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* 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 stand-

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

* 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 P YI TAW, 29March—Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein in-spected Thaukyaykhat (2)Hydropower Project inToungoo Township, BagoDivision, yesterday morn-ing.

Minister for ElectricPower-1 Col Zaw Mingave an account of theproject; and the chairmanof Golden Energy Co

Prime Minister underlines security, rule of law andcommunity peace for national, regional development

NAY PYI TAW, 29 March— At the invitation of General Thein Sein,Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, His Excellency Mr. Nguyen TanDung, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, will pay aworking visit to the Union of Myanmar in the near future.

MNA

Vietnamese Prime Minister topay working visit to Myanmar

Ltd, ongoing tasks,strength of heavy ma-chinery, and workforce.

The Prime Ministerattended to the needs andviewed the project site.

On completion, thefacility with concrete FacedRock Fill Dam type, about14 miles east of Toungoo,will have a 1253 feet longand 308 feet highenbankment and a genera-

tion capacity of 120 mega-watts and will be able togenerate 604 million kilo-watt hours a year.

Next, he inspectedShwegyin HydropowerProject being implementedby damming the ShwegyinCreek near KyauknagarVillage, about six miles tothe northeast of ShwegyinTownship, Bago Division.

(See page 8)

Photo shows Thaukyaykhat (2) Hydropower Project.—MNA

Prime Minister

General Thein

Sein inspects

Thaukyaykhat (2)

Hydropower

Project.

MNA

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Tuesday, 30 March, 2010

PERSPECTIVES

More inter-district roads builtfor all-weather transport

The government is fulfilling the requirementsfor the development of the whole Union. Moreover,plans are being made to ensure speedy developmentof the regions with poor transport.

Now, new motor roads, railroads and smalland large bridges spanning creeks and rivers havebeen built all over the country. With regionalsmooth transport, people’s socio-economy,education and health have improved.

Back in 1988, there were only over 5,000 milesof rural and urban roads. But now, there havebeen more than 6,000 miles of urban roads and30,000 miles of rural roads, enabling the people tohave access to all parts of the country.

Inter-district Road No.2 in Mandalay Division,built by the Ministry for Progress of Border Areasand National Races and Development Affairs, wasopened on 21 March. The road is over 100 mileslong from the Kintha junction in Nay Pyi TawTatkon Township to Phyaukseikpin village inKyaukse Township. With the advent of the road,63 villages in 11 townships of Mandalay Divisionhave enjoyed smooth transport.

Similarly, Inter-district Road No.3 in SagaingDivision was put into service on 21 March. The 35-mile gravel road has enabled the people of over 90villages to travel in all seasons. Besides, plans areunder way to extend the road to 300 miles fromSagaing to Myitkyina, Kachin State. Inter-districtRoad No.2 in Mon State was upgraded into the 30-mile tarred one from Mottamakywechan village inPaung Township to Zaymathwe village in ThatonTownship. And it was opened on 23 March for theconvenience of 35 villages.

As networks of motor roads and railroadshave been built the length and breadth of thenation, all the regions have enjoyed prosperitywith smooth transport and speedy commodityflow.

* 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

Ven. Monk BhaddantaKumara passes away

N A Y P YI T A W, 29 March—Chairman of the Central WorkingCommittee of the SanghaChancellor of State Pariyatti SasanaUniversities Chairman of the StateSangha Maha Nayaka CommitteeAbbot of Maha Withutaya maMonastery in Magway AbhidhajaMaha Rattha Guru Abhidhaja AggaMaha Saddhamma Jotika VenerableMonk Bhaddanta Kumara passedaway at 1.45 pm today, announcedthe Department of ReligiousAffairs.

MNA

Serbia, Myanmar at 2nd Round of Bilateral Consultations to enhance mutual tiesNAY PYI TAW, 29

March—The Serbiandelegation led by StateSecretary of ForeignAffairs of the Republic ofSerbia Mr MirkoStefanovic, who is on anofficial visit to the Unionof Myanmar at theinvitation of Deputy

Minister for ForeignAffairs U Maung Myint,attended the 2nd Round ofBilateral Consultationsbetween the ministries offoreign affairs of the bothcountries held at theMinistry of Foreign Affairshere today.

Both sides held

cordial discussion onfurther strengthening theexisting friendly relationsand bilateral cooperationbetween the two countriesas well as enhancingcooperation at the UnitedNations and internationalforum. The visitingSerbian state secretary

called on Minister forForeign Affairs U NyanWin at the ministry.

The Serbiandelegation arrived inYangon yesterday.During their stay, they planto visit prominent sites inYangon and Bagan.

MNA

Training for ICT Capacity Building in Myanmar openedNAY P YI TAW, 29 March—

Training for ICT Capacity Buildingin Myanmar, organized by the CivilService Selection and TrainingBoard in collaboration with theUnited Nations Asian and PacificTraining Center for Information andCommunication Technology forDevelopment (UN-APCICT/ESCAP)was opened at Central Institute ofCivil Service (upper Myanmar) thismorning. The CSSTB chairmandelivered an opening address and

UN-APCICT/ESCAP Director DrHyeun-Suk Rhee presented thewelcoming remarks.

A total of 50 participants fromvarious ministries and governmentorganization are currently attendingthe six-day workshop where threemodules focusing on The Linkagebetween ICT Applications andMeaningful Development, ICT forDevelopment Policy, Process andGovernance and e-GovernmentApplications will be presented.—MNA

Innocent civilians wounded by KNU-planted mine blastNAY PYI T AW, 29 March —

Daw Mulawei living in Sinswal village,Papun Township, Kayin State, lost herright foot and seriously injured herright thigh after stepping on a mineplanted by KNU insurgents as she wason the way to Hlaytakye mountain,about 2 miles from the west of Sinswalvillage together with her daughter forgathering some vegetables on 24March morning. The women is nowreceiving treatment in KamamaungStation Hospital in Papun Township.

Similarly, as Ko Win Naing

Oo, Ko Zaw Win and other two men ofKhonkyi village, Kyaukkyi Township,Bago Division, were going into theforest on a bullock cart for collectingfirewood on 25 March morning, thecart hit a mine planted by KNUinsurgents near Watkalay creek, about5 miles east of Kawpyin village,Kyaukkyi Township. Due to the blast,Ko Win Naing Oo was seriously injuredhis on left foot and right thigh, Ko ZawWin, his right forearm. The injured arereceiving treatment in Mone StationHospital.—MNA

YANGON , 29 March— Chairman of YangonCity Development Committee Mayor Brig-GenAung Thein Lin this morning inspected paving ofconcrete on Laydauntkan Road in ThingangyunTownship of Yangon East District.

The road is being constructed by YCDCEngineer Department (Road & Bridge).—MNA

Laydauntkan Road concreted

Yangon Division Peace and Development CouncilChairman Yangon Command Commander Maj-Gen WinMyint being welcomed by Bangladeshi Ambassador Maj-Gen Anup Kumar Chakma, ndc, psc at the reception to

mark of the National and Independence Day of the People’sRepublic of Bangladesh on 29 March.— MNA

Minister U Nyan Win receives Mr Mirko Stefanovic, State Secretary ofForeign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia.—MNA

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LOS ANGELES, 29 March— MariaMoctezuma started to work as a housenanny in 1991. She worked 12 hoursa day, six days a week, but earnedonly 100 US dollars per week at thebeginning. Now she earned 75 dollarsa day for 12 hours.

What’s worse is that she has topay the employers to keep herimmigration status. Many times theemployers took her money but didnothing for her.

Moctezuma told her story at a

Domestic workers in US demand fulllabour protection

rally to mark the National DomesticWorkers Day on Sunday in LosAngeles.

She also showed the media howshe worked six days a week, 12 hoursa day doing house work, but got littlepay.

She has no extra hours, no sickleave and no vacation. She has to bearall abuses since the US labor law doesnot protect people working at homes ashousekeepers, nannies and companionsof the elderly.— Xinhua

KABUL, 29 March — A helicopter of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)crashed Monday in Zabul province in southernAfghanistan.

According to initial reports, there were nofatalities in the incident, and all personnel on boardhave been evacuated to nearby ISAF medicaltreatment facilities, a press release issued by theISAF said. —Xinhua

NATO helicopter crashes insouth Afghanistan

ATHENS , 29 March—A strong bombexploded in a centralAthens district onSunday evening in theentrance of a state-controlled agencycausing one death andone injury, police said.

Greek televisionchannels interruptedtheir programs withbreaking news aboutthe blast whichoccurred around 11:15p.m. local time.

According tounconfirmed infor-mation the body of thedead person isdismembered and hisidentity is unknown.

Speaking to GreekPress on the conditionof anonymity localexperts suggest thatthe dead man could bethe person who placedthe bomb, which wentoff earlier thanestimated.

According to eye

Bomb explosion in central Athens killsone, injuringwitnesses who spoke toGreek televisionchannels, the deadperson is young andcould be the 15-year-old son of a poorAfghan woman whowas searching foranything useful in thegarbage with herfamily.

Her 10-year-olddaughter was slightly

injured by theexplosion andtransferred to a hospitalalong with the 45-year-old mother who is in astate of shock.

According to localresidents, the Afghanfamily used to go outin the evenings tocollect things of littlevalue from garbage.

Xinhua

SANAA, 29 March —Yemeni security forceshave arrested twoEuropean nationals whilethey were training to userifles in a remote highmountain to the south ofthe capital Sanaa, theDefence Ministry reportedon Sunday.

The pair, both nearlyat the age of 24 with one ofthem carrying an Arabname, were detained inNaqil al-Mashanna area ofthe Jahran district in thesouthern province ofDhamar, said the ministryon its website.

The report cited astatement by the Interior

Moscow, 29 MarchPreliminary investigationshowed a suicidebomber might havecaused the secondsubway blast that killed

Twin explosions hit Moscow subwayat least 12 people atMoscow’s Cultural Parkstation Mondaymorning, police said.

However, it was alsosuspected that the two

Police cordon off theexplosion site in

central Athens, capitalof Greece, on March28, 2010. A strong

bomb exploded hereon Sunday evening in

the entrance of a state-controlled agency at

around 11:15 pm localtime, causing one

death and one injury,police said.

XINHUA

At least 37 people werekilled and 22 others

injured on Monday inthe explosions hitting two

subway stations incentral Moscow, the Itar-

Tass news agencyreported.—INTERNET

blasts may have beencoordinated andtriggered by a cellphone.

Officials said thetwin explosions thatripped through theMoscow subway systemhad killed at least 37people.—Xinhua

Yemen captures two Europeans trainingto use arms

B AGHDAD, 29March —At least four people werekilled and 25 otherswounded in double carbomb explosions in thecenter of the holy Shiitecity of Karbala onMonday, police said.

A booby-trapped carparked near a restaurantin the al- Baladiyahneighborhood in centralKarbala, some 110 kmsouthwest of Baghdad,went off around midday,the source with Karbalapolice told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

The second blastfollowed in about 15minutes when anothercar bomb went off some200 meters away from thesite of the first blast, thesource said.

Xinhua

At least fourkilled, 25

injured inKarbala twincar bombings

Map locatingthe Shiite

shrine city ofKarbala

where twinexplosions,

oneapparently

caused by acar bomb,

have takenplace near arestaurant,witnesses

and acorrespondent

have said.INTERNET

A white Bengal tigernamed Pierre smells

one of his presentswhile celebrating his

second birthday at theHaifa zoo March 27,2010. Pierre and hissister Natasha were

born in the Moscow zooand transferred to the

Haifa zoo on April2009.—INTERNET

Ministry’s informationcenter as saying that “thetwo Europeans were foundtraining with two machine-guns and two pistols.”

“The weapons werein the possession of thetwo young Europeans whobelong to the same

country,” said the reportwithout naming theirnationality.

“Both of them havebeen referred to thesecurity authoritiesconcerned for furtherinterrogations,” the reportadded.—Xinhua

In this publicity image released by Discovery, aWood ant worker curls its tail ready to eject

formic acid at intruder. The ant is part of an 11-part series called, ‘Life,’ premiering on, 21

March, 2010 at 8 pm EST on Discovery Channel.INTERNET

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“How To Train Your Dragon” topsN America box office with 3D spell

LOS ANGELES,29 March— Another dragon-themed anim-ated film“How To Train YourDragon” rocketed to thetop of the weekend boxoffice race with aprojected 43.3 millionU.S. dollars in sales, theNorth America box officeauthority said Sunday.

The DreamworksAnimation release tellshow a hapless youngViking who aspires tohunt dragons becomesthe unlikely owner of ayoung dragon himself,and learns there may bemore to the creatures than

he assumed. Debuting onFriday on over 7,000screens at 4,055 sitesincludes 2,178 3-Dvenues (including 185IMAX sites), theDreamworks Ani-mation’s latest work tookin 12.2 million dollars inticket receipts alone.Theawesome performance islargely ascribed to thestudio’s signaturepromotion which ischaracterized byomnipresent advertisingcampaigns as well asspecial ads interwoventhroughout the WinterOlympics.—Xinhua

B EIJING, 29 March—High-calorie foods maybe addictive as cocaineor nicotine, accordingto a study published inthe journal NatureNeuroscience Sunday.

Paul J. Kenny,Ph.D., the lead author ofthe study, said that doingdrugs such as cocaineand eating too muchjunk food bothgradually overload theso-called pleasurecenters in the brain.

Eventually thepleasure centers “crash”,and achieving the samepleasure — or even justfeeling normal —requires increasingamounts of the drug orfood, said Kenny.

Researchers studiedthree groups of lab ratsfor 40 days. The firstgroup was fed normal ratfood. The second groupwas allowed to gorge onsweets and junk food forone hour a day. The thirdwas allowed unlimitedamounts of junk foodfor 23 hours of the day.

The third groupbegan to eatcompulsively. Whenresearchers applied anelectric shock in thepresence of food, thefirst two groups shiedaway from eating, whilethe third groupcontinued eating.

Obesity may be aform of compulsiveeating. The findings ina study of animalscannot be directlyapplied to humanobesity, but may help inunderstanding thecondition and indeveloping therapies totreat it, according to theresearchers.

Xinhua

Junk foodsmay be

addictive:study

B EIJING, 29 March—A South Koreantechnology institute isgiving pop-upstorybooks an innovative21st Century twist. WithDigilog Books,developers have found away to tell truly tall talesin three dimensions.

It took Gwangju

Frigate Maanshan leaves Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates(UAE), on 28 March, 2010. Frigate Maanshan and Comprehensive

Supply Ship Qiandaohu, part of the fourth Chinese Navy Escort TaskGroup, left Abu Dhabi for China after completing the visit to the Gulf

nation on Sunday.—XINHUA

South Korean books get 3D makeoverInstitute of Science andTechnology three yearsto create this digitallyanimated feast for theeyes. Readers have towear goggles attached toa computer.

As they turn and tiltthe books, the 3Danimation movesaccordingly. Images

appear to literally jumpfrom the pages. Thedevelopers have animatedtwo children’s bookscontaining Korean folktales. They add that it willbe a while before the newtechnology is ready to bemarketed to the generalpublic.

Xinhua

It’s actually a paintedwoman. Alexa Meade, a

23-year-old artist from theWashington DC area, has

developed a painting

technique that makesthree-dimensional spaces

look like flat, two-dimensional paintings.

Instead of painting oncanvas, she paints

portraits directly on thesubjects themselves.

XINHUA

A McDonald’s employee displays a Mega Mac burger ata McDonald’s outlet in Tokyo April 5, 2007.—XINHUA

Ladies’ silver medallistYu-Na Kim of South Korea

performs during theexhibition gala at ISUWorld Figure Skating

Championships in Turin,Italy, on 28 March.

XINHUA

The Tokyo Tower is seenbehind cherry blossoms infull bloom in downtown

Tokyo.—XINHUA

Dutch navy disarmsSomali pirates

THE H AGUE, 29 March — The Dutch navalfrigate HNLMS Tromp disarmed 12 pirates off thecoast of Somalia and set them free, the Netherlands’Defense Ministry said Sunday.

In a statement, the ministry said some pirateswere found by a German maritime patrol aircraftoff Somali coast around 14:00 local time and theDutch frigate was dispatched to the location as partof an anti-pirate mission from the European Union(EU). Two pirate skiffs sped toward the Dutchfrigate. It stopped the pirates by firing warningshots. The Dutch navy destroyed the two fast skiffsand put the pirates in another boat with enoughfood, water and gas to reach shore.

Earlier this month, 32 pirates were caught bythe frigate, which was patrolling Somali waters aspart of the EU mission.—Xinhua

HANGZHOU, 29 March— Toyota on Mondaypromised to compensate Chinese car owners onthe latest recalls, the first of its kind in thecountry.

A delegation of Toyota agreed after talkingwith authorities of east China’s Zhejiang ProvinceMonday to compensate customers, step uprecalling, offer substitute vehicles and returnpurchase subscription according to Zhejiang’sregulations on consumer rights protection.

But it did not reveal the amount ofcompensation or clearly verify whether thesolution applies only to Zhejiang customers orthose from other Chinese regions.—Xinhua

Toyota agrees compensation toChinese car owners on recall

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

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BRAZIL, 29 March —The father andstepmother of a five-year-old girl have been foundguilty by a Brazilian courtof throwing her to herdeath from a sixth-floorwindow.

The death of IsabellaNardoni in 2008 shockedBrazil, and the case hasbeen the focus of intensemedia coverage.

Her father, AlexandreNardoni, was sentencedto 31 years in prison bythe Sao Paulo court. Herstepmother, Anna

Brazil parents jailed overfive-year-old’s murder

Iran’s Qadr 1 missile is displayed during amilitary parade to mark the beginning of the1980-1988 war between Iran and Iraq on 22

September, 2009 in Tehran, Iran.INTERNET

SCIENCE DA I L Y, 29March—A proteindiscovered in fruit flyeyes has brought aJohns Hopkins teamcloser to understandinghow the human heartand other organsautomatically “rightsize” themselves, apiece of informationthat may hold clues tocontrolling cancer .

The protein, namedKibra, is linked to arelay of chemicalsignals responsible forshaping and sizingtissue growth bycoordinating control ofcell proliferation anddeath, according toresearch published Feb.16 in DevelopmentalCell by teams at JohnsHopkins and FloridaState University.

In a series of

How does a heart know whenIt’s Big Enough?

Carolina Jatoba, mustserve 26 years.

The couple, who haddenied the girl’s murder,will appeal, their lawyerssay.

Isabella was found inthe communal gardenbelow the apartmentwhere Nardoni, hissecond wife and their twochildren lived in March2008.

Nardoni, a lawyer,claimed that his daughterhad been killed by anintruder while he washelping his wife bring the

other children from theircar, parked in a garage inthe building’s basement.

But prosecutorsargued that his wife hadattacked Isabella in thecar and then strangledher in the apartment.

They said Nardoni,

believing the child to bedead, had then thrownher out of the window tomake it appear a thirdperson was responsiblefor the attack. She died afew minutes after she wasdiscovered on theground.—Internet

experiments, thescientists manipulatedKibra’s role in asignaling networkcalled the Hippopathway, whichconsists of severalproteins workingtogether as a brakingsystem. Counterpartsof the components inthe Hippo pathway inflies are found in mostanimals , sugges t ingthat this pathway mayact as a “g lobalregula tor” of organsize control, accordingto Duojia Pan, Ph.D.,a professor ofmolecular b io logyand genetics at JohnsHopkins Univers i tySchool of Medic ineand an investigator ofthe Howard HughesMedical Institute.

Xinhua

CONGO ,29 March—At least 321 people werekilled and hundredswere abducted in one ofthe worst massacres byAfrica’s most fearedrebel group, the Lord’sResistance Army(LRA), in theDemocratic Republic ofCongo in December.

A three-year-old girlwas burned to deathduring the attack onmen, women andchildren, aninvestigation by ahuman rights group hasrevealed. Villagers whoescaped death were sentback with their lips andears cut off as a warningto others of what wouldhappen if they talked —a tactic used frequentlyby the LRA, which hasterrorised much ofnorthern Uganda and theborder areas with Sudanand Congo for more than

Girl (3) burned to death as 320slain in Congo massacre

two decades.The attack — which

was unreported untilnow — confirms that theLRA has restartedterrorising the regiondespite losing its basesin Sudan a few yearsago, when Khartoum, itsmain backer, signed apeace deal with southSudanese rebels.According to HumanRights Watch, the LRAalso abducted at least250 people during theattack, including 80children.

Anneke VanWoudenberg, of theNew York-based rightsgroup, called themassacre in theMakombo area ofnortheast DemocraticRepublic of Congo “oneof the worst evercommitted by the LRAin its bloody 23-yearhistory”.—Internet

KENTUCKY, 29 March—Eleven people werekilled in the US state of Kentucky when a truckcrashed into a church van carrying a family ontheir way to a wedding. The tractor-trailer crossedthe central reservation and struck the van head-on, officials said.

It then hit a rock wall and burst into flames,local media reported. The trailer driver was amongthe dead. Two children survived. Kentucky policesaid it was one of the deadliest accidents in about20 years.

Pastor Leroy Kauffman with the MarrowboneChristian Brotherhood in Burkesville said therewere three young children on board - aged one,three and five. He said there was also a couple onboard the van who were engaged to be married.

“They had a July wedding planned,” he wasquoted as saying by the AP news agency. “They’llhave a wedding in heaven I guess.”

The pastor added the family were Mennonitesand the father was an assistant pastor at the church.

The family’s house had burnt down inDecember and they had just moved into a newhome built by church members, he said.

A similar crash in May 1988 — involving achurch bus — claimed the lives of 27 people, APsaid. It was caused by a drunk driver going thewrong way on Interstate 71 in Carroll County.

Internet

Eleven dead in US highwaycrash

Chinese President Hu Jintao (C), poses withmathematician Gu Chaohao (R) and space

scientist Sun Jiadong, who won China’s 2009State Top Scientific and Technological Award,

during a ceremony at the Great Hall of thePeople in Beijing, capital of China, on 11 Jan,

2010. —INTERNET

People participate in the opening ceremony ofthe at the main square in Pecs, southwesternHungary, on 10 Jan, 2010. The European

Union’s Capitals of Culture for 2010 are Essenof Germany, Pecs of Hungary and Istanbul of

Turkey.—INTERNET

Mr Nardoni says his daughter was killed by an intruder

ITALY, 2 9 March—In a country wherealmost everything, fromPrada handbags tomozzarella, has beencounterfeited itappeared there was littleleft to fake in Italy .

But fraudsters havesunk to a new low witha scam whichthreatened to break thehearts of thousands ofchildren.

Tax police in Latina,south of Rome, haveseized 20,000 fakefootball stickers and areinvestigating eightpeople, among them a

Fake football cardsbreak hearts

distributor andnewsagents, suspectedof preying on thepassion for fillingfolders with footballers’faces and swappingdoubles in theplayground. “Thiscould be just the tip ofthe iceberg, part of acriminal enterprise thatspreads beyond Latina,”said a police official.

The Italian firmPanini, which makes theoriginal versions of theItalian Serie A stickers,said it had not seen suchfine fakery in 50 years.

Internet

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Indonesian village huntsfor 7-meter killer python

Indonesian villagers are hunting a giant pythonthat killed a 13-year-old boy a week ago on Sumatraisland.

Police Chief Capt. Joshua Tampubolon saidMonday that the 23-feet-long (7-meter-long) pythonwas believed to be hiding in waterway tunnels builtby a textile company for its industrial waste.

Villagers from Percut Sei Tuan in Deli Serdangdistrict blocked road access to the tunnels Sunday toprotect the public.

Tampubolon said the victim and three friendswere swimming in the Tembung River when thesnake attacked on 21 March . It strangled and nearlyswallowed the boy before villagers armed withspears forced it to flee.

Pythons native to Indonesia usually grow up to6 meters.

Dancers perform during the City, capital of Kuwait, 9 Jan, 2010. Thefestival will last until 27 Jan and it includes various cultural and artistic

events presented by various countries in the Arab world. — XINHUA

ATHENS, 29 March —Greek President KarolosPapoulias opened thepresidential mansiongarden to the publicSunday for the first timein its 113-year history.

He declared thegarden will be opened tothe public every Sundaymorning except holidays.

Acting on his owninitiative, Papoulias wastrying to convey his

Greek presidential mansion gardenopened to public for first time

willingness for moreopenness and closercommunication with theGreek citizens during thecountry’s troubledmoment. Already,hundreds of Greeks havestrolled free of charge inthe presidential garden,located in the heart ofAthens. The mansion wasbuilt in the 1890s as thepalace for Crown PrinceConstantine. In the early

20th century, it was usedas the residence of thewhole royal family after afire destroyed the nearbyRoyal Palace, which todayhouses the Greekparliament. The gardenwas created as a RoyalGarden.

The Crown Prince’sPalace began to be usedas the official residenceof the Greek president inthe 1970s.—Internet

SINGAPORE , 29 March— Singapore will haveits first self-made satellite sent to the space in themiddle of this year, local media reported onMonday.

According to local English newspaper theStraits Times, the X-Sat, a 120 kg micro-satellite about the size of a refrigerator, willbe launched in June or July from India’sSa t i sh Dhawan Space Cen te r in AndhraPradesh , 100 km nor th of Chennai . Theestimated cost of the satellite is about 40million Singapore dollars (about 29 millionUS dollars).

The newspaper said that Singapore is believedto be the first Southeast Asian country that willhave its own locally built satellite in space withthe launch of the satellite, adding that Scientistsand engineers from the Nanyang TechnologicalUniversi ty (NTU) and DSO NationalLaboratories —Singapore’s national defenceresearch outfit—are putting the finishing toucheson the satellite.

The X-Sat, expected to spend three years inorbit at a height of 800 km, will take photos tomeasure soil erosion and monitor environmentalchanges, the newspaper said, the communicationssystems on the satellite will also be able to relayinformation from sensors to a ground station atNTU, the newspaper said.

Internet

Singapore to have firstlocally-built satellite in space

NEWS ALBUM

Turks dress in traditional Ottoman costume

drive carriages during the Mesir Festival inManisa, Turkey, March 28, 2010. The eight-

day-long Mesir Festival wrapped up here onSunday. Being one of the oldest ancient cities of

Anatolia, cradle of civilizations, people feel ameaningful charity and holiday mood in Manisa

with Mesir tradition.

During Dragon Training, fraternal twinsRuffnut (left, KRISTIN WIIG) and Ruffnut (TJ

MILLER) come face to face with a DeadlyNadder, one the most dangerous dragons

feared throughout the land —in DreamWorksAnimation’s “How to Train Your Dragon,”

releasing 26 March, 2010.

Maybe duct tape doesn’t work for everything.Police said an 18-year-old Cadillac man whofastened duct tape to the bottom of his shoes in anattempt to conceal the robbery of a northernMichigan business has been arrested.

Manistee County sheriff officials said the manadmitted robbing All Star Pay Day Loans inManistee Township, about 210 miles northwestof Detroit. He was arrested about 3:35 a.m.Thursday after being spotted by deputies.

Police told the Ludington Daily News andWWMT-TV the man was wearing dark clothingand carrying about $1,200 in cash.

The man was being held at the ManisteeCounty Jail. He faces charges including breakingand entering with intent, a 10-year felony.

Tale of the tape: Robberysuspect duct tapes shoes

A diver swims near

British artist Jason de

Caires Taylor’s

sculpture “The Flower

of Hope” in this

undated handout in

the Mexican resort of

Cancun.

Somali pirates attackDutch warship

DUTCH, 29 March—Dutch marines havedisarmed 12 suspectedpirates off the coast ofSomalia who hadmistakenly attacked theirwarship thinking it was amerchant vessel, theDutch defence ministrysays. The Dutch frigateHr Ms Tromp,responding to a sightingfrom a German patrolplane, encountered thepirates’ “mother boat”and two smallermotorised attack boatsabout 270 nautical milesoff the Somali coast, saida statement on Sunday.

“When the Trompcame within eightnautical miles of thepirates, two attack boatsstormed the Tromp onthe assumption that thefrigate was a merchantvessel,” said a ministrystatement titled ‘Piratesmiscalculate.’—Internet

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A side panel isconveyed by some ofthe newest robotics

that will be used in thebody assembly of the

line of lightweightcargo vans at the

Canton, Miss.,assembly plant during

an update for localmedia on its $118

million expansion andretooling at its Canton,Miss., assembly plant.

INTERNET

NANNING, 29 March— The severe droughtin south China hadspread to two more citiesin Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region,local authorities saidMonday.

Liuzhou and Laibincities were now part ofthe worst-hit areas, asthe drought continued to

H ONG KONG , 29March — Hong KongCustoms stopped adrug trafficking attemptSunday at the HongKong InternationalAirport, arresting awoman and seizingaround 1.3 kilogramsof heroin with anestimated value ofabout 1.46 million HKdollars.

Customs offi-cersintercepted the 18-year-old womanarriving in Hong Kongfrom Kuala Lumpur,the capital of Malaysia,Sunday afternoon forinspection at theairport’s arrival halland found the packet of

SANTIAGO , 29 March— A 6.1-magnitudeaftershock shook the central Maule region ofChile on Sunday, the U S Geological Survey(USGS) reported.

The earthquake struck at 5:43 p m local time(2143 GMT). Its epicenter was located offshoreat 282 km south of Santiago, at a depth of 19km, according to the USGS.

There were no reports of casualties or damageso far. The Maule region was one of the worsthit areas in the Feb. 27 earthquake that killedabout 500 people and caused some 30 billionU.S. dollars of loss. —Xinhua

6 killed, 40 injured in roadmishap in N India

NEW DELHI, 29 March — Six people werekilled and 40 others were injured when a truckrammed and turned turtle into a bus in whichthey were travelling in the northern Indian stateof Uttar Pradesh Monday, a senior police officialsaid.

“Six died on the spot while 40 injured havebeen rushed to a nearby hospital where thecondition of some are said to be serious. Thevictims were pilgrims who were travelling bythe state bus from the national capital to the holytown of Rishikesh when the speeding truckoverturned on it on the Delhi-Dehra Dunhighway,” the official said.—Xinhua

6.1-magnitude aftershock hits Chile

Severe drought expands in S Chinaregion

intensify, said aspokesman with theregional flood controland drought reliefheadquarters.

In Liuzhou City,more than 132,500people and 44,100livestock were short ofdrinking water . Thedrought also affectedthe irrigation of 64,393

hectares of cropland,he said.

In Laibin City,106,000 people and72,000 livestock lackedadequate supplies ofdrinking water, andmore than 70,400hectares of cropland waswithout water, thespokesman added.

Xinhua

HK Customs tracks down 1.3 kg heroindrugs in the concealedcompartment of herrucksack.

The authority saidthe woman would becharged with drugtrafficking and may face

a maximum penalty oflife imprisonment, plusa fine of 5 million HKdollars (1 U S dollarequal to 7.76 HKdollars).

Xinhua

HONG KONG, 29March—Hong KongPost announcedMonday that postalremittance service to

HK to cancel postal remittanceservice to Canada

Canada will cease witheffect from April 1.

A spokesperson ofthe Hong Kong Post toldXinhua that the

cessation, which is madein accordance with arequest by the CanadaPost, will last unlessthere is newarrangement by theCanadian side.

Such service to othercountries and regionsremain unchanged.

Xinhua

JAKARTA, 29 March— A shallow earthquakewith a magnitude of 5.2 rocked eastern parts ofIndonesia on Monday, the Meteorology andGeophysics Agency reported.

The quake struck at 4:13 a m Jakarta timeMonday (2113 GMT Sunday) with the epicenterat 9 km southeast of Baubau of SoutheastSulawesi and at a depth of 10 kilometers, theagency said.— Xinhua

Moderate quake strikeseastern Indonesia

Visitors look at picturedisplayed at the“China’s RenownedPhotographers Focus onChina” photo exhibitionheld in New York, theUnited States, March 28,2010. The exhibitionshowed the developmentof China during the last60 years. The photos willalso be exhibited insome American andCanadian cities such asWashington, Torontoand so on.—INTERNET

A model presents acreation designed byDorian Ho in Beijing,China, on 28 March,2010. The Dorian HoAutumn/Winter 2010/2011 collection was

held on Sunday duringthe China Fashion

Week.INTERNET

Amateur photographer Miroslaw Swietekcaptured a common fly resting on top of a plantas the water condenses on its body. —INTERNET

Four die in Shanghai road accidentSHANGHAI , 29 March— Four people died

Monday after a taxi collided with a truck on asuspension bridge in Shanghai, local authoritiessaid. The accident occurred at around 2 a.m. onthe 7,658-meter-long Yangpu Bridge. Eightpeople, five in the taxi and three in the truck,were sent to local hospitals, said a spokesmanwith the municipal traffic police.

Four people in the taxi died after emergencytreatment failed. The injured were in a stablecondition.—Xinhua

Take Fire PreventiveMeasures

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(from page 1)The facility is of zoneddam type with a 3610feet long and 185 feethigh embankment. Oncompletion, the projectwill be able to produce262 million kilowatthours a year from its 75-megawatt turbines.

At the meeting withlocal administrative or-gans, socialorganizations andtownselders at Hpa-an

Prime Minister underlines security,…Station hall in KayinState, in the afternoon,the Prime Minister spot-lighted the importance ofsecurity, the rule of law,and community peace fornational and regional de-velopment. He called onlocal people to exert forhard work for bettersocio-economic status

and maintaininfrastructural buildingsfor their durability.

The Prime Ministermade a donation of 10million kyats to Hpa-anGeneral Hospital. He ob-served development ofthe township in amotorcade.

MNA

NAY PYI T AW , 29 March—Minister forAgriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Ooreceived resident representative of FAO Dr ShinImai at the Irrigation Department in Yankin

Agricultural cooperation between A&I Ministry and FAO

Township, Yangon this morning.They discussed agricultural cooperation. It

was also attended by officials of the ministry.MNA

NAY PYI T AW, 29 March—As the MyanmarNew Year commemorative programme, LuckyBird Group of Companies offers up to 15 % discounton Toshiba Brand notebooks, projectors andcopiers, Remaco Brand projection screens, USABrand infocus projectors and latest electronics,along with gifts of Toshiba Brand haversacks andmouse, and toner worth 75,000 kyats.

The special sales promotion programme runsfrom 1 to 10 April. Every customer who buys

Get electronics at discountproducts worth 300,000 kyats and above, andthose who can show visiting cards and buy productscan take part in the lucky draw programme.

The products are on sale at Lucky Bird Groupof Companies at 103, Theinbyu Road, MingalaTaungnyunt Township, Yangon, (Ph: 248167,379875, 399011), at 5, 26th Street (between 78th

and 79th Streets), Mandalay (02 21572), and at thenorthwest corner of Thabyegon Market, Nay PyiTaw (067 414113).—MNA

YANGON, 29 March—Yangon Mayor’s MahaThingyan Pandal will organize group dance andvehicle contests in coming Maha Thingyan Festival.

Teams wishing to partake in the contests mayenlist at City Bank in Kyauktada Township duringoffice hours Ph: 379693, 374822 and 378003.

MNA

Contests at Mayor’s Pandal

NAY PYI T AW, 29March—A Myanmardelegation participated inPublic Sector Manage-ment Programme held inthe Republic of Koreafrom 11 to 27 March.

The delegation, ledby Rector U Zaw MinThein of the Universityfor the Development ofNational Races of theUnion of the Civil ServiceSelection and TrainingBoard of the Union ofMyanmar and comprisedof 24 governmentalofficials, left for Koreaon 10 March.

The delegationmembers visited KoreaInstitute for IndustrialEconomics, KoreaPolytechnic College,

Myanmar participates inPublic Sector Management

Programme in ROKSaemaul UndongCentral TrainingInstitute, RuralDevelopment Admini-stration, Anit-Corruptionand Civil Rights andGangnam-g u DistrictOffice in their stay inROK.

As a culturalexposure programme,they observed GumiInformation NetworkVillage, Hyundai MotorCo., Hyundai HeavyIndustries and PohangIron and Steel Co,National Folk Museumat Gyeongbok Palaceand Con temporaryKorean Performing Arts.The officials arrived backYangon on 27 March.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo receives resident representative of FAO Dr Shin Imai.—A&I

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspectsconstruction of Shwegyin Hydropower project

in Shwegyin Township.—MNA

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A train makes its maiden trip on Pyawbwe (Yan-aung)-Ywadaw new railroad section of Pyawbwe-Natmauk-Magway railroad.

Local people greeting the train at the opening ceremony of Pyawbwe(Yan-aung)-Ywadaw railroad section.

Pyawbwe (Yan-aung)-Ywadaw-Natmauk-Magwayrailroad network to gain development rhythm

NAY PYI T AW, 29 March—As part of sportsplus education programme, the opening of basicsummer sports courses for 2010 took place atPaunglaung sports ground in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmanathis morning.

It was attended by Chairman of Myanmar

Summer sports courses in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana

Olympic Committee Minister for Sports Brig-GenThura Aye Myint and Deputy Minister for Educa-tion Brig-Gen Aung Myo Min.

Over 1800 students from basic educationschools in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana are attending thecourses consisting eight kinds of sports.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 29 March—National UnityParty, one of the political parties that has been inexistence under Political Parties Registration Law(Law No. 4/88 of the State Law and Order Resto-ration Council), submitted its application to theUnion Election Commission today for its contin-ued existence as a political party.—MNA

Continued existence as politicalparty applied

Byline & Photos: Myint Lwin Thein (Pyawbwe)

N a t m a u k - M a g w a yrailroad, national racesacross the country canbe accessible from eastto west and from northto south wherever theywant with peace ofmind.

New Pyawbwe-Phaya-ngahsu railroadconnected with Pyawbwerailway station onY a n g o n - M a n d a l a yrailroad and Phaya-n g a h s u - T a u n g g y i -Loikaw in Shan State(south) was successfullyopened on 30 November2009.

on the west of Yangon-Mandalay road has alsobeen constructed.

In consequence, thepeople from western partof Myanmar can have easyaccess to Shan and KayahStates, and Yangonand Mandalay Divisionssafe and sound throughrailroad networkcentring Pyawbwe railwaystation.

The openingceremony of 22 mileslong new Pyawbwe(Yan-aung)-Ywadawrailroad was held in frontof Pyawbwe railway

commodity andcommunication flowwill develops i n g n i f i c a n t l y .Meanwhile, oldP y a w b w e - P h a y a -ngahsu, Pyawbwe-N a t m a u k - M a g w a yroad and Yangon-Mandalay Highway,and the ongoingY a n g o n - M a n d a l a yHighway project areready for improvementof living standard oflocals.

Pyawbwe TownshipPeace and DevelopmentCouncil in association withlocal people and departmenthad constructed the roadslinking Pyawbwe and east-ern Kyaukse village-tractroad, Yangon-MandalayHighway and eastern Kyinivillage-tract road. Yindawvillage-tract and Kyiywaroad, and Akaritkon andPhaya-ngahsu road.

As Yamethin,Pyawbwe, Meiktila arenot very far from NayPyi Taw, the govern-ment is making earnestefforts to gain develop-ment rhythm in agri-culture, irrigation andcommunication sectorsin the vicinity of thoseregions.

All-round devel-opment of railroad net-work contributes agreat deal to improve-ment of socioeco-nomic status of localpeople.

*****Translation:ZZS

(Kyemon: 8-3-2010)

As MyanmaRailways opened newPyawbwe (Yan-aung)-Ywadaw railroadsection which is one ofthe constructionprojects of Pyawbwe-

Another 95 mileslong new Pyawbwe-N a t m a u k - M a g w a yrailroad which isbeneficial to improvingthe living standard oflocals, linking to regions

station on 16 January2010.

The officials concernedsprinkled scented water onthe locomotive. The trainthen started its first service.It was unforgettable vista

for local people who wavedtheir hands aroundjoyously.

On account ofmaterialization of newM a g w a y - N a t m a u k -Pyawbwe railroad, the

people living in Magwayand Minbu can travel toAn valley in RakhineState, Pyawbwe, ShanState (south), andLoikaw in Kayah State.In those areas, economy,

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G O T H E N B U R G ,SWEDEN, 29 March—Chinese Vice PresidentXi Jinping on Sundayvisited an industry hubin southwest Swedenand met Vastra GotalandCounty Governor LarsBackstrom.

During his meetingwith Backstrom andSwedish Deputy PrimeMinister Maud Olofsson,Xi said this year marksthe 60th anniversary ofthe establishment ofdiplomatic relationsbetween China andSweden and that hisongoing visit to Swedenaims at furtherpromoting friendlycooperation between the

Chinese VP visits industry hub, meetsSwedish officials

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L, front)meets with Governor Lars Backstrom (R, front)

of Vastra Gotaland County in Goteborg,Sweden, on 28 March, 2010.—XINHUA

two countries throughcelebrating theanniversary.

Both the city ofGothenburg and Vastra

Gotaland County haveplayed an irreplaceablerole in the developmentof ties between the twocountries, Xi said.

A replica of the 18th-century woodenmerchant ship Gotheb-org, which reached thesouthern Chinese city ofGuangzhou severaltimes in the late 1730sand early 1740s,symbolizes the friendlyexchanges betweenChina and Sweden, Xisaid.

The 2006 voyage ofthe reconstructedGotheborg to Guangz-hou and Shang-hai hasenhanced the friendshipbetween the Chinese andSwedish people and thussignificantly contributedto the growth of thebilateral relationship, Xisaid.— Xinhua

A Qantas Airways Airbus A380 flies information with the Roulettes, the Royal

Australian Air Force’s aerobatic team, priorto the start of the Australian F1 Grand Prix inMelbourne on 28 March, 2010. The Roulettes

fly the Pilatus PC-9 turboprop aircraft.INTERNET

Egyptian school boys wave Egyptian flags asthey celebrate Orphan’s Day at the historical

site of Giza Pyramid, Egypt, on 26 March,2010. Some 5000 children gather as they try

to set a new Guinness record by gatheringbeneath the pyramids with their Egyptian flags

aiming to make Orphan’s Day aninternational day.

INTERNET

Goats are seen near a ger, a traditionalMongolian house, after a snow hit TarialanCounty in Uvs province on 19 March, 2010.

A severe winter has left 4.5 million deadanimals in stockyards across the Mongolian

steppes, and many poor herders face the lossof all their property just before the important

breeding season. —INTERNET

JAKARTA, 29 March— The hope is high thatthe Indonesiangovernment led by re-elected President SusiloBambang Yudhoyonocould continue to pushfor reform plans,although the progressmay not run as smoothlyas expected.

A strong supportfrom parliament, as hisDemocrat Party hasformed a coalition andcontrol over 70 percentseats, is expected to helppave the way for thepresident to implementhis policies to boost grossdomestic product,

Indonesia’s reform hampered, but stillmoves ahead

MEXICO CITY , 29March—The Mexicangovernment expressedon Sunday its deepconcern for Israel’sdecision to expandJewish settlements inEast Jerusalem, as wellas in other Palestinianoccupied territories.

“These kinds ofacts do not contributeto an auspicious andtrust climate to allowboth sides to restartpeace talks,” theMexican ForeignMinistry said in astatement.

Israel decided tobuild 1,600 houses inRamat Shlomo districtin East Jerusalem andit also announcedfuture settlements in thesame place and in theWest Bank.

In the statement,

B EIJING, March 29— Chinese demand forgold was set to doublein tonnage terms withinjust 10 years, accordingto a report released bythe World Gold Council(WGC) in BeijingMonday.

The report titled“Gold in the Year of theTiger” is the first-everreport of China’s goldmarket by the London-based organization. Itwas released in Beijing,London and New Yorkat the same time.

China’s demandfor gold had increasedan average of 13percent per year overthe past five years, andChina was the secondlargest consumermarket for gold in theworld, and also theworld’s largest goldproducer since 2007,

Mexico concerned over Israelisettlements expansion in E Jerusalem

China’s gold demand to double in tonnagewithin 10 years: World Gold Council

the Foreign Ministrysaid the expansion ofthe Israeli settlements inthe Palestinian occupiedterritories “is an actagainst the internationallaw and represents aserious obstacle for thepeace process in thatregion.”

The Mexicangovernment reaffirmedits support to solution tothe conflict in the MiddleEast “based on co-existence of two statesliving side by side withinsafe and internationalrecognized borders,” itsaid.—Internet

reduce poverty andunemployment, andboost investment climatein the country with over230 million population.

Yudhoyono hasbeen hailed by investorsand internationalcommuni-ties for hissuccess to createstability, strongeconomic fundamental,overhaul legalinstitutions, bureaucracyand crack downcorruption in theSoutheast Asia’s largesteconomy.

However, thepresident’s cabinet mustface an attack on a

bailout case of a smallbank, Bank Century, andmust involve in thesettlement of thecontroversial conflictbetween the police andthe anti-corruptionwatchdog, which maycause social unrest.

The case may hamperthe government’s conce-ntration to boostinfrastruc -ture as aneffort to increaseeconomic efficiency toraise competitivenessduring theimplementation of somefree trades with severalforeign countries.

Xinhua

according to the WGCreport.

In 2009 alone,cumulative golddemand in China wasworth more than 14billion US dollars, or 11percent of globaldemand.

Within the nextdecade, Chinese gold

consumption coulddouble from 2009levels, it predicted.

Gold demand inChina was likely tocontinue to accelerate inthe long term, asbuyers’ appetite wouldkeep growing despitehigher gold prices.

Xinhua

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.The second best time is now.

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CAIRO, 29 March—Alarge red granite falsedoor from the tomb of anancient queen’spowerful vizier has beendiscovered in Luxor,Egypt’s culture ministersaid on Monday.

The carved stonedoor — which ancientEgyptians believed wasthe threshold to theafterlife — was unearthednear the Karnak Templein Luxor and belongs tothe tomb of User, apowerful advisor to the18th dynasty QueenHatshepsut, Faruk Hosnisaid in a statement.

The door, 1.75 metres(5.7 feet) high and 50 cm(19 inches) thick, isengraved with religioustexts and various titlesused by User, including

Ancient doorway to afterlife discoveredin Egypt

An Indian railway worker lights a traditional earthenware lamp near theMaharajas’ Express luxury train prior to its departure for Delhi fromKolkata on 20 March. An advertisement for a new luxury train service

embarrassed India’s rail ministry Sunday by placing the country’scapital, New Delhi, inside the territory of arch-rival Pakistan.

INTERNET

B EIJING , 29 March—Chineseequities regained the 3,100-pointmark in the morning session, drivenby announcement of the exact launchdate of long-awaited Chinese stockindex futures.

The benchmark ShanghaiComposite Index was up 2.04percent, or 62.44 points, to close at3,122.15 points.

Shenzhen Composite Indexsurged 2.43 percent, or 297.7 points,to 12,538.06 points.

Trade in the Chinese stock index

Chinese shares climb above 3,100 pointsat midday, driven by index futures news

futures will begin on April 16, theChina Financial Futures Exchangeannounced late Friday after the ChinaSecurities Regulatory Commission,the country’s securities watchdog,gave official approval for the launch.

Financial shares led the rise asbanks surged 3.73 percent, whilebrokerages and futures stocks jumped2.62 percent.

Everbright Securities climbed 3.31percent to 27.18 yuan, and CITICSecurities rose 3.28 percent to 28.31yuan.— Xinhua

M OGADISHU, 29March— Hundreds ofwomen and childrenare protesting in thestreets of Somalia’scapital against

Somalis protest against al-Qaida linkedmilitants

IRAN, 29 March —IRAN cameunder fresh scrutiny yesterday afterevidence emerged to suggest it hadbegun to construct two secret nuclear-enrichment plants.

Western intelligence agencies areunderstood to have concluded thatTehran has escalated the covertelements of its nuclear programme,giving renewed impetus for a US-ledpush to tighten sanctions.

The findings are partly based onanomalies in Tehran’s nuclearinventory that were identified byinspectors from the United Nations’nuclear watchdog, the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency.

Iranians building two new nuclear plants

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INTERNET

mayor of the city, vizierand prince, antiquitieschief Zahi Hawass wasquoted as saying.

“The newlydiscovered door wasreused during the Romanperiod. It was removedfrom the tomb of Userand used in the wall of a

Roman structure,” saidMansur Boraik, whoheaded the excavationmission.

Hatshepsut, whoruled Egypt between1479 BC and 1458 BC,was the longest reigningfemale pharaoh.

Xinhua

militants linked to al-Qaida.The protestersmarched Monday toprotest that al-Shababmilitants have beendigging up of graves of

clerics over the lastweek.

The protesterschanted “Down with al-Shabab” and carriedbanners, one of whichread “Support Peace andGovernment.”MohyadinHassan Afrah, whoheads Mogadishu’scivil society umbrellagroup, says people areprotesting against al-Shabab’s actions andthe influx foreignfighters to thecountry.Fighters fromsuch countries asPakistan, Yemen andNorth Africa havetraveled to Somalia tojoin the al-Qaidaaligned group that seeksto overthrow thecountry’s weak, UN-backed government.

Internet

BEIJING, March 29 —China’s Zhejiang GeelyHolding Group hassigned a deal with theFord Motor Corporationto acquire the US firm’sVolvo vehicle unit.

Geely, China’slargest private-run carmanufacturer, hasagreed to buy Ford’sVolvo automobile unitfor 1.8 billion US dollarsthe country’s largestoverseas vehicle sectoracquisition.

Geely’s founderand chairman, Li Shufu,and Ford’s executivevice president, LewisBooth, inked a bindingagreement on Sundayat Volvo’s headquarters

China’s Geely inks $1.8B deal to buy Volvo cars

A Volvo car ondisplay at a

shopping mall inBeijing. —INTERNET

of Volvo, and the unit’srelated assets.

Internet

in Göteborg, Sweden.Li Shufu said, “We

needed to find a newowner that would takethe Volvo Cars businessfurther but also,cherishing its uniqueSwedish brand values,who would alsounderstand ourresponsibilit ies andvalues to ouremployees, and to thecommunities in whichwe work. I am verypleased to say that webelieve we have foundsuch an owner inGeely.”

Under the definitivestock purchasearrangement, Geelywill own 100 percent

The inspectors expressed seriousconcern that uranium-enrichingequipment developed by Iranianscientists had mysteriouslydisappeared, the ‘New York Times ’reported.

The equipment has not turned upat Iran’s main uranium-enrichmentplant, leading inspectors to believe itis being stored in secret until it can beinstalled at an unidentified facility.

Iran recently attracted renewedinternational interest after Ali AkbarSalehi, its atomic-energy chief,announced work was to begin on twoplants to be “built inside mountains”.

Internet

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BUNGA MAS 11 VOY NO ( )Consignees of cargo carried on MV BUNGA MAS

11 VOY NO ( ) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 29.3.2010 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.

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 Claim Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S MALAYSIA INTERNATIONALSHIPPING CORPORATION BERAHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV RATHA BHUM VOY NO (514)Consignees of cargo carried on MV RATHA BHUM

VOY NO (514) are here by notified that the vessels will bearriving on 29.3.2010 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of M.I.P where it will lie at the consignee’s riskand expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions ofthe Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to11:20 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 Claim Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S REGIONAL CONTAINER LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (503)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAP

VOY NO (503) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 29.3.2010 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 Claim Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINER LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

Photo taken on 28 March, 2010 shows theoverlook scenery of the Bund in Shanghai, eastChina. The Bund of Shanghai reopened Sundayafter nearly three years of renovation designed

to improve the landscape and facilities forvisitors to the World Expo. —XINHUA

Volunteers count and sort the donations at adonation site at Fengtai Sports Centre in Beijing,

China, on 28 March. 2010. Nearly 470,000 bottlesof water, which have been collected during a

public donation campaign held in Beijing recently,now is headed for the drought-hit southwestern

provinces in China on Sunday. —XINHUA

Qiu Yanpeng (R), commander of the fourthChinese Navy Escort Task Group, bids farewell tocrowd during a farewell ceremony in Abu Dhabi,

capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on 28March, 2010. Frigate Maanshan and Compre-

hensive Supply Ship Qiandaohu, part of thefourth Chinese Navy Escort Task Group, left AbuDhabi for China after completing the visit to the

Gulf nation on Sunday. —XINHUA

First round ofPakistan-India talks on

water issues endsISLAMABAD, 29 March—

The first round of the 104th

negotiations over water is-sues between Pakistan andIndia ended on Sunday af-ternoon in the eastern Paki-stani city of Lahore.

The two sides started thethree-day talks on Sundaymorning. The Pakistani del-egation is led by Indus Wa-ter Commissioner JamaatAli Shah. Naga Nathan isleading the nine-memberIndian delegation.

The main agenda of firstday was to decrease of wa-ter level in River Chenaband the construction ofNemobaaz Go and Chotakpower plants at the RiverSindh by India that willblock 35,000 foot per acrewater.Pakistan put forwardproposal of telemetrysystem to measure flowof water between Indiaand Pakistan.—Xinhua

Iran hails ties with Turkey as“friendly”

TEHERAN, 29 March—Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad on Sunday described Iranian-Turkish re-lations as friendly, the state IRIB TV reported.

Iran and Turkey enjoy common interests and bilat-eral ties should be expanded further, Ahmadinejad saidduring a meeting with visiting Turkish Deputy PrimeMinister Jamil Chechek.

Ahmadinejad said in the current changing situationof the world, the two countries have important respon-sibilities and missions.

Chechek, for his part, said his country gives highimportance to its bilateral relations with Iran, and pro-moting relations with Iran is one of Turkey’s priorities,according to IRIB.

Expansion of Iranian-Turkish relations would ensurepeace, stability and security of the region, he was quotedas saying. Chechek arrived in Iran on Saturday to attendIranian new year celebrations. —Xinhua

Russia cuts off two time zonesMOSCOW, 29 March—Russia on Sunday cut off time

zones from 11 to nine while switching to daylightsaving time (DST).

On Sunday the Samara Region and the Republic ofUdmurtia in central Russia synchronized their timewith Moscow, while two Far East regions of Chukotkaand Kamchatka moved to be one hour closer to Mos-cow time. In order to realize the elimination, peoplein these regions do not need to turn their clocks for-ward one hour to switch to DST, a measure of energysaving introduced in the Soviet era.

The time zone merge project was approved by Rus-sian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday, theRIA Novosti news agency reported.

In Russia, to change to and from the DST, or sum-mer time, occurs on the last Sunday of March and thelast Sunday of October, the same dates as in Europe.

Xinhua

India starts buildingreusable rockets

NEW DELHI, 29 March—India has embarked onits next generation of indigenous winged reusablerockets in an effort to launch satellites at a low costamong various other advantages, the country’sspace research agency said on Sunday.

As a first step, the Indian Space Research Or-ganization has configured a winged ReusableLaunch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator whichit says will “act as a flying test bed to evaluatevarious technologies like hypersonic flight,autonomous landing, powered cruise flight andhypersonic flight using air breathing propulsion.First in the series of demonstration trials is thehypersonic flight experiment.”—Xinhua

CHINA, 30 March—A Chinese court has sentencedfour employees of mining giant Rio Tinto to jailterms of seven to 14 years on bribery and commercialsecrets charges. The court in Shanghai said Mondaythat Australian national Stern Hu and three Chineseco-workers were guilty of charges of bribery andstealing business secrets.

Hu was given seven years on the bribery chargesand five years on the commercial secrets charges,but will serve 10 years, apparently receiving areduced total because he admitted to the briberycharge. —Internet

Rio Tinto employees get 14 yearsin jail

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CHANGCHUN , 29 March— After 12 hours ofendeavors, fire-fighters have extinguished a firefrom most parts of a shopping mall in northeasternChina’s Jilin Province, Monday morning.

No casualties have been reported so far.Flames could still be seen coming from some

parts of the mall, located in the downturn area ofthe provincial capital, Changchun.

The mall caught fire at around 8:00 p mSunday.

A fire-fighter told Xinhua on condition ofanonymity that it was very difficult to put out thefire, because the shopping mall was built offlammable wooden materials.

Sixty fire engines and two excavators had beendispatched to combat the blaze, the fire-fighteradded. The fire fighting will continue. The causeof the accident is being investigated.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 29 March—After almost three yearsof renovation,Shanghai’s iconicwaterfront, the Bund,reopened to the publicon Sunday and is readyto welcome World Expovisitors.

For more than acentury, the Bund hasbeen the most famouslandmark of Shanghai.It houses dozens ofhistoric buildings,including foreign banksand trading houses.Therenovation aims torestore the riverfront to

Revamped Shanghai Bundopen to public

its 1930s glory. Theimprovement workshave enlarged publicspaces, extendedgreening projects andfacilitated public traffic.

A Shanghairesident said, “I likehow the Bund looksnow. These flowerdecorations arebeautiful.”

Known as the “WallStreet of Asia”, theBund looks across toShanghai’s Pudongdistrict, where imposingskyscrapers havesprouted over the past

two decades. For sometourists, the Bund offersthem a different angleon the pulsating city.

A tourist from HKSAR said, “Pudonghouses many modernbuildings, and it looksstylish, while Puxiharbors historicalbuildings. They areboth good.”

With the completionof the renovation, theShanghai landmark willbe one of the sites in thecity to attract millions ofWorld Expo visitors

Xinhua

South Korean Navy’s Landing Ship, Tank (LST) transport vesselSeonginbong (back) and its Ship Salvage Unit members on rubber

boats search for possible survivors and bodies from sunken naval shipCheonan off Baengnyeongdo, an island near the border with North

Korea on 28 March, 2010.—XINHUA

Shopping mall fire in NEChina mostly extinguished

Photo taken on 28 March, 2010 shows the firesite at a seven-story shopping mall in

Changchun, capital city of northeast China’sJilin Province. The blaze started at about 8 p.m.

Sunday from the second story of the Tianyuanshopping mall and spread upwards gradually in

downtown changchun.—XINHUA

BEIJING, 29 March —Cold weather would bringrain to China’s drought-hitsouthwest areas in thenext two days, but theprolonged dry spell wasforecasted to linger,said the NationalMeteorological Center(NMC) Monday.

Moderate to lightrains would sweep mostparts of Yunnan Province,the southern areas inGuizhou Province, the

Rain expected in China’s drought-hitareas in next three days

southern part of theplateau in westernSichuan Province, andnorthwestern areas inGuangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region, saidthe NMC.

Temperatures woulddrop by 6 to 8 degreesCelsius in the nation’snorthwest areas, includingthe northern partsin Xinjiang UygurAutonomous Regionand Shaanxi Province,

the Inner MongoliaAutonomous Region, andthe west areas in northChina, with temperaturesin some areas falling morethan 10 degrees Celsius,according to the NMC.

A severe drought hasplagued southwesternChina since autumn lastyear , causing drinkingwater shortage, cropdamage and economiclosses.

Xinhua

increase in South Korealast year, postingrevenues of 675.1billion won (591.1million U.S. dollars), upfrom 543.1 billion won(478.4 million U.S.dollars) in 2008, thecompany’s SouthKorean unit said in alocal regulatory filingMonday.

M e r c e d e s - B e n zKorea’s net profit andoperating profit in 2009were 20.5 billion won(18.1 million U.S.dollars) and 25.8 billionwon (22.7 million U.S.dollars), respectively,both more than triplingfrom the previous year,the filing added.

South Korea’s year-

Mercedes-Benz’s 2009 sales inSouth Korea rise 24%

Elephant crushes man todeath in Indian zoo

on-year sales ofimported cars in 2009have decreased 1.1percent, amounting to60,993 units sold, areport by the KoreaAutomobile Importers& DistributorsAssociation (KAIDA)said in January, inwhich Mercedes-Benzcame in second sellinga total of 8,195 units inthe country.

However, theGerman manufacturersecured the top spot inSouth Korea’s importedcar sales in Februarywith 1,377 units sold,the KAIDA said in areport earlier thismonth.

Xinhua

The idle BattlestarGalactica duellingrollercoaster is seen

at the UniversalStudios theme park

on Singapore’sSentosa Island

on 26 March, 2010.INTERNET

M UMBAL , 29March—An elephant inan Indian zoo trampledto death a 25-year-oldsuspected drug addictwho jumped into itsenclosure when theanimal’s keepers werenot looking, reports said.

The female elephant,called Laxmi after theHindu goddess ofwealth, reacted furiouslyto the intruder andcrushed him against awall on Sunday at theByculla zoo in southernMumbai.

The victim, who diedin hospital of severehead injuries, has notbeen identified.

“When I reached thespot, there was bloodon Laxmi’s trunk andshe was fuming,”Mubeen Khan, theelephant’s keeper, toldthe Mid-Day news-paper on Monday.

“She had smashed theman’s head against thewall. I was shocked, as Ihave never seen Laxmi’sunruly behaviour.”

Khan said Laxmi,who is 55 years old and

has been in captivity formany years, wasnormally “docile andgood tempered”.

A police officersaid the victim was oneof a number of youngmen who regular lytook drugs on a lawnoutside the zoo butclose to the elephantenclosure.

Press reports saidhe had used a back gateto gain entrance to thezoo.

Xinhua

SEOUL , 29 March —Mercedes-Benz saw a24 percent sales

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PARIS , 29 March—Ivory Coast interna-tional forward Gervinhoscored on his first startafter a month out with aknee injury to set Lilleon their way to a 4-1win over Montpellier onSunday.

S e c o n d - p l a c e dMontpellier would havegone three points clearof Bordeaux with vic-tory but fell behind in the17th minute whenGervinho raced onto adeft pass from the su-perb Eden Hazardbefore rounding thegoalkeeper to score.

Montpellier levelledseconds after half-timewhen SouleymaneCamara smashed in from25 yards but Yohan

Nemanja Vidic’s elbow on Johan Elmandermay go to FA

Milan miss chance to closegap, Juve attacked by fans

Lazio’s forward MauroMatias Zarate (L) chal-lenges AC Milan’s de-fender Gianluca Zam-brotta for the ball duringtheir Serie A footballmatch at San Siro Sta-dium in Milan.—INTERNET

ROME , 29 March—AC Milan missed out onthe chance to close thegap on leaders Inter Mi-lan to a single point whenthey were held to a 1-1home draw by Lazio atthe San Siro on Sunday.

Earlier in the dayJuventus brushed off anattack on their team busby their own fans to beatAtalanta 2-1 at Turin’sStadio Olimpico andkeep alive their hopes ofa top-four finish.

Following ASRoma’s 2-1 win overInter on Saturday, Milanknew they could join thecapital based team apoint behind their cityrivals if they won but thedraw leaves them thirdand three points off top.

It was also their thirdstraight league gamewithout a win and was

MIAMI, 29 March—Rafael Nadal joined RogerFederer as a seeded survi-vor at the upset-plaguedMiami Masters as the Span-iard defeated DavidNalbandian 6-7 (8/10),6-2, 6-2 Sunday for afourth-round berth.

Top seed Federer andnumber four Nadal are allthat are left of the top fourseeds after exits by numbertwo Novak Djo-kovic andnumber three AndyMurray in the secondround.

American sixth seedAndy Roddick kept thehome crowd happy withhis 6-2, 6-1 defeat of SergiyStakhovsky of theUkraine, while resurgentSpanish veteran JuanCarlos Ferrero eliminated

Nadal nails down fourth-round berth

Rafael Nadal of Spainreturns a shot againstDavid Nalbandian of Ar-gentina during day six ofthe 2010 Sony EricssonOpen at Crandon ParkTennis Center in KeyBiscayne, Florida. INTERNET

Gervinho fires Lille up to fourth

Lille’s foward Gervinhocelebrates with support-ers after scoring a goalduring their L1 football

match againstMontpellier at Lillemetropole stadium

in Villeneuve d’Ascq.INTERNET

LONDON, 29 March—Sir Alex Ferguson willhope Owen Coyle’s criticism of Nemanja Vidicfor what the Bolton Wanderers manager brandeda “terrible elbow” on Johan Elmander does notland the Manchester United defender in hot waterwith the FA. Elmander required four stitches afterbeing caught on the head by Vidic’s left forearmduring a robust challenge in the second half thatleft the Bolton striker visibly shaken.

The FA may opt to review the incident today,with Martin Atkinson, the referee, appearing not tohave seen it, but it seems unlikely that Vidic willface any action, even though Coyle felt the chal-lenge warranted punishment. “The only thing I’mslightly unhappy about is the elbow on Elmanderby Vidic,” the Bolton manager said. “I can only as-sume the referee didn’t see it because it was terrible.”Asked if the challenge epitomised Vidic’s tough-ness, Coyle said: “I wouldn’t equate that incident totoughness. That’s not toughness for me.” —Internet

Vidic faces an anxiouswait to see if he will be

charged by the FA.INTERNET

LONDON, 29 March—Burnley are set to face anotherFA investigation after an object, believed to be a coin,was thrown at Mike Dean, the referee, during yesterday’s1-0 defeat by Blackburn Rovers at Turf Moor. Eight daysafter the FA began looking into an incident in which ChrisKirkland, the Wigan Athletic goalkeeper, was struck by acoin thrown from the away end during the 1-0 defeat atthe DW Stadium, Burnley are set for further scrutiny.

Dean was consulting with an assistant after awardinga contentious penalty against Burnley when the coin wasthrown from the Jimmy McIlroy Stand. He is sure toinclude the matter in his match report.

It was not the only such incident at Turf Moor yester-day. Brian Jensen, the Burnley goalkeeper, was almost hitby a bottle as he left the field after the pre-match warm-up,and David Dunn and Chri-stopher Samba, the Blackburnplayers, were pelted with coins as they walked through agap between the James Hargre-aves Stand and the DavidFishwick Stand for post-match interviews as supporters ofboth teams remained in the stadium.—Internet

Burnley face investigationafter derby hostility

Seo wins Kia Classic for first LPGA Tour title

Hee Kyung Seo of SouthKorea hits her tee shot onthe seventh hole during thethird round of the KiaClassic at La Costa Resortand Spa in Carlsbad, Cali-fornia. Seo fired a three-under 69 to stretch her leadto five shots after threerounds of the LPGA KiaClassic.—INTER NET

John Isner of the UnitedStates 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

Nadal’s next opponentwill be 15th seeded com-patriot David Ferrer, whotamed the huge serve ofIvo Karlovic — only tenaces for the Croatian — 7-6 (7/5), 6-3.—Internet

C ARLSBAD, 29 March— As Hee Kyung Seo wasabout to receive the trophy for her runaway win inthe inaugural Kia Classic, Michelle Wie was standingnear the scorer’s tent explaining her latest rules gaffe.

Wie was penalized two strokes for grounding herclub in a hazard after hitting out of the water near the11th green at La Costa, giving her a double-bogey 7.At the time she was five strokes behind Seo, whoearned her first LPGA Tour title by shooting a 2-un-der 70 for a six-stroke victory.

The 23-year-old Seo, who is not a member of theLPGA Tour, received one of the three sponsor’s ex-emptions to get into the tournament. An 11-time win-ner on the Korean LPGA Tour, she can chose to be-come an LPGA Tour member this year or next.

Wie likely wouldn’t have caught Seo, but the pen-alty dropped her into a tie for fifth at 4 under.

Internet

met with boos at the finalwhistle while, for Lazio,the point was a greatboost in their fightagainst relegation.

Internet

LIVERPOOL, 29 March —Rafael Benitez is con-vinced Liverpool can stillfinish fourth in the PremierLeague and qualify for theChampions Lea-gue afterFernando Torres’s doubleinspired a 3-0 win overSunderland.

The Reds were simplyunstoppable at Anfield onSunday and produced oneof their best performancesof the season as theycruised past Steve Bruce’sside. The victory movedLiverpool above Man-chester City into fifth placein the Premier Lea-gue,four points behind fourthplaced Tottenham.

Internet

Benitez eyesfourth spot

after two-goalTorres shines

Liverpool’s forwardFernando Torres ischased by Sunder-

land’s defenderMichael Turner duringtheir English Premier

League football matchat Anfield in

Liverpool.—INTERNET

Real back on top as Atleticosuffer more derby misery

Real Madrid’s forwardCristiano Ronaldo (L)clashes with AtleticoMadrid’s defender LuisPerea (R) during a Span-ish league football matchagainst Atletico de Ma-drid at the SantiagoBernabeu Stadium inMadrid.— INTERNET

MADRID, 29 March—Real Madrid came frombehind to defeat neigh-bours Atletico 3-2 in anenthralling derby at theSantiago Bernabeu onSunday and nudge Bar-celona off the top of theLa Liga table.

Jose Antonio Reyesfired Atletico into a 10thminute lead but threegoals in 17 minutes turnedthe game on its head withsummer signings XabiAlonso and AlvaroArbeloa proving two un-likely scorers beforeGonzalo Higuain baggedhis 23rd of the season.

“It was an intense game

with a bit of everything,”said Alonso. “In the firsthalf it was complicated forus but we knew how toreact and came out well inthe second half.”

Internet

Cabaye restored thehome side’s lead fromthe penalty spot afterbeing fouled by GarryBocaly.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been widespread in Kachin, Shan and Chin States,upper Sagaing Division, scattered in Mon State, lowerSagaing and Mandalay Divisions, isolated in Kayin State,Magway and Taninthayi Divisions and weather has beenpartly cloudy in the remaining States and Divisions.Daytemperautres were (3°C) to (4°C) above March averagetemperatures in Mandalay, Yangon and TaninthayiDivisions, (5 °C) to (6°C) below March averagetemperatures in Kachin, Shan and Chin States, lowerSagaing Division,(10 °C) below March averagetemperatures in upper Sagaing Division and about Marchaverage temperatures in the remaining States and Divisions.The significant day temperatures were Minbu (41°C). Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded Paung (1.57)inches, Mawlaik (1.26) inches, Haka (1.02) inches,Falam(0.90) inch, Putao and Machanbaw (0.59) inch each,Minkin (0.51) inch.

Maximum temperature on 28-3-2010 was 100°F.Minimum temperature on 29-3-2010 was 74°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 29-3-2010 was 65%.Total sun shine hours on 28-3-2010 was (10.2) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 29-3-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was (Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) atCentral Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) m.p.h from Southeast at (17:30) hours MSTon 28-3-2010.

Bay inference: Weather is generally fair the centralBay and partly cloudy in the Andaman sea and elsewherein the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 30th March 2010:Rain or thundershowers are likely to be scattered in Kachinand Shan States, upper sagaing Division, isolated in Chin,Rakhine, Mon, Kayin, and Kayah States, lower Sagaing,Mandalay, Magway and Taninthayi Divisions and weatherwill be partly cloudy in the remaining States and Divisions.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofcontinuation of isolated rain or thundershowers in the upperMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for30-3-2010 : Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for30-3-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for30-3-2010: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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Bomb hoax delays cruiseship off Florida

MIAMI , 29 March—A Carnival cruise ship washeld off the Florida coast for several hours on Sun-day while authorites searched the vessel and arresteda drunk passenger on bomb hoax charges, the USCoast Guard said. No explosives or hazardous mate-rials were found and the shop, the Carnival Sensa-tion, was allowed to dock at Port Canaveral onFlorida’s Atlantic coast Sunday morning, Coast Guardpetty Officer 1st Class Christopger evanson said.

The ship carried 3,470 passengers and crewand was headed back to Port Cariaveral after athree-day cruise to the Bahamas when a passen-ger reported hearing another passenger make abomb threat, the Coast Guard said.—MNA/Xinhua

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

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

People’s Desire ★ VOA, BBC-sowing hatredamong the people

★ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

★ Do not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

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

and violence

TEL AVIV, 29 March— Giving tomatobreeders and ketchup fans something to cheerabout, a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL)scientist and his colleagues at the HebrewUniversity in Israel have identified a gene thatpushes hybrid tomato plants to spectacularlyincrease yield. The yield-boosting power of thisgene, which controls when plants make flowers,works in different varieties of tomato, and crucially,across a range of environmental conditions.

“This discovery has potential to have asignificant impact on both the billion-dollar tomatoindustry, as well as agricultural practices designed toget the most yield from other flowering crops,” saysCSHL’s Zach Lippman, Ph.D., one of the three authors

Single gene dramatically boostsyield, sweetness in tomato hybrids

Researchers have identified a gene that pusheshybrid tomato plants to spectacularly increase

yield.

on the study, which appears in the journal NatureGenetics online on March 28th. The study is co-authored by Israeli scientists Uri Krieger and ProfessorDani Zamir.—Internet

Max Cement Factory seen in Nay Pyi Taw Lewe Township.MNA

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