The New Light of Myanmar 15-11-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 213 14th Waning of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Sunday, 15 November, 2009

* 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

* 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

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

INSIDE

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Nov— Vice-Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council DeputyCommander-in-Chief of DefenceServices Commander-in-Chief(Army) Vice-Senior General MaungAye saw off Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein who left for the Republicof Singapore to attend the 1stASEAN-US Summit, at Nay Pyi TawAirport here, at 10 am today.

Also present at the airport tosee off the Prime Minister wereCommander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Nyan Tun, senior militaryofficers of the Ministry of Defence,Commander of Nay Pyi TawCommand Maj-Gen Wai Lwin,Minister for Home Affairs Maj-GenMaung Oo, Minister for TransportMaj-Gen Thein Swe, Minister forInformation Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan,departmental heads, SingaporeanAmbassador to the Union of

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye sees off Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein on his departure for Singapore

Myanmar Mr Robert Chua Hian Kongand officials concerned.

The Prime Minister wasaccompanied by Minister for Scienceand Technology U Thaung, Ministerfor National Planning and EconomicDevelopment U Soe Tha, DeputyMinister for Foreign Affairs U MaungMyint and departmental heads.

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Vice-Senior General

Maung Aye sees off

Prime Minister General Thein

Sein on his departure for the

Republic of Singapore to

attend 1st ASEAN-US

Summit.

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Sunday, 15 November, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

In striving for the emergence of a peace-ful, modern and developed nation, the gov-ernment is placing emphasis on promotion ofpublic health care sector.

In so doing, special attention is paid toeye health that is the most important part ofthe human body. According to the data ofWHO, across the world there are 314 millionpeople with poor eye sight, 45 million ofwhich are totally blind. The remaining 269million do not have as good eye sight asnormal people.

The first eye specialists' conference wasopened at Chatrium Hotel in Yangon on 10November and 24 papers on eye disease weresubmitted.

According to the data of 1998, out of apopulation of over 50 million in Myanmar,about 300,000 are blind accounting for 0.6per cent. Study has shown that eighty percent of the eye patients can be cured.

For extensive launch of educative cam-paigns against eye disease among the public,the basic eye health care training school un-der the trachoma and blind prevention projectwas opened in Kyaukse District in 2000 withthe assistance of WHO. And the Health De-partment is disseminating eye health educa-tion to its staff.

Now, eye specialists are making fieldtrips to townships and villages of States andDivisions to provide free eye health care andperform free eye operations.

In building a modern developed nationthe people need to be fit and strong. Onlythen, can they serve the nation well with theirphysical and mental strengths. So it is re-quired to pay special attention to eye health,the most important part of the human body.

Pay special attention toeye health

YANGON, 14 Nov—The Electronics andHousehold Goods Saleswas opened at TatmadawConvention Hall inDagon Township thismorning.

Chairman ofYangon Division Peaceand Development Coun-cil Commander ofYangon Command Maj-Gen Win Myint and offi-cials formally opened thesales.

The commanderand guests viewed theelectronics and householdgoods displayed at thehall.—MNA

Electronics and Household Goods Sales opened

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Nov—Deputy Minister forConstruction U Tint Swe, accompanied by officials,inspected Pyinmana-Taungnyo-Taungdwingyi Roadon 11 November.

On arrival at the briefing hall at milepost (37/6),the deputy minister heard the report on the progress ofthe construction of Pyinmana-Taungnyo-Taungdwingyi Road presented by the in-charge Engi-neer of road construction special project group No (5).The deputy minister gave necessary instructions.

The deputy minister heard the report on thecarrying out of engineering tasks for the constructionof bridge by chief engineer of bridge constructionspecial project group No (13) at the briefing hall nearPahtanago village and the deputy minister gave neces-sary instructions. He inspected the bridge alignmentsat the site chosen for the construction of AyeyawadyBridge (Malun) on Malun Bank.

The Ayeyawady Bridge (Malun) designed toinclude two-lane motorway and one railway will con-nect east and west banks of Ayeyawady River. —MNA

Dy Construction Minister inspects site chosen forconstruction of Ayeyawady Bridge (Malun)

Commander Maj-Gen Win Myint opens the Electronics and House-hold Goods Sales at Tatmadaw Convention Hall.

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Deputy Construction Minister U Tint Swe inspects the chosen construction site of AyeyawadyBridge (Malun). — MNA

Match betweenMalaysian team and

Indian team inprogress.—MHF

YANGON, 14 Nov—Organized by Myanmar

U-18 Asian Youth Men’s Hockey Tournament continuesHockey Federation, thesecond U-18 Asian Youth

Men’s Hockey Tourna-ment continued at the

Theinbyu Hockey Pitchtoday.

In the match,Malaysian team beat Indianteam 3-2.

Myanmar team willplay against China(Taipei); Singaporeanteam will play against Ko-rean team; and Pakistaniteam will compete with In-dian team tomorrow.

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Iraqi security forces secure the scene of an IED (Improvised ExplosiveDevice) explosion in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, on 12 Nov, 2009. An IED

missed unknown governmental vehicles, injuring at least two civilians,police said.—INTERNET

Snowy path : A woman walks along a snow-covered footpath in Beijing.INTERNET

A Ryanair airplane landing. An 82-year-oldGerman woman living near Hamburg-Luebeck

airport got a shock this week when a Ryanair planecoming in to land sent several roof tiles crashing

into her garden, police said on Friday.—INTERNET

Obama says he is firstPacific president

TOKYO, 14 Nov —President Barack Obamacalled himself the “firstPacific president” of theUnited States in a speechon Saturday in Japan.Obama spoke of the im-portance of the US-Japa-nese alliance and of themany links between thetwo countries. He paidtribute to Japan as theworld’s second-biggesteconomy.

“But while our com-mitment to this region be-gins in Japan, it does not

end here,” he said. “TheUnited States of Americamay have started as a se-ries of ports and citiesalong the Atlantic, but forgenerations we also havebeen a nation of the Pa-cific.”

On his first trip to Asiasince taking office inJanuary, the president toldhis listeners in SuntoryHall that as a child, he hadvisited the great Buddhaat Kamakura with hismother. He remindedthem he was born in Ha-

waii and lived in Indonesiaas a child, growing up witha half-Indonesian sister.“So the Pacific Rim hashelped shape my view ofthe world,” he said.

Obama and JapanesePrime Minister YukioHatoyama recommittedto reducing carbon emis-sions. And the two lead-ers said they would worktoward non-proliferationof nuclear weapons andseek a nuclear weapon-free world.—Internet

5,000 more European troopsexpected for Afghan war

KABUL, 14 Nov – Europe may send 5,000 more sol-diers to Afghanistan, Britain’s prime minister said onFriday — affirming support for the NATO mission asthe Obama administration nears a decision on increas-ing American troop levels.

The announcement came as the Taleban struck againin the capital. A suicide car bomber blasted a US convoynear an American military base in Kabul, injuring nineAmerican soldiers and 10 contract security guards. ThreeAfghans were killed in the attack — the biggest in Kabulin the last two weeks.Brown said the NATO strategy mustbe to encourage a greater role for Afghan forces so thatinternational troops “can start coming home.”

His remarks were made a day after he met with NATOSecretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The NATOchief said that other allied nations have privately pledgedmore help, but Rasmussen stopped short of saying thatcountries would send more troops.—INTERNET

Palestinian killed on Gaza border

The shooting took place near the Karni crossingpoint.—INTERNET

GAZA, 14 Nov — Is-raeli troops have shotdead a Palestinian man,and wounded another,near a border crossingwith Gaza.Gazan medicssaid they retrieved thebody of a 16-year-old boy,who they described as anunarmed civilian, near theKarni crossing

The Israeli militarysaid they would investi-gate the incident but thegroup “appeared to beplanting explosives”.Clashes have been rela-tively rare in Gaza sinceIsrael’s military offensivein December and January.

An Israeli militaryspokeswoman said onePalestinian had beentaken to Israel for treat-ment. He was in a criticalcondition. Another threePalestinians had beendetained.A Palestinian

hospital official told theAP news agency that thegroup were civilians whowere hunting birds.

Gaza has been control-led by Hamas since itousted Fatah forces in June2007. —Internet

French Navy captures12 pirates off Somalia

PARIS, 14 Nov — TheFrench Navy seized threeboats off Somalia’s coastand detained 12 suspectedpirates while seizing anarsenal including assault

rifles and rocket launch-ers, the government saidon Friday. The operationon Thursday by theFloreal surveillance boatwas part of the EU anti-piracy mission in the re-gion, the Defence Minis-try said in a statement.

Alerted by a Luxem-bourg maritime surveil-lance plane on Wednes-day, the Floreal was givenorders to pursue the sus-picious boats. It inter-cepted the pirate ship andtwo skiffs about 750 mileseast of Hobyo, Somalia,the statement said.Thewaters off Somalia, whichhas been mired by law-lessness since 1991, areteeming with pirates whohave hijacked dozens ofships for multimillion-dollar ransoms in the pasttwo years.

Internet

Bomb explodesin Athens

ATHENS, 14 Nov — Asmall bomb exploded onFriday outside a buildingwhere a governing partylawmaker lives in Athens,causing minor damagebut no injuries, policesaid.

A police statementsaid the device explodedaround 2 pm at the en-trance to MimisAndroulakis’ apartmentbuilding in the easternKareas suburb.

It was unclear whetherthe lawmaker was in hissecond-floor flat at thetime.

No group immedi-ately claimed responsi-bility for the attack,which involved a bombwith a timer and fol-lowed a warning call topolice.

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Vehicles run slowly ona flooded road in

Buenos Aires, capitalof Argentina, on 14Nov, 2009.—XINHUA

South Korean mothers with their children in Seoul.Seoul’s Gangnam district government, which

already provides cash incentives for couples tohave more babies, is arranging mass blind dates

for singles.—INTERNET

Germany leads eurozone out of recessionFRANKFURT/PARIS, 14 Nov—The eurozone escaped recession in the third quar-

ter, with Germany’s recovery gaining strength, but the rebound was less dramaticthan expected and less strong than in the US Eurozone gross domestic productrose by 0.4 per cent compared with the previous three months, according to Eurostat,the European Union’s statistical office. The US economy expanded by 0.9 percent in the same period but the UK remained in recession.

The latest data followed five consecutive quarters of falling eurozone GDP.Powering the rebound was a 0.7 per cent expansion in Germany’s economy, the16-country region’s largest. Italy also performed well, expanding by 0.6 per cent,ending its recession. But the 0.3 per cent pick-up in France — the same as in theprevious quarter — fell short of expectations. Hopes of a stronger rebound hadbeen boosted by a robust revival in eurozone industrial output, which has becomeclosely linked to the region’s fortunes during the global financial crisis.—Internet

Wind energy companieslooking for lines

DES MOINES, 14 Nov—Proposed multistate trans-mission lines carrying wind-generated electricity fromthe Midwest are a vital next step in US energy efforts,experts say.

“These days, it is well understood that tapping thenation’s abundant wind resources will require a ro-bust transmission grid — one that is much more ro-bust than our fathers’ system that we have today,” saidSusan Tierney, an energy consultant and former as-sistant secretary at the US Department of Energy.

Warren Buffet’s MidAmerican Energy of DesMoines, Iowa, says it plans to be a major force in windenergy, The Des Moines Register reported on Friday.The company already has 1,350 megawatts of wind-generating capacity in the state.

Internet

Poor to eat Robben Island rabbitsBrazil proposes carbon cut target

Brazil’s disappearingrainforests have beena concern for decades.

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Half ofMumbai

wants a jobcloser homeMUMBAI, 14 Nov—

Sick of the tiring dailycommute, around 50% ofMumbai’s working popu-lation would love to quittheir jobs and find em-ployment closer home.

This figure is higherthan the national averageof 35.6% and more thanthe international averageof 38%, a survey byRegus, a US firm, has re-vealed.

Other factors whichforced people to quit werebeing required to do thework of two, cutbacks onadministrative help, afreeze on hikes and pro-motions, constant reor-ganisation, unclear goalsand favouritism.

Internet

South Africans are not used to eatingrabbits.—INTERNET

CAPE TOWN, 14 Nov—The rabbitswhich have overrun the Robben Islandformer jail and tourist attraction are tobe used to feed South Africa’s poor, thesite’s manager says.

A rabbit cull began last month andsome 2,000 of them have been buriedon the island so far. But island actingchief executive Jatti Bredekamp saysthat will now change. He said rabbitscertified safe to eat would be “dressedand packaged for donation to charity,”reports the Sapa news agency. The rab-bit meat is to be distributed among chari-ties in Cape Town.

Sarah Scarth, a spokeswoman for theSociety for the Prevention of Crueltyto Animals, SPCA, said the group’sonly concern was that the culling wascarried out in a humane way. “We haveno problem with the animals beingused for human consumption. If theycan benefit the poor then that is some-thing we are not against,” she told theBBC.

Rabbits are commonly eaten in Eu-ropean countries but consuming the all-white meat would be new for manySouth Africans. The island is said tohave been populated by up to 25,000rabbits and 500 deer, as well as feralcats. The deer and cats are also beingculled. The island sits in the bay justseven kilometres from Cape Town’sbeaches and is visited by more than1,800 tourists a day at peak times.

Internet

SAO PAULO, 14 Nov—The Brazilian governmenthas announced that it aimsto achieve a reduction ofat least 36% on its carbonemissions by the year2020. If it meets its pledge,greenhouse gas emissionswould be near 1994 levels.The proposal, which is nota binding target, was re-vealed in advance of the

major UN summit on cli-mate change to be held inCopenhagen in December.

Brazil hopes to put pres-sure on richer nations todeclare their intentions andbreak the deadlock in thenegotiations. Details of thegovernment’s proposalswere unveiled following ameeting involving Presi-dent Luiz Inacio Lula da

Silva and some of his sen-ior ministers.

In common with otherdeveloping nations, Brazilis not setting a binding tar-get for reducing carbonemissions, but is insteadproposing to take volun-tary action. However withits promise to reduce theanticipated level of green-house gas emissions in2020 by 36%-39%, SouthAmerica’s largest countryhopes to encourage others.

Officials here regard theproposal as “ambitious”and a meaningful way tocombat climate change.

Much of the proposedreduction is expected to beachieved by improved pro-tection of the Amazon.

The government hereannounced this week thatdeforestation in the rain-forest was its lowest levelsince monitoring first be-gan 21 years ago.

Internet

Microsoft brings more Web data to Bing resultsSEATTLE, 14 Nov—

Microsoft’s Bing searchservice will pull more in-formation and tools fromother Websites as thecompany tries to distin-guish itself as part of itschallenge to market leaderGoogle. Traditionally,search engines from

Google Inc and others re-spond to users’ queries byoffering links to othersites that Web surfers cango to for information.

Microsoft Corp, whosesearch engine ranks thirdbehind those from Googleand Yahoo Inc, introducedseveral changes last week

aimed at answering peo-ple’s questions withoutsending them to an out-side page. Microsoft willshow on the results pagemore information ontravel options, events andattractions in destinationcities, in-depth weatherreports, product detailsand even hospital re-views, often culled frommultiple sources, includ-ing some with which thecompany has forgeddeals. The software makeralso improved the pre-view window that pops upwhen a user rolls themouse over a link. Insteadof just a text description,a smaller, thumbnail im-age of the Website ap-pears.

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China to open Beijing-Khartoumdirect flight

Pedestrians pass asculpture made of

umbrellas in centralLondon on 13 Nov,

2009. —XINHUA

Int’l meeting held in Indonesia onvillage product programme

HAIKOU, 14 Nov—Hainan Airlines, a majorChinese carrier, is to openthe first direct flight be-tween Beijing and the Su-danese capital Khartoumnext Tuesday amid boom-

ing trade between the twonations in recent years.

The Beijing-Khartoumflight with Airbus 340-600 takes off at 1:30 amfrom Beijing every Tues-day and Friday and ar-

rives in Khartoum at 9:20am local time.

The Hainan Airlineshas another flight to Af-rica, Beijing to Luanda,capital of Angola, viaDubai.—Xinhua

Schools help childrenfight against obesity

NEW YORK, 14 Nov—At the bustling hour of 11:00am, children of Central Park East Il Elementary Schoolin Upper Manhattan make a beeline to the lunchroom.Carefully adhering to the strict healthy food policies,the children head straight to the salad bar in their firststop — a rarity, especially when it comes to city kids.“I feel like some schools might not care about whatkids bring, but over here they do. And I think the prin-cipal has a lot to do with that. It starts from her,” Par-ent Coordinator Saramit Morales told Xinhua in a re-cent exclusive interview. Principal Naomi Smith and Morales have foughtagainst the fat bulge that is spreading over New Yorkcity schools, particularly focusing on all 220 kids inthe central New York school.They made a strict “nocandy” policy — chocolate milk, high fat chips, fruitdrinks, even a Snickers candy bar are not allowed dur-ing school days. According to a special June Report jointly releasedby the Health and Education Departments of New Yorkcity, 21 percent of the city’s children can be called“obese”, compared with 17 percent nationwide fromkindergarten to eighth grade.— Xinhua

JAKARTA, 14 Nov—In-donesian Vice PresidentBoediono opened an in-ternational conference ongovernment-sanctioned“One Village One Pro-

duct” programme(OVOP) in Nusa Dua,Bali on Saturday morn-ing, local media reported.

On the side line of theconference, there was alsoexhibition, the JakartaPost said.The conferenceaimed to boost the coun-try’s industrial competi-tiveness, includingsearches for regions hometo natural resources suit-

able for development, re-ferred to in the studies ascore competencies.

Indonesian Chambersof Commerce and Indus-try said that the productspotential for developmentwere cassava and fishproducts, traditionalmedicine and herbs, tex-tiles and pottery, metalcrafts and paper products.

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Three injured in fire atUS military’s Atsugi baseTOKYO, 14 Nov— A fire broke out at an unused

hangar on the US military’s Atsugi base in KanagawaPrefecture shortly past noon on Saturday, with threeJapanese people sustaining burns, police and firefight-ers said.

The fire was extinguished about one hour later, theysaid, adding they are investigating the incident,according to Kyodo News. — Xinhua

Road accidents become big killer in SE Asia

A judge smells the aroma of a specialty coffee atthe Cup of Excellence competition in Machado

on 13 Nov, 2009. — XINHUA

Heavy fog shrouds east China,disrupting traffic

Cuba, Chinese province signco-op agreements

HAVANA, 14 Nov — Cuba and east China’s Shandong Province signed fivecooperation agreements on infrastructure, information technology and communi-cations, the Cuban Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

The signing ceremony in Havana was attended by Jiang Yikang, member ofthe CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Shandong Provincial Com-mittee, and Cuban Exterior Commerce and Foreign Investment Vice MinisterRamon Ripoll. Ripoll said the agreements reflected the economic potential ofShandong, as well as the high exchange volume and close ties between China andCuba. The agreements were important for the economic development of Cubaand the growing presence of Chinese products in the country, Ripoll added.

With a yearly trade volume of 2.3 billion US dollars, China is Cuba’s secondlargest commercial partner.— Xinhua

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

Plants are presented in containers coverd with blue jeans at Yangling Agricul-tural Hi-tech Fair in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province.—XINHUA

KATHMANDU, 14 Nov—Traffic accidents kill 33people every hour inSouth-East Asia and al-most two thirds of thosewho die in road crashesevery year in this regionare motorcyclists, pedes-trians and cyclists, TheKathmandu Post reportedon Saturday Releasing a report onthe eve of “World Day ofRemembrance for RoadTraffic Victims”, SamleePlilanbangchang, World

Health Organization(WHO) Regional Direc-tor for South-East Asia,said the safety needs ofthese vulnerable groupsof road users are not be-ing met. “The number ofroad traffic injuries hasbeen rising rapidly in theregion and we must dobetter if we are to halt orreverse the rise in roadtraffic injuries, disabilityand deaths,” saidPlilanbangchang in thereport.

The case of Nepal, animpoverished South-EastAsian country, is no lessappaling. Governmentstatistics show that over80 people die everymonth due to road acci-dents. The main reasons be-hind accidents in Nepalare sheer negligence onthe part of driver such asdrunk-driving, poor vehi-cle maintenance, speed-ing and overloading, re-ported the daily.—Xinhua

JINAN, 14 Nov —Heavy fog enveloped eastChina’s Shandong Prov-ince Saturday morning,causing highway closuresand flight delays.

A total of 80 highwaytoll stations were closedand 16 fights to Shanghai,Beijing, Chongqing andGuangzhou were delayedor canceled at the provin-cial capital’s Jinan Inter-national Airport as of 9am. A flight to Guangzhouat Yantai InternationalAirport was also delayed.

A heavy fog with a vis-ibility of less than 500 me-ters hit many parts of theprovince Saturday afterseveral days of snow-

storm. Two people werekilled and 1.39 millionpeople were affected inthe blizzard from Wednes-day to Friday, according tothe provincial civil affairsdepartment.

Heavy snow unseen indecades has left 19 peopledead in north and centralChina since Monday, theMinistry of Civil Affairsannounced on Friday.

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NEWS ALBUM

A 35-mile-long rift in the desert ofEthiopia could rip open, creating a newsea in just days, scientists say.

Researchers from the University ofRochester in New York, along withcolleagues from the United States,Britain, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France andYemen, say they’ve confirmed thevolcanic activity beneath the rift, dis-covered in 2005, is nearly identicalto that at the bottom of the world’soceans.

That, they said in an article on theUniversity of Rochester Web site, meansthe rift is likely the beginning of a newsea.

“Seafloor ridges are made up of sec-tions, each of which can be hundreds ofmiles long,” said Cindy Ebinger, a pro-fessor of earth and environmental sci-ences and co-author of the study.

“Because of this study, we now knowthat each one of those segments can tearopen in just a few days.”

She warned a sudden large-scaleevent could pose a very serious hazardto people living near the rift.

A teapot made in the Qing Dynasty(1644-1911) is seen during the

preview of 2009 Huachen AutumnAuction in Beijing, capital of China,

on 10 Nov, 2009. The auction ofChinese paintings and calligraphy,

Chinese ceramics, jade carvings andworks of art, Chinese oil paintingsand sculptures, photographs will

kick off on 17 Nov, with a magnifi-cent jewelry selling during the

exhibition.

This undated file photo showsMexican girl Iris Alvarez and her

world record certificate in Acapulco,Mexico. Mexican girl Iris Alvarez isseen in this photo taken on 30 Oct,2009 in Acapulco, Mexico. Guidedby her father, the 16-year-old Mexi-can girl started to practice diving atthe age of 6. In the year of 2005, IrisAlvarez made history by becomingboth the first girl and the youngestdiver to take part in a 70-year-oldtradition diving from the 18-meter

cliff in Acapulco. This braveachievement led her to the recogni-tion in the 2007 Guinness Book of

Records. Now Iris Alvares has beenquite a celebrity in Acapulco.

The Salvation Army announced it hasassembled the world’s largest kettle, 56feet tall and 24 feet wide, as part of acelebration in Detroit.

The charity said the kettle, which ismade from 25,000 lights and stands atCampus Martius Park, has been certi-fied as the largest on Earth by GuinnessWorld Records, The Detroit News re-ported on Tuesday.

Officials with the Salvation Army

Police in Chicago said thieves whofailed to break through a salon into ajewelry store took some shampoo as aconsolation prize.

Rogers Park District Lt John Franklinsaid the burglars apparently intended tobreak into Dilshad’s Hair Design andbust through the brick wall separatingthe beauty business from NP Jewelersbut an alarm went off on Monday nightwhile the hole was still too small for aperson to fit through, the Chicago Trib-une reported on Tuesday.

“They broke through the wall and thatset off the motion detector alarm in thejewelry store,” said Franklin. “They (thestore) had a loud siren alarm that mayhave tripped them up, somethingspooked them.”

Africa desert couldbecome sea

Salvation Army sets giant kettle recordsaid the kettle will serve as thecenterpiece of 118th Red Kettle KickOff, which begins 20 Nov and involveshundreds of smaller kettles set up fordonations at hundreds of Metro Detroitlocations.

“We wanted to do something out ofthe ordinary,” Jason Hale, part of thenon-profit’s development department,said of the giant kettle. “There is tre-mendous need in Detroit. We want peo-ple to know there is help out there.”Thieves sought jewelry,

got shampoo

Mexican man accused in ‘witch’ slayingGUADALUPE DE COBRE, 14 Nov — An elderly Mexican man has

been arrested in the 1998 bludgeoning death of a woman he believedput a witch’s curse on him, authorities said.Santiago Iniguez Olivares,78, is accused of killing Modesta Navarro Nieves and beating her hus-band in the western Mexican community of Guadalupe del Cobre, CNNreported.

Olivares allegedly walked into the woman’s home, accused her ofbeing a witch and beat her to death with a stick. Nieves’ husband camehome and Olivares allegedly began beating him before running out ofthe house, authorities say. The husband survived, the US news net-work said.

After being on the run for 11 years, Olivares came back to Guadalupedel Cobre believing the killing had been forgotten. He was arrestedwhile walking to a local bus station, prosecutors said on Thursday.

Internet

UK museums can return looted art

The act allows institutions like the National Gallery to return looted art.INTERNET

LONDON, 14 Nov —Artefacts in national mu-seums found to have beenlooted by the Nazis cannow be returned to theirrightful owners, thanks tonewly-passed legislation.The Holocaust (StolenArt) Restitution Act givesnational institutions inEngland and Scotland thepower to return art stolenduring the Nazi era.

The bill was intro-duced earlier this year byLabour MP AndrewDismore. The act, he said,would “right a long-stand-ing injustice” and marked“an important moral

step”. The MP forHendon said it was “animportant moral step”that had been supportedby all political parties.

The law, which hasbeen supported by all po-litical parties, enables na-tional museums and gal-leries in England andScotland to act on the rec-ommendations of theSpoliation AdvisoryPanel. Formed in 2000,the panel resolves claimsfrom people, or theirheirs, who lost propertyduring the Nazi era whichis now held in UK na-tional collections.

Since then there havebeen nine cases of arte-facts held by British mu-seums adjudged to havebeen stolen from theirrightful owners.

However national in-stitutions, like the BritishMuseum or the Tate, hadbeen forbidden from re-turning items by legisla-tion preventing them fromdisposing of artwork intheir collections. Insteadthe institutions in questionwould make an ex-gratiapayment based on a valu-ation of the item, in lieuof returning the item it-self.—Internet

‘Significant’ water found on Moon

A camera on the probe shows the ejectaplume about 20 seconds after impact.

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HOUSTON , 14 Nov — NASA’s experi-ment last month to find water on theMoon was a major success, US scientistshave announced. The space agencysmashed a rocket and a probe into a largecrater at the lunar south pole, hoping tokick up ice.

Scientists who have studied the datanow say instruments trained on the impactplume saw copious quantities of water-iceand water vapour. One researcher de-scribed this as the equivalent of “a dozentwo-gallon buckets” of water. “We didn’tjust find a little bit; we found a signifi-cant amount,” said Anthony Colaprete,

chief scientist for the Lunar Crater Obser-vation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mis-sion.—Internet

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YANGON, 14 Nov—Under the supervision ofMinistry of Hotels and Tourism and Ministry ofTransport, M.V Tahitian Princess cruise ship with 373crew and 624 passengers mostly American tourists,sponsored by Myanmar Voyages International TourismCo. Ltd, berthed at Myanmar International TerminalThilawa Port from Chenni Port of the Republic ofIndia at 12:45 pm today.

Forming in groups, the passengers visited theinteresting places in Yangon and Thanlyin. They willleave for Kuala Lumpur of Malaysia from the MITTPort at 1:00 pm tomorrow.

MNA

M.V Tahitian PrincessCruise ship berths

NAY PYI TAW, 14Nov—The Chinese jour-nalist delegation led byDirector Mr Yu Qingchuof the People’s Daily ofRepublic of China thismorning arrived atMyanma Radio and Tel-evision in Nay Pyi TawTatkon.

At the meeting hall,Director-General U Khin

Chinese journalist delegation visitsNay Pyi Taw MRTV, Nay Pyi Taw

Newspaper HouseMaung Htay of MRTVexplained the daily TVprogrammes of MRTV.The director-general andMr Yu Qingchu ex-changed gifts.

The Chinese jour-nalist delegation visitedthe studios of MRTV.

At Nay Pyi TawNewspaper house of Newsand Periodicals Enterprise,

the Chinese delegationviewed printing of news-papers and the building.

At the meeting hall,Managing Director U SoeWin of NPE explainedprinting and publishing ofnewspapers.

The Chinese jour-nalist delegation left NayPyi Taw for Yangon at 12pm.—MNA

YANGON,14 Nov—The 1st Basic EducationLevel Inter-State/DivisionU-16 Men's and Women'sBasketball Federationcontinued at the Aung SanGymnasium here thismorning. Chairman of theCommittee for Organiz-ing Tournament Director-General of No 3 BasicEducation Department UAye Kyu, officials, execu-tives and others enjoyed

Basic Education Level U-16Basketball Tournament goes on

the tournament.In the men's divi-

sion, Yangon Divisiontrounced Kachin State 70-43 and Mandalay Divisionrouted Ayeyawady Divi-sion 54-16.

In the women's di-vision, Yangon Divisionbeat Kachin State 42-8Sagaing Division beatAyeyawady Division 51-6.

Yangon Division

will play against Manda-lay Division in the men'sdivision tomorrow whileMandalay Division willcompete with Shan State(South) in the women'sevent as first semifinals.Shan State (North) willmeet Sagaing Division inthe men's division whereasSagaing Division will playagainst Yangon Divisionwomen's division as sec-ond semifinals.—MNA

Chinese delegation

visits Nay Pyi Taw

Newspaper house.

MNA

Managing Director

U Soe Win explains

printing and publish-

ing of newspapers.

MNA

Chinese delegation

visits Myanma Radio

and Television.

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Match

between

Yangon

Division

team and

Kachin State

team in

progress.

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My heart was full of pleasure just as Iwatched on TV and read in daily newspapers thenews about the ceremonies to transform the troopsfrom Special Region (1) in Kachin State and thetroops from Special Region (2) in Kayah Stateinto Border Guard Forces. Personally, I regardthe good news as an omen of good future ofMyanmar if compared with Myanmar andinternational political events.

In retrospect, in the pre-independenceperiod, the pocket armies under the dominationof political groups came to run riot in rivalry afterthey had armed themselves with the remnants ofthe arms and ammunition used in the World WarII. Independence was followed by the armedinsurgency of multicoloured groups such as RedFlag, White Flag, Communists, White Yebaw,KNDO and MNDO along with mushroomingpocket armies of political groups including PyuSaw Hti and Levy Defence formed under thepretext of defending the nation against the threatsposed by the insurgent groups. In consequence,the people fell victim to the armed revolts.

Later, many armed insurgent groupschanged their names, and many new armedinsurgent groups came into being. Various unitedforces and allies were formed, then were dissolvedand then were reconstituted too frequently thatany citizen was in no position to remember all ofthem. The number of the armed insurgent groupstouched more than 100 if it was added with thesmall groups, each of which was formed with afew members including two claiming themselvesto be the President and the Commander-in-Chiefof Defence Services. Multifarious united forcesincluded People's Democratic League, Ma-Da-Nya-Ta (National Democratic League), Three-Party League, Ta-Nya-La (Nationalities League),Ta-La-Ma-Pha (Nationalities People's League),Ta-La-Ma-Pha (Nationalities People's Alliance /Revolutionary Nationalities People's Alliance),Pa-Ma-Da-Ta (Union National DemocracyLeague), Ma-Da-Ta (National DemocracyLeague), Da-Nya-Ta (Democracy League)alongside CRDB (Council for Restoration ofDemocracy in Burma), DAB (DemocraticAlliance of Burma), and NCUB (National Council

All armed forces to be under command of central government

of the Union of Burma). So, they can be compiledinto a dictionary of armed insurgent groups inMyanmar.

The number of the pocket armies formed inthe post-independence period by politicians wason the increase, thus posing threats to the people.Therefore, they had to be merged with theTatmadaw step by step and they were placedunder systematic command.

The number of the then armed insurgentgroups was too high, if compared with the size ofthe country. So, the people had to withstand alluntold miseries triggered by the armed revolts. Atthat time, it was nationwide said "Newlyindependent, truly violent", regarding theconditions of the nation. Even though theindependence became mature, the storm of thearmed insurgency did not abate yet. The peoplewere unable at all to suppress their worries that thestorm did not seem to be over till the country hadbeen ripe old. From 1989 onwards in the time ofthe Tatmadaw government, national race armedgroups returned to the legal fold one after another,and sounds of firing arms were no more, as aresult. Only then could the people breathe a sigh ofrelief. In the time of armed insurrection in whichnational races were fighting each other, nationaldevelopment tasks could not be carried outeffectively. And the nation lagged behind itsneighbours in development.

Today, the countries in which armed groupsare in rivalry for power are still ill-fated, andvarieties of lessons can be taken from the conditionsof those countries.

For instance, Shiite and Sunny militants areengaged in the battle against each other in Iraq. InAfghanistan, Taliban militants and al-Qaedamilitants are fighting each other, while armedgroups in the northern part and pocket armies areeach other, as well as against alien troops. Suchwar-torn countries are still facing bloodshedscaused by grudge and doubt harboured on eachother.

So, in every sovereign country, all the armedforces are under the control of the centralgovernment. Even in the democracy pioneercountries, all the armed forces are under the

command of the Union central government. Thosecountries have many forms of reserve forces suchas national reserve forces and coast guard forces,but all of them are under the control of the centralgovernment.

Neighbouring democracies: India andBangladesh have such border guard forces asBSF and Assam Rifle under the control of thecentral governments. Thailand also puts theirBorder Guard Forces of BPP and Tarhan Fringeunder the control of the central government.

For the armed forces of the special regionswho had made peace, being Border Guard Forcesin the organizational set-up of the Tatmadaw is,indeed, something to be proud of, and there is noneed to feel inferior in status.

In equality with servicemen, members ofthe Border Guard Forces of national races have towear insignia of positions. Of them, officers wearstars marking positions with State seals on theirshoulders. Not every citizen is given such rights.In fact, the State gives them deserved places.

In addition, they enjoy Tatmadaw rationsand rights equally. Unlike previously, now theyhave better future ahead of them.

What is more satisfying than it is that theyhave the rights to defend and show loyalty towardstheir motherland. For a serviceman, there isnothing like this pride.

Transforming national race armed groupsinto border guard forces is also an important partin the drive for ensuring national solidarity andnational unity, which is much-needed for the newnation. So long as they remain united and sharecommon views in the Tatmadaw, all nationalrace armed groups will never have again thenightmare of fighting each other at the alieninstigation, and the doubts and grudge amongthem will be no more. If so, the people, who havefallen victim to the armed insurrection, will beable to say goodbye to such awful incidents. Andthere will be everlasting peace in the nation. Thatis most heartening.

Since olden days, the Myanmar Tatmadawhas been the Union Tatmadaw formed withservicemen of various national races. Till today, ithas been the Union Tatmadaw. The Tatmadaw isthe force of all national races and the entire people,not the Tatmadaw of a single race and tribe.

So, it is fair to say that forming nationalrace peace groups into Border Guard Forces inthe Union Tatmadaw is somewhat adding to theglory of the nation.

I believe that like Special Region (1) inKachin State and Special Region (2) in KayahState, the national brethren of the remainingspecial regions will form themselves into BorderGuard Forces in the interest of the nation and thepeople. They will receive a warm welcome fromthe people when they transform themselves intoBorder Guard Forces, as well.

Translation: MS

Ko Myanmar

Since olden days, the Myanmar Tatmadawhas been the Union Tatmadaw formed withservicemen of various national races. Till today,it has been the Union Tatmadaw. The Tatmadawis the force of all national races and the entirepeople, not the Tatmadaw of a single race andtribe.

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YANGON, 14 Nov—Organized byMyanmar PGA, the Monywa Open GolfChampionship will be held on a grandscale at Monywa Golf Club, Monywa,Sagaing Division from 19 to 22 No-vember.

Only those who are of profes-sional and handicap 0-12 levels will beallowed to take part in it.

The tourney will mainly basedon St. Andrew and local principles and

Monywa Open Golf Championship to be held

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Nov—AMyanmar delegation led by Ministerfor Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-GenHtay Oo attended the opening ceremonyof the 31st ASEAN Ministers for Agri-culture and Forestry Meeting at EmpireHotel in Bandasri Begawan of BruneiDarussalam on 10 November morning.

Also present at the meeting wereMinisters of agriculture and Forestry of10 ASEAN nations, the Deputy Secre-tary-General of the ASEAN Secretariatand responsible persons of other or-

Myanmar delegation attends 31st ASEANMinisters for Agriculture and Forestry Meeting

courses for research and developmentand human resource development, andpracticing of international standards andwork procedures.

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo helda discussion with Indonesian Ministerof Agriculture Ir H Suswono, M MA onpromotion for technological coopera-tion in agriculture and economic sectorsbetween the two countries.

On 11 November, the 9thASEAN+3 Summit was held with par-ticipation of ministers and deputy min-

ganizations.Minister of Industry and Natural

Resources of Brunei Darussalam H.EYang Beharnat Pehin Dato Yahya pre-sided over the meeting.

Minister at the Prime Minister’sOffice HRH Pg Muda Haji Al-MuhtadeeBillah delivered an opening address.

Next, the Brunei Minister of Ag-riculture made a speech, and thosepresent at the meeting posed for docu-mentary photo.

The Vietnamese Minister of Ag-riculture who presided over the previ-ous meeting, and Brunei Minister ofIndustry and National Resources H.EYang Beharnat Pehin Dato Yahya madespeeches.

Minister for Agriculture and Irri-gation Maj-Gen Htay Oo discussed re-duction on disadvantages of climatechange for food sufficiency, regionalcooperation, construction of infrastruc-tures for development of agricultureand forestry sectors of the region, shar-ing of modern technology, training

isters of Agriculture and Forestry ofChina, Japan and Korea, senior offi-cials, responsible persons of other or-ganizations and officials of the ASEANSecretariat office.

The Myanmar delegation called onthe King of Brunei Darussalam at thePalace.

The leaders of the delegations fromASEAN counties signed the MoU ondevelopment of agriculture, livestockbreeding and forest products (2009-2014).

A press conference was held forthe 31st ASEAN Ministers for Agricul-ture and Forestry Meeting and the 9thASEAN+3 Summit.

In the evening, the Brunei Ministerof Agriculture hosted a dinner to the del-egations that attended the meeting and thesummit, and the Myanmar delegation alsoattended the dinner.

On 12 November, the Myanmardelegation led by Minister Maj-Gen HtayOo arrived back in Myanmar in theevening.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 14Nov— Chairman ofKachin State Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of NorthernCommand Maj-Gen SoeWin, accompanied by of-ficials inspected ChiphweTownship People's Hos-

Commander inspects regionaldevelopment tasks for Chiphwe

pital on 7 November andgave necessary instruc-tions. Next, the com-mander presented medi-cines to the patients.

After that, the com-mander looked into thetownship police stationand attended to the needs.

Next, he met withthe township level depart-mental officials, membersof social organizations andlocals at the townshippeace and developmentcouncil office and fulfilledthe requirements.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW,14Nov—World DiabetesDay 2009 was observed atthe Ministry of Health herethis morning. Deputy Min-ister for Health Dr.MyaOo delievered an addressat the ceremony.. It was attended bythe directors-general ofdepartments under theMinistry of Health, offi-cials of WHO resident rep-resentative office, depart-mental officials, members

World Diabetes Day 2009 markedof social organizationsand guests.

After speaking onthe occasion, the deputyminister visited the 2009World Diabetes DayMuseum. Director U KhinMaung Latt of ThukadanaCo Ltd donated Terumomachines to Deputy Di-rector-General Dr KyeeMyint of the Health De-partment. Afterwards, talks

on World Diabetes Daywere held and DeputyDirector-General Dr.Kyee Myint presided overthe talks. Associate Pro-fessor Dr. Si Si Tun ofNay Pyi Taw hospital(1000 beds), Professor Dr.Ko Ko of University ofMedicine (2) Yangon andRector Dr.Tint Swe Lattof University of Medi-cine (2) gave talks onprevention of diabetes.

MNA

rules, and handsome prizes will be given.Those who are to participate in

the championship are to register atMonywa Golf Club (071 21550) or (Tel09 5017049, 09 2037671) not later than17 November.

The main sponsor of the tourneyis Future Engineering Group and co-sponsors are International BeveragesTradings Co and Monywa Golf Club.

NLM

Members of MWEA leave for ROKYANGON, 14 Nov—

Executive Dr Daw ThetThet Khine and memberDaw Soe Amy Kyaw ofMyanmar Women Entre-preneurs Association to-day left for the Republic

of Korea to attendASEAN-Korea women’ssmall and medium busi-ness cooperation confer-ence to be held in Seoulfrom 15 to 22 November.

They were seen off

by founder of the associa-tion Retired ProfessorDaw Yi Yi Myint andVice-President Daw ThetYi at Yangon InternationalAirport.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo cordially greets King of BruneiDarussalam.—MNA

Deputy Health Minister Dr.Mya Oo addresses ceremony to markWorld Diabetes Day.—MNA

Membersof MWEA

seen atYangonInterna-

tionalAirportbeforetheir

departurefor the

Republicof Korea.

MWEA

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Today’s vehicles and …(from page 16)

ASEAN HighwaysIt is a road linking 10 members of the ASEAN

namely Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand andVietnam. There are six routes designated as ASEANHighways: They are as follows:-(a) ASEAN Highway-1 (AH1): it is a 1665-kilometre

road from Myawady to Tamu, and the facility is thesame route of the Asian Highway No. 1 (AH1).

(b) ASEAN Highway-2 (AH2): it is a 807-kilometreroad from Tachilek to Kengtung-Taunggyi-Meiktilaand then the facility will reach Tamu. The road hasthe same route of the Asian Highway No. 2 (AH2).

(c) ASEAN Highway-3 (AH3): The road is 93 kilome-tres long Kengtung-Mongla section. The highwayis the same route as Asian Highway No. 3 (AH3).

(d) ASEAN Highway-14 (AH14): it is a 453 kilometreslong road linking Mandalay and Muse. The facilityis the same route of Asian Highway No. 14 (AH14).

(e) ASEAN Highway-111 (AH111): it is a 239-kilome tre road linking Loilem and Hsipaw.(f) ASEAN Highway-112 (AH112): The 1145-kilome tre road stretches from Thaton to Kawthoung.

In addition, it is projected to construct the follow-ing ASEAN Highways.(a) ASEAN Highway-112 (AH112): the road will be 60

kilometres long from Lehnya of Myanmar toKhalonloi of Thailand, and

(b) ASEAN Highway-123 (AH123): the road will be141 kilometres stretching from Dawei to MinthameeValley of the Myanmar-Thai border.

The Greater Mekong Sub-region Economic Cor-ridors are under construction with the assistance of theAsian Development Bank with a view to ensuring theeconomic development of six Greater Mekong Sub-region countries namely Myanmar, Cambodia, China,Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. Three routes of the GreaterMekong Sub-region Economic Corridors pass throughMyanmar, and these roads are referred as “R”. Theseroads are as follows:-(a) R3 Highway is a 257-kilometre-long road section

stretching from Tachilek at the Thai-Myanmar bor-der to Mongla at the Myanmar-China border throughKengtung. The road section is part of Asian High-way No. 2 and No. 3.

(b) R4 Highway is a 176-kilometre-long road sectionlinking Lashio in Myanmar to Muse at the Myanmar-China border. It is a part of Asian Highway No. 14.

(c) R7 Highway is a road section linking R3 and R4highways. The 666-kilometre R7 Highway linksKengtung on the R3 and Lashio on the R4 throughLoilem-Hsipaw. The Asian/ASEAN Highways No.2 and No. 14 will be connected with ASEANHighway-111.

The Greater Mekong Sub-region Economic Cor-ridors are being implemented with the assistance of theAsian Development Bank for ensuring economic de-velopment of the Greater Mekong Sub-region countriesnamely Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand

Asian Highway

No. 14 is 453 kilo-

metres long from

Mandalay to Muse

at Myanmar-China

border. Photo shows

Gottwin Road

between Mandalay

and Hsipaw as a

section of AH14.

807-kilometre Asian

Highway No. 2 is

linking Tachilek,

Kengtung, Taunggyi

and Meiktila. Photo

shows road section

of AH No. 2 on

Taunggyi-Meiktila

tarred road.

and Vietnam. Out of nine Greater Mekong Sub-regionEconomic Corridors set by the ADB, five corridors passthrough Myanmar. These corridors are:-(a) GMS, Northern Economic Corridor: it is an economic

zone road to link Fanchai, Nanning, Kunming andDali of the People’s Republic of China and Muse,Lashio, Mandalay and Tamu of Myanmar.

(b) GMS, North-South Economic Corridor: it links theroad stretching from China to Thailand through Laosand another road from China to Thailand throughMyanmar. The road section in Myanmar is stretchingfrom Mongla to Tachilek through Kentung. Thecorridor includes some parts of Asian/ASEAN High-ways No. 2 and No. 3.

(c) GMS, East-West Economic Corridor: the economiczone is designated along the corridor stretching fromDanang Port of Vietnam to Mawlamyine of Myanmar.The 191-kilometre road section from Myawady toMawlamyine lies in Myanmar. The corridor includessome parts of Asian/ASEAN Highway No. 1.

(d) GMS, Southern Economic Corridor: it is a routelinking Kwedan, Vantu and Ho Chi Minh City ofVietnam, Phnom Penh of Cambodia and Bangkok ofThailand, and then it will stretch from Bangkok toDawei of Myanmar.

(e) GMS, Northwestern Economic Corridor: the roadwill link Bangkok, Tek and Maesot of Thailand andMyawady, Mawlamyine, Phayagyi, Meiktila andTamu of Myanmar. The road is parts of Asian/ASEAN Highway No. 1 and the India-Myanmar-Thailand Highway.

Ayarwaddy-Chao Phaya-Mekong-EconomicCooperation Strategy (ACMECS)

After holding the Bagan Summit held in Myanmarin 2003, the Ayarwaddy-Chao Phaya-Mekong-Eco-nomic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) was adoptedcovering adopted covering Cambodia, Laos, Myanmarand Thailand with the aim of maintaining the economicstability and uplifting the living standard of the peoplein the sub-region. In 2004, the ACMECS was a five-country group with the participation of Vietnam.ACMECS countries are exchanging views on mattersrelated to the development tasks based on friendly

relations, good neighbourliness and bilateral coopera-tion among the ACMECS countries, the narrowing ofeconomic gap, the smooth trading and investment forsocio-economic development of the region, and coop-eration in agriculture, industry, energy, transportation,travelling, public health and human resources develop-ment sectors. As part of efforts to cooperate betweenMyanmar and Thailand, an 18-kilometre road sectionfrom Maesot to Thingan-nyinaung has been constructedwith the assistance of Thailand. Moreover, the plan isunder way to continue the construction of the road toKawkareik. Likewise, the preliminary engineeringworks have been conducted to build the Lao-MyanmarFriendship Mekong River Bridge near Kenglat as asymbol of Lao-Myanmar cooperation. In so doing, a60-kilometre road section from Tarlay on AH2 to thesite of the bridge in Kenglat of Myanmar and another16-kilometre road section from Kengkok of Laos to thebridge construction site are under construction.BIMSTEC Highways

Myanmar is one of the members of BIMSTECtogether with Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Thai-land. Myanmar is sharing border with Bangladesh,India and Thailand. Among them, Myanmar links withIndia and Thailand through ASEAN Highways. Thereis no direct way between Myanmar and Bangladesh. Aplan was set to construct a highway when the economicstatus would develop in BIMSTEC countries. Thehighway is 1374 kilometres long stretching fromTaungpyo Village to Myawady through Buthidaung,Kyauktaw, An, Padan, Mindon, Pyay (Nawade),Ottwin, Htantabin, Shwegyin, Theinzayat, Thaton,Mawlamyine, Metharaw, Hlaingkwe and Kawkareik.India-Myanmar-Thai Tripartite Highways

India, Myanmar and Thailand have agreed toconstruct the Tripartite Highways from Myawady toTamu through Bagan. The team comprising engineersfrom three countries has made a field trip to conduct thefeasibility study for construction of the highways linkingMyawady-Ottwin-Pyawbwe-Ywadaw-Zayatkon-Kyaukpadaung-Bagan-Letpanchepaw-Pakokku-Linkadaw-Chaungma-Myoma-Kalewa-Kyikon-Tamu.

Myanmar has planned to construct the GreaterMekong Sub-region Economic Corridors, theBIMSTEC Highways, the India-Myanmar-Thailand-Tripartite Highway, the GMS, East-West EconomicCorridor Highway, the GMS, North-South EconomicCorridor, the Highway to be jointly built by India andMyanmar.

Hence, the trucks and vehicles of Myanmarmeeting the prescribed standards of weight, measure-ments and axles will have the opportunity to use theabove highways. At present, the ministries concernedof the government relax the rules and regulations forthe trucks. The ministries are reported to be formingthe discipline enforcement and security teams forroads and bridges soon.

(To be continued)Translation: TTA

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BEIJING, 14 Nov—China’s industrialoutput is expected to grow by about 16percent year on year this month and inDecember and the full year industrialoutput growth could reach around 10.5percent, Minister of Industry andInformation Technology Li Yizhongsaid here Saturday.

At the 3-day International CEORoundtable conference, Li said theindustrial output growth wouldguarantee the manufacturing-basedChinese economy should achieve itsfull-year growth target of 8 percent.

A gallery worker poses with a postcard at the press view of the RCA Secret 2009

event at the Royal College of Art in London on 12 November, 2009. The event is

a sale of postcards made by artists including famous names such as Gerhard

Richter, Anish Kapoor, Grayson Perry, David Bailey and Yoko Ono. The postcards

which go on sale on 21 November are viewed and sold anonymously at £40 each,

the purchaser only discovering the creator of their artwork after sale.—INTERNET

An artisan from Harbin, China, works on an ice sculpturefor Gaylord National’s ICE! exhibit, a 15,000-squarefoot winter wonderland created from 2 million pound ofice, at National Harbor in Fort Washington, Maryland,

on 13 November, 2009.—INTERNET

KABUL, 14 Nov—Four Taleban militants andthree civilians were killedas a clash erupted betweenTaliban militants andgovernment troops inHerat Province, west ofAfghanistan, a localofficial said on Saturday.

“The clash eruptedFriday night when Talebanattacked a patrol team ofinternational troops froma house in ShindandDistrict and the troops

GENEVA, 14 Nov—The Swiss data protectionauthority is to take Google to court over its photographicmapping service Street View. The Federal DataProtection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) inSwitzerland has reportedly made repeat complaints atGoogle‘s unwillingness to alter its photographingprocess to spare the identity of its citizens.

Hanspeter Thuer of the FDPIC said “In the StreetView service, which has been online since mid August2009, numerous faces and vehicle number plates arenot made sufficiently unrecognizable from the point ofview of data protection, especially where the personsconcerned are shown in sensitive locations, e.g. outsidehospitals, prisons or schools.”

Google has retorted these claims by saying thatit”met with the DPA before and after the launch,explaining our technology and, where requested,proposing steps that would reinforce Street View’sprivacy-protection technology and assuage anyconcerns.” It went on to say that the Swiss agency was“unwilling to engage with the extensive solutions wehave offered.”—Xinhua

The IMaX instrument not only depicts the solarsurface, it also makes magnetic fields visible; theseappear as black or white structures in the polarisedlight. SUNRISE enables tiny magnetic fields on thesurface of the Sun to be measured at a level of detail

never before achieved.—INTERNET

LONDON, 13 NOV—Astrophysicists at the Universityof Warwick and Kiel University have discovered twoearth sized bodies with oxygen rich atmospheres —however there is a bit of a disappointing snag for anyonelooking for a potential home for alien life, or even a futurehome for ourselves, as they are not planets but areactually two unusual white dwarf stars.

The two white dwarf stars SDSS 0922+2928 andSDSS 1102+2054 are 400 and 220 light years from Earth.They are both the remnants of massive stars that are at theend of their stellar evolution having consumed all thematerial they had available for nuclear fusion.

Theoretical models suggest that massive stars (around7 - 10 times the mass of our own Sun) will consume allof their hydrogen, helium and carbon, and end their liveseither as white dwarfs with very oxygen-rich cores, orundergo a supernova and collapse into neutron stars.Finding such oxygen-rich white dwarfs would be animportant confirmation of the models.—Xinhua

JOHANNESBURG, 14 Nov—Being deaf since birthdid not deter 19-year-old South African Indian hip-hop dancer Darren Rajbal from beating hundreds ofother contestants to win a three-month long TV contestto find the country’s best talent.

He was named the winner of USD 33,000 at thefinale of the show “SA’s Got Talent” here and hepromised to use part of his winnings to start a schoolfor deaf students.

Rajbal, who also won the South African MrBollywood title in 2004, hopes the win would help himget more Bollywood movie roles after getting a smallpart in a locally-produced one.

Xinhua

HONG KONG, 14 Nov— More than 6,000 Hong Kongmusic lovers gathered at the Happy Valley RacecourseRecreation Playground on Friday night to break theworld record of the largest harmonica ensemble,organizers said.

During the break of a free open-air concert calledSwire Symphony under the Stars, 6,200 audience,recruited through the event’s website and socialnetworking sites, played altogether a simple melody withharmonicas for as long as 7 minutes and 25 seconds.

Staff from the Guinness world record organizationwere on site to witness the show, said the organizer, butit will take some time for the record to be confirmed.

The previous official Guinness world record was setin Germany in 2007, involving 3,898 people.—Xinhua

China’s industrial output expects togrow 10.5% for entire 2009

China set the about 8-percent growthtarget in March this year. Thegovernment believes 8-percent GDPgrowth is essential to generate enoughjobs.

According to the minister, China’sindustrial economy stopped falling andbegan to stabilize and recover in Marchthis year. In October, China’s industrialoutput rose 16.1 percent from a yearearlier, the fastest pace since March2008 and the sixth consecutive monthwith an acceleration of year-on-yeargrowth.—Xinhua

Clash leaves four Taliban militants,three Afghan civilians dead

returned fire killing fourrebels,” Lal MohammadOmarzai, the governor ofShindand, toldXinhua.Three morecivilians including a manfrom the same house werekilled and three childrengot wounded, Omarzaiadded.Clashes withmilitants often harmcivilians as more than1,500 civilians are said tohave been killed so farthis year in Afghanistan

in Taleban-linkedinsurgency and militaryoperations.—Xinhua

Two earth-sized bodies with oxygenrich atmospheres found, but

they’re stars not planets

Deaf S African Indian youth winsnational talent show

Google doesn’t blur StreetView enough, says Switzerland

HK challenges worldlargest harmonica ensemble

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SIRI BHUM VOY NO (345)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SIRI BHUMVOY NO (345) are hereby notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 15.11.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand 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: REGIONAL CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GATI PRIDE VOY NO ( )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV GATI PRIDEVOY NO ( ) are hereby notified that the vessels will bearriving on 15.11.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




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On-off fasting helps obeseadults shed pounds

Many pregnant smokers don’town up to the habit

NEW YORK, 14 Nov—Women who smoke while theyare pregnant often don’t admit it, which means they’remissing out on an opportunity to get help to kick thehabit, new research published in BMJ shows.

Smoking is well-known to increase the risk of pre-mature births and other complications. “What thesewomen are doing inadvertently is not allowing them-selves to be guided to available smoking cessation serv-ices,” Dr David M Tappin of the University of Glas-gow in Scotland, one of the researchers on the study,told Reuters Health.

In the UK, most women are “booked” into mater-nity services at eight to 12 weeks of pregnancy. Atbooking, a midwife interviews the woman, and askswhether or not she smokes. Women who say yes willget a follow-up call to enroll them in a smoking cessa-tion programme.—Internet

Environmental education starts earlyin German childhood

Brazilian one-year-old Siamese sisters Maria Luiza(L) and Maria Luana (R) are seen at their home inthe Beberibe neighborhood in Recife, northeasternBrazil, on 10 November. The Siamese twin sisters

celebrated their first birthday on Wednesday astheir parents tearfully await a highly complex anddangerous separation surgery early next year to

save their young lives.—INTERNET

Scientists examine the mammogram of a femalecancer patient. Australian scientists said they were

to trial a revolutionary treatment which wouldallow women to regrow their breasts after cancer

surgery.—INTERNET

Moderateearthquake

shakes Costa Rica SAN JOSE, 14 Nov—A

5.1 magnitude earthquakeshook Costa Rica on Fri-day, without immediatereport of victims and ma-terial damages.

The Costa Rican Vul-canology and SeismologyObservatory (OVISCORI)said the earthquake oc-curred at 3:20 pm localtime (2120 GMT) and itsepicenter was located 20km northeast to ParritainPuntarenas Province, 70km southeast to San Jose.

The earthquake had adepth of 19 km and it wasproduced due to a localgeological failure, theOVSICORI said.—Xinhua

Royal Navywatched piratesabduct coupleLONDON, 14 Nov — A

Royal Navy ship withheldfire as it watched Somalipirates kidnap a Britishcouple on the high seas,British authorities said onFriday.Previously theBritish Defence Ministrysaid it could not rescuePaul and Rachel Chandleron Oct 23 because thecouple was already on thepirates’ ship and theiryacht abandoned whenthe Royal Fleet Auxiliarytanker Wave Knight ar-rived at the scene, TheTimes of London reported.

But a ministry spokes-man confirmed on Fridaythe Wave Knight arrivedas the couple was beingtransferred from theiryacht to the pirate’s ship50 feet away. The crewwas ordered not to inter-vene because the pirateswere carrying AK-47 as-sault rifles and there wasfear a gun battle wouldresult in the hostages be-ing killed.

Internet

NEW YORK, 14 Nov—Fasting every other daycan help obese people loseweight, a small studyhints.Even though thestudy participants atewhatever they wanted ontheir non-fasting days,they lost an average of 5.6kilograms (about 12pounds) after eight weeks,Dr Krista A Varady of theUniversity of Illinois atChicago and her col-leagues found.

What’s more, their to-tal and “bad” LDL choles-terol levels dropped, andtheir blood pressure fell.“People lost anywherefrom about 7 pounds toabout 30 pounds and thatwas in a very shortamount of time,” Varadysaid. And, she added, theprogram was pretty easyfor the study participantsto follow.—Internet

BERLIN, 14 Nov—Thelast week in late October,the tide in Germany’s larg-est port of Hamburg wasrising, much higher thanlast year. Guido Neumann,a company manager fromHamburg, took his 7-year-old son Leander to theport, strolling along thebanks to have a look.

“I told my son why thetide became bigger. If it

continues, we have tobuild higher dikes to pro-tect our home,” Neumanntold Xinhua.

While walking alongthe dikes, Leander saw therising tide, and discussedthe importance of savingnature with his father.

Neumann has twosons, Joost and Leander,and he started “environ-ment-oriented” education

for his sons when theywere only 2 years old.

“When my sons were 2or 3 years old, I started totell them to sort householdgarbage,” Neumannsaid.—Xinhua

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Argentina starts to produceA/H1N1 vaccines

Food-borne ills can have lastingconsequences

Caffeinated alcoholicdrinks may be illegalWASHINGTON , 14 Nov — The Food and Drug Ad-

ministration has notified about 30 manufacturers ofalcoholic beverages containing added caffeine that itintends to take a look at their products.The question isnot only if these products — such as 24/7 made byMix Master Beverage Co and Joose by United BrandsCo — are safe, but also whether it is even legal to addcaffeine to such drinks, the agency says.

In September, 18 attorneys general from states in-cluding Connecticut, Utah, California and New Yorksent a letter to the FDA outlining why they considersuch drinks dangerous. They were joined by a numberof doctors and scientists who have conducted researchon the subject.The letter cited several studies thatshowed stimulants such as caffeine mask the intoxi-cating effects of alcohol and could lead to increasedrisk-taking and other alcohol-related problems suchas violence, sexual assault, traffic accidents and evensuicide.One study done last year found usage to benearly 30 percent among college students, in whomthe beverages are associated with “heavy episodicdrinking and episodes of weekly drunkenness.” It alsofound people who drink caffeinated alcoholic bever-ages are more likely to have alcohol-related problems.

Any ingredient added to food is considered a foodadditive. According to the FDA, “food additives re-quire premarket approval based on data demonstrat-ing safety submitted to the agency.” Ingredients addedto food are considered unsafe and against the law un-less the FDA approves their use or unless the ingredi-ents are “generally recognized as safe,” a designationthat still requires evidence of safety at the levels usedin the product.To date, caffeine has been approved foruse only in soft drinks, and only at concentrations un-der 200 parts per million.—Internet

BUENOS AIRES, 14Nov—Argentine Presi-dent Cristina Fernandezannounced on Friday thatArgentina would start toproduce A/H1N1vaccines after about 600people have died of thisdisease in the country.

“The initiative will de-mand the work of 250 sci-

entists and an importantinvestment of about 20million US dollars,”Fernandez said during aninauguration of an inter-national conference inBuenos Aires.

She called the produc-tion of the A/H1N1vaccines a “national inter-est”.

According to the latestreport from the Argentinehealth departments, A/H1N1 influenza has in-fected more than 1.2 mil-lion people and causedabout 600 deaths in Ar-gentina since the first casewas reported in May,2009.

Xinhua

CHICAGO, 14 Nov—More than just a bad boutof stomach flu, somefood-borne illnesses cancause long-term conse-quences, especially foryoung people, a report re-leased on Thursday hasfound.Researchers at theCenter for Foodborne Ill-ness Research & Preven-

tion in Pennsylvania stud-ied the five most commonfood-borne diseases andfound they can cause life-long complications in-cluding kidney failure,paralysis, seizures, hear-ing or visual impairmentsand mental retardation.

“It’s not just a tummyache,” the center’s TanyaRoberts told a newsbriefing.An estimated 76million Americans be-come sick each year fromfood-borne illness,325,000 are hospitalizedand 5,000 die, accordingto the US Centers for Dis-

ease Control and Preven-tion. About half are chil-dren under 15.

Since 2006, outbreakshave been linked to pea-nuts, peppers, groundbeef, spinach and othercommon foods.Diarrheaand vomiting are the mostcommon symptoms offood-borne illness, andtypically last only a fewdays.But in 2 to 3 percentof cases, food-borne dis-ease can cause seriouslong-term health prob-lems, according to the USFood and Drug Adminis-tration.—Internet

Caffeine masks the intoxicating effects of alcohol,the FDA said in a letter to beverage

manufacturers.—INTERNET

More contamination troublesfor Genzyme

A worker scrubbed pipes in June during decontamination at Genzyme’sAllston plant after a virus infected a bioreactor.—INTERNET

Flu shows signs ofpeaking in some areasGENEVA,14 Nov—Flu season that began early in the

northern hemisphere this year may be peaking in partsof north America and western Europe, the World HealthOrganization said on Friday.In an update on the H1N1swine flu virus, the WHO said parts of the southernand southeastern United States, as well as Iceland andIreland, seemed to have weakening levels of disease.

But the UN agency, which declared a global flu pan-demic in June, said that big sections of the United Stateswere still experiencing “widespread and intense” fluinfections. It described waves of outbreaks acrossCanada and in Mexico, where the first severe caseswere identified earlier this year.”In Europe and centralAsia, overall influenza transmission continues to in-tensify,” the WHO said, adding that almost all the in-fluenza viruses analysed in Europe in recent weeks havebeen the H1N1 strain and not seasonal flu. While say-ing “high to very high intensity of respiratory diseases”have been reported in some parts of Europe includingBelarus, Bulgaria and Russia, it said experts were nowless concerned about a big outbreak in Ukraine.TheH1N1 virus has now spread to 206 countries, with thelatest reported laboratory-confirmed cases in Somalia,Nigeria and Burundi.

There have been more than 6,250 deaths to date,mostly in the Americas region, according to the WHOtoll.—Internet

Cervical cancer vaccinehope for African women

DAR ES SALAAM, 14Nov—So crammed is Tan-zania’s only cancer treat-ment center that RukiaKondogoza, wrapped inbright kanga cloth, has toshare her bed with anotherpatient.A farmer from therural south of the country,the 40-year-old has cervi-cal cancer — the biggestcause of female cancerdeaths on the continent anda disease that kills one Af-rican woman every 10minutes. Of the 500,000women worldwide whoare diagnosed with cervi-cal cancer every year, 80percent are in the develop-ing world and 71,000 ofthem are in Africa, accord-

ing to the African Organi-zation for Research andTraining in Cancer.“Thiscancer disease is worsethan malaria because of allthe heavy bleeding,” saidKondogoza, who is one of7,500 new cases recordedin Tanzania each year.

“When the doctorbrought the news I just ac-cepted it. I knew I could notignore it because it is therein my body.”Many othersdo ignore it, however.Theministry for health and so-cial welfare says only 10percent of cases ever reachthe country’s only cancercenter, the Ocean RoadCancer Institute, for treat-ment.—Internet

CAMBRIDGE , 14 Nov —Genzyme Corp, the Cam-bridge biotechnology gi-ant that has spent fivemonths scrambling to re-gain its footing after de-tecting a virus at its Allstonplant, is facing a new con-tamination problem: bitsof steel, rubber, and fiberfound in drugs made bythe company and shippedfrom the same site.

Federal regulators yes-terday warned doctors tolook for foreign particles

in five Genzyme drugsused to treat rare geneticdisorders, including two -Cerezyme and Fabrazyme—that have been rationedbecause of the viral con-tamination detected in theAllston Landing plant lastsummer. The five drugsrepresent roughly half ofGenzyme’s $4.6 billion inannual sales.

The diseases treated bythese enzyme replacementdrugs are rare. About 5,500people worldwide, for ex-

ample, depend on Cerezyme, the best-sellingGenzyme drug, whileabout 2,500 useFabrazyme. Cerezymetreats Gaucher disease,which causes fatty sub-stances to accumulate inthe liver, spleen, and otherorgans. Fabrazyme treatsFabry disease, which pre-vents the body from break-ing down oils and fats thatbuild up in the eyes andkidneys.

Internet

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Nadal sets up Djokovic showdown in Paris

Spain’s Rafael Nadal

Egyptians thrilled by upcomingcrucial World Cup qualifier

Jiyai Shin, of South Korea, tees offon the sixth hole during the second

round of the Lorena OchoaInvitational LPGA golf tournament

in Guadalajara, Mexico, on 13Nov, 2009.—INTERNET

Shin shoots 66 to take OchoaInvitational lead

GUADALAJARA, 14 Nov—Jiyai Shin took a big step toward addingthe LPGA Tour player of the year award to her top rookie trophy, shoot-ing a 6-under 66 on Friday for a three-stroke lead in the Lorena OchoaInvitational.

The 21-year-old South Korean star, a three-time winner this yearwho has a four-point lead over Ochoa in the player of the year race,had an 11-under 133 total on the Guadalajara Country Club course.”Idon’t know much (about) this course, so I try to just play safe,” Shinsaid. “Like just the middle of the fairway, just the middle of the greenand make it a very simple game. ... I have found my tempo — greattempo. So I have a really good feeling.”—Internet

2012 Games pose biggestsecurity risk in decades

LONDON, 14 Nov—London faces the largest secu-rity challenge since World War II when it hosts the2012 Olympics, British security minister Alan Westsaid Friday.West told a London conference that theBritish capital will almost certainly be at a higher riskof a terrorist attack as an estimated 15,000 athletes,14,000 coaches and officials and 20,000 media work-ers arrive for the games.

He said the country’s threat level will likely rise tosevere — the second-highest rating on a five-point scale— meaning an attack is considered highly likely.”Weare not complacent. We do not underestimate the scaleof the Olympics challenge,” West told the Royal UnitedServices Institute think tank.—Internet

The wave shaped Aquatics Centre roof is seen in placeat the 2012 Olympic site in London, on 11 Nov, 2009.The 160 metre long, 3000 tonnes roof rests on threeconcrete supports, it will cover two 50 metre pools, a

dive pool and a dry diving area.—INTERNET

Keane tells Ireland starsto make history

DUBLIN, 14 Nov—Republic of Ireland captainRobbie Keane has urged his team to seize the chanceto become national heroes by beating France in Satur-day’s World Cup play-off first leg. GiovanniTrapattoni’s side host France at Croke Park before trav-elling to Paris for the return on Wednesday and Keanebelieves qualifying for the finals at the expense of sucha star-studded team would be remembered forever asIreland’s greatest achievement.

Tottenham forward Keane knows the Irish cannotcompete with Raymond Domenech’s collection of glo-bal icons when it comes to skill and guile.But he be-lieves Ireland, who last qualified for a major tourna-ment when they reached the 2002 World Cup, can over-whelm stars like Thierry Henry, Nicolas Anelka andWilliam Gallas through sheer bloody-minded determi-nation to play in South Africa next year.—Internet

Republic of Irelandcaptain Robbie Keane,seen here in October2009, has urged his

team to seize thechance to becomenational heroes bybeating France in

Saturday’s World Cupplay-off first leg.

INTERNET

Robson gets first taste ofAsian Cup action

SINGAPORE, 14 Nov—Former England captain BryanRobson gets his first taste of Asian Cup football onSaturday when Thailand travel to Singapore for a mustwin qualifying clash against their Southeast Asianneighbour. It is one of seven matches being played asthe race to Qatar in 2011 heats up, with another roundof games next Wednesday.

In Group B, Pim Verbeek’s Australia are in Omanwith both sides on four points from three games, whileKuwait (three points from two games) host Indonesia(two points from two games). Uzbekistan play Ma-laysia in Tashkent in the only Group C game whileleaders Syria take on Vietnam in Group D and Chinatravel to bottom-of-the-table Lebanon.—Internet

Kaka bills Englandas World Cup rivals

Brazilian midfielderKaka smiles during a

Press conference in theQatari capital Doha.

INTERNET

PARIS, 14 Nov—Second seed RafaelNadal set up a Paris Masters semi-finalclash with third seed Novak Djokovicon Friday by defeating title-holderJo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 7-5.

Djokovic had earlier defeated RobinSoderling of Sweden 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 in thefirst of the day’s quarter-finals to reachthe last four in Paris for the first time.

The losses for Tsonga and Soderlingmeant that Spain’s Fernando Verdascowas assured of the eighth and final spotin the 22-29 November ATP TourFinals in London.

The other players qualified for that

are Nadal, Djokovic, Roger Federer,Andy Murray, Juan Martin del Potro,Andy Roddick and Nikolay Davydenko.

Internet

CAIRO, 14 Nov—At acafe in Al-Kasr el-Enistreet of downtownCairo just one day beforethe most important soc-cer match betweenEgypt and Algeria onSaturday, which woulddetermine who will playin next year’s World Cupto be held in South Af-rica, sat Hussin and hisfriend Mohamed, talkingabout the tactics Egyp-tian team will adopt thenext day.

“I hope that our teamwill win the match,” saidHussin, a 28-year-old en-gineer who was watchinga sports analysis programon TV.

Most of the Egyptianfans are nervous as evena two-goal victory by

Egypt will bring aplayoff with Algeria inSudan as a neutral site.Several hours ahead ofthe match, nerves arefrayed in the two coun-tries.

Xinhua

DOHA, 14 Nov—Kakabelieves Fabio Capello hastransformed England intoa team capable of wreck-ing Brazil’s hopes ofclaiming a sixth WorldCup in South Africa nextyear.

The Real Madridplaymaker is a keen stu-dent of the English gameand he has been impressed

by the way Capello hasresurrected the nationalsquad from the ashes oftheir failure to reach Euro2008, guiding WayneRooney and co. to the fi-nals with nine wins in tenqualifiers.

“I think the character ofCapello is the key to un-derstanding this Englandteam,” Kaka said ahead ofSaturday’s friendly clashbetween the two countries.

“We always knew thatthey had good individualplayers capable of decid-ing games but they lookmore of a team now. Theyare much sharper collec-tively, which is what youwould expect from aCapello team.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.During the past 24 hours, except for the isolated light rainor thundershowers in Taninthayi Division, weather hasbeen generally fair in the whole country. Night temperatureswere (5°C) below November average temperatures in upperSagaing Division, (4°C) below November averagetemperatures in Northern Shan State, (5°C) to (6°C) aboveNovember average temperatures in Mon State andTaninthayi Division, (3°C) above November averagetemperatures in Kachin State and about November averagetemperatures in the remaining areas. The significant nighttemperature was Haka (8°C). The noteworthy amount oftainfall recorded was Kawthoung (0.08) inch.

Maximum temperature on 13-11-2009 was 98°F.Minimum temperature on 14-11-2009 was 69°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 14 -11-2009 was 65%.Total sun shine hours on 13-11-2009 was (9.0) hours approx.

Rainfall on 14-11-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (111.06) inches at Mingaladon, (122.09) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (129.41) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mphfrom North at (16:30) hours MST on 13-11-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is generally fair in the NorthBay and partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and elsewherein the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 15th November 2009:Light rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolated inKachin State, upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Dicisions andweather will be generally fair in the remaining areas. Degreeof certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight in Myanmar waters.Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of

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Argentina’s soccer team head coach DiegoMaradona attends a news conference in Madrid

on 12 November, 2009.—INTERNET

MADRID, 14 Nov—Argentina coach DiegoMaradona feels mistreated and persecuted but sayshe is focussing on his job, family and the support of“ordinary people.”

Maradona, who will appear before a FIFAdisciplinary committee in Zurich on Sunday overhis foul-mouthed rant after last month’s World Cupqualifier in Uruguay, told Spain’s Marca newspaperthat many people were out to get him.

“Much worse things have been said and thereare people who do terrible things in soccer...,” thepaper quoted Maradona as saying in an interviewconducted in Madrid on Wednesday.

“I am taking refuge in my team, my family, mydaughters and in ordinary people from the street,”added the 49-year-old.

“Lest nobody forget, people in Argentina, fromthe street, are showing me a lot of affection, theygreet me and love me just like always.

“And I am focussing on that, on the peoplewithout microphones, not on what the media says.”

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC-sowing hatred amongthe people

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest

and violence

Today’s vehicles and motorways in Myanmar (11)Article: Kayan Soe Myint; Photos: Ministry of Construction

Photo shows an aerial view of Gottwin Road on Mandalay-Lashio-Muse section of 4530-kilometre Asian Highway No. 14.

The Union of Myanmar is a member country ofthe Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)as well as the South Asia Association for RegionalCooperation (SAARC). Moreover, Myanmar is a mem-ber of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-SectoralTechnical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)and the Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar (BCIM)

economic cooperation. Therefore, Myanmar has plannedto construct the Asian Highways to link Thailand, Laos,the People’s Republic of China, India and Bangladesh,the ASEAN Highways, the Greater Mekong Sub-regionEconomic Corridors, the BIMSTEC Highways, theIndia-Myanmar-Thailand-Tripartite Highway, the GMS,East-West Economic Corridor Highway, the GMS,

North-South Economic Corridor, the Highway to bejointly built by India and Myanmar, the Paletwa bordermotor road and the maintenance of Kaladan Rivercourse project.Asian Highways

To connect with Asian countries, the ESCAPhas initiated work for the construction of Asian High-ways since 1959. In 1989, Myanmar was included inthe Asian Highways, and so far, the project has coveredwith 32 countries. After drawing the Inter-governmen-tal Agreement (Draft) on Asian Highway Network, aceremony to sign the construction of highway networkwas held at the 60th Ministerial Meeting of the com-mission in Shanghai on 28 April 2004. There are plansto construct four Asian Highways in Myanmar. Theyare as follows:-(a) Asian Highway No. 1 (AH1): it is a 1665-kilometre

road stretching from Myawady at the Thai-Myanmarborder to Tamu at the Myanmar-India border,

(b) Asian Highway No. 2 (AH2): it is a 807-kilometreroad stretching from Tachilek at the Thai-Myanmarborder to Kengtung-Taunggyi-Meiktila, and thenit will link with the Asian Highway No. 1 and finishat Tamu at the Myanmar-India border,

(c) Asian Highway No. 3 (AH3): it is a 93-kilometreroad section stretching from Kengtung on the AsianHighway No. 2 to Mongla at the Myanmar-Chinaborder, and

(d) Asian Highway No. 14 (AH14): it is a 453-kilome-tre road section stretching from Mandalay on theAsian Highway No. 1 to Muse at the Myanmar-China border.

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