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Volume XIX, Number 204 1st Waning of Tazaungmon 1373 ME Friday, 11 November, 2011

True patriotism * It is very important for every one of

the nation regardless of the placehe lives to have strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the truepatriotism all the nationalities willhave to safeguard.

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Nov—Today is Fullmoon Day ofTazaungmon (Samaññaphala Day). Lighting festivalwas celebrated around the country. Mathoe Thingan andShwekyar Thingan (robes) were offered at the pagodasdedicated to the Lord Buddha and Kathina robes andalms were offered to members of Sangha.

Third Shwekyar Thingan offering ceremony toBuddha Padima Jade Buddha Image and 21st MahaPathana Recitation Ceremony was held in the cave ofUppatasanti Pagoda, here, this morning. Chairman ofNay Pyi Taw Council U Thein Nyunt, Deputy Ministerfor Religious Affairs Dr Maung Maung Htay, DeputyAttorney-General U Tun Tun Oo, departmental headsand religious associations of ministries were present atthe ceremony.

The congregation received Nine Percepts and re-spectfully heard Parittas recitated by members of Sangha.

The Nay Pyi Taw Council Chairman and officialsoffered alms to members of Sangha.

Uppatasanti Pagoda was packed with pilgrims whopaid homage to the Sacred Buddha Tooth Relic. A total of9000 oil lamps were offered to the Pagoda in the evening.

A total of 9000 oil lamps were offered to Datuçaya

Lighting festival and MathoeThingan offering ceremonies

held on Fullmoon Dayof Tazaungmon

Pagoda in Danatheikdi ward and Historic Koesu Pagodain Pyinmana Township in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area.

Lawka Mareinzein, Koekhangyi and LawkaYanhnein Pagodas in Pyinmana were also crammedwith merit-seekers who offered lights to the pagodas.

Yan Aung Myin (Shwe Let Hla) Pagoda in LeweTownship, Mogaung Pagoda and other pagodas inTatkon Township in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area werealso packed with those who made meritorious deeds.

The 27th Mathoe Thingan Offering Ceremony andLighting Festival were held in Shwedagon Pagodayesterday.

Winners in Mathoe Thingan weaving ceremonywere awarded that midnight and Mathoe Thingans wereoffered to the Buddha Images. Alm offering ceremonywas held this morning.

Shwekyar Thingan offering ceremony and riceoffering ceremony were held in Varadahta Datuçatiya

Sacred Tooth Relic Pagoda in Yangon. Members ofSangha consecrated Buddha Images.

The congregation received Nine Percepts fromChairman of State Sangha Maha Nayak CommitteePresiding Nayaka Sayadaw of Bhamo Monastery inMandalay Abhidhaja Maha Rahtta Guru AbhidhajaAgga Maha Saddhammajotika Dr BhaddantaKumarabhivamsa.

(See page 8)

Uppatasanti Pagoda packed with pilgrims on Fullmoon night of Tazaungmon.MNA

3rd Shwekyar robe offering ceremony and 21st Maha Pathana recitation ceremony in progress at the cave of Uppatasanti Pagoda.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 11 November, 2011

PERSPECTIVESFriday, 11 November, 2011

There is a saying that goes, “Time and tidewait for no man”. Time defines success in life.Struggling for self and family, all the humanbeings need duly manage every pricelessmoment.

To read text since earlier academic year isa student’s obligation. Exam will no more be aconcern. Student with the hunger for successmust handle time management. No one canswim twice in the same river.

Each of office staff, factory workers,businessmen and so on are tasked withresponsibilities obliged to perform withincertain time frame. Time wasters will bepunished with economic loss. They will miss thetarget and suffer the setback.

Pinning their hopes on hard work, eachperson is pursuing better lives all the time. Fora workaholic, 24 hours for a day are notenough. Time is such precious.

Every one has to cut down on wastes oftime. Books are unique partners to spend sparehours. One will have to bolster his/her moralewhile chasing the dream. Confronting theproblems is practical than living under a cloudhanging over. A stitch in time saves nine.

Competent time management will enableanyone to live a successful life and serve thecommunity and country at the very peak ofperformance.

Way to catch the tide

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Nov—Under the instructionsof Nay Pyi Taw Council and Fire ServicesDepartment (Head office), Nay Pyi Taw FireServices Department organized an educative talkson prevention against fire and fire-fightingdemonstration for hotels in Nay Pyi Taw HotelZone on 8 November, attended by Director U ThanKyaw Kyaw, Assistant-Director U Win Myint andmanagers of 16 hotels.

Director U Than Kyaw Kyaw delivered anaddress and Assistant-Director U Win Myint gavetalks on fire prevention.

Next, In-charge of No. 4 Fire Brigade andmembers demonstrated putting out of oil fire withchemical powder extinguishers and hotel staffparticipated in the demonstration.—MNA

Fire prevention educative talksgiven to hotels in Nay Pyi Taw

Monsoon paddy harvesting ceremony was held in Farmer U Win Maung'sfarm in Ingyingon village-tract in Mohnyin Township on 3 November.Mohnyin District Deputy Commissioner U Tin Maung Soe and officials

attended the ceremony.With the effective application of modern agriculturalmethods, Sinayekari-3 strain paddy yielded 135 baskets per acre compared

with its yield of 115 baskets per acre last year, according to U Htin Aung Zaw,manager of the Township Myanma Agriculture Service .—NLM.001

Enterprise India Show kicks off in Yangon

Opening ceremony of Enterprise India Show in progress.—MNA

Union Religious Affairs Minister receivesFrench Ambassador

YANGON, 10 Nov — Union Minister for ReligiousAffairs Thura U Myint Maung received FrenchAmbassador to Myanmar Mr. Thierry Mathou atthe Yangon branch of the ministry, here, thisevening.

Also present at the call were Deputy Director-

General U Aung Thein Nyunt of Department forPromotion and Propagation of the Sasana, ProRector (Admin) of International TheravadaBuddhist Missionary University Dr Thant Zin Naingand officials.

MNA

YANGON, 10 Nov —Jointly Organize byConfederation of IndiaIndustry (CII) andEmbassy of India, theopening of EnterpriseIndia Show 2011 tookplace at TatmadawConvention Hall, here,this morning.

Union Minister forAgriculture andIrrigation U MyintHlaing, Union Ministerfor Industry-1 and forIndustry-2 U Soe Thein,Union Minister forCommerce U Win Myint,Yangon Region ChiefMinister U Myint Swe,President ofConfederation of IndiaIndustry Mr. Shri SanjayKirlosker, IndianAmbassador toMyanmar Dr. VillurSundararajan Seshadriand Vice-President U

Zaw Min Win of theRepublic of the Union ofMyanmar Federation ofChambers of Commerceand Industry formallyopened the show, and theCII President and IndianAmbassador extendedgreetings.

In his address,Chairman of MyanmarInvestment CommissionUnion Minister U SoeThein invited Indianentrepreneurs to investin Myanmar wherereforms are being madeso as to be able to attractmore foreigninvestments andnecessary measurestaken to facilitateinvestment process.

Next, Union MinisterU Win Myint said that

the show will benefit bothcountries, encouragingbilateral cooperation inindustrial technology,pharmaceutical andmedical equipment andinformation technologyand boosting trade andinvestment between thetwo countries. Only whenincreased mutualfriendship andinvestment betweenMyanmar and Indianentrepreneurs, canbilateral economic co-operation be enhanced.

Then Unionministers and party

viewed Myanmar-Indiacultural performancesand products on display.

The show wasparticipated by more than60 companies displayingTata motors, variouskinds of machines andtools, farm equipment,steel products, foodstuff,pharmaceutical products,personal goods,educational services,consultancy, import andexport, information andcommunication techno-logy and tourism. Theshow will be held up to13 November.—MNA

UnionMinister for

ReligiousAffairsThura

U MyintMaungreceivesFrench

Ambassadorto MyanmarMr. Thierry

Mathou.MNA

Take Fire PreventiveMeasures

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 11 November, 2011 3

An Iraqipoliceman

walkspast acratercaused

by a carbomb

attack inBaghdad,

Iraqrecently.INTERNET

MEXICO CITY, 10 Nov—Police on Wednes-dayfound 7 bodies, includingsix men and a woman, innorthern Mexican state ofDurango where hundredsof victims had beenslaughtered in the ragingdrug violence.

The corpses wereunearthed in a playgroundin the town of El Pino, twodays after they went

ISLAMABAD, 10 Nov—Pakistan Police hasarrested six militants, and seized 25000 kilogrammeof explosives from a poultry farm in MandiBahauddin in Punjab Province.

The militants were preparing an explosive devicefor launching terror attacks in Lahore, Multan andFaisalabad, the Daily Times reports.

Two of them are expert in preparing suicidecars. These militants were being watched for thelast six months.

The militants belonged to Swat, Swabi, Mardan,Bhakhar, Dera Ismail Khan and Quetta in Pakistan.

InternetBAGHDAD, 10 Nov—

An Arab tribal leader waskilled and another civilianinjured Wednesday inseparate bomb attacks incentral Iraq, the police said.Sheikh Ali Shekhan al-Makadmi, an Arab triballeader, was killed when asticky bomb attached tohis car went off at a main

BEIJING, 10 Nov—Turkish media reportsstate that at least 7 people have been killed andmore than 50 trapped in the rubble of a hotelthat collapsed after an earthquake struck easternTurkey.

The 5.7-magnitude quake hit the Provinceof Van, more than two weeks after a 7.2-magnitude quake in the same region killedaround 600 people. More than a dozenbuildings, including at least one hotel, collapsedfollowing the Wednesday night temblor.

Reports said the buildings that collapsedwere damaged in the previous earthquake.Sky Turk Television said 11 people wererescued from the debris.—Xinhua

A Palestinian worker looks over a factorydamaged in Israeli air strike on an adjacent sitein Khan-Younis, southern Gaza Strip on 9 Nov,2011. Israeli war jets carried out an air strikeearly Wednesday on training site belongs to

Palestinian militants in retaliate to firinghomemade rockets into southern Israel.

XINHUA

Seven more bodies found amidMexico’s drug violence

One killed, another injured in centralIraqi violence

5.7-magnitude quake hitseastern Turkey, seven

killed

Six militants arrested with25000 kg of explosives in Pak’s

Punjab provinceRescue workers search for survivors at a collapsedbuilding in Van, eastern Turkey, on 9 Nov, 2011. At

least three people were killed when an earthquake hitTurkey’s eastern Van Province on Wednesday andscores more were trapped beneath rubble of hotels

and other buildings, state television reported.—XINHUA

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers inspect the site of a suicide attackin Herat recently. Suspected suicide attackers launched an assault near abase used by NATO-led forces in the western Afghan Province of Herat

on Thursday, authorities said.INTERNET

CAIRO, 10 Nov—An Egyptian gas pipeline supplying Israel and Jordan wasrocked by an explosion early Thursday morning, a security source told Xinhua.

The blast occurred around 100 am (2300 GMT Wednesday) in 45 km westof al-Arish, according to the source, who was in the northern Sinai peninsula town.There is another unexplained explosion near a pumping station in the same area.

The blasts took place in the Sahara desert region far from residential area, thusleaving no casualties, according to Xinhua correspondents there. Police havearrived at the scene and the nearby area was cordoned off.

The correspondents said before the blasts, witnesses had seen unidentifiedpeople arrived in two cars and planted the explosives.—Xinhua

Blast hits Egyptian gas pipeline to Israel,Jordan

road in the southern partof the city of Dujail, some60 km north of Baghdad,a local police source toldXinhua on condition ofanonymity.

Meanwhile, in theeastern Province of Diyala,gunmen planted a bombat the residence of a policeofficer in a town west of

the provincial capital Cityof Baquba, some 65 kmnortheast of Baghdad,wounding a member ofthe official’s family, asource from the provincialoperations command toldXinhua.

The targeted officerescaped the attackunharmed, and the Iraqi

security forces havelaunched an investigationinto the incident, the sourcesaid.

Also in the province,Iraqi security forces havecarried out searchoperations across theprovince over the past 24hours and arrested fiveterror suspects, includingtwo wanted individuals,and defused a roadsidebomb, the source added.

Violence remainscommon in Iraqi citiesdespite the dramaticdecrease since its peak in2006 and 2007 when thecountry was engulfed insectarian killings.

Xinhua

missing. The bodies werenaked and had beentortured before they werebeaten to death, police said.

A message from thekillers was left at the site,but police would not revealits content.

About 200 bodieswere found between Apriland May in mass graves inDurango, where two rivaldrug cartels vying for

control. Authorities beli-eved most of the victimswere kidnapped and killedby the cartels.

More than 40,000people have been killed indrug-related violence inMexico since PresidentFelipe Calderon launchedthe “war against organizedcrimes” in December2006.

Xinhua

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Scientists find big chink in malaria’s armourMOSCOW, 10 Nov–

Researchers said Wed-nesday they had dis-covered a unique micro-scopic channel throughwhich malaria parasitesmust pass to infect redblood cells, a finding thatopens up a highlypromising target for avaccine.

The doorway mecha-nism is common to all

HealthA photo showing red blood

cell is seen in Los Angeles in2007. Researchers saidWednesday they haddiscovered a unique

microscopic channel throughwhich malaria parasites mustpass to infect red blood cells,

a finding that opens up ahighly promising target for a

vaccine.—INTERNET

some 800,000 lives everyyear, mostly childrenunder five in sub-SaharanAfrica. Up to now,scientists assumed that Pfalciparum had severaloptions for piercing thedefences of blood cells.But in experiments, GavinWright of the WellcomeTrust Sanger Institute andthe study’s senior co-author and colleaguesshowed that intrusiondepends on the intera-ction between a specificmolecule on the parasite,called a ligand, and aspecific receptor on theblood cell.—Internet

known strains of thedeadliest mosquito-bornepathogen, Plasmodiumfalciparum, which meansthat a future vaccine couldin theory work against allof them, according to thestudy published in thejournal Nature.

The death toll frommalaria has declined by afifth over the last decade,but the disease still claims

BEIJING, 10 Nov—China’s imports surged inOctober as exports grew at their slowest rate inmonths, suggesting efforts to tilt the economytoward domestic demand may be offsetting theexternal weakness that has dragged on economicgrowth this year.

Customs figures showed import growth of28.7 percent year on year in October, well aheadof the 23.0 percent forecast and far in excess ofSeptember’s 20.9 percent growth rate. Headlinegrowth in exports meanwhile was its most sluggishin eight months, but strip out the traditionallyvolatile month of February and October’s growthof 15.9 percent was the slowest since November2009 when they shrank.—Reuters

China Octoberimports surge as exports wilt

A port worker holds a radio as he works at acontainer area at the Yangshan Deep Water

Port, south of Shanghai on 2 June, 2011.REUTERS

Business

New way found to detect awareness in“vegetative” patientsHealth

A pair of researchers from the University of Western Ontario, in London, Ont, hasfound that that electroencephalograms can help test for awareness.—INTERNET

Business

BEIJING, 10 Nov—Awareness in threevegetative patients weredetected in a portableelectrode test, a newstudy shows. If repli-cated, the method maychange standards intreating such patients. Thenew study, publishedonline in the journal TheLancet Wednesday, wasreported to be the first todetect signs of awarenessin patients living in theunresponsive statethrough more accessibleelectroencephalogram(EEG) machine.

The EEG is a portableand more affordabletechnique than MagneticResonance Imaging(MRI) scanner, but it is aseffective as the MRI todiagnose patients in the

vegetative state, accor-ding to the research teamled by Damian Cruse andAdrian M Owen of theUniversity of WesternOntario. In the researchtest, the team hooked 16previously determined tobe vegetative patients toEEG machines and gavesimple instructions tothem like moving theirfingers and toes.

The machines show

that the patterns in thepremotor cortex, the areaof the brain that plansand prepares move-ments, in three of 16patients were exactly thesame as those of healthyvolunteers.—Xinhua

LOS ANGELES, 10 Nov—USresearchers say a chemical marker thatbinds to plaque and tangle depositsindicates dementia may be linked tomajor depressive disorder in olderpeople. “This is the first study usingFDDNP to assess the abnormal proteinlevels in brains of older adults withsevere depression,” Dr Gary Small, theParlow-Solomon professor on aging atthe University California, Los Angeles,said in a statement. “The findingssuggest that the higher protein load incritical brain regions may contribute tothe development of severe depressionin late life.” Using the biomarker viewedthrough a positron emission tomographybrain scan, providing a “window into

Picture taken in 2005 inParis shows painkillers

medicine. Lethaloverdoses from

prescription painkillershave tripled in the past

decade and nowaccount for more

deaths than heroin andcocaine combined, UShealth authorities saidon Tuesday.—INTERNET

HealthDepression may be linked todementia later

the brain,” and pinpoint where in thebrain these abnormal protein depositsare accumulating, said Small, the study’ssenior author.

Researchers compared the FDDNPbrain scans of 20 older adults betweenages 60-82 who had been diagnosedwith major depressive disorder with thescans of 19 healthy controls of similarage, education and gender. The study,published in the journal Archives ofGeneral Psychiatry, found that inpatients with major depressive disorder,FDDNP binding was significantly higherthroughout the brain and in critical brainregions involved in decision-making,complex reasoning, memory andemotions.—Internet

Business

Nikkei tumbleson Italy debt

crisisTOKYO, 10 Nov—

Nikkei opened sharplylower Thursday, with thekey stock index fallingover 2 percent, asinvestors worry that thespike in the yield onItaly’s governmentbonds will worsen theeurozone debt crisis.

In the first 15 minutesof trading, the 225-issueNikkei Stock Averagefell 204.16 points, or 2.33percent, from Wednesdayto 8, 551.28. The broaderTopix index of all FirstSection issues on theTokyo Stock Exchangewas down 19.23 points,or 2.57 percent, to730.17.—Xinhua

BEIJING, 10 Nov—China’s stocks ended lowerat midday Thursday withthe benchmark ShanghaiComposite Index down 1.06percent, or 26.85 points, toclose the morning session at2,498.07. The ShenzhenComponent Index fell 0.90percent, or 95.28 points, toclose at 10,530.60.

Xinhua

Chineseshares closelower at middayThursday

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STOCKHOLM, 10 Nov—Assa Abloy AB, theworld’s leading lockgroup, said Tuesday it iscollaborating withResearch in Motion toinclude key-card techno-logy in upcoming Black-Berry models.

In a statement releasedTuesday, Assa Abloy saidthe technology, known asNear FieldCommunication, will beincorporated in smart-phones so they can replaceregular access cards.

It said the technology

BlackBerry to use key technology byAssa Abloy

will be included in theBlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 and BlackBerryCurve 9350/9360, whichwill be launched in early2012.

Users will be able toswipe their phones in frontof a door’s card reader togain access to a building.For increased security, thephone can be combinedwith a PIN number.

Assa Abloy is a leaderin mobile key technologyand its HID iClass systemalready exists in buildingsaround the world.

The head of AssaAbloy’s mobile keysdivision, Daniel Berg,said the phones will workwith existing door-opening systems and willmainly replace accesscards at offices, but canalso be used to open homeor garage doors.

There is also apossibility to develop theNFC technology in thephones so it can be usedfor time reports andpayments, Berg said.

In some countries, theNFC technology alreadyexists in cards that areused for payments or astickets in subwaysystems.

Berg said thetechnology built into theBlackBerries could alsowork for such applicationsin the future.

Internet

WASHINGTON, 10Nov—Strange, stranger,strangest! To the weirdnature of one of thesimplest chemical com-pounds—the stuff sofamiliar that even non-scientists know itschemical formula — addanother odd twist.Scientists are reporting thatgood old H2O, whenchilled below the freezingpoint, can shift into a newtype of liquid.

Pradeep Kumar andH Eugene Stanley explain

Water Scientists are

reporting that H2O,

when chilled below

the freezing point,

can shift into a new

type of liquid.

INTERNET

Weird world of water gets a little weirder

WASHINGTON, 10 Nov—An international team ofresearchers funded by NASA and the National ScienceFoundation (NSF) will travel next month to one ofAntarctica’s most active, remote and harsh spots todetermine how changes in the waters circulating underan active ice sheet are causing a glacier to accelerateand drain into the sea, the US space agency announcedWednesday.

The science expedition will be the most extensiveever deployed to Pine Island Glacier. It is the area of theice-covered continent that concerns scientists mostbecause of its potential to cause a rapid rise in sea level.Satellite measurements have shown this area is losingice and surrounding glaciers are thinning, raising thepossibility the ice could flow rapidly out to sea.

The multidisciplinary group of 13 scientists, led byRobert Bindschadler, emeritus glaciologist of NASA’sGoddard Space Flight Centre, will depart from the

TAIPEI, (China) 10Nov—Google Inc willcontinue to offer supportto firms using its Androidsystem that are involved

BEIJING, 10 Nov— The mystery of the leopard-spotted horses depicted in the Stone Age at a cave inFrance was deciphered — they did live alongsideancient humans, according to media reports Monday.

After comparing the DNA of modern horses andfossils of prehistoric horses, a group of scientists fromGermany and UK found the famous spotted horsescoexisted with their creators.

The finding was published in the journalProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesMonday.

The almost 25,000-year-old paintings, “TheDappled Horses of Pech-Merle”on the walls of thePech-Merle cave, remarkably look similar to a patternknown as “leopard” in modern horses such asAppaloosas, according to New York Times.

For a long time, they were regarded as fantasiesrather than real accurate portrayals.

“It was critical to ensure that the horse depictionsfrom the cave paintings were based on real-lifeexperiences rather than products of the imagination,”stated lead author Arne Ludwig from the LeibnizInstitute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin.

The finding can help figure out when horses weredomesticated, a critical moment in the development ofhuman societies, the study noted. In general,domesticated species exist in a far greater variety ofcolours than wild ones, so understanding color variationin fossil animals can help pinpoint the timing, accordingto the New York Times.—Xinhua

Int’l team to study massive Antarctic ice shelf

McMurdo Station in Antarctica in mid- December andspend six weeks on the ice shelf. During their stay, theywill use a combination of traditional tools andsophisticated new oceanographic instruments tomeasure the shape of the cavity underneath the ice shelfand determine how streams of warm ocean water enterit, move toward the very bottom of the glacier and meltits underbelly.—Xinhua

Ancient spotted horses notfantasies

Google offers support to Android firmsin lawsuits

in legal disputes, itsexecutive chairman EricSchmidt said onWednesday, as the Internetgiant looks to cement

alliances in the face oftoughening competition.

Schmidt, wrapping upa three-city Asian tour inTaipei, also threw an olivebranch to China, withwhom Google fell out overhacking and censorshipdisputes, saying thecompany “wanted to serveChina’s citizens within thelimits the governmentallowed.” “We tell ourpartners, including the oneshere in Taipei, we willsupport them. For examplewe have been supportingHTC in its dispute withApple because we think

that the Apple thing is notcorrect,” Schmidt toldreporters during his firstvisit to Taipei.

The support takes theform of informationsharing, industry expertiseand access to Google’spatents for licensing andlegal purposes, Schmidtsaid. Samsung ElectronicsCo, the world’s biggestmaker of mobile devicesusing Android, andTaiwanese smartphonemaker HTC Corp, are bothinvolved in patent disputeswith Apple Inc Someanalysts see the disputesas Apple’s way ofattacking the Androidsystem.—Reuters

that water is one weirdsubstance, exhibitingmore than 80 unusualproperties, by one count,including some thatscientists still struggle tounderstand.

In another strangeturn, scientists haveproposed that water cango from being one type ofliquid into another in a so-called “liquid-liquid”phase transition, but it isimpossible to test this withtoday’s laboratoryequipment because thesethings happen so fast.That’s why Kumar andStanley used computersimulations to check it out.

They found that whenthey chilled liquid waterin their simulation, itspropensity to conduct heatdecreases, as expected for

an ordinary liquid. But,when they lowered thetemperature to about 54degrees below zeroFahrenheit, the liquidwater started to conductheat even better in thesimulation. Their studiessuggest that below thistemperature, liquid waterundergoes sharp butcontinuous structuralchanges whereas the localstructure of liquidbecomes extremelyordered — very much likeice. These structuralchanges in liquid waterlead to increase of heatconduction at lowertemperatures.

The researchers saythat this surprising resultsupports the idea that waterhas a liquid-liquid phasetransition.—Internet

An Android smartphone displays the Google website inthis picture illustration in Seoul on 7 Sept, 2011.

REUTERS

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Science

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Visitors walk underwater to explore the GreatBarrier Reef off the coast of Queensland,

Australia.—INTERNET

Coal to overtake oil as top fuel in globalenergy mix by 2035

LONDON, 10 Nov—Coal use will overtake oilas the largest fuel in theglobal energy mix by2035, said the InternationalEnergy Agency (IEA)Wednesday in London.

In the newly publishedWorld Energy Outlook2011, the IEA believed coalhas met almost half of theincrease in global energydemand over the lastdecade. Whether this trendalters and how quickly isamong the most importantquestions for the future ofthe global energyeconomy. “Maintaining

Study says children withfat fathers at risk of

obesitySYDNEY, 10 Nov—

Children with fat fathersare more likely to beobese by age of eight ornine than those withhealthy weight fathers, anew study by researchersat Australia’s Universityof Newcastle found onThursday.

Researchers at theUniversity of Newcastlefound that children whohad an overweight orobese dad were fourtimes more likely tofollow in their father’sfootsteps than thosewith a dad in the healthyweight range.

They also found inthe study that onlyhaving an obese oroverweight mum in thefamily did not have the

same effect.Lead researcher

Emily Freeman said itwas still unknown whyoverweight dads hadsuch a significant effecton their children’sweights.

The researchersconducted their studyusing data collected from3000 Australian familiesbetween 2004 and 2008for a longitudinal study.

They looked at theweights of childrenwhen they were agedfour to five and thenagain when they turnedeight and nine years old.

According toFreeman, around 25percent of Australianchildren are overweightor obese.

She said helping fatdads lose weight couldmake a difference to theyoungsters.—Xinhua

Visitors view the temple of Bel at the Site ofPalmyra, 215 km northeast of Damascus,

capital of Syria, on 9 Nov, 2011. As a famouscity in the ancient Silk Road, Palmyra used to be

a trade centre linking the East and the West.Palmyra’s prosperity kept for more than 300

years, crowning itself as the Bride of the Desert.The Site of Palmyra, which covers an area of six

square kilometers, was listed as a WorldHeritage Site by the UNESCO in 1980.—XINHUA

current policies would seecoal use rise by a further 65percent by 2035,overtaking oil as the largestfuel in the global energymix,” the outlook reportsaid.

“The main market fortraded coal continues toshift from the Atlantic tothe Pacific, but the scaleand direction ofinternational trade flows arehighly uncertain,particularly after 2020. Itwould take only a relativelysmall shift in domesticdemand or supply forChina to become a net-

exporter of internationaltrade flows is highlyuncertain, particularly after2020,” the outlook said.

The outlook alsoexpected India’s coal usedoubles in the NewPolicies Scenario, so thatIndia displaces the UnitedStates as the world’ssecond-largest coal

consumer and becomesthe largest coal importer inthe 2020s.

The IEA is anorganization which worksto ensure reliable,affordable and cleanenergy for its 28 membersand publishes WorldEnergy Outlook everyyear.—Xinhua

China expresses concern overUS solar panel dumping probe

Sotheby’s yellow diamond tosell at record price

GENEVA, 10 Nov—Anexceptional yellowdiamond will be onauction at Sotheby’sGeneva Sale next Tuesdaywith an estimated price of11 to 15 million US dollars,the highest ever of its kind,the auction house said onWednesday. Weighing110.3 carats, “the Sun-Drop Diamond” is thelargest known pear-shaped fancy vivid yellowdiamond in the world.

In recent years,colored diamonds havecome forward on markets.

A model presents the Sun-Drop Diamond to meidaat a hotel in Geneva, Switzerland, on 9 Nov, 2011.

The Sun-Drop, a sensational fancy vivid yellowpear-shaped diamond weighing 110.03 carats and

known as the largest pear-shaped fancy vivid yellowdiamond in the world, will be auctioned on 15 Nov,

2011 by Sothby’s Geneva.—XINHUA

BEIJING, 10 Nov—TheMinistry of Commerce onThursday expressedconcern over the UnitedStates’ anti-dumping andanti-subsidy probe intoChinese exports of solarpanels.

Chinese people andenterprises are stronglydispleased with the US’sattempts to blame Chineseexports for its own sluggishdevelopment, said ShenDanyang, a spokesman forthe ministry, in a statementon the ministry’s website.

Shen warned in thestatement that the probecould damage energycooperation between the

two countries and impedethe progress of globalefforts to deal with climatechange.

The US CommerceDepartment said onWednesday that it willconduct an investigationto determine whetherChinese companies havebeen selling solar panels inthe United States at unfairdiscounts and receivingillegal governmentsubsidies. China retainsthe right to adoptcorresponding measureswithin the framework ofthe World TradeOrganization (WTO), Shensaid.—Xinhua

A Russian photographer captured the scenewhere a boy put his lips up to the glass and theorangutan mimicked his pose to kiss him back.

INTERNET

Last year, Sotheby’s hadsold a pink diamondnamed “Graff Pink” at 46million dollars, the highestprice ever achieved atauction for a diamond andany jewel. “Any diamondover 100 carats is rare, thatone of this colour is off thescale,” David Bennett,Chairman of Sotheby’sInternational JewelleryDivision Europe andMiddle East, told Xinhua.

The rough stone for“the Sun-Drop Diamond”was discovered last year inSouth Africa. It was cutand polished by the ownersand shortly after offeredfor sale. The Tuesday salewill also present a uniquesuite of imperial jewels,originally offered by theOttoman Sultan AbdulHamid II for the birth of thelast Khedive of Egypt andSudan in 1874.

These imperial jewelswere also believed to haveformed part of a gift fromEmpress Catherine I ofRussia to Sultan AhemedIII to end the Siege of Pruthin 1711.—Xinhua

China’s State Council approves plan tocurb greenhouse gas emission

BEIJING, 10 Nov—TheState Council, or China’sCabinet, on Wednesdayapproved a plan to containgreenhouse gas emissionsin a bid to realize a 17percent fall in C02emission per unit of GDPby 2015.

The plan was passedat a State Council regularmeeting presided over byPremier Wen Jiabao.

To realize the goal,China should activelydevelop and promote

low-carbon energy, whileaccelerating the establish-ment of a calculationsystem for greenhousegas emissions, said astatement released afterthe meeting.

Government institut-ions and social groups willbe asked to take initiativesto advocate a green,healthy lifestyle andeconomical consumption,according to the state-ment.

It also made clear the

exact indicators given tolocal governments inreducing carbon dioxideemission per unit of GDP.

Positively copingwith climate changeshould be regarded as animportant strategy forChina’s economic andsocial development, aswell as a great opportunityfor economicrestructuring andpromoting a newindustrial revolution, saidthe statement.—Xinhua

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Myanmar Flag hoisted at XXVI SEA GamesNAY PYI TAW, 10 Nov—The State Flag- hoisting

ceremony of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar,a participant country of the XXVI SEA Games, washeld at Governor Housing in Jakarta of Indonesiathis morning.

It was attended by deputy leader of Myanmarsports contingent U Kyaw Hsan Oo and members,the vice mayor of Jakarta and personnel, members ofthe Guard of Honour of flag-hoisting ceremony anddrum troupe.

The flag conveyance team carried the nationalflag which was then hoisted to the accompanimentof the national anthem of Myanmar.

The Vice Jakarta Mayor spoke on the occasionand handed over the mascot of the XXVI SEAGames to the deputy leader of the Myanmar sportscontingent.

Next, members of Myanmar sports contingentgreeted Jakarta Mayor Mr Fauzi Bowo and posed fordocumentary photos.

MNA

Union Mines Minister visits Myanma GemsEnterprise (Yangon Branch)

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Nov— Union Minister forMines U Thein Htaik on7 November visitedMyanma GemsEnterprise (YangonBranch) where One-stopService Centre will bekept open for easy andspeedy sales of valued-added polished jades.

On his arrival at thebase (Yangon) ofGeological Survey andMineral Exploration inNorth OkkalapaTownship, the Unionminister inspectedlaboratory experimentson minerals with the useof XRD (X-rayDiffractometer and XRF

(X-ray FluorescenceSpectrometer).

Then he observed abusiness producingvalued-added polishedjade products run by alocal entrepreneur onShwelinban industrialzone street in HlinethayaTownship.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10Nov—The second daysecond regular session ofFirst Ayeyawady RegionHluttaw continued todayat Region Hluttaw Office,attended by Region ChiefMinister U Thein Aung,Region Hluttaw Speaker

Ayeyawady Region and Rakhine StateHluttaw sessions continue

Thayay Sithu U HsanHsint and 69 Hluttawrepresentatives.

Fifteen questionswere raised and answeredat the session. SevenHluttaw representativesdiscussed the budgets ofthe region government

and the Hluttaw invitedrepresentatives to discuss100-day regionaldevelopment under-takings report of theregion government.

The fifth day secondregular session of firstRakhine State Hluttawcontinued today at StateHluttaw Office,attended by State ChiefMinister U Hla MaungTin, State HluttawSpeaker U Htein Lin and47 Hluttawrepresentatives.

Nineteen questionswere answered, twoproposals wereapproved and one newproposal was discussed.

MNA

The State Flag of Myanmar being hoisted

at the XXVI SEA Games.

MNA

The fifth day second regular session of Rakhine State Hluttaw inprogress.—MNA

Pathein Umbrella, marketable handicraft ofMyanmar

When we talk aboutPathein, what first comesinto our mind is Patheinumbrella. In fact, it is thetrademark of Pathein, thelargest city in AyeyawadyRegion. This cottageindustry was establishedin Pathein over a hundredyears ago.

In monarchial period,Pathein umbrella had beenthe royal article of thecourt. Especially, Patheinumbrellas lentgracefulness to damsels on

royal and religiousoccasion. There used tobe Pathein umbrella showsand competitions withhandsome-prize awards.Umbrellas of BandoolaU Tin and U Kyauk Lonehad won gold medals formost of the times.

Pathein umbrellaattracts not only localvisitors but foreigners tobuy as souvenir. Thepurely hand-madeproduction process is alsoan eye-catching scene that

foreigners usually captureit on films.

Pathein umbrellacannot be madeindividually. Separategroup functions for eachstep in making Patheinumbrella.

The main body of theumbrella is made of woodeither MaU Shwewa woodor Taungmayoe wood.The branch arms and thesupporting arms are madeof bamboo known asTharaphu bamboo.Shaping the bamboos witha knife looks simple butactually it requiresexcellent manual dexterity. The main body, thebranches are thenbounded together with thecloth as the second step.The cloth is then dyed.When the cloth is dried,

varnishing and polishingare done, and the umbrellasare kept in the sunlight fordrying. Finally, when allthe above steps are done,flowers patterns and otherattractive designs arepainted on the umbrella. Nowadays, inaddition to 2.5-inchdiameter Eindawyaumbrellas, the Patheinumbrella industry has

expanded its productrange to 6-ft diameterand 8-ft diameterparasol and smallumbrellas for use aslampshades. Now,Pathein umbrella hasbecome internationallymarketable Myanmartraditional handicrafts.

Translation: TKKMyanma Alin10-11-2011

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(from page 1)The congrega-

tion led by Yangon Re-gion Chief Minister UMyint Swe and wife DawKhin Thet Htay offeredrobes and alms to mem-bers of Sangha andshared merits.

The region chiefminister and personnelthen offered Shwekyarrobes to the Nine-MudraBuddha Image. Thedonation today made bythe Yangon Region gov-ernment, families of De-

Lighting festival andMathoe Thingan offeringceremonies…

tation of religious versesyesterday. In the evening,lights were offered to thepagoda with 500 candles.At Botahtaung Kyeik-daeuk Pagoda, the 29th

Mathoe Shwekyar-robeweaving competition washeld yesterday evening,participated by 15 teams.On the dawn of thismorning, Fullmoon Dayof Tazaungmon,Mathoe-robes wereoffered to the Buddhaimages and 9000 candleswere lighted this evening.

fence Services (Army,Navy, Air), regiongovernment depart-ments, and general ad-ministration departmentsin Yangon Regionamounted for 25.29 mil-lion kyats.

Likewise, Shwe-kyar-robe offering cere-mony was held in SulePagoda along with reci-

The 16th BuddhaPujaniya was held at Bud-dha Tooth Relic Pagoda(Yangon) this morning.Religious associations re-cited religious verses andoffered rice and other req-uisites to members ofSangha.

The Kaba AyePagoda in MayangonTownship held 14th

Shwekyar-robe offeringceremony this morning.15 religious associationsoffered lights to the pa-goda in the evening.Likewise, Mathoe-robeweaving competitionswere held yesterdayevening and Shwekyar-robe offering ceremony,Samannaphala DhammaPuja and light-offering

were held at LawkaChantha AbayalabaMuni Buddha Image,Shwe Phone Pwint Pa-

members of the Sanghaoffered Shwekyar-robes,alms, and water to MahaMuni Pagoda. In the

ous regions who offeredfruit, flowers, lights andShwekyar robes to LordBuddha.

goda, Kyaikkasan Pa-goda, Thanlyin Kyaik-khauk Pagoda.

In Mandalay,Yedaw Sayadaw and

morning, 22th Mathoe-robe offering ceremonywas held and lighting fes-tival was celebrated thisevening.

The first Kathina-robe offering ceremonyof Mandalay Region gov-ernment was held atMogaung Monastery inMandalay this morning.Maha Lawka YanhneinAungdawmu Pagoda,Sutaungya Pagoda,Sutaungpyae Pagoda,Mandalay Hill Kuthodaw,Sandamuni Pagoda,Shwekyimyin Pagoda andother pagodas in Manda-lay Region were packedwith pilgrims from vari-

M a t h o eShwekyar-robe offeringc e r e m o n y ,Samannaphala Pujaniyaand communal Kathina-robe offering ceremonywere held at pagodas andstupas nationwide.

On Tazaungdinefullmoon night,Tazaungdine illuminationswere right and left in urbanareas. The streets of variouswards were flooded withmerry-makers who enjoyNibban Zay (communalfestival of donation).

Some of the buslines offered free trans-portation in cities today.

MNA

Mathoe-robe weaving competition and Tazaungdine lighting festival held at Shwedagon Pagodaon Fullmoon Day of Tazaungmon.—MNA

Devotees offer light to Lord Buddha at Koesu Pagoda in Nay Pyi TawPyinmana.—MNA

21st Mathoe-robe weaving competition held at Shwe Phone Pwint Pagoda.

MNA

Devotees

offer light

to Lord

Buddha at

Uppatasanti

Pagoda

with 9000

candles.

MNA

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29th Mathoe Thingan Weaving Competition and Offering Ceremonyin progress at Botahtaung Kyaikdaeat HsandawU Pagoda.

(News on page 1).—MNA

YANGON, 10 Nov— Jointly organized byMyanmar Golf Federa-tion and Myanmar SeniorPGA, a qualifying com-petition for MyanmarSenior PGA Tourna-ments will be held at PunHlaing Golf Course, here,on 17-18 November.

Golfers wishing

Myanmar Senior PGA Golf qualifyingcompetition to hold on 17-18 Nov

to be senior professionalmembers who attainedthe age of 50 on 17 No-vember when (H’Cap 0-14) level men’s golf tour-naments will be heldacross the nation will beeligible to take part in thequalifying competition.Qualifiers will be allowedto participate in Myanmar

Senior PGA Tourna-ments.

Golfers who arewilling to compete in thecompetitions are to payan entrance fee of K20000 and call 0973130474, 09 2037671and 01 651374 to enlisttheir names not later than15 November. —MNA

Pilgrims throng Mahamuni Buddha Image on Fullmoon Day of Tazaungmon.(News on page 1)—MNA

Chairmanof Nay Pyi

TawCouncilU TheinNyuntoffers

Shwekyarrobe to

BuddhaImage in

the cave ofUppatasanti

Pagoda.(News onpage 1)

MNA

Ceremony to mark Fullmoon Day of Tazaungmon(Samaññaphala Day) in progress at Thiri Mingala Kaba Aye Pagoda.

(News on page 1)—MNA

Images ofmeritoriousdeeds being

performed atdifferent

religious siteson Fullmoon

Day ofTazaungmon

NAY PYI TAW, 10Nov— As a drive for re-habilitation of flood-hitareas in Pakokku Districtof Magway Region, 60houses have been builtup to date through col-laborative efforts of serv-icemen, police force

Tatmadawmen lends a hand torehabilitation tasks in flood-hit

Pakokku Districtmembers and depart-mental personnel.

The opening oftemporary bailey bridgewas held this morning atthe place of Shwe creekbridge which was de-stroyed by floods inPakokku. Bridge Special

Group (13) of PublicWorks started construc-tion of the bridge on 22October. It is a one-waybailey bridge and canwithstand 13 tons ofloads. The bridge has thelength of 340 feet.

MNA Vehicles pass over Shwe creek bridge.—MNA

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AMMAN, 10 Nov—Investigation is underwayto decide the cause of afire that erupted in anEgyptian ferry with over1, 200 passengers in theRed Sea, the shipownerArab Bridge MaritimeCompany said hereWednesday.

The ferry carrying1,230 passengers caughtfire on 3 Nov about 15

MELBOURNE, 10 Nov—A series ofwild storms on Wednesday swept acrossAustralia’s state of Victoria, damaginghomes, brought down trees and causedflash flooding.

On Wednesday night, the Bureauof Meteorology issued an updatedsevere thunderstorm warning for theMelbourne metropolitan area, warningthat “destructive winds, very heavyrainfall, flash flooding and largehailstones are likely.”

Melbourne’s southeast has bornethe brunt of the storms with East Bentleighreceiving 23 millimeters of rain in justsix minutes. Frankston received about30mm of rain within an hour, whilemore than 10mm fell in South Oakleigh.The bureau has also reported hailstones

JERUSALEM, 10 Nov—A Boeing 777 fromContinental Airlinescarrier landed safely atthe Ben GurionInternational airport in TelAviv Wednesdaymorning, after alerting theairport authorities ofsmoke in the cockpit,local media reported.

None of the 280passengers on board werehurt, as the police forces,firefighters and MagenDavid Adom emergencyservices have rushed tothe scene.

Officials of the BenGurion airport were notimmediately available forcomments.

Xinhua

LUSAKA, 10 Nov— Zambia has seen a rise in roadaccidents in the third quarter of the year, comparedwith the second quarter, a statement released onWednesday by the country’s road agency.

Road traffic accidents rose to 5, 975 in the thirdquarter of 2011 from 5, 204 in the second quarter,the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA), saidin the statement. According to the statement, theaccidents resulted in the deaths of 450 people, upfrom the toll of 399 in the second quarter.

Mercy Khozi, the road agency’s principalpublicity officer, said human factor was to blame forthe accidents, adding that the crashes were preventableif motorists could begin to adhere to the basicprincipals of driving on public roads. Drivers, shesaid, were being tempted to over-speed on roadswhich have been rehabilitated.—Xinhua

Investigation begins in Red Sea ferry fire

Severe storms cause havoc in Victoriaof Australia

Visitors standing atStanwell Park as they

look out over thestunning coastline of theIllawarra region south

of Sydney in Australia’sNew South Wales state.

Australia’s ailingtourism industry on

Thursday warned it wasin crisis, with a nine percent slump in arrivals inSeptember due to globaleconomic woes and no

relief in sight.INTERNET

Two US naval soldiers stand next to a fighterplane on board US aircraft carrier USS GeorgeWashington in Hong Kong, south China, on 9Nov, 2011. The US nuclear powered aircraft

carrier USS George Washington pulled in HongKong waters on Wednesday to get replenishmentupon her second portal call to the city.—XINHUA

ContinentalAirlines flight

makesemergencylanding at

Israeli airport

Zambia records rise in roadaccidents in third quarter

Chinese and European delegates attend a Press conference of theChina-Europe High-Level Political Party Forum in Brussels, on 9 Nov,

2011. The three-day forum closed here on Wednesday. XINHUA

of up to 3cm in Ballarat, east of theMelbourne city. According to the StateEmergency Service (SES), around 500volunteers are working throughWednesday night trying to answer morethan 800 calls for help.

SES said most of the calls are relatedto flash flooding, and there were alsoaround 200 reports of damage tobuildings caused by hailstones and heavyrainfall. It said there were 150 reports offallen trees, many in towns northwest ofMelbourne including Castlemaine,Woodend and Maryborough, while inWodonga, a number of houses had theirroofs ripped off, making two of themuninhabitable. About 13,000 homes arewithout power across the state.

Xinhuanautical miles from theJordanian Red Sea port ofAqaba.

All the passengers andcrew onboard the ferrywere rescued, expect anEgyptian who drownedafter jumping into waterfrom the burning boat.

A total of 27 otherswere injured as a result ofthe fire.

The boat was heading

from the Jordanian port ofAqaba to the Egyptian portof Nuwaiba and thepassengers were mostlyEgyptian expatriateworkers returning homefor the Muslim feast Eidal-Adha.

“The boat sank at 800metres deep in theinternational waterbetween Jordan and Egypton Nov 8,” Hussein Soub,director general of the ArabBridge MaritimeCompany, said at a Pressconference Wednes-day.—Xinhua

LONDON, 10 Nov—Asurprise search of a jail inthe Mexican resort City ofAcapulco revealed twopeacocks, 100 fightingcocks, 19 prostitutes, 100plasma TVs and two sacksfilled with marijuana,authorities said Tuesday.

According to Arturo

Peacocks, prostitutes and marijuana foundin Mexican prison

Exhibits are seen at the Art& Antique Hofburg Vienna2011 in Vienna, Austria, on

9 Nov, 2011. The fairdisplaying paintings, photos,

furniture and jewelry andwatches from different

epochs, was held here from 5to 13 Nov for the 43rd

times.—XINHUA

Martinez, spokesman forfederal anti-drugoperations in the westernstate of Guerrero, therevelation came when 500federal officers preparedto transfer some 60inmates to maximum-security prisons overnightfrom the cell in the Mexican

resort City of Acapulco.Police also found sixfemale prisoners in themen’s section of the jail,as well as sharp weapons,two peacocks, and luxuryitems such as plasma TVs.

“We’re investigatingthe probable culprits,” theTelegraph quoted Mar-tinez as saying. GuerreroState, where Acapulco islocated, is said to have thethird highest rate ofmurders in Mexico afterthe northern border statesof Chihuahua and NuevoLeon. Mexican newspaperReforma tallied 1,348murders till Sept 2011 inGuerrero.—Internet

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Black-headed gulls (larus ridibundus) are seen in the Cuihu Park incentral Kunming City, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, on

9 Nov, 2011. Tens of thousands of black-headed gulls fly to Kunmingfrom Siberia to spend the winter each year since 1985.—XINHUA

Rescue work ends in mudslide-hitColombia, 48 dead

BOGOTA. 10 Nov—The rescue work forvictims of the massivemudslide in Colombia’scentral City Manizaleshas ended, with 48 peopledead and 12 rescued, localauthorities said Wed-nesday.

Manizales FirefighterLieutenant Jorge IvanQuintero said the rescuework was terminated afterthe last four people whowere earlier reportedmissing contacted theirfamilies from outside thecity.

“The bodies of 48dead were recovered, ofwhich 25 were womenand 23 were men. Webelieve that all the peoplewho were reported asmissing were rescued ortheir bodies recovered,”Quintero said.

The ColombianGeneral Attorney’s officelaunched an investigationTuesday to find outwhether someone was tobe held partiallyresponsible for the

mudslide in a populousneighbourhood in Man-izales.

Carlos Ivan Marquez,risk management directorof the Interior Ministry,said that since the end ofOctober, the highest-levelalert has been declared inseveral areas ofManizales. Marquez saidthey were checkingwhether the evacuationprocedures had beenfulfilled.

Xinhua

A machine unloads coal at Jiangsu GuoxinYangzhou Power Plant Ltd in Yangzhou, east

China’s Jiangsu Province, on 9 Nov, 2011. Aspower demand grows in the cold weather, thepower plant picked up its pace of storing coal

recently.—XINHUA

Heavy fog to blanket central and eastern ChinaBEIJING, 10 Nov—Heavy fog will blanket China’s

central and eastern regions on Thursday morning, theNational Meteorological Centre said, warning ofincreased traffic risks on roads and docks, as well asat airports.

The country’s top meteorological authority issueda blue alert Thursday morning, the lowest alert inChina’s four-level fog alert system, urging people infog-affected areas to be aware of worsened air quality.

Fog and haze will decrease visibility to less than1,000 metres in some parts of Hebei, Shandong,Henan, Anhui, Hunan and Guizhou Provinces, as

well as Chongqing municipality, the centre said,urging drivers to drive slower to ensure their safety.

Meanwhile, a cold front will sweep north Chinaover the next three days. Temperatures in some partsof the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, north andnortheastern China will drop by as much as 12degrees Celsius, with some areas experiencing strongwinds as well, the centre said.

Moderate rainfall is expected to hit the country’ssoutheast coast over the next three days, while westTaipei will see rainstorms, the centre said.

Xinhua

Thai flood damages could hit33 bln US dollars

BANGKOK, 10 Nov—Damage to property andasset from the worst floodsin over five decadesranges between 23 billionand 33 billion US dollars,according to the latestestimate by the Universityof the Thai Chamber ofCommerce (UTCC).

The floods have hadthe greatest impact on theThai economy since the1997 financial crisis, saidThanavath Phonvichai,director of the UTCC’sEconomic and BusinessForecasting Centre,Bangkok Post dailyreported on Wednesday.

The centre forecastup to 300,000 peoplewould be unemployedbecause of businessdisruption and as manyas 700,000 temporarilyjobless.

He said the economywould slow downthrough the first quarternext year and it wouldtake until April beforeexports returned tonormal.

The country’s worstfloods has claimed morethan 500 lives andaffected about 10 millionpeople since mid July.

Xinhua

Vehicles drive on a flooded road in Bueng KumDistrict of Bangkok, Thailand, on 9 Nov, 2011.

XINHUA

At least 43trapped incoal minegas leak inSW China

KUNMING, 10 Nov—Acoal mine gas leak left atleast 43 people trappedunderground in southwestChina’s Yunnan ProvinceThursday, localauthorities said.

The accident tookplace at about 6:25 am atthe Sizhuang Coal Minein Shizong County,Qujing City, the YunnanProvincial EmergencyResponse Office annou-nced in a statement.

A rescue operationhas been launched, thestatement said.

The Qujing municipalgovernment had earlierreferred to the accident asa “gas explosion.”

The exact number ofminers working under-ground is still beingchecked.

Xinhua

Students from No 22 Primary School of Yinchuan take part in the

fire escape competition, in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China’s

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on 9 Nov, 2011. Different

activities were organized on 9 Nov, the National Fire Fighting

Publicizing Day, to teach students self rescue skills.

XINHUA

Traffic collisions leave five dead,three injured in east China

HANGZHOU, 10 Nov—Three traffic collisionskilled five people andinjured three others in eastChina’s Zhejiang Provinceearly Thursday, local policesaid.

The accidents, all of

which took place around12:30 am on an expresswaynear the city of Wenzhou,involved a mini-bus, twotrailer trucks and two heavytrucks, a Wenzhou policespokesman said.

The accidents caused

a traffic jam on theexpressway, the spoke-sman said.

Continuous rainyweather in the City waspartly to blame for theaccidents, he said.

Xinhua

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dents were forced to move out in 2009when the building was condemned asstructurally unsound. Since then, theproject has been the centre of a legalbattle between the owners and buildersand the flats have remained empty.

Apartment owner Judy Anderson toldthe New Zealand Herald: 'This is justbeyond our imagining. They even tookthe kitchen sinks — 32 of them.

'The hideous situation the ownersface- they have lost income from thebuilding, some have to leave their ownhomes.

And they have had this last little bit ofmoney taken out of the building whichwas going to fund the demolition.' Fourpeople have now been charged withburglary after they were discovered bypolice in one of the apartments.

Internet

Why sound of fingernailscratching blackboard is

disturbing?BEIJING, 10 Nov — Just

imaging the scratchy andscreechy sound made byfingernails running downa blackboard is annoying.Now scientists have foundthe reason why it has sucheffect. The shape of innerear is to blame — humanear canals amplify the highpitches of the sound, mak-ing them disturbinglylouder to ears, explainedresearchers from the Uni-versity of Cologne in Ger-many reported by CBS.

The frequency of theannoying sound rangesbetween 2,000 Hz and4,000 Hz, where humanears are most sensitive,suggested Michael Oehler,one of the researchers.

Internet

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV PLATINUM JADE VOY NO (PJ/V07/11)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV PLATINUMJADE VOY NO (PJ/V07/11) are hereby notified thatthe vessel has arrived on 11.11.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W(1) where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S HUB SHIPPING SDNBHD

Phone No: 256919/256916/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV AQUILA COLLEAGUE VOY NO (11828)Consignees of cargo carried on MV AQUILA

COLLEAGUE VOY NO (11828) are hereby notifiedthat the vessel has arrived on 11.11.2011 and cargo willbe discharged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S MARTRADE GULFLOGISTICS FZCO

Phone No: 256919/256916/256921

Burglars strip apartment block and make offwith everything (including 32 kitchen sinks)

The 32 units of the Pepperwood Mewsapartment complex were emptied of alltheir fixtures and fittings.— INTERNET

Ripped-out and ripped off: The theft isanother blow to apartment owners whohad already been forced out of thebuilding after it was declared unsound. INTERNET

WELLINGTON, 10 Nov — Brazenthieves got away with £250,000worth of fittings from an abandonedhousing estate - after posing as builderscarrying out demolition work on theproject.

The gang, wearing hard hats andhigh-visibility vests, parked a lorry inthe driveway of Pepperwood Mews inKelston, Auckland, New Zealand, be-fore erecting a safety fence around thebuilding.

They then marched in and helpedthemselves to fixtures and fittings in the32-apartment complex, taking outkitchen sinks, doors and windows, car-peting and even wiring.

The £6million apartment block wasbuilt in 2004 under a Housing NewZealand Corporation contract. But resi-

Old phone box may be lifesaver

Girl Guide HeatherMunro came up withthe idea of kitting outan old phone box with

life-saving equip-ment.—INTERNET

LONDON , 10 Nov— Anold phone box has beenkitted out with life-savingequipment to treat heartattack victims. The tradi-tional red kiosk inGlendaruel, Argyll, has adefibrillator machinewhich tells the user how togive treatment with step-by-step instructions. Themachine analyses the

victim to determine if theyare having a heart attackand, if required, delivers apowerful but controlledelectric shock to restorenormal heartbeat.

The equipment, paid forby BT, is kept in a high-visibility steel cabinet andcan be opened with in-structions from the Scot-tish Ambulance Service bycalling 999. It is the firstphone box of its kind inScotland and one of onlyfive in the UK, createdunder BT's Adopt A Ki-osk scheme. Local GirlGuide Heather Munro, 16,came up with the idea dur-ing a competition held by1st Glendaruel Guides tofind the best use for thephone box. The group hadjust gained first aid certifi-cates with the British RedCross.—Internet

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LONDON, 10 Nov—Singer Shakira has beenhonoured with a star onthe Hollywood Walk ofFame. The pop star wasrecognized as “the highest-selling Colombian artist ofall time”. She unveiled the2,354th star Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES, 10Nov—Singer JenniferLopez says she haslearned to appreciate herachievements instead oflooking at her failuresand feeling bad about it.

“I think I’ve learnedin the past year or twothat I can stand on myown two feet, and to givemyself credit for that. Toreally give myself a littlebit of love, instead ofalways beating myself

MELBOURNE, 10 NOV—Director Brett Ratner has resigned from his positionas a producer of the Oscars after he made an offensive homophobic remark.

Ratner was signed on to save the Oscar awards from the poor run they’vebeen having in ratings recently and had already hired Eddie Murphy as the host.

At a screening of his latest film, the Tower Heist, he made a homophobicslur while talking about rehearsals.

“Rehearsal is for f*gs,” news.com.au quoted him as saying.Ratner later apologised calling them a ‘dumb way’ of expressing himself.“(He) did the right thing for the Academy and for himself,” Academy

Awards president Tom Sherak said while referring to the resignation.—Internet

LONDON, 10 Nov—Veteran actress Dame JudiDench has been honouredwith a lifetime achievementaward by the Harper’sBazaar magazine. HelenaBonham Carter was giventhe role model of the yearaward and singer Jessie Jwon the breakthrough of theyear award, daily-star.co.ukreported.

Supermodels NaomiCampbell, Helena Chris-tensen, Eva Herzigova,Yasmin Le Bon and CindyCrawford collectivelywere awarded the fashionicons of the year. Bossesat the magazine also

LONDON, 10 Nov—British comedian Ricky Gervais does not see any pointin getting married. The 50-year-old has been with partner Jane Fallon foralmost 30 years but says they have no intention to tie the knot because theyare happy as they are, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“I don’t see the point. We are married in everything but the ceremony. Weshare everything and everything is in both names. We’ve lived together for 29years, how are we not married except in the eyes of God?” he asked.

“It’s just irrelevant. Our marriage has lasted longer than most marriages,”he added.

Internet

Brett Ratner quits as Oscar producer afteroffensive gay remarks

Director Brett Ratner

Judi Dench receives lifetimeachievement award

Veteran actress DameJudi Dench

honoured Sarah Burton,creative director of fashionbrand Alexander Mc-Queen, as the designer ofthe year for creating

Duchess of CambridgeKate Middleton’s iconicwedding dress.—Internet

Shakira receives star on WalkOf Fame

Singer Shakira

However, this is notall. Shakira will alsobe celebrating a specialdinner Wednesday, whenshe would be named therecipient of the LatinRecording AcademyPerson of the Yearaward, reports contact-music.com. She willreceive the accolade forher career achievementsand her charity work withher educational organiza-tion—The BarefootFoundation.—Internet

Jennifer Lopez learns to stand up for herself

Singer Jennifer Lopez

Ricky Gervais doesn’t believe in marriage

British comedianRicky Gervais

up for what I didn’t do orhow I could have donesomething better,”accessholly-wood.comquoted her as saying.“Just take a minute toappreciate the things thatI have accomplished.

I’m getting better atit, I think,” she added.However, the 42-year-old star, who split fromhusband Marc Anthonyafter seven years ofmarriage, admitted when

times get tough, shetakes inspiration fromstrong women in her life.

“It’s the women.Through the ups and thenot so ups, that’s the onething that got me through.My grandmother, whotaught me to cook andnot be afraid to serve andbe humble. And to goout looking nice becausepeople like that and thenthey respect you,” shesaid.—Internet

Ziona Chana, a 66-year-old Indian man who has 39 wives, 94 childrenand 33 grandchildren, is probably the head of the world’s biggest

family.

The owner of anantique, pearl-handledColt .45, stolen in Floridaand missing for more thana decade says he hasgotten the heirloom gunback.

Kent Van Riper ofTexas said his nickel-plated, single-actionrevolver was in his carwhen both were stolen in1997 as he and his familywere travelling throughJacksonville, Fla, The(Jacksonville) Florida

Authorities in Floridasay a woman threatenedto blow up planes whenpolice refused to help herwith her husband’s workschedule. Lee CountyPort Authority Police saidSoraya Evette Billinge,36, called from hercellphone and told thedispatcher she was upset

Stolen antique Colt .45 returned

Wife threatened to blow up planes

Times-Union reported.The pistol had been

given to Van Riper’sgreat-grandfather, JamesM. Van Riper, in 1901when he was appointedthe first chief of the SanAntonio Police Depart-ment, the newspaper saidFriday.

In December, afterofficials received a tip twopeople were attemptingto sell the antiquerevolver, agents with theBureau of Alcohol,

Tobacco, Firearms andExplos-ives met withVyctor Ramone Lockett,33, of Jacksonville andJamie Ann Knight, 35,of St Augustine in arestaurant parking lot.

The gun wasrecovered, and the pairwere subsequentlyarrested and convicted.The gun, no longerneeded as evidence, wasreturned to Van RiperWednesday.

Police in Michigan said they captured a 6-foot alligator reported roaming neara church. The Blackman-Leoni Township public safety department said officersresponded about 11:35 am Monday to a call about an alligator wandering nearPathway Community Church in Jackson, the Jackson Citizen-Patriot reportedTuesday. Officers captured the alligator with a noose and duct-taped its mouth shutwith the help of a passerby who said he has experience owning alligators.

Public safety Deputy Director Jon Johnston said the alligator would be takento a sanctuary in Athens, Mich. “With the size of the alligator and its good health,zoo officials estimate that it probably was just recently released into the wild,”Johnston said. “With freezing temperatures coming, the alligator would not havebeen able to survive long.”

6-foot alligator caught in Michigan

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about her husbandworking nights becauseshe doesn’t like beinghome alone, Fort Myers’WBBH-TV reportedTuesday. A transcript of arecording of her phoneconversation with thedispatcher indicated shesaid her husband worksfor Delta Airlines at the

airport. Billinge becameupset when the dispatchertold her police could nothelp with her problem,police said. “OK I blowup, I blow up 10 planes,”she allegedly said beforehanging up the phone.

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Slivenko beats Chinese teen towin at Worlds

Arsenal achieves AdvancedEquality Standard

Suarez says we can improve

Welbeck hails CleverleyDjokovic, Murray reachParis Masters 3rd round

Balotelli says I am not mad anddon’t miss Serie A

Luis Suarez believesLiverpool can still get

even better.

LIVERPOOL, 10 Nov —Liverpool striker LuisSuarez insists there isgreater improvement tocome from both him andthe rest of the team. TheUruguay international hasbeen the stand-out per-former since he wassigned in January just afew weeks after KennyDalglish returned for asecond spell in charge atthe club. Suarez is the Reds'leading scorer this seasonwith seven goals in 14matches, with his overallrecord 11 in 27 since his£22.8m move from Ajaxat the start of the year.

That tally could easilyhave been more as in hislast two home matches

the 24-year-old has hadshots brilliantly savedfrom Norwich's JohnRuddy and Swansea'sMichel Vorm which mighthave been match-winners.The fact neither were hasmeant Liverpool havenow had three successivehome draws and taken 10points from six homeleague matches.

Internet

Danny Welbeck is abig admirer of Unitedteam-mate Cleverley.

Tom Cleverley hasbeen tipped to make itto the top of the game.

MANCHESTER, 10 Nov— Danny Welbeck sayshis Manchester Unitedteam-mate Tom Cleverleycan develop into a world-class player.

Despite some injurysetbacks, midfielderCleverley has made a bigimpression for United thisterm after returning fromlast season's loan spell atWigan and has been calledup to Fabio Capello's sen-ior England squad.

The 22-year-old is not

involved with the nationalsquad preparing for Sat-urday's friendly withSpain due to an ankleproblem, but Welbeck is,having also brokenthrough at that level inrecent months. The strikeris another United playerto have caught the eyefollowing a loan spellelsewhere, notching fivegoals for the Red Devilsthis campaign after spend-ing 2010-11 with Sunder-land.

Internet

Arsenal has becomethe first club to receiveKick It Out's Advanced

Level of the EqualityStandard.

LONDON, 10 Nov —Arsenal has become thefirst club to receive KickIt Out's Advanced Levelof the Equality Standard.The standard supports thedevelopment of equalityand diversity practice atprofessional clubs in theUK.

Arsenal has receivedthe honour from football'sequality and inclusioncampaign after providingdetailed evidence on whatit is doing to promotediversity and equality. Itincludes work in the com-munity, engagement withfans and the developmentof club policies andprocesses to create equalopportunities for all.

The award was handedover by Lord HermanOuseley, Chair of Kick ItOut at an event at Emir-ates Stadium earlier thisweek which saw a numberof equality and diversitygroups and members ofthe football family cometogether.

Internet

Mario Balotelli

MILAN, 10 Nov —Mario Balotelli is not madand does not miss playingin Serie A, the eccentricItaly and Manchester Cityforward said on Wednes-day. The temperamental21-year-old instead said heconsidered himself to beentertaining and ready totake on responsibility. “I’mnot mad as some peoplesay, although sometimesI’m entertaining,” he toldreporters at Italy’s trainingcamp. I’m ready to take onresponsibility, even if peo-ple think I’m not.

“They seem to talkmore about my private lifethan about what I do on thepitch,” he added. That’snormal but it bothers me. IfI didn’t do what I do, Iwould be boring, but I’mnot mad, not all.” Thevolatile striker picked upmultiple red and yellowcards last season andhoned a “bad boy” reputa-tion off the field, letting offfireworks from the balconyof his city-centre flat,suffering a grass allergy inthe middle of a match anddrawing publicity forwearing a bizarre hatshaped like a glove.Balotelli, who has madefive appearances for Italyand has yet to score for hiscountry, said it was time todo himself justice atinternational level.

Internet

Novak Djokovic ofSerbia.

Andy Murray fromGreat Britain

PARIS, 10 Nov —Novak Djokovic dis-missed Ivan Dodig ofCroatia 6-4, 6-3 in theParis Masters secondround on Wednesdayshowing no signs of theshoulder injury that both-ered him last weekend atthe Swiss Indoors.

The top-ranked Serbhad complained of shoul-der pains in his semifinalloss to Kei Nishikori inBasel.

But he said he was

fine after practice onTuesday.

“I took the necessarymeasures in the last cou-ple of days in order torecover (and) play in thistournament,” Djokovicsaid.

“I’m feeling good onthe court and that’s whatmatters.”

Internet

Adam ScottS P O R T S

Russian weightlifterOxana Slivenko beat

Chinese teenager XiangYanmei to win her thirdtitle in the women's 69kilograms at the World

Championships onWednesday.—XINHUA

PARIS, 10 Nov — Rus-sian weightlifter OxanaSlivenko beat Chineseteenager Xiang Yanmeito win her third title in thewomen's 69 kilogrammesat the World Champion-ships on Wednesday.Slivenko won the goldwith an aggregated 266kg, 118 in snatch and 148in clean and jerk. HerRussian teammateTatiana Mat-veevafinished third with 253 kg.

The 19-year-oldXiang, who came to Parisat the absence of two-timeOlympic champion LiuChunhong, failed in herfinal clean-and-jerk effort

to lift 151 kg, and had tosettle for the silver with atotal of 264 kg.

"The reason for my lossis I was not good enough,"said Xiang. "I am stillyoung, and I am improv-ing myself. From this com-petition, I could see thatSlivenko is a little betterthan me, so I am sure Icould beat her in the fu-ture," she said.—Xinhua

Scott has Australian Openalbatross on par-5 8th

Adam Scott

SYDNEY, 10 Nov —Adam Scott holed outwith his second shot onthe par-5 eighth holeThursday for an albatrossduring the first round ofthe Australian Open.Scott’s shot on the 557-yard hole bounced a fewfeet in front of the pin androlled in, reminiscent of ashot the Australian madefor eagle on the 18th holeat the HSBC Champions

last Saturday in Shanghai,China. The albatrossThursday turned aroundhis 1-over start to put himat 2-under 33 through nineholes.— Internet

Iniesta strike gives Barcelona 1-0 win in King’s Cup

Royal Melbourne hit byrainstorms, bunkers damaged

MELBOURNE, 10 Nov — Storms the past two nightshave damaged some of the bunkers at Royal Mel-bourne, the site of the Presidents Cup next week.Nearly three inches of rain has fallen at RoyalMelbourne, although course superintendent RichardForsyth said on Thursday that large hail that hit thesurrounding area missed the venue.

He said the hail could have caused seriousdamage to greens, but that the rain “will help set upthe course nicely.”

While some bunker faces were damaged, Forsythsaid “we’ve got a large crew here and we’ll be ableto get them repaired.”

The United States will face an International team17-20 November on a composite course at RoyalMelbourne, where the International team earned itsonly win in eight previous tournaments in 1998.

Internet

MADRID, 10 Nov —Andres Iniesta scored theonly goal to help Barce-lona beat third-tier club CDL'Hospitalet in the first legof their Spanish King's Cuplast 32 clash on Wednes-day. The reigning Euro-pean champions had to do

without several first-teamregulars due to internationalcall-ups, but coach PepGuardiola was still able tosend on a strong startingline-up containing the likesof Carles Puyol, XaviHernandez, Cesc Fabregas,David Villa and Iniesta.

The sole goal came inthe last minutes of the firsthalf when Iniesta beatgoalkeeper Jose Moragonwith a superb strike fromjust outside the area.

Internet

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MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(11-11-2011) (Friday)

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MSTOverseas Transmission - (11-11-11 09:30 am ~ 12-11-11 09:30 am) MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* The 4th Conveyance of Buddha's Sacred

Tooth Relic to Myanmar* News* Tapestry; A Genuine Myanmar Handicraft* Equality for a Better Future* News* Record Album* Monastery Shwe In-Pin Kyaung

* News* Ngapali, Unique Spot To RelaxOversea Transmission* Opening* News* Pyin Oo Lwin Sweater* News* Tapestry; A Genuine Myanmar Handicraft* Equality for a Better Future* News* Record Album* Monastery Shwe In-Pin Kyaung

* News* Ngapali, Unique Spot To Relax* News* Today's Efficient Youth ( OBF student )* The Fantastic Dream Wedding World 2011* News* Music Gallery* News* Myanmar Amazing Expo' 2011* News* Kambozathadi: Palace of Conquerors* News* Me N My Travel "Pyin Oo Lwin"* Mazali Salad & Vermicelli Soup* Myanmar Movie “Miss Arrogan”

Weather forecast for 11th November, 2011

7:00 am 1. Paritta by Hilly

Region Missionary

Sayadaw

-Uppatasanti Paritta

7:30 am 2. Moring News

7:40 am 3. Dhamma Puja Song

8:00 am 4. Nice & Sweet Song8:10 am 5. Health Programme8:20 am 6. The Mirror Images of

The Musical Oldies8:30 am 7. Teleplay (Traffic)8:40 am 8. International News8:45 am 9. Musical Programme4:00 pm 1. Martial Song4:05 pm 2. Dance Of National

Races4:15 pm 3. Myanmar

Traditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions

4:30 pm

4. Songs Of Yester

Years

4:40 pm

5. University of

Distance

Education

(TV Lectures)

- Third Year

(Economic)

4:55 pm

6. Songs for

Upholding

National Spirit

5:05 pm

7. Documentary

5:15 pm

8. Myanmar

Language

5:30 pm

9. Musical

Programme

5:40 pm

10. Documentary

6:00 pm

11. Evening News

6:15 pm

12. Weather Report

6:20 pm

13. Internet Garden

7:00 pm

14. TV Drama Series

8:00 pm

15. News

16. InternationalNews

17. Weather Report

18. Just For Laughs

(Gags Asia)

19. TV Drama Series

20. Song Lover

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

Crude hovers near $96

With his keys dangling,a driver watches thepump as his car is

filled at a lower pricedgas station in Denveron 15 April, 2011.

INTERNET

NEW YORK, 10 Nov—Crude oil prices brokeaway from a strong rally,closing near $96 per barrelWednesday in New York.

The Organization ofPetroleum ExportingCountries’ annual WorldOil Outlook releasedTuesday projected oildemand would hold at 1.9million barrels per day forthe next several years.However, the forecast alsosaid economicuncertainties had risen dueto the European debt crisis,the earthquake in Japanand a completion ordiminishing of economicstimulus measures aroundthe globe.

In addition to slowgrowth in developednations, OPEC said theglobal slowdown had alsoreached the larger

emerging nations.Equities on Wall Street

were knocked hard byconcern over Europe’sdebt crisis. The dollar, inresponse, made stronggains, which works againstcommodities traded in USdollars.

On the New YorkMercantile ExchangeWednesday, West TexasIntermediate crude oil forDecember deliveryslipped off a midday highof $97.84 to settle at$96.02 per barrel. Homeheating oil gave up 1.42cents to $3.1019 pergallon. Reformulatedblendstock gasoline lost5.64 cents to $2.65 pergallon.

Henry Hub naturalgas prices lost 8.7 cents to$3.658 per million Britishthermal units.

At the retail level, theaverage US price ofunleaded gasoline rose to$3.43 per gallonWednesday fromTuesday’s $3.414, AAAsaid.

Internet

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow Sr.

No. Regions/States Maximum Minimu

m Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 32/90 14/57 Partly cloudy

2 Kayah 29/84 13/55 Partly cloudy

3 Kayin 33/91 21/70 Likelihood isolated rain or thundershowers 60%

4 Chin 19/65 05/41 Partly cloudy

5 Upper Sagaing 31/88 15/59 Partly cloudy

6 Lower Sagaing 31/88 17/63 Partly cloudy

7 Taninthayi 33/91 19/66 Likelihood isolated rain or thundershowers 60%

8 Bago 32/90 20/68 Partly cloudy

9 Magway 33/91 19/66 Partly cloudy

10 Mandalay 32/90 19/66 Partly cloudy

11 Mon 34/95 27/70 Likelihood isolated rain or thundershowers 60%

12 Yangon 34/93 22/72 Partly cloudy

13 Rakhine 33/91 16/61 Partly cloudy

14 Southern Shan 22/72 12/54 Likelihood isolated rain or thundershowers 60%

15 Northern Shan 29/84 10/50 Likelihood isolated rain or thundershowers 60%

16 Eastern Shan 27/81 13/55 Likelihood isolated rain or thundershowers 60%

17 Ayeyawady 33/91 22/72 Partly cloudy

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 33/91 16/61 Partly cloudy

19 Neighbouring Yangon 34/93 22/72 Posibility of isolated rain or thundershowers 40%

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 32/90 19/66 Partly cloudy

Summary of

observations at

09:30 hr MST on

today

During the past (24) hours, light rain or thundershowers have been isolated in Mandalay and

Yangon Regions and Shan and Kayah States, weather has been partly cloudy in the remaining

Regions and States. Night temperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) below November average

temperature in Lower Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago and Ayeyawady Regions, North Shan, Kayin

and Mon States, (5°C) to (6°C) below November average temperatures in Upper Sagaing

Region, Kachin and Rakhine States and about November average temperatures in the remaining

Regions and States.The significant night temperature was Haka (6°C) and Pinlaung (7°C). The

noteworthy amount of rainfall recorded was Nay Pyi Taw (Pyinmana) (0.19) inch.

Bay Inference Weather is partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and South Bay and generally fair elsewhere in the

Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Seas will be slight to moderate in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Likelihood of slight decrease of night temperatures in the Upper Myanmar areas.

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Friday, 11 November, 20111st Waning of Tazaungmon 1373 ME

Union Cooperatives Minister demandscooperative’s role in poverty alleviation

The Union Minister then attendedCoordination Meeting for RuralDevelopment and Poverty Alleviation

Uppatasanti Pagoda packed with pilgrims to payhomage to Sacred Buddha Tooth Relic

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Nov — Uppatasanti Pagoda wasthronged with devotees who pay homage to theSacred Buddha Tooth Relic conveyed for the fourthtimes from the People’s Republic of China to Myanmarfor making public obeisance from dawn to dusktoday.

The Sacred Buddha Tooth Relic was showed onlarge TV screens for enabling pilgrims to pay closehomage to the tooth relic.

Moreover, booklets, pictures of the Sacred BuddhaTooth Relic and religious books are on sale at thebookstall of the Department for Promotion and

Propagation of the Sasana at the foot of the UppatasantiHill.

For the convenience of pilgrims who pay homageto the Sacred Buddha Tooth Relic, buses of Nay PyiTaw Council are providing free-of-chargetransportation service to pilgrims on this FullmoonDay of Tazaungmon.

A total of 64 wellwishers who donated K 100,000and above and 92, various kinds of jewellery emergedtoday. Among the donors were Deputy Minister forCommunications, Posts and Telegraphs U Tint Lwinand wife Daw Khin Mar Lwin and family who

donated K 300,000, U Nyi Nyi Hlaing and wife DawKhin Myo Myat and family of Yati Min Silk House inMandalay, K 500, 000, Cambodian pilgrims led byBhaddanta Vilasa of Tipitaka Maha GannayonMonastery in Mayangon Township, K135, 200, US$365, 1000 Vietnamese dongs, 2000 Cambodian rielsand 20 bahts.

Today’s donation amounted to K 34,691,370,US$ 794, 820 yuans, 40 bahts, 1000 Vietnamesedongs, 2000 Cambodian riels, 320 Malaysian ringgits,10 Indian rupees, two units of FEC and 118 items ofjewellery worth K 6,269,460 .— MNA

Pilgrims pay

obeisance to the

Sacred Buddha

Tooth Relic

conveyed for fourth

time from the

People’s Republic of

China to Myanmar.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Nov—UnionMinister for Cooperatives U OhnMyint encouraged to seek pragmaticways to develop socio-economiclives of all walks of life throughcooperatives at the meeting heldtoday at the hall of CooperativeExport and Import Enterprise.

At the meeting hall of YangonRegion Cooperative Department, heurged staff under the departmentfrom 44 townships to perform dutiesin accountable manner and stick toexisting laws and regulations in orderto improve the public image of thecooperatives.

at Yangon Region Government,which was also attended by YangonRegion Chief Minister U Myint Swe.

The chief minister pointed outthat only employment and investmentwould reduce poverty at the meeting.

Two companies introduced theircooperative approaches to povertyreduction.

The Union Minister saidcooperative societies which wouldwork together with the companieshad already been equipped withnecessary infrastructures and staff.The system of placing order andpaying cash on delivery will beadopted in each Region and State, heexplained.

Programmes for financial andtechnical assistances were on the tableat the meeting.—MNA

Union Cooperatives MinisterU Ohn Myint giving instructions

to staff of Region/TownshipCooperative Departments in

Yangon Region.— MNA

Enterprise India Show kicks offin Yangon

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Ayeyawady Region and RakhineState Hluttaw sessions continue

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