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Volume XVI, Number 148 14th Waxing of Tawthalin 1370 ME Saturday, 13 September, 2008

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation in termsof technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country 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 theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Tapo ca, ascetic practices; this is the way to auspiciousness

mander of Eastern Com-mand Brig-Gen Ya Pyaeand Kayah State PDCChairman Brig-Gen WinMyint, handed sportsgear, exercise books andstationery to the familymembers.

At Tawwin ThazinHall, he met with depart-mental officials, social or-

Pruhso and Dimawhso of Kayah Statesee unprecedented development

ganization members andlocal people, and handedover books and stationerydonated by the Ministry ofInformation and the Min-istry of Education to offi-cials.

They visited PruhsoBasic Education HighSchool and Township Hos-pital. In Nyaungzin Village,they viewed thrivinggroundnut plantation.

In Dimawhso, Maj-

Gen Min Aung Hlaing gaveaway books and stationerydonated by the Ministry ofInformation and the Minis-try of Education to offi-cials. While in Dimawhso,they looked into flow ofwater into Ngwetaung Damand supply of water.

Ngwetaung Dam isan earthen type and itsembankment is 35 feethigh and 6,000 feet long.

(See page 8)

NAY PYI TAW, 12Sept— In brotherly meet-ing with servicemen andfamily members ofPruhso Station in Pruhsoyesterday, Maj-Gen MinAung Hlaing of the Min-istry of Defence, togetherwith Chairman of ShanState Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-

YANGON, 12 Sept— Talks on ASEAN or-ganized by InternationalRalations Department ofMyanmar Women’s Af-fairs Federation was heldat Dagon Thiri Hall of No.1 Basic Education High

It’s about ASEANSchool in Dagon Townshipon 9 September.

Lecturer Dr DawWin Mar Hlaing of Inter-national Relations De-partment of Yangon Uni-versity gave talks onASEAN. —MNA

YANGON, 12 Sept—Talks of scholars, organ-ized by Information and IT enhancement workingcommittee of the Union of Myanmar Federation ofChambers of Commerce and Industry, was held atMingalar Hall of UMFCCI Tower here on 6 Septem-ber. Vice-President U Zaw Min Win of UMFCCIgave a speech on the occasion. Rector U Maw Than(Retd) of Yangon Institute of Economics gave talkson Business Strategies & Dashboards and answeredthe queries raised by those present.—MNA

Talks on BusinessStrategies & Dashboards

Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing inspects newly-built school building of Technological University in Loikaw. — MNA

World third biggest library

The 250,000 square metres at the NationalLibrary in Beijing are surpassed only by national

libraries in France and the United States.

BEIJING, 12 Sept — The new building to houseChina’s National Library opened Tuesday. The newbuilding has enough floor space to make the librarythe world’s third largest in terms of area. The 250,000square meters at the National Library in Beijing aresurpassed only by national libraries in France and theUnited States.

The new structure in west central Beijing is thesecond phase of library construction. It has storagerooms, displays of ancient books, reading rooms anda digital library. Phase 2 alone encompasses 80 thou-sand square meters.

There are 29-hundred seats. The library isequipped to serve about 8,000 readers daily withabout 600,000 books. Readers also have wirelessaccess to the Internet on their laptops. They may alsouse any of the 460 computers in the new building.

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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 DesireSaturday, 13 September, 2008

The emergence of a peaceful, modern,developed and discipline-flourishingdemocratic nation is the national goal aspiredby the entire mass of the people.

Peace and stability, strong nationaleconomy and development of humanresources constitute a prerequisite for theemergence of a new nation. The governmentis making all-out efforts for fulfilling suchrequirements while leading the nation in theprocess of transition to democracy.

Peace and stability is imperative inbuilding a new democratic nation. Internalinsurgency often reigns along with violencein some underdeveloped nations. This hasresulted in decline in production, therebyleading the nation to disarray.

Therefore, the entire national peopleare to stamp out any act that is detrimental topeace and stability and national interest.

At present, the government is takingsystematic measures for the emergence of anew discipline-flourishing democraticnation. Meanwhile, holding negative views,internal and external elements areattempting to undermine the efforts of thegovernment by applying various means andways. The destructive elements arelaunching such violence as detonatingbombs.

Now, efforts for building a peaceful,modern, developed and discipline-flourishing democratic nation are in fullswing. At such a time, the entire nationalpeople are to actively take part in the drivefor successful realization of the tasks whilepreventing and exposing atrocitiesperpetrated by internal and externaldestructive elements undermining peace andstability of the State.

Strive together for buildinga new democratic nation

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NAY PYI TAW, 12 Sept— The government isselling fuel to the public at a price lower than the actualcost, said Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi inmeeting with staff at the hall of Myanma PetroleumProducts Enterprise, in Yangon on 8 Septemberevening.

He continued to say that departmentalinstructions have been given to managing directors tosupervise the tasks for correct and accurate issuing andsupplying of fuel among oil refinery managers, heads

Government fuel price lowerthan actual cost

of fuel installations and fuel stations. The ministry willinvestigate fuel misuse cases by using various waysand means and action will be taken against thoseoffenders, he added. The minister stressed the need todeal with the customers.

After hearing the reports, the minister attendedto the needs.

The meeting was attended by the director (sales)of MMPE, the general manager of central fuelinstallation (Danitaw) and officials.— MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12Sept — The Tatmadaw,the Myanmar Police Forceand the CustomsDepartment seized 265drug related cases inAugust 2008 — 151.1667kilos of opium in 65 cases,7.485 kilos of heroin in 80cases, 69.5 kilos ofmorphine in one case,66.3272 kilos of opium oilin 11 cases, 1263.29 kilosof low-grade opium in 15cases, 10.5989 kilos ofmarijuana in 21 cases,142955.5 stimulant tabletsin 50 cases, 13.77 kilos ofopium speciosa in eightcases, 0.03 litre of coughsyrup, 19.35 kilos ofEphedrine in two cases,10 Ativan tablets in onecase, 5 kilos ofAlprazolam, four cases infailure to register and other

YANGON, 12 Sept — Sony Broadcast andProfessional (Service Caravan 2008) was launched atthe Traders Hotel yesterday.

It was intended to educate users on maintenancemethods and systematic use of Sony products and togain more brand loyalty by offering repair service byservice engineers of Broadcast and Professional serviceTeam and TMW Enterprise Ltd.—MNA

How to operateprofessional

cameras265 drug related casesexposed in August

four cases.Action was taken

against 420 persons—346men and 74 women— in265 cases in August2008.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi gives a speech inmeeting with staff of Myanma Petroleum

Products Enterprise.ENERGY

Enthu-siasts ofprofes-sional

cameraseen atSony

Broadcastand

Profes-sional

(ServiceCaravan2008).

MNA

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10 militants killed inAfghanistan

KABUL (Afghanistan), 12 Sept—US-led coalitiontroops killed more than 10 militants and detainedtwo others during two separate raids in Afghanistan,the coalition said Friday.

The militants were killed in Tagab district of north-ern Kapisa province during a Thursday raid on aninsurgent commander involved in roadside bomb at-tacks, the coalition said in a statetement.

“Coalition forces were engaged with small-armsfire from multiple groups of armed militants as theyentered a compound. The force returned fire, killingthe militants,” the statement said.—Internet

Deaths make 2008 deadliestfor US in Afghanistan

KABUL (Afghanistan), 12 Sept—Insurgents killedtwo US troops in Afghanistan on the anniversary ofthe 9/11 attacks Thursday, making 2008 the deadli-est year for American forces since US troops invadedthe country in 2001 for sheltering Osama bin Laden.The deaths brought the number of troops who havedied in Afghanistan this year to 113, according to anAssociated Press tally, surpassing last year’s recordtoll of 111.

Afghanistan was the launching pad for al-Qaida’sterrorist attacks on 11 Sept, 2001. US forces in-vaded in October 2001 in response and quicklydrove the Taliban out of power. Across Afghani-stan, US troops paused in silence Thursday to com-memorate the 9/11 attacks.—Internet

Residents look at adamaged vehicle aftera roadside bomb attack

in Baghdad’sHabibiya district on 11Sept, 2008.—INTERNET

This US Air Force filephoto shows an

unmanned Predatoraerial vehicle with a

Hellfire missileattached to it.

INTERNET

Putin warns West againststarting arms race

SOCHI, 12 Sept—PrimeMinister Vladimir Putinwarned the West onThursday against startingan arms race in Europe bystationing a US missiledefence shield nearRussia’s borders and saidthere was no basis for anew Cold War.

Putin, who has taken arobust stance on Russia’sconflict with Georgia overthe South Ossetia region,blamed Washington ratherthan Moscow forresurrecting Soviet-style

rhetoric.“Today there are no

ideological contradictions.There is no basis for a ColdWar,” Putin told a group ofreporters at a three-hour

lunch briefing at his retreatin the Black Sea resort ofSochi.

“There is no basis formutual animosity ... Russiahas no imperialistambitions,” he said.

Russia was criticized bythe United States andEuropean governments forsending troops intoGeorgia last month andthen recognizing the twobreakaway regions ofSouth Ossetia andAbkhazia as independentstates.—Internet

Prime MinisterVladimir Putin

Missile attack from drone kills 13 in PakistanISLAMABAD, 12 Sept —

A missile fired from adrone aircraft killed at least13 people and woundedfive others Friday in a vil-lage in northwest Pakistannear the Afghan border, ac-cording to Pakistani intel-ligence sources.

The missile strike hap-pened in a region of Paki-stan that is rife with Is-lamic extremism. Previousmissile strikes there havetargeted members of alQaeda and suspectedTaliban militants.

Two missiles hit theNorth Waziristan village ofTola Khel, near the maintown of Miranshah, earlyFriday, according to Allah

Zaman, a security officialin Miranshah.

A missile attack on thecompound of a key Taliban

commander in northwest-ern Pakistan Monday killed25 people, including thenewly appointed al Qaeda

chief in Pakistan, Abu Haris,a guard who was alsowounded in the attack toldCNN Tuesday.—Internet

Activists hold plac-ards during an anti-US protest to con-

demn strikes inPakistani tribal areas

along the Afghani-stan border, in

Multan, 11 Sept,2008.

INTERNET

US firm ambushed again inAfghan south, 23 dead

KABUL, 12 Sept—At least 23 people were killedwhen Taliban insurgents ambushed a U.S. securityfirm convoy in southwestern Afghanistan on Friday,provincial officials said, the second attack on the firmin as many days.

Farah provincial police chief Khalilullah Rahmanisaid 15 of the dead were Taliban militants killed inthe fighting that broke out following the ambush.

Rahmani said US Protection and Investigations,a firm involved in escorting supplies for coalitionforces, also suffered casualties but he had no details.

He said four Afghan guards and four civilians hadbeen killed in the ambush that took place when theconvoy was passing through Bakwa district in Farahprovince.

Violence has hit its worst level in Afghanistan sincethe Taliban’s overthrow in 2001. More than 2,700people including some 1,100 civilians have been killedso far this year, aid agencies say.—Internet

BAGHDAD, 12 Sept—A car bomb rippedthrough a crowdedcommercial district in amainly Shiite town northof Baghdad on Friday,killing at least 32 peopleand wounding 43, Iraqiofficials said.

The explosion in

Car Bombing Kills 32, Wounds 43 North of Baghdad

Dujail was apparentlytargeting a police stationbut instead it badlydamaged a nearby medicalclinic, according to police.Concrete barriers largelyprotected the policestation, the officials said.

Friday’s blast wasthe latest in a series of

attacks in areas north ofBaghdad, where violencehas been slower to declinethan elsewhere in thecountry. Earlier Friday, asuicide bomber blewhimself up in front of aShiite mosque farthernorth in Sinjar asworshippers left prayersat midday, killing twocivilians and wounding15, police chief Col AwadKahlil said.

Internet

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Houses destroyed by Hurricane Ike stand in Pinar del Rio on 11 September, 2008.Ike has caused widespread damage and a panorama of destruction in Cuba, still

reeling from the more powerful Hurricane Gustav 10 days ago.—INTERNET

ABU DHABI, 12 Sept—Nobles Properties, a realestate firm of the UnitedArab Emirates (UAE),plans to develop a projectof iconic towers worth500 million US dollars inLibyan capital of Tripoli,local newspaper GulfNews reported on Thurs-day.

The project named“Tripolis Towers” in theheart of Tripoli will be de-veloped in line with anagreement between

UAE firm to develop 500-m-USDiconic towers in Libya

Nobles Properties andOYA Tourism Investmentand Development, a sub-sidiary of Libya' s Eco-nomic and Social Devel-opment Fund, accordingto the report.

The “Tripolis Towers”will comprise two 40-storeyresidential towers on275,000 square feet ofwaterfront land in Tripoli.The total built-up areawill be 3.5 million squarefeet.

One tower will include

a five-star hotel with busi-ness facilities, servicedapartments and retailspace. The second towerwill contain office space.

The agreement withOYA Tourism Investmentand Development to de-velop the “Tripolis Tow-ers” was a “significant”agreement in Libya as partof Nobles Properties’splans to expand in theArab world, the company’chairman Omar Ayeshsaid. —Internet

An artists rendering shows an Ares I crew launchvehicle. NASA on Wednesday cleared the launch

system being developed to replace the space shuttlefor a detailed design review, confident the Ares

rocket will meet technical, safety and budgetrequirements.—INTERNET

Mickey Mouse

performs atop a float

during a Halloween

parade at Tokyo

Disneyland in

Urayasu, near Tokyo,

Japan, on 12 Sept,

2008.

INTERNET

MANILA, 12 Sept—The Asian Development Bank(ADB) on Thursday said it is helping Azerbaijan up-grade its aging power transmission facilities througha 160-million-US-dollar loan.

The regional bank said the 25-year loan will helpbuild a double-circuit 220 kilovolt transmission lineand associated substation facilities, replacing two exist-ing lines which have been in use for about 60 years bystate-owned power company Azerenergy.

The energy sector plays a central role in Azerbaijan'seconomy, contributing one-third of the country's grossdomestic product in 2007. But unlike oil and gas, thepower transmission and distribution industry has suf-fered from a major lack of investment. The upgradewill remove transmission choke points, lower systemlosses, and provide a more stable power supply, espe-cially in the key Azeri industrial hub, near the capitalcity of Baku. It will also cut the need for imported elec-tricity, optimize the country’s hydropower resource, andreduce fossil fuel consumption and pollution.

Over 20 percent of Azerbaijan’s energy equipment andmore than half of its network facilities are well beyondtheir useful life, resulting in frequent power failures, system losses, and the threat of a collapse of the energygrid. — Internet

NEW YORK, 12 Sept — Crude oil ended lower aftertumbling near 100 US dollars a barrel for the first timein five months on Thursday as a strong dollar over-shadowed supply concern caused by the Hurricane Ike.

Light, sweet crude for October delivery dropped1.71 dollars to settle at 100.87 dollars a barrel on theNew York Mercantile Exchange. Prices initially fellin the morning session and slid to as low as 100.10dollars a barrel, the lowest point in more than fivemonths.

The dollar continued its rally and rose to a one-year high against the euro. The dollar also gainedstrongly against the sterling pound and the Japaneseyen. The strengthening dollar reduced the appeal ofcommodities like crude to be used as hedges againstinflation.

Meanwhile, the market is still concerned about theweak demand for energy. The US Energy Departmentreported a 2 percent, or 58 billion cubic feet, increasein the US natural gas inventory during the week ended5 September.

Crude futures pared some losses in the afternoonsession as the Hurricane Ike, which is expected to makelandfall along the US Texas coast on Saturday, hasforced several refineries in the region to shut down.But many see two digit of oil prices highly possibledespite the hurricane.—Internet

Crude oil slides near $100

The Time Square

Yahoo sign is seen in

New York.—INTERNET

Yahoo challenges Google inmobile phone market

LOS ANGELES, 12 Sept— Yahoo said on Thurs-day that it is looking to thequickly growing mobilephone market to catch upwith rival Google in theonline realm, it was re-ported on Thursday.

“We want to create andenable a mobile ecosystemfor billions of users,” saidMarco Boerries, execu-tive vice president of Ya-hoo’s Connected Life di-vision. “We’re turningeveryone that uses voicetoday into a mobile datauser.”

Yahoo’s one Connectservice, a social addressservice that marries a cell

phone contacts list withsocial networks, is pre-miering on the iPhone andiPod Touch, according toBoerries. The service,which is available now inthe Apple Store, allows

users to pull their friendsand contacts together intoone application, enablingthem to communicate viainstant messaging, e-mail,text messaging or phone.

Internet

ADB funds Azerbaijan powertransmission project

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Stefania Fernandez(C), from Trujillo state,

waves after she wascrowned Miss Vene-

zuela 2008 at the MissVenezuela contest inCaracas, capital of

Venezula, on 10 Sept,2008.

XINHUA

Ferrari cars aredisplayed during the

2008 Shanghai ImportAuto Show in Shang-hai, east China, on 11Sept, 2008. Autos with

nearly 40 luxurybrands including

Ferrari, Maserati, andRolls Royce were

exhibited in the show.XINHUA

SHANGHAI, 12 Sept —China has become a glo-bal tourist attraction afterthe Beijing Olympicswhich concluded on 24Aug, according to a sur-vey released by theNielson Company hereon Thursday.

The survey said theOlympics not only builtup China’s image butalso served as an adver-tisement for China’stourism.

The online surveywas conducted on con-

Volunteers for the Beijing Paralympic Games show the mooncakes they makeat a Paralympics city volunteer stand near the Xidan Shopping Center in

downtown Beijing, capital of China, on 11 Sept, 2008.XINHUA

Survey: China becomes global touristattraction with Olympics impact

sumers in 16 countriesand regions before theGames’ opening cer-emony and after the clos-ing.

About 80 percent ofthe respondents had notbeen to China before theevents and 50 percent ofthem expressed hopes ofvisiting China after theGames.

According to the sur-vey, 70 percent of therespondents felt Beijingwas more modern andscientif ic than what

they had thought.The most interested

respondents were fromHong Kong, Singapore,India, Mexico, Taiwan,South Africa and the Re-public of Korea.

Pan Wen, in charge ofChinese tourism researchof the Nielson Company,said the World Tourismorganization predictedthat China would becomethe largest tourist attrac-tion in the world with 137million foreign touristsevery year. —Xinhua

BEIJING, 12 Sept — An aftershock measuring 5.5on the Richter scale hit western China at 1:38 am Fri-day, the National Seismograph Network Centre said.

The quake struck an area at 32.9 degrees north lati-tude and 105.6 degrees east longitude. The depth ofthe epicentre is about 6 km.

The area joins Qingchuan County of GuangyuanCity in southwestern Sichuan Province, Wudu Dis-trict of Longnan City of northwestern Gansu Prov-ince, and Ningqiang County of Hanzhong City ofnorthwestern Shaanxi Province. No casualties havebeen reported.—XinhuaSEOUL, 12 Sept —

Samsung Electronics Coand Hynix SemiconductorInc, world’s No 1 and No2 computer memory chipmaker, will jointly re-search on next-generationsemiconductors startingfrom next January, theSouth Korea’s Ministry ofKnowledge Economysaid Thursday.

According to the mini-stry, Samsung and Hynixare to make a 24 billionwon (21.8 million US dol-

Quake of magnitude 5.5 jolts W China

Samsung, Hynix to jointly research onnext-generation semiconductors

lars) investment over thenext four years for deve-loping futuristic chips andvarious non-volatile me-mory devices.

The ministry said thatit will support half of theplanned investment.

The futuristic chipssuch as spin torque trans-fer magnetic random accessmemory (STT-MRAM)could help manufacturersto overcome the current40-nanometer integrationceiling of flash memory

units and provide a newpotential for electronicdevices, the ministry said.

Non-volatile memorydevices are also consider-ed important as they canstore information evenwhen the device is turnedoff.

The ministry said thenewly developed tech-nologies are to be used toget hold of 40 percentmarket share in the non-volatile memory marketby 2012. —Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

NEW YORK, 12 Sept— US presidential candidatesJohn McCain and Barack Obama came together Thurs-day night for half-hour appearances at a TIME-spon-sored forum on national service at Columbia Univer-sity in New York.

The presidential candidates put aside partisan poli-tics as the nation remembered the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

McCain took the stage first with moderators TimeManaging Editor Rick Stengel and Judy Woodruff of thePublic Broadcasting Service (PBS), a non-profit publicbroadcasting television service with 354 member TV sta-tions in the United States. Both candidates were askedsimilar questions relating to the 9/11 terror attacks, thepromotion of national service among various others.

The forum is part of a two-day summit meant topromote national service. —Xinhua

McCain, Obama meet atforum in New York

KATHMANDU, 12 Sept—At least 1,000 people havebeen reportedly affected by an unidentified disease insome villages of Gulmi district in western Nepal, whilenumber of pneumonia patients has gone drastically upin the district.

According to the National News Agency RSS Fri-day’s report, the unidentified disease gripped Darlingfor a week and Neta and Paudi Amarai in the district,some 200 km west of Kathmandu, for the last fourdays. The disease is characterized by headache, fever,common cold, fainting and diarrhea.

With the number of patients increasing, the VillageDevelopment Committees (VDCs) have fallen short ofmedicines, the RSS said. Young people in between 14to 20 years of age were more affected. Classes in schoolshave also been affected due to the disease.

Xinhua

Unidentified disease hits 1,000in western Nepal

BEIRUT, 12 Sept —Russia said Friday it wasrenovating a Syrian port for use by the Russian fleet,signaling an effort to establish a firmer foothold in theMediterranean at a time of tensions with the UnitedStates over Georgia.

Syria was Moscow’s strongest Mideast allyduring the Cold War. The alliance largely waned afterthe 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, though Russia hascontinued some weapons sales to Damascus.

But Syrian President Bashar Assad has increas-ingly reached out to Russia recently, including seek-ing weapons and offering broader military coopera-tion.—Xinhua

Syrian-Russian naval cooperation grows

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NEWSALBUM

A chimpanzee at the Zoo of Zurichenjoys an ice pop, composed offruits frozen in ice in Zurich,

Switzerland. The chimp enjoys thegoodie as temperatures climbed

above 90 degrees in Zurich.

Vistors watch a rare albino alligator ondisplay at the Los Angeles Zoo at thestart of the zoo’s summer promotion of“Out of The Swamp”. The promotionwill give visitors a glimpse of the elusivealligator and educate families on theimportance of swamps. According toCajun Lore, staring into the eyes of awhite gator means good luck and fortune will follow.

Ode In the RoadWhat is claimed tobe the world’s longest poem, written

by French public notary PatrickHuet, is stretched to almost one

kilometre (0.62 miles) on a car-racetrack in Champier, southeast France,

on 4 Aug, 2006

“Addicted” elephantheads back afterheroin detox cure

An Asian elephant who became ad-dicted to drugs after eating a bananasmeared with heroin is headed back toKunming after a three-year detoxifica-tion program in China’s southernmostHainan Province.

The 4-year-old male elephant,Xiguang, became addicted in March2005.

He was among six elephants luredby animal smugglers along the bor-der. They used the bananas as bait forthe animals, which were being broughtinto China’s Dehong Autonomous Pre-fecture.

Police captured the elephants onMay 8 that year. Xiguang was sent to awild animal protection center in Hainanthree months later, after he was con-firmed to be suffering from withdrawalsymptoms.

Rehabilitation experts and vetsgave him injections of methadone, atfive times human doses, for a year.Xiguang fully recovered after rehabili-tation.

Jaywalker allegedly moons motorists after ticketAthens-Clarke police have arrested a

woman who they say started mooningmotorists after she received a ticket forjaywalking. An officer stopped the 23-year-old woman and a friend about 1:10am after they walked diagonally acrossthe intersection in downtown Athens.

Police said both women had been drink-ing and were upset and disorderly as theofficer began writing them tickets for not

crossing in a crosswalk.Police said after getting the citation, the

Covington woman walked across ClaytonStreet and lifted her skirt, then walked tothe middle of Jackson Street and did itagain, walking around while shaking herbuttocks in front of oncoming traffic.

Cross-dressing thief leavesfake breast behind

Police in Port St Lucie are on thelookout for a cross-dressing man whosnatched a 74-year-old woman’s purse.As if that weren’t odd enough, they’redepending on a strange clue. The sus-pect left behind a condom filled withwater he had been using as a fake breast.

The woman said she believed thethief followed her while shopping. Awitness told investigators he was wear-ing a short denim skirt and black tubetop, and fled in a silver car with twoother male crossdressers.

14 injured in tunnel fire underEnglish Channel

COQUELLES (France), 12 Sept—A firebroke out Thursday on a train carryingtrucks under the English Channel be-tween England and France, injuring 14people and shutting down traffic in theundersea rail tunnel, officials said.

About 100 firefighters from bothsides of the channel got the blaze undercontrol, but it was not entirely extin-guished hours later, said Georges Bos,a spokesman for France’s Pas-de-Cal-ais region, which was handling theemergency response.

The train was carrying 32 people —mostly truck drivers accompanying theirvehicles — when the blaze erupted atmidafter-noon about 7 miles from theFrench side, officials said. All wereevacuated safely. The fire broke out onRussia prepares to start Georgia pullout

Texas prepares for a gigantic Hurricane IkePOTI (Georgia), 12Sept— Russian troopsprepared Friday to start atentative pull-out fromGeorgia as Moscowvowed to strengthen itsmilitary after last month’swar and turned its diplo-matic fire on Ukraine.

As the troops readied tomove to the breakawayregions of South Ossetiaand Abkhazia, PrimeMinister Vladimir Putindismissed Western accu-

sations that Russia’s mili-tary intervention intoGeorgia was part of an“imperial” agenda.

“We do not have andwill not have any of theimperial ambitions thatpeople accuse us of,”Putin said in the southernresort of Sochi.

On the ground therewere increasing signsRussian forces were with-drawing in line withpledges made Monday by

Russian President DmitryMedvedev after he met anEU delegation in Mos-cow.

Troops were makingpreparations to leave atthree of the posts men-tioned in the agreement,one near Poti and theother two near Senaki,which has a strategicairbase that was bombedby Russia during the Au-gust 8-12 conflict.

Internet

HOUSTON, 12 Sept—Cars and trucksstreamed inland and chemical compa-nies buttoned up their plants Thursdayas a gigantic Hurricane Ike took aim atthe heart of the US refining industry andthreatened to send a wall of water crash-ing toward Houston.

Nearly 1 million people along theTexas coast were ordered to evacuateahead of the storm, which was expectedto strike late Friday or early Saturday.But in a calculated risk aimed at avoid-

ing total gridlock, authorities told mostpeople in the nation’s fourth-largest cityto just hunker down.

Ike was steering almost directly forHouston, where gleaming skyscrapers,the nation’s biggest refinery and NASA’sJohnson Space Center lie in areas vul-nerable to wind and floodwaters. Fore-casters said the storm was likely to comeashore as a Category 3, with winds up to130 mph.

Internet

one of the trucks loaded on the train, butthe truck drivers were in a a separate rail-car. Traffic through the 30-mile tunnelwould remain suspended at least untilFriday, French rail operator SNCFsaid.—Internet

Police direct traffic off of a closedmotorway heading towards the

Channel Tunnel outside Maidstone insouthern England, on 11 Sept,

2008.—INTERNET

Venezuela’s Chavez says USambassador must leave

Venezuela’s PresidentHugo Chavez.

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CARACAS (Venezuela), 12Sept—President HugoChavez ordered the USambassador to leaveVenezuela within 72 hourson Thursday, accusing thediplomat of conspiring

against his government andsaying he would alsowithdraw his own envoyfrom Washington im-mediately. Chavez madethe move in solidarity withBolivia after his Andeanally expelled the USdiplomat there, accusinghim of aiding violentprotests. He said a newAmerican ambassadorwill not be welcome inCaracas “until there’s a USgovernment that respectsthe people of LatinAmerica,” sugg-esting that

diplomatic relations will bescaled back until PresidentBush leaves the WhiteHouse. “They’re trying todo here what they weredoing in Bolivia,” Chavezsaid, accusing Washingtonof trying to oust him.

“That’s enough ... fromyou, Yankees,” Chavez said,using an expletive. Wavinghis fists in the air, he added:“I hold the government ofthe United States responsiblefor being behind all theconspiracies against ournations!”—Internet

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Greece unearths treasures atAlexander’s birthplace

ATHENS, 12 Sept— Archaeologists have unearthed gold jewellery, weaponsand pottery at an ancient burial site near Pella in northern Greece, the birthplace ofAlexander the Great, the Culture Ministry said on Thursday.

The excavations at the vast cemetery uncovered 43 graves dating from 650-279 BC which shed light on the early development of the Macedonian kingdom,which had an empire that stretched as far as India under Alexander’s conquests.

Among the most interesting discoveries were the graves of 20 warriors datingto the late Archaic period, between 580 and 460 BC, the ministry said in astatement. Some were buried in bronze helmets alongside iron swords and knives.Their eyes, mouths and chests were covered in gold foil richly decorated withdrawings of lions and other animals symbolizing royal power.

“The discovery is rich in historical importance, shedding light on Macedonianculture during the Archaic period,” Pavlos Chrysostomou, who headed the eight-year project that investigated a total of 900 graves, told Reuters.

MNA/Reuters

UNSG lauds China for “goodexamples” in Eco development

UNITED NATIONS, 12 Sept— UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursdayspoke highly of China’s “good examples” in terms of economic development,urging the world’s largest developing nation to share its experience with otherdeveloping economies.

As one of the fastest growing economies, China has shown “many goodexamples”, Ban told a Press conference at the UN Headquarters.

“These examples should be shared, transferred and emulated by manydeveloping countries,” he said.

The Secretary-General said he was “very much encouraged and grateful” toChinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who has agreed to attend the UN high-level meetingon the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) slated for 25 September.

Representatives from some 150 countries, including more than 90 heads ofstate or government, are expected to attend the event, which will be convened byBan with the aim to generate further actions to reach the MDGs by 2015.

“I sincerely hope that member states will learn and China will be able to sharetheir experience,” he said. — MNA/Xinhua

Pirates freeGerman,

Japanese-run shipsNAIROBI, 12 Sept— Pirates holding

about a dozen boats off lawless Somaliahave freed a German-owned cargo shipand a Japanese-operated chemicaltanker after ransom payments, amaritime group and sources on theground said on Thursday.

Andrew Mwangura, of the EastAfrican Seafarers’ Association, saidlarge ransoms might have been paid inboth cases. The Gulf of Aden is amajor sea artery used by some 20,000vessels a year heading to and from theSuez Canal.

Mwangura cited shipping sourcesas confirming the release of theGerman-owned boat, which he namedas the BBC Trinidad, and its 13-member crew. The vessel had beenseized on 21 August.

Sources close to the pirate gangsbased in the northern Somali region ofPuntland also confirmed that the MTIrene, registered in Panama butmanaged from Japan, was going free.Irene was also seized on August 21 andcarrying a crew of 15 Filipinos andthree Croats.

MNA/Reuters

Russian bombers will return in daysfrom Venezuela

Floods in N Iraq kill three,wash away homes

ARBIL (IRAQ) ,12 Sept— Floods killed at leastthree people, damaged or ruined 100 homes andwashed away two bridges in a remote part of northernIraq’s Kurdistan region, the local council chief said onThursday.

The flooding late on Wednesday also left roads inthe area impassable, cutting it off from aid, AbdulWahid Gwani, chief of the affected Choman District,told Reuters. — MNA/Reuters

Children pass by displays of models of North Korea’s Scud-B missile, centergreen, and other South Korea’s missiles at Korea War Memorial Museum in

Seoul, South Korea, on 11 Sept, 2008.Internet

Artist Jorg Muller stands inside a

giant tube of water as part of an act

called NousTube during the Fringe

Theartre Festival at Grand Canal

Square in the city of Dublin, on 12,

Sept 2008.

INTERNET

Painted lanterns hang from the ceiling of a passage way at Singapore’sBuddha Tooth Relic Temple on Sept, 2008 as part of the temple’s decoration

for the mid-autumn festival.—INTERNET

MOSCOW, 12 Sept—Two Russian long-rangebombers will return to basefrom Venezuela in fourdays after a visit designedto show off Moscow’smilitary strength and buildties with a foe of the UnitedStates.

The bombers, knownin the West by the NATOcodename “Blackjack”,are capable of carryingnuclear weapons but werenot doing so during theflight to South America.They will return to Russiaon September 15, AirForce commanderVladimir Drik told Interfaxnews agency.

“There were nonuclear weapons on board

these planes,” Drik said.The visit by the Tu-

160 bombers is a sign ofRussian assertiveness at atime of tension with theUnited States, includingover the Russia-Georgiaconflict and US plans fora missile defence shield ineastern Europe.

Residents could seethe large white bombers— one emblazoned with ared star and the Russianflag, the other carrying ablue circle with a pictureof a swan — standing at aVenezuelan Air Force basenear the industrial city ofMaracay. —Internet

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(from page 1)The dam can irri-

gate 5,818 acres ofmonsoon paddy and 2,026acres of summer paddy.

At Dimawhso Sta-tion hall, Maj-Gen MinAung Hlaing met service-men and family membersof the station and pre-sented books, stationery

Pruhso and Dimawhso ofKayah State...

All states have mind as their fore-runner; to them

mind is supreme and of mind are they made. Therefore,

if one, with defiled mind, speaks or acts, on account of

the suffering follow one as the wheel follows the fact of

that does wagon-bearer.

The Pairs

Dhammapada 1

and sports gear to them.On arrival at DimawhsoBEHS, they handed overbooks and stationery do-nated by the Ministry ofInformation and the Min-istry of Education to Head-master U Tong Sway.

On visiting Di-mawhso Township Hos-pital, they presented cash

assistance to patients andmedicines and cash pro-vided by the Ministry ofHealth to hospital offi-cials. In Loikaw, Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing in-spected newly-builtschool building forLoikaw TechnologicalUniversity and produc-tion process of U Tun TunOil Mill in No 1 Indus-trial Ward, Loikaw.

MNA

Maj-Gen Wai Lwin accepts cash donations of wellwishers.— MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12Sept—Two explosionsoccurred in a video loungeof Theindan ward inKyaukkyi, Bago Divisionat 8:20 and 8:30 pm yes-terday.

The sources saidthat a boy found a hand-made time bomb made ofplastic box under the

Bombs explode in Bago Divdisplay of a vendor inTheindan ward inKyaukkyi and it was re-ported to authorities con-cerned. A bomb explodedat 8:20 pm and another at8:30 pm in a video housewhile authorities con-cerned were inspectingthat vendor and surround-ings.

The explosion leftone man and one womandead and eight men and onewoman wounded, but notserious. They were sent toKyaukkyi People Hospital.

It is learnt that thepublic denounce terroristacts and are desirous ofarresting those terror-ists.—MNA

YANGON, 12 Sept —Under the MBA ProgramScholarship, ExecutiveDaw Cho Thiri Maung ofMyanmar Women Entre-preneurs’ Association left

MWEA Executive leaves for Japanhere by air for Japan totake Masters DegreeCourse on 10 Septemberat Hitotsubashi University(Graduate School of In-ternational Corporate

Strategy) in Tokyo. She wasseen off at Yangon Interna-tional Airport by MWEASecretary Daw Hla Wady,Joint Secretary Daw KhinLay and officials. —MNA

Minister U Soe Tha and Japanese Ambassador Mr Yasuaki Nogawasign an MoU on rendering assistance for malaria control project in

Myanmar. —MNA

Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin looks into repair work on Pyay Roadin Dagon Township.— YCDC

NAY PYI TAW, 11Sept—Wellwishers set upan education trust fund atNo. 3 Basic EducationHigh School here thismorning.

Cash assistance for studentsOfficials including

Commander of Nay PyiTaw Command Maj-GenWai Lwin accepted thecash donation.

The commander

also made a speech at theceremony at which boysand girls of the school pre-sented dance programmesto the guests.

MNA

YANGON, 12 Sept— Chairman ofYangon City Development CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lininspected roadworks on Pyay road infront of National Museum, here on 10September.

Staff of Engineering Department(road and bridge) of YCDC has been

Yangon roads under major repaircarrying out work for ensuring smoothtransport along Pyay road.

He inspected laying of asphaltconcrete on nine streets betweenAnawrahta and Maha Bandoola roads.The work has been supervised byLanmadaw Township Union Solidarityand Development Association.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12Sept— Minister for Na-tional Planning and Eco-nomic Development USoe Tha and Japanese

MoU on rendering assistance formalaria control project signed

Ambassador to the Unionof Myanmar Mr YasuakiNogawa signed the MoUon rendering assistancefor malaria control project

in Myanmar at the hall ofthe ministry at 2 pm today.

Next, they ex-changed notes.

MNA

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USDA CEC member Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe meets traders and entrepreneurs in Sittway. TRANSPORT

Hlinethaya Township USDA SecretaryU Nyan Win accepts K 100,000 donated by

township PDC.—NLM

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung andDr Ashin Kegunaratana open English

Language Institute.MNA

YANGON, 12 Sept — The English LanguageInstitute was opened in conjunction with the open-ing ceremony of Basic English Proficiency Courseof the Ministry of Religious Affairs at the PitakattaikTraining Hall on Kaba Aye Hill, here, this morn-ing.

Minister for Religious Affairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung and Religious Adviser Dr AshinKegunaratana to Maha Garuna Buddhist Associationof Singapore formally opened the department.

Director-General Dr Myo Myint of Depart-ment for Promotion and Propagation of the Sasanaextended greetings. Dr Ashin Kegunratana explainedhis donation for opening of the department and train-ing course.

Wellwishers of the Maha Garuna Buddhist As-sociation donated computers and related accessoriesworth K 7,942,000 to the minister. Next, they visitedthe training hall and computer room.

Trainee monks of State Pariyatti Sasana Uni-versity (Yangon) and staff of the Ministry of Re-ligious Affairs are attending the three-monthcourse.

MNA

Hlinethaya TownshipUSDA holds AGMYANGON, 12 Sept — An annual general meeting

of Hlinethaya Township Union Solidarity and Devel-opment Association was held at the office of the town-ship association yesterday with an address by ExecutiveDaw San San Nwe of Yangon Division USDA.

Joint Secretary U Tin Yu of Yangon NorthDistrict USDA presented prizes to outstanding stu-dents and Executive U Kyaw Tint of the districtUSDA, to the ward/ village USDAs and members whotook part in rescue and reconstruction works ofAyeyawady Division.

Next, Secretary U Nyan Win of the townshipUSDA accepted cash donations and the meeting cameto an end with concluding remarks by the executive ofYangon North District USDA. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12Sept—Chairman ofRakhine State Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of WesternCommand Maj-GenThaung Aye, CEC mem-bers of Union Solidarityand Development Asso-ciation Minister forCommerce Brig-Gen TinNaing Thein, Ministerfor Transport Maj-GenThein Swe and Ministerfor Livestock and Fish-eries Brig-Gen MaungMaung Thien on 8 Sep-tember, gave speeches atCity Hall of Sittwaywhere they met with de-

Development tasks going on wellin Rakhine State

partmental officials,townselders and socialorganizations.

Afterwards, thecommander and the min-isters handed over USDAuniforms, K 3.5 million tobe used in construction ofjetties, clothes, books,journals and magazines toresponsible persons.

After that, the com-mander and the ministersattended the ceremony tomeet with merchants andentrepreneurs in Sittwayof Rakhine State. At theceremony, the com-mander and USDA CECmember In-charge of

Rakhine State Minister forTransport Maj-Gen TheinSwe delivered openingspeeches.

Merchants, in-dustrialists, fishery entre-preneurs, agricultural andlivestock entrepreneurstook part in the discus-sion.

The commanderand the ministers attendedthe monsoon paddy weed-ing and fertilizers broad-casting held at Kandawgyiplantation of Mingan wardin Sittway and viewed fer-tilizers, weeding and fer-tilizer broadcasting.

MNA

Flood NewsNAY PYI TAW, 12 Sept—The Meteorology

and Hydrology Department issued an announce-ment today that the water level of Ayeyawady Riverat Hinthada is (1335) cm according to the (11:30) hrMST observation today. It may reach its dangerlevel (1342) cm during the next 24 hours.

According to the (11:30) hr MST observa-tion today, the water level of Thanlwin River atHpa-an is (758) cm and it has exceeded by (8) cm(about 3 inches) above its danger level. It may fallbelow its danger level (750) cm during the next (48)hours.

According to the (11:30) hr MST observa-tion today, the water level of Dokehtawady river atMyitnge is (879) cm and it has exceeded by (9) cm(about 4 inches) above its danger level. It may fallbelow its danger level (870) cm during the next (24)hours. — MNA

English LanguageInstitute opened

Mine blast injures villagerin Kyaukkyi Tsp

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Sept — A man living inKayinkya Village stepped on an insurgent-plantedmine and was injured in his right heel while he wasplucking bamboo shoots near the bamboo grove to-gether with three other men near Kyauktan Village inKyaukkyi Township, Bago Division, at 7 am on 10September. The man named Po Pyu is receiving treat-ment at Mone Station Hospital.—MNA

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

2. Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

3. Keeping genuine patriotism based on nationalsolidarity alive and dynamic

4. Turning out younger generation who willcontinue to safeguard the national culture andcharacter

Objectives of the 16th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing

Arts Competitions

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Article & Photos: Aung (Myanma Railways)

Nowadays, bettertransport is indispensablefor development of thenation. As such, the gov-ernment has been extend-ing the construction of railtracks and motor roads fordevelopment of all the re-gions of the Union. Atpresent, the people haveeasy access to variousplaces in the whole Unionin a short time and areable to earn their liveli-hoods well.

The Head of Statehad given guidance, say-ing that despite the factthat there was not muchdifference in availabilityof land and water re-sources, the west bank ofAyeyawady River ispoorer in the transport fa-cility than that on the eastbank. He stressed the needto construct Kyangin-Pakokku railroad for en-suring equitable develop-ment of both regions inthe economic and socialsectors. On completion,the said railroad will linkwith the existing railroads,and the people can maketrips through Pathein-Kyangin-Pakokku-Kalayroute in addition to easyaccess to Pakokku,NyaungU, Monywa,YeU, KhinU andMyitkyina. Hence, the 110miles long Kyangin-Thayet railroad section,the 100 miles long Thayet-Pwintbyu railroad sectionand the 110 miles longPwintbyu-Pakokku sec-tion out of the 320 mileslong Kyangin-Pakokkurailroad are under con-struction simultaneously.

Kyangin-Thayetsection consists of the 14.5miles long part in

Network of railroads for equitable development of regions

Minister forRail Trans-portationMaj-Gen

Aung Minviews

completionof

KyunchaungStation onPwintbyu-Pakokkusection.

MR

A railway tube is under construction on Pwintbyu-Pakokku section.—MR

Special train passing through Kyawphu Bridge on Kyangin-Okshitpin sectionin Ayeyawady Division.—MR

Ayeyawady Division, the48.0 miles long part inBago Division and the 47.5miles long part in MagwayDivision. Choosing theaxis and preliminary worksof the railroad section com-menced on 1-8-2006.

As part of imple-menting the railroad sec-tion giving the first prior-ity, the 40-mile Kyangin-

Okshitpin section out ofKyangin-Thayet railroadsection has been inaugu-rated recently. At present,the 35-mile Okshitpin-Kanma section is underconstruction. As the thirdpriority, the 35 miles longKanma-Thayet section willbe undertaken.

On 14-8-2006, theearth work of Kyangin-Okshitpin section started,and the bridges along thesection were constructedon 11-10-2006. The earthwork completed on 31-8-2007 and construction ofthe bridges has been un-dertaken on 29-10-2007.A total of 120 bridges lieon the railroad.

Along Kyangin-Okshitpin section, Betyeand Sharbo stations are lo-

cated in Ayeyawady Divi-sion and Htaukkyantgon,Kwinhla, Pegyi andOkshitpin stations in BagoDivision. The 38 mileslong Kyangin-Okshitpinsection has been put intoservice on 1-3-2008.

On 25-6-2007, earthwork of 35-mile Okshitpin-Kanma section started andconstruction of bridges on

20-5-2007. The railroadsection comprises 22 mileslong rail tracks in BagoDivision and 13 milestracks in Magway Divi-sion. Out of 185 bridges,the 715 feet long MadaeCreek Bridge and two otherbridges of above 180 feetlong are under construc-tion. The remainingbridges have been built.Construction of Thedawand Natmauk stations havecompleted and remainingfour stations are under con-struction.

The earth works of35-mile Kanma-Thayetsection started on 25-6-2007 and construction ofthe bridges on 10-11-2007.Of them, the 685 feet longMindon Creek Bridge isunder construction.

Moreover, the plan is un-der way to build railwaystations along the railroad.

Along Kyangin-Thayet railroad, 360bridges out of 460 havebeen completed and 18bridges are under construc-tion, while arrangementsare being made for build-ing the remaining 82bridges. On completion,

the passengers and com-modities in Rakhine Statecan be transported to Pyayvia Okshitpin of Bago Di-vision, to Kyangin ofAyeyawady Division,Pathein of Ayeyawady

Division and Pakokku ofMagway Division viaOkshitpin Station.

Furthermore, thepeople from Kanma cantravel to Pyay, Kyangin,Hinthada and Pathein bytrain all the year round andthe residents from Kanmacan enjoy the fruits of railtransportation sector bydirectly visiting Thayet,Minhla, Minbu andPakokku.

The railroad willpass through Thayet,Malun, Minhla, Minbu andPwintbyu townships. Therailroad section includes49.29 miles long Thayet-Malun portion, 27.78 mileslong Malun-Minbu portionand 21.13 miles longMinbu-Pwintbyu portion.

At present, prelimi-nary engineering worksand earth works started.Construction of the 57-mile earth section has com-pleted and the remaining20 miles long earth work isin progress.

Out of 205 bridges,48 bridges have so far beenbuilt along the section. Ar-rangements are being madeto build 20 railway stationson Thayet-Pwintbyu sec-tion. On completion, bothbanks of AyeyawadyRiver can easily be linkedeach other throughAyeyawady Bridge(Magway).

Thayet-Pwintbyusection will pass throughSeikpyu, Salin andPwintbyu townships. Theconstruction task com-menced on 1-4-2007. Therailroad section was di-vided into five parts— 27-

mile Pakokku-Kyunchaung section, 15-mile Kyunchaung-Yawchaung section, 24-mile Yawchaung-Seikpyu section, 29 mileSeikpyu-Salin sectionand 15-mile Salin-Pwintbyu section. Pre-liminary engineering andland survey works started.

The plan is underway to build 217 bridgesalong the railroad section.So far, 48 bridges havebeen put into service, andnine bridges are underconstruction.

Especially, a 154-foot tube that is 27 feetunderground is being builtnear mile post 9/0 onPathein-Monywa roadbetween Pakokku andKyunchaung. Out of 27railway stations along therailroad section, three sta-tions are under construc-tion. On completion, thelocal people can travelfrom Pathein to Pakokkudirectly while passengersand commodities can betransported smoothlyfrom Pakokku to Gangawregion and Kalay ofSagaing Division, fromKalay to Chin State, fromPakokku, ChaungU,Monywa, YeU andKhinU to Myitkyina ofKachin State. That is whythe whole Kyangin-Pakokku railroad willplay a vital role in ensur-ing equitable develop-ment of both eastern andwestern banks ofAyeyawady River.

*****Translation: TTA

Myanma Alin: 7-9-2008

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Cuba rejects again US strings attachedHurricane aid

NATO will not take part inPakistan raids

Afghan men at the site

of the suicide car

bomb attack in

Kandahar. Two

Taliban-style suicide

blasts struck

Afghanistan

Thursday, killing at

least four Afghans and

wounding about a

dozen more,

government officials

said.

INTERNET

Demonstrators chant slogans as they burn a placard symbolizing a US flagduring a rally after Friday prayers in Baghdad’s Sadr City on 12 Sept, 2008.

INTERNET

BRUSSELS, 12 Sept—NATO will not take partin a proposed USstrategy of conductingraids into Pakistan fromAfghanistan againstTaleban and al-Qaedamilitants, a spokesmansaid on Thursday.

“The NATO policy,that is our mandate, endsat the border,” JamesAppathurai told aregular news briefing.

“There are no groundor air incursions byNATO forces intoPakistani territory.”

NATO states woulddiscuss the issue,Appathurai said, but headded: “Let me stress, itis not NATO that will besending its forces acrossthe border.”

The 26 NATO defenceministers will hold aninformal meeting on 18-

Venezuela cuts UScarriers’ flights in spat

CARACAS, 12 Sept— The government of PresidentHugo Chavez is cutting back Venezuelan flights byUS airlines, creating a new source of tension betweenthe United States and one of its leading oil suppliers.

Days after the Bush Administration questionedthe security at Venezuelan airports, AMR Corp’sAmerican Airlines and Delta Airlines said on ThursdayVenezuela ordered a reduction in flights to take effect28 September.

The other major US airline operating routesfrom Venezuela, Continental, is also targeted, the ElUniversal newspaper reported. Continental officialscould not be immediately reached for comment.

MNA/Reuters

Eight killed in Bolivia clashes,US tensions rise

SANTA CRUZ (Bolivia), 12 Sept— At least eight people were killed as violentanti-government protests flared in Bolivia on Thursday, creating havoc in thenatural gas industry and raising tensions with the United States.

Opposition activists shot dead seven peasant farmers in the remote Amazonregion of Pando, a government official said, describing the incident as a massacre.An employee of the opposition-led regional government was also killed.

“We’re talking about a real massacre and the person responsible is the Pandogovernor,” said Deputy Minister of Social Movements Sacha Llorenti.

President Evo Morales’ leftist government blames the unrest on rightistgovernors who control four of the poor country’s nine regions.

The opposition demands greater autonomy and energy revenue and opposesplans by Morales, a former coca farmer and Bolivia’s first indigenous president, torewrite the Constitution and distribute land to the poor.

MNA/Reuters

19 September meetingin London, butAppathurai said the nextopportunity for them todiscuss Afghan opera-tions would be at aministerial meeting inBudapest on 9-10October.

The spokesman said asolution needed to befound to growingextremism in tribal areasof Pakistan borderingAfghanistan.

Internet

Iran ship firm dismisses US charges, sanctions TEHERAN, 12 Sept— An Iranian shipping firm has denied US accusations it had

violated shipping rules and said Washington’s sanctions would not harm itsbusiness, an Iranian news agency reported on Thursday.

The United States imposed sanctions on Wednesday on Islamic Republic ofIran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and affiliates to exert pressure on Iran over its nuclearplans, which Washington says mask a bid to make atomic bombs.

Iran insists its nuclear programme is peaceful. “Activities of this company areexactly in the framework of international laws and regulations. There has been noviolation of regulations and laws concerning this industry,” Iran’s Mehr newsagency quoted a statement from IRISL as saying.

MNA/Reuters

HAVANA, 12 Sept—The Cuban Governmenthas for a second timerejected the US offer ofpost hurricane aid withstrings attached, sayingThursday that the countrywill overcome thesituation.

The US authorities,who have had an economicban on Cuba for 50 years,said Tuesday they wereready to send aid to Cuba

— but only on the conditionthat it is accompanied byexperts to evaluate thedamage.

In a statementreleased Thursday, theCuban Foreign Ministrysaid the country has plentyof trained experts forevaluation work.

The statement said theWhite House hadexpressed “its sorrow forthe damages produced by

Hurricane Ike to the Cubanpeople, and insists on sendingto the island a humanitarianevaluation team to inspectthe affected areas.”

Yet “if the USGovernment really wants tohelp the Cuban people, itshould allow basiccommodities to sell to Cuba... such as materials to repairhouses and to restore theelectricity network,” thestatement added.

MNA/Xinhua

Assembly line workers join the cab to the chassis of Chrysler’s new 2009Dodge Ram pickup being assembled at the Warren Truck Plant in Warren,

Mich, on 12 Sept, 2008.—INTERNET

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WFP sends 60,000 food rations to Haiti

The Olympic dreamof a paralyzed girl

BEIJING, 12 Sept—The life of Dong Ming, a wheel-chair-bound girl from Hubei Province, became inter-twined with the Olympics through her roles as an Oly-mpic torch bearer and Paralympic volunteer.

“My current daily work includes distributing mealcoupons for all the volunteers at the National Aquat-ics Center and welcoming senior guests at the VIPentrance.”

The 22-year-old said her happiest day here was 8September, when Premier Wen Jiabao chatted with herand encouraged her with an inscription before goingto watch the games.

“It’s unbelievable, since I never dared to imaginethe day when I could meet Premier Wen face to face.The feeling at that moment was fantastic.”

Dong Ming says this is the best way for her to fulfillher Olympic dream, though it differs from her origi-nal plan.

Dong Ming once dreamed of competing for Chinain the Olympic diving pools. But her dream slid per-manently out of reach when a swimming accident lefther paralyzed at the age of nine. —Internet

13 mine officials detained after China landslide

Dong Ming currently

spends her days distri-

buting meal coupons

for volunteers working

at the Water Cube.

INTERNET

PANAMA CITY, 12 Sept—The United NationsWorld Food Program(WFP) sent 60,000 foodrations to the hurricanevictims in Haiti, WFPspokesman Elio Rujanotold Xinhua Thursday.

Rujano said that theWFP staff Wednesdayloaded about 31 tons offood, machinery and first-aid kits on a plane.

The aid materials weretransported to Haiti under

the cooperation of severalhumanitarian communi-ties including SpanishAgency of InternationalCooperation for Develop-ment, the Deposit of Hu-manitarian Answer, andthe Humanitarian LogisticCenter of the Spanish Co-operation for LatinAmerica, Rujano said.

It was the second planeof humanitarian aid thatthe WFP has sent to Haiti,where Storms Fay and

Hanna, HurricanesGustav and Ike left morethan 800,000 victims.

The first plane had al-ready reached Haiti lastweek with four boats, sev-eral outboard motors andelectricity generatorsaboard.

The WFP has so far dis-tributed over 371 tons offood to more than 60,800Haitian victims in themost-hit zones.

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XIANGFEN (China), 12Sept—Authorities havedetained 13 officials of amine whose dump sitecollapsed to trigger alandslide that blanketed avillage and killed at least151 people in northernChina, state media saidFriday.

The death toll could risesharply as rescue workerscomb through 74 acres of

sludge and mining wastecovering the area, wherehundreds more peoplemay be buried. The work-ers have covered abouthalf the area, and it couldtake several more days tocover the rest, state mediasaid. The landslide Mon-day in Shanxi province’sXiangfen county was trig-gered when the retainingwall of a mining dump

containing tons of liquidiron-ore waste collapsed,inundating the village of1,300 residents and anoutdoor market with hun-dreds of patrons in a mat-ter of minutes.—Internet

Rescuers use heavy machines searching forvictims buried under the mud, at a village housing

area, following the rain-triggered mud slide atXiangfen County in Linfen, north China’s Shanxi

province, on 11 Sept, 2008.—INTERNET

Armed killings cost nations billions of dollarsGENEVA, 12 Sept—The

United States leads theworld in economic lossfrom deaths caused byarmed crime, according toa global survey releasedFriday.

The US registered anestimated loss of up to

$45.1 billion in terms ofeconomic productivitybecause of violent crimes,said the report by the UNDevelopment Programand the Geneva-basedSmall Arms Survey.

At least 490,000 peopleare killed in armed crimeseach year worldwide,placing a huge economiccost and social burden onnations, the report said.

The report did not givea country-by-countrybreakdown of the num-bers of people killed inarmed crimes.

But the report said thatColombia, El Salvador,Guatemala, Jamaica andSouth Africa are amongthe countries with thehighest numbers of re-corded violent crimes inthe world.—Internet

China bee swarm kills sixin car smash and stings

BEIJING, 12 Sept— Three people were stung to deathafter a truck carrying dozens of bees hives overturnedin northeast China and three more were killed on theroad as they tried to steer clear of the swarm, newspaperssaid on Thursday. The bee-hive truck collided with afarm vehicle on Wednesday and overturned nearChangchun, the capital of Jilin Province, the ChinaDaily said.

Pictures showed thousands of bees swarming aroundthe accident site as workers, wearing protectiveclothing, cleared the debris.

The East Asia Economy and Trade News said threemore people were killed hours later when two truckscollided as they tried to avoid the swarm.

MNA/Reuters

South Korea has no commenton North missile report

SEOUL, 12 Sept—South Korean officials on Thursdaydeclined to comment on reports that North Korea wascompleting a new missile test site capable of launchinglong-range ballistic missiles.

US broadcaster CNN quoted analysts as sayingNorth Korea was near completion of a missile test siteabout 30 miles (50 kilometres) from its border withChina that could be used to test its Taepodong-2 long-range missile. South Korean Defence and UnificationMinistry officials declined to comment on the report atseparate news briefings.

Joseph Bermudez, a senior analyst with Jane’sInformation Group, told CNN the launch site is larger,more costly and more sophisticated than a previous sitethe North has used before to launch missiles.

“This is a national programme in their desire toexpand both their space launch and ballistic missilelaunch programmes,” he said in comments posted onCNN’s website.— MNA/Reuters

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Child deaths fall slightly to 9.2million in 2007: UN

A malnourishedbaby cries in his

mother’s lap nearSheshemene, southern

EthiopiaINTERNET

Hepatitis kills 110, infects 7,100in Uganda: agency

KAMPALA, 12 Sept—The death toll for highlyinfectious hepatitis E hasrisen to at least 110people with 7,100 moreinfected since last year’soutbreak began innorthern Uganda, an aidagency said on Friday.

“Despite aggressiveemergency interventionsover the past 11 months,the outbreak has yetto be eradicated andits elimination will onlybe achieved withcomprehensive, long-term investment inessential services,” theInternational RescueCommittee (IRC) said.

“It’s almost one yearsince the first case ofHepatitis E was reportedin Kitgum District,northern Uganda: adisease that has sinceinfected more than 7,100people and killed at least110,” it said in a

statement.Hepatitis E is similar

to hepatitis A, and isusually transmitted viacontaminated food.

“We have a situationwhere thousands of

Visitors look at “Lotus” a creation of ZadaHadid Architects, laureates of the 2004 Pritzker

Prize, presenting a concept of both a piece ofunfolding furniture and a house during a

presentation of the 11th Venice InternationalArchitecture Exhibition.

INTERNET

British team capture firstpictures of Africa’s ‘unicorn’

Two explosions go offnear Freeport mine

JAKARTA, 12 Sept— Two suspected bombs went offnear a massive mine operated by Freeport-McMoRanCopper & Gold Inc. in eastern Indonesia, police saidFriday. No one was injured and there was little damage.

The near simultaneous blasts happened 10 milesfrom the Grasberg mine in Papua province early Friday,said PT Freeport Indonesia spokesman, MindoPangaribuan. He declined to elaborate until the policeprobe was complete.

“We can only say that the incident did not disturbour operations,” he said. “Things are running normally.”

Witnesses said more than a dozen members of thecountry’s elite anti-terror unit arrived at the targetedsites — a bridge and a nearby security post — toinvestigate and that more were on the way.

“An unidentified group was trying to attackFreeport’s facilities,” said Lt Col Tri Suseno, a militarycommander in the area. “Police are still investigatingthe type of explosives used.”

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displaced people arereturning to villages thatlack sufficient sanitation,clean drinking waterand basic healthcareservices,” IRC said.

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LONDON, 12 Sept—More than 9 millionchildren globally diedbefore their fifth birthdayin 2007, down slightlyfrom 2006, but a huge gapremains between rich andpoor countries, especiallyin Africa, UNICEF saidon Friday.

Efforts to promote

breastfeeding, immuniza-tions and anti-malariameasures have helped cutchild deaths to 9.2 millionfrom 9.7 million a yearago and 12.7 million in1990, the figures from theUnited Nations Children’sFund showed.

“Since 1960, the globalunder-five mortality rate

has declined more than60 percent, and the newdata shows the downwardtrend continues,”UNICEF ExecutiveDirector Ann Venemansaid in a statement.

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An Okapi in the Virunga National Park in theDemocratic Republic of Congo. The okapi, an

African animal so elusive that it was once believedto be a mythical unicorn, has been photographed

in the wild for the first time, the Zoological Societyof London (ZSL) said Thursday.—INTERNET

LONDON, 12 Sept—Theokapi, an African animalso elusive that it wasonce believed to be amythical unicorn, has beenphotographed in the wildfor the first time,the Zoological Societyof London (ZSL) saidThursday.

Camera traps set by theZSL and the CongoleseInstitute for NatureConservation (ICCN)captured pictures of the

okapi in Virunga NationalPark in the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo.

The pictures havedispelled fears that thespecies had died out inmore than a decade of civilwar.

Dr Noelle Kumpel,ZSL’s Bushmeat andForests Conser vationProgramme Manager,said: “To have capturedthe first-ever photogra-phs of such a charismatic

creature is amazing, andparticularly special forZSL given that thespecies was originallydescribed here over acentury ago.

“Okapi are very shy andrare animals, which is whyconventional surveys onlytend to record droppingsand other signs of theirpresence.”

The okapi, which havea black, giraffe-liketongue and zebra-likestripes on their behind,were last spotted in theVirunga National Parknearly 50 years ago on thewest bank of the SemlikiRiver.

The new ZSL surveyrevealed a previouslyunknown okapi popula-tion on the east side of theriver.

Thierry Lusenge, amember of ZSL’s Demo-cratic Republic of Congosurvey team, said: “Thephotographs clearly showthe stripes on their rear,which act like uniquefingerprints.

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MANILA, 12 Sept— ThePhilippines faces serious threats ofclimate change as the rising temperatureand sea level will devastate most of thearchipelago’s ecology system, a U.S.space scientist warned here Friday.Josefino Comiso, a NationalAeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) physicist who made climatechange studies, said the Philippines isvery vulnerable to warming climatebecause it is home to a high diversity ofspecies.Comiso, a contributing author to the

Philippines to suffer worst climatechange devastation

VIENNA, 12 Sept— International waterexperts attending the 6th World WaterCongress said on Friday that moreattention should be given to problems inthe developing countries, including thosewith regard to water supplies andsanitation. It is estimated that about 60 countries,most of them developing countries inthe Middle East, North Africa, the sub-

World Water Congress urges more attentionto developing countries

report on climate change of Nobel winnerInter-Governmental Panel on ClimateChange, is in Manila for a visit to sharehis knowledge with Philippine scientists,the online news networkINQUIRER.NET reported.Comiso said that the country’s coralreefs, home to algae and hundreds ofspecies of fish, are under immediatethreat.”The Philippines is not emitting a lotof carbon dioxide, but it’s going to be thebiggest victim of climate change,” hesaid. —Internet

Sahara region as well as South andCentral Asia, will face a shortage ofwater supply till 2050, according to the6th World Water Congress.The six-day congress, organized bythe International Water Association(IWA), opened here on Sunday, with theattendance of about 3,000 experts andscholars from around the world.

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S P O R T S

LONDON, 12 Sept—TheFootball Association (FA)has asked FIFA to launchan investigation intoclaims of racial abuseaimed at Emile Heskeyduring the team’s World

LIVERPOOL(England), 12 Sept—Struggling Evertonwill not rush influential Australian midfielder TimCahill back into action, the English Premier Leagueclub’s manager David Moyes said.

Cahill hasn’t played since March because of a bro-ken foot and has missed the start of the new season aswell as Australia’s opening World Cup qualifier inUzbekistan in midweek.

The 28-year-old Cahill has returned to full train-ing, but no date has yet been set for his return to thefirst team.

“Tim has started training again and we are glad tohave him back with us,” said Moyes.

“We have missed him a great deal since he has beenout. We have followed instructions from his surgeonand the early signs we have seen from Tim are good.

“He looks really sharp and fit and he’s obviouslylooked after himself during the time he was out. I don’tknow when he’ll be available again but he’s comingalong nicely just now. The one thing we won’t do,though, is take any risks with him.”

Cahill scored 10 league goals last season and playeda crucial role in helping Everton to fifth place in thetable and a spot in the UEFA Cup.—Internet

NASHVILLE, 12 Sept— Tenn - Titans quarterbackVince Young insists he never wavered in his commit-ment to football. All that concern over his mental state?He says he was upset as he dealt with his first seriousinjury, and he didn’t realize he had to tell his motherwhere he was going anymore. Then the media wentoverboard.

Young spoke publicly Thursday for the first timesince Titans coach Jeff Fisher called police for helpin locating the quarterback Monday night because ofconcerns over his emotional well-being. His mother,Felicia Young, also told a local newspaper that thequarterback had indicated he didn’t want to play foot-ball anymore because of all the negativity he faced.

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England ask FIFA to proberacist taunts at Heskey

Emile Heskey of Eng-land kicks the ball

during World Cup 2010qualifying matchagainst Croatia in

Zagreb. —INTERNET

Cup qualifying win overCroatia.

“We can confirm thatwe will be making a reportto FIFA about the racistchanting aimed at EmileHeskey by some Croatiafans during the World Cupqualifying game inZagreb.” a FA spokesmansaid.

“It is unacceptable foranyone to be subjected toracial abuse and we willbe asking FIFA to investi-gate this.

“The FA and Englandteam are determined to doall they can to eradicateany form of racism fromfootball and society.” Eng-land’s 4-1 away win overthe Croats was marred byracist abuse directed atblack striker Heskey.

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Titans’ Young says he neverwavered about football

Tennessee Titans

Struggling Everton willnot rush influential

Australian midfielderTim Cahill (seen here

in 2007) back intoaction, the English

Premier League club’smanager David Moyes

said.INTERNET

Struggling Everton won’trush Cahill

OAKLAND (Calif), 12Sept—Hank Blalockhomered, Chris Davis andJoaquin Arias each drovein two runs and the TexasRangers beat the OaklandAthletics 6-1 on Thursdaynight.

Dustin Nippert (3-4)matched his career highwith seven strikeouts infive strong innings, allow-ing four hits and one runto win back-to-back startsfor the Rangers — anotherimpressive outing in justhis fourth start of 2008.

Davis hit a two-rundouble in the third after

Rangers’ Nippert keeps A’s incheck with 6-1 win

Texas Rangers pitcherDustin Nippert worksagainst the OaklandAthletics in the firstinning of a baseball

game,on 11 Sept, 2008,in Oakland, Calif.

INTERNET

Arias put the Rangersahead with a two-run sin-gle in the second againstDallas Braden (5-4), whohad gone 2-0 over his pre-vious three outings.

Josh Hamilton, wholeft after the seventh witha bruised right foot, hadthree hits for the Rangersand is 16-for-31 over hislast nine games. EveryTexas starter had at leastone hit.—Internet

ANAHEIM, 12 Sept— Francisco Rodriguez got thefinal three outs for his 57th save to tie Bobby Thigpen’smajor league record, and the Los Angeles Angels beatthe Seattle Mariners 7-4 on Thursday night.

Thigpen set the record in 1990 with the ChicagoWhite Sox.

The Angels clinched the AL West title on Wednes-day.

Rodriguez replaced Scot Shields with runners onfirst and second and no outs. He got Ichiro Suzuki toground into a double play, gave up an RBI single toJeremy Reed and a single to Adrian Beltre before fi-nally ending it on Raul Ibanez’s broken-bat grounderto first.

Rodriguez has blown six saves, one of those in hisseven chances against the Mariners.—Internet

K-Rod ties saves recordin win over Mariners

Los Angeles Angels relief pitcher FranciscoRodriguez celebrates after the final out of his 57thsave this season tying a MLB record in a baseballgame against the Seattle Mariners in Anaheim,

Calif., on 11 Sept, 2008.—INTERNET

Russia’s AndreyKuvaev (C) jumps for

the ball during theGroup A preliminary

of men’s 7-a-sidefootball at the Beijing

2008 ParalympicGames in Beijing,China, on 12 Sept,2008. Russia beat

Brazil 3-0.—XINHUA

LONDON, 12 Sept—David Beckham no longerexpects to play in everygame for England and washappy to be in the squadfor the 4-1 victory inCroatia on Wednesday in-spired by a hat-trick byteenager Theo Walcott.

“I’m pleased for Theoand the team, and I amhappy to be here with thesquad, but I don’t expectto play in every gameanymore,” the former cap-tain said after England’sconvincing World Cupqualifying win put themtop of Group Six.

“That’s the way it isnow,” 33-year-old Beck-ham was quoted as sayingin Friday’s Guardiannewspaper. “I was happyto get on in both games(Andorra and Croatia) and

Beckham says he do not playevery game for England

would have liked to haveplayed more but it’s allabout the team and thesquad, and qualifying forthe World Cup.

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SOFIA, 12 Sept — NineBulgarian weightlifterswho tested positive for abanned substance in Junehave been suspended forfour years and two havebeen banned for life, theBulgarian state agency foryouth and sport said onThursday.

The agency announcedthat the domestic federa-tion has been fined465,000 US dollars by theInternational Weightlift-ing Federation (IWF).

The Balkan countrywithdrew its teams fromthe Beijing Olympics af-ter eight men and threewomen failed doping testsduring a training camp.

MNA/Reuters

Bulgarian

weightlifters

banned for

doping

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, southwest monsoon has with-drawn from Central Myanmar areas. Weather has been partlycloudy in Kachin and Kayah States, rain or thundershowershave been isolated in Chin State and Sagaing Division, scat-tered in Shan and Rakhine States, Mandalay and MagwayDivisions, fairly widespread in Kayin State and widespreadin the remaining States and Divisions with locally heavyfallsin Magway, Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions and isolatedheavyfalls in Mon State, Mandalay and Bago Divisions.Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw(Thapyaygone) (1.69)inches, Nay Pyi Taw (Yezin) (0.39)inches, Longlon (7.13) inches, Dawei (5.82) inches, Kayanand Pyay (4.68) inches each, Myeik (3.31) inches, Co CoIsland (3.11) inches, Yangon (Kaba-Aye) (3.04) inches,Chauk and Theinzayat (2.36) inches each and Aunglan (1.53)inches.

Maximum temperature on 11-9-2008 was 94˚F.Minimum temperature on 12-9-2008 was 69ºF. Relative hu-midity at (09:30) hours MST on 12-9-2008 was 100%. Totalsunshine hours on 11-9-2008 was (7.0) hours approx.

Rainfall on 12-9-2008 was (2.56) inches at Mingaladon,(3.04) inches at Kaba-Aye and (1.10) inches at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was (84.53) inches at Mingaladon,(95.87) inches at Kaba-Aye and (112.32) inches at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(5) mph from East at (15:30) hours MST on 11-9-2008.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the NorthBay and monsoon is moderate in the Andaman Sea andweak elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 13-9-2008: Rain orthundershowers will be isolated in Lower Sagaing Divi-sion, scattered in Kachin,Chin and Kayah States,upperSagaing, Mandalay and Magway Divisions, fairly wide-spread in Shan and Rakhine States and widespread in theremaining States and Divisions. Degree of certainty is (80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Thundary condi-tions in the Deltaic areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 13-9-2008: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for13-9-2008: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for13-9-2008: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Friday, 12 September, 2008

R 489 Published by the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministpry of Information, Union of Myanmar. Edited and printed at The New Light of Myanmar Press,No 22/30 Strand Road at 43rd Street, Yangon. Cable Newlight, PO Box No. 43, Telephones: Editors 392308, Manager 392226, Circulation 392304, Advertisement 392223,Accounts 392224, Administration 392225, Production/Press 392369

Karzai opposes long-termpresence of foreign troops

British soldier killed inblast in Afghanistan

LONDON, 12 Sept— A British soldier has beenkilled in an explosion in southern Afghanistan,Britain’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday.

The unidentified soldier, from the Royal LogisticCorps, was on a routine patrol near Musa Qala inHelmand Province on Wednesday when he was caughtin the blast.

His death raises the number of British troopskilled in Afghanistan to 118 since it joined the US-ledinvasion of the country in 2001.

Most of Britain’s 8,100 troops are based inHelmand, a desert province that is the heartland ofTaleban support. — MNA/Reuters

Robbers raidancestral

Obama homein KenyaNAIROBI, 12 Sept—

Burglars broke into thehome of US presidentialhopeful Barack Obama’sgrandmother in a Kenyanvillage but were quicklycaught, police said onThursday.

“These are just people... who think that Obamahas been sending me a lotof money,” said SarahObama, the IllinoisSenator’s 85-year-oldstep-grandmother.

Nothing was stolenduring the raid onWednesday, but policearrested four suspectsafter a chase by localresidents in KogeloVillage, west Kenya.

“The thieves werelocal boys. They broke adoor, climbed on the roofand were attempting tosteal the solar panel whenthe alarm was raised,”Kenyan police spokes-man Eric Kiraithe said.

Obama was born inHawaii to a WhiteAmerican mother and aKenyan father, and he isidolized by manyKenyans as one of theirown who has succeededbeyond their wildestdreams.

MNA/Reuters

Explosion hits rail near Colombo COLOMBO, 12 Sept— An explosion struck a railway track near the capital

Colombo on Thursday for the second time in two days but caused no injuries andonly minor damage, the military said. The blast hit the rail line near Kelaniya, about10 kilometres (six miles) north of Colombo.

“Nobody was injured and only about a foot of the track was damaged,”military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said.

Earlier, a railway official said all trains on the route were stopped as aprecaution.

On Wednesday night, a small explosion hit a section of railway line in MountLavinia south of the capital but caused no damage or injuries. Authorities said theywere still investigating who may be responsible for that explosion.

MNA/Reuters

KABUL, 12 Sept—President Hamid Karzaisaid on Thursday heopposed the long-termpresence of foreign troopsin Afghanistan, addingany new US strategy totackle militancy mustinvolve a greater role forhis government.

Some 71,000 troopsunder the command of theUS military and NATOare in Afghanistan wherethe al-Qaeda-backedTaleban, ousted in a US-led invasion in 2001, havemade a comeback since2005.

Western commanders

have not given atimeframe for any trooppullout, saying itdepended on how soonAfghan forces can standon their feet.

“Ultimately, wethrough our forces,measures and resourcesshould protect our land,”Karzai said in response to aquestion about foreignforces at a news conference.“It is natural that theinternational communitycannot stay here forever andit is not good for us thatthey stay (for a long time).”

Anger has beenmounting in Afghanistanafter a spike in civiliancasualties in coalitionairstrikes in recent weeksand opened up a rift betweenthe Karzai government andthe Western coalition forcesthat back it.

MNA/Reuters

Palestinian Haula Hamdan, 32, sits with her fourchildren whose father lives in the Gaza Strip, at her home

on the West Bank village of Rafat, near Nablus, on 10Sept, 2008. A new Israeli policy is deepening the

separation between the West Bank and Gaza and tearingPalestinian families apart, in violation of international

law, two Israeli human rights groups said in a joint reportWednesday.

SINGAPORE, 12 Sept—The HealthMinistry Friday said that 22 new casesof mosquito-borne chikungunya feverhave been reported since the last updateon 5, Sept bringing the total number to200 cases this year.

The ministry said half of the 22new cases were imported and thevictims had a history of traveling toMalaysia.

Of the 11 local cases, two arepart of a new cluster, seven are linkedto existing clusters, while the remainingtwo are isolated cases that occurred inseparate locations.

The National EnvironmentAgency continues to conduct checks inthose areas to eradicate mosquitobreeding sites.

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22 new cases ofchikungunya fever

reported in Singapore

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14th Waxing of Tawthalin 1370 ME Saturday, 13 September, 2008

* Although shouting “democracy” publicly,

Plots and schemes are indeed,

For economic sanctions against motherland,

To make people impoverished is intended,

And to get the public into dire straits, then,

Thereby testing the public patience,

Soon will such person get people’s punishment.

Soe Moe Kyaw (Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana)

Retribution

Special trainsets off afterinaugura-

tion ofKyangin-Okshitpinrailroadsection.

MR

ARTICLE & PHOTOS:AUNG

(MYANMA RAILWAYS)

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NAY PYI TAW, 12Sept—Maj-Gen Tha Ayeof the Ministry of Defence,accompanied by Chair-man of Taninthayi Divi-sion Peace and Develop-ment Council Commanderof Coastal Region Com-mand Maj-Gen Khin ZawOo and officials lookedinto a 50-ton ice factoryand 100-ton capacity coldstorage of Kyaw KyawPhyo Co in Panlounawisland and chilled fish and

Means sought to boost aquaproducts in Taninthayi Div

ship level departmentalofficials, members of so-cial organizations andtownselders at No. 70BEPPS of the village andpresented relief supplies tofire victims who were pro-vided with 171 man’s wearlongyis, 171 woman’swear longyis and 200 doz-ens of exercise books.

They later went toDaungkumaw crab breed-ing farm of Kaung Kaunglivestock breeding Co in

scallops, production lineand packaging of lobsters,drying of prawns withdrier and selecting of driedshrimps according to theirqualities.

Later, Maj-GenTha Aye and party viewedthe production process offinished goods from rawfish in raw fish factoryand cold storage and ASKAdaman Co Ltd, settingup of the quality of fin-ished goods with ma-

lobsters on 7 September.Next, Maj-Gen Tha

Aye and party proceededto Thechaung village ofYekantaung village-tract inKyunsu township wherethey viewed houses, ven-dors, and rural health carecentres. They met town-

which they inspectedbreeding of crabs withrafts.

Afterwards, Maj-Gen Tha Aye and partyproceeded to Asaung-kaung Industries Co Ltdin Myeik and looked intoextracting of meat from

chines, preparing of cuttle-fish in fumigated cold stor-age for selling them asvalue-added goods. Theythen looked into packag-ing of quality fresh waterfish, fresh and sea waterlobsters of Minzarni CoLtd.—MNA

Maj-Gen Tha Aye of the Ministry of Defence looks into Daungkumawcrab breeding farm in Kyunsu Township. —MNA

Robinho ready

Manchester Citymanager Mark Hughes

says Brazilian starRobinho is relishing

the prospect of facingChelsea.

MANCHESTER, 12Sept—The 24-year-old isexpected to make his Citydebut on Saturday andHughes said Robinho hadmade a point of sayinghow much he was lookingforward to facing the clubwho came close to sign-ing him from Real Madrid- only to be gazumped by

City’s £32.5m bid. City have hired a pri-vate jet to fly back theirSouth American playersRobinho, Elano, Jo andPablo Zabaleta from in-ternational duty and theyare due to arrive in Man-chester at midnight onThursday, giving themvital extra hours to pre-pare for the match withChelsea on Saturdayevening. All eyes however willbe on Robinho, andHughes said: “On the dayI met him in London 10days ago, one of the firstthings he said was that hecan’t wait for the gamebecause he can’t wait toplay against Chelsea, sothat’s a good sign. “The intention is thathe plays a part on Satur-day. The one impressioneveryone has of Robinhois that as soon as he getsthe ball you sense some-thing is going to happenand I think everyone willsee that at the weekend.

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