The New Light of Myanmar 16-11-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 214 15th Waning of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Monday, 16 November, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development ofother sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms oftechnical know-how and investments from sources inside the coun-try and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in the handsof the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage 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 Constitu-

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov—Chairman of theState Peace and Development Council of theUnion of Myanmar Senior General Than Shweand wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing arrived back hereby special aircraft at 3 pm today after paying agoodwill visit to the Democratic SocialistRepublic of Sri Lanka at the invitation ofPresident of the Democratic Socialist Republicof Sri Lanka Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Chairman of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil of the Union of Myanmar Senior GeneralThan Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing werewelcomed back at Nay Pyi Taw Airport by Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Deputy Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-SeniorGeneral Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San;Daw Khin Khin Win, wife of Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein; Daw Kyi Kyi Ohn, wife of Member ofthe State Peace and Development Council Lt-GenTin Aye; Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-AdmiralNyan Tun; senior military officers of the Ministry ofDefence and their wives; the Commander of Nay PyiTaw Command and wife; Minister for Transport

Senior General Than Shwe and wifeDaw Kyaing Kyaing arrive back from Sri Lanka

Maj-Gen Thein Swe, Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, departmental heads, and Charge d’Affaires ai of the Sri Lankan Embassy Mr IndikaPremadesa.

Members of the delegation—Memberof the State Peace and Development CouncilGeneral Thura Shwe Mann and wife DawKhin Lay Thet, Secretary-1 of the State Peaceand Development Council General ThihaThura Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife Daw KhinSaw Hnin, Member of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Lt-Gen Tin Aye, Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defenceand wife, Chairman of Mandalay DivisionPeace and Development Council Commanderof Central Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe andwife, Minister for Foreign Affairs U NyanWin, Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen TinNaing Thein, Minister for Health Dr KyawMyint, Minister for Religious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung, Deputy Ministerfor Health Dr Paing Soe and departmentalheads—arrived back here on the same flight.

MNA

Senior

General

Than Shwe

and wife

Daw Kyaing

Kyaing

being

welcomed

back at Nay

Pyi Taw

Airport by

Vice-Senior

General

Maung Aye

and wife

Daw Mya

Mya San.MNA

Chairman

of the State

Peace and

Develop-

ment

Council

Senior

General

Than Shwe

being

welcomed

back by

Vice-Senior

General

Maung Aye

at Nay Pyi

Taw

Airport.MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 16 November, 2009

Monday, 16 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

Today, the world has seen rapid changesin science and technology and unprecedenteddevelopment. Nonetheless, millions of peoplein developing countries are still illiterate.

Myanmar’s literate rate has touched94.89 per cent this year, standing as one of thecountries in Asia and Pacific Region withhigh literate rates.

Under the continuing education system,the government has so far established 55,755rural libraries to expedite the post-literaryprogramme for sustainable development inconducting Three R’s courses.

Libraries make significant contributionto the literacy campaigns intended for pro-ducing reliable human resources needed forshaping the nation into a peaceful, modernand developed one.

With the aim of bridging the develop-ment gap between rural and urban areas, thegovernment is opening self-reliant village li-braries to materialize the five rural develop-ment programmes it has laid down to expandthe horizons of rural dwellers.

Across the nation there are now 58,329community learning centres designed to helpimprove the socio-economic life of the peopleof wards and villages thanks to the participa-tion of social organizations and well-wishers.

The people are, therefore, to take greaterpart in the plan the government is imple-menting for sustainable progress of the li-braries and establishment of more and morelibraries.

Rural libraries, part of thedrive for human resourcedevelopment

YANGON, 15 Nov —China (Taipei) beatMyanmar 4-0, Republicof Korea beat Singapore3-0 and Pakistan beat In-dia 4-3 in the 2nd U-18

2nd

U-18 Asia Youth HockeyTournament continues

Asia Youth HockeyTournament at TheinbyuArtificial Turf in Yangontoday.

Myanmar will playagainst Singapore tomor-

row. The 2nd U-18 AsiaYouth Hockey Tourna-ment is organized byMyanmar Hockey Fed-eration.

NLM

Commander supervises development works in Thaton DistrictNAY PYI TAW, 15

Nov—Chairman of MonState Peace and Develop-ment Council Commanderof South-East CommandMaj-Gen Thet Naing Win,on 30 October, viewedcollective harvesting ofpaddy, output and qual-ity, storage of cold seasoncrops, and strains andmung bean to farmers.

The commander thenattended the opening ofnew building of Kawkayinvillage self-reliant libraryin Paung Township andvisited the village BasicEducation High Schooland Thein-ein village 16-bed station hospital. The

commander also inspectedconstruction of extended

building of the villageBEHS and roadworks in

Ohntabin village.MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15Nov—Deputy Minister forConstruction U Tint Sweon 11 November heard re-ports on matters related tothe site for construction ofrail-cum-road Ayeyawady

Deputy Minister views site for construction ofAyeyawady Bridge (Pakokku)

Bridge (Pakokku) pre-sented by SuperintendingEngineer U Han Soe onLetpanchepaw Bank ofAyeyawady River.

The deputy ministerinspected the site for con-

struction of the bridge onLetpanchepaw Bank.

On Pakokku bank, thedeputy minister looked intothe conditions for construc-tion of the bridge.

MNA

Talks on obesity on 15 NovYANGON, 15 Nov —

Dr Khin Maung Thwin ofFame Pharmaceuticals willgive talks on “Obesity” atMyanmar Fishery Federa-tion in Insein Township on21 November.

Any one may attend

the talks Jointly organizedby Myanmar Fishery Fed-eration and MyanmarShrimp Entrepreneurs As-sociation with the assist-ance of Asia Royal Car-diac & Medical Care.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15Nov—Director-General UAye Lwin of the No. 2 De-partment of Basic Educa-tion inspected KanpaikteBasic Education MiddleSchool and WawchonBEMS in WaingmawTownship of Kachin Stateon 11 November.

The director-generalalso inspected Sadon BEHS,Sadon BEPS, Washaung

D-G of BED No. 2 inspects basiceducation schools in Waingmaw Tsp

BEHS (Branch), UyanBEMS, Waingmaw BEHSand Waingmaw BEHS

(Branch) of WaingmawTownship on 12 Novem-ber.—MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Thet Naing Win unveils signboard of a library inKawkayin Village in Paung Township.—MNA

Deputy

Minister

U Tint Swe

inspects site

chosen to

construct

Ayeyawady

Bridge

(Pakokku).

CONSTRUCTION

Two playersfight for

ball in the2nd U-18

YouthHockeyTourna-

ment.MHF

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 16 November, 2009 3

A faded sign advertisesseveral retail spaces

for lease in a shoppingmall in Fontana,

California. Even assome sectors of the USeconomy see a return

to growth, woes incommercial real estateare deepening, raisingfears that the fragilerecovery could fal-

ter.—INTERNET

Children clean up the floor inside a building which is damaged in an explo-sion in Afghan capital Kabul, on 14 Nov, 2009. A suicide bomb hit a NATO

military camp in eastern Kabul on Friday morning.— XINHUA

Security force members guard a destroyed car after a blast in Peshawar,Pakistan, on 14 Nov, 2009. A suicide car bomb attacked a security check pointon road to downtown Peshawar on Saturday and killed at least 5 people and

wounded 25 others. —XINHUA

Britain investigating fresh Iraq abuse claims

Two NATO soldiers killed, militantsdetained in Afghanistan

KABUL, 15 Nov — Continued militancy claimed thelives of two soldiers of the NATO-led International Se-curity Assistance Force (ISAF) in the war-torn Afghani-stan while the troops have detained several militants, themilitary alliance said in a press release on Saturday.

“One ISAF service member from the United Statesdied in an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) strike insouthern Afghanistan yesterday,” the Press release said.A similar incident in east Afghanistan left an ISAF ser-vice member and a civilian contractor both from the USdead, it added. However, ISAF in another press releasestressed that the troops detained a handful of suspectedinsurgents on the same day Friday in the southern Zabulwhile pursuing a Taleban commander.—Xinhua

Kenya harvest example on reversing food shortage

LONDON, 15 Nov —Iraqi civilians who weredetained by British troopsduring the US-led warhave leveled some 33 al-legations of rape andabuse against male andfemale soldiers, Britain’sMinistry of Defence saidon Saturday.

The allegations comein the wake of the Britishwithdrawal from Iraq thisyear.

One man says he wasraped by two British sol-diers while another claimshe was sexually humili-ated by both male and fe-male personnel. Othersallege they were strippednaked and photographedin the same style as thenotorious pictures at AbuGhraib, where abuses ofprisoners by US troopshelped fuel anti-Americansentiment.

British soldiers havefaced a series of claimsthat they mistreated Iraqicivilians in southern Iraqduring six years of com-bat operations. Last year,Britain settled a legalcase involving the deathof one Iraqi civilian, andthe abuse of nine others,paying out nearly 3 mil-lion pounds in compen-sation.

A public inquiry isstill under way into thedeath of hotel workerBaha Mousa. He died inthe custody of Britishtroops following a raidon his hote l in thesouthern Iraq city ofBasra in 2003 and suf-fered 93 separate inju-ries. British Cpl DonaldPayne pleaded guilty toinhumanely t reat ingIraqi civilians in Brit-ain’s first war crimesconviction.

Internet

AHERO (Kenya), 15 Nov — JoramAbiero remembers it was not too long agothat his neighbors went to bed hungry.

Now they and thousands of others inthe lowlands of western Kenya are ableto get year-round work as farm laborersor earn money from their once-neglectedrice paddies. The government’s invest-ment in a rundown irrigation project hasrevived a rural economy that was in thedumps for years.

The discernible change a season’sharvest of rice has brought to the west-ern Kenyan town of Ahero also helpsillustrate a message the United NationsFood and Agriculture Organization hastrumpeted this year: governments needto invest more in agriculture to reducethe number of people who need food aid— currently one in six people on the

globe. Heads of state and government fromaround the world gather in Rome on Mon-day at an FAO summit to explore newstrategies. The summit’s top goal is to rallythe world behind a change in aid policy,and to secure a pledge to spend moremoney to develop agriculture in poorcountries.—Internet

Women and men trash rice grass toremove the grains in Ahero, Kenya on

Friday, 2009.—INTERNET

French arms export estimated atseven bln euros in 2009

PARIS, 15 Nov —French arms export willreach seven bil l ioneuros in 2009, the na-tion’s top defence pro-curement officer said onSaturday.

Laurent Collet-Billon,head of the General Del-egation for Ordnance(DGA), the governmentprocurement agency, toldFrench daily newspaperLe Monde that France willremain the fourth biggestarms exporter worldwidein 2009.

Despite of the eco-nomic crisis, the 2009global ordnance marketwill grow to 700 billioneuros this year, the news-paper said in a report pub-lished on its website.

France’s arms export isexpected to increases bymore than 10 percentfrom a year earlier and islikely to keep growing in2010, said Laurent.

French arms exporttotaled 6.3 billion euros in2008, the best result since2000, making it the fourth

biggest exporter, after theUnited Stated, Britain andRussia.

Laurent attributed thegrowth in 2009 to the saleof Rafale combat jets,adding that France hopesto reach an agreementwith Brazil on the Rafalejets deal at the beginningof 2010.

Xinhua

Six Taleban militants, threeAfghan troopers killed in E

AfghanistanKHOST (Afghanistan), 15 Nov—A gun battle

between Afghan-International forces and Talebanfighters left six insurgents dead in the eastern Afghanprovince of Nuristan, provincial police chief said onSunday.

“Taleban attacked a military outpost of Afghanand the NATO-led peacekeeping troops in Nurgrahamdistrict on Saturday night, and troops returned fire,killing six rebels including their commander MullahAbdul Qadir on the spot,” Mohammad Qasim Paymantold Xinhua.

Xinhua

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Pacific free trade deal worthbillions of dollars

Slovenia signs up to Russia-Europegas pipeline

Renault hopes to crack India marketwith cheap car

In this file photograph taken in July, a TataNano is driven along a road in Mumbai. Longstuck at a red light in India, French automaker

Renault has fresh plans to conquer the country’sexplosively growing car market with a revitalised

local partnership deal and a low-cost vehicle.INTERNET

Asia-Pacific region to become world’s leadingaviation market in 20 years

Japan’s Hitachi to raise upto $4.5 billion

TOKYO, 15 Nov—Hitachi Ltd, Japan’s biggest elec-tronics firm by revenues, plans to raise up to 400 bil-lion yen ($4.5 billion) by issuing new shares and con-vertible bonds to shore up its battered capital base,two sources familiar with the matter said.

The sources, who asked not to be identified aheadof an official announcement anticipated as early asMonday, said Hitachi plans to sell about 300 billionyen worth of shares and another 100 billion yen inconvertible bonds.

The public share offering would be its first in 27years. No one could be immediately reached at Hitachifor comment.

Faced with its fourth straight year of losses, Hitachi’sshareholders’ equity ratio has slipped to just below 11percent, roughly half that of rival NEC Corp, whichearlier this month announced it would raise up to $1.5billion.

Internet

An Air Arabia aircraftat Kuwait airport. Netprofit at Gulf low-cost

carrier Air Arabiadropped nine percentin the third quarterfrom a year earlier

amid concerns aboutswine flu and the credit

crunch, it said.INTERNET

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) speakswith Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor

during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo resi-dence outside Moscow. Slovenia signed an agree-ment on Saturday for the massive South Stream

gas pipeline from Russia to Europe to passthrough the country.—INTERNET

Air Arabia profit drops amid swine flu concernsSHARJAH, 15 Nov—Net profit at Gulf low-cost carrier Air Arabia dropped nine

percent in the third quarter from a year earlier amid concerns about swine flu andthe credit crunch, it said on Saturday.

The different timing of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan also contributed tothe fall in profit to 144 million dirhams (39 million dollars) for the three months toSeptember, Air Arabia said.

Sales fell to 547.5 million dirhams (149 million dollars) from 624.7 million(170 million) in the third quarter of 2008, it said.

For the nine months to September, net profit improved six percent to 367 mil-lion dirhams (91 million dollars) from the same period a year earlier, the companysaid.—Internet

TIANJIN, 15 Nov—TheAsia-Pacific region willbecome a leader in theworld’s aviation market inthe next 20 years, forecastan executive officer of theBoeing company.

The Asia-Pacific re-gion would lead the glo-bal aviation market withgrowing demand and be-come a new centre of theworld aviation market inthe next two decades, saidKenneth G Yata, VicePresident of Business De-velopment of Boeing(China) Co, Ltd. at an in-ternational forum onmanufacturing industrymanagement held on Sat-urday in Tianjin, a northChina port city.

As demand in Europeand the United Statesslows, the Asia-Pacificregion will be a growingmarket for commercial

airplanes in the comingtwo decades to fit increas-ing demand for tourism,passenger and freighttransport, said Yata.

He said, passengerflow by air will increaseby an average 6.5 percentannually in the region inthe coming two decades,

surpassing the NorthAmerican and Europeanmarkets, said Yata. Cur-rently, Asia-Pacific regionaccounts for 32 percent ofthe world’s air passengermarket. By 2028, theshare is likely to rise to 41percent, the companyforecast.—Xinhua

NOVO-OGAREVO, 15Nov—Slovenia signed anagreement on Saturdayfor the massive SouthStream gas pipeline fromRussia to Europe to pass

through the country.Prime Minister Borut

Pahor and his Russiancounterpart VladimirPutin witnessed the ac-cord signed by their re-

spective energy ministersMatej Lahovnik andSergei Shmatko at Putin’sresidence at Novo-Ogarevo near Moscow.

“We have now signedagreements with all theEuropean partners whichare vital for the SouthStream project,” Putinsaid at a joint Press con-ference afterwards.

By signing the dealwith Slovenia, Moscowdealt another blow to therival Nabucco pipelineproject, which is backedby the European Union.

Nabucco aims to re-duce EU dependenceon Russia for gas bytaking supplies fromCaspian Sea nationssuch as Azerbaijan andTurkmenistan.

Internet

WELLINGTON, 15 Nov—New Zealand Prime Min-ister JohnKey said in Sin-gapore on Saturday that aPacific free trade deal thatincludes the United Stateswould be worth billions ofdollars to New Zealand.

Key made the com-ment after US PresidentBarack Obama re-com-mitted his country to the

Trans-Pacific Partnership(TPP) in Tokyo on Satur-day, where he spoke enroute to a meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Coop-eration (APEC) leaders inSingapore, Radio NewZealand reported.

The proposed eight-country free trade agree-ment, which includesNew Zealand, has been

stalled since Marchpending a review of UStrade policy. Obama saidin Tokyo the UnitedStates would re-engagein free trade agreementssuch as the TPP, whichbegan under the previousadministration, to helpboost US exports andcreate jobs.

Xinhua

NEW DELHI, 15 Nov—Long stuckat a red light in India, Frenchautomaker Renault has fresh plans toconquer the country’s explosivelygrowing car market with a revitalisedlocal partnership deal and a low-costvehicle.

Renault and its Japanese partnerNissan are set to join in 2012 the crowdof manufacturers producing low-cost

cars for India in a bid to challenge head-on the Tata Nano, the world’s cheapestautomobile.

“I don’t want Renault and Nissan tobe makers of very pretty cars peopledream about but can’t afford,” CarlosGhosn, who runs the Franco-Japanesecar-making alliance Renault Nissan,said in New Delhi last week.

Internet

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Employees wait to answer questions during a preview of the new Applestore in the upper west side of New York on 12 Nov, 2009. Apple Inc said on

Thursday it plans to open 40 to 50 retail stores next year as the consumerelectronics giant expands its reach to customers.—XINHUA

Models wear creations by Indonesian fashiondesigner Sabastian Gunawan during Jakarta

Fashion Week on 14 November, 2009. More thansixty of Indonesia leading designers took part in

the event—XINHUA

The snowfall of winter brings the SummerPalace, an imperial garden of Beijing, the

distinctive snow scene. The snow set off mapleleaves, lotuses in their final stages of flowering,

bridge and temple.—XINHUA

China stages aerial demonstration to mark60th founding anniversary of air force

BEIJING, 15 Nov —Warplanes streaks throughthe air, trailing lines of red,white and blue smokeacross the skies overBeijing on Sunday, as thePeople’s Liberation Army(PLA) puts on an aerialshow to mark the 60th

founding anniversary of itsair force.

Four J-10 fighters andsix J-7 fighters from the airforce’s aerial demonstra-tion team took part in the21-minute show, staged inthe Shahe airport in thenorthern suburbs ofBeijing on Sunday morn-

Photo above was takenon 15 Nov, 2009. FourJ-10 fighters are per-forming at the aerial

show.—XINHUA

ing.The demonstration also

included a skydiving of theair force’s paratroopers,who unfolded China’s na-tional flag and the PLAflag while in the air.

The PLA air force hadoriginally planned to stagethe aerial demonstrationon 11 Nov, exactly 60years after the air forcewas founded in 1949.

But the demonstrationwas cancelled for badweather conditions thatday and was postponeduntil 13 Nov, when fog andsnow again forced theshow to reschedule.

Another round of theaerial demonstration wouldbe held at 3 pm on Sundayat the Shahe airport, accord-ing to sources with the PLAair force.—Xinhua

Growing up in islandcountry threatened by

rising sea levels UNITED NATIONS, 15 Nov — The future of the

Maldives, the Indian Ocean islands facing the real pros-pect of disappearing into the sea, rests squarely in thehands of its younger generations.

As sea levels rise and threaten the very existenceof the Maldives, children and adolescents increasinglyface the prospect of moving to higher ground, eitherwithin their national boundaries or beyond.

Maldivian Vice-President Waheed Hassan toldXinhua that raising awareness about the effects of cli-mate change was a top priority for his government and,while older generations still might cling to antiquatedideas, it was the country’s youth that appeared moreflexible. “A lot of young people are educated and theyare exposed to the debate on climate change,” he saidat his home in the capital of Male. “Of course, thereare also traditional people, who think, for example,when there is a natural disaster it’s the wheel of Godand we do not have anything to do with it.”

On the international stage, the Maldivian gov-ernment has taken the lead in sounding the alarmover climate change. Most of the country’s 200 in-habited islands are less than a meter above sealevel, making them extremely vulnerable to risingsea levels.

Xinhua

Four die, three missing incollision of S Korean fish-ing boat with Hong Kong-

registered cargo shipSEOUL, 15 Nov — Four people died and three went

missing after a South Korean fishing boat collided witha Hong Kong-registered cargo ship on Saturday nightnear waters off the island of Jeju, Chinese Consulate-General in Gwangju said on Sunday.

There were at least 9 sailors on the 29-ton SouthKorean fishing boat “Samdaegyung” when it collidedwith the 3,836-ton Hong Kong-registered cargo ship“Joshu Maru” at about 10:03 pm on Saturday localtime (0103 GMT) on waters about 130 km southeastof South Korea’s Seogwipo city, Jeju Province, theConsulate-General said.

The fishing boat sunk after the collision. Two sail-ors of the fishing boat, both of them South Koreans,have been rescued by the cargo ship crew. South Ko-rean maritime authorities launched rescue operationimmediately after receiving report. Four bodies werefound as of 9:50 am on Sunday (0050 GMT), and threeothers remain missing.There are two Indonesiansamong the dead and missing. The cause of the acci-dent is yet to be determined.—Xinhua

World Cup trophy arrives in UgandaKAMPALA, 15 Nov —

The prestigious World Cuptrophy on a world tour hasfinally arrived in the EastAfrican country of Ugandaon Saturday night.

Ugandan PresidentYoweri Museveni com-manded the sport of foot-ball as he received theWorld Cup trophy at a wel-coming ceremony atEntebbe statehouse, about40km south of the capitalcity of Kampala.

“Football in particular isa very good mechanism of

imparting certain qualitiesin society, fitness, coordi-nation, competition but also

gentleman behavior,” hesaid.

Xinhua

Explosion rocks Quezon City,Metro Manila

MANILA, 15 Nov — An explosion near a churchalong Kamuning road rocked Quezon City, MetroManila at noon on Sunday, hurting an undeterminednumber of people and destroyed cars parked aroundthe area, local radio DzBB reported.

DzBB report quoted a witness as saying that a gre-nade went off near the United Methodist Church inKamuning road, but it is not confirmed by police, whoare still trying to find what explosive device was usedin the incident.—Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

Officials at the University of Cali-fornia-Berkeley said volunteer studentsand staff rolled a record-setting 330-foot California sushi roll.

Organizers of the event said the gi-ant sushi roll included 200 pounds ofdry rice, 80 pounds each of cucumberand avocado, and 180 pounds of fishalong with several pounds of tofu usedto make a vegetarian section of the gi-ant dish, the Oakland (Calif) Tribunereported on Monday.

University spokeswoman KathleenMaclay said the roll beat the previousworld record of 300 feet, set in 2001 inHawaii.

Professor Duncan Williams saidthe event is part of the school’s fes-tivities celebrating the 50th anniver-sary of the University of California-Berkeley’s Center for Japanese Stud-ies.

“A lot of what we’re talking aboutis Japanese hybrids, where Japan meetsthe world.

The California roll is a good exam-ple of that,” Williams said.

Zimba, a male lion cub, right, andBogi, a male Puli dog, are seen atGyoengyoes zoo, 79 kilometers (49

miles) east of Budapest, Hungary, on11 Nov, 2009. Zimba was donated tothe zoo by a private donor in Italy,

and will be raised by Bogi.

The NASA/ESA Hubble SpaceTelescope photographed this barredspiral galaxy NGC 1672 more than60 million light-years away in the

direction of the Southern constella-tion of Dorado, in August of 2005.This image provides a high defini-tion view of the galaxy’s large bar,

its fields of star-forming clouds anddark bands of interstellar dust. NGC1672’s symmetric look is emphasizedby the four principal arms, edged byeye-catching dust lanes that extend

out from the center. The newHubble observations, performedwith the Advanced Camera for

Surveys aboard the observatory,have shed light on the process of

starburst activity and on why somegalaxies are ablaze with extremelyactive star formation. This compos-ite image contains filters that isolate

light from the blue, green, andinfrared portions of the spectrum, as

well as emission from ionizedhydrogen.

US and Japanese astronomers saythey’ve discovered 22 galaxies, andconfirmed one galaxy formed as earlyas 787 million years after the Big Bang.

Led by Masami Ouchi of theCarnegie Observatories, the team of as-tronomers said their finding pinpointswhen an era called the reionization ep-och likely began — the farthest back intime that astronomers can observe.

The scientists conducted a survey ofa large area of the sky from 2006-2009using a custom-made, wide-field cam-era on Japan’s 8.3-meter Subaru Tel-escope, located at the Mauna Kea Ob-servatory in Hawaii.

“What makes this study different isthat we surveyed an area that is over 100times larger than previous ones and, asa result, had a larger sample of earlygalaxies than past surveys,” said Ouchi.

The research is to appear in the De-cember issue of the Astrophysical Jour-nal.

Astronomers discover 22more galaxies

Man’s last Ten-spot turnsinto $50 million

A Canadian stroke victim said onTuesday he plunked his last sawbuckdown on the lottery ticket that madehim rich to the tune of $50 million.

Lottery officials presented a tearfulKirby Fontaine of the Sagkeeng FirstNation, northeast of Winnipeg, Mani-toba, and his wife Marie with a sym-bolic oversized check.

Kirby Fontaine said he had been offwork from his casino job after suffer-ing a stroke several months ago andbought the winning ticket with his last$10.

“My community — everybodyprayed for me,” Kirby Fontaine saidbetween sobs. “This is hard for a strokevictim.”

The couple, who have two children,had learned on Saturday they hadmatched all of the numbers in Friday’sLotto Max draw.

School sets sushi rollworld record

Dubai Airshow may see sharp drop in ordersDUBAI, 15 Nov — The

Dubai Airshow opens onSunday with some ana-lysts doubting that Gulfcarriers, big spenders inrecent years, will be do-ing much big-ticket buy-ing, but organizers arecautiously optimistic.

Rupinder Vig, an ana-lyst at Morgan Stanley,said “this Dubai Airshowis going to be much morelow key than the last fewyears.”

“If you look at whatmost of the airlines of thatregion have been saying

for the last six months orso ... I wouldn’t expectmassive orders to comethrough,” he told AFP.Another analyst, request-ing anonymity, said “thesmall contracts that willbe made public during theshow will not have an im-pact on stock exchanges.”

At the 2007 edition ofthe biennial show, Euro-pean manufacturer Airbusreceived its largest-eversingle order valued at 20billion dollars fromDubai’s Emirates, whichmainly included 70 units

of the future long-haulA350.

This year, Airbus andits major rival Boeing arelikely to take few if anyorders.

However, AllisonWeller, director of showorganiser F and E Aero-space, has “expressedconfidence that this(event) will spearhead theaerospace industry’s re-covery, reflecting the‘green shoots’ apparentelsewhere in the worldeconomy,” the airshow’swebsite says.—Internet

A total of 10 people, including eight Japanese tourists, were killed, and sixothers were injured in a fire at an indoor shooting range in Busan, a south-

ern port city of South Korea, on 14 Nov, 2009. — XINHUA

Russian official foresees 3%economic growth next year MOSCOW, 15 Nov — Russia’s Gross Domestic

Product (GDP) may see a 3-to-3.5-percent growthshould the oil price be stabilized at 70 US dollars perbarrel, said a Russian official on Friday.

Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minis-ter Andrei Klepach was cited by local TV Vesti asmaking such predictions.

The latest report from the World Bank said Rus-sian economy might be slightly animated after the sec-ond quarter of this year, given the influence from theinternational demand, the reinvigoration of the globalfinancial system and the surge of oil prices.

The report also envisioned that Russia’s GDP maydecline 8.7 percent this year as compared with lastyear, while gaining 3.2 percent next year.

Xinhua

Ten people, including eight Japanesetourists, killed in Busan fire in S Korea

SEOUL, 15 Nov —A total of 10 people, includingeight Japanese tourists, were killed, and six others wereinjured on Saturday afternoon in a fire at an indoorshooting range in Busan, a southern port city of SouthKorea, local media quoted police as saying.

The fire broke out at about 02:26 pm local time atthe second-floor indoor shooting range which was lo-cated in a five-story building in the second largest cityof South Korea, and was quelled at around 03:04 pm,police said.

Preliminary investigation showed that the fire startedin a lounge adjacent to the shooting range, where sevenbodies have been found later, and eight bodies believedto be Japanese tourists who were visiting the shootingrange as part of the tour program, with the two othersSouth Koreans, the police said.—Xinhua

China-US trade war unlikelyBEIJING, 15 Nov— There is little possibility China

and the United States will become embroiled in a full-blown trade war despite trade friction between the twocountries will likely rise in the months ahead, ChinaDaily reported.

The newspaper said since US President BarackObama announced special duties on tire imports fromChina in September, trade tensions between two ofthe world’s most important economies have tightenedand spread to other areas, but few believe a trade warof any kind will break out.

“There is neither sign nor reason that China andthe US will turn the conflicts into a war. It’s not goodfor either party,” He Weiwen, a senior expert on WTOand China-US trade relations was quoted by the news-paper as saying.

Xinhua

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The Tatmadaw government is now workinghard to achieve Myanmar’s democratization proc-ess. In addition, it has improved infrastructures toa certain degree for peace and regional develop-ment, and that is supported by many tangibleresults.

One of them is a milestone that national racearmed groups have returned to the legal fold andare restoring peace in cooperation with theTatmadaw. While building peace, the Tatmadawdevotes itself to varieties of projects for regionaldevelopment. Now, the people have a greatersense of Union Spirit, enjoying the taste of peaceand development. They have realized which rolethey will have to play in the drive for develop-ment of the nation.

It is most satisfactory to witness that na-tional race armed groups that have returnedto the legal fold are showing greater flexibilityin the democratization process of Myanmar,like other community-based organizations andsocial organizations. The Tatmadaw govern-ment made arrangements for the national racepeace groups to serve as Border Guard Forceslegally holding arms.

On 8 November, ceremonies to transformNDAK troops of Special Region (1) in Kachin Stateinto Border Guard Forces were held in Gangwin,Lupi, and Sinkyaing in Kachin State, and Ka-La-La-Ta troops of Special Region (2) in Kayah State,in Pantein and Sutpaing regions in Kayah State. It islearnt that other national race peace groups will bereconstituted into Border Guard Forces.

After taking up State duties, the Tatmadawgovernment laid down Our Three Main NationalCauses "Non-disintegration of the Union, Non-disintegration of national solidarity, and Perpetu-ation of sovereignty" as national duty. The na-tional policy is to be put in the fore in the interestof the Union of Myanmar, home to over 100national races who have been living throughthick and thin since time immemorial.

Therefore, the national race armed groups,which had kept in armed revolt against succes-sive governments due to various reasons, enteredthe legal fold one after another to throw them-selves to peace restoration and regional develop-ment tasks in concert with the Tatmadaw in

The day of reinforcing the Tatmadaw in public interestTin Min Kyaw

adhering to the national policy. Of them, U KhunSa’s MTA, the strongest force, exchanged armsfor peace and unconditionally surrendered armson 5 January 1996.

However, certain elements stirred up disrup-tions to the process of getting rid of doubts andboosting understanding among national brethren,thus prompting arrangements for security of thenational race armed groups that had returned to thelegal fold. Considering this, the Tatmadaw gov-ernment allowed them to continue to hold armslegally.

Throughout the period of formulating theState constitution that would be approved le-gally with the support of the people, the gov-ernment repeatedly reminded that the nationalrace armed groups surrender their arms. Afterover a couple of decades, dating back to 1989,the time was ripe to make some changes in linewith the State constitution.

In Myanmar, the Tatmadaw is more knowl-edgeable about the historical background of thenation than any other organization. In the courseof the nation’s history, the Tatmadaw has stoodfirmly by the people, and kept in touch with ethnicgroups. It is the Tatmadaw that knows well thebirths of the national race armed groups. TheTatmadaw was convinced of the desires of thenational race armed groups to play a role in thenational politics, enjoy economic growth, andkeep themselves safe from dangers.

So, the Tatmadaw government gavepermissions to national race armed groups toattend as representatives the National Conventiondesigned to enrich the political knowledge ofnational races. The purpose was to encourage thenational race peace groups to cordially deal andcompare notes about international and Myanmaraffairs with representatives of other national races,political parties, and people from all walks of life,service personnel, and intellectuals and intelli-gentsia, at the National Convention.The government rendered assistance to them toboost their businesses till they would be able toenjoy regional food surplus, and trade their goodsat home and abroad. More than that, it generatedopportunities for them to enjoy due rights inconformity with political affairs and objective

conditions of Myanmar.Therefore, it should be realized that identify-

ing rights and opportunities for their better futureis a means to see to Our Three Main NationalCauses. And in carrying out the appropriatechanges according to the State constitution, theTatmadaw government applied ways and meansacceptable to all, instead of rigid ones.

In compliance with the agreements and thelaw, the time has been ripe for them to surrendertheir arms, which is a must. Taking into consid-eration the national race armed groups’ attach-ment to their societies, and honesty, the Tatmadawgovernment launched a plan to transform thegroups wishing to protect their regions againstdangers into Border Guard Forces as troops of theTatmadaw.

It is noticed that that programme complieswith the six principles of the State constitution.Transforming national race armed groups intoTatmadaw members does not mean terminatingtheir duties. Indeed, for them, being entrustedtrustfully with national defence duties is to beproud of.

They have also been vested with the rights to setup political parties in line with the laws to be pre-scribed soon, if they wish to carry out politicalactivities among the groups. According to the multi-party democracy system, by forming political partiesor for independent-representatives by seeking thesupport of local people, they can enjoy the rights toserve as people’s representatives at self-administeredzone leading bodies, State/Region hluttaws (parlia-ments), the Amyotha Hluttaw and the Pyithu Hluttaw.

The troops of the Border Guard Forces havebeen bestowed with the rights to take part in thenational politics by following the military codeof conduct, rules and regulations and preservingthe fine traditions of the Tatmadaw. Therefore, Iwould say transforming NDAK of Special Re-gion (1) in Kachin State and Ka-La-La-Ta ofSpecial Region (2) in Kayah State into BorderGuard Forces is not only bringing dignity tothem, but also reinforcing the Tatmadaw in theinterest of the nation and the people.

Translation: MS

Transforming NDAK of Special Region (1) in Kachin

State and Ka-La-La-Ta of Special Region (2) in Kayah

State into Border Guard Forces is not only bringing

dignity to them, but also reinforcing the Tatmadaw in

the interest of the nation and the people.

It should be realized that iden-tifying rights and opportunitiesfor their better future is a meansto see to Our Three Main NationalCauses. And in carrying out theappropriate changes according tothe State constitution, theTatmadaw government appliedways and means acceptable to all,instead of rigid ones.

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NAY PYI TAW, 15Nov—Chairman of theState Peace andDevelopment Council ofthe Union of MyanmarSenior General Than Shwereceived Foreign AffairsMinister Mr RohithaBogollagama of theDemocratic SocialistRepublic of Sri Lanka atEarl's Regency Hotel inKandy at 6.30 pm on 12November.

Also present on theoccasion were Member ofthe State Peace andDevelopment CouncilGeneral Thura ShweMann, Secretary -1 of theSPDC General ThihaThura Tin Aung Myint Oo,Member of the SPDC Lt-

Senior General Than Shwe receives Sri Lankan Foreign Minister

Gen Tin Aye, Minister forForeign Affairs of theUnion of Myanmar U

Nyan Win, MyanmarAmbassador to Sri LankaU Ohn Thwin, Sri Lankan

Culture Minister Hon MrMahinda YapaAbeywardena, Sri Lankan

Ambassador to the Unionof Myanmar Mr NewtonGunaratna and high

SeniorGeneral

ThanShwe

receivesForeignAffairs

MinisterMr

RohithaBogolla-gama of

SriLanka at

Earl'sRegencyHotel inKandy.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov—President of theDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Mr.Mahinda Rajapaksa and Madame Shiranthi Rajapaksahosted a dinner in honour of Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council of the Union ofMyanmar Senior General Than Shwe and wife DawKyaing Kyaing at the President’s House in Kandy at9 pm on 12 November.

Also present at the dinner were Member of theState Peace and Development Council General ThuraShwe Mann and wife, Secretary-1 of the SPDCGeneral Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife,Member of the SPDC Lt-Gen Tin Aye, senior militaryofficers of the Ministry of Defence and their wives,the ministers, the deputy ministers, Myanmar

Sri Lankan President and wife host dinner to SeniorGeneral Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing

Ambassador to Sri Lanka U Ohn Thwin and wife anddepartmental heads.

The Sri Lankan President and Madame wereaccompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs MrRohitha Bogollagama and wife, Minister of CultureHon. Mr Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena and wife,Minister of Health Hon Mr Nimal Sripala de Silva,Minister of Information Hon Mr Tikira KobbekaduwaVegetarian and wife, Governor of Central ProvinceHon Mr Anura Priyadarshana Yapa and wife, SriLankan Ambassador to Myanmar Mr NewtonGunaratna and senior officials.

Before the dinner, the Senior General and theSri Lankan President exchanged gifts.

In front of the President’s House, they fed two

elephants donated by the Union of Myanmar to thesacred tooth relics building of Sri Lanka.

Next, the Sri Lankan cultural troupes performedvariety dances.

The Senior General and wife presented cashaward to the artistes and cordially greeted them.Afterwards, the Senior General and wife had thedinner together with the Sri Lankan President andparty.

During the dinner, the Sri Lankan music bandpresented songs. After the dinner, the Senior Generaland the Sri Lankan President cordially greeted thosepresent.

Later, the Senior General and party arrivedback at Earl’s Regency Hotel.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing attend dinner hosted by Sri Lankan President Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa and Madame

Shiranthi Rajapaksa at President’s House in Kandy. —MNA

ranking officials from theMinistry of ForeignAffairs.—MNA

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Sri Lankan President Mr. MahindaRajapaksa welcomes…

(from page 16)Commander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen TinNgwe and wife Dr DawKhin Thida, the ministersand party, left Nay PyiTaw of the Union ofMyanmar to Colombo ofthe Democratic SocialistRepublic of Sri Lanka byspecial aircraft on 12 No-vember at the invitationof President of the Demo-cratic Socialist Republicof Sri Lanka Mr. MahindaRajapaksa.

The special aircraft car-rying the Myanmar good-

partment of the Ministry ofForeign Affairs of Sri LankaMr. Ratanapala welcomedSenior General Than Shweand wife Daw KyaingKyaing on board the air-craft.

Two Sri Lankan chil-dren presented the bouquetto the Senior General andwife who descended fromthe special aircraft.

The Senior General andwife were welcomed by theministers, ambassadors andembassy officials of foreignembassies and Sri LankanAmbassador to Myanmar

tional Airport.Flanked by Sri

Lankan traditional cul-tural troupes, the SeniorGeneral ascended onto thedais on the occasion andtook the salute of theGuard of Honour on thedais.

The State MilitaryBand played the NationalAnthems of the two coun-tries.

The Senior Generalwas honoured with a 21-gun salute.

After inspecting theGuard of Honour, the

will delegation led by theSenior General and wife ar-rived at Bandaranaike In-ternational Airport in Co-lombo at 12.30 pm. Am-bassador of the Union ofMyanmar to the Demo-cratic Socialist Republic ofSri Lanka U Ohn Thwinand Head of Protocol De-

Mr. Newton Gunaratna andhigh ranking officials ledby Sri Lankan President Mr.Mahinda Rajapaksa andwife Madame ShiranthiRajapaksa.

A gala ceremony towelcome Senior GeneralThan Shwe was held atBandaranaike Interna-

Senior General took po-sition on the dais. Mean-while, the State MilitaryBand played the NationalAnthems of the two coun-tries again.

The Sri Lankan Presi-dent presented his entourageto Senior General ThanShwe, wife Daw Kyaing

Kyaing and party.The Senior General also

presented his entourage tothe Sri Lankan President andwife.

The Senior General andparty were welcomed byMyanmar Ambassador toSri Lanka U Ohn Thwin,wife Daw San San Nwe,

embassy staff and familymembers.

The Senior Generalsigned in the visitors’ book.

Next, the Senior Gen-eral and wife took a break atthe lounge of the airport. Atthat time, Senior GeneralThan Shwe and wife DawKyaing Kyaing cordially

conversed with the SriLankan President and wife.

The Myanmar delega-tion led by Senior GeneralThan Shwe and wife DawKyaing Kyaing left Co-lombo in a motorcade andarrived at Earl’s RegencyHotel in Kandy at 3.20 pmlocal time.— MNA

Senior General Than Shwe and Sri Lankan President Mr. MahindaRajapaksa feed two elephants donated by Myanmar to sacred tooth

relic building of Sri Lanka. (News on page 8)—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe takes salute of the Guard of Honour. —MNA

SeniorGeneral

ThanShwe andwife DawKyaingKyaingbeing

welcomedat Band-aranaikeInterna-

tionalAirport by

SriLankan

PresidentMr.

MahindaRajapaksaand Mad-

ameShiranthi

Rajapaksa.MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 15Nov—Chairman of theState Peace and Develop-ment Council of the Unionof Myanmar Senior Gen-eral Than Shwe met Presi-dent of the Socialist Demo-cratic Republic of SriLanka Mr MahindaRajapaksa at the Presi-

Senior General Than Shwemeets Sri Lankan President

Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa

dent’s House in Kandy on12 November evening.

Senior General ThanShwe and party werewarmly welcomed by Sri

Lankan President MrMahinda Rajapaksa andwife Madam ShiranthiRajapaksa at President'sHouse at 7 pm.

Next, Senior GeneralThan Shwe met SriLankan President MrMahinda Rajapaksa at thehall of President’s House.

Also present on theoccasion were Member ofthe SPDC General ThuraShwe Mann, Secretary-1of the SPDC General

Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo, SPDC memberLt-Gen Tin Aye, Lt-GenMyint Swe of the Minis-try of Defence, Chairmanof Mandalay DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofCentral Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe, Minister

for Foreign Affairs U NyanWin, Minister for Com-merce Brig-Gen Tin NaingThein, Minister for HealthDr Kyaw Myint, Minister

for Religious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung,Myanmar Ambassador toSri Lanka U Ohn Thwinand departmental heads.

Sri Lankan PresidentMr Mahinda Rajapaksawas accompanied by Min-ister of Foreign Affairs MrRohitha Bogollagama,

Minister of Health MrNimal Siripala de Silva,Minister of Export Devel-opment and International

(See page 11)

Chairman of the State Peace and Develop-ment Council Senior General Than Shwe

and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing greetSri Lankan cabinet members and senior

military officers.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe presents

members of Myanmar goodwill delegation

to Sri Lankan President Mr Mahinda

Rajapaksa and wife.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe meets Sri Lankan President Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa at President’s House in Kandy.—MNA

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Senior General Than Shwe meets Sri Lankan…(from page 10)

Trade Mr G L Peiris, Minister of Trade, MarketingDevelopment, Co-operatives and Consumer ServicesMr Bandula Gunawardena, Minister of AgricultureDevelopment and Agrarian Services Mr MaithripalaSirisena, Minister of Religious Affairs Mr PanduBandaranaikei, Sri Lankan Ambassador to MyanmarMr Newton Gunaratna and senior officers.

The leaders of the two nations extended greetings.Afterwards, Chairman of the State Peace and De-

velopment Council Senior General Than Shwe said thestrengthened relation between the two countries isbased on the identity in practising Buddhism. Hecontinued to say that he believed that his visit to SriLanka would be a milestone in the history of the twocountries.

Afterwards, the Sri Lankan President expressedhis delight for the visit of the Myanmar goodwilldelegation to Sri Lanka and thanked for the warmwelcome during his visit to Myanmar. He continued tosay that the visit of the Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council would become a new chapter ofthe relations between the two countries. He also ex-pressed his delight for Myanmar’s participation in theAsia cooperation forum.

The two countries have established relations sinceover 1000 years ago, and the diplomatic relation be-tween the two countries has turned 60 years. Two sectsof the Buddhism in Sri Lanka come from Myanmar. He

also thanked for the donation of an elephant fromMyanmar which has already donated two elephants toSri Lanka.

Senior General Than Shwe also asked the SriLanka president to see to the welfare of MyanmarBuddhist monks studying in Sri Lanka.

Efforts for the propagation of the Buddhism wouldnot only strengthen the friendship between the coun-tries and but also develop the economy of the twocountries.

Asian countries had to import about 90 percent ofindustrial and household goods from western coun-tries. Today, Asian countries have produced the goodsat home, and the cooperation between Asian countrieswould boost the economy of the region, he added.

Myanmar is ranked as the second biggest beans andpulses producer. Therefore, instead of trading bean andpulses via third country, the direct trade between the twocountries would bring more benefits to the both countries,he said. Regarding the transition to democracy inMyanmar, the State Constitution has been approvedwhile the seven-step Road Map is being implemented.The election will be held in 2010 and the remainingsteps will be implemented.

In his speech, the Sri Lankan President spokewords of thanks for detailed clarifications. He said thatboth countries will strive not only for promotion oftrade but also for further cementing friendly relations.He continued to say that efforts are being made to

extend the private sectors of the two countries. The SriLankan Minister of Trade held a discussion in Myanmarlast two weeks, he added. The agreement on air trans-portation between the two countries was signed in1950s, he added. He noted that if the agreement can beamended in accordance with the current situation, thepeople to people relations and religious affairs basedtourism industry will improve between the two coun-tries.

Heads of the State two countries exchangedviews on promotion of relationship between the twocountries, all-round development of economy and trade,promotion of Buddhism based industry, cooperation ofthe two countries in the framework of BIMSTEC,progress of internal affairs between the two countries,and regional and international affairs. The meetingended at 8.40 pm.

While the Senior General and the Sri LankanPresident were holding the meeting, Daw KyaingKyaing and Madam Shiranthi Rajapaksa cordially metat the separate hall.

Also present at the meeting together with DawKyaing Kyaing were Daw Khin Lay Thet, wife ofSPDC member General Thura Shwe Mann, Daw KhinSaw Hnin, wife of Secretary-1 General Thiha ThuraTin Aung Myint Oo, Daw Khin Thet Htay, wife of Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defence, Dr DawKhin Thida, wife of Chairman of Mandalay DivisionPDC Commander of Central Command Maj-Gen TinNgwe and Daw San San Nwe, wife of MyanmarAmbassador to Sri Lanka U Ohn Thwin.—MNA

OSLO, 15 Nov—Greenland’s ice losses areaccelerating and nudgingup sea levels, accordingto a study showing thaticebergs breaking awayand meltwater runoff areequally to blame for theshrinking ice sheet. Thereport, using computermodels to confirm satellitereadings, indicated that icelosses quickened in 2006-08 to the equivalent of0.75 mm (0.03 inch) ofworld sea level rise peryear from an average 0.46

An iceberg floats in a fjord near the town of Kulusukin eastern Greenland on 2 August, 2009.—INTERNET

ANKARA, 15 Nov—Five people were founddead from carbonmonoxide poisoning innorthwest Turkey’sIstanbul city on Sunday,Turkish media reported.

A woman, herdaughter and threegrandchildren were founddead on Sunday morningin their house in Umraniyedistrict of Istanbul, theprivate NTV channelreported. —Internet

Greenland ice lossaccelerating

Gas poisoning kills fivein NW Turkey

mm a year for 2000-08.“Mass loss has

accelerated,” said Michielvan den Broeke, ofUtrecht University in theNetherlands, who led thestudy, in Friday’s editionof the journal Science.

“The years 2006-08,with their warm summers,have seen a hugemelting,” he told Reutersof the study withcolleagues in the UnitedStates, the Netherlandsand Britain.

“The underlying

causes suggest this trendis likely to continue in thenear future,” JonathanBamber, a co-author at theUniversity of Bristol, saidin a statement.

The computer modelsmatched satellite data forice losses — raisingconfidence in the findings— and showed that losseswere due equally tomeltwater, caused byrising temperatures, andicebergs breaking off fromglaciers.

Internet

Senior General Than Shwe cordially greets Sri Lankan PresidentMr Mahinda Rajapaksa at President's House in Kandy.

MNA

Daw Kyaing Kyaing, wife of Senior General Than Shwe, meetsMadam Shiranthi Rajapaksa, wife of Sri Lankan President, at Presi-

dent's House in Kandy.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 14Nov—Minister for Elec-tric Power No. 1 Col ZawMin received ExecutiveVice-Chairman Mr WangYongxiang and party ofHuaneng Lancang RiverHydropower Co Ltd of thePeople’s Republic ofChina at the Ministry ofElectric Power No. 1,here, on 12 Novemberevening.

They discussed coop-eration in implementationof Shweli-2 hydropowerproject.

A ceremony to sign

NAY PYI TAW, 15Nov—Chairman of BagoDivision Peace and De-velopment Council Com-mander of Southern Com-mand Maj-Gen Hla Min

YANGON, 15 Nov—The Chinese journalistdelegation led by Direc-tor Mr Yu Qingchu of thePeople’s Daily of the Peo-ple’s Republic of Chinathis morning visited theUnion National Races

YANGON, 15 Nov—The semi-final matches ofthe First Basic EducationLevel Inter-State/Divi-sion U-16 Men’s and

Electric Power No. 1 Ministerreceives Chinese guests

the MoU on Shweli-2hydropower projectjointly implemented byHydropower Administra-tion Department under theMinistry of Electric PowerNo. 1, Huaneng LancangRiver Hydropower Co Ltdof China and Asia WorldCo Ltd was held at the hallof the ministry.

Minister Col Zaw Mindelivered an address.

The Executive Vice-Chairman and ManagingDirector U Tun MyintNaing spoke words ofthanks.

The Director-Generalof Hydropower Adminis-tration Department andExecutive Vice-PresidentMr Huang Gguangmingsigned the MoU and ex-changed notes.

Also present on theoccasion were Minister forNational Planning and Eco-nomic Development U SoeTha, Minister for ElectricPower No. 2 Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint, Attorney-General U Aye Manug,Deputy Minister U MyoMyint, departmental headsand officials.—MNA

Chinese journalist delegationconcludes visit

Village in ThakaytaTownship and the Na-tional Museum in DagonTownship, and they lefthere by air this afternoon.

Yesterday evening,Chairman of MyanmarWriters and Journalists

Association U HlaMyaing (Ko Hsaung) andCEC members hosted adinner to the Chinese jour-nalist delegation atKaraweik Palace Hotel,here.

MNA

Commander views thrivingsummer paddy plantations

on 9 November viewedthriving summer paddyplantation in Auksu Vil-lage-tract in ThanatpinTownship.

At the town hall in

Bago, the commander at-tended a ceremony to hon-our the outstanding stu-dents in the matriculationexamination.

MNA

YANGON, 15 Nov—Deputy Minister for Con-struction Brig-Gen MyintThein yesterday attendedthe coordination meetingon Delta Region RoadNetwork DevelopmentProject of Ayeyawady

Delta Region Road Network DevelopmentProject of Ayeyawady Division coordinated

Division at Public Works(Yangon Division Office),here.

Chief Engineer U SoeTint, Deputy Chief Engi-neer U Than Nyunt andofficials of 15 road/bridgeproject groups reported on

progress of task and workto be done.

RSJ steel frames willarrive in Myanmar forconstruction of 45 bridgesand they discussed com-pletion of the tasks by theend of November.—MNA

ISD U-16 Basketball Tournament continuesWomen’s BasketballTournament took place atAung San Gymnasium,here, this morning.

Yangon Division beat

Mandalay Division 86-54,while Shan State (North)thrashed Sagaing Division63-42 in the men’s event.

Mandalay Division

hammered Shan State(South) 56-25, SagaingDivision won overYangon Division 36-32in the women’s event.

Final matches of thetournament will be held atthe same venue. Manda-lay Division will playagainst Sagaing Division

in the women’s event, andYangon Division willcompete with Shan State(North) in the men’s eventtomorrow.—MNA

DeputyMinisterBrig-Gen

Myint Theindelivers anaddress atthe coordi-

nationmeeting onDelta Re-gion RoadNetworkDevelop-

mentProject.

MNA

Chairman ofMyanmar Writers

and JournalistsAssociation U Hla

Myaing (KoHsaung) extends

greetings at dinnerhosted to Chinese

journalist delega-tion.

MNA

Chinese journalist delegation visits National Museum in DagonTownship. — MNA

MandalayDivision

Teamplays

againstShan State

Team inISD U-16BasketballTourna-

ment.MNA

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S Africa’s Van der Burghbreaks 50m breaststroke

world recordBERLIN, 15 Nov—South Africa’s

Cameron Van Der Burgh broke his ownworld record in the men’s short course50m breaststroke at the World Cupswimming meet here on Saturday.

He clocked 25.25 seconds to lowerthe mark of 25.43 he set on 8 Augustlast Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

Xinhua

Phelps finishes fifth in 200m butterfly finalRussia’s Fesikovbreaks 100m medley

world record BERLIN, 15 Nov—Russia’s Serguei

Fesikov set a new world record in themen’s 100 meters individual medley ata short-course World Cup meet here onSaturday.

The Russian clocked 50.95 secondsin the heat to break the mark of 51.15set by American Ryan Lochte in Man-chester, England on 13 April, 2008.

Xinhua

Disabled baby in court battle dies

Pacquiao beats Cottoto claim WBO

welterweight crownLAS VEGAS, 15 Nov—Filipino chal-

lenger Manny Pacquiao won the WorldBoxing Organization welterweight ti-tle here by stopping Puerto Ricanchamp Miguel Cotto 55 seconds intothe 12th round.

Pacquiao became the first fighter towin seven world titles in seven weightclasses.

Internet

Manny Pacquiao (L) and MiguelCotto exchange blows during theirWBO welterweight title fight at theMGM Grand Garden Arena in LasVegas, Nevada. Pacquiao won the

title by stopping Puerto Rican champCotto 55 seconds into the 12th

round.—INTERNET

BERLIN, 15 Nov—Michael Phelpsfinished fifth in the 200-meter butter-fly on Saturday at a short-course WorldCup meet here where saw six worldrecords broken.

Nikolay Skvortsov of Russia, whohad the fastest qualifying time, won thefinal in 1:50.58. Phelps squeezed in asthe eighth and last qualifier in the heats.

The American star, who won eightgold medals at last year’s Beijing Ol-ympics, finished in 1 minute, 52.26 sec-onds in the final.

Phelps is competing in an old-styleswimsuit that will become the standardon 1 Jan and still has yet to win a raceon his European tour.

Phelps failed to make three finals atanother World Cup meet in Stockholmearlier this week. He was second in the200-meter medley in Sweden.

While Phelps continues to struggle,

German rival Paul Biedermannbounced back from an injury to shatterthe 400-meter freestyle world record.

Biedermann won in 3:32.77 to slashnearly 2 seconds off the old mark of3:34:58 set by Grant Hackett of Aus-tralia on 18 July, 2002, in Sydney.

Xinhua

Native Venetians stage a mock funeral processionin Venice, Italy, on 14 Nov, 2009. Historic Venice is

approaching the dread status of living museum,with a population now below 60,000, a largely

symbolic threshold considered by some to signalthe end of the city’s viability. As native Venetians

flee in droves to the mainland for cheaper housingand easier living, those who have stayed are mark-ing their modern-day demise with a mock funeral

procession on Saturday.—INTERNET

Commercial AircraftCorp markets theARJ21 as China’s first90-seat regional jet.General Electric Co’saviation unit and Chi-na’s state-run AviationIndustry Corp said onSunday they had agreedto form a joint ventureto develop and marketsystems for commercial

aircraft.—INTERNET

Donate Blood Few call Venice home, butit’s not history, either

VENICE, 15 Nov—A dozen gondolas snaked downthe Grand Canal on Saturday in a mock funeral pro-cession bemoaning Venice’s approach to the dreadedstatus of living museum, with a population now be-low 60,000.

While the largely symbolic threshold is consideredby some to signal the end of the city’s viability,Venetian officials say reports of Venice’s demise arepremature, and even Saturday’s somber funeral endedwith a surprise, bright hope for rebirth.

In fact, while native Venetians have been fleeingthe expensive lagoon city for cheaper and easier liv-ing on the mainland, the population of the historiccenter was officially 60,025 as of Thursday, up fromthe 59,992 it had fallen to in recent weeks.

“They will have the funeral in a living village,not yet dead. And it won’t die, even if it goesto 59,999,” Mara Rumiz, the city official in chargeof demographics, said in a telephone interviewon Friday.

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Gas storage tanks at the Arara refinery in theUrucu oilfield, Amazon rain forest, 650 km south-east of Manaus, Brazil, seen here in October 2009.Lower oil prices contributed to a 1.48-billion-dollar

cut in third-quarter profits for Petrobras, theBrazilian state-controlled energy company said late

Friday.—INTERNET

A severely disabled babyboy at the centre of acourt battle between hisparents has died after hisfather dropped his objec-tion to switching off hisventilator, a report saidon Saturday.—INTERNET

LONDON, 15 Nov—Aseverely disabled babyboy at the centre of a courtbattle between his parentshas died after his fatherdropped his objection toswitching off his ventila-tor, a report said on Satur-day.

The one-year-old boy,known as Baby RB, was

the subject of an emotion-ally charged High Courtcase after his father chal-lenged doctors who arguedthat the child’s life supportshould be switched off “inhis best interests”.

The father later with-drew his objections andthe judge agreed he shouldbe allowed to die in peace.

His mother told theMail on Sunday newspa-per that the couple, whoare separated, had cuddledhim as they switched offhis life support system onFriday and he died shortlyafterwards.

She told the newspaper:“When they took his tubeout, I was cuddling him. Itwas so amazing to see himwithout it — it’s the long-est we had seen his faceproperly. The last thing Isaid to him was that I lovedhim and would always bethere for him.”

The boy was thought to

have congenitalmyasthenic syndrome(CMS), a rare neuromus-cular condition which se-verely limits his ability tobreathe, move his limbs ormake facial expressions.

The court was toldthat he had such acutebreathing problems thatif the venti lator hadbeen slowed even by afraction, he would havedied.

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Wie grabs share of LPGAlead in Mexico

Anelka strike hands France advantageDUBLIN, 15 Nov—Nicolas Anelka gave France a crucial 1-0 win over the Re-

public of Ireland here on Saturday as the 1998 world champions and 2006 run-ners-up gained the upper-hand after the first leg of their World Cup play-off.

Chelsea striker Anelka struck the vital away goal with 18 minutes left at CrokePark with his shot taking a wicked deflection off Sean St Ledger and past Irelandgoalkeeper Shay Given.

It was a goal which will make France favourites to progress to the finals whenthe second leg is played at the Stade de France in Paris on Wednesday.

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Portugal saved byAlves and woodwork

LISBON, 15 Nov—Portugal, playingwithout the injured Cristiano Ronaldo,were clinging to their World Cup dreamson Saturday after only managing a 1-0win over Bosnia Herzegovina in theirplay-off first leg.

It could have been a black night forthe star-studded Portuguese side whowere saved by the woodwork on threeoccasions, including twice in the lastminute.

Porto defender Bruno Alves, whogave Portugal a fortunate winner in aqualifying round win over Albania, wason target again on Saturday with a pow-erful backpost header after 31 minutesfor the game’s only goal.—Internet

Portugal’s Liedson Munis (top) triesto head the ball with Bosnia’s SafetNadarevic during their FIFA WorldCup 2010 play-off football match atthe Luz Stadium. Portugal, playing

without the injured CristianoRonaldo, were clinging to their World

Cup dreams on Saturday after onlymanaging a 1-0 win over BosniaHerzegovina in their play-off first

leg.—INTERNET

Egypt beatAlgeria to force

playoff forWorld Cup

CAIRO, 15 Nov—Egypt grasped the lastchance with a last minutegoal to keep itself alive fora playoff with Algeriathrough a 2-0 victory inthe Group C of Africanqualifiers for 2010 WorldCup here on Saturday.

The 2-0 victory wasjust enough for Egypt tolevel Algeria on pointsand goal difference, forc-ing a playoff to happen inSudan for the World Cupslot of World Cup.

The Egyptians, beingthe reigning AfricanChampions, have astronger desire than theirrivals to win the make-or-break game.

Xinhua

Michelle Wie of theUnited States is seen

after her chip onto thefourth green during the

third round of theLorena Ochoa

Invitational Presentedby Banamex and

Corona at GuadalajaraCountry Club in

Guadalajara,Mexico.—INTERNET

‘Perfect’ Djokovic to meetMonfils in Paris final

Serbian Novak Djokovicprepares to hit a return

to Spanish RafaelNadal. The in-form

third seed has reachedthe ATP Paris Mastersfinal after eliminating

second seed RafaelNadal with a compre-

hensive 6-2, 6-3 victoryat the Bercy arena.

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France’s Nicolas Anelka (R) fights forthe ball with the Republic of Ireland’sSean St Ledger (L) during their 2010World Cup play-off match at Croke

Park in Dublin, Ireland. Anelka gaveFrance a crucial 1-0 win over the

Republic of Ireland here on Saturdayas the 1998 world champions and

2006 runners-up gained the upper-hand after the first leg of their World

Cup play-off.—INTERNET

Nigeria beat Kenya to reachS Africa WC

NAIROBI, 15 Nov—Could the real Nigerians standup? That was the questions thousands of Kenyansoccer supporters were asking and when ObafemiMartins emerged from the bench, he proved the kingpin to secure Nigeria a 3-2 win at Kasarani.

The loss was Kenya’s tenth against Nigeria in their12 encounters having drawn twice. It eventually bur-ied Kenya’s hopes of making a return to the AfricaNations Cup in Angola in January. Kenya last fea-tured in this tournament six years ago in Tunisia.

Nigeria emerged the top team in Group 2 with12 points and qualified for the world’s top soccerevent after Mozambique beat Tunisia 1-0 in the otherGroup 2 qualifier tie in Maputo on Saturday.

Tunisia took the second spot in the groupstandings with 11 points, while Mozambique fin-ished third with seven. Kenya remains at the bot-tom with three points.

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Slovenia, Ukraine sense World Cup chancePARIS, 15 Nov—Unheralded Slovenia and Ukraine took tentative steps closer to

the 2010 World Cup finals on Saturday.Despite losing 2-1 to Russia in Moscow, Nejc Pecnik’s goal two minutes from

time gave Slovenia hope that they can make sure of a second World Cup appear-ance in Wednesday’s return leg of their qualifying play-off.

Ukraine, who were quarter-finalists in 2006, will also be confident of achievingback-to-back World Cup spots, after holding 2004 European champions Greece toa 0-0 draw in Athens.

In Moscow, Everton midfielder Diniyar Bilyaletdinov scored twice for GuusHiddink’s Russian side before Pecnik’s late lifeline.

“It’s always disappointing when you allow your rivals to score a goal at thevery end but we can only blame only ourselves for it,” said Hiddink.—Internet

Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (C) of Russia fights for the ballagainst Slovenia’s players during their World Cup2010 first leg play-off football match in Moscow. Rus-sia clinched a hard-fought 2-1 home win againstSlovenia in the first leg of their 2010 World Cup quali-fying play-off clash here on Saturday.—INTERNET

PARIS, 15 Nov—Ser-bian third seed NovakDjokovic will meet 15th-seeded home favouriteGael Monfils in the ATPParis Masters final afterboth players camethrough their semi-finalmatches on Saturday.

In-form Djokovic, whowon the Basel tournamentlast weekend, trounced anuncharacteristically sub-dued Rafael Nadal 6-2,6-3, before Monfils de-lighted the Bercy arenacrowd by beating Czech13th seed Radek Stepanek6-4, 5-7, 6-4.

“There’s not much tosay about today’s per-formance, except that itwas perfect,” said a beam-ing Djokovic.—Internet

GUADALAJARA, 15Nov—Michelle Wie,seeking her first LPGAtour title, seized a share ofthe lead in the 1.1 million-dollar Lorena OchoaInvitational with a two-under par 70.

Wie shared the lead on10-under 206 with fellow-American Cristie Kerr,who carded a 67.

Overnight leader JiyaiShin was a stroke back

after a 74. She was joinedon 207 by American PaulaCreamer, who shot a 71,and first-round leaderSong-Hee Kim of SouthKorea, who posted a 70.

Taiwan’s Yani Tsengposted a 69 for 209.

Shin had a tough day,with three bogeys on theback nine at GuadalajaraCountry Club. She has al-ready secured Rookie ofthe Year honors and is try-ing to become the firstplayer since Nancy Lopezin 1978 to earn bothrookie and player of theyear honors.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.During the past 24 hours, light rain or thundershowers havebeen isolated in Kachin and Mon States, upper Sagaing andTaninthayi Divisions and weather has been generally fairin the remaining area. Night temperatures were (3°C) belowNovember average temperatures in Northern Shan State,(5°C) to (6°C) above November average temperatures inKachin, Chin, Mon States and Mandalay Division, andabout November average temperatures in the remainingStates and Divisions. The noteworthy amount of tainfallrecorded was Kyaikkhame (0.55) inch.

Maximum temperature on 14-11-2009 was 97°F.Minimum temperature on 15-11-2009 was 69°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 15 -11-2009 was 96%.Total sun shine hours on 14-11-2009 was (9.0) hours approx.

Rainfall on 15-11-2009 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 (5) mphfrom Northeast at (15:30) hours MST on 14-11-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the AndamanSea and South Bay and generally fair elsewhere in the Bayof Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 16th November 2009:Light rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolated inKachin and Mon States, upper Sagaing and TaninthayiDivisions and weather will be generally fair in the remainingareas. Degree of certainty is (60%).

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

continuation of isolated light rain in the Northern Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for16-11-2009: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for16-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for16-11-2009: Generally fair weather.

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Yangon, son of late Deputy Commisioner U Aye Cho,Daw E Cho, beloved husband of (Daw Rocalind ECho), beloved father of Daw Khin Sann Myint @Pearleen E Cho (USA), (U Khin Maung Cho@ RonaldE Cho)- Daw Nyunt Nyunt Khin, grandfather of Mr.Neville Daw- Daw Sann Sann Kyaing (UK), Dr HtunThu Ya (YGH)- Daw Khin Myat Cho, Daw Khin LattCho @ Bi Bi, U Myo Kyaing (UAE), U Win Kyaing(USA), great grandfather of Ms. Zarar Daw, Mg LinnMyat Thu Ya (TTC), Ma Aye Myat Thu Ya, Mg SwanMyat Thu Ya, expired at his residence at 01:45 am onSunday, 15th of November 2009. Funeral arrangementwill be held on Thursday, 19th of November at YewayCemetry at (11:00) am.

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Apple plans 40-50 storeopenings in 2010

NEW YORK, 15 Nov—Apple Inc said on Thursdayit plans to open 40 to 50 retail stores next year as theconsumer electronics giant expands its reach tocustomers. More than half of the new stores will beoutside the United States, with new outlets plannedin London, Paris and two in Shanghai.

Speaking ahead of a store opening in NewYork, Ron Johnson, Apple’s senior vice presidentof retail, said the company expects the holidayselling season to be a good one. Apple now operates280 stores in 10 countries.

The stores, first launched in 2001, have provedto be hugely popular with consumers. Apple hosted45.9 million store visitors during the Septemberquarter, up 7 percent from a year earlier.

The stores posted revenue of $1.87 billion inthe quarter, their highest level ever and up 9 percentfrom a year earlier.—Internet

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15th Waning of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Monday, 16 November, 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 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

Sri Lankan President Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa welcomesSenior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing

The day of reinforcing theTatmadaw in public interest

TIN MIN KYAW

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NAY PYI TAW, 15 Nov—Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council of the Union ofMyanmar Senior General Than Shwe and wife DawKyaing Kyaing, accompanied by Member of the StatePeace and Development Council General Thura ShweMann and wife Daw Khin Lay Thet, Secretary-1 of the

State Peace and Development Council General ThihaThura Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife Daw Khin SawHnin, SPDC member Lt-Gen Tin Aye, Lt-Gen MyintSwe of the Ministry of Defence and wife Daw KhinThet Htay, Chairman of Mandalay Division PDC

(See page 9)

Senior General Than Shwe inspecting the Guard of Honour.—MNA

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