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Volume XVII, Number 50 13th Waxing of Nayon 1371 ME Friday, 5 June, 2009

NAY PYI TAW, 4June—Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Seinattended the opening ofGreen Growth, GreenAsia Exhibition, theA S E A N - K o r e aCommemorative SummitSession-II, the signing ofMoU and the dinnerhosted by the President ofthe Republic of Korea atthe InternationalConvention Centre (ICC)

Prime Minister General Thein Sein attends Green Growth, Green Asia Exhibition,ASEAN-Korea Commemorative Summit Session-II, signing of MoU, dinner

Commitments and responsibilities necessary for allnations according to UN climate change framework

in Jeju of the Republic ofKorea on 2 June.

At 9.30 am, PrimeMinister General TheinSein attended the GreenGrowth, Green AsiaExhibition held on thethird floor of ICC togetherwith ROK President MrLee Myung-bak, King ofBrunei Sultan HajiHassanal BolkiahMuizzaddin Waddaulahof Brunei Darussalam,Prime Minister ofCambodia Samdech HunSen, Indonesian PresidentDr Susilo BambangYudhoyono, PrimeMinister of the LaoPeople's DemocraticRepublic Mr Bouasone

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Presidentof the

Republicof Korea

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Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein

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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development ofother sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of

technical know-how and investments from sources inside the coun-try and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

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

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

ards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

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Friday, 5 June, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

The ASEAN-Korea CommemorativeSummit was held at the InternationalConvention Centre (ICC) in Jeju Island, theRepublic of Korea on 1 June and it wasattended by Prime Minister General TheinSein.

The Heads of State and Governmentof other ASEAN member nations alsoattended the summit and exchanged views onthe relations between the ASEAN and theRepublic of Korea and the future goal.

Regarding the cooperation betweenthe ASEAN and the Republic of Korea andthe future goal, Prime Minister General TheinSein said that ASEAN-ROK relations hadshifted from the sector-wise relations todialogue partner since 1989 and that therelations improved to a certain degree bysigning the 2004 joint-statement on friendlyrelations for all-round cooperation.

The Prime Minister stressed that thewhole region will gain benefits from thesupport by the Republic of Korea for peace,freedom, neutralization and establishmentof Southeast Asia as a nuclear-free zone.

As agreements on trade, investmentand services have been signed between theASEAN and the Republic of Korea, it isnecessary to make continued efforts to beable to establish the ASEAN-ROK free tradezone.

We believe that the ASEAN and theRepublic of Korea will be able to work moreclosely in education, technology for ruralareas, substitute fuel, small- and medium-scale industries, communications, technology,finance and tourism industry.

Towards closer cooperation

between ASEAN and ROK

NAY PYI TAW, 4 June — Muse Township SpecialAnti-drug Squad of Shan State (North) seized 38,000stimulant tablets in Muse Township at 10 pm on 27 May.

The special anti-drug squad found the stimulanttablets carried in a bag on the motorcycle driven byPhon Shan en route from Monepaw Village toNamtaung Village.

The special squad arrested Phon Shan, butArshan who also rode the motorcycle managed toescape from the scene. Phon Shan is now underinvestigation, and in connection with the case, thespecial squad is trying to arrest Arshan and other drugtraffickers. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 June— Chairman of MandalayDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Central Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe inspectedthe left canal of Kinda Dam and Zawgyi regulatingdam in Myittha Township on 21 May morning.

The commander viewed construction projectof 25-bed station hospital near Phyaukseikpin Villagein Kyaukse Township and heard reports on progress oftasks presented by officials.

After inspecting the place for construction ofBasic Education High School in Chaungson region ofPhyaukseikpin Village, the commander left necessaryinstructions.—MNA

Commander inspects left canal of Kinda Dam,Zawgyi regulating dam

Mid-year meeting ofFEIAP kicks off

YANGON, 4 June —The first mid-year ofmeeting of the Federationof Engineering Society ofAsia and the Pacific(FEIAP) was held at thebuilding of MyanmarEngineering Society in

Hline Township thisafternoon.

Chairman of Myan-mar Engineering SocietyU Han Zaw extendedgreetings and President ofFEIAP Mr Tar SengChuan delivered openingaddress.

Over 40 repre-sentatives of engineeringinstitutions from In-donesia, Malaysia, thePhilippines, Singapore,Thailand, Vietnam, SouthKorea, Australia, China(Taipei) and Myanmar areparticipating in themeeting.

The mid-year meetingof ASEAN Federation ofEngineering Organization(AFEO) will be heldtomorrow at the samevenue.—MNA

YANGON, 4 June—The National League forDemocracy (Headquarters) has kept in touch with theUS and British embassies and is following theirinstructions. The people are criticizing such act of theNLD and keeping a watchful eye on it.

Those from the US and British embassies visitedthe NLD (Headquarters) on West Shwegondine Streethere 25 times in May 2009. During their visit, they metwith CEC members of the party and gave large andsmall envelopes and parcels to the latter.—MNA

Those from US andBritish embassies

visited NLD(Headquarters) 25

times in May

Stimulant tablets seizedin Muse

TOBACCO KILLS

The first mid-year meeting of FEIAP inprogress at the building of Myanmar

Engineering Society.—MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe inspects repair of left canal of Kinda Dam in MyitthaTownship.—MNA

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Nine killed, 39 injured inBaghdad cafe bombing

BAGHDAD, 4 June — Nine people were killed and39 others injured in a bomb explosion in a cafe insouthwest Baghdad on Wednesday evening, a well-informed police source said.

The blast occurred at a cafe in the Shiiteneighborhood of al-Shurta al-Rabia, which wascrowded with people, including old men, who weregathering there to drink tea, the source told Xinhuaon condition of anonymity.

The bomb was apparently hidden in a bag broughtin by an unidentified man who fled the scene beforethe blast, the source said.—Internet

Residents walk past the

site of a bomb attack in

Baghdad on 4 June,

2009. A bomb planted

in a cafe in a mostly

Shi’ite district of

southwest Baghdad

killed nine people and

wounded 39 others on

Wednesday, police

said.—INTERNET

US military arrests Afghan journalist KABUL, 4 June — US forces arrested an Afghan

journalist from Khost Province east of Afghanistan, alocal newspaper reported on Thursday.

“American troops on Tuesday night raided thehouse of a local journalist Noora Jan Baheer and tookhim into custody along with his two brothers,” DailyArman-e-Millie writes.

Noora Jan, according to the newspaper, was work-ing as reporter for Kilid group, a media outlet runninga local radio and a magazine.

Governor of Khost Province HamidullahQalandarzai, the newspaper reported, would talk withthe US forces on the subject while Media Center, abody to defend journalist rights has called for the earlyrelease of Baheer.—Internet

Iran’s Ahmadinejad defends hispolicies in TV debate

Iran’s President MahmoudAhmadinejad attends a TV debate be-tween him and Iran’s presidential hope-ful — former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi in Tehran, Iran, on 3 June, 2009. —INTERNET

TEHERAN, 4 June — Iranian PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesdaydefended his government’s foreign anddomestic policies in a TV debate with presi-dential hopeful — former Prime MinisterMir-Hossein Mousavi. “During this four

years, great dignity has been establishedin both outside and inside Iran,”Ahamdinejad said at the beginning of thedebate broadcasted live by the state-runtelevision.

“The Iranian nation has made itself anadorable image in the international com-munity,” he said. Ahmadinejad has beencriticized by reformists and some con-servatives for the country’s soaring infla-tion and social problems such as high un-employment rate and housing shortage.

He has also been confronted with sharpcriticism towards his hardline approacheswhich resulted in Iran’s gloomy image.“The social problems are not formed injust four years,” he said, adding that un-employment and economic problems arenot new issues in his government.

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Iraqi PM calls to resolvedeadlocks with Kuwait by

dialogue BAGHDAD, 4 June — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-

Maliki said on Wednesday that pending issues betweenIraq and Kuwait could be settled by dialogue.Maliki’sremarks came during a meeting in his office with Ku-waiti ambassador to Iraq Ali al-Mu’min, to discussthe tension which rose lately between the two coun-tries as some Iraqi politicians and media accused Ku-wait of hampering Iraqi efforts to lift UN sanctionimposed on the war-torn country since 1990.

“Committing to calmness and dialogue betweenboth sides could resolve problems inherited from theera of the former regime,” Maliki was quoted as say-ing in a statement issued by his office. “The two broth-erly and neighboring sides can ensure their rightsthrough dialogue,” Maliki said.A few days ago,Mohammad Abulhassan, a representative of KuwaitiEmir, visited some capitals of the permanent mem-bers of the UN Security Council to explain Kuwait’sstance as to Iraq’s efforts to lift the Chapter VII sanc-tions.

The Kuwaiti official demanded that sanctions im-posed on Iraq should not be lifted until Iraq fulfills allits obligations in line with international resolutions.TheKuwaiti move prompted tension between the two coun-tries as politicians and media of both sides exchangedaccusations during the past few days.The United Na-tions imposed severe economic sanctions on Iraq forits invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

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Some 12,000 households hitby floods in N AfghanistanUNITED NATIONS, 4 June — Some 12,000 households

in nine provinces in northern and north-eastern Afghani-stan have been affected by floods since April, accordingto the latest United Nations-backed assessments.

The UN Office for the Coordination of HumanitarianAffairs (OCHA) reported here on Wednesday that an-other round of flooding is expected to hit the northeast-ern part of the South Asian nation, as the snow remainingon the mountains of the Kunduz sub-basin begins to meltin the coming weeks, exacerbating the situation.

Given the amount of snowfall and the Kunduz Riv-er’s rising water levels, OCHA predicts that the new floodscould surpass the deadly 2005 floods in the region in bothextent and duration.—Internet

Israeli minister vows to facilitatesettlement expansion

JERUSALEM, 4 June — Israeli Interior Minister EliYishai vowed on Wednesday that he would exhausthis resources to help expand West Bank settlements,reported local daily The Jerusalem Post.

“I promise to use my ministry, all the resources atmy disposal and the ministry’s impact on local authori-ties for the good of expanding settlements,” the chair-man of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party was quoted assaying at a meeting with settlement leaders. Thehardline minister made the remarks as the US govern-ment under President Barack Obama has repeatedlyurged Israel to totally freeze settlement activities,which the Jewish state sees as a tall order.

Internet

A boy wounded in a bomb attack lies in a hospital as he receives medicaltreatment in a hospital in Baghdad on 4 June, 2009. A bomb planted in a cafe

in a mostly Shi’ite district of southwest Baghdad killed nine people andwounded 31 others, police said.—INTERNET

A resident walks past the site of a bomb attack in awholesale vegetable market in Baghdad June 1,2009. A bomb planted in the popular vegetablemarket killed four people and wounded 13 in

southern Baghdad on Monday, police said, thesecond time the market has been attacked in just

over two weeks.—INTERNET

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5 June 2009The following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-

moon’s message for World Environment Day, tobe observed today:

The economic and financial turmoil sweeping theglobe is a true wake-up call, sounding an alarm aboutthe need to improve upon old patterns of growth andmake a transition to a new era of greener, cleanerdevelopment. The theme of this year’s World Envi-ronment Day “Your planet needs you” is meant toinspire all of us to do our part.

The Earth faces the grave threat of climate change.While all countries will suffer, the poor will bear thebrunt of the impact. But we also have an opportu-nity to change course. Crucial climate change talkswill take place in Copenhagen in December. To-gether, we must press governments to “Seal the Deal”for a new climate agreement.

The world also needs a “Green New Deal” fo-cused on investing in renewable sources of energy,eco-friendly infrastructure and energy efficiency.This will not only create jobs and spur recovery butalso help tackle global warming. If we invest evenpart of the substantial new economic stimulus pack-ages in the green economy, we can turn today’s cri-sis into tomorrow’s sustainable growth. Moreover,countries that make the transition to a low-carbonsociety will reap more than significant environmen-tal benefits; they will be well placed to share theirnew technology with others.

But our planet needs more than just action bygovernments and corporations; it needs each of us.Although individual decisions may seem small inthe face of global threats and trends, when billionsof people join forces in common purpose we canmake a tremendous difference.

On this World Environment Day, I encourage allpeople to take concrete steps towards making theplanet greener and cleaner. Switch off the lights. Takepublic transportation. Recycle. Plant a tree. Cleanup your local park. Hold corporations responsiblefor their environmental practices. And urge yourgovernment representatives to Seal the Deal in Co-penhagen.—UNIC

UN Secretary-General’sMessage for WorldEnvironment Day

Workers weld a section of steel case beam in Qingdao, a port city in eastChina’s Shandong Province, on 2 June , 2009.—XINHUA

BUCHAREST, 4 June —A violent storm on Tues-day evening hit the capi-tal and 15 of Romania’s41 counties, killing oneperson and uprooting hun-dreds of trees, authoritiessaid on Wednesday.

Ramona Nistor,spokes-woman for emer-gency situations, said a 49-year-old woman died inthe southern town ofDrobetu Turnu Severin af-ter the roof of an aban-

MEXICO CITY, 4 June— Venezuelan, Argentineand Chilean leaders onWednesday hailed the“historic” resolution ofthe Organization ofAmerican States (OAS)on revoking the exclusionagainst Cuba.

Venezuelan PresidentHugo Chavez said at na-tional TV and radio broad-cast that the OAS decision“recognized the revolu-

Venezuelan, Argentine, Chilean leaders hail“historic” OAS resolution on Cuba’s reentry

tionary Cuba.” The coun-tries in the Americas areno longer colonies orbackyards of the US,Chavez said. “We are inthe 21st century with avery different realty thanthe one in the 1960s,” headded.

In Argentina, Presi-dent Cristina Fernandezsaid the OAS’s decisionto annul the sanctionagainst Cuba imposed

many years ago was “his-toric.” Fernandez saidthat during the 5th Sum-mit of the Americas, heldin Trinidad and Tobago,she had called for liftingthe OAS sanctions againstCuba. “In the Americasnew winds are blowing,”she said. Meanwhile,Chilean Foreign MinisterMariano Fernandez cel-ebrated on WednesdayCuba’s possible re-entryto the OAS. —Internet Massive storm hits large area

of Romania

UNITED NATIONS, 4 June — The head of the 1.9-billion-US-dollar United Nations Headquartersmakeover said here on Wednesday that the plan wason schedule for completion in 2013 and, although alittle over now, could finish within budget.

UN Assistant Secretary-General Michael Adlersteintold a news conference here that the project, whichincludes relocating 6,500 UN staff members to a tem-porary building on the grounds or to rented spaces andcompletely renovating the 39-story secretariat build-ing, “remains on track.” He said the UN General As-sembly had voted a budget of 1.876 billion dollars and,after the adoption of a UN-adopted accelerated strat-egy, the projected cost-to-complete is about 90 mil-lion dollars over that figure.

“We were 219 million dollars over budget last year,and we are still over-budget, but the gap is closing,”he said. “We continue to seek opportunities to alignthe project to the budget, and I remain confident thatwe will complete the project within the approvedbudget.”

doned house in which shehad sought shelter col-lapsed. Dan Nica, DeputyPrime Minister and Inte-rior Minister, said 533houses lost their roofs,seven social and economicestablishments were de-stroyed, 600 hectares offarmland were flooded,and two bridges, 37 foot-bridges, five national andthree village roads wereaffected.

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GAZA, 4 June — Israelitroops stationed near theborder between northernGaza Strip and IsraelWednesday shot andwounded a Palestinianyoung man, witnessesand medics said. Gaza em-ergency chief Mo’aweyaHassanein said the Pales-tinian was injured whenIsraeli soldiers stationedeast of the northern GazaStrip town of BeitHanoun fired, adding thathe was in moderate con-dition.

The soldiers openedintensive gunfire at thefarmers’s area, causingfire to large fields ofwheat and barley, andfirefighters managed toput out the fire, accordingto witnesses.Earlier onWednesday, six Palestin-ians were injured after Is-raeli forces entered somehundreds of meters deepinto the northern GazaStrip, medical sourcesand fighters said.

Israeli soldierswound Palestinianin northern Gaza

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UN Headquarters renovations onschedule, project manager says

Internet

A woman crosses a bamboo made bridge over a breached dam caused by cycloneAila in Shatkhira on 4 June, 2009. Thousands of people have been displaced bya huge tidal wave caused by cyclone Aila on May 25. Survivors are suffering due to scarcity of food and drinking water.—INTERNET

Russia, USconclude 2nd

round ofn-disarmament

talksGENEVA, 4 June—

Russia and the UnitedStates on Wednesdayconcluded their secondround of talks aimed atreaching a new strategicarms reductionagreement to replace the1991 START treaty.“The current three-dayround of talks on anagreement to replace theSTART treaty hasconcluded in Geneva,”said a spokesperson forthe US mission to theUnited Nations Office inGeneva.

Negotiators fromboth sides heldaltogether five workingsessions from June 1 toJune 3, and the USdelegation was led byRose Gottemoeller,assistant secretary ofstate for verification,compliance, andimplementation, thespokesperson said.TheRussian diplomaticmission also confirmedthat the second round oftalks have concluded.But both sides declinedto reveal any furtherdetail of their Genevadiscussions. The twosides held their firstround of negotiations inMoscow on May 19-21,which was described asa “success”.

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NE China police seize 55 suspects forgrowing, processing, trafficking marijuana

CANGCHUN, 4 June—Police in north China’s Jilin Province haveseized 55 suspects involved in growing, processing and traffick-ing marijuana, said the provincial Public Security Bureau on Thurs-day.

The police, who worked with their counterparts in 19 cities innine provinces and regions including Xinjiang Uygur AutonomousRegion, Chongqing Municipalities and Heilongjiang Province, alsoconfiscated 1,400 kg of refined marijuana, 6,200 kg semi-finishedmarijuana joints, 300,000 yuan (about 44,000 US dollars) of drug-related money, five vans for conveying marijuana and 23 control-led tools and some drug-making facilities, a report from the po-lice detailed.

The Jilin Provincial Public Security Bureau got a tip-off in Junelast year and discovered that 12 farmer households had planted12.6 hectares of marijuana in Yongjiu township, in the city ofSongyuan.The bureau set up a team to follow the case and found600 hectares of planted marijuana, with the earliest planting datetraced back to 2004.—Xinhua

Cuba’s Fidel Castro calls OASa “US Trojan horse”

HAVANA, 4 June—Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Wednesday slammedthe Organization of American States (OAS) as a “US Trojan horse,” despite thegroup’s decision to lift suspension against the island country.

Castro, who ruled Cuba from 1959 to 2006, ruled out Cuba’s potential return tothe body.The OAS was “complicit” in all the crimes committed against Cuba andagainst other Latin American nations by Washington, he said in an article pub-lished in Wednesday’s state-run media. Cuba was barred from attending OAS meet-ings in 1962, three years after its revolution, as part of a broader US economic andpolitical blockade against the island.Castro’s article argued that the OAS servedonly to help the US interfere with other nations in the region, and called for theorganization to be dissolved.

“It is naive to think that the good intentions of one president justifies the exist-ence of a body that... supported... neoliberalism, drug trafficking, military basesand economic crises,” Castro said. Since the January inauguration of Barack Obamaas US president, Cuba-US relations have warmed but remain tense. Washingtonhas lifted US restrictions on travel and cash remittances to Cuba for Cuban-Ameri-cans with relatives on the island.— Xinhua

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (1st L) hosts a welcoming ceremony forMalaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak (2nd L) in Beijing, capital of

China, on 3 June, 2009.— XINHUA

Helicopter falls downin Venezuela

CARACAS, 4 June — A Bell 407 helicopterwith five people aboard went down onWednesday in Venezuela’s southwestern An-dean region, officials said. It was unclearwhether there were any survivors, Venezue-lan Interior and Justice Minister Tarek ElAissami told reporters. Aissami said theweather and geographic conditions of the areawhere the chopper fell were complicated, anda rescue team had been sent to search for pos-sible survivors. The copter probably wentdown due to bad weather, he said. RegionalCivil Protection Director Alfredo Jaczko saidthe helicopter, with two crew members andthree passengers on board, was making a su-pervision trip at the hydroelectric damUribante Caparo. The accident occurred nearthe city of Uribante which borders Colom-bia.— Xinhua

Internal parts of AirFrance Flight 447 found

RIO DE JANEIRO, 4 June—Brazil’s Defence Minis-ter Nelson Jobim announced on Wednesday eveningthat Air Force planes managed to spot some internalparts of the crashed Air France Airbus on the Atlan-tic Ocean.

Mercantile and Brazilian Navy ships searching thezone where wreckage was spotted, are collecting thematerials for analysis. The objects will be deliveredto the French government which leads the investiga-tions, according to the Minister.

Xinhua

Brazil’s Defence Minister Nelson Jobim attends aPress conference held in Brasilia, Brazil,

on 3 June, 2009. —XINHUA

Drugs destroyed tomark Humen Opium

DestructionBEIJING, 4 June—Beijing police Wednesday set

fire to 393.5 kg of illegal drugs to mark the 170thanniversary of the famous Humen OpiumDestruction.A majority of the banned substancesdestroyed included heroin, methamphetamine (ice),cocaine and marijuana.

Shi Dawei, the political commissar of the capital’santi-drug committee, said the police Wednesday de-stroyed “only about half of the drugs they seized”between 2006 and 2008. The police seized morethan773 kgof drugs over the three-year period,” hesaid. On 3 June , 1839, Lin Zexu, a senior official ofthe Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), ordered that 1,000tons of smuggled opium, confiscated from foreigndealers in China, be set on fire in Humen, GuangdongProvince. —Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

Grooms present flowers tobrides during a handi-capped group wedding

ceremony in Chongqing,southwest China, on 3June, 2009.—XINHUA

USOC may lose Bank ofAmerica sponsorship

WASHINGTON, 4 June — The US Olympic Commit-tee looked to lose its sponsorship from the Bank ofAmerica after the latter said on Wednesday bad eco-nomic situation forced them not to renew their deal.

The bank’s senior vice president of global mediarelations Joe Goode said the bank “cannot renew itsexisting sponsorship as structured.”The economic cri-sis hit the banking sector hard with soaring credit lossesand depleted capital. Bank of America is cutting sev-eral billion dollars of annual costs and a possible 42,500jobs after buying Merrill Lynch & Co and CountrywideFinancial Corp over the last year. Bank of Americaalso has received about billion US dollars from theTreasury Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program(TARP).—Xinhua

Conference on climate changeconcludes with Athens Declaration

ATHENS, 4 June — Theinternational conference onclimate change concludedhere Wednesday withadoption of the AthensDeclaration on VulnerableChildren and ClimateChange, which placed em-phasis on the urgent needto take actions facilitatingnecessary adjustments.

It raised the issue ofcommon opportunities andrestrictions and high-lighted the challenges forthe future generations, tak-ing into consideration thelimited resilience dis-played by the most vulner-able and poor populations,while calling for stronger

international cooperationin this direction. Delegatesfrom all over the world dis-cussed the topics focusingon the repercussions ofclimate change on morevulnerable social groups,as well as investment is-sues and funding aimed atlimiting the emissions of“greenhouse” effect gasesand the adjustment to cli-mate change. The vulner-able communities in theregion of the Mediterra-nean, such as the elderlyand the very young, espe-cially those suffering fromchronic diseases, are mostlikely to be among thosewho will be greatly af-fected by the destabili-zation of the climate sys-tem coupled with the im-minent disruption of theeco-systems, the declara-tion said.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

Lin Hui, a 7-year old panda, and itstwo-days-old cub are seen at theChiang Mai Zoo in Chiang Mai,

northern Thailand.

A work by Spanish artist PamenPereira is displayed during the

exhibition “This is a love story” at aculture centre in Burgos.

Man, 81, charged for clearingpothole for repair

An Ohio man said he chipped awayloose material to prepare a pothole forrepair and thought he was helping thecity, not breaking the law. Anundercover police officer spotted 81-year-old James Stacy in the street nearStacy's home with a pickax and a broomlast week. Stacy said he cleared the 3-foot-wide hole because he expected acrew to patch it and wanted the patch tolast longer.

Public works manager Paul Barnettsaid he’d always like to do such cleaning.But he said it created a greater safetyhazard until the hole was patched.

Police charged Stacy with criminaldamaging, saying he destroyed freshasphalt and ignored an officer’s warning.

Stacy denies that. He is scheduledin court Tuesday and faces up to 90days in jail.

Kan man accused of beatingbird appeals $275 fine

A Kansas man accused of beating agull that tried to eat his wife's ice creamis appealing a $275 fine stemming fromthe incident in California.

The Orange County Register reportedFriday that Dragan Djuric of Wichita, Kan.,contested the fine levied by the US Fishand Wildlife Service for violating thefederal Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

Police say Djuric beat a Heermann'sgull with a stick and broke its wing inLaguna Beach on New Year’s Eve. Thebird was later euthanized.

Djuric says he was acting in self-defence after the bird swooped down, hithis wife's head and tried to grab her icecream.

Fish and Wildlife officials saywitnesses told authorities the ice creamfell on its own and Djuric struck birdsthat descended to eat it.

Scouts Boss to repay $20K cookie cashA former Ohio Girl Scouts leader has

agreed to pay the organization $20,000as restitution for stealing money from acookie account and using it for vacations,groceries and other personal expenses.

Prosecutors say Tamara Jo Ward hadaccess to a bank account the Dayton-based troop used to deposit cookie salesrevenue that was to pay for the troop'srecreational activities.

The 45-year-old Ward pleaded guiltyin April to grand theft.

Under a restitution agreement, she’llpay $5,000 up front. She’ll also pay$250 a month during a five-yearprobation and spend 30 days in jail.

Girl Scouts of Western Ohio staffrepresentative Marcia Dowds attendedThursday’s court hearing. She says theagreement allows everyone in the caseto move on.

Wang Xiaoyu, 35, gives a model a hair-cut while standing on his head nearhis barbershop in Changsha, HunanProvince. Wang, a barber of 15 yearswho has had 18 years of training inthe Chinese martial arts Kungfu, isnow trying to attract more customersby giving haircuts whilst adopting a headstand, local media reported.

Get Enough DietaryProtein

Protein helps your body replacedamaged cells and make new ones.Women who are pregnant, children andteens should be especially careful to getenough protein, according to the USNational Library of Medicine.

Meat is a good source of protein,but because it’s often high in cho-lesterol it shouldn’t be relied on asthe only protein source, the agencystates. Fish, poultry, eggs, nuts,whole grains, soybeans, peas anddairy products are also fine sourcesof protein.

A model poses with a Microsoft Multi-Touch-enabled computer installed withWindows 7 during the 2009 Computex exhibition in China Taipei on 2 June,

2009. Touchscreen technology is sweeping the consumer electronics market astechnology brands hope to come up with the next iPhone, but these new toys

could be little more than plenty of hype especially in the PC market.— INTERNET

SANTIAGO, 4 June — The Chilean government de-cided on Wednesday to reinforce nationwide sanitarymeasures after the country reported its first death fromthe A/H1N1 flu on Tuesday.

The government will reinforce medical staff train-ing and hand out clinic guides to emergency serviceofficers, Health Minister Alvaro Erazo said after ameeting with health authorities and experts.

Patients over five years old and with a fever over38 degrees, cough, muscles pain or headache couldreceive antiviral treatment without a clinic analysis,Erazo said.

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Chilereinforcessanitarymeasuresto curb

A/H1N1 flu

WASHINGTON, 4 June— Exposure to estrogenreduces production of im-mune-related proteins infish.

This suggests that cer-tain compounds, knownas endocrine disruptors,may make fish more sus-ceptible to disease.

Results of the studywere published onlineWednesday in the journal,Fish & Shellfish Immu-nology.

XI’AN, 4 June— A Chi-nese man who had a suc-cessful small intestinetransplant a decade ago,celebrated the tenth anni-versary of the operationon Tuesday and is nowbelieved to be Asia’s long-est surviving patient ofsuch an operation.

Yang Feng, a 29-year-old native of central HenanProvince, celebrated thetenth anniversary of theoperation Tuesday eveningwith scholars and doctors

Chinese man celebrates 10th anniversaryof ground-breaking intestine operation

at the Xijing Hospital inXi’an, capital of ShaanxiProvince. In 1999, Yangsuffered acute ileus, an in-testinal obstruction whichreduced his weight from60 kg to less than 35 kg.His small intestine was cutto only 40 centimeters,about one tenth that ofhealthy people.

Doctors at the XijingHospital transplanted 150cm of small intestine fromhis father YangRunsheng. This was the

first successful small in-testine transplant in Chinafrom a living person.

Yang and his father areall alive and healthy. Yangmarried in 2007. He hasbeen working as a tempo-rary staff member at thehospital for eight years.

Small intestine trans-plant patients generallysurvive a few years afterthe operation because ofstrong repulsion reactionsand serious infectionthreats. — Internet

Study shows estrogen linked to loweredimmunity in fish

The study, led by USGeological Surveygenomics researcher DrLaura Robertson, re-vealed that largemouthbass injected withestrogen produced low-ered levels of hepcidin, animportant iron-regulatinghormone in mammalsthat is also found in fishand amphibians. This isthe first published studydemonstrating control ofhepcidin by estrogen in

any animal. Besides being an im-

portant iron-regulatinghormone, researchers alsosuspect that hepcidin mayact as an antimicrobialpeptide in mammals, fishand frogs.

Antimicrobial pep-tides are the first line ofdefence against disease-causing bacteria and somefungi and viruses in ver-tebrate animals.

Internet

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NAY PYI TAW, 4 June—Chairman of Aye-yawady Division Peaceand DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofSouth-West CommandMaj-Gen Kyaw Swe

Commander inspects factories in Ayeyawady Divinspected Pathein GlassFactory in Pathein and No5 Fertilizer Plant projectin Kangyidauk Town-ship of Myanma CeramicsIndustry under theMinistry of Industry-1 on

19 May.He also visited the re-

transmission station ofMyawady TV in Patheinand gave instructions toofficials concerned.

MNA

Commander, Minister for Sportsattend opening of Sports and

Education CourseNAY PYI TAW, 4

June—Chairman ofMandalay Division Peaceand DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofCentral Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe andMinister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myintdelivered addresses at theopening ceremony of theSports and EducationCourse and the SportsTraining Course for 2009-2010 academic year atSports and PhysicalEducation Institute(Mandalay) on 1 Junemorning.

The ministerpresented cash foruniforms to teachers andcash for uniforms andsports gear to the sportsinstructors.

Next, the ministeraccepted K 4.2 milliondonated by wellwishersincluding K 1 million byMandalay Division PDC;K 1 million by MandalayDivision DevelopmentAffairs and ManagementCommittee; K 1 millionby AAA Cement Tradingand K 500,000 by U Soe

Naing of Aye Aye KhaingJewellery Co.

The trainees of theinstitute demonstratedtheir skills in gymnastic,weightlifting, football andWushu events.

The commander andthe minister cordiallygreeted the trainees andviewed the sportsequipment.

In the afternoon, theminister met with localpeople in ThakhuttawVillage of WetletTownship and attended tothe needs. On theoccasion, Dr U Bo Gyi ofYokepyo TraditionalMedicine Industrydonated K 500,000 to thefunds for construction ofthe school.— MNA

YANGON, 4 June—Myothit Township ForestDepartment organized theceremony to assign dutiesfor growing trees in therainy season at the meetinghall of Township Peaceand Development Counciloffice on 27 May morning.

Staff Officer of

Establishment of village fuelwood plantation assigned

Township ForestDepartment U Hsan WinTun assigned duty to everyhousehold for growingthree teak plants and 20hard wood and eucalyptusplants and forestablishment of one-acrevillage fuel woodplantation and explained

the cultivation methods.Next, Chairman of

Township Peace andDevelopment Council UTin Naing Soe presentedletters of assigning dutiesto chairmen of Ward Peaceand DevelopmentCouncils.

MNA

YANGON, 4 June—TheUnder-13 Asian YouthFootball Match was heldat Saban of Malaysia on 3and 4 June.

Myanmar youth

NAY PYI TAW, 4June—The 2nd coor-dination meeting of theOrganizing Committeefor World PopulationDay, which falls on 11July 2009, took place atthe Ministry ofImmigration andPopulation here thisafternoon.

First, Chairman of theOrganizing CommitteeDirector-General UMaung Myint ofPopulation Departmentextended greetings.

2nd coord meeting for markingWorld Population Day held

Next, officials fromthe working committeeand subcommitteesreported on progress ofimplementing the plansand future tasks. Thosepresent took part in thediscussions.

The motto of WorldPopulation Day for this yearis designated as “ProtectingMarginalized populationsfrom the global economiccrisis” and the poster, essay,photo and article contestswill be held.

On 13 and 14 June, the

poster and essay contestswill be organized at thecities of the States andDivisions including NayPyi Taw at the same time.Those wishing to take partin the colour photo andarticle contests are to sendthe entries for colour photocontest not later than 26June and the entries forarticle contest not later than22 June to No. 416, thePopulation Depart-ment(Yangon Branch) on MahaBandoola Street,Yangon.—MNA

Myanmar youth secure threewins, one draw, two losses

football team had threewins, one draw and twolosses in six matches.

In the competitions,Myanmar youth beatAustralia 2-1, Cambodia

1-0 and the Philippines 1-0. Myanmar played a 1-1draw with Singapore, andlost to Thailand 1-2 andLaos 1-2.

MNA

Commander Maj-

Gen Kyaw Swe

inspects Pathein

Glass Factory in

Pathein.

MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe acceptscash donation.—MNA

Director-General U Maung Myint delivers an address at 2ndcoordination meeting of Organizing Committee for World Population

Day.—MNA

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(from page 1)Bouphavanh, Malay-sianPrime Minister Dato' SeriMohd Najib Bin Tun HajiAbdul Razak, President ofthe Republic of thePhilippines MadameGloria Macapagal Arroyo,Prime Minister ofSingapore Mr Lee HsienLoong, Thai PrimeMinister Mr AbbhisitVejjajiva, VietnamesePrime Minister Mr Nguyen

Prime Minister General TheinSein attends Green Growth…

Myanmar invites investors of ASEANcountries and ROK to invest in the explorationof oil and gas.

Tan Dung and ASEANSecretary-General DrSurin Pitsuwan.

At the exhibition, ayoung Korean ladyconducted them round thebooths of Metropolitan Eco& Energy Town, CleanWater From Source ToTop, Nuclear Power & SeaWater Desalination,Biomass, Wind PowerGeneration & Smart Gridand Fuel-cell Driving

Myanmar will cooperateclosely with ROK forconservation and ensuringsustainable development of theenvironment.

World Green.At 10 am, Prime

Minister General TheinSein attended the ASEAN-Korea CommemorativeSummit Session-II held atHalla Hall on the third floorof ICC. Also present werethe heads of State/Government of ASEANcountries and ROK, theASEAN Secretary-General and high-rankingofficials of ROK andASEAN countries.

The Thai PrimeMinister acted alternatechairman of the summit

and the heads of State/Government of ASEANcountries discussed globalchallenges such as globalfinancial crisis, climatechange and food securityand exchanged theirviews.

In his discussion,Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein said hewelcomed the establish-ment of ASEAN+3emergency rice reserve toavert insecurity of majorfood such as rice. He saidhe wished to seeagricultural cooperationand technologicalexchanges for security offood, for alleviation ofpoverty and forsustainable development.

Energy security needscooperation of the regional

and internationalorganizations. It is alsonecessary to expand theregional cooperation inorder to extensivelyemploy renewable energyand pure energy resourcesincluding hydro-power,solar power and bio-energy for prevention ofinstability of energy pricesand climate change andfor conservation of thenatural environment. ThePrime Minister saidMyanmar invitedinvestors of ASEANcountries and ROK toinvest in the explorationof oil and gas. Hecontinued that hewelcomed and encour-aged the measures toincrease the amount ofChiang initiative reserve

managing waste productsand reducing carbonemissions.

He also thanked theRepublic of Korea fororganizing the ClimateForum held recently inSeoul. He also praisedROK for its effort to adoptthe 'Low Carbon, GreenGrowth' scheme. He saidhe welcomed theannouncement of ROKthat it would provide US$200 million for East AsiaClimate Partnership.Myanmar would cooperateclosely with ROK forconservation and ensuringsustainable developmentof the environment.

MoU signingceremony took place atSamda Hall on the ICCthird floor. The economic

pooling scheme from US$80 million to US$ 120million, approved atASEAN+3 financeministerial meeting, andto establish a reliableobservation mechanism.

Commitments andresponsibilities arenecessary for all the nationsaccording to the UNclimate changeframework.

The Prime Ministeradded that he was delightedto see more cooperation inthe technologies ofconserving forests,

ministers of ROK andASEAN countries signedthe agreement onestablishment of ASEAN-Korea free trade area andhanded over the documentsto the ASEAN Secretary-General.

Afterwards, the headsof State/Government ofROK and ASEAN nationssigned the joint-declarationof ASEAN-Korea Com-memorative Summit andhanded over the documentsto the ASEAN Secretary-General.

(See page 9)

Prime Minister General Thein Sein, the Korean President and the heads of State/Government of ASEAN countries view exhibits of Green Growth, Green Asia Exhibition

at ICC in Jeju, Republic of Korea.—MNA

In the presence of Heads of State/Government of ASEAN and ROK economic ministers of ROK and ASEAN countries sign agreementon establishment of ASEAN-Korea free trade area.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 4 June—Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein attended a dinner hosted by Governor ofJeju Island Special Self-governing Province Mr. Kim-Tae Hwan at the Lotus Hall of the Shilla Hotel in Jejuof the Republic of Korea at 7 pm on 2 June.

Also present at the dinner were Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win, Minister for National Planningand Economic Development U Soe Tha, Ambassadorof the Union of Myanmar to the Republic of Korea UMyo Lwin, Director-General of the Government OfficeCol Thant Shin, Ambassador of the Republic of Koreato the Union of Myanmar Mr. Park-Key Chang,President & CEO of Daewoo International CorporationMr Jae-Young Kim and guests.

On arrival at the dinner, the Prime Ministerwas welcomed by Governor of Jeju Island Special

Prime Minister attends dinner hosted by Governorof Jeju Island Special Self-governing Province

Self-governing Province Mr. Kim-Tae Hwan andofficials.

Next, a Korean girl presented a bouquet tothe Prime Minister. At the dinner, Governor ofJeju Island Special Self-governing Province Mr.Kim-Tae Hwan extended greetings.

Prime Minister General Thein Sein explainedfriendly ties between the two countries and cooperationin economic affairs.

Mr. Yae-Yeo Huh of Supreme member of HanhlaraParty of the Republic of Korea and President & CEOof Daewoo International Corporation Mr Jae-YoungKim spoke words of delightedness.

Later, Governor Mr. Kim-Tae Hwan hosted adinner to the Prime Minister and party.

MNA

Prime Minister arrives backfrom Jeju, Republic of Korea

NAY PYI TAW, 4June—After attending theASEAN-Republic ofKorea CommemorativeSummit and RelatedSummits of BilateralSummit in Jeju, theRepublic of Korea, PrimeMinister General TheinSein, together withMinister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win,Minister for NationalPlanning and EconomicDevelopment U Soe Tha,Director-General of theGovernment Office Col

Thant Shin and heads ofdepartment, left Jeju,ROK by air yesterdaymorning and arrived atIncheon InternationalAirport of ROK at 9 amKorea local time.

The Prime Ministerand entourage were seenoff at Jeju Airport byGovernor of Jeju IslandSpecial Self-governingProvince Mr Kim-TaeHwan and officials.

They left IncheonInternational Airport bythe flight of Thai Airways

and arrived atSuvarnabhumi Inter-national Airport inBangkok at 2 pm Thailocal time.

They were seen off atthe airport by MyanmarAmbassador to ThailandU Aung Thein andembassy staff.

Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein andparty left SuvarnabhumiInternational Airport byspecial flight and arrivedback here in theafternoon.—MNA

(from page 8)The joint-

declaration stated that it washeartening to see that US$39 million had beencontributed to the ASEAN-Korea cooperation fundsince the establishment ofASEAN-Korea partnershipties. According to theASEAN-Korea partnershipframework, it had beenestimated to expand theannual fund of thepartnership from US$ 3million to 5 million.

ASEAN-KoreaCentre was opened inMarch, 2009 in Seoul, ROKwith a view to promoteASEAN-Korea trade,investment, tourism andcultural sectors. ASEAN-Korea group of celebrities

Prime Minister General Thein Sein…was formed in early 2009as a more consolidatedASEAN-Korea friendshiptool.

The Republic ofKorea is a major contributorto ASEAN cooperation fornarrowing the developmentgap between the ASEANnations. It has pledged tocontribute additional US$5 million to the secondphase of the ASEANcooperation. For creatingmore job opportunities,ROK will train 7,000 peoplefrom ASEAN countries infive years. It has also beenarranged to exchangetrainees under the ASEAN-Korea education exchangeprogramme. Thedeclaration reiterated thatthe nations would closely

cooperate in addressing thechallenges of global climatechange, environmental,economic and financialcrises. It has also recognizedthe importance of ChiangMai initiativemultilateralization schemeto prevent the regionalfinancial crisis, the firmnessof Asia loan security marketscheme and ROK's effortfor 'Low Carbon, GreenGrowth' scheme.

Later, PrimeMinister General TheinSein attended the luncheonhosted by the KoreanPresident at the Shilla HotelPayora Observatory at 1pm. Also present were theheads of State/Governmentof ASEAN countries andthe ASEAN Secretary-General.—MNA

Governor Mr. Kim-Tae Hwan of JejuIsland Special Self-governing Province of

ROK extends greetings at dinner.MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Seinexplains friendly ties between two countries

and cooperation in economic affairs atdinner in Jeju Island Special Self-

governing Province.—MNA

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(from page 16)of Lotte Hotel in Jeju ofthe Republic of Korea at 3pm on 2 June.

Also present atthe call were Minister forForeign Affairs U NyanWin, Minister for NationalPlanning and Economic

Prime Minister receives President & CEO…Development U Soe Tha,Ambassador of the Unionof Myanmar to the Re-public of Korea U MyoLwin, Director-General ofthe Government OfficeCol Thant Shin and de-partmental heads.

President & CEO

of Daewoo InternationalCorporation Mr Jae-Young Kim was accom-panied by Managing Di-rector Mr. Juns-Han Kimof Myanmar Daewoo CoLtd and responsible per-sons.

MNA

Yangon Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin

signs CondolenceBook opened at the

Embassy of Israel forpassing away of

Former PresidentProfessor Ephraim

Katzir.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 June—The World Health Organization yesterday reporteda total of 19,273 cases and 117 deaths in 66 countries from 17 April to 3 June dueto Influenza A/H1N1.

International veterinarians have suggested that pig farmers vaccinate theiranimals against infectious diseases that are common in the countries concerned;and give regularly anti-worm tablets to their pigs. In Myanmar, classical swinefever, swine plague, and foot and mouth disease are common. So, farmers shouldimmunize their pigs against the diseases in coordination with nearest branchesof the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department.

The Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department under the Ministryof Livestock and Fisheries, local administrative bodies at state anddivision, district and township levels, the Department of Health, theDevelopment Affairs Department, the Myanmar Livestock Federation andlivestock entrepreneurs are jointly taking precautionary measures againstthe diseases such as raising public awareness about influenza, distributionof pamphlets, carrying out surveillance work and giving educative talkson bio-safety.

Up to now, no Influenza A/H1N1 cases are found in Myanmar. The virusescannot survive the heat at 70º Centigrade or 160º Fahrenheit. And the viruscannot spread to man if pork and pig products are touched systematically, saidthe Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries.

MNA

No Influenza A/H1N1cases found in Myanmar

Yangon Mayor signs Condolence Book

YANGON, 4June— Chairman ofYangon CityDevelopment CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin signed Book ofCondolence opened at theEmbassy of Israel, No 15,Khabaung Street, here at

10.30 am, for the passingaway of ProfessorEphraim Katzir, Former

President of the State ofIsrael, on 30 May 2009.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 June—Influenza A/H1N1 has broken out since 17 April.The influenza infected 19,273 people and killed 117 across the world and theinfluenza infected in 66 countries including Mexico, according to the informationreleased yesterday by the World Health Organization.

The virus A/H1N1 may be mutated into the global human pandemicdisease. Therefore, the Ministry of Health has taken the necessary preparednesstask on 25 April.

Not to break out the influenza A/H1N1 in the territory of Myanmar, theMinistry of Health is taking preparedness measures such as daily virus observation,preparations for medical treatment, providing of medicines and medical equipmentand laboratory apparatuses to the hospitals and making ready for use of the specialpatient wards.

With regard to situations of outbreak of the influenza, the preventivemeasures and dissemination of health knowledge are being issued to the peoplethrough TV, radio and dailies in time.

Since 29 April, the visitors have been under medical checks at internationalairports, international seaports and exits of borders.

Up to now, the Ministry of Health released information that there is nocase of influenza A/H1N1 in Myanmar.—MNA

Myanmar still remainsinfluenza A/H1N1 free countryHealth Ministry taking preventive

measures against influenza A/H1N1

YANGON, 4 June—TheBaron’s “CommandsRespect” Amateur OpenGolf Challenge 2009,organized by MyanmarGolf Federation andsponsored by MyanmarBrewery Ltd, will be heldsoon.

Two qualifying cutswill be organized. Ofthem, the first qualifyingcut will take place atShwemantaung GolfCourse in Mandalay on 9June and the second atMyanmar Golf Club at the9th Mile on Pyay Road in

Baron’s “Commands Respect” Amateur OpenGolf Challenge 2009 for Mandalay, Yangon

Yangon on 15 June. A totalof 12 qualified players willbe selected from each cuts.

Altogether 12qualified players eachfrom Mandalay andYangon are to take part inthe final stage at sevengolf clubs in Yangon, NayPyi Taw, PyinOoLwin,Mandalay, Bagan andPyay Golf Clubs on sevensuccessive days.

The final match willbe held for last four. Allthe rounds will beorganized through thestroke play (scratch)

Handicap 0 system.Those wishing to take

part in the golf challengeare to contact Han GolfMasters Pro Shop, Tel:09-2210410, 09-2017639, 09-6804015and 02-64583 for theMandalay match, not laterthan 2 pm on 7 June, HanEvent Management, Tel:01-651374, 09-2037671and 09-2210410 andMyanmar Golf Club, Tel:01-661702 for theYangon match, not laterthan 2 pm on 13 June.

MNA

Preventive measures are being taken against spread of A/H1N1 intoMyanmar at the Yangon International Airport.—MNA

Health staff carry out preventive measures against A/H1N1 atMandalay International Airport (TadaU).—MNA

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KABUL, 4 June —Police in central Afghanprovince of Wardak onThursday found the deadbody of a provincialcouncil candidate, whowas kidnapped bymilitants last week,provincial police chief ofGhazni province said.

“Yeiya MulayeAzhar, who has signedup for competing

Taleban militants kill Afghan candidateof provincial council

provincial election, waskilled on Wednesdaynight and police foundhis body in Sayed Abaddistrict of Wardakprovince on Thursday,”Khil Baz Shirza toldXinhua.

Azhar has not beenworking for government,Shirza added.

The police chiefblamed the enemy of

Afghanistan, a term usedby Afghan officials forTaleban insurgents, for theincident.

The secondpresidential and provincialelection in post-TalebanAfghanistan is set onAugust 20 this year whileTaleban militants havewarned Afghans toboycott the election.

Internet

BEIJING,4 June—Incredible peaks andvalleys, buried beneath icefor 14 million years, haverevealed evidence of howthe East Antarctic icesheet first formed.

Scientists used radarto map an area of theGamburtsev mountains -believed to be the point oforigin of the ice. Theregion would have beencold enough for the firstglacier to form.

The researchers saytheir findings provideimportant clues about howthe ice sheet will behaveas our climate changes.

The elevation andlocation of theGamburtsev Mountains -in the centre of the icesheet - made them an“ideal place” for theformation of the very firstice.—Internet

Origin ofAntarctic

icerevealed

The file photo takenin May, 2008 shows a

Junonia almanabutterfly in Hainan

Province, southChina. The southern

island provinceaccomodates

butterflies of at least609 species. Its warmtemperature, wet air,usual sunshine and

abundant rainforestsprepare an ideal

growing environmentfor butterflies.

INTERNET

Confirmed cases of A/H1N1ful reach to 106 in US Navy

HOUSTON, 4 June—Eighteen new cases ofA/H1N1 flu have been confirmed on the aircraft carrierNimitz, bringing the total number of the confirmedcases in US Navy to 106, said a Navy spokesman,quoted by Navy Times on Tuesday.

Commodore Cappy Surette, a Navy spokesman atthe Pentagon, said some of the sailors were placed inmedical isolation, despite the new cases are describedas “mild”. Surette also said Nimitz has been at sea onpredeployment training, and the new cases have notaffected operations.

US Centres for Disease Control and Preventionreported on Monday there were 10,053 confirmedcases and 17 deaths caused by the virus nationwide.

The agency updates the figures on its websitealmost everyday, but never releases the cases confirmedin US Navy.—MNA/Xinhu

The Gamburtsevmountains have beenpreserved under the

ice sheet.INTERNET

20 children die after drinkingcontaminated water in w India

NEW DELHI, 4 June—At least 20 children have diedafter drinking industrial contaminated water in westIndia’s Jaipur in the past two weeks, local media MailToday reported on Wednesday.

An expert panel said the industrial waste from olddyeing and block printing workshops in the area hadpolluted ground water and rendered the water toxic,which led to the deaths, according to the report.

However, the report did not give any details aboutthe victims or the polluters. Poor sewerage systems andincreased use of fertilizers are blamed to have raisedthe level of nitrates in Jaipur’s water resources. Theresults of water testing laboratories revealed hightraces of arsenic in the ground water in some parts ofJaipur, said the report. —MNA/Xinhua

US Finds mistakes in deadlyAfghan airstrikes

WASHINGTON, 4 June—A US military investigationhas uncovered mistakes in airstrikes that killed dozensof civilians in western Afghanistan last month, accordingto a US military official. The official confirmed a reportin The New York Times on Wednesday that said thecivilian death toll would probably have been reduced ifUS air crews and ground troops had followed strict rulesto prevent civilian casualties.

“We do not have an issue with the accuracy of thestory,” said the official, speaking on condition ofanonymity because the results of the investigationhave not yet been announced. The incident in earlyMay stoked long-standing tensions between Afghansand foreign troops over civilian casualties.

Afghan officials put the civilian death toll fromthe airstrikes in Farah province as high as 140 while anAfghan human rights watchdog put the total at 97. Therights group said no more than two Taleban fighterswere killed. The US military, by contrast, has said 20-35 civilians were among 80-95 people killed, most ofthem Taleban fighters who used the civilians as humanshields.—MNA/Reuters

LASHKAR GAH, 4June—The first civilianplane for almost 30 yearslanded on Wednesday at anewly refurbished airfieldin a remote corner ofAfghanistan’s restivesouthern HelmandProvince.

The United Statesspent 11.5 million USdollars reconditioning theBost airfield, built in 1957,which officials hope willhelp regenerate aprovince, a third of which

is estimated to be underTaleban control andwhose economy isdependent on opium.

Helmand used toproduce some of theregion’s best dried fruits,pomegranates and nuts.But farmers haveswitched to opiumproduction, a crop thathelps fund the Taleban

insurgency.The airport and a

nearby agricultural andindustrial park are part ofa larger counter-narcoticsstrategy to get farmers toswitch from growingopium by providing themfacilities to process andfly-out food products tothe domestic market.

MNA/Reuters

First civilian airfield in 30 yrs open inAfghanistan’s Helmand

Zhou Degui, anumbrella maker, showsantique Fenshui oilpaper umbrella makingskills during the 2ndInternational Festivalof the IntangibleCultural Heritage inChengdu, capital ofsouthwest China’sSichuan Province, on2 June, 2009. TheFenshui oil paperumbrella has a history

of 400 years.INTERNET

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INVITATION TO TENDERTENDER NO. 3 (T) AMD-FR(2009-2010)

1. Sealed Tender are invited by Agricultural Mechani-zation Department, the Ministry of Agriculture andIrrigation for the supply of following Machines whichwill be purchased in US Dollar. Sr; No Description Quantity 1. Machinery & Equipment for Combine Harvester Production 2. Tender closing date (15-6-2009) (Monday) (16:00 HR) 3. Tender documents are available at the Factory &Research Section of Agricultural Mechanization De-partment, Bayintnaung Road, Insein Township, Yangonduring the office hours. 4. For further details please call 680959, 682046 Ext. 323.

Director General Agricultural Mechanization Department

3 Lot

18 new A/H1N1 flu cases confirmedin Britain

LONDON, 4 June—Britain’s Department of Healthconfirmed on Wednesday 18 new cases of A/H1N1flu infections, bringing the total number of cases inthe country to 381. The Department of Health state-ment said all the 18 new cases were from England.The new total of 381 cases included 23 cases in Scot-land announced Tuesday by the Scottish Executive andone in Northern Ireland announced by the NorthernIreland Executive. Testing of the swine flu virus is nowcarried out by the Health Protection Agency’s regionalnetwork of laboratories. To date, 313 cases have beenconfirmed in England, 65 from Scotland, two fromNorthern Ireland and one from Wales. —Internet

CHICAGO, 4 June — A pregnant Chicago woman became the fourth person in theUS Illiois state to die of the A/H1N1 flu a day after she gave birth, officials of thePublic Health Department said Wednesday. The latest death was a 20-year-old womanfrom Chicago who died on Saturday at the University of Illinois Medical Center.The woman was admitted to the hospital on 23 May suffering from flu-like symp-toms. Officials said the woman’s condition quickly deteriorated and the woman’sbaby, a 27-week fetus was delivered by cesarean section on Friday. The woman diedthe following day and was diagnosed with pneumonia and the H1N1 flu.—Internet

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Ministry of Finance and RevenueInternal Revenue DepartmentCommercial Tax Directorate

Reminding to furnish the Annual Return1. Any Individuals, Partnerships, Joint Ventures,

Companies, other taxable business enterprises,Cooperative societies, State economic enterprises,Sate-owned mills, factories, trading and serviceenterprises, who have taxable sale proceed or receiptfrom services in the financial year 2008-2009 (1st

April 2008 to 31st March 2009) are reminded thatthey are according to the law, to fill up, sign andfurnish an annual return to the respective TownshipRevenue Office or Company Circle Tax Office, byhand or by registered post not later than 30th ofJune, 2009.

2. If it is production business apart from salt production,those whose sale proceed in a financial year is kyat240001 and above, or the sale proceed of Tradingbusiness during the financial year that is kyat 300001and above, the receipt from Passenger transportationthat is kyat 180001 and above, Entertainments,Hotel and lodgings, Restaurants, Travel and Tours(including tour guide only), Motor vehicle servicing,Insurance (excluding life insurance), Hair dressingand beauty saloon, Body fitness centres, Printing,Computer desktop and design services (excludingphoto copying) are responsible to fine the Annualsale or service Return attached with annual accounts,to the respective offices. Those returns will beaccepted by opening the offices up to 18:00 hrs inthe evening on the last date of 30th June 2009(Tuesday).

3. If there is failure to file return without any sufficientcause, a sum not more than 10% of the tax due willbe fined by way of penalty according to theCommercial Tax Law, section 21.

4. The prescribed Annual Return forms will be providedat the respective Township Revenue Offices or theCompany Circle Tax Office, free of charge. If it isfiled by hand, the concerning office will issue theacknowledgement slip instantly.

5. Enquiries can be made for further details at theTownship Revenue Offices or the Company CircleTax Office concerned.

San LwinDirector

Commercial TaxDirectorate

The best time to plant a treewas 20 years ago. The second

best time is now.

Million-year-old mammothskeleton discovered in Serbia

NASA sets 13 June as datefor space shuttle

Endeavour’s launchWASHINGTON, 4 June — NASA managers completed

a review on Wednesday of space shuttle Endeavour’sreadiness for flight and selected 13 June as the officiallaunch date for the STS-127 mission to the InternationalSpace Station, NASA said Wednesday in a Press release.Commander Mark Polansky and his six crewmates arescheduled to lift off at 7:17 am EDT (1117 GMT) fromNASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA said.

Endeavour’s launch date was announced followinga daylong Flight Readiness Review at Kennedy. Dur-ing the meeting, top NASA and contractor managersassessed the risks associated with the mission anddetermined the shuttle’s equipment, support systems andprocedures are ready for flight.—Internet

BELGRADE, 4 June — Askeleton of a mammothbelieved to be about 1million years old has beendiscovered in anarchaeological park ineastern Serbia, the park’sdirector said on Wed-nesday. Miomir Korac,director of ArchaeologicalPark of Viminacium nearKostolac, told Tanjug newsagency that the skeletonwas discovered in a layerof yellow sand at a depthof 27 metres on Tuesdayand it was one of the oldest

and rather rare types ofmammoth. The skeleton isover four metres tall, fivemeters long and weighs 10tons, Korac said, addingthat the specimen isprobably a descendant ofthe tropical, so-called“southern mammoths,”which arrived in Europefrom northern Africa over1 million years ago.

He also said that it israther unusual to find sowell preserved mammothskeleton in a rivermound.—Internet

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S P O R T S

PARIS, 4 June— One shot by Serena Williams sentSvetlana Kuznetsova to the court in a messy spill thatleft her covered with clay.

The Russian was down but not out. Showingnewfound resilience, she squandered a big lead in thesecond set Wednesday but ended Williams’ 18-matchGrand Slam winning streak in the French Open quar-terfinals, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 7-5.

Williams, seeded second, was seeking her third suc-cessive major title and the 11th of her career.Williamswas on the verge of reaching the women’s final fourafter mounting a comeback and taking a 3-1 lead inthe final set.

“She blamed nerves for her defeat.In the third set I had an opportunity and I got really

tight, and I pretty much gave it to her,” Williams said.“It was like, ‘Here, do you want to go to the semis?Because I don’t.’ She was like, ‘OK.’”

The No 7-seeded Kuznetsova faced a set point serv-ing at 5-6 in the first set but erased it with a slam andtook the lead. After Kuznetsova’s tumble in the sec-ond set, Williams erased a 5-3 deficit and rallied threepoints from defeat to even the match.

“It was very confusing,” Kuznetsova said. “Yes, Imissed my moments, but she also was playing good.”

Internet

NASSAU, 4 June— FIFA will continue to examinethe controversial “6+5” rule to limit foreign playerson clubs that has angered European Union nations af-ter a supportive vote at the FIFA Congress here.

Joseph “Sepp” Blatter, president of the global foot-ball governing body, backs the plan and cites a studysaying the limiting of imports to five men on the fieldwould be legal even as some nations see the idea asdiscriminatory.“The 6+5 will come. It’s just a matterof time,” Blatter said.

The Congress voted 188-3 on Wednesday to haveFIFA’s executive committee continue working towardpassage of the plan, which Blatter wants to see votedupon next year in South Africa.

An exploratory task force was created to investi-gate changing age rules for Olympic football, now opento players 23 and under with three exemptions. FIFA’sexecutive committee backed a reduction in the age capto 21.“Certain members of the executive committeefavor a reduction in the age,” Blatter said.—Internet

ROME, 4 June — Brazilian playmaker Kaka remainsan AC Milan player, despite reports from Spain he isheading for Real Madrid in a 65-million-euro deal,Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi said on Wednesday.

Spanish radio station Cadena Ser reported on Tuesdaythe deal had been agreed by newly-installed Real presi-dent Florentino Perez, AC Milan vice-president AdrianoGalliani and Bosco Leite, Kaka’s father and agent.

But Berlusconi insisted that “there is still no deci-sion” on a definitive move and added he would bemeeting with the player on Monday after the latterreturns from a weekend World Cup qualifier againstUruguay.“I will meet Kaka on Monday and then I’lltell you,” Berlusconi told state broadcaster Rai.

Internet

LIVERPOOL, 4 June— Beaten FA Cup finalistsEverton were boosted on Wednesday as internationaltrio club captain Joseph Yobo, Tim Howard and PhilJagielka signed contract extensions with the club.

England international defender Jagielka wasEverton’s player of the season but the former Shef-field United star missed the 2-1 FA Cup final defeatby Chelsea last Saturday because of a serious kneeinjury.

Internet

SAN JOSE, 4 June – Alvario Saborio and SelsoBorges scored early goals to give Costa Rica a 3-1victory over the United States here, putting the Ticosatop North America’s World Cup 2010 qualifying.

Costa Rica improved to 3-1 for nine points in theNorth and Central America and Caribbean region(CONCACAF) to move past the Americans, who slidto 2-1-1 for seven points to stand second in the six-nation hexagonal qualifying event.

Internet

Costa Ricans rip US forWorld Cup lead

PARIS, 4 June — Roger Federer reached his 20thconsecutive Grand Slam semi-final on Wednesdaywhere he will face Juan Martin Del Potro, who’ll beplaying his first, for a place in the French Open final.

Federer claimed a 7-6 (8/6), 6-2, 6-4 win overFrance’s 11th seed Gael Monfils to close in on a firstRoland Garros title and a record-equalling 14th major.

Argentine fifth seed del Potro, seven yearsFederer’s junior and who had reached the last eight atthe US and Australian Opens, eased past Spain’sTommy Robredo 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in his quarter-final.

World number two Federer is now the overwhelm-ing favourite for the title, following the defeats of four-time champion Rafael Nadal, as well as third seededAndy Murray and Novak Djokovic, the fourth seed.

Internet

Federer reaches 20th successiveSlam semi, faces Del Potro

SUNDERLAND, 4 June —Steve Bruce believes he cantransform Sunderland into a club more familiar withthe top half of the Premier League than regular relega-tion dogfights.

The former Manchester United defender was finallyappointed as the club’s new manager on Wednesdayand, after signing a three-year contract, insisted hecould reciprocate the success he enjoyed at Wigan.

“The aim is to take the progression forward,” the48-year-old said. “We don’t want to be flirting withrelegation. We want to be up where we were withWigan.”

Bruce was brought up as a fan of Sunderland’s big-gest rivals, Newcastle, but he does not expect that tobe a barrier to him forging a bond with the Black Catsfaithful.—Internet

FIFA explores player imports,age limits

Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova, right, shakes handswith US player Serena Williams after a quarterfi-nal match of the French Open tennis tournamentat the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, on 3 June,

2009.—INTERNET

Serena Williams loses inFrench Open quarterfinal

Berlusconi says Kaka stillMilanese

Brazilian playmaker Kaka, remains an AC Milanplayer, despite reports from Spain he is heading for

Real Madrid in a 65-million-euro deal, Milanowner Silvio Berlusconi said on Wednesday.

INTERNET

Everton boosted by trio signingcontract extensions

Steve Bruce.

LISBON, 4 June—Veteran Portuguese internationaldefender Ricardo Carvalho said on Wednesday thathe was prepared to leave FA Cup winners Chelsea fora club that guaranteed him first team football.

The 31-year-old — capped 50 times — has beenat Chelsea since 2004 but rarely played last seasonbecause of a succession of injuries.

“I am available for a club who wishes to have me,”said Carvalho, who was speaking at Portugal’s train-ing camp ahead of leaving for a World Cup qualifierin Albania.

“But before being approached, an agreement mustbe found with Chelsea, although I am delighted thatseveral clubs are interested in me.

I have had four extraordinary years at Chelsea tillthis year, which has not been very good, indeed theworst of my career. I wasn’t in great shape, because Ihaven’t played.

But if there is no transfer, I will be fine at Chel-sea.”—Internet

Carvalho ready to quit Chelsea

Veteran Portuguese international defenderRicardo Carvalho.—INTERNET

Bruce confirmed as newSunderland boss

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Maximum temperature on 3-6-2009 was 90°F.Minimum temperature on 4-6-2009 was 71°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 4-6-2009 was 81%. Totalsunshine hours on 3-6-2009 was (4.1) hours approx.

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Bay inference: Monsoon is vigorous in the AndamanSea and moderate to strong in the Bay of Bengal.

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State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seasare likely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surfacewind speed in squalls may reach (35-40) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation ofstrong monsoon in the Andaman Sea.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 5-6-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for5-6-2009: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for5-6-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

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Sleeping pills may increaseelderly suicide risk: StudyGOTHENBURG, 4 June—Sedatives and sleeping pills

prescribed to ease depression, anxiety and sleepproblems appear to increase the risk of suicide four-fold among the elderly, Swedish researchers said onWednesday.

They reviewed the records of 85 men and womenolder than 65 who had committed suicide and comparedthem with a group of elderly people from among thegeneral population who did not kill themselves.

After adjusting for psychiatric conditions, thepatients who took sedatives and hypnotics for sleepingproblems were four times more likely to commitsuicide, the study found.

According to the World Health Organization,877,000 people worldwide kill themselves each year.For every suicide death, anywhere from 10 to 40attempts are made, the UN agency estimates.

Scientists have linked sleep disturbances toincreased suicidal risk in people with psychiatricdisorders and in adolescents but it is unclear whetherthe association also exists in the general population.

Internet

Farmers work in terraced fields in LongshengCounty of southwest China’s Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region, on 4 June, 2009. Whileentering the ploughing season, more and more

tourists come to visit the terrace with an over 700years’ history. The number of tourists exceeded

50,000 from January to May in 2009.INTERNET

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NAY PYI TAW, 4 June—According to theobservations conducted at 4.30 pm today, a lowpressure area is forming over the middle of the Bayof Bengal, announced the Meteorology and Hydrol-ogy Department today.—MNA

Low pressure areaover Bay of Bengal

NAY PYI TAW, 4 June—A dis-cussion between the delegation led byPrime Minister of the Union ofMyanmar General Thein Sein and theKorean delegation led by President MrLee Myung-bak of the Republic ofKorea was held at Regency Ballroom(A) of Hyatt Hotel in Jeju of the Repub-lic of Korea at 4 pm on 2 June.

Together with Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein at the meeting,were Minister for Foreign Affairs UNyan Win, Minister for National Plan-ning and Economic Development U SoeTha, Myanmar Ambassador to ROK UMyo Lwin, Director-General of Gov-ernment Office Col Thant Shin and de-partmental heads, and Korean delega-tion members together with President

Myanmar, ROK seek means to promotemulti-sectoral cooperation

Prime Minister General Thein Sein receivesPresident & CEO of Daewoo InternationalCorporation Mr Jae-Young Kim at Lotte

Hotel in Jeju, the Republic of Korea.—MNA

Prime Minister General TheinSein cordially greets ROK Presi-

dent Mr Lee Myung-bak atRegency Ballroom (A) of Hyatt

Hotel in Jeju,the Republic of Korea.—MNA

Myanmar delegation led by

Prime Minister General

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led by President Mr Lee

Myung-bak at Regency Ball-

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The two countries mainly dis-cussed promoting bilateral relationshipand multi-sectoral cooperation includ-ing economic cooperation between thetwo countries.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 June—President & CEO ofDaewoo International Corporation Mr Jae-Young Kimcalled on Prime Minister General Thein Sein at the hall

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