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ByAye Min Soe

YANGON, 10 June A

member of the Internation-

al Labour Organization has

urged the Myanmar gov-

ernment, employers and

workers to make use of the

mechanism of the Interna-

tional Labour Organization

in order to help improve the

International Labour Organization can help improve

industrial sector: Myanmar ILO ofcial

industrial sector meeting in-

ternational standard.

U Maung Maung,

member of the governing

body of the International

Labour Organization, said

that The ILO should not be

considered as an organiza-

tion which places econom-

ic sanctions on Myanmar.

There is no pressure from

the ILO on Myanmar today

as Myanmar has already

eradicated forced labour

by 85%. There needs to be

cooperation with the ILO to

develop Myanmar.

In order to attract in-

vestment and to improve the

industrial sector, U Maung

Maung said Myanmar

should seek assistance from

the ILO in terms of techni-

cal knowhow and nancial

assistance.

It is important for the

workers, national employ-

ers and the governmet to

use the mechanisms of the

ILO before huge investment

from foreign countries starts

owing into the country to

prevent the gap between

rich and poor in the country

from widening. Small and

medium sized enterprises

must not be affected in a

negative way by foreign di-

rect investment, U Maung

Maung said.

The Secretary of the

Youth Committee of the

Federation of the Trade Un-

ions Myanmar, Ma Sandar

urged employers, workers

and the government to also

get involved as They can

obtain many benets from

the ILO. According to sta-

tistics by the Ministry of La-

bour, Employment and So-

cial Security, over 430,000

labourers work at 17,800

factories in Myanmar.

Meanwhile, there are nearly

2,000 basic labour unions

across the country, accord-

ing to the Deputy Minister

for Labour, Employment

and Social Security. The

basic labour unions are lo-

cated at industrial zones and

major factories.Meanwhile,

the relations between the

employers and the basic

labour unions are strained,

according to FTUM.

Since Myanmar opened

up over three years ago, the

country has seen freedom of

expression among workers

and farmers and the number

of labour disputes at facto-

ries and industrial zones,

with several well publicized

incidents of employees

getting sacked for making

complaints.

Labour conditions could be improved substantially if the government would comply with

ILO guidelines.PHOTO: AYEMINSOE

YANGON, 10 June

The Japan International

Cooperation Agency on

Tuesday sent a responseto the New Light of My-

anmar regarding an article

published on 8 June, which

highlighted the plight of lo-

cals who had to relocate to

make place for the Class A

Area of the Thilawa Special

Economic Zone, saying that

the difculties should be

solved as soon as possible.

JICA fully under-

stands the difculties which

the Project Affected Persons

(PAPs) are facing, Mr.

Tanaka Masahiko, JICAs

chief representatives in My-

anmar, told The New Lightof Myanmar on Tuesday in

an email conveyed by JICA

JICA Myanmar Chief Rep. responds to NLM article on complaints byformer residents of Thilawa SEZ Class A area

ByYe Myintstaff Thinzar Aung. He said

that quicker actions to im-

prove the livelihood of the

PAPs are expected and

that JICA which provides

advice and technical assis-

tance to the government on

the resettlement process---

will encourage the govern-

ment to conduct job training

programmes to provide a

future for the locals.

Among the problems

highlighted by the NLM

were lack of prospect for

employment and housing,

with not even the most basic

needs met including clean

drinking water.

Dwellers from New

Myaing Tha village, which

is the new home of 68

households that were relo-

cated from the 400-hectare

Class A Area of the Thila-

wa Special Economic Zone,

said that so far only assis-

tance to their childrens ed-

ucation has been adequate.

Offspring of the dwell-

ers are now attending a near-

by school and each of the

students has been provided

with an assistance package

that includes textbooks,

bags, stationary and school

uniform, said the mother of

an 8-grader on Saturday in

an interview with the NLM.

Some dwellers, how-

ever, complained about the

fact that ofcials concerned

has not been acting in line

with JICAs guidelines and

that no nancial assistance

has been provided for set-

ting up businesses, although

locals were sent to classes to

learn how to run small busi-

nesses.

Regarding the issue

of undrinkable water in the

village, the JICA Myanmar

Ofces Chief said that the

government is addressing

the issue by planning to

dig deep wells to obtain

better water quality.

New Myaing Tha vil-

lage became the new home

for the 68 households in

November last year at the

start of the industrial parks

development project in

Class A Area.

Dark clouds hanging over the Resettlement Process for Thilawa SEZ Class Aarea, with locals worrying about the lack of employment prospects.

PHOTO: YEMYINT

President

discusses Third

Wave Reform

Upper, Lower

Houses debate car

substitution pro-

gramme, electoral

system

Myanmar, UN

Assistant Secre-

tary-General dis-

cuss humanitarian

aid for Kachin,

Rakhine States

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Innovative Institute

visit UEC ofce

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NAT IONAL

NAY PYI TAW, 10

JuneUnion Minister for

Foreign Affairs U Wunna

Maung Lwin received a

delegation led by Ms.

Kyung-wha Kang, United

Nations Assistant Secre-

tary-General for Humani-

tarian Affairs at the minis-

try, Nay Pyi Taw, on

Tuesday.

During the meeting,

they discussed and ex-

changed views on humani-

tarian assistance and emer-

gency response to natural

disasters.MNA

Union FM receives UN Assistant

Secretary-General

NAYPYITAW, 10 JuneUnion Election Commission

is allowing application of political parties for registration

as a political party. The Khumi (Khami) National Party

submitted its application for registration of political party

to Union Election Commission on Tuesday.MNA

Public notice for

remonstration1. The Khumi (Khami)National Party, headquartered

at No. 6, Seikkantha Road, Reikkha Ward of Palet-

wa Township, Chin State, applied for registration as

a political party on Tuesday in accord with Section

5 of the Political Parties Regist ration Law. In apply-

ing for the registration, the party has submitted its

name, ag and seal to be used as mentioned hereun-

der.

2. It is hereby announced in accord with the Political

Parties Registration Rule 14 (d) that those who wish

to remonstrate with the Union Election Commission

about the party name, ag and seal may do so with

rm evidence within seven days from the date of

this announcement.

Union Election Commission

Flag of the Khumi (Khami) National Party

Seal of the Khumi (Khami) National Party

Application for registration

of political party

YANGON, 10 June

The Myanmar National

Disability Conference

opened at Sedona Hotel in

Yangon on Tuesday with

international experts and

ofcials discussing the

present situation of persons

with disabilities amongother related topics.

Myanmar National Disability

Conference kicks off

YANGON, 10 June

The Embassy of Israel in

Yangon donated trolleys to

children hospitals and

books to a library in Man-

dalay in the rst week of

this month, according to a

press release by the embas-

sy.

At the donation cere-

mony, Ambassador Hagay

Israeli embassy in Yangon donates children

trolleys, books to Mandalay facilities

Chief Minister for

Yangon Region U Myint

Swe, US Ambassador Mr

Derek Mitchell and Lower

House Social Development

Committee member Dr

Daw May Win Myint, on

behalf of Lower House MP

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,made speeches.MNA

Moshe Behar said, that

Childrens specialists

agree that hospitalization

can be a traumatic disrup-

tion to a childs develop-

ment and to the normal

functioning of a family.

He added that this im-

portant project, launched

by the embassy of Israel,

will help in providing one

more dimension to the My-

anmar medical services,

not only by contributing to

the patients, but also by fa-

cilitating the work of My-

anmar medical staff.

The ambassador also

made a donation of Soul

Bird children book trans-

lations to Pyithu Library in

Mandalay.

He said the purpose of

the education project of the

embassy is to promote the

reading habits of young

generations in Myanmar.

The embassy has do-

nated over 400 translation

books in Myanmar and

Chin languages this time,

according to the press re-

lease, and the ambassador

has visited and donated the

books to public libraries in

Nay Pyi Taw, Sagaing and

Ayeyawady regions, Monand Kayin States.

NLM

NAY PYI TAW, 10JuneThe 12thSenior Of-

cials Meeting on ASEAN

Ministers Responsible for

Information took place at

the Myanmar International

12thSOM on ASEAN Ministers

Responsible for Information commences

Convention Centre-MICCin Nay Pyi Taw on Tuesday.

The meeting chaired by

Deputy Minister for Infor-

mation U Ye Htut focused

on reviewing the accom-

plishments of tasks forASEAN Summits and ASE-

AN Social-Cultural Com-

munity-ASCC, tasks of the

ASEAN Culture and Infor-

mation Committee and the

information subcommittee,

frameworks for future tasks

drawn by Myanmar, stand-

ardization for DVB-T2 in

the ASEAN region, estab-lishment of single Web por-

tal for the ASEAN and re-

lease for the social respon-

sible media accepted by the

ASEAN.

In the evening, the dep-

uty minister hosted a dinner

for delegates to the meeting

and ofcials of the ASEAN

Secretariat.

The 12th ASEAN Plus

Three Senior Ofcials

Meeting will be held on 11

June and the 12th ASEAN

Ministers Responsible for

Information on 12 June at

MICC.MNA

The 12thSOM on ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information

in progress at MICC.MNA

Israeli Ambassador Hagay Moshe Behar donates

books to ofcials in Mandalay.

MONGPHYAT, 10 June

As part of activities to

mark World Environment

Day, educative talks on

environmental conserva-

tion and tree growing took

place in the compound of

Wampon Basic Education

High School in Mongphyat

Township of eastern Shan

State on 5 June.

Township Administra-

tor U Aung Myint Kyaw

and Head of Township For-

est Department U Saw Tin

Myint explained matters

related to environmental

conservation.

Shan State Hluttaw

MPs, departmental of-

cials, rural development

committee members,

teachers and students par-

ticipated in the cultivation

of 430 saplings.

District IPRD

Saplingsgrown inMongphyatTsp forenvironmentalconservation

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NATIONAL

NAY PYI TAW, 10

JuneThe eighth day of

the tenth session of the rst

Upper and Lower Hous-

es of Hluttaw on Tuesdaydiscussed car substitution

programmes and electoral

systems for the next General

Elections.

As most vehicles on the

roads in Myanmar are sev-

eral decades old and pose a

danger to safety of drivers,

the car substitution pro-

gramme will help car own-

ers to obtain a licence on

imported cars and tax them

lower if they hand in their

old cars.

There is high demand

for this programme, said U

Chan Maung, Deputy Min-ister for Rail Transportation

at the session of the Lower

Upper, Lower Houses debate car substitutionprogramme, electoral system

House of Parliament.

According to the dep-

uty minister, Discussions

are underway with the rele-

vant departments and asso-ciations for the substitution

of old cars manufactured in

local industrial zones.

Myanmar started the

car substitution programme

in September 2011, with the

programme to be expanded.

At the session, U Aung

Thein, Deputy Minister at

the President Ofce, also

said that Yangon City De-

velopment Committee is is-

suing land grants in accord-

ance with the law, but he

denied that the committee

did not grant permission to

private companies to con-struct buildings in former

parks. Another major top-

ic discussed at the Upper

House was the electoral

system for the next general

elections. Military repre-

sentative Major Win Theinsaid that he supports the

First-Past-the Post (FPTP)

system which was practiced

in 2010 General Elections,

instead of the Proportional

Representation (PR) sys-

tem which has some weak-

ness, according to him. U

Khin Maung Yi, MP of

Ayeyawady Region Con-

stituency (6), said that he

recommends the PR system

as it is being practiced in 90

countries out of more than

160 democratic states.

At the session, four

MPs refused to accept thePR electoral system for the

next elections. MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10

JuneAs the chair of the

Steering Committee for Re-

forms, President U Thein

Sein met vice presidents,

union ministers and deputy

President says Third Wave Reform will focus on emergence of

new, strong democracy alongside higher living standard

ministers at his palace here

on Tuesday afternoon, urg-

ing them to accelerate the

Third Wave Reform, which

is concerned with ensuring

a solid foundation for a new

democracy to take root and

a higher living standard for

people.

The First Wave Reform

dealt with the introduction

of a multiparty democrat-

ic system and the transi-

tion from the old to a new

system, while the Second

Wave Reform put emphasis

on strategies for executive,

economic, political and so-

cial reforms, the president

recalled, citing the inter-

national cooperation in the

declaration of the Nay Pyi

Taw Accord.

Political stability is of

paramount importance be-

cause it can guarantee peace,

prosperity and safety of the

people, and therefore the

political reform is the most

critical and the most subtle

of all, the president said,

calling on the government

bodies and the public to

cooperate in order to avoid

internal conicts similar

to those of some countries

which are in a transitional

period. He went on to point

out that lengthy conicts

and instability have left My-

anmar further behind than

others in terms of develop-

ment, urging political par-

ties to avoid confrontation

and enter into negotiation as

a gesture of practising polit-

ical culture for a stable and

peaceful political reform.

Speaking of legislative

practices carried out in the

international community,

U Thein Sein said a study

shows that world nations

tend to practise their con-

stitutions and other laws for

some time and make amend-

ments only after a careful

review of their strengths and

weaknesses. Regarding the

measures being taken in line

with the Framework on Eco-

nomic and Social Reforms,

the president talked of

changes in tax systems, al-

leviation of some trade and

investment rules, arrange-

ments for the launch of an

e-government system, and

projects for rural develop-

ment and poverty reduction.

President U Thein

Sein called on ministries

concerned to implement

projects in accord with the

National Comprehensive

Development Plan.MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10

JuneVice President Dr

Sai Mauk Kham received

a delegation led by Ms.

Kyung-wha Kang, United

Nations Assistant Secre-

tary-General for Human-

itarian Affairs and Dep-

uty Emergency Relief

Coordinator in Nay Pyi

Taw on Tuesday to hold

talks on providing hu-

manitarian aid to Kachin

and Rakhine states and on

prospects of the UN and

INGOs to overcome the

challenges faced here.

MNA

Myanmar, UN Assistant Secretary-General discuss

humanitarian aid for Kachin, Rakhine States

NAY PYI TAW, 10

JuneDelegates from the

Innovative Institute visited

the ofce of the Union Elec-

tion Commission here on

Tuesday morning.Four team leaders and

27 trainees of the insti-

tute were welcomed by the

chairman and the secretary

Trainees from Innovative Institute visit UEC ofceof the UEC.

Dr Daw Myint Kyi,

a member of UEC, clari-

ed the structure, its duties

and the strategic plans of

the commission to conductfree and fair elections in ac-

cordance with international

norms. UEC chairman U

Tin Aye explained pre-elec-

tion activities, including the

collection of voters lists,

and the work of the elec-

tion commission, as well as

organizing early-voting for

Myanmar people overseas,and preparations to deal

with possible risks in the

2015 General Elections.

MNA

President U Thein Sein talking about the Third Wave Reform aimed at laying the foundation for a better living standard.MNA

Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham and UN ofcials before discussions on

humanitarian aid to Kachin and Rakhine States.MNA

UEC chairman U Tin Aye and ofcials debate on how to ensure next years

general elections will be conducted successfully.MNA

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Police Captain Myint

Oo and delegation

from Shwepyitha

police station carried

out sanitation works in

the Peoples Hospital

in Shwepyitha

Township of Yangon

North District on

Sunday, also cleaning

the surroundings.

THARSEINDAING

MANDALAY, 10 June

A workshop on security

on football grounds was

Security on football grounds to be improved

following workshopheld at the hall of the Youth

Training School of Manda-

lay Football Academy on

Monday, where the Myan-

mar National League will

hold football tournaments.

The CEO of the MNL

and MNL ofcial U Ye

Myo Thein discussed secu-

rity measures for the stadi-

ums with ofcials, urging

them to implement pro-posed measures. U Khin

Tun of the MNL organiz-

ing committee, MNL se-

curity ofcial U Aye Cho,

Principal of the academy

U Soe Nyunt and other

ofcials took part in the

workshop.

Tin Maung (Mandalay)

KYAUKSE, 10 June

Farmers from Kyaukse

Township started the har-

vest of sesame, with prot

expected to be good in the

2014 cultivation season

due to favourable weather.

Brokers buy sesame

for K55,000 per basket,

with farmers saying that

14-15 baskets per acre are

being produced.

Aung Min (Singaing)

Sesame

harvested

in Kyaukse

Tsp

KYAUKSE, 10 June

The chilli harvest in Kyauk-

se Tsp has begun, with green

and dried chilly not only sold

at local markets, but also be-

ing transported to Mandalay

Chilli yield high in Kyaukse Tsp

and Kyaukse via brokers.

I grow chilli strains

from Thaiwan. Its fruit is

smaller than our domestic

chilli strains and it tastes

sweet and hot. Now, I sell

chilli at K2,200 per viss and

grow chilli on two acres of

land, said farmer U Kyaw

Win of Sabadaw village in

Kyaukse Township.

Aung Min (Singaing)

MANDALAY, 10 June

The Ministry of Labour,

Employment and Social

Security, Asia Speed gen-

eral Service Co., Ltd and

Hti Hlaing Shin Group Es-

sential Employment Agen-

cies jointly organized the

2014 Employment Show

(Mandalay) at the city hall

Job fair in Mandalay sees 700 applications

NGAZUN, 10 JuneAn

educative talk on the use

of rewood-substitute fuel

and environmental conser-

vation was given to local

people in Thabaung Vil-lage in Ngazun Township

of Mandalay Region on

Measures on environmental

conservation discussed

in NgazunSunday.

Staff Ofcer U Bo

Tin Lin of Township Arid

Zone Greening Department

and staff gave detailed

explanations on environ-mental conservation to the

people.Kyemon-645

in Mandalay on 7 June.

A total of 33 local and

foreign companies opened

their booths to invite appli-

cations from visitors, with

some government ofcials

inspecting the fair.

33 companies recruit-

ed over 700 applicants

out of 1,658 visitors, with

some companies planning

to recruit more people in

the near future, ofcials

said.

Job fairs have been

held in Mandalay four

times, helping 6,209

youths to obtain jobs.

Maung Pyi Thu

(Mandalay)

Youths seek jobs at 2014 Employment Show

(Mandalay) at Mandalay city hall.

12thASEAN MinistersResponsible for Information

(AMRI) andrelated meetings

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REGIONAL

A protester against military rule gestures during a brief protest at a shopping districtin Bangkok on 8 June, 2014.REUTERS

Thai hunger-striker les charges

against junta leaderBANGKOK, 10 June

A Thai political activist

who has started a hungerstrike in protest against lastmonths coup led chargeson Tuesday against juntaleader Prayuth Chan-ocha

and members of the rulingmilitary council for de-faming the monarchy andacts of treason.

Chalad Vorachat, aretired navy lieutenant andserial hunger striker, ar-

gues in a complaint ledwith a Bangkok criminalcourt that the army inter-vention based on Thai-lands Martial Law Acthad a shaky legal basis.

In order to announcemartial law, the countrymust be at war or there

must be a violent conict.Permission must also begranted by the prime min-ister and the monarch,

Chalad told reporters out-side the court.

But soldiers pushedahead with seizing power

anyway.

Prayuth took pow-er on 22 May, saying thearmy needed to restoreorder after nearly seven

months of political turmoil

when protesters occupiedareas of Bangkok to try toforce out the governmentof Yingluck Shinawatra

and wipe out the inuence

of her brother, former pre-mier Thaksin Shinawatra.

At least 28 peoplewere killed and more than700 injured during themonths of unrest.

The coup was the

latest chapter in a powerstruggle stretching backalmost a decade betweenthe Bangkok-based estab-

lishment and supporters ofThaksin, whose strongholdis in the rural north andnortheast.

The military rulersscrapped the constitutionafter the coup and Prayuthhas said it will take a yearor more before a general

election can take place.Chalad, 71, rst went

on hunger strike in 1992against unelected Prime

Minister General SuchindaKraprayoon.

Reuters

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee (2nd row R), Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari (R, front), Indian PrimeMinister Narendra Modi (2nd row L), Lok Sabha (the Lower House) speaker Sumitra Mahajan (L, front) and

others proceed towards Central Hall of the parliament in a procession where President addresses the joint session

of Parliament in New Delhi, India, on 9 June, 2014. XINHUA

Modi calls for greater cooperation

with ChinaNEW DELHI, 10 June

Prime Minister Nar-

endra Modi urged greatercooperation with Chinaon Monday and said he

planned to visit Beijingsoon, underlining his ad-ministrations promiseto make a new beginningwith the countrys giant

neighbour.India and China have

rapidly expanded com-mercial relations in recent

years but political ties re-main difcult, after a dis-pute over their Himalayanborder that led to a war in

1962.But Modi, who took

power last month, is seek-ing to engage with Indiasneighbours, including

China. A peaceful and sta-ble neighbourhood wouldhelp him pursue his eco-nomic goals at home.

On Monday, he metChinese Foreign MinisterWang Yi, who was visit-ing India as a special en-voy of Chinas president

to build ties with the newadministration in NewDelhi.

On Sunday, Wang

had a meeting with hisIndian counterpart, Sush-ma Swaraj, that lastedmore than three hours. It

was the rst high-levelengagement between the

two countries since Modiassumed ofce.

The two sides willremain in touch throughthe diplomatic channel to

make necessary arrange-ments for these visits andfor other meetings and ex-changes of leaders on the

sidelines of multilateralsummits, the Indian for-eign ofce said in a state-ment after Wangs meet-ing with Modi.

It gave no other de-tails. Modi has alreadyinvited Chinese PresidentXi Jinping to visit New

Delhi later this year.India was once

viewed as a rival to Chi-nas economic juggernaut.Both the economies have

slowed in the past twoyears, but Indias slow-down has been dramatic.

Asias third-largest

economy grew 4.7 per-cent in the scal year thatended in March. That wasthe second straight year ofsub-5 percent growth, the

longest slowdown in morethan a quarter of a centu-ry.

Reuters

Hun Sen

gives nod toopposition torun own TV

channelPHNOM PENH, 10 June

Cambodian Prime Min-

ister Hun Sen said Tues-day the government wouldallow the main oppositionparty to indirectly operate atelevision channel. Hun Sen

said registration under thename of a private companyis the required condition forthe opposition Cambodia

National Rescue Party torun its own TV channel.Nhem Ponharith, a CNRPspokesman, welcomed

Hun Sens remarks, notingthat the party has been de-manding reform of the me-dia sector, including withregard to operation of TV

channels by political par-ties. In addition to state-runTVK, Cambodia currentlyhas 12 other channels, most

of them in favor of the rul-ing Cambodian PeoplesParty. Kyodo News

Allied copters

kill foreign

troops in

Afghanistan

KABUL, 10 June Five foreign servicemen

died in southern Afghan-istan, the NATO-led co-alition forces said onTuesday, and police and

Taleban insurgents saidthey had been killed byre from helicopters pilot-ed by their own allies.

The International Se-

curity Assistance Force(ISAF) gave no reasonfor the deaths on Mondayin southern Zabul Prov-

ince, days before a run-off round in a presidentialelection. The force saidit was investigating thedeaths.

Local police chiefGhulam Sakhi Roghlewaisaid: ISAF troops werereturning to their bases af-

ter an operation when theywere ambushed by theinsurgents. The air strikemistakenly hit their ownforces and killed the sol-

diers.A Taleban spokes-

man, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi,said insurgents had been

attacking the foreign forc-es when the helicoptersintervened and accidental-ly killed their own troops.

Security is being rampedup in Afghanistan ahead ofSaturdays run-off vote toreplace President HamidKarzai.Reuters

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Hillary Clinton says Benghazi probes wont

deter possible White House bidWASHINGTON, 10 June

Hillary Clinton said thelatest round of congres-sional investigations into

the 2012 attacks on the USdiplomatic post in Beng-hazi, Libya, would notdeter her from seeking thePresidency. Actually, itis more of a reason to runbecause I do not believeour great country should beplaying minor league ball,Clinton told ABC News.

We ought to be in themajors. And I view thisas really apart from, evena diversion from the hardwork that the Congressshould be doing about theproblems facing our coun-try and the world, Clinton

said in a televised excerptfrom an interview airing onMonday with ABC Newsanchor Diane Sawyer. Re-publicans have accusedClinton, who was then sec-retary of State, of not doingmore to ensure the safetyof Americans in Benghazi.Four Americans, includingAmbassador Chris Stevens,

were killed in the attack.In the ABC interview,broadcast on the eve of thepublication of her memoir,Hard Choices, Clintonsaid she was ultimatelyresponsible for my peo-ples safety. But pressedon whether there was moreshe could have done, shesaid there were limits.

Im not equipped tosit and look at blueprints, todetermine where the blastwalls need to be or wherethe reinforcements need tobe, she said. Thats whywe hire people who havethat expertise.

Clinton, who is widelyconsidered the Democraticfront-runner if she enters

the 2016 White Houserace, said she would decideon a possible presidentialbid when it feels right forme to decide. Asked if itwere likely she would notannounce a decision untilnext year, she replied: Imnot positive about that. Butthats probably likely.

Reuters

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Russia would react

to NATO build-up

near bordersMOSCOW, 10 June

Russia would consid-er any further expansion

of NATO forces near itsborders a demonstrationof hostile intentions andwould take political andmilitary measures to en-sure its own security, asenior diplomat was quot-ed on Monday as saying.

The comments comeamid a deep crisis betweenRussia and the West overUkraine and days after USPresident Barack Obamaoffered increased militarysupport for eastern Euro-pean NATO members toease their concerns overMoscow.

We cannot see sucha build-up of the alliancesmilitary power near theborder with Russia as any-thing else but a demonstra-tion of hostile intentions,Deputy Foreign MinisterVladimir Titov told Inter-faxin an interview.

Speaking last week inNATO-member Poland,Obama unveiled plans tospend up to $1 billion onsupporting and trainingthe armed forces of alli-ance states bordering Rus-sia.

The White House

also said it would review

permanent troop deploy-ments in Europe in thelight of the Ukraine cri-

sis, but fell short of a rmcommitment to put troopson the ground, as soughtby Poland as a securityguarantee.

It would be hard tosee additional deploy-ment of substantial NATOmilitary forces in cen-tral-eastern Europe, evenif on a rotational basis, asanything else but a directviolation of provisions ofthe 1997 Founding Act onrelations between Russiaand NATO, Titov said.

We will be forcedto undertake all neces-

sary political and militarymeasures to reliably safe-guard our security.

Russia has long op-posed NATOs eastwardexpansion as threateningits own security and saysKievs plan to associate it-self more closely with theWest including withthe military alliance andthe European Union has forced it to react.

The West accusesRussia of meddling inUkraine to keep the for-mer Soviet country in itssphere of inuences.

Reuters

China to boost anti-terror cooperation with Central AsiaBEIJING, 10 June A

security bloc led by Chi-na and Russia will set up aspecial unit to ght terror

following an upsurge of vi-olence in Chinas restive farwestern region of Xinjiangblamed in part on militantsoutside Chinese borders,state media said on Tues-day. Beijing says separatistgroups in Xinjiang are seek-ing to form their own statecalled East Turkestan andhave pointed to links withmilitants in Central Asia aswell as Pakistan, though ex-perts dispute their inuenceand reach.

By the end of this year,the Shanghai CooperationOrganization will form anew regional group to com-bat terror, the ofcial ChinaDailysaid.

China, Russia and fourCentral Asian nations - Ka-zakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ta-

jikistan and Uzbekistan formed the group in 2001as a regional security blocto ght threats posed by

radical Islam and drug traf-cking from neighbouring

Afghanistan.

Many terrorists whocarried out deadly attacks inChina watched or listenedto video or audio les online

with extremist ideologicalcontent, but such materialsare produced or uploadedoutside China, the paperquoted Zhang Xinfeng, di-rector of the blocs regionalanti-terrorist structure exec-utive committee, as saying.

The regional anti-ter-rorist structure decided toset up a special unit at theend of 2013 to deal with thenew situation, he said at itsheadquarters in Uzbek capi-tal Tashkent.

The new unit will pro-vide help to China, especial-ly to authorities in Xinjiang,to eliminate online sourcesof terrorist and extremist in-formation, the report said.Many experts and rightsgroups say economic mar-ginalisation of the MuslimUighurs, who call Xinjianghome, is one of the maincauses of the violence,which has killed at least 180

people across China in thepast year.

They argue that ben-

ets of development inXinjiang, resource-rich andstrategically located on theborders of ex-Soviet cen-tral Asia, largely have goneto majority Han Chinese,stoking resentment among

Uighurs. The China Dai-ly said that Central Asiancountries have become keyto assisting China combatthe spread of terror.

Terrorist attacks inXinjiang are closely related

to the activities of terror-ist, separatist and extremistforces in Central Asia, so

joint anti-terrorist effortsfrom the member countriesare crucial to Chinas sta-bility, and it is a long-term

Security personnel stand guard outside a high school during the national college entrance exam in Kunming,

Yunnan Province, on 7 June, 2014.REUTERS

Saudi Arabiajails 33 for upto 30 years on

terrorismcharges

mission, Zhang said.Member states of the

bloc already share intelli-gence and information andhave been strengthenedborder security cooperationtoo, he added.Reuters

ABUDHABI, 10 June A Saudi court sentenced 33 suspected Islamist militants onMonday to up to 30 years in prison, the ofcial Saudi Press Agencysaid, eight yearsafter their arrest on terrorism charges.

Seventy-one people were arrested in Riyadhs al Nakheel district in 2006 oncharges including forming a terrorist cell, possession of weapons and plotting prisonescapes. While 33 defendants were sentenced on Monday, the SPAreport had no in-formation on the status of the other 38.Reuters

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Pakistani jets bomb militant hideouts after

airport attack

Taxi drivers wait for passengers outside Jinnah International Airport after militants attack in southern Pakistaniport city of Karachi on 9 June, 2014. The Jinnah International Airport in Pakistans southern port city of Karachi

reopened to passengers on Monday afternoon following Sunday nights terrorist attack that killed 23 people, localmedia and ofcials said. XINHUA

ISLAMABAD, 10 June Pakistans air force

launched air strikes intribal areas on the Afghanborder on Tuesday, killingat least 15 militants, the

army said, two days afterTaleban gunmen seized thecountrys biggest airportand killed more than 30 inan all-night battle.

Militants disguisedas security forces stormedinto the airport near Ka-rachi, a city of 18 million,

on Sunday night. The as-sault destroyed prospectsfor peace talks between thePakistani Taleban and thegovernment of Prime Min-

ister Nawaz Sharif.Nine terrorist hide-

outs were destroyed byearly morning military

air strikes near the Paki-stan-Afghan border, thearmys Press wing said.

No other details were

immediately available.The Pakistani Taleban,

an alliance of insurgentgroups ghting to topple

the government and set upa Islamist state, said they

had carried out the attack inKarachi in response to airstrikes on their strongholdsnear the Afghan border.

The assault on theairport brought the gov-ernment a step closer to abroader army operation inthe tribal North Waziristan

Region where the al Qa-eda-linked Taleban arebased.

The army has periodi-

cally bombed suspected in-surgent hideouts in the re-gion, but has yet to launch a

major offensive to ush outmilitants.

At Karachi airport,rescue workers recoveredthe bodies of seven peo-ple trapped inside a cargo

building, bringing to 34 thedeath toll from the attack.

The bodies are badly

charred beyond identi-

cation, said a morgue of-cial who asked not to benamed.

Reuters

Britains Prime Minister David Cameron (L) and Chinas Premier Li Keqiang shakehands following a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing

on 2 Dec, 2013.REUTERS

Britain to host UK-China summit

after human rights tensions

LONDON, 10 June

Britain will host ChinesePremier Li Keqiang in Lon-don next week for an annualsummit, Prime Minister Da-

vid Camerons ofce saidon Tuesday, two monthsafter a human rights rowbetween the two nations de-railed talks.

Li will meet with Cam-eron at his London residenceon 17 June, a reciprocal vis-

it following the British lead-ers trip to China last year,

Camerons spokesman said.

The prime minister will

meet with Premier Li andtheir discussion will cov-er a wide range of bilateralissues, including trade, in-vestment and commercial

opportunities and the ener-gy and cultural side, Cam-erons spokesman said.

Cameron met with Pre-

mier Li in December whenthe largest-ever British mis-sion of its kind went to Chi-

na to patch up relations be-tween the worlds sixth- and

second-largest economies.

A rift over Britains

stance towards Tibet andthe Dalai Lama, Tibetsspiritual leader, promptedLondon to cancel a plannedtrip by Cameron in 2012 af-

ter Beijing said its leaderswould not be free to meethim.

Differences surfaced

again in April this yearwhen China was angeredby a British Foreign Ofce

document criticising Chi-nas human rights record.

Reuters

SKorea

names

new primeminister,

spy chief

SEOUL, 10 June South Korean President Park Ge-un-hye on Tuesday nominated new prime minister and spyagency chief, presidential ofce Cheong Wa Dae said.

Moon Chang-keuk, a former journalist at theJoongAngIlbodaily newspaper, was named to replace the incumbent

Prime Minister Chung Hong-won, who has offered resig-nation after the deadly ferry sinking disaster, presidential

spokesman Min Kyung-wook told a Press brieng. SouthKorean ambassador to Japan Lee Byung-ki was nominatedas new chief of the national intelligence service (NIS), thecountry s spy agency, the spokesman said.Xinhua

Youre not human, South Korean ferry

crew told as trial beginsGWANGJU, (S Korea),

10 June Fifteen crew ofa South Korean ferry that

sank in April killing morethan 300 people, mostlychildren, went on trial onTuesday on charges rang-

ing from negligence tohomicide, with angry andgrieving relatives of thedead packing the court-room.

Most of the passen-gers were children from thesame school on a eld tripwho stayed in their cabinsas they were told while

surviving crew members,including the captain, werecaught on video abandon-ing ship.

Mourning familymembers packed the courtin Gwangju, the closestcity to the scene of the dis-

aster, as the 15 were led inand seated in two rows ofbenches. One relative held

A woman reads messages on yellow ribbons dedicated to

dead and missing passengers of the sunken ferry Sewol, atSeoul City Hall Plaza in Seoulon 19 May, 2014.REUTERS

up a sign that read: Youare not human. You are be-neath animals.

An altercation arosebetween the relatives andcourt security guards whotried to take the sign away.

The captain and threesenior crew members werecharged with homicide in

May facing a maximumsentence of death. Two are

charged with eeing andabandoning ship that car-ries a maximum sentenceof life in prison. Nine arecharged with negligence,

that also carries a maxi-mum sentence of jail.

Reuters

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avoided, as exible practices do not result in fail-

ure. When confronted with negative people, it

would be easy to get sucked into their spiral of

negativity.

Sometimes, rigid behaviours can turn into

opportunities for enemies. But it is possible to lib-

erate from an awkward situation through a exi-

ble approach.

For example, when a baby is crying for some-thing that the parents have prohibited, the latter

would react with negative confrontation. Such

response would lead to a bad image for the par -

ents. Nearby witnesses would blame the parents

whether the latter are right or wrong, resulting in

sympathy for the baby and regarding them as

uncivilized persons. It is a bad outcome for the

parents.

In such circumstances, the parents should

choose a exible approach to the baby. Op-

pressed children display aggressive behaviours.

If they are not oppressed, such behaviours will

hardly appear.

Confrontation would make the participants

popular or notorious. Confrontation can be

avoided too often by using soft power instead of

coercion. Most of the reasons to start confronta-

tion are because of fear of failure in ones beliefor concept. Psychologically, fear could lead to

failure. Therefore, exibility is sometimes need-

ed to be free from failure.Flexibility is about not getting locked in to

reaching impasse. When we realize that

some practices are not working, we need

to be more exible and imaginative in trying

something different. Flexible approach means

responding to changing or new situations in

ways that move us forward.

Being exible means confrontations can be

By Aung Khin

Second Inwa under

Nyaung Yan dynasty

[1599-1752 A.D] was

as equally peaceful, pros-

perous and progressive as

First Inwa. It was King Tha

Lun [1629-1648 A.D], the

second son and successor of

King Nyaung Yan, who

moved his Capital from

Hanthawaddy Pegu to Inwa

in 1635. His choice of Inwa

for his Capital proved rightby the history of Second

Inwa. Tha Lun learnt the

lessons from the history of

Toungoo dynasty. Hantha-

waddy Pegu was no doubt

the greatest Empire of the

time in South East Asian

Peninsula. It was built and

maintained by might and

main with the strategic fa-

cilities of sea ports, trade

and commerce local and

foreign, and strength of land

and water forces. But lack

of sufcient agricultural

lands and strategic back-

bones could not hold its glo-ry and greatness for long.

Besides, Nanda Bayin, un-

worthy son and successor to

King Bayint Naung has-

tened its downfall by his

short sightedness and

un-statesmanship. There-

fore, Tha Lun abandoned

great empire by might and

main. He preferred pros-

perous kingdom by peace-

ful policy. Once he revived

Inwa as his Capital he be-

gan taking advantage of In-

was facilitiesirrigation

workers, communication

and defence systems andtrade and commerce net-

works.

Long Lasting old Capital Inwa Part III

Second Inwa under Nyaung Yan dynasty

Maha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja

Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt

Year Name of Ship Article of Export Total value

in Dutch orin

1636 Bommel (a) 1,058 carra of 148 lasts of white rice 11,933 (b) 210 slaves (male and female)

(c )12 chests and 4 baskets of indigo(d) 1 maund or basket of wax and 1 basket

of sail yarn

1642 Neptune (a) 200 lasts of rice(b) 325 Bengalee slaves (sex unspecied) 3,881 [with

out the valueof slaves]

(c ) wax and gumlac [amount unspecied]1645 Snoeck (a) 1,575 carra of rice 7,193 [with

out the valueof slaves]

(b) 239 maunds of wax

(c ) 145 slaves1657 Trouwe (a) 390 lasts of rice 14.388

(b) 163 slaves1663 Arnemuyden (a) 390 lasts of rice

(b) 163 slaves 23,943

Time and circumstanc-

es were favourable for Sec-

ond Inwa under Tha Lun to

rise to prosperity. At home

peoples of both lower and

upper Myanmars were tired

of successive wars. They

Lenged for rest and peace,

and were ready to engage in

the activities of economic

prosperity and progress

agriculture trade and com-

merce, First Inwa hadaheady benetted.

Internationally, it was

the century of Dutch as-

cendancy in South East

Asia. The Portuguese had

declined though isolated en-

claves of Portuguese strong-

holds along the sea coasts in

the east tired to stick to their

last grip on spice trade. This

covetous protable spice

trade which the Portuguese

rst took fron the moons

[Arabs] now passed fully

into the Dutch hand in the

17th century. The Dutch

were purely merchant. Un-like the Portuguese they had

no Christian missionary in-

terest in their coming to

South East Asia. Their main

target was lucrative spice

trade and the East Indies

[Indonesian islands] were

the places which produced

abundance of naturally

grown spices cloves, nut-

meg, mace and several oth-

ers, much needed for pre-

serving meat in European

countries for winter use.

Hence the Dutch did their

best to get hold of their in-

terest in these spice islands.As their spice trade boomed,

they needed to cultivate

spices. They needed farmlabourers to grow spices.

They recruited farm labour-

ers from slaves they bought

at centres of slave auctions

at the coastal kingdoms of

South East Asia. To feed

slave farm labourers they

needed rice. The Kingdoms

in Myanmar, Rakhine,

Mon, Myanmar, MraukU,

Hanthawaddy Pegu and

Inwa were rice exporting

centres to where the Dutch

were yearly bound to go for

rice purchase.

The arrival of East India

Companies in MyanmarAs early as Tha Luns

predecessor King, his elder

brother Anauk pet Lun the

Dutch East India company

had arrived in Myanmar and

set up their factories [Trad-

ing centres] at Hanthawad-

dy Pegu and Inwa. Not

Long after, the English

East India company fol-

lowed, and the two began

in rivalry. In Rakhine the

Dutch East India company

had their main ofce at

MraukU. [An old brick

building of Dutch factory

in ruin at MraukU was pre-served by Rakhine branch

of Myanmar Archaeology

Department during the time

of the writers service as

Director-General]. By now

the Dutch were well estab-

lished in the East Indies

and the Dutch East-India

company in Java (renamed

Batavia by the Dutch) was

in full swing in its control

of spice trade with many

branches in nearby main

land particulary a medium

size peninsular country like

Myanmar.

At MraukU in Rakhinekingdom they dealt in slave

and rice purchases either at

private auction sales orroyal auction centres. My-

anmar kings kept royal mo-

nopoly on revenue earning

merchandizes such as rice,

precious stones and slave

trade. The Portuguese did

slave raids and sold them at

MraukU auction centres.

Rakhine kings levied taxes

on slave trade and sold to

the Dutch their surplus rice

at royal auction centres.

While the Dutch brought

whatever the kings and his

people needed from the

west and other places. By

1635 A.D the Dutch facto-ries were well established

at Pegu, Syriam [Thanlyin]

and Inwa. At Pegu they

opened indigo processing

industry by employing lo-

cal labourers in exhibiting

blue dye from Myanmar

indigo to supply to textile

industries abroad.

The amount of rice and

number of slaves exports

and other minors items ex-

ported from Rakhine may

be gauged from the availa-

ble data from the Dutch re-

cords as follows:-

Weights and money ex-change

1 carra = 420 to 440 Dutch

lbs.

1 last = 3000 Dutch lbs.

1 Maund = 42 Dutch lbs.

1 Dutch orin = 1 sh 6

(English money).

1 tanga (dingar) = 2 sh

(English money).

Regarding their facto-

ries at Pegu and Inwa the

Dutch trade had three major

items in their expect mer-

chandize namely rice, cot-

ton and rubies. Among mi-

nor items were forest

products, timber wood(teak) lac, bee wax, Mart-

aban jars and local handi-

crafts. Thanks to the peace

policy of Tha Lun Second

Inwa grew in prosperity.

Agriculture developed. Rice

production increased with

many surplures. Cotton pro-

duction also could meet lo-

cal consumption and for-

eign demand. Cotton was

the much needed raw mate-

rial for textile industries in

the west as well as in China.

Precious stones especially

rubies for which Myanmar

was famous since early days

of foreign contact, are high-

ly protable merchandize

that required least volume

and weight on long sea voy-

age. Hence the Dutch trad-

ing ships came up to Inwaafter they did their business

at coastal ports of MraukU,

Bassein, Dalla, Syrian and

Pegu. They knew that Inwa

was closer to Mogok Kyat-

pyin [Kapalan] ruby trading

town to the north of Inwa.

Besides the Dutch as well as

the English merchants heard

and knew of a frontier track-

ing town Bhamo which

is just about 40 miles away

from China where mer-

chants from both sides took

their merchandizes on

mules and caravans to bar-

ter. It was their interest toopen their factories at Bha-

mo where they could Chi-

nese merchandisessilk,

velvets, porcelain and other

protable luxuries via back

dvor rather than risky, long

pirate infested sea routes in

south East Asia and

South-China Seas. But Inwa

Kings were cautious. They

would never allow foreign-

ers to go to ruby mine areas

and Bhamo which were

main sources of their wealth

and revenue.

(To be Continued)

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TODAYS

MYANMAR

NEWSSITES

Mandalay

Yangon

Shwepyitha

Bogale

Thaton

Hsihseng

THATON, 10 June

The government is placing

emphasis on transform-

ing manual to mechanized

farming in order to im-

prove the agriculture sector

of the country, with most

of the farmers in Thaton

More machinery use in Thaton Tsp to improve

local agriculture

Township of Mon State

having purchased agricul-

tural machinery with loans

from the government this

year.

I bought a power-till-

er last year. After plough-

ing my farms, I accepted

offers of other farmers to

go and plough their farm-

lands. Using the machinery

can save time and money

and is more effective than

cattle. Agricultural ma-

chinery can be used for

ploughing 8-10 acres of

farmlands a day but farm-

ing cattle can only get one

acre done in two days. In

addition, the farming ma-

chinery can be used for

pumping water and win-

nowing paddy, said farm-

er U Tin Win of Zaikkaye

Village in Thaton Town-

ship.Thet Oo (Thaton)

SHWEPYITHA, 10 June

A medical team led by

Head of Township Health

Department Dr Daw Mi

Mi Khaing of Shwepyitha

Township, Yangon Re-

gion, inspected free medi-

Public healthcare provided in

Shwepyitha Tsp

cal treatment given to local

people in the local health

centres in wards and villag-

es on 6 June.

The medical team also

chlorinated water tanks and

wells to prevent dengue

haemorrhagic fever during

the rainy season.

Locals were informed

about health hazards and

educated on ways to im-

prove their health.

Thar Sein Daing

MANDALAY, 10 June

A wellwisher donatedsunglasses to members of

the Trafc Police Force of

Mandalay Region, as the

Trafc Police Corps Nay

Pyi Taw on 24 April an-

nounced that members are

now allowed to wear sun

glasses to protect their eyes

from the high UV index in

Sunglasses donated to trafc police

in MandalayMyanmar.

On 5 June, U Hla My-intGolden Dragon wed-

ding halldonated 310

pairs of sunglasses to Po-

lice Major Thein Ko Ko for

members of the trafc po-

lice force.

Experts have warned

that exposure to the sun dur-

ing daytime is highly dam-

aging to skin and eyes as the

UV index in most parts ofMyanmar regularly climbs

above 12, which is extreme.

Ofcials said that al-

though police ofcers are

now allowed to wear sun

glasses, no fancy designs

are allowed.

Min Htet Aung (Mandalay

Sub-printing House)

HSIHSENG, 10 JuneA

ceremony to hand over

crops seeds for the 2014-

15 cultivation season was

held at the monastery inBanyin village of Hsi-

hseng Township in south-

Palethwe hybrid paddy seeds presented

to farmers in Hsihseng Tspern Shan State on Sunday.

Staff Ofcer U Kyaw

Kyin of the Township

Agriculture Department

talked about crops for al-ternative development and

other related agricultural

tasks, with other ofcials

presenting Palethwe hy-

brid paddy seeds to farm-

ers from Banyin and Bant-

bwee village-tracts.Khun Ye Htwe

(Hsihseng)

BOGALE, 10 JuneA

ceremony to inaugurate

an upgraded basic educa-

tion high school was held

in Hayman Village-tract

of Bogale Township,

the seaside town of Ay-eyawady Region, on Sun-

day.

High school upgraded to BEHS

in Bogale TspDeputy Township Ed-

ucation Ofcer U Thaung

Myint and Headmaster U

Than Tun explained what

improvements had been

done to the school, school

development task and alsocongratulated outstanding

students on their achieve-

ments.

The Afliated Basic

Education High School in

Hatman Village was up-

graded by the Ministry of

Education in time for the

beginning of this academ-ic year.

Aung Min (Boga le)

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Libyan court says PMs election invalid, raising hopes of end to stalemate

Libyas Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq speaks during

a news conference at the ofce of the Prime Minister inTripoli on 7 June, 2014. REUTERS

stitutional, a ruling thatcould reduce volatile po-litical tensions in the major

OPEC member state.It also raised hope that

some oil ports occupiedfor 10 months by rebels inLibyas east will reopen. In

April, rebels signed an ac-cord with the governmentof Maiteeqs predecessorto unblock the vital Medi-

terranean ports but its im-plementation stalled whenthey refused to deal withMaiteeq, a businessman.

Port rebel leader Ibra-him Jathran welcomed theSupreme Court ruling, ac-cording to a statement.

Maiteeq said he wouldaccept the court decision,which reinstates Abdullah

al-Thinni as caretaker pre-mier, according to parlia-ments deputy speaker.

Libya has had twopremiers Thinni and

Maiteeq with two cab-inets since the latter gotelected in a chaotic voteby parliament a month

ago, compounding a senseof anarchy and drift threeyears after the uprisingthat overthrew Muammar

Gadda.Gaddas one-man

rule over 42 years leftLibya without credible

governing institutions andsecurity services to imposestate authority on ex-rebels

and Islamist militants, whonow use armed muscle tocarve out efdoms andmake demands on Tripoli.

Thinni had original-

ly resigned in April afterwhat he said was a shoot-ing attack on his familyhome by militiamen, but

then refused to hand overpower to Maiteeq pendinga court decision.

The ruling stated...

the appointment of MrAhmed Maiteeq as premierof the interim governmentwas unconstitutional,

state television quoted thecourt as saying, withoutciting the legal basis of its

decision.Parliaments sec-

ond deputy speaker SalahMakhzoum told reportersthat lawmakers would re-

spect the ruling.Abdullah Al-Thinni

is the caretaker prime min-ister until congress (par-

liament) learns the courtsreasons for deciding Mait-eeqs election was uncon-stitutional.

Parliament will dis-cuss the matter further onTuesday, he said.

Reuters

TRIPOLI, 10 June

Libyas Supreme Courtruled on Monday that par-

liaments election of Prime

Minister Ahmed Maiteeqa month ago was uncon-

White House-Congress rift

over Bergdahl deal deepens

WASHINGTON10 June, A political storm over

the trade of ve Taliban in-mates for a captured Amer-

ican soldier intensied onMonday when Obama ad-ministration ofcials toldUS lawmakers that up to 90

people within the adminis-tration but no membersof Congress were toldin advance about the swap.It strikes me as unfortunate

that they could have 80 to90 people in the adminis-tration aware of what washappening and not be able

to trust a single Republicanor Democrat in the House orthe Senate, RepresentativeGreg Walden of Oregon,

a member of the House ofRepresentatives Republicanleadership, told reporters af-ter leaving a brieng on theexchange.

The White House hasbeen trying to appease angrylawmakers since PresidentBarack Obama announced

on 31 May that Army Ser-geant Bowe Bergdahl hadbeen exchanged for the veinmates from the US mili-tary prison at Guantanamo

Bay in Cuba.House Republicans

said they planned an investi-gation of the exchange deal.

Lawmakers and humanrights activists said theyexpected the furor would

make it more difcult towin Congress backing for

Obamas avowed intention

to close the detention camp,long criticized by human

rights groups and others.Congress does not

like to be left out of theloop, Texas Representa-tive Gene Green, a Dem-

ocrat, told Reuters. If theWhite House had called atleast the leaders of nationalsecurity committees, that

would have been much bet-ter and maybe we would nothave had this controversy,he said.

Republican Senator

Ted Cruz of Texas said ina Senate speech on Mon-

day he would introduce abill this week that would

bar any federal funding forGuantanamo transfers forsix months. Congressionalaides told Reutersthat simi-lar legislation is expected to

be introduced as soon as thisweek in the Republican-ledHouse, where oppositionto closing the Guantanamo

prison is far stronger than inthe Democratic-controlledSenate.

Members of Congress

were not informed about theprisoner swap deal despiteUS law requiring that theHouse and Senate be given30 days notice before any

prisoners are transferredfrom Guantanamo. TopWhite House staff haveapologized to a few senior

lawmakers. They have alsoheld classied briengs in-cluding Mondays sessionfor the House and a similarone for the Senate last week.

A classied SenateArmed Services Commit-tee hearing on the matter isplanned for Tuesday with

senior defence and intelli-gence ofcials. Secretary ofDefence Chuck Hagel willtestify in a public HouseArmed Services Committee

hearing on Wednesday.Reuters

US Army Sergeant BoweBerghdal is pictured in

this undated handoutphoto provided by the US

Army and received byReuters on 31 May, 2014.

REUTERS

Eight

arrested

in Cubascollege

test fraud

HAVANA,10 June Eight people, including ve teachers, have been arrested inCubas capital Havana in connection with a college entrance exam fraud, the ofcial

Granmadaily reported on Monday. The suspects ve senior high school teachers, amethodologist, a print shop worker, and a person not related to the educational sector were accused of stealing and selling the math exam paper, the daily reported, citing

a joint statement from the authorities. As a result, students in Havana had to be retestedfor the math exam. The print shop worker had also leaked the contents of exams inSpanish and History, but those contents were changed before the exams, the report said.

The accused have confessed their guilt, the daily added.Those who willfully discloses the contents of exams to students will be sentenced

to between three months and one year of imprisonment. If the perpetrators leak the doc-uments to make money, the prison term can be extended from six months to two years,

according to Cubas Criminal Code. Xinhua

Ukraine sees understanding with Russiaon peace moves

Ukraines President-elect Petro Poroshenko shows thepresidential seal during his inauguration ceremony in the

parliament hall in Kiev on 7 June, 2014.REUTERS

KIEV, 10 June, Ukraine said on Monday ithad reached a mutual un-derstanding with Moscow

on parts of a plan proposedby President Petro Poro-shenko for ending violencein the east of the country.

Kiev gave no detailsand Russia did not com-ment directly but two daysof talks, following a briefencounter in France last

week that broke the icebetween Poroshenko andRussian President VladimirPutin, have given momen-

tum to peace moves.German Foreign Min-

ister Frank-Walter Stein-meier said in a statement

released in Berlin that therewas some faint light atthe end of the tunnel in

the Ukraine conict for therst time in months.

The Ukrainian For-

eign Ministry said in abrief statement in Kiev thatRussian and Ukrainian rep-resentatives had met three

times in the past two daysto discuss Poroshenkosplan to end an insurrectionby pro-Russian separatists

in the east.As a result of the

work, the sides reached amutual understanding onkey stages of the imple-

mentation of the plan andon a list of priorities whichwill contribute to a de-es-calation of the situation in

the Donetsk and Luhanskregions of Ukraine, it said.

The talks are beingmediated by the Organiza-

tion for Security and Co-operation in Europe, theVienna-based security and

human rights watchdog,but almost no details of Po-

roshenkos plan or the talks

have been made public.

It was not even clearwho took part in Mondaysmeetings, although theUkrainian leader was pres-ent at Sundays talks and

said that the violence mustend this week.

Each day when peo-ple die, when Ukraine pays

such a high price, is inad-missible for me, his ofcequoted him as saying.

Poroshenko, who was

sworn in on Saturday, hascalled for daily meetings ofthe contact group and theForeign Ministry said thetalks would continue.

Scores of people havebeen killed since April ineast Ukraine, includingseparatists and government

forces, and Russian speak-ers there are suspicious ofPoroshenko and the new,pro-Western government

in Kiev. But ghting hasebbed in the past few days,despite renewed shell-ing of rebels in the city ofSlaviansk, and Russia and

Ukraine signalled last weekthey hoped to resolve a dis-pute over the price Kievpays for Russian gas andits gas debts.

Failure to secure adeal, though, would fueltension again because Mos-cow has threatened to turn

off the taps on Tuesday ifthere was no agreement atthe latest meeting in Brus-

sels. As the EU gets about

a third of its gas importsfrom Russia, almost halfof it via Ukraine, its mem-ber states could also sufferfrom supply disruptions.

In Finland, RussianForeign Minister SergeiLavrov said the govern-ment in Ukraine and the

EU had to work more con-structively to end the crisisin Ukraine, but also ex-pressed some hope.

I believe that thenewly-chosen UkrainianPresident Poroshenkoscontacts (with Westernleaders) can lead to vio-

lence being stopped and in-ternal dialogue beginning,he told a news conferencewith Finnish Foreign Min-

ister Erkki Tuomioja.Putin and Poroshen-

ko had 15 minutes oftalks during a World WarTwo anniversary event

in France last week, theirrst meeting since the cri-sis ared in February afterthe overthrow of Ukraines

Moscow-leaning president,Viktor Yanukovich.

Yanukovich ed toRussia, which annexedthe Crimea region from

Ukraine a month later,deepening Moscows worststandoff with the Westsince the end of the Cold

War and the collapse of theSoviet Union in 1991.

Reuters

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Black-rind watermelons

fetch 350,000 yen at

seasons 1stauctions

ASHIKAWA (Japan), 10June A black-rind wa-termelon grown in Hokkai-do, northern Japan, fetcheda winning bid of 350,000yen on Tuesday in theyears rst auction of the

fruit at produce marketsin Asahikawa and Sap-poro. The highest bid forone of roughly 240 Den-suke watermelons, a sig-nature product of the townof Toma, was 50,000 yenabove last years top price.The successful bidder at theAsahikawa market was Sa-toshi Ogino, a 47-year-old

A Densuke watermelon, a specialty of Hokkaido, issold for 350,000 yen at this years rst auction in

Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on 10 June , 2014. Around70,000 Densuke watermelons will be shipped this

summer at around 5,000 yen per piece. KYODONEWS

fruit and vegetable broker.Providing little encour-agement to the efforts ofthe farmers, I added 50,000yen more to the winningprice of last year, he said.A farmers cooperative inToma said it plans to ship acombined 70,000 Densukewatermelons this year.

While the peak seasonof the fruit is in July, theseare expected to retail forsome 5,000 yen apiece. Theall-time highest winningbid for the fruit is 650,000yen, fetched in 2008.

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US says infant formula makers

must test for germs, nutrientsWASHINGTON, 10 June

US health ofcials on

Monday nalized manu-facturing guidelines forinfant formula makersthat aim to ensure prod-ucts sold for babies meetcertain quality controls tokeep them safe.

The rule, to be of-cially released on Tues-day, includes requiringcompanies to test for sal-monella and cronobac-ter, two bacteria that cancause particularly severeillness in babies, the Foodand Drug Administrationsaid.

The move followsseveral, high-prole na-tionwide recalls of vari-ous formula products inthe past several years thathave hit the multi-bil-lion-dollar industry, whichhas increasingly sought toexpand by selling formu-las aimed at older infantsand toddlers.

In 2010, Abbott Labo-ratories recalled 5 millioncontainers of its Similacproducts because of pos-sible contamination frominsect parts. Mead John-son Nutrition Co in 2011saw its shares fall whenstores pulled some pow-

dered versions of its Enfa-mil product over concerns

about infection, althoughthe FDA later said a recallwas not needed.

While public healthofcials generally say

breast milk is best for ba-bies, they acknowledgethat many infants get allor part of their nutritionthrough formula. Thenew rule, the FDA said,is aimed at establish-ing good manufactur-ing practices that manycompanies have alreadyadopted voluntarily.

It only applies to for-mula marketed for for

use by healthy infantswithout unusual medicalor dietary problems, theFDA said in a statement.

Under the regulation,companies must screenformula for salmonella,which can cause diarrheaand fever resulting inparticularly severe pro-blems for babies. Theymust also check for cron-obacter, which is knownto live in dry conditionssuch as powdered formulaand cause swelling of the

brain known as meningitisin infants.

While the FDA doesnot approve infant formu-la products before theycan be sold, companiesunder the rule must alsotest their products nu-trient content and showthat their formulas cansupport normal physicalgrowth, the agency said.The International Formu-la Council said it stronglysupported nalization of

the regulation.As an industry, we

are proud of our recordand support any effort thatfurther advances infantformula safety and qual-ity, Mardi Mountford,executive vice presidentof the industry group, saidin a statement.

The American Aca-demy of Pediatrics, whichrepresents physicians whotreat babies and children,also welcomed the regula-tion. Other infant formu-la manufacturers includeNestle SA, which makesGerber brand formula,and Hain Celestial GroupInc, maker of EarthsBest. Perrigo Co manu-factures many store-brandformulas. Reuters

Jars of baby food from Gerber, a subsidiary of Nestle,

are lined up at a store in Mexico City, on 24 Jan, 2014.REUTERS

Death toll from Ebola in

Sierra Leone more than doubles to 12

A doctor works in a laboratory on collected samplesof the Ebola virus at the Centre for Disease Control in

Entebbe, about 37 km (23 miles) southwest of Ugandascapital Kampala, on 2 Aug, 2012. REUTERS

FREETOWN, 10 June The death toll from Ebolain Sierra Leone has doubledto at least 12 in a week, lo-cal health authorities saidon Monday, deepening thespread of a disease that haskilled over 200 people inGuinea and Liberia.

The mounting deathsin Sierra Leone, which

had been spared cases formonths after Ebola wasconrmed in the region in

March, underscore the chal-lenges weak health systemsface tackling one of thedeadliest diseases on theplanet.

Amara Jambai, SierraLeones Director of Dis-ease Prevention and Con-trol, said all the conrmed

deaths in Sierra Leone werein the east, mainly in the

Kailahun district on the bor-der with Guinea. It is verydifcult for us to ascertain

community deaths at thismoment, but the 12 deathsare the ones the hospital candenitely conrm to have

died of Ebola, Jambai said.Jambai added that there

were now 42 conrmed cas-es of Ebola from 113 peopletested and new cases hadbeen recorded in the north-ern district of Kambia.

Ebola was conrmed

in a remote corner of Guin-ea in March and then laterspread to Guineas distantcapital, Conakry, and overthe border into Liberia.

All suspected cases inSierra Leone tested neg-ative until last month andJambai said that the diseasewas spreading as authoritiesare struggling to control themovement of people.

International medi-cal experts have been dis-patched to Sierra Leone butthey face a combination ofpoor existing health systemsand tensions among locals

fueled by the lack of under-standing over the disease.

Reuters

If Sprint buys T-Mobile, it may

have to slash prices

WASHINGTON , 10 June If Sprint Corp acquiresT-Mobile US Inc, it couldsave up to $6.6 billion onnetwork, equipment andoperating costs, but it willhave to slash its prices tomatch the target companyssteep discounts, analystssaid on Monday.

Sprint, under ChairmanMasayoshi Son, has beenhesitant to join other carri-

ers in cutting fees becausea decline in revenue wouldhurt its stock price, analysts

say. Its shares have risen 8percent since 12 Decemberon speculation it was look-ing to acquire T-Mobilefrom Deutsche TelecomAG.

I think hes realized

hes between a rock and ahard place. Sprints pricesare much too high, but ifSprint cuts prices, its stockwill fall, said Craig Mof-fett, lead analyst at Moffet-

tNathanson. They dontcome close to justifyingtheir stock price.

The price differential isjust one hurdle that Sprint,which is 80 percent ownedby Japans SoftBank Corp,would face if it pursues adeal to buy T-Mobile.

Son has argued to USregulators that a mergerwould give the companiesleverage to compete againstAT&T Inc and Verizon

Communications Inc. Thenew company would boastmore than 100 million sub-scribers, just behind bothVerizon and AT&T.

But the Federal Com-munications Commission,which in 2011 rejectedAT&Ts bid for T-Mobile,has repeatedly said it wantsto maintain four competi-tors in the wireless indus-try.

Unease about whetherSprint can overcome regu-latory hurdles sent its stockdown 9.3 percent to $8.77since details emerged of a

potential bid last Wednes-day.

Reuters

People walk past a Sprint store in New York on 17 Dec,2012. REUTERS

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SYDNEY, 10 June A

horric fatal crocodile at-

tack in Australia in whicha man was snatched from asmall boat before the eyes

of his wife has sparkedcalls for widespread cull-ing of the killer beasts,local media reported on

Tuesday.A 4.6 metre crocodile

is believed to have takenthe 62-year-old man fromthe boat near Darwin, in

Australias Northern Ter-

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (2nd L) holds a welcoming ceremony for visiting Italian PrimeMinister Matteo Renzi (C) in Hanoi, Vietnam, on 9 June, 2014. XINHUA

Train carrying propane

derails in Canada, cars intactTORONTO, 10 JuneA

regional train carrying pro-

pane derailed in the easternCanadian province of NovaScotia, but none of the carsappeared to be damaged or

leaking, the Royal Canadi-an Mounted Police said onMonday. Two people wereon the train, which is op-erated by the Cape Breton

and Central Nova ScotiaRailway, and no injurieshave been reported, saidCorporal Scott MacRae.

Police have evacuated

a handful homes in a 2.5kilometre (1.5 mile) radi-us of the accident in WestRiver Station, a rural area

about 150 kilometres (93miles) northeast of Halifax,Nova Scotia.

It was unclear exactly

how many cars carryingpropane derailed in theaccident. Police said ve

cars were involved, whilea company spokesman said

seven cars derailed and thatall were intact.

The derailment oc-curred at the 26th car in the

43-car freight train, saidDenis Boucher, a spokes-

man for the regional car-rier, which is owned byGenesee & Wyoming Inc.

Genesee & Wyoming ownsshort line and regionalfreight railroads in Canada,the United States, Australiaand Europe.

Police, re services,emergency responders andenvironmental ofcialswere on site at the accident

and re services would stayuntil the scene was cleanedup, MacRae added.

Its believed the pos-

sibility of an explosion orre is minimal, said Mac-

Rae.Reuters

Raging storm in western Germany disrupts

transport, kills one

DUESSELDORF (Germa-ny), 10 June A storm

raged over Germanysmost populous state late on

Monday, causing at leastone death, forcing Duessel-

A coal power plant is seen during a thunderstorm in the western city of Weisweiler

on 9 June, 2014. REUTERS

Worlds oldest man dies

in New York at 111

111-year-old Alexander Imich speaks during an in-

terview with Reuters at his home on New York Citys

upper west side, on 9 May, 2014. REUTERS

NEWYORK, 10 June The worlds oldest man hasdied in New York at age111, according to the sen-

ior citizen residence wherehe lived. Alexander Imich,who was born in Poland in1903 and survived a Soviet

Gulag labor camp, died onSunday, said Marcy Levitt,

executive director of Espla-nade Manhattan.

Imich emigrated to the

United States in the 1950sand was a scholar of the oc-cult. He edited an antholo-gy called Incredible Tales

of the Paranormal in 1995at the age of 92.

He turned 111 in Feb-ruary and, in April, as-sumed the rank of oldest

Australian fatal crocodile attack sparksculling debate

ritory on Saturday, news.com.au reported.

After the attack some

shermen have called forauthorities to start cullingthe crocodile population,which has soared to an

estimated 130,000 in theNorthern Territory sinceculling was banned in the1970s. In the past year

there have been three fa-

tal attacks and at least 19in the Northern Territorysince 1987.

But crocodile expert,Adam Britton, said cullingthe ancient reptiles was not

the answer. Culling croc-

odiles always comes upas a topic of conversationwhenever this happens, but

unless you wipe out everysingle crocodile theres al-ways going to be some lev-el of risk, he said.

We know that youalso need crocs for healthysh populations, not tomention tourism and a

living man, according tothe Gerontology ResearchGroup of Torrance, Califor-nia. That ranking now goes

to Sakari Momoi of Japan,born on 5 February, 1903,one day after Imich, accord-ing to the research group.

Dozens of women wereolder than Imich, according

to the group, and the old-est of them, Misao Okawaof Japan, is 116. Imich had

credited good genes for hislong life.

But the life you liveis equally or more impor-

tant for longevity, he toldReuters last month in an in-

terview in his apartment onManhattans Upper WestSide.Reuters

healthy farming industry,so its not so simple to justsay, Lets get rid of all the

crocs.Croc populations ap-

pear to be leveling out buttheyre also moving into

more freshwater areas,where the name saltwatercrocodile can be highlymisleading. All crocodiles

are freshwater animals atheart, but theyre also high-

ly tolerant of saltwater, he

saidk.Xinhua

dorf airport to shut downtemporarily, disrupting

public transport and mak-

ing some roads impassable

due to fallen trees.A cyclist aged around

50 died in Cologne afterbeing hit by a falling tree

that local police said wasprobably struck by light-

ning.Thunderstorms, strong

winds and heavy rain hitthe western state of North-Rhine Westphalia, causingGermanys third-largest

airport to close for aroundan hour. Ten incomingights were diverted while10 other ights were can-

celled. The airport saidgusts of up to 150 kilo-

metres an hour (93 mph)were recorded. It openedagain at 10 pm local time

Train services weretemporarily suspendedand fallen trees blockedsome streets in Duessel-

dorf, where trams and un-

derground trains were alsostopped due to damagedoverhead lines. Some lo-cals reported electrical

outages. The storm frontmoved further northeastand the German Meteor-ological Service issued

weather warnings for re-

gions including Hanover

and Bremen for the night.Reuters

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GENEVA / DUBAI, 10June Iran talk ithglobal oer on curb-ing it nuclear rogramme

in exchange for an end toanction could be extendedfor another ix month if nodeal i reached by a July 20deadline, a enior Iranianofcial aid on Monday.

Us and Iranian ofcialheld talk in Geneva onMonday to tackle ay ofbreaking a deadlock hich

ha raied the likelihoodthat the deadline ill lae

BEIJING, 10 June Four Chinee naval ve-el have left ort on their

ay to articiate in a veeek-long erie of navalexercie ith the Unitedstate and other countrie

off the coast of Hawaii,Chinese media reported onTueday.

China dispatched amiile detroyer, a miile

frigate, a uly hi and ahoital hi for the coun-try inaugural aearancein the biennial Rim of the

pacic exercie, thought tobe the orld larget ith23 countrie articiating.

The veel ailedfrom to ort in the outh-ern rovince of Hainan onMonday, Chinese mediareorted.

The hi ill artic-iate in humanitarian aidand earch and recue exer-cie, a ell a drill relat-ed to maritime ecurity.

Jaan, India, Indo-neia, the philiine andsouth Korea are among theAian countrie alo takingart in the exercie.

Xu Hongmeng, deutycommander of the Chinesenavy, called the exercie

an important part of theeffort to build a ne mod-el of relation beteen Chi-na and the United States,according to the Peoples

Liberation Army Daily, theofcial neaer of the

Chinee military.what looked like

promising efforts between

JAKARTA, 10 June A month before Indone-ia' reidential election,the two candidates tradedbarb in their rt televied

debate on Monday, withJakarta Governor JokoJokoi widodo een far-ing better than former spe-cial force general praboosubianto.

The two candidates arecloe in oinion oll aheadof the 9 July election, al-though Jokoi hold the

edge. U to 40 ercent ofthe voter are undecided,one urvey ha aid.

The inner ill leadthe orld fourth-mot

oulou nation, hichha more Mulim thanany other country, for thenext ve year. Both have

romied market-friendlyolicie to revive grothin southeat Aia largeteconomy, hich fell to the

loet in four year in thert quarter.

Jokoi aeared to

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) and IranianForeign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif address a news conference

in Vienna on 19 March, 2014.REUTERS

Iran says six-monthextension of nuclear talks

may be necessary

Chinese naval vesselsdepart for US-led exercises

off Hawaii

Jokowi scores points but no knockout in Indonesiasfirst presidential debate

ithout a deal meant to head

off the rik of a Middle Eatar over the nuclear iue.The four-month-old round

of negotiations ran intodifculty lat month itheach ide accuing the otherof making unrealitic de-mand, oing doubt aboutroect for a breakthrough

next month. wetern of-cial ay Iran ant to main-tain a uranium enrichmentcaability far beyond hat

i uitable for civilian nucle-ar oer tation. Iran ayit ant to avoid relianceon foreign ulier of fuelfor lanned nuclear reactor

and reject wetern allega-tion it eek the caabilityto make nuclear eaonunder the guie of a eaceful

energy rogramme. DeutyForeign Minister AbbasAraqchi oke of a oibleextenion to the talk in re-mark in Geneva to Iranianmedia on the ideline ofmeetings with senior USofcial and the Euroe-an Union deuty chief

negotiator.we hoe to reach a -

nal agreement (by 20 July)but, if thi doent haen,

then e have no choice butto extend the Geneva dealfor ix more month hilee continue negotiation,Araqchi a quoted a

aying by Iran tate neagencyIRNA.Reuters

China and the Unitedstate to imrove mili-tary-to-military relation

have oured recently overdisagreements concerningcyber espionage and Chi-na increaingly aggre-ive behavior in the southand Eat China ea.

Kyodo News

have cored more ointin the debate, but no killer

blo, analyt aid afterthe to-hour long dicu-sion, in which the two can-

didates were accompaniedby their vice reidentialrunning mate. prabooappeared to be on the de-fenive about hi humanright record, they aid.

I don't think thereere any knockout blo,aid paul Roland, a Jakar-ta-baed olitical analyt.

I think Jokoi did hat heneeded to do and that wasto erform condently in avery ublic venue.

praboo, ho a

formerly married to adaughter of authoritarianleader suharto, relie on

his strongman and nation-alitic image to aeal tovoter eary of hat ierceived to be indeciiveleaderhi under current

preident suilo BambangYudhoyono, ho i due toleave ofce in October.

we ant to be a na-

tion that is independent,that i roductive. we don'tant to jut be a marketfor other, aid praboo,

wearing a white dresshirt and a traditional In-doneian ca. we antto tand on our on feet.Although relatively cor-dial, the debate turned tene

hen Juuf Kalla, Jokoi'vice reidential candidate,aked praboo to addrehuman right in Indoneia,

hich the ex-general tooka a tab at him eronally.

we had to do hata neceary to enure theafety of the larger Indo-neian ociety," prabooaid, raiing hi voice. "Mr.Kalla, I am reonible andmy concience i clear. I

am the strongest defenderof human right in thi re-ublic. I have no doubt.

praboo a di-

charged from ervice by amilitary council for mi-interpreting orders in the

abducti