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Volume XIX, Number 172 13th Waxing of Thadingyut 1373 ME Monday, 10 October, 2011

True patriotism * It is very important for every one

of the nation regardless of theplace he lives to have strongUnion Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the truepatriotism all the nationalities willhave to safeguard.

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct—At the invitation of Her Excellency Mrs. Pratibha DevisinghPatil, President of the Republic of India, U Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar and wife Daw Khin Khin Win will pay a goodwill visit to the Republic of Indiain the near future.

MNA

President U Thein Sein and wifeDaw Khin Khin Win to pay

goodwill visit to Republic of India

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct—On the occasion of the National Day of theRepublic of Fiji Islands, which falls on 10th October 2011, U Thein Sein,President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a messageof felicitations to His Excellency Mr. Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, LVO, OBE,MSD, OSTJ, President of Republic of Fiji Islands.—MNA

President U Thein Sein sendsmessage of felicitations to

Fijian counterpartNAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct—On the Occasion of the National Day of the

Republic of Fiji Islands, which falls on 10th October 2011, U Thein Sein,President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a messageof felicitations to His Excellency Commodore Josala V. Bainimarama,Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji Islands.—MNA

President U Thein Sein sendsmessage of felicitations to

Fijian Prime Minister

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Oct—Vice-Presidentof the Republic of the Union of Myanmar DrSai Mauk Kham, accompanied by Union Min-ister for Labour and for Social Welfare, Reliefand Resettlement U Aung Kyi, deputy minis-ters, departmental heads and officials, lefthere by car yesterday morning and arrived inKyaukse of Mandalay Region at 9.45 am.

The Vice-President heard reports onrainfalls in Mandalay Region, inundation ofcrops, rainfalls of Kyaukse, floods, evacua-tion of flood victims and supply of reliefitems, current situation on floods and overflowin Kyaukse, and preventive measures againstfloods presented by Mandalay Region ChiefMinister U Ye Myint.

(See page 8)

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham looks into floods and overflowof Zawgyi River at townships, wards in Kyaukse District

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Khamcomforts flood victims at relief camp

in precinct of Tawma YwaUMonastery in Tawma Village of

Singaing Township.—MNA

Weakness to be remedied not to cause floods and overflowof water in irrigation system of Zawgyi River

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 10 October, 2011

PERSPECTIVESMonday, 10 October, 2011

Add creation to Myanmarperforming arts

The State is focusing on improvement ofmorale and morality of the entire nation,maintaining uplift of national prestige andintegrity, cultural heritage and nationalcharacters and enhancing characteristics ofnational culture.

Annual observance of MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing ArtsCompetitions is one of the important tasks inpreserving national culture. Encouragementis being given to turning out of new generationartistes who will join hands with the governmentin building a new nation through performingarts.

The 18th Myanmar Traditional CulturalPerforming Arts Competitions will be held inNay Pyi Taw soon. It is expected that morecontestants from regions and states willparticipate in the competitions than theprevious year. At present, contestant artisteshave been selected in regions and states afterholding the preliminary contests.

The artistes are responsible forpreserving Myanmar traditional culture andfine arts handed down in successive eras.Maintaining the traditional culture is makingefforts to bolster its value, not forretrogression. Thus, new creations are to bemade without destroying its original style.

Youths have more chance to participatein the song composing contest of this year’sPerforming Arts Competitions. Handsomeprizes will be awarded. Likewise, arrangementshave been made for presenting championshipaward to the winner commencing this year’scompetitions. In the coming years, a plan hasbeen set to add Anyeint and consecrationnarration events into coming competitions.

The Myanmar Traditional CulturalPerforming Arts Competitions reflect the highstandard of Myanmar culture. Thus, newgeneration artistes are to take part in thecompetitions of Myanmar fine arts includingMyanmar music and dances with full essenceand creativity.

FM felicitates Fijicounterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct—On the occasion of theNational Day of the Republic of Fiji Islands, whichfalls on 10th October 2011, U Wunna Maung Lwin,Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar, has sent a message offelicitations to His Excellency Mr. Ratu InokeKubuabola, Minister for Foreign Affairs of theRepublic of Fiji Islands.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9Oct— A ceremony tomark the World Post Day2011 was held inconjunction with theceremony to awardwinners in the InternationalEssay Contest (InternalLevel) at the hall of Ministryof Communications, Postsand Telegraphs, here, at 1pm today.

The Director-General of Directorate ofTelecommunicationsextended greetings.

Assistant DirectorDaw San San read themassage sent by theDirector-General of theUniversal Postal Union.

Next, Director-General U Bo Win ofEducation Planning andTraining Departmentexplained the assessmentin essay contest.

Then, Union

World Post Day 2011observed inNay Pyi Taw

Member ofNay Pyi Taw

Council UMyint Swe

presents cashassistance toflood victims

ofKyathaungtaung,

Kyaytankuand

Htanbingonvillages in

LeweTownship.

(Newsreported)

MNA

Minister for Com-munications, Posts andTelegraphs U Thein Tun,Deputy Minister U TintLwin and officials gave thefirst, second, third, specialand consolation prizes tothe winner students in the40th International YouthsEssay Contest (Internal

Level) respectively.On behalf of the

winners, a prize winninggirl student spoke words ofthanks.

The Union Ministerand officials viewed thedocumentary photos ofWorld Post Day.

MNA

Model monsoon paddy plot harvestedin Insein Township

YANGON, 8 Oct—Aceremony to harvest oneacre special yield monsoon

paddy plantation out of fiveacres plantation was heldin Aungmyayya Farm of

Yangon RegionMinister for Agricultureand Irrigation U Soe Min,Managing Director ofMAS U Kyaw Win andofficials attended thepaddy harvesting.

The region ministerand the managing directorgave instructions onapplying of goodagricultural pattern forproducing 100 baskets ofpaddy per acre, and use ofquality paddy strains.

Model paddy plotwas harvested with theuse of modern farmingmachinery and it produced162 baskets of paddy peracre.—Myanma Alin

Myanma AgricultureService in InseinTownship on 6 October.

Photo shows harvesting of model monsoon paddy plot with use ofmodern farming machinery.

MYANMA ALIN

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Oct— Deputy Minister forConstruction U Kyaw Lwin attended the work-coordination meeting 1/2001 about ongoing tasksfor implementation to sign MoUs between UN-Habitat and Department of Human Settlement and

Dy Construction Ministeron inspection tour of

construction work in Yangon

Housing Development under the Ministry ofConstruction, held at the department in Yangon on6 October.

On 7 October, the deputy minister waspresent on the last day of the Forum for UrbanFuture in South East Asia held at MICASA Hotel,and the work-coordination meeting of MyanmarEngineering Society on Myanmar National BuildingCode Development Planning Project, as well asattending Forum for Urban Future in South EastAsia Seminar in conjunction with the dinner inwhich those present Germany and ASEAN

countries including Myanmar enjoyed, at KaraweikPalace in the evening. He inspected press machineat World Food Programme Plant in HlaingthayaIndustrual Zone on 8 October.—MNA

All this needs to be known* Do not be frightened whenever

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered* Do not be softened whenever appeased

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People gather at the blast site in Quetta,southwest Pakistan, on 8 Oct, 2011. No loss

of life was reported as militants try to blow upa bridge near the Quetta airport

on Saturday night.XINHUA

People clean up at the scene of a car bomb attack in a town just outsideHillah, about 60 miles (95 kilometres) south of Baghdad, Iraq,

on 1 Oct, 2011.—INTERNET

BISHKEK, 9 Oct—Kyrgyz security forcesSaturday foiled an attemptby “a group of terrorists”to penetrate into the cityof Osh, killing one ofthem, security servicesources told Interfax.

Security servicesources said that in anoperation to besiege andarrest the allegedterrorists, two armouredvehicles and several armytrucks were involved. Theoperation was in the Kara-Suu District, whichborders Osh.

Three checkpointshad been put up on Osh’sboundary and more mightbe set up. Reinforcedtraffic police and otherpatrols were inspectingvehicles arriving in thecity.

Earlier on Saturday,

Gunman killed in southernKyrgyz city

KANDAHAR, 9 Oct—Blast rocked Kandaharcity the capital ofKandahar Province 450km south of capital KabulSaturday night followed bygun shots, an official said.

“It was rocket attackslammed into theKandahar city at around09:40 pm local time andfollowed by some gunshots. Casualties arefeared,” the official toldXinhua but declined to beidentified; sayingauthorized officials would

Blast rocks AfghanKandahar city, gun shots

erupted

An Afghan policeofficer investigates

the destructionoutside Combat

Outpost Sayed Abadin eastern Wardak

Province ofAfghanistan

recently.—INTERNET

State National SecurityCommittee forces killedone of the allegedterrorists, who hadhijacked a minibus, takenits passengers hostage,and tried to get into thecity, the sources said.

The bus was stoppedat one of the checkpoints.The hostage takerresisted an attempt toarrest him and was killed.The gunman had beenarmed with two pistols.

“According to ourinformation, he wasn’talone, and hisaccomplices are hiding inthe Kara-Suu District,”one of the securitysources said.

Deputy InteriorMinister Kursan Asanovsaid that law enforcementservices in the city andregion of Osh were puton alert after theoperation.

Xinhua

KABUL, 9 Oct—Two NATO soldiers were killed on Saturday in an militantattack in restive southern Afghanistan’s region, the military alliance confirmed onSunday.

“Two International Security Assistance Force service members died followingan militant attack in southern Afghanistan yesterday,” the NATO-led InternationalSecurity Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement.

The brief statement did not give details and the nationalities of the casualtiesunder ISAF policy, only saying “it is ISAF policy to defer casualty identificationprocedures to the relevant national authorities.”

Troops mainly from US, Britain, Canada and Australia have been stationed inthe southern region within the framework of ISAF to fight Taleban militants.

Militancy has been rampant since May this year when Taleban militantsannounced to launch spring offensive in the war-battered Afghanistan.

Over 470 NATO soldiers, most of them Americans, have been killed inAfghanistan since beginning this year.—Xinhua

KABUL, 9 Oct—A policeman and 10 militants werekilled on Saturday when gunbattle broke out inAfghanistan’s Nimroz Province 790 km southwest ofcapital city of Kabul, provincial police chief said onSunday.

“A unit of Afghan National Police (ANP) wastravelling to Chahar Burjak District Saturday noon buta group of armed militants ambushed their convoytriggering a firefight lasting for hours,” Nimrozprovincial police chief, Abdul Jabar Purdili told Xinhua.

According to Purdili, one policeman was killed andtwo others injured in the incident.

“A total of 10 armed militants have been killed andANP confiscate a handful of weapons and severalmotorcycles on the ground,” the police official said.

Taleban militants, whose regime was toppled in aUS-led incursion in late 2001, have intensified activitiessince the militant group announced to launch springoffensive against Afghan security forces and NATO-led troops stationed in Afghanistan on 1 May.

The militants group has yet to make comments.In another development, Afghan and NATO-led

Coalition forces launched a night raid operation in SpinGhar district of eastern Nangarhar Province Saturdaynight killing one person and capturing four suspectedmilitants, spokesman for provincial government, AhmadZia Abdul Zia told Xinhua on Sunday.

However, Malik Usman, a tribal elder in Spin GharDistrict, said that the killed man, 70, was a civilian andhad no links with the anti-government militants.

Xinhua

ZAMBOANGA CITY, 9Oct—Two explosionsrocked the southernPhilippine City ofZamboanga Sundayafternoon, wounding eightpeople, military and policesaid. Col BuenaventuraPascual, commander ofTask Force Zamboanga,said one improvisedexplosive device (IED)exploded beside a busterminal, wounding threepeople; another IEDexploded in a cockpit area,resulting in the woundingof five others. Militarybomb experts wereconducting post blastinvestigation, said Pascual,without disclosing furtherdetails.—Xinhua

Policeman, 10 militantskilled in Afghanistan

Two NATO soldiers killed in S Afghanistan Twin explosionsrock S Philippine

city, eightwounded

A car burns after apoll related

shooting killed atleast three,

including a formerlegislator in

Colomboon

8 October, 2011.XINHUA

brief the media. Meantime,Shir Shah Yusufzai thedeputy police chief ofKandahar Province intalks with Xinhuaconfirmed the blast andadded details would bemade public afterinvestigation. He alsostated that gun shots isover and the situation isnormal at the moment.Kandahar the birthplaceof Kabul has been thescene of increasingmilitancy over the past fiveyears.—Xinhua

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In this 4 Oct, 2011 photo, Joya Green, right,with Metro Fair Housing Services, discusses

employment opportunities with KimberlyAnderson, left, of Atlanta, during a job fairat a Goodwiill store in Atlanta. Employersadded 103,000 jobs in September, a modest

burst of hiring after a sluggish summer.INTERNET


New prostate cancer test adviceoverturns dogma

WASHINGTON, 9 Oct—Men finally may begetting a clearer messageabout undergoing PSAscreening for prostatecancer: Don’t do it.

They may not listen.After all, the vastmajority of men over 50already get tested.

The idea that findingcancer early can harminstead of help is a hardone to understand. Butit’s at the heart of agovernment panel’s draftrecommendation that

In this 13 Sept, 2011 photo provided by the University of Chicago MedicalCenter, Dr. Gautam Jayram assists during prostate cancer surgery,watching an internal video of the patient’s body, at the University of

Chicago Medical Centre in Chicago.—INTERNET

those PSA blood testsshould no longer be partof routine screening forhealthy men.

The US PreventiveServices Task Forceexamined all theevidence and found littleif any reduction in deathsfrom routine PSAscreening. But it didconclude that too manymen are diagnosed withtumors that never wouldhave killed them andsuffer serious side effectsfrom resulting treatment.

That recommend-ation isn’t final — it’s adraft open for publiccomment. But it goes astep further than severalmajor cancer groupsincluding the AmericanCancer Society, whichurges that men be toldthe pros and cons anddecide for themselves.

The new advice issure to be hugelycontroversial. Alreadysome doctors arerejecting it.

Internet

Vladivostok gets facelift to be ‘San Francisco’VLADIVOSTOK, 9 Oct—Vladivostok,

the mythical terminus of the Trans-Siberian railway, is being turned upsidedown in a huge rebuilding project thataims to turn the city into the Russian FarEast’s answer to Istanbul or SanFrancisco. A city closed to foreignersunder the Soviet Union due to its hostingof the Pacific Fleet, Vladivostok sufferedafter the USSR collapse as inhabitantsleft, buildings crumbled and it acquireda seedy reputation for mafia crime.

But in one of the Kremlin’s mostwildly ambitious construction projects,the city currently resembles a vastbuilding site as vast new hotel complexes,highways and two bridges are built tohost a major summit in 2012. And as ifwelcoming leaders including the USpresident at the Asia-Pacific EconomicCooperation (APEC) summit was notenough, the meeting is due to be held onan island outside Vladivostok that hasnever been connected to the mainland.

Russki Ostrov (Russian Island) hasuntil now been a sleepy verdant area

A bridge is being constructed to connect Russian Island toVladivostok.—INTERNET

Business jet industrylooks to 2012 for growth

WASHINGTON, 9 Oct—The business jet industryis expecting 2012 tomark its first year ofgrowth in deliveries sincethe financial downturn,but more pain could stillbe ahead for the low endof the segment that hasbeen hardest hit. “2011did not play out as weexpected to see thegrowth and orders beingplaced, so we’re shiftingour hopes to 2012,” saidJens Hennig, vicepresident of operationsat the General AviationManufacturers Associat-ion, a Washington, DC-based international groupthat tracks noncommer-cial aviation. HoneywellInter-national , maker ofavionics and engines,also thinks better timesare coming. “We believe2011 will be the low

CAO to invest in oil storageterminal in South Korea

SINGAPORE, 9 Oct—Singapore-listed jet fuelsupplier and trader China Aviation Oil (Singapore)Corporation ( CAO) has agreed to invest about 34billion won (32 million US dollars) for a 26 percentequity stake in an oil storage firm in Yeosu, SouthKorea, the company announced on Saturday.

The announcement came two days after a similarannouncement on an investment of 10 milliondollars by the jet fuel trader in an oil storageterminal in Johor, Malaysia for the exclusive use ofthe company. The Malaysia project was the firstinvestment made by CAO in an enterprise outsideChina since its restructuring in 2004 and marks amilestone in its effort to build its network of assetsin jet fuel trading, said Meng Fanqiu, chief executiveofficer of the company.

CAO will be the second largest shareholder inOilhub Korea Yeosu Co, Ltd (OKYC), which isbuilding the Northeast Asia Hub Terminal in Yeosu,a storage facility with a capacity of 8.18 millionbarrels, of which 4.22 million barrels will be usedfor oil products and the rest for crude oil.—Xinhua

BALTIMORE, 9 Oct—Interactive video games,which help stroke patients recover, appear toenhance physical therapy for patients in intensivecare units, US researchers say.

Study leader Michelle E Kho of The JohnsHopkins School of Medicine and colleaguesidentified a select group of 22 critically ill adultpatients for a one-year period who received videogames as part of routine physical therapy.

The patients were part of a group of 410 patientswho received standard early physical therapy in themedical intensive care unit during the same timeframe from physical therapists.

The patients in the study, mostly males ages 32-64 were admitted to the medical intensive care unitas a result of health problems, such as respiratoryfailure, sepsis and cardiovascular issues.

Internet

Video games used for ICUphysical therapy

point,” said Rob Wilson,president of Honeywell’sbusiness and generalaviation unit. Unitdeliveries will rise 3 to 5percent in 2012 as newmodels such as the long-range Gulfstream G650enter service, Honeywellprojected in its annualbusiness aviation outlookreleased on Saturday.

Demand for businessjets fell in 2009 after fiveyears of growth indeliveries as companiesclamped down onspending after the globalfinancial crisis peaked in2008 and tighter creditmade purchases difficult.Business jet shipments fellagain in 2010 and weredown about 27 percentthrough the first sixmonths of this year,according to GAMA dataon worldwide deliver-ies.—Reuters

popular largely with daytrippers and nature lovers who make the journeyby ferry.

All that will change with the construction of the APECconference facilities on the island and — the crowning glory of theentire project — a gigantic 1.9-kilometre (1.2-mile) bridge toconnect it to the mainland.

The authorities hope the bridge will become a symbol of the city andthe Russian Far East.

Internet

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AT&T sells 200,000 new iPhonesin first pre-orders

NEW YORK, 9 Oct—US telecom giant AT&Tsaid Friday it has seen anunprecedented demandfor the updated iPhone,with over 200,000 pre-orders of the latest Applegadget in the first 12hours alone.

The iPhone 4S,unveiled on Tuesday onthe eve of the death oflegendary Apple founderand leader Steve Jobs,goes on wide release on14 October in the UnitedStates and six othercountries, but customersseeking to reserve the

new device could startpre-orders Friday.

Two other US carri-ers — Verizon Wirelessand Sprint — alsoreleased the iPhone forpre-order, but did not postsales figures late Friday.

The device hasdisappointed someanalysts due to itssimilarity with the earlieriPhone 4, released lastyear, but the processor issaid to be as powerful asthe Apple iPad, andcomes with asophisticated voicecommand system, called

Siri.In addition to its

stand-alone appeal, aslatest incarnation of therevolutionary device,sales of the iPhone 4S arealso expected to benefitfrom the enormousoutpouring of sympathyfor Jobs, who died thisweek at age 56, afteryears battling prostatecancer.

In the United States,iPhone 4S prices will startat $199 for a 16 gigabytemodel and top out at $399for a model with 64GBof memory.—Internet

Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwideproduct marketing Phil Schiller speaks aboutthe new iPhone 4s on October 4 in Cupertino,

California. US telecom giant AT&T said Fridayit has seen an unprecedented demand for the

updated iPhone, with over 200,000 pre-ordersof the latest Apple gadget in the first 12 hours

alone.INTERNET

UN office inVienna

celebratesWorld SpaceWeek 2011VIENNA, 9 Oct—A

sculpture of late Sovietcosmonaut Yuri Gagarinwas presented to the UNOffice in Vienna (UN-OV) Friday to celebrate“50 Years of HumanSpaceflight,” the themeof the World Space Week2011.

In 1961, Gagarincompleted an orbitaround the Earth aboardthe Vostok 1 spacecraft,serving as a pioneer ofhuman spaceflight.

The sculpture is a giftfrom the Russian govern-ment and would beplaced at the PermanentExhibit of the UnitedNations Office for OuterSpace Affairs (UNO-OSA). Attendants of theceremony include UN-OV Director-GeneralYury Fedotov,UNOOSA DirectorMazlan Othman andHead of the RussianPermanent MissionVladimir Voronkov.

“Outer space is oneof the most exciting andchallenging topics, andperhaps of all theimportant topics on theagenda of the UnitedNations, none quitecaptures our imaginationlike outer space,”Othman said in herstatement.

Xinhua

Ambitions in check on global climate dealPRETORIA, 9 Oct—With just weeks to go before

UN talks on climate change open in South Africa,negotiators have shifted their goal from striking ahistoric deal to ensuring that the global systemsurvives. Participants have long billed theconference opening on 28 November in Durban asa last chance to find a way forward on fightingclimate change, with the Kyoto Protocol’scommitments to cut carbon emissions expiringafter 2012.

Officials from key nations reported progress inpreparatory talks that closed Friday in Panama City— not in resolving the most knotty issues, but instarting to work out a technical framework for thefuture. “Countries are trying pretty hard to scaleexpectations down to a realistic level for Durban,”said Jennifer Haverkamp, the international climateprogram director at the US-based EnvironmentalDefense Fund.

Haunting the talks is the 2009 summit inCopenhagen, where more than 100 world leadersswept in as public pressure mounted for a sweepingdeal but found themselves ready only to takeincremental steps.

Politics have also shifted in the United States,

Smoke and flames rise from a forest fire in theoutskirts of Bogota 2010. With just weeks to go

before UN talks on climate change open inSouth Africa, negotiators have shifted their goalfrom striking a historic deal to ensuring that the

global system survives.—INTERNET

the world’s largest economy. Proposals to cut carbonemissions nationwide floundered in Congress asPresident Barack Obama’s rivals question thescience behind climate change.

US negotiators have pushed vigorously in talksfor China, the world’s largest emitter, to face bindingobligations. But Beijing and other emergingeconomies have hit back that Washington mustmake firmer commitments.—Internet

India tobuild world

largestfridge for

fusionreactor

NEW DELHI, 9 Oct—India is planning tobuild the “world’slargest high-vacuumcold storage” vessel tohouse fusion reactor,sources said on Sunday.

A team at theInstitute of PlasmaResearch is to build thevessel, called thecryostat, which willhouse InternationalThermonuclear Experi-mental Reactor, thelargest facility of its kindbuilt in France.

The fridge is part ofan ambitiousinternational project togenerate energy from aprocess that powers thesun.

It will be built at acost of 100 millioneuros and will be sent toFrance for assembly, thesources said.

India is part of aseven nation con-sortium that is buildingthe fusion reactordesigned to produce 500MW of outputelectricity with a powerinput of 50 MW.

Xinhua

US FDA outlines steps to spurbiomedical innovation

WASHINGTON, 9 Oct—US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA)Commissioner Margaret Hamburg on Wednesday released a blueprintcontaining immediate steps that can be taken to drive biomedical innovation.

Titled “Driving Biomedical Innovation: Initiatives for Improving Productsfor Patients,” the blueprint addresses concerns about the sustainability of themedical product development pipeline, which is slowing down despite recordinvestments in research and development.

According to the FDA, the blueprint focuses on rebuilding FDA’s smallbusiness outreach services; building the infrastructure to drive and supportpersonalized medicine; creating a rapid drug development pathway forimportant targeted therapies; harnessing the potential of data mining andinformation sharing while protecting patient privacy; improving consistencyand clarity in the medical device review process; training the next generationof innovators; streamlining and reforming FDA regulations.

“America is at an important crossroads, where the science before uspresents unprecedented opportunities to create new and better medicalproducts and to promote better health for the public,” said Hamburg in astatement. “Our innovation blueprint highlights some of the initiatives FDAwill be implementing to ensure that these opportunities are translated into safeand effective treatments that can help keep both American patients andAmerican industry healthy and strong.”—Internet

Competitors from Macao, China, attend themechatronics competition during the 41stWorldskills held at the ExCeL Centre in

London, Britain, 6 Oct, 2011. The biannualWorldskills competition, often regarded as

the global “skills Olympics”, is a competitionfor youth from 17 to 22 years to demonstrate

their excellence in skilled professions.XINHUA

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Spanish dancers perform flamenco dance during a Spanish cultural showin the West Bank city of Ramallah on 6 Oct, 2011.—XINHUA

PARIS, 9 Oct—Aspacecraft orbiting Venushas detected ozone in theplanet’s atmosphere,similar to layers surround-ing Earth and Mars,European astronomerssay.

The European SpaceAgency’s Venus Expressorbiter made the disco-very while observing starsseen right at the edge ofthe planet through itsatmosphere. Instrumentsmeasured the characteri-stic fingerprints of gasesin the atmosphere as they

Ozone found in atmosphere of Venus

Swiss speedster trapped by his ownmobile phone

absorbed starlight atspecific wavelengths, anESA release said Thurs-day.

The finding may helpin the search for life onother planets, astronom-ers said.

Ozone, a moleculecontaining three oxygenatoms, has only previous-ly been detected in theatmospheres of Earth andMars. It is of vitalimportance on Earthbecause it absorbs muchof the sun’s harmfulultraviolet rays. The build-

up of oxygen, andconsequently ozone, inEarth’s atmosphere began2.4 billion years ago.

Scientists theorizemicrobes excretingoxygen as a waste gasmust have played animportant role in theprocess. As a result, someastrobiologists say thesimultaneous presence ofcarbon dioxide, oxygenand ozone in anatmosphere could be usedto tell whether there couldbe life on a planet.

Internet

A man looks at an old Saab 96 at 2011 TaipeiSecond-hand Car Expo in southeast China’s

Taipei, on 7 Oct, 2011. The three-day expo waslaunched here on Friday.—XINHUA

Photo taken on 5Oct, 2011 shows an

exhibit at theNingxia Museum inYinchuan, capital ofnorthwest China’s

Ningxia HuiAutonomous

Region. Manypeople spent the

National Dayholidays inmuseums inYinchuan.

XINHUA

People

visit the

art car

show in

Houston,

the United

States, on

2 Oct,

2011.

XINHUA

Thailand’s flood death toll reaches261, 2.3 mln affected

5.1-magnitudequake hitsMariana

Islands region— USGS

BEIJING, 9 Oct—Anearthquake measuring5.1 on the Richter scalejolted Mariana Islandsregion at 05:13:39 GMTon Sunday, the USGeological Survey said.

The epicentre, witha depth of 20.90 km,was in i t ia l lydetermined to be at13.8617 degrees northlatitude and 147.5328degrees eas tlongitude.

Xinhua

BANGKOK, 9 Oct—Department of DisasterPrevention and Mitiga-tion reported on Sundaythat flooding situationstill continued in 30provinces, making flooddeath toll 261 with fourmissing.

Wibul Sanguan-pong, director-general

of the department, saidthose 30 provinces stillfacing floods includedSukhothai, Phichit, Nak-hon Sawan, Uthai Thani,Chai Nat, Sing Buri, AngThong, Ayutthaya, LopBuri, Saraburi, SuphanBuri, Nakhon Pathom,Pathum Thani, Nontha-buri, Nakhon Nayok,Kamphaeng Phet, Takin central region, UbonRatchathani, KhonKaen, Si Sa Ket, Surin,Roi-et, Nakhon Ratc-hasima, Buri Ram innortheastern region,Prachin Buri in easternregion and northernChiang Mai provinces.

Approximately 2.34

million people in 10,130villages have been hitby flood waters.

In one of the mostaffected Ayudhaya, anancient city in centralplain, authorities havebegun to evacuatepatients from AyutthayaHospital, where floodwaters rose over twometers high.

Most of the 600patients were beingevacuated to the city hallwhile those requiringintensive medical carewould be flown tohospitals in Bangkok byhelicopters, according tothe department.

Xinhua

Homeowner cleared instabbing of intruderMANCHESTER, 9 Oct—A British homeowner

arrested on suspicion of murder for stabbing anintruder at his house was cleared after prosecutorsconcluded he acted in self-defence.

The Daily Telegraph reported Vincent Cooke,39, was arrested in the 17 Sept death of an intruderwho smashed down his door and threatened himwith a knife.

The Crown Prosecut-ion Service said Cookeacted in self-defence when he stabbed Ray-mondJacob, 37, one of two alleged intruders, six times.

Cooke’s wife, Karen, 34, and 12-year-old sonreturned home during the incident but weren’tinjured. Nazir Afzal, chief crown prosecutor for theNorth West area, said evidence indicated Cookacted “honestly and instin-ctively” and shouldn’tface charges.

“At the time, he was in fear for his own safetyand the safety of his wife and son, who arrived at thehouse as the incident was happening,” Afzal said.

Afzal said the law makes clear “anyone whoacts in good faith in using whatever force theyhonestly feel is necessary to protect themselves,their families or their property will not be prosecutedfor such action.”

In a statement, Cooke said he was relieved hewasn’t being charged and that he still suffersflashbacks. “I hope to now be able to get on withmy life but will never forget the day that I had tofight for my life,” the statement said.

The Telegraph said a 33-year-old man was incustody, charged with aggravated burglary in theincident. He is to appear in court in December.

Internet

GENEVA, 9 Oct— A Swiss motoristused his mobile phone to record himselfdriving on an autoroute near Geneva at320 km an hour, nearly three times thespeed limit, police said on Wednesday.

But the offence was only uncoveredsix months later when the 28-year-oldwas questioned in another case andinvestigators found the images still onthe phone.

Some shots were focussed on thespeedo-meter of his car, a BentleyContinental, according to a policespokesman.

Others showed the road, revealingwhere he was, and the phone’s timerrecorded the date and the time — justbefore 3:30 in the morning local timelast April.

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The Minsheng Square beside the YongjiangRiver is flooded in Nanning, capital of southwestChina’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,

9 Oct, 2011. Nanning saw this year’s biggestflood peak on 8 Oct due to continous heavy

rainfall from 30 Sept to 7 Oct.—XINHUA

Two people killed in Denmark barracks explosionCOPENHAGEN, 9 Oct—At least two persons have

died in an explosion at a former military barracks inthe town of Store Andst in southern Denmark,police here confirmed Saturday evening.

Speaking at a press meeting in Store Andst lateSaturday, a police spokesman said the police areinvestigating the area as a potential crime scene.

They could not say whether there would bemore fatalities or casualties. Neither did they revealthe identity of the deceased persons, nor the reasonsbehind the explosion.

The barracks, which was sold to private investorsseveral years ago, was rocked by a powerfulexplosion at around 10.45 am local time (0845GMT).

People replace the price board at a gas stationinShanghai, east China, 9 Oct, 2011. China

reduces retail prices for gasoline and diesel by300 yuan (about 47 US dollars) per tonne

starting 9 Oct. The benchmark retail price ofgasoline is cut by 0.22 yuan per liter and diesel

by 0.26 yuan per liter, according to the NationalDevelopment and Reform Commission

(NDRC).—XINHUA

Eight Bangladeshis beheaded in Saudi ArabiaDHAKA, 9 Oct—Eight Bangladeshi migrants were

beheaded in public in the Saudi Arabian capitalafter they were convicted of killing an Egyptiansecurity guard four years ago, a media report said.

They were charged with robbing a warehouseand killing a security guard, Egyptian nationalHussein Saeed Mohammed Abdulkhaleq, in April2007, bdnews24.com reported Saturday.

Mamun Abdul Mannan, Faruq Jamal, SumonMiah, Mohammed Sumon, Shafiq al-Islam, MasudShamsul Haque, Abu al-Hussain Ahmed and Mutiral-Rahman were executed Friday in Riyadh. Three

other accused were given jail terms.Human rights group Amnesty International has

condemned the execution. “Court proceedings inSaudi Arabia fall far short of international standardsfor fair trial and news of these recent multipleexecutions is deeply disturbing,” said Hassiba HadjSahraoui, the group’s Middle East director.

“The Saudi authorities appear to have increasedthe number of executions in recent months, a movethat puts the country at odds with the worldwidetrend against the death penalty,” he said in astatement.—Internet

2.3 tonnes of marijuana seized in MexicoMEXICO CITY, 9 Oct—

Mexican soldiers con-fiscated 2.3 tonnes ofmarijuana and arrestednine people in separatedrug busts in north-western Mexico, authori-ties said Saturday.

The first action led tothe arrests of sevensuspected traffickers inthe Mesa de Otayneighbourhood ofTijuana, where soldiersseized 467 packets ofmarijuana weighing 1.7

tonnes, the DefenceSecretariat said in astatement.

It did not indicatehow it located thebuilding where the drugswere being stashed.

Elsewhere, 118

packets of marijuanaweighing 652 kg wereseized from two vehiclesand a trailer at the ElChinero militarycheckpoint in Mexicali,a city located 145 kmeast of Tijuana.

Two people werearrested in that incident,the statement said.

Internet

A worker drives avehicle while

accompanied by afederal police officeroutside the OmnilifeStadium which will

be used for theopening and closing

ceremonies of thePan American

Games inGuadalajara 7October, 2011.

INTERNET

169 arrested over telephone fraud incross-border crackdown

GUANGZHOU, 9 Oct—Police on the Chinesemainland, Taipei andThailand arrested 169suspects in a jointoperation to crack downon telephone fraudperpetrated by a gang,police in south China’sGuangdong Provincesaid Saturday.

More than 200 casesof telecommunicationsfraud were solved and

17 footholds of thesuspected have beenshut down since May,said Yang Jianghua,chief of the criminalinvestigation bureauunder the provincialpublic securitydepartment.

The total valueinvolved in the casesreached 120 millionyuan (18.8 million USdollars), he said.

The gang, led by aTaipei resident, aresuspected to have madetelephone calls from thePhilippines, Thailand,Vietnam and othercountries, pretending tobe loan providers orjudiciary personnel andasked the victim inmainland or Taipei toforward money to a bankaccount for deposit,Yang said.—Xinhua

Models present creations by Pakistani designerFifth Avenue during the third day of the Fashion

Week in Karachi, southern Pakistan, 8 Oct,2011. Creations of seven Pakistani and foreigndesigners were present on the third day of the

Karachi Fashion Week (KFW).—XINHUA

At least one killed, nineinjured in four-vehicle

collision in N PhilippinesMANILA, 9 Oct—At least one person was killed

and nine others were wounded in a four-vehiclecollision in northern Philippines on Saturday, policesaid Sunday.

Philippine National Police spokesman ChiefSuperintendent Agrimero Cruz Jr said the accident,which occurred along Marcos Highway in Mayamotvillage, Antipolo City, Rizal province at around 4:45 pmSaturday, involved a truck, a passenger jeep and twomotorcycles.

Cruz said the police were conducting furtherinvestigation into the road mishap.

Bad roads, poorly maintained vehicles andreckless driving are among the common causes fortraffic accidents that kill hundreds on Philippinehighways every year.—Xinhua

Witnesses say the blast blew-out gables on thebarracks building, shattered windows andoverturned a car in the area.

Thick clouds of poisonous smoke billowed outfrom the burning site forcing emergency servicesto order local residents to stay indoors.

Local media sources linked the blast to a fireworkscache in the building, but police have not confirmedthis as the reason for the incident.—Xinhua

Weaponsseized in

IslamabadISLAMABAD, 9 Oct—

A huge cache ofweapons, includingsuicide jackets andmissiles, were seizedfrom a hideout inIslamabad, a mediareport said Sunday.

Police raided thehideout in ChattaBakhtawar area of thecity Saturday after a manwas held with weaponsin a car.

Three suicidejackets, 12 grenades,over a dozen detonators,16 rocket fuses, 14missiles and otherweapons along with 90sedative injections wereseized, Dawn reported.

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(from page 1)Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation

U Khin Zaw reported on irrigation systems and weakpoints, and measures to be taken for preventionagainst floods and overflow.

Director of Mandalay Region Irrigation Depart-ment U Soe Nyunt submitted a report on reasons foroverflow of Zawgyi River and inundation in wards andvillages of Kyaukse.

After hearing the reports, the Vice-Presidentsaid that he and his party as Union governmentwere there to provide necessary assistance for vic-tims of floods in Kyaukse District. Although taming

Weakness to be remedied

not to cause floods …

of nature is hard, it is necessary to remedy weaknesseson functions at dams and water outlets at the river,narrowing of water course at downstream ZawgyiRiver and silting in the dams. Maintenance of watercourse in the river is to be carried out annually. It isnecessary to systematically manage inflow and outflowof water depending on water level of the river in time,control water at the dam before its highest level and

more sluice gates. Arrangements should be made totake preventive measures against waterborne diseases.Future plans are to be adopted for maintenance of roadsand bridges necessarily. In conclusion, he stressed theneed to remedy weaknesses in present tasks andsystematically improve the works not to cause floods andoverflow of water in irrigation system of Zawgyi Riveragain.

of Sky Net DTH to the headmaster.The Vice-President and party looked into inun-

dation of Kyaukse by car.At the town hall, he attended the ceremony

to provide relief supplies to local people fromflooded townships, wards and villages of KyaukseDistrict.

Union Minister U Aung Kyi and deputy

drainage system to meet set standards. All damsacross the nation including the dams at Zawgyi Riverwere built by the State spending a large sum of moneyby setting the main theme of taking preventivemeasures against floods and overflow of water. If thedam drains out water when its water level is at itspeak, local people will assume that draining out ofwater from the dam causes floods in the region. Inconsequence, the genuine goodwill of the State will bein vain. Moreover it may tarnish the image of theState, so it is necessary to take special care of tasks.He stressed the need to supervise the tasks not tocause malfunctions and systematically perform theirduties. It is required to carry out necessary tasks tomaintain water course in the river and construct of

At Kyaukse General Hospital (200-bed), theVice-President inspected physiotherapy ward, medicalstore, lab, out-patient department of eye complaints, X-ray room, operation theatre, surgical ward and flood inthe compound of the hospital and cordially greeted thepatients.

On arrival at Kyaukse Basic Education HighSchool No. 1, the Vice-President met teachers at thehall and attended to the needs.

U Aung Min Thein of Sky Net Co presented oneset of Sky Net DTH to the school head.

At Kyaukse BEPS No. 9, the Vice-Presidentviewed learning of students at the classrooms andfulfilled the requirements.

U Aung Min Thein of Sky Net Co gave one set

ministers presented 650 bags of rice, 1000 viss of edibleoil, 15,840 packets of instant noodles, men’s andwomen’s wears, soaps, vests, enamel wares, steelspoons, Ministry of Education, 300 dozens of exercisebooks and Ministry of Health 10 medical kits, Sky NetCo, eight sets of Sky Net DTHs to the Chief Ministerand region ministers.

At the relief camp in Tawma YwaUMonastery in Tawma Village of Singaing Township,the Vice-President comforted the flood victims andattended to the needs.

He viewed valves sluice gate at NgapyaungDam and Naungkham embankment in SingaingTownship and left necessary instructions.

MNA

Vice-President

Dr Sai Mauk

Kham inspects

Ngapyaung

Dam in

Singaing.

MNA

Vice-President

Dr SaiMaukKham

comfortspatients

receivingmedical

treatmentat

KyaukseGeneralHospital

(200-bed).MNA

Vice-PresidentDr Sai Mauk

Kham deliveringaddress at meet-ing with Manda-lay Region Gov-

ernment onmatters related to

floods.MNA

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(from page 16)in time. Their workplace is bustling with processing,weighting and packaging works.

The work started around four years ago. In myknowledge, the price of processed carp depends onthe size of carp, ranging from K 7000 to 10000 perviss. At today markets, processed carp is readily

Carp claims more market… available at the price of 6000 per viss. The price of carpis K 4200 per viss today, varying according to thestock.

The processed carp is produced only from carp. Ashop has to process 30 to 50 viss of carp a day. But fora brokerage, the number increases to over 100 viss.

There are 20 labourers at a brokerage on Sagawabinstreet. Owner U Nyunt Win said, “The carp has

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Oct—Union Minister forEducation Dr Mya Aye together with MandalayRegion Minister for Social Affairs Dr Win Hlaingand Director-General Dr Soe Win of HigherEducation Department (Upper Myanmar) metpersonnel of universities and degree colleges underHigher Education Department (Upper Myanmar) atMandalay University this morning.

The Union Minister called for promotion ofeducational standard of the nation and productionof reliable human resources. The Union Ministeralso met the rector in-charge, pro rector, facultyheads and admin staff of Mandalay University ofForeign Languages.—MNA

Union Education Ministermeets personnel of universities

and degree colleges

Vice-PresidentDr Sai Mauk

Khamcordially

greets floodvictims while

providingrelief supplies

to floodedtownships,wards andvillages inKyaukseDistrict.

(News onPage 1)

MNA

entrenched in local market. It is exported to the wholecountry. If a foreign order is received, we have toprocess 1000 viss in a single day.”

The packages transported to the countryside lastfor five or six days. Carp processing work is wideningand claiming a place in local market.

Translation: HKAMyanma Alin: 9-10-2011

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Oct—Investment andC o m p a n i e sA d m i n i s t r a t i o nDirectorate underNational Planning andEconomic DevelopmentMinistry is providing one-day service forregistration of companiesin accord with MyanmarCompanies Act. Some

Companies to meet registration,renewal requirements

companies, which failedto open its office in theregistered address, togive confirmed addressof directors and to submitrequired documents, areto contact the directorateat Office No (32) herewithin one month startingon 11 October.

C o m p a n yregistration permit

(temporary) andcompany registrationrenewal permit(temporary) will berevoked beyond thedesignated period. Feesfor registration andrenewal cannot bewithdrawn. There are sixcompanies withincomplete facts 6 in NayPyi Taw, 141 in Yangon,

World Teachers’ Day observed in Mon StateNAY PYI TAW, 9

Oct—World Teachers’Day 2011 which falls on

1 October was observedin Mawlamyine at No. 6Basic Education HighSchool, attended by MonState Minister for SocialAffairs Dr Hla Oo onbehalf of the Mon StateChief Minister.

Mon StateEducation Officer UMyint Swe explained thehistory of WorldTeachers’ Day and State

Minister for SocialAffairs Dr Hla Oo, StateMinister Dr Toe ToeAung, and State Ministerfor Transport U TunHlaing awarded prizewinners of essay andpoem contests held incommemoration of theWorld Teachers’ Day.Those present paidrespect and offered giftsto old teachers.—MNA

15 in Mandalay Region,one in AyeyawadyRegion, one in KachinState, one in Kayah State,one in Kayin State, twoin Mon State, and eight inShan State. The list of thecompanies is available atthe directorate.—MNA

Highway bus lines centring at KalayHighway bus lines centring at Kalayregion, reliable for local peopleregion, reliable for local people

Passengers seen at highway bus beforedeparture in early morning.

As Kalay Township All Private Bus-line ControlCommittee of Kalay District supervises transportservice of highway bus lines from Kalay region at thecentre, the local people of Kalay region and Chin hillsare enjoying fruits of better commodity and passengertransport.

Highway buses from Chintaungtan, ShweChinthe, Shwethazin and Pyichittha (Express) runfrom Kalay to Falam, Haka, Tonzang, Tiddim andThantlang of Chin State starting morning daily.Moreover, the highway buses in various sizes ofShwepyithit, Chintaungtan, Kyawzeya, Shwewamyay,

Tun Tauk, Ye Win Aung, New Shwekabaw andShwepyikyaw run their routes from Kalay to Tamu.

Furthermore, express buses and Dyna buses ofYaung Ni Tun, Kyawzeya and Shwewamyay bus linesgive transport services to the local people along theroad from Kalay to Kalewa. Moreover, highway busesof Shantaungtan, Tun Tauk, Chintaungtan, Shwethazinand Shwe Mann Thu bus lines regularly run the routefrom Kalay to Mandalay.

In addition, Pan Cherry, Zalatmyay,Chintaungtan, Pyichittha, Pyae Ahman and Shweneset(jeep) transport passengers and commodities along the

road from Kalay to Reed regularly. (Ko Gyi Tha)Translation: TTA

Myanma Alin: 9-10-2011

Smoking can kill 40 mn more peopleWASHINGTON, 9 Oct —

Smoking could cause 40million excess deathsamong smokers, who alsosuffer from tuberculosis(TB), by 2050, newresearch says.

Once smokers develop

the disease, they are morelikely to die from it, meaningthat smoking can single-handedly undermine thegoal to reduce TB mortalityby half between 1990 and2015, says the research.

The study, led by

Sanjay Basu from theUniversity of California,San Francisco, used amaths model to determinethe effect of smoking onfuture TB rates, the BMJ(British Medical Journal)reports.—Internet

Robot brain to restore lostmotor function

WA S H I N G T O N, 9Oct—A Tel AvivUniversity researcherhas success-ful lyimplanted a roboticcerebellum into the skullof a rodent with brain

damage, allowing it tofunction normally again.

The cerebellum isresponsible for co-ordinating movement,explained Prof Matti Mintzof TAU’s Department of

Psychology.When wired to the

brain, his “robo-cerebellum” receives,interprets, and transmitssensory information fromthe brain stem, facilitatingcommunication betweenthe brain and the body.

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Tourists prepare tostep on a trainheading for the

Democratic People’sRepublic of Korea(DPRK) in Tumen

City, northeastChina’s JilinProvince, on8 Oct, 2011.

XINHUA

Northeast China border provincelaunches first train tour to DPRKCHANGCHUN, 9 Oct—

Northeast China’s JilinProvince on Saturdaylaunched a group tourthat will allow tourists totravel around theDemocratic People’sRepublic of Korea(DPRK) by train, localauthorities said Sunday.

A group of 103Chinese tourists havealready arrived at theDPRK’s city ofNamyang, which isseparated from east Jilin’scity of Tumen by a river,according to the Tumencity government.

The tour group will

travel by train to visit MountChilbo and the city ofChongjin in Hamgyong,visit hot spring spas inKyongsong County, tastelocal delicacies and checkout performances over thecourse of three days andfour nights.

The train tour, thefirst of its kind offeredby Jilin, is part of theprovince’s efforts topromote culturalexchanges with theDPRK. The provincelaunched a one-daywalking tour ofNamyang in May 2008.

China decided to grant

approved outbounddestination status to theDPRK in September2008. The first Chinesegroup tour to the DPRKtook place on 12 April,2010.—Xinhua

Photo taken on 6 Oct,2011 shows a populus

euphratica tree inHami, northwestChina’s Xinjiang

Uygur AutonomousRegion. The goldenleaves and sunshinehere in autumn have

attracted lots oftourists.—XINHUA

‘‘Minor leak” happens at nuclearplant in Scotland

LONDON, 9 Oct—A“Minor leak” hashappened in a nuclearplant in Scotland, but itwas isolated andstopped, environmentalauthority confirmed onSaturday, saying thereis no need to worry.

Radioactive materi-al leaked in a formernuclear plant namedDounreay Fast Reactor,which was constructedin the 1950s and has notgenerated electricitysince 1994. It is now ina process of decommiss-ioning by a companynamed Dounreay Site

Restoration.The company said in

a statement on Saturdaythat “during routineoperation of the plantdestroying the liquidmetal, coolant in theDounreay Fast Reactor,drips of caustic liquorfrom pipework in ashielded cell were detect-ed by the monitoringsystems.”

“The plant wasimmediately shut downand the leak isolated andstopped. There was norelease of radio activityto the environment andno harm to the workers.”

The Scottish Environ-ment Protection Agency(SEPA) has confirmed theincident. A spokesper-son told Xinhua that it

happened on Friday andthe SEPA was informed.She emphasized it wasminor and under control,so there is no need toworry.

“The pipework willbe flushed out to lowerthe radiation levels beforeworkers enter the cell torepair the area of pipewhere the drips wereseen,” Mike Brown, thereactors decommission-ing manager of DounreaySite Restoration, said.

“The amount ofliquid released into thecell was extremely smalland was contained in thecell. It posed no dangerat any time to either staffor environment,” themanager added.

Xinhua

Chinese woman climbs 70ft wall tododge GBP 2.50 castle entry fee

LONDON, 9 Oct—A Chinese woman astonishedtourists when she scrambled up a 70ft castle wallto avoid paying the 2.50-pound entry fee.

Nimble Ma Jei told other visitors that she grewup in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, climbing the walls ofZhonghau Castle since childhood and had never oncepaid to get in.

But her stunt encouraged other visitors tofollow her example - with two falling and breakingtheir legs and three others having to be rescued bypolice.

“She ran up the wall like a goat and made itlook easy. But when people tried it for themselvesthey saw it wasn’t quite as simple as they thought,”the Daily Express quoted one tourist as telling theAustrian Times.—Xinhua

Australian arrives in NewZealand to help oil spillCANBERRA, 9 Oct—An Australian oil recovery

team has arrived in New Zealand to help authoritiesdeal with a cargo ship that has been spilling fuelinto the North Island, ABC News reported onSunday.

In what threatens to be the country’s worstmaritime disaster in decades, the New Zealandnavy was called in on Saturday to help clean up anoil slick, which now threatens to break apart on anoffshore reef.

ABC reported that 10 Australians who workedon the Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea two yearsago joined the on-water response team in NewZealand on Saturday night.

Maritime New Zealand also confirmed that 300New Zealand defence personnel were on standbywhile a further 200 people, including specialists fromAustralia, Britain, Holland and Singapore, are part ofthe team hoping to contain the five- kilometer oil slick.

New Zealand officials estimated 20 tonnes of oilhas spilled since the Rena struck the Astrolabe reef,off the town of Tauranga on Wednesday.

Xinhua

Competitors take part in the NorthAmerican Wife Carrying Championship atSunday River Ski Resort in Newry, Maine

on 8 October, 2011. The annual event,which draws teams across the US and

Canada, involves male competitors racingin an obstacle track while carrying a

female teammate each.XINHUA

Death toll rises to 12 in NEChina construction site cave-in

DALIAN, 9 Oct—Rescuers retrieved three bodiesearly Sunday morning from a collapsed constructionsite in the city of Dalian in northeast China’s LiaoningProvince, bringing the accident’s death toll to 12,according to the local emergency command centre.

The three bodies were found at about 6:30 am,some 16 hours after the concrete ceiling of anunderground garage collapsed, burying 17 workers.

Four workers were injured in the accident andrescuers are still searching for one other missingperson.

The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital andtheir injuries are not life-threatening, according to aspokesman with the Dalian city government.

An investigation into the cause of the accident isunder way.

Xinhua

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China commemorates centenary ofend to imperial rule

Hu Jintao (5th L), Jiang Zemin (5th R), Wu Bangguo (4th L), Wen Jiabao(4th R), Jia Qinglin (3rd L), Li Changchun (3rd R), Xi Jinping (2nd L), LiKeqiang (2nd R), He Guoqiang (1st L) and Zhou Yongkang (1st R) attend

the conference to commemorate the centennial of the 1911 (Xinhai)Revolution at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China,

on 9 Oct, 2011.—XINHUA

BEIJING, 9 Sept—China held a grand ceremony to commemorate the centennialanniversary of the 1911 Revolution, which terminated 2,000 years of imperial rule,on Sunday morning at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

The 1911 Revolution, or Xinhai Revolution, which began on 10 Oct, 1911with an armed uprising, ended one of the longest autocratic rule in the worldestablished by Emperor Qinshihuang in BC 221 by toppling the Qing Dynasty(1644-1911) and resulting in a republican government, the first in Asia.

Chinese president Hu Jintao, former Chinese President Jiang Zemin andother leaders attended the ceremony. Hu gave a keynote speech.

Hu spoke highly of 1911 Revolution in his speech, saying the revolution“a thoroughly modern, national and democratic revolution” which had shookthe world and ushered in unprecedented social changes in China.

Hu eulogized Dr Sun Yat-sen, the leader of the revolution, as “a greatnational hero, a great patriot and a great leader of the Chinese democraticrevolution”.

Hu said the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation must be achieved byadhering to socialism with Chinese characteristics, with patriotism, and byupholding peace, development and cooperation.

Xinhua

Helicopters from theIndianAir Force’s

Sarang team performduring the Air Force

Day parade in Hindon,near New Dehli, capital

of India, on 8 Oct,2011. India celebratedits 79th Air Force Dayon Saturday.—XINHUA

Obama urges lawmakers to pass jobs billWASHINGTON, 9 Oct—

US President BarackObama Saturday urgedthe country’s lawmakersto pass the AmericanJobs Act to shore up theeconomy and businesshiring.

“This is not the timefor the usual games orpolitical gridlock inWashington. The chal-lenges facing financialmarkets around the worldcould have very realeffects on our own

economy at a time whenit’s already fragile. Butthis jobs bill can help guardagainst another downturnhere in America,” Obamasaid in his weekly address.

He called for passageof the bill as theDemocratic-led Senatewill vote on the AmericanJobs Act next week, andpressed his Republicanfoes to support this bill ifthey could not give a betteralternative solution.

Obama stressed that

independent economistsbelieved that this jobs billwill provide a strong boostto the weak economy andjob market. Facing asluggish economic growthand stubbornly highunemp-loyment rate,Obama unveiled a 447-billion-US-dollar jobs planon 8 Sept, including meas-ures like payroll tax cutsfor employers and emp-loyees as well as newinvestment in infrastruc-ture projects.—Xinhua

IMF chief meets Sarkozy over euro debtBEIJING, 9 Oct—

General Director of theInternational MonetaryFund Christine Lagardearrived Saturday noon atthe Elysee Palace for atalk with French PresidentNicolas Sarkozy over theEuropean debt issue. TheIMF chief’s visit was onthe eve of Sarkozy’s

Many docsunaware of lowtestosterone’srisk to middle-

aged men

LONDON, 9 Oct—Twothirds of GP’s don’t knowthat low testosterone inmiddle-aged men cancause heart disease anddiabetes, researchers say.

Testosterone Defici-ency Syndrome (TDS)affects almost a tenth ofmen in their 40s and 12per cent in their 50s,leading to loss of sexdrive, tiredness, weightgain and depression.

A survey presentedat the Men’s HealthWorld Congress inVienna yesterday saidmany GPs were unawareof the link between TDS,cardiovascular diseaseand Type 2 diabetes,reports the DailyExpress.

Only eight per centof those questionedwould suspect TDS if apatient complained of thekey symptoms and 90per cent said they wantedmore information on TDSand erectile dysfunction.

TDS is easily treatedwith hormone replace-ment therapy injectionsor gels.

Xinhua

A woman looks at the paintings on the “UrbanSoul” exhibition in Hong Kong, south China,

on 8 Oct, 2011.—XINHUA

Visitors prepare topick fresh apples at the

Big’r Apple Farm inBrampton, Ontario,Canada, on 8 Oct,2011. Many vistorscame here to pickfresh apples at theweekend. Plenty oforchards in Ontario

Province wouldorganize picking

activities as fruits andvegetables matured in

autumn.XINHUA

departure to Berlin wherehe is expected to meetwith German ChancellorAngela Merkel over thenew bailout plan forGreece.

According to localreports, the discussionbetween Lagarde andSarkozy will also focuson the preparation of the

G20 Summit next monthin Cannes, which eviden-tly has the eurozone debtproblem on top agenda.

European leaders andinternational organiza-tions involved in thebailout package of debt-ridden eurozone mem-bers have intensified theirmeeting at a time thatfinancial market remainsvolatile, European banksface recapitalization press-ure and more difficultiesemerged for Greece andother eurozone members.

Greece announced itwould miss the budgetdeficit targets for twoyears set by loaners ofthe European Union andthe IMF Early Saturday,Fitch Ratings downgrad-ed Italy and Spain whileMoody’s InvestorsService put Belgium onreview for a possible cut.

Xinhua

UK kids believe Winston Churchill is ‘animatedTV advert dog’

LONDON, 9 Oct—Falling classroom standards and a shift towards creativelearning has led to some schoolchildren believe that Winston Churchill is ananimated dog, called Churchill from a TV ad, rather than one of Britain’sgreatest wartime leaders, according to a former deputy head teacher.

Other students even struggle to differentiate between France and Paris,said former deputy head teacher Katherine Birbalsingh.

She claims that teaching basic knowledge, facts and figures is disappearingfrom classrooms as it is considered ‘old fashioned’.

“We no longer value the importance of teaching knowledge for childrento do something wit,” the Daily Mail quoted Birbalsingh as saying.

“You may laugh, but I have, as a teacher, had conversations with 14-year-olds where they simply don’t understand the difference between France andParis.—Xinhua

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Bank Holiday All Banks will be closed on12th October (Wednesday)End of the Buddhist RetreatDay 2011, being Publicholiday Under the Nego-tiable Instruments Act.Central Bank of Myanmar

Buyers bid for a blue-and-white vase of ancientChina's Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in Hong Kong,south China, on 5 Oct, 2011. The vase fetched 168.66million Hong Kong dollars, setting a new record atauction for porcelain from the Ming Dynasty. TheSotheby's auction was held in Hong Kong Conven-tion and Exhibition Center on Wednesday. The totalbusiness volume for 32 artworks was 560 million Hong Kong dollars.—XINHUA

Schwarzenegger inaugurates hismuseum in Austria

Austrian actor, former championbodybuilder and former California gov-ernor Arnold Schwarzenegger, unveilsa statue of himself in a bodybuildingpose as his son Patrick (R) watches, inThal on 7 Oct, 2011. Schwarzeneggerofficially opened a museum dedicatedto his life in the house he was born on Friday.—INTERNET

THAL (Austria), 9 Oct — ArnoldSchwarzenegger — the bodybuilder,movie star and ex-governor who’s in themiddle of a messy divorce — invoked hislife as model for young people on Fridayduring the formal inauguration of a mu-seum dedicated to him in his native Aus-tria. Hundreds of fans braved drivingrain and chilly autumn temperatures tofete Austria’s most famous living son atthe museum, located in the two-storyThal village house whereSchwarzenegger was born.

The museum, open since July, is arepository of items that include his firstbarbell, the metal bed that he slept on asa youth, several life-size

"Terminator" models and the pol-ished dark wooden desk he sat behindwhile California’s governor.Schwarzenegger also unveiled abronze statue of himself flexing and intrunks as the young body builder fromAustria whose rippling biceps led tohis Hollywood career — and the popu-larity that paved the road to the gover-nor’s office.—Internet

Driver turns self in after US jogger dies in Italy

Police cars are parked along the canal where thebody of an American was found in San GiovanniValdarno, central Italy, on 5 Oct, 2011.—INTERNET

ROME, 8 Oct — Italianpolice on Friday arrestedthe driver of a car believedto have struck and killedan American womanwhile she was jogging ona Tuscan highway on ac-cusations of manslaugh-ter and leaving the sceneof a crime, authorities said.Pietro Stefanoni was jailedafter nearly 12 hours ofquestioning. He hadturned himself in on Fri-day morning after policelocated his car and dis-covered it had been re-paired, carabinieri policein Arezzo said.

Stefanoni, 56, told au-thorities he fell asleep atthe wheel on Sunday whenit apparently fatally struck

23-year-old Allison Owensof Columbus, Ohio, newsreports said. Calls toStefanoni’s lawyer wentunanswered on Friday.Carabinieri police ColAntonio Frassinetto hassaid Owens was believed

to have been struck be-tween 5:20 pm and 6 pmon Sunday while joggingalong a busy state highwayrunning through the townof San Giovanni Valdarno,between Florence andArezzo.—Internet

Swiss couple claim forest boymay be their lost grandsonBERLIN, 9 Oct —A Swiss

couple claim the mysteri-ous "forest boy", who sayshe spent five years livingrough in a wood, may betheir grandson. It is under-stood that the pair have con-sented to a DNA test thatwill be compared with thatof the teenager who walkedinto a town hall in Berlinlast month.

But it is not clear if theyoung man, who calls him-self Ray, will consent tothe test. In the weeks hehas been in the care of au-

thorities in Germany, hehas been reluctant to pro-vide help in finding outwho he is. Berlin's BZnewspaper reported thatRay's photo was seen bythe couple in Switzerland,who then contacted po-lice. There was no com-ment from authorities inBerlin.—Internet

Dogs find notrace of missingUS woman in

ArubaORANJESTAD, 8 Oct — A

team of cadaver dogs sum-moned to help search forthe remains of a Marylandwoman reported missing byher travel companion dur-ing a trip to Aruba are leav-ing the island without find-ing any clues, officials saidon Friday. Prosecutor TacoStein said he was not con-cerned that the search didnot yield any evidence. "Wehave other lines of investi-gation," he said.

The dogs searched asoutheastern section of theDutch Caribbean islandknown as Seroe Colorado.It is near the site where GaryGiordano reported 35-year-old Robyn Gardner ofFrederick, Maryland, miss-ing on 2 August.—Internet

LOS ANGELES, 9 Oct—Roger Williams, one of themost popular pianists who had been known for a largenumber of sentimental tunes including “AutumnLeaves,” died of complications from pancreatic cancerSaturday at his California home. The 87-year-oldpianist was best known for his 1958 hit “AutumnLeaves,” the tune which turned out to be the onlyinstrumental to ever reach No. 1 on the Billboard popcharts. In 1966, the instrumentalist had another hit with“Born Free,” the soundtrack to the movie of the samename. He had recorded 115 albums during his life time.With 18 gold and platinum albums to his credit, Williamsranked as the top selling piano recording artist inhistory.—Xinhua

BEIJING, 9 Oct—China’s meteorologicalauthorities predicted onSunday that a cold front willlinger in the country’snorthern regions over thenext two days.

Temperatures in thecentral and eastern regionsof the Inner MongoliaAutonomous Region andother areas in north Chinawill drop as much as 10degrees Celsius, with someregions seeing strong winds,the National MeteorologicalCentre (NMC) said. A newround of cold weather willslash the northern parts ofthe Xinjiang UygurAutonomous Regionstarting Sunday, bringingmoderate rains, sleet andhigh winds, the NMC said.

Meanwhile, the centraland eastern parts of southChina’s Hainan Provincewill experience rainstormsover the next three days,with some regions expectedto receive up to 200 mm ofprecipitation, the NMC said.

Central and east Chinawill encounter heavy fog onSunday morning. Visibilityin most parts of JiangsuProvince, northwesternparts of Zhejiang Province,central parts of HunanProvince and western partof Jiangxi Province will bereduced to less than 1,000meters, the NMC said.

Internet

LONDON, 9 Oct —Anew device has beenlaunched that allows usersto play with their cats whilesitting in their office orlying on the beach.

iPet, a device createdby an Idaho company,combines a remote controlarm and cameras with anInternet connection toallow cat owners tointeract with their petsonline while anywhere inthe world.

The 349.99 dollars iPethas a remote control armwith a kitty toy, an HDvideo camera and thesoftware to control the armonline.

Xinhua

Now, a devicethat allows

users to playwith their catswhile outside

Cold frontlingers in N

China

US pianist Roger Williamsdies at 87

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LONDON, 9 Oct—Hollywood actor KelseyGrammer says he and hiswife Kayte Walsh areworking on havingchildren.

Hollywood actorKelsey Grammer

WASHINGTON, 9 Oct—Hollywood actress LilyCollins said that her co-star Julia Roberts playedthe role of Ice Queen“brilliantly” in the newversion of ‘Snow White’.

The ‘Eat Pray Love’actress steps out of herromantic comedy roles forthe modernised version ofthe Grimm brothers’ fairytale, preliminarily titled

Hollywood actress LilyCollins

LONDON, 9 Oct—British actress GemmaArterton used to believeher family was odd whenshe was growing upbecause her parents wereseparated.

The actress wasslightly embarrassed of herhome life when she wasgrowing up because shecame from a broken homeand her hippy motherwasn’t a conventionalparent, reportscontactmusic.com.

“My home life wasvery dysfunctional. Iremember thinking, ‘God,my family is so odd.’ Mymum and dad split up when

LONDON, 9 Oct—Singer Nicki Minaj hasadmitted she had suicidalthoughts when she wasyounger and struggling forcareer success. The 28-year-old rapper wasfrustrated when she keptlosing out on opportunitiesand would pray for fameand success so she couldsupport her motherfinancially, reportsfemalefirst.co.uk.

“I kept having doorsslammed in my face. I feltlike nothing was working.I had moved out on myown, and here I wasthinking I’d have to gohome. It was just one deadend after another,” shesaid. “At one point, I was,

LONDON, 9 Oct—SirPaul McCartney is set tomarry fiancee NancyShevell Sunday.

The Beatles legend willtie the knot at London’sMarylebone registeroffice, the same venuewhere he married late firstwife Linda in 1969, reportsfemalefirst.co.uk.

Shevell’s dress hasbeen personally designedby his designer daughter,Stella, and after marrying,

Kelsey Grammer wantsmore kids

The former “Frasier”star who has kids Mason,nine, and six-year-old Judewith ex-wife Camille, aswell as 27-year-olddaughter Spencer from hismarriage to danceinstructor DoreenAlderman and anotherdaughter, Kandace, 19,from his relationship withmake-up artist BarrieBuckner tied the knot withWalsh in February, reportsfemalefirst.co.uk.

“We have plans andwe’re working on it sowe’ll see when it happen,”he said.—Internet

I thought my family wasodd: Gemma Arterton

Sir Paul McCartney to wedagain

Sir Paul McCartney

the newlyweds willcelebrate with a party atthe singer’s home inSussex, South EastEngland, reports fem-alefirst.co.uk.

Internet

Julia Roberts plays Evil Ice Queen ‘brilliantly’in new Snow White movie

‘Snow White and theHuntsman’.

“She played the EvilQueen brilliantly. Youforget that’s really Juliabecause she’s so good!”Contactmusic quotedCollins as saying.

“She’s playing evil ina way that I don’t thinkpeople are going to expect.Everyone loves that Julia

smile and laugh and shemaintains that, but in suchthis creepy eerie way thatyou don’t know if you loveher or hate her,” sheadded.

Kirsten Dunst stars asSnow White, while Lilyplays Greta and TheHuntsman by ChrisHemsworth.

Internet

Nicki Minaj had suicidalthoughts!

Singer Nicki Minajlike, ‘What would happenif I just didn’t wake up?’That’s how I felt. Likemaybe I should just takemy life? I would pray toGod to make me famousso that I could buy mymother a huge house,” sheadded.—Internet

British actress GemmaArterton

I was very young and Ihad lots of brothers andsisters and my mum hadlots of boyfriends,” shesaid.—Internet

Peter Glazebrook fromNewark, England holds

his record breakinggiant onion that

weighed in at 8.150kg inthe heaviest onion

competition to claim aplace in the Guinnessbook of World Records

at the Harrogate,England Autumn flowershow on 16 Sept, 2011.

In this 22 Sept, 2011 photo, air-engine car Ku-rin,developed by Japanese machine maker ToyotaIndustries Co, is shown to the media during itsdemonstration run at its plant in Obu, central

Japan. Toyota Industries, originally amanufacturer of automatic looms from which

automaker Toyota Motor Corp developed, said inThursday’s news release that it plans to submit to

the Guinness World Records the maximum speed of129.2 kilometres (80.3 miles) per hour set on Sept.

9 by the 3.5-metre (11 feet, 6 inches)-long, 0.8-meter (9.6 inches)-wide new eco-friendly tricycle,

empowered by compressed air expansion. About 40young technicians have been developing dream

cars including Ku-rin by applying the technologyof a compressor for car air conditioners, the

company’s main merchandise.

Authorities in California said a pair of admittedburglars were not arrested after turning in childpornography allegedly belonging to their victim.Deputy Tom McKenzie of the Merced CountySheriff’s Department said a 19-year-old and ajuvenile broke into a Delhi barn belonging to KraigStockard Sept. 12 and took 50 CD-Rs they believedto be blank, KTXL-TV, Sacramento, reported.

However, when the burglars attempted to burnmusic onto the CD-Rs, they allegedly discoveredmore than 30 of them were filled with childpornography, the report said. “[A] family memberconvinced the two suspects to come forward; theycontacted law enforcement,” McKenzie said.

He said Stockard had reported the burglary.“I’m kind of surprised that he wanted to draw

attention to himself, knowing what was taken,” thedeputy said. Investigators seized three desktopcomputers and three laptops from Stockard’sproperty. Deputies said he is believed to have beenallegedly downloading child pornography since 2004.

Stockard was arrested and charged withpossession of child pornography. He was releasedafter posting $25,000 bail.

The burglars were not arrested.“We did not actually go out and arrest the

suspects for the burglary. They were obviously the lesser of two evils,”

McKenzie said.

Burglars turn victim in forchild porn

New York costume shops said their most in-demand get-ups this Halloween season have thus farbeen costumes based on actor Charlie Sheen. RobertMcCorkle, 39, manager of the Abracadabra SuperStore, said eight of his 12 Sheen masks, which comewith sports coats and thin ties, have already beenrented out at $65 each, the New York Daily Newsreported Thursday.

Costume shop Ricky’s NYC said a costumedubbed “The Charlie,” which includes a mask and ablack-and-white shirt similar to one often seen onSheen, has already garnered interest from patrons andHalloween Adventure marketing director MelodyBleak said the store’s Sheen mask is expected to bea top item.

Costume shops stock up onSheen

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Shakira adds fireworks toKiev’s troubled arena

Colombian pop starShakira

Workers carry out reconstruction operations at theOlympiysky stadium in Kiev, May 2011.—INTERNET

Petkovic into China Open final

Cilic gets past Ljubicic toreach China Open final

US men’s soccer win firstunder Klinsmann

Buck says Villas-Boas here to stay

Andre Villas-Boas hasgreat man-management

skills

Bruce Buck wantsVillas-Boas to stay incharge for many years

Johnson eyes United match

Brazilian playerNeymar Santos Junior(R) and Costa Rican

Michael Umana (L) viefor the ball during afriendly match on 7

October, on San Jose,Costa Rica.—INTERNET

Tepid reception for Brazil’s 1-0 win in Costa Rica

Arshavin ready to shineat Euro 2012

Russia skipperAndrei Arshavin

Croatia’s Martin Cilic

United States’ CarlosBocanegra, right,

controls the ball asHonduras’ Jerry

Bengston, left, defendsduring the first half of afriendly soccer game in

the rain in Miami,Fla.— INTERNET

Glen Johnson hopes tobe back in the Liverpool

squad soon

Andrea Petkovic ofGermany

S P O R T S

KIEV, 9 Oct—Colom-bian pop sensation Shakirajoined forces with Ukrainepresident ViktorYanukovych and 60,000spectators as the coverscame off Kiev’s troubledEuro 2012 Olympiyskystadium on Saturday in apolitically-tinged open-ing. “With this stadium,Ukraine will organize aworthy Euro 2012,” saidYanukovych of a groundwhich will host fivematches, including the 1

July final, at the champi-onships being co-hostedwith Poland, but which hasbeen dogged by construc-tion delays and accusa-tions of corruption.

Yanukovych, whosepopularity ratings haveplummeted, was jeered ashe spoke while the festivi-ties were also held up bythree naked female dem-onstrators who ran ontothe pitch to demand a“Euro 2012 without pros-titution.” The FEMENpressure group believe thatthe tournament will en-courage sex tourism in thefinancially strugglingcountry.

Shakira, who also fea-tured at the opening of the2010 World Cup in SouthAfrica, performed for 40minutes, singing the offi-cial song from last year’sfootball showpiece,“Waka Waka”. —Internet

LONDON, 9 Oct — Chel-sea chairman Bruce Bucksays Andre Villas-Boascould stay as manager forthe next 15 years. Villas-Boas is the seventh bossof the eight-year RomanAbramovich era, with theRussian billionaire ruth-lessly disposing of the 33-year-old’s predecessors.But Buck believes Chel-sea may have happenedupon their Sir Alex

Ferguson figure in Villas-Boas, who he said hadmade a huge impressionon Abramovich and theBlues squad.

He said: “There’s a realexcitement, a buzz. Theplayers seem happy,they’re jumping around.It’s just a really good feel-ing. “I don’t know thatyou can put that in words.”

Internet

SAN JOSE, 9 Oct — Brazil’s 1-0 vic-tory over Costa Rica in a friendly inter-national on Friday failed to impress crit-ics back home, who expected more fromthe 2014 World Cup hosts. “DrowsyBrazil beat Costa Rica,” was the verdictof O Globo newspaper on the perform-ance of Mano Menezes’ side.”Withoutplaying well, Brazil beat Costa Rica 1-0with a goal by Neymar after an hour ofmediocre football in the rain,” the news-paper said.

Sports daily Lance was similarly un-impressed, calling the football on dis-play “without imagination, without any-

thing very interesting.”With no qualify-ing campaign for the 2014 World Cup asthe host nation, Brazil elected to begintheir build-up in Central America.

Internet

MOSCOW, 9 Oct—Rus-sia skipper AndreiArshavin is determined toshine at the Euro 2012 fi-nals and put his critics,who insisted that his heartwasn’t with the nationalteam, firmly in their place.

Russia defeatedSlovakia 1-0 on Friday andnow just need to avoiddefeat against whippingboys Andorra on Tuesdayto secure their place in the

finals in Poland andUkraine next summer.

Arsenal star Arshavinrecently experienced arocky period of his careerwhen he was repeatedlycriticised for his perform-ances both with the na-tional team and his clubside.

However, he hasshrugged off the criticismto confirm his status onboth fronts. “He had agood start to the new sea-son,” said Arsenal man-ager Arsene Wenger. “Heshowed his worth clearlyin the Premier Leaguematches and the Champi-ons League games.

Internet

BEIJING, 9 Oct —Croatian big server MarinCilic outscored compatriotIvan Ljubicic 6-4, 6-3 tomarch into the final atChina Open here on Sat-urday. The 23-year-oldworld No 25 powered 13aces through the match,four more than his oppo-nent, and converted threeof his break points to winthe match. Sunday’s finalwould be Cilic’s third fi-nal show in the 2011 sea-son. The top rankingCroat, who pocketed at

least one title in past threeyears, was still in want ofa ATP champion in 2011.

Both players held theirserve in the first eightgames. Cilic met hugepressure at the sixth gamein which Ljubicic got twobreak points in hand, butCilic managed to surviveboth of them to level thescore to 3-3. Cilic found achance in the ninth game,completing the first breakin the match to take a 5-4lead. The former worldNo 9 held his serve totake the first set 6-4.

Xinhua

MIAMI , 9 Oct — ClintDempsey scored in the36th minute and TimHoward made several nicesaves to help lift the USMen’s National Team pastHonduras 1-0 on Satur-day night and give theteam its first victory infour games under coachJurgen Klinsmann.

The US had scoredonce while going 0-2-1 inKlinsmann’s first threegames as coach.

Offensively speaking,the US gave indication itwas making strides inadapting to Klinsmann’ssystem in this internationalfriendly. Howard made upfor a few defensive lapses.The US had several scor-

ing chances in the firsthalf, during which a frogwas seen on the wet field.Dempsey’s goal — his23rd career tally — gavethe US a 1-0 halftimelead.— Internet

LIVERPOOL, 9 Oct —Liverpool defender GlenJohnson is hoping to be fitto face ManchesterUnited. The full-backwants to be part of theReds’ matchday squad fortheir Barclays PremierLeague meeting with SirAlex Ferguson’s men on15th October as he con-

tinues his recovery from ahamstring problem. Hav-ing originally picked upthe injury in a pre-seasonfriendly against Valencia,Johnson aggravated itwhen making his come-back appearance as a sub-stitute in the defeat toStoke City on 10th Sep-tember.

The England interna-tional has not featuredsince, but now has hissights set on the BarclaysPremier League leaders’visit to Anfield. “I’m feel-ing good at the momentand I’ve been doing plentyof running,” Johnson toldthe official club website.

Internet

BEIJING, 9 Oct—Ger-man ninth seed AndreaPetkovic overwhelmedRomanian qualifierMonica Niculescu 6-2,6-0 in the semifinal of theChina Open WTA eventhere on Saturday.

The world 57th rankedNiculescu has been en-joyed a wonderful weekin Beijing, as the qualifierstunned local favoriteFrench Open winner LiNa in front a crowd ofjubilant fans in the open-ing round and upset worldNo 24 Maria Kilirenko ofRussia 3-6,6-3, 6-4 beforeshe surged into the semi-

final clash againstPetkovic. However, theRomanian’s solid formjust seemed to disappearon Saturday as Petkoviconly needed one hour toseal the victory.—Xinhua

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Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

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Weather forecast for 10th October, 2011

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Hilly

Region MissionarySayadaw

7:15 am 2. Dhamma Puja Song7:25 am 3. To Be Healthy

Exercise7:30 am 4. Morning News7:40 am 5. Nice & Sweet

Song7:50 am 6. Health Programme

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(10-10-2011) (Monday)

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MSTOverseas Transmission - (10-10-11 09:30 am ~ 11-10-11 09:30 am) MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Vibrant and Lively Kyaukse Elephant Dance* News* New Media Art Show* Precious Spirulina from Amazing Lake* News* Welcome to Gandamar Wholesale* News* Industrial Training Centre (THAGAYA)

Overseas Transmission* Opening* News* Vibrant and Lively Kyaukse Elephant Dance* News* New Media Art Show* Precious Spirulina from Amazing Lake* News* Welcome to Gandamar Wholesale* News

* VCD Centre* Industrial Training Centre (THAGAYA)* News* Myanmar’s Traditions and Culture

“Myanmar’s Secret Beautifier”* News* Myanma Handicrafted Instruments made in

Leather* Music Gallery* News* Myanmar Movie Impact “Maung”* News* Let’s visit Flower City by Coach* Myanmar Movie “Love Be Win”

8:00 am 7. Dance Of National

Races8:05 am 8. Cute Little Dancers8:15 am 9. Thadin Kyut Songs8:25 am10. Selected Songs

for 18th MyanmarTraditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions(2011) (ModernSong) (Amateur(Second) DivisionLevel) (Women)

8:40 am11. International News8:45 am12. Musical Programme4:00 pm 1. Martial Song4:10 pm 2. Dance Variety4:20 pm 3. Musical Programme

4:30 pm 4. University of

Distance Education(TV Lectures)-Second Year(Economic)

4:45 pm 5. Songs for

UpholdingNational Spirit

4:50 pm 6. Musical Programme

(The RadioMyanmar ModernMusic Troupe)

5:00 pm 7. Myanmar League5:15 pm 8. Thadin Kyut Songs5:25 pm 9. Selected Songs

for 18th MyanmarTraditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions(2011) (Maha Gita)(Amateur (Second)Division Level)

(Man/Women)5:35 pm10. Myanmar Idol6:00 pm11. Evening News6:15 pm12. Weather Report6:20 pm13. Sing & Enjoy7:00 pm14. TV Drama Series8:00 pm15. News16. International

News17. Weather Report18. 18th Myanmar

TraditionalCulturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions(2011) Interview(Composing)

19. World’s Stars20. TV Drama Series21. India Drama

Series

Murray beats Nadal to win Japan OpenTOKYO, 9 Oct—Andy Murray of

Britain rallied to beat Rafael Nadal 3-6,6-2, 6-0 and win the Japan Open onSunday. Murray overcame losing thefirst set to win his second straight ATPtour victory.

Murray, who also won last week inBangkok, broke his Spanish opponent inthe fourth game of the second set andthen proceeded to win 11 of the next 12games to clinch the title at AriakeColosseum.

Nadal, the defending champion, hadbeaten Murray five straight times enteringthe match, and had not lost a servicegame in the tournament.

The title was Murray’s fourth of theseason after triumphs at Queen’s Club,Cincinnati and in Thailand.

“There was a lot of close games inthe first set and early in the second set,then I started to get the momentum anddidn’t give him any chances,” Murraysaid. “I played some great tennis,especially in the third set.”

Murray added that his performancewas the best he had ever played againstNadal. The Briton’s record against theSpaniard improved to 13-5.

“Rafa is one of the greatest playersever,” Murray said. “It is always apleasure to play against him.” The matchturned for good in the fifth game of thesecond set. After being broken in theprevious game, Nadal squandered fourbreak points and fell behind 4-1.

Murray pressed his advantage afterthe break, pressuring Nadal the rest ofthe way.In the final set, Murray brokeNadal three times, behind a combinationof forehand winners and unforced errorsby the Spaniard. “He played unbelievablein the third set with no mistakes,” Nadalsaid. “His returns were impressive. AfterI had my chances in the second set, hestarted playing at a very high level.” Thevictory gave fourth-ranked Murray his20th career ATP tour title.—Internet

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

Regions/States Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 33/91 22/72 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

2 Kayah 29/84 20/68 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

3 Kayin 34/93 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

4 Chin 24/75 12/54 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

5 Upper Sagaing 35/95 24/75 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

6 Lower Sagaing 35/95 24/75 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

7 Taninthayi 30/86 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

8 Bago 32/90 20/68 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

9 Magway 32/90 24/75 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

10 Mandalay 33/91 24/75 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

11 Mon 31/88 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

12 Yangon 33/93 24/75 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

13 Rakhine 33/91 21/70 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

14 Southern Shan 25/77 18/64 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

15 Northern Shan 30/86 19/66 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

16 Eastern Shan 29/84 19/66 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

17 Ayeyawady 33/91 24/75 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

18 Neighbouring

Nay Pyi Taw 34/93 24/75 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

19 Neighbouring Yangon 33/91 24/75 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 33/91 24/75 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

Summary of observations at

09:30 hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, Weather has been widespread in Bago Region and Chin State, fairly widespread in Yangon and Taninthayi Regions and Rakhine State, scattered in Mandalay and Magway Regions Shan and Mon States and isolated in the remaining Regions and States with isolated heavy falls in Lower Sagaing and Mandalay Regions. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Kyauktaw (2.40) inches, MraukU (2.28) inches, An (2.24) inches, Sagaing (1.80) inches, Thandwe (1.77) inches, Taungup (1.69) inches, Kyaikmaraw (1.65) inches and TadarU (1.57) inches.

Bay Inference Monsoon is weak in the Andaman Sea and South Bay and weather is partly cloudy elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Seas will be moderate in Myanmar waters. Outlook for sub-sequent two days

Weak Monsoon.

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Union Chief Justice meets judges,law officers and court staff of

Magway and Mandalay RegionsNAY PYI TAW, 9 Oct—Union Chief

Justice U Tun Tun Oo met the chiefjustice of Magway Region High Court,judges, law officers and court staff atMagway Town Hall yesterday and gavenecessary instructions on judicial matters,court management and avoidance ofcorruption. The Union Chief Justiccalled on the service personnal to doaway with bribery and corruption andstressed the need to discharge dutyand exercise authority vested in themstraightforwardly.

Union Chief Justice U Tun TunOo visited Taungdwingyi TownshipCourt on 7 October, and Magway

Earthquake NewsNAY PYI TAW, 9 Oct—A slight

earthquake of magnitude (4.5) RichterScale with its epicenter inside Myanmar,about (40) miles Northeast of Mandalayseismological observatory (about 18

miles North-northeast of HsedawVillage, Madaya Township, MandalayRegion) was recorded at (15) hrs (05)min (00) sec MST today, theMeteorology and HydrologyDepartment announced.

MNA

Carp claims more market shareCarp claims more market shareArticle & Photo: Purchase Agent Pho Htaw

Carp to be processed.

Although someworld nations are en-countering economicdownturns followinginstability in foreignexchange market,Myanmar wiathincreased agriculturaland livestock produce

can keep its economystable. Variety of carp isoccupying locallivestock market,especially carp pro-cessing works. There areover 200 carpentrepreneurs alongNatsin, Uyin, Htanar,

Sagawapin andKyaiktan streets,entrances to SanpyaFish Market inKyimyindine.

Their work startedat 1 am to transport tocountryside customers (See page 9)

Union Chief Justice U Tun Tun Oo

meets the chief justice of Magway

Region High Court, judges, law

officers and court staff at Magway

Town Hall.

MNA

Region High Court, Magway DistrictCourt, Magway Township Court,Minbu District Court and MinbuTownship Court yesterday.

The Union Chief Justice alsomet with the chief justice of MandalayRegion High Court, judges ofMyingyan and NyaungU districts and

staff in Mandalay Region atKyaukpadaung Township Courtyesterday.

MNA

Berdych claims men’s singlestitle at China Open

Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic returnsthe ball during the final of men’s singles

against Marin Cilic of Croatia at China OpenTennis Tournament in Beijing, China, Oct. 9,

2011. Berdych won 2-1.INTERNET

BEIJING, 9 Oct —Czech third seedTomas Berdych ralliedto beat Marin Cilic ofCroatia 2-1 to claim theATP singles title at the2011 China Open hereon Sunday.

Although con-ceding the opening set3-6 to the big servingCrot, the 10th rankedBerdych fought back6-4, 6-1 to seal the two-hour match.

It was the firstsingles trophy won bythe 26-year-old Czechsince May, 2009.

Internet

Tepid reception for Brazil’s1-0 win in Costa Rica

New prostate cancer testadvice overturns dogma

Union EducationMinister meets personnel

of universities anddegree colleges

Ambitions in check onglobal climate deal

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