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Volume XIX, Number 96 11th Waning of Waso 1373 ME Tuesday, 26 July, 2011

* Stability of the State, community peace and tran-quillity, prevalence of law and order

* Strengthening of national solidarity* Building and strengthening of discipline-flourish-

ing democracy system* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the Constitution

Four political objectives* Building of modern industrialized nation through the agricultural devel-

opment, and all-round development of other sectors of the economy* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of technical

know-how and investment from sources inside the country and abroad* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in the hands

of the State and the national peoples

Four economic objectives* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire nation* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and preservation

and safeguarding of cultural heritage and national char-acter

* Flourishing of Union Spirit, the true patriotism* Uplift of health, fitness and education standards of the

entire nation

Four social objectives

True patriotism * It is very important for everyone of

the nation regardless of the place helives to have strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true patriot-ism all the nationalities will have tosafeguard.

PrPrPresident U esident Uesident U Thein Sein sends message ofThein Sein sends message ofThein Sein sends message offelicitations to Maldives counterpartfelicitations to Maldives counterpartfelicitations to Maldives counterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—On the occasion of the 46th Anniversary of the Independence Dayof the Republic of Maldives which falls on 26th July 2011, U Thein Sein, President of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency MrMohamed Nasheed, President of the Republic of Maldives.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25 July — Vice-President of the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar Dr Sai Mauk Kham andwife Daw Nan Shwe Hmon attendedthe Waso robe-offering ceremony atMaha Atulawaiyan (Atumashi)Monastery in AungmyethazanTownship, Mandalay yesterday.

It was also attended by membersof the Sangha led by State OvadacariyaSayadaws Presiding Sayadaw of WasoMonastery of Maha WithuddayonTaikthit in Mahaaungmye TownshipShwekyin Maha Raza AbhidhajaMaharahttaguru Abhidhaja Agga MahaSaddhammajotika Bhaddanta Aggiyaand Presiding Sayadaw of Shwe WahWin Monastery of Myataung TaikAbhidhaja Maharahttaguru Abhidhaja

VVice-Price-President Dresident Dr Sai Mauk Kham and wifeSai Mauk Kham and wifeDaw Nan Shwe Hmon attend Daw Nan Shwe Hmon attendWWaso raso robe-ofobe-offering cerfering ceremonyemony

Service personnel to abstain from bribery and corruption in puttinginto reality the President’s guideline of being a clean government

NAY PYI TAW, 25 July—Vice-President Dr SaiMauk Kham, accompanied by Union Minister forReligious Affairs Thura U Myint Maung, Union Minister

for Cooperatives U Ohn Myint, Union Minister forHotels and Tourism U Tint Hsan, Union Minister for (See page 8)

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Khamand wife Daw Nan Shwe Hmon

offer Waso robe and provisions toSayadaw Bhaddanta Aggiya.

MNA

Agga Maha SaddhammajotikaBhaddanta Sasanabhivamsa and Vice-Chairman of State Sangha Maha NayakaCommittee Presiding Sayadaw ofNikayanayupadetha Monastery ofMasoyein Taik Agga Maha PanditaBhaddanta Tejosarabhivamsa, the Unionministers, the Chief Minister ofMandalay Region, the deputy ministers,members of Region level institutions,departmental officials, members ofreligious associations and guests.

(See page 7)

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham meetsChief Minister and region ministers at

Yuzana hall of MCDC.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 26 July, 2011

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 DesireTuesday, 26 July, 2011

Preserve cultural heritagesfor durability

Myanmar civilization has existed forthousands of years. Since residents of the landlater known as Myanmar formed into nationalraces, cultural traditions have improvedgradually. Edifices of cultural heritage andartifacts excavated across the nation suggesthigh civilization of Myanmar.

The government has been doingarchaeological research and unearthing andpreserving edifices and objects of culturalheritage in a systematic way which cannotsurvive ravages of times for a long time withoutmaintenance.

In that case, it has been excavatingarchaeological sites in search of historicalobjectives such as stone tablets, palm-leafmanuscripts and paper parchments, andrenovating archaeological and religiousedifices.

Among the sites is Bagan, a region ofthousands of pagodas and temples where thereare large varieties of artistic works of the 10traditional arts and crafts including wallpaintings, ink inscriptions, stone inscriptions,bell inscriptions and floral arabesques.

Bagan Archaeological Region fills thenation and the people with national pride andintegrity. Archaeological edifices and artistichandicrafts of cultural heritage in the regionreally put Myanmar on the map. Therefore, theregion has a steady stream of foreign tourists.

Now, some archaeological buildings inBagan that are going to rack and ruin due toravages of times and weather are underrenovation without sacrificing their originalstyles. The people especially responsibleservice personnel and dwellers are urged tomaintain cultural heritages for their durability.

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—On the occasion of the46th Anniversary of the Independence Day of theRepublic of Maldives which falls on 26th July 2011,U Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister for ForeignAffairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, hassent a message of felicitations to His Excellency MrAhmed Naseem, Minister of Foreign Affairs of theRepublic of Maldives.—MNA

Union Foreign Minister felicitatesMaldives counterpart

Myanmar, India plan to boostagricultural sector

development and technologicalsupport for research worksNAY PYI TAW, 25 July — Union Minister for

Agriculture and Irrigation U Myint Hlaing receivedIndian agriculturalists led by Professor Dr M SSwaminathan and Indian Ambassador to Myanmar DrVillur Sundararajan Seshadri at his office here thismorning.

They held discussions on bilateral cooperation indevelopment of agricultural sector and technologicalsupport for conducting agricultural researches.

In the afternoon, a party comprising departmentalheads, agriculturalists and the rector led by DeputyMinister U Ohn Than met Professor Dr M S

Swaminathan and Indian agriculturalists at the meetinghall of the ministry.

They discussed matters related to development ofagricultural technology and boosting of agriculturalproduce between the two countries.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25 July — Those wishing to set uppolitical parties are applying their applications to theUnion Election Commission.

On 12 July, the Party for Unity and Peace formedwith 16 persons inclusive of U Ohn Lwin submitted theapplication to form as a political party.

Regarding the application, the UEC is coordinatingwith ministries concerned to find those of the application-submitted party are in accord with the provisions ofArticle-4 and Article-5 of Political Parties RegistrationLaw.— MNA

Application for formation ofpolitical party scrutinized

Union Minister for

Agriculture and

Irrigation

U Myint Hlaing

receives Indian

agriculturalists led

by Professor

Dr M S

Swaminathan.

MNA

Joint Secretary Dr Aung Win Maung and

member U Myint Aung of Myanmar Indu-

strialists Association at Yangon International

Airport on 24 July before their departure for

Bangkok, Thailand, to attend The 8th Asia-

Pacific Business Forum (APBF) and The

First Pacific Trade & Investment Fair.—NLM

Union Minister at President Office receives ROK guestsNAY PYI TAW, 25 July

— Union Minister at thePresident Office U SoeMaung receivedChairman Dr Sumual Inof Hana International Incand party of the Republicof Korea at the minister’soffice here this afternoon.

They discussedmatters related to produc-tion of renewable energyfor industrial developmentworks in port area,improving job opportu-nities for local workers,technological exchange,

civil engineering andbilateral relations.

MNA

About ACU System on 28 JulyYANGON, 25 July—Republic of the Union of

Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce andIndustry and the Central Bank of Myanmar will jointlyorganize workshop on use of ACU system of AsianClearing Union at RUMFCCI Federation onMinyekyawswar Street here on 28 July.

Personnel of Central Bank of Myanmar, MyanmaForeign Trade Bank, Myanma Investment andCommercial Bank, Myanma Economic Bank willdiscuss on use of ACU system among ACU membercountries. Businessman wishing to attend the workshopmay register calling Ph:214344~49 by 27 July.—MNA

Union Minister at the President OfficeU Soe Maung receives Chairman Dr Sumual

In of Hana International Inc.—MNA

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6.2-magnitude quake hits Japan’sFukushima Prefecture

TOKYO, 25 July— An earthquake measuring6.2 on the Richter scale jolted Japan’s northeasternFukushima Prefecture and its vicinity on earlyMonday Morning, said the Japan MeteorologicalAgency.

The focus of the quake, which occurred at03:51 am local time was located some 40 kmunder the sea off Fukushima, said the agency.

There were no immediate reports of casualtiesor damage to properties, and no tsunami warningwas issued. Tremors were felt in Tokyo, about 240kilometres away from the prefecture. There wasno immediate reports of abnormalities from thequake by the operator of the crippled FukushimaNo1 nuclear power plant.—Xinhua

Soldiers stand by a burned out military vehicle at thesite of an attack in Aden, Yemen, on 24 July, 2011.

A suicide attacker driving a pickup truck packedwith explosives blew himself up outside an army

camp in Yemen’s coastal city of Aden on Sunday,killing at least eight army soldiers and wounding

dozens, security officials said.INTERNET

Car accidents kill 11 in Argentina

NATOhelicopter

crashes in EAfghanistan

KABUL, 25 July— ANATO helicopter crash-ed on Monday in easternAfghanistan, the militaryalliance said.

“An InternationalSecurity Assistance Forcehelicopter crashed ineastern Afghanistantoday,”said a statementissued by NATO-ledInternational SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF)here. As coalition rescueforces approached thecrash site, they cameunder enemy fire, thestatement added.

“Coalition forcesreturned fire, with smallarms, while working tosecure the site of thecrash. All passengers andcrew members havebeen secured and safelytransported to a nearbybase,” according tostatement.

The statement did notgive more details, onlysaying that ISAF iscurrently assessing theincident to determinefurther facts. Meantime,an Afghan police officialin eastern KunarProvince who declinedto be named said thatchopper crashed inManogai District ofeastern Kunar Provincein the wee hours onMonday.—MNA/Xinhua

BUENOS AIRES, 25July— At least 11 peoplewere killed and 24 othersinjured on Sunday in amultiple collision amongseven cars that circulatedin national route 3 in LasFlores about 150kilometres northeast ofcapital Buenos Aires,

Rescue team and policemen inspect the caraccident site in Las Flores, Argentina, on

24 July, 2011.—XINHUA

Iraqi forces arrest 16 suspected al- Qaeda members

BAGHDAD, 25 July—Iraqi securityforces have arrested 16 suspected al-Qaeda members accused of beingbehind more than 100 killings in thecapital, a senior security official saidSunday.

General Ahmed Abu Ragheef,the Interior Ministry’s head of internalaffairs, accused the men of carryingout the high-profile assassination inMay of Ali al-Lami, a senior Iraqipolitician who helped purgemembers of Saddam Hussein’sbanned Baath party from politics afterthe 2003 US-led invasion. Militantshave stepped up attacks, specificallytargeting police and army officers, totry to destabilise the government asUS troops prepare to leave by the

end of December, more than eightyears after the toppling of SaddamHussein.

“We managed to arrest theterrorist group that was responsiblefor the recent assassinations inBaghdad,” Ragheef told reporters ata news Conference.

Ragheef said the entire operationto arrest the 16 men, including thecell’s leader, had taken security forces20 days.

He said security forces had alsouncovered the cell’s main weaponscache and a factory in southernBaghdad where silenced guns andsticky bombs were beingmanufactured.

Reuters

Papua New Guinea rattled by 6.3quake

PORT MORESBY, 25 July—The Pacific islandnation of Papua New Guinea was rattled by apowerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake Monday, butseismologists said the tremor was unlikely to havecaused major damage in the remote area.

Geoscience Australia measured the quake atmagnitude 6.3 and said it occurred at a depth of 39kilometres (24 miles) in the New Ireland regionknown for earthquake and volcanic activity.

“There would have been plenty of shakingthere and there could have been some damagepretty close by, but these northern islands are prettysparsely populated,” Geoscience Australiaseismologist Hugh Glanville said.

“Being under 6.5, we don’t issue tsunamiwarnings.”

The United States Geological Survey put thequake at 6.2 magnitude and said it struck about 201kilometres (124 miles) northwest of New Britain’stownship of Rabaul and 794 kilometres (492 miles)from national capital Port Moresby.—Internet

A man points out the markings ofseismological activity at an earthquake

monitoring facility.—INTERNET

local police said.The police confirm-

ed the deaths and saidthat 10 of the injuredwere sent to differentpublic hospitals in thearea for treatment andothers were sent to theirhomes.

The police, who are

investigating the accid-ent, said that due to adense fog, five mediumcars, a van and a buswere hard to moving onand were involved in theaccident.

The police depart-ment Chief Juan CarlosPaggi saud that “a vancollided with a bus andthen the tragedy washappened,” adding that“the injured people weresent to hospitals inGeneral Belgrano, LasFloresy Monte and a littlegirl was sent to the Bluehospital.”

The police said thetraffic is still not resumeddespite workers arecleaning the area afterthe accidents.—Xinhua

NATO admits five children wounded inair strike

KABUL, 25 July—NATO’s force inAfghanistan admittedMonday that one of itshelicopters hadaccidentally woundedfive children in thesouthern Province ofHelmand.

“A known militantwas targeted by acoalition helicopter. As aresult of the engagementfive local children wereregrettably injured,” theInternational SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF)said in a statement.

The wounded wereevacuated to an ISAF

NATO’s force inAfghanistan has

admitted that one ofits helicopters had

accidentally woundedfive children in the

southern Province ofHelmand.INTERNET

medical centre and werebeing treated, it said,adding that it wascontinuing to investigatethe incident that occurredon Saturday in the Nahr-i-Saraj District.

Helmand, a Talebanstronghold, is the deadliestProvince for coalitionforces fighting the nearlydecade-long militancy.

Civilian casualties ofNATO operations are asensitive issue inAfghanistan, wherenearly a decade offoreign military actionhas fuelled resentmentagainst the Western-

backed President HamidKarzai and his NATOallies.

Violence is at arecord-high in the war,

with more than 1,400Afghan civilians killedin the conflict this year,up 15 percent on the first

half of 2010, accordingto a recently releasedUnited Nations report.

Internet

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EDINBURGH, 25 July — Scottish scientists saypyrite, often called fool’s gold, is yielding insightsinto a turning point that took place billions of yearsago in Earth’s evolution. Researchers at theUniversity of Edinburgh are recreating ancientforms of the mineral — dubbed fool’s gold for itsmetallic luster — that reveal details of pastgeological events.

Detailed analysis of the mineral is giving freshinsight into the composition of Earth before what iscalled the Great Oxygenation Event, 2.4 billionyears ago, when oxygen released by early forms ofbacteria gave rise to new forms of plant and animallife, transforming Earth’s oceans and atmosphere,a university release said Friday. “Technology allowsus to trace scientific processes that we can’t seefrom examining the mineral composition alone, tounderstand how compounds were formed,” researchleader Ian Butler said. This enables betterunderstanding of geological conditions at the timeand how the oceans and atmosphere evolved, hesaid.—Internet

Fool’s gold yields cluesabout early Earth

Has warming put ‘Dirty Dozen’ pollutants back in thesaddle?

TORONTO, 25 July—‘‘Dirty Dozen” chemicals,including the notoriously toxic DDT, are being freedfrom Arctic sea ice and snow through global warming,a study published on Sunday suggested.

The “Dirty Dozen” — formally known as persistentorganic pollutants (POPs) — were widely used asinsecticides and pesticides before being outlawed in2001. They are extremely tough molecules that takedecades to break down in nature. They also bio-accumulate, meaning that as they pass up the foodchain, concentrations rise, posing a fertility threat tohigher species. In addition, they are insoluble in waterand easily revolatilise, so can swiftly transit from soiland water to the atmosphere in response to highertemperatures.

The study, published in the scientific journalNature Climate Change, looked at atmosphericconcentrations of three chemicals — DDT, HCH and

The size of a pyriterock containing 5-10percent gold is shown

while held in anemployee’s hands at

the Argo gold mine inIdaho Springs,

Colorado on 12 May,2011.—INTERNET

Broken ice floats in the ArcticOcean off the northern coast of

Greenland in 2004. “DirtyDozen” chemicals, including thenotoriously toxic DDT, are being

freed from Arctic sea ice andsnow through global warming, a

study published on Sundaysuggested.INTERNET

cis-chlordane — monitored between 1993 and 2009at a station in Norway’s Svalbard Islands and atanother in the Canadian Arctic. The scientists indeedfound a long-term downward trend in primaryemissions after the Stockholm Convention bannedproduction and trade in the “Dirty Dozen.” But a morecomplex and disturbing picture emerged when thesame data was crunched through a simulation of theeffect of global warming on POP concentrations.

It found a slight rise in secondary emissions, fromPOPs that had been locked in Arctic ice and snow butwere now being gradually released because ofwarming. “A wide range of POPs have beenremobilised into the Arctic atmosphere over the pasttwo decades as a result of climate change,” said thestudy, led by Jianmin Ma of the agency EnvironmentCanada in Toronto.

Internet

Symantec vaults above $22 as Androidmobile security market booms

WASHINGTON, 25July—Symantec is thelargest maker of securitysoftware for computers.Norton Antivirus softwareis a major revenue driverfor the company andcomprises almost 34% ofthe Trefis price estimatefor Symantec.

Norton Antivirus hastraditionally had thelargest market share in thecomputer security market

Symantec Vaults Above $22 As AndroidMobile Security Market Booms.—INTERNET

A sample of a

“shanzhai” or

imitated

reproduction of iPad

running Microsoft

Windows is seen

inside a computer

shopping mall in

Shenzhen.

INTERNET

T-Mobile offers iPhone users MicroSIM card to access service

NEW YORK, 25 July—T-Mobile this weekbegan offering a MicroSIM card that lets iPhoneusers access thenetwork.

The card, availablehere, carries a $9.99suggested retail price,but is free with a two-year contract with thecarrier. iPhone usershave been able to accessT-Mobile with anunlocked iPhone sinceJune.

and currently holds closeto 45% market share,which is expected todecline to 42% by the endof Trefis forecast period.It competes with McAfee,which was acquired byIntel, and against com-panies like AVG,TrendMicro and Ka-spersky Labs.

The overall securitysoftware market isexpected to increase to

almost $6 billion by theend of the forecast period.We currently have a$21.50 price estimate forSymantec, which is almost10% above the currentmarket price.

The mobile market,especially smartphones,has surged in the lastcouple of years. Androidis now on almost 130million devices withmanufacturers adopting itat an increasing rate,thanks to its open nature.However, the sameopenness has seenmalware attacks on theAndroid platform in-crease by over 400% overthe last year. Symantechad launched a free betaversion of Norton MobileSecurity for Android lastyear. It will soon launchthe final version in theAndroid Market.

Internet

Roger Entner, ananalyst with ReconAnalytics, says iPhoneusers can access T-Mobile by getting anormal SIM card cut to aMicro SIM card at phoneshops.

iPhone users on T-Mobile don’t get accessto a 3G network andcan’t use Apple’s visualvoicemail. Despite thoselimitations, T-Mobileclaims to have more than1 million iPhone users

on its network.Meanwhile, AT&T

is in the process ofpurchasing T-Mobile.Even if that comes topass, T-Mobile promisesto offer the same plans itdoes now — rather thanAT&T’s service plans —for a year or so. PiperJaffray analyst ChrisLarson also said earlierthis month that theiPhone 5 will be availableto T-Mobile and Sprint.

Internet

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The spiky capsid shell of the

astrovirus believed

responsible for a form of

juvenile diarrhea contains

and protects single-strand

RNA until it can be delivered

to a cell.

INTERNET

SINGAPORE, 25 July—Oil prices fellto near $99 a barrel Monday in Asiaamid investor concern that the lack ofan agreement among US lawmakersto raise the country’s debt limit couldtrigger a default and damage theglobal economy.

Benchmark oil for Septemberdelivery was down 81 cents to $99.06a barrel at late afternoon Singaporetime in electronic trading on the NewYork Mercantile Exchange. Cruderose 74 cents to settle at $99.87 onFriday.

In London, Brent crude slid 60cents to $118.07 per barrel on theICE Futures exchange.

Talks stalled during the weekendas an 2 Aug deadline looms forCongress to raise the government’s$14.3 trillion debt limit. Without

DEARBORN, 25 July—Michigan-based FordMotor Co, preparing tostart negotiations with theUnited Auto Workersunion, says workersshouldn’t expect payraises.

Mark Fields, Ford’spresident of theAmericas, said workersshouldn’t expect payincreases at a time whenmany of their neighboursremain unemployed, theDetroit Free Pressreported.

Ford has made nearly$12 billion in profitssince the start of 2009,

Oil falls to near $99 as US debt talks stallaction by that date, the Treasury willbe unable to pay all its bills, whichcould lead to a debt default andundermine the global economy.

“We believe that a last-minutestopgap deal will be reached, avertingworst-case outcomes,” Bank ofAmerica Merrill Lynch said in a report.“But it will fail to provide a crediblelong-term fiscal solution or lift ratingagency concerns.”

Bank of America said ratingagencies will likely cut the US creditrating to AA from AAA by the end ofthe year. In other Nymex trading inSeptember contracts, heating oil fell2.0 cents to $3.12 a gallon whilegasoline slid 1.5 cents at $3.08 a gallon.Natural gas futures for August deliveryadvanced 1.5 cents at $4.41 per 1,000cubic feet.—Internet

Ford: Don’t expect any raisesMicrosoft Adds FreeSmall Business

Marketing Videos,eMarketingVids, to

Zune PodcastMarketplace -

San Diego, CA,11 July, 2011.

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even though it said itsaverage labor costs arehigher than itscompetitors. Hourlyworkers who received$5,000 profit-sharingchecks for 2010 wereangry with the millionspaid to top executives,the report said.

“We cannot affordto slip back into oldhabits,” Fields told theFree Press as the BigThree automakersprepare for talks withlabor union represen-tatives.

Fields said Ford hasthe “wind at our back …

I wouldn’t trade ourposition for anything.”

“Last year, thecompany did well and… we paid about $5,000per hourly employee [inprofit sharing] in a verydifficult environmentwhere their neighborsand friends otherwise arenot working,” Fieldssaid.

Last week Ford helda lottery in Louisville,Ky, to trim a pool ofnearly 17,000 applicantsfor 1,800 new jobs it willadd to make the all-newFord Escape inNovember.—Internet

In this 2 July, 2011 file photo,Nissan car “Note” is seen at theJapanese automaker’s Oppamaplant in Yokosuka near Tokyo.

Japan’s automakers arereporting mixed vehicle

production figures as theindustry pushes toward

recovery from the 11 Marchearthquake and tsunami.

INTERNET

‘Skipping’ drugmarks step forward

for musculardystrophy

LONDON, 25 July—Anexperimental drug designed to fit aDNA patch in a flawed gene hascleared an important hurdle in testson boys struck by a tragic muscle-wasting disease, a British study saidon Monday.

The condition, Duchennemuscular dystrophy (DMD), occursamong roughly 1 in 3,500 males.

It occurs because of a deletion ina gene that makes a protein calleddystrophin, which helps provide aprotective membrane around musclefibres. Without this skin, muscle fibresbecome damaged and eventually die.

By they time they are aged eightto 12, boys with DMD become unableto walk and usually face a shortenedlife expectancy.

In DMD, the problem liesspecifically in sections of DNA calledexons that, like stepping stones,provide the pathway by which thegene makes dystrophin.

The new drug takes the approachof “exon skipping,” or applying atiny molecular patch over the deletion,so that the gene can produce a shorter

but still functional version of theprotein.

After successful tests on musclecells cultured in a lab dish and onmice, the therapy was cautiously testedfor safety on 19 ambulatory patientsaged five to 15 at hospitals in Londonand Newcastle.

Seven out the 19 showed a“significant” response, with levels ofdystrophin rising to as much as 18percent of normal levels.

The volunteers, who were treatedover 12 weeks, suffered no side effects.

They did not show any majorimprovement in a standard six-minutewalking test, although this was not thegoal of the mini-trial.

The drug, called AVI-4658,patches exon 51, which is deleted inabout 15 percent of patients with DMD.

Internet

This undated handout illustrationshows the DNA double helix.

INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 25July—About 4.5 millionUS children did notreceive needed dentalcare in 2008 becausetheir families could notafford it, an Institute ofMedicine report says.

The majority of theUS population routinelyobtains oral healthcarein traditional dentalpractice settings, butdental care eludes many— including racial andethnic minorities, olderadults, pregnant women,poor people and ruralpopulations, the reportsays.

4.5 million kids can’t afford dental careThe report concludes

that the separation of oralhealthcare from overallhealthcare is a factor inlimiting access to dentalcare for many Ameri-cans.

However, with pro-per training, non-dentalhealthcare professionals,such as nurses, phar-macists, physician assis-tants and physicians,could screen for oraldiseases and deliverpreventive care services,the report says.

Instead of havingeach profession developits own set of

competencies, the com-mittee recommends thatthe Health Resources andServices Administrationconvene key stake-holders to develop a coreset of competencies thatcould apply to manynon-dental health pro-fessions, the report says.

Over time, thesecompetencies should beincorporated intocertification testing andaccreditation require-ments to ensure adoptionby health professionalschools.

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Famine in Somalia is ‘immoral’: UN aidcoordinator

ROME, 25 July—With the worldscrambling to rescue 12 million peopleon the brink of starvation in the Horn ofAfrica, UN emergency official CristinaAmaral said the fact that children aredying of hunger is “immoral”.

As head of emergency operations inAfrica for the UN’s Food and AgricultureOrganization (FAO), Amaral has beenwarning about the crisis facing the

A child plays with a toy car madefrom a plastic drinking bottle on theoutskirts of Dagahaley refugee campin Kenya’s Dadaab refugee complex.With the world scrambling to rescue

12 million people on the brink ofstarvation in the Horn of Africa, UNemergency official Cristina Amaralsaid the fact that children are dyingof hunger is “immoral”.—INTERNET

drought-stricken region sinceNovember, after the rainy seasonfailed. Now she says it’s not enoughfor donor countries to stump up somecash for immediate food aid — thereneeds to be long-term investment tohelp farmers resist droughts andinternational mediation to bring peaceto war-torn Somalia.

“When we have a declaration offamine in the 21st century, we shouldconsider this immoral,” Amaral toldAFP in an interview as she preparedfor emergency talks at FAO in Romeon Monday aimed at coordinatingthe aid effort. Ministers, aid chiefsand charities are meeting to discussways of stepping up food suppliesand delivering them to the epicentreof the famine in southern Somalia,much of which is under the control ofmilitants. “Without access to southSomalia, we’re only seeing the tip ofthe iceberg — those refugees arrivingin Kenya and Ethiopia,” Amaral said.“There are many more — we estimate3.7 million — that need emergencyassistance,” she added.—Internet

Bottled water poses dilemma for Vermont offices

In this 22 July, 2011 photo, Lori Girard-Pionstands by the water cooler at her state office in

Colchester, Vt Vermont state officials, whoannounced in March that they would pull the

plug on water coolers and bottled waterdeliveries in state offices and buildings, are

reconsidering the move amid a wave ofcomplaints from workers.—INTERNET

M O N T P E L I E R ,(Vermont) 25 July—Atthe state maintenancegarage where LoriGirard-Pion works, thewater cooler isn’t aluxury. It’s a necessity,especially for themechanics who maintainthe Vermont State Policevehicle fleet.

So when the state ofVermont said it wasdoing away with bottledwater deliveries for stategovernment offices andbuildings in favour ofdrinking water from thetap, she wasn’t happy.

Without it, workersat the Colchester garagewill have to get theirdrinking water from abathroom wash tubwhere mechanics wash

their greasy hands, shesays.

“Is that a lot to askfor?” Girard-Pion, anadministrative assistant,

wrote in a complaint tothe state last month. “Ithink we have goodreasons to keep ourwater cooler.” Turns out

kicking the bottle isharder than it looks.Now, state officials whotouted the change as away to go easy on theenvironment, save morethan $200,000 annuallyon water purchases andsupport municipal watersystems are scramblingto salvage the plan.Workplace sanitationrules, tap water said tobe smelly or visibly dirtyand stiff opposition fromemployees insulted bythe thought of having toprovide their own waterforced the administ-ration of Gov PeterShumlin to postpone the1 July adoption of thenew policy.

Internet

40 injured in Washingtonstate hayride accident

SEATTLE, 25 July—Authorities say fourpeople were hospi-talized and 40 otherssustained minor injuriesin a hayride accident onShaw Island.

The San JuanCounty Sheriff’s Officesays the accidenthappened Sundaymorning when a flatbedtrailer carrying about 50people collided with thetractor that was pullingit and dumped thepassengers on the road.Officials say the hayride

was part of a weekendretreat by at least twonorthwest Washingtonchurch youth groups atOur Lady of the RockMonastery on the island.

The sheriff’s officesays in a statement thatduring the hayride, thetractor and attachedtrailer were drivingdownhill when the trailergained momentum andthe tractor jackknifed.Authorities say fourpeople were airlifted tohospitals.

Internet

Group criticizes global forestprotection effort

BANGKOK, 25 July— Participants in a global,landmark effort to save the world’s shrinking forestsare instead trading in illegally sourced timber andrazing jungles in an area of Borneo island inhabitedby endangered orangutans, a non-governmentalorganization said Monday. London-based GlobalWitness alleged in a report that some companies inAsia, Africa and Europe are allowed to reap benefitsof associating with the World Wide Fund for Nature,which authored the project, while continuing todestroy forests and deal in illegally sourced timber.

The Switzerland-based WWF, one of the world’sprominent environmental organizations, initiatedthe Global Forest and Trade Network 20 years agoto ensure that the increasing demand for wood issupplied by companies engaged in the legal,sustainable harvesting of forests.—Internet

23 Cambodian children die of dengue feverso far this year

PHNOM PENH, 25 July—Cambodia reported 4,626 cases of dengue feverwhich had claimed 23 Cambodian children lives so far this year, NganChantha, director of dengue control at the Ministry of Health, said Monday.

“Most of them were under 5 of age,” he said in a meeting on dengue feverprevention.

He said that to prevent the disease, the center has spent one million USdollars this year to buy Abate, a chemical substance, used to put in water potsand other still water sources to kill larvae, and distribute it free-of-charge topeople in order to prevent the disease.

In Cambodia, dengue fever happens mostly in the rainy season from Mayto October. Last year, about 12,347 cases of dengue fever had been reportedand killed 37 Cambodian children, he added.—MNA/Xinhua

A patient lies under a

mosquito net in a ward

for dengue fever

sufferers, in the Barrio

Obrero district hospital

in Asuncion.

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US airlines fight prospect of higher security fees

Passengers line up at asecurity checkpoint

operated by the TSA atFort Lauderdale-

Hollywood InternationalAirport in Fort

Lauderdale.INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 25 July—US airlinesare fighting the prospect of sharply higherpassenger security fees that could bepart of any deficit-reduction plan. Theapproach is among a handful invol-ving aviation that have swirled aroundthe ever-changing complexion of effortsby Congress and the White House toavert a debt default.

While those proposals would coveronly a fraction of any deficit remedy,they represent flashpoints in relationsbetween industry and government overaviation policy. Business aircraftmanufacturers, the powerful private pilotand aircraft owners association and,now, the biggest commercial airlineshave in recent days aggressively lobbiedissues around the debt talks that would

affect their members.According to sources with

knowledge of the talks and documentscirculating on Capitol Hill, a proposalwould double the security fee paid byairline passengers to raise at least $15billion over 10 years. The currentmaximum fee imposed on commercialflights is $10 per round-trip ticket.Nicholas Calio, who as president ofthe Air Transport Association is thetop lobbyist for commercial carriers,said any increase in security fees thatwould bump up ticket prices would beunacceptable.

“We should advance a tax policythat encourages air service to grow, notcontract. Airlines are critical to the nation’seconomic health,” he said.—Reuters

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Vice-PresidentDr Sai Mauk Kham…

(from page 1)After receiving the Nine Precepts, Vice-

President Dr Sai Mauk Kham and wife Daw NanShwe Hmon offered Waso robes and provisions to theState Ovadacariya Shwekyin Maha Raza WasoMonastery Sayadaw.

Then the Union ministers, the chief minister andparty presented Waso robes and offertories to membersof the Sangha.

Next, the congregation received a sermondelivered by the State Ovadacariya Shwe Wah WinMonastery Sayadaw and shared the merits gained.

MNA

Union Foreign Minister attends44th ASEAN Ministerial Conference and

18th ASEAN Regional Forum

NAY PYI TAW, 25July—At the invitation ofMinister for ForeignAffairs of the Republic ofIndonesia Dr R.M MartyM Natalegawa, UnionMinister for ForeignAffairs U Wunna MaungLwin attended the 44th

ASEAN MinisterialConference and 18th

ASEAN Regional Forumheld from 18th to 23rd Julyin Bali, Indonesia and

arrived back yesterdayafternoon by air.

Union Minister UWunna Maung Lwinattended the Retreat andPlenary Sessions of 44th

ASEAN MinisterialMeeting, the Meeting ofthe Commission for theTreaty on the SoutheastAsia Nuclear WeaponFree Zone (SEANWFZCommission), ASEANPlus Three Foreign

Ministers’ meeting, PostMinisterial Conferences,the Retreat and PlenarySessions of East AsiaSummit Foreign Ministers’Consultation, Mekong-Japan Ministerial Meetingand the Retreat andPlenary Sessions of 18th

ASEAN Regional Forum.The meetings exch-

anged views on regionaland international issues,ASEAN Community

Building, the impleme-ntation of the ASEANCharter, review and futuredirection of externalrelations of ASEAN withits dialogue partners andpreparations for the 19th

ASEAN Summit andRelated Summits.ASEAN Foreign Ministersconsidered positively thewillingness and readinessof Myanmar to take theChairmanship of ASEANin 2014, based on its firmcommitment to theprinciples of ASEAN, andto recommend to theASEAN Leaders for theirconsideration. As regardsthe South China Sea,ASEAN-China ForeignMinisters’ Meeting

endorsed the guidelines onthe implementation of theDeclaration on theConduct of Parties in theSouth China Sea (DOC).ASEAN’s position ondirect communication withthe Nuclear Weapon FreeStates on the SoutheastAsia Nuclear WeaponFree Zone Treaty(SEANWFZ Treaty) wasagreed during the meeting.The Union Minister co-chaired the ASEAN-Russian Federation PostMinisterial Conferencewhich endorsed the jointStatement on the occasionof the 15th Anniversary ofthe ASEAN-RussiaDialogue Partnership.

Furthermore, the

Vice-President

Dr Sai Mauk Kham

and wife

Daw Nan Shwe

Hmon receive Nine

Precepts

administered by

Sayadaw

Bhaddanta Agiya.

MNA

Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin andMekong and Japan counterparts pose at 4th Ministers' Meeting.—MNA

Union Minister receivedMr K Shanmugam,Minister for ForeignAffairs of Singapore andMr Kurt M Campbell,Assistant Secretary ofState of the United Statesof America on 20 July.The Union Minister alsomet with Mr Yang Jiechi,Minister for ForeignAffairs of the People’sRepublic China on 21 Julyand Mr John Baird,Minister of Foreign Affairsand International Trade ofCanada on 22 July. Duringthe meetings, theyexchanged views onpromotion of bilateralrealations and mattersrelating to cooperation formutual interests.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26July—According to the(12.30) hr M.S.Tobservation today, thewater level of ChindwinRiver at Monywa (1039)cm has exceeded by (39)cm (about 1.3 ft) aboveits danger level. It mayfall below its danger level(1000) cm during the next(72) hrs commencingnoon today.

According to the(12.30) hr M.S.Tobservation today, the

Flood bulletinwater level of ThanlwinRiver at Hpa-an (835) cmhas exceeded by (85) cm(about 3ft) above its dangerlevel. It may remain aboveits danger level (750) cmduring the next (48) hrscommencing noon today.

According to the(12.30) hr M.S.Tobservation today, thewater level of SittoungRiver at Madauk (1104)cm has exceeded by (34)cm (about 1.1 ft) above itsdanger level. It may remain

above its danger level(1070) cm during the next(48) hrs commencingnoon today.

According to the(12.30) hr M.S.Tobservation today, thewater level of NgawunRiver at NgathaingChaung (1161) cm hasexceeded by (31) cm(about 1 ft) above itsdanger level. It mayremain above its dangerlevel (1130) cm duringthe next (48) hrscommencing noontoday.—MNA

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Service personnel toService personnel toabstain from bribery…

(from page 1)Education Dr Mya Aye, Union Minister for HealthDr Pe Thet Khin, deputy ministers anddepartmental heads, left here by air for Mandalayyesterday morning.

They were welcomed at MandalayInternational Airport by Mandalay Region ChiefMinister U Ye Myint, ministers and departmentalofficials.

The Vice-President held a meeting with thechief minister and ministers at Yuzana Hall ofMandalay City Development Committee.

The chief minister reported on structure ofthe region, farmlands, irrigation water supply,outputs of crops, growing sown acreage, foodsecurity, productivity of industrial zones, ongoingtasks in the education and health sectors, andprogress in carrying out the eight tasks for ruraldevelopment and poverty alleviation.

In his speech, the Vice-President said thatthe nation has seen the Union government,Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Union Supreme Court,Region/State governments and hluttaws formedin line with the constitution of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar. The three administrativebodies of the Regions and States have beendischarging duties through the check and balancesystem.

Members of Mandalay Region governmentis now in a position to manage its economic,social, financial and service personnel affairs incooperation and coordination with each other tospeed up the development of the region.

They are to be responsible for good and badresults of what they have done, and are to reporton whatever tasks they have carried out to the

Union government and the Union ministriesconcerned. If necessary, they can ask forassistance.

Issues on ethnic groups residing in the regionare to be addressed in coordination with theRegion minister for national races affairs.

Undertakings of all ministers of thereconstituted ministries of the region are to betransparent in order that the public places trustand reliance on and recognizes the Regiongovernment as a clean government.

In addition, Mandalay Region Hluttaw hasto take responsibility for development of theregion, enacting new laws, amending andrepealing outdated laws, and holding talks in thehluttaw over matters prescribed in Schedule II ofthe Region or State Hluttaw Legislative List.

When it comes to the judicial sector, casescan be heard freely under supervision of the chiefjustice of the Region High Court. Criminal andcivil appeal cases are to be heard as soon aspossible in coordination with the Regiongovernment to avert piles of pending cases. Incarrying out judicial tasks, all responsible are totry to win public trust and refrain from partiality.

Mandalay, the second largest city as well asan archaeological city in Myanmar, has a constantflow of foreign visitors and is a commercial hubwith agricultural development. It is time Mandalaybecame an international level city as it is theregion where goods from neighbouring countriesare distributed and is a strategic region with asteady stream of various national races.

In that regard, measures are to be takeneffectively to achieve the goal by buildingbuildings wherever necessary, and growing fast-growing trees and landscaping plants across thecity to ease hot weather and to spruce the region,enforcing the garbage system, curbing the badhabit of splitting betel spittle indiscriminately in

public area, building enough modern latrines,laying dust bins at every corner of roads, andgiving green light to private organizations toimplement particular programmes the Regiongovernment find difficult.

Regional level officials are to be familiarwith national stances and policies because theyhave to represent the nation in holding talks timeand again with diplomatic corps inside and outsidethe nation, NGOs and INGOs.

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar is adeveloping country, so the tasks for ruraldevelopment and poverty alleviation have beenlaunched since 1 July to improve thesocioeconomic life for rural people.

Of the eight tasks for agriculturaldevelopment, cottage industries, microfinance,cooperatives, education, health, electric powersupply and environmental conservation, theprivate microfinance sector is the mostindispensable one. Mandalay Region governmentis required to give the top priority to that point.

The eight tasks are to be implemented inorder of priority with the private microfinanceentrepreneurs provide as a token of their goodwillfor farmers and locals of rural areas fordevelopment of the 4780 villages in the region.Ongoing programmes are to be under inspectionoccasionally.

Myanmar will host SEA Games in 2013. So,Mandalay Region is urged to find out athleteswith potentials for success in cooperation with theMinistry of Sports for the sports events they cantake part in to bring dignity to the nation.

In conclusion, he urged Mandalay Regiongovernment to get service personnel to keep offbribery and corruption and fulfil the needs oflocal people as far as they can in putting intoreality the President’s guideline of being a cleangovernment.—MNA

Myanmar, China to cooperate infinancial and monetary matters

NAY PYI TAW, 25July—A goodwilldelegation led byChairman of ChinaDevelopment BankCorporation, MyanmarWorking Team MrZhong Shujun and

General Manager Mr LuJingen of China CiticBank called on UnionMinister for Finance andRevenue U Hla Tun, atthe Minister’s office herethis afternoon. Theydiscussed cooperation in

Inter-Ministry FootballTourney goes on

financial and monetarymatters. Also present atthe call were DeputyMinister U Win Than,Governor of the CentralBank of Myanmar andofficials.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25 July— ConstructionMinistry team routedIndustry-1 Ministryteam 6-1, TransportMinistry teamwhitewashed Scienceand TechnologyMinistry team 8-1 and

Commerce Ministryhammered EnergyMinistry team 5-2 in 5th

Nay Pyi Taw Inter-Ministry FootballTournament played atrespective venues today.

Industry-2 Ministryteam meets Agriculture

and Irrigation Ministryteam, EducationMinistry team facesMines Ministry team andLabour Ministry teamplays against ReligiousAffairs Ministry team on26 July.

MNA

Union Minister for Finance and Revenue U Hla Tun receivesChairman of China Development Bank Corporation, MyanmarWorking Team Mr Zhong Shujun and General Manager Mr Lu

Jingen of China Citic Bank.—MNA

Construction Ministry team vies with Industry-1 Ministry team at 5thInter-Ministry Football Tournament.

MNA

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Vice-President Dr Sai MaukKham visits…

Union Minister U Aung Kyiand …

(from page 16)research findings of theuniversity, thesis papersand research papers andgave necessaryinstructions.

The Vice-Presidentthen went to MyanmarFootball Academy(Mandalay) in Chan-myathazi Township andviewed training sessionof trainees. President ofMyanmar FootballFederation U Zaw Zaw,President of YadanarbonFootball Club Dr Sai SamTun, and Coach of theacademy Mr Marcosfrom Brazil explainedprogress of training.

The Vice-Presidentviewed mass hall and

training hall andencouraged U-15trainees. Currently, atotal of 108 trainees agedbetween 13 and 15 arelearning football skillsfrom 13 coaches at theacademy while pursuingbasic education atInstitute of Sports andPhysical Education(Mandalay).

On his arrival atInstitute of Sports andPhysical EducationScience (Mandalay), theVice-President waswelcomed by Director-General of Sports andPhysical EducationDepartment U ThaungHtaik who reported tothe former on objectives

of the Institute, locationand area, requiredqualification for entranceof the Institute,participation in local andinternational sport eventsand number of prizeswon, and salient factsabout the subjects of theInstitute.

Next, UnionMinister for Hotels andTourism U Tint Hsanelaborated on prepara-tions for hosting theXXVII SEA Games,progress in constructionof buildings for sportsactivities, and Myanmarathletes’ efforts toenhance the image ofnational sports standardin the region.

The Vice-Presidentstressed the needs andcoordinated essentials.

MNA

Union Minister U Aung Kyi, Daw Aung San Suu Kyihold talks, answer correspondents’ questions

NAY PYI TAW, 25 July—Union Minister for Labourand for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement UAung Kyi and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi held talks atSeinle Kantha State House in Yangon from 1 pm to2.10 pm today, after which they replied to the queriesraised by correspondents. The questions and answersare as follows:—Q: U Aung Hla Tun (Reuters)

You held talks with Daw Suu about 10 timesin the time of the previous government, butthere were no tangible result. We understandthat this time you represent the newgovernment. So, is there any differencebetween the topic you are talking about andthe message from the old government? Now,you are representing the new government, notthe old one.

A: Union Minister U Aung KyiI don’t think there has not been any tangibleresult. We held talks for nine times and thatproduced results to some extent. I hope thismeeting will produce better results.

Q: Daw Aye Aye Win (AP)

Well, Minister, it is fair to say that this meetingwill be followed by a series meeting for thegovernment and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Doyou think is this meeting a new step to nationalreconciliation?

A: Union Minister U Aung KyiAs we have talked recently, we have agreedthat we should keep holding talks. I wouldsay this meeting is the first step to what wewill work together and what we will have todo in future.

Q: U Thiha Saw (Editor In Chief of MyanmaWealth Magazine and Open News Journal)Well, Aunty Suu, if this is the first dialogueconference between the new cabinet and you,what are you hopes? And what results do youthink will come out?

A: Daw Aung San Suu KyiWe are in favour of beneficial results to thecountry. Whatever acts we do, whatever talkswe hold, and whoever we work with, our goalis to serve the interest of the nation and thepeople. That is what we hope.—MNA

Amendment to Note ofElection ObjectionNo (1/2011) heard

NAY PYI TAW, 25 July — Chairman of UnionElection Commission U Tin Aye andcommission members heard Amendment to theNote of Election Objection No (1/2011) at theoffice of the UEC here this morning.

MNA

(from page 16)The two sides are

optimistic about andsatisfied with thedialogue. They heldtalks aboutopportunities for bothsides to work togetherfor wellbeing of thepublic. The discussions

included matters for therule of law, eliminationof disagreement, andserving nationalinterest.

They also agreedthat they will meet againat a mutually convenienttime.

MNA

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham views scale model of YadanabonUniversity at briefing hall of the university.—MNA

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham at Myanmar Football Academyin Mandalay.—MNA

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Chilean miners to take theirunderground ordeal to big screen

S Korea’s number of birth up for 15th

straight month in MaySEOUL, 25 July—The

number of babies bornin South Korea grew forthe 15th straight monthin May amid thegovernment’ s persistentefforts to boost thecountry’s low birthrate,a report showed Monday.

According to thereport by Statistics Korea,the number of babies bornin May stood at 39,100,up 5.7 percent or 2,100over the same month lastyear.

LOS ANGELES, 25 July—Thirty-three Chileanminers who had been trapped underground for 69days last year have decided to take their story to thebig screen.

Representatives of the miners announcedSunday that their movie rights were sold to Oscar-nominated producer Mike Medavoy and theproduction of a film recounting the eventssurrounding the miraculous rescue is set to beginnext year. Medavoy, who won nomination at the83rd Oscars for “Black Swan,” will produce thefilm through his recently formed Half Circleproduction company in association with EdwardMcGurn, his vice-president at Phoenix Pictures.

“Like millions of people around the world, Iwas completely engrossed watching the rescue atCopiapo,” said Medavoy, adding “This is a storyabout the triumph of the human spirit and a testamentto the courage and perseverance of the Chileanpeople. I can’t think of a better story than this oneto bring to the screen.”

Miner Juan Andres Illanes said: “One year afterthe collapse of the mine, we consider this to be agreat step towards the realization of a film based onour experience in the mine. This is the only officialand authorized film about what we lived in the SanJose mine. Much of our story has never been told.”

Xinhua

Citizens queue todonate blood at a

blood collection sitein Wenzhou, eastChina’s Zhejiang

Province, on 25 July,2011.

XINHUA

The number of birthhas been on the rise sinceMarch last year aftersuffering a 24-monthconsecutive decline, thereport showed.

South Korea hasbeen struggling with itslow birthrate. It has oneof the lowest birthrates inthe world at 1.22 childrenper woman in 2010 whilethe average rate of theOECD countries is 1.74.

Meanwhile, thenumber of death totaled

21,600 in May, up 0.5percent or 100 from ayear earlier, according tothe report.—Xinhua

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd donatedDefibrillator Equipment, Easylite NK-K-CLAnalyzer, Biochemistry Analyzer, Potable X-ray Machine (30MA), Bedside Monitor, ECGMachine with Trolley, Oxygen Concentrator,

Infusion Pumps, Patient Trolleys, 10 KVAGenerator Set, Laser Colour Printer, Computer

Set and ETC to Kyaukpyu District People'sHospital on 24 July. —NLM

All Myanmar Tamil

Hindu

Foundation

(Headquarters) held

7th Waso-robe and

alms-food offering

ceremony at Mogok

Refectory on Kaba

Aye Hill in Yangon

on 24 July.

MNA

Odissi troupe performed traditional dances at National Culture and Fine Arts University(Yangon) on 25 July. Rector in-Charge of the university U Kyaw Oo, professor, deans, lecturers,

and students enjoyed the performance.—MNA

Apple plans 5th store inbooming China marketBEIJING, 25 July—Apple is planning a third,

even larger Shanghai store, as well as dozens ofother stores throughout China, to cope with hugecrowds at its flagship store and a branch, accordingto media reports Monday.

Apple says its Chinese outlets — two in Beijing

and two in Shanghai — are the four most heavilytrafficked Apple stores in the world. They alsogenerate the most revenue.

Apple’s push into China shows the depth ofthe country’s fast-growing economy, and showsthat with products not so easy to counterfeit,Chinese consumers are wil l ing to pay apremium.

For the first three quarters of Apple’s fiscalyear, revenue in China and its Taipei, Hong Kongwas 8.8 billion dollars — six times that of a yearearlier.

China has become the second-largest market,after the United States, for apps that run on thesmartphone and tablet, according to Distimo, aDutch company that tracks the popularity of apps.

In addition, Apple has been eager to team upwith state-run telecom companies, which looksafter mobile phone subscriptions.

Xinhua

Nepalese artists from “Kirat” Communityperform a traditional “Chandi” Dance during

the Cultural Events 2011 in Nepali CapitalKathmandu on 24 July, 2011.—XINHUA

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Coe confident as one-year countdown loomsLONDON, 25 July—From the late

burst of speed which won him the1,500 metres gold medal at the 1980Moscow Olympics to the devastatingfinish that saw him retain the title inLos Angeles four years later,Sebastian Coe has always beenrenowned for an impeccable senseof timing. Now the former goldenboy of British athletics is preparingto kick for home in the task whichhas consumed him for every day ofthe last six years — overseeingLondon’s preparations for the 2012Olympics.

Wednesday marks the one-yearcountdown to the staging of thegreatest sporting show on earth inthe British capital, some six yearsafter Coe spearheaded a high-powered delegation which won thebid at a 2005 vote.

Chairman of theLondon 2012 OlympicOrganising Committee

Sebastian Coe (pictured)says the challenge hasbeen to make Londoncapable of holding 26

world championships indifferent sports

simultaneously over atwo-week period.

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From the window of his officehigh in the Canary Wharf businessdistrict, Coe, the chairman of the2012 organising committee, is ableto look upon the consequences ofthat victory in Singapore every day.

A large swathe of east Londonhas undergone a transformation, anunprecedented urban renewal of 2.5square kilometres (one square mile)of industrial wasteland that is theOlympic Park, which is to be thefocal point of the 2012 Games.

The site will eventually host theOlympic stadium and an array ofstate-of-the-art sports facilities alongwith the athletes village, Press centresand a picturesque park.

In an interview with AFP, Coesays 2012 preparations are “in goodshape” as the final countdown nears.

Internet

Chinese toddler rescued 21 hoursafter train crash

Vietnampockets 2 bln

USD fromrice export sofar this year

HANOI, 25 July —Vietnam exported387,186 tonnes of rice,worth 185.5 million USdollars in the first threeweeks of July, pushingthe total export volumeto 4.3 million tonnes anda value to two billion USdollars so far this year,according to theVietnam Food Asso-ciation (VFA) onMonday.

The country’s majorrice importers includedAsian countries, whoaccounted for nearly 54percent of the total riceexports, followed byAfrica with 31 percentand America with 12.2percent.

Vietnam expects toexport more than sevenmillion tons of rice in2011, over 6.8 milliontons in 2010, VFAreported.—Xinhua

Israel approves new Eilat InternationalAirport

TEL AVIV, 25 July—Israel’s cabineton Sunday approved plans for a newinternational airport near the southernresort town of Eilat, Israeli PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Speaking ahead of his weeklycabinet meeting, in which the airportproject was approved, Netanyahu saidthe airport would be located in Timna,northeast of Eilat, in the southernAravah Region of the Negev desert.

“It will be an alternative to Ben-Gurion international airport and serve

An Israircompany

plane landingat the airportin the centreof the Israeli

Red Searesort of Eilatin February

2011.INTERNET

S Korea, India sign nuclearcooperation agreement

SEOUL, 25 July— South Korea and India signedan accord Monday on nuclear cooperation, laying alegal basis for South Korea’s efforts to export nuclearpower plants.

The bilateral agreement was signed after a summitin Seoul between South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his Indian counterpart, Pratibha Patil,according to the president’s office Cheong Wa Dae.

During a summit talks, Lee called for supportfrom the Indian government for South Korea’s effortsto make inroads into the atomic power plant marketof India, a country with 20 nuclear plants, CheongWa Dae said in a Press release.

India is currently building six nuclear powerplants and plans to construct some 40 more by 2032,while South Korea seeks to become a major exporterof its home-built nuclear power plants.

The state-run Korea Electric Power Corp(KEPCO) struck a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) in 2009 with Nuclear Power Corporation ofIndia Limited, and has been seeking to tap into theIndian market.—Xinhua

A visitor appreciates a paintingwork during a farmer paintingexhibition held in east China’s

Shanghai, on 23 July, 2011. About100 painting works created byfarmers were displayed at the

exhibition, attracting manyvisitors.—XINHUA

as an additional international airportfor the state of Israel. It will also be analternative airport for Eilat,” he said.

“It will free up considerable landin Eilat, provide a solution for theexpansion of Eilat and prevent noiseand other pollution in the city.”

Israel has three internationalairports, but most tourists flying intothe country arrive at the Ben Gurionairport near Tel Aviv.

The new airport will replace Eilat’scurrent airport, which is located in thecentre of the popular tourist destination,as well as the Ovda international airportin the Negev desert nearby.

The project is expected to cost 1.6billion shekels ($471 million, 328million euros) and is scheduled to takeabout three years from the start ofwork, though it was not clear whenconstruction might begin.—Internet

WENZHOU, 25 July—A toddler rescued about21 hours after a deadlyhigh-speed train crash ineast China’s ZhejiangProvince shows goodvital signs, according todoctors.

The girl, namedXiang Weiyi, was undermedical observation andtreatment in theIntensive Cure Unit(ICU) at the No.2Hospital Attached to theWenzhou MedicalCollege, said PanGuoquan, the ICUdirector on Monday.Xiang, aged two yearsand eight months,suffered bruises in herlung, l iver and softtissues.

She also sufferedinsufficient blood supplyin two toes of her leftfoot, he said.

“We’ll observe therecovery progress of herblood circulation in the

left leg, and then decidewhether she needs anamputation,” he said.

The train collisionthat occurred near thecity of Wenzhou lateSaturday has killed 36people and left 192others injured as ofSunday night, according

to the Ministry ofRailways.

At 5:15 pm Sunday,Xiang was rescued byfirefighters, making herthe last survivor that hadbeen saved after beingtrapped in the deformedtrain coaches.

MNA/Xinhua

Firefighters and civilians search forpassenger from the wreckage of a train crash

in Wenzhou, in east China’s ZhejiangProvince, on 23 July, 2011.

INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV RAINBOW ANGEL VOY NO (5)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV RAINBOWANGEL VOY NO (5) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 26.7.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W-4 where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Daynow declared as the third day after final discharge ofcargo from the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admittedafter the Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: EASTERN CAR LINERSINGAPORE PTE LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (397)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTATAMPAN VOY NO (397) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 26.7.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINER LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV WAAL TRADER VOY NO (007)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV WAALTRADER VOY NO (007) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 26.7.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S STX PAN OCEANPTE LTD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DAN JIANG VOY NO (027)Consignees of cargo carried on MV DAN JIANG

VOY NO (027) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 26.7.2011 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S INTERASIA LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

Rest in peace…Our little brother Zayar Ko Ko (a) Gyibar… Nowords to describe how we feel right now… TooYoung… We will miss you so much… We willalways remember the good time we had to-gether… We were young and stupid but we hadso much fun together… You will be in our heartforever … Thank you for leaving little nephewwho will be due in October. … We promise wewill take care of him like our own son…Love you forever…Ko Me … Ko Du … Ma Ma Can …Perth, Australia ….

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BANGPAKAEW VOY NO (187)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BANG-PAKAEW VOY NO (187) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 25.7.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S WONGSAMUT OCEANSHIPPING CO LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DIBENA WIN VOY NO (143)Consignees of cargo carried on MV DIBENA

WIN VOY NO (143) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 26.7.2011 and cargo willbe discharged into the premises of M.I.P where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subjectto the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Daynow declared as the third day after final dischargeof cargo from the Vessel.



AGENT FOR: M/S PHULSAWAT SHIPPINGCO, LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV TARPON CLIPPER VOY NO (1104)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV TARPONCLIPPER VOY NO (1104) are hereby notified thatthe vessel has arrived on 24.7.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S COURCE KING HOLDINGSLTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BANG KAJA VOY NO (70)Consignees of cargo carried on MV BANG KAJA

VOY NO (70) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 25.7.2011 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of S.P.W(1) where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S WONGSAMUT OCEANSHIPPING CO LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

A robot waves in a com-petition in Mudanjiang,northeast China’sHeilongjiang Province,on 24 July, 2011. A na-tionwide robot competi-tion was kicked off in thecity on Sunday, with par-ticipants from 50 colleges

and universities.XINHUA

Six pairs of twins pose fora photo during the 12thNational Twins Festivalheld in Szigethalom, nearBudapest, Hungary, on23 July, 2011.— XINHUA

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Five Dominicans break record forcontinuous reading

Five students set aworld record Wednes-day after reading aloudfor 300 straight hours toraise awareness aboutbooks in the DominicanRepublic. And they keptgoing.

Guinness WorldRecords recognized theuniversity students forbreaking the previousrecord of 240 hours setin 2009 by a group ofwomen from MiamiDade College.

“This is a veryimportant case becauseit deals with reading andpromotes intellectua-lism,” said MichaelJanela, a Guinness offic-ial who certified therecord.

He called it a treme-

Michael Janela, secondfrom left, judge of the

Guinness WorldRecords, pose inside thecabin with DominicanRepublic’s students,

from left, Carlos JoseReyes, Cristian

Rodriguez, MarthaEsther Madera,

Randolfo Jimenez andJose Manuel Buenowhile they reach 300

straight hours ofreading aloud in SantoDomingo, DominicanRepublic, on 20 July,

2011.

Man stuckin manhole

for 40minutes

A California man got stuck headfirst in a manhole for about 40 minuteswhen he tried to retrieve his wallet, police say.

Ceres police officers found Jared Medeiros, 21, of Ceres stuck waist deepin a manhole Friday, Sacramento’s KCRA-TV reported. When they arrived,his legs were flailing in the air.

The fire department had to be called in to help pull out Medeiros after hecouldn’t be budged. He was stuck for about 40 minutes.

Police said Medeiros only suffered some minor scrapes and contusions.They also found that he was intoxicated, but not impaired, the TV station said.

ndous sacrifice.“There is no time to

sleep, nor even to eat,”he said. “Sometimes theyare reading by themselvesat dawn, without sup-port.”

In preparation for thebid, participants practic-ed reading up to threehours a day for two years,said Cristian Rodriguez,a 23-year-old communi-cations student.

The students beganreading 7 July at a libraryjust northwest of thecapital, taking turnsbefore a microphoneevery two hours. Theychose to read thecomplete works ofhistorian and formerDominican PresidentJuan Bosch. The project

was being transmitted liveon the Internet.

The students hadplanned to stopWednesday but decidedto extend the reading untilearly Saturday tocomplete 365 hours ofreading, one hour foreach day of the year.

Guinness officialswill continue to monitorthe reading to verify thefinal time.

Bear breaks into car forMcNuggets

A bear broke into acar in New Mexico, drawnby the Chicken McNug-gets inside, a camper says.When Leroy Griegoreturned to his car from afour-day camping trip hefound it had beenwrecked by a bear, theSilver City Sun-Newsreported Sunday. “A beardestroyed my car lookingfor Chicken McNuggets,”he said. “I’m shocked.”

Key evidence it was abruin at work, he said,were the scratch marksand brown fur on thepassenger seat. “Wow, abear got into your car,”said Dennis O’Keefe, ashop owner in Silver City,

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NM. “Sure did,” Griegoreplied.

“The way the metalof the car was peeledback, you could see thepower of the animal,”O’Keefe said. “It musthave been starving todeath or really wantedthose McNuggets.”

Griego said hisbiggest challenge now isexplaining the situationto his parents. “When Ifirst told them about it,they didn’t believe me,”he said. “They’ll be ableto see it when they pick itup [Friday night].”

Lindsay Lohan ordered to enroll inpsychological counseling programme

LOS ANGELES, 25 July—A Los Angeles judgeruled on Thursday thattroubled Hollywoodactress Lindsay Lohanhas made some progress

‘Captain America’ breaksHarry Potter’s box-office spell

LOS ANGELES, 25 July —Comic book heroCaptain America outdueled Harry Potter in thisweekend’s box office battle, earning an estimated$65.8 million, industry estimates showed Sunday.Paramount’s “Captain America: The First Avenger”easily topped the $48 million that “Harry Potterand the Deathly Hollows — Part 2” is anticipatedto earn at the box office, industry tracker ExhibitorRelations reported.

The eighth and final episode about the boywizard came in second place having taken insome $274 million total since its smash release inearly July. “Deathly Hallows’” records includeone for single-day ticket sales ($92.1 million) andmidnight premiere sales ($43.5 million), accor-ding to the box-office tracker.

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Actor Robert

Downey Jr attends

the “Captain

America: The First

Avenger” Los

Angeles Premiere at

the El Capitan

Theatre on 19 July

in Hollywood,

California.

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“Cowboys & Aliens”premiere bringsout the big guns

Actor Daniel Craig—INTERNET

SAN DIEGO, 25 July—For thepremiere of his new shoot-’em-upepic “Cowboys & Aliens,” JonFavreau presented a screening almostas big and bombastic as the movieitself, invading the San Diego CivicTheater with a horde that includedDaniel Craig, Harrison Ford, OliviaWilde, Sam Rockwell, StevenSpielberg and Ron Howard. “In caseyou don’t like the movie, I’m gonnasay that this is how you felt about thefilm,” Favreau said in reaction to thethunderous applause that greeted him,before dragging the aforementionedassemblage onto the stage andlaunching into a heartfelt assessmentof the evening.

“We have all the people who’vebeen working on the movie interactingwith the fans,” Favreau noted.

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Actress Lindsay Lohanarrives in court in LosAngeles, California on

23 June, 2011.—XINHUA

7th jazz festival to strum up crowdsat Expo Park

BEIJING, 25 July—More than doubling the number ofperformances from last year, the 2011 JZ Music FestivalShanghai will open one of the largest jazz festivals in Asia at theExpo Park from 15 October to 23 – featuring the internationallyacclaimed vocals of Roy Ayers and Tower of Power.

With 100-plus shows, the seventh annual edition of thefestival will boast six outdoor stages on the first two openingdays at the Green Note venue inside the Expo Park, whereaudiences can take in a mix of jazz, folk, electronic, funk androck renditions performed by internationally acclaimedmusicians, followed by the “Masters Hall” indoor concert seriesfrom 18 October at the Shanghai Centre Theater, said organizers.

Xinhua

fulfilling the terms of her probation, butshe had still to enroll in a one-on-onepsychological counseling programmewithin three weeks. Los AngelesSuperior Court Judge Stephanie Sautnerruled that, the “Mean Girls” star hascompleted just 33 of the 480 communityservice hours, but she wanted to seeproof within 21 days that the starlet hasenrolled in a counseling session.

Sautner also reminded Lohan thatshe has one year to complete all theterms of her probation, which stemsfrom a misdemeanor theft case involvinga necklace valued at 2,500 dollars thatthe actress took from a Venice jewelrystore early this year.—Xinhua

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BUENOS AIRES, 25 July — Uruguay striker LuisSuarez was named the player of the tournament bya panel of journalists as Uruguay beat Paraguay 3-0 to win Copa America on Sunday. The 24-year-old, who plays from English Premier League’sLiverpool, finished the tournament with four goals,including the game opening score in the 12thminute at Sunday's final.—Xinhua

South Korea’s Park regains400 free title

China completes sweep ofdiving golds at worlds

Khan stops Judah to add title

Men’s 10m platform div-ing top three finishers,from left, silver medalistthe United States’ DavidBoudia, gold medalistChina’s Qiu Bo andbronze medalist Germa-ny's Sascha Klein. INTERNET

SHANGHAI, 25 July —Qiu Bo won the men's 10-metre platform title on Sun-day, helping China com-plete a gold medal sweepfor the first time in diving atthe world championships.Qiu totaled 585.45 pointsin the six-dive final to winChina’s 10th gold and 14th

overall at the outdoor pool.Qiu finished second twoyears ago in Rome.

American DavidBoudia earned the silverwith 544.25, the onlymedal won by the UnitedStates in Shanghai. SaschaKlein of Germany tookthe bronze at 534.50. “It’salways very tough to com-

pete with the Chinese,”Boudia said. “It was goodto hear teammates’ cheerfor me. I had a good timetraining and competinghere.” Defending cham-pion Tom Daley of Brit-ain finished fifth. Boudia’steammate, Nick McCrory,was sixth.— Internet

O’Hair wins Canadian Openon 1st playoff hole

McLaren Formula Onedriver Hamilton of Brit-ain celebrates winningthe German F1 GrandPrix at the Nuerburgringcircuit on 24 July, 2011. XINHUA

Amir Khan, of Bolton,England, and Zab Judahtrade punches during thefirst round of their IBF &WBA junior welterweighttitle boxing match. INTERNET

LAS VEGAS, 25 July — England'sAmir Khan won a second piece of the140-pound (63.5-kilogramme) title Sat-urday, stopping American veteran ZabJudah with a body punch in the fifth

round of a scheduled 12-round unifica-tion bout. He did it with a body shot thatlanded legally, though Judah claimed itwas a low blow.

No matter, said Khan, who was landingbig blows even before the punch that putJudah down. "If it had gone another fewrounds, I would have knocked him out witha clean shot," Khan said. Khan was domi-nating the fight when he threw a right handthat landed just at the belt line of Judah, whowent to the canvas. Judah stayed there onhis knees as referee Vic Drakulich countedhim out at 2:47 of the fifth round.—Internet

Sean O'Hair, of WestChester, Pa.

VANCIYVERM, 25 July —Sean O'Hair turned aroundthe worst week of his mosttrying golf season on aneven tougher golf course.Not even he imaginedit was possible just fourdays ago. Coming off afrustratingly close missed

cut at the British Open,and in the midst of hisworst season on the PGATour, O'Hair "playedhorrific" in Wednesday'sPro-Am on the eve ofthe Canadian Open. Allof which made him savorthe victory four days laterthat much more.

O'Hair won aftertapping in for bogey onthe first playoff holeSunday, and thenwatching fellow Ameri-can Kris Blanks lip outhis bogey putt from justover 5 feet.—Internet

South Korea'sPark Tae-hwan

S P O R T S

SHANGHAI, 25 July —Olympic champion ParkTae-hwan of SouthKorea showed he's backin top form and Italy'sFederica Pellegrini re-mained unbeatable in the400-metre freestyle onthe opening night of tra-ditional swimming at theworld championships onSunday.

Michael Phelps' firstrace ended in disappoint-ment, meanwhile, as theUnited States had to settle

for bronze in the 4-x-100relay behind surprise win-ner Australia and runner-up France.—Internet

Uruguay beat Paraguay to win Copa America forrecord 15 times

BUENOS AIRES, 25 July — Striker Diego Forlan scored twice to lead World Cupsemifinalists Uruguay to beat Paraguay 3-0 on Sunday for a record 15th CopaAmerica win. Forlan thus took his international tally to 31, holding tie with HectorScarone, and completed an incredible family story as he followed his father and grand-father into the record books as a Copa America winner.

Liverpool attacker Luis Suarez, the player of the tournament, was also on targeton 12 minutes before Atletico Madrid star Forlan added the second three minutes fromthe interval. Forlan, a former Manchester United player, then hit his 31st international

goal in the last minute afterbeing set-up by Cavani andSuarez.

Uruguay, who knockedout hosts Argentina in thequarterfinals, claimed a firstcontinental crown since1995 and broke their all-time Copa title tie of 14which they held withArgentina. Paraguay, thechampions in 1953 and

Suarez votedPlayerofTournament

1979, had defeated Brazil and Venezuela in penaltyshoot-outs in both the quarterfinals and semifinals afterthe games ended 0-0 in extra-time.— Xinhua

Champions:Uruguay

Runners-up:Paraguay

Third place:Peru

Fourth place:Venezuela

Best player:Luis Suarez

(Uruguay)Top scorer:

Paolo Guerrero(Peru) (5 goals)

Best goalkeeper:Justo Villar(Paraguay)

Best young player:Sebastian Coates

(Uruguay)Fair play trophy:

UruguayXinhua

Copa Americaroll of honour

Uruguay's team holdaloft Copa Americatrophy.

Balotelli gets into row with Citymanager Mancini

Hot-headed Italian strikerMario Balotelli (pictured,R) scored the lone goal inregulation forManchester City but wasrelegated to the showersby the time the teams wentto a penalty shootout todecide the exhibition match.—INTERNET

LONDON, 25 July—MarioBalotelli's failed trick shotsparked a heated row withmanager Roberto Mancinithat took the lustre offManchester City's penaltyshootout win over the LosAngeles Galaxy. The Italianstriker with a hot-headedreputation scored the lonegoal in regulation for Citybut was relegated to theshowers by the time the teamswent to a penalty shootout todecide the exhibition match.

Mancini was incensedafter Balotelli broke in onthe Galaxy goal in the 28thminute and then turnedbackwards and tried to hit aball into the net with theback of his foot. The ballwent wide and Balotelli waspulled from the game as

soon as his replacementcould warm up. "I thinkfor the player, this can be alesson," Mancini said."This can't happen on astrong team."

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R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information.

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Three Sacred Pagodas each enshrined with

Relics of Buddha’s Hair, Rib Tooth

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MST

Overseas Transmission - (26-7-11 09:30 am ~ 27-7-11 09:30 am) MST

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(26-7-2011) (Tuesday)

* News* Tasty! Delicious Smart Food!* News* Record Album* News* The 19th China Import & Export Fair, Kunming

Overseas Transmission* Opening* News* Three Sacred Pagodas each enshrined with Relics

of Buddha’s Hair, Rib Tooth* News* Tasty! Delicious Smart Food!* News

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

* Record Album* News* The 19th China Import & Export Fair, Kunming* News* Poem Garden “Little Aeroplane”* Music Gallery* News* Yangon International Trade Exhibition 2011* News* The Rakhine Dance, The Pride of Yoma* Myanmar National Races Cultural Dances* News* Mrauk U, Treasure Trove of Rakhine Culture* Myanmar Movies “New Bosom”

Tuesday,26 July

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7:00 am 1. Paritta By Vene-

rable MingunSayadaw

7:15 am 2. Dhamma Puja Song7:25 am 3. To be Healthy

Exercise

7:30 am 4. Morning News7:40 am 5. Nice & Sweet Song7:50 am 6. Health Programme8:00 am 7. Songs of Yester

Years8:10 am 8. Dance of National

Races8:25 am 9. Myanmar

Traditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetition

8:40 am10. International News8:45 am11. Musical Programme4:00 pm 1. Martial Song

4:10 pm 2. Myanmar

Traditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetition

4:25 pm 3. Teleplay (Traffic)4:40 pm 4. Musical Programme4:55 pm 5. University of

Distance Education(TV Lectures)- Second Year(Economic)

5:05 pm 6. Songs for

Upholding NationalSpirit

5:10 pm 7. The Mirror Images

of The MusicalOldies

5:25 pm 8. Documentary5:45 pm 9. Sweet Melody6:00 pm10. Evening News6:15 pm11. Weather Report6:20 pm12. Kyae Pwint

Myaye Yin Khone Than

6:50 pm13. Sing A Song7:00 pm14. TV Drama Series8:00 pm15. News16. International

News17. Weather Report18. Just For Laughs19. TV Drama Series

Weather forecast for 26th July, 2011

Temperature (°C/F) For Tomorrow Sr.

No. Regions/States

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 34/93 26/79 Widespread rain or thundershower 80%

2 Kayah 26/73 20/68 Scattered rain or thundershower 80%

3 Kayin 32/90 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershower 80%

4 Chin 22/72 14/57 Fairly widespread rain or thundershower 80%

5 Upper Sagaing 33/91 23/73 Fairly widespread rain or thundershower 80%

6 Lower Sagaing 36/97 26/79 Scattered rain or thundershower 80%

7 Taninthayi 30/86 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershower 80%

8 Bago 29/84 23/73 Fairly widespread rain or thundershower 80%

9 Magway 33/91 26/79 Scattered rain or thundershower 80%

10 Mandalay 32/90 26/79 Scattered rain or thundershower 80%

11 Mon 30/86 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershower 80%

12 Yangon 32/90 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershower 80%

13 Rakhine 30/86 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershower 80%

14 Southern Shan 24/75 19/66 Fairly widespread rain or thundershower 80%

15 Northern Shan 28/82 21/70 Fairly widespread rain or thundershower 80%

16 Eastern Shan 29/84 22/72 Fairly widespread rain or thundershower 80%

17 Ayeyawady 30/86 24/75 Fairly widespread rain or thundershower 80%

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 32/90 24/75 One or two rain or thundershower 80%

19 Neighbouring Yangon 32/90 24/75 One or two rain or thundershower 80%

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 32/90 26/79 Isolated rain or thundershower 80%

Summary of observations at 09:30 hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, rains have been isolated in Kayin State, scattered in Magway Region, Kachin, Kayah and Mon States, fairly widespread in Mandalay, Bago, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Regions, Shan State and widespread in the remaining Regions and States with isolated heavy falls in Kachin State. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Machanbaw (6.30) inches, Kawthoung (1.97) inches, Taungup (1.81) inches, Mogok (1.69) inches, Htilin (1.45) inches and Putao (1.38) inches.

Bay Inference Monsoon is moderate in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal. State of the Sea Sea will be moderate in the Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days

Moderate monsoon.

Panda cub born in China’sChengdu panda base

CHENGDU, 25 July—A 19-year-old giantpanda on Sunday gave birth to this year’s firstcub in the Chengdu Giant Panda Protection andResearch Center in southwest Sichuan Province.

Nineteen years is an advanced maternal agefor pandas, compared with the average life spanof 25 years for the endangered animal. Themother Li Li was given artificial fertilization withsperm from Qiubang, a panda returned fromJapan, after her natural mating failed in March.

Weighing 161 grams, the new-born is a

healthy female cub. Both Li Li and the babyare in good shape, according to veterinariansat the center.

With the new cub, the total number ofpandas captive in the world’s largest pandabase reached 97. Dubbed as the hometownof giant pandas, Sichuan has two pandabases — one in Chengdu, and the other inWolong. A panda, nicknamed “Su Lin,” inthe Wolong panda base, gave birth to its firstpanda cub of the year on 7 July.—Xinhua

A pair of newborn panda twins are seen at the Research Base of Giant PandaBreeding in Chengdu, Sichuan province. A giant panda named Li Li gave birth to

the twin female cubs at the breeding centre on Sunday morning.—XINHUA

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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

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

People’s DesireWe favour peace and stabilityWe favour developmentWe oppose unrest and violenceWipe out those inciting unrestand violence

11th Waning of Waso 1373 ME Tuesday, 26 July, 2011

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham visits YadanabonUniversity, Myanmar Football Academy (Mandalay),Sports and Physical Education Science (Mandalay)

NAY PYI TAW, 25 July—Vice-President Dr SaiMauk Kham visited Yadanabon University, MyanmarFootball Academy (Mandalay) and Sports and PhysicalEducation Science (Mandalay) yesterday evening.

The Vice-President while visiting YadanabonUniversity, heard reports on historical background ofthe university, specialized subjects available, strengthof lecturers and staff, number of PhD holder instructors,research works, and sports activities, installation of

video conference and communication system andgreening of the university campus.

The Vice-President put questions for his knowledgeand gave a speech saying that he and the unionministers came there to fulfill the requirements of theuniversity; that the State would provide necessities forconstruction of new lecture rooms to be able to copewith increasing students; that to enhance the capacitiesof the graduates, lectures must be well-qualified first;

that undergraduates must have a desire for knowledge;that only through self-improvement of lecturers andundergraduates, could qualified graduates be turnedout; that all lecturers were to work in tandem forproduction of well-qualified graduates.

The Vice-President looked round the main lecturehall, internal office multiple video conference &communication system, scale model of the university,

(See page 9)

Union Minister U Aung Kyi andDaw Aung San Suu Kyi issue press releaseNAY PYI TAW, 25 July—Union

Minister for Labour and for SocialWelfare, Relief and Resettlement UAung Kyi and Daw Aung San Suu Kyiheld a dialogue at Seinle Kantha StateHouse in Yangon from 1 pm to 2.10 pmtoday.

After the dialogue, the UnionMinister made clarifications on thedialogue to correspondents of local andforeign news agencies. And they issueda press release as follows:—

At the invitation of the government

of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar, Daw Aung San Suu Kyicalled on Union Minister U Aung Kyi atSeinle Kantha State House from 1 pmto 2.10 pm on 25 July 2011.

(See page 9)

Union Minister for Labour and forSocial Welfare, Relief and

Resettlement U Aung Kyi meetswith Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at

Seinle Kantha State House.MNA

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