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Volume XIX, Number 269 7th Waning of Pyatho 1373 ME Sunday, 15 January, 2012

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NAY PYI TAW, 14 Jan—Union Ministerfor Agriculture and Irrigation U Myint Hlaingvisited Kyeeohn Kyeewa Multi-purposeDam Project site in Pwintbyu Township,Minbu District, Magway Region, yesterday.At the briefing hall, an official reported tothe Union Minister on progress in the projectwork.

Next, Irrigation Department Director-General U Kyaw Myint Hlaing briefed theUnion Minister on cent per cent completionof the project, the first-phase installation ofa 37-megawatt generator, installation ofanother one in the coming month andHydropower Generation Enterprise Manag-ing Director U Khin Maung Win under theMinistry of Electric Power No (1) on condi-tion of power supply.

In giving instructions, the Union Minis-ter said the project has started in the time ofthe Tatmadaw government and it is nowheartening to see the completion in a shortperiod thanks to the experts and techniciansof A&I Ministry and Ministry of Electric

First 37-megawatt generator fromKyeeohn Kyeewa Multi-purposeDam Project goes into operation

True patriotism * It is very important for every one of the

nation regardless of the place he lives tohave strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the truepatriotism all the nationalities will haveto safeguard.

Power.He continued to say that the electricity

to be generated from the 37-megawattgeneration will be supplied to Rakhine Statethrough the national power grid. Then, theIrrigation Department director-general

pressed the button to operate the generator.The Union Minister later presented a

baskets of fruits to the technicians fromGoundong Company and inspected the tur-bines, generators, computer control roomand the dam.

The multi-purpose dam project startedin 2002-2003 and will complete in2011-2012. Two 37-megawatt generatorswill generate 370 million kilowatt hours ofelectricity to irrigate 96000 acres offarmlands.—MNA

Union Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation U Myint Hlaing

looks into progress inimplementing Kyeeohn KyeewaMulti-purpose Dam Project inPwintbyu Township, MinbuDistrict, Magway Region.

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NAY PYI TAW, 14Jan—Union Minister for Co-operatives and for Livestockand Fisheries U Ohn Myinthighlighted the SMEs devel-opment for national eco-nomic growth in meetingwith crab and prawn breed-ers, personnel of Yangon Re-gion Cooperative Depart-ment and Fisheries Depart-

Importance of public-privatepartnership stressed

ment, Thanlyin andKyauktan townships Coop-erative Departments, Fish-eries Department and Live-stock Breeding and Veteri-nary Department at CrabsWorld Manufacturing CoLtd in crab breeding zone inKyauktan Township Yangonthis morning.

Companies engagingin crab and prawn farmingreported to the Union Minis-ter on difficulties in breed-ing and production. The Un-ion Minister stressed the pub-lic-private partnership in fac-ing challenges and conserv-

ing the environment. Heurged the breeders to recruitthe newly graduates fromCooperative Colleges andUniversity of Veterinary Sci-ence and give a hand to themin their field studies.

The Union Ministerthen inspected the breedingof soft-shell crabs, packagingprocess for exportation andvisited crab farming ofAung Moe Khaing IndustrialCo Ltd. He then inspectedantibiotics and virus lab ofFisheries Department inThakayta Township.

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Union Minister for Cooperatives and for Livestock and Fisheries U OhnMyint inspects finished crab production of Crabs World Manufacturing Co

Ltd in Kyauktan Township.MNA

YANGON, 14 Jan—The Meteorology and Hydrology Department announcedthat the amounts of rainfall at (09:30) hours MST today (14 January 2012), at thefollowing stations set the new maximum (24 hours) rainfall record for the month ofJanuary is as follow:-

No. Station New Rainfall Previous Last Record Date Record Period Record Record

mm inches mm inches

1. Kyaikkhami 75 2.95 42 1.65 30-1-1999 30

New Rainfall Record

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 15 January, 2012

PERSPECTIVESSunday, 15 January, 2012

May peace be with usAlthough some armed conflicts occured due

to misunderstanding between the nationalbrethren in Myanmar since it regained herIndependence in 1948, the government’s peace-making process is going to bring eternal peaceand prosperity to the whole nation.

In line with the address delivered byPresident U Thein Sein at the PyidaungsuHluttaw on 30 March 2011, negotiations havebeen undertaken for realizing the eternal peacewith armed groups that have not accepted theconstitution yet.

In the peace-making dialogues, Hluttawrepresentatives of the State side who understandthe region and local people and state level andUnion level ministers were constituted as therepresentative groups for peace to hold talkswith respective national race organizations.

In this regard, the peace process is plannedto hold talks at three levels—state level, Unionlevel and Hluttaw level. The state level is to seekinitial agreement for ensuring ceasefire andfuture tasks of the peace talk. The Union level isto hold talks for solving problems on a politicalbasis.

After reaching agreements at the Unionlevel with armed groups individually, all nationalrace armed groups will be invited to the Hluttawfor holding dialogues to be able to reach thecommon agreement. If necessary, theConstitution will be amended. The 11-pointagreement has been signed in principle so as tocontinue the discussions at the Union level peacetalk at the completed final stage for eternalpeace.

Thus, the national race armed groups thatheld armed struggle lines in the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar in the past have signed peaceagreements one after another step by step. Infact, the peace agreements are signs ofeverlasting peace.

YANGON, 14 Jan—Union Minister for EnvironmentalConservation and Forestry U Win Tun received Director-General and Chairman Prof Dr Tetsuo Koyama of KochiPrefectural Makino Botanical Garden & Museum and KochiUniversity of Japan and party at Myanmar Timber Enterprise

Myanmar, Japan to further cooperate in forestry

Headquarters here yesterday.They held discussion about cooperation in forestry sector,

matters related to medicinal plants, and Myanma Ginsenggrowing on Mt. Natma in Chin State and promotion of researcheson forestry and scholarship programmes.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Jan—The Myanmar NationalWomen’s Affairs Committeeheld the meeting 1/2012 atthe hall of the Ministry ofSocial Welfare, Relief andResettlement yesterdayafternoon.

Speaking at the meeting,Chairman of the CommitteeUnion Minister for Labourand for Social Welfare,Relief and Resettlement U

Sangyoung BEHS-2 to payrespects to retired teachersYANGON, 14 Jan—A ceremony to pay respects to retired

teachers of St Philomena’s Convent and Sangyoung BasicEducation High School No. 2 will be held for the 13th timeat Sabei Hall of Sangyoung BEHS No. 2 at 9 am on 28January (Saturday).

The executive committee will hold the second meetingat Pyinnya Beikman Hall of Sangyoung BEHS No. 2 at 12noon on 19 January (Thursday).

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Myanmar National Women’s Affairs Committee meetsAung Kyi said that theconstitution (2008) of theRepublic of the Union ofMyanmar comprisesprovisions on non-genderdiscrimination and equalrights in the chapter ofCitizen, FundamentalRights and Duties of theCitizens. The All MyanmarNational Women’s AffairsCommittee was reformed inDecember 2011 to

effectively realize the saidprovisions, he noted.Today’s meeting was for thefirst time, he said. At present,he said that a national levelplan is being drawn fordevelopment of women andit will implement the UNMillennium DevelopmentGoals and the BeijingDeclaration.

The secretary of thecommittee Director-General

of Social Welfare Departmentexplained formation of theMyanmar National Women’sAffairs Committee and itsfunctions, organizing of 11subcommittees and theirfunctions, and future plans.

Those present took partin the discussions. The UnionMinister reviewed thediscussions and gavenecessary instructions.

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YANGON, 12 Jan—The poem recitation and story tellingcontest was held at Shwedaw self-reliant library in Ward5/8 of Shwepyitha Township on 2 January.

Local authorities and departmental officials formallyopened the contest.

After the contest, officials awarded the prize winningstudents.

Township IPRD

Students take part in poemrecitation and story telling contest

UnionMinister for

Environ-mental

Conserva-tion andForestry

U Win Tunreceives

ProfDr TetsuoKoyama

and party.MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Jan—Union Minister for ConstructionU Khin Maung Myint inspected repair work on Nay PyiTaw-Taungnyo-Myothit-Kanpya (Magway) road andmeasures for prevention of Sun Creek Bridge againsterosion on 12 January. Next,he inspected Minbu-Padan-An road expansion and paving of gravels.

Union Construction Minister inspects road,bridge repairing

Yesterday, the Union Minister inspected stockpilingof gravels on An-Swittway road and maintenance andrepair work of Dhalat Creek Bridge and road works beingcarried out on the top of Me Mountain with use of heavymachinery.

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Rural development discussedKANBALU, 12 Jan—Talks on rural development and

poverty alleviation were held at the ground in MyeduVillage-tract of Kanbalu Township on 13 January.

Township level officials and local authorities gave talks

Vegetable crops thriving alongSittoung River basin

YEDASHE, 12 Jan—In the cold season this year, onionand other kitchen crops are being grown on a manageablescale along the basin of Sittoung River in Yedashe Township.

Tomato, lettuce, cabbage, beans and pulses and edibleoil crops such as groundnut, sesame and sunflowerplantations are thriving in the fertile regions.

The surplus vegetables from local consumption can betransported to the domestic market to earn increased incomesfor local farmers.—Kyemon

DISTRICT NEWS on rural development and poverty alleviation and repliedto queries raised by those present.

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SAN FRANCISCO, 14 Jan— A NorthernCalifornia tree trimmer was decapitatedwhen he became entangled in a rope thatwas sucked into an industrial woodchipper, a deputy coroner said on Friday.Martin Lara, 50, was part of a crew clearingbrush on Thursday on a hillside in NevadaCity, California, which is 50 miles northeastof Sacramento, said Sergeant Paul Schmidt,chief deputy coroner for Nevada County.

Lara, who was from the nearby town ofApplegate, was operating a mobile woodchipper and other members of the crewwere using ropes to tie up bundles ofbrush to bring to the chipper, Schmidtsaid.

WASHINGTON, 14 Jan—Small Iranian military motorboatsapproached US vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuztwice last week but the Pentagon said the interactions werenot seen as hostile, even at a moment of heightened tensionsbetween the two countries.

Video released by the Pentagon showed the armed boatswith the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ navy approachingwithin several hundred yards (meters) of the USS New Orleans,an amphibious transport ship, on 6 January, a US militaryofficial said.The same day, a similar incident occurred with theUS Coast Guard cutter Adak, with the Iranian boats seenriding in its wake, guns visible.

“This interaction between US naval vessels and theIranian vessels is commonplace,” said Captain Jane Campbell,a Pentagon spokeswoman. “There is nothing in these thatshows any kind of hostile intent. US officials say it is routineto take video of such incidents and the US military decided torelease imagery at the request of news organizations.

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Visiting Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad greets local residents upon his arrivalat the Carondelet Palace, in Quito, capital of Ecuador, on 12 Jan , 2012. Ahmadinejad

arrived in Ecuador Thursday on the last leg of his Latin American tour.—XINHUA

Coroner says man decapitated in woodchipper accident

The Costa Concordiaran aground on Friday

evening.INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 14 Jan—Tensions rising by the day,the Obama administrationsaid Friday it is warning Iranthrough public and privatechannels against any actionthat threatens the flow of oil

Tensions high, US warns Irannot to block shipping

Defence SecretaryLeon Panetta speaks at

the Pentagon.INTERNET

from the Persian Gulf. TheNavy revealed that two USships in and near the Gulfwere harassed by Iranianspeedboats last week.

Spokesmen were vagueon what the United Stateswould do about Iran’s threatto block the strategic Straitof Hormuz, but militaryofficials have been clear thatthe US is readying for a

possible naval clash. Thatprospect is the latestflashpoint with Iran, and oneof the most serious.Although it currentlyovershadows the threat ofwar over Iran’s disputednuclear programme, perhapsbeginning with an Israelimilitary strike on Iran’snuclear structure, bothsimmering crises raise thepossibility of a shooting warthis year.

“We have to make surewe are ready for any situationand have all options on thetable,” Defence SecretaryLeon Panetta said,addressing a soldier’squestion Thursday about theoverall risk of war with Iran.Navy officials said that inseparate incidents on 6 Jan,three Iranian speedboats —each armed with a mountedgun — briefly chased after aUS Navy ship just outsidethe Gulf near the Strait ofHormuz and a US CoastGuard cutter in the northernGulf. No shots were fired andthe speedboats backed off.

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Small Iranian military motorboats ride in the wake of USCoast Guard cutter Adak in the Strait of Hormuz in this

still image taken from 6 Jan, 2012 video footage.INTERNET

Iran ships approached USvessels in Gulf

LONDON , 14 Jan — TheRoyal Navy has captured 13Somali pirates in the IndianOcean, the Ministry ofDefence says. RFA FortVictoria and a US Navyvessel intercepted the pirates’boat, which had refused tostop despite warning shotsfrom a Royal Navy helicopter.Royal Marines in speedboatsapproached the vessel andboarded it, capturing 13pirates and seizing weapons.

Defence Secretary PhilipHammond said the UKtroops, part of a NATO-ledforce, could be “proud” ofthe success. “The RoyalNavy and Royal Marines areplaying a crucial role insecuring and protectinginternational sea lanes thatare vital to global trade,” the

Royal Navy captures13 Somali pirates

The ship was identified as a known pirated vesseloperating in Indian Ocean shipping lanes.— INTERNET

US Army to pull back twobrigades from Europe

Somehow, a rope wound around Lara’sneck and the tension had the effect ofbeheading him, authorities said.

“No part of him went into the chipperat all,” Schmidt said, contrary to publishedreports. “The tension of the rope cut off hishead almost like a guillotine.”

Preliminary indications are the deathof Lara, who was married with two adultchildren, was an accident and not anequipment malfunction, Schmidt said. Headded that California workplace safetyinvestigators would perform anindependent examination.

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minister said. Capt GerryNorthwood, who leads thecounter-piracy operation onRFA Fort Victoria, said:“This firm and positive actionwill also send a clear messageto other Somali pirates thatwe will not tolerate theirattacks on internationalshipping.”

The operation wascarried out around dawn onFriday. Capt Shaun JonesRFA, commanding officer onRFA Fort Victoria, said: “Tomanoeuvre such a large shipat speed in close vicinity of animble dhow takes extremeconcentration and skill; myteam were never foundwanting. “The 13 Somaliscertainly found on Friday13th unlucky for them.”

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ROME, 14 Jan—A largeItalian cruise ship carryingmore than 4,000 people ranaground on a sandbar off thewest coast of Italy on Friday

Italy cruise ship runs aground, at leastsix reported dead

night and media reports saidat least six people were killedin the incident.

The some 3,200passengers and 1,023 crew inboard the ship, the 290-metre-long Costa Concordia, werebeing evacuated by lifeboats,helicopters and other shipsin the area, a statement fromthe Italian coastguard said.

They Italian newsagency Ansa quoted rescueworkers as saying at least sixpeople were killed and anumber injured, but that thecause of the deaths was notimmediately known. Ansasaid some people had jumpedinto the water. No officialconfirmation of the reporteddeaths was immediatelyavailable.

About five hours after

the incident, several hundredpeople were still on board theship and waiting to beevacuated. Ansa quotedpassengers as saying the shipjolted as dinner was beingserved and that the electricitywent out for awhile beforethe evacuation operationbegan.

WASHINGTON, 14 Jan— US Defence Secretary LeonPanetta said on Thursday that the Army will withdraw twobrigade combat teams from Europe, and replace them withrotational units. The change is part of a new, 10-year defencestrategy announced by US President Barack Obama last weekthat “emphasizes air-sea doctrine to better allow the US toconfront more than one threat at a time,” Panetta said duringan interview with the American Forces Press Service.

The rotational deployments mean the military “will bein a position to cover not only the area that will be a primaryfocus ... but we will be able to cover the world,” he said. Thechange means rotational forces — the way Army SpecialForces currently deploy — will expand to conventionalforces. As the Army replaces the two brigade combat teamswith rotational units, the Europeans actually will see moreUS forces because the American forces in Europe have moreoften than not been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, Panettasaid.

Last week, Obama unveiled a new military strategy thataims to strengthen military presence in the Asia Pacificregion despite fiscal constraints, adjusting troops structureto a new era of austerity.—Xinhua

The Italian coastguardsaid the ship has taken onwater and was listing about20 degrees but that there wasno danger of it sinking.

The cruise shipcompany said the causr of theincident was beinginvestigated.

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Health Tip: Take care ofdry skin

Dry skin can be itchy, uncomfortable and evenpainful if the skin begins to crack.

The Cleveland Clinic offers these suggestions forcaring for dry skin:

* Make sure your shower or bath water is lukewarm;never too hot.

* Take baths or showers of no longer than 10minutes.

* Apply a moisturizer as soon as you get out of thebath or shower.

* Wash with a moisturizing cleanser.* During winter months, moisturize with a heavy

cream or ointment. Use a lighter lotion duringsummer.—Internet

JPMorgan profit falls, but sees hope in economy

A woman walks past a JP MorganChase bank branch in New York, on 15

October, 2008.—INTERNET

strengthening.Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said the

New York-based bank was seeing signs ofimprovement in credit quality as well as loandemand from corporations and consumers inthe United States.

“We see a mild recovery which actuallymight be strengthening, and it’s broad,”Dimon said in a conference call with reportersfollowing the earnings report on Friday.“Hopefully, it will add to more jobs. We haveseen jobs growing ... it’s not enough but itcould be self-sustaining.”

Loan balances in JPMorgan’scommercial division were up 13 percent at theend of December compared with a year earlier,the sixth consecutive quarterly rise in themeasure of business borrowing.

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NEW YORK, 14 Jan—The drag of theEuropean debt crisis on investment bankingweighed on JPMorgan Chase & Co’s fourth-quarter profit, sending financial stockstumbling even as the bank providedevidence that the domestic economy is

Apple suspends sales of iPhone 4S at Beijingflagship store

BEIJING, 14 Jan—Mobs of customersand organized scalpers forced Apple tosuspend initial sales of its iPhone 4Ssmartphone at one of its two stores indowntown Beijing.

A salesperson at the company’s store inthe Sanlitun shopping district announcedthrough a megaphone early Friday morningthat the store would not open its doors,according to customer Wang Qiannan, whoremained waiting outside of the store.

Wang said the store’s staff did notexplain why they were not opening, butsuspects it was out of safety concerns.

At least 1,000 people who were hired byscalpers to stand in line and wait for thephone to go on sale were displeased with the

decision to keep the store closed. A bag ofbroken eggs was found on the ground infront of the store and egg residue was seen onthe store’s glass walls.

A second Apple store located in theXidan shopping district opened its doorsshortly before 7:00 a.m. and sold its iPhone4S stock within one hour.

Apple previously announced that theiPhone 4S, the latest version of the device,would be released in China and 21 othercountries on 13 Jan. The phone will beavailable at Apple stores in Beijing andShanghai, as well as through online retailers.One of China’s largest online retailers,360buy.com, had the phone available forpurchase as of 10 am Friday.—Xinhua

BEIJING, 14 Jan—European Central Bankpresident Mario Draghi is meeting press inFrankfurt, following a meeting of theGoverning Council.

As expected, the ECB will keepbenchmark rates at 1 percent, the lowestlevel ever after two consecutive cuts.

Analysts say the steady hold will allowthe bank to assess the impact of crisis-fighting steps it took in the last two monthsof 2011. Markets will be keeping a close eyeon the press conference, for any sign theECB could steer rates even lower in comingmonths. The Bank of England is alsokeeping interest rates at record low of half apercent Thursday, where they have beensince March 2009.—Xinhua

ECB, BOE holdinterest rates

A sign identifies the Aon Centre in Chicago on 31 March,2011. The Aon Centre serves as the corporate headquartersfor Aon Corp, the world’s second largest insurancebrokerage, and largest reinsurance brokerage.—INTERNET

Insurer Aon to move headquarters toLondon

CHICAGO, 14 Jan—Insurancegiant Aon is moving its headquartersto London to get closer to the action,the company said Friday.

The insurance firm that operates500 offices with 61,000 employeesworldwide, said London providedbetter access to emerging marketsand to Lloyd’s.

Aon said the London marketwas “one of the key internationalhubs of insurance and riskbrokerage.”

Aon said it was not abandoningChicago, where it has 6,000employees.

The firm said it would keep itsUS headquarters in the Windy Cityand will move an additional 750jobs into the city’s downtown AonCenter. The insurer said it would beadding 1,000 jobs in the United Statesthis year.

“The move will not cause jobloss in either Chicago or the UnitedStates,” Aon said.

Aon said it will change itsjurisdiction of incorporation fromDelaware to England.

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An Israeli companyhas developed a system

that scans the brainand provides a three

dimensional image ofthe nerve cell

connectivity to treatbrain diseases like

Alzheimer’s or HDHD.INTERNET

Israeli firm develops scanning system totackle into brain diseases

“Our vision is that everypsychiatrist and neurologistin the world will routinelysend every patient for BNAtests,” said Dr Eli Zangvil,ElMindA’s strategic advisorfor business development.“Our test would addinformation and aid indiagnostics in a way no otherexisting technology can do,”he added.

BNA could help doctorsfind out exactly at what stage

JERUSALEM, 14 Jan—AnIsraeli company hasdeveloped a system thatscans the brain and providesa three dimensional image ofthe nerve cell connectivityto treat brain diseases likeAlzheimer’s or HDHD.

The firm ElMindAtrademarked a non-invasivesystem, the BNA (BrainNetwork Activation), thathelps doctors visualize theconnectivity between nerve

cells and synchronizationthat can even measure theseverity of the patientscondition from one day toanother, the Israel21c newssite reported on Thursday

By creating a three-dimensional image of thebrain while asking thepatients to repeat an activityseveral times, BNAdevelopers hope this systemwill become a regular way ofdiagnosing brain illnesses.

Illegally imported bushmeat contained bacteriaof the largest consumers ofimported wildlife productsand wildlife.

A previous study byEcoHealth Alliance showedthat over a six-year periodthat began in 2000approximately 1.5 billion livewild animals were legallyimported into the countrywith 90 percent slated for thepet trade.

The US Fish and WildlifeService has also reported thatmore than 55 million pounds(25 million kilograms) ofwildlife products enter thecountry each year, with NewYork City being the mostcommon port of entryfollowed by Miami, and LosAngeles.—Internet

NEW YORK, 14 Jan—Bushmeat illegally importedfrom Africa and seized at fivetop US airports oftencontained potentiallydangerous bacteria,according to a new studymade public in the US.

The study led by the USCenters for Disease Controland Prevention (CDC) waspublished by PLoS ONEmagazine.

Items confiscated aspart of the study includedraw to semi-cooked animalparts, including those ofprimates like baboons andchimpanzees as well asvarious rodent species.

Among the pathogensidentified in the products were

a zoonotic retrovirus, simianfoamy viruses, and severalnonhuman primateherpesviruses.

“Exotic wildlife pets andbushmeat are Trojan horsesthat threaten humankind atsites where they are collectedin the developing world aswell as the US,” said IanLipkin, a researcher fromColumbia University’sMailman School of PublicHealth.

“Our study underscoresthe importance ofsurveillance at ports, but wemust also encourage effortsto reduce demand forproducts that drive thewildlife trade,” he added.

The United States is one

This file photo shows smoked monkey meat, displayedfor sale in Nigeria. Bushmeat illegally imported from

Africa and seized at five top US airports oftencontained potentially dangerous bacteria, according

to a new study made public in the US.—INTERNET

of the disease patients andprescribe the exactmedication for them.

“To do that, we mustcollect a lot of data,”Zangvil said.

“To say this person hasa certain disease orcondition, I have to be ableto compare their pattern toa normal brain pattern of aperson of the same age andgender.” he said.

Researchers hope togather the amount of datathey need to obtain FDAapproval in the US by theend of 2012, and startmarketing it to hospitals by2013.

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New ink promises ‘bendable’ circuits

CHAMPAIGN, 14 Jan—US researchers say a newkind of silver ink could leadto printable low-costelectronic circuits onflexible materials likepaper, plastic or fabric.

University of Illinoismaterials scientists, led byJennifer Lewis, havedeveloped a particle-freereactive silver ink that holdsthe promise of creatingflexible circuits forantennas, batteries, sensors,solar energy, wearabledevices and more, a UIrelease reported Thursday.

While most condu-ctive inks rely on tiny metalparticles suspended in theink, the new formula is atransparent solution ofsilver acetate and ammoniain which the silver remains

dissolved in the solutionuntil it is printed and theliquid evaporates, yielding

conductive features. “It driesand reacts quickly, whichallows us to immediatelydeposit silver as we print,”researcher S. Brett Walker said.

The reactive ink hasseveral advantages overparticle-based formulation,Walker said. A batch can bemixed in minutes, as opposedto particle-based inks thattake several hours andmultiple steps to prepare.

The ink also remainsstable and usable for severalweeks, he said.

Reactive silver ink is airbrushed onto a thin, stretchyplastic film to make a flexible silver electrode.

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NASA looking at Cassini radio problemsPASADENA, 14 Jan—

NASA says it’s conductingdiagnostic tests on itsCassini spacecraft orbitingSaturn after its signal wasnot detected during atracking pass in lateDecember.

The spacecraft has beencommunicating with Earthusing a backup radio system,the space agency said in arelease Thursday.

The problem centers onthe ultra-stable oscillator,used for radio scienceexperiments and also as ameans of sending data toEarth.

Cassini missionengineers say the spacecrafthas shifted to an auxiliaryoscillator, whose frequencystability is adequate fortransmitting data from thespacecraft to Earth.

“For printed electronicsapplications, you need to beable to store the ink for severalmonths because silver isexpensive,” Walker said.“Since silver particles don’tactually form until the inkexits the nozzle and theammonia evaporates, our inkremains stable for very longperiods. “For fine-scale nozzleprinting, that’s a rarity.”

The ink’s low viscositymakes it suitable for inkjetprinting, direct ink writing orairbrush spraying over largeareas, the researchers said.

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Artist concept of Cassini spacecraft.—INTERNET

This NASAimage takenon 12 July,2011 shows

NASAastronaut

Mike Fossum,Expedition 28

flightengineer.INTERNET

Space station dodgessuper-fast debris

HOUSTON, 14 Jan—The International Space Stationdodged a small but super-fast piece of orbitingcommunication debris Friday, NASA said.

The crew fired the Zvezda service module thrusters at11:10 a.m. EST to avoid a 4-inch piece of a formercommunications satellite orbiting at very high speed in thespace station’s general direction that had “the potential ofa collision,” the space agency said. The engine-burn movedthe station slightly to take it out of range of the piece ofbroken satellite that was due to pass between 0.6 and 15miles of the station, SPACE.com reported.

Contact with the object, once used for voice and datacommunication from hand-held satellite phones, couldhave punctured the six-story high, 24-story-long and 36-story wide station, officials said. The orbital modificationmarked the 13th time since 1998 the low-Earth-orbit stationhas had to take evasive action to avoid debris, NASA said.

The maneuver eliminated the need to boost the station’saltitude next week for the launch and docking this monthof a Russian unmanned Progress resupply cargo ship,NASA said.—Internet

Tests this month willhelp mission managersdecide whether it will bepossible to bring the ultra-stable oscillator back intoservice, NASA said.

Internet

Gadget Watch: Control a PC with body motionsLAS VEGAS, 14 Jan—Don’t trash your keyboard and

mouse just yet. But three companies at the InternationalConsumer Electronics Show demonstrated depth-sensingcameras that let you to control your computer by movingyour hands or body.

Microsoft’s Kinect add-on for the Xbox 360 console hasalready popularized these cameras for gaming. Now, thetechnology is being set loose for use on other devices.However, like many gadgets shown at the annual Las Vegas-based extravaganza of phones, PCs and TVs, the camerasaren’t quite ready for the mass market.

The companies showed off their cameras to give softwaredevelopers and gadget makers a chance to work with thetechnology and incorporate it in their products. For the restof us, it’s a taste of what the future might hold.

WHY IT’S HOT: The cameras represent another challengeto the keyboard-and-mouse regime, which is already beingeroded by touch screens. If you’re in front of a depth-sensingcamera, you don’t have to touch the screen to control it withyour fingers or hands. (This works with non-depth-sensingcameras as well, but they’re not as good at figuring out what

you’re doing.) At the PrimeSense booth, visitors couldbrowse and play the contents of a digital video library withhand gestures — basically, anything you’d do with a mousetoday. The Israeli company’s camera goes into the Kinectand is now sold separately as the Asus Xtion.

BEHIND THE LENS: The cameras can tell how faraway things are in their field of vision. PrimeSense does thisby sending out an invisible pattern of light, and registeringhow it’s deformed when it hits objects. SoftKinetics’ cameraworks almost like radar, but with light: it sends out infraredlight and measures how fast it comes back. Where it takeslonger, it figures out that that part of the image is furtheraway.

THE DOWNSIDE: If you buy one of these now, thereisn’t much you can do with it, unless you’re a softwaredeveloper. The Asus Xtion comes with a few simple Kinect-like games for your PC. For all of these cameras, the depth-sensing range is limited to about 12 feet, and at the far endof the range, accuracy is reduced. That means finger gesturesmay not be picked up from across the living room.

AVAILABILITY: Microsoft said it will start selling a“Kinect for Windows” camera starting Feb. 1st, for $249.Asus started selling the Xtion in December for $149.SoftKinetics, a Belgian company, started selling its cameraaround the same time for $499.—Internet

In this 11 Jan, 2012 file photo, a boy plays with amotion sensing 3D version of the video game Fruit

Ninja at the LG exhibit at the 2012 International CEStradeshow, in Las Vegas.—INTERNET

Apple discloses suppliers for the first timeNEW YORK, 14 Jan—

Apple has disclosed a list ofits suppliers for the iPhone,iPad and other populargadgets for the first timeamid growing criticism overlabor and environmentalpractices, especially inChina.

The list for years hasbeen strictly and ferventlyprotected. Even a glimpseof an Apple iPhone or itscomponents before a publicrelease became a source ofintrigue and controversy.Investors have played aguessing game about whichcontractors would become

This Wednesday, 9 March,2011 file photo shows anAssociated Press reporterdemonstrating the AppleiPad 2 in San Francisco.

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In this 11 Jan, 2012 file photo, ultrabooks sit ondisplay at the Intel exhibit at the 2012 International

CES tradeshow, in Las Vegas. The InternationalConsumer Electronics show gathered more than

140,000 people in Las Vegas this week. These are someof the more significant gadgets that were announced at

the show.—INTERNET

Apple’s next supplier, or whowas on the outs.

Apple disclosed its listof its suppliers responsiblefor 97 percent of itsprocurement expendituresworldwide. Some examplesare Intel Corp, BroadcomCorp, Amphenol Corp. andSanyo Electric Co.

The transparency maybe a sign of changes comingto the Cupertino, Calif.company in the post-SteveJobs era under CEO TimCook.

The 2012 “SupplierResponsibility ProgressReport” released Friday,

documents 229 auditsthroughout its supply chainlast year by Apple Inc. That’sup 80 percent from 127 auditsin 2010.

The audits found labor,health, health andenvironmental violations,including instances ofunderage labor anddiscrimination based onpregnancy. Apple alsooutlined its response to eachof the violations that wereuncovered, which includedending its relationship withrepeat offenders andrequiring companies to comeup with measures to preventthem from occurring again.

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LOS ANGELES, 14 Jan — For the last decade the world’sbiggest film awards ceremony has been held at the KodakTheatre on Hollywood Boulevard but a contract with thevenue allows organisers the Academy of Motion Picture Artsand Sciences to explore other options starting with the 2014show. A rumoured successor is the Nokia Theatre in downtownLos Angeles which is owned by AEG and has 7,100 seats,double the number at the Kodak. It already hosts The EmmyAwards and The American Music Awards.

The Kodak was built specifically with the Oscars in mindbut critics have complained about aspects of it, including itsgrand staircase which has 37 steps and has proved a challengefor actressses in evening gowns and heels.

Local campaigners are likely to fight to keep the Oscarsin Hollywood. A spokesman for Councillor Eric Garcetti,who represents the Hollywood district on Los Angeles CityCouncil, said: “The Academy Awards belong in Hollywood.”

Singapore hospitals stopproviding free formula milkto encourage breastfeeding

SINGAPORE, 14 Jan—Public and private hospitals inSingapore have stopped giving out free formula milk ina bid to encourage breastfeeding, local daily LianheZaobao reported on Friday. The formula milk producersand sellers are not allowed to provide free products orsamples under the changes that were put in place by theSales of Infant Food Ethics Committee with effect startingfrom 1 January this year, it said.

Doctors said it was very common for the mothers ofnew-born babies to ask for free formula milk. This is nothelpful when encouraging breast feeding as the first hoursafter the birth are the most important. It sometimes leadsto the parents believing that the brands of the formula milkgiven at the hospitals were recommended, too. Those whowant to have formula milk for their babies now will haveto pay for it, some of the hospitals said.

The Ntional University Hospital of Singapore hasbeen adopting some practices to encourage breastfeeding,like trying to let the mothers staying with their new-bornbabies within the first hours after birth. The breastfeedingrate among the new-born babies in Singapore is currentlyat about 50 percent. The rate falls to 30 percent at twomonths after the babies leave the hospitals where they areborn.—Xinhua

Colin Firth at last year’s Oscars in Hollywood. INTERNET

Oscars may leave Hollywoodfor bigger venue

Hollywood Chamber of Commerce president LeronGubler said moving the ceremony would send a “verynegative message to the community,” adding: “Obviously,we’d be very disappointed. Historically the Academy is tiedto Hollywood, with the first Academy Awards held inHollywood.” —Internet

A Pancreatic cancer symptoms* Unexplained weight loss* Abdominal pain (often described as a dull,

gnawing ache that spreads to the back, whichmay becomes worse if the patient eats)

* Jaundice* Weight loss and weakness* Nausea and loss of appetite* Back pain* Itching of the skin* Diabetes.

Cow brains seized at Cairo airport

A pound of raw cow brains bought inSudan for less than 60p can be resold inEgypt for six times as much.—INTERNET

(190kg) of frozen cow brains from threeSudanese travellers who planned to sell themto Egyptian restaurants, authorities said.

An airport official said it was the fourthtime this week that customs officers there hadfoiled an attempt to smuggle cow brains intothe country, reflecting the growth of amoneymaking scheme made possible bysome realities of international supply anddemand: Cow brains are cheap in Sudan, andEgyptians like to eat them.

A pound of raw cow brains bought inSudan for less than 60p can be resold in Egyptfor six times as much, airport officials said.That means Friday’s haul could have earnedthe men more than £1,000. Restaurantsspecialising in liver and brains are popular inEgypt. Both items are deep fried and ofteneaten in pitta bread with spicy red sauce. Theseized brains would be burned, the officialssaid.— Internet

CAIRO, 14 Jan — Officials at Cairo’sinternational airport have confiscated 420lb

Can bacon increase the risk of cancer?— INTERNET

Processed meat ‘linked to pancreatic cancer’LONDON, 14 Jan — A link

between eating processedmeat, such as bacon orsausages, and pancreaticcancer has been suggestedby researchers in Sweden.They said eating an extra 50gof processed meat,approximately one sausage,every day would increase aperson’s risk by 19%. But thechance of developing the rarecancer remains low.

The World CancerResearch Fund suggested thelink may be down to obesity.Eating red and processed meathas already been linked tobowel cancer.

As a result the UKgovernment recommended in2011 that people eat no morethan 70g a day. Prof SusannaLarsson, who conducted thestudy at the KarolinskaInstitute, told the BBC thatlinks to other cancers were

“quite controversial”.She added: “It is known

that eating meat increases therisk of colorectal cancer, it’snot so much known aboutother cancers.” The study,published in the BritishJournal of Cancer, analyseddata from 11 trials and 6,643patients with pancreaticcancer.

It found that eatingprocessed meat increased therisk of pancreatic cancer. The

risk increased by 19% forevery 50g someone added totheir daily diet. Having anextra 100g would increasethe risk by 38%. Prof Larssonsaid: “Pancreatic cancer haspoor survival rates. So as wellas diagnosing it early, it’simportant to understandwhat can increase the risk ofthis disease.” Sherecommended that peopleeat less red meat.

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‘Tom andJerry’ now in

TibetanlanguageBEIJING, 14 Jan —

American cartoon series“Tom and Jerry” is among1,500 hours of English andChinese TV programmestranslated into Tibetanlanguage and on show dailythrough a local cable channelin Tibetan capital Lhasa, a topofficial said.

Tenzin, a six-year-oldfirst-grade student in Lhasabelieves the US-born cat andmouse can actually speakTibetan. “It makes me laughto see the cat make a fool ofitself every time,” said Tenzin.Zhang Chongyin, chief ofTibet’s regional bureau ofradio, film and television,said: “Many Chinese classicshave also been translated intothe Tibetan language, such asthe ‘Monkey King’ and the‘Legend of the CondorHeroes’.”

All urban residentsliving in Tibet’s cities haveaccess to at least three wirelessTV channels and 30 cable TVchannels, while about 70percent of the rural populationcan receive satellite TV andradio signals, Xinhuareported. A 24-hour Tibetan-language TV channel thatoffers news and drama series ismost favoured by Tibetanpeople. Besides TV, Tibettranslates more than 10,000hours of radio programmesand 60 films every year, saidZhang.

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Russian tanker reachesice-bound Alaskan port

NOME, 14 Jan—A Russian tanker escorted by the USCoast Guard reached the frozen Alaskan port of Nome withemergency fuel supplies on Friday after a 10-day voyagethrough ice-choked seas, the Russian company that owns thevessel said.

The mission to Nome is the first mid-winter marinedelivery to western Alaska and comes as oil and gasdevelopment and climate change increase commercial trafficalong trade routes in the Arctic.

The Russian ship, the Renda, got an exemption lastmonth from US maritime law for the journey, after the city of3,600 residents missed its final scheduled barge deliverybefore winter when one of the worst storms in decades sweptthe northwest coastal town.”

The Renda has reached Nome. It has stopped 8 miles outat the edge of the ice. People are relieved and resting now. Itis night there now,” Fazil Aliyev, the general director of theRussian shipping firm that owns the Renda, told Reuters.

“We will start offloading (fuel) in the morning,” he saidby telephone from Russia’s Far Eastern port city ofVladivostok where the company, RIMSCO, is based.

The Renda is carrying about 1.3 million gallons ofArctic-grade diesel and gasoline, according to Vitus Marine,the Anchorage-based company that arranged for the specialdelivery.

Even with the US Coast Guard’s only functioningicebreaker, the Healy, slicing a path for the Renda throughBering Sea ice as thick as 24 inches, slow progress had raiseddoubts about whether it would reach the port.—Internet

Check out those cool sabres all around the world.— XINHUA

BEIJING,14 Jan—The growing popularity of dining out onthe Lunar New Year’s Eve, which falls this year on 22 Jan, isfattening restaurants’ reservation books. “Sales of the ChineseNew Year Eve dinner have surged 15 percent compared withlast year,” said Zhang Jianyi, branding executive at the GrandMansion Restaurant Management Co Ltd.

Zhang said that all of the tables his company had to offer,with meals priced at 2,680 yuan ($425) to 8,880 yuan, werefully booked. The Spring Festival is a golden season forrestaurants offering Chinese food, he said. “People think ofWestern food on Christmas or Valentine’s Day. They come tous at the Lunar New Year for the Chinese flavor.” It’s long beena tradition for Chinese people to eat at home on this specialnight as family members prepare dinner together. Askedwhat’s been getting people to leave home, Zhang cited a bettereconomy and an appetite for quality food.

“Some dishes cannot be cooked well at home. With a bigbonus at the end of the year, people simply want their parentsand children to try some nice food,” Zhang said. “Also, it is noteasy for relatives to get together every year,” he said. “Theywant to spend the precious time learning more about each otherrather than washing dishes in the kitchen.”— Xinhua

Dinner out is on the menu forthe big night

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NEW HAMPSHIRE, 14 Jan — A Texaswoman who admitted killing her 6-year-oldson and leaving his body on a Maineroadside tearfully apologized before beingsentenced on Friday to 45 years to life inprison, New Hampshire court officials said.a remote road in Maine last May andremained unidentified for four days untilauthorities tracked down his mother,Julianne McCrery, at a Massachusettshighway rest stop.

Prosecutors said McCrery, 42, of Irving,Texas, killed her son at a New Hampshiremotel and dumped his body, covered with ablanket, hours later. The cause of death wasruled as asphyxiation. Depressed andsuicidal, McCrery smothered her son withpillows, his limbs flailing until his body wentlimp, officials said. Chief Justice Tina Nadeau

LAS VEGAS, 14 Jan—“Weare in the middle of atechnology revolution,” thechief of the ConsumerElectronics Association(CEA) said on Thursday. GaryShapiro, CEA president andchief executive officer, toldXinhua in an exclusiveinterview at the sidelines ofthe 2012 InternationalConsumer Electronics Show(CES) “We are still starting ina shift to the digital revolution.There is room for tremendousgrowth.” Shapiro believedinnovation, this year’s CEStheme, is the key to growth.“Innovation is creating

LAS VEGAS, 14 Jan— Oneof the most revolutionarychanges for consumers thatmay come out of this year’sInternational ConsumerElectronics Show (CES) willnot be the electronic devicesthemselves, but the way theyare charged. Instead of usingtraditional cords to powermobile phones, kitchenappliances, and evenvehicles, exhibitsshowcasing wireless powertechnologies offer a glimpseinto the future of howindividuals can charge theirdevices without a plug or cord.

Fulton Innovation, whodevelops and licenses itseCoupled intelligent wirelesstechnology, demonstratedhow the technology could beapplied across a variety ofusage cases at home and atwork. At CES, the company

BOGOTA, 14 Jan—The pilot of a small plane managed tomake an emergency landing in the jungle after his motor failed,and all four people aboard survived, including a pregnantwoman he was trying to fly for medical care, Colombianofficials said on Friday. Air Force Lt Col Jorge Suarez saidrescue teams found the survivors on Friday and none hadsuffered major injuries. Suarez said the Cessna 185 had left thesouthwestern city of city of Guapi Thursday and plane’smotor went out a few minutes after takeoff.

Pilot Fernando Valencia told Caracol Radio that he set theplane down on jungle foliage, calling it “a procedure that allpilots handle. It was an emergency landing on the jungle.” Theplane was damaged. Suarez said Miyerlady Florez and herunborn child are healthy, and that Florez was close to givingbirth.— Internet

Photo taken on 12 Jan, 2012 shows a Renault electronic car on the 90th EuropeanMotorshow in Brussels, capital of Belgium.—XINHUA

Mother sentenced to 45 years formurder of son, six

MOSCOW, 14 Jan — Russia’s failed Mars probe, Phobos-Grunt, is about to fall back to Earth — quite probably onSunday. The spacecraft has been losing altitude rapidly inrecent days and will soon be pulled into the top of theatmosphere where it will be destroyed. Phobos-Grunt weighedsome 13 tonnes at launch, but very little of this mass shouldmake it through to the surface.

Russian space agency (Roscosmos) estimates suggestperhaps only 200kg will survive the fiery plunge. Orbitaldebris experts say there are large uncertainties in predictingre-entry events and it is currently not possible to forecastprecisely when or where on Earth the final descent will occur.

“The major uncertainty for prediction is the atmosphericdensity the spacecraft encounters in orbit, but it’s also due tothe orientation of the vehicle as it comes in,” explained ProfRichard Crowther, the UK Space Agency’s chief engineer. “Itcan very quickly tumble and if pieces break off—that allchanges the trajectory and where debris might impact.”

Internet# 8 Nov (GMT): The probe launched successfully on

its Zenit rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome#It was dropped off 11 minutes later in an elliptical

orbit some 345km above the Earth#Two firings from the probe’s hydrazine-fuelled cruise

stage were planned over South America#The first, lasting 11.5 minutes, should have raised

the orbit of Phobos-Grunt to 4,000km# A second burn, four hours into the mission, was to

have sent the probe on a path to Mars# But Russian engineers later confirmed that neither

burn took place# Controllers have had only limited radio contact

with the probe; mission recovery was not possible# Re-entry is now imminent; 20-30 fragments are

expected to survive the descent to Earth.

The German TIRA (Tracking and Imaging Radar)facility caught this image of Phobos-Grunt.— INTERNET

“We are in the middle of atechnology revolution”

Russia’s failed Phobos-Gruntspace probe heads to Earth

Phobos-Grunt - Mishapsequence

Wireless technology may changehow consumers charge devices

XICHANG, 14 Jan— China successfully launchedmeteorological satellite Fengyun-II 07 at 8:56 am Fridayfrom its southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Centre.Capable of providing continuous meteorological monitoringand sending maritime and water resource data, the satelliteis expected to play an important role in weather forecastingand disaster reduction.

Developed and produced by the Shanghai Academy ofSpaceflight Technology, a subsidiary of the China AerospaceScience and Technology Corporation (CASC), the orbiter willcollect data for the China Meteorological Administration.

The Long March 3A rocket that was used to carry thesatellite into space is a product of the China Academy ofLaunch Vehicle Technology, another CASC subsidiary.Friday’s launch marked the 157th Long March rocket launch.

Xinhua

Four survive as Colombiaplane make emergency landing

China launches meteorologicalsatellite Fengyun-II 07

Carrying ameteorological

satellite, Fengyun-II 07, a Long March

3 rocket lifts offfrom Xichang

Satellite LaunchCenter in southwest

China’s SichuanProvince,

on 13 Jan, 2012. XINHUA

announced that it is releasingits next generation wirelesspower solutions thatincorporate near-fieldresonant magnetic induction,allowing devices to chargewithout actually touching acharging surface.

Additionally, it will allowpower to transfer throughmetal surfaces, a propertywhich had previously beenunsafe to use as a surfaceconductor for power. Whilethe products with integratedeCoupled capabilitiescurrently in the marketplacefocus predominantly onsmartphone chargingsurfaces, in part due to thelow-power demands of thesedevices, the company saidthere will be more applicationsusing this technologyexpected to come to market inthe near future.— Xinhua

something different thatpeople would pay for,” he said.Shapiro observed thatinnovation is displayed inmany companies’ exhibitsthroughout the InternationalCES this year. Ultrabook, SmartTV, 4k TV and 4G automobilesare just a few examples. “Noone company dominates.What I’m seeing is tremendousexcitement in the consumerelectronics technologycategory and growth in somany different areas, whetherit’s video, audio, smartphones,or home health-cares,” he said.

Xinhua

in Rockingham Superior Court inBrentwood, New Hampshire, sentencedMcCrery to 45 years to life in prison, officialsin the court clerk’s office said.

Before the sentencing, McCrery criedas she apologized for “causing pain andsuffering” to her son, saying he neverdeserved such a fate, video footage from thehearing showed. McCrery pleaded guilty inNovember to second-degree murder.McCrery, who had a history of depression,had been suicidal on her road trip to NewEngland from Texas, said Susan Morrell,New Hampshire senior assistant attorneygeneral.McCrery contemplated killing herson because she did not believe any relativeswere able to raise him nor did she want toplace him with another family or a childwelfare agency, Morrell said.— Internet

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Foreign Heads of State and Honorary Consul General of Myanmarin Lebanon send felicitations to President U Thein Sein

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Jan—The following are messages offelicitations from foreign heads of State and HonoraryConsul General of the Republic of the Union of Myanmarin Lebanon to President of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar U Thein Sein, on the occasion of the 64th

Anniversary Independence Day of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar.From Dato Sri Mohd Najib, Prime Minister of Malaysia

On behalf of the Government and people of Malaysia,I would like to extend my heartiest congratulations and bestwishes to Your Excellency on the occasion of the 64th

Anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar.

I trust that the existing ties between our two countrieswill be further strengthened in the years ahead and Myanmarwill enjoy greater economic prosperity and attain the objectivesof the country’s Roadmap to Democracy in the near future.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of myhighest consideration.

From Omer Hassan Ahmed Elbashir, President of theRepublic of SudanExcellency

On behalf of the people and the government of theRepublic of Sudan, and on my own behalf, I would like tosincerely congratulate you and the people of Myanmar onthe occasion of the national day of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar.

I hope that the distinguished existing relationsbetween our friendly countries will further develop and getstrengthened.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of myhighest consideration, wish you and your country all thebest in the upcoming future.From Tsakhia Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia

I would like to extend my sincere congratulations toYour Excellency and the friendly people of Myanmar on theauspicious occasion of the National Day of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar.

I would like to cooperate with your Excellency towardsintensification of our bilateral ties between Mongolia andMyanmar for the benefit of our people and regional prosperity.

I take this opportunity to extend my best wishes forYour Excellency’s good health and well being and progressand prosperity to the friendly people of Myanmar.From Elie J Debahy, Honorary Consul General of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar in LebanonYour Excellency,

Please accept my congratulations as you celebrateyour country’s 64th Independence Anniversary.

Knowing it is a great day of celebration and patriotism,I would like to take this opportunity to extend my mostsincere wishes for continued good health, prosperity andjoy to you and your people on such a happy occasion.

I avail myself of this opportunity to express to yourExcellency my best wishes for a happy, peaceful andprosperous 2012, and to renew to your Excellency theassurances of my highest consideration.

Honorary Consul General of Myanmar in Lebanon sendsfelicitations to Vice-Presidents

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Jan—The following is message of felicitations from Honorary ConsulGeneral of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Lebanon to Vice-President of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo, on the occasion ofthe 64th Anniversary Independence Day of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.From Elie J Debahy, Honorary Consul General of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar in LebanonYour Excellency,

Please accept my congratulations as you celebrate your country’s 64th IndependenceAnniversary.

Knowing it is a great day of celebration and patriotism, I would like to take thisopportunity to extend my most sincere wishes for continued good health, prosperity andjoy to you and your people on such a happy occasion.

I avail myself of this opportunity to express to your Excellency my best wishes fora happy, peaceful and prosperous 2012, and to renew to your Excellency the assurances ofmy highest consideration.

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Jan—The following is message of felicitations from HonoraryConsul General of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Lebanon to Vice-Presidentof the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Dr Sai Mauk Kham, on the occasion of the 64th

Anniversary Independence Day of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.From Elie J Debahy, Honorary Consul General of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar in LebanonYour Excellency,

Please accept my congratulations as you celebrate your country’s 64th IndependenceAnniversary.

Knowing it is a great day of celebration and patriotism, I would like to take thisopportunity to extend my most sincere wishes for continued good health, prosperity andjoy to you and your people on such a happy occasion.

I avail myself of this opportunity to express to your Excellency my best wishes fora happy, peaceful and prosperous 2012, and to renew to your Excellency the assurances ofmy highest consideration.

Recently, our media group went down AyeyawadyRiver by a craft from Bhamo to attend ceremony to fix goldennut at frame of Ayeyawady Bridge (Sinkhan) being built onAyeyawady River in Kachin State, at the invitation of ChiefEngineer U Myo Win of Special Bridge Construction Group(2). Kachin State, located at northernmost part of Myanmar,is endowed with snow-capped mountain, gold, jade andgems, metals and thick forests. Maykha and Malikha riversoriginated in snow-capped mountain, converge intoAyeyawady River near “Karein-naw as a confluence.

Under the guidance of the Head of State, rail-cum-roadAyeyawady Bridge (Sinkhan), located upstream seconddefile, near Sinkhan Village, Bhamo Township, BhamoDistrict, are under construction by Chief Engineer U MyoWin of Special Bridge Construction Group (2) and party.

Five Ayeyawady River-crossing Bridges are beingbuilt simultaneously by Ministry of Construction. Recently,Ayeyawady Bridge (Nyaungdon) and Ayeyawady Bridge(Pakokku), the longest one in Myanmar, were put intooperation. Efforts are being put into completion of it. Wearrived at the construction project on 6 January evening theevening. The project office was packed with people becauseof being on the eve of the ceremony. But being so cold, wewent to bed early. The ceremony started next morning. Atthe ceremony, Union Minister for Construction U KhinMaung Myint, Kachin State Chief Minister U La John NganHsai, Kachin State Minister for Transport U Kadu Man Nawand Minister for Forestry and Mines U Aung Naing fixed thegolden nuts at Bridge’s frames.

Ayeyawady Bridge (Sinkhan) inKachin State, nearing completion

Byline: Kayan Soe MyintPhoto: Kyaw Moe Lwin

The Head of State instructed Ministry of Constructionand Minister of Rail Transportation to do feasibility study forconstruction of a rail-cum-road bridge linking Katha andBhamo regions which are far-flung areas so as to developnorthernmost part of Myanmar in record time.

A team led by the deputy chief engineer (bridge) ofPublic Works under the Ministry of Construction held acoordination meeting with Project Director of Katha-BhamoRail Road Construction Project of Myanma Railways. After

that, the submitted their feasibility study to the Head ofState.

A resolution was passed by the Head of State atSpecial Project Implementation Meeting No 1/2009 held on 4May 2009. Special Project Group (2) of Public Works underthe Ministry of Construction started building the project.

*****Translation:MT

Kyemon: 14-1-2012

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AFEO presents engineering awards

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Jan—Union Ministerfor Industry U Soe Thein attended theceremony to present engineering awardsalong with honouring donors at MyanmarEngineering Society building in HlineUniversity campus here this morning.

Speaking on the occasion, YangonRegion Chief Minister U Myint Swe cheeredup the award winners. MES Chairman U WinKhaing and Commissioner Mr Choo KokBeng of ASEAN Federation of EngineeringOrganizations extended greetings.

Union Minister for Science andTechnology U Aye Myint, Union Minister atthe President Office (Rtd) U Kyaw SwaKhaing, and Union Minister for Hotels andTourism and for Sports U Tint Hsan andUnion Minister for Border Affairs andMyanma Industrial Development Lt-GenThein Htay and MES Chairman U Win Khaingwon AFEO Honorary Fellowship titles and

responsible persons accepted the titlespresented by the AFEO Commissioner, onbehalf of the title winners.

The AFEO Commissioner thenpresented AFEO honorary membershipawards to Auditor Dr Charlie Than, JointGeneral Secretary U Ohn Myint and CECmember U Khin Maung Se of MES, Managing-Director (Rtd) U Myint Htay and Director UWin Myint of Ministry of Energy, andASEAN Outstanding EngineeringAchievement Award to Yadana-Yangondomestic use offshore natural gas pipelineproject of Myanma Oil and Gas Enterpriseunder the Energy Ministry.

Next, donors presented cash assistancefor the MES including Union Minister U SoeThein who then viewed booths at engineeringproducts show jointly organized by the MESand Young Engineer in National Stadium (2)in Hline University campus.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Jan—A Myanmar Tatmadawgoodwill delegation led byCommander-in-Chief (Air)Lt-Gen Myat Hein arrivedback Yangon this eveningafter paying a goodwill visitto Pakistan at the invitation

Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Heinback from Pakistan

of Chief of Air Staff Air ChiefMarshal Rao Qamar Sulemanof Pakistan.

C o m m a n d e r - i n -Chief (Air) Lt-Gen MyatHein was welcomed back atYangon InternationalAirport by the commander

of Ayeyawady Naval RegionCommand and thecommander of MingaladonAirbase. Members of theMyanmar Tatmadawgoodwill delegation alsoarrived back on the sameflight.—MNA

Union Minister for Industry U Soe Thein and party visit booths atEngineering Products Show.—MNA

Myanmar, Japan eye closer…(from page 16)

After that, MoU oninvestment cooperationbetween Directorate ofInvestment and CompaniesAdministration andJETERO-Yangon and MoU

on renewable energy andenvironmental conservationbetween Myanmar RuralArea Energy DevelopmentCommittee and NEDO weresigned. According toparticipating experts, Myan-

mar’s economy is expectedto experience developmentin coming years profited byJapanese companies’investment in infrastructural,economic and industrialsectors.—MNA

YANGON, 14 Jan—A delegation led byFrench Minister for Foreign Affairs andEuropean Affairs Mr Alain Juppe arrivedhere this evening.

They were welcomed at YangonInternational Airport by Director-Generalof Training, Research and Foreign

Delegation led by French Minister forForeign Affairs arrives

Languages Department under the Ministryof Foreign Affairs Daw Yin Yin Myint, DeputyDirector-General of Protocol Department UMaung Maung and officials, FrenchAmbassador to Myanmar Mr Thierry Mathouand officials.

MNA

French Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Affairs Mr AlainJuppe and party being welcomed at Yangon International Airport.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Jan—U Kyaw Myint, 46of Lebyin Village in Phakant Township ofKachin State stepped on a mine planted byKIA (Kachin) Group, five miles east ofLonkhin Village at 10 am on 10 Januarywhile going to farmland.

Innocent civilian injured in mine blast ofKIA (Kachin) Group

The mine blast blew off his left fingersand injured at his buttock.

Officials rushed him to Lonkhin StationHospital for medical treatment and providednecessary assistance to him.

MNA

YANGON, 14 Jan—The winner list wasannounced today by Manuscript ScrutinyCommittee for Doh Kyay Ywa Journal ShortStory Contest, organized by Information andPublic Relations Department.

U Shwe Thein (Ye Yint Kyaw) stoodfirst, U Khin Maung Shwe (Taw Myint Myay-Kyunhlayin), second and U Ye Win (Ye

Winners in Doh Kyay Ywa Journal ShortStory Contest announced

Myat Tin) third in the short story contesttogether with five honorary prize winners.

IPRD will award the first, second andthird winners at its anniversary ceremony inNay Pyi Taw. Honorary prize winners will beawarded at respective District and TownshipIPRD Offices.

MNA

Pansodan-Dalla ferry crowded with touristsAt the beginning of this year, Pansodan-

Dalla jetty of Inland Water Transport ispacked with a number of foreign travelers.On 8 January morning, I saw a German touristgroup including three males and ten femalestaking photos of Yangon River and thebeauty of jetty on Kyansittha Ship headingto Pansodan from Dalla. “They all are fromGermany and come back from Dalla aftertouring around Dalla. At the start of thisyear, there has been a massive influx oftourists into the country compared withprevious year. So, the country receives much

foreign earnings from it,” the interpreter said.The number of tourists who used at IWT jettyfrom 1 to 7 January has reached 670. Most ofthem are from Korea, France, Spain andAustralia, according to office’s records. So,IWT earns more foreign currency. The shipfare for a Myanmar citizen is amount to K 50and to and fro ticket fare for a tourist, two USDor K 2000.

***** Translation: MT

Myanma Alin13-1-2012

Swamp scheme for old vehicles going onNAY PYI TAW, 14 Jan—Since the launch

of old automobiles swap scheme on 12September last year, special permits havebeen issued to import new cars. Apart fromthis, exporters, importers, hoteliers, gemsmerchants, diplomats and civil servants onmission, and civil servants studying abroadare now allowed to purchase a car each if theministries concerned recommend.

Seafarers also have the permit forimportation of vehicles on condition that

they got the recommendation of Departmentof Marine Administration under theMinistry of Transportation. Since theallowance of Directorate of Trade forvehicle importation till 12 January, permitshave been issued for importation of 17955automobiles, 694 trucks and 276 busesunder the old bus swamp scheme and forimportation of 15 cars to seafarers, and 113to company owners.

MNA

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How a 16-carat diamond was stolen from a London jeweller, ‘found’ in aHong Kong pawn shop, and is now being held in New York

NEW YORK , 14 Jan — Ahuge yellow diamondsnatched in a £13millionjewellery raid in London hasresurfaced in a Hong Kongpawn shop. Armed robberstook the 16-carat stone,valued at £1million, in anaudacious heist on the Graffjewellers in Sloane Street in2007. Arriving in a £118,000

one of the stolen Graff gems.The London jewellers are nowsuing for the diamond’simmediate return atManhattan’s state supremecourt in New York. Graff saysit is the diamond’s ‘onlyrightful owner’, but claimsthe pawn shop will not let theinstitute return it to them.Sam Hung, a director at the

chauffeur-driven BentleyContinental, the two robbers– one wearing a panama hatand the other a beige suit –were allowed into the storeby security staff.

They chatted briefly tothe assistants before pullingout a pair of silver handgunsand grabbing handfuls ofrings, necklaces, earrings anddiamonds. The stockily-builtmen, aged between 40 and55, then fled in the waitingBentley. The case has neverbeen solved and the yellowdiamond is understood to bethe first item in the haul everto be located. The Hong Kongpawn shop claims it paidaround £250,000 in 2010 forthe stone, which had beenrecut after it was stolen. Theythen sent it to theGemological Institute ofAmerica in New York forappraisal.

However, institute staffhad certified it before andrecognized the diamond as

Yau On pawn shop in HongKong, said he was not awarethe diamond was stolen whenthe shop bought it.

‘When I received thediamond, I had documen-tation about where I boughtit but I had no method ofknowing the source (of thediamond),’ he said. ‘But wedid pay for it – we’re a pawnshop. We are nownegotiating.’ Graff hassuffered a string of high profilerobberies in recent years. InMay 2003, a Serbian gangknown as the Pink Panthersstole jewellery worth£23million from its flagshipstore in New Bond Street. Thebranch was targeted again in2009 when gems worth£40million were stolen in oneof Britain’s biggest jewelleryrobberies. Four men, whorobbed the shop wearing suitsand heavily disguised withmake-up, were later jailed forup to 23 years.

Internet

Some of the diamondsstolen during the hold-upin London in 2007. It hasnow emerged that a 16-carat yellow diamond

taken during the raid hasappeared in a Hong Kong

pawn shop.— INTERNET

The raid was carried outby a pair of sharplydressed thieves who

arrived in a $250,000Bentley Continental

Flying Spur. — INTERNET

18 killed, 60 injured in threeroad accidents in Peru

Gunman kills three in NorthCarolina workplace shooting

STAR, 14 Jan — A lumber company worker in Star, NorthCarolina, is suspected of shooting dead three colleagues andcritically injuring another, before shooting himself on Friday,police said. The suspect apparently targeted specific co-workers at the McBride Lumber Company when he openedfire with a 12-gauge shotgun about 6 am, said Sheriff DempseyOwens of Montgomery County.

“It appears that a lone gunman entered his workplaceand went to four individuals inside and confronted them andshot all four of them, killing three and injuring one,” saidOwens. The suspected shooter then returned to his homeabout a mile north of the lumber company where he shothimself in the head, Owens said. The man, Ronald DeanDavis, 50, was still alive when police found him slumped onhis couch.

Police also discovered a six-page handwritten note atthe scene. The note, Owens said, is “very vague and ramblesa lot.” Davis and the injured victim were both flown to ahospital in Chapel Hill. “Both of them are in bad shape,”Owens said. Owens said it was unclear what sparked theshooting. The McBride Lumber Co, which makes woodpallets, declined to comment.—Internet

A view shows the McBride Lumber Company after a fatalshooting in Star, North Carolina on 13 Jan, 2012. A

worker at the lumber company is suspected of shootingdead three colleagues and critically injuring another,

before shooting himself on Friday, police said.— INTERNET

LIMA, 14 Jan — At least18 people were killed and 60others injured in three roadaccidents early Fridaymorning in Peru, local policesaid. Police said that apassenger bus had a head-oncrash with a freight bus with15 tons of cement in the townof Barranca, 208 kilometresnorth of capital Lima. Afterthe crash, the bus was on fire,which caused the immediatedeath of 13 passengers andinjuries to 30 others.

In the second accident abus left from the highlandtown of Puno and wastraveling to Arequipa, the

capital city of the departmentwith the same name, veeredoff the road and turned,killing four passengers andinjuring 20 others. Theinjured were taken to a nearbyhospital.

In the third accident apassenger bus departed fromLima and was traveling to theHuanuco department, on thecentre-north of Peru, crashedagainst a bus that wascarrying potatoes. Thepassenger bus driver waskilled and 10 passengers wereinjured, according to roadauthorities.

Xinhua

Heart-stopping organ transferbungle in Mexico

MEXICO CITY, 14 Jan —Bungling medics in Mexicoare the butt of jokes after beingfilmed dropping a humanheart that was being rushed toa patient needing a transplant.Worst of all, the wholedramatic medical emergencywas caught on camera. Thenation’s media werefollowing every step of thedramatic journey in MexicoCity to the capital’s hospital.

They watched as theheart was driven acrosspolice-cleared streets to theairport strip where a privateplane was waiting,

successfully transferred to theplane and then carefullyunloaded on its arrival. Butas the medics hurried totransport it to the hospital -the plastic case opened andthe heart fell out.

Using only their barehands, the medics snatchedthe package up, locked thecase and hurried on their way.Fortunately, the heart waswrapped up within threelayers and the transplant wentahead with the patientrecovering well, accordingto the surgeon who performedthe operation.—Internet

Fortunately, the heart was well wrapped in protectivelayers.— INTERNET

NVIDIA integrates mobileprocessing power in

automobiles

Volkswagen’s China sales up17.7 pct in 2011

BEIJING, 14 Jan — Volkswagen China said Friday that itsauto sales rose 17.7 percent year-on-year to hit 2.26 millionunits in 2011. The figure was 3.4 percentage points higherthan the global sales growth of the German-based VolkswagenGroup, making China the company’s largest overseas marketfor the third straight year.

The growth was bolstered by strong performances by thecompany’s two Chinese joint ventures — ShanghaiVolkswagen and FAW-Volkswagen. Despite a slowdown inChina’s auto market, Shanghai Volkswagen’s sales surged24.4 percent year-on-year to hit 1.16 million units last year,while FAW-Volkswagen’s sales reached 1.02 million.

Xinhua

Office workers ‘forget to stand’

LAS VEGAS, 14 Jan —NVIDIA, the computer chipmanufacturer best known forits high performancegraphics processors, islooking to make furtherinroads with the automobileindustry by integrating itsnew Tegra 3 mobileprocessors in upcomingvehicle models. At the 2012International ConsumerElectronics Show (CES),NVIDIA and Audi announcedthat all models from theGerman auto manufacturerin 2013 will use Tegra 3 quad-core processors to power theirin-car digital systems.

These processors, whichare traditionally found insmartphones and tablets, willsupport the vehicle’s digitalsystems at lower energy ratesand also allow for shorter leadtimes in getting concepts tomarket. In addition topowering infotainmentsystems that allow for web

browsing and Google Earthintegrations, they will alsogive automakers the abilityto replace traditionaldashboards with instrumentcluster systems, or digitaldashboards.

“By leveragingtechnology from the verylatest smartphones andtablets, Audi is leading themarket with innovations thatenhance safety and makedriving more enjoyable,”said Ricky Hudi, thecompany’s chief executiveengineer, at Audi’s officialconference at CES.For Audi,this means that they will beable to offer cars like the next-generation A3 modelbeginning in 2013, whichfeatures an integratedtouchpad system andmounted monitor with theability to render 3D imaging.Current 2012 Audi vehicleshouse the Tegra 2processor.— Xinhua

LONDON, 14 Jan — Office workers need to get out of theirchairs more and talk to people face-to-face instead of usingemail, according to researchers. They are warning that peopleare spending too long sitting at desks. A study, to be presentedat the British Psychological Society’s Annual OccupationalConference, claims people spend an average of five hours and41 minutes at their desk on a work day.

The researchers said workers “just forget” to stand up. DrMyanna Duncan, from Loughborough University, said: “We’relooking at an ageing population, working later into their lives.To work later you need to be healthy.” She warned that peoplewere spending nearly as long at their desks as they weresleeping in the beds. She added that people who sat at workwere also more likely to sit at home and “surprise, surprise” thiswas linked with weight.

Forgetting to stand up?—INTERNET

The study was based on interviews and surveys withmore than 1,000 people from a variety of jobs including thosein retail and telecommunications. Dr Duncan said: “We needto be aware of how much we sit. “People don’t need apsychologist to tell them to get up and walk around. But ifit helps, I’d tell them to put a post-it note on their computerto remind them. — Internet

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The Chinese New Year Concert is held at the ViennaMusikverein, Vienna, Austria, on 12 Jan, 2012. A

Chinese New Year Concert was held Thursday evening atthe Vienna Musikverein, with Chinese American pianistYin Chengzong bringing his renowned piece “The YellowRiver Piano Concerto” again to the Austrian audience

after 53 years. — XINHUA

Wedding-gift, children exposattract large crowds in Nepal

KATHMANDU, 14 Jan—The 6th Wedding-Gift Expo alongwith 5th Children Expo kicked off here Thursday, attracting alarge number of visitors. Wedding is of great significance inall cultures and religions. In Nepal, it is associated with manyrituals and cultures. To promote products needed for wedding,Direction Nepal has organized the event which coincides withthe wedding season in the country. There are a total of 80booths which showcase various wedding- related products.Other excitements of the event are the bridal fashion show andbridal makeup. “These kinds of events help enhance economyand business in the nation,” said Event Director PashupatiKC. The expos not only target people who think aboutmarriage but also woo visitors who have kids.

Many families who came to the expos with their childrenwere very excited. The Children Expo has some 70 boothswhich feature various products and services related to children.Children Expo 2012 is being organized with a motive to provideeducation and entertainment to kids. More than 40 companiesin the sector are participating in the event, according to theorganizer.

“We have introduced various items, study materials,child counseling, hand writing competition, fancy dresscompetition and others which will help in the development ofchildren,” said Trilokeshwor Malla from Direction Nepal.Princia Shrestha, one of the participant of the bridal make-upcompetition, said she feels very happy to be part of thecompetition. “Although I am not a real bride, my marriage willnot be soon but I am very happy to look like a bride today ina competition,” she said smilingly.— Xinhua

Thieves dig 100ft tunnel to steal cash in Levenshulme

LONDON, 14 Jan — Thievesin Manchester dug a 100ft (30m)underground tunnel to get to acash machine. The thefthappened overnight on 2January at Blockbuster inFallowfield ShoppingPrecinct, Levenshulme.Thieves dug the tunnel directlyunder the cash machine andused machinery to cut throughmore than 15in (38cm) ofconcrete to steal the money.Det Sgt Ian Shore fromLongsight CID said: “In all myyears of service, I’ve neverseen anything as elaborate.”

The tunnel started from arailway embankment at the rearof the shop, and went under acar park and beneath thefoundations of the store. Thepassageway was about 4ft(1.2m) tall and had been fittedwith lighting and roof supports.Police said the offenders alsomade their getaway back downthe tunnel. Officers believe thepeople responsible could havespent up to six months diggingthe passageway.—Internet

The passageway was about 4ft (1.2m) tall.— INTERNET

Seabird foraging areas ‘key for conservation’LONDON , 14 Jan — The feeding patterns

of seabirds around the UK coastline can becan used to help identify the location ofpossible marine protection areas, a study

says. Researchers compiled data on 25 species’foraging behaviour, adding that feeding sitesplayed a vital role in the success of breedingcolonies. There is just one MarineConservation Zone in English waters but anetwork is expected to be decided by 2013.

The findings appear in the journalBiological Conservation.

“There is an increasing need to protectareas of sea for marine species because theenvironment is facing pressures - such as oil,shipping, gas and renewable energy,”explained co-author Chris Thaxter, researchecologist for the British Trust for Ornithology(BTO). “It is important not to let these eventsimpact on the species that are using theseareas.”

He told BBC News that there was adiscrepancy between the level of protectionoffered to the birds while they were on coloniesand when they were searching for food.“Seabirds are an important part of the marineecosystems,” Dr Thaxter said.

“Seabird colonies are relatively wellprotected but offshore areas are not - and thathas been a big gap in [scientific] knowledge.“This is the challenge that the governmentfaces: deciding what areas to protect whenthey do not have the best evidence to hand.”

Internet

UK is an internationally importantbreeding site for a range of species,

including puffins.— INTERNET

Number of US visa applications on sharp rise in China, BrazilWASHINGTON, 14 Jan—

The number of applicationsfor US visas that wereprocessed in China and Brazilin the first quarter of the fiscalyear 2012 increased more than50 percent from the sameperiod last year, the US StateDepartment said onThursday.

In China, US consularofficers adjudicated nearly260,000 visas in China in thefirst quarter of fiscal year 2012,which lasted from October toDecember 2011, compared to175,000 in the same period infiscal 2011, an increase of 48percent.

Precious photos of Hollywood legendary actressElizabeth Taylor.—XINHUA

Capital begins hourlyupdates on air pollutionBEIJING, 14 Jan—The

Chinese capital beganreleasing hourly air pollutiondata on Thursday to addressgrowing public concern overair quality.

The Beijing MunicipalEnvironmental MonitoringCenter will publish readingsfor the levels of sulfur dioxide,nitrogen dioxide and PM 10 -particulate matter smaller than10 micrograms - detected byits 27 air quality monitoringstations.

The data, releasedhourly on the center’swebsite and micro blog, “isprovided to better serve theresidents of the capital”, saidZhao Yue, deputy director ofthe centre.

Residents generallyhailed the move, but somesaid more needs to be done.“It is undoubtedly a stepforward,” said Wang Bao, 27,a physical education teacherat a primary school in northern

In Brazil, nearly 280,000visas were processed in theperiod, compared to 171,000in fiscal 2011, an increase of63 percent, the departmentsaid in a statement. The sharpincrease in visa processingresulted from the initiativestaken by the State Departmentto greatly reduce the wait timefor visa interview in Chinaand Brazil, two of the fast-growing economies in theworld. In China, visa interviewwait times have been reduced

to only two days at any offive US visa-processingposts. In Brazil, wait timeshave been reduced to 15days in Rio de Janeiro andsix days in Brasilia, thecapital city.

To meet increasingdemand for US visas, the USState Department isdeploying additionalpersonnel, expanding visasections, and utilizing newsystems and technologiesto facilitate legitimate travel

without compromisingnational security. As visitorsfrom China and Brazil representa growing market for travel andtourism to the United States,the remarkable growth in visaprocessing signals good newsfor the US economy, thestatement said. Everyadditional 65 internationalvisitors to the US generateenough exports to support anadditional travel and tourism-related job, the statementsaid.— Xinhua

IBM researchers make 12-atommagnetic memory bit

LONDON , 14 Jan — Researchers have successfully storeda single data bit in only 12 atoms. Currently it takes about amillion atoms to store a bit on a modern hard-disk, the researchersfrom IBM say. They believe this is the world’s smallest magneticmemory bit. According to the researchers, the technique opensup the possibility of producing much denser forms of magneticcomputer memory than today’s hard disk drives and solid statememory chips.

“Roughly every two years hard drives become denser,”research lead author Sebastian Loth told the BBC. “The obviousquestion to ask is how long can we keep going. And thefundamental physical limit is the world of atoms. “The approachthat we used is to jump to the very end, check if we can storeinformation in one atom, and if not one atom, how many do weneed?” he said. Below 12 atoms the researchers found that thebits randomly lost information, owing to quantum effects. A bitcan have a value of 0 or 1 and is the most basic form ofinformation in computation. “We kept building larger structuresuntil we emerged out of the quantum mechanical into theclassical data storage regime and we reached this limit at 12atoms.”— Internet

Thegroups of

atomswere built

using ascanningtunneling

microscope.INTERNET

Beijing’s Changping district.However, Wang said he

cared more about how thegovernment works to curbthe pollution. Ma Jun, directorof the Institute of Public andEnvironmental Affairs, a non-government organization,said hourly figures helpimprove the transparency ofthe environment watchdogs.

“The move respectscitizens’ right to know.”Readings for more pollutantswill be announced after stricterair quality standards areadopted in the future, Zhaosaid.

She did not elaborate,but the new readings mightinclude the level of PM 2.5 -particulate matter smaller than2.5 micrograms. Theseparticles could becomparatively morehazardous to people’s health,causing breathing problems.They are also believed to bethe cause of smog.— Xinhua

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Yangon Sailing ClubAnnual General Meeting

All members of Yangon Sailing Club are invited to attendthe Annual General Meeting to be held as follows:Date : 29th January 2012Place : Yangon Sailing ClubTime : 9:30 a.m.

Hon. Secretary Yangon Sailing Club

Russian finds Kalashnikovs infirewood crates

MOSCOW , 14 Jan — A man who had bought crates off theback of a lorry in Russia for firewood found they contained79 Kalashnikov rifles and parts, Russian media report. Thevillager in Udmurtia reported the rifles to a local policeman,after which investigators examined the 64 crates.

It was established that the army-issue rifles had beendelivered for scrap to the nearby Izhmash arms plant. The

driver had sold off the crates, thinking they were all empty.However, seven of them were found to contain rifles, as wellas 253 magazines and other parts, a police source told Interfaxnews agency.

Once delivered to Izhmash in the city of Izhevsk, thecrates had been used for removing rubbish.The driver, 39,had been working for a private firm, transporting the rubbishto a dump. “Along the road, he decided to make a bit of extramoney and sold [the crates], thinking they were empty,”Interfax reports. However, an investigation has begun intowhether the rifles were “thrown out accidentally or there wasan organised channel for selling them off illegally”, Udmurtiaprosecutors’ assistant Olesya Fedchishina told Russiannewspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta. —Internet

The Kalashnikov is one of the world’s most recognisableguns.— INTERNET

BEIJING,14 Jan—A cluster of low-rise village housesembraced by surrounding mountains, Shangri-La has all theotherworldly qualities described in “Lost Horizon”. Boastingmajestic natural scenery of snow-capped mountains, pristinealpine lakes and wide spreading grasslands, Shangri-La hasbeen a popular travel destination with young backpackersfrom home and abroad.

In 2007, the Shangri-La Ski Resort opened, turninganother page for local tourism. Constructed at an altitude ofover 3300 meters, the resort provides a welcome With acapacity to house one thousand people and equipped withtop facilities, the ski resort attracts tourists and local Tibetansalike. Because of its close location to the equator, temperaturesat Shangri-La are much warmer than other ski resorts innorthern Chinese cities. Temperatures may nosedive at night,but daytime temperatures can allow for comfortable skiingin T-shirts. Starting from 2008, the resort has been hosting aski festival each winter. Ski competitions have even drawncontenders from Europe. Tickets: Tickets are 80 to 100 yuanper hour. How to get there: Shangri-La is one hour by air fromKunming, capital city of Yunnan Province. Major cities inChina have flights to the Shangri-La airport.—Xinhua

The Shangri-La Ski Resort allows tourists to combinesightseeing with outdoor activity and helps boost local

tourism in winter. —XINHUA

Slide down the snow slopes ofShangri-La

Jia Qinglin (C), chairman of the Chinese People’sPolitical Consultative Conference National Committee,poses for a group photo with performers after a Spring

Festival gala held for overseas Chinese, in Beijing,capital of China, on 12 Jan, 2012. — Xinhua

BEIJING,14 Jan—China’s Overseas Chinese Affairs Officeof the State Council held a gala for overseas Chinese here onThursday, ahead of the traditional Spring Festival.

Jia Qinglin, chairman of the Chinese People’s PoliticalConsultative Conference National Committee, attended thegala and watched the performances with representatives ofChinese living abroad and returned overseas Chinese as wellas their relatives.The gala will also be on air for Chinesearound the world during the Spring Festival, or the ChineseLunar New Year, which falls on 23 January this year.

Since 2009, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of theState Council has had a tradition of holding a Spring Festivalgala every year, arranging for troupes to perform in countriesthat are home to large numbers of Chinese. This was the firsttime that the gala has been held at home. —Xinhua

China holds Spring Festivalgala for overseas Chinese

Just over half the population see an NHS dentist eachyear.— Internet

Dental body’s complaints backlog

The 90th European Motorshow runs from11 to 22 Jan inBrussels, Belgium.— XINHUA

Womanloses arm,shoulder

afterinjectingbath salts

NEW YORK , 14 Jan — A woman lost her arm, shoulder and collarbone due to flesh-eating bacteriathat was caused by a self-injection of ‘bath salts,’ WWLTV reported. The woman, who is 34, visitedthe emergency room and complained of arm pain, according to Dr Russell Russo of Louisiana StateUniversity Sciences Centre. “As bath salts gain popularity, medical centers of all disciplines mustbe prepared to identify not only the signs of intoxication, but the potential side effects, includingdeadly necrotizing fasciitis,” Russo said.

Bath salts are being sold all over the US with names like “Ivory Wave,” “White Lightning” and“Hurricane Charlie.” They are not the type of salts you would add to your bath, however; these so-called bath salts are intended to be snorted, smoked or injected – and users are getting high off ofthem. The Drug Enforcement Administration does not regulate these substances, but they are underfederal scrutiny, as the effects of these salts are comparable to methamphetamine abuse, accordingto poison control centers and other law enforcement agencies.

Internet

Magnesium-rich diet tied tolower stroke risk

LONDON, 14 Jan—A fresh look at past research concludesthat people who eat lots of greens and other foods rich inmagnesium have fewer strokes — a finding that supportscurrent diet guidelines.

But because the research focused on magnesium in food,the authors stopped short of recommending that people takea daily magnesium supplement. It’s possible that anotheraspect of the food is responsible for the finding.

Internet

LONDON, 14 Jan — Thebody which investigatesdangerous or incompetentdentists has been battling abacklog of serious complaints,the BBC has learned. Theproblems at the GeneralDental Council were at theirworst in 2010, when 72 seriouscomplaints had still not beendealt with after nine months.That compares to a total of224 serious complaintsreferred during the year. TheGDC has since appointed anew chief executive, andincreased the number ofinvestigatory hearings andstaff.

how it is being run. Thefindings are expected by theend of January. Theinvestigation followed theresignation of its former chair,Alison Lockyer, whocomplained about howinternal disputes betweenexecutives and other staff inthe GDC were dealt with.

Last year the CHRE wrotetwo audits which were criticalof how long it took to processthe disciplinary cases ofdentists. It highlightedproblems with record-keeping, including aninstance of importantinformation recorded only ona Post-it note.”

Internet

The council isresponsible for monitoring thedental professional. But itsown regulator, the Council

for Healthcare RegulatoryExcellence (CHRE), was askedby the government inSeptember 2011 to report on

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MANILA, 14 Jan—“American Idol” runner-upDavid Archuleta says he’s“excited” about working on a

NEW YORK, 14 Jan—Even at 53, pop superstarMadonna says she is open towalking down the aisle againand is hoping to be swept offher feet by a knight in shiningarmour.

The ‘Vogue’ hitmaker,says she would considerbecoming a wife for the thirdtime after two failed marriages- to Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie- and multiple affairs, reported

MUMBAI, 14 Jan— Salman Khan andShah Rukh Khan have been named the mostprofitable actors of the Hindi film industry inIndia and abroad respectively by ETCBollywood Business Awards. KareenaKapoor, who featured in Bodyguard andRA.One in 2011 opposite the two actors, hasbeen titled the most profitable actor in thefemale category.

“Receiving an award wherein you arebeing adjudged considering the economicquotient as a cornerstone for mapping thesuccess gives you a sense of pride. I’vealways maintained that commercial successis as important as the critical success of amovie. A commercially successful movie paysevidence to the fact that viewers lovedwatching your movie,” Kareena said in aPress statement.

Salman’s Bodyguard, the Hindi remakeof the Malayalam film by the same name, was

Archuleta ‘excited’ to shootPhilippine TV series

In this 8 June, 2011, filephoto, David Archuletaposes for a photo as he

arrives at the CMT MusicAwards in Nashville, Tenn.

INTERNET

Philippine TV series.His Filipino co-stars

Jasmine Curtis-Smith and EulaCaballero welcomed him withflower garlands at Manila’sairport Friday. They’ll beshooting the TV5 drama thenext few weeks.

Fans and journalistsjostled to take pictures as the20-year-old singer emergedfrom the airport gate.

Archuleta said in a videoblog before leaving the USthat he has taken actinglessons to prepare. He says:“I’m excited about it. ... This isa new experience for me.”

TV5 Vice President PerciIntalan says “it’s a dreamcome true” for the network tohave Archuleta in a Filipinoshow.

Internet

Madonna, who is motherto four children, also said

that she is a hopelessromantic at heart.

REUTERS

Madonna still waiting for Mr RightDaily Mail online.

“I would actually say yesto marriage. I think I’m a prettygood judge of character but Ihave made a few mistakes,”said Madonna, who has beendating French dancer BrahimZaibat for more than a yearnow.

Madonna, who is motherto four children, also said thatshe is a hopeless romantic atheart.

“If you’re a romantic likeme, and every girl I know is,

every girl wants to be sweptoff her feet by a knight inshining armour.Unfortunately we’re raised onthose fairy tales.

“Even if we aresophisticated, educated,intelligent, evolved humanbeings, we like to think in theback of our minds that MrRight is going to sweep us offour feet and take us into thesunset, and we’re going tolive happily ever after,” sheadded.—Reuters

SRK-Salman, Kareena named most profitable actors!

Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoorpose with their award.—INTERNET

MUMBAI, 14 Jan—Hrithik Roshan’s birthdayturned out to be a doubledhamaal, beams my NautankiNaari from Lokhandwala.She says that the number ofjournos who turned up toactor on his big day at hisresidence was easily twicelast year’s count.

The number was in 50slast year and it’s about 100and counting this time. Theactor cut over 25 birthdaycakes and clicked a millionphotos with all and sundry.He ensured that no one wenthungry and thirsty from hisplace. In very Shah RukhKhan style, he had organisedfood and drinks for theguests in the building’spremise.

Later in the evening, theactor spent time with his biwiSussanne and kids Hrehaanand Hridaan over dinnerthat was planned by his wifemuch in advance. Badhiyahai! Here I’m still waiting forsomeone to surprise mepleasantly like this!

Internet

Hrithik Roshan

HrithikRoshandouble

dhamaal!

LOS ANGELES, 14 Jan—Rapper Nicki Minaj will makeher debut Grammyperformance next month,joining Foo Fighters, BrunoMars and country singerJason Aldean on the list ofartists who will take to thestage on the recordingindustry’s biggest night.

Grammy organizers saidon Thursday that Minaj, whohas four Grammynominations, will perform atthe 12 February awardsshow, as well as countrysensation Taylor Swift, andKelly Clarkson.

But there was no officialword on Thursday on whetherBritain’s Adele, whose album“21” was the biggest seller of2011, will be singing at theGrammys following surgeryon her vocal cords inNovember.

Adele, who has been ondoctor-ordered vocal restsince November, was notamong the first list of Grammy

Nicki Minaj, Foo Fightersto perform at Grammys

Singer Nicki Minaj (R) andDJ David Guetta perform

at the 2011 AmericanMusic Awards in Los

Angeles on 20 Nov, 2011.REUTERS

performers.But the 23 year-old

“Someone Like You” singerwas listed on Thursday asbeing down to sing at theBRIT music awards ceremonyin London on 21 February.

Rapper Kanye West,who leads this year’sGrammys with sevennominations, is also yet to beconfirmed as a performer atthe live awards show in LosAngeles.

Reuters

Authorities in Floridasaid they arrested a man whoallegedly called 911 seventimes and claimed he wasbeing kidnapped by CheckerCab.

St Lucie Countysheriff’s deputies said PaulCoombs, 38, called 911 seventimes in less than hour 8 Jan.and claimed he was beingkidnapped when the driver

Paul Coombs’ mugshot.

Police: Man claimed cabbie kidnapping

Most horrible mutant in the world.

took him back to the CheckerCab depot in Fort Pierce,

WPTV, West Palm Beach, Fla,reported Thursday.

The driver said he triedto take Coombs home, but theman was unable to give aspecific address, smelledstrongly of booze and rambledincoherently during the ride.

Coombs was told to stopcalling 911, but he allegedlysaid he had a checkbook anddidn’t care about going to jail.He was arrested on amisdemeanor charge ofmisusing the 911 system.

An alleged carjacker in Oregon certainlydidn’t check the fuel gauge on the car he’saccused of taking from a grocery store parkinglot. Officers in Coos Bay quickly arrested theman when he stopped a few miles away tobuy gas.

Authorities say the man threw a womanout of the car Tuesday and sped off. TheWorld of Coos Bay reports (http://bit.ly/

Alleged carjacker arrested when he stops for gas

xNh0Id) the man pulled into a gas station andasked to pay cash, but the attendant wassuspicious because the driver was agitated.

The attendant says the man wasobviously relieved when police drove pastthe station. But officers drove around theback and cornered the suspect. Police say hetried to drive away but crashed the stolenHonda Civic into a light post.

A man who stole a police car after being handcuffedbehind his back turned himself into state troopers in Indianaafter two days on the run.

William Blankenship, 22, surrendered on Thursdayevening after meeting with two state troopers at his familyhome in Knox in the north of the Midwestern state, policesaid.

Blankenship was pulled over for speeding on Tuesday,handcuffed with his hands behind his back and put in theback seat of a police car after an officer reported seeing drugparaphernalia in his car, authorities said.

As the officer checked the suspect’s car, Blankenshipdrove off with the police car, which was found on Wednesdayin a pond. Blankenship was charged with theft and morecharges are expected, Porter County prosecutor Brian Genselsaid on Friday.

A woman in WashingtonState drove 18 miles on thewrong side of the highwaygoing up to 100 miles an hour.

“She didn’t even knowshe was on the freeway and atfirst she couldn’t grasp thathad happened,” State trooperGuy Gill said.

Police unsuccessfullytried to stop Olympiaschoolteacher PamelaDrawsby, 60, by using theirsirens, spotlights and even aPA system, according to theBend Bulletin. A trooper evendrove alongside Drawsby’s

Man surrenders after takingpolice car in cuffs

News Album Woman drives 18 miles downwrong side of highway

Lincoln LS, attempting towarn her that she washeaded for danger.

Police were only ableto stop Olympiaschoolteacher PamelaDrawsby, 60, by closingdown I-5 at the main gate ofa joint Army and Air Forcebase, Lewis-McChord,using spike strips topuncture her tires. And atfirst, even the tire spikeswere unsuccessful,“because the driver was allover the place, using all thelanes,” said Gill.

titled the top grosser of the year. The film’sdirector Siddique, walked away with the mostprofitable director’s trophy.

SRK’s mega-budget dream projectRA.One was recognised as the best marketedfilm of the year and also bagged an awardunder the highest single day collectioncategory.—Internet

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Ferrari driver Spanish Fernando Alonso (L) poses withteammate Brazilian Felipe Massa on 11 Jan, 2012

during the Vrooom 2012, F1 and MotoGP Press SkiMeeting Ducati and Ferrari annual media gathering in

the Italian ski resort of Madonna di Campiglio.XINHUA

Paris Saint-Germain

signMaxwell

PARIS, 14 Jan—France’s top league club Paris Saint- Germain (PSG) said Thursday theyrecruited Spain-based defender Maxwell on a three-and-a-half year deal. “Maxwell is with usfor three-and-a-half year. He is a player who has an important career. We are happy that hejoins today our team,” Leonardo, PSG sports’ director said. No details were given on theaccord’s value. “Projects and ambitions of the club in the near future motivated me to join PSG,”the Brazilian defender said in remarks posted on the club’s website. Maxwell, 30, made his firstappearance in European leagues in 2001 with Ajaw Amesterdam. He moved to Italianchampionship in 2006 where he defended Inter Milan jersey for three seasons. In 2009, hejoined Barcelona. — Xinhua

Ferguson backs Evra to shine at AnfieldLONDON, 14 Jan —

Manchester United boss SirAlex Ferguson will have noproblems in naming race-rowdefender Patrice Evra in theexplosive FA Cup clashagainst Liverpool at Anfield.French defender Evra was atthe centre of the race stormwhich saw Liverpool strikerLuis Suarez hit with an eight-match ban after the two bitterrivals clashed in the PremierLeague in October.

But Ferguson insiststhat Evra, who he describedas “popular with a goodpersonality” will shrug off thevitriol that is certain to pourfrom the Anfield terraces inthe January 28 fourth roundclash. “I haven’t decided onthat (whether Evra will play)

but it wouldn’t be a problemfor me,” said Ferguson, whohas already installed Evra ascaptain in the absence ofcentre-back Nemanja Vidicand fitness and age concernsover Ryan Giggs and RioFerdinand. “Rio would havebeen the captain if he didn’thave that inconsistencybecause of a series of injuries,”said Ferguson. “Someonewho will be playing all the

time should be at the forefrontof your mind to be yourcaptain and that was the casewith Patrice. “He is not asvoluble as Rio but he certainlyinfluences a lot of things andhis own performance are verygood. “The players look up tohim. He’s very popular with agood personality. He’s veryfriendly, has humour and heis a determined lad.”

Internet

Pato to stay with AC MilanROME, 14 Jan—AC Milan’s Brazilian forward Pato

announced on Thursday that he has rejected to move to ParisSt Germain and is staying with AC Milan. Earlier in the daysources at the French club claimed PSG had reached agreementto sign the 22-year-old. PSG had offered Pato a three-and-a-half year contract reportedly worth between six and sevenmillion euros a season. However, Milan released a statementdetailing the player’s intention to stay in Italy. “AlexandrePato will stay in the red and black shirt, the striker has decidedto continue his young, splendid and winning career withMilan,” said the club statement.

Pato, who is dating Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi’sdaughter Barbara, added: “Milan is my home, I didn’t want tointerrupt my career in red and black after having won my firsttwo trophies with this shirt.” “I want to help write the storyof Milan and contribute to the future success of this club withhappiness and in perfect harmony with the wholeenvironment,” he said.— Xinhua

Chelsea preparing 30m euro bid for Lille’sEden Hazard

LONDON, 14 Jan —Chelsea appears to have setits sights on to luring Belgiuminternational Eden Hazard inthe January transfer window,and has opened talks with theLille about a potential wintertransfer, L’Equipe reports.The Premier League side iseager to strengthen its squadafter a disappointing first halfof the season, and manager

Everton sign Gibson from Man UtdLONDON, 14 Jan —

Everton have completed thesigning of midfielder DarronGibson from Barclays PremierLeague champions Man-chester United for anundisclosed fee. The 24-year-old Republic of Irelandinternational has signed afour-and-a-half year contractat Goodison Park, ending aneight-year association withUnited.

Gibson becomes Ever-ton’s second capture of theJanuary transfer windowafter the loan signing of USforward Landon Donovan,and the Irishman could makehis Toffees debut at AstonVilla on Saturday 14thJanuary.

“It’s a great club withgreat fans and hopefully I canimprove Everton,”, Gibson

Darron Gibson struggled to win a regular first-teamplace at Manchester United.—INTERNET

told the club’s official website(evertonfc.com). “I think I’ma goalscoring midfielder andhopefully I can get a few goals.“I’ve scored a few long-rangeshots - I don’t think I’vescored one inside the box tobe honest. “If I score goalsit’s a bonus for me. I’m justlooking to do as well as I canfor the team.” Londonderry-born Gibson played his lastmatch for United in their 5-0win over Wigan on Boxing

Every makeslate birdies

and takes SonyOpen lead

Day, but that was his onlyLeague appearance of theseason. Gibson played 60matches in all competitionsfor United, scoring 10 goals,but made only 14 BarclaysPremier League starts as hestruggled to hold down a first-team place.

He enjoyed a six-monthspell out on loan at Wolvesfrom October 2007 to April2008, playing 24 times for MickMcCarthy’s side.—Internet

HONOLULU, 14 Jan—Matt Every, finally makingnews for his golf, made thegame look and sound easyFriday at the Sony Open.Every closed with threestraight birdies for a 6-under64, giving him a two-shot leadover David Hearn, who keptthe Canadian presence on theleaderboard with his secondstraight 66.

Brendon de Jonge shot62 and Pat Perez was solidagain with a 67 to finish threeshots behind, while SteveStricker made double bogeyfrom a bad lie in a bunker thatstalled his momentum.

He had to settle for a 69and was five shots back in hisbid to become the first playersince Ernie Els in 2003 tosweep the Hawaii events.Every, however, dominatedthe day on and off the golfcourse.

He made news in thesummer of 2010 when he wasarrested and jailed on amisdemeanor drugpossession charge afteragents were called to a casinohotel because of a strong odorof marijuana coming from theroom he was in. Everyconfirmed he was suspendedfor three months, returning intime for the last event, leavinghim little hope of keeping hiscard.— Internet

Kyle Stanley chips onto the12th green during the

second round of the SonyOpen golf tournament, on

13 Jan., 2012, inHonolulu.—INTERNET

Lendl praises “gutsy”Murray for hiring him

MELBOURNE, 14 Jan— Ivan Lendl would have beenhighly unlikely to coach anyone but world number four AndyMurray in whom he sees a kindred spirit with a similar wrysense of humour tested by multiple failures in grand slamfinals. The Czech-born 51-year-old was tormented by fourstraight losses in major finals but recovered to finish his careeras one of the greats with eight grand slam titles in thecompetitive era of John McEnroe, Stefan Edberg and BorisBecker.

Lendl turned down between “seven and 10 enquiries” tocoach other players over the past 18 months but has thrownhimself into a bear-pit with the 24-year-old Briton, whoseagonising failure in three grand slam finals has disappointeda country clamouring for a first men’s champion in 76 years.But the player once dubbed a ‘scary robot’ by American rivalMcEnroe said it was Murray who had shown courage toapproach him ahead of the Australian Open, in full knowledgetheir relationship would be sure to attract the fiercest ofscrutiny.— Reuters

Turkish national skier killedin training accident

ANKARA, 14 Jan—AsliNemutlu, an 18-year-oldmember of Turkey’s nationalAlpine skiing team, was killedin a training accident innortheastern Turkey onThursday, local HurriyetDaily News reported. Nemutluwas training on a slope atKonakli ski centre in theprovince of Erzurum at around10 am local time (GMT0700)when she fell and broke herneck, according to the report.

Andy Murray(R) is

watched byhis new

coach IvanLendl during

a trainingsession in

Melbourneon 12 Jan,

2012.INTERNET

Andre Villas-Boas sees thetricky winger as the perfectaddition to his attack.

Chelsea is allegedlypreparing a 30 million eurooffer for Hazard in an attemptto convince Lille to let go ofthe 21-year-old this winter.However, LOSC is keen tohold on to the attacker untilthe end of the season, and ishoping to receive a transfer

fee in the region of 40m euros.Hazard is one of the most

sought-after players aroundin Europe, and has previouslybeen linked with clubs suchas Arsenal, Bayern Munich,Inter, Juventus, Barcelonaand Real Madrid. He statedearlier this season that he’sready to make the next step inhis career after the 2011-12campaign.— Internet

Members of the Alpineskiing team were on themountain to train for the TurkeyYouth Ski Championship,which will be held Jan. 14-15,said the report, adding thatone of Nemutlu’s skis cameloose while she was skiingdown a slope, causing the fall.Nemutlu was rushed to theErzurum Training andResearch Hospital but couldnot be saved, added thereport.— Xinhua

International Sports

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Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

Weather forecast for15th January, 2012

Oversea Transmission* News* A Cordial Welcome From

Pantaung* Lush and Green Myanmar

Land* News* Easily Cooked & Tasty

Dishes "Fish Soup"* Deserved Inheritance* News* Today's Efficient Youth

(Debate about Money)* Record Album* MI People's Celebrities

"Phyo Gyi & Thinzar WintKyaw"

* Kanyin Dam, A Pride ofAyeyarwaddy Region

* Seeking Beauty in Yoga* Myanmar Toys …For Your

Eye-catching* Music Gallery* Culture Stage* Melamu Ceti with various

statues reflecting life ofBuddha

* Myanmar Movies ‘‘AFragrant Flower FromBagan’’

(15-1-12 09:30 am ~16-1-12 09:30 am) MST

MYANMARINTERNATIONAL

MYANMAR TV(15-1-2012) (Sunday)

Focus Myanmar TV Programme

R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information.

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Venerable

Mingun Sayadaw-Uppatasanti Paritta

7:50 am 2. Nice & Sweet Song8:00 am 3. Health Programme8:30 am 4. Teleplay (Health)11:00 am 5. Martial Song11:30 am 6. TV Drama Series12:30 pm 7. Myanmar Movies2:50 pm 8. International News4:25 pm 9. Health (Traffic)4:40 pm10. Songs Of National

Races5:00 pm11. Songs for Upholding

National Spirit6:00 pm12. Naga Traditional New

Festival (LiveBroadcast)

8:00 pm13. News14. Cartoon Series15. TV Drama Series

DISTRICT NEWSMLF provides books tovillage library

TACHILEK, 12 Jan—A ceremony to donate books toSali Library of Sali Village was held at the library inTachilek Township on 27 December 2011.

Staff Officer U Maung Kyi of Information and PublicRelations Department handed over 250 books donatedby Myanmar Libraries Foundation to the village librarythrough a villageelder.

After that, the rural social economic developmentgroup discussed human resource development andavailability of safe water.—District IPRD

Babies, mothers take part incontest

Thandwe, 13 Jan—The Baby Show and Model MotherContest was organized at Maternal and Child WelfareAssociation Office in Thandwe on 4 January.

District Medical Officer Dr Tin Ngwe explainedpurpose of holding the contest and health knowledgeabout mothers and expectant mothers.

Chairperson of District MCWSC Daw Yin Yin Khaingand township responsible persons presented prizes to therespective winners.—District IPRD

Answer for Yesterday’sCrossword Puzzle

NLM-ner Joke

Recently, the Psychic Hotline and Psychic FriendsNetwork have launched hotlines for frogs. Here is the storyof one frog and his discussing with his psychic.

A frog telephones the Psychic Hotline and is told,“You are going to meet a beautiful young girl who willwant to know everything about you.”

The frog says, “This is great! Will I meet her at a party,or what?”

“No,” says the psychic. “Next semester in her biologyclass.”

A frog calls a psychic

Photo taken on 13 Jan, 2012 shows LED televisionsdisplayed at the Samsung Electronics booth on the 2012International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in LasVegas, Nevada State of the United States. The four-dayevent attracted over 3,100 enterprises with more than20,000 latest products on display, setting a record high in44 years. The world’s largest annual consumer technologytrade show ended on 13 Jan.—XINHUA

Labutta gets asphalt streetLABUTTA, 13 Jan—Uyingon Street, repaved as 620 feet

long and 12 feet wide asphalt road, constructed by LabuttaTownship Development Affairs Committee, wascommissioned into service in Ward 5 of Labutta on 2 Januarymorning.

Amyotha Hluttaw representative U Hlaing Oo and localauthorities formally opened the street.

District IPRD

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow Sr.

No. Regions/States

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 20/68 13/55 Likelihood of scatted rain or thundershower (60%)

2 Kayah 26/79 13/55 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershower (60%)

3 Kayin 32/90 18/64 Likelihood of scatted rain or thundershower (60%)

4 Chin 17/63 -02/28 Partly cloudy

5 Upper Sagaing 26/79 13/55 Likelihood of scatted rain or thundershower (60%)

6 Lower Sagaing 32/90 15/59 Partly cloudy

7 Taninthayi 34/93 21/70 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershower (60%)

8 Bago 29/84 18/64 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershower (60%)

9 Magway 31/88 10/50 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershower (60%)

10 Mandalay 30/86 13/55 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershower (60%)

11 Mon 34/93 22/72 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershower (60%)

12 Yangon 32/90 20/68 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershower (60%)

13 Rakhine 26/79 11/52 Partly cloudy

14 Southern Shan 23/73 11/52 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershower (60%)

15 Northern Shan 25/77 08/46 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershower (60%)

16 Eastern Shan 22/72 15/59 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershower (60%)

17 Ayeyawady 29/84 17/63 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershower (60%)

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 31/88 16/61 Likelihood of isolated light rain or

thundershower (60%)

19 Neighbouring Yangon 32/90 20/68 Likelihood of isolated light rain or

thundershower (60%)

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 30/86 13/55 Likelihood of isolated light rain or

thundershower (60%)

Summary of

observations at 09:30

hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, rain or thundershowers have been fairly widespread in Kayah, Kayin and Mon

State, Scattered in Bago Region and Mon State, isolated in Upper Sagaing, Mandalay and Yangon Regions

and Shan State and weather have been partly cloudy in the remaining Regions and States. Night

temperatures were (4°C) below January average temperatures in Rakhine State, (6°C) below January

average temperatures in Chin State, (3°C) to (4°C) above January averages temperatures in Bago, Yangon

and Taninthayi Regions and Kachin State, (5°C) to (6°C) above January averages temperatures in Kayah

and Mon States, (8°C) above January averages temperatures in Shan State and about January average

temperatures in the remaining Regions and States. The significant night temperature was Hakha (-3°C). The

noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Kyeikkhame (2.95) inches, Mudon (1.02) inches and

Naunglaypin (0.79) inch.

Bay Inference Weather is cloudy in the Andaman Sea and South Bay and partly cloudy elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Strong easterly winds with moderate to rough seas are likely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts.

Surface wind speed in strong wind may reach (35) mph.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Continuation of slight decrease night temperature in the whole country.

Aston Villa 1-1 EvertonBlackburn 3-1 FulhamChelsea 1-0 SunderlandLiverpool 0-0 StokeMan Und 3-0 BoltonTottenham 1-1 WolverhamptonWest Brom 1-2 Norwich

Results onSaturday, 14thJanuary 2012.

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Sunday, 15 January, 20127th Waning of Pyatho 1373 ME

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Jan —A meeting on economic andindustrial cooperation between Myanmar and Japan tookplace at the Ministry of National Planning and EconomicDevelopment yesterday afternoon.

It was attended by Union Minister for National Planningand Economic Development U Tin Naing Thein and deputyministers and departmental heads of related ministries, thepresident of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Federationof Chambers of Commerce and Industry and officials, Ministerof Economy, Trade and Industry Mr Yukio Edano of Japan,representatives from NEDO, JETRO, Japan Oil, Gas andMetals National Corporation, Nippon Export and InvestmentInsurance, Keidanren Co, Japan Federation of Chambers ofCommerce and Industry and business people.

At the meeting, participants discussed economic andindustrial cooperation between the two countries, cooperationin development of infrastructures, further development ofeconomic environment, promotion of trade and investment,cooperation in energy, minerals and natural resources. Then,the participants exchanged their views.

(See page 9)

MyanmarMyanmar, , Japan Japan eye closer cooperationeye closer cooperationin in economic and industrialeconomic and industrial sectorssectors

Meeting on economic and industrialcooperation between Myanmar andJapan in progress at the Ministry ofNational Planning and Economic

Development.MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Jan—Ayeyawady Region ChiefMinister U Thein Aung attended the agricultural loansdisbursement and agricultural inputs provision ceremonyfor cultivation of summer paddy at Mingala Rice mill in No.14 Ward in Pathein yesterday.

On the occasion, the Region chief minister called foreffecitve application GAP cultivation methods and stressedthe need for the transformation into mechanized farming.

Daw Hai Wai, owner of Mingala Rice mill, disbursedK 320.45 million Kyats for 143 farmers of six villages.

MNA

Loans disbursed to farmers

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Jan—Rakhine State Chief MinisterU Hla Maung Tin met township level departmentalpersonnel and locals at Buthidaung Township GeneralAdministration Department on 9 January and provided afund of K 20 million for agricultural produce credit unionsand cattle breeders groups.

He met the members of Maungtaw Township bordertraders association and company owners in the evening andcalled for boosting trade and production and exportationof new items. The State chief minister inspected the checkpoint (Maungtaw) and attended the opening of self-reliantX-ray room in Kyeinchaung Station Hospital the followingday. He then addressed the opening of new two-storybuilding of Ngakuya Basic Education High School. Healso provided a fund of K 30 million for agriculturalproducers cooperatives, fishery cooperatives and cattlebreeders cooperatives in Maungtaw District.—MNA

Funds provided for cooperatives inButhidaung, Maungtaw

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Union ConstructionMinister inspects road,

bridge repairing

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Israeli firmdevelops

scanning systemto tackle intobrain diseases

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AFEO presentsAFEO presentsengineering awardsengineering awards

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Evertonsign Gibsonfrom Man

Utd

Every makeslate birdiesand takes

Sony Openlead

Inter to reopen Tevez talksSerie A giants plan to discuss deal with City

next weekLONDON, 14 Jan—

Inter Milan are preparingto re-enter the chase forCarlos Tevez following thenews that AC Milan have

failed to reach an agreementfor the striker.

It was widelyexpected that the want-aw1ay Manchester City

forward would be on his wayto the reigning Serie Achampion1s, with theRossoneri making him theirtop transfer target.

N e g o t i a t i o n sencountered a number ofproblems, though, withCity’s preference for apermanent deal1a1sproving to be one earlyobstacle.

It appeared asthough that issue would beovercome when Milan’svice-president AdrianoGalliani jetted into Englandon Thursday for talks withCity and Tevez’srepresentatives.

No deal was agreedthough, leaving the transferdoor open for other potentialsuitors.

Inter have beenlong-standing admirers ofthe Argentina internationaland were in the running until

their cross-city neighboursleapt to the front of thequeue.Contact

The latest turn ofevents may have played intotheir hands, with presidentMassimo Moratticonfirming that he intendsto reopen talks with Cityafter Sunday’s Milan derby.

He told the club’sofficial website: “We andCity know all about Tevez’ssituation but we havedecided to postpone talksuntil next week as right nowmy thoughts are onSunday’s game.

“There hascertainly been contact.

“We are in talkswith clubs all around theworld, including City.”

Reports in Italysuggest Inter are preparedto offer •25million(£20.8m) for Tevez, who hasnot featured for City sincefalling out with coachRoberto Mancini inSeptember 2011.

Internet

Carlos Tevez: Has seen a move to AC Milanbreakdown, but he could still be on his way to

Italy.—INTERNET

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