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Volume XVIII, Number 280 7th Waning of Pyatho 1372 ME Wednesday, 26 January, 2011

Senior General Than Shwe sendsfelicitations to Indian PresidentNAY PYI TAW, 26 Jan— On the occasion of the Republic Day of India which falls on 26

th

January 2011, Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to Her Excellency Mrs.Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of the Republic of India.—MNA

True patriotism* It is very important for every-

one of the nation regardless ofthe place he lives to have strongUnion Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the truepatriotism all the nationalitieswill have to safeguard.

Senior General Than Shwe felicitatesGovernor-General of Australia

NAY PYI TAW, 26 Jan— On the occasion of the anniversary of the Australia Day which fallson 26 January 2011, Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to Her Excellency Ms.Quentin Bryce AC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.—MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Ayefelicitates Indian Vice-President

NAY PYI TAW, 26 Jan— On the occasion of the Republic Day of India which falls on 26th

January 2011, Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, Vice-Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to HisExcellency Mr. Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Vice-President of the Republic of India.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 Jan— On the occasion of the Republic Day of India which falls on 26th

January 2011, U Thein Sein, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message offelicitations to His Excellency Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of the Republic of India.

MNA

Prime Minister U Thein Sein sendsfelicitations to Australian Prime Minister

NAY PYI TAW, 26 Jan— On the occasion of the anniversary of the Australia Day which falls on26 January 2011, U Thein Sein, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message offelicitations to Her Excellency Ms. Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia.

MNA

Ywathaya, the first-ever village of solar power in Myanmar

Boards of solar panel in Ywathaya Village, about 12 miles northeast of Myingyan Township.

Byline: Maung Maung Myint Swe;Photos: Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)

I heard good newsthat a village enjoyedsufficient electric powersupply with solar powersystem thanks togovernment’s en-couragement andcooperation of theMinistry of Industry-2and ERES (EarthRenewable EnergySystems) Company. It isYwathaya Village, about

12 miles northeast ofMyingyan Township,Myingyan District. It iscomposed of 247residences.

The village’straditional business isagriculture. It issurrounded by thrivingcrop plantations. Thesolar power project forthe village was launched

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Four political objectives* Stability of the State, community peace and

tranquillity, 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* Development of agriculture as the base

and all-round development of other sec-tors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-orientedeconomic system

* Development of the economy inviting par-ticipation in terms of technical know-howand investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the nationaleconomy must be kept in the hands of theState and the national peoples

Four social objectives* Uplift of the morale and morality of the

entire nation* Uplift of national prestige and integrity

and preservation and safeguarding of cul-tural heritage and national character

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

standards of the entire nation

Prime Minister U Thein Seinfelicitates Indian counterpart

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Wednesday, 26 January, 2011

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 Desire

Supply of sufficient electric power is asine qua non for national development. Acrossthe nation are a large number of water sourcesfrom which hydropower can be generated ona massive scale.

Tarpein (1) Hydropower Plant inMomauk Township, Kachin State, wasinaugurated on 23 January. With four 60-megawatt turbines, the plant has an installedcapacity of 240 megawatts and can produce1065 million kilowatt hours per annum.

Of the 18 ongoing hydropower projectsin Kachin State, Tarpein (1) Hydropower Plantis the first to have been put into service.

It yields multifarious benefits includingincreased power supply to the peoples ofMyanmar and China, creation of jobs, supplyof electric power to surrounding areas fortheir economic growth, and improvement inthe economic and social conditions of the people.

During the time of the Tatmadawgovernment, the nation has witnessed 14hydropower plants including Tarpein (1)Hydropower Plant, one coal-fired power plant,seven gas-fired power plants, totaling 22 morepower plants with total capacity of 2756megawatts. So far, the nation has 31 electricpower plants, whose installed capacity is 3185megawatts in total.

So, electric power is to be used mostexpeditiously to further improve the socio-economic status of the people and scale upprogress of industries and enterprises.

Use electric power mostefficiently

Foreign Affairs Minister felicitatesIndian counterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 26 Jan— On the occasion ofthe Republic Day of India which falls on 26th

January 2011, U Nyan Win, Minister for ForeignAffairs of the Union of Myanmar, has sent amessage of felicitations to His Excellency Mr SMKrishna, Minister of External Affairs of theRepublic of India.—MNA

Foreign Affairs Minister felicitatesAustralian counterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 26 Jan— On the occasion of theanniversary of the Australia Day which falls on 26th

January 2011, U Nyan Win, Minister for ForeignAffairs of the Union of Myanmar, has sent amessage of felicitations to His Excellency Mr KevinMichael Rudd, Minister for Foreign Affairs andTrade of the Commonwealth of Australia.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25Jan—The Ministry ofElectric Power No. 1 andJapan Electric PowerInformation Centre ofJapan signed anagreement for holdingtechnical seminars atthe hall of the ministry,here, yesterdayafternoon.

Director-General UMyint Zaw ofHydropower Im-plementation De-partment and PresidentMr Kenshu Morooka ofJapan Electric PowerInformation Centre ofJapan signed theagreement.

Minister for

Agreement signed for holding technical seminars

Electric Power No. 1 UZaw Min held discussionwith President Mr

Kenshu Morooka andparty of Japan ElectricPower Information

Centre on holding thetechnical seminars.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Jan—Minister for Financeand Revenue U Hla Tun received Executive DirectorMr Hekinus Manao of South East Asia VotingGroup of World Bank and Country Director MsAnnette Marine Dixon at the ministry hereyesterday. They discussed cooperation betweenthe World Bank and Myanmar and monetary issues.

Also present on the occasion were DeputyMinister U Hla Thein Swe, Governor of CentralBank of Myanmar U Than Nyein and officialsconcerned.—MNA

YANGON, 25 Jan—With the aim of assistingthe youths to have a better life, there has recentlyemerged GLORY Training Centre where vocationaltraining courses can be taken both practically andtheoretically.

It takes at least one month or three monthsfor most of the courses— welding, plumber, lathe,mechanics, motorcar wiring, motor, dynamo,transformer, industry wiring, electrical controlcourse, air conditioner, refrigerator service course,TV, DVD, EVD repair course, electronic course,marine electrical and fitter course and PIC, CNC,PLC engineering course.

Engineering, vocational coursesat Glory Training Centre

F&R Minister receives WorldBank officials

Hainggyikyun TVretransmission station

starts functioningNAY PYI TAW, 25 Jan— According to the

extended telecasting of TV programmes, the TVretransmission station was set up in Hainggyikyunof Ayeyawady Region on 19 January 2011.

The station started transmiting MRTVprogrammes through 300-watt UHF channel J-13on 20 January.—MNA

The engineering diploma and advanceddiploma courses are available at GLORY regardedby City & Guilds (UK) as an approved trainingcentre. The trainees of GLORY get job prospectsat home and abroad.

For new courses in February, contact No125/B (1st floor) at the corner of 38th Street ad MahaBandoola Street in Kyauktada Township, Yangonand Ph: 01-373431 or 01-73121717 orWebsite:www.glory-education.com.

MNA

An agreement signing ceremony for holding the technical seminarsbetween Ministry of Electric Power No. 1 and Japan Electric Power

Information Centre of Japan in progress.MNA

Minister U Hla Tun receives Executive DirectorMr Hekinus Manao of SEAVG of World Bank andCountry Director Ms Annette Marine Dixon.—MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 26 January, 2011 3A destroyed car after a

bombing in Karbala, 80kilometres (50 miles)

south of Baghdad, Iraq,on 20 Jan, 2011. A pair

of bombs blasted throughsecurity checkpoints

ringing the Iraqi holy cityof Karbala Thursday and

killed scores, most ofwhom were Shiitepilgrims headed to

observe yearly religiousrituals.—INTERNET

IED blast kills NATO soldierin S Afghanistan

KABUL, 25 Jan— Asoldier with NATO-ledInternational SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF)was killed as anImprovised ExplosiveDevice (IED) went offin Afghanistan’ssouthern region onTuesday, a statement ofthe alliance releasedhere said.

“An International

Securi ty AssistanceForce service memberdied fol lowing anImprovised ExplosiveDevice (IED) attack insouthern Afghanistantoday,” the statementadded. However, it didnot reveal thenationali ty of thevict im, saying i t isISAF policy to defercasualty identification

procedures to therelevant nat ionalauthorities.

Troops mostly fromthe United States,Britain, Canada andAustralia have beenstationed in thesouthern region to huntdown Talebaninsurgents and helpstabilize security there.

Xinhua

An Afghan securitypersonnel speaks on

his phone as amotorcycle burns

after a suicide bombattack in Kabul

recently.INTERNET

Eight foreigners killed inMoscow airport blast

MOSCOW, 25 Jan— Among the 35 people whowere killed in the deadly explosion at Moscow’sDomodedovo Airport Monday, there were eightforeigners, according to the latest figures releasedby the information department of the RussianForeign Ministry Tuesday. “According to ourestimates, eight foreign citizens were killed.

They are from Kyrgyzstan, Germany,Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Great Britain,”a source from the Foreign Ministry was quoted byInterfax news agency as saying. Meanwhile, theChinese embassy in Russia confirmed Tuesdaythat no Chinese citizens were injured or killed inthe blast. Nine foreigners from Serbia, Tajikistan,Uzbekistan, Germany, Slovakia, France and Italywere hospitalized with injuries, and two fromNigeria were also hurt, the source said.

Xinhua

US forces kill two workersof stone mine

KABUL, 25 Jan— US forces shoot two Afghanworkers of a stone mine in Logar Province, localofficials said. The incident happened yesterdayafternoon in Babos area in the central Logar Provinceand one other worker was wounded in the incident,Din Mohammad Darwish a spokesman for governorof Logar said. The dead bodies have been takenaway by US forces, he added. US forces have yet tocomment about the incident. Babos area is borderedby Maidan Wardak Province and it is one of theinsecure areas in Logar Province.

Internet

Iraqis gather at thesite of a car bombattack in Baghdad,Iraq, on 24 Jan,

2011. Violence hasdropped dramatically

in Iraq since theheight of the war

three years ago. Butsmall-scale bombings

and drive-byshootings still persiston a near daily basis.

INTERNET

Iraqis inspect the site

of a car bomb attack in

the central Karrada

District of Baghdad on

23 January. Carbombs

and explosions have

killed eight people,

including a policeman

and two teenage boys,

in and around

Baghdad, the latest in

a spate of attacks

indicating an apparent

spike in unrest.

INTERNET

Bomb explosion wounds 7Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, 25 Jan— Seven Shiitepilgrims were wounded by a roadsidebomb explosion in east Baghdad onTuesday, an Interior Ministry sourcesaid.

The attack took place after middaywhen the blast hit a minibus carryingShiite pilgrims in al-Shaabneighborhood, the source told Xinhuaon condition of anonymity.

The pilgrims were returning totheir homes after the major Shiitereligious ceremony of Arbaeen in the

Six more militants killed inAfghanistan’s Helmand province

LASHKAR GAH, 25 Jan— Six more Taleban militants were killed inAfghanistan’s southern Helmand Province when their position was struck byan air strike on Monday, spokesman for provincial administration saidTuesday. “Intelligence reports indicate that Taleban local leader in Nahr-e-Sarraj District namely Rahimi along with five of his comrades were killed asaircrafts of international forces pounded their hideout in Nahr-e-Sarraj Districtlate Monday,”Daud Ahmadi told Xinhua.

Troops kill 5 militants in N AfghanistanTALUQAN, 25 Jan— Afghan and NATO-led forces killed five Taleban

militants during night raid operation in Takhar Province 245 km north ofCapital Kabul, an official said Tuesday.

“A combined unit of special operation force of Afghan army and NATO-led forces raided militants’ hideout in Khwaja Ghar District Monday nightkilling five militants,” provincial administration spokesman Faiz MohammadTawhidi told Xinhua.

He said five other suspects have been detained by joint forces.—Xinhua

Indonesian anti-terror squad arrests fouralleged militants

JAKARTA, 25 Jan— Anti-terror police squad on Tuesday arrested four allegedmilitants in central Java on Tuesday, local media reported here.

The squad arrested a man called Bandi along with his son and two othersmen in a raid in a house at Karang Patatai Village in Klaten, Metro televisionreported here. The police raided three other houses in separate place at thedistrict and some other houses in Solo District.

The alleged militants are allegedly linked with some terrorist acts, such asblast in a mosque in Yogyakarta and in church.

Indonesia had arrested more than one hundred militants last year in a seriesof crackdown in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Java after they engaged intraining in remote jungle in Aceh, committed on spectacular bank robbery andattacked police station in North Sumatra that killed three officers.—Xinhua

city of Karbala, some 110 kmsouthwest of Baghdad, the sourcesaid.

The attacks came when the majorShiite ritual of Arbaeen reaches itsclimax on Tuesday, as hundreds ofthousands of Shiite pilgrims observedthe ceremony in the holy shrine cityof Karbala. Arbaeen is the end of 40days of mourning for the ImamHussein, the Prophet Muhammad’sgrandson who was killed at the battleof Karbala in 680 A.D.—Xinhua

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Going digital may not improve US patient careCHICAGO, 25 Jan—Electronic health

records — touted by the White House asa key way to improve healthcare in theUnited States — may actually do little toimprove quality, US researchers said onMonday. A team from Stanford Universityin California analyzed nationwide surveydata from more than 250,000 visits tophysicians’ offices and other outpatientsettings between 2005 and 2007.

They found electronic health records

did little to improve quality, even whenthere was “decision support” softwarethat gives doctors tips on how best to treatindividual patients.

“Across a wide range of qualityindicators there was no consistentassociation between having thoseelectronic tools available and providingbetter quality of care,” said Dr RandallStafford of Stanford, whose study appearsin the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Electronic health records systems thatinclude this software have been shown inother studies to significantly improve healthquality. President Barack Obama has madeusing information technology a centralplank in his plan to cut costs out of the UShealthcare system, offering up to $27 billionin government funds aimed at speeding theswitch to electronic medical records.

Reuters

Facebook sees advertising prospects beyond games

A Facebook page is displayed on acomputer screen in Brussels on

21April, 2010.—INTERNET

MUNICH, 25 Jan—Facebook,recently valued at $50 billion, seesopportunities to extend its advertisingbusiness beyond the gaming sector, acompany executive said on Monday.

Facebook is already challengingbig Web businesses such as Googleand Yahoo for users’ time online andfor advertising dollars, thanks to itsaudience of more than 500 million usersand the information they share.

It has built a significant advertisingbusiness from social gaming, thanks tocompanies like Zynga who build gamesspecifically for the Facebook platform,

giving them a captive audience ofenthusiasts. “For a company like Zynga,Facebook is absolutely the most efficientadvertising platform in the world,”business director Dan Rose told theDLD media conference in Munich onMonday.

“Games tend to be a leadingindicator,” he said. “As more and morecategories become social, certainlythat’s an opportunity for us from anadvertising perspective.

“We’re in the middle of atransformation. We’re moving from theinformation web to the social web.We’re moving from the wisdom ofcrowds to the wisdom of friends,” hesaid.—Reuters

Dinosaur’s single digit draws world attentionBEIJING, 25 Jan—

Scientists have discovereda new dinosaur specieswhose members weresimilar in size to a parrotbut only had one finger.Scientists view that raresolitary digit as evidencethat the evolution ofdinosaurs was morecomplex than they firstbelieved.

The new dinosaur wasfound in rocks formed from84 million to 75 millionyears ago in Linhe, a citynear the Yellow River.

The species belongsto a family within thecarnivorous dinosauriangroup theropods, whichlater gave rise to modernbirds, according to Xu Xingof the Institute ofVertebrate Palaeontology

and Paleoanthropology,which is under the ChineseAcademy of Sciences.

The new dinosaur,called Linhenykus, “mostlikely grew to a few feettall and weighed only asmuch as a large parrot”,said Xu, who led theinternational team ofscientists that discoveredthe species.

Unlike previouslyknown types of theropods,this dinosaur is unusual inhaving hands with just onelarge claw, which mayhave been used to dig outinsects like ants, said thescientists in a report to bepublished online onTuesday in the journalProceedings of theNational Academy ofSciences.

The unusual physicalattribute makes thespecimen the only dinosaurknown to have one finger.That uniqueness is whatmost piques the interest ofscientists,Xu said.

Xinhua

A palaeontologist assembles the skeleton of aTyrannosaurus-rex. Researchers in China haveunearthed a miniature single-clawed dinosaurthat was likely an early relative of the ferociousT. Rex and is the only such creature known to

have just one finger.INTERNET

File photo shows an ethnic Ijaw boatmannear the energy giant Shell’s Egwa oil

flow station in the Niger Delta, Nigeria.Amnesty International and Friends of the

Earth Tuesday said they had filed anofficial complaint against Ango-Dutchfirm Shell for shirking responsibility foroil spills in Nigeria and wreaking havoc

on the environment.—INTERNET

IEA’s Birol: Say goodbye to climate goalsPARIS, 25 Jan—Without a serious

policy turnaround from the world’slargest emitters, the world won’t meetits target of limiting the globaltemperature increase to no more than3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, a top IEA officialhas warned.

The 3.6 degree F cap — 2 degreesCelsius — a threshold scientists say iscrucial to avert the most catastrophiceffects of the temperature increase,can’t be reached given the internationalcommunity’s current level ofcommitment, said Fatih Birol, the chiefeconomist of the International EnergyAgency.

“As we stand now, we’re only afew meters away from saying goodbyeto the 2-degree target,” The New YorkTimes, in a story from the ClimateWire,quoted Birol as saying. “When I look atthe next 10 years, even if I take intoconsideration the pledges made afterthe Copenhagen meeting, the best case

is that this could put us on a trajectory inline with 3.5 degrees C,” or 6.3 degreesF. Decarbonization efforts had to beincreased by 400 percent to stay withinthe 3.6 degree F limit, Birol said.

At a climate summit in Cancun,Mexico, the limit was included in a jointstatement by the countries present,including the world’s two biggestemitters of greenhouse gases, Chinaand the United States.

Yet the international communityhas still not agreed to a binding climateprotection treaty. Adding upindustrialized nations’ reduction targetswhile considering all the loopholesburied in the current agreements amountto carbon dioxide reductions of 2 percentin 2020 based on 1990 levels, theHeinrich Boell Foundation, a policythink tank linked to the German GreenParty, said in its analysis of the decisionstaken at the Cancun climate summit.

Internet

Medical records at a doctor’spractice in Chantilly, Virginia, on 30

July , 2009.—INTERNET

People dance to the music of MichaelJackson’s hit “Thriller” in the

Museumpark on 19 July, 2009 inAmsterdam as they take part to a

flashmob in different place in the capital.The organisators mobilised the fans by

communitysites like Hyves andFacebook.—INTERNET

Security apps boost Apple as BlackBerry alternativeTORONTO/SAN FRANCISCO, 25 Jan—A

slew of small security softwaredevelopers are helping Apple’s iPhonegain a foothold within corporations thatwere once the exclusive domain ofResearch In Motion’s BlackBerry.

The shift reflects efforts by somecompanies to accommodate thepreference of many employees forApple’s iconic smartphone, a trend thathas led software makers to develop

programmes to deliver secure email andother data over the iPhone.

To be sure, the status ofBlackBerry’s security features as theindustry standard is not under threat. Butthe new programmes could mean thatmany employees may no longer have tocarry a company-sponsored BlackBerryin addition to their store-bought iPhones.

One company that is experimentingis Deutsche Bank.—Reuters

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A Pakistani mother holds her

malnourished son at a relief camp

in Sukkur. The world needs

fundamental changes to the global

food system to feed the expanding

population, according to a British

government report out Monday on

how to feed the planet until 2050.

INTERNET

Social ties aid breast cancer patientsNASHVILLE, 25 Jan—

Breast cancer patientsmay benefit from strongsocial ties the first yearafter diagnosis, a USresearcher says.

Study leader MeiraEpplein of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Centre inNashville said six monthsafter being diagnosedwith breast cancer,women with the highestsocial well-being,quality-of-life scores hada 48 percent reduction inrisk of cancer recurrenceand a 38 percentreduction in risk of death

A Public Health civil servant disinfects the vehiclescoming into the Dominican Republic from Haiti, in

Dajabon, in 2010. The Dominican Republic said Mondaya cholera outbreak that spread from neighbouring Haitiwas “under control,” despite the country’s first recorded

death from the disease.—INTERNET

Computer gamemay aid decision-

makingBELFAST, 25 Jan— A computer game

can help those who play it improve theirdecision-making, researchers inNorthern Ireland say.

Researchers led by David Newmanof Queen’s University Belfast say peoplecan be trained to make better decisionsby improving their ability to recognizeand make allowances for subjectiveopinions and biases, and to accurately“factor in” their level of uncertaintyabout a decision’s likely outcome.

The researchers say this new kindof teaching game — available for anyoneto try out at the Web sitequiz.worldofuncertainty.org/ — couldbe used for both educational andentertainment purposes.

Decision-makers in the public andprivate sectors could enhance theirdecision-making abilities, theresearchers say. “It’s the first ever onlinequiz designed to let people estimatehow sure they are of their answers andscore more highly if they don’t ignoretheir uncertainty but realistically assessit,” project leader David Newman saysin a statement. “Whether the choicesfacing us are simple or complex, agreater awareness of uncertainty and ofour own biases can improve the qualityof our decision-making.—Internet

The collarbone doesn’t completely harden until about age20 years. This makes younger people — especially participantsin contact sports — more susceptible to a broken collarbone, theAmerican Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons says.

The academy says common symptoms of a broken collarboneinclude:

* Having a shoulder that droops.* Being in too much pain to lift one or both arms.* Feeling a “grinding” as you try to lift an arm.* Feeling pain when touching the collarbone.* Detecting an abnormal bump or swelling on the

collarbone.—Internet

Health Tip: signs that shoulder pain isa broken collarbone

— vs. women with thelowest scores.

“We found that socialwell-being in the first yearafter cancer diagnosis isan important prognosticfactor for breast cancerrecurrence or death,”Epplein said in astatement. “This suggeststhat the opportunity existsfor the design oftreatment interventions tomaintain or enhancesocial support soon afterdiagnosis to improvedisease outcomes.”

The study, publishedin the Journal of Clinical

Oncology Women, foundpatients reporting highsatisfaction withmarriage and family hada 43 percent risk reduc-tion in cancer recurrence.Those with strong socialsupport had a 40 percentrisk reduction.

Those with favorableinterpersonal relation-ships had a 35 percentrisk reduction but socialbenefits became lessimportant after the firstyear and lost significanceby the third year afterdiagnosis.

Internet

Australian house priceexpectations turn

negativeSYDNEY, 25 Jan— Australia’s housing market

conditions are expected to deteriorate over the next 12months, following four interest rate rises in 2010 andongoing tight credit conditions, a bank survey showedon Tuesday.

The National Australia Bank (NAB) ResidentialProperty Index for December fell to 27 points, downfrom 44 points in November. It was still above thezero level that separates growth fromcontraction.“National house price expectations havenow turned negative,” NAB said in a statement onTuesday. “Tight credit conditions and rising interestrates continue to be identified as the main impedimentsto new residential developments and existing propertysales.”

The central bank raised the cash rate four times in2010, taking it from 3.75 percent to its current 4.75percent. The survey showed house prices in Australiancapital cities are tipped to fall by 0.5 percent over thenext 12 months, with small increases in Adelaide,Canberra and Sydney offset by declines in Brisbaneand to a lesser extent Perth and Melbourne. Capitalgrowth of houses is expected to outpace apartments,with lower value properties (under 500,000 AU dollars,about 497,200 US dollars) set to record the strongestgrowth over the next 12 months.—Xinhua

Chinese customers shop at thevegetable section of a supermarket

in Beijing in December 2010.Growth in the top two Asian

engines, China and India, wasunrevised by the IMF at 9.6

percent and 8.4 percent,respectively.—INTERNET

Mount Fuji dominates the skyline ofTokyo’s Shinjuku area. Japan’s central

bank has raised its forecasts for thecountry’s growth this fiscal year and forconsumer prices, while holding its key

rate near zero in an ongoing battle withdeflation.—INTERNET

China’s yuan advances to 6.5881 perUSD Tuesday

BEIJING, 25 Jan— The central parity rate of yuan, the Chinesecurrency, Tuesday gained 2 points to 6.5881 against the USdollar, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System.

China’s central bank announced in June 2010 it wouldfurther reform the exchange rate formation mechanism toimprove its flexibility.

On China’s foreign exchange spot market, the yuan can riseor fall 0.5 percent from the central parity rate each trading day.

The central parity rate of the RMB against the US dollar isbased on a weighted average of prices before the opening of themarket each business day.—Xinhua

Philippine import bill in Nov risesby 35%

MANILA, 25 Jan— Philippine import bill in November rose35.3 percent on year to 4.94 billion US dollars on back of steadypurchase of electronics product, the National Statistics Office(NSO) reported Tuesday.

Electronic products accounted for 32.9 percent of the totalimport bill. Payment for the import of electronic products amountedto 1.62 billion US dollars in November, up 33.2 percent on year.

Other main imports include transport equipment, cereals,chemicals, plastics and industrial machinery. Most of theseproducts were sourced from the US, Japan and China.

The trade deficit for January to November 2010 narrowed to2.54 billion US dollars compared with the 4.04 billion US dollarsregistered during the same period in 2009.—Xinhua

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BEIJING, 25 Jan—The capital city of Yunnan Province is among the mostfamous historical and cultural cities in China and lies in the middle of theYunnan-Guizhou Plateau in Southwest China. It is known as the “city ofeternal spring” due to its perpetual mild weather, providing the ideal climatefor plants and flowers to grow and making the city being covered withblossoms and lush vegetation all-year round.

In addition to many places of historical interests, today the city continuesto shine with its diverse ethnic customs.

As the home to 25 ethnic groups, Kunming is endowed with a remarkabletraditional folk culture. Each group has its unique legends, featured costumesand festivals, making the city even more enchanting for visitors.

Kunming is also captivated visitors with its alluring plateau scenery andbewitching karst landform.

With its proximity to Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand, the cityserves as a popular hub for connections with many of Southeast Asiancountries. It is indeed a must-see.

Kunming rocks

The Shilin stone forest is home to many intricate karsts, which formsome of the most important tourist attractions in Kunming.—XINHUA

Among many peculiar and breathtaking natural landscapes in KunmingYunnan Province, Shilin, about 120km southeast of Kunming, is the bestknown, which takes only a three-hour drive from Kunming. It is one of themost important attractions of Yunnan.

Covering an area of 400 sq km, it is home to a series of towering andsteep intricate karsts that come in all shapes and sizes. It is a geological parkof typical karst formation, consisting of rock caves, arches and pavilions.

Those natural stone masterpieces are in the shape of animals, plants,swords and even humans, with some elegant, some rugged, but each islifelike with its own distinct characteristics.

A local saying goes that “It is a waste of time without being in Shilinwhile visiting Kunming”.

Xinhua

Shilin (Stone Forest)

BEIJING, 25 Jan—China InternationalTravel Service (CITS)announced on Mondayin Beijing that it hasrecently become thegeneral sales agent forRegent Seven SeasCruises, the world’s top-rated cruise line.

Statistics show that agrowing number ofChinese tourists havetraveled overseas oncruises in recent years,which created a newgrowth point in theChinese tourism indu-stry and attracted manyinternational cruisecompanies to China aswell, according to CITS.

Regent Seven SeasCruises operates threeall-suite all-balconycruise ships sailing toall five continents.

Xinhua

CITS torepresent

world’s topcruise line

Magellanic penguinsare seen at Isla

Martillo (MartilloIsland) in Argentina,

on 23 Jan, 2011.Isla Martillo which

lies on thesouthernmost

America is a smallpenguin-island in the

Beagle-channel.XINHUA

Illuminations are seen during the 17th ZigongInternational Dinosaur Lantern Festival in

Zigong, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on24 Jan, 2011. The lantern festival, which kickedoff on Monday, will last for 43 days to celebratethe Chinese Spring Festival which falls on 3 Feb

this year. —XINHUA

WELLINGTON, 25 Jan—Cyclone Wilma is headingtowards Tonga’s main island of Tongatapu, tonganMet Service warns. The cyclone has been upgradedto a Category 3 storm and passed to the eastern sideof Vava’u before directly hitting the Ha’apai groupof islands on Tuesday morning, Radio New Zealandreported.

The high winds and big waves damaged buildingsand crops. A luxury resort in the Ha’apai group wasfeeling the effects of Cyclone Wilma on Tuesdaymorning.

The country’s Met Service director Ofa Faanunusaid other islands were being affected by winds fromthe storm, which was expected to intensify. Residentson Tongatapu and Eua had been warned and shouldbe ready when the storm hit, he said. Tonga’sNuku’Alofa International Airport is closed onTuesday. The New Zealand foreign minister, MurrayMcCully, was to travel to Tonga but the trip has beenput off. Cyclone Wilma had already passed throughAmerican Samoa and Samoa, and a cyclone alert isnow in force for the southern Lau group islands inFiji.

Emergency teams are out clearing and assessingthe damage from Cyclone Wilma in American Samoadespite ongoing bad weather.

The eye of the cyclone passed over Tutuila onMonday and caused damage to power lines andtelecommunication outages, minor landslides anddamage to homes and roofs.—Xinhua

Cyclone Wilma heading forTonga’s main island

Mermaids impersonated bystaff members showcase

Spring Festival couplets tovisitors in Wuhan EastLake Ocean World in

Wuhan, capital of centralChina’s Hubei Province, on25 Jan, 2011, to greet theupcoming Chinese SpringFestival which falls on 3Feb this year. —XINHUA

HANOI, 25 Jan—Theflu/A H1N1 cases inVietnam have totaled 26on Monday, accordingto a report by theMinistry of Health,Vietnam News Agencyreported.

Among the newly-Confirmed cases, 15 arein Ho Chi Minh City,ten in the VietnameseCapital of Hanoi, andone in Vietnam’ssouthern Long AnProvince, said theministry.

Out of 26 cases, allare in good conditionsnow and without anycomplications, accordi-ng to the report.

The ministry askedinstitutes of hygiene andepidemiology to closelysupervise the infectedcases in all localities inthe country, timelydetermine the source ofinfection to handle ofthe outbreak, said thereport.

MNA/Xinhua

Vietnam’s fluA/H1N1 casesrise to 26 inearly 2011

TOKYO, 25 Jan—The Xinhua News Agency is carrying out its first photoshow in Japan with an array of 50 photo works taken during the GuangzhouAsian Games. The “Xinhua Gallery,” which is on display at the ChineseCulture Centre in Tokyo, consists mainly of the photo works of Chineseplayers and Japanese players, including Chinese hurdles star Liu Xiang andJapanese table tennis icon Ai Fukuhara.

It also features ten works of the athletes from other Asian countries whoplayed at the games.

About 100 people, including officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairsof Japan and delegates of local media, attended the opening ceremony onMonday.—Xinhua

Xinhua

holds first

photo show

in Japan

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Ywathaya, the first-ever village …

(from page 1)in September 2010and completed in thelast week of Octoberthe same year.

Manager (Engi-neering) U Aung KyawThu of ERES Co saidthat they had set up 15solar lamp posts alongthe four main roads ofthe village, and solarchips on each house inthe village; that eachlamp post was installedwith an 85-watt solarchip, and houses, with40-watt solar chips;that each house was

equipped with 5-wattlamps, and each lamppost had a 25-watt highpower LED bulb.

We found that eachhouse was installed witha solar chip, solar powercharging system, DC toAC system, 12 V 70 AHbattery, 5-watt lamps,and a set of solar powerequipment made up ofwire and relatedaccessories. If the solarchip is exposed to thesun for five hours, it isenough to light six bulbsat the same time foreight hours in a row.

However, the light fromone central bulbthoroughly covers thewhole home. So,villagers can use electricpower the whole night.

Using TVs,cassettes and radios withsolar power, all housesin the village enjoy bettersocio-economic status.

U Sein Maw, 73, whohas lived in the villagefor over 50 years, said,“We never expected toget solar power in ourwildest dreams. But,how nice it is to see thewhole village is brightwith electric power. Ithank all those whoworked for our village.”

Daw Khin Ohn, 74,

of the northern part ofthe village said, “I wasborn and have lived inthis village the wholelife. Previously, we hadto light oil lamps andlanterns to get light atnight. We hardly got to

can study our lessons atnight with solar power.So, we no longer needoil lamps. We can studyschool lessons very well.We are very happy wecan watch TV as well.We thank all those who

It is heartening tolearn that the Ministryof Industry-2 will soonbuild a solar chipfactory in South DagonIndustrial Zone. Solarpower is cost-effective,and it does not cause

the roads at night in caseof poisonous animals.But, now we can go hereand there at any timedue to the solar power.It is nice to see all housesget solar power.Villagers are all happywith it.”

Seven standardstudents aged 13: MaungNyi Nyi Tun and MaungWin Naung said, “We

worked for solar powersupply to our village.”

The steel lamp postsin the village are 18 feethigh. The light of a lamppost covers an area of100 feet long and 30 feetwide. Each lamp hasauto system to switch onand off the light. If alamp is used for 10 hoursa day, i t can beserviceable for 10 years.

any air pollut ion.Therefore, solar powersystem will be popularnationwide in the nearfuture.

Ywathaya Villageis the pride of thenation for its pioneeringrole in solar power.

*****Translation: MS

Myanma Alin:22-1-2011

“We never expectedto get solar power inour wildest dreams.”

(U Sein Maw)

“Villagers are all

happy with solar

power.”

(Daw Khin Ohn)

“We can study ourlessons at night with

solar power.” (Maung Nyi Nyi Tun

and Maung WinNaung)

A solar lamp post on the main road of Ywathaya Village.

A residence in the southern part of Ywathaya Village lit with solarpower.

Family members watch TV while a child is studying with solar power.

A solar lamp post installed with solar panel, bulb and energy controlsystem in Ywathaya Village.

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MWJA holds KnowledgeBank paper-reading session

YANGON, 25 Jan—England-based GlobalGroup presented the ISO9001:2008 Certificate toPeace Myanmar ElectricCo Ltd at Traders Hotelon Sule Pagoda Road,here, this morning.

M a n a g i n gDirector Daw Phyu PhyuWin of Global Group(Myanmar) presented ISO9001:2008 Certificate tothe Executive Director UKhin Maung Myat ofPeace Myanmar ElectricCo Ltd.

Peace MyanmarElectric Co Ltd distributesair-conditioners, electricproducts, transmission &distribution products, in-dustrial electrical prod-ucts, hardware products,IT products and visual

Peace Myanmar Electric gets ISO9001:2008 Certificate

NAY PYI TAW, 25Jan—Fresher welcomeof Pathein University for2010-2011 academicyear was held at KanthayaHall of Pathein Universityon 19 January.

At the ceremony,Chairman of AyeyawadyRegion Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of South-West Command Brig-

Commander attends fresher welcome ofPathein University

Gen Tin Maung Winextended greetings andcordially greeted thestudents.

The following day,the commander attendedprize-giving ceremony atTown Hall in StrandRoad, Pathein. He madea speech and presentedprizes to the district andtownship that made thebest performance for

economic developmentand the state/region-leveloutstanding students.

After that, officialsawarded the winners ateducation, agricultureand livestock sectors. Onbehalf of the winners, ateacher and a farmerspoke words of thanks.

Then, the commandercordially greeted thosepresent.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25Jan—Minister forProgress of Border Areasand National Races andDevelopment Affairs U

PBANRDA Minister receivesChinese Ambassador

Thein Nyunt receivedAmbassador of the Peo-ple’s Republic of Chinato the Union of MyanmarMr. Li Junhua at his office

here this afternoon.They discussed

matters related to coop-eration between the twocountries.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25Jan — Chairman ofMyanmar Olympic Com-mittee Minister for SportsThura U Aye Myint re-ceived Ambassador ofthe People’s Republic of

Sports Minister receives Chinese Ambassador

China to Myanmar Mr.Li Junhua and party atthe ministry here thismorning.

They helddiscussions on arrangingfriendly matches, hiring

coaches, taking jointtrainings, sharing experi-ences of organizing sportsevents and forgingconstant cooperation ofthe two nations in sportsmatters.—MNA

137/139, Botahtaung Pa-goda Road, BotahtaungTownship, Tel: 202117,Service Centre at 3/58,River View Garden Hous-

ing, Strand Road, AhlonTownship, Tel: 216778,212407 and 225446.

MNA

YANGON, 25 Jan—Hailing the Committee 64th

Anniversary Union Day,Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment CommitteeMayor U Aung Thein Lintogether with officials this

Mayor opens concrete roadsin Yangon

morning attended openingof 690 feet long and 15feet wide Htana (south)concrete road in HtanaWard, Ahlon Townshiphere and 850 feet long and22 feet wide concrete

No. 17th Street (upperblock) in Latha Townshiphere. After opening theceremonies, he inspectedthe newly-opened concreteroads.

MNA

YANGON, 25Jan— Delight TradingCo Ltd opened itsshowroom at No. 38-39on Ngamanaung PagodaRoad in Extended Ward34 in Dagon Myothit(North) Township on 25January.

Delight Trading Co. Ltd opens showroomAir compressors,

generators, water pumps,voltage regulators, weld-ing machines, piling ma-chines, bored pile drill-ing machine, tube-wellmachine and PVC pipesare available at the show-room.

During the pro-motion period fromJanuary to March, goodswill be sold at 10 percent discount. Customersmay dial 01-8010470,01-581430 and Fax: 01-514857.

MNA

image products. Furtherinformation, contactPeace Myanmar ElectricCo Ltd (Head Office) at

Managing Director Daw Phyu Phyu Win ofGlobal Group (Myanmar) presents ISO 9001:2008 Certificate to Executive Director U KhinMaung Myat of Peace Myanmar Electric Co

Ltd.—MNA

Minister U Thein Nyunt receives Chinese Ambassador to the Union ofMyanmar Mr. Li Junhua.—MNA

Chairman of Myanmar Olympic Committee Sports Minister ThuraU Aye Myint receives Chinese to the Union of Myanmar

Mr. Li Junhua.—MNA

YANGON, 25Jan—Myanmar Writersand JournalistsAssociation organizedKnowledge Bank paper-reading session atMWJA hall of SarpayBeikman Building onMerchant Street heretoday.

MWJA Chair-man U Tin Hlaing(Ledwintha Saw Chit)and responsible personsand bookworms werepresent at the paper-reading session.

The MWJA

chairman introduced factsabout the resource papersand U Aung Thein Win(Maung Khaing Khant)read out the resourceperson’s profile.

Resource personHmaw Wun Kyi Myatread out the paper andreplied queries lifted bythe attendees.

After that, thepaper-reading sessionended after spoke wordsof thanks MWJASecretary U Ko Ko (KoKo-Sethmu Tekkatho).

MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 25Jan— At the invitation ofDeputy Minister for For-eign Affairs U Maung

Myanmar, Thailand focus on Employmentof Myanmar Workers in Thailand

Myint, a Thai delegationled by Minister of LabourMr Chalermchai Sri-On ofThailand arrived inYangon by air on 22 Janu-ary evening to attend the9th Meeting BetweenMyanmar and Thailand onEmployment of MyanmarWorkers in Thailand. Thedelegation was welcomedby Director-General DawYin Yin Myint of Train-ing, Research and ForeignLanguages Departmentunder the Ministry of For-eign Affairs, Thai Ambas-sador to Myanmar MrApirath Vienravi and offi-cials of the Ministry ofForeign Affairs.

On 23 January,the visiting Thai ministerand party, accompaniedby the Thai Ambassador,arrived in PyinOoLwin toattend the meeting.

The 9th MeetingBetween Myanmar andThailand on Employmentof Myanmar Workers in

Thailand was held atAureum Palace Hotel inPyinOoLwin on 23 Janu-ary. It was attended by theMyanmar delegation ledby the Deputy Minister forForeign Affairs and theThai delegation led by theMinister of Labour of Thai-land. The two sides hadfruitful discussion on thematters related to Nation-ality verification ofMyanmar in Thailand, en-joying equal rights withThai workers in safe andhappy working atmos-phere without any mistreat-ment and unfairness, get-ting opportunity to haveall Myanmar workers inThailand registered and getTemporary MyanmarPassport and dispatchingfresh Myanmar workersto Thailand. Also presentat the meeting wereofficials from the Ministryof Foreign Affairs,Ministry of Home Affairs,Ministry of Labour, Min-

istry of Immigration andPopulation, and office ofthe Attorney-General.

The Deputy Min-ister and the visiting ThaiMinister attended the sign-ing ceremony of theAgreed Minutes of the 9thMeeting at Aureum Pal-ace Hotel in the evening.

Deputy MinisterU Maung Myint hosted adinner in honour of theThai Labour Minister andthe delegation at the samehotel in the evening. Dur-ing the visit, the Thai Min-ister and party paid hom-age to Shwedagon Pagoda,Chaukhtetgyi Pagoda,Maha Arnthtoo KanthaPagoda and Maha MuniBuddha Image and touredNational Landmarks Gar-den and NationalKandawgyi Gardens.

The Thai Ministerand party left Yangon forThailand by air yesterdaymorning.

MNA

MANDALAY, 25 Jan— Chairman of MandalayCity Development Committee Mayor U Phone ZawHan on 10 January inspected construction of housingsand 33/11KV(5) MVA sub-power station inYatanarpon Myothit (North) private housing projectnear Thondaung Village of PyinOoLwin DistrictMandalay Region.

The mayor also looked into progress ofbuilding water tanks for supply of potable water tothe satellite town.

He viewed construction tasks of private en-trepreneurs in the project area and greening tasks.

After inspecting the construction sites, hestressed the need to timely completion of housingsand roads meeting set standards and attended to theneeds of officials.—MCDC

Yatanarpon Myothit(North) private housing

project inspected

NAY PYI TAW, 25Jan—As part of promot-ing the tasks on dailyweather issues, forecastsand early warnings of Me-teorology and HydrologyDepartment, under theprogramme of Japan In-ternational CooperationAgency, the concludingceremony of MTSATData Utilization Trainingcourse was held at Multi-Hazard Early WarningCentre of Ministry ofTransport here this morn-ing.

It was attended

JICA concludes MTSAT data utilization training courseby Director-General UTin Ngwe of Meteorologyand HydrologyDepartment and officials,Resident Representativeof JICA Mr HideoMiyamoto and officials,Japanese expert Mr KunioAkatsu and trainees.

First, thed i r e c t o r - g e n e r a lextended greetings, andthe JICA resident chiefexplained how to use thedevices and purpose ofopening the course.Then, completioncertificates were pre-

sented to the trainees, anddocuments related to thedevices to the officialsconcerned.

Data receivedfrom the devices will besent to weather forecastsections of Yangon(Kaba Aye) and YangonInternational Airportthrough Internet networkto forecast weather inaviation industry.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Jan—A Hilux with Aung NaingLwin at the wheel wasinvolved in a head-to-headcollision with amotorcycle between milepost Nos 6/1 and 6/2 onHsenwi-Kunlong Road inHsenwi Township, ShanState (North), at about

Reckless driving: major cause of traffic accidents10.15 pm on 18 January.Of the two on themotorcycle, one waskilled and the other wasslightly injured.

A motorbike lostcontrol and fell down onthe road to Pathein-Kangyidaunt FertilizerPlant in Pathein Town-ship at about 8 pm on 19January, leaving the driverdead and the companioninjured.

A motorcycle alsolost control and ran into aroadside signboard atBargayar curve on Man-dalay-Sagaing Road in

Amarapura Township atabout 2.30 am on 20 Janu-ary, killing one and injur-ing the other.

In another case, a jeepsteered by Aung Moe raninto the telephone pole infront of RTC on Manda-lay-Sagaing Road inChanmyathazi Townshipat about 3.45 pm on 20January. He was killed inthe accident.

The same afternoon, amotorized trailer driven byAik San was involved inhead-on collision with amotorcycle at the junctionof Baho Street and Sein

Pauk Noodle Shop in Ward(4), PyinOoLwin. Thefemale cyclist picked upinjures and her femalecompanion was killed inthe accident.

An official from NayPyi Taw Traffic RulesEnforcement Committeemade a comment thatreckless drive may lead toloss of lives, punishmentsand tragedies striking vic-tims’ family members;and that so all drivers ofvehicles should abide bytraffic rules, and vehiclesshould not be driven atover speed.—MNA

9th Meeting Between Myanmar and Thailand on Employment of Myanmar Workers in Thailand inprogress at Aureum Palace Hotel in PyinOoLwin.—MNA

MCDC Chairman Mayor U Phone Zaw Hanlooks into progress of housings in

Yatanarpon satellite town (north).—MCDC

ResidentRepresentative ofJICA Mr HideoMiyamoto hands

over relateddocuments to anofficial.—MNA

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Picture shows tents set on higher ground for the

flood-affected people in the area of Pakistan’s

Manchar Lake in December 2010. More than

four million Pakistanis are still homeless six

months after historic floods devastated the South

Asian country, the Red Cross said Friday.

INTERNET

Headquarters of the Industrial and CommercialBank of China (ICBC), pictured in Beijing.

ICBC, the world’s largest by market value, hassigned an deal that will allow it to enter the USretail banking market, according to the Wall

Street Journal.INTERNET

Photo taken on 22 Jan, 2011 shows the rimescenery along the Songhuajiang river in Jilin

City, northeast China’s Jilin Province.—XINHUA

TOKYO, 25 Jan—JapaneseHepatitis B sufferers thought to havecaught the disease from repeated useof needles during a vaccinationprogramme have agreed to settle adispute with the state, at the cost of$39 billion.

The decision will bring to anend a series of lawsuits across thecountry but it will pose thegovernment with a headache as itlooks for ways to raise the 3.2 trillionyen, with the possibility it may haveto to raise taxes.

Tokyo had already expressed areadiness to accept the proposal,bringing to an end the country’slargest medical dispute that will see

Japanese Hepatitis B sufferersthought to have caught the disease

from repeated use of needlesduring a vaccination programme

have agreed to settle a dispute withthe state, at the cost of $39 billion.

INTERNET

BERLIN, 25 Jan—Cranes have begunworking on salvaging acapsized tanker loadedwith sulfuric acid that hasbeen floating in the RhineRiver for days.

German authoritiessay two of three cranesneeded to right andrecover the ship beganwork on Saturday. Thework is expected to takeseveral days or weeks.Limited, southboundshipping has been

Cranes to salvage capsizedship

A rescue ship arrives at a tanker ship capsized in themiddle of the Rhine (Rhein) river, next to Loreley

statue near Sankt Goarshausen on14 Jan, 2011.—INTERNET

allowed to resumethrough the bend wherethe capsized ship is stilllisting on its side. No acidhas leaked.

The accident hap-pened on a picturesquestretch of the Rhine nearthe famed Loreley cliff,where the river runs 370feet (113 metres) wideand 82 feet (25 metres)deep, making it one ofthe most dangerous bendsin the river.

Internet

it compensate about 430,000 peopleinfected with the potentially fataldisease during decades ago.

Internet

Tourists stranded at airport near Mt Everestin Nepal

KATHMANDU, 25 Jan— More than 140international touristshave been stranded atTenzing-Hillary airport,Lukla, the only airportfor Everest region inNepal, for more than sixdays.

They have beenstranded there due to badweather conditions.Tourists from China,England, New Zealand,Australia and amongother countries arestranded in Lukla.

Talking to Xinhua ,Chinese tourists andbusinessman Liu Jianxinsaid that the airport gaveno confirmation as towhen the flights wouldresume.

“The weather cond-ition is very bad. We havebeen stranded here sincethe past six days and stillthere is no confirmationas to when we can getthe flight back toKathmandu,” Liu said.

Liu who has beenstaying at Khumbu

resort said that due to thecold weather, thesituation is very difficult.

T e n z i n g - H i l l a r yairport also known asLukla airport, is a smallairport in the town ofLukla, Sagarmatha zone,eastern Nepal.

The airport is con-sidered one of theworld’s most dangerousone due to its sur-rounding terrain, thin air,highly changeable wea-ther and the airport’sshort, sloping run-way.—Xinhua

Japan Hepatitis B patients agree to $39 bln deal

Cholera takes a breather in Haiti, but could surgeSAINT-MARC, 25 Jan—The cholera epidemic that

has raged across this country is claiming fewer victims,with a sharp drop in new cases everywhere from theshimmering rice fields of the Artibonite Valley to thecrowded urban slums.

It is a welcome development, but tinged withdoubt: It’s not yet known whether the epidemic thathas killed nearly 4,000 people is fading or merelytaking a break, only to surge again perhaps with theonset of the next rainy season.

“The general situation is improving. It’s clear,”Stefano Zannini, chief of mission for the aid group,said Sunday. “The problem is that the possibledevelopment of the epidemic is unpredictable. It isimpossible to say whether the situation will continuestabilizing.”—Internet

Janika Faneus is fed by her mother whilereceiving treatment for cholera in Saint-Marc,

Haiti, on 22 Jan, 2011.INTERNET

Freezingweather affectsover 4 millionpeople in SW

China ProvinceBEIJING, 25 Jan—

Snow and sleet have hitsouthwest China’sYunnan Province manytimes this month,affecting 4.265 millionpeople, the Ministry ofCivil Affairs said.

The freezing weatherhas left one person deadand 472 sick or woundedas of 8 am Tuesday, aministry statement said.

Over 110,000 peoplehave been evacuated orare stranded in 51counties in the province.

The accumulated icehas caused more than45,000 homes tocollapse. Economiclosses are estimated at1.57 billion yuan (238million US dollars). Theministry has sent 20,000cotton-padded coats and20,000 quilts to theprovince to help thoseaffected.

Currently, icy wea-ther continues to hitnortheast and northwestparts of the province.

Xinhua

Nine poisoned as suspected toxic gasleak hits detention house in SW China

KUNMING, 25 Jan— A suspected toxic gas leaknear a detention facility in southwest China Mondaycaused the poisoning of nine inmates, witnessesand local officials said Tuesday.

Inmates of the Xishan Detention Centre insuburban Kunming City, Yunnan Province, saidthey smelt a pungent gas Monday night, a districtgovernment spokesman told reporters Tuesday.

Some inmates suffered headaches and nausea,and some had difficulty breathing. The nine poisonedinmates - three males, six females - were taken tohospital. The pungent gas had dispersed by lateMonday night.—Xinhua

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Woman falls 23 stories, lands ontaxi, survives

BUENOS AIRES, 25 JanWitnesses say they saw awoman throw herself fromthe 23rd story of a BuenosAires hotel Monday andsurvive.

The woman landed in

a sitting position on theroof of a taxi whose drivergot out just before theimpact deeply dented hisroof and shattered thewindshield.

The woman, a 30-

year-old Argentine, hasinjuries throughout herbody and is being treatedin the emergency room ofthe Hotel Argerich, saidAlberto Crescenti, directorof Argentina’s Emer-gency Medical System.

The taxi driver, whogave his name as Miguel,reportedly said he saw apoliceman looking up andthat prompted him to getout just before the driver’sside of the car wassmashed by the woman’sbody.

Another taxi driver,Juan Carlos Candame, toldAssociated Press Telev-ision News that he sawthe woman climb over abarrier and jump into thevoid.

Internet

In this cell phone photo provided by Infobae.comreceived via Twitter from @denisitabaires , a

woman lies over a taxi after falling from the 23rd

floor of a hotel in downtown Buenos Aires,Argentina, on 24 Jan, 2011.—INTERNET

Photo taken on 22 Jan,2011 shows Xijiang

Village covered in snowin Leishan County,

Qiandongnan Miao andDong Autonomous

Prefecture, southwestChina’s Guizhou

Province. More than1,200 families of the

Miao ethnic group residein the village, which hasa history of some 2,000years and well preserved

customs.—XINHUA

Indianamother

killed threechildren,

then herself,police say

Workers get inside the water near the French-flagged ship “Louis Dreyfrus” during the official

launch of “Alba 1 “, a high-speed fiber optic cablefor telecommunications, in Vargas, Venezuela, on

22 Jan, 2011. The laying of a submarine fiber opticcable linking Cuba and Venezuela started on 22

Jan, 2011.—XINHUA

INDIANAPOLIS, 25 Jan—A 30-year-old southernIndiana woman shot andkilled her three children,set her house on fire, thenkilled herself, Indiana StatePolice said on Monday.

Amanda Bennett, 30,of Austin, Indiana, and herchildren Jasmine Abbott,14, Katelynn Bennett, 9,and Ryan Bennett, 4, wereall found shot in the headFriday. The oldest threevictims also had smokeinhalation.

While the investigationremains open until theautopsy reports arefinalized, “indications arethis case is a tragic case ofmurder/suicide thatclaimed three innocentlives along with the suspectof the murders, AmandaBennett,” Indiana StatePolice said in a statement.

An Austin policeofficer forced his way intothe home to check on thefamily Friday afternoon.

The family dog alsowas shot, but remains aliveat a veterinary clinic.

Reuters

Lack of services for homelessyouth in California

SAN FRANCISCO, 25 Jan— Homeless teenagers inCalifornia cannot obtain even the most basic servicesin most counties, according to a new study.

The study by the California Homeless YouthProject finds that 38 of the state’s 58 counties don’thave any services at all for kids living on the street:no shelters, no substance abuse treatment, nocounseling.

Two state senators have introduced a packageof bills to try to address the lack of homeless youthservices. But since the state is in the midst of abudget crisis, for now the bills simply seek to set aminimum standard for shelters, develop a statewideplan, and prevent any further cuts in homelessyouth funding.

“The goal right now is to really raise the visibilityof the issue,” said Sherilyn Adams with the LarkinStreet Youth Services in San Francisco.—Internet

A water main break is seen at an industrial parknext to the Capital Beltway in Capitol Heights,

Md, on 24 Jan, 2011. The break outsideWashington has sent water pouring from a 54-inch pipe, prompting the closure of the innerloop of the Capital Beltway in Maryland and

snarling morning traffic.—INTERNET

Alaska sexual violence far worsethan reported

ANCHORAGE, 25 Jan—For every case of rapereported to police inAlaska, the state thatconsistently posts thenation’s highest rate ofsexual assault, another ninecases likely go unreported,according to a new studypresented on Monday tothe state legislature.

The study, conductedby the University ofAlaska Anchorage’sJustice Centre andcooperating researchers,found that 37 percent ofsurveyed Alaska womenhad been victims of sexualviolence, and 4.3 percent

within the last year.The 871 women

surveyed for the studyreported “astonishinglyhigh” rates of sexualviolence, said AndrewRosay, director of theuniversity’s JusticeCentre.

“More than one out ofevery three experiencedsexual violence at somepoint in their lifetime,”Rosay told state senatorsat a committee meetingheld on Monday in Juneau.

The survey usedextended telephone interv-iews of women around thestate conducted last year,

and was limited to Englishspeakers with hometelephones, Rosay said.

Nearly half of thosesurveyed said intimatepartners had threatenedthem with violence orcommitted violenceagainst them, according toresults presented byRosay and fellowresearchers.

The survey found that44.8 percent had beenvictims of actual violenceat some time in their lives,and 8.6 percent had beenvictims of such violence inthe past year.

Reuters

11 officers killed in 24 hours in five statesST PETERSBURG, 25

Jan—When two woun-ded law officers wererushed from the scene ofa deadly shootingMonday morning onFlorida’s Gulf Coast,someone handed StPetersburg Police ChiefChuck Harmon a ring,two bracelets and abadge.

They belonged toSgt. Thomas Baitingerand Officer JeffreyYaslowitz, who diedfrom the wounds theysustained helping toserve a warrant on a man

with a long criminalhistory. “I’m having ahard time letting go ofthem,” said Harmon,whose hands shook ashe held the dead officers’mementos.

These were the latestpolice killings in a monththat already proved fatalfor 14 law officers acrossthe nation. In just a 24-hour period betweenSunday and Monday, 11officers were shot in fivestates, according to theNational Law Enfor-cement Officers Mem-orial Fund.

In the small city of StPetersburg, officers,officials and residentswere stunned by themorning’s events.

Shortly before 7 am,a US marshal, a PinellasCounty deputy and anundercover St Petersburgdetective went to a hometo arrest Hydra Lacy Jr,39, on an aggravatedbattery charge. Officialsconfirmed late Mondaythat’s who killed the twoofficers, wounded a thirdand then died - either byhis own hand or by anofficer’s bullet.—Internet

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Hezbollah-backed Mikati set to leadLebanon government

Leaks show Palestiniansgiving much ground to Israel

JERUSALEM, 25 Jan—Palestinian negotiators se-cretly told Israel it could keep swathes of occupiedEast Jerusalem, according to leaked documents thatshow Palestinians offering much bigger peace con-cessions than previously revealed.

The documents, obtained by the Al Jazeera tel-evision channel, could undermine the position ofPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whosepublic declarations about Jerusalem are at oddswith what his officials were promising in private.

Equally sobering for the Palestinian people, whowant to create a state on land Israel seized in a 1967war, is the fact that Israel offered nothing in returnfor the concessions and turned down their offer,saying it did not go far enough.

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Lebanon’s caretaker Prime MinisterSaad al-Hariri (L) speaks as former

Lebanese Prime Minister FouadSiniora (R) listens during a news

conference after meeting Lebanon’sPresident Michel Suleiman at the

presidential palace in Baabda, nearBeirut, during the start of the two-day parliamentary consultations tochoose a new Prime Minister, on 24

Jan, 2011. —INTERNET

The Dome of the Rock is seen during sunset inJerusalem’s Old City.—INTERNET

Peruvian court: No more prison for Lori Berenson

Activist Lori Berensonattends her hearing

at court in Lima.INTERNET

LIMA, 25 Jan—A Peru-vian appeals court re-jected a prosecutor’s at-tempt to revoke the paroleof US activist LoriBerenson, who was re-leased in May after serv-

ing 15 years for aidingleftist rebels. Berensonand her attorney told TheAssociated Press onMonday that the ruling isfinal and cannot beappealed by prosecutors,ending eight months ofexcruciating legalpurgatory.

“I’m pleased with thedecision and grateful forit,” Berenson said by tel-ephone, adding that she

was “greatly relieved.”“The only thing that she

can do now, withtranquility, is to plan herlife,” said Anibal Apari, herattorney and the father ofBerenson’s 20-month-oldson, Salvador.

Under her parole, the41-year-old New Yorkercannot leave Peru until her20-year sentence ends in2015 — unless PresidentAlan Garcia decides tocommute it. He has said hewould consider doing soonly once the legal case ranits course.—Internet

BEIRUT, 25 Jan—Hezbollah and itsallies won support on Monday to nomi-nate their candidate for Lebanon’s PrimeMinister, giving them the upper hand inattempts to form a government andsparking accusations of a pro-Iraniancoup.

Telecoms tycoon Najib Mikati,backed by a Hezbollah-led coalition,looked set to be asked to form a gov-ernment after the first of two days of con-sultations among Lebanese politicians.

Caretaker Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, whose government collapsed ear-lier this month, said he and his groupwould not serve in an administrationdominated by Hezbollah, and Hariri sup-porters in north Lebanon called for a“day of anger.”

Internet

Rio to buildhouses for flood

victimsSAO PAULO, 25 Jan—

The Rio de Janeiro stategovernment and localconstruction companiesare reportedly teaming upto provide housing forhundreds of victims of thestate’s recent devastatingfloods and mudslides.Brazilian news media arereporting that thepartnership will donate2,000 houses.

Rio vice Gov LuizFernando Pezao is quotedby the O Globonewspaper in its Sundayedition as saying that thegovernment will donatethe land and thecompanies will help buildthe houses. Theinformation could not beconfirmed immediately.

More than 6,000people have lost theirhomes in floods andmudslides earlier thismonth that killed 799 inRio’s mountainousregion.—Internet

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LOS ANGELES, 25Jan—“The TwilightSaga: Eclipse” andactress Jennifer Anistonwere among thehonorees that haveperformed worst enoughto land on the list of the31st Golden RazzieAwards, the organizerssaid on Monday.

The worst player,according to the GoldenRaspberry AwardFoundation, is anadventure fantasy film“The Last Airbender,” a

“Twilight,” Aniston amongnominees for Razzies

Actress JenniferAniston .—INTERNET

live-action film adaptat-ion based on the firstseason of the animatedtelevision series“Avatar: The LastAirbender.”

It leads a pack withnine nominationsincluding worst picture,worst actor, worst actressand worst screenplay.This is “a jumbled, jump-cut mess of a movie”that “fans of the TV showhated even more thancritics did,” theorganisers said.

Xinhua

Actress Gong Liattends a press

conference for thenew film “Shanghai”

jointly produced byHuayi Brothers Media

Corporation andWeinstein Co at Shillahotel in Seoul, South

Korea, on 24 Jan,2011.—XINHUA

A model presents a creation by the label ofSONGZIO during the Men’s fall-winter 2011-2012 ready-to-wear collection show in Paris,capital of France, on 23 Jan, 2011.—XINHUA

NEW DELHI, 25 Jan— Vocalist Pandit BhimsenJoshi, a leading figure of Indian classical music,has died after a prolonged illness. He was 89.

Joshi was hospitalized three weeks ago in thewestern city of Pune complaining of shortness ofbreath, a Sahyadri hospital official said. He laterunderwent dialysis following kidney failure. Hedied Monday.

The son of a school teacher in the southernState of Karnataka, Joshi moved to the entertainmentCapital Mumbai in 1943 to work as a radio singerand released his debut album by age 22.

He received India’s higest civilian award, theBharat Ratna, in 2008.

Pandit Jasraj, another top vocalist, said: “Hisdeath is a great loss to Indian classical music.”

Joshi is survived by three sons and a daughter.Internet

Indian classical singer Pandit Bhimsen Joshi dies

A visitorlistens to

music duringMIDEM, theinternationalrecord music

publishingand video

music market,in Cannes on23 Jan, 2011.

XINHUA

Photo taken on 22 Jan,2011 shows clothes and

accesories made ofchocolates in the“Chocolate Trail”

exhibition at ashopping mall in Hong

Kong, south China.The shopping mall

Harbour City held theexhibition from 20 Jan

to 20 Feb.

Giant panda Tuan Tuan eats food at the TaipeiZoo, southeast China’s Taipei, on 23 Jan,

2011. A celebration was held in Taipei ZooSunday to mark the second anniversary ofreceiving two giant pandas Tuan Tuan andYuan Yuan from the Chinese mainland. TheChinese mainland sent Tuan Tuan and Yuan

Yuan (together meaning “reunion”), as a gift toTaipei in December 2008.

A sports bar ownerin Minnesota isshowing his support forthe Green Bay Packersin this weekend’s gameagainst the ChicagoBears in a very literalway - by roasting a bear.

Blake Montpetit,the co-owner of TiffanySports Lounge in StPaul, says he plans tocook a 180-poundblack bear in a pig-roaster over hickoryand charcoal onSunday.

He says his cousinshot it in northernWisconsin during bearhunting season, whichruns in September andOctober, and then frozeit.

Montpetit says heplanned to serve themeat to customers, butthe state healthdepartment rejected theplan because the meatis unprocessed.

Minn Bar toRoast Bearfor Packers-Bears Game

Among the many unpleasantriesthat can come from living in northernregions is being forced to shovelhundreds of pounds of snow duringwinter months.

A Massachusetts man found away around that this winter. Accordingto police, he was blowing up snowbanks to avoid shoveling them.

Low J Powers, 23, of Abington,Mass, has been charged with threatsto commit a crime and possession ofincendiary devices, reports the PatriotLedger.

Abington Police Chief DavidMajenski told the Patriot Ledger hisdepartment was tipped off aboutPowers explosive snow clearing, andthey tracked the offender down to arooming house.

Eventually, Police discovered

Man used bombs to clear snow

Shoveling snow is tough, but notyour only option, apparently.

Powers had “military-gradeammunition and other stuff, includingpowders of some sort” at his formeraddress, the Patriot Ledger reports.The powder turned out to be anexplosive of some kind, and thesewere the materials he had been usingto blow up snow banks, police allege.

Archaeologists have identified the remains of the largest Stone Agebuilding ever found in China — thought to be a prehistoric “town hall” — inthe northwestern Shaanxi Province.

The remains of the pentagon-shaped structure, discovered at the XiaheSite in Baishui County, date back to the Yangshao culture era of 5,000 to3,000 BC in the New Stone Age.

Covering 364 square metres, the building had a capacity to holdhundreds of people and might once have been used as a meeting hall, saidZhang Pengcheng, a researcher with the Shaanxi Archaeological ResearchInstitute.

“The ancients erected four large wooden pillars and columns along thewalls, making the structure of this size possible,” said Zhang.

Largest Stone Age building found inNW China’s Shaanxi

N e w s A l b u m

Rocker Bret Michaels hassuccessful heart surgery

PHOENIX, 25 Jan— Officials at a Phoenix hospitalsay rocker Bret Michaels’ surgery to close a hole inhis heart was successful.

A surgical team at St Joseph’s Hospital andMedical Centre inPhoenix performed theprocedure Monday.

A hospital spokes-woman says Michaels isrecuperating andremains in the hospital’sintensive care unit forobservation. Doctorsdiscovered the hole inMichaels’ heart in Aprilwhen he was treated fora brain hemorrhage.

Internet

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Chelsea destroy Bolton in Premier LeagueBOLTON, 25 Jan—Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka

and Ramires were all on target as Chelsea ended their miserable runof away form with a 4-0 victory at Bolton here on Monday to keepalive their dim hopes of the Premier League title.

Carlo Ancelotti’s side had fallen away from contention for thetitle with a record of one win in nine matches but they have nowwon their past eight matches at the Reebok Stadium without concedinga goal.

Victory moved them up to fourth and to within seven points ofleaders Manchester United, who travel to Blackpool on Tuesdaywhich continued the poor run of Owen Coyle’s side, who have nowsuffered four defeats in their last five matches in a damaging run ofform and are just eight points above the bottom three.—Internet

Chelsea’s Florent Malouda (C)celebrates scoring against Bolton

Wanderers during EnglishPremier League.

INTERNET

Babel puts Hoffenheim moveback on track

Liverpool’s Dutch for-ward Ryan Babel con-trols the ball against Sun-derland during their Pre-mier League.—INTERNET

Asian football chiefpraises Qatar

Asian Football Con-federation (AFC)

president Mohamedbin Hammam delivers

a speech in KualaLumpur.—INTERNET

Winter World Cup wouldpose no problem: Platini

UEFA president MichelPlatini of France.

INTERNET

S P O R T S

Roger Federer of Switzerland playsa stroke during his men’s singlesquarter-final match.—INTERNET

Federer into eighth straight Aus Open semi

Jhonattan Vegas wins HopeClassic in playoff

Jhonattan Vegas ofVenezuela, reacts aftervictory on the second

playoff hole on thePalmer Private

course.—INTERNET

ROME, 25 Jan—Switching the dates of the2022 World Cup finals tobe hosted by Gulf stateQatar from its traditionalmid year date to Decem-ber would not be a prob-lem, claimed Europeanfootball’s supremoMichel Platini on Mon-day. FIFA’s decision toaward the World Cup toQatar - a tiny oil-rich na-tion where temperaturesin summer regularly soarpast 43 degrees - has at-tracted a firestorm of con-troversy.

But UEFA presidentPlatini said that despiteprotests raised by Eu-rope’s major leagues overthe disruption that wouldcause he could see it be-ing switched.

“If we played in sum-mer, the matches could beplayed in temperatures of55 degrees,” said theformer France footballgreat, who was praisedwidely for his heading upthe organising of the 1998finals.—Internet

LIVERPOOL, 25 Jan—Dutch international strikerRyan Babel’s on-offmove to Bundesliga sideHoffenheim from EnglishPremier League giantsLiverpool was back ontrack on Monday as hewas due to fly to Ger-many to finalise personalterms.

The 24-year-old lookedto have sealed a 7millioneuros deal last week onlyfor it to be placed in doubtas he said he would prefera return to his former clubAjax but the clubannounced later on

Monday that Babel wasgoing to Germany after all.

“Ryan Babel hasagreed a move to TSG1899 Hoffenheim,” read aterse statement on the Liv-erpool website.—Internet

LA QUINTA, 25 Jan—He has a unique golfpedigree, ferociouspower off the tee, and afirst name that could con-found any spell-checker.

Venezuelan rookieJhonattan Vegas also hashis first PGA Tour victoryafter showing the playoff

poise of a veteran in theBob Hope Classic.

Vegas made a 13-foot par putt on thesecond playoff holeSunday after putting histee shot in the water,holding off GaryWoodland to win in justhis fifth tour start.

Vegas is the first Ven-ezuelan to win a PGATour event, but his re-markably steady per-formance over 92 holesin the five-day event sug-gests he’s capable of win-ning again — and maybeeven energizing an un-popular sport in hishomeland.

“Just to think aboutwinning on the PGATour, that’s something,”Vegas said. “But to makeit happen is somethingelse, and it’s a crazy feel-ing. It was tough todayto stay neutral and playgolf, and that’s why.”

Internet

DOHA, 25 Jan—Asianfootball chief MohamedBin Hammam has praisedQatar’s hosting of theAsian Cup, calling it theperfect rehearsal for theWorld Cup in 2022.

Bin Hammam, himselfa Qatari, who was instru-mental in helping bring theWorld Cup to his home-land, also hailed thequality of football onshow at the continentalshowpiece. “It’s been anextremely well organisedevent by Qatar,” said theAsian Football Confedera-tion president, who has notruled out running againstFIFA boss Sepp Blatterwhen he stands for re-elec-tion in May.

“Although it is 12years (sic) between now

and 2022, it was a verygood rehearsal for thatcompetition.”

The tiny but wealthycountry has thrown plentyof money at the Asian Cup— the stadiums are shinyand modern, the organisa-tion is excellent, facilitiesare top-notch and commu-nications work flawlessly.

Internet

MELBHE, 25 Jan—Roger Federercruised into his eighth consecutive Aus-tralian Open semi-final with a dominat-ing straight-sets victory over his Swissteammate Stanislas Wawrinka onTuesday.

It was a no-contest as the all-timeGrand Slam champion cantered to a 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 win against the over-awedWawrinka in just 1hr 47 min on RodLaver Arena.

Federer will now take on either 2008champion Novak Djokovic or Czechsixth seed Tomas Berdych in Thurs-day’s semi-final.

Tuesday’s success extendedFederer’s winning streak to 15 and arecord 59th match win at the AustralianOpen.

“I definitely needed a good perform-

ance and I’ve obviously played Stanmany times in practice and in matchesand there were no real secrets out therefor either of us,” Federer said.

“I think the start was really crucial. Itmay have been a battle for him to getused to the conditions after playing twosuch great matches at night.—Internet

ROME, 25 Jan—FCInternazionale Milanostriker Diego Milito hasbeen named Player of theYear and Foreign Playerof the Year at the Italianplayers association’s 2010Oscar del Calcio awards.

Udinese forwardAntonio Di Natale wasselected as the best Italianplayer in Serie A, and JoseMourinho, now at RealMadrid, was named bestcoach, local mediareported Tuesday.

Milito scored bothgoals in the UEFAChampions League finalagainst FC BayernMunchen in Madrid as

Milito named best Italy playerof 2010

LONDON, 25 Jan—Patrice Evra could leaveManchester United at theend of the season, hisagent has revealed.Goal.com UK exclusivelyrevealed last Novemberthat the Frenchman wantsto leave Old Trafford andsee out the remainder ofhis career at Real Madrid.The 29-year-old’s currentcontract ends in 2012, andthe player’s representativehas admitted that there isa possibility that his clientcould leave United.

Inter had beenthought to have beeninterested in acquiring theservices of the former

Patrice Evra may leaveManchester United in the summer

Monaco man, but heremained at Old Trafford.

But now it appearsthat things could bechanging, as the left-back’s agent, FedericoPastorello, told L’Equipe:“He’ll either extend hiscontract, or he’ll leave.”

Internet

Inter lifted the trophy forthe first time in 45 years.

Milito was not the onlyInter player honoured;Julio Cesar was selectedas best goalkeeper, WalterSamuel was best defenderalongside Juventus andItaly centre-back GiorgioChiellini.—Xinhua

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Wednesday,26 January

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.During the past 24 hours, light rain have been isloated inKachin State, scattered in Taninthayi Region, weather hasbeen partly cloudy in Northern Shan and Rakhine States,upper Sagaing Region and generally fair in the remainingareas. Night temperatures were (4°C) above Januaryaverage temperature in Mon State, (3°C) to (4°C) belowJanuary average temperaptures in upper Sagaing andMagway Regions and about January average temperaturesin the remaining areas. the significant night temperatureswere Namhsan and Pinlaung (2°C) each, Heho (3°C) andLashio (4°C). The noteworthy amount of rainfall recordedwas Myeik (0.12) inch.

Nay Pyi Taw Maximum temperature on 24-1-2011 was 90°F.

Minimum temperature on 25-1-2011 was 58°F. Relative

humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 25-1-2011 was (73%).

Rainfall on 25-1-2011 was (Nil) .Yangon (Kaba-Aye)

Maximum temperature on 24-1-2011 was 93°F.Minimum temperature on 25-1-2011 was 61°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 25-1-2011 was (59%). Total

WEATHERTuesday, 25thJanuary, 2011

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas sunshine hours on 24-1-2011 was (9.7) hours (Approx).Rainfall on 25-1-2011 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-

Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2011 was(1.97) inches at Mingaladon, (1.42) inches at Kaba-Aye and(2.95) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed atYangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mph from Northeast at (16:30)hours MST on 24-1-2011.

Bay Inference: Weather is partly cloudy over theAndaman Sea and South Bay and generally fairelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 26th January 2011:Light rain are likely to be isolated in Kachin and MonStates, Taninthayi Region, weather will be partly cloudyover Shan and Rakhine States, upper Sagaing, Yangon andAyeyawady Regions and generally fair in the remainingareas. Degree of certainty is (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of slightincrease of night temperatures in the upper Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 26-1-2011: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for26-1-2011: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for26-1-2011: Generally fair weather.

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am MSTOversea Transmission - (26-1-11 09:30 am ~

27-1-11 09:30 am MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Tapestry; A Genuine Myanmar Handicraft* News* Unique Inlay Lake, Destinctive Inle Resort* Atuladipatic Mahamunithakya Nine-Story

Buddha Statue* News* Let’s Choose Pretty Shoes* Arts of Myanmar Traditional Tapestry* News* Mya Nan San Kyaw (The Golden Palace)Oversea Transmission* Opening* News* Tapestry; A Genuine Myanmar Handicraft* News* Unique Inlay Lake, Distinctive Inle Resort* Atuladipatic Mahamunithakya Nine-Story

Buddha Statue* News* Let’s Choose Pretty Shoes* Arts of Myanmar Traditional Tapestry* News* Mya Nan San Kyaw (The Golden Palace)* News* Treasure Trove for Knowledge Seekers* News* Photo City* Music Gallery* News* Trip of Myanmar (Trip to Mingun)* News* War Yin Late Art* Fashion Guide (i-gift)* Myanmar Movies “Due to this True Hatred”

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(26-1-2011) (Wednesday)

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Venerable

Min Gun Sayadaw

7:15 am 2. Dhamma Puja

Song 7:25 am 3. To Be Healthy

Exercise 7:30 am 4. Morning News

7:40 am 5. Nice & Sweet Song7:50 am 6. Cultural Dances8:00 am 7. Myanmar

Traditional culturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions

8:15 am 8. Teleplay (Health)8:40 am 9. International News8:45 am10. Musical Programme4:00 pm 1. Martial Song4:10 pm 2. Musical Programme4:20 pm 3. Dance of National

Races

4:30 pm 4. University Of

Distance Education(TV Lectures)-Third Year(Myanmar)

4:45 pm 5. Songs For

UpholdingNational Spirit

4:55 pm 6. Classical Songs5:10 pm 7. “ASEAN”

Programmes5:20 pm 8. Melody Tunes

(Sogya Pyawshwin

Tay Thansin)

6:00 pm

9. Evening News

6:15 pm

10. Weather Report

6:20 pm

11. Traditional Boxing

6:45 pm

12. Shwe Yin Chone

Than

7:15 pm

13. Ratha Pawlwin

Thayotesaung

Lwin Pyin

(Character Contest)

7:45 pm

14. Alinka Wut Yi

Music Troupe

8:00 pm

15. News

16. International News

17. Weather Report

18. Korea NG Award

19. TV Drama Series

20. Myanmar Drama

The Arctic: a new frontier for oil, gas firms

A sign reading: “Gas!” in -40 degree celciusweather in Novy Urengoi, just below the Arctic

Circle in far northern Russia.INTERNET

LONDON, 25 Jan—BP’s deal with Rosneft tojointly explore theArctic’s huge oil and gasreserves sets out a newfrontier in the race forresources, but one that isdogged by technical andenvironmental concerns.

More than one fifthof the world’s undiscove-red but technicallyrecoverable reserves ofhydrocarbons are locatednorth of the Arctic Circle,according to the USGeological Survey(USGS).

The region accounts

for about 13 percent ofthe world’s undiscoveredoil and 30 percent of theundiscovered naturalgas, USGS data shows.About 84 percent of theresources occur offshore,trapped below the icywaters. After itsdisastrous oil spill in theGulf of Mexico,

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