the new light of myanmar 04-09-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 141 1st Waning of Tawthalin 1371 ME Friday, 4 September, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment of other sectors of the economy as well

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

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept inthe hands 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

Sabbapapassa akaranam,

Not to do evil whatsoever.

Kusalassa upasampada,

Cultivate the good in every way.

Sacittapariyodapamam,

Exert oneself to control one’s mind.

(i.e., Control one’s mind not to do evil

whatsoever.)

Etam Buddhana sasanam.

This is the teaching of all the Buddhas.

(Dhammapada 41)

The Buddhas’Teaching in Brief

Lt-Gen Ko Ko of Ministry ofDefence looks into development

tasks in Maei, An of Rakhine StateNAY PYI TAW, 3 Sept—Accompanied by

Chairman of Rakhine State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of Western Command Maj-GenThaung Aye and officials, Lt-Gen Ko Ko of the Ministryof Defence met with departmental officials, membersof social organizations and townselders at the hall ofGeneral Administration Department in Maei on 28August.

He explained matters on regional developmentand presented exercise books and various kinds ofbooks to officials.

The commander gave foodstuffs to them.After the meeting, Lt-Gen Ko Ko inspected

Maei People’s Hospital, presented gifts to the patientsand viewed the site for construction of the staff quarters.

At Talaingtaung Camp, the commander andofficials reported on upgrading of the road. Lt-Gen KoKo gave instructions on completion of constructiontasks on schedule.

Afterwards, they inspected the axis forNyaungchaung-Tattaung Road near NyaungchaungVillage, progress of An Airport, the site for constructionof An People’s Sports Ground, developmentundertakings in An and supply of water from HinywetDam to An.

(See page 7)

Technological University (Myitkyina)Byline: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)

Technological University (Myitkyina). (Byline on page 7)

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 4 September, 2009

Friday, 4 September, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

Build more railroads to runtrains across the nation

A ceremony to hand over locomotives,passenger and freight wagons by the People’sRepublic of China was held at Yangon RailwayStation on 31 August.

The Myanma Railways of the Ministry ofRail Transportation is mainly engaged inupgrading and extended building of railroads inits effort to bring about better transport in allparts of the nation and ensure regionaldevelopment.

In the process, the Myanma Railwaysupholding in the fore the interest of the State andthe people is taking all the possible measures foracquisition of heavy machinery in order tomaintain railroads so that advanced locomotivesand passenger and freight wagons can runsmoothly and swiftly.

Locomotives, passenger and freightwagons handed over on 31 August were presentedby the People’s Republic of China as goodwillgifts. The PRC has already provided Myanmarwith five locomotives, 20 passenger coaches and200 freight wagons in May 2009 as goodwillpresents.

Passenger coaches handed over on 31August will be used on Yangon-Mandalayrailroad section while some freight wagons willbe used in railroad upgrading and constructionprojects.

The remaining freight coaches will beused on Yangon-Mandalay, Yangon-Mawlamyine, Mandalay-Myitkyina andMandalay-Lashio railroad sections with a viewto bringing about swift and speedy commodityflow.

At a time when the government isextensively engaged in building a network ofrailroads for the trains to run across the nationall the traveling public are to help maintain andsafeguard the coaches with a sense of nationalawareness.

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Sept — Chairman of MandalayDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Central Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe inspectedconstruction project for a school building and a hospitalin Kyaukse Township on 29 August.

Central Command Commander inspects constructionprojects in Kyaukse

Commander Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe went toPhyaukseikpin in Kyaukse Township and inspectedthe construction projects for the new school buildingof the Basic Education High School and for the 25-bedhospital.

MNA

YANGON, 3 Sept—Acer Notebook, Netbook,LCD monitor andprojector are put ondisplay by ShwelaminNagar Co at Electronic andLiving’ 09 exhibitionbeing held at Tatmadaw

NAY PYI TAW, 3Sept— Minister forAgriculture andIrrigation Maj-Gen HtayOo on 30 Augustinspected cultivation ofherbal orchids andvegetables at DoekhwinFarm in PyinOoLwin.

The minister viewedgreen house plantationsand production of qualityherbal plants andvegetables in coope-ration with KOICA.

At the irrigationdevelopment trainingdivision (upper Myanmar)in Chaungwun Camp ofPatheingyi Township,the minister heardreports on quali tycontrol of construction

Doekhwin Farm in PyinOoLwin, Irrigation DevelopmentSchool in Patheingyi inspected

materials to be used in113 completed damprojects andconstruction of 17 dams

presented AssistantDirector Daw Aye AyeHlaing.

Later, the minister

YANGON, 2 Sept — General Secretary DrMaung Maung Lay of the Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambers of Commerce andIndustry met Economic Attaché Mr. PrajuabSupinee of the Thai Embassy in Myanmar at theoffice of UMFCCI on 31 August.

They held discussions on promotinginvestment and bilateral trade and holdingmeetings between Myanmar businessmen and30-member Thai delegation from 16 companiesat Mandalay Hill Resort on 9 September andUMFCCI Tower on 10 September.

Thai entrepreneurs are those who areengaged in manufacturing and selling cosmetics,foodstuff and soft drinks, stationery, Thai silkware, women and children’s wear, electricalappl iances and electronics , personal andhousehold goods.

Myanmar entrepreneurs who want to attendthe meeting to be held in Yangon may enlist atUMFCCI. For further information, dial 214344and 214349. Those wishing to attend the meetingin Mandalay may enlist Mandalay Division CCI.

MNA

Acer Notebooks on show at Electronicand Living’ 09 exhibition

Convention Hall on UWisara road here up to 6September. Acer productssole agentShwelaminNagar Co willsell high capacity Aspire4736Z notebook with 2.1GHz CPU and IntelPentium Dual CoreMobile Processor T 4300at special price.

The memory ofnotebook is dual channelDDR-3 (1066 MHz) 1GB. The portablenotebook has 256 MBmemory on BoardGraphic. The latest Aspire4937G Note-book has 2.0GHz CPU speed, Intelcore 2 Duo processor T6500 and FSB 800 MHz,nVIDIA Ge Force G 105M with 512 MB.

Acer booth seen at Electronic and Living’ 09exhibition.—NLM

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo looking into Doekhwin Farm in

PyinOoLwin.—MNA

looked into constructionof the laboratory with theassistance of KOICA.

MNA

MNA

Myanmar-Thai entrepreneursto hold meetings in Yangon,

Mandalay

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 4 September, 2009 3

Afghan spy boss killed in Talebansuicide attack

Indonesian quake leaves 46 dead,dozens missing

Villagers search a destroyed house after an earthquake in Puncak, West Javaon 2 Sept, 2009. —INTERNET

Local residents wade through a partially flooded area after the passage ofHurricane Jimena, in Puerto San Carlos, Mexico. Hurricane Jimena batteredthe poor fishing villages of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula on Wednesday,tearing down rickety buildings and causing major coastal flooding.—INTERNET

Gunmen killMexico police

deputyMORELIA , 3 Sept —

Gunmen have shot deadthe deputy police chief,Jose Manuel Revuelta, inthe western Mexican stateof Michoacan. He waskilled by heavily armedmen in two cars whointercepted the vehicle hewas driving. His twobodyguards and abystander were alsokilled.

Mr Revuelta, 38, waskilled blocks away frompolice headquarters in thestate capital Morelia. Hewas appointed to the postjust two weeks ago.Michoacan is the base ofMexico’s feared LaFamilia drugs cartel.

The government hasdeployed some 5,000troops and federal policethere to quell a recentescalation in drugs-related violence.

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Israel frees nine Hamas lawmakers in West Bank RAMALLAH, 3 Sept — Israel on Wednesday freed nine Hamas lawmakers

who were arrested after the capture of an Israeli soldier in 2006, a local prisonerrights group said. The nine members of the Palestinian Legislative Council(PLC) have completed their 40-month detention sentence, according to thegroup.

Israel arrested more than 40 members of the Hamas-dominated PLCin theWest Bank in 2006 in response to the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit, an Israelicorporal, by Hamas in a cross-border raid in southeast Gaza Strip. Nasser AbdelJawwad, one of the freed lawmakers, told Xinhua that he and his colleagues havebeen released because they have served their sentence term, who stressed theirrelease was “not linked to any other issue, especially the prisoner exchange talks”between Hamas and Israel. — Xinhua

Map showing provinces in Afghanistan with thelargest Taleban presence. The Taleban have beenretreating from military engagement and escalatingterrorist-type attacks, diplomats and military leaders have told AFP.—INTERNET

KABUL, 3 Sept —A Taleban suicidebomber attacked officials leaving a mosqueeast of the capital on Wednesday, killingthe country’s deputy intelligence chiefand 22 other people in a major blow toAfghanistan’s security forces.

The brazen assault occurred astensions are running high after lastmonth’s divisive presidential electionand a sharp rise in US casualties —events that have already raised alarm inWashington over the future of PresidentBarack Obama’s strategy to turn the tideof the war.A Taleban spokesman,Zabiullah Mujahid, claimed responsibi-lity for the bombing, which happened as

Afghan dignitaries were leaving the mainmosque in Mehterlam, 60 miles (100kilometres) east of Kabul, afterceremonies marking the Islamic holymonth of Ramadan.

The bomber approached the crowdon foot and detonated an explosive belt,killing 23 people, including AbdullahLaghmani, deputy chief of Afghanistan’sNational Directorate for Security andthe target of the attack, according toprovincial spokesman Sayed AhmadSafi. The chairman of the local provincialcouncil and the executive director of thelocal governor’s office also died in theblast, Safi said.—Internet

CIKANGKARENG, Indo-nesia, 3 Sept– Rescuersdug through rocks anddebris with their bare handson Thursday in search ofdozens of villagersbelieved buried in alandslide triggered by astrong Indonesianearthquake that killed atleast 46 people anddamaged thousands ofbuildings.

At least 110 peoplewere hospitalized with

injuries from the 7.0magnitude quake just offthe coast of denselypopulated Java island,Disaster ManagementAgency spokesmanPriyadi Kardono said,adding that 10 were incritical condition.

The earthquakeWednesday afternooncaused destruction acrossWest Java province, wheremore than 18,300 homesand offices were listed as

damaged, around 9,000 ofthem seriously, Kardonosaid. At least 5,300 peoplewere forced into temporaryshelters, he said.

Some rural areas couldnot be reached bytelephone and there maybe more victims anddamage, officials said.Many of the deaths andinjuries were caused byfalling debris or collapsedwalls and roofs.

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Helmand attack kills UK soldierLONDON, 3 Sept — A British soldier has been killed in

an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry ofDefence has said. Next of kin have been informed of thedeath, which happened on Wednesday during an attackin the Babaji District of Helmand Province.

The soldier was from Royal Electrical and MechanicalEngineers operating with the Light Dragoons Battlegroup.It takes the number of British service personnel killed inAfghanistan since operations began in 2001. Thespokesman for Task Force Helmand, Lt Col NickRichardson, said: “Everyone in Task Force Helmand isdeeply saddened by the death of this brave soldier whodied working to make Afghanistan a better place.“Ourthoughts are with his family and we offer them ourdeepest and heartfelt condolences at this tragic time.”

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High level Mid-East links resumeJERUSALEM , 3 Sept — Israeli and Palestinian cabinet

ministers have held their highest level meeting sinceBenjamin Netanyahu became Israel’s prime minister.Israeli Regional Development Minister and Vice PremierSilvan Shalom met Palestinian Economy MinisterBassem Khoury met at a Jerusalem hotel.

The talks focused on economic issues. Formal peacenegotiations between the two sides remain stalled. MrNetanyahu took office in April and is under US pressureto restart talks. The agenda for Wednesday’s meetingincluded easing restrictions on the entry of Palestinianbusiness people to Israel, as well as boosting Israelimeat exports to the West Bank and dairy imports fromthe West Bank to Israel, Israeli officials said.Mr Shalomsaid his objective was economic peace.—Internet

Bid toidentify

Iraq hostagebody

LONDON, 3 Sept —Forensic experts in Iraqare working intensivelyto identify a body thoughtto belong to one of fiveBritish men seized inBaghdad in May 2007.The bodies of two werereturned in June this yearand on Wednesday a thirdbody was passed to Iraqiauthorities.

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Actresses adjust their headwears at a cosplay show during the FifthNortheast Asia Investment and Trade Expo in Changchun, capital of

northeast China’s Jilin Province, on 2 Sept, 2009.— XINHUA

Spanish matador Jose Tomas gives a pass with capote to an El Pilar fightingbull during the second corrida of the San Agustin festivities at the Linares

bullring, southern Spain.—INTERNET

OTTAWA, 3 Sept — Theglobal economy isstarting to recover, withChina and the UnitedStates leading the emerg-ing countries and thedeveloped world respecti-vely down the road torecovery, Canada’s Scot-iabank said on Wednes-day in a study.

Both countries arebenefiting from the hugestimulus efforts by theirgovernment, which also

RIGA, 3 Sept — Abilateral economic andtrade forum was held hereduring a Chinese delegat-ion’s visit to Latvia fromMonday to Wednesday.

The delegation, orga-nized and led by theChinese Commerce Mini-stry, comprised about 60entrepreneurs from 34enterprises.

It has been the largestever Chinese economicand trade delegation sincethe establishment of the

Latvia’s acting Prime Minister Einars Repse (2nd R) and visiting ChineseVice Premier Hui Liangyu (2nd L) attend the Latvia-China Economic Forum

held in Riga, Latvia, on 1 Sept, 2009. More than 220 entrepreneurs fromChina and Latvia participated in the forum.— XINHUA

Canadian study says globaleconomy recovering

helped to drive theeconomies of othercountries, the study in“Scotia Economics”said.In the United States,massive monetary andfiscal stimulus isbeginning to gain tractionand will account for themajority of growth duringthe next year. Inventoryrestocking in the auto-mobile industry will alsogive an added boost torecovery.

But US growththrough 2010 will do little

more than backfill thehole created by the recentsteep decline, it pointedout, adding it will takemore time to revitalizehousing and to restructurethe financial services andmotor vehicle indust-ries.The European andJapanese economies alsoare showing tentativesigns of turning thecorner, but these count-ries’ recent GDP losseswill not be made up untilwell beyond 2010.

Xinhua

WASHINGTON , 3 Sept— Older Americans willmake up virtually all ofthe growth in the USwork force in the comingyears as a nearly un-precedented number holdonto jobs and youngerpeople decide to stay inschool.

The study by the PewResearch Center, an

WASHINGTON, 3 Sept— Federal prosecutors hit PfizerInc with a record-breaking $2.3 billion in fines onWednesday and called the world’s largest drugmaker arepeating corporate cheat for illegal drug promotions thatplied doctors with free golf, massages, and resort junkets.

Announcing the penalty as a warning to all drugmanufacturers, Justice Department officials said theoverall settlement is the largest ever paid by a drugcompany for alleged violations of federal drug rules,and the $1.2 billion criminal fine is the largest ever inany US criminal case. The total includes $1 billion incivil penalties and a $100 million criminal forfeiture.

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NEW YORK, 3 Sept—Wall Street fluctuated onWednesday, as gains inenergy shares offsetbigger-than-estimated joblosses and sluggishgrowth in factory orders.

The ADP EmployerServices reported that USprivate employers cut298,000 jobs in August,fewer than a revised360,000 jobs lost in Julybut more than 250,000jobs lost economists hadexpected.

Meanwhile, the USCommerce Departmentsaid orders to US facto-ries rose less than expect-ed in July as reduceddemand for petroleumproducts offset a jump inorders for aircraft andother transportationgoods.—Xinhua

RIO DE JANEIRO, 3 Sept — Brazil’s state-controlledoil and gas giant Petrobras on Wednesday confirmedthe discovery of oil in a deep water reserve in thecentral region of the Gulf of Mexico.

According to Petrobras, the oil was found in theTiber-1 well, located 400 km southeast of Houston, inthe US state of Texas. The well was drilled in KeathleyCanyon block 102, and preliminary exploratoryassessment points to a big reserve. According to thecompany, the Tiber-1 well was drilled to a total depthof 10,685 metres, and is the deepest well ever drilledby the oil industry.—Xinhua

Wall Streetzigzags as

energy gainsoffset downbeateconomic data

Older Americans staying put in jobs longerindependent researchgroup, highlights a rapid-ly graying labour marketdue to longer life spans,an aging baby boomerpopulation and a souringeconomy that has made itharder to retire.

Pew’s survey andanalysis of governmentdata, being released onThursday, found the share

of Americans ages 55 andolder who have or wereseeking a job rose to 40percent this year, thehighest level since 1961.

In contrast, people 16to 24 who were active inthe labour marketdecreased to 57 percent,down from 66 percent in2000.

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Pfizer to pay record $2.3b penaltyfor drug promos

Brazil’s Petrobras confirmsoil discovery in Mexico

Latvia, China hold forum to promotetrade, investment

China-Latvia diplomaticties.

At the forum, whichwas attended by morethan 170 entrepreneursfrom 114 Latvian com-panies, visiting ChineseVice Premier Hui Liang-yu urged further econo-mic and commercialcooperation between thetwo sides.

Chinese Vice Ministerof Commerce Gao Huch-eng pledged that theChinese government

would work more closelywith the Latvian side toserve and facilitate theexchanges between thetwo countries’ enter-prises.

According to China’sofficial statistics, tradevolume between the twocountries rose steadily inrecent years, reaching865 million US dollars in2008, a jump of 22.4percent from a yearearlier.

Xinhua

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Venice film festival opens withSicilian epic

Workers give the final touches to the front entrance of the Cinema Palace inVenice on 31 Aug, 2009. The 66th Venice Film Festival will take place from

2 September to 12 September, 2009.— XINHUA

BEIJING, 3 Sept—TheVenice film festivalopened on Wednesdaywith Italian movie“Baaria,” an epic Siciliandrama taking in fascism,World War II andcommunism and billed asone of the country’sbiggest movies ever.Organizers hope directorGiuseppe Tornatore’sentry wins over audiencesafter a series of Italiandisappointments in recentyears, although it is

Hollywood which looksset to grab most of theheadlines during the 11-day cinema showcase.The world’s oldest filmfestival, which runs fromyesterday to 12 Sept, hassucceeded in luring astring of big names tothe sun-drenched Lidowaterfront this year as itfights to compete withrival competitions aroundthe world.

Matt Damon appearsin “The Informant!,” in

which he plays a crookedcompany whistleblower,and Michael Moorebrings “Capitalism:A Love Story,” adocumentary attackingcorporate greed andanalyzing the recession.They are expected to bejoined on the red carpetby Nicolas Cage, GeorgeClooney, Oliver Stone,Charlize Theron, EvaMendes, Richard Gereand Sylvester Stalloneamong others. —Xinhua

Venezuela reports 41deaths, 970 infections of flu

CARACAS, 3 Sept—Venezuela has registered a totalof 970 A/H1N1 influenza infections, including 41deaths, Venezuelan Health Minister Carlos Rotondarosaid on Wednesday. Rotondaro said that the deathswere caused by associating chronic diseases likerespiratory disease, heart diseases, obesity and cancer. The Venezuelan government would spend 25million US dollars buying 5 million doses of vaccinesagainst the flu, Rotondaro said. The country wouldalso build its first A/H1N1 flu vaccines factory in2010.Venezuela reported its first death of a 11-month-old girl killed by the A/H1N1 flu on 19 July. According to the last report published on 28 Augby the World Health Organization, there were a totalof 209,438 infections, including 2,185 deaths in theworld, The American countries continue to have themost cases, with 52.6 percent of the total.— Xinhua

VenezuelanPresident tovisit Iran on

SaturdayTEHRAN, 3 Sept—

Venezuelan PresidentHugo Chavez isscheduled to visit Tehranon Saturday, the semi-official Fars news agencyreported on Wednesday.Chavez is to confer withIranian officials onbilateral ties and otherissues of mutual interest,the report said.

Iran and Venezuela willalso ink a number ofagreements duringChavez’s two-day trip toTeheran, Fars added. TheVenezuelan president hasdeveloped strong ties withthe government of Iran, inparticular in energyproduction, economic,and industrial coo-peration. He has visitedIran several times sinceIranian President Mah-moud Ahmadinejad tookoffice in 2005. —Xinhua

Rio to build largest aquarium in Latin AmericaRIO DE JANEIRO, 3 Sept—Rio de Janeiro will build the largest marine aquarium

in Latin America, municipal authorities announced on Wednesday. To be namedAqua Rio, the aquarium is part of a plan to revitalize the city. Its construction willrequire an estimated investment of 110 million reais (58.5 million US dollars),which will come possibly from private donors.

The aquarium, to be located in the port area of the city, near the Guanabara Bay,will have a total floor area of 27,000 square metres and will house 12,000 animalsfrom 400 different fresh water and saltwater species, including sharks and rays. Itwill also have 42 tanks containing a total of five million liters of water. Specializedtanks for animals such as penguins and sea wolves would also be built.—Xinhua

Flood sweeps away villager,1,700 livestock in N China

People watch a scroll painting during a visit to an exhibition of modernChinese ink and wash held in Warsaw, Poland, on 2 Sept, 2009. Some 64

paintings created by 38 modern Chinese artists are displayed at theexhibition.— XINHUA

Members of a musical band sing a Russian song during a competition at theChinese Embassy to Russia in Moscow, on 2 Sept, 2009. Fifteen contestantsselected from more than 12,000 Chinese singers attended the competition on

Wednesday in which Chinese singers sing Russian songs.—XINHUA

HOHHOT, 3 Sept—Flooding triggered by aheavy downpour hasswept away a villager andmore than 1,700 livestockin a township in northChina’s Inner MongoliaAutonomous Region, thelocal government said onWednesday.

Zhang Yuzhen, 58, a

vi l lager from QaganNur Township, BalingRight Banner, wasfound dead after beingswept away along witha donkey cart by a flashflood on Tuesdayafternoon, said thebanner government.

The down-pour alsopacking hail ravagedQagan Nur Township andthe neighbouring Baori-wusu Township for about20 minutes on Tuesdayafternoon.

Hailstones accumulatedto up to 8 cm on theground. In Qagan Nurabout 1,700 sheep andthree donkeys were sweptaway, dozens of housesdamaged and cropscovering 2,533 hectaresof farmland totallyruined.

In Baoriwusu, thedownpour wiped out 200hectares of crops.

All items from Xinhua News Agency

Xinhua

Juncker says eurozoneeconomy out of worst

periodBRUSSELS, 3 Sept—The worst part of the economic

crisis in the euro zone is over, but it is still too early toend financial stimulus, a top European economicofficial said on Wednesday.

“The worst is over for the time being,” LuxembourgPrime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who is also thechairman of eurozone finance ministers, told reportersbefore an informal meeting of the ministers here onWednesday. Official figures released by the EuropeanUnion (EU)’s statistics office Eurostat showed thatthe eurozone economy shrankat a slower pace in thesecond quarter of this year, confirming the optimismexpressed by Juncker.—Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

They say they beat it. Thousands ofMexicans claimed they broke therecord for most people dancing to“Thriller” simultaneously in one placeon Saturday, which would have beenMichael Jackson’s 51st birthday.

“We did it!” organizer JavierHildago shouted to thousands of peo-ple wearing black fedoras, whitegloves, aviator shades and ghoulishface paint, breathless after trying to rec-reate the groundbreaking 1983 video.

Did they? The Guinness Book ofWorld Records will decide in a week.

Forget about all those fancy LA hair

salons where Hollywood stars try to

regain their sense of self in front of a

mirror. The final round of the 11th

annual sheep shearing competition

took place on 23 Aug, in Salem on

Lake Constance in southern Ger-

many. 58 competitors wowed the

audience by removing between four

and five kilos (nine and 11 pounds)

of wool from each sheep. Talk about

trimming down for the summer.

Police in Florida say a burglar who made off with a man’s valuables returnedto the home later and snatched what he couldn’t carry on his first trip: a 100-pound plasma-screen TV.

A Pensacola Police investigator was on the scene when the robber came backhours after the first burglary.

The man who lived at the house, Steve Fluegge, says he was shocked theburglar came back and stole the television. The suspect had already stolen Fluegge’swallet, watch and video game system.

Police and K-9 units canvassed the neighbourhood, but couldn’t find the bur-glar or the TV.

Investigators had left the TV in the backyard, where the burglar put it, so theycould dust for fingerprints.

Police have offered to pay for the TV.

Authorities say they’ve taken morethan 400 animals, including sheep,goats, ducks and even four endangeredturtles, from a filthy central Floridahome.

Did Mexico beat it? Fans gofor ‘Thriller’ record

Hundreds of animals found in filthMarion County Sheriff’s officials in-

vestigated Friday and removed dead andliving animals from the home of IleanaVerguizas and Andrew Gonzalo Perez.

The animals, many covered in fleasand matted with feces, were kept incrates and pens.

Cats, dogs, rabbits and parrots werealso among the animals found.

Authorities said Verguizas and Perezwere trying to raise quail and kept theireggs for months, hoping they wouldhatch. Some rotted and exploded.

No arrests have been made but au-thorities say an animal cruelty investi-gation is ongoing.

Officials hope to rehabilitate all theanimals for adoption.

Brazen Fla burglar grabs TV in double-steal

Michael Jackson’s fans dance“Thriller” in celebration of the late

singer’s 51st birthday in Mexico City,Mexico. According to the organizers,12,937 Mexicans set the new Guin-ness World Record on a mass per-

formance of Michael Jackson’sfamed “Thriller” dance on Sunday.

A white barn owl lands on the armof a young girl as birds of prey areput through their paces at a naturepreserve in Rhineland-Palatinate.The bird sanctuary offers visitors awide variety of animal attractions,

year-round.

KUALA LUMPUR , 3 Sept— A French climberknown as Spiderman forhis amazing feats hasclimbed one of theworld’s tallest buildings,in Malaysia, on his thirdattempt.

Witnesses said it tookAlain Robert, 47, justover two hours to com-plete his ascent of the 88-storey Tower Two of thePetronas Towers in KualaLumpur.

He has scaled many ofthe tallest buildings, usingno safety equipment.

Mr Robert was repor-

BOGOTA, 3 Sept — The coast guards of Colombia,Panama and the United States seized at least 1.2 tonsof cocaine in a speedboat in the Caribbean Sea, theColombian navy said in a statement on Wednesday.

The Colombian coast guards pursued a suspectspeedboat from Colombia’s Gulf of Uraba tointernational waters in the Caribbean Sea, where USand Panamanian naval forces took part in the operationin keeping with a joint maritime agreement, thestatement said.

As much as 1.2 tons of cocaine of high purity in51 bags were found in the boat. The drugs were worth36 million US dollars on the black market, thestatement added. — Xinhua

NEW DELHI, 3 Sept — India’s greenhouse gasemissions are expected to jump to between 4billion tonnes and 7.3 billion tonnes in 2031 butthe Asian power’s rapid economic growth will besustainable, a government-backed report said onWednesday.

Per-capita emissions are estimated to rise to 2.1tonnes by 2020 and 3.5 tonnes by 2030, according toa government-funded study by five differentorganizations, including environmental groups and themanagement consultancy firm, McKinsey.

The report did not give a figure for present emissionlevels but Indian climate negotiators say per-capitaemissions are 1.2 tonnes at present.

India’s population is 1.1 billion but is expectedto grow to more than 1.5 billion in coming decades.”It’s not a do-nothing strategy,” EnvironmentMinister Jairam Ramesh told reporters.

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JERUSALEM , 3 Sept—Archaeologists digging inJerusalem haveuncovered a 3,700-year-old wall that is the oldestexample of massivefortifications ever foundin the city, the IsraelAntiquities Authority said

This image made available by Israel’s AntiquitiesAuthority on 2 Sept, 2009.—INTERNET

1.2 tons of cocaine seizedin Caribbean Sea

Israeli archaeologists find ancient fortificationon Wednesday.The 26-foot-high wall is believedto have been part of aprotected passage built byancient Canaanites from ahilltop fortress to a nearbyspring that was the city’sonly water source andvulnerable to marauders.

The discovery marksthe first time archaeo-logists have found suchmassive constructionfrom before the time ofHerod, the ruler behindnumerous monumentalprojects in the city 2,000years ago, and shows thatJerusalem of the MiddleBronze Age had a power-ful population capable ofcomplex building pro-jects, said Ronny Reich,director of the excavationand an archaeologyprofessor at the Univer-sity of Haifa.

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India says carbonemissions to soar by 2030

‘Spiderman’ scales Malaysia towerted to have been arrestedfor trespassing on com-pleting the feat.

Mr Robert began hisclimb of the 452m(1,483ft) tower beforedawn, after apparentlyeluding security, andreached the top by 0730local time.

Once there, he unfur-led a Malaysian flag andwaved his arms incelebration.”

He climbed using hisbare hands and reachedthe top very fast as nosecurity personnel not-iced him or stopped him,”said Ee Wee Kiat, acameraman who filmedthe ascent.

It was Mr Robert’sthird attempt to conquerthe Petronas Towers, thethird tallest building in theworld.

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(from page 1)On 29 August, Lt-

Gen Ko Ko metservicemen and familymembers of regiments andunits at the station hall andpresented gifts to them.

On arrival atTattaung Village ofLaungdonkwin Village-tract, they met withdepartmental personnel,social organizationmembers and local peopleand viewed maintenanceof the jetty in TattaungVillage.

At Tattaung StationHospital, they gave gifts

Lt-Gen Ko Koof Ministry ofDefence looksinto…

Technological University (Myitkyina)Byline: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)

(from page 1)Today is IT Age,

and it is also calledInformation Age. Thegovernment is openingt e c h n o l o g i c a luniversities in the statesand divisions to bringabout a growing numberof national engineerswith the aim of buildinga modern, developedcountry capable ofkeeping abreast of otherglobal family membersin terms of technology.

The Myanma Alinnews crew recentlymade a tour of KachinState to collect factsabout regional progress,and one of the itinerariestook us to TechnologicalUniversity (Myitkyina)in Shwe Aik Village nearMyitkyina-MogaungRoad. Along the road,we noticed urbanizationprojects, which reflectedlocal people’s economicgrowth and better livingconditions as a result ofrestoration of peace andstability.

Just as we enteredthe campus of theuniversity, we weregreeted by a grand three-storey building. Thewhole surrounding areawas found green with

Dr Cho Min Han, Principal of TechnologicalUniversity (Myitkyina).

Students learning at Technological University (Myitkyina).

trees.When asked about

the historical backgroundand academic matters,Principal Dr Cho MinHan told the MyanmaAlin, “Now, thegovernment has openedt e c h n o l o g i c a luniversities around thenation for the youth tohave easy access toengineering studies. Oneof the universities isTechnological University(Myitkyina). Ouruniversity was just atechnological college till20 January 2007. We heldfifth convocations thisJune, and we conferredB.Tech Degree on 327students and B.E Degreeon 208 students. Atpresent, 460 students arestudying, and there are

round about 100 facultymembers here.”

He added, “Anystudent who has passedhis matriculation exammay join our university.Last academic year, wereceived applicantswhose total matriculationmark is at least 322. Thecourses we prescribe aretwo-year A.G.T.I course,four-year B.TechEngineering Course, andseven-year M.E Course.”

Under technolo-gical universities aregovernment technicalhigh schools, whereunder-18 youths whohave completed middleschool education. There,students have to attendclasses for two academicyears and six months forpractical fields. If astudent is qualified inGovernment TechnicalHigh School, he can joinA.G.T.I Course.

Due toTechnological Univer-sity (Myitkyina), theyouth of the region canenjoy better opportuni-ties to study engineeringsubjects. So, there willsoon be a growingnumber of engineersnecessary for nation-building projects.

*****Translation: MS

Myanma Alin: 2-9-2009

to the patients.Next, they looked

into progress inconstruction of a two-storey building at TattaungVillage Basic Education

High School. At thedevelopment office of An,Lt-Gen Ko Ko and partymet with departmentalofficials, members ofsocial organizations and

townselders.On 30 August

morning, they inspectedconstruction of Thayu(Pepadon) suspensionbridge and maintenance of

An-Minbu road section.At Kyetyaysan

Camp, Lt-Gen Ko Koheard reports onconstruction of the bridgepresented by the

commander and officials.After hearing the reports,Lt-Gen Ko Ko leftinstructions onconstruction of the bridgeon schedule.—MNA

Lt-Gen Ko Ko of Ministry of Defence inspects supplying water from Hinywat dam in An.—MNA

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Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint presents cash award to5-distinction winner Ma Chit Chit Saung Oo who passed matriculation

exam in 2008-2009 academic year.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3Sept—The Ministry ofSports held a ceremony tohonour outstandingschoolchildren of staff andvictorious soccer team atits assembly hall here thismorning.

Chairman of theMyanmar Olympic Com-mittee Minister for SportsBrig-Gen Thura Aye

A delegation of MWEA to attend Dongdaemun Fashion ExportConference & Preview In Seoul International Textile Fair 2009 to be

held in ROK seen at Yangon International Airport.—MWEA

YANGON, 3 Sept—AMyanmar delegation ledby Vice- ChairpersonDaw Nu Nu Yi ofMyanmar Women Entre-preneurs’ Association lefthere for the Republic ofKorea on 1 September to

Than Lwin Homemark booth seen during Electronic & Living ‘09exhibition.—MNA

YANGON, 3 Sept—Theopening ceremony of Elec-tronic & Living ’09 Exhi-bition was held atTatmadaw ConventionHall on Uwicara road, here,today.

Nibban Electric &Electronic mainly spon-sored the exhibition. A to-tal of 135 booths from sev-enty companies are on dis-play. New Mobile will sellGSM and CDMA 4.5MHZ handsets and acces-sories along with soft waresat special discount. ThanLwin Homemark will sellinternational decorationitems for living at special

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Sept—Myanma Railwaysopened new Nay Pyi Taw Railway Station on 5 July2009 for departure, stopover and arrival of trains withthe aims of ensuring convenient transportation ofpassenger and smooth flow of commodities.

With a view to enabling the passengers to easilybuy train tickets, new Nay Pyi Taw Railway Stationsells train tickets in advance. At present, the tickets arebeing sold at Pyinmana Station beginning 6 July.

Myanma Railways of the Ministry of RailTransportation will open one more ticket sale unit atNay Pyi Taw Thabyegon Market near Nay Pyi TawStaff Quarters for enabling the staff of Nay Pyi Taw

Flood BulletinNAY PYI TAW, 3 Sept—According to the 12:30

hr MST observation today, the water level ofAyeyawady river at Hinthada is 1342 cm. It mayremain above its danger level 1342 cm during the next24 hours commencing noon today.

MNA

Honours bestowed upon outstandingstudents, footballers

Myint delivered a speechand presented cash awardsto the students who hadpassed matriculationexam (2008-2009 aca-demic year) with flyingcolours.

That was followed bya formal occasion to givecredit to the soccer teamthat secured the trophy inthe third Nay Pyi Taw In-

ter-Ministry Soccer Tour-nament (2009). The min-ister gave an address.

Officials handed overthe trophy, the duplicatetrophy and fair play cup tothe minister, who then pre-sented cash awards to thechief coach and assistantcoaches. The skipper ofthe soccer team spokewords of thanks.—MNA

MWEA Vice-Chairperson andparty leave for ROK

take part in “DongdaemunFashion Export Confer-ence & Preview In SeoulInternational Textile Fair2009” to be held in Seoul,the ROK from 2 to 4 Sep-tember.

They were seen off at

Yangon International Air-port by MWEA Vice-Chairperson Daw ThetKyi (Jacob), ExcellentPerformance in SocialField (Second Class) win-ner, and executives.

MNA

Electronic & Living ’09 Exhibition held

discount during the daysof the exhibition. Compu-terized medical equipment,power supply systems bymeans of solar energy,online UPS, brandedlaptops, iphones, smart dic-tionary/Sm3, LDC, cam-era, printer, aircon, officeautomation, game, MP3players, washing machine,

watch, floors, constructionmaterials and decorationitems, furniture, genera-tors, latest mobiles, bat-tery and software are ondisplay.

Super Stars ModelAgency will introduce newgoods with the entertain-ment programs from 9 amto 6 pm up to 6 September.

Anyone may visit the ex-hibition with free ofcharge.—MNA

One more train ticket sale unit opens at Nay Pyi Taw Thabyegon Marketand passengers to conveniently buy the train ticketsbeginning 4 September. Therefore, the passengersand the staff need not to go to the railway stations forpurchasing train tickets.

The new ticket sale unit will sell the ticketsfor upper classes three days ahead the schedules andthe tickets for ordinary classes two days aheadschedules for No. 32-down Nay Pyi Taw-Yangontrain and No. 8-down Nay Pyi Taw-Yangon train,the tickets for upper and ordinary classes one dayeach ahead schedules for No. 25-up Nay Pyi Taw-Mandalay train from 7 am to 11 am and from 2 pmto 5 pm daily.—MNA

Hole in oneYANGON, 3 Sept—U Kyaw Nyunt while playing

together with Dr Zaw Winh, U Mya Maung and UHlaing Bwa scored an ace at the Myanmar Golf Clubhere on 28 August.

Similarly, U Ye Phone Myint scored an ace whileplaying together with playmates U Aung Khaing, UWin Maung and U Htin Aung at the Myanmar GolfClub on 30 August.

MNA

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YANGON, 3 Sept —Myanmar traditional boxerswho are under training forthe 25th South East AsianGames at Thuwunna YouthTraining Centre here wereprovided with cash andrefreshment today.

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Sept—The opening ceremony ofNo. 105 Basic ForestryCourse (one and half years)2009-2011 of Forest De-partment under Ministry ofForestry was held atKyunyadana hall ofMyanmar Forest School inPyinOoLwin on 1 Septem-ber with an address byActing Director-General U

YANGON, 3 Sept—Mawlamyine TownshipTeacher-Parent Asso-ciation of No. 6 BasicEducation High Schoolheld its annual generalmeeting and awardingceremony at the school inMawlamyine Township,Mon State on 30 August.Chairman of School Boardof Trustees U Khin Shwe,

YANGON, 3 Sept—Thesymposium on publishingperiodicals to be conductedby Myanmar Printing andPublishing EntrepreneursAssociation will be held atthe hall of MyanmarWriters and JournalistsAsso-ciation on 3rd floorof Sarpay Beikman,Merchant Road, here, at 1p.m. on 11 September.

At the symposium,publisher of ThutaSwesone Magazine Dr TinTun Oo, publisher of Pyae

Boxers for SEA Games providedwith cash, refreshments

Chairperson of theCentral Committee of theMyanmar Women’s SportsFederation Daw Aye Ayeand Patron In-charge ofMyanmar TraditionalSports Federation Daw NiNi Win and General

Secretary Daw L Khun Yiand Member of the panel ofpatrons of MTSF Daw ThetYi went to the trainingcentre and presented K700,000 and refreshment tothe boxers.

Joint-Secretary ofMyanmar TraditionalSports Federation U ThanZaw, Executive U HtayWin and U Sai Zaw Zawaccepted the cash andrefreshments. — MNA

Basic Forestry Course(one and half years)2009-2011 opened

Aye Myint Maung of ForestDepartment. The course isbeing attended by 163second-year trainees and145 first-year trainees.

The acting director-general inspectedPyinOoLwin KandawgyiNursery Garden, OrchidNursery Garden andNational LandmarkGarden.—MNA

Outstanding students of MawlamyineNo. 6 BEHS honoured

State Education Officer UTun Yee, HeadmistressDaw Khin Khin Wai madespeeches on the occasionand member U Zay Htutexplained facts aboutprogress of the school.

The chairman, theheadmistress, donors andstudents' parents presentedawards to three six-distinction, six five-

distinction, ten four-distinction, seventh three-distinction, fifteen two-distinction and thirty one-distinction winners andoutstanding students.After that, the head-mistress and responsiblepersons presentedcertificates of honors tothe donors.

MNA

Symposium on publishingperiodicals on 11 September

Sone Publishing House UMyo Aung and publisherof Today PublishingHouse Dr Tha Tun Oo willpresent three papers aboutpublishing matters.

Any publishers whowish to attend the

symposium may getinvitation cards atMyanmar Printing andPublishing EntrepreneursAssociation at 196 on 39th

Street (middle),Kyauktada Township,here.—MNA

Chairperson of the Central Committee of MWSFDaw Aye Aye and Patron In-charge of MTSFDaw Ni Ni Win provide cash and foodstuff for

selected boxers.—MNA

Acting Director-General U Aye Myint Maung addresses ceremony to open No. 105 BasicForestry Course (one and half years) 2009-2011.—FORESTRY

Photo shows chemical precursors seized by acombined team comprising members of Kokang

Region Provisional Leading Committee, MPF, Anti-drug Squad and Kokang troops in Kokang region of

Shan State (North) Special Region-1.�(News on page 16)— MNA

A stimulant tablet making machine seized by a combined teamcomprising members of Kokang Region Provisional Leading

Committee, MPF, Anti-drug Squad and Kokang troops in Kokangregion.�(News on page 16)— MNA

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Kungyangon wasa township at the end of atrip by car from Yangonin the past. There waslack of peace andtranquility in Twantaytimber forest regionconnected withKungyangon and it madethe town undeveloped.

Nowadays, thelocal people are enjoyingthe fruits of developmentin education, heath,economics, security, andtransportation sectors,thanks to the assistanceof the Ministry forEnergy and energycompanies, and stabilityof the region.

Kungyangon isnow a focal point of

Improved sights and scenes of KungyangonArticle and Photos: Naing Win (Kungyangon)

Basic Education Primary School of Thayetthonpin village in Kungyangon Township.

Basic Education Primary School of Nyaung-ngu village inKungyangon.

Housing at Kungyangon Township.

Thayetthonpin-Kungyangon motor road in use.

Yangon-Ayeyawadycommodity flow asHlinethaya river spanningbridge, KungyangonTawpale bridge andDedaye river spanningbridge were opened. The

National School of historicimportance has beenupgraded to BasicEducation High Schooladding an extended newschool building namelySwan-in Metta by the

hands of residents, theMinistry of Energy andenergy companies. Heathservices were fullyprovided for the health ofthe locals and patients witheye complaints in the

region had been cured. Thedevelopment ofKungyangon region isgaining developmentmomentum. All rounddevelopment task had beencarried out. Through theharmonious cooperationbetween the State, thepublic, Tatmadaw andwellwishers, a total of

2,043 houses including1,404 in rural areas and639 in urban area are beingbuilt.

T h a y e t t h o n p i nhamlet was a playgroundwhen I was young. It wasisolated.

In post-Nargisperiod, it has changed to

become a developedvillage under the leadershipof Brig-Gen Lun Thi,Minister for Energy anddue to the assistance ofenergy companies.

A basic educationprimary school hasemerged in Thayetthonpinvillage that was an isolatedplace before. Water

purifying machines wereinstalled and artesianwells were sunk for thehealthy life of dwellers.Wooden houses with CIsheet roof of 18 ft width,18 ft height and 9 ftlength were built forthem. The livelihood oflocal people is breeding

and agriculture. Thayet-thonpin has switched to amodel village withlibraries, television setsand health care centers.

The motor roadenables Thayetthonpin tohave access to town and itis serviceable forambulances, fire engines,trucks and buses.

The sights andscences of Kungyangonhave improved much inspite of being one of thecyclone hit regions,thanks to cooperationbetween the Tatmadawand the public.

Translation: HKAKyemon: (1-9-2009)

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Turkey, Iraq and Syria inwater crisis summit

ISTANBUL (Turkey), 3 Sept—Turkish, Iraqi andSyrian ministers met in Ankara on Thursday to discusswater shortages in the major Tigris and Euphratesrivers, which run through all three countries.

Iraqi fishermen ride their motor boat in the watersof the Tigris River in Baghdad.Iraqi fishermen ridetheir motor boat in the waters of the Tigris River inBaghdad.The meeting comes amid a diplomatic spatover Iraqi accusations that Syria is harboring terrorists.

The Tigris River has plunged to record low levels,Iraqi farmers told CNN. Iraq is suffering a drought thatits officials are calling a “catastrophe.”Baghdad andDamascus want Turkey, where the source of the Tigrisand Euphrates is located, to increase the flow of waterpassing through its network of dams.

“Syria and Iraq are badly in need of water but ourIraqi brothers feel the need much more ... it is why thismeeting is so important,” Turkey’s official AnatolianAgency quoted Syrian Irrigation Minister Nader al-Bounni as saying at the start of Thursday’s tri-partitemeeting to address water resources. “Our dams areempty and we have human needs.”

Also attending the meeting was Iraq’s Water andNatural Resources and Turkey’s Environment andForestry minister, as well as its Energy minister.

Internet

Why Women Are ReallyAfraid Of Spiders

LONDON, 3 Sept—Women who run for cover whencoming face-to-face with a spider have been offered anew explanation for their phobia: it is in their genes.

Research at a US university found females associatethe eight-legged critters with fear more than males, mostof whom react with indifference.Psychologist Dr DavidRakison from Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon Universitytested 10 girls and 10 boys, all aged 11-months, withpictures of spiders to see how they reacted.

He showed them images of a spider next to afearful cartoon face and a spider next to a happyface.Dr Rakison’s report, published in the NewScientist, states that the girls looked at the picturecontaining a happy face for longer than the scaredone.—Internet

Spacewalk stillon despite

approachingspace junkCAPE CANAVERAL, 3

Sept—A spacewalk by twoastronauts is still on forThursday evening eventhough a large piece of spacejunk is headed their way.

Part of an oldEuropean rocket isexpected to pass within twomiles of space shuttleDiscovery and theinternational space stationlate Friday morning.NASA officials say thatshould be a safe distanceand they do not expect thelinked spacecraft to changecourse. But if theprojections change, theastronauts would completethe spacewalk beforesteering out of the way.

The debris is believedto have an area surface of200 square feet.—Internet

This picture released by the Brazilian EnvironmentMinistry showing a deforested area in the rain forestin southern Para state, in 2008. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Thursday he planned to bring togetherleaders of the world’s most forested nations, includingBrazil and Indonesia, for a meeting this month to

discuss deforestation.—INTERNET

A shipwrecked boat hit by Jimena in Puerto SanCarlos in Mexico's Baja California state,on 2September . Tropical Storm Jimena battered Mexico'sBaja California peninsula with torrential rain andpowerful winds, cutting off villages, destroying homesand leaving one person missing.—INTERNET

Extra 85,000 jobs given toBritish young people

LONDON, 3 Sept—An extra 85,000 jobs andtraining opportunities have been announced as partof the drive to help youngsters into employment,British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said onWednesday. Speaking at a job summit in Birmingham,Brown said more than 150 employers including theRoyal Mail, Microsoft, Pfizer, Phones4U, Centricaand Morrisons will provide apprenticeships, work ortraining for young people.

He said: “I am delighted that 150 employersrecognize the value of backing young Britain andhave joined the campaign. Together we can createthousands of opportunities for young people andensure that the next generation gets its foot on thecareer ladder”. The Prime Minister said that Britishpeople with ideas, desire and creativity will be keycontributors to Britain’s future and therefore needmore support during difficult times.

MNA/Xinhua

UK Teen Accused of Tryingto Buy Bomb in Alleged

School Massacre PlotLONDON, 3 Sept — A British jury has been told that

a teenager accused of plotting a Columbine-inspiredschool massacre tried to buy an ingredient for ahomemade bomb.

A witness told jurors at Manchester Crown Courton Thursday that 18-year-old Matthew Swift had askedher to buy him hydrogen peroxide, a common householdchemical. Classmate Phillipa Knowles says Swift saidhe wanted it to make explosives.

Prosecutors say Swift and 16-year-old RossMcKnight planned to bomb a shopping center beforekilling teachers and students at their school on the 10thanniversary of the April 1999 massacre inColorado.They say the pair dubbed the plot “ProjectRainbow” and boasted it would be “the greatestmassacre ever.”The defense denies the charges but hasnot yet argued its case.

Internet

Body handed over in Iraq may beBritish hostage

LONDON, 3 Sept—Abody was handed over toIraqi authorities onWednesday that Iraqbelieves is one of theBritish hostages seized inBaghdad in 2007, BritishForeign Secretary DavidMiliband said.

“We cannot yetdefinitively confirm eitherthat this is the remains ofone of the hostages, orwhich one,” Miliband saidin a statement. He said the

government still believedthat computer engineerPeter Moore, who wasseized with his fourbodyguards, was alive.

Iraqi authorities hadtransferred the body toBritish officials, andBritish specialists inBaghdad would carry outforensic examinations toidentify the body,Miliband said. The BritishGovernment had informedthe families of all five

hostages of the latestdevelopment, he said.“We remain in closecontact with those in Iraqwho may be able to helpsecure the release of thehostages,” he said.

MNA/Reuters

The Spectacular Spider-Mouse is just one of the

Disney Marvel mashups that has appeared on the

internet after Disney announced its plans to buy

comic book creator Marvel.—INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SIRI BHUM VOY NO (339)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SIRI BHUMVOY NO (339) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 4.9.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S REGIONAL CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SEA-CORAL VOY NO (8)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SEA-CORALVOY NO (8) are here by notified that the vessels will bearriving on 4.9.2009 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of S.P.W.5 where it will lie at the consign-ee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws andconditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: EASTERN CAR LINERSINGAPORE PTE LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (269 )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTATAMPAN VOY NO (269 ) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 4.9.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

MYANMAR IVANHOE COPPER COMPANY LIMITED (TENDER NOTICE)TENDER. IFB No. 34/Local/2009Supply of Oil and Drill Bit (2 lots) are invited from Local Suppliers by FEC Currency.CLOSING DATE will be on 8th September 2009 at 12:00 hr.Tender documents are available at the following addresses:70 (I) Bo Chein Street, Pyay Road, Hlaing Township, Yangon, MyanmarTel: (95) 1 514194 to 7 ; Fax: (95) 1 514208; email:[email protected]: Tel: (95) 71 22225/6; Fax: (95) 71 22522: email: [email protected] Bids are to be reached the above offices on or before the closing date.Queries can be done between 10am to 4pm at Supply Department; Tel: (95) 71 22225/6;email :[email protected] before the Tender Closing Date.

LG to unveilnew WindowssmartphonesSEOUL, 3 Sept — LG

Electronics Inc, theworld’s third-largestmobile phone maker, saidon Thursday it wouldlaunch three newsmartphones in the nextfew weeks that run onWindows software.

They will be the firstLG phones to featurethe new Windows Mobile6.5 operating system fromMicrosoft Corp, whichLG said should make iteasier for users tonavigate the Web LGsigned a deal withMicrosoft in Februaryunder which WindowsMobile will become theSouth Korean company’sprimary smartphoneplatform. Including thelatest additions, LG plansto launch a total of 13 newWindows phones globallyby end-2010.

Microsoft is hoping itsWindows Mobileoperating system cancontinue to challengeSymbian, a platformbacked by the world’s topmobile phone makerNokia and used in two-thirds of smartphones —mobile handsetswith computer-likecapabilities. LG is alsoa member of the SymbianFoundation and isdeveloping models basedon Google’s Androidsoftware.

Internet

Man walks 400 km to wingirl’s heart, rejected

BEIJING, 3 Sept—A man from Chongqingmunicipality walked more than 400 km to Chengdu,Sichuan Province, in hopes of winning back his ex-girlfriend’s heart. The exercise turned out to be a futileeffort. After breaking up with his girlfriend followinga four-year relationship, the man realized he couldn’tlive without her, and publicized that he would walk allthe way to his lover’s university in Chengdu to win herback. He reached the girl’s university after walkingfor 15 days. The girl, however, maintained she hadmoved on with her life.—Xinhua

NASA analyzing junk thatcould threaten astronautsCAPE CANAVERAL, 3 Sept— A massive piece of space

junk drifted toward the shuttle-station complex andits 13 astronauts Wednesday, though NASA officialssaid the threat would not delay an upcomingspacewalk.

Mission Control kept close tabs on the piece ofEuropean rocket because there was a chance, howeverunlikely, it could come too close or even hit the linkedspace shuttle Discovery and international space stationif their path is not altered. As of Wednesday night,the debris was expected to pass within two miles ofthe outpost Friday, said John McCullough, chief ofNASA’s flight director office.

That’s five miles closer than earlier projections, butit’s still “looking very positive” that the shuttle andstation will not have to dodge the junk. That’s becausewith every passing hour, there’s more accuracy onthe precise location of the spacecraft and debris,McCullough said.

Internet

An imagetaken fromNASA video

showsspacewalkerNicole Stott

workingoutside the

InternationalSpace

Stationduring the

firstspacewalk ofthe STS-128mission on 1Sept, 2009.INTERNET

S Korean foreign population to quadrupleSEOUL, 3 Sept—South

Korea’s foreign popu-lation is forecast toquadruple to 4.09 millionby 2050, accounting for9.8 percent of the totalpopulation, officials said.

The country’s decliningbirth rate and risingimmigration were cited asreasons for the trend in areport issued Thursday bythe Korea ResearchInstitute of HumanSettlements, Yonhap newsagency reported.Therewere about 1 millionforeigners in the countryin 2007, the report said.

Until the recent influx,most foreigners did not setup residence in the countryand therefore did notaccount for any significantpercentage of thepopulation.The report saidthe number of childbirthsper year in South Korea is

expected to decline to193,000 in 2050 from anestimated 435,000 in2010. Additionally, seniorcitizens are forecast toaccount for 38.2 percent ofthe total population.

Internet

Drive with care

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Timing is key in orthopedictrauma surgery

Stadium view : View of the Olympic stadium during the 2009 IAAF AthleticsWorld Championships in Berlin.—INTERNET

AACHEN, 3 Sept—Timing of prolonged or-thopedic surgery maybe key in treating trau-ma patients, Germanresearchers suggest.

In an article publishedin the Journal of theAmerican Academy ofOrthopaedic Surgeons,researchers suggeststrauma patients who haveseveral orthopedicinjuries and areconsidered to be in

unstable condition shouldonly have a few hours ofsurgery when firstarriving at a hospital.

“If you limit theamount of time in theoperating room to lessthan three hours, patientsappear to do better,” studylead author Dr Hans-Christoph Pape of theUniversity of Aachen inGermany said in astatement. “If a patient haslife-threatening injuries

for example, more thanthree fractures and perhapsa lacerated liver, it is oftentoo dangerous to do all thesurgery right away.”

Pape and his colleaguesanalyzed data from severaltrauma registries inGermany and comparedpatient outcomes in about21,000 trauma patientswith the amount of hourseach patient had spent inthe operating room.

Internet

Bullying at work linked to disturbed sleepTeen sweptaway by wave

at Jersey ShoreSEASIDE HEIGHTS, 3 Sept

—A teenager on a JerseyShore outing was sweptaway by a wave onWednesday afternoon,officials said Sal Roberts,16, was caught by a ripcurrent off the beach inSeaside Heights, the CoastGuard said. Another teenwith him was pulled tosafety, The Star-Ledger ofNewark reported. TheCoast Guard suspendedthe search when darknessfell. Seaside HeightsPolice Chief ThomasBoyd said he learned fromthe teenager’s parents thathe was not a strongswimmer. The couplecame to the resort fromtheir home in Voorheesnear Philadelphia andplanned to stay until he isfound.—Internet

China approves single-doseswine flu vaccine

BEIJING, 3 Sept—The answer may be at hand to acrucial question about vaccination for the advancingswine flu — one shot or two? Chinese officialsapproved a vaccine on Thursday that they sayprevents the new flu in a single dose.If they’re right,it would be good news. Many health researchers fearit will take two shots to protect people, vastlycomplicating efforts to stem the spread of the illness.

The World Health Organization says it isencouraged after reviewing the test details from thevaccine by Beijing-based drug maker SinovacBiotech Ltd. — one of several being developed inChina. However, experts said more results areneeded from other vaccine makers to determine ifone dose would be potent enough.—Internet

Baby with protruding heart set for surgery

DUBLIN, 3 Sept—Current or past exposureto bullying in theworkplace is associatedwith increased sleepdisturbances, a researcherin Ireland said.

Isabelle Niedhammerof the University CollegeDublin found 11 percentof women and 9 percent ofmen experienced “hostilebehavior” in the workenvironment at leastweekly and for at least sixmonths during theprevious 12 months. In

addition, 32 percent ofwomen and 31 percent ofmen reported they hadobserved bullying inthe workplace in theprevious 12 months. Afteradjusting for variablessuch as age, occupation,weekly work hours anddepressive symptoms,exposure to bullying wassignificantly associatedwith self-reported sleepdisturbances.

The study, published inthe journal Sleep, foundthe adjusted odds ratio of

having disturbed sleepwas more than two timeshigher in men whocurrently were ex-periencing workplacebullying, or had beenexposed to daily or almostdaily bullying. Womenwere nearly two timesmore likely to reporthaving sleep disturbancesif they had experienceddaily or almost dailybullying, or had beenexposed to bullying formore than five years.

Internet

Lab workers check chicken eggs that are beingused to develop H1N1 flu vaccine at ShanghaiInstitute of Biological Products, in Shanghai,

China.—INTERNET

Swine flu easily overtakesother strains

WASHINGTON, 3 Sept—Put swine flu in a roomwith other strains of influenza and it doesn’t mixinto a new superbug—it takes over, researchersreported on Tuesday.

University of Maryland researchers deliberatelyco-infected ferrets to examine one of the worst fearsabout the new swine flu. But fortunately, the fludidn’t mutate. The researchers carefully swabbedthe ferrets’ nasal cavities and found no evidence ofgene-swapping. The animals who caught both kindsof flu, however, had worse symptoms. And theyeasily spread the new swine flu, what scientistsformally call the 2009 H1N1 virus, to theiruninfected ferret neighbours — but didn’t spreadregular winter flu strains nearly as easily.—Internet

A file photo shows

school children from

the Hulunbeier choir

group, in old tribes

costumes, perform

singing on a stage in

Hulunbeier, Inner

Mongolia, China.

INTERNET

Ice sculptures in the

shape of humans are

placed on the steps of

the music hall in

Gendarmenmarkt

public square in

Berlin on 2 Sept,

2009.—XINHUA

NEW DELHI, 3 Sept—Doctors at an Indiangovernment hospitalwere ready on Thursdaymorning for a criticalsurgery to save a baby boyborn with a heart

protruding from his chest.Specialists treating him

at New Delhi’s All IndiaInstitute of MedicalSciences (AIIMS) havealready considered hissurvival since birth on 25August a record.

Cardiothoracic surgeonAK Bisoi didn’t want todelay the procedure, givenfears the nine-day-old boy—referred to in records as“baby of Vibha,” hismother—might catch ahospital infection. “Allroadmaps are ready,” Bisoiremarked, insisting thehospital had all life-supportsystems in place.

Doctors replaced the

baby’s infected blood afterhe arrived at the hospital,having covered a rough1,100 kilometre (685 mile)journey in a rickety traincompartment. The babywas suffering from acutedehydration when he wastaken in, Bisoi told CNN.

Bisoi would not say howlong he and his 13-memberteam would conductthe surgery, adding that aone-stage operation couldlast between an hour and ahalf and three-and-a-halfhours. However, amultiple-stage procedureto put the heart into thechest could take weeks,Bisoi said.—Internet

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S P O R T S

MADRID, 3 Sept —Russian pole vaulterYelena Isinbayeva hasbeen awarded one ofSpain’s prestigious Princeof Asturias prizes in rec-ognition of her success inthe sport. Isinbayeva, whobroke her own worldrecord of 5.06 meters lastFriday in Zurich, Switzer-land, said “it is a honor forme to have been awardedwith this prize (Prince ofAsutrias) and I feel veryhappy and excited.”

Isinbayeva earned 20votes of the jury to defeat

USOC lauds IOC report onChicago’s bid for 2016 Olympics

LOS ANGELES, 3 Sept—The US Olympic Commit-tee (USOC) on Wednesday joined the Chicago 2016bid committee in extending its gratitude and congratu-lations to the International Olympic Committee Evalu-ation Commission (IOCEC) for its assessment report.

“The USOC is pleased that the Evaluation Com-mission has confirmed Chicago’s readiness to host the2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as itsthorough planning and understanding of what is re-quired to deliver a spectacular experience for theworld’s top athletes,” the USOC said in a statement.

“The USOC applauds Chicago 2016 and the Cityof Chicago for creating one of the strongest bids theUnited States has ever put forward,” the statementadded.

With a long-term vision that creates a sporting andcultural celebration in the heart of the city, Chicagotruly puts the athletes first and leaves a sustainablelegacy for Chicago, for America and for the world-wide Olympic Movement, said the statement.

Xinhua

NEW YORK, 3 Sept —Everyone’s been curiousabout the condition ofRafael Nadal’s knees, soit made sense that his firstGrand Slam opponent inthree months would won-der as well. Which mightexplain why RichardGasquet tried a drop shotdeep in the third set of hisUS. Open match againstNadal on Wednesday.Nadal made the long runnecessary to get to theball, and flipped it backover the net, winning thepoint.

A moment later, as ifconspiring with Nadal toshow everyone how fit thesix-time major champion

WATFORD, 3 Sept—England striker JermainDefoe has revealed thesecret torment he wentthrough watching hishalf-brother die at the ageof just 26 and says it hasinspired him to producethe best form of his life.

Defoe, who has scoredsix goals already for

NEW YORK , 3 Sept –The remarkable come-back of Kim Clijstersgathered pace at the USOpen, underlining hergrowing threat to thedomination of the Willi-ams sisters.

The 26-year-old Bel-gian defeated 14th seedMarion Bartoli of France5-7, 6-1, 6-2 to reach thethird round.

Internet

BEIJING, 3 Sept – Chinacaptain Zheng Zhi hassigned a two-year contractwith Scottish giantsCeltic, state media said onThursday.The 29-year-oldmidfielder signed with theGlasgow club for 10,000pounds (16,250 dollars) aweek, Soccer Newsreported.Zheng was a freeagent after his contract atEnglish League One clubCharlton expired at theend of last season.

Newly hired Celticcoach Tony Mowbray waskeen to sign Zheng whenhe was manager at WestBromwich Albion and isfinally set to get his man,subject to a work permitbeing granted.”Celtic area great club with a greatmanager. I’m so excited tobe here and looking for-ward to playing withCeltic. I’m very happy,”Zheng told Scotland’s

Brazil tops FIFA rankings, USmoves up to No11

ZURICH, 3 Sept — Confederations Cup championBrazil remained at the top of the FIFA rankings for athird straight month, while the United States movedup to No 11.

European champion Spain stayed second, followedby The Netherlands in world rankings announcedWednesday. World champion Italy gained points to pulleven with Germany in fourth place,The United States,the Confederations Cup runner-up in June, rose oneplace to No 11, its best placing since the 2006 WorldCup.

Russia, England and Argentina were unchangedfrom Nos. 6-8, and No 9 Croatia traded places withFrance, which rounds out the top 10.Mexico used itsvictory in a World Cup qualifying match over theAmericans last month to improve six places to No 24.

Internet

Olympic dressage champion Werthgets 6-month ban for doping

GENEVA, 3 Sept — Five-time Olympic dressagechampion Isabell Werth of Germany was banned forsix months on Wednesday after her horse failed a dop-ing test.

The International Equestrian Federation said thatWerth was responsible for her horse Whisper’s posi-tive test for fluphenazineat an event in Wiesbaden,Germany, in May.

The anti-psychotic drug controls aggression in hu-mans and is not licensed for use on horses.

The FEI says Werth is suspended through 22 Dec,but will not be barred from the 2012 London Olym-pics.

Werth won individual dressage gold at the 1996 At-lanta Games, and her fourth team gold with Germanyin Beijing. She also has three Olympic silver medals.

The 40-year-old rider was provisionally suspendedin June and issued a statement that her horse sufferedfrom a nervous disorder known as shivering syndrome.Werth was also fined 3,500 Swiss francs (about 3,300US dollars). —Xinhua

Yelena Isinbayeva awardedSpanish prize

Pole vaulter YelenaIsinbayeva of Russia.

the likes of MartaDominguez, HaileGebreselassie, RogerFederer, the Prize’s jurysaid. She is the firstsportswoman in 10 yearssince Steffi Graf to winthe prize.

Last year, Spaniardtennis player RafaelNadal won the prize. Theaward announced Wed-nesday is one of eight As-turias prizes bestowedeach year in areas such asthe arts, the sciences, in-ternational cooperationand communication.Isinbayeva, 27, is the cur-rent Olympic and Euro-pean champion. She hasbroken the world mark 27times, 15 times in open air(5.06meters) and 12 timesin indoors courts(5.00meters).— Xinhua

BUENOS AIRES, 3 Sept— Argentina’s nationalsoccer team coach DiegoMaradona put LionelMessi and Carlos Tevez inthe attacking line duringa training session ahead oftheir World Cup qualifieragainst Brazil on Satur-day.

Maradona opted theManchester City strikerinstead of Sergio Aguero,the other candidate to ac-company Messi.

The 11 players Mara-dona summoned for thetraining session wereMariano Andujar; Javier

Maradona tries with Messi and Tevez

Clijsterstargets Venusand Serena at

US Open

US number two seedSerena Williams returns

a shot to Hungary’sMelinda Czink during

their second roundmatch during day threeof the 2009 US Open atthe USTA Billie JeanKing National Tennis

Center, in New York, onSeptember 2.

INTERNET

Zanetti, Sebastian Do-minguez, Nicolas Ota-mendi, Gabriel Heinze;Maximiliano Rodriguez,Javier Mascher-ano,JuanSebastian Veron, JesusDatolo; Messi and Tevez.

With four rounds re-maining to play, Brazilleads the South Americanqualifying with 27 points,followed by Chile with26, Paraguay 24 and Ar-gentina 22.

Top four ranked teamsin the South Americanqualifying tournamentwill automatically ad-vance to the 2010 WorldCup finals in South Af-rica.

Xinhua

Nadal returns, beats Gasquet,at US Open

Rafael Nadal of Spain.

Jermain Defoe.

Defoe reveals heartache behindhis new lease of life

Tottenham and Englandthis season, is rapidly be-coming a key player forhis country and is a seri-ous contender to partnerWayne Rooney as FabioCapello’s side prepare forthe World Cup.

The 26-year-old hopesto play a part in England’sfriendly against Sloveniaon Saturday and the cru-cial qualifier againstCroatia at Wembley fourdays later when victorywould be enough to en-sure the team reachesSouth Africa.But Defoeadmitted his impressiveform has been fired bypersonal tragedy.

Internet

China’s Zheng signs for Celtic

China’s captain ZhengZhi has signed a two-

year contract withScottish giants Celtic,

state media said onThursday.—INTERNET

Daily Record on Wednes-day.

“I know Tony from histime at West Brom and Ireally liked him then. Hetried to sign me a yearago, so it’s good for me Iwas able to do thatnow.”Zheng will be join-ing Japanese midfielderKoki Mizuno at the cluband is arriving fourmonths ahead of SouthKorea’s Ki Sung-Yong.

Internet

truly is these days,Gasquet offered up an-other drop shot.Nadal gotto that one, too.Starting abid to win the only GrandSlam title missing fromhis resume, Nadal en-countered no apparenttrouble from his much-scrutinized legs in a 6-2,6-2, 6-3 victory overGasquet at FlushingMeadows.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, rain or thurdershowers have beenisolated in Shan and Kayah States, scattered in Mandalayand Magway Divisions, fairly widespread in TaninthayiDivision and widespread in the remaining States andDivisions with isolated heavyfall in Mon State. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw(Yezin) (0.35) inch, Ye (3.24) inches, Gwa (2.80) inches,Coco Island (2.32) inches , Watlatt (2.08) inches, Dawei(1.97) inches, Sittway and Thaton (1.85) inches each.

Maximum temperature on 2-9-2009 was 86°F.Minimum temperature on 3-9-2009 was 70°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 3-9-2009 was 92%.Total sun shine hours on 2-9-2009 was (1.1) hours approx.

Rainfall on 3-9-2009 was (0.35) inch at Mingaladon,(0.24 inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.24) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (86.73) inches atMingaladon, (98.39) inches at Kaba-Aye and (103.19)inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph from West at (15:30) hours MSTon 2-9-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is moderate to strong in theAndaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 4th September 2009:Rain or thundershowers will be widespread in Rakhine andMon States, Yangon, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions,fairly widespread in Kachin,Chin and Kayin States, Sagaingand Bago Divisions and widespread in the remaining Statesand Divisions with likelihood of isolated heavyfall inRakhine and Mon States. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seas arelikely at times Gulf of Mottama, Deltaic, off and alongRakhine Coast. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (35-40)mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofincerase of rain in the lower Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for4-9-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for4-9-2009: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for4-9-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

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on 2 September, 2009.—INTERNET

Ex-governor arrested inPhilippines for murder charge

MANILA, 3 Sept—Philippine police operativesarrested on Tuesday night a former governor ofAbra Province for involvement in the killing of acongressman nearly three years ago, police said onWednesday.

Former Abra Governor Vicente Valera wasnabbed by police operatives at the Hidalgo Towerin Makati City around 10 p.m. by virtue of an arrestwarrant issued by a Quezon City local court.

Valera had been charged with murder forallegedly masterminding the killing of former AbraRepresentative Luis Bersamin.

Bersamin was shot dead on December 16,2006 after attending his daughter’s wedding at theMt. Carmel Church in Quezon City. His bodyguard,Adelfo Ortega, was also killed. Wounded in theshooting were Bersamin’s driver, Allan Sawadan,and a 15-year-old boy.

Valera’s lawyer, Rolando Quimbo, said hisclient had not been hiding from authorities. Thewarrant was issued by a Quezon City court lastmonth.—MNA/Xinhua

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1st Waning of Tawthalin 1371 ME Friday, 4 September, 2009

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

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC - sowing hatred among thepeople

■ RFA, DVB - generating public outrage■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest

and violence

Kokang Region, ShanState (North), restores

its stability, peace

One more A (H1N1)-infected patientfound bringing total number to 33

Two more patientsdischarged from hospital

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Sept – A 15-year-old French boywas transferred to North Okkalapa Hospital throughtownship Health Department as he had a fever with flusymptoms on 2 September. National Health Laboratoryconfirmed that the patient was found to have beeninfected with New Influenza A (H1N1) after the medi-cal institution tested the serum of the patient.

Six family members who came into contactwith the patient are being kept under home quarantine.

Two children aged 15 and 16 were dischargedfrom the hospital as they had fully recovered fromtheir illness yesterday, and home quarantine meas-ures against family members who came into contactwith the patients were halted.

Up to 2 September, the number of patientswith the virus in Myanmar has so far reached 33 and27 out of them have been discharged from the hospi-tal after recovering from their illness. The specialistsare giving intensive health care to the remaining six.National Health Laboratory detected 223 flu-sus-pected persons and only 33 were found A (H1N1)positive. – MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3Sept—Stability and peacehave been back to normalin Kokang Region, ShanState (North), since 29August. Up to 6 pm today,9304 of the inhabitants,who had fled to the neigh-bouring country, had re-

turned to Laukkai viaYanlonkyaing andChinshwehaw bordercheckpoints.

Now, the adminis-trative machinery has re-turned to normal inKokang Region in ShanState (North). — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Sept—Acting on tip-off, a combinedteam comprising members of Kokang Region ProvisionalLeading Committee, Myanmar Police Force, Anti-DrugSquad, and Kokang troops combed Kokang Region in ShanState (North).

The team seized one M-21, six M-22s and 154,400WY Brand stimulant tablets in a building betweenMukwakeng Village and BP 127; a stimulant tablet-makingmachine, six glass funnels, six bell-glasses, 20 kilos of

WY Brand stimulant tablets seized inKokang Region, Shan State (North)

Ephedrine, 45 kilos of sodium hydroxide, three barrelsof acetic anhydride, an iron tray, two kilos of chemicalliquid and 14 gallons of chloroform in a 20’x 20’ roomyesterday; 3000 WY Brand stimulant tablets, six glasssteamers, and precursor chemicals in the house of UPhon Kya Phu in Si-aw Village; and 88 five-gallonplastic containers with acid-like liquid, three bottles ofhydrochloric acid, and 2300 soft plastic boxes in a cornplantation near Pin Si-aw village today.—MNA

WY brand stimulant tablets seized by combined team comprising members of Kokang RegionProvisional Leading Committee, Myanmar Police Force, Anti-Drug Squad, and Kokang

troops.—MNA

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