The New Light of Myanmar 22-11-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 220 6th Waxing of Nadaw 1371 ME Sunday, 22 November, 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

NAY PYI TAW, 21Nov—A ceremony topresent awards to winnersin the English LanguageCompetition was held atMingala Hall of Nay PyiTaw City Hall this morn-ing, attended by Prime Min-ister General Thein Sein.

Also present on theoccasion were ministers,deputy ministers, depart-mental heads, officials,members of the panel ofjudges, members of so-cial organizations andguests.

Leader of the panelof judges Rector Dr MyoMyint of Yangon Univer-sity of Foreign Languagesexplained the purpose ofholding the competitionand presentation ofprizes.

Prime Minister General Thein Sein presents prizesto winners in English Language Competition

Maung Wai Yan LinMyint of Mandalay Divi-sion demonstrated oncompetition in the basiclevel extempore talk con-test, Ma Hsu Win Myat ofMandalay Division in theadvanced level extemporetalk, Ma Mon Chaw Lonand party of Kachin Statein the basic level roundtable discussion and MaChit Sandi Lamin Tun andparty of Yangon Divisionin the advanced levelround table discussion.Maung Naw Thein ofKachin State spoke wordsof thanks.

After the competition,Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein awarded firstprize winner Maung WaiYan Lin Myint of Manda-lay Division, second prize

winner Ma Naw RosalindEllen of Yangon Divisionand third prize winner MaKhin Thawda Nyo of ShanState (South) in the basiclevel extempore talk con-test; first prize winner MaHsu Win Myat of Manda-lay Division, second prizewinner Ma Myat HninPhyu of Yangon Divisionand third prize winner MaThe Myat Su of MagwayDivision in the advancedlevel extempore talk con-test; first prize winners MaMon Chaw Lon and partyof Kachin State secondprize winners Ma HsuYamin San and party ofYangon Division andthird prize winners Ma EinThu Swe and party of BagoDivision (East) in

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Kawkareik enjoying peace and tranquillityArticle: Win Shwe; Photos: Reporter Tun Zaw (Sangyoung)

Prime Minister

General Thein

Sein awards

first prize to

Ma Mon

Chaw Lon and

party in Basic

Level Round

Table Discus-

sion of English

Language

Competition.

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After observing development undertakings inMyawady Township of Kayin State, we, news crew ofthe Myanma Alin Daily, made the next trip to KawkareikTownship, 45 miles from Myawady, along Hpa-anRoad passing through Dawna Mountain Range.

Kawkareik Township is located in KayinState. Due to favourable weather condition, the town-ship successfully produces various kinds of crops. Inthe past, Kawkareik and Kyain-seikkyi townshipswere combined as Haungtharaw Township. In 1901,Haungtharaw Township was divided into Kawkareikand Kyain-seikkyi townships. The region covershillocks and ridges of 3700 feet high Dawna Moun-tain Range.

Kawkareik Township is sharing border withMyawady Township in the east, Kyaikmaraw Town-ship in the west, Kyain-seikkyi Township in the southand Hpa-an and Hlaingbwe townships in the north.Gyaing (Kawkareik) Bridge located in Kawkareik

(See page 7)Gyaing (Kawkareik) Bridge that contributes to better transportation from Kawkareik to various

regions of the Union.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 22 November, 2009

Sunday, 22 November, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

Participate in keeping urban,rural areas clean

Family of BayintnaungMarket donates blood

Commander’s shield shooting contests kick offNAY PYI TAW, 21 Nov—The South-East Command

Commander’s Shield Men’s and Women’s ShootingContests were opened at the shooting range of thestation on 13 November.

Chairman of Mon State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of South-East Command Maj-Gen Thet Naing Win delivered an address and opened

the contest.The commander, guests and spectators watched

the participation of shooters.Also present on the occasion were senior military

officers, COs of regiments and units, the secretary ofMon State PDC, officials and members of socialorganizations.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 21Nov—Minister forFinance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun addressed the115th coordination meetingof Banks SupervisoryCommittee and ExecutiveCommittee of MyanmarBanks Association at theministry here yesterday.

In his address, theminister called for thedevelopment of bankingbusiness by following thelaws, rules and regulations.He also urged to develop eBanking System andnurture human resources.

The deputy ministerand the governor of theCentral Bank of Myanmar

F&R Minister addresses 115th coord meeting of BSC, MBA

reported on matters relatedto the banking works,managing directors ofState-owned banks,

governors of Private Banksand managing directors thebanking works carried outduring this month.

The meeting came toan end with the concludingremarks of the minister.

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NAY PYI TAW, 21Nov—Old students ofThongwa Basic EducationHigh School No. 1 andNo. 2 will hold the 12th

respect paying ceremonyat Thongwa BEHS No. 1on 6 December.

Teachers of over 60

Thongwa BEHS-1 and -2 to pay respects to old teachersyears old and old studentswere invited to attend theceremony. Those wishingto make donations maycontact U Than Tun(Shwebin Ngwebin) (Tel:292192), U Saw Hlaing(Hla Gabar) (291311), UMya Thein (661379), U

Ohn Kywe (290593), UAung Than (571417), UAung Than Soe (292264),U Kyin Toe (564642), UOhn Thaung (09-5191646), Dr Htay Hla(095146090), U ZawNaing (09-5018316), KoKyaw Kyaw Lay (09-

5179700) and U Ye Aung(095002811).

Arrangement hasbeen made to pick the oldstudents and teachers upat Yangon-Thongwa busterminal (APC busterminal) at 8 am.

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YANGON, 21 Nov—The opening of 9th

Conference of MyanmarHealth AssistantsAssociation was held atUniversity of Nursing herethis morning.

Patron U Win Kyi ofMHAA and Chairman UAung Khin made speechesand wellwishers madedonations. The officialslater viewed thedocumentary photos andbooths displayed at the halland paid respects to thesenior health assistants.

At the paper readingsession of the conference’sfirst day, retired health

9th Conference of MHAA held

assistant U Than Winextended greetings. Next,the activities — reading theminutes of 8th Conference,

submitting the work donein 2007-2009 fiscal year ofCEC members, givingeducative talks, displaying

clinics and samplemedicines, presentingadvice on reports of CEC— took place.—MNA

It is pleasant and delightful to viewhousing areas kept clean and tidy. Sanitationin human societies is an important part infulfillment of the needs of the dwellers.

People can lead a peaceful life withcommercial growth if everyone is in goodhealth, commercially strategic cities seegrowing populations in Myanmar. So, thedepartments concerned pay serious attentionto sanitation, greening housing areas,environmental conservation, and smoothtraffic.

A wide range of disease controlmeasures and sanitation work are in progressfor keeping urban, rural areas clean andgerm-free. In addition, plans are ongoing forregional greening and more and more parkswith lakes are being built for the people tovisit them for relaxation and recreation.

Now, parks are being upgraded forconvenience of urban population. In theprocess, coloured fountains and lights arebeing installed in the parks, apart fromdecorating the parks with flower beds andlandscaping plants, sprucing up the areas,and digging lakes.

Development affairs committeesconcerned are working in cooperation withrelated departments for making urban areasfree from garbage, supply of safe water,better drainage system, and maintainingpavements of roads.

Beautifying urban and rural areas isthe concern of every citizen. So, the entirepeople are to do their bit with a sense of dutyin keeping urban areas, wards, houses,markets and surrounding areas clean andbetter drainage for a better society.

Minister for Finance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun makes a speechat 115th meeting of Banks Supervisory Committee and Executive

Committee of Myanmar Banks Association.—F&R

Patron U Win Kyi of Myanmar Health Assistants Association makingspeech at the opening of 9th MHAA Conference.—MNA

YANGOn, 21 Nov—The 10th collective blooddonation ceremony of Bayintnaung Market under theMarkets Department of Yangon City DevelopmentCommittee was held at the market in MayangonTownship yesterday morning.

Vice-Chairman U Hla Aye of the marketdevelopment committee and in-charge of National BloodCentre Dr Thida Aung of Yangon General Hospitalgave speeches. Secretary of market developmentcommittee the blood donation committee U Khin MaungLwin explained the purpose of blood donation.

The market development committee andwellwishers donated K 1,552,700 to the National BloodCentre.

At the ceremony, the shopkeepers and volunteersdonated 378 bottles of blood.

Up to ninth time, the family of Bayintnaung Marketdonated 2,472 bottles of blood and K 18 million toNational Blood Centre. The market developmentcommittee plans to donate blood twice a year.

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 22 November, 2009 3

Afghans gather at the siteof a blast in Khost city.

Bomb attacks have killed23 people in Afghanistan,a deadly start to PresidentHamid Karzai’s secondterm that underscored

spiralling insecurity nineyears into

the US-led war.INTERNET

Crew members of the Spanish trawler Alakrana wave from the deck of the ship,moments after the boat arrived back to the Seychelles. The Spanish trawlerAlakrana and its crew of 36 docked safely in the Seychelles, three days afterbeing released by the Somali pirates who captured them six weeks earlier. INTERNET

Members of Nicaragua’s navy unload sacks containing drugs at the seaport atBilwi, in the municipality of Puerto Cabeza on 20 Nov, 2009. Navy troops

confiscated about 2.5 tons of cocaine during an anti-drug raid on the Carib-bean coast of Nicaragua, authorities said.—INTERNET

Russian strategic bomberspatrol Arctic, Pacific

Somali pirates seize Panamaniancargo ship off Yemeni coast

SANAA, 21 Nov — Yemen’s Interior Ministry saidon Friday that Somali pirates have seized a Panama-nian cargo ship off southeast coast of Yemen at theGulf of Aden.

The ministry said in a statement that the Panama-nian-flagged ship called Red Sda Sbirt left Aden portlate Thursday and was intercepted by the pirates aftersailing about 36 nautical miles off the Yemeni port ofBalhaf.

The multinational coalition task force had sent oneof its military boats to the specific area where the hi-jacking took place in an attempt to save the ship, theYemeni coast guard was quoted by the statement assaying.—Xinhua

Four security men killed inNW Pakistan’s rocket attack

ISLAMABAD, 21 Nov — Four Pakistani security men,including an officer, were killed in a rocket attack at asecurity forces camp in North Waziristan tribal areaon Saturday, local TV channel reported.

According to sources, militants fired rockets at aFrontier Constabulary camp in Razmak area of thetribal region, killing four security personnel, the pri-vate TV GEO News reported.

Security forces, in reply, shelled militants’ hide-outs in nearby mountains, leaving six militants deadin the action.

Pakistani army are conducting military operationsin adjoining South Waziristan tribal area borderingAfghanistan. It has controlled many militant bases inthe lawless region, which Washington considers as thecenter of Taleban and al-Qaeda remnants, but manymilitants were reported to have fled north to escapethe offensive and have retaliated with deadly attacks.

Xinhua

MOSCOW, 21 Nov —Two Russian strategicbombers have completeda patrol of the Arctic andPacific oceans, an AirForce spokesman said onFriday.

“Two Tu-95 MSbombers took off from aRussian Air Force base in

eastern Russia onWednesday, and flewfrom the neutral waters ofthe Arctic Ocean to theAleutian Islands in thenorth Pacific Ocean,” LtCol Vladimir Drik wasquoted as saying by theRIA Novosti newsagency.

The bombers were es-corted by two NATOF-22 fighters during the16-hour flight, Drik said.

The spokesman saidthe patrol was conductedin strict accordance withinternational rules on theuse of airspace over neu-tral waters, without violat-ing the borders of otherstates.

Russia resumed strate-gic bomber patrol flightsover the Pacific, Atlanticand Arctic oceans in Au-gust 2007, following anorder from then-presidentVladimir Putin. TheTupolev Tu-95s are large,four-engine turboproppowered bombers with anunrefueled range of 15,000kilometers.—Xinhua

UYO (Nigeria), 21 Nov— A readily available gi-ant land snail could helpreduce malnutrition andiron deficiency in Africancountries, a Nigerian re-searcher says.

The West African landsnail, Archachatinamarginata, is cheaper andmore nutritious than beef,and is tasty when preparedin small pies, said UkpongUdofia of the Departmentof Home Economics at Ni-geria’s University of Uyo.

Mothers and childrenasked to taste the piespreferred them to piesmade with beef, Udofiasaid, noting the snails arerich in protein and iron.The snails, which cangrow up to 350 grams,more than 12 ounces, alsocontain healthy amountsof fat, calcium, magne-sium, copper, zinc andvitamins A, B6, B12, K,she said.

The land snail inhabitsmany forests and swampsin Africa and in recent yearshas been domestically cul-

tivated, though more forpets than for food.

Iron and protein defi-ciencies affect manymothers and their chil-dren in Africa and lead toserious health problems,the World Health Organi-zation said.

Internet

Afghan official escapes attack,four bodyguards killed

KABUL, 21 Nov —Afghan parliament memberAbdul Rasoul Sayaf on Friday escaped a roadsidebomb attack in capital city Kabul, but his four body-guards were killed and six injured.

Witnesses said the bomb hit Sayaf’s convoy inPaghman district, north of Kabul, when he returnedhome from downtown Kabul.

Sayaf was one of the mujahedeen leaders duringthe war against Soviet Union forces during the 1980s.He became a parliament member in the post-Talebancountry. Sayaf, an ethnic Pashtun, supported the in-cumbent Afghan president Hamid Karzai during thisyear’s presidential election.—Xinhua

DURHAM, 21 Nov— Fourpatients with H1N1 influ-enza at Duke UniversityHospital in Durham,NC,were resistant to Tamiflu,university officials con-firmed on Friday.

A team of experts fromthe Centres for Disease Con-trol and Prevention, theNorth Carolina PublicHealth Department, DurhamCounty Health Departmentand Duke University areworking collaboratively tobetter understand the natureof the cases, which occurredin the past six weeks, theschool said.—Internet

Giant snails could helpfight hunger

Four cases ofH1N1 Tamiflu

resistant

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World’s longestbridge in Indone-sia to boost agri-

culture JAKARTA, 21 Nov—

The world’s longestbridge to be built in In-donesia’s SundaStrait will boost the ag-ricultural sector,thus increasing the coun-try’s economy, Kompasdaily quoted an officialas saying here on Satur-day.

“The Sunda StraitBridge will facilitatesectors of agriculture,tourism and trans-portation to grow. Re-gional economy will bedeveloped because eco-nomic result from thebridge will be bigger,”said the Chairman of theNational HorticultureCouncil Benny AKusbini here on Friday.

MNA/Xinhua

Industrialization will help Africafully join world economy

Boeing starts work on secondDreamliner assembly site

Delta says SkyTeam could investmore in JAL

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is unveiled in Everett,Washington in 2007. US aerospace giant Boeingbroke ground on Friday for the second assembly

plant for its new 787 Dreamliner aircraft scheduledfor its first test flight by the end of the year.

INTERNET

Dubai growing at fivepercent pace

DUBAI, 21 Nov—The Dubai economy is growingat a five percent rate, less than in previous yearsbut ahead of the most cautious forecasts, the headof a government economic committee said on Fri-day.

“Yes, we are affected by what is going in theworld but we are confident in the stability of thecity,” Mohammad Alabbar, also chairman of con-struction giant Emaar, told a World Economic Fo-rum conference in the emirate.

“Last year we were all in the eye of the storm.The past 12 months have been quite painfulmonths,” he said.

“GDP growth is now five percent. We used tohave a growth of 14 percent (so) this isn’t badnews, but it’s not as good as before,” said Alabbar,whose committee is tasked with helping Dubaicounter the impact of the global economic crisis.

The International Monetary Fund has predictedGDP growth of about 3.5 percent this year for theUnited Arab Emirates, of which Dubai is part,down from the 7.4 percent achieved in 2008.

Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Moham-med Al-Maktoum, in a speech officially opening theconference, was upbeat about the future.

Internet

Foreign labourers work at a construction site in front of Dubai’s landmarkBurj al-Arab hotel in March 2009. The Dubai economy is growing at a five

percent rate, less than in previous years but ahead of the most cautiousforecasts, the head of a government economic committee said on Friday.

INTERNET

An employee of JapanAirlines walks past itslogo at Haneda Air-port in Tokyo on 13

Nov, 2009.—INTERNET

Small Florida bank shuttered,124th this year

NEW YORK, 21 Nov—US aerospace giantBoeing broke ground onFriday for the second as-sembly plant for its new787 Dreamliner aircraftscheduled for its first testflight by the end of theyear.

The facility at NorthCharleston, South Caro-lina also will have the ca-

pability to support thetesting and delivery ofairplanes, officials said.

Jim Albaugh, pre-sident and chief execu-tive of Boeing Commer-cial Airplanes, said onFriday’s launch “marksthe beginning of an ex-pansion plan that willstrengthen the 787 pro-gramme.”

“Locating the secondline in North Charlestonwill allow Boeingto successfully com-pete in the aerospacemarket and grow for thelong-term benefit ofmany stakeholders,” hesaid.

Boeing said last weekthat its 787 Dreamlineraircraft remains on trackfor its first test flight bythe end of the year.

It had announced on23 June a fifth delay inthe 787 Dreamliner pro-gram to fix a structuralproblem.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 21Nov—Florida bankingregulators on Friday shutdown Commerce Bankof Southwest Florida,marking the 124th USbank to succumb thisyear to the strugglingeconomy and rising loandefaults.

The Federal Deposit

Insurance Corp took overthe small bank in FortMyers, Fla, with $79.7million in assets and$76.7 million in deposits.

Central Bank, basedin Sti l lwater, Minn,agreed to assume thedeposits and assets ofCommerce Bank ofSouthwest Florida. The

failed bank’s solebranch will reopenMonday as a branch ofCentral Bank. In addi-tion, the FDIC and Cen-tral Bank agreed toshare losses on roughly$61 million of Com-merce Bank’s loans andother assets.

Internet

UNITED NATIONS, 21Nov—Industrializationcan serve as “a criticalengine of economicgrowth and develop-ment” for Africa, which,l ike the rest of theworld, continues to feelthe impact of the globaleconomic and financial

crisis, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonsaid on Friday.

“UN figures indicatethat the world economyis poised for recovery,but for Africa to benefitthe continent must fo-cus on industrializationas a critical engine ofeconomic growth anddevelopment,” Ban saidin his message to markthe Africa Industrializa-tion Day, observed an-nually on 20 Nov andwhose theme this year

is “Industrialization forintegration.”

Armed conflict, inad-equate infrastruc-ture,weak governance, lim-ited financing and tech-nological abilities, andpolicies that stifle entre-preneurship, limit com-petition and raise thecost of doing businessare hindering the indus-trialization that Africaneeds to fullyjoin the global economy,he said.

Xinhua

NEW YORK, 21 Nov—The chief executive ofDelta Air Lines Inc(DAL.N) says theSkyTeam alliance of glo-bal carriers would bewilling to invest morethan its proposed $1.02billion in Japan Airlines(9205.T), the Wall StreetJournal reported.

The final proposed in-vestment into JALby the nine-airlineSkyTeam alliance couldbe “greater than whatwe’ve stated” thus far,Richard Anderson said inan interview on Friday

with the newspaper.“When you get that

value, it can befinanceable. You create alot more value, and to-

gether parties can figureout how to monetize thatvalue,” Anderson wasquoted as saying.

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16 Chinese scientists to explore Mekong River

Snow storm kills eight in Indianstate of Himachal Pradesh

NEW DELHI, 21 Nov— At least eight people werekilled on Friday in northern Indian state of HimachalPradesh after being hit by a snow storm, Indian offi-cial broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) on Saturdayreported.

These people fall prey to high-speed winds blow-ing over the 13,050 feet high Rohtang Pass nearManali, on Friday afternoon.

Quoting the officials, AIR said 67 people have beenevacuated by the district administration who weretrapped on the pass.Early winter snow in the area hadclosed the pass, a fortnight ago because of heavy snow-fall.—Xinhua

A bridge that crosses into Colombia’s Norte de Santander department liesdestroyed on 19 Nov, 2009.—INTERNET

TIANJIN, 21 Nov,—Six-teen Chinese scientistswill start an explorationmission of the MekongRiver on 26 Nov, explo-ration team head TaoBaoxiang said here onFriday.

Huo Mingyuan, chiefscientist, said the 20-dayexploration aims to get toknow the river’s currentecosystem situation, howthe ecosystem evolve andits impact.

The mission also aims

to know its biodiversityand current state of its wa-ter resources, Huo said.The team includes ex-perts from the ChineseAcademy of Science’sInstitute of GeographicSciences and Natural Re-sources Research, Insti-tute of Hydrobiologyand Kunming Institute ofBotany.The team willstart the explorationfrom Xishuangbanna insouthwest China’sYunnan Province and

then go down the river,which is called LancangRiver in China.

Sun Jiulin, academi-cian of Chinese Acad-emy of Engineering,said the mission is alsosignificant for the open-ing-up of western borderregions and China’s co-operation with the Asso-ciation of Southeast AsiaNations (ASEAN) inpolitics, economy, andculture.

Xinhua

Russia sends military satellite into orbit

A Thai dancer in periodcostume photographsherself during festivi-

ties on 21 Nov 2009, atthe 49th Surin Elephant

Roundup in Surin,Thailand. The eventbrings together ma-houts and elephants

from all over Thailand.XINHUA

MOSCOW, 21 Nov—Russia’s Space Forces onFriday launched a Soyuz-U carrier rocket to delivera Cosmos-series military

satellite into space.The booster rocket

blasted off at 1:44 pmMoscow time (1044GMT) from the Plesetskspace centre in north Rus-sia, Space Forces spokes-man Lt Col AlexeiZolotukhin was quoted assaying by Interfax newsagency.

The satellite was placed

in the target orbit aboutnine minutes after thelaunch, Zolotukhin said,adding that both thelaunch and the deliverywent as planned.

Comos is the name of aseries of satellites thathave been launched sincethe Soviet Union era. Thefirst of them was launchedin March 1962.—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

Mexico Govt sports programmereaches 10% of population

S African president welcomesMiss World contest

JOHANNESBURG, 21 Nov— The Miss World contestpromotes unity and togetherness, the South AfricanPress Association cited the President Jacob Zuma assaying on Friday.

“There are many challenges facing the world suchas poverty, disease and conflicts,” Zuma said, wel-coming the bevy of beauties to South Africa inPretoria.“Our Miss World contestants and nationalqueens can play an important role in raising aware-ness about these ills and promote action for peace,love, togetherness and prosperity,” Zuma said.

South Africa is hosting the pageant, with its 120contestants, in Johannesburg on 12 Dec.

Zuma said the contest promoted economic activity.It also encouraged “people-to-people contact and co-operation”. He wished the contestants well and urgedthem to enjoy what the country had to offer.—Xinhua

No pain, no gain:Aerobatic performer

Hou Beijia practises inGuizhou Province,

China, on 20 Nov, 2009,the Universal Children’sDay. Hou Beijia joineda local aerobatics teamwhen she was six years

old. She trains veryhard every day, but shesays she finds her life

quite enjoyable. XINHUA

Boeing 727 experiencesmishap on landing in Goma

MEXICO CITY, 21 Nov—Mexico’s presidentCalderon said on Friday agovernment sport pro-gramme has reached closeto ten percent of totalpopulation.

The sport programmenamed “Activate YourselfTo Live Better” has cov-ered around 2.5 millionadults and 8 million chil-dren, around 10 percent ofthe nation’s 106 millionpopulation.

“We want everyone totake part in at least 30 min-utes sports activity a day,”Calderon said at a cer-emony to honor Mexico’s

top athletes.“We will hold mass ex-

ercise days in governmentoffices and many compa-nies.”

The government is try-ing to get Mexicans intoexercises because recenthealth ministry datashows that 40 percent ofresidents are obese and 25percent of children areoverweight. A study inMexico city in 2005showed that 81 percent ofadults do no practise exer-cises.—Xinhua

KINSHASA, 21 Nov — ABoeing 727 of the AfricanAviation Company(AAC), an airline com-pany of the DemocraticRepublic of Congo(DRC), ex-perienced amishap while landing onThursday at the Goma in-ternational airport in NorthKivu Province and endedits course near theNyiragongo volcano.

According to the Con-golese news agency, someparts of the airplane weredamaged, but the passen-gers on board includingNorth Kivu GovernorJulien Paluku survived

the accident with only 10of them suffering lightinjuries.

Two passengers suf-fering from shock werealso rushed to a hospitalfor the United Nationsmission in the DRC(MONUC).GovernorPaluku declared later inthe day that his health sta-tus should not raise anyworries. He attributed thisaccident to the wrong es-timation by the pilot asthe runway had been re-duced to close to 1,000meters by the volcaniclava.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

A handout photo taken by Japanese researchers of Aquamarine Fukushimaaquarium in October shows a juvenile coelacanth. Japanese marine research-ers have said they found and successfully filmed a young coelacanth — a raretype of fish known as “a living fossil” — in deep water off Indonesia.—INTERNET

Over half in France worry about losing home

Peru demands Chile’sprompt answer on espionage

LIMA, 21 Nov — Peruvian ForeignMinister Jose Garcia Belaunde said onFriday his country is waiting for a promptanswer from Chile about the alleged spy-ing case.

“We would like a fast, clear and con-vincing answer from the Chilean govern-ment on the need of investigating anddetermine responsibilities,” Garcia told alocal TV channel.

The Peruvian government onWednesday gave Chile the documentsabout the spying case involving PeruvianAir Force sub officer Victor Ariza, whoallegedly sold top secret information toChilean Army officers.

Garcia said Friday “the links ofAriza with Chilean agents is clear. It isclear he left Lima and went to Santiago.There was a time when he had a postaladdress in Santiago and the movementsto exit and transfer money.”—Xinhua

Web site lists ‘Great Airport Museums’MANHATTAN BEACH, 21 Nov — A California-based tourism Web site’s list of

“Five Great Airport Museums” includes destinations in San Francisco and theNetherlands. VirtualTourist.com said the San Francisco Airport Museum toppedthe list with exhibits including Mediterranean pottery and an analysis of the evolu-tion of eyeglasses in the 20th century.

The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Schiphol in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, whichwas second on the list, has hosted works by renowned artists including Mondrianand Van Gogh. The museum also features a large museum gift shop.

The No 3 spot on the list, Arizona’s Phoenix Sky Airport, has a permanentcollection, including mixed media, ceramic sculpture and fine-art prints as well aspieces on loan from other museums.

McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, chosen as fourth by the Web site,features aviation-themed exhibits including airline ashtrays from the mid-20thcentury.—Internet

Fire destroys 106houses in Ecuador

QUITTO, 21 Nov — A fire destroyed onFriday early morning some 106 houses,most of them made of cane, in Ecuado-rian city of Guayaquil, leaving some 500people homeless, the Ecuadorian FiremenCorps said.

To the moment the causes of the fireare unknown, according to the authoritiesthe fire took place in the sector called“Esmeraldas Chiquito Cooperative,” azone of low income in the south ofGuayaquil, the most populated city of thecountry. According to the authorities thefire began about 00:30 am local time.

Ecuadorian Health Minister CarolineChang visited the place and said there werenot reports of deaths. However, she said14 children are hospitalized with asphyxiasymptoms. Chang also said that threemobile unites of her Ministry are givenclinic and psychological attention to thevictims.—Xinhua

PARIS, 21 Nov — Over half peoplein France are worried about losinghome, with 12 percent saying it’s “verypossible,” which is three times morethan the level of two years ago, accord-ing to a recent poll.

Emmaus, homelessness charity or-ganization, and CSA, a leading marketresearch firm in France, jointly carriedout the survey that asked 1,000 peopleabout their living condition.

Some 56 percent responders admit-

ted worry about being homeless, up from47 percent in December 2007. Thenumber of people said losing home “verypossible” has increased to 12 percentfrom 4 percent in the same period.

In the poll released on Thursday,Emmaus estimated there were 100,000people sleeping on the streets in France.

Sixty-four percent responders thoughtthe government should be the responsi-bility taker for the welfare of those peo-ple sleeping on the street.—Xinhua

Bao Bao (R) and Bei Bei listencarefully in their class at YongnianExperimental Primary School in

north China’s Hebei Province on 6Nov, 2009.Bao Bao and Bei Bei wereSiamese twins when they were bornon 2 Jan, 2004 in Yongnian Countyof north China’s Hebei Province.The sisters had their livers, ribs,

pericardia, diaphragms, and perito-neums connected. And Beibei, theyounger of the two, was diagnosed

with a genetic heart condition.Forty-four days after their birth, the

twins got a successful separatingoperation without any charge. It

took about eight hours for thedoctors with the No.1 Hospital of the

Hebei Medical University to com-plete the operation on 14 Feb, 2004.Half a year later, another operationwas carried out to correct Beibei’s

atrioventricular heart problem. Now,lucky girls grow up happily and

healthily. The smart and cute sistersare popular in their class.

Foreign tourists and others partici-pate in a tug of war with an elephantduring festivities Saturday, 21 Nov,2009, at the 49th Surin ElephantRoundup in Surin, Thailand. Theevent brings together mahouts andelephants from all over Thailand.

Ancient crocodile ate dinosaurs

Baby born in car namedafter vehicle

A British couple said they decidedto give their baby the same name as theunusual place of her birth — Kia.

Tony Richardson, 24, andSamantha Smyth, 23, said they namedbaby Kia after the seven-seat KiaCarens that served as the birthingroom when they arrived at a Poole,England, hospital moments too late,the Bournemouth Daily Echo reportedon Thursday.

The Parkside, England, couple saidthey had originally planned to nametheir baby “Tilly,” but changed theirminds after the unusual birth.

“We have decided she doesn’t looklike a Tilley and settled on Kia,”Richardson said.

“I don’t think we would haveused Volkswagen or Ci t roen,”Smyth said.

Two paleontologists said at least onespecies of crocodiles that existed nearly100 million years ago in Africa actuallyfed on dinosaurs.

University of Chicago paleontologistPaul Sereno and Hans Larsson of Cana-da’s McGill University said a 20-foot-long, saber-toothed crocodile dubbed theBoarCroc actually included dinosaurs in

its diet, USA Today reported on Thurs-day.

The findings of Sereno and Larssonappear in the online journal ZooKeysand will be featured in a November is-sue of National Geographic magazineand a National Geographic Channelshow titled “When Crocs Ate Dino-saur.”

“Africa really was a world of dino-saurs and crocodiles then,” Soreno saidof the five prehistoric crocodiles he andLarsson studied.

In addition to the BoarCroc, the re-port details how the so-called RatCrocwas a 3-foot-long crocodile that only ateplants and lived in Morocco. The gal-loping DogCroc also fed on plants.

The paleontologists said the 20-foot-long PancakeCroc that lived in Nigerand Morocco ate fish just like the3-foot-long DuckCroc, USA Today re-ported.

Baby gorillas to get newsanctuary in east Congo

Conservationists say Congoleseschoolchildren will soon be able totake a closer look at baby mountaingorillas.

Virunga National Park spokeswomanSamantha Newport says the park isbuilding a sanctuary where schoolchil-dren and tourists can observe the 2-1/2-year-old orphan gorillas from hiddenplatforms.

Female orphans Ndeze and Ndakasiwere abandoned in 2007 and are theworld’s only captive baby mountain go-rillas.

Because of violence in eastern Congo,the two have been living far from their natu-ral habitat in a house in the large, traffic-choked city of Goma. Virunga NationalPark is home to 200 of the world’s 720remaining mountain gorillas.

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Kawkareik enjoying peace and tranquillityArticle: Win Shwe; Photos: Reporter Tun Zaw (Sangyoung)

NAY PYI TAW, 19Nov—Minister forForestry Brig-Gen TheinAung met the staff of theministry of MandalayDivision at room No. 103of Local Trade andSawmill Division inAmarapura Township,Mandalay Division on 13November.

On 14 November, theminister inspectedoperation line and

Forestry Minister inspectstasks in Mandalay Div

systematic storage ofsawn timber at No. 15sawmill (Tanga) underLocal Trade and SawmillDivision in MadayaTownship, repair ofmachines in PyinOoLwintimber extraction region,construction of housingproject in PinlaegyiVillage of SinguTownship, forestplantations, 100-acre teakplantations for 2008 in

Chaunggyi forest reservein Thabaikkyin Townshipand establishment of teakplantations in KyaukpyaVillage.

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“Students, under thesupervision of teach-ers, learn their les-sons at the multi-

media classroom oncea week,” said Daw

Nay Thu, Headmis-tress.

Town Hall of Kawkareik in Kayin State decorated with landscapingand flowery plants.

Multi-media classroom of Kawkareik BEHSNo. 1.

Signboard with beautiful landscaping at the entranceto Kawkareik.

(from page 1)District contributes muchto development of roadtransportation in KayinState.

Kawkareik is a dis-trict level one formedwith one township andtwo towns. Kawkareik isconstituted with 11 wardsand 259 villages of 53village-tracts. It has towncharacteristics such asroads, market, hospitaland schools.

In the town, residen-tial buildings and officesare new and beautiful.The local roads are tarred

ones. The pavements ofthe roads are landscapedwith various species offlowery plants and beau-tiful designs of smallstones. The signboard atthe entrance to the townand landscaping worksattract the visitors. Wesaw a grand town hall inKawkareik.

Kawkareik relies onagriculture as main busi-ness. This year's sownacreage of monsoon paddyexceeded the target of110,079 acres. Localgrowers planted rubber ona commercial scale. A to-tal of 21,496 acres of rub-ber was grown last yearand 25,096 acres of rub-

ber till July 2009. Moreo-ver, the local farmers cul-tivated groundnut, maizeand beans and pulses asthe mixed crops.

District Irrigation De-partment dredged drainsand constructed sluicegates for supply of waterto summer and monsoonpaddy. As a result, thenumber of benefited acresof farmlands has increasedin the township.

With the aim of pro-viding health care serv-ices to the local people,the township wasequipped with a 100-bed

sector, the township hassix Basic Education HighSchools, four BEHSbranches, 11 Basic Edu-cation Middle Schools, 37Basic Education Post-Pri-mary Schools and 14BEPSs. Children are ad-mitted to pursue primaryeducation free of chargeat the schools. Moreover,the School Boards of Trus-tees provided necessaryassistance to the needy stu-dents.

To observe the learn-ing of students at the multi-media classroom, we hadan interview with Head-mistress Daw Nay Thu ofNo. 1 Kawkareik BasicEducation High School.

She explained,“Teachers teach studentsat the multi-media class-room once a week. Moreo-ver, the teachers train thestudents from 6 pm to 9pm extra time daily in ad-dition to the regular teach-ing hours with the aims ofraising the pass rate in theexaminations and ena-bling the students to over-

classroom. They have anopportunity to read newson internal and interna-tional affairs on time.

At the examinationcentre of KawkareikTownship, a total of 1182students sat for the 2009matriculation examinationand 383 students passedthe examination, account-ing for 32.40 per cent ofpass rate. Of them, someoutstanding students

Local people joinedhands to make concertedefforts for undertakingdevelopment tasks of thetownship after restoringpeace and stability in theregion and they are en-joying fruits of the im-provement in all aspects.

*****Translation: TTA

Myanma Alin:20-11-2009

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district level hospital. Dueto the rise in population,one more hospital wasconstructed in the town-ship. A total of six spe-cialists, one dentist andnurses are assigned du-ties at the hospital for giv-ing health care to the lo-cal people.

In the education

come difficulties in therespective subjects.”

While at the school,we saw the students read-ing daily newspapersprinted out from the com-puter at the multi-media

emerged in the educationsector.

At present, the stu-dents in the township areenjoying the improve-ment of learning oppor-tunity.

Minister Brig-GenThein Aung visits

workshop inPyinOoLwin timberextraction region ofMadaya Township.�

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Prime Minister General Thein Seinpresents…

(from page 1)the basic level round tablediscussion; first prize win-ners Ma Chit Sandi LaminTun and party of YangonDivision, second prizewinners Ma Soe SandaHlaing and party ofSagaing Division and thirdprize winners Ma Ei MonKyaw and party ofMagway Division in theadvanced level round ta-ble discussion; first prize

winner Ma Thet Su Aungof Yangon Division, sec-ond prize winner Ma SuPwint Phyu of MagwayDivision and third prizewinner Maung Nyein OoLwin of Mon State in thebasic level essay contest;and first prize winnerMaung Than Aung ofSagaing Division, secondprize winner Ma Aye MohMoh Shwe of YangonDivision and third prize

winner Ma Hsan SandaWin of Mandalay Divi-sion in the advanced levelessay contest.

After the ceremony,the Prime Minister cor-dially greeted the mem-bers of the panel of judges.

The English Lan-guage Competition tookplace at Mingala Hall ofNay Pyi Taw City Hall on18 and 19 November.

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Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Seinpresents first prize to

Ma Chit SandiLamin Tun andparty of Yangon

Division in advancedlevel round table

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Prime Minister General Thein Sein attends prize presentationfor English Language Competition.

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Ma Hsu Win Myat of Mandalay Division demonstrates competing inadvanced level extempore talk contest.—MNA

YANGON, 21 Nov—Cherry Oo held theluckydraw programme tomark its 22nd Anniversaryat Central Hotel here thismorning.

After the celebritieshad opened theceremony, Daw KhinAye Myint of NaingFamily Co Ltd explained

Cherry Oo organizes luckydrawprogrammethe purpose of holding theceremony.

Next, the celebritiesand journalists picked upthe luckydraw winnerswho purchased the itemsfrom 25 Cherry Oooutlets across thecountry.

Cherry Oo outlets arenow selling the various

kinds of quality watchesat fair prices. In responseto the customers’satisfaction, Cherry Ooheld luckdraw programmefor first time in 2006 andnow it is second time. Atotal of K 4.6 million wasspent on the luckydrawprogramme.

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The 22nd anniversary celebration of Cherry Oo in progress.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 21Nov—Stake drivingceremony for ToetetAung Library of U Togyivillage in U To village-tract of Pathein Townshipwas held at the site libraryon 12 November.

It was attended byChairman of TownshipPeace and Development

council U Pa Si, StaffOfficer of TownshipSettlement and LandRecords Department UHla Wai, AssistantManager of MyanmaAgriculture Service DawMaw Si Aung, Head ofTownship Informationand Public RelationsDepartment Daw Marlar

Win, Chairman of VillagePDC U Zaw Moe,villageselders, membersof social organization andresidents.

The Chairman ofTownship PDC,villageselders andofficials drove stakes forToetat Aung Library.

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Stakes driven for Toetet Aung Libraryof U Togyi village

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YANGON, 21 Nov—The Monywa Open GolfChampionship continued for third day at MonywaGolf Club in Monywa, this morning.

In professional golfer level, Zaw Zaw Latt(Srixon) and Thein Zaw Myint (KM Golf Centre) ledthe contest with 216 strokes each followed by ThanNaing with 218 strokes.

Aung Win (selected Myanmar golfer) tookthe first place with 216 strokes, Naing Ye Lin with 223

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Nov—Chairman of Ayeyawady DivisionPeace and Development CouncilCommander of South-West CommandMaj-Gen Kyaw Swe and Minister forTransport Maj-Gen Thein Swe metthose in charges and staff members ofMinistry of Transport at the Divisionoffice of Inland Water Transport inPathein on 18 November morning.

At the meeting, the minister

South-West Command Commander,Transport Minister meet with staff

members in Pathein

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Nov—Chairman of MyanmarOlympic Committee Minister for Sports Brig-GenThura Aye Myint met with Myanmar athletes who willparticipate in XXV South East Asian Games in NationalStadium-1 in Thuwunna, Yangon this morning andgave a speech on behalf of Chairman of MyanmarNational Olympic Council Secretary-1 of the StatePeace and Development Council and gave victory flagfor ensuring success to the leader of Myanmar Sportscontingent.

It was attended by Member of MOC DeputyMinister for Hotels and Tourism Brig-Gen Aye MyintKyu and members of the committee, Leader ofMyanmar sports contingent Director-General of Sportsand Physical Education Department U Thaung Htaikand personnel, Chairperson Daw Aye Aye of workcommittee of Myanmar Women’s Sports Federationand executives, patrons in charge and chairpersons ofrespective Sports Federations, wellwishers, guests,managers, coaches, and Myanmar selected athletes.

stressed the need for service personnelto try their utmost for better services,earn more income, practice thrift, ensurecooperation, to get themselves qualifiedand make well-coordinated andconcerted efforts. And the commanderand the minister inspected the progressin construction of retaining walls onStrand road in Ywe Bo Tat Ward,Pathein.

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Sports Minister presents victory flag to athleteswho will participate in XXV SEA Games

Speaking on the occasion, Chairman ofMyanmar Olympic Committee Minister for SportsBrig-Gen Thura Aye Myint, on behalf of the Chairmanof Myanmar National Olympic Council , Secretary-1of the SPDC, said although total of 25 sports eventswill be organized in the XXV SEA Games, Myanmarwill only take part in 18 sports events by forming thesports contingent with 214 athletes, 75 managers/coaches, 40 referees and 30 referee/juries totaling 359.As the victory in the sports reflects the prestige of thecountry and the people, all the athletes are to try hardto achieve success in all the sports events upholding anational duty. As such, members of the Myanmarsports contingent are to pour out the vigorous effortsfor hoisting the Union Flag in all winning events.

On behalf of the Chairman of MyanmarNational Olympic Council Secretary-1 of the SPDC,Chairman of MOC Minister for Sports Brig-Gen ThuraAye Myint handed over the victory flag for ensuringsuccess in the XXV SEA Games to the leader of

Myanmar sports contingent.Next, the leader of Myanmar sports contingent

the general secretary of Myanmar Olympic Committeethe director-general of Sports and Physical EducationDepartment made a pledge.

The minister and guests then viewed Myanmartraditional costumes to be worn and displayed inopening and closing ceremonies of the XXV SEAGames and sports gear for the athletes displayed by therespective Sports Federations.—MNA

Monywa Open Golf Championship continuesstrokes and Soe Moe Win with 225 strokes in men’samateur golfer contest.

The Future Engineering Group took a role asthe main sponsor. Htoo Group of Companies,International Beverages Trading Co Ltd (IBTC),Pacific Asia Hi-Tech, Aungthamadi gold shop, HANGolf Masters Pte Ltd and Monywa Golf Club acted asco-sponsors.

MGF

Commander Maj-Gen Kyaw Swe and Minister Maj-Gen Thein Sweinspect progress in construction of retaining walls on Strand Road in

Ywe Bo Tat Ward of Pathein.—MNA

Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura AyeMyint hands over victory flag to leader of

Myanmar athletes who will take part in XXVSouth East Asian Games.—MNA

Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint making speech in meeting with athletes who willtake part in XXV South East Asian Games.—MNA

Aung Win (selected Myanmar golfer) leadingthe third in Men’s amateur contest.—MGF

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More From LessArticle & Photos: Zaw

(from page 16)are, you first need toknow nature of a fire.Fire needs fuel, oxygenand heat to blaze. If oneof these three can be ex-tinguished or reduced,fire can be put out surely.With Water Mist Tech-nology, water is split intocertain size and when itis splashed over theblaze, the mist becomesvapour because of heatand covers the blaze. Thevapour increases in size

Demonstration of putting out fire burnt in 4'x4' sized petrol storagetank with AFT Cheetah fire engine within 15 seconds.

Light vehicles installed with AFT Cheetah firefighting equipmentused as fire engine.

with home-made LightTruck as fire engine iscompared, it can be foundthat the latter is less costlyand more effective. But,anyway AFT equipmentare more suitable for de-partmental organizations,factories and manufactur-ing plants rather thanhomes and shops.”

It is sure that AFTfirefighting equipment in-vented through advancedtechnology are useful andeffective and are widelyused in global countries.AFT equipment are use-ful for Myanmar as there

1640 folds. The vapourcovers the blaze so thatthe outer wind cannot en-ter, and fire finally stopsburning due to lack ofoxygen."

He added, "An-other factor is that due toAFT, jets of mist arecold, being kept underhigh pressure and thusreduces the heat. Due tothese two factors, firecan be extinguished withsmall amount of waterin no time. Rocket Tech-nology is based on firingof rockets and is de-signed to reach and ex-tinguish the blaze withgreat speed. Sometimes,because of blazingflame, it is difficult toget close and put out thefire. On such occasion,it needs to direct waterat fire from a distance.Water pumped out of 9-litre haversack AFTfirefighting gun reachesas far as 17 metres or 56

feet." Looking at the hav-ersack fire extinguisherdisplayed beside me, Iasked in doubt, "With justthis small haversack, re-ally? It hasn't got any ma-chine." He replied, “Wedemonstrated in Manda-lay and Monywa last 15May. It just took about 20seconds to put out the firethat was set to six barrelswith two gallons of petrolin each with just one AFThaversack fire extin-guisher. The fire com-

pletely died out. The dem-onstrator just wore ordi-nary clothes. If you don’tbelieve, I have a recordCD. You can watch it,” UNay Myo Aung said withconfidence, handing CDto me.

The power of tech-nology is amazing. Thereare many multi-func-tional devices despitetheir tiny sizes. Continu-ous improvement leadsthings to be easier to beused, to be more conven-ient to carry, and trans-formed from big ones intosmaller ones. Then Iasked the size, type, us-age of AFT firefightingequipment and currentuse in our country.

Member of the Boardof Directors U Zaw Weikexplained in detail,“There are four types ofAFT equipment, Hand-held Type, HaversackType, Trolley Type, andMotor Propelled Modu-

lar (MPM) Type. We haveall these four types. Hand-held Type can hold 6 li-tres of water and is suit-able for restaurant andhome use. HaversackType can hold 9 litre andis used in fire brigades,airports, and petrol sta-tions. This type is fairlyuseful and used mostly.In most countries, teamsof fire fighter motorcy-clists are founded and theteams reach the scenequickly as soon as fire

breaks out and try to keepthe fire under control.Sometimes, fire breaksout in skyscrapers, tun-nels, and burns with asmouldering intensity inpipelines and ceilings offactories and workshopsthat fire hoses can hardlyreach. The equipment arefairly useful on such oc-casion in which ordinaryfire engines are almostuseless. Trolley Type canbe used for long as it canhold 35 litres and 50 li-tres and is easy to move.MPM Type is small-sizedfire engines that can beused with vehicles likePick-Up and Light Truck.If there is no access tothis kind of vehicles, trail-ers like tractors can alsobe used instead. In spiteof the small size, the per-formance of MPM Typeis relatively high. It islearnt that performance ofa 600-gallon-capacityMPM Type firefighting

equipment is equal to a8000-gallon-capacity fireengine.

Concerning currentuse of AFT equipment inMyanmar, he said, “Peo-ple didn't use it when firstimported as they didn'tknow much about theequipment. The productcame into use last year.Fire Brigades of Manda-lay and Sagaing Divisionshave been equipped withAFT equipment with theassistance of the DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncils. It is learnt thatAFT equipment was usedin two of last year’s fireoutbreaks in Mandalayand it was said to be ef-fective. A department hasbought MPM Typefirefighting equipmentand transforming theminto fire engines that canbe used in near future.Entrepreneurs also showinterest in it."

When I inquired theprice, U Zaw Weik said,“It can be said that theprice is reasonable givenits capacity and perform-ance. AFT equipment ap-peared to be rather expen-sive in comparison withother firefighting equip-ment. But, price, durabil-ity and practical effective-ness should be taken intoconsideration. For exam-ple, if cost of a fire engineand of using MPM Typefirefighting equipment

is high rate of fire out-breaks. I wish my birth-place, the dry regionwhere water is scarce,have AFT equipment.There are so many left tolearn and write aboutAFT. I think readers arealso like me. I would liketo inform the public, forfurther details, pleasecontact OK MyanmarCo., Ltd at No. (G/9) inMGW Tower on BoAung Kyaw Street, Ph:01-392986 and 392987.

Translation: TKKKyemon: 19-11-2009

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Robbery motive in deaths of fivein rural Arkansas

Charges to drop against Iraq deathsBlackwater guard

WASHINGTON, 21 Nov — US prosecutors have asked for charges against one offive Blackwater security guards accused of killing up to 17 unarmed Iraqi civiliansto be dropped.

No reason was given for the move to dismiss charges against Nicholas Slatten,of Tennessee.

But prosecutors left open the option of reinstating proceedings at a later date.Four other men are due to face trial in February over the 16 September 2007

incident in the Iraqi capital.A sixth pleaded guilty and agreed to co-operate with prosecutors. —Internet

Six dead in Colombian bus attack

Mexico improves scienceeducation

Barcelona’s Abidal, Toureconfirmed swine flu

MADRID, 21 Nov—Barcelona has confirmed thatdefender Eric Abidal and midfielder Yaya Toure haveswine flu and could be out for the next three games.

The players will miss Saturday’s SpanishLeague game against Athletic Bilbao and couldbe sidelined against Inter Milan in the ChampionsLeague on Tuesday followed by the traditionalSpanish derby against Real Madrid the followingweekend.

Barcelona issued a statement Friday saying bothplayers had been diagnosed with the H1N1 flu virusafter telling the club they felt unwell and had fevers.

Abidal has been injured and had already been ruledout of this weekend’s game.

Xinhua

Moderate earthquakeshakes Costa Rica

SAN JOES, 21 Nov—An earthquake of 5.2 degreeson Richter scale shook Costa Rica on Friday, withoutimmediate report of material damages and casualties,local authorities said.

The Vulcanology and Seismology Observatoryof Costa Rica (OVSICORI) said the earthquake oc-curred at 11:22 am local time (1722 GMT), 110 kmeast of San Jose with a depth of 25 km.

According to the OVISCORI, the earthquake isnot related to the one that occurred on Thursday at4:02 pm local time (2202 GMT), which was of 4.8degrees on Richter scale, located 9 km southeast of ElTejar del Guaraco in Cartago, center of the country.

According to the OVISCORI, the earthquake onFriday was due to a local failure in the Caribbean tec-tonic plate.—Xinhua

Philippine boxing superstar Manny Pacquiaoembraces his children Jimuel (left) and Princess as

his wife Jinkee is seen in the background after apress conference at Manila international airport,on 20 November, as he returned after cl aiming a

historic seventh career boxing title in as manydivisions.—INTERNET

Replica warriors : A museum employee affixes a head of one of the replicas ofthe famed Terracotta Warriors in the eastern German city of Dresden.—INTERNET

BOGOTA, 21 Nov —Colombian authoritiessay six people have diedin a turbulent southernregion when a bus wasattacked and caught fire.They suspect leftistrebels.

Narino state GovAntonio Navarro tells TheAssociated Press that thebus driver apparently didnot stop when attackersopened fire along a

highway in themunicipality of Ricuarte.

Navarro says twochildren, the driver andthree other adults died inFriday’s attack. Police sayabout 25 passengersmanaged to escape.

Navarro says it appearsthat the Revolutionary

Armed Forces ofColombia were re-sponsible. Leftist rebels,far-right militias and drugtraffickers are active inthe area, where the cocaleaf that is the basis forcocaine is grown and labsproduce the drug.

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MEXICO CITY, 21Nov—The state-runMexican Academy ofSciences has been usinga teaching methodwhich may probablyrevolutionize the waythat science is taught inthe nation, SilviaRomeroHidalgo, coordinator ofthe programme’s math-ematics segment, toldXinhua in a recent inter-view.

Science In Your School(LCETE), the brainchild oftop Mexican mathematicianCarlos Bosch Giral, aims toreach 10,000 teachers

in2010, up from around 400this year, and change theirattitude to science as well asopen them up to more inter-active teaching methods. Thecourse covers biology, phys-ics, chemistry, geographyand math, and hasa complete module coveringverbal and written commu-nication, which is run by phi-losophers.

“The idea is to showthat you can use materialsthat are within reach andteach in a highly attractiveway,” Romero explained.“An important part of theprogramme is showing thatit can be done with low-cost materials.”

Xinhua

HOT SPRINGS, 21 Nov—Thieves shot to death fiveArkansas family membersand burned their bodies forthe meager bounty of a setof wheel rims and someflat-screen televisions,court documents said onFriday.

Samuel Conway andJeremy Pickney, both 23,pleaded not guilty onFriday to chargesof capital murder,aggravated residentialburglary and arson,Garland County courtdocuments showed.

Police fatally shot athird suspect, 22-year-oldMarvin Lamar Stringer, ina nighttime raid at a motelThursday.

Firefighters haddiscovered four bodies ina torched mobile homeafter the 12 Nov attack inthe small town of Pearcy:56-year-old Edward“Eddie” Earl Gentry Jr.;his 52-year-old wife Pam;their 24-year-old sonJeremy and his 19-year-old girlfriend Kristyn N.Warneke.

Police found the body

of Eddie’s 80-year-oldfather, Edward EarlGentry Sr, in a home nextdoor. In documents filed tothe court, police said aconfidential informanttold them that Conwayshowed him a gun andPickney offered the stolenwheel rims and televisionsfor sale the day after thekillings.

Garland CountySheriff’s Lt James Martindeclined to answerquestions after the hearingsaying investigations wereongoing.—Internet

Art snails : People walk

past two-meter high

fuchsia snails in

Milan’s city centre

made by The Cracking

Art Group consisting of

Renzo Nucara, Marco

Veronese, Alex Angi,

Carlo Rizetti, Kicco and

William Sweetlove.

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA RAJA VOY NO (907 )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA RAJAVOY NO (907 ) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 22.11.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR:M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797 Saipan emergencymembers carry an

injured person on thePacific resort island of

Saipan on 20 Nov,2009.—INTERNET

Italy has second oldestpopulation in Europe

ROME, 21 Nov — Italy has the second oldest popu-lation in the European Union (EU) countries, with onein six citizens aged over 65, according to an ItalianNational Statistics’ Office (Istat) report on the coun-ty’s state released on Friday.

The Italian population is getting older on a yearlybasis. As many other European countries, Italy is suf-fering from low birth-rate, while people’s life expect-ancy tends to increase.

Italian couples get married very late (if at all), havefewer children than in the past, and the number of di-vorces is on the rise.—Xinhua

Hong Kong transport sectorreceipts up 4.7%

HONG KONG, 21 Nov — The transport sector’s totalreceipts of Hong Kong, including business receiptsand other income, rose 4.7 percent in 2008 over a yearearlier to 544.8 billion HK dollars (some 70.4 billionUS dollars), the Census and Statistics Department saidhere on Friday.

The sector’s gross surplus dropped 41.6 percent to33.7 billion(about 4.4 billion US dollars), accountingfor 6.2 percent of total receipts last year. The value-added of the sector fell 8.9 percent to 91.5 billion (over11.8 billion US dollars).

The four largest major industry groups in terms ofvalue-added were land passenger transport, servicesincidental to transport, air transport, and ocean andcoastal water transport. They together accounted for84.7 percent of the whole sector’s total value-added.

The land passenger transport industry’s total re-ceipts amounted to 35.7 billion (over 4.6 billion USdollars). Value-added dropped 2.5 percent to 21.4 bil-lion (around 2.8 billion US dollars). Gross surplus was9.3 billion (over 1.2 billion US dollars) and accountedfor 26 percent of total receipts.

Total receipts of the services incidental to the trans-port industry amounted to 236.3 billion (over 30.5 bil-lion U.S. dollars) . Value-added grew 1.6 percent to21.2 billion (over 2.7 billion US dollars). Gross sur-plus was 8.4 billion (1.1 billion US dollars) and ac-counted for 3.6 percent of total receipts.—Xinhua

HELSINKI, 21 Nov— Thedeath toll from A/H1N1 fluin Finland had risen to 12,health authorities an-nounced Friday. So far,5,356 cases of the diseasehave been confirmed andmore than 100,000 peopleare estimated to have con-tracted the virus, accordingto National Institute forHealth and Welfare. OnWednesday, a 39-year-oldwoman and a 72-year-oldman died of the virus. A 37-year-old man died of the vi-rus last Saturday. All deceasedhad been chronic patients andbelonged to high-risk groupsfor A/H1N1 flu.

Xinhua

Ford to invest 2.3b dollars inBrazil in five years

Air Canada to offer in-flightInternet service

OTTAWA, 21 Nov — Air Canada announced Fridayit had started in-flight Internet service trials on someflights, becoming the first Canadian carrier to offerthe service.

Flights from Toronto and Montreal to Los Angeleswill undergo a10-week trial until January 2010. Afterthat, the airline will consider expanding the service toother routes. Access will cost 9.95 US dollars for cus-tomers with a laptop computer and 7.95 for a personalelectronic device.

“Air Canada is the first Canadian airline to be-gin offering customers access to the Internet whilethey are flying,” Louise McKenven, senior market-ing director for the airline, said in a statement Fri-day.

Currently, many international airlines already of-fer in-flight Internet services.—Xinhua

A woman sells lottery tickets outside a goldsmithshop in Bangkok’s Chinatown 20 Nov, 2009.

INTERNET

BRASILIA, 21 Nov —The American car manu-facturer Ford announcedFriday that it would in-vest 4 billion reais (2.3billion US dollars) inBrazil over the next fiveyears.

The factory in Bahia,northeastern Brazil, willbe the destination for

most of the investment,according to a sourcefrom the automotive sec-tor.

It is the largest invest-ment program since thecompany started operat-ing in the South Americancountry.

Brazilian PresidentLuiz Inacio Lula da Silvaand Governor of BahiaState Jaques Wagner at-tended the announcementceremony in the courtyardof the plant in the city ofCamacari.

As part of the plan, thegovernment offered fed-eral and state tax benefitsto Ford.

The enlargement of thefactory in Camacari hasbeen negotiated for twoyears. According to theplan, the factory’s produc-tion capacity will be ex-panded from 250,000units annually to 300,000units.—Xinhua

EAC common market protocol tospur economic growth

NAIROBI, 21 Nov — The signing of the East AfricaCommunity (EAC) protocol in Arusha on Friday isexpected to spur economic growth in the region.

The Common Market which shall be managed inaccordance with relevant laws of the East African Com-munity provides for the free movement of goods, per-sons, labour, services and capital.

The common market further provides for the rightof establishment, the right of residence, free move-ment of services and free movement of capital withinthe region. The overriding objective of the CommonMarket is to widen and deepen cooperation among thepartner states in both economic and social fields forthe benefit of citizens of the member states.

It is hoped that the agreement reached in the Tan-zanian northern town of Arusha will lead to greatereconomic power for the region.

The East Africans have a chance to gain from therecent discovery of oil in Uganda following the sign-ing of the Common Market Protocol by the heads ofthe five states that form the East African Community.

Xinhua

Togolese artists perform during the opening ceremony of the seventh LomeInternational Expo in Lome, capital of Togo on 20 Nov, 2009. —XINHUA

A/H1N1 fludeaths rise to 12

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DNA barcodes used to identify species

A little anxiety, not so bad

Giant bluefin tuna, Thunnusorientalis, on display at the Monterey

Bay Aquarium. These are the onlygiant bluefins on display outside

Japan.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 21 Nov— A new toolinvolving DNA barcoding showed en-dangered bluefin tuna was served in su-shi bars sampled in New York and Colo-rado, scientists said.

The bluefin was identified through ahand-held genetics tool that assigned abarcode to various species of tuna inmuch the same way that barcodes iden-tify products in stores.

The barcodes were assigned after aDNA sample was taken from each spe-cies of tuna and other endangered fish,the Sackler Institute for ComparativeGenomics in Washington said in a re-lease.

It may not be long before wildlifemanagement teams could “seamlesslyand efficiently identify a species andmaybe the geographic origin of specificsamples,” George Amato, the institute’s

director said. In restaurants sampled re-cently in New York and Colorado, thedevice showed 25 percent of what waslabeled as tuna on sushi menus wasbluefin, Amato said. The device also hasbeen used to identify the presence ofendangered whales in Asian markets andfraud in the labeling of caviar and redsnapper.—Internet

Child asthma, mother’s depression linked

Allergy danger prompts Country Crockproducts recall

VA gaggle of geese are seen in the flood waters, onthe main street of Cockermouth, England on 20

Nov, 2009 after heavy rains caused local floodingin the picturesque village. The Royal Air Forceand Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RLNI)

rescue services have joined efforts to help around200 people who are stranded by rising floodwaterin the northern England tourist town.—INTERNET

World’s largest particle accelerator restarted Most know salt is bad, few shake habit

BALTIMORE, 21 Nov —Maternal depression mayaggravate a child’s asthmabut how often a child hadsymptoms did not seem toaffect the mother’s symp-toms, US resear-cherssaid.

Researchers at JohnsHopkins Children’s Centerin Baltimore analyzed datafrom interviews with 262mothers of African-American children withasthma — a populationdisproportionately af-fected by the inflammatoryairway disorder.

The study, in the Jour-nal of Pediatric Psychol-ogy, found children whose

mothers had more depres-sive symptoms had morefrequent asthma symp-toms during the six-month study. Conversely,children whose mothersreported fewer depressivesym-ptoms had less fre-quent asthma symptoms.

Senior investigatorKristin Riekert, a pediatricpsychologist and co-direc-tor of the Johns HopkinsAdherence ResearchCenter, and colleaguestracked ups and downs inmaternal depression as re-lated to the frequency ofsymptoms among chil-dren.

“Even though our re-

search was not set up tomeasure just how much amom’s depression in-creased the frequency ofher child’s symptoms, aclear pattern emerged inwhich the latter followedthe earlier,” Riekert saidin astatement.“Intuitively, itmay seem that we’re deal-ing with a chicken-eggsituation, but our studysuggests otherwise. Thefact that mom’s depres-sion was not affected byhow often her child hadsymptoms really caughtus off guard, but it alsosuggested which factorcomes first.”—Internet

NEW YORK, 21 NOV —Unilever United StatesInc. said on Friday it wasvoluntarily recalling cer-tain Shedd’s CountryCrock chilled side-dishproducts because theymay contain sulfites. Peo-ple with an allergy or sen-sitivity to sulfites run therisk of serious or life-threatening allergic reac-tion if they consume theproducts, the companysaid.

Unilever said it has re-ceived one report of four

family members who hadadverse reactions associ-ated with the product,which was distributed inretail stores nationwide.

Two supermarketchains, Stop & Shop andGiant Food, said they hadremoved the productsfrom their shelves.

The company, a unit ofBritish-based UnileverPLC, said it was takingthe action in cooperationwith the US Food andDrug Administration. Therecall was initiated after

the company was notifiedby the co-manufacturer ofthe product that an ingre-dient containing sulfiteswas inadvertently used inproduction of the prod-ucts.

The affected productsare: Shedd’s CountryCrock Side Dishes DeluxeCheddar Broccoli Rice, ina 21-ounce plastic tub in-side a paperboard sleevewith Best-By dates of 29Nov, 2009 through Jan 162010. The UPC code is027400218316.—Internet

LONDON, 21 Nov—British and Norwegian re-searchers said depressionis as big of a mortality riskfactor as smoking.

However, the studyfound, unlike depressionalone, a combination ofdepression and anxietylowers mortality.

“One of the main mes-sages from this research isthat ‘a little anxiety may begood for you,’” Dr. RobertStewart of Kings CollegeLondon said in a state-ment.

Possible reasons maythat be those with anxiety

may be more willing toask for help and doctorsmay be more likely to in-vestigate further to calmanxieties, the researcherssaid. The researcherstracked 60,000 people forfour years. The mortalityrisk was increased in asimilar extent in peoplewho were depressed as inpeople who were smok-ers.

“It appears that we’retalking about two riskgroups here. People withvery high levels of anxietysymptoms may be natu-rally more vulnerable due

to stress, for examplethrough the effects stresshas on cardiovascular out-comes,” Stewart said.

“On the other hand,people who score very lowon anxiety measures, i.e.those who deny any symp-toms at all, may be peoplewho also tend not to seekhelp for physical condi-tions, or they may be peo-ple who tend to take risks.This would explain thehigher mortality.”

The findings are pub-lished in the British Jour-nal of Psychiatry.

Internet

GENEVA, 21 Nov— Theworld’s most powerfulparticle accelerator, de-signed to recreate the BigBang of the universe, hasbeen restarted after morethan a year of repairs, theEuropean Organizationfor Nuclear Research saidon Friday.

Scientists at the organi-zation, known as CERN,successfully established aclockwise circulating par-ticle beam in the giantmachine named LargeHadron Collider (LHC) at10 pm local time (2100GMT) on Friday, the or-

ganization said in a state-ment.

“It’s great to see beamcirculating in the LHCagain,” said CERN Direc-tor General Rolf Heuer.“We’ve still got someway to go before physicscan begin, but with thismilestone we’re well onthe way.”

Housed in a 27-kilometer, circular tunnelat the Swiss-French bor-der near Geneva, the LHCwas designed to unlockmany secrets of the uni-verse by recreating theconditions immediately

after the Big Bang whichhappened some 13.7 bil-lion years ago.

The machine was firststarted on 10 Sept, 2008,but suffered a serious mal-function nine days later.

Internet

EDMONTON, 21 Nov—Most Canadians say theyknow too much salt isn’thealthy, but many don’tdo anything to reducetheir salt intake, research-ers say.Anna Farmer andDiana Mager of the Uni-

versity of Alberta saytheir survey of 890 peo-ple indicates 85 percentunderstood too much so-dium can lead to healthproblems but fewer thanhalf were aware of howmuch salt was too much.

“It’s good news thatCanadians understandsome of the issues aroundexcessive sodium con-sumption, and that at leasthalf are willing to adjusttheir behavior to reducesalt use,” Farmer said in astatement. “Most re-spondents in this surveyunderstood that canned orprocessed foods areamong the highest sourcesof dietary sodium. But theresults also show thatthere’s still room for moreeducation.” Farmer saidshe wants to see salt-re-duction messages aimedat young adults, ages 18-24. Fewer people in thisage group understoodthat salt is the major con-tributor to total sodiumconsumed, or that foodscooked from scratch aregenerally lower in so-dium. Internet

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Valencia not to sellplayers duringfinancial crisis MADRID, 21 Nov—

Spanish Primera memberValencia promised not tosell any players for cov-ering their financial diffi-culties. President ManuelLlorente made the decla-ration at a reception onThursday that puttingplayers on sale was notamong their consi-derations. “The team hasto concentrate on per-forming well and play-ing,” Llorente said.

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Tottenham goalkeeper Cudiciniout of season after surgery

LONDON, 21 Nov—Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeperCarlo Cudicini is expected to be sidelined for the restof the season following his surgery, the English Pre-mier soccer club said on Friday.

Cudicini was discharged from hospital on Fridayafter the 36-year-old keeper had successful operationson his right wrist and pelvis. He was injured in a mo-torcycle crash.—Xinhua

Injured Beckham vowsto play MLS Cup final

SEATTLE, 21 Nov—England midfielder DavidBeckham has a bone bruise in his right ankle, but hestill expects to play for his US club Los Angeles Gal-axy in the Major League Soccer championship matchSunday.

Beckham said Friday he will use a pain-killing in-jection as needed in the ankle to be ready for Sun-day’s match against Real Salt Lake on the artificialpitch at Seattle’s Qwest Field.—Internet

Marseille edge PSGMARSEILLE, 21 Nov—A first-half goal

from Gabriel Heinze vaulted Marseille backinto the French title race on Friday, securinga 1-0 win at the Stade Velodrome over ParisSt Germain.

Heinze, playing against one of his formerclubs, nodded in after 25 minutes to settle ascrappy encounter between longstanding ri-vals in a match which had had to be rear-ranged from October 25 after an outbreak ofswine flu at the Parisian club.

The win sent Marseille into fourth spot inthe table, three points behind reigning cham-pions Bordeaux, who face Valenciennes onSaturday while second-placed Lyon visitGrenoble. PSG, in contrast, are just fourpoints off the bottom four and show little signof making any headway 15 seasons on fromtheir last domestic crown.

The capital club have won just once intheir last eight outings.—Internet

Marseille defender Gabriel Heinze(L) clashes with Paris SaintGermain forward Melvut Erdingduring the French L1 footballmatch at the Velodrome Stadium inMarseille, southern France. A first-half goal from Heinze vaulted Mar-seille back into the French title raceon Friday, securing a 1-0 win at the

Stade Velodrome over Paris StGermain.—INTERNET

Federer and Nadal ready tobattle for number one spot

LONDON, 21 Nov—Roger Federer and Rafael Nadalwill stage the last chapter of their battle to finish theyear as world number one when the ATP Tour Finalsget under way in London on Sunday. Federer goesinto the Tour Finals at the O2 Arena top of the worldrankings, but the Wimbledon champion knows sec-ond placed Nadal can still snatch first place if the Span-iard wins the prestigious end-of-year event.

The race for pole position is the latest installmentof an enthralling rivalry between two of the sport’sall-time greats. Although Federer and Nadal remainfriendly enough off the court, the Swiss star relisheshis position as tennis’s pre-eminent force and has nointention of surrendering it over the next week.

“I am aware of it (the race to finish world numberone) and I would be lying if I said I was just here toplay well,” said Federer, who kicks off his Group Acampaign against Spain’s Fernando Verdasco on Sun-day.—Internet

Idle Ochoa leads LPGA TourChampionship

RICHMOND, 21 Nov—Sophie Gustafson movedwithin two shots of leader Lorena Ochoa at the LPGATour Championship on Friday before second-roundplay was suspended because of bad weather.

Rain swamped the Houstonian Golf and CountryClub before dawn and the start of the second roundwas pushed back six hours. The tournament resumedat 1 pm, but light rain started falling about two hourslater and play was halted for the day at 5:05 pm withdarkness approaching.

Ochoa didn’t play on Friday after shooting a 6-un-der 66 early Thursday. She will start her second roundat daybreak Saturday.

Gustafson shot a 70 in the first round, then played11 holes and moved to 4 under on Friday. HelenAlfredsson, Juli Inkster and Wendy Ward were 3 un-der.

The players were allowed to lift, clean and placebecause of the soggy conditions.—Internet

Sophie Gustafsonhits out of a

bunker on theeighth hole duringthe second roundof the LPGA Tour

Championship golftournament on 20

Nov, 2009 inRichmond,

Texas.—INTERNET

(Back Row L-R) Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina,Roger Federer of Switzerland, Rafael Nadal of Spain,Andy Murray of Scotland, (Front Row L-R) FernandoVerdasco of Spain, Novak Djokovic of Serbia, NikolayDavydenko of Russia and Robin Soderling of Swedenpose for pictures with the champion trophy in London,

on 20 Nov, 2009.—INTERNET

Westwood shoots 69 for 2-shotlead in Dubai

DUBAI, 21 Nov—Lee Westwood shot a 3-under 69Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the second roundof the Dubai World Championship, strengthening hischance of winning the European money title.

The English golfer could pick up two big prizes onSunday. If he wins the last tournament of the Euro-pean Tour season, he will receive $1.25 million in prizemoney — plus a $1.5 million bonus for winning theRace to Dubai money prize.

Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, the leader of themoney race going into the tournament, also shot a 69.He was one of six players tied for second place at 7under, two shots behind Westwood.—Internet

England’s Lee Westwoodreacts after sinking abirdie putt at the 18thhole of the Earth course,Jumeirah Golf Estatesduring the second roundof the Dubai WorldChampionship European

Golf tournament inDubai, United Arab

Emirates, on 20 Nov,2009.—INTERNET

C Ronaldo promises to be backsoon from injury

MADRID, 21 Nov—Portuguese soccer iconCristiano Ronaldo on Fri-day told Real Madrid fansvia the club’s website thathe will return soon fromthe ankle injury.

“Thank you to all theMadrid fans for the sup-

port they have given meduring my injury,” wroteRonaldo. “I will be backsoon.”

The striker, who wasinjured in late Septemberand aggravated the prob-lem in Portugal’s 3-0 winover Hungary 10 dayslater, has been absentfrom act on for almost twomonths.—Xinhua

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenfairly widespread in Kachin State, scattered in Shan State andAyeyawady Division, isolated in Rakhine State andMandalay Division and weather has been partly cloudy inthe remaining States and Divisions. Night temperatures were(3°C) to (4°C) below November average temperatures inupper Sagaing, Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions, (3°C) to(4°C) above November average temperatures in Kachin,Shan, Kayah States, Mandalay, Magway, and Bago Divisionsand about November average temperatures in the remainingareas. The significant night temperatures were Haka (6°C),Loilem (8°C).The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recordedwere Pathein (1.19) inches and Loilem (0.35) inch.

Maximum temperature on 20-11-2009 was 94°F.Minimum temperature on 21-11-2009 was 64°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 21 -11-2009 was 59%.Total sun shine hours on 20-11-2009 was (8.9) hours approx.

Rainfall on 21-11-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, atKaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (111.69) inches at Mingaladon, (122.09) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (129.41) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mphfrom Southeast at (12:30) hours MST on 20-11-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is cloudy in the Andaman Seaand South Bay and partly cloudy elsewhere in the Bay ofBengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 22ndNovember 2009:Rain are likely to be isolated in Kachin, Shan,Mon,Rakhine States, Mandalay, AyeyawadyandTaninthayi Divisions and weather will be partly cloudyin the in the remaining States and Divisions. Degree ofcertainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Strong easterly wind with moderateto rough sea are likely attimes Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama,off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coast. Surface wind speedin the strong wind may reach (35) m.p.h. Seas will bemoderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days:Likelihood ofcontinuation of isolated light rain in the Eastern Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for22-11-2009: Partly cloudy .

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for22-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for22-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

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MOSCOW, 21 Nov— Russian armed forces willform its first brigade fully equipped with short-range Iskander missile systems, said Russian MissileForces and Artillery Commander Sergei Bogatinovhere on Saturday.

“We will form the first missile brigade armedwith 12 Iskander missile systems by the end of2010,” Bogatinov told Echo Moskvy radio.

“Such a brigade will be formed by the end of2010, and then we will consistently form one moremissile brigade each year,” he added. Five Iskandermissile systems will be bought next year, he said.

A battalion armed with Iskander missilesystems has already been set up in the Russianarmed forces. It has successfully conducted exercisesat the Kapustin Yar, a Russian rocket launch anddevelopment site, from 2 Nov to 7 Nov saidBogatinov.—Internet

First Russian brigade withIskander missiles to be

formed in 2010

South Korean model Daul Kim presents a designat Swarovski 09 S/S Collection in Seoul in this 2

Feb, 2009 file picture. South Korean modelDaul Kim was found hanged in her Paris

apartment on 19 Nov, 2009, a spokeswoman forthe city prosecutor’s office said.—INTERNET

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC-sowing hatred amongthe people

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest

and violence

More From LessArticle & Photos: Zaw

Demonstration of extinguishing petrol fire in six barrels with AFT 9-litre Haversack Typefirefighting equipment within 20 seconds.

More From Less. It may be assumed that alarge amount can be obtained or used from a smallamount. It is the slogan stated in an advertisementpamphlet that a friend brought to me. It is about AFTadvanced firefighting equipment advertised by OKMyanmar Co., Ltd. Being curious, I read the adver-tisement and found it interesting. Then, I came tounderstand what the slogan "More From Less" means.It means AFT advanced firefighting equipment canextinguish fire with small amount of water as theequipment are outcome of invention through ad-vanced technology. It can be used so because of WaterMist Technology. These words attracted my atten-tion. Our country is situated in the dry zone and hasdry and hot weather. The threat of fire is there as soonas summer comes. There were cases of major out-breaks of fire even in the rainy season this year.

Effective preventive measures are a must infire prevention and we need to put out a fire as quicklyas possible if it breaks out. To do so, advancedfirefighting equipment must be used. I have notknown there are advanced firefighting equipment likeAFT which is already in use in our country. Therewould be many like me. As a media man, I would liketo inform the public about advanced firefightingequipment that can benefit us and protect us fromdanger of fire. So, I contacted OK Myanmar Co., Ltdand interviewed the person concerned about the AFTequipment.

When I asked what AFT was, Member of theBoard of Directors, U Zaw Weik replied, “AFT is theshort term for Advanced Fire Fighting Technology. Itis made in Germany. German and Russian scientists

did researches since 1995 and the equipment was firstlaunched into market around 2000. The product, now,has been widely used worldwide. The products arebelieved to be advanced firefighting equipment inglobal countries.”

Then I asked again what technologies are usedin the products. Engineer in-charge U Nay Myo Aungsaid, "It is the combination of Water Mist Technologyand Rocket Technology. Before I explain what they

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