The New Light of Myanmar 10-10-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 177 7th Waning of Thadingyut 1371 ME Saturday, 10 October, 2009

* 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 Con-

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Tatmadaw has never betrayed the nation, but hasalways safeguarded the nation and the people

against variety of dangers in times of emergencySenior General Than Shwe addresses second-day session of MWVO conference

Comrades,War veterans, who

had done their bit in theindependence strugglesand retired from the armedforces for various reasons,formed war veteransorganizations on self-reliance basis region-wisefrom 1948 onwards. In1973, the organizationswere reconstituted in asystematic way. Theconstitution and principlesfor war veteransorganizations were

adopted and promulgatedin 1975. They werereconstituted in successiveperiods. According to theobjective conditions, theCentral OrganizingCommittee of theMyanmar War VeteransOrganization was re-formed with repre-sentatives including thosein service in October 1998.Then, supervisorycommittees at state/division level andorganizing committees at

township level wereformed. The MyanmarWar Veterans Organiza-tion held its first conferencein June 2001, and thesecond conference in June2005, and the thirdconference, in October2009. It is a pleasure forme to see all therepresentatives of warveterans organizationsfrom the four corners ofthe nation happy andhealthy at this conference.

(See page 8)

Senior General Than Shwe delivers an address at second-day session ofMWVO conference (2009).—MNA

National politics and true sense ofUnion Spirit are the most important things

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Oct—The following is the translation of the speech deliveredby Patron of the Myanmar War Veterans Organization (Central) Chairman of theState Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesSenior General Than Shwe at the second-day session of MWVO conference(2009) in Nay Pyi Taw Lewe this morning.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 10 October, 2009

Saturday, 10 October, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

In building a new modern and developednation, fit and qualified human resources areindispensable. The Ministry of Health is provid-ing health care services to the people with the aimof bringing about healthy and fit people.

The ministry has been trying its utmostfor the people to enjoy longevity, to live a peace-ful life and to be free from all forms of diseases.In that regard, it is extensively engaged in im-parting knowledge on health to rural people,prevention of diseases and effective treatment incase of disease outbreak.

In providing health care services to thepeople, prevention is as important as treatment.In the process of taking measures against thespread of diseases and preventive measures, it isnecessary to equip the people with knowledge onhealth. Paying serious attention to personal hy-giene, every citizen is to widely develop the habitof washing hands with soap, of discarding lefto-vers in a systematic way and of keeping theirenvironment clean.

As mothers and children constitute over60 per cent of Myanmar’s population, nutri-tional development and health care servicesshould be carried out on a wider scale. Mean-while, vaccination, distribution of Folic Acid andVitamin B1 to would-be mothers and provisionof Vitamin A1 to children under five are to becarried out right down to rural regions.

At present, health week activities arebeing launched in the states, divisions, districts,wards and villages, and arrangement are beingmade for mothers and new-born children to beable to enjoy nutritious foods, to be healthy andfree from diseases.

At a time when health care services arebeing extensively provided to people from differ-ent regions it is incumbent upon the entire na-tional people to impart knowledge on healthright down to rural regions, and only then, willevery citizen be able to fully enjoy health andhappiness throughout their life.

Impart knowledge on healthright down to rural regions

YANGON, 9 Oct—DawAung San Suu Kyi metCharge d'Affaires ai ofUS embassy Mr Thomas L.Vajda, British AmbassadorMr Andrew Richard Heyn,and Charge d'Affaires ai of Australianembassy Mr SimonChristopher Starr at SeinleKantha Guesthouse herefrom 10 to 11 am this morn-ing. It is learnt that DawAung San Suu Kyi was al-lowed to do so for her re-quest to the government thatshe wanted to meet withthem. Also present at themeeting were Director ofProtocol Department under

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets diplomats ofUSA, Britain, Australia in Yangon

Ministry of Foreign AffairsU Maung Maung and

Deputy Commander of Spe-cial Branch of Myanmar Po-

lice Force Police Col WinNaing Tun.—MNA

YANGON, 9 Oct—KMD Group of Company or-ganized a ceremony to present prizes to customers andsales reps at Park Royal Hotel on Alanpya PagodaRoad here this afternoon. Manager U Myo Tun Khaingof KMD Group of Company explained facts aboutProlink products and presented prizes to customersand sales reps of the product.

Prolink brand computer and accessories enteredthe market in 1991 and won ISO 9001 Quality Certifi-

Myanmar and Koreanentrepreneurs to meet

YANGON, 9 Oct—Jointly organized by Unionof Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerceand Industry (UMFCCI) and Korea Importers Asso-ciation, Myanmar entrepreneurs and Korean entrepre-neurs will meet according to industry they are engagedin at the UMFCCI Tower on 19 October.

Korean entrepreneurs dealing in metal,rubber,chemicals, wooden furniture, kitchen utensils, house-hold goods (wood & plastic), souvenirs, electric motorparts, equipment for producing wrench, tile (granite,marble), surveying equipment spare parts, marineproducts, canned food (crab, prawn,vegetable), colorsorter, gas cylinder spare parts industries will partici-pate in the meeting focusing on business opportunitiesof the two sides.

Those wishing to participate may register atUMFCCI by 12 October. For more details, dial 214344,45…49.—MNA

YANGON, 9 Oct—Air Bagan Open Golf Champi-onships as the second leg of Myanmar Golf Tour 2009-2010, organized by Myanmar Golf Federation andMyanmar PGA, mainly sponsored by Air Bagan Ltd,will take place at Bagan Resort Golf Club in NyaungUTownship of Mandalay Division from15 to 18 October.

Professional golfers and amateur golfers (Handi-cap 0-12) are allowed to take part in the competitions.The tournament will be organized in line with the rulesand regulations of Saint Andrew and regional rules.Hole-in-one scorers will be awarded deservingly.

Those wishing to compete in the tournament may

KMD presents prizes to customers and salesreps of Prolink products

cate in 1999. Prolink LCD TV, Prolink Notebook,Prolink Mini Portable Combo Router were alsolaunched in the ceremony. Prolink LCD televisions areof quality products with reasonable price packed withK 50000 worth Wall Mount as gift. Pocket MiniWireless Combo Router was introduced too.

For further information, contact KMD Group ofCompany, sole agent of Prolink brand products, Ph:245180, 296579, 392138.—MNA

Air Bagan Open Golf Championships on 15 Octget registered and enlist at Myanmar Golf TrainingRange, 9 Miles (Tel: 09-5017049 and 09-2037671) andBagan Resort Golf Club, not later than 4 pm of 13October2009. For the emergence of new generationgolfers, the tournament was mainly sponsored by AirBagan Ltd with co-sponsors International BeveragesTrading Co Ltd (IBTC), KBZ Bank Ltd, Hotel Yangon,KM Golf Centre, HAN Golf Masters Pte Ltd, MyanmarThiha Trading Co Ltd, Bay of Bengal Resort (BOB),INAX, T-Home, CEPSA Lubricants, ACCEL Interna-tional Co Ltd (Canon), Imperial Jade Purified DrinkingWater, Lifeline Co Ltd and GP Watch.—MNA

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets Charge d' Affaires ai of US embassy Mr ThomasL Vajda, British Ambassador Mr Andrew Richard Heyn and Charge d'Affaires ai of Australian embassy Mr Simon Christopher Starr.—MNA

Manager U Myo Tun Khaing of KMD Group of Company explains functions of Prolink prod-ucts.—MNA

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Roadside bomb kills five,wounds four in E Afghanistan KABUL, 9 Oct— A roadside bomb struck a vehi-

cle of a road construction company in Pakti Prov-ince, east of Afghanistan, killing five persons andwounding four others on Friday, a local official said.

“The bloody incident occurred at 6 am local timethis morning in Auzi district leaving five employeesof the company dead and four others injured,” gov-ernor of Auzi district Abdul Wali Zadran told Xinhua.

All the victims are Afghans, he added. He alsoadded that the company is a local one and is involvedin road building activities in east Afghanistan.

The official blamed “the enemies of peace,” a termused against Taleban militants for organizing theblast.—Xinhua

Bomb explosion kills threesouth of Baghdad

BAGHDAD, 9 Oct — A bomb explosion at a barbershop in a town south of Baghdad killed three peopleon Thursday and wounded 10 others, a well-informedpolice source said. “An explosive charge left at the door of a barbershop in the town of Yousifiyah, some 20 km southof Baghdad, detonated before sunset, killing threepeople and wounding ten others,” the source toldXinhua on condition of anonymity. The blast destroyed the shop and caused severe dam-ages to nearby shops and buildings, the source said. Iraqi security forces sealed off the scene and im-mediately started an investigation, he added. Sporadic attacks continue in Iraq as part of recentdeterioration in security which shaped a setback tothe efforts of the Iraqi government to restore nor-malcy in the country after more than three monthsof US troops pullout of Iraqi cities and towns.

Xinhua

US, Afghan forces killAfghan child in raid

KABUL, 9 Oct— The US military says Americanand Afghan forces accidentally killed a child during araid on a Taleban compound in eastern Afghanistan.

Civilian deaths threaten to undermine Afghan sup-port for international forces, and the US commanderin Afghanistan has made protecting innocent Afghansa priority. Wednesday night’s incident in Logar Prov-ince is a reminder of how difficult the task can be.

A military statement says the troops came underfire as they entered the compound. They shouted foreveryone to come out multiple times before attack-ing, and some women and children complied. ColWayne Shanks, a US spokesman, said they killed someinsurgents but also wounded a young boy who wasinside. The boy later died of his wounds.—Internet

Africa meet to discussdevelopment, climate change

DAKAR, 9 Oct — African policy makers meet inOuagadougou on Friday to discuss climate change justtwo months before a critical UN summit where Afri-can countries are poised to seek billions in compensa-tion for the effects of global warming.

Experts say Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the re-gions most affected by global warming. The WorldBank estimates that the developing world will sufferabout 80 percent of the damage of climate change de-spite accounting for only around one third of green-house gases in the atmosphere.

At the seventh World Forum on Sustainable De-velopment organised by the government of BurkinaFaso together with the United Nations and the AfricanUnion several African heads of state will meet keypolicy makers to discuss the opportunities climatechange could offer for sustainable development.

“Luckily AFrica has only a very small part in (glo-bal) pollution. The continent emits less than 4 percentof greenhouse gasses,” Burkina’s Environment Min-ister Salifou Sawadogo, a member of the forum’s or-ganising committee, told AFP.

However, Africa needs “to make it clear to coun-tries that have achieved their economic developmentto the detriment of the environment that they have totake responsibility and reduce their greenhouse gasemissions and help the continent most vulnerable toclimate change,” he said.—Internet

This file picture shows a Zimbabwean woman fetch-ing water from an unprotected well in Harare. Afri-can policy makers meet in Ouagadougou Friday todiscuss climate change just two months before a criti-cal UN summit where African countries are poisedto seek billions in compensation for the effects of global warming.—INTERNET

Rescuers try to recover vehicles after a landslide caused by rains from tropicalstorm Parma in La Trinidad, Benguet, north of Manila on 8 October, 2009. Aweek of relentless rains in the northern Philippines have put dozens of towns

and villages under water, with more than 100 people drowned or killed bylandslides, officials said.—INTERNET

Algerian armydefuses French

landminesALGIERS, 9 Oct — The

Algerian army in Septem-ber destroyed 5,163landmines laid by Frenchtroops along the country’seastern and western borders,the APS news agency said.

The weapons were partof a total of 415,829 minesdestroyed by the army in alatest operation by 30 Sep-tember, according to APS.

The landmines date backto Algeria’s war of liberationfrom French rule in 1954-62. Since 1962, the armyhas destroyed more thaneight million of the 11 mil-lion mines laid along theborders of the country.

Internet

Marshalls landowner suesgovernment over US base

MAJURO, 9 Oct — A powerful tradi-tional chief in the Marshall Islands is su-ing the western Pacific nation’s govern-ment over a treaty which gives the USthe use of his land for a missile testingbase.

Former Marshall Islands presidentand powerful traditional chief ImataKabua said on Thursday he was chal-lenging the treaty negotiated betweenthe Marshall Islands government andthe US covering the years after 2016when the current lease for the missilebase expires.

The Compact of Free Association be-tween the two countries approved in 2003

provides the US with use of the ReaganTest Site at Kwajalein Atoll until 2066.

The Marshall Islands governmenthas “refused to engage in good faith bar-gaining to secure a new lease”, Kabuasaid.

Since the early 1960s, Kwajalein hasbeen used for US anti-missile defencetesting and is the target for long-rangeintercontinental ballistic missiles firedfrom California.

Many of the islands at the boomer-ang-shaped coral atoll are studded withradar and other sophisticated missiletracking gear.

Internet

A rocket is launched from the Reagan Test Site in Kwajalein Atoll in theMarshall Islands. A powerful traditional chief in the Pacific island chain issuing the western nation’s government over a treaty which gives the US the

use of his land for a missile testing base.—INTERNET

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A van passes by strong waves striking barriers in Shizuoka City, west of Tokyoon 8 October, 2009. A strong typhoon barrelled into Japan’s main island onThursday, disrupting transport and prompting warnings of landslides and

floods, although there were no reports of serious damage.—XINHUA

ABUJA, 9 Oct—Niger-ia’s crude oil output ishovering between 1.6 and1.7 million barrels per dayfollowing an amnesty dealto militants who waged aviolent “oil war,” the pe-troleum minister said onThursday.

“Condensate and crudeoil, we are doing about twomillion bpd. Crude oil fluc-tuates between 1.6 and 1.7million bpd,” PetroleumMinister Rilwan Lukmansaid in an interview.

The figure is a millionbarrels less from the 2.6

A Total Akpo FloatingProduction StorageOff-loading (FPSO)platorm is picturedsome 200 kms from

Port Harcourt in May2009.—INTERNET

Nigeria’s oil output between 1.6-1.7 mln bpdmillion bpd the world’seighth largest oil producerused to pump in 2005 be-fore the onset of the oilinsurgency in the southernNiger Delta.

Nigeria’s oil produc-tion fell to about 1.3 mil-lion barrels per day re-cently due attacks byNiger Delta militants, theminister had told report-ers at the end of August.

“We hope output willimprove,” after the am-nesty, the minister said.

“We have a capacity ofproducing over three mil-

lion bpd, the more peacewe have, the more stabil-ity we have, we should beable to produce more,” hesaid. He said the countryhas been able to fulfil itsOPEC quota.

“It fluctuates from dayto day, (but) we are meet-ing our quota,” headded.—Internet

World Post Day 2009Message from the Director GeneralA postal service committed to green growthEnvironmental protection and climate change

present major challenges, but, despite all the attentionpaid to these issues over the years, our planet and itsinhabitants are still no nearer to achieving air that is fitto breathe. It has now become crucial to rethink theway our businesses are run and to change our patternsof energy consumption.

The world postal sector cannot stand aside and donothing: delivering 430 billion letters and six billionparcels worldwide each year, and operating over600,000 postal establishments and as many vehiclesmakes it a significant producer of greenhouse gas. Likeother organizations, we must look seriously at ways ofbecoming climate neutral.

With the support of its Sustainable DevelopmentProject Group, the UPU, as a UN specialized agencyresponsible for the postal sector, has embarked on theimportant task of measuring the world postal sector’scarbon footprint. We hope to be able to present theresults of this research at the UN Climate Change Con-ference taking place in Copenhagen (Denmark) inDecember. Then, with the assistance of the UnitedNations Environment Programme, with which wesigned an agreement last year, and other partners, wewill propose measures to designated operators to helpthem reduce their CO

2 emissions.

All Posts are agents for change. On World Post Day2009, I call on all members of the postal family to thinkmore carefully about the environmental impact of ouractivities and, if they have not already done so, to en-gage in meaningful discussions about better ways ofprotecting our planet.

In this time of financial and economic crisis, soundmanagement of environmental issues can be a signifi-cant driving force for growth. In taking up the chal-lenge of green growth, businesses can rethink theirlogistics chain processes, improve their efficiency, planlong-term energy saving measures, develop new prod-ucts and services that are less harmful to the environ-ment – and therefore more attractive to customers –and, lastly, project a responsible business image.

Your actions within the UPU, in your business oryour administration, are vitally important; but we urgeyou to go further by firmly committing to the UN’s“Let’s Seal the Deal” campaign. This initiative aims tomobilize the support of millions of individuals, busi-nesses, community groups and other organizations forthe signing at the Climate Change Conference in Co-penhagen of a new international treaty to reduce green-house gas emissions. The UPU will not fail to makethe voice of the postal sector heard at this conference;make your voice heard too by signing the online peti-tion (www.sealthedeal2009.org/petition/), and takeevery opportunity to urge your staff and customers todo the same.

I wish you a most successful World Post Day2009.—UPU

BEIJING, 9 Oct—Gen-eral Motors Co said onFriday it set a sales recordin China in Septemberand total sales for the firstnine months of the yearrose 55 percent to nearly1.3 million vehicles.

GM and other globalautomakers are looking toChina’s fast-growingmarket to drive sales amidslack demand elsewhere.

General Motors says Chinasales set new record

China’s monthly saleshave surpassed those ofUnited States for all butbut two months this year.

GM and its Chinesejoint-venture partnerssold a total of 181,148vehicles in September, thecompany said. It gave nocomparative year-earlierfigure.

“Sales continue to sur-pass forecasts as nearly all

market segments experi-ence growth,” said GMChina Group PresidentKevin Wale in a state-ment.

First-time buyers insmaller Chinese citieswere an important forcedriving sales, Wale said.

Beijing has helped toboost auto sales with taxcuts and subsidies fordrivers to shift to cleaner,more fuel-efficient cars.Most of that aid has goneto Chinese makers ofsmaller cars, though for-eign producers also seesales rising.

GM said Septembersales by its flagship jointventure, Shanghai GM,set a monthly record of71,566 vehicles, while to-tal sales for the first ninemonths of the year rose40.2 percent from a yearearlier.—Internet

A Participants ride in ahomemade go-kart

during a soapbox racein Jerusalem on 7

October, 2009. Morethan 50 homemade go-karts competed in therace in Jerusalem onWednesday.—XINHUA

HANOI, 9 Oct— PetroVietnam, Vietnam’s na-tional oil and gas group,said the group may coop-erate with Venezuela’sstate-owned oil companyin expanding the first oilrefinery Dung Quat of Vi-etnam, the local newspa-per Vietnam InvestmentReview reported on Fri-day.

Xinhua

Vietnam,Venezuela

negotiating foroil cooperation

TOKYO, 9 Oct—Ja-pan’s core machinery or-ders, a closely watchedindicator of corporatecapital expenditure, roseslightly in August from arecord low, showing com-panies remain reluctant tospend despite some im-provement in global de-mand.

Core private sectormachinery orders inchedup 0.5 percent to 668.1billion yen ($7.6 billion),according to the CabinetOffice’s monthly reporton Friday. The figure ex-cludes often-volatile or-ders from shipbuildersand electric power com-panies.

Internet

Japanmachinery

orders rise fromrecord low

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Russia, US to hold 1st roundof talks on missile defence

MOSCOW, 9 Oct—Russiaand the United States willhold their first round oftalks on missile defencesbefore an upcoming visitby US Secretary of StateHillary Clinton, the For-eign Ministry said onThursday.

The talks at the expertlevel will take place inMoscow, ministry spokes-man Andrei Nesterenkosaid at a press briefing.

Nesterenko said theRussian delegation will beheaded by Deputy ForeignMinister Sergei Ryabkov,while the US delegation

will be led by Deputy Sec-retary of State EllenTausher, the Interfax newsagency reported.

The spokesman also saidthat the results of the talksmay be reported to Clinton,who will be in Russia 12-14 Oct, and Foreign Min-ister Sergei Lavrov whenthey attend a meeting inMoscow on 13 Oct.

Lavrov said on Wednes-day that a new US missiledefence plan poses lessrisk to Russia than did theoriginal proposal, whichwas widely regarded as thelatest positive Russian re-

sponse to a US revampingof its missile defenseplans. US PresidentBarack Obama announcedon 17 Sept that Washing-ton would abandon aBush-era missile defenceshield programme whileinitiating a “phased, adap-tive approach” in EasternEurope.

Under the new US plan,land-based missile-de-fence shields will not beinstalled before 2015 andsea-based defences will beoperating in the Mediter-ranean up to 2015.

Xinhua

China sticks topeaceful

development,opening-up strategy

BEIJING, 9 Oct—Chi-nese President Hu Jintaosaid on Friday China willstick to peaceful develop-ment and the opening-upstrategy that highlightsmutual benefit and win-win cooperation.

Hu told the World Me-dia Summit held on Fri-day in Beijing that“China will seek friendlycooperation with allcountries on the basis ofthe Five Principles ofPeaceful Co-existence,”he said.

“We soberly keep inmind that China is stillthe world’s largest devel-oping country, and facesconflicts and problemsrarely seen in terms oftheir scale and complex-ity,” he said. “China stillhas a long way to go be-fore it can build a well offsociety that can benefitmore than one billionpeople, and achieve basicmodernization and thecommon prosperity of allits people.”

He said China will ad-heres to the path of so-cialism with Chinesecharacteristics in accord-ance with national con-ditions and promote all-round development inthe economic, political,cultural, social and eco-logical arenas, and to goall out to ensure that thedevelopment is for thepeople and by the peopleand the fruits of develop-ment are shared by thepeople.

Xinhua

Vietnam Deputy PM urges safety inconstruction of its 1st nuclear power plant

Readers purchase the DVD of the Grand Parade, recording the National Daycelebrations, including the military parade, grandiose pageant and the

evening gala during the grand celebrations of the 60th founding anniversaryof the People’s Republic of China, at the Beijing Books Building, in Beijing,

on 7 Oct, 2009.—XINHUA

File photo taken on 6March, 2009 shows the

water-pumping winnow-ers at a pneumatic power

water-pump station inRizhao City, east China’sShandong Province. Theeastern China coastal cityof Rizhao won a UnitedNations Habitat awardon 5 Oct, 2009 for well

executed urban planningwhich has transformed

the city into a greenhome with new housing

and infrastructure.XINHUA

All items from Xinhua News Agency

United Nations Secretary-Generals’smessage on World Mental Health Day

10 October 2009Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-

moon’s message for World Mental Health Day, to beobserved on 10 October:

As defined in the constitution of the World HealthOrganization (WHO), health is not merely theabsence of disease or infirmity, it is a state of com-plete physical, mental and social well-being. Men-tal disorders contribute more to disease burden anddisability in developing countries than any other cat-egory of non-communicable disease, yet only a smallminority of people with mental disorders in thesecountries have access to mental health services. Theneed is high, and care is inadequate.

World Mental Health Day is an important oppor-tunity to mobilize international resources to meet thegoal of providing adequate mental health care. Gov-ernments and public health organizations, civil so-ciety, multilateral agencies and donors must joinhands to make this happen. Effective treatments ex-ist for a wide variety of mental disorders. Let us uniteto scale up mental health services and involve pri-mary health-care systems in delivering mental healthservices worldwide.

The WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme(mhGAP) seeks to narrow the distance betweenneeds and services by providing treatment packagesfor mental disorders that can be implemented on alarge scale in low- and middle-income countries.With limited available human and financial re-sources, delivering these services means involvingcommunity-based primary care facilities. Providingeffective mental health services in primary care set-tings would help to reduce the stigma associated withmental disorders and could prevent unnecessary hos-pitalization and human rights violations of peoplewith mental health problems.

Such a strategy makes good economic sense.Mental disorders impair the ability of children tolearn and the ability of adults to function in fami-lies, at work and in society at large. It is also a pro-poor strategy. Research shows that mental disor-ders are overwhelmingly concentrated in lower in-come groups. Poverty and its associated stresses,which include unemployment, violence, social ex-clusion and constant insecurity, are closely linked tothe onset of mental disorders.

Health is an important human right. Let us thisyear resolve to reduce the public health burden andthe individual suffering of people with mental healthproblems worldwide.

UNIC

HANOI, 9 Oct—Viet-namese Deputy PrimeMinister Hoang TrungHai asked ministries andrelated agencies to en-sure safety and social se-curity for residents inconstruction of the coun-try’s first nuclear powerplant, local newspaperthe Vietnam News re-ported on Friday.

Hai made the requestat a meeting held onThursday to collect opin-ions from members oflocal people’s councilsabout the plant’ s con-struction. Constructionof Vietnam’s first nu-clear power plant insouthern province of

Ninh Thuan should be adriving force for the pro-vincial socio-economicdevelopment, the news-paper quoted Hai assay-ing.

The plant is expectedto provide many oppor-tunities for the provinceand facilitate it to boostsocio-economic devel-opment programs, raisebudgets and improvepeople’s living stand-ards, said Hai.

At the conference,many members of thepeople’s councils and lo-cal residents expressedtheir support for thebuilding of the plant andasked for ensuring safety

before and after con-struction, said the news-paper.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUMPolice hunt for lioness

in eastern SpainSpanish police said they were

looking for a lioness that had beensighted by several witnesses on theloose in the mountains of eastern Spain.

A group of youths notified municipalpolice after they spotted the beast onSaturday near the village of La Senia inthe province of Tarragona.

Since then several other witnessesin the area south of Barcelona have saidthey have also seen the lioness.

Police said they were taking thereports seriously and were concent-rating their search in the mountains ofPorts de Beseit on the border of theprovinces of Tarragona, Teruel andCastellon.

It was not clear where the lionesscame from although Spanish mediareported that the animal may haveescaped from a circus.

An Asian lioness is pictured with one ofher two 10 week-old cubs at LondonZoo. Spanish police said they werelooking for a lioness that had beensighted by several witnesses on the loosein the mountains of eastern Spain.

Individuals experiencing violence atan early age may have trouble adjustingto healthy, adult romantic relationships,US and Canadian researchers found.

Dr Natacha Godbout, a postdoctoralfellow at the Keck School of Medicineat the University of Southern Califor-nia, and Donald G Dutton, a professorat the University of British Columbia,and colleagues said the research re-vealed that early exposure to a violentenvironment is likely to lead to domes-tic violence situations later in life.

Feelings of insecurity, abandonmentanxiety, and intimacy issues are alsolikely to plague these romantic connec-tions, the researchers said.

Additionally, the dynamics of theway couples react and communicatewith each other is also related to the like-lihood of domestic violence within a re-lationship.

Police in Tennessee said a 5-year-old boy drove his father’s truck throughthe back-yards of at least two neigh-bours.

The Clarksville police report of theincident said a 41-year-old woman re-turned home at about 6:50 pm on Sun-day and discovered the truck hadglanced off a 4-foot brick retaining

The bust of one of history’s greatbeauties, Queen Nefertiti of Egypt,after returning to Berlin’s Museum

Island, in 2005. The bust of Nefertiti,believed to be 3,400 years old, has

been moved gingerly to its new homein Berlin before it is to go back on

display this month, the city’s museumauthority said on Monday.

The male Chinese sturgeon whichattended the total artificial propaga-tion is seen at the Chinese Sturgeon

Research Institute (CSRI) of theChina Three Gorges Corporation in

Yichang, central China’s HubeiProvince. Chinese scientists an-nounced here on 1 Oct that the

artificial propagation of the rareChinese sturgeon would no longer

count on wild fish as they havemade successful artificial insemina-

tion and spawning of culturedsturgeons.

Early violence linked

to domestic violence

5-year-old drives truck through yardswall, damaging 11 bricks, and flattenedher propane grill, Gannett Tennesseereported on Tuesday.

Police said the boy also drovethrough a second back-yard, leavingdeep tire tracks in the ground.

The report said the child, who haddriven the truck previously, was not in-jured.

KINGSTON, 9 Oct—A 21-year-old man convicted ofhijacking a Canadian jetliner while it was parked atthe Montego Bay airport was sentenced on Thursdayto 20 years in prison.

Stephen Fray was quickly led out of the courtroomas relatives and friends cried. His attorney, GeorgeThomas, said he would appeal the ruling.

“I can’t believe it,” he said. “It’s very harsh. Noone took into consideration that this man is sick.”

Authorities had described Fray as “mentally chal-lenged” and said his motive remained unclear. But ajudge ruled he was fit to stand trial after a governmentpsychiatrist determined he was able to understand thecharges against him.

Fray was found guilty last month on charges thatincluded robbery and assault.—Internet

Jamaican soldiers stand on a ramp beside aCanJet aircraft in Montego Bay, Jamaica, in thisframe grab taken in this 20 April, 2009 file photo.

A would-be hijacker who held more than 180people at gunpoint aboard a Canadian charter jet

in Jamaica in April was jailed for 20 years onThursday.—INTERNET

ABUJA, 9 Oct——More than 8,000 militants wholaid down arms in Nigeria’s troubled oil hub have sofar been registered but the number could double whenthe documentation is complete, officials said on Thurs-day.

Figures released by Timiebi Koripamo-Agary,spokeswoman of the government amnesty team,showed that as of Tuesday — two days after the am-nesty deadline — 8,299 militants had been recordedin seven oil-producing states in the south of Nigeria.

It was previously thought there were at least 10,000operating among the creeks of the Niger Delta, but asource close to the disarmament exercise told AFP thetotal number will surpass that as an estimated 6,000are still to be registered.

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 9 Oct—A female UCLA studentwas hospitalized onThursday after a fellowstudent slashed her throatin a chemistry lab oncampus, authorities said.

Damon Thompson,20, was arrested in thesame chemistry buildingshortly after the stabbing.

He was booked onThursday night on suspi-cion of attempted murderand was being held on $1

UNITED NATIONS, 9 Oct—The United Nations hasteamed up with two lead-ing global satellite com-panies in a bid tostrengthen emergencycommunications beforeimpending natural disas-ters strike and to savemore lives by better coor-dinating relief efforts intheir aftermath, the UNte lecommunica t ionsagency announced onThursday.

Inmarsat and Vizada

Jamaican gets 20 years in planehijacking attempt

Over 8,000 in Nigeria militantssurrender arms

Student allegedly stabs fellow studentin UCLA labmillion bail, said Los An-geles police Officer SaraFaden.

UCLA spokesmanPhil Hampton said thevictim and suspect wereboth 20-year-old seniorstaking an organic chemi-stry class along withother students who werein the undergraduateteaching lab at the time.

The woman under-went surgery for multiplestab wounds at Ronald

Reagan UCLA MedicalCenter and was in stablecondition on Thursdaynight, Los Angeles policesaid.

Cyril Baida, a teach-ing assistant who wasworking in a lab acrossthe hall, said he saw thevictim stagger out of thelab while another teach-ing assistant appliedpressure to her neck,Baida said.

Internet

New UN satellite communications deal boostsdisaster preparedness, recovery efforts

have agreed to donate 70state-of-the-art and highlyportable satellite devices— capable of deliveringvoice and broadband datawherever disasters takeplace — to the Interna-tional Telecommunica-tions Union (ITU).

ITU will receive pref-erential airtime rates andtechnical training supportas part of the agreement,the UN agency said.When everything elsefails, satellite communi-

cations provides a criticallink for humanitarianagencies and victims.

“This partnershipbuilds on our long-stand-ing cooperation andcomes at a critical timewhen many countries arebeing affected by disas-ters resulting in thousandsof people losing theirlives,” said Sami AlBasheer, director of ITU’sTelecommunication De-velopment Bureau.

Xinhua

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NAY PYI TAW, 9 Oct—Chairman of MWVO CentralOrganizing Committee Adjutant-General Lt-Gen Thura Myint Aung,accompanied by MWVO COC memberSecretary of the Organizing Committee

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Oct—Patron of Myanmar WarVeterans Organization (Central) Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council Commander-in-Chiefof Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe thisevening attended the dinner hosted to delegates ofStates and Divisions who attended the MWVOConference (2009) at Bayintnaung Yeiktha, here.

Also present at the dinner were members of thePanel of Patrons of the MWVO Vice-Chairman of theState Peace and Development Council DeputyCommander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesCommander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye, Member of the State Peace andDevelopment Council General Thura Shwe Mann,Prime Minister General Thein Sein, Secretary-1 of theState Peace and Development Council General ThihaThura Tin Aung Myint Oo and SPDC member Lt-GenTin Aye, Commander-in-Chief (Navy), Commander-in-Chief (Air), Chairman of MWVO Central OrganizingCommittee Adjutant-General Lt-Gen Thura MyintAung, senior military officers of the Ministry ofDefence, the commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command,ministers, the Chief Justice, the Attorney-General, theAuditor-General, deputy ministers, members of theMWVOCOC, departmental heads, officials of theorganizing committee and subcommittees,representatives of social organizations, State andDivision delegates to MWVO conference (2009) andguests.

At 7 pm, the Senior General arrived atBayintnaung Yeiktha where he was welcomed byVice-Chairman of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Deputy Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-SeniorGeneral Maung Aye, Member of the State Peace and

Senior General Than Shwe attends dinner hosted to State andDivision delegates to MWVO Conference (2009)

Development Council General Thura Shwe Mann,Prime Minister General Thein Sein, Secretary-1 of theState Peace and Development Council General ThihaThura Tin Aung Myint Oo and SPDC member Lt-GenTin Aye, the Commander-in-Chief (Navy), theCommander-in-Chief (Air), the Chairman of MWVOCentral Organizing Committee and COC membersand the delegates.

The Senior General cordially greeted thedelegates and the representatives of social organizationsat the dinner.

Next, the delegates and guests were hostedwith a dinner. Before and during the dinner, the vocalistspresented songs to the accompaniment of MyanmaAthan modern music troupe.

MNA

MWVOCOC Chairman greetsdelegates to MWVO Conference

for the conference Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung, Joint-Secretary of theMWVO COC Vice Adjutant-GeneralMaj-Gen Hla Shwe and officials, arrivedat the Yeiktha of Nay Pyi TawDevelopment Committee on 6 October

afternoon.They were welcomed by

MWVO COC member Secretary of theceremony preparation subcommitteeThura U Sein Thaung of the Ministry ofConstruction and Chairman of thewelcoming and accommodationsubcommittee Col Htay Naing of theMinistry of Defence and officials.

Lt-Gen Thura Myint Aung and

party cordially greeted the chairmen ofState/Division WVO SupervisoryCommittees and the delegates to theconference and attended to the needs.

The Adjutant-General and partyinspected the arrangements for healthcare services of the health subcommittee,opening of clinics, temporarycommunication station and the messhall.—MNA

YANGON, 9 Oct—The FinancialSupervisor Grade-III (Refresher)Course and the Storekeeper-IV Courseconcluded at the central training school(Thuwunna) of Public Works under theMinistry of Construction this morning.

Financial Supervisor Course,Storekeeper Course conclude

Managing Director U KhinMaung Hse of Public Works made aspeech.

Altogether 58 trainees attendedthe five-week course.

MNA

Senior General Than Shwe cordially greets delegates of States and Divisions to MWVO Conference (2009). —MNA

Lt-Gen Thura Myint Aung cordially greets delegates of States andDivisions attending the MWVO Conference (2009).—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Oct—TheSpecial Appellate Bench comprisingDeputy Chief Justice U Thein Soe ofSupreme Court (Yangon) and SupremeCourt Judges of Supreme Court

Special Appellate Bench hears sixspecial civil appeal cases

(Yangon) sitting at court room No. 1 ofSupreme Court (Nay Pyi Taw) heard sixspecial civil appeal cases under section 7of the Judicial Law 2000 today.

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(from page 1)Comrades,

You are all warveterans who have takenfour oaths of Tatmadawmembers, and the fouroaths are deeply ingrainedin you. So, you have allgot firm belief andconcepts.

Having a look backto the historicalbackground of ourcountry, you will noticethat our country has veryfine traditions. Ourcountry has stood tall withown culture, traditions,independence andsovereignty for more thanone thousand years.Historic lessons revealthat the Union was onthe verge of collapse intimes of disqualifiedleaders and disunity ofnational brethren.Sovereignty will be lostif the Union collapses.

National politics and truesense of Union Spirit …

Comrades,We have learnt

lessons from the historicpolitical events that in thep o s t - i n d e p e n d e n c eperiod, the people becamedisunited with conflictsbetween them, instead ofworking together fornational development.National brethren were nolonger united due to thewedge the colonialistsdrove among them formore than 100 years.Disunity among nationalbrethren led to armedinsurgency that cost livesand property of manypeople.

So, you have towork with correct conceptand stands, trying with thesense of camaraderie totake organizing measuresinside and outside theorganization, dealing withnational races throughoutthe nation.

government came intoexistence in September1988 according to thenecessities to mend thedeteriorating conditionsof the nation. Apart fromrestoring State stabilityand peace, the

community peace andthe rule of law.Nowadays, peace andstability have beenrestored at theunprecedented levelafter the post-independence period.

people’s desire as thenational policy in buildinga peaceful, modern anddeveloped nation.Comrades,

Once, the nationwas in the absence of aconstitution. So, the

constitution.I have also learnt

that with the aim ofencouraging the membersto have a sense of nationalcauses and politicalawareness sharing thecommon belief andconcept in order toorganize the people, theCentral OrganizingCommittee of theMyanmar War VeteransOrganization is constantlytaking measures under theleadership of theTatmadaw such asimplementing program-mes on national politics,conducting trainingcourses designed toimprove the sense ofnational politics, andincreasing the number ofmembers of theorganization and reservedmembers.Comrades,

I would like to urgeyou to educate and nurturethe members to improvetheir national politicaloutlook, and to work withcomradeship thatrepresents loving-kindness, attachment andloyalty to buildconsolidated unity insidethe organization.

The number ofinfrastructural build-ings in all fields includingthe economic, transport,education, water supplyand health sectors acrossthe nation for expeditingthe border areas andnational racedevelopment project,

(See page 9)

So, in this regard,national politics and truesense of Union Spirit arethe most importantthings. I would say youhave to always uphold OurThree Main NationalCauses under theleadership of theTatmadaw.

In the course of thenation’s history, theTatmadaw has neverbetrayed the nation, buthas always safeguardedthe nation and the peopleagainst varieties ofdangers in times ofemergency.

The Tatmadaw

government had toreconstruct the damagedbuildings, and uplift themorale of the people. Itgave top priority tonational reconsolidationto put an end to thearmed insurgencyfollowing theindependence, for

I have learnt that theCentral OrganizingCommittee andorganizing subcommit-tees at all levels of theMyanmar War VeteransOrganization arepreparing themselves topractise the 12 objectivesand the four-point

Tatmadaw governmenthad to work hard forproper evolution of aconstitution in order tointroduce democracyand the market economyin compliance with thedesire of the people. Thegovernment convened theNational Convention withrepresentatives from thestates and divisionsincluding representativesfrom political parties,representatives-elect,peasants of national races,intellectuals andintelligentsia, Stateservice personnel andother invited persons. TheState ConstitutionDrafting Commissiondrafted the constitutionbased on the principlesadopted throughdiscussions. A referendumwas held in May 2008,and the draft constitutionwas approved with thevotes of the great majorityof the voters. There willsoon be follow-upprogrammes inaccordance with the

Senior General Than Shwe, members of the Panel of Patrons and CEC members of MWVO posefor a group photo together with chairmen of State/Division MWVO Supervisory Committees.—MNA

Elections will be systematically held in 2010 forHluttaws that will emerge in accord with the constitution.

Senior General Than Shwe, members of the Panel of Patrons and CEC members of MWVO posefor a group photo together with chairmen of State/Division MWVO Supervisory Committees.—MNA

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(from page 8)the 24 special regiondevelopment projectand rural developmentprogrammes is verygreat in proportion tothe period of a coupleof decades. That is atangible result and it islargely due to thecooperation of the threemajor forces: thegovernment, the peopleand the Tatmadaw.

That evidence issupported by the factthat after the storm thathit hard sometownships inAyeyawady Divisionand Yangon Division inMay 2008, rescue,rehabilitation andreconstruction taskscould be launchedpromptly andeffectively with theharmonious coopera-tion of the government,the people and theTatmadaw. So, I wouldsay we can cope with allforms of issues only ifthe government, thepeople and theTatmadaw remainunited.

Now, you haveretired due to variousreasons, but I believe youare still nostalgic aboutyour days as servicemen.Therefore, retired war

National politics and truesense of Union Spirit …

veterans are to be part ofthe Tatmadaw. And youhave to stand as reservemembers for ever toserve national defenceduties under theleadership of theTatmadaw.

That was why theCentral OrganizingCommittee of MWVOwas reconstituted withmilitary men in service.Comrades,

The new Stateconstitution has beenapproved by the greatmajority. Elections willbe systematically heldin 2010 for Hluttawsthat will emerge in ac-cord with the constitu-tion. In the period ofchanging into one sys-tem from another, vari-ous parties will emergewith different beliefs anddifferent coalitions. Ourcountry used to practiseparliamentary democ-racy in the post-inde-pendence period. Clashesand divides among thepolitical parties so com-mon. Then the Union wasin danger of collapse.Comrades,

In reviewing themain reason of causingsectarianism, ideologiesand splits among the par-ties, it was not only due tothe attempt of neo-

colonialists to raise theirfollowers with incentivesand wedge a drive but alsothe arrogance of partymembers, their intensepersonal rivalry, jealousy,doubts, personal grudgeand putting self-interestin the fore. There are les-sons to be taken from his-tory. After independencehad been regained, armedinsurgencies erupted dueto instigation and thatmuch delayed nationalprogress.

This is why to-day's political partiesare to act by upholdingOur Three Main Na-

three strengths—thestrength of public ap-proval, the organiza-tional strength of yourorganization and yourcongenial organizationsand the goodwill strengthof our Tatmadaw that al-ways works for nationaldefence and public wel-

Those who are the chil-dren of MWVO membersalthough their parents areno longer alive are ac-cepted as auxiliary mem-bers. MWVO can pro-tect your family mem-bers. Likewise, yourfamily members must bea force contributing to

members aged over 75and disabled members.In addition, the organi-zation is providing cashassistance and scholar-ships for the children ofMWVO members fortheir educational pur-poses.

It has been found

tional Causes— non-disintegration of theUnion, non-disintegra-tion of national solidar-ity and perpetuation ofsovereignty. It is alsonecessary for them tofollow and practise theconstitution approvedby the people.

In carrying out or-ganizational tasks, thoseparties are to avoid any-thing that leads to harm-ing the State interests.Apart from their differ-ent ideologies, they mustwork together giving firstpriority to the nationalinterests. The govern-ment will protect the par-ties that follow and prac-tise the mature party or-ganizational policies.Only then, can a moreenduring democratic sys-tem be built. As it is im-possible to build a ma-ture democratic systemovernight, it is necessaryto do everything with rea-soning power for ensur-ing long-term good pros-pects. All are to makesure that forthcomingdemocratic system doesnot harm non-disintegra-tion of the Union andnon-disintegration of na-tional solidarity.Comrades,

The most impor-tant step of building anew democratic nationwas successful due to the

fare. It was a very impor-tant milestone for theState and the people. Allnecessary measureshave been taken to im-plement the remainingsteps including a stepto change into a newpolitical system in 2010.So we are sure that thestructure of the futurenation is firm. You areto work together withthe people to success-fully implement everystep of the Road Mapadopted for building anew nation.

Some powerfulnations are resorting tovarious ways to pres-sure and influence ournation under variouspretexts. However, theTatmadaw governmentdoes not get frightenedwhenever intimidatedand will continue towork relentlessly for abetter future of theState and the people byovercoming any diffi-culties. Therefore, you,comrades having mili-tary experience and Un-ion Spirit, are urged toplay your respectiveroles in serving the inter-ests of the State and thepeople under the leader-ship of the Tatmadaw.Your wives and childrenas family members of theTatmadaw are auxiliarymembers of MWVO.

the organization.Comrades,

War Veterans Or-ganizations at variouslevels are to continue towork for improvingthemselves in quality andquantity. We have foundthat MWVO tried to be-come a skilled organiza-tion with its own dignitywith national politics andnational defence and thefive sectors of security,economy, social affairs,welfare service and pub-lic welfare. You are tocontinue to work in unityfor your organization tomake more progress. Itis also found that afterthe economic leadingcommittee had beenformed in the economicsector, production andtrading tasks and serv-ices were systematicallycarried out. In undertak-ing agricultural and live-stock breeding tasks,long- and short-termplans have to be made.Only when productiontasks can be carried outsuccessfully, will yourorganization be finan-cially strong and it canstand tall in the long run.Members of the socialand welfare service workcommittee were found tohave rendered assistanceto each other. I havelearned that assistance isbeing given to MWVO

All necessary measures have beentaken to implement the remainingsteps including a step to change intoa new political system in 2010.

that in nation-buildingtasks, the people and con-genial organizationsmade cooperative effortsover 25000 times underthe leadership of the pub-lic welfare work commit-tee. Tasks for rural watersupply, rural library con-struction and giving cashassistance to disaster-hitregions are also beingcarried out. I urge you tocarry out such tasks moreextensively.Comrades,

In conclusion, Iwould like to say thatMWVO has beenequipped with formationalstrength, confidence, con-viction and unity ofstrength. Therefore, all themembers are to maintainthose strengths and changethe quantity into quality;to try to promote prevail-ing peace and stability anddevelopments; to try toovercome any difficultiesin serving the interests ofthe State and the peoplewith true patriotism, anddaring spirit; to cooperatewith the people in success-ful implementation of theseven-step Road Map ofthe State; and to be readyfor national security anddefence tasks with senseof responsibility and loy-alty as you are good warveterans and military serv-icemen.

MNA

✩ ✩ ��The new State constitution hasbeen approved by the greatmajority.

✩ ✩ ��Today's political parties are toact by upholding Our ThreeMain National Causes.

✩ ✩ �War Veterans Organizations atvarious levels are to continue towork for improving themselvesin quality and quantity.

✩✩ Only when production tasks canbe carried out successfully, willyour organization befinancially strong and it canstand tall in the long run.

Excerpts from the speech ofSenior General Than Shwe

As it is impossible to build a mature democraticsystem overnight, it is necessary to do everythingwith reasoning power for ensuring long-term goodprospects.

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(from page 16)WO Yi Yi Soe of Yangon Division

WVO acted as MC together with SgtMay Thu Aung Myint as Co-MC.

The master of ceremonies an-

Senior General Than Shwe attendsMyanmar War Veterans …

of war veterans who are attending themilitary academies through CaptainChan Nyein Kyaw and cash assistanceto war veterans’ children who are at-tending other universities and collegesand outstanding students in the 2009matriculation examination.

The Senior General and membersof the Panel of Patrons posed for docu-mentary photo together with theMWVO COC members and the chair-men of State/Division WVO Supervi-sory Committees to the conference(2009).

Next, the Senior General and mem-bers of the Panel of Patrons cordiallygreeted the delegates of States and Di-visions.

In the second session, Chairman of

nounced the start of the conference withthe permission of the Patron of theMWVO (Central).

Patron of Myanmar War VeteransOrganization (Central) Chairman of theState Peace and Development CouncilCommander-in-Chief of Defence Serv-ices Senior General Than Shwe gaveguidance.

(The guidance of the Senior Gen-eral is reported separately.)

Chairman of MWVO Central Or-ganizing Committee Adjutant-GeneralLt-Gen Thura Myint Aung handed over

cash assistance for 1117 war veteransof above 75 years old through Col AungThan Win (Retd), cash assistance for974 disabled war veterans through Lt-Col Soe Htoo Nyein, cash for 189 low-cost housings in war veteran villagesbeing built under the arrangements ofmilitary commands through Lt-ColThant Zaw, cash assistance of 172 sons

MWVOCOC Adjutant-General Lt-GenThura Myint Aung presided over theconference together with members ofthe Panel of Chairmen COC membersMaj-Gen Thein Swe and Brig-GenMaung Maung Thein.

After seeking the approval of thedelegates, Lt-Gen Thura Myint Aungapproved the decisions to be adopted bythe conference (2009).

The master of ceremonies an-nounced that the conference passed tworesolutions, approved one matter andplaced five matters on record.

The meeting chairman gave a con-cluding remark, and the conference suc-cessfully concluded with the sloganschanted by the MWVOCOC membersand State and Division delegates.—MNA

YANGON, 9 Oct— Chairmanof Yangon City DevelopmentCommittee Mayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin inspected progress inupgrading 750 foot long- 16 foot wideYadanatheinkha road inMontlatsongkone Ward (west) inSangyong Township, here this

Yangon Mayor inspects upgrading ofroads in Sangyong Township

morning and met with townseldersand members of social Organization.And he fulfilled the needs.

Next, the mayor inspectedupgrading of 1300 foot long- 40 footwide Aungmyittar road into a concreteone in Hline Township.

MNA

CEC members of MWVO and representatives of States/Divisionschanting slogans.—MNA

Lt-Gen Thura Myint Aung presents cash award for outstandingstudents.—MNA

Lt-Gen Thura Myint Aung presents cash assistance for over-75members of MWVO through an officer.—MNA

Lt-Gen Thura Myint Aung presents cash award for outstandingstudents for their higher education.—MNA

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Russiasuccessfully

test-launchestwo ballistic

missiles

MILAN, 9 Oct—Theworld needs to invest 83billion US dollars a year inagriculture in developingcountries to feed 9.1 billionpeople in 2050, the UnitedNations’ Food andAgriculture Organizationsaid on Thursday.

The projectedinvestment needs includesome 20 billion US do llarsearmarked for cropproduction and 13 billionUS dollars for livestock,the FAO said in astatement ahead of aforum on how to feed theworld in 2050 that it isdue to hold on October12-13 in Rome.

A further 50 billion USdollars would be neededfor downstream servicesto help achieve a global

FAO says World to invest$83b a year to feed all in 2050

MOSCOW, 9 Oct—Russia successfully test-launched two interco-ntinental ballistic missilesthis week, the DefenseMinistry said Friday.

The RSM-50 (Stin-gray) missiles, launched on6 and 7 October from thePacific Fleet’s nuclear-powered sub-marinesSvyatoi Georgy Pobed-onosets and Rya-zan, hittheir designated targets innorth Russia, the ministrysaid in a statement.

The success of the testsproves the reliability of theRussian navy’s nucleararsenal, the statementsaid.—Xinhua

W A S H I N G T O N , 9Oct—NASA has suc-cessfully crashed twospacecraft into themoon’s south pole in ahunt for hidden ice, thespace agency saidFriday.

An empty 2.2-tonCentaur rocket hullstruck the lunar surfacefirst and created a debrisplume.

A space probe loadedwith cameras andinstruments followedfour minutes later,collecting and relayingdata back to Earth beforealso striking the lunar

NASA’s Lunar CRaterObservation andSensing Satellite

(LCROSS) and itsCentaur booster rocketare on course to crashinto the moon in thisartist’s illustration

released on 9 October,2009.

INTERNET

Rocket, satellite crash into lunarsouth pole: NASA

surface and creating asecond debris plume.

The space probeLCROSS, short for LunarCrater Observation andSensing Satellite, con-tained five cameras andfour other scientificinstruments.

NASA had toutedlive photos from theLCROSS on its web site.But those images didn’toccur.

NASA officials saidthey are sure the twospacecraft crashed andtrying to determine whathappened to the livephotos.—Internet

70-per-cent expansion inagricultural production by2050, the agency said.

MNA/Reuters

The installation “No Need For Forever” by Japaneseartist Rei Sato is displayed during a media

presentation at the Third Floor - Hermes in LiatTowers in Singapore on 9 Oct, 2009. Sato, 25,

recreated her family-run cafe, Tokyo’s Senzai Midori,for an exhibition at a Singapore gallery this week, andwill be serving opening-night guests coffee as part ofthe installation entitled “No Need For Forever”. —

INTERNET

MWVO Conference (2009) passestwo resolutions, approves one matter,

places five matters on recordNAY PYI TAW, 9 Oct—The

Myanmar War Veterans OrganizationConference (2009) took place at thehall of MWVO Headquarters in NayPyi Taw Lewe from 7 October to date.

The conference passed tworesolutions, approved one matter andplaced five matters on record.

One of the two resolutions wasto accept and regard the guidancegiven by Patron of the MWVO(Central) Commander-in-Chief ofDefence Services Senior GeneralThan Shwe at the second-day sessionof the conference on 9 October 2009as work guidelines, and another onewas to lay down five future tasks ofWVO at different levels included inthe MWVO Central OrganizingCommittee report submitted to theconference on first day session on 8October. These future tasks are asfollows:-- to keep patriotism alive and dynamic

and strengthen Union Spirit byupholding Our Three Main NationalCauses,

- to join hands with the people tosuccessfully realize the seven-stepRoad Map of the State for emergenceof a discipline-flourishingdemocratic nation,

- MWVO to participate in Statedefence and security tasks under theleadership of the Tatmadaw,

- to give priority to welfare services ofwar veterans and reserved members,and

- to cooperate with congenialorganizations in undertaking five

rural development tasks.The one matter approved by the

conference was the report of MWVOsubmitted to the conference on 8October 2009.

The five matters placed on recordwere the guidelines given by MWVOCOC Chairman Lt-Gen Thura MyintAung on the first day session of theconference on 8 October, the reportson accomplishments of State/Division WVOs in a year submittedto the conference on the first daysession of the conference on 8October, and the activities ofpreliminary conferences held by 18State and Division WVO SupervisoryCommittees from 12 August to 10September. The fourth matter wasthat the MWVOCOC provided K591.2 million as social and welfareservices to war veterans and reservedmembers and K 13.3 million forundertaking five rural developmenttasks in various regions from 2005to September 2009; State/Division/Township WVOs also provided K931.0 million for the regions. Theconference placed K 1535.5 millioncash assistance on record. The fifthmatter placed on record was thepreliminary activities of MWVOConference (2009), participation ofState/Division WVOs in honouringthe preliminary WVO conferences,cash and kind assistance of socialorganizations and Union Solidarityand Development Association atdifferent levels.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9Oct—Deputy Ministerfor Energy Brig-GenThan Htay met DeputyMinister of ForeignAffairs of the Republic ofSudan Mr Ali Ahamed

Deputy Energy Minister meets SudaneseDeputy FM

Karti and party, at theMinistry of Energy heretoday. Also present at thecall were directors-general, managingdirectors and responsiblepersons from enterprises

and departments underthe Ministry. The frankmeeting focused onseeking ways to boostbilateral cooperation inthe energy sector.

MNA

A woman holds an Armani mobile phone during aproduct launch in Milan on 9 October, 2009.

Italian fashion house Giorgio Armani presented anew 700-euro ($1,032) mobile phone on Friday, a

stylish device aimed at complementing thedesigner’s suits.

INTERNET

Deputy Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Than Htay meets with DeputyMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Sudan Mr Ali Ahamed

Karti and party.—MNA

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG XIU VOY NO (9050)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG XIUVOY NO (9050) are here by notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 10.10.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S CHINA SHIPPING (MALAY-SIA) AGENCY SDN BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (473)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAPVOY NO (473) are here by notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 10.10.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SIRI BHUM VOY NO (342)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SIRI BHUMVOY NO (342) are here by notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 10.10.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S REGIONAL CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV OCEAN-CORAL VOY NO (46)Consignees of cargo carried on MV OCEAN-

CORAL VOY NO (46) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 10.10.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W 5 where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: EASTERN-CAR LINERSINGAPORE PTE LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

Obama envoy in uphillstruggle for Mideast peaceJERUSALEM, 9 Oct—President Barack Obama’s Mideast

envoy finds himself increasingly hamstrung, with Isra-el’s foreign minister on Thursday all but ruling out a peacedeal for years to come and the Palestinian leaderweakened by his decision not to push for a Gaza warcrimes tribunal against Israel. Jordan’s King Abdullah IIadded a gloomy warning that prospects for peace are “slid-ing into darkness.” Obama envoy George Mitchell, vis-iting Israeli and Palestinian leaders for the second timein three weeks, is trying relentlessly to bring the sidestogether for talks, but the obstacles he faces are daunt-ing. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman suggested thatthe two sides come up with a long-term interim arrange-ment that would ensure stability, while at the same timeputting off a final deal. He recommended leaving thetoughest issues—such as the status of disputed Jerusa-lem and a solution for Palestinian refugees who lost homesamid war—“to a much later stage.”—Internet

Palestinians throw stones towards Israeli borderpolice officers (not pictured) in the East Jerusalem

neighbourhood of Ras al-Amud on 8 Oct, 2009.INTERNET

Gun-toting Pa soccer mom,husband found shot dead

LEBANON, 9 Oct—A suburban mother who becamea voice of the gun-rights movement when she openlycarried a loaded pistol to her daughter’s soccer gamewas fatally shot on Wednesday along with her parole-officer husband in an apparent murder-suicide at theirhome in Pennsylvania Dutch country, authorities said.

Police released scant details about the deaths ofMeleanie Hain, 31, and Scott Hain, 33, but said moreinformation would be released Friday after their au-topsies.

“I’m devastated. I lost my daughter. I lost my bestfriend. The children lost their parents,” Jenny Stanley,Meleanie Hain’s mother, told WGAL-TV. Stanleyadded that the three children, ages 2, 6 and 10, are“hanging in there.”

The children were at a neighbour’s house by the timepolice arrived to answer 911 calls from neighbour’s,said Lebanon City Police Chief Daniel Wright.

“What they did or did not see as part of this is notsomething we’re going to release,” Wright said.

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A/H1N1 flu casesrise to 9,789in Vietnam

HANOI, 9 Oct—Vietnamconfirmed 82 more casesof A/H1N1 influenza,bringing total number offlu patients in the countryto 9,789, said a daily re-port on the website ofMinistry of Health on Fri-day.—Xinhua

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A girl with dengue fever draws while sitting on her bed behind a mosquito netin a hospital in Managua on 8 October, 2009. According to Nicaraguan

health authorities, ten children have died and more than 1,500 people areinfected with the tropical illness transmitted by mosquitoes.—INTERNET

Malaria gets “ugly” on hitUS comedy show

UNITED NATIONS, 9 Oct— A United Nations-backed campaign to raiseawareness about malaria,which claims over 1 mil-lion lives annually, has astarring role on the seasonpremiere of the hit UnitedStates television comedy,“Ugly Betty.”

Airing on 16 Oct, thetwo-hour special willcenter around the effortsby the main character,Betty Suarez, a youngwoman recently promotedto become the features edi-tor at a fashion magazine,to draw attention to the“Nothing But Nets”scheme.

Under that campaign,the UN Foundation (UNF)seeks to curb the spread ofmalaria by providing in-secticide-treated bed nets,each costing 10 US dol-lars, to communities ingreatest need.

Malaria infects over500 million people world-wide annually, killingmore than 1 million peo-ple, the vast majority ofwhom are African chil-dren. UNF is excited thatthe television show “choseto spread the buzz” aboutits campaign, said Eliza-beth McKee Gore, the or-ganization’s Executive Di-rector of Global Partner-

ships and “Nothing ButNets.”

To date, the campaign,which started in 2006, hasresulted in the distributionof more than 2 million bednets in Africa, she said,voicing hope that its ap-pearance on the programwill generate more interestin preventing the spread ofmalaria.

“Our storyline reso-nated with every memberof our cast and crew,” saidRichard Heusfrom, theshow’s executive direc-tor.—Internet

University createsiPhone medical apps

SALT LAKE CITY, 9 Oct — University of Utah re-searchers say they have created three iPhone applica-tions that are designed to assist scientists, students,doctors and patients.

The researchers said their programmes can displayand manipulate 3D images of medical scans and canbe used to study the human body, evaluate medicalproblems and analyze other 3D images.— AnatomyLab allows students to conduct a virtualdissection by providing images of a real human ca-daver during 40 separate stages of dissection. The soft-ware, which sells for $9.99, was designed by biologyProfessor Mark Nielsen and two University of Utahstudents, including his son.— My Body, a scaled-downversion of AnatomyLab, sells for $1.99 and is intendedfor their body looks like,” Nielsen said.—Internet

Radioisotope batteryunder development

COLUMBIA, 9 Oct — US electrical engineers say theyare developing a smaller, lighter and more efficientbattery that uses a nuclear energy source.

Much attention has been given to making batteriessmaller and more powerful, but scientists say prob-lems can arise when such batteries become heavierthan the devices they power.

“To provide enough power, we need certain meth-ods with high energy density,” said University of Mis-souri Assistant Professor Jae Kwon, who is leadingthe research. “The radioisotope battery can providepower density that is six orders of magnitude higherthan chemical batteries.” Kwon and his research teamare developing a small nuclear battery, currently thesize and thickness of a penny, intended to power vari-ous micro-nanoelectromechanical systems.

The innovation is not only in the battery’s size, butalso in its semiconductor. Kwon said his battery usesa liquid semiconductor rather than a solid semicon-ductor.

“The critical part of using a radioactive battery isthat when you harvest the energy, part of the radiationenergy can damage the lattice structure of the solidsemiconductor,” Kwon said. “By using a liquid semi-conductor, we believe we can minimize that prob-lem.”—Internet

Recession puts public’smental health at risk

Skin hydration product unveiled by BaxterDEERFIELD, 9 Oct — Baxter International Inc of Deerfield, Ill., says it has devel-

oped a new skin hydration product for children and infants that works subcutane-ously.

The Chicago Tribune said on Wednesday the medical product company un-veiled its new Hylenex system that operates by allowing intravenous fluids to beadministered under the skin instead of through more traditional intravenous therapy.

Healthcare professionals said traditional IV efforts involve finding a patient’svein, occasionally leading to multiple attempts due to vein size or patient factors.

Skin hydration is vital during cold and flu season in the United States as morethan two million children visit emergency rooms nationwide each year due todehydration concerns.—Internet

Chinese language class starts inLiberia’s capital

In this photo taken on 7 Oct, 2009, Liberianstudents listen to Chinese teacher Li Peng as he

teaches a Mandarin class, at the Samuel Doestadium in Monrovia, Liberia. —INTERNET

MONROVIA, 9 Oct — Anew language class is pro-viding an opportunity forLiberians to learn Manda-rin as China expands itseconomic presence in theWest African country.

China is heavily en-gaged in post-war Liberia,rebuilding roads withfunding from the World

Bank and running hotels,restaurants and other busi-nesses.

And a Chinese firm,China Union, became thelargest ever investor inLiberia when it signed a$2.6 billion agreementearlier this year to go intothe iron ore business in atown about 30 miles (50

kilometres) north ofMonrovia.

“Traditionally, we Li-berians are closer to theAmericans than we are tothe Chinese, but the ironyis that the Chinese aremore open to us than theAmericans are,” said 57-year-old John K Cooper,who works for a localyouth development centerand is one of 15 studentsin the Mandarin class thatbegan this week.

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 9 Oct —Americans who are un-employed or underem-ployed face greater risk ofsevere mental illness,Mental Health America(MHA) said on Thursday.

Unemployed Ameri-cans are four times morelikely than those with jobsto report symptoms of se-vere mental illness, suchas major depression, saidMHA, citing a survey of1,002 adults aged 18 andolder. As for people whowere forced to acceptwork changes, such as re-duced hours or pay cuts,they were twice as likelyto have symptoms, saidthe health group.

The survey was con-ducted last month byMHA, the National Alli-ance on Mental Illness(NAMI) and the Depres-sion Is Real Coalition.

The three groups re-

leased the findings to co-incide with Mental IllnessAwareness Week (Oct 4-10) and National Depres-sion Screening Day (Oct8).

“This survey clearlyshows that economic dif-ficulties are placing thepublic’s mental health atserious risk, and we needaffirmative action to ad-dress these medical prob-lems,” said David LShern, president and CEOof MHA.—Xinhua

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ROME, 9 Oct —Juventus midfielderClaudio Marchisio willmiss Italy’s World Cupqualifiers against Ireland

BEIJING, 9 Oct —Serena Williams, whowill reclaim the numberone ranking on Monday,says she wants to play forthe United States in theFed Cup final against Italyin November — as longas she is not “in a wheel-chair”.

Williams, who wasknocked out of the ChinaOpen late Thursday, saidthat if she was in shapeafter this month’s season-

LONDON, 9 Oct —Prince Faisal, a memberof Saudi Arabia’s royalfamily, is contemplatingan investment in Liver-pool that could go as faras a full buyout of theclub, according to thehead of his investment ve-hicle, F6.

Liverpool’s Americanowners, Tom Hicks andGeorge Gillett, have con-firmed they are lookingfor new investors andFaisal is considering buy-ing a shareholding that“could go from anythingfrom nought to 100 per-cent,” Barry Didato wasquoted as saying by theBBC.

Didato stressed how-ever that the Saudi princehas concerns over the ap-parently strained relation-ship between Hicks andGillett, and the level ofdebt Liverpool has ac-quired since they tookover the club in February2007.

Prince Faisal — orPrince Faisal bin Fahd binAbdullah al-Saud — hasonly held talks with

PARIS, 9 Oct —Man-chester United have beengiven the green light tosign French teenager PaulPogba after FIFA onThursday ruled that theEnglish champions hadnot induced him to breaka contract with Le Havre.

But his former clubhave hit back by arguingthat FIFA’s ruling is onlyprovisional and thereforenot an end to the saga sur-rounding the 16-year-oldmidfielder.

United issued a state-ment declaring: “Man-chester United is pleasedto confirm that the Foot-ball Association has beenauthorised by FIFA to reg-ister Paul Pogba as a

LONDON, 9 Oct — LAGalaxy are close to agree-ing a loan deal for Eng-land midfielder DavidBeckham to return to ACMilan in the Januarytransfer window.

Tim Leiweke, thechief executive of AEG,which owns Galaxy, saidthey were aware that amove would helpBeckham improve hischances of featuring innext summer’s WorldCup.

Leiweke said that the

Japanese masters to trainAngolan karate athletes

LUANDA, 9 Oct— Japanese karate masters will trainAngolan athletes beginning from 2010, a seniorAngolan sports official said here on Thursday.

Germano de Palma Gomes, chairman of theAngolan Karate Federation, told reporters that theAngolan Karate Federation and its Japanese counter-part signed an accord to help Angola raise the level ofkarate, a famous self-defending martial art developedin Japan.

The Angolan sports official also said that the ac-cord is aimed help Angolan karate players to improvetheir professional level of the sport in Angola withouttraveling abroad for trainingAccording to GermanoGomes, under the accord, both Japan and Angola willcarry out a karate development program in Angola andthe Japanese karate federation will provide relevanttraining facilities and materials. — Xinhua

Prince Faisal bin Fahd

bin Abdullah al-Saud.

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American tennis super-star Serena Williams.

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Serena says ready to playFed Cup, if fit

ending championships inQatar, she would be readyfor the 7-8 Novembershowdown on clay inReggio Calabria.” I defi-nitely want to play again.I am just trying to getthere.

It’s just really hard tosee how my body is go-ing to be after Doha — ifI am going to be walkingor if I am going to be in awheelchair,” the 28-year-old Williams said.

“If I’m walking, then Ireally want to go. But ifI’m in a wheelchair, thenwe have great people likeMelanie (Oudin), who Ithink can really do a goodjob, and Liezel (Huber),who is number one indoubles.” We really havea really good team. Quitefrankly, they got therewithout me, but I wouldlove to go and support.”

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Saudi prince mullingLiverpool investment

Gillett to date and has es-tablished a “chemistryand shared vision,” be-tween them, Didato wasquoted as saying.

He stressed howeverthat his boss had concernover the level of Liver-pool’s debts, which to-talled 350 million poundsearlier this year when au-ditors warned that theyposed a threat to the club’sfuture as a going concern.

Didato said: “The debthas to be at a manageablelevel before Prince Faisalwould invest and the cur-rent level is high.”

Internet

United cleared to sign Pogba,Le Havre protest

Japan beats Chinese HongKong 6-0 in Asian Cup

qualifierTOKYO, 9 Oct — Striker Shinji Okazaki savored a

hat-trick to help Japan for a 6-0 home win over Chi-nese Hong Kong in an Asian Cup final round qualifieron Thursday. Yuto Nagatomo, Yuji Nakazawa andTulio were also on target for Japan in the Group Agame in Shizuoka, putting Japan level on points withBahrain on six points, although the latter has a gamein hand.

Yemen has three points with Chinese Hong Kongbottom still without a point. The top two advance tothe 2011 finals in Qatar. Japan failed to gain automaticqualification after losing to South Korea in a penaltyshootout in the third-place playoff of the 2007 tourna-ment.

Xinhua

Italian midfielder Marchisioto miss Ireland, CyprusWorld Cup qualifiers

Juventus’ ClaudioMarchisio.

England midfielderDavid Beckham.

Beckham set to return toAC Milan

Mauresmo considering end oftennis career

PARIS, 9 Oct — Twice Grand Slam winner AmelieMauresmo has put an end to her season and is con-sidering retirement, the Frenchwoman said onThursday.”Since I came back from the US Open, Ihave been trying to practice but I did not find the de-sire to get back to competition,” said the world number20 on her website (www.ameliemauresmo.fr). “I donot want to rush things,” said former world numberone, “I still give myself some time before making adecision regarding the remainder of my career.”

Mauresmo, 30, topped the WTA rankings in Sep-tember 2004, and clinched her two Grand Slam titlesin 2006 when she won the Australian Open andWimbledon.She has collected 25 WTA singles titlessince turning professional in 1993. Mauresmo has notplayed competitive tennis since losing to Canada’sAleksandra Wozniak in the second round of the USOpen. — Xinhua

34-year-old needs a yearof solid football to boosthis bid to reach the WorldCup.“We have a deep ap-preciation of what he isdoing over here with hisnational team,” Leiwekesaid at the Leaders inFootball summit atStamford Bridge onThursday.” I wanted himto know that we will sup-port him so we are goingto lend him out.”

Galaxy want Beck-ham’s loan deal sorted outsoon so he can concen-trate on a title challengewith his club.” We wantto get it done, for him andfor us, because we havework to do over the nextfew weeks and I don’twant any confusion,”Leiweke said.

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on Saturday and Cypruson Wednesday because ofa knee injury.

“The player cannot re-cover in time for the Cy-prus match and he’ll goback to his club tomor-row,” Italy’s team doctorEnrico Castellacci said onThursday.

Italy need a draw inIreland to qualify for nextyear’s World Cup asGroup Eight winners.

If they lose in Dublin,they can clinch a place atthe finals in South Africaby beating Cyprus inParma. — Xinhua

Manchester United playerwith immediate effect.”

The French second di-vision team responded byissuing a statement oftheir own.

“FIFA have not vali-dated the transfer of PaulPogba but have, as theysystematically do in caseslike this, issued a provi-sional international cer-tificate,” the club said.

“The decision of theinternational body istherefore a non-event andis normal pro-cedure.”France Under-16captain Pogba was poisedto join United in the sum-mer, but Le Havre ac-cused them of offering fi-nancial inducements tolure him to Old Traffordand called on world foot-ball’s governing bodyFIFA to intervene.

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kayah State, lower Sagaing and YangonDivisions, rain or thundershowers have been isolatedin Shan and Chin States, Mandalay and MagwayDivisions, scattered in Rakhine State, upper Sagaing,Bago and Ayeyawady Divisions, fairly widespreadin Taninthayi Division and widespread in theremaining States nad Divisions with isolatedheavyfall in Mon State. The noteworthy amounts ofrainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw (Lewe) (0.27)inch, Nay Pyi Taw (Tatkon) (0.12) inch, Belin (5.51)inches, Hkamti (2.01)inches, Taungup (1.77)inches, Myeik (1.66) inches, Kawthoung (1.38)inches, Kyauktaw (1.22) inches and Magway (0.51)inch.

Maximum temperature on 8-10-2009 was 94°F.Minimum temperature on 9-10-2009 was 71°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 9-10-2009 was 75%.Total sun shine hours on 8-10-2009 was (9.7) hours approx.

Rainfall on 9-10-2009 was Nil at Mingaladon, Nil atKaba-Aye and Nil at Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (108.94) inches at Mingaladon, (119.57) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (125.00) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mphfrom Southwest at (12:30) hours MST on 8-10-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is cloudy in the AndamanSea and Southeast and North Bay and generally fairelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 10th October 2009:Rain or thundershowers will be widespread inKachin and Mon States, Taninthayi Division, fairlywidespread in Chin and Rakhine States, upperSagaing Division, scattered in Kayin State and BagoDivision and isolated in the remaining areas.Degreeof certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Rain orthundershowers in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for10-10-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for10-10-2009: Isolated rain or tundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for10-10-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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“We are a society of sport fans, where no singlesport is more universally revered and passionatelypursued than football,” the bid committee said in astatement on its website.

“We are a people universally dedicated to ourbid — from our government, to our economy, toour people,” it said.

Russia has never hosted a major footballtournament, although Moscow was the host cityfor the 1980 Olympic Games and the Black Searesort of Sochi will stage the 2014 Winter Olympics.

“This project is important not only for football,but for the whole country,” Russian Sport MinisterVitaly Mutko, who also chairs the Russian FootballUnion, was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti newsagency.—Internet

Russia launches bid for

2018 World Cup

Special shaped hot air balloons fill the sky duringthe Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in

Albuquerque, NM, on Thursday, 8 Oct, 2009.The annual event is scheduled to wrap up

Sunday.—INTERNET

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NAY PYI TAW, 9 Oct— Patron of MyanmarWar Veterans Organization (Central) Chairman ofthe State Peace and Development Council Com-mander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior GeneralThan Shwe gave guidance at the second day sessionof the Myanmar War Veterans Organization Confer-ence (2009) held at the hall of MWVO Headquartersin Nay Pyi Taw Lewe at 9 am today.

Also present at the first session of the sec-ond-day conference were members of the Panel ofPatrons of the MWVO Vice-Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council Deputy Com-mander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye,Member of the State Peace and Development Coun-cil General Thura Shwe Mann, Prime Minister Gen-eral Thein Sein, Secretary-1 of the State Peace andDevelopment Council General Thiha Thura TinAung Myint Oo and SPDC member Lt-Gen TinAye, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-AdmiralNyan Tun, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen MyatHein, Chairman of MWVO Central OrganizingCommittee Adjutant-General Lt-Gen Thura MyintAung, senior military officers of the Ministry ofDefence, the commander of Nay Pyi Taw Com-mand, ministers, the Chief Justice, the Attorney-General, the Auditor-General, deputy ministers,members of the MWVOCOC, departmental heads,officials of the organizing committee and subcom-mittees, chairmen and representatives of Union Soli-darity and Development Association, Myanmar Wom-

Senior General Than Shwe attends MyanmarWar Veterans Organization Conference (2009)

en’s Affairs Federation, Myanmar Maternal and ChildWelfare Association, Myanmar Red Cross Soci-ety, Myanmar Fire Brigade, Myanmar Writersand Journalists Association and Union of Myanmar

Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Indus-try, guests and State and Division delegates to theconference.

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Senior General Than Shwe cordially greets delegates of States and Divisions who are attend-ing Myanmar War Veterans Organization Conference (2009).—MNA

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