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President U Thein Sein accepts credentials of Philippine AmbassadorNay Pyi Taw, 29 March—Mr

Alex Garcia Chua, the newly-accredited Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar presented his credentials to U Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar at the Presidential Palace, here, at 11.00

President U Thein Sein accepts credentials of Chinese AmbassadorN a y P y i T a w ,

29 March—Mr Yang Houlan, the newly-accredited Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar presented his credentials to U Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar at the Presidential Palace, here,

at 11.30 am today.P r e s e n t o n t h e

occasion were Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister at the President Office U Thein Nyunt and Di rec tor -Genera l U Thurain Thant Zin of the Protocol Department.

MNA

President of the Republic of the

Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein

and Mr Yang Houlan, the newly-

accredited Ambassador of the People’s

Republic of China to Myanmar pose for

documentary photo.

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1. The Section 354 of the State Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar states that “Every citizen shall be at liberty in the exercise of the following rights, if not contrary to the laws, enacted for Union security, prevalence of law and order, community peace and tranquility or public order and morality: to express and publish freely their convictions and opinions; to assemble peacefully without arms and holding procession; to form associations and organizations; to develop their language, literature, culture they cherish,religion they profess, and customs without prejudice to the relations between one national race and another or among national races and to other faiths.

Government of the Republic of the Union of MyanmarMinistry of Home Affairs

Press Release (1/2013)March 29, 2013

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Announcement of warning about rioting in some areas in Myanmar

2. However, a clash broke out at a shop in Meiktila, Mandalay Region, on 20 March, 2013, and mobs started rioting and also ran amok with deadly weapons. The protest turned to anarchic violence and spread to other townships in other regions, and so far, 163 times of violence have occured in 15 townships, reaching casualty toll 43 and leaving 86 injured. A total of 1355 houses, shops and buildings and 39 vehicles were destroyed in the rioting, leaving 11,376 people homeless and 9065 victims of the violence are being provided shelter at six relief camps. Sixty-eight mobs who involved in the violence were arrested and actions are being taken against them.3. Curfews were imposed on 15 townships to guarantee peace and stability of the State and safeguard lives and property of the general public as there had been instigations designed to spread the violence taking advantage of the honesty of the public at a time when tensions began to ease.4. Those incidents were found to be the breach of existing laws and most of the offences committed were—

(a) Section 143 of the Penal Code (participation in unlawful assembly)(b) Section 144 of the Penal Code (participation in unlawful assembly

while armed with deadly weapon)(c) Section 145 of the Penal Code (continued participation in unlawful

assembly with the knowledge that it has been ordered to disperse)(d) Section 147 of the Penal Code (rioting)

(See page 8)

President U Thein Sein holds discussion with Mr Alex Garcia Chua, the newly-accredited Ambassador of the Republic of

the Philippines to Myanmar.—mna

am today.Present on the occasion together

with the President were Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister at the President Office U Thein Nyunt and Director-General U Thurain Thant Zin of the Protocol Department.—MNA

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Photo shows Myanmar youth golf team led by Vice-President U Min Thein of Myanmar Golf Federation before their departure for Thailand where they will take part in 12th True Visions

International Junior Golf Championships 2013 at Windsor Park & Golf Club in Bangkok at Yangon

International Airport on 24 March.—Kyemon

Regional development gaining momentum in Hainggyikyun

Nay Pyi Taw, 29 March — Ayeyawady Region Chief Minister U Thein Aung met with teachers and local people at Basic Education High School in Kyonku of Hainggyikyun sub-township, Ngapudaw Township on 25 March.

Next, the chief minister met with trainees who were

taking a training course on agriculture methods at Kyonku village BEHS.

On 26 March morning, the chief minister attended the umbrella-hoisting and consecration ceremony of historic Aung Pann Kha

Pagoda in Panntinkon of ward-5 in Pathein. The chief minister hoisted Se inbudaw (d i amond orb), Hngetmyatnadaw (pennant-shaped vane) and Shwehtidaw (umbrella) atop the Pagoda. — MNA

Farm machinery training course in Sagaing Region

SagaiNg, 29 March — Organized by Sagaing District Agriculture Mechanization Department, the opening of a training course for local

farmers to operate and maintain farm machinery took place at Thazin village Basic Education Middle School in Hsartaung village-

tract in Sagaing Township of Sagaing Region on 20 March. Altogether 20 farmers in Hsartaung village-tract took the course till 23 March.

During the training session, Sagaing Region Chief Minister U Tha Aye and departmental o f f i c i a l s obse rved a practical demonstration of harvesting the wheat at 2.55 acre farmland of U Sann Aung in Thazin village with the use of two combined harvesters presented by Indian government.

Because of strong wind that hit Thazin village where 2000 acres were put under wheat, the village saw a drop in wheat output this year. Only 25 baskets of wheat were produced per acre and a basket of wheat was priced at K 14200.

Kyemon

Seikkan Township WAO, MCWA perform social activities in Yangon

west districtyaNgoN, 29 March —

Jointly-organized by Yangon West District and Seikkan Township Woman’s Affairs Organization and township Information and Public Relations Department, a book show and a roundtable discussion on preservation of Myanmar traditional culture at office of Inland Freight Handling Committee in Mawtin ward of Seikkan Township, here, on 25 March.

C h a i r p e r s o n s o f r e s p e c t i v e t o w n s h i p WAOs led the discussion, calling for preservation of tradition costumes, customs and literature for future

generation. Moreover, Yangon West District Maternal and Child Welfare Association performed social activities in cooperation with Seikkan Township MCWA and Health Department,

providing expectant mothers and children under five with refreshment and medicines and giving free medical treatment and educative talks to freight handlers at the mobile clinic.— Kyemon

Man axed to death in

drunken brawl yaNgoN, 29 March — A

man was taken into police custody after he axed a 20-year-old man to death in a drunken brawl.

According to a phone call that a man was axed to death at a six-roomed quarter in the compound of Bayintnaung Bridge-2 construction site at about 10.45 pm on 26 March, Police Sub-inspector Khin Soe of Bayintnaung police station and party rushed there to investigate the case.

Aung Aung, 20, of Nwaryaykyo village in Mawlamyinegyun Township was hacked to death by Chit Win, 28, of Aunglan Township after they got into the drunken brawl at Room No (3) of the quarter. The two men were drinking together

on that night and had an argument over trivial things. After which Chit Win took an axe nearby and hacked Aung Aung, killing him on the spot.

Bayintnaung police station filed a lawsuit against Chit Win and investigation is ongoing. — Kyemon

Man dies after picking a fight with his spouse

TauNggyi, 29 March — A 47-year-old man died after picking a brawl with his 21-year-old wife in Ayethaya of Taunggyi Township recently.

As police were informed of a brawl of a married couple, they rushed the scene of incident at No (223) in sector (4-B) in ward-8 of Ayethaya in Taunggyi

Township. They found U Myo Tint (Hsaung Hayman Studio) was dead on the bed with a cut on the right side of his neck. Initial investigation revealed that he died in his sleep a few minutes after picking a fight with his wife, Mi Ko Zin. Ayethaya police station opened the case and investigation is ongoing.

Kyemon

Mob goes on rampage after picking quarrel with theatrical actor in Zalun

ZaluN, 29 March — After a quarrel between a crowd of fans and a theatrical actor, an angry mob of troupe audience went on the rampage at the play house of Swan Theatrical Troupe in the festive ground of Zalun Pyidawpyan Pagoda Festival in Zalun of Ayeyawady Region at about 2.30 am on 27 March.

The incident occurred while the actor was singing a song on the stage after the actor kicked an audience as he was getting impatient with the audience who performed different kinds of styles of presenting awards to him.

His behavior provoked a group of audience anger and led to a clash with them.

The outbreak of clash left stage lights, vehicles of the troupe and the stage destroyed and the troupe was forced to leave there.

Although there has been a clash between the actor and the angry mob of audience, Zalun Pyidawpyan Pagoda Festival was held peacefully and concluded yesterday.

Kyemon

Replacement of pylons, service lines for electrical safety in Kyangin Township

KyaNgiN, 29 March — Aimed at making local people full safeguard from the possible danger of electricity and ensuring full supply of power, Kyangin Township Electric

Power Supply Enterprise performed reinstallation of 400 volts power line and substitution of substandard and worn pylons along the line on Kyangin Phayagyi road on 24 March.

Electrical technicians led by Kyangin Township Electrical Engineer U Tin Aung Lin replaced 13 pylons with new nine-meter concrete ones, substituted wooden branches of the posts with iron ones and reinstalled the service lines with new ones.

Kyemon

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Attempt to end Italy crisis stalls, President mulls next move

Rome, 29 March—Centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani has failed in his attempt to find a way out of Italy’s political deadlock and President Giorgio Napolitano will now seek another solution, the President’s Palace said on Thursday.

Bersani reported back to Napolitano on Thursday night after being given a mandate almost a week ago to see if he could muster enough support to form a government after the inconclusive election in February.

Napolitano’s office said Bersani, who took the largest share of the vote but failed to win a viable majority, had told him his talks with other parties had ended without

resolution and the president would now assess other options “without delay”.

Bersani said he had told Napolitano of “significant, positive elements of understanding” in the talks with groups including Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right bloc and the populist 5-Star Movement led by ex-comic Beppe Grillo. “I also explained the difficulties deriving from objections or conditions which I did not consider acceptable.”

The failure to reach a conclusion leaves Italy still stuck in political limbo more than a month after the election with the bank crisis in Cyprus fuelling fears of financial market turmoil that could threaten the stability of

Italy’s PD (Democratic Party) leader Pierluigi Bersani (C) speaks during a news conference following a

meeting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome

on 22 March, 2013.—ReuteRs

the euro zone. Officials said Napolitano would start a new round of consultations with parties on Friday, beginning with Berlusconi’s People of Freedom (PDL) party in the morning and ending with Bersani’s Democratic Party (PD) in the evening.

A PD spokesman said Bersani had not given up on forming a government but the PDL poured scorn on the centre-left leader and said he had wasted a month in a fruitless bid that proved he did not have the numbers to govern.—Reuters

France to cut troops in Mali to 1,000 by year-end

PaRis, 29 March—France will reduce its troop numbers in Mali to 2,000 by July and to 1,000 by the end of the year, down from 4,000 at present, President Francois Hollande said on Thursday.

After its intervention in January to halt an advance by northern al-Qaeda-linked rebels towards the capital Bamako, France is keen to wind down its presence quickly and hand over to African and UN troops.

Hollande said France was determined that Mali should hold elections as scheduled in July but insisted that France did not have a preferred candidate.

“The days when France chose Africa’s heads of state for it are over,” he told French television in an interview of more than one hour to defend his 10-month-old

government’s record. The West African former colony is to hold a Presidential election on 7 July and legislative elections two weeks later—vital steps to stabilize the gold- and cotton-producer after a French intervention which has helped the Malian army claw back large parts of its vast, desert north from heavily armed rebels.

Hollande reiterated France’s official policy of not giving in to ransom demands for kidnap victims and said intelligence suggested that Philippe Verdon, a French hostage snatched in Mali in 2011, could already be dead.

However he said he had “signs of life” of a group of seven French nationals, including four children, who were kidnapped in Cameroon last month by the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram.—Reuters

Venezuela’s Acting President Nicolas Maduro (1st L) delivers a speech during a rally in Sucre State,

Venezuela, on 27 March, 2013.—Xinhua

16 students injured in NW China stampedeXi’an, 29 March—

Sixteen students were injured on Thursday in a stampede that occurred in an aquarium in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, local authorities said.

The incident occurred at the Xi’an Qujiang Aquarium around 1:37 pm, when dozens of students attempted to cram themselves into an elevator. A video recording shows one of the students falling down, with others subsequently piling up.

The injured students are being treated at a local hospital.

The primary school affiliated with Northwestern Polytechnical University said the students were sent to the aquarium for a field trip, as well as blamed the incident on the slow movement of the elevator.

Aquarium spokesman Yang Tao said the accident was caused by one of the students accidentally falling down, adding that the elevator was operating safely.

The incident is being investigated.—Xinhua

Obama meets with four African leaders over democracy, growth

Washington, 29 March —US President Barack Obama on Thursday met with leaders of Sierra Leone, Senegal, Malawi and Cape Verde, with focus on democracy building and economic growth in their countries.

Obama spoke highly of the advances made in the two areas by the four countries after talks with Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma, President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Joyce Banda of Malawi and Prime Minister Jose Maria Pereira Neves of Cape Verde.

“The reason that I’m meeting with these four is they exemplify the progress that we’re seeing in Africa,” Obama told reporters at the White House.

He pointed to “consecutive fair and free elections” as well as “good governance” and “significant” economic

growth in Sierra Leone following a brutal civil war just 10 years ago.

He praised Banda, one of two female Presidents in Africa, for making “significant progress” in her country following a constitutional crisis last year.

As to Senegal, Obama spoke of democracy sustained in the West African nation as then President Abdoulaye Wade had tried to run for a third term but was beat by Sall in the elections in April last year.

Obama called Cape Verde “a real success story” as the country is moving into “the middle of the pack” in terms of development levels because of “good governance and management.”

The President said his talks with the four leaders focused on how to continue to build on strong democracies, the economic situation in their countries,

how to engage young people, and some of the regional challenges like terrorism and drug trafficking.

“My main message to each of these leaders is that the United States is going to be a strong partner, not based on the old model in which we are a donor and they are simply a recipient, but a new model that’s based on partnership and recognizing that no continent has greater potential or greater upside than the continent of Africa if they in fact have the kind of strong leadership that these four individuals represent,” the president said.

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel met with leaders of Sierra Leone, Malawi and Cape Verde earlier in the day, and discussed issues of mutual concern including extremist networks, illicit trafficking and maritime security.

Xinhua

Oil tank blast in east China, casualties unknown

Jinan, 29 March—An oil tank exploded and caught fire in east China’s Shandong Province on Friday, local authorities said. The blast happened around 9 am in a tank storage area in an industrial

zone in Gaoliu Township in the City of Qingzhou, a municipal firefighter said.

The number of casualties, if any, is not yet known.

Subsequent explosions are possible, as more

tanks containing crude oil are located nearby, the firefighter said.

More than 10 fire trucks have been sent to the scene to put out the fire. The cause of the blast is under investigation.—Xinhua

Putin flexes Russian military muscle in naval exercise

moscoW, 29 March—President Vladimir Putin ordered large-scale military exercises in the Black Sea on Thursday, projecting Russian power towards Europe and the Middle East in a move that may vex neighbours.

Officials suggested the surprise drill would test reaction speed and combat readiness, but Putin’s order also seemed a signal to the West of Russia’s presence in the region.

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Putin triggered the maneuvers as he flew back overnight from South Africa after a summit of the BRICS emerging economies.

Peskov said 36 warships and an unspecified number of planes would take part, but not how long exercises would last.

Putin has stressed the importance of a strong and agile military since returning to the presidency last May. In 13 years in power, he has often cited external threats when talking of the need for reliable armed forces and Russian political unity.

Late last month, Putin ordered military leaders to make urgent improvements to the armed forces in the next few years, saying Russia must thwart Western attempts to tip the balance of power. He said manoeuvers must be held with less advance warning,

to keep soldiers on their toes. Putin, 60, has used his role as commander-in-chief to cast himself as a strong leader for whom national security is foremost. State media emphasized he ordered the exercises from a plane in the dead of night.

Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, whose main base is in the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol, was instrumental in a war with ex-Soviet neighbour Georgia in 2008 over the Russian-backed breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Reuters

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during closing remarks at the fifth BRICS Summit in Durban,


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Internet slowed by cyber attack on spam blockerLondon, 29 March—

One of the largest ever cyber attacks is slowing global internet services and the disruption could get worse, experts said on Wednesday, after an organization blocking “spam” content became a target. Spamhaus, a London and Geneva-based non-profit group which helps weed out unsolicited “spam” messages for email providers, said it had been subjected to

A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this 28 Feb, 2013 illustration file picture.—ReuteRs

“distributed denial of service” (DDoS) attacks on an unprecedented scale for more than a week.

“Based on the reported scale of the attack, which was evaluated at 300 Gigabits per second, we can confirm that this is one of the largest DDoS operations to date,” online security firm Kaspersky Lab said in a statement.

“There may be further disruptions on a larger scale

as the attack escalates.” S p a m h a u s p u b l i s h e s blacklists used by internet service providers (ISPs) to weed out spam in email traffic. The group is directly or indirectly responsible for filtering as much as 80 percent of daily spam messages, according to Cloudflare, a company that said it was helping Spamhaus mitigate the attack.

“We’ve been under this

cyber-attack for well over a week,” Steve Linford, chief executive of Spamhaus, told the BBC. “They are targeting every part of the internet infrastructure that they feel can be brought down.” Perpetrators of DDoS attacks typically target websites by flooding servers with messages from multiple systems so they cannot identify and respond to legitimate traffic.

Reuters

Moscow, 29 March—The next principal and backup crews of the International Space Station (ISS) have been confirmed for an orbital duty trip, Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said on Wednesday.

The state commission chaired by the Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin approved the crews of the Soyuz TMA-08M spaceship

Members of new ISS mission approvedlaunched on 29 March.

The main crew consists of two Russian cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin and the NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy. The backup crew consists of Russian Oleg Kotov, Sergei Ryazansky and NASA’s Michael Hopkins.

The Soyuz-FG rocket carrying the spaceship is

A Bentley GT Speed Convertible is on display during press preview of the 2013 New York International Auto Show in New York, on 27 March, 2013. The show features

about 1,000 vehicles and will open to the public from 29 March to 7 April.Xinhua

Google launches same-day delivery in San Francisco Bay Area

san Francisco , 29 March—Google Inc launched a same-day delivery service in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday as the world’s largest Internet search company works with retailers such as Target Corp to compete more with e-commerce leader Amazon.com Inc.

Google has been testing the service, called Google Shopping Express, with employees for a few months. The company opened it up to the public on Thursday morning in a limited launch focused on San Francisco residents and others living south of the city from San

Mateo to San Jose.Shoppers who sign up

will get six months of free, same-day delivery of online orders placed with select retailers in the area. Google plans to charge for the service in the future, but it has not decided how much yet.

Companies taking part in the test include national retailers such as Target, Office Depot Inc, Staples Inc and Toys ‘R’ Us Inc and smaller, local firms such as Blue Bottle Coffee and Palo Alto Toy & Sport.

Google is working with local courier companies that pick up products from local stores and deliver them to

shoppers’ homes.Goog le Shopp ing

Express is the latest sign the company is expanding from its online search roots into e-commerce, where it is competing more with Amazon, the world’s largest Internet retailer. By getting into local delivery services, Google is joining an increasingly crowded field.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world’s largest retailer, is testing a same-day delivery service called Walmart To Go in five metro areas.

EBay Inc launched a same-day delivery service in San Francisco and New York last year.—Reuters

Fossil of carnivorous dinosaur found in northeastern Japan

Morika, 29 March—Fossil remains found in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture, last May have been confirmed as a toe bone of a Coe-lurosauria, a carnivorous dinosaur living in the lat-

Photo taken in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture on 29 March, 2013, shows Takato Sasaki, a 13-year-old junior high school student from neighbouring Aomori Prefecture. A fossil found in Kuji in May 2012 by Sasaki has been confirmed as a toe bone of a Coelurosauria, a carnivo-rous dinosaur living in the latter part of the Cretaceous period around 85 million years ago, a researcher said

the same day.—Kyodo news

ter part of the Cretaceous period around 85 million years ago, a researcher said Friday. While more than 10 fossils of carnivorous dino-saurs have been found in Japan, “it is uncommon that

a bone of the toe, which is easily worn away, was found in such good condi-tion,” said Ren Hirayama, a Waseda University pro-fessor who examined the newly found fossil.

Judging from the 3-centimetre-long, 1-cm-in-diameter bone of the left back foot, the dinosaur is estimated to have been 1- to 2-metres tall, according to Hirayama. The discoverer of the fossil was Takato

Sasaki, a 13-year-old jun-ior high school student from neighbouring Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Ja-pan. “I first thought it was a small branch, but it was more amazing than that.”

Masateru Shibata, a researcher at Fukui Prefec-tural Dinosaur Museum, said the finding “will be significant in studying the evolution and migrations of dinosaurs in Japan.”

Kyodo News

Nokia fined by Indian tax officials, court issues stay

Low-cost handsets from Nokia on display at a Nokia store in the western Indian city of

Ahmedabad on 4 March, 2013.—ReuteRs

HeLsinki, 29 March—Nokia said on Thursday that Indian tax officials had issued the Finnish mobile phone maker with a fine although the Delhi High Court issued a stay on the demand.

Nokia did not com-ment on the amount. In January a senior Indian tax official said there was an investigation related to al-legations that the firm may have evaded around 30 bil-lion rupees ($552 million) in taxes.

“Nokia reiterates its position is that it is in full

compliance with local laws as well as the bilaterally ne-

gotiated tax treaty between the governments of India and Finland, and will de-

fend itself vigorously,” it said. ($1 = 54.3800 Indian rupees).—Reuters

scheduled to be launched at 00:43 Moscow time on Friday from Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan, according to Roscosmos’ website.

The docking of the Soyuz TMA-08M with ISS will be conducted by a “bee-line” scheme which takes only six hours or four rotations around the Earth after the launch.

Xinhua

Beijing, 29 March—A group of international scien-tists working with the Bei-jing Spectrometer III (BES III) on Tuesday announced that they may have detected a new subatomic particle.

The new finding, re-ferred to by the scientists as Zc(3900) for the time being,

New subatomic particle discovered by BES III scientists

is likely to be a new exotic hadron, or a subatomic parti-cle that does not fit into sim-ple subatomic models, ac-cording to scientists working with the BES III, the main detector for the upgraded Beijing Electron-Positron Collider (BEPC II).

“One of the goals for

the BES III experiments is to search for new exotic had-rons that don’t fit into the tra-ditional model for quarks,” said Shen Xiaoyan, spokes-person for the scientists.

Almost 300 scientists from 11 nations have been taking part in the BES III ex-periments.—Xinhua

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Washington, 29 March —The US Food and Drug Administrat ion (FDA) on Wednesday approved Tecfidera capsules to treat adults with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS).

MS is a chronic , inflammatory, autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that disrupts

US FDA approves new multiple sclerosis treatment

communication between the brain and other parts of the body. It is among the most common causes of neurological disability in young adults. For most people with MS, episodes of worsening function (relapses) are initially followed by recovery periods. Over time, recovery periods

may be incomplete, leading to progressive decline in function and increased disability.

Results from two clinical trials showed that those taking Tecfidera had fewer MS relapses compared to people taking placebo. One of the trials showed that those taking Tecfidera experienced a worsening of disability less often than patients taking a placebo.

According to the FDA, Tecfidera may decrease a person’s white blood cell count. Flushing and stomach problems were the most common adverse reactions reported by patients receiving Tecfidera in clinical trials.

Xinhua

geneva, 29 March—A 73-year-old man from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) died on Tuesday in Germany from the infection with the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday evening.

WHO said in its latest disease outbreak update that the man was transferred from a hospital in Abu Dhabi to Munich on 19 March. Germany’s Robert

UAE man dies from novel coronavirusKoch Institute informed WHO of the new confirmed case. WHO also said that the British patient in the family cluster reported on 11 February with travel history to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia prior to his illness has died. To date, WHO has been informed of a global total of 17 confirmed cases of human infection with the novel coronavirus, including 11 deaths.

WHO continued to encourage all member states to continue their surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) and to carefully review any unusual patterns. It said that it is currently working with international experts and countries where cases have been reported to assess the situation and review recommendations for surveillance and monitoring.

Xinhua

sydney, 29 March—Liver disease now affects more than six million Australians, or over a quarter of the country’s population, according to a new expert report launched on Wednesday by the Gastroenterological Society of Australia and Australian Liver Association.

The Australian Liver Association’s (ALA) health experts, who commissioned the report, are concerned with the prevalence of liver disease and its impact in the country. The report found the total financial cost of liver disease in Australia was 5.4 billion AU dollars (5.65 billion US dollars) a year.

Beijing, 29 March—The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world’s largest lender by market value, said on Wednesday that its net profits for 2012 rose 14.5 percent year on year to reach 238.7 billion yuan (38.07 billion US dollars), cementing its position as the world’s most profitable bank. The bank’s net interest income, or revenue from borrowers minus interest paid to depositors, rose 15.2 percent from the previous year to 417.8 billion yuan,

ICBC’s 2012 net profits up 14.5 pctaccording to the company’s annual report filed to the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Commissions and income from services fees gained 3.8 percent from a year earlier to 111.9 billion yuan. As of the end of last year, the bank’s total assets amounted to 17.5 trillion yuan, while its outstanding loans totalled 14.88 trillion yuan, the world’s largest in both areas. The banks’ non-performing loan ratio came in at 0.85 percent, down 0.09 percentage points from a year earlier.—Xinhua

Over six million Australians suffer from liver disease

ALA Chairperson and liver specialist Amany Zekry says liver disease must receive prompt attention and urgent recognition as a chronic condition and national health priority. “With the number of Australians with liver disease reaching over eight million by 2030 it is imperative we act quickly,” she said in a statement. “It is responsible for one quarter of all organ transplants and if left untreated, results in liver cancer—our fastest growing form of cancer in Australia.” The findings of the report confirm 20 lives are lost every day to chronic liver disease in Australia.

Xinhua

Jobless claims rise, but GDP data shows more growthW a s h i n g t o n , 2 9

March —The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week, but not enough to suggest the labour market recovery was taking a step back. Other data on Thursday showed the economy expanded more in the fourth quarter than the government had previously estimated.

The reports reinforced the view that the economy perked up in the first quarter, although it still appeared vulnerable to fiscal austerity measures that kicked in early in the year. “The underlying growth trend is showing some encouraging signs, but the key risk is how much fiscal tightening we’ll see this year,” said Laura Rosner, economist at BNP Paribas in New York. While jobless claims increased more than expected last week, they have trended lower this year and remain near five-year lows. Last week, initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 357,000, the Labour Department said.

The four-week moving average for new claims, a better measure of labour

market trends, rose 2,250 to 343,000. Still, for many economists a trend reading below 350,000 level points to a firm pace of hiring in March. “The improvement in the underlying pace of layoffs during the first three months of 2013 has been meaningful,”

RBS analysts said in a note to clients.

A drop in layoffs doesn’t necessarily signal an increase in the pace of hiring, but Gennadiy Goldberg, an analyst at TD Securities in New York, said the trend in claims was consistent with employers

adding about 195,000 workers to their payrolls in March. That would be a slower pace of hiring than during the prior month but still suggestive of a labour market recovery that is gaining traction. The government is due to publish its estimate for job growth during the month on 5 April.

US Treasuries prices held steady at lower levels following the data, while stock prices rose in morning trading. Despite an acceleration in hiring since mid-2012, the Federal Reserve has appeared worried that budget tightening by the government could dampen progress in the labour market, and policymakers last week renewed a pledge to keep buying bonds at a monthly pace of $85 bl until the labour market outlook improved substantially.

Reuters

A job seeker fills out forms at a table while attending a career fair with prospective employers in New York City,

on 24 Oct, 2012.—ReuteRs

seoul, 29 March—South Korea kept the current account surplus trend for 13 straight months due to faster reduction in imports than exports, central bank data showed on Thursday.

Current account surplus was 2.71 billion US dollars in February after posting a 2.33

S Korea keeps current account surplus for 13 monthsbillion-dollar surplus in the prior month, according to the Bank of Korea. The reading stayed in the black for 13 months in a row. Exports fell 7.9 percent from a year earlier to 42.22 billion dollars in February after jumping 14 percent in the previous month. The Lunar

New Year’s holiday moved to February this year from January last year, decreasing business days and consequently a reduction in exports. Imports declined at a faster pace of 11 percent than exports, leading the surplus to widen last month.

Xinhua

Panasonic aims to achieve 350 b yen operating profit in FY 2015

tokyo, 29 March— Panasonic Corp said on Thursday it aims to achieve a group operating profit of over 350 billion yen in fiscal 2015 by further ac-celerating streamlining of its loss-making businesses including the television business.

As the company an-nounced its medium-term business plan, President Kazuhiro Tsuga said at a press conference in Tokyo the firm will strive to re-turn all its business units to the black in fiscal 2015.

But Tsuga said it will not pull out from plasma display television opera-tions for now although

Panasonic Corp President Kazuhiro Tsuga speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on 28

March, 2013 about the Japanese electronics

manufacturer’s medium-term business plan. Tsuga said the

company will strive to return all its

business units to the black in fiscal

2015. Kyodo News

the last option. We can’t go for an easy way,” he said.

The company is ex-pected to post a group op-erating loss in the TV busi-ness of around 86 billion yen in the current business year ending on 31 March, but the size of the loss would be smaller than the 210 billion yen in the pre-vious fiscal year.

Tsuga pledged to make the TV business profitable by fiscal 2015 by pursuing restructuring of TV panel operations and cost reduc-tions.

Kyodo News

they have dragged down its earnings. “Withdrawing from the business would be


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Portugal PM admits court ruling may sink government

Lisbon, 29 March— Portugal’s premier Pedro Passos Coelho has told his closest colleagues his government may fall if the country’s constitutional court rejects some of his austerity measures, Publico newspaper said on Thurs-day.

Such a collapse, or a major failure in meeting budget targets, could derail Portugal’s exit from its Eu-ropean Union bailout pro-gramme and add another layer to the euro zone crisis, currently focused on Cy-prus. A government spokes-man would not comment on the report.

The newspaper said the prime minister had told the permanent commission of his Social Democratic Party the government was un-likely to be able to find al-ternative measures to com-

Portugal’s Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho arrives at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels


pensate, for an unfavourable ruling from the court.

The court, expected to rule in the next few weeks, has been analyzing this year’s budget, which in-cludes the largest tax hikes in living memory. Various opposition parties have ar-

gued that cuts to pensions, civil servants’ salaries and welfare benefits undermine workers’ basic rights. A rul-ing against the plan could compromise around 2 bil-lion euros out of some 5 bil-lion euros in this year’s aus-terity measures.—Reuters

Kidnapped British businessman released in Nigeria

Lagos, 29 March— Ni-gerian police on Thursday said a British national who was ambushed and kid-napped by unknown gun-men in southwest Lagos State five days ago have been released.

State police spokesper-son Ngozi Braide said that the British businessman was released by his abducted on Tuesday night in an un-named area of Lagos.

“Yes, he was released,

but I don’t have the full de-tails, but he has since return home,” she added.

The man was abducted on Saturday in front of his home by unknown gunmen as he was returning from a late night function.

The US Consulate on Monday said unidentified foreigner was kidnapped in southwestern Nigeria, add-ing that it broke the news to alert its citizens.

Kidnapping of expatri-

ates is rare in Lagos, regard-ed as Nigeria’s economic capital. But high-profile kidnappings and abduction of foreigners for ransom are rampant in the southern oil- rich states and most victims were released unharmed af-ter payment of ransoms. The Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram and another Ansaru sect have recently claimed responsibility for the abduction of some for-eigners.—Xinhua

Drought affects 23 million in Chinabeijing, 29 March— A

drought that has lingered since last October has af-fected 23.7 million people living in Yunnan, Gansu and Sichuan Provinces to date, causing economic losses of more than 1.1 bil-lion US dollars, according

to civil affairs authorities.The National Disas-

ter Reduction Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Civil Affairs initiated an emergency response to the drought on Thursday and sent work teams to aid in disaster relief.

The NDRC has also organized meetings to ana-lyze the causes of drought and work out relief meas-ures.

Authorities said the drought may last, as heavy rain is not expected in April.

Xinhua

Mortar kills 15 at Damascus University, Syria says

beirut, 29 March— Fifteen Syrian students were killed when rebel mortar shells hit a Damas-cus University canteen on Thursday, state-run news agency SANA said, as at-tacks intensified in the cen-tre of the capital.

The Syrian Observa-tory for Human Rights, an opposition monitoring group, said a mortar killed 13 people at the university, without saying who fired the bombs.

Other activists con-firmed the attack but no op-position group has denied or claimed responsibility.

A view shows debris and blood after mortar bombs landed on the canteen of Damascus University’s College

of Architecture, on 28 March, 2013 in this handout photograph distributed by Syria’s national news agency SANA. Twelve Syrian students were killed on Thursday

when rebel mortar bombs landed on the canteen of Damascus University’s College of Architecture,

state-run media said.—ReuteRs

Insurgents trying to end four decades of rule by the family of President Bashar al-Assad have formed a semi-circle around the capi-tal and intensified attacks from positions on the out-skirts this week.

A bastion for Assad’s forces, the capital city is a crucial prize in a two-year-old uprising that has devel-oped into a war in which more than 70,000 people have been killed.

Another 1.2 million Syrians have also fled to neighbouring countries and North Africa, where they have registered as refugees

or are awaiting processing, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refu-gees (UNHCR).

Highlighting the strain the conflict is placing on neighbouring states, Tur-key, host to about 260,000 of the refugees, denied on Thursday it had rounded up and deported hundreds of Syrians following unrest at a refugee camp.

SANA said mortar rounds landed in a canteen at the College of Architec-ture in Baramkeh, a central district near several gov-ernment buildings, includ-ing the Defence Ministry,

Tunnel collapse in Gaza leaves one dead, three

injuredgaza, 29 March— A

tunnel collapsed in eastern Gaza City, leaving a Hamas militant dead and three oth-ers wounded, medical and security sources said on Thursday.

The collapsed tunnel was used for military train-ing. The dead and injured people were members of Hamas’ armed wing.

According to the medi-cal sources, the injured were badly injured.

Hamas took over Gaza in 2007 after routing securi-ty forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party. The group depends

Turkey denies mass deportation of Syrian refugees

istanbuL, 29 March—Turkey denied on Thursday it had rounded up and de-ported hundreds of Syrian refugees following unrest at a border camp, highlighting the strain the exodus from Syria’s civil war is placing on neighbouring states.

Witnesses said hundreds of Syrians were bussed to the border after Wednes-day’s clashes in which refu-gees in the Suleymansah camp, near the Turkish town of Akcakale, threw rocks at military police, who fired teargas and water cannon.

Turkey’s foreign minis-try said a group of 130 peo-ple, identified with the help of camera footage as being “involved in the provoca-

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu arrives

at a two-day NATO foreign ministers at the Alliance’s headquarters

in Brussels on 4 Dec, 2012.

ReuteRs

tions”, decided to cross back into Syria voluntarily, either because they did not want to face judicial proceedings or because of repercussions from other refugees.

“Reports that this group was expelled across the border are incorrect,” the foreign ministry issued in a written statement.

“As required by the temporary protection status and within the framework of the ‘open door’ and ‘non-refoulement’ principle, our country does not turn back Syrians wanting to come to Turkey or forcibly evict those in our country,” it said.

The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR voiced deep concern at re-

ports of deportations and said it had taken up the issue with Turkey and was seek-ing more information. Such on tunnels both militarily

and commercially.When Israel tightened

its blockade on Gaza to iso-late Hamas, a network of smuggling tunnels beneath Gaza’s southern border with Egypt served as the lifeline of the densely popu-lated coastal enclave.

Hamas militants dug a tunnel beneath Israel’s bor-ders with Gaza in 2006 and used the tunnel to attack an Israeli army base outside Gaza and kidnap an Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, who was swapped for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in 2011.—Xinhua

actions would be against UN conventions governing the treatment of refugees.

“There has been a big deportation operation here,

they got rid of lots of peo-ple. They kicked out two of my boys and three of my brother’s sons.

Reuters

the headquarters for state media and Assad’s official residence.

Pro-government Al-Ikhbariya TV showed im-ages of doctors trying to re-suscitate at least two young men and blood on the floor of what appeared to be an outdoor canteen. A young woman was shown walk-ing in a hospital, her face bleeding heavily.

SANA quoted the presi-dent of Damascus Univer-sity as saying the death toll, initially put at 12, had risen to 15 in what state and pro-government media called a terrorist attack.—Reuters


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Bhamo, 29 March—A ceremony to launch Manaw Ayeya highway transport service of Bhamo was held in front of Sasana Beikman on Bogyoke Street in Mingon Ward on 18 March morning.

Commander of No. 21 Operations Control Command Brig-Gen Phone Myat, Kachin State Hluttaw representative U Kyaw Swe and Bhamo District Deputy Commissioner U Tezar Aung of General Administration Department

formally opened the new bus line.

The Commander of No 21 Operations Control C o m m a n d s p r i n k l e d scented water on the buses.

T h e d i s t r i c t a n d township administrators p r e s e n t e d b o t t l e s o f purified drinking water to passengers.

The buses then left for Myitkyina.

Fares for the Hilux bus is K 10000 per passengers beside the seats of driver for 120 miles long Bhamo-

Bhamo launches new bus lines for smooth transportation

Thongwa, 29 March—Availability of clean drinking water is one of five points for development of rural regions.

As part of efforts to implement the rural development tasks, a total of 20 2-inch tube-wells, water tanks and pumping stations have been built in 19 villages in 2012-2013 fiscal year for supply of water in the summer. The sinking tube-wells were funded with K 2 million contribution by

UNICEF and K 3.6 million by Township Development Affairs Committee.

Thongwa Township is constituted with 64 village-tracts.—Myanma Alinn

Rural regions in Thongwa Township get tube-wells

myeik, 29 March—To be able to take action against those who broke disciplines for exporting and importing goods, to protect consumers, promote trade and reduce

illegal trade, the mobile teams in Myeik checked MT Kokuei Mary No 3 oil tanker at the buoy of Myeik light house, seven miles from Seiknge jetty of Myeik on 20

Mobile team checks import of commodities in Myeik

kyaukTaw, 29 March—Kyauktaw of Rakhine State had operated 400 KVA Perkin diesel generator for supply of electricity.

W i t h a v i e w t o increas ing supply of electricity to the people at full capacity, one 315 KVA

0.4/11 KV transformer was recently installed for supply of electricity. At present, electricity is being supplied to the people as of 1 March.

A plan is underway to equip the town with one more 50 KVA transformer.

Myanma Alinn

Kyauktaw people get electricity at full capacity

Bhamo, 29 March—A plan was implemented to rebuilt the prayer hall of Aikkhaw and Shwekyina pagodas in Bhamo.

In the construction tasks, a throne at the old prayer hall was unearthed. In so doing, one stone Buddha image was discovered five

feet deep under the throne on 9 March.

On 10 and 11 March, one standing stone Buddha image, one reclining Buddha image and two medium size Buddha images totalling 23 were unearthed from the construction site.

Myanma Alinn

23 stone Buddha images unearthed in Bhamo

Leader of Social and Cultural Working Group Dr Daw Khin Swe Myint of Myanmar Women’s Affairs Federation donated 300 copies of books, newspapers

and journals to Sarpyokhin Library in Shweintein Village, MyatshweOh Library in Heyaywama Village,

Alinyaung People’s Library in Khaungtaing Village and Parahita Library in Mongthauk Village of Inlay region

of Shan State on 16 and 17 March.—mna

March morning.Officials of the mobile

team inspected 400 tons of diesel legally imported with licence.

Myanma Alinn

Forest fire at farmland in Kyaukphya

Village of Myeikmyeik, 29 March—A

forest fire broke out on the hill near Kyaukphya Village in Kyaukphya Village-tract of Myeik in Taninthayi Region at 6.45 pm on 21 March.

Accord ing to the investigation, an unknown person set on fire at the reclaimed farmland of U Tin Ko Latt and then run away.

Head of Township Fire Station U Myo Thura Win and five members, 45 members of Auxiliary Fire Brigade and 65 people put out the fire with the use of two fine engines and two water tankers at 10 pm.

Myanma Alinn

Myitkyina route and K 8000 at rear and K 15000 per passenger at Pajero and van. The local people are pleased

for runs of new bus lines as the region has restored peace and stability as of July 2011.

Myanma Alinn

Pre-SEA Games Sailing Contest 5-8 April

PaThein, 29 March—The Pre-SEA Games Sailing Contest will be held at Ngwehsaung Beach Resort in Pathein District from 5 to

8 April, according to Pathein District Sports and Physical Education Department.

A total of 89 sailors from Myanmar, Thailand,

Malays ia , S ingapore , Indonesia and India will take part in nine events.

Traditional dances will be entertained to the enthusiasts at the opening ceremony.

Myanma Alinn

k y a u k T a w , 2 9 March—A total of 100 acres of farmlands are being reclaimed in the plot of farmer U Maung Htwe in Gapu Village in Kyauktaw Township of Rakhine State with the assistance of the government.

On 8 March, Rakhine State Minister for Planning and Economic U Mya Aung and State Minister for Electricity and Industry U Tha Lu Chay inspected progress of reclamation

tasks.It was also attended

by members of Sta te Agricultural Coordination Committee, the township a d m i n i s t r a t o r a n d departmental off icials and 120 farmers from 18 village-tracts.

R e c l a m a t i o n o f agricultural mechanization farms have completed by 65 per cent. It was reported that the works will be completed at the end of March.

Myanma Alinn

100 acres of farmlands reclaimed in Kyauktaw

Township

(A) Texture of paper is compact and even, changing into cream color under ultraviolet , resistant to elementand the wet

(B) Complete with two alphabets and seven numbers in Myanmar and English with red color under ultraviolet ray

(C) Watermarks in white elephant and 5000 are clearly seen when putting vertically in light but are not seen under ultraviolet

(D) Security thread is placed vertically and 5000K is printed in obverse/reverse with red, blue and yellow color under ultraviolet ray

(E) Relief printing system and it is bright, sharp and clear with letter and paint in relief

CBM makes it clear between authentic K 5000 banknote and counterfeit one

(A) Texture of paper is smooth but not compact, not changing into cream color under ultraviolet

(B) Although it is compete with two alphabets and seven numbers in Myanmar and English, no red color under ultraviolet ray

(C) Watermarks in white elephant and 5000 are not clearly seen when putting vertically in light

(D) There is no security thread placed vertically and K 5000 is not properly printed in obverse/reverse, not in neat and tidy

(E) Latter and paint are not clear and sharp as it is printed normally

nay Pyi Taw, 29 March—The Central Bank of Myanmar issued a statement to the public to be able to distinguish between authentic K 5000 banknote and counterfeit one with the following significant points.

Authentic banknote Counterfeit banknote

Saturday, 30 March, 20138 New Light of MyanmarN a t i o N a l

Towards a path of love and fraternity


Despite every major religion embracing love as a universal principle and value, the world has witnessed mass genocide, carnage and war atrocities stemming from personal hatred or national interests, proving the “survival of the fittest theory” of evolution, which says that humans are driven to compete for existence selfishly.

In fact, civilization and bloodshed had been like heads and tails of a coin as wars were inevitable for communities and nations to build themselves stronger, bigger and better. But, have the darkest chapters of the world already gone with the time after the brutal two world wars? In modern world, there seems to less inter-state conflict with the pattern of conflict having shifted to more complex model of intra-state conflict.

Many human tragedies should have been avoided if there had been less animosity and enmity or there had been more kindness and sympathy toward each other. Conflicts are unavoidable in intercultural interactions where a lot of misunderstanding can occur, often leading to resentment between two different communities. In fact, revenge is not as sweet as it is thought to be, but it just begets retaliation, resulting in an endless circle of reprisal just to bring suffering for both sides. Under the sun, humans are humans everywhere regardless of his skin colour and the race he belongs to. There are only good guys and bad guys and exactly no good races or bad races.

We being human beings all are obliged to cool down, but not to heat up, the heated world already boiling up with various kinds of tensions. Laws must be respected and the irresponsible use of freedom of expression should be avoided. Enough is enough. To clear the clouds of misunderstanding and set off on a path of love and fraternity would be the most practical solution to resolve interfaith tensions.

Na y Py i Ta w, 29 M a r c h — S p e a k e r o f Pyidaungsu and Amyotha Hluttaws U Khin Aung Myint received Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Yang Houlan at the meeting hall of the Hluttaw Building, here, this afternoon.

Also present at the call together with the P y i d a u n g s u H l u t t a w Speaker were Chairman of Amyotha Hluttaw Bill Committee and National Planning Committee U Zaw Myint Pe, Chairman of International Relations Committee Col Maung Maung Htoo, Secretary of Government Guarantees,

Pyidaungsu and Amyotha Hluttaws Speaker receives Chinese Ambassador

Pledges and Undertakings Vetting Committee U Khin Maung Htay and officials of the Hluttaw Office.

On the occas ion , they exchanged views on further strengthening relat ions between the two governments and the peoples of Myanmar and China, and cooperation between Hluttaws of the two countries.—MNA

Speaker of Pyidaungsu and Amyotha Hluttaws

U Khin Aung Myint receives Chinese

Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Yang Houlan.—mna

(from page 1)(e) Section 148 of the Penal Code (armed rioting in unlawful assembly)(f) Section 152 of the Penal Code (assault to public servants who are

endeavouring to disperse the unlawful assembly)(g) Section 187 of the Penal Code (denying the request of public servants

for help under the law to end the riot)(h) Section 188 of the Penal Code (defiance of the order promulgated

lawfully)(i) Section 295 of the Penal Code (damaging the place of worship with

deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feeling of any class)

(j) Section 302 of the Penal Code (murder) (k) Section 325 of the Penal Code (causing grievous hurt)(l) Section 326 of the Penal Code (causing grievous hurt with deadly

weapon)(m) Section 392 of the Penal Code (robbing)(n) Section 427 of the Penal Code (causing loss or damage to someone)(o) Section 436 of the Penal Code (causing loss or damage to someone

Announcement of warning about rioting... with arson attack)(p) Section 452 of the Penal Code (house-trespassing with the intention

to cause hurt or assault or wrongfully restrain someone)(q) Section 505 of the Penal Code (making, publishing or circulating any

statement, rumour or report against stability of the State) 5. Myanmar Police Force, in cooperation of duty-conscious people, is taking actions to bring the perpetrators to justice as soon as possible.6. A crowd of more than five persons, when ordered to disperse by the authorities concerned under Section 127 of the Penal Code, are obliged to disperse. Myanmar Police Force is empowered to use civil force to disperse the defiant crowd under Section 128 of the Penal Code and ask help from anyone unarmed. Therefore, public cooperation is appealed for in all seriousness.7. Likewise, civil society organizations (CSOs), townselders, religious leaders and departmental personnel are also requested to cooperate with the Armed Forces and Myanmar Police Force.8. The Home Affairs Ministry whose major obligation is to ensure safety, the rule of law, peace and stability and to protect lives and property of the general public is vowed to take punitive actions against those committed unlawful acts and riots under the existing laws while taking effectively preventive measures against recurrence of such incidents in accord with existing laws and procedures.

Na y Py i Ta w , 29 March—Mandalay Region Chief Minister U Ye Myint yesterday evening made clarification for opening

Mandalay Region Chief Minister clarifies on opening of relief camp

of relief camp at the conference hall of District General Administration Department Office in Meiktila.

It was attended by D e p u t y M i n i s t e r f o r Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement U Phone Swe, Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Brig-Gen Kyaw Zan Myint, Region Security and Border Affairs M i n i s t e r C o l A u n g

Kyaw Moe and officials, departmental officials and townselders.

Deputy Minister U Phone Swe and the director-general clarified the needs for opening relief camps and its functions.

MNA

Nay Pyi Taw, 29 March—The Ministry of Information will launch its web portal www.moi.gov.mm starting from 1 April. The web portal will be combined with web pages of Myanma Radio and Television, Information and Public Relations Department, News and Periodicals Enterprise, Printing and Publishing Enterprise, and Myanma Motion Pictures Enterprise under the ministry. The web pages of the department and enterprises will feature latest news and downloadable up-to-date dailies, applications for literary competition, law, bylaws, publications, journals, news, speeches, notifications, press releases, Myanmar gazette published by the Ministry of Information, news from regions and states for the public in real time. Moreover, it will present photos, video files and arrange to directly watch and listen MRTV programmes and Myanma Radio programmes online later.

MNA

Information Ministry web portal on 1 April

Na y Py i Ta w , 29 M a r c h — M i n i s t r y o f E n v i r o n m e n t a l C o n -servation and Forestry, aiming to help bring about significant improvement in socio-economic life of the general public in line with reform strategy of the government, will cease exportation of logs as of 1st April 2014, to ensure sustainable utilization of forest reserves, the major

Exportation of logs to be cased 1st April, 2014

resources of the country and create jobs at home.

Only finished or semi-finished wooden products will be allowed to export, thereby contributing to inflow of foreign investment in finished wooden product manufacturing sector as well as production technology, b r i n g i n g b u s i n e s s opportunities for national businessmen and people.

MNA

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NATIONALNew Light of Myanmar

President U Thein Sein receives US-ASEAN

Business Council ChairmanNa y Py i Ta w , 29

March—President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein r e c e i v e d U S - A S E A N Business Council Chairman Mr. Evan Greenberg at the hall of the Presidential Palace, here, at 4 pm today.

Both sides concentrated on promoting of trade between the US and ASEAN, development of oil, natural gas, forest, mines, and financial sectors, setting up a long-term investment plan

in insurance sector with firm pledges, and programmes on sharing technical knowhow and making investments in the country.

It was attended by Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister for Finance and Revenue U Win Shein, Union Minister for National Planning and Economic Development Dr Kan Zaw and departmental heads.

MNA

Na y Py i Ta w , 29 March—Union Election Commission, seven civil society organizations that are putting heart and soul in democratization process of Myanmar, Union Attorney-General Office, Union Auditor-General Office, and Union ministries met this morning at the UEC Office, with an address by UEC Chairman U Tin Aye.

The UEC Chairman restated the motto of the UEC which says “free and fair election, cornerstone of the genuine democracy”.

UEC Chairman promises free and fair elections in 2015

According to the UEC Chairman, the UEC will undertake voter registration on trial to ensure every eligible voter cast vote in general elections. It will also carry out education programmes for ethnic voters in their languages.

The UEC Chairman promised to make 2015 multi-party general elections free and fair.

Personnel of the seven CSOs, and offices and departments concerned gave suggestions on election matters—MNA

UEC Chairman U Tin Aye speaking at the meeting between UEC, seven civil society organizations and Union Level Organizations.—mna

President U Thein Sein receives US-ASEAN Business Council Chairman Mr. Evan

Greenberg.—mna

Nay Pyi Taw , 29 March—Offshore platform of the Yadana Offshore Natural Gas Rig of the Ministry of Energy will be repaired from 5 April to 13 April, 2013. During the nine-day period of repair, gas transportation through the Kanbauk-Myainggalay pipeline and the Yangon-Pyay-Myanaung pipeline would be stopped.

During the period, the production of electricity from four power plants in Yangon Region and four power plants in townships would decrease about 330 megawatt equivalent to 20 % of the power demand of the country.

To be able to supply power to the people, the

Ministry of Electric Power Announcement

ministry will suspend the power supply to state- and private-owned factories, industrial zones and heavy industries. Meanwhile, the ministry would increase the share from inland natural gas fields and would increase the production of the hydro power plants.

However, the water level in the dams of the hydro power plants have reached low in the summer season and the production of the power plants would decrease up to 20 % of the power demand of the country during the period of repairing the offshore pla t form. Therefore , the people are urged to efficiently use the power during the period.—MNA

Na y Py i Ta w , 29 March—Security forces fired warning shot at the mobs that were destroying shops nearby Padigon Station in Padigon Village-tract in Thegon Township of Bago Region at 10:15 pm yesterday.

Likewise, security forces fired warning shot at the mobs that were destroying two houses in Shwepyiaye Ward of Padigon Village-tract at 11:10 pm yesterday.

Security forces fire warning shot at mobs in Thegon Tsp

Besides, authorities concerned fired warning shot at the mobs that were attempting to tear down a religious building in 1st Myoma Street of the township at about 11:30 pm yesterday.

S e c u r i t y f o r c e s together with monks and residents dispersed the mobs that were approaching a religious building in Ward-1 of Thegon Township yesterday night.

Similarly, security forces could disperse the mobs who had destroyed four shops and two houses in the market street of Inma Village-tract at 1:20 am today.—MNA

N a y P y i T a w , 29 M a r c h — S p e c i a l i s t s from Meiktila, Kyaukse and Mandalay hospitals and Public Health Care Department of Ministry of

Healthcare service provided to Meiktila riot victims

Health are providing health care service to victims at relief camps in Meiktila.

Likewise, authorities concerned are taking census of the population at the relief

camps according to age segments. Victims, finally being able to breathe sighs of relief, began cooking themselves today.

MNA

Specialists of Meiktila, Kyaukse and Mandalay hospitals and Public Health Care Department of Ministry of Health giving healthcare service to

victims.—mna

Na y Py i Ta w , 29 March—Peace and stability is restored in Meiktila after unrests and violence in recent days. Bus terminal, shops and stores are being packed with people.

Na y Py i Ta w, 29 March—Deputy Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw U Nanda Kyaw Swa received a delegation led by Mr Evan Greenberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of US-ASEAN Business

Pyithu Hluttaw Deputy Speaker receives Chairman and CEO of ACE

Council (ACE) at the meeting hall No.1 of Pyithu Hluttaw Committee Building, here, this morning.

On the occasion, they discussed development of insurance in Myanmar and assistance of ACE

for insurance, economic and investment sectors of Myanmar.

Also present at the call together with the Deputy Speaker were Secretary of Planning and Financial Development Committee U Aye Mauk and officials of the Hluttaw Office.

MNA

Business as usual in MeiktilaShwe Myin Tin Standing

Buddha image, Nagayon Pagoda, environs of Myoma Market, Kanle Bridge, Education College, Meiktila University are crowded with people.

Compound of bus terminal beside Zaygon monetary also are flooded with buyers and sellers.

MNA

yaNgoN, 29 March—A 1 7 - m e m b e r b u s i n e s s delegation led by Secretary General Dr T Roy from Calculatta Chamber of Commerce of India will visit Myanmar from 1 to 5 April.

Those delegation will hold discussions on textile industry, heavy construction, real estate service, electronics, tea and agriculture, timber,

Indian-Myanmar joint venture talks 4 April

mine, energy, steel, jute, finance, tourism industries for joint venture with Myanmar entrepreneurs at Mingalar Hall of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry at 2 pm on 4 April. Those wishing to attend it, may enlist UMFCCI Headquarters not later than 2 April.

MNA


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Obama seeks to build momentum for gun control

100 days after Newtown massacre

Washington, 29 March— US President Ba-rack Obama on Thursday mourned the victims of the Newtown shooting massa-cre over 100 days after the tragedy and urged Congress to move on gun- control legislation.

When the tragedy hap-pened, the entire country was shocked and pledged to do something about it, said Obama, “Shame on us if we’ ve forgotten.”

Surrounded by weep-ing mothers of the children lost to gun violence, Obama made his emotional plea at a White House event and tried to build momentum for a package of gun-con-trol legislation to be consid-ered by the Senate in April.

“Tears aren’t enough. Expressions of sympathy aren’t enough. Speeches aren’t enough. We’ve cried

enough,” said the Presi-dent, stressing that it’s the time to “turn heartbreak into something real.”

The President went on to urge the passage of gun control measures, a univer-sal background checks on gun purchases in particular.

“Now, in the coming weeks, members of Con-gress will vote on whether we should require universal background checks for any-one who wants to buy a gun so that criminals or people with severe mental illness-es can’t get their hands on one,” said Obama.

He said polling showed that 90 percent of Ameri-cans support the tightening of background checks.

“And this is our best chance in more than a dec-ade to take common-sense steps that will save lives,” he said.—Xinhua

US President Barack Obama delivers a speech on common-sense measures to protect children from

gun violence in the East Room of the White House in Washington DC, capital of the United States,

on 28 March, 2013.—Xinhua

A bullet train is ready for a test run of the Nanjing-Hangzhou High-Speed Railway from Hangzhou

East Railway Station in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, on 28 March, 2013.

The new Nanjing-Hangzhou High-Speed Railway is a supplement to railway travelling within China’s Yangtze River Delta. The 249-kilometre rail line will

reduce travel time from Nanjing to Hangzhou to about an hour. —Xinhua

35,000 Central African Republic refugees identified in DR Congo

Kinshasa, 29 March —The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) have identified 35,000 refugees from neighbouring Central African Republic.

The number has sur-pass the 30,000 initially expected in DR Congo’s Equateur Province, with the influx of 5,000 over the weekend, the authorities disclosed on Wednesday.

The development was reported at a Press confer-ence held in Kinshasa by Sylvestre Mudingayi, who is in charge of the public

UNDP praises Cuba’s climate

change research

havana, 29 March— The United Nations De-velopment Programme (UNDP) praised Cuba’s research on climate change with rigorous scientific and multidisciplinary na-tures, Cuban state media reported on Thursday.

Barbara Pesce-Mon-teiro, regional representa-tive of UNDP in Cuba, said that Cuba has a strong commitment to sustain-able economic and social development models that combine human welfare with environmental pro-tection and the rational use of natural resources, the Communist Party daily Granma said. Speaking at the opening of the Work-shop on Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Havana, the UN official also stressed the importance of document-ing Cuba’s scientific cli-mate knowledge to make it available to other countries in the region.—Xinhua

relations department for the UN humanitarian office OCHA.

“The capacity to re-ceive refugees are very limited in Zongo village where the refugees have settled,” Mudingayi said, adding that “the humanitar-ian workers were worried about the worsening of the situation for the local popu-lation, especially given the current food crisis and other survival challenges.”

He said the UN refu-gee agency UNHCR had started relocating some of the refugees who arrived re-

cently in Zongo to camps in Worobe village, situated 14 km from Zongo in Equateur Province.

In Orientale Province, the UNHCR has kicked off the registration of more than 4,200 new refugees from Central African Republic in Ango and Bondo localities. These refugees arrived in the area in December 2012 and on 25 March, mostly living with host families. The UNHCR plans to iden-tify sites around Ango and Bondo or Buta to relocate the refugees with the aid of local authorities.—Xinhua

Afghan newly graduated Policemen take oath

during their graduation ceremony in Sari Pul province in northern

Afghanistan on 28 March, 2013. A total of 33 Afghan

policemen graduated on Thursday after two-

month training in Sari Pul Province, police officials

said. Xinhua

Most Americans view UN as necessary despite doubt about effectiveness

Washington, 29 March — Two-thirds of Ameri-cans regard the United Na-tions as playing a necessary role in the world today, though many of them think the world body is not doing a good job, says a Gallup poll released on Thursday.

Some 66 percent of Americans say the UN plays a necessary role in the world, up 2 points from 2005; only 29 percent say the UN does not play a nec-essary role, down 3 points from 2005, according to

the poll conducted on 25-26 February.

While the United States remains an active member of the UN, it ap-pears in recent years as if the world body has taken a less prominent role in US foreign policy than in the past. Much of that may date back to the 2003 US decision to invade Iraq, for which Washington sought UN approval but went ahead without it, Gallup said in a report on the poll.

Though the Americans

in general still see the UN as being relevant on the world stage, they are not highly positive about the job that the UN is doing.

Only 35 percent of Americans say that the world body is “doing a good job in trying to solve the problems it has had to face.” During times of war or international crisis, in-cluding during the Korean, Vietnam and Gulf Wars, Americans view the UN more favourably than other times.—Xinhua

US dentist may have exposed

thousands of patients to

HIV, Hepatitishouston, 29 March—

A dentist in Tulsa city in the US state of Oklahoma may have exposed as many as 7,000 patients to hepati-tis B, hepatitis C and HIV since 2007, state officials said on Thursday.

Health officials are urging the some 7,000 pa-tient of Oklahoma dentist W Scott Harrington to be tested for HIV and hepati-tis in an ongoing investi-gation with the state board of dentistry, according to FOX news. The possible exposure reportedly hap-pened at the dental practice of Harrington in Tulsa and Owasso in Oklahoma, and officials are sending letters to 7,000 patients who have visited the facility since 2007. Harrington had a high volume of patients who were diagnosed hepatitis or HIV, and he allegedly vio-lated sanitation laws among others, Susan Rogers, the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Board of Den-tistry, said on Thursday.

Xinhua

UN chief “deeply disappointed” at failure to adopt arms trade treaty

united nations, 29 March — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday that he was “deeply disappointed” with the failure of the UN con-ference to adopt a treaty, which would regulate the multi-billion-US dollar in-ternational arms trade.

“The Secretary-Gen-eral is deeply disappointed with the failure of the Final United Nations Confer-ence on the Arms Trade Treaty to reach an agree-ment on a treaty text,” said a statement issued by Ban’s spokesman.

“The treaty had been within reach, thanks to the

tireless work and spirit of compromise among mem-ber states,” said the state-ment. The last Arms Trade Treaty talks ended in July without agreement after the United States dashed the hope of the agreement by saying that it needed more time to consider the pro-posed accord.

The UN General As-sembly in December 2006 voted to begin on a new but last round of talks on the treaty regulating interna-tional trade in conventional weapons. Earlier last week, Ban has stressed that reach-ing consensus through com-promise on all sides is long

overdue.Armed violence, the

secretary-general noted, kills more than half a mil-lion people each year, in-cluding 66,000 women and girls. In addition, between 2000 and 2010, almost 800 humanitarian workers were killed in armed attacks and another 689 injured, ac-cording to the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs.

“The secretary-general believes that the draft text was balanced and would have established effective common standards to regu-late the international trade in conventional arms,” the statement said.—Xinhua


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Taleban shadow governor killed in northern Afghan province

Kabul, 29 March—Afghan security forces and the NATO- led Interna-tional Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have defused 13 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in east-ern Afghan provinces, the ISAF said on Thursday.

“Afghan and Coali-tion Forces found and safely cleared 13 impro-vised explosive devices and detained one suspected insurgent during opera-tions in eastern Afghani-stan throughout the past 24 hours,” the ISAF’s Region-al Command-East said in a Press release.

The home-made bombs were neutralized in Khost, Ghazni, Paktika, Kunar and Wardak prov-inces, it said.

Taleban militants, who have been waging an insurgency for more than one decade, used IEDs to launch roadside bomb at-tack on security forces but the lethal weapon also in-flicted casualties on civil-ians. The security forces have recently intensified operations across the coun-try as spring and summer known as the fighting sea-son is drawing near.

Xinhua

beijing, 29 March—China will send troops to take part in the ASEAN+8 joint drill to be held in Bru-nei in June, a Ministry of National Defence spokes-man said on Thursday.

The joint drill will be held by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and eight part-ners (Australia, China, In-dia, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, the Republic of Ko-rea and the United States), spokesman Yang Yujun said at a Press conference.

In 2012, members of the ASEAN Defence Min-isters’ Meeting (ADMM)-Plus agreed to hold joint humanitarian rescue and disaster relief exercises, as Bangkok, 29 March —

Thai Premier on Thursday gave reassurances to the parliament that the spend-ing of 68 billion US dol-lars in loans for Thailand’s infrastructure development will be transparent.

In Prime Minister Yin-gluck Shinawatra’s prelude to Thursday’s Lower House debate on the highly-criti-cised borrowing, she clari-fied that the government has resorted to issuing the bill rather than seeking funds from the national an-nual budget to enable pro-jects to carry on without disruption in light of the country’s unstable political situation.

Remains of the wooden houses are seen after a fire in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, on 28 March, 2013. A fire engulfed over 400 wooden houses on the sea on

Wednesday, leaving more than 3,000 people homeless and dozens injured. —Xinhua

OsaKa, 29 March—The Japanese City of Hiro-shima released a new report on Thursday about the re-sults of its survey into the actual damage from the 1945 atomic bombing of the city, updating the total number of atomic bomb victims to 557,478, more than 15,000 people recorded in the previ-ous file, city officials said.

The report was compiled as part of the city’s more than 30- year-old investiga-tive project on the victims, focusing on demographic

Chinese troops to take part in 10+8 joint drill in Brunei

well as establish a group of military medical experts under ADMM-Plus, Yang said.

In April 2011, the first experts’ working group meeting on humanitarian rescue and disaster relief under ADMM-Plus, co-chaired by China and Vi-etnam, made a three-year plan that includes the joint drill. “China has kept close and positive communica-tion with Brunei and other members,” said Yang. “China hopes the joint drill will boost pragmatic co-operation in disaster relief among member countries, as well as the sound devel-opment of ADMM-Plus.”

Xinhua

Chinawares are torn down by strong wind and fall into pieces at a shop in Liuzhou City, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on 28 March, 2013.

Strong wind and thunder hit the city on Thursday.—Xinhua

Thai PM reassures parliament about transparency of spending loans

In the draft bill, ap-proved by the Cabinet last week, the 68 billion dollars budget will be spent in the government’s three strate-gies: shifting Thailand’s lo-gistics from road to rail sys-tems, linking the centre of each region to neighbour-ing countries, and building infrastructure to serve main economic areas in the prou-vinces.

The Premier said the long-term loans will not affect Thailand’ s financial landscape though public debts against GDP will be higher since the massive in-vestment will automatically increase GDP, she said.

She said internal politi-

cal conflict since 2006 have hindered the state’s invest-ment for infrastructure de-velopment, pushing up trans-port cost by 15 percent and pulling down the country’s competitive edge, adding that the bill was to acquire the loans for urban expan-sion and to prepare Thailand for economic and trade in-vestment domestically and internationally especially in the Southeast Asian region.

House speaker Somsak Kiatsuranont said the rul-ing and opposition blocs will have 14 hours and 16 hours respectively to debate the bill. The opposition has prepared about 60 MPs to take the floor.—Xinhua

13 bombs defused in

eastern Afghanistan

Hiroshima updates number of A-bomb victims

MaiMana, (Afghani-stan), 29 March—A Taleban shadow governor was killed in northern Afghan Province of Faryab overnight, the pro-vincial government spokes-man said on Thursday.

“Upon intelligence report, an Afghan border police force carried out a search operation to capture

Rescuers work at the site of the collapsed wall in Melbourne, Australia, on 28 March, 2013. A wall at Swanston street collapsed, causing 2 people dead and

another person injured.—Xinhua

changes in recent decades.The released data was

based on the latest tallies, calculated until 2011 with 120,000 additional historical sources such as medical treat-ment notes and necrologies, according to the research di-vision of the Atomic Bomb Survivors Relief Department at the Hiroshima City Office.

The report also updated the actual number of “direct victims” of the atomic bomb-ing—those who were within the city and its neighbour-ing towns and villages — to

384,743, while the number of victims who have died so far is 277,996, less than the 280,959 indicated by previ-ous data in 1999.

Kaoru Ohsugi, Director of the division, said to Xin-hua that since there are still different ways to interpret the numbers concerning the A-bomb victims and dam-age, the division decided to update the figures, collecting new information and check-ing the details using com-puters.

Xinhua

a Taleban shadow governor named Khirullah Khan but during the firefight Khan and two other Taleban insurgents were killed in Qaramqol Dis-trict on Wednesday night,” spokesman Jawid Beidar told Xinhua.

He said Khan was involved in several anti-government activities in

Qaramqol and neighbouring districts in the Province.

The relatively peace-ful northern provinces have been seeing Taleban-led violence recently. Earlier Thursday, five policemen were wounded and one mili-tant was killed in a clash in neighbouring Jawzjan Prov-ince.—Xinhua

TOKyO, 29 March—Kyodo Japan’s Diet on Fri-day passed a 13.2 trillion yen stopgap budget for fiscal 2013 from Monday to fund the central government’s spending for 50 days, with the principal budget for the year being unlikely to be en-acted before May.

The provisional budget, which is the biggest of its

Japan’s Diet passes 13.2 tril yen stopgap budget for fiscal 2013

kind ever in Japan, was ap-proved at the House of Coun-cillors, the upper house, with the backing of the ruling bloc and the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

Enactment of the annual budget for the next fiscal year has been delayed since the Liberal Democratic Par-ty-led government was only formed on 26 December

following the 16 December general election, setting back budget drafting.

Of the stopgap budget, 5.43 trillion yen will go on social security spending, the Finance Ministry said. The measure will also cover 3.67 trillion yen in grants to local governments and 1.54 tril-lion yen in public works pro-jects.— Kyodo News


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Singer Ren Miaoyin (R) holds a live online concert in Beijing, capital of China, on 21 March, 2013. Ren Miaoyin is among a burgeoning group of young Chinese singers who take advantage of YY, a real-time video-based social network, to hold

live concerts. Each Thursday evening, YY will invite a few singers to join its weekly music channel “YY Top 10”, which presents ten most popular Chinese songs to

the online audiences by live broadcast. It was 7:30 pm on Thursday, on 21 March. Ren arrived at a studio of YY to attend the latest “YY Top 10” as guest singer. The

programme could be a great chance for a novice singer like Ren to promote herself. Nearly 20,000 audiences watched Ren’s performance that evening, which was a satisfying result. There are also a large number of full-time online singers who give performance at home, taking advantage of the real-time video communica-

tion. Audiences can send virtual gifts to their beloved online singers, who in turn can convert the virtual gifts into cash money. According to a staff of YY, a popular online singer can earn more than 10,000 yuan (1,610 US dollars) from virtual gifts.

As of September 2012, YY has over 400 million registered users and 66.1 million monthly active users, making it an amicable platform for singers who wish to pro-

mote themselves via the internet.Xinhua

Paris, 29 march—two people were found shot dead at their home thurs-day morning in bastia, in the northeast of Corsica is-land in France, local media reported.

a source close to the investigation announced that a man and a woman died of violence in their apartment, the French news agency aFp said.

the neighbours of the deceased heard a loud shouting and then came the sound of the gunshots in the early morning in the victims’ apartment located in the downtown of bastia in the haute-Corse depart-ment of France.

the emergency servic-es then found the two bodies, both were shot dead. Foren-sic and police investigation are underway.—Xinhua

Two shot dead at home

in Bastia, French Corsica Island

Washington, 29 march—the international Monetary Fund(iMF) said thursday that the agreement reached this week to bail out Cyprus is unique and may not be applicable elsewhere.

in a news briefing, imF spokesman Gerry Rice called the case of Cyprus “very complex, unique in nature” when asked whether the rescue for Cyprus could be a model for other countries facing financial crisis.

“it would be difficult to extend the case to the rest of Europe or to the world,” he added. Rice defended the rescue deal reached between Cyprus and brussels earlier this week, saying it upfront addresses challenges as the oversized banking sector and two deeply insolvent banks had tipped the tiny Mediter-ranean country into crisis.

the plan, which may

IMF says Cyprus rescue deal unique in nature

help Cyprus secure the 10 billion euro bailout from in-ternational lenders, would impose heavy losses on un-insured depositors of the two major banks. Rice said the Cyprus case showed “the need for Europe to continue moving towards a bank-ing union, that includes not only the single supervisory mechanism but also a single resolution mechanism.”

after being closed for nearly two weeks, banks reopened in Cyprus thurs-day with strict restrictions on transactions.

iMF staff are in Cyprus now finalizing the technical details of the rescue agree-ment, Rice said. after that, the imF executive board will make an official decision on its share of the financial package for the debt-laden country.

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Katie Holmes wants Suri to focus on educationNew Delhi, 29

March—Dawson’s Creek actress Ka-tie Homes wants daughter Suri to stay grounded and focus on studies.

Katie is re-portedly keen for

her six-year-old daughter — from her rela-tionship with e x - h u s b a n d Tom Cruise — to re-

Sales of Timberlake’s new album beat

expectations in first week

US singer Justin

Timberlake

Katie Homes

Robert Pattinson

and Kristen Stewart’s

relationship suffered a blow after Kristen’s

linkup with Director Rupert

Sanders.PTI

loNDoN, 29 March—Twilight Actor Robert Pat-tinson is reportedly ready to put his girlfriend Kristen Stewart’s infidelity behind him after realizing the ac-tress is the girl for him. The couple briefly split up last year after Kristen Stewart cheated on him with mar-

ried Director Rupert Sand-ers, reported Contactmusic. “If he fell for someone else, he knows he’d always be thinking about Kristen, what she was doing, who she was with. The truth is, he needs to be with her and she clearly feels the same about him.

He’s done a lot of soul-

searching and realises that although their relationship is less than perfect, he couldn’t imagine life without her,” a source said. After her cheat-ing was revealed, Stewart had issued a public statement apologising to Pattinson and saying she still wanted to be with him.—PTI

its first week.But after warm re-

views and fan fever, the album sold almost 300,000 copies more than the first week sales for Timberlake’s last release —2006’s hit album “Fu-tureSex/LoveSounds” — despite an overall decline in album sales in recent years.

“The 20/20 Experi-ence” marks Timberlake’s musical comeback after fo-cusing on his movie career in films like “The Social Network” and “Friends with Benefits,” launching his own record label, in-vesting in social network-ing website MySpace, and marrying actress Jessica Biel.

Despite the big first week, Timberlake came in below country-pop singer Taylor Swift’s debut in November 2012 when her “Red” album sold 1.2 mil-lion copies in its first week.

Timberlake’s “The 20/20 Experience” was released on RCA Re-cords, a unit of Sony

Music Entertainment.Reuters

los ANgeles, 29 March— Justin Timber-lake’s first album since 2006 made a bumper US debut, selling an unex-pectedly better 968,000 copies in the first week since its release, accord-ing to figures on Tuesday from Nielsen SoundScan.

“The 20/20 Experi-ence” gave Timberlake, 32, the top spot on this week’s Billboard 200 al-bum chart and marked the singer’s best solo effort yet.

The heavily-promot-ed release from the former N’Sync boy band singer had been expected to sell about 750,000 copies in

Actress Judi Dench rules

on stage despite age taking tollloNDoN, 29 March—

Actress Judi Dench may be battling deteriorating eye-sight and a failing memory but the veteran performer showed no sign of faltering when she teamed up with fellow James Bond star Ben Whishaw on a London stage on Monday.

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main grounded despite early calls for her to star in com-mercials. An insider told RadarOnline.com: “Suri may be one of the most pho-tographed children on the planet but she won’t be do-ing her own photo shoots for fashion houses just yet.

“Katie wants her to con-centrate on school before an-ything else ... She just wants Suri to have as normal a childhood as

possible. “[She] is trying to keep her grounded and for-get the celebrity lifestyle that she’s become accustomed to.” They suggested educa-tion was something “drilled into” the 34-year-old mother growing up and she would like her child to avoid the world of show business. The source added: “[School was] s o m e -

thing her parents drilled into her when she was young. “They pushed Katie through Notre Dame Academy and Katie will be equally as hands-on with Suri ... In an ideal world, Katie doesn’t want Suri to follow in her footsteps into showbiz.

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Sharapova into Sony Open final, Murray to semisMaria

Sharapova of Russia celebrates her semi-final vic-tory over Jelena

Jankovic of Serbia

at the Sony Open ten-nis tour-nament in Key

Biscayne, Florida on 28 March,

2013.ReuteRs

MiaMi, 29 March— Maria Sharapova will face Serena Williams in the fi-nal of the Sony Open while Britain’s Andy Murray will take on France’s Richard Gasquet in the men’s semi-final after grinding down Croatian Marin Cilic.

Williams needed just 65 minutes to deal with fourth seeded defending champion Agnieska Rad-wanska 6-0, 6-3, while

Sharapova, who won at Indian Wells earlier this month, demolished Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic 6-2, 6-1.

Sharapova, extended her winning streak to 11 matches with a lopsided win in just over an hour against Jankovic, a former world number one strug-gling to regain her best.

Despite Sharapova’s good form, Williams will start as clear favourite in

Saturday’s final—she is 11-2 in meetings with the Russian and has won the last 10 matches between the pair.

One of just 10 wom-en who have won all four grand slams, Sharapova has been collecting titles all over the world but has never won the Sony Open, played in her home state of Florida, despite playing four previ-ous finals.

“It would mean so much to me,” she said in a courtside interview. “I love

this city, it’s the first city I landed in when I came to the United States as a little girl.”

The second-seeded Murray fought back from a break down twice in the first set and then grafted his way through the second to deal with the tall Croat.

“It was a tough, tough match. Second set especial-ly was a lot of long, long games and tough points,” said Murray.

“I just managed to come through that. Obvi-

Andy Murray of Britain hits a return during his quar-ter-final match against Marin Cilic of Croatia at the

Sony Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Florida on 28 March, 2013.—ReuteRs

ously I took a while to get to the finish line but I thought I played a solid match with not too many errors and was tough in the important mo-ments,” he told reporters.

The US Open cham-pion is the highest seeded player left in the men’s draw after world number one Novak Djokovic lost to Tommy Haas and will leapfrog Roger Federer to second place in the world rankings if he wins the title.

“I’d like to get to num-ber two this week. It would be nice, but I’d rather focus on trying to win my match-es,” said the Scotsman who will fancy his chances

Serena Williams

against eighth-seeded Gas-quet.

Gasquet was solid, hit-ting 17 winners and break-ing serve three times as he made up for his defeat to Berdych in the round of 16 at Indian Wells.

The Frenchman knows he is the under-dog against Murray, who he has lost to four times in seven matches, but be-lieves he is capable of pro-ducing an upset.

“I can win against Andy. He’s the favourite, the number three in the world but I know his game, I know how he plays,” he said.—Reuters

ICC presents Test Championship mace to Graeme SmithDubai, 29 March—

South Africa captain Graeme Smith on Thursday received the ICC Test Championship mace and prize money of USD 450,000 for leading the team to the top spot in ICC Test rankings on the annual cut-off date of 1 April.

Smith received the mace from the ICC’s umpires and referees manager, Vince van der Bijl, in a ceremony at the Wanderers in Johannesburg. “I am truly honoured and

American Points leads at Houston, McIlroy battlesNew York, 29 March

—American DA Points shot a sparkling eight-under 64 to take a one-shot lead after the opening round of the Houston Open on Thursday, while Rory McIlroy continued his un-derwhelming start to the year at Redstone Golf Club. The 36-year-old Points, who had struggled with seven missed cuts from nine events for the season, shrugged off the dismal form with nine birdies and a solitary bogey to be one stroke clear of countrymen Cameron Tringale and John Rollins.

A week after being un-seated by Tiger Woods as world number one, North-ern Ireland’s McIlroy bat-tled to a one-over 73 after a poor front nine saw him reach the turn at three-over.

McIlroy found some

DA Points, of the US, watches his tee shot on the second hole, during the final round of the Wells Fargo Cham-

pionship PGA golf tournament in Charlotte, North Carolina on 6 May, 2012.—ReuteRs

form with four birdies com-ing in, but added another two bogeys to be well off the pace in his last warm-up before Augusta. “I felt like on the front nine I was a little tentative and I made a couple of silly mistakes, making double on the par-five there so I just went down and tried to commit to

my shots more on the back nine and it seemed to help,” McIlroy told reporters.

“There were still a cou-ple of loose shots here and there but all and all it was a tricky day and if I could have got it back to even par I would’ve been pretty hap-py.” “But I’m one-over par and hopefully conditions

are a little calmer tomorrow morning and I can go out there and make some bird-ies.” Points, bidding for his second title after the 2011 Pebble Beach Pro-Am and a second start at the upcom-ing Masters, started on the back nine and birdied his first five holes out of the gate before another on the 17th for a scorching 30 at the turn.

Adding further birdies at three, seven and eight, Points rolled in over 160 feet of putts through the round with a new putter, but said he had been struggling mentally in the leadup.

“It’s super difficult (to stay positive). It’s may-be the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do but I just keep plugging away and keep trying to do the right things,” he told reporters.

Reuters

Vettel apologises to Red Bull staff

LoNDoN, 29 March—Formula One world cham-pion Sebastian Vettel has apologised in person to Red Bull staff for ignoring team orders in a controversial Malaysian Grand Prix last weekend.

The team said the 25-year-old German had also spoken to aggrieved team mate Mark Webber, who had victory snatched away in the closing laps, after the race at Sepang and the pair had shaken hands.

“He’s said he can’t turn back the clock but he’s accepted what he did was wrong,” team princi-pal Christian Horner said of Vettel, who visited the Milton Keynes factory on Tuesday to address em-ployees.

“He’s apologised to the team and to every single

member of staff for his ac-tions, because he recognises the team is vitally important and being part of the team is a crucial aspect to being able to challenge for those championships.”

Vettel had also apolo-gised to Webber in a news conference after Sunday’s race, saying he had made a mistake.

The German has won the last three drivers’ titles with Red Bull, who are chasing their fourth succes-sive constructors’ champi-onship.

The German had quali-fied on pole position in Ma-laysia but found himself behind his team mate after the pitstops with the team instructing the pair to hold station to save fuel and pre-vent excessive tyre wear.

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Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Ger-many celebrates after winning the Malaysian F1 Grand

Prix at Sepang International Circuit outside Kuala Lumpur, on 24 March, 2013.—ReuteRs

humbled to receive the Re-liance ICC Test Champion-ship mace and prize money, not just on behalf of myself, the players and the team management but on behalf of all South Africans,” said Smith.

“We all appreciate the enormous privilege of repre-senting our country and tak-ing on the responsibility that goes with it,” he added.

South Africa have fin-ished at the number one spot

for the first time since the current ranking system was introduced in 2003.

India are placed third behind England in the cur-rent rankings.—PTI

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Ryder responding, man arrested for assault improved on Friday.

“He has been responsive and has been interacting with his family and his medical team, Jesse is still in an induced coma and is still needing support with breathing following an injury to his lungs,” Mills told the TVNZ website.

“In terms of a head injury it cannot be fully determined at this stage what the effects of a knock to Jesse’s head are, we will know more once he comes out of the coma.”

Ryder had been expected to travel to India for the lucrative Twenty20 tournament with the Delhi Daredevils this week, but had been in a self-imposed exile from international cricket after a series of alcohol-related incidents.

Despite publicly swearing off alcohol, Ryder had begun drinking again in recent weeks, Mills said on Thursday. Police, however, told reporters on Thursday that they did not think alcohol was a factor in the alleged assault. Ryder was not expected to return to international cricket for New Zealand’s tour of England in May-June, following their 0-0 draw in the recently completed home test series.

An aggressive batsman with a superb eye and delicate touch, Ryder has made 1,269 runs in 18 tests at an average of 40.93 with a highest score of 201 and 1,100 runs in 39 one-day internationals at 34.37.

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New Zealand’s Jesse Ryder watches his shot during their Cricket World Cup quarter-final match against South Africa in Dhaka on 25 March, 2011. Ryder is in hospital with serious head injuries after being involved in a fight in Christchurch.

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A visitor views sculptures during a sculpture exhibition in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, on 28 March, 2013. A total of 68 sculptures of 41 Chinese sculptors were displayed on the exhibition.—Xinhua

Cypriot FM briefs Chinese, Russian Ambassadors on

bailout dealNicosia, 29 March—

Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kassoulides on Thursday briefed Chinese and Russian Ambassdors to Cyprus on the bailout deal agreed with the Eurogroup and related issues.

An official statement issued by the ministry after separate meetings Kassoulides had with Chinese Ambassador Liu Xinsheng and Russian Ambassador Vyacheslav Shumskiy, said Kasoulides had the opportunity to analyze and explain to the ambassadors the

provisions of the bailout memorandum, the reasons behind this decision, as well as the consequent structural changes that will occur in Cyprus’ banking system, as a result of the recapitalization of the two main banks of the island.

Kasoulides indicated that the Republic of Cyprus has already been taking all appropriate measures for the effective implementation of the provisions of the Memorandum, setting up a special task force to address any difficulties and problems to this end.—Xinhua

An elderly couple take wedding

dress photos in a park in Zhoushan

City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, on 28

March, 2013. Ten elderly couples who have been

married for over 25 years took free

wedding dress photos here on

Thursday.Xinhua

Travel restrictions on Pistorius liftedcape TowN, 29 March

—The Pretoria High Court on Thursday lifted travel restrictions on paralympian Oscar Pistorius, allowing him to take part in international competitions on certain conditions.

Soon after the decision was made, Pistorius’ agent said the double amputee may target championships in sports tournaments, the world championships in Moscow in August in particular.

Judge Bert Bam said the paralympian would be allowed to use his passport to travel outside the country on conditions

that his passport will be held by a court while he is in South Africa, and he can only leave the country if he provides an itinerary of his travel plans at least a week before he is due to leave.

Once returning home, Pistorius must hand his travel documents back to the court within 24 hours.

Pistorius is charged with murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on 14 February, Valentine’s Day. But Pistorius says he shot Steenkamp because he mistook her for a burglar. He was released on bail after almost one week in police cells and his

next court appearance is scheduled for 4 June.

Although Pistorius’s lawyers said in the appeal hearing that he had no immediate plans to compete in international tournaments, Zyl said in remarks published by the local media Sports24 that the judge’s decision definitely paved the way for Pistorius to take part in international competitions.

But Zyl said any return to competition would be up to Pistorius, who hasn’t run competitively since September or trained for two months.

Xinhua

(NZP) said the man had been charged with assault on Thursday and would appear in court on 4 April.

They were also speaking to a 37-year-old man, a relative of the man charged, in relation to the incidents, Detective Senior Sergeant Brian Archer told reporters on Friday.

Ryder, 28, was rushed to hospital early on Thursday with serious head injuries after being involved in two altercations outside a bar and fast food restaurant in Merivale, a suburb of Christchurch. Police said on Friday it now appeared that only two men were involved in the first altercation with

Ryder, and one in the second.Local media reported

Ryder, who was in a critical condition on Thursday, had sustained a fractured skull and a collapsed lung in the alleged assault.

New Zealand Cricket Players Association chief executive Heath Mills said that Ryder’s condition had

welliNgToN, 29 March—New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder’s condition was improving and he was responding to medical staff and his family on Friday as police said they had arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with the alleged assault.

New Zealand Police

South Africa to update railway communication service with

Chinese technologypreToria, 29 March—

“Our train communication service will be equipped with the advanced Chi-nese digital radio system for signaling”, the South African railway system an-nounced here on Thursday.

“The leading global information and commu-nication technology solu-tion provider Huawei has been chosen to supply us with the GSM- R (Global System for Mobile Com-munications Railway) after a competitive bidding and procurement,” said Lucky Montana, CEO of the Pas-senger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA ) at a Press conference.

The PRASA is the South African state-owned enterprise responsible for most passenger rail service in the country.

The GSM-R is an inter-national wireless standard for railway communica-tion and applications, and is used for communication between train and railway

regulation control centers.It will provide the au-

tomatic train protection and introduce the semi-auto-matic train driving capac-ity in the network, reduc-ing the probability of train accidents due to the driver error.

It will be the first time for Sub-Saharan Africa to deploy the GSM-R net-work, spanning a total of 1200 kilometers across South Africa.

Huawei will form a consortium with some other companies to partner with the PRASA in the delivery of this project.

“The entire project is worth 485 million rands (about 52 million U.S. dol-lars),” said the PRASA offi-cial. The PRASA CEO said the advanced system will be installed in all PRASA regions for ensuring the public safety, including the western city of Cape Town, the southern city of Durban and the eastern Province of Gauteng.—Xinhua

4th Waning of Tabaung 1374 ME Saturday, 30 March, 2013 New Light of Myanmar

CorrectionPlease read “it is

urged again that while the peace talks are being held” instead of “it is argued again that while the peace talks are being held” in the second line of third paragraph of the statement of Myanmar National Human Rights Commission that appeared on page 16 in this daily issued on 29-3-2013. Error is regretted.—NLM

Myanmar needs to prepare for handling international and regional crisis as an ASEAN chair

Na y Py i Ta w, 29 M a r c h — “ M y a n m a r ’ s t a k i n g o f A S E A N C h a i r m a n s h i p w o u l d contribute much to trade, investment and tourism industry,” said Chairman of Central Committee

for Myanmar’s Alternate ASEAN Chair in 2014 and Establishment of ASEAN Community Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham at the Central Committee’s s e c o n d c o o r d i n a t i o n meeting and coordination

meeting for holding of CLMV and ACMECS summits, at President Office here, today.

In his speech, the Vice-President said that like other countries, Myanmar needs to designate main

contents, direction and prioritized tasks as alternate ASEAN chair. Myanmar has a duty to set up 2015 ASEAN Community while taking alternate ASEAN chairmanship. ASEAN Economic Community

(AEC) is at the core of A S E A N C o m m u n i t y . ASEAN Community could be successfully set up only when AEC is firmly established.

He highlighted that it needs to remove non-tariff barriers to become a real free trade area, to introduce Single Window System for imports and exports and to reduce transaction costs.

Myanmar needs to make preparations for handling of international and regional crisis as an ASEAN chair. He also pointed out the implementation o f C o r p o r a t e S o c i a l Responsibility (CSR).

After that, Central Committee Vice-Chairmen Union Minister for Foreign

Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister for National Planning and Economic Development Dr Kan Zaw and Union Minister for Culture U Aye Myint Kyu reported on work programme.

Member of the Central Committee Nay Pyi Taw Council member U Kan Chun, Secretary Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Thant Kyaw and Advisor to the President U Ko Ko Hlaing also submitted the reports.

After the meeting, the Vice-President viewed sample dresses for leaders of ASEAN Summit.

It was attended by the Central Committee Vice-Chairmen members Union ministers and deputy ministers and officials.

MNA

Low-priced sim cards coming soonsale of low-priced sim card in near future.

The date and price will be announced by the Communications and Information Technology Ministry in time, it is learnt.

The President called for

equitable distribution of sim cards in regions and states, promising to seek ways to offer handsets at low price. He also demanded measures to ensure good connection after bulk sales of sim cards.

Beginning April, low-

priced sim cards will be constantly distributed to regions and states with 350,000 units per month. Sim cards will be sold under the arrangement of respective region/state governments. Sales programmes will be

reported to the public to ensure there is no market monopoly.

It is reported that measures will be taken to fulfill the public demands to the fullest in coming few years.—MNA

Na y Py i Ta w , 29 March—President U Thein Sein called communication sector being pivotal for comprehensive development as he addressed the coordination meeting on sim card sales this morning.

Also present were Vice-Presidents Dr Sai Mauk Kham and U Nyan Tun,

Union ministers U Thein Nyunt, U Soe Maung, U Tin Naing Thein, and U Myat Hein, deputy ministers and officials.

Telephone density so far only covers seven per cent of the country and it is targeted to cover 50 per cent at least in 2014-2015, said the President, affirming the

Meiktila still under tight security measures

Na y Py i Ta w , 29 March— To alleviate the public sufferings, security forces together with the Tatmadaw men and civilians have been taking strict security measures in Meiktila

since the violence occurred there. As a result, the locals are doing their regular works at present.

Despite the restoration of peace and stability, Meiktila is still being placed

under tight security measures not to occur riots and unrests again.

MNA

About K 30 million donated to relief campsN a y P y i T a w ,

29 March—A total of 7421 victims from 1987 households are being

accommodated at five relief camps.

Officials transported some of over 3000 victims from 20 monasteries to their homes respectively. At present, 1253 victims f rom 289 households are sheltering at eight

monasteries.Wellwishers, com-

panies, organizations and political parties donated cash and relief items worth K 1,423,700. So far, well-wishers have donated K 29,764,000 to the relief camps.—MNA

Vice-President Dr

Sai Mauk Kham views

sample outfits for

leaders of ASEAN

Summit.—mna

President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein addresses the coordination

meeting on sim card sales.mna

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