Volume XIX, Number 319 13th Waxing of Taboung 1373 ME Monday, 5 March, 2012

Established 1914

True patriotism

* It is very important for every one of

the nation regardless of the place he

lives to have strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true

patriotism all the nationalities will

have to safeguard.

YANGON, 4 March—Union Minister for Informationand for Culture U Kyaw Hsan and Yangon Region ChiefMinister U Myint Swe enjoyed theatrical performance ofgold medalist actors Nyan Win and Than Soe and actressMyint Myint Kyi of Fine Arts Department under the Ministryof Culture in the drama entitled “Buddhological ArcherySession” created by Alinka Kyawswa Shwemann U TinMaung and Myanmar songs of Academy Dira Mor, Soe SandaTun and Po Thauk Kya at the National Theatre on Myoma

Buddhological ArcherySession Drama, PadethaYein dances entertained

Union Ministerfor Informationand for Culture

U Kyaw Hsan andYangon RegionChief Minister

U Myint Swe enjoyentertainments in

BuddhologicalArchery Session

Drama and Padetha Yein dances.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 March—The 25th

Maha Pathana recitation of the 4th BuddhaPujaniya of Nay Pyi Taw Uppatasanti Pagodaconcluded in the cave of the pagoda thismorning.

Ovadaçariya of the Pagoda Board ofTrustees Presiding Nayaka ofMaha Withutayama Zaygon Monastery ofPyinmana State Ovadaçariya Abhidhaja MahaRattha Guru Bhaddanta Kavisara and mem-bers of the Sangha administered the Five

Maha Pathana recitation concludes atNay Pyi Taw Uppatasanti Pagoda

YANGON, 4 March – A ceremonyto honour those who gave assistance tothe 11th Southeast Asian Body-BuildingChampionship and victorious body-build-ers took place at Hotel Yangon here yes-terday evening.

Myanmar Body-building andPhysical Culture Federation U Hla MyintSwe gave an honorary speech and pre-sented cash awards to Zaw Wan who wonchampionship in 55-kilo event; Tun Min

MBPCF honours victoriousbody-builders

Precepts. Members of Nay Pyi Taw Council UMyint Shwe and U Myo Nyunt donated almsto members of the Sangha and shared meritsgained.

On 6 March, Ovada will be soughtfrom Ovadaçariya Sayadaws of the pagoda atSasana Maha Beikman. On 7 March, a total of186 members of the Sangha led by he Chair-man of the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Com-mittee will consecrate the Buddha image andoffer robes to the pagoda.—MNA

who won championship in 60-kilo event;Aung Swe Naing who won championshipin 90-kilo event; Than Win who stoodsecond in 55-kilo event; Soe Moe Aungwho stood second in 65-kilo event; KhinMaung Kyaw who stood third in 70-kiloevent; and Khaing Lin who stood third in90-kilo event. Then, the federation hosteda dinner in honour of those who renderedhelp to the body-building championshipand the victorious body-builders. —MNA

Enlightening infrastructures to be foundin Kachin State for national race youths

to become technical experts

Academy awardwinners for 2010

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Kyaung Road, here, yesterday evening.Also present on the occasion together Union Minister

for Information and for Culture U Kyaw Hsan and YangonRegion Chief Minister U Myint Swe were Deputy Minister forInformation U Soe Win, Deputy Minister for Culture DawSanda Khin, Yangon Region Minister for Finance and RevenueDaw San San Nwe, departmental heads of the Ministry ofInformation and Ministry of Culture, officials, guests andenthusiasts.—MNA

Ayeyawady ICT& Mobile Exhi-

bition heldCentral levelmeeting on

implementationof Myanmar-

Thaisubstitutiondevelopmentproject held

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PERSPECTIVES

Just 30 minutesPeople do not need to spare so much time for

doing exercise to obtain maximum benefits.Generally, an adult may need just about 30minutes of moderate exercise no less than fivedays a week as physical activity will make himfeel better, gain extra energy and enjoylongevity.

To be healthy, a person needs regularexercise because physical activity can help himmaintain a healthy weight an important factorfor today’s desk-bound people. According tomedical surveys, exercise can prevent dreadfuldiseases such as diabetes, hypertension, somecancers and heart problems. What’s more,people who are leading an active life live longerand happier.

The main point here is that a person needs tofind the most suitable exercise for him. Normally,brisk walking, hiking or even stair-climbing arekind of exercises he can do without any difficulty.He can also choose dancing, swimming orgardening and there are other options such asjogging, running, bicycling and rowing. He canalso join with his friends in team sports likesoccer, volleyball and sepak takraw or go to afitness centre.

If a person wants to lose more weight or hasa definite objective, he may need to do exercisemore. But the amount of physical activity heneeds to do every day is fixed by his own age. Hecan also take some advice from his family doctoror other physician to choose the best exercisefor him and the amount of time and activity heneeds.

Another bonanza is exercise and physicalactivity can provide an opportunity to relax,enjoy the open-air and natural scenery or spendan enjoyable time.

A day has 1,440 minutes and a person needsonly 30 of them to enjoy all the benefits ofphysical activity.

Monday, 5 March, 2012

YANGON, 4 March—Winners of the AcademyAwards for 2010 werehonoured by MyanmaMotion Picture Asiayonhere yesterday.

During the ceremony tohonour the winners at theasiayon here, UnionMinister for Information andfor Culture U Kyaw Hsanand Chief Minister ofYangon Region U MyintSwe presented awards incash to the winners.

The ceremony was alsoattended by DeputyMinister for Information USoe Win, region ministers,departmental heads, patronsand chairmen and membersof the executive committeesof the Myanmar Writers and

Academy award winners for 2010 honoured

Journalists Association,MMPA, Myanmar MusicAsiayon, Myanmar ThabinAsiayon and MyanmarTraditional Artistees andArtisans Asiayon.

Union Minister U KyawHsan presented awards incash to best actor Pyay Ti Ooand best actress Thet MonMyint, “Adam, Eva andDassa”, Yangon RegionChief Minister U Myint Sweto best director and bestmanuscript writer KhinMaung Oo and Soe TheinHtut, “Pin-le-htet-ka-nay-won-ni”, Deputy Minister forInformation U Soe Win tobest supporting actor WaiLu Kyaw, “Pin-le-htet-ka-nay-won-ni”, YangonRegion Minister for Finance

and Revenue Daw San SanNwe to best supportingactress Wah Wah Aung, “Ah-may-kyay-zu-hset-bu-chin-tae”, Yangon RegionMinister for Security andBorder Affairs Col Tin Winto best musicianMyanmarpyi Kyauk Sein,“ A h - n g o - m y e t - l o n - a -pyone-myet-hnar”, and tobest movie editor U MyintKhaing, Yangon RegionMinister for Electric andIndustry U Nyan Tun Oo tobest movie producer DawKhin Sandar Myint of “Heart& Soul” Movie Production,for “Adam, Eva and Dassa”,and Chairman of MyanmarMovie Asiayon U MyintThein Pe to best moviephotographer Paji Soe Moe

“Pin-le-htet-ka-nay-won-ni”.

Afterwards, U MyintThein Pe presented acertificate of honour to thosewho sponsored the academyawards presentationceremony and on behalf ofSky Net and Shwe FM,Patron of Shwethanlwin CoLtd Daw Ni Ni accepted thecertificate of honour.

MMPA hosted a dinnerto honour the winners anddignitaries.

Union Minister U KyawHsan and Chief Minister UMyint Swe cordially greetedthe actors, actresses andartistees.

The winners wereawarded K1m each at theceremony.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 March—A specialists team led by Headof Kayin State Health Department Dr Khin Maung Lin andMedical Superintendent Dr Aye Aye Mu of Kayin StateGeneral Hospital provided free health care services topeople of Paingkyon Station and its surrounding areas on29 February.

Kayin State Chief Minister U Zaw Min, state ministersand departmental officials wore optical glasses donated byState, District and Township Maternal and Child WelfareSupervisory Committees to the eye patients.

The wife of the state chief minister and officialspresented ferrous sulphate, textile and iodized salt toexpectant mothers.

The state chief minister and party inspected installation

Specialists give free medical treatment topeople in Paingkyon

of solar panels at Paingkyon Station Hospital, operationtheatre and medical store.

Ten medical teams gave treatment to 291 patients atthe station hospital and wore 50 pairs of optical glasses tothe eye patients.

Kayin State Health Department makes field trips tograssroots level monthly.—MNA

UnionMinister forInformation

and forCultureU Kyaw

Hsan andYangon

Region ChiefMinister

U Myint Swecordially

greetacademy

awardwinner filmartistes andtechnicians.

MNA

YANGON, 4 March—Wellwishers donated cash to thefund for the sixth all-round renovation of Shwe PhonePwint Pagoda in Pazundaung Township in Yangon Regiontoday.

A total of 68 donors contributed K13,631,000 for thefirst time to the sixth renovation.

On behalf of Union Minister for Information U KyawHsan, Deputy Minister for Information U Soe Win andYangon Region Minister for Finance and Revenue Daw SanSan Nwe, Yangon Region Minister for Social Affairs DrMyint Thein and officials of the Ministry of Informationaccepted the donation and presented certificates of honourto them.

At the ceremony to donate cash to the sixth all-roundrenovation sub-committee chairman U Aung Myo Myint ofMyanma Motion Picture Enterprise and Professor Dr NyanMyint Kyaw of Yangon Technological University reportedon the fund and conservation of the pagoda.—MNA

Shwe Phone Pwint Pagoda tobe renovated for sixth time

Ward administrator, together with platooncommander and members of auxiliary fire

brigade, inspected fire preventive measures inPyigyi Yanlon Ward of Aungmyethazan

Township of Mandalay on 7 January.—NLM

Take FirePreventive

Measures

YANGON, 4 March —Chairman of Myanmar Rice IndustryAssociation U Chit Khaing, Vice-Chairman U Aung ThanOo, General Secretary U Ye Min Aung and executivemembers met Ambassador of the People’s Republic ofChina to Myanmar Mr Li Junhua at the office of MRIA onMin Ye Kyaw Swa Street in Lanmadaw Township, hereyesterday morning.

At the call, they discussed importation of farmequipment, growing of high-yield hybrid seeds andextension of rice exports.

MNA

Myanmar Rice IndustryAssociation Chairman meets

Chinese Ambassador

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WASHINGTON, 4 March— FormerMassachusetts governor Mitt Romney willwin Saturday’s Republican caucuses inWashington state, gaining momentum as GOPcandidates gear up towards next week’s SuperTuesday contest.

US broadcaster CNN made theprojections as Washington state’s Republicanparty is still counting the straw poll cast earlierin the day. Romney holds double digit leadover Ron Paul, the Texas Congressman, aftermore than 50 percent of the votes were countedon Saturday night.

Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvaniasenator who has established himself as themain challenger to Romney, almost tied withPaul. Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker,was at the bottom.

At stake in the contest are 40 delegates,as well as a sure shot of momentum headinginto Super Tuesday, the biggest day on theGOP primary calendar when 10 states areholding their primary contests.

US Republican presidential candidateRomney wins Washington state caucuses

US Republican presidential candidateRomney.—INTERNET

Although all four major GOP presidentialcandidates campaigned in Washington state,they didn’t put in much television ads, andthat made the contest there somewhat quiet.

However, according to state GOPchairman Kirby Wilbur, WashingtonRepublicans turned out in droves for thecaucuses.

Xinhua

An election committeeofficials adjust a pollingstation in Moscow while

preparing for theupcoming voting. Russia

on 4 March votes inpresidential elections

expected to send VladimirPutin back to the Kremlin

after his four yearstint as PM.

INTERNET

India’s Congress Party General Secretary Rahul Gandhiinteracts with supporters during a Congress election

campaign rally in Sitapur. Rahul Gandhi hasspearheaded campaigning for the secular left-leaningCongress party in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh.

INTERNET

PUL-E-KHUMRI, 4March—Twenty two anti-government militants gave upmilitancy and handed overtheir weapons to authoritiesin Baghlan Province 160 kmnorth of capital Kabul onSunday.

22 anti-gov’t militants give up fighting in N Afghanistan

“With joining thesepeople to the peace processand handing over theirweapons to government thesecurity situation will befurther improved in Baghlan,”provincial governor MunshiMajid told the audience in aceremony to welcome theformer insurgents.

“There people wereactive in Baghlam-e-Markazidistrict and with joining themto the peace process thegovernment control will befurther strengthen,” thegovernor added.

He also called upon otheranti-government fighters to

follow the step and give upfighting.

“My demand from thegovernment is to ensure mysecurity and the security ofmy men and their families,”the group commanderMohammad Yasin toldnewsmen.

He also said that he hadfought in the rank of Hizb-e-Islami party, the secondlargest group after Talebanoutfit fighting Afghangovernment.

The Hizb-e-Islami orIslamic party, led by GulbudinHekmatyar has not to makecomment yet.—Xinhua

An injured man receives medical treatment at a hospitalin northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on 3 March, 2012. Atleast one policeman was killed and eight other people

including two cops injured in a suicide bomb attack thathit Pakistan’s northwestern city of Charsadda, whichnear Peshawar on Saturday afternoon, according to

local police and officials.XINHUA

50 people killed in roadaccident in southeastern

GuineaCONAKRY, 4 March—As many as 50 people were killed

and 20 others injured in a road accident in southeasternGuinea on Saturday, sources told Xinhua.

The accident took place at Moribadou in prefectureBeyla in Forest Guinea region when a truck reversed on theMoribadou-Beyla road after the failure of its braking system.

The passengers on the truck were going to a weeklyBeyla market held on Saturday.

The Guinean government has presented itscondolences to the bereaved families through the ministerof territorial administration and decentralization, AlhassaneConde, reported the national radio in its evening edition.

Xinhua

Foreign ambassadors and diplomats audit the FifthSession of the 11th National Committee of the ChinesePeople’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of

China, on 3 March, 2012. —XINHUA

COTABATO, 4 March—The death toll in the bombexplosion blamed on militantson Saturday night in acommercial area in thesouthern Philippine provinceof Sulu rose to four,authorities said on Sunday.

Randolph Cabangbang,spokesman of the military’sWestern MindanaoCommand, said two morewounded had died at thehospital after an improvised

NEW YORK, 4 March—A federal court in Brooklynhas sentenced a New Yorkresident to 27 years inprison for attempting to joinal-Qaeda to avenge Muslimabuse. According to anews24.com report, BetimKaziu was sentenced onFriday after he was declaredguilty of conspiracy toprovide material support toa terrorist organization. Healso was convicted ofconspiracy to commitmurder and other charges.Prosecutors, however, hadsought a life sentence forKaziu They claimed that hehad tried, but failed to joinal-Qaeda groups in Iraq,Afghanistan and theBalkans. He eventuallymade his way to Kosovo,where he recorded what thegovernment claimed was afarewell martyrdom video.He also bought a planeticket to Pakistan but wascaptured before making thetrip.—Xinhua

New York mangets 27 years

for attemptingto join

al - Qaeda

Death toll in S Philippines bomb explosionrises to four

explosive device blast alongSerantes Street in Jolo townat around 6:55 pm Saturday,which killed two peopleinstantly.

Besides the fourcasualties, there are sixothers injured in the terrorattack. “We have fourfatalities, only two died soonafter the explosion, “ he said.

Felicisimo Khu, chief ofthe Directorate for

Integrated Police Operationsin Western Mindanao, saidinvestigation by the policeindicated that the bomb wasplanted at the generator ofthe store in the area.

No one group hasclaimed responsibility forthe attack, but governmentsecurity forces said they arelooking into possibleinvolvement of the AbuSayyaf terror group.

Xinhua

Around 200 dead inCongo Republic

blastsKINSHASA, 4 March— Around 200 people have been

killed and many more injured in a series of explosions inBarzzaville, the capital of Congo Republic, according toa senior official in the presidency, citing hospital sources.

“According to sources at the central hospital we’retalking of around 200 dead and many injured,” BetuBangana, head of protocol in the president’s office inBrazzaville, told Reuters by telephone.

Congolese official earlier said the blasts occurredafter a fire started in an arms depot in a military bade inthe riverside capitals.

MNA/Reuters

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Collaboration shields AIDSpatients from TB: UN

GENEVA , 4 March —Some 910,000 lives havebeen saved so far under asix-year-old policy ofcooperation between AIDSand tuberculosis healthservices, the World HealthOrganization estimated onFriday. The stepped-upcollaboration has broughtabout better protection ofAIDS patients against TB,a leading killer of peopleliving with HIV, theGeneva-based UN agencysaid in a statement.

The number of HIV-positive patients tested forTB grew nearly 12-foldbetween 2005 and 2010,from 200,000 to more than2.3 million.In the otherdirection, the number of TBpatients screened for HIVgrew five-fold, from470,000 to 2.2 million overthe same period. Since HIVweakens the immunesystem, HIV-positivepeople are more likely to beinfected with TB, and viceversa. “We must address TBas we manage HIV,” said

A young woman recently diagnosed with HIV and TBcollects her medication from a clinic in Swaziland. Some

910,000 lives have been saved so far under asix-year-old policy of cooperation between AIDS and

tuberculosis health services, the World HealthOrganization estimated on Friday.— INTERNET

Health reforms in China makegains, but many out of pocket

BEIJING , 4 March — Efforts in China to widen access tomedical care and improve health insurance have madeimpressive headway, but 173 million Chinese still face“catastrophic” health expenses, researchers reported onFriday. The reforms were initiated in 2003 after liberalizationled to the introduction of medical fees and opened updisparities between city and countryside, leaving manywith spiralling health costs and worsening care.

Publishing in The Lancet, Chinese statisticians led bySarah Barber in the World Health Organization’s Beijingoffice looked at data from government-led surveys ofhundreds of thousands of people in 2003, 2008 and 2011.Over this period, insurance coverage increased from 29.7to 95.7 percent of respondents, which meant about 1.28billion people were covered in 2011, they found. Physicalaccess to health services was achieved to 83.3 percent ofthe population, a trend seen across geographical zones.

The average share of in-patient medical costsreimbursed from insurance also increased rapidly, from14.4 percent in 2003 to 46.9 percent in 2011, although thismeant that last year patients still had to pick up half of thetab.—Internet

A man gets a prescription at the International MedicalCentre in Beijing on 29 Feb, 2012. Efforts in China to

widen access to medical care and improve healthinsurance have made impressive headway, but 173

million Chinese still face “catastrophic” healthexpenses, researchers reported on Friday. — INTERNET

Gottfried Hirnschall, whoheads WHO’s HIV/AIDSdepartment.

The three-prongedapproach involves routineHIV screening for TBpatients, those with TBsymptoms and their partnersor family members; makingavailable co-trimoxazole, adrug that prevents lunginfections; and beginningretroviral treatment for bothHIV and TB patients as soonas possible.—Internet

Sleep quality ‘improves with age’NEW YORK , 4 March —

The belief that older peopletend to suffer worse sleep maybe false — in fact the reversemay be true, according to USresearchers. A telephone surveyof more than 150,000 adultssuggested that, apart from ablip in your 40s, sleep quality

The study involved more than 150,000 people.— INTERNET

gets better with age. Those intheir 80s reported the bestsleep, says the study in Sleepjournal. A UK sleep researchersaid while poor health couldaffect sleep, it was a “myth”that age alone was a factor.

While universities haveequipment which can

measure sleep duration anddisturbance in studyvolunteers, this does notalways match the volunteer’sown opinion on their night’srest. The research, conductedby the Centre for Sleep andCircadian Neurobiology atthe University ofPennsylvania, insteadfocused on asking largenumbers of randomly selectedpeople about their sleep. Theywere also asked about theirrace, income, education,mood and general health.

While being depressedor having health problemswas linked to poor sleepquality, once the researchershad adjusted the results tocompensate for this, a distinctpattern emerged.—Internet

BP reaches $7.8 billion deal over Gulf ofMexico spill

NEW YORK, 4 March — BPPLC has reached an estimated$7.8 billion agreement withplaintiffs suing over themassive 2010 Gulf of Mexicooil spill, the company said onFriday, but it still faces claimsby the US government anddrilling partners. US DistrictJudge Carl Barbier, who isoverseeing the litigation, saidin a court order that theproposed terms of the classsettlement would besubmitted to the court forapproval.

He also adjourned thefirst phase of the trial over thespill, which had been

Barclays borrows 8.2bn euros from ECBLONDON , 4 March —

Barclays has confirmed thatit borrowed 8.2bn euros(£6.7bn) from the EuropeanCentral Bank’s (ECB’s)latest long-term refinancingoperation (LTRO). It is thefourth British bank to revealthat it accessed the low-

interest three-year loans. It saidit would use the money tomanage the risk associated withfunding gaps in Spain andPortugal. Barclays did not takeany cash from the ECB’sprevious offer of such loans inDecember.

The BBC’s business

editor, Robert Peston, saysthat given the cheap interestrate at which the money isoffer these loans are arguablya susbsidy by eurozonetaxpayers for UK financialinstitutions.On Wednesdaythe ECB said that 800 banksacross the European Unionhad accessed 530bn eurosthrough its LTRO.

In December, more than500 banks borrowed 489bneuros. Of the other big fourBritish banks, Lloydsborrowed 13.6bn euros in thelatest auction, HSBC borrowed5.6bn euros, most of it in thefirst auction, and RBSborrowed 10bn euros acrossboth auctions.— Internet

Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnantsof the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, offLouisiana, in this 21 April, 2010 file handout

image.— INTERNET

scheduled to begin on March5. Barbier had previouslydelayed the start of the trial toallow a group called thePlaintiffs’ SteeringCommittee, or PSC, tocontinue to negotiate asettlement with BP.Thecommittee represents theinterests of fisherman andbusinesses who say theirlivelihoods were damaged bythe April 20, 2010, explosionof the Deepwater Horizondrilling rig and subsequentspill from the Macondo well.

BP said the cost of theproposed settlement wouldbe around $7.8 billion,including a BPcommitment of $2.3 billionto help resolve loss claimsrelated to the Gulf seafoodindustry. It said theproposed settlement wasnot an admission ofliability by the company,and that BP would assignto the PSC some of itsclaims against Transoceanand Halliburton.

Internet

Barclays has earmarked 6.2bn euros for Spain and2bn euros for Portugal.— INTERNET

VANCOUVER, 4 March— St. Louis FederalReserve Bank PresidentJames Bullard said onFriday the US economicoutlook is brighter andhousehold confidence hasimproved, suggesting hesees no need for further stepsto ease financialconditions. “I think the datais coming stronger on theUS economy. I think it’s agood time to wait and see

Fed’s Bullard: US economic outlook is brighterand gather more data, get abetter read on what’s goingon in Europe, and see what isgoing to happen next,” hetold reporters after a speechat Simon Fraser University.

Bond buying would bea potent tool, and it wouldhave important effects on theeconomy, Bullard said. “Butwe already have a lot of thingson the table,” he said.However, Bullard said hewould have reservations

about any further Fed bondbuying because it couldaccelerate an already sharprecent climb in energyprices.Some Fed officialsbelieve high unemploymentand sluggish growth demandanother round of quantitativeeasing to kick the recoveryinto higher gear, while others,including Fed Chairman BenBernanke, have suggestedrenewed bond buyingremains an option should the

recovery lose steam.“I would be concerned

that we not undertake a policymove like QE that wouldpossibly feed into a globalincrease in oil prices,” he toldreporters after a speech atSimon Fraser University.After the Fed announced itssecond round of quantitativeeasing in November 2010,commodity prices aroundthe world rose, in partbecause as the dollar’s valuefell, other assets rose inprice.— Internet

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Australia’s Barrier Reef to get Googletreatment

TOWNSVILLE , 4 March— Australian scientistsmapping the Great BarrierReef will broadcast theirfindings in partnership withGoogle, emulating its “StreetView” to spotlight theimpact of climate change.The University ofQueensland’s Seaview

Survey will use custom-designed cameras and divingrobots to plumb never-before-seen depths of the reefoff Australia’s northeastcoast.

It is a scientific expeditionwith an everyman twist,according to chief scientistfor the project, Ove Hoegh-

Guldberg.A special four-lensed

camera, which can be held bya scuba diver swimmingthrough and over the corals,will capture a “rapid visualcensus” of life forms at 20sites along the entire 2,300-kilometre (1,400-mile) lengthof the reef. An estimated50,000 panoramas, shot in 360-degree high-definition, willthen be uploaded to Google’sPanoramio site for use onGoogle Maps and GoogleEarth.

The result will be a kindof undersea version of its“Street View” function, whichallows web users to accessstreet scenes around theworld. “By using some reallynifty digital technology tocreate 360-degree imagerywe’re essentially able to allowpeople to slip into the GreatBarrier Reef and go for a diveas if they were coming withus,” Hoegh-Guldberg toldAFP.

The expedition, whichwill officially depart inSeptember, will also have adedicated YouTube channeldocumenting its progress inreal-time.

Internet

A shark passes Australian scientists mapping the iconicGreat Barrier Reef with a custom-built underwater

camera, in a photo released on 1 March by the CatlinSeaview Survey. An estimated 50,000 panoramas, shotin 360-degree high-definition detail, will be uploadedto Google’s Panoramio photo site for use on GoogleMaps and Google Earth in a kind of “Street View”

under the ocean.— INTERNET

Oxygen envelops Saturn’s icy moon

The Cassini spacecraft flew by Dione nearly two yearsago.— INTERNET

LONDON , 4 March — ANASA spacecraft hasdetected oxygen around oneof Saturn’s icy moons, Dione.The discovery supports atheory that suggests all of themoons near Saturn and Jupitermight have oxygen aroundthem. Researchers say thattheir finding increases thelikelihood of finding theingredients for life on one ofthe moons orbiting gas giants.The study has been publishedin Geophysical ResearchLetters.

According to co-authorAndrew Coates of UniversityCollege London, Dione hasno liquid water and so doesnot have the conditions tosupport life. But it is possiblethat other moons of Jupiterand Saturn do. “Some of theother moons have liquidoceans and so it is worthlooking more closely at themfor signs of life,” Prof Coatessaid. The discovery was madeusing the Cassini spacecraft,which flew by Dione nearlytwo years ago. Instrumentson board the unmanned probedetected a thin layer of oxygenaround the moon, so thin thatscientists prefer to call it an“exosphere” rather than anatmosphere.

But the discovery isimportant because it suggeststhere is a process at workaround the solar system’s gasgiants, Saturn and Jupiter, inwhich oxygen is released fromtheir icy satellites. It seemsthat highly charged particlesfrom the planets’ powerfulradiation belts split the waterin the ice into hydrogen andoxygen. Dione’s sister moon,Enceladus is thought toharbour a liquid ocean belowits icy surface. The same isthought to be true of Europa,Callisto and Ganymede which

orbit Jupiter.Prof Coates is among a

group of scientists lobbyingthe European SpaceAgency to send an orbiterto explore Jupiter’s icymoons — known as theJuice mission. “These arefascinating places to lookfor signs of life,” he said. Asis Titan, Saturn’s largestsatellite. Its nitrogen andmethane atmosphere isreminiscent of the earlyEarth, according to ProfCoates.

Internet

Hacked school board election names drunken robot the winnerin Washington DC

WASHINGTON , 4 March— Traditional votingsystems are typicallyexpensive and require agreat deal of manpower toimplement.

Because of this,technology firms havebegun proposing electronicalternatives (e-voting) thatcould one day beimplemented in nationalraces — however, securityexperts remain hesitant.When Washington DCrecently flipped the switchon a new e-voting optionthat it planned to use to tallyabsentee ballots for localelections, the experts’ pointwas proven: a fictional, beer-guzzling robot was electedas the head of the DC school

board.Before using the new

online voting program for areal race, the DC election boardposed a world-wide challengeto anyone who thought theycould crack the system. Ateam of computer experts fromthe University of Michiganquickly pried the digital gates

wide open and began tosnoop around. This was aidedby the fact that the engineerswho set up the supposedlybullet-proof used the word“admin” as both the usernameand password of the serversholding the electioninformation.

While the tricksters from

Electronic voting systems aren’t nearly as secure as theyshould be.— INTERNET

Michigan were working theirmagic, other hackers from asfar off as China were doingtheir best to push their way inas well. The team was preparedfor this, and managed to blockall others from accessing thedata that they were workinghard to alter. In addition toscavenging the authenti-cation data for everyregistered DC voter on a simplePDF file (the most worrisomeof all the discoveries), the teamwas also able to erase the dataon every single legitimate voteand replace it with fictionalcharacters. Bender, analcoholic robot from the TVseries Futurama, wassubsequently named head ofthe DC school board.

Internet

New potato-spotting AI builtwith off-the-shelf tech

The system is taught by a human expert to spotdamaged and diseased potatoes.— INTERNET

LONDON , 4 March — A“learning” computer systemthat sorts potatoes has beenbuilt using off-the-shelftechnology by researchers atthe University of Lincoln’sRobotics Lab. The robotblemish spotter can reliablyidentify diseases such as silverscurf and common scab,researchers said. The testsystem uses computer kit notdissimilar from systems manygamers will have in theirhomes. The UK potatoindustry is worth about £3.5bn,but much of the sorting ofproduce is still done by hand.TADD — or the TrainableAnomaly Detection andDiagnosis system — is able to“detect, identify and quantifymany of the common blemishesaffecting potatoes”, Dr Tom

Duckett of the University ofLincoln told the BBC. Thekey innovation, in MrDuckett’s view, is thelearning software which istrained by a human expert toidentify diseased ordamaged produce. “Existingcomputer vision systemshave to be programmed andcalibrated. Our system isdifferent it learns from somesamples provided from ahuman expert,” he said.TADD is only a visionsystem at present, but justspotting an off-colour spudis harder than it sounds.

“When potatoes gettoo much light they tend togo green, but in red potatovarieties greening looksmore black,” said MrDuckett. But becauseTADD uses artificialintelligence (AI) systems, itcan be trained to deal withdifferent varieties.

Internet

Hackers had ‘full functional control’ of NASA computers

NASA said the loss of datadid not affect theoperations of the

International SpaceStation.— INTERNET

LONDON, 4 March —Hackers gained “fullfunctional control” of keyNASA computers in 2011,the agency’s inspectorgeneral has told USlawmakers. Paul K Martinsaid hackers took over JetPropulsion Laboratory (JPL)computers and “compro-mised the accounts of themost privileged JPL users”.He said the attack, involvingChinese IP addresses, wasunder investigation. In a

statement, NASA said it had“made significant progress toprotect the agency’s ITsystems”. Mr Martin’stestimony on NASA’scybersecurity was submittedto the House Committee onScience, Space andTechnology’s Subcommitteeon Investigations andOversight.

In the document, heoutlined how investigatorsbelieved the attack hadinvolved “Chinese-based

internet protocol [IP]addresses”. He said that theattackers had “full systemaccess” and would have beenable to “modify, copy, ordelete sensitive files” or“upload hacking tools to stealuser credentials andcompromise other NASAsystems”. Mr Martin outlinedhow the agency suffered“5,408 computer securityincidents” between 2010 and2011.

Internet

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Photo taken on 3 March, 2012 shows villagecommittee election site in Wukan Village of DonghaiTownship in Lufeng City, south China’s Guangdong

Province. Thousands of people in south China’svillage of Wukan went to polls Saturday to elect a

new village committee, several months after stagingmassive protests over illegal land sales and otherissues. The villagers cast their ballots at a voting

center set up on a village school campus from 9 amthrough 3 pm Saturday. The results are due late

Saturday night. Twenty-two candidates deliveredpublic speeches on Wednesday to woo votes. The

village committee includes at most seven members,including a chief and two deputy chiefs. A 50-percent

turnout is required to validate the election results,and winning candidates are required to take at least

half of the votes. An additional election would be heldSunday if fewer than three people obtain the required

number of votes. Saturday’s voting marked the lastphase of a three-phase election that has resulted in

the selection of an 11-member election committee and109 village representatives thus far. Voters are

required to show identification and obtain writtenauthorization before they can cast their votes. The

voter turnout was 81.4 percent Saturday, sustainingthe high levels seen during the last two elections andindicating the villagers’ enthusiasm for more open

and transparent direct elections.—XINHUA

Photo NewsPhoto News China develops bullet train for use inextreme cold

40 degrees Celsius and suchrequirements are verystringent,” he said.

According to Li, com-ponent parts, material and thecontrol system equipped withthe bullet train must pass allnecessary tests under an ultra-low temperature environ-ment before putting intooperation.

If the new bullet trainpasses all tests, it is expectedto debut in the Harbin-Dalianrail line, in northeast China, atthe end of this year, Li said.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 4 March—Chinese engineers havedeveloped a new type ofbullet train that can withstandtemperatures as low as minus40 degrees Celsius, aresearcher familiar with thetrain’s development said onSunday.

Li Heping, a researchfellow with the ChinaAcademy of Railway Sciences(CARS), told Xinhua on thesidelines of the annualsession of the 11th ChinesePeople’s Political Consulta-tive Conference (CPPCC)

National Committee, whichopened on Saturday.

The prototype of thenew bullet train wasdeveloped by China CNRCorporation Limited, thecountry’s second largest trainmaker, said Li, who is also amember of the CPPCCNational Committee.

Currently, the new bullettrain is under safetyevaluation and tests by theCARS, Li said. “We demandbullet trains running in severecold areas withstand the testof temperature as low as minus

Britain’s tallest horse set toperform at Queen’s Diamond

Jubliee paradeLONDON, 4 March—Britain’s tallest horse is being trained

to be a Drum Horse so that he can participate in the Queen’sDiamond Jubliee celebrations in June.

The giant Clydesdale is receiving the training from theHousehold Cavalry in Hyde Park Barracks.

The 145-stone Digger With his head held up, measuresclose to 9ft. The eight-year-old male eats up to four stones offood per day and guzzles 25 gallons of water.

Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment officer Alex Owensaid Digger is progressing well.

“He is very docile and well behaved,” the Daily Telegraphquoted Owen as saying.

“It is hoped he will be able to take part in the Jubileecelebrations, however, he needs to put on more weight to beable to carry the silver drums,” he said. It takes 18 months totrain a Drum Horse and once they pass out they will be giventhe name of a Greek God.—Internet

A woman looks atthe coloured hair ona child’s hair duringa charity activity for

cancer patients inPretoria, on 3

March, 2012. TheCancer Associationof South Africa heldthe 2012 Shavathon

from 1 Marchthrough 4,

encouragingcompanies and

individuals to shaveor spray their hairto support cancer

survivors.XINHUA

Robert De Niro as a homelessman for shelter

LONDON, 4 March—Robert De Niro disguised himself asa homeless man to spent a day at a homeless shelter in Boston,Massachusetts as he researched his new role in BEINGFLYNN.

The Actor’s make under was so successful that he hadcomplete chat with regular at the shelter about himself.

“We did spend time at Pine Street Inn homeless shelter,where Nick Flynn, who wrote the memoir, had worked. It wasinteresting to see him kind of blend into the woodwork, whichhe did very well,” Daily express quoted director Paul Weitz astelling WENN.

“He had a cap pulled over his eyes and he pretended tohave a cold so he could cover up his face,” he added.

De Nero likes to play real characters so he tried to getsense of reality by observing people staying there.

The body language of the people staying there was notoppressed at all; rather they had straight posture so as no onecould rob or beat them. And he is supposed to appear samein the movie.

The movie star also visited New York’s Financial Districtto get the real sense of being homeless person in the busy BigApple.

“We chose different places where we hoped peoplewould ignore a huge movie star. So we went down to theFinancial District when everyone is arriving at work so theydon’t give a damn; they’d pretty much run anyone over to getto work,” Weitz said.

Internet

Man aged 98 sets world record by marrying95-year-old woman

the paper reported.The Markses have lived

a combined 193 years, eightmonths and five days. Thatwould break a recordpreviously held by Frenchcouple, who were 96 and 94when they married in 2002.

A Boston widow,Hartley said she fell for thesmooth-talking widower 18years ago when hecomplimented her dress aftera Yom Kippur service at aPalm Springs synagogue.

Hartley said she told himit was “just an old rag.” Butshe also knew then that “hegot me.” “I’m not deeplyreligious, but I just think itwas meant to be. “I didn’twant a relationship. I enjoyedmy freedom,” she said.

Internet

NEW YORK, 4 March—A98-year-old US man and his95-year-old girlfriend have seta new record as the oldestcouple to marry.

Neither Allan Marks norLillian Hartley dressed up totie the knot at a Californiacounty clerk’s office, but bothwere beaming when theysealed their vows with a kiss.

“I love you,” Marks toldhis bride as they embraced.

Hartley could be heardresponding in kind, but it’snot clear if her new husbandcould because he hasdifficulty with hearing.

After the two-minuteceremony and a quickwedding lunch at a nearbyInternational House ofPancakes, the newlywedsreturned to their Palm Springs

condo where the new bridehelped her groom adjust hishearing aid, the New YorkDaily News reported.

“I don’t know what willhappen,” Hartley told TheDesert Sun newspaper in PalmSprings. “I want to be togetherfor all eternity, and I’m nottaking any chances. We’rethe Romeo and Juliet of seniorcitizens,” she said.

When asked abouthoneymoon, Hartley laughed.

“We celebrate everyday. “I might go to SwissDonut and have one of thenice donuts,” she said.

Although it still needs tobe verified, their marriageseems to have broken theGuinness World Record foroldest combined age of acouple on their wedding day,

Wintersweets come out in Nanjing, capital of eastChina’s Jiangsu Province, on 3 March, 2012.—XINHUA

Albert Einsteinexhibitionopens in

Central ChinaNEW DELHI, 4 March—

An exhibition on AlbertEinstein was opened inWuhan, capital city of centralChina’s Hubei Province, onFriday.

The exhibition for theGerman-born scientist will lasttill 17 June, and residents andtourists can visit for free.

Einstein, who receivedthe Nobel Prize in Physics in1921, was regarded as thefather of modern physics andone of the most prolificintellects in human history.

More than 200 displaysof Einstein, including videosand replicas, will be featuredduring the three months.

According to curator ofthe Historisches MuseumBern, Jakob Messerli, the firstsuch exhibition was held inBern, Switzerland in 2005 tocelebrate the 100th anniver-sary of the theory of generalrelativity developed by thetheoretical physicist, ChinaDaily reported. Messerli saidthat to mark the 60th anniver-sary of diplomatic relationsbetween China and Switzer-land, an Einstein exhibitionwas held in Beijing in May,2010.—Internet

Girls dance as theycelebrate the New Year of

Tibetan Calendar inDamxung County of

southwest China’s TibetAutonomous Region, on 2March, 2012. Friday is the9th day of Tibetan’s WaterDragon year. According tothe traditions, a series of

celebrations will be held inthe first fifteen days of the

new year.—XINHUA

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Archive:Maung Nyein Aye

Enlightening infrastructures to be found in Kachin StateEnlightening infrastructures to be found in Kachin StateEnlightening infrastructures to be found in Kachin Statefor national race youths to become technical expertsfor national race youths to become technical expertsfor national race youths to become technical experts

Kachin State is proud of having Technological University (Myitkyina),a milestone of technological development in the state.

Bhamo University has emerged in BhamoTownship as a facility for Kachin youths to

snatch their learning higher education.

NAY PYI TAW, 4March – Myanmar BelleVegetable Dryer waslaunched in WayonbinVillage, Heho, Shan State,yesterday morning. StateMinister for Electricity andIndustry U Sai Tun Yin, State

Vegetable dryer, Technical Palace Show opened in Shan State

Minister for Agriculture andLivestock Breeding U SaiHsa Lu and Chairman ofMyanmar Belle Co U YeMyint Maung formallylaunched the dryer andChief Minister U Sao AungMyat formally unveiled the

signboard.Then, the state

chief minister attended theopening of Technical PalaceShow of MyanmarEngineering Society(Taunggyi).

MNA

International Women’s Day8th March, 2012

‘‘Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures’’

Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Nay Pyi Taw

Myitkyina University is a place where national race youths can easilypursue higher education in Myitkyina.

Government Technological College(Mohnyin) is situated in Mohnyin Township inKachin State so as for national race youths to

pursue their education.

Located in Myitkyina Township, Kachin State,University of Computer Studies (Myitkyina)

where national race youths can pursuemodern technology to serve the state and the

country as technical experts.

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NAY PYI TAW, 4 March — Thaimilitary delegation led by Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai Air Force Air ChiefMarshal Itthaporn Subbhawongvisited National Landmark here on 2March.

The delegation visited Bagan in theafternoon and Mt. Popa and U Ba Nyein

Thai mily delegation warps up visit

lacqureware on yesterday.They left there for Thailand in the

afternoon and they were seen off at theNyaungU Airport by Commander of theCentral Command Maj-Gen Ye Aung, theCommander of Magway Airbase and seniormilitary officers.

MNA

Com-mander-

in-Chief ofRoyal ThaiAir ForceAir ChiefMarshalItthaporn

Sub-bhawong and

partybeing seen

off atNyaungUAirport byofficials.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 March—Supply ofelectricity on a self-reliant basis was launchedin Alyinlo and Aungchantha villages inZabuthiri Township today.

Village Administrator U Myint Than,U Mya Maung of Village ElectricityCommittee and village elder U Win Htayformally opened the power supply work inAlynilo Village. Likewise, VillageAdministrator U Thein Naing, U Win Aungof Village Electricity Supply Committeeand village elder U Win Htay cut the ribbonto open the power supply work.

Union Minister at the President OfficeChairman of Nay Pyi Taw Council U TheinNyunt switched on supply of electricity and

Villages of Zabuthiri Township facilitatedwith self-reliant electricity supply

inspected electricity consumption atresidences.

Member of Nay Pyi Taw Council UMyo Nyunt donated K 20 million donatedby Nay Pyi Taw Council to the fund forAlyinlo Village power supply and K 8million to that of Aungchantha Village.

With the assistance of Nay Pyi TawCouncil and organizing of Union Solidarityand Development Party, Alyinlo Village ofZabuthiri Township has facilitated with two160-kva transformers for supply ofelectricity to 245 houses, AungchanthaVillage, one 315-kva transformer to 241houses.

MNA

Central level meeting on implementation of Myanmar-Thai substitutiondevelopment project at Regina Hotel in Tachilek in progress.—MNA

Myawaddy needs reforms to handle quick goods flow Zeyar (Meiya)

Out of the three border check-points at Myanmar-Thai Border, Myawaddy is one the border town and locatedon the shortest route from Myanmar’s commercial cityYangon. The town can be reached at low expense. Myawaddyborder check-point was reopened on 5 December, 2011,after the 17-month closure.

The reopening of the border gate has boosted tradevolume between the countries, speeding up the goods flowon the Myanmar-Thai Friendship Bridge and at MyawaddyTrade Zone in Myanmar.

Myanmar has exported marine products while

Thailand has exported commodities, household goods andagricultural machinery to Myanmar.

“Myawaddy Trade Zone is running temporarily as ithas not yet officially opened. Now, we will complete thegarages in the zone to open the zone officially as the bordergate has been reopened,” a trader in Myawaddy said,

“Thailand has also a plan to establish a trade zone inthe country.”

To transport passengers and goods, van, supercustom,Hilux vehicles are running on the Myawady-Hpaan routeand busses are also running from Myawaddy to Yangon fortraders who do trading in a manageable level.

For smooth transportation, up-day and down-day aredesignated alternately for vehicles along the motor road onDawna Mountain Range. However, some has broken thetraffic rules, blocking the road frequently.

Damages of the road, turning over of over-loadedvehicles on the road and unsystematic checks at check pointsare most of the causes which block the road.

“ I think that authorities are planning to construct anew road linking Myawaddy and Thingannyinaung. Thenew road would shorten the travel time. This road on theDawna Mountain Range should be repaired as it would

NAY PYI TAW, 4 March — A Myanmardelegation led by Secretary of the CentralCommittee for Drug Abuse Control Chiefof Myanmar Police Force Police Maj-GenKyaw Kyaw Tun arrived at Doi TungDevelopment Project in Chiang Rai District,Thailand, via Tachilek on 2 March. Thedelegation was welcomed there by the Thaildelegation led by Secretary General of MaeFah Luong Foundation Mr Disnadda Diskul.At the briefing hall, project officialsexplained implementation of Doi Tungdevelopment project tasks.

The MPF chief and his entourageviewed poppy-substitute development tasks

such as macadamia plantations, coffeefactory, pulp industry, weaving industry,ceramic industry in the project compound.

The Myanmar delegation, Thai drugcontrol team and Mae Fah Luong foundationgroup held a central level meeting onimplementation of Myanmar-Thaisubstitution development project at ReginaHotel in Tachilek yesterday morning. Atthe meeting, the representatives of the twocountries cordially discussed matters relatedto the implementation of poppy-substitutedevelopment project in Tachilek andMonghsat districts.

MNA

Public companies allowed registeringNAY PYI TAW, 4 March—To cope

with progressing market economy of thecountry, formations of Public Companieshave been allowed to register with a view toshaping capital market where the public caninvest their savings and capitals in eachbusiness sectors and to enabling extensionof enterprises for all-round development ofthe country’s economy.

Registration can be applied atDirectorate of Investment and Companiesat Office No (32) here. Applicants arerequired to have at least seven initialshareholders, to sell unlimited shares to thepublic, to be an economically sustainablebusiness, to employ skilled labour and to

submit the name list to the institutionsconcerned.

Start-up capital, business priorities,share portfolio, membership in first Boardof Directors and qualifications, sharetransfers and dealings, profit sharing, auditand electing Board of Directors must beadvertised in dailies and other media.

The seed capital for publiccompanies is set to be at least 500 millionand monetary issues and securities must bedealt under existing laws. Monetaryinformation compiled to internationalstandards are to be publicized in dailies,journals and internet web sites for publicnotice.—MNA

become the Asia Road. Today, most areas in Kayin Statewould be developed thanks to the peace in the state,” a traderin Hpa-an said.

An industrial zone in Myawaddy is in prospect.When industrial zones have been established, investmentfrom foreign countries would flow into the zones.Development of trade zones, investment boom in industrialzones in Myawaddy and good transportation would boostthe country’s economy and the border town will attracttourists to benefit the country. (Translation:AMS)

Passenger

bus and

truck in

parallel on

the road on

Dawna

Mountain

Range.

A vehicle capsizes off Myawaddy-Thinggannyinaungmotor road on Dawna Mountain Range.

Central level meeting on implementationof Myanmar-Thai substitution

development project held

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NAY PYI TAW, 5 March—U Thet Oo, AmbassadorExtraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,presented his Credentials to His Excellency Mr TruongTan Sang, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,on 21 February 2012 in Hanoi.—MNA

Myanmar Ambassadorpresents Credentials toVietnamese President

YANGON, 4 March—Bago Region Chief MinisterU Nyan Win attended free-of-charge eye examination andspectacles donation ceremony

Bago Region Chief Minister attendsdonation ceremony of spectacles

NAY PYI TAW, 4 March—Mon State ChiefMinister U Ohn Myint gave instructions onpublic health care services to medical staff atYe Township People’s Hospital on 28February.

He inspected progress in tarmacking theMyakantha lake ringroad, township electric-

of Optical Vision Co Ltd un-der aegis of Bago Region gov-ernment at Home for the Agedin Zeegon of Thayawady Dis-trict yesterday morning.

A total of 942 glasseswere donated at the cer-emony. The Chief Ministermet ward/village adminis-trators, townselders and

members of social organiza-tions in Zeegon Township atMyole Dhammayon ofMyatheinyan Pagoda inZeegon.—MNA

Development tasks inspected inMon State

NAY PYI TAW, 4March—Chief Minister ofAyeyawady Region U TheinAung on 2 March attendedthe opening of AyeyawadyICT & Mobile Exhibition

Ayeyawady ICT & MobileExhibition held

2012 in Pathein.Region Minister for

Social Affairs U San Maung,Chairman of Myanmar Com-puter Entrepreneurs Associa-tion (Ayeyawady Region) U

Maung Maung Oo and Chair-man of Myanmar ComputerProfessionals Association(Ayeyawady Region) DawMyat Myat Moe formallyopened the exhibition.—MNA

ity supply committee office and public sportsground.

On 29 February, he looked into progressof new passage to Kyaikkhami Yayle Pagodain Thanbyuzayat Township, and met depart-mental personnel at the office of ThanbyuzayatTownship Administrator’s Office.—MNA

Alinyaung Library opened inNyaunglebin Township

NYAUNGLEBIN, 4 March—The openingceremony of Alinyaung Library was held inKyaban Village of Nyaunglebin Township,Bago Region, on 11 February morning.

Bago Region Hluttaw representative USoe Paing, Township Administrator U ThiHan Soe, Head of Township Information andPublic Relations Department Daw Ni Ni Winand Village Administrator U Kyaw Nyeinformally opened the new building.

Bago Region Hluttaw representative USoe Paing donated 100 books, the head ofTownship IPRD 100 books and K 5000, UHtay Win and family K 15,000 to the villageadministrator and members of the LibraryCommittee.

The library was built at a cost ofK 600,000 from the rural region developmentfund and K 2 million by local people.

Township IPRD

Urban Rescue Course for Auxiliary FireBrigade members concludes

SHWEBO, 4 March—Shwebo Township FireServices Departmentconcluded the Urban RescueCourse No. 1/2012 for

Auxiliary Fire Brigademembers of Ward 5 atYangyiaung Sports Groundin Shwebo on 2 Marchafternoon.

Township AdministratorU Thet Lwin Tunand officials, Head ofTownship Fire ServicesDepartment U San Oo andmembers, townselders andenthusiasts attended theconcluding of the trainingcourse.

Trainees demonstratedtheir skills on use of fireextinguishers, rescue ofvictims from high-risebuildings and first-aid for thepatients systematically.

Officials concernedawarded the outstandingtrainees.

Kyemon

CSC, householdregistration issued

PAKOKKU, 4 March—Pakokku TownshipImmigration and NationalRegistration Department ofMagway Region made a fieldtrip to grass-roots level inline with the realization ofthe Moe Pwint-2 Plan.

The department issuedcitizenship scrutiny cards andhousehold registrations to thelocal people.

Head of PakokkuDistrict INRD AssistantDirector U Kyaw Maw Tunon 18 February met localpeople in Kun Village ofPakokku Township andexplained dos and don’ts forhousehold registrations and

Basic fire fighting course concludes atFurniture Factory

YANGON, 4 March—Thebasic fire fighting courseNo. 1/2012 concluded atfurniture factories No. 6, 7and 9 of Wood-basedIndustries Department ofMyanma Timber Enterprisein Shwepyitha Township ofYangon Region on 29February.

The concludingceremony was held at No. 9Furniture Factory in Wataya.

Deputy GeneralManager (Work) U WinNaing of Wood-based

Industries Section made aspeech.

Head of Yangon NorthDistrict Fire ServicesDepartment U Zaw Win gavea concluding speech.

Region Engineer U WinAung and IP Win Aung ofTownship Police Forceawarded three outstandingtrainees. The head of YangonNorth District Fire ServicesDepartment presentedcompletion certificates to thetrainees. After the ceremony,trainers and trainees

participated in the fire drill.Myanma Alin

citizenship scrutiny cards.Head of Township

INRD U Sai Han Shwe and

staff issued the CSCs andhousehold registrations to thelocal people.—Pe Tun Zaw

Basic badminton course tostart on 5 March

YANGON, 4 March—OldMyoma students associationwill conduct the basicbadminton course No. 11 ontomorrow.

The course hours are setfrom 9 am to 12 noon betweenMonday and Friday daily.

The training course willbe conducted at No. 68 on

Sagawa Road in DagonTownship of Yangon. Thosewishing to attend the coursemay enlist at coursecoordinator U Soe Myint(Hnget Khah) of thehome for the old Myomastudents, Tel: 250123 and730-11707.

Kyemon

CSC ISSUED: In implementing Moe Pwint-2Plan, citizenship scrutiny cards were issued inMehan Village-tract of Lashio Township. On 3February, Head of Township Immigration andNational Registration Department U Hla Htay

and staff issue the cards to eligible peopleindividually.—MYANMA ALIN

PHYSICALCULTURE

CONTEST HELD:The physical culture

contest of Inter-Township in Yangon

North District washeld at the hall in

Insein Township on10 February.

Chairperson ofDistrict Women’s

Affairs OrganizationDaw Sein Sein Soepresents medal andcash award to firstwinner Ma Yadana

Tun Naing ofDanyingon Ward of

Insein Township.TOWNSHIP IPRD

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Htantabin Township gets new library buildingHTANTABIN, 4 March—

The new building of Doh TetLan library was opened at thelibrary in YakhaingyoegyiVillage of HtantabinTownship in Yangon Regionon 21 February morning.

First, TownshipAdministrator U Ngwe Doe,Head of TownshipInformation and PublicRelations Department Daw

Khin Nyein Nyein and villageadministrator U Win Nyuntopened the building.

After that, the townshipadministrator made a speech.The head of Township IPRDexplained the durability ofthe library. The Townshipadministrator presented K 1million donated by YangonRegion government to thefund of the library through

Chairman of the library U WinNyunt. The head of TownshipIPRD donated 100 copies ofbooks and publications toLibrarian U Myat Min Oo.Chairperson of TownshipMaternal and Child WelfareAssociation Daw Pauk Paukpresented various sorts ofjournals to Secretary of thelibrary U Hsan Lwin.

Township IPRD

Natural Disaster ManagementCourse commences

KENGTUNG, 4 March—The Shan State(East) Natural Disaster Management CourseNo. 2/2012 was opened at the hall of KengtungTownship Development Affairs Committeein Kengtung on 20 february morning.

Chairman of the Leading Committeefor Kengtung District Natural DisasterManagement Deputy Commissioner U Khin

Win of Kengtung District delivered anaddress.

Director U Aung Khaing of Relief andResettlement Department explained thematters related to the training.

Altogether 50 trainees from townshipsin Shan State (East) attended the one-weekcourse.—District IPRD

CSC issued in KaungkhaVillage of Kutkai Tsp

MUSE, 4 March—Citizenship scrutiny cardswere issued at BasicEducation Middle School inKhaungkha Village ofKutkai Township, MuseDistrict, Shan State (North),on 17 February.

Head of DistrictImmigration and National

Registration DepartmentAssistant Director U Nwe Winmade a speech. Head ofTownship INRD U Win NaingSoe presented the cards to 69eligible people.

A junior assistant teacheraccepted the cards on behalfof the students.

District IPRD

Model summer paddy plotharvested in Pathein

PATHEIN, 4 March—Aceremony to harvestr summerHsinthukha-3 paddy on 3.78acres of farmland of farmer UAung Kyi was held inKyaukchaunggyi Village-tract in Pathein Township on16 February.

Under the supervisionof Head of AyeyawadyRegion Department ofSettlement and Land RecordU Kyaw Htin, AyeyawadyRegion Manager U MyintThein of MyanmaAgriculture Service, Head ofPathein District DSLR UAung Zaw Myint, TownshipManager U Sein MaungMyint of MAS, Head ofTownship DSLR U Hla Wai,staff members and local

farmers actively participatedin the paddy harvesting workand counted the productionrate.

After harvesting the

paddy Hsinthukha paddystrain (good) on the modelplot produced 95.65 basketsof paddy per acre.

Township DSLR

Literary talksgiven in

MonghsatMONGHSAT, 4 March—

Bookworms in MonghsatTownship of Shan Stateorganized the literary talks atthe township gymnasium inMonghsat at 7 pm on 17February.

Writers Chit Naing(Psychology), Ko Yoe Kunkand Akyidaw gave literarytalks.

On 18 March morning,they also gave lectures onliterary affairs to students atBasic Education High Schoolin Monghsat.

District IPRD

Inter-Subject FootballTournament concludes at

Dagon Univesity

YANGON, 4 March—The prize presentation ceremony ofthe Inter-Subject Men’s and Women’s Football Tournament2011-2012 academic year of Dagon University was held atthe football ground of the university on 29 February.

Rector Dr Hla Htay of Dagon University, Pro-Rector DrAye Aye Tun, Head of Yangon Region Sports and PhysicalEducation Department U Aung Moe, faculty members,officials of the Sports and Physical Education Departmentand students watched the final match.

Later, Rector Dr Hla Htay presented the first prize toGeology Department team. Officials awarded other winners.

Myanma Alin

Fire drill demonstrated inMadaya Myoma Market

MADAYA, 4 March—Ademonstration on fire drillwas held at Myoma Marketwith the use of four small fireengines and two watertankers of fire brigade and

one fire engine fromTownship Fire ServicesDepartment in MadayaTownship on 15 February.

The fire drill wassupervised by Township

Administrator U Aung SweMyint, Executive Officer UMyint Aung of TownshipDevelopment AffairsCommittee, Head ofTownship Fire ServicesDepartment U Htay Win andmembers of the Market Boardof Trustees.

Myanma Alin

AID PROVIDED: Pyithu Hluttaw representative U NyanWin and party provided rice and medicines to fire

victims at the relief camp in Ale Village of HlinethayaTownship on 18 March. Photo shows the representative

giving words of encouragement to the fire victims.TOWNSHIP IPRD

Reserve rice purchased in Bogale TownshipBOGALE, 4 March—Bogale Township

Reserve Rice Work Committee of AyeyawadyRegion purchases 25-mark rice from farmersat 100 baskets per K 330,000.

On 20 February morning, the paddypurchase centre at Aung Theikdi Rice Mill inMyoma Ward 6 of Bogale, members of theState Reserve Rice Work Committee UThaung Win, Chairman of the BogaleTownship Reserve Rice Work Committee U

Thein Aung and members rendered necessaryassistance for farmers in selling paddy at thecentre.

Five paddy purchase centres are beingkept open in Bogale Township as of 13February so as to purchase paddy for reserverice of the State. Up to 20 February, thecentres have purchased 4700 baskets ofpaddy.

Myanma Alin

Refresher course for GPs on25 March-24 June

YANGON, 4 March—TheContinuous MedicalEducation unit of MyanmarMedical Association willconduct the Public Health,Family Medicine andResearch course 2012 forgeneral practitioners from 12noon to 3 pm on Saturdaysand Sundays from 25 Marchto 24 June.

The companies wishingto render sponsorship for thetraining course are to cometo the auditorium B of MMA

at 1 pm on 6 March. Membersof the MMA wishing to attendthe training course may enlistat MMA in person with threelicence sized photos from 10am to 2 pm on 14 and 15March.

MMA

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LONDON, 4 March—Some spiders in SouthAfrica can tangle up asnake by trapping it in thesticky mesh and thenspinning a fine web aroundits coils.

Eventually, the wholesnake is forced into a scalyball by the spider’s strongweb. A shocked officereceptionist stumbledupon the insect’smammoth feat at herworkplace in South Africa,The Sun reported onThursday.

Tania Robertson wasarriving at the electrical firmwhen she spotted thebrown button spidertucking into possibly itsbiggest meal ever —a 14-cm long Aurora housesnake.

The spider, which isactually quite rare in SouthAfrica, is not as deadly asa black widow but still diddamage to the snake.

Internet

A woman visits theexhibition during a Press

preview of the 2012 WhitneyBiennial at the Whitney

Museum of American Art inNew York, the United States,

on 27 Feb, 2012. Thecontemporary art exhibition

includes sculpture,photography, painting,

installations, dance, theater,film and music and runs from1 March to 27 May.—XINHUA

Feds monitored Wash terror suspectthe informant had comeforward in May.

The online newspapersaid Abdul-Latif appears tohave been the target of awiretap warrant obtainedthrough a secret federal courtoperating under the FederalIntelligence Surveillance Act.

Prosecutors said in courtrecords they plan to use“information obtained andderived from electronicsurveillance” but Sea-ttlepi.com said evidence thatled to the warrant being issuedremains classified and likelywill not be provided to Abdul-Latif’s defence attorneys orthe public.—Internet

SEATTLE, 4 March—USauthorities were interceptingphone calls linked to a plot tokill Defence Departmentemployees weeks before thealleged plotter’s arrest,records show.

Seattlepi.com reportedcourt filings in the caseagainst Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif — a suburban Seattleman accused of plotting to killdozens of Defence Depart-ment employees at a Seattlemilitary-processing centre—show federal agents with asecret warrant had beenconducting electronicsurveillance of Abdul-Latifweeks or months before his

June arrest. Abdul-Latif, whofaces a possible life sentenceif convicted of terrorism-related charges, allegedlyplanned to storm the MilitaryEntrance Processing Stationwith two other men withautomatic weapons andgrenades. One of his allegedco-conspirators was agovernment informantpraised by authorities afterthe arrest of Abdul-Latif andLos Angeles resident WallieMujahedin, who has pleadedguilty and awaits sentencing.

Seattlepi.com said courtdocuments now revealAbdul-Latif had been underinvestigation months before

Well Known Ak-47 Kalash-nikov Assault Rifles Collec-tion Stock Photo .—INTERNET

Russia to fight faking of its weapons abroadMOSCOW, 4 March—

The Russian government isplanning to undertake seriousmeasures to fight counterfeitproduction of Russianweaponry in foreigncountries, especially theKalashnikov (AK) assaultrifles.

According to Kalas-hnikov producer Izhmash,Russia accounts for only 10-12 percent of the millionKalashnikov rifles sold

globally every year, with therest being unlicensed copies.

“Unfortunately, manycountries, including thosethat consider themselvescivilized, do not respect thepatents of Russian manufac-turers,” Deputy PrimeMinister Dmitry Rogozin saidduring a Cabinet meeting onMonday.

“We must make therecognition of our propertyrights a priority in military-

technical cooperation,”Rogozin said.

According to experts,exports of illegally producedRussian arms cost the countryup to $6 billion a year and alsodamage Russia’s image.

The most notoriousexample is the illegalproduction of the famedKalashnikov assault rifles inat least 15 countries,especially in eastern Europe,experts say.—Internet

Nine killed in fight between Colombian army, rebelsevents in Cauca last week,Colombian President JuanManuel Santos held anextraordinary security councilsession in the provincialcapital of Popayan where heanalyzed the anti-violencemeasures in the region withrelevant military and policeleaders.

“Cauca is going througha difficult time in matters ofsecurity. We are perfectlyconscious about what ishappening and we are goingto see how we can strengthensecurity to protect peoplefrom the military confronta-tion,” he told reporters afterthe meeting.—Xinhua

BOGOTA, 4 March—Atleast five suspected membersof the rebel RevolutionaryArmed Forces of Colombia(FARC) group and fourColombian army soldierswere killed after a confronta-tion in the southwesterndepartment of Putumayo, theColombian Army said onMonday.

The fight broke out onSunday in a rural area of thePuerto Guzman municipality,but details of the incident werenot confirmed until Monday,the army said in a statement,adding that the suspectedFARC members had used anindigenous reservation as a

shield of protection.Based on the initial

intelligence reports, five“narcotic-terrorists” werekilled in the operation, saidthe report, which also saidthat one of the dead isbelieved to be leader of theFARC Front 32, but theidentity of that man could notimmediately be confirmed.

In a separate incident,the FARC’s Front 6 launchedan attack early Monday onthe town of Caldono in thesouthern province of Cauca.Last week, the rebel groupkilled one police officer andtwo soldiers in the same place.

Just before the violentnewfound reptile Lygosoma veunsaiensis, in honour of theplace it was discovered, Cambodia’s Veun Sai-Siem PangConservation Area. L veunsaiensis is a type of skink, lizardsfamed for their long, narrow bodies, stubby legs, and theawkward gait that often results.

Finding the lizard was a rare piece of luck, researchers say.Members of the Lygosoma genus are notoriously secretive.“These creatures are difficult to find because they spend somuch of their life hidden underground,” said Flora and FaunaInternational’s Neang Thy, an author on a paper documentingthe discovery published in the journal Zootaxa.

“Some similar species are known from only a fewindividuals. We were very lucky to find this one,” Thy saidin a statement.—Internet

Tiny, shinylizard

discoveredin Asian

forest

PHNOM PENH, 4 March—A new lizard species has beenuncovered in Cambodia, a remarkable creature with a long,snakelike body, tiny legs and scales that shimmer with arainbow-hued iridescence. The disco-ready lizard is tiny,about 3 inches (7 centimeters) long from snout to tail, andresearchers found only a single specimen. In early 2010, asmall search team discovered the adult male near a stream,during a daytime trek through an evergreen forest in theremote northeast region of the country, near the Laotianborder.

Scientists typically wait to reveal such finds until ananimal is officially described as a new species — a time-consuming process — thus the two-year lag between thediscovery and announcement. Researchers dubbed the

Two Russians taken hostage byNigerian pirates

LAGOS, 4 March—TwoRussian nationals — thecaptain and an engineer of acargo ship — have been takenhostage by pirates in Nigeria,Xinhua reported onThursday. The pirates hadattacked the Dutch vessel afew kilometres from Nigeria’s

Port Harcourt, an official said.The Russians have not

been identified. TheInternational Maritime Bureauhas confirmed that piratesattacked and robbed a cargovessel at a Nigerian port. Eightpirates armed with machineguns fired at a Curacao-flagged

vessel anchored at PortHarcourt before boarding theship Tuesday night. The chiefengineer and the ship-masterwere taken hostage, an officialsaid. The vessel had 14 crewmembers. One crew memberwas injured and another wasreported missing.—Internet

Stone Agehunters

discoveredAmericaLONDON, 4 March—

America was first discoveredby Stone Age people fromEurope - 10,000 years beforethe Siberia-originatingancestors of the AmericanIndians set foot in the NewWorld, The Independentreported on Thursday citinga study.

A remarkable series ofseveral dozen European-style stone tools, datingback between 19,000 and26,000 years, have beendiscovered at six locationsalong the US east coast.

The new discoveriesare among the mostimportant archaeologicalbreakthroughs for severaldecades - and are set to addsubstantially to our under-standing of humanity’sspread around the globe, thenewspaper said. DennisStanford, of the Smith-sonian Institution inWashington DC, and BruceBradley of the University ofExeter, the two leadingarchaeologists who haveanalysed the evidence, areproposing that Stone Agepeople from Western Europemigrated to North Americaat the height of the Ice Age.

They are presentingtheir detailed evidence in anew book - Across AtlanticIce - published this month.

Internet

This spidereats thesnake

Residents push a car on a flooded avenue in SaoPaulo, Brazil, on 2 March, 2012. A heavy rain

hit the city of Sao Paulo flooding several streetsthis Friday.

XINHUA

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R, front) talks with SpanishPrime Minister Mariano Rajoy (L, front) as German Chancellor

Angela Merkel (R, rear) stands behind during the signingceremony of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governancein the Economic and Monetary Union during the EU Summit in

Brussels, capital of Belgium, on 2 March, 2012.—XINHUA

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Jetliner makes emergency stopin Newark

NEWARK, 4 March—AUnited Shuttle Air Expressjetliner made a safeemergency landing inNewark, NJ, Monday eveningwithout its front wheelsdeployed, authorities said.

No injuries were reported

United Shuttle Air Express flight made emergencylanding at Newark Airport.—INTERNET

among the 71 people on boardfollowing the plane’s landingat Newark Liberty Interna-tional Airport about 6:22 pmEST, fire officials and PortAuthority officials told The(Newark) Star-Ledger.

The plane had been en

route from Atlanta to Newarkwhen hydraulic problemswith its front landing gearwere detected, the newspapersaid. Authorities shut downthe entire airport during theincident, port authorityofficials said.

Television footageshowed the plane came to astop with the underside of itsnose resting on the tarmac.Numerous emergencyvehicles, including at leasttwo ambulances, a crashtruck and several police carswere at the scene. Thepassengers were evacuatedand taken by bus to a nearbyterminal.

Internet

In this photo distributed byAstrakhan branch of theMinistry for EmergencySituations, Emergency

Situations Ministryrescuers inspect debris ofan apartment buildingafter an explosion onMonday morning, on

27 Feb, 2012, inAstrakhan, Russia. Such

gas explosions arefrequent in Russia.

INTERNET

The Costa Allegracruise liner is seen in

Rhodes, Greece in2011. An Italian

cruise ship from thesame fleet as the

tragedy-struck CostaConcordia was adrifton Monday in choppyseas off the Seychelleswith no power after afire and 1,049 peopleon board.—INTERNET

Bird strike forces plane to ground

ST LOUIS, 4 March—ADenver-bound FrontierAirlines flight collided witha bird on takeoff, forcing areturn to Lambert-St LouisInternational Airport, offic-ials said.

No one was injured

during the incident onSunday, the St Louis (Mo)Post-Dispatch reported.

Frontier Flight 297departed St Louis on time justafter 6 am and was in the airfor just a few minutes beforethe bird strike, airport

spokesman Jeff Lea said.Lea said he did not know

the extent of the damage, butthe 58 passengers continuedtheir trip on another Frontierflight.

Sunday’s incident wasthe fourth bird strike reportedat Lambert this year, theFederal Aviation Adminis-tration’s “wildlife strike”database states.

Most collisions withbirds and other wildlife poselittle danger to planes orpassengers, the FAA said, but23 deaths and 209 injuriesnationwide due to wildlifestrikes have been reportedsince 1990.

Internet

SANTIAGO, 4 March—Five people were confirmeddead while the rest threeonboard were still missingafter a light plane crashed onThursday in Chile,authorities said on Friday.

Defence MinisterAndres Allamand hadpreviously confirmed threedeaths but authorities saidlater that rescuers have found

Five killed, three missingafter Chilean plane crash

five bodies.“I don’t have any

information about the rest ofthe passengers, but we havespecialized personnelworking where the bodies ofthe airplane were found,” hesaid.

Allamand added that theAir Force and Navy hadfound the aircraft’s fuselagein Piedra Blanca sector, nearQuellon, a port located inChiloe Island.

The one-motor Piperaircraft crashed soon aftertaking off from Melinka,1,370 km south of Santiago.Some witness said they sawit aircraft plunged into ariver.

Local press reports saidthe passengers on the planewere members of a family thatwas traveling from Melinkato Quellon.

Xinhua

Two sought after 13 shot at rap concert in USin grave conditions, he said.

Investigators areseeking to identify twoyoung men in blackclothing whom witnessesclaimed are involved in theshooting.

The incident took placeduring a rap concert givenby Los Angeles artist NipseyHussle who rose to fame in2009.

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 4 March—Law enforcement authori-ties in Tempe, Arizona Stateof the United States aregathering informationregarding two suspects whowere involved in theshooting and injuring of 13people at a rap concert lateFriday night, Azcentral.comreported on Saturday.

The shooting occurredat about 11:30 pm local time

(0630 GMT) at theClubhouse Music Venue onBroadway Road betweenRural Road and McClintockDrive in Tempe, a citylocated in the East Valleysection of state capitalPhoenix, Tempe policespokesman Steve Carbajalsaid.

Thirteen victims wereidentified and two of themwere sent to an area hospital

China issues rainstorm alert for southern regionsBEIJING, 4 March—

China’s weather departmentissued a rainstorm alert onSunday and said widespreadrainstorms are expected tosweep many southernprovinces in the followingtwo days.

Heavy rains orrainstorms will hit many

regions in the Provinces ofGuizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi,Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu,Zhejiang, Guangdong, andthe Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region, theNational MeteorologicalCenter (NMC) forecast.

Strong downpours andtorrential weather are

expected to pound someregions in Guangxi, Hunan,Jiangxi and Anhui fromSunday to Monday, the NMCsaid.

It urged local authoritiesto get prepared for possibleflooding and geologicaldisasters such as landslidesmudslides.—Xinhua

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News Album

Bald eagles land on NH roadNew Hampshire State Police said a lane of traffic on 101

in Bedford was closed when a pair of bald eagles landed onthe road.

Police said a trooper noticed the eagles in an eastboundlane of the road around 6:45 am Sunday and traffic wasdiverted away from the birds, WMUR-TV, Manchester,reported on Tuesday. The eagles flew off after about an houron the road and did not appear to be injured, state police said.

Challenger the Bald Eagle lands after his flight duringpre-game festivities of the Fiesta Bowl between Stanfordand Oklahoma State at University of Phoenix Stadium in

Glendale, Arizona, on 2 Jan, 2012.

Sub shop makes 1,470-caloriesandwich

‘Hitman’ Web site creatorin US prison

The Las Vegas man who created HitmanForHire.net, aWeb site promising professional killers “at a moment’snotice,” is now in a federal prison in Mississippi.

Essam Ahmed Eid, 56, who was convicted in bothIreland and the United States of crimes related to his onlinebusiness, is eligible for release as early as November 2013after he was sentenced in Los Angeles to a 33-month jailsentence on a conspiracy relating to extortion charge, theLos Angeles Times reported on Tuesday.

Authorities said Eid, who was born in Egypt, approacheda woman in Los Angeles in 2006 and told her someone hadoffered him $37,000 to have her killed. However, he said heonly received a $17,000 deposit and would spare the woman’slife if she paid the outstanding balance on the contract.

The woman sought assistance from the FBI, butinvestigators said Eid left the country for Ireland during theirinvestigation.

Authorities in Ireland arrested Eid after he approacheda man and said he had been offered $174,876 to kill him, hisbrother and their father. He offered to spare their lives for$134,520.

Eid was convicted of extortion and burglary in Dublinand sentenced to six years in prison. He was extradited to LosAngeles to face trial last year.

A Wisconsin sandwich chain said its new Big Daddysandwich includes salami, bologna, pepperoni, two types ofham and three types of cheese.

Cousins Subs of Menomonee Falls said the sandwichhas 1,470 calories, the equivalent of three McDonald’sQuarter Pounders with Cheese or more than six JohnsonvilleStadium Brats, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported onTuesday.

“What we’ve been hearing from our guests for a coupleof years is that they’re really looking for hearty sandwichesand premium quality and the best ingredients, and that’swhat we set out to do with the menu as a whole,” marketingdirector Justin McCoy said. “The Big Daddy happened to bea part of that.”

Jim White, a registered dietitian and a spokesman for theAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics, said it would take aboutfive hours to walk off the calories from a Big Daddy.

“This could set someone back days if not even a week,”he said.

Demi Moorechecks out of

rehab

Demi Moore arrives at theSamsung Hope for

Children Gala at Ciprianion Wall Street in New York

City on 7 June, 2011.INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 4March—Demi Moore haschecked out of the CirqueLodge treatment facility inUtah, a source close to thefilm actress told E! News.

The “Margin Call” and“Ghost” star went to the rehabcenter after a briefhospitalization following aseizure-like episode shesuffered at a party 23 Jan.

E! News said Mooresought treatment for drugaddiction and an eatingdisorder but has since left thefacility and is now on vacationat an undisclosed location.

“She’s in no rush to getback to LA,” the insider said.“She’s on total lock-downand only talking to a smallgroup of people.”

The 49-year-old “AboutLast Night” and “St Elmo’sFire” actress is the mother ofthree grown daughters withher ex-husband, film starBruce Willis. Her marriage toactor Ashton Kutcherrecently ended.—Internet

Bristol Palin to star in reality showNEW YORK, 4 March—

US cable network Lifetimesays it plans to air a seriesfollowing Bristol Palin’s lifeas a single mom raising atoddler in her native Alaska.

Palin, 21, is the daughterof 2008 Republican vicepresidential nominee andformer Alaska Gov SarahPalin. She is an author and aformer contestant on“Dancing with the Stars,” and

is also is the mother of a 3-year-old son named Tripp.

The New York Post said“Bristol Palin: Life’s a Tripp”will offer a “never-before-granted” look at Palin’s life asa young mom.

Lifetime ordered 10 half-hour episodes of the show,which is to premiere this year,the Post said.

“From the first momentshe was thrust into the public

eye, Bristol and her son havebeen the subjects of a hugeamount of curiosity andmisunderstanding,” RobSharenow, Lifetime’sexecutive vice president ofprogramming, said in astatement. “This show willreveal the real Bristol Palinand her journey as a daughter,a mother and a young womanmaking her way in the world.”

Internet Bristol Palin

Sandra Bullock

Arnold Schwarzenegger and wife MariaShriver.INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 4 March—Broadcastjournalist Maria Shriver and film star ArnoldSchwarzenegger have no plans to reconcile,a source close to the former couple toldUsMagazine.com. The pair “are notreconciling and not in counseling,” an insidertold the celebrity news Web site Thursday,shooting down media reports stating theformer governor and first lady of Californiaare giving their marriage another shot.

“They will continue to be seen togetherbecause of their family, but they are notreconciling,” the unidentified source said,referring to their four children. Shriver filed fordivorce last summer after 25 years of marriage,following Schwarzenegger’s admission hefathered a child during an extramarital affairwith a member of the family’s household staffmore than a decade ago.—Internet

Shriver, Schwarzeneggernot reconciling

Lady Gaga unveils Born This WayFoundation at Harvard

CAMBRIDGE, 4 March—LadyGaga introduced her Born This WayFoundation, the non-profit she createdto empower youth and inspirecreativity, at Harvard University inCambridge, Mass.

“The culture of love is not goingto change overnight but youth are theanswer to creating a braver, kinderworld,” the singer told a crowd ofpolicy makers, non-profit organiza-tions, foundation leaders, studentsand youth at the Harvard GraduateSchool of Education’s AskwithForum. “This might be one of the bestdays of my life.” Among those whoparticipated in Wednesday’s eventwere media mogul Oprah Winfrey,author Deepak Chopra and USSecretary of Health and Human

Lady GagaServices Kathleen Sebelius.

The John D & Catherine TMacArthur Foundation, TheCalifornia Endowment and Harvard’sBerkman Center for Internet & Societysaid in a news release they arepartnering with BTWF “to explore thebest ways to reach youth and create anew culture of kindness, bravery,acceptance and empowerment.”

Internet

Dujardin calls his success‘happy accident’

French actor JeanDujardin.

SandraBullock files

lawsuitagainst watch

brandWASHINGTON, 4 March—

Sandra Bullock is suingToyWatch USA for using hername to promote a diamond-encrusted white-band watch.

The 47-year-old actressclaimed that her publicityrights had been infringed asthe watch companyadvertised their watch as thesame gadget she wore in herOscar-winning role in 2009movie ‘The Blind Side’.

According to TheHollywood Reporter, she isasking a California judge forfinancial compensation, aswell as an injunction,Contactmusic reported.

The brunette beauty’slaw suit states that she willnot voluntarily appear in printor other media for a companyor product unless she carefullyselects and believes in thecompany and product, andunless the compensation shereceives is commensuratewith the value of theexploitation of her name,image, identity, and persona.

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 4 March—French actorJean Dujardin, who won best actor Oscar for“The Artist”, said he never planned his careerand thinks that the success is simply a happyaccident. The actor admits he neverconsidered working in movies after a career asa stand-up comedian.

“I didn’t think about cinema. It could’veended at the cabaret stage. But I crossed over,and happy accidents kept happening. I neverstopped working. But it was never a careerplan,” he told Marie Claire magazine.

The 39-year-old star is keen to stick to hisFrench roots because he thinks asking formore success would be “indecent”.—Internet

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Arsenal determined to keep Van Persie,Wenger says

LONDON, 4 March —Arsene Wenger promised todo “everything possible” tokeep Robin van Persie atArsenal after the Netherlandsstriker struck a double blowto Liverpool’s ChampionsLeague hopes. Van Persie

Arsenal’s Robin van Persie jumps for the ball duringtheir English Premier League match against Liverpoolat Anfield. Van Persie struck an injury-time winner asArsenal dealt Liverpool’s hopes of Champions League

qualification a shattering blow with a 2-1 victory.INTERNET

scored twice — including abrilliant stoppage time winner- as Arsenal came from behindfor the third successive leaguegame to defeat Liverpool 2-1at Anfield.

The Gunners captainnow has 31 goals in all

competitions but speculationcontinues about his futurewith the London club. VanPersie has just over a year lefton his contract but has so fardelayed talks about extendinghis stay. But Wenger insistsArsenal will do what they canto ensure their lethalmarksman stays. “We will doeverything possible to keephim,” said Wenger after theDutchman inspired Arsenal’sfourth-straight league win.

“I can’t say much morethan that. “He’s up there withthe best players in the world.I’m very proud of him. He wasvery timid when he first arrivedat the club and to see how farhe has come is very pleasing.”Arsenal face missionimpossible on Tuesday whenthey attempt to overturn a 4-0 first leg deficit against ACMilan in the last 16 of theChampions League. ButWenger will think anything ispossible with Van Persie inthe team.— Internet

Ibrahimovic hat-trick boosts Milan as Juve heldPALERMO , 4 March —

Zlatan Ibrahimovic markedhis return from a three-matchban with a first-half hat-trickas champions AC Milanrouted Palermo 4-0 onSaturday, while Juventussuffered a setback when theywere held 1-1 by Chievo. Thewin allowed Milan to open athree-point lead overundefeated Juventus, whostill have a game in hand butare handicapped by a vastlyinferior goal difference. “I’llget the whole team to sign theball and then take it homewith me,” said Ibrahimovic,whose last hat-trick was as aJuve player in 2005.

“We played animportant game very well andmust now keep going likethis.” Palermo had not lost toMilan at home since 2006 butIbrahimovic soon put thatrecord to bed by giving hisside a 3-0 lead by the 35thminute. He broke the deadlockin the 21st minute when SulleyMuntari set up Robinho, whofound the big Swede in space

to find the target with a left-footed curler. Ten minuteslater it was 2-0, whenIbrahimovic poked a low drivepast goalkeeper EmilianoViviano.

He completed his hat-trick after 35 minutes when heguided a shot inside the right-hand post from a few yardsoutside the area. Milan’s routwas confirmed just before the

Palermo’s Croatian forward Igor Budan (L) vies withAC Milan’s Brazilian defender Thiago Silva (R) duringthe Italian Serie A football match at Barbera Stadium in

Palermo. AC Milan won 4-0.— INTERNET

hour mark when Thiago Silvaheaded in a cross fromStephan El Shaarawy.Juventus, who had drawn 1-1 in a bad-tempered clash withMilan last weekend, wentahead against mid-tableChievo after 18 minutesthanks to Paolo De Ceglie,despite the left-backappearing to be in an offsideposition.— Internet

Klitschko retains WBA-IBFheavyweight titles

Heavyweight world boxingchampion Wladimir

Klitschko of Ukraine,right, knocks out Jean-

Marc Mormeck of Francein the fourth round of theirWBA, IBF, WBO and IBOtitle bout in Duesseldorf,Germany, on 3 March,

2012. — INTERNET

McIlroy closes in on No 1 in theworld

Rory McIlroy, of NorthernIreland, hits an approach

shot to the third greenduring the third round ofthe Honda Classic golf

tournament in Palm BeachGardens, Fla., on 3 March,

2012.— INTERNET

Danell Leyva, left, andJordyn Wieber pose after

winning the AmericanCup gymnastics

competition at MadisonSquare Garden in New

York, on 3 March, 2012.INTERNET

Federer edges Murray to winDubai Championships

Roger Federer ofSwitzerland holds thewinning trophy after

defeating Andy Murray ofBritain, rear centre, in themen’s singles final at the

Emirates Dubai ATPTennis Championships in

Dubai, United ArabEmirates, on 3 March,

2012. — INTERNET

DUBAI, 4 March — RogerFederer edged Andy Murray7-5, 6-4 on Saturday to win hisfifth Dubai Championshipstitle. The second-seededFederer didn’t drop a set allweek and kept Murray offbalance much of the match.The win was Federer’s fifthtitle in seven tournaments andhis 72nd overall.”This isperfect. This is great. Anytitle is a good one, I’ll tell youthat,” Federer said. “I have alosing record againstMurray.”

Leyva, Wieber win gymnastics’ American CupNEW YORK, 4 March —

Jordyn Wieber knew theworld title she won in Tokyolast fall came with more thana flashy gold medal, it alsocame with a target. GabrielleDouglas found the bullseye.Wieber kicked off her Olympicyear with a victory at theAmerican Cup at MadisonSquare Garden on Saturday,

though her third win in theevent will come with a sizableasterisk after Douglas — whocompeted as an alternate andwasn’t eligible for the all-around title — stunned her

more heralded teammate witha score more than two-tenthsof a point higher.

“I wanted to put myname out there and showeveryone what I’m capable of

doing,” Douglas said.Message received.

Though Wieber stoodatop the podium with abouquet of roses in her handsat the end of the day, she gaveherself a “B’’ while callingDouglas “amazing.” Dubbed“the Flying Squirrel” bywomen’s national teamcoordinator Martha Karolyibecause of her gravity-defying routines, the 16-year-old from Virginia Beach, Va.,sent a clear message thecountry’s gold medal hopesin London go beyond Wieberand Aly Raisman, whofinished second.

Internet

PALM BEACH GARDENS, 4March — Rory McIlroy madetwo big par saves on a windyback nine and finished with abirdie from the bunker for a 4-under 66 and a two-shot leadover Harris English and TomGillis in the Honda Classic onSaturday. The 22-year-oldfrom Northern Ireland is oneround away from becomingthe second-youngest player

behind Tiger Woods to reachNo. 1 in the world. He wouldhave to win the tournamenton Sunday to replace LukeDonald atop the rankings. “Idefinitely feel like I need toput it out of my mindtomorrow,” McIlroy said. “Ineed to focus on just trying towin this golf tournament. Itmight be a little difficult.”

McIlroy was in a similarspot last week when hereached the final of the MatchPlay Championship, knowinga win would make him No 1.He lost to Hunter Mahan, 2and 1.

This time, there is morethan one player to contendwith in the final round. Sevenplayers were within five shotsof the lead, a group thatincludes PGA championKeegan Bradley and Masterschampion Charl Sch-wartzel.— Internet

DUESSELDORF, 4 March— Wladimir Klitschkostopped French challengerJean-Marc Mormeck in thefourth round of a one-sidedfight to retain the WBA andIBF heavyweight titles onSaturday night. TheUkrainian put down Mormeckwith a left-right combination,followed by a short left.Mormeck beat the count butlooked wobbly and refereeLuis Pabon stopped the fight.“His strategy was to make metired, but I dominated,”Klitschko said.

Klitschko was creditedwith the 50th KO of his career,but Mormeck said he couldhave fought on. “I wasfrustrated, I could havecontinued,” Mormeck said.Klitschko floored Mormeckin the second and completelydominated the much smallerchallenger. Mormeck never

connected with a cleanpunch, although Klitschkosaid he had been hit with onejab. “My eye is still stinging,”Klitschko said. Klitschkoimproved to 57-3, whileMormeck dropped to 36-5.Klitschko also held on to theminor IBO and WBO belts.

Internet

The 16-time Grand Slamchampion improved to 7-8against Murray, outplayingthe 24-year-old from Scotlandwith a mix of powerfulgroundstrokes, drop shotsand the occasional serve-and-volley. Murray, who wascoming off a semifinal winagainst top-ranked NovakDjokovic, struggled with hisbackhand and serve. He won85 percent of his first servicepoints against Djokovic, butonly 48 percent againstFederer.— Internet

Isner loses to Anderson atDelray Beach

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DELRAYBEACH, 4 March—Top-seeded John Isnerwas bounced from the DelrayBeach International onSaturday, losing to SouthAfrican Kevin Anderson 7-5,7-6 (4) in the semifinals. Theseventh-seeded Andersonwill play qualifier MarinkoMatosevic of Australia forthe title.

Isner lost his serve in the

11th game of the first set. Hethen double-faulted away thefirst point of the second-settiebreaker against the 36th-ranked Anderson. Isner,ranked 11th in the world,entered with a 9-1 record intiebreakers this season. The173rd-ranked Matosevic beatDudi Sela of Israel 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (7) in the other semifinal.

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MYANMAR TV

(5-3-2012) (Monday)

Focus Myanmar TV Programme

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

Iditarod has ceremonialstart in Anchorage

ANCHORAGE, 4 March — It was all laughs, smiles and barksduring the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled DogRace in Anchorage on Saturday morning. The fan-festannually precedes the real start of the race, scheduled forSunday 50 miles north of Anchorage in Willow. “I think it’sgreat,” said Susan Chan of Little Rock, Ark. She was inAnchorage for a Rotary conference which ended just beforeSaturday’s event.

“Of course, the dogs are the main attraction, but reallythe mushers, of course, they’re in charge of the whole thing.Without them, we wouldn’t be having a race,” said Chan, whowas bundled up in a parka as light snow fell in the city. Forthe ceremonial start, streets are closed in downtownAnchorage to allow fans to watch the mushers prepare theirdog teams. There is a staggered start with a musher and aperson riding in his or her sled — called an IditaRider — whowon an auction for the ride.—Internet

Aliy Zirkle, of Two Rivers, Ak, drives her dogs during theceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, on

3 March , 2012 in Archorage, Alaska.— INTERNET

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow Sr.

No. Regions/States

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 26/79 12/54 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

2 Kayah 32/90 17/63 Partly cloudy

3 Kayin 38/100 18/64 Partly cloudy

4 Chin 17/63 09/48 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

5 Upper Sagaing 28/82 14/57 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

6 Lower Sagaing 24/75 17/63 Partly cloudy

7 Taninthayi 36/97 22/72 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

8 Bago 35/95 19/66 Partly cloudy

9 Magway 35/95 21/70 Partly cloudy

10 Mandalay 26/79 19/66 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

11 Mon 37/99 22/72 Partly cloudy

12 Yangon 35/95 20/68 Partly cloudy

13 Rakhine 31/88 19/66 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

14 Southern Shan 27/81 14/57 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

15 Northern Shan 19/66 09/48 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

16 Eastern Shan 32/90 12/54 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

17 Ayeyawady 35/95 20/68 Partly cloudy

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 37/99 18/64 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

19 Neighbouring Yangon 35/95 20/68 Partly cloudy

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 26/79 19/66 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

Summary of

observations at 09:30

hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, rain or thundershower have been widespread in Lower Sagaing Region and Chin State, fairly widespread in Upper Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway Regions and Shan State, scattered in Kayin and Rakhine States, isolated in Taninthayi Region with isolated heavyfall in Rakhine States, weather has been partly cloudy in the remaining Regions and States. Day temperatures were (4°C) below March average temperatures in Magway Region, (5°C) to (6°C) below March average temperatures in Upper Sagaing, Kachin, Eastern Shan and Chin States and (8°C) to (12°C) below March average temperatures in Lower Sagaing, Mandalay Regions and Northern Shan State and about March average temperatures in the remaining Regions and States. The significant day temperature was Minbu (39°C). The noteworthy amount of rainfalls recorded were Kyauktaw (3.50) inches, Paletwa (1.97) inches, An (1.57) inches, Mindat (1.26) inches and PyinOoLwin (1.06) inches.

Bay Inference Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy in the Andaman Sea and South Bay and partly cloudy elsewhere in the

Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Seas will be slight to moderate in the Myanmar waters.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Likelihood of slight increase of day temperature in the Upper Myanmar areas.

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Venerable

Mingun Sayadaw7:30 am 2.Morning News8:15 am 3. Cute Little Dancers8:30 am 4. Songs in honour of

(67th) AnniversaryArmed Forces Day

8:45 am 5. Musical Programme4:00 am 6. Martial Song4:30 am 7. Myanmar Language5:05 pm 8. Songs for Upholding

National Spirit5:20 pm 9. Documentary6:00 pm10. Evening News6:20 pm11. Sing & Enjoy7:00 pm12. TV Drama Series8:00 pm13. News14. Weather Report15. India Darma Series

Andre Villas-Boas has been sacked by Chelsea after less than a year incharge at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea’s decision comes on the back of Saturday’s 1-0 defeat by West Bromwich Albion and a run of just threePremier League wins in their last 12 games.

The 34-year-old Portuguese only took over as managerin June 2011.

Former Chelsea midfielder Roberto di Matteo has beenput in charge as first-team coach on an interim basis

LONDON,4 March—

until the end of the season.A statement on the club’s website read:

“Unfortunately the results and performances of

the team have not been good enough and were showing nosigns of improving at a key time in the season.

“The club is still competing in the latter stages of theUEFA Champions League and the FA Cup, as well aschallenging for a top-four spot in the Premier League, andwe aim to remain as competitive as possible on all fronts.

“With that in mind, we felt our only option was to makea change at this time.”

Chelsea are facing two tough games in theFA Cup and Champions League over the next 10days.

They visit Championship side Birminghamfor an FA Cup fifth-round replay on Tuesday andthe following week they must overturn a 3-1deficit against Italian side Napoli at StamfordBridge to avoid exiting the Champions Leagueat the last 16 stage.

Villas-Boas won the Portuguese League andCup double plus the Europa League whilst incharge at Porto but appeared to have a difficultworking relationship with senior players atChelsea.

Nicolas Anelka and Alex left the club early

in his reign and after FrankLampard was left out of theteam he said playing underVillas-Boas had “not beenideal.”

Villas-Boas admittedin December that the Bluescould no longer win thePremier League after theywere left 11 points adrift ofthe leaders following a 1-1draw with Fulham onBoxing Day.—Internet

Former Chelseamidfielder Robertodi Matteo has been

put in charge asfirst-team coach on

an interim basisuntil the end of the

season.

Newcastle 1-1 SunderlandAmeobi rescues point for Magpies

with injury time equaliserLONDON, 4 March—Derby specialist Shola Ameobi

was Newcastle’s hero once again as he spared Demba Ba’sblushes with an injury-time equaliser against 10-manSunderland.

The substitute levelled at the death after Ba had seenan 83rd-minute penalty saved by Simon Mignolet.

Nicklas Bendtner had given the visitors a 24th-minute lead by converting a controversial penalty, but thevisitors managed to hang on until the dying secondsdespite having Stephane Sessegnon sent off, while BlackCats captain Lee Cattermole was also dismissed after thefinal whistle for arguing with referee Mike Dean.

The temperature rose within 40 seconds when BlackCats skipper Lee Cattermole left his mark on Cheick Tiote.

Internet

Head to head:James McLean and

Danny Simpson clash in abad-tempered match

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NAY PYI TAW, 4 March—The 500-acre paddy farm ofGreen Asia Co is located in 10000-acre model mechanizedfarm in Dagon Myothit of Yangon Region.

Yesterday afternoon, Managing Director U MaungKyay of Green Asia Co conducted Union Minister forAgriculture and Irrigation U Myint Hlaing accompanied byChinese Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Li Junhua andagriculturists from Yunnan Province round the 500-acrepaddy farm and explained production of Palethwe hybrid G-1 paddy strains on 100 acres of farmlands and cultivation ofPalethwe hybrid paddy F-1 on remaining 400-acre farmlands.

The Chinese ambassador and Yunnan agriculturists

Union A&I Minister views thriving PalethweUnion A&I Minister views thriving Palethwehybrid paddy plantations in Dagon Myothithybrid paddy plantations in Dagon Myothit

discussed comprehensive cooperation for uplifting livingstandards of the farmers and increasing their incomes.

They viewed paddy strain sorting machine that canoperate 50 baskets of paddy per acre of Green Asia Co, paddydryer, silo and thriving 100-acre paddy plantations.

At 500-acre paddy farm of Sun Moon Star Co, Myanmaragriculturist Dr Ye Tint Tun reported on production ofquality paddy strain.

The Union minister and party viewed thriving 300-acre paddy farm and 200-acre paddy farm.

After visiting the paddy plantations, the Union ministergave necessary instructions.—MNA

YANGON, 4 March—A ceremony to hand over newschool building of Basic Education Post-Primary School inPyawbwelay Village, Twantay Township, Yagon Region,to the Ministry of Education was held at the school today.

Yangon Region Chief Minister U Myint Swe, YangonMayor Region Minister for Development Affairs U Hla Myint,officials and wellwisher Daw Khin Mar Yi, wife of (Duyinthee)U Soe Myint formally opened the new school building.

The wellwisher spent K 69.785 million on constructionof 140x30 feet RC facility and then donated K 700,000 to thefunds for Dhammayon in Pyawbwelay Village.—MNA

New school building ofPost-Primary School handedover to Ministry of Education

Graphene has been heralded as a revolutionarymaterial and is used in touch screen

technology.— INTERNET

Graphene ‘could pose healthrisk’ to workers

EDINBURGH , 4 March—People involved in making amaterial used to enhance computer and phone touch screenscould be at risk of lung damage, according to new research.Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have been studyingthe behaviour of the so-called miracle material, graphene.They say, when produced in a certain form, the ultra-thincarbon contains tiny particles known as nanoplatelets. Thesecan lodge in the lungs and may cause health problems, thestudy found.

Graphene, first identified in 2004, has been hailed arevolutionary material and heralded for its superconductiveproperties. The flexibility of these disc-shaped particles,known as nanoplatelets, allows them to be readilyincorporated into plastic and rubber, giving them new anduseful properties. They can also be used to enhance theelectronic properties of touch screens.

The Edinburgh scientists found that the nanoplatelets,which are invisible to the naked eye, behave like tiny frisbeesand stay airborne. But the researchers said their aerodynamicproperties also mean that when inhaled, they can find theirway deeper into the lungs compared with other forms ofgraphene. The scientists said the particles could accumulatein the lungs and cause damage.

This could potentially affect the health of peopleinvolved in manufacturing and handling graphene-basednanoplatelets. Prof Ken Donaldson, chair of respiratorytoxicology at the university, said.—Internet

Tottenham 1-3 Manchester UnitedTottenham 1-3 Manchester UnitedTottenham 1-3 Manchester UnitedLONDON, 5 March—

Ashley Young scoredtwice as ManchesterUnited closed the gap onleaders Manchester City totwo points with a 3-1 victoryaway at Tottenham Hotspurthis afternoon.

Visiting United weresecond best for large partsof the opening 45 minutesas Spurs enjoyed largespells in possession.

The home side foughtthey had broken the deadlockin the 34th minute whenEmmanuel Adebayor flickedthe ball into an unguardednet from close range.However, the Togo strikerwas penalised by refereeMartin Atkinson forcontrolling the ball with hishand prior to converting hischance.

Just as the two teams

Wayne Rooney celebrates his opener

looked to be heading intothe break level, Unitedopened the scoring withvirtually their first effort ontarget.

Wayne Rooneyevaded his marker KyleWalker to nod a corner fromAshley Young past BradFriedel in the home goal.

Spurs continued todominate the earlyexchanges after the restartas Jake Livermore’sdeflected effort forced

David de Gea into a low savein the 50th minute.

Benoit Assou-Ekottothen grazed the crossbar witha curling effort from 25 yardsout, but it was United whograbbed the second goal ofthe encounter.

Walker failed to clearNani’s cross from the bylineand Young was on hand tosend a half-volley past awrong footed Friedel on thehour mark.

The England inter-

national added his secondand United’s third nineminutes later, curling an effortinto the top corner of the netfrom 20 yards out.

Substitute JermainDefoe pulled one back forSpurs three minutes from timewhen he collected a poor pass

Ashley Young scored twosplendid goals to give

United a smash-and-grab3-1 victory at

White Hart Lane.

from Ryan Giggs and shotpast an unsighted De Geafrom the edge of the area.

However, Defoe’s lateintervention failed toproduce a late comebackas United held out for allthree points.

Internet

Modric Challenges Nani

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50 people killed in roadaccident in southeastern

Guinea

Collaboration shields AIDSpatients from TB: UN

Health reforms in Chinamake gains, but many

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Arsenal determined to keepVan Persie, Wenger says

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