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Volume XVIII, Number 270 12th Waxing of Pyatho 1372 ME Sunday, 16 January, 2011

* 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, 15 Jan—Nay Pyi Taw-Taungnyo-C h a u n g n e t - T a u n g -dwingyi (Ngansat-Kyweshin Section) tarredroad was commissionedinto service at Mile PostNo.17/2 this morning.The opening ceremony ofthe four-lane road built byPublic Works of the Min-istry of Construction wasattended by Commanderof Nay Pyi Taw Com-mand Brig-Gen MaungMaung Aye, Minister forConstruction U KhinMaung Myint, Ministerfor Religious Affairs Thura

Nay Pyi Taw-Taungnyo-Chaungnet-Taungdwingyitarred road, Kyweshin Bridge open

U Myint Maung, DeputyMinisters for ConstructionU Tint Swe and U MyintThein.

First, the commander,ministers and deputy min-isters formally opened theroad. Next, they walkedalong the road togetherwith officials.

The five miles andfour furlong long roadwas 12 feet wide in thepast but it has now beenwidened to 48 feet withfour lanes.

Then followed theopening ceremony ofKyweshin Bridge. The

commander delivered aspeech and Minister UKhin Maung Myint ex-plained facts about thebridge.

The ministers anddeputy ministers formallyopened the bridge and thecommander formally un-veiled the stone inscrip-tion of the bridge.

Flanked by 5-feetwide pedestrian lane, theover 180-foot-longKyweshin Bridge has fourmotorways with 48 feetin width. It canwithstand 60-ton loads.

(See page 8)

Safari Park (Nay Pyi Taw)to be opened soon

Byline: Phyo Sandar Myint;Photos: Zin Bo Min (Kyemon)

Myanmar will soon open its first-everinternational level Safari Park (Nay Pyi Taw) incompliance with the guidance of the Head of Stateon conservation of wildlife and habitats. The parkis designed to serve as a public recreation centre,to help the people acquire knowledge about

(See page 9) The entrance plaza to the Safari Park.

A road section of Nay Pyi Taw-Taungnyo-

Chaungnet-Taungdwingyi (Ngansat-

Kyweshin Section) tarred road.

MNA

Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command

Brig-Gen Maung Maung Aye, ministers and

guests stroll on Nay Pyi Taw-Taungnyo-

Chaungnet-Taungdwingyi

(Ngansat-Kyweshin Section) tarred road.

MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 16 January, 2011

Sunday, 16 January, 2011

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

People’s Desire

Science and technology is advancingday by day. Global nations are striving theirutmost to develop themselves, enlisting thecombined strength of financial, natural andhuman resources.

In endeavouring for nationaldevelopment, only the self-reliance canguarantee long-term development. To do so,the intellectuals and intelligentsia and thepeople are required to work together inharmony. Only after overcoming thechallenges of the new era, can prospects fordevelopment be grabbed.

The Myanmar society has existed withgood education foundations for many years.Turning out experts in various fields enablesthe State and the people to catch up with theinternational community.

The teacher role is important forcreating a constant learning society in accordwith the Myanmar education goal. The youthof new generation need training not only tobe educated but also to have good discipline,outlooks and habits. It is also necessary toinculcate patriotic spirit and Union Spirit inthem.

While striving for emergence of humanresources, the government is making plansfor sharpening the skills of teachers. So,training courses are being conducted in orderthat teachers can take part in the efforts forsocio-economic progress of the people,national development tasks and nation-building tasks.

All teachers are giving out educationalknowledge for a promising future of the newgeneration. Therefore, more educated youngpeople will emerge only through the effort ofnoble teachers with national outlook.

Develop national outlook

Seminar on Hepatitis heldin Mandalay

YANGON, 15 Jan — A seminar to disseminatelatest findings and treatments for Hepatitis washeld in Yadanabon Hall of Myanmar MedicalAssociation (Mandalay) this morning, with theattendance of specialists from MMA and medicalstudents.

Professor Dr Aung Gyi of MedicinesDepartment of Mandalay General Hospital andGeneral Manager Dr Aung Khine Than of FortuneInt’l Limited extended greetings.

Professors Dr Than Sit discussed “FutureTherapy of Hepatitis C” and Professor Dr Mya MyaYi of Hepatitis Medicines Department of MGH,“Future Threapy of Hepatitis B, Unresolved Issuesand Remaining Challenges”.

Officials answered queries raised by thespecialists.

The seminar was jointly organized by UnicoOverseas Development Limited (Hong Kong) andFortune Int’t Limited (Myanmar).—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Jan — Chairman of SagaingRegion Peace and Development CouncilCommander of North-West Command Brig-GenSoe Lwin oversaw construction of TaungchaungBridge and approach road in Kanbalu Township,new school building for BEHS in Koetaungbothvillage, road works and tasks for beautifying andgreening of Koetaungboth railway station on 6January.

Regional development tasks of Shwebo, KathaDistricts inspected

Next, the commander looked into progress ofShwebo-Myitkyina Road (Katha District roadsection), Katha-Inndaw-Nantseeaung Road whichis under construction and power supply work inNabah village in Inndaw Township.

On 10 January, the commander gaveinstructions on preparations for offering gold foilsto Kaunghmutaw Pagoda in Sagaing and renovationworks in the precinct of the pagoda.— MNA

YANGON, 15 Jan—The 12th annual meeting ofMyanmar Fisheries Federation under Ministry ofLivestock and Fisheries took place at the federationon Bayintnaung Street, Insein Township, here, thismorning, with addresses by Chairman of YangonRegion Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Yangon Command Brig-Gen TunThan and Minister for Livestock and Fisheries UMaung Maung Thein.

The commander, the minister and Presidentof the federation Wunna Kyaw Htin U Htay Myintformally opened the meeting and viewed booths

Myanmar Fisheries Federation meets

on fishery industry. They then addressed the annualmeeting.

The commander then awarded the two childrenof members of the federation who won fivedistinctions and four distinctions respectively in2010 matriculation exam.

Next, Commander Brig-Gen Tun Than,Chairman of Yangon City Development CommitteeYangon Mayor U Aung Thein Lin inspected repairof Buddha Tooth Relics Pagoda Road and all-round renovation of Buddha Tooth Relics Pagodain Mayangon Township.—MNA

YANGON, 15 Jan—Star Resources ho-spitality managementtraining school conductedan educative talk atTraders Hotel here today.

Principal ofLondon Hotel SchoolCollege, England Mr RodHardingham gave talkson Qualify to WorkInternationally withInternational Quali-fication.

London HotelSchool College is at fullservice for traineeswishing to get BA Hons(Hotel Management-

Star Resources holds educative talk

UK). Those interested inBusiness Managementcan do MBA programmecourse after attending

Diploma in ManagementStudies for one year.

For more in-formation, contact Star

Resources HospitalityManagement Academy(Ph: 523623, 523200 and09-5020302).—MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Tun Than and Minister U Maung Maung Thein and MFF President WunnaKyawhtin U Htay Myint formally open 12th annual meeting of Myanmar Fisheries Federation.—MNA

Principal of London Hotel School College, EnglandMr Rod Hardingham gives talks on Qualify to Work Internationally

with International Qualification.—MNA

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KABUL, 15 Jan—Militants detonated a roadsidebomb that killed seven civilians they had releasedonly moments earlier following a brief detentionon a highway in southern Afghanistan Friday, alocal official said.

The seven, all taxi drivers, had been travellingon a road between the districts of Daichopan andArghandab in the troubled Province of Zabulwhen they were stopped by a group of militants ,said Mohammad Jan Rasoolyar, spokesman forthe provincial governor.

After being briefly detained, the men managedto negotiate their release. But as they drove away,the militants detonated a roadside bomb by remotecontrol, killing all seven, Rasoolyar said.

ISLAMABAD, 15 Jan—Unidentified armed menin southwestern Pakis-tan attacked tankerssupplying oil to foreigntroops in neighbouringAfghanistan, police saidSaturday.

A group of gunmenopened fire on thetankers when the driverswere having dinner onroadside restaurants nearDera Murad Jamali inBalochistan Provincelate Friday night, driverssaid.

Ten tankers caughtfire which later engulfedten more tankers due to

An Afghan municipality worker sweeps the site of a suicide bomb attackin Kabul on 12 Jan, 2011. A suicide bomber on a motorbike killed two

people and wounded more than 35 near the Afghan parliament onWednesday, officials said, the third bomb attack in the capital Kabul in

less than a month.—INTERNET

MANILA, 15 Jan—More than two weeks ofheavy rains have left at least 47 people dead fromflash floods and landslides in the Philippines,according to the government.

Monsoon rains have battered parts of thecountry since 29 December, with morethunderstorms still forecast for these areas, thegovernment weather station said.

The death toll from the rain has risen to 47 dueto drownings or burial by landslides, while fourmore people remain missing, said the NationalDisaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

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Weeks of rains leave 47 deadin Philippines

A passenger jeepney traverses a flooded roadin the town of Sto Domingo, Albay Province,southeast of Manila, last month.—INTERNET

Emergency workers walk past debris in frontof a flood damaged restaurant in the town of

Ipswich, 40 km (25 miles) south west ofBrisbane, on 14 January, 2011.—INTERNET

Pakistani police officials stand beside the wreckage ofa police van after a roadside bomb in the garrison

town of Bannu on 13 January.—INTERNET

Roadside bomb kills seven in southern Afghanistan

20 NATO fuel tankerstorched in SW Pakistan

The spokesman said that none of the sevenworked for the authorities. The Taleban oftentarget Afghan civilians who work for thegovernment or with foreign military or civilianorganizations.

However, Rasoolyar said he believed theywere killed to intimidate civilians and showarea residents not to use that road, which he saidthe Taleban use to plant roadside bombs againstNATO forces and the Afghan army.

The volatile Province of Zabul lies just northof Kandahar, a traditional Taleban strongholdwhich along with neighboring Helmand has beenthe focus of much of the fighting in recent months.

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the late arrival of firefighters, they said.

Witnesses said thatthe flames spread to anearby restaurant and atyre shop. No one washurt as the drivers andcleaners were out of thetankers at the time ofthe attack.

Drivers said that thegunmen had also beenfiring from time to time,which disrupted theefforts of the fire tendersto extinguish the blaze.They alleged that thepolice arrived at the scenevery late.

Xinhua

BRISBANE, 15 Jan— Heavy rain prompted newflood warnings in Australia even as thousands ofvolunteers cleaned up the gooey mess coatinghomes and streets in its third-largest city Saturday.

Four states had flood warnings due tooverflowing rivers and rain, while Queenslandworked to recover from its deadly, weekslongdisaster. Large parts of the vast state are still underwater and some places are still on alert for flooding.

In Brisbane, the water that swamped entireneighborhoods has mostly receded, leaving behinda thick, putrid sludge.—Internet

Australia flood warningsspread, Brisbane mops up

KABUL, 15 Jan—A US Marine shot at and killedan Afghan police officer in Helmand province withLashkar Gah as its capital, 555 km south of Kabulon Saturday, a statement of the NATO-ledInternational Security Assistance Force (ISAF)released here said.

“According to initial reporting, an AfghanUniformed Police officer and a US Marine had adispute while conducting static security operationsat a patrol base in Sangin District,” the statementadded. “The individual failed to comply with theinstructions and the Marine fired two rounds whichresulted in the Afghan Uniformed Police member’sdeath,” the alliance in the statement confirmed.

However, the statement asserted that, “TheInternational Security Assistance Force isinvestigating the shooting in Helmand Provincetoday that led to the death of an Afghan UniformedPolice officer.”—Xinhua

US Marine kills Afghan policeofficer

Pakistani onlookers watch a burning NATO oiltanker near Jamrud in Khyber tribal District in

December, 2010. —INTERNET

VANDIPERIYAR, 15Jan—The death toll fromthe tragic stampedeFriday evening inIdukki District of thesouthern Indian state ofKerala has attained 109,while 50 others wereinjured, seven of themseriously, said a shrinespokesman.

“At least 109pilgrims were dead and12, some of themchildren, were stillmissing,” Sabarimalareligious shrine spok-

Death toll from Indian stampede attains 109esperson Rahul Easwartold Xinhua.

Till now 39 victimshave been identified.One of the victims hasbeen identified as a SriLankan citizen.

The tragedy happe-ned barely two hoursafter lakhs of devoteeswitnessed the Makar

Jyoti (divine light) onthe occasion of theharvest festival ofMakar Sankranti.

According topolice, an autorickshawran over some peoplefollowed by a stampededue to which thecasualties reached 109.

Xinhua

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Mobile app takes on India’s cheating tuk-tuk driversNEW DELHI, 15 Jan—

It could spell the end forcheating autorickshawdrivers in India, the scourgeof commuters and foreigntourists alike.

An Indian companyhas developed a mobilephone application thatallows consumers tocalculate what fare theyshould pay for a journeyrather than the ofteninflated amount demandedby drivers.

MindHelix Technolo-gies, a software company

An auto rickshaw driver waits in aqueue for his turn to get a refill with

Compressed Natural Gas outside a gasstation in New Delhi. An Indiancompany has developed a mobile

phone application that allowsconsumers to calculate what fare theyshould pay for a journey rather thanthe often inflated amount demanded

by drivers.—INTERNET

based in the southern Indianstate of Kerala, haslaunched its TukTuk Meterapplication that uses GlobalPositioning System (GPS)technology to calculateroutes and their costs. In

India and other Asiancountries, hiring an autorickshaw or tuk-tuk for ashort ride often leads to anexasperating argumentover the price.

Meters are routinely

tampered with to showhigher rates per kilometre(mile) or are said to bebroken, with foreign touristsin particular chargedexorbitant prices at the endof their trip.—Internet

107 trillion emails sent last yearWASHINGTON, 15 Jan—

Internet users sent a totalof 107 trillion emails lastyear, most of them spam,according to a Webmonitoring service.

The number of emailssent last year were amongthe facts and figures aboutthe Internet gathered byPingdom from varioussources and publishedThursday at royal.ping-dom.com/2011/01/12/internet-2010-in-numbers/.

Pingdom said that asof June 2010, there were1.97 billion Internet users:825.1 million in Asia, 475.1million in Europe, 266.2million in North America,204.7 million in LatinAmerica and theCaribbean, 110.9 millionin Africa, 63.2 million inthe Middle East and 21.3million in Oceania andAustralia.

Pingdom said anaverage of 294 billion emailmessages were sent perday and about 89 percentwere spam.

It said there are 2.9billion email accountsworldwide and 152 millionblogs. The total number ofwebsites is 255 million,Pingdom said, up 21.4million over the previousyear.

It said there were88.8 million .com domainnames, 13.2 million .netdomain names, 8.6million .org domainnames and 79.2 millioncountry code domainssuch as .cn or.uk.

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A woman looks at her email on a computer screenin Washington 2010. Internet users sent a total of107 trillion emails last year, most of them spam,

according to a Web monitoring service.—INTERNET

Climate cost even greater than feared

British economist Nicholas Stern saidthe price of fighting climate change is

now higher than he estimated in a 2006study that earned him a 400,000-euro(530,000) Spanish award—INTERNET

MADRID, 15 Jan—British economistNicholas Stern said the price of fightingclimate change is now higher than heestimated in a 2006 study that earned hima 400,000-euro (530,000) Spanish awardon Friday.

Stern won the BBVA Foundationaward for measuring the economic cost ofclimate change, notably in his 2006 SternReview which found it made moreeconomic sense to combat climate changethan to do nothing.

The economist’s “advanced economic

Even blindfolded, dolphins are masters of imitationMIAMI, 15 Jan—Even blindfolded, a

7-year-old bottlenose dolphin namedTanner was able to mimic anotherdolphin’s behaviour — proof, accordingto Florida researchers, that dolphins aremasters of imitation second only tohumans.

When his sight was blocked, Tannerused other senses to figure out what theother dolphin was doing and copy it, theresearchers at the Dolphin ResearchCentre in the Florida Keys said in a studypublished in the International Journalof Comparative Psychology.

Researchers at the non-profit centrehope to conduct further studies to “mapthe dolphin mind” in order to learn moreabout the evolution of human cognition.

analysis” quantified the impacts of climatechange and provided “a unique and robustbasis” for decision-making, said the jury inthe Frontiers of Science Award.

It “fundamentally changed theinternational climate change debate andstimulated action,” the jury said in astatement.

The Stern Review found worldeconomic growth would contract by atleast 20 percent if no action is taken, whilea switch to a low-emissions economywould cost about one percent of globaloutpout a year.

Informed of the award on the eve ofthe announcement, Stern said he wouldrevise the figures in his study if he waswriting it now, according to statement bythe BBVA Foundation.—Internet

A wild dolphin swims in the oceannear Mikura island, 200km south of

Tokyo, on 3 August, 2008.INTERNET

“Looking at an animal (which is) sofar removed from us and yet sharessome cognitive abilities, tells us somethingabout us,” said Dr Kelly Jaakkola, thecentre’s research director.

Reuters

Russia to sell new tourist rides to space in 2013MOSCOW, 15 Jan—Russia will start

selling multimillion-dollar tourist

tickets to the International Space

Station again in 2013 after a four-year

hiatus, the US-based firm that organizes

the paid trips said on Thursday.

Virginia-based Space Adventures

has had no seats to sell for the zero-

gravity voyage since flying billionaire

Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte

to space in October 2009.

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International Space Station (ISS) crewmember European Space Agency Astronaut

Paolo Nespoli of Italy takes part in a trainingsession for controlling Soyuz spacecraft atthe Star City space centre outside Moscow

13 November, 2010.—INTERNET

Malaysia plans sanctuary for captive tigers

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Jan—Malaysiaplans to set up a large enclosed naturalhabitat for captive tigers, a seniorwildlife official said Friday, an ambitiousproposal that has raised concerns amongconservationists.

The authorities say the reserve willprovide a good home for tigers rescuedfrom poor living conditions, butcampaigners argue the focus should beon protecting the animals in the wild.

“It is still at the preliminary stage. Itwill be an enclosed area big enough forthe big cats to roam,” a wildlife andnational parks department official toldAFP on condition of anonymity.

“Tigers in the park will be fed andit will be a tourist attraction.”

A final decision on the programme,which will be located in peninsularMalaysia, will be made by the end of the

year, the official said.The plan was prompted by the

discovery of 27 captive tigers living inpoor conditions in a zoo in southernMalacca state, the official said.

He played down fears of poachersraiding the tiger park, saying it would be“enclosed and guarded.” But WilliamSchaedla, regional director of TRAFFICSoutheast Asia, which monitors trade inwildlife, urged the authorities toconcentrate on battling poaching ratherthan breeding tigers.—Internet

A Malayan Tiger takes a dip at theNational Zoo in Kuala Lumpur in

2010.—INTERNET

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Swiss National Bank estimates 2010 lossat 21 b francs

BERN, 15 Jan—TheSwiss National Bank onFriday said it expects itsloss in 2010 to reach 21billion Swiss francs, as thecountry’s strengtheningcurrency pared down thebank’s foreign currencyholdings.

“The sharp rise in thevalue of the Swiss franc,particularly against the

holdings, which areexpected to post anestimated profit of justunder 6 billion francs forthe year.

The central bankhowever added thatdespite the expectedlosses, its capital base“continues to be robust,also by comparison withother central banks.”

The Swiss franc hasgained about 12 percentagainst the euro comparedto a year ago, and morethan five percent againstthe dollar, to the dismay ofexporters who are seeingtheir profits squeezed.

The Swiss centralbank had sought early onto halt the franc’s gain byspending billions to buyup euros last year andbefore.

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Swiss National Bank headquarters in Bern.INTERNET

Delta mulls massive aircraftpurchase

WASHINGTON, 15 Jan—Delta Airlines is moving toreplace 200 aging aircraft, according to an internalmemo, in what could spell the world’s largest planeorder. The US airline has approached manufacturerswith a view to buying “100 to 200 firm aircraft” with an“option for 200 more” from early 2013, according to amemo posted on Delta’s intranet Thursday and receivedby AFP Friday.

If all planes were bought from the same supplier itwould be the largest aircraft purchase in history, surpassingan IndiGo order of 180 planes from Airbus, which wasannounced this week. “Several major aircraftmanufacturers” were approached in December, accordingto the document, as Delta tries to replace 200 narrow-bodied jets, including the Airbus A320, the DC9-50 andthe Boeing 757-200.—Internet

File photoshows

travellerscheck-in at a

Delta AirLines counter

at Seattle-Tacoma

InternationalAirport

in Seattle.INTERNET

Google gainsground in USsearch market

SAN FRANCISCO, 15Jan—Market- t rackercomScore reported onFriday that Googlefinished 2010 strong,handling 66 percent ofUS online queries.

Factoring in outsidewebsites with search“powered by” by theCalifornia Internet titan,its share of the marketclimbed even higher,with 69.4 percent of USsearches getting “or-ganic” results fromGoogle. Microsoft’sBing search engineincreased its share of theUS market slightly to 12percent, while AOL,Ask, and Yahoo! eachlost ground with 1.9, 3.5,and 16 percentrespectively, accordingto comScore.—Internet

euro and the US dollar,has resulted in a loss ofsome 26 billion Swissfrancs ($26.8 billion, 20.3billion euros) on theforeign currency positionsof the Swiss National Bankfor the 2010 financialyear,” it said in a statement.

That was partlymitigated by gains in thecentral bank’s gold

Scientists make chickens that don’tspread bird flu

European scientists have found a way togenetically modify chickens so that they

don’t transmit bird flu, according toresearch published Thursday in the

journal Science.—INTERNET

could not pass it on to other chickens.“Chickens are potential bridging

hosts that can enable new strains of fluto be transmitted to humans,” saidLaurence Tiley, of the University ofCambridge’s Department of VeterinaryMedicine.

“Preventing virus transmission inchickens should reduce the economicimpact of the disease and reduce therisk posed to people exposed to theinfected birds.”

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WASHINGTON, 15 Jan—Europeanscientists have found a way to geneticallymodify chickens so that they don’t transmitbird flu, according to research publishedThursday in the journal Science.

Bird flu, also known as H5N1 avianinfluenza, usually afflicts poultry but cancross over to humans and cause lethalrespiratory problems and othercomplications.

The first cases detected in humanswere in Hong Kong in 1997. A widerglobal outbreak took hold in 2004 andcases have flared across parts of theworld ever since.

Scientists from the Universities ofCambridge and Edinburgh said themodified chickens could get bird flu but

Thirdhand smoke may be even biggerhazard

HAIFA, 15 Jan—“Thirdhand smoke,” theremains of cigarette smokethat clings to surfaces, maybe a bigger health hazardthan previously thought, aresearcher in Israel warns.

Study leader YaelDubowski of Technion-Israel Institute ofTechnology in Haifa,Israel, says thirdhandsmoke can lead to the

formation of contaminateson surfaces — carpeting,clothing, furniture andother surfaces and pose ahazard to a baby crawlingon the carpet, a personnapping on the sofa orsomeone eating foodtainted by thirdhandsmoke.

Dubowski andcolleagues studiedinteractions between

nicotine and indoor air ona variety of differentmaterials includingcellulose, cotton and paperto simulate typical indoorsurfaces.

They found nicotinecan interact with ozone inindoor air to formpotentially toxic pollutantsthat get deposited on thesesurfaces.

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Health Tip: Get fit for golfH1N1 vaccine is pictured at

Virchow clinical center on

26, Oct. 2009 in Berlin,

Germany.—INTERNET- Grab a tennis ball and squeeze it for five minutes to exercise the muscles in your

forearm.- Do some wrist curls with a light dumbbell, bringing the dumbbell down to the

fingertips, then lifting it to the palm. Then lift the weight another inch or two bycurling the wrist. Repeat 10 times for each arm.

- Put your palms down flat in front of you, and use your wrist to move a dumbbellup and down. Do this 10 times for each arm, being sure to support the arm withthe other hand at about your elbow.

- Use rubber tubing tied around an object at shoulder height. Pull the tubing toyour chest, then extend your arms. Repeat 10 times for each arm.

- Using the rubber tubing again, kneel down and pull the tubing from over yourhead down to your chest as you bend your elbows, then release. Repeat 10times.—Internet

Even when playing golf, you can injure your elbow, spine, knee, wrist or hipif you don’t warm up before you take the first swing.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons suggests these exercises:

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Rescuers struggle as Brazil flooddeaths rise

TERESOPOLIS, 15 Jan—Rescuers uncoveredmore corpses buriedunder mud and wreckedhomes in southeasternBrazil on Friday as thedeath toll from torrentialrains and massive floodshit 540 people and lookedcertain to climb.

Rivers of mud torethrough towns this weekin the mountainousSerrana region outsideRio de Janeiro, levelinghouses, throwing cars

A

destroyed

house is

seen after

a landslide

in

Teresopolis

13

January,

2011.

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Flood-affected Sri Lankans line up forfood at a relief camp in the eastern

town of Batticaloa. Sri Lanka’sminority Tamils would normally

celebrate their annual harvest festivalSaturday, but instead they are

struggling to survive the worst floodingin living memory.—INTERNET

atop buildings andleaving more than13,500 people seekingshelter and aid.

It was Brazil’sdeadliest natural disastersince 785 people werekilled in floods in 1967, alocal newspaper re-ported.

The extent of thedamage exposed majorflaws in emergencyplanning and disasterprevention in a countrythat aspires to attain

Eight militantskilled in

Afghanistan’sWardakProvince

KABUL, 15 Jan—Afghan and NATO-ledforces eliminated eightTaleban militants duringsearch operation inAfghanistan’s WardakProvince, 35 km west ofcapital Kabul, a statementof provincial admini-stration received hereSaturday said.

“Afghan andinternational forcesconducted a searchoperation in Nurkh DistrictFriday night but thetargeted militants encou-ntered the joint forces andthe troops returned firekilling eight militantsincluding a local comm-ander namelyMohammad Gul,” thestatement added.

“No member of thejoint forces was harmedduring the operation, “ itfurther said.

Taleban militants,who speed up their assaultsagainst Afghan andNATO-led forces, have yetto make comments.

Xinhua

Somalis flee drought zonesafter rebels block aid

MOGADISHU, 15 Jan—Thousands of rural Somalisare camping within earshot of fighting in the capitalMogadishu after militants prevented aid groupsfrom helping them survive a drought.

Al Shabaab rebels, who profess loyalty to alQaeda, have forced a number of aid groups,including the United Nations’ World FoodProgramme (WFP) to cease operations in parts ofthe country, parched by the failure of recent rains.

Medics in Mogadishu, where there are dailygunfights between the rebels and African Unionpeacekeepers protecting the Western-backedgovernment, said they were seeing a growingnumber of dysentery, diarrhea and malnourishmentcases.

“We receive hundreds of children and motherssick with drought-related diseases every day,”Abdirizak, a doctor at Mogadishu’s BanadirHospital told Reuters.—Reuters

Disease threat for Sri Lanka flood victimsBATTICALOA, 15 Jan— The threat

of disease is looming over the million-plus victims of floods in Sri Lankathat have left more than 30 peopledead and devastated farmland in theisland’s rice bowl.

Disaster Management MinisterMahinda Amaraweera said medicalunits had been rushed to the centraland eastern regions, where hundredsof thousands have been forced to takeshelter in cramped, state-run reliefcamps.

“We are very conscious of thefact that there can be water-bornediseases and we brought medical stafffrom other areas to help out,”Amaraweera told AFP. “There are noreports of diarrhoea, but we are takingprecautions.”

More than one million people wereinitially displaced in the floodingtriggered by unusually heavymonsoon rains in the past week.

The state Disaster ManagementCentre said 32 people had beenofficially confirmed dead, withanother 12 missing.

UN agencies in Colombo saidthat providing relief for those in theworst affected areas was a serious

challenge, and that they would shortlyissue an international appeal forfunding.—Internet

Photo taken on 14 Jan,2011 shows a sanitationworker in Jiayin Countyof Yichun city, northeast

China’s HeilongjiangProvince. Affected by

strong cold air,temperature in Jiayin

County declined to minus45 degree Celsius, a new

historical record, bringingtrouble to people’s daily

life. —XINHUA

12 suspects, two soldiers die in Mexico gunbattleVERACRUZ, 15 Jan—

Twelve suspected drugcartel gunmen and twosoldiers were killed in anearly six-hour gun-battlein the Gulf coast state ofVeracruz, authoritiesreported Friday. About 100soldiers, marines and policelocated a drug gang safehouse in the state capital ofXalapa and surrounded itlate Thursday, saidVeracruz state Public SafetySecretary Sergio LopezEsquer.

The gunmen resistedfiercely and a standoffensued, with authoritiesfiring tear gas into the houseand exchanging fire withthose inside.

Other gunmen shot uphomes and cars insurrounding neighbour-hoods, apparently to try todraw soldiers away fromthe safe house.

Security forces finallystormed the house earlyFriday and seized grenades,ammu-nition and vehicles,army Gen Rene Aguilar Paezsaid. There were no arrests.

The soldiers wereresponding to tips aboutarmed men travelling inconvoys of sport utilityvehicles in the area — ahallmark of Mexico’s drug

gangs. There was noimmediate information onwhich cartel is suspected tohave been involved.

Officials reported thisweek that 34,612 peoplehave died in drug-relatedkillings across Mexico inthe four years since PresidentFelipe Calderon declaredan offensive against drugcartels.—Internet

A soldier stands guard at a crime scene where thebody of an unidentified man was found in SanSebastian Tutla on the outskirts of Oaxaca 14

January, 2011.—INTERNET

developed-nation statusin coming years.

It also highlightedthe huge challenges thatnew President DilmaRousseff faces as shestrives to upgradeBrazil’s creakinginfrastructure before ithosts soccer’s World Cupin 2014 and theOlympics two years later.

Reuters

TEHERAN, 15 Jan—Seven international envoysare getting a look inside two key Iranian nuclear sitesin a tour that Teheran hopes will build support aheadof more talks on its disputed atomic work.

In a blow to the effort, key powers Russia, Chinaand the European Union refused the invitation. TheEU said it should be up to inspectors from the UNatomic agency to verify whether Iran’s programmeis entirely peaceful. The United States was notinvited. The US and some of its allies accuse Iran ofseeking nuclear weapons, a charge Iran denies. Onthe tour are envoys from Egypt, Cuba, Syria, Algeria,Venezuela, Oman and the Arab League.—Internet

Envoys to tour two key Iraniannuclear facilities

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Mitsubishi Motors to target Brazil, India

This file photo shows a production line at aMitsubishi Motors plant. Mitsubishi Motors will

streamline production in Japan, the United Statesand Europe while increasing output in emerging

markets including Brazil and India, according to anew report.—INTERNET

TOKYO, 15 Jan—Mitsubishi Motors willstreamline production inJapan, the United Statesand Europe while increa-sing output in emergingmarkets including Braziland India, according to anew report.

By redistributingresources, the automakeraims to lift globalproduction to 1.5 millionunits, up 50 percent fromthe year to March 2010,the Nikkei business dailysaid.

In the United States,Japan’s fourth-largestautomaker will stopproduction of three modelsdesigned only for the North

year, while the firm alsoplans to reduce or freezeproduction of certainmodels at Japanese plants.

Meanwhile, theJapanese automaker willinvest in Brazil to boostlocal production, whilepreparing to start outputfrom India by investing ina local partner, the Nikkeisaid.

It is also exploring ajoint venture in India withFrance’s PSA PeugeotCitroen.

Mitsubishi Motorsaims to manufacture low-priced vehicles based onminicars jointly developedwith Nissan Motor Co.

Reuters

American market, such asthe Eclipse, now manufac-tured at a plant in Illinois.

But the company willincrease output of suchmodels as the Outlander

sports utility vehicle thatcan be sold in other foreignmarkets, the Nikkei said.

In Europe, it will stopproduction of the Coltsubcompact model next

Snow, rain to continue insouthwest China over next

three daysBEIJING, 15 Jan—Most parts of southwest China

will experience snow or rain over the next threedays, as the cold wave continues, the NationalMeteorological Centre forecast Saturday.

Medium-to-heavy snowfalls will hit most partsof Tibet Autonomous Region, southeastern areasof Qinghai Province, northeastern parts of GuizhouProvince, and northern areas of Hunan Province.

The southeastern parts of Tibet andnorthwestern parts of Yunnan Province will havemedium-to-heavy rains or snowfalls. Parts ofGuizhou will have icy rain.

The cold snap will also bring temperature dropsto the regions along Yellow and Huai rivers andfurther south Saturday. Temperatures in the regionwill drop 3 to 6 degrees Celsius or 8 to 10 degreesCelsius in some areas.

Xinhua

People work in coldweather in Shenyang,

capital of northeastChina’s Liaoning

Province, on 14 Jan,2011. Workers of

China RailwayElectrification Bureau

Group acceleratedtheir work to set uppower supply and

signal transmissionsystem for the Harbin-

Dalian high speedrailway which would beput into service at theend of 2011.—XINHUA

Man held in California school threat hadweapons cache

LA MESA, 15 Jan—Police found a cache offirearms at the house of aman they suspect oftriggering a security scareat a San Diego-area highschool on Friday when hecalled authorities to tell themhe heard about a shootingthere.

It was ultimatelydetermined that no shootingoccurred, but Helix HighSchool in the San Diegosuburb of La Mesa wasplaced under a security alertfor roughly four hours afterpolice in the neighbouringtown of El Cajon receivedthe anonymous call at about8:20 am local time, policesaid.

The caller asked disp-atchers about a shootinghe said he had heard aboutat the high school but hung“when the dispatcherbegan asking probativequestions,” El Cajon policeLieutenant JD Arvan toldReuters.

While police werescrambled to the school insearch of a possible threat,investigators traced the callback to a house in El Cajon,where they found thesuspected caller and anumber of handguns andrifles in “plain view,” Arvansaid. “During our investiga-tion, we became concern-ed for his mental stability,”and the man was placed in

A fox passesthrough cars in

downtown Berlin,Germany, on 14

Jan, 2011. Foxesshow up in urbanareas of Berlin,

Zurich, London andsome other big cities

recent years.XINHUA

custody. He has since beenreferred for a psychologi-cal evaluation.

No criminal chargeswere immediately filed, butpolice asked for a warrantto thoroughly search thehouse, where he apparentlylived alone, Arvan said.

No information abouthis identity or occupationwas provided, but La Mesapolice Lieutenant Dan Willissaid the suspect was in his40s.

As police from bothtowns converged on theschool, teachers weredirected to keep studentsinside their classrooms, andaccess to the campus wasclosed.—Internet

Three wounded in shooting spree insouthern Norwegian city

OSLO, 15 Jan—Three persons werewounded Friday when they were shot byan unidentified gunman in the southernNorwegian city of Sandefjord, theNorwegian news agency NTB reported.

A woman was shot in the head andchest while her husband was shot in theback, said police. The two were rushedto Ullevaal Hospital in Oslo and their

condition was critical.The third victim, a man who was

shot in the chest, was hospitalized inTonsberg in stable condition.

Police trying to track down theperpetrator closed the gate to a schoolnear the shooting scene and told studentsto remain inside.

Xinhua

US company recalls chew bars due tohigh lead levels

LOS ANGELES, 15 Jan—A UScompany on Friday ordered a recall ofchew bars which contain elevated levelsof lead.

The recall was initiated after a recenttest by the California Department ofPublic Health showed that the recalledproduct’s lead levels are above thenational standard, said the Indiana- basedcompany called Circle City Marketingand Distributing.

The chew bars contain lead levels of0.24 parts per million ( ppm), higher thanthe 0.1 ppm set by the U.S. Food andDrug Administration, said the company.

The company said that out of anabundance of caution, it has determined

to recall all lots and all flavors of theproduct distributed from the product’sinception in 2007 through January 2011.

The recalled product was sold inseveral brands, with each chew barhaving a net weight of 0.7 ounce or 20grams, according to the company.

The Pakistan-made candy calledToxic Waste Nuclear Sludge Chew Barswas distributed nationwide in retail storesand through mail orders, the companysaid.

Elevated levels of lead potentiallycould cause health problems, particularlyfor infants, small children, and pregnantwomen.

Xinhua

Citizens do SpringFestival purchase

in a market inSuzhou, east

China’s JiangsuProvince, on 14

Jan, 2011. Peoplestarted to praparefor the upcomingChinese Lunar

New Year. XINHUA

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(from page 1)It is the 252nd of

bridges of 180 feet andabove built by Ministry ofConstruction and the 14thin Mandalay Region.

Thanks to the bridge,local commodities caneasily be transported toMandalay Region,Magway Region,Rakhine State and Chin

Nay Pyi Taw-Taungnyo-Chaungnet-Taungdwingyitarred road, Kyweshin…

State through Nay PyiT a w - T a u n g n y o -Chaungnet-Taungdwin-gyi road, Nay Pyi Taw-T a u n g n y o - M y o t h i t -Kanbya (Magway) roadand other road networks,contributing to develop-ment of economic, social,health and educationsectors of the region.

MNA

Flanked by 5-feet widepedestrian lane, the over 180-foot-long Kyweshin Bridge has four mo-torways with 48 feet in width. It canwithstand 60-ton loads. It is the252nd of bridges of 180 feet andabove built by Ministry of Con-struction and the 14th of Manda-lay Region.

Kyweshin Bridge is the 252nd over-180-foot

bridge constructed by Public Works of Minis-

try of Construction.

MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Maung Maung Aye,Minister U Khin Maung Myint and deputy

ministers formally open Nay Pyi Taw-Taungnyo-Chaungnet-Taungdwingyi (Ngansat-

Kyweshin Section) tarred road.—MNA

Minister U Khin Maung Myint, Minister

Thura U Myint Maung, and deputy ministers

cutting a ribbon to commission Kyweshin

Bridge.

MNA

YANGON, 15 Jan — WISE International Schoolfor Executive will conduct 10-day Course ResearchMethod and Techniques for Certificate in ResearchMethodology for Business starting on 21 January.

The course focuses on effectual usage ofresearch & development method techniques, forthey are helpful in business, enterprise, marketing,advertising, promotion and survey.

One may enroll the course with the fee of K50,000 (40 per cent off for members). For enquiry,those interested may contact WISE InternationalSchool for Executive at No (1009), 10th floor,Yuzana Tower, junction of Kaba Aye Pagoda Roadand Shwegondine Road, Bahan Township, Yangon(Ph: 01-556183 and 09-5157032).—MNA

WISE to open Research Methodand Techniques Course

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Jan—Deputy Minister forConstruction U Tint Swe visited construction site (Pakokkubank) of Ayeyawady Bridge (Pakokku) on 13 January.

The deputy minister heard reports on progress in

Deputy Construction Minister visitsAyeyawady Bridge (Pakokku) Project

construction of the bridge and inspected construction ofbored piles. He also went to the construction site onLatpanchepaw side and inspected preparation for fixingtrusses.—MNA

MCBF, MHA to hold Cane-ballCompetition in NyaungU

YANGON, 15 Jan —Myanmar Cane-ballFederation and MyanmarHoteliers Association willjointly organize MHAChairman’s Cup and MCBFCup Myanma TraditionalCane-ball Competition in

NyaungU of MandalayRegion from 16 to 20February.

First prize is K 1.5m,second K1m and third 0.5mfor each event.

Teams of Bagan andNyaungU Townships will

be assisted with K 50,000and of other Regions andStates with K 0.1m inaddition to accommodationcosts.

Teams may enlist atMCBF (Aung San Stadium)not later than 10 February.

Those interested maycontact MCBF GeneralSecretary U Ye Aung (Ph:09-2002688), Daw KhinAye Mu (Mandalay RegionPh: 09-2165061), U MyoThant (Prince Hotel Bagan/NyaungU Ph: 09-47105205 and 061-60411)and MCF (Ph: 01-393420).—MNA

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(from page 1)animals and plantsgrowing in naturalconditions, to keependangered species ofanimals from inside andaround the world, and toenable the people to learnthe natural ecology.

Close to the parkare the Planetarium andthe Aquarium. Head ofthe park U Aung KyawTun said to the Kyemonthat animals were kept innatural conditions as an

Safari Park (Nay Pyi Taw)…

NAY PYI TAW, 15Jan — Chairman of BagoRegion Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of Southern Com-mand Brig-Gen Soe Htuttogether with Vice-Chair-man of Bago Region PDCBrig-Gen Sein Myint andofficials on 9 January in-spected progress of con-struction of houses for warveterans in Nyaungwaingward of ShwedaungTownship.

Next, the com-mander accompanied by

Commander, Deputy HealthMinister encourage eye patients

YANGON, 15 Jan—At the invitation of Minis-ter for Hotels and Tour-ism U Soe Naing, an 8-member delegationheaded by Secretary MrTakreth Samrach of Of-fice of the Council of Min-isters of Cambodia visitedMyanmar from 10 to 14January.

The delegationarrived at Yangon on 10January and visited tour-ist destinations in Bagan,Mandalay and Yangon on11 and 12 January. AtChatrium Hotel on 13January, the Cambodiandelegation and Myanmardelegation discussed bi-lateral cooperation in non-

Myanmar, Cambodia discusscooperation in tourism industry

YANGON, 15 Jan—Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment Committee Yangon Mayor U AungThein Lin formally opened Yekyaw concrete road inNo 7/9 Ward, Pazundaung Township here this morning.

The mayor then attended the opening of alibrary, 2-inch diameter tube well, 800-gallon capacitybrick tank, garden and circular concrete road inPazundaung Garden Complex in No.7 Ward.

He also opened concrete roads in No.6 and No.7 wards and inspected the roads. He then inspectedconcreting of the road section from Banya Dalla Junc-tion to Thamein Bayan Junction and upgrading ofTooth Relics Pagoda circular road in Mayangon Town-ship.—MNA

New concrete roads putinto service

Deputy Minister for HealthDr Mya Oo attended theceremony to provide freemedical treatment to eyepatients at People’sHospital in Shwedaung.

The commanderand the deputy ministerspoke on the occasion.

An official gaveaccounts of performingeye surgery, and an eyepatient and a local spokewords of thanks.

Next, the com-mander and the deputyhealth minister cordially

greeted patients with eyecomplaint.

At local battalionin Okshitpin Township,the commander lookedinto agricultural andbreeding works of thebattalion and spoke wordsof encouragement tofamily members. On hisarrival at local battalion inTituk village, thecommander oversaw ag-ricultural and breedingworks of the battalion. On11 January, the com-mander observed paddygrowing at the farmlandof a local in Ngarywa vil-lage-tract in Pyay Town-ship. — MNA

smoke industry and fly-ing direct flight betweenthe two countries.

Myanmar del-egation comprisesdirectors-general ofDirectorate of Hotels andTourism and Departmentfor Civil Aviation,personnel of Directorateof Telecommunicationsand Myanma Airways In-ternational, chairmen ofMyanmar TourismIndustrialists Association,Myanmar Hoteliers

Association, and marketpromotion committees,and vice-president ofUnion of MyanmarFederation of Chambersof Commerce andIndustry and was headedby Deputy Minister forHotels and Tourism U AyeMyint Kyu and DeputyMinister for Transport UNyan Tun Aung.

The Cambodiandelegation went backhome on 14 yesterdaymorning.—MNA

open zoo in order thatvisitors felt as though theywere in an African forest;that there would soon be202 animals of 16 rarespecies from some foreigncountries such askangaroos, giraffes, whiterhinos, zebras, ostriches,goat deer, one-humpcamels, lions, and Africandeer (impala).

In the Asian boothare eight mythums, 30samburs, 30 golden deers,and 50 small deers, totaling

118 animals inhabiting innatural conditions. If avisitor leaves behind theAsian Safari booth, he willreach Australian Safaribooth with an area of 3.53acres with six kangaroosand 10 small kangaroosfrom the Netherlands.

After the AustralianSafari booth, the AfricanSafari booth is the largestwith an area of 59.64 acres,serving natural habitats forsix camels, eight Africandeer, six goat deer, six lions,10 tigers, six white rhinos,10 ostriches, six giraffes,

six zebras and four ponies,altogether 68 animals.

In order that the openzoo is like a safari park,man-made caves,woodland and small lakesare set up in it. Booths aredivided by fences. Tigerbooth and lion booth arefenced twice. So, the boothsof the beasts are surroundedby five fences; whiterhinos, by four fences; andother animals, by threefences. Visitors canobserve the animals bybuggy. Only by specially-designed mini bus, canvisitors observe tigers andlions.

An official said thatzoo keepers had to keep awatchful eye on the animalsof foreign species becausethey were foreign species;that if needed they weregiven health care byveterinarians; and that thoseforeign species animalswere kept by selected zookeepers.

Visitors can thenvisit the aquarium made up

of 51 lakes and one50,000-gallon-capacitylake in which altogether1381 freshwater andsaltwater fishes of 44 rarespecies will be on display.

Near the aquariumis a modern amusementpark for kids. Vacant landsin the area of the SafariPark will be reforested withtrees and landscaping treesand flowering plants. Inaddition, an orchid park isbeing built for publicstudy. There is a roadlinking the area with the

National Landmark Parkor National RacesVillage, to which visitorscan go by buggy.

The Safari Park(Nay Pyi Taw) will soonbe opened. So, the peopleare urged to visit thewildlife habitats toobserve various speciesof animals including rarespecies of animals fromforeign countries forrelaxation andrecreation.

Translation: MSKyemon: 11-1-2011

An African zebra.

Some one-hump camels.

Meeting between delegation headed by Secre-tary Mr Takreth Samrach of Office of the

Council of Ministers of Cambodia andMyanmar delegation led by Deputy MinistersU Aye Myint Kyu and U Nyan Tun Aung in

progress at Chatrium Hotel.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 15 Jan—Maung Myanmar cy-cling contest (male & female events) organized byMinistry of Industry-1 took place at the designatedplaces here this morning.

Among the spectators were directors-generaland managing-directors of the ministry, the chairmanof Nay Pyi Taw District Peace and Development Counciland members and chairmen of township PDCs, officialsof Myanmar Cycling Federation and enthusiasts.

The starting point of male event was from thestone monument at the junction in Tatkon, Nay Pyi TawDistrict and finished at Myanma Gems Museum, totaling37 miles whereas the female event started from Pyi SanAung Basic Education Middle School in ZeyathiriTownship, Nay Pyi Taw District and the destination wasalso at Myanma Gems Museum, totaling 20 miles.

The contest was followed by prize-presenta-tion ceremony at the ministry. Director-General ofDirectorate of Industries U Win Myint awarded first,second and third prize winners in male Contest and sodid Director-General of Industrial Coordination andInspection Department U Soe Hline to winners offemale event.—MNA

Industry-1 Ministryholds Maung Myanmar

cycling contest

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Jan — The fifth convocationceremony of the University of Myanmar MaritimeUniversity was held in conjunction with prize pres-entation ceremony at the hall of the convocation ofthe University this morning, attended by Chairmanof Myanmar Maritime University Council Ministerfor Transport U Thein Swe and Council members,the rector of the University and departmental heads,officials, faculty members, students and guests.

NAY PYI TAW, 15Jan—Chairman of ShanState Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of EasternCommand Brig-GenHsan Oo inspected Kali-Mongsan roadconstruction on 7 January.

Commander attends Commander’s Shield Men’sand Women’s Volleyball Contest

On 8 January, hepresented cash assistancein meeting with officersand other ranks and theirfamilies at Loilem stationhall, and inspectedagriculture and breedingtasks.

He watched final

match of EasternCommander’s ShieldMen’s and Women’sVolleyball Contest andattended its prizepresentation ceremony on10 January. He awardedthe winners and championteam.

At Shan Statemeeting hall, he handedover the flag for victory tothe team that will competein Inter-State/RegionMen’s FootballTournament (open), andcordially greeted theplayers.—MNA

Transport Minister attendsMMU fifth convocation

The minister presented certificates of honourto winners of RINA Fellowship Awards and Inter-national Fellowship Awards conferred by WorldMaritime University, Sweden and RINA MyanmaShipyard Award Gold Medal of Royal Institute ofNaval Architects (UK), HPH Gold Medal ofHutchison Port Holding (Hong Kong) and subject-wise gold medals to students.

Next, the minister delivered a convocationalspeech.

After the ceremony, the minister observedthe industrial booth of final students. Post-graduatediploma and degrees were conferred on 268 studentsby MMU at its fifth convocation ceremony.

MNA

Multi-Hazard EarlyWarning Centre

Assistant Director DawTin Yi of HydrologyDivision explaining

function of thedivision.

An official ofSeismology Divisionanswering queries of

Kyemon daily.

MYANAUNG, 15Jan—The modelNgwechi-6 long staplecotton plantation offarmer U Hla Tun in Plot

No. 220 in MyanaungTownship was harvestedon 28 December,attended by the chairmanof the Township PDC,

the Township Managerof Myanma AgricultureService, the Head of theTownship Settlement andLand RecordsDepartment and farmers.The per acer yield of themodel long staple cottonplantation is 836 viss.

Myanma Alin

Model long staple cottonplantation harvested

(from page 16)as well as collecting dataof weather conditions inneighbouring regions incoming three to five daysthrough high

performance computingsystem and analyzedcomparing with currentconditions and publishesannouncements. Thecentre collects special

weather reports every hourfrom coastalmeteorological stations incase of storm moving toMyanma Coast, predict itsmovement and publishesstorm warning.

Hydrology Divisionhas four units: Tideprediction section,

computer section, datacollection section andhydrology lab. The divi-sion is responsible formonitoring hydrologicalstations collectinghydrological data fromthese stations, studyingand analyzing them,publishing analyzed dataand report. The divisionanalyzes water levels and

floods of major rivers inMyanmar and publishesmonthly and yearlyreports.

Seismology Divisionis responsible for settingup seismology centres andequipping seismometers,collecting data the wholeday, issuing earthquakewarning, and tsunamiwarning, and carrying outtasks to reduce risks ofearthquakes.

The Meteorology andHydrology Departmentpublishes timely weatherforecasts through MRTV,MRTV-3, MRTV-4, dailies,Nay Pyi Taw MyanmaRadio, City FM, MandalayFM, Pyinsawady FM,Cherry FM, auto-answeringmachines and other state-owned media so as to reachout to all strata of life. Peoplemay also visitw w w . d m h . g o v . m mwebsite of the departmentor call automatic-answering machine Ph:067-411252 and 01-

Seismometers are at 24-hr standby operation to record earthquake andtsunami.

667766 to look for latestweather reports. Thedepartment requests thepublic not to believerumors and unreliablenews and asks them todial 067-411251,411253, 411250, 01-660176, 09-86-01162for latest weatherforecasts.

******Translation: TKKKyemon: 8-1-2011

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Japanese carmakers in push for hydrogen vehicles

Nissan Motors’ X-Trail Fuel Cell

Vehicle, seen here in 2006. Toyota,

Honda and Nissan, along with 10

Japanese energy groups including

natural gas refiners and

distributors, want to build 100

hydrogen filling stations by 2015 in

Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and

Fukuoka.

INTERNET

A couple of tourists look at a vintage MercedesBenz car at the Gangaramaya Temple in

Colombo on 12 Jan, 2011. Sri Lanka’s 2010tourist arrivals rose 46 percent year-on-year asthe Indian Ocean Island’s post-war travel boomgathered speed, with December arrivals setting

a new monthly record, data released on Tuesdayshowed.—INTERNET

Bulgarian helicopter crew kidnapped in SudanKHARTOUM, 15 Jan —

Three Bulgarian heli-copter aircrew workingon a UN contract werekidnapped in Sudan’stroubled Darfur region onThursday, the UnitedNations and the Bulgarianforeign ministry said.

The trio, seized byunidentified gunmen,were reportedly well.

“A crew of threeBulgarian nationals,working for a Bulgarianairline company opera-ting flights on a UNcontract, were kidnappedin north Sudan,” theforeign ministry said inSofia.

UNAMID, the jointUN-African Unionmission in Darfur, saidthe three were workingon a World FoodProgramme (WFP)mission when seized at

A picture released by the United Nations Mission inSudan (UNMIS) on 3 January shows a UN helicopter

airlifting voting materials to Tali.—INTERNET

Um-Shalaya southeast ofEl-Geneina in WestDarfur.

“The incidentoccurred as the crewlanded their helicopterat approximately 10:35hrs and weresubsequently met byunknown armed men,”said a statement fromUNAMID. It said noother details were

immediately available.The three work for

the UN Humanitarian AirService, which ismanaged by the WFP.

Bulgarian foreignministry spokeswomanVesela Cherneva toldnational radio: “We haveconfirmed their identitiesbut cannot disclose anydetails at this stage.”

Internet

MADRID, 15 Jan—Moderate drinking of beercan cut the risk of diabetes and high blood pressureand even help people lose weight, Spanish doctorssay.

Spanish researchers say combining ale or lagerwith exercise and a healthy Mediterranean diethigh in fish, fruit and vegetables and olive oil canprovide health benefits, Britain’s Daily Telegraphreported Thursday.

Beer contains folic acid, vitamins, iron andcalcium and offers the same health benefits alreadycredited to moderate wine drinking, the researchersfound. “Moderate beer consumption is associatedwith nutritional and health benefits,” Dr RamonEstruch, the lead researcher, said.

“It does not necessarily mean weight gain sinceit has no fat and calorie content is low.”

He contrasted the culture of drinking smallglasses of beer with healthy foods in Spain to bingedrinking in Britain.

“Beer drinkers here do not resemble Britons,who drink large quantities, almost without movingfrom one spot, while eating chips and sausages,” hesaid.—Internet

Moderate beer drinkingsaid health benefit

Cholera epidemic in Haitibegins to stabilize

PORT-AU-PRINCE, 15 Jan—The cholera epidemic inHaiti has begun to show signs of stabilizing, despitethe fact it is now present in all the regions of thisCaribbean country, the doctors in Haiti said Friday.

“Well the situation right now is very optimistic, itis stabilizing, we see in many parts that the numbersare slowly diminishing, including for example in Port-au-Prince, but we have to be very very careful andcontinue monitoring the situation,” Sylvain Groulxtold Xinhua in Petion Ville.

According to him, the situation “is not perfect, butcertainly we see that the number (of cases) isdiminishing” as now there are not “the high numbersthere were a few weeks ago.”

“Every day people is coming in and need to betreated, however now instead of coming by hundredsof thousands per day they are now diminishing andthey come between 50 or 60 people per day to betreated instead of 150 per day,” he said.

Xinhua

Chinese artist in France Li Zhongyao (L)

signatures for a fan on a commemorative stamp

for China’s upcoming lunar new year, Year of

the Rabbit, in Paris, capital of France, 14 Jan,

2011. The French postal department put on sale

on Friday the commemorative stamp for

China’s Year of the Rabbit which is due to begin

on 3 Feb, 2011.—XINHUA

Toxic chemicals found in many US pregnant women

LOS ANGELES, 15 Jan—A new study has foundthat many pregnantwomen in the UnitedStates have a number ofpotentially toxic orcancer-causing chemi-cals in their bodies.

In the studyinvolving 268 women,researchers at theUniversity of California,San Francisco (UCSF)analyzed data from theCentres for DiseaseControl and Prevention.

Study results showthat almost all participantshad detectable levels ofeight types of chemicalsin their blood or urine,including flame retardantsand perchlorates found inrocket fuel.

Other chemicals

include pesticides, carexhaust pollution, PCBs(toxic industrial chemicalbanned in 1979), PFCs(used in non- stickcookware), andphthalates (used in manyfragrances and plastics).

Some of thechemicals detected in thestudy have been linked tohealth problems in otherstudies, finds the study.

The findings werepublished on Friday byUSA Today.

Many of thesechemicals pass throughthe placenta and canconcentrate in the fetus,

said lead author TraceyWoodruff, director of theUCSF’s Programme onReproductive Health andEnvironment.

Other researchershave found some of thesechemicals in babies’umbilical cords,according to Woodruff.

She called onCongress to pass tougherenvironmental laws toreduce such exposure.

But the AmericanChemistry Council(ACC), an industrygroup, said the findingsaren’t a cause forconcern.—Xinhua

TOKYO, 15 Jan—Japan’s topthree automakers Toyota, Hondaand Nissan have united withJapanese energy firms in a push tocommercialise greener hydrogenfuel cell cars and build a network offuelling stations.

Along with 10 Japanese energygroups including natural gas refinersand distributors, the companies areaiming to build 100 filling stationsby 2015 in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osakaand Fukuoka, the companies saidin a statement Thursday.

The automakers are making arenewed push behind Fuel CellVehicles (FCVs), which coverthydrogen into electricity and emitnothing more harmful than watervapour.

The companies say that the

creation of a hydrogen supplyinfrastructure network is crucial asmanufacturers work to reduce theproduction cost of hydrogen-powered vehicles in order to makethem commercially viable.

“Japanese automakers arecontinuing to drastically reduce thecost of manufacturing such systemsand are aiming to launch FCVs inthe Japanese market — mainly inthe country’s four major metropolitanareas — in 2015,” they said. “Withan aim to significantly reduce theamount of CO

2 emitted by the

transportation sector, automakersand hydrogen fuel suppliers willwork together to expand theintroduction of FCVs and developthe hydrogen supply networkthroughout Japan.”—Internet

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Roman rise and fall ‘recorded in trees’

The study offers a link between changesto the climate and the rise and fall of

human societies.— INTERNET

The hydrogen gas in thefarthest reaches of spiralgalaxies may hold hintsof dark-matter galax-

ies.— INTERNET

LONDON, 15 Jan — An extensive studyof tree growth rings says there could bea link between the rise and fall of pastcivilizations and sudden shifts inEurope’s climate. A team of researchers

based their findings on data from 9,000wooden artifacts from the past 2,500years. They found that periods of warm,wet summers coincided with prosperity,while political turmoil occurred duringtimes of climate instability.

The findings have been publishedonline by the journal Science. “Lookingback on 2,500 years, there are exampleswhere climate change impacted humanhistory,” co-author Ulf Buntgen, apaleoclimatologist at the Swiss FederalResearch Institute for Forest, Snow andLandscape, told the Science website.

Internet

Plymouth girl’s attacker‘sadistic and evil’

Doctors amputate actressZsa Zsa Gabor’s right leg

Doctors said Gabor isin “frail health” afterhaving her right leg

amputated.— INTERNET

Man mows down 41 mailboxes

Actors of Miao ethnic group perform dance at aplaza in Hong Kong, south China, on 14 Jan,2011. The troupe from Bijie area of southwestChina’s Guizhou Province will hold five per-

formance for Hong Kong residents to greet theupcoming Spring Festival.—XINHUA

Naomi Morrison saidshe thought her

attackers were goingto kill her.— INTERNET

Police officer gunned down in NJLAKEWOOD, 15 Jan—A young patrolman was

gunned down on Friday when he pulled over to ques-tion a pedestrian in Lakewood, NJ, police said.Christopher Matlosz, 27, was shot three times at closerange, the Asbury Park Press reported. Witnessestold police Matlosz, sitting in his patrol car, was talk-ing to a young man who suddenly pulled out a hand-gun and began firing. Police were searching for asuspect identified as Jahmell W Crockam, 19. OceanCounty Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford said thegunman fired three times, hitting Matlosz every time.Matlosz was pronounced dead just before 5 pm ESTat Jersey Shore Medical Centre.— Internet

Michigan man kills family, self

BUFFALO GROVE, 15Jan—Police in the Chi-cago suburbs said a manwho ran over 41mailboxes told officersthe first few were acci-dental and he kept goingbecause he was “frus-trated.”

Buffalo Grove CmdrSteve Husak said the li-cense plate fell off the car

being driven by JordanWeiman, 20, during hisearly morning rampageTuesday and the platewas traced to the vehi-cle’s owner, Weiman’ssister, the Chicago Trib-une reported on Friday.

Police said Weimantold them he hit the firstfew mailboxes acciden-tally and continued tomow down the items be-cause he was frustrated.“I don’t know what hewas frustrated about,”Husak said. Weimanis now facing 41misdemeanor counts ofknowingly damagingproperty.— Internet

LONDON, 15 Jan—Theleader of a girl gang whoburned a teenager with acigarette and stamped onher face has beendescribed as “sadistic” bya judge. Judge FrancisGilbert QC told 16-year-old Sabrina Barber he hadnever seen such“a sustained and savageassault”. Her victim,Naomi Morrison, 17, wasattacked by 10 girls for 90minutes on PlymouthHoe in December 2009.

Barber, from Ply-mouth, admitted grievousbodily harm with intentand was detained for fiveyears.

Internet

LOS ANGELES , 15 Jan—Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor’sright leg, which was in-fected with gangrene, hasbeen amputated in a life-saving surgery her doctorshave deemed a success.She is in “frail health” andwill be closely monitoredin a Los Angeles hospital,Dr David Rigberg said.

Gabor was hospitalisedon 2 January after attemptsto save her leg with antibi-otics proved unsuccessful.The 93-year-old has beenadmitted to hospital anumber of times sincebreaking her hip in July.

“Ms Gabor needed anamputation above her kneedue to poor circulation anda large ulcerated area onher right leg,” said DrRigberg, an associate pro-fessor of vascular surgery

at Ronald Reagan UCLAMedical Centre in LosAngeles.

“The surgery todaywent well, however, she isin frail health so we willcontinue to monitor herclosely,” he said, addingthat after consulting withMs Gabor’s husband,Frederic Prinz von Anhalt,he felt amputation was thebest decision.— Internet

NOVI, 15 Jan—AMichigan man apparentlykilled his wife and twosons before killing himselfin his vehicle with carbonmonoxide fumes from acharcoal grill, police said.Police in Novi, Mich.,went to the home of Markand Jennifer Schons aftertheir sons, Tynan, 6, andCamden, 4, did not show

up for school on Friday,The Detroit News reported.

Police discovered thebodies of Jennifer Schonsand her sons in separaterooms. Novi Police ChiefDavid Molloy would notdisclose their cause ofdeath but described thescene as “the act of a mad-man.” A few hours laterthe Oakland County Sher-

iff’s Office found MarkSchons’ sport utility vehi-cle at a department storeparking lot, where Schonshad apparently lit the grillinside the vehicle anddied.— Internet

DPRK leader stresses importanceof science and technology

PYONGYANG, 15 Jan—Kim Jong Il, top leaderof the DemocraticPeople’s Republic ofKorea (DPRK), stressedthe significance ofscience and technology,

state media reported onSaturday.

According to theRodong Sinmunnewspaper, Kim Jong Ilmade the statementduring his inspection of

the Amnokgang Gaugeand Instrument GeneralFactory, SuphungBearing Factory andAmnokgang DailyNecessities Factory inNorth PhyonganProvince.

He underscored theneed for the introductionof the latest technologyand technologicalinnovation drive, notingthat those who have aperfect mastery ofscience and technologycan become conquerorsin the future.

Kim called forupdating the equipmentto steadily boostproduction with locallyavailable raw materials.He praised the workersfor the great successesin the efforts to pushback the frontiers of thelatest science andtechnology and realizethe policy of theWorkers’ Party of Korea(WPK).

MNA/Xinhua

A Sudanese artist paints during an art workshoporganized by the Sudanese Plastic Artist GeneralUnion in Khartoum 13 January, 2011. Severalartworks will be part of an exhibition at the Nile

river which runs through North and South Sudan.The exhibition aims to promote peace in the

region, according to the organizer.—INTERNET

LONDON, 15 Jan—Scientists haveproposed a means totrack down the darkdwarf galaxies thatshould be orbiting theMilky Way, sayingthey have found evi-dence of one. Spiralgalaxies like ours havethese satellites, butsome are made of “darkmatter” that is impossi-ble to see. The idea is

Milky Way’s dark-mattersatellite in stargazers’

sightsto look for tracks theyleave in hydrogen gasat the galaxy’s edge,like the wake behind aboat.

Observations basedon the idea suggest theexistence of a far-flungsatellite galaxy weigh-ing up to 10 billionSuns. Presenting herwork at the AmericanAstronomical Societymeeting in Seattle,Sukanya Chakrabarti,from the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley,said her method couldsolve a long-standingproblem in cosmology.

Internet

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Ignacio Cubilla Banos sitsin front of his birthdaycake during his 111th

birthday celebration in hishouse in Havana 13

January, 2011. Banos, aformer sugar factoryworker who has 11

children, 40 grandchildrenand 15 great-

grandchildren, celebratedhis 111th birthday on

Thursday.

Two would-bethieves called in theirown crime to police inGermany after theycould not escape froma broken-down eleva-tor over the weekend,police said in astatement.

“This sounds reallydumb,” one of thethieves told police inCologne over theelevator’s emergencyphone, “But I’m afraidthat we wanted to breakin and the elevator hasgotten stuck.”

When policearrived they found thetwo thieves aged 31 and

A wallet stuffed with 20 plastic cards and a stroke of luck saved a pubdoorman in western Germany from serious injury during a knife attack.

A customer ejected from the pub in the city of Witten on Sunday stabbedits 31-year-old doorman four times in the chest with a knife, police said. Buta fat wallet in the bouncer’s breast pocket stopped the blade from piercing hisbody.

“The wallet and cards acted as a protective vest and prevented a moreserious incident,” chief inspector Volker Schuette told Reuters withoutnaming the bouncer or attacker.

“Everyone at the police station checked their wallets and no one had 20plastic cards,” he said, adding that the doorman’s wallet had a plethora ofcards for video rental stores along with credit and bank cards.

Twin sisters bornalmost a century ago inSouthern California arelooking forward to their100th birthday Satur-day.

Inez Harries andVenice Shaw still live inthe Los Angeles area,the Los Angeles Timesreported. And they arestill hard to tell apart.

“I don’t feel acentury old,” one sistersaid Wednesday at asurprise reception heldby the LockheedFederal Credit Union,where Harries has hadan account for decades.“I probably don’t feelany older than in my80s.” Harries and Shawwere born 15 Jan, 1911,in Pasadena. Theirfather, William Hesser,managed a citrus ranch.

They appeared on afloat in the 1917 RoseBowl parade andsurvived the 1918Spanish influenzaepidemic and the SanFernando floods of1938.

A northern Michigan woman has put her own spin on Leonardo da Vinci’s“The Last Supper” by making a replica out of laundry lint.

Laura Bell of Roscommon collected lint from her dryer and fashioned itinto a 14-foot-long, 4-foot tall reproduction of the Italian Renaissancepainter’s masterpiece.

Bell says she needed about 800 hours to do enough laundry to get the lint,and 200 hours to recreate the mural. She bought towels of the colours shewanted and laundered them separately to get the right shades of lint.

Her artwork has caught the eye of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! The companyplans to put it on display at one of its museums. Ripley’s says it also has LastSupper replicas made from a grain of rice, a dime and burned toast.

Credit Protection: Bouncer’s cards stopknife blows

Trapped burglars callpolice for help

Woman recreates da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’ with lint

Twin sistersabout to turn

100

This photo provided byRipley’s Believe It or

Not shows a replica ofLeonardo da Vinci’s

mural, “The LastSupper,” made out oflaundry lint by LauraBell of Roscommon,

Mich.

37 stuck in the elevatorof an office building.

The thieves allege-dly broke into thebuilding and wereattempting to reach ahigher floor when theelevator became stuck,the police said.

They decided tophone for help whenone thief injured hishand attempting to pryopen the door.

Firemen eventuallyfreed the men and theywere arrested.

SAN FRANCISCO, 15 Jan—Ubisoft on Thursday announced an 12 Aprilrelease date for a Michael Jackson video game that challenges Xbox 360players to dance like the King of Pop.

“Michael Jackson: The Experience” taps into camera and gesture-trackingcapabilities of Kinect controllers for Xbox 360 consoles to track how wellplayers are imitating the late music legend’s moves.

The game features Ubisoft technology that projects players into on-screenscenes inspired by Jackson’s music videos and live performances.

Ubisoft released a version of the game for Nintendo’s Wii consoles withmotion-sensing wand controllers in November.—Internet

Michael Jackson dance moves hit Kinectin April

Microsoft’s new Kinectcontroller for the Xbox360 is seen on a shelf in

2010. Ubisoft onThursday announced an12 April release date for

a Michael Jacksonvideo game that

challenges Xbox 360players to dance like the

King of Pop.INTERNET

SINGAPORE, 15 Jan—An Indian film about aMuslim man’s travailsin the United Statesdominated Bolly-wood’s first majorawards of the year,picking up both bestdirector and best actortitles.

The Zee CineAwards were held inSingapore, and most of

Actor Shah RukhKhan waves as hearrives on the red

carpet of theBollywood Zee Cine

Awards at theMarina Bay Sands in

Singapore on 14 January, 2011.

INTERNET

MADRID, 15 Jan—Spain’s government Friday awarded opera tenor PlacidoDomingo its Order of Arts and Letters for “his extraordinary artistic career.”

Domingo, who is to perform in Madrid on his 70th birthday this month,is “one of the great ambassadors of Spain and of its culture in the world,” theministry of culture said in announcing the award.

The honour is “in recognition of his extraordinary artistic career as a singerand orchestra conductor, as well as for his international defence of Spanishmusic, in particular the zarzuela,” the traditional Spanish operetta, it said.

“One of the great tenors in history,” he has had “a 50-year career that isunparalled in the history of modern music.”—Internet

PlacidoDomingo

receives topSpanish arts

award

Spain’s governmenthas awarded opera

tenor PlacidoDomingo, picturedon 11 January, itsOrder of Arts and

Letters for “hisextraordinary artistic

career.INTERNET

“My Name is Khan”dominates first Bollywood

awardsthe Indian Hindi filmindustry’s top stars flewin for the event at theMarina Bay Sandsresort, which dominatesthe city-state’s skyline.

“My Name isKhan,” a sentimentalmovie about an autisticMuslim man who livesin the United States,won awards fordirector Karan Joharand lead actorShahrukh Khan.

The Best Filmaward went to“Dabangg,” an action-packed romance abouta policeman who doesvery little by the book.

The best femaleactor was Vidya Balanfor her role in“Ishqiya,” in which sheplays a widow who isromanced by two con-men.

Reuters

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ACROSS 1 Got Up 4 Danger (anag.) 9 Plunder10 Stiff11 Headland12 Sorrow13 Sever14 Bill of fare6 Simple18 Cushion20 Energetic person21 Milk-white gem24 Survival from past25 Crying26 Norwegian explorer27 Sugary

DOWN 1 View 2 Primula 3 Dash 5 Shortened6 Deviate 7 Naturist 8 Animal13 Decorative twist15 Greek letter17 Styx ferryman18 Move stealthily19 Slender22 Cost23 Minus

CROSSWORDS PUZZLE

Appleby takes the lead in Honolulu

Dortmund dominate Leverkusen toextend league lead

Leverkusen’s RenatoAugusto(rear) chal-lenges Dortmund ‘sKevin Grosskreutz dur-ing their German firstdivision Bundesligafootball match inLeverkusen.— INTERNET

Juventus’s Amauri (2nd L)and Luca Toni (2nd R) fight

for the ball with Napoli’sEdinson Cavani (R), Michele

Pazienza (C) and PaoloCannavaro (L) during theirItalian Serie A match at the

San Paolo Stadium inNaples. — INTERNET

Mazzarri working on Napoli beliefROME, 15 Jan—While the traditional Italian giants AC Milan,

Inter Milan and Juventus usually compete for Serie A honours,this season has been enlivened by some unexpectedly strongshowings from other teams. As a result the scudetto race has anunfamiliar look about it.

Heading into this weekend’s games, Napoli sit second in thetable, just ahead of third-placed Lazio, with Roma fourth andPalermo fifth. Only Milan on top are occupying a position ex-pected of them as arch rivals Inter languish in seventh, one placebehind Juve. And while most people are still expecting at leastInter to hit back and run Milan close, there are a growing numberstarting to believe in Napoli’s chances.—Internet

French free-for-all astitle race heats up

PARIS, 15 Jan—With the French leaguetitle race threatening to be the closest inrecent memory no fewer than a dozenclubs are eying a push for the summit astop flight action returns this weekend. Noside has been dominant across the open-ing four months of the season, leavingunfancied Lille top of the heap by a pointfrom PSG, whose last title win came in 1994(to 1954 for Lille), Rennes and Lyon.

Defending champions Marseille aretwo points further back after managingto win only seven of their 19 matches todate. The top 13 sides are separated by amere seven points, hence the pressure willbe on Didier Deschamps’ titleholders tosee off 2009 champions Bordeaux in theSunday match at the Stade Velodrome.

Internet

Marseille’s French forward LoicRemy (C) heads the ball next toAuxerre’s French goalkeeper

Olivier Sorin (L) during the FrenchL1 match at the Abbe Deschampsstadium in Auxerre.— INTERNET

Redknapp unlikely to make permanentBeckham move

Abdulatif nets four as Bahraineliminate India

S P O R T S

Reigning champion Roger Federer

India’s midfielderGouramangi Singh(L)challenges Bahrain’smidfielder AbdullahBaba Fatadi during

their 2011 Asian Cupgroup C football matchat Al-Sadd Stadium in

the Qatari capitalDoha.— INTERNET

Federer turns up heat on Nadal’s Slam bid

Stuart Appleby,of Australia

Everton acceptoffer for Steven

PienaarLONDON, 15 Jan—

Midfielder Steven Pienaarcould be on the verge ofleaving Everton after bossDavid Moyes said the clubhad accepted an offer froman unnamed team.The 28-year-old South African in-ternational is out of contractat the end of the season andhas been linked with amove to Chelsea andSpurs.

Moyes said: “We havehad two offers and one ofthose has been accepted.“We have allowed his rep-resentatives to speak to theother club, but whether itgoes through or not I don’tknow yet.” —Internet

LONDON, 15 Jan— Tottenhammanager Harry Redknapp admitshe is unlikely to make a perma-nent move to sign DavidBeckham because he is unsurehow long the LA Galaxy star willcontinue playing. Beckham hasbeen training with Spurs this weekwhile the Premier League club at-

tempt to secure his signing on athree-month loan deal.

The 35-year-old is keen to keepmatch-fit during the MLS off-sea-son, but his hopes of playing forRedknapp’s side have so far beenscuppered by Galaxy’s demandsover his return date to Americaand insurance issues. —Internet

HONOLULU, 15 Jan—TheSony Open took a while toget started. So did StuartAppleby. Appleby washumming along Friday onrain-soaked WaialaeCountry Club, no bogeyson his cards but not manybirdies, either. Thatchanged when he holed a163-yard shot from the fair-way and a 35-foot putt onthe next green to finish witha 6-under 64. That gavehim a one-shot lead overnine players from MattKuchar and Justin Roseto a pair of rookies in NateSmith and Ben Martin. Insoft condition and only alight breeze, 65 players inthe 144-man field brokepar. Appleby shot 30 onthe back nine, includinga chip-in from the front ofthe 12th green.—Internet

DOHA, 15 Jan—Bah-rain’s Ismaeel Abdulatifscored a remarkable fourgoals as his side thrashedIndia 5-2 here on Friday tostay in contention for anAsian Cup last-eight berthand consign the Indians toelimination. The 24-year-old forward scored threetimes in just 19 minutes ina devastating first-half spell,after Faouzi Aaish’spenalty had been cancelledout by India midfielderGouramangi Singh.

Sunil Chhetri pulledanother goal back for In-dia early in the second half,but after Aaish had beensent off, Abdulatif

rammed home his fourthgoal with 13 minutes re-maining to kill off anyhopes of an Indian come-back. —Internet

MELBOURNE, 15 Jan—Reigningchampion Roger Federer on Saturdaypiled pressure on Rafael Nadal by call-

ing him “favourite” for the AustralianOpen, where the Spaniard is gunningfor his fourth major title in a row.Federer said he was sure the worldnumber one would be untroubled byhis recent illness as he bids to uniteall four Grand Slams for the first timesince 1969.

“He’s been the one dominating theSlams,” Federer said.—Internet

BERLIN, 15 Jan—Borussia Dortmund ex-tended their lead at thetop of the Bundesliga to13 points on Friday,blitzing second-placedBayer Leverkusen withthree goals in just six min-utes for a 3-1 win at home.

Having already begun2011 with a ten-pointlead, Dortmund hit sec-ond-half goals in quicksuccession from teenagerMario Goetze and twofrom 22-year-old Kevin

Grosskreutz to seal thewin.—Internet

Rovers return for Santa Cruz

Paraguayan interna-tional Roque Santa Cruz

LONDON, 15 Jan—Paraguayan internationalRoque Santa Cruz hasjoined former clubBlackburn Rovers onloan from ManchesterCity for the remainder ofthe season, it was con-firmed on Friday.

Santa Cruz, 29, has

struggled to fit in atEastlands since beingsigned by former Citymanager Mark Hughesin 2009.

Santa Cruz, who willbe available for Roversmatch against Chelsea atStamford Bridge on Sat-urday, enjoyed a prolifictwo seasons in his previ-ous stint at Ewood Park,netting 29 goals.

But he was selectedby City manager RobertoMancini just four timesthis season, scoring twogoals.—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.

Sunday,16 January

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudyover Kachin, Shan and Mon States, Upper Sagaing, Yangonand Taninthayi Regions and generally fair in the remainingStates and Regions. Night temperatures were (3°C) aboveJanuary average temperature in Eastern Shan State and (3°C)below January average temperature in Rakhine State, UpperSagaing, Magway and Bago Regions and about Janaurayaverage temperatures in the remaining States and Regions.The significant night temperatures were Pinlaung (1°C),Haka (2°C), Lashio and Namhsan (4°C) each.

Nay Pyi Taw Maximum temperature on 14-1-2011 was 86°F.

Minimum temperature on 15-1-2011 was 58°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 15-1-2011 was (73%).Rainfall on 15-1-2011 was (Nil) .

Yangon (Kaba-Aye)Maximum temperature on 14-1-2011 was 88°F.

Minimum temperature on 15-1-2011 was 60°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 15-1-2011 was (82%). Totalsunshine hours on 14-1-2011 was (9.5) hours(Approx).

WEATHERSaturday, 15th January, 2011

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas Rainfall on 15-1-2011 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2011 was(1.97) inches at Mingaladon, (1.42) inches at Kaba-Aye and(2.95) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed atYangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mph from North at (12:30) hoursMST on 14-1-2011.

Bay Inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the AndamanSea and South Bay and generally fair elsewhere in the Bayof Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 16th January 2011:Lihgt rain are likely to be isolated in Kachin State andTaninthayi Region and weather will be partly cloudy inShan, Rakhine and Mon States, Upper Sagaing and YangonRegions and generally fair in the remaining States andRegions. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmar waters.Outlook for subsequent two days: Likihood of isolated

light rain in the Northern Myanmar areas.Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area

for 16-1-2011: Generally fair weather.Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for

16-1-2011: Generally fair weather.Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for

16-1-2011: Generally fair weather.

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am MSTOversea Transmission - (16-1-11 09:30 am ~

17-1-11 09:30 am MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Indusdtrial Advancement for the Natoinal

Interest* Adept Sons of Inlay Lake* News* Secrect Palaces for Yummy food (Myeik

Noodle)* Stay in touch with ICT* News* Records Album* MI People’s Celebrities* News* Youth and Model LifeOversea Transmission* Opening* News* Indusdtrial Advancement for the Natoinal

Interest* Adept Sons of Inlay Lake* News* Secrect Palaces for Yummy food (Myeik

Noodle)* Stay in touch with ICT* News* Records Album* MI People’s Celebrities* News* Youth and Model Life* News* Jazz Bliss Concert* News* Useful Variety of Bamboo* Musical Gallery* Shrinking Footprints* Melamu Ceti with various Statues

reflecting life of Buddha* Myanmar Movies “Lound Speaker”

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(16-1-2011) (Sunday)

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Hilly

Region MissionarySayadaw

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

Exercise 7:30 am 4. Morning News

7:40 am 5. Nice & Sweet Song7:50 am 6. (38) Phyar

Mingalars8:10 am 7. Myanmar Traditional

Culture PerformingArts Competition

8:25 am 8. Teleplay (Health)8:40 am 9. International News8:45 am10. Musical Programme11:00 am 1. Martial Song11:10 am 2. Musical Programme11:20 am 3. Round Up Of The

Week’sInternational News

11:30 am 4. TV Drama Series12:30 pm 5. Golf Magazine (TV)12:50 pm 6. Myanmar Movies2:50 pm 7. International News3:45 pm 1. Myanmar National

League MNL(2011) FootballCompetition (Live)(Southern MyanmarFC & OkktharUnited FC)

5:45 pm 2. Musical Programme6:00 pm 3. Evening News

6:15 pm

4. Weather Report

6:20 pm

5. Cartoon Series

6:40 pm

6. Tamyethnar

Takwetsar

7:00 pm

7. TV Drama Series

8:00 pm

8. News

9. International News

10. Weather Report

11. Cartoon Series

11. TV Drama Series

Van Nistelrooy to return toReal Madrid

MADRID, 15 Jan—Reports in Spain andGermany this Friday saythat the striker RealMadrid will bring to theclub in the Januarytransfer window is nonother than their formerplayer Ruud VanNistelrooy.

The club has beenscouring the market for astriker since it was

Hamburg striker Ruudvan Nistelrooy has

reportedly demanded amove back to Real

Madrid.INTERNET

13 killed as bus plunges intoriver in northern India

NEW DELHI, 15 Jan—At least 13 people werekilled and eight otherssustained injuries whenthe bus in which theywere traveling plungedinto a river in thenorthern Indian state ofUttar Pradesh Saturday,said police.

The mishaphappened when thedriver of the bus,carrying 21 people, lostcontrol of the vehicleafter hitting a railingalongside the Varunariver near Kalikadhamvillage in the holy townof Varansai. The busplunged into the river

soon after.While 13 bodies have

been fished out of the riverby rescuers, those injuredwere rushed to a localhospital where thecondition of some are saidto be serious, the officialsaid, adding a probe hasbeen ordered into theincident.

Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Mayawati hasannounced acompensation of 100,000rupees (2,000 U.S. dollars)each to the kin of thosekilled in the mishap. Shealso announced freetreatment for those injured.

MNA/Xinhua

revealed that the backinjury suffered by GonzaloHiguain would keep himout for the rest of theseason. Speaking afterThursday’s Copa del Reymatch against AtleticoMadrid, Real’s GeneralDirector, Jorge Valdanoadmitted they were in themarket, but added theyonly wanted a short termdeal.—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

12th Waxing of Pyatho 1372 ME Sunday, 16 January, 2011

A staff

recording

weather

photos

sent by

satel-

lite.

Multi-Hazard EarlyWarning Centre

Byline: Zaw Naing Win; Photos: Khin Maung Win

Photo

shows

advanced

equipment

in Multi-

Hazard

Early

Warning

Centre.

Multi-Hazard EarlyWarning Centre was setup in Nay Pyi Taw witha view to doing researchon natural disasters, toreduce risks ofcatastrophes, to issuetimely announcement ofs t o r m / e a r t h q u a k e /tsunami/flood warnings,disseminate knowledgeabout natural disaster,to exchange news andtechnologies in coo-peration withi n t e r n a t i o n a lorganizations and toprovide technicalassistance so as to protectprojects of thegovernment from

danger of catastrophes.M e t e o r o l o g y

Division of Meteorologyand HydrologyDepartment has fourdivisions: predictionsection, documentationsection, record sectionand climate sections.

M e t e o r o l o g yDivision is currentlyoperating usingcomputer software thatcan forecast tidal wavesand weather conditionof the whole globe,network system toexchange global weatherreports, warning andrecordings, modern hi-speed ADSL internet

network, fiber cableinternet network,m e t e o r o l o g i c a lstations, 24-hr radioc o m m u n i c a t i o nnetwork system instates and regions,automatic-answeringmachines, and ispreparing to expand itsfunction with networkequipment provided byJapan InternationalCooperation Agencywith which weatherreports can be receivedby satellite.

The centreanalyzes weatherconditions in the region (See page 10)

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