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Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be keptin the hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

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

standards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peaceand tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 17 May— Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of theState Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent amessage of felicitations to His Majesty King Harald V of Norway, on theoccasion of the National Day of Norway, which falls on 17 May 2007.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe felicitates

King of Norway

True patriotism* It is very important for everyone of

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

* Only Union Spirit is the true patri-otism all the nationalities will haveto safeguard.

YANGON, 16 May—Member of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Lt-Gen Kyaw Win of the Minis-try of Defence inspected regional development under-takings in Shan State (North) yesterday.

In meeting with Chairman of Shan State (North)PDC North-East Command Commander Maj-Gen Aung

Regional development tasks undersupervision in Shan State (North)

Providing assistance for students, a helping hand to the government

Than Htut, heads of department and local authorities inNawnghkio in the morning, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win in-structed officials to set a target of monsoon paddyacreage in Shan State (North) and to report the percent-age of rice sufficiency of the region in the end of theharvest season.

He called for extensive cultivation of paddy inNawnghkio Township, the entrance to Shan State (North),to help boost paddy production. Ways and means are tobe sought for extensive cultivation of three edible oilcrops to fulfil the region’s edible oil requirement.

(See page 8)

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win of Ministry of Defence inspects construction of Kyinthi Bridge in Hsipaw. — MNA

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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 DesireThursday, 17 May, 2007

The government has established indus-

trial zones in different parts of the country

for industrial development and has been

providing assistance for progress of indus-

tries related to producing import substitute

items. Moreover, it is making endeavours for

manufacturing spare parts and machine

parts being used in local factories and work-

shops.

Altogether 1,275 items of various kinds

used in factories of the ministries concerned

have been produced in the country by local

technicians and industrialists through col-

lective efforts. A total of 1,431 items of vari-

ous kinds are being produced on trial basis.

Manufacturing of accessories and ma-

chine parts locally can save foreign exchange.

Availability of local-made spare parts in the

country contributes towards full operation

of the factories and workshops. Emergence

of small and medium industries also helps

realize the objective to establish an industri-

alized nation.

Manufacturing of local-made spare parts

enhances the skills and technology of local

technicians and industrialists and contrib-

utes towards the increase of job opportuni-

ties and uplift of socio-economic life of the

national people.

It is believed that technicians and indus-

trialists are to exert greater efforts for boost-

ing production of accessories and machine

parts on self-reliance basis for factories and

workshops in the country.

Produce more local-made spareparts for industrial development

U Nyan Lynn presentsCredentials to

Bangladeshi PresidentNAY PYI TAW, 17 May— U Nyan Lynn,

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ofthe Union of Myanmar to the People's Republic ofBangladesh, presented his Credentials to His Excel-lency Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed, President ofthe People's Republic of Bangladesh, on 3 May2007 in Dhaka.

MNA

Appointment ofAmbassador agreed onNAY PYI TAW, 17 May— The Government of the

Union of Myanmar has agreed to the appointment ofMr Mehmet Cinar Aldemir as Ambassador Extraor-dinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Turkeyto the Union of Myanmar in succession to Mr MuminAlanat.

Mr Mehmet Cinar Aldemir was born in 1946. Heobtained his Political Science degree from the Uni-versity of Ankara. He joined the Ministry of ForeignAffairs of the Republic of Turkey in 1970 and hasserved in various capacities at the Ministry of ForeignAffairs and at the Turkish Embassies in Germany,Cyprus, Italy, Austria and the United Kingdom. Heserved as Ambassador and First Legal Advisor to theTurkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2004.

Mr Mehmet Cinar Aldemir will be concurrentlyaccredited to the Union of Myanmar with residencein Bangkok. He is married. — MNA

187 drug related casesexposed in AprilYANGON, 16 May — The Tatmadaw, the

Myanmar Police Force and the Customs Departmentexposed 187 drug related cases in April 2007.

These organizations seized 365.4228 kilosof opium in 50 cases, 0.3616 kilo of heroin in 41cases, 0.6825 kilo of opium oil in six cases, 10.4352kilos of low-grade opium in 18 cases, 0.8244 kilo ofmarijuana in nine cases, 365,581 stimulant tablets in33 cases, 18.45 kilos of opium speciosa in nine cases,234 litres of chemical liquid in one case, 178 Zolantablets in one case, seven cases of failure to registerand 12 other cases.

Action was taken against 264 persons —211 men and 53 women —in 187 cases.

MNA

InternationalNurses Day observed

YANGON, 15 May — Organized by MyanmarNurses and Midwives Association, the InternationalNurses Day for 2007 was observed at the University ofNursing (Yangon) here this morning.

Present on the occasion were Deputy Minis-ter for Health Dr Paing Soe, departmental heads,senior officers of the Institute of Defence ServicesNursing and Paramedical Sciences, members ofsocial organizations at home and aboard, the chairper-son, CEC members and members of MyanmarNurses and Midwives Association, matrons, nursesand guests.

First, the Deputy Minister delivered an open-

ing speech. Next, Chairperson Prof Dr Daw Khin Nyopresented certificates of honour to donors of Mo AsiaCo Ltd (DUMEX) and Myagayha U Kyaw Nyunt ofBahan Township. — MNA

Deputy Minister for Health Dr Paing Soe delivers an address at celebration to markInternational Nurses Day for 2007. — MNA

Kayah State Men’s Team in action against YangonDivision Men’s Team during the last match of the

group of 3rd Inter-State/Division U-18 Men’s/Wom-en’s Basketball Championship for 2007. — NLM

U Kyi Nyunt and brothers of San Franciscodonated K 100,000 to Hninzigon Home for theAged recently. Secretary of the Board of Trus-tees of the Home Maj Aung Than (Retd) ac-

cepts donation presented by wellwishers. — H

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets with ADBpresident Donald Kaberuka in Shanghai on Tuesday.Wen says China will continue to offer aid to Africancountries through the African Development Bank (ADB) and other institutions. —INTERNET

Students and designers for the Harbin Institute ofTechnology Robot Soccer Team watch a match inWuhan, Central China’s Hubei Province, on 14

May, 2007. —INTERNET

A model presents acreation by American

designer RalphLauren during his

fashion show in theSpaso House, the US

ambassador’sresidence in Moscow,

on 15 May, 2007.INTERNET

Hu holds talks with RwandanPresident on bilateral ties

Iraqi Parlt opposesseparation wall in Baghdad

Ahmadinejad calls for USforces to leave Gulf

Earthquake jolts north Sulawesi, Indonesia

ABU DHABI, 15 May —Iranian President Mah-moud Ahmadinejad calledfor an end to the presenceof US troops in the Gulfduring a visit to the US-allied United ArabEmirates on Sunday, anIranian news agencyreported. “With eachother's help, we can turnthe Persian Gulf to the gulfof peace and friendship,”the semi-official Mehrnews agency quotedAhmadinejad as saying ina meeting with his UAEcounterpart Sheikh

Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan.“We all wish thatforeign troops would leavethe region and give achance to countries in theregion to establish securityin the region themselves,”Mehr quoted Ahmadine-jad as saying at the start ofhis two-day visit, the firstto the Gulf Arab countryby an Iranian head of state.

Like Iran’s other GulfArab neighbours, the UAEhas expressed concernabout non-Arab Iran’snuclear programme.

MNA/Reuters

JAKARTA, 15 May — Anearthquake measuring 5.3on the Richter Scale onMonday jolted NorthSulawesi Province, Indo-nesia, but there was nocasualties and material

loses.The epicentre of the

earthquake, which occurredat around 3:00 pm localtime, was located in theMaluku Sea, at 1.37 degreesnorthern Latitude and126.31 degrees easternLongitude, Antara newsagency quoted head of theManado meteorologicaland geophysics officeSubardjo as saying inManado, capital of NorthSulawesi Province, onMonday.

The depth of theearthquake was 22

kilometres under theMaluku Sea, which islocated about 124 kilo-metres southeast of BitungCity, North SulawesiProvince.

The earthquake was feltby Bitung residents at thesecond level of ModifiedMercalli Intensity.

There was no report fromManado on damage orcasualties. Indonesia sitson the Pacific “Ring ofFire”, where the meeting ofcontinental plates causeshigh volcanic and seismicactivities. — MNA/Xinhua

BAGHDAD, 15 May —Iraq’s Parliament Saturdaypassed a resolution againstthe construction of aseparation wall inBaghdad and summonedPrime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to address thenation’s security issues.

Lawmakers in the 275-member House passed theresolution with a vote of138 to 88. The legislationstill needs the Presidentand his two deputies'unanimous approval for itto become law, otherwiseit will be sent back to theHouse for re-examination.

Citing the need toprotect the minoritySunnis from attack, US

troops began in Aprilbuilding a five-kilometrelong concrete wall sur-rounding the northernBaghdad district Adhami-yah, where tit-for-tat secta-rian violence is threateningto spiral out of control.

When the wall isfinished, Adhamiyah willbe completely gated, andtraffic control pointsmanned by Iraqi soldierswill provide the onlymeans to enter it.

However, the plan hasdrawn strong criticismfrom Iraqi politicians andlocal residents, who havedenounced the move as aform of sectarian discri-mination.—MNA/Xinhua

BEIJING, 15 May —Chinese President HuJintao held talks withvisiting Rwandan Pre-sident Paul Kagame onMonday, in which theyvowed to pursue oppor-tunities created by theChina-Africa summit andboost bilateral ties.

During their talks in theGreat Hall of the People,the two state leaders spokehighly of achievements inbilateral ties.

Hu said the two countriesenjoy even closer contactssince Kagame came topower, and cooperate inmany areas. Kagame

singled out bilateralcooperation in trade,agriculture and infra-structure construction forspecial mention, adding hiscountry is ready to cementcooperation with China inareas such as investmentand communication.

The two presidentsagreed to strengthencoordination in interna-tional affairs and within theChina-Africa CooperationForum.

Kagame saluted China’ssupport for Rwanda’s socialand economic developmentover the years, reiteratinghis government’s firm

adherence to the one-Chinapolicy.

In order to strengthenChina-Rwanda all-roundcooperation, Hu suggestedthe two sides reinforcehigh-level visits andpromote cooperation insuch fields as trade, invest-ment, agriculture andinfrastructure.

China will encouragecapable firms to invest inRwanda, Hu said, sug-gesting the two countriesstrengthen exchanges inculture, science, education,health and sports.

MNA/Xinhua

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Bomb attacks kill threein Baghdad

BAGHDAD, 15 May— Two car bombs and a roadsidebomb went off in different parts of the Iraqi capital onMonday, killing a total of three people and wounding20 others, an Interior Ministry source said.

“A booby-trapped car detonated after midday in aparking lot in the Attar Street in Karradah District incentral Baghdad, killing a civilian and wounding fourothers,” the source told Xinhua on condition ofanonymity.

“A second car bomb ripped through another parkinglot after midday near the Sakhrah Restaurant in thePalestine Street in eastern capital, killing a civilian andwounding three others,” the source said.— MNA/Xinhua

DHAKA, 15 May—Bangladesh’s exportsgrew by 20 per cent toabout nine billion USdollars in the first ninemonths of fiscal year2006-07, thanks to goodperformance by apparels,frozen food and footwear,The Daily Star reportedMonday.

The export earningsfetched about nine billiondollars in July-Marchperiod of fiscal 2006-07(July 2006-June 2007)against 7.5 billion dollarsin the correspondingperiod of 2005-06, ac-cording to Export Pro-motion Bureau (EPB)figures released Sunday.

Despite growth, knit-wear missed the exporttarget by 4.3 per cent.Knitwear fetched 3.34billion dollars against thetarget of 3.49 billiondollars.“The failure is dueto the adverse effect of

KABUL, 15 May — A roadside bombing injuredat least one soldier of the NATO-led InternationalSecurity Assistance Force (ISAF) on Monday outsideHerat City, capital of the western Herat Province, anAfghan official told Xinhua.

The attack occurred on a road in Angel District10 kilometres outside the city, at least woundingone ISAF soldier, said Noor Khan Nikzad,spokesman for provincial police chief.

One ISAF vehicle was destroyed in the bombing,he added.

No one has claimed responsibility, but Talebanmilitants have carried out similar attacks frequently.

Due to rising Taleban-linked insurgency, over1,300 persons, mostly Taleban militants, have beenkilled in Afghanistan this year. — MNA/Xinhua

HAVANA, 15 May—Cuba will buy three morepassenger airplanes fromRussia to renew its aircraftfleet, Cuban aviationofficials said Monday.

Cuba has alreadybought three Russian IL96-300 passenger air-planes and now it willpurchase three TU-204passenger airplanes to addto its fleet, Cuba’s state

CANBERRA, 15 May—An Australian teenager,who as a young child wasbullied at school, onMonday won a recordcourt settlement likely totop one million Australiandollars (830,000 USdollars) after a judge saidthe school failed to step inand stop the abuse.

Benjamin Cox, now18, was teased from theage of five by an olderstudent at his publicschool, leaving him

Cuba announces purchase ofthree “TU-204” airplanes

news agency PrensaLatina reported.

Cuban Aviation Presi-dent Arturo Bada wasquoted as saying that theplanes will be used mainlyin the flights foreseen bythe Bolivian Alternativefor the Americas (Alba)framework promoted byHavana and Caracas.

The Cuban Govern-ment increased its aircraft

fleet in 2006 by pur-chasing from Russia twoATR-72 passenger air-planes and one IIushing96-300, Cuba’s CivilianAeronautics Institute said.

At the beginning of2007 Cuba announcedplans to amplify airportsin the country andpurchase technology forthe aeronautics sector.

MNA/Xinhua

Roadside bombing injuresNATO soldier inW Afghanistan

Victim of Australian bully wins $830,000 payoutsuffering a range ofpsychiatric problems androbbing him of hisadolescence, the NewSouth Wales SupremeCourt was told.

Judge Carolyn Simp-son on Monday ruled theschool had “grosslyfailed” its duty of care toCox, and she ordered thestate to award him morethan 213,000 Australiandollars in damages, aswell as weekly earningsfor life in a payout set to

top one million Australiandollars.

The court was told Coxwas regularly teased byan older bully and wasbeaten, and on oneoccasion, the bully triedto strangle Cox, who fellto the ground unconscious.

His mother, AngelaCox, reported the bullying

to the police and to theschool, where one teachersaid the such incidentswere character building,prompting the bully tomake a death threatagainst Cox.“Ben wasgetting scared, like beingpushed into the schoolwalls.”

MNA/Reuters

Bangladesh’s exports grow20% in nine months

labour unrest in thegarment sector in May2006,” said Fazlul Haq,president of BangladeshKnitwear Manufacturersand Exporters Association(BKMEA).

MNA/Xinhua

The cruise ship Empress of the North is circled by a coast guard helicopter asit steams under her own power on Monday, 14 May , 2007 back to port in

Juneau, Alaska. The Coast Guard successfully facilitated the evacuation ofall of the 200-plus passengers from the ship after it ran aground early onMonday on Hanus Reef in Icy Strait, about 15 miles southwest of Juneau,

Alaska. — INTERNET

Noh actor Katsumi Endo adjusts his traditionalmask as he looks at a mirror before a performanceat the Kanda Matsuri at the Kanda Myojin shrine

in Tokyo on 14 May , 2007. — INTERNET

Marija Serifovic from Serbia (C) holds the Serbian flag after winning theEurovision Song Contest in Helsinki on 13 May , 2007. Serbia won the

Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with Serifovic beating 23 competitors toclinch victory in a three-hour televised mishmash of power ballads, ethnic

rhythms, and bubble-gum pop. — XINHUA

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WARSAW, 15 May —European affairs, includ-ing the EU constitutionaltreaty, were among thetopics discussed by Polishand Slovenian prime mini-sters, Jaroslaw Kaczynskiand Janez Jansa, onMonday.

The Slovenian PrimeMinister arrived here for aone-day official visit.

Following their talks,

SHANGHAI, 15 May —Malaysia’s nationalpetroleum corporationsaid on Monday it wasready to enhance co-operation with China inthe energy sector.

Tan Sri Mohd HassanMarican, president andCEO of Petronas, said hiscompany had been work-ing with Chinesepetroleum companies inAfrica and such co-operation would helpcement ties betweenMalaysia and China.

He told Shanghai’svice mayor Feng Guoqinon Monday, that Shanghaiwas Petronas' first buyerof liquefied natural gas(LNG) on the ChineseMainland. Petronas wouldwork closely with Chinato ship LNG fromMalaysia to Shanghaibefore the opening of theWorld Expo in that city in2010, he said.

Shanghai LNG Co,

BEIJING, 15 May —China's direct investmentin Africa over the lastseven years amounted to6.64 billion US dollars, asenior researcher with theMinistry of Commercesaid on Monday.

Addressing a seminarprior to the 2007 AnnualMeetings of the Board of

Natural gas reservesdiscovered in Romania

BUCHAREST, 15 May — Romania’s Petrom Coannounced Monday it has discovered natural gas andcondensed gas reserves in eastern Romania, andexploitation could start by the end of 2007.

The company estimates that, once exploited, thefield's daily production of natural gas and condensedgas could reach 130,000 cubic metres and 11 tons,respectively.

“We intend to begin the development stage quitesoon, and we expect production to start in late 2007 orearly 2008,” said Werner Ladwein, a senior Petromexecutive. — MNA/Xinhua

ADDIS ABABA, 15 May— Ethiopia’s Ministry ofMines and Energy saidMonday it has plans toelectrify over 6,000 ruraltowns next year.

Minister of Minesand Energy AlemayehuTegenu told journaliststhat his ministry hasdesigned massive plans,whose implementationwill ensure equitableelectric power supply to

Chen Guoguang and his wife, racoon dog breeders in Zaozhuang City,Shandong Province, take “wedding photos” of their animals which will be

kept together for mating chance. —XINHUA

Nimra, a one year old cat, sits with her kittens and seven chicks in Amman on13 May, 2007. Nimra has been taking care of the chicks after their mother’s

death a month ago. —XINHUA

A staff member displays stamps and an envelope marking the 2007 AnnualMeetings of the Board of Governors of African Development Bank (ADB)

Group in Shanghai, east China, on 16 May, 2007. —XINHUA

Poland, Slovenia discussbilateral EU affairs

the two leaders said thatbilateral relations are verygood and stressed thateconomic relations haveincreased by 30 per centover the past year and willexceed one billion eurosin the near future, PolishPAP news agency re-ported.

Kaczynski said thetalks also centred onEuropean affairs, includ-

ing the constitutionaltreaty as well as EU’sneigh-bourhood policy —relations with Ukraine andRussia, and on Turkey’saccession to the Union.

According to Jansa,“the building of EuropeanUnion's identity after the2006 enlargement” is inthe interest of bothcountries.

MNA/Xinhua

Over 6,000 Ethiopia’s rural towns to beelectrified next year

all regional states by 2008.As part of the min-

istry’s Energy SectorDevelopment Program-me, a 50- per-cent nation-wide electric powerservices coverage hasbeen envisaged, he said.

Alemayehu said thecountry’s hydroelectricpower generation capacitywill be grown to 4,000megawatts from thecurrent 790 upon the

completion of the ongoinghydroelectric powerprojects in the coming fouryears.

The plan will help meetenergy demands of theagriculture, industry andtrade sectors, he said,adding that it is expectedto contribute significantlyto the nation’s attainmentof the Millennium Deve-lopment Goals (MDGs).

MNA/Xinhua

Malaysia says to cement energycooperation with China

Ltd. reached a deal with asubsidiary of Petronas lastyear and constructionstarted in January on aShanghai terminal thatwill receive LNG fromMalaysia starting from2009 for a period of 25years.

The project was ap-

proved by the NationalDevelopment and ReformCommission last Decem-ber. Shanghai will receivedaround 1.1 million tons ofLNG in the first three yearsof the contract, with thatamount rising to threemillion tons by 2012.

MNA/Xinhua

China’s direct investment in Africaexceeds $6b in last seven years

Governors of AfricanDevelopment Bank Groupto be held in Shanghaifrom 16 to 17May, Lu Boclassified China's invest-ment in Africa into threecategories: aid, external-trade-oriented projectsand raw materials deve-lopment.

According to Lu, Chinacarried out more than 800aid projects over the pastfive decades, including137 agricultural projectsand 133 infrastructure

construction projects.Since 2000, Lu said,

Chinese enterprises hadcontracted to build inAfrica more than 6,000kilometres of highways,3,000-plus kilometres ofrailroads and eight largeand mid-sized powerstations.

Last year, 31 per centof China’s offshorecontracted engineeringprojects came from Africa,Lu said.

MNA/Xinhua

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HONG KONG, 15 May— A new anti-viral drugto treat both bird andhuman flu, developed byUS-based Bio CrystPharmaceuticals, will betested across Asia nextmonth, the pharmacistinvolved in the trial inHong Kong said onMonday.

In an earlier animaltrial, the drug, peramivir,boosted the survival ratesof mice and ferretsinfected with the H5N1bird flu virus.

Some experts say itcould be the next-linedrug to fight all types ofinfluenza, includingH5N1.

The trial will involvepeople seeking treatment

Stars of the ABC show “Women’s Murder Club” (L-R) Laura Harris, AubreyDollar, Angie Harmon and Paula Newsome arrive to attend the ABC Network

upfronts in New York on 15 May, 2007.—INTERNET

A painting entitled “Study from Innocent X” byFrancis Bacon is seen here in this undated

handout photo from Sotheby’s auction house.Sotheby’s sale of Contemporary Art is scheduled

for 15 May, 2007, in New York.—INTERNET

Toby Keith performs during the 42nd annual Academy of Country MusicAwards show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada

on 15 May, 2007. —INTERNET

Australia,Costa Rica saidgood ecotourism

examples OSLO, 15 May —

Australia and Costa Ricaare good examples for themulti-billion-dollar worldecotourism business,which is growing at about30 per cent a year and inneed of tight qualitycontrols, experts said onM o n d a y . E c o t o u r i s tdestinations, ranging fromenvironmentally friendlyThai beach resorts tojungle lodges in Kenya,now attract about 15 percent of the global touristmarket, leaders of TheInternational EcotourismSociety (TIES) said.

But many destinationslack sufficient “green”certification or follow-upchecks by governments orother groups to ensure theykeep their promises of notharming the environment.

MNA/Reuters

Too many vitamins increase prostatecancer risk

B EIJING, 16 May —Men who take too manyvitamins may increasethe risk of dying fromprostate cancer, accord-ing to researchers at theUS National CancerInstitute Wednesday.

The researchers foundthat men who exceededthe recommended dose— taking more thanseven multivitamins aweek — increased therisk of advanced cancerby about 30 percent.The study tracked thediet and health of almost300,000 men over fiveyears to see if there was a

link between multivita-min use and prostatecancer.

About a third reportedtaking a daily multivi-tamin, and 5 per-cent wereheavy users, swallowingthe pills more than seventimes a week.

Within five years of thestudy’s start, 10,241 menhad been diagnosed withprostate cancer. Some1,476 had advanced can-cer; 179 died. Overall, theresearchers found no linkbetween multivitamin useand early-stage prostatecancer.”

We didn’t see any

relationship with overallprostate cancer,” said DrMichael Leitzmann, aNational Cancer Instituteinvestigator who workedon the study.

He said the increasedrisk from overuse ofmultivitamins was linkedto more aggressive cancerthat has spread beyondthe prostate gland orcancer that proved fatal.

The researchers specu-lated that perhaps high-dose vitamins had littleeffect until a tumorappeared, and then couldspur its growth.

Internet

Asia to test injectable drugto fight bird, human flu

for seasonal influenza inHong Kong, Singapore,New Zealand andAustralia. Half of themwill be given peramivir,and the other half aconventional, orally-administered flu drug.

Peramivir is a paren-teral, or intravenous, anti-viral drug.

“They (BioCryst) willcompare which (drug) isbetter, parenteral or oral,to see which one curesfaster, which (type ofadministration) bringsviral loads down faster,”said William Chui of theUniversity of HongKong’s Clinical TrialsCentre.

Roche Holding AG’sTamiflu is considered the

first line of defenceagainst bird flu, althoughearly treatment — within48 hours of the first signsof symptoms — is pivotal.

A death rate of up to 60per cent has spurred thesearch for other drugs andvaccines to fight the H5N1strain, which experts fearcould cause a pandemic ifit ever becomes easilytransmittable amongpeople.

MNA/Reuters

AHMEDABAD (India), 16 May— Twenty-five peoplewere killed when a bus burst into flames after collidingwith a gas tanker in western India, authorities said onTuesday.

The accident occurred late on Monday in AnandDistrict, 45 kilometres (30 miles) south of Ahmedabad,the main city of Gujarat state, when the bus collidedwith the truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas, saidfire officials.

“About 25 passengers died due to burns. Somewere totally charred,” said MR Karanjia, a districtpolice official. — MNA/Reuters

25 dead as bus collideswith gas tanker in India

KATHMANDU, 15 May— An Irishman is tryingto become the first blindperson to complete thehighest marathon, localnewspaper The Kath-mandu Post reported onMonday.

The 31-year-old Irish-man Mark Pollock, nineyears after losing hissight, is to complete “theEverest Marathon”, thehighest marathon, to beheld annually on 29 May.

Mark will be relyingon his tracking sticksconnected to compatriotJohn O’Regan and hisguidelines to completethe marathon that startsfrom Everest Base Campat an altitude of 5,150metres.

“We have come hereto finish the race,” says

Irish blind man aims to finish highestmarathon

Mark with a determinedgrin when asked about thepossibility of finishing therace for a man who has notbeen above 3,500 metres.

“But I’m concerned

about the boulders androcks on the tracks,” saysthe genial lad who is alsoinvolved in charitableworks.

MNA/Xinhua

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Beda rope workshop of Kyaikpaw Village, Bago TownshipArticle by Than Than Nu and Aye Thanda Thein

Photos by Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)

Beda ropes can be used in making furniture.(U Myint Oo, in charge of workshop)

Our pay depends on our performance. (Daw Thein Thein).

Women making beda ropes.

Rural women earn extra income from rope-making works.

ONE VILLAGE,ONE PRODUCT

Beda ropes for export.

“Beda plants (waterhyacinth) are cut whenthe length of their stemsreaches as long as 13inches. These beda stemsare sun-dried for threedays. The dried stems arethen twisted into ropes.Roughly, a 100-foot ropecan be made from 300beda plants”, said an in-charge of a beda rope-making workshoplocated near Maha CetiPagoda at Kyaikpawvillage, Bago Township,Bago Division.

He explained theprocess of making ropesfrom beda stems to ourteam of Myanma Alindaily. As the ropes aremade by twisting driedstems of water hyacinth,they are called bedaropes.

Beda, the main rawmaterial, comes fromThanatpin, Waw,Phayagyi and Kali

Villages. Actually, bedarope cottage industry helpsdevelop rural economy asit generates jobopportunities for ruralpeople from the stage of

cutting bada plants to theprocess of rope making.Natives learn thetechnique of rope makingan in-house trainingconducted from 10 to 15days. The trainees receive

a daily wage of K 500during the course.

A skilled worker canproduce four 100-foot

ropes a day. As formothers, raw materials aresent to their homes, so thatthey can make ropeswithout coming to theworkshop. Normally, aworker earns K 1000 per

day as an extra income.Beda ropes can be

used as a substitute forrattan in making furniture

and other personal goodsincluding hand bags.Local market for beda-rope-based finished goodsand beda ropes is small,but the goods are exported

to China.The workshop we

visited has about 60workers, mostly fromKyaikpaw village.

Ma Khin Mar Cho, anemployee of theworkshop, told us that therope-making works hadhelped fulfilled herfamily’s basic needs.

“I am very happy withthis workshop as itgenerates extra income forour family. Besides, I also

earn money to pay myschool expenses”, MaMoe Moe Swe, who hasalready sat for thematriculation exam-ination, said.

As for 45-year-oldDaw Thein Thein, she canearn money as much asshe works while stayingat home. “I am interestedin this work”, she told us.

Beda plants (waterhyacinth) are available inabundance in manyplaces of Myanmar. Theplant grows fast in largecolonies and canregenerate well.

A new plant can evensprout from an unusedstem that is thrown backinto water.

Moreover, driedstems that do not meetthe required standard formaking ropes can be usedfor making naturalfertilizer.

So, there is noquestion of waterhyacinth depletionbecause of the business.

Another advantage isthat the business can berun with less capital.

Bago TownshipUnion Solidarity andDevelopment Asso-ciation and Three RedStar company are runningthe workshop. Actually,they are implementingone of the tasks of thefive rural developmentproject, as the workshopis generating jobopportunities for villagepeople and helpingdevelop the economy ofthe rural areas where 70per cent of the nation’spopulation live.

(Translation: TMT)Myanma Alin:

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(from page 1)He also called for sys-

tematic nurturing ofjatropha curcas (physic nut)to contribute towards thedrive the government is im-plementing as a nationalduty to meet the growingdemand of fuel in future.

Rubber is to be grownon a wider scale in fallowand virgin lands in the re-gion. Like Hopang andLaukkai, other townshipsare to grow rubber, throughwhich the nation is earningforeign exchange.

Kyaukme District PDCChairman U Ba Win re-ported on transport mattersbetween Namtu-Mantonregion and Momeik-Mongngaw region. Thecommander gave a supple-mentary report. Lt-GenKyaw Win gave instruc-tions on regional develop-ment and attended to theneeds.

Regional development tasksunder supervision…

Lt-Gen Kyaw Winand the commander in-spected the three-acrejatropha curcas plot ofLashio Anti-Drugs Squadnear Asia World Toll Gate.

They attended thegrowing of jatropha curcason 25 acres for 2007 ofNawnghkio Townshipnear Mandalay-LashioRoad. They presentedjatropha curcas seeds andgrafts to service personneland social organizationmembers, and plantedgrafts, and encouraged theparticipants growing thesaplings.

So far, NawnghkioTownship has put 5,646against the target of 9,500acres under jatrophacurcas in 2007.

They inspectedNawnghkio-Kyaukmeroad section. Engineer incharge U Chit Tun of AsiaWorld Co reported on

progress in buildingGoktwin bridge. Lt-GenKyaw Win called for main-tenance of the old steel-frame bridge. The 210-foot-long and 34-foot-highreinforced concreteGoktwin Bridge has a 28-foot-wide motorway andtwo three-foot-wide walk-ways on it. Its clearance is22 feet high. It can with-stand 60-ton loads.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win in-spected Goktwin uphillroad section and watershedforests on both sides of theroad.

On arrival at the physicnut growing ceremony inKyaukme Township, theyinspected the nurturing of220,000 physic nut sap-lings of Kyaukme DistrictPolice Force. KyaukmeTownship has so far grown3,543 acres against the tar-get of 9,000 acres.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Winand the commander at-tended the opening ofPadamya Hall of KyaukmeBasic Education High

School (2). Kyaukme Dis-trict PDC Chairman U BaWin and member of theschool board of trusteesDaw Hmwe Hmwe for-mally opened the cer-emony. The commanderunveiled the hall.

In his speech, Lt-GenKyaw Win said that in thedrive for human resourcesdevelopment, the govern-ment is working hard forimprovement in the educa-tion sector. In that regard iflocal wellwishers providedesks, buildings and sta-tionery for the students, thedonations will be a help-ing hand to the governmentand it will help expediteimplementation of the na-tion’s education goal.

He said that the gov-ernment inviteswellwishers and expressedhis thanks for thewellwishers who donatedPadamya Hall.

Daw Hmwe Hmwe

handed over documentsrelated to the building toShan State (North) Educa-tion Officer U Myat Htut.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Winpresented exercise booksand stationery to the stu-dents through the townshipeducation officer and theschoolmistress.

The 100-foot-long and45-foot-wide brick hall isroofed with corrugated ironsheets and it and it wasbuilt with the contributionof K 16.3 million made byU Aik Maung-Daw NanHsaung Mein family.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win andthe commander inspectedKyaukme-Hsipaw sectionof Mandalay-Lashio Roadand crop plantations alongthe road.

On arrival at KyinthiBridge Project site at theentrance to Hsipaw, Lt-GenKyaw Win heard a reportof engineer in charge U SaiShwe Min Hla on progress

in building the bridge. Thecommander gave a supple-mentary report. Lt-GenKyaw Win inspected theproject site and KyinthiCreek.

Upon completion, thebridge will be a 210-foot-long facility with a 28-foot-wide motorway and twothree-foot-wide pedestrianwalkways on it. Its clear-ance will be 22 feet highand it will be able to with-stand 60-ton loads.

At the ceremony togrow physic nut plants for2007 in Hsipaw Townshipin the afternoon, Lt-GenKyaw Win and the com-mander encouraged serv-ice personnel and mem-bers of social organizationscollectively plantingphysic nut saplings.

Hsipaw Township ispursuing the target ofputting 11,500 acres underphysic nut in 2007 fiscalyear.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16 May —Minister for Transport Maj-Gen TheinSwe received Managing Director MrLiu Jin Jianhai and party of ChinaNational Aero-Technology Import &Export Corporation (CATIC) of thePeople’s Republic of China at his office,

Minister for Transport receives Chinese guestshere, this morning.

Also present at the call wereDeputy Minister Col Nyan Tun Aung,Director-General U Win Pe of TransportDepartment and Head of Office U WinKhant.

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NAY PYI TAW, 16 May— A ceremony to mark thefirst anniversary of thefounding of Ministry ofElectric Power No 2 washeld at the ministry hereyesterday.

Minister Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint andwife Daw Win Win Nuoffered a day meal tomembers of the Sangha.

Fifteen members of theSangha consecrated theBuddha Image at theministry.

First, the congregationled by the minister took the

MEP No 2 celebrates firstanniversary

Five Precepts from MahaGanthavacaka PanditaBhaddanta Neminda ofShweinn Yeiktha PariyattiMonastery.

Afterwards, theminister and officialsconcerned presentedprovisions to members ofSangha and shared meritsgained.

Also present on theoccasion were ManagingDirector Dr San Oo ofMyanma Electric PowerEnterprise, ManagingDirector Tin Aung ofElectric Power Supply

Enterprise, Head ofOffice of the ministryCol Nyo Myint andofficials

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Minister Maj-GenThein Swe receivesManaging Directorof China NationalAero-TechnologyImport & Export

Corporation(CATIC) Mr LiuJin Jianhai and

party. — MNA

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win participates in cultivation of physic nut plants for2007 in Hsipaw Township. — MNA

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win presents exercise books and stationery to studentsthrough officials at Kyaukme BEHS No 2. — MNA

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World Telecommunicationand Information Society Day

17 May 2007

“Connecting the Young:the opportunities of ICT”

Message from Dr HamadounTouré, Secretary-General

of ITUYANGON, 17 May — The following is the mes-

sage from Dr Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General, In-ternational Telecommunication Union, on the occasionof World Telecommunication and Information SocietyDay which falls today.

In an increasingly networked world, theyoung are not only the beneficiaries but often the driv-ing force behind the latest innovations and practices,and for many, the dependence on information andcommunication technologies (ICT) has come to de-termine their choice of lifestyle. It is clearly our dutytoday to provide the opportunities of ICT to all chil-dren and youth, particularly to those who remain un-connected from the ongoing digital revolution.

The World Summit on the Information Society(WSIS) recognized young people as the futureworkforce and earliest adopters of ICT and calledfor their empowerment. In order to achieve this criti-cal objective, national e-strategies must address thespecial requirements of children, especially the dis-advantaged and marginalized, and ensure their fullinclusion in the Information Society. ICT are pow-erful tools to empower children and other vulner-able groups with information and knowledge and actas a catalyst in ensuring their rights within the com-ity of nations.

Marking its inception on 17 May 1865, ITU isthe oldest international organization in existence. Yetthe Union is young at heart and remains at the cuttingedge of global communications. As world leadersdeclared at WSIS, ITU is committed to developingICT infrastructure and facilitating interoperability,inter connection and global connectivity of networksand services, strengthening the development of anenabling environment, and instilling confidence inthe use of ICTs by promoting cybersecurity. TheUnion is also committed to extending the benefitsof ICT to people any time, anywhere.

This year, we focus on integrating youth issuesinto ITU’s development activities as a means of of-fering the young more opportunities and betterchoice of options for the future. On the one hand,ICT must be utilized to enhance capacity buildingamong the young by improved e-learning and edu-cation. On the other hand, we are committed to pro-moting their capabilities in utilizing ICT towards theadvancement of a better, more peaceful and produc-tive world.

As we celebrate World Information Society Day,we invite all our stakeholders as well as internationalorganizations, non-governmental organizations andpublic policy-makers to give children and youngpeople around the world every possible assistancein accessing ICT. This is critical for the young as ameans of learning, sharing information and knowl-edge, improving their health and nutrition, and com-municating with other children and youth.

The key to achieving the development aspira-tions of the world’s inhabitants lies in investing inthe future generation, especially by improving ac-cess to communication among today’s children andenhancing their capacities.—MNA

YANGON, 16 May — Chairman of YangonDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Yangon Command Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win thisafternoon met passengers and departmental personnel,who will discharge duties in Cocogyun Township,Yangon South District, at the terminal of Thakayta Jettyof Myanma Five Star Line in Thakayta Township.

In his instructions, the commander explainedall round development tasks being carried out inCocogyun Township by the Division Peace andDevelopment Council under the assistance of thegovernment.

The service personnel were introduced to thecommander.

Next, the commander presented K 94,000 to

Commander gives instructions to personnelbound for Cocogyun Township

YANGON, 16 May — A ceremony to open anEducative Course on Health Care by means oftraditional medicine, organized by Yangon NorthDistrict Maternal and Child Welfare SupervisoryCommittee, was opened in Insein Township yesterdayafternoon.

First, Chairperson of Yangon Division MCWSCDaw Mar Mar Wai made a speech on the occasion.

Next, Chairperson of Yangon North DistrictMCWSC Daw San San Htay gave an account of the

Educative Course on Health Care opens

Chairperson of Yangon Division MCWSC Daw Mar Mar Wai delivers an opening address atbasic course on health care by means of traditional medicines. — MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win meeting with departmental staff who are assigned toCocogyun Township. — MNA

one member of the Sangh and 46 service personnelthrough Dr Win Htein of the township, K 85,000 to 85passengers through communication in-charge U AungNaing, K 549,000 as monthly cash assistance forpersonnel who are discharging duties in the townshipto Head of Township Immigration and PopulationDepartment U Than Gyaung, and 120 dozens of exercisebooks for 153 students to Headmaster U Hla Kyi.

After the ceremony, the commander inspectedMV Myitkyina of Myanma Five Star Line.

Yangon Division PDC sent 1,500 bamboosaplings, iron and cement for construction of the townhall and rice and edible oil on board the vessel to thetownship.

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purpose of conducting the course.Afterwards, Chairperson Daw Mar Mar Wai

accepted cash K 300,000 donated by wellwishers. Next,Chairperson Daw Mar Mar Wai and party vieweddocumentary photos on activities of the association,medicinal plants and traditional medicine booths ondisplay.

A total of 120 trainees are attending the three-week course.

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NAY PYI TAW, 16 May — Minister forConstruction Maj-Gen Saw Tun heard reports onprogress of Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon) onMandalay Bank this morning.

Deputy superintending engineers from bothMandalay and Sagaing sites submitted reports onfinishing tasks of the bridge. Next, the ministerviewed progress of construction tasks by car along

Progress of Ayeyawady Bridge(Yadanabon) supervised

the bridge, and instructed officials to complete thetasks on time.

At the construction of the approach road onSagaing bank, Deputy Superintending Engineer UHsan Win reported on tarmacking of the approachroad and others. After giving necessary instructions,the minister fulfilled the requirements of the tasks.

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NAY PYI TAW, 16May — Minister forHotels and Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing inspectedconstruction of hotels atthe Hotel Zone in NayPyi Taw yesterdayafternoon.

Accompanied byDeputy Minister Brig-Gen Aye Myint Kyu andDirector-General U Htay

Hotel projects inspected inNay Pyi Taw Hotel Zone

High-quality batteries to beproduced for trains

YANGON, 16 May —Deputy Minister for RailTransportation Thura UThaung Lwin met withbattery producers at theLocomotive Factory inInsein Township todayand called for productionof high-quality batterieswhich can powerlocomotives.

In an attempt to avoid

Aung of the Directorateof Hotels and Tourism,the minister heard reportson progress of ThingahaHotel presented byManaging Director UChit Khaing.

After inspecting thesite of the hotel, theminister gaveinstructions on efforts tobe made for gaining

achievement in hotelservices, timelycompletion of the projecttasks and beautifying andsanitation of the hotel.

They also inspectedShwe Myanmar Hoteland Golden Palace Hoteland left necessaryinstructions.

Private companies areimplementing seven hotel

projects in the Nay PyiTaw Hotel Zone.

Among theseprojects, six hotel projectshave completed andopened 82 bungalowbuildings and 151 roomsfor the first phase.

The hotel build-ingsare under construction forthe second phase.

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spending foreign currencyon batteries, MyanmaRailways under theministry wants to usedomestic batteries topower trains, DeputyMinister Thura U ThaungLwin said at the meeting.

He also urged officialsconcerned and experts todiscuss and seek ways forimprovement of quality of

batteries produced athome.

An official of MyanmarRailways reported to thedeputy minister on types ofbatteries being used for thetrains of Myanma Railways,manufacturers and demandfor batteries. He alsoreported on quality andexpiry of batteries producedat home and abroad.

Those present at themeeting also discussedways for production ofhigh-quality batteries.

The meeting endedwith concluding remarksby the deputy minister.After the meeting, thedeputy minister and partyviewed the batteriesdisplayed at the hall.

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DISTRICT NEWS IN BRIEF

Deputy Minister for Rail Transportation Thura U Thaung Lwin gives talks at meeting with battery producers. — MR

TOUNGOO, 3 May — Toungoo DistrictInformation and Public Relations Department held acoordination meeting on 3 May and officials of thedepartment recounted the instructions of the Ministerfor Information and the director-general of thedepartment to employees of the department.

The meeting was held at office of ToungooDistrict IPRD and Assistant Director of BagoDivision (East) IPRD U Thant Zin and Head ofToungoo District IPRD U Than Htay explainedinstructions of the minister and the director-generaland directors of IPRD.

Officials and participants of the meeting alsodiscussed nine tasks of the department for 2008 andthe project for establishment of self-reliant librariesfor 2007-2008. — Kyemon Daily

Toungoo District IPRDholds coord meeting

MANDALAY, 3 May — To mark the FirstUnited Nations Global Safety Week Movement,Mandalay Division Traffic Rules EnforcementCommittee and Road Transport AdministrationDepartment launched a campaign on 23 April toraise public awareness of road accidents inMandalay.

During the seven-day long campaign, asignboard enhancing public awareness of roadsafety was erected at the corner of 78th Street and35 Street in Mandalay on 23 April and educativetalks of traffic rules were conducted in Mandalay.Officials of the enforcement committee alsodistributed pamphlets to people to educate them ontraffic rules. The campaign ended on 29 April.

Kyemon Daily

LOIKAW, KAYAH STATE : Senior Engineer of KayahState Development Affairs Department U Min

Maung and officials inspected paving of UnionRoad section-2 in Loikaw on 3 May, 2007.

Loikaw Township Development AffairsDepartment is implementing the road

construction projects in 2007-2008 fiscal year.LOIKAW TOWNSHIP IPRD

Road accidents awarenessraised in Mandalay

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Indian chickens, ducks test negativefor bird flu

NEW DELHI, 16 May — Poultry and ducks found dead in two Indianstates have tested negative for bird flu, the government said on Monday.

MOSCOW, 16 May — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said hereMonday that there is no new “Cold War” between her country and Russia,although it is a difficult period for bilateral ties.

Baghdad on 14 May , 2007. Iraq’s National Theatre Association, during itsanniversary celebration, is showing “Cruel Wedding”, a play about the life of

an Iraqi family since the 2003 US invasion. — INTERNET

Tourists pose next tothe picture of,

American actor, ClintEastwood in Cannes ,France on 14 May ,

2007. INTERNET

Rice says no new Cold War betweenUS, Russia

Around 2,500dead birds were foundearly May at a poultry farmin the remote village ofMatigara in the easternstate of West Bengal.Matigara borders Ban-gladesh, where there havebeen outbreaks of theH5N1 bird flu virus.

About 2,000ducks also died recentlyin the southern state ofKerala.

Officials sent thedead birds from both states

to the High SecurityAnimal Disease La-boratory, where samplestested negative for theavian flu.

“We continue tomonitor the country as awhole with specialattention to states thatborder countries that havebeen affected by bird flu,”Upma Chawdhry, jointsecretary in India’s animalhusbandry department,told Reuters.

This year there

have been no cases of birdflu reported in India. Thevirus was last detected in2005 among poultry, andit was contained to thewestern part of thecountry.

But in neigh-bouring Bangladesh some157,000 chickens havebeen slaughtered and 1.5million eggs destroyed in11 districts, since the viruswas detected at six farmsin March, officials said.

MNA/Reuters

BRUSSELS, 16 May— Germany called onMonday for a review ofthe tactics used by Westernforces in Afghanistan aftera series of civiliancasualties in recent weeks.

“We have tomake sure in future thatoperations do not takeplace in this way. We don’twant the local populationagainst us,” GermanDefence Minister FranzJosef Jung told reportersin Brussels, adding hehad spoken to NATOSecretary-General Jaap deHoop Scheffer on thematter.

Asked whetherWestern forces shouldreexamine their rules ofengagement in the waragainst Taleban insur-gents, he said: “This is animportant point, thereshould be discussions.”

The US-ledcoalition in Afghanistanconfirmed last week therehad been civilian casualties

Germany wants review after Afghancivilian deaths

during fighting withTaleban guerillas insouthern Afghanistan, afterwitnesses said an airstrikekilled more than 40 villagersthere earlier this month.

Even before thelatest casualties, scores ofcivilians have been killedby Western forces in thelast two weeks.

Afghan PresidentHamid Karzai has urgedforeign troops to avoidsuch casualties whilehunting militants, to stopsearching people’s houses,and to coordinate attacks

Gunmen attack UN healthoffice in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, 16 May — Gunmen attacked a UNWorld Health Organization (WHO) office in Mogadishuand wounded a guard, in the latest strike near the worldbody’s facilities in Somalia since the weekend, a WHOofficial said on Tuesday.

The late Monday attack came just two daysafter UN aid chief John Holmes, the most senior UNofficial to visit Mogadishu in a decade, cut short hisvisit when bombs planted by insurgents killed threepeople near a UN compound on Saturday.

“We were attacked last night by gunmen wearing(government) uniforms. Our security guards repelled them.Unfortunately one of our guards was wounded,” MohamedAbdullahi, the acting officer in charge of WHO operationsin Mogadishu, told Reuters.

A UN security source who spoke on condition ofanonymity said there had been a similar attack onMogadishu’s largest market, the Bakara Market.

“The WHO incident is just the same. These aregunmen disguising themselves as government troops. Idon’t think this will affect UN operations,” the source said.

The WHO offices are located in southMogadishu near the airport and are next to the UNchildren’s agency UNICEF offices.

Paddy Ankunda, spokesman for the AfricanUnion peacekeeping force, said the wounded guardwas in stable condition after being treated at theirhospital.

The guard suffered multiple gunshot wounds,including one in the groin, the UN source said.

A UNICEF guard said they also helped theWHO guards to repel the gunmen. — MNA/Reuters

with his government.The NATO-led

International SecurityAssistance Force has morethan 30,000 troops inAfghanistan alongside asmaller US-led coalition.

MNA/Reuters

Rice arrived inMoscow on Monday for atwo-day visit, aimed ateasing tensions triggeredby a series of disputesbetween the two nations.

“I know people

talk about and throwaround terms like new ColdWar. As somebody whocame out of that period asa specialist in it I think theparallels...frankly, have nobasis whatsoever,” the top

US diplomat told reporters.“It’s not an easy

time for the relationship.It’s not. But it’s also not atime in which I think anysort of cataclysmic thingsare happening,” she added.

Rice and Russianofficials were expected todiscuss bilateral andinternational issues, in-cluding Iran’s nuclear issue,the Palestinian-Israeliconflict, Kosovo and USplans to deploy anti-missilecomponents in CentralEurope, the ITAR-TASSnews agency reported.

They will alsomake arrangements for ameeting between PresidentVladimir Putin and his UScounterpart George W Bushon the sidelines of a G-8summit next month inGermany, Russian ForeignMinister Sergei Lavrov said.

MNA/XinhuaPrince Albert of Monaco (C) looks from a boat during semi-final Race 1 at

the Louis Vuitton Cup in Valencia on 14 May , 2007. — INTERNET

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

MINISTRY OF RAIL TRANSPORTATIONROAD TRANSPORT, YANGON DIVISION

INVITATION TO TENDERTENDER NO. 002/ TRT/ 2007-2008

1. Sealed Tenders from eligible suppliers are invited forthe supply of following Tyres with Tubes AndFlaps. Prices to be quoted in Myanmar Kyats -(a) 9.00x20 - 4300 Sets(b) 7.50x16 - 230 Sets(c) 10.00x20 - 250 Sets(d) 6.00x14 - 20 Sets(e) 5.50x13 - 50 Sets

2. (a) Tender Documents are available at the office ofProcurement & Stores Department, YangonDvision, Road Transport No.375/Bogyoke AungSan Street, Yangon, Myanmar Commencing onthe 16-5-2007(b) Tender will be closed on 1-6-2007 at (16:00)hours(The Road Transport Reserves the right to rejectany or all Tenders)

3. Detailed information will be available at the officeof the Procurement & Stores Department, PhoneNo. 01-252574 (or) 01-376549

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Egypt, Cyprus vow to promoteeconomic cooperation

China donates $8m to WHO

China, Russia vow to furtherparlimentary cooperation

Five arrested, 360 kilos ofcocaine seized in Dominica

SANTO DOMINGO, 15 May — Dominican, US andBritish authorities have seized 360 kilos of cocaine inthe Caribbean Sea, Dominican officials said Monday.

Five people were arrested in the operation off theRepublic’s coast, the officials said in a statement.

The country’s National Drug EnforcementDirectorate (DNCD) said a British helicopter hadpicked up the drugs, which were packed in 12 bundlesand were found floating in the water after being thrownfrom a light aircraft.

MNA/Xinhua

NICOSIA,15 May —Egypt and Cyprus voicedon Monday their strongdesire to further strategiccooperation in energy,transportation and othersectors. Visiting EgyptianMinister of InternationalCooperation Fayza Abu alNaga told reporters thatshe discussed with seniorCypriot officials ways topromote bilateral relationsin “vital, crucial and

strategic” areas, such asoil, natural gas, maritimetransportation, tourism,and trade of goods andservices.

Speaking after ameeting with CypriotForeign Minister GeorgeLillikas, Abu al Nagarevealed that experts onboth sides had beendiscussing ways to exportEgyptian natural gas toCyprus in a compressed

form instead of its costlierliquefied form.

“The most importantthing is we consider thisissue to be strategic forour cooperation,” theEgyptian minister wasquoted as saying.

The two governmentsalso agreed to encouragejoint ventures among theprivate sectors in bothcountries, Abu al Nagaadded.— MNA/Xinhua

GENEVA,15 May —The Chinese governmenthas decided to donate 8million US dollars to theWorld Health Organi-zation (WHO) for sup-porting African countries’health cause, ChineseHealth Minister Gao

Qiang said here onTuesday.Addressing the annualassembly of the UNagency, Gao said themoney would be mainlyused for the establishmentand improving of Africancountries’ disease surveil-lance network, enhancingtheir capability for diseasecontrol and public healthemergency response.Gao said developing

countries suffer deeplyfrom the prevalence ofdiseases, mainly due totheir weak public healthinfrastructure and difficul-ties in finance, personneland technology.He called on the WHOand developed countriesto increase their aid forpublic health systembuilding in developingcountries.

Internet BEIJING,15 May — TheChinese and Russianlegislatures will developtheir cooperation, Chin-ese and Russian legis-lators vowed here Mon-day.

Talks between WuBangguo, chairman of theStanding Committee ofthe National People’sCongress of China(NPC), and Boris Gryz-lov, chairman of theRussian State Duma (theLower House of Parlia-

ment), and betweenofficials of the NPC andthe Russian Duma, werethe occasion for an in-depth exchange of viewson inter-parliamentarycooperation and bilateralrelations, and regionaland international issues.

Wu proposed that thetwo legislatures improvethe regular exchangemechanism to expandmutual understanding andpolitical trust.

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James Levine demonstrates a vertical workstationhe designed. The workstation is composed of a

desk fitted over a standard treadmill. —INTERNET

BALTIMORE (UnitedStates), 15 May—Astronomers have foundone of the best pieces ofevidence for the existenceof dark matter, amysterious quantity thatpervades our Universe.

They have identifiedwhat appears to be aghostly ring in the skywhich is made up of thisenigmatic substance.

Using the HubbleSpace Telescope, thescientists have establishedthat the ring formed longago after a colossal smash-up between two galaxyclusters.

Details of the researchare to appear in theAstrophysical Journal.

As the name suggests,dark matter does notreflect or emit detectable

The ring of dark matter appears in this compositemap.—INTERNET

Hubble spots ring of dark matter

light, yet it accounts formost of the mass in theUniverse.

Astronomers have longsuspected the existence ofthis invisible “stuff” as thesource of additionalgravity that holds togethergalaxy clusters.

The clusters would flyapart if they were reliant

only on the gravity fromtheir visible stars.

No one knows whatdark matter is made of,but it is thought to be atype of elementary particlefound throughout thecosmos. Researchers fromJohns Hopkins Universityand the Space TelescopeScience Institute — both

in Baltimore, US - spottedthe ring unexpectedlywhile they were mappingthe distribution of darkmatter within the galaxycluster Cl 0024+17.

This cluster lies 5billion light-years fromEarth; its ring of darkmatter measures 2.6million light-years across.

Because astronomerscannot see dark matter,they must infer itsexistence by studying howits gravity bends the lightof more distant, back-ground galaxies.

This powerful trick,called gravitational lens-ing, allows astronomers tomap the distorted light todeduce the cluster’s massand how dark matter isdistributed in the cluster.

Internet

BEIJING, 15 May —Online shoppers in theUnited Sates spent moreon clothing and acces-sories than on computersfor the first time ever,according to a reportreleased Monday.

The report “The Stateof Retailing Online 2007”is the tenth issued by theresearch firm in co-operation with the USNational Retail Feder-ation’s (NRF) Shop.orgnetwork of 600 online

BEIJING, 15 May—Visitors to the Chinaexhibition hall at theZaragoza World Expo inSpain next year will betreated to a display ofChinese water culture.

The winning designproposal for the Chinaexhibition hall at the 2008Zaragoza World Expo wasunveiled yesterday morn-ing in Beijing.

The proposal, co-designed by the ChineseAcademy of SocialSciences and BeijingZhongjian Architect Ltd,beat out 12 other plansfrom well-known archi-tects. “China has a longhistory of water controland a vivacious water

The Canadian Rockies in the Banff National Forest are seen here in 2006.Some 1,500 scientists urged Canada on 14 May to protect its vast Boreal

Forest from mining, forestry and energy operations, to stem global warmingand destruction of wildlife habitats.— INTERNET

Online fashion sales surpass computersfirst time in US

retailers. Shop.org is theonline arm ofNRF, theretail industry tradegroup.

Online sales of ap-parel, accessories andfootwear reached 18.3billion US dollars lastyear and should hit 22.1billion dollars this year,according to the Shop.orgsurvey.

“This is a real mile-stone in the industry,”said Scott Silverman, exe-cutive director of Shop-

org. “We have really gonemainstream.”

Meanwhile, computerhardware and software,long the leader fornontravel online sales,moved into second placelast year, at 17.2 billiondollars.

That was followed bysales of autos and autoparts, whose sales reached16.7 billion dollars, andhome furnishings, whichposted sales of 10 billiondollars. —Internet

Chinese water culture theme forexhibition

culture.Its achievements in

water control and ideasabout the sustainable useof water resources havebeen recognized by theinternational community.The 2008 Zaragoza worldexpo is a good chance forChina to display its watercontrol achievements andexchange experiences,”

said Hu Siyi, Vice-Minister of Water Re-sources. Gong Qijun,vice-director of theexhibition department ofChina Council for thePromotion of InternationalTrade, said the exhibitionin Spain would allowChina to prepare to playhost to the World Expo in2010.— Internet

DHAKA, 15 May — Afisherman was killed andsome 100 others weremissing as rain and strongwinds swept Bangladesh’scoast on Monday andweather officials warneda cyclonic storm couldmake landfall on Tuesday.

“Peripheral wind up to

Bangladesh on cyclone alert,boats called in

80 kilometres per hour(50 miles per hour) hasbegun,” said a weatherofficial at Cox’s Bazar,400 kilometres (250miles) southeast of thecapital Dhaka.

He also reportedmoderate to mediumintensity rainfall in the

area. Police said the bodyof a dead fisherman hadbeen found along theTeknaf coast, 90 kilo-metres (55 miles) fromCox’s Bazar, while at least20 boats with some 100fishermen aboard weremissing.

MNA/Reuters

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14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 17 May, 2007

S P O R T S

Ronaldinho Gaucho

Ronaldinho may missCopa America

Detroit Pistons’Richard Hamilton (C)goes to the net against

Chicago Bulls’ BenWallace (L) and PJ

Brown during Game 5of their second roundEastern Conference

NBA basketball playoffseries in Auburn Hills,Michigan on 15 May,

2007.—INTERNET

Serena Williams of the US returnsthe ball to Netherlands’ MichaellaKrajicek during their match at theItalian Open tennis tournament inRome on 15 May, 2007.—INTERNET

Serena Williams progresses at Italian Open

Magnelly Torres (L) of Colombian clubCucuta Deportivo celebrates a goalagainst Uruguayan club Nacionalduring their Copa Libertadoresquarter-final soccer match in Cucuta

city on 15 May, 2007.—INTERNET

RIO DE JANEIRO, 15May — Brazilian soccerforward RonaldinhoGaucho, who plays forSpanish league team Bar-celona, may request notto play for the nationalteam in the CopaAmerica, Brazil's presssaid on Tuesday. The move could strikeanother blow to Brazil-ian team manager Dungaafter the Brazil FootballFederation last week published Kaka's letter, whichsaid the Milan player hopes to skip the Copa Americadue to the differences between the Brazilian andEuropean playing calendar.Dunga will announce list of players for the 1 Junefriendly against England in London's Wembley Sta-dium and the 5 June friendly against Turkey in theGerman city of Dortmund.The Copa America runs from 26 June to 15 July inVenezuela, and the champion will go though to theConfederations Cup in 2009 in South Africa.

Internet

R OME, 16 May — Eighth seed SerenaWilliams strolled into third round aftera 6-4 6-1 win over Michaella Krajicekat the Italian Open on Tuesday.Williams, who revived her career bywinning the Australian Open in Janu-ary, improved her season record to 17-2.

Williams, playing in her first tourna-ment since pulling out of Charlestonwith a groin strain last month, foughtfrom a break down to take the first set.Her confidence grew in the secondset and after earning a breakpoint with adrive-volley winner in the fourth game,a Krajicek double fault handed her theadvantage.She broke again in the sixth game andwent on to close the match with an ace.Williams was the only player involvedin a second-round match on a day whenmost of her rivals were still playingfirst-round games.Fourteenth seed Patty Schnyder en-joyed an easy win, sweeping asideVasilisa Bardina 6-1 6-2.Slovenian 15th seed KatarinaSrebotnik also went through to the sec-ond round with a 6-4 6-2 win overGermany's Martina Mueller.—Internet

Schnyder enjoys easywin in Rome

ROME, 16 May — Fourteenth seed Patty Schnydercruised into the second round of the Italian Open inRome when she swept past Russian Vasilisa Bardina6-1, 6-2.

The Swiss player, who finished runner-up at theclaycourt tournament in 2005, mixed up the spin andspeed of her groundstrokes to force errors from her 19-year-old opponent in a one-sided first set.

Bardina tried to hit out more aggressively at the startof the second set, but made a pair of backhand errors todrop serve in the first game as Schnyder tightened hergrip on the contest.—MNA/Reuters

Lefty hints at genuine threat to Tiger

FIFA to investigate Tevez transfer row

Kaka saysLiverpool favour

long ball game MILAN, 16 May— AC

Milan playmaker Kakaexpects Liverpool to playa long ball game in theChampions League finalnext week when he will bebidding to complete a per-sonal wish list of achieve-ments. The Brazilian hasbeen in outstanding formfor Milan this season andscored three goals over twolegs in the semi-final winover Manchester United toset up the clash with Liver-pool in Athens on 23 May.

"I think Liverpool aredifferent from Manches-ter, they play a game that isvery typical of English soc-cer. They are a very well-coached team by (Rafael)Benitez and they are a verytactical team. They are ateam that marks tight,"Kaka said.

"Manchester are a teamthat like to play more, thequality of their passing isbetter and they keep theball longer," he said in ainterview for Adidas. Liv-erpool beat Milan in the2005 Champions Leaguefinal after coming backfrom 3-0 down at halftimeto draw 3-3 and win onpenalties.— MNA/Reuters

Goalkeeper Hilario lined upas reserve Cup final striker

LONDON, 16 May — Chelsea are so short of playersfor Saturday's FA Cup final they may be forced to usegoalkeeper Hilario as a substitute striker, managerJose Mourinho said.

Mourinho, who has spent millions to bring in newplayers but insists on working with a "manageable"size squad, said he was down to 15 fit men for theWembley showdown with double-chasing Manches-ter United.

Mourinho suffered his latest blow when midfielderJohn Obi Mikel was ruled out with a hamstring injurypicked up in Sunday's final Premier League game, a11 home draw with Everton.

Michael Ballack, Andriy Shevchenko, RicardoCarvalho, Arjen Robben and teenage striker ScottSinclair were already definite absentees while fullbackAshley Cole is still doubtful.

"Maybe if Ash is ready we have 15," Mourinho toldChelsea TV.

"The reality is that for a final we do not have 16players. It's not a good picture. — MNA/Reuters

ZURICH, 16 May — FIFA willinvestigate the controversial trans-fer to West Ham United ofArgentines Carlos Tevez and JavierMascherano, the world governingbody's president Sepp Blatter saidon Tuesday.

Blatter told a media briefing atFIFA headquarters in Zurich thathis organization would look intothe case regardless of any legalchallenges launched by West Ham'srival clubs.

"We are monitoring this situa-tion very carefully and we willourselves look at the files once ithas been dealt with by the English

league and the Football Associa-tion," Blatter said. "We will look atthis, and not only if we are asked.We will do it anyway."

West Ham were fined a record-5.5-million-pound (10.88-million-US dollar) last month by an inde-pendent Premier League commis-sion which ruled that the players'contracts drawn up at their Augusttransfer contravened league rulesby giving certain rights to third-party companies. West Ham, how-ever, admitted the charge and es-caped a points deduction that wouldhave almost certainly condemnedthem to relegation.— MNA/Reuters

LOS ANGELES, 16 May — PhilMickelson's superb victory at the Play-ers Championship has raised the pros-pect of a mouth-watering rivalry be-tween the American left-hander andworld number one Tiger Woods at nextmonth's US Open.

Although it would be foolish to drawtoo many conclusions from what is, afterall, just one tournament win, the mannerin which it was accomplished has whet-ted the appetite of golf fans across theglobe.

Mickelson, in harness with new swingcoach Butch Harmon for only the thirdtournament, delivered a consummateexhibition from tee to green at Sawgrasson Sunday that suggests he is ready tolift his game to a new level at the majors.

"Phil the Thrill" has long entertainedfans with his dazzling skills around thegreen and his swashbuckling, high-riskapproach combined with one or twomoments of bone-headed stupidity.

Although he has become one of themost meticulous practitioners in the gamewith his build-up to the big events overthe last few years, his driving accuracyhas been well documented as his Achil-

les' heel. He himself has said that memo-ries of his US Open meltdown at WingedFoot last year will never really be ban-ished until he wins the tournament forthe first time.

The emerging 2007 version of "Lefty",as he is popularly known, hints at a near-perfect blend of careful course manage-ment without sacrificing the short-gameskills for which he has become a fanfavourite.— MNA/Reuters

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Wednesday, 16 May, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers havebeen widespread in Mon State upper Sagaing, Bago,Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions, fairly widespread inKachin, Shan, Rakhine States, Mandalay, Magway and YangonDivisions and scattered in the remaining areas with locallyheavyfalls in Rakhine State, isolated heavyfalls in KachinState and upper Sagaing Division. Day temperatures were(3ºC) to (4ºC) below May average temperature in Kayin State,Yangon, Taninthayi, Mandalay and Ayeyawady Divisions,(5ºC) to (6ºC) below May average temperature in Shan Stateand Bago Division, (7ºC) to (8ºC) below May average tem-perature in Kachin State, Sagaing and Magway Divisions andabout May average temperature in the remaining areas. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Putao (4.69)inches, An (4.29) inches, Hkamti (3.46) inches, Kyaukpyu(3.27) inches, Machanbaw (2.95) inches, Hmawbi (1.77)inches and Thayawady (1.69) inches.

Maximum temperature on 15-5-2007 was 86°F. Mini-mum temperature on 16-5-2007 was 75°F. Relative humidityat 09:30 hours MST on 16-5-2007 was 93%. Total sunshinehours on 15-5-2007 was (2) hours approx.

Rainfall on 16-5-2007 was (0.27) inch at Mingaladon,(0.5) inch at Kaba-Aye and (1.34) inches at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2007 was (19.72) inches at Mingaladon,(23.94) inches at Kaba-Aye and (22.52) inches at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(12) mph from West at (20:50) hours MST on 15-5-2007.

Bay inference: According to the observations at (06:30)hrs MST today, yesterday’s low pressure area over inland hasbecome unimportant. Monsoon is strong in the Andaman Seaand South Bay and weather is partly cloudy elsewhere in theBay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 17-5-2007: Rain orthundershowers will be widespread in Kachin, Rakhine andMon States, upper Sagaing, Bago, Ayeyawady, Yangon andTaninthayi Divisions, fairly widespread in Chin and KayinStates, scattered in the remaining States and Divisions withlikelihood of isolated heavyfall in Rakhine State. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate to rough inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of ad-vancement of Southwest Monsoon in the Deltaic areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areas for17-5-2007: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areas for17-5-2007: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areas for17-5-2007: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

WEATHER

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Colombian singer Shakira performs at her concert atForo Sol in Mexico City on 13 May , 2007.

INTERNET

Mini stockpile ofexplosives found

in Bangkok BANGKOK, 16 May —

Thai police found a ministockpile of explosives, inBangkok's BangplatDistrict on Tuesday, thelocal news group TheNation reported.

Acting on a tip-off,police and bomb squadteam raided a room inSribamroong MuangApartment in the district atabout 12:30 pm (0530GMT), the report said.

Inside the room,police found a handgrenade, a stick of powergel explosive with fourdetonators, three rounds ofammunitions for revolverand a 9-mm pistol.

Found together withthe explosives was a yellowheadband with a word"patriot" written on it.

Initial investigationreported that the roombelonged to a woman whorented the room abouttwo years ago. But shedisappeared and failed topay the rent, and then theapartment manager decidedto open the room and foundthe confiscated explosives.

MNA/Xinhua

New France’s President pledgesnew era of change

PARIS, 16 May — France's newPresident Nicolas Sarkozy has taken officeat a ceremony in the Elysee Palace, afterwaving goodbye to President JacquesChirac.

The new centre-right presidentsucceeded his former mentor afterdefeating the Socialists' Segolene Royalin the 6 May run-off election.

Mr Sarkozy stressed that "now changeis needed" in France, in his inauguralspeech, and called for national unity.

France "needs to take risks and followinitiatives," he said.

The country also needed to"rehabilitate the values of work, effort,merit and respect" and defeat intolerance,he said. –Internet

Spanish doctor sentenced forspreading hepatitis C

MADRID, 16May — A Spanish doctor who killed four people and infected 271others with hepatitis C by reusing syringes was sentenced on Tuesday to 1,933years in prison and ordered to pay almost one million euros (1.35 million USdollars) in damages.

Juan Maeso Velezinfected patients at fourhospitals in the Spanish

Mediterranean city ofValencia by using the samesurgical equipment to

anaesthetise himself andthen other people between1988 and 1997, a Spanishcourt heard.

Maeso usedanaesthetic as a recreationaldrug and knew he hadhepatitis C, a blood borneviral infection that cancause chronic liver damage,pro-secutors said.

The doctor denied heknew he had hepatitis Cand said he must havecaught the virus from oneof the patients.

He will serve amaximum 20 years of hissentence, according toofficials at the court inValencia.

MNA/Reuters

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2nd Waxing of Nayon 1369 ME Thursday, 17 May, 2007

YANGON, 16 May — Secretary U Aung Htay of Bogalay Township NationalLeague for Democracy in Ayeyawady Division on 3 May, 18 members includingU Htay Aung from Chaunggyi Village, four including U Sein Kalar from Koe-eintan Village, two including U Myint Lwin from Kyaungsu Village, twoincluding U Mya Nyein from Kyeechaung Village, U Mya Win from AunghlaingVillage, Daw Ei Ei Tin and Daw Nu Nu Yi from Kyeinchaunggyi Village on 26April resigned from the party of their own desire, sending their letters ofresignation to NLD Headquarters and local authorities.

In his resignation letter sent to Bogalay Township Multi-party DemocracyGeneral Election Sub-commission, U Aung Htay said that the NLD practisedonly bullying acts in group but chanted that they are undertaking measures forrestoration of democracy. There were no measures undertaken for organizationalmatters and unity in the party. He was disappointed that the NLD carried out theacts that harm the nation and the people. That was why he resigned from theparty. In their resignation letters 29 NLD members said that they had noconfidence and interest in the party any longer and came to realize that the partydid not serve the interest of the people and the State. That was why they resignedfrom the party of their own volition. — MNA

Strong earthquake jolts outside MyanmarNAY PYI TAW, 16 May — An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Ritcher

Scale rocked Laos-Myanmar border outside Myanmar, 390 miles North East ofKaba Aye Seismological Observatory at 3:28:12 MST today, announced Mete-orology and Hydrology Department. — MNA

Significant water levelNAY PYI TAW, 16 May—According to the (6:30) hr MST observation

today, the water level (589) cm of Chindwin river at Hkamti showed a rise of (250)cm (about 8 feet) within (24) hrs. The Chindwin water level may rise (210) cm(about 7 feet) at Homalin, (180) cm each (about 6 feet) at Mawlaik and Kalewaand (300) cm (about 10 feet) at Monywa above the present water levels during thenext (2) to (5) days.— MNA

New rainfall recordNAY PYI TAW, 16 May — The amount of rainfall (119) mm (4.69 inches)

observed at (9:30) hour MST today in Putao is the (24) hours new maximumrainfall record at the station for the month of May during last (41) years. Theformer record was (109) mm (4.29 inches) on 8 May 2001.— MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16 May — The people who opposeunrest and love peace prevented 29 persons includingSu Su Nway from causing a disturbance at the busstop on Station Road, Insein Township, YangonDivision, yesterday at 10.30 am. The people handedover the 29 who were constantly trying to stir upunrest under the pretext of religion to the authoritiesconcerned. Similarly, the people who are againstunrest stopped Thant Zin Myo and group from caus-ing unrest in Hlinethaya Township, and handed themover to the authorities.

Twenty-three persons including NLD membersU Than Htay (joint secretary), Tin Ohn, Kyin Hlaing,Han Thein, Soe Win, Daw Mi Mi Hlaing, Daw YinYin Kyi, Daw San Yi, Kyaw Zin Win (youth in-charge 1), Kyaw Kyaw Lin (youth in-charge 2), NayLin Kyaw (a) Kon Nyar, Nay Zar Myo Win and BoBo Win Hlaing of Dawdon Township, and other NLDmembers Tin Naing Thein (Chauk), Ohn Lwin(Yenangyoung), Myint Ngwe (Yenangyoung), MyoKhin (Yankin), Daw Tin Yi (Yangkin) and Thawda(Thakayta) led by Su Su Nway said prayers at a cornerof Pyilonchantha Myaceti Pagoda in the compoundof Arthawkayama monastery on Myoma Street,Yamonna Ward 1, Dawbon, from 8 am to 8.45 amyesterday. Ten persons including Su Su Nway of thegroup wore T-shirts bearing the portrait of Daw SuuKyi. The group tricked 11 children playing in thecompound into taking part in their prayer service. Inthe prayer service, U Than Htay gave anti-govern-ment talks for the release of Daw Suu Kyi andpolitical prisoners and they presented 200 kyats eachto the 11 children and let them go.

Su Su Nway and members left Dawbon Town-ship for Insein Township. When they arrived atInsein, some members of Insein Township NLDjoined the group. The 29 persons arrived at the busstop on Station Road in Nantthagon Ward at 10.30am. Then some residents who did not want to see any

Peace-loving people prevent instigators from tryingto cause instability and unrest under the pretext of

religion, and hand them over to authoritiesunrest dissuaded Su Su Nway and members frominciting a protest and persuaded them to go home.However, Su Su Nway and members did not accept thepersuasion and tried to keep on inciting a protest.Local people prevented them from doing so and en-trusted them to the authorities. There were no conflictsand no one was injured in the incident.

The 29 members included Insein Township NLDmembers Saw Kyaw Kyaw Min (in charge of youths),Nyi Nyi Aung, Daw Nyein Tin and U Ye Aung alongwith Maung Shine Htet Aung, 13, son of U MaungShwe and Daw Myint Aye of Phawtkan Ward inInsein Township. The investigation revealed that UYe Aung took Maung Shine Htet Aung with an offerthat he would pay a visit to a pagoda and would servehim with coffee if the latter would accompany him.So authorities entrusted Maung Shine Htet Aung tohis parents.

Similarly, at about 7 am yesterday, 11 HlinethayaTownship NLD members— Thant Zin Myo (Secre-tary) and wife Hla Hla Maw, Hsan Win, Win Myint,San Naing, Aung Min Naing, Kyaw Soe Win, SoeMin, Tin Yu, Yan Naing Tun and Myo Kyaw Zin—wearing T-shirts with the picture of Daw Suu Kyiwalked in procession along Bo Aung Kyaw Street inHlinethaya Township. The people who do not wantdisturbance and want to live in peace told them todisperse and not to disrupt peace and tranquillity. Butthey did walk in procession without accepting therequest of the people. Therefore, the people handedover the 11 persons to the authorities concerned. Uponinvestigation, Thant Zin Myo, San Naing, Kyaw SoeWin and Win Myint persuaded other people who tookpart in the movement after giving them T-shirts withthe picture of Daw Suu Kyi free of charge.

So-called 88 generation student group who at-tempted to cause unrest launched White Sunday Cam-paign every Sunday. The group visited the families ofthose serving the prison terms after breaking the law,

consoled them and provided cash. In order to do so,some big nations and expatriate organizations areproviding necessary cash for them.

Regarding the activities such as prayer service,walking in procession and agitation and consoling thefamilies of those serving the prison terms, the peoplewho want to live in peace said that it was not normal.It was the abhorrent act that the group deceived thechildren in order to take some advantage in theirmovement. Those including Daw Suu Kyi who wereunder restrictions were detained for attempting todisrupt peace and tranquillity and cause unrest in thecountry. In the same way, all the inmates of variousprisons have to be doing their time as they broke anyexisting law. In all nations without exception, anyone,including politicians, who breaks the law will not gounpunished. Arrest and detention like this are nothingunusual. These people are trying to politicize a normalevent and ignite unrest by visiting pagodas and march-ing in procession, praying for the release of politicalprisoners. If they want to pray for freedom of politicalprisoners, they can do so at their homes. Such instiga-tion is not acceptable. The people want only peaceand stability. The current situation of the nation isfavourable in every way for development. However,its impossible to achieve sound results in a short time.We must wait for a reasonable period of time to beable to enjoy the fruits of development. One thing thatis certain is that people will be able to overcomehardships and enjoy benefits in the near future. Fa-vourable conditions can be ruined by the act of sabo-teurs. People are saying that punitive action should betaken against these destructive elements.

Now, all those who attempted to destroy peaceand stability and ignite violence are being interro-gated, and authorities concerned have urged the pub-lic to prevent saboteurs from committing destructiveacts that could destabilize the nation.

MNA

Thirty resign fromNLD of Bogalay

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