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8th Waxing of Nadaw 1369 ME Monday, 17 December, 2007Volume XV, Number 245

Established 1914

Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.

* Stability of the State, community peaceand tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be keptin the hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

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

standards of the entire nation

Four political objectives Four economic objectives Four social objectives

True patriotism* It is very important for everyone of the nation

regardless of the place he lives to have strongUnion Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true patriotism all thenationalities will have to safeguard.

Senior General Than Shwefelicitates King of Bhutan

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Dec—�On the occasion of the National Day of theKingdom of Bhutan which falls on 17 December 2007, Senior GeneralThan Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council ofthe Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His MajestyJigme Khesar Nangyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Dec — Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council Commander-in-Chiefof Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe at-tended the opening ceremony of Yatanarpon Teleport

Senior General Than Shwe attends opening ofYatanarpon Teleport, visits 2nd Flower Festival

Good opportunities to be created for enabling local and foreignentrepreneurs to make investment at the teleport and to

smoothly carry out modern information and technological tasksin Yadanabon Myothit of PyinOoLwin Township at11.30 am on 14 December.

Also present on the occasion were SPDCmember General Thura Shwe Mann, SPDC members

Lt-Gen Ye Myint, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win, Lt-Gen AungHtwe and Lt-Gen Tin Aye of the Ministry of Defence,Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Soe Thein,

(See page 16)

Senior General Than Shwe inspects display of computers and accessories at Yatanarpon Teleport.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 17 December, 2007

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

People’s DesireMonday, 17 December, 2007

Boosting agriculturalproduction and increasingincome of peasants

Head of State Senior General Than Shwemade an inspection tour of the site of PwegaukDam project near Yaythayaukgon Village inPyinOoLwin Township, completion ofHsinlan Dam near Hsinlan Village the otherday and gave necessary guidance.

The already-built Sitha, Hsinlan andDoekwin Dams will fully supply drinkingwater to PyinOoLwin and YadanabonMyothit and water to farmlands. Feasibilitystudies are being conducted for constructionof Hsinlan-2, Pyinsa, Twinnge and DattawCreek Dam Projects and implementation ofPwegauk Dam is now under way.

Hsinlan-2 and Dattaw Creek Dam willbe built for supply of water to Mandalay. Theearth Hsinlan Dam built on Hsinlan Creekwill supply water to PyinOoLwin. To be ableto store more water the embankment of thedam has been raised six feet higher than theexisting one and arrangements are being madefor supply of more water not only toPyinOoLwin but to Yadanabon Myothit.

The government has been providingagricultural requirements including avail-ability of water for agricultural purposes.Altogether 205 irrigation facilities and 305river water pumping stations have been builtnationwide and they benefit over two millionacres of cultivable lands.

The government provides peasants withquality strains of crops and modern cultiva-tion methods for boosting production in agri-cultural sector. The peasants on their partare to make endeavours for helping developnational economy and increasing their in-come.

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Dec — A ceremony to donatetextbooks and clothes to the schools and youth trainingschools in border areas was held at the Ministry ofProgress of Border Areas and National Races andDevelopment Affairs with an address by Minister ColThein Nyunt.

The minister made a speech. Later, the donors of

Textbooks, clothes provided to schools,youth training schools in border areas

book centres handed over textbooks to the minister anddonor U Myint Thein of Mandalay clothes to Director-General U Than Swe of Progress of Border Areas andNational Races Department.

A total of 6,660 text books worth K 5,278,700 andclothes worth K 5,250,000 were donated to the schoolsand youth training schools in border areas.—MNA

YANGON, 16 Dec —Aung San Tawya TatUMonastery Sayadaw Pa-tron of Mogok VipassanaBranch No 77, Patron ofMogok Vipassana Propa-gation Organization MahaK a m m a t h a n a ç a r i y aBhaddanta Kittisara ar-rived back here by air on13 December.

At the request ofMahamuni Buddhist So-ciety of Singapore, theSayadaw deliveredMogok VipassanaP a t i ç ç a s a m u p a d d aDesanas at Bodh GayaThukhayama Monasteryin Singapore from 30 No-vember to 9 Decemberand at Abace University

Aung San Tawya TatU Sayadaw arrives back

from 10 to 12 Decemberwith the sponsorship ofIntegration Co Ltd of

Thailand.The Sayadaw was

welcomed back at Yangon

International Airport bydisciples.

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YANGON, 16 Dec—�The opening ceremony ofthe 2nd Inter-School Cricket Challenge Shield2007-08 jointly organized by Myanmar Cricket Federa-tion and No-3 Basic Education Department took place atBahan Cricket Ground in Bahan Township, here, thismorning attended by Director-General of No-3 Basic

Inter-School Cricket Challenge Shield commences

Education Department U Aye Kyu and officials Presi-dent of MCF Actor U Nyunt Win, Vice-Presidents UKyaw Kyaw and U Maung Maung and executives.

First, the President of MCF delivered aspeech. In the first match, Lanmadaw BEHS-1 beatBahan BEHS-1 66-52 points.

The matches continue tomorrow. In men’sevents, Ahlon BEHS-4 will play against Dagon BEHS-2 , Bahan BEHS-1 against Pabedan BEHS-2 and LathaBEHS-1 against Tamwe BEHS-3 at Bahan CricketGround. In women’s events Bahan BEHS-1 will meetTamwe BEHS-3 and Kyimyindine BEHS-3 againstDagon BEHS-2 at Lanmadaw BEHS-1 Cricket Ground.

MNA

All this needs to be known

* Do not be frightened whenever

intimidated

* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered

* Do not be softened whenever appeasedPresident of MCF U Nyunt Win speaking at opening of 2nd Inter-School Cricket ChallengeShield 2007-08.—MNA

Aung San Tawya TatU Sayadaw Bhaddanta Kittisara being welcomedback by disciples at Yangon International Airport.—H

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 17 December, 2007 3

Delegates take part in

an extended session of

the UN Climate

Change Conference

2007 in Nusa Dua, on

Bali Island. World

climate negotiators

have set a 2009

deadline for a

landmark treaty to

fight global

warming.—INTERNET

Snow sculptors work

on the world’s tallest

snow sculpture on 13

Dec for the 20th Int’l

Snow Sculpture Art

Expo in Harbin in

northeastern China’s

Heilongjiang

Province. —XINHUA

I N T E R N A T I O N A L N E W S

Malaysia says US do notmeddle in its security law

Uruguay rejects British warshipto enter its port

Insurgents kill US soldier in Baghdad BAGHDAD, 16 Dec — An American soldier was killed by insurgents’ small

arms fire in Baghdad, the US military said on Friday. The soldier assigned to Multi-National Division-Baghdad was killed in

southern Baghdad on Thursday, a military statement said. The deceased soldier’s name is being withheld pending notification of

relatives, it added. The latest deaths bring the number of US soldiers who havebeen killed in Iraq to about 3,889 since the outbreak of the Iraq war in 2003,according to media count based on Pentagon figures. — MNA/Xinhua

Passenger plane evacuated in Chicago WASHINGTON, 16 Dec — A United Airlines flight from Shanghai were

evacuated on the runway of the O'Hare International Airport of Chicaco, IL,Friday, after smoke was dected in the cabin.

CBS News reported that the UA Flight 836, with 258 passengers and 15 crewmembers on board, was evacuated after the pilot reported an emergency in thecabin. The pilot reported the emergency at 3:45 pm (2145 GMT) and the planelanded at 4 pm (2200 GMT). The passengers slid down the emergency chutesand were taken by bus to the terminal. — MNA/Xinhua

KUALA LUMPUR, 16 Dec— Malaysia has told theUnited States to rememberGuantanamo Bay and notto criticize its own use ofthe Internal Security Act,a Malaysian law thatallows detention withouttrial, the New Straits Timessaid on Saturday.

Malaysia has detainedfive ethnic Indians under

the ISA for helping toorganize a huge anti-government protest lastmonth. Under the Act, theycan be held for up to twoyears on the grounds thattheir actions had threatenednational security.

“Our expectation as agovernment is that theseindividuals would beprovided the full protectionunder Malaysian law, thatthey would be given dueprocess, that they would beaccorded all the rightsaccorded to any other citizen,and that this will be done ina speedy and transparentmanner,” Deputy PrimeMinister Naif Rasa wasreported as saying.

Naif reacted to com-ments by US StateDepartment spokesmanSean McCormack onThursday that Washington

hoped that those arrested inMalaysia would enjoy fulllegal protections and rights,due process, and a speedyand transparent handling oftheir case. “Can they (theUnited States) first of allgive a fair trial to thedetainees in GuantanamoBay?” he asked. “We’llonly respond if they do so.”

MNA/Reuters

MONTEVIDEO, 16 Dec —The Uruguayan Govern-ment has dismisseda request by a Britishwarship, heading forthe Malvinas Islands, toenter the port of Monte-video, Foreign MinisterReinaldo Cargano said on

Thursday. The request tosupply the ship in the portwas aimed at carrying onits duty of controllingsovereignty of theMalvinas Islands, saidCargano to reporters.

Under an agreementreached after the waron Malvinas Islands,British warships couldbe allowed to berth atUruguay’s ports out ofhumanitarian reasons,he added. Uruguay’srejection was to avoid anymisunderstanding at atime when the newArgentine PresidentCristina Fernandez cameinto office, he said.

The ArgentinePresident, who was swornin on 10 December, hadreiterated that Argentinaowned the sovereigntyover the Malvinas Islands,

called Falklands by theBritish side.�Argentinaand Uruguay have been atodds over a paper mill ontheir border.

MNA/Xinhua

A shop clerk arrangesChristmas

decorations on sale ata gift shop on 14 Dec,

2007, in Shanghai,China, — INTERNET

S Korean troops end missionin Afghanistan

SEOUL, 16 Dec — South Korea completed thewithdrawal of its military troops from Afghanistanon Friday, wrapping up the 70-month-long missionin the Asian country, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs ofStaff (JCS) said.

The Defence Ministry held a ceremony towelcome the Dasan and Dongui units returning fromAfghanistan at Seoul Airbase in Seongnam, south ofSeoul. About 800 family members and militaryofficials, including Army Chief of Staff GeneralPark Heung-ryul, attended the ceremony.

The JCS announced later that the two unitswere formally disbanded later in the day. SouthKorea has dispatched military troops to Afghanistansince 2002 at the request of the United States.

The Dongui Medical Unit with about 60 medicprovided humanitarian and medical aid to localresidents, while 150 engineers from the DasanEngineering Unit supported construction work inAfghanistan.

MNA/Xinhua

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Singapore, Libya ink MoUfor enterprise development

SINGAPORE, 15 Dec —Singapore and LibyaFriday signed a Memoran-dum of Understanding(MoU) to promote enter-prise development in thetwo countries.

The MoU was inkedby the leaders of SPRINGSingapore, the enterprisedevelopment agency, andthe National EconomicDevelopment Board ofLibya, and was witnessedby Singapore’s Trade andIndustry Minister LimHng Kiang and Presidentof the Kadaffi Inter-

national Foundation forCharity Associations SaifAl-Islam Al- Kadaffi.

The MoU signing isone of the highlights ofSaif Al-Islam Al- Kadaffiand his delegation's three-day visit to Singapore from14 to 16 December .

A statement bySPRING Singapore saidthat this MoU will promotecollaboration between thetwo agencies and streng-then cooperation betweencompanies and govern-ment agencies in Libyaand Singapore.

Areas of collaborationinclude exchange ofinformation, best prac-tices and technology inentrepreneurship andenterprise development,as well as promotion ofbusiness collaborationsbetween companies,especially small andmedium-sized enter-prises ( SMEs) in bothcountries. Both sides willalso cooperate in thetraining and education ofgovernment officials andSMEs.

MNA/Xinhua UN sends team to helpS Korea oil clean-up

GENEVA, 15 Dec —TheUnited Nations is sendingeight environmentalexperts to assess damagefrom South Korea’s worstoil spill, caused by theleaking Hebei Spirittanker. Deployment of theteam, composed of fourUN experts and four fromthe European Commis-sion, follows a formal

request from SouthKorean authorities forinternational assistance,UN spokeswoman Elisa-beth Byrs said on Friday.

“The team willevaluate immediate needsfollowing the catastropheand pollution,” Byrs,spokeswoman for theUN Office for theCoordination of Hu-

manitarian Affairs(OCHA), told a newsbriefing in Geneva.

A week ago, a cranebarge punched holes intothe oil tanker whichspewed 10,500 tons of itsload into the sea.

Recovery of the oil hasbeen painfully slow sincethe spill and the maritimeministry has conceded itwas not properly preparedfor such a disaster anddid not have enoughequipment. The UN/ECexpert team will assess theneed for equipment for ashoreline clean-up, Byrssaid. They will alsoevaluate the need forheavy equipment for aclean-up in the opensea, and help assessmedium and long-termenvironmental damage,according to the UNspokeswoman.

MNA/Reuters

Suicide bomber blowsup car in Kabul

KABUL, 15 Dec —A sui-cide bomber set off explo-sives inside a car near anAfghan Government secu-rity office in Kabul onSaturday, a militaryspokesman said, and eye-witnesses said a number ofpeople were killed.

General Zahir Azimi, aDefence Ministry spokes-man, said the suicidebomber had detonated tworockets. Another DefenceMinistry official said hehad heard two blasts.

“The first one was small,but the second one reallyshook the city,” the officialsaid. It was not immediatelyclear who was responsiblefor the bombing, but theTaleban rely heavily onsuicide raids and roadsidebomb attacks as part of theirinsurgency against theAfghan Government and

foreign troops.In early December,

Taleban suicide bombersattacked twice around thetime of a visit by US DefenceSecretary Robert Gates.

A bomber slammed hiscar into a bus filled withAfghan soldiers in Kabulon 5 December, killing 13people. On 4 December ,a NATO convoy was hitby a similar attack close tothe capital’s internationalairport. There were nocasualties among NATOforces, but 22 Afghanswere wounded, accordingto�NATO.

MNA/Reuters

WWF says Bali Roadmap “weak on substance”BALI (Indonesia), 16

Dec — The World WildFund for Nature,(WWF),a global environmentalconservation organiza-tion, said on Saturdaythat the Bali Roadmapadopted at the end of atwo-week UN climateconference fell short inits ambition and "weakon substance".

WWF said in a Pressrelease following themeeting that politicalleaders meeting for theUN's climate changeconference will startformal negotiations witha 2009 end date, but thedeal fell short in itsambition.

The Bali Roadmap wasa deal " weak onsubstance", WWF said."The US administrationwas asked to get out of theway, and in the end theybowed to pressure," saidHans Verolme, Directorof WWF's Global Climate

Change Programme. "TheBali Road-map leaves aseat at the table for thenext US President to makea real contribution to theglobal fight to stopdangerous climate change,"WWF said.

MNA/Xinhua

Miss Russia 2007 Ksenia Sukhinova (2nd L Front and Miss Russia 2006Tatiana Kotova (L Front) pose after Sukhinova won the Miss Russia 2007

beauty contest in Moscow, Russia on 14 Dec, 2007.—INTERNET

Dancers perform in the musical “Tibetan

Riddle” in Guangzhou, capital of south China’s

Guangdong Province, on 14 Dec, 2007.

XINHUA

A Gloucester, Mass firefighter hoses down what isleft of a four-storey apartment building, on 15 Dec,2007 following an eight-alarm fire in Gloucester,Mass. One person was killed in the fire.— INTERNET

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India, Russia, Chinato boost economic ties

Sony says global sales ofPS3 to top 11m

A Toyota hybrid is on display at an automobile show in New York. ToyotaMotor Corp plans to raise its global output to near 10 million units next year,

out-distancing its rival General Motors Corp of the United States, a newsreport said on Sunday.—INTERNET

Tents for homeless people line the Seine in frontof Notre Dame in Paris on 15 Dec, 2007.

INTERNET

A plane of Air New Zealand. Tapping the burgeoning Chinese tourist market,and strong interest by New Zealanders in the Olympic Games in Beijing next

year, it will start flying to Beijing from 18 July next year, ahead of theOlympic Games.—XINHUA

Nepal Airlines to suspend flights next week

Merck recalls children’s vaccines in China

KATHMANDU, 15 Dec— Nepal Airlines Cor-poration (NAC) issuspending all itsinternational flights fromTuesday for 13 days as itslone functional Boeingflies off to Brunei for aC-check, a completeoverhaul. The airline’sother Boeing aircraft isgrounded because of afaulty engine, accordingto The Kathmandu Poston Saturday

“We will be removingthe engine from the jet thatis going away and fit it tothe grounded aircraft andhave it in the air from1January,” NAC manag-ing director Gautam DasShrestha told the parlia-mentary Public FinanceCommittee Friday.

According to Shres-

tha, the corporation earnedrevenue of 1.004 billionrupees (238,095 USdollars) from its inter-national flights duringthe first four months of

the current fiscal yearstarting in mid-July. NACconducts 11 weekly flightsto six countries andregions.

MNA/Xinhua

TOKYO, 16 Dec —Worldwide sales of SonyCorp’s PlayStation 3 areexpected to reach 11million by the end of thisfiscal year, a seniorexecutive said inan interview publishedSaturday.

Sony Computer Enter-tainment’s chief execu-tive Kazuo Hirai told theYomiuri Shimbun news-

paper he was confidentof fulfilling that goaldespite stiff competi-tion from Nintendo’s Wiiand Microsoft’s XBoX360.

“The PlayStation3 isstarting afresh as a consoleto play games with.Although pricing strategyis important, now wewould like to put ourstrength in the number ofsoftware games,” he said.

Sony cut the price ofthe PS3 by 10 percent inJapan to 39,980 yen(US$356) and launcheda new slimmed-downversion, ratcheting up thecompetition with its rivalsahead of the crucial year-end sales period.

A recent report said thePS3 video games consolehad outsold Nintendo’sWii in Japan in November.

The company has alsoannounced that PS3 salesin North America morethan tripled in the crucialThanksgiving holidayweek after a 100-dollarprice cut.

Internet

NEW DELHI, 16 Dec —India, Russia and Chinavowed to boost trade andinvestment with eachother after a one-daymeeting that saw officialsand businessmen from thethree countries gather inNew Delhi this weekend.

A top Indian foreign

official admitted that thethree countries needed todo much more to furthereconomic links.

“Investment betweenthese three countries isquite insignificant,” saidNalin Surie Saturday,according to a Press Trustof India agency report.

“India, China andRussia have huge rawmaterial and energyreserves.

All three of us shouldcome together to forma India-China-Russiabusiness partnership.”

The Russian ambas-sador to New Delhi,Vyacheslav I Trubnikov,said he looked forwardto further investment inhis country’s energyresources by the energy-hungry Asian nations.

“The three of us canwork together to promotejoint ventures that couldinfuse more investmentsin oil exploration andproduction blocks inRussia, ensuring energysecurity in India andChina,” said Trubnikov,according to PTI.

But the countriesvowed to work together inother arenas as well,including technology,pharmaceuticals andservices, according to astatement from theFederation of IndianChambers of Commerceand Industry.—Internet

Canada’s trade withChina at record level

OTTAWA, 16 Dec — Canada's total merchandisetrade with China soared in the last decade, hitting 42.1billion Canadian dollars (41.7 billion US dollars) in2006, federal agency Statistics Canada reported onFriday. China now accounts for five per cent ofCanada’s total world trade. Since 2003, China hasemerged as Canada's second largest trading partner,passing Britain and Japan, the report says.

In 2006, imports from China were five times higherthan 1997 figures and exports to China tripled.

Leading commodities in the trade between Canadaand China include chemicals, metals, industrial andagricultural machinery and equipment, wood products,fish products and other products. —MNA/Xinhua

E C O N O M I C N E W S

BEIJING, 15 Dec —Nearly a tenth of 1.2million doses of children’svaccines recalled byAmerican drug firmMerck on Wednesdaywere sold in China,Chinese media reportedon Friday.

Merck voluntarilyrecalled 11 lots ofPedvaxHIB vaccine andtwo lots of its Comvaxvaccine after quality-

control checks foundproduction equipmentmight not have beenproperly sterilized.

The only lot which thecompany said had beendistributed outside theUnited States had beenexported to China, theSouthern MetropolisDaily said.

The southern provinceof Guangdong, where thenewspaper is based, had

bought more than 10,000of the 104,930 doses soldacross China, it said.

“The provincial dis-ease control centre hasissued an urgent noticeordering the immediatefreeze of the vaccines,”the newspaper said.

MNA/Reuters

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The Myanmar Anti-Narcotics Association

(MANA) was formed in Yankin Township, Yangon

Division, on 26 June 1994, the International Day

Against Narcotic Drugs and Illicit Trafficking.

Now, the association has been shifted to No 101/

102, Building No 3, Kyaikwaing Pagoda Road,

Mayangon Township, and carries out movements

with the formation registration No 1770.

The association is now in pursuit of its

objectives:—

- to contribute towards the 15-year plan the

government is implementing for elimination of

dangers of drug abuse and addiction,

- to participate in the drive for prevention of HIV

spread among drug addicts who abuse narcotic

drugs through injection,

- to cooperate not only with local organizations but

also with international organizations in realizing

the objectives,

- to share research findings with other organizations

for collaboration.

Since its birth, the association has been carrying

out the following tasks:

- organizing exhibitions and competitions on

dangers of narcotic drugs,

- constantly giving educative talks on narcotic drugs

Myanmar Anti-Narcotics AssociationKhin Maung Tun (Lanmadaw)

to students,

- raising public awareness about dangers of narcotic

drugs,

- taking preventive measures against HIV spread

related to abuse of narcotic drugs.

In doing so, the association is mobilizing the

participation of local service personnel, congenial

organizations, and international organizations within

the framework of the policy.

With the sponsorship of an organization and

permission of the Ministry of Education, the association

launched a campaign to give educative talks to students.

In the process, it conducted a course on the danger of

abuse of narcotic drugs for teachers. The teachers who

had completed the course then organized multiplier

courses for the students. Its campaigns include HIV/

AIDS preventive measures, distribution of pamphlets

on dangers of narcotic drugs and setting up educative

billboards.

The association is constantly taking preventive

measures against drug abuse among students.

With the permission of local authorities and

sponsorship of some organizations, it is constantly

opening courses on prevention of HIV/AIDS for the

youths who often go to the neigbouring countries.

Moreover, dealing with international anti-

narcotics organizations, it is taking measures

extensively to combat narcotic drugs such as attending

seminars, participating in the discussions, making

suggestions, and exchanging views. And it takes and

applies experiences and knowledge that are suitable

for the nation.

The association is now implementing plans to

give educative talks to the people and the youth for

prevention of drug addition. It applies local and

international treatment methods to make contribution

towards the plans the government is implementing.

The association, mobilizing the participation of

township, state and division level associations and

collaborating with departments, takes part in the

drive in the regions that the government’s plans do

not cover fully as well as in the regions that need

immediate assistance.

Now, the MANA has formed its branches at state

and division and township levels systematically and

is pursuing its objectives.

The association welcomes those who want to

join it with national awareness and national outlook,

who are interested in social welfare tasks, and anti-

narcotics campaigns.

The association has implemented these functions

and will expedite them in future.

Now, the association has been reconstituted with

members of the Central Committee and Central

Executive Committee members who are well-

experienced and capable of carrying out tasks in

accordance with its constitution. At the same time, it

is stepping up tasks for organizing more branches at

state and division and township levels.

The ninth annual meeting of the Myanmar Anti-

Narcotics Association will be held at its head office

on Kyundaw Street in Kamayut Township, Yangon

Division, on 19 December 2007.

Translation: MS

MANA has been reconstituted with members of the Central

Committee and Central Executive Committee members who

are well-experienced and capable of carrying out tasks in

accordance with its constitution. At the same time, it is

stepping up tasks for organizing more branches at state and

division and township levels.

First convocation ofMMU held

YANGON, 16 Dec—The first convocation ofthe Myanmar Maritime University was held at theconvocation hall of Yangon University here thismorning.

Chairman of Myanmar Maritime UniversityCouncil Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Sweattended the ceremony.

Also present were Deputy Commander ofNaval Shipyards Command Headquater CommodoreHan Sein, departmental officials, guests, Rector ofMyanmar Maritime University U Thein Htun, pro-rector U Chali Than, faculty members and specialguests.

Rector U Thein Htun conferred degrees ongraduates.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe attends first convocation of Myanmar Maritime University. — MNA

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MOSA holds 5th AGMYANGON, 16 Dec — The 5th

Annual General Meeting of MyanmarOverseas Seafarers Association tookplace at Hotel Nikko, TamwayTownship, this morning.

First, Chairman of theassociation Dr Tin Hlaing gave anopening speech and CEC ChairmanCapt Min Sein extended greetings.

Secretary of the association CaptSoe Min Aung submitted the report ofCEC and the chairman approved thereport after seeking the approvals fromthose present.

Treasurer Capt Htay Myintsubmitted the 2006-2007 fiscal reportand financial statements, which wereapproved by the chairman.

Secretary of the association CaptSoe Min Aung answered the questionsraised by the members.

Later, Daw Aye Aye Mar, wifeof late sailor U Myint Oo, spoke wordsof thanks to the members of theassociation for granting compensationand the chairman of the CEC gave aconcluding speech.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan inspects TV retransmission station in Mawlamyine.—MNA

Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan views display of wallmagazines and photos at Mon State Information and Public Relations

Department in Mawlamyine.—MNA

Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan greets a doyen literatiat the ceremony to pay respects to doyen literati in commemoration of

Sarsodaw Day 1369 ME at the city hall on 15-12-2007.—MNA

Information Minister inspects IPRDs,TV retransmission station in Mon State

YANGON, 16 Dec —�Minister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsanviewed wall magazinesand documentary photos

displayed at the office ofMon State Information andPublic RelationsDepartment inMawlamyine yesterday

and gave necessaryinstructions.

Next, the minister metwith heads of State/District/Township IPRDs

and service personnel atthe meeting hall of theoffice and heard reports onopening of self-reliantvillage libraries in Mon

State, conditions of TVretransmission stations inMon and Kayin States andcondition of cinema andvideo supervisory tasks ofMyanma Motion PictureEnterprise in the Statepresented by officials.

The ministerinstructed officials toobserve the tasks fordurability of village self-reliant libraries.

At TV retransmissionstation, the ministerinspected TV re-transmission tasks,maintenance of machines,fulfillment of fuel andmachine parts.

In Thaton, the ministervisited Township Infor-mation and PublicRelations Department and

viewed display ofdocumentary photos,books and pamphlets.

At the hall of ThatonDistrict IPRD, the ministermet local authorities,service personnel and socialorganization members andheard reports on tasks beingcarried out for durability oflibraries in the districtpresented by ThatonDistrict IPRD Staff OfficerDaw Nang Kyi Sein.

In the evening, theminister inspected theconstruction of BilinTownship IPRD office,and gave instructions onconstruction of the officeand staff quarters meetingthe set standards and timelycompletion of the tasks.

MNA

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Senior General ThanShwe attends openingof YatanarponTeleport, visits 2ndFlower Festival…

(from page 16)General Thura Shwe Mann unveiled the sign-

board of the teleport. At the briefing hall, Chairman ofMyanmar e-National Task Force Chairman of theSupervisory Committee for Construction of YadanabonMyothit Minister for Communications, Posts and Tel-egraphs Brig-Gen Thein Zaw reported to the SeniorGeneral on matters related to the construction projectof Yadanabon Myothit.

In his report, the minister said that YadanabonMyothit was established at mile post No 27/0 onMandalay-PyinOoLwin Road in PyinOoLwin Town-ship. The first-phase project site was 10,000 acres ofland. As the first phase tasks of the project, softwareand hardware production buildings are being con-structed on 2,200 acres each of land. Of them, the mainbuilding of the teleport and the incubation centers haveso far been completed.

The minister continued to say that the mainbuilding of the teleport is L shape comprising one-storey

incubation center. For the first phase, seven incubationcenters are under construction, and four incubationcentres have been completed.

In the new town, the 2.5-mile concrete road andthe 10-mile earth road have been constructed. In addi-tion, the water supply tasks are being carried out throughHsinlan and Sitha dams.

(See page 9)

Senior General Than Shwe attends opening ceremony of Yatanarpon Teleport.—MNA

Member of SPDC General Thura Shwe Mann

unveils the signboard of Yatanarpon Teleport.

MNA

Main building of Yatanarpon Teleport in PyinOoLwin Township.—MNA

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Senior General Than Shweattends opening…

(from page 8)He added that the network connection was built

with satellite communication system, fibre communi-cation system, underwater cable communication sys-tem and transnational communication system. Fur-thermore, tasks of environmental conservation arebeing conducted. Guidance of the Head of State on hisinspection tour is being implemented.

The minister said that at present, a total of 11local and foreign companies proposed to make invest-ment in Yadanabon Myothit. Next, the minister re-ported on weather conditions of the new town andimplementation of the project phase by phase.

Senior General Than Shwe gave guidance say-ing that in accord with weather and environmentalconditions Yadanabon Myothit was set up for devel-opment of modern information and communicationtechnologies in Myanmar. As the government hasprovided water and power supply, communicationand administration facilities for the new town, it isnecessary to create good opportunities for enablinglocal and foreign entrepreneurs to make investmentat the teleport and to smoothly carry out moderninformation and technological tasks.

Next, Senior General Than Shwe received gift

to mark the opening of Yatanarpon Teleport presentedby Minister Brig-Gen Thein Zaw.

Senior General Than Shwe and party viewedthe booths of the entrepreneurs who will invest inYatanarpon Teleport and modern IT equipment,

computer accessories and communications equip-ment of the respective companies and heard thereports of the minister and responsible persons ofthe companies.

The construction tasks of the main building ofthe Teleport started in Yadanabon Myothit on 30 June,2006.

The opening ceremony of Yatanarpon Teleporttook place in conjunction with the 6th Myanmar ICT

Week-2007 at Yatanarpon Teleport. Modern IT equip-ment and other computer accessories were displayedby 115 local and foreign companies at the 6th MyanmarICT Week.

The 6th Myanmar ICT Week will be kept openuntil 20 December, and talks and workshops will beheld at the meeting hall of the main building of theTeleport.

(See page 10)

Senior General Than Shwe and party pose for a documentary photo at 2nd Flower Festival inNational Kandawgyi Gardens. —MNA

Senior General Than Shwe views display of flowers at 2nd Flower Festival in National Kandawgyi Gardens. —MNA

Senior General Than Shwe looks into progress of National Kandawgyi Gardens in PyinOoLwin. —MNA

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AGM of MFF, Myanma Marine ProductsFestival on 30 Dec

YANGON, 16 Dec —�The ninth annual general meeting of MyanmarFishery Federation will be held at the MFF building on Bayintnaung Road inWest Gyogon Ward, Insein Township, on 30 December.

Departments concerned of the ministries, members entrepreneurs ofMFF, marine products entrepreneurs, experts and guests were invited to attendthe meeting.

The meeting will be held in conjunction with Myanma Marine ProductsFestival 2007-08. There will be seafood restaurants, marine products shops,household goods shops and educative booths.

The festival will be opened on 30 December and it will be kept open until4 January 2008 with the entertainment programmes. —MNA

(from page 9)Booths, market

festival and game contestsof IT companies will beheld on the ground, firstand second floors of the

SeniorGeneralThan Shweattends…

main building andIncubation Centre (7).

Besides, the enter-tainment pro-grammes areincluded at the 6thMyanmar ICT Week.

In the afternoon,Senior General Than Shweand party visited NationalKandawgyi Gardens andviewed various kinds offlowers displayed at thesecond flower festival andheard reports presented by

Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung andresponsible persons ofMyanmar FloriculturalistsAssociation. Next, SeniorGeneral Than Shwe andparty posed for adocumentary photo.

A total of 15 kindsof domestic flowers, 65kinds of exotic flowers and5 million flowers are puton display at the secondflower festival.

YANGON, 16 Dec —Foreign Military Attachésto the Union of Myanmarand families made a studytour of PyinOoLwin inMandalay Division andLashio and Muse in ShanState (North) from 13 to 16December.

A 50-member studygroup led by Dean ofDefence Services AttachéCorps Senior Colonel LeVan Thanh left here by airat 7 am on 13 Decemberand arrived at AnisakhanAirport near PyinOoLwinat 9 am.

Next, the study groupvisited NationalKandawgyi Gardens andNational LandmarkGardens in PyinOoLwin.

In the afternoon, they

Next, Senior GeneralThan Shwe and partyviewed the progress andbeautiful scenes ofNational KandawgyiGardens. They alsoobserved the orchid gardenand heard a report onprogress of building of thegarden and efforts made on

Foreign military attachés visit PyinOoLwin of Mandalay Division,Lashio and Muse of Shan State (North)

visited PeikchinmyaungMahanandamu Cave andMaha Arnthtu KanthaBuddha Image where theymade cash donations.

On 14 Decembermorning, the study groupattended the graduationparade of 50th Intake ofDSA in PyinOoLwin.

Accompanied by DawMyat Ngwe, wife ofMilitary Affairs SecurityChief Lt-Gen Ye Myint,they arrived in Lashio, ShanState (North) by car in theevening and werewelcomed there by officialsof North-East Commandand local people.

At 8 pm, they attendeda dinner hosted byCommander of North-EastCommand Maj-Gen Aung

Than Htut at ShweliYeiktha of the commandHeadquarters. After thedinner, Dean of DefenceServices Attaché CorpsSenior Colonel Le VanThanh and wife presented aflower basket to the nationalrace cultural troupe thatentertained the guests.

On 15 December, thestudy group visited MansuWickerwork BuddhaImage in Lashio and madecash donations. They

proceeded to the 500-acrehighland project site ofManmaw AgriculturalZone-3 and heard a reporton work being carried out.

At 1 pm, they arrivedat Muse where theyobserved Shwenandaw

Tour Industry and NandawGate bordering Myanmarand China.

In the evening, theyvisited the Muse NightMarket and looked intotrade and commercebetween Myanmar and

China.On 16 December, they

left Muse by car for LashioAirport where they met withCommander Maj-GenAung Than Htut, and thenleft for Yangon.

MNA

Orchids seen in NationalKandawgyi Gardens.—MNA

Foreign militaryattachés and theirfamilies visit NationalKandawgyi Gardensand National Land- mark Gardens. MNA

construction ofinternational level orchidgarden by Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung.

The garden wasbuilt on 5-acre plot in theNational KandawgyiGardens. Altogether 304species of orchidnaturally-grown in

Myanmar, 3,515 plantsand 28,518 kinds of exoticorchids are put on displayin the garden.

Those in search ofrest and recreation canenjoy with pleasure andknowledge due to settingup of such internationallevel orchid garden.—MNA

Designs decorated with flowers inNational Kandawgyi Gardens.—MNA

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Beautiful Orchids &Flowers of Myanmar

Many species of orchids and variouskinds of domestic and exotic orchids

seen at Orchid Garden in PyinOoLwin.MNA

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recording the fewest cases this year in more than a decade.—INTERNET

Putin hails Russian-Belarussian tiesMOSCOW,15 Dec

— Russian PresidentVladimir Putin Fridayspoke highly of relationsbetween Russia andBelarus, pledging tofurther economic andtrade ties, according toreports reaching here.

“Relations bet-ween Russia and Belarusare extensive and keepgrowing. This year, I amcertain, we will reach anew level in trade andeconomic ties — over 24billion US dollars,” Putinsaid in talks with his

Belarussian counterpartAlexander Lukashenkoin Minsk.

Putin was in Minskfor a meeting of theSupreme State Councilof the Russia-BelarusUnion State slated for13-14 December that willfocus on the UnionState’s four-billion-rouble (158-million-US-dollar) budget for nextyear and discuss theadoption of a con-stitutional act and fueland energy cooperation.

The two

countries, which agreedto forge a union state afterthe collapse of the SovietUnion, have witnessed adown-turn in relationsin recent years due todisputes over oil and gasprices.

During the visit,the two countries are alsoexpected to sign ani n t e r g o v e r n m e n t a lagreement grantingBelarus a stabilizationloan, the RIA news agencyquoted a Union Stateofficial as reporting.

MNA/Xinhua

UN staff death toll in Algiersbomb raised to 17

First SAARC youthcamp concludesin Bangladesh

DHAKA, 15 Dec — Thefirst South AsianAssociation for RegionalCooperation (SAARC)Youth Camp 2007concluded in Bangladesh’scapital Dhaka Thursdaywith the adoption of anumber of declarations.

Representatives ofyouths from hostBangladesh, Bhutan, India,the Maldives, Nepal,Pakistan and Sri Lankatook part in the camp at theNational Youth Centre inSavar on the outskirts ofDhaka from 10 to 13December .

The camp discussedpossible areas ofcooperation and action-oriented undertakings,primarily in the areas ofeducation, environment,culture and informationand media, which may beundertaken. They re-quested the governmentsto support and facilitate inrealizing the long-termgoals of accomplishing aSouth Asian identity.

They suggested thegovernments considerorganizing frequentcommon sports events andfacilitating greaterexchange of academics andstudents of leadingacademic institutions inSAARC countries.

MNA/Xinhua

Switzerland provides Bangladeshmore cyclone assistance

UNITED NATIONS,15 Dec—The number of UN staffkilled in a bombing thatdamaged two UNbuildings in Algiers threedays ago has risen to 17after several bodies werefound in the rubble, theUnited Nations said onFriday. Al-Qaeda’s NorthAfrican wing claimedresponsibility for twin carbombs on Tuesday thatkilled more than 30 peoplein all at the UN offices and

a court building, saying ithad targeted what it called“the slaves of America andFrance.”

“The efforts on theground to clear away therubble following the bombblast at the UN offices inAlgeria last Tuesday have,as we feared, helped us findand identify more bodies,”said UN spokeswomanMarie Okabe.

“Consequently I cannow confirm that 17 UN

staff were killed in theAlgiers attack,” she said.Previously the UnitedNations had confirmed 11deaths.

Secretary-General BanKi-moon has asked UNstaff to observe a minute’ssilence on Monday.

“I have learned withprofound sadness that thedeath toll on the bombing inAlgiers is even higher thanwe feared,” Ban said in astatement.—MNA/Reuters

DHAKA, 15 Dec —Switzerland has providedan additional 3.6 millionUS dollars as emergencyassistance for the victimsof cyclone Sidr and also forpost-flood rehabilitation.

This brings the totalSwiss Government

assistance so far to 5.5million US dollars, privatenews agency UNB reportedThursday.

Among the additionalfund, 1.72 million USdollars will be provided tothe United NationsDevelopment Programme

(UNDP) for early economicrecovery for the cyclone-affected people.

Switzerland will alsoprovide 1.88 million USdollars worth of assistancefor post-flood rehabilitationthrough Food andAgriculture Organization(FAO), a Swiss Embassyrelease was quoted assaying.

Besides, a number ofhumanitarian aid expertsfrom Bern are supportingthe ongoing relief andrehabilitation operations.

“More Swiss assistancefor recovery andrehabilitation is expected tobe provided in 2008 in thecyclone-affected areas,”said the embassy.

The cyclone Sidrbattered Bangladesh’ssouthern and southwesterncoastal areas on 15November, leaving morethan 3000 dead and millionshomeless. —MNA/Xinhua

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TOKYO, 15 Dec — A man believed to have openedfire on a sports gym in southern Japanwas found dead early on Saturday, following a bloodyrampage in which a woman swimming instructor andanother man were killed and six people injured.

Police said 37-year-old Masayoshi Magome wasfound lying in a pool of blood in a church near theRenaissance Sports Gym in Sasebo City, on the islandof Kyushu, where the shooting took place on Friday.

Magome, who was found in the same camouflagesuit worn in the shooting, had apparently committedsuicide, Kyodo News reported, quoting police officials.A shotgun lay near the body.

Police said Magome had attended school with YujiFujimoto, a 36-year-old fishing gear maker who diedin hospital on Friday after the attack.

Media reports said he was also acquainted with MaiKuramoto, the 26-year old swimming instructor whoalso died in the rampage, but the nature of theirrelationship was unknown.

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Picture taken on 19 Dec, 2006 shows that a man dressed as Santa Claus readsa card from Italian school children at Santa Claus’ Village at the Arctic

Circle near Rovaniemi, Finland. A Christmas postcard mailed in 1914 justarrived in northwest Kansas, media reported on 19 Dec, 2007.—INTERNET

Amazon com bought a book of fairy tales handwritten and designed by J.K.Rowling with a price of nearly 4 million US dollars at auction on Thursday.

British author JK Rowling (C) poses with a copy of her new book “HarryPotter and the Deathly Hallows” at the Natural History Museum in London

on 20 July, 2007.—INTERNET

Mistrial for six in US SearsTower conspiracy case

Low CO2, high-tech shiplaunched in Hamburg

US panel says datasupport cold medicines

SILVER SPRING (Maryland), 16 Dec — Over-the-counter cold medicines made with phenylephrineappear effective for relieving nasal congestion inadults but the ingredient needs more study, a USadvisory panel said on Friday.

Phenylephrine was substituted for pseudoephedrinein many nonprescription cold and allergy medicines,including Johnson & Johnson’s Sudafed PE, after thelatter ingredient was restricted amid reports of abuse. Researchers petitioned the government, however,saying there was no evidence phenylephr ine workedfor relieving a stuffy nose. The Food and DrugAdministration asked a panel of outside experts toweigh in. By an 11-1 vote, the committee said availabledata was “supportive” of the effectiveness ofphenylephrine at 10 milligrams, the dose sold over thecounter.—MNA/Reuters

HAMBURG(Germany),16 Dec — The world’sfirst commercial merchantship pulled by a giant high-tech kite aiding its enginesto slash fuel consumptionand cut greenhouse gasemissions was launchedin Hamburg on Saturday.

The pioneering132-metre long MVBeluga SkySails wasceremonially launched inthe northern German Port

ahead of its maidenvoyage across the Atlanticto Venezuela in earlyJanuary.

Pulled by a huge kiteto catch strong winds upto 300 metres above thesurface, the 500,000-euro(725,600 US dollars)SkySails system isprojected to cut fuel costsby about 20 per cent — orabout 1,600 US dollars perday. It will also reduce

CO2 output, which isblamed for climatechange, by a similaramount, designers say.

“The shipping industryemits 800 million tons ofCO2 now and that willrise to over one billion tonsin five years,” said NielsStolberg, the chiefexecutive of BelugaShipping GmbH thathelped develop thesystem. — MNA/Reuters

MIAMI, 15 Dec — Ajudge declared a mistrialon Thursday for six menaccused of plotting toblow up America’stal lest skyscraper,Chicago’s Sears Tower,after a jury failed toreach verdicts on thembut acquitted one otherman.

The decision was asetback for the USGovernment, which hadtouted the arrests as animportant victory in itswar on terrorism.

US District Judge JoanLenard scheduled a newtrial for 7 January for thesix.

The verdict cameafter the 12-memberMiami jury deliberatedover nine days and twicetold the judge they couldnot agree on any of thefour charges against themen, known as theLiberty City Seven after

the poor Miami neigh-bourhood where theymet.

Lyglenson Le-morin,32, described as a soldierin the plot, was clearedon four terrorismconspiracy charges

including the charge ofplotting to wage war onthe United States.

“The jury cannot reacha verdict regarding theremaining defendants,”Lenard said.

MNA/Reuters

British researchers developtumour 3D view laser scanner

LONDON, 16 Dec —British researchers havedeveloped an ultrasoundscanner that provides moredetailed 3D images of the

deformed blood vesselswithin a tumour.

Researchers at Uni-versity College London,Britain, developed a high-resolution photo-acoustictomography scanner, whichcould help doctorsdetermine the boundarybetween can-cerous andhealthy tissue duringsurgery, New Scientistreported on Friday on itswebsite.

The scanner uses laserlight to “twang” cells sothey emit an ultrasoundwave, which is then de-tected and used to form a3D image.

This shoots veryshort pulses of non-harmfulnear-infrared laser light at atumour, and as the lightis absorbed by tissue, thecells heat up and expandvery slightly, creating an

ultrasound wave that canthen be detected by a sensor,according to Paul Beardwho led the research.

The intensity of theultrasound wave dependson how well the tissueabsorbs the near-infraredradiation, which produceshigh- contrast images ofblood vessels becausehaemoglobin is veryabsorbent at thesewavelengths.

“Our scanner is bestsuited to providing high-resolutions images at a shortrange, but the techniquecould be used to imagetumours a few centimetersinto the breast,” Beard wasquoted as saying.

In order to convert thereflected ultrasound intoa high-resolution 3D imagethe researchers had to createa new ultrasound sensor aswell, the report said. Thesensor consists of a thinlayer of a polymersandwiched between tworeflective layers. The outerlayers only reflect certainwavelengths of light andthe laser light used topenetrate a patient’s tissueshines straight through allthree layers.

MNA/Xinhua

Spanish flamencodancer Cristina Hoyos

(L) performs during her“Viaje al Sur”

(Southernbound trip)dance show, at the

Garcia Lorca Theatrein Havana.—INTERNET

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China’s Huang Lei (L) fights with Japan’s KudoYuki during their 85kg match at the 2007

Sino-Japan Free Boxing competition.Huang Lei won the match.—XINHUA

Newcastle United’s Joey Barton, left, scores from the penalty spot in injurytime following a foul by Fulham’s Elliot Omozusi during the English PremierLeague soccer match at Craven Cottage, Fulham, England, on 15 Dec, 2007.

Newcastle won the match 1-0.—INTERNET

Swiss wheelchair champion Edith Hunkeler waves tothe audience after receiving the “Paralympic Athleteof the Year Award” during the Swiss Sports Awards

gala in Bern on 15 Dec, 2007.—INTERNET

Russia’s 2 sled driven by AlevtinaKovalenko with Elena Doronina onthe brakes slides through the finishcurve after rolling over during first

run of the Women’s Two-ManBobsled World Cup race, on 15 Dec,2007 in Lake Placid, NY.—INTERNET

Eto’o double leads Barcato 3-0 win in Valencia

MADRID, 16 Dec — Samuel Eto'o led Barcelona toonly their second away win of the season in a 3-0victory over Valencia in the Primera Liga on Saturday.

The home side had no answer to the Cameroonstriker's pace and power as he netted twice in the firsthalf, proving he has fully recovered from the surgerythat kept him sidelined for the first three months of theseason. Eidur Gudjohnsen added the third in the sec-ond period.

For Valencia coach Ronald Koeman it was his side'ssixth game in all competitions without a goal.

"It's clear Samuel was very important for us today.We have to congratulate him as he has performed to avery high standard," Barca coach Frank Rijkaard said.

Second-placed Barca moved on to 34 points, onebehind leaders Real Madrid who host Osasuna at theBernabeu on Sunday.— MNA/Reuters

Del Piero scorestwice as Juve

beat LazioROME, 16 Dec —

Alessandro Del Pieroscored two second-halfgoals to inspire Juventusto a 3-2 win at Lazio onSaturday, lifting his side tosecond in Series A.

The visitors took thelead in the 29th minutewhen France striker DavidTrezeguet deflected in his12th goal of the season af-ter a goalmouth scramble.

Lazio levelled in the36th when TommasoRocchi found Massi-moMutarelli in the area andthe midfielder volleyed theball across the face of goalfor Macedonia strikerGoran Pandev to head in.

Juve captain Del Piero,making his first start in fourleague games, then latchedon to a long pass and drilledthe ball into the far cornerthree minutes after thebreak.

The Rome side pressedforward in search of theequalizer but were caughton the counter-attack in the70th as Del Pier scored agoal similar to his first.

MNA/Reuters

Man City reach top four with homerecord intact

Werder beat Leverkusento join Bayern at the topBERLIN, 16 Dec — Werder Bremen

thumped Bayer Leverkusen 5-2 on Sat-urday to move level on points with tiringleaders Bayern Munich at the halfwaystage of the season.

Bayern did just enough to hold on totop spot, and claim the honorary title of'winter champions', with a goalless drawaway to Hertha Berlin.

They now lead Werder only by goaldifference, though, after Thomas Schaaf'sside recovered from their ChampionsLeague exitin midweek by clinching agreat comeback win.

The highlights for the crowd were twogoals from Ivan Klasnic, the Croatianstriker who recently returned after twokidney transplant operations this year.

MNA/Reuters

Lyon survive scare in home draw with Nice

Brazilian scores twicein Heerenveen goal spreeROTTERDAM (Netherlands), 16 Dec — Brazilian Paulo

Henrique, 18, struck twice on his debut to leadHeerenveen to a 5-1 win at NAC Breda in the Dutchleague on Saturday to close the gap on the top three,who are out of action this weekend.

The mayors of Amsterdam and Rotterdam havepostponed the fixtures between Ajax Amsterdam andPSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord and AZ Alkmaarbecause they cannot guarantee public safety when thepolice go on strike during the games.

Dutch Football Association (KNVB) director HenkKesler said they would lodge a claim with the unionsfor costs already incurred by home teams Ajax andFeyenoord. —MNA/Reuters

PARIS, 16 Dec —�Ligue 1leaders Olympique Lyonsurvived a fright in a 0-0home draw with Nice onSaturday. The visitors hadthe best chances in a livelygame and almost got a win-ner after 83 minutes whenBrazilian playmakerEderson's free kick bounceddown off the bar onto theline. Six-times champions

Lyon now have 38 points,five clear of second-placedNancy, who visit RacingStrasbourg on Sunday.

Lyon, who reached thelast 16 of the ChampionsLeague with a 3-0 win atRangers on Wednesday,had their chances too butwere denied by a string ofgreat saves from 20-year-old Hugo Lloris.

"We were a bit tired af-ter our match in Glasgow,"said Lyon goalkeeperRemy Vercoutre. "Some-times you have to be con-tent with a draw." Surprisepackage Nice have goneeight matches without de-feat are in seventh place,12 points off the pace. LeMans moved into third,eight points behind theleaders, after a 0-0 homedraw with mid-tableLorient.— MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 16 Dec — Manchester Citycame from behind to beat Bolton Wan-derers 4-2 on Saturday to keep their 100per cent home record and go fourth inthe Premier League while the big gunsenjoyed a day off.

The four leading contenders are inaction on Sunday, with champions Man-chester United playing Liverpool atAnfield before leaders Arsenal hostthird-placed Chelsea.

Arsenal have 37 points from 16 games

to United's 36, with Chelsea on 34 andCity on 33. Portsmouth could have gonefourth but fell to seventh after losing 1-0to Tottenham Hotspur at Fratton Park.They remain on 30 points, behind Liver-pool and Everton — who won 2-0 atWest Ham United — on goal difference.

"We got well beaten today," said Port-smouth manager Harry Redknapp of hisside's first home league defeat of theseason and Tottenham's first away win.

MNA/Reuters

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WEATHER

Sunday, 16 December, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours,weather have been partlycloudy in Kachin, Chin, Rakhine States, upper Sagaing,Bago, Yangon, Ayeyarwady and Taninthayi Divi-sions, and generally fair in the remaining States andDivisions. Night temperatures were (3ºC) below De-cember average temperature in Magway Division, (3ºC)above December average temperature in Kachin State,upper Sagaing and Bago Divisions, (5ºC) above De-cember average temperature in Taninthayi Division,(6ºC) above December temperature in Mon State andabout December average temperature in the remain-ing areas.The significant night temperature wereNamsam, Haka and PyinOoLwin (6ºC).

Maximum temperature on 15-12-2007 was 94ºF.Minimum temperature on 16-12-2007 was 67ºF. Relativehumidity at 09:30 hours MST on 16-12-2007 was 76%.Total sunshine hours on 15-12-2007 was (8.1) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 16-12-2007 was (nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2007 was(136.57) inches at Mingaladon, (141.38) inches at Kaba-Aye and (144.29) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph fromNorth at (18:30) hours MST on 15-12-2007.

Bay inference: According to the observations at(06:30) hrs MST today, the low pressure area overSouthwest Bay still persists. Weather is partly cloudyto cloudy in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 17-12-2007: Possi-bility of isolated rain or thundershowers in Kachin,Chinand Rakhine States, upper Sagaing and TaninthayiDivisions, weather will be partly cloudy in Mon, KayinStates, Bago, Ayeyawady and Yangon Divisions andgenerally fair in the remaining Satates and Divisions.Degree of certainty is (40%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofslight increase of night temperatures in the EasternMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 17- 12-2007: Generally fair.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 17-12-2007: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 17-12-2007: Generally fair.

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Monday, 17 DecemberView on today

8:30 am Brief news8:35 am Music:

-Have you ever8:40 am Perspectives8:45 am Music:

-I never8:50 am National news/

slogan9:00 am Music:

-Foreveryoung

9:05 am International news

9:10 am Music-Evergreen

1:30 pm News/ Slogan1:40pm Lunch time

music-To sir withlove-Eternal flame

9:00pm Spotlight onthe stars(ConnieFrancis)

9:10pm Article9:20 pm Drug/Women

Affairs9:35 pm Golden Land

Melody/VocalGems-25th of lastDecember-Light of thestable

9:45 pm News /Slogan10:00 pm PEL

Serbia will not accept EUtrade-off over Kosovo

Earthquake joltsIndonesia’s Maluku

islandsJAKARTA, 16 Dec —

An earthquake of 7.1magnitude jolted theMaluku islands in easternIndonesia on Saturday butthere were no reports ofcasualties or damage, themeteorology agency andresidents said.

The epicentre was128 kilometres (79 miles)northwest of SaumlakiTown in NorthwestMaluku District at a depthof 100 kilometres, theMeteorology andGeophysics Agency saidin a text message.

The quake wasunlikely to trigger atsunami given its depth,said Fauzi, the head of theagency’s earthquakecentre.

An official at theFatima Hospital inSaumlaki said there wasno panic there.

We have not receivedany patients from theearthquake and there’s nodamage around here,”Rosa Batmomolin toldReuters by telephone.

A resident, Gulman,told Elshinta radio thequake was felt strongly.

“It was unusual. Mychair rocked and the lampsswayed,” he said.

Indonesia lies on thePacific Rim’s “ring offire”, a zone prone tositseismic upheavals. MNA/Reuters

BELGRADE, 16 Dec —Serbia would neveragree to give up its Kosovoprovince in exchange forspeeding up accession tothe European Union,Serbian Foreign MinisterVuk Jeremic said onFriday.

A draft stat Friday’sEU summit, obtained byReuters, indicatedBrussels would offerSerbia a fast track tocandidate status. It alsosays talks on Kosovo hadbeen exhausted, the statusquo was untenable and asettlement of Kosovo’sfuture status was essential

for Balkan stability.Serbia does not see

Kosovo as something thatcan be conpensated byEuropean Unionmembership. “A trade-offis out of question,”Jeremic said. “It wouldbe an indecent proposal,and European leaders aredecent people, they havenot made such an offer.”

Kosovo’s Albanianmajority plans to declareindependence in early2008. The United Statesand most EU membershave indicated they willrecognise the territory asa state.— MNA/Reuters

Indian girl born with eight limbs leaves hospitalBANGALORE (India),

16 Dec — A two-year-old Indian girl born withfour arms, four legs andextra internal organs lefthospital smilling onSaturday, nearly sixweeks after doctorsremoved her extra limbsin a gruelling operation.

The team of around30 medics took awaywhat amounted toLakshmi Tatma’s

headless identical twinsister who was joined atthe pelvis and who didnot develop and separateproperly in the womb —an extremely rare case.

“I cannot say howhappy we are,”Lakshmi’s labourerfather, Shambu, toldreporters as the familyleft Sparsh Hospital inthe southern city ofBangalore for a flight

home to Bihar state.

“My daughter isgoing to lead a normallife. We plan to build atemple in our village.”

Lakshmi, namedafter the four-armedHindu goddess of wealth,was expected to be in theoperating theatre for 40hours in early No-vember, but the surgerywas completed after27.— MNA/Reuters

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8th Waxing of Nadaw 1369 ME Monday, 17 December, 2007

People’s Desire� We favour stability.� We favour peace.� We oppose unrest and violence.

Senior General Than Shweattends opening…

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Flowers bloom

at National

Kandawgyi

Gardens in

PyinOoLwin

(from page 1)Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein, Lt-Gen Myint Hlaing, Lt-Gen Ye Myint and Maj-GenKhin Zaw of the Ministry of Defence, Adjutant-Gen-eral Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung, commanders, minis-ters, senior military officers, deputy ministers, depart-mental heads, officials of the Yadanabon MyothitConstruction Committee, responsible persons of

Myanmar Computer Federation local and foreign ITexperts, officials from companies who will invest inYatanarpon Teleport, local people from MandalayDivision, PyinOoLwin District and Township, mem-bers of the Union Solidarity and Development Asso-

ciation, Women’s Affairs Organization, Maternal andChild Welfare Association, Red Cross and Fire Bri-gades, teachers, students, pom-pom dance troupes andnurses.

(See page 8)

A scene of beautiful flowers at Flower Festival in PyinOoLwin. — MNA

Senior General Than Shwe accepts gift to mark opening of Yatanarpon Teleport presented byMinister for Communications, Posts and Telegraphs Brig-Gen Thein Zaw. — MNA

* Main building of theteleport is L shape compris-ing one-storey incubationcenter.

* Seven incubation centersare under construction, andfour incubation centreshave been completed.

* The 2.5-mile concrete roadand the 10-mile earth roadhave been constructed.

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