

a name on there that says party it’s justkind of interesting,” she said. “I’d hatefor them to wish that they were oldenough to go.”

Principal Kevin Piacenza said theschool’s new location is the result of anattempt to keep the site downtown wherethere is a shortage of available space. Theschool relocated when it lost its formerhome in a property ownership merger.

The News & Observer said one pointthat may calm parents’ concerns with theUgly Monkey is that the nightclub is notopen during school hours.—Internet

Brazil plans ‘bullet train’linking cities

RIO DE JANEIRO, 6 Sept — Brazil says a “bullet train”linking Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Campinas willbe completed within six years.

Building the high-speed, 317-mile rail line will cost$18.7 billion, with Brazilian federal and state govern-ments financing $11.8 billion through the NationalEconomic and Social Development bank, Mercopressreported. The rest of the money will come from theprivate sector, and the federal government will payfor land acquisition and operation of the train, theNational Agency of Land Transport says.

Brazil’s government has pledged to try to quicklyapprove necessary licensing once environmental-im-pact studies are complete.—Internet

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YANGON, 6 Sept —The prize presenting cer-emony of the Command-in-Chief (Navy)’s ShieldVolleyball Tournament2009 was held atAyeyawady Naval Re-gional Command Head-quarters on 1 September.

Acer Notebook users win lucky drawsYANGON, 6 Sept—Shwe Lamin Naga Co organ-

ized a ceremony to select the lucky persons among theAcer Notebook users and sale agents for August at Acershowroom at the corner of Strand Road and LanthitStreet in Lanmadaw Township yesterday afternoon.

Managing Director U Soe Win Aung of ShweLamin Naga Co and Director U Aung Aung selectedthe lucky persons and presented K 300,000 to AcerNotebook user Maung Khant Sithu Aung and K100,000 each to Ko Min Kyaw Win Oo and Ma KayZin Htet.

Sale agent Technoland showroom won K300,000 award and ICE and Citicom shops K 100,000award each.—MNA

YANGON, 6 Sept—Vice-President of the Unionof Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerceand Industry U Zaw Min Win, General Secretary DrMaung Maung Lay, Joint-Secretaries U Myint Soe, DrMyo Thet and Dr Pwint Hsan, CEC members Dr ThinNwe Win and Daw Khaing Khaing Nwe and executiveU Kyaw Thein met with Director Mr. Naoki Tomotakeand Assistant Director Mr. Oriyama Mitsutoshi ofAMEICC HRD WD of Ministry of Economic, Tradeand Industry of Japan at the building of the federation,here, on 3 September.

They discussed matters on conducting of humanresource development courses and cooperation inCenter of Excellence (COE) Implementation Programfor Industry Sector.—MNA

Lt-Gen Tha Aye of Ministry of Defence views progress in construction of Myogyi Dam. —�MNA

Minister for Labour U Aung Kyi meets employers and employees fromShwepyitha and Insein industrial zones at Kanaung Hall in

Shwepyitha Industrial Zone.—MNA

Director U Aung Aung of Shwe Lamin NagaCo presents cash award to an outstanding sale

agent. — UMFCCI

Vice-President U Zaw Min Win and party of UMFCCI meet Japaneseguests. —UMFCCI

C-in-C (Navy)’s Shield VolleyballTournament 2009 held

UMFCCI officials meet Japanese guests

The Acting Com-mander of AyeyawadyNaval Regional Com-mand, on behalf of theCommander-in-Chief(Navy), delivered an in-troductory speech.

Also present on theoccasion were senior na-

val officers, Tat-madawmen and familymembers from Yangonand Thanlyin stations.Later, the officials pre-sented prizes to winnersand the acting commanderawarded the shield to thewinning team.—MNA

YANGON, 6 Sept—Minister for Labour UAung Kyi met with entre-preneurs, managers andemployees fromShwepyitha and InseinIndustrial Zones yesterdayand he urged the entrepre-neurs to connect Labour

Labour Minister meets industrialists, labourers

Exchange Offices to findlabours in line with theexisting laws, to raise la-bours’ efficiency, to makeworksite safety and effortsfor sanitations.

Next, the directors-general had discussions onlabours affairs. The min-

ister and the directors-gen-eral replied to the queriesraised by the entrepre-neurs. The minister wentto Sakura Garment Fac-tory and Myanmar PaleGarment Factory inHlinethaya IndustrialZone. He looked into ef-forts made on safety andsanitation works and ful-filled the medicines forlabours.

MNA

Lt-GenTha Ayeinspects…

(from page 1)near Khanbu Bridge inHtanaungkon Village. Hecordially greeted the lo-cals.

Next, Lt-Gen ThaAye observed the breed-ing of earthworm andworm-cast tank inHtanaungkon Village ofYamethin Township. Heviewed collective cultiva-tion of monsoon paddy infarmer U Sein Maung’sfields. The officials con-cerned awarded growers.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye in-

spected the arrangementson construction ofHtanaungkon Bridge,works in Kyaukchat Vil-lage of Pyawbwe Town-

ship, collective cultivationof monsoon paddy infarmer U Nyi Pu’s fieldsand ploughing in HlinetetVillage of Thazi Town-

ship. Afterwards, Lt-GenTha Aye together withChairman of MandalayDivision Peace and De-velopment Council Com-mander of Central Com-mand Maj-Gen Tin Ngweand officials arrived at

Myogyi Dam nearMyogyi Village ofYwangan Townshipwhere Lt-Gen Tha Ayecalled for meeting setstandard and require-ments, and inspectedproject. They went

through the tunnel by car.In Kyaukse Townhip,

Lt-Gen Tha Aye lookedinto construction ofPhyaukseik Village BasicEducation High Schooland 25-bed PhyaukseikpinStation Hospital.—MNA

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 7 September, 2009

Kokang group of Shan State (North) SpecialRegion is the first of its kind in returning to the legalfold. It returned to the legal fold in March 1989 andopened its headquarters in Laukkai. Since then it hasbeen joining hands with the government in the tasksfor regional development. Kokang Region has en-joyed peace and progress at the unprecedented levelfor a couple of decades, as a result. However, it wasin August 2009 when the region saw an incident thathad a strong negative impact on the peaceful life oflocal people.

As said in the news media, leaders of KokangSpecial Region (1) U Phon Kya Shin, U Phon KyaPhu, U Phon Tar Shwin and U Phon Tarli breachedthe peace agreement and violated the law, and causedan undesirable problem, thus dragging the name oflocal people through the mire.

The issue rocked the region to some extent.Nonetheless, all the terrible problems went away andthe region rose from the nightmare some time later.

Neo-colonialists, cohorts and certain westernradio stations that resort to all possible ways andmeans to trouble Myanmar took full advantage ofthe incident by exaggerating the news with wildspeculation. They drove a wedge between na-tional races. However, the serious blow they dealtto the nation did not work at all because theinhabitants of Kokang Region by nature lead astable, peaceful life with prosperous business.

Here, I would like to make some clarification tothe historical backgrounds of Phon Kya Shin, PhonKya Phu and Kokang Region. The Burma Commu-nist Party (BCP) led by Thakin Than Tun that wantedto come to power through an armed struggle linewent underground on 28 March 1948. At first, theBCP with some strength could occupy many townsand villages. However, it was reduced to a status inwhich its members stayed hiding in mountainousregions due to opposition of the public and the attackslaunched by the Tatmadaw.

In the end, BCP troops with their bases deep inthe Bago Yoma mountain ranges in Central Myanmarsuccumbed to the military operations jointly con-ducted by the people and the Tatmadaw, leading tothe falls of Thakin Than Tun, Thakin Zin, ThakinChit and Bo Zeya and devastation of the headquar-ters. The remnant BCP troops fled to the borders inthe northeast part of Myanmar in 1970, and theyestablished their Northeast BCP Headquarters. Theylived on smuggling of precious stones and opium inborder areas. Then, they started to organize localpeople for military purpose. Phon Kya Shin and some170 troops active in Kokang Region fled to theneighbouring country due to the attacks of theTatmadaw in 1967. The BCP troops in the neigh-bouring country politically mobilized Phon Kya Shinand members, providing them with funds and arms.

Kokang Region remains peaceful and prosperousMaung Nwe Sit

Ba Thein Tin, who became BCP Chairman in borderareas following the assassination of Thakin Than Tun,mobilized national race armed groups.

They successfully organized leader Naw Hsai ofKachin insurgents, leader Phon Kya Shin of Kokanginsurgents and national race armed groups, and theneighbouring country no longer accepted them. So,they reentered Myanmar and settled down in the north-east part of the nation. They were no longer aided byforeign countries, so they turned to smuggling of gemsand narcotic drugs to raise their funds. The majority ofthe leaders became rich through such businesses.

Whenever BCP members had to launch attacks,they did not spare even minors of national races, butthey dominated all the leading posts. So, national racesbecame their slaves and broke away from the BCP inMarch 1989.

After taking up the State's duties in 1988, theTatmadaw spent huge sums of funds and humanresources on the projects for peace and progress ofborder areas. So, border areas developed leaps andbounds. Seventeen national race armed groupsthat abhorred the BCP and realized the benevolentattitude of the government returned to the legalfold and made peace. Then, they got involved inregional development undertakings. Kokang Re-gion made peace earlier than any other armedgroup.

The mouthpieces of western neo-colonialists, al-lergic to peace and development of the whole Unionresulting from armed groups' returning to the legalfold, aired that the national race armed groups, that hadentered the legal fold, would continue their armedrevolt against the government in a few months. How-ever, peace groups threw themselves to the tasks forpeace and development of their races, sustainablepeace and development of the Union. They did notwant to relapse in the armed insurgency through whichthey troubled the country and the national race of theirown. Then, pessimists applied a different tactic, sayingthat the national race armed groups that had madepeace were making money through narcotic drugs.

In practice, Mongla Region in Shan State (North)announced itself to be a narcotic drugs (poppy) freeregion in April 1997. Then, Wa, Kokang and Kachinpeace regions tried to become poppy-free regions.Kokang Region saw buckwheat farms in place ofpoppy fields first.

The 17 major armed groups and over 20 smallarmed groups that had made peace took part in demo-cratic processes ranging from drawing the State consti-tution at the National Convention to approving it.Now, they are working hard in concert for stability anddevelopment of the nation. But, Kokang Special Re-gion (1) has seen four black sheeps who do not quitBCP-like habits and the practice of poppy growing fortheir wealth.

They are U Phon Kya Shin, U Phon Kya Phu, UPhon Ta Shwin and U Phon Tarli. They came toengage in narcotics smuggling again, sidelining theinterests of their own people. What’s more, theycommitted an act that could harm the State as well asthe region by violating the law. U Phon Kya Shin andhis accomplices built an illegal arms factory inYanlonkyaing Village in Laukkai and sold arms andammunition. These amounted to encouragingtransnational crimes and terrorist acts. Businesses ofnarcotic drug and arms smuggling are only beingdone by Mafia gangs from the western world. Theyare unacceptable and unforgivable. Destruction ofpeace and stability is a big crime committed againstthe people.

In connection with the case of the arms factory,Police Lt-Col Yin Htay of the Criminal InvestigationDepartment filed a lawsuit at Lashio Police Station(1) on 18 August, 2009. Responsible persons SpecialRegion-1 Chairman U Phon Kya Shin, Vice-Chair-man U Phon Kya Phyu, Vice-Chairman U Phon TaShwin and U Phon Tarli were summoned to deal withthe issue. But they did not turn up.

While fleeing Kokang region without trying toaddress the issue, U Phon Kya Shin and his accom-plices took police force members from Yanlonkyaingborder checkpoint at Myanmar-China border as hos-tages. Security force members tried to negotiate withU Phon Kya Shin’s group to rescue the hostages.However, they did not accept and started firinginflicting casualties so the security troops had to openfire on them. We saw the news about their attacks onTV. Police force members were brutally killed.

After the attack, 11 Tatmadaw members fell and34 wounded and 15 MPF members fell and 13 otherswounded. From the side of Phon Kya Shin, eightdead bodies and 640 small and heavy weapons wereseized. A battle by nature causes casualties from bothsides. Nonetheless, U Phon Kya Shin’s group com-mitted treason against the State and brutally killed 15of the captured police force members. They commit-ted the massacre. They violated the terms of theagreement reached at the time of making peace withthe State.

Many of the local people from Kokang regionfled to China. But they have now returned to Laukkai. Kokang Region Provisional Leading Commit-tee of Shan State (North) Special Region (1) ismaintaining regional peace and stability and protect-ing the local people in cooperation with the State. Asa result, the region has returned to normal. Theleading committee has urged the group of U PhonKya Shin to address the issue in accord with the lawand invited those who fled with U Phon Kya Shin tocome and cooperate with the committee as they hadnothing to do with the case. I have noticed that thepersons acting as reporters for BBC, VOA, RFA andDVB to broadcast slanderous news about Myanmarby encouraging the rapacious acts of U Phon KyaShin and his accomplices from the border region arePo Than Gyoung and Aung Kyaw Zaw, BCP com-munist remnants. Oh dear! leftists with extremeviews become rightists.

Anyhow…Kokang Special Region (1) has returned to nor-

malcy with prevalence of peace and stability.Translation: MS+ST

********

The 17 major armed groups and over 20 small armedgroups that had made peace took part in democraticprocesses ranging from drawing the State constitution atthe National Convention to approving it. Now, they areworking hard in concert for stability and development ofthe nation.

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Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence looks into thriving teak plantation at Paunglaung Forest Reserve of ForestDepartment. —�MNA

U Kyi Aye (Writer Hsinbyukyun Aung Thein)reading paper at Knowledge Bank

paper-reading session.—�MNA

Dagon Myothit Seikkan Industrial Zone Com-mittee Chairman U Aye Lwin and Vice-Chair-

man U Thein Chi seen at Yangon InternationalAirport before departure for China.— UMFCCI

NAY PYI TAW, 6Sept—Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing together with Min-ister for Commerce Brig-Gen Tin Naing Thein,Deputy-Ministers andShan State (North) leveldepartmental officials ar-rived at Yanlonkyaingborder gate laukkai Town-ships on 4 Septembermorning. He inspected re-gional stability and peaceand the site chosen for

YANGON, 6 Sept—Myanmar Writers and Jour-nalists Association organized the Knowledge Bankpaper reading session at the building of Sarpay Beikmanon Merchant Street yesterday.

Leader of the publishing and holding talks workgroup of MWJA U Tin Hlaing (Ledwinthar Saw Chit)extended greetings. U Kyi Aye (Hsinbyukyun AungThein) submitted the paper on novels portrayingMyanmar rural culture and replied to the queries raisedby those present.

Vice-Chairman-1 of MWJA U Tin Kha(Tekkatho Tin Kha) spoke words of thanks.

Also present on the occasion were MWJA Chair-man U Hla Myaing (Ko Hsaung), vice-chairmen, thesecretary and joint secretaries, members of TownshipWJAs and enthusiasts.—MNA

YANGON, 6 Sept—Yangon Division Super-visory Committee for En-suring Secure and SmoothTransport held a meetingat Yangon Command on 4September.

Chairman of the Su-pervisory CommitteeChairman of Yangon Di-vision Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of Yangon Com-mand Maj-Gen Win

Lt-GenMyint Swe ofMinistry…

(from page 1)On arrival at the

briefing hall of MahuyaDam, Lt-Gen Myint Sweheard a report by an offi-cial on constructiontasks. Then he stressedthe need for effective useof water.

Lt-Gen Myint Sweand party put fingerlingsinto the dam and inspectedflowing out of water fromthe control tower and thedurability of the dam.They also looked intoMahuya and Paunglaung

forest reserves alongMahuya Creek.

At the teak planta-

tion of Paunglaung forestreserve of the Forest De-partment, an official re-

Shwebo BEHS-2’s respect-paying ceremony

YANGON, 6 Sept—Shwebo Basic Education HighSchool-2 (Chanthagyi BEHS) will hold its 30th cer-emony to pay respects to retired teachers at its Dia-mond Jubilee Hall on 3 October.

The old students wishing to donate cash maycontact the Headmaster of the school, Senior AssistantTeacher Daw Khin Than Nwe (Retd) (Ph: 075-21027,U Tin Win (Private Teacher) (075-21319), or U MyintAung (MRTV-4) (09-5196744).—MNA

Programmes for secure, smoothtransport discussed

Myint delivered aspeech.

Departmental offi-cials reported on schoolbuses, enforcement of traf-fic rules, and ongoing pro-

grammes for convenienceof commuters.

The commander re-sponded to the reportsand gave concluding re-marks.—MNA

Knowledge Bank paper reading session

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing inspects regionaldevelopment tasks in Laukkai,

Chinshwehaw and Hopang townshipsbuilding border trade cen-tre. After hearing the re-port by the officials con-cerned, Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing left instructions.

He also looked intoChinshwehaw checkpoint. Afterwards, Lt-GenMin Aung Hlaing andparty met with the Town-ship level departmental of-ficials in Hopang andurged them to make effortfor regional development.

He inspected the dig-ital auto exchange and ra-dio telegraphs of MyanmaPosts and Telecommuni-cations in Hopang and hegave instructions on con-dition of phone line in-stallation.

After that, Lt-GenMin Aung Hlaing andparty looked into construc-tion of Hopang TownshipHospital.

MNA

YANGON, 6 Sept —Under the arrangement ofDagon Seikkan IndustrialTown ManagementCommittee, U Aye Lwin,Chairman of DagonSeikkan Industrial ZoneCommittee (Executive ofUnion of MyanmarFederation of Chambers ofCommerce and Industry)

Industrialists leavefor China

together with Vice-Chairman U Thein Chi leftfor China by air yesterdayevening to display thefurniture manufactured byMyanmar entrepreneurs atthe China Furniture Expo,Shanghai 2009 to be heldin Shanghai of the People’sRepublic of China.

MNA

ported on establishment offorest plantations and theirconservation tasks. Lt-

Gen Myint Swe left nec-essary instructions.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe

and party later went to No2 Highway and inspectedroadworks.—MNA

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 7 September, 2009

A&I Minister inspects regionaldevelopment work in Meiktila,

Pyawbwe TownshipsNAY PYI TAW, 6 Sept

— Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation Maj-GenHtay Oo on 31 Augustinspected ploughing formonsoon paddy andthriving monsoon paddyplantations at Kaphyu fieldin Kaphyu village inMeiktila Township,Mandalay Division.

At Magyipinpu villagein Meiktila Township, theminister and party met withfarmers.

Then the ministeraccompanied by thechairman of PyawbweTownship Peace andDevelopment Council andparty and members ofsocial organizations visited

Yonpinkon andLintzinkon villages wherethe minister explainedagricultural and ruraldevelopment tasks.

Next, the ministerlooked into sinking tube-wells at the farmlands nearYonpinkon village,supplying water to thefarmlands from an artesianwell that pumps out 4000gallons of water an hour atfarmland of farmer U ChitOo of Twinywa village forboosting crops productionin Phayangasu region andsupplying water to thepaddy plantations from anartesian well that pumpsout 7500 gallons of wateran hour at the farmland of

farmer U Myint Oo ofTwinywa village.

Arrangements arebeing made to sink 100tube-wells for boostingcrops production andgreening at Phayangasuregion in PyawbweTownship by WaterResource UtilizationDepartment of theministry. So far three tube-wells at Twinywa village,one at Htanaungpinwaingvillage and one atShawphyukon villagetotaling five have beensunk.

Digging of wells atthe farmlands is beingcarried out in Phayangasuregion. —MNA

YANGON, 6 Sept—Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin this morningattended yesterdayopening ceremony of thefree matriculation trainingcourse at No. 1 BasicEducation High School inKyimyindine Township.

He greeted theteachers.

Any students who willsit for the matriculationexamination may attendthe course beginningtoday.

Next, the mayor metwith local people at Thida-aye Monastery in AyeywaWard on the west bank ofHline River inKyimyindine Township

Free matriculation training course opened in Kyimyindine

and handed over a firefighting pump forAlatchaung Ward to thehead of Township Fire

Station.Later, the mayor

viewed upgrading ofHtitan streets in Zaygalay

Ward of KyimyindineTownship and MyaunggyiStreet in Galon Ward ofAhlon Township.—MNA

State Pariyatti Sasana UniversitiesAdministrative Central Committee meets

YANGON, 6 Sept—TheState Pariyatti SasanaUniversities Admini-strative Central Committeeof the Ministry of ReligiousAffairs held the meeting

No. 2/2009 at theConvocation Dham-mayon of State PariyattiSasana University on KabaAye Hill, here, thisafternoon, with an addressby Chairman of the CentralCommittee Vice-Chair-man of State Sangha MahaNayaka CommitteeAbhidhaja Maha RatthaGuru BhaddantaKundalajoti.

Minister for ReligiousAffairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung supplicatedon the religious affairs.

Director-General DrMyo Myint of Departmentfor Promotion andPropagation of the Sasanasought the approval for theminute of the previousmeeting and supplicated onthe accomplishment for thedecisions of the previousm e e t i n g . T h o s eparticipants took part in thediscussions on submissions at the meeting No.2/2009 and the specialmeeting.

They also discussedreports from the

Universities ManagementCommittee (Yangon-Mandalay).

The list of monks whogot Sasana Taxila MahaDhammacariya and SasanaTaxila Dhammacariya wassubmitted at the 15th

convocation . The meetingended with concludingremarks by the chairmanSayadaw.

After the meeting,wellwisher U Myo ZawTun-Daw Wutyi Htwefamily of SangyoungTownship donated K 7.2million to the funds for themonks who are learningBuddhism in Sri Lanka andK 6 million to the funds ofBorder Areas and HillRegion Theravada BuddhaSasana NugghaAssocaition, wellwisher UKo Ko Htwe-Daw AyeAye Than (Tawwin FamilyCo) K 3.5 million to thefunds for the student monksin Sri Lanka. The ministeraccepted cash donationsand presented certificatesof honour to thewellwishers.—MNA

YANGON, 6 Sept—Myanmar Molecular &Diagnostic Centre(MMDC) yesterdayintroduced the NucleicAcid Testing (NAT)through the Real TimePCR technology for thosewishing to work and attendschools abroad and forthose wishing to receivethe blood transfusion.

In the past, theSerology Tests wereconducted for Hepatitis Band C and HIV. Now,

Nucleic Acid Testing introducedDNA/RNA can be directlytested in blood by applyingReal Time PCRtechnology to reduce thewindow period of thepatients.

Anti-HCV antibodyof Hepatitis C of thepatient can be examinedthrough NAT after havinginfected during a week.NAT can also be appliedto conduct the test on thepatient for infection ofHIV after the victim hadbeen infected within a

week.NAT is the best for

reducing the windowperiod from 20 to 25 days.

MMDC is givingmolecular diagnosisservices to the patientsthrice a week with theuse of Real Time PCRmachines and CE markedReagents imported fromQiagen Co of Germany.For more information,dial 01-374676 and 02-72985.

MNA

Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin meets with local people in Ayeywa

ward, Kyimyindine Township.—YCDC

Introduction to Nucleic Acid Testing by Myanmar Molecular &Diagnostic Centre in progress.—MNA

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Myitkyina Nursing and Midwifery School turning out nursesByline: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Sept— Minister for Health Dr.Kyaw Myint met withtraders, millers andresponsible personnel ofMaha KathinaAssociation in Mandalayon 28 August and urgedthem to continue theirparticipation in socialwelfare tasks in Mandalay.

With the aim ofnarrowing the gap in

Commander attends openingof domestic training courses

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Sept— Chairman of Shan State(East) Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of TriangleRegion Command Maj-Gen Kyaw Phyo deliveredan address at the opening

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Sept— A ceremony to honourvictorious athletes ofMandalay Division inIn te r -S ta te /Div is ionVolleyball and BasketballTournaments and 1st

Victorious Mandalay Division sportsteams honoured

YANGON, 6 Sept—Deputy Minister forConstruction Brig-GenMyint Thein attendedwork coordinationmeeting on developmentof road networks inAyeyawady Division at

State/Division Under-17Women’s footballtournament was held atthe hall of Aungmyay-thazan Township on 31August. Chairman ofMandalay Division Peace

and Development CouncilCommander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen TinNgwe gave a speech.

The commander andofficials presented prizesto athletes.—MNA

of Advanced TailoringCourse No (24/2009),Basic Tailoring Course No(52/2009) and KnittingCourse No (11/2009)conducted by theEducation and TrainingDepartment under the

Ministry of Progress ofBorder Areas and NationalRaces and DevelopmentAffairs at the Women’sVocational DomesticTraining School inKengtung on 31 Augustmorning.—MNA

Dy Minister attends coord meeting ondevelopment of road networks

the office of PyaponDistrict Public Worksyesterday morning.

Also present at themeeting were ChiefEngineer of Public WorksU Soe Tint, Deputy ChiefEngineer U Than Nyunt

and project engineers andengineers from Pathein,Myaungmya and PyaponDistricts. The ministerfulfilled the requirementsrelated to reportspresented by officials.

MNA

Health Minister meets traders,millers in Mandalay

providing medical careservices in Yangon andMandalay, thegovernment hasestablished universitiesrelated to health careservices and medicallearning in Mandalay, theminister said at themeeting.

Minister Dr. KyawMyint went to MandalayUniversity of Medicine on

29 August and met withtrainees attending therefresher course fordoctors. A total of 253doctors are attending thecourse.

During the visit toMandalay, the ministerand party also met withresponsible personnel ofMandalay Zegyo MarketCommittee on 30 August.

MNA

“We are trainingnurses for promoting

health care for thepeople of border

regions.”Instructor Daw

Makhong HtazamiSarTrainees learning at Myitkyina Nursing and Midwifery School.

.(from page 1)663 nursing diplomaholders and 897midwives. Turning outthose nurses andmidwives contributesmuch towards providinghealth care for the local

people”, said PrincipalDaw Lio Ni.

Instructor DawMakhong Htazami Sarsaid, “To apply for a three-year nursing diploma,matriculated students willbe chosen by the Medical

Research Departmentaccording to their markrate. Students are beingtrained by the principal,instructors, vice-instructors and specialistsof Myitkyina GeneralHospital.”

During 2009-2010academic year, 184trainees are doing a three-year nursing course and58, a three-year midwiferycourse totalling 242 atMyitkyina Nursing andMidwifery School.

Kachin State hasnursing and midwiferyschools in Myitkyina andBhamo and the number ofnurses has increased in thestate.

Those who havecompleted degreecourses have to work atstation hospitals andclinics in their respectiveregions or at township

and district hospitals. Asthe State has openednursing and midwiferyschools for promotinghealth care borderregions, the health sectorof the people living inborder areas hassignificantly developed.

*******Translation: ST

Myanma Alin: 6-9-09

Myitkyina Nursing and Midwifery School.

Minister Dr Kyaw Myint addresses the meeting with chairman of Mandalay Zegyodaw Market Committee and executive members.—HEALTH

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BEIJ ING, 6 Sept—Being part of theperformances markingthe 60th foundinganniversary of NewChina, an epic galaentitled “Road ofRejuvenation” willdebut on 23 Sept in theGreat Hall of the Peoplein Beijing. The galafollows the grand drama“East Is Red” thatcelebrated the 15thanniversary of thefounding of the People’sRepublic of China, and“Road of ChineseRevolution” thatcelebrated the 35thanniversary.

The event was directedby internationally

KABUL, 6 Sept —Taleban inlitons attackeda patrol team of NATO-ledforces in Balkh Provincenorth of Afghanistan earlySunday but caused nodamage, a local officialsaid. “The militants firedrocket propelled grenadeon a patrol team in the weehours of Sunday inSholgara district, causingno loss of life,” SyedKamal the governor ofSholgara district told

HOLDEN, 6 Sept – Aman shot his estrangedwife and son to deathinside a home on lateSunday, then killedhimself in his car whendeputies tried to pull himover, authorities said. His2-year-old grandson alsodied, possibly whiletrying to escape out asecond-story window,and his pregnant

Dancers perform in front of a replica Sphinx on stage at a lavish outdoor theatricalperformance at Green Park in Tripoli, Libya, late night on 1 Sept, 2009. The

spectacle included 800 performers and what organizers claimed was the world’slargest tent.—INTERNET

A saleswoman (C)listens to customers at

a makeup counterafter iftar (breakingfast) in Tripoli on 5

September, 2009.INTERNET

Red Cross workers sit with an injured woman in an ambulance after a grenadeexplosion in San Antonio square in Medellin on 5 September , 2009. At least 18

people were wounded in the explosion, authorities said.—INTERNET

Epic gala for China’sNational Day

celebration to debut inlate Sept

acclaimed choreographerZhang Jigang, who co-directed the openingceremony of the Beijing2008 Olympic Gamestogether with ZhangYimou in last summer.

In about 2.5 hours,some 3,200 performerswill gather in the capital fora recapturing of China’scontemporary and modernhistory since 1840. Theperformance will last till 5Oct. China CentralTelevision (CCTV)reported on Friday that theinterior of the Great Hall ofthe People was temporarilyadjusted just for theperformance, which wasrare in the hall’s history.

Xinhua

Militants attack internationaltroops in N Afghanistan

Xinhua. He also said thatthe forces came underattack were from Swedenthat has some 300 troopsdeployed in Afghanistan.Meantime, ZabihullahMujahid who claims tospeak for Taleban outfit intalks with media viatelephone from undis-closed location said themilitants had inflictedcasualties on the troops.

However, SyedKamal utterly rejected

the Taleban claim, sayingthere were no casualtieson the troops. Talebanmilitants have shiftedtheir activities from theirtraditional base in thesouth to the relativelypeaceful northern region.The militants by carryingout roadside bomb in thenorthern KunduzProvince on Saturdaywounded three Germansoldiers.

Xinhua

PHOENIX, 6 Sept —The 8-month-old light railline in Phoenix had itsworst accident on Saturdaywhen a train derailed afterhitting an SUV that had runa red light, officialssaid.The impact knockedthe train from the tracks,The Arizona Republicreported.

Police said thedriver of the SUV and apassenger on the trainwere injured. The crash

Two-year-old, three othersdead in La domestic incident

daughter-in-law was shotand critically injured, saidLivingston ParishSheriff’s Office Chief ofOperations PerryRushing.

Rushing said theshootings appeared tostem from an ongoingdispute between the 50-year-old man and hiswife, who had arestraining order againsthim. Police were calledto the home in Holden,about 70 miles northwestof New Orleans, around10:30 pm on Saturday.They found the man’s 49-year-old wife and 26-year-old son dead insideand the 2-year-old deadoutside. Rushing said itwasn’t clear whether theboy was shot or diedfrom falling out thewindow as his mothertried to escape withhim..—Internet

Phoenix light rail crash injures Twoalso knocked downelectrical poles, disruptinglight rail service.

Bus service wastemporarily substitutedfor the light rail.The 20-mile-long light rail line

Palestinianteen killed inGaza shooting

GAZA, 6 Sept — A14-year-old Palestinianboy died on Saturday afterbeing wounded in ashooting incidentinvolving Israeli soldiersin the northern bordertown of Beit Hanoun,Palestinian medicalworkers said.

They said Ghazi al-Zaaneen was seriouslywounded on Friday nightwhen Israeli soldiers firedshots towards aneighbourhood in thetown. A military official,who declined to be named,said soldiers had firedwarning shots in the BeitHanoun area on Fridaynight after spottingPalestinians approachingIsrael’s border. An IsraeliArmy spokeswoman saidthe military had launchedan investigaion.

MNA/Reuters

runs between Phoenixand the suburbs of Tempe,home of the University ofArizona and the Phoenixairport, and Mesa. Itbegan operating on 27Dec. — Internet

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Whoo Whoo : A group

of striped owls sit at

the Animal Hospital at

the Niteroi Zoo, Brazil.

INTERNET

Workers find Bay Bridge crack;Shutdown could last

A replacement section slides into place connecting the new detour routeduring the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge seismic retrofit

in San Francisco, on 5 Sept, 2009.—INTERNET

SAN FRANCISCO, 6 Sept—Crews working on aseismic retrofit of the SanFrancisco-Oakland BayBridge on Saturday foundwhat authorities called a“significant crack” in theeastern span that couldkeep the Californialandmark closed beyonda planned holidayweekend shutdown.

During an inspection,workers discovered a

problem with a steel linkthat helps hold up thebridge’s eastern portion,senior bridge engineerKen Brown told the SanFrancisco Chronicle. Thelink — part of a networkof eight similar pieces —is about two inches thickand was cracked halfwaythrough.

“The crack issignificant enough tohave closed the bridge on

its own,” Caltransspokesman Bart Ney saidat a news conference onSaturday night. “We haveto make this repair beforewe reopen the bridge.”Ney added “it’s verypossible that this couldprevent us from openingTuesday morning,” whenthe work week resumesand the bridge had beenset to reopen.

Internet

46 new A/H1N1 flu casesconfirmed in Europe

STOCKHOLM, 6 Sept—A European health agencysaid on Saturday that 46 new A/H1N1 flu cases wereconfirmed in European countries within the last 24hours.

The news cases were reported from two countries,24 from Luxembourg and the rest from Switzerland,the European Center for Disease Prevention and Con-trol (ECDC) said in its daily situation report.

The cumulative number of confirmed cases of theA/H1N1 flu virus in the EU (European Union) andEFTA (European Free Trade Association) countriesincreased to 48,269, with 16,835 cases in Germany,13,192 in Britain, 2,624 in Portugal, 2058 in Italyand 1,839 in Greece, the ECDC said.

The ECDC publishes a daily situation report aboutthe H1N1 flu cases in the EU and EFTA countriesbased on official information from these countries.

Xinhua

Macao’s A/H1N1 confirmedcases climb to 1,189

MACAO, 6 Sept— Macao reported 60 newly con-firmed cases of Influenza A/H1N1 on Saturday, bring-ing the cumulative number of such cases to 1,189so far.

The newly confirmed cases comprised 36 femalepatients and 24 male patients whose ages ranged fromtwo to 66, Macao’s Health Bureau said.

Statistics from the Bureau showed that some 12patients who tested positive for the A/H1N1 viruswere still receiving medical treatments at local hos-pitals, but their health conditions remained stable.

Xinhua

Twin astronauts willtweet about space

WASHINGTON, 6 Sept— Twin brothers whowill command the spaceshuttle and InternationalSpace Station are tweet-ing about their prepara-tions, NASA says.

Mark and Scott Kellyare preparing for 2010missions. Mark is com-mander of the spaceshuttle mission STS-134and Scott is commanderof state Expedition 26.

If schedules don’tchange, they could meetin space.

Both West Orange,NJ, natives are Navycaptains who havebeen astronauts since1996.

Mark served as the pi-lot on missions STS-108in 2001 and STS-121 in2006 and commandedSTS-124 in 2008. He haslogged 38 days in space.

Scott served as the

pilot on mission STS-103 in 1999 and com-manded STS-118 in2007. He logged 21 daysin space and is preparingfor a six-month stayaboard the station.Mark’s Twitter accountcan be found ath t t p : / / t w i t t e r . c o mshuttlecdrkelly; Scott’sat http://twitter.com/stationcdrkelly. Theyjoin other astronautswhose tweets aboutspace can be found ath t t p : / / t w i t t e r .com/NASA_astronauts.

Internet

T rex for sale: Dinosaur fossil on block in VegasLAS VEGS, 6 Sept—Museums and high-rolling natural history buffs will get a

crack at buying a fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex next month at a Las Vegas Stripauction. Experts say the 170 bones discovered about 17 years ago in South Dakotarepresent more than half the skeleton of a 40-foot-long, 7.5 ton dinosaur thatlived 66 million years ago.

Auctioneer Bonhams & Butterfields is hoping that bids for the T rex dubbed“Samson” will top $6 million when it is sold on 3 Oct at the Venetian hotel-casino in Las Vegas. A similar T rex fossil sold in 1997 for $8.3 million and isnow housed at the Field Museum in Chicago. That dinosaur, named “Sue,” is 42feet long and has more than 200 fossilized bones.

Tom Lindgren, a natural history specialist for Bonhams & Butterfields, said“Samson” is the third most complete T rex skeleton ever discovered, and one ofonly 42 specimens discovered in the last 100 years with more than 10 percent ofthe bones.“This represents the pinnacle of paleontology,” Lindgren told TheAssociated Press on Friday.

Internet

Graphic fact file on Apple’s speedier iPhone 3GSwith video capability. The iPhone will soon

officially go on sale in China, more than two yearsafter its US debut, but it may not make much of asplash, with smuggled units and similar devices

available, analysts say.—INTERNET

Obama agrees to releaseWhite House visitor log

WASHINGTON, 6 Sept—US President BarackObama has agreed torelease the names ofvisitors to the WhiteHouse, said the

government on Friday. “We will achieve our

goal of making thisadministration the mostopen and transparentadministration in history,not only by opening thedoors of the White Houseto more Americans, butby shining a light on thebusiness conductedinside,” Obama said in astatement. “Americanshave a right to know whosevoices are being heard inthe policymakingprocess.”

According to thepresident, every visitorwould be released nomater he comes to theWhite House for “an

appointment, a tour, or toconduct business”.However, visitors whocome to attend meeting ofsensitivity will notincluded, such as possiblenominees for key postsand some officialsconcerning nationalsecurity affairs.

MNA/Xinhua

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Rooney accused of divingby angry Slovenia

LONDON, 6 Sept—Wayne Rooney found himselfembroiled in a diving controversy after the Englandstriker’s tumble earned a controversial penalty in hisside’s 2-1 friendly victory over Slovenia. Just daysafter insisting he would never dive, Rooney wasaccused by Slovenia players of going to ground tooeasily following Bostjan Cesar’s tug on his shirt inthe first half at Wembley on Saturday.

Cesar clearly pulled Rooney’s shirt briefly, but thecontact didn’t seem strong enough to warrant the fallfrom the Manchester United star, who was also tuggingon his opponent’s jersey. Slovenia also complainedthat Rooney had fouled Cesar in the same incident,leaving the defender with an ankle injury that will keephim out of a World Cup qualifier against Poland inmidweek.—Internet

England forward Wayne Rooney (L) evades achallenge from Slovenia’s midfielder AleksanderRadosavljev during their international friendly football

match at Wembley stadium in London.—INTERNET

Top seed Safina oustedin US Open Third round

NEW YORK, 6 Sept—Little-known Czech PetraKvitova pulled off the biggest upset in this year’s USOpen on Saturday as she outclassed world numberone Dinara Safina 6-4 2-6 7-6 in the third round.

Kvitova, ranked 72nd in the world, will playBelgium’s Yanina Wickmayer for a spot in thequarterfinals. Safina’s defeat marked the first time thisyear she failed to reach at least the semifinals of agrand slam tournament. —Xinhua

Ibrahimovic’s late strike givesSweden 2-1 win over Hungarian

in World Cup qualifier BUDAPEST, 6 Sept—Barcelona striker Zlatan

Ibrahimovic scored in injury time to help Sweden defeatHungary 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier here on Saturday.

Just as the match looked to end in a 1-1 draw,Ibrahimovic led a Swedish counterattack in the thirdminute of extra-time. Hungarian goalkeeper GaborBabos’s attempted clearance from the edge of the boxbounced off Ibrahimovic and rolled into the Hungariangoal. Hungary coach Erwin Koeman said losing to alast minute goal was hard to take.After seven games,Hungary has 13 points and Sweden 12 in Group1.Hungary will host Portugal on Wednesday, whenSweden faces Malta.—Xinhua

Villa and Silva double as Spaincrush Belgium 5-0

in World Cup qualifying MADRID, 6 Sept—Valencia pair David Silva and

David Villa scored twice apiece to lead Spain to a 5-0rout of Belgium in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday.Silva opened the scoring with the first just before thebreak and the reigning European champions hit evenbetter form in the second half.

Villa, who had missed a first-half penalty, andGerard Pique netted within a minute before Silva andVilla were on target again as Spain cruised to thestylish victory. Vicente del Bosque’s side maintainedtheir 100 percent record to lead Group Five by sixpoints from second-placed Bosnia, who beat Armenia2-0 earlier in the day. Belgium is fourth, 14 points offthe pace. — Xinhua

Brilliant Brazil reach World Cup finals

Argentine coach Diego Maradona(centre) looks on as Brazil’s players

celebrate their third goal againstArgentina during their FIFA World

Cup South Africa-2010 qualifiermatch at the Gigante de Arroyito

stadium in Rosario, Santa Fe,Argentina, on 5 September .

INTERNET

Oudin, Isner stun pastchampions at US Open

Melanie Oudin of theUnited States celebratesher upset victory overMaria Sharapova ofRussia during the thirdround of the US Opentennis tournament inNew York.—INTERNET

French hopes of automaticqualification in balance

High fives as Spain crushBelgium to near World Cup

Spain’s FrancescFabregas, left, duels forthe ball with MarouaneFellaini of Belgiumduring their World Cupqualifying soccer matchin La Coruna, Spain, on5 Sept, 2009.—INTERNET French forward and

captain Thierry Henryeyes the ball during

their World Cup 2010qualifying football

match againstRomania.—INTERNET

PARIS, 6 Sept—Formerchampions France’shopes of making the 2010World Cup finals sufferedanother blow here onSaturday when the 1998winners were held to a1-1 draw by Romania intheir Group Sevenqualifier.

France, who travel to amust-win qualifier withgroup leaders Serbia, whothey trail by four pointson Wednesday, took thelead through veterancaptain Thierry Henryearly in the second-halfonly for Julien Escude toput through his own net a

few minutes later.France’s controversialcoach Raymond Do-menech conceded that ithad been a tough evening.

Internet

MADRID, 6 Sept—European championsSpain moved to withintouching distance of theWorld Cup finals aftercoasting to a 5-0 win overBelgium in La Coruna onSaturday. Valencia duo

David Silva and DavidVilla both scored twicewith Barcelona defenderGerard Pique also ontarget in the five-goalromp and the scorelineshould have been moreemphatic.

The double from Villa,who also missed apenalty, raises hisinternational goals tally to33 in just 51 games as hecloses in on the nationalrecord of 44 held by RealMadrid striker Raul.Spain have a flawlessseven wins at the top ofGroup 5, six points aheadof second-placed BosniaHerzegovina who won2-0 at Armenia. If Spainbeat Estonia in Merida onWednesday and Bosniafail to beat Turkey theywill qualify for the WorldCup finals with twogames to spare.—Internet

ROSARIO, 6 Sept—Five-timechampions Brazil, inspired by RealMadrid superstar Kaka, qualified forthe World Cup finals thanks to a 3-1win over bitter rivals Argentina.Theresult maintained Brazil’s proud recordof never having missed a World Cup.Italso piled more pressure ontoArgentina coach Diego Maradonawhose team are clinging onto the fourthand final automatic qualifying spotfrom the South American zone.In afirst-half played at a breathless pace,the tackles came thundering in and itwas hardly surprising that Brazil’s twoopening goals were the product of setpieces.

Internet

NEW YORK, 6 Sept—Melanie Oudin’s face wasflushed from a mix ofexertion and excitementand maybe even a bit ofbewilderment — “Yes, IDID beat Maria Shara-pova!” running through hermind — when she steppedout of the US Open lockerroom and saw Mom.

The pair embraced,kissed each other on thecheek, and Leslie Oudintold her 17-year-olddaughter: “I’m very proudof you.” Then they huggedsome more, holding tight.

Melanie Oudin is stillvery much a kid fromMarietta, Ga, enjoying thetrip of her life in the BigApple, playing foosballin the players’ loungeand using words like“amazing” and “cool” as sheworks her dizzying waythrough the draw at FlushingMeadows. Oudin’s latestwin was the biggest so far:She knocked off three-timeGrand Slam champion andformer No. 1 Sharapova3-6, 6-4, 7-5 Saturday toreach the US Open’s fourthround.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenisolated in Kachin, Kayah States and Lower SagaingDivision, scattered in Shan State and Mandalay Divisionand widespread in the remaining areas with Locallyheavyfalls in Rakhine, Mon States and Taninthayi Division,isolated heavyfalls in Kachin, Kayin States and AyeyawadyDivision. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded werePaung (9.45) inches, Launglon (7.24) inches, Thandwe(5.94) inches, Pathein (5.90) inches, Dawei (5.31) inches,Hpa-an (5.04) inches, Taungkok (4.96) inches, Kyaukpyu(4.88) inches, Chaungsone (4.49) inches, Thaton (4.17)inches, Machanbaw (3.90) inches and Taungtwingyi (1.10)inches.

Maximum temperature on 5-9-2009 was 86°F.Minimum temperature on 6-9-2009 was 68°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 6-9-2009 was 100%.Total sun shine hours on 5-9-2009 was (0.7) hour approx.

Rainfall on 6-9-2009 was (1.46) inches at Mingaladon,(1.10) inches at Kaba-Aye and (2.09) inches at CentralYangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (90.63) inchesat Mingaladon, (102.40) inches at Kaba-Aye and (109.29)inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph from Southwest at (14:30) hoursMST on 5-9-2009.

Bay inference: According to the observations atyesterday’s mid-night, the depression over th e NorthwestBay has moved to North-Northwest direction and has crossedthe West Central Coast of Bangla (India) into the land.Monsoon is strong in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 7th September 2009:Rain or thundershowers will be isolated in Kayah State andLower Sagaing Division, scattered in Kachin and ShanStates, Mandalay and Magway Divisions, fairly widespreadin Upper Sagaing Division and widespread in the remainingStates and Divisions with likelihood of isolated heavyfallsin Mon and Rakhine States and Yangon, Ayeyawady andTaninthayi Divisions. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with rough seas are likely attimes off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface wind speed insqualls may reach (40)mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Strong monsoon.Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for

7-9-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for7-9-2009: Some rain or thundershowers. Degree of certaintyis (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for7-9-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

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A barn owl eats a chick’s leg while resting at afalconry demonstration during International VultureAwareness Day, outside Zurrieq, on the southern

coast of Malta, on 5 Sept, 2009.—INTERNET

Troops killthree Taleban insurgents

in W AfghanistanKABUL, 6 Sept—Gun battle between Afghan

forces and Taleban fighters left three insurgentsdead in Farah province west of Afghanistan, anofficial said on Sunday.

“Taleban attacked a patrol team of Afghansoldiers in Pushrod district on Saturday night andtroops returned fire, killing three rebels on spot,”Abdul Basir Ghori, the spokesman of AfghanNational Army (ANA) in the region, told Xinhua.

One Afghan soldier sustained injuries in thefirefight, he added.

Taleban fighters have intensified attacks againstgovernment interests as they carried out series ofoffensive over the past couple of weeks.—Xinhua

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

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

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC - sowing hatred among thepeople

■ RFA, DVB - generating public outrage■ 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

Depression crosses Westcoast of Bengal of India

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Sept—Department of Mete-orology and Hydrology announced that according tothe observations yesterday mid-night, the low pres-sure occurred over the Northwest Bay of Bengalmoved into North- Northwest direction and crossedWest coast of Bengal of India.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Sept— The number of peoplewho returned to Kokanghas reached 13,255 ac-cording to data on 6th Sep-tember.

Local people return to Kokang asstability prevails in Shan State (North)

LAUKKAI, 6 Sept —With the arrangement ofthe authority in Kokang,Shan State (North), meatand fish are sold to localpeople in Laukkai at rea-sonable prices as from 6th

September.

Meat, fish sold at reasonableprices in Laukkai

Local people who leftKokang region have re-turned to Kokang throughYanlonkyaing andChinshwehaw bordercheck-points as from 29th

August as the stability hasprevailed.

The administrativemachinery in the regionhas returned to normal.

MNA

Chicken and fish aresold at mobile shops inthe town. Members of theTatmadaw in local battal-ions dredged the drainsand carried out sanitationin the town.

The town has re-

turned to normal andshops, stores and marketsare reopened. Local peo-ple are flowing back tothe town throughYanlonkyaing Bordercheck-point.

MNA

Indoor plants found to release volatile organic compounds

Ficus benjamina, a popular houseplant, wasfound to emit VOCs.

SCIENCEDAILY, 6Sept — Potted plants adda certain aesthetic valueto homes and offices,bringing a touch of na-ture to indoor spaces. Ithas also been shown that

many common houseplants have the ability toremove volatile organiccompounds—gases orvapours emitted by solidsand liquids that may haveadverse short- and long-

term health effects onhumans and animals—from indoor air.

But take heed whenconsidering adding somegreen to your environ-ment; in addition to giv-ing off healthy oxygenand sucking out harmfulVOCs, a new study showsthat some indoor plantsactually release volatileorganic compounds intothe environment. A re-search team headed byStanley J. Kays of theUniversity of Georgia'sDepartment of Horticul-ture conducted a study toidentify and measure theamounts of volatile or-ganic compounds(VOCs) emitted by fourpopular indoor pottedplant species.—Internet

INSIDE

Kokang Region remains peaceful and prosperous

MAUNG NWE SIT

Kokang Region Provisional Leading Committee

of Shan State (North) Special Region (1) is maintain-

ing regional peace and stability and protecting the

local people in cooperation with the State. As a result,

the region has returned to normal.PAGE 8

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