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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting partici-pation in terms of technical know-how andinvestments from sources inside the countryand abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 19 July – Maj-Gen Ko Ko of theMinistry of Defence together with Chairman ofAyeyawady Division Peace and Development Coun-cil Commander of South-West Command Brig-GenKyaw Swe and officials arrived at Ngapudaw Town-ship on 16 July.

Maj-Gen Ko Ko, the commander and party paidhomage to Shwemyintin Pagoda and made cash dona-tions for all-round renovation of the pagoda.

Next, Maj-Gen Ko Ko met with departmentalofficials, social organizations members and townseldersat the office of Ngapudaw Township PDC.

Maj-Gen Ko Ko heard a report on facts about thetownship and progress of agriculture, fishery, saltindustries and other businesses of the township pre-sented by an official, and stressed the need to extendthe businesses. The commander made a supplemen-tary report.

Next, Maj-Gen Ko Ko and party viewed beau-tifying of the township in a motorcade.

At the station hospital in Kyonku village in thetownship, Maj-Gen Ko Ko comforted the patients andprovided cash assistance to them.

Maj-Gen Ko Ko inspectsreconstruction works in

Ngapudaw, Hainggyikyun

They also visited Kyonku Village BEHS andinspected learning of school children and building ofthe new school building.

Next, Maj-Gen Ko Ko, the commander andparty viewed progress of reconstruction ofHainggyikyun in a motorcade and visited 16-bedHainggyikyun Station Hospital.

At Panmawady Hall, they met with departmen-tal personnel, social organizations members and localpeople. Commodore Myo Myint Than of HainggyikyunStation reported to Maj-Gen Ko Ko on progress ofreconstruction and rehabilitation works, distributionof relief supplies and assistance provided by the Statefor education and health sectors in cooperation withthe members of social organizations and wellwishers,and the commander made a supplementary report.

Maj-Gen Ko Ko urged them to strive for ensur-ing better conditions than before the natural disaster inaccordance with the guidance given by the Head ofState.

In the evening, Maj-Gen Ko Ko met with offic-ers and other ranks and their families at the hall of thestation and gave necessary instructions. — MNA

Maj-Gen Ko Ko presents cash assistance to a patient at the station hospital in Kyongu village,Ngapudaw Township.—MNA

YANGON, 19 July – An educative talk on controlof dengue haemorrhagic fever in Maubin District,Ayeyawady Division was held at 200-bed People’sHospital in Maubin this morning.

Secretary of District Peace and DevelopmentCouncil U Myo Sein delivered a speech. Head ofAyeyawady Division Health Department Dr Aye KoKo reported on outbreak of DHF in the division, DeputyDirector (Malaria) Dr Than Win on undertaking oflarvae control measures with the use of abate in thetownship.

Dr Aye Ko Ko presented insecticides to officialsof Maternal and Child Welfare Association for daynurseries. Dr Aye Ko Ko and party inspected larvaecontrol measures with the use of Abate in Ward 3 andin schools.

MNA

Educative talk on control ofDHF in Maubin

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Media under colonialists’ influence, incapable ofundermining Myanmar’s nationalistic fervour (2)

TEKKATHO MYAT THUPAGE 7

However much the media under the colonialists’ influence made attempts toundermine the rehabilitation and reconstruction endeavours, Myanmar people whoknew thoroughly about the trickery of that media will continue serving the interestof the State and the people.

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

People’s DesireSunday, 20 July, 2008

Today, measures are being taken throughthe education sector to help the Myanmarsociety enjoy technological development. Inthe process, the youth are being educated andnurtured in order that intellectuals andintelligentsia get along with the sectorconcerned.

Respective universities and colleges are totake a leading role in innovating technologies,modern methods and good foundations thatare suitable for various social fields.

Now, good education environments arebeing created to be able to apply advancedtechniques and technologies not only in theagriculture, livestock, forestry, mining andindustrial sectors but also in social sectors.

Teachers, the major human resource inthe education sector, are to guide the youth sothat the latter’s goals contribute towards theinterests of the nation, while teaching studentssubjects on arts and science to improve theireducation.

Today, the world has seen remarkableadvancements in science and technology,along with changes in global events. So,teachers have to work hard to help the nationand the people catch up with the globaladvancements.

The nation will be able to produce acontinuous stream of reliable intellectualsand intelligentsia if teachers guide, nurtureand train the students effectively withgoodwill, taking advantage of the goodeducation foundations the government hasbuilt to fulfil the requirements in the educationsector.

For emergence of constantstream of intellectuals andintelligentsia

YANGON, 19 July – Minister for Industry-1 UAung Thaung inspected concrete products factory ofMyanma Ceramic Industries in Insein Township thismorning.

The minister inspected production of concretepost shoes for construction of houses in the storm-hitareas and transport of the post shoes to the respectiveareas.

The concrete products factory and maintenance

Minister for Industry-1 inspects factoriesin Insein Township

factories have produced 24,950 post shoes up to 18July. The factories can produce 1,500 post shoes perday.

The minister also inspected shoe factory No. 1(branch) of Myanma General and MaintenanceIndustries in Phawkan. He gave instructions onrealization of the targets.

He inspected Win Thuza Shop (Phawkan) andobserved the sale.—MNA

Deputy Foreign Minister receives UN AssistantSecretary-General

YANGON, 19 July—Deputy Minister forForeign Affairs andChairman of theTripartite Core Group(TCG) U Kyaw Thureceived Mr AjayChhibber, UnitedNations AssistantS e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l ,Assistant Administratorand Regional Director ofthe Regional Bureau forAsia and the Pacific ofthe United NationsDevelopment Pro-gramme at 3 pm today atthe Ministry of ForeignAffairs, here.

Also present on the

occasion were MrMartins Hildebrants,Deputy Chief of South

East Asia and PacificDivision of the UNDPand officials concerned

from the Ministry ofForeign Affairs.

MNA

Grants provided to brilliant students ofMyanmar Maritime University

YANGON, 19 July –A ceremony to provide

grants to brilliant studentsof Myanmar MaritimeUniversity who passedthe respective maritimeexaminations was held atTraders Hotel on SulePagoda Road thisevening.

Under thearrangements of countryrep SR Shipping Co Ltd,in Myanmar, STX PanOcean & STX Pos ShipManagement Co Ltd ofthe Republic of Koreaprovided the grants to theoutstanding students.

Manager U MayAung of SR Shipping CoLtd explained thearrangements for thegrants provided by STXPan Ocean & STX Pos

Ship Management Co Ltdto the guests.

Managing DirectorMr Lim Chaeeop of STXPan Ocean gave anintroductory speech.

Training ManagerMr Yang Seung-Heereported on functions ofmaritime, energyproduction, shipbuildingand production of shipengines and maritime andshipping courses by STXeconomic group, themother company of STXPan Ocean & STX Pos.

Rector of MyanmarMaritime University UCharlie Than thanked thecompany for providinggrants and congratulatedthe outstanding students

on their success.Managing Director

Mr Lim Chaeeoppresented cash assistanceand certificates to 20 third,fourth and final yearstudents.

STX Pan Ocean &STX Pos ShipManagement Co Ltd ranksfourth in the shipbuildingin the world under thename of STX. Beginning2007, S.R Shipping Co Ltdlocated at Bo Myat TunTower in BotahtaungTownship has employedMyanmar sailors under thearrangement of the STXCo. Enquiry can be madethrough dialing 203012and 201687.

MNA

Deputy Minister U Kyaw Thu receives UN AssistantSecretary-General Mr Ajay Chhibber and party.—MNA

Managing Director Mr Lim Chaeeop of STX Pan Ocean presentscertificate and grants to a student of MMU.—MNA

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Mexico seizes ‘narco submarine’

UK sprinter fails in bid to beat Beijing banRoadside bomb kills fourAfghan security guards

KANDAHAR (Afghanistan), 19 July — Police say aroadside bomb and a militant attack have killed fourprivate Afghan security guards in the country'sinsurgency-wracked south.

Helmand provincial police chief MohammadHussein Andiwal says the roadside blast occurredaround 6 am Friday in the province's Nava district.Three guards were killed and four wounded.

Zabul deputy provincial police chief Jailani Khansays Taliban militants attacked a convoy carryingsupplies for NATO forces Thursday. The 30-minutegunbattle in his region killed an Afghan securityworker and wounded five. More than 2,500 people —mostly militants — have died in insurgency-relatedviolence this year in Afghanistan, according to anAssociated Press tally of official figures.—Internet

Three dead in Iraq suicide blastBAGHDAD, 19 July — A suicide truck bomber in

northern Iraq attacked an Iraqi army patrol on Friday,killing three soldiers and wounding seven others, anInterior Ministry official said. The incident — whichoccurred in Flifla east of Mosul in Nineveh province —is the latest strike in the northern region, where al Qaedain Iraq maintains a strong presence and violencecontinues to flare in a country that is enjoying a decreasein fighting.Meanwhile, a Multi-National Force-Iraqservice member died Thursday “of non-battle relatedcauses,” the US military said Friday.

The attacks follow a car bombing on Wednesdayin the Nineveh city of Tal Afar that killed at least 15people and wounded 90 others. And on that sameday, a suicide car bombing near a US militaryconvoy wounded five people. The number of USservice member deaths in the Iraq war is at 4,124.Eight have died so far in July. —Internet

US military death toll inIraq rises to 4,124

WASHINGTON, 19 July — As of Friday, 19 July,2008, at least 4,124 members of the US militaryhave died in the Iraq war since it began in March2003, according to an Associated Press count.

The figure includes eight military civilians killedin action. At least 3,360 died as a result of hostileaction, according to the military's numbers.

The AP count is the same as the DefenceDepartment's tally, last updated Friday at 10 amEDT.

The British military has reported 176 deaths;Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13;Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five;Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each;Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, Romania, two each;and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea,one death each.—Internet

MEXICO CITY,19 July—Mexico found nearlysix tonnes of cocaine in amakeshift submarineseized this week off thePacific coast, the navy saidon Friday.

The 32-foot (10-metre)-long, greenfiberglass craft wasdesigned to travel justbeneath the water, leavingalmost no wake.

It was one of Mexico’slargest maritime drugseizures and the first timethe country has seen drugsmugglers using asubmarine, the navy said.

Four Colombians abo-ard the submarine saidthey had navigated upthe Pacific coast fromColombia, according tothe navy.

Colombian officialssaid last month that diesel-powered drug submarinestravel up to two weeks toreach Central Americaand Mexico. The drugs are

then hauled overland intothe United States.

Mexican special forcesraided the submarine onWednesday after theyspotted it from the air byhelicopter. They detainedthe crew and brought themand the vessel back to thePacific port of Salina Cruzin Oaxaca state.

Colombia’s navy says

each homemadesubmarine costs about$600,000 to make and isoutfitted with propellers.

The submarine findcomes as troops onThursday discovered 12tonnes of marijuana intrucks near Tijuana atMexico’s border withCalifornia, police said.

Internet

Dwain Chamberspictured ahead of his

High Court appearancein London.INTERNET

LONDON, 19 July—British sprinter DwainChambers has failed in hisLondon High Court bid tocompete at the BeijingOlympic Games.

Chambers, 30, hadappealed against a lifetimeban from competing inthe Olympics imposed bythe British Olympic As-sociation following a two-year suspension for failinga drugs test.

Chambers, who served

his doping ban between2003 and 2005, wasseeking a temporary

injunction against theBOA, which bans alldoping violators for lifefrom Olympiccompetition.

The sprinter's lawyersargued that Chambers hadexpressed regret for hispast behavior anddeserved a place inBeijing, adding thathe would strengthenBritain’s 100-metersquad.

Internet

Iran’s nuke issue should beresolved through diplomacy

MOSCOW, 19 July —Russian President DmitryMedvedev, in a telephoneconversation with hisIranian counterpartMahmoud AhmadinejadFriday, said the dispute overIran’s nuclear programmeshould be resolved throughdiplomacy, the Kremlinpress-service said.

“The Russian president

reiterated his firm positionin favor of settling theIranian nuclear issue solelythrough political anddiplomatic means,” thestatement said.

Medvedev also called onIran “to fully cooperate withthe International AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA) inorder to clarify theremaining issues

surrounding its nuclearprogramme,” it said.

Iran’s top nuclearnegotiator Saeed Jalili andthe European Union (EU)foreign policy chief JavierSolana will meet in Swisscity of Geneva on Saturdayto hold talks on thecountry’s nuclearprogramme.

Internet

Shoppers cross a road in Tokyo. A new high-tech Japanese electronic displaycan instantly identify people’s sex or age range and target them withadvertisements to suit them, maker NEC Corp has said.—INTERNET

Mexican troops have seized nearly six tonnes ofcocaine found in a makeshift fiberglass submarine

- the first known use of a submarine for drugtrafficking - traveling just beneath the surface of

the Pacific Ocean. —INTERNET

French search for stolen Semtex

LYON (France), 19July—French anti-terrorist officers aresearching for 28kg (61lb)of Semtex explosivemissing from a depot inthe suburbs of the city ofLyon.

France’s interiorministry confirmed aninvestigation wasunderway, saying themanager of the site hadbeen suspended.

Semtex is a powerfulexplosive favoured byterrorist groups as it isodourless and difficult todetect.

Police said detonatorswere also missing and thatthey are treating the theft“very seriously”.

The depot, in adisused 19th century fortat Corbas, is used forstoring explosives by acivil defence unit chargedwith the job of blowing upbombs and ammunitionleft over from the twoworld wars.

Internet

Semtex has been used by various terrorist groups

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Kenya’s violence threatens wildebeest

Poachers set steel snares amongst the thorntrees to capture wildebeest headed on their annual

migration.—INTERNET

McCain advisor quits over‘whiners’ comment

WASHINGTON, 19 July—Phil Gramm, an advisorto presumptive Re-publican candidate JohnMcCain, resigned Fridayfollowing mountingcriticism over hiscomment that the US hadbecome a “nation ofwhiners” in relation to theeconomic woes con-fronting many Ameri-cans.Phil Gramm re-signed on Friday as co-chair of Republican WhiteHouse hopeful JohnMcCain’s campaign aftercalling the United Statesa “nation of whiners,” theformer senator said.

“It is clear to methat Democrats want toattack me rather thandebate Senator McCain onimportant economic issuesfacing the country,”Gramm said in a statement.

Washington Timesnewspaper earlier thismonth in which he saidthe United States still hada dominant economy,despite widespread fearsof a recession.

Obama’s cam-paign responded toGramm’s resignation onFriday by asking“whether he (McCain)will continue to keep theeconomic plan thatGramm authored and thatrepresents a continuationof the polices that havefailed American familiesfor the last eight years,”spokesman Hari Sevugansaid.—Internet

Republican candidateJohn McCain.

“That kind of distractionhurts not only SenatorMcCain’s ability topresent concrete programsto deal with the country’sproblems, it hurts thecountry. “To end thisdistraction and get on withthe real debate, I herebystep down as co-chair ofthe McCain campaign andjoin the growing numberof rank-and-file McCainsupporters.”

Gramm, a formersenator from Texas,ignited the furor with aninterview in the

American Airlines flight diverted

Car accidents in Bolivia kill 19LIMA, 19 July — At least 19 people have been killed and more than 16 injured

in two separate car accidents in Bolivia, according to information reaching herefrom La Paz, the country’s administrative capital.

A bus carrying 28 passengers plunged off a cliff in Sama hill on Friday morning,just 20km from its destination — the capital of Tarija state. Eight people were killedand 16 injured in the accident.

Another accident, which claimed the lives of seven persons, occurred in thedepartment of La Paz Thursday night when a vehicle crashed into a bus on theDesaguadero highway connecting Bolivia with Peru.

The cause of the accidents is under investigation. —Internet

Judge restores protectionfor Rockies wolves

Soldiers killed in Kashmir blastNARBAL (Kashmir),

19 July—At least sevensoldiers have been killedin an explosion triggeredby suspected separatistmilitants, police in Indian-administered Kashmirsaid.

More than 20 otherswere hurt when a buscarrying the troops wascaught in the blast in theNarbal area, close to theprovincial capital,Srinagar.

Some of the injuredare said to be in criticalcondition.

Police said thesoldiers were on leave andreturning home. No grouphas said it carried out theattack.

The latest incidentcomes a day after seniorofficials from India andPakistan held talks to stepup confidence-buildingmeasures in the disputedregion.

Violence in Indian-controlled Kashmir hasreduced markedly since a

2003 ceasefire betweenIndia and Pakistan.

But analysts say thatrecent firing incidentsacross the Line of Controland rare allegations ofceasefire breachesunderline how fragile thepeace is.

Internet

MASAI MARA,Kenya, 19 July — Themigration of more than amillion wildebeestbetween Kenya andTanzania is one of thewonders of the natural

world. Tourists fromaround the globe haveflocked to Kenya towitness the herdsstreaming across thesavanna and over the MaraRiver.But now this annual

migration is under threatfrom poachers. “When theanimals come into Kenyathere is this big influx ofpoachers,” says BrianHeath, CEO of the MaraConservancy thatmanages animalprotection in the borderregions of the park.

“Unless we controlit we are in danger of thenumber of animals beingpoached not being able tosustain the population.”

The politicalviolence stemming fromKenya’s disputed electioncaused visitors to canceltheir trips or lookelsewhere for theirvacation. And though thecountry has been peacefulfor months, the touristshave stayed away.

Internet

MISSOULA (USA), 19 July—A federal judge hasrestored endangered species protections for graywolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans bythree states to hold public wolf hunts this fall.

US District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoulagranted a preliminary injunction late Friday restoringthe protections for the wolves in Montana, Wyomingand Idaho. Molloy will eventually decide whether theinjunction should be permanent.

The region has an estimated 2,000 gray wolves.They were removed from the endangered species listin March, following a decade-long restoration effort.

Environmentalists sued to overturn the decision,arguing wolf numbers would plummet if hunting wereallowed.

They sought the injunction in the hopes of stoppingthe hunts and allowing the wolf population to continueexpanding.—Internet

OKLAHOMA CITY,19July —An AmericanAirlines flight fromBoston to Los Angeleswas diverted to Okla-homa City on Friday aftera passenger stripped nudeand later tried to open anemergency exit doorbefore being subdued bymembers of a profess-ional soccer team andothers, the FBI said.

Members of the NewEngland Revolution ofMajor League Soccerwere among those whograbbed the passengernear an exit door, FBIspokesman Gary Johnsonsaid. Tie wraps wereplaced on the man, whosename was not im-mediately released. Hewas taken into custody inOklahoma City andplaced under psychi-atricevaluation, Johnson said.

American Flight 725,a Boeing 757, arrived inOklahoma City at 1:35pm CDT and was back inthe air an hour later, saidAmerican Airlinesspokesman Tim Smith. It

landed without furtherincident at Los AngelesInternational Airport at3:13 pm PDT.CraigTornberg, the soccerteam’s general manager,said he confronted the manas soon as he saw himemerge naked from oneof the plane’s restrooms.Tornberg said he, assistantcoach Gwynne Williamsand Michael Burns, theteam’s vice president forplayer personnel, grabbedthe man and forced himinto a seat as a flightattendant ran to getrestraints.

Internet

Israel didn’t knowof cluster bomb use

JERUSALEM, 19 July — A former Israeli defenceofficial says the Israeli military used cluster bombs fortwo weeks during the 2006 Lebanon war withouttelling the Israeli government.

Hagai Alon, an adviser to then-Defence MinisterAmir Peretz, says the government only learned of thecluster bomb use when European countries raised theissue after the war.

Alon spoke on Israel Radio on Saturday.The military said in response that it updated the

government on all issues throughout the war.Cluster bombs open in flight and scatter dozens

of bomblets over wide areas. UN experts say that ofmillions dropped over Lebanon, up to 1 million failedto explode.—Internet

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A slow loris (right-top, an endanger species, for sale at a market in Jakarta.Tiger skins and rare caged primates openly sold at markets in the heart of

Indonesia’s capital are the most brazen and visible aspect of a thriving illegalwildlife trade.—INTERNET

So-called “AIBO” four-leg robots representing Germany (blue) and Japan(red) vie for the ball during the 2006 RoboCup World Championship. After

Euro 2008, now Austria is preparing to host RoboCup, where 500 robots taketo the football field hoping to prove their mettle.—INTERNET

A view of Lake Baikal in 2003. Russian scientists onThursday outlined plans for a submarine expeditionthis month that will for the first time probe thedepths of Lake Baikal, a unique ecosystem and the

deepest lake in the world.—INTERNET

14 killed in bus accident inNepal

KATHMANDU, 19 July — Police say a bus veered offa mountain road and plunged in a river in central Nepalkilling 14 passengers while several more are reportedmissing.

Police official Ramji Dantel says the bus fell intothe river just after midnight Saturday in the KhareKhola, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of thecapital, Katmandu.

Police and soldiers are searching the river for thebodies but flooding by monsoon rain is making theirwork difficult.

Another 29 people injured in the accident have beentaken to hospital.—Internet

Two Marinereservists charged

in secrets theft SAN DIEGO, 19 July —

Two Marine Corpsreservists have beencharged in connection withan alleged informationtheft ring that involved thecompromise of classifiedfiles. Gunnery Sgt Eric LFroboese and Master Sgt.Reinaldo Pagan wererecalled to duty in Juneand charged a short timelater as part of aninvestigation into theunauthorized sharing ofsecret Camp Pendletonfiles, Marine Corpsspokesman Maj Jason AJohnston said Friday.

The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that themen are accused of sharingthe files with an anti-terrorism group of law-enforcement agencies inLos Angeles County.

Internet

Pigs shot to train US soldiers

Brazilian police say eightdie in raid at Shantytown RIO DE JANEIRO, 19 July— Brazilian police say at

least eight alleged drug traffickers were killed duringa raid in a Rio de Janeiro shantytown.

A Rio de Janeiro state police spokeswoman saysofficers were met by gunfire when they arrived at theMinha Deusa slum.

The spokeswoman said Friday that agents seizeddrugs, rifles, grenades and ammunition. She declinedto be identified in line with standard departmentalpolicy. Rio is one of the world’s most violent cities andthe site of frequent shootouts between police and druggangs.—Internet

LONDON, 19 July — TheUS Army has defended apractice of shooting livepigs as part of a medicaltraining exercise forsoldiers heading to Iraq.

The military says thepractice teaches troopsemergency lifesavingskills needed on thebattlefield when there areno doctors or medicalfacilities nearby.

“It’s to teach Armypersonnel how to managecritically injured patientswithin the first few hoursof their injury,” said MajorDerrick Cheng, spokesman

for the 25th InfantryDivision. But animalcruelty organisation Petahas labelled the practiceoutdated and unnecessaryand have urged the Armyto rethink the plan.“There’s absolutely noreason why they have toshoot live pigs,”spokeswoman Holly Bealsaid.

Peta said the training

was brought to theirattention by a “distraught”soldier who told them ofplans to shoot the pigs withM4 carbines and M16rifles. The organisationsaid there were morehumane options available,including high-tech humansimulators.

But Major Cheng saidshooting pigs was the bestoption.—Internet

NZ astronomers measure smallest planetoutside solar system

WELLINGTON, 19 July— Researchers in NewZealand have made theinitial measurements of thesmallest planet foundoutside the solar system,the New Zealand PressAssociation reported onSaturday.

Using the new MOA-IItelescope at the Mt JohnObservatory, near Temukain South Canterbury, theyfound the planet outside

the solar system which isthree times bigger thanEarth.

More than 300 planetshave been found outsidethe solar system, and thelatest is the smallest planetorbiting a normal star,which is as little as one20th the mass of the Earth’ssun. “It turns out that thelowest mass ones are theones that would be easiestto search for evidence of

life on other planets,” theleader of the internationalsearch team, DavidBennett, of the Universityof Notre Dame, said in astatement.

The research would bepublished in the Septemberissue of the AstrophysicalJournal.

The tiny star is a “browndwarf” 3,000 light yearsfrom Earth.

Internet

Illegal explosive found to be cause ofkiller furniture store blaze in N China

SHIJIAZHUANG, 19 July — The furnituremarket fire that killed nine people andinjured another on Monday in northChina’s Hebei Province was caused byan explosion when a store owner wastrying to make explosive.

The blaze broke out at about 10 am atthe three-story Sunshine Furniture Marketin Quyang County, about 200 kmsouthwest of Beijing, said a provincialpublic security department spokesmanon Friday.

The dead, aged 19 to 40, includedseven females and two males. They were

all locals of Quyang and store employees.An injured man was still receivingtreatment in hospital.

According to a police investigation,the store owner, a woman sur-namedChen, decided to make explosives in themarket's back lotto earn money. Shehired seven people on Sunday night,paying each100 yuan (about 14.3 USdollars) a day. At 7 am Monday, theybegan making explosive in a shed. At9:56 am, it caught fire after chemicalsignited the explosive.

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (centre R) meets Lebanon’sparliamentary majority leader Saad al-Hariri (centre L) in Baghdad

on 17 July, 2008.—INTERNET

Lebanon’s Hariri meetsIraqi PM in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, 19 July — Senior Lebanesepolitician Saad al-Hariri met Iraqi PrimeMinister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad onThursday in a further sign the IraqiGovernment's ties with the Arab worldare expanding.

Hariri praised recent security gains inIraq, the government said in a statement.Violence has dropped to a four-year low.

Few senior Lebanese officials havevisited Iraq since the US-led invasion in2003, but regional countries are startingto re-engage with the Shi'ite-ledgovernment.

Hariri, son of Lebanon's slain ex-primeminister Rafik al-Hariri, is the SunniMuslim leader of Lebanon's majorityparliamentary coalition.

He also heads a multi-billion dollarbusiness empire, and his visit coincideswith an Iraqi push for more foreigninvestment to help rebuild the countryand provide jobs.

Last week Turkish Prime MinisterTayyip Erdogan visited Baghdad, thefirst Turkish leader to do so since the US-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein.

MNA/Reuters

Pakistan disputes US airstrikedue to database gap

ISLAMABAD, 19 July —The Pakistan militaryrejected on Thursday USmedia reports that anAmerican airstrike whichkilled 11 Pakistani soldiershappened because the USmilitary did not know theirpost on the Afghan borderwas there.

US officials, who spoketo some media on conditionof anonymity, said thepreliminary results of a jointUS-Pakistani investigation

into the June 10 incidentshowed they did not havethe location of the soldiers'post in the Mohmand tribalregion.

US coalition groundforces in Afghanistancalled in air support aftercoming under fire frompositions on a ridgeoverlooking the border.

Around eight militantswere killed in the airstrike,but it also hit the borderpost manned by Pakistani

paramilitary troops. Pakistan's military

spokesman Major-GeneralAthar Abbas said theinformation on the post'slocation had been sharedwith the US military.

“We had shared withthem everything, includinggrid coordinates of all theposts on our side, and evenhanded over to themmarked maps, indicatingthe location of our posts,”he said. — MNA/Reuters

UK gas bills to soar as oil link strengthens LONDON, 19 July —

British gas prices are goingto be more stronglyinfluenced by globaloil markets for theforeseeable future andhouseholders will have toget used to spending muchmore on energy unless thesurge in oil costs isreversed, Eclipse EnergyGroup said.

Consultants Eclipsesaid in a report, com-missioned by Britain’sbiggest household energysupplier Centrica, that the

link between oil prices andwholesale gas prices in theUK will get stronger overthe next few years asdeclining output from theNorth Sea makes Britainrely more on imports.

“With the UKincreasingly reliant onimported gas by pipelineand liquefied natural gas,

the international oil pricewill, in the near future, bethe main price driverbehind our energysupplies, with an impactlikely across consumers,businesses and theeconomy generally,” JohnKing, Managing Partnerof Eclipse, said.

MNA/Reuters

International experts tour the earthquake-damaged Erwang Temple, on 17July, 2008, in Dujiangyan, China. The group has been brought in to see the

damage firsthand and offer their expertise as China begins planning itsreconstruction.—INTERNET

Visitors to the Olympic Green take pictures ofsculptures carrying Olympic flames, in Beijing, on 18July, 2008. Organizers are putting the final touches tothe sprawling Olympic Green where the main venues

for the Olympic Games are located.—INTERNET

India discovers huge gas reserveworth $100b

MUMBAI, 19 July —India's Gujarat StatePetroleum Corporation(GSPC) has discovered ahuge gas reserve of morethan 600 billion cubicmetres of gas in theKrishna-Godavari Basin(Deendayal Block),announced Gujarat ChiefMinister Narendra Modion Thursday.

"I wanted to gopersonally andcongratulate the GSPC'steam for their bigbreakthrough and Itherefore came here withmy Cabinet ministers,"Modi said. He wasspeaking through videoconferencing from AndhraPradesh's KG-22 basin tothe media at the GSPCBhavan.

"Today our find at KG-22 is worth 100 billion USdollars," he said.

The GSPC team hadslogged for three years inthe middle of the seadigging over sixkilometres deep to find thegas reserve. "By god'sgrace the result has beensatisfying. I congratulateall the team members,"

he said. The block covers an

area of 1,850 squarekilometres on the KGbasin in Andhra Pradeshand GSPC as an operatorhas 80 per centparticipating interest.

MNA/Xinhua

Japan local assembly rejects US military planTOKYO, 19 July —

Lawmakers in Okinawa,southern Japan, passed anon-binding resolution onFriday against agovernment plan torelocate a US military base,a move that could affectlocal negotiations on therealignment.

Japan has tried topersuade Okinawaresidents to agree to aplanned move of the USMarines’ Futenma air basefrom the crowded city ofGinowan to the coastal cityof Nago on the same island,part of a broader plan that

would shift about 8,000Marines to Guam.

But Okinawans haveopposed the plan,complaining about noiseand crime associated withthe bases, and resentful ofthe island’s heavy burdenunder the US-Japansecurity alliance.

Okinawa plays host tothe bulk of the 50,000 or so

US troops based in Japan.“We strongly demand thatconstruction be put offimmediately,” an official atthe Okinawa prefecturalassembly quoted theresolution, addressed to theUS and Japanesegovernments and theOkinawa governor, assaying.— MNA/Reuters

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(Continued from 16-7-2008)In its bid to realize its policy, the world’s

superpower keeps in it anti-government persons:rebels, intellectuals or opposing party members,from the countries it does not get along with, thecountries that did not yield to its interference, andits targeted countries. Whenever opportune, it usesthem to devastate the targeted countries. It makesattempts to oust the governments inclusive ofdemocracy governments that are defiant to itswishes. So, millions of expatriates from manycountries are staying in it. It is public knowledgethat it is keeping tens of thousands of Myanmarexpatriates in it. With the intention of manipulatingthe international community, it exercises economichegemony, economic incentive, economicsanctions, and protectionism. Under its politicalstrategy, it sows discord between expatriates andanti-government elements and the rulinggovernment, between the people as well as betweenthe people and the governments of the targetedcountries, and between the targeted countries andinternational community. If necessary, it uses forceto invade a targeted country. However, its excusesit gives to do so are never reasonable.

It asked the intelligence units it keeps to launchpolitical, economic, military and social attacks on thetargeted countries to interfere in the internal affairs ofthose countries. It uses black journalism and disinformationto indoctrinate the people of the targeted country. Moreover,it wages psychological warfare and brainwashes thepeople of the targeted country. Now, in Myanmar, internaland external saboteurs are brainwashing the people withthe use of invented news stories.

An organization in that country plants oppositionparty members and expatriates of many countries inBBC, VOA, RFA and DVB. Employing the experienceof the media weapon it had used in the Cold War againstthe Soviet Union, it established many radio stations todominate the airwaves around the world.

I n the Cold War period, it founded RFE (RadioFree Europe) near Munich in Germany to sabotageeight Socialist countries of the Eastern Europe, andRadio Liberty or Radio Liberation also in Munich todevastate Soviet Union. And it appointed expatriates ofthe nation concerned. In the late 1991 when the SovietUnion was on the edge of collapse, BBC, VOA, RFEand Radio Liberty broadcast round the clock.

Fidel Castro regime has ruled Cuba since 1959.With the aim of attacking and overthrowing thegovernments of the Socialist countries in Latin Americaincluding Cuba, the organization established RadioSwan, then Radio Jose Marti and TV Marti and airedexaggerated news stories.

In May and June 1989, China saw a riot at the alieninstigation (especially at the instigation of thatorganization) in Tiananmen Square. After the riot wasover on 4 June 1989, the organization took away someChinese protesters through Hong Kong. Then, itestablished June Four radio station near Chicago andasked the Chinese expatriates to air broadcasts designedto attack the Chinese government.

The broadcasts of RFE proved successful indeposing the Socialist governments of East Europe.So, it founded Radio Free Asia (RFA) in Washington

Media under colonialists’ influence, incapable ofundermining Myanmar’s nationalistic fervour (2)

Tekkatho Myat Thuto attack China and Tibet, oust the Vietnamese,North Korean and Myanmar governments. RFA airsprogrammes in Chinese, Tibet, Korean, Vietnameseand Myanmar from dawn till dusk. Many expatriatesfrom China, Tibet, Vietnam, Korea and Myanmarare appointed in RFA.

Furthermore, it founded DVB radio station inOslo, Norway, for Myanmar renegades who wereinvolved actively in the 1988 unrest. In September2007, it hired a TV channel for the expatriates ofDVB. The organization is behind the RFE, RadioLiberty, Radio Swan, Radio Jose Marti, TV Marti,June Four, RFA, DVB. The congress of its mothercountry provides a lot of funds for the stations.

That organization assigned duties to hundredsof American journalists and thousands of Asian,African, Latin American and European journalistsin manufacturing fabricated news, applying a stringof books compiled by retied officers and journalists.

Secretary of the US State Department HenryKissinger, Chairman of Chinese Communist PartyMao Zedong and Chinese Prime Minister ZhouEnlai held a meeting at the residence of the Chairmanof Chinese Communist Party in Beijing from 11 pmon 17 February to 1.20 am on 18 February 1973. Iwould like to present the discussions of thatorganization made at the meeting (based on facts ofthe book on discussions to go down in the annals ofhistory compiled by Kyaw Win).Mao Zedong : Well, let’s discuss the matters

frankly without using anytortuous words. Actually,the long and t o r t u o u sremarks did not work. I had toldyour American reporter MrEdgar Snow that the news ofyour organization was tortuousand complicated. And it was goodfor nothing.

Kissinger: I completely agreed with yourstatements. It had turned out tobe like what you said.

The discussions between Chairman MaoZedong and Secretary of the US State DepartmentHenry Kissinger in 1973 highlighted the fabricatednews of that organization. Nowadays, the acts of theWest Bloc that are applying many nations as a toolin manufacturing fabricated news and meddling inthe internal affairs of other countries without abidingby codes of press ethics have been totallyunacceptable to any one.

It is known to all that the entire Myanmarpeople have been making relentless efforts in thestruggle for independence, prevalence of peace andstability after the independence, prosperity anddevelopment of the nation and the successfulrealization of the seven-step Road Map in the processof building a peaceful, modern and developeddiscipline-flourishing democratic nation withnationalistic spirit from the time when they werefighting for independence to 60 years after regainingindependence. In the course of that period, theygained a string of achievements overcomingsabotages perpetrated by internal and externaldestructive elements.

It is common knowledge that the West Blocare resorting to various ways and means includingimposing economic sanctions against the nationand dissuading the international community frominvesting in Myanmar in order to undermine thenation-building endeavours and accusing thenation of using forced labour and violating humanrights. They continued funding the remnantinsurgents and sowing discord among nationalraces to jeopardize the already-achieved peaceand stability.

They attempted to cripple every step of theseven-step Road Map. The National Conventiongained achievement only after overcoming a seriesof hardships and obstacles of destructive elements.The internal and external destructive elementscreated unrest in the nation when the Stateconstitution was about to be drafted. However, theentire Myanmar people have been able to draw theconstitution after warding off such disturbancewith nationalism.

Again, when the national referendum wasbeing held, the destructive elements were makingattempts to undermine the process by means of airwaves of BBC, VOA, RFA and DVB that airedfabricated news up to five times a day. But theentire Myanmar people who have already knownthe perpetrations of the destructive mediaunanimously cast votes in favour for the Stateconstitution, and the constitution was thus approvedwith 92.48 per cent of votes in favour.

The severe storm by the name of Nagisstruck Ayeyawady, Yangon and Bago Divisionsand Mon and Kayin States in lower Myanmar on 2and 3 May 2008. The storm left over 80,000 peopledead, over 50,000 missing and over 10,000 injured.The government and donors at home and abroadmade generous contributions in the form of cashand kind in rehabilitation and reconstruction of thestorm-hit regions in Ayeyawady Division. Withgenerosity, goodwill and nationalistic fervour ofthe Myanmar people, the strom-hit regions havenow returned to normal with a large number of newvillages, new towns, new houses and new roads. Itis known to all that internal and external destructiveelements in collusion with some foreignbroadcasting stations made attempts to underminethe drive for rehabilitation and reconstruction ofthe storm-hit regions.

However much the media under thecolonialists’ influence made attempts to underminethe rehabilitation and reconstruction endeavours,Myanmar people who knew thoroughly about thetrickery of that media will continue serving theinterest of the State and the people. At present, thegovernment and the people are enjoying the fruitsof the two national achievements. The firstachievement is that the entire people hadunanimously approved the State constitution, andthe second is that the success achieved inrehabilitation and reconstruction of the storm-hitregions by the government and the people basedon nationalistic fervour.

(Translation: MS + TS)*****

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(from page 16)Later, representa-

tives of the Union Soli-darity and DevelopmentAssociation, MyanmarWar Veterans Organiza-tion, Myanmar Fire Bri-gade, Myanmar RedCross Society, MyanmarWriters and JournalistsAssociation, MyanmarMotion Picture Asiayon,Myanmar MusicAsiayon, MyanmarThabin Asiayon, andMyanmar Artists and Ar-tisans Asiayon paid trib-ute and laid wreaths be-fore the tombs ofBogyoke Aung San andthe fallen leaders.

MNA

61st Anni-versaryArzani Dayobserved

Tribute paid to fallen Arzanis

Yangon Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin and attendees pay tribute at the tombs ofBogyoke Aung San and fallen leaders.—MNA

On behalf of U Aung San Oo, U Hla Pe lays a wreathat the tomb of Bogyoke Aung San.—MNA

Family members ofThakhin Mya paytribute at the tombof Thakhin Mya.

MNA

Family

members

of U Ba

Win lay a

wreath at

the tomb

of U Ba

Win.

MNA

Family

members

of U Ba

Cho lay

a wreath

at the

tomb of

U Ba

Cho.

MNA

Familymembers

ofMongpawnSawbwa

lay awreath atthe tomb

ofMongpawnSawbwa.

MNA

Family

members

of

U Razak

lay a

wreath at

the tomb

of

U Razak.

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NDPCC member inspectsreconstruction works of

storm-hit villages

YANGON, 19 July—Relief supplies for storm-affected regions continued to arrive here from aboard.

A total of 76.337 tons of relief aids donated byThailand-based United Nations World FoodProgramme (WFP) and 68.667 tons of supplies byMalaysian Red Cross Society arrived at YangonInternational Airport today.—MNA

Ayeyawady River below danger levelNAY PYI TAW, 19 July—The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology

under the Ministry of Transport today issued a flood bulletin that the waterlevel of Ayeyawady River at Hinthada is falling by 0.25 cm/hr and it is forecastto fall below the danger level of Hinthada during the next (3) days.—MNA

Family

members

of Mahn

Ba Khaing

pay tribute

at the

tomb of

Mahn Ba

Khaing.

MNA

Familymembersof Mahn

BaKhaing

lay awreath atthe tombof Mahn

BaKhaing.

MNA

Family

members of

U Ohn

Maung lay

a wreath at

the tomb of

U Ohn

Maung.

MNA

Family

members of

Yebaw Ko

Htwe lay a

wreath at

the tomb of

Yebaw Ko

Htwe.

MNA

Responsible persons of Myanmar ThabinAsiayon lay a wreath at the tombs of the fallen

leaders. — MNA

Responsible persons of Myanmar MusicAsiayon laying a wreath at the tombs of the

fallen leaders. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19July—Member of theNational DisasterPreparedness CentralCommittee Minister forMines Brig-Gen OhnMyint inspected roadworks of Labutta-T h o n e g w a - O t t w i n -Htakesun road andprogress of constructionof new houses inKyaukkalap village on 16July. After hearing reportspresented by departmentalpersons at the briefing hallof Shwe Thanlwin andAryonU CompaniesGroup, the minister gavenecessary instructions.

Next, the ministerand party looked intonursery and lake, openingof groceries and growingof vegetables onmanageable scale inPhonedawpyae Khonegyivillage and attended to theneeds.

The minister alsoinspected giving medicaltreatments to local peopleby members of Mon StateUnion Solidarity andDevelopment Asso-ciation.

Next, the ministerand party oversawbuilding of new houses,arrival of construction

materials and business ofcatching and selling fishin the villages with theuse of trawlers and fishingnets provided by the State.

The minister wentto the site chosen forbuilding of newThaunglay village andgave necessaryinstructions.

At the temporaryhall of Ohnchaung villageBasic Education HighSchool (Branch), theminister met with theprincipal, teachers andlocal authorities andfulfilled the requirements.He also inspected thechosen site for new schoolbuilding and gavenecessary instructions.

Next, the ministerlooked into reconstructionworks of Lower Pyunwavillage. Afterwards, heheld discussions onagriculture, fishery andsalt-making businesseswith townselders andofficials at Thingankonvillage.—MNA

YANGON, 19 July—The book entitled “Laws,By-laws, Orders andAnnouncements (2007)published by Attorney-General’s Office in Junewas in circulation withK 2,000 per copy.

Another book entitled“Myanmar Laws(2007)”— K 1800 percopy—was alsopublished.

The books carry laws,by-laws and ordersissued by the State Peace

Law books in circulationand DevelopmentCouncil in 2007 andannouncements issuedby the government.

These books areavailable at the bookstallof Attorney-General’sOffice (Nay Pyi Taw), thebookstall of the Attorney-General’s Office Branch(Yangon), SarpayBeikman Book Shop, thebook shop of NPE andState and Division LawOffices.

MNA

More Int’l relief aids arrive

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YANGON, 19 July—The third Waso robeoffering ceremony ofYangon City ElectricitySupply Board under theMinistry of Electric PowerNo. 2 was held at theYESB Head Office on 17July.

Present on theoccasion were 15members of the Sanghaled by Secretary ofYangon Division SanghaNayaka CommitteePresiding SayadawBhaddanta Kundala ofAungmingalar TaikthitMonastery in Ahlon

YANGON, 19 July —The second round matchesof the 9th Sports Minister’sCup Inter-State/DivisionU-19 Novice Men’sFootball Tournamentcontinued at Shan StateSports Ground in

NAY PYI TAW, 19July — The Ministry ofIndustry-1 organized thethird Waso robe offeringceremony at the meetinghall of the ministry, here,on 15 July.

Minister forIndustry-1 U AungThaung and wife DawKhin Khin Yi and thecongregation received theFive Precepts fromSayadaw BhaddantaGandhama of MyoleMonastery, and theminister and wife,departmental heads andtheir wives donated Wasorobes and alms to themembers of the Sangha.

Sayadaw Bhad-danta Gandhama delivered

Industry-1 Ministry offers Wasorobes, plants trees

a sermon. Thecongregation shared themerits gained and thenoffered meals to themembers of the Sangha.

Similarly, depart-ments and enterprisesunder the ministryorganized the Waso robeoffering ceremonies.

Afterwards, theminister attended theopening ceremony of BasicComputer Course No 1/2008 and On-Job TrainingCourse No 2/2008 at themeeting hall of the ministryand extended greetings.The six-week courses arebeing attended by 94trainees.

On 16 July, thethird monsoon tree

planting ceremony of theministry was organized infront of office No 37 inNay Pyi Taw. The ministerplanted star-flower saplingand departmental headsalso planted saplings at thedesignated places.

Next, they viewedparticipation of staff ingrowing shade trees andflowery plants.

A total of 5,995flowery and perennialsaplings were planted atthe ceremony. Theministry has planted37,771 trees so far.Moreover, the ministryplans to grow moresaplings in the rainyseason.

MNA

Objectives of the 16th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing

Arts Competitions

1. Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

2. Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

3. Keeping genuine patriotism based on nationalsolidarity alive and dynamic

4. Turning out younger generation who willcontinue to safeguard the national cultureand character

YESB holds 3rd Waso robe offering ceremonyTownship, Minister forElectric Power No-2 Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myintand wife Daw Win WinNu, Chairman of YESBCol Khin Maung Soe,departmental heads andstaff families.

The congregationled by the minister andwife received the NinePrecepts from theSayadaw. The Sayadawand members of theSangha recited theparittas.

Next, the ministerand departmental officialsoffered 112 sets of Waso

robes and provisionsworth over K 1.3 millionto the Sayadaw andmembers of the Sangha.

Presiding Saya-daw Bhaddanta Kundaladelivered a sermon andthose present shared themerits gained. Later,‘soon’ was offered to themonks.

The minister andparty inspected the supplyof electricity and repairand reinstallation of gasturbine by skilled workersat Thakayta CNG PowerPlant, and fulfilled therequirements.—MNA

YANGON, 19 July —Social Security Board andCentral Inland FreightHandling Committee ofthe Ministry of Labourheld a Waso robe offeringceremony at Dhammayonof the ministry, here, on

Ministry of Labour holds Waso robeoffering ceremony

12 July.First, Minister for

Labour U Aung Kyi andwife, departmental headsand staff families offeredWaso robes andprovisions to SayadawAgga Maha Ganthavacaka

Pandita Agga MahaPandita BhaddantaTejobhasa of StateWorking Committee ofthe Sangha.

Next, thecongregation shared themerits gained. – MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19 July— Head ofDiscipline Enforcement Department DawMya Theingi and party of the MyanmarWomen’s Affairs Federation donatedrice, edible oil, nun robes and cash toNun Daw Indaçari of ThudhammaMedani Nunnery and Nun Daw Sammari

ISD U-19 Novice Men’s FootballTournament continues

Taunggyi yesterday.In the match,

Taninthayi Division teamcruised into the semifinalby beating a 2-1 win overShan State (North) team.

On 20 July, KayahState team will play

Discipline Enforcement Department ofMWAF offers cash and kind to nunneries

of Thandayama Pariyatti Nunnery inNay Pyi Taw Pyinmana on 14 July.

At Zeyayama Nunnery, theypresented cash and kind to Nun DawKaççesi.

The cask and kind donations on14 July amounted to K 758,200.—MNA

against Kayin State teamat the same place. — MNA

Minister U Aung Kyi and wife offer robes and alms to a monk.LABOUR

Members of MWAFdonate edible oil and

rice to nuns.TRANSPORT

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ISLAMABAD, 19 July— Pakistan and Indian onFriday held talks on Kashmir-related confidence-building measures “in a cordial and constructiveatmosphere”, said Pakistani Foreign Ministry.

“The two sides discussed modalities forimplementation of the decisions taken by the ministerialmeeting of 21 May, 2008 on cross-Line of Control(LoC) travel and trade,” said a Press release from theministry.

“They also reviewed measures to ensure effectiveimplementation of the existing cross-LoC measures,”said the Press release.

The talks of Pakistan-India Working Group werescheduled to be held on 10 July but were put off dueto a suicide attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul.

The Working Group is meeting in line with thedecision taken during the Foreign Minister-level reviewmeeting of fourth round of Pakistan-India CompositeDialogue held on 21 May, 2008.

MNA/Xinhua

BEIJING, 19 July —China reported64,000 drug supervision officialsworking for 2,692 drug regulatorydepartments by the end of 2007, said awhite paper published on Friday by theInformation Office of the State Council. Meanwhile, China attaches greatimportance to the building of a legalsystem for drug safety supervision andthe State Council has promulgated 17administrative regulations concerningdrugs so far, according to the paper,titled Status Quo of Drug Supervision inChina. The national drugs watchdog, the StateDrug Administration was established in1998, and the State Food and Drug

Legendary Nintendogame designer ShigeruMiyamoto demonstrates

the new game ‘WiiMusic’ by virtually

playing a guitar at theNintendo E3

media briefing inHollywood, California

on 15 July, 2008.INTERNET

A baby elephant inUdawalawe National

Park. Sri Lanka has beenrescuing orphaned babyelephants for more than35 years with state help,and the transit home is

part of a drive to save theisland’s endangered

elephant species.INTERNET

The new iPhone, whichis faster because it

works on third-generation (3G) data

networks, went on salein 21 countries on 11July and will soon be

available in 70countries.—INTERNET

GENEVA, 19 July—The World HealthOrganization (WHO) hasfor the first time since 2003redeployed expatriate staffto Iraq, the United Nationsagency said on Thursday.

It said severalinternational staff hadquietly returned to Iraq inlate June, reestablishing a“permanent internationalbasis” in the country afterfive years.

UN agencies with-drew international staff

World Health Organization staffreturn to Iraq

after the deadly bombingof its Baghdad head-quarters in August 2003,but Iraqi nationalscontinued their aidprojects.

The UN refugeeagency recently sent backstaff to Iraq.

WHO said it fearedoutbreaks of cholera andtyphoid as summerapproaches in Iraq.

Dr Naeema Al-Gasseer, WHO countryrepresentative to Iraq,

said a system was in placeto check patients andwater supplies for signsof cholera emerging afteran outbreak which struckseveral thousand peopleand killed dozens lastyear.

“This is ourimmediate urgent priorityand our focus again areinternally displacedpeople because they arethe ones at high risk,” shetold a teleconfence.

MNA/Reuters

California’sunemploymentrate continues

to riseLOS ANGELES, 19

J u l y — C a l i f o r n i a ’ sunemployment rate creptup to 6.9 per cent in June,a tenth of a percentagepoint from May to anearly five-year high, itwas announced onFriday.

The latest figure tiesCalifornia with Mis-sissippi for the third-highest jobless rateamong the states, the USBureau of LabourStatistics said. Accordingto state records, thecurrent unemploymentrate is the higherst sinceOctober 2003.

MNA/Xinhua

Kenya could lose $300m over forestdegradation

China has 64,000 drug supervisionofficials

Administration (SFDA) was founded onthe basis of the former in 2003, the papersaid. The SFDA is in charge of administrativesupervision and technical supervisionover the research, production,distribution and use of drugs (includingChinese crude drugs, prepared slices ofChinese crude drugs, traditional Chinesemedicine preparations, chemical drugsubstances and their preparations,antibiotics, biochemical drugs,radioactive pharmaceuticals, serum,vaccines, blood products and diagnosticagents) and medical devices, the papersaid.

MNA/Xinhua

NAIROBI, 19 July—The UN EnvironmentProgramme (UNEP)warned on Friday thatKenya stands to lose anature-based economicasset worth over 300million US dollars to thetea, tourism and energysectors if the forest of theMau Complex continuesto be degraded and

destroyed.The Nairobi-based

UNEP said in a statementthat the Mau Complex isnot only an asset ofnational importance thatsupports key economicsectors in Rift Valley andwestern Kenya, includingenergy, tourism,agriculture and watersupply, but it is also the

Pakistan-IndiaKashmir-related

talks end

New evaluation of health of Nazi suspect

single most importantwater catchment in thetwo regions.

Prime Minister RailaOdinga announced thisweek that the Kenyangovernment is takingsteps to combat thedestruction of the largestforest ecosystem inKenya.

MNA/Xinhua

Russia welcomes quake-affectedChinese students

NOVOKUZNETSK

(Russia), 19 July—Russia’s Kemerovo stateheld a ceremony on Fridayto welcome 93 Chinesestudents from China’squake-hit Gansu Province.

The ceremony washeld at a children’srecreational centre in

Novokuznetsk City, a largecoal-mining city inWestern Siberia’sKemerovo state.

Vice Governor ofKemerovo state SergeiMuravyov said the state

has arranged colorfulprogrammes for thechildren, includingentertainment, sight-seeing, coal mine visitingand sports.

MNA/Xinhua

VIENNA, 19 July — Austrianauthorities have ordered a new round ofmedical and psychiatric tests to determinewhether a suspected Nazi is healthyenough to be extradited to Croatia tostand trial for alleged atrocities.

The public prosecutor’s office inthe southern Austrian province ofCarinthia said Saturday it hopes a freshevaluation of 95-year-old Milivoj Asner

will lay to rest doubts about his fitness.The Croatian-born retired police

chief caused a stir last month when hewas seen watching a soccer match in thecity of Klagenfurt. Critics contendAustria is sheltering Asner from Croatia,which wants to try him for World WarII-era atrocities against Serbs, Jews andGypsies.

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MINISTRY OF RAIL TRANSPORTATION

ROAD TRANSPORT, YANGON DIVISION

INVITATION TO TENDER

TENDER NO.002/TRT/2008-20091. Sealed Tenders from eligible suppliers are invited for the supply of the followingTyres Sets with Tubes and flaps.Prices to quoted in Myanmar Kyats-

(a) 9.00 x 20 (1500 ) Sets (Huaqing Brand-China)(b) 7.50 x 16 ( 300 ) Sets (Huaqing Brand-China)(c) 10.00 x 20 ( 200 ) Sets (Indo Brand-China)

2 .(a) Tender Documents are available at the office of Procurement & StoresDepartment, Yangon Division, Road Transport, No.375, Bogyoke AungSan Street, Yangon, Myanmar. Commencing on the 21-7 2008

(b) Tender will be closed on 4-8-2008 at 16:00 hours (The Road Transportreserves the right to reject any or all tenders)

3. Detailed information will be available at the office Procurement & StoresDepartment, Phone No. 01-252574 (or) 01-376549

Road Transport

NOTIFICATIONOn cancellation and withdrawal of

sole copy right Trade MarkMy client U Myint Thein (N.R.C No. 12/La Tha

Na (Naing) 010012) residing at No. 94, (Second Floor),21st Street, Latha Township, Yangon Division hasregistered SOJITZ Trade Mark at the Yangon Regis-trar of Deeds under Registration No.1686/08 on 5-3-08 and also posted a public notice in the 30-3-2008Kyemon Daily issue on page 15. But we learnt withgreat regret to learn from the lawyer of SOJITZ YangonBranch Office, that the said Trade Mark happens to bethe same as that Trade Mark of SOJITZ Corporation atTokyo, Japan. My client had just started to sell anddistribute gents, shirts seperately and he did not exporthis products to foreign countries.

My client humbly requests SOJITZ Corporation toaccept his apology for his unexpected accidental mis-take he had committed and we admit and promise youthat my client shall cancell and withdraw his SOJITZTrade Mark he had registered, at the Yangon Registrarof Deeds and moreover, my client also pledges that heshall whatsoever not use this SOJITZ and Logo infuture, and look forward to receive SOJITZ’smagnaniminity.By authority and instruction of clientU MAUNG MAUNG THAN, LL.B, D.M.A, D.B.L, D.M.L,D.A. Psy, WIPO, D.L.P (Switzerland)Diploma in International LawHigh Court Advocate & Legal Advisor

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McCain says Obama’sEurope trip amounts

to politics

Russia cannotmeet armscontracts

MOSCOW, 19 July —Russia's defence industrylacks the resources tomeet all its arms exportcontracts, the head ofRostekhnologii Statecorporation said onThursday.

“The Russian industrycannot meet some of thesigned contracts,” thecorporation’s Press officequoted Sergei Chemezovas saying at theFarnborough air show inBritain.

“A growth in thenumber of governmentorders and exportcontracts has overloadeddefence enterprises whoseproductivity has notchanged,” he added.

The arms trade, whichbrings Russia annuallyaround seven billion USdollars, is a major sourceof income for the countryand a source of nationalpride.

In the first decade afterthe collapse of the SovietUnion, when the Russianarmed forces werestruggling to survive onaustere budgets, exportcontracts helped thedefence sector.

MNA/Reuters

Import of Indiandrugs blocked by

Pakistan Govt

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Sri Lanka says 27 killedin northern fighting

COLOMBO, 19 July — Sri Lankan troops killed 24Tamil Tiger rebels and are advancing into a rebel-heldarea in the far north after capturing a strategicallyimportant coastal town from the Tamil Tigers, themilitary said on Thursday.

The military said they captured the northwesterntown of Vidattaltivu on Wednesday, describing it asthe main base of the Tigers' sea wing and their logisticshub for the west. The military described the capture asa "fatal blow" to the rebels. — MNA/Reuters

Troops and veterans to get bettertreatment in Britain

GRAND HAVEN

(Michigan),19 July —Republican presidentialcandidate John McCainsaid on Thursday hebelieves Democrat BarackObama’s upcoming trip toEurope is tantamount toholding political ralliesabroad.

McCain, speaking toreporters, also ridiculedObama’s vow to withdrawUS troops from Iraq in 16months as risking losingthe hard-fought gains wonby US soldiers under atroop build-up ordered 18months ago.

Obama is soon to leaveon a trip that will take himto Europe and the MiddleEast. At some stage thetrip is also expected totake him to Iraq andAfghanistan, the twothorniest foreign policychallenges that will facethe next president.

McCain sought toclarify remarks he madeon his campaign bus inKansas City, Missouri, inwhich he said he disagreedwith his communicationsdirector, Jill Hazelbaker,

who told the Fox NewsChannel that Obama’s tripis “the first of its kindcampaign rally overseas”.

The McCain cam-paign had emailed outHazelbaker’s statement.

McCain said he didnot consider Obama’supcoming visits to Iraqand Afghanistan political,saying he had offered togo with Obama. ButObama’s other stopsabroad, he said, seemed tohave a political element,particularly a plannedevent at Germany’sBrandenburg Gate.

MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 19 July —Armed Forces personneland their families are to begiven improved help overhousing, health andeducation while com-pensation for seriouslywounded troops will bedoubled, the governmentannounced on Thursday.

The cross-governmentalreforms unveiled in a

Ministry of DefenceService Personnel Com-mand Paper aim to raise thestandard of support fortroops and their families.

It comes after reports oflow morale amongstservice personnel andaccusations the governmentwas not upholding itscovenant with the militaryto ensure those in the

Armed Forces were lookedafter in exchange for puttingtheir lives at risk.

The reforms see adoubling of payments forthe most seriously woundedsoldiers to 570,000 poundson top of guaranteed incomefor life, with smallerincreases for those lessseriously hurt.

MNA/Reuters

ISLAMABAD, 19 July —Pakistan government hasblocked a proposal forimporting 400 medicinesfrom India followingintense lobbying againstthe move by the localpharmaceutical industry.

The proposal for-warded by Pakistan'sCommerce Ministry wasstalled ahead of anexpected hike of upto 40per cent in the prices oflife-saving drugs in thecountry.

Prime Minister YousufRaza Gilani has reportedlyissued a direction that nodrug produced in Pakistanshould be imported. Gilanialso sought justificationfor importing from India13 vaccines and some

oncology drugs that arecurrently not producedin Pakistan, sources toldthe Dawn newspaper.However, the import ofthese vaccines andoncology products willcontinue.

Health SecretaryKhushnood Lashari willmeet Commerce SecretaryAsif Shah to ensure thatthe proposal for importingIndian drugs is closed.

Sources in theCommerce Ministry hadleaked information aboutthe proposal to importIndian drugs to the localpharmaceutical industry,which used its "contacts"to pre-empt the move, thedaily said.

MNA/PTI

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A scientist works at a gene therapy laboratory in Indiana, United States.French researchers believe that gene therapy — tested on lab animals —shows promise in combatting the tragic neurogenerative disease known as

Huntington’s.—INTERNET

Crane collapses at Houston refinery, killing fourHOUSTON, 19 July —

One of the nation’s largestmobile cranes collapsedat a Houston oil refineryFriday, killing fourworkers and injuringseven others in the latestof several fatal accidentsthat have raised concernsabout the safety ofconstruction cranes.

The 30-storey-tallcrane, capable of lifting 1million pounds, fell overat a LyondellBasellrefinery in southeastHouston about 2 pm, saidJim Roecker, thecompany’s vice presidentfor refining.

The massive, deep redcrane lay on top of asmaller, bright yellowcrane on the grounds ofthe refinery. Ambulancesand fire trucks were lined

up outside.The casualtieswere in the area of thecrane, but officials stillaren’t certain whetherthey were on the crane orunder it, Roecker said.

Three of the injuredwere treated and releasedat the scene, said HoustonFire Department

Assistant Chief OmeroLongoria. Two severelyinjured workers weretaken by helicopter toMemorial Hermann-Texas Medical Centerhospital and the other twoinjured workers was takento a hospital byambulance.

The cranebelonged to Deep SouthCrane & Rigging.Roecker described it asone of the nation’s largestmobile cranes, at 300 feettall with a 400-foot boom.Construction cranes runtaller, but they are notmobile.—Internet

Uranium leak found at Frenchnuclear plant

PARIS (France), 19 July— U r a n i u m - b e a r i n gliquid has leaked from abroken underground pipeat a nuclear site insoutheastern France, thenational nuclear safetyauthority said Friday. Itwas the second leakdiscovered at a French sitethis month.

Experts are working todetermine how muchleaked uranium is present

at nuclear companyAreva's plant in the townof Romans-sur-Isere, theNuclear Safety Authoritysaid in a statement.Specialists are to work toclean up the site.

The communique saidthe pipe is believed to haveruptured several yearsago. It added that the pipe“was not in line withthe applicable regula-tions, which require

shock resistance abilitysufficient to avoidrupture.”

Areva spokesmanCharles Hufnagel said theleak of lightly enricheduranium did not spreadoutside the site and had“absolutely no impact onthe environment.” He saidthe factory hoped the leakwould be classified as alevel 1 problem — themost minor of sevenpossible rankings.

Still, the announce-ment was a new blow forAreva after a similarincident last week, when aliquid containing tracesof unenriched uraniumleaked from a factoryin Tricastin in southernFrance. Areva said thatproblem “did not affecteither the health ofemployees and localpopulations, or theirenvironment.”—Internet

Areva’s plant at Tricastin where a similar incidenthappened last week.—INTERNET

Earthquake hits off Japan’s coast

Japan is one of theworld’s most earthquake-prone countries and

experiences thousands oftremors each year.

Internet

French aid workersabducted in Afghanistan

PARIS, 19 July — Two French humanitarian workerswere kidnapped Friday in Afghanistan, spirited atgunpoint out of the house they were sleeping in, aidgroup Action Against Hunger and the French ForeignMinistry said.

The two are believed to be alive, the Paris-basedgroup said in a statement.

The kidnappers burst into the house where the twowere staying in Nili, in the central Afghan province ofDay Kundi, and made off with them in several waitingvehicles around 1 am on Friday (2030GMT Thursday),the statement said. The kidnappers had tied up guardsposted outside the house.

The group said it was working to win the workers'release as soon as possible and under the best possibleconditions. It said the information it had indicated theywere still alive.

Action Against Hunger said it suspended itsactivities in Afghanistan in response to the kidnapping.The group has been working since 1979 in Afghanistan,where it has 10 foreign staffers and about 150 localemployees, according to its Web site.

France's Foreign Ministry confirmed thekidnappings and said a crisis unit would be set up tohelp win the hostages' liberation.

"Making humanitarian personnel a target is totallyunacceptable," the ministry said in a statement."Humanitarian groups' members are working tirelesslyand often in very difficult connotations to help theAfghan people."

Internet

TOKYO, 19 July—Apowerful earthquake hasstruck off the eastern coastof Japan, with officialswarning that some regionscould be hit by a smalltsunami.

Japan’s MeteorologicalAgency measured the 6.6-magnitude quake justbefore noon offFukushima prefecture.

The agency issued atsunami warning forFukushima and Miyagiprefectures.

Reports said buildingsshook in Tokyo with theforce of the quake, butthere was not thought tobe any serious damage orany casualties.

Sony Ericsson to cut 2,000 jobs forplummeted earning

STOCKHOLM, 19 July — Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson Friday posted a 97percent drop in second-quarter earnings and said it would cut 2,000 jobs worldwide.

The Stockholm-based joint venture between Ericsson and Sony blamed thesecond-quarter income plummeted to 6 million euros (about 7.8 million US dollarsfrom 220 million euros (about 286 million US dollars in the year-ago quarter, due totougher market conditions, higher development costs and negative effects fromexchange rate fluctuations. —Internet

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S P O R T S

ACROSS 5 Beautiful girl 8 Squeezing out water 9 Sailing vessel10 Raw11 Holy-water vessel14 Pig pen16 Select17 Worn away18 Beast of burden20 Young dog24 Male horse25 Snake26 Foot care27 Liberated

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Stoke City signed Reading striker DaveKitson, seen here in 2007, for a clubrecord fee of 5.5 million pounds (6.9million euros) on Friday.—INTERNET

The pack of riders cycle under a sculpture ofbicycles during the thirteenth stage of the 95th

Tour de France cycling race between Narbonneand Nimes, on 18 July, 2008.—INTERNET

Carolina Llano of Colombia, acknowl-edges applauds from the gallery on the18th green during the second roundof the LPGA State Farm Classic 2008golf tournament in Springfield, Ill., on

18 July, 2008.—INTERNET

Tommy Haasof Germany

returns a shotto Giles Simonof France inhis quarter-final match

in theIndianapolis

Tennis Cham-pionships inIndianapolis,on 18 July,

2008.INTERNET

KJ Choi of SouthKorea reacts afterhis birdie putt on

the 18th holeduring second

round play at the2008 BritishOpen Golf

Championship atRoyal Birkdale,

Southport,northern

England on 18July, 2008.INTERNET

Milan’s Ronaldinho excited to playwith Kaka

BEIJING, 19 July — Brazil forward Ronaldinho said he was mostlylooking forward to teaming up again with compatriot Kaka as he wasunveiled as an AC Milan player on Thursday.

The San Siro was almost half full to welcome the 28-year-old, whowore a Milan kit as he waved to the crowd from the pitch.

Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has said the former Barcelona manwill probably play alongside Kaka in a Christmas tree formation witha main striker just ahead of them.

It is not just the Rossoneri fans and their coach drooling over theidea. "I will be exciting to play with Kaka. He is among the best inthe world. He is also a friend, in the national team we play welltogether," said Ronaldinho, who unlike Kaka is being allowed by theclub to play at next month's Olympics.

"Every player dreams of playing for Milan. It is a special emotionand I hope to bring happiness to all the fans." —Internet

Angolan coachexpects toughgame against

ChinaLUANDA, 19 July — The

coach of Angola's nationalmen's basketball teamAlberto de Carvalho saidhe expects difficulties inSaturday's game againstChina in the BorislavStankovic Cup.

Speaking on Radio Na-tional of Angola (RNA)sports program "Radio5",Carvalho said in viewof Chinese players' physi-cal build, the match withChina will be a tough jobfor the Angolan team, theholder of African basket-ball champion.

Internet

Kaka keen on Blues switchLONDON, 19 July— Kaka's advisor, Diogo Kotscho,

insists that the Brazilian playmaker is desperate to joinChelsea.

The Milan forward has long been touted as a poten-tial summer transfer target for the Blues, with reportsnow suggesting that discussions have taken placebetween the two clubs in regards to a possible £80mil-lion switch.

In the past the 26-year-old was seen as being anunobtainable object of desire, with the Rossoneri un-willing to part company with a player who providestheir greatest creative influence.

However, with Kaka's international team-mateRonaldinho having now been unveiled at San Siro, andwith their financial difficulties well-publicised, theItalian giants appear willing to enter into negotiationswith any potential suitors.

Internet

Drogba demands showdown talksLONDON, 19 July—Unsettled Chelsea striker Didier

Drogba is reported to want showdown talks with Bluesboss Luiz Felipe Scolari.

The dramatic move is said to have come after theStamford Bridge manager rejected a swap deal withBarcelona involving Drogba and striker Samuel Eto'o.

The Ivory Coast striker was chasing a move to Milanat the beginning of the summer but appeared to behaving second thoughts following the arrival of thecharismatic Scolari.

New Barca coach Josep Guardiola is reported tohave told Eto'o he has no future at the Nou Camp andthe Catalans are desperate to see the back of him.

Internet

Ronaldo will stay inMan Utd

LONDON, 19 July — Sir Alex Fergusonhas met with Cristiano Ronaldo and in-sists the Manchester United winger willnot be sold to Real Madrid.

The Portugal international has beentargeted by the Spanish giants through-out the summer, and had hinted that hewas looking to secure a move away fromOld Trafford.

But at a press conference in SouthAfrica to mark the start of United's pre-season trip, Ferguson confirmed Ronaldois going nowhere.

The Red Devils boss said: "The meet-ing went well —I think we both putacross our points of view — where westand and where the player stands.

Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours,rain or thundershowershave been widespread in Kachin, Rakhine, Kayin andMon States, upper Sagaing and Taninhtayi Divisions,fairly widespread in Shan and Chin States,Bago andYangon Divisions and scattered in the remaining areaswith isolated heavyfalls in lower Sagaing Divisions. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfalls recorded were Nay PyiTaw,Kengtung and Shwegyin(1.06) inches each,Kawkareik (2.32) inches, Toungoo (2.17) inches,Mawlamyine (1.89) inches and Monywa (1.54) inches.

Maximum temperature on 18-7-2008 was 94˚F.Minimum temperature on 19-7-2008 was 73ºF. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 19-7-2008 was 92%.Total sunshine hours on 18-7-2008 was (4.1) hours(approx).

Rainfall on 19-7-2008 was (0.36)inches atMingaladon,(0.08) inch Kaba-Aye and (0.08)inch and atCentral Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was (51.93)inches at Mingaladon, (60.87) inches at Kaba-Aye and(74.17) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speedat Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (12) mph from Southwest at(14:45) hours MST on 18-7-2008.

Bay inference: Monsoon is generally moderate inthe Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 20-7-2008: Rain orthundershowers will be wideapread in Kachin, Chin andRakhine States, upper Sagaing and Yangon Divisions,fairly widespread in Shan, Mon and Kayin States, Bago,Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions and isolated toscattered in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is(80%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likehood ofdecrease of rain in Coastal areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 20-7-2008: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for20-7-2008: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for20-7-2008: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

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A file photo shows, Cassandra, 38, from NewMexico poses with the moustache of Ram Nathchowdhury, right, at the annual cattle fair in

Pushkar, in the northern Indian state ofRajasthan, some 415 kilometers (257 miles)

northwest of the capital New Delhi.—INTERNET

KABUL, 19 July—USDemocratic presi-dentialcontender Barack Obamawho flew to Kabul as partof a US congressionalteam has arrived inAfghanistan, at the start ofa high-profile interna-tional tour.

He is later expected tovisit Iraq, Jordan, Israel,Germany, France andBritain.

Correspondents sayMr Obama is hoping to

MEXICO CITY, 19July— Tropical StormFausto became a hurricaneFriday far off Mexico’sPacific coast, while Berthastrengthened back into ahurricane in the openAtlantic.

The US NationalHurricane Center in Miamisaid neither storm isexpected to threaten land.Tropical Storm Elida, faroff Mexico’s Pacific Coast,was also expected to stayin the open sea.

Bertha became aCategory 1 hurricane withmaximum sustained windsnear 75 mph (120 kph). Itwas located about 545miles (875 kilometers)south of Cape Race,Newfoundland, andmoving northeast at 25

Fausto, Bertha become hurricanesaddress security issues,seen as the weakest aspectof his presidential bid.

Opinion polls suggestAmericans regardRepublican John McCainas a better potentialcommander-in-chief.

After landing inKabul, Mr Obama flewby helicopter to the east ofthe country where he wasto visit troops, a USmilitary spokesmansaid.—Internet

mph (41kph).Bertha battered

Bermuda earlier thisweek, knocking outelectricity to thousands onthe Atlantic touristdestination.

The hurricane centersaid it is the longest-livedJuly tropical storm inhistory, but it as expectedto weaken in the comingdays.

Hurricane Faustostrengthened slightlyFriday night and hadmaximum sustainedwinds of 80 mph (130kph). It was centred wasabout 450 miles (725kilometers) southwest ofManzanillo, Mexico, andwas moving northwest at9 mph (15 kph).

Internet

Obama opens foreigntour in Kabul

US sanctions fail tocripple Iran’s oil

industry WASHINGTON, 19 July

— The United States,having long imposedsanctions against Iran forits controversial nuclearprogramme and allegedsupport for anti-USmilitants in Iraq, has failedto cripple the oil industryof the Islamic republic, theWall Street Journalreported Friday.

The sanctions on Iraninclude measures imposedby the United Nationssince 2006 and toughenedlast year, as well asunilateral steps by theUnited States.

The effect of the

sanctions is to limit Iran’saccess to internationalcapital markets and blockit from acquiring advancedAmerican and Europeantechnology.

The measures havecaused considerable painto Iranian businesses.The Iranian OffshoreEngineering & Con-struction Co, an oil-services firm in Teheran,estimates that sanctionshave increased thecompany’s cost by 30 percent, the Wall StreetJournal quoted NajafPezeshkian, an adviser atthe company as saying.

MNA/Xinhua

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Make donations to the storm victims

� Everybody may make donations freely.� Everybody may make donations to any person or any area.

However, wellwishers are urged to avoid unsystematic donations and acts that may tarnishthe image of the nation and its people.

� Certain internal and external anti-government elements, self-centred persons andunscrupulous elements are now seeking their self-interests by sending to the foreign newsagencies stories about relief and rehabilitation work they have made up and shot on video.

� Storm victims are hereby warned to remain vigilant with nationalistic spirit against thedeceptions of the self-centred persons and unscrupulous elements.

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YANGON, 19 July —The 61st AnniversaryArzani Day was observedat Arzani Mausoleum herethis morning. Chairman ofthe Committee for Organ-izing the 61st AnniversaryArzani Day Chairman ofYangon City DevelopmentCommittee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin at-tended the ceremony andpaid tribute to the fallenleaders laying wreaths.

It was also attendedby Chairman of the Work

61st Anniversary Arzani Dayobserved

NAY PYI TAW, 19July — Departmental per-sonnel, members of so-cial organizations andwell-wishers from Statesand Divisions continuedto donate cash and con-

Wellwishers from States and Divisionscontinuously donate cash and supplies

struction materials forstorm victims.

Wellwishers fromSagaing Division donatedK 56,455,200 and thosefrom Chin State K1,514,500. Up to 18 July,

the wellwishers havedonated cash andrelief supplies worthK 14,225,032,235 includ-ing K 36,523,700 to theFinancial Subcommittee.

MNA

Committee YCDC Secre-tary U Aung Than Winand members, departmen-tal heads, members ofGuard of Honour and of-ficers of Myanmar PoliceForce and Fire Brigade.

Mayor Brig-GenAung Thein Lin arrived atArzani Mausoleum andtook position first. Next,he laid wreaths before thetombs of Bogyoke AungSan and the fallen leadersand paid tribute to them.At the same time, the State

Flag was lowered at half-mast, the Guard of Hon-our and the band salutedthe fallen heroes. After-wards, dispensing ofMetta and two-minute si-lence in memory ofArzarnis followed. Thenthe mayor left ArzaniMausoleum. Next, on be-half of U Aung San Oo, UHla Pe laid a wreath beforethe tomb of Bogyoke AungSan and paid tribute. Fam-ily members of the fallenleaders laid wreaths and

paid tributes to the tombsof the fallen leaders.

(See page 8)

Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area:

Isolated rain or thundershowers.

Degree of certainty is (80%).

Yangon and neighbouring area:

One or two rain or thundershowers.

Degree of certainty is (80%).

Mandalay and neighbouring area:

Isolated rain or thundershowers.

Degree of certainty is (80%).

Weather Forecast for

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Yangon Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin lays a wreath in front of the tombs ofBogyoke Aung San and the fallen leaders.—MNA

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