The New Light of Myanmar 16-09-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 153 13th Waning of Tawthalin 1371 ME Wednesday, 16 September, 2009

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Sept — Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peaceand Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations toHis Excellency Mr. Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, President of the United Mexican States, onthe anniversary of the Independence of the United Mexican States which falls on 16 Sep-tember 2009. — MNA

Chairman of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Senior General Than Shwe sends

message of felicitations to Mexican President

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Sept — Lt-Gen Khin Zaw ofthe Ministry of Defence, accompanied by Chairmanof Taninthayi Division Peace and Development Coun-cil Commander of Coastal Region Command Maj-GenKhin Zaw Oo and departmental officials, inspectedcondition of roads and bridges on Myeik-TaninthayiRoad and oil palm, rubber and rain-fed paddy field inTaninthayi Township yesterday.

They also visited the mixed-crop plantationof rubber and rice at Nyaungpingon Village in

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw inspects agriculture,development tasks in Myeik District

Taninthayi Township. During the visit, they met withlocal farmers and local authority including membersof social organizations separately.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Khin Zaw and party vis-ited Kanthaya Village in Myeik Township and viewedspreading fertilizer on rain-fed rice field by farmersand thriving rice plantation.

On 12 September, Lt-Gen Khin Zaw and partyalso inspected condition of Boakpyin-KawthoungRoad and oil palm plantation in a motorcade.— MNA

INSIDE Tapping geothermal energy

Model of the experimental reactor.

ZURICH, 15 Sept —Withincreasing depth, geothermal energyoffers an almost inexhaustible potentialfor renewable energy. The drilling costshowever, rise exponentially with depthin the case of conventional rotary drilling.A thermal drilling method, which willallow for reaching greater drilling depthsin a more efficient and more cost-

effective way, is currently beingdeveloped at the ETH Zurich.

Tobias Rothenfluh, a doctoralstudent at the Institute for ProcessEngineering, climbs up a small ladderinto the three-story pilot plant. Pipelineslead through metering and safety valvesinto the reactor, which is affectionatelyknown as “Betsy”. Inch-thick plates,made of heat-resistant steel, prevent thereactor from bursting, even at a pressureof 300 bars. “In our experimental reactorwe are able to ignite a flame underwaterat a pressure of around 250 bars and 450degrees Celsius” says Rothenfluh.“Thus we are able to experimentallysimulate the temperature and pressureconditions prevailing in a borehole,about three kilometers below the earth’ssurface.” — Internet

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw of

the Ministry of

Defence views

spreading fertilizer

on rain-fed paddy

field in Kanthaya

Village, Myeik Town-

ship.—MNA

Nothing is difficult if they really want to do. What isimportant is their goodwill and trust. If they have puregoodwill and belief that all national races will have to worktogether for development, nothing will be difficult and itwill not take very long. Now, it is high time national racesshowed no doubt to one another. And they should all haverealized that loving-kindness is more powerful than arms.

A warm welcome extended bythe entire people

MAUNG DEH DOEPAGE 8

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Wednesday, 16 September, 2009

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

People’s Desire

Strive for extensive application

of integrated farming

Nowadays, to strengthen the national

economy, all those concerned are working hard

towards boosting the production of the

agricultural sector. Irrigation facilities such as

dams and river water-pumping stations are being

built one after another across the nation and

requirements are being fulfilled to increase per-

acre yield and to grow double, triple and mixed

crops.

As there was a lot of rain at the beginning of

the rainy season this year, cultivation of monsoon

paddy in Yangon, Bago and Ayeyawady Divisions

reached the target acreage and, as monsoon

paddy plants are thriving, there is going to be a

good harvest in those regions. In the village-

tracts in Paungde Township in Pyay District and

Ziegon and Letpadan Townships in Thayawady

District, ceremonies are being held to do the

weeding and spread fertilizer in the paddy fields.

Thonze dam in Thayawady Township can

benefit 50,000 acres of farmland. More than 20,000

acres of summer paddy were irrigated through

the left irrigation canal that has already been

constructed and the right one under construction

and measures are being taken to irrigate over

30,000 acres of summer paddy next year.

Myanmar farmers have a lot of experience in

growing crops and raising livestock

simultaneously. Therefore, it is necessary to

cultivate quality strains of paddy, employ

appropriate cultivation methods, use fertilizer

systematically and engage in modern livestock

breeding.

In addition, every effort will have to be

made for wide application of an integrated

farming method, one of the modern agricultural

systems, in agriculture. Use of agricultural

implements and machines and application of

modern technology can save costs and prevent

loss and wastage.

If farmers, agriculturalists and private

entrepreneurs make effective use of the

government’s support and assistance and try to

practice an integrated farming method on a wider

scale, there will be a marked increase in

agricultural output and profits.

Foreign Minister felicitates

Mexican counterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Sept —U Nyan Win, Minister

for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, has

sent a message of felicitations to Her Excellency

Ambassador Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, Minister

of Foreign Affairs of the United Mexican States,

on the anniversary of the Independence of the

United Mexican States which falls on 16 September

2009.—MNA

YANGON, 15 Sept—Myanma Port Authorityinformed thatexceptionally high springof from 20.1 feet to 21.3

Warning of Hightidefeet high above the datumare expected to occur inYangon River during theperiod from 17th to 23rd

September 2009.—MNA

Blood Disease Conference on

17-18 October

NAY PYI TAW, 15Sept—Minister for ElectricPower No. 1 Col Zaw Minmet with local people from18 villages in Myolulin,Hsutagyi, Pategon,Myaypyintha village tracts

Minister meets with local people in Myothit and Natmauk Tsps

YANGON, 15 Sept—Atthe invitation of KoreaPharmaceutical IndustryCooperative Association,Myanmar delegation ledby Secretary U Zaw MoeKhine of MyanmarPharmaceuticals andMedical EquipmentE n t r e p r e n e u r sAssociation left for theRepublic of Korea by airthis morning.

Vice-Chairman UThant Zin, CEC members

Myanmar delegation leaves for ROK

Dr Zaw Tun Aye andmembers Daw ThaungThaung Kyi, U KhinMaung Win, U Sai Yi Saiand U Zaw Lin Soe alsoaccompanied Secretary UZaw Moe Khine.

The Myanmardelegation was seen off atYangon InternationalAirport by Chairman DrWin Si Thu, Joint-Secretary Dr Thin NweWin, CEC Dr Myo Thantand Executive U Maung

Gyi.The Myanmar

delegation will meet withKPICA and discuss withthem to promote bilateraltrade in pharmaceuticalsand to sign MOU betweenMyanmar and Korea. Theywill make observations onproduction process ofKorean pharmaceuticalsand attend Buy Korea 2009Exhibition and Buyer-Seller Meeting.

MNA

of Magway Division atMyolulin village AffiliatedBasic Education HighSchool and donated bagsof cement, CI sheets andcash for the school on 11September.

Similarly, the ministermet with local people from17 villages of NatmaukTownship in Ywamon

village and donated bags ofcement, CI sheets and cashfor Ywamon villageBEHS.—MNA

YANGON, 15 Sept—Organized by Blood DiseaseGroup of Myanmar Medical Association, the secondBlood Disease Conference will be held at No (40),Chatrium Hotel on Natmauk Street in TamwayTownship here from 17 to 18 October (Saturday andSunday).—MNA

Minister for Electric Power No. 1 Col Zaw Min meeting with local people from 18 villages.—MNA

Myanmar delegation led by Secretary U Zaw Moe Khine of MPMEEA

being seen off at Yangon International Airport.—MNA

Resultant of Vıriya andChanda

Viriyavato kimnama kammam nasijjhati.

To a striving person nothing can remainunaccomplished.

Chandavato kimnama kanmam nasijjhati

To a person with a strong will nothing canremain unaccomplished.

(Mulati, 3;169)

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A man checks the remains of a damaged house which was hit by a rocketSunday night, killing three family members while sleeping in their house in

Kabul, Afghanistan recently.—XINHUA

Egypt plays central rolein Israeli-Palestinian peace effort

Three killed in Iraq’s Diyala violence

Smoke billows follow-ing an explosion at theBab al-Muazam district

of Baghdad. Iraqiofficials told AFP that

three people were killedwhen a massive car

bomb exploded close toa major army base and

the health ministry.INTERNET

An assistant has ahaircut featuring the

number 60 to celebratethe upcoming 60thanniversary of the

founding of the People’sRepublic of China at a

barbershop inZhengzhou, HenanProvince on 11 Sept,

2009. —INTERNET

JERUSALEM, 15 Sept—Egypt does not hide thefact that it is deeply trou-bled by some Israeli ac-tions regarding the Pales-tinians, yet Israeli leaderscontinue to make regularjourneys to Cairo for talkswith Egyptian PresidentHosni Mubarak. On Sun-day, Israeli Prime Minis-ter Benjamin Netanyahumade his second visit toMubarak since cominginto office in April.

The meeting focused ona variety of issues, accord-

ing to the spokesmen ofthe two leaders. Amongthem were the Palestin-ian-Israeli conflict, bilat-eral issues and whatNetanyahu’s officedubbed “regional mat-ters,” which is anotherway of saying of the Iranissue.

The Israelis are fullyaware of the central roleEgypt and Mubarak playin trying to forge a Pales-tinian-Israel peace deal.

Not only is Mubarak onthe centre stage when it

comes to talks betweenIsraelis and Palestinians,but Cairo is also the focalpoint for efforts to createa rapprochement betweenthe leading Palestinianmovements Fatah andHamas.

The Palestinians, Israe-lis and Americans arefully aware that withoutagreement between thewarring factions it will bevirtually impossible tocreate a Palestinian statein the West Bank andGaza.—Xinhua

One Canadian soldierkilled in roadside bombexplosion in AfghanistanOTTAWA, 15 Sept—Canada now has 130 soldiers

killed in Afghanistan after another soldier was killedon Sunday in a roadside bomb explosion, the NationalDefence Department said in a press release on Mon-day. The incident took place about 10 kilometres awayfrom Kandahar City. The soldier was killed on thescene when an improvised explosive device was deto-nated near his armored vehicle on a road.

Four other soldiers sustained injuries, the releasesaid.

Canada has 2,500 soldiers deployed in southernAfghanistan, part of NATO operation troops fightingthe Taleban militants. The increase in the fatalities hastriggered mounting calls from Canadians for a troopswithdrawal.

The Parliament has passed a legislation stating thatthe troops will come back in early 2011. —Xinhua

Pirates attempt to board two tankers near Singapore Obama sure US, China can avoid trade war SINGAPORE, 15 Sept—Pirates at-

tempted to board two tankers in a busyshipping lane off southern Malaysia onMonday, a regional government securityagency said. Five men tried to boardPanama-registered tanker Pacific Har-mony early on Monday near the south-ern Malaysian port of Tanjung Ayam,just to the east of Singapore, accordingto the Regional Cooperation Agreementon Combating Piracy and Armed Rob-bery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP).

The men fled on hearing the ship’s alarmsystem.

Two hours later, six men with longknives tried to board Malaysia-registeredchemical tanker MMM Kingston. Theyfled in a speed boat after seeing the crewhad been alerted. ReCAAP said the samegroup was probably involved and ad-vised shipping crews to take precautionssince there had been six such cases thisyear in the area, all during the night whilethe ships were anchored.—MNA/Reuters

WASHINGTON, 15 Sept—President Barack Obamasaid on Monday he was“absolutely” certain theUnited States and Chinacould avoid a trade war ina dispute over Chinese tyreimports that has stokedtensions between the twocountries.

Obama spoke afterChina responded swiftly tothe Obama Administra-tion’s announcement on

Friday of safeguard dutieson tyre imports fromChina, saying on Mondayit would request WorldTrade Organization con-sultations over the USmove. “If we don’t enforcethe rules that are containedin our trade agreements,then it’s very hard to havecredibility,” Obama toldCNBC television. TheUnited States imposed thehigher duties in response

to a petition filed by theUnited Steelworkers unionearlier this year. It said atripling of Chinese tyre im-ports from 2004 to 2008had cost more than 5,000US jobs. The US an-nouncement has threat-ened to cast a shadow overa summit of the Group of20 major and developingeconomies to be hosted byObama in Pittsburgh nextweek.—MNA/Reuters

BAQUBA,15 Sept—Threepeople were killed and 12injured in separate inci-dents in the volatile prov-ince of Diyala in northeastof Baghdad on Monday, aprovincial police sourcesaid. Two people werekilled and two otherswounded when a roadsidebomb struck a civilian carin an area south of the pro-vincial capital city ofBaquba, some 65 kmnortheast of Baghdad, thesource told Xinhua on con-dition of anonymity.

In a separate incident, an

Iraqi Army soldier waskilled and two others wereinjured in a vehicle roll-over accident in easternBaquba, the source said.

Also in Baquba, abooby-trapped car parkedsome 100 meters awayfrom the building of theprovincial council, deto-nated near a passing IraqiArmy patrol, wounding sixpeople, including two chil-dren and a woman, he said.

One of the military ve-hicles was damaged by theblast, the source added.

A man and a woman

were injured when un-known gunmen openedfire on them at a village innortheast of Baquba, hesaid, adding that the Iraqisecurity forces cordonedoff the scene and captureda suspect. Meanwhile, ajoint Iraqi Army and policeforce searched neighbour-hoods in western Baquba,arresting nine suspects, in-cluding four wanted forarrest warrants, the sourcesaid, adding that the forcealso defused four explo-sive charges at the court-yard of a house. —Xinhua

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WASHINGTON, 15 Sept —Protectionism would causemore trade disputes anddrag the US economy intoperil, a US industry associa-tion warned on Monday fol-lowing President BarackObama’s on Friday decisionto impose punitive tariffs ontyres imported from China.

“With the US econo-myon the verge of recovery, westrongly urge our leadershipto follow through on G8commitments to not erectprotectionist barriers thatwould open the door forlarger trade frictions and,more importantly, put oureconomic recovery in peril,”American Apparel & Foot-wear Association (AAFA)President and CEO KevinM Burke said in a statementreleased on Monday.

Xinhua

An amateur chorus sings the songs among the repertoire of odes to the home-land, during the large chorus contest of Singing for the Homeland by the

Educational Department, Universities, Middle and Elementary Schools, whichdraws a total of 44 choruses to participate in, at the Musical Hall of the Tianjin

Normal University, in Tianjin, north China, on 13 Sept, 2009.—XINHUA

US tradeassociation

warns gov’t ofprotectionist

perils

BEIJING, 15 Sept—Eu-rope’s biggest automakerVolkswagen AG is invest-ing 4 billion euros (about5.8 billion US dollars)over the next two to threeyears to maintain its “per-sistent development” inChina, China Daily re-ported on Tuesday.

SAN FRANCISCO, 15Sept— Intel Corp, theworld’s largest computerchipmaker, on Mondayannounced a number oforganizational and man-agement changes to con-solidate its business andexpand power of threesenior executives.

The company said allof its major product divi-sions will be consolidatedinto a newly formed IntelArchitecture Group,which will be co-man-aged by Sean Maloneyand Dadi Perlmutter, bothexecutive vice presidents.

Intel’s global manu-

BRUSSELS, 15 Sept—Statistics suggest theEurozone is emergingfrom recession but un-derlying fears persist thata recovery may be short-lived.

A still fragile finan-cial sector, coupled withrising unemploymentand worsening public fi-nances, has analysts re-maining cautious in theface of encouraging Eu-ropean Commission eco-nomic forecasts for thelatter half of year.

The commission, theexecutive arm of the Eu-ropean Union, singledout Spain from the 16-country Eurozone as theonly one yet to escape therecession and it, too,warned that the recoverycould be volatile as un-certainty is still rife.

Thanks to financialbailouts and economicstimulus measures,which cost Eurozonegovernments trillions ofeuros, financial marketsin the bloc are now sta-bilizing.

However, while fi-

Intel announces organizational andmanagement reshuffle

facturing organization,the Technology andManufacturing Group,will now report to AndyBryant, Intel’s chief ad-ministrative officer andalso an executive vicepresident.

The shakeup will al-low Paul Otellini, thecompany’s chief execu-tive officer, to “devote ahigher quotient of his timeto corporate strategy anddriving the company’sgrowth initiatives,” Intelsaid in a statement.

The expansion of re-sponsibilities for the threeexecutive vice presidents

projects them as possiblecandidates to succeedOtellini in the future,some analysts said.

Intel also confirmedthat Pat Gelsinger, co-manager of its Digital En-terprise Group and BruceSewell, its general coun-sel, are leaving the com-pany.

In a separate an-nouncement, data storagecompany EMC Corp onMonday said it has hiredGelsinger as presidentand chief operating of-ficer of EMC InformationInfrastructure Products.

Xinhua

Risks to Eurozone economicrecovery identified

nancial markets have re-turned to almost normalconditions in recentmonths, challenges re-main, notably the amountof toxic assets on banks’balance sheets that haveyet to be revealed.

The European CentralBank estimatesEurozone commercialbanks may post 649 bil-

lion euros (945 billionU.S. dollars) inwritedowns by 2010 dueto losses in the financialcrisis, nearly double the365 billion euros (531billion dollars) so far re-ported. Dealing with theunexposed toxic assetscould affect financialstability.

Xinhua

Volkswagen sets to expand capacity in ChinaThe German auto-maker

would use the fresh invest-ments, coming primarilyfrom its two Chinese jointventures, for launching newproducts and local capacityexpansion in the world’sfastest growing market, saidthe newspaper.

The company plans to

invest 1.3 billion euros toincrease production at itsNanjing facility to 300,000units per year and at itsChengdu plant to 350,000,with three new models setto rollout of Nanjing andtwo out of Chengdu by2012. Volkswagen expectsto achieve double-digitgrowth in China this yearand to secure its marketleadership going forward,the newspaper said, citingWinfried Vahland, Presi-dent and CEO of Volksw-agen Group China.

He said Volkswagen is“on the track” to achieveits goal of doubling annualsales to 2 million units by2018 ahead of schedule.Volkswagen sold 652,222vehicles in China in thefirst half of this year, 22.7percent higher than thesame period in 2008.

Xinhua

on the International Day for thePreservation of the Ozone Layer

(16 September 2009)

Sustainable development depends, in large part,on the implementation of agreed environmental goals,targets and objectives. Among the considerable numberof multilateral environmental agreements agreed be-tween states over the past 40 years, the Vienna Con-vention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and, inparticular, its Montreal Protocol stands out. The man-ner in which this instrument for repairing and recov-ering the Earth's protective shield has been financedand implemented serves as an inspiring example ofwhat is possible.

This year's observance marks yet another mile-stone, with the deposit of the instruments of accessionto the Convention and the Protocol by the youngestdemocracy in the world, Timor-Leste. Until today, itwas the only remaining State outside the ozone protec-tion regime. Now, the Convention and Protocol haveachieved universal participation - unique status amongthe hundreds of treaties deposited with the Secretary-General. Timor-Leste's action sends a strong signal ofglobal solidarity, not only for addressing ozone deple-tion but for tackling other pressing multilateral chal-lenges, of which climate change is pre-eminent.

Accumulating evidence indicates that the phase-out of substances known as chlorofluorocarbons orCFCs has, since 1990, alleviated the progression ofclimate change by as much as 12 years. Internationalcooperation on CFCs is a timely affirmation that,through unity of purpose and concerted action, we canminimize risks to our planet and build a safer world forfuture generations. It is a lesson we must take to heartas we prepare for the United Nations Climate ChangeConference in Copenhagen in December.

Some weeks ago, experts from the Montreal Pro-tocol and the UN Framework Convention on ClimateChange and its Kyoto Protocol met in Geneva, Swit-zerland to chart a strategy on a group of chemicals thatcause climate change. Hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs,which are broadly used as replacements for ozone-depleting substances in foams, refrigeration and airconditioning systems, could, if widely used, contrib-ute significantly to climate change by 2050, therebyundermining efforts to reduce the better-known green-house gases, principally carbon dioxide and methanefrom fossil fuel burning and deforestation.

By working together, the ozone and climate trea-ties can multiply their impact for sustainable develop-ment. Other benefits are likely to include improvedenergy efficiency in industrial and household proc-esses and appliances, and spin-offs for the widerchemicals agenda, including in the areas of wastemanagement and human health.

The International Day for the Preservation ofthe Ozone Layer comes some 80 days before theCopenhagen climate conference. Governments mustuse that occasion to seal the deal on an ambitious,comprehensive and equitable new climate agree-ment. Without action on climate change, the worldfaces profound social, economic and environmen-tal disruption. The example of the Montreal Proto-col sends a powerful message that action on majorglobal challenges is not only possible, but that thefinancial and human benefits invariably outweighthe costs.

UNIC

Message of the United NationsSecretary-General

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Argentina sues Uruguay at internationalcourt for environmental damage

A child plays nearbythe aerospace science& technology flower

parterre in Beijing on14 September, 2009.

XINHUA

BUENOS AIRES, 15Sept—Argentina claimedon Monday that Uruguaywas ignoring “irrever-sible” environmental dam-age to the Uruguay River,at an International Crimi-nal Court hearing in TheHague, the Netherlands.

Argentina sued Uruguayin the international court inMay 2006 for not seekingits agreement to establishthe Botnia factory near theUruguay River, which thecountries share.

During the first publichearing, Argentine expertPhilippe Sand said Uru-guay had “not fulfilled its

obligation of protectingthe environment of theUruguay River.”

Sand said the UruguayRiver could not supportthe pollution levels of thefactory.

According to Argentina,Uruguay’s decision to es-tablish the factory violatedthe Uruguay River Statute,signed in 1975.

The Argentine delega-tion led by ambassadorSusana Ruiz Cerutti beganpresenting its evidence onMonday. The process willlast till Thursday, whenUruguay will respond.

Ruiz said the Botnia fac-

tory was causing “irrepa-rable damage” to Argen-tina and its establishment“was a real violation of theobligations set in UruguayRiver Statute.”

“Each day, the factorydeposits a large amount ofpolluting agents in theriver and air. There will beirreversible damage for theriver’s ecosystem,” Ruizsaid. “We are worriedabout the Argentine inhab-itants near the area, whohave expressed their rejec-tion of the factory due tothe disgusting smells itproduces,” Ruiz said.

Xinhua China, Romania start jointmilitary mountain trainingBUCHAREST, 15 Sept—The Romanian and Chinese

armies on Monday started a joint 10-day training ses-sion in mountain skills.

“Friendship Operation 2009” aims to exchange thetraining experience of the two armies, promote theirbasic technical and tactical capabilities, and furthertheir cooperation.

The training was to focus on climbing, shooting,mountain rescues, and field drills. Both armies dis-patched one squad to take part in the training.

The drill in western Romania was scheduled to endon 23 Sept.—Xinhua

Workers cut blankets at Yehai Blanket Factory in south China’s HainanProvince, on 14 Sept, 2009.The factory exported over 500,000 blankets of 52brands in the first eight months this year, much more than the same period

last year. —XINHUA

Egypt discovers 10 smugglingtunnels across the borders

Wildfires destroy 1,500hectares of land in Ecuador

Somali pirates freeGreek ship

NAIROBI, 15 Sept—Somali pirates freed a Greek shipwhich was seized in April in the Gulf of Aden, ac-cording to reports from agencies.

The ship was freed with its 21 Filipino crew, saidreports.

It was seized in the Gulf of Aden, where heavilyarmed gangs from Somalia have made tens of mil-lions of dollars in ransoms targeting vessels using thestrategic shipping lanes that link Europe to Asia.

Foreign navies have been deployed off the coast ofthe lawless Horn of Africa state since the start of theyear to try to prevent more attacks on ships.

The European Union, the United States, Russia andChina are among the nations conducting naval patrolsoff the coast of Somalia to protect commercial vesselsand deter pirate Attacks.

According to Ecoterra International, an NGO moni-toring illegal maritime activities in the region, at least163 attacks have been carried out by Somali piratessince the start of 2009 alone, 47 of them successfulhijackings.

Somalia’s weak central government lacks the powerto stop the piracy.

Xinhua

Non-fatal bomb attack on retailers reported in Mexico City

QUITO, 15 Sept—Ragingwildfires in Ecuador haveburned some 1,500 hec-tares of land across thecountry over the pastweek, the EnvironmentMinistry said on Monday.

The fires mainly af-fected the provincesof Pichincha, Imba-bura,Tungurahua, Chim-borazo, Manabi and SantaElena as low humidity andlarge areas of trees andbushes fueled the firesin the dry season, the mini-stry said. Outside Quito,some 230 hectares ofland near the forest havebeen charred by wild-fires, Quito’s fire chiefAtahualpa Sanchez said.

In some areas, the fireswere so close to houses

that residents had to putthem out with buckets ofwater. There have been noreports on the number ofvictims so far. InterimEnvironment MinisterManuel Bravo said thecauses of the fires are un-der investigation.

Xinhua

All items from XinhuaNews Agency

RAFAH,15 Sept—Egyp-tian security forces dis-covered on Monday 10tunnels used to smugglegoods to Gaza Strip, ac-cording to a securitysource.

The source told Xinhuathat a detained Palestiniansmuggler, Mohammed al-Shaer, by Egyptian secu-rity forces guided to thetunnels.

Al-Shaer, one of themost dangerous smug-glers through the tunnels,

was arrested four days agoduring his return fromSaudi Arabia to GazaStrip through Rafah cross-ing, according to the se-curity source.

The tunnels are used tobring in a wide array ofproducts that are nolonger allowed throughofficial crossing pointsdue to an Israeli blockadethat has been in place formore than two years.

Israel and Egypt closedtheir border crossing

points with Gaza afterHamas movement seizedcontrol of the coastal en-clave in 2007.

However, Egypt opensthe Rafah travelers’ cross-ing from time to time forhumanitarian Palestiniancases.

Egypt beefed up secu-rity measures along itsborder with the Gaza Stripto combat smuggling tothe Israeli-blockaded ter-ritory.

Xinhua

MEXICO CITY, 15 Sept—A home-made bomb exploded in the earlyhours of Monday in a branch of theMax Mara clothes shop in Polanco, anupscale northeaster district of MexicoCity, without injuring anyone, the thirdsuch attack this month, the Public Se-curity Secretariat (SSP) of MexicoCity said.

Officers from the SSP and anti-bombagents went to the place located inPresident Mazaryk Avenue in Polancodistrict, one of the most well-off dis-tricts in the city. Police officers who

arrived at the scene reported finding ahome-made explosive device madefrom butane gas tin cans. One of thetwo cans found at the scene failed toexplode.

The first attack fitting this patternwas on 1 Sept in a bank branch inTlalpan, an equally posh area in thesouth of the city. The second was in aauto dealership close to Mexico CityInternational Airport. In all three at-tacks, butane gas was the explosiveagent.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUMSA pigeon ‘faster than broadband’

Winston, an 11-month-old carrier pi-geon, is held in front of a laptop com-puter which is downloading data froma memory card carried by the pigeon, inDurban. A South African informationtechnology company on Wednesdayproved it was faster for them to transmitdata with Winston the pigeon than tosend it using Telkom, the country’s lead-ing internet service provider. Internetspeed and connectivity in Africa’s larg-est economy are poor because of a band-width shortage. It is also expensive.

Broadband promised to unite theworld with super-fast data delivery —but in South Africa it seems the web isstill no faster than a humble pigeon. ADurban IT company pitted an 11-month-old bird armed with a 4GB memory stickagainst the ADSL service from the coun-try’s biggest web firm, Telkom.

Winston the pigeon took two hoursto carry the data 60 miles — in the sametime the ADSL had sent 4% of the data.Telkom said it was not responsible forthe firm’s slow internet speeds.The ideafor the race came when a member ofstaff at Unlimited IT complained aboutthe speed of data transmission onADSL.

He said it would be faster by carrierpigeon.“We renown ourselves on beinginnovative, so we decided to test thatstatement,” Unlimited’s Kevin Rolfetold the Beeld newspaper.

Tiger leaps out ofenclosure, kills Vietnam

zookeeperA zookeeper in Vietnam was mauled

to death and another injured by a tigerthat leapt out of its enclosure to attackthe workers, newspapers reported. Zooworkers were planting trees in anadjacent enclosure when the tigerpounced on them after leaping over thedividing wall at the Dai Nam Zoo, justnorth of Ho Chi Minh City.

One worker leapt into a pond to dodgethe animal, which attacked the othersinfront of horrified visitors. “The wallbetween the two enclosures was madeof concrete and about 5 or 6 metreshigh,” the newspaper Thanh Nien quotedDuong Thanh Phi, director of the privatezoo as saying.

According to conservation groupWWF, there are about 4,000 tigers leftin the world and they are considered anendangered species.

Israeli beekeeper Paz Raizel holds ahoneycomb as he checks it for honey on afield near Kibbutz Yad Mordechai insouthern Israel. Apples dipped in honey aretraditionally eaten on the upcoming holidayof Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.

Mike Perham arrives in Portsmouth,England. The world’s youngest round-the-world sailor has returned to Britainafter charting some 28,000 miles (45,000kilometers). Thousands cheered as the17-year-old arrived in Portsmouth. AGuinness World Records representativehas certified Perham is now the youngestperson to sail around the world withsome assistance. He was 16 when he setoff in November and turned 17 inMarch. Perham tried to complete thechallenge non-stop in his 50-foot racingyacht called Totallymoney.com buttechnical problems forced him to beassisted.

Well-dressed elderly man robs Calif bankAuthorities say a well-dressed elderly man carrying an oxygen tank has robbed

a bank in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla.San Diego police Sgt Ray Battrick says the suspect presented a note

demanding money to a teller at the San Diego National Bank. He fled withan unknown amount of cash.

Battrick says it’s unclear whether the suspect had a weapon.The robber is described as a tall man in his 70s with white hair, a gray mustache

and glasses. He was wearing a white beret, argyle sweater and brown sports jacket.Battrick says the oxygen tank was in a black bag and connected to the man’s

nose with plastic tubing.

DUBLIN, 15 Sept—Irish airline Aer Lingushas apologized for the dis-tress caused when a cabincrew mistakenly played arecording saying an emer-gency landing was immi-nent.

Passengers on theDublin, Ireland, to Parisflight said an initial re-cording in English in-formed passengers ofupcoming turbulence andtold them to fasten theirseat belts, but a follow-upannouncement in Frenchutilized the wrong record-ing and told passengers to

NEW YORK, 15 Sept —Five scientists have wonprestigious research awa-rds for developing a life-saving leukemia treatmentand for advances in “repro-gramming” DNA, whichled to a new kind of stemcell. The $250,000 LaskerAwards will be presentedon 2 Oct in New York bythe Albert and MaryLasker Foundation. In ad-dition, New York mayorMichael Bloomberg willreceive a Lasker prize for

URUMQI, 15 Sept—The rail-laying of XinjiangUygur Autonomous Region’s first electrified railwaywas completed on Monday.

The railway, which will be part of the trans- conti-nental railway network linking China’s coastal regionswith southern European countries, connects the re-gion’s Jinghe, Yining and Horgos.

Construction of the railway, with an investment of6 billion yuan (877 million US dollars) started in 2004.It is expected to open to traffic in November.

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Rail-laying of Xinjiang’s firstelectrified railway completed

NORWICH, 15 Sept—British scientists say theirfinding that computers arebetter lip-readers than hu-mans may lead to im-proved lip-reading train-ing for the deaf.

A new study by theUniversity of East Angliacompared the perform-ance of a machine-basedlip-reading system withthat of 19 human lip-read-ers.

The researchers foundthe automated system sig-nificantly outperformedthe human lip-readers —scoring a recognition rateof 80 percent, comparedwith only 32 percent forhuman viewers on thesame task.

The scientists also de-termined the computerswere able to exploit verysimplistic features thatrepresent only the shape ofthe face, whereas humanlip-readers require fullvideo of people speaking.

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Flowers are displayed at a square in Yinchuan,capital of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autono-mous Region, to celebrate the upcoming National

Day of China on 14 Sept, 2009.— XINHUA

Computersbetter

lip-readersthan humans

Wrong recording panics plane passengersprepare for an emergencylanding, Britain’s TheDaily Telegraph reportedon Monday.

English speaking pas-sengers said Frenchtravelers, who made upthe majority of the 70 peo-ple on board the plane,were panicked by the an-nouncement.

“The French mansleeping next to me wokeup and looked very star-tled,” one passenger saidof the 4 Aug incident. “Hethen translated what hadbeen said, that the planewas about to make an

emergency landing and toawait instructions fromthe pilot. I got quitealarmed. The woman be-hind me was crying. Allthe French totally freakedout.”

The airline said the re-cording was played bymistake and the cabincrew quickly apologized.

“There was a malfunc-tion of the public addresssystem and we apologizeto our passengers,” an AerLingus spokesman said.“This sort of thing hap-pens very rarely.”

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Awards given for leukemia treatment, DNA advancespublic service.

The clinical medicalresearch award is sharedby three scientists forwork related to Gleevec,a drug that transformedchronic myelogenousleukemia from a fatal can-cer into a manageablechronic condition.Thehonorees are BrianDruker, 54, of the OregonHealth & Science Univer-sity; Nicholas B Lydon,42, formerly of NovartisAG; and Charles L Saw-

yers, 50, of the MemorialSloan-Kettering CancerCenter in New York.

Druker and Lydon’sresearch led to develop-ment of the drug, whichgained federal approval in2001, while Sawyers ledefforts to overcome resist-ance to the drug that arisesin some patients.All threeworked on studies in pa-tients that began in 1998and produced “astonish-ing results,” the founda-tion said.—Internet

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YANGON, 15 Sept— The openingceremony of fitness training instructorand coach course 2009, conducted byMinistry of Sports and Myanmar Wom-en’s Sports Federation, was held at theKyaikkasan sport ground here yesterday.

YANGON, 15 Sept—Minister for Livestock andFisheries Brig-Gen MaungMaung Thein met with lo-cal people in 10th mile vil-lage of Kawthoung inTaninthayi Division on 12September and donatedexercise books and station-ery for 10th mile villageBasic Education MiddleSchool, and a set of 21-inch colour TV for the ru-ral library.

Next, the minister in-spected progress in build-ing the two-storey school

YANGON, 15 Sept—Minister for Education DrChan Nyein met with edu-cation staff at No. 1 BasicEducation High School inSouth Okkalapa Town-ship on 13 September.After giving instructions,the minister viewed thestudents pursing educa-tion and urged them workhard.

Next, the minister

Basic education schools and educationcolleges inspected

Regional development taskssupervised in Kawthoung

building of the 10th vil-lage BEMS and the jettyof District Fisheries De-partment andShwewetwon company.

At the 7th mile vil-lage Post-PrimarySchool in Kawthoungtown, the minister metwith local people fromShwepyisoe village anddonated exercise booksand stationery for theschool and a set of 21-inch colour TV for therural library.

After meeting with

local people and mem-bers of social organiza-tions at Ayeyeiknyeinward in Kawthoungtown, the minister do-nated exercise books andstationery for the monas-tic school and a set of 21-inch colour TV for theward library.

Next, the ministerlooked into the 60-ton oilpalm factory of YuzanaOil Palm Company Ltdin Khamaukgyi town inKawthoung district.

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met with township educa-tion officers, schoolheadsand teachers and dis-cussed matters related toensuring improvement inpass rate with them at No.3 BEHS in DagonMyothit (North) and No.1 BEHS in NorthOkkalapa townships.

Having inspectedYankin and ThingangyunEducation Colleges, the

minister urged the train-ees to become well-quali-fied teachers and attendedto the needs.

In meeting withtownship education offic-ers, schoolheads andteachers at No. 1 BEHS inThanlyin Township theminister discussed passrate improvement andacademic matters.

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Fitness training instructor and coach course 2009 opens

Public noticeMinistry of Health is taking systematic measures to ensure that the

public consume safe, potent high-quality medicines.The following fake medicines have not been registered in Myanmar and

they have no potency.

No Medicine name Co name

1. Dr. X 100 Tablet Galpha Laboratories Ltd, India.(Sildenafil 100mg)

2. Target 100 Tablet Richie Laboratories Ltd, India.(Sildenafil 100mg)

3. Mastigra 100Tablet UNI-PEX Pharmaceuticals Pvt, Ltd(Sildenafil 100mg) India. (For Ridley Life – Science)

4. Dexamethasone Tablet Silver Shine International Co Ltd,(Dexamethasone 500mcg) Myanmar.

5. Ya-HOM Powder Five Pagodas Pharmacy Co Ltd,(Five Pagodas Brand) Thailand.

Public are reminded not to take medicines that are not registered inMyanmar.

Pharmaceutical companies and drugstores are not to import, distributeand sell medicines that are not registered in Myanmar, fake medicines and lowstandard medicines. If they fail to follow the rules and regulations, authoritiesconcerned shall take action against them under section-18 of the nationalmedicine law.

Ministry of Health

Chairperson of Central workCommittee of MWSF Daw Aye Aye ofmade an opening speech on the occa-sion and opened the course. Altogether70 instructors and 11 coaches traineesare attending the course.—MNA

Evidence points to conscious ‘metacognition’ in some animals

Dolphins like Natua, pictured here,may share with humans the abilityreflect upon their states of mind.

NEW YORK, 15 Sept — J. DavidSmith, Ph.D., a comparativepsychologist at the University at Buffalowho has conducted extensive studies inanimal cognition, says there is growingevidence that animals share functional

parallels with human consciousmetacognition -- that is, they may sharehumans' ability to reflect upon, monitoror regulate their states of mind.

Smith makes this conclusion in anarticle published the September issueof the journal Trends in CognitiveScience (Volume 13, Issue 9). Hereviews this new and rapidly developingarea of comparative inquiry, describingits milestones and its prospects forcontinued progress. He says"comparative psychologists havestudied the question of whether or notnon-human animals have knowledgeof their own cognitive states by testinga dolphin, pigeons, rats, monkeys andapes using perception, memory andfood-concealment paradigms.

"The field offers growing evidencethat some animals have functionalparallels to humans' consciousness andto humans' cognitive self-awareness,"he says. Among these species aredolphins and macaque monkeys (anOld World monkey species).

Internet

Minister Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein presents a set of 21-inchcolour TV for 10th Mile Village, Kawthoung.—L&F

Minister Dr. Chan Nyein meets with education staff at No. 1 BEHS inSouth Okkalapa Township.— EDUCATION

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Maung Deh Doe: Hello, Grandpa, I have somepieces of good news to share with you.

Bagyi Phyo: What is it? I guess it might be thenews about major repair to the drains in Yangonor regular supply of electric power. We haveall known this news.

Doe: No, Grandpa. What I will tell you is awelcome news for the whole country. I haveheard that national race peace groups willform political parties and they will get involvedin the process of building a new nation.

Phyo: I have already heard of it. Well, tell me whyyou are happy with the news first. We canexchange our views, then.

Doe: All right, Grandpa. I’d say Iraq andAfghanistan are said to have been democraticcountries, but every day, most of the TV newsstories are about tragic events in those countriessuch as bomb blasts, armed conflicts andcivilian casualties due to indiscriminateattacks. So, I am worried that in the 2010election, if our country can bring an end topolitical armed conflicts and politicalbloodshed the people faced for many years,and we can transform our country intodemocratic politics in a peaceful way accordingto the constitution.

Phyo: I agree with you. Our country has hardlyseen armed attacks and bomb attacks, andpeace and stability have been back to normalfor a couple of decades. So, in my opinion,such tragic events should have gone awayin our country. I felt deeply concerned overour country when I heard of the Kokang Regionissue some days ago. Some are inciting enmitybetween national races and the government.

Doe: Yes, Grandpa. So, I say that it is a welcomenews that national race peace groups willform political parties and they will stand forelection according to the democratic practices.Kachin Independence Organization in KachinState, for instance, held a mass meeting atLaizar headquarters on 5 September andreached an agreement to accept itstransformation in principle because that ispart of generating a prosperous future of thecountry. They also decided to hold talks withreciprocal trust in the period of building peace,and to entirely oppose armed conflicts.

A warm welcome extended by the entire peopleMaung Deh Doe

Moreover, it let the group of six leaders led byVice-Chairman Dr Tu Ja to resign in order thatthey can form a political party and stand forelection in 2010. Such good news reveals thatKachin national people are in favour of peaceand they made a correct decision to take part inthe process for building a peaceful, modernand developed democratic nation in accordancewith the constitution. So, we have to welcomesuch news.

Phyo: That’s right. The people of us are neverhappy with the armed conflicts betweennational races, because they are, indeed,pure tragedies. They result from the evillegacy of the divide-and-rule policy thecolonialists practiced to our country anddistrust between national races due tovarious reasons in the post independenceperiod. In consequence, our country couldnot build peace for so many years. As amatter of fact, the whole country and allnational races suffered the consequences ofthe incidents. There are many documentaryrecords that Kachin national people joinedhands with other national races in the anti-colonialists period, in the independencestruggle period, and in the post-independenceperiod for the interest of the Union. In the earlypost-independence period it was commonlysaid “Newly independent, truly violent”regarding the conditions of the country, andofficers and other ranks of Kachin Rifles sharednational defence duties risking their life andlimb to save the Union that was on the verge ofcollapse. In reality, our armed forces is theUnion armed forces because it has been formedwith various national races of the Union sinceit was born. Therefore, I don’t think nationalrace peace groups should be reluctant to beunder the control of the Union armed forces.

Doe: I have heard that like Kachin national racepeace group, the New Mon State Party isgearing up to form a political party to stand forelection. If the other national race peace groupschoose the correct path like Kachin nationalrace peace group and Mon national race peacegroup, our country can avert similar untoldmiseries of the countries that practisedemocracy out of pressure. And our country

will be able to take the democratic trend in apeaceful way that conforms with the cultureand traditions of our country.

Phyo: Certainly! But, construction is alwaysaccompanied by destruction. In the case of thetransformation of national race peace groups,for example, as you know some are trying todestroy the programme even though they haveknown the bilateral agreement that has beenreached for a long time.

Doe: They are none other than BCP members whowere driven out by national races. They chaseda mirage, sticking to proletarian revolutionand introduction of proletariat dictatorshipfor over 60 years. In the end, they sufferedheavy loss in the Bago Yoma mountain rangeand met their tragic end in the northeast region.They were not successful at all in theirunderground movement. Very clear, theyshould have realized that they are doing wrongbecause their campaigns never work, but theyare planning to attack the nation and take fulladvantage if national races are disunited. Now,they are claiming that national race peacegroups have to take time for transformation.That is part of their strategy.

Phyo: What a nonsense! The peace groups havereturned to the legal fold for over 20 years.The period is far more enough fortransformation of the peace groups. In theFascist time, BIA (Burma IndependenceArmy) was transformed into BDA (BurmaDefence Army). In the pre-independenceperiod, Myanmar troops under the Britishgovernment and PBF (Patriotic Burma Force)that derived from BDF and anti-Fascistresistance forces were combined into theMyanmar armed forces under the KandyAgreement. It did not take very long althoughthings did not go smooth.

Doe: Nothing is difficult if they really want todo. What is important is their goodwill andtrust. If they have pure goodwill and beliefthat all national races will have to worktogether for development, nothing will bedifficult and it will not take very long. Now,it is high time national races showed nodoubt to one another. And they should allhave realized that loving-kindness is morepowerful than arms.

Phyo: Of course! As you have said if the remainingnational races take the correct way withgoodwill, loving-kindness and trust for thebrighter future of our country like Kachinnational race peace group and Mon nationalrace peace group, surely all the people of theUnion will extend a warm welcome to themwith great pleasure.

Translation: MS

Now, it is high time national racesshowed no doubt to one another. And theyshould all have realized that loving-kindness is more powerful than arms.

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YANGON, 15 Sept –Minister for CommerceBrig-Gen Tin NaingThein met with oniongrowers at Kanhsint vil-lage-tract in MyingyanTownship, Mandalay Di-vision and gave necessaryinstructions on 12 Au-gust.

The minister in-spected the ploughing offarmlands with the use offarming equipment in-vented by the farmers ofKanhsint village andviewed the crop planta-tions of Farmers U ChitMyaing and U Tin Sein ofThityon village-tract.

Commander, Minister visit industrial zones, Sagaing Division Construction Minister inspectsYangon-Pathein Road

Drugs, chemicals seized in LaukkaiTownship, Shan State (North)

On 13 September, theminister met with mem-bers of the board of direc-tors of Moe Thet Pulsesand Beans Company,share holders and localfarmers at the meetinghall of Myanma Agricul-tural Produce Trading inPakokku and looked intocrop plantations of localfarmers at Maukalan vil-lage-tract in YesagyoTownship and Myaenevillage in Monywa Town-ship.

The minister calledfor boosting productionof qualified and market-able crops.

Chairman of SagaingDivision Peace and De-velopment Council Com-mander of North-WestCommand Maj-GenMyint Soe and MinisterBrig-Gen Tin NaingThein visited MonywaIndustrial Zone inMonywa and inspectedfoundry shops, wood-based factory and AyeNyein Thida traditionalmedicine factory and leftnecessary instructions.

The commander andthe minister attended theceremony to provide cashassistance to farmers forcultivation of monsoonpaddy by Zeya Theinga Coheld at Yangyi Aung Hallin Shwebo, Sagaing Divi-sion on 14 September.

At Monywa Indus-trial Zone Branch(Shwebo), the com-mander and the ministerheard reports on produc-tion of machines in thezone presented by an of-ficial and gave necessaryinstructions. They thenoversaw Yokepyo tradi-tional medicine factoryand nursery and Htaiktanworkshop.—MNA

PBANRDA Minister attends openingof new gravel road, meets locals in

Yekyi and Kyonpyaw Tsps

YANGON, 15 Sept — Minister for ConstructionMaj-Gen Khin Maung Myint inspected road worksalong Yangon-Pathein Road yesterday.

At the briefing hall near Bo Myat Tun Bridge, adirector of the Directorate of Water Resources andImprovement of River System reported to the minis-ter on condition of Ayeyawady River and maintenanceof the bridge.

After the meeting, the minister viewed the waterflow in the river and condition of the bridge. He alsocalled for maintenance of the bridge.

The minister took the boat trip and visited the sitechosen to construct a rail-cum-motor road bridge span-ning Ayeyawady River.

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Minister Brig-Gen Tin Naing Thein addresses at ceremony to provide cash assistance to farmersfor cultivation of monsoon paddy by Zeya Theinga Co in Shwebo, Sagaing Division.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint inspects the durability of

Bo Myat Tun Bridge.—CONSTRUCTION

Minister Col Thein Nyunt attending the opening of Yinsaing-Mayanchaung gravel road in Kyaungkon Township.—PBANRDA

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Sept—Acting oninformation, Kunlon special anti-drugsquad of Shan State (North) and secu-rity force members conducted a thor-ough search and seized about 12 gal-lons of hydrochloric acid, about 8 anda half gallons of phosphoric acid, about14 and a half gallons of acetic anhy-dride and 20 gallons of mixed etherfrom the bamboo house in a maize fieldnear Yinsin Village, Laukkai Township,on 13 September at about 5.30 pm.

Similarly, at 12.45 pm on 14 Sep-tember, 83 kilos of unidentified whitechemical powder, 3,024,000 whitetablets each with 15 milligrams ofcaffeine, 323,000 brown metham-phetamine stimulant tablets (thick)and 4,990,000 brown methampheta-mine stimulant tablets (thin) wereseized from a cave near Yinsin Vil-lage. In connection with the cases, ac-tion is being taken to expose the cul-prits.—MNA

YANGON, 15 Sept—Minister for Progress ofBorder Areas and Na-tional Races and Develop-ment Affairs Col TheinNyunt attended the open-ing of Yinsaing-Mayanchaung gravel roadundertaken by KyaungkonTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee ofAyeyawady Division on14 September.

With the emergence ofthe new road running fromYangon-Pathein Road toMayanchaung Village,which is 2-mile and 2-fur-long long, locals from 24villages of KyaungkonTownship have an easy ac-cess through that road andenjoy the fruits of improv-ing social, economic,health and education status.

Next, the minister metmembers of social organi-zations, townselders andmembers of Ward and Vil-

lage Peace and Develop-ment Council at people’shall in Yekyi Township andmembers of social organi-zations, townselders andmembers of Ward and Vil-lage Peace and Develop-ment Council at Ayayaminhall in Kyonpyaw Town-ship.

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Kalay District sees considerable development in all sectorsArticle: Kyawt Maung Maung, Photos: Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)

(from page 16)Kalay District has an

area of 3336.56 squaremiles and stands at 5000feet above sea level. It issurrounded by ShweboDistrict in the east, ChinState in the west, Monywaand Gangkaw Districts inthe south and Mawleik andTamu Districts in thenorth.

Kalay University in Kalay, Sagaing Division provides tertiary education for local national youths.

U Kyi WinChairman of KalayDistrict Peace and

Development Council.

Tahan new market is under construction in Kalay Township,Sagaing Division.

Thriving paddy plantations of Mauklinn village and neighbouringvillages in Kalay Township.

Secretary U Min Naungof Kalay Township PDCtook us to Tahan New Mar-ket and Kalay University.On our way to Tahan NewMarket, we saw the airportbuilding on Bogyoke roadin Kalay and the beautifulgarden with colourfulflowers in front of the town-ship police station.

On our arrival to

Tahan New Market whichis under construction, thechairman of Tahan Mar-ket Committee and re-sponsible persons ex-plained that the construc-tion work will be com-pleted at the end of thisyear. There will be 784shops in two two-storeybuildings, A and B. It isplanned to close the mar-

ket every Sunday.After leaving the In-

dustrial Zone in Kalay alongBogyoke road, we arrivedin Kalay University. Weviewed learning of studentsat the university.

Kalay Universitywas opened on 14 May,2003, and TechnologicalUniversity and Universityof Computer Studies were

opened on 20 January,2007. Local authoritiesare striving for improve-ment in education stand-ard of local youths aswell as all-round devel-opment of Kalay Dis-trict with the use of allpossible ways andmeans.

Translation: YMMyanma Alin: 8-9-2009

Common pain cream couldprotect heart during attack

CINCINNATI, 15 Sept — New research from theUniversity of Cincinnati shows that a common, over-the-counter pain salve rubbed on the skin during aheart attack could serve as a cardiac-protectant,preventing or reducing damage to the heart whileinterventions are administered.

These findings are published in the Sept. 14edition of the journal Circulation.

Keith Jones, PhD, a researcher in thedepartment of pharmacology and cell biophysics, and

scientists in his lab have found that applying capsaicinto specific skin locations in mice caused sensorynerves in the skin to trigger signals in the nervoussystem. These signals activate cellular “pro-survival”pathways in the heart which protect the muscle.

Capsaicin is the main component of chilipeppers and produces a hot sensation. It is also theactive ingredient in several topical medications usedfor temporary pain relief.—Internet

A common, over-the-counter pain salverubbed on the skin during a heart attack

could serve as a cardiac-protectant.

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BEIJING, 15 Sept—The 24th World Congressof the InternationalAssociation forPhilosophy of Law andSocial Philosophy (IVR)opened here Tuesday.

It heard a letter ofcongratulations from asenior Chinese leader onbehalf of China’sgovernment. energyresources crises andterrorism. The spreadingglobal financial crisisposes a threat to somecountries’ socialstability”, said ZhouYongkang, a member ofthe Standing Committeeof the Communist Party

TEHERAN, 15 Sept—Iran is ready to defend itsnuclear facilities against any foreign attack, chiefof Iran’s Nuclear Energy Organization Ali AkbarSalehi said Tuesday.

“Iran has been continuously threatened withattacks on its nuclear facilities ... Tehran isconfident of its capacities to defend itself,” Salehitold Iran’s IRINN state TV channel.

Salehi made the remarks on the sidelines ofannual General Conference of the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which openedMonday in the Vienna. The General Conferencewill conclude on Sept. 18. About 1,500 delegatesfrom 150 IAEA member states are attending themeeting.

Israel has not ruled out the possibility ofbombing Iran’s nuclear facilities which are regardedby the Jewish state as a potential threat against itsexistence.—Xinhua

World philosophy congressopens in Beijing

of China (CPC) CentralCommittee PoliticalBureau, in the letter.

“The rule of lawplays an important role inpromoting harmonybetween man and thenature and amongdifferent countries, “ hesaid. “China is steppingup its efforts to build asocialist country ruled bylaw and a harmonioussociety”, Zhou said. “AndChina is willing to workwith people of allcountries for aharmonious world oflasting peace anduniversal prosperity.”

The biennial

congress with the themeof “Global harmony andrule of law” is being heldin China for the first timesince it was establishedin Germany in 1909. Itwill run in Beijing untilSept. 20, says the ChinaLaw Society (CLS),which is hosting theevent. More than 800philosophers and legalexperts from more than50 countries and regionsare gathering toexchange ideasconcerning relationsamong nations, andbetween cultures andlegal systems.

Xinhua

A man visits a painting exhibition in Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia, on 15Sept, 2009. Eighty paintings by Chinese artists were displayed at the exhibitionfor the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the China-

Mongolia diplomatic relations.—INTERNET

KABUL, 15 Sept—A mass grave containingremaining of over 30 bodies have been discoveredin Kunduz province north of Afghanistan, a localofficial said Tuesday.

“These bodies which speak from barbaric warsduring past decades were found in Ali Abad districton Monday,” Habibullah Mutasim, the governor ofAli Abad told Xinhua.

He also insisted these people were massacredsome 30 years ago when the Moscow-backedregime was in power in Afghanistan.

The locals, he added, want the authorities toidentify and punish those responsible for themassacre.

Afghanistan has experienced bloody foreigninvasions, wars and factional fighting over the pastthree decades and so far dozens of mass graveshave been discovered in different parts of thecountry.

Xinhua

KABUL, 15 Sept—Rockets fired bymilitants in Khostprovince in east ofAfghanistan woundedtwo children and causedpanic among the localson Tuesday, police said.

“Some 10 rocketsfired by Taliban rebels inSabari district Tuesday,one of which struck ahouse injuring twoinnocent children,”district police chiefRasoul Marjan toldXinhua. Talibaninsurgents have speed upattacks.

Conflicts and Taliban-linked insurgency,according to UN reportreleased recently, hadclaimed more than 1000civilian lives until June,which means a 24 percentincrease compared withthe same period last year.

Xinhua

A dish sculptured from a watermelon is seen during a cooking competition

greeting the 2010 Shanghai World Expo held in Wujiaochang in Yangpu District

of Shanghai, east China, on 15 Sept, 2009, which attracted chefs from 16 catering

companies joining in the competition.—INTERNET

Iran atomic chief says readyto defend nuclear facilities

Rocket attackswound twochildren inE Afghan

Mass grave found inN Afghanistan

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, 15 Sept—Severalemployees of American Airlines were among agroup of at least 20 people arrested Tuesday onsuspicion of aiding a smuggling ring that shippeddrugs from Puerto Rico’s main airport to the U.S.mainland.

U.S. federal agents and Puerto Rican policeswarmed the Luis Munoz Marin InternationalAirport in San Juan to make the arrests, said a lawenforcement official who spoke on condition ofanonymity because he was not authorized to revealdetails of the investigation.

Several ground crew employees of AmericanAirlines are suspected of helping to transport drugsfrom South America and the Caribbean to theUnited States, the official said. He said 23 arrestwarrants have been issued in cities across the USCaribbean territory and Miami.

American spokeswoman Minnette Velezconfirmed the arrest of airline employees but gaveno details.

Xinhua

US targets smugglers atPuerto Rico Airport

A concept car of

BMW Mini is

pictured during the

Frankfurt

International Auto

Show IAA in

Frankfurt on 15

September, 2009.

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SIRI BHUM VOY NO (340)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SIRI BHUMVOY NO (340) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 16.9.2009 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

MYANMAR IVANHOE COPPER COMPANY LIMITED (TENDER NOTICE)TENDER. IFB No. 36/Overseas/2009Supply of General, Pump, Electrical, Tyre & Caterpillar Spares (19) lots are invited from Overseas Suppliersby CIF Yangon Basis, Euro or Singapore $ Currency, by LC Term.CLOSING DATE will be on 28 September 2009 12 noon.Tender documents are available at the following addresses:70 (I) Bo Chein Street, Pyay Road, Hlaing Township, Yangon, MyanmarTel: (95) 1 514194 to 7 ; Fax: (95) 1 514208; email:[email protected]: Tel: (95) 71 22225/6; Fax: (95) 71 22522: email: [email protected] are to be reached the above offices on or before the closing date.Queries can be done between 10am to 4pm at Supply Department; Tel: (95) 71 22225/6;email :[email protected] before the Tender Closing Date.

Centre for Human Resource Development(Yangon University of Foreign Languages)

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The so-called superbug

MRSA, a multiresist-

ant strain of staphylo-

coccus usually found

in hospitals, has been

discovered for the first

time on US beaches, a

study said.

INTERNET

Only 10% ofUS adults havelow heart risk

WASHINGTON, 15Sept—Ninety percent ofAmerican adults have atleast one risk factor forheart disease, researchersreported on Monday. Vir-tually all Americans ei-ther have high blood pres-sure, high cholesterol,high blood sugar, areoverweight, smoke or ex-ercise too little, the teamled by the Centres for Dis-ease Control and Preven-tion reported.

“Unfortunately, thelimited strides that weremade towards this goalduring the 1970s and1980s were eroded by theincreases in excessweight, diabetes and hy-pertension during morerecent decades,” theCDC’s Dr Earl Ford, wholed the study, said in astatement. Ford’s teamlooked at four nationalstudies covering tens ofthousands of Americansaged 25 to 74.

Only 10 percent hadlow risk scores in all fivecategories, they reportedin the journal Circulation.“Until the early 90s, wewere moving in a positivedirection, but then it tooka turn and we’re headedin a negative direction,”said Ford.

“When you look at theindividual factors, to-bacco use is still headedin the right direction andso are cholesterol levels,although that has leveledoff. The problem is thatblood pressure, BMI(body mass index, ameasure of obesity) anddiabetes are all headed inthe wrong direction.”

MNA/Reuters

Bulgaria seizes 95 kilos ofheroin at border with Serbia

SOFIA, 15 Sept—Bulgaria Customs officials seized95 kilos of heroin on Monday at the Kalotina bordercheck point in a Turkish lorry trying to cross the Bul-garia-Serbian border, Bulgarian Customs Agency’sPress office announced.

The Customs officers discovered 182 packets withbeige dustlike substance in the reserve tyres of thelorry, which has Turkish registration plates. After be-ing taken away for testing, it was confirmed that thesubstance was heroin. The heroin is thought to have ablack market price of 11 million leva (about 8.21 mil-lion US dollars) and the Turkish driver has been takenaway for questioning.— MNA/Xinhua

Glaxo says one H1N1vaccine dose works well

LONDON, 15 Sept—GlaxoSmithKline said on Mon-day a single shot of its H1N1 swine flu vaccine pro-tected people from the virus, adding to evidence thattight supplies can be stretched further by avoiding theneed for two doses.

The British drugmaker is the latest company to re-port success with a single dose. Results from the firstclinical trial with its candidate vaccine showed nearly100 per cent protection three weeks after vaccination.

A single dose of Glaxo’s adjuvanted vaccine pro-tected 98 per cent of healthy volunteers, even thoughit contained a lower than normal amount of antigen, oractive ingredient. Adjuvants are immune-stimulatingcompounds added to vaccines to boost their effective-ness.— MNA/Reuters

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Spare tire in kids linked to heart risk

Tumors fueled, in part, by free radicals

AUGUSTA, 15 Sept—Children with more fataround their midsectionsmay be at a higher risk ofdeveloping cardiovasculardisease later in life, USresearchers say.

The study, published inthe International Journal ofPediatric Obesity, suggestsclinical measurement of thewaist may help identify thechildren most likely todevelop the warning signsof cardiovascular disease.

In the study sample of188 obese children ages 7-11, those with a waistcircumference above the90th percentile were threetimes more likely to have

high triglycerides — fatparticles in the blood —and nearly four times morelikely to have lower levelsof high density lipopro-teins — “good chole-sterol.” They were also 3.7times more likely to havehigh fasting insulin levels— a diabetes precursor.

“While general obesitycertainly has its own set ofrisks for the heart, we nowknow that all fat is notcreated equally,” Dr Reda

Bassali of the MedicalCollege of Georgia Schoolof Medicine says in astatement.

“Unfortunately, wedon’t have a realexplanation why somepeople gain weight in thecenter of their body andothers gain it, for instance,in their thighs. It could beenvironmental. It could begenetic. It could be acombination of the two.”

Internet

US researchers discovermystery about solar wind

A two-year-old Pug named Bentley rides a wave ashe competes in the 20lbs and under heat at the 4th

annual Helen Woodward Animal Centre “SurfDog Surf-A-Thon” at dog beach in Del Mar,

California on 13 Sept, 2009. The event helps raiseawareness and money for orphaned pets while

promoting responsible pet ownership. —XINHUA

Microwave ovens are shown along a production line. From the land of fishand chips, beans on toast and deep-fried Mars Bars come fish fingersspecially designed to be crispy, not soggy, when they come out of the

microwave.—INTERNET

Sleep helps reduce errorsin memory

Diabetes drug also killscancer stem cells

Breast cancer drugs raiseblood clot risk

BOSTON, 15 Sept— USscientists say they’ve foundthat in human breast cancercell tumors in mice, adiabetes drug worked betterthan chemotherapy inprolonging remission.

Researchers led byHarvard Medical SchoolProfessor Kevin Struhlsaid the mice appearedtumor-free for two monthsafter treatment before theend of the experiment. Thedrug, metformin, appearsto selectively kill cancerstem cells in culture dishesand in mice.

The scientists said theirfindings provide additionalrationale for testing

metformin in combinationwith chemotherapy inpeople with breast cancerand perhaps other cancers.

The scientists said theirfindings add to a growingbody of preliminaryevidence in cells, mice, andpeople that metformin mayimprove breast canceroutcomes in people. In thenew study, the diabetesdrug seemed to workindependently of its abilityto improve insulinsensitivity and lower bloodsugar and insulin levels, allof which are also associatedwith better breast canceroutcomes, the researcherssaid—Internet

Los ANGELES, 15 Sept—US researchers have for thefirst time discovered thatthe solar wind, a stream ofenergized particles thatflows out from the sun,varies greatly in how itaffects the earth’smagnetosphere.

As a result of thediscovery, spacecraft,power grids and othermodern facets of life couldbe made safer, accordingto researchers at theUniversity of California inLos Angeles (UCLA).

The mystery about howthe solar wind interactswith earth’s atmospherehad puzzled scientists for

half century.The rate at which the

solar wind transfers energyto the magnetosphere — ahighly magnetized regionwhich surrounds andprotects the Earth — canvary widely, but whatdetermines the rate ofenergy transfer wasunclear, according toUCLA atmosphericscientists.“We thought itwas unknown, but wecame up with a majorsurprise,” UCLA professorLarry Lyons said in a pressrelease available here onMonday.

Lyons said HeejongKim, an assistant UCLAresearcher and theircolleagues analyzed radardata that measure thestrength of the interactionby measuring flows in theionosphere, the part of theEarth’s upper atmosphereionized by solar radiation.The results surprisedthem.—Xinhua

EAST LANSING, 15Sept— Michigan StateUniversity researchers saysleep may reduce mistakesin memory for both theyoung and the old.

Kimberly Fenn, anassistant professor ofpsychology, says thefindings have practicalimplications for everyonefrom students flubbingmultiple choice tests tosenior citizens confusingtheir medications.

“It’s easy to muddlethings in your mind,”Fenn says in a statement.“This research suggeststhat after sleep you’rebetter able to tease apartthe incorrect aspect ofthat memory.”

Fenn and colleaguesat the University ofChicago and Washington

University in St Louisstudied the presence offalse memory in groupsof college students.Previous research hasshown that sleep improvesmemory, but this studyaddress errors in memory,Fenn says.

Study participants wereexposed to lists of wordsand then, 12 hours later,exposed to individualwords and asked to identifywhich words they had seenor heard in the earliersession. Student haddifferent levels of sleep.

The study, published inthe journal Learning &Memory, found thestudents who had slept hadfewer problems with falsememory — choosingfewer incorrect words.

Internet

PORTLAND, 15 Sept—Drugs used to lower therisk of breast cancer inwomen have the side effectof increasing the likelihoodof blood clots, researchersin Oregon say.

The study, published inthe current issue of Annalsof Internal Medicine,examined the effects oftamoxifen, raloxifene andtibolone reduce the riskof invasive breast cancerby 30 percent to 68percent. But it also found

tamoxifen and raloxifeneincrease the chance ofblood clots by 60 percentto 90 percent, and thattiboline, which is not onthe US market, is as-sociated with strokes inwomen over 70.

“They did differ on theharm side. That’s im-portant to know,” said DrHeidi D Nelson, aresearch professor atOregon Health & ScienceUni-versity who was thelead author.—Internet

ANN ARBOR,15 Sept—The growth of canceroustumors is fueled, in part,by the buildup of freeradicals, or oxygen-containing molecules, USresearchers say.

Chemical biologistKate Carroll of theUniversity of Michigan inAnn Arbor and colleaguessay their method monitorsan early tip-off ofoxidative stress —sulfenic acid in proteinsproduced when theoxidant hydrogen per-oxide reacts with theprotein building blockcysteine. The researchersmanaged to use a chemicalprobe to “trap” the small,transient, hard-to-detectsulfenic acid and tag it for

recognition with a fluores-cence microscope in apanel of breast cancer celllines.

“For each line, we sawa very distinct pattern ofsulfenic acid modifi-cations, indicating differ-

ent oxidative stress levelsand hinting at differencesin the underlying mole-cular events associatedwith tumor growth,”Carroll, the study leader,said in a statement.

Internet

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Nine smugglers,one police

killed in Iranshootout

TEHERAN, 15 Sept—Nine armed drug traffick-ers and one Iranian police-man have been killed in ashootout near the borderwith Afghanistan, a policecommander said on Mon-day. Hossein Sajedinia, aregional police com-mander, said securityforces intercepted on Sun-day a caravan of smug-glers who refused to givethemselves up and openedfire on agents, Mehr newsagency reported.

“In the course of thisexchange of fire ninearmed outlaws were killedand one police officer wasmartyred,” Sajedinia said.Police seized arms andammunition and 122 kilos(268 pounds) of opium, headded.

Iran’s eastern borderareas are known for fre-quent clashes between se-curity forces and well-armed drug traffickers.Iran is a key transit routefor narcotics smuggledfrom Afghanistan, whichproduces more than 90percent of the world’ssupply of opium, to theWest and elsewhere.

MNA/Reuters

US-China economic, trade coop Forumopens in Chicago

CHICAGO, 15 Sept—US-China Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum openedin Chicago Monday, with participants calling for greater cooperation in trade andindustries between the two countries. Yu Ping, Vice Chairman of China Councilfor the Promotion of International Trade said during the opening ceremony thatChinese and American businesses should strengthen communication and coop-eration and join hands to transfer crisis to opportunities and create a better future.

He offered three suggestions during his speech. First of all, China and USshould strengthen equal dialogue, expand regional exchange to achieve mutualbenefits and a win-win result. Secondly, both countries should make efforts tomake trade and investment between the two countries more convenient. Thirdly,China and US should continually promote cooperation and innovation in greenareas and promote the sustainable development between the two countries.

Li Yanhong, CEO and founder of Baidu.com, said during his speech that finan-cial crisis actually offers great opportunities for companies to speed up their de-velopment and Baidu is a good example. William Zarit, minister counsellor forcommercial affairs, Department of Commerce of the US, introduced Invest Ameri-can and Access America programmes which are designed to help foreign inves-tors and business people to come to the US for business development.

MNA/Xinhua

Indian FM arrives inKathmandu on 2-day visit

Dengue fever kills 253in Sri Lanka

South Korea plans to train 3,000 “cyber sheriffs” by next year to protectbusinesses after a spate of attacks on state and private websites, a report said

on Sunday.—INTERNET

Del Potro wins USOpen after stun victory

over Federer WASHINGTON, 15 Sept—Argentine Juan Del Potro

upset world number one Roger Federer 3-6, 7-6(5),4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 to win the US Open, the first GrandSlam title of his career on Monday.

At the age of 20, the sixth seed broke the Swissmogul earlier in the final set to push Federer to thecorner. The Swiss saved two match points in thefinal game before Del Potro notched up the stun-ning win.

Del Potro is the first Argentine since GuillermoVilas to win the New York title. The Argentine’swin also means that Federer’s bid to become thefirst man in modern history to win six straight tro-phies at the same event was dashed.

Xinhua

Juan Martin Del Potro (R) of Argentina andRoger Federer of Switzerland pose during the

awarding ceremony for the men’s singles final atthe US Open tennis tournament in New York, on

14 Sept, 2009. —XINHUA

Canadian billionaire Guy Lalibertedrops into a pool during an emer-

gency landing practice at the trainingcentre in Star City outside Moscow,

on 14 Sept, 2009. Laliberte, who ownsCirque du Soleil, is set to become theworld’s seventh and Canada’s firstspace tourist after being slated to

travel on a Russian Soyuz space craftto the International Space Station at

the end of September.—XINHUA

KATHMANDU, 15 Sept—In-dian Foreign SecretaryNirupama Rao arrived hereMonday on a two-day visitduring which she will holdtalks with top Nepalese lead-ership and discuss political de-velopments in this country, be-sides visiting Pashupatinathtemple where two Indianpriests were thrashed byMaoists.

During her maiden visithere as Foreign Secretary, Raowill hold talks with her coun-terpart Gyan Chandra Acharyaand Foreign Minister SujataKoirala. She is expected to callon President Ram BaranYadav and Prime MinisterMadhav Kumar Nepal besidesmeeting other senior officials.

On her arrival here, Raotold reporters that India’s re-lationship with Nepal is veryimportant. “We have had a

long standing friendship andcooperation with Nepal. I lookforward very much in strength-ening the ties with Nepal dur-ing my tenure (as Foreign Sec-retary),” she said.

Rao is scheduled to visitTuesday the famous Pashu-patinath temple in Kathmandu,where two newly-appointedIndian priests were beaten upby a group of Maoists demand-ing their replacement by local‘pujaris’. The incident haddrawn strong condemnationfrom India.

She is also likely to meetleaders of various political par-ties, including opposition Mao-ist chief Prachanda. The visitis a regular one and aimed atacquainting her about the cur-rent political developments inthe Himalayan republic, IndianEmbassy sources said.

MNA/PTI

COLOMBO, 15 Sept—The death toll from Den-gue fever in Sri Lankahas risen to 253 so far,the country’s Epidemio-logical Unit of theHealth Ministry saidMonday. The Epidemio-logical Unit said in itslatest statistics that of the25,771 cases, the highestnumber of patients werereported from June, to-talling 7,048. It is fol-lowed by July with 6,872cases being reported.

This represents asharp increase as 4,156Dengue cases and 85deaths were reported forthe whole year of 2008.However, the number ofDengue cases dropped to3,011 in August as thegovernment took meas-ures to control the spread

of the disease. Health officials said

the majority of thisyear’s cases have beenreported from the areasof Kandy, Kegalle, Co-lombo and Gampaha.The rapid rise in thelevel of the epidemic hasforced the health au-thorities to carry out ex-tensive public awarenesscampaign to eradicatethe mosquito based epi-demic.

The World Health Or-ganization says some 2.5billion people, two-fifths of the world’spopulation, are now atrisk from Dengue. It es-timates there may be 50million cases of dengueinfection worldwideevery year.

MNA/Xinhua

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudyin Kayah State, rain or thundershowers have been isolatedin Magway Division, scattered in Rakhine State andMandalay Division, fairly widespread in Kachin, Shan,Chin and Kayin States, lower Sagaing, Bago, Yangon,Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions and widespread inthe remaining areas. The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Nay Pyi Taw (0.67) inch, Thantaunggyi(3.31) inches, Kyaunhla (2.68) inches, Putao (2.56) inches,Butalin (2.35) inches, Mawlaik (2.20) inches, Theinzayat(1.85) inches, Zaungtu (1.82) inches, Paung (1.57) inchesand Pakokku (0.28) inch.

Maximum temperature on 14-9-2009 was 95°F.Minimum temperature on 15-9-2009 was 72°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 15-9-2009 was 82 %.Total sun shine hours on 14-9-2009 was (6.0) hours approx.

Rainfall on 15-9-2009 was (0.28) inch at Mingaladon,(0.04) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.28) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (94.61) inches atMingaladon, (104.84) inches at Kaba-Aye and (111.22)inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (4) mph from Northwest at (16:30) hoursMST on 14-9-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is weak in the Andaman Seaand Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 16th September 2009:Rain or thundershowers will be widespread in Kachin,Chin, Shan States and upper Sagaing Division, fairlywidespread in Mon, Kayin and Rakhine States,Ayeyawady,Yangon, Bago and Taninthayi Divisions andisolated scattered in the remaining areas. Degree of certaintyis (80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofincrease of rain in the Eastern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for16-9-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for16-9-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for16-9-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainsty is (60%).

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ZURICH, 15 Sept—Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka,who cost Real Madrid over 150 million euros, aim tolead the Spanish giants to a 10th European title thisseason, with their campaign starting in the humblesurroundings of FC Zurich on Tuesday.

Ronaldo, the world’s most expensive player, insiststhe historic winning mentality at the club will be key todriving them to a place in the Champions League finalwhich will be staged at their Santiago Bernabeu homein May next year.

“This is a club used to winning, a lot of the playershere are winners, but now it’s about a new team and anew squad,” said Ronaldo, keen to dismiss comparisonswith the Galactico era.

“That’s why we have to create the right mentalityfor us to win the league, the Champions League and thecups. This is a club obsessed with winning and now theplayers here have to think the same way.”

Real’s last Champions League triumph came in2002 and with bitter rivals Barcelona taking the title lastseason, the club’s ambition has been sharpened further.Last season Real Madrid were beaten 5-0 on aggregateby Liverpool in the first knockout round. It was the fifthsuccessive season they had lost out in the last 16. “Theambition is to win the Champions League,” said Kaka.“On top of that, you have the possibility of us being athome (in the final) and it would be fantastic to play thefinal at the Bernabeu.”

Real and FC Zurich have met once before in thecompetition but that was 45 years ago with the Spaniardswinning 8-1 over two legs in the semi-final beforelosing to Inter Milan 3-1 in the final.—Internet

Ronaldo, Kaka eye new goldenReal Euro era

CristianoRonaldo

(left) looksat

teammateKaka.

INTERNET

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13th Waning of Tawthalin 1371 ME Wednesday, 16 September, 2009

★ 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 among thepeople

■ RFA, DVB - generating public outrage■ 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

YANGON, 15 Sept— Human Resources Devel-opment Committee under Union of Myanmar Federa-tion of Chambers of Commerce and Industry willconduct the course on Intellectual Property Rights atUMFCCI office tower, Minyekyawswa Road,Lanmadaw Township, here from 10 am to 11:30 am,from 27 September to 20 November every weekend.

Those wishing to attend the course must havethe qualification of matriculation level and mayget application form at UMFCCI office tower(ph: 214344 ~ 49). The applicants are to send theirforms to the office not later than 26 September.

The trainees will obtain international recog-nized certificate of WIPO after sitting examina-tions of WIPO, World Wide Academy through on-line. Those who wish to register may submit theirresumes at WIPO, World Wide Academy as soon aspossible.

MNA

Intellectual PropertyRights course on 27 Sept

YANGON, 15 Sept—Organized by MyanmarRice Millers’ Association, the marketable rice mill-ing course (1/2009) will be conducted at No.447,Myanmar Rice Mill Co in Shwelinban IndustrialZone on Seikkanthar Road Hlainethaya Townshiphere from 5 to 12 October daily.

Experts from Myanma Agriculture ProduceTrading and retired experts will conduct methods ofdrying paddy and storage, pasteurization, milling,standardization and inspection of paddy quality,standards, packing and production of rice both intheory and practice.

Interested persons are requested to register atMRMA (ph-214849 and 216658) not later than 30September.—MNA

Marketable rice millingcourse to be conducted

Kalay District sees considerabledevelopment in all sectors

Article: Kyawt Maung MaungPhotos: Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)

After making a field trip to Monywa to learnabout regional development, the Myanma Alinnews team went to Kalewa in a hovercraft. Thehovercraft traveling at high speed was exciting.Shortly after our arrival in Kalewa, we proceededto Kalay in a passenger bus. No sooner had wearrived in the vicinity of Kalay Township, than wesaw a signboard saying “Welcome to Kalay”. Be-yond the signboard, University of Computer Stud-ies (Kalay) and a chosen site for extended con-struction of the university greeted us.

As soon as the bus with news crew members ofus on board entered Kalay after crossing many smallsteel frame bridges along the uphill tarred road, wesaw the signboard of the entrance to Kalay encircledby multicoloured flowers.

While in Kalay, we met with Chairman ofKalay District Peace and Development Council UKyi Win under the arrangement of In-Charge U TheinSoe of Sub-printing House (Kalay) and had an oppor-tunity to study regional development work in the

district.Chairman U Kyi Win explained the undertak-

ings being carried out in the district to us. He said,“Kalay District comprising Kalay, Kalewa and MinkinTownships is made up of 11 wards, 138 village-tractsand 479 villages.” He continued to give accounts ofregional development work being undertaken. “MaSein-Kyaukhsin suspension bridge at Ma Sein ModelVillage in Kalewa is under construction and agricul-tural work in Mingin is in progress. In Kalay, the roadlinking Pyinn-khon-lay and Latpanchaung villageswas inaugurated recently thanks to efforts of KalayTownship Development Affairs Committee in coop-eration with local people. Work is being carried out tolink the road with Tamu road”, he added.

(See page 10)

The signboard at the entrance to Kalay surrounded by multicoloured flowers.

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