The New Light of Myanmar 22-04-2010

Established 1914

Volume XVIII, Number 1 10th Waxing of Kason 1372 ME Thursday, 22 April, 2010

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round developmentof 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 inside thecountry and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

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

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

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Senior General Than Shwe looks into progress of Upper Yeywa

Hydropower Project, factories in Yatanarpon Myothit

NAY PYI TAW, 21 April—Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior GeneralThan Shwe inspected progress of Upper YeywaHydropower Project and factories in YatanarponMyothit Project on 15 April.

Accompanied by Member of the State Peaceand Development Council General Thura ShweMann, the Commander-in-Chief (Navy), theCommander-in-Chief (Air), senior military officersof the Ministry of Defence, the Chairman ofMandalay Division PDC Commander of CentralCommand, the Chairman of Shan State (North)PDC Commander of North-East Command, theministers and officials, Senior General Than Shwearrived at the Upper Yeywa Hydropower Projectbeing implemented by Ministry of Electric PowerNo. 1 near Taungchay Village of Kyaukme Townshipat 1 pm.

The Senior General and party were welcomedby Deputy Minister for Electric Power No. 1 U MyoMyint, senior military officers and officials.

The Senior General viewed progress of groundwork with the use of heavy machinery at the mainembankment. He also looked into the boulderexcavation.

At the briefing hall, Minister for Electric PowerNo. 1 Col Zaw Min reported on the aim ofimplementing the project, progress of task, locationof Yeywa Hydropower Project and Upper YeywaHydropower Project on Myitnge River, constructionof approach roads, conditions of main embankment,diversion tunnel, spillway, power intake structure,power intake tunnel, penstock tunnel, generating

capacity for the project and yearly implementationof project tasks.In his guidance, the Senior Generalstressed the need to timely complete the UpperYeywa Hydropower Project as the personnel havework experiences in Yeywa Hydropower Project.

Upper Yeywa Hydropower Project is located onMyitnge River, near Taungchay Village, 20 miles

south of Kyaukme, Shan State (North). It is located 80miles upstream of the already completed Yeywa dam.By storing water from Myitnge and Namlam rivers,No. 2 Construction of Hydropower PlanningDepartment of the Ministry of Electric Power No. 1 isimplementing the project with the aims of generating

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Senior General Than Shwe looks into progress of Upper Yeywa Hydropower Project.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe views mobile communication devices jointly produced by Elite TechManufacturing Co Ltd and Huawei Co Ltd.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 22 April, 2010

Thursday, 22 April, 2010

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

Choose good men toshape better future

People have to choose their own destinywith fresh mind and new strength in the year1372 ME.

With a view to shaping a peaceful,modern and developed nation aspired by theentire people, the government has takensystematic measures to fulfill five basicrequirements — development of humanresources, tapping of more natural resources,promotion of capital and investment andcreation of a peaceful and stable atmosphere.At the same time, the government is in theprocess of gentle transition to a new system.

The State has striven for nationaldevelopment as well as for socio-economicimprovement relying on its own resources.Only through the effective use of own naturalresources with own technology, will the nationbe able to build a better future.

For the perpetuation of the nation andfor the people of new generations to be able todischarge State duties peacefully, specialemphasis has to be placed on national economicgrowth, national unity and promotion ofnational strength.

The seven-step Road Map adopted forthe emergence of a peaceful, modern anddeveloped nation is the most correct way toshaping a better future of the nationflourishing with democracy. The people,therefore, are urged to enlist the strength ofpatriotic, good citizens in the drive for buildinga prosperous nation.

NAY PYI TAW, 21 April—Over 40 groupsincluding 17 from the private sector and others fromthe Ministry of Construction are building the 96-mile-long section of Pathein-Thalakhwa-Mawtinsoon roadin Ayeyawady Division, a delta region in the south ofMyanmar.

Of the over 40 groups two from the privatesector and six from the ministry are engaging in bridgeconstruction work of the section stretching 96 miles

Pathein-Thalakhwa-Mawtinsoon to help facilitateroad transport

from Chaungtha junction to Mawtinsoon via Seintaung.On 19 April, Minister for Construction Maj-

Gen Khin Maung Myint visited the project observingtar layering and bridge and conduit construction. Theminister who started his tour from Pathein alsoinspected work sites of private companies andgovernment bodies building the Pathein-Thalakhwa-Mawtinsoon road sector-wise.

MNA

MedicalSuperintendent Dr

Nu Nu Tha ofYangon GeneralHospital accepts

cash donation of twovocalists from 2010Air Bagan MahaThingyan Pandal,

directors, pilots andstaff of Air Bagan

Ltd.AIR BAGAN LTD

Members of MWEA to attend 2010 China-ASEANYouth Camp

Private company donatesbottled water, cash to YGHYANGON, 21 April —

A privated companydonated 5,000 bottles ofdrinking water topatients wounded inrecent bomb blasts inYangon, other patientsand staff of YangonGeneral Hospital today.

Medical Superin-tendent of the hospital

Dr Daw Nu Nu Thaaccepted the KTM brandbottled water and K100,000 donated by SandThida Trading Co., Ltdand presented acertificate of honour toGeneral Manager UKaung Lwin Oo of thecompany.

MNA

YANGON, 21 April — Minister for Home Affairsand Immigration and Population Maj-Gen MaungOo yesterday went to Yangon General Hospital andcomforted the staff of the Home Affairs Ministrywounded in the recent bomb blasts in Yangon.

Before the visit to the hospital, the ministerwent to Seikkan Township and inspected Seikkan

Home Affairs Minister comforts woundedstaff in bomb blasts

Township Police Station and instructed officers tobe alerted.

The minister also went the MingalaTaungnyunt Township General AdministrationDepartment Office and inspected the site chosen tobuild a building for the office.

MNA

Y A N G O N, 21Apri l—Members ofMyanmar WomenE n t r e p r e n e u r s ’Association Daw WinEi Khaine and Daw Mi

Kyi Kyi Han left heretoday for the People’sRepublic of China toa t tend 2010 China-ASEAN Youth CampProgramme, organized

by All China YouthFederation to be held inNanning, the People’sRepublic of China from21 to 28 April.

Members of MWEA

Daw Khin Thet Maw,Daw Thin Thin Set andofficials concerned sawthem off at YangonInternational Airport.

MNA

YANGON, 21 April — Talks on change of society,opportunities and challenges will be held at MyanmarFisheries Federation in Insein Township on 24 April,2010.

The talks will be jointly organized by MyanmarFisheries Federation and Myanmar PrawnEntrepreneurs Association and sponsored by DiamondCity Hyper Mart.—MNA

Educative talks at MFF on24 April

LIBRARY OPENED:Officials open MittaULibrary contributedby the State in coop-

eration with localpeople at Ohnbinsuvillage in Ngapudaw

Township on 17March.

Ngapudaw TownshipIPRD

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 22 April, 2010 3

US and allies kill, injureIraqi people

BAGHDAD, 21 April— There has been daily casualties in Iraq since the US andits allies have invaded the country.

Casualties of Iraqi peopleThe total number of casualties as from the day they invaded the country to

21 April reached 701040 and the total number of seriously injured peoplereached 1266332, according to the news on the Internet.

No. Subject Number1. Death toll of Iraqi people 701040

2. The total number of seriously injured people 1266332

Internet

Casualties of Afghan people in invasion ofNATO troops led by US

KABUL, 21 April—The NATO troops led by the US have invaded Afghanistanand they are there for a long time.

A number of Afghan people are killed and injured due to invasion of theNATO troops led by the US.

Casualties of Afghan peopleAccording to the Internet news, a total of 32764 Afghan people were killed

and 39225 injured seriously as from the day when the NATO troops led by theUS invaded Afghanistan to 21 April.

No. Subject Number1. Number of Afghan people killed 327642. Seriously injured Afghan people 39225

Internet

KANDAHAR, 21 April — Militants fighting theAfghan government in a new tactic, which took manyinto surprise, using donkey bomb in their formerstronghold Kandahar in south Afghanistan Mondaykilling three kids and injuring five others.

With the new but successful tactic, the militantsapparently targeted a pro-government figure HajjiFazludin Agha who supported President Hamid Karzaiduring the last August presidential election and killedthree kids of his family.

“A cart full of alfalfa and pulled by donkeyexploded next to my house unfortunately claimed thelives of three innocent children, all from my family,”Fazludin Agha told Xinhua.

Three more civilians including two childrensustained injuries in the attack, he said.

Two police personnel also sustained injuries in theblast while the police check post was completelysmashed, he said.

Meanwhile, witnesses at the site said eight peoplewere injured in the blast.

Internet

Donkey bomb kills three, woundsfive in Taleban birthplace

Kandahar in S. Afghanistan

Pakistani policeofficers and members

of the media seenthrough a damaged

windshield of a policevehicle at the site ofbomb explosion at amarket in Peshawar,

Pakistan, Monday, on19 April, 2010. Twobombs, hours apart,

exploded in thePakistani city of

Peshawar on Monday,killing scores of peopleand underscoring the

reach of militantsdespite successivemilitary offensivesclose to the Afghanborder, police said.

INTERNET

Afghan police officers standby their checkpoint after abomb planted on a donkeyexploded nearby, killing a

15-year-old boy Monday andwounding two police officers

and two civilians inKandahar city, south ofKabul, Afghanistan, onMonday, 19 April, 2010.

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BAGHDAD, 21 April—Five family members of localleader of Awakening Council group were killed, amongthem three children were beheaded, at their home innorth of Baghdad on Tuesday, a local police sourcesaid.“Four to five gunmen at about 4:00 am (0100GMT) stormed the house of a paramilitary group leaderin the town of Tarmiyah, some 20 km north of Baghdad,killing his wife, his 22-year-old daughter and threeboys,” the source told Xinhua on condition ofanonymity.The attackers then beheaded the three boysbefore they fled the scene, the source said.

The leader of the paramilitary group, whose groupis fighting Sunni extremist militants of al-Qaeda, wason duty at a checkpoint at the time of the attack, thesource added.Iraqi security forces sealed off the areaand conducted search operation in many houses nearthe scene, looking for the attackers and carrying outinvestigation, he said.Earlier in the month, gunmen inarmy uniforms killed 25 people from three families ofgovernment-backed Awakening Council paramilitarygroups in the village of Sufiya in Rasheed district insouthern Baghdad.

The Awakening Council group consists of armedgroups, including some powerful anti-US Sunniinsurgent groups, who turned their rifles against the al-Qaeda network after the latter exercised indiscriminatekillings against both Shiite and Sunni Muslimcommunities.—Internet

Five family members ofparamilitary group leader

slaughtered in Iraq

An Afghan policemanstands guard in front

of the site of anexplosion in Kandahar

on 16 April. Kabulsaid more than 100

people includingdozens of civilians

were killed in violencerelated to

Afghanistan’s ongoingwar against the

Taleban in the pastweek.

INTERNET

Bicycle bomb rocksAfghan eastern

provinceKHOST, 21 April— Bicycle bomb ratted Khost

city the capital of Khost province in east AfghanistanTuesday, police said.“The explosive device plantedin a bicycle and parked on a park close to theProvincial Governor Office went off at noon time butfortunately caused no loss of life and property,”provincial police chief Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai toldXinhua.There were no casualties, he stressed.Healso put the attack on the enemies of peace, a termused against Taleban militants.

However, Taleban fighters who often carry outsuch attacks against government interests have yet tomake comment.A donkey bomb in Taleban birthplaceKandah in south Afghanistan on Monday left threepeople dead and injured five others.

Internet

The damaged wall ofthe police headquartersin Kandahar south ofKabul, Afghanistan

seen recently.

INTERNET

Road accident kills 4, wounds 26in NE Afghanistan

TAKHAR, 21 April—Road accident inAfghanistan northeastTakhar province left fourpersons dead and injured26 others on Tuesday, alocal official said.“Apassenger bus collidedwith a truck in Kalafgandistrict at noon time todayas a result four personswere killed and 26 othersincluding women and

children sustainedinjures,” spokesman ofprovincial administrationFaiz Mohammad Tawhiditold Xinhua.

All the injured havebeen taken to nearbyhospitals, he said andadded the condition of twoinjured men are critical.

The reason for themishap was the recklessdriving, the official

further said.Although there is no

statistics about the figuresof those killed in roadaccidents in Afghanistanannually, the casualties ofroad accidents, is said tobe hundreds inAfghanistan.A deadlyroad accident in northernBaghlan province monthago left 35 dead.

Internet

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Singapore reports 9 crewmembers of tugboat missing

SINGAPORE, 21 April— Nine crew membersof a tugboat are missingafter their vessel deviatedfrom its planned courseoff Kuantan, Malaysia,local media reported onTuesday.

According to localTV broadcaster ChannelNewsAsia, the tugboatsounded an alert while itwas north-east ofKuantan at about 11:30p.m. local time onMonday. Suspecting thatthe boat had beenhijacked, the ownerreported the incident tothe Singapore PortOperation and ControlCenter.

It was assessed thatthe boat had steered fromits planned route. Thevessel, along with thenine men onboard, had

6 killed in collision of 2 Colombianmilitary helicopters

A volunteer leads children to read books in a campschool in quake-hit Yushu County, northwestChina’s Qinghai Province, on 21 April , 2010.

Volunteers from Mianyang City of SichuanProvince began to give classes in this camp school

on Tuesday.—XINHUA

Lots of people visit theWorld Expo Park in

Shanghai, east China,on 21 April , 2010. The

World Expo Parkconducts its first trialoperation on Tuesday.There will be a total of

six trial operationsbefore the World Expo

kicks off on 1 May.XINHUA

Tornado, storms whip Nicaragua,Ecuador

MANAGUA, 21 April— A tornado whippedNicaragua’s city ofTipitapa, affecting some2,000 people anddestroying 411 houses,said the country’s armycivil defense chief onTuesday.

The tornado, whichoccurred on Monday,stormed a number ofdistricts with the town ofMarvin Salazar mostaffected, said GeneralOscar Perezcassar.

The civil defense has

sent to the affected areas500 hammocks, food thatcan last 15 days andmaterials for setting uptents, he added.

Meanwhile, heavyrains accompanied byhail, tornados and stormshave afflicted somenorthern municipalitiessince Thursday, cuttingoff electricity supply andforcing many families tostay in shelters.

In Ecuador, a tropicalstorm whipped its coastal

province of Manabi,southwest of Quito,killing at least one person,the National Secretariatof Risk Management(SNGR) said on Tuesday.

According to officialdata, so far this year, suchdisasters as storms andtornadoes in Ecuadorhave left 30 people dead,19 injured, six missing,affecting 34,415 peopleand damaging 2,203houses.

Xinhua

An injured Colombiansoldier is carried from

an ambulance by rescueworkers upon arrival at

Neiva airport on 21April , 2010. At least 6

military personnel died,including General

Fernando Joya aftertwo helicopters crashed

during lift off themfrom an army base in

Chaparral Tolimaprovince.XINHUA

initially departed fromSouth Kalimantan,Indonesia and washeading towards the Gulfof Thailand to unload itscargo.

The broadcaster saidthat this is the secondreported case of a tugboat

BOGOTA, 21 April —Two helicopters collidedand crashed on Tuesdayin southwesternColombia, killing sixmilitary officersincluding a general andinjuring five others, themilitary said.

The tragic eventoccurred during theinauguration of amilitary base in Tolima,southwest of Colombia,the Colombian MilitaryForces said in astatement.

The two helicopters— one Bell 222 of

Vertical Aviation and aHuey of the ColombianArmed Forces — crashedwhen they were liftingoff.

Among the deadwere Brigadier GeneralFernando Joya Duarte, acommander in themilitary force in thesouth of Tolima, twocolonels and threesoldiers.

The authorities saida technical commissionof the Air Forces hadbeen sent to investigatethe accident.�

Xinhua

being hijacked thisyear in the region.Earlier in February,another tugboatdeviated from itsplanned course andheaded towards thePhilippines.—Xinhua

Vietnam imports 2.6 mln tons of oil,petroleum in Q1

HANOI, 21 April —Vietnam bought 2.6million tons of oil andpetroleum from foreignmarkets in the first threemonths of this year,down 17 percent year-on-year, said theGeneral Department ofVietnam Customs onMonday.

However, thecountry’s importturnover of thiscommodity went up 30.8percent year-on-year tostand at 1.58 billion USdollars.

Last month,Vietnamese importers

spent 577 million USdollars on purchasing921,000 tons of oil andpetroleum, up 3.4percent in turnover butdown 2.8 percent involume over theprevious month.

Vietnam’s oil andpetroleum import inJanuary-March periodmostly came fromSingapore, China, theRepublic of Korea andMalaysia.

Singapore was theVietnam’s largestsupplier of oil andpetroleum in this periodwith the volume of

886,000 tons, accountedfor 34 percent of thecountry’s total importvolume of thiscommodity, said thedepartment.

China rankedsecond with 360,000tons of oil and petroleumshipped to Vietnam inthe first three months,down 21.3 percent year-on-year.

Last year, Vietnampaid nearly 6.3 billionUS dollars for importing12.6 million tons of oiland petroleum, said thedepartment.

Xinhua

A visitor takes photos of pearl exhibits at the 7thChina International Pearl Festival kicked off inHuadong International Jewelry City, a jewelry

shopping center, in Shanxiahu Township in ZhujiCity, east China’s Zhejiang Province, on 21 April ,

2009.XINHUA

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Denmark to temporarily reopenairspace above 6 km

COPENHAGEN, 21April— Denmark willtemporarily reopen itsairspace above analtitude of 6 km for 6hours Wednesdaymorning, officials saidon Tuesday.

The measure will beeffective 2 am to 8 amlocal time (400 GMT to1000 GMT), duringwhich only selected

flights are allowed,including aircraft fortransporting patients,said Bo Pedersen,communication managerof Naviair, a stateaviation company underthe Denish Ministry ofTransport.

He told Denish TV2that Denmark will haveto close its airspace againafter that period, since

volcanic ash clouds fromIceland will probablygather above the countryby then.

Based on results of atest flight conducted bythe Dutch airlineCimber-Sterling onMonday, the Denishairspace has beendivided into two partsalong a line from Morsand Randers.—Internet

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MEXICO , 21 April —An earthquake measuring5.0 degrees on the Richterscale struck Ometepec,south Mexico on Mondaynight, but so far there havebeen no reports ofcasualties or damage, thecountry’s NationalSeismological Service

Southern Mexico hit by 5.0-magnitude earthquake

reported.The tremor occurred

at 21:28 local time (0228GMT), with the epicenterabout 8 km southwest ofthe city of Ometepec.

The earthquakefollowed Sunday’s 5.5-magnitude tremor nearHidalgo city, also in south

Mexico.On 4 April, a strong

earthquake measuring 7.2on the Richter scalerocked Mexico’s BajaCalifornia bordering theUnited States, killing twopeople and injuring 233others.

Internet

WASHINGTON, 21April—European aviationgiant EADS on Tuesdayannounced it will enter thebid for US Air Force’s 35-billion-dollar aerialrefueling tankersprogram, and it willsubmit its proposal on 9

EADS to bid on 35 billion US tanker projectJuly.

“We will offer amodern, more capabletanker in response to theDefense Department’sdecision to encouragecompetition for this majortaxpayer investment,”said EADS North

America Chairman RalphD. Crosby, Jr.

The company said it’sin discussions withpotential US partners tobuild a “winning team”for the bid against Boeing,the US defencecontractor.—Internet

Firefighters try to coola burnt oil tank on theoutskirts of northwest

Pakistani city ofPeshawar, on 19 April,2010. The NATO tank

was attacked byunidentified militants

on Monday.XINHUA

ALBA summit celebrates regionalintegration progress

CARACAS, 21 April— As LatinAmerica celebrates the bicentennial ofthe beginning of its fight forindependence, the eight member nationsof the Bolivarian Alliance for America(ALBA) on Monday vowed to furtherpromote political, economic and socialintegration.

Heads of state and government ofALBA countries gathered on Monday inCaracas for their fourth summit to analyzeprogress achieved since the organizationwas founded in 2004.

The Latin American and Caribbeanregion reached elevated levels ofeconomic cooperation, social advanceand political association said the leaders

in a statement.Regional integration andunity should continue, as it is the way ledby Latin America’s independence leaderSimon Bolivar, said VenezuelanPresident Hugo Chavez.

The summiteers also included Cubanleader Raul Castro, Bolivian PresidentEvo Morales, Ecuadorian PresidentRafael Correa and Nicaraguan PresidentDaniel Ortega.

ALBA member countries are Antiguaand Barbuda, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica,Ecuador, Nicaragua, Saint Vincent andthe Grenadines, and Venezuela. The grouphas a total population of nearly 70 millionand a total GDP of over 636 billion USdollars.—Internet

Italy, Lebanon pledge to boostMiddle East peace efforts

ROME, 21 April—Italian PrimeMinister Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesdaypromised to help increase the EuropeanUnion ‘s role in Lebanon and in thepeace negotiations between Israel andPalestine.

He made the pledge here whenmeeting with Lebanon’s Premier SaadHariri to discuss bilateral and globalissues. The meeting primarily focusedon the need to boost efforts for theMiddle East peace process.

In a joint press conference at the endof the meeting, Berlusconi said: “I willcommit myself to promote a wider EUforeign policy focused on the MiddleEast and on a greater interest forLebanon.”

Both prime ministers agreed on theneed to push forward with the Israel-

Palestinian talks in order to reach acommon peace solution, which is ontop of their agendas.

Hariri stressed that there “was nobetter time than now” to move ahead.“Today we stand before a realopportunity for a regional peacewhich is centered on thePalestinians’ right to return to astate of their own, with its capitalin Jerusalem, as well as Israeliwithdrawal” from the Palestinianterritories.

“But we need to work together,”he added. “The challenges we facetoday and the obstacles hinderingpeace will increase every day wefail to reach an end to this 63-yearold conflict.”—Internet

A medical worker of theChinese public securityfrontier defense troop

helps Zhaxi Deleg of theTibetan ethnic group

injured in the earthquaketo bandage up his leg inGyegu Town of Yushu

County, northwestChina’s Qinghai

Province, on 20 April,2010.—XINHUA

UNSG’s Message onInternational Mother Earth Day

22 April 2010 Mother Earth – our only home – is under pressure.� We are making

progressively unreasonable demands on her, and she is showing the strain.�For all of human history we have depended on nature’s bounty for sustenance,well-being and development.� Too often we have drawn on nature’s capitalwithout putting back.� We are now beginning to see the consequences offailing to safeguard our investment.

Climate change and the depleted ozone layer are among the starkestexamples.� Biological diversity — the incredible variety of life on Earth thatsustains us — is in rapid decline.� Freshwater and marine resources areincreasingly polluted; soils and once-prolific fisheries are growing barren.

The impact of our neglectful stewardship is being felt most by the world’smost vulnerable people: those who live on the desert margins; indigenouscommunities; the rural poor; the inhabitants of the squalid slums of theworld’s expanding megacities.� If they are to break out of the poverty trap andprosper, they need – at the very minimum – fertile land, clean water andadequate sanitation.

Environmental sustainability – the wise management of Mother Earth’sbounty – is one of eight Millennium Development Goals adopted a decadeago by United Nations Member States.� The deadline for achieving the goalsis 2015.� This September, I will convene a summit in New York to reviewprogress towards the MDGs and develop an agenda for action – a practical,results-oriented plan, with concrete steps and timelines.� Protecting MotherEarth must be an integral component of our strategy.�

Without a sustainable environmental base, we will have little hope ofattaining our objectives for reducing poverty and hunger and improvinghealth and human well-being.� For these reasons and more, the GeneralAssembly has proclaimed that each year on 22 April we will observeInternational Mother Earth Day.� I call on all governments, businesses andcitizens of the world to give our Mother Earth the respect and care shedeserves.—UNIC

Israeli air tanker and F-15 fighter jets perform an aerial demonstration abovethe Mediterranean Sea near Tel Aviv during a celebration for Israel’s

Independence Day, on 20 April, 2010. Israel celebrated its 62nd IndependenceDay off Tel Aviv coast from 19 April to 20 April.—XINHUA

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The German airlineLufthansa said it wouldsend a research plane intothe volcanic ash cloudcovering much of Europeto determine ashconcentrations.

The aircraft willcarry a container from theMax Planck Institute thatwill collect precise dataabout the volcanic ashcloud that is beingemitted by Iceland’serupting Eyjafjalla-joekull volcano. Officialssaid the flight is the firstsuch wide-scale

The big-screenadventures of JamesBond are on holdbecause of the financialwoes of MGM, thestudio that distributes themovies, producers said.

The 23rd Bond filmwas in pre-productionfor a release next year.

“Due to thecontinuing uncertaintysurrounding the future ofMGM and the failure toclose a sale of the studio,we have suspen-deddevelopment on BOND23 indefinitely,”producers MichaelWilson and BarbaraBroccoli said in a jointstatement. “We do not

Latest James Bondfilm on hold

Daniel Craig is the latest James Bond in thehugely popular movie series.

know when devepmentwill resume and do nothave a date for the releaseof BOND 23.”

MGM has been on thebrink of bankruptcy as itworks with creditors tofind a new owner. TheJames Bond series is thelongest-running filmfranchise in history, withthe first movie about theworld’s most famousfictional spy — “Dr. No”— released in 1962.Themovie franchise andmerchandising arecontrolled by EONProductions. Wilson andBroccoli took over the 007franchise from Albert“Cubby” Broccoli in 1995.

A larval tube-anemone fishes for food with thetentacles it will use as an adult as seen in anundated handout photo released 0n 18 April,2010. The ocean depths are home to myriadspecies of microbes, mostly hard to see but

including spaghetti-like bacteria that form whitishmats the size of Greece on the floor of the Pacific,

scientists said on Sunday.

Research plane flies intovolcanic ash

scientific measure-mentcarried out in Europeanairspace.

Lufthansa said theproject utilizes aspecially equippedLufthansa Airbus A340-600 carrying a 1.6-toncontainer that is able toobtain precise data on themake-up of theatmosphere. A dedicatedair inlet system feedsambient air into thecontainer, which is thenevaluated by the flyinglaboratory’s diversemeasuring systems.

Thick ash poured from IcelandEyjafjallajjokull volcano when the Moderate

Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this image on

17 April, 2010. The ash in this image is at twodifferent altitudes.

A white-headed langur is seen at the Bapen NatureReserve in Fusui County, southwest China’sGuangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 0n 20

April, 2010. The number of the endangered speciesof long-tailed monkey on China’s top-level

protection list has enjoyed an obvious growth fromabout 600 in 2005 to 786 in 2009, according to the

reserve.

Apple soars with 90% increase in profits

iPhone sales andrelated revenue gained

124 percent to $5.4billion for Apple, easily

exceeding the $3.8billion in revenue from

desktop and portablecomputers.

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NE W YO R K , 21Apri l—Apple onTuesday reported a 90per cent increase insecond-quarter profit,far surpassing bullishWall Street estimateswith a 49 per centincrease in revenue.

The consumercomputer productsgroup had been expectedto record earnings pershare of $2.46 on salesof about $12bn; instead,it reported $3.33 a share,or $3.1bn in total, onsales of $13.5bn in the

ROME, 21 April—About 50 people wereslightly injured when twocommuter trains collidedoutside of Rome onTuesday, the ANSA newsagency reported.

JAKARTA, 21 April— Indonesia’s SouthJakarta District Courtsentenced SaefudinZuhri on Tuesday toeight years in prison forharboring Malaysian-born terror mastermindNoordin M. Top, oncethe most wanted terrorsuspect in the region,last year, the JakartaPost repor ted onWednesday.

“The panel ofjudges found beyond

Commuter train collision nearRome slightly injures 50

Man gets 8 years for hiding terrorist inIndonesia

doubt the accusedguilty of involvementin ter ror ism andsentenced him to eightyears in pr ison,”Pres id ing JudgeHeriyanto said whilereading out the verdict.

The panel of judgesrejected the defendant’sclaim that he did notknow the person heaffectionately called“Abang” was in factNoordin M. Top. Thejudges sa id tha t

photographs of Noordinhad been posted inpublic by police longbefore Zuhr i wasarrested.

Heriyanto said thepunishment was meantto be vindictive, but toserve as a warning sothe defendant would notrepeat the offense.

Zuhr i ’s lawyerAshludin Hatjani saidhe was consideredwhether to appeal thedecision. —Xinhua

A train running on theRome-Viterbo linerammed into another oneon the Montebello-Flaminio line while it wasstopped at the La Celsastation just north of Rome,

the report said.

An investigation hasbeen started to determinethe cause of the accidentthat caused minor damageto both trains.—Xinhua

three months to 27March. Stock in Applerose more than 5 percent in after-markettrading.

Steve Jobs, chiefexecutive, said the newiPad computer had beenwell received sincegoing on sale on 3 Apriland promised “severalmore extraordinaryproducts in the pipelinefor this year”. Analystsexpect a new version ofthe iPhone to bereleased as early asJune.

Apple’s desktopcomputer sales rose 40per cent on a volumebasis from the secondquarter a year ago,while portableMacBook computersgained 28 per cent.

The biggest surprisewas the iPhone.Shipments more thandoubled, thanks in partto the addition of newcarriers, such asVodafone in the UK.However, iPod unitsslipped 1 per cent.

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Honour Fifth Conference of Myanmar Writersand Journalists Association

Khin Maung Tun (Lanmadaw)

The government reconstituted the MyanmarWriters Association into the Myanmar Writersand Journalists Association in November 1993.

The first conference was held at the Instituteof Nursing on Bogyoke Aung San Street in Yangonon 29 and 30 December 1993 to give birth to theMyanmar Writers and Journalists Association.On the second-day session, Head of State SeniorGeneral Than Shwe attended the conferencetogether with his members.

In line with the resolution passed at the firstconference of the Myanmar Writers and JournalistsAssociation, the conference is held once everyfour years. Prior to the first conference, respectiveTownship Writers and Journalists Associationselect new executives and representatives. At thecentral level, new central executive committeemembers are chosen by ballot. Two years after theconference, the Central Executive Committee ofthe Myanmar Writers and Journalists Associationorganizes discussions for successful realizationof the conference adopting follow-up programmes,and reviewing the works done over the past two-year period and so do Township Writers andJournalists Associations.

Under the aegis of the Ministry ofInformation, respective work committees of theMyanmar Writers and Journalists Association arenow gearing up to organize the fifth conference ofthe Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association.

Now, Township Writers and JournalistsAssociations have elected new townshipexecutives and representatives throughconferences. They are now waiting in the wings toattend the central level conference due to takeplace soon.

At the fourth conference of the Myanmar

Writers and Journalists Association held at theKaraweik Palace Hotel on 28 June 2008, Ministerfor Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan in his speechsaid, “To continue to work in accordance with theconstitution is the safest and shortest way tointroduce democracy as aspired by the people, toachieve national reconsolidation, and to build apeaceful, modern and developed nation. In thisregard, persons and organizations outside the lawneed to return to the legal fold. Then, we can makepreparations to generate a better future.

“When Election Law and Political PartiesRegistration Laws are enacted, the rights to formpolitical parties will be bestowed upon politiciansfor democratization process. That is the mostappropriate as well as the best way fordemocratization to comply with the wishes of thepeople, national unity, and building a peaceful,developed nation. Here, I would like to urge literaryprofessionals to make sustained efforts to enablethe persons concerned to be well convinced of this

sense in the national interest.“In conclusion, I would say that the influence

of literary professionals on the public is great. So,I would like to call on you:—

- to relay correct concepts and convictions tothe people,

- to serve the interest of the literary world andfellow literary professionals,

- to participate in national duties and boundenduties with national awareness,

- to do your bit in building a democraticnation, and

- to work collaboratively for successfulcompletion of the conference.”In his address, the minister stressed the

importance for literary professionals to choose thecorrect ways in the national interest, and to sharenation-building duties.

Now, the terms of the CEC members of theMWJA elected systematically (democratically) atthe fourth conference will soon expire. New CECmembers will be elected at the fifth conferenceand future plans will be adopted there.

The Myanmar Writers and JournalistsAssociation comprises strata of producers,distributors and publishers apart from writers,journalists and media professionals.

As a gesture of honouring the fifthconference, I write this article and urge the entireliterary professionals to honour the provisionsenumerated from Chapters 1 to 14 of theconstitution of the MWJA, to work in concert forsuccessful completion of the forthcomingconference, and to organize the people throughliterary works to choose the most appropriate andthe best way to democracy in consistence with themotto of the MWJA “Promote national prestigeand integrity, and literature”.

Translation: MS

At the fourth conference of the Myanmar Writersand Journalists Association held at the Karaweik PalaceHotel on 28 June 2008, Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan in his speech said, “To continue to workin accordance with the constitution is the safest andshortest way to introduce democracy as aspired by thepeople, to achieve national reconsolidation, and to builda peaceful, modern and developed nation. In this regard,persons and organizations outside the law need to returnto the legal fold. Then, we can make preparations togenerate a better future.”

“When Election Law and Political PartiesRegistration Laws are enacted, the rights to formpolitical parties will be bestowed upon politicians fordemocratization process. That is the most appropriateas well as the best way for democratization to complywith the wishes of the people, national unity, and buildinga peaceful, developed nation. Here, I would like to urgeliterary professionals to make sustained efforts to enablethe persons concerned to be well convinced of this sensein the national interest.

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NAY PYI TAW, 21 April— Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council Commander-in-Chiefof Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe andwife Daw Kyaing Kyaing attended the merit-sharingceremony for already-renovated Wayri ZeyaYanaungmyin Kyauktaik in Yaynar Monastery inHsukon Ward in Kyaukse of Mandalay Division on 18April.

It was also attended by members of the Sanghaled by Sayadaw Agga Maha SuddhamajotikadhajaBhaddanta Aloka of Inyaungminkyaung Monastery inKyaukse Township, Member of the State Peace andDevelopment Council General Thura Shwe Mann, theCommander-in-Chief (Air), the chairman of MandalayDivision PDC, the minister for Agriculture andIrrigation, the minister for Industry-1, the minister forScience and Technology, senior military officers anddepartmental officials, townselders, members of socialorganizations, wellwishers and guests.

Head of State Senior General Than Shwe, wifeDaw Kyaing Kyaing and party presented a goldenvelvet fan to Presiding Sayadaw Bhaddanta TejaniyaLankara of Yaynar Monastery and offered provisionsto members of the Sangha.

Next, the Senior General and wife and thecongregation received the sermon delivered by

Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing attendmerit-sharing ceremony for Wayri Zeya Yanaungmyin Kyauktaik in Kyaukse

Senior General Than Shwe, wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing and family offer alms to a Sayadaw at themerit-sharing ceremony for already-renovated Wayri Zeya Yanaungmyin Kyauktaik.—MNA

Photo shows already-renovated Wayri ZeyaYanaungmyin Kyauktaik in the compound

of Yaynar Monastery in Kyaukse.—MNA

Sayadaw Bhaddanta Aloka and shared the meritsgained.

After the ceremony, Senior General Than Shwe,wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing and party offered lunch tomembers of the Sangha.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe

looks into progress...(from page 1)

hydropower, supplying water to Yeywa Dam fromUpper Yeywa Hydropower Plant on completion anddeveloping the region.

On arrival at Yatanarpon Myothit constructionproject near Mandalay-PyinOoLwin Road inPyinOoLwin Township, the Senior General and partywere welcomed by Minister for Communications,Posts and Telegraphs Brig-Gen Thein Zaw, DeputyMinister Maj-Gen Thein Tun and officials.

The Senior General visited Asia Mega LinkFactory of Asia World Co in Soft Based FactoriesArea Zone and production of Mobile Base Station

factory will produce 120,000 GSM Mobile Handsetsand 1200 Mobile BTS yearly.

At Solar Cell Factory of Yatanarpon TeleportProduction Co, the Senior General looked intoproduction of solar cell plates and handsets for McWill (Multicarrier Wireless Information Local Loop).Responsible persons of the factory explainedproduction process and the minister gave asupplementary report.

At Elite Tech Manufacturing Co Ltd, the SeniorGeneral viewed production of BST and handsets forCDMA-450 MHz and CDMA 800 MHz Mobile systembeing jointly undertaken by Huawei Co Ltd.

Later, the Senior General viewed theinternational level ICT training school being jointlyconducted by Yatanarpon Teleport Co and MCC Groupdisplayed at MCC Training Institute Yatanarpon andprogress of Yatanarpon Myothit.

MNATerminal (BTS) in cooperation of ZTE Co. Officialsconducted the Senior General round the factory. The

Photo shows Upper Yeywa Hydropower Project site.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 21April — Chairman of theState Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander-in-Chief of De-fence Services SeniorGeneral Than Shwe andwife Daw Kyaing Kyaingattended a ceremony toshare merits for DhammaBeikmandaw religiousbuilding constructed atL a w k a m a n a u n gShwegugyi Pagoda inInyaung Village inKyaukse Township on 17April.

The ceremony

Senior General Than Shwe and wife attendceremony to share merits for Dhamma Beikmandaw at

Lawkamanaung Shwegugyi Pagoda in Kyaukse

Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing paying homage to Buddha image at eastern archway of Lawkamanaung Shwegugyi Pagoda.—MNA

Photo shows Dhamma Beikman of Lawkamanaung Shwegugyi Pagoda in Inyaung Village of Kyaukse Township.—MNA

held at the village wasattended by Members ofthe Sangha led by Pre-siding Sayadaw ofMyataung Monastery inMandalay AbhidhajaMaharattha GuruAbhidhaja Agga MahaSaddhamma JotikaBhaddanta SasanaBhivamsa and Secretaryof State Sangha MahaNayaka Committee Pre-siding Sayadaw ofBhamaw Monastery inMandalay AbhidhajaAgga Maha SaddhammaJotika Agga Maha

Dr Bhaddanta KumaraBhivamsa and donatedoffertories to the Mem-bers of the Sangha.

Afterwards, Saya-daw Bhaddanta SasanaBhivamsa administeredsermon and the congre-gation shared the meritsgained.

After the cer-emony, Senior GeneralThan Shwe and wife of-fered soon (a day meal)to the Members of theSangha.

Afterwards, theSenior General and wifepaid homage to the Bud-dha Statue at the pagodaand visited the pagoda.Before the ceremony,Senior General ThanShwe and wife also at-tended a ceremony to en-shrine relics into and tofix umbrellas of two pa-godas in Tawdwin Vil-lage in Kyaukse Town-ship on 17 April morn-ing. At the ceremony, thetwo Yanaung andManaung pagodas werealso consecrated.— MNA

Pandita Dr BhaddantaKumara Bhivamsa, andMember of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil General ThuraShwe Mann, the Com-mander-in-Chief (Air),the Chairman of the Man-

dalay Division Peace andDevelopment Council,the Minister for Indus-try-1, the Minister forScience and Technology,the Deputy minister forHealth, senior militaryofficers, members of so-

cial organizations and lo-cal people.

At the ceremony,the congregation led bySenior General ThanShwe and the congrega-tion accepted the NinePrecepts from Sayadaw

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Efforts to be made…(from page 16)

Ayeyawady River to link Singu of PyinOoLwin Districtand Kyaukmyaung region of Shwebo Township, thesearching of alignment for the bridge, the lengths ofmain bridge and approach roads, the prospects of trans-port facility of Singu to be linked with Mandalay-Madaya-Bhamo-Myitkyina Road and with Mogok,Momeik and Mabein, and easy transport of the bridge toconnect with Mandalay-Shwebo-Myitkyina Road onthe west bank of Ayeyawady River, to link with ChinState through Shwebo-KhinU-YeU-Kalewa Road andShwebo-Ayadaw-Monywa-Yagyi-Kalewa-Kalay Roadvia Nwenyein-Kyaukmyaung-Shwebo.

The minister also reported on project of soil testand preliminary engineering works, gathering of ma-chine, vehicles, heavy machinery and materials, progressof other Ayeyawady River crossing bridges, completionof bridges across Thanlwin and Sittoung rivers andconstruction of seven roads across Bago mountain ranges.

In his guidance, the Senior General stressed theneed to lay down sound foundations in the transportsector in building a modern and developed nation. Oncompletion of the bridge with approach roads, the localpeople can enjoy fruit of development and the regionwill develop quickly.

The Senior General then greeted the local people.Yadanatheinga Bridge will link Singu of

PyinOoLwin District on the east bank of AyeyawadyRiver and Kyaukmyaung-Nwenyein Village of ShweboTownship on the west bank. The bridge will have 28 feetwide motor way and three feet wide pedestrian way oneither side. The bridge will be 2480 feet long.

The lower structure of the bridge is of RC pilefoundation and RC post type. The upper structure will be

of steel frame and RC floor. Its clearance will be 158feet wide, and the facility can withstand 60-ton loads.

At Shweli-3 Hydropower Project in MomeikTownship, the Senior General and party were wel-comed by Chairman of Kachin State PDC Commanderof Northern Command Maj-Gen Soe Win and officials.

Minister for Electric Power No. 1 Col Zaw Minreported on the aim of implementing the project, feasi-bility study for the main embankment, location of theproject near Shweli-1 and Shweli-2 hydropower projectson Shweli River, progress of the approach roads of theproject, construction of the main embankment, spill-way, power intake structure, temporary embankment,saddle dyke and conduit and the arrangements forimplementation of the project tasks.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye and Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaingof the Ministry of Defence and the commanders submit-ted the reports on project and regional conditions.Minister for Electric Power No. 2 Maj-Gen Khin MaungMyint reported on the plans for supply of electricity tothe power grid network and installation of power lines.

After hearing the reports, the Senior Generalgave guidance on efforts to be made for ensuring goodconditions of motor ways for transport of materials toShweli-3 Hydropower Project and timely completionof the project. Next, he viewed progress of the project.

Shweli-1 Project will generate 600 megawattsand Shweli-2, 640 megawatts. On completion, threehydropower plants will be located along the river.

At Upper Hsedawgyi Hydropower Project inMadaya Township, Minister Col Zaw Min reported onarrangements for construction of a regulating damupstream Hsedawgyi Multi-purpose Dam Project inMadaya Township, duties assigned to Ministry of Ag-riculture and Irrigation for construction of HsedawgyiRegulating Dam and Ministry of Electric Power No. 1

for implementation of the hydropower buildings, per-mission for national companies to carry out electricityproduction and supply task and conducting of HtooTrading Co Ltd in jointly implementing UpperHsedawgyi Hydropower Project.

Chairman of Htoo Trading Co Ltd U Te Zareported on the purpose of jointly implementing theproject, work experience and preparations of the com-pany, conditions of main embankment, water diversiontunnel, spillway, power intake structure, water tunneland intake canal, main sectors of the project and year-wise tasks.

He also submitted the reports on implementationof Coal-fired Power Plant Project in Htantabin Town-ship, Htakha Hydropower Project to be implemented onHtakha Creek, three miles southeast of Htanga Villageof Machanbaw Township.

In his guidance, the Senior General stressed theneed for the company to take care in implementing thegravel-filled main embankment of Upper HsedawgyiDam. He viewed progress of main embankment andspillway.

Thanks to construction of Upper HsedawgyiDam, electricity can be generated and the inflow of siltwill be blocked. In addition, the dam will supply waterto Hsedawgyi Dam and generate electricity at HsedawgyiHydropower Plant and prevention against the floods inthe region.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 21 April—Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein attended the prize presentation for thewinners in the Nay Pyi Taw Maha Thingyan TourGold Cup Golf Tournament on 16 April.

At the prize presentation ceremony, Ministerfor Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint, Minister forProgress of Border Areas and National Races andDevelopment Affairs Col Thein Nyunt and ViceQuartermaster-General Maj-Gen Khin Maung Tunawarded the winners in the singles’ event and theteams’ event at Royal Golf & Country Club golfcourse, City Golf Course and Nay Pyi Taw GolfCourse.

Vice Adjutant-General Maj-Gen Hla Shwe gave

Prime Minister awards PDC (Yangon) in Nay Pyi Taw Maha Thingyan Tour Gold Cup

most par, most birdie, longest drive, nearest to pin andmost eagle prizes to the respective winners for threegolf courses.

Minister Col Thein Nyunt presented secondprizes to Zaw Zaw Latt of PDC (Kachin) team with 213strokes and Navy Club with 1131.

Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin gave first prizes to Thein Zaw Myint ofKaung Myat team with 209 and PDC (Yangon) with1105.

Later, Prime Minister General Thein Seinpresented the gold trophy of Tour Gold Cup to PDC(Yangon) team with 1105 strokes in three golf courses.

MNA

Senior General Than Shwe attending the ceremony at which General Thura Shwe Mann drives stake for construction of Yadanatheinga Bridge.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein presentsgold trophy of Tour Gold Cup to PDC

(Yangon) team.—MNA

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calcium supplements actto enhance DNA repair— a process involvingmore than 200 proteins.If DNA is not repaired, itcan lead to mutation andcancer, the study said.

“We’re not talkingabout mega doses ofthese vitamins andcalcium supplements, sothis is definitely one wayto reduce risk,” Mattasaid. Matta andcolleagues compared 268women with breastcancer and 457 healthycontrols.

The study findingswere presented at theannual meeting of theAmerican Associationfor Cancer Research inWashington.—Internet

Japanese traditional drumming group Yamatoperforms onstage at Zagreb’s sport hall as part of

its world tour, on 19 April, 2010.—INTERNET

Iraqi soldiers man

a checkpoint in

Baghdad after 2

April attack that

killed 25 people in

a nearby village.

INTERNET

Exercise machine helpsavoid low-back pain

MONTREAL, 21 April — Most adults will suffer

from low-back pain in their lifetime, but Canadian

scientists say they could benefit from using an exercise

machine. Christian Lariviwere, a professor at the Institut

de recherche Robert-Sauve en sante et en securite du

travail, conducted the study with Universite de Montreal

researchers Bertrand Arsenault, Rubens A. Da Silva,

Sylvie Nadeau, Andre Plamondon and Roger

Vadeboncoeur.

The researchers had study subjects ages18-65

complete exercises, while being attached to

electromyography sensors used to measure the level of

activity and fatigue in various muscles during exercise.

The exercise machine was designed specifically for

back muscles. Test subjects could also use the machine

in a semi-sitting position.

The study showed using this machine was beneficial,

the researchers said.

“If you want to bring about physiological change to

help the development and endurance of back muscles,you must focus your training on those specific musclesand not other muscular groups such as hip extensors,”Lariviere said in a statement.—Internet

Supplements may lower breast cancer riskPONCE, 21 April—

Supplements of vitaminD and calcium may helpreduce breast cancer risk,US researchers said.

Jaime Matta, aprofessor in the PonceSchool of Medicine inPuerto Rico, saidsupplements of vitaminD may help reduce breastcancer risk by 30 percent

and supplements ofcalcium may reduce thebreast cancer risk by 40percent.

“It is not animmediate effect,” Mattasaid in a statement.“However, we did see along-term effect in termsof breast cancerreduction.” Matta saidthe findings suggest

Added sugar canincrease heart

attack riskATLANTA, 21 April—

Added sugars — especially

in processed foods and

beverages — may increase

heart disease risk factors,

US researchers said.

Study co-author Dr.

Miriam Vos, assistant

professor of pediatrics at

Emory School of Medicine,

and colleagues analyzed

nutritional data and blood

lipid (fat) levels in more

than 6,000 adult men and

women from 1999 to 2006.

The highest-consuming

study subjects ate an

average of 46 teaspoons of

added sugars per day, while

the lowest-consuming

study subjects are an

average of just 3 teaspoons

daily.

The study, published

in the Journal of the

American Medical

Association, found those

who ate more added sugar

were more likely to have

higher cardiovascular

disease risk factors—

including higher trigly-

ceride levels and higher

ratios of triglycerides to

high-density lipoprotein,

the “good” cholesterol.

Internet

China ready to end HIV/AIDS entry banBEIJING, 21 April —

China appears ready tolift a decades-old travelban on HIV-positiveforeigners.

Insiders said the banmay be dropped after theState Council, China’sCabinet, decided onMonday to make changesto laws barring foreignHIV sufferers fromentering the country.Currently, foreignerssuffering from mentaldisorders or infectiousdiseases like leprosy andHIV/AIDS are deniedentry.

Although notimetable was disclosed,the changes are likely tobe announced before theofficial opening of

Shanghai Expo on 1May,which is expected toattract 4 million visitorsfrom abroad, suggestedHao Yang, deputydirector of the Ministryof Health’s diseaseprevention and control

bureau.Rules on the long-

term stay, residence andimmigration of HIV/AIDS sufferers will beclearly defined in the nearfuture, he noted.

Internet

Vitamin K may protectagainst lymphoma

ROCHESTER, 21 April— Vitamin K — foundin green leafyvegetables — mayprotect against non-Hodgkin lymphoma,U.S. researchers said.

Researchers at theMayo Cl in ic inRochester, Minn., saidthe risk of developingn o n - H o d g k i nlymphoma — cancer ofthe immune system —was approximately 45percent lower for thosewhose vitamin K intakewas in the top quarter,vs. those whose intakeof the vitamin was inthe bottom quarter.

The fa t -solublevitamin known for itseffect on blood clottingseems to play a role ini n h i b i t i n ginflammatory cytokineswhich may play a rolein the d isease , theresearchers said.

“These results areprovocative, since theyare the first work wehave done on theconnection betweenvitamin K and non-Hodgkin lymphoma,and this is a fairly strongprotective effect,” leadinvestigator Dr. JamesCerhan said in astatement.—Internet

Commander Maj-Gen Wai Lwin awards PDC

(Yangon) team. (News on page 10)—MNA

Vice Adjutant-General Maj-Gen Hla Shwe

awards Thein Zaw Myint of Kaung Myat

team. (News on page 10)—MNA

Vice Quartermaster-General Maj-Gen Khin

Maung Tun presents prize to Navy club.

(News on page 10)—MNA

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EDINBURGH, 21 April — A computer has provedmore accurate in diagnosing severe fever in chil-dren than doctors using their clinical judgment, re-searchers have found. Specialists in Australia whodeveloped the computerised diagnostic model sayit may improve early treatment in children with con-ditions such as pneumonia and meningitis who needan urgent administration of antibiotics.

One of the toughest tasks in medicine is dis-tinguishing between children with ordinary vi-ral illnesses, from which they normally recoverwithout treatment, and those with bacterial in-fections which require an urgent administrationof antibiotics. Family doctors have sleeplessnights worrying about whether they have madethe right call.

Now researchers at the Westmead Children’sHospital in Sydney have developed a 28-item check-list which, when used with a statistical modellingtechnique, successfully distinguishes between thetwo. They began by recording 40 clinical features in15,000 cases of children presenting with fever at theemergency department of the hospital. The childrenwere then followed for two weeks to discover whathappened to them.

Internet

LEEDS, 21 April — Atype of bat never seen be-fore in the UK has beendiscovered visiting cavesin the country, researchershave confirmed.Alcathoe’s bat, which isabout the size of the endof a person’s thumb, hasbeen discovered in York-shire and Sussex. The batswere found in woodlandin Ryedale in the NorthYork Moors National Parkand in the South Downs.

The animals wereidentified by experts fromthe University of Leeds

LONDON , 21April — Aman whose prayers for for-giveness were overheardby police who bugged hiscar after the murder of hisgirlfriend’s mother had hisminimum jail term in-creased by the Court ofAppeal in London.

The three-judge courtagreed that the original 13-year minimum term was“unduly lenient” andadded five years to hissenteance.

Unemployed GeorgeMaben (46),of Rosehill,Surrey, whose family arefrom Dungannon, mustnow serve at least 18 yearsbehind bars.

He was jailed for life atthe Old Bailey last Novem-ber. His “confession” wasplayed to a jury whichfound him guilty of mur-dering 65-year-oldMaureen Cosgrove.

Internet

A rare species of bathas been discoveredvisiting caves in the

country. INTERNET

Researchers find rare bat species

and University of Shef-field during a Europe-wide study of bat popula-tion ecology and genetics.Alcathoe’s bat was dis-

covered in Greece in 2001and is a native of conti-nental Europe, but untilnow it was presumed thatthe English Channel actedas a barrier which hadprevented it reaching theUK. Alcathoe’s bat maywell be present in manyother parts of the country,researchers said.

The research team be-lieve the bat is actuallyresident in the UK but hasnot been spotted beforebecause its appearance isso similar to other bat spe-cies.—Internet

Killer heardpraying inbugged car

Computers better thandoctors at diagnosing fever

LONDON , 21 April — A gay man was beaten to deathby two drunken teenage girls in a homophobic attackwhich was likened to a scene from the violent 1970sfilm A Clockwork Orange, a British court heard yester-day.

Ian Baynham, 62, was stamped on and kicked inthe head by 18-year-olds Rachel Burke and Ruby Tho-mas, who set upon him after their friend Joel Alexan-der, 19, had punched the man to the ground, the OldBailey was told.

Mr Baynham was attacked as he walked throughTrafalgar Square, in central London, with his friendPhilip Brown, in September last year.

He died in hospital 18 days later. The jury heardthat the attack started after Mr Baynham and Mr Brownhad been subjected to abuse; Ruby Thomas allegedlycalled the pair “fucking faggots”.

Brian Altman QC, prosecuting, told the court: “Thescene is Trafalgar Square at the very heart of London,one of this city’s most famous open spaces, home tothe National Gallery, Nelson’s Column, the famousplinths and late that evening, a scene of despicableviolence.—Internet

KATHMANDU, 21 April— Two of the world’s topfemale climbers are vyingto become the firstwoman to conquer theworld’s 14 highest moun-tains. The rivals and theirteams are each preparingto make an assault ontheir final peaks — andeither could win.

Spanish climberEdurne Pasaban has justone more climb to makeafter scaling a deadlyHimalayan peak on Sat-urday. But her chief rival,South Korea’s Oh Eun-sun, is also on the slopesof her 14th mountain.Competition between the

Teenage girls go on trial forhomophobic attack

Mexican mountedpolice are seen wearing

surgical masks atAlameda Square in

Mexico City, May 2009.Last April’s discovery ofa previously unknown

flu virus in Mexico andthe United Statessparked fears of a

deadly pandemic andset off a chain of un-precedented action by

healthauthorities.—INTERNET

A girl smiles

as she takes

part in a

parade at

Madeira

Island Flowers

Festival in

Funchal.

INTERNET

SpanishclimberEdurne

Pasaban hasjust one

more toughclimb tomake.

INTERNET

Women climbers in close racefor highest peaks

two climbers is mountingin the final weeks of therace to scale all theworld’s peaks higher than8,000m (26,250ft).

Pasaban climbed oneof the most lethalHimalayan peaks,Annapurna, on Saturday,leaving her with just onemore to scale to become

the first woman to bag allthe world’s 14 “eight-thousanders”. The 36-year-old Basque fromnorthern Spain reachedthe top of the 8,091mmountain alongside sev-eral other Spanish climb-ers, a spokesman for herteam told AFP newsagency.—Internet

MANILA, 21 April —Another batch of 21pilipino sailors on boarda Liberian vessel weresnatched by heavilyarmed Somali piratesWednesday morning.

The PhilippineEmbassy in Nairobi, in a

Salalah, Oman.Philippine Foreign

Affairs UndersecretaryEsteban Conejos said thePhilippine governmentcoordinating with thevessel’s local manningagency to determine thecondition of the Filipinoseafarers.

The European UnionNaval Force said at thetime of the attack, theship was heading westfrom Ruwais, UnitedArab Emirates making itsway to the easternrendezvous point of theI n t e r n a t i o n a lRecommended TransitCorridor (IRTC), foronward transit throughthe Suez Canal.

“MV Voc Daisy wasable to raise the alarmbefore the four armedpirates, carrying threeAK47s and one RPG,stormed onboard and cuttheir l ines ofcommunication,” anEUNAVFOR statementsaid.

Internet

Somali pirates seized 21 Pilipino

sailorsreport to the HomeOffice in ManilaWednesday, said thePanamanian-flagged,Liberian- owned bulkcarrier Voc Daisy wasseized by Somali piratesin the Gulf of Aden, 190miles southeast of

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BOSTON, 21 April— Thegrowth and development ofchildren is hurt when theylive in poverty — unstablehousing and uncertainsupplies of food and heat,US researchers said.

Researchers at BostonMedical Center andcolleagues at Children’sHealthWatch found thecumulative effects ofpoverty influe-nce a child’swellness, but study andinterventions often ignore“material hardships” thatcan have health impacts on

LOS ANGELES, 21April — More than one-third of the USpopulation is at risk fordiseases such asAlzheimer’s due to avariant of the obesitygene, US researchers

People rest in shade under trees in New Delhi, capital of India, on 19 April,2010. Heat waves hit New Delhi since April and the high temperature herekept over 40 degrees centigrade for a successive 12 days, with the highest43.7 degree centigrade on 18 April, a record-breaking temperature for 52

years.—INTERNET

A worker checks a solar-powered environmentalstructure at the National Mall in Washington DC,

the United States, on 19 April, 2010. A massiveClimate Rally will be held in the US capital on

Sunday to commemorate the 40th anniversary ofEarth Day.—INTERNET

Great Britain’s Lewis Hamilton of McLaren F1 team answers questions tothe media in front of the UK Pavilion in World Expo Park in Shanghai, eastChina, on 15 April, 2010. Hamilton is here for the F1 Grand Prix slated on

Sunday.—INTERNET

Poverty hurts kids’ growth, developmentchildren.

Children’s HealthWatch researchers tracked7,000 children ages 4months to 36 months,waiting for care at one offive urban primary-careclinics or hospitalemergency rooms.Thestudy, published in thejournal Pediatrics, found asscores on a cumulativeindex of the hardshipsincreased, the odds ofnormal growth, health anddevelopment decreased.

“The current findingsraise serious concerns about

the future well-being ofAmerica’s young children,given rising poverty amongfamilies with young childrenand many households’inade-quate wages andbenefits to meet fluctuatingfood, housing and energycosts,” lead author Dr.Deborah Frank, director ofBoston Medical Center’sGrow Clinic, said in astatement. “We know thatdeprivat-ions in early lifecan become biologicallyembedded, forcing childr-en onto negative trajector-ies that jeopardize theirhealth, their school readinessand their ability to earn aliving as adults.”

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Obesity gene linked tobrain shrinkage

Tapeworm braininfections increasingMAYWOOD, 21 April— A US study suggests

tapeworm brain infections that can cause epilepticseizures appear to be increasing in Mexico andbordering US southwestern states.

Loyola University Health System researchers saidas many as 10 percent of Mexican citizens might beinfected with the disease neurocysticercosis.

The scientists led by Assistant Professor Dr. JamesBelmares said neurocysticercosis is caused by atapeworm found in pigs. They said a person canbecome infected with the parasite by eatingundercooked pork and that person then can excretetapeworm eggs, which can spread the disease throughfood, water or surfaces contaminated with feces.

Neurocysticercosis is most common in poor ruralcommunities in developing countries with poorsanitation and hygiene and where pigs are allowed toroam freely and eat human feces.

Once inside the stomach, the tapeworm egghatches, travels through the bloodstream and ends upin the muscles, brain or eyes where it can grow to morethan a half inch long and become enveloped in a fluid-filled cyst.

Internet

New drug target found for

AlzheimersCHAMPAIGN, 21

April— US scientists saythey’ve identified apotential drug target forAlzheimer’s disease — areceptor embedded in themembrane of neurons andother cells.

The University ofIllinois researchers led byProfessors Kevin Xiangand Charles Cox said aprotein fragmentassociated withAlzheimer’s disease —

said.Researchers at the

University of California,Los Angeles, found thesame gene — allele, fromthe fat mass and obesityassociated gene, the FTOgene, which increasesrisk of gaining weight —is also linked to brainshrinkage. Senior studyauthor Paul Thompson,a UCLA professor ofneurology and colleaguessaid the FTO variant putsmore than one-third of theUS population at risk fora disease, such asAlzheimer’s. The re-searchers generatedt h r e e - d i m e n s i o n a l“maps” of brain volumediffer-ences in 206healthy elderly subjectsusing magnetic resonanceimaging from 58 sites inthe United States.

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amyloid-beta protein —activates a receptor calledthe AMPA receptor,increasing activity in theaffected neurons andeventually leading to celldeath.

In the study, theresearchers focused on thebeta-2 adrenergic receptor,a protein that — like theAMPA receptor — residesin the cell membrane.Neurotr- ansmitters andhormones normally

NEW YORK, 21 April— US and Canadian scientists say they have created

a class of drugs that target the protein BCL6, which causes the most common

type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College and colleagues said the

experimental compound may effectively block the cancer-causing actions of

BCL6 by attaching to a critical “hot spot” on its surface, thus killing the

cancer cells.“BCL6 mediates its cancer-causing actions by attaching to other

proteins,” said Dr. Ari Melnick, a Weill Cornell associate professor who led

the study. “Traditionally protein-protein interactions have been viewed as

being too difficult to block with small-molecule drugs.”

Melnick and his team said they identified a critical “hot spot” that

appeared to be amenable to designing a drug. Dr. Alexander Mackerell of the

University of Maryland then used computational modeling to identify

chemical structures that could attack the hot spot.—Internet

activate the beta-2adrenergic receptor, butamyloid-beta also inducesa cascade of events in theneurons when it does so,the researchers found.

Cox said the receptoroffers an attractivealternative target becauseamyloid-beta binds to adifferent part of thereceptor than that normallyengaged byneurotransmitters andhormones. —Internet

New class of drug kills lymphoma cells

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Costa Rica’s Alvaro Saborio (right) viesfor the ball with Haiti players during amatch at the Ricardo Saprissa stadium

in San Jose.—INTERNET

S P O R T SDazzling Inter stun Barca to take

Champions League semi-final lead

Haiti team trains in Texas ahead of Argentina friendly

Ranieri has eyes on double

AS Roma coachClaudio Ranieri

Franck Ribery

Franck Ribery’s season to forget Spain coach confident despiteinjury concerns

Spanish national footballcoach Vicente delBosque, said on Tuesdayhe was confident hissquad would go to theWorld Cup in good shapedespite fitness doubtsover stars such as Liver-pool forward Fernando

Torres.—INTERNET

South Africa confirm North Korea friendly,Estonia match called off

Members of the South Africannational football team posingin the southern German city

of Herzogenaurach. INTERNET

Sergioto manage

Sporting LisbonPARIS, 21 April—

Vitoria Guimaraes man-ager Paulo Sergio onTuesday signed a two-year contract to coachSporting Lisbon fromnext season, his new clubannounced. Sporting Lis-bon are placed fourth inthe Portuguese First Divi-sion on 44 points, 26 be-hind city rivals Benfica.Sporting’s existing man-ager, Carlos Carvalhal,will stay on until the endof this season, the clubconfirmed.—Internet

SAN ANTONIO, 21 April—Haiti’s foot-ball squad, forced out of Port-au-Princeafter a devastating January earthquake,is training in rural Texas ahead of a 5May friendly against World Cup-boundArgentina. San Antonio Sports, a non-profit group, organized the trainingcamp for the players, who have gonefrom sleeping in the streets for threemonths to being treated to specially pre-pared meals and shopping trips for pre-cious goods.

“I eat well here. I sleep well. But Icannot help but think of my friends andfamily who don’t have that,” Haiti for-ward Charles Herold said. “I can’t getthat off my mind.” Families back homeare in tents and struggling for basicneeds while the players enjoy specialtreatment even as they think of less for-

tunate loved ones who might still facedanger back home. “All the guys talkabout it,” forward Eliphene Cadet said.“There are still tremors now. That’s ourbiggest worry.” — Internet

Mexican golf starLorena Ochoa retires

Tennis ace Hewittmakes winning

Barcelona returnBARCELONA, 21 April—

Lleyton Hewitt returned tothe Barcelona Open for thefirst time since 2002 withan opening-round 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 defeat of TurkMarsel Ilhan on Tuesday.But two more seeds weresent out on the clay on DayTwo, with FrenchmanJeremy Chardy upsettingSpanish number 14 AlbertMontanes 6-3, 7-6 (7/1)and 92nd ranked homequalifier Daniel Gimeno-Traver defeating Argentinenumber 10 Juan Monaco6-2, 3-6, 6-2. SimoneBolelli secured an upsetwhen 2004 winner andninth seed TommyRobredo had to quit witha back injury to give hisItalian opponent a 6-7(7-9), 6-4, 3-1 win.

Internet Mexico’s Lorena Ochoa

MILAN, 21 April—In-ter Milan produced astunning performance tobeat holders Barcelona 3-1 in the ChampionsLeague semi-final, firstleg at the San Siro onTuesday. Goals fromWesley Sneijder, Maiconand Diego Milito extin-guished Pedro’s openerfor Barca and sent thenerazzuri faithful into

raptures ahead of nextweek’s second leg at theCamp Nou.

It was a tacticalmasterclass from JoseMourinho as his teamwiped out memories of thefootballing lessons Barcagave them in the groupstages back in Septemberand November. The Portu-guese boss said even if histeam don’t reach the finalin Madrid, he will be sat-isfied. “It gives me greatpride to say that we couldgo to Madrid to play thefinal or we will comehome from Barcelona withour heads held high,” hesaid.—Internet

ROME, 21 April—ASRoma coach ClaudioRanieri insisted on Tues-day that his team are de-termined to reach theCoppa Italia final despitebeing embroiled in a titlerace with Inter Milan.Roma travel to Udine onWednesday in the semi-final, second leg hopingto defend their 2-0 leadover Udinese from Febru-ary’s first leg.

But Ranieri said hewill not be taking itlightly despite the teamconcentrating on theirSerie A campaign inwhich they lead Inter by

one point with just fourgames left as they go insearch of their first titlesince 2001. He is deter-mined to reach the May 5final in Roma’s home sta-dium. “I’d be disap-pointed if we didn’t makethe final in our own city,”he said.—Internet

HERZOGENAURACH, 21 April—World Cuphosts South Africa on Tuesday confirmed asecond friendly during their training camp inGermany as they will take on North Korea onThursday, 22 April. Bafana Bafana will takeon the Asians at 6 pm local time with the matchto be played at the SV Wehen Wiesbaden Sta-dium in Frankfurt. North Korea had originallywanted to face South Africa at their trainingcamp in Spain but changed their minds andwill travel to Germany for the encounter.

The time and location of South Africa’sfriendly against China was also confirmed onTuesday with the sides to do battle onWednesday, 28 April at the Offenbach Kick-ers FC Stadium with kickoff at 8:30 pm. Theash cloud from the Icelandic volcano causedthe cancellation of a third friendly as Estoniahave said they cannot leave their base innorthern Europe for the planned match onSaturday, 24 April. —Internet

PARIS, 21 April—Fouryears after his fairytalebreakthrough at the 2006World Cup, FranckRibery is reeling from aseason ravaged by injury,transfer rumours and nowallegations of relationswith an under-age prosti-tute. Revelations aboutthe human traffickingcase in which Ribery andhis France team-mateSidney Govou were called

as witnesses sparked amedia storm at the week-end that refuses to becalmed. Bitterly forRibery, his nightmare sea-son had looked like it wasabout to turn a corner.

Bayern Munich an-nounced to no great sur-prise on Tuesday morningthat Philipp Lahm wouldbe taking Ribery’s place atthe Press conference priorto the first leg of theirChampions League semi-final with Lyon the fol-lowing day. “This is, ofcourse, an issue for us,”conceded Bayern’s direc-tor of sport ChristianNerlinger.—Internet

MADRID, 21 April—Spain coach Vicente delBosque said on Tuesdayhe was confident hissquad would go to theWorld Cup in good shapedespite fitness doubtsover stars such as Liver-pool forward FernandoTorres. “There’s still amonth and a half to gobefore we get to work andI think there is time forpretty much everyone tobe fine,” said the formerReal Madrid coach, whoadded that injuries were“part and parcel of thingsfor this stage of the sea-

son. I think almost every-one will get there in goodshape.”—Internet

MEXICO CITY, 21April—Lorena Ochoa isretiring, just as AnnikaSorenstam did two yearsago, leaving the strugglingLPGA Tour without its No1 player again and depriv-ing the sport of one of itsgreat ambassadors. Ochoa,probably the best-knownathlete in Mexico who isnot a soccer player, an-nounced her surprise deci-sion on Tuesday and willdiscuss her plans on Friday.

The 28-year-old Mexicangot married last year, set-ting off speculation shemight be putting golf asideto raise a family. She hasbeen No 1 in the world thelast three years and won 27times over the last six.

“Lorena Ochoa con-firms her retirement fromthe LPGA, as news reportsin some media have saidtoday,” her statement said.“The reasons and more de-tails on the matter will begiven by Lorena person-ally in a Press conferenceon Friday in Mexico City.Lorena will share thisnews of a new stage in herlife with her sponsors,family members andfriends.”The LPGA toldThe Associated Press itwould not comment untilFriday’s news conference.

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The buildingcaught fire at around 4pm local time. Blazeand black smoke couldbe spotted on the fourthand fifth floors of thebuilding.

Two fire-engineshave arrived to put off

Fire breaks out atSingapore’s Chinatown area

the fire. The police areat the scene and theyhave cordoned off thearea. Only buses areallowed to get throughthe nearby streets. Theoverpasses have alsobeen closed.

The local TVbroadcaster ChannelNewsAsia said thatpeople have beenevacuated and noinjuries are reportedyet.—Xinhua

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, r ain or thundershowershave been widespread in Kachin State, scattered in ShanState and upper Sagaing Division, isolated in lowerSagaing and Mandalay Divisions, weather has been partlycloudy in the remaining States and Divisions. Daytemperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) above April averagetemperatures in Shan and Rakhine States, MandalayDivision, (5°C) to (6°C) above April average temperaturesin Yangon, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions,(8°C)below April average temperatures in Kachin State andupper Sagaing Division and about April averagetemperatures in the remaining areas.The significant daytemperatures were Minbu (42.5°C) and Mandalay(42°C).The noteworthy amount of rainfall recorded werePutao (2.17) inches, Machanbaw (1.46) inches and Mogok(0.28) inches.

Maximum temperature on 20-4-2010 was 100°F.Minimum temperature on 21-4-2010 was 78°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 21-4-2010 was 65%.Total sun shine hours on 20-4-2010 was (10.2) hours.

Rainfall on 21 -4-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was(Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mphfrom Southwest at (21:30) hours MST on 20-4-2010.

Bay Lnference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and Southwest Bay and generally faireleswhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 22th April 2010:Rain or thundershowers are likely to be scattered inKachin, Chin and Shan State s and upper SagaingDivision, isolated in Rakhine State, lower Sagaing ,Mandalay, Yangon, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisionsand weather will be partly cloudy in the remainingStates and Divisions . Degree of certainty is (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days:Continuation of rain or thundershowers in theNouthern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringarea for 22-4-2010: Possibility of isolated rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (40%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 22-4-2010: Possibility of isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty is (40%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringare for 22-4-2010: Possibility of isolated rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (40%).

WEATHERWednesday, 21st April, 2010

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Only with stability and peace will the nation developOnly with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracyRiots beget riots, not democracyDemocracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire VOA, BBC-sowing hatredamong the peopleRFA, DVB-generating publicoutrageDo not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

We favour peace and stabilityWe favour developmentWe oppose unrest and violenceWipe out those inciting unrestand violence

NAY PYI TAW, 21April—Chairman of theState Peace and Develop-ment Council Com-mander-in-Chief of De-fence Services SeniorGeneral Than Shwe madean inspection tour ofYadanatheinga BridgeConstruction Project,Shweli-3 HydropowerProject and UpperHsedawgyi HydropowerProject on 16 April.

The Senior General, ac-

Efforts to be made for soonest completion of Yadanatheinga Bridge to benefit local peopleSenior General Than Shwe inspects Yadanatheinga

Bridge, Shweli-3 Hydropower, Upper Hsedawgyi projectscompanied by Member ofthe State Peace and Devel-opment Council GeneralThura Shwe Mann, seniormilitary officers of the Min-istry of Defence, commandcommanders, ministersand officials, arrived atYadanatheinga BridgeConstruction Project nearNwenyein Village inShwebo Township ofSagaing Division at 9.15am.

They were welcomed

by Chairman of SagaingDivision PDC Com-mander of North-WestCommand Maj-GenMyint Soe, officials andlocal people.

The Senior Generaland party attended the cer-emony to drive stakes forimplementation of theproject.

General Thura ShweMann pressed the button

to drive stake for the bridgeconstruction project. TheSenior General inspectedthe alignments of thebridge and the approachroad.

At the briefing hall,Minister for ConstructionMaj-Gen Khin MaungMyint reported on the planfor construction of atwo-way bridge across

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Senior General Than Shwe inspects progressof Shweli-3 Hydropower Project.—MNA

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