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Volume XVII, Number 94 13th Waning of Waso 1371 ME Sunday, 19 July, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

YANGON, 18 July—Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defenceaccompanied byChairman of YangonDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen WinMyint and officialsinspected works forsupplying 54 milliongallons of water per dayto Yangon and progressof construction works for45 million gallons watersupply project for thesecond phase at Yangon

(See page 7)

Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspects regionaldevelopment works in Yangon North District

Developing Shan State (South) with peace and stabilityArticle and Photos: May May Ni (Taunggyi)

Today’s Shan State achieves prevailing peaceand stability and tangible development results in allaspects.

Shan State (South), located on 21,652.96 acresof land, is formed with 21 townships in three districtsnamely Taunggyi, Loilem and Lankho. In the past, a

total of 20 wards were included in Taunggyi Township.New Taunggyi is constituted with 22 wards. Ayethaya,the satellite town of Taunggyi Township, has 12 wards.Shwenyaung has 11 wards. Therefore, TaunggyiTownship is formed with 45 wards now.

The Union Highway linking Ayethaya and

Taunggyi was upgraded to the dual road decoratedwith landscapes, flowery plants and shade trees.Everybody who arrives in Taunggyi can see the neatand tidy Bogyoke Road and modern and beautifulbuildings.

(See page 7)

Main building of Technological University (Taunggyi) in Shan State (South).

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence inspects water intake structure ofNgamoeyeik Dam in Hlegu Township.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 19 July, 2009

Sunday, 19 July, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

Safeguard Our Three MainNational Causes

Today is the 62nd Anniversary of AzarniDay. It is a memorable day when Azarni leaderswere assassinated while they were strugglingfor the Union of Myanmar to be free from therule of the imperialists.

The Azarni leaders struggled for thecountry to liberate from slavery based on greatcommitment and perseverance for Myanmar’sindependence.

Although the Azarni leaders had fallen,their anti-colonialist spirit, anti-fascist spirit,national liberation, national solidarity andindependence struggles went down in theannals of Myanmar’s history. The people ofthe Union of Myanmar will have to emulateand uphold the leaders’ Azarni spirit, anti-colonialist spirit, patriotism and nationalisticspirit.

The independence regained through thesacrifices of the Azarni leaders has perpetuatedtill today. Therefore, all the Myanmar peoplewith patriotic spirit are to maintain andsafeguard the already-achieved independenceand the Union for their perpetuity. They willhave to maintain and promote the strengths ofnational unity forged by the Azarni leaders.

All the national people are to fulfill thewishes of the Azarni leaders while safeguardingOur Three Main National Causes: non-disintegration of the Union, non-disintegrationof national unity and perpetuation ofsovereignty in order that it can perpetuate aslong as the world exists.

YANGON, 18 July—Minister for SocialWelfare,Relief andResettlement Maj-GenMaung Maung Sweinspected construction ofbuildings for fire stationsand staff quarters heretoday.

Accompanied byDirector-General of FireServices Department UMyint Tun, the ministervisited fire stations inThakayta, Kyimyindine,Mayangon and Inseintownships. During his tourof inspection, he inspectedconstruction of buildingsat the stations and gaveinstructions to officialsconcerned. —MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 18July—Minister forAgriculture and IrrigationMaj-Gen Htay Oo receivedJapanese Ambassador tothe Union of Myanmar Mr.Yasuaki Nogawa at the hallof Irrigation Departmentin Yangon on 14 July.

It was also attendedby departmental heads andofficials of the ministry.

MNA

A&I Minister receives Japanese Ambassador

NAY PYI TAW, 18 July — DeputyMinister for Construction U Tint Sweaccompanied by officials of Public Worksarrived at the worksite of ChitchaungBridge in Magway Division on 15 July.The deputy minister heard reports on workprogress presented by Senior Engineer In-charge U Kyaw Thu of Bridge ConstructionProject Special Group (7) at the briefinghall and attended to the needs.

The deputy minister and party theninspected the worksite of YawchaungBridge and Seikphyu-Pakokkumotorway.

At the briefing hall ofChaungmagyi Bridge (1) and (2)

Minister Maj-GenHtay Oo meets

Japanese AmbassadorMr Yasuaki Nogawa.

MNA

SWRR Minister inspects fire stations

Bridges in Magway Division under constructionconstruction project being implementedby Bridge Construction Project SpecialGroup (8) (Myitchay), the deputyminister heard reports on progress ofbridge construction and future taskspresented by Senior Engineer U Tin Soeand looked into the worksite.

Next, the deputy minister and partywent to the worksite of Cha-ungmakaingBridge near Pakokku. After hearingreports on work progress and future planspresented by Pakokku District SeniorEngineer U Tin Maung Oo, the deputyminister oversaw the construction ofbridge and left necessary instructions.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe inspects construction ofstaff quarters at the station in Insein Township.—MNA

Deputy Minister for Construction U Tint Swe looks into construction ofChaungmagyi bridge in Magway Division.—MNA

YANGON, 18 July—Vice-Chairman of YangonCity Development Committee Vice-Mayor Col MaungPa inspected tax free markets in North Dagon, SouthDagon, Thakayta, Tamway Townships, here, thismorning.

The vice-mayor cordially met the shoppingresidents and called for the obedient of tax free marketdiscipline.—MNA

Vice-Mayor inspectstax free markets

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Residents inspect the site of a bomb attack in Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west ofBaghdad, on 17 July, 2009. A bomb planted in the house of a police captainkilled two children and wounded 11 other members of the same family in the

city, police said.—INTERNET

US House panel to probe intoCIA’s assassination programme

US fighter jet crashes inAfghanistan, two dead

KABUL, 18 July — A US F-15E Strike Eagle fighterjet crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, the USAir Force said, and a military source said both crewmembers on board were killed.

The Air Force said in a statement that the crash,which took place at 3:15 am local time (2245 GMT onFriday), was not due to hostile action.

“There is an active investigation going on at the siteat this time,” Air Force spokesman Lieutenant ColonelReid Christopherson said by telephone from Qatar, themain base of US air operations in the Middle East andCentral Asia. Christopherson declined to discuss thestatus of the crew members, but a military source inKabul confirmed they had been killed. The source askednot to be identified pending the Air Force’s official an-nouncement of the deaths.—Internet

Medieval-style Fla ‘castle’damaged in blaze

WASHINGTON, 18 July— A US House panel willprobe into an assassinationprogramme against al-Qaeda leaders which theCentral IntelligenceAgency (CIA) had beenhiding from the Congressfor 8 years, the panel’shead said on Friday.

Silvestre Reyes, aDemocrat from Texas whochairs the US House Intel-ligence Committee, said ina statement that the investi-gation will determine if itwas illegal for the CIA toconceal the programme

from the Congress. He ar-gued that according to thelaw, the CIA should informboththe House and Senateintelligence committeesabout significant intelli-gence programmes like theassassination programme.

The programme wasdesigned after the 9/11 at-tacks when then President

George W Bush signed asecret order authorizingthe CIA to capture or killal-Qaeda members.

However, the Congresshad been kept in the darkon the matter until the newCIA Director Leon Panettarevealed it to the Congressat a secret briefing on 24June.—Internet

Three dead as TyphoonMolave exits Philippines

MANILA, 18 July — At least three people were killedand nearly 100,000 displaced in the Philippines by Ty-phoon Molave, as the storm gained strength beforerolling away from the country Saturday, officials said.

Among the dead was a 13-year-old boy whodrowned in a swollen river in suburban Caloocan citynorth of Manila and a 32-year-old man who was elec-trocuted in norther Ilocos Province.

Radio reports meanwhile said a baby also drownedin central Iloilo province after her house was flooded.

With maximum winds of 95 kilometres (59 miles)per hour near its centre and gusts of up to 120kilometers (74 miles) per hour, by early SaturdayMolave was moving west-northwest of Batanes island,in the extreme northern Philippines.

It is forecast to be within the vicinity of south-eastern China by Sunday, the state weather bureausaid.—Internet

A column of smoke is seen coming from a famous North Bay Road castle thatcaught fire Friday morning, on 17 July, 2009 in Miami Beach, Fla.—INTERNET

Three aide workerskidnapped in Kenya

NAIROBI, 18 July —Gunmen have seizedthree foreign aid workersin northern Kenya andtaken them across theborder into Somalia, asecurity official said onSaturday.

Roughly 10 gunmenarrived late on Fridaynight at a house in theborder town of Manderawhere the workers werestaying, shot the watch-man in the head and kid-napped the three, the of-ficial said, speakinganonymously because hewas not authorized to talkto the media.

He would not say whothe victims worked for orwhat their nationalitiesare.

Ahmadinejad appointsnew nuclear chief

Tricycles move through the flooded streets of Manila. At least three peoplewere killed and nearly 100,000 displaced in the Philippines by Typhoon

Molave, as the storm gained strength before rolling away from the countrySaturday, officials said. —INTERNET

MIAMI BEACH, 18 July— A waterfront mansionknown as the “North BayRoad Castle” for itsquirky medieval decorwas engulfed in flames onFriday in a morning blazethat authorities saidspread quickly throughoutthe sprawling home.

The fire at the MiamiBeach mansion tookabout two hours to con-tain, Fire Rescue ChiefJavier Otero said. Thehome, which had beenvacant, was largely madeof wood and had “a lot ofplaces where a fire canhide,” Otero said.

Miami-Dade Countyproperty records indicatedthat the home sold for$7.6 million in 2007. Itsprevious owner, Wind-jammer Barefoot Cruises

founder Mike Burke, haddecorated the mansionin a style that combinedelements of a medievalcastle and sailing ship,said Ralph Arias, the cur-rent listing agent for theproperty.

Internet

TEHERAN, 18 July —Iranian PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejadhas appointed a new chieffor the country’s nuclearprogramme, following theabrupt resignation of itsveteran head, the officialIRNA news agency re-ported Friday.

Ali Akbar Salehi, aUS-educated physicistwho was Iran’s formerenvoy to the UN nuclearwatchdog agency, is re-placing Gholam RezaAghazadeh as the newvice president and thehead of the Atomic En-ergy Organization of Iran,

IRNA said.Officials gave no rea-

son for Aghazadeh’s res-ignation, but he has longbeen close to reformist op-position leader MirHossein Mousavi, whoclaims to be the victor in12 June presidential elec-tions and has calledAhmadinejad’s govern-ment illegitimate.

The replacement is un-likely to bring any changein the nuclear policy orimpact the standoff be-tween Iran and the Westover the country’s nuclearprogramme since head ofthe nuclear programme isnot directly involved innegotiations, and ulti-mately all decisions onpolicy lie with SupremeLeader Ayatollah AliKhamenei.—Internet

Internet

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Exxon Mobil facing $1-bln finefor alleged sabotage of wells

Oil extends rally on better housing data,bank performance

NEW YORK, 18 July—Oil prices extended its rally to end above 63 US dollars abarrel on Friday as data showed positive signs in most-battered housing and bank-ing sectors.

Light, sweet crude for August delivery rose 1.54 dollars, or 2.5 percent, tosettle at 63.56 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, wrappingup the week with a 6 percent jump, partially reversing its 10 percent plunge lastweek.

Oil’s gains came after the Commerce Department’s announcement on Fridaythat new homes and apartments unexpectedly jumped by 3.6 percent in June tothe highest level in seven months, indicating the recession-strained sector may bebeginning to recover.—Internet

More PacificIsland people in

New Zealandhit by recession

WELLINGTON, 18July—The Pacific Islandpeople in New Zealandwere being hit by therecession with 6,000signing up for benefitsover the past year, anincrease of 30 percentover the previous year,according to figuresreleased on Saturday.

Figures issued by theLabour Party showedthere were now over25,000 Pacific Island peo-ple receiving a range ofbenefits in New Zealand.

Internet

Aldi to add stores in new US markets

Regulators shut banksin Calif, Ga and SD

WASHINGTON, 18 July—Regulators on Friday shuttwo banks in California and two smaller banks in Geor-gia and South Dakota, boosting to 57 the number offederally insured banks to fail this year.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp was appointedreceiver of the four banks. The two biggest wereTemecula Valley Bank, in Temecula, Calif, with $1.5billion in assets and deposits of about $1.3 billion asof 31 May and Vineyard Bank, National Association,of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. It had assets of $1.9 bil-lion and $1.6 billion in deposits as of 31 March.

The two smaller banks were First Piedmont Bank,based in Winder, Ga, which had about $115 million inassets and $109 million in deposits as of 6 July andBankFirst, based in Sioux Falls, SD, with around $275million in assets and $254 million in deposits as of 30April.—Internet

British Airways to raisealmost $1 billion

A man looks at a laptopon display at a compu-ter show. Dutch com-puter chip equipment

maker ASML an-nounced net losses forthe first quarter after acollapse in sales, butsaid it saw signs ofimproving market

conditions.—INTERNET

A general view of the construction site of the Resorts World Sentosa develop-ment in Singapore on 25 June, 2009. The development, due to open in stagesfrom early 2010, will feature a Universal Studios theme park, a casino, four

hotels and an aquarium, the company said. Singapore’s financial district andthe Brani container terminal are seen in the distance.—INTERNET

In this photo provided by SMART Technologies ULC,a teacher is seen using a SMART board. The SMARTBoard interactive whiteboard combines the simplic-ity of a whiteboard with the power of a computer.The board is touch-sensitive and connects to a com-puter and digital projector allowing you to access andcontrol any computer application or Internet resource

by simply touching the board.—INTERNET

HOUSTON, 18 July—Exxon Mobil Corp, thelargest US oil company,could face more than 1billion US dollars in pen-alties for alleged sabotage

of abandoned oil wells toprevent producers fromreviving them, authoritiessaid on Friday.

Jerry Patterson, com-missioner of the TexasGeneral Land Office, saidin a statement that ExxonMobil intentionally dam-aged the wells, fillingthem with trash, sludgeand explosives, to preventother producers from ex-ploiting them, accordingto Dow Jones report.

“Exxon committed ir-

refutable, intentional andflagrant violations of staterules regulating the oil-field,” Patterson said inthe statement.

Patterson asked theTexas Railroad Commis-sion, which regulates thestate’s oil and gas produc-tion, to hold hearings onthe allegations, whichstem from a lawsuit be-tween Exxon Mobil and aTexas family that leasedland to the company in the1950s.—Internet

LONDON, 18 July—Hard-pressed British Air-ways said on Friday itplans to raise 600 millionpounds ($980 million) tosee it through the reces-sion and financial losses,which it estimated at 100million pounds for thethree months throughJune.

The airline, which hasbeen seeking cost-cuttingdeals with staff, an-nounced it intended toraise 300 million poundsthrough a convertible debtissue and that it had se-cured the return of 330million pounds worth ofguarantees from pensionfund trustees.

The debt issue is sub-ject to approval by share-holders. British Airwaysshares were up 2 percentat 134.8 pence on the Lon-don Stock Exchange.

“The additional liquid-ity is clearly positive.Nevertheless, we believethat a significant reratingof the stock is unlikely,given the exceptionallyweak market conditions,reflected in poor premiumtraffic volumes,” saidGert Zonneveld, analystat Panmure Gordon & Co.

Internet

FRANKFURT, 18 July—German discounter Aldi istaking advantage of theeconomic slowdown toexpand in the UnitedStates, a Frankfurt-basedmarket researcher re-ported Friday.

Although facing declin-ing revenues at home, the

discount food store willopen 75 new stores in theUS, Planet Retail’s SeniorDiscount Analyst said.

“Of course the currenteconomic crisis is reallyhelping Aldi to gain morecustomers, but is alsomaking some changes inits concept,” explained

Matthias Queck. The changes Aldi

made include more freshproducts, especially pro-duce, and sprucing up itsstores. New stores arecoming into more affluentneighbourhoods than Aldioriginally targeted.

Internet

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All items from Xinhua News Agency China’s first nuclear power plant’sexpansion starts new concrete pouring

Rescue personnel and other people inspect a collapsed bridge at the TonalaRiver outside the city of Agua Dulce in the state of Veracruz, Mexico on 17

July, 2009. At least eight people were killed and three were injured on Fridayafter five vehicles plunged into a river when a bridge collapsed, local newspa-

pers reported.—XINHUA

HAIYAN, 18 July—Workers Friday beganpouring the foundation forthe last of the two newgenerating units plannedas an addition to the firstphase of the Qinshannuclear power plant inFangjiashan, Haiyan, onthe northern coast ofHangzhou Bay, ZhejiangProvince.

The nuclear powerplant, not far fromShanghai, is the firstChinese facility of its kind.

Its expansion project,

with an investment of 26billion yuan (about 3.82billion US dollars ), is oneof the first group of largeinfrastructure itemsapproved for constructionby the State Council in thelatter half of last year as away to combat the globalfinancial meltdown, saidQinshan Nuclear PowerCompany Limited ofChina National NuclearCorporation, thedeveloper, Friday.

The expansion requiresinstallation of two

pressurized reactors, andeach will have an installedcapacity of 1 millionkilowatts. Concretepouring for the first reactorfacility was done on 26Dec, 2008.

The two generatingunits will be operationalby 2013 and 2014. Andelectricity produced bythe two units will be usedto power economicdevelopment in theYangtze River Delta,according to thecompany.—Xinhua

US wind power marketkeeps growing

US shuttle Endeavour dockswith Int’l Space Station

4.5 magnitude aftershockhits New Zealand’s

Fiordland

LOS ANGELES, 18 July—For the fourth consecutiveyear, the US was home tothe fastest-growing windpower market in the world,according to a reportreleased on Friday. Specifically, US windpower capacity additionsincreased by 60 percent in2008, representing a 16-billion-dollar investment innew wind projects, saidthe report released by theUS Department of Energyand prepared by theLawrence BerkeleyNational Laboratory(Berkeley Lab). Wind projects accounted

for 42 percent of all newelectric generatingcapacity added in the USin 2008, and wind nowdelivers nearly two percentof the nation’s electricitysupply, the report said. “Atthis pace, wind is on a pathto becoming a significantcontributor to the USpower mix,” noted reportauthor Ryan Wiser, ofBerkeley Lab. According to the report,the US overtook Germanyto take the lead incumulative wind capacityinstallations. And thegrowth is distributed acrossmuch of the US.—Xinhua

China’s construction material sectorreports growth in first five months

BEIJING, 18 July—China’s construction material sector reported a double-digitgrowth in added value in the first five months thanks to fast fixed-assets investmentgrowth, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

The added value was up 13.6 percent in Jan-May period and expanded 16percent in May, 2.2 points higher than the previous month. Cement output hit a newmonthly record of 150 million tonnes in May, up 13.5 percent year on year. It topped570 million tonnes in the first five months, up 13.3 percent year on year.—Xinhua

Workers walk through a construction site in Beijing,China, on 16 July, 2009. China’s economy acceler-ated in the second quarter amid huge stimulus spend-ing, expanding by 7.9 percent from a year earlier asretail sales and industrial output grew strongly, data showed on 16 July, 2009.—INTERNET

UN Security Councilcondemns terrorist attacks

in Indonesia UNITED NATIONS, 18 July—The UN Security Councilstrongly condemned on Friday the bomb attacks at twohotels in Jakarta, Indonesia, and called for bringing tojustice those behind the terrorist attacks. Unanimously adopting a presidential statement, the15-member body condemned “in the strongest terms”the attacks that have caused “numerous deaths andinjuries.” The council urged the Indonesian government tobring “perpetrators, organizers, financiers, and sponsorsof these reprehensible acts of terrorism to justice,” andcalled on all states to cooperate in this regard. Speaking to the press, Indonesia’s UN AmbassadorMarty Natalegawa welcomed the “timely adoption” ofthe statement by the Security Council.He said that it ispremature to speculate who the perpetrators are andthat the Indonesian authorities will make deliberateinvestigations on the attacks.—Xinhua

The space shuttle Endeavour is seen from this cameraview from aboard the International Space Station asit approaches the orbital outpost for docking in thisimage from NASA TV on 17 July, 2009. —XINHUA

WASHINGTON, 18 July—After a nearly two-daypursuit, the US spaceshuttle Endeavour dockedwith the International SpaceStation on Friday,delivering the final piecesof the Japanese Kibocomplex and a new flightengineer to join theExpedition 20 crew.

According to NASATV, EndeavourCommander MarkPolansky guided the shuttleto a docking at 1:47 pmEDT (1747 GMT) as thetwo aircraft flew 220 milesabout the northern coast ofAustralia.Before closingthe final 600 feet to thestation, Polanskycommanded Endeavourthrough a “backflip”allowing the station’s

Expedition 20 CommanderGennady Padalka andFlight Engineer MichaelBarratt to take photos thatimagery experts will reviewto assess the health ofEndeavour’s heat shield.

The shuttle and stationcrews opened hatches andgreeted one another at 3:48p.m. EDT (1848 GMT),beginning more than a weekof joint operations betweenthe two crews.—Xinhua

WELLINGTON, 18 July—Another aftershockmeasuring 4.5 on theRichter scale struckFiordland, New Zealand’slower SouthIsland, onSaturday morning, the 14thsince a 7.8 magnitudequake occurred in the areaon Wednesday night.

The latest aftershockoccurred at 8:25 am onSaturday local time (20:25GMT Friday), the NewZealand Institute ofGeological and NuclearSciences (GNS Science)

reported. It was centered80 km west of Te Anau ata focal depth of 10 km.

Another aftershockmeasured at magnitude 5.6occurred at 6:39 pm onFriday, at a focal depth of 5km.Wednesday’s 7.8magnitude earthquakeoccurred at 9:22 pm atadepth of 12 km, causingno casualties. TheEarthquake Commissionhas now received morethan 570 claimsrelating todamage, mainly minordamage. —Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

The couple of beekeepers Li Wenhua(C, front) and Yan Hongxia, are

enshrouded with over 10,000 bees,by using the queen bee as a bait, to

showcase their familiarity andintimacy with the bee and apiculture

supremacy with over 20 years’experience in interacting with thebee, in Jingbo Township, Ning’an

City, northeast China’s HeilongjiangProvince.

Calif teen youngest to sail solo around world

Zac Sunderland arrives at Marina delRey in Los Angeles. The SouthernCalifornia teenager became the young-est person ever to sail solo around theworld when he arrived at Marina delRey, the place he departed from 13

months ago.

A 17-year-old Californian becamethe youngest person to sail around theworld alone.

Zac Sunderland docked in the coastalcommunity west of Los Angeles, com-pleting a 28,000-mile trip that began lastyear. His family, friends and hundredsof onlookers cheered as his 36-foot In-trepid boat entered the harbor.

Also on hand was a team from theAmerican Sailing Association, whichcertified his accomplishment.

The shaggy-haired sailor later gavea whoop of joy before addressing thecrowd.

“It’s been a crazy 13 months,” saidSunderland, hugging his younger sib-lings.

Sunderland was 16 when he leftMarina del Rey on June 14, 2008 — avoyage that included encounters with

pirates and wild storms.His father, shipwright Laurence Sun-

derland, met him at various stops andhelped him repair damage to the boatwhile Zac surfed.

The performers give the stage play of"Hello Kitty's Dream Light

Fantasy" in Suzhou, a city of eastChina's Jiangsu Province.

Iowa man accused ofsmearing feces on building

A man faces criminal mischiefcharges after he allegedly defecatedon a downtown Elgin sidewalk andsmeared feces on the door of a building.

Authorities said the building housesthe Valley Community Coalition.Officials believe the man targeted theorganization, but they aren't sure why.

Matthew J. Sodoma, 21, wasarrested and was also charged withdefecating on a public sidewalk orbuilding

Fayette County Sheriff Marty Fishersaid the man's action defies the basicmorals of the community and wasunacceptable.

Single spelling mistake can derail job applicationTyping mistakes in a job application

can kill a would-be employee's chanceof landing a job as employers bet that asloppy resume means the applicant willdo a sloppy job.

A telephone survey of 100 seniorCanadian executives showed that morethan a fifth of executives said a singletypo on a resume or cover letter couldcost a potential employee a job, while 28percent said two mistakes would kill

their chances.The survey, published recently, was

carried out by online job search firmAccountemps.

"The resume is an applicant's firstchance to impress the hiring manager,"said Kathryn Bolt, president ofAccountemps' Canadian operations."Mistakes on one's application materialsmay prompt employers to assume therealso will be mistakes made on the job."

CIT collapse could ripple through retail industry

In this 18 Jan, 2008 file photo, rolls of fabric are wheeled through New York’s Gar-ment District. CIT Group’s possible collapse is sending panic through the retail indus-try which relies on the key lender to keep shipments flowing to stores.—INTERNET

One killed, four missing insouthwest China mud-rock flow

CHENGDU, 18 July — One person was killed whilefour others were missing after a rainstorm triggeredmud-rock flow in southwest China’s Sichuan Prov-ince, local authorities said on Saturday. The disaster occurred at 1:50 am on Friday, whenthe mud-rock flow ravaged a road construction com-missary in the Zumu village of Xiaojin county in theAba Tibetan and Qiang AutonomousPrefecture,sweeping away five workers and someequipment. More than 200 rescuers found one body Friday noonand are still looking for the rest four. The five workers were from east China’s JiangxiProvince who came to Sichuan to help with post-quakereconstruction. More than 30 other workers wereevacuated to safer places.—Internet

NEW YORK, 18 July —The possible collapse of akey lender is sendingpanic through the retailindustry, threatening tohang up deliveries ofback-to-school clothingand other merchandiseand throw holiday order-ing into disarray.

A bankruptcy filing byCIT Group would hurlmore trouble at an indus-try already hammered bythe worst spending slumpin decades.

The ripple effect could

be as simple as a zippermaker that can’t rely onCIT to advance paymentfor orders. That wouldthen hurt trucking compa-nies that would ship thezippers and overseas fac-tories that need the zip-pers to make dresses. Theresult could be mounds ofzipperless dresses at fac-tories, piles of goods sit-ting on docks — andproducts not making it tostore shelves.

“CIT is like an octopuswith its tentacles that

reach out to so many in-dustries and sub-indus-tries,” said JeffreyKnopman, a principal atProfit Solutions Group,which helps suppliers re-cover chargeback moneyfrom merchants.

A primary business ofCIT is short-term financ-ing, mostly to small- tomedium-sized businessesthat can’t afford to waitthe 60 to 90 days it takesto get paid for shipmentsto retailers.

Internet

Dengue fever claims 180 livesin Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, 18 July — The number of dengue deathshas risen to 180 while 18,030 cases have been reportedin Sri lanka so far, officials from the EpidemiologyUnit of the Health Ministry said on Saturday. They said of the 18,030 cases the highest numberof patients was reported from June totaling 7,005. This represents a sharp increase as 4,156 denguecases and 85 deaths were reported for the whole yearof 2008. Government officials said dengue virus has hit thecountrywide this year affecting mostly the youth, manyof them students. The rapid rise in the level of the epidemic has forcedthe health authorities to carry out an extensive publicawareness campaign to eradicate the mosquito basedepidemic.—Internet

Renault sales fall 16.5% infirst half of 2009

PARIS, 18 July — France’s second largest carmakerRenault SA said on Friday its global vehicle salesdropped 16.5 percent in the first half of 2009 amid theeconomic downturn. In a statement, Renault said it sold 1.106 million ve-hicles in the first six months of 2009, down from 1.326million for the same period of 2008. Sales of passengercars fell 13.7 percent in the first half of the year. Renault’s share of the global market remained stable at3.7 percent, while its market share in Europe stood at 8.4percent, the company said. Renault gained market share inGermany, Spain and Belgium, but lost in Italy and Britain. Sales of Renault’s Romanian brand Dacia, which makeslow-cost Dacia and Sandero models, increased 20.3 per-cent, while sales of Renault branded vehicles fell 21.5 per-cent.—Internet

A Winter Park, Fla, dentist was negli-gent when he twice dropped tools downthe throat of an elderly patient who laterdied, a lawsuit filed Friday alleges.

Charles K. Gaal Jr, 90, was resusci-tated after a cardiac event on June 13,2007. He died six days later, the Orlando(Fla.) Sentinel reported.

Dr Wesley Meyers of Aloma ParkDental failed to take precautions to avoiddropping his dental tools down Gaal’sthroat, the suit filed in Orange CountyCircuit Court alleged.

Dentist sued for losingtools in patient

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Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspects… (from page 1)

Water Supply Project (Ngamoeyeik) of Yangon CityDevelopment Committee at Nyaunghnabin village inHmawby Township here this morning.

Next, Lt-Gen Myint Swe went to NgamoeyeikDam of Irrigation Department in Phaunggyi, HleguTownship. After hearing reports on facts about thedam, inflow of water into the dam, arrangements madefor supplying water to Yangon including farmlandsand supply of water from Paunglin and Mahura watersupporting dams with the effective use of watercourses

of Ngamoeyeik creek, Lt-Gen Myint Swe attended tothe needs.

The 75 feet high and 6100 feet long NgamoeyeikDam is earth embankment type. It can store 181000acres of water. The dam supplies drinking water toYangon, controls flood in Ngamoeyeik creek andirrigates farmlands for growing of mixed-crop.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe looked into maintenance ofwater intake structure of Yangon Water Supply Projectnear Ngamoeyeik Dam and construction of canal foroutflow of water from draw off tower of the dam toNgamoeyeik creek, and storage of water in the dam by boat.

At Paunglin water supporting dam, four miles

upstream of Ohnnebin village in Hlegu Township, heoversaw durability of the dam, inflow of water into thedam and storage of water in the dam.

Next, Lt-Gen Myint Swe looked intoconservation of forest at 150-acre watershed area atBlock No (57) of Mahura Forest Reserve.

At the briefing hall of Mahura Forest Reserve,Lt-Gen Myint Swe heard reports on conservation offorests in watershed area presented by officials andfulfilled the requirements. Then he inspectedhybridization and production of quality strains. ThenLt-Gen Myint Swe grew a teak plant and the commandera Padauk plant.—MNA

Developing Shan State (South) with peace and stabilityArticle and Photos: May May Ni (Taunggyi)

(from page 1)At the entrance to

the town, everybody canwitness an archway “ShanState must be peaceful,tranquil, modern anddeveloped state”.

In the educationsector, the state had 1821Basic Education PrimarySchools in 1988. Now,the region has 2146BEPSs, up 325 schools.The number of BEMSincreased up to 113schools from 80 schoolsin 1988. The present 118BEHSs are 89 schools

Stockpile of concrete lamp-posts produced by Ayethaya Industrial Zoneof Shan State (South).

An auto-exchange built in Lankho.

plying their routes forenabling the local peopleto have easy access to NayPyi Taw, Yangon,Mandalay, Kengtung andLashio. In addition, thepassengers can travel toNamsang and Monai fromTaunggyi by train.Moreover, airplanes areflying their routes fromHeho and Namsang toother regions daily.

Foreign touristsvisit Shan State (South) allthe year round. Especially,they tour neat and tidy hillstation Taunggyi, pine

using high yield strains andapplying correctagriculture methods.

Today, there are1,399,668 acres of arablelands in Shan State (South).Indeed, the state couldextend 647,447 acres offarmlands more than752,221 acres of cultivablelands in 1988. A total of613,532 acres of land areput under monsoon paddyand 27,696 acres undersummer paddy in the state.At present, the localfarmers use high yieldpaddy strain Shweyinaye

mango, djenkol bean andrubber contributes toimproving the social-economic standard of thelocal people.

Indeed, theachievement gained in theeconomic sector includesthe progress of meat andfish sector of the region.Factories and workshopsare being operated atAyethaya Industrial Zoneof Shan State (South).Nyaungshwe Townshipextends breeding offarming cattle, pig, goatand chicken at the farms.Especially, the localbreeders are focusing on

1705.93 acres of fish pondsin addition to prawnbreeding ponds.

Mongshu GemsLand is a valuable regionof Shan State (South). Inaddition, the state isproducing antimony,barite, coal, lead and ironore.

The far-flung areasof the state sharing borderswith Thailand, Laos andChina lagged behind indevelopment in thesuccessive eras. Inimplementing the borderareas and rural areasdevelopment plans, all theregions of Shan State (East)

are gaining equitabledevelopment.

Actually, ShanState has fertile soil andfavourable weather withfine environs. At present,all-round developmentcan be witnessed in thestate. The government isbuilding a democraticnation with utmostefforts. Therefore, wewould like to urge theentire people to take partin the respective sectorsin building a modern anddeveloped nation.

*****Translation: TTA

Myanma Alin: 16-7-2009

more than 29 schools in1988.

Shan State (South)had only TaunggyiUniversity in the past. Asan opportunity of the localyouth for pursuing highereducation, thegovernment openedUniversity of ComputerStudies in Taunggyi andPinglong University andTechnological Universityin Pinglong.

To provide healthcare services to the localpeople, the 200-bedspecialist hospital wasopened in Taunggyi inaddition to Sao San HtunHospital and Women’sand Children’s Hospital.

Due to bettertransport, varioushighway bus lines are

forest city Kalaw, Inlayregion and PinglongMonument com-memorating the placewhere national unity wasconceived

The Tazaungdinehot air balloon festival ofTaunggyi and InlayPhaungdawU BuddhaPujaniya attract the foreigntourists. In the tourismseason, many domesticand foreign tourists takerelaxation in Taunggyi.

In the modern day,all the people are seekinggeneral knowledge anddoing business for theregional development.The state in the past wasinsufficient in food supply.Now, the region achievesfood sufficiency byextending sown acreage,

for ensuring local foodsufficiency.

Moreover, about200,000 acres of sesame,groundnut, sunflower,niger and oil mustard plantsare cultivated for localedible oil sufficiency.

In undertakingwater supply task, Kakkuriver water pumping stationin Hsihseng Township,Chanmyethaya river waterpumping station inPhekhon Township andDahseik river waterpumping station in LankhoTownship benefited 4,400acres of farmlands. In ShanState (South), 325 damsirrigate 203,369 acres offarmlands.

The cultivation ofmaize, soya bean, beansand pulses, orange, coffee, Shwebaw-Nyaungshwe-Nampan Road.

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YANGON, 18July—A ceremony to markthe 39th Anniversary ofMyanmar Motion PictureEnterprise of the Ministryof Information took placeat the assembly hall of Cen-tral Printing Press of Print-ing and Publishing Enter-prise on Theinbyu Road,Botataung Township, here,this morning. Minister forInformation Brig-GenKyaw Hsan attended theceremony and awarded theoutstanding staff.

It was also attendedby departmental heads, thechairman and CEC mem-bers of Myanmar Writersand Journalists Associa-tion, chairmen and offi-cials of Myanmar MotionPicture Asiayon andMyanmar Music Asiayon,members of MyanmarMotion Picture Promotionand Scrutinizing Board,Motion Picture and VideoCensor Board, departmen-tal officials, staff ofMyanmar Motion PictureEnterprise, Myanma Ra-dio and Television, Newsand Periodicals Enterpriseand Printing and Publish-ing Enterprise.

Speaking on theoccasion, the minister saidthe anniversaries of the

Inspire people to take lessons from the past untold miseries; study objective conditions for long term maintenance of stability,

peace, development momentumInformation Minister attends 39th Anniversary of Myanmar Motion Picture Enterprise

departments and enter-prises of the ministry weremarked with two aims.The first aim was that de-partments concerned wereto review their strongpoints and weak points inimplementing their tasksin previous year and thento try to make moreprogress this year.

The minister saidthe second aim was toaward those who deserveso. And this can facilitatethe progress of the depart-ments concerned. Depart-ments and enterpriseswould make more

progress only when theywere to perform their du-ties by adopting system-atic aims and objectives,added the minister.

The main duty ofthe staff of the ministrywas to organize the peo-ple through the media toactively participate in na-tional development drivesrealizing prevailing peaceand stability of the Stateand prevailing conditionsof the nation.

The ministry haslaid down and is realizing12 objectives for the year2009-2010. Myanmar

Motion Picture Enterpriseis to realize the following11 objectives:(1) to actively cooperate

in successful imple-mentation of theseven-step RoadMap of the Statethrough media

(2) to work hard in or-der to earn the enter-prise’s income andensure balancedbudget

(3) to try to developMyanma film andvideo world

(4) to try to makeMyanma movies andvideos in collabora-tion with foreigncountries and to pen-etrate not only do-mestic but also for-eign markets

(5) to cooperate in mak-ing the media cover-age across the coun-try

(6) to scrutinize domes-tic and foreign filmsand videos in accordwith Myanmar cus-toms and traditions

(7) to upgrade and main-tain the long-termState-rented cinemahalls

(8) to accelerate tasksfor staff welfare andundertake agricul-

ture and livestockbreeding tasks

(9) to improve the stand-ard of equipment formotion pictureowned by MMPE

(10) to practise thrift, and(11) to nurture the media

persons into reliablemedia professionalsfor serving nationalinterest.

The minister urgedthe film producers to focuson producing high qualityof the movies for develop-ment of films and videoindustry and to unitedly co-operate among them to beable to penetrate the for-eign film market based onthe domestic market.

Nowadays, the na-tion has given prosperityto rapid development, hesaid, spotlighting the im-portance of inspiring thepeople to take lessonsfrom the past untold mis-eries and to study the ob-jective conditions forlong-term maintenance ofstability, peace and devel-opment momentum.

In conclusion, theminister urged the staff totry hard to become reli-able, competent mediaprofessionals serving thenational interest and tounitedly implement the 11

objectives adopted by theministry.

Minister Brig-GenKyaw Hsan presented themedal on Excellent Per-formance in AdministrativeField (First Class) for 2008awarded by the State Peaceand Development Councilto Managing Director UAung Myo Myint ofMMPE and prizes to threestaff who won the GoodPublic Service Medals.

The managing di-rector gave first, secondand third prizes to thevideo branch, the featurefilm division and Yangonbranch through officialsfor their efforts in earningincome by exceeding thetarget in 2008-2009 finan-cial year.

Director-General UKhin Maung Htay ofMyanma Radio and Tel-evision also awarded first,second and third prizes toYangon Division videoscrutiny supervisory com-mittee, Mandalay sectionand Hpa-an section.

Managing DirectorU Aung Myo Myint gavestaff uniforms to DeputyDirector U Khin MaungKyaw.

Later, the ministercordially greeted theguests and staff.—MNA

Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan delivers an address at 39th Anniversary ofMyanmar Motion Picture Enterprise.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presents a prize to a staff who won theGood Public Service Medal.

MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 18July — Minister forForestry Brig-Gen TheinAung heard the reportsby officials at the briefinghall of No 4 FurnitureFactory of timber basedindustry departmentunder the MyanmaTimber Enterprise inThingangyun Township,Yangon on 14 Julymorning.

The minister

NAY PYI TAW, 18July— The Ministry ofTransport held the rainyseason tree growingceremony 2009 at theplace, behind the ministry,yesterday.

Minister forTransport Maj-Gen Thein

NAY PYI TAW, 18July—Chairman of ShanState(East) Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of TriangleRegion Command Maj-Gen Kyaw Phyo,accompanied by officialsinspected Kengtung-

NAY PYI TAW, 18July—Minister forElectric Power No 2Maj-Gen Khin MaungMyint received MarketingDirector Mr GeneY FZheng of CHINA SFECO

Commander on inspection tourT a c h i l e k - W a m p o nmotorway, growing ofmonsoon paddy andperennial crops on bothsides of the road andloading and unloading ofgoods at Wampon jetty inTachilek Township.

Next, the com-

mander heard reports onfreight handling servicesand gave necessaryinstructions. He alsolooked into the progressof construction of newmarket for Wamponvillage and left necessaryinstructions.—MNA

Ministry of Transport holds monsoontree-planting ceremony

Swe and wife planted agum-kino sapling at theceremony.

Directors-General,managing directors andtheir wives grew thesaplings at the designatedplaces. The minister andwife viewed participation

of the staff and theirchildren in the tree-planting ceremony.

So far, theministry has planted over8,400 trees in the rainyseason tree growingceremony.

MNA

Forestry Minister inspectsfurniture factories

inspected productionprocess of the factory.

The value-addedteak products, doorframes, cabinets anddoors produced by thefactory were exportedand sold in localmarkets.

On arrival atfinished wood factoriesof Lin Win Co Ltd andBeautiful Industrial ZoneNo (2) in Dagon Seikkan

Township, the ministergave necessaryinstructions and inspectedproduction live of thefactories. The products ofthe factories wereexported.—MNA

EP No. 2 Minister receivesChinese guests

GROUP China Shanghai(Group) Corporation forForeign Economic &Technology Corporationand party at the minister’soffice, here, on 16 July.

Also present at the call

were Deputy MinisterBrig-Gen Win Myint,Director-General ofElectric Power De-partment U Khin MaungZaw and officials.

MNA

MinisterMaj-Gen

Soe Naingplants a tree

at thecollective

treeplanting

ceremony ofNay Pyi

Taw HotelZone.(News

reported)H&T

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung visits finished wood factory ofBeautiful Wood Co Ltd at Industrial Zone No (2) in Dagon Seikkan

Township.—FORESTRY

Minister Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint receives Chinese guests ledby Marketing Director Mr Gene Y F Zheng of China SFECO

Group, China Shanghai (Group) Corporation for ForeignEconomic&Technology Corporation. —EP NO-2

Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe and wife grow a Padauk plant at rainyseason tree planting ceremony.

TRANSPORT

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.

The second best time is now.

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(from page 16)Wadaw Sluice

Gate is situated nearDanidaunt Village,Wadaw Village-tract,north of Maubin Town-ship. Its mouth is 60 feetwide and its main canalis about two miles long.Along the canal are morethan 50 distributariesleading to paddy fieldsand farms.

In the rainy sea-son, the sluice gate isclosed as the agriculturalfarms and gardens getrainwater, and are sup-plied with sufficientriver water.

“Our departmentmaintains the sluice gate.

Wadaw Sluice Gate in Maubin TownshipArticle: Mg Mg Myint Swe; Photos: Kyaw Myint Than (Lanmadaw)

The gates of Wadaw Sluice Gate.

The main canal of Wadaw Sluice Gate in Maubin Township.

We constantly supervisemaintenance work in or-der that we can supplyadequate irrigation waterto the farms,” said DeputyHead U Thein Zaw ofMaubin Township Irriga-tion Department on theboat.

The irrigated areasof the facility cover theagricultural farms inMaletto, Taput-tanaunggyi, Taput-tanaunglay, Phoyawe,Kundainglay and Taloklat(East) village-tracts.

He added, “Con-struction-6 of the Irriga-tion Department con-structed the sluice gate in1998, and then we main-

tain it. The sluice gate ben-efits about 15,000 acres ofpaddy fields and cropsfarms.”

The straight maincanal is about 50 feet wide.Along the canal werethriving paddy fields, gar-dens and vegetable plan-tations stretching as far aswe could see.

The sluice gate pro-tects the farmlands againstfloods when the river israging in the rainy season.It also supplies water tothe farms in summer.

Previously, hun-dreds of acres of farm-lands were flooded, thus

destroying paddy fieldsand crops plantations.Very often, it was toolate to start growingcrops due to floods.However, such unneces-sary problems were onlyin the past.

Owing to WadawSluice Gate, local farm-ers can start their agri-cultural farming onschedule, and cropsfields are irrigated when-ever needed. So, the irri-gation facility secures aprosperous future for lo-cal farmers.

Translation: MSMyanma Alin: 18-7-2009

NAY PYI TAW, 18July—The visitingVietnamese delegation ledby Permanent Member ofthe Communist Party ofCentral Committee of theSocialist Republic ofVietnam Chairman ofNational Races AffairsCouncil Mr. K Sor Phucotogether with CECmember of the USDAThura U Aung Ko andofficials arrived inNyaungU by air on17 July.

Vietnamese delegation toursBagan-NyaungU, Mandalay

They visited BaganAncient Cultural Regionand enjoyed the scenicbeauty of Bagan fromBagan Nanmyint Tower.

Next, theVietnamese delegationvisited BaganArchaeological Museum,Thiri Zeya Bumi BaganGolden Palace andlacquerware shop of U BaNyein and family and paidhomage to the Arnandaand Shwezigon Pagodas.

The delegation

members arrived inMandalay today.

On their arrival atUniversity forDevelopment of NationalRaces, Rector U Zaw MinThein extended greetings.

Then delegationmembers UniversityLibrary and Museum, andpaid homage to the MahaMyat Muni BuddhaImage.

In the evening, theyleft here for Nay Pyi Taw.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 18July—Myanmar Maternaland Child WelfareAssociation held theceremony to honourwellwishers who donated

MMCWA presents certificates of honour to wellwishers

MMCWA

President

Daw

Nilar

Thaw

presents a

certificate

of honour

to a

wellwisher.

MNA

cash and kind to theMMCWA to be used in itspublic service works at thehall of the associationyesterday.

MMCWA Pre-

sident Daw Nilar Thawspoke words of thanksand presented cer-tificates of honour towellwishers.

MNA

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Baghdad’s antique shops tellcity’s sad story

In this photo taken on Thursday, 11 June, 2009, an-tique dealer Waleed al-Shikhli, 29, working at his shopin Baghdad, Iraq. The two dozen or so antique shopsin the Iraqi capital boast treasures of museum qual-ity. Like Baghdad, a city of mosques with turquoisetiled domes and streets divided by barbed war and blastwalls, the shops’ contents speak of both Iraq’s recentdark days and its more gloried past.—INTERNET

Zimbabwe begins to collecttoll fees next month

HARARE, 18 July — the Zimbabwean governmentwill start collecting toll fees from motorists with ef-fect from next month to maintain and upgrade nationalroads, Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said.

Presenting the Mid-Term Fiscal Policy and revisedbudget in Parliament on Friday, Biti said the delay inintroducing the fees gave authorities enough time toconsult. The government instructed the ZimbabweRevenue Authority (Zimra) to set up some rudimen-tary toll gate structures to facilitate the collection ofthe money along the major highways in March thisyear but shelved the plan to consult further.

According to Statutory Instrument 39 of 2009published in the government Gazette in April thisyear, the government disclosed that the toll feeswould be collected from ports of entry and on city tocity routes. —Internet

China steps up efforts to fighttyphoon Molave

BEIJING, 18 July — China’s Ministry of Agriculture(MOA) said Saturday night that areas to be affectedby typhoon Molave should take measures to get pre-pared for it, as the typhoon would bring adverse ef-fects to the farming sector.

Molave, the sixth tropical storm this year whichbecame typhoon on Saturday morning, was likely tomake landfall between Huilai and Taishan in south-ern Guangdong Province on Saturday night or Sun-day morning, and affect Fujian, Hainan and otherprovinces, according to the National MeteorologicalCenter.

The ministry urged local agricultural agencies tohelp fishermen and fishing boats to evacuate to safeplaces. —Internet

Somalia pirates releaseGerman cargo ship

Egypt seizes explosives,mortars in Rafah

RAFAH (Egypt), 18 July — Egyptian authorities seizedon Saturday 500 kg of TNT explosives and 10 mortars inRafah city on the borders with the Gaza Strip, a securitysource said.

The explosives and mortars with Hebrew characterswritten on them were seized in two different places, thesource told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The security source said the explosives and mortarswere intended to be transported to Gaza, adding that nosuspect was arrested. A week ago, Egypt confiscated 700kg of explosives in a mountainous area near its borderwith Israel. The Egyptian authorities said they had oftenraided weapons caches and seized explosives in northernSinai, which were set to be sent to the Hamas-controlledGaza Strip via underground tunnels. —Internet

World’s oldest man, WWIveteran dies at 113

The world’s oldest man,113-year-old World War

I veteran HenryAllingham.—INTERNET

A baby male killer whale named ‘Earth’ and hismother ‘Lovey’ look up during their performance

at Kamogawa Sea World in Kamogawa, east ofTokyo, Japan, on 15 July, 2009.—INTERNET

Paper cuts are on display during an exhibition inAnsai County, Yan’an City of northwest China’s

Shaanxi Province, on 17 July, 2009. Ansai Countyis famous for its paper-cutting handicrafts, which

is one of the most popular folk arts in China.INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 18 July —Antique dealer Riyadh al-Khafaf has so few cus-tomers he hasn’t botheredto dust his collection offine metalware from theearly 20th century. Otherdealers say they can go fordays without seeing evena browser.

But while their busi-ness may be sparse, thetwo dozen or so antiqueshops in the Iraqi capitalboast treasures of mu-seum quality. Like Bagh-

dad, a city of mosqueswith turquoise tileddomes and streets dividedby barbed war and blastwalls, the shops’ contentsspeak of both Iraq’s recentdark days and its moregloried past.

“The story of Iraq ishere if you care to lookclosely,” Abdul-KareemYahya, a 51-year-old fa-ther of five, said from be-hind a desk at his down-town antique shop. Be-hind him sat Ottoman-era

swords, engraved silvertrays and a tea set bearingthe image of Iraq’s lastking.

The antique dealersthemselves — some re-tired security officers,military veterans or ex-government employees —are also proof of the resil-ience of Baghdad’s peoplein surviving decades ofhardship from war, UNsanctions and occupationby a US-led internationalforce.—Internet

LONDON, 18 July —The world’s oldest man,113-year-old World WarI veteran HenryAllingham, died Saturdayafter spending his finalyears reminding Britainabout the 9 million sol-diers killed during theconflict.

Allingham was thelast surviving originalmember of the Royal AirForce, which was formedin 1918. He made it a per-sonal crusade to talkabout a conflict thatwiped out much of a gen-eration. Though nearly

blind, he would take theoutstretched hands of visi-tors in both of his, gazeinto the eyes of children,veterans and journalistsand deliver a message hewanted them all to re-member.—Internet

NAIROBI, 18 July —Somali pirates have re-leased a German-ownedcargo ship they seized inthe Gulf of Aden in May,regional maritime officialsaid Saturday.

Andrew Mwangura,the East Africa’s Coordi-nator of Seafarers Assist-ance Program (SAP), saidthe MV Victoria and its 11Romanian crew memberswere freed early on Sat-urday.

”The pirates releasedMV Victoria and 11 Ro-manian crew memberstoday morning. All thecrew members areall safe,” Mwanguratold Xinhua by tel-ephone.

The Antigua andBarbuda-flagged cargoship was seized on May 5with 10,000 metric tons of

rice and was bound forJeddah.

Maritime officialssaid the vessel was seizedin the Gulf of Aden in anarea 120 km south ofYemen.

Internet

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SINAR BANTEN VOY NO (054)Consignees of cargo carried on MV SINAR

BANTEN VOY NO (054) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 19-7-2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (261)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA

TAMPAN VOY NO (261) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 19-7-2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

NASA says hardware problem blamed onOCO satellite crash

Colombia seizes 1.7 tons of cocaine

Study : Higher speed limitscauses 12,500 deaths

CHICAGO, 18 July—In the 10-year period after re-peal of the National Maximum Speed Law in 1995there were some 12,500 US deaths due to the increasedspeed, researchers said.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at ChicagoSchool of Public Health law said the federal law, whichrestricted the maximum speed limit to 55 mph on allinterstate roads, was initiated in 1974 to conserve gaso-line in response to the oil embargo. “During the firstyear there was a drop of almost 17 percent in fatalitiesafter the speed laws were reduced to 55 miles per hour,”lead author Lee Friedman said in a statement.

The law, modified in 1987, allowed states to raisethe legal speed limits to 65 mph on some interstates,but in 1995, the federally mandated 55 mph speed lawwas revoked nationwide.—Internet

Teen fined $25,000 for cost ofNH mountain rescue

CONCORD, 18 July—A Massachusetts teenager who spentthree nights alone on Mount Washington in April after hesprained an ankle and veered off marked trails has been finedmore than $25,000 for the cost of his rescue.

Scott Mason had been praised for utilizing his Eagle Scoutskills — sleeping in the crevice of a boulder and jump-start-ing fires with hand sanitzer gel. But authorities say he wasn’tprepared for the conditions he encountered and shouldn’t haveset out on such an ambitious hike.

“Yes, he’d been out there in July when you could stepacross the brooks. And people have been out there in winterin hard-packed snow. But with these spring conditions, it wassoft snow, it was deep snow,” said Fish and Game MajTim Acerno.

Internet

Rescue units is seen assisting at the Stade Velodrome stadium in Marseille,southern France. A 23-year-old British man has died of his injuries after thecollapse of a stage being built for a Madonna concert in southern France,hospital officials said on 17 July 2009, bringing the toll to two dead.—INTERNET

Star Beluga : A trainer wearing a traditional Vega cos-tume performs with a Beluga at the Hakkeijima SeaParadise aquarium in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefec-ture ahead of the Star Festival on 7 July.—INTERNET

Wildfire closes Kitt Peakobservatory

TUCSON, 18 July—The Kitt Peak National Observa-tory in Arizona was closed to visitors on Friday be-cause of a wildfire, authorities said.

On its Web site, the observatory near Tucson saidthe visitors’ centre would be closed and all public pro-grams canceled until at least Monday.

The San Juan fire was first reported on Tuesday on theTohono O’odham Reservation. The Tohono O’odhamNation reported the fire 35 percent contained on Fridayand said it was at least 2 miles from any buildings, KVOA-TV, Tucson, reported. The fire does not appear to threatenthe observatory but the road to Kitt Peak is closed.

The observatory, part of the National Optical As-tronomy Observatory, houses the world’s most diversecollection of astronomical telescopes, including somebelonging to universities.—Internet

In this file photo takenon 28 April, 2009, ScottMason grimaces as hegets ready to go to thehospital in Pinkham

Notch, NH New Hamp-shire plans to fine the

Massachusetts teenagerfor the cost of rescuing

him from MountWashington

in April.INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 18July—A NASA panel in-vestigating the unsuccess-ful on 24 Feb launch ofthe Orbiting Carbon Ob-servatory (OCO) said onFriday that the mishapwas caused because theTaurus launch vehiclefairing failed to separateupon command.

The fairing is aclamshell structure that en-capsulates the satellite as ittravels through the atmos-

phere. The failure to shedthe fairing mass preventedthe satellite from reachingits planned orbit and re-sulted in its destruction.

The Mishap Investiga-tion Board led by RickObenschain, deputy direc-tor at NASA’s GoddardSpace Flight Center, iden-tified four potentialcauses that could have re-sulted in the fairing notseparating. The panel alsoprovided recommenda-

tions to prevent any futureproblems associated withthe four hardware compo-nents that could havecaused the OCO accident.

The six-member boardbegan its investigation inearly March. They con-ducted hardware testing,performed and reviewedengineering analysis andsimulation data, reviewedtelemetry data, collectedand secured more than2,000 documents, and con-ducted 78 interviews ofcritical personnel associ-ated with the mission.

Internet

BOGOTA, 18 July—The Colombia army ar-rested 8 suspects andseized 1.7 tons of co-caine in the central-eastprovince of Meta, a mili-tary report said on Fri-day. The drugs, worthabout 42 million US dol-lars on the black market,

were found in a group oftrucks which werestopped by the soldiersnear Gaitan port.

The report said a groupalias “Cuchillo” were be-hind the drug-trafficking.

Some weapons andcommunication deviceswere also confiscated dur-

ing the operation. Colombia is the larg-

est producer and secondexporter of cocaine in theworld. Drug-traffickers inColombia often use illegalsea routes to export drugsto Central Americancountries and the UnitedStates.—Internet

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Childhood adversity may affect brain

A Ubisoft employee writes code at company headquarters in Montreuil-sous-Bois, outside Paris. The French videogame star made its debut Friday in theonline social scene by unveiling “Tick Tock” on Facebook which lets players

arm virtual bombs by answering as many multiple-choice questions aspossible in a minute about friends on Facebook.—INTERNET

US A/H1N1 flu death tollrises to 263, cases pass 40,000

HOUSTON, 18 July—The A/H1N1 flu death toll inthe United States has reached 263, while confirmedand probable cases rose to 40,617, according to thelatest statistics released by the US Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention (CDC) on Friday. The CDC said that 52 more deaths have been re-ported in the past week, a 25-percent jump from theprevious record of 211, and 3,371new cases haveemerged, representing a 9-percent increase from theprevious total of 37,246 released a week ago. The state of New York continues to lead the nationwith 57 deaths of the new flu virus, while the state ofCalifornia follows closely with 55. Meanwhile, thestate of Wisconsin has been leading the nation with6,031 cases of the A/H1N1 flu, followed by the stateof Texas with 4,975 cases.—Internet

More summer camps hitwith A/H1N1 flu in Canada

BOSTON, 18 July—USresearchers suggest child-hood adversity may affecthow the brain anticipatesrewards.

The study, published inBiological Psychiatry,suggests weaker re-sponses of the brain torewards might contributeto apathy, low motiva-tion, or a reduced abilityto experience pleasure.

The Harvard Univer-sity researchers usedmagnetic resonance

imaging scanning to trackneural reactions as twogroups of adults played agame involving cues pre-dicting monetary rewardsand penalties.

“In the group that hadchildhood adversity, twostructures in the left basalganglia were not respon-sive to reward cues,which differed from whatwe saw in the controlgroup,” study lead authorDaniel Dillon said in astatement.

However, both groupsreacted similarly to pen-alties.

The 13 individuals withchildhood adversity hadexperienced abuse as de-fined by state guidelines,but were currently not ex-periencing any symptomsof depression or other dis-order as adult. They hadall been followed sincechildhood as part of theCambridge Health Alli-ance study.

Internet

Sudanese children visita new market in Abyei,

a contested oil-richregion on the borderbetween North and

South Sudan,recently.—INTERNET

Turmeric may help lower breast cancer risk

Seals are seen at CapeCross seal reserve, some

430 kms west ofWindhoek in 2000. Two

European journalistswere fined on Friday bya court in Namibia forfilming the annual sealhunt along the coast ofthe southern Africannation, their lawyer

said.—INTERNET

OTTAWA, 18 July—Atleast two more campswere confirmed to be hitwith the A/H1N1 flu incentral Canada’s OntarioProvince on Friday, afterthree other camps re-ported cases of infectionsearlier this week. Another summer campin the Simcoe-MuskokaDistrict has tested posi-tive for the H1N1 virus,bringing the total cases inthe area to 275, localhealth officials said. The region had re-ported three camps were

infected earlier this week,with 227 people sick. Ahandful of other campsare also under investiga-tion for clusters of respi-ratory illness. No campshave been closed but par-ents have been urged notto send kids with flusymptoms to the camps. Meanwhile, a camp inthe Ottawa area had re-ported confirmed cases ofthe novel strain. There areat least one camp in otherparts of the province thatis under investigation.

Internet

Endangered alligatorshatching in China

More being done to reduceinfant pain

MELBOURNE, 18 July—Doctors are finding waysto reduce the agony for infants undergoing painfulprocedures such as heel lances to draw blood, Aus-tralian researchers said.

Studies have shown poorly managed pain in in-fants can have immediate and long-term physiologi-cal and behavioral effects, Australian researcherswrote in the Journal of Pain.

As a result, pediatric researchers have recom-mended reducing the number of painful proceduresroutinely administered, giving oral sucrose before andduring minor painful procedures, and using pre-emptive opioid analgesia before endotracheal intu-bation.

COLUMBIA, 18 July—Turmeric may help lowerrisk of breast cancer af-ter exposure to hormonereplacement therapy, USresearchers say.

The study, publishedin the journal Meno-pause, found curcumin— a component of thespice turmeric — de-layed the first appear-ance, decreased inci-dence and reduced mul-tiplicity of progestin-ac-

celerated tumors in ananimal model. Progestinis a syntheticprogestagen that has ef-fects similar to the hor-mone progesterone.

Curcumin also pre-vented the appearance ofgross abnormalities inthe mammary glands, thestudy says.

“Curcumin and otherpotential anti-angiogeniccompounds should betested further as dietary

chemopreventive agentsin women already ex-posed to hormone re-placement therapy con-taining estrogen and pro-gestin in an effort to de-crease or delay the riskof breast cancer associ-ated with combined hor-mone replacementtherapy,” study co-au-thor Salman Hyder of theUniversity of Missouri inColumbia says in a state-ment.—Internet

BEIJING, 18 July —En-dangered Chinese alliga-tors have been reintro-duced at the mouth of theYangtze River and aremultiplying on their own,authorities said.

Fifteen hatchlings bornon the river this year arethe descendants of Chi-nese alligators exportedto New York’s BronxZoo, bred in captivity andthen exported back toChina, Wildlife Conser-vation Society officialssaid in a release on Friday.

“We are grateful to ourChinese partners for their

commitment to reintro-duce Chinese alligatorsback into the wild,” DrSteven Sanderson, the so-ciety’s president, said.

Plans to reintroduce theChinese alligators beganin 1999 when scientistsconfirmed there werefewer than 130 of the al-ligators left on the Yang-tze, which is highly devel-oped and has pollutionproblems. Internet Internet

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CROSSWORDS PUZZLE

Ancelotti says he expectsTerry to stay at Chelsea

Chelsea’s captainJohn Terry

Ibrahimovic edges closerto Barca move

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Gunter makes Forest move permanentLONDON, 18 July—Tottenham’s Wales international

Chris Gunter, who joined Nottingham Forest on loanlast season, is poised to join the Championship side ona permanent basis. Forest agreed a 1.75 million pound

Tottenham’s WalesinternationalChris Gunter

Higuain unfazed by presenceof star signings

Real Madrid’s Argentinestriker Gonzalo Higuain

Maradona in dock over road accident

Argentinian national soc-cer team coach DiegoArmando Maradona dur-ing a press conference atthe Mariott Hotel, in Quito,in June 2009.—INTERNET

Everton reject City Lescott bidLIVERPOOL, 18 July—Everton have turned down a

bid from Manchester City for defender Joleon Lescott,the Liverpool club confirmed on Friday.

Representatives of the big-spending Manchesterclub offered 15 million pounds (18 million euro) onThursday for the 26-year-old England international butthe deal was promptly rejected, Everton Chief Execu-tive Robert Elstone said.

“As a club, we have publicly stated as recently asWednesday night that we do not intend selling anyplayers,” Elstone said on the club’s website.

“(Team manager) David Moyes’ primary focus ison building a squad so that we can continue to com-pete effectively in what is the most competitive Leaguein world football,” he added.—Internet

Everton’s Englanddefender Joleon Lescott(bottom) celebrates with

Australian midfielderTim Cahill after scoringthe opening goal during

the FA Cup fourthround match against

Liverpool at Anfield inLiverpool, north-west

England, January2009.—INTERNET

Top seeds on course in PraguePRAGUE, 18 July—The top three seeds - Francesca

Schiavone, Sybille Bammer and Iveta Benesova - allclinched a spot in Saturday’s semi-finals of the PragueWTA Open after winning their games Friday.

The fourth semi-finalist is Switzerland’s TimeaBacsinszky, who beat the tournament’s number four,Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro, 6-4, 6-4 in the last quar-ter-final disrupted by a heavy downpour.

In the first game of the day, a nervous Bammer, thetournament’s number two from Austria, needed twohours and 45 minutes to topple Czech Lucie Hradecka7-5, 5-7, 7-5. Another Czech Benesova, seeded as

Francesca Schiavone

BUENOS AIRES, 18July—Argentine footballlegend Diego Maradonais to appear in court herefollowing a car accidentin which two young peo-ple were slightly injured,judicial sources said onFriday.

Maradona, 48, who isnow Argentina coach, al-legedly crashed into a tel-ephone box in which thetwo people were in Feb-ruary 2006.—Internet

(2.4 million dollar) fee onFriday with Tottenham forthe full-back who hasagreed personal terms withthe Reds and is set to un-dergo a medical.

Gunter failed to makean impact at Spurs follow-ing his two million poundarrival from Cardiff inJanuary last year makingjust 16 appearances for thePremier League club in allcompetitions.—Internet

SEATILE, 18 July—Whatever uncertaintiesnew Chelsea managerCarlo Ancelotti faces, thefuture of captain JohnTerry with the clubdoesn’t appear to be oneof them.

“I am sure he will re-main in Chelsea,”Ancelotti said Friday asthe English Premiershipclub prepared for afriendly against theSeattle Sounders of MajorLeague soccer on Satur-day, the first fixture in afour-match tour of theUnited States.

“I am sure, 100 per-cent,” Ancelotti said. “Hehas a contract for threeyears more and this is the

situation now.”There has been much

speculation about Terry’sfuture after ManchesterCity revealed they hadmade an offer for the de-fender, but Chelsea chiefexecutive Peter Kenyoninsisted earlier this weekthat the player is not forsale.—Internet

MAYNOOTH, 18 July—Real Madrid’s Argentinestriker Gonzalo Higuain,the club’s top scorer lastseason, is unfazed by theprospect of facing more

competition for a place inthe starting line-up due tothe arrival of starsCristiano Ronaldo andKarim Benzema.

“Very good playershave joined the squad andit will be hard to earn astarting spot. We’ll haveto do our best and showthe coach he can count onall of us,” he said at theclub’s pre-season trainingcamp at Maynooth nearDublin.

Internet

Turnabout at Turnberry:Watson leads, Woods leaves

Tom Watson of the USreacts during a pressconference, following

his second round of theBritish Open Golf

championship, at theTurnberry golf course,Scotland, on 17 July,

2009.—INTERNET

ROME, 18 July—For-ward Zlatan Ibrahimoviclooks to be headed to Bar-celona after Inter Milanpresident MassimoMoratti admitted he wasin talks with the Spaniardsabout the Swede.

Cameroon forwardSamuel Eto’o could beheading in the oppositedirection while Brazilfull-back Maxwell andBelarus winger AlexanderHleb could also switchbetween the two.

“We’ve finalised atransfer for Maxwell andnow we’re trying to dolikewise for Hleb,”Moratti told Sky Sport 24.

“Obviously we spokeabout other things be-

cause they were interestedin knowing somethingabout Ibrahimovic andtalking about Eto’o —two players of the samelevel — to see if it wouldbe possible to do some-thing with these two play-ers.”—Internet

number three,eased past thet o u r n a m e n t ’ steenage sensation,1 6 - y e a r - o l dZarina Diyas fromKazakhstan, 6-4,6-1.—Internet

TURNBERRY, 18 July—In one unforgettable hour,as nostalgia gave way todisbelief, Tom Watsonand Tiger Woods walkedoff the 18th green atTurnberry headed in op-posite directions fewcould have imagined. Theoldest player at the Brit-ish Open was leading. Thebest player was leaving.Even a tournament thathas been around for 149years can still serve up ashocker or two.

“It’s as if the spirits areon my side,” said Watson,a 59-year-old wonderwho made history Fridayafternoon as the oldestplayer to lead a major

championship.“Kept making mistake

after mistake,” saidWoods, the No. 1 playerin the world.

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudy inKayah State, rain have been isolated in Chin State, Sagaingand Magway Divisions, scattered in Mandalay Division,fairly widespread in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine States, BagoDivision and widespread in the remaining States andDivisions with locally heavyfall in Mon State and TaninthayiDivision, isolated heavyfall in Shan State and YangonDivision. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded wereNay Pyi Taw (0.27) inch, Belin (5.35) inches, Minesat (5.00)inches, Lounglon (4.57) inches, Kyaikmaraw (4.28) inches,Kyeikkhame (4.17) inches, Mudon (3.94) inches, Dawei(3.42) inches, Coco Island (3.15) inches and Pakokku (0.15)inch.

Maximum temperature on 17-7-2009 was 89°F.Minimum temperature on 18-7-2009 was 71°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 18-7-2009 was 84%. Totalsun shine hours on 17-7-2009 was (5.6) hours approx.

Rainfall on 18-7-2009 was (Tr) inches at Mingaladon,(Tr) inches at Kaba-Aye and (0.08) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (53.27) inches atMingaladon, (56.93) inches at Kaba-Aye and (59.80) inchesat Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (10) mph from West at (17:15) hours MST on17-7-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in the AndamanSea and South Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 19th July 2009: Rainwill be isolated in Kayah State and lower Sagaing Division,scattered in Chin and Kachin States, Mandalay and MagwayDivisions, fairly widespread in Shan State and upperSagaing Division and widespread in the remaining Statesand Divisions with likelihood of isolated heavyfall inRakhine, Mon and Kayin States, Yangon and TaninthayiDivisions. Degree of certanity is (80%).

State of the sea: Occasional squalls with moderate torough seas will be experienced off and along MyanmarCoasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (40) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation ofdecrease of rain in the Northern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for19-7-2009: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for19-7-2009: One or two rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for19-7-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain. Degree of certaintyis (60%).

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Asleep in JesusDaw Naw Phaw Lar

58 years Residing at 511/A Away Yar Road, Insein,Yangon; beloved wife of Tancy McDonald; andmother of Naw Sarah Jane fell asleep in Jesuson 18 July. Funeral will be at Yeway Cremato-rium at 10 am on 20 Monday, July.

Bereaved family

Manchester United’sMichael Owen, left,celebrates with his

teammate Ryan Giggs afterhe scored a goal during afriendly match at Bukit

Jalil National Stadium inKuala Lumpur, Malaysia,

on Saturday, 18 July, 2009.Manchester United won

3-2.—INTERNET

KUALA LUMPUR , 18 July—Michael Owen made animmediate impact in his Manchester United debutSaturday, coming off the bench to score with fiveminutes left in a 3-2 victory over a Malaysian all-starsquad in the team’s Asian tour opener.

The striker, who joined Man United on a freetransfer from Newcastle, scored after the PremierLeague champions surrendered a two-goal lead toMalaysian XI before a crowd of 85,000.Owen pouncedon a loose ball after Darron Gibson’s pass to RyanGiggs was blocked by goalkeeper Mohamad FarizalMarlias. Owen replaced Wayne Rooney in the 61stminute.”Michael is different to the other strikers wehave here,” manager Alex Ferguson said. “He’s alwayssearching for that space in and around the box, and hereacted really well to take his goal.—Internet

Owen scores winneron Man United debut in Malaysia

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13th Waning of Waso 1371 ME Sunday, 19 July, 2009

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

People’s Desire■ We favour peace and stability

■ We favour development

■ We oppose unrest and violence

■ Wipe out those inciting unrest and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 18 July—The hockey courseNo.(2/2009), organized by Nay Pyi Taw Command,was opened at the meeting hall of Production Depoton 14 July attended by Commander of Nay Pyi TawCommand Maj-Gen Wai Lwin.

After delivering an address on the ocscasion,the commander and party inspected the hockeysports gear for the training.

MNA

Hockey Training Course

No (2/2009) opened

NAY PYI TAW, 18 July—A news report was released recently that onepatient out of four found with New Influenza A (H1N1) in Myanmar had beendischarged from the hospital as she fully recovered from her illness; and that theremaining three patients are under medical treatment at Waibargi SpecialistHospital.

Today, a man of 21 years old, the second victim, was also discharged fromthe hospital. The surveillance measures on the family members who came intocontact with him were halted. At present, there are two patients living with NewInfluenza A (H1N1) at Waibargi Specialist Hospital. They are kept in privaterooms and their health has improved remarkably. The Ministry of Healthcontinues screening those with fever and suspected persons, and no more patientis found.—MNA

Second patient living withA (H1N1) discharged from hospital

Remaining two patients recover from illnessNo more person with fever found

Wadaw Sluice Gate inMaubin Township

Wadaw Sluice Gate, which benefits more than 10,000 acres ofagricultural lands and protects many acres against floods.

Article:Mg Mg Myint

Swe;Photos: KyawMyint Than(Lanmadaw)

On our recent trip by boat along the AyeyawadyRiver to Wadaw Sluice Gate, we first reached the portin Danidaunt Village, three miles from Maubin.Danidaunt is a riverside village. So, just as the motor-ized boat approached the port, we got to the village.

Soon after we passed through the bank of theriver, we were greeted by a sluice gate, with a largestone plaque on the slope of its embankment, saying“Wadaw Sluice Gate”.

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