"The New Light of Myanmar" 18 June 2006 - · PDF filebooks and K 200,000 to Headmaster U Hmwe...

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

Volume XIV, Number 63 8th Waning of Nayon 1368 ME Sunday, 18 June, 2006

Established 1914

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

True patriotism

* It is very important for everyone of the nation regardless of

the place he lives to have strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true patriotism all the nationalities

will have to safeguard.

Sabbapãpassa akaranamkusalassupasampadãsacittapariyodapanametam Buddhãna sãsanam.“Not to do anything evil,To do everything good,To purify the mind,These are three important points,according to the Teachings of Buddha.

The Teachings of Buddha

NAY PYI TAW, 17June— The National Con-vention Convening Com-mission held its 4/2006meeting at the meeting hallof NCCC in Nay Pyi Tawthis afternoon. Chairman of the NCCCSecretary-1 of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen TheinSein delivered a speech. Also present were Vice-Chairmen of NCCC ChiefJustice U Aung Toe andMinister for CooperativesMaj-Gen Tin Htut, Secre-tary of NCCC Minister forInformation Brig-GenKyaw Hsan and members. Joint Secretary-2 of theNCCC Director-Generalof the Pyithu Hluttaw Of-fice U Myint Thein actedas master of ceremonies. The Secretary-1 said atthe National Conventionheld from 5 December to

NCC Commission will scrutinize papers presentedby NCC Work Committee for laying detailed basic

principles at coming National Convention

National Convention Convening Commissionholds 4/2006 meeting

(See page 8)NCCC Chairman Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein addresses Meeting 4/2006 of

National Convention Convening Commission in Nay Pyi Taw. — MNA

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Sunday, 18 June, 2006

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

Now, the entire nation is enjoying thetaste of stability and peace in addition to thefruitful results of development.

Kayin State, part of the Union, has, likeother states and divisions, a brighter future withregional progress. The government has builtlarge bridges in the region such as the ThanlwinBridge (Hpa-an), the Gyaing River-crossing(Zathabyin) Bridge, and the Gyaing River-cross-ing Bridge (Kawkareik). The Attayan River-crossing Bridge and the Thanlwin Bridge(Mawlamyine) were built on the same route inMon State. So, there emerged Hpa-an-Mawlamyine Road and Myawady-Kawkareik-Hpa-an-Mawlamyine Road. Kayin State is en-joying economic and social development thanksto the easy access to Bago Division, Mon Stateand Taninthayi Division.

As regards the basic education sector ofKayin State, national local youths are pursuingeducation in 1,288 basic education schools. Theregion has also been served with Arts and Sci-ence University, Government TechnologicalCollege, Technological College, Computer Col-lege and Education College for the convenienceof local youths in studying higher educationsubjects in peace in respective regions.

In olden days, Hpa-an consisted of onlyover 600 houses. Now, it has been upgraded toa city possessing characteristics of a city withmodern buildings, markets and parks includinguniversities, colleges and a 200-bed hospital. Andits population has increased to more than 50,000.

Nevertheless, Kayin State cannot enjoystability and peace fully owing to the fabricatedstories and instigation of the stooges who areturning a blind eye to the truth and internaland external destructionists as well as terroristsacts.

It is time the insurgents placing toomuch reliance on alien assistance realized wellthat their acts are having adverse effects on theirown people and harming the interests of KayinState. Only when KNU members focus on sta-bility and peace and choose the path of lastingpeace, will the entire Union including KayinState be more prosperous and developed.

Make lasting peace forgreater progress

The 1st ASEAN+China

Health Ministers Meeting

(23-6-2006)

The 8th ASEAN HealthMinisters Meeting

(21-6-2006)

The 2nd ASEAN+3Health Ministers Meeting

(22-6-2006)

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NAY PYI TAW, 17June — Chairman of ShanState (East) Peace and De-velopment Council Com-mander of Triangle RegionCommand Maj-Gen MinAung Hlaing met depart-mental personnel, membersof social organizations andlocal people at the office ofGeneral AdministrationDepartment in Pungpa-kyem Town, MonghsatDistrict, on 9 June.

Town Adminis-trator U Kyaw Khaing re-ported on regional devel-opment tasks. Chairmanof Monghsat District PDCLt-Col Aung Htay gave asupplementary report.

The commanderinstructed them to work inconcert for ensuring localfood sufficiency, under-taking of agricultural andlivestock breeding tasks,growing of physic nutplants to meet the targetand carrying out of re-

Commander meets departmental personnel in Pungpakyem

gional development.Patron of Shan

State (East) Women’s Af-fairs Organization Chair-person of Shan StateMCWSC Daw Kyu KyuHla presented cash assist-ance to the two organiza-tions. The commander in-spected construction of

Pungpakyem Hospital(16-bed). Next, the com-mander attended the cer-emony to present exercisebooks and stationery tostudents for 2006-07 aca-demic year.

The commanderand wife presented exer-cise books and stationery

to students and K 200,000donated by Shan State(East) WAO and MCWSCto the school through theheadmaster. At the localstation, the commandermet with officers, otherranks and family membersand gave necessary instruc-tions. — MNA

YANGON, 17 June — The Workshop on censusof family and young people for 2004 was held at thePopulation Department on Maha Bandoola Street inKyauktada Township this morning, with an address byMinister for Population and Immigration Maj-GenMaung Maung Swe.

With the assistance of the UNFPA, the Popu-lation Department conducted tasks of census at the endof 2004.

In his speech, Minister Maj-Gen Maung MaungSwe said that there are about 2,000 million of youthbetween 15 ad 25 years old in the world. In Myanmar,one-fifth of the population is young people. The work-shop will be held with a view to having facts about youthand their society, basic social affairs of their families,economic matters, youth behaviors, concepts and theirqualifications. The minister invited suggestions fromrepresentatives of departments and organizations.

Also present on the occasion were DeputyMinister for Population and Immigration Maj-GenAung Kyi, directors-general and deputy directors-general and officials. — MNA

Workshop on census of family and young people for 2004 held

CASH DONATED: Daw Khin Khin Sein andfamily of 58, Tayokekyaung Street, Sangyoung

Township, recently donated K 100,000 to themedical fund of Hninzigon Home for the Aged

in memory of the late Captain Min Lwin. Treas-urer U Aung Than of the Home Administrative

Board accepts the cash donation. — H

Minister for Population and ImmigrationMaj-Gen Maung Maung Swe speaking at the

workshop on census of family and youngpeople for 2004. — MNA

Commander of Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing and wife present exercisebooks and K 200,000 to Headmaster U Hmwe Kyu of Pungpakyem

BEHS. — MNA

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SHANGHAI, 16 June — Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin onThursday vowed to enhance cooperation within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, implementingthe consensus reached at the SCO summit and bolstering the organization’s development.

US high energy cost may sloweco growth, raise inflation

WASHINGTON, 16 June — The growth of US economy may slow down as energy prices continue anupward trend and push inflation higher, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday.

Cholera death toll reaches1,700 in Angola

LUANDA, 16 June — At least 1,727 people havedied of cholera in Angola, out of 45,133 cases notifiedcountrywide since the outbreak was declared on 13February this year, according to local media reports onThursday.

The capital Luanda has recorded 291 deaths out of22,549 cases, followed by Benguela, which has reported502 deaths out of 7,971 cases.

The drop in cases and deaths is owed to an awarenesscampaign carried out by Angola's Health Ministry,said a source from the sector.

According to Deputy Minister of Health JoseVan-Dunem, Luanda used to record 500 cases a day,but thanks to the campaign, the number has dropped to50 cases.

MNA/Xinhua

The two countries havewitnessed fruitfulcooperation within theframework of the SCO andensured the SCO summitmeeting a success, Hu toldPutin, who is in the Chineseeconomic hub for thesummit meeting onThursday.

China and Russia have

carried out substantial andactive cooperation in allfields and close coordinationin international affairs,hence bilateral relationshipis unprecedented, Hu saidduring his talks with Putin.

“I’m satisfied with thenew progress made inbilateral relations,” Hu said."China and Russia should

strengthen support andstrategic coordination whenthe international andregional situation isbecoming increasinglycomplex.”

China will join handswith Russia to enhancepolitical trust, support eachother and deepen beneficialcooperation, Hu noted.

Putin said the frequentmeetings between Russianand Chinese leaders in thepast years have stimulatedthe development of bilateralties and the two sides havewitnessed remarkable fruitsof cooperation. He said thetwo countries could furthercooperate in trade, energy,electronics, machinery andenvironmental protection.

The two presidentsexpressed the hope ofmeeting again in StPetersburg this July whenthere will be dialoguesbetween the Group of Eightand developing countries.

MNA/Xinhua

HAWAIIAN, 16 June —The Northwestern

Hawaiian Islands, a coral-fringed swath of the Pacific,came under US en-vironmental protection,becoming the world'sbiggest protected marinereserve.

With a stroke of a pen,US President George WBush gave immediateprotection to an area thatstretches across 2,250kilometres, covering nearly362,600 square kilometres,edging out in sizeAustralia's Great BarrierReef Marine Park.

“We will protect aprecious natural resource,”Mr Bush said at a WhiteHouse ceremony where hedeclared a string of Pacificislands and submergedvolcanoes a nationalmonument. “We will showour respect for the culturaland historical importanceof this area and we willcreate an important placefor research and learningabout how we can be goodstewards of our oceans andour environment.”

The monument de-

signation, Mr Bush's first,means a marine area greaterin size than 46 of the 50 USstates will be sheltered fromoverfishing, while allowingHawaiians to use the areafor traditional purposes.The protected area startsabout 260 kilometres westof the inhabited Hawaiianisland of Kauai andstretches nearly 1,900kilometres from NihoaIsland in the east to KureAtoll in the west.

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“A significant increasein energy prices cansimultaneously sloweconomic growth whileraising inflation,”Bernanke spoke to theEconomic Club ofChicago. A copy of hisspeech was distributed inWashington.

“In the short run,sharply higher energyprices create a ratherdifferent and, in someways, a more difficult setof economic challenges,”Bernanke said. The USeconomy has been“remarkably flexible” withregard to the continuedspike of energy prices, hesaid. The US economy,which grew by 5.3 per centin the first quarter of thisyear, is expected byanalysts to slow down inthe second quarter.

He said that the

cumulative increases inenergy and commodityprices have been largeenough that they couldaccount for some of therecent pickup in coreinflation. For the first fivemonths of this year,

consumer prices wereadvancing at an annual rateof 5.2 per cent, comparedwith the 3.4-per-cent gainfor all of 2005, according tothe government data.

Excluding volatileenergy and food, core prices

are rising at a 3.1-per- centpace so far this year. Thatcompares with a 2.2-per-cent increase in 2005,indicating that the price oflots of other goods andservices are going up.

MNA/Xinhua

Visitors watch a performer at the auditorium in the ancient city of Caral, a complex ofstone temples, altars and dwellings which dates back to before 2,600 BC, in a desert valley 110 miles (177 km) north of Lima in Peru on 15 June, 2006. —INTERNET

A litter of four young bat-eared foxes have begun emerging from their birthing denat the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park, California on 15 June, 2006. —INTERNET

Hawaiian islands becomeworld’s biggest marine reserve

Gunmen kill four worshippers in Iraqi mosque TIKRIT (Iraq), 16

June— Gunmen openedfire and threw handgrenades at a Sunni Arabmosque near the Ir aqitown of Tikrit onThursday, killing fourworshippers andwounding up to 20 others,a police source and a localresident said.

A nephew of one ofthose killed, citingwitnesses, said sevenmasked gunmen intraditional Arab clothesopened fire as people leftthe mosque in the smalltown of Alam aftermorning prayers, killing

one person immediately. He said the attackers

hurled hand grenades asthe worshippers fled backinto the mosque, followedthem inside and killedthree others, including hisuncle Dawod al-Khalid.

Residents blamed theattack on outsiders, hesaid, adding Alam was apeaceful and quiet place.

"It is the first suchincident in Alam," thenephew, Mohammad al-Khalid, said by phone."People are very angry."

Such attacks are notcommon in or near Tikrit,175 kilometres (110

miles) north of Baghdadin a predominantly SunniArab area and the hometown of former Iraqileader Saddam Hussein. MNA/Reuters

STS-121 Mission Specialist Piers Sellers, who was

born in England, is shown after taking his turn at

driving an M-113 armored personnel carrier at the

Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida

on 15 June, 2006. The crew of the space shuttle

Discovery is taking part in a dress rehearsal for

launch which is scheduled for 1 July. The M-113

could be used as an escape vehicle by the

astronauts.—INTERNET


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Green tea may help lower cancer risk

Vietnam rejects USHuman Rights Watch report

HANOI, 16 June — Vietnam opposes a recent report of the US Human Rights Watch which accused itof mistreating ethnic minority people in the Central Highlands (Tay Nguyen) Region, local newspaperVietnam News reported on Thursday.

“The report of theHuman Rights Watchbased on totally fabricatedinformation slanderedVietnam with badintention ofsmearingVietnam’s policies toethnic minority people inTay Nguyen,” the paperquoted the spokesman ofthe Vietnamese Ministryof Foreign Affairs, LeDung, as saying.

Vietnam has facilitatedimproving material and

spiritual life of people inTay Nguyen, he said,noting that there is norepression of ethnicminority people, orreligious groups inthecountry, and thatnobody has been detainedfor religious reasons.

"Vietnam respects andprotects the rights of peopleto adhere or not to adhere areligion or belief," he said.

Regarding local ethnicminority people who

illegally crossedborders toCambodia, Dung saidVietnam has maintainedconsistent policy ofensuring the returnees notto be punished.

They are not prosecuted,punished or discriminatedagainst for their activitiesin the past. Moreover, theyhave received assistancefrom the local authoritiesto stabilize their lives.

Vietnam has organizedmany tours for represen-

tatives of the UnitedNations High Commis-sion for Refugees,embassies and interna-tional organizations toTay Nguyen to witnessthe government's efforts inpromoting thesocioeconomic develop-ment in the region ingeneral and for ethnicminority people inparticular, Dung said.

MNA/Xinhua

Indonesian rescuers struggle to freetwo trapped in valcano bunker

JAKARTA, 16 June — Indonesian rescuers Thursday were struggling toevacuate two people trapped inside an underground bunker which wasburied by volcanic debris on the slope of Merapi mountain in YogyakartaProvince.

SYDNEY, 13 June—While smoking isa well-known cause of heart diseaseand lung cancer, the rates of thesediseases have remained inexplicablylow in Asian countries where smokingis common.

But researchers say there is growingevidence that green tea is one piece ofthe puzzle.

Writing in the Journal of theAmerican College of Surgeons, YaleUniversity researchers detail the bodyof evidence linking green tea to betterheart health and a lower risk of cancer.

No one is suggesting that smokersignore the danger of the habit and simplydrink green tea.

But research indicates the tea's highconcentration of antioxidants called

catechins may offer a range of healthbenefits, Dr Bauer E Sumpio and hiscolleagues at the Yale UniversitySchool of Medicine in Connecticut say.

AntioxidantsAntioxidants help quench molecules

known as oxygen free radicals that, inexcess, can damage body cells andpotentially lead to disease.

Free radicals are natural byproductsof normal body processes, but they arealso generated by external sources liketobacco smoke.

In Japan, China and other Asiancountries, it is a social custom to drinkgreen tea, which is less processed andricher in catechins, than the black teacommonly consumed in the West.

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Chavez orders probe of“imperialist” TV channels

Photo taken on 15 June, 2006 shows the stage performance of Fantasies byKyrgyz artists at the evening gala in celebration of the 5th anniversary

of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Shanghai, east China on15 June, 2006.—INTERNET

CARACAS, 16 June —Venezuelan PresidentHugo Chavez onWednesday said he hadordered a probe intolicences of private

television channels afteraccusing them of waginga "psychological war"against his government.

The Venezuelan leaderhas come under fire from

Press watchdogs for hisclashes with the country'sprivate media andtelevision news channels,most of which have beenopenly hostile to hissocialist government.

Chavez, who remainspopular and faces anelection in December, hasoften accused localtelevision stations ofbacking a short-lived 2002coup against him and ofspreading lies in anattempt to topple hisgovernment. "I haveordered a review of thelicences given to televisionstations," Chavez toldtroops at a ceremony. "We must act to ensurethe Constitution isfulfilled... to protect thepeople, national unity,because everyday there aremessages of hate, dis-respect of the institutions,rumours, psychologicalwar to divide the nation,"he said. — MNA/Reuters

The two were believedto seek shelter in thebunker shortlyafter thevolcano belched hotclouds over a distance ofseven kilometres from thecrater, reported thenational Antara newsagency.

However, volcanicmaterials blocked

entrance, making itdifficult for the evacuationeffort, a rescue worker wasquoted as saying.

Evacuation was alsohampered by hot ash andsand.

"Actually, drinkingwater and oxygen areavailable in the bunker.But I am afraid they cannot

use it," said Susilo,member of natural disastermitigation task force.

Volcanic activities ofthe 3,000-metre volcanohave calmed down but onWednesday officials againannounced the highestalert status after it spewedhot clouds to nearbyvillages. — MNA/Xinhua

A woman walks past a shop damaged by Thursdaynight’s car bomb attack, which killed three and

wounded 13 others, in Baghdad,on 16 June, 2006.—INTERNET

China’s Li Na returns a shot to Russia’s MariaSharapova during a third round match in theBirmingham Classic tennis tournament on 15 June,

2006. Sharapova won 2–0.—INTERNET

The state news agencySaba quoted an officialsource as saying the death“reflects the inhumanecondition of detainees inGitmo (Guantanamo)”.

The US military hadidentified the Yemeni asAli Abdullah Ahmed and

said he and two Saudidetainees had hangedthemselves with clothesand bedsheets in theircells.

They were found deadon 10 June, the firstprisoners to die at the basein Cuba since Washington

began sending suspectedal-Qaeda and Talebancaptives there in 2002.

The Yemeni au-thorities asked the UnitedStates to conduct anotherprobe into the incident, theofficial source said.

MNA/Reuters

SANAA, 16 June — Yemen called on Thursday for a further investigationinto the death of a Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo who the US military saidcommitted suicide.

Yemen asks US to probeGuantanamo detainee death


Jewelry specialist Helen Molesworth holds thePoltimore Tiara estimated to fetch 150,000- 200,000( $US 275,000-370,000 Dollars, 220,000-290,000Euros) in front of the Portrait of Princess Margaretat Christie's London in this Friday, 9 June, 2006 filephoto. Both items are part of a collection of HerRoyal Highness The Princess Margaret that will be auctioned later this month in London.—INTERNET

A child plays with oil installations abandoned in thecreeks of Iko, near Eket in South eastern Nigeria, on 16 June, 2006. —INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 16 June — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Thursday thathe supports Sunni Arab Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi's recent call for atimetable for US withdrawal from Iraq.

The presidentialoffice said in a statementthat Hashimi presentedhis demand during ameeting with USPresident George WBush on Tuesday inBaghdad when Bush paida surprise visit to Iraq.

"Mr Hashimi askedPresident Bush to put atimetable for the multi-national forces towithdraw from Iraq, and

I supported his demand,"the statement quotedTalabani, a Kurd, assaying.

It said that Bush, forhis part, asserted that theAmericans also wantedto withdraw their about130,000 troops from thecountry, but this shouldoccur when the Iraqisecurity forces be ready.

As for the ongoingsecurity operation, thestatement said thatTalabani and Hashimihave some reservationsabout the operation,including that theoperation should includeall Baghdad districts, notonly some of it.

"We want the securityoperation to include allBaghdad districts to letpeople realize that theoperation is not againstone party, but it is againstall kinds of terrorists,"the statement said.

It referred to that the

operation is go wild onlyin the mainly Sunnidistricts, who widelybelieved to be thebackbone of insurgencyagainst the US troops andUS-backed IraqGovernment.

The Iraqi securityforces intensifiedpresence in the capitalsince Wednesday,starting "OperationForward Together"aimed at curbingviolence and insurgencyin Baghdad.

More than 40,000Iraqi security forces,backed by coalitionforces, have deployedin Baghdad, home ofsome seven millionpeople.

Hashimi also said "wehave pledges from theAmericans to release3,500 detainees within aperiod ending in 26 June,2006", according to thestatement.

MNA/Xinhua

Fungus kills threecancer centre patients

MELBOURNE, 15 June— The Peter MacCallum CancerCentre in East Melbourne has revealed three patientshave died from a fungal infection in its intensive careunit.

The trio have died from aspergillus, a natural airbornefungus, that affects people with low immunity.

The head of infectious diseases, Dr Monica Slavin,says the specialised unit has been thoroughly cleanedand it is now safe for patients.

"We don't have any indication there is a problem andon repeated testing after the cleaning, again there is noindication of any problem," Dr Slavin said.

"Certainly if there was an ongoing problem, wewould be looking at different aspects but at the momentthere is no indication that this is an ongoing problem."

Victoria's Health Minister Bronwyn Pike says thehospital has acted responsibly by informing the publicabout the fungal infection. She says she is confident thehospital has a robust infection control system in place.

"They are being extremely cautious, they havevoluntarily notified the coroner even though this is nota notifiable disease," she said.

"The coroner is looking at the three cases and seeingif there is a connection or a pattern between all ofthem."—Internet

Rainstorm affects 1.41 millionpeople in central China

CHANGSHA, 16 June —Three days of torrentialrains in central China'sHunan Province havecaused flash floods andrivers to burst their banks,leaving two people dead,one missing, and affectingthe lives of 1.41 millionpeople.

The Hunan ProvincialFlood Control andDrought Relief Head-quarters said on Thursdaythat the rains covered198,000 square kilometresin the province, with themaximum daily preci-pitation of 183.8 mili-metres in some areas.

The heavy rainfall raisedmany sections ofXiangjiang River, thelargest in the province, to

the danger level, causingflooding in 204 townshipsin nine counties, affecting1.41 million people, said asource with the head-quarters.— MNA/Xinhua

58 killed, 45 injured in Sri Lanka bus attackCOLOMBO, 16 June — Fifty eight

civilians were killed and 45 were injuredin a bomb explosion which hit apassenger bus in Sri Lanka's NorthCentral Province Thursday morning,said the military.

A claymore mine blast carried out bysuspected Tamil Tiger rebels hit the busat around 7:45 am local time (0215GMT) at Viharahalmillewa, a ruralarea about 250 kilometres north ofColombo, military spokesman PrasadSamarasinghe said.

The powerful explosion had thrownthe bus off the road to a distance ofabout 20 meters, said the military in a

statement, adding that the passengersincluded school children.

Samarasinghe blamed the Tamil Tigersfor the attack, adding that this was themost serious attack after the governmentand the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) signed a ceasefire agreement in2002.

However, Samarasinghe said themilitary has no plan to retaliate the attackat the moment.

The attack came shortly after the LTTEdelegation returned to the island onWednesday after aborted talks in Oslomeant to the future role of the Nordictruce monitors. — MNA/Xinhua

Lightining strikekills 11 in northeast

China SHENYANG,16 June — Eleven people have been

killed by lightning strikes in northeast China'sLiaoning Province since the beginning of June, sayslocal observatory on Thursday.

The death toll wentup by five in comparisonwith that for the sameperiod last year, informa-tion from LiaoningProvincial Meteorolo-gical Observatory says.

According to theinformation, eight of thekilled were farmers tillingthe land as the bolts of

lightning struck. The observatory has

advised local farmers notto ride bicycles, drivemotor bikes or tractorswhile tending thefarmland during stormyweather, or to takeshelter atop mountains orbelow trees when itrains. — MNA/Xinhua

Iraqi presidency calls forUS withdrawal timetable

A general view during an open-air beatification ceremony of the Dutch priestHumberto van Lieshout (in potrait) , nicknamed 'Eustaquio priest' at the Mineirao Stadium in Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, on 15 June, 2006.—INTERNET


A firefighter prepares to put out a fire after a blast hit a chemicalfactory in Longquan in east China’s Zhejiang Province on 15 June,

2006. Two people, including a 38 year-old man and a 42-year-oldwoman, were missing and another one was injured in the blast in theLongxin Chemical Plant, Xinhua News Agency reported.—INTERNET

China releases state reserve tostabilize sugar price

Colombian Army seizes three tonsof cocaine

BEIJING, 16 June —The Chinese Governmentis to release another552,000 tons of sugar onto the market to stabilizerising prices, a news reportsaid on Wednesday.

The China SecuritiesJournal said the NationalDevelopment and ReformCommission, the Ministryof Finance and the

Ministry of Commercejointly issued a circularon Tuesday announcingthe release of 368,000 tonsof the state sugar reserveand 184,000 tons ofimported Cuban sugar.

The sugar will bereleased on to the marketthrough auction.

The sugar from thegovernment store, which

has an auction base priceof 3,800 yuan (475 USdollars) per ton, would bereleased at 92,000 tons amonth from June toSeptember, said thereport.

The Cuban sugarwould be auctioned afterbeing processed in China,said the report.

MNA/Xinhua

BOGOTA, 16 June — The ColombianArmy has seized nearly three tons ofcocaine and destroyed a guerilla base inthe southeastern department of Narino,on the border with Ecuador, Armyauthorities said Wednesday.

During the operation which anArmy solider was killed, nine membersof the Revolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC), including a girl aged13, were captured, said Hernando Perez,commander of the Army’s ThirdDivision.

The rebel base was made up ofseven camps, where the Army found

guns as well as tons of coca paste and aton of cocaine in a hospital, said Perez.

The Army said they also seized a labused to manufacture cocaine, and seizedfive tons of drugs in an operation in thesoutheastern department of Valle delCauca.

Separate government reports saidthat FARC camps had been dismantledin the northeastern department of Caldasand the central western department ofTolima. The FARC, with 17,000members, is the largest guerilla group inColombia and has been operating sincethe 1960s. — MNA/Xinhua

A young mahout plays on the trunk of an elephant in the ancient

Thai capital Ayutthaya, 80 km (50 miles) north of Bangkok,on 17 June, 2005.—INTERNET

Paintings appear on the wall of an ancient tomb near the centralItalian town of Formello on 16 June, 2006. The Italian governmentunveiled on Friday a new archaeological site that experts say housesthe oldest paintings in the history of western civilisation.—INTERNET

BANGKOK, 16 June — Over 130 experts from over 20 Indian Ocean rimcountries and representatives from United Nations gathered in Bangkokon Thursday for a workshop on mitigation, preparedness and developmentfor Tsunami Early Warning Systems in the Indian Ocean region.

Regional workshop ontsunami warning system

held in Thailand

During the three-day workshop,organized by International Strategy ofDisaster Reduction (ISDR), theEconomic and Social Commission forAsia and Pacific (UNESCAP) andother regional partners, participantswill share experiences of goodpractices and lessons learned fromdifferent countries in their efforts tointegrate early warning systems intodevelopment process.

The meeting aims to identify howto integrate tsunami early warningsystems into disaster risk reduction and

development planning, clear guidanceon prevention strategies forgovernments and to reach a concreteagreement on how to coordinate actionin the regions concerned.

Out of the pain of the 2004 tsunamiwhich killed over 200,000 people, wehave launched a dynamic programmeof UN interagency programmes, withgood progress, said Kim Hak-Su,Executive Secretary of UNESCAP andUnder Secretarygeneral of the UnitedNations.

MNA/Xinhua

RIO DE JANEIRO, 16 June — Brazilian President LuizInacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday inaugurated theconstruction of a petrochemical complex in the state ofRio de Janeiro. In a speech at the inguaration ceremony,Lula said his country had all the conditions to becomean energy power in the world.

“Brazil will be the largest producer of renewableenergies on Earth,” he said.

The plant, to be built by Brazil’s state-owned oilcompany Petrobras in the city of Itaborai, will startoperating in 2012 with an initial capacity to process150,000 barrels of crude oil a day.

The Brazilian Government intends to invest 6.5billion US dollars in the project. The constructionwork will create more than 200,000 jobs. Under theproject, Petrobras will also build a training centre in theregion to provide able workers for the plant.

MNA/Xinhua

Singapore researchers developnanofibre material

SINGAPORE, 16 June —Researchers from theNational University ofSingapore (NUS) have

developed a new materialusing nanofibres, whichcan not only absorb butalso detoxify chemical

agents. According to

Channel NewsAsia reportThursday, protective suitsinterwoven with suchmaterial are expected tohave enhanced protectivefunctions and be 50 to 70per cent lighter ascompared with theconventional ones filledwith activated carbon.

The nanofibrematerial can also improvethe porosity of protectivesuits to make users feelmore comfortable.

Having been used inother labs in the NUS, thisnanofibre technology isalso planned to be usedin making protectivemasks, as well as in waterand air purificationtreatment, the report said.

MNA/Xinhua

Brazil begins construction ofpetrochemical plant


KNU could not be Kayin peopleMaung Po Than

To the extent of my understanding, KNU(the KNU members) do not represent Kayin peopleor in other words, KNU are not Kayin. KNU aretotally different from the Kayin people I am familiarwith. They are the black sheep of the Kayinnationalities. I think that the KNU do not have thesincerity and honesty which is called real Kayinblood. Because KNU are totally void of sincerecharacteristics of the Kayin people I have honouredand adored.

While I was at university, I made friend witha Kayin girl named Barbara Khin Than Kyi. She waslike a beautiful flower with many admirers, and myfriends and I were her protectors. As for us she waslike our little sister. We always accompanied herwhen she returned home from university to KayinChan in Ahlon. She always treated us well in everyKayin New Year. We always saved our pocket moneyfor the bus fare to send her home and to buy snacksfor her. Those were my unforgettable days as auniversity student.

After I completed university education, Iattended Army Officers Training School for ninemonths during which I made friends with Chinnationals Hon Ngaing and Kamkyin Lyan, a Shannational Sai Naw Hsai, and Kayin nationals SawThaung Shwe, Saw San Lin, Saw George LakaruHtoo and Kyi Thein. Saw Thaung Shwe and I werein the same hostel, same section and same platoon.My bed was next to his. After our studies at night bothlying in bed, he usually explained to me the Kayintraditions and culture and customs, and Kayin musicalinstruments including the Hpa-si (frog drum). Hewas not an eloquent speaker. He always spoke plainlyand to the point. I loved his way of speaking candidly.

Saw Thaung Shwe always acted withsincerity in every case. But we never regarded hisinnocence and sincerity as annoyance, but as anamusement. It was during the assault drills that heshowed his never-changing purity of heart. All theten members of every cadet section had to try theirbest to perform well in the assault in the most shortestpossible time to be honoured as heroes. In some caseswe had to cross to the other bank of a stream first andthen relayed our guns to that bank. The guns we heldduring the drill had their own specific numbers.There was something wrong with our section aftercrossing a stream. Saw Thaung Shwe wascomplaining that the gun he was carrying was not his.

We all told him that we would give back his gun whenwe reached the destination. But he was still insistingthe return of his own gun, saying that he would stoptaking part in the assault if not. So we had to stop ourassault for few seconds; examined the numbers andgave him back his gun. In consequence, because of thatvery few seconds we had spent to change our guns, wemissed the opportunity to be honoured as heroes. Hemade another unforgettable moment for us during thelong range penetration (LRP) drill. During the exercise,he cooked a Kayin traditional cuisine (talapo) preparedwith rice, bamboo shoots he had collected in the forestand mollusks he caught in the streams by adding greenchilli and leaves. We had a very delicious meal thatday.

After the training course, I was posted toKengtung Region in Shan State. The one with whomI had to discharge defence duties in the platoon wassergeant Saw Tin Win. Just as I learnt his name, I knewhe must be a Kayin national. He was a little short withsun-tanned complexion. He always used laconicsentences when he spoke. The two things he alwaysbrought wherever he went were his gun and a chopper.He regularly sharpened his chopper. If we had to movein the jungle, he always led the others and cleared thethorny bushes and wild plants with his chopper alongthe route. When we were stationed in a jungle, hischopper was very useful for building a shelter. Hecould build a shelter for four of us in a short time. Hewas good at cutting down trees and splitting bamboointo thin strips. I enjoyed staying in the shelter he builtwith tree branches and bamboo and felt refreshed bythe wind getting into it through the wall made up of treebranches. During wakeful nights at five-star hotelswhile I was in foreign countries on duty, I rememberedthe shelter built by sergeant Saw Tin Win. He was alsogood at hunting. He always hunted animals for meatfor our whole platoon. So, I loved him as my father.

I witnessed his bravery in the battles. Helpingme control and command the platoon members, hecrushed the insurgents with his carbine. I once askedhim how he would earn his living after he retired fromthe army. He said that he would return to his nativeplace in Bago Yoma and would earn his living bycultivating crops. He added that he could support hisfamily members if he had an additional chopper. Afterretiring from the army, he brought together with himhis pension book, gratuity and his choppers along withhis family members. That was the last time I met him.

Many regions in Kayin State were reverberatingwith cries of the children, the voices of elderly Kayinnationals asking for help, the sounds from the housesablaze, the sounds of heavy treads of villagers runningfor their lives, and the thunder of the shells of heavyand small weapons fired by the KNU, instead oflively music of Don and bronze drum, the Kayintraditional musical instrument. I had my sympathyfor the sufferings of Kayin nationals. The carbine ofsergeant Saw Tin Win was used for crushinginsurgents. But, shockingly, arms of KNU havepointed at Kayin nationals.

He will always be particular to me as an exemplaryKayin national.

I came across with kind-hearted Kayinnational Barbara, honest and frank Kayin soldier SawThaung Shwe and straightforward Kayin soldier SawTin Win. So, I have to say, KNU members are not realKayin nationals.

We protected Barbara from being disturbedby the ones who tried for her favour and whom she didnot like. Watching news on TV on 15 May 2006evening, I learnt from the admissions of local peoplefrom Thantaunggyi Region that KNU membersviciously attacked the villages of Kayin nationalsusing assorted arms and torched the houses. I felt verysorry when I heard the words of honest local residents.Instead of protecting and safeguarding members of itsown nationals, KNU showed no mercy to Kayinnationals. That is why I say that KNU members arenot real Kayin nationals.

Many regions in Kayin State werereverberating with cries of the children, the voices ofelderly Kayin nationals asking for help, the soundsfrom the houses ablaze, the sounds of heavy treads ofvillagers running for their lives, and the thunder of theshells of heavy and small weapons fired by the KNU,instead of lively music of Don and bronze drum, theKayin traditional musical instrument. I had mysympathy for the sufferings of Kayin nationals. Thecarbine of sergeant Saw Tin Win was used for crushinginsurgents. But, shockingly, arms of KNU have pointedat Kayin nationals.

I am sure that the KNU is not equipped at allwith honesty and sincerity that was demonstrated byKayin national Saw Thaung Shwe taking part in theassault drills heartily and speaking upright. From theevening news on TV broadcast on 15 May 2006, Ilearnt that the dwellers in the so-called refugee campsat the border are actually the families of KNUinsurgents and they were relocated by KNU leadersby force. When compared with Saw Thaung Shwewho always tells the truth, KNU members are not realKayin nationals as they never tell the truth but lies.

We enjoyed the Kayin traditional dishprepared by Saw Thaung Shwe. We liked the mealthat much, and so, without doubt Kayin nationals willsurely like it much more than we do. I felt inconsolablethat Kayin nationals cannot have the dish they like. Ialso felt very sad to learn that KNU had planted landmines around the villages with the intention that localpeople in Mone Village-tract dare not go around theirvillages to forage mollusks, fish, frogs, bamboo andvegetables for their meals. They have to lead amiserable life due to lack of the traditional dishes theylike and a good sleep.

Sergeant Saw Tin Win hunted in the junglefor the meals of the whole platoon, but never shot thecattle of local people. However, according to localresidents, KNU members preferred to kill cattle of thevillagers for their dish. Sergeant Saw Tin Win broughthis gratuity, pension and choppers to his native place.KNU robbed the villagers and took the latter’s moneyearned honestly. The KNU also asked the villagers forextortion money. So, it is fair to say that KNUmembers are not real Kayin nationals.

The chopper of sergeant Saw Tin Win wasused for clearing the thorny bushes and wild plants.According to a local, KNU’s knives were used to cutthe throats of Kayin national youths. It is a greatdifference between the attitude of Kayin nationalsand that of KNU members. That is why I say thatKNU members are not real Kayin nationals.

Translation: TMT + MSKyemon: 17-6-2006

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(from page 1)31 January 2005 that thenext session of the Na-tional Convention wouldresume towards the end ofthe year 2006 when therewas less agricultural work.The meeting was held forcoordination of the nextsession of the NationalConvention, he said. At the previous Na-tional Convention detailedbasic principles for shar-

NCC Commission will scrutinizepapers presented by NCC Work…

ing of executive and judi-ciary powers to be in-cluded in drafting the StateConstitution were laiddown. Moreover, clarifi-cations of the NationalConvention ConveningWork Committee for lay-ing down the detailed ba-sic principles on chapterregarding the legislativefunctions of PyidaungsuHluttaw, Pyithu Hluttaw,Amyotha Hluttaw and

Region or State Hluttawto be included in the leg-islative chapter in draft-ing the State Constitution,chapter regarding the fun-damental rights and re-sponsibilities of citizensand the role of theTatmadaw were reportedat the previous session ofthe National Convention.The group discussions ofeight groups in connec-tion with the findings ofthe Work Committeewere held, proposal pa-pers were compiled, the

papers of the delegategroups were approved andproposal papers were readat the sessions of the Na-tional Convention, hesaid. In accord with the pro-cedures of the NationalConvention, panel of al-ternate chairmen of the Na-tional Convention PlenarySession is holding themeeting for submitting theproposals of the delegategroups to the plenary ses-sions of the National Con-vention, he said. The National Conven-tion Convening Commis-sion will scrutinize thepapers presented by theNational Convention Con-vening Work Committeefor laying the detailed ba-sic principles at the com-ing National Convention.The findings of the Na-tional Convention Con-vening Work Committeeregarding the remainingchapters for laying down

the detailed basic princi-ples are to be submitted tothe National ConventionConvening Commission,he said. He said the NationalConvention ConveningManagement Committeeis to supervise the mainte-nance of the hall of theNational Convention andthe delegate groups andhostels, sanitation work inthe compound and grow-ing of flowery trees. Measures of the WorkCommittee and Manage-ment Committee and mat-ters relating to the NationalConvention for which theNCCC will make decisionwill be discussed at themeeting. Next, Secretary of theNCCC Minister Brig-GenKyaw Hsan reported onmatters relating to docu-ments of the National Con-vention, the important na-tional task for the Unionof Myanmar, the delegates

and financial matters. Next, Chairman of theWork Committee ChiefJustice U Aung Toe re-ported on tasks carried outafter the adjournment ofthe convention. Chairman of the Na-tional Convention Con-vening ManagementCommittee Auditor-Gen-eral Maj-Gen Lun Maungreported on keeping ofthe things used bythe delegates at theNyaunghnapin Camp inHmawby Township, firepreventive measures,maintenance of the build-ings and greening tasks. The Work Committeereported on the papers tobe submitted to the forth-coming National Conven-tion. Members of the com-mission led by the Secre-tary-1 took part in the dis-cussions. The meeting ended withthe concluding remarks bythe Secretary-1.—MNA

Clarifications of the National Convention Convening WorkCommittee for laying down the detailed basic principles on chapterregarding the legislative functions of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, PyithuHluttaw, Amyotha Hluttaw and Region or State Hluttaw to beincluded in the legislative chapter in drafting the State Constitution,chapter regarding the fundamental rights and responsibilities ofcitizens and the role of the Tatmadaw were reported at the previoussession of the National Convention.

YANGON, 17 June — Vice-Chairman of Yangon City DevelopmentCommittee Vice-Mayor Col Maung Paand officials inspected the sales of tax-free markets in Yangon Division thismorning.

The vice-mayor and party wentto the tax-free markets in Kamayut,Shwepyitha and Hlinethaya townshipsand inspected the sales of vegetables,meats, rice, oil, eggs and other household

Vice-Mayor inspects tax-free markets

goods at the markets.The vice-mayor later visited

Annawa Hlwan Co Ltd in Industrial ZonePart -6 in Hlinethaya Township andinspected production process of fisheryproducts and preparation for the distributionof the products to local and foreign markets.The vice-mayor discussed matters on salesof the fishery products at the tax-freemarkets with the responsible personnel ofthe company. — MNA

Health education talks held at Mayangon BEHS No 3 YANGON, 17 June —Myanmar Maternal andChild WelfareAssociation held the talkson health education at

BEHS No 3 in MayangonTownship yesterday.

It was attended byCEC members Daw TinTin Mya, Daw Khin Nwe

Nwe, Dr Than Oo, StaffOfficer U Kyaw Min ofNo 3 Basic EducationDepartment, members ofYangon Division andYangon West DistrictMCWSCs, officials,teachers and students.

CEC memberDaw Tin Tin Myaexplained the purpose ofholding the talks. Memberof Yangon DivisionMCWSC Dr Daw KhinThet Myaing andMMCWA CEC memberDr Than Oo gave lectureson health knowledge.Next, CEC member DawKhin Nwe Nwe presentedprizes to outstandingstudents. Later, Head-mistress Daw Myint Kyiexpressed gratitude.

MNA

NCCC Secretary Minister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan. — MNA

NCC Management Committee ChairmanAuditor-General Maj-Gen Lun Maung. — MNA

NCC Work Committee Chairman ChiefJustice U Aung Toe. — MNA

MMCWA CEC member Daw Khin Nwe Nwepresents prize to an outstanding student of

Mayangon BEHS No 3. — MCWA

Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa inspects Shwepyitha Tax-free Market. — YCDC

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(from page 16)example for others. Lt-Gen Khin Maung Thanand the commander pre-

(from page 16)physic nut plantations of the battalions and localpeople. In Yenangyoung, they attended the ceremonyto cultivate physic nut saplings of departments con-cerned. They also viewed thriving 12,000 physic nutsaplings of the local battalion on Magway-Kyaukpadaung Road.

In Yenangyoung Industrial Zone, Lt-Gen YeMyint heard reports on matters related to automobileproducts and parts presented by local authorities andentrepreneurs.

Lt-Gen Ye Myint inspected tasks of MyaLake Greening Project at the foot of Tuywin Hill inNyaungU Township and irrigation facilities atLawkananda River Water Pumping Project.

They viewed thriving summer paddy planta-tions near Shwetwin Village. Next, Lt-Gen Ye Myintand party inspected 6,500 physic nut plants at fiveacres of NyaungU District Women’s Affairs Organi-zation. — MNA

Lt-Gen Ye Myint inspects…

school. They presentedcash and king to the vil-lagers through officials.

They met with serv-ice personnel, membersof social organizationsand townselders. Chair-man of Township PDC UKhin Maung Soe re-ported on education,health, social and eco-nomic sectors of the re-gion. The commandergave a supplementaryreport.

In his speech, Lt-GenKhin Maung Than saidthat the government isimplementing the plansin respective regions foreconomic development,calling for exceeding thetargets for national eco-

NAY PYI TAW, 17 June — Acoordination meeting on organizingthe under-12 painting contest ofASEAN member countries and Japanwith the theme of kindness was heldat the Ministry of Culture in Nay PyiTaw yesterday.

It was attended by officialsof Education Planning and TrainingDepartment, ASEAN AffairsDepartment, the Ministry ofInformation and the Ministry ofCulture.

Each ASEAN member

YANGON, 17 June —The Young Men’sBuddhist Association(YMBA) opened the 38thAbhidhamma Course inconjunction with theceremony to honourthose who contributed tothe YMBA centennialcelebration at its office atNo 77, Yegyaw Road,Pazundaung Township,this morning.

Chairman of theassociation U Bo Ni gavea speech.

Responsible per-sonspresented gifts toSayadaw BhaddantaPaññasami (Kyauktan), USein Hla Aung and UMyo Thein whoexamined answer papersof the 57th MingalaExamination, Clerk USan Tin who made wellpreparations for theexamination, composerKyauktan Myint ThanLay who composed the

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Motorcycle

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sented clothes, blankets,sports gear and toys anddolls to the villagers.

They attended the

providing of cash andkind for the villagers ofGandama Village at thebasic education primary

nomic development andraising the standard ofliving. Rakhine Stateplaces reliance on agri-culture and livestockbreeding for its economicdevelopment. Only withthe development of pro-ductivity, will the regionenjoy economic develop-ment with higher percapita income. He calledfor production of surpluspaddy. He called on theofficials to put the entireMay Yu mountain rangeunder pepper. He alsocalled for extended grow-ing of pepper and physicnut.

He spotlighted theimportance of coopera-tion of officials, service

personnel and local peo-ple in carrying out re-gional developmenttasks.

Next, he held a meet-ing with officers andother ranks and theirfamilies at MahaBandoola Hall inButhidaung Station. Heurged them to implementthe five rural develop-ment tasks in collabora-tion with local residents.The commander dealtwith matters related tothe requirements of theregion.

After the meeting,Lt-Gen Khin MaungThan cordially greetedthe soldiers and theirfamily members.— MNA

country is to send 20 best works ofpainting contests to painting exhibitionto be held in Singapore.

The entries are to be sent tothe Chairman of Myanmar-ASEANCOCI, Department of CulturalInstitute, the National Museum, 66/74,Pyay Road, Dagon Township, not laterthan 7 July.

Those wishing to take part inthe painting contest may contact theirrespective schools to study rules of thecontest. Prizes will be awarded to thewinners for their works. — MNA

Organizing under-12 painting contest ofASEAN and Japan discussed

YMBA opens Abhidhamma course

song to mark the YMBAcentennial celebration, 28persons who contributedservices for thecentennial celebrationand two persons whokept the accounts of thecelebration; and prizes tothe winners in the poem

and article contests incommemoration of thecelebration.

Next, the responsiblepersons provided cashassistance to threeAbhidhamma courseinstructors and one clerk.— MNA

Only with improvement of productivity,will Rakhine State…

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than presents gifts to a villager ofIngyinmyaing Model Village of Buthidaung Township. — MNA

YMBA Chairman U Bo Ni (RetiredAmbassador) presents certificate of honour

to Vice-Chairman U Khin Aung. — H

The best time to plant a tree

was 20 years ago.

The second best time is now.


NAY PYI TAW, 17June — Secretariatmember of UnionSolidarity and Deve-lopment AssociationMinister for Industry-1 UAung Thaung and officialsvisited Lay Khin Taungdam near Gway Gonevillage in NatmaukTownship yesterday andinspected inflow of waterinto the dam.

They visitedGway Gone YapyayMonastery in the GwayGone village. The ministerand the Chairman ofMagway Division Peaceand Development Councillater attended a ceremonyto open a dispensary in thevillage. They went toBasic Education MiddleSchool in the village.

S e c r e t a r i a tmember of USDAMinister U Aung Thaungaccepted a total of 1,500membership applications

Industry-1 Minister visits Natmauk

of USDA from sevenvillage-tracts. Hepresented a hundreddozens of books to thestudents of the village.

Afterwards, theminister and partyproceeded to Thaphankanvillage in the township,met the locals and

presented fifty dozens ofbooks to the students ofthe village. He alsodonated 95 dozens ofbooks to the students ofPin Myo village.

Minister U AungThaung visited DipinkaraMonastery in Natmaukand donated alms to the

Sayadaw of themonastery.

The minister metwith secretary, executivesand organizers ofNatmauk TownshipUSDA and called uponthem to participate inphysic nut plant growingdrive. — MNA

Mandalay Mayor inspectsdevelopments of Mandalay city

YANGON, 17 June — Chairman of Mandalay

City Development Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Phone

Zaw Han, accompanied by officials inspected earth

work of Myitnge-Htonebo (Dual) short cut built by

Asia World Company on 6 June and left instructions

there.The mayor and party also inspected physic nut

saplings in No 1 Agriculture and Livestock Breeding

Farm in Yaytagon Taung region.

The Mandalay mayor attended a coordination

meeting on beautifying Mandalay Port at MCDC office

on 8 June.

At the meeting, the mayor stressed the need

for the elimination of crimes at the port and called upon

the officials to make efforts for beautifying the port.

The Mandalay mayor inspected work beingdone for the maintenance of Mandalay circular road on

9 June.

The mayor and party looked into measures

being taken for greening Mandalay Hill. — MNA

Basic Computer Course,GPS Short Course open

YANGON, 16 June — A Basic Computer Courseand GPS Short Course No 1/2006, conducted bySettlement and Land Records Department of theMinistry of Agriculture and Irrigation was opened atCentral Land Records Development Training Schoolin Taikkyi this morning.

Director-General of the department U WinKyi made a speech. Altogether 20 trainees are attendinga one-month course. — MNA

LEWE, 17 June — Lewe Station of Nay PyiTaw Command held the physic nut plant growingceremony in the compound of No 4 Basic EducationHigh School of Nay Pyi Taw this morning.

It was attended by Commander of Nay PyiTaw Command Brig-Gen Wai Lwin, TacticalOperations Commander Col Khin Maung Htoo, LeweStation Commander Lt-Col Aung Lwin, officers, otherranks and family members of regiments and units,Chairman of Lewe Township Peace and DevelopmentCouncil U Maung Maung Thet and officials.

First, Commander Brig-Gen Wai Lwinexplained benefits of growing physic nut plants andearning of more family income. Next, the commanderpresented physic nut saplings to regiments and units.At the ceremony, 12,000 physic nut plants werecultivated.

The commander and party viewed thedemonstration on running of 10 power-tillers with theuse of physic nut oil and the ploughing ceremony atHngetpyawdaw Village in Lewe Township.

At Shweyoelay Village, the commander metwith local farmers and left instructions on agricultureand regional development tasks. — MNA

Physic nut plantgrowing ceremony

held in Lewe

SMS Shootout 2006Contest to be heldYANGON, 17 June — Trials are being held as

of 3 June 2006 for SMS Shootout 2006 Contest inwhich GSM phone owners can participate. The contestis organized by Myanmar Information Technology PteLtd (MIT).

In the trials messages to be sent by participantsto Phone No 095002745 will appear on projectorscreen. Those who can send the quickest and the mostcorrect messages are to participate in the final contest.Prizes will be awarded for every trial and K 150,000plus Nokia and BenQ handset worth K 750,000 will beawarded for the final contest by MIT, MobilemateTelecommunication Co and Queen Star Co. Quizzeswill also be held weekly and those who can give thecorrect answer will be awarded immediately.

The other three trials will be held at MKFashion Square of Yankin Centre on Sundays at 3 pmbeginning 18 June. Anyone can take part in the contestwithout admission fees.

Those interested can contact MIT (Ph: 668779,650124, 652303). — MNA

YANGON, 17 June — A cash presentation

ceremony for children of members of Myanmar Motion

Picture Organization will be held at MMPO Hall at 1

pm on 24 June 2006. Members wishing to take out cash assistance

may submit applications in line with rules and

regulations to MMPO at 16, Winkaba Street, not later

than 22 June 2006. —MNA

MMPO to providecash assistance

USDA Secretariat Member U Aung Thaung presents exercise books tostudents of Gwaygon Village BEMS to a villager. — INDUSTRY-1

Mayor Brig-Gen Phone Zaw Han speaking at the meeting to beautify Mandalay Port. — MNA

Opening ceremony of Basic Computer Course and GPS Short Course of Settlement and LandRecords Department in progress. — MNA


KUALA LUMPUR, 17 June — The Association of South-East Asian Nations(ASEAN) should be a prime force and mover in the development of theEast Asia Community (EAC), Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib TunRazak said on Friday.

WASHINGTON, 17 June — Body mass index (BMI), the ratio of body weightto height, is tightly linked to lifetime risk of diabetes mellitus, researchersreported at the Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association.“On average, every American has a very high risk of diabetes,” CDC in-vestigators told conference participants.

MANILA, 17 June — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismol-ogy (Phivolcs) on Friday warned residents near the river and stream chan-nels around Mountain Bulusan in Sorsogon, central Philippines, to be care-ful about possible sudden volcanic flows.

GENEVA, 17 June — Nearly a quarter of global diseases are caused byexposure to avoidable environmental hazards, the World Health Organiza-tion (WHO) said in a report on Friday.

Dancers from the Moscow State Ballet Opera of Russia perform inHarbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, on 16

June, 2006. The Moscow State Ballet Opera gave a ballet performancehere on Friday.—INTERNET

A train runs on the Hete Bridge, a section of the Qinghai-Tibetrailway, in the suburb of Lhasa, capital of southwest China’s Tibet

Autonomous Region, recently.—INTERNET

Average American has very highrisk of diabetes

Using the National Health andNutrition Examination Survey(NHANES) data, Dr K M VenkatNarayan and associates at the Centresfor Disease Control and Prevention inAtlanta, calculated the lifetime risk ofdiabetes according to BMI for subjectsbetween 18 and 84 years old.

A BMI between 20 and 25 is con-sidered normal, whereas values aboveor below this range represent beingunder and overweight, respectively.Obesity is typically defined as a BMIof 30 or greater.

For a normal-weight 18-year-oldman, the average lifetime risk of dia-betes is 19.8 per cent. The risk in-creases to 29.7 per cent for overweightmen, 57 per cent for obese men and70.3 per cent for very obese men.

For normal-weight women at 18years of age, the lifetime risk is 17.1

per cent; for overweight women it is35.4 per cent, for obese women it is54.6 per cent and for very obese womenit is 74.4 per cent.

“Clearly, intervening to reduce obes-ity as early in life as possible is ourbest tool to reduce the risk of diabe-tes,” Narayan told meeting attendees.

CDC co-investigator Dr Desmond EWilliams presented NHANES data from1999-2002 on 3,030 individuals with-out diabetes at the start of the study.The purpose of the study was to inves-tigate an association between early ab-normalities in blood sugar levels, alsoknown as “pre-diabetes”, and the riskof developing high blood pressure, obes-ity and high cholesterol.

The rate of high blood pressure was48.3 per cent in those with pre-diabetescompared with 31 per cent of thosewithout pre-diabetes. — MNA/Reuters

ASEAN should be prime force in EAC

HANOI, 17 June — Vietnam will design and manufacture small-sized satellites by itself by 2020,local newspaper Youth reported on Friday.

Najib made the re-marks when asked if Ja-pan has more rights tospearhead the develop-ment of the EAC at anews conference in To-kyo, according to localmedia reports.

Japan has an impor-tant role to play, but theASEAN is in a betterposition to be the primemover, given the fact thatASEAN has rich experi-ence and that the EAC isan ASEAN initiative,Najib said at a news con-ference on the sidelinesof the World EconomicForum on East Asia inTokyo, Japan.

The Malaysian leader

urged the ASEAN tosharpen its competitiveedge to better play itsrole in the EAC, sayingASEAN must continuewith its efforts tostrengthen its internalpolicies as a single po-litical and economicgroup.

Meanwhile, Japan

should be more respon-sive to the opening up ofits market to the exportproducts of Malaysia andother ASEAN membercountries, said Najib.

The forum, themed“Creating a New Agendafor Asian Integration”,kicked off Thursday inTokyo. — MNA/Xinhua

New WHO report highlightsenvironmental causes of disease

Environmental expo-sures cause as much as24 per cent of all dis-eases, and more than 33per cent in children un-der the age of five, saidthe report, titled “Pre-venting disease throughhealthy environments —towards an estimate ofthe environmental burden

of disease.” Well-targeted inter-

ventions could preventmuch of this environmen-tal risk, saving as manyas four million lives ayear, mostly in develop-ing countries, the reportadded.

WHO said the newreport was the most com-

prehensive and system-atic study yet undertakenon how preventable en-vironmental hazards con-tribute to a wide range ofdiseases and injuries.

By focusing on theenvironmental causes ofdiseases, and how variousones are influenced byenvironmental factors,the analysis breaks newground in understandingthe interactions betweenenvironment and health,the Geneva-based organi-zation said.

The report estimatedthat more than 13 milliondeaths annually are dueto preventable environ-mental causes. Nearlyone third of deaths anddiseases in the least de-veloped regions is due toenvironmental causes.

More than 40 percent of deaths from ma-laria and an estimated 94per cent of deaths fromdiarrhoea could be pre-vented through better en-vironmental manage-ment, the report said.

MNA/Xinhua

Residents near Philippine volcanoadvised to remain vigilant

Phivols said ash and other volcanicdeposits from the upper slopes may beremobilized and stream into the impactareas near the four-kilometre Perma-nent Danger Zone imposed by the gov-ernment.

Sulfure dioxide emission rate of thevolcanic plume was measured Thurs-day at 9.19 tons which is considerablyabove the normal level, said Phivolcs,adding that this could possibly indi-cate influx of new magma that will leadto more energetic activity.

People are also advised not to ven-ture inside the permanent danger zoneto avoid bearing the brunt of suddensteam ash explosions.

Philippine President GloriaMacapagal Arroyo directed one weekago the National Disaster CoordinatingCouncil (NDCC) as well as other con-cerned agencies to be ready for anyeventuality as the Bulusan Volcano inSorsogon, central Philippines, keptspewing ashes since March.

MNA/Xinhua

Vietnam to produce small satellites

Under a national strategy on research and appli-cation of space technology until 2020 recently ap-proved by the government, Vietnam will master tech-nologies and techniques regarding production of smallsatellites, launching equipment, and earth stations inthe 2011-2020 period.

Between 2006 and 2010, Vietnam will intensifyapplication of space technology in four main spheres,namely communications, hydrometeorology, naturalresource and environment, and satellite-based posi-tioning.

Under the strategy, by 2010 space technologyshould be widely applied in the fields like posts andtelecommunications, radio and television, meteorol-ogy, agriculture and transport.

In May, US firm Lockheed Martin CommercialSpace Systems won a bid to build and launch Viet-nam’s first communication satellite.

The Vietnamese Government has selected in May2008 as the deadline for launching the medium-sizedsatellite coded Vinasat which will span its coverageover Vietnam, other Southeast Asian countries, Ja-pan, the Korean Peninsula, eastern Oceania and SouthChina Sea. — MNA/Xinhua


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Former Japan national soccer team head coachPhilippe Troussier of France attends a newsconference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club ofJapan in Tokyo, on 16 June, 2006. Japanese playersneed to go overseas and become more individualistic,a vital character lacking in the team that suffered ashocking defeat to Australia in its World Cup opener,

Troussier said on Friday.—INTERNET

Anti-terrorismshould not

allow doublestandards

SHANGHAI, 16 June—Anti-terrorism hasbecome a consensus of theinternational communityand there should not existdouble standards, said aChinese official here onWednesday night.

Liu Jianchao,spokesman for theChinese delegation to thesummit of the ShanghaiCooperation Organization(SCO) slated forThursday, said at a newsbriefing in the mediacentre of the summit.

“Under the currentinternational situation, asingle nation can hardlyaccomplish the fightagainst terrorism. Theinternational communityshould join hands tocombat terrorism,” Liusaid.

One major function ofthe SCO is to fight the“three evil forces” ofterrorism, separatism andextremism, he said. “Allsecurity measures for thesummit are necessary toensure a smooth pro-ceeding of the meeting andthe safety of allparticipants.”

Asked to comment onthe SCO’s anti-terrorismachievements, Liu saidthat over the past five yearsall SCO member stateshave made closecommunication infighting the “three evilforces” and goodcooperation in lawenforcement, informationexchange and jointmilitary exercises.

MNA/Xinhua

EU, US “partners in crime”on CIA flights

BRUSSELS, 16 June— Amnesty International urgedEuropean states on Wednesday to stop being“partners in crime” with the United States over thealleged kidnapping of terrorism suspects and theirtransfer to countries that use torture.

Thousands without powerin south NZ

WELLINGTON, 16 June— Thousands of propertiesin Canterbury, south New Zealand, were stillwithout electricity Thursday, four days after aheaviest snowstorm for more than ten years.

Khamenei vows not to bend toWestern pressure on N-programme TEHERAN, 16 June— Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed

on Thursday that his country would not bend to Western pressures over itslegal nuclear programme, the state television reported.

Defence Minister PhilGoff announced Thursdaythe Army and Air Forcewere on stand-by after arequest from CivilDefence coordinatorsworried about further icyweather forecast for theweekend.

Teams of volunteershave been out helpingfarmers with snow raking,forcing tracks through thesnow to reach trappedlivestock and give themaccess to feed.

Helicopters have beenbrought into help locatestock and get the snowrakers to them.

People were urged tostock up with essentials,such as fuel for heatingand cooking, food andwater for an extended

period, mobile phonesand means to rechargethem from car batteries,and battery operatedradios.

Canterbury CivilDefence is predicting thatsome back country areas,still cut off by snow, mayhave to wait a week ormore to have their powerrestored.

More snow and icepredicted for the weekendmay add to the woes ofCantabrians who are stillwaiting for this week'ssnow to melt.

Local forecaster BlueSkies says another twocold snaps are likely tobring snow to low levelsacross the region in thenext few days.

MNA/Xinhua

In a report and a letteraddressed to EU leadersmeeting on Thursday andFriday in Brussels, thehuman rights groupbacked accusations thatthe CIA ran secret transferflights known as“renditions”, and thatEuropean countries wereaware of them.

“There is irrefutableevidence of Europeancomplicity in the unlawfulpractice of renditions,”Amnesty said in the letter.

“The European Councilmust therefore put aresolute stop to the attitudeof see no evil, hear no evilthat has prevailed so far,”Amnesty said, referring tothe EU summit.

The human rights groupurged EU leaders to say intheir meeting this weekthat the so-called rendi-tion flights were “un-acceptable” and to makesure their airspace andairports were not usedfor such flights in thefuture.

It asked EU leaders toraise the issue with USPresident George W. Bushwhen they meet him inVienna on June 21, sayingthe bloc's credibility wasat stake.

The Council of Europe

report said more than 20mostly Europeancountries colluded in a“global spider’s web” ofsecret CIA jails and flighttransfers of terroristsuspects that stretchedfrom Asia to GuantanamoBay.

In a new reportpublished on Wednesday,the Council's Secretary-General Terry Davis saidadditional informationfrom member statesconfirmed that manycountries lacked adequatesafeguards against humanrights violations byforeign agents.

“Very few countriesappear to have adoptedadequate and effectiveprocedures to monitorwhether aircraft transitingthrough their airspace areused for purposesincompatible with theEuropean Convention onHuman Rights,” it said.

Amnesty reported onsix suspected cases ofabuses by the US CentralIntelligence Agency inwhich it said sevencountries — Germany,Italy, Sweden, Britain,Bosnia, Macedoniaand Turkey — wereinvolved.

MNA/Reuters

“The Islamic Republicof Iran will not give in tothose pressures and thecontinuation of ournuclear programme is thecountry’s basic right,”Khamenei was quoted assaying when delivering aspeech to experts of theIranian Nuclear EnergyOrganization.

He stressed thatachieving nucleartechnology was muchmore important thanexploring oil in the oil-rich country.

“I must tell you thatachieving nucleartechnology is moreimportant than exploringoil,” said Khamenei.

Meanwhile, Khameneisaid that “achievingnuclear technology byIran's youth is a historicallandmark for the country”,adding “advance shouldbe undertaken in otherscientific areas”.

“We have a key topromote the nation'spower, progress andhappiness, I tell you thekey is science and

technology,” saidKhamenei. “If we want todetermine our fate, wemust find the key,” headded.

It was not immediatelyclear that such remarksmean Iran’s implicitrejection of a six-nationpackage aimed atresolving Iran's nuclearissue.

It was the first time forKhamenei to comment onthe package since Iranreceived it from EUforeign policy chief JavierSolana on 6 June.

Earlier in the day,Iranian Foreign MinisterManouchehr Mottaki saidthat his country wasoptimistic about theproposal.—MNA/Xinhua


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WWF says chemicals harming polarbears, belugas, seals

GENEVA, 16 June — Toxic chemicals are harming Arctic animals includingpolar bears, beluga whales, seals and seabirds, the environmental group WWFsaid on Thursday.

A visitor inspects Proton’s new model ‘Satria Neo’ on display at a showroomin Shah Alam, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 16 June, 2006.The 3-door compact Satria Neo, powered by 1.3 and 1.6-liter, are priced from

US$11,780 to 13,970.INTERNET

Indian Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik works on his soccer sand sculpture at the4th International Sand Sculpture Festival Sandsation in Berlin, Friday,

on 16 June, 2006. —INTERNET

Full size cardboard portraits of the members of the German nationalsoccer team are placed around the Mercedes-Benz R class in Berlin

on 16 June, 2006.—INTERNET

Snow leopard tracked on “Roof ofthe World”

XINING, 16 June — Chinese scientists have photographed two rare snowleopards in northwest China’s Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, a region known as the“Roof of the World”.

After two months oftracking the elusiveanimals, Chineseresearchers captured twoleopards on film on theBurhan Budai Mountain,a branch range of theKunlun Mountains, locatedon the northeastern partof the Qinghai-TibetPlateau.

“Sightings of snowleopards show that theQinghai-Tibet Plateauboasts a completeecological system and

indicates that there couldbe more of the endangeredanimals living elsewhereon the plateau,” said JiangZhigang, a research fellowwith the animal researchinstitute of the ChineseAcademy of Sciences(CAS).

The site where the twosnow leopards werephotographed is about4,700 metres above sealevel. It is very hard totrack snow leopards downas they live at high

altitudes and usually onlycome out after dark, saidJiang.

The pictures of snowleopards were takenbetween March and Maythis year on the BurhanBudai Mountain in DulanCounty, Qinghai Pro-vince.

Two different snowleopards were visible inthe eight clear shots theresearchers were able togather, Jiang said.

MNA/Xinhua

Rare ancientcoin returned

to GreeceATHENS, 16 June —

An extremely rare ancientcoin minted in 42 BC is tobe returned to Greece froma well-known London coindealer on June 26, Greece’ssemi-official ANA-MPAreported on Thursday.

The coin bears aportrait of Brutus, one ofthe notorious conspiratorsthat murdered the ancientRoman general andstatesman Julius Caesar.

The silver coin is oneof 50 that exist throughoutthe world and were mintedin Philippi, a city in ancientGreece.

There are currentlyonly two held in Greekmuseums, while the restare owned by privatecollectors.

The particular speci-men had been sold byGreeks to the London coindealer for 18,000 pounds(26,163 euros), but theGreek Culture Ministryand the Greek Embassy inLondon secured its returnto Greece, said the report.

MNA/Xinhua

Archaeologists uneartholdest Basque inscriptions

BILAO, (Spain),16 June — Archaeologists haveunearthed inscriptions in the Basque language thatcould date from as early as the third century, a findBasque linguists hailed as extraordinarilyimportant.

Basque, or euskera toits speakers, is consideredto be one of the oldestlanguages in Europe andscholars have longwondered whether it isderived from African,Caucasian or Etruscantongues, or if it developedin isolation.

Until now, a textwritten by a monk in bothCastillian Spanish andBasque had been the oldestwritten example of thelanguage, dating from theyear 1040.

The new inscriptionswere found at a Romansite near the Basque townof Vitoria in northernSpain, and included thenames of colours, verbsand references to God,Christianity and the HolyFamily etched into bricks,

bones and pieces of glass. The head of the

excavation, Eliseo Gil,said the pieces would notbe dated exactly untilOctober or November, butmembers of the Academyof the Basque Language,Euskaltzaindia, said thefind was extraordinary.

Among the wordsinscribed were the colours“urdin” (blue), “zuri”(white) and “gorri” (red),verbs “edan” (drink) “ian”(eat) and “lo” (sleep), theexcavation team said.

Another piece read“Iesus, Ioshse ata taMiriam ama” (Jesus, thefather Joseph and themother Mary) whileanother had the greeting“Geure ata zutan” (Maythe Father be with you).

MNA/Reuters

China to remain “kingdom of bicycles”BEIJING, 16 June — China’s Vice-Minister of Construction, Qiu Baoxing,

has lashed at city authorities for making it harder for cyclists to get around,saying the country should retain its title as the “kingdom of bicycles”.

He made the remarkshere Wednesday at the firstInternational Conferenceon China’s City Planningand Development, whichhis ministry, the ChineseSociety of Urban Studies,organized.

Qiu noted that thenumber of motor vehicleson China’s roads rose 20times between 1978 and

2004 and their numberscould increase five foldagain by 2020. In 2004there were 27 millionmotor vehicles in thecountry and that numbercould reach 130 million in15 years, he said.

The explosion growthof motor vehicles hascaused severe traffic jamsin major Chinese cities and

is posing a grave challengeto the country’s energysecurity and urbandevelopment, he said.

Qiu said while someChinese cities are cuttingback on bicycle lanes inorder to make more roomfor cars, some Westerncities are beginning to buildmore of cycling paths.

MNA/Xinhua

It said pollutants suchas flame retardants,pesticides and fluorinatedchemicals made Arcticwildlife vulnerable tohealth problems includingimmune suppression andhormone disturbances.

“We can no longer ignorethe proof that chemicals aredamaging the health of wildanimals,” said SamanthaSmith, director of the Swiss-

based group’s internationalarctic programme.

The WWF, formerlyknown as the World WildlifeFund, said the chemicalcontamination of the Arcticthreatened the survival ofmany of the region’s animalspecies, who also facedpossible habitat and foodsupply loss due to climatechange. It appealed for“urgent and significant

strengthening” of EuropeanUnion legislation designedto protect people and theenvironment from theadverse effects of chemicalsfound in products like paint,detergents, cars andcomputers.

MNA/Reuters


S P O R T SWORLD CUP FIXTURES

Sunday, 18 June 2006Japan v Croatia, 19:30 MST

Brazil v Australia, 22:30 MSTMonday, 19 June 2006

France v South Korea 01:30 MST

Rodriguez hits two in 6-0 Argentine rout GELSENKIRCHEN, 17 June— Argentina produced the performance so far of the World Cup to soar

into the second round in scintillating style with a 6-0 battering of Serbia & Montenegro on Fridayin Group C.

Argentinian midfielder Esteban Cambiasso (5) fireshome as Serbia and Montenegro's forward MladenKrstajic looks on during the FIFA World Cup 2006group C match. Argentina have underlined theirWorld Cup threat with a 6-0 drubbing of Serbia-Montenegro, propelling them to near certainqualfication from the "Group of Death".—INTERNET

Vijay Singh, of Fiji, left, shakes hands with ShingoKatayama, of Japan, on the 10th tee during the

second round of the US.Open at Winged Foot GolfClub on Friday, on 16 June, 2006,

in Mamaroneckz.—INTERNET

Dutch players Edwin van der Sar, left,and Phillip Cocu celebrate at the endof the Netherlands v Ivory Coast GroupC soccer match at the World CupGottlieb-Daimler stadium in Stuttgart,Germany, on 16 June, 2006. The Dutch

won the match 2-1. —INTERNET

Winger Maxi Rodriguez scored twice, EstebanCambiasso and Hernan Crespo rounded off two otherbrilliant goals before substitutes Carlos Tevez andwonderkind Lionel Messi completed the demolitionwith super individual finishes.

Argentina went ahead with their first chance of thematch when Rodriguez fired home from the left after

Javier Saviola, fed by Juan Pablo Sorin with a backheel on the left wing, steered a square ball into the box.

With playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme closelymarked by Albert Nadj, creation came from all sec-tors of the Argentine side, notably in a superb secondgoal just past the hour, netted by substitute Cambiasso.

Argentina moved the ball about in the Serb half fromwing to wing before Saviola fed Crespo who steppedover the ball and backheeled it for Cambiasso to fireinto the roof of the net past a static Dragoslav Jevric.

Coach Jose Pekerman had been forced after only aquarter of an hour to revert to his starting line-up fromArgentina's 2-1 win over Ivory Coast last weekend,bringing Cambiasso on when Luis Gonzalez, the onlychange in the line-up, looked like he pulled a muscle.

Rodriguez made it 3-0 before halftime when Saviolarobbed the ball from Mladen Krstajic out on the rightwing and ran into the box to shoot low. Jevric got ahand to the ball but it ran free for Rodriguez to tap inat the far post for his second.

Argentina brought on Carlos Tevez for Saviola andjust past the hour Mateja Kezman was sent off for atwo-footed tackle on Javier Mascherano.

To great acclaim from a vast majority of Argentinesin the capacity 52,000 crowd, Pekerman sent onMessi in the 74th minute for his World Cup debut.

MNA/Reuters

Angola keeperonly has eyes

for Iran HANOVER, 17 June—

Angola goalkeeper JoaoRicardo was more wor-ried about beating Iran inthe World Cup next weekthan the fact he was with-out a league team.

Ricardo has been un-employed in club footballsince he was laid off byPortuguese side Morei-rense two seasons ago. Hewas named man of thematch in Friday's 0-0draw with Mexico after abrave, acrobatic displaykept Angola in the gamedespite being down to10 men for the last 11minutes.

The draw means vic-tory over Iran in their finalGroup D game in Leipzigon Wednesday could givethe Africans a place in thesecond round at their firstWorld Cup.

MNA/Reuters

Dutch win 2-1 to eliminate Ivory Coast

Angola hold Mexicoin drab goalless draw

HANOVER, 17 June — Angola held Mexico in a dull0-0 draw on Friday, leaving both teams still with achance of qualifying for the World Cup second roundfrom Group D.

Mexico striker Omer Bravo almost broke the dead-lock with two minutes left but his close range shot fromthe right of the area hit the outside of the post. TheMexicans also hit the woodwork in the first half andhad an effort cleared off the line.

Angola had to play the last seven minutes withoutmidfielder Andre Macanga, who was sent off for asecond bookable offence after unnecessarily handlingthe ball, but they hung on.

Frustration for Ivory Coastafter cup exit

STUTTGART, 17 June—Ivory Coast captain DidierDrogba expressed his team's frustration at beingknocked out of the World Cup after a 2-1 defeat byNetherlands on Friday.

As in their opening loss to Argentina by the samescore, the Ivorians played well but went two goalsdown before pulling one back in a vain attempt to getthemselves into a Group C game.

"It's a huge disappointment, because we wanted toput on a really big performance and beat the Dutch,"Drogba told reporters at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion.

"We saw that they had a few weaknesses but in theend they won it — just like Argentina did last week.

"Everyone says we play well but it's not the mostimportant thing -- playing well is a bonus. The result isalways going to be the most important, as we'velearned today.

"We are very frustrated because we had chances tocome back," added the Chelsea striker.

Considering it was his strife-torn nation's first ap-pearances at the finals, he added:

"I just look at my team and I can say I'm proud ofthem — because we did something fantastic for ourcountry."

The team's French coach Henri Michel also foundtheir exit hard to digest.

"We came here with ambition but unfortunately thetwo matches ended up being similar -- we concedetwo goals in the opening stages and then we are chasingthe game," he said. — MNA/Reuters

STUTTGART, 17 June—Netherlandssecured their place in the last 16 of theWorld Cup on Friday, withstanding apowerful Ivory Coast onslaught for a2-1 victory in Group C.

The Dutch seemed to be cruisingafter goals from Robin van Persie andRuud van Nistelrooy put them 2-0 infront by the 26th minute. But they weremade to fight all the way by the Afri-cans, who are now eliminated.

A cagey opening barely hinted at thefireworks to follow, with an Ivory Coastpenalty claim the main talking point ofthe first quarter when Giovanni vanBronckhorst wrapped an arm aroundEmmanuel Eboue.

The Dutch had hardly posed a threatbut then produced two moments of qual-ity to leave the Ivorians reeling.

After 23 minutes van Persie's bursttowards the area was brought to a clumsyend by Kolo Toure and the Arsenal strikerpicked himself up to slam an unstoppablefree kick past the flailing arms of goal-keeper Jean-Jacques Tizie. Worse was tofollow for the Africans when ArjenRobben teased the defence before slip-ping a reverse pass for van Nistelrooy tocurl a first-time shot past Tizie.

The Ivorians refused to let their World

Cup hopes sink under the orange tideand rocked the Dutch back on theirheels before halftime.

First Didier Zokora shook the frameof the goal with a venemous right-footblast, then the diminutive Bakary Konehalved the deficit with a contender forgoal of the tournament.—MNA/Reuters

MNA/Reuters

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Heavily-armed government military officers guard the Baidoa-Mogadishu highway from local militias who erect illegal check-pointsnear the southern city of Baidoa, 250km (155 miles) northwest of the

Somalia capital Mogadishu on 15 June, 2006. —INTERNET

“We have alerted theArmy, paramilitary, policeand civil officials, includ-ing healthcare workers, tomove to flood-hit areas inthe shortest possible timewhen summoned,”Bhumidhar Barman, As-sam Revenue, Relief andRehabilitation Ministerwas quoted by the Serviceas saying.

Floods kill 16, displace500,000 people in India

Two trapped inbunker by

Indonesia volcanofound dead

JAKARTA, 17 June —Two men trapped in a bun-ker by volcanic debrisfrom Indonesia’s MountMerapi Volcano havedied, disaster managementofficials said on Friday.

“The first person wasin a singed condition be-cause of hot steam,”Widisutikno told Elshintanews radio, while the sec-ond person’s body wasintact when found earlyon Friday morning.

Mount Merapi hasbeen spilling molten lavaand spewing clouds of hotgas and ash sporadicallyfor weeks, but had one ofits heaviest discharges yeton Wednesday.

Another disaster of-ficial, Susilo Purwanto,told Reuters by telephonethe men were trappedwhen they sought shelterthat day as searing cloudsswept through villages6-7 kilometres fromMerapi’s top, leaving atrail of damaged buildingsand neighbourhoods cov-ered with grey ash.

MNA/Reuters

NEW DELHI, 17 June — The Assam State of India on Friday sounded analert as floods overnight rose the death toll to 16 and displaced nearly 500,000people in the northeastern region of the country, according to the Indo-AsianNews Service.

The floods in Assamstarted from 31 May.Roads and rail communi-cations have been hit inmany parts of the statewith floodwatersovertopping highways andbreaching rail tracks.

“Thirteen of the 27districts in Assam Stateare hit by floods with anestimated 485,000 people

displaced so far. A totalland area of about 55,000hectares has been sub-merged,” the statementsaid.

According to a Cen-tral Water Commissionbulletin, the BrahmaputraRiver was flowing abovethe danger level in at leastseven places in Assam.

MNA/Xinhua

Saturday, 17 June, 2006

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30hours MST: During the past 24 hours, weather hasbeen partly cloudy in Chin State and Magway Divi-sion, rain or thundershowers have been isolated inKachin State, upper Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions,scattered in Shan, Rakhine, Kayah and Kayin States,Bago Division and fairly widespread to widespreadin the remaining areas with isolated heavyfall in MonState. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recordedwere Thaton (3.62) inches, Gwa (2.40) inches, Dawei(2.24) inches, Thandwe (1.97) inches, Myeik (1.69)inches and Shwebo (1.22) inches.

Maximum temperature on 16-6-2006 was90°F. Minimum temperature on 17-6-2006 was 71°F.Relative humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 17-6-2006was (93%). Total sunshine hours on 16-6-2006 was(2.2) hours approx.

Rainfalls on 17-6-2006 were (0.04) inch atMingaladon, (0.08) inch at Kaba-Aye and (Tr) at Cen-tral Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006 were(21.50) inches at Mingaladon, (29.37) inches at Kaba-Aye and (33.31) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph fromWest at (15:30) hours MST on 16-6-2006.

Bay inference: Monsoon is generally weakin the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 18-6-2006:Rain or thundershowers will be widespread in MonState and Taninthayi Division, fairly widespread inYangon and Ayeyawady Divisions, scattered inKachin, Rakhine, Kayin and Kayah States, upperSagaing, Mandalay and Bago Divisions and isolatedin the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to mod-erate in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Weakmonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbour-ing areas for 18-6-2006: Likelihood of isolated rainor thundershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 18-6-2006: One or two rain or thunder-showers. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 18-6-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

8th Waning of Nayon 1368 ME Sunday, 18 June, 2006

WORLD CUP 2006

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Lt-Gen Ye Myint inspects irrigation facilities,

physic nut farms in NyaungU District

Only with improvement of productivity, willRakhine State enjoy economic development

with higher per capita income

NAY PYI TAW, 17 June — Member of theState Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen YeMyint of the Ministry of Defence, accompanied byChairman of Mandalay Division Peace and Devel-opment Council Commander of Central CommandMaj-Gen Khin Zaw, Chairman of Magway Division

I N S I D EMany regions in Kayin State were

reverberating with the cries of children, thevoices of elderly Kayin nationals asking forhelp, the sounds from the houses ablaze, thesounds of heavy treads of villagers runningfor their lives, and the thunder of the shells ofheavy and small weapons fired by the KNU,instead of lively music of Don and bronzedrum, the Kayin traditional musicalinstrument.

Peace and Development Council Col Phone MawShwe and officials, donated Waso robes to membersof the Sangha from monasteries at MahaWithutayama in Magway on 15 June morning.

At the hall of Magway Station, Lt-Gen YeMyint gave instructions on regional development,

farming tasks and cultivation of physic nut plants toTatmadawmen.

Lt-Gen Ye Myint attended the physic nutplants growing ceremony at the local battalion.

While in Magway, he inspected thriving(See page 9)

YANGON, 17 June—Member of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen KhinMaung Than of the Min-istry of Defence, togetherwith Rakhine State PDCChairman Western Com-mand Commander Brig-Gen Maung Shein andMaj-Gen Aung Thein ofthe Ministry of Defence,inspected the 20-acre rub-ber plantation of Town-ship War Veterans Or-ganization in Nwayon-daung Village-tract inMaungtaw Township on13 June.

Lt-Gen Khin MaungThan called for nurturingof rubber plants and sys-tematic tapping of rubberto raise the income offamilies of war veterans.

He also inspected thenursery of the Forest De-partment in Maungtaw.Officials reported on thenurturing of saplings ofteak, pyingadoe (iron-wood tree) and 6,000physic nut saplings, andother plantation.

He looked into thegrowing of pepper asmixed crop on 100-acrefield at the teak planta-tion of May Yu protectedforest. He viewed thriv-ing teak trees along

Maung-taw-ButhidaungRoad in the protectedforest. At the physic nutplants growing ceremonyheld in Gandama modelvillage, ButhidaungTownship, Lt-Gen KhinMaung Than called forextended growing ofphysic nut from whichbio-diesel can be ex-tracted.

Lt-Gen Khin MaungThan and the commanderpresented physic nut sap-lings to departments andsocial organizations.

Lt-Gen Khin MaungThan, Commander Brig-Gen Maung Shein andMaj-Gen Aung Theinplanted saplings and en-

couraged the service per-sonnel and social organi-zation members growing2,400 saplings.

At the meeting withsoldiers and their mem-bers of Buthidaung Sta-tion at the station, Lt-Gen

Khin Maung Than calledfor joining hands with lo-cal people in carrying outthe five rural develop-ment tasks, livestockbreeding on a commer-cial scale, andsupervision of education,

health and welfare serv-ices.

Lt-Gen Khin MaungThan met with local peo-ple of Ingyinmyaingmodel village. Officialsreported on requirementsof the village. The com-

mander gave a supple-mentary report.

Lt-Gen Khin MaungThan instructed the offi-cials to carry out agricul-ture and livestock breed-ing tasks as a good

(See page 9)

Lt-Gen Ye Myint of Ministry of Defence inspects water supply facilities of Lawkananda River Water Pumping Station. — MNA

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than of Ministry of Defence meets departmental personnel, members of social organizationsand local people at U Ottama Hall in Buthidaung. — MNA

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