Established 1914 Volume XIX, Number 151 7 Hluttaw ...2011/09/19 · Farooq Khan says the attack...

Established 1914

Volume XIX, Number 151 7th Waning of Tawthalin 1373 ME Monday, 19 September, 2011

Our Three MainNational Causes

* Non-disintegration of the

Union

* Non-disintegration of

National solidarity

* Perpetuation of Sovereignty

YANGON, 18Sept—A 14-memberHluttaw representativesled by Speaker ofPyidaungsu Hluttaw UKhin Aung Myint lefthere by air this morningto attend the 32nd

ASEAN Inter-Parlia-mentary Assembly to beheld in Phnom Penh ofCambodia.

P y i d a u n g s uHluttaw Speaker UKhin Aung Myint andparty were seen off atYangon InternationalAirport by DeputySpeaker of PyidaungsuHluttaw U Mya Nyein,Chief Minister ofYangon Region UMyint Swe, Speaker ofYangon RegionHluttaw U Sein TinWin, Deputy SpeakerU Tin Aung, Director-General U Myint Theinof Hluttaw Office,

Hluttaw representatives ledby Pyidaungsu Hluttaw

Speaker U Khin Aung Myintleave for Cambodia

Hluttaw representatives led by Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint being seenoff at Yangon International Airport by Deputy Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw U Mya Nyein,Chief Minister of Yangon Region U Myint Swe, before their departure for Cambodia to attend

the 32nd ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, at Yangon International Airport.—MNA

Cambodian Ambassa-dor to the Repubic ofthe Union of MyanmarMr Sieng Bunvuth andofficials.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Sept—According to the12:30 hr MST observation today, the water levelof Sittoung River at Toungoo (663) cm hasexceeded by (63)cm (about 2.1 feet) above itsdanger level. It may remain above its dangerlevel (600) cm during the next (72) hours com-mencing this noon, said the Department ofMeteorology and Hydrology.—MNA

Flood Bulletin

Earthquake NewsNAY PYI TAW, 18 Sept—A strong earth-

quake of magnitude (6.8) Richter Scale with itsepicenter outside Myanmar (Sikkim, India) about(635) miles Northwest of Mandalay seismologicalobservatory was recorded at (19) hrs (13)min(50) sec MST today according to the Departmentof Meteorology and Hydrology.—MNA

Union A & I Minister conductssugarcane growers around high-yielding sugarcane plantations

Signing ceremony on purchase of GSMmobile communication devices for

extended installation of GSM mobilephone lines

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Scientistsdiscover 12 newfrog species in

IndiaPAGE 2

Russia,

Azerbaijan,

Iran split

golds at wres-

tling worldsPAGE 14

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 19 September, 2011

PERSPECTIVESMonday, 19 September, 2011

Boost production, maintainquality

Every global nation has put a specialfocus on socio-economic development. We needto keep abreast of other world countries. It ishigh time to strive for modernization of thenation.

Projects of respective sectors have pickedup the pace all over the nation. Development ofthe nation is founded on smooth roadtransportation. Swift transportation willcontribute towards increase in commoditytrade, thus ensuring economic development.

Education, health and living standardswill continue to develop, following economicslump. For instance, nine bridges, constructedover Ayeyawady River, are accelerating thecommodity flow. Five more Ayeyawady River-spanning bridges are under construction. Uponcompletion, they will bring about furtherdevelopment.

In bridging rivers, the quality is to bemonitored with care as the projects are huge.The quality of resistance to natural disasterssuch as earthquakes needs guarantee when thebridges are completed.

Other economic sectors are to bedeveloped in industrializing the nation. As thecountry is practicing market economy,increasing domestic production and localmarket are not enough. It is needed to succeedin penetrating both local and global markets.

Quality, rather than quantity, is to becared in producing goods targeted for foreignmarkets. From production and projectimplementation to nation-building tasks,personnel concerned are to work heart andsoul to deliver good quality.

Ambassador U Tin Oopresents credentials to

President of Presidium ofSupreme People’s Assembly

of DPRKNAY PYI TAW, 19 Sept—U Tin Oo, Ambassador

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republicof the Union of Myanmar to the Democratic People’sRepublic of Korea, presented his Credentials to HisExcellency Mr. Kim Yong Nam, President of thePresidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly ofthe Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, on 7September 2011 in Pyongyang.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Sept—Union Minister forAgriculture and Irrigation U Myint Hlaing met 60sugarcane growers from Magway, Taungdwingyi,and Aunglan townships and five in-charges ofsugarcane plantations of Duyingabo Sugar Mill andKanhla Sugar Mill at new 4-acre educational farminghigh-yielding sugarcane plantation in Nyaungbingyisu500-acre pioneer mechanized farmland in PobbathiriTownship here this morning and called for change tohigh-yielding quality strains, application of scientificcultivation methods and appropriate use of input suchas fertilizer and pesticides.

The observer farmers then visited high-yieldingeducational farming sugarcane plantations that canproduce a yield of 60-ton per acre and studied processof scientific cultivation methods.

Union A & I Ministerconducts sugarcane growers

around high-yieldingsugarcane plantations

Magway Region possesses sugarcane cultivationacreage of 13783 acres in total. The price of sugarcanehas been doubled from K 15000 for a ton andsugarcane strains that can yield over 50 tons per acrehas been introduced in place of old strains that canyield 20 tons per acre, which is expected to increasethree times the incomes of sugarcane growers.—MNA

Union Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation U Myint Hlaing meets sugarcane growers atNyaungbingyisu 500-acre pioneer mechanized farmland in Pobbathiri Township.—MNA

First Nay Pyi Taw Council Chairman’s Shield FootballTournament-2011 kicks off

Union Minister at President Office Nay Pyi Taw Council Chairman U Thein Nyunt enjoys firstmatch between Pyinmana Township and Tatkon Township in first Nay Pyi Taw Council

Chairman’s Shield Football Tournament-2011.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Sept—The first Nay Pyi TawCouncil Chairman’s Shield Football Tournament-2011was opened at Paunglaung Sports Ground in Nay PyiTaw Pyinmana this afternoon in the presence of UnionMinister at President Office Nay Pyi Taw CouncilChairman U Thein Nyunt.

It was attended by Union Minister for Hotels andTourism and for Sports U Tint Hsan, Pyithu HluttawInternational Relations Committee Chairman U HlaMyint Oo, Nay Pyi Taw Council members, officialsconcerned from Nay Pyi Taw Council Area and

townselders and football fans.The participating teams took positions at designated

places in the sports ground, and the Union Ministerdelivered an address, and opened the tournament.

The first match between Pyinmana Township andTatkon Township was enjoyed.

The participant teams are Tatkon, Zeyathiri,Pyinmana, Lewe, Ottarathiri, Pobbathiri, Zabuthiri andDekkhinathiri Townships in Nay Pyi Taw CouncilArea. The tournament will last up to 5 October.

MNA

Director-General U Myo Hlaing of Educationand Training Department of Border AffairsMinistry speaking at concluding of women’sbasic domestic science course at SamataungMaha Parahita Youth Development Home in

Lewe Township.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Sept—The Ministry of ElectricPower No. 2 is striving for controlling national gridthrough ICT system in the future; thus, computerapplication will take a key role in future plans of theministry; and trainees are to continue their studies tobe able to operate future power system, said DeputyMinister for Electric Power No. 2 U Aung Than Oo atthe concluding ceremony of Computer Course No 3/2011 for Office Works of the ministry on 16 September.

The deputy minister presented awards tooutstanding trainees and certificates to trainee leader.

Altogether 30 trainees attended 6-week course.MNA

Computer Course for OfficeWorks concludes

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The site of a road accident is seen in Songpan County, southwest China’sSichuan Province, on 17 Sept, 2011. Seven people were killed while 30others were injured after the tourist bus they boarded overturned on a roadin the mountainous region Saturday.XINHUA

Militants attack Pakistani checkpoint,kill three

Pakistani policemen check a vehicle insouthwest Pakistan’s Quetta, on 17 Sept,

2011. Security threat level has been raisedafter blast in Lower Dir.

XINHUA

PESHAWAR, 18 Sept—A government officialsays militants haveattacked a securitycheckpoint in north-western Pakistan, killinga policeman and twomembers of an anti-Taleban militia.

Farooq Khan says theattack took place lateSaturday night in the AkaKhel area of the Khybertribal region.

IED kills nine in northAfghanistan

KABUL, 18 Sept—Nine people were killed in anIED ( Improvised Explosive Device) attack inFarayb Province in north Afghanistan, a statementfrom NATO-led International Security AssistanceForce (ISAF) issued late Saturday night said.

According to the statement, the IED attack inQhormach District of the Frayab Province, some425 km northwest of Afghan capital Kabul, killednine people and wounded another on Saturday.Five children were among the dead.

“Initial reports indicate a single IED wasdetonated,” said the statement.

Afghan President Karzai has condemned theattack. Gen John R Allen, commander of ISAFjoined said, “The militants’ violent attack on civiliansdemonstrates their complete disregard for theAfghan people and the value of human life. Wemourn with our Afghan partners, and we areoutraged over this tragic crime.”

So far, Afghan Taleban, which has launchedmassive IED attack against ISAF and Afghannational security force, have not made any commenton the event.—MNAXinhua

Small blast at hospital nearTaj Mahal injures six

NEW DELHI, 18Sept—A small, crudebomb injured six peopleSaturday night at aprivate hospital in theIndian City of Agra nearthe famed Taj Mahal,police said.

They said the home-made bomb shatteredwindows and sent glass

flying in the receptionarea of the Jai hospital,about 2 miles (3kilometers) from the 17th

century monument.Police cordoned off

the area and wereinvestigating, but said itwas too early to say ifterrorists or a criminalgang might be involved.

Police inspector PKTiwari said six peoplewere being treated forminor injuries.

India has rampedup security since on 7Sept, when a briefcasebomb killed 12 peopleoutside a New Delhicourthouse.

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Securitypersonnelinspect thesite of an

explosion ata private

hospital inAgra, India,on 17 Sept,

2011.INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 18 Sept—A policeman and acivilian were killed andfour others were injuredin separate attacks westof Baghdad on Saturday,police said.

Unidentified gun-men attacked a policecheckpoint with theirassault rifles on a mainroad near the city ofHaditha, some 200 kmwest of Baghdad, killinga policeman andwounding three others,a source from Anbar’sprovincial operationscommand told Xinhuaon condition ofanonymity.

In a separateincident, a civilian waskilled and his brotherwas wounded when asticky bomb attached totheir car detonated inAbu Ghraib area, some20 km west of Baghdad,a local police sourcesaid.—Xinhua

Two killed,four injured inIraq’s violence

The checkpoint islocated on a key routethat NATO uses totransport supplies toforces in neighbouringAfghanistan.

Khan said on Sundaythat security forces andlocal tribesmen foughtback against themilitants, killing 10 ofthem. Khan is a localadministrator in the area.

No group hasclaimed responsibilityfor the attack. But thePakistani Taleban havestaged frequent attacksagainst security forcesand tribesmen who haveopposed them.—Internet

One student killed, nine injuredas rocket hits school in Afghan

PUL-E-ALAM (Afghanistan), 18 Sept—One studentwas killed and nine others injured when a rocked hit aschool in Afghanistan’s Logar province, some 60 kmsouth of capital city of Kabul, an official said on Sunday.

“A group of armed men attacked a logistic convoyof NATO-led forces in vicinity of provincial capital Pul-e-Alam at about 10:00 am local time Sunday triggeringa gun fight but a rocket shot by insurgents hit a primaryschool named Butkhak near the site as a result a studentwas killed and nine students injured,” Head of provincialeducation department, Abdul Latif Jafar told Xinhua.

The number of death could rise as seven of thewounded, who were shifted to a provincial capitalhospital, were in critical conditions, Jafar said, adding ateacher was also injured in the incident.

Militancy has been rampant since May this yearwhen Taleban militants announced to launch springoffensive in the war-battered Afghanistan.

The Taleban outfit has also warned the civilians tostay away from official gatherings, military convoysand centers regarded as the legitimate targets bymilitants.

MNA/Xinhua

18 insurgents killed in airstrike inE Afghanistan

PARUN, 18 Sept—A total of 18insurgents were killed when warplanes ofNATO-led forces pounded Talebanhideouts in Nuristan Province, some 180kilometres east of the capital city of Kabul,provincial police Chief Zahid Nuristanisaid on Saturday.

“Based on intelligence reportsindicating insurgents’ activities,international forces carried out an airstrikein Logal area of Bargi Matal districtovernight, leaving 18 armed insurgentsdead,” Nuristani told Xinhua.

He said there were no reports ofcivilian casualties in the remote area,adding at least 15 more insurgents werealso injured in the attack that took place at

around 00:30 a.m. local time Saturday. The mountainous Nuristan and

neighbouring Kunar Province has beenregarded as Taleban hotbed in the easternpart of the insurgency-hit country. Thepurported Taleban spokesman, ZabihullahMujahid in talks with local media via cellphone from undisclosed locationconfirmed that 16 of insurgent fighterswere killed in Bargi Matal district butclaimed his fighters have also killed overa dozen Afghan and NATO-led forces.

The insurgent group have steppedup their attacks on Afghan and NATO-led troops since a spring rebel offensivewas launched in May this year in the war-ravaged country.—MNA/Xinhua

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New spaghetti a source of fiberBOLOGNA, 18 Sept—

A new pasta made withbarley may soon belabeled a “good sourceof dietary fiber” and“may reduce the heartdisease risk,” researc-hers in Italy and Spainsay.

Vito Verardo of theUniversity of Bologna inItaly, Ana Maria Gomez-Caravaca of theUniversity of Granada inSpain and colleaguesexplain that barley, a

grain that is an excellentsource of fiber andantioxidants, is gaininginterest as an ingredientin so-called “functionalfoods” — a genre offoods that are supple-mented with healthfuladditives.

To determine whe-ther barley could make anew functional spaghettiby providing fiber andantioxidants, the researc-hers developed a barleyflour, that contains the

most nutritious part ofthe grain and used it tomake pasta.

The researchers findthat the barley spaghettihas more fiber and moreantioxidant activity thantraditional semolina-based spaghetti. Addinggluten to barley flourimproves the cookingquality of the pasta, theysay, but lowers itsantioxidant activity.

Internet

In this photo taken on7 Sept, 2011, designerAndrew Carr poses forphotographs with oneof his hearing-aidprototypes for sub-Saharan Africa at theInstitution of Mecha-nical Engineers inLondon. A bit ofcreativity never hurts,especially when itcomes to solving healthproblems in develop-ing countries. Insteadof the usual donatedmedicines and healthequipment, someexperts are inventingnew products for thepoor, like a solar-powered hearing aidor a motorcycle am-bulance.INTERNET

Orders up for luxuryfleets

carpeting when the oldone was wearing out.

But orders for interiorcabin overhauls worth $1million are increasing,said company spokes-woman Lori Johnson.

Revenue has jumped17.6 percent for the firsteight months of the yearfrom 2009 to 2011, shesaid. Michigan boatbuilder Sunsation Boatswent through similar upsand downs.

The company built70 boats in 2006. Afterthat “almost no sales ayear,” said Chief Finan-cial Officer Joe Schald-enbrand.—Internet

DETROIT, 18 Sept—US businesses ownersthat cater to wealthycustomers said neworders are coming in andsome of those orders arelarger than ever.

Dunkin Aviation ofBattle Creek, Mich, andLincoln, Neb, a specialistin plane maintenanceand a rebuilder of planeinteriors, said businessgot to the point in 2009where staff was doingbusy work, The DetroitNews reported onSaturday.

For a while custo-mers placed orders fornecessities, such as new

Honda eyeing firstRussian car plant

Honda, which sold about 18,000 cars in Russialast year, has been selling its cars with tariffs ofabout 50 percent, making them more expensivethan automobiles produced by rivals locally.

Russia’s vehicles market is expected to doublesales to about 4 million units a year by mid-decade.—Internet

This file photo shows assembly line at a HondaMotor plant in Indiana, US Honda has decided tobuild its first factory in Russia, becoming the last ofthe five major Japanese automakers to do so,according to a report.—INTERNET

TOKYO, 18 Sept—Honda Motor <7267.T> plansto set up its first assembly plant in Russia, theNikkei business daily reported on Sunday, asJapan’s No3 automaker looks to lift itscompetitiveness in the fast-growing auto market.

The company is looking to invest severalbillion yen (tens of millions of dollars) to produce30,000 to 50,000 cars annually, the Nikkei said,adding Honda has submitted the plans to theRussian government and had started talks withofficials.

Honda is consulting officials on the location ofthe assembly plant, which will use componentsimported from its global facilities, and the RussianFar East is seen as one candidate, the Nikkei said.

A Honda spokesman declined to comment onthe report.

General Motors , Renault , and a host of othertop players have already announced plans to rampup production in Russia in exchange for lowerimport tariffs for parts.

TV hurts parent-childcommunication

COLUMBUS, 18 Sept—Reading books increasesmaternal communication beyond a level requiredfor reading, while watching TV decreases maternalcommunication, US researchers found.

Amy Nathanson and Eric Rasmussen from OhioState University studied maternal responsivenessand mother-child interactions of 73 mother-childpairs as they read together, played with toys togetherand watched TV together.

In the study, the average mother was married, intheir early 30s, had a bachelor’s degree and halfwere not employed. The children were ages 16months to 6 years.

The pairs were randomly assigned to one of thethree activities for 10 minutes. A researcher thenoffered the pair all three activities and left them fora further 20 minutes.

The study, published in Human CommunicationResearch, found when reading a book with theirchildren mothers used a more active communicationstyle, bringing the child into contact with wordsthey may not hear in everyday speech, therebyimproving their vocabulary and grammaticalknowledge, while watching TV resulted insignificantly fewer descriptions and positiveresponses than mothers playing with toys.

Internet

Starbucks coffeeK-Cup PortionPacks will be

available in USstores thisNovember.

INTERNET

Mall group predicts holiday spendingup 3 percent

totaled $251.7 billion.The prediction would

mark the secondconsecutive increase forthe holiday shoppingperiod following twostraight seasons ofrevenue declines in 2008and 2009, according tothe trade group’s measure.

The sales forecastexcludes spending atrestaurants, grocers, autodealers and gas stations.

The ICSC predictedanother measure of sales,revenue at stores open atleast a year, will rise 3.5percent for the period.That would be slightlylower than the 3.8 percentpace in 2010.

The barometer is akey indicator of a retailer’shealth because itexcludes stores thatopened or closed duringthe year.—Internet

remain worried about theeconomy. The tradegroup for shopping mallssaid Friday thatNovember-Decemberspending should reach$250.2 billion, thehighest since the 2007peak, when spending

NEW YORK, 18 Sept—The International Councilof Shopping Centres saidit expects holiday sales toincrease 3 percent thisyear. That’s a slower pacethan the 4.1 percent gainin 2010 as manyshoppers are expected to

Health

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Fibromyalgia (formerly fibrositis) is a syndromecharacterized by chronic pain, stiffness, and tendernessof muscles, tendons, and joints without detectableinflammation. It is also characterized by restless sleep,awakening tired, fatigue, anxiety, depression, anddisturbances in bowel function.—INTERNET

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Scientists discover 12 new frog species in IndiaNEW DELHI, 18 Sept—

Years of combingtropical mountainforests, shining flash-lights under rocks andlistening for croaks inthe night have paid offfor a team of Indianscientists that hasdiscovered 12 new frogspecies plus three othersthought to have beenextinct. It’s a find the

In this July 2010 photo released by SystematicsLab, Delhi University, a jog night frog sits in the

forests of the Western Ghats in Karnataka,India.—INTERNET

Promoters dressed as video game characterswalk past an advertisement board of Sony’sPlayStation Vita handheld gaming device atTokyo Game Show in Chiba, east of Tokyo,

15 September, 2011.—INTERNET

Yahoo! freshens up its search resultswith a site redesign

team hopes will bringattention to India’samphibians and theirrole in gauging thehealth of the environ-ment.

Many of the newlyfound frogs in India arerare and are living in justa single area, so theywill need rigorous habitatprotection, Biju told TheAssociated Press on

Saturday.Biju said he and his

student researchers hadto sit in dark, dampforests listening for frogsounds and shiningflashlights under rocksand across riverbeds.They confirmed the newspecies by description aswell as genetics.

The 12 new speciesinclude the meowingnight frog, whose croaksounds more like a cat’scall, the jog night frog,unique in that both themales and females watchover the eggs, and theWayanad night frog,which grows to aboutthe size of a baseball orcricket ball. “It’s almostlike a monster in theforest floor, a hugeanimal for a frog, leapingfrom one rock toanother,” Biju said.

Three other specieswere rediscovered,including the Coorgnight frog described 91years ago, after scientists“had completely ignoredthese animals, thinkingthey were lost.”

The discoveries —published in the latestissue of internationaltaxonomy journalZootaxa — bring theknown number of frogsin India to 336.

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WASHINGTON, 18Sept—Following in thefootsteps of search giantGoogle, Yahoo! hasdecided to give its searchresults pages amakeover.

Yahoo!’s newdesign is influenced byclean and simpleaesthetics. The refinedlayouts attempt toremove the designclutter and assimilate thecompany’s entire web,multimedia and erticalsearch results pagesunder the one unifiedsearch experience.

“At Yahoo!, we’realways looking for waysto make the Yahoo!Search experience evenmore organized andstreamlined whileserving the most relevantcontent,” posted Yahoo!Search team membersPaul Ko, GirishAnanthakrishnan andCaroline Tsay on theYahoo! Search Blog.

The changes areapparent throughoutYahoo!’s Web, Images,Video, News, Blogs,Finance and Sportssearch results pages.

New featuresinclude browser-inspired tabs that

automatically appearbelow the Search box toprovide users with easy-to—access links to othervertical search resultspages and Left Filtersthat help users sort resultsby time, sources, contenttype or related searches.

Bing search engine calledAdaptive Search.

“Every time yousearch on Bing, theinformation providedhelps Bing understandwhat you’re trying to do.The more you search, themore Bing can learn –

Yahoo! adopts a cleaner and simplistic lookand feel that helps you find what is most

important to you.—INTERNET

There have beenupgrades to Yahoo!’sImage search too with“Latest” pictures (whichprovide an indication ofhow long ago eachimage was published),more images sourcedfrom Facebook, andbetter recommendationsat the end of galleries.

On 14 SeptemberMicrosoft rolled out anew personalized searchfeature for US users in its

and use that informationto adapt the experienceso you can spend lesstime searching andaccomplish what you setout to do,” explainedMicrosoft.

Google recentlyrolled out newstreamlined designs fora number of its popularproducts including Docs,Calendar, Gmail andBlogger.

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A Blackberry mobile device, made byResearch in Motion (RIM), is seen on a shelf

in Toronto, 13 July, 2010.—INTERNET

Photo365 iPhone app a quick wayto document your day

WASHINGTON, 18sept—If a picture’sworth a thousand words,using Photo365 for ayear would make youpositively Dickensian.The quick photo-sharingapp takes all the fuss andwork out of bloggingabout your day byproviding you with ahandy calendar whereyou can take a photo aday and then uploadyour photo to Facebook/Twit ter /Fl ickr /emai lquickly and easily.

The design of the appisn’t much to look at, butthat’s one of its strengths.There’s very little thatgets in the way ofactually taking anduploading your photos.The only button outsideof the ones that let youpost your photo tovarious social networksis one that lets you set adaily reminder to takeyour photo. You don’thave to take photoswithin the app for them

to be uploadable, either.While you’re more thanwelcome to take a freshphoto from within theapp, you can also usephotos stored in yourcamera roll.

The only hitch inPhoto 365’s step is thatfor an app that interactsso freely with othersocial networks, it’soddly closed off.There’s no photo streamor any way to see otherpeople’s Photo365calendars, so you’re left

taking photos foryourself until you uploadthem for your friends tosee on Facebook orTwitter. Still, if you wantan interface thatprovides a bit ofdirection to your aimlessphotography-obsessedmind, Photo365 mightbe a good fit. It’s simple,but regimented, whichshould provide freespirits who need a littledirection just theinspiration they’relooking for.—Internet

Laser can detect roadside explosivesEAST LANSING, 18 Sept

—Researchers at Michi-gan State University saythey’ve devised a laserthat can detect roadsidebombs, the biggest threatto US troops in Iraq andAfghanistan.

The laser, with aboutthe same output as asimple presentationpointer, has the sensitivityand selectivity to scanlarge areas and detectimprovised explosivedevices that account foraround 60 percent ofcoalition soldiers’ deaths,

a university release saidFriday.

The laser, developedby chemistry ProfessorMarcos Dantus and MSUcolleagues, combinesshort pulses that causemolecules in theexplosives to vibrate, aswell as long pulses thatare used to “listen” andidentify the differentvibrations.

Every kind ofmolecule has differentvibrational frequenciesthat uniquely identify thesubstance, much like a

fingerprint, theresearchers said.

“The laser and themethod we’ve deve-loped were originallyintended for micro-scopes, but we were ableto adapt and broaden itsuse to demonstrate itseffectiveness for standoffdetection of explosives,”Dantus said.

The research is beingfunded in part by theDepartment of HomelandSecurity.

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Rescuers go for a rescue mission at the floodedYuanbaowan coal mine in Shanyin County, northChina’s Shanxi Province, on 17 Spet, 2011. Thedeath toll from Friday’s coal mine flooding roseto ten on Saturday. A preliminary investigationshowed that 21 miners were working in the coalmine when the flooding occurred at 2:37 pm(0637 GMT) on 16 Sept. Ten of them managedto escape while 11 others were trappedunderground.—XINHUA

Chavez heads to Cuba sayinghe’s beating cancer

CARACAS, 18 Sept—Venezuelan PresidentHugo Chavez said hewas heading back toCuba on Saturday for afourth phase ofchemotherapy that heexpects to be his lastround of treatment.

Supporters greetedChavez with songs anda prayer outside thepresidential palace as heprepared to leave forCuba along withBolivian President EvoMorales, who wasaccompanying him tothe island. Chavez toldthe crowd that he isconfident he isovercoming the illness.

“Chavez’s cancer isnow part of this history,”

he told supporters,standing at the doors ofthe presidential palace.

Wearing the redberet and fatigues fromhis years as an armyparatroop commander,Chavez waved to thecrowd before gettinginto a car to head to theairport.

As for his chemo-therapy, Chavez said itwould “most probablybe the last” round oftreatment. “Then we turnthe page, goodbye to thethreat of cancer, and thenon to life,” Chavez said.

Chavez said heexpected to be back fromCuba within a week.

He underwentsurgery in Cuba in June toremove a tumour from hispelvic region. —Internet

Venezuela’s PresidentHugo Chavez takeshis cap off during awelcoming ceremonyfor Bolivia’s PresidentEvo Morales at theMiraflores presid-ential palace inCaracas, Venezuela,on 17 Sept, 2011.INTERNET

Kansas airport fake bombsuspect ordered held in jailKANSAS CITY, 18

Sept—A man who triedto board a SouthwestAirlines flight withmaterials that resembledbomb parts was orderedheld without bond onFriday by a federal judge,authorities said.

Anthony Falco Jr,47, faces two felonycounts alleging he gavefalse and misleadingstatements about thecontents of his carry-onbag so he could boardthe airplane on Sunday,which was the 10th

anniversary of the 11September terroristattacks.

Packages in the bagwere wrapped and tapedand contained wires,batteries and parts of cellphones and cameras thatcan simulate animprovised explosivedevice, FBI agent JohnTucker testified atFalco’s detention hear-ing on Thursday.

Falco warned auth-ourities against openingthe packages, saying theywould have “a very bad

day” if they did so,Tucker said in anaffidavit.

Tucker said that Falcoalso appeared to mouththe words, “Father God,America is going to godown.”

Falco’s public defen-der, Laine Cardarella, saidin court that Falco wasalluding to a lawsuit, not abomb; that he neverclaimed to have a bomb;and that none of thematerials in his bag wereillegal to have on a plane.

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Thailand burns $80m of illegaldrugs

BANGKOK, 18 Sept—Thailand incineratedabout $80 million worthof drugs, mainly metha-mphetamine, from over130,000 seizures acrossthe country as officialswarned there were anincreasing number ofvery young users.

Prime MinisterYingluck Shinawatrapresided over the drugsburning ceremony at anindustrial estate inAyutthaya, near Bangkokthat destroyed 821kilograms (nearly a ton)of drugs, including aboutseven million tablets ofmethamphetamine, alsoknown as yaba. Quantitiesof heroin, opium,

cocaine, marijuana andecstasy were also setalight in high temperaturefurnaces that authoritiessaid would prevent drugfumes from rising into theair.

More than 93,000people have been treatedin rehabilitation centressince October 2010,according to the public

health ministry.Around 12,000 of

them were between theages of seven and 17, anumber which it said hadincreased sharply inrecent years. Thailand,along with other countriesin the region, has seen amarked increase inseizures of methamphe-tamine.—Internet

Thai police guard bags of seized methamphetaminepills before they are incinerated in Ayutthaya.INTERNET

Airport security still evolving a decadeafter 11 Sept attacks

A TSA worker loads suitcases at the checkedluggage security screening station at Los AngelesInternational Airport on 7 September, 2011, aspart of new security enhancements in the ten yearsfollowing the 11 September attacks.—INTERNET

BOSTON, 18 Sept—Despite impressive chan-ges to airport security inthe decade since the 11September attacks, gapsremain in securing thenation’s airports, keepingpassengers safe andinvestigating breaches,lawmakers said on Friday.

Ensuring that small orrural airports with limitedfunding have robustsecurity measures wasone concern that wascritical to passenger safetynationwide, said Congre-ssman William Keating, aDemocrat from Massa-chusetts. “We’re only asgood as our weakestlink,” he said during

comments at a US Houseof Representatives Home-land Security subcomm-ittee meeting at Boston’sLogan International

Airport.Keating also sugg-

ested federal oversight ofsecurity efforts andauthority to take action

when there are lapses maybe warranted and wouldbe more effective thanleaving local lawenforcement in charge.

“There’s no silverbullet in airport security.It’s a comprehensiveapproach, coming at itfrom every angle youcan,” Keating said.

Other ongoingsecurity issues officialshave been grappling withinclude airport perimetersecurity breaches, passen-ger screening, jurisdic-tion for investigations,detecting chemicalexplosives and a need fora public safety radioband.—Internet

DODOMA, 18 Sept—Four Tanzanians have beencharged with negligence over last week’s boataccident off the country’s Zanzibar archipelagothat killed 203 people, a prosecutor said Saturday.

Boat captain Said Adallah Kinyanyite, hisassistant Abdallah Mohamed Ali, one of the boatowners Yusuf Suleiman and Silima Nyange Silima,a Zanzibar port official were charged on Friday.

“I confirm that the four suspects have beenbrought to court and charged,” said RamadhanNassib, Zanzibar prosecutor, adding that they fourwere charged with “causing death by negligence.”

The suspects will reappear in court on Monday.The MV Spice Islander capsized early Saturday,

but rescuers saved 619 passengers of the more than800 on the severely overloaded boat which washeaded to Pemba from Unguja, Zanzibar’s mainisland. Residents have also accused authorities ofnegligence.—Internet

Four charged overZanzibar boat tragedy

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Thriving Myanmar valuable teak plants through plant thinning (2)By Maung Maung (Kyauktan)

In a nature of trees, ifteak plants grow verydensely in the forest, theplants will slow down ingrowth due to deficiencyof fertilizer and light. Ifspaces between plantsare wider, the plants willhave many branches thatdecline value of thewood.

Plant thinning mustbe done at the plantationsregularly. Thinning thelarger number of plantsat young status is betterthan thinning the smallernumber of plants atmature status. If there arewider vacant areas, it canbe assumed that plantthinning will be larger. Inoticed that plantthinning is to be carriedout with the aim ofremaining the straight andbest plants after the lastthinning.

Although teak is tobe thinned out at its five

years old, Phyo Sithuprivate teak plant could becarried out with plantthinning for four years oldplants. General ManagerU Kyaw Soe of theplantation heartily ex-plained thriving of the teakplants.

“Our company com-menced growing of teak

plants on 12 November2006. We have grownteaks on 7200 acres ofland of 9700 permittedacres in Paukkhaung,Kyangin and Kyaukdagatownships. The land forteak plantations wereallowed at the low-gradeareas. In accord with theinstruction of officialsconcerned, we nurturedthe plants and securedachievements in growingteak plants. So far, we havewon private plantationestablishment prizesawarded by FAO twotimes.”

While undertakingenvironmental conser-vation, Phyo Sithu Com-pany is creating jobopportunities for the ruralpeople. Thus, the com-pany takes pride in itswork of alleviatingpoverty of the rural peoplewhile engaging in theforestry business.

If plant thinning iscarried out at the four-year old teak plantation,domestic used poles oftrees can be extracted. Thelogs from plant thinningare being innovatedthrough technologies toproduce marketableproducts to be exportedto the foreign market.

“In the future task,we focus on conservationof 1890 acres of Yenwewatershed area as anatural forest with the aimof ensuring long-termexistence of Yenwe Damnear Yenwe forest reserve

where Kyaukdaga teakplantation of the companylies. We also carry outconservation of naturalforests in Paukkhaungplantation area,”explained the generalmanager.

On my trip, Iwitnessed endeavours ofPhyo Sithu Company ingenerating jobs for localpeople in Paukkhaung,

Kyangin and Kyaukdagatown-ships, allowing thelocal people to growcotton, sesame, beans,maize and paddy amongteak plantations of thecompany, free trade, andproviding assistance forworkers and local peoplein social, health andeducation tasks.

The company hasdonated a suctionmachine, anti-venom and

anti-malaria medicines tothe hospitals in the region.As Kyangin teak

plantation was locatedin the poor transportarea, roads and bridgeswere upgraded andbuilt, so the local peoplecan convenientlytransport their productsand crops to the market,according to DeputyManager U Aung Minof Kyangin teakplantation.

I was very delightedwith thriving teak

plantations that will earnincreased foreignexchange and contributeto prevention of climatechanges. Establishingtree plantations isdesigned to conserve theclimate and environ-ment. Moreover, theforest plantations createhabitats for wildlife. Onmy return, I wasthoughtful for growingvaluable teak and teakplantations throughplant thinning.

*****Translation: TTA

Officials concerned and trainees participate inpractical works of plant thinning at teak

plantation.

Assistant Director UWin Myint of ForestResearch Division ofForest Departmentexplains benefits of

plant thinning.

Woods from logs obtained from teak plantthinning made as marketable products.

Photo shows thriving teak plants from Phyo Sithu private teakplantation in South Nawin forest reserve in Paukkhaung Township.

Over 300 killed, 6 million affected by floods in Pakistan

Siblings, displaced by floods, take refuge in aclassroom of a government school in the Badin

District of Pakistan’s Sindh Province on 17September, 2011.

INTERNET

ISLAMABAD, 18 Sept—Recent floods triggered byheavy monsoon rains in southern Pakistan have killednearly 300 people and affected 6 million more, according

to the latest figures released by the country’s NationalDisaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Saturday.

The floods caused damage to an area of 7.987million acres and swept away standing crops in thewhole affected areas, said NDMA.

According to NDMA, floods have affected all the 23districts of Sindh Province and completely damaged atotal of 539,899 houses while another 848,412 houseshave suffered partial damage.

More than 80,000 livestock have been washedaway by flood waters in Sindh while cotton, banana,dates, chili and sugarcane on 2,800,000 acres of landhave been destroyed or affected. About 31,960 villageshave been badly affected by the floods.

The first spell of rain that started on 11 Aug mainlyaffected 7 districts of Sindh Province while an ongoingsecond spell has hit the entire province includingKarachi. An estimated 415,195 people are presentlyliving in some 2,656 makeshift relief camps includingschools and public buildings across Sindh, saidNDMA.—Xinhua

Photo taken on 17 Sept, 2011 shows Korean

folk artists perform during a night parade at

the ongoing Shanghai Tourism Festival in

east China’s Shanghai.

XINHUA

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Capital disbursed to people in Yangon Region

YANGON, 18 Sept—Union Minister for Labourand for Social Welfare, Relief and ResettlementU Aung Kyi yesterday attended the ceremonyto present capital for micro-credit scheme at thehall of Basic Education High School No. 1 inMingala Taungnyunt Township.

Speaking on the occasion, the Union Ministersaid that poverty alleviation being implementedby the government is one of the tasks servingthe interest of the people. With a view toalleviating poverty, Yangon Region governmentand private entrepreneurs jointly disburse capitalmoney to the people through microfinancesupervisory committee, he said.

He stressed the need for the people toefficiently use the capital in production, privateindustries and odd-jobs.

Yangon Region Minister for Finance and

Revenue Daw San San Nwe explained the rulesfor private micro-credit schemes.

Officials presented K 113 million for themicro-credit schemes for Mingala TaungnyuntTownship.

The Union Minister and the region ministersviewed systematic disbursement of loans to theprivate micro-credit scheme by the microfinancesupervisory committee.

MNA

Signing ceremony on purchase of GSM mobilecommunication devices for extended

installation of GSM mobile phone lines

Union Minister forCommunications, Postsand Telegraphs U TheinTun said that works arebeing carried out fortimely completion ofextended installation ofGSM mobile phoneproject, invitingparticipation of privatesector on a wider scalein this effort forenabling the public tohave access to mobilephones at a reasonableprice and creating jobsand opportunities forthe youths. The Unionminister called forcollaborative effortsbetween officials of theministry andentrepreneurs of privatesector so as to be able toovercome possiblelimitations and

difficulties as follow-uptasks to be donepractically.

Next, responsiblepersons of ZTECorporation Co Ltd andHuawei TechnologiesCo Ltd, entrepreneursof local companies andofficials signedagreements on purchaseof GSM mobilec o m m u n i c a t i o ndevices.

Then the Unionminister inspectedpreparations forYatanarpon One StopInformation Call Centrenear EMS inH a n t h a w a d yC o m m u n i c a t i o n sStation. He called fortimely opening of callcentre as functions ofthe call center is to storeinformation needed forall-round sectors of theState at a single placeand to exchangeinformation inter-nationally and moreefforts to be an

international standardCall Centre, providingservices for enquiresabout daily changingand developingsituations of education,health, social andcommunication sectors.

The Union ministervisi ted AccountsDepartment ofMyanma Posts andTelecommunicat ionsin Pabedan Township,control rooms of TrunkCall Department ofPansodan TelegraphOffice in KyauktadaTownship thismorning. In hisinspection tour, theUnion minister stressedthe need for bet terc o m m u n i c a t i o n s ,convenience oflandline users andsystematic use ofc o m m u n i c a t i o ndevices for i tsdurability as 590000landlines have beeninstal led across thecountry so far.— MNA

YANGON, 18 Sept —In his address at theceremony to signagreements on purchase

of GSM mobilecommunication devicesfor extended installationof GSM mobile phone

lines held at the meetinghall of InternationalExpress Mail Servicehere yesterday morning,

14 people killed by floods in CambodiaPHNOM PENH, 18

Sept—At least 14Cambodians died inflooding that was causedby heavy rain falls justin a week, a Cambodiangovernment official saidSaturday. Keo Vy,communication officerof National Committeefor Disaster Manage-ment said from 10 Septthrough 16, at least 14Cambodians have diedin the flooding that hadhit the country followingheavy rain falls.

Vihear and Siem Reapas they were drown inflood water.

However, he saidthe water level isgradually down bySaturday morning in theupper part of thecountry, though theMinistry of WaterResource and Meteoro-logy warned in the earlyday of the week thatflooding will again hitthe country through theend of the month.

Xinhua

He said thecountry’s centralProvince of KompongThom was recorded withthe highest death toll of11, with five of themwere children.

Kompong Thom is agateway of water flowsfrom the upper part ofthe country to Tonle SapLake, the largest waterreservoir in the country.Accor-ding to Keo Vy,two other girls and a boydied in two otherProvinces of Preah

Union Minister for Labour and for SocialWelfare, Relief and Resettlement U Aung Kyi

addresses ceremony to present capital forprivate micro-credit scheme.—MNA

Union Minister for CPT U Thein Tun attends ceremony to signagreements on purchase of GSM mobile communication devices for

extended installation of GSM mobile phone lines.—MNA

YCDC to build more garbagetanks for beautifying Yangon

YANGON, 18 Sept—Yangon CityD e v e l o p m e n tCommittee is making all-out efforts for realizingYangon City to be clean,lush and green.

In repairingwalkways in downtownYangon, wheelchairlanes for thehandicapped areincluded. The Yangonresidents have madepositive comments over

the repair works.Garbage trucks are

operating day and nightfor beautifying the city.Repairing old garbagetanks and building newones are carried outtownship-wise. In Shwe-pyitha Township, YCDChas planned to build newthrash bins with thelength of 10 feet, thebreadth of seven feet andthe width of five feet. IfYangonites join YCDC

in collecting the thrash,the city will bedoubtlessly clean andbeautified at breakneckspeed.

The city dwellers aredemanding road repairswhen the weather isfavourable in comingopen season as the heavyrain falls this yeardestroyed motor roadsin many townships.

(Win Win Maw-MNA)Translation: HKA

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Prize-presentation of second-round…

(from page 16)At the third round sports events of 2011

Nay Pyi Taw Champion Challenge Cup Tournament,traditional boxing, track and field event and cyclingraces will be held at Paunglaung Gym in Nay PyiTaw Pyinmana on 22 September.—MNA

Public-Private Partnership…(from page 16)

President of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce andIndustry U Win Aung, Chairman of Myanmar Rice

Industry Association U Chit Khaing and advisers, andprivate entrepreneurs participated in discussions ondevelopment of rice and paddy industries and rice andpaddy sector.

The Union ministers reviewed the discussionsand suggestions.

After the meeting, the attendees viewed thriving40-acre model paddy plantation and mechanized farmsin Chaing Village of Dekkhinathiri Township, specialyield model paddy plantation of farmers of AungthukhaVillage and 100-acre paddy seed production farm ofUniversity of Agriculture (Yezin).—MNA

Special Refresher Course for basic educationteachers No (42) concludes

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Sept—The concludingceremony of Special Refresher Course No (42) ofBasic Education Teachers was held at CentralInstitute of Civil Service (Upper Myanmar)yesterday morning, with an address by Chairmanof Union Civil Service Board U Kyaw Thu.

The ceremony was attended by Deputy Ministerfor Cooperatives U Than Tun, Deputy Minister forEducation U Aye Kyu, UCSB Member Dr MyintAung, Mandalay Region Social Affairs Minister DrWin Hlaing, officials and 1507 trainees.

The UCSB Chairman said in this address that

Our Three Main National Causes was a nationalduty every citizen had to uphold and safeguard; tosafeguard Our Three Main National Causes, itneeded three powers— political, economic anddefence, which were based on human resourcesdevelopment of the nation; education plays a keyrole in developing human resources; an individualor a society or a nation may strive for advancementbased on education; as Myanmar is blessed withboth natural resources and manpower, it will be adeveloped nation if we make efforts for humanresources development using all of their intellectualand physical power; as the government was buildingpolitical, economic and social foundations in linewith national objectives, teachers in different regionswere to serve the public with a willing heart playingrespective roles; teachers were responsible fortransforming the nation into a continuous learningsociety ensuring each and every citizen was literate;they were committed to promote formal education,non-formal education and self-study as a nationalduty; the main task for rural development andpoverty reduction was elimination of illiteracy.

The UCSB chairman presented prizes tooutstanding trainees and cordially greeted all thetrainees.—MNA

Chairman of UCSB U Kyaw Thu delivering address at concluding ceremony of SpecialRefresher Course No. 42, held at Central Institute of Civil Service (Upper Myanmar).—MNA

Union Minister U Tint Hsan enjoysChampion Challenge Cup Tournament

Boxing match-2011.—MNA

Beautifying Chin State with teak, cherry and tea plants

By Ko Gyi Tha

Photo shows thriving teak plantations.

The government isencouraging inestablishment of private-owned forest plantation,rendering necessaryassistance.

During my visit in ChinState, I have an opportunityto observe measures beingtaken for making Chinmountain ranges beautifulwith teak, cherry and teaplants. Although it wasplanned to beautify the roadfrom Kalay to Chinmountain ranges withcherry trees, they weresubstituted with teak plantsdue to weather condition.

President of i LoveMyanmar Daw Levi SapNei Thang introducedherself that I am a Chinnational. I had an interview

ranges from Kalay. So Ihad an idea to grow cherrytrees at the foot of themountain ranges. But I hadto grow teak plants ascherry cannot be thrivedthere due to weathercondition. On the otherhand, the government isencouraging in teakgrowing. Now cheery wereplanted near Thaingnginvillage in TiddimTownship where weatheris cool and pleasant aroundthe year. When cherry treesare in blossom, the wholeridge would be full of cherryflowers. I think travelerswould like this view. Withan increase in number ofvisitors in Chin State, localpeople will be able to dealwith more businesses.

would like to say every onethat various kinds ofhardwood plants can bethrived in Chin State. Iwould like to urge localsnot to cut down trees forenvironmental con-servation. Creeks andstreams in Chin State willbe dry up due to cuttingdown of trees. Thus I wouldlike to beg active

with her to share her aimsof beautifying Chinmountain ranges in whichprotection of naturalenvironment of Chin State,emergence of ecotourismdestination in Chin Stateand creating more jobopportunities for locals ofChin State are included. AsI am a Chin national, I wantto see Chin State pleasantand beautiful for a longtime. So I have grown teak,cherry and tea plants withthe aim of making ChinState more beautiful,pursuing environmentalconservation and enablinglocal people to enjoy morejob opportunities. I wantevery one to see beautifulcherry trees while startingto climb the Chin mountain

As Chin State isdesignated as a tea State bythe government, I grew teaplants. Arrangements arebeing made to grow variouskinds of hardwood plantsnear teak plantations. I

participation of all localpeople in environmentalcon-servation.

So far, 300-acre ofteak plantation in TiddimTownship of Chin State,300-acre of cherryplantation and 50-acre oftea plantation have beenestablished by i LoveMyanmar.

Translation: YM

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Greek PM cancels US trip asdebt crisis deepens

ATHENS, 18 Sept—Greek Prime MinisterGeorge Papandreoucanceled a planned visitto the United States onSaturday to deal with adeepening crisis athome, days beforeEuropean Union andIMF inspectors decide onfurther funding for thedebt-ridden country.

Finance MinisterEvangelos Venizelosrushed to allay fears thecanceled trip signaledimminent default, sayingsuch talk was“ridiculous,” but theconservative oppositionseized the opportunityto demand snap

Greece’s Prime Minister George Papandreouaddresses the audience at the International Tradefair of Thessaloniki in northern Greece on 10September, 2011.—INTERNET

elections, fanning fearsGreece lacks the willneeded for toughmeasures ahead.

“The comments and

analyses about animminent default orbankruptcy are not onlyirresponsible but alsoridiculous,” Venizelos

said in a statement.“Every weekend

Greece ... is subject tothis organized attack byspeculators ininternational markets.”

Papandreou was inLondon, en-route toUnited Nations andInternational MonetaryFund (IMF) meetings,when he decided to turnback after discussingdevelopments withVenizelos, governmentofficials said.

“The prime ministerjudged that he shouldnot be away. He wantsto ensure that all ofGreece’s commitments(to its EU partners) arefulfilled,” governmentspokesman IliasMossialos told Reuters.

Reuters

Three explosive devices setoff in Melbourne of

AustraliaMELBOURNE, 18 Sept—Three homemade

explosives have been set off in Australia’s northernsuburbs of Melbourne, destroying a rubbish binand spreading debris along roads and a nature strip,Victoria state police said on Saturday.

Sergeant Brenton Smith said a Molotov cocktailwas detonated on Kiwana Grove, Montmorency,about 8:30 pm (AEST) on Friday. The force of theexplosion sent debris flying 15 metres from thedevice.

About two hours later, another suspicious deviceexploded on a nature strip on Glen Park Road inEltham.

Police were also called to Eltham Lower Parkafter a third explosive device was detonated in awheelie bin on top of a table. The explosiondestroyed the bin and sent rubbish flying aroundthe scene.

Sergeant Smith said it was lucky no one wasinjured.

“It was a real risk not only to the communitywho may be walking through those areas, residentialareas, but also to the people that are making thesedevices,” he told ABC News on Saturday.

“They’re not trained, they’re not chemists, theydon’t know what they are doing. There’s a high riskthey may in fact injure themselves.”—MNA/Xinhua

China takes over as USsolar power firms failSHANGHAI, 18 Sept—China’s solar power firms

are emerging as the industry’s dominant forceafter the collapse of foreign competitors, but thenew market leaders are already struggling withlow prices and overcapacity.

As the workshop of the world, China hasused cheap labour and state support to build asolar industry from scratch in just over a decadeas part of a broader strategy to move up themanufacturing value chain from cheap toys andclothes. China is the world’s second biggest oilconsumer, and polluting fossil fuels account for90 per cent of its total energy use, but the countryis making large strides forward in clean energy.

Analysts say Chinese firms now have 70 percent of the growing global market in solar panels,thanks to aggressive pricing and the collapse ofthree US competitors in the last two months.

“The position of Chinese players has certainlybeen enhanced this year,” said Tang Xiaodong, aShanghai-based analyst at independent investmentadvisory firm CEBM. “Lower costs are the directionof the industry and the advantages of Chinese firmson this front have been mani-fested more clearly.”

Internet

German giant Siemens

renounces nuclear

activity

BERLIN, 18 Sept—German industrial giantSiemens is turning thepage on nuclear energy,the group’s CEO PeterLoescher told the DerSpiegel weekly in aninterview published onSunday.

“We will no longerbe involved in overall

managing of building orfinancing nuclearplants. This chapter isclosed for us,” he said,explaining that Siemenswould restrict its activityto double-usetechnology.

“We will from nowon supply onlyconventional equipment

such as steam turbines.This means we arerestricting ourselves totechnologies that are notonly for nuclear purposesbut can also be used ingas or coal plants.”

The Germangovernment announcedits decision to abandonnuclear power by 2022in the wake of the disasterat Japan’s Fukushimanuclear plant.

Germany is the firstmajor industrialisedpower to agree an end toatomic power since thedisaster, the world’s worstsince Chernobyl in 1986,with tens of thousands ofpeople living nearFukushima evacuated.

Internet

Police arrest four in burglary of boxerPacquiao’s homeLOS ANGELES, 18

Sept—Four people werearrested for burglary atthe Los Angeles areahome of Filipino boxingicon Manny Pacquaio,authorities said Saturday.

Police said no onewas in the house at thetime of the incident andan attorney for the Asiansouthpaw, who alsoserves as a PhilippinesCongressman, said

nothing was taken fromthe house.

Sheriff’s detectiveswere in theneighbourhood wherePacquiao’s house islocated on another matterand saw the burglary inprogress, officials said.

Identities of the fourpeople involved have notbeen released, but theywere being questioned bypolice. Charges have not

Four people were

arrested for burglary

at the Los Angeles

area home of Filipino

boxing icon Manny

Pacquaio, authorities

said Saturday.

INTERNET

yet been filed againstthem.

Pacquiao, 53-3 withtwo drawn and 38knockouts, is in thePhilippines training for a12 November defence ofhis World BoxingOrganization welter-weight crown againstMexico’s Juan ManuelMarquez, 53-5 with onedrawn and 39 knoc-kouts.—Internet

Solar panels

COLOMBO, 18 Sept—At least five people werekilled and 37 others injuredwhen a car bumped intotwo trains in Sri Lanka onSaturday, according to anofficial from the CeylonGovernment Railway(CGR) on Sunday.

A train driver, anassistant driver and apassenger who was aBuddhist monk fromThailand were among deadwhen a passenger trainrammed into a car, anexpress train and a broken-down train on the samedirection. The car sufferedsevere damage, the sourcesaid. Rescue work is goingon.—MNA/Xinhua

Five killed,37 injured in

Sri Lankacar-trainsaccident

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India to push for global convention to fightterrorism at UN

NEW DELHI, 18 Sept— India will push for atthe upcoming UnitedNations GeneralAssembly (UNGA) acomprehensive globalconvention to fightinternational terror,reported the Indo-AsianNews Service Saturday.

India will also pressfor all member-states tofully comply with theircounter-terrorism obliga-

Overseas Chinese visit a photo exhibitionfor the celebration of the 62nd anniversaryof the founding of the People’s Republic ofChina, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on

17 Sept, 2011. A grand performance and aChinese photo exhibition were held on

Saturday in Johannesburg for the 62ndanniversary of the founding of the People’s

Republic of China, which falls on 1 Oct.XINHUA

served as a reminder ofthe constant threat posedby terrorism to thesecurity of democraticsocieties and wellbeingof its citizens,” said theIndian top diplomat.

“We are currentlychairing the UNSCcommittee on counter-terrorism established byits resolution adopted inthe wake of 11 Sept, 2001,terror attacks,” he said,noting that India wasorganizing a specialmeeting of the committeeon 28 Sept, which is the10th anniversary of theresolution.

MNA/Xinhua

Somalipiratesrelease

Vietnamese-owned ship

Suez Canal 8-mo earnings up by 11.7% to $3.46 bn

tions, committed by themthrough several resolu-tions, said the reportquoting Indian ForeignSecretary Ranjan Mathaias saying here Saturday.

Indian Prime MinisterManmohan Singh will beat the UN from 22 Sept to26 Sept when he will meetother world leaders forbilateral engagementsboth at formal andinformal settings, said thereport.

India currently headsthe UNSC committee oncounter-terrorism, set upafter the 11 Sept attacks.

“Terrorist attack inNew Delhi once again

Israeli navy vessel Haifa crosses the Suez canalwaterway near the port city of Ismailia on 5

September. Egypt’s Suez Canal earned $3.458billion in the first eight months of 2011, an 11.7

percent increase from $3.095 billion a yearearlier, the head of the Suez Canal Authority

said on Saturday.—INTERNET

CAIRO, 18 Sept—Egypt’s Suez Canal earned$3.458 billion in the first eight months of 2011,an 11.7 percent increase from $3.095 billion ayear earlier, the head of the Suez Canal Authoritysaid on Saturday.

The official MENA news agency quotedAhmed Fadel as saying 11,721 ships passedthrough during the 2011 period with cargoes of612.1 million tonnes, compared with 11,864ships and 549.9 million tonnes, for an 11.3percent increase. Along with tourism andremittances from workers abroad, the canal isone of Egypt’s key revenue earners.

The canal has earned $73.3 billion dollarssince president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizedit in 1956, the agency quoted Fadel as saying.

Internet

NAIROBI, 18 Sept—Somali pirates havereleased a hijackedVietnamese-owned bulkcarrier with 24 crew-members, a regionalmaritime official con-firmed on Saturday.

Andrew Mwangura,Maritime editor forSomalia Repor, said MVHoang Son Sun whichwas seized in Januarythis year approximately520 nautical miles SouthEast of the port ofMuscat, Oman was freedon Friday.

“Hoang Son Sun wasreleased recently but thevessel left the pirateshands on Friday.

The vessel is nowheading to Salalah portin Oman where she willdock either on Mondayor Tuesday,” Mwanguratold Xinhua bytelephone He said the2.2,835-tonne Mon-g o l i a n - f l a g g e d b u l kcarrier was hijacked on17 Jan with allVietnamese nationals.

The Mongolianflagged vessel was notregistered with theMaritime Security Centre– Horn of Africa(MSCHOA) whichprovides a service tomariners in the Gulf ofAden, the SomaliBasinand off the Hornof Africa MSC (HOA)and had not reported toUK Maritime TradeOperations (UKMTO).

Xinhua

A woman walks past a money exchange sign inSeoul. South Korea’s government Sunday orderedseven savings banks to suspend operations becauseof their poor financial condition due to heavyinvestment in risky property projects at home andabroad.—INTERNET

Seven S Korea savings banks toldto suspend operations

SEOUL, 18 Sept—South Korea’sgovernment Sunday ordered sevensavings banks to suspend operationsbecause of their poor financialcondition due to heavy investment inrisky property projects at home andabroad.

The decision came two monthsafter Seoul banking regulators laun-ched investigations into scores offinancially-troubled savings banks hitby the market downturn amid the globaleconomic crisis.

Artists perform in the Beijing Opera“The Imperial Concubine is Drunk”at the Lincoln Centre in New York, theUnited States, on 17 Sept, 2011. Threeperformances including “Yan DangMountain”, “The Imperial Concubineis Drunk” and “Zhong Kui Marriesoff His Sister” were presented here onSaturday night, honoring the 80thanniversary of opera master MeiLanfang’s historical visit to the USwith his performances.—XINHUA

Human remains found during Le searchHAYWARD, 18 Sept—The search for a missing California nursing student turned

up human remains Saturday, authorities said. However, Hayward police Lt RogerKeener said it had not been determined whether the decomposed remains foundin a rugged area of Sunol Canyon by a volunteer searcher were those of MichelleLe, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Keener said it wasn’t even knownwhether the remains were those of a male or female, the newspaper said.

Le vanished the night of 27 May. On 7 Sept, Hayward police arrested GiselleEsteban, a former high school friend of Le they suspect killed her.

Along with other evidence, Keener said those suspicions are fueled bycellphone records indicating both women’s phones “traveled on a similar path”after Le, 26, disappeared from the Kaiser Permanente Medical Centre’s parkinggarage.—Internet

India to testfire nuclear-

capable Agni 2prime missilenext monthNEW DELHI, 18

Sept—India is planningto test fire advancednuclear-capable Agni 2prime ballistic missilenext month, highlyplaced sources said onSunday. “The missile,with a strike range ofaround 3,000 km, hasbeen developed bymaking some modifi-cations in Agni 2missile.

The missile also hasa better navigationalsystem and greateraccuracy in comparisonto the Agni 2 missile,” thesources said.—Internet

The Financial Super-visoryCommission (FSC) has ordered thebanks to suspend business for sixmonths, urging the management toimprove their financial health by issuingmore shares or selling assets.

The FSC said the seven banks’capital adequacy ratios— a measure ofreserves against assets at risk stipulatedby the Bank for International Settle-ments standards — were below onepercent, far below a regulatory limit offive.—Internet

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Yard forensic team searches Kenya beachfor kidnap Briton

Thousands at risk as TB ‘evolves with a vengeance’

An actress performs Peking opera at theawarding ceremony of a Peking opera contest

for young artists in Beijing, capital of China, on16 Sept, 2011.—XINHUA

LONDON, 18 Sept — Multidrug-resistant and ex-tensively drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis (TB)are spreading at an alarming rate in Europe andwill kill thousands unless health authorities haltthe pandemic, the World Health Organization(WHO) has warned.

Launching a new regional plan to find, diagnoseand treat cases of the airborne infectious diseasemore effectively, the WHO’s European director

warned that complacency had allowed a resurgenceof TB — and failure to tackle it now would meanhuge human and economic costs in the future.

“TB is an old disease that never went away, andnow it is evolving with a vengeance,” said ZsuzsannaJakab, the WHO’s Regional Director for Europe.

“The numbers are scary,” Lucica Ditiu, executivesecretary of the Stop TB Partnership told a newsconference in London. “This is a very dramaticsituation.” TB is currently a worldwide pandemicthat kills around 1.7 million people a year.

The infection is caused by the bacterium my-cobacterium tuberculosis and destroys patients’lung tissue, causing them to cough up the bacteria,which then spreads through the air and can beinhaled by others.

Cases of multidrug-resistant (MDR-TB) and ex-tensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) — where theinfections are resistant to first-line and then second-line antibiotic treatments — are spreading fast, withabout 440,000 new patients every year around theworld.

According to the WHO and Stop TB, 15 of the 27countries with the highest burden of MDR-TB are inthe WHO’s European region, which includes 53countries in Europe and Central Asia.— Internet

NAIROBI, 18 Sept —Forensics officers fromScotland Yard were yes-terday combing a beachon a remote Kenyan is-land from which a Britishholidaymaker was ab-ducted six days ago. wopolicemen dressed in ster-ile body suits searched thearea around Kiwayu Sa-fari Village, where JudithTebbutt was abducted inan attack in which her hus-band was shot dead.

A Metropolitan Policeteam is in Kenya to helplocal authorities with theirinvestigations.

Kenyan officers arereported to have arrestedtwo men suspected of in-volvement in Mr Tebbutt’smurder and his widow’s

kidnapping. They arebeing questioned.

Mr Tebbutt, 57, fromBishop’s Stortford, Hert-fordshire, was shot when agang raided the couple’sbeach cottage in the earlyhours of Sunday morning.

His wife, who is be-lieved to be deaf and towear a double hearing aid,is said to have been bun-

dled into a boat whichsped away from theisolated island resort,whose previous guestshave included the artistTracey Emin and theactress Imelda Staunton.It is feared that MrsTebbutt, 56, may havebeen taken across the bor-der into Somalia.

Internet

115 US children, teens diedfrom flu last season: CDC

NEW YORK , 18 Sept —Some 115 US children andteens died from influenzalast flu season, and manyof those deaths were ofchildren who had notgotten an annual flu shot,US health officials said onThursday. The US Centersfor Disease Control andPrevention recommendsflu shots for children asyoung as six months old,yet less than a quarter ofthe 74 children over agesix months who diedbetween September 2010and August 2011 had beenvaccinated.

“It’s vital that childrenget vaccinated,” Dr LynFinelli, chief of the CDC’sSurveillance and Out-break Response Team,said in a statement. TheCDC said parents oftenmistakenly think healthychildren can survive about of the flu, but that is

not always so.Among thedeaths detailed in theCDC’s Morbidity andMortality Weekly Report,released on Thursday, theteam found about half ofthe children had no priormedical condition thatwould put them at in-creased risk of flu compli-cations.—Internet

Exercise can curb hunger, new research finds

After a big workout, it’s tempting to rewardyourself with a sinful treat. But research showsthat we grossly overestimate our calorie burn,

which can stymie weight-loss efforts. — INTERNET

AMHERST, 18 Sept —Maybe you’ve heard therecent downer reports thatexercise won’t make usthin because it makes ushungry, particularly forjunk food. Or could be,you’ve noticed firsthandthat you eat a lot more ongym days than on daysoff. Either way, it raises

the question: If workingoutonly sets us up to blowour diet, what’s the point?

For starters, some re-search suggests exercisedoesn’t always cause hun-ger but can curb it. “Exer-cise may lower levels ofghrelin, a hormone thatstimulates appetite in theshort term, while raising

levels of peptide YY, ahormone that suppressesappetite,” says study au-thor David Stensel, PhD,reader in exercise metabo-lism at LoughboroughUniversity.

That’s only if theworkout is intense (if youcan chat, forget it), but themore intense it is, thelonger the benefit seemsto last. “It may be thatyour body needs to circu-late more blood to preventoverheating,” Stensel ex-plains. Because eatingwould cause blood to flowto the stomach instead toaid digestion, your bodydampens your appetite toprevent that.

Like all good things,this satiating effect ends—about an hour later, whenyour body starts to cravethe energy it used up.

Internet

Artificial blood vessels could help those inurgent need of an organ transplant.

Artificial blood vessels created on a 3D printerSTUTTGART, 18 Sept —

Artificial blood vesselsmade on a 3D printer maysoon be used for trans-plants of lab-created or-gans. Until now, the stum-bling block in tissue engi-neering has been supply-ing artificial tissue withnutrients that have to ar-rive via capillary vessels.A team at the FraunhoferInstitute in Germany hassolved that problem using3D printing and a tech-nique called multiphotonpolymerisation.

The findings will be

shown at the BiotechnicaFair in Germany in Octo-ber. Out of thousands ofpatients in desperate needof an organ transplantthere are inevitably somewho do not get it in time.In Germany, for instance,more than 11,000 peoplehave been put on an organtransplant waiting list in2011 alone.

To make sure morepatients receive these life-saving surgeries, re-searchers in tissueengineering all over theglobe have been working

on creating artificial tissueand even entire organs inthe lab.

But for a lab-madeorgan to function, it needsto be equipped with artifi-cial blood vessels - tinyand extremely complextubes that our organs natu-rally possess, used to carrynutrients.

Numerous attemptshave been made to createsynthetic capillaries, andthe latest one by the Ger-man team seems to beespecially promising.

Internet

Actress Anna Faris poses for photos inpromotion of her upcoming film “What’s Your

Number?” in Santa Monica, California, 17September, 2011. —XINHUA

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LA woman boasts longest tongueA Los Angeles

woman can claim thedistinction of havingCalifornia’s longesttongue — nearly 4 inchesfrom tip to lip, theGuinness Book of WorldRecords says.

But Chanel Tapper’s3.8-inch tongue fell shyof the world record, heldby Stephen Taylor of the

Mayor not surprised atcat’s New York tripNew York Mayor

Michael Bloombergsaid he was honoured aColorado cat whodisappeared five yearsago chose his city as adestination.

Bloomberg saidWillow, the cat found inManhattan last week andidentified as a felinemissing five years agofrom the home of JamieSquires in Boulder,Colo, has good taste incities, the New YorkDaily News reportedFriday.

Mystery teen baffles

German policeA mysterious

English- speaking youthwho says he lived in thewoods in Germany forabout five years with hisfather has Berlin policebaffled.

The teenager sayshis first name is Ray butdoesn’t know his last,and doesn’t know wherehe came from, TheGuardian reportedFriday.

He told authoritieshis father, who he saidwent by the name Ryan,died about two weeksago and he buried him

Children make instant noodles at the opening of acup noodle museum in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo,on 17 September, 2011. Japan’s Nissin Foodsopened a cup noodle museum on 17 Septembercharting the history of the speedy snack wherevisitors even get the chance to create their own tastyversion. About 500 adults and children queued upbefore the museum opened in the port city ofYokohama near Tokyo with celebrity guests rangingfrom a former prime minister to a retail businesstycoon.

Gorilla statues areexhibited outside the CityHall in London 17 Sept,2011. Twenty life-sizegorilla statues decoratedby UK artists are exhibitedby River Thames outsidethe London City Hall from16 to 22 Sept, and will beauctioned at the end ofSeptember, in a bid to raiseawareness of the animals’endangered habitats.

United Kingdom, whosetongue measures 3.86inches, the Los AngelesTimes reported.

Another SouthernCalifornian, CharlotteLee of Huntington Beach,holds the record for mostrubber ducks, Guinnesssays. Lee owns 5,249 ofthem and keeps them inglass showcases in a room

just for the ducks.And most cow-

related items? Nobodyhas more than DeniseTabangui’s 2,429 ofthem as of March 2011.The San Jacinto woman’spursuit of bovine-relatedstuff began after shespotted a cow figurine inher mother’s kitchen in1990.

before leaving theforest where they hadbeen living.

He showed up inBerlin last week.Authorities estimatehe’s about 17.

“He speaks fluentEnglish and verybroken German,” Ber-lin police spokesmanMichael Maass told theBritish newspaper.

“He doesn’t showany signs of abuse andhe is in good shapephysically andpsychologically.”

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“What I think it doesshow is how everybodyin the end wants to comeand live in New York,”Bloomberg saidThursday.

Squires said herfamily is planning a NewYork trip to retrieve thecat as soon as the felinepasses the requiredhealth screenings to beallowed to fly acrossstate lines.

John Wayne exhibit toopen in NYC ahead of

auctionNEW YORK, 18 Sept—

John Wayne fans will beable to see the eye patchhe wore in “True Grit,”scripts with handwrittennotes and a GoldenGlobe he won when anexhibition of hismemorabilia opens inNew York.

The exhibition fea-tures 100 items fromamong 750 scripts,costumes, awards andletters that Wayne’s estateis putting up for auction.His American Expresscard, his personal saddle

In this undated photo provided by HeritageAuctions, one of the eye patches worn by actor

John Wayne in the 1969 film, “True Grit” isshown.—INTERNET

South African artist William Kentridge, back,and dancer Dada Masilo, front, on stage

during a dress rehearsel of the production“Dancing With Dada” at the Market Theatre,in Johannesburg on 16 Sept, 2011.—INTERNET

Artist William Kentridgeon stage in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG, 18 Sept—South African artistWilliam Kentridge is perhaps best known for hischarcoal drawings and videos in which thosedrawings seem to dance.

But he works in a wide variety of media —putting his drawings on stage amid a polyphony ofkeyboards and brass curious instruments salvagedfrom antique shops, and text from Shakespeare toGogol. Dancers, puppets and singers thread theirway through the maelstrom of his pieces.

Over the past month, hometown audienceshave had a chance to immerse themselves in thecollages of image, sound and movement that havemade Kentridge a major international figure.

“Refuse the Hour,” a two-week festival of hiswork at Johannesburg’s renowned Market Theatre,culminates this weekend with “Dancing with Dada,”a new piece of dance, spoken word, live music andvideo.—Internet

and the hat he wore for hisOscar-winning role ofRooster Cogburn in “TrueGrit” will also be ondisplay.

The exhibit will be23-25 Sept at the FletcherSinclair Mansion on 79thStreet. The auction willbe in Los Angeles 6-7Oct, but fans can placebids online at theHeritage Auctions we-bsite.

Wayne’s real namewas Marion RobertMorrison. He died in1979.—Internet

Hollywood balks at big budgetmovies as DVDs drop

LOS ANGELES, 18Sept—Hollywood —long considered the landof excess— is becomingmore cost-conscious, asmovie executivesrethink what they’rewilling to pay to make ablockbuster.

After years ofbeefing up budgets tomeet audienceexpectations, moviestudios are cutting backand canceling projectsthat are too costly. Half-baked, expensive movieideas that would havereceived approval a fewyears ago are now underscrutiny. For movies thatare made, producershave to settle for toned-down special effects,cheaper actors and fewerlocations for shoots.

In the past five years,major studios havetrimmed the annualnumber of films theyrelease by nearly a thirdto cut costs and avoidhaving big moviescompete head-to-head

on opening weekends.In July, two major

projects were stoppedmid-stream because ofbudget pressures. TheWalt Disney Co halted“The Lone Ranger,”starring Johnny Depp,even though sets werealready half-built in NewMexico. Universalpulled out of “The DarkTower,” a three-movie,two-TV-series colossusbased on books byStephen King.—Internet

In this film publicityimage released byDisney, from left,

Emma Stone and ViolaDavis are shown in a

scene from “TheHelp.” The declining

DVD business hasforced Hollywood to

rethink what it’s willingto pay to make a

blockbuster.—INTERNET

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Davis Cup: Federer beatsTomic, qualifier tied 2-2

Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran split golds at wrestling worlds

Barcelona win the highlight ofSaturday night in BBVA

Primera LigaMADRID, 18 Sept — FC Barcelona produced a

magnificent display on Satuday night to win 8-0 athome over Osasuna in the Spanish BBVA PrimeraLiga. Leo Messi scored a hat-trick, David Villa addedtwo more, while Xavi Hernandez, Cesc Fabrigas andan own goal completed the rout. Barcelona enjoyed84 percent of the ball as they dispelled any doubts overa loss of form after two draws in the last week.

Elsewhere Villarreal's poor start to the season con-tinued with a 1-0 defeat away to Granada, who tooktheir first win since returning to the top flight. IkechukwuUche's strike decided the result, although GiuseppeRossi missed a penalty for Villarreal. Martin Demichelisscored the only goal of the game as Malaga won awayto a Mallorca side that looks destined to struggle.

Meanwhile Sporting Gijon have lost their first threematches. Roberto Soldado's fifth goal of the seasoncondemned Sporting to a 1-0 defeat at home toValencia, who are overnight leaders in Spain with ninepoints from three games. Saturday ended with FreddyKanoute scoring the only goal of the game as Sevilladeservedly defeated Real Sociedad 1-0. — Xinhua

Inter Milan, AS Roma settlefor goalless draw

Saha reveals torment afterEverton axe

Montpelliersquander

two-goal leadBREST, 18 Sept —

French league leadersMontpellier squandered atwo-goal lead in a 2-2 drawat Brest on Saturday whileToulouse battled backfrom 2-0 down to defeatBordeaux 3-2 and movelevel on points at the top.Olivier Giroud scoredboth Montpellier goals inthe fiarst half, taking hisseason's tally to four.

But Israeli strikerEden Ben Basat pulledone back in the 70thminute with Argentinedefender Santiago JuanGentiletti stunning theleaders with a 88th-minute leveller. Brestheld on for a point de-spite a last-minute redcard for France Under-21 full-back TripyMakonda.—Internet

Barcelona's Lionel Messi (L) battles for the ballagainst Osasuna's Roversio during their Spanish

first division soccer match at Nou Campstadium in Barcelona on 17 Sep, 2011.—XINHUA

Ten-man Bremen go top,Cologne floor Leverkusen

Nuremberg's midfielderMarkus Feulner (L) andWerder Bremen's strikerAaron Hunt fight for theball during the Germanfirst division Bundesligafootball match in Nu-remberg. — INTERNET

Everton striker LouisSaha

Inter Milan's Argentin-ian defender AdrianSamuel (back) vies withAS Roma's Argentinianforward Pablo DanielOsvaldo during the Ital-ian Serie A football matchat the San Siro Stadium in Milan.— INTERNET

MILAN, 18 Sept — InterMilan and AS Romasettled for a goalless drawwhich gave them their firstpoint each of the Serie Aseason at the San Siro onSaturday in a game whichavoided plunging eitherside into further crisis.

Although Inter haltedtheir spiral of three defeatsin three games, includingan humiliating home lossto outsiders Trabzonspor

in the Champions Leaguemidweek, they rarelythreatened Roma whohave also had a mediocrestart to the season. Roma,beaten at home by Cagliariin the opening match andalready out of the EuropaLeague, failed to trans-form their possession intogoals as Inter created morechances.—Internet

LONDON, 18 Sept —Everton striker Louis Sahatook to Twitter to revealhis torment after beingdropped for Saturday'sPremier League clashagainst Wigan at GoodisonPark. Saha was quick togive vent to his frustrationson the micro-bloggingwebsite when hediscovered that Toffeesboss David Moyes had lefthim out of the match-daysquad.

The 33-year-old Frenchstar has played just 41minutes this season in twosubstitute appearances andhas not featured since theLeague Cup win over Shef-

field United on August 24."I am not good enough.Absolutely destroyed,"Saha tweeted. "It's coz I'mconfident in my ability thatI'm gutted." It is under-stood Saha was atGoodison Park but left theground soon after discov-ering he was not in thesquad. — Internet

Azerbaijan's SharifSharifov (top) celebratesafter winning the men's84kg freestyle final againstIbragim Aldatov ofUkraine at the 2011 WorldWrestling Championshipin Istanbul, Turkey, on 17 Sept , 2011. — XINHUA

Iran's Reza MohammadAli Yazdani (L) competeswith Serhat Balci of Tur-key during the men's 96kgfreestyle final at the 2011World Wrestling Cham-pionship in Istanbul, Tur-key, on 17 Sept, 2011. XINHUA

BERLIN, 18 Sept — Ten-man Werder Bremen wenttop of the German leagueon Saturday thanks to a 1-1 draw at Nurembergdespite having Germanygoalkeeper Tim Wiesesent off. With BayernMunich playing atSchalke on Sunday,Bremen took the oppor-tunity to go top as theypicked up a point, despitelosing Wiese after just 17minutes. The 29-year-oldwas shown a straight redafter an ugly tackle onNuremberg striker Chris-tian Eigler which forcedBremen to bring on re-

serve goalkeeper Sebas-tian Mielitz. The pointleaves Bremen top on goaldifference, and level on13 points withMoenchengladbach, toleave Bayern just a pointbehind before Sunday'sgame in Gelsenkirchen.

Having lost 2-0 at Chel-sea in their opening Cham-pions League game onTuesday, Leverkusenwere dismantled by Co-logne as Germany strikerLukas Podolski andSlovakian forward part-ner Milivoje Novakovicran riot in a 4-1 victory.

Internet

ISTANBUL, 18 Sept —Russia, Azerbaijan andIran split the three free-style gold medals offeredon Saturday at the worldwrestling championship inthe Turkish city of Istan-bul.

In the 60kg class, thegold went to Russian BesikKudukhov who beatFranklin Gomez Matos ofPuerto Rico, with thebronze being shared byKenichi Yomoto of Japanand Dauren Zhumagazyevof Kazakhstan.

Azerbaijan's Sharif

Sharifov won the 84kg ti-tle, with the silver snatchedby Ibragim Aldatov ofUkraine, and both AlbertSaritov of Russia and DatoMarsagishvili of Georgiaplaced third jointly.

In the 96kg class, Iran'sReza Mohammad AliYazdani won the gold bybeating Serhat Balci ofTurkey, and the bronzewent to Ruslan Sheikhauof Belarus and JacobStephen Varner of theUnited States.

The championship willrun through 18 Septem-ber.

Russia, Azerbaijan,Belarus, China, Senegal,Kazakhstan, Japan,Ukraine and Turkey arethe countries with partici-pants in every availablecategory.

SYDNEY, 18 Sept —Roger Federer defeatedBernard Tomic 6-2, 7-5,3-6, 6-3 on Sunday tomove Switzerland levelwith Australia at 2-2 intheir Davis Cup WorldGroup qualifying playoff.That meant the last matchbetween Lleyton Hewittand Stanislas Wawrinkawill determine whichcountry advances to the

elite 16-team WorldGroup next year.

On a grass court atRoyal Sydney Golf Club,swirling winds and hotconditions played havocwith the players and ap-peared to inflame the tem-per of Australia captainPat Rafter, who com-plained to chair umpireAlexandre Juge over a letcord alarm that kept goingoff incorrectly. —Internet

Roger Federer

Brest's defender Gentiletti(R) vies with Montpellier'sforward Olivier Giroudduring the French L1 foot-ball match in Brest, western France.

INTERNET

S P O R T S

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Temperature (°C/F) For Tomorrow .Sr. No

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Regions/States Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 30/86 24/75 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

2 Kayah 30/86 20/68 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

3 Kayin 27/81 21/70 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

4 Chin 20/68 12/54 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

5 Upper Sagaing 34/93 26/79 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

6 Lower Sagaing 34/93 26/79 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

7 Taninthayi 25/77 21/70 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

8 Bago 31/88 20/70 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

9 Magway 35/95 27/81 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

10 Mandalay 34/93 26/79 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

11 Mon 27/81 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers

(Isolated Heavyfall) 80%

12 Yangon 30/86 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

13 Rakhine 29/84 27/70 Widespread rain or thundershowers


14 Southern Shan 26/79 18/64 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

15 Northern Shan 31/88 22/72 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

16 Eastern Shan 30/86 22/72 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

17 Ayeyawady 30/86 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers


18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 33/91 25/77 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

19 Neighbouring Yangon 30/86 22/72 One or two rain or thundershowers 80%

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 34/93 26/79 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

Summary of observations at 09:30 hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, weather has been party cloudy in Kayah State, rain or thundershowers have been isolated in Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway Regions, Shan State and fairly widespread in Bago and Yangon Regions, Chin State and widespread in the remaining Regions and States with isolated heavy falls in Taninthayi Region and Rakhine State. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Thandwe (4.33) inches, Launglon (3.35) inches, Dawei (2.72) inches and Mogok (2.36) inches.

Bay Inference Monsoon is moderate in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Squalls with moderate to rough seas are likely at times off and along Myanmar Coast. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (35) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days

Likelohood of increases of rain in Eastern Myanmar areas.

Tottenham 4-0 Liverpool

Modric, Defoe and Adebayor on target asAdam and Skrtel red cards sum updreadful day for Dalglish

Tottenham’s JermainDefoe is challenged by

Liverpool’s Daniel Agger

LONDON, 18 Sept—EmmanuelAdebayor scored twice on his homedebut as Tottenham Hotspurhammered four past nine-manLiverpool to earn a morale-boostingfirst home win of the season.

Luka Modric opened the scoringwith a blistering 20-yard strike beforeCharlie Adam picked up a secondyellow card for a late foul on ScottParker.

Martin Skrtel, who had a torridafternoon at right-back thanks toGareth Bale, was sent off for a secondbooking in the second half beforeJermain Defoe calmly slotted hometo make it 2-0 in the 66th minute.

Adebayor, who scored on hisdebut against WolverhamptonWanderers last week, scored a tap-insoon after before he volleyed pastJose Reina to seal the win in stoppagetime.

Fresh off the back of last week’s

first win of the season, Tottenham looked aclass apart against their top-four rivals, buttheir cause was helped by the two dismissals.

Right from the kick-off it looked like therewas only ever going to be one winner.

After his team’s midweek trip to Greece,Harry Redknapp reverted to the same XI thatbeat Wolves and they stamped their dominanceon the match from the whistle.

Adebayor brushed past his marker to gaina yard in the box but miscued his volley widefrom 10 yards. Daniel Agger then blockedDefoe’s goal-bound shot before Modric broughtWhite Hart Lane to its feet with his blisteringopener after six minutes.—Internet

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7th Waning of Tawthalin 1373 ME Monday, 19 September, 2011

Patirupadesavaso ca; to dwell in suitable locality; this is the way to auspiciousness

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Sept—ThePublic-Private Partnership Meeting tookplace at the hall of the Ministry ofCommerce, here, at 10 am today.

In the discussions, Union Min-ister for Agriculture and Irrigation UMyint Hlaing explained developmentof rice and paddy production, benefitfor farmers through paddy cultivation,emergence of quality paddy seed pro-duction companies, provisions ofpaddy dryers and combined harvestersfor improving rice quality and assist-ance of rice and paddy companies forfarmers to enjoy benefits from rice sales.

Union Minister for NationalPlanning and Economic Developmentand for Livestock and Fisheries U TinNaing Thein discussed rural develop-ment and poverty alleviation, invest-

Public-Private PartnershipMeeting focuses on paddy

cultivation, production

ment in rice and paddy sector, andformation of farmers’ groups as com-panies.

Union Minister for CommerceU Win Myint focused on domestic trade,foreign trade for export and import

matters, fair benefits among cultiva-tors, consumers and traders, plans fortrade and future tasks.

Deputy Minister for Agricul-ture and Irrigation U Ohn Than dis-cussed formation of agricultural devel-

opment committee, enhancement ofcrop cultivation and production,production of paddy seeds, more useof fertilizer, cooperation in technologyand necessary assistance for farmers.

(See page 9)

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Sept—Prize-presentation forboxing final and second-round sports events of 2011Nay Pyi Taw Challenge Cup Tournament was held atPaunglaung Gymnasium in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmanahere this morning.

Prize-presentation for second-round sportsevents of Nay Pyi Taw ChampionChallenge Cup Tournament held

In the men’s boxing finals, Yan Myo Aung(Yangon Club) stood first in 46-Kilo weightliftingevent and Tun Tun Aung (Yangon Club) in 56-Kiloweightlifting event.

Director-General of Sports and Physical Educa-

tion Department U Thaung Htaik and personnelawarded first, second and third prize winners in weight-lifting, boxing, and chess contests.

Deputy Minister U Aye Myint Kyu presentedprizes to winners of 62-Kilo, 69-Kilo, 56-Kilo and 52-Kilo men’s weightlifting contest and men’s individualchess contest.

Next, Chairman of Myanmar National SportsCommittee Union Minister for Sports U Tint Hsanawarded first, second and third prize winners in men’s50-Kilo, and 56-Kilo men’s weightlifting contest, andmen’s 46-Kilo, and 49-Kilo boxing events.

(See page 9)

BUDAPEST, 18 Sept—An international forum oncyber security kicked off on Saturday, drawing over1,000 internet security experts to the Hungarian capital.

The two-day event, first held in 2003, has becomethe largest gathering of its kind in Central and EasternEurope with seminars as well as live demo presentations,workshops and hacker games.

Keynote speakers include Peter Szor, theHungarian-born “father of virus protection” from LosAngeles and Raoul Chiesa from Italy, one of Europe’smost prominent cyber protection and cyber crimeexperts. Szor explained how computer malware threatsare fighting back against anti-virus products, and howquickly new techniques evolve on new platformssuch as mobile malware.

The Hacktivity 2011 programms also has a 45-minute “Hello Workshop” which invites participantsto take part in exercises such as reverse engineering,mobile security and digital certificates.—Xinhua

Int’l forum on cybersecurity kicks off in

Hungary

Union Minister for Commerce

U Win Myint participates in

Public-Private Partnership Meeting with

participation of government

departments and entrepreneurs.

MNA

MANCHESTER, 18 Sept—United went in front aftereight minutes when AshleyYoung floated a free-kick tothe far post, where ChrisSmalling rose unopposed topower home from six yards.After 37 minutes Naniunleashed an unstoppable25-yard shot that flew pastPetr Cech and into the topcorner. The home sideincreased their advantage inthe final minute of the half asPhil Jones led another surgingraid and when John Terry'sclearance bounced off Nani,Rooney was presented with atap-in for his ninth goal of the

Manchester United stretched theirlead at the top of the Barclays

Premier League by beating Chelsea

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season. But just 30 secondsafter the break NicolasAnelka slid a pass throughto Fernando Torres, who gotbehind Jones and slottedhome with ease for only hissecond goal since that Britishrecord move from Liverpoolin January. There could havebeen plenty more goals asRooney slipped as he took apenalty which flew wide.Nani and Rooney both ht thewoodwork while Torresmissed an open goal andDimitar Berbatovsquandered a late goldenchance.

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