The New Light of Myanmar 15-03-2010

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 333 1st Waxing of Tagu 1371 ME Monday, 15 March, 2010

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 14March — Hailing the 65thAnniversary ArmedForces Day 2010, theopening of Thayet-Minhlarailroad section ofKyangin-Pakokku rail-road construction projectimplemented by MyanmaRailways of the Ministryof Rail Transportationtook place at Minhla rail-way station in Minhla ofMagway Division thismorning with an addressby Member of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil General ThuraShwe Mann.

It was also attendedby Lt-Gen Tha Aye andLt-Gen Ohn Myint of theMinistry of Defence,Chairman of MandalayDivision Peace and De-velopment Council Com-mander of Central Com-mand Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe,Minister for Industry-2Vice-Admiral Soe Thein,Minister for ConstructionMaj-Gen Khin Maung

Myint, Minister for Elec-tric Power No.1 Col. ZawMin, Minister for Trans-port Maj -Gen Thein Swe,Minister for Communica-tions, Posts and Tel-egraphs Brig-Gen TheinZaw, Minister for RailTransportation Maj-GenAung Min, the deputyministers, senior militaryofficers, the chairman ofMagway Division PDC,departmental heads andofficials, staff of MyanmaRailways, members ofsocial organizations andlocal people.

In his address, Mem-ber of the State Peace andDevelopment CouncilGeneral Thura ShweMann said that the gov-ernment has been imple-menting many projects inall sectors for equitabledevelopment of all partsof the Union. A transportnetwork takes centre stageto achieve the goal.

The General quotedHead of State Senior

General Than Shwe assaying that, smoothtransport not only im-proved the socio-eco-nomic status of the peo-ple but also enhanced therelations among nationalbrethren.The govern-ment has been makingheavy investments in

transport facilityprojects including roadand bridge projects sys-tematically across theUnion including far-flung areas, the Generalpointed out.

Today, Thayet-Minhla Railroad has comeinto existence as a result

of constant hard work thegovernment has been ex-erting with public partici-pation and innovations ofservice personnel to im-prove the living condi-tions for the people, en-sure security, and boosttrade, she said. The Gen-eral elaborated that the 53-

mile railroad section ispart of the 320-mileKyangin-Pakokku Rail-road. So far, Kyangin-O k s h i t p i n - K a n m a -Thayet and 27-milePakokku-Kyunchaungrailroad sections havebeen put into service.

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General Thura Shwe Mann and party saying goodbye to passengers of special train.—MNA

Earnest effort of Rail Transportation Ministry leads to emergence ofrailroads from Myitkyina in north to Dawei in south, and between

Mongnai in eastern Shan State and Kalay in western part of nationGeneral Thura Shwe Mann attends inauguration of Thayet-Minhla railroad section

A special train seen on route of Thayet-Minhla railroad.—MNA

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Monday, 15 March 2010

PERSPECTIVES

Restore sight of the visuallyimpaired

In its bid to provide wide-ranging healthcare for all, the government gives its attention tocare of eyes, which are the most important organsof a human being.

On the recent tour of some townships andvillages in states and divisions, a team of eyespecialists gave treatment to 5370 people witheye complaints in MraukU Township, RakhineState, from 10 to 12 February.

During the period from 2000 to date, theteam has made trips to Thandwe, Ngapali,Kyaukpyu, Taungup, Sittway, Minbya, Gwaand MraukU in Rakhine State.

Despite geographical features formingnatural barriers between regions, the governmentis working hard to provide better health care tothe entire people. On its trip to MraukU, theteam gave health care to the visually impairedfrom MraukU, Kyauktaw, Minbya, Ponnagyunand Pauktaw townships and surroundingvillages.

According to the statistics collected,Rakhine State has a population of about fourmillion, about 60,000 of which are blind, andabout 50,000 of which are with cataract. Over adecade between 2000 and 2010, over 10,000people suffering cataract in Rakhine Statereceived surgical operations. During the recenttour, the team performed operations on 1151people with cataract and five children with inborncataract.

As a result of the government’s assistanceand wellwishers’ contributions, a massivenumber of people with impaired vision fromacross the nation have regained their eyesight.The number of people with visual impairmentin Myanmar will decrease if the global motto“Vision 2020: The Right to Sight” can betranslated into reality.

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

People’s Desire

NAY PYI TAW, 14March — The opening ofthe 6th Sports Minister’sCup Cane-ballTournament was held inconjunction with the 36th

State/Division Cane-ballCompetitions 2010 atBahtoo Sports Centre inMandalay this morningwith an address by Ministerfor Sports Brig-Gen ThuraAye Myint.

First, DefendingChampion Mandalay

Cane-ballers in action in Mandalay

Federation, and enjoyed theperformance of athletes.

A total of 52 teams aretaking part in thecompetitions that will beheld up to 19 March.

It was also attendedby Chairman of Mandalay

YANGON, 14 March —The Cruiseliner M.V. TheWorld dropped its anchorat Myanmar lnternationalTerminal Thilawa, here,0today afternoon as manytourists are visitingMyanmar in this openseason.

A total of 120 Touristson board the cruiselinerwere welcomed byGeneral Manager U WinHlaing of Myanma Hoteland Tourism Services ofMinistry of Hotels andTourism and departmentalofficials at the port.

On 11 March, thecruiseliner arrived atKawthoung of Myanmarfrom Phukhet Port ofThailand and thepassengers visited around

“The World” in townKawthoung till 12 March.The holiday makers willmake excursions inYangon, Bago and Baganfrom 15 to 18 March.

They will tourThandwe Ngapali Beachby the cruiseliner on 18

March and proceed toIndia on 20 March.

Another CruiselinerM.V. Spirit of Oceanus,boarding 74 tourists whowill make a round of visitsin Yangon, arrived heretoday.—MNA

City Development Com-mittee Mayor Brig-GenPhone Zaw Han, depar-tmental officials, thepresident and members ofMyanmar Cane-ballFederation and fans.

MNA

Division Men’s Teamhanded over thechampionship shield to theminister.

Next, the ministeraccepted cash donationspresented by wellwishersto Myanmar Cane-ball

YANGON, 14 March— The annual generalmeeting of the Board ofthe Hninzigon Home forthe Aged took place atthe Diamond Jubliee Hallof the Home in BahanTownship here yesterday

Hninzigon Home for the Aged holds AGMmorning with an openingaddress by Chairman UKyaw Shein of ExecutiveCommittee of the Home.

Responsible personsread out the annual reportand financial statement,and sought the approval

of those present.Those present

confirmed theappointment of a newexternal audit tor and themeeting’s resolutions atthe meeting.

MNA

Y A N G O N, 14March—A three-storeybuilding dead located at

Three-storey building collapses in Yangonthe junction of MerchantStreet and 30th Street,Pabedan Township,

here, collapsed at about4.45 pm today.

The tragic incidentleft a girl, 15, dead.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint makes speech at opening of 6th Sports Minister’s CupCane-ball Tournament and 36th State/Division Cane-ball Competitions.—MNA

Cruiseliner M.V. The World standing at Myanmar lnternational Terminal Thilawa.

MNA

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A newly painted J-10 jet fighter belonging to the August 1st Aerobatic Teamof China’s Air Forces lands at a military airport in Tianjin in north China on

12 March, 2010.—INTERNET

Egypt rejectsUS human rights report

CAIRO, 14 March — Egypt rejected on Saturdaya report issued by the US Department of State whichcriticized human rights condition in the country,state-run Middle East News Agency (MENA) re-ported.

“The report released by the US State Departmenton human rights conditions in Egypt is not new, andit is something usual and released every year on thesame pattern,” Mohamed Faeq, head of the com-plaints office in the National Council of Human rights( NCHR), said on Saturday.

“We should not pay much attention to such re-port, as local reports from the NCHR, civil societiesand international, Arab and African mechanisms con-cerned outweigh such report,” said Faeq.

The council has submitted some proposals to thegovernment in this respect to further improve hu-man rights conditions in Egypt, he said.

The US State Department report which was issuedon Thursday, accused Egyptian government for not re-specting human rights saying they remained poor, andserious abuses continued in many areas.—Xinhua

Countries dismiss US humanrights report as interventionBEIJING, 14 March — Egypt and the Democratic

People’s Republic of Korea have joined Russia in dis-missing as intervention the U.S. human rights chargesagainst these countries.

The three countries have reiterated their stance onopposing US intervention with their internal affairsand stressed their determination to reject the UScharges.

Senior Russian lawmakers dismissed the US criti-cisms as an attempt to exert pressure on their country.

Oleg Morozov, first deputy speaker of the StateDuma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, saidhis country had taken effective measures to improvehuman rights and to build a democratic society butthe U.S. report did not reflect the real picture in Rus-sia.

Morozov added the U.S. administration was try-ing to pressure Russia into making concessions oncertain issues.

Leonid Slutsky, first deputy chairman of the Inter-national Affairs Committee of the State Duma, saidthe US Human Rights Report 2009 was neither ob-jective nor comprehensive.—Xinhua

Russia, US look to date forsigning new arms treaty

China deliversVenezuela jets foranti-drugs fight

CARACAS, 14 March — Venezuela on Saturday testedsix training and light attack jets bought from China fordefence and anti-drugs flights in a deal that dodges anembargo banning sales of US weapons parts to oil ex-porter Venezuela.

President Hugo Chavez ordered a total of 18 K-8jets built by China after a plan to buy similar jets fromBrazil’s Embraer fell through, apparently because theyinclude US electrical systems.

“Thank you, China. The empire wanted to leave usunarmed. Socialist China, revolutionary China ap-peared and here are our K-8 planes,” he said during atelevised display of the jets’ capabilities.

Officials at the ceremony said the versatile jets willbe used to train pilots and intercept drug traffickerswho use Venezuela as a stop off point to take Colom-bian cocaine to the United States, Europe and Africa.

Washington accuses the socialist Chavez, a closeally of Cuba and Iran, of starting an arms race in SouthAmerica, where several nations have beefed-up theirmilitary in the last few years.

Tensions with neighbour Colombia over US accessto military bases there and accusations that Chavezsupports FARC guerrillas have raised concerns of aviolent incident between the two countries.

Colombia is the region’s biggest military spenderas a proportion of GDP because of its civil war withthe leftist rebels.—Internet

French Navy hands oversuspected pirates to Somalia

BOSSASO, 14 March — French navy officers handedover 22 suspected Somali pirates to semi-autonomousPuntland’s authorities and they will be arraigned inlocal courts, officials said on Saturday.

Foreign navies have been deployed off the Gulfof Aden since the start of 2009, operating convoys,establishing safer corridors through the most danger-ous waters and arresting pirates and seizing theirvessels.

“The French Navy handed over these pirates, twoskiff boats and video evidence showing the kind ofweapons they were carrying,” Mohamed Sicid Jaqanaf,Puntland’s deputy police commissioner, told a newsconference at the Bossaso port while receiving thesuspects.—Internet

A suspected Somali pirate captured by Frenchforces in the Gulf of Aden, talks to journalists atthe northern port town of Bosasso on 13 March,

2010.—INTERNET

Afghan governor wants moretroops after 12 explosions

KANDAHAR, 14 March — The governor of Afghani-stan’s Kandahar Province is demanding more troopsto provide security after 12 explosions in the largestsouthern city killed dozens of people.

Gov Turyakai Wesa says he is talking to the centralgovernment in Kabul about getting Afghan militaryreinforcements following the coordinated attacks thatkilled at least 33 people, including 10 attending a wed-ding. He told reporters on Sunday that he also wantsto coordinate with NATO forces to improve security.

Wesa said the attacks wounded at least 53.Kandahar is the spiritual birthplace of the Taleban in-surgency and the next target of NATO and Afghanforces after a major push to take another militantstronghold in next-door Helmand Province.—Internet

Map locates Kandahar, Afghanistan, site of multi-ple suicide bombings—INTERNET

MOSCOW, 14 March — Russian Presi-dent Dmitry Medvedev and US Presi-dent Barack Obama said on Saturday thatit was now possible to talk about spe-cific dates for signing a new arms reduc-tion treaty, the Kremlin said.

Medvedev spoke over phone on Sat-urday with Obama about the preparationfor a successor to the 1991 StrategicArms Reduction Treaty (START-1) thatexpired on 5 Dec, 2009.

“Both sides expressed satisfactionwith the high level of agreement in themajor provisions of the draft treaty,”Russian news agencies quoted theKremlin as saying in a statement.

“They stressed that it is now possi-ble to talk about specific dates to sub-mit the new treaty for signing by theheads of state,” it said.

The Kremlin added that the presi-dents agreed to give extra instructionsto their negotiators and discussed plansfor bilateral contacts in the near future.

Russia and the United States havebeen working on a new arms controldeal since Medvedev and Obama metin April last year, but the US plan todeploy elements of a missile defencesystem in East Europe has been a majorsticking point.

Xinhua

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China to bid on US high-speedrail projects

Tata Nano likely to lose much-hypedprice tagStock market dips linked to

heart attack surgeATLANTA, 14 March—Doctors have found a

relation between stock market fluctuations and heartattack frequency, a preliminary study by NorthCarolina’s Duke University Medical Centre saidon Saturday.

“In analyzing our local patient population... dur-ing the recent period of increased volatility in thestock market, we found that when stock market val-ues decreased, heart attacks seemed to increase, andthen decreased when stock trends improved,” saidthe study’s lead investigator Mona Fiuzat. The re-sults of the research were presented at the AmericanCollege of Cardiology’s 59th annual scientific con-ference held this weekend in Atlanta.

“While more and larger studies are needed to ex-amine the reason for these findings, it’s importantfor healthcare providers to be aware of social stressorsthat may potentially affect their patients,” Fiuzat said.

The study focused on patients registered at theDuke Hospital Catheterization Lab between January2006 and July 2009, using data from the DukeDatabank for Cardiovascular Disease.

Internet

File photo shows a worker checks a CRHhigh-speed train at a maintenancebase in Wuhan, in central China’s Hubei Province.

INTERNET

Customers look at theNano car at a showroomin Mumbai. The vehiclewas launched with greatfanfare as a 100,000-ru-pee (2,200-dollar) vehi-cle but analysts say par-ent group Tata and itschairman Ratan Tatawill struggle to keep thejellybean-shaped vehi-cle on sale at this leveldue to the rising costs ofraw materials, labour

and new highertaxes.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 14 March—China plans to bid forcontracts to build UShigh-speed train linesand is stepping up ex-ports of rail technologyto Europe and LatinAmerica, a governmentofficial said on Satur-day.

China has built 4,000miles (6,500 kilometers)of high-speed rail for itsown train system andPresident Barack Obamaissued a pledge in No-vember with his Chinesecounterpart, Hu Jintao, to

cooperate in developingthe technology.

“We are organizingrelevant companies toparticipate in bidding forUS high-speed railways,”Wang Zhiguo, a deputyrailways minister, told anews conference.

Wang gave no detailsof where China’s railwaybuilders might seek con-tracts, but systems areplanned in California,Florida and Illinois. Hesaid state-owned Chinesecompanies already arebuilding high-speed lines

in Turkey and Venezuela. Beijing plans to con-

struct a 16,000-mile(25,000-kilometer) high-speed rail network by2020 in a 2 trillion yuan($300 billion) project ithopes will spur economicand technology develop-ment.

Internet

MUMBAI, 14 March—India’s Tata Nano waslaunched with great fan-fare as a 100,000-rupee(2,200-dollar) vehicle —a round number that

neatly encapsulated itsstatus as the world’scheapest car.

But analysts say par-ent group Tata and itschairman Ratan Tata will

struggle to keep the jelly-bean-shaped vehicle onsale at this level due to therising costs of raw mate-rials, labour and newhigher taxes.

Described as India’s“People’s Car,” the Nanois pitched at the country’saspiring middle-classes,many of whom currentlytravel on two wheels butare looking to upgrade.

“The Nano is RatanTata’s dream project. Butas costs rise, the Nanowill not remain a100,000-rupee car,” saidVaishali Jajoo, fromMumbai-based AngelBroking.

Internet

An information board posts the latest prices andgraphs above the floor of the New York Stock

Exchange earlier this month. Doctors have founda relation between stock market fluctuations and

heart attack frequency, a preliminary study byNorth Carolina’s Duke University Medical Centre

said on Saturday.—INTERNET

Euro finance ministers toagree on Greek aid

Trans-Pacific Partnershiptrade talks to begin

on MondayWELLINGTON, 14 March—New Zealand will open

trade talks in the Australian city of Melbourne for aTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) with the United States,Brunei, Chile and Singapore.

The trade talks could pave the way for a trade dealbetween New Zealand and the United States, the NewZealand Press Association reported on Sunday.

The TPP would build on the previously negotiatedP4 trade agreement between New Zealand, Brunei,Chile, and Singapore with the first round of talks toexpand the agreement with the inclusion of the US,Australia, Peru and Vietnam.

The first round of negotiations to expand the TPPwas to take place a year ago, but the US postponed thefirst set of talks at the last minute, in the wake of theObama inauguration.

Now, the United States is ready to start five daysof talks in Melbourne next week.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has de-scribed the TPP as its “most important trade negotia-tion, working toward a free-trade agreement with theUnited States”.—Xinhua

BRUSSELS, 14 March—Euro zone finance minis-ters are likely to agree onMonday on a mechanismfor aiding Greece finan-cially, if it is required, but

will leave out any sumsuntil Athens asks forthem, an EU source saidon Saturday.

Policymakers havebeen debating possible fi-nancial support for theheavily-indebted Euro-pean Union member statefor more than a month,but have provided onlywords of support. Ger-many, key to any deal,has resisted appeals topromise aid.

British newspaper TheGuardian on Saturdayquoted sources as sayingMonday’s meeting of thecurrency zone’s 16 fi-nance ministers wouldagree to make aid of upto 25 billion euros avail-able.—Internet

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All Items from Xinhua News Agency

China to increase imports, promotebalanced trade

Local villagers prepare steamed bread for the memorial ceremony for the seaat Huanglongzhuang Village in Tianheng Township of Jimo City, east

China’s Shandong Province, on 13 March, 2010. The memorial ceremony forthe sea, which has a history of 500 years, was held here on Saturday.—XINHUA

BEIJING, 14 March—Chinese Premier WenJiabao said on SundayChina will strive to makebalanced internationalpayment and promotefree trade, although pro-tectionism worsens as theglobal financial crisisdeepens.

“I am a staunch sup-porter of free trade, sinceit will not only promoteworld economic growth,but also improve peo-ple’s livelihoods,” Wenmade the remarks at aPress conference after the

close of the annual par-liament session.

“We will launch newmeasures to increase im-ports. We sent purchas-ing groups to the Euro-pean Union and theUnited States when theworld was stranded in themost difficult period oftime (in the global finan-cial crisis).” he said.

He said the worseningprotectionism amid theworld economic slumpdeserves alerts of allcountries.

“Some countries’

moves to shore up ex-ports are understand-able.But what I can notunderstand is they de-valuate their own curren-cies while on the contrarypushing for the apprecia-tion of others’ currencies.I think it is protection-ism,” he said.

Wen also said hehopes the United Statesand European Union rec-ognize China’s marketeconomy status, and liftban on hi-tech exports toChina.

Xinhua

Raul Castro meets visiting Salvadoranfirst lady, FM

The sailing boats compete upwind during the first day of racing at the 2010Round Hainan Island International Sailing Regatta in Haikou, capital of

south China’s Hainan Province, on 13 March, 2010.—XINHUA

HAVANA, 14 March —Cuban leader Raul Castroon Saturday met the firstlady and foreign ministerof El Salvador who werehere to open their coun-try’s embassy in Havana.

It was the first officialvisit to Cuba by aSalvadoran Foreign Min-ister in more than fivedecades after the ruptureof diplomatic relations be-tween the two countries.

Castro talked with

First Lady Venda Pignatoand Foreign MinisterHugo Martinez aboutsuch issues as LatinAmerican and Caribbeanunity, climate change andexchange in the field ofpublic health.

“We are very pleasedbecause it was an oppor-tunity for reiterating ourintention to strengthenbonds of friendship, re-spect and cooperation,”Martinez told the Press

after the meeting.The visiting foreign

minister said that the twosides had touched uponthe possibility of presi-dential visits by bothcountries. Martinezadded that a visit bySalvadoran PresidentMauricio Funes couldtake place as soon as thescheduling of a meetingwith the Cuban leadercan be fixed.

Xinhua

One killed, seven injured in Indiabuilding collapse

MUMBAI, 14 March —One person was killed and7 others injured in the col-lapse of an old three-sto-rey building in southernMumbai, a local officialtold Xinhua on the sceneon Sunday morning.

The accident occurredat 4:30 pm Saturday,when workers were reno-vating the building atMasjid Bunder in south-ern Mumbai, said D RJadhav, Assistant Com-missioner of the Munici-pal Corporation ofGreater Mumbai

(MCGM).Local firefighters

rushed to the scene forrescue, and sent the in-jured to nearby hospitalsfor medical treatment,Jadhav said. Workers arenow clearing the debris ofthe building, whose col-lapse also affected an ad-

jacent building as theyshared one same wall,with the help of a hugecrane. The collapsedbuilding has a history ofmore than 100 years, andlacks solid internal sup-port or regular mainte-nance, according to thelocal police.—Xinhua

A Chinese chef makesfried dumplings duringa food fair held in the

Indonesian Embassy tothe United Arab Emir-

ates (UAE) in AbuDhabi, capital of theUAE,on 13 March,

2010.—XINHUA

Gaza militants fire homemade rocketat southern Israel

GAZA, 14 March—Palestinian militants onSaturday fired ahomemade rocket fromthe Gaza Strip at southernIsrael, Israeli Radio Ara-bic service reported.

The radio quoted anIsraeli army spokesmanas saying that the

homemade rocket landedat a cultivated farm in theNegev area in southernIsrael, no damages or in-juries were reported.

No one in Gaza has sofar claimed responsibilityfor the rocket attack.

The Israeli army onThursday announced that

a homemade rocket wasfired from Gaza at south-ern Israel.

On Friday predawn,Israeli war jets retaliatedby striking two separatetargets east of the south-ern Gaza Strip town ofKhan Younis and Rafahtown.—Xinhua

Plane emergency landing putsAuckland Airport on alertWELLINGTON, 14 March—Emergency services

went on standby on Saturday night as an Air NewZealand plane from Sydney to Wellington was di-verted to Auckland because of possible defects.

The Fire Service said on Sunday it received a mes-sage that the Air New Zealand Airbus A320 had a hy-draulic defect and a steering nose wheel problem.

It said seven trucks, including a specialist airportappliance, were ready by the runway as the planelanded.

The plane landed without incident and the 99 pas-sengers will complete their trip to Wellington on Sun-day afternoon.—Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

Mizo tribal youths take part in a mass“Cheraw”, a traditional bamboo dancein Aizawl, the capital of India’s north-eastern Mizoram state. The troupe of10,780 tribal villagers set a record forthe largest dance ensemble in the worldwith a carefully choreographed routine to welcome in the summer.

Mother birdscommunicate with eggsMaternal information transmitted to

an egg lets prenatal chicks know howmuch food they’re likely to get oncethey’re born, scientists in Britain said.

If a prenatal chick gets a message thatit has generous parents, it will beg morevigorously for food after hatching.Chicks destined to be raised by stingierparents are less demanding, saidRebecca Kilner, a zoologist at the Uni-versity of Cambridge.

Chicks gain weight more rapidly be-cause they match their demands to theparents’ supply of food, and can avoidbegging too little or wasting effort onunrewarded begging, Kilner said in a re-lease.

Kilner and her team made the discov-ery by exchanging eggs between canar-ies’ nests so that the chicks grew up inan environment that they were not ex-pecting.

Mummy of Egypt’s monotheist pharaoh to return home

A stela at the Egyptian museum inCairo is seen, Egypt, showing Phar-aoh Akhenaten, his Queen Nefertitiand their children worshipping the sunin the more natural artistic style of thetime. The identification ofAkhenaten’s mummy through DNAtests could be a step toward filling outthe picture of a time 3,300 years agowhen Akhenaten embarked on histo-ry’s first experiment with monotheism.

The DNA tests that revealed howthe famed boy-king Tutankhamun mostlikely died solved another of ancientEgypt’s enduring mysteries — the fateof controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten’smummy. The discovery could help fillout the picture of a fascinating era more

than 3,300 years ago when Akhenatenembarked on history’s first attempt atmonotheism.

During his 17-year rule, Akhenatensought to overturn more than a millen-nium of Egyptian religion and art to es-tablish the worship of a single sun god.In the end, his bold experiment failedand he was eventually succeeded by hisson, the young Tutankhamun, whorolled back his reforms and restored theold religion. No one ever knew whatbecame of the heretic pharaoh, whosetomb in the capital he built at Amarnawas unfinished and whose name wasstricken from the official list of kings.

Two years of DNA testing and CATscans on 16 royal mummies conductedby Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiq-uities, however, gave the firmest evi-dence to date that an unidentifiedmummy — known as KV55, after thenumber of the tomb where it was foundin 1907 in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings— is Akhenaten’s.

The testing, whose results were an-nounced last month, established thatKV55 was the father of King Tut andthe son of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, alineage that matches Akhenaten’s, ac-cording to inscriptions. KV55 had longbeen assumed to be too young to beAkhenaten, who was estimated to be inhis 40s at the time of his death — butthe testing also established the mummy’scorrect age, matching the estimates forAkhenaten.

Deep breathing, soft music reduces stress Deep breathing while listening to soft music relieves stress as much as an

expensive massage, health researchers in Seattle said.Scientists at the Group Health Research Institute divided 68 stressed-out pa-

tients into three groups for 10 treatments of deep breathing, massage ortheromtherapy — wrapping the body in warm towels, The New York Daily Newsreported.

All of the treatments occurred in a dimly lit room with soft music playing,researcher Karen Sherman wrote in a recent issue of the journal Depression andAnxiety. At the end of the treatment period, the anxiety of participants in all threegroups had dropped by about 40 percent, Sherman told The Daily Telegraph.

Chinese fishing boat, sevencrew hijacked off Cameroon

YAOUNDE, 14 March —A Chinese fishing vesselwith seven fishermen aboard was hijacked off thecoast of Cameroon in the latest attack in the watersof West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, the Chinese em-bassy in Cameroon said on Saturday.

“We are working together with the Cameroonauthorities on ways and means of seeking theirrelease,” an embassy official said on Friday’s hi-jack in international waters off the Bakassi pe-ninsula.

Internet

Algeria to host regional terrorconference on Tuesday

A general view of Algiers and the “Maqam El-Shahid” (martyrs memorial) onthe heights of Algiers. Algeria is to host foreign ministers from the Sahara and

Sahel on Tuesday for talks on fighting “a resurgence” in acts of terror, theAlgerian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.—INTERNET

ALGIERS, 14 March — Algeria is tohost foreign ministers from the Saharaand Sahel on Tuesday for talks on fight-ing “a resurgence” in acts of terror, theAlgerian Foreign Ministry said on Sat-urday.

Ministers from Burkina Faso, Chad,Libya, Mali, Mauritania and Niger aredue to take part in the conference, theministry said in a statement quoted byAlgerian news agency APS.

In addition to sharing notes on “theprevailing situation in the region, in par-ticular the resurgence of terrorist acts”,the ministers are to look into “links tocross-border crime and smuggling of allkinds”.

The foreign ministers will also con-sider broader peace, stability and securityin the region with the aim of coming upwith “bilateral and regional measures toroute out the scourge” while helping torevive economic activity.

In recent years, militants groups claim-ing to be Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghrebhave become increasingly active in theregion, putting pressure on security forceswho have sometimes found themselvesthe target of attacks.

Foreign nationals have in recentmonths also been kidnapped or detainedin Mali and Niger in incidents claimed byAl-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.

Xinhua

Nigeria plane crashes duringmock rescue exercise

PORT HARCOURT, 14 March — A Nigerian planecarrying more than 30 disaster response officialscrashed on Friday in the oil hub of Port Harcourt inwhat was supposed to be a mock rescue exercise,but there were only a few minor injuries.

The air force plane, carrying staff from the Na-tional Emergency Management Agency and othermembers of the emergency services, skidded off therunway and into bushes after landing at the city’sinternational airport.

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New border violence eruptswith Mexico cartel rift

REYNOSA, 14 March — This border city and othersnear the eastern end of the US border escaped theworst of Mexico’s bloody drug war for years, but nowthe bodies are piling up, several journalists are re-portedly missing or dead and once-busy streets areempty after dark.

The crumbling of an alliance between two Mexi-can drug gangs has plunged the 200-mile stretch ofborder into violence, raising fears of a new front inthe drug war, a US anti-drug official told The Associ-ated Press.—Internet

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Shanghai’s new-lookairport ahead of World Expo

SHANGHAI,14 March— Shanghai this week willunveil a brand-new airport terminal — the latest mega-infrastructure project to be completed as the Chinesecity prepares to welcome tens of millions of visitorsto Expo 2010. The city has spent 2.2 billion dollarson the makeover of Hongqiao Airport, located just 35minutes from the city centre, and made it part of aultramodern travel hub linking metro, high-speed railand a proposed maglev train line.

The new terminal, which opens on Tuesday, is fourtimes as big as the old one, which was designed for9.6 million passengers a year but handled more than25 million in 2009. It will handle 90 percent of theflights out of Hongqiao. “The old airport was burst-ing at the seams,” said Shanghai Airport Authority(SAA) vice-president Li Derun. “The new terminalcan effectively reduce delays and alleviate pressureon Pudong Airport during the Expo.” Pudong Airportis Shanghai’s main airport for international flightswhile Hongqiao is used mainly by domestic airlines,and officials expect the vast majority of the 70-100million visitors expected at Expo to come fromChina.—Internet

An information board is seen at theunder-construction terminal 2 of Hongqiao

Airport in Shanghai. The Chinese city is set tounveil the brand-new airport terminal - the latest

mega-infrastructure project in thecountry - ahead of millions of visitors expected

for Expo 2010.—INTERNET

Storm leaves hundredsof thousands of familiesin northeast US in dark

Explosive-laden truck seized in E PakistanISLAMABAD, 14 March — A truck loaded with explosives was seized on Sun-

day morning in Attack of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab Province.Local TV channels quoted police sources as saying that the vehicle might be

used for another attack in the province following a suicide attack on the SpecialSecurity Agency office in Lahore, the provincial capital.

The truck was coming from the North West Frontier Province ( NWFP) ofPakistan that shares its border with Afghanistan. The truck was trying to enter thePunjab Province but police officials checked it and found it loaded with explo-sives.

Meanwhile, earlier in the morning two bombs were also found which wereplanted adjacent to the home of Misree Khan, an anti- Taleban local journalist inHungo district of the NWFP.

Bomb disposal squad was called in time and they made the bombs ineffective,police officials said.

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Tropical cyclones in SouthPacific gather strength

WELLINGTON, 14March—Two tropical cy-clones moving across theSouth Pacific gatheredstrength on Sunday after-noon, according to Fiji’smetservice.

Cyclone Ului washeading for the southernSolomon Islands, whilecyclone Tomas was bear-ing down on northern Fiji.

Tropical cyclone Uluimoved from a categoryfour to category five sys-tem on Sunday afternoon,with winds of 115 knotsat its centre, said Fiji’s

metservice.Cyclone Ului was ex-

pected to affect southernparts of Solomons withinthe next 24 hours, bring-ing with it destructivewinds and flooding.

Cyclone Tomas has in-creased to a category threeand was sitting 310 kmnortheast of northern Fiji.

Winds are expected toreach damaging gale forceon Sunday night in north-ern Fiji and increase tohurricane force on Mon-day.

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Kuwait’s Investment Darfiles for legal protectionKUWAIT CITY, 14 March—Investment Dar, the trou-

bled Kuwaiti firm that owns half of luxury Britishcarmaker Aston Martin, said on Saturday it has filedfor legal protection under Kuwait’s financial stabilitylaw.

“Investment Dar announces today that it has starteda process of legal protection under the terms ofKuwait?s Financial Stability Law,” a company state-ment said.

The company, which has debts of over three bil-lion dollars, said the move aims at pushing through adebt restructuring plan that is backed by more than 80percent of creditors but is opposed by a minority.

If the request is accepted by authorities, it will haltall legal actions against Kuwait’s top Islamic invest-ment firm.—Internet

A man of Philadelphia, Pa, leans into the blowingwind as he runs on the Boardwalk in Atlantic

City, NJ, on 13 March, 2010.—INTERNET

NEW YORK, 14 March—Powerful winds areripping through north-east US on Saturday withwinds gusting over 80km per hour, and asmuch as 12 cm of rainfalling across parts of theregion.

According to localmedia reports, strongwinds and heavy rain

have knocked out powerto more than 450,000 cus-tomers, diverting interna-tional flights, killing andinjuring people.

A flood watch is in ef-fect for most of the areathrough on Sundayevening, according to me-dia reports. Rainfall willbe heavy at times throughSaturday night beforeeventually tapering offearly Sunday morning. Ahigh wind warning is in ef-fect until 1 am Sundaymorning.

The New York PoliceDepartment is cited as say-ing they have added extra911 operators to handle themassive number of callsthey are receiving aboutweather-related damage.

In New Jersey, which

According to US radiostation, 1010wins, thestorm is blamed for thedeaths of two people inTeaneck, New Jersey,where a state of emer-gency has been declared.Two people were crushedby a falling tree limb asthey were walking.

The hardest-hit areawas southern Jersey,where Public ServiceElectric & Gas reported136,000 customers with-out power.

Rail service was sus-pended on a number oflines as well. In Connecti-cut state, the heavy rainsand high winds expectedthroughout the weekendin southern New Englandare hitting the area hard.

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neighbours New York,flood warnings were is-sued for several rivers innorthern Jersey City,where minor to moderateflooding was expectedSaturday night and Sun-day. Winds have knockeddown many trees andpower lines, causingpower outages across thestate.

An Aston Martin Rapide is presented at the 63rdInternational Motor Show in the central German

city of Frankfurt, September 2009. InvestmentDar, the troubled Kuwaiti firm that owns half ofluxury British carmaker Aston Martin, said onSaturday it has filed for legal protection under

Kuwait’s financial stability law.—INTERNET

Royal Canadian Mounted Police direct traffic at thestaging area for avalanche search & rescue opera-

tions near Revelstoke, BC on Saturday on 13March, 2010. Rescuers were scouring Boulder

Mountain in the Rocky Mountains near Revelstoke,BC into the darkness on Saturday night after an

avalanche struck a large gathering ofsnowmobilers, killing at least one person and

leaving an unknown number missing.—INTERNET

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Earnest effort of RailTransportation Ministry…

(from page 1)It means that it is to build the railroad section

between Minhla and Kyunchaung with a total length ofabout 138 miles. The sections are commissioned assoon as they are completed for the convenience of thepeople.

Head of State Senior General Than Shwe hasgiven guidance on railroad networks to improve thesocio-economic life of the people.

When those projects are completed, there willemerge National Railway Network that covers allstates and divisions.

The earnest effort of the Ministry of Rail Trans-portation has led to emergence of railroads stretchingfrom Myitkyina in the northern part to Dawei in thesouthern part, and between Mongnai in Shan State inthe eastern part and Kalay in the western part of thenation. In addition, Loikaw in the southeast part ofthe nation is easily accessible by train. Pyawbwe-Natmauk-Magway Railroad Project is planned to belaunched soon. When this railroad is linked withKyangin-Pakokku Railroad on the western bank ofthe Ayeyawady River, Nay Pyi Taw will be accessi-ble by train from the regions on the eastern andwestern banks of the river. Due to the new railroads

that go as far as Shan State, Kayah State, TaninthayiDivision, upper Magway Division, and Sagaing Di-vision, where there were no railroads in the past,transport has become smooth and benefited to localpeople of the towns and villages that line the transportfacilities.

In order to improve the rail transportation, oldrailroads were upgraded, new ones were built, therailroads in strategic areas were upgraded into dualones, many more railway stations were built, and thestations in cities were upgraded to international levelones. As a result, in the period from 1988 to date, thetotal length of railroads has increased from 1976 to3410 miles and the number of railway stations, from487 to 868. New locomotives, passenger coaches andcargo coaches are built and old ones are upgraded.

In the time of the Tatmadaw government, thenation has seen many inter-village, inter-township,inter-district and inter-region roads, roads linking onestate and division and another, along with Unionhighways and border area roads. So, the total length ofall roads in the nation has jumped from only over

As to the aviation sector, the number of airport hasrisen to 70 including two international airports. There-fore, people can travel from one region to another in ashort time.

Regarding to the water transport sector, the figureof international level jetties has doubled: from 13 to26, and three international level container yards havebeen established.

In that regard, the government carried out the taskswith the aim of improving the transport, education,health care and social sectors. Local people are wellconvinced of the fact that the transport facilities, heavyinvestments, labours, machinery and technologies in-dicate extra goodwill and hard work of the govern-ment.

Inspired by the aspiration to serve the pubic inter-est, and with a view to helping the Union of Myanmarcatch up with other global partners in development thegovernment is trying on a self-reliant basis and over-coming disruptions stirred up by internal and externalsaboteurs.

Such impressive achievements owing to thegovernment’s self-reliant efforts to boost nationaldevelopment and improve the socio-economic lifeof the people are tangible supported by facts andfigures.

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20,000 in 1988 to over 70,000 miles.To complete the road projects, many bridges in-

cluding river-spanning ones, large and small, had to bebuilt.

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A train starts its service on Thayet-Minhla railroad section.—MNA

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Earnest effortof RailTransportationMinistry…

(from page 8)Local people are

urged to maintain thetransport facilities for theirdurability and to bettertheir socio-economic lifeusing the basic founda-tions for development,with the concept that therailroads includingThayet-Minhla Railroadreflect the government’sgoodwill and correct standto improve the living sta-tus of the people and en-sure equitable develop-ment of all parts of theUnion.

In conclusion, heurged staff members of

the ministry, passengersand local people along theroute to maintain Thayet-Minhla Railroad for itsdurability and safety.

Commander Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe said thatmost of roads and railroadswere built on the easternbank of the AyeyawadyRiver according to thegeographical conditions ofthe country; that, in com-pliance with the guidancegiven by the Head of Stateon ensuring equitable de-velopment in all regionsharmoniously, transportfacilities— bridges acrossAyeyawady River andPathein-Monywa motor-way that link the easternpart and western part ofthe Ayeyawady Riveremerged in the time ofTatmadaw government;and that the governmentmade efforts on extendedconstruction of railroad forenabling the local people

to travel from Pathein toKyangin, Pakokku, Kalay,Mandalay and Myitkyinaby extending the already-built Pathein-Kyanginrailroad to Pakokku to linkthe already-built railroadsections.

Minister Maj-GenAung Min quoted theguidance of the Head ofState as saying that theregions on the westbank of the AyeyawadyRiver lagged behind indevelopment comparedwith the region on theeast bank due to poortransport althoughthere is not much dif-ferent in their land andwater resources . It isessential to buildKyangin-Pakokku rail-road for ensuring equi-table development ineconomic and socialsectors of the two re-gions. Upon completionof railroad construc-tion, it will be linked toalready-built railroadsections and people willbe able to travel fromPathein to Kalaythrough Kyangin andPakokku.

The minister contin-

ued that construction of320-mile Kyangin-Pakokku railroad was di-vided into three sections—110-mile Kyangin-Thayetrailroad section, 100-mileThayet-Pwintbyu and110-mile Pwintbyu-

Pakokku. In building ofKyangin-Thayet railroadsection, 38-mile Kyangin-Okshitpin railroad sectionwas opened on 1 March,2008, 35-mile Okshitpin-Kanma railroad section on22 March, 2009 and 35-mile Kanma-Thayet rail-road section on 17 Octo-ber, 2009. The 27-milePakokku-Kyunchaung

railroad section was inau-gurated on 15 November,2009 on Pakokku side. Aspeople can travel fromPathein to Minhla throughHinthada and Kyangin asthe 52.70-mile Thayet-Minhla railroad section

was put into service to-day.

The construction ofThayet-Minhla railroadsection started on 1 April,2007. Large and small 148bridges and 10 railway sta-tions were built on the rail-road section with the bendof 6º in maximum and thegradient of 1:100.

Upon completion of

Kyangin-Pakokku rail-road construction project,it will link Pathein-Kyangin and Pakokku-Kalay railroad sectionsand people will be able totravel from Pathein toKalay as well as toMonywa, Shwebo andMyitkyina via Pakokku bytrain.

Construction of 48-mile Hinthada-Nyaungdon and 33-mileNyaungdon-Hlinethayarailroad sections are un-der way. Upon comple-tion of under-constructionrailroad sections, a strate-gic railroad linking Kalayand Hlinethaya (Yangon)will emerge on the west-ern bank of AyeyawadyRiver. For ensuring secureand smooth transport, hesaid that the Myanma Rail-ways will continue to doits bid in serving the inter-est of the State and thepeople.

Afterwards, local peo-ple from Minhla Town-ship, Thayet District,Magway Division spokewords of thanks.

Afterwards, the open-ing ceremony was held inMinhla Station. Lt-Gen

Tha Aye and Lt-Gen OhnMyint of the Ministry ofDefence, CommanderMaj-Gen Tin Ngwe, Min-ister Maj-Gen Aung Min,Chairman of Magway Di-vision PDC Col PhoneMaw Shwe putting intoservice Thayet-Minhlarailroad section.

General Thura ShweMann and party cordiallygreeted the passengers andviewed the start runningof Thayet-Minhla specialtrain.

The construction ofThayet-Minhla railroadstarted in 1 April 2007. Itis 52.70 miles long andhas 148 bridges and tenstations along the rail-road. Starting from 15March, Thayet-Minhlatrain schedule will run forthree days free of chargein commemoration ofopening the railroad.

Myanma Railwaysunder the Ministry of RailTransportation has con-structed railways, stationsand bridges across thecountry. Total length ofrailway was 1976.35 milesbefore 1988 and nowadaysit has reached 3410.08

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General Thura Shwe Mann inspects construction of concrete sleeper factory (Pakokku) of Myanma Railways.—MNA

A train starts its service on Thayet-Minhla railroad section.—MNA

Commander of Central Command Maj-GenTin Ngwe delivers address at opening cer-

emony.—MNA

Minister for Rail Transportation Maj-GenAung Min delivers address at opening cer-

emony.—MNA

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Memorial to famous composer

Mayor meets local people inKawhmu Township

Will Myanmar get in Asian ArcheryGrand Prix glory?

YANGON, 14March —MyanmarArchery team left forBangkok of Thailand today,to partake in 2nd Asian

this year’s grand prix.Myanmar has a great recordin the tournament as itcompeted in the gameannually.—MNA

Focus on socioeconomic conditions inarid zone, storm-hit regions

NAY PYI TAW, 14March —Mr. Thomas J.Valley of AsiaProgrammes of HarvardKennedy School andparty, accompanied byCountry Directors Mr.James Taylor and DabbieAung Din Taylor ofI n t e r n a t i o n a l

development andimprovement ofs o c i o e c o n o m i cconditions in arid zoneand storm-hit regions.

Also present atthe call were heads of thedepartments andenterprises under theministry.—MNA

Secure and smooth transport for YangonitesYANGON, 14

March— A coordinationmeeting of YangonDivision Secure andSmooth Transportation

Division Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen WinMyint delivered an

Supervisory Committeewas held at the Hall ofYangon CommandHeadquarters on 11 March.

Chairman of Yangon

NAY PYI TAW, 14 March—As agesture of honouring the renowned songcomposer of Myanmar, arrangements arebeing made to keep the statue of MyomaNyein at the house of Myoma MusicalTroupe at the corner of 21st and 86th

streets in Pale Ngweyaung Ward ofAungmyethazan Township.

On 22 February, Chairman ofMandalay City Development Committee

Mayor Brig-Gen Phone Zaw Han donatedK 1 million for making the statue of therenowned song composer to the funds ofthe troupe through Chairman of the troupeDr Hla Khaing and party.

Those wishing to make cash donationfor the statue may contact the chairman,the treasurer, secretaries, manager andexecutives of the Myoma MusicalTroupe.—NLM

Development Enterprise(IDF), called on Ministerfor Agriculture andIrrigation Maj-Gen HtayOo at the hall of IrrigationDepartment in YankinTownship hereyesterday.

They helddiscussions on rural

Archery Grand Prix to beheld from 14 to 20 March.

International levelteams from Korea, Chinaand India will take part in

address at the meeting.At the meeting,

responsible persons ofuniversities, colleges andschools, departmentalofficials, chairmen of allbus lines discussedenforce-ment ofdisciplines and safetydrive.

Then, the Commanderfulfilled the needs andconcluded.

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YANGON, 14March—Chairman ofYangon CityDevelopment CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin inspectedsituation of bridge linkingto Basic Education HighSchool (Branch) inHtanmanaing village inKawhmu Township inYangon South District on

12 March. The mayorurged officials to renovatethe bridge.

The mayor metwith local people fromfive village at ShweKyaung monastery inHtanmanaing village andinspected maintenance ofDaw Tha creek crossingbridge in Thakhutpinvillage.—MNA

(from page 9)miles including Thayet-Minhla railroad. There were487 stations before 1988 and it has increased to 868stations including ten stations along Thayet-Minhlarailroad. There were 5,650 small and big bridgesbefore 1988 and it has now increased by 5258 bridges.

Ministry of Rail Transportation is now build-ing railways, based on strategy for having equitabledevelopment. Railroads—Moetargyi-Bhamo railroad(81.32) miles, Mongnai-Kengtung railroad (226miles), Dawei-Myeik railroad (132.50 miles), Minbu-An-Yaychanpyin railroad (245.54 miles), Pathein(Begayat)-Nyaungdon-Yangon (Hlinethaya) railroad(89 miles), Pyay (Shwedaga)-Toungoo (Kyeedaw)-Nay Pyi Taw railroad (120 miles), Hinthada-Nyaungdon railroad (48 miles), Minhla-Kyunchaungrailroad (138.16 miles) and Ywadaw-Kanpya rail-road (65.20 miles) are under construction.

At concrete sleeper factory (Pakokku) ofMyanma Railways near Pakokku station in Pakokkuyesterday morning, Minister Maj-Gen Aung Minexplained functions of concrete sleeper factory(Pakokku) and future tasks.

General Thura Shwe Mann discussed produc-tion and use of concrete sleepers and inspected testproduction. Minister Maj-Gen Aung Min, projectengineers and factory manager conducted the Generalround the factory.

Myanma Railways under the Ministry of Rail

Earnest effort ofRailTransportation Ministry…

Transportation started concrete sleeper factory(Pakokku) construction project in Pakokku in Decem-ber 2008. Now, the factory has begun its test produc-tion and will be soon opened. Concrete sleepers cancontrol the move of rail tracks and be used more lifespan than wooden sleepers. In addition, it is moreeconomical than wooden sleepers due to cost effi-ciency.

The production capacity of sleeper factories in

Myitnge, Pyuntaza and Mottama is 600,000 blocks ayear. Concrete sleeper factories are under constructionin Okshitpin, KhinU, Minbu and Shwe Nyaung andPakokku sleeper factory will produce 1,000,000 blocksof sleepers a year.

On completion, these factories can produce 1.6million blocks of concrete sleepers a year. It will meetthe country’s sleepers demands during five years.

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General Thura Shwe Mann looks into production of clips to be installed at concrete sleepers atConcrete Sleeper Factory (Pakokku).—MNA

Mayor Brig-Gen Phone Zaw Han presents K 1 million to funds ofMyoma Musical Troupe through Chairman Dr Hla Khaing.—NLM

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At least 18 Afghansuspects arrested

in PakistanISLAMABAD, 14 March

—At least 18 suspected Af-ghan nationals were ar-rested on Sunday by Paki-stani police during a searchoperation in southern Paki-stan, according to local TVreports. The private ARYTV quoted police sourcesas saying that all the sus-pects were arrested fromlocal hotels in Sukkar, acity in the southern Sindhprovince and have beentaken to a unknown placefor further interrogation.

Hundreds of suspectedpeople have been arrestedduring a country-widesearch operation started af-ter three suicide attacks inthe eastern Pakistan city ofLahore last week, causingover 70 casualties, the TVsaid.—Xinhua

Police: Woman in bust hid nearly $26,000 in braSPOKANE, 14 March—A fraud bust, indeed: Spokane County sheriff’s deputies

said a woman was hiding nearly $26,000 in her bra when she was booked into jailfor investigation of theft. Lukeisha A Harris was one of three Seattle-area resi-dents arrested on Friday as part of an alleged fraud ring. Deputies said they usedphony Oregon driver’s licenses and counterfeit credit cards to obtain cash ad-vances from Spokane banks.

Sheriff’s spokesman Dave Reagan said the three were arrested after a workerat one bank reported that they tried to obtain money using a stolen credit card. Theinvestigators followed the ring to two other banks before making the bust.

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‘Berlin’s fastest cat’ escapes with burnt paw

Ban on bluefin tuna would‘threaten Japanese culture’

DOHA, 14 March—The fate of the Atlantic bluefintuna – beloved by sushi gourmets and on the brinkof extinction – could be decided within days. The175-nation Convention on International Trade in En-dangered Species (Cites) opened yesterday in Qatarto debate proposals banning the international tradein the fish. Delegates will also discuss moves to re-strict the sale of sharks’ fins.

Cites has been successful in restricting trade inbig cats; great apes and elephants but this is the firsttime a marine species has taken centre stage. WillemWijnstekers, the secretary general of Cites, saidthere was much more support than two years agofor restricting or banning trade in many marine spe-cies, including the bluefin. “I don’t think anyonehas an argument against the listing of Atlanticbluefin tuna. There is no scientific argument againstthat.”

He added that countries were turning to his or-ganisation because tools to manage stocks were notworking and that many of the oceans’ commerciallyfished species were under threat. The UN Food andAgriculture Organization says more than half of allmarine fish stocks are under threat.

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Wholesalers assess frozen tuna laid out in rows at Tsukiji fish market, Japan’slargest auction house. The country has said it will ignore any restrictions on

the trading and fishing of bluefin.—INTERNET

A cat in Germany escaped with just a burnt pawafter travelling at speeds of up to 160 kilometres(100 miles) per hour on the motorway under the

bonnet of a car.—INTERNET

Dancers perform in the annual “Alegria por la Vida 2010” (Joy for Life 2010)carnival in Managua city on 13 March, 2010.—INTERNET

Malaysian aviation tycoon Tony Fernandeslaunched budget carrier AirAsia with just two

planes in 2001, and now the aviation entrepreneuris planning a high-stakes foray into Formula

One.—INTERNET

Bridesmaid’s dress stolenhours before wedding

New Guinness record set withgigantic dish of pasta

BERLIN, 14 March—Acat in Germany escapedwith just a burnt paw af-ter travelling at speeds ofup to 160 kilometres (100miles) per hour on themotorway under the bon-net of a car, Bild newspa-per reported on Friday.

Loud miaowing alerteddriver Axel Sydow, 24, tohis unwilling passengeronly at the end of his 54-kilometre journey fromBerlin to the town ofKoenigs Wusterhausen.

“I couldn’t see herfrom above. Underneath Ithen spotted her head anda leg. She obviouslycrawled up there to sleep

earlier because the enginewas warm,” Sydow toldthe paper.

Emergency serviceswere called and wereforced to remove the front

wheel of the VolkswagenGolf and the engine cov-ering before what the pa-per called “Berlin’s fast-est cat” could be freed.

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LOS ANGELES, 14March—A new Guinnessrecord was set with anabove-ground pool stuffedwith more than 13,700pounds (6, 214 kg) of pastain the US state of Califor-

nia, it was reported on Sat-urday. The food was pre-pared by an Italian restau-rant in Garden Grove, Or-ange County.

After a week of full-time working by at least 20people, buckets of thecooked spaghetti weredumped into an above-ground swimming pooldisguised as a pasta dish inthe Buca di Beppo ItalianRestaurant’s parking lot onFriday. It was topped with120 gallons of ruby redmarinara sauce. The “dish”

weighed in at 13, 780pounds, local media re-ported. The gigantic crea-tion outsized the standingrecord set by the WatniyaRestaurants-Sbarro on 28March, 2009 in Doha,Qatar, for 9, 767 pounds(4,430 kg). The weight ofthe pasta was certified by anotary officer.

“We hit this one out ofthe park so the record willstand for a while,” saidKevin Sheehan, generalmanager of the Italianeatery.—Xinhua

PIKE CREEK, 14March—Delaware statepolice said someone brokeinto a car and stole a brides-maid’s dress just hours be-fore a wedding on Fridayat a shopping centre in PikeCreek. Police said the brideand one of her bridesmaidswere in a salon gettingready for the wedding.

When they got back totheir car, they found thatsomeone had stolen thepink dress the bridesmaidhad planned to wear at theceremony. A bag of acces-sories was also stolen.

The vehicle was notdamaged. Police believethe thieves overrode thecar’s self-locking mecha-nism. Police hoped to re-cover the dress in time forthe ceremony.—Internet

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Visitors view a Volkswagen Golf GTI at the Shenzhen2010 Spring Auto Exhibition in Shenzhen, southChina’s Guangdong Province, on 13 March, 2010.More than 80 exhibitors attended the exhibition which kicked off on Saturday.—XINHUA

Nepalese visual effectsartists at work at the

Incessant Rain office inKathmandu. The

company is the brain-child of Kiran Joshi,who returned to his

native Nepal to set uphis own business in2008 after a 17-yearcareer in animationwith US movie giantDisney.—INTERNET

Growing doubts overstandard prostate cancer test

WASHINGTON, 14 March —The most commonlyused prostate cancer screening procedure, PSA, is atthe centre of a growing debate after its discoverer saidit had become a “hugely expensive public health dis-aster.”

In a commentary in The New York Times, RichardAblin of the University of Arizona said the screeningtool he discovered four decades ago now costs toomuch and is ineffective.

The American Cancer Society, which does not rec-ommend the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test — astandard screening for men since the 1990s — hasurged doctors to speak to their patients about its risksand its limits.

Prostate cancer, the second most common cancerin men worldwide after lung cancer, kills an estimated254,000 men each year.—Internet

Death toll rises, civilians flee fromMogadishu’s renewed violence

People ‘wired’ to feel bad or notBOSTON, 14 March — US researchers say brain activ-

ity may help predict emotional resiliency.Study lead author Christine Hooker of Harvard Uni-

versity says activity in the lateral prefrontal cortex maybe key to everyday emotional “bounce back” and sug-gests improved function within this region may improveday-to-day mood. The study, published in BiologicalPsychiatry, demonstrates individuals with more neuralactivity in the lateral prefrontal cortex are less likely tobe upset the day after fighting with a partner.

“What we found, as you might expect, was that eve-rybody felt badly on the day of the conflict with theirpartners,” Hooker says in statement. “But the day after,people who had high-lateral prefrontal cortex activityfelt better and the people who had low-lateral pre-fron-tal cortex activity continued to feel badly.”

Hooker and colleagues asked healthy couples in arelationship lasting three months or longer to look at pic-tures of their partners with positive, negative or neutralexpressions while their brain activity was recorded. Par-ticipants were also tested in the laboratory for theirbroader cognitive control skills, such as impulse control.The couples recorded whether they had a fight and dailyemotional state in online diaries.—Internet

People weigh the fishat Tanmengang dockin Qionghai, south

China’s HainanProvince, on 13

March, 2010. Theinshore fishing of the

Island Provinceflourishes as the

fishing boats set offafter the Spring

Festival now returnfor offloading.

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Freezing weather, sand stormsto hit central and east China

BEIJING, 14 March — China Meteorological Ad-ministration (CMA) issued an alert on Sunday morn-ing, warning a temperature drop and sand stormsbrought by a cold wave would sweep central and eastChina over the next two days.

Temperatures in the central and east parts of theInner Mongolia Autonomous Region, northeasternparts of the nation’s northwest areas, and the ShandongPeninsula, would plummet by 10 to 14 degrees Cel-sius, said the CMA.

Floating dust weather was forecasted in some partsin south Xinjiang basin region, the central and westparts in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, andthe northwest areas, with sand storms in some of theseregions, according to the CMA.

The lowest temperatures in the central and east partsof the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and thecentral and north parts of northeast China would slumpto 15 to 20 degrees Celsius below zero on Tuesdaymorning, the CMA said.—Xinhua

MOGADISHU, 14March — The fighting ofthe past days in the So-mali capital Mogadishuhas claimed the lives ofmore than 100 andwounded 150 otherswith thousands of civil-ians uprooted from theirhomes, analysts say.

The Mogadishu fight-ing erupted on Wednes-day after weeks ofspeculation of a majorSomali government of-fensive on rebel forceswho control substantialparts of the capital.

Most of the clashescentre around the northMogadishu districts, therebel strongholds, wheremost of the civilianscasualties were reported.Families in the area arevacating their homes.

“We now know that

as many as 100 peopleor more were kil ledsince Wednesday andmore than 150 otherswere wounded whilethousands of people fledtheir homes, but de-

sp i te the c la ims byboth s ides thefrontlines remain thesame,” Yusuf Iman, apol i t ical analysts inMogadishu , to ldXinhua.—Xinhua

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Humans, sea creaturesshare vision gene

SANTA BARBARA, 14 March—Humans and an an-cient group of sea creatures known as hydras share agene that aids in vision, scientists in California said.

Hydras, along with jellyfish, belong to a group ofsimple animals known as cnidarians, which firstemerged 600 million years ago, said Todd Oakley, whoteaches ecology, evolution and marine biology at theUniversity of California, Santa Barbara.

Oakley and his team determined the gene calledopsin is shared by humans and hydras in controllingthe entrance and exit of ions involved in light sensi-tivity.

The findings, which provide clues to the origins ofhuman vision, were published in a recent issue of theProceedings of the Royal Society B, a British journalof biology.

The findings illustrate how all organisms, includ-ing humans, are a complex mix of ancient and newcharacteristics, Oakley said.—Internet

Climate change threatensmost bird species

Zebra plays dentist to zoo hippoZURICH, 14 March—A zebra at the Zurich zoo

seemed willing to risk possible death by putting itshead into a hippo’s mouth to clean the animal’s teeth,zoo authorities said.

Zoo visitors were intrigued to see the zebra stretch-ing its neck into the hippo’s mouth, The Daily Tel-egraph reported Friday.

Hippos are aggressive animals that can inflict fatalinjuries with their powerful jaws, the newspaper said.

The zebra was in an enclosure with the hippo andits baby, and continued to clean the hippo’s teeth foralmost 15 minutes, the newspaper said.

Hippos can be aggressive when protecting theiryoung. They seldom kill each other but have beenblamed for the deaths of hundreds of people in Africa.

The bite of a hippo can deliver almost a ton of pres-sure, sufficient to snap a small boat in half, the Tel-egraph said.—Internet

Thanks for the memories — the computeryou’ll never forget

A customer browsesthe Internet in acybercafe. Non-delivery of items

bought on the Internetwas the biggest sourceof fraud, accounting

for 19 percent oflosses, and credit card

and auction fraudeach accounted for 10percent.—INTERNET

LONDON, 14 March —Researchers have taken aleap into the world of sci-ence fiction by creating acomputer programme thatuncovers memories. Sci-entists used the “mind-reading” software to tellwhich of three film scenestheir volunteers werethinking about simply byanalysing their brain ac-tivity. The research illu-minates mechanisms ofmemory, which are stillnot clearly understood.

It could also lead tobetter ways of helpingpeople who suffermemory loss as a result ofinjury or old age. Thestudy was carried out atthe Wellcome Trust Cen-tre for Neuroimaging at

University College Lon-don, where the same teamlast year showed how“spatial” memories relat-ing to a person’s locationcould be “read”. The newwork goes a big step fur-ther by tapping into “epi-sodic” memories — thecomplex recollections ofeveryday events that in-clude actions and feelings.Ten participants were firstasked to watch threeseven-second movie clipsand memorize what theysaw.

The film extracts weresimple and depicted ordi-nary scenes in a typicalurban street, including awoman drinking coffeefrom a paper cup and an-other posting a letter. Vol-unteers then recalled eachclip in turn while havingtheir brains scanned by afunctional magnetic reso-nance imaging (fMRI)machine. The scanneruses a magnetic field andradio waves to identifyregions of heightenedbrain activity.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 14March—Climate changeposes a threat to 93 per-cent of Hawaii’s bird spe-cies, said a report from or-nithologists and environ-mental groups.

Birds on Pacific andCaribbean islands aremore susceptible to cli-mate change because oftheir inability to move tonew locations, said thereport titled “The State ofthe Birds: 2010 Report onClimate Change.”

Most mainland USbird species also arethreatened by climatechange, including manythat depend on Louisi-ana’s fragile coastline,said the report, warningthe threat to birds couldforeshadow similarthreats to people.

“Because birds aregood indicators of envi-ronmental conditions,their predicted changes il-lustrate how ecosystemsare likely to change andthey are telling us an im-portant story,” the reportsaid. “Some bird specieswill adapt and succeed,others will struggle anddecline, and some willdisappear.”—Internet

WASHINGTON, 14March—US RenewableEnergy Group, China-based A-Power EnergyGeneration Systems andAmerican Nevada Groupannounced plans to builda wind turbine manufac-turing facility in Nevada.

The 320,000-square-foot plant, with annualproduction capacity of1,100 megawatts of windenergy turbines annually— enough to power330,000 homes — is ex-pected to be ready for op-eration by the end of 2011.It is expected to employapproximately 1,000 Ne-vada workers.

In making the an-nouncement on Thursday,the partners credited US

Senate Majority LeaderHarry Reid, D-Nev., fortheir decision to locate theplant in his home state.

Ed Cunningham, man-aging partner of US Re-newable Energy Group,recounted in a statementhow Reid said that “Ne-vada was poised to be atthe epicentre of America’scommitment to renewableenergy technology.”

Cunningham said themultimillion-dollar invest-ment in Nevada will “fur-ther advance Reid’s cleanenergy initiatives while al-lowing out-of-workNevadans to re-enter theworkforce in high-paying,stable, green jobs.”

“The clean energy in-dustry is the future of Ne-

vada,” Reid said, the LasVegas Sun reports. “I urgedA-Power to choose ourstate as the site for theplant because I believeNevada can be a worldleader in clean energy.”

Internet

A woman shops at a supermarket in Beijing on March 10. China faces adifficult year as it works to maintain economic growth and spur development,but it will not be bullied into changing its exchange rate policy, Premier Wen

Jiabao has said.—INTERNET

A contestant prepares to answer cultural knowledgequestions during the British leg of the ninth “ChineseBridge” world university students’ Chinese lauguagecompetition at the London School of Economics in

London, capital of Britain, on 13 March, 2010. A totalof 20 competitors from 12 universities and the Confu-

cius Institute took part in the competition here onSaturday.—XINHUA

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League title race.INTERNET

Vidic expects great thingsfrom Ferdinand partnership

Rafael Nadal

Nadal returns to tennis withwin over Schuettler

Manny Pacquiao (R) the Philippinesthrows a right to the head of JoshuaClottey of Ghana during the WBOwelterweight title fight.—INTERNET

Pacquiao beats Clottey to keep WBOwelterweight crown

Lyon’s midfielderCampos Ederson (L)

fights for the ball withSaint-Etienne’s de-

fender Cedric Varrault(R) during their FrenchL1 football match at the

Gerland stadium inLyon.— INTERNET

Lyon crash back to earth asstalemate reigns in France

Sevillafrustrated by

resilientDeportivo

MADRID, 14 March—Sevilla warmed up forTuesday’s ChampionsLeague clash againstCSKA Moscow with adisappointing 1-1 homedraw against DeportivoLa Coruna on Saturday,failing to make up groundon third-placed Valencia.Sevilla trail Valencia,who face Barcelona onSunday, by three pointsafter being pegged backby Depor, two points be-hind in sixth, after Adrian(24 min) cancelled outFazio’s opener for Sevillathree minutes earlier.

CSKA Moscow areup next for Sevilla in thesecond leg of the last 16Champions League tieon Tuesday with ManoloJimenez’s side holding aslight advantage after a1-1 draw in Russia.Sevilla had been beaten3-2 by Real Madrid lasttime out - throwing awaya two-goal lead - so werelooking for a boost andtook the lead on 21 min-utes when defenderFazio flicked in a drivencross from Argentinecompatriot DiegoPerotti.

Internet

MANCHESTER, 14March—Manches te rUnited defenderNemanja Vidic believesthere is still more tocome from his partner-ship with Rio Ferdinandas the pair gear up for the

closing stage of the Pre-mier League title race.Ferdinand’s season hasbeen interrupted by backproblems and Vidic’s ap-pearances have also beenrestricted by an ankleinjury.

But the central de-fenders are set to play to-gether for just the thirdtime this year whenFulham visit OldTrafford.

They have returnedin front of goalkeeperEdwin van der Sar,who has also struggledwith his fitness this sea-son, with successiveclean sheets in the 1-0victory over Wolves andthe 4-0 thumping of ACMilan.

Internet

DALLAS, 14 March — Filipi no su-perstar Manny Pacquiao easily defeatedJoshua Clottey by unanimous 12-rounddecision to retain his World Boxing Or-ganization welterweight title at Cow-boys Stadium. acquiao, recently namedFighter of the Decade, ran his win streakto 12 straight fights with a dominatingperformance in front of a crowd of morethan 50,000 at the 1.2 billion-dollarhome of American football’s DallasCowboys.

Pacquiao’s punishing assault was re-flected on all three judges scorecards ashe won by totals of 120-108, 119-109and 119-109. This fight is dedicated toall of you, especially to the people inthe Philippines,” Pacquiao told the

crowd from the center of the ring. hismarked the second consecutive true wel-terweight fight for Pacquiao, who wasthe heavy favourite despite giving awaya 10-pound advantage to Clottey.

Internet

PARIS, 14 March—Lyon crashed back toearth on Saturday asthey missed their chanceto join the leading groupin the French top flight,being held to a 1-1 drawat home to local rivalsSt Etienne.

The former seven-

time champions were along way from theirmid-week heroics at theSantiago Bernabeuwhen they sealed a 2-1aggregate win overSpanish giants RealMadrid in the Champi-ons League.

A first half goal fromstriker EmmanuelRiviere put 17th-placedSt Etienne ahead withthe hosts having to waituntil 80 minutes for theequaliser from Argen-tinian striker LisandroLopez. Earlier leadersBordeaux missed achance to pull aheadwith a goalless draw atMonaco, as fellow chal-lengers Montpellier andAuxerre played out a1-1 draw.

Internet

INDIAN WELLS, 14March—Rafael Nadal,playing his first matchsince retiring injuredfrom the AustralianOpen, launched his In-dian Wells title defenceSaturday with a straight-set win over RainerSchuettler.

Nadal, seeded third,downed the Germanqualifier 6-4, 6-4. It wasthe 23-year-old Span-iard’s first match since aright knee injury forcedhim to retire from hisAustralian Open quarter-final while trailing AndyMurray by two sets.

He needed one hourand 34 minutes todispatch Schuettler, aformer world numberfive who is now ranked90th in the world. In the

third round, Nadal willface Croatian MarioAncic, a 4-6, 7-6 (7/5),6-3 winner over France’sJulien Benneteau.

Ancic, who was aWimbledon semifinalistin 2004, missed most oflast year after being diag-nosed with mononucle-osis that had first beendiagnosed as a bad flu in2008.

Internet

Robben powers Bayern to topof Bundesliga

Robben leaps withdelight as Bayern

Munich go to the top ofthe Bundesliga

standings.—INTERNET

LONDON, 14 March—Arjen Robben proved thedifference for the secondtime in four days asBayern Munich camefrom behind to beatFreiburg 2-1 to leapfrogSchalke at the top of theBundesliga.

The brilliant Dutch-man put the Bavarian gi-ants into the quarterfinalsof the Champions Leaguewith his stunning strikeagainst Fiorentina onTuesday and worked hismagic again at the AllianzArena. Cedric Makiadihad put strugglingFreiburg ahead in the 31stminute, but Robben

equalized in the 76th andthen converted a 83rd-minute penalty to giveBayern an invaluablethree points.

Internet

MANCHESTER, 14 March—WayneRooney has 25 top-flight goals thisseason after adding two to his tally ina 3-0 win against Fulham FC that tooktitleholders Manchester United FCback to�the Premier League summit.

Manchester United FC jumpedfrom third to first in the PremierLeague with a 3-0 defeat of UEFAEuropa League contenders Fulham.

Having seen Arsenal FC and ChelseaFC go level at the top on 64 points afterwins on Saturday, United knew thatvictory was required to pull clear in theirtitle defence. They had to wait until thesecond half, however, to break down aFulham team who defeated United 3-0at Craven Cottage in December. Just 30seconds after the interval, WayneRooney exchanged passes with Naniand finished calmly from inside thepenalty area for his 24th league goal ofthe campaign.

Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours , light rain or thundershowershave been isolated in Kachin State, weather has been partlycloudy in upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisions andgenerally fair in the remaining areas. Day temperatures were(6°C) above March average temperatures in TaninthayiDivision, (3°C) to (4°C) above March average temperaturesin Shan, Chin States, lower Sagaing, Mandalay, Magwayand Yangon Divisions and about March averagetemperatures in the remaining States and Divisions. Thesignificant day temperatues were Chauk and Magway (40 °C)each.

Maximum temperature on 13-3-2010 was 96 °F.Minimum temperature on 14-3-2010 was 75°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on14-3-2010 was 92%.Total sun shine hours on 13-3-2010 was (7.7) hours approx.

Rainfall on 14-3-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was(Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mphfrom Southeast at (18:30) hours MST on 13-3-2010.

Bay inference: Weather is cloudy in the North andCentral Bay and partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea andelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 15th March 2010:Rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolated to scatteredin Kachin, Chin, Shan and North Rakhine States, upperSagaing, Mandalay, Magway and North Bago Divisionsand weather will be partly cloudy in the remaining areas.Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough sea arelikely at times off and along Rakhine coast, Surface windspeed in squalls may reach (35) mph. Seas will be moderateelsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofisolated rain or thundershower in the Eastern Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for15-3-2010 : Likelihood of isolated light rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for15-3-2010: Partly cloudy .

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for15-3-2010: Likelihood of isolated light rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

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Sofia, on 14 March,

2010.—INTERNET

Venezuela’s Chavez: Internetshould be regulated

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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 amongthe people

★ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

★ Do not allow ourselves to be swayedby killer broadcasts designed tocause troubles

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

and violence

Prize-awarding of Ngwehsaungbeach photo contest on 17 March

YANGON, 14March—Myanmar Ho-teliers Association(Ngwehsaung zone) andMyanmar PhotographicSociety organized photocontest to mark 10th an-niversary of Ngwehsaungbeach. In the photo con-test, Ko Aung Htay Linwon first prize, U Kyaw

Basic junior officer course concludesYANGON, 14 March

— The conclud-ing cer-emony of Basic JuniorOfficer Course No. 45was held at the paradeground of the Central In-

stitute of Civil Service(Phaunggyi) in HleguTownship at 7.30 am on12 March.

Rector of theCICS U Win Maung

presented prizes to theoutstanding trainees andcompletion certificatesto the t ra inees a tOhndaw Hall of the in-stitute.—MNA

Earthquake Report

NAY PYI TAW, 14March—A strong earth-quake of magnitude 6.5Richter Scale with itsepicenter outside

Myanmar (Kepulauan Obi,Indonesia) about 2600miles south-east of KabaAye seismological ob-servatory was recorded at

07 hrs 34 min 50 sec MSTtoday, according to the De-partment of Meteorologyand Hydrology.

MNA

Take Fire Preventive Measures

Win Hlaing (Universityof Culture), second prizeand U Zaw Zaw Way,third prize.

Canon will awardfirst prize winner CanonSLR Camera EOS 1000 Dwith EF 18-55 IS Lens,second prize Canon Dig-ital Camera IXUS-95 ISand third prize Canon Dig-

ital Camera PowershotA480. A total of 15 con-solations prize winnerswill be awarded K 50,000each. The prize-awardingceremony will be held atCentral Hotel on BogyokeAung San street here on17 March. The photos willbe displayed on show atthe ceremony.—MNA

Scavenging energy waste toturn water into hydrogen fuel

A newly developed met�hod harvests smallamounts of waste energy and harnesses them to

turn water into usable hydrogen fuel.

SCIENCE DAILY,14March—Materials sci-entists at the Universityof Wisconsin-Madisonhave designed a way toharvest small amounts ofwaste energy and harnessthem to turn water intousable hydrogen fuel.

The process is sim-ple, efficient and recy-cles otherwise-wastedenergy into a useableform.

“This study providesa simple and cost-effec-tive technology for di-rect water splitting thatmay generate hydrogen

fuels by scavenging en-ergy wastes such as noiseor stray vibrations fromthe environment,” the au-thors write in a new pa-per, published 2 Marchin the Journal of PhysicalChemistry Letters. “Thisnew discovery may havepotential implications insolving the challengingenergy and environmen-tal issues that we are fac-ing today and in the fu-ture.”

The researchers, ledby UW-Madison geolo-gist and crystal specialistHuifang Xu, grew

nanocrystals of two com-mon crystals, zinc oxideand barium titanate, andplaced them in water.When pulsed with ultra-sonic vibrations, thenanofibers flexed andcatalyzed a chemical re-action to split the watermolecules into hydrogenand oxygen.

When the fibers bend,asymmetries in their crys-tal structures generatepositive and negativecharges and create anelectrical potential. Thisphenomenon, called thepiezoelectric effect, hasbeen well known in cer-tain crystals for more thana century and is the driv-ing force behind quartzclocks and other applica-tions.

Xu and his col-leagues applied the sameidea to the nanocrystalfibers. “The bulk materi-als are brittle, but at thenanoscale they are flex-ible,” he says, like thedifference betweenfiberglass and a pane ofglass.—Internet

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