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Volume XVI, Number 329 3rd Waning of Taboung 1370 ME Friday, 13 March, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting partici-pation in terms of technical know-how andinvestments from sources inside the countryand abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 13 March—At the invitation of His Excellency Dr. Susilo BambangYudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia and His Excellency Mr. Lee HseinLoong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, Prime Minister of the Union ofMyanmar General Thein Sein will pay official visits to the Republic of Indonesia and theRepublic of Singapore in the near future.—MNA

Prime Minister to visitIndonesia, Singapore soon

Ngawun Bridge (Myokwin), KanyinDam, Ma Mya Dam inspected

NAY PYI TAW, 12March—Chairman ofAyeyawady Division Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of South-WestCommand Maj-Gen KyawSwe inspected progress ofNgawun Bridge(Myokwin) project andcultivation of beans andpulses and sunflowers inthe sandbanks in HinthadaTownship on 26 Februarymorning.

The commander alsoviewed progress ofKanyin Dam project inIngapu Township andinstallation of twogenerators at the rightcanal of Ma Mya Dam inMyanaung Township.

On 27 February, thecommander looked intoBasic Education High

School and preparation forreconstruction of MyomaMarket in Yekyi.

The commanderaccepted corrugated iron

sheets donated bywellwishers and cordiallygreeted rice and beanmerchants and rice millers.

After that, he viewed

the participation ofservicemen in the militarycode of conduct contest tomark the 64th AnniversaryArmed Forces Day.—MNA

SCIENCE DAILY, 12March—Long- te rmexposure to ground-level

Long-term ozone exposure linkedto higher risk of death

ozone, a major componentof smog, is associated withan increased risk of death

from respiratory ailments,according to a newnationwide study led by aresearcher at the Universityof California, Berkeley.The study followed nearly450,000 people for twodecades and covered 96metropolitan regions in theUnited States.

The study found thatfor every 10 parts-per-billion(ppb) increase in ozonelevel, there is a 4 per centincrease in risk of death fromrespiratory causes, primarilypneumonia and chronicpulmonary obstructivepulmonary disease.

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SCIENCE DAILY, 12 March—The concept ofdelaying global warming by adding particles into theupper atmosphere to cool the climate couldunintentionally reduce peak electricity generated bylarge solar power plants by as much as one-fifth,according to a new NOAA study.�

“Injecting particles into the stratosphere couldhave unintended consequences for one alternativeenergy source expected to play a role in the transitionaway from fossil fuels,” said author Daniel Murphy,a scientist at NOAA’s Earth System ResearchLaboratory in Boulder, Colo.—Internet

Atmospheric ‘Sunshade’ couldreduce solar power generation

Commander of South-West Command Maj-Gen Kyaw Swe views progress ofKanyin Dam project.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 13 March, 2009

Friday, 13 March, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

The government is fulfilling requirementsin the economic, education, health, social andtransport sectors for scaling up the developmentof rural areas.

As part of the plan, it is opening a largenumber of basic education schools, affiliatedbasic education high schools, station hospitals,health care centres, and rural health carecentres in respective rural areas. As a result,rural youngsters have had easy access toeducation, and rural people, to better healthcare.

In like manner, more than 50,000 self-reliant village libraries have been establishedto expand the horizons of rural folks. Andfollow-up programmes are ongoing forsustainable progress of the libraries.

The donating of cash, daily newspapers,publications, and TV sets for building self-reliant village libraries and raising the funds ofthe libraries took place in Sittway, RakhineState, on 15 February. At the ceremony, donororganizations and well-wishers presented cashand kind worth over 90 million kyats forbuilding model libraries in 17 townships inRakhine State.

Due to the emergence of the libraries, thenumber of rural residents with a good habit ofreading will be on the increase. The facilitieswill help book lovers and adult literates do alife-long study.

Today, regional organizations and socialassociations are making generous donations tolibraries, thus contributing towards the openingof more and more libraries and their perpetualexistence and sustainable development.

Generous donations forsustainable development ofself-reliant libraries

NAY PYI TAW, 12 March — Chairman of ShanState (East) Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Triangle Region Command Brig-GenKyaw Phyo, accompanied by the deputy commanderand officials concerned, inspected construction tasksof war veterans housing near Technological University

Commander inspects extension of Kengtung Airportbeside Kengtung-Lwemwe motor road on 5 March.

Upon arrival at the worksite for extension ofKengtung Airport undertaken by airport constructionspecial group of Public Works, the commanderinspected gravel paving on the apron.

MNA

YANGON, 12 March —Thongwa TownshipAssociation (Yangon) heldits annual meeting atPayaphyu Monastery,Pazundaung Township,here, on 22 February.

At the meeting,chairman of the associationU Mya Thein stressed

Thongwa Township Association holdsannual meeting

emergence of outstandingstudents and youths astargeted by the associationand participation in socialservices. After 84 over-75-aged oldies were paidrespect, a total of elevenoutstanding students—sixdistinction winner MaPhyu Thin Naing who

stood sixth in the wholeMyanmar, two fivedistinction winners, twofour distinction winners,one three distinctionwinner, one two distinctionwinner and four onedistinction winners—werehonoured with prizes.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12March—Deputy Ministerfor Transport Col NyanTun Aung held a meetingwith service personnel atMandalay InternationalAirport and inspected theairport on 2 March.

On 4 March, headdressed the donating ofthe river pumping waterpurifying machine and thelake in Ngazun. In theafternoon, he met withlocal people at KanhlaVillage. On 5 Marchmorning, he inspectedNganmyargyi Villagestation hospital and gaveinstructions on health care.

The deputy ministerand wife donated K900,000 to NganmyagyiBasic Education HighSchool; K 50,000 each tothe station hospital andstaff members; and

Development tasks under way in Ngazun

YANGON, 12 March—Myanma Gonyi magazineNo. 30 came out yesterday.

The magazine coverspoems, articles in Myanmarlanguage, world classic shortstory, general knowledge,

Myanma Gonyi magazine published

short stories, Myanmaclassic short story, religiousstory, articles in English,jokes and cartoons.

Those wishing to sendmanuscripts andadvertisements may

contact the Chief Editorof Myanma GonyiMagazine at No. 455/457on New UniversityAvenue in BahanTownship.

MNA

ThutapadethaMagazine incirculationYANGON, 12 March —

Thutapadetha monthlymagazine comes outtoday.

The magazinepublished by the Printingand Publishing Enterpriseof Ministry of Informationhas covered poems,articles and short stories.The magazine also carriesjokes and internationalnews and is available atSarpay Beikman BookShop at No 529/531 onMerchant Street, Yangon,Ph 01-381448, 249031,and at sale agents intownships.

MNA

Deputy Minister Col Nyan Tun Aung formally opens the ceremony todonate the river water pumping and water purifying machine and the

lake in Ngazun.—MNA

Cover of Myanma Gonyi magazine.—MNA

K30,000 each to thevillage auxiliary firebrigade, the villageMaternal and Chil Welfare

Association and theVillage Women's AffairsOrganization.

In the afternoon, he

had meetings with localpeople at Moe Taung Post-Primary School, andHtanzinhla BEPS.—MNA

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Iraqi onlookers

inspect the wreck-

age at the site of a

car bomb explosion

in the northeast of

the northern Iraqi

city of Mosul.

INTERNET

Casablanca explosionkills one, injuring six

RABAT, 12 March—An explosion hit northwestMoroccan city of Casablanca on Wednesday, killingone person and injuring six others, local authoritiessaid.

The authorities were quoted by local MAP newsagency as saying that the blast occurred in the front ofa video game room located at al-Joulane Boulevard ofthe city early on Wednesday.

The blast was likely a gas explosion, not a terroristact, according to the authorities.

Internet

View of the cordoned-off area in the Salmia suburbof Casablanca, Morocco, on 11 March, 2009, afteran explosion rocked the street, killing at least one

person and injuring six.INTERNET

Two separatist rebels killedin Philippines clash

DAVAO, 12 March—Philippine troops killed twoseparatist rebel commanders as they clashed onWednesday in the southern Philippine province ofZamboanga del Norte, an official said on Thursday.

Norbi Edding, town mayor of Sibuco, said the fight-ing erupted after an undetermined number of MoroIslamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels, the country’slargest rebel organization, attacked a militia detach-ment there.

Firefight ensued and resulted in the death of tworebel commanders that include a certain Karao.

Rebel spokesperson Eid Kabalu confirmed the in-cident but said they are still verifying the identities ofthe slain rebels.

“We have active troops in that province,” Kabalusaid.

Internet

Deadly Iraq bombings set off alarm bells

Iranian shelling kills Kurdishchild on Iraq border

SULAIMANIYAH, 12 March—Iranian shelling ofKurdish border villages in northern Iraq left one childdead, a local official said on Wednesday.

“Iranian artillery bombarded border villages onTuesday evening killing a child and wounding hisparents,” said Azad Wassu, mayor of Zarawa, 100miles (160 kilometres) northeast of the Kurdish cityof Sulaimaniyah. “The bombardment lasted nearly twohours... and targeted the villages of Rezka, Mara andDuwu,” he said.

Iranian attacks on the border usually target the Partyof Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), an Iranian rebelgroup, which operates out of bases in the area and isclose to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

Internet

An elderlyKurd standsoutside UN-

donated tentsset up close

to the villageof Sinawa,northern

Iraq, 2008.INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 12March —The securitysituation is continuing todeteriorate in Afghani-stan, the US spy chief toldSenators on Tuesday.

Being asked aboutwhether US is losing thewar in Afghanistan duringa testimony before theSenate Armed ServicesCommittee, US Directorof National IntelligenceDennis Blair did not an-swer directly, but said thesituation there “is de-creasing, and that is a badtrend.”

BAGHDAD, 12 March— Two majorbombings in two days in Iraq have leftscores of people dead and sparked newsecurity concerns as US forces prepareto pull out.

Confident statements from the Iraqigovernment and the United States aboutgreatly improved security six years af-

ter the US-led invasion are now beingtested in blood on the streets.

In Washington, the White House de-nied that the spate of attacks was linkedto US President Barack Obama’s deci-sion to pull out most combat troops byAugust next year. A US military spokes-man in Baghdad took the same line, tell-ing AFP on Wednesday that there wasno complacency on security.

“We are by no means complacent. Weknow that there are groups like Al-Qaeda, that are greatly reduced in capa-bility and numbers, but still desperate tomaintain relevance here in Iraq,” he said.

Near daily appeals from the Shiite-dominated government for national rec-onciliation have been rejected bySaddam Hussein loyalists, still flying theflag of the banned Baath party and pledg-ing to fight on.

Internet

Iraqi troops secure the site of a carbomb explosion in the al-

Hamdaniyah, about 25 kms northeastof Mosul, on 10 March.

INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 12March —US PresidentBarack Obama has in-vited Chinese ForeignMinister Yang Jiechi tothe White House afterboth powers tried to de-fuse military tensions andfocus on stabilizing theglobal economy.

With China also angryat US criticism over Ti-bet, Obama is making thegesture to meet the for-eign minister followinghis talks on Wednesdaywith Secretary of StateHillary Clinton and Trea-sury Secretary TimGeithner.

It comes after Clintonsaid she and Yang agreedto ensure there would beno repeat of a standoff on

US, China try to defusetension, focus on economy

Sunday between aUS Navy surveillanceship and Chinese patrolboats in the South ChinaSea.

White House spokes-man Robert Gibbs toldreporters than Yang andObama — joined by USnational security advisorJames Jones — woulddiscuss the standoffamong other issues suchas the global economiccrisis.

“I don’t think it will

overshadow it, but I thinkthe president will con-tinue to make clear ourcountry’s position,”Gibbs told reporters.

With only a fewweeks in office, Obama’smeeting with Yang issymbolic — somethingwhich is not standardprotocol but has beenused sparingly by previ-ous presidents. Yang alsomet former presidentGeorge W Bush.

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Lieutenant GeneralMichael Maples, theDfence IntelligenceAgency director, echoedBlair’s pessimistic viewon Afghanistan at thehearin, sayingAfghanistan’s problemsare likely to get worse asAfghanistan prepares forpresidential elections thisyear.

Senators were anx-ious to learn when USPresident Barack Obamawill unveil a new strate-gic plan to reverse thetrend in Afghanistan.

When Senator JohnMeCain pressed him onthe issue, Blair said hewasn’t sure.

“I can only say thepresident is more impa-tient than you are,” hesaid.

Obama last monthdecided to send 17,000additional US combat andsupport troops to Afghani-stan to help to stabilize thesituation there, but a com-plete review of Afghanstrategy hasn’t been fin-ished.

MNA/Xinhua

US spy chief says Afghansituation deteriorates

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A man fumigates an area under a building to helpcontrol the breeding of dengue-transmitting aedes

mosquitoes in Singapore on 12 March , 2009.Outbreaks of dengue fever have risen in the AsiaPacific region in the past year, killing three times

more victims in 2008 than in recent years, theWorld Health Organization (WHO) said on

Wednesday.—INTERNET

A huge sandstorm engulfs the Saudi capital of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 10March, 2009. The storm, which was still raging hours after it started, dis-rupted flights at the city’s King Khalid International airport, with weather

authorities announcing that visibility would drop to zero, and warning resi-dents to take precautionary measures.—INTERNET

Afghan children are seen collecting water from a hand pump near Shuhadalake in Kabul. Surging population growth, climate change, reckless irrigationand chronic waste are placing the world’s water supplies at threat, according

to a landmark UN report.—INTERNET

HANOI, 12 March— Two international organizationsfrom Australia and Germany have decided to provide1.6 million euros (about 2 million US dollars) to helpVietnam conserve a key biosphere spot in southernKien Giang Province, Vietnam News Agency reportedon Wednesday.

AusAID, the Australian government’s overseas aidprogram, and Germany Technical Cooperation Orga-nization (GTZ) will provide financial as well as tech-nical assistance to the project, said the agency.

The Kien Giang biosphere reserve was officiallyrecognized by the United Nations Educational, Scien-tific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2006.

The reserve, covering 1.1 million hectares, includesthe U Minh Thuong National Park, which is one ofVietnam’s few remaining wetland forests.

The project, running until 2011, aims to enrich lo-cal forest resource, increase local residents’ income,and improve the management capacity of rangers inthis area.—Internet

KUALA LUMPUR, 12 March—Malaysia’s crude palmoil production recorded 1.18 million tons in February,down 10.7 percent compared with the previous month.

This was reportedly the third month that the coun-try saw a decreased production of crude palm oil.

The total palm oil stocks, including crude palm oil,fell 14.7 percent to 1.56 million tons in the month, ac-cording to the Malaysian Palm Oil Board on Wednes-day. The country exported a total of 1.25 million tonsof palm oil in February this year, down 7.2 percent fromthe previous month, but the exports of palm kernel oilwere up 6.7 percent to 94,300 tons.—Internet

NEW YORK, 12 March— Crude prices retreatedon Wednesday as US in-ventories jumped unex-pectedly.

The Energy Informa-tion Administration saidcrude supplies in the USclimbed unexpectedlyby 700,000 barrels forthe week ended 6 MarchAnalysts had expected adrop of 1 mill ionbarrels.

Distillate demand fell

Int’l organization helpsVietnam in biosphere

protection

Malaysia’s palm oil productiondrops in February

Crude prices retreat as US

inventories jump unexpectedly6.1 percent over the pastfour weeks from last year,with stocks off 2.1 mil-lion barrels last week, re-vealed the report.

The grim economicdata also dragged downthe prices. The US LaborDepartment said Wednes-day that California, SouthCarolina, Michigan andRhode Island registereddouble-digit unemploy-ment rates in January.

The Organization of

Petroleum ExportingCountries (OEPC), whichhas already announcedoutput quota reductionsof 4.2 million barrels aday, is to meet Sunday inVienna.

Some analysts expectthe cartel would slash an-other 500,000 barrels perday. However, investorsare doubting if OPECmay cut productionagain.

Internet

Israeli man injured in minefield, falls todeath while being flown to hospital

HAIFA , 12 March — An Israeli man died on Wednes-day after falling from a helicopter that was flying him to ahospital after he sustained severe injuries in a minefield.Numerous emergency responders were called to the sceneafter 24-year-old Alaa Agabriya lost his foot in a minefieldlocated near the northern Israeli city of Beit She’an, ac-cording to Israeli news site Ynetnews com. Medical teamsstabilized Agabriya, then strapped him to a medevac’s gearand began transporting him to the nearest hospital. Butsomehow slipped from the straps and plummetedto the ground, Ynetnews.com reported.—Internet

Fermi telescope producesnew gamma-ray map

STANFORD, 12 March—New data from the USspace agency’s FermiGamma-ray Space Tele-scope are giving scien-tists an un-precedentedlook at the high-energycosmos.

A new map combiningnearly three months ofdata from the NationalAeronautics and SpaceAdministration telescopeshows the universe ablazewith gamma rays fromsources both within thesolar system and from gal-axies billions of light-years from Earth.

“Fermi has given us adeeper and better-re-solved view of the

gamma-ray sky than anyprevious space mission,”said Peter Michelson ofStanford University, thelead scientist for thespacecraft’s Large AreaTelescope. “We’re watch-ing flares fromsupermassive black holesin distant galaxies andseeing pulsars, high-massbinary systems and evena globular cluster in ourown.”

The LAT scans the skyevery three hours while insurvey mode, which in-volves most of thetelescope’s observingtime during its first yearof operation, NASA said.The scans allow scientists

to monitor rapidly chang-ing sources.

A paper describing the205 brightest sources theFermi telescope has re-corded has been submit-ted to The AstrophysicalJournal Supplement forpublication. NASA saidthe Fermi Gamma-raySpace Telescope involvescontributions from aca-demic institutions andpartners in France, Ger-many, Italy, Japan andSweden.

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UNITED NATIONS, 12March—World popula-tion is projected to reach7 billion early in 2012,up from the current 6.8billion, and surpass 9 bil-lion people by 2050, anofficial UN populationreport said here onWednesday.

The 2008 Revision ofthe official United Na-tions population esti-mates and projections,released here on Wednes-day, said that developingcountries will add 2.3 bil-

lion inhabitants with 1.1billion people aged over60 and 1.2 billion ofworking age.

Most of the additional2.3 billion people willenlarge the population ofdeveloping countries,which is projected to risefrom 5.6 billion in 2009to 7.9 billion in 2050, andwill be distributed amongthe population aged 15-59 (1.2 billion) and 60 orover (1.1 billion) becausethe number of childrenunder age 15 in develop-

ing countries will de-crease.

In contrast, the popu-lation of the more devel-oped regions is expectedto change minimally,passing from 1.23 billionto 1.28 billion, and wouldhave declined to 1.15 bil-lion were it not for theprojected net migrationfrom developing to de-veloped countries, whichis projected to average2.4 million persons annu-ally from 2009 to 2050.

Xinhua

A Chinese girl showcases a piece of shawl whichare made of 18K gold at a shop in Jinan, capital of

east China’s Shandong Province, on 10 March,2009.—XINHUA

Japan’s Robot Saya can smile and scold World Kidney Daybeing observed

in NepalKATHMANDU, 12 March

—The World Kidney Dayis being observed inNepal Thursday withvarious programmes withthe slogan “Are your kid-neys OK?”

This day is going to becelebrated by organizingvarious programmes in-cluding awareness ralliesand interactions, the Na-tional Kidney Treat-mentCenter said.

According to the Cen-ter, 2.7 million people inNepal have one or theother kind of kidney dis-eases, but there are only12 doctors for it.

Nepal has 2,700 newkidney patients addedeach year.—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

A woman walks by a Japanese-maderobot receptionist named Ms Saya atBen-Gurion University of the Negev inthe southern city of Be’er Sheva in thispicture taken on 5 Feb, 2007. —XINHUA

BEIJING, 12 March—Japan’s robotteacher calls roll, smiles and scolds,drawing laughter from students with hereerily life like face. But the developersays it’s not about to replace human in-structors.

Unlike more mechanical-looking ro-bots like Honda Motor’s Asimo, the ro-bot teacher, called Saya, can express sixbasic emotions — surprise, fear, disgust,anger, happiness, sadness — because itsrubber skin is being pulled from the backwith motors and wiring around the eyesand the mouth.

In a demonstration, the robot’s mouthpopped open, its eyes widened and eye-brows arched to appear surprised. Sayapulled back on its lips to make a smile,and said simple preprogrammed phrasessuch as “Thank you,” while its lipsmoved, to express pleasure.

“Robots that look human tend to be abig hit with young children and the eld-erly,” Hiroshi Kobayashi, Tokyo Univer-sity of Science professor and Saya’s de-veloper, said yesterday. “Children even

start crying when they are scolded.” Firstdeveloped as a receptionist robot in 2004,Saya was tested in a real Tokyo classroomearlier this year with a handful of fifth andsixth graders.

“Simply turning our grandparents overto teams of robots abrogates our society’sresponsibility to each other, and encour-ages a loss of touch with reality for thisalready mentally and physically chal-lenged population,” Kobayashi said.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 12 March—Chinese President HuJintao on Wednesdaycalled on the ArmedForces to providemighty support fornational interests andsocial stability.

The People’s Libe-ration Army (PLA) andthe armed police shallenergetically speed upthe modernization ofdefence, resolute lysafeguard the country’ssovereignty, securityand territorial integrity,

and provide a mightysupport for nat ionalinteres ts and socia lstability, Hu said.

Hu, also chairman ofthe Central Mili taryCommission, made theremarks at a plenarymeet ing of PLAdeputies to the NationalPeople’s Congress(NPC), the toplegislative body.

He s t ressed theParty’s leadership in theArmed Forces andcalled for the scientific

development of defenceand Armed Forces.

The Armed Forcesshall voluntarily servethe overall work of theParty and the country,and contr ibute toeconomic developmentand social stability, headded.

He also told localParty committees andgovernments to supportthe development ofdefence and ArmedForces.

Xinhua

Hu calls for support from armedforces for Nat’l interests

China protests US measure blockingpoultry imports

GENEVA, 12 March—China on Wednesday made a strong protest against a USact on poultry, saying the measure seriously violates basic World Trade Organization(WTO) rules and affects normal trade between the two countries.

The Omnibus Appropriation Act of 2009, approved by the US Senate onTuesday, includes a section which bans any fund from being used to “establish orimplement a rule” allowing the import of poultry products from China.

“We believe this is a typical discriminative and trade protectionist measure,”said the Chinese mission to the Geneva- based WTO in a verbal note to its UScounterpart.

“It violates the basic rules of the WTO seriously and affects the normal tradeof poultry meat between China and US negatively and damages the rights of theChinese poultry industries,” the Chinese mission said.

According to the verbal note, the US measure has triggered strong reactions inChina, and the government is under increasing pressure from the poultry industriesto adopt retaliatory measures.

The US move was “totally unfair and of a bad nature,” said the verbal note,adding that China would raise complaints to the WTO in this regard and maintainthe right of further measures. “At the same time, we would like to urge the US toeliminate such kind of discriminative and trade protectionist provision as soon aspossible in order to correct its wrong decision,” it said.—Xinhua

A photographer takes pictures of hostesses in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.XINHUA

World population to exceednine billion by 2050

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NEWS ALBUM

Coffee taster’s tongue insured for $14m

A French winemaker has been chargedwith attempting to poison his wife,whom he accused of working too hardin the vineyard and of not doing enoughfor him, a prosecutor said on Tuesday.

French winemaker ‘poisonedwife who worked too much’A French winemaker has been

charged with attempting to poison hiswife, whom he accused of workingtoo hard in the vineyard and of notdoing enough for him, a prosecutorsaid.

Jacky Chatelain, a 51-year-oldvineyard owner from the Chablis wineregion of Burgundy, was arrested onFriday after a four-year investigationinto how his wife Josiane had fallen illwith arsenic poisoning.

Under questioning, he admitted thathe had tried to poison her because “sheworked too hard in the vineyard and didnot do enough to look after me,”according to state prosecutor FrancoisPerain.

Egypt’s Supreme Council ofAntiquities, shows ancient goldenjewelry found in a pharaonic era tombthought to belong to a senior officialunder Egypt’s most powerful queen,on the west bank of the Nile river inLuxor, Egypt. The Supreme Councilof Antiquities says five golden earringsand two rings were found in the tombof Gahouti, the head of the treasuryunder Hatshepsut, who ruled Egypt some 3,500-years ago.

Ancient golden jewellryfound in Egyptian tombEgyptian officials says archaeologists

have found ancient golden jewelry in apharaonic-era tomb that belonged to asenior official under Egypt’s mostpowerful queen. The Supreme Councilof Antiquities says five golden earringsand two rings were found in the tomb ofGahouti, the head of the treasury underQueen Hatshepsut, who ruled Egypt3,500 years ago.

Tuesday’s statement says the tombwas located on the west bank of the NileRiver in Luxor, a southern Egyptian cityfamous for its Valley of the Kings andother ruins from pharaonic times.

The tomb had been looted, and itsgates were engraved with text from the“Book of the Dead,” which Egyptiansbelieved would be needed in the afterlife.

Vallejo Akaasha, a six-month-old Ben-gal tiger, enjoys an unlikely encounterwith Maverick, a 14-month-old Atlan-tic bottlenose dolphin, while beingtaken for a walk at the Six FlagsDiscovery Kingdom, a theme park in Vallejo, California.

Man driving with 3 tirescharged with DUI

Authorities charged a man withdriving under the influence early onMonday after police pulled him over fordriving a car with only three tires. Policesaid an officer spotted a 27-year-old mandriving without a rear passenger tire.

The officer reported that the mandisplayed uneven balance and hadbloodshot eyes. A Breathalyzer test hetook registered a 0.2 blood alcohol level.

The man was charged with DUI andlater released on his own recognizance.

A taste tester for Britain’s Costa Coffeesaid the company has taken out an insur-ance policy on his tongue worth $14 mil-lion. Costa Coffee taster Gennaro Pellicciasaid the company took out the insurancepolicy with Lloyd’s of London as it pre-pares to open a planned 100 new storesduring the year, The Daily Telegraph re-ported on Monday.

“In my profession, my taste buds andsensory skills are crucial,” Pelliccia said.

“My 18 years of experience enable me todistinguish between thousands of flavors.My taste buds also allow me to distinguishany defects, which enables me to protectand guarantee Costa’s unique Mocha Italiablend.” While competitor Starbucks hasbeen forced to close hundreds of locationsaround the world, Costa officials said theircompany has thus far evaded any reces-sion-powered downturn and reported posi-tive sales growth this year.

French pastry chef

Jean-Michel Raynaud

unveils a 2.1 metre high

‘Barbie doll’ chocolate

mud cake which was

made to mark the 50th

anniversary of the

world’s most popular

doll on the foreshores

of Sydney Harbour.

INTERNET

SAN FRANCISCO, 12March — Apple onWednesday introduced anew iPod music playerwhich the company said canspeak song titles, artists andplaylist names to users.

The 4-gigabyte iPodshuffle is Apple’s firstmusic player that has thetalking feature and also“the world’s smallest mu-

DAVAO, 12 March— A massive tornado sweptthrough a town in the Southern Philippines on Wednes-day afternoon, destroying 18 hectares of farmlands butno one was reported injured or killed, officials said onThursday.

About 8 million pesos (166,000 US dollars) worthof fruit trees were destroyed by the tornado that struckthe township of Tupi in South Cotabato Provincearound 3:00pm local time (0700 GMT), said GemmaRivera, social welfare assistant regional director inCentral Mindanao.—Internet

TOKYO, 12 March—Athird Aichi Prefecturefarm has been tested posi-tive for the H7 strain ofbird flu virus, the Japa-nese Agriculture, Forestryand Fisheries Ministrysaid on Wednesday.

The government de-partments are trying toidentify what N-subtypethe virus belongs to, theministry said in a pressrelease.

The third case of avianflu virus was also foundon a quail farm inToyohashi, Aichi Prefec-ture, where two weak-

Attendees lookover redesigned

iPod Nano atApple’s “Let’sRock” mediaevent in SanFrancisco,California.INTERNET

Apple unveils first “talking” iPodmusic player

sic player at nearly half ofthe size of the previousmodel,” the companysaid.

The new model is sig-nificantly smaller than a

AA battery, holds up to1,000 songs and is easierto use with all of the con-trols conveniently locatedon the earphone cord.

Internet

Third H7 strain of avianflu found in Japan

virulent H7N6 subtype ofbird flu virus were identi-fied since the end of Feb-ruary.

The quail farm testedpositive raises about110,000 birds and hasbeen quarantined for fur-ther investigation.

Internet

LANZHOU, 12 March— Six people are trapped below ground after a gas blast onThursday at a coal mine in northwest China’s Gansu Province, according to theprovincial coal safety production administration.

Zhou Chuanhai, head of coal mine supervision of the provincial administra-tion, said rescue efforts were underway at Tanshanling Coal Mine in Tianzhu Ti-bet Autonomous County.

No casualties have been reported and no further details are available.—Internet

Colliery gas blast traps six in China

Tornado hits town in Philippines,destroys farmlands

CANBERRA, 12 March—More than 53,000 full timejobs were lost in February in Australia, pushing theunemployment rate to 5.2 percent, the highest rate infour years.

Australian Bureau of Statistics data released onThursday showed total employment rose by 1,800 to10.810 million seasonally adjusted, with part-time em-ployment up 55,600 to 3.146 million.

The economic slowdown on jobs is likely to in-tensify in coming months with the Federal Govern-ment predicting a jobless rate of 5.5 percent by Junethis year, rising to 7 percent 12 months later.—Internet

Australian unemploymentrate hits new high

in February

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Open questions, open answers or determination to maintain peaceShin Thant

It was very pleasant to have an aerial view ofthe natural beauty of Kayin State from thehelicopter. Thanlwin Bridge (Hpa-an) over theThanlwin River, and Myainggalay Cement Plantamong limestone mountains reflected the cumulativedevelopment Kayin State was enjoying in the timeof the Tatmadaw government. To put it anotherway, the magnificent bridge and the large cementplant testified to the fact that at the heart of regionaldevelopment lay stability and peace of the region.

Stability is necessary for development of aregion, and peace absolutely calls for stability.Today, local people’s desire is to lead a stable lifethrough peace, which is evidenced by the heart-to-heart interview between the groups that havereturned to the legal fold and United Nations specialrapporteur on human rights in Myanmar MrQuintana on his tour of Kayin State.

On behalf of the people of Kayin State,representatives of national race groups expressedin an honest and frank way their opinions on theessence, benefits and taste of peace and the actsintended to disrupt peace. Showing their innatenature, responsible persons of various national racegroups openly replied to the open questions of thedelegation of the United Nations. The briefaccounts of the frank talks were—

- why peace was made, and- what those wishing to destabilize the nation

are doing.I witnessed regional development and effects

of peace on local people as a result of peace.I believe that according to their clarification,

the people of Kayin State have understood well thegreat difference between present and past conditionsof their region.

I am sure that like me, the staff of the UnitedNations have realized the objective conditions of KayinState. Regarding the making of peace, grandpa TharHtoo Kyaw of Myainggyingu said that KNU hadbeen very loud in shouting their objective to securea prosperous future of Kayin national people since1949, but it had not constructed even a school,health care centre or bridge; that instead it hadburnt down school buildings, and blasted roads,bridges and gas pipelines; that KNU’s collectingextortion money and committing robberies wereintolerable, but Kayin State dwellers had no choicebut to bear all the stresses and strains out of fear;that leaders of the armed group led a life of luxurywith own businesses in Thailand and werecommanding local battles from safe areas; that hehad come to realize that Kayin nationals had topay extortion money in the interests of KNU leadersand deal with evil consequences of armedinsurgency, and made peace with the governmentdue to KNU’s religious discrimination andoppression; and that after making peace, they wereable to do a lot for progress of their region under thecare of the government.

U Kyaw Than said that they members of thegroup had led a peaceful life in urban areas sincethey made peace 14 years ago; that he wanted tolive in a more rewarding life than ever; thatpreviously they got involved in the armedinsurgency but then they had already given it up;that they would never relapse into their old ways;that he had became a private of KNU because offorced recruitment of per head from each house, notbecause of his own wish; that he had troubled KayinState and Kayin nationals for years due to the practiceof wrong ways; that then the government showed itsbenevolent attitude and was taking care of them;and that he was looking forward to the best.

U Htein Maung of Htokawkoe said that hisgroup had made peace for two years; that eachKayin soldier favoured peace; that all the peacegroups were working together to sustain peace; thatthe government was working hard in the interest ofthe nation; that they were in support of thegovernment as it was trying its best for well-beingof the entire people; and that they would alwaysjoin hands with those serving the public interestwith positive attitude. With respect to the refugeecamps, he said that Kayin nationals were forcedto stay as refugees and were paid only a fistfulof aid; that they felt depressed by such miserableconditions; that to be frank forcing Kayinnationals to be refugees for some funds frominternational community and providing Kayinpeople with just a small amount of money wassomewhat like killing Kayin people; and thatKNU had been committing terrorist activitiesand unscrupulous acts under the pretext ofsecurity of the refugee camps, taking astronghold in the neighbouring country.

Phado Aung San of Phayagon said that histroops’ desire to enjoy the taste of peace was thesame as that of the people of Kayin State; that whilehe was with KNU he was arrested twice for hisproposal for peace talks; that he was forced to swearoaths not to return to the legal fold, and he escapedfrom attempts on his life two times; that he was one

of KNU leaders and owned a house and car; thathowever KNU’s objective and acts andcircumstances pushed him to make peace; that thegovernment gave him a warm welcome; that itbuilt houses for his members and provided landallotments to earn their living; that it providedthem with electric power and dug canals tosupply irrigation water; that the governmentprovided his group with all necessary assistance;that they no longer held arms in their village forsecurity of the region; and that they hadsurrendered their arms because they did not needto take security measures.

National race groups explained their objectiveconditions with their own views to Mr Quintanaand party. In expressing their feelings, they did notrepresent their group, and their individual desirewas similar to that of the entire people. I think MrQuintana noticed the great difference between whathe learnt from the western media and anti-government groups and what he witnessed on histour. The answers of members of each group toopen questions were the same.

Open answers to open questions showed thatthe interview was not conducted superficially, andthat indicated the desire of the entire local people.Indeed, the desire of the entire local people is towitness greater development of Kayin State andhear the sounds of Kayin traditional drum andpeace songs, not the sounds of gun fires fromDawna mountain range.

Being sensitive to public wishes, thegovernment is now trying its utmost to restorepeace and stability across Kayin State like inHtokawkoe, Myainggyingu and Phayathonesu. MrQuintana may relay the message to the internationalcommunity that the groups that have returned tothe legal fold are maintaining peace and stabilityfor regional development and peace. In otherwords, local people’s open answers to openquestions depicted determination to maintain peacefor the people of Kayin State.

Translation: MS

Being sensitive to public wishes, the government is now

trying its utmost to restore peace and stability across Kayin

State like in Htokawkoe, Myainggyingu and Phayathonesu.

Mr Quintana may relay the message to the international

community that the groups that have returned to the legal

fold are maintaining peace and stability for regional

development and peace. In other words, local people’s open

answers to open questions depicted determination to maintain

peace for the people of Kayin State.

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YANGON. 12 March —Ministry of Communica-tions, Posts and Telegraphs held its work coordinationmeeting at the ministry here today.

The meeting was opened with an address byMinister for Communications, Posts and TelegraphsBrig-Gen Thein Zaw.

Deputy Minister for Communications, Posts and

CPT Ministry holds coord meeting

Telegraphs Maj-Gen Thein Tun, departmental heads,chief engineers and officials concerned participated inthe meeting.

The participants of the meeting reported on com-pletion of works and measures to be taken sector-wise.

The meeting ended with concluding remarks bythe minister.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12March—Chairman ofRakhine State Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of WesternCommand Maj-GenThaung Aye met with of-ficials concerned and serv-ice personnel at the meet-ing hall of RakhineState Information andPublic RelationsDepartment on 26February.

At the meetinghall of Rakhine State PDCOffice, the commandermet with senior engineersat state, district and town-ship Public Works, in-

Commander meets withstaff in Rakhine State

YANGON, 12 March—A total of 993.1 acres(401.88 hectares) of poppy plantations grown inHsenwi, Tangyan, Namhkam and Kutkai Townshipsof Shan State (North), Hsihseng, Kunhein and KehsiTownships of Shan State (South), Kengtung,Monghkat, Monghsat, Mongpying and MetmongTownships of Shan State (East) and Waingmaw,Tanai, Phakant and Putao Townships of Kachin Statewere destroyed from 21 to 27 February.

Similarly, a total of 591.19 acres (239.24 hec-tares) of poppy fields in Hsenwi, Tangyan, Mongyai,Manton, Namhkam and Kutkai Townships of ShanState (North), Pinlaung, Hsihseng and Monai Town-ship of Shan State (South), Mongton, Monghsat andMongkhoak Townships of Shan State (East),Waingmaw, Tanai, Phakhant and Putao Townshipsof Kachin State were destroyed from 28 February to 6March. The total poppy plantations destroyed thisyear poppy cultivation season are 7892.86 acres.

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Over 7,800 acres of poppyplantations destroyed this year

NAY PYI TAW, 12March—Minister for Elec-tric Power No. 2 Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint in-spected foundation of No.1 tower and installation oftower No. 19 of Ahtet-paunglaung-Nancho-Paunglaung 230 KV PowerGrid yesterday.

The minister arrivedat Shwemyo main powerstation where officials re-ported on construction ofA h t e t p a u n g l a u n g -

Ahtetpaunglaung-Nancho-Paunglaung 230 KV Power

Grid under constructionNancho-Paunglaung,Kyunchaung, Shwegyin-Thayagon and ShwemyoMain power station 230KV Power Grid Projects,construction of powerlines and distribution ofpower. Managing Direc-tor Dr San Oo gave a sup-plementary report.

The minister gaveinstructions on earlycompletion of theprojects.

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YANGON, 12March—U Aye Lwin, Di-rector-General of No. 2Basic Education Depart-ment, inspected examina-tion centres for the ma-triculation examination2009 in Mandalay.

In addition to ex-amination centres ofBEHS Nos 5, 10, 16, 17,18, 20 and 25, he visited

No. 2 BED D-G visitsexamination centres

examination centre ofBEMS No. 15 being keptin reserve.

The director-gen-eral viewed students tak-ing the examination in thecentres, and supervisedtimely delivery of ques-tion papers and keepingof answer papers by su-pervisors and assistantsupervisors.—MNA

YANGON, 12March—Myanmar Acad-emy of Arts and Science

MAAS holds educative talksof the Ministry of Educa-tion organized the educa-tive talks No. 2/2009 at

Arts Hall of Yangon Uni-versity on 11 March after-noon, with an introduc-

tory speech by Presidentof the academy U ThanOo.

Secretary of theacademy Dr Myo ThantTin introduced retiredambassador U Hla Maung(Economics) to thosepresent. Next, Member ofthe academy U Hla Maung(Economics) gave thetalks on world monetaryaffairs and economic cri-ses.—MNA

YANGON, 12 March—Old students who had con-cluded their study at Yangon Institute of Technology(Civil) between 1987 and 1991will hold the respectpaying ceremony and get-together at KyaukseintwinDhammayon on Shwedagon Pagoda road on 4 April. Oldstudents and faculty members were invited to attend theceremony without fails.

Old students may contact Ko Than Win (Tel-095017425), Ko Ko Htwe (Tel-095179110), Ko Ko Aye(Tel-095119070), Dr Nyan Myint Kyaw (Tel-095033558), Ko Htay Win (Tel-095047360), Ko SanKyu (Tel-095052200), Ko Aung Kyaw Lwin (Tel-092044204), Ko Khin Zaw Win (Tel-092002383), MaCho Cho Thin Kyi (Tel-644987) and Ma Yi Yi Khin (Tel-095003281).—MNA

Old students to hold respectpaying ceremony

charge senior engineers ofroad and bridge construc-tion special group as wellas officials and servicepersonnel of departmentof the Ministry of Agri-culture and Irrigation atthe meeting hall ofMyanma AgricultureService.

The followingday the minister inspectedprogress in taking meas-ures at Sai TinHydropower Project, gavecash assistance to staff andcordially greeted localpeople in Mawmayi-chaung village.

MNA

President ofMyanmar Academyof Arts and ScienceU Than Oo speaking

at educative talks No. 2/2009.— MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Zaw speaks at work coordination meeting of Ministry ofCommunications, Posts and Telegraphs.— MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 12March—The workcoordination meeting ofthe General Admini-stration Department washeld at the hall of theMinistry of Home Affairs,here, this morning, withan address by Minister forHome Affairs Maj-GenMaung Oo.

In his address, theminister explained theprogress of the State andfuture tasks of thedepartment.

YANGON, 12 March—Vice-President of theUnion of MyanmarFederation of Chambersof Commerce andIndustry U Win Aung,General Secretary U SeinWin Hlaing, and Joint

Local amateur makesbright start in Myanmar

MastersYANGON, 12 March—Local amateur Bo Bo

Lay took the lead firing a blistering 67 in the first roundof the US$ 60,000 Myanmar Masters 2009 held at PunHlaing Golf Club, here, this morning.

Zaw Paing Oo and Stewart GINN (Australia)followed the leader with 68 strokes each in the secondplace, Yan Myo Aye with 69 strokes in the third placeand Airil Rizman (Malaysia) with 69 strokes in thefourth place.

Among the spectators were President U Tezaof Myanmar PGA and Myanmar Golf Federation,Vice-Presidents U Zaw Min and U Min Thein, officialsand fans.

The main sponsor is Air Bagan Ltd and co-sponsors, International Beverages Trading Co Ltd,KBZ Bank, Pun Hlaing Golf Club, Aureum PalaceHotel, Myanmar Treasure Resort Hotel, CEPSA, KMGolf Centre, Srixon, Alpine Purified Drinking Water.

The second round continues at the same venuetomorrow morning—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12March—Chairman ofTaninthayi Division Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of CoastalRegion Command Maj-Gen Khin Zaw Ooinspected progress intarmacking Kyantaw road

Regional development tasks inspected

NAY PYI TAW, 12March—Chairman ofKayin State Peace andDevelopment CouncilBrig-Gen Zaw Min on 13February inspectedsummer paddy fields, andthe tarmacking of Hpa-an-Gyaing road sectionbetween mile post Nos 22/0 and 22/1 in Hpa-anTownship, andHtokawkoe nursery, WinThuzar Shop of theMinistry of Industry-1,and the watermelon farmnear Daweidan Village.

On 17 February, heinspected Dali Bridge onChaunghnakhwa-Than-bayar-Kya-in Seik-kyiRoad, and the cropplantation and summerpaddy field near

YANGON, 12 March —�Volume VI, No 8 SeinleShwepyi Journal came outtoday.

It carries local andforeign news including thepreliminary discussion forthe upcoming 2010election, good prices forcuttlefish from TaninthayiCostal Region at Chinesemarket, commercial

Seinle Shwe Pyi Journal in circulationbreeding of lobsters,training on fish preserve anddried fish, earning US$ 11million from fruits andvegetable trading at borders,Cambodia’s ban on riceimport from Thailand.

The journal is availableat Serpay Beikmanbookshop on MerchantStreet in KyauktadaTownship, Pan Shwe Pyi

book shop on TheinbyuStreet in BotahtaungTownship, News andPeriodicals Enterprisebookshop and manuscriptscan be sent to No 8, 2nd

floor,Panchan Tower at thecorner of Dhammadi andBargaya streets inMyaynigone, SangyoungTownship Tel: (538320).

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Development tasks ongoingin Kayin State

Thanbayar Village. Hehad a meeting with servicepersonnel and townseldersat the office of thetownship and viewed Kya-in-Seikkyi-Kyarkhatdetour road.

On 21 February, heviewed sanitation tasks byservice personnel at theareas around the office ofKayin State PDC officeand Barmei Mountain.

He visited theintegrated farm of U TunNe near Shwedaw Villageand the progress of thevillage, and inspectedprogress in constructingthe basic educationprimary school ofPhekatar village, and theedible oil crop plantationof U Tun Khin near

Kawttayokeya village inHpa-an Township.

On 27 February, heinspected BawthabyuBEPS, and free health careservices given to villagersof Shwegun model villageat Shwegun StationHospital and presentedfree eyeglasses to theelderly eye patients.

Brig-Gen Zaw Minprovided cash assistancefor the patients ofShwegun StationHospital, and inspectedthe rubber farm of U Aungat mile post No. 53 onKamamaung-Papun roadsection, Myainggyinguquarry, and the rubberfarm of U Chit Aye at milepost No 46.

MNA

and Parami road section-1 and building theretaining wall in Myeikon 28 February.

Upon arrival atThamoat village,responsible personnel ofDawei-Myeik railroadconstruction project

briefed the commander onthe chosen places for axisof Boatchan-Thamoatrailroad section and Myeikrailway station.

After hearing thereports, the commanderfulfilled the requirements.

MNA

GAD holds coordination meetingCommissioners of

State and Division GADsreported on accomplish-ments of four constructiontasks and matters relatedto agricultural, livestockbreeding and regionaldevelopment tasks.

The Director-Gen-eral of GAD anddirectors discussed thereports and fulfilled therequirements.

The meeting endedwith concluding remarksby the minister.

Also present at themeeting were DeputyMinister for Home AffairsBrig-Gen Phone Swe,Director-General U MyatKo of GAD, Director-General of MyanmarCorrectional DepartmentU Zaw Win, Director-General U Saw Win ofBureau of SpecialInvestigation, Police Brig-Gen Khin Maung Si ofMyanmar Police Forceand officials.

MNA

UMFCCI Vice-President meets foreign guests

Secretary (1) Dr MaungMaung Lay and party metVulnerable AnlysisCoordinator Mr NaokiMinamiguchi of FAORegional Office for Asiaand the Pacific at the officeon 9 March.

At the centre of thecordial meeting wereprogrammes to holdworkshops and educativetalks for development ofMyanmar's agriculturesector.

A Chinese delegationled by Deputy Director-General Mr Li Rong ofYunnan Province TradeDepartment of the People’sRepublic of China togetherwith Chinese Economic &Commercial Counsellorcalled on Vice-PresidentU Win Aung, GeneralSecretary U Sein WinHlaing and party at thesame venue in theafternoon.

The meeting focusedon boosting bilateral tradeand investment, andreached an agreementunder which Myanmarwill stage exhibitions atChina (Kumming)ASEAN Stone Expo andThe 4th China YunnanInternational Pu'er TeaExpo to be held in Apriland July in Kumming,Yunnan Province.—MNA

UMFCCI Vice-President U Win Aung and party hold discussions withVulnerable Anlysis Coordinator Mr Naoki Minamiguchi of FAO.

UMFCCI

Bo Bo Lay (Amateur) taking part in Myanmar Masters 2009 golftournament.—MGF

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NAY PYI TAW, 12March—The Ministry ofFinance and Revenueheld its work coordinationmeeting at the meetinghall, here this morning,with an address byMinister for F&R Maj-Gen Hla Tun.

Also present at the

F&R holds work coordination meetingmeeting were DeputyMinister Col Hla TheinSwe, Governor ofCentral Bank ofMyanmar U Than Nyein,managing directors,d i r e c t o r s - g e n e r a l ,general managers,directors of theenterprises and

departments, managersat state and divisionlevels, departmentalofficials at state anddivision levels andofficials concerned.

First, Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun made aspeech on the occasion.Next, departmental heads

briefed the minister onaccomplishment of thetasks to meet the settargets and future plansfor new financial year.

After hearing thereports, the minister gavenecessary instructionsand the meeting came to aclose.—MNA

YANGON, 12 March—Alpha Health & Care Ltd(Myanmar), a branchoffice of Alpha GroupInternational Ltd (NewZealand), held a pressconference on naturaltraditional medicines atMya Yeik Nyo Royal Hotelhere, yesterday morning.

Vice-Chairman toMyanmar branch Dr KhinShwe made an openingspeech on the occasion.

Alpha Health & Care Ltd holds press conference

Chairman of Alpha GroupInternational Ltd (NewZealand) Prof Gao Yihuai,Chief Executive OfficerMr Gao Wei, GeneralManager Mr Li Tiegangand Advisory TechnologyProf Tang Wenbo madespeeches on the occasion.

Responsible personnelreplied to the queries raisedby media persons and thosepresent observedtraditional medicines on

display.Ganopoly O +, Gano-

poly C +, Ganopoly B +,Ganopoly A +, Hepa TechHeripoly, Heri PAG,FEMO Care and other

medicines are beingdistributed. For furtherinformation, please dialTel-558675, 558676,559437 and 559537.

MNA

YANGON, 12 March—Myanmar OverseasSeafarers Associationpresented compensationto Myanmar seafarers

Compensation handed over to 12 Myanmar seafarerswho were free fromSomali pirates, at itsoffice on 37th Street inKyauktada Townshipyesterday.

Vice-Chairman of theassociation U Win Ngwegave a speech andCountry RepresentativeU Htay Aung explainedefforts for securing thecompen-sation.

Treasurer U Ye Aungof the association

presented compensationto 12 Myanmar seafarers.

On behalf of theseafarers, U Kyaw Soeand Joint Secretary U MinZaw spoke words ofthanks.

While dischargingduties onboard MVBright Ruby, 12Myanmar seafarers wereseized by Somali piratesfrom 10 September to 16October 2008.—MNA

YANGON, 12 March —Volume VII, No 21 ShweNaing-ngan Journalcomes out today. Itfeatures articles ofMyanmar political affairsand Myanma Tatmadaw,friendship and

Shwe Naing-ngan Journalin circulation

cooperation betweenMyanmar and India,Kayah State’s goldenfuture, directives for theTatmadaw and Today’sTatmadaw, festival ofMansettawya Pagoda andtravel features and others.

The journal isavailable at SerpayBeikman bookshop onMerchant Street inKyauktada Township, PanShwe Pyi book shop onTheinbyu Street inBotahtaung Township,News and PeriodicalsEnterprise bookshop andmanuscripts can be sent toNo. 8, 2nd floor,PanchanTower at the corner ofDhammazei and Bargayastreets in Myaynigone,Sangyoung Township(Tel: 538302).—MNA

YANGON, 12 March —Local authorities seized3.674 kilos of marijuanafrom Kyi Lwin ofKanasopin Village inThandaung Township,Kayin State, and 6.613 kilosof marijuana from U Maungof Nyaungpintha Village,Kyaukkyi Township, at4.30 am on 5 March. Actionwas taken against them atZayatkyi Police Station.

Similarly, KengtungSpecial Anti-Drug Squadseized 563.38 gm of opiumfrom Daw Nann Oun duringits inspection of the tri-cyclevehicle driven Aung Thuon en-route from PanmawVillage to Mongpyin atMongpyin Check Point inShan State (East) at 11.55am on 6 March. Afterquestioning her, the

Marijuana, opium, stimulant tabletsseized in Kayin State, Shan State (East)

authority also seized 1.306kilos of opium from NandarSara, son of Daw Nann Oun,at her home on PangyanStreet in lower ZaydanWard in Mongpying. Localauthorities are investigatingthe case to arrest the relateddrug traffickers.

Tachilek Special Anti-drug Squad discovered 2million stimulant tabletsbearing WY letters andseized over K 1 million fromthe truck with No Plate 1Kha/6612 driven by Sai Yion the en-route fromKengtung from Tachilek at11:30 am on 7 March. Thestimulant tablets werehidden in the extra fuel tankof the truck. Truckconductor Sai Hti Shanmanaged to escape. Truckowner Sai Yi was arrested

and put under investigation.The local authorities areinvestigating the case to beable to arrest those whoinvolved in the drugtrafficking.

Kengtung SpecialAnti-drug Squad searchedShwemyodaw passengerbus driven by Saw WinAung en-route fromKengtung to Tachilek atNaungnun Check Point inShan State (East) at 12.30pm on 7 March and seized4.3 kilos of opium hiddenin four bamboos. The driverand the bus conductor werearrested and put underinvestigation. The localauthorities are invest-igating the case to arrestthose involved in the drugtrafficking.

MNA

Press conference on natural traditional medicine distributed by Alpha Health & Care Ltd(Myanmar).—MNA

Treasurer U Ye Aung of MOSA hands over compensation to aseafarers.—MNA

1. To work hard together with the people toaccomplish the State’s seven-step RoadMap in building a peaceful, modern anddeveloped nation

2. To uphold Our Three Main NationalCauses as the national policy at risk tolife

3. To crush, in cooperation with the people,internal and external subversive elementsthat are disrupting stability, peace anddevelopment of the nation

4. To build a strong and patriotic modernTatmadaw capable of safeguarding thesovereignty and territorial integrity ofthe nation

Objectives of the64th Anniversary

Armed Forces Day

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(from page 16)Shan State is well-

known for tea which is oftwo kinds: pickled tea andgreen tea. Myanmar peo-ple enjoy pickled tea to theaccompaniment of severalkinds of roasted fritters.They still preserve a tradi-tion of serving guests pick-led tea salad at social oc-casions, wedding recep-tions and at home.

Green tea is made byadding some tea into theboiling water. Accordingto medical experts, greentea is good for our health.

Shan State has beengrowing tea on a large scalefor generations. Referringto the tea-growing regions,it is known as Zayan tea,Shwephi tea and Namsangtea.

Farmers have reliedon domestic species oftea for long, and but failedto apply advanced agri-cultural methods, thus see-ing a fall in per acre yield.Now, the trial cultivationof Wulon tea species withhigh yield and quality hasproved successful in ShanState (North).

On our tour ofTangyan on 1 Marchmorning, we were amazedby the vast stretch of farmof tea grown row after rowin a well-organized wayon the slopes of the moun-

Wulon species tea farm in Tangyan,Shan State (North), generates job opportunities

Article: Htein Lin (Myanma Alin); Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

Township PDCChairman U Kyaw

Thura.

Managing DirectorU Than Win of Ruby

Garden Co.

Tea is grown in rows in a 500-acre farm.

The thriving three-year-old Wulon (high-yield) tea plantation of Ruby Garden Co.

tains at the entrance toKhoyawng Village-tract inTangyan.

When asked about thetea enterprise of the region,Chairman of the townshipPeace and DevelopmentCouncil U Kyaw Thura toldthe Myanma Alin Daily,“Our township grows twospecies of tea. The first islocal species, and the otheris Wulon species. Our town-ship has an area of 2435acres of tea farms.”

In an interview, Man-aging Director U Than Winof Ruby Garden Co inTangyan said, “We run teafarms on a large scale be-cause we want to providequality tea for our custom-ers, we want to create jobs,and we want to help ourcountry earn foreign ex-

change.”He added that his com-

pany was trying Wulon spe-cies tea in Tangyan Town-ship; that it launchedgroundwork in 2005 togrow tea; that it put 500acres under tea in 2008; andthat it would increase thesown acreage to 1000 acresby 2009, and 2000 acres by

the year 2010.He said that Wulon

high-yield tea species wasimported from China; thatit was of two kinds—ordi-nary species and high-yieldspecies; the interval be-tween one tea sapling andanother was one and a halffeet, and between a row oftea saplings and another fivefeet; that they put naturalfertilizers, and groundnuthusks in the farms; theplants could be harvestedwhen they were at the ageof three years at the rate oftwice a month; that the har-vesting season was fromMarch to November; thaton average, per acre yieldof green leaves was about1700 viss; that due to theassistance rendered by lo-cal administrative bodiesand the Ministry of Agri-culture and Irrigation, the

reproduction of tea plantswas successful and thatsaved about one-third of theforeign exchange spent onimport of tea species; andthat they had a plan to dis-tribute tea grafts to inter-ested companies.

For the tea farms, hesaid that they had 60 per-manent staff and 200 to 250daily-wage earners, and hadover 300 employees at thattime; that the number ofemployees would increaseto over 1000 when theproject hit 2000 acres of teafarms; and that the majorityof the employees were fromnearby villages.

Regarding the staffwelfare services, he saidthat they presented em-ployees assistance at thesame rates as that in theregion; and they paid bo-nuses of cash and clothes

on significant holidaysbased on their perfor-mances.

Tangyan Townshiphas a tea factory. In thepast, the township wasbehind other regions indevelopment due to lackof stability. Now, it hasleft far behind such un-desirable conditions, andit grows such poppy-sub-stitute trees as rubber, tea,physic nut andmaccadamia with the en-couragement of the gov-ernment and under theleadership of Com-mander of North-EastCommand Maj-GenAung Than Htut. As aresult, local people enjoymany job opportunitieswith higher living stand-ards.

Translation: MSMyanma Alin: 6-3-2009

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

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

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Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV CARNATION VOY NO (-)Consignees of cargo carried on MV CARNATION

VOY NO (-) are hereby notified that the vessel will bearriving on 13.3.2009 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of M.I.P where it will lie at the consignee’srisk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and condi-tions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S PREMIER SPECTRUMPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

Teen kills 15 in Germany beforetaking own life

WINNENDEN, 12March—A 17-year-oldwielding a Beretta 9 mmpistol burst into class-rooms at his former highschool Wednesday andgunned down students —some of whom died withtheir pencils still in hand— in a rampage that endedwith 15 dead before hetook his own life, authori-ties said.

There was no immedi-ate indication of motive,but the gunman’s victimswere primarily female:eight of nine studentskilled were girls, and allthree teachers werewomen. Three men werekilled later as the suspect,identified by police as TimK, fled.

“I heard two shots andthen screaming,” said a 15-

year-old student who gaveher name only as Betty.“At first I thought it was ajoke, but then someonecalled ‘Run, run!’ and Isaw students jumping outof the windows and tookoff running.”

The gunman — dressed

in all black — took stu-dents in the first classroomcompletely by surprise,evidenced by the morbidscene that awaited the firstofficers to arrive, said re-gional police director RalfMichelfelder.

Internet

Pupils place flowers and candles in front of theAlbertville school in Winnenden near Stuttgart,southern Germany, on 11 March , 2009. —INTERNET

Nine paintingsstolen from Egypt’s

museum palaceCAIRO, 12 March—

Nine paintings in a mu-seum palace of Egypt’s19th century ruler Mo-hamed Ali have been sto-len from the old palace inthe northern suburb ofCairo, local media re-ported on Wednesday. TheCulture Ministry said thepaintings, which depict Aliand his family, were likelyremoved early Tuesdayfrom the frames in themuseum palace in Shubrael-Kheima. Police havelaunched investigationsinto the stealing, said theministry. On Tuesday,Egyptian Minister of Cul-ture Farouq Hosni andSecretary General of theSupreme Council of An-tiquities Zahi Hawwas vis-ited the stealing spot in thepalace.—Internet

Gas leak postponesspace shuttle Discov-

ery launchCAPE CANAVERAL, 12 March—NASA

postponed the launch of space shuttleDiscovery just hours before it was tohead to the international space stationWednesday because of a hydrogen gasleak that could have been catastrophicat liftoff.

The leak was in a different part of thesystem that already has caused a vexingone-month delay.

Shuttle managers put off the launchuntil Monday but left open the possibil-ity that the repair work might allow foran attempt Sunday.

The latest delay means Discovery’stwo-week flight must be shortened andsome spacewalks cut out of the mission.That’s because Discovery needs to begone from the space station before aRussian Soyuz rocket blasts off March26 with a fresh station crew.—Internet

Models perform at afashion show during a

VIP reception ofFashion Shanghai2009, held in east

China’s Shanghai, on10 March, 2009.

XINHUA

Full moon begins to set as the spaceshuttle Discovery sits on KennedySpace Center’s Launch Pad 39-A

before sunrise on 11 March, 2009 inCape Canaveral, Fla.

INTERNET

Filephotoshowsanimalrescue

personnelcleaningan oil-soaked

penguinafterbeing

caught-up in oilspill in

Australia.INTERNET

Drivewithcare

Major oil slick off Australiacoast beaches, birds

SYDNEY, 12 March—A major oil clean-up wasunderway off Australia’s northeast coast on Thursdayto limit the damage to beaches and marine life after aship lost 30 tons of fuel when its hull was pierced bya container washed overboard.

Marine experts are still searching for 31 containers ofammonium nitrate, used for making fertiliser and explo-sives, which were lost from The Pacific Adventurer offMoreton Bay near the city of Brisbane on Wednesday.

If the containers, which have 620 tons of ammoniumnitrate, leak it could cause major algae blooms whichwould choke marine life in Moreton Bay, say marinescientists. Maritime Safety Queensland said the missingcontainers may never be recovered.—MNA/Reuters

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DALLAS, 12 March —New research in teenagerslinks low levels of vitaminD to high blood pressureand high blood sugar,which can lead to ominousearly health problems.

The “sunshine” vita-min is needed to keep

A model shows a new Nintendo DS Lite handheldvideo-game machine during a news conference inTokyo. Global sales of the Nintendo DS handheldtopped 100 million in 4 years and 3 months — amilestone reached at the quickest pace for any

video game console — the Japanese manufacturersaid on 12 March , 2009. —INTERNET

New South Wales police stand outside the Reserve Bank of Australia buildingafter a street was closed due to the discovery of a suspicious package in

Sydney’s central business district, on 12 March, 2009.Police have confirmed that a ‘suspicious package’ left in Phillip Street, on

Thursday is nothing more than a tackle box full of fishing items.—INTERNET

PARIS, 12 March— In-vestigators on Wednesdaysaid there could be a clueto explain why dietary re-striction succeeds or failsin braking the growth ofcancer.

Scientists spotted acentury ago the link be-tween calorie intake andthe progression of certainkinds of tumour.

But how this works atthe molecular level hasbeen unclear.

In addition, tumoursmay remain puzzlinglyimmune to fasting amongsome individuals but notamong others, which ispartly why the practice

Lack of vitamin D linked toteen health problems

bones strong, but recentresearch has linked vita-min D to other possiblehealth benefits.

The teen study con-firms results seen in adults,linking low levels with riskfactors for heart disease,the researchers said.

Teens in the study withthe lowest vitamin D lev-els were more than twiceas likely to have highblood pressure and highblood sugar.

They were also fourtimes more likely to havemetabolic syndrome, de-fined as have three ofmore conditions that con-tribute to heart diseaseand diabetes — includinghigh blood pressure, highblood sugar, big waistsand high cholesterol.

Internet

MOUNTAIN VIEW, 12 March—Internet search leaderGoogle Inc is preparing to steer more telephone trafficthrough an online command center that it acquirednearly two years ago.

The Mountain View, Calif-based company is her-alding the expansion on Thursday by rebrandingGrandCentral Communications as Google Voice.Google bought GrandCentral in July 2007 for an un-disclosed amount.

As part of the transition to the new identity, Googleis upgrading the service for GrandCentral’s current us-ers to include automated transcriptions of voicemailsand discounts on international calls.—Internet

NIAGARA FALLS,12 March— A man jumped intoNiagara Falls on Wednesday and survived the 180-footplunge, then resisted rescue attempts before he eventu-ally was pulled from the icy water to safety, police said.

The man, believed to be in his late 30s, was semi-conscious when he was taken to a hospital. He lapsedinto unconsciousness and was listed in criticalcondition.Niagara Parks Police Chief Doug Kane saidthe man “voluntarily entered into the water and re-fused medical assistance at the bottom.”—Internet

New clue on why cancer spread is linked to diet

Lab mice Investigatorson Wednesday said

there could be a clue toexplain why dietary

restriction succeeds orfails in braking thegrowth of cancer.

INTERNET

has not been incorpo-rated into cancer treat-ment.

Nada Kalaany andDavid Sabatini of theMassachusetts Instituteof Technology (MIT)

looked at the impact offood curbs on six types ofhuman cancers that hadbeen grafted onto micewhich had been geneti-cally modified to lack im-mune resistance.

The mice were thensplit into two groups, withone batch able to tuck intoa standard rodent diet fortwo to three weeks.

The others receiveddaily meals that amountedto a 40 percent reductionin calories compared totheir counterparts, whichled to a fall of between 20and 30 percent in bodyweight.

Internet

TOKYO, 12 March — Thai monkeys have been ob-served showing their young how to floss — proof pri-mates teach offspring to use tools, a Japanese re-searcher said on Wednesday.

“I was surprised because teaching techniques onusing tools properly to a third party are said to be anactivity carried out only by humans,” Professor NobuoMasataka of Kyoto University’s Primate Research In-stitute told AFP.

His research team observed seven female long-tailed macaques and their offspring and monitored howoften the mothers cleaned the spaces between theirteeth with strands of human hair, in a colony of 250animals near Bangkok.

The study found that the frequency of teeth-clean-ing roughly doubled and became more elaborate whenthe infant monkeys were watching, suggesting that thefemales were deliberately teaching their young howto floss, he said.—Internet

Flossing monkeys ‘proof’animals teach tool use

Google preparing to steermore telephone traffic

Man survives Niagara Fallsplunge, resists rescue

PARIS, 12 March — French President NicolasSarkozy said on Wednesday that his country will re-turn to NATO’s military command after a 42-year rift.

In 1966, French President Charles de Gaulle pulledFrance out of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’sintegrated military command, saying it underminedFrance’s sovereignty, BBC reported.

“This reapprochment with NATO ensures our na-tional independence,” Sarkozy said. “To distance our-selves would limit our independence and our roomfor maneuver.” —Internet

France to return to NATOcommand

Screen picture of a video released by the Primate Research Center of TokyoUniversity on 11 March, 2009, shows a Crab-eating Macaque mother teachesher child to “brush teeth” in a temple ruins, more than 100 kilometres North

East of Bangkok, capital of Thailand. —XINHUA

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S P O R T S

Paris ,12 March —Paris St-Germain lead theFrench charge in theUEFA Cup on Thursdaynight, one of 16 teams leftin the competition whowill all feel that the tro-phy is within their graspafter the shocks of theprevious round.

P r e - t o u r n a m e n tfavourites AC Milanwere sent packing byWerder Bremen, whileItalian big guns Fiorent-ina, Spanish heavy-weights Valencia and En-glish Premier League rep-resentatives Tottenhamand Aston Villa all fell by

MANCHESTER , 12 March—Sir Alex Ferguson dem-onstrated why he has been Manchester United’s spe-cial one for over two decades as he laid into his play-ers in the aftermath of a 2-0 win over Inter Milanthat sent them into the last eight of the ChampionsLeague.

The victory may have enabled Ferguson to settleat least one score with Inter boss Jose Mourinho,whose Porto side had eliminated United at the samestage on their way to lifting the trophy back in 2004.

Internet

PSG head French assaulton UEFA Cup

Paris Saint-

Germain’s

(PSG) players

celebrate a goal

during a recent

football match

in Lorient,

western

France.

INTERNET

the wayside.PSG booked their

place in the round of 16with a convincing 5-1 ag-gregate victory over Ger-mans Wolfsburg, whilefellow Ligue 1 sidesMarseille and St Etienneare also bidding for aplace in the quarter-finals.

The Parisians wel-come Portugal’s Braga tothe Parc des Princes onThursday evening,buoyed by a resurgence indomestic form that hasseen them close to withinone point of league lead-ers Lyon.

Internet

Revenge over Mourinho failsto douse Fergie’s fire

Manchester United’s Portugese midfielder CristianoRonaldo (right) scores past Inter Milan’s Brazilian

goalkeeper Julio Cesar during their UEFA Champi-ons League second round second leg football match

at Old Trafford in Manchester.—INTERNET

MANCHESTER ,12March —Jose Mourinhois confident Inter Milanwill bounce back from thedisappointment of theirChampions League exitand go on to claim afourth consecutive Serie Atitle.Given that Inter cur-rently stand seven pointsclear of Juventus at the topof the Italian top flight,few would disagree withthat view.

But whether Mourinhosticks around for the de-fence of the Scudetto isanother questionaltogether.Everythingabout the former Chelseamanager’s demeanourduring his time inManchester suggestedthat he would find it hardto resist an attractive of-fer to return to the PremierLeague.

Manchester City,

Inter Milan’s coachJose Mourinho leaves

the field after losing 2-0in their UEFA Champi-

ons League secondround second leg match

against ManchesterUnited at Old Trafford,in Manchester, on 11March .—INTERNET

Back to Serie A for Mourinhobut for how long?

where the position ofMark Hughes appearsfragile, looks the mostlikely possibility but it isnot inconceivable thatLiverpool could be look-ing for a new manager bythe summer given the cur-rent uncertainty over thefuture of Rafael Benitez.

Internet

INDIAN WELLS, 12 March – Roger Federer, bestedby Rafael Nadal in a five-set final at the AustralianOpen in January, is keen to renew his rivalry with hisSpanish foe at the Indian Wells Masters series.

Federer’s appearance in the California desert, wheremen’s play begins Thursday, marks his first tourna-ment since falling to Nadal in Melbourne, as the 13-time Grand Slam champion nursed a nagging backinjury.Now he said he’s rested and ready to bid for afourth title in the event he won in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

“I love playing matches against him, especiallythose five-setters, seeing if I can hang with him physi-cally without a problem,” Federer said Wednesday.“He’s the greatest challenger I’ve ever had.”I am re-ally motivated because I don’t know how much betterhe can play,” Federer added. “I don’t know how muchbetter I can play, but I am right there and he’s playingthe tennis of his life.”

Nadal’s victory in the first Grand Slam of the yearmarked the Spaniard’s first hardcourt Grand Slamtriumph.He also denied Federer a record-equalling 14thGrand Slam crown. But the 27-year-old Swiss, whobroke down in tears in the wake of that defeat, said hewasn’t unhappy with his performance there.—Internet

Federer keen to renew rivalrywith Nadal at ATP Indian Wells

INDIAN WELLS, 12 March – Israel’s Shahar Peer,whose exclusion from the WTA Dubai Open unleasheda storm of controversy, has got back in business in thebest possible way on Wednesday — with a win.

Peer cruised into the second round of the 4.5 mil-lion-dollar BNP Paribas Open with a 6-2, 6-1 victoryover Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko.”I’m a profes-sional tennis player, I want to play,” said Peer, whoseperiod of enforced idleness ended with a first-roundloss at the Monterrey Open last week.

Peer said she felt “angry and sad” last month whenshe was denied a visa to the United Arab Emirates andthus missed the two million-dollar Dubai Open.“If youput politics to one side, it was bad for me because Iwas playing very good,” said Peer, who reached thesemi-finals at Pattay City and quarter-finals atAuckland earlier this year before winning two singlesmatches in Israel’s loss to Ukraine in the Fed Cup.

“To have two and a half weeks with nothing, it’shard.”But Peer said she had been buoyed by the out-pouring of support she had received from around theworld, and from the WTA.

In other matches on Wednesday, Australian Opendarling Jelena Dokic was bundled out of the first roundby US veteran Jill Craybas 6-4, 6-2. Bulgarian TsvetanaPironkova booked a second-round clash with Safina,beating New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic 6-4, 6-1.

Internet

DORAL, 12 March —Fans began showing up atDoral on Tuesday morn-ing when it was dark.Several hundred sur-rounded the first tee whenTiger Woods finally ar-rived for another practiceround at dawn.And thenhe was gone.

Unlike his short-livedreturn to competition twoweeks ago at theAccenture Match PlayChampionship, where hewas eliminated in the sec-ond round, this disappear-ing act lasted only a fewseconds as he walkedthrough a thick strip offog that stretched acrossthe fairway.Woods is as-sured of playing fourrounds this week.

ROME,12 March – ASRoma’s Max Tonettoskied his penalty milesover the bar to hand Ar-senal a place in the Cham-pions League quarter-fi-nals following a tensematch that went to thespot-kick lottery onWednesday.

Arsenal won the shoot-out 7-6 thanks toTonetto’s sudden death

Peer cruises, Dokic falls atIndian Wells tennis

Woods trying to get on trackwith Masters looming

Tiger Woods walks tothe third hole during a

practice round at the CAChampionship golftournament, on 11

March, 2009, in Doral,Fla.—INTERNET

The CA Championship,which starts on Thursdayon the Blue Monster witha world-class field of 80players, will be his firststroke-play tournamentsince he won the US Openin June, a week before re-constructive surgery on hisleft knee.—Internet

Arsenal defeat Roma on penaltiesin Champions League

Arsenal’s Frenchmidfielder Abou Diabytakes the last penaltyfor the team during

their UEFA ChampionsLeague second round

second leg footballmatch against AS

Roma at the Olympicofootball stadium inRome.—INTERNET

miss after Eduardo andMirko Vucinic had seentheir earlier efforts savedby goalkeepers Doni andManuel Almunia respec-tively. It means all fourEnglish teams made itthrough to the last eightwith Italy’s three repre-sentatives all bowing out— it is the first time inseven years no Italianteam has made it through

to the quarters.The game ended 1-0 to

the hosts after 90 minutes,matching the score theGunners had won by inLondon two weeks ago.

Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, light rain or thunder-showers has been isolated in Kachin State and TaninthayiDivision, weather has been partly cloudy in Chin andRakhine and Mon States, upper Sagaing, Yangon andAyeyawady Divisions and generally fair in the remainingareas. Day temperatures were (3˚C) to (4˚C) above Marchaverage temperatures in Kachin, Shan, Kayah, Kayin andMon States, lower Sagaing, Magway and AyeyawadyDivisions, (5˚C) to (6°C) above March average tempera-tures in Chin State, Mandalay and Taninthayi Divisionsand about March average temperatures in the remainingareas. The significant day temperatures were Chauk(40˚C), Monywa, Pyinmana, Minbu, Magway, Pakokku,Shwegyin and Hpa-an (39˚C) each. The noteworthyamount of rainfall recorded was Putao (0.12) inch.

Maximum temperature on 11-3-2009 was 99˚F.Minimum temperature on 12-3-2009 was 69˚F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 12-3-2009 was 77%.Total sunshine hours on 11-3-2009 was (9.1) hrs approx.

Rainfall on 12-3-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye)was (7) mph from Southwest at (20:15) hours MST on11-3-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 12th March 2009:Light rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolated inKachin State and Taninthayi Division and weather willbe partly cloudy in Chin, Shan, Rakhine and Mon States,Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago, Yangon and Ayeyawady Di-visions and generally fair in the remaining States andDivisions. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofcontinuation of isolated rain or thundershowers in theSouthern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 13-3-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 13-3-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 13-3-2009: Partly cloudy.

Thursday, 12 March, 2009

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Local Transmission

Signature TuneSong of Myanma Beauty and Scenic SightsTreasure Trove of Myanmar Art and HandicraftsExtensive Network of Railroads across the NationChin Cultural MuseumDiscovering Imaw Bum Area (Part-I)Song of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights

Europe/ North America Transmission

Signature TuneSong of Myanma Beauty and Scenic SightsTraditional Custom of Kadu National RaceThe Longest Beach Resort in Myanmar(Ngwehsaung)Oxen BrothersMyanmar Natural Resource SpirulinaYoke Sone Monastery of Lae Kai Ancient CityMyanma Culture and BananaInlay Blacksmith CraftsmanshipTowards Pondaung Ponnya Yaw Region (Part-I)Myanmar Modern SongTreasure Trove of Myanmar Art and HandicraftsExtensive Network of Railroads across the NationChin Cultural MuseumDiscovering Imaw Bum Area (Part-I)Oil Painting Model DemonstrationThe Myanmar Truban UniquePoem Garden “Join Hands together”Song of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights

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MRTV-3Programme Schedule(13.3.2009) (Friday)

Transmissions

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5:35 pm

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Deepest SympathyWe would like to convey our deepest sympathy

and condolence to the family of Dr. U Tun AungKyaw, Joint Secretary II, Myanmar Academy ofMedical Science, (Deputy Director, retired, TrachomaControl Project, Department of Health); NationalLiterary Prize Winner and Senior ConsultantOphthalmic Surgeon, who passed away sunddenlyon Wednesday, 11th March 2009.

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Filipino children take a bath from free waterstations in the poor residents of Tondo in

Manila, the Philippines, on 12 March, 2009. Atemperature of 33.3 degrees Celsius was

recorded at 1:50 pm Wednesday. Relativehumidity was registered at 96 percent. So far, thehottest day in Metro Manila was on 6 March at

36 degrees Celsius.—INTERNET

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Article: Htein Lin (Myanma Alin); Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

Wulon species tea farm in Tangyan,Shan State (North), generates job opportunities

A tea factory under construction near Khoyawng Village-tract, Tangyan Township, Lashio District. (See page 11)

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Spin Battery: Physicist develops battery using new source of energySCIENCE DAILY, 12 March—Re-

searchers at the University of Miamiand at the Universities of Tokyo andTohoku, Japan, have been able to provethe existence of a "spin battery," a bat-tery that is "charged" by applying alarge magnetic field to nano-magnetsin a device called a magnetic tunneljunction (MTJ).

The new technology is a step to-wards the creation of computer harddrives with no moving parts, whichwould be much faster, less expensiveand use less energy than current ones. Inthe future, the new battery could bedeveloped to power cars.

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Kamchatka, Siberia, Russia. Volca-noes emit significant amounts of

sulfur dioxide.

New method for monitoring volcanoes

SCIENCE DAILY, 12 March—Seven-teen of the world’s most active volca-noes have been supplied with monitor-ing equipment from Chalmers Univer-sity of Technology in Sweden to meas-ure their emission of sulphur dioxide.The measurement results will be used

to make it easier to predict volcanoeruptions, and they can also be used toimprove today’s climate models.

One of the Chalmers researcherswho developed the monitoring equip-ment is Mattias Johansson, who re-cently defended his doctoral disserta-tion in the subject.

The most active volcanoes in theworld have special observatories thatmonitor them in order to be able tosound the alarm and evacuate people inthe vicinity if an eruption threatens.These observatories keep track of sev-eral parameters, primarily seismic ac-tivity. Now 17 observatories have re-ceived a new parameter that facilitatestheir work – the volcanoes’ emissionsof sulphur dioxide.

“Increasing gas emissions may in-dicate that magma is rising inside thevolcano,” says Mattias Johansson at theDepartment of Radio and Space Sci-ence at Chalmers. “If this informationis added to the other parameters, betterrisk estimates can be made at the ob-servatories.”

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INSIDE

Open questions, open answers ordetermination to maintain peace

SHIN THANT

Stability is necessary for development of a re-

gion, and peace absolutely calls for stability.

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