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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round developmentof other 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 thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands of 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 Constitu-

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

True patriotism * It is very important for everyone

of the nation regardless of theplace he lives to have strongUnion Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the truepatriotism all the nationalitieswill have to safeguard.

NAY PYI TAW, 28 Aug—The meeting between the Chairman of Union Election Commissionand state, district, township, ward and village subcommission members in Rakhine State tookplace at City Hall in Sittway on 9 August.

Chairman of the UEC U Thein Soe first made a speech.Chairman of Rakhine State Subcommission U Aung Mya, Secretary U Kyaw Myint, and

district and township subcommission chairmen reported on electoral processes to the UECChairman.

The meeting ended with a concluding remark by the UEC Chairman.—MNA

UEC Chairman meets subcommissionmembers in Rakhine State

Recently, I madea trip to Upper Myanmarfor writing articles onprogress of fishery indus-try and conservation offish resource in accordwith the instruction of theDirector-General ofFisheries Department.

During the trip, Ivisited 100-acre fishpond of U Tun Yin’s MyaKantha integrated farmin Taungpyone region ofMadaya Township. I sawfish ponds and concretebuildings of poultryfarms on them. The inte-grated farming is contrib-uting to uplifting liveli-hoods of rural peoplethrough the combinedtask of agriculture andlivestock breeding whichis included in five ruraldevelopment tasksadopted by the State.

The integratedfarming must mutuallybenefit agriculture andlivestock breeding.Waste from livestockbreeding is to be utilizedas organic fertilizer andby-products from agri-culture is also to be usedas fertilizer so as to dou-

Integrated farming helps improve rural economyWin Thein Oo (Fishery)

Workers

swinging

into

action to

release

fingerlings

into fish

pond of

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ble the production. The in-tegrated farming can boostproduction and create thejob opportunity for in-creasing income of em-ployers and employees.Such farming on a man-ageable scale can earn theincreased income for the

families. Indeed, it is nec-essary to take care of bio-security due to containingbios and living organisms.

While visiting thefarm in Taungpyone re-gion, I remember the inte-grated fish farming train-ing I received in China in

1997. Chinese farmers es-tablished the poultry farmsat the upper stage, the pigfarms at the middle andthe fish ponds at the lowerlevel and mulberry plan-tation on the bund of fishponds. I saw silk weavingworks at the same venue.

When the fish ponds weredried in the sun, pond siltwas fed to mulberry plants.The farms created job op-portunities for the localpeople.

In Taungpyone, theintegrated farms of farmerU Tun Yin generated jobs

for 37 households andthey were engaged inworks of fishery, poul-try breeding and grow-ing of mango plants. Allmembers of familieswere working on thefarms.

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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 Desire

Time to stand unitedlyEmergence of a peaceful, modern, developed

democratic nation is the national goal. Thegovernment is taking measures to ensure peaceand stability of the State and the rule of law, buildfirm economic infrastructures and develop humanresources.

As desired by the people, nation-buildingtasks require constant efforts that need to be madein accord with the call of the past, present andfuture. It is the national duty of all to work withcorrect vision and true patriotism.

Peace and stability is instrumental in shapinga new nation. With the unity and nationalconsolidation among the State, the people and theTatmadaw, the whole country has seen peace andtranquility alongside fruits of development.

As a result, nation-building endeavours andnational development work are picking up. Allbasic requirements are being fulfilled to ensurebalanced development in every region and thenthe whole Union. With a lot of projects beingimplemented and some completed, fruitful resultscan be witnessed.

For the improvement of Kayin State’seducation sector, about 1500 universities, colleges,institutions and libraries have been opened. Sixteen180-foot-and-above bridges, 274 under-180-footbridges and 271 miles of roads including 144 milesof tarred roads, have been built. And these aresigns of progress. Besides, the national raceorganizations that have returned to the legal foldare taking part in regional development tasks incollaboration with the State, the people and theTatmadaw.

Overall, all the national people are to activelyand unitedly participate in nation-building tasksby maintaining prevailing peace and stability andprosperity.

NAY PYI TAW, 28 Aug—Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation U Htay Oo, on 24 August, visitedKanyin Dam Project in Ingapu Township, HinthadaDistrict, Ayeyawady Region.

At the briefing hall, the minister heard reportson progress in construction of main dam, conduit,spillway and irrigation facilities, and gaveinstructions.

The main dam is of earthen type and will be 194feet in height and 2,850 feet in length. Earthworks forconstruction of the main dam has so far completed by73 per cent.

The conduit is high-pressure steel pipe and will

Kanyin Dam in Ingapu Tsp to irrigate 25,000 acres

be 938 feet in length. Earthworks for construction ofthe conduit has finished by 56 per cent and concreting14 per cent.

The spillway will be 250 feet wide and 991 feetlong. Earthworks for the spillway has completed by61 per cent and concreting 100 per cent. The wholehas so far completed by 61 per cent.

The dam being built by damming up KanyinCreek in Ingapu Township will be able to irrigate25,000 acres of farmlands and generate 5-megawatthydroelectricity, contributing to development ofsurrounding regions.

MNA

Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation U Htay Oo views progress of Kanyin Dam Project.—A&I

Progress of Nancho Hydropower Plant inspected

NAY PYI TAW, 28 Aug—Minister for ElectricPower No. 1 U Zaw Min yesterday afternoon inspectedland preparations for laying penstock steel pipeline

and construction of power station and swift yard atNancho Hydropower Project, seven miles upstream ofthe confluence of Nancho Creek and PaunglaungRiver.

He looked into progress in construction ofconcrete water control tank and digging of the entranceand exit at No. 2 water tunnel and concrete liningworks of No. 1 water tunnel.

The minister viewed construction of concreteembankment and water intake structure and gavenecessary instructions. He also inspected progress ofconcrete works. He stressed the need to superviseworksite safety and standards of the constructionmaterials. Nancho Hydropower Project has completedby 57.47 per cent. On completion, the project installedtwo 20-megawatt generators will generate 152 millionkilowatt hours yearly.—MNA

Minister for Electric Power No. 1 U Zaw Min looks into implementation of NanchoHydropower Project.—EP-1

YANGON, 28 Aug — Grand Wynn EnterprisesLtd is displaying Lolane cosmetics at 1st YangonInternational Product Showcase 2010 at Tatmadaw

Lolane on display atYangon International

Product Showcase 2010

Convention Hall on U Wisara Road here.Inforithm-Maze organized the exhibition with

the sponsorship of Department of Export Promotionof Thailand.

Lolane professional hairstylists from Thailanddecorated models with new hairdos.

The company introduced Lolane Nature CodeColour Shampoo which can recolour one’s hair goinggrey within five minutes after shampooing.

Those who want to retail the products maycontact the company headquarters at No. 40, 67th

Street, Botahtaung Township, here, (Ph: 294045,290170, 291318, 291319, Fax: 296928, Email:grandwyn@myanmar.com).—MNA

Booth of Lolane cosmetics crowded withvisitors at Tatmadaw Convention Hall.—MNA

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Two car bombs explode innortheastern Mexico

MEXICO CITY, 28 Aug—Two carbombs exploded on Friday at the sametime in different places of Ciudad Victoria,capital of Tamaulipas state in northeast ofMexico with no injuries.

One of the bombs blasted early Fridaymorning outside the building of MexicanTV channel Televisa in the south of CiudadVictoria, while the other explosion occurrednear the facilities of the Municipal TransitDirection.

During the broadcasting of Televisa’snews programme “Primero Noticias” itsconductor Carlos Loret said that the bombin Televisa building in Ciudad Victoriaonly caused material damages.

“There are material damages outside.Inside we do not know, because the

New breach in Pakistanflood levee

THATTA, 28 Aug—Floodwaters made anotherbreak on Saturday in the levees protecting the southerncity of Thatta, as thousands of residents fled for highground and left the city nearly empty. Both sides ofthe main road were crowded with people — fromThatta and nearby flooded villages fleeing thefloodwaters. Many had spent the night sleeping outin the open. Hadi Baksh Kalhoro, a Thatta disastermanagement official, said more than 175,000 peoplehad left the city, leaving it nearly deserted. Some areheading for nearby towns or cities, he said, withthousands also headed for the high ground of anancient graveyard for Muslim saints. He said the latestlevee breach, which happened early on Saturday,could leave the outskirts of Thatta flooded by later inthe day. The city is about 75 miles (125 kilometers)southeast of the major coastal city of Karachi.

Internet

Heavy rains kill 34, affect85,000 in Nicaragua

Pakistani villagers flee their homes due toflooding in Thatta near Hyderabad, Pakistan on

26 Aug, 2010.—INTERNET

MANAGUA, 28 Aug—Thirty-four people havedied in constant heavy rains since May in Nicaraguaas of Friday, in a developing disaster which hasalready affected some 85,000 people.

Twenty-three of the deaths took place in August,according to Nestor Solis Gonzalez from the CivilDefence. There were six confirmed deaths duringlast 24 hours. Among those affected by the killerrains, one a few were staying at the shelters establishedby the aid organizations.

Solis said roads in many northerner provinceswere badly damaged and the rains have left manymunicipalities isolated. Nicaragua’s Producers Unionsaid the rains also affected the harvesting of beans,sorghum, soya and peanut as the crops died of toomuch water. The government is expected to launch arelief plan in the coming days.

Xinhua

600 houses flooded, 300families displaced in E Nepal

KATHMANDU, 28 Aug—With heavy rainfall inrecent days, over 300 families have been displacedby floods while around 600 houses have beenwaterlogged in Morang District. Similarly, a culvertcollapse has obstructed vehicular movement in JhapaDistrict in eastern Nepal.

According to Saturday’s Republica.com report,around 600 houses in Itahara and Baradanga villageshave been inundated by the river that entered intohuman settlements following Thursday night’sincessant rain. Some 60 people have been trapped bycurrents of water.

Security personnel equipped with boats and life-jackets have been mobilized in the flooded area.They have been working tirelessly to rescue thevillagers.—Xinhua

Police patrol at thesite of a car bombexplosion near the

local office ofTelevisa TV network

in the Tamaulipasstate capital of Ciudad

Victoria innortheastern Mexico

on 27 Aug, 2010.XINHUA

Afghan Taleban attack NATO bases,11 attackers killed

KHOST, 28 Aug—A group of Taleban militants launched an attack on NATObases in eastern Afghanistan ‘s Khost Province early on Saturday, 11 attackerswere killed and two soldiers sustained injuries, press department of NATO said. “Agroup of Taleban terrorists raided two bases of NATO-led troops in Khost Provinceearly on Saturday,” provincial police chief Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai told Xinhua. Headded that the militants attacked NATO-led forces bases in Sahra Bagh and oldairfield at 05:00 am local time.

The situation in Sahra Bagh base has been brought under control as all theattackers had been killed but gun battle is going on at the old airfield. Pressdepartment of NATO-led troops in southeast Afghanistan confirmed the attack,saying 25 militants targeted military bases by rockets and small arms earlymorning. During the clash 11 militants were killed and two soldiers sustainedinjuries, the press department emphasized.

Meantime, a Taleban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed of responsibilityand in talks with media via telephone from undisclosed location said 20 suicidebombers stormed NATO bases in Khost Province this morning.

Mujahid also claimed that the militants shot down a helicopter in the oldairfield.—Xinhua

SuspectedUS missilestrike killsfour in NW

PakistanPARACHINAR, 28 Aug

—Suspected US missilesstruck two vehiclescarrying militants innorthwest Pakistan,killing four of them,intelligence officials saidon Saturday.

The overnight attackhappened in the Kurramtribal region borderingAfghanistan. The slainmen were from Taleban’sHaqqani network, whichis blamed for launchingattacks across the borderagainst the American andNATO forces inAfghanistan, one of thethree intelligence offic-ials said. The officialsspoke on condition ofanonymity because theywere not authorized to talkto the media.

Although the CIA hasrepeatedly targetedmilitant positions inPakistan’s tribal regions,such strikes in Kurram arerare.—Internet

Flames from a

prescribed burn

that turned into a

wildfire are visible

from Highway 279

on 26 Aug, 2010

near Canyon

Creek, Mont.

INTERNET

militaries and federal policemen cordonedoff the zone and do not allow the pass,”Loret said. Minutes later, another bombexploded, some 2 kilometres away fromthe first, also causing only materialdamages.

On 15 Aug a grenade was thrown tothe roof of Televisa offices in Matamoros,in Tamaulipas state, also causing onlymaterial damages. The same day in theoffices of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon anothergrenade exploded in front of Televisa’soffice. In 30 July another bomb blast tookplace in Televisa’s offices in Nuevo Laerdo,causing only material damages.

Tamaulipas is the scene of the fightbetween the Golfo drug cartel and LosZetas criminal organization.—Xinhua

Homes evacuated overnightnear Montana wildfire

CANYON CREEK, 28 Aug—Authorities in westernMontana roused people from their beds early on Friday toflee an approaching wildfire, as thunderstorms sparkeddozens more in blazes across the West in Idaho andNevada. Cooler temperatures and calmer winds helpedfirefighters control wildfires that flared up a day earlieracross eastern Washin-gton. Montana authorities beganknocking on doors at 3 am on Friday, warning residentsthat a fire in the Bitterroot National Forest was threateningtheir homes. The Downing Mountain fire was reportedThursday evening and grew to 415 acres by Fridayafternoon, said forest spokesman Tod McKay. But theblaze was moving west, away from houses and awayfrom the town of Hamilton, which is just three milesaway, he said.

About 70 homes in the Blodgett and Canyon Creek

areas were evacuated and fire officials said residents ofanother 100 homes were warned they may have to leave.

“This is not an easy process for residents to be told at3 am that they must leave their homes which are currentlythreatened. Thankfully everyone has been veryunderstanding and cooperative,” said Ravalli CountySheriff Chris Hoffman.—Internet

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Science

Technology

Researchers listen to ‘ringing’ starBOULDER, 28 Aug—

A distant star USscientists say is “ringinglike a bell” could provideclues to other stars thatmight have planets thatmight be able to host life.

Scientists at theNational Centre forAtmospheric Research inBoulder, Colo, withcolleagues in France andSpain, studied a starknown as HD49933,

High-resolution camera snapswater ice on Mars

TUCSON, 28 Aug—A NASA spacecraft with a high-resolution camera hasphotographed a young Mars crater and found frozen water in it, scientists say.

A recent image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE camerashows water ice at the bottom of a 20-foot-wide crater on the planet’s surface,SPACE.com reported on Friday.

Researchers suspect the crater in the northern hemisphere formed recently, noearlier than April 2004, Nathan Bridges, a HiRISE science team member at theUniversity of Arizona, said.

The crater appeared in photos taken between 6 June and 7 July.“It’s showing we’re getting ice pretty far south,” Bridges said. “As we continue

to look at these things it’s a good way to determine where shallow ice is on Mars.”The ice patch covers an area of up to 20 square feet. It “is probably at the same

depth and has a similar origin to that excavated by the Phoenix lander back in2008,” he said.

NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander landed in the Martian arctic in May 2008 andfound evidence of water ice just beneath the surface.

During the next Martian summer “the HiRISE team will likely take additionalpictures to check up on the crater,” Bridges said.

Internet

Tiny Gulf Sea creature could shedlight on Oil Spill’s impact

ALABAMA, 28 Aug—A Universityof Alabama molecular biologist willsoon bring dozens of tiny, transparentanimals that live in Gulf Coast waters

An anemone of the same speciesJenny is studying.—INTERNET

back to his campus laboratory as partof an effort to better understand theoil spill’s long-term impact on thecoastal environment and creaturesliving there.

The National Science Foundationawarded Dr Matthew Jenny, assistantprofessor of biological sciences at UA,a research grant for the projectfocusing on sea anemones, smallanimals related to the corals that buildocean reefs.

Jenny, working in collaborationwith researchers at Woods HoleOceanographic Institution, will collectand preserve anemones pulled fromcoastal waters from Alabama toLouisiana.—Internet

Three big-carrier, Android-packingSamsung Galaxy phones down, one to go

NEW YORK, 28 Aug—We’ve already got theCaptivate for AT&T, theEpic 4G for Sprint, and theVibrant for T-Mobile —all three of which comearmed with eye-popping 4-inch displays, slim profiles,speedy 1GHz processors,and five-megapixelcameras — and nowSamsung’s set to finish its

Secrets of the gecko foot helprobot climb

NEW YORK, 28 Aug—A Stanford mechanicalengineer is using the biologyof a gecko’s sticky foot tocreate a robot that climbs.

In the same way thesmall reptile can scale a wallof slick glass, the Stickybotcan climb smooth surfaceswith feet modeled on theintricate design of geckotoes.

Paul Day and Alan Asbeck worked on adhesives for thefeet of the gecko-like Stickybot.—INTERNET

lap of the four big UScarriers with the Fascinate,due in the coming weeksfor Verizon Wireless.

Sure, we’ve had plentyof other impressive, high-profile smartphones arriveon specific carriers over thelast few months, includingthe jumbo-sized HTC Evo4G for Sprint, the MotorolaDroid X for Verizon, and

of course, the iPhone 4 onAT&T.

But with its slim, sleekline of Galaxy S phones,Samsung’s doingsomething a little different— namely, it’s got a Galaxyphone for all four of the bigcarriers, rather than dolingout exclusives to one carrieror another.

Internet

3-D movies can now betransmitted via Internet

and digital televisionchannels such as via

satellite.INTERNET

Kodak releases new ESP 9250multifunction printer

WASHINGTON, 28 Aug—Kodak on Friday releaseda new multifunction printer (MFP), the ESP 9250.The new device replaces the ESP 9 as Kodak’s top-of-the-line MFP.

The $250 ESP 9250 has a four-colour inkjetprinter, and uses two ink cartridges: one black inkcartridge, and one color cartridge with cyan, yellow,and magenta inks. The standard replacement blackink replacement cartridge is $10; a high-volume blackink cartridge is available for $17. The color replacementcartidge is $18. The ESP 9250 uses the same inkcartirdges as the ESP 9, but a Kodak representativesaid that the inks have be reformulated to producebetter-looking output.—Internet

located 100 light yearsfrom Earth in theconstellation Mon-oceros,

The team examinedthe star’s acoust icfluctuations, using atechnique called “stellarseismology” thatmeasured “starspots,”areas of intensemagnetic energy similarto the sun’s sunspots.

“Essentially, the star

is ringing like a bell,”NCAR scientist TravisMetcalfe, a co-author ofthe new study, says. “Asit moves through itsstarspot cycle, the toneand volume of theringing changes in avery specific pattern,moving to higher toneswith lower volume atthe peak of its magneticcycle.”

Internet

Mark Cutkosky, thelead designer of theStickybot, a professor ofmechanical engineering andco-director of the Centre forDesign Research, has beencollaborating with scientistsaround the nation for thelast five years to buildclimbing robots. Afterdesigning a robot that couldconquer rough vertical

surfaces such as brick wallsand concrete, Cutkoskymoved on to smoothsurfaces such as glass andmetal. He turned to thegecko for ideas. “Unless youuse suction cups, which arekind of slow and inefficient,the other solution out thereis to use dry adhesion, whichis the technique the geckouses,” Cutkosky said. Thetoe of a gecko’s foot containshundreds of flap-like ridgescalled lamellae. On eachridge are millions of hairscalled setae, which are 10items thinner than ahuman's.

Under a microscope,you can see that each hairdivides into smaller strandscalled spatulae, making itlook like a bundle of splitends.—Internet

In the image from theASTER camera aboardNASA’s orbiting Terrasatellite, snow-capped

volcanoes are seenfrom overhead that

compose thepicturesque Islands ofthe Four Mountains inthe Aleutian Islands,

Alaska, USA.INTERNET

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Health

Business

Health Tip:Other benefits of sugar

Reducing sugar consumption can reduce the risks ofobesity and diabetes. But sugar is not always dangerousbecause sugar can also be a medicine. According toHealth, here are some benefits of sugars:1. Healing wounds

Zimbabwean society tradition teaches that sugar is avery effective disinfectant. Local people sprinkle withgranulated their open wound with sugar, so the healingprocess could be faster.

Research in the UK has proved that sugar are capableof pulling fluids around the wound so it does not overgrownwith bacteria. The effect is the same as salt, but does notcause pain.2. Pain relief

A research published in the Pediatrics journal revealssugar solution efficacy in relieving pain in infants duringimmunization injections. Most babies which are given ̆cup of the solution did not cry when injected, due to lesspain.3. Soften rough skin

Sugar is a softener (exfoliant) for natural skin. Tosoften the damaged skin, use a recipe from The GroovePark Inn Resort & Spa in North Carolina below.

Combine ˚ cup granulated sugar with ˘ cup canolaoil, add three drops of lavender essential oil. Use as ascrub, rubbed with a circular motion.4. Keep the flowers bloom longer

A little extra sugar on the water in the vase of theflower. According to Rita Azar, owner of a flower shopin Los Angeles, one teaspoon of sugar is enough to makefresh flowers bloom longer.

Internet

NEW YORK, 28 Aug—Wall Street gained sharplyon Friday after FederalReserve Chairman BenBernanke said the centralbank would take actions ifthe economy deterioratessignificantly.

Bernanke admitted theeconomic recovery is “lessvigorous than we expected,”but he believed the economywould pick up next year. Heassured investors by sayingthe Fed still had tools to helpsupport economic activityand guard againstdisinflation.

The Dow Jonesindustrial average rallied165.37 points, or 1.66percent, to 10,151.18. TheStandard & Poor’s 500 indexgained 17. 37 points, or 1.66percent, to 1,064.59 and theNasdaq rose 34.94 points, or1.65 percent, to 2,153.63.

Xinhua

Wall Streetrallies afterBernanke

speechNEW YORK, 28 Aug—Intel

slashed on Friday its third quarterrevenue forecast due to lowerdemand for computers, leading toa sharp sell-off of the microchipgiant’s shares.

It said revenue would come inaround 11 billion dollars, lowerthan the earlier estimate of 11.2 to12 billion dollars.

Intel downgrades third quarterrevenue forecast

higher average selling pricesstemming from solid enterprisedemand, it added.

Trading of Intel shares on theNasdaq stock exchange wassuspended for some 20 minutesafter sinking following the releaseof the downward figures. Theylater rebounded, trading 1.76percent higher at 1650 GMT.

In July, The Santa Clara,California-based technologybellwether reported a second-quarter net profit of 2.9 billiondollars compared to a loss of 398million dollars during the samequarter a year ago. On 19 Aug,Intel announced it was buyingInternet security firm McAfee for7.68 billion dollars, as the computerchip giant sought to expand itsreach to mobile and wirelessdevices.

The acquisition of one of theworld’s largest anti-virus softwarecompanies underscored Intel’s bidto move into mobile phones, in-carnavigation systems, televisions andmedical devices as the traditionalPC market neared saturation.

Internet

“Revenue is being affectedby weaker than expected demandfor consumer PCs in maturemarkets,” the world’s biggest chipmanufacturer said in a statement.

“Inventories across the supplychain appear to be in-line with thecompany’s revised expectations,”it said.

The impact of lower volumeis being partially offset by slightly

China to let exporters keep some forexoverseas

BEIJING, 28 Aug—China saidon Friday it will launch a one-year trial programme to allowsome exporters to keep part oftheir foreign exchange revenueoverseas in an apparent looseningof currency controls.

The trial, which starts on 1October, will help re-adjust thenation’s international balance ofpayments, the StateAdministration of ForeignExchange said in a statement.

Exporters have so far had torepatriate all their forex revenuesback to China, boosting thenation’s swelling foreignexchange hoard, which surgedto a record 2.454 trillion dollars

A bank clerk counts USdollar bank notes and

Chinese yuan.—INTERNET

at the end of June.The massive reserves are

troublesome for China as thecentral bank has to issue moreyuan currency to mop up theforeign exchange inflows,making it more difficult to curbinflation.

China’s forex reserves haveballooned in recent years, fuelledby strong foreign investment,large trade surpluses and inflowsof “hot money”—short-termspeculative funds in search ofquick profits.

The trial to be carried out inBeijing and three coastal exporthubs also aims to help reducecosts incurred by companies intransferring and convertingforeign currency, the forexregulator said.

Qualified exporters inBeijing, Guangdong Province insouthern China and easternShandong and Jiangsu Provincescan keep a certain portion of theirforeign exchange revenueoverseas, it said withoutelaborating.—Internet

Austria reports two cases ofsuperbug, NDM-1

VIENNA, 28 Aug—Austria’s health ministry isreporting two cases of a new gene that allowsbacteria to become a superbug.

The ministry says experts at the medicaluniversity in the southern city of Graz detected thegene, known as NDM-1, in two people, both ofwhom are believed to have been infected inhospitals abroad.

A statement on Friday said a person fromPakistan was released in good health from Graz’suniversity clinic last year after successful treatment.It said another person from Kosovo is still undermedical supervision there.

Researchers say the gene—which appears tobe circulating widely in India—alters bacteria,making them resistant to nearly all knownantibiotics.—InternetPhoto shows superbug NDM-1.—INTERNET

Eggs are seen at a supermarket in New York, theUnited States, on 20 Aug, 2010.—XINHUA

FDA finds salmonella inchicken feed in farms

BEIJING, 28 Aug—US food officials say they havefound salmonella that links two farms in Iowa to an eggrecall on Friday.

Salmonella was found in chicken’s feed at WrightCounty Egg and also Hillandale Farms, the FDA said. Morethan 550 million eggs from the two farms were recalled afterthey were linked to the recent salmonella poisoning acrossthe US.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official SherriMcGarry said the salmonella found at Wright County Eggin Iowa matches the fingerprints of the salmonella found inmany of the sickened.

The officials emphasized they do not yet know how thechicken feed became contaminated. Investigator are studying600 samples from 24 locations at the two farms. Wright

County Egg said in a statement that they will work with theFDA for reviewing the feed ingredients purchased fromoutside vendors. The life-threatening illnesses is expected toincrease. However, no deaths have been reported due to thisoutbreak.—Xinhua

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Five trapped Chilean minerssuffer from depression

COPIAPO, 28 Aug—Five of the 33 Chilean minerstrapped deep underground for 22 days suffer fromdepression and will be treated remotely by apsychiatrist, Health Minister Jaime Manalich said onFriday. “Five of the miners are isolated, are not eatingwell and do not want to appear on camera” after someof their colleagues filmed a video with a micro-cameraand sent it back up a narrow shaft, Manalich said.“This is what we call depression.”

The depressed miners were due to speak with apsychiatrist later Friday, the minister added.

But Manalich also noted that the miners’ healthoverall had made significant progress.

“We have successfully hydrated them. They arenot suffering from thirst, their urine is normal, they nolonger have diarrhoea,” Manalich said.

Internet

Relatives watchon a screen a

video recordedwith a camera in

a probe on26 Aug, 2010 of

trapped miners inChile.

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Visitor arrivals to S’pore up24.1% to exceed 1 million in July

SINGAPORE, 28 Aug—Visitorarrivals to Singapore grew 24.1per cent to reach 1,095,000 in July,the highest ever recorded visitorarrivals in the month of July.

This is also the first time thatvisitor arrivals have exceeded 1million in a single month. TheSingapore Tourism Board attri-buted the buoyant growth in visitorarrivals in July largely to improvedtravel sentiment and the draw ofSingapore’s Integrated Resorts andthe Great Singapore Sale.

It said tactical promotions byairlines and hotels, as well asmarketing initiatives by STB’sregional offices also boosted touristarrivals. Visitor days increased 21per cent on-year in July to 4.3million days. Indonesia, China,Australia, Malaysia and India wereSingapore’s top five visitor-generating markets. Theyaccounted for 53 per cent of totalvisitor arrivals for the month.

Indonesians made up

Ukraine not to introducequotas on grain exports

before 15 SeptKIEV, 28 Aug—Ukraine will not

introduce quotas on grain exports before15 Sept, Deputy Prime Minister ViktorSlauta said on Friday.

“Let us wait by 15 Sept to see how themarket operates. If nothing extraordinaryhappens we will not impose anyrestrictions,” Slauta told reporters. Grainexport quotas would be imposed just incase of a sharp rise in prices on worldmarkets or speculative processes insidethe country, he said, adding that “thecountry’s grain export works normally.”

Ukraine’s Ministry of Agrarian Policyconfirmed it recently revised the grainexport forecast for 2010/11 marketingyear from 15 million tons to 40.8 million.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Agrarian Fundhas suspended the purchase of grain dueto a sharp rise in prices, Slauta said.According to early reports, thegovernment was considering theintroduction of such quotas as one milliontons for barley and 1.5 million tons forwheat by the end of 2010 due to fears ofa domestic food shortage.—Xinhua

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen suesApple, Google and other companies

SAN FRANCISCO, 28Aug — Interval LicensingLLC, a company run byMicrosoft co-founderPaul Allen, on Fridayfiled a complaint in a UScourt against Apple,Google and other ninecompanies, accusingthem of patentinfringement.

In addition to Appleand Google, the elevendefendants also includeAOL, eBay, Facebook,Netflix, Office Depot,OfficeMax, Staples,Yahoo and YouTube.

The patents in thelawsuit coverfundamental webtechnologies firstdeveloped at IntervalResearch, a now defunctbusiness founded byAllen and David Liddlein 1992, according toInterval Licensing.

“Interval Researchwas an early, ground-breaking contributor tothe development of theinternet economy,” David

Postman, a spokesman forPaul Allen, said in astatement.

“This lawsuit isnecessary to protect ourinvestment in innvation,”Postman noted.

Xinhua

NASA spacecraft finds multiplanet solar systemALASKA, 28 Aug—

Scientists at NASA havemade a huge find: a star2,300 light-years awaywith a solar system oftwo, and possibly three,planets orbiting around it.NASA’s Keplerspacecraft, which isequipped with a powerfultelescope, made the findwhile scanning the starsin the Milky Way,searching for other solarsystems. Kepler “noti-ced” that a star, dubbedKepler-9, had two, andpossibly three, planets“transiting” the star —meaning the planets wereregularly crossing infront of their star. Thetwo planets, given theclunky names of

This artist’s concept illustrates the two Saturn-sized planetsdiscovered by NASA’s Kepler mission.—INTERNET

“Kepler-9b” and“Kepler-9c”, appear tobe orbiting their star atspeeds of 19.2 and 38.9days. NASA scientistswere able to concludethat the planets are aboutthe size of Saturn byusing Kepler’s ultra-precise camera tomeasure the way the

planets interrupted thestar’s light. Earlier thisweek, Europeanastronomers said theydiscovered a solarsystem too. The system,around a star called HD10180, is 127 light yearsfrom Earth and maycontain a stunning sevenplanets.—Internet

Clearwire plans pay-as-you go serviceNEW YORK, 28 Aug—Clearwire Corp said on Friday

that it is planning a pay-as-you-go service, representing anew customer segment for the high-speed wireless serviceprovider. The company, which is majority-owned bySprint Nextel, currently focuses on so-called postpaidservices where consumers pay a flat monthly fee forwireless data services for laptop computers. Clearwiredeclined to give more details in following a statementflagging a conference call on Monday morning. Biggerrival AT&T Inc recently started offering tiered servicepricing instead of flat monthly fees for unlimited dataservices. Clearwire is the first US service provider to offerfourth-generation wireless services but its biggest rival,Verizon Wireless, is expected to follow suit with a 4Gservice later this year. Verizon Wireless is a venture ofVerizon Communications and Vodafone Group Plc.

Reuters

232,505 visitors, China 117,728,Australia 87,273, Malaysia82,512 and India 64,862 visitors.

12 out of the top 15 marketsregistered positive year-on-yeargrowth in July this year. Chinaregistered the highest growth of62.8 per cent, followed byMalaysia at 52.6 per cent andHong Kong SAR at 39.9 per cent.Hotel room revenue increased37.2 per cent on-year to S$173million. Average occupancy raterose 10.2 percentage points on-year to reach 90 per cent, whilethe average room rate increased19.9 per cent to about S$209 inJuly.—Internet

US entrepreneurCharles Simonyi (L)

meets his friend,Microsoft co-founder

Paul Allen at theBaikonur cosmodrome

on 25 March, 2009.XINHUA

Sony attempts glasses-free 3-DTOKYO, 28 Aug — Sony Corp is working on

3-D televisions that don’t need special glasses, joininga race with rival Toshiba Corp, but sees cost andtechnological hurdles to overcome before they can goon sale.

Toshiba said earlier this week it is working onglasses-free 3-D TVs, although no decision had beenmade on when they will go on sale.

Mainstream 3-D TVs now on sale, such as thosefrom Panasonic Corp and Sony Corp, require glasses.But there are already screens that don’t require glasses,mainly intended for store displays. They require theviewer to stand in specific spots for the 3-D effect toemerge, and the image quality is much lower than thatof screens using glasses.

“Seeing 3-D without glasses is more convenient,”Sony Senior Vice President Yoshihisa Ishida said on

Thursday at Tokyo headquarters. “We must takeaccount of pricing before we can think about when tostart offering them.”—Internet

Sony unveiled six models of quick-start Blue-rayplayers/recorders for the Japanese market on

Thursday.—INTERNET

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When the raincomes in Myanmar,bamboo shoot pickle isabundant and smell fromthe pickle is floating inmarkets. The bambooshoot pickle dish is oneof popular Myanmarcuisines and gives agood appetite.

But, who knowshow does the bambooshoot pickle dish cometo a dining table? InMyanmar, almost everytown has its local foodproduct. While bambooshoot pickle from the re-gions of the eastern partof Pyinmana is popularthan other bamboo shootpickles from other areas,tea leaves and “Pe-poke”, dried sheets ofsoya beans, fromTaunggyi and othertowns in Shan State arewell known in thecountry.

I, being aninquisitive man, wasvery eager to find outhow do local people inrural areas work to getbamboo shoots and howdoes the pickle come tomarkets.

Fortunately, Ifound local farmerscarrying bamboo shootson their way back fromforests during my stay inWae-gyi Village, justabout 20 miles east ofNay Pyi Taw Pyinmana,last month.

Honest living behind Myanmar's popular cuisine Hmyit-chin (bamboo shoot pickle)By A M Soe

For me, it was arare opportunity to seehow ordinary peopleworked in the forests. Igot up early morning thenext day and took amotorbike taxi to the footof the mountain ranges.When I arrived there, Ifound there were manylocals carrying basketswith wooden handles ontheir back and strings helpthem carry the basketseasily, inside the basketsare only some bambooskewers and choppers.Some are marching alongthe lane flanked by bushesand trees leading to themountain ranges.

“We are farmers,our job after completingploughing in rain-fed fieldis collecting bambooshoots in the forests on themountain ranges”, said afarmer from the village ofTe-gon, which is famousfor producing bambooshoot pickle.

When the rainpours in the centralMyanmar, bamboo shootsare mushrooming in theforests along themountain ranges.

As they have fin-ished ploughing and whilewomen plant riceseedlings in rain-fed field,local farmers carry on forgathering the bambooshoots on the ShanMountain Ranges duringthe four-month of rainy

season from June to Sep-tember. Getting up beforethe sun rises, entering theforests on mountainranges to cut bambooshoots and going backbefore the sun sets aretheir daily routine in therainy season. Childrenalso go to the forest alongwith their fathers to helptheir families in the week-ends. According to thefarmer, the number ofbamboo shoot hunters hasincreased this year, reach-ing over 100 every day.

Unfortunately, Iwas dissuaded to go alongwith them to the forests asthey thought that I was notas tough enough asthemselve to struggle thehard work in the forests.But, I had a chance to waitfor them at the water fallwhich is just 30-minute-walk from the foot of themountain ranges.

After trekkingaround three hours, theyarrived at the top of themountain range. Afterhaving lunch broughtfrom their homes, packedin plantain leaf, theyentered into the forestsalong the mountainranges, said Win Soe, 37,father of two, living in thevillage of Wae-gyi, 15-minutes drive from thefoot of the mountainranges.

“If it's just aboutone foot in size, we cut it,

peel the outer layers,string them on skewersand arranged them in the“Pa” he said. The “Pa” isthe bamboo basket withstring and two handlesspecially designed tocarry the baskets comfort-ably on their backs.

Around 3 o' clockin the evening, I, whilesplashing my face withwater at the water fall,found some farmers car-rying the baskets heavilyloaded with bambooshoots, were walkingdown slowly from themountain, sweat werepouring on their face andtheir shirts were soakedwith sweat. It was themost exciting sight I wit-nessed during my staythere.

They have to taketheir time to reach the footof the mountain rangesbefore the sun sets to sellthe shoots. They sold theirbamboo shoots to thebrokers waiting at the footof the mountain.

A farmer collectsfrom 30 to 40 viss ofbamboo shoots per day,earning around K 8000 inthe mid-rainy season. Theprice of bamboo shootsdeclines, reaching aroundK200 for one viss in themid-rainy season whenthe bamboo shoots areplentiful due to sufficientrain falls from aroundK600 for one viss in early

rainy season.As the region usu-

ally enjoys poor rain fallsin early rainy season, theycan collect only two orthree viss of bambooshoots per day duringthose days when the pricehas increased up to K600per viss.

The bamboo shootseason is also the time forlocal farmers to earn moreincome.

However, they can'tgo to the forest every daysince it is a tiring job. “Ourwork is very very tiringand risky. Sometimes, weslipped on stones and gotmuscle pains. That's whywe can't go to work everyday, and have to stay athome for two or three daysin a week to take a rest,”Win Soe said.

Though so tired,some go to Te-gon, thevillage of the bambooshoot pickle makers, toget a good price. Aftertaking pictures of bambooshoot trading at the footof the mountain, Iproceeded to the villageof Te-gon by motorbike.

While I waschatting with some picklemakers, I foundtransporters drove motor-bikes loaded with bags ofbamboo shoots to thevillage located about 20-minute drive from the footof the mountain. Whenthe dark comes, villagers

are ready to start theprocess of making bam-boo shoots pickle.

Bamboo shootsare chopped into slicesand soaked in water fortwo days in a tank. Thebamboo shoot picklemakers sold theirproducts to shops inNay Pyi Taw Pyinmana.At the shops, thebamboo shoot picklewas labeled in differentnames and sold to cus-tomers.

“There are manylabels of bamboo shootpickle packages at shopsin the town. All are ourpickle.” a man said as hewas slicing the rawbamboo shoots at hishome in the village ofTe-gon. Thanks to theforests, even childrenare earning now as theydo in lighter work ofslicing the bambooshoots.

As they said,they don't need to worryfor their food and theyowe a great debt ofgratitude to the forestsand mountain ranges fortheir livelihood. Themountain ranges takecare of their livelihood,giving the seasonal jobto locals. Yes, they canalso find other seasonalcrops growing naturallyin the forests, to maketheir honest living.

*****

A bamboo shoot hunter walking down slowly with basket full ofbamboo shoots.

Villagers shouldering baskets of bamboo shoots on their way back

home.

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 29 August, 2010

White Elephants of MyanmarDr. Khin Maung Nyunt

Animals with striking features, beautiesand pleasant voices are revered and veneratedbecause they are bel ieved to possessauspiciousness, magical spell and supernaturalpower, capable of bringing glory, greatness,peace, progress, prosperity, longevity of life andgood fortune to the owner and to the countrywhere they appear. White tiger, white horse,white buffalo, white ox, white cow, white crow,white dove, white peacock and white elephantare regarded sacred and lucky mascots in humancivilization till today.

White elephant played a major role inBuddha Jatakas. The story of Sadan WhiteElephant, the Jataka of King Vessandara, theLord of the White Elephant, the conception ofBodhi Sattha in the womb of Queen mother MahaMaya when she dreamt the entering of a malewhite elephant into her womb are there eminentevidences. White horse and white elephant aretwo of seven ratanas (treasures) of Cakaravan(Universal Monarch) according to the texts ofancient treatises. Myanmar kings performed royalploughing ceremony riding bejewelled gilt ploughpulled by a pair of richly caparisoned oxen ofmilky white complexion.

King Anawrahta, the builder of the firstMyanmar Union used white elephants to bring tohis Naypyitaw Bagan 33 sets of Tipitaka, a whiteelephant named “Palei Pyone” (Smiling Pearl) toconvey replica of sacred Tooth Relic and anotherwhite elephant named “Than Myan Swar” (Strongand Swift) for choosing five auspicious sites forbuilding five Sacred Tooth Relic Pagodas. Heowned 38 white elephants and King Alaungsithuhad 35 white elephants.

Among Mon, Rakhine and Bama kings ofsuccessive historic periods, there were kingswho assumed the title “Lord of White Elephantor Elephants” because they owned them. Thuswe have Tazi Shin (One White Elephant) Thihathuand Ngazi Shin (Five White Elephants) KyawSwa of Pinya Period; Tayaphya, Thihathu andShwe Nan Kyaw Shin were lords of WhiteElephant of Inwa Period, Wareru, Binnya U andRajadarit were Mon kings who assumed the title“Hsinbyu Shin” (Lord of White Elephant).Rakhine King Minyazayi was the Lord of White

Elephant. He even struck silver coins with letters“Hsinbyu Shin”.

King Bayint Naung of Hamsavadi, thebuilder of the second Myanmar Union wasdesignated “Emperor of the Ten Directions” byhis tributary lords. He was entitled “Hsinbyumyashin” (Lord of many white elephants). Europeanvisitors to his Palace Kambozathadi such as CaesarFredrick of Venice, Italy, Gasparo Balbi of Portugaland others reported in their travelogues theireyewitness account of his white elephants and warelephants. King Taninganwe of Nyaung Yan Periodwas the Lord of white Elephant named “SadanPyaung Mon”.

Alaungpaya of Ratanatheinkha, the builderof the third Myanmar Union addressed himself incredential letters “Lord of White, Pink and SpottedElephants”. His second son and successor MyeyduMin who gilt and raised Shwedagon Pagoda topresent height assumed “Hsinbyu Shin” becausehe received the tribute of a handsome WhiteElephant named “Sadan Pyaung Kyaw”. KingBodawpaya, the third son and the fourth successorand donor of the great Mingun Bell possessedeleven white elephants. Besides, another whiteelephant of Sadan type was found in Niban villagenear Bago Yoma hill range and so he assumed“Sadan Hsin Min Thakin”. It was given Pali name“Nibana Pyitsaya Naga Yaza”. This great WhiteElephant outlived five successive Myanmar kings.Its fantastic tusks were last seen on display in theNatural History Museum in London.

Kings Bagyidaw, Thayawady, Bagan,Mindon and even the last Myanmar king Thibawalso owned white elephants and so they were“Hsinbyu Shins”. When the British occupiedMandalay Palace in 1885, they sent to YangonZoo, King Thibaw’s White Mount “Zeya WatanaPyitsaya Naga Yaza”, which passed away not longafter. Myanmar people thought the death of lastMyanmar king’s white elephant was a forebodingthat the British rule in Myanmar would not lastlong. Myanmar regained independence in 1948,just 63 years after Mandalay Palace was takenover by the British garrison in 1885.

In 1958, a female white elephant of about 19years old was found in Indawgyi of MyitkyinaDistrict. She was sent to Yangon Zoo and kept in a

specially built hall. But in 1977 she passed away.Nearly over four decades, there was no

emergence of white elephant until 2001 when amale white elephant of about 16 years in ageappeared in Yathedaung Township, RakhineState. On 15 November of the same year he wasbrought to Yangon and ceremonially named“Rajagaha Thiripyitsaya Gaza Raja”. He wasgiven residence in a specially built pavilion in agarden near Mindhamma hillock, Insein. A yearlater, 2002, second white elephant, a female ofabout 32 years in age was found in the forest ofMaungtaw Township, Rakhine State. She wasbrought to Yangon and accommodated in WhiteElephant Pavilion on 5 April, 2002. She wasnamed “Theingi Marlar”. In the same year thethird white elephant, a female of about 12 yearsin age was found in Maungtaw Township,Kinchaung Stream, Rakhine State. On 6December 2002, she was brought to Yangon andwas given residence in White Elephant Pavilion.Her name is “Rati Marlar”.

The fourth white elephant, a female ofabout 38 years old was found on 26 June, 2010 inthe forests of Maungtaw Township, RakhineState. On 9 August, 2010 she was ceremoniallyconveyed to Nay Pyi Taw and was given residencein a specially constructed White ElephantPavilion, in the precincts of Uppatasanti Zeditaw.She received five Mingala rites namely (1)Anantayika Mingala (Warding off harm) (2)Gehapavesana Mingala (House warming) (3)Battabhunjana Mingala (Feeding) (4)Ravindudasana Mingala (Showing her to the Sunand the Moon) and (5) Namakarana Mingala(Naming). She was named “Bhaddawady”.

These four white elephants that emergedwithin the current decade (2001-2010) bear allcharacteristics and features of a White Elephantas prescribed in the texts of ancient treatises onWhite Elephant, Buddha Jatakas and Tipitaka.Most auspicious symbols of peace, progress,prosperity, glory, longevity of life, good rain,good harvest and good fortune, the four whiteelephants are admired, marvelled and veneratedby Myanmar people. They augur well forMyanmar’s future.

*****

YANGON, 28 Aug — Minister for Finance andRevenue U Hla Tun met with the staff of the CustomsDepartment this morning at the head office of thedepartment.

The directors of seven sections of the departmentreported on formation of the sections and their duties andfunctions, work to be done in the fiscal year and progressin work implementation. The minister left necessaryinstructions.

Next, the minister visited Asia World ContainerInspection Camp where he inspected examination of the

Minister meets CustomsDepartment staff

Minister for Finance and Revenue U Hla Tun meeting with staff of Customs Department.F&R

containers through X-Ray scanning machine, exportand import tasks in the warehouses and export/import

supervisory work. Then, the minister gave officialsnecessary instructions.— MNA

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(from page 1)A total of 12 spe-

cies of fish were beingbred at the ponds to be-come the poly culture.Fish were bred at threelevels of water in theponds minimizing lossand wastage of feedstuff.

Fish was fed with

Integrated farming helpsimprove…

wastage of feedstuff ofchicken and planktonsthrough the indirect feed.Feces of chicken were col-lected whenever the sani-tation was carried at atpoultry farms, and then thefeces were fed to mangoplantations as fertilizer.

Feces of chicken

were not fed to fish di-rectly for the sake of bio-security. Two workerswere assigned at everypoultry farm and they wereprovided with safetyequipment for the farms.The poultry farms weresprayed pesticides underinspection ofveterinarians. Therefore,any animal diseases in-cluding bird flu did notbreak out at the farms in

Taungpyone region.The integrated

farming has doubled theincomes of employer andemployees. The workerfamilies invested their sur-plus incomes in the farmsat fare interests. The em-ployer said, “The workersare my investors.”

Some youth fromthe integrated farm becamegraduates and are discharg-

Workers put fingerlings into ponds of integrated farm.

Photo shows a cow bred at integrated farm in Shwedaw Village ofHpa-an Township.

ing duties of teachers at thevillages aroundTaungpyone region. Theemployer donated a build-ing for Basic EducationPrimary School.

At present, about100 persons are engagedin poultry and fish farm-ing and they possess pri-vate cars and motorbikes.

The integratedfarming creates new fam-

ily system that the fam-ily members do not de-pend on the income ofthe family head only andcarry out tasks of familyon their bit to be able toearn incomes. Actually,the integrated farming isserving the national in-terest and promoting themeat and fish sector.

Translation: TTAKyemon: 28-8-2010

YANGON, 28 Aug—Minister for Social Welfare,Relief and Resettlement U Maung Maung Swe visitedInstitute of Social Welfare of Social Welfare Depart-ment here this morning.

SWRR Minister visits training schools in Yangon

The minister then went to Training Centre forDisabled Youth and inspected progress of hall meas-uring 50x30 feet donated by Singapore Association ofMyanmar and attended to the needs.—MNA

YANGON, 28 Aug—Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment Committee Mayor U Aung Thein Linnattended the opening of reinforced tube well atAungchantha Housing Complex in EastShwegondaing Ward, Bahan Township here thismorning.

The mayor formally opened the tube well andlooked round 24000-gallon capacity water storagetank, ground tanks and piping of water to apartments.He then visited Myagyuntha Recreation Park inMayangon Township.—MNA

Yangon Mayor attendsopening of tube well

Free medicaltreatment givenYANGON, 28 Aug —Deputy Minister for Health

Dr Paing Soe this morning visited Sangyoung TownshipHealth Department where the specialists of YangonRegion Health Department, Yangon West General Hos-pital, Yangon Eye Hospital, Yangon Ear, Nose andThroat Hospital were giving free treatment to the public.

The specialists carried out hepatitis B screeningand screening of other diseases and vaccinated the publicagainst hepatitis B. Similarly, 288 patients were giventreatment and some needed to be operated were trans-ferred to specialist hospitals. Traditional medicine prac-titioners from the Traditional Medicine Department alsogave free treatment to 35 patients.

On 27 August morning at Yangon Central WomenHospital, the deputy minister met with the medicalsuperintendent, professors, specialists, doctors, nursesand hospital staff.—MNA

Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement U Maung Maung Swe inspects the site forconstruction of Institute of Social Welfare.—MNA

Construction of Kyweshin Bridge,Nay Pyi Taw-Kanbya…

(from page 16)Myothit-Kanbya (Magway) Road being undertaken bytwo road special groups, four district groups and 11companies. After giving necessary instructions, theminister fulfilled the requirements.

He then met departmental personnel, companystaff and officials.

The minister also inspected placing of gravelbetween mile post Nos 65 and 70 on Nay Pyi Taw-Taungnyo-Myothit-Kanbya (Magway) Road by MinbuDistrict Public Works and between mile post Nos. 70and 75 by King General Service Co Ltd and leftnecessary instructions.—MNA

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Rains trigger landslide inTurkey, 12 killed

ANKARA, 28 Aug—Landslides and floods triggered by torrential rains sweptthrough a town in northern Turkey, killing at least 12 people, officials said onFriday.

The landslide hit dozens of homes in Gundogdu, in the tea-growing Black SeaProvince of Rize. The region has become prone to landslides because of deforestationto clear way for plantations. The rains began late Thursday, as many people werebreaking their dawn-to-dusk fasts for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan,according to the Anatolia news agency.

The Interior Ministry said 11 people were killed and two were reportedmissing. Rescuers later pulled out the body of an elderly woman, the Anatolia newsagency reported, raising the death toll to 12.

Private NTV television said dozens of homes collapsed and cars were buriedin mud. Several roads, including a major Black Sea coastal highway, were shutdown. One survivor, Burak Akat, said his family was dining when a loud sound washeard.

“We realized that the house was going to collapse. It did before I could say,‘Run it’s going to collapse!’ Anatolia quoted Akat as saying. “I managed to throwmyself out but my mother-in-law and my brother could not escape. They wereburied in the landslide.”

At least seven people with injuries were rescued, said Rize Gov. SeyfullahHacimuftuoglu.

Firefighters and other rescuers also evacuated scores of people who werestranded in homes, he said.—Internet

Hurricane Danielle weakens toCategory 3 storm

MIAMI, 28 Aug—Hurricane Danielle weakened to a Category 3 storm onSaturday, as the season’s first major hurricane churned over the open Atlantic Ocean,the US National Hurricane Centre said.

Danielle, located some 345 miles southeast of Bermuda, had top sustained windsof 120 miles per hour, the Miami-based hurricane centre said.

Category 3 storms have the potential to cause devastating damage but Danielleis still far off at sea and is expected to pass well east of Bermuda, the closest land toits path, on Saturday night. Computer models show Danielle tracking northwest andthe Hurricane Centre said it was expected to turn northward later on Saturday beforeheading northeast on Saturday night and Sunday. Strong surf is expected along partsof the US seaboard but the hurricane has posed no direct threat to land or the US Gulfof Mexico oil patch.—Internet

US ambassador’s daughter, 17, dies in NYC fallNEW YORK, 28 Aug—

The 17-year-old daughterof the US ambassador toThailand slipped off hershoes and climbed out ontoa window ledge Friday at aManhattan apartment beforeplummeting more than 20stories to her death, policesaid. Nicole John fell atabout 4:15 am from the topfloor of the 25-storey HeraldTowers, policeCommissioner RaymondKelly said. Her body landedon a third-floor ledge, acamera nearby. It’s not clearwhether she had been tryingto take a photo when shedied, and her death isbelieved to be accidental.

The girl’s father, Eric

The 25-storey HeraldTowers high-rise

apartment building inmidtown Manhattanis seen on 27 Aug,2010, in New York

where the 17-year-olddaughter of the US

ambassador toThailand plummeted

to her deathovernight.INTERNET

John, was appointed USambassador to the Kingdomof Thailand in 2007. John,an incoming freshman atParsons The New Schoolfor Design in New YorkCity, was thought to havebeen drinking. Ilan Nassimi,

25, who rents the apartment,was arrested later Friday oncharges of giving alcohol toa minor, police said. He wasawaiting arrangement inManhattan court and itwasn’t clear if he had alawyer.—Internet

Indonesia’s population boom spellsmulti-sectoral burst

JAKARTA, 28 Aug—An Indonesian popu-lation experts said thatexponential annualgrowth rate of 1.49percent will overload andover-stretch the

Italian mankidnapped

inDominicanRepublic

SANTO DOMINGO, 28 Aug—Police in the Dominican Republic say kidnappershave seized an Italian citizen and are holding him for ransom.

Police spokesman Nelson Rosario says the kidnappers are demanding $1.5million for the release of Federico Dalmasso. The spokesman said on Friday that thevictim was abducted Wednesday night as he arrived at his home in the Boca Chicatourist community 20 miles (35 kilometres) east of the Caribbean nation’s capital,Santo Domingo. Police say a special anti-kidnapping unit has been raiding severalneighbourhoods in hopes of locating the Italian. The 36-year-old Dalmasso ismarried to a Dominican woman and owns a restaurant in Boca Chica, a beach districtthat is home to a large Italian community.—Internet

Animal trainersperform with dolphins

jumping out of thewater in Haichang

Polar Ocean World inChengdu, capital ofsouthwest China’s

Sichuan Province, on26 Aug, 2010.

XINHUA

At least three gunmeninvolved in attack inPeshawar, Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, 28 Aug— At least three gunmenwere involved in the firing incident which brokeout early Saturday morning near the US consulatein Pakistan’s northwest city of Peshawar, reportedlocal media.

According to the reports, the security forceshave cornered the gunmen inside a governmentbuilding and the situation is completely undertheir control.

A large number of security forces have beendeployed around the area where the incident tookplace.

Helicopters have been called in to monitor thedevelopment. Saturday’s attack by unknowngunmen reportedly started at about 5:00 am inShama chowk area in Peshawar, an area consideredto be very sensit ive in the ci ty as manygovernment , mi l i ta ry and in ter -nat ionalorganization buildings including the US consulateare located there.

Eyewitnesses said that the firing first brokeout with a low- intensity blast followed by fiercegunfires.

Latest news reports said that the firing brokeout when unknown gunmen tried to force into thesecured area nearby the US consulate. Shortlyafter the shoot-out took place, the security forceshave cleared the area and all the roads leading tothe site have been closed down.

Xinhua

A man walks past a housetilted sideways after

landslides and floodstriggered by heavy rains

swept through a Gundogdunear Turkey’s Black Seacoast on 27 Aug, 2010.

People were killed whenthe landslide collapsed

homes in Gundogdu, in thetea-growing Black Sea

province of Rize.INTERNET

country’s limitedresources, potentiallyushering in a host of newproblems in comingyears, local mediareported on Saturday.

The rate translatesinto at least 3.5 millionbirths per year which willsignificantly augmentthe current populationsize of 237.6 millionpeople. In just five moreyears, Indonesia’spopulation could swellto more than 250 millionpeople.

According to SriSunarti Purwa-ningsih, ademographer at theIndonesian Institute of

Sciences (LIPI), therapid population growthwould impact theprovision of basic needs.

“Planning and theprovision of facilities forcertain age groupsbecomes vital with largepopulations,” she wasquoted by the JakartaPost daily as saying.

Already problem-atic housing issueswould amplify as morepeople migrate to citiesand set up low-costhouses in squatter areasby river sides andrailway tracks, sheadded.

Xinhua

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A Mexican airlines plane is seen at the BenitoJuarez international airport in Mexico City on 22

August, 2010. Mexicana de Aviation, one ofMexico’s two major airlines, will cease operations

by midday on Saturday, Mexico’s TransportMinister Juan Molinar told reporters on 27

August, 2010.—XINHUA

BRASILIA, 28 Aug—Brazilianfirefighters are scrambling toextinguish rampant forest fires acrossthe country as at least 1,391 fireoutbreaks were reported fromThursday midnight to Friday noon.

A total of 22,730 fire out-breakshave been reported so far this month,according to latest statistics providedby National Institute of Space Research(INPE) on Friday.

INPE recorded 41,636 fireoutbreaks year to date, a 135-percentincrease year on year.

About 10,000 people are involvedin the work of fire-fighting, especiallyin the areas of environmentalprotection. The Federal Police, theArmy and the National Security Forceare also supporting the work to combatfire.

Environment Minister IzabellaTeixeira said the government has

WESTMINSTER, 28Aug —Secondhandsmoke triggers a complexinflammatory responseand inflammation islinked to heart disease,diabetes and otherdiseases, US researcherssay.

Adelheid Kratzer, aninvestigator at theUniversity of Colorado-Denver working underprincipal investigatorLaima Taraseviciene-Stewart, says todetermine how lungtissue may respond tosecondhand smoke, theteam exposed maleSprague Dawley rats tosecondhand smoke in a

LONDON, 28 Aug—In a study using British SignLanguage, signers made different mistakes in thesign and mouthing, meaning hand and lip movementsare separate, researchers say.

David Vinson of University College London andcolleagues propose hand and lip movements areseparated in the signer’s brain. Vinson explains whenstudy participants translated English words intoBritish Sign Language, the hands sometimes made amistake but the lips didn’t.

The study, published in Psychological Science,suggests differences in signs and in mouthingindicated hand and lip movements are not part of thesame sign.

“In essence, they’re doing the same thing asreading an English word aloud without pronouncingit,” Vinson says in a statement. “So they seem to beprocessing two languages at the same time.”

Vinson and colleagues recruited both deaf andhearing signers who had grown up signing with deafparents. The participants sat in front of a videocamera and were asked to sign pictures or wordsshown on a monitor — shown at a fast pace toencourage mistakes that may reveal how language isprocessed.—Internet

Mexico’s largest airline to shut downon Saturday

MEXICO CITY, 28Aug—Mexico’s debt-laden airline CompaniaMexicana de Aviationwill cease all operationson Saturday, senior

government officialsannounced Friday.

The largest Mexicanair carrier will fly its lastplane at midnight onFriday, before it grounds

its entire fleet bySaturday noon, saidCommunications andTransportation MinisterJuan Molinar Horcasitasat a joint Pressconference with LabourMinister Javier Lozano.

No sanctions areforeseen againstMexicana, which filedfor bankruptcyprotection in earlyAugust, and its staff’semployment contractsremain valid, the twoministers said.

The announcementcame after Tenedora K,a private equity firm thathas acquired 95 percentof Mexicana’s shares,voiced its intention toseek additional inves-tors.

Xinhua

Brazil scrambles to put out forest firesinvested about 17 million US dollarsto prevent forest fires, but the structureto combat fire may be insufficientdue to weather and the large numberof illegal fires started mainly byfarmers.

This week, Brazilian Environ-mental Institute gave fines amountingto more than two million dollars forillegal burning in Brazil’s NorthRegion where the Amazon rainforestis located.

In the region’s Rondonia State,one person was arrested in flagranteand fined 1.9 million dollars onThursday for setting fire on a pasture,without permission.

In Para, another state in the region,seven farmers were also fined forcausing fires in 724.91 hectares ofpasture and forest regeneration.

Xinhua

Smoking causes inflammation in lungsspecial chamber fivetimes per week for twomonths or four months.

The exposure was amixture of 89 percentsidestream smoke, whichcomes from the end of alit cigarette and isexposed to the wholebody, and 11 percentmainstream smoke —smoke directly inhaled bythe rats. The rats wereexposed for two 3-hourshifts twice a day,separated by a 2-hourbreak.

The study, presentedat the AmericanPhysiological Societyconference, finds twomonths of exposure to

secondhand smoke wereenough to causesignificant changes in therats’ lung tissue. Theresults were moreprofound after fourmonths.

For example, thestudy finds the numbersof white blood cells —macrophages lungsexposed to secondhandsmoke — indicates therats’ bodies haddeveloped an immuneresponse, also known asinflammation.—Internet

A man walks past the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo on 28 August, 2010.The Bank of Japan is examining holding an emergency meeting early next

week to ease monetary policy as the strong yen threatens the country’sfragile economic recovery, a source familiar with the matter said.

INTERNET

Vehicles carrying relief materials head forPakistan from Kashi, northwest China’s Xinjiang

Uygur Autonomous Region, on 27 Aug, 2010.More than 30 vehicles carrying relief materials

that worth 20 million yuan headed for the flood-hitareas in Pakistan Friday. The materials include

life necessities such as rice, flour, sugar and so on.—XINHUA

MA N C H E S T E R, 28 Aug—US and Brit ishresearchers say they have succeeded in resettingthe 24-hour body clock in mice.

Researcher Andrew Loudon of the Universityof Manchester, England, says several enzymes areresponsible for fine adjustments in synchronizationof circadian rhythm — a timing system thatregulates biological processes plants as well ascreatures.

Loudon, Dr Mick Hastings of the MedicalResearch Council Laboratory of Molecular Biologyin Cambridge, England, Dr Travis Wager of Pizerin Groton, Conn, and colleagues say a drug thatinhibits one of the enzymes — casein kinase 1 —helps in re-setting the body clock in mice.

“We’ve discovered that we can control one ofthe key molecules involved in setting the speed atwhich the clock ticks and in doing so we canactually kick it into a new rhythm,” Loudon saysin a statement.

The study, published in the Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences, suggests the findingmay help treat a number of health problems linkedto disrupted circadian rhythms.—Internet

Hands/mouthing separatein brain

A drug may reset thebody clock

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TABAH VOY NO (397)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TABAH

VOY NO (397) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 29.8.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINE

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797Eight signs that‘must be checked for cancer’

LONDON, 28 Aug — Eight key signs of cancer thatshould be investigated immediately have been identi-fied by scientists. The symptoms predict the risk of can-cer with such accuracy in certain age groups that pa-tients should be referred to a specialist straight awayunless there is a plausible explanation. The research,led by Mark Shapley and colleagues from Keele Uni-versity, was published in the ‘British Journal of Gen-eral Practice’. Identifying these symptoms should im-prove the number of early diagnoses, when people havethe best chance of responding to treatment. The team saidGPs should be given better computer systems to arm themwith the tools to identify cancers much earlier.The signs are: * Bleeding from the rectum (indicative of colon can-

cer in older age groups). * Iron deficiency anaemia (indicative of colon can-

cer). * Breast lump (possible breast cancer). * A rectal examination which suggests cancer may

be present (possible prostate cancer). * Blood in the urine (indicative of cancers related

to urology). * Coughing up blood (potential lung cancer). * Post-menopausal bleeding (possible cancers re-

lated to gynaecology). * Difficulties with swallowing (indicative of

oesophageal cancer). Professor Amanda Howe of the UK’s Royal Col-lege of GPs said: “It’s useful to see these well known‘red-flag’ symptoms and signs validated in primarycare research, and reinforces the importance of en-couraging patients to discuss worrying symptomsearly with their GP.”— Internet

Tortured maid to have surgery to remove 24 nails

An X-ray shows nails in the hands ofL.T. Ariyawathi, 49, who returned to SriLanka after five months as a maid in Saudi Arabia.— INTERNET

COLOMBO , 28 Aug —A Saudi coupletortured their Sri Lankan maid after shecomplained of a too heavy workload byhammering 24 nails into her hands, legs

and forehead, officials said on Thursday.Nearly 2 million Sri Lankans sought em-ployment overseas last year and around1.4 million, mostly maids, were employedin the Middle East. Many have com-plained of physical abuse or harassment.

LT Ariyawathi, a 49-year old motherof three, returned on Friday after fivemonths in Saudi Arabia. Her family onlyrealized what had happened to her whenshe complained of pain and they took herto see the doctor, Foreign EmploymentBureau officials said. “The landlord andthe wife of the landlord hammered 24 nailsinto her when she complained of the heavyworkload,” Kalyana Priya Ramanayake,media secretary of the Foreign Employ-ment Bureau, told Reuters.—Internet

Missouri boy, 2, youngest in world to use artificial lung

2-year-old Owen Stark

Widely usedplastics chemical

linked totestosterone boost

LONDON, 28 Aug —Exposure to the plasticschemical bisphenol A(BPA) can affect men’stestosterone levels, a newstudy has found.

BPA is used in a largenumber of consumerproducts, including foodand drink containers.

A number of countrieshave moved to ban the useof the chemical in themanufacture of babybottles and other feedingitems.

In the new study, an in-ternational team of re-searchers analyzed datafrom 715 Italian adults,aged 20 to 74.

They found that theiraverage BPA exposurewas more than 5micrograms per day,which is slightlyhigher than recentestimates for the USpopulation.

Internet

Older men’stestosterone

varies bycountry, race

NEW YORK, 28 Aug —New research showsolder men’s sex hormonelevels depend on bothrace and geographical lo-cation, casting furtherdoubt on the criteria for“male menopause.” Morethan a million testoster-one prescriptions are be-ing written in the USevery year, experts say,and many go to middle-aged and older men withstunted libido and de-pressed mood presum-ably caused by low lev-els of the male sex hor-mone.—Internet

CAMBRIDGE, 28 Aug —Family doctors could in-stantly detect a raft of dis-eases – from breast can-cer to MRSA – using acheap hand-held devicebeing developed by theUK-based R&D companyCambridge Consultants.The CliniHub, now in itsearly stages of develop-ment in partnership withXenBio Fluidics of SanDiego, California, centreson a cheap detector thatsenses a telltale fluores-cent glow from a raft ofdisease markers that thedevelopers say will be thesubject of patent applica-tions.

ST LOUIS, 28 Aug—When 2-year-oldOwen Stark arrived at St Louis Chil-dren’s Hospital, he wasn’t given muchchance for survival. The little boy hadcollapsed at a store and his heart andlungs were shutting down.

But doctors used a German-built ar-tificial lung that stabilized him so wellthat, at least for now, he no longer needsa lung transplant. The hospital saidOwen is believed to be the youngestperson to receive an artificial lung. “Idon’t think there’s any question it savedhis life,” Dr Mark Grady, a pediatric car-

diologist at St Louis Children’s Hospi-tal, said on Wednesday.—Internet

Actress Anne Heche,left, and actor JamesTupper arrive at the

EntertainmentWeekly and Womenin Film Pre-Emmy

Party in WestHollywood, Calif. on

27 Aug, 2010.INTERNET

China donates 5.36 millionRupees to Tagore Museum

NEW DELHI, 28 Aug—Rabindranath Tagore’spopularity in China willsoon to be displayed inKolkata’s TagoreMuseum as the Chinesegovernment will donate5.36 million rupees(116,500 US dollars) forthe establishment of agallery on “Rabin-dranathand China” in themuseum.

An agreement for thispurpose between theChinese Ministry ofCulture and RabindraBharati University was

signed in India’s Kolkataon Friday at Tagore Houseby Mao Siwei, ConsulGeneral of China and ProfKaruna Sindhu Das, Vice-Chancellor of theuniversity, according tothe Chinese ConsulateGeneral in Kolkata onSaturday.

Mao said Rabindr-anath Tagore was verypopular in China. TheComplete Works ofTagore was published in24 volumes in China tenyears ago.

Internet

Hand-held detector aims todiagnose disease

Cred i t - ca rd - s i zedsample trays inserted ina modern-sized readerhold antibody-coatedpolystyrene beads con-taining a fluorescent la-bel. The antibodies inter-act with specific diseasemarkers, causing thebeads to clump together,quickly producing astrong red fluorescenceunder UV light from anLED.

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BURBANK, 28 Aug—Disney Pixar’s “Toy Story 3”crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office onFriday, the Hollywood film studio announced. Themovie became the highest-grossing animated film ofall time two weeks ago.

The Walt Disney Studios previously celebratedthe $1 billion milestone this year with its live-actionblockbuster “Alice in Wonderland.” Disney is thefirst studio to have two movies earn $1 billion in ayear.

“It’s been an incredible year as we saw the Pixarteam bring Buzz and Woody back to the big screenand watched Tim Burton’s vision for ‘Alice inWonderland’ take the world by storm,” Rich Ross,chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, said in astatement on Friday.—Internet

‘Toy Story 3’ crosses $1Bmark

Singer, composerand songwriter

Randy Newman isjoined by BuzzLightyear and

Woody of DisneyPixar’s “Toy Story

3” during anunveilingceremony

honouring himwith the 2,411th

star on theHollywood Walkof Fame in front

of the historicMusso & Frank

Grill in LosAngeles on

2 June, 2010.INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 28Aug—The previouslyhome-schooled son anddaughter of late pop starMichael Jackson are nowattending an exclusiveprivate school inCalifornia, sources toldTMZ.

Thirteen-year-oldPrince and 12-year-oldParis began at TheBuckley School in theSan Fernando ValleyWednesday. Past atten-

Jackson’s elder kids head toschool

Paris Jackson, (L),Prince Michael Jackson

I and Prince MichaelJackson II on stageduring the memorialservice for MichaelJackson at Staples

Centre in Los Angeleson 7 July, 2009. The“King of Pop” died in

Los Angeles on 25June at age 50.

INTERNET

EDINBURGH, 28Aug—Scottish film iconSean Connery, who is 80,indicated he’s throughwith acting.

“I don’t think I’llever act again,” he toldthe Edinburgh EveningNews. “I have so manywonderful memoriesbut these days are over.I’m swimming everyday and I’m even tryingto get the golf swingworking again — butthat might take a little

Connery says he is retired from acting

Actor Sean Connery

INTERNET

Feng Ning (L, front), Lang Lang’s former teacher,shows a photo of Lang Lang, a young Chinese

pianist, in shenyang, capical of northeast China’sLiaoning Province, on 27 Aug, 2010. Lang Langcame back to his hometown on Friday. He willhold a recital concert in Shenyang on 29 Aug,

2010. —XINHUA

dees of the schoolinclude Matthew Perry,Alyssa Milano, NicoleRichie, NicolletteSheridan and LauraDern.

Internet

bit longer. During thesummer I wasn’t feelinggreat.”

Connery i s pe r -haps best known forplaying secret agentJames Bond in a stringof 007 f i lms in the1960s, 70s and 80s. Hislast major live-actionmovie role was in theVictorian-era act ionflick “The League ofExtraordinary Gentle-men” in 2003.

Internet

Visitors walk past a Disney World sandsculpture during a Hollywood-themed exhibition

of sand sculptures in the Siberian city ofKrasnoyarsk.

A kayaker in the Missouri River 340 boat racesaid he was hit in the face by an Asian silver carp thatleaped from the water.

Brad Pennington, 43, of Houston said he wasattempting to tie his kayak to a three-man canoe toreceive help repairing a damaged rudder about 11 amon Tuesday when he was hit in the face with what heinitially believed was a brick, the Columbia Missourianreported on Friday.

Pennington said the men in the canoe explainedhe had been hit by a 20- to 30-pound fish.

“I just went down the river laughing afterwards,”said Pennington, who dropped out of the race atLexington, Mo, due to his damaged rudder. “I gotface-slapped by a flying fish.”

Duane Chapman of the Columbia EnvironmentalResearch Centre said silver carp have been known tobreak noses and jaws.

A torpedo discovered Friday at a Philadelphia construction site turned out to bea harmless replica, police said. Archaeologists working on the site near the DelawareRiver noticed the torpedo when they arrived about 7 am, The Philadelphia Inquirerreported.

Two men sitting on the replica — and drinking beer — said they and a thirdcompanion discovered it in the river off Port Richmond and moved it to the areaunder Interstate 95, hoping they could sell it for scrap. Police Chief Inspector JosephSullivan said the bomb squad quickly realized the torpedo, which weighed 800 to1,000 pounds, contained no explosives. He said a more thorough examinationdetermined it to be a fake.

The men who said they found the device disappeared before police arrived.During World War II, a shipyard built submarines in Port Richmond and the replicamay date back to that era. The archaeological team is conducting a dig on the siteof a new I-95 interchange.

Torpedo under Philly highway was replica

Kayaker slapped by fish

Photo taken on 27 Aug, 2010 shows the skeleton

of the dinosaur fossil in Zhucheng, east China’s

Shandong Province.

People walk through alife-size maze made up ofmore than 5000 rolls of

bathroom tissue inToronto. Entitled “WalledIn”, the art installation is

designed to raiseawareness of untreated

urinary and bladderconditions such asoveractive bladder.

A Chinese man wholost his arms in a high-voltage accident as achild is electrifyingaudiences with his pianovirtuosity using his toes,fans say.

Liu Wei, 23,appeared on the“China’s Got Talent”TV competition thismonth, playing theclassical piece “Mari-age D’amour” byRichard Clayderman.His performance atShanghai Grand Thea-ter earned him a standingovation and a place inthe next round, ShanghaiDaily re-ported on 13Aug.

Liu suffered his life-altering injuries when hecame in contact with apower line while playinghide-and-seek as a 10-year-old.

Chinese manplays piano

with toes

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CROSSWORDS PUZZLE

Bayern humbled by 10-manKaiserslautern

Fergie backs Rangers fans tocome in peace

Juventus sign Quagliarella onloan from Napoli

Fulham sign Salcido from PSV

Manchester United’smanager Sir Alex

Ferguson.—INTERNET

MANCHESTER, 28 Aug— Manchester Unitedmanager Sir AlexFerguson insists Rangersfans will be on their bestbehaviour when the Scot-tish champions visit OldTrafford for a potentiallyexplosive ChampionsLeague clash.

Rangers supportersand riot police fought run-ning battles in the streetsof Manchester before andafter the 2008 UEFA Cupfinal, which was played atManchester City’sEastlands Stadium.

Over 100,000 Scotstravelled from Glasgowwithout tickets for thematch against Zenit StPetersburg, with 42 fansarrested and many moreinjured during the uglyscenes.—Internet

BERLIN, 28 Aug —Defending championsBayern Munich suffereda shock defeat in onlytheir second Germanleague game of the seasonon Friday as they werestunned 2-0 by 10-manKaiserslautern, theBundesliga’s new boys.

Having won the sec-

ond division last season,Kaiserslautern beat Co-logne last weekend andhave now claimed thescalp of defending cham-pions Bayern with goalsby Ivo Ilicevic and SrdjanLakic, who has nowscored three goals in twogames.

Internet

Premier League clubFulham signs Mexico

defender Carlos Salcidofrom PSV Eindhoven.

INTERNET

LONDON, 28 Aug —Premier League clubFulham signed Mexicodefender Carlos Salcidofrom PSV Eindhoven foran undisclosed fee on Fri-day.

Salcido agreed a three-

year contract with theCottagers after impress-ing boss Mark Hugheswith his performances forMexico at the World Cup.

Hughes said: “Carlosis a versatile defenderwho can play in a numberof positions, so he givesus a number of optionsdefensively.—Internet

Bayern Munich’s Frenchmidfielder Franck Ribery(R) and Kaiserslautern’smidfielder Oliver Kirch. INTERNET

Atletico stun Inter to lift SuperCup

Atletico Madrid’s players celebrate withthe trophy after winning the UEFA Super Cup football match.—INTERNET

Juventus on Fridayannounced that they

have signed Italy inter-national striker Fabio

Quagliarella.—INTERNET

ROME, 28 Aug —Juventus on Friday an-nounced that they havesigned Italy internationalstriker Fabio Quagliarellaon a season-long loan withan option to buy fromSerie A rivals Napoli.

Juventus are paying 4.5million euros to takeQuagliarella on loan forthe 2010-2011 campaign

and will be able to makethe move permanent for afurther fee of 10.5 millioneuros.

The 27-year-old strikerwill be paid two millioneuros per season, accord-ing to Italian news agencyAnsa.—Internet

MONACO, 28 Aug — Atletico Madriddefeated Champions League winners In-ter Milan 2-0 on Friday to lift the Euro-pean SuperCup, delivering an early-sea-son bodyblow to coach Rafael Benitez.

Wie leads at Canadian Women’sOpen in Winnipeg

WINNIPEG, 28 Aug — Michelle Wie remains in thelead at the CN Canadian Women’s Open after shoot-ing a 3-under 69 in the second round.

She is at 10-under overall Friday after opening thetournament with a round of 65 that included a hole-in-one. Wie’s only career victory came last Novemberat the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.

Jiyai Shin is second at 7 under. Morgan Pressel shota 66 and is tied for third with defending championSuzann Pettersen at 6 under.—Internet

After a disappointing first half,Europa League winners Atletico openedthe scoring in the 62nd minute throughJose Antonio Reyes with Sergio Aguerograbbing the second eight minutes fromthe final whistle.

Benitez, who has taken over fromJose Mourinho in the Inter hotseat, thenendured the further misery of seeing Di-ego Milito’s 90th-minute penalty savedby goalkeeper David de Gea. “I think weplayed well at the start, but then lost con-trol,” said Benitez.—Internet Nadia Petrova of Russia

returns a shot to MariaKirilenko of Russia dur-ing the semifinals of the Pilot.—INTERNET

Petrova reachesNew Haven final

NEW HAVEN, 28 Aug —Nadia Petrova is makingthe most of her last-minute wild-card into thePilot Pen tennis tourna-ment, booking her placein the final on Friday witha three-set win over ailingMaria Kirilenko.

After dropping herserve twice in the first set,Petrova bounced back tobeat her fellow Russian2-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Kirilenko was hin-dered after the first set bya sore back, which shefirst felt after lunging fora ball. She took a medicaltimeout in the second setbut said she couldn’tmove as well in the laterstages.—Internet

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Across 1 Chirping insect 5 Pours 8 Unlocks 9 Forsake10 View coloured with emotion12 Everything13 Imbibes14 Stickler for good English17 Spelling contest18 Alienated20 Fissure21 Engine23 Follow24 Lasts

Down 1 Traverse 2 Frozen water 3 Lake District town 4 Journey 5 Characteristic 6 Arousing affection 7 Vest11 Silent13 Sudden collapse15 Weaponless16 Goddess of wisdom18 Banishment19 Ventures22 Sailor

Arshavin gives Arsenalrevenge over Rovers

Arsenal midfielderAndrei Arshavin

gestures after scoring asecond goal during the

English PremierLeague match againstBlackburn Rovers at

Ewood Park,Blackburn. Arsenalwon 2-1.—INTERNET

Premier League champions Chelsea are among theteams in action on a busy Saturday afternoon ofaction after Arsenal beat Blackburn - while ManUtd host West Ham later on. Chelsea beat Stoke

City 2-0.—INTERNET

LONDON, 28 Aug—Andrei Arshavin scoreda second-half winner asAndrei Arshavinavenged last season’sloss at Blackburn witha 2-1 victory at EwoodPark on Saturday.

Theo Walcott hadput Arsenal ahead in the20th minute with a fine,low f in ish . MameDiouf, on loan fromManchester Uni ted ,equal ised forBlackburn sevenminutes later after ElHadji Diouf out-pacednew Arsenal defenderLaurent Koscielny.

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Local Transmission* Opening* News* Caves of Myanmar* News* Beautiful Music Show* Mant Hero, Beauty Queen On Shweli

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Programme Schedule(29-8-2010) (Sunday)

Transmissions Times

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been scattered in Kayah State, lower Sagaing,Mandalay and Magway Regions, fairly widespread inBago Region and widespread in the remaining States andRegions with locally heay falls in Mandalay Region andisolated heay falls in Rakhine, Kayin and Mon States andupper Sagaing Region. The noteworthy amounts ofrainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw (Yezin) (3.35)inches, Nay Pyi Taw (Pyinmana) (3.11) inches, Hkamti(4.96) inches, Kawkareik (3.62) inches, Kyauktaw(3.42) inches, Mudon (3.03) inches, Kyaikkhami (2.87)inches, Hpa-an (2.60) inches and Aunglan (0.94) inch.

Nay Pyi Taw WeatherMaximum temperature on 27-8-2010 was 91°F.

Minimum temperature on 28-8-2010 was 75°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 28-8-2010 was(92%). Rainfall on 28-8-2010 was (3.35) inches.

Yangon (Kaba-Aye) WeatherMaximum temperature on 27-8-2010 was 92°F.

Minimum temperature on 28-8-2010 was 75°F.

WEATHER

Saturday, 28th August, 2010

Relative humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 28-8-2010was (84%). Total Sunshine hours on 27-8-2010 was(3.3) hours.

Rainfall on 28-8-2010 was (1.34) inches atMingaladon, (1.30) inches at Kaba-Aye and (0.99)inch at Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010was (56.69) inches at Mingaladon, (63.23) inches atKaba-Aye and (73.74) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum windspeed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5)mph from South at (16:30) hours MST on 27-8-2010.

Bay Inference: Monsoon is moderate in theAndaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until afternoon of the 29th August2010: Rain or thundershowers will be scattered inKayah State, lower Sagaing and Mandalay Regions,fairly widespread in Kachin and Shan States, upperSagaing and Magway Regions and widspread in theremaining States and Regions with likelihood ofisolated heavy falls in Mon State and TaninthayiRegion. Degree of certinty is (80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Moderatemonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 29-8-2010: One or two rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for29-8-2010: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for29-8-2010: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

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(top) celebrateafter scoringduring the

mixed doublesquarterfinal

againstDenmark’s

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2010 WorldBadminton

Championshipsin Paris,

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pair werequalified for thesemifinal after

winning thematch 2-0.INTERNET

FUKUOKA, 28 Aug—A researcher in Japan haslinked insulin resistance in diabetes and the brainplaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

Lead author Dr. Kensuke Sasaki of KyushuUniversity in Fukuoka, Japan, said more studiesare needed to determine if insulin resistance — thestage before diabetes, when insulin, a hormone,becomes less effective in lowering blood sugar —may help cause these plaques. “It’s possible that bycontrolling or preventing diabetes, we might alsobe helping to prevent Alzheimer’s disease,” Sasakisaid in a statement. The study, published inNeurology, found people with abnormal results onthree tests of blood sugar control had an increasedrisk of developing plaques. Plaques were found in72 percent of people with insulin resistance and 62percent of people with no indication of insulinresistance.—Internet

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Only with stability and peace will the nation developOnly with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracyRiots beget riots, not democracyDemocracy can be introduced only through constitution

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

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

4th Waning of Wagaung 1372 ME Sunday, 29 August, 2010

NAY PYI TAW, 28Aug—Together withdepartmental officials,Minister for ConstructionU Khin Maung Myintyesterday morningviewed upgrading of roadsection from mile postsNo. 12/0 to 17/4 to thefour-way road beingundertaken by Nay PyiTaw District andKyaukse District PublicWorks and Road

Construction of Kyweshin Bridge, Nay Pyi Taw-Kanbya (Magway) Road kicking into high gear

Construction ProjectSpecial Group No. 5 withthe use of heavymachinery.

At Kyweshin Bridgeconstruction project,Deputy SuperintendingEngineer U Thein Aungof Bridge ConstructionProject Construction No.3 reported on mattersrelated to construction ofthe four-lane KyweshinBridge and officials from

two District PublicWorks and one specialgroup on extended con-struction of five milesand four furlongs longNay Pyi Taw-KyweshinRoad Section. Theminister urged them tostrive for timelycompletion of theconstruction tasksmeeting standards andattended to the needs.

He inspected

expanding of Nay PyiTaw-Taungnyo-Myo-thit-Kanbya (Magway)road and construction ofa box culvert.

At Shwebonthabriefing hall nearShwepan Village, ChiefEngineer U Win Pereported on sector-wiseconstruction of 107 milesand 2 furlongs long NayPyi Taw-Taungnyo- (See page 9)

Minister for Construction U Khin Maung Myint inspects construction of four-lane KyweshinBridge.—CONSTRUCTION

Noteworthy amounts of rainfall(28-8-2010)

Nay Pyi Taw (Yezin) (3.35) inchesNay Pyi Taw (Pyinmana) (3.11) inchesHkamti (4.96) inchesKawkareik (3.62) inchesKyauktaw (3.42) inchesMudon (3.03) inchesKyaikkhami (2.87) inchesHpa-an (2.60) inchesAunglan (0.94) inch

YANGON, 28 Aug — Bikho village in Kabingyivillage-tract of Twantay Township in Yangon NorthDistrict has got a new library building.

In the opening ceremony held in front of thefacility on 22 August, the chairman of Township WarVeterans Organization, Staff Officer U Thet Oo ofTownship Information and Public RelationsDepartment, Chairman U San Mya Aye of VillagePeace and Development Council formally opened thebuilding.

The Township WVO chairman and the TownshipIPRD chairman discussed the existence of library inthe long run.

The Township IPRD, Assistant EducationOfficer U Myo Nyunt and Township WVO donatedpublications and Village-elder U Kyaw Gyi a radio tothe library.

Township IPRD

New library building opened inTwantay Tsp

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