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Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

* 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

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

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Minister Maj-Gen Saw Tun presses the button key of concrete pump truck to start laying of concrete on the floor of Dagon Bridgein Dagon Myothit (Seikkan) Township.—CONSTRUCTION

YANGON, 16 June — Minister for ConstructionMaj-Gen Saw Tun and officials of Public Worksinspected construction of Dagon Bridge in DagonMyothit (Seikkan) Township this afternoon.

The minister pressed the button of concrete pumptruck to start laying of concrete on the bridge floorand looked into progress of work. The reinforced concrete bridge is 4,540 feet long and

72 feet wide. It has six lanes and two walkways on bothsides and it can withstand 75 tons of load. The ministerand party also inspected construction of a road linkingDagon Bridge and Thilawa Industrial Zone.—MNA

Construction of Dagon Bridge in DagonMyothit (Seikkan) Township inspected

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PERSPECTIVES* 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 DesireMonday, 18 June, 2007

The sixth annual “Trafficking in Per-sons Report” issued by the US Departmentof State this month is a compendium ofsituations in selected countries.

Although the aim of the US is to eradi-cate trafficking in persons internationally,the report lacks objectivity and does notreflect Myanmar’s concerted efforts againsthuman trafficking.

Myanmar signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding on prevention of traffickingin persons in Asian region in December2003, the UN Convention on fighting againsttransnational crimes in 2004 and traffick-ing in persons and smuggling in personsaccords and it is effectively carrying out thetasks.

The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Lawwas enacted in September 2005 in Myanmarand action is being taken against the traf-fickers in accord with the law. Pamphletsand publications of articles and news sto-ries are published and television and radioplays on trafficking are on air.

The government has been tackling themenace of the trafficking in persons as anational duty and in cooperation with UNagencies, international organizations, localNGOs and all concerned stake holders andsignificant results have been achieved.

The government will continue to makeendeavours for the better future of the peo-ple and national development. Despite turn-ing a blind eye to the government’s achieve-ments and the response to its persistentefforts with negative views, Myanmar gov-ernment is determined to carry on the fightagainst human trafficking.

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YANGON, 17 June—Talks on new syllabus tobe applied for the exami-nations organized by theAssociation of CharteredCertified Accountants(ACCA) based in Britainwas held this afternoon atParkroyal Hotel onAlanpya Pagoda Roadhere.

Managing Director DrTin Latt of Managementof Accountancy TrainingLtd made clarification onnew syllabus of ACCA.

Next, Retired RectorDr Maw Than of YangonInstitute of Economicspresented gifts to those

New syllabus of ACCA clarifiedwho have passed theACCA exams. Dr Tin Lattalso presented gifts to staffand course instructors.

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countancy Training Ltdled by Fellow (Senior)Member of ACCA (UK)Dr Tin Latt opens MATtraining centre on

Theinbyu Street inMingala TaungnyuntTownship and is lecturingaccountancy and manage-ment subjects.—MNA

YANGON, 17 June—Under the aegis of Pre-siding SayadawBhaddanta Nandisara ofAungthukha DhammaYeiktha Monastery inPayagon No 4 Ward inThanlyin, AungthukhaDhammayon is underconstruction. A cer-emony to donate cash tothe fund for constructionof the Dhammayon washeld at the monastery thisafternoon. To mark the85th birthday of U Hton(U Hton Goldsmith),sons U Kyaw Win and UKyaw Myint (U HtonGoldsmith & Gold Shop)donated K 2 million to

Cash donated for Dhammayon construction

the fund of theDhammayon.

Wellwisher U Htonalso donated K 100,000each to Shwegondaing

Nursery, JivitadanaSangha Hospital, TigerParahita School,Kyimyindine School forthe Blind, Mary

Chapman’s school for thedeaf and dumb, the LittleSisters for the Poor andthe Mental Health CareHospital.—MNA

Basic traditional medicine course forhousewives opens

NAY PYI TAW, 17 June — A ceremony to openthe basic traditional medicine course for housewives,organized by Sagaing Division Maternal and ChildWelfare Supervisory Committee, was held at NursesTraining School in Monywa on 10 June morning.

Chairman of Sagaing Division Peace and De-velopment Council Commander of North-West Com-mand Maj-Gen Tha Aye delivered an opening ad-dress. Head of Division Traditional Medicine Depart-ment U Kyaw Swe reported on the purpose of openingthe course.

Daw Wai Wai Khaing, wife of the commander,

presented K 50,000 as stipends to Ma Than Than Nu,who was permitted to attend the 18-month midwiferycourse.

Police Col Myint Wai handed over K 370,000 ascash assistance presented by Sagaing Division PDC tofemale trainees.

A total of 88 trainees — 70 from 37 townshipsof Sagaing Division and 18 from the North-Westcommand headquarters — attended the five-day course.

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Pureed food ‘isn’t naturalfor babies’

RapidPenang recruits 250 bus drivers

Melbourne freewaylights go solar

AUSTRALIA, 17 June — In an Australian first, solarpanels will soon provide lighting along a stretch ofMelbourner's Tullamarine and Calder freeways.

The 210 panels have been installed on noise wallsalong 500 metres of the interchange.

It is expected the panels will start feeding into theelectricity grid within weeks.

Victorian Roads Minister Tim Pallas says the moveis a major step forward when it comes to reducinggreenhouse gases.

“The panels will be able to generate enough electricityto power three houses and avoid half a million blackballoons of greenhouse gases being generated everyyear,” he said.—Internet

LONDON, 17 June—Feeding babies on pureedfood is unnatural andunnecessary, accord-ingto one of Unicef’s leadingchild care experts, whosays they should be fedexclusively with breastmilk and formula milk forthe first six months, thenweaned immediately on to

solids.Gill Rapley, deputy

director of Unicef’s BabyFriendly Initiative and ahealth visitor for 25 years,said spoon-feeding pureedfood to children can causehealth problems later inlife. She blames themultimillion-pound babyfood industry forpersuading parents thatthey need to give theirbabies pureed food.

‘Sound scientif icresearch and govern-ment advice now agreethere is no longer anywindow of a baby’sdevelopment in whichthey need somethingmore than milk and lessthan solids,’ Rapleysaid.

The industry in Britainis worth more than £450m,compared with £191m in1989. More than four outof five of Britain’s onemillion babies agedbetween four and 20months eat and drink babyfood worth more than£120m a year.

Makers of baby foodsay they are takingRapley’s study seriously.‘This is very new researchand we need to look at itvery carefully,’ saidRoger Clarke, director-general of the Infantand Dietetic FoodsAssociations, a grouprepresenting suchmanufacturers as Heinz,Nestle, Boots andNutricia.—Internet

PENANG, 16 June —RapidPenang has re-cruited 250 bus driverswho will begin theirtraining on Monday, saidSecond Finance MinisterTan Sri Nor MohamedYakcop.

He said RapidPenang,a subsidiary of RangkaianPengangkutan Integrasi

Deras Sdn Bhd, wouldprovide free bus serviceon the first two days of itsoperation beginning 1August.

“Everything is readyand we will begin theservice as promised on 1August,” he told reportersafter visiting theRapidPenang bus depot

here today. He said thegovernment hoped thepublic would use theservice as it was convenientand could leave theirvehicles behind to reducetraffic congestion.

Nor Mohamed said indeveloped countries, 50per cent of the workingpopulation took publictransport to work as theirpublic transportationsystem was efficient.

Nor Mohamed said thegovernment was striving toprovide a convenient andefficient public transpor-tation system to encouragemore people to use theservice to go to work. “Byproviding a convenientbus service, I hope thenumber of bus commu-ters in the country wouldincrease as only 16 percent of the people in majortowns in the country com-mute by bus.”—Internet

BAGHDAD, 16 June —Security forces in Bagh-dad have full control inonly 40 percent of the cityfive months into thepacification campaign, atop American general saidSaturday as US troops

began an offensive againsttwo al-Qaida strongholdson the capital’s southernoutskirts.

The military, mean-while, reported that para-troopers had found the IDcards of two missing US

soldiers at an al-Qaida safehouse 75 miles north ofwhere they were capturedlast month, but there wasno sign of the men. Thehouse contained com-puters, video equipmentand weapons.

Lt Gen RaymondOdierno said Americantroops launched theoffensive in Baghdad’sArab Jabour and SalmanPac neighbourhoodsFriday night. It was thefirst time in three yearsthat US soldiers enteredthose areas, where al-Qaida militants build carbombs and launchKatyusha rockets atAmerican bases andShiite Muslimneighbourhoods.

The overall commanderin Iraq, Gen DavidPetraeus, said during anews conference withvisiting Defence SecretaryRobert Gates that theoperation would puttroops into key al-Qaida-held areas surroundingBaghdad.

American actressSharon Stone walkson the red carpet in

Shanghai GrandTheater on Saturdaynight, on 16 June,2007, before the

opening ceremonyof the 10th Shanghai

InternationalFilm Festival.

INTERNET

Soldiers of the Kremlin regiment stand in formation as they swear an oathat the World War Two museum on Poklonnaya Hill in Victory Park Moscow,

on 16 June, 2007. —INTERNET

The city of Dalian in Northeast China's Liaoning Province is seen covered byheavy fog on 15 June, 2007. The fog has considerably reduced visibility and

prompted the local government to issue a warning signal.—INTERNET

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China warns US not to exertpressure on trade problem

BEIJING, 16 June —China on Thursday urgedthe Congress of the UnitedStates not to press it toresolve trade-relatedproblems.

“We hope US senatorswould not politicizeeconomic and trade issues,and not resolve the issuesby exerting pressure,”Foreign Ministry spokes-man Qin Gang said at aregular Press conference.

Qin made the remarksin response to a billintroduced on Wednesdayby four US senators thataims to press China to letthe RMB rise morequickly.

“The two sides shouldresolve trade problems inthe principle of equalconsultation,” he added.

Qin also hoped the USCongress would view theimportance of the healthy

and stable development ofChina-US relations froma strategic height, andproperly handle tradefrictions.

China has adopted amanaged floating RMBexchange rate, thespokesman said, andChina has already begunreforms of the RMB

exchange regime, and thereform is ongoing.

“The reform ofRenminbi exchange rateaims at reflecting themarket demand andsupply in a better way, andwe hope the US wouldrealize this point with anobjective view,” Qin said.

MNA/Xinhua

Experimental jet tested at 10 times speed of sound

Argentina starts voluntarycivilian disarmament campaign

CANBERRA, 16 June —An experimental jet enginehas been successfully testedat speeds of up to 11,000kilometres (6,835 miles) perhour, or 10 times the speedof sound, during trials inAustralia’s outback,defence scientists said onFriday.

The experimental

scramjet engine is an air-breathing supersoniccombustion engine beingdeveloped by Australianand US defence scientiststhat researchers hope willlead to super-high speedflight. Scientists fromAustralia’s DefenceScience and TechnologyOrganization and the US

Defence Advanced Re-search Pro-jects Agency(DARPA), used aconventional rocket tolaunch the scramjet highabove the Woomera testsite. The engine was thentested as it reached speedsof Mach 10.

Scramjets need a rocketto propel the vehicle to high-

speed before the engine cantake over. They also need tooperate in the thin atmospherefar above the altitude ofcommercial airliners. “All theindi-cations are it was asuccess, and we have somevery happy scientists,”an Australian defence spo-kesman told Reuters onFriday. — MNA/Reuters

Putin, Peres discuss tensions in Palestine

BUENOS AIRES, 16 June— Argentine PresidentNestor Kirchner on Fridaykicked off a disarmamentcampaign calling oncivilians to voluntarilyhand over all weaponsthey have in exchange formoney.

In the campaign, orthe Voluntary FirearmNational Programme, allthose who hand in theirweapons voluntarily will

also be anonymous ineither fixed or mobileposts throughout thisSouth American country,Kirchner told reporters.

Kirchner called oncivilians to give up theirweapons, legal or illegal,to reduce widespreadviolence since it hadbecome more frequent inArgentina.

Officials will not pro-secute people handing

over their weapons evenif they are illegally holdingthem, according to theprogramme.

Those who hand intheir weapons will becompensated with a sumof money between 100 and450 Argentine pesos(some 33 to 145 USdollars) under the Volun-tary Firearm NationalProgramme, Kirchnersaid.— MNA/Xinhua

Sardinia train crash killsBriton, two Italians

CAGLIARI, 16 June — Two trains collided on theisland of Sardinia on Friday, killing a British touristand two Italians, police said.

Police identified the British tourist as 28-year-oldElisabeth Ann Beever. Her Canadian boyfriend,identified as Mark Howard Hornby, was hurt in thecrash and had been taken to a local hospital with sixother injured passengers and crew.

The other two dead were a local commuter aged 45and the 53-year-old driver of one of the trains, whilethe other driver was badly injured.

The fire brigade said the crash occurred at 7:35 a m(0535 GMT) between the towns of Bortigali and Biroriin the central province of Nuoro.

Police said the cause was human error. MNA/Reuters

MOSCOW, 16 June —Russian President Vla-dimir Putin and IsraeliPresident-elect ShimonPeres held a phoneconversation Friday anddiscussed the escalatingtensions in Palestine.

Putin and Peres“exchanged views on theflare-up of tensions in thePalestinian Territories,

which causes the mostserious concern”, Interfaxnews agency quoted theKremlin Press service assaying.

Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas onThursday dissolved theHamas-Fatah coalitiongovernment and declareda state of emergency inthe West Bank and the

Gaza Strip due to thedeadly fighting betweenthe two political blocs.

Putin congratulatedPeres on his election asPresident and they agreedto further develop bilateralcooperation.

Peres was elected theninth President of Israelon Wednesday afterwinning a vote in theKnesset, the Israeli Par-liament. —MNA/Xinhua

Stephanie Florio (C) celebrates winning the WE tv network’s “Bridezilla-Ultimate Cake Eating Contest” in New York’s Times Square on 12 June,

2007. The cable channel gave away a 25,000 US dollars prize to kick off thefourth season of their “Bridezillas” series. —INTERNET

Young Balinese dancers perform during anopening parade of the 29th Bali Arts Festival

in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, on 16 June, 2007.A month-long festival is aimed at promoting

tourism in the island of Bali.—INTERNET

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) and Turkmenistan’s PresidentKurbanguly Berdymukhamedov stand together for a photograph during

a farewell ceremony in Tehran on 16 June, 2007.—INTERNET

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Chinese State Councillor urgesto expand trade with Russia

US current account deficit up2.5% in first quarter

BEIJING, 16 June —Chinese state councillorTang Jiaxuan on Fridaycalled for more efforts toexpand trade and streng-then economic and scien-tific cooperation withRussia.

The two neighboursshould expand bilateraltrade volume, improvetrade structure and en-hance economic and tech-nological cooperation,Tang said in a keynote

speech on Russia BusinessDay held in Harbin, north-east China’s HeilongjiangProvince.

In 2006, China becamethe fourth largest tradingpartner of Russia, whileRussia became the eighthlargest trading partner ofChina, he said.

Tang expressed thehope that the two sideswould increase dialogueand set up new platformsof cooperation to bring

about a more favourableenvironment for two-waytrade and investment.

China will take effec-tive measures to expandthe cooperation betweenareas adjacent to Russia’sFar East and Siberia, thestate councillor added.

Russia Business Dayis part of the five-day 18thChina Harbin Economicand Trade Fair that kickedoff on Thursday.

MNA/Xinhua

Emirates Airline to invest $49mto enhance First Class product

Japan, Cambodia signinvestment pact

TOKYO, 16 June — Japan and Cambodia on Thursdaysigned a bilateral investment pact to attract more capitalfrom the world No 2 economy to the Southeast Asiancountry.

The pact was signed by Japanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abe and visiting Cambodian Prime MinisterHun Sen, who started his three-day journey onWednesday.

According to the pact, Japanese firms will be treatedequally with local firms in terms of regulations andtaxation, and the Cambodian side will make efforts tobuild a favourable investment environment.

Japan hopes that the pact will contribute toCambodia’s strategy to protect and promote directinvestment by foreign firms as part of efforts to restoreits economy, Kyodo News quoted Japanese officials assaying.

A bilateral joint statement released later in the dayreads that “trade and investment are important forsustainable economic growth in Cambodia”.

According to Japanese officials, Japan will dispatch“a business mission composed of representatives fromboth the government and private sector” to Cambodianext month to discuss opportunities for economiccooperation.

MNA/Xinhua

ABU DHABI, 16 June —The Dubai-based Emi-rates Airline will invest49 million US dollars toenhance First Classproduct on the new aircraftin the next 18 months,local newspaper KhaleejTimes reported on Friday.

The carrier’s new pro-duct would first be seenon its Boeing 777-300ERULR (ultra-long range)aircraft to be delivered thismonth and on 777-200LRaircraft in August, thereport said.

Customers’ demandfor more personal spacehas been the key driver inthe development andrefinement of its product,said the airline presidentTim Clark.

The move to enhanceits First Class product waspart of a programme toreaffirm its “leadership inproviding ‘best in the air’

travel experiences” in allthree cabin classes,according to the report.

“We are also close toannouncing anothermulti-million-dollar en-hancement to our hugelypopular ‘ice’ in-flightentertainment system,”Clark said.

The “ice” entertain-ment will be made avail-able in all cabin classes,allowing passengers totune in to over 600 chan-nels of entertainment-on-demand.

Emirates Airline, thesecond largest and mostprofitable Arab carrier,currently has a fleet of103 aircraft flying tomore than 80 cities inEurope, the Middle East,Africa, Asia, Oceania andNorth America. Thecarrier also has a 30-billion-dollar order bookfor 110 more wide-

bodied aircraft, including51 Boeing 777s and 47Airbus A380s.

MNA/Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 16 June— The US current accountdeficit hiked 2.5 per cent to192.6 billion US dollars inthe first quarter of this year,the Commerce Departmentreported Friday.

According to revisedfigures, The US currentaccount deficit was at 187.9billion dollars in the finalquarter of last year.

The first-quarter gainwas more than accounted

for by an increase in netunilateral current transfersabroad. In addition, thedeficit on goods increasedby a small amount. Theseincreases were partly offsetby small increases in thesurpluses on services andon income.

For the first quarter, thedeficit on goods and servicesdecreased slightly to 176.8billion dollars in the firstquarter from 176.9 billion

in the previous quarter. Thedeficit on goods increasedby 600 million dollars to200.9 billion dollars fromthe previous quarter, whilethe surplus on servicesincreased to 24.1 billiondollars from a surplus of23.4 billion dollars in theprevious quarter.

The surplus on incomewas up to 10.4 billion dollarsfrom 9.7 billion dollars inthe previous quarter.

Net unilateral transfers,which include foreign aidand pension payments toAmericans living overseas,climbed to 26.1 billiondollars in the first quarterfrom the previous quarter's20.7 billion dollars.

MNA/Xinhua

Indonesian construction workers put upscaffolding next to a building site on 15 June,

2007, in Jakarta, Indonesia. —INTERNET

Workers install pipes at a gas exploration site in Guang’an, Sichuan Province,on 13 June, 2007. China’s industrial output surged 18.1 percent in May from ayear earlier, beating market forecasts and hardening the case for further policytightening to tamp down the world’s fastest-growing major economy.—INTERNET

Ellen DeGeneres holds her two awards for outstandingtalk show host for her program “The Ellen DeGeneres

Show” and for outstanding talk show at the 34thAnnual Daytime Emmy Awards in Hollywood,

California, on 15 June, 2007.—INTERNET

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Argentina’s Congress approves bill to fight terrorism

“CAN” launches official tradetalks with EU

The Peugeot 908 HDI No 7 driven by Spanish driver Marc Gene, Frenchdriver Nicolas Minassian and Canadian Jacques Villeneuve in action duringthe 75th 24 hours Le Mans motorace, at Le Mans race track, western France,

Sunday, on 17 June, 2007.—INTERNET

People look at floodwaters in the southern Cox’s Bazar district town on 14June, 2007. Severe monsoon weather which devastated Bangladesh extendedits grip over South Asia on Wednesday, killing a dozen people and disrupting

transport in eastern India, officials said. —INTERNET

LIMA, 16 June — TheCommunity of AndeanNations (CAN) and theEuropean Union (EU)officially began their talkson a free trade agreement,according to reportsreaching here from thesouthern Bolivian city ofTarija on Thursday.

The decision wasannounced in a statementafter the end of a CANsummit which drewpresidents of the bloc's fourmember states, namely,Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia andColombia.

The four countries, whoconsidered the negotiationvery important andbeneficial to both sides,vowed to overcome theirdifferences and strengthentheir unity in the process,

said the statement. The talks would take

into account the diffe-rences of economicdevelopment amongCAN's members, saidBolivian President EvoMorales. EU envoy TomasDupla, who also attendedthe summit, welcomed theCAN decision, saying thefour Andean countries'determination wasstronger than their diffi-culties. "The negotiationsbetween the two regionswill be complicated andput our commitment to thetest," he said.

However, CANreportedly remained splitover the scope of theproposed pact. Colombiaand Peru wanted anunrestricted deal, while

Bolivia and Ecuadorfavoured some specialconditions for theircountries.

During the summit, theleaders agreed to boostregional integration in suchfields as economy, culture,environment and trade.

Chilean PresidentMichelle Bachelet, whosecountry is a CAN associatemember, also attended themeeting, the first time aChilean leader has takenpart since Chile left thegroup 30 years ago.

MNA/Xinhua

BUENOS AIRES, 16 June— Argentina's Congresson Thursday approved abill to combat financingor conspiring with

terrorists with lengthyprison sentences.

The bill, which wasapproved in a 102-35 vote,was considered by someanalysts as a concessionto the United States, whichhas been seeking to beefup laws against terrorismall over the world.

The bill foresees newpenalties for illicitassociation with the intentto commit terrorist acts forany political, ethnic, racialor religious motivations.

It also outlines prisonterms for those convictedof possessing militaryarms, explosives, bacterialagents or chemicalweapons.

The bill calls forsentences of 10 years tolife in prison for illicitassociation with terrorgroups. Those who givefunds or material supportto such groups may beimprisoned five to 15years.

President Nestor

Kirchner is expected tosign the bill to make it alaw before the June 27meeting of the US-backedInternational FinancialAction Group in Paris thatreviews the adoption oftougher anti-terrorismmoney laundering laws.

The group had warnedthat Argentina would bedeclared an "unsafecountry" in the Parismeeting if it did notapprove the bill.

MNA/Xinhua

Colombia expects Venezuela’sreturn to “CAN”

LIMA, 16 June — Colombian President AlvaroUribe on Thursday urged to do everything possible forVenezuela to return to the Andean Community ofNations (CAN) during the bloc's 17th summit.

“Venezuela’s return to CAN is important. Let’s seekit,” Uribe said.

Uribe also suggested that CAN’s subregional blocgeneral secretary Freddy Ehlers, of Ecuador, wouldtalk with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to findout what is necessary for his country to return to CAN.

“We have to find out what CAN norms must bechanged for Chavez to return according to hisinternational trade views,” he said.

Chavez “should not feel he must go against hiseconomic and political beliefs”, Uribe said during theclosing of the 17th Andean Presidential Council'sOrdinary Meeting (CPA) held on Thursday in Tarija,south of Bolivia.

MNA/Xinhua

Kidnapped Brazilian engineer inIraq confirmed dead

BRASILIA, 16 June —A Brazilian engineer whowas kidnapped in Iraq in2005 while working on areconstruction project hasbeen confirmed dead, thegovernment said on

Thursday. The remains of Joao

Jose Vasconcellos wereidentified and the bodyhas been sent home, aForeign Ministrystatement said.

The ministry said thebody had been identifiedthrough forensic tests butgave no further details.

“God wanted this way.It's very painful,” KarlaVasconcellos, Joao Jose’ssister, told the Globo TVnetwork. “It’s very sadbut we will endure.”

More than 200foreigners and thousandsof Iraqis have beenkidnapped since the US-led invasion of Iraq in2003. At least 60 foreignhostages have been killed.

The incident hit a nervein Brazil, where manypeople were critical of theinvasion of Iraq. The LatinAmerican nation had beenshocked earlier whenBrazilian Sergio Vieira deMello, the senior UNenvoy in Iraq, was killedin a bomb attack on theUN headquarters inBaghdad in August 2003.

MNA/Reuters

Participant Gu Wen-Lei of China rehearses on the violin as she stands in front ofa portrait of Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky during the Tchaikovsky classicalmusic competition in Moscow on 17 June, 2007. Once the Olympiad of classicalmusic, Russia’s top international music competition opened this week hoping to restore its lost glory after more than a decade in the doldrums.— INTERNET

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Commander views home-made crops and paddydryer, physic nut seed miller

YANGON, 14 June— A ceremony todemonstrate the home-made crops and paddydryer was held in AsugyiVillage of HtantabinTownship yesterdayafternoon, attended byChairman of YangonDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen HlaHtay Win.

M a n a g i n gDirector U Thein Han ofPoly Ice Co Ltd reportedon manufacturing of thecrops and paddy dryer.

Division Managerof Myanma AgricultureService U Kyi Han reportedon the target for cultivationof monsoon paddy.

In his speech, thecommander said thatYangon Division has sofar put 12,000 acres of landunder monsoon paddyagainst the target of 30,000acres. After carrying out

the harvesting task withthe use of combinedharvesters, it is necessaryto place paddy undershelter as soon as possible.

The commanderviewed cultivation of paddyand drying of paddy withthe use of Poly Rice brand

crops and paddy dryer.In Industrial

Zone-1 of ShwepyithaTown-ship, thecommander viewed theshowroom of physic nutand eugenia seed millermanufactured by Swan AhIndustry.

Later, thecommander instructedofficials to strive fordevelopment of theindustrial zone, keeping thezone clean and pleasant,grow shade and floweryplants and cultivate physicnut. — MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win views crops and paddy dryer ofPoly Ice Co,Ltd.—MNA

Nay Pyi Taw, 17June — Secretary ofNational Health Com-mittee Deputy Ministerfor Health Dr Mya Ooinspected medicaltreatment, construction ofextended buildings andpublic health careservices at hospitals inMandalay Division on 7and 8 June.

On 7 June, thedeputy minister met withDistrict Health Committeemembers, health staff,

Deputy Minister inspects functions ofhospitals in Mandalay Division

social organizations andlocal people at NyaungUTownship Hospital.

On 8 June, thedeputy minister inspectedNyaungU Hospital,Taungzin StationHospital, KyaukpadaungHospital, LetpanphyaStation Hospital andMeiktila GeneralHospital.

In meeting withspecialists, nurses, healthstaff and members ofsocial organizations, the

deputy minister gaveinstructions on combatingHIV/AIDS, TB andmalaria as national duty,placing emphasis onmaternal and child healthcare, use of fly-prooflatrines and supply ofclean drinking water.

On his tour, thedeputy minister inspectedmedical stores, patientwards, delivery rooms,intensive care units, X-rayunit and OPDs.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16June— As a gesture ofMyanmar Women's Daywhich falls on 3 July,Taninthayi DivisionWomen's AffairsOrganization organizedextempore talks at No-1Basic Education HighSchool in Myeik on 12June.

Also present onthe occasion were

Taninthayi Division WAO holdsextempore talks

Chairman of TaninthayiDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of CoastalRegion Command Maj-Gen Khin Zaw Oo,military officers, division/district/townships PDCs,departmental officials andmembers of Women'sAffairs Organization.

Chairperson ofTaninthayi Division

Maternal and ChildWelfare SupervisoryCommittee Daw KhinThan Htay made anopening address.

After the openingaddress, the members ofWomen's AffairsOrganization participatedin the extempore talks andthe outstanding personswere awarded.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 17June — A Myanmardelegation led by Vice-Chairman of e-NationalTask Force of the Unionof Myanmar Member ofthe Civil ServiceSelection and Training

Vice-Chairman of e-National Task Forceleaves for Singapore

Board U Aung Myint leftNay Pyi Taw Airport on15 June to attend the 3rdInfocomm MediaBusiness ExchangeMinisterial Forum to beheld in Singapore on 18and 19 June.

The Vice-Chair-man of e-National TaskForce was accompaniedby General Manager UTint Lwin of MyanmaPosts and Tele-communications.

MNA

Commander attends growingof physic nut plants inMongkhat TownshipNAY PYI TAW, 17 June — Chairman of Shan

State (East) Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Triangle Region Command Maj-GenMin Aung Hlaing met servicemen and family membersof regiments and units at the hall of Mongkhat Stationon 7 June afternoon.

The commander instructed them to join handswith departments concerned for undertakingagricultural tasks and regional development tasks, andfulfilled the requirements of the families.

On 8 June morning, the commander viewedthriving physic nut plantation in Mongkhat Station.Afterwards, the commander attended the ceremony togrow physic nut plants in Wampyan Village of MongkhatTownship. Chairman of Township PDC U Nyein Htwereported on growing of physic nut in the township.

The commander participated in the physic nutgrowing ceremony together with local people.

At Mongkhat Basic Education High School, thecommander attended the ceremony to present sanitationequipment, and explained assistance being provided foreducation sector and regional development tasks.

The Patron of Shan State (East) Women’sAffairs Organization presented sanitation equipmentto Township Education Officer U Myint Ko. Next, thecommander and party inspected classrooms.

The commander also attended the physic nutcultivation ceremony in Wammaing Village besideMongkhat-Mongyang Road. Afterwards, thecommander viewed land preparations for growing ofmonsoon paddy with the use of power-tillers in thetownship. — MNA

U Aung Myint, Vice-Chairman of e-National Task Force, being seenoff on his departure for Singapore.—MNA

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

The second best time is now.

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To listen to the broadcasts constantly aired by

BBC, VOA, RFA and DVB is entertaining since

the broadcasters are good orators.

Well, Mr Broadcasters, there is a Myanmar

saying that a bamboo that grows in the mountains

is slender at the top and a person not properly

brought up is rhetoric. I wonder if that is the rea-

son why you are good at this job. Words when

spoken too much describe the true character of the

speaker. The foul air of yours is polluting the en-

vironment. Our country is producing clean or

purified water but I think we will have to produce

clean air as well.

Since your profession involves the use of air

you may have built houses or at least caves in the

air with dollars you have earned every month. You

are very lucky because you earn dollars with the

movement of your lower jaw bones. But I warn

you. Dollar consumption will cause you indiges-

tion. And your stomach will be in trouble as well.

So, behave yourselves, my dear fellows. A mon-

key dances whenever a banana is thrown to him.

Do not ape the monkey or you will have to act

whenever dollars are thrown at you. I have not

seen you in person but by listening to your voice

I am afraid that you will be in great trouble on the

day when you are unable to give your airs.

Be thoughtful and ask yourselves. Are you

giving airs like this just because you truly love the

country or you are doing so for the meagre amount

of dollars you have earned? You are visitors there.

The house where you are staying now is not yours.

To dollar earners

It is not your motherland. The people are not your

relatives. Can you expect a happy ending in a coun-

try where there are no close relatives? I am saying

these words directed not only at you but at all those

outside the country bent on undermining Myanmar,

as they are acting hand in glove with you. The op-

posing groups and expatriate destructive elements

have been always saying words repeatedly in praise

of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. I wonder whether they

are truly in support of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi or

they are attempting to destroy the country citing her

as an excuse. Or are they trying to put the govern-

ment in trouble or difficulty? In fact, you are trying

to take over the throne or the seat of power while

pushing Daw Aung San Suu Kyi onto the stage.

What I would like to make the broadcasters of

BBC, VOA, RFA and DVB plus the elements far

and near known is I am not a pro-Tatmadaw fellow

but a member of the public who loves the nation. I

am an ordinary person leading a hard life for the

wellbeing of my family. I am not a sycophant seek-

ing favours after trying to please the government. I

look ahead and also look back. Since the time of

King Bagan during the Innwa Period and up to 1992,

Myanmar, our motherland had not been stable or

peaceful for long. Lasting peace came only after 1992

or there is permanent peace only in the present pe-

riod.

After the reign of King Bagan there occurred

the crisis of Myingon-Myinkhondaing followed by

the reign of King Thibaw. There were in-fightings

among the princes forming cliques and vying to seize

the throne in which mass killings took place. After

the crisis, the nation was enslaved by the aliens for

more thn 100 years. During the independence strug-

gles, the imperialists set brother against brother.

This led to the assassination of the independence

architect and his colleagues. They did not know

when the independence, which they had fought for,

was regained or what it was like.

After regaining independence it was branded

as a sham by some, and this caused splits among

the freedom fighters; some went underground. Ten

years after the party governments, the nation was

confronted with the issue of secession from the

Union. Well, in 1958, a caretaker government had

to assume the State power. When the main party

split into ‘Clean’ and ‘Stable’ in 1960, other splits

followed throughout the country.

The public were hit hard during that period.

Still, they were tough enough to survive the crisis.

Otherwise, the race of Myanmar would have been

extinct. They have suffered time and again. Once

there was a certain fellow who said, “I was offered

excrement wrapped with paper. I ate it and I was

very clever because I found it out after eating half

of it.” Don’t be a fool like him. One should find it

out before and not after. When the man from the

West with the long nose said “I love the people of

Myanmar”, do you believe him? If you do, you are

completely under his control. They would not invest

one kyat if they are not sure of a profit of one thou-

sand kyats. If you truly possess the love for the

nation and patriotism, just keep in mind the welfare

of your own country, own race and own compatri-

ots. The strength of the nation lies within. It is time

one and all realized the truth and did their bit.

Once, there were numerous armed groups

in Myanmar. I think the largest number and

there is no country like us throughout the world.

Determined to serve the interests of the nation

and the people and based on goodwill, the gov-

ernment and the former armed groups have

begun building the nation in unity and coordi-

nation. Today, only three or so armed groups

remain in the jungle. They are just the splinter

groups that have been under the outside influ-

ence. Actually, the Myanma Tatmadaw deserves

the Nobel Peace Prize for making peace with

the armed groups large and small. But the prize

was awarded to Daw Suu Kyi who had not done

(See page 9)

Ba Toe (Taunggya Kaladet)

We entire national people have to take pride inand preserve the achievement in restoring peaceand stability and building a new nation throughthe strength of national solidarity. The governmenthas managed to build a large number ofinfrastructures unprecedentedly for nationaldevelopment in a short period ranging from lakes,irrigation facilities, roads, bridges and pagodas tohospitals, educational institutions and electricpower plants along with new towns and villagesand oil fields. You cannot deny this.

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anything for peace but stuck to the policy of

confrontation and acted accordingly.

It was somewhat like the story of a thief turned

Sadhu. It was about a thief. He earned his living by

stealing from this house and that house. One night,

he was chased by villagers. He had to run for his

life. Reaching a wood he got an idea and sat on a

tree stump. He took out the lime box he had brought

to be used in chewing betel quid. He applied lime to

his moustache and whiskers to make himself like a

Sadhu or religious man. This way he pretended to

be a Sadhu. When the villagers met him and he

pretended very well they thought him to be a Sadhu

and from then on they worshipped him. Now also

there is another Sadhu. Since the Tatmadaw and the

former armed groups have built peace together the

country is now peaceful. It is the time of real peace

if compared with the periods during which the peo-

ple have to live in anxiety and fear.

We entire national people have to take

pride in and preserve the achievement in

restoring peace and stability and building a new

nation through the strength of national

solidarity. The government has managed to

build a large number of infrastructures

unprecedentedly for national development in a

short period ranging from lakes, irrigation

facilities, roads, bridges and pagodas to

hospitals, educational institutions and electric

power plants along with new towns and villages

and oil fields. You cannot deny this.

I deeply believe that the Tatmadaw government

is trying to the best of its ability for the well-being

of the nation’s population of 55 million. In my

view, for the past 19-year period, Myanmar has

enjoyed fruitful result of significant development

with a prosperous future.

Nevertheless, you said that it was not dangerous

at all even if a person put his hand into a meter

box, but he suffered electric shock when he touched

a newspaper.

What an irritating joke!

But you should bear in mind that people

have to wait some time to enjoy the fruits born

out of their labour. It takes at least four or five

years to build a hydropower plant. Isn’t it

possible that a newspaper is live with electric

current when people have easy access to e-books,

e-newspapers and digital newspapers? I would

say you should have a positive attitude towards

it.

You criticized the government in that regard,

but can you complete a large hydropower project

in just three or four months?

When Yeywa, Htamanthi, Shweli,

Shwesaray, Thanlwin and Paunglaung

hydropower projects are completed, all parts of

the nation will surely have access to sufficient

electricity. You just have a glance at the whole

nation including border areas. The people are

enjoying fruits of development in the economic,

social, education, health, agriculture, livestock and

transport sectors, and that reflects the efforts the

government and the people have been exerting in

concert. In other words, the government is paving

the way towards democracy. Repeatedly, you

create the public outrage, airing that the ruling

government is not the elected one. I must admit

that, but the Tatmadaw government has been able

to show its brilliant performances in restoring

peace and stability, community peace and

tranquillity, prevalence of law and order and

achieving national solidarity and all-round

development at the unprecedented level. I wonder

why you fail to recognize such rapid development.

Is it because you have received their dollars?

The government, with tenacity, had to face and

brave the evil consequences of your destructive acts

and blockage in its drive for ensuring stability of the

State, community peace, prevalence of law and order

along with national progress.

I believe the nation would have enjoyed

development two times the present rate, had the

nation faced no destructive acts and gained

cooperation of all forces with foreign assistance. And

the nation is now on the path towards democracy.

So, I would like all of you to notice and judge the

present situations. It is illogical and rather ignoble

that you are showing your total disregard for objective

conditions and speaking ill of the ruling government.

In my opinion, the most important points for a person

in the world are:

(1) to be born of good parents

(2) to take refuge in good teachers

(3) to earn right livelihood

(4) to embrace no wrong belief

(5) to serve interests of others

(6) to practise self-criticism. I wish you would

mend your ways by finding out the fact

that how many of the above points you

are exercising.

Here, I would like to present what the eminent

hill missionary monk always pointed out in his

sermon, “Some told me Myanmar was going to

face a variety of miseries. I assure you our country

will never face anything miserable, because

Myanmar is home to a great number of virtuous

persons.” He meant the people of Myanmar are

doing things in accordance with the seven principles

usually followed by virtuous persons, they are:

(1) having regular meetings,

(2) assembling in harmony and deciding in

harmony,

(3) abiding by the established practices and

customs,

(4) treating the elders with respect and

veneration,

(5) showing respect and veneration towards

the shrines, etc., and making traditional

offerings without remiss,

(6) refraining from committing violence

against women,

(7) taking proper care of bhikkhus endowed

with morality, concentration and wisdom,

and inviting such bhikkhus to one’s

country.

I am sure Myanmar will be able to enjoy

cumulative development all the more because they

follow such reliable principles.

So, I would say it is high time you stopped

shouting to the liking of neo-colonialists, resorting

to various ways and means to instal a puppet

government in Myanmar, and attempting to make

Myanmar a neo-colony, and you participated in

the nation-building tasks and the drive for

democratic transition.

Translation: AK + MS

Myanma Alin, Kyemon: 16-6-2007

Once, there were numerous armed groups in Myanmar. I thinkthe largest number and there is no country like us throughout theworld. Determined to serve the interests of the nation and thepeople and based on goodwill, the government and the formerarmed groups have begun building the nation in unity and coor-dination. Today, only three or so armed groups remain in the jun-gle. They are just the splinter groups that have been under theoutside influence. Actually, the Myanma Tatmadaw deserves theNobel Peace Prize for making peace with the armed groups largeand small. But the prize was awarded to Daw Suu Kyi who hadnot done anything for peace but stuck to the policy of confronta-tion and acted accordingly.

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3rd Regular Consultations Meeting in progress at Ministry ofForeign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw. — MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint accepts cash donated byDaw Khin Moe Nyunt.— NLM

NAY PYI TAW, 17June — Chairman ofBago Division Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of SouthernCommand Maj-Gen KoKo inspected theintegrated agriculturalfarm of the commandheadquarters nearAyethaya Village inYedashe Township on 10June.

Minister inspects animal farmsin Tatkon Township

NAY PYI TAW, 17 June — CEC member of theUnion Solidarity and Development AssociationMinister for Livestock and Fisheries Brig-Gen MaungMaung Thein yesterday inspected the milch cow farmof USDA (Central) at the livestock breeding zone-1near Kangyi Village of Tatkon Township.

The minister and party also inspected the goatand sheep farms. The minister instructedentrepreneurs to extend breeding tasks and takepreventive measures of animals against infectiousdiseases.

In the afternoon, the minister visited DairyUtensil Factory of breeding entrepreneur U MaungMaung Lwin at the breeding zone-2 near ShwemyoVillage in Tatkon Township. — MNA

YANGON, 17 June— Minister for ElectricPower No 1 Col ZawMin inspected ShwegyinHydropower Project, sixmiles from Shwegyin,on 15 June. He heardreports on progress oftask and future planpresented by ProjectDirector U Shwe

NAY PYI TAW, 18 June— At theinvitation of U Kyaw Thu, DeputyMinister for Foreign Affairs, MrAlexander P Losyukov, DeputyMinister of Foreign Affairs of theRussian Federation arrived Yangon on15 June to attend the 3rd RegularConsultations Meeting held betweenthe two ministries.

The 3rd Regular ConsultationsMeeting was held at the Ministry ofForeign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw on16 June. The Myanmar delegation wasled by Deputy Foreign Minister UKyaw Thu and the Russian delegationwas led by Deputy Foreign MinisterMr Alexander P Losyukov.

YANGON, 17 June— The fifthMyanmar Olympic CommitteeChairman’s Trophy and the 38thStates and Divisions men’s andwomen’s junior boxing tournamentswere opened at Aung San stadiumtoday attended by Chairman of MOCMinister for Sports Brig-Gen ThuraAye Myint.

Present on the occasion wereGeneral Secretary of MOC Director-General U Thaung Htaik of Sports andPhysical Education Department andofficials, the members of the panel ofpatrons of Myanmar Women’s SportsFederation (Boxing), President ofMyanmar Boxing Federation U Win

Commander supervises agriculturaltasks in Yedashe Township

Minister looks into progress ofShwegyin Hydropower Project

In-charge of the farmLt-Col Pyone Choreported on thriving paddy,sugarcane and sesameplantations on 3,225 acresof farm.

The commanderviewed participation ofworkers from No 6 SugarMill (Yedashe) in weeding135 acres of sugarcane.

At the farm, thecommander inspected

thriving quality strainsugarcane and supply ofwater from SwachaungDam to the farm. Thecommander instructedofficials to choose suitablecrops for the region andshare agriculturaltechnologies with the localfarmers.

MNA

Myanmar, Russian ForeignMinistries hold 3rd Regular

Consultations MeetingBoxing tournaments at Aung San stadium

Minister Col Zaw Mininspects tasks of

Shwegyin hydropowerproject.— NO-1

ELECTRIC

Myint and others.After accepting the trophy

presented by defending championMandalay Division, Minister Brig-GenThura Aye Myint made a speech andopened the tournaments.

Next, the minister presented K100,000 each provided by MBF to 14teams, four referees and a coach.Afterwards members of the panel ofpatrons of MWSF (Boxing) Daw KhinThan Win, Daw Le Le Kyi, Daw ThetThet Swe and Daw Khin Moe Nyuntpresented cash for tentatively selectedathletes to the minister.

The tournaments will be held upto 24 June. — NLM

Khaing.The minister and

officials inspectedprogress in constructionof the mainembankment and flowof water in the inlet ofthe diversion tunnel.

Furthermore, theminister viewedconstruction of the

power intake building,steel pipeline andinstallation of concretepipelines and leftnecessary instructions.

On completion, thepower station ofShwegyin HydropowerProject will generate 75megawatts.

MNA

At the meeting, the twodelegations held cordial discussions onpromotion of friendship, bilateralrelations and cooperation between thetwo countries, enhancement ofcooperation in regional andinternational organizations and alsoexchanged views on currentinternational issues.

In the evening, the deputy foreignminister hosted a dinner in honour ofthe Russian deputy foreign minister andmembers at Thingaha Hotel.

The Russian delegation leftYangon International Airport by air on17 June.

MNA

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China's Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan is seen during an officialwelcoming ceremony in central Sofia. Cao is likely to visit Japan this

autumn, in the latest sign of warming ties between the Asian neighbours, adefence ministry spokesman said on 13 June, 2007.—INTERNET

LONDON, 17 June —The British officialsdismissed reports onSaturday that PrimeMinister Tony Blair couldbecome the first full-timeEuropean Unionpresident under a planbeing put forward byFrench leader NicolasSarkozy.

London’s FinancialTimes newspaper saidSarkozy had discussed the

Blair would shun job as future EU presidentpossibility of Blair takingon the role with his EUcounterparts ahead of asummit in Brussels on 21-22 June.

“The Prime Ministerhas said quite clearly hewould not go back intofrontline politics,” aspokesman at Blair’soffice said. “This jobdoesn’t actually exist,there’s no clear evidencethat it’s going to exist in

the near future.”Blair is stepping

down as prime ministeron 27 June and financeminister Gordon Brownwill take over.

The spokesmanadded: “I’m sure Sarkozyhas said if this job everexisted it should be you(Blair) that does it. Butthe short answer is this isa non-story.”

MNA/Reuters

Hamas leader rules out declaring Gaza statePARIS, 17 June —

Hamas leader IsmailHaniyeh has ruled outsetting up a separatePalestinian state in theGaza Strip after hisIslamists routed forcesloyal to PalestinianPresident MahmoudAbbas.

Abbas sacked thethree-month-old unitygovernment he formed

with Hamas on Thursdaybut Haniyeh has refusedto accept his dismissal asprime minister.

Asked if he intendedto declare Gaza a state aftertaking control of theterritory, Haniyeh said inan interview with France'sLe Figaro daily publishedon Saturday: “No Gazabelongs to all thePalestinian people and not

just Hamas.”Haniyeh, who

became prime ministerafter Hamas wonparliamentary elections in2006, also said he wanteda “reciprocal, global andsimultaneous” truce withIsrael.

“Separation is not onthe agenda and never willbe,” he added.

MNA/Reuters

Rockets from Lebanon hit IsraelTel Aviv, 17 June—

Israel has been hit by arocket attack fromLebanon, officials say.

Two Katyusharockets exploded near thenorthern Israeli bordertown of Kiryat Shmona.There were no casualties,but roads and vehicleswere damaged.

Israeli and Lebanesesecurity sources said theybelieved a Palestiniangroup had fired therockets. Israel said itwould not “succumb toprovocation”.

The Lebanese group

Hezbollah has denied anyinvolvement in the attack.No-one has yet claimedresponsibility for it.

It is the first time Israel

has come under such anattack from Lebanon sincelast year’s conflict withHezbollah.

Internet

Kabul police bus bomb‘kills 35’

Kabul, 17 June—A bomb attack on an Afghanpolice bus in Kabul has killed up to 35 people andinjured more than 30 others.

Police said a number of civilians are among thosekilled in the rush-hour attack close to police HQ in thecity centre. Five foreigners were wounded.

It is thought to be the most devastating bombattack in Kabul since the Taleban were ousted in 2001.

Taleban rebels told the BBC that they had carriedout the attack - the fifth bombing in three days.

Internet

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THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF MYANMARMINISTRY OF RAIL TRANSPORTATION

MYANMA RAILWAYS

INVITATION TO TENDER1. Sealed Tenders are invited by Myanma Railways, for supply of the followingStores which will be purchased in Euro/JP¥.

Sr. No Tender No. Description Quantity

1. 1/MR/Rail Bus(M) LE-20 or LE-30 or NT-100 or 12-Nos 2007-2008 CR-70 (Used but still in good

operating condition) Closing Date/Time- 16-7-2007 (Monday) (12:00) Hours2. Tender documents are available at the Office of the Deputy General Manager(Supply), Myanma Railways, Corner of 51st Street and Merchant Street,Botahtaung, Yangon starting from 14-6-2007 during the office hours.3. For further details please call: 291982, 291985 (201555 Ext 601,605,612)

Deputy General ManagerSupply Department, Myanma Railways, Botahtaung, Yangon

China urges Hong Kong to resume toothpaste sales

Iran to privatize statetelecoms firm

TEHERAN, 16 June — Iranwill privatize the govern-ment-owned telecommu-nications company by theend of the year, the country'sstate television reported onThursday, although pastsales of state assets havedrawn limited interest.

Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei,Iran’s highest authority,urged the government andofficials in February to speedup moves to cut the state’seconomic role in the latestbid to revive a strugglingprivatization programme.

Iran tried to shake up itslumbering economy in 2004by overturning Article 44 ofthe Constitution whichdecreed core infrastructureshould remain state-run.But since then privatebusiness has shown littleappetite for investing inprivatizations.

“The telecommunica-tions company will be givento the private sector by the

end of the year," statetelevision quoted thecompany’s managingdirector, identified only asGhaffarian, as saying.Ghaffarian was talkingabout the Iranian year whichruns until 19 March.

President MahmoudAhmadinejad, who has inthe past accused privatebusinesses of seekinginflated profits, launched aplan last year to sell heavilydiscounted shares in statefirms to the poor, part of hispledge to spread the IslamicRepublic’s wealth moreevenly. Economists said theso-called “shares of justice”may change the shareholdersbut do not lead to the requiredrestructuring.

“Shares of the telecom-munications company willbe presented in the form ofshares of justice, workers'shares and shares in thebourse,” Ghaffarian wasquoted saying.

MNA/Reuters

BEIJING, 16 June —China, criticized at homeand abroad for a string offood and drug safetyscandals, has urged HongKong to resume sales oftoothpaste which Customsofficials in the territorysaid were tainted.

China's GeneralAdministration of QualitySupervision, Inspectionand Quarantine said it was

closely watching the recallof the three brands oftoothpaste which HongKong said this weektainted by diethyleneglycol, an industrialsolvent. It said the levelswere safe.

"China's quality controlwatchdog expressed thehope that Hong Kongwould resume sales ofthree brands of home-

made toothpaste whichwere allegedly tainted bydiethylene glycol,"Xinhua news agency saidlate on Thursday.

Panama says at least100 people died aftertaking cough syrup whichcontained diethyleneglycol rather than theglycerine which wassupposed to have beenused.—MNA/Reuters

MarriageParents from both sides are very happy to announce

the marriage of

Ma Su Myat Oo

daughter of U Khin Maung Pun & Daw Yi Yi Oo of

No. 31 (C), New University Ave, Yangon to

Win Min Aung

son of U Aung Myint & Daw Myint Myint Kyi (a) Daw

Mar Mar of Pearl Condo, Kaba-Aye Pagoda Road, Yangon

at Mya Yeik Nyo Hotel on the 12th June and the reception

held at the Grand Ball Room, Sedona Hotel on the 17th

June, 2007 (Sunday).

Bridge collapses after being hit by boat in S China

Technicians detect vehicles and people on the XijiangRiver in Foshan, south China’s Guangdong Province,

on 16 June, 2007. — INTERNET

GUANGZHOU, 16 June —Rescuers are combing asouth China river and thewreckage of a bridge thatcollapsed after being hitby a boat in a search forany vehicles or people whowere on the structure at thetime.

The bridge in Foshan,Guangdong Province,collapsed after being hitby a boat laden with sandat about 5:10 am on Friday,sources with the Foshantraffic police said onFriday.

The boat was sailingunder the bridge, whichconnects Jiujiang Town-ship in Nanhai District ofFoshan to neighbouringHeshan City, when it hit apier, and at least 150 metresof the bridge structurecollapsed.

Two of the boat’s ten crewmembers were injured andhad been sent to hospital,an official with the localpolice said. “So far wedon’t know whether anyvehicles fell into the river,but as the accidentoccurred at an early hour,there should not have been

too much traffic,” he said. “I heard a loud noise andthen I saw the cementstructures of the bridgeplunge into the river. It waskind of foggy and I don’tknow if any vehicles fellinto the water,” said a localworker surnamed Liu.

MNA/Xinhua

UN talks help eels, elephants,slow extinctions

THE HAGUE, 16 June — Elephants and eels may findlife slightly easier as a result of trade curbs imposed afterUN talks that ended on Friday in a modest attempt to slowwhat may be the worst wave of extinctions since thedinosaurs. The 3-15 June meeting of the Convention onInternational Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) alsoagreed to curb trade in commercial species includingBrazilwood timber, used in violin bows, and sawfish,which have long toothed snouts.

“We have listings of commercial fish species,commercial timber species and I think that shouldcontinue,” CITES Secretary-General Willem Wijnstekerstold a news conference.

But the 171-nation meeting rejected many otherconservation proposals. On Friday, it voted down a decisionreached two days ago to regulate trade in red and pinkcorals after a rearguard action by Mediterranean jewelleryproducers. Still, Wijnstekers said CITES, set up in 1975with powers to ban or restrict trade in endangered species,was getting more involved in the billion-dollar commercialtrade after spending early years focused on exotic speciessuch as parrots or snakes.— MNA/Reuters

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Chinese “IT” firms to focus onbreakthroughs in key softwares

WHO moves ahead with plans forH5N1 vaccine stockpile

GENEVA, 16 June — The World Health Organization (WHO) is workingwith vaccine manufacturers to move ahead on plans to create a global stockpileof vaccine for the H5N1 avian influenza virus, the UN agency said onThursday.

According to aWHO statement, severalpharmaceutical com-panies, including Glaxo-SmithKline, have expr-essed their willingness tocontribute to the H5N1global vaccine stockpile,which was requestedby the World HealthAssembly in May.

“This is anothersignificant step towardcreating a global resourceto help the world andespecially to help dev-eloping countries in caseof a major outbreak ofH5N1 avian influenza,”

said Dr. Margaret Chan,WHO director-general.

“WHO welcomes thiscontribution from thevaccines industry andis also working withcountries to develop capa-city for the production ofinfluenza vaccines,” shesaid.

Further work is neededon detailed operationalplanning for the stockpile,including how and underwhich conditions it will bedeployed, as well asregulatory aspects of thevaccine.

As well as developing a

stockpile of H5N1 vaccine,WHO is taking othermeasures to prepare fora potential influenzapandemic, including rapidcontainment plans to stopa pandemic using publichealth measures, assistanceto developing countriesto increase vaccineproduction capacity, etc.

MNA/Xinhua

Russian “Dnerp” rockertlaunches German satellite

into orbit

Kodak says camera sensormay eliminate flash

NEW YORK, 16 June — Eastman Kodak Co said onThursday it has developed digital camera technologythat nearly eliminates the need for flash photography,part of the company’s effort to make money from itsdeep patent portfolio.

The world’s biggest maker of photographic filmsays its proprietary sensor technology significantlyincreases sensitivity to light. Image sensors act as adigital camera’s eyes by converting light into an electriccharge to begin the capture process.

Kodak, which is in the last year of a lengthy andexpensive transformation into a digital photographycompany as its film business shrinks, intends to lean onits wealth of intellectual property to boost its bottomline, expecting up to 250 million US dollars this yearalone in royalties and related revenues.

For example, Chief Executive Antonio Perez haspreviously said its new inkjet printer strategy grew outof the discovery of existing, unused patents for printerink.

“Our strategy is to get it out of the lab and onto thestreet,” said Chris McNiffe, general manager, KodakImage Sensor Solutions.

MNA/Reuters

A sandstorm sweeps into Turpan, northwest China's Xinjiang UygurAutonomous Region on 15 June, 2007. Nearly two-thirds of Chinese cities

suffered from air pollution last year and had no centralised sewage treatmentfacilities, state media reported. —INTERNET

Orphans and disabled children eat Zongzi(Chinese rice dumplings), a traditional Chinese

food made of glutinous rice stuffed with differentfillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves, at a

welfare home in Jinan, East China's ShandongProvince on 15 June, 2007.—INTERNET

MOSCOW, 16 June —A Russian Dnepr rockethas delivered a GermanTerraSar-X radar satelliteinto its near Earth orbit onFriday, local newsagencies reported.

The Dnepr rocket,which is converted froman intercontinentalballistic missile, blastedoff from the BaikonurCosmodrome in Kaza-khstan at 06:14 amMoscow Time (0214GMT), ITAR-TASS and

Interfax news agenciesreported.

With its active antenna,the German satellite isexpected to collect qualityX-band radar data of theentire Earth it circles.

The Dnepr programmewas initiated by Russia andUkraine in the mid-1990sand aimed at using modifiedRS-20 inter-continentalballistic missi-les, knownas SS-18 or Satan in theWest, in satellite laun-ches.—MNA/Xinhua

BEIJING, 16 June —China’s software firmsshould focus on makingbreakthroughs in keyproducts such as operatingsystems, database manage-ment systems, and inter-mediate software, a seniorofficial with the Ministryof Information Industry(MII) said on Thursday.

Lou Qinjian, Vice-Minister of MII, said thenation’s software industrylags far behind its overseaspeers in research anddevelopment and itscombined sales accounts for

only six per cent of the worldtotal. Sales of China’ssoftware industry totalled480 billion yuan (62.9billion US dollars) in 2006,and exports accounted forsix billion US dollars, saidLou at the opening cere-mony of a software exhibi-tion.

He noted softwareindustry sales have grownat more than 40 per centannually in recent years.China has about 13,000software developers, ofwhich 35 have an annualsales of more than one

billion yuan (131.1 millionUS dollars), according toofficial statistics.

Sales of the nation’ssoftware industry are ex-pected to reach almost 1.1trillion yuan (144.2 billionUS dollars) in 2010,according to the 11th Five-Year Plan for SoftwareIndustry Development(2006-2010) released by theministry in May. China willby 2010 have 10 to 15 majorsoftware firms that eachhave annual sales of 10billion yuan, according tothe plan.—MNA/Xinhua

A monkey holds her baby as she jumps at the Kamakhya temple in Gauhati, India,on 16 June, 2007. The annual Ambubasi festival will begin on 22 June, wherehundreds of tantric Sadhus, holy men from an esoteric form of Hinduism, will gather to perform rituals at the temple.—INTERNET

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Indonesia set up SudirmanCup final clash with China

GLASGOW, 17 June — Indonesia set up the SudirmanCup final clash with China after beating England 3-2 inthe world mixed team badminton championships onSaturday. Hot favourites China, chasing their sixthtrophy, whitewashed South Korea 3-0 in the othersemifinal earlier.

Sudirman Cup semifinals newcomers England had adream start as they won the opening two rubbers of themixed doubles and women’s singles.

Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat clinched a crucialpoint in men’s singles, beating Andrew Smith 22-20,21-15 to put Indonesia back in fight.

Indonesia then sweated to level 2-2 with Englandthanks to the efforts of women’s duo Greysia Polii andVita Marissa, who overcame Gail Emms and DonnaKellogg 22-20, 21-15. Candra Wijaya and Kido Markisconcluded the eye-catching semifinal with a 21-18, 21-16 win over Anthony Clark and Robert Blair in men'sdoubles.— MNA/Xinhua

Indonesia’s players celebrate after their team matesKido Markis and Candra Wijaya won their doublesmatch against England’s Anthony Clark and RobertBlair at the semi-finals of the Sudirman Cup World

Team Badminton Championships in Glasgow,Scotland on 16 June, 2007.—INTERNET

McLarenFormula Onedriver LewisHamilton of

Britainstands on thewheel of his

car as hecelebratessetting the

fastest time inqualifying to

take poleposition forthe US F1

Grand Prix inIndianapolis,on 16 June,

2007.INTERNET

Russia’s Maria Sharapova returns a shot to compa-triot Elena Likhovtseva during their match at theBirmingham Classic tennis tournament in Birming-ham, central England, on 16 June, 2007. —INTERNET

Belgium clinch placein Euro U-21 semis

AMSTERDAM, 17 June — Belgium became the secondteam to reach the European Under-21 championshipsemifinals after drawing 2-2 with hosts Netherlands intheir final Group A match in Heerenveen on Saturday.

Kevin Mirallas put Belgium in front after nine min-utes before Maceo Rigters equalized four minutes later.

A free kick by Royston Drenthe gave the home teama 2-1 lead but Belgium levelled through SebastienPocognoli in the 70th minute. Netherlands finished topwith seven points from three games while Belgium weresecond on five points.—MNA/Reuters

Champions CSKA drop pointsagain in Russian title race

MOSCOW, 17 June — Champions CSKA Moscowlost valuable points for a second consecutive week afterbeing held to a 0-0 home draw by Russian PremierLeague strugglers Tom Tomsk on Saturday. CSKAwere hoping to redeem themselves following a 4-0thrashing by Luch Vladivostok last Sunday but couldnot penetrate the Siberian side's disciplined defence.

Big spenders Zenit St. Petersburg failed to capitalizeon CSKA's stumble as they drew 2-2 at FK Khimki.

After handing CSKA their biggest defeat in a decade,10th-placed Luch recorded a 3-0 victory over RussianCup winners Lokomotiv Moscow.

The club from the eastern port city of Vladivostok,seven time zones and more than 15,000 kilometres fromMoscow, have scored seven goals in two games afterfinding the net only five times in 11 previous matches.

MNA/Reuters

Zambia defeated by Chad in AfricanCup of nations qualifier

Sharapova plays catch-upto reach semis

LONDON, 17 June — Maria Sharapova began herquest to play catch-up at the rain-hit Birmingham Clas-sic by winning back-to-back matches on Saturday toreach the semifinals of the grasscourt championships.

After a battling 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 win over Austrianteenager Tamira Paszek the top seed defeated fellowRussian Elena Likhovtseva 6-2, 6-3 to book her place inthe last four. On a day when Sharapova should havebeen contesting only a semifinal, she found herselflagging two rounds behind after rain washed out hermatch against Paszek on Friday.

After a 56-minute disruption in the opening set againstPaszek, Sharapova allowed a 4-3 lead in the second setslip through and was forced to play a decider.

The 2004 Wimbledon champion was back on courtjust hours later and was relieved to carve out a straightsets win against Likhovtseva.— MNA/Reuters

Hamilton wins pole for F1US Grand Prix

WASHINGTON, 17 June — Lewis Hamilton continueshis impressive rookie season in Formula One, bywinning pole position for Sunday's US Grand Prix inIndianapolis.

The English sensation who recorded his first poleand his maiden victory in Montreal, recorded a fastestlap of one minute 12.331 seconds.

His McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso was sec-ond, a repeat of their Montreal qualifying efforts sevendays ago.

The 22-year-old will have a great opportunity toextend his rookie record of six consecutive podiumfinishes.— MNA/Reuters

Woods moves into titlehunt at Oakmont

OAKMONT (Pennsylva-nia), 17 June — Twicechampion Tiger Woodsachieved his primary ob-jective in the US Openthird round on Saturdaywith an immaculate dis-play from tee to green.

The world number onereached 17 of 18 greensin regulation on the wayto a one-under-par 69 atOakmont Country Clubto climb ominously into

contention for his 13thmajor title.

"I didn't drop a shot un-til 18, and that's ultimatelywhat you want to have hap-pen in the US Open,"Woods told reporters afterfinishing on four-over 214,two strokes behind leaderAaron Baddeley of Aus-tralia.

"You have to grind itout and I put myself intoposition to have a lot ofpars today, which is good.Pars are never going to hurtyou.

"I feel like I controlledmy ball all day, whether itwas in the air or on thegreens," added the Ameri-can, who has won two ofthe last three major cham-pionships.

"It could have been areally low round, but onthese greens? This golfcourse doesn't lend itselfto a lot of birdies."

MNA/Reuters

LUSAKA, 17 June — Zambia hasfluffed its slim chances of qualifying forthe 2008 African Cup of Nations after a1-1 draw with Chad in a qualifier atChililabombwe's Konkola Stadium onSaturday.

The visitors take an early lead in 12thminute through left winger SikulaEssaya, who beat an offside trap muchto the surprise of the home crowd.

The Zambians stepped the tempo ofthe game as they repeatedly attacked in

search of an equalizer, but France-basedJacob Mulenga and winger FelixKatongo who had best chances of equal-izing in the first half, could not beatChad goal keeper Kaulara Aramel whoproved worth of his task as he continu-ously saved goal bound shots.

In the second half, Zambia playedeven better but luck was not on their sideas goal mouth kept evading with Katongoagain coming close to scoring early inthe second stanza.— MNA/Xinhua

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Sunday, 17 June, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thunder-showers have been isolated in Chin and Kayah States,lower Sagaing and Magway Divisions, scattered in Shanand Kayin States, Mandalay and Bago Divisions, fairlywidespread in upper Sagaing, Yangon and AyeyawadyDivisions and widespread in the remaining States andDivisions. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recordedwere Nay Pyi Taw (0.08) inch, Shwegyin (2.99) inches,Hkamti (2.79) inches, Machanbaw (2.36) inches, Yangon(Mingaladon) (1.93) inches, Bago and Mawlayine (1.34)inches.

Maximum temperature on 16-6-2007 was 92°F.Minimum temperature on 17-6-2007 was 74°F. Rela-tive humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 17-6-2007 was92%. Total sunshine hours on 16-6-2007 was (7.3)hours approx.

Rainfall on 17-6-2007 was (1.93) inches atMingaladon, (0.27) inch at Kaba-Aye, (0.27) inch aCentral Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2007 was(40.28) inches at Mingaladon, (43.42) inches at Kaba-Aye and (41.73) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mph fromSouthwest at (18:30) hours MST on 16-6-2007.

Bay inference: Monsoon is moderate in theAndaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 18-6-2007: Rainor thundershowers will be widespread in Kachin,Rakhine, Mon and Kayin States, Yangon and TaninthayiDivisions, fairly widespread in upper Sagaing, Ayeyawadyand Bago Divisions, scattered in Chin and Shan States,Mandalay Division and isolated in the remaining areas.Degree of certainty is (80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Moderatemonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 18-6-2007: Isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areasfor 18-6-2007:One or two rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areasfor 18-6-2007: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

WEATHER

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Study shows Mediterranean to get more deadly hot daysWASHINGTON, 17 June — Deadly heat waves around the Mediterranean, like those that killed some 18,000

people in 2003, could become the norm this century if current trends in greenhouse emissions continue,researchers reported on Friday.

The number ofdangerously hot days in theMediterranean region thatincludes parts of Europe,Africa and the Middle Eastcould increase by 200 percent to 500 per cent,according to a study in thejournal GeophysicalResearch Letters.

France would have thebiggest rise in extreme hightemperature days, the study

said. Paris would trulysizzle if simulations of thefuture come to pass, withtemperatures that occurredin the French capital duringthe killer heat wave of 2003exceeded dozens of timeseach year.

However, cuttinggreenhouse gas emissionscould make thedangerously hot days asmuch as 50 per cent less

intense, the authors said intheir analysis of climatesimulations extending to theyear 2099.

About 15,000 peopledied in France due to theheat in 2003, and nearly3,000 died in Italy that samesummer.

The researchers foundthat global warming pushessummer temperatures“dramatically” over the

range that correlated withthese deaths.

“Rare events today,like the 2003 heat wave inEurope, become muchmore common asgreenhouse gasconcentrations increase,”researcher NoahDiffenbaugh of PurdueUniversity in Indiana saidin a statement. He addedthat these temperatures“become the norm and theextreme events of the futureare unprecedented in theirseverity”

Today’s hottestsummer days will be thesame temperature as thecoolest days of futuresummers, the analysis byDiffenbaugh andcolleagues in California,Italy and China found.

MNA/Reuters

Corals lay eggs in a tank at the laboratory of Fisheries InfrastructureDevelopment Center on Okinawa’s Akashima island, southern Japan, Saturday,

on 9 June, 2007.—INTERNET

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4th Waxing of First Waso 1369 ME Monday, 18 June, 2007

Installation of Thakayta-Thanlyin230 kv power line in progress

YANGON, 17June—Members of theAyadaw Township Na-tional League for De-mocracy of SagaingDivision U NyeinMaung of Wetpyit Vil-lage, Magyikan Vil-lage-tract, U TheinAung, U Kan Myintand U San Tin on 31May, and U Nyunt ofAyadaw, U Chit Tee, UOhn Pe, Daw Mann

YANGON, 17 June —Minister for ElectricPower No 2 Maj-Gen

NAY PYI TAW, 17 June —Minister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint,accompanied by Deputy Minister DrMya Oo and directors-general, in-spected the intensive care unit, theoperation theatre and the dental unitof Toungoo General Hospital inToungoo this morning.

They also viewed constructionof the annexe to the ear, nose and

Toungoo General Hospital,Nurse and Midwifery

Training School inspected

Bago River fromThakayta Power Stationto Phayagon Sub-Power

lation of power line.Project Director U

Thein Hlaing of PowerSupply Project (South)submitted reports on theplan to be implementedfor construction of 36towers for the powerline.

Khin Maung Myint in-spected installation of230 kv power line across

Station in Thanlyin yes-terday.

Officials reported onconstruction of towers forthe power line, waterwayand sandbanks in theriver and participation ofMarine AdministrationDepartment in the instal-

After giving neces-sary instructions, theminister inspected prepa-rations for laying founda-tion of the bored pile fortower No 10 on Thakaytabank and sites for towersin Thanlyin.

MNA

throat ward in the compound of thehospital and the minister instructed of-ficials to strive for timely completionof construction tasks.

At Nurse and Midwifery Train-ing School in Toungoo, the minister metthe principal, staff and trainees. Aftergiving necessary instructions, the min-ister attended to the needs.

MNA

NLD leaders seeking self-interest,relying on western big nations,undermining national interest

Nine members of AyadawTownship NLD resign

Hlaing and Daw OhnKyin altogether nine on3 June resigned from theparty of their own accord,sending letters of resig-nation to the NLD Head-quarters and local au-thorities concerned.

In the letters ofresignation sent to theSagaing Division Multi-party Democracy GeneralElection Sub-commis-sions, they said that they

no longer wished to bemembers of the party asthe NLD leaders wereseeking self-interest andrelying on western bignations as well as under-mining national interest,following the directivesof foreign embassies.

That was whythey resigned from theparty of their own voli-tion, they said.

MNAMinister Dr Kyaw Myint meeting with principal, staff and trainees of

Nurse and Midwifery Training School.— MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint inspects installation of power line across Bago River.— MNA

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