Established 1914 Volume XV, Number 312 1st … 1914 Volume XV, Number 312 1st Waning of Tabodwe 1369...

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

Established 1914

Volume XV, Number 312 1st Waning of Tabodwe 1369 ME Friday, 22 February, 2008

Four political objectives

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting partici-pation in terms of technical know-how andinvestments from sources inside the countryand abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

INSIDE

DR KHIN MAUNG NYUNTPAGE 7

Shwe Tha Lyaung Pagoda

was built by Sri Dhammathawka

or Emperor Asoka in the Buddha

Sasana Year 235. Originally its

height was five cubits. Next

Anawrahta of Bagan repaired and

renovated this pagoda in ruin by

encasing it with a larger and longer

pagoda, ten cubits high.

Commander Brig-Gen Tin Ngwe presses the button to open sluice gates of the left canal ofKinda Dam. — MNA

of Central Command Brig-Gen Tin Ngwe inspectedrenovation tasks to fully supply water from Kinda Damthrough the left canal in Myittha Township, MandalayDivision, on 7 February afternoon.

In his inspection tour of Kinda power station, thecommander heard a report by head of the power stationU Kyaw Myint on facts about the station, the size ofwater flow into the dam, and supporting of electricityto the national grid. The commander inspected func-tions of the station and left instructions on tasks.

He inspected the dredging of the left canal andSamon underwater conduit at Kinda Diversion Weir.

The commander proceeded to Daingkaunggonwater pumping station being undertaken by MandalayDivision Water Resources Utilization Department forgreening Meiktila Plain. There, Assistant Director UThant Zaw in charge of the project gave an account ofsalient points on the project. The commander gaveinstructions and attended to the needs of the project.

The commander viewed the tasks at PS-2 sitewhere water is to be pumped with the use of electricpower.

The electric power water pumping station projectis designed to pump water from Kinda Dam to irrigate5000 acres of farmlands in Daingkaunggon in 2007-2008 fiscal year and remaining 25,000 acres of farm-lands in 2009-2010 fiscal year.—MNA

Commander visits Kinda Dam inMyittha Township

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Feb—Chairman of MandalayDivision Peace and Development Council Commander

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Feb—A consecration cer-emony of the Yan Aungmyin Sutaungpyae Pagoda inLashio, Shan State (North), was held in conjunctionwith the offering of gold foils to the pagoda at YanAungmyin Monastery on 14 February.

It was attended by Chairman of Shan State(North) Peace and Development Council Commanderof North-East Command Maj-Gen Aung Than Htut

Yan Aungmyin SutaungpyaePagoda consecrated, gold foils

offered in Lashioand wife and the congregation.

The commander and the congregation receivedthe Nine Precepts from Sayadaw Agga Maha PanditaBhaddanta Narada of Maha Bawdayon Monastery inLashio and then members of the Sangha recited theParittas.

Alms givings were offered to the members ofthe Sangha by the commander and the officials, wholater shared merits gained.

He also attended a ceremony to donate labora-tory equipment donated by ILBC to No 7 Basic Edu-cation High School (branch) and No 4 BEHS ofLashio.

Managing Director U Tin Maung Win of ILBCexplained the purpose of the donation and presentedthe equipment worth K 5 million to the two schoolsthrough the school heads. The Associate Officer ofShan State Education Department expressed thanks.

The commander later enjoyed the ThirdMyanmar Traditional Htamane-making contest or-ganized by North-East Command and awarded prizesto the winning teams.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 22 February, 2008

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

People’s DesireFriday, 22 February, 2008

Utilize good foundations beneficiallyfor regional development

A variety of projects are now beingimplemented throughout the nation fornational development, thus bringing aboutgood foundations in the economic, education,health and social sectors.

Rakhine State having a large numberof rivers and creeks and being surroundedby mountain ranges and the sea, peoplegot difficulties in travelling within theregion and from and to other states anddivisions.

Despite rich aquatic and terrestrialresources, the state lagged behind otherregions in development. So, the governmentconstructed Yangon-Sittway Union Highwayand Yangon-Kyaukpyu Road, as part of itsbid to ensure regional development. Thesetransport facilities extend to many otherstates and divisions, and the commodity flowhas become swift, as a result.

With the concept that human resourcesdevelopment is a necessity for regionaldevelopment, the government is takingmeasures for producing a growing numberof intellectuals and intelligentsia through theeducation sector.

In this regard, students are trained andnurtured effectively not only to be brilliantin their studies but also to be able to benefitsocial organizations and to possess allcharacteristics of a citizen along with patrioticspirit.

In the health sector, health care servicesare provided and talks on health educationand preventive measures are given to thepeople to enhance public knowledge of health.

All are, therefore, urged to help improvethe socio-economic life of the people byutilizing good foundations beneficially andwork hard in harmony with the governmentfor development of the region concerned.

My Fair Lady of Artist Thoung Han.—H

YANGON, 21 Feb — The Spring Art Exhibitionkeeps opening at Snow Flake Arts Gallery at the cornerof Sangyoung Street and Shin Saw Pu Street inSangyoung Township, here this morning.

Seventy-nine paintings of 16 artists includingThoung Han, Hla Tin Tun, Lun Pe, Saw Hlaing, KoZaw Win, Kyi Win (Today), Thein Myint Thein, MonThet, Win Myint Moe, Myo Thant Aung, Hla PhoneAung, Sangyoung Ko Ko Aung, Win Thein, Min Hein

Aung, Saw Tint Wai and Ne Win Aung are on displayat the exhibition. The Spring Art Exhibition willcontinue from 9 am to 6 pm daily until 5 March. TheSnow Flake Arts Gallery will stage similar artsexhibitions after the Spring Art Exhibition. The Water-Colour Painting Exhibition will be held at the SnowFlake Arts Gallery.

For further detailed information, contact DawHnin Hnin Oo (Tel-095014153). — H

Spring Art Exhibition opens atSnow Flake Arts Gallery

YANGON, 21 Feb — The 57th Buddha Pujaniyaof the Thiri Mingalar Kaba Aye Pagoda was held at thePagoda in Mayangon Township on 17 February. First,member Sayadaws of State Sangha Maha NayakaCommittee, Ovadacarriya Sayadaws of the Pagodaand members of the Sangha consecrated the BuddhaImages of the Pagoda.

Next, the congregations received the FivePrecepts from Vice-Chairman of SSMNC Kyaikpimonastery Sayadaw Agga Maha Pandita Agga MahaSuddhammajotikadhaja Bhaddanta Gunosana andmembers of the Sangha recited the parittas. Chairmanof Central Committee for Organizing BuddhaPujaniya U Tin Oo supplicated on the religiousmatters. Vice-Chairman of SSMNC YenangyoungSayadaw Agga Maha Pandita Agga MahaSuddhammajotikadhaja Bhaddanta Tejaniyadelivered a sermon.

After the ceremony, members of the PagodaBoard of Trustees, township PDC and socialorganizations, service personnel and wellwishersoffered provisions to the members of the Sangha.

MNA

57th Buddha Pujaniya of Thiri MingalarKaba Aye Pagoda held

USDA Secretariat Member U Thein Zaw meeting with secretary and executives of MingaladonTownship USDA.— CPT

Rice offering ceremony at Thiri Mingala KabaAye Pagoda in Mayangon Township.—MNA

YANGON, 20 Feb — Secretariat Member UThein Zaw of Union Solidarity and DevelopmentAssociation met with the secretary and executives atthe office of Mingaladon Township USDA on 18

USDA Secretariat Member meetsmembers at Mingaladon Township

February and attended to the needs. He also viewed thelearning of the students who will sit for the matriculationexamination.

MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 22 February, 2008 3

I N T E R N A T I O N A L N E W S

Obama, McCain prevail inWisconsin primaries

Apple TV is seen on display with the movie‘The Incredibles’ showing at the Apple store in

Palo Alto, California.—INTERNET

US helicopter kills threeIraqis in north of Baghdad

TIKRIT (Iraq), 21 Feb–A US helicopter shot deadthree people in Salahudin Province on Tuesday, whileseven Iraqi soldiers were injured in separate attacks inthe province, a provincial police source said.

Three civilians, including two brothers, were killedwhen a US helicopter opened fire on them on the mainroad near the town al-Dujail, 60 kilometres north ofBaghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition ofanonymity.

The helicopter apparently suspected that the civilianswere insurgents planting roadside bomb on the roadwhich usually used by US and Iraqi security forces, thesource said.—MNA/Xinhua

BoE’s Barker says downturnrisks outweigh inflation fears

Hundreds rally in Okinawaover US rape charge Colombian peasants, police

clash over coca cropsBOGOTA, 21 Feb—About 2,000 Colombian peasants

clashed with police on Tuesday in a swelling protestover a government programme to eradicate their cocaleaf crops used to manufacture illegal cocaine.

Protesters, some throwing rocks, smashed a tollbooth and blocked a major highway leading to theCaribbean coast from the northwestern city of Medellinto demonstrate against a campaign to send crews ofworkers to dig up the coca leaf plants.

MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 21 Feb—Thedanger of a sharp econo-mic downturn in Britain ismore worrying than risinginflation, but the case foran immediate interest ratecut is not compelling, Bankof England policymakerKate Barker said onTuesday.

The BoE cut borrowingcosts by 25 basis points to5.25 per cent this monthand signalled in itsquarterly inflation report

that there may be no morethan a couple more cutson the cards this year,given heightened inflationconcerns.

Barker said there waslittle the Monetary PolicyCommittee could do now tostop inflation spiking wellabove the 2-per-cent targetin the short term, and warnedthat if that surge fed intoinflation expectations itcould be painful to reverse.

MNA/Reuters

People protest in front of a US camp against the suspected rape of a 14-year-old Japanese girl by US Marine Tyrone Hadnott in Okinawa.—INTERNET

Rioters dismantle a bus for scrap metal in the Mathare slum, Nairobi, Kenya,on 20 Feb, 2008. Rioters attacked a bus full of people as they faced off againstpolice who they charged were unfairly arresting people for rents gone unpaid

amid weeks of postelection violence.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 21 Feb—US Democratic presi-dential candidate BarackObama won the Wis-consin primary on Tues-day, CNN projected.

John McCain wasprojected earlier by the TVchannel to lead theRepublican race in thestate.

With 12 per cent ofprecincts’ ballots

calculated, Illinois SenatorBarack Obama beat NewYork Senator HillaryRodham Clinton by 55 percent to 44 per cent.

It was his ninth victoryfollowing the SuperTuesday when a full-scale race for theDemocratic presidentialnomination staged on 22states and AmericanSamoa. He was alsoexpected to win hishometown of Hawaii,whose caucuses wouldbe closed at 1 am ESTon Wednesday (0600GMT). On Republican

side, Arizona SenatorMcCain remained a two-digit lead over formerArkansas governor MikeHuckabee at 56 per centto 36 per cent as of 11 percent of precincts counted.

“I promise you I willwage a campaign withdetermination, passion,and the right ideas forstrengthening our countrythat prove worthy of thehonour and responsibilityyou have given me," the71-year-old Vietnamveteran told a supporterrally.

MNA/Xinhua

TOKYO, 21 Feb— About300 women gathered onJapan’s southern island ofOkinawa on Tuesday toprotest the suspected rapeof a 14-year-old girl thereby a US Marine, callingfor US troops to leave,media reported.

A 38-year-old Marine,Tyrone Hadnott, wasarrested last Monday onsuspicion of raping the girlin a car. He denied rape butadmitted forcing her to kisshim, police have said.

“Why do Okinawa’streasures, our children,have to be harmed likethis,” Yoko Higa of awomen’s group inOkinawa, was quoted byKyodo News agency assaying at the rally. “I amso mad, fire is burningfrom my head. I demandthat the bases leave now.”

Keiko Itokazu, anUpper House lawmaker,also spoke out against the

US Military presence inOkinawa. “This caseprevents women andchildren from living herein peace,” Kyodo quotedher as saying.

“Let’s work to have theUS troops—they are notgood neighbours — leaveOkinawa as soon aspossible.”—MNA/Reuters

Three more countries ratifyASEAN Charter

SINGAPORE, 21 Feb — Three of ten member countriesof the Association of South-East Asian Nations(ASEAN) - Laos, Malaysia and Brunei—have ratifiedthe ASEAN Charter, bringing the total number to four,said Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo onWednesday.

He announced this when he briefed the media afterthe ASEAN foreign ministers ended a two-day retreatin Singapore.

ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan receivedthe instruments of ratification from Laos and MalaysiaWednesday during a special ceremony on the sidelinesof the meeting, while Brunei deposited its instrumentof ratification on 15 February, said Yeo.

MNA/Xinhua

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Residents panic

outside their homes

in Indonesia’s

Simeulue district on

20 Feb, 2008. A 7.5

magnitude quake

struck off Indonesia’s

Aceh Province on

Wednesday killing at

least three people and

damaging buildings

on the nearby island

Simeulue.

INTERNET

Traffic flows on a flyover at the Bund in Shanghai on 19 Feb, 2008. Theflyover will be reconstructed for further development of the Bund, local

media reported. The Bund is one of the most famous tourist sites inShanghai.—INTERNET

Brightly coloured coralline, bryozoans and sponges sit on the ocean floor at adepth of about 600 metres (1970 feet) on the Antarctic continental shelf are

shown in this handout image made available on 19 Feb, 2008.—XINHUA

JERUSALEM, 20 Feb —Israeli Prime MinisterEhud Olmert andPalestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas agreedon Tuesday to acceleratepeace talks, despitedifferences over howquickly to tackle thethorny issue of Jerusalem,Israeli officials said.

“Israel is committedto discussing all the coreissues,” Olmert’s spokes-

KATHMANDU, 20 Feb —Former Nepali primeminister Surya BahadurThapa Tuesday announc-ed that his party, theRastriya Janashakti Party(RJP) of Nepal decided toboycott the upcoming 10April Constituent Assem-bly (CA) elections.

According to a Pressrelease issued by the RJP,the meeting of the centralexecutive committee ofthe party held on Tuesday

WASHINGTON, 20 Feb— The US military hasbeen stretched danger-ously thin by the Iraq war,according to almost 90 percent of retired and currentmilitary officers polled onthe state of America’sArmed Forces.

Eighty per cent said itwould be unreasonable toexpect the US military towage another major warsuccessfully at this time,according to the poll bythe Centre for a NewAmerican Security Think

MANILA, 20 Feb— ThePhilippine Marine troopshave exhumed a body,believed to be that of aterrorist leader linked tothe 2002 Bali bombingsin Indonesia, officials saidon Tuesday.

Dulmatin, a JemaahIslamiyah bomb expert,also known as AmmarUsman, was likely killedwhen government troopsclashed with suspectedterrorists in the Philip-

Olmert, Abbas agree toaccelerate talks

man Mark Regev toldreporters after the leadersmet in Jerusalem, addingnegotiators would meet onan “almost daily” basis.

Regev said Olmertwas “very clear” earlierthis week when he assertedAbbas had accepted anIsraeli suggestion to delaytalks on Jerusalem untilthe end of negotiations onPalestinian statehood.

He declined to say

whether the PrimeMinister had changed hisposition after Palestiniansthis week insisted thatAbbas had made no suchcommitment.

An Israeli sourcefamiliar with the talks said:“The issue of Jerusalemdid not come up in thediscussion. I’m not awareof changes in the Israeliposition.”

MNA/Xinhua

Alleged terrorist leaderkilled in Philippines

pines’ southern islandprovince of Tawi-Tawi on31 January, Philippine TVnetwork ABS-CBN re-ported, citing Navyspokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Ariel Caculitan.

The body, which borewounds in the head, chestand right foot, wasexhumed after the militaryreceived information thatDulmatin was killed andburied at the site followingan encounter in Tawi-Tawi.

Members of the USFederal Bureau of Investi-gation Tuesday startedforensic examinations toconfirm if the cadaverbelonged to the Indonesianterrorist leader, comparingDNA samples from thebody to those taken fromDulmatin’s two sons whowere taken into militarycustody in 2006, saidNelson Allaga, chief of theArmed Forces’ WesternMindanao Command.

MNA/Xinhua

Poll shows US mily stretcheddangerously thin by war

Tank and Foreign Policymagazine.

More than 3,400 serv-ing and retired officerstook part in the poll,organizers said. Around90 per cent were retiredofficers, a large majorityhad combat experienceand about 10 per centhad served in Iraq orAfghanistan. The findingsreflect concerns expressedpublicly, although usuallyin less stark terms, by topUS military officers, who

say frequent long deploy-ments to Iraq and Afghani-stan have put great stresson both troops andequipment.

“We are putting morestrains on the all-volunteerforce than it was everdesigned to bear,” ArmyLieutenant-Colonel JohnNagl, a prominent coun-terinsurgency expert, saidat a panel discussion inWashington on Tuesday toannounce the results of thesurvey. —MNA/ReutersFormer Nepali PM’s party

boycotts upcoming CA pollsdecided to boycott the CAelection pointing at thesituation in Madhes.

Chairman of RJPThapa accused the coa-lition government com-prising Nepali Congress(NC), Communist Party ofNepal (Maoist) (CPN-M)and CPN-UML, of tryingto forcefully conduct theassembly polls, addingthat RJP decided not toparticipate in the pollssince the government has

remained indifferent tothe worsening crisis insouthern Terai plains ofthe country.

Thapa said that thegovernment is using forceand mistreating theagitating Madhesi, indi-genous and other groupsat a time when the govern-ment should include themin confidence and reachan understanding to createelection atmosphere.

MNA/Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 21 Feb— Four students were killedand at least 14 others injured as a school bus and severalother vehicles crashed in the US southwestern state ofMinnesota on Tuesday, officials said.

The bus was tipped on its side in the afternoon ona highway north of Cottonwood after being hit by apickup.

Minnesota Public Safety spokeswoman ChristineKrueger told reporters that the bus was on its regularroute, with 28 students and a driver on board.

The injured students were rushed to hospitals bysome motorists who arrived first at the scene and byrescue squads and ambulances. —MNA/Reuters

Four killed, 14 injuredin US school bus crash

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A US design company has created the world’s first wooden supercar“Splinter.” —INTERNET

Singapore, Turkey ink dealto boost investment

China’s V-PM stressesimprovement of energy structure

Brazil, India call to end farmsubsidies by rich countries

Australia to invest $4b in Indonesia’s mining Crude oil ends at newrecord close of $100.74

NEW YORK, 20 Feb—Crude oil for Marchdelivery rose 73 cents onWednesday to finish at anew record closing high of100.74 dollars a barrel onthe New York MercantileExchange. Earlier in thesession, the March contract,which expired Wednesday,hit a record all-time high of101.32 dollars a barrel.

This was mainly becausetraders took the FederalReserve’s weak economicreport as a signal that moreinterest rate cuts arecoming, analysts said.

The 100-dollar-a-barrelmilestone was first reachedin early January.

The Federal Reserve saidWednesday that it expectsto see higher unemploy-ment for the rest of 2008,as well as a reduction ineconomic growth in theminutes released from itsmeeting in late January.

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SINGAPORE, 20 Feb—Singapore and Turkeysigned an InvestmentGuarantee Agreement onTuesday, which will serveto increase investorconfidence and encouragecompanies from bothsides to venture into eachother’s countries.

The deal was inked bySingapore’s Trade andIndustry Minister LimHng Kiang and TurkishTransport and Com-munications MinisterBinali Yildirim, according

to a statement by theSingapore Government.

Lim said there ispotential for further tradeand investment colla-boration, and encouragedbusinesses on both sidesto further explore.

“The Turkish Govern-ment is undertaking long-term market-orientedreforms to build an openinvestment environment,this bodes well for theeconomy and forinterested foreign in-vestors,” he said.

He said that Singapore’scultural knowledge andestablished ties withinAsia present a partnershipproposition for Turkishcompanies interested inengaging the fast-growingregional economies.

Turkey and Singaporehave enjoyed growingeconomic relations.Bilateral trade grew 32 percent last year, reaching1.04 billion Singaporedollars (about 738 millionUS dollars).

MNA/Xinhua

BEIJING, 20 Feb—Chinese Vice-PremierZeng Peiyan Mondaycalled for efforts to acce-lerate optimizing energystructure and to promoteindependent developmentof nuclear power.

Zeng said nuclear powerwas a sort of clean, high-efficient, safe and reliableenergy. He emphasizedthat pushing forwardconstruction of nuclearpower projects was animportant measure tospeed up the change ofeconomic growth pattern

and the restructuring ofenergy and the nationaleconomy at large.

He made the remarkswhile meeting with theproject contractors for theMonday start of con-struction work on Ningdenuclear power station inthe eastern province ofFujian.

According to Zeng,endeavours should beexerted to strengthenabsorption of importednuclear power techno-logies and achieveindependent designing,

manufacturing andoperating of pressurizedwater reactors each withan installed capacity of atleast one million kilowatts.China’s first nuclear powerproject located on a seaisland, the Ningde stationis 143 kilometres awayfrom the provincial capitalof Fuzhou. Its first stageinvolves four generatingunits each with an installedcapacity of one millionkilowatts and costs 51.2billion yuan (7.1 billion USdollars).

MNA/Xinhua

E C O N O M I C N E W S JAKARTA, 20 Feb—

Australian firms areprepared to invest morethan four billion US dol-lars in Indonesia’s miningindustry, local newspaperThe Jakarta Post asreported Tuesday.

“Australia has morethan four billion dollarswaiting to be invested,”visiting Australia’s SeniorTrade Commissioner RodMorehouse was quoted bythe daily as saying.

Morehouse was in

Jakarta to attend theOzmine exhibition andconference.

Earlier last year,Australia-based RioTinto Group expressedinterest in investing twobillion dollars in a nickelmining project inSulawesi, expected tocreate 5,000 jobs as wellas to build a nickelsmelter capable ofproducing 46,000 tons ofnickel metal per year.

Australian Ambassadorto Indonesia Bill Farmersaid the two countries,long time partners in themining industry, wereentering an “excitingchapter”.

“Australian miners arepart of the success story ofIndonesia’s mining in-dustry. We have deve-loped ways in dealing withissues in mining. We canbring this to Indonesia,”he said.

MNA/Xinhua

BRASILIA, 20 Feb—Theforeign ministers of Indiaand Brazil Monday calledon developed nations toend their farm subsidiesand open their agriculturalmarkets to free com-petition. “Those subsidiesthat distort trade shouldbe drastically reduced,”visiting Indian ForeignMinister Pranab Muk-herjee said at a joint Pressconference with hisBrazilian counterpartCelso Amorim.

The current difficultiesin the world economy havemade it “more urgent thanever for a successfulconclusion of the DohaRound of world tradetalks”, Amorim said.

France Monday an-nounced that 20 Europeannations had rejected the

latest World TradeOrganization proposalsfor a global trade deal,saying that plans to cutimport tariffs andsubsidies threatenedEuropean farmers.

The Doha Round ofglobal trade negotiationswas launched in 2001 withthe aim of bringing downtrade barriers to promotedevelopment. The talkshave been stalled due tomajor differences onagricultural and non-agricultural marketaccess.— MNA/Xinhua

A Saudi woman displays

a necklace at Riyadh

International Jewellery

exhibition on 20 Feb,

2008.—INTERNET

Fishermen carry the sacrificial offerings to the port to attend the annualFishing Light Festival held at Chuwang Village of Yantai City, east China’s

Shandong Province, on 19 Feb, 2008.—INTERNET

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Photo taken on 19 Feb, 2008 shows the Chinese scientific exploration shipXuelong, or Snow Dragon, sails apart the floating ice area in Antarctica.

XINHUA

Sweden, Iraq sign dealon returning refugees

N-W China’s hydropower plantthreatened by worst winter

Police kill three foreigninsurgents in Baghdad

STOCKHOLM, 20 Feb—Sweden, which has takenin more Iraqi refugeesthan any other EuropeanUnion country, said onMonday it had signed adeal with Iraq that allowssome asylum-seekers tobe returned forcibly.

The agreement wassigned in Baghdad bySweden’s envoy to Iraqand Iraqi Foreign MinisterHoshyar Zebari, Sweden’sJustice Ministry said in a

statement.Effective immediately,

it allows Sweden to sendback any asylum-seekerswho do not meet itscriteria. Sweden in the pasthas rejected requests fromthose who could not showthat they personally werein danger if they returnedto Iraq. Kristina Lindahl,a spokeswoman for Swe-den’s Immigration Mini-stry, said there were about400 Iraqis currently in

Sweden whose requestsfor asylum had beenrejected.

Previously Iraq wasunwilling to accept returnsunless they were volun-tary, Lindahl said. Therehad been a few cases ofvoluntary returns, al-though she did not haveexact numbers.

Lindahl said about18,000 Iraqi asylum-seekers came to Swedenlast year. That was morethan half the total thatcame to EU countries in2007 and was aboutdouble the number comingto Sweden in 2006.

MNA/Reuters

Residents walk through the snow in Istanbul on 18 Feb, 2008. Heavy snowfalland subzero temperatures paralysed traffic and forced the closure of schools

and universities across much of Turkey on Monday. —XINHUA

BAGHDAD, 20 Feb—Iraqi police killed onTuesday three foreigninsurgents and detained anIraqi leader of al-Qaedanetwork during raids ontheir hideouts in SalahudinProvince, a provincialpolice source said.

“Two Saudi nationalsand an Algerian in-surgents, believed to beaffiliated to al-Qaeda inIraq network, were killedwhen a police force raided

at dawn the Sukheira area,southwest of SamarraCity, some 120 kilometresnorth of Baghdad,” thesource told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

The Iraqi securityforces also arrested a localleader of al-Qaeda, iden-tified as Muhammad al-Rahmani during anotherraid in the city, the sourcesaid. Meanwhile, thesecurity forces seized aweapons cache, that

included rockets androadside bombs, he said.

Violence has increasedrecently in Iraq’s northernprovinces, where Sala-hudin Province located, asinsurgents regrouped thereafter being defeated fromtheir strongholds in thecentral and western partof the country under thepressure of majoroffensives conducted byUS and Iraqi securityforces.—MNA/Xinhua

LANZHOU, 20 Feb—Halfthe water in the LiujiaxiaReservoir is frozen afterthe worst winter in 60years, posing threat to theLiujiaxia HydropowerStation, northwest China’spivotal hydropower plant.

When the ice meltbegins, the resulting flowscould affect operation ofthe generators. The powerplant was currently taking

measures to preventdamaging the machines,an official of the maritimebureau of Linxia HuiAutonomous Prefecture inGansu Province said.

“Freezing in such a largearea has rarely occurredin the reservoir.

“This is the worst in 30years,” the spokesmanadded. From mid Januaryto early February, unusual

freezing weather hasgripped Gansu as thetemperature around thereservoir dropped tominus 20 degrees Centi-grade. The ice has also ledto the suspension of theuse of three piers in thereservoir areas. Localauthorities have launchedround-the-clock moni-toring of the frozenreservoir.—MNA/Xinhua

Malaysia to enhancesecurity for general

electionKUALA LUMPUR, 21

Feb—Malaysian policewill keep a close watch on“hot areas” in eight statesof the country for theupcoming general ele-ction, local media reportedon Tuesday.

Police will send morepersonnel to these areas toensure that there are nountoward incidents thereduring the generalelection, Malaysia's PoliceInspector-General MusaHassan said when visitingAlor Star, capital of theKedah State in north-western Malaysia.

Four of the “hot areas”are located in Kedah, thepolice chief said, butdeclining to identify thedetails.—MNA/Xinhua

China, Japan to hold 8thstrategic dialogue

BEIJING, 21Feb— China and Japan will hold theireighth strategic dialogue in Beijing from 22 to 23February, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman LiuJianchao announced here on Wednesday.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi andJapanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yabunaka Mitojiwill head delegations to attend the dialogue,respectively, said Liu.

He added that the two sides will exchange views indepth on how to enhance strategic mutual trust andcooperation.

China and Japan have held seven rounds ofstrategic dialogues. The last round was held in Chinaon 27 January, 2007.—MNA/Xinhua

Teamsters to endorseObama in White House

race WASHINGTON, 21 Feb— The Teamsters union,

which represents 1.25 million US transportationworkers, is expected to endorse Barack Obama tobecome the Democratic presidential candidate, aunion spokesman said on Wednesday.

The support would give the Illinois Senator a bigboost ahead of critical contests in Texas and Ohio on4 March in his state-by-state battle with New YorkSenator Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nominationfor the November election. —MNA/Reuters

Tokyo Disneyland. As the Japanese have fewer and fewer children, Disney issetting its sights on the growing elderly population, launching a cut-rate

annual pass for visitors aged 60 or older.—INTERNET

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Sacred Shwe Tha Lyaung Hill at KyaukseDr Khin Maung Nyunt

Situated immediately to the eastside of thetown Kyaukse, in Mandalay Division, is a sacred hillnamed “Shwe Tha Lyaung Taung” of 977 feet inheight. The name “KyaukSe” literally means “stoneweir”. The entire area is a vast stretch of fertile landbetween the Shan mountains and streams and rivers,but watered by a number of man-made dams andcanals to cultivate a variety of crops mainly paddysince the early centuries of Christian era. Like otherisolated masses of rock rising abruptly from theplains, Shwe Tha Lyaung hill, close to Kyaukse isrevered as the sacred hill because it is dotted withBuddhist monuments and shrines of old and moderntimes. Other sacred hills in Kyaukse District are (1)Pyet Kha Ywey with two peaks rising to 3004 and3707 feet respectively (2) Mondaing Taung, 1696feet (3) Kalagyaing Taung, 1711 feet (4) Min MweyTaung, 792 feet and (5) Kein Naya Taung, 1504 feet.The most striking feature of these hills in Kyauksearea is the presence of pagodas and shrines built ontheir summits and spurs, creating a sublimely,attractive background to the scenery.

Since both rail and road between Mandalayand Yangon pass through Kyaukse, travellers enjoythe eye feed of blue Shan mountain ranges in thedistance and white-washed and gilt pagodas dottedhills outcropping in the green and yellow plains,criss-crossed with a network of irrigations.

Scientists who have explored this area speakof granite outcrops, light grey quartz, limestone andsandstone, with elephant, tiger, deer, pigs, sambhurs,barking deer dominating in fauna and than, dahat,htanaung, pauk, tamarind and toddy palm majorspecies in flora.

JA Steward, settlement officer No 3 party,compiled and published Kyaukse District Gazetteerin 1925. In volume A of that compilation he gives thelegend of the pagoda on the summit of Shwe ThaLyaung hill as follows:—

“Shwe Tha Lyaung Pagoda is ascribed bylegend to Asoka and repaired by Anawrahta (1044-1077). It contains a replica of the sacred tooth whichthe king had sought in vain to obtain from theEmperor of China. Anawrahta sent off the royalelephant Sinmayintha with a replica of the tooth onits back and ordered that a pagoda containing anotherreplica of the tooth should be built whenever theelephant knelt. The elephant ascended to the top ofthe Kyaukse Hill and knelt down and the Shwe ThaLyaung Pagoda was built or reconstructed upon thespot. The elephant then proceeded to the top of PyetKha Ywey Hill and pointed out the site of thatpagoda. It is supposed to have knelt in five differentspots but authorities appear to differ as to the exactplaces” (page 45).

Mr Stewart was not right in the abovestatement. He was much confused and mixed up withthe legend of the replica of sacred tooth Anawrahtareceived from the King of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) withthe legend of the replica of sacred tooth whichAnawrahta asked from Chinese Emperor and henever received it, instead a jade Buddha image ofimperial colour (emerald Buddha) was presented tohim. The five replicas of sacred tooth which wereenshrined in pagodas at five different spots includingPyet Kha Ywey hill were those that belong to thelegend of sacred tooth of Ceylon. Anawrahta received

a replica of the sacred left lower canine tooth of theGotama Buddha as a royal gift from King Dhatusenaof Ceylon. It was carried on the back of his royal whiteelephant named Ratana Sinmayintha which knelt atfive different places— Shwezigon Pagoda at Bagan,on the summit of Tant Kyi Taung Hill on the west bankof the Ayeyawady River facing Bagan, on a hillocknear the harbour of Lokananda, on the summit of Tu-yin hill rage, seven miles to the south of Bagan andfinally on the two peaks Pyet and Kha Ywey of the hillin Kyaukse area. The elephant did go up the Shwe ThaLyaung hill and made a brief halt there but it did notknelt down there. It was at these five spots where thewhite elephant knelt down that Anawrahta built pagodasto enshrine five tooth replicas.

On the summit of Shwe Tha Lyaung hill wasan old pagoda believed to have been built by EmperorAsoka. Anawrahta only repaired and renovated it. Heenshrined other sacred relics but not tooth replica.

In the Ko Khayaing Thamaing compiled by UHpo Oh and quoted in the History of Shwe ThaLyaung, Shwe Mut Htaw and Dhattaw Taung by UNyein Maung, 1993 January, different names of ShweTha Lyaung Hill in the times of four Buddhas alreadyrevealed are mentioned as follows:(1) in the time of Kyaukkusanda Buddha the hill was

called Ratanapibha hill(2) in the time of Konagamana Buddha it was called

Eithi Thaytha hill because 500 hermits dwelt on it.(3) in the time of Kassapa Buddha the hill was named

Reinnara Sampara hill because sandal wood treesgrew on the hill and mythical birds KeinnaraKeinnari lived there

(4) in the time of Gotama Buddha the hill assumed thename of Satu Yadanayathipabhada hill to honourall four Buddhas revealed

(5) Finally because the shape of the hill resembledthat of a reclining Buddha the hill acquired thename Shinpin Tha Lyaung or Shwe Tha Lyaunghill

Shwe Tha Lyaung Pagoda on the summit ofthis hill was built by Sri Dhammathawka or EmperorAsoka in the Buddha Sasana Year 235. Originally itsheight was five cubits. Next Anawrahta of Baganrepaired and renovated this pagoda in ruin by encasingit with a larger and longer pagoda, ten cubits high.

In Myanmar Era 952, (AD 1590) a severeearthquake brought down the pagoda and it was MinYe Kyaw Swa, the viceroy of Inwa and son of KingNanda of Hanthawaddy who repaired and renovated itin ME 955 (AD 1593).He built a reclining BuddhaImage with a tazaung pavilion to the north-east ofShwe Tha Lyaung Pagoda. A stone inscription in Paliand Myanmar was set up in the precinct. It records theregional titles, wealth, religious and social works ofhis royal father, the extent of his domains andboundaries, precious votive objects which Min YeKyaw Swa enshrined in the Pagoda and other religiousmonuments he built; lists of globe lands, names ofpagodas slaves dedicated to the Pagoda, the Bahosi orclock drum tower he built there and finally his prayersand sharing of his merits with all beings.

The hill and the pagoda are associated withelephants and elephant dance festivals. The entirearea of Kyaukse being close to the Shan mountainsused to be the habitat of wild life. Particularly wildelephants roamed there. Long before Anawrahta of

Bagan, there had been a local legend of the elephanttamer king U-te-na. His father was the king ofKawsambi whose pregnant chief queen was carriedaway by a big garuda while she was sunning alonewith a red velvet shawl covering her body. Thegaruda thought the red object was a piece of meat.In its nest on a big bannyan tree the garuda droppedher and flew away. The pregnant queen was rescuedby a hermit who looked after her. When a son wasborn to her it was named U-te-na. The hermittaught the grown-up U-te-na 18 princely arts. Inaddition he gave him elephant taming mantra whichif chanted with harp music, all wild elephants uponhearing it, would dance and obey the command ofthe chanter. At the astrologically appropriate dateand time the hermit made U-te-na chant mantrawith the music of the harp he had made. All wildelephants came dancing following U-te-na whowith his old mother marched to Kawsambi and hewas enthroned as the rightful successor to this royalfather. This story was one of Jatakas. But localpeople believe it happened there and in olden days,villagers even pointed at an enormous bannyan treewhere the garuda nested and a hill named MinMwey taung as was the birth place of U-te-na.Since then, U-te-na pujas and elephant dancefestivals are yearly held in Kyaukse District.

In the time of Anawrahta, another elephanttradition was added. As mentioned earlier Anawrahtamade his white mount to carry on its back replicasof sacred tooth relic of Ceylon to choose sites forbuilding pagodas to enshrine them. Pyet Kha Yweyhill in Kyaukse area was one of the five sites wherethe white elephant knelt down. On Shwe Tha Lyaunghill the elephant just made a brief halt. Aftercompleting his religious works of building pagodasand shrines Anawrahta issued a royal order that “alllocal people shall hold annual puja by offering ricefood to these pagodas and monuments. They shallalso honour royal white elephant that had carried thetooth replicas by offering elephant figures of goldand silver to the pagodas and when it passed away,they shall do religious works in its honour and sharemerit with it.”

Since that time generations in Kyauksearea have been carrying out the royal order ofAnawrahta holding elephant dance festivals at ShweTha Lyaung Hill from 10th to 15th waxing ofThidingyut (October). In the offertories made toShwe Tha Lyaung pagoda and Image, cakes in thedesign of elephant, elephant figures of bamboo andpaper, elephant dummies are included. At Pyet KhaYwey hill pagoda, food offering festival takesplace every year on the 14th and 15th waxing moonof Thidingyut. In days of yore, tamed and trainedelephants participated in these festivals. Later years,dummies made of bamboo, cloth and papers of lifesize are realistically created into which two youngmen go in and manipulate every happy movementof an elephant in harmony with the tune of elephantdance music. In course of time the art and craft ofelephant dummy making and elephant dance andmusic developed to perfection in Kyaukse area.Kyaukse Thidingyut festivals and elephant danceare well-known far and wide attracting pilgrimsand tourists at home and abroad.

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NAY PYI TAW, 21 Feb —FisheriesDepartment has already issued an announcementtoday that all vessels large and small must stayaway from 4 km radius of the areas in which surveywill be conducted by Ngwe Oil & Gas Pte Limitedat Rakhine Offshore Plot No M 8 starting from 5March to 15 April.

The areas that survey will be carried outare at Point A from North Latitude 14 degree, 40minute and 00 second to East Longitude 93 degree,21 minute and 00 second; at Point B from NorthLatitude 14 degree, 00 minute and 00 second toEast Longitude 94 degree, 49 minute and 00second; at Point C from North Latitude 14 degree,00 minute and 00 second to East Longitude 94degree, 49 minute and 00 second; at Point D fromNorth Latitude 14 degree, 40 minute and 00 secondto East Longitude 93 degree, 33 minute and 00second; at Point A from North Latitude 14 degree,40 minute and 00 second to East Longitude 93degree, 21 minute and 00 second.

MNA

Notice to marinersissued

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Feb — U Nyan Win,Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union ofMyanmar, arrived back here today after attendingthe ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat held on 19and 20 February 2008 at Sentosa Island inSingapore.

On 19 February 2008, Foreign Minister UNyan Win, together with his ASEAN counterparts,attended the Working Dinner hosted by Mr GeorgeYeo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Singapore. Atthe dinner, ASEAN Foreign Ministers exchangedviews on international and regional issues. ForeignMinister U Nyan Win briefed his colleagues on thelatest developments in Myanmar including the forth-coming National Referendum to be held in May ofthis year to approve the State Constitution and themulti-party democracy general elections scheduledto be held in 2010.

At the AMM Retreat on 20 February 2008,the ASEAN Foreign Ministers cordially and franklydiscussed issues on the earliest ratification of the

ASEAN Charter, transitional arrangements for post-ASEAN Charter, including the appointment ofPermanent Representatives to ASEAN andestablishment of Committee of PermanentRepresentatives, Plan of Action to implement theASEAN Charter, and resource mobilization forASEAN.

Furthermore, ASEAN Foreign Ministersdiscussed ASEAN’s approach to East AsiaCooperation and blueprints for ASEAN Political andSecurity Community and ASEAN Socio-CulturalCommunity.

Foreign Minister U Nyan Win also held aseparate meeting with his counterpart Dr HassanWirajuda of Indonesia on 19 February and discussedon promotion of bilateral relations betweenMyanmar and Indonesia during his stay inSingapore. — MNA

Foreign Minister back from Singapore

YANGON, 21 Feb—The opening of HousingManagement Course organized by Public Works underthe Ministry of Construction took place at the CentralTraining School (Thuwunna), this morning.

Deputy Minister for Construction U Thint Swedelivered an introductory speech.

Twenty trainees are attending the four-week course. MNA

YANGON, 21 Feb — In commemoration ofthe 7th Buddha Pujaniya, a ceremony to offer ‘soon’and alms to Lawka Chantha Abhaya Labha MuniBuddha Image was held at the Gandakuti Buildingon Mindhamma Hill in Insein Township thismorning.

Chairman of Yangon Division Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win and party donatedflowers, water and ‘soon’ to Lawka Chantha AbhayaLabha Muni Buddha Image.

Chairman of State Sangha Maha NayakaCommittee Magway Sayadaw Abhidhaja MahaRattha Guru Abhidhaja Agga Maha SaddhammajotikaBhaddanta Kumara administered the Five Precepts.Members of the Sangha recited Parittas.

The commander and wife, Deputy Ministerfor Religious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Aung Ko anddepartmental officials donated robes and provisionsto members of the Sangha.

Secretary of SSMNC Nyaungdon SayadawAbhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Abhidhaja Agga MahaSaddhammajotika Bhaddanta Osadhabhivamsadelivered a sermon, and the commander and partyshared merits gained.

After the ceremony, the commander, officialsand wellwishers donated ‘soon’ to 45 members ofthe Sangha.

MNA

YANGON, 21 Feb — Deputy Minister forElectric Power No 2 Brig-Gen Win Myint,accompanied by departmental officials, supervisedmaintenance of No 147 pylon of 230 kv national gridcrossing Ayeyawady River, near Kazintaw Village ofPantanaw Township and future tasks for its durabilityyesterday.

After hearing the reports presented by officials,the Deputy Minister instructed officials to carry out thetasks in time.

MNA

No 147 pylon of 230 kvnational grid maintained

Meritorious deedsperformed at Lawka

Chantha Abhaya LabhaMuni Buddha Image

Housing ManagementCourse of PW opened

Foreign ministers of ASEAN countries pose for documentary photo in Singapore.FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Deputy Minister U Tint Swe delivers an address at Housing Management Courseof Public Works. — MNA

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Lust not pierce throughwell-cultivated mind

Dhammapada 14

As a house well-thatched the rain pierces not through, so does lust notpierce through the well-cultivated mind.

Free traditional medicaltreatment provided

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Feb—Nay PyiTaw Pyinmana District TraditionalMedicine Health Care Center of theTraditional Medicine Department andthe Myanmar Traditional PractitionersAssociation (Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmanabranch) made a field trip to Aung Zeyamodel village, Nay Pyi Taw PyinmanaTownship on 16 February.

During the trip, the head of thedistrict Traditional MedicineDepartment and traditional medicinepractitioners gave free treatments andtraditional medicines to over 150villagers.—MNA

UMFCCI Joint-Secretary-1meets Malaysian guests

YANGON, 21 Feb—Joint-Secretary-1 Dr Maung Maung Lay andthe executives of the Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambers of Commerceand Industry received Chairman DrMuhammad Hussin and Maj (R) AmirAlias of National University of MalaysiaAlumini Association at the UMFCCIoffice, here, on 19 February.

They discussed holding ofMalaysian Education & Health Expoand Seminar in April 2008 in Yangonand cooperation in economic andservices sectors.—MNA

Htamane, provisions donated tomonks at Shwedagon Pagoda

Minister supervises religious matters inBagan-NyaungU, Pakokku

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Feb— CEC Member of theUnion Solidarity andDevelopment AssociationMinister for ReligiousAffairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung inspectedpreliminary tasks for theconstruction of BaganBuddha Dhamma Centrein Bagan ArchaeologicalRegion on 18 February.

At the meeting hall ofthe office of the DistrictGeneral AdministrationDepartment, the ministermet with departmentalofficials and engineers andmade a speech onconstruction tasks ofBagan Buddha DhammaCentre.

Next,the ministervisited the Ninth SasanaLinkara Examination inRecitation of BuddhistSculpture at SasanaBeikman in Pakokku andpaid homage to PatronSayadaws and candidate

monks and donatedoffertories to them. AtSasana Wiponlayama(Mandalay) Anouthtaik,he paid homage toPresiding SayadawBhaddanta Sobhana,Presiding Sayadaw ofMaha WizayayamaAletaik BhaddantaSumingala, LecturerSayadaw BhaddantaKosalla of Maha-withutayama Ashaytaikand Presiding Sayadaw ofB a w d h i m a n d a i n gKyaungtaik BhaddantaViriya and donated almsto the Sayadaws.

Next, the ministerproceeded to Toungzalattyouth training school inPakokku and inspected it.

The following day theminister attended a stakedriving ceremony ofAungtawmu pagoda inNyaungsauk village anddonated K 100,000 for theconstruction of the

pagoda. And he attendeda stake driving ceremonyof Sasana Beikman inYesagyo and donatedcash.

At the cash donationceremony, the Ministry ofReligious Affairs donatedK 4 million andwellwishers, K 40 milliontotalling K 44 million.

At the meeting hall ofYesagyo TownshipUSDA, the CEC membermet with the secretary andexecutives and donatedbooks and journals to theassociation library and theschool libraries inYesagyo Township.

The CEC member inthe evening went toZawtika Pali University inMonywa and paidhomage to StateOvadacayira SayadawAbhidhaja Maha RatthaGuru Bhaddanta Kavindaand donated offertories tothe Sayadaw. — MNA

A member of a religious association donatesprovisions to a Sayadaw. — MNA

YANGON, 21 Feb — A ceremony to donateHtamane, a traditional food, and provisions to membersof the Sangha for 1369 ME was held at ShwedagonPagoda today.

First members of the religious associationsrecited religious verses and shared merits gained.

Members of the Sangha led by OvadacariyaSayadaws of the Board of Trustees of ShwedagonPagoda circled the pagoda clock-wise and members ofthe religious associations who participated in theHtamane making contest at the pagoda donated thefood and provisions to the members of the Sangha.

Afterwards, the congregation received the Nine-Precepts from the Sayadaw of Bahan Township MahaAungmyaybonsan Monastery and shared merits gained.

MNA

Lawkanandar of Artist Hla Tin Htun. (News on page 2) — MNA

(from page 16) There are 600,000 physic nut plants and 130,000

rubber plants at the plantation. On his inspection tour,the commander also viewed running of paddy husk-fired engines.

MAGT Ltd set up a project to grow physic nutplants on 100,000 acres and established a 30-acreresearch plantation. So far, 700 acres were put underphysic nut in 2007. MAGT Ltd sets a target to grow10,000 acres of physic nut in 2008.

During the tour of Ngayokkaung, NgaputawTownship, the commander also inspected cultivationof 21,600 physic nut plants and presented cashassistance to patients receiving treatment at the hospitalin the township. — MNA

South-West Command Commander …

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Armenia’s Sarksyan wins presidential voteYEREVAN, 21 Feb — Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan won a

presidential election, results showed on Wednesday, but opposition partiesprepared protests in the capital after complaining that the contest was rigged.

Sarksyan, who hasvowed to continue thepolicies of incumbentRobert Kocharyan, had anunassailable lead with782,233 votes — or 56per cent — of the1,408,712 ballotscounted, a spokeswomanfor the Central ElectionCommittee said.

The result looked setto give Sarksyan outrightvictory and let himavoid a runoff with hisclosest rival, opposition

leader and formerpresident Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who had310,792, or 22 per cent, ofvotes counted, ascalculated by Reuters.

The results were from85 per cent of the ballots

counted. The com-mission’s spokeswomandid not give percentagesfor candidates and saidthe body would wait untilall ballots had beencounted before doing so.

MNA/Reuters

Danish scientists find way totell age through eyes

LONDON, 21 Feb — A new way to decipher aperson’s age by looking into the lens of the eye couldhelp forensic scientists identify bodies, Danishresearchers said on Tuesday.

Their new technique uses radiocarbon dating tomeasure special proteins known as lens crystallinesthat develop around birth and remain unchanged forthe rest of our lives. They are the only part of the bodyapart from teeth that do so.

The researchers correctly identified the ages of13 people within one-and-a-half years by analysinga carbon isotope called carbon 14 trapped inside thecrystallines, they reported in the journal PLoS One.

MNA/Reuters

Study shows zinc helps withdiarrhoea in children

NEW YORK, 21 Feb— Treatment with zincsupplements can cut theseverity and duration ofacute or persistentdiarrhoea in children, astudy shows. Furtherresearch, however, isneeded to determineexactly how zinc producesits anti-diarrhoea effects,the researchers note in thein the February issue ofPediatrics.

The findings stemfrom a pooled analysis ofdata from 22 relevantstudies, including 16 thatfocused on the benefits ofzinc in 15,231 childrenwith acute diarrhoea andsix that looked at 2968children with persistentdiarrhoea.

Zinc use cut theaverage duration of bothacute and persistentdiarrhoea, Dr MarekLukacik, from the MedicalCollege of Georgia inAugusta, and colleaguesreport. In addition, zinctherapy reduced theaverage stool frequencyby 18.8 per cent and 12.5per cent in children withacute and persistentdiarrhoea, respectively.

Zinc supplementsalso helped preventdiarrhoea. Treatment withzinc supplements reducedthe occurrence of bothtypes of diarrhoea byroughly 18 per centrelative to placebo.

MNA/Reuters

Toshiba announces withdrawal fromHD DVD business

TOKYO, 21 Feb — Toshiba Corp officially announced its completewithdrawal from high-definition (HD) DVD business on Tuesday, leaving Blu-ray technology promoted by electronics makers such as Sony, Panasonic andHitachi the standard for next-generation DVDs.

The company said itwill immediately stopproducing HD DVDequipment and buy backall the products at retailersby around the end ofMarch, but will continueto provide after-salesservices to consumers.

“We carefully assess-ed the long-term impactof continuing the so-callednext-generation formatwar and concluded that aswift decision will besthelp the market develop,”Toshiba President andCEO Atsutoshi Nishidasaid at a Press conferencein the afternoon.

“While we aredisappointed for thecompany and moreimportantly, for theconsumer, the real massmarket opportunity forhigh-definition contentremains untapped andToshiba is both able anddetermined to use ourtalent, technology andintellectual property to

make digital convergencea reality,” Nishida added.

The company saidalthough it believes its HDDVD format is superior interms of cost and highcompatibility with currentDVDs, it has to stop thebusiness out ofconsideration for profitsand consumers’ advan-tage. — MNA/Xinhua

UK’s Glaxo cuts HIV drug pricesfor poor countries

LONDON, 21 Feb — GlaxoSmithKline Plc cut theprices on its range of HIV drugs offered to developingcountries, marking the fifth such discount since 1997

The most significant reduction is an almost 40per cent cut on Ziagen, a pill the World HealthOrganization recommends as a first- and second-linetreatment particularly for children. The averagediscount across its 14 not-for-profit HIV medicineswas 21 per cent, the company said on Tuesday.

MNA/Reuters

Indonesian airlines buy planes atS’pore show

JAKARTA, 21 Feb — Two of Indonesia’s mostprominent airlines ordered dozens of new Boeingairplanes worth about 6.7 billion US dollars at theSingapore Airshow, local Press said on Wednesday.

State-owned Garuda Indonesia ordered 10 Boeing777-300ERs (extended range) airplanes worth 2.3billion dollars while low-cost airline Lion Air acquired56 Boeing 737-900ERs worth about 4.4 billion dollars,reported The Jakarta Post newspaper.

MNA/Xinhua

Crude futures jump above $100 onsupply worries

NEW YORK, 21 Feb — Crude futures closed forthe first time above 100 US dollars a barrel Tuesday,driven by concerns that OPEC will cut output andgeopolitical tensions in Venezuela and Nigeria.

Light, sweet crude for March delivery rose 4.51US dollars at a record 100.01 a barrel on the NewYork Mercantile Exchange after earlier rising to100.10 dollars, a new trading record. The previoushigh was struck on January 3 as London Brent crudesettled up 3.65 dollars at 98.56 dollars a barrel.

MNA/Xinhua

Algerian Qaeda leader killed inBaghdad north

TIKRIT (Iraq), 21 Feb — Iraqi police and localanti-Qaeda group fighters killed a non-Iraqi Arableader of the al-Qaeda in Iraq network in SalahudinProvince, source from US and Iraqi liaison said onWednesday.

Dozens of the joint force on Tuesday night raidedhideouts of al-Qaeda fighters in the open area of theal-Jellam east of Samarra City, some 120 kilometresnorth of Baghdad, the source from the JointCoordination Centre in capital city of Tikrit toldXinhua.

They clashed with an armed group, killing agunman, who was later identified as Abu Azzam, alocal Algerian al-Qaeda leader, the source said oncondition of anonymity.

MNA/Xinhua

Girls show diabolosmade of red

sandalwood during theforum themed “Diabolo

Culture and BeijingOlympic Games” inBeijing, capital ofChina, on 19 Feb,2008.— XINHUA

A bat stretches its wings. Scores of infectious diseases have emerged tothreaten humans in the past decades as viruses leap the species barrier fromwild animals and bacteria mutate into antibiotic-resistant strains, scientistshave reported. For example, SARS is said to have come from Chinese bats.

INTERNET

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US Navy fires missile atspy satellite

WASHINGTON, 21 Feb— The US Navy shot amissile at an out-of-control spy satellite from a shipdeployed in the North Pacific late Wednesday, CNNreported.

“The missile has been launched and (it was) asuccessful intercept,” a Pentagon source was quotedby CNN as saying. However, it will take a day or twoto know whether the toxical fuel tank aboard thesatellite has been destroyed.

With the weather over Pacific improving, USmilitary finally gave the shoot-down order. A modifiedSM-3 missile was fired from the cruiser USS LakeErie, attempting to hit the bus-size satellite at about150 miles (240 kilometres) above the Earth, accordingto the Pentagon action plan released earlier.

The satellite, called USA 193,was launched on14Dec, 2006. Shortly after it reached orbit, groundcontrollers lost contact with it. Left alone, the satellitewould be expected to hit Earth during the first weekof March. Approximately 1134 kilos of satellite masswill survive re-entry, including 453 kilos of propellantfuel hydrazine, a hazardous material, in the tank,according to the Pentagon. — MNA/Xinhua

‘’Atlantis’’ lands safely atKennedy Space Centre

WASHINGTON, 21 Feb— The US space shuttleAtlantis touched down at Kennedy Space Centre inFlorida at 9:07 am EST (1407 GMT), concluding its13-day construction flight to the International SpaceStation, according to NASA TV live broadcasting.

The morning at Kennedy brought a modest layerof thin clouds and very light winds. NASA’s missioncontrol centre gave the go-ahead for Atlantis’ de-orbit,which slowed the shuttle down so it could enter theatmosphere and glide to the runway at Kennedy.

The shuttle, with seven astronauts aboard, cameto a full stop safely on the runway one minute aftertouchdown. “Wheels stop and the STS-122 missionhas ended,” NASA’s landing blog reported.

“We’re extremely happy to be home,” shuttlecommander Stephen Frick radioed to Mission ControlCentre.

Atlantis arrived at the space station on February9 to deliver the long-waited European Space Agency’sColumbus laboratory to the station, increasing theorbital outpost’s scientific capabilities. Constructionof the space laboratory, which cost close to two billionUS dollars, began in 1992. — MNA/Xinhua

The USS Lake Erie launches a Standard Missile-3at a non-functioning National Reconnaissance

Office satellite as it traveled in space at more than17,000 mph over the Pacific Ocean on 20 Feb,

2008.—INTERNET

Camelia Rodriguez , 53, of Chelsea, Mass ismarried to her partner of eight years, Jorge

Estuardo, left, by Pastor , right, during a last-minute wedding ceremony at the Massachusetts

General Hospital in Boston on 20 Feb, 2008,where Rodriguez has been battling metastatic

breast cancer.—INTERNET

Amateurastronomers look

at a partiallyeclipsed moon in

the town ofVarna, east of theBulgarian capitalSofia, on 21 Feb,

2008. The lasttotal lunar eclipse

until 2010occurred on

Wednesday night,with cameo

appearances bySaturn and the

bright starRegulus on eitherside of the veiled

full moon.INTERNET

A child dressed as a horse performs a ritual dance named “Nuo” at

Maotan county of Chizhou, Anhui Province, on 21 Feb, 2008. “Nuo” is an

ancient festival held traditionally during the Chinese Lunar New Year

holidays.—INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TABAH VOY NO (TBH-211 )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TABAHVOY NO (TBH-211 ) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 23.2.2008 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES PTE LTD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV EAGLE PRIDE VOY NO (803 N)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV EAGLE PRIDEVOY NO (803 N) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 22.2.2008 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S EAGLE SHIPPING CO, LTDPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

Toshiba opens research lab fornext generation N-reactors

TOKYO, 21 Feb—Toshiba Corporation opened a newresearch facility for next generation nuclear reactors inYokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture on Wednesday.

The facility is equipped with a high temperatureliquid-sodium test loop for conducting advancedresearch in essential technology for fast reactors, nextgeneration nuclear reactors.

The test loop is one of the largest operated by anyJapanese manufacturer in terms of flow rate and theheating and cooling capacity of liquid sodium, widelyrecognized as the preferred coolant for fast reactors.

These characteristics allow the test loop to conductsimulations of sodium coolant at actual operatingtemperature and flow rates, and operation of thefacility will provide Toshiba with essential data forfast reactor system design and verification of analysismethods.

MNA/Xinhua

26 arrested for damagingChina’s heritage site

SHENYANG, 20 Feb—Police have arrested 26 peoplewho are alleged to have seriously damaged a protectednortheast China Neolithic culture site on the WorldHeritage waiting list.

Zhang Xiuwu, of Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province,is accused of illegally mining iron ore last year inseveral places at the Niuheliang relic site, an importantsite for the study of the Neolithic Hongshan Culture,an aboriginal culture that existed in north China about6,000 years ago.—MNA/Xinhua

China’s forestry sector loses57.3b yuan in winter stormBEIJING, 20 Feb—Severe winter this year has cost

China’s forestry sector 57.3 billion yuan in losses, theState Forestry Administration (SFA) announced hereTuesday.

The worst winter in five decades in some areasdamaged 20.86 million hectares of forests, one tenth ofthe total, setting back efforts to meet a national 20-per-cent forest coverage target by 2020, according to theadministration.

MNA/Xinhua

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

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WASHINGTON, 21 Feb— A new laser analyzermight be able to helpdoctors detect cancer, as-thma or other diseases bysampling a patient’sbreath, US researchersreported on Tuesday.

The device uses mir-rors to bounce the laser’slight back and forth untilit has touched everymolecule a patient exhalesin a single breath, the teamreported in the journalOptics Express.

This can help detectminute traces of com-pounds that can point to

BEIJING, 21 Feb—China’s first lunar probingsatellite, Chang’e-1, willbe put to test Thursdaymorning when the Eartheclipses the Sun andblocks the supply of solarenergy.

People walk by a lantern

featuring the five

mascots of the 2008

Beijing Olympic Games,

in Pinying in east

China’s Shandong

province on 19 Feb,

2008. The lantern was

one of many on display

in preparation for the

Lantern Festival, which

marks the end of the

traditional 15-day

Spring Festival period

celebrating the Lunar

New Year. —INTERNET

Laser could provide breath testfor cancer, asthma

various diseases, includ-ing cancer, asthma, dia-betes and kidney mal-function, they said.

“This technique cangive a broad picture ofmany different moleculesin the breath all at once,”Jun Ye, who led the re-search at the University ofColorado, said in a state-ment. Ye’s team at a jointinstitute of the NationalInstitute of Standards andTechnology and the uni-versity developed a newtechnique, called cavity-enhanced direct opticalfrequency comb spectro-

scopy.When animals and

people breathe out, theyexhale not only gases thatare not needed, such ascarbon dioxide, but alsocompounds that resultfrom the metabolism ofcells. “To date, resear-chers have identified over1,000 different com-pounds contained inhuman breath,” Ye’s teamwrote in the report,published on the Internetathttp:www.opticsinfobase.orgabstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-4-2387.

MNA/Reuters

China lunar probe to meet moon eclipse

The moon is engulfed in the Earth’s shadowduring a total lunar eclipse as viewed from Palm

Beach Gardens, Florida.—INTERNET

From about 10 am, thesatellite will be hiddenfrom the solar rays andlost the contact from theEarth for two and a halfhours, said Ye Peijian,chief commander anddesigner in charge of the

satellite system.Scientists have re-

directed the orbit of thesatellite and shortened thetime it is out of direct sun-light by almost one hourand a half, Ye said.

Ye said the EuropeanSpace Agency would alsohelp to monitor the satel-lite and the final resultswould not be clear untilthis evening.

The satellite would alsoperform a second orbitaladjustment during anothereclipse in August, he said.

The 2,350-kilogrammesatellite carrying eightsurveying facilities aims tomake a three-dimen sionalsurvey of the moon’ssurface.—Internet

MANILA, 20 Feb — Flash floods have killed at least10 people in the central Philippines and forced tens ofthousands to flee to higher ground after three days ofheavy rain, the head of the local Red Cross said onTuesday.

“Ten people have drowned,” said Richard Gordon,appealing for food, medicine, warm clothes andmaterials for temporary shelter. Three people wereinjured.

Gordon said nearly 30,000 families, or 140,000people, have been affected as collapsed bridges,landslides and floodwaters isolated Eastern SamarProvince, a poor rural area facing the Pacific Ocean inthe central Philippines.

Ben Evardone, the provincial governor, said manyfamilies were still trapped in interior villages afterrising floodwaters caused rivers to swell and bursttheir banks.

MNA/Reuters

TEHERAN, 20 Feb — AnIraqi delegation arrived inIran on Monday to discussthe Algiers agreementwhich defines their com-mon border, Iran’s stu-dents news agency ISNAreported.

Iraqi President JalalTalabani appeared to bereopening an old borderdispute in December whenhe said that the 32-year-old treaty had been “void-ed by the current govern-ment”.

Three days later hereversed his comments,saying the treaty was stillvalid but that Iraq wouldlike to negotiate changes

Iraqi delegation in Iran to discuss Algiers treaty

in it. Iran welcomed hisrevised comments, buthas repeatedly said Tehe-ran has no intention ofdiscussing changes to thetreaty.

ISNA reported that“the visiting Iraqidelegation will discussways of implementing the1975 Algiers treaty”, andsaid the two sides wouldalso discuss “clearingthousands of mines fromthe Shatt al-Arab water-way” between the twocountries. The agreementdefining the Iran-Iraqborder was signed in theAlgerian capital in 1975by Iraq’s then-vice

president Saddam Husseinand the Shah of Iran.

In September 1980, theeight-year Iran-Iraq Warwas triggered by a quarrelover the strategic Shatt al-Arab waterway and be-came one of the deadliestconflicts in Middle Easthistory. Iranian PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejadwill visit Iraq in March,the first official visit to Iraqby an Iranian leader sincethe 1979 Iranian Revo-lution that overthrew theShah.

Both Talabani andPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki have visited Iran.

MNA/Reuters

Flash floods deathtoll in Philippines

rises to 10BRUSSELS, 20 Feb— Farmers, fishermen and office

clerks will become a rare breed in Europe, but therewill be millions of new jobs in service industries forhighly skilled and educated people, a European Unionstudy showed on Monday.

The study, conducted by the European Centre forthe Development of Vocational Training, forecast anet addition of more than 13 million new jobs by 2015,of which an overwhelming majority would be forpeople with the highest qualifications.

“Skilled agricultural and fishery workers stillaccounted for almost 10 million jobs in 1996 but thisis declining steadily and by 2015 is likely to be notmuch more than half that figure,” the study said.

The number of people in crafts will also continue todecline as new technologies take over — a trend thatwill also cut some 500,000 jobs in manufacturing to33,431,000 in 2015 .

“Clerks are another group where technology has atlast begun to bite,” the study said, forecasting a declineof 1.85 million in the number of clerical jobs to 16.94million by 2015. —MNA/Reuters

Future European jobs willneed brains

Indonesia agrees death sentenceto chemical weapons use

JAKARTA, 21 Feb — The Indonesian House ofRepresentatives has endorsed a bill that threatens thedeath sentence to individuals who develop, produceand possess chemical weapons, local Press said onWednesday. The bill says the use, transfer and acts tofacilitate the use of chemical weapons will be punishableby sentences ranging from four years’ imprisonment tocapital punishment.

Endorsed at a plenary season Tuesday, the bill alsobans individuals from involvement in the use ofchemical weapons for military purposes, reported TheJakarta Post newspaper.

In case of the misuse of chemicals by a corporation,owners or management board members will be heldresponsible for the crime.

The government is authorized to seize the assets,close down plants and revoke operational licenses of afirm found guilty.

While the bill bans trafficking of deadly toxicchemicals, it orders the strict control of the use of theleast dangerous chemicals for industrial, medical,research, agricultural, pharmaceutical and defencepurposes. — MNA/Xinhua

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S P O R T S

Mexico’s America German Villa (R)battles for the ball with Dario Botinelliof Chile’s Universidad Catolica in theirfirst round Copa Libertadores soccermatch at Azteca stadium in Mexico City

on 20 Feb, 2008.—INTERNET

New OrleansHornets guard

Chris Paulshoots over

DallasMavericks

center ErickDampier (L)during the

second half oftheir NBAbasketball

game in NewOrleans,

Louisianaon 20 Feb,

2008.INTERNET

Arsenal’s Mathieu Flamini (top) challengesAC Milan’s Gennaro Gattuso during their

Champions League first knockout round, first legsoccer match at the Emirates stadium in London

on 20 Feb, 2008.—INTERNET

Gabriel do Santos (L)of Brazil’s Fluminensefights for the ball with

Norberto Araujo ofEcuador’s LDU

during their match inthe Copa Libertadoressoccer tournament in

Quito on 20 Feb,2008.—INTERNET

Messi hits doublein Barcelona’s win at Celtic

GLASGOW, 21 Feb — Argentine striker Lionel Messihit a double as Barcelona beat Celtic 3-2 in the first legof their Champions League first knockout round tie atParkhead on Wednesday.

The Spanish side came back twice from behind toeventually sink Celtic with Messi's winner 11 minutesfrom the end of a thrilling match that marked their100th win in the European Cup.

Celtic had led after 16 minutes through JanVennegoor of Hesselink before Messi levelled twominutes later. Midfielder Barry Robson put the homeside in front again before the break but Thierry Henrypulled one back early in the second half.

"It is disappointing to score two goals at home andto lose 3-2. They have the best squad in the world andonly time will tell if they have the best team in theworld," Celtic manager Gordon Strachan told a newsconference.

"They are probably favourites to win this tourna-ment now and if you went to the bookies tomorrowthey would be the favourites."

Barcelona assistant manager Johann Neeskens saidhis side could have scored more goals.

"We were dominating the game and controlling thegame. We showed we could score some more goals,"he told reporters. "We are very happy that we had thisresult against this team which is a very strong team."Celtic keeper Artur Boruc pulled off a fine, parryingsave after 12 minutes, diving to his left to turn away a20-metre rasping shot from Andres Iniesta.

MNA/Reuters

S Korea held 1-1 by DPRKat East Asian C’ship

CHONGQING (Southwest China), 21 Feb — SouthKorea stayed on course for the title despite being heldby DPRK 1-1 at the East Asian Football Champion-ship (EAFC) here on Wednesday.

The under-strength South Korea, who beat China3-2 in the their opening match, went ahead after 20minutes when forward Yeom Ki Hun capitalized ona free kick on the edge of the area to blast a bullet shotinto the net.

The DPRK equalized in the 73rd when their lead-ing forward Jong Tae Se burst past two defenders aftermeeting a tricky through ball and easily rounded theSouth Korean goalkeeper from the right to calmlysteer the ball into the net. Then DPRK keeper RiMyong Guk became the dominant figure of the fieldas he made several brilliant saves to block SouthKorea's wild and sharp attack. —MNA/Xinhua

Police investigate threatagainst Chelsea coach

LONDON, 21 Feb — British police areinvestigating an apparent death threatmade against Avram Grant, the Israelicoach of Chelsea soccer club.

A package containing a white powderwas left at the team's training ground onTuesday, police in Surrey, west of Lon-don, said on Wednesday. British mediasaid notes threatening Grant and his wifewere left with it.

"When you open this letter you willdie a very slow and painful death,"British tabloid newspaper the Sun quotedone of the notes as saying.

It said a second message made threatsagainst his wife, Tzofit, a high-profilepersonality in Israel. —MNA/Reuters

Vogts quits as Nigeria coachLAGOS, 21 Feb — Berti Vogts has quit as Nigeria

national team coach with immediate effect, theGerman Football Federation said on Wednesday.

The 61-year-old, who guided Germany to victory inthe 1996 European Championship, had been heavilycriticized in Nigeria following their African NationsCup quarterfinal defeat to hosts Ghana, the Federa-tion’s website said ( HYPERLINK "http://www.dfb.de" www.dfb.de).

In a statement reported by German sports newsagency SID, Vogts criticized the Nigerian FootballAssociation for their lack of support for his trainingteam in the face of heavy attacks in the Nigerianmedia.

"The actions and behaviour of the Nigerian FootballAssociation during and after the African Nations Cuphave destroyed all trust between the two parties andfurther cooperation is impossible," Vogts' lawyerStefan von Moers said.

Many expected the Nigerian Football Associationto fire Vogts after the team's unconvincing perform-ance in the tournament. —MNA/Reuters

Late Tevez goal salvages drawfor United in Lyon

Olympiakos keep dream alivewith Chelsea draw

ATHENS, 21 Feb — Olympiakos Piraeus believe theyhave kept their European dream alive after holdingChelsea to a 0-0 draw with a solid performance in thefirst leg of their Champions League last 16 tie.

"We knew that it would be hard to create lots chancesagainst this team. We created a decent number ofchances without managing to score but it is a result thatallows to dream of more," Olympiakos coach TakisLemonis told reporters. "I was really pleased by theatmosphere and by the way the team followed ourtactics. We were rarely threatened by Chelsea and wemanaged to have several organized attacks."

Lemonis conceded the Greek champions had missedthe injured Lomana LuaLua but was hopeful the strikerwould boost the attack for the match at Stamford Bridgeon 5 March.—MNA/Reuters

LYON, (France), 21 Feb— Manchester Unitedneeded a late strike fromsubstitute Carlos Tevez tosalvage a 1-1 draw atOlympique Lyon in thefirst leg of their Cham-pions League first knock-out round tie on Wednes-day. Argentine strikerTevez fired in from closerange three minutes fromtime after a cross by Nanitook a deflection off Lyonstriker Fred.

France forward KarimBenzema had put Lyonahead with a low drivefrom 20 metres thatbounced off the post andinto the net on 54 min-utes.

Lyon, inconsistent inLigue 1, produced a spir-ited challenge but face adaunting task in the return

leg at Old Trafford. For that match they will

miss wing back AntonyReveillere, who carried ayellow card into the gameand was booked for a first-half challenge on CristianoRonaldo.

Lyon made a brightstart, Sidney Govou andBenzema trying their luckin the first 10 minutes withshots which failed to sur-prise Edwin van der Sar.

The home side kept thepressure on and Unitedsurvived a fright on 23minutes when defenderRio Ferdinand nearly beatVan der Sar by miskickinga seemingly harmlesscross from Lyonmidfielder JeremyToulalan.

United woke up afterthat scare and created their

first clear chance twominutes later whenWayne Rooney raced intothe box, only to lose hisduel with France goal-keeper Gregory Coupet.

MNA/Reuters

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WEATHER

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Thursday, 21 February, 2008Summary of observations recorded at 9:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thunder-showers have been isolated in Kachin and Chin States,Magway and Ayeyawady Divisions, scattered in ShanState and Mandalay Division, fairly widespread inSagaing Division, weather has been partly cloudy in theremaining areas. Night temperatures were (3ºC) to (4ºC)below February average temperatures in Kachin State,upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisions, (5ºC) to (6ºC)below February average temperatures in Chin State,Magway and Bago Divisions and about February av-erage temperatures in the remaining areas. The signifi-cant night temperatures were Loilem (1ºC), Namhsanand Haka (2ºC) each, PyinOoLwin and Heho (4ºC)each. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded wereMonghsat (1.06) inches, Minkin (0.28) inch and Pyapon(0.16) inch.

Maximum temperature on 20-2-2008 was 94ºF.Minimum temperature on 21-2-2008 was 67ºF. Rela-tive humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 21-2-2008was 61%. Total sunshine hours on 20-2-2008 was(9.1) hours approx.

Rainfall on 21-2-2008 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since1-1-2008 was (0.67) inch at Mingaladon, (0.47 ) inchat Kaba-Aye and (0.35) inch at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(5) mph from West at (12:30) hours MST on20-2-2008.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the SouthBay and generally fair in the Andaman Sea and else-where in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 22-2-2008: Pos-sibility of isolated rain in Kachin, Chin and Shan States,upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisions, weather willbe partly cloudy in the remaining areas. Degree of cer-tainty is (40%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderatein Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofisolated rain in southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringarea for 22-2-2008: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 22-2-2008: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 22-2-2008: Partly cloudy.

8:30 am Brief news8:35 am Music

-So real8:40 am Perspectives8:45 am Music

-It’s so easy8:50 am National news9:00 am Music

-Tomorrow9:05 am International

news9:10 am Music

-Taking backmy heart

1:30 pm News/ Slogan1:40 pm Lunch time

music-Ghost town-Downtowntrain

9:00 pm W O M9:15 pm Article9:25 pm Music at your

request-Where do wego-I think it’s love

9:45 pm News/Slogan10:00 pm PEL

Friday, 22 FebruaryTune in today

Friday, 22 FebruaryView on today

7:00 am1. Recitation of

Parittas byMissionary SayadawU Ottamathara

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7:30 am3. To be healthy

exercise7:40 am4. Nice and sweet song

7:55 am5. lOp\R˙a;pMu�pc\sit\ep¥a\RWc\ lOp\R˙a;pMu�pc\sit\ep¥a\RWc\ lOp\R˙a;pMu�pc\sit\ep¥a\RWc\ lOp\R˙a;pMu�pc\sit\ep¥a\RWc\ lOp\R˙a;pMu�pc\sit\ep¥a\RWc\8:05 am6. AkAkAkAkAk“pioc\p∑´“pioc\p∑´“pioc\p∑´“pioc\p∑´“pioc\p∑´8:10 am7. The mirror images of

the musical oldies8:20 am8. Sc\�PøR˙c\tMta;Sc\�PøR˙c\tMta;Sc\�PøR˙c\tMta;Sc\�PøR˙c\tMta;Sc\�PøR˙c\tMta;8:30 am9. International news8:45 am10. English for Everyday

Use4:00 pm1. Martial song4:15 pm2. Song to uphold

National Spirit4:30 pm3. Aew;qc\tk˚qiul\Aew;qc\tk˚qiul\Aew;qc\tk˚qiul\Aew;qc\tk˚qiul\Aew;qc\tk˚qiul\

pvaer;Rup\�mc\qMÂka;pvaer;Rup\�mc\qMÂka;pvaer;Rup\�mc\qMÂka;pvaer;Rup\�mc\qMÂka;pvaer;Rup\�mc\qMÂka;qc\Kn\;sa-pTmN˙s\qc\Kn\;sa-pTmN˙s\qc\Kn\;sa-pTmN˙s\qc\Kn\;sa-pTmN˙s\qc\Kn\;sa-pTmN˙s$Agçlip\saAT¨;�po)(Agçlip\saAT¨;�po)(Agçlip\saAT¨;�po)(Agçlip\saAT¨;�po)(Agçlip\saAT¨;�po)(Agçlip\sa)(Agçlip\sa)(Agçlip\sa)(Agçlip\sa)(Agçlip\sa)

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5:05 pm5. Song of national

races

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6:00 pm9. Evening news6:30 pm10. Weather report6:35 pm11. qutsuMlc\eRWâ%\Rc\qutsuMlc\eRWâ%\Rc\qutsuMlc\eRWâ%\Rc\qutsuMlc\eRWâ%\Rc\qutsuMlc\eRWâ%\Rc\7:10 pm12. Niuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑Ńiuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑Ńiuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑Ńiuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑Ńiuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑´

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17. The next day’s programme

Japan’s destroyer crewface questioning after crash

Three killed, 25 injured in powerful quake inIndonesia

TOKYO, 21 Feb —Japan’s Coast Guardquizzed the captain andcrew of a warship onsuspicion of negligence onWednesday after a collisionthat sank a fishing boat, asmedia said the incidentcould prove a fresh blow tothe government.

Military, Coast Guardand private vesselssearched the waters offChiba, east of Tokyo, forthe father and son crew who

disappeared when the7,750-ton destroyer Atagoequipped with a high-techradar systems, ploughedinto a 7.3-ton tuna fishingboat.

Television picturesshowed crowds of peoplepraying and burningincense on the dock fromwhich Haruo Kishisei, 58,and his 23-year-old sonTetsuhiro had set out ontheir trip on Tuesday.

“Unfortunately theyhave not yet been found,”the top governmentspokesman told reporters.“As for the cause of theaccident, we will have towait for the results of theCoast Guard investigation,”Chief Cabinet SecretaryNobutaka Machimura said.

As rescuers retrieveda silvergrey jacketbelonging to HaruoKishisei, media blamed thearmed forces and theDefence Ministry for theincident, which follows aseries of defence sectorcorruption scandals andinformation leaks.

MNA/Reuters

JAKARTA, 21 Feb —At least three people werekilled and 25 othersseriously injured inSiemelu island of AcehProvince after a powerfulearthquake which rattledthe province in northerntip of Sumatra Island onWednesday, HealthMinistry said here.

Head of the crisiscentre of the ministryRustam Pakaya said thatthe vistims were struck by

the collapsed buildings.“Three people were

killed and 25 otherssuffered serious injury,” hetold Xinhua.

The death toll wasexpected to rise as thesearching has beenunderway and manybuildings collapsed, saidPakaya.

“Telecommunicationcut has hampered forcoordination on therescue,” he said. The quake

measuring 6.6 on theRichter Scale struck at15:08 Jakarta Time (0808GMT) with epicentre 42kilometres northwestSinabang Town in SiemeluIsland of the province and30 kilometres beneath theearth, meteorology agencysaid.

Siemelu island is theclosest with the epicentre,according to the meteo-rology agency.

MNA/Xinhua

Asleep in JesusU Kyaw Win (a) Alan Boey

Aged (58) yearsU Kyaw Win (a) Alan Boey, son of Mr. Pakyeng

Boey - Daw Nyunt Zin (Daisy), son-in-law of (U NyuntWai) - Daw Nyunt Yee, beloved husband of Daw Si SiNyunt, beloved father of Zar Mani Nyunt (Bruno) andEinzali Kyaw (Grace), brother of Daw Khin Khin Aye(Pamela)(Loi-Hein), DawYin Yin Aye (Catherine) MPF(PyinOoLwin), Daw Phyu Phyu Aye (Priscilla) (UNMIS/Sudan), Dr.Daw Hla Hla Aye (Caroline) (MOH)- BishopZothan Mawia (Methodist Church L/M), Daw AngelaBoey (WHO), Dr. Peter Boey (Canada), Dr. RolandBoey-Dr. Khin Than Myint was called to his heavenlyhome in his residence, 16/D.2,Mahar Myaing HousingEstate, North Dagon, at 4:15 am on Thursday, 21.2.08.Funeral service will be held at All Christian DenominationsCemetery (Yeway) on Saturday, 23.2.2008,at 11 am andentombed.Friends and relatives please kindly accept thisas the only intimation

The bereaved family.

22-2-08 NL 8/29/18, 03:34 PM15

1st Waning of Tabodwe 1369 ME Friday, 22 February, 2008

People’s Desire� We favour stability.� We favour peace.� We oppose unrest and violence.

Objectives of the 63rdAnniversary Armed Forces Day

* To work in concert with the people in

building a peaceful, modern, developed

and discipline-flourishing democratic

nation

* To realize the seven-step Road Map of

the State joining hands with the people

* Joining hands with the people and

based on Union Spirit to crush inter-

nal and external destructive elements

sabotaging stability and development

of the State

* To build a strong, capable and modern

patriotic Tatmadaw to safeguard Our

Three Main National Causes

� RFA, VOA and BBC airing skyful of lies� RFA, VOA and BBC saboteurs, watch your step!� The public be warned of

killers in the air waves —RFA, VOA and BBC

YANGON, 21 Feb — The Myanmar Board of Examinations today an-nounced that students who will sit for the matriculation examination to be heldfrom 10 to 19 March 2008 may take out their identity cards from the supervisorsof respective examination centres as of 28 February.

Lists of roll numbers and examination centres for the candidates inYangon municipal area will be issued at the offices of respective townshipeducation officers starting from 29 February.

The candidates of basic education high schools, branches and affiliatedBEHSs in Yangon municipal area may get their identity cards from respectiveschoolheads and external candidates, from the supervisors of respective exami-nation centres beginning 4 March. — MNA

South-West Command Commander inspectsdevelopment tasks in Ayeyawady Division

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Feb— Chairman ofAyeyawady DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofSouth-West CommandBrig-Gen Kyaw Swe in-spected nurturing of80,000 physic nut saplingsin Ngwehsaung of PatheinTownship, AyeyawadyDivision, on 17 February.

Ngwehsaung sets itstarget of growing 3,149acres of physic nut in2008-2009. In the town ofNgwesaung, 86 acres ofland were put under physicnut in 2006-2007 and2,759 acres under the plantin 2007-2008.

After visiting thephysic nut plantations, thecommander met with de-partmental officials, mem-bers of social organiza-tions and local people andpresented cash assistanceto patients receiving treat-ment at the hospital in thetown.

Afterwards, the com-mander inspected devel-opment tasks in

Ngwehsaung Beach.During the tour of

Ngayokkaung, Ngapu-taw Township, on 16 Feb-ruary, the commander alsomet with departmental of-ficials and local people andinspected work on con-struction of Ngayok-kaung-Kwinbat Road.

The road is 16 milesand 7 furlongs long and 18ft wide. On completion of

the road, residents can goeasily to Pathein throughNagyokkaung-Hsinma-Ngwehsaung Road andNgayokkaung-Ngayok-kaungtaung-SeintaungRoad. Commander Brig-Gen Kyaw Swe also vis-ited the physic nut planta-tion of MAGT Ltd at MilePost No 27/1 on Seintaung-Mawtin Road.

(See page 9)

Commander Brig-Gen Kyaw Swe inspectsconstruction of earth road in Sangyoung

Village in Ngayokkaung. — MNAIdentity cards for

matriculation candidates

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