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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of

technical know-how and investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Feb—The meeting of theGroup of Defence Services Personnel Representa-tives of Presidential Electoral College was held atAnawrahta Hall here this morning.

It was attended by the Commander-in-Chiefof Defence Services, senior military officers, andDefence Services Personnel representatives.

The group is carrying out the vice-presi-dential electoral process.— MNA

Group of Defence Services PersonnelRepresentatives of Presidential Electoral College

carries out vice-presidential electoral process

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Feb—The group of PyithuHluttaw representatives-elect of the PresidentialElectoral College held a meeting at Pyithu HluttawHall of Hluttaw Building here at 10 am today.

Group of Pyithu Hluttaw representatives-elect ofPresidential Electoral College meets

It was attended by Speaker of Pyithu HluttawThura U Shwe Mann and Pyithu Hluttaw repre-sentatives-elect from Regions and States.

Commencing 8.30 am, they signed the

attendance book at the hall.The speaker took position and supervised

the meeting. He said that 324 of the 325 entitled(See page 7)

The meeting of Pyithu Hluttaw representatives-elect group of Presidential Electoral College in progress.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 2 February, 2011

Wednesday, 2 February, 2011

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

People’s Desire

Regular sessions of First Pyithu Hluttaw,Amyotha Hluttaw and Pyidaungsu Hluttawtook place at respective halls of Hluttaw Buildingin Nay Pyi Taw the other day.

Representatives to hluttaws concernedall attended regular sessions. It was the dayMyanmar saw resurgence of parliamentarydemocracy system, which represented awatershed in Myanmar’s political trend.

A hluttaw (parliament) is a body in whichthe people vest legislative power. It is fair tosay that a hluttaw is an organization thatreflects the life of the public. The government,the administrative body, and the judicial bodyare responsible for bringing parliamentaryresolutions into operation.

So, the responsibility of the parliament isvery formidable. The major duty of MPs is tomake laws and amend existing laws. In addition,it has to practise executive and judicial powersin line with the constitution. In Pyithu Hluttaw,these sovereign powers are exercised accordingto the procedures.

MPs irrespective of party have to servenational interest as the common task. They alsohave to be harmonious with one another incoordinating tasks, putting public interest inthe fore.

It is therefore mandatory for MPs toshow a sense of duty and remain loyal to thepublic and the nation without dogmatism,personality cult, sectarianism and racism inorder to shape the future of the nation.

MPs to shape the future ofthe nation

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Feb— Chairman of Shan State(East) Peace and Development Council Commanderof Triangle Region Command Brig-Gen Than TunOo inspected construction of Wamkaung-Gyobyurailroad section of Kengtung-Mongnai railroadproject on 18 January.

He also looked into progress of the runway atKengtung Airport.

On 19 January, the commander inspected

Commander inspects progress ofWamkaung-Gyobyu railroad section

maintenance of Kengtung-Loimwe-Mongngawng-Mongkai road and bridges. At the hall in Mongkai,he presented cash assistance and gifts todepartmental officials and local people.

At Mongkai Basic Education High School, thecommander met local people and gave foodstuff,sports gear and seeds of crops to them.

Later, the commander inspected beautifyingand development tasks in Loimwe.—MNA

YANGON, 1 Feb— Aceremony to openSabeiU Library washeld in Okpo Village ofKayan Township,Yangon South District,on 25 January morning.

Chairman of KayanTownship Peace andDevelopment CouncilU Tin Myint, Head ofTownship Informationand Public RelationsDepartment Daw Ei ZarHlaing and Chairman ofVillage PDC U HteinLin formally opened thelibrary.

Next, wellwishersdonated one radio,books and publications,

Kayan Township gets village library

one table, one chest ofdrawer, one chair, twobenches and twoshelves.

The library wasbuilt with K 1 millioncontribution byYangon Region Peace

and DevelopmentCouncil and K 1.8million by local people.

MNA

Myanmar, Singapore to viefor first place in tennis

championshipsYANGON, 1 Feb—The second tournament of ITF

14 & Under Asian Championships 2011 Group (2)hosted by Myanmar went on today at TheinbyuTennis Court in Mingala Taungnyunt Townshiphere this morning.

In the first semi-final match of Women’s SingleEvent, Nilar Win (Myanmar) beat ThisuriMollogoda (Sri Lanka) (6-2) (6-4) and marched tothe final. In the second semi-final, Ang Geraldine(Singapore) went to the final after beatingSyazlinyusri (Malaysia) (6-0) (1-6) (7-5).

President U Aung Maw Thein of MyanmarTennis Federation presented cash award to NilarWin. Champion Nilar Win (Myanmar) of the firsttournament of ITF 14 & Under AsianChampionships 2011 Group (2) and second AngGeraldine (Singapore) vied for the first place of thesecond tournament this morning.

Men’s Single Event, Men’s Double Event,Women’s Double Event of he second tournmamentof ITF 14 & Under Asian Championships 2011Group (2) continued this morning.—MNA

YANGON, 1 Feb— Nat Ray Co presentedGermany brand Kettler Twiste Stepper to AungAung who stood first in the Junior Mr MyanmarContest, Aung Swe Naing in the senior contest andWutyi Phyo in the Ms Myanmar Contest jointlyorganized by Myanmar Body-building and PhysicalCulture Federation and MDG Co Ltd on 30 January.

YANGON, 1 Feb— Milky Way International CoLtd has arranged Lifestyles Expo-2011 at TatmadawConvention Hall on U Wisara Road in DagonTownship on 3 to 6 February.

The expo is mainly sponsored by Shine Groupof Companies, and Co-Sponsors includes Asia MetalCo Ltd and Everseiko Co Ltd.

Besides, over 50 companies display theirproducts in 140 booths at least and offer entertainmentprogrammes, gifts and discounts to customers.

Any observers have a chance to get a laptop, awashing machine and gift vouchers presented byMilky Way International Co Ltd.

Further information, dial 73043611 or73090821.—MNA

Twiste Stepper awarded towinners in Mr and Ms

Myanmar ContestLifestyles Expo-2011

on 3 Feb

Nat Ray gives one-year warranty to customerswho buy Kettler products.

Kettler products are available at Grand MeeYahta Hotel, Tel: 256355, Casabella in Yangon,Tel: 664363 and 660769, Casabella in Mandalay,Tel: 02-72342, Service Centre at 501 of FMI Center,Bogyoke Aung San Street, Pabedan Township,Tel: 240289.—MNA

Visitors testing Kettler gym sets, treadmills andexercise bike and cross trainers displayed at Mr

and Ms Myanmar contest.—MNA

Opening ceremony of SabeiU Library in Okpo Village of KayanTownship in progress.—TOWNSHIP IPRD

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A firefighter puts a scarf over a casualty after asuicide bomb attack at Finest supermarket in

Kabul on 28 Jan, 2011.—INTERNET

Men carry the body of

a child after a suicide

bomb attack at Finest

supermarket in Kabul

on 28 Jan, 2011. A

suicide bomb at the

supermarket in the

Afghan Capital killed

eight people, including

at least two foreigners,

and wounded six,

police said.—INTERNET

LAHORE, 1 Feb—A Pakistani judge has blockedany move to hand over to US authorities anAmerican government employee, underinvestigation for double murder, and put his nameon the exit control list.

Visiting US congre-ssmen on Monday askedPresident Asif Ali Zardari to free Raymond Davis,who was arrested after killing two Pakistanimotorcyclists in broad daylight in Lahore in whatthe American said was an act of self-defence.

But a lawyer petitioned the Lahore high court toblock any move to hand Davis over to the UnitedStates, filing a petition under public interest laws.

“I am restraining him (from being handed overto US authorities). Whether he has or does not have

Pakistani police escorts arrested Americandiplomat Raymond Davis to a court in Lahore,

on 28 Jan.—INTERNET

LONDON, 1 Feb— A former British Airways employee has admitted some terror charges ahead of hisLondon trial. Bangladesh-born Rajib Karim is accused of deliberately seeking a job with the flagshipairline in order to further an as-yet unspecified terrorist conspiracy. The 31-year-old pleaded guiltyMonday to being involved in the production and distribution of a video on behalf of a outlawed terrorgroup. He also pleaded guilty to funding associates in Yemen, offering himself for terrorist trainingabroad and encouraging others to do the same.

He denies a series of other terror-related charges. Few details of the case have been made publiclyavailable. Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service did not return a call seeking comment on the case.

Internet

Pakistan judge blocks anymove to hand over US gunman

BAGHDAD, 1 Feb—The number of civilians, police and soldiers killed in violence in Iraq climbedsharply in January as militants launched a new wave of attacks, according to government statisticsreleased on Tuesday.

The health ministry said 159 civilians were killed in bombings and other attacks last month comparedwith 89 in December, 105 in November and 120 in October. It was the highest civilian toll sinceSeptember. Fifty-five police officers and 45 soldiers were killed, compared to 41 and 21 respectively inDecember, according to interior and defence ministry figures.

Many of the deaths occurred in a two-week period around a Muslim religious rite as suspectedinsurgents challenged the new Shi’ite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, attacking policeand targeting pilgrims streaming into the holy Shi’ite city of Kerbala.

On 18 January a suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives and ball bearings killedaround 50 police recruits while they queued for jobs in Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit.

Two days later car bombs killed at least 45 Shi’ites near Kerbala.On 27 January a car bomb explosion at a funeral wake in a Shi’ite neighborhood in Baghdad killed

more than 45 people and wounded scores of others.—Reuters

Iraq war casualties rise in January

KANDAHAR, 1 Feb—Explosion rocked southern Kandahar Province onTuesday, casualties feared.

Meantime, Kandahar police chief Khan Mohammad Mujahid said theblast was a roadside bomb attack, organized against him but he escapedunhurt.

“The blast was a roadside bomb, organized by Taleban to kill me butfortunately I escaped unhurt,” Mujahid told Xinhua.

He also added that the attack happened on a street inside provincial capitalKandahar City when his vehicle was passed.

“Fortunately neither my bodyguards nor passersby were hurt in the blast,”the police chief further said.

Taliban militants have yet to make comment.—Xinhua

Explosion rocks S Afghan Province

KABUL, 1 Feb— Taleban-linked continuedinsurgency have claimed the lives of 31 soldierswith the NATO-led International Security AssistanceForce (ISAF) throughout January this year in theconflict-ridden Afghanistan.

The militants in the latest waves of offensiveagainst NATO-led forces on Monday, the last dayin January, organized an Improvised ExplosiveDevice (IED) attack leaving one service memberdead, the alliance said in a statement released here.

“An International Security Assistance Forceservice member died following an improvisedexplosive device attack in eastern Afghanistantoday,”the statement said.

However, it did not identify the nationality ofthe victim, saying it is ISAF policy to defer casualtyidentification procedures to the relevant nationalauthorities.

Troops mostly from US have been deployed inthe eastern part of Afghanistan. As of 30 Jan,according to iCasualties, a website tracking NATO-led forces fatalities in war on terror, 30 servicemembers with 21 of them Americans had beenkilled in Afghanistan since beginning this year.

Xinhua

31 NATO service memberskilled in January in

Afghanistan

Ex-British Airways employee admits terror charges

(diplomatic) immunity will be decided by thecourt,” ruled Lahore high court chief justice IjazAhmed Chaudhry on Tuesday. “An order is issuedto put his name on the ECL (exit control list). Thecase is adjourned for 15 days.”—Internet

TEHERAN, 1 Feb—The Iranian judiciaryspokeman said Monday that an American woman,who was arrested by Teheran and freed on bail, hasbeen summoned by an Iranian court for trial, theofficial IRNA news agency reported.

The female US hiker Sarah Shourd and twofellows, Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer, were arrestedin July 2009 for illegally entering Iran. Shourd wasreleased on bail of around 500,000 US dollars lastyear due to her health condition, while Fattal andBauer remained jailed in Teheran.

Shourd has been summoned by the IslamicRevolutionary Court to attend a trial sessionscheduled on 6 Feb, IRNA quoted the judiciaryspokeman General Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejeias saying. The three were charged with espionage.Ejei said last November that Iran would put Fattaland Bauer on trial after Shourd was brought back toIran. The US government renounced the charges asunfounded.—Xinhua

Detained Americans Sarah Shourd (R), ShaneBauer (L) and Joshua Fattal smile as they wait to

meet their mothers at the Esteghlal hotel inTeheran.—XINHUA

Iran summons freed USwoman for trial

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Risk of new Chile quake seen after2010 disaster

OSLO, 1 Feb—Therisk of a new earthquakemay have increased inan area of Chile’s PacificCoast that suffered amassive quake andtsunamis last year thatkilled more than 500people, a team of scien-tists said on Sunday.

They said the 8.8magnitude 27 Februaryquake had only partlybroken stresses, deep inthe Earth’s crust in anarea south of Santiago,that have been buildingup since an 1835 quakewitnessed by Britishnaturalist CharlesDarwin.

“We conclude thatincreased stress on theunbroken patch may inturn have increased theprobability of anothermajor to great earthqu-ake there in the nearfuture,” they wrote in thejournal Nature Geosc-

A soldier builds a provisional dwelling for peopledisplaced by 27th’s February earthquake in 2010.Central Chile faces increased risk of a very large

earthquake close to the site of last February’s 8.8-magnitude temblor that killed 520 people and cost 30billion dollars, scientists said on Sunday.—INTERNET

Toshiba brings new ‘pistol-grip’ 1080P camcorder to market

The logo of Toshiba Corp is seen at thecompany’s headquarters in Tokyo on 29

January, 2010.—INTERNET

NEW YORK, 1 Feb—No, there are no cameos ofLeonardo DiCaprio included with Toshiba’sCamileo S30 full HD camcorder, but Cisco mightflip out about it!

Toshiba launched its Camileo brand ofhandheld, SD-card capable camcorders last year,and this year it is launching a new 1080P Full HD

This undated handout photo provided bythe journal Science shows a donor woman

watching sad films in isolation, using amirror to capture tears into a vial. If a

crying woman’s red nose isn’t a bigenough turnoff to a man, a surprising

experiment found another reason: Tearsof sadness may temporarily lower his

testosterone level.INTERNET

A woman looks at aDRAM microchip.

Japan’s leading chipmaker Elpida Memory

will take over theDRAM operations of

Powerchip Technologyin a bid to increase

competitiveness amidfalling prices, the

Nikkei said Monday.INTERNET

ience.A “major” earthqu-

ake is between magnit-ude 7 and 8, causingserious damage overlarge areas, and a “great”earthquake above 8.Chile’s quake was themost powerful since the2004 quake that causeda devastating tsunami inthe Indian Ocean.

“It’s impossible topredict exactly when anew quake mighthappen,” Stefano Lorito,of Italy’s IstitutoNazionale di Geofisica eVulcan-ologia, toldReuters. He led a teamof experts in the UnitedStates, Northern Irelandand Italy.

Reuters

South Carolina scientist works to growmeat in lab

CHARLESTON, 1 Feb —In a smalllabouratory on an upper floor of thebasic science building at the MedicalUniversity of South Carolina, VladimirMironov, MD, PhD, has been workingfor a decade to grow meat.

A developmental biologist andtissue engineer, Dr Mironov, 56, is oneof only a few scientists worldwideinvolved in bioengineering “cultured”meat.

It’s a product he believes couldhelp solve future global food crisesresulting from shrinking amounts ofland available for growing meat theold-fashioned way on the hoof.

Growth of “in-vitro” or culturedmeat is also under way in the

Netherlands, Mironov told Reuters inan interview, but in the United States, itis science in search of funding anddemand.

The new National Institute of Foodand Agriculture, part of the US Foodand Drug Administration, won’t fundit, the National Institutes of Health won’tfund it, and the National Aeronauticsand Space Administration funded itonly briefly, Mironov said.

“It’s classic disruptive technology,”Mironov said. “Bringing any newtechnology on the market, average,costs $1 billion. We don’t even have $1million.”

Reuters

Elpida to buy Powerchip’sDRAM operations

TOKYO, 1 Feb—Japan’s leading chipmaker Elpida Memorywill take over the DRAMoperations of PowerchipTechnology in a bid toincrease competitivenessamid falling prices, theNikkei said Monday.

Powerchip will endproduction of its ownDRAM chips, used in

personal computers, andwill focus exclusivelyon production forElpida, which plans toeventually acquirePowerchip’s mainproduction facilities, thedaily said.

Falling prices ofDRAM chips hasaccelerated the talksbetween the twopartners, who plan tofinish the negotiationsby the end of March, theNikkei said.

Elpida had a 17.4-percent share of theglobal DRAM market in2009, while Powerchipheld 2.1 percent, theNikkei said.

Samsung led themarket with a 33.6percent share, followedby South Korean rivalHynix Semiconductorwith 21.6 percent, theNikkei said.—Internet

model in the Australian market – pictured below.Known as the Camileo S30, it’s an HD video

camcorder and digital stills camera with an 8megapixel CMOS sensor and 3-inch swivellingtouch screen, featuring the ultraportable light weightof approx. 120 grams (118g without battery) and is19mm thin, similar in size to modern mobile phonesbut with much better video recording capability.

Clearly a solid Flip video camera competitor,the camcorder market is obviously still a popularone with consumers despite smartphones nowcoming with HD video recording capabilities,although often only at 720P.

As we’ve seen on similar camcorders in thepast, over the years, the Camileo also comes with a“direct upload function to video sharing sites suchas YouTube” using an “Internet upload button”(that presumably only works when the CamileoS30 is connected to your Internet connected PC viaa USB cable).

Internet

FastMacships power

socketequippedwith USB

ports

NEW YORK, 1 Feb —At the 2010 Macworld Expo, FastMac’s U-Socketearned a Best of Show award. A year later, the U-Socket is finally ready toship to the public and was on display at the 2011 Macworld Expo showfloor.

The U-Socket is a power outlet that’s outfitted with a pair of USB ports.After it was announced last year, FastMac had to reconfigure the U-Socketso it could be able to recharge an iPad.

Then USB 3.0 started to become fashionable (at least for PCs), andFastMac wanted to make sure their USB ports were 3.0 compliant.

FastMac is offering two models of the U-Socket. Model ACE-7169($26) is a standard wall socket available in white. The model ACE-7702($24) is a Decora-style socket.

Internet

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Patient-clinicianrelationship important

HONOLULU, 1 Feb—“Difficult” patient-clinician encounters havea negative impact on thepatients’ short-term health,US researchers say.

Sheri Hinchey of theTripler Army MedicalCentre in Honolulu andJeffrey Jackson from theZablocki VeteransAdministration MedicalCentre in Milwaukee sayboth clinician and patientfactors contribute todifficult encounters.

Clinicians with a moreopen communication styleand those with moreexperience reported fewerdifficult encounters.Patients considered difficulthad more symptoms, worsefunctional status, used theclinic more frequently andwere more likely to havean underlying psychiatricdisorder than those notconsidered difficult.

The study, publishedonline in the Journal ofGeneral Internal Me-dicine, indicated doctors

Football fans gather around alarge Super Bowl XLV display in

downtown Dallas, Texas. USresearchers have found an

increased number of cardiacdeaths, particularly among women,after a city’s home team lost in the

famed Super Bowl, the biggestAmerican football game of the

year.—INTERNET

perceived nearly 18percent of their patientsas difficult. Patientsemerging from difficultencounters reported lesssatisfaction, lower trustin their clinician and agreater number of unmetexpectations.

Two weeks later,they were also morelikely to have worseningsymptoms.

Hinchey, Jacksonand colleagues assessed750 adult patients at awalk in clinic forsymptoms, expectations,general health, signs ofmental disorders, andphysical, social andemotional functionalitybefore consultation.

The researchersasked patients aboutsatisfaction, level oftrust and unmet ex-pectations immediatelyafter the consultation.Two weeks later symp-toms were checkedagain.

Internet

China’s central bankraises priority of

price controlsBEIJING, 1 Feb—China’s central

bank said late Sunday that it wouldraise the priority of keeping overallprice levels under control in 2011 byadopting a prudent monetary policy.

“Controlling overall price levelswill be higher up the agenda in 2011,while the financial system should bekept secure and sound,” said a reporton the People’s Bank of China (PBOC)website.

China’s consumer price index(CPI) rose 4.6 percent from a yearearlier in December, down from 5.1percent in November, which was thefastest rate in more than two years.Last year, the CPI climbed 3.3 percent,exceeding the central government’sofficial target of 3 percent.

Rising consumer prices haveprompted the central bank to launch aseries of monetary-tighteningmeasures, including two interest rateincreases and a series of rises in thebank reserve requirement ratiosince.—Xinhua

View of the lighthouse in Jose Ignacio,Maldonado. A vacant 810 square metre

(0.2 acre) lot in the historic center of JoseIgnacio costs at least $500,000, althougha seafront property could go for twice or

three times as much.—INTERNET

Running-related injuries on the rise in US kidsNEW YORK, 1 Feb—The number of running-

related injuries suffered by American youngstersaged 6 to 18 increased 34 percent between 1994and 2007, according to a new study.

During that period, there were an estimated225,344 such injuries treated in US hospitalemergency departments, an average of more than16,000 per year.

The majority of the running-related injurieswere sprains and strains to the lower extremities.Falls accounted for one-third of the injuries andmore than half of the injuries occurred at school,said the researchers at the Centre for Injury Researchand Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital inColumbus, Ohio.

Youngsters aged 6 to 14 were more likely to be

injured as a result of a fall and while running atschool, while teens aged 15 to 18 were more likelyto be injured while running in the street or at a sportsand recreation facility.

“Encouraging children and adolescents to runfor exercise is a great way to ensure that theyremain physically active,” Lara McKenzie, principleinvestigator at the centre, said in a hospital newsrelease. “However, the findings from our studyshow that formal, evidence-based and age-specificguidelines are needed for pediatric runners so thatparents, coaches and physical education teacherscan teach children the proper way to run in order toreduce the risk of injury.”

The study is published in the February issue ofthe journal Clinical Pediatrics.—Internet

People visit a fair celebrating the

Chinese Lunar New Year held in

the Chinatown in San Francisco,

the United States, on 30 Jan, 2011.

XINHUA

Flood uncertainty keeps Australia’s interest rates on holdCANBERRA, 1 Feb— Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) on Tuesday announced

to keep interest rates on hold.Due to the uncertainty over the economic impact of the devastating floods,

the official cash rate remains at 4.75 percent as expected.“Over the next year or two, the efforts to repair or replace infrastructure and

housing will add modestly to aggregate demand, compared with what wouldotherwise likely have occurred,” RBA governor Glenn Stevens said in astatement released on Tuesday. “The bank’s preliminary assessment is that thenet additional demand from rebuilding is unlikely to have a major impact on themedium-term outlook for inflation.” The central bank last raised the cash ratein early November, from 4.5 percent to its current 4.75 percent. Last year theboard lifted rates four times, three of those in the first half of the year.—Xinhua

S Korea’s consumer inflationspikes to 4.1% in Jan

SEOUL, 1 Feb— South Korea’s consumer inflation accelerated to 4.1 percentin January from a year earlier, a government report showed Tuesday.

The country’s consumer price index (CPI) surged 4.1 percent in January fromthe same month a year earlier after rising 3.5 percent in December, Statistics Koreasaid in its report. South Korea’s annual inflation in January marked the sameincrease of 4.1 percent reported for October, rising above the central bank’s 4.0percent ceiling again in three months. The Bank of Korea (BOK) targets mid-terminflation at between 2 percent and 4 percent from 2010 through 2012.

Consumer inflation in Asia’s fourth-largest economy gained 0.9 percent inJanuary from the previous month, up 0.3 percentage point from a 0.6 percent risein December. The nation’s core CPI, which excludes oil and food, climbed 2.6percent last month from a year before, the biggest increase since October 2009.The January core prices gained 0.6 percent from the previous month, the highestlevel since March 2008.—Xinhua

A Super Bowl loss can kill youLOS ANGELES, 1 Feb — A loss for the home team in the Super Bowl

has been linked to a higher death rate — especially among the elderly,US researchers suggest. Dr Robert A Kloner of the Heart Institute atGood Samaritan Hospital and Keck School of Medicine at the Universityof Southern California in Los Angeles and colleagues ran regressionmodels for mortality rates for cardiac causes for the 1980 Los AngelesSuper Bowl loss and for the 1984 Los Angeles Super Bowl win.

A study, published in the journal Clinical Cardiology, shows theLos Angeles Super Bowl loss of 1980 was linked to a 15 percentincrease in all circulatory deaths associated with the Super Bowl loss inwomen there was a 27 percent increase in all circulatory deaths linkedto the loss, while in older patients, there was a 22 percent increase incirculatory deaths associated with the Super Bowl loss.

There were an extra 2.6 deaths per 100,000 people age 65 and oldereach day during two weeks following the loss, but for those age 65 andunder, the increased death rate was 0.11 per 100,000 people each dayfollowing the loss. However, the Super Bowl win appeared to reducedeaths more frequently in older people and in women, the study says.

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DETROIT, 1 Feb—A 63-year-oldSouthern California man who was travellingwith explosives in his vehicle with theintention of blowing up one of the nation’slargest mosques where mourners hadgathered for a funeral was arrested in theDetroit suburb of Dearborn, Michiganauthorities said Sunday. Dearborn policesaid Roger Stockham was arraignedWednesday on one count of making afalse report or threat of terrorism and onecount of possessing explosives with anunlawful intent. Stockham had a large but

Man arrested with explosives inMichigan

Photo taken on30 Jan, 2011shows a gianttransformer

Optimus Primeassembled from

20 wastedautomobiles, in

Shenyang, capitalof northeast

China’s LiaoningProvince. The 11-

metre-highOptimus Prime

weighing 21 tonswas just

assembled inShenyang on

Sunday.—XINHUA

RAMLI KHOSO, 1 Feb—Six months after Pakistan’sepic floods demolished thisfarming village in thesouthern Province of Sindh,its residents still live in limboon a roadside.

Let down by theirunpopular government, andtoo poor to rebuild theirhomes, villagers living intents can only pray the nextmonsoon season in Julywon’t bring more upheaval.

“We are hardly gettingany help,” said Alimi Khoso,pointing to a dirty plasteraround her two-month-oldgranddaughter’s leg,broken in an accident in atent camp.

“Where will we go ifthere are more floods. Wedon’t even have enoughmoney to run away.”

undisclosed quantity of class-C fireworksincluding M-80s, which are outlawed inMichigan, Chief Ronald Haddad said.

“I was comfortable with the fact thatwe had taken him off the street — he isn’tgoing anywhere,” Haddad said Sundayafternoon. “I think the society he wantedto impact is safe.” Haddad said Stockhamwas arrested Monday evening withoutincident in the parking lot of IslamicCentre of America, while a large groupwas gathered inside.—Internet

Elephant refuge starts anew afterfounder’s firing

to retire, rest and roam, farfrom noisy audiences andfree from crampedquarters.

Now, after anunexpected managementchange and a lawsuit filedby one of the originalfounders last year, theirplace of refuge isundergoing changes thatmay allow the world abetter glimpse of their lives.

The sanctuary that’s

This 22 Dec, 2010 photoshows Tarra, bottom, andMisty, top, as they graze

at the Elephant Sanctuaryin Hohenwald, Tenn. Anunexpected management

change and a lawsuitmight give the world abetter glimpse of the

refuge for elephants thathave spent much of their

lives in zoos andcircuses.—INTERNET

Malaysian police take custody of seven Somali pirates

KUALA LUMPUR, 1 Feb—Police in Malaysiatook custody Monday of seven Somali pirateswho were captured in the Gulf of Aden andbrought to the Southeast Asian country to face apossible trial for hijacking a Malaysian-operatedchemical tanker.

Malaysia and South Korea could becomeAsia’s first countries to charge Somalis for piracy-

A Malaysian police officer brings out anaccused Somali pirate from a bus at Bukit JalilPolice Station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on

31 Jan, 2011.—INTERNET

Pakistanis ruined by floodsbrace for more hardship

Monsoon floods beganroaring through Pakistan inlate July last year, leavingabout 11 million peoplehomeless.

The government wasslow to respond while themilitary, seen as a far moreefficient institution, took thelead in relief operations.Pakistani leaders could facefresh criticism if direconditions in flood-affectedareas worsen.

Many communities inSindh are still surroundedby floodwaters andhundreds of thousands ofpeople still live in temporaryshelters, even though morethan $1 billion in flood aidhas been delivered toPakistan, a strategic US ally.

Reuters

related offenses after detaining a total of 12suspects in separate raids on two hijacked shipsrecently. Five Somalis captured in the ArabianSea were brought Sunday to South Korea, wherethey could be sentenced to life imprisonment.

The seven other Somalis arrived under tightsecurity at Malaysia’s key western harbourMonday aboard the MT Bunga Laurel, whichthey attacked 20 Jan in the Gulf of Aden.Malaysian naval commandos stormed the shipand rescued 23 Filipino crew members less thantwo hours after the pirates boarded it.

Authorities will interrogate the Somalis in a“thorough investigation” before deciding whatcharges they could face, a federal police officialsaid on condition of anonymity because he wasnot authorized to make public statements.Malaysia’s plan to charge them could becomplicated because the vessel attacked wasPanama-registered, even though it was charteredand operated by a Malaysian shipping firm.

None of the crew was Malaysian, and theship’s cargo was being transported to Singapore.

But officials have said the pirates could stillface unspecified charges because the ship hadMalaysian interests.—Internet

HOHENWALD, 1 Feb—Nestled on a secluded tractin the wooded hills of ruralTennessee is a sight thatwould likely startle anoutsider, if outsiders werepermitted to see it: thenation’s largest sanctuaryfor old, sick and rescuedelephants.

For the past 15 years,elephants who had spentlifetimes in zoos andcircuses have found a place

never been open to thepublic now wants to be aworldwide educationalcentre for elephant care,while still remaining trueto its mission to be a refugefor needy elephants.

“The sanctuary is andhas always been about farmore than just the peoplewho work in it,” said RobAtkinson, the new CEOwho arrived in Tennesseelate last year. “It’s aboutthe elephants.”

In 1995, two formerelephant trainers, CarolBuckley and Scott Blais,started the sanctuary nearHohenwald, Tenn, about85 miles southwest ofNashville, in part becauseTennessee’s temperateclimate and vegetationmade it a good home forAfrican and Asianelephants.—Internet

BEIJING, 1 Feb — A 4.8-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China’s YunnanProvince on Tuesday afternoon, according to the China Earthquake NetworksCentre.

The quake hit Yingjiang County of Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture ofDehong at 3:11 pm Beijing Time, the centre said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 kilometres, was located at 24.7 degrees northlatitude and 97.9 degrees east longitude, according to the centre.—Xinhua

BEIJING, 1 Feb — An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale hit thesea off the coast of Hualien County in Taiwan at 4:16 pm Beijing TimeTuesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre.

The epicentre was monitored at 24.2 degrees north latitude and 121.8degrees east longitude with a depth of about seven kilometres, the centre said.

The epicentre is about 35 kilometres away from Hualien and about 100kilometres from Taipei, according to the centre.—Xinhua

4.8-magnitude earthquake jolts southwestChina’s Yunnan

5.3-magnitude quake hits sea offTaiwan (China)

Milkpowder from various brands are

displayed at a drug store at Hong Kong’s

northern rural Sheung Shui District,

neighbouring Shenzhen on 31 Jan, 2011.

INTERNET

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(from page 1)Pyithu Hluttaw representa-tives-elect attended themeeting, accounting for99.6 per cent, and themeeting was valid as theattendance was more thanthe quorum of half of therepresentatives-elect. Heannounced the beginningof the meeting.

Representatives-elect carried out matters onnomination of vice-president, support for pro-posals, and submission ofthe proposal papers to the

Group of Pyithu Hluttawrepresentatives-elect…

Pyithu Hluttaw Speakerthrough the master of cer-emonies.

They elected a rep-resentative-elect amongthemselves to comprise inthe group that will scrutinizewhether or not the vice-presidents possess thequalifications prescribedfor the President.

In the process, UHtay Oo of Hinthada Con-stituency nominated UThaung of Kyaukse Con-stituency. U Aung Min ofToungoo Constituency

by the Group of DefenceServices Personnel Rep-resentatives.

The speaker an-nounced that the meetingwill be adjourned for aday in order that the PyithuHluttaw speaker and thedeputy Pyithu Hluttawspeaker can scrutinize thesubmitted proposal papersand make a list of vice-presidential candidates,and the meeting continuesat 10 am on 3 February.The meeting ended at11.15 am.

MNA

The group thatwill scrutinize thequalifications for thepresident comprisesspeakers and deputyspeakers of the twohluttaws of PyidaungsuHluttaw, a Pyithu Hluttawrepresentative elected bythe Group of PyithuHluttaw Representatives-Elect, an AmyothaHluttaw representativeelected by the Group ofAmyotha Hluttaw Repre-sentatives-elect, and aDefence Services Person-nel representative elected

YANGON, 31 Jan—Global Assessment Cer-tificate (GAC) programmeand application for en-trance to over 100 inter-national universities fromthe US, England, Canada,Australia, Mexico, Malay-sia and Indonesia will beexplained at EducationRoad Show 2011 at Sum-mit Parkview Hotel from

Education Road Show 2011 on GAC on 11 Feb

10 am to 4 pm on 11February.

GAC has three levelsto provide English, Math-ematics, InformationTechnology, Economicsand science subjects tothe trainees in addition toIELTS/TOEFL of theirchoice.

The course will lastfrom nine months to one

year. Outstanding personsin GAC entrance will getuniversity stipends. Re-sponsible persons ofAscensia Academy willexplain the detailed factsabout GAC. Thoseinterested may contactCrown Education, Tel:211888, (Extension: 228-229), 095085185 and73040688.—MNA

YANGON, 1 Feb— A ceremony to openAleinmar Pyokhin Library was held inMaungma Village of Kayan Township on27 January.

Chairman of Township Peace and De-velopment Council U Tin Myint, Head ofTownship Information and Public Rela-tions Department Daw Ei Zar Hlaing andChairman of Maungma Village PDC UChit Khaing formally opened the library.

The Chairman of Township PDC

Aleinmar Pyokhin Library opened inKayan Township

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Feb— The secondround robin matches of the 56th Inter-State/Region Union Football Tourna-ment continued at Magway RegionSports Ground and Magway DistrictSports Ground on 30 January.

Taninthayi Region beat AyeyawadyRegion 4-2 at Magway Region Sports

ISR Football Tournament continuesGround while Sagaing Region tied atChin State 1-1 at Magway District SportsGround.

Yesterday, Mandalay Region routedBago Region 3-1 at Magway RegionSports Ground whereas Kachin Stateand Yangon Region ended a 1-1 draw atMagway District Sports Ground.—MNA

YANGON, 1Feb—A talk on IndustrialPromotion & FDI: Focusing on Small &Medium-sized Enterprises, jointly organ-ized by the Union of Myanmar Federationof Chambers of Commerce and Industry(UMFCCI) and Japanese Embassy inYangon, will be held at UMFCCI OfficeTower (first floor) on MinYeKyawSwa

Talk on Industrial Promotion & FDI on 18 Feb

donated 100 books, the chairperson ofTownship Maternal and Child WelfareAssociation one radio and publications,Township Women’s Affairs Organizationpublications, the Head of Township IPRD100 books, local people one table, twochairs, one bench, one shelf and 300books. The library was built with K 1million contribution by Yangon RegionPDC and K 9.3 million by the local peo-ple.—MNA

Road in Lanmadaw Township here on 18February.

Representative Mr Tatsuya Hoshino ofItochu Australia Corporation, MachineryDivision of Japan will give the talks. Thosewishing to attend the talk are to register atUMFCCI (International Relations Depart-ment) (from Ph:214344 to 49).—MNA

Pyithu Hluttaw representatives-elect arriving at Pyithu Hluttaw Hall to attend meeting of PyithuHluttaw representatives-elect group of Presidential Electoral College.

MNA

Pyithu Hluttaw representatives-elect signattendance book of meeting of Pyithu Hluttaw

representatives-elect group of PresidentialElectoral College.

MNA

seconded the nomination.U Khin Maung Yi (a)Khaing Maung Yi of AhlonConstituency nominated UNelson (a) U Hsaung Hsiof Kyaukme Constituency,and it was seconded byDaw Nan Wah Nu ofKunhein Constituency. Inthe secret ballot, U Thaungof Kyaukse Constituencywon 280 votes; and UNelson (a) U Hsaung Hsiof Kyaukme Constituency,44 votes. It was thereafterannounced that U Thaungof Kyaukse Constituencywas elected as a member ofthe group that will scrutinizethe qualifications for thepresident.

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NAY PYI TAW, 1Feb— Speaker of PyithuHluttaw Thura U ShweMann and Pyithu Hluttawrepresentatives from Statesand Regions met at PyithuHluttaw Hall in HluttawBuilding here at 10 amtoday for nomination ofvice-president.

The PyithuHluttaw Speakersupervised the electionprocess and DeputyDirector-General U KyawSoe of Hluttaw Office actedas master of ceremonies.

Pyithu Hluttaw representatives meet for vice-president nominationFirst, Hluttawrepresentatives took outproposals from the deputydirector-general to nomi-nate candidates for vice-presidency.

Next, representa-tives presented proposalsdescribing facts aboutnominees to the PyithuHluttaw Speaker throughthe master of ceremonies.

U Thein Sein fromZabuthiri Constituency wasnominated by Daw Dwebufrom M’JangyangConstituency and sec-

onded by U Aik Mone ofMantung Constituency. UThein Sein was also pro-posed by U Tin Aye fromTadaU Constituency andseconded by U Htay Oofrom Hinthada Constitu-ency.

U Saw TheinAung from HlaingbweConstituency wasnominated by Daw TinNgwe Oo from Dagon(North) Constituency andDaw Nan Wah Nu fromKunhein Constituencyand Daw Khin Saw Wai

from Yathaedaung Con-stituency seconded thecandidacy. He also gotnomination by Daw NanSae Auh from Hpa-anConstituency and Daw

Myint Than from Ye Con-stituency and Daw TinNgwe Oo from DagonMyothit (North) Con-stituency seconded thecandidacy. He was pro-posed by U Ngun Moungfrom Haka Constituencyand U Pai Lin from PaletwaConstituency and DawZatalem from ThantlangConstituency secondedthe candidacy.

The two nominees

for the vice-president were UThein Sein from ZabuthiriConstituency and U SawThein Aung from HlaingbweConstituency.

Then, the meetingof Pyithu Hluttaw repre-sentatives was adjournedfor a day so that the PyithuHluttaw Speaker and theDeputy Speaker may havetime to recognize propos-als and list the names of thenominees.—MNA

YANGON, 1 Feb—Maung Naing Phyo San,son of U Aik San(Myanmarpyi-hmar SunShine) distributes pureleather jackets.

Thakhin Chitbrand leather jackets areavailable atMyanmarpyi-hmar SunShine shops across thenation.

The sales centreNo.1 is located at No.443 at the corner ofMerchant and 43rd Streetsin Botahtaung Township,Tel: 01-291453, No. 2 atNo. 14/A on 83rd

Street between 18th

and 19th Streets inMandalay, Tel: 02-72806, No. 3 at the cornerof 80th and 9th Streets inMandalay, Tel: 02-22640, No. 4 at 139 ofnorthern housing, ground

Leather jerkins available atMyanmarpyi-hmar Sun Shine

floor, Zaygyo Market,Mandalay, Tel: 02-72184, No. 5 at 173/A atthe corner of 81st Streetand 19th Street, Manda-lay, Tel: 02-71006, No. 6at No. 56 at the corner of26th Street and 88th Streetin Mandalay, Tel: 02-35653, No. 7 at Room-

10 of Ngu Wah Hostel atModern Thiri MarlarHousing in Mandalay be-tween 23rd and 24th

Streets and 88th and 89th

streets, and at No. 8 infront of Myoma Cinema,PyinOoLwin, Tel: 085-22927 and 095114833.

MNA

Slight earthquake jolts

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Feb—A slight earthquakeof magnitude (4.8) Richter Scale with its epicenteroutside Myanmar (Yunnan Province) about (230)miles north-east of Mandalay seismologicalobservatory was recorded at (13) hrs (45) min(24) sec M.S.T today, Department of Meteorol-ogy and Hydrology announced.

MNA

Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann supervises electionprocess for vice-president of Pyithu Hluttaw representatives from States

and Regions.—MNA

Deputy Director-General U Kyaw Soeof Hluttaw Office acts

as Master ofCeremonies.

MNA

Customers seen at leather wear sale centre ofMyanmarpyi-hmar Sun Shine.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 1Feb—The news story“Reckless drivingcauses traffic accident”that appeared in the 26-12-2010 issue of dailynewspapers says that aCanter bus plying be-tween Myinkaseik andPathein, while trying toovertake Shwe Wathonexpress bus, inciden-tally hooked up itself tothe express bus and felldown onthe shoulder of the roadand the express bus wastherefore pulled downto the left drain at about9 am; and action wasbeing taken against thedriver of the Canter bus.

Further investi-gation into the case re-vealed that in reality,Myaungmya-PatheinShwe Wathon express

Bus conductor succumbsto injuries

bus while trying toovertake Myinkaseik-Pathein passenger bus,hit hard the back of thebus. The whole rare partof the bus was ravaged,and the bus fell downon the right side. Thehead and body of buswere then damaged.Shwe Wathon expressbus went down into theleft drain, but did notfall down.

The accident left25 passengers on Kantarbus and two passengerson the express bus in-jured. The injured werereceiving treatment inPathein Hospital. Ofthem, the bus conductorof the bus Chit Phwe,son of U Win Kyi, suc-cumbed to the injuries.

Bus drivers aretherefore reminded todrive safely.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 1 Feb—Groupmeeting of Amyotha Hluttawrepresentatives-elect comprising inPresidential Electoral College was heldat Amyotha Hluttaw Hall in HluttawBuilding in Nay Pyi Taw at 10 amtoday. Speaker of Amyotha HluttawU Khin Aung Myint and the AmyothaHluttaw representatives-elect fromRegions and States attended themeeting, and the Amyotha Hluttawrepresentatives-elect nominated thevice-presidents.

Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw UKhin Aung Myint supervised vice-presidential election and DeputyDirector-General U Win Swe ofHluttaw Office acted as master ofceremonies.

The Amyotha Hluttawrepresentatives-elect took out formNo. 1 from the Deputy Director-General. After that, the proposal formswere submitted to the AmyothaHluttaw Speaker through the masterof ceremonies.

In the process of nominatingthe vice-presidents, U Aung Tun of

Group of Amyotha Hluttaw representatives-electnominates vice-presidents

Magway Region Constituency No. 11nominated Dr Sai Mauk Kham (a)Maung Ohn of Shan StateConstituency No. 3 and it wasseconded by U Kyaw Din (a) U HtayReh of Kayah State Constituency No.2.U Hsaing Paung Nut of Shan StateConstituency No.12 nominated Dr SaiMauk Kham (a) Maung Ohn of ShanState Constituency No. 3 and it wasseconded by U Nay Win Tun of ShanState Constituency No.9. Dr MyatNyana Soe of Yangon RegionConstituency No.4 nominated Dr AyeMaung of Rakhine State ConstituencyNo.1 and it was seconded by U PhoneMyint Aung of Yangon RegionConstituency No.3. U Sai Thant Zinof Shan State Constituency No.4 andU Min Myo Tint Lwin of Kayin StateConstituency No.10 nominated Dr AyeMaung of Rakhine State ConstituencyNo.1 and it was seconded by U PawHtan Htaing of Chin State ConstituencyNo.3. U Naing Tun Ohn of Mon StateConstituency No.5 and U Kyaw Theinof Mon State Constituency No.4nominated Dr Aye Maung of Rakhine

State Constituency No.1 and it wasseconded by U Banya Aung Moe ofMon State Constituency No.7.

There were two nominees—DrSai Mauk Kham (a) Maung Ohn ofShan State Constituency No. 3 andDr Aye Maung of Rakhine State

Constituency No.1.Afterwards, the group meeting

was adjourned for one day in order thatthe Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker and thedeputy speaker may scrutinize and makea list of vice-presidents.

MNA

Gallant opens engineering coursesYANGON, 1 Feb—Gallant training school will

conduct Applied Engineering Course andEngineering Applied Computer Course that will lasttwo to four months.

Applied Engineering Course includes TV,DVD, VCD and mechanic course, wiring course, air-conditioner maintenance course, motor operatingcourse, welding course, plumber course, mechanical& electrical competency, and computerized numericalcontrol course.

The Engineering Applied Computer Coursecomprises Auto-CAD (basic), Auto-CAD (M&E),Programmable logic control (PLC) andMicrocontroller Course. For detailed information,contact No. 5 B (5), 4th floor, U Tun Lin Compoundroad, Hledan, Kamayut Township, Yangon, Tel:73032670, 539403 and 095128026.

MNA

YANGON, 1 Feb— Myanmar ProfessionalsEducation Centre will open CICT Diploma inSoftware Engineering Course in the second weekof February.

The diploma will be conferred by Cambridge

MMCWA (Central) provides nutritiousfood to pregnant mothers in Pyawbwe

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Feb—A ceremony to providenutritious foods to pregnant women in PyawbweTownship, Yamethin District, Mandalay Regionwas held at Pyawbwe Township Maternal andChild Welfare Association on 21 January.

It was attended by President of MyanmarMaternal and Child Welfare Association (Central)Daw Nilar Thaw, Vice-President Dr Daw Wai WaiTha and CEC members, Chairpersons of MandalayRegion Maternal and Child Welfare SupervisoryCommittee Daw Htay Htay Aung and members,Chairpersons of Yamethein District and PyawbweTownship MCWSCs and the pregnant women.

At the ceremony, the MMCWA (Central)president made a speech. After that, the presidentand members provided twenty pregnant womenwith nutritious foods and visited the deliveryroom.—MNA

ICT of Malaysia.The course will last nine months. Experienced

teachers will provide practical and theoreticaltraining to the students.

For further information, contact MyanmarProfessionals Education Centre at No. 804 (B) atDagon Centre, Myenigon, Sangyoung Township,Yangon, Tel: 01-73066278.—MNA

Diploma in Software EngineeringCourse in second week of Feb

Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint supervises vice-presidential election of Amyotha Hluttaw representatives-elect.—MNA

Amyotha Hluttaw representatives-elect sign attendance book.MNA

(from page 16)After taking the

seat, Speaker U KhinAung Myint ofAmyotha Hluttawsupervised the meetingaccording to theagenda. The speakerannounced that themeeting was valid andthe start of meeting as168 Amyotha Hluttawrepresentatives-electwho have the right toattend the meeting wereall present at the meetingwith cent per centattendance.

The AmyothaHluttaw representa-tives-elect named Vice-President Nominees,seconded the nomina-tions and presented theproposals to the speakerthrough the master of

Amyotha HluttawRepresentatives-electgroup …

ceremonies.A m y o t h a

Hluttaw Representa-tive-elect U Myo Myintof Mandalay RegionConstituency (6) was

announced as memberof the group that willscrutinize thequalification of thepresident with theagreement of AmyothaHluttaw representatives-elect group.

The AmyothaHluttaw speakerannounced the groupmeeting of Amyotha

Hluttaw representatives-elect will pause for aday to scrutinize theproposals by the speakerand the deputy speakerand to list Vice-President nominees andit will restart on 3February (Thursday).The meeting came to anend at 10.35 am.

MNA

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TOKYO, 1 Feb—All Nippon Airways Co pivotedback into the black in the April-December period asrobust travel demand and cost cuts bolstered thecarrier’s bottom line.

Japan’s No 2 airline said Monday it booked anet profit of 37.54 billion yen ($457.4 million),compared with a loss of 35.2 billion yen during thesame nine months last year.

Revenue rose more than 12 percent to 1.04trillion yen. Operating profit came to 77.7 billionyen, a turnaround from an operating loss of 37.8billion a year earlier.

The carrier, known as ANA, credited a strongrebound in business travel for bolstering revenueon international routes. Flights from the newinternational terminal at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport,which opened in late October, also boostedbusiness. ANA reported healthy demand on itsdomestic routes. During peak travel periods, thecompany added extra flights and used larger aircraftto expand the number of seats.—Internet

ANA swings to black in April-December

A man walks past a poster of All NipponAirways Co (ANA) in Tokyo, on 31 Jan, 2011.

Japan’s No 2 airline said Monday it swungsharply into the black in the April-December

period by booking a net profit of 37.54 billionyen ($457.4 million), compared with a loss of35.2 billion yen during the same nine months

last year.—INTERNET

Microbreweries turningfrom glass to metal

LEWISTON, 1 Feb—Canned beer isn’t just forswilling anymore.

Baxter Brewing inMaine has joined a growingnumber of small craft-beerbreweries distributing theirbrews in cans — just likemainstream mass-produced beers — ratherthan in bottles. A decadeago, it’s believed thereweren’t any US craftbreweries canning theirsuds. Nowadays, nearly100 sell at least one beervariety in metal.

Baxter Brewingfounder and presidentLuke Livingston said cansare good for the beer, theenvironment andconsumers, becausethey’re easy to take toplaces like camping trips

In this Thursday, on 26 Jan, 2011 photo, cansof beer are sorted at the Baxter Brewing Co, inLewiston, Maine. The beer company has joineda growing number of small craft-beer breweriesdistributing their brews in cans, rather than in

bottles.—INTERNET

and golf outings. Still, cansin some quarters have toovercome the stereotypeof chugging contests or abeer-bellied John Belushicrushing cans on hisforehead in the 1978 movie“Animal House.”

When Livingstondecided to open a smallbrewery sans bottles, somepeople told him they wouldnever stoop to drinking beerfrom a can — that bottleswere way better, and draftbeer was the best. “My retortto those people is that draftbeer comes out of a keg,”Livingston said at hisbrewery, located inside aformer textile mill in thiscentral Maine City. “Andwhat’s a keg? A keg’s justa big can, it’s a big metalcontainer.”—Internet

Seafarers, gaze at horizon tostay steady

NEW YORK, 1 Feb—It maynot be news to those who spenda lot of time at sea, but a newstudy reports that if you’re aboarda ship, looking at the horizoncan help keep your body stable,researchers say. In the study,investigators compared a groupof crew members as they stoodon land and aboard a ship andfocused on something about 16inches in front of them and thena far-off object — a distantmountain when standing on landor the horizon when standingon the ship.

On land, the participantswere steadier when they lookedat a nearby object and swayedmore when they looked faraway. On the ship, they weresteadier when they focused onthe horizon, the study found.

When on a ship, looking atthe horizon may make you morestable by helping you

Philippines posts record economicgrowth

MANILA, 1 Feb—ThePhilippine economy expandedby 7.3 percent last year, thehighest since democracy wasrestored to the country morethan two decades ago, thegovernment said Monday.

A trader celebrates byblowing a horn at the

Philippine Stock Exchange inManila. Renewed global

demand for Philippine exportsallowed industrial growth toaccelerate to 8.3 percent in

the final quarter of 2010, upfrom 3.8 percent during the

same period the previousyear.—INTERNET

Growth domestic product(GDP) growth in the last threemonths of 2010 also surpassedexpectations to reach 7.1percent, the National StatisticalCoordination Board said.

The global economicrecovery played a big part inthe strong performance byhelping to boost exports andrevive key industries, whilebetter weather towards the endof the year helped the strugglingfarming sector, it said.

The economy grew by just0.9 percent in 2009, its lowestin 11 years, as the Philippinesstruggled amid the globalfinancial crisis.

Renewed global demandfor Philippine exports allowedindustrial growth to accelerateto 8.3 percent in the finalquarter of 2010, up from 3.8percent during the same periodthe previous year, it said in astatement.—Internet

differentiate between thenatural movement of yourbody and the movementcaused by the ship, explainedThomas A.

Stoffregen of theUniversity of Minnesota.

He has been studying“body sway” — how much aperson’s body moves in a backand forth motion in varioussituations — for decades.

The movement of aperson’s body may predictseasickness, Stoffregen notedin the report published onlineand in the January issue of thejournal PsychologicalScience.

“It’s the people whobecome wobbly who subseq-uently become motion sick,”he said in a news release fromthe Association for Psycho-logical Science.

Internet

The camera of a Google street-viewcar. The US state of Connecticut

said Friday it would holdnegotiations with Google over the

collection of private wireless data byits Street View mapping cars and not

take the Internet giant to court.INTERNET

Study says phone counseling canhelp cut heart disease risk

NEW YORK, 1 Feb—A greater percentage of people at highrisk for heart disease keep up their exercise and diet programmeswhen they get group telephone counseling, according to astudy.

Everyone in the group of nearly 700 patients in the study,published in the American Journal of Cardiology, saw doctorswho evaluated their health and got advice about making goodlifestyle changes. But some also got group counseling sessionsby phone on — and that helped more of them stick with thesuggested changes.

The message itself is nothing new — eat more fruits andvegetables, cut back on salt, exercise more, and stop smoking.“It’s more of a question in how you can deliver it. We all knowwhat’s recommended for lifestyle change,” said lead authorRobert Nolan, a psychologist who studies heart disease at theUniversity Health Network in Toronto.

MNA/Reuters

ROK studentcommits suicide

in ShanghaiSHANGHAI, 1 Feb — A

young man from theRepublic of Korea whostudied at a university inShanghai is believed tohave committed suicide onSunday, school and policeauthorities said Tuesday.

The man is said to havehanged himself Sundayafternoon in the studentapartments at ShanghaiJiao Tong University,school officials and policeofficers told Xinhua.

However, they gaveno other details of thedeath. The student’s re-latives are on their way toShanghai. The universityadministration promised toproperly deal with theincident, assist the stu-dent’s family and improvepsychological counselingservices for students toprevent other tragedies.

Xinhua

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Major winter storm expected to hitGreat Plains, eastern states

CHICAGO, 1 Feb—A massive stormsystem bringing heavy snow, sleet, andfreezing rain could potentially impact100 million people as it slams the Rockies,Plains, and Midwest regions early thisweek before travelling to the easternseaboard Wednesday, according toforecasts on Sunday.

Freezing rain is expected to developSunday night and continue throughMonday, producing a light grazing ofice that could lead to dangerous travelconditions in the central states, theNational Weather Service said, but theprimary storm system will hit earlyTuesday and continue through Tuesdaynight.

The storm’s “stripe of snow” willmove eastward across the central plainsand into the Ohio Valley and touch partsof Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois

Pedestrianswalk past

a largemound ofsnow in

NewYork’sTimes

Square,on 27

Jan, 2011.INTERNET

A member of French street art company Generik Vapeur performs duringthe close of the National Festival Of Arts in the streets of Valparaiso City,

137km (85 miles) northwest of Santiago, on 29 Jan, 2011.—XINHUA

Bolivia flashflood sweeps

away bus,truck; 30 dieLA PAZ, 1 Feb—Police

in Bolivia say a raging riverhas swept at least 30 peopleto their deaths afterswamping a bus and a truckthat tried to cross.

Chuquisaca policechief Iver Marquez saysvolunteer rescuers haverecovered 30 bodies so far,and more people are fearedmissing. Thirteen peoplemanaged to reach safetyon dry land.

Marquez told state-runnews agency ABI onSunday that police andsoldiers have joined localsin the remote southern areato look for more victims.Marquez said the vehiclesbecame trapped in themuddy waters of the MollePunku River on Fridaynight. Intense hail hoursearlier unleashed the flashflood in the river, which isdry much of the year.

There is no bridgewhere the vehicles weretrying to cross.—Internet

Mexican navy rescuesshark-bit fisherman at seaMEXICO CITY, 1 Feb—The Mexican navy says it

has rescued a fisherman who was badly bitten by ashark while at sea.

A navy statement says sailors received a distresscall Friday from a shark fishing boat near theRevillagigedo Islands off Mexico’s Pacific coast.

One of the crew had suffered a serious bitewound on his leg and lost a dangerous amount ofblood.

Sailors gave the boat’s captain instructions onhow to stabilize the 25-year-old man, and sent anamphibious ship and a helicopter to get him intoemergency treatment.

The navy said Sunday that he was in stablecondition and out of danger.

It did not give details on the attack or say whatkind of shark was involved.—Internet

Costa Rica: Network used fishermento ship cocaine

SAN JOSE, 1 Feb—Costa Rican authorities say they have dismantled acocaine smuggling network that used fishing vessels to ship drugs fromEcuador and Colombia through Central America and into Mexico.

The Security Ministry says in a Sunday statement that the Colombian-runnetwork paid fishermen to haul cocaine to Guatemala and Mexico.

The ministry says raids in the Costa Rican Capital of San Jose and in thePacific coast city of Puntarenas were carried out Saturday. Five Colombiansand a Costa Rican national were arrested.

Costa Rican officials say powerful drug cartels are increasingly using thecountry as a transshipment point for cocaine — much of it ultimately boundfor the United States.

Internet

A man drives on a frozen road connecting XianningCounty and Liupanshui City, southwest China’s

Guizhou Province, on 29 Jan, 2011. A severefreezing disaster has been affecting Xianning

County for more than 20 days in a row. —XINHUA

and Indiana, according to a mappedforecast of the storm’s 1 Februarymovements on Weather.com. “This stormwill produce significant impacts across alarge portion of the central United States,”the National Weather Service said, andsome areas could experience snowfall ofmore than six inches, according toWeather.com.

Then, after slamming the Plainsand Midwest, the storm will move intothe Appalachians, Mid-Atlantic, andNew England regions earlyWednesday morning, Groundhog Day,with conditions improving earlyThursday. The heaviest snow isexpected across the interior northeastfrom Pennsylvania into upstate NewYork and New England, according tomid-week forecasts on Weather.com.

Reuters

Floodwaters sweep away Bolivianbus, killing 31

LA PAZ, 1 Feb—Floodwaters swept awaya bus and a truck as theycrossed a swollen river insouthern Bolivia, killingat least 31 people, policesaid on Monday.

Children were amongthose killed in the incident,which took place in aremote area some 200kilometres (125 miles)from the city of Sucre, thepoor Andean nation’sconstitutional capital. “Wehave policemen, people

from the provincialgovernment and the armyhelping with the searchand rescue mission but thearea is too large,” PoliceChief Ivan Marquez toldthe ABI state news agency.

Marquez said theincident happened onFriday, but the remotelocation meant thedetails took days tocome to light. At least19 people were alsohurt, he said. Survivorstold local media how

they grabbed onto rocksand plants to stopthemselves being pulledinto the water as thevehicles crossed theflooded Mollepunkuriver. Floods frequentlycause devastation inBolivia during January,the height of the rainyseason. Leftist BolivianPresident Evo Moraleshas blamed extremeweather on pollutionfrom wealthy nations.

MNA/Reuters

A palm oilplantation is seenhere in Malaysia.

Peatswampforests home tosuch species as

the Borneo pygmyelephant are being

obliterated inMalaysian Borneoto make way for

palm oilplantations,

according to anew study.INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (369)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTATAMPAN VOY NO (369) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 2.2.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

BP braces for huge annualloss after oil spill crisis

LONDON, 1 Feb — Oil giant BP is forecast to postits first annual loss in almost 20 years on Tuesdayas the group struggles to cope with the aftermathof the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.

BP, which publishes its official results at 0700GMT, might update its cost of last year’s fatal oilspill catastrophe, which currently stands at about40 billion dollars.

The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster was triggeredby a blast on the Deepwater Horizon rig — leasedby BP and operated by Transocean Energy — thatkilled 11 workers on 20 April. The broken wellwas eventually plugged but not before it gushedabout 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf waters.

The spill destroyed hundreds of miles of fragilecoastlines and caused BP’s share price to collapsewhile its reputation in the United States took a ham-mering.—Internet

British oil giant BP is forecast to post its first annualloss in almost 20 years on Tuesday.—INTERNET

Australia evacuates coastalcities in path of cyclone

A weather satellite image obtained from the JapanMeteorological Agency shows tropical cycloneYasi in the Coral Sea approaching the coast of

Australia on 1 Feb, 2011.—INTERNET

CANBERRA, 1 Feb—Australia evacuatednortheast coastal cities onTuesday as a cyclone ri-valling the strength ofHurricane Katrina boredown on tourism, sugarand coal mining areas andthreatened areas alreadydevastated by floods farinland.

Cyclone Yasi is ex-pected to generate windsof up to 280 kph (175mph) when it hits theQueensland state coastearly on Thursday (2pmWednesday, GMT),matching the strength of

Katrina, which devastatedNew Orleans in 2005.

With a strongmonsoon feeding Yasi’s650 km-wide front, thestorm was also expectedto maintain its intensitylong after crossing thecoast and could sweep in-land as far as the outbackmining city of Mt Isa.

“This storm is hugeand life threatening,”Queensland PremierAnna Bligh told reporters,warning the storm wasintensifying and pickingup speed on its path fromthe Coral Sea, and de-structive gales would be-gin from Wednesdaymorning.

Queensland, whichaccounts for about a fifthof Australia’s economyand 90 percent ofsteelmaking coal exportsworth about $20.4 billion,has hada cruel summer, withfloods having swept theeastern seaboard over thepast month, killing 35people.—Internet

Snow storm threatens100 million in US

A snow figure sits ona bench on 28 Jan,2011 in New York’s

Central Park.INTERNET

US judge deals new blow to Obama health reform

A second US federaljudge declared PresidentBarack Obama’s healthcare law unconstitutional,sparking a fierce newshowdown withRepublicans who vow torepeal the historic reform

act.—INTERNET

CHICAGAO, 1 Feb—Amammoth storm threat-ens to dump mounds offresh snow, sleet and iceon about 100 millionalready winter-wearypeople from the US heart-land to the east coast,forecasters said.

Blizzard, winter storm

and freezing rain warn-ings were issued for morethan 25 states, fromNorth Dakota and Colo-rado down to NewMexico, then up throughTexas, Kansas and Mis-souri to the Great Lakesregion and across Penn-sylvania to New Eng-land.

The Federal Emer-gency ManagementAgency (FEMA) urgedresidents to preparein earnest for the fury ofthe storm as it barrelseastward across the coun-try.

Internet

WASHINGTON, 1 Feb—A second USfederal judge declared PresidentBarack Obama’s health care law un-constitutional, sparking a fierce newshowdown with Republicans who vowto repeal the historic reform act.

The Obama administration imme-diately pledged to appeal and brandedthe ruling by a Florida judge as an“outlier” from the judicial mainstream,warning that health care costs wouldsoar if it was allowed to stand.

But Republicans crowed that theruling was one step closer to theoutright repeal of a law that has been aDemocratic dream for decades but thatconservatives say will explode the

deficit and kill jobs.US District Judge Roger Vinson said

a key provision of the law known asthe “individual mandate” exceeds Con-gress’s regulatory powers by requiringAmericans to either purchase health in-surance by 2014 or pay a fine.

Internet

US wants TV producer to facemurder charge in Mexico

LOS ANGELES, 1 Feb—US prosecutors on Mon-day filed court papers to send a former “Survivor”television producer to Mexico to stand trial for mur-der in the death of his Brazilian wife, according tocourt papers. The extradition request for BruceBeresford-Redman, filed in a federal court in LosAngeles, comes less than three months after policearrested him at his Southern California home.

No hearing dates have been set in the extraditionrequest, and the US attorney’s office declined fur-ther comment.

Mexican authorities accuse Beresford-Redmanof strangling his wife, Monica, in April 2010 in theresort city of Cancun while the couple was on va-cation with their two children.—Internet

Hard for doctors to remind about vaccinesAURORA, 1 Feb—

Physicians’ offices findreminding patients toupdate their immuni-zations challenging de-spite programmes to help,US researchers say.

Researchers led byAlison Saville and DrAllison Kempe, both ofthe University of ColoradoSchool of Medicine inAurora, learned phy-sicians in Colorado sayphysicians’ practices un-derutilize a statewideimmunization registry.The Colorado Immuni-

zation Information Systemoffers a Webbased toollisting children behind onimmunizations and gen-erates mailing labels orphone numbers.

“This is the first studyto explore the real worldissues that influence privatepractices’ decisions toimplement an evidence-based intervention toincrease immunizations,”Saville says in a statement.

The study, publishedin Academic Pediatrics,finds among the reasonsfor resistance to the system

are a lack of awareness,distrust in data accuracy,and perceived difficultieswith implementation oreffectiveness. Saville,Kempe and colleaguesinterviewed 24 physiciansand staff members in 11practices who received 2-hour, computerbased tra-ining that provided anopportunity for attendeesto run real-time reminderprogrammes with statestaff assistance. Of the 11practices, four imple-mented programmes.

Internet

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NASHVILLE, 1 Feb—Rock band Kings of Leonhas been forced to postpone several internationaltour dates because their drummer is injured.

A news release from the band says NathanFollowill’s surgery for a torn right bicep and labrumwill force postponements of tours in South Africaand Australia until October and November.

The band will still play a few scheduled dates,including an appearance at the Coachella ValleyMusic and Arts Festival on 15 April.

Spokesman Ken Weinstein says Followill hurthimself while working out. The surgery will requireseveral months of rehabilitation, but Followill isexpected to play all shows with the band thisspring, starting with Cochella and includingEuropean dates in May, June and July.

Internet

With drummer injured,Kings of Leon postpone dates

Members of the band Kings of Leon, from left,Jared Followill, Nathan Followill, Matthew

Followill and Caleb Followill, pose for aportrait in New York.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 1 Feb— “DesperateHousewives” star Eva Longoria hasfinalized her divorce from French NBAstar Tony Parker, according to theactress’ publicist Tuesday.

The 35-year-old decided to divorceParker after finding text exchangeswith the wife of one of his former SanAntonio Spurs teammates, BrentBarry, People magazine and TMZreported.

She filed for divorce in Novemberin Los Angeles, citing “irreconcialbedifferences,” and the 28-year-oldParker filed in Bexar County, Texas.It was the Texas divorce case that wasfinalized.

Xinhua

Eva Longoria, Tony Parker finalize divorce

Actress Eva Longoria sits between MLSNew York Red Bulls player Thierry Henry

and her husband, San Antonio Spursguard Tony Parker (R), as they watch aninternational exhibition basketball game

between France and USA at MadisonSquare Garden in New York on 15 Aug,

2010.—XINHUA

This photo showsBritish composerJohn Barry as he

holds his AcademyFellowship award atthe British Academy

Film Awards inLondon’s LeicesterSquare. British film

composer JohnBarry, who won fiveOscars and is bestknown for creatingmusic for the James

Bond movies, hasdied at age 77.

Barry’s family saidMonday on 31 Jan.

2011 that he haddied in New York on

Sunday.INTERNET

NEW YORK, 1 Feb— You’ll have to wait a little more to catch “Catch MeIf You Can” on Broadway.

Producers on Monday cited the heavy snowfall in New York and theextension of The Neil Simon Theatre’s outgoing tenant, “Rain — A Tributeto the Beatles,” as the reasons they need more time to move into the space andstart technical rehearsals.

The musical is adapted from the 2002 Stephen Spielberg-directed filmstarring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. It will star Norbert Leo Butz,Aaron Tveit, Tom Wopat and Kerry Butler. Music and lyrics are by MarcShaiman, and lyrics are by Scott Wittman. Both of them worked on “Hairspray.”The book is by Terrence McNally, who wrote “Love! Valour! Compassion!”

The start of previews is being moved from 7 March to 11 March.Opening night hasn’t changed. It remains 10 April.—Internet

‘Catch Me If You Can’ delays B’waypreview start

Newly married couples wait in line during aceremony in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Any foreign

man seeking to marry in Tajikistan will nowhave to provide an apartment for his bride,

according to legal changes introduce.

Britain’s Andy Murray Friday got so wrappedup in his hard-fought Australian Open semi-finalwith David Ferrer that he forgot the score — andsaved a crucial set point without knowing it.

Murray said he hadn’t realised he was a setpoint down in the second set, which he came backto win and level the match. The world number fivefinally took it in four sets, 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-1, 7-6(7/2).

Murray, 23, thought he was serving at 3-4down, rather than 4-5, when he came up with anunplayable serve to deny Ferrer a break. He saidhe was stunned when he realised the Spaniard hadbeen just one point from taking the set.

“It wasn’t until the umpire called 5-5 that Irealised that, yeah, I just saved a set point,” hesaid. “I was obviously a bit surprised. But youneed to sort of get back into focusing. It was quitea big stage of the match.

Muddled Murray admits he forgot score

Britain’s AndyMurray, seen here

addressing reporters inMelbourne, admittedhe got so wrapped up

in his hard-foughtAustralian Open semi-final with David Ferrerthat he forgot the score— and saved a crucial

set point withoutknowing it.

A woman prepares mud cakes at the Cite-Soleil

neighbourhood, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 31

Jan, 2011. Some people eat mud cookies

made of dirt, butter and salt to fill their

stomachs.

A mail carrier onNew York’s Long Islandis accused of pinchingthousands of discountcoupons intended forresidents’ mailboxes.

Police say 38-year-old Thomas Tang ofBaldwin stole more than7,000 JC Penney Codiscount coupons he wassupposed to deliver to

NY mail carrier pincheddiscount coupons

A 9-year-old girl’s cake brought in a lot of dough in Florida.Cash, that is — $10,000 to be exact. A fertilizer company paid the sum

for Abigail Putnam’s cake at the Polk County Youth Fair. Abigail’s father,Adam Putnam, is the state’s agriculture commissioner. He says even sheknew a cake isn’t worth $10,000 and donated $9,000 of her money back tothe fair.

Fair officials tell The Ledger of Lakeland that the company, Mosaic,typically buys many things from the students who sell livestock and bakedgoods at the annual event.

Mosaic spokesman Russell Schweiss says an employee had been givena lump sum to buy items at the fair. He says the company is investigating thepricey cake purchase.

Company pays $10K for 9-year-old’s cakeat auction

the department store’scustomers. Police sayTang then sold thecoupons on eBay.

Tang was chargedwith grand larceny. Hepleaded not guilty at hisarraignment Friday andwas ordered held on$5,000 cash bail.

His attorney was notimmediately availablefor comment.

The alleged theftoccurred betweenOctober 2009 and thisJanuary.

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Chelsea shatter Britishtransfer record to land Torres

I’m no magician, saysSantander’s Indian owner

Cavenaghi seals loan move toPorto AlegreKarimi reunited with Magath

at Schalke Spanish press writes offReal’s title chances

Holloway to appealweakened team fine

Not even Woods knowshis progress

Clijsters up to secondin world tennis rankings Big night for Blackhawks at

NHL All-Star game

Indian businessmanAhsan Ali Syed

SANTANDER, 1 Feb —Indian businessmanAhsan Ali Syed and thenew owner of modestSpanish First Divisionclub Racing Santanderturned up to a rapturouswelcome at the homeleague match with Valen-cia on Monday and saidhe dreamed of makingthem a world force.

Syed - who made anunsuccessful 300-million-

pound (480-million-dollar) bid to buy EnglishPremier League sideBlackburn Rovers earlierthis season - added, how-ever, that he was no ma-gician and it would taketime for his dreams to be-come reality.

“I am not a magician,”said Syed.

“I would like the teamto become not only ahousehold name in Spainbut also on the worldstage.”

The match ended in a1-1 draw doing no favoursto Santander’s relegationbattle which sees themjust three points above thedrop zone.—Internet

Former Asianfootballer of the year

Ali Karimi

GELSENKIRCHEN, 1 Feb— Former Asian footballerof the year Ali Karimi wasreunited with Germanfootball coach FelixMagath on Monday whenhe signed for Bundesligaside Schalke 04 until theend of the season.

The 32-year-old Ira-nian - capped 112 times -played under Magath dur-ing a largely unsuccessfultwo-year spell at BayernMunich where he scoredjust three times and madeonly 33 appearances.

Karimi - who movedto Qatar after Bayern andthen returned to Iran toplay for Steel Azin - is

Magath’s 40th signingsince he took over in July2009. The Iranian star isthe fourth arrival duringthe winter transfer win-dow, Magath havingsigned Greek veteranstriker AngelosCharisteas, Ghana’sAnthony Annan andBrazilian Avelar.

Internet

Kim Clijsters poses withthe Australian Openwomen’s singles trophyon Melbourne’s Brighton

Beach.—INTERNET

PARIS, 1 Feb — Austral-ian Open winner KimClijsters has risen to sec-ond place in the worldrankings and within closerange of CarolineWozniacki who holds onto the top spot despite onceagain failing to win a GrandSlam title.

China’s Li Na, who lost

in Saturday’s final in Mel-bourne, moves up to acareer-best seventh placewith Francesca Schiavoneof Italy up to fourth behindVera Zvonareva. Formerworld number one SerenaWilliams, who has notplayed since winning theWimbledon title last year,falls out of the top 10.

WTA world top 20:1. Caroline Wozniacki

(DEN) 8655 pts2. Kim Clijsters (BEL)

8515 (+1)3. Vera Zvonareva

(RUS) 7405 (-1)4. Francesca

Schiavone (ITA) 5055(+3)

Internet

Chelsea signedSpain striker

Fernando Torres

LONDON, 1 Feb — Chel-sea signed Spain strikerFernando Torres from Liv-erpool on Monday in a 50million pounds (80 milliondollars) deal that shatteredthe British transfer record.

Torres has signed afive-and-a-half-year con-tract with the Premier

League champions, whoannounced the deal on theirwebsite 35 minutes afterthe official close of theJanuary transfer window.

“Chelsea Football Clubis delighted to announcethe signing of FernandoTorres on a five-and-a-halfyear contract,” a statementon the Blues’ website an-nounced. The 26-year-old’s transfer smashed theprevious British record setless than an hour earlierwhen Liverpool paid New-castle 35 million pounds(56 million dollars) to signEngland striker AndyCarroll as Torres’sreplacement.—Internet

Argentinianinternational striker

Fernando Cavenaghi

BORDEAUX, 1 Feb — Ar-gentinian internationalstriker FernandoCavenaghi moved on loanto Brazilian sideInternacional Porto Alegrefor a year on Monday.

The 27-year-old scored33 goals in 83 matches forBordeaux - starring forthem in their title-winningseason in the 2008/09 sea-son - after joining fromSpartak Moscow in 2007.

However, he has sincefallen out of favour, play-ing just twice under JeanTigana this season and aloan move to Spanish sideReal Mallorca failed to

work out as he scored justtwice in 11 appearances.

Bordeaux, though,have replaced him by tak-ing on loan highly-ratedyoung Brazilian interna-tional striker Andre fromUkrainian outfit DynamoKiev.

Internet

Team Lidstrom’s PatrickKane (88) and DuncanKeith (2), Team Staal’sPatrick Sharp (10) andTeam Lidstrom’s Jona-than Toews, all of the Chi-cago Blackhawks, posefor a photo after hockey’sNHL All-Star Game on30 Jan, 2011, in Raleigh,NC Team Lidstrom won 11-10.—INTERNET

RALEIGH, 1 Feb — ThisNHL All-Star gameended much like last sea-

son did — with a bunchof victorious Blackhawkson the ice, and a playerfrom Chicago skating offwith the biggest prize.

Now for the twist:They weren’t all on thesame team.

Patrick Sharp won theMVP award — and thenew car that goes alongwith it — as a member oflocal favorite Team Staal,but three Chicagoteammates helped TeamLidstrom claim an 11-10victory Sunday night inthe first All-Star game inwhich the rosters werechosen by a draft of thecaptains.—Internet

Blackpool managerIan Holloway

LONDON,1 Feb — Black-pool manager IanHolloway plans to appealagainst a 25,000 pounds(40,000 dollars) fine forfielding a weakened sideagainst Aston Villa in No-vember.

The Seasiders were pun-ished by the PremierLeague after Hollowaysent out an under-strength

team in their 3-2 defeat atVilla Park late last year.

However, Holloway,who threatened to resignover the incident, hasvowed to fight the fine ashe is incensed with the Pre-mier League effectively in-fluencing which players heselects. “I am totally con-fused as to the rules, whois making them and why Iam a football manager andI’m not allowed to man-age,” he said on Monday.“How can they dare say mylads who did play are notgood enough - which is ba-sically what they are say-ing?—Internet

Real Madrid’sPortuguese forwardCristiano Ronaldo

MADRID, 1 Feb — Spain’spress on Monday all butwrote off Real Madrid’s titlechances, pointing an accus-ing finger at coach JoseMourinho’s tactics and thegoal drought of star strikerCristiano Ronaldo.Archrivals Barcelona, whowent seven points clear at thetop of the Liga, were fetedfor their history-makingsuccess.

But Real’s shock 1-0defeat at relegation-threat-ened Osasuna on Sundaywas the big story.

“KO from the League,”headlined Mundo Deportivoalongside a picture ofRonaldo with his head in his

hands.“Seven points. A lot of

problems,” blasted AS. “Abad Madrid failed againstthe consistent effort ofOsasuna.” “Madrid hang-ing on by its fingernails,”headlined leading sportsdaily Marca, saying RealMadrid now have to focuson winning the King’s Cupor the ChampionsLeague.—Internet

S P O R T S

Tiger Woods rehearseshis swing while playingthe South Course atTorrey Pines during thefinal round.—INTERNET

SANDIEGO, 1 Feb — Thetrouble with being sogood for so long is that itmakes the bad times lookeven worse.

Tiger Woods neverlooked worse at TorreyPines.

One of the more astuteassessments about thestate of Woods’ golf gamecame last year at the

Australian Masters. Hewas paired in the thirdround with Kieran Pratt,a 22-year-old from Mel-bourne. A longtime ob-server noted that oneplayer had won 14 majorsamong 82 titles aroundthe world, the other wasmaking his pro debut, andyou couldn’t tell the dif-ference. Pratt shot a 70.Woods had a 71.

A new year looked alot like the old one forWoods.

To see him open witha pair of 69s at the Farm-ers Insurance Open madeit appear as though hisgame was on an upwardtrend, until recognizingthat Anthony Kim wasbetter in each of the tworounds.—Internet

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

Wednesday,2 February

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.During the past 24 hours, rain have been widespread in YangonRegion, scattered in Bago and Ayeyawady Regions, Kachinand Mon States, isolated in Upper Sagaing Region, Shan andKayin States and weather has been partly cloudy over theremaining Regions and States. Night temperatures were (5°C)below February average temperature in Upper SagaingRegion, (3°C) above February average temperatures inEastern Shan, Rakhine and Mon States, (5°C) to (6°C) aboveFebruary average temperatures in Bago, Yangon andAyeyawady Regions, Rakhine State and about Februaryaverage temperatures in the remaining Regions and States.The significant night temperatures were Lashio and Haka(5°C), Namhsan (6°C). The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Myitkyina (0.51) inch, Cocogyun (0.28) inch,Hinthada (0.20) inch and Ngathaichaung (0.16) inch .

Nay Pyi Taw Maximum temperature on 31-1-2011 was 93°F.

Minimum temperature on 1-2-2011 was 64°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 1-2-2011 was (74%).Rainfall on 1-2-2011 was (Nil).

Yangon (Kaba-Aye)Maximum temperature on 31-1-2011 was 91°F.

Minimum temperature on 1-2-2011 was 72°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 1-2-2011 was (83%). Totalsunshine hours on 31-1-2011 was (2.8) hours (Approx).

WEATHERTuesday, 1st February , 2011

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas Rainfall on 1-2-2011 was (Tr) at Mingaladon, (Nil) atKaba-Aye and (Tr) at Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2011 was (1.97) inches at Mingaladon, (1.89) inches atKaba-Aye and (3.54) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mph from Northeastat (09:30) hours MST on 31-1-2011.

Bay Inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy overthe South Bay and partly cloudy over the Andaman Seaand elsewhere Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 2rdFebruary 2011:Light rain are likey to be isolated in Bago, Yangon,Ayeyawady , Taninthayi Regions and Mon State and weatherwill be partly cloudy over Sagaing and Mandalay Regions,Kachin, Shan and Kayin States and generally fair in theremaining Regions and States. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Strong Easterly winds with moderate torough seas are likely at times. Gulf of Mottama, off and alongMon-Taninthayi Coast. Surface wind speed in strong windmay reach (35) mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere inMyanmar waters.

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

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 2-2-2011: Partly cloudy .

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for2-2-2011: Likelihood of isolated light rain. Degree ofcertainty is (60%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for2-2-2011: Partly cloudy .

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am ) MSTOversea Transmission - (2-2-11 09:30 am ~

3-2-11 09:30 am) MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Travelling on the Chin Mountain Ranges* News* Creative Expert in Myanmar “The Life of an

Artist”* News* “Myanmar’s Traditions and Culture”

Novicehood in Myanmar* News* Songs for you* Myanmar’s Jade WonderlandOversea Transmission* Opening* News* Travelling on the Chin Mountain Ranges* News* Creative Expert in Myanmar “The Life of an

Artist”* News* “Myanmar’s Traditions and Culture”

Novicehood in Myanmar* News* Songs for you* Myanmar’s Jade Wonderland* Jade Art* News* Being Young (Youth and Fashion)* News* The Legacy of Painting* Music Gallery* News* “Myanmar Traditional Instruments” Myanmar

Harp (Episode-2)* News* Sittway, Evergreen Seaside Town * Myanmar Movies “He sows when he reaps”

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(2-2-2011) (Wednesday)

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Hilly

Region MissionarySayadaw

7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy

Exercise 7:30 am 3. Morning News 7:40 am 4. Dhamma Puja Song 7:50 am 5. Nice & Sweet Song

8:00 am 6. Cultural Dances8:25 am 7. Myanmar Traditional

Cultural Performing

Arts Competitions

8:30 am 8. 64th Anniversary

Union Day Programme8:40 am 9. International News8:45 am10. Musical Programme4:00 pm 1. Martial Song4:05 pm 2. Musical Programme4:10 pm 3. Song Of National

Races4:15 pm 4. 2011 University Of

Entrance Examination(English)

4:50 pm 5. Songs For

UpholdingNational Spirit

4:55 pm 6. Classical Songs5:05 pm 7. “ASEAN”

Programmes5:15 pm 8. 64th Anniversary

Union Day Programme

5:25 pm 9. International

Science News5:30 pm10. Melody Tunes

(SogyaPyawshwinTay Thansin)

6:00 pm11. Evening News

6:15 pm12. Weather Report6:20 pm13. Traditional Boxing6:35 pm14. Shwe Yin Chone

Than7:00 pm15. Ratha Pawlwin

ThayokesaungLwin Pyin(Character Contest)

7:35 pm16. Alinka Wut Yi

Music Troupe8:00 pm17. News18. International News19. Weather Report20. Korea NG Award21. TV Drama Series22. MyanmarVideo

Feature

Suzuki to recall 4,007vehicles in China

BEIJING, 1 Feb— Japanese carmaker SuzukiMotor Corp will recall 4,007 Grand Vitara vehiclesin China to repair problems that could pose safetyrisks, China’s quality watchdog said on Monday.

The recall, set to begin February 28, affectsfour models of the Grand Vitara, which weremanufactured between 2 June, 2008 and 20October, 2010, the General Administration ofQuality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine(AQSIQ) said in a statement on its website.

The automaker will replace a faulty componentin the serpentine belt tensioner of affected cars at nocharge, the statement said.

Owners may contact the automaker at hotlinenumber 13816524549 or dial phone numbers 010-59799616 or 65537365 for the defective productscontrol center with AQSIQ.—MNA/Xinhua

A visitor takes photos of an exhibit during apress preview of “The Emperor’s Private

Paradise: Treasures from the Forbidden City”exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

in New York, the United States, on 31 Jan,2011. The exhibition featuring 90 objects fromthe Forbidden City will be opened to the public

from 1 Feb.—XINHUA

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Only with stability and peace will the nation developOnly with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracyRiots beget riots, not democracyDemocracy can be introduced only through constitution

VOA, BBC-sowing hatredamong the peopleRFA, DVB-generating publicoutrageDo not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

People’s DesireWe favour peace and stabilityWe favour developmentWe oppose unrest and violenceWipe out those inciting unrestand violence

14th Waning of Pyatho 1372 ME Wednesday, 2 February, 2011

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Feb— The group meetingof Amyotha HluttawRepresentatives-electgroup of PresidentialElectoral College washeld at AmyothaHluttaw Hall of HluttawBuilding here at 10 amthis morning. AmyothaHluttaw Speaker U KhinAung Myint andAmyotha Hluttaw Rep-resentatives-elect fromRegions and Statesattended the meeting.

The Hluttaw repre-sentatives-elect arrivedat the hall starting at 8.30am and signed the at-tendance book beforethe meeting started.

The AmyothaHluttaw representatives-elect then attended thegroup meeting ofAmyotha Hluttaw Rep-resentatives group ofPresidential ElectoralCollege held at theAmyotha Hluttaw Hall.

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Amyotha Hluttaw Representatives-electgroup of Presidential Electoral College meets

Amyotha Hluttaw Representatives-elect group of Presidential Electoral College participate in group meeting at AmyothaHluttaw Hall of Hluttaw Building.—MNA

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