the new light of myanmar 06-04-2010

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 355 8th Waning of Tagu 1371 ME Tuesday, 6 April, 2010

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

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

technical know-how and investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

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

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 6-4-2010

The translation ofthe speech is as follows:—Comrades,

On the occasion ofthe Graduation Parade ofthe 113th Intake of De-fence Services (Army)Officers Training School,I will present some pointsyou must know in allseriousness.Comrades,

This course com-prises direct cadetswho have got degrees onprofessional skills neces-

Government, the people, Tatmadaw will see to the elections

History shows that today certain powers hurt smallcountries’ sovereignty through political, economic,

social, dogmatic, and diplomatic waysNAY PYI TAW, 5 April—On behalf of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence

Services, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief(Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye addressed the Graduation Parade of the113th Intake of Defence Services (Army) Officers Training School.

sary for the Tatmadawsuch as law, economics,geology, agriculture, vet-erinary science, and in-service cadets from regi-ments and units who meetthe qualifications for thecadets.

Now, you have suc-cessfully completed thecourse in accordance withthe objectives of thecourse: to become com-petent officers of De-fence Services (Army),and to be capable of com-

manding an infantry pla-toon in a battlefield. So,you will be appointed asjunior leaders of theTatmadaw soon.Comrades,

However, you willhave to fulfil your leader-ship qualities on your own.A leader has to possessqualities that are far higherthan average in order toachieve the objectives.Likewise, a leader mustwin respect and reliance

(See page 8)

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye addresses the Gradua-tion Parade of the 113th Intake of Defence Services (Army) Officers

Training School.—MNA

Nay Pyi Taw and Neighbouring areaPartly cloudy.

Yangon and Neighbouring areaPartly cloudy.

Mandalay and Neighbouring areaPartly cloudy.

An injured man isassisted at the site of asuicide bomb attack inTimergarah, situated in

Lower Dir district ofPakistan's restive NorthWest Frontier Province

5 April, 2010. Concrete Sleeper Factory (Pakokku).—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 6 April, 2010

Tuesday, 6 April, 2010

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

People’s Desire

Extend cultivation of globallymarketable beans and pulses

With its favourable geographicalconditions, Myanmar is marching towardsan industrialized nation based on agriculture.The cultivation acreage of the whole nationin 1988 was 19.9 million but it increased to29.32 million in 2008-2009. There were 1.8million acres of beans and pulses in 1998. Butthe acreage increased to 10.57 million in2008-2009, producing 5.33 million MT ofbeans and pulses.

Myanma beans and pulses are indemand in markets, so efforts are being madeto get the good price. In addition, cultivationof quality beans and pulses is being extendedfor export.

Myanmar is the leading exporter ofbeans and pulses among ASEAN countriesand is making coordinated efforts for ASEANnations to be able to boost production ofbeans and pulses.

Up to January, 2009-2010, 0.9 milliontons of beans and pulses were exported. Inthe past, Myanmar stood third in exportingbeans and pulses after Canada and Australia.But, it became the second biggest exporter in2000-2001, exporting 0.83 million tons.

Now, Myanmar is exporting 72 percentof the output of beans and pulses to India andthe remaining 28 percent to Indonesia,Singapore, Pakistan, Malaysia, Japan andsome Middle East countries.

By extending cultivation of marketablebeans and pulses, Myanmar can not onlyenjoy self-sufficiency but also exportsurpluses, thereby contributing to the familyincome and then to national economy.

YANGON, 5 April—In commemoration ofGlobal Road SafetyWeek Movement ofYangon Division TrafficRules EnforcementSupervisory Committee,the opening of four-laneThitsa Road (Yankinsect ion) in YankinTownship was heldtoday.

The ceremony wasattended by Chairman ofYangon Division Peaceand DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofYangon Command Maj-Gen Win Myint andChairman of YangonCity DevelopmentCommittee Mayor Brig-

Road safety measures taken in Yangon Division

Gen Aung Thein Lin.After the opening

ceremony, thecommander and themayor strolled along theroad.

They la terinspected theinstallation of LED attraffic post at the cornerof U Htaung Bo Roadand Shwedagon Pagoda

Road in DagonTownship, and makingthe traffic marks onYangon-Pyay Road infront of People’sSquare.—MNA

YANGON, 5 April—Apress conference onholding Myanmar TennisFederation President’sCup Tournament was heldat No. 16/E, EastHorseracing Road,Tamway Township, heretoday.

President of MTF UAung Maw Theinexplained the holding ofthe tournament andturning out well qualifiedyouth athletes. Ex-Myanmar selected tennis

Press conference on MTF President’s Cup tourney held

player U Maung MaungLay gave a detailedexplanation on thetournament.

The president of

MTF replied to thequeries raised by thoseattendees. The tour-nament organized byMTF will be held at

Theinbyu tennis pitch inMingala TaungnyuntTownship from 8 to 14May

MNA

YANGON, 5 April—In honour of the 65th

Anniversary ArmedForces Day, cash

Gifts for members of Pabedan Township WVO

assistance waspresented to membersaged 75 and above ofPabedan Township War

Veterans Organizationat the organizat ionoffice with an addressby Chairman of the

organization Major TunMyint (Retd ) on 27March.

Next , Vice-Chairman Major AungTin Oo (Retd) presentedcash to the memberswho passed warveterans course(Advanced level) for2008. Af terwards ,Member Lt-Cmdr HlaTun (Retd) presentedcash to outs tandingstudents who passedmatr icula t ion examwith distintions in 2009.

MNA

Yangon Command Commander Maj-Gen Win Myint and YangonMayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin open four-lane Thitsa Road.—MNA

Chairman of WVO Major Tun Myint (Retd) making address the cashpresentation ceremony.—MNA

President of MTF U Aung Maw Thein gives a speech at pressconference.—MTF

Special sales for shoppers

Filling stations, CNG stationsremain open in Thingyan

holidaysYANGON, 5 April—Filling stations and CNG

stations in Yangon Division under the Ministry ofEnergy will be kept open as usual during MahaThingyan holidays.—MNA

YANGON, 5 April— To mark Maha ThingyanFestival, AA Electronics Ltd, sole agent of Samsung,Star and Fuji, has been launching special sales for itselectronic items has been holding at Samsungshowrooms, at the corner of Maha Bandoola Roadand 35th Street and on Pansodan Road, and at Starshowrooms from 13 March till 12 April.

Jostling at the showrooms, old and new puntersare buying electronics wares showcasing at specialprice with 10 to 50 % off.

AA Electronics Ltd invites all customers tocome and get electronics not only at said showroomsbut also at agents in states and divisions.—MNA

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MOSUL, 5 April—Two people were killed and35 others injured in a car bomb explosion onSunday near a police patrol in Iraq’s northerncity of Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province, alocal police source said. A booby-trapped carparked near a popular marketplace in the WadiHajar neighborhood in southern Mosul detonatednear a passing police patrol, the source toldXinhua on condition of anonymity.

A police officer and several policemen wereamong the wounded, the source said. The blast alsodestroyed a nearby old building and damaged severalothers, along with causing damages to several nearbycivilian cars and shops, he said.—Internet

Two killed, 35 injuredin car bombing in

northern Iraq

A resident walks past a damaged house after abomb attack near the Egyptian Embassy in

Baghdad’s Mansour district on 4 April, 2010.INTERNET

LASHKAR GAH, 5April—Taleban militantsambushed and killedthree Afghan police inAfghanistan’s southernHelmand province onSunday, spokesman forprovincial administrationDaud Ahmadi said.

“The Taleban rebelssprayed bullets on apolice van in Nahr-e-Saraj district at 2 pmtoday. As a result threepolicemen were martyredand three others sustainedinjuries,” Ahmadi toldXinhua.

Taleban militantsfighting Afghan and theNATO-led troops havevowed to speed up activitiesthis year.—Xinhua

Taleban ambushkills three Afghan

police, injuresthree

KABUL , 5 April—ATaleban commander wascaptured and four otherssustained injuries inAfghanistan’s northernpeaceful Faryab provinceon Sunday, police said.

“Police encounteredmilitants in Shordaryavillage of Daulat Abad

Taleban commander detained, fourinjured in N. Afghanistan

district at 2:30 pm today.As a result a Talebancommander MullahQahir was captured andfour of his armed menwere injured in a firefightlasting four hours,”Deputy Provincial PoliceChief Mohammad AfzalImamazada told Xinhua.

He also said thatpolice later arrested twoinjured militants.

However, Talebanfighters are yet to makeany comment. Faryab hasbeen considered aspeaceful province innorth Afghanistan.

Internet

KABUL, 5 April—

Unknown men set fire to

a school in Wardak

province 40 km west of

Afghan capital Kabul, a

private television channel

reported on Sunday.

“Unidentified men

set ablaze Haider Khil

Unknown armed men set fire

to school in Afghan province

LOS ANGELES, 5April—At least 42people were hit bysuspected shooters withBB guns in drive-byshootings over the pastmonth, with a Utah judgebeing added to the list asthe latest victim, it wasreported on Sunday.

Third District CourtJudge Ann Boyden,who was out for a walkwith her husband in SaltLake City when she wasshot, became the latestvictims of a long list ofat least 42. She heard a

At least 42 people wounded in

drive-by shootings in US Utah state

KABUL, 5 April—TheTaleban insurgentslaunched an attack on apolice convoy, destroyinga number of vehicles innorthern Afghanistan’sBaghlan province late onSunday, a localgovernment official said.

Abdul Majid,

Taleban destroys policevehicles in north Afghanistan

governor of Baghlanprovince, told Xinhuathrough telephone thatTaleban set fire to three ofthe police vehicles andhijacked another two.

The official did notdisclose whether thepolice suffered anycasualty.—Xinhua

crack and realized shewas shot in the leg atabout 6:30 pm Thursday,local police said. She isone of four new casesreported in Salt LakeCity, Utah alone.

Judge Boyden’shusband said she is atwork and doing fine.Neither she nor thepolice are reluctant todwell on the details.

On 23 March alone,seven people were shotwith a BB gun, includinga 13-year-old girl inSouth Salk Lake. Most of

the victims were fired onwithin 2 1/2 hours. Noneof the wounds are life-threatening, it wasreported.—Xinhua

School in Syedabad

district last night,” Tolo

said in its news bulletin.

However, it did not

say if it was a primary or

secondary school. But

there were no casualties.

Taliban militants,

contrary to past have

ruled out their

involvement in the

mishap.

Internet

A rescued miner is

taken to a hospital

in Xiangning

County, north

China’s Shanxi

Province, on 5

April, 2010. Nine

survivors were

rescured out of the

flooded Wangjialing

Coal Mine and they

were identified

Monday morning.

INTERNET

Twin suicide bombings strike Russia’sIngushetia, killing at least two policemen

Interior Ministry servicemen standnext to a car that was blown upduring a bombing in Karabulak

on 5 April, 2010.—XINHUA

An injured man is assisted at the site of a suicidebomb attack in Timergarah, situated in Lower

Dir district of Pakistan's restive North WestFrontier Province 5 April, 2010.—INTERNET

Gunmen attack USconsulate in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, 5 April - Militants using a car bomband firing weapons attacked the U.S. consulate inthe Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday hoursafter a suicide bomber killed 38 people elsewherein the northwest, officials said.

Pakistani Taliban militants claimed responsi-bility for the attack on the consulate, in which eightpeople, including three militants, were killed butno one in the mission was hurt. They vowed moreviolence.

Attacks have raised fears for the future of thenuclear-armed U.S. ally, also beset by economicproblems and chronic political wrangling.

The assault on the tightly guarded consulatewas launched hours after the bomb blast at a rallyof supporters of an ethnic Pashtun-based politicalparty staunchly opposed to the militants. The at-tacks underscored the danger posed by militantsafter a year of military offensives which have dealtthe Islamists significant setbacks.—Internet

MOSCOW, 5 April — Two suicidebombings rocked Russia’s NorthCaucasian republic of Ingushetia onMonday morning, killing twopoliceman and injuring two others.

The first blast occurred ataround 8:00 a.m. Moscow time(0400 GMT) when a suicidebomber detonated a car at the gateof the police headquarters of therepublic’s Karabulak city, said theItar-Tass news agency. Local policesaid another suicide bombingrocked the same location ensuingthe first car explosion, withcasualties being checked.Investigators have arrived at thescene.

Russia’s restive North Caucasusrepublics, particularly Chechnya,Dagestan and Ingushetia, have beenplagued by violence that particularlytargeted policemen and lawenforcement officers, which localrebels take as representing theRussian authorities.

On Sunday, two handmadebombs found in the Ingush village ofOrdzhonikidzevskaya were defused.

A blast earlier in the day derailedeight cars of a cargo train inDagestan, which the authorities hadlinked to last week’s terrorist attacksthat rocked Moscow metro stationsand the North Caucasian republic ofDagestan, and claimed more than 50lives.

Xinhua


All Items from Xinhua

News Agency

A staff member points to a piece of broken glass damaged in suicide carbomb explosions at the Chinese Embassy to Iraq in Baghdad, capital of Iraq,

on 4 April, 2010. Three suicide car bomb explosions happening in centraland western Baghdad on Sunday have left 30 people dead and some 168

wounded, Interior Ministry sources said.—XINHUA

JAKARTA, 5 April—A 5.0-magnitude earthquake joltedeastern Indonesia’s North Maluku province on Sunday, butthere was no immediate report of casualties or propertydamage, according to the website of Indonesian Meteorology,Climatology and Geophysics Agency.

The quake struck at 23:19 local time (1419 GMT), withthe epicenter located 116 km in the northwest of Ternate, theprovincial capital city, at a depth of 18 km under seabed. Theagency did not issue a tsunami warning.

Xinhua

Moderate quake hits easternIndonesia

DAMASCUS, 5 April—A Chinesemovie week kicked off Saturday inDamascus, with six newly-producedChinese movies to be presented duringthe week.

The festival, co-hosted by GeneralOrganization for Cinema of Syria andChinese Embassy in Damascus, willpresent the “Forever Enthralled,”“Hutong Days,” “Painted Skin,” “IPMan,” which reflect Chinesetraditional culture and commonpeople’s life, and the opening movieis “Walking to School” by Chinesedirector Peng Chen.

Chinese movie week kicks off inDamascus

CAIRO, 5 April—The Arab Leaguecondemned on Sunday a spate of deadlyblasts hitting the Iraqi capital of Baghdadand claiming the lives of dozens ofpeople.

The Arab League denounces theseterrorist attacks which are a seriousdevelopment that needs to be studied,said the head of the Arab League chief’soffice, Ambassador Hisham Yousef, ina statement.

“We are following the situation withdeep concern through our diplomaticmission in Baghdad,” he said.

“We urge the political leadership inthe country to promptly form a new

Arab League condemnsBaghdad’s blasts

KUALA LUMPUR, 5 April—A family of three diedwhile four others were injured in a car tragedy on ahighway in northeast Malaysia’s state of Kelantan onSunday, local media reported.

The police said that the 33-year-old man AmranChe Wil was driving on the Jalan Gua MusangKualaKrai highway to Kuala Lumpur when his car collidedwith the one on the opposite side which was trying toovertake another car but failed at around 11: 45 am.

Amran’s car was banged into a drain and he, hiswife and their 29-day-old baby died on the spot. Hisson and three others in the other car were injured andsent to hospital.

Xinhua

Three killed, four injured incar accident in NE Malaysia

The movie week is held both inDamascus and Syria’s coastal cityLattakia from 3 to 8 April.

Muhammad Ahmaad, head ofGeneral Organization for Cinema ofSyria, told Xinhua that the movie weekwill boost the bilateral culturalcooperation and deepen theunderstanding between the people of thetwo countries.

Syria launched the Syrian movieweek in March 2009 in China’s Beijingand central city of Wuhan, during whichfive Syrian movies were presented.

Xinhua

government to be able to bring thesecurity situation under control asquickly as possible,” Yousef said.

Earlier on Sunday, 30 people werekilled and 224 others wounded inBaghdad car bomb attacks targeted atthe Iranian embassy, Mansour-MeliaHotel and the consulate office of theEgyptian embassy.

Sporadic attacks, including deadlybombings, still common in Iraq about amonth after the country held theirlandmark parliamentary election whichis widely expected to shape the future ofthe war-torn country.

Xinhua

Terns fly over theUriyawa Lake,

Anamaduwa, SriLanka, recently. With

more than 420resident species of

birds, among whichmore than 20 endemicbirds, Sri Lanka is a

good place for birds tolive.

XINHUA

Tourists enjoy themselves at the Dadonghai seashore in Sanya, south China’sHainan Province, on 4 April, 2010. Tourists enjoy the tropical scenery in Sanyaduring the holiday of Chinese traditional Qingming, the Tomb Sweeping Day.

XINHUA

CANBERRA, 5 April—A boat carrying 50 asylumseekers and four crew hasbeen intercepted offAshmore Islands,northwest of Australia.

The boat wasintercepted on Sundayafternoon by Australiannavy after it was spottedby a surveillance aircraftoperating under thecontrol of the BorderProtection Command.

“Initial indicationssuggest there are 50passengers and four crewonboard the vessel,”Federal Home AffairsMinister Brendan O’Connor said in a statementon Sunday.

The group will betransferred to ChristmasIsland where they willundergo security, identityand health checks as well asestablish their reasons fortravel, O’Connor said.

Xinhua

Australian navyintercepts boat

carrying 50asylum seekers

Children play a traditional game of egg collisionin Heze, east China’s Shandong Province, on 5

April, 2010.—XINHUA

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ISTANBUL, 4 April—Cancer preventionspecialists issued a sternwarning here on Saturdaythat the world isexperiencing a risingcancer trend in the next20 years.

The global burden ofcancer is estimated toapproximately doublebetween 2008 and 2030from 12.4 million newcases per year to round26.4 million, accordingto a cancer report fromthe Fifth InternationalConference of Asian andPacific Organization forCancer Prevention(APOCP) which openedin Istanbul.

More than 3000specialists and decisionmakers from about 70countries, including

Experts warn of risingcancer trend in world

China, Japan, SouthKorea, Turkey and theUnited States attendedthe 5-day longconference.

The report said that amajority of this increasewill occur in the moredeveloping countrieswhere the health servicesare least able to cope withthe challenge. Thisinequality is highlightedby the markedly lowercancer survival rates inthese regions.

Prof. Murat Tuncer,President of Asian andPacific Organization forCancer Prevention, saidat the conference that theAsia- Pacific regionencounter more than 60percent of all cancercases in the world.

Xinhua

A Model presents a

design of Levi’s

Fall 2010 Men’s +

Women’s

Collection at a

preview in New

York on Wednesday

31 March, 2010.

INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 4 April—USresearchers have uncovered a linkbetween genetic mutation andParkinson’s disease, according to astudy available here on Saturday.

The study, published in the latestissue of The Journal of Neuroscience,said that the researchers at the MountSinai School of Medicine made thediscovery in experiments usinggenetically engineered mice.

The mutation eliminates the normalfunction of a gene called LRRK2,resulting in inherited (familial)Parkinson’s, the most common formof the disease, according to theresearchers.

LRRK2 regulates the transmissionof dopamine, a neurotransmitter, andcontrols motor performance.

The mice created and used by theresearchers feature a key element ofParkinson’s disease — age-dependentreduction of dopamine — which is

Genetic mutation may causeParkinson’s disease

believed to cause the motor functionproblems, such as tremors, rigidity, andinvoluntary movement experienced bypeople with Parkinson’s.

“While the mice are not at the stagewhere they experience the typicalsymptoms of Parkinson’s, like tremorsor reduced movement, we are able tostudy the potential root cause of thedisease in these mice,” said ZhenyuYue, an associate professor ofneurology and neuroscience at thecenter.

“Importantly, as we have developedassays that allow us to measure theenzymatic activity of LRRK2 in thebrain, the mouse models providevaluable tools in the preclinicaldevelopment of drug compounds thattarget aberrant LRRK2 activity. Thisresearch may translate to non-familialParkinson’s disease as well,” Yueadded.

Xinhua

NEW YORK, 4 April—Harryette Mullen haswon a $50,000 JacksonPoetry Prize for being apoet of “exceptionaltalent who deserveswider recognition.”

The nonprofitli terary organizationPoets & Writers Inc.announced Mullen as thewinner of the fourthannual Jackson PoetryPrize on Friday.

The 56-year-oldMullen has written suchbooks as“Recyclopedia,” “Muse& Drudge” and“Sleeping With theDictionary.” Her sociallyand politically consciousverse is influenced by thefeminist and civil rightsmovements.

Xinhua

HarryetteMullen wins

$50,000Jackson

Poetry Prize

BEIJING, 4 April—The opera “Xi Shi” willbe staged at the NationalCenter for thePerforming Arts inBeijing on 15 April asthe opening show of thecenter’s Opera Festival.

This will be theopera’s second run.

Xi Shi was one ofthe Four Beauties ofancient China, and theopera portrays hercomplicated life.

The opera’s play-

Opera ‘Xi Shi’ to stagesecond run

wright, Zou Jingzhi,unscrambled the poeticlanguage and artisticconceptions of the play,and says the tragicending will be moreanguished than in thefirst run of the show.

Using the operaform, Xi Shi’s musicborrows many Chineseelements and musicalinstruments such as bell,chime stone, andbamboo flute.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 4 April—The famous Britishrock band Oasis has announced it willrelease a single collection of its songsfollowing the band’s split up last August,Sohu.com reports.

The 26-track album entitled “Time Flies1994-2009” includes all the songs Oasisreleased in the past 15 years, except for“Sunday Morning Call” which was releasedin 2000.

At the same time, a deluxe version ofthe album will be released as well. It includesall the band’s music videos and its recordedconcert at the Roundhouse in London lastyear. The album will be released in June.

Oasis split up after a fallout betweenthe band’s guitar player, Noel Gallagher,and his brother Liam, who was the leadsinger.

Noel held his first live solo concert forthe Teenage Cancer Trust Charity in Londonafter the band’s breakup.—Xinhua

Oasis to releasesingles collection

In this undated photo, actor JohnForsythe celebrates after acceptingthe Golden Globe Award for best

actor in a dramatic television series,‘Dynasty,’ in Hollywood, Calif.

Forsythe, the actor who made hisfortune as TV’s affable ‘Bachelor

Father’ and the scheming oil tycoonin ‘Dynasty,’ died late Thursday, 1April, 2010 in Santa Ynez, Calif.

said publicist Harlan Boll.He was 92.—INTERNET

A model shows a creation byZoran Dobric during

Toronto Fashion week onTuesday, 30 March, 2010.

INTERNET

Jennifer Hudson poses at anews conference, on 1 April,

2010, after debuting hernational advertising

campaign with WeightWatchers in New York.

INTERNET

A scene from the opera “Xi Shi”XINHUA

BEIJING, 4 April—A 12-year-old US schoolgirl whowas handcuffed for scribbling on her classroom desk suedpolice for one million dollars, according to media report onSunday.

Alexa Gonzalez, a girl at Junior High School 190 inQueens sued police and education departments for excessiveuse of force and violation of her rights.

Later, police was called to take her to a local schoolprecinct where she was cuffed to a pole for two hours longwhich she calls a traumatising and excessive ordeal.

“I made two little doodles... It could be easily erased.To put handcuffs on me is unnecessary,” the girl said.

Xinhua

Schoolgirl sues for $1 mln overarrest for desk scribble

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Spencer Slate,adorned in an Easter

bunny costume,places eggs next to acoral reef Thursday,on 1 April, 2010, in

the Florida KeysNational Marine

Sanctuary off KeyLargo, Fla. Slate’s

Atlantis Dive Shop isplanning an

underwater Easteregg hunt Sunday, on

4 April, as afundraiser for alocal children’s

charity and he’llsubmerge again incostume. The eggs

are real, withnontoxic coloring, to

prevent negativeecological impact.

A gorilla eats an eggshe found in an Easterbasket put out by zookeepers, Friday, on 2

April, 2010, at theCincinnati Zoo in

Cincinnati.

An 82-year-oldwoman whoaccidentally crashed hercar through the frontwindow of a southwestMichigan salon stuckaround afterward for anappointment to get herhair done.

Authorities saidMarion Zock was parkingher Ford Fusion onThursday outside ClassicHair Design in KentCounty’s PlainfieldTownship, near GrandRapids, when she steppedon the accelerator insteadof the brake.

Woman, 82, crashes intosalon, gets her hair done

File photo shows a teamof scientists performingan autopsy on Lyuba, a

wooly mammoth.Sucked to her death in a

muddy river bed, thebaby wooly mammoth

spent 40,000 yearsfrozen in the Siberianpermafrost where her

body was perfectlypreserved.

Two people wereinjured, including anemployee who returnedto work after treatmentand a girl with a bruisedarm.

Zock told WOOD-TV her foot slipped fromthe brake. She’s aregular customer andsays she was “soembarrassed.”

Styl is t Krist iDochod told WWMT-TV the crash soundedlike an explosion. Thesalon stayed open as thecar was removed, and isopen during repairs.

Drunk in a bar andcan’t get out, who yougonna call? Police.That’s what ToddFitzwater did inLexington. WLEX-TVreported Fitzwater called911 on Thursday and saidhe’d gotten drunk andpassed out at Todd’sKaraoke Bar the nightbefore, awakened andhad a few more — thencouldn’t get out of thebar, which was closed.

Officers tapped onthe door Thursdayafternoon to guide the45-year-old Fitzwater toit so he could let them in

Drunk man calls police to helphim out of bar

to help him.The bar owner said

Fitzwater is a “regular”who lives nearby. Thebarkeep stayed with himuntil 7:30 a.m. Thursday,then left figuringFitzwater wouldeventually let himself outand go home.

The PennsylvaniaLottery proved to beseventh heaven forthousands of lotteryplayers this week.

The lottery paid outa total of $7.77 millionafter the number 7-7-7-7 came up in the Big 4drawing Wednesday.More than 3,100 ticketshad the winn ingnumbers . They woneither $2,500 or $5,000,depending on whetherthe buyer wagered 50

Pa. lotterypays $7.77

million after7-7-7-7 hits

cents or $1.That set of numbers

has only been a winnertwice since 1980. Thelast set of quadruplenumbers to win was 2-2-2-2 in September2008.

NEWS

ALBUM

LO S AN G E L E S , 5April—To reduce sodaconsumption in fightingchildren obesity willrequire larger taxes, anew study by RANDresearchers showed.

“If the goal is tonoticeably reduce sodaconsumption amongchildren, then it wouldhave to be a verysubstantial tax,” saidRoland Sturm, thestudy’s lead author anda senior economist atRAND, a nonprofi tresearch organization.

“A small sales taxon soda does not appearto lead to a noticeabledrop in consumption, letalone reduction inobesity.”

Taxes on soft drinksand other sugar-sweetened beverageshave been proposed aspart of many anti-obesi ty efforts todiscourage purchase ofthe high-calorie drinks

Larger taxes on soda drinks neededto help curb children obesity

so as to curb excessweight gain.

The researchersestimated the potentialeffect of soft drink taxeson children’sconsumption and weightby examiningdifferences in existingsales taxes on soft drinksbetween states.

The study involved73,000 children whoreportedly drank anaverage of six sodas perweek, but there waswide variation amongthe group.

Fif teen percentreported drinking nosodas in the prior week,while 10 percentconsumed two or moresodas per day. Theamount of sodapurchased at school wassmall.

The analysis couldfind no significant linkbetween theconsumption of soda orweight gain among

children and differentialtaxes on sodas versusother foods. Existingdifferential taxes (taxesthat are imposed onsodas and not other fooditems sold in grocerystores) are small ,averaging 3.5 percentand none are larger than7 percent.—Xinhua

The space shuttleDiscovery sits on the

launch pad at theKennedy Space Center

in Cape Canaveral,Florida on 3 April,

2010. The space shuttleDiscovery is scheduledto launch on a mission

to the InternationalSpace Station on 5

April.INTERNET

BEIJING, 5 April—Air Canada, Canada’sflagship air l ine,announced that it willincrease flight capacitybetween Canada andChina to meet Chinesepeople’s growing traveldemand.

The company said it

Air Canada to increase flightcapacity to China

will increase the numberof direct Beij ing-Canada and Shanghai-Canada flights to 28 aweek from June thisyear.

It will also launchdirect flights betweenGuangzhou andVancouver from 2013 tofurther improve i tsairline service.

As the two countriesstrengthen exchanges invarious f ields, AirCanada endeavors toprovide moreconvenient and fast

services for Chinesetourists andbusinessmen, AirCanada chief executiveofficer Calin Rovinescusaid.

China grantedCanada touristdestination status lastDecember whichindicated closer tiesbetween the twocountries and wouldbring millions of dollarsinto Canada’s tourismindustry.

According to thelatest survey conductedby the conference boardof Canada, the numberof Chinese tourists toCanada will jump 50percent each year as of2015.

The Montreal-basedcompany carries morethan 33 mil l ionpassengers each yearand provides regular andcargo services to over170 dest inat ionsworldwide.—Xinhua

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NAY PYI TAW, 5April—The openingceremony of ConcreteSleeper Factory(Pakokku) implementedby Myanma Railwaysunder the Ministry of RailTransportation was heldat the factory in Pakokkuof Pakokku District inMagway Divisionyesterday, with an addressby Chairman of SagaingDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of North-West Command Maj-GenMyint Soe.

The ceremony wasalso attended by Ministerfor Rail TransportationMaj-Gen Aung Min,Deputy Ministers Thura UThaung Lwin and U PeThan, Chairman ofMagway Division Peaceand Development CouncilCol Phone Maw Shwe,senior military officers,division and district leveldepartmental officials,members of socialorganizations and localpeople.

The commander in hisaddress said that ConcreteSleeper Factory(Pakokku) emerges inpride of Magway Divisionand of the State, for thefactory will play its role inrealizing cluster ofrailroad networks aroundthe nation in line with theguidance of the Head ofState.

Concrete Sleeper Factory (Pakokku) in Magway Divisionstarts going into operation

He revealed that thefactory will not onlyfacilitate transportationbut create jobopportunities for localswhom are urged to makeendeavors in the State’sinterest.

The minister said theconstruction of thefactory started on 1December 2008 and did atest run in March 2010. Ittook one year and fourmonths for thecompletion of theconstruction of thefactory. The reason forreplacing concretesleepers instead ofwooden sleepers is fordurability, he said.

He continued to saythat three concrete sleeperfactories are beingimplemented in KhinU ofSagaing Division,Pakokku of MagwayDivision and Okshitpin ofBago Division in

accordance with theguidance of the Head ofState and four factories havebeen opened in Myitngae,Pyuntaza, Mottama andPakokku.

He also gave account

of implementation ofnational railway network,expressing the greatpotential for bettertransport.

Next, Chairman ColPhone Maw Shwe

delivered an address.Commander Maj-Gen

Myint Soe, Minister Maj-Gen Aung Min andChairman Col Phone MawShwe formally opened thefactory. The factory will

produce about 600concrete sleepers a dayand the products will beused on the railroads onthe west bank ofAyeyawady River.

MNA

Chairman of Sagaing Division Peace and Development Council Commander of North-WestCommand Maj-Gen Myint Soe, Minister for Rail Transportation Maj-Gen Aung Min and party

inspect production processes of Concrete Sleeper Factory (Pakokku).—MNA

Photo shows Concrete Sleeper Factory (Pakokku).—MNA

YANGON, 5 April—The National League forDemocracy (NLD) stays in touch with and adheresto the instructions of the US and British embassiesin Yangon, thereby drawing the widespread criticismand watchful eyes from the public.

It was reported that in March 2010, staff fromthe two embassies visited NLD on WestShwegondaing Road in Yangon for 31 times andthat during the visits they held meetings with NLDCEC members, and presented the latter large andsmall envelopes.—MNA

US, British embassiesfrequent NLD 31 times

in MarchNAY PYI TAW, 5 April—Chairman of Civil Service

Selection and Training Board U Kyaw Thu todayattended commemorative ceremony of 73rd

Anniversary Foundation Day of the CSSTB.The CSSTB chairman gave a speech on purpose

of holding the ceremony.Next, he and CSSTB members presented awards

to outstanding staff members and their offspring who

73rd Foundation Day of CSSTBobserved

passed with flying colours in matriculation exam.They put fingerlings into No. 26 Dam.—MNA

Chairman of Civil Service Selection andTranining Board U Kyaw Thu making a

speech at 73rd Anniversary Foundation Day ofCSSTB.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 5 April—The Kachin StateProgressive Party and the Myanmar New SocietyDemocratic Party today submitted their applicationsto the Union Election Commission for their formationas political parties.—MNA

Those wishing to form politicalparties submit applications

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Government,the people,Tatmadaw…

(from page 1)from his subordinates.Only then will it be possi-ble for him to win victoryall the times by applyingthe strength of his subor-dinates and his leadershipskills in combination. Asto the nature of the com-

bat leadership, subordi-nates place their trust andreliance on a victoriousleader with the confidencethat they can overcomeany forms of difficultiesand crises if they are withsuch a competent leader.

Basically, you willhave to possess all the 16characteristics of leader-ship to be able to take afirm leadership role.Moreover, you all have to

be well-experienced. Ex-perience is somethingfrom which you can learnlessons, risking life andlimb. A leader has to takelessons from others' ex-perience, as well as to seekand shoulder all the du-ties with a sense of dutyin order to have vast ex-perience. I would say amilitary leader must becapable of building theforce under your com-mand.Comrades,

In order to achieve

this goal, every regimentand serviceman have topossess five fundamentalrequirements: moraleconduct, self-discipline,loyalty, unity and beingendowed with three formsof calibre. You will haveto try to be noble-mindedwith fine traditions suchas having a strong senseof true patriotism, takingrisks in the interest of thenation and the people, and

sacrificing self-interest.You have to play an ex-emplary role in discipline.You have to remain loyalto the State and the peo-ple. You have to showloving-kindness, attach-ment and loyalty to oneanother. You must be ca-pable of building unityamong the members ofyour forces, and must beharmonious with the peo-ple.

Similarly, you mustmake sure that you your-selves and your subordi-

nates are always endowedwith three capabilities,namely military capabil-ity, organiazing capabil-ity, and administrative ca-pability. Only if every bat-talion and serviceman pos-sess five fundamentalqualifications can they seeto the major duties of theTatmadaw.Comrades,

Our Tatmadaw's threemajor duties are nationaldefence duty, militarytraining, and public wel-fare service.

Regarding the na-tional defence duty, to-day every country is mod-ernizing their armedforces. Today, the world

has seen rapid changes inscience and technology.So, the influence of geo-graphical conditions inwarfare such as weather,geographical features,transport, and supply hasbeen less important thanever. Therefore, we haveto make military reformsin order to catch up withthe modern warfare. Iwould deduce that wemust build a modernTatmadaw to be capableof defending our countryfrom any forms of dan-ger.

In the process, the na-

tion needs highly-quali-fied human resources.Therefore, you mustbroaden your horizons inwarfare to be able to copewith today's challenges.Moreover, you have to tryin the studies in thecourses at all levels youwill have to take.Comrades,

Regarding the dutyof military training, fun-damentally a militarycommander is, indeed, agood trainer. The majorobjective of this duty isto generate great quanti-tative progress. Beingwell-trained is one of theten strengths of theTatmadaw. So, the

Tatmadaw will be weak-ened if you are out ofmilitary training.

In that regard, youhave to train the forcephysically, theoreticallyand morally harmoni-ously and systemati-cally. If so, the force willalways be on full alertmilitarily, and will al-ways be ready for a com-bat. Therefore, we haveto constantly carry outmilitary training and im-proving the warfare sys-tem in building a mod-ern Tatmadaw.

(See page 9) Dignitaries at the Graduation Parade of the 113th Intake of Defence

Services (Army) Officers Training School.—MNA

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye taking the salute

of cadet companies.—MNA

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(from page 8)Comrades,

Regarding the public welfare service,Tatmadaw members of us are the sons born of thepeople. We have taken a vow of sacrificing our livesto safeguard the nation and the people. Maybe youhave no opportunity to go to your natives, but youhave to regard everyone you come across every-where as your parents.

In the Anti-Fascist Resistance, our Tatmadawhad to disperse troops in the public and Tatmadawmembers were like family members of the people.We regarded the houses we stayed in as our parents'houses, and we treated them as though they were ourparents. In return, they took care of us, and weachieved formidable victories due to the participa-tion of the people. Therefore, I would like to urgeyou to take an active role in the public welfareservice as a gesture of being grateful to your parents.Comrades,

Our Tatmadaw is a patriotic force conceivedin the independence struggles. At that time,Tatmadaw members shouldered duties without sala-

Government, the people,Tatmadaw…

ries and rations. Inspired by a noble-minded sense,we risked life and limb, and showed resilience, greatperseverance and self-discipline. In addition, wemanaged to face and overcome all forms of difficul-ties. Therefore, our Tatmadaw could stand as acapable force.

They are some of the Tatmadaw's fine tradi-tions. You have to hand down the 12 fine traditionsof the Tatmadaw to next generations. I would like tourge you to be good Tatmadaw members with thedetermination to preserve the fine traditions of theTatmadaw.Comrades,

We joined hands firmly with the people toregain independence. Our Tatmadaw is under a dutyto uphold independence and sovereignty in orderthat the nation will not lose them again. We all haveto remain loyal to all people and members of the

Sangha and Tatmadaw who fell in independencestruggles. So, our Tatmadaw has to repulse all formsof dangers that can harm independence and sover-eignty.

History shows that today certain powers hurtsmall countries' sovereignty through political, eco-nomic, social, dogmatic, and diplomatic ways. Andsometimes, they occupy their targeted countries.We have to take a valuable lesson from the historicevidence that when our nation was on the verge oflosing independence, colonialists put all the blameon our weak country.

So, we have to improve the political, eco-nomic and defence strengths if we wish to ensuresovereignty. In its time, the Tatmadaw has beenimproving the infrastructures with the aim of build-ing a peaceful, modern and developed nation and

strengthening the three capabilities of the nation.Comrades,

In the meantime, the Tatmadaw has been en-gaging in public welfare service, and working hardto introduce the political system based on the State'sseven-step Road Map as well as the market economy.

In the nationwide referendum to approve theState Constitution of the Union of Myanmar as thefourth step of the Road Map, internal and externalelements attempted to disrupt the referendum bypersuading the people not to cast votes or to cast"no" votes. However, the referendum was success-fully completed due to the combined efforts of thegovernment, the people and the Tatmadaw, and theconstitution was approved with the massive supportof the people.

This year, elections will be held to elect rep-resentatives to parliaments in accordance with the

constitution. The government, the people and theTatmadaw will see to the elections. So, you all haveto keep your eyes and ears to potential dangers thatmay be posed with foreign aids.Comrades,

In conclusion, I would like to urge you:- to lead a life of a good Tatmadaw member and

try your best to become dynamic leaders,- to shoulder the three major duties of the

Tatmadaw,- to build a strong, efficient and capable patri-

otic Tatmadaw to guard the motherland andthe people against any forms of dangers,

- to ward off all dangers intended to harm inde-pendence and sovereignty,

- to relay the 12 fine traditions of the Tatmadaw.MNA

Dignitaries at the Graduation Parade of the 113th Intake of Defence Services (Army) OfficersTraining School.—MNA

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-

Senior General Maung Aye presents best cadetaward to cadet Zin Min Tun.—MNA

Prizes presented to top dealers ofSuper Power

Director U Maung Hla of Myanmar New Stars Industry Co Ltd(Upper Myanmar Branch) presents prizes to top dealers.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 5 April—Super Powerand Speed engine oil and lubricant distri-bution office (Upper Myanmar branch) ofMyanmar New Stars Industry Co Ltd heldits seventh prize presentation ceremony totop dealers for 2009 at the office at No(330), 82nd Street between 28th and 29thStreets, Chanayethazan Township on 30March.

In-charge Director U Maung Hla ofthe branch office extended greetings and

presented prizes to top dealers for 2009.Myanmar New Stars Industry Co Ltd, asole agent of Super Power and qualitySpeed engine oil and lubricant forMyanmar, has started next step to importSuper Rocket Engine Oil. Those who wantto become wholesaler or retailer of theproducts may contact Ph: 01-686263, 01-686727 and 01-681894 in Yangon, 02-72374 and 01-21160, and Fax: 686306 forUpper Myanmar.—MNA

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LOS ANGELES, 5April— Four people havebeen killed and two otherswounded i ngeles.

Three men died atthe scene at the Hot SpotMediterranean Cafe,while the other died later

Four die in Los Angeles restaurant shootingof his wounds, LosAngeles policedepartment said.

The two injuredpeople were taken tohospital where oneremains in a criticalcondition.

The suspect, a whiteman in his 30s who may beArmenian, fled the scene.Police have not yetdiscovered a motive butinside sources say theshooting may be linked toArmenia gangs. “It’s a verycomplex investigation thatwe are involved in rightnow,” LAPD DeputyChief Kirk Albanese said.

“Anytime we have ashooting at an eatery inbroad daylight, we allneed to be concerned.”

Police do not think itwas a random shooting.

Internet

CHICAGO, 5 April –The lives of nearly 900babies would be savedeach year, along withbillions of dollars, if 90percent of U.S. womenbreast-fed their babiesfor the first six monthsof life, a cost analysissays.

Those startlingresults, published onlineMonday in the journalPediatrics, are only an

SCIENCE DAILY, 5April— If our eyes couldsee radio waves, thenearby galaxy CentaurusA (Cen A) would be oneof the biggest andbrightest objects in thesky, nearly 20 times theapparent size of a fullmoon. What we can’t seewhen looking at thegalaxy in visible light isthat i t l ies nestledbetween a pair of giantradio-emitting gasplumes ejected by itssupersized black hole.Each plume is nearly amillion light-years long.

NASA’s FermiGamma-Ray SpaceTelescope maps gammarays, radiation thattypically packs 100billion times the energyof radio waves.Nevertheless, and to thesurprise of manyastrophysicists, Cen A’splumes show up clearlyin the satellite’s first 10months of data. The study

Fermi maps an active galaxy’s‘smokestack plumes’

appears in Thursday’sedition of ScienceExpress

This is somethingwe’ve never seen beforein gamma rays,” saidTeddy Cheung, a Fermiteam member at theNaval ResearchLaboratory inWashington. “Not onlydo we see the extendedradio lobes, but theirgamma-ray output ismore than ten timesgreater than their radio

Fermi’s Large Area Telescope resolvedhigh-energy gamma rays from an extended region

around the active galaxy Centaurus A.INTERNET

output.” If gamma-raytelescopes had maturedbefore their radiocounterparts, astron-omers would haveinstead classified Cen Aas a “gamma-ray galaxy.

Also known as NGC5128, Cen A is locatedabout 12 million light-years away in theconstellation Centaurusand is one of the firstcelestial radio sourcesidentified with a galaxy.

Internet

Emergency services remove a body after theshooting.—INTERNET

Breast-feeding would savelives, moneys

estimate. But severalexperts who reviewedthe analysis said themethods and conclusionsseem sound.

“The health caresystem has got to beaware that breast-feeding makes aprofound difference,”said Dr. Ruth Lawrence,who heads the AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics’breast-feeding section.

The findings suggestthat there are hundredsof deaths and many morecostly illnesses each yearfrom health problemsthat breast-feeding mayhelp prevent. Theseinclude stomach viruses,ear infections, asthma,juvenile diabetes, SuddenInfant Death Syndromeand even childhoodleukemia.

Internet

Riders in

traditional

Hungarian

(L) and

Habsburg

(R) cavalry

uniforms

fight

during a

reenactment

of Battle of

Tapiobicske.

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England test bowling great Sir AlecBedser dies

Bedser took11 wicketson his Test

debutagainstIndia in

1946.INTERNET

LONDON, 5 April—Former England fastbowler Sir Alec Bedserhas died at the age of 91.

Bedser, knighted in1997, passed away onSunday evening at ahospital in Woking afterfalling ill last month.

He took 236 wicketsfor England in 51 Testmatches in a 10-year

period before serving arecord 23 years as aselector and managingtwo overseas tours.

Along with twinbrother Eric, Bedser wasan integral part of theSurrey team that wonseven consecutive countychampionships between1952 and 1958.

Besder remains one

of England’s greatestbowlers having taken100 or more wickets in acounty season 11 timesduring his career.

“Alec Bedserdeserves to beremembered as one of thegreatest England bowlersof all time, a master of thecraft of seam bowling anda true legend of the game,”said England and WalesCricket Board chairmanGiles Clarke.

He had been, untilhis death, the last manalive to have taken thewicket of Sir DonaldBradman - dismissing thelegendary Australianbatsman six times in Testcricket.—Internet

BEIJING, 5 April— Tomb leases morethan 20 years old inpublic cemeteries canbe renewed at lowerpr ices and deta i ledregula t ions wi l l bein t roduced af terQingming festival, theChina Daily reportedMonday.

Original renterswill get priority to usethe tomb land oncethe regulations comeinto ef fec t , thenewspaper quotedJ iang Xiaogang,secretary-general of theBei j ing Funera lAssociation as saying.

Beijing to lower tomb leaserenewal fees

Tomb land inpublic cemeteries inBei j ing i s not forpermanent use. Instead,the longest term forrenters is 20 years .After tha t per iod,renters must pay extrafees to renew the leases.

The price of tombrenewals will be muchcheaper than the first-time rent after this priceadjustment, Jiang said.

“The first- t imerent includes the landfee, management feeand construction. Forrenewal, the renter justneeds to pay the landfee and management

fee,” he said.The term for

renewals wi l l notexceed 20 years, either,he added.

Besides therenewal fees , thelocat ion of publ iccemeteries will also beadjusted. According tothe Chinese FuneralDevelopment Report2010 from the Ministryof Civil Affairs, publiccemeteries in Beijingwill be clustered aroundnorthwestern Beijing,while few will be builtin eas tern andsoutheastern Beijing.

Xinhua

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MEXICO CITY, 5 April— At least 13 prisonersescaped during an allegedattack by hit men innorthwest Mexico’sReynosa city, whichborders the United States,officials said on Sunday.

The GeneralProsecutor’s Office said ina statement that the attacktook place on Friday when

A car passes over a crack on the road at the 30thkilometer of the Mexicali-Tijuana highway madeby a 7.2 earthquake in Mexicali, Mexico, Sunday,

4 April, 2010. According to the USGS a 6.9magnitude eartquake was register 26 km (16

miles) south west from Guadalupe Victoria, BajaCalifornia, Mexico.—INTERNET

Tourists enjoy themselves at a park in Kunming, capital of southwest China’sYunnan Province, on 4 April, 2010, the second day of the three-day

Qingming holiday. Qingming, or Tomb-sweeping Day, was made an officialholiday in response to public appeals in 2008.

XINHUA

Crystal designer Eric Delvaux posts beside hiscrystal work “Rocket” in eastern Belgian cityLiege, on 4 April, 2010. The crystal rocket,with 2.6 meters height and 200 kilograms

weight, will be shipped to China and exhibitedat the Belgian pavilion during the 2010

Shanghai Expo. It was claimed the highestcrystal creation in the world and had applied

to Guinness Records.INTERNET

The contestants compete

in East China Selection

Invitational Tournament

of 2010 FLL European

Open held in Suzhou,

east China’s Jiangsu

Province, 4 April,

2010.—XINHUA

MEXICO , 5 April —A 7.2-magnitudeearthquake Sundayrocked Mexico’snorthern Baja Californiastate which borders theUnited States, causingminor damage andkilling at least two peoplewith some 100 othersinjured in Mexico,according to latestreports.

The strong quakewas also felt across theU.S. side of the borderarea.

Following theearthquake, a state ofemergency was declaredin Mexicali, capital ofnorthern Mexico’s BajaCalifornia state and acommerce center along

Magnitude-7.2 quakerocks US-Mexico border,

two people killed

At least 13 prisoners escape inMexico-US border region

19 Filipinoseamen

seized bySomalipirates

MANILA, 5 April —Nineteen Filipinoseafarers enroute to theUnited States were seizedby Somali pirates onSunday, the PhilippineForeign AffairsDepartment said onMonday.

According to astatement issued by thedepartment on Monday,the Philippine Embassy inNairobi reported that 19Filipino crewmemberswere on board theMarshall Island-flagged,South Korean-owned M/V Samho Dream when thevessel was hijacked bySomali pirates, northeastof Somali Basin onSunday.

The ship was enrouteto the port of Louisianafrom Iraq when it wascaptured by the pirates.

Philippine diplom-atsare coordinating with thevessel’s principal, thelocal manning agency andthe Philippine Embassiesin Nairobi and Seoul forthe early resolution of thecase.

There are now 24Filipino seafarers onboard four vessels heldcaptive by Somali pirates.

Xinhua

the border.But tsunami experts

have ruled out thepossibility of a disasteralong the West Coastafter the quake,previously measured at6.9 magnitude by theU.S. Geological Survey(USGS).

The USGS said thequake occurred at 5:40p.m. local time (2240GMT) with a depth of 10km.

The epicenter wassome 26 km south-southwest of GuadalupeVictoria, 173km east-southeast of Tijuana,which borders the U.S.city of San Diego,California.

Xinhua

an armed squad arrivedaboard 10 vehicles at thejail of Reynosa inTamaulipas state.

The statement said that11 of the escapees werefederal criminals and twohad committed commoncrimes.

Before announcing theescape, the localgovernment said on

Saturday that three otherprisoners were killedduring the attack.

Sources with theNational Defense Ministrysaid on Sunday that fourhelicopters were sent toTamaulipas and theneighboring state of NuevoLeon to assist theinvestigation.

Xinhua

SANTIAGO, 5 April — An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale shookcentral Chile Sunday night, but there was no report of casualties or damage.

The quake, which occurred at around 23:32 local time (0330 GMT Monday),was centered at 35 km west of the capital of Santiago with a depth of 67.2 km.

The tremor was strongly felt in the capital.Power outages were reported in part of the port city of Vina del Mar following

the quake.Xinhua

Moderate quake shakescentral Chile

S.Korean ship hijacked by Somalipirates

A map ofthe Hornof Africa

andsurround-

ingcoastline

wherepiracy is

rife.

SEOUL, 5 April—ASouth Korean oil tankerhas been hijacked bySomali pirates in theIndian Ocean on Sunday,Seoul’s Ministry ofForeign Affairs andTrade said.

There are a total of24 crew membersonboard, including fiveSouth Koreans and 19Filipinos.

The Marshall Islands-registered “SamhoDream”, owned by SouthKorea’s Samho Shipping,was seized by Somalipirates in waters some

1,500 km southeast of theGulf of Aden at around16:10 Seoul time (0710GMT), the ministry said.

The 300,000-tontanker was on its wayfrom Iraq to Louisiana ofthe United States, it

added.The ministry said it

held an emergencymeeting to discuss relatedmeasures, and decided toset up a task force forrescue mission.

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BUNGA MAS 12 VOY NO (102W)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BUNGA MAS12 VOY NO (102W) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 6.4.2010 and cargo will be dis-charged into 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 MALAYSIA INTERNA-TIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION BERHAD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV MILLENNIUM VOY NO (05/10)Consignees of cargo carried on MV MILLEN-

NIUM VOY NO (05/10) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 5.4.2010 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W(3) 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 KM INTER TRANSPhone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DIBENA EXPRESS VOY NO (120)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV DIBENAEXPRESS VOY NO (120) are here by notified that thevessels has arrived on 4.4.2010 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S PHULSAWAT SHIPPINGCO. LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

INVITATION TO TENDERTENDER NO. 1 T (C)/PASA/PW/2010-2011

1. Sealed Tender is invited by the Public Works, NayPyi Taw, Myanmar. The Ministry of Construction forthe supply of STRAIGHT ASPHALT 80/100 GradeMetric Ton (10000) in Drum.

2. Tender Closing Date is (5-5-2010) at (16:00) PM.

3. Tender Documents and detail specification are avail-able at the Public Works, Procurement section StoresDivision, No (40) Public Works, Nay Pyi Taw(8.4.2010) on Payment of (FEC-1000). To enquirycontact Phone No-067 407577, 067- 407581

4. Only bid from tenderer who has purchased tenderdocuments officially from Public Works will be ac-cepted for evaluation.

Managing Director Public Works

Ministry of Construction Ph:067 407577, 407581

Sneaking in some exercise effectiveUNIVERSITY PARK, 5 April—Unintentional activity

can help people burn a few extra calories, US research-ers suggest.

David Conroy, an associate professor of kinesi-ology and human development and family studies atPennsylvania State University, said unintentionalphysical activity—such as climbing stairs instead ofwaiting for the elevator—helps prevent weight gain.

“It wasn’t the overall level of activity we focusedon, it was specifically the unintentional activity—those little things that you don’t even think about thathelp you burn those extra few calories,” Conroy saidin a statement.

Conroy and colleagues examined 200 college stu-dents for a connection between attitudes toward physi-cal activity and levels of unintentional activity.

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Short-binge programme has long-term benefit

Modelspresent

a creationof the brandBorodulin’sduring theRussianFashion

Week (RFW2010/2011

Fall/Winter)in Moscow,

capitalof Russia,on 4 April,

2010.XINHUA

Entombed car unearthed after 40 yearsKANKAKEE, 5 April—A 1958 Buick has been un-

earthed almost 40 years after three young men walledit up under an Illinois house as a practical joke, ob-servers said.

The Buick Special was abandoned in Kankakee, Ill,in 1971 when it broke down and its owner couldn’tafford the repair costs, The Chicago Tribune reportedon Sunday.

A local dealer had no use for it and gave it to thethree jokesters, who bricked it behind a wall in thebasement of a house one of them owned, the newspa-per said.—Internet

Plane crasheson Australian highway

HOBART, 5 April—A trainee pilot with the Australianair force practicing aerobatic maneuvers crash-landedhis plane on one of Hobart’s busiest highways, officialssay. Patrick Humphrey, 18, walked away uninjured af-ter the engine on his single-engine plane stalled about10 am local time on Sunday, The Australian reported.

Witnesses allegedly saw the airplane circling over-head apparently in distress over Hobart’s Brooker High-way, prompting several onlookers to call emergencyservices.

The aircraft slid almost 218 yards along the road un-der an overpass, ripping off one of its wings before com-ing to rest, The Australian said.

The first thing Humphrey did after crash landing wasto emerge from the cockpit, run down the highway anddirect traffic to ensure no vehicles would collide withthe downed plane.

One witness, Brad Almond, said the debris field ex-tended 328 feet, the Australian Broadcasting Corp re-ported.—Internet

MIDDLETOWN, 5 April—US researchers say a short-term self-guided six-stepprogramme may help pro-vide long-term help forbinge eaters.

Researchers at theKaiser Permanente Centrefor Health Research,Wesleyan University andRutgers University said 63percent of binge eaters as-signed to the 12-week pro-gramme as part of a con-trolled, randomized trialstopped binging — vs.28.3 percent of those whoreceived usual care.

Six months later, 74 per-cent of programme partici-

pants and 44 percent ofthose in usual care contin-ued to abstain frombinging. At one year, 64percent vs 44 percent werebinge-free.

“Our studies show thatrecurrent binge eating canbe successfully treatedwith a brief, easily admin-istered programme, andthat’s great news for pa-tients and their providers,”study principal investiga-

tor Ruth Striegel-Moore, aprofessor of psychology atWesleyan University, saidin a statement.

Striegel-Moore and col-leagues conducted the2004-2005 study with 123Kaiser Permanente healthplan members in Oregonand southwest Washingtonwho had had at least onebinge eating episode aweek in the last threemonths.—Internet

China’s Ding Junhui (R) smiles while MarkWilliams of Wales holds his trophy after the finalof 2010 World Snooker China Open in Beijing,

capital of China, on 4 April, 2010.—XINHUA

Two killed in train-ambulance

crash in ArgentinaBUENOS AIRES, 5 April— Two people were killed

and two others seriously injured on Sunday when an

ambulance collided with a train in Buenos Aires,

Argentina’s capital. The accident occurred in the

neighborhood of Parque Patricios when the ambulance

tried to pass a junction where a road and a railway line

joins and was hit by a passing train.

A patient, who was receiving heart-failure

treatment, and his relative in the ambulance were

killed on the spot.—MNA/Xinhua

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A model’s image is shown in the 3-Dliquid crystal display which is unveiled to

the media by Sharp Corp. in Tokyo,Japan, Friday, on 2 April, 2010. Sharp’slatest 3-D displays deliver bright, clear

imagery without the cumbersome glassesusually required for such technology.

Sharp Corp. demonstrated liquid crystalscreens Friday for mobile devices thatshowed 3-D animation, touch-panel

screens that switched from one 3-D phototo another and a display connected to a

3-D video camera.—INTERNET

SEOUL, 5 April—South Korea and India willhold bilateral security talksbetween deputy ministersin Seoul on Friday, theforeign ministry said hereMonday.

South Korean vice

S Korea, India to hold security meetingin Seoul

foreign minister Shin ShinKak-soo and his Indiancounterpart Latha Leddywill discuss expandingbilateral cooperation ondiplomatic and defenseissues and security mattersof mutual interest in theregion, the ministry said ina press briefing. The

meeting comes after thetwo countries bolsteredbilateral ties earlier thisyear to the strategicpartnership level,following South KoreanPresident Lee Myung-bak’s state visit in Januaryto New Delhi, it said.

Internet

114 survivors rescued fromflooded coal mine, 39 still trapped

XIANGNING, 5 April — Rescuers have taken out114 miners from the flooded Wangjialing Coal Minein north China’s Shanxi Province by Monday afternoon,nine days after the accident occurred, the rescueheadquarters said.

“Rescuers are continuing the search for 39 trappedminers. The rescue work is still challenging,” saidWang Jun, governor of Shanxi.

Survivors with clothes covering on their eyes arebeing lifted out by rescuers.

“It is a miracle in China’s mining rescue history,”said Luo Lin, head of the State Administration ofWork Safety, who is waiting at the pit entrance.

“Scientific methods and technology used in therescue have ensured the survivors rescued alive afterbeing trapped underground for a week,” said ShanxiParty chief Zhang Baoshun.—Xinhua

Gaza tension still concerned afterHamas’ call for calm

JERUSALEM, 5 April— Israel Air Forceaircraft on Sundayopened fire at twoPalestinians, who Israelisclaimed seemed to belaying explosives nearthe border fence betweenIsrael and the Gaza Strip,

DUGAI (United ArabEmirates), 5 April—ADubai appeals court onSunday upheld a one-month prison sentence fora British couple convictedof kissing in a restaurant.

The pair landed incourt after an Emiratiwoman complained aboutthe public kiss, which thecouple insisted was just apeck on the cheek. Theywere arrested in Novemberand convicted ofinappropriate behavior and

BEIJING, 5 April— The Ministry of Transport(MOT) said on Monday 12 sailors of the wreckedPanama-flagged cargo ship were saved and the firewas under control.

The “Golden Crux 18” ship, with 14 crew onboard, were sailing near the mouth of Yangtze Riverlate last night when its engine room exploded suddenly.

Twelve sailors abandoned ship on life rafts afterthe fire spread uncontrollably while two others whowere on duty in the cabin became trapped.

The East China Sea Salvage Bureau (ECSSB)sent a vessel to rescue the sailors the moment itreceived the alarm. Due to its efforts, 12 sailors wererescued around midnight.

The ECSSB said it would continue to search forthe two missing sailors, both of whom are Filipinos.

The 12 rescued sailors are all from the thePhilippines except one from Myanmar.

The Panamanian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)tanker which was 95 meters long and 15 meters widewas on its journey from Nantong in Jiangsu Provinceto the Republic of Korea for LPG loading when theaccident happened.

Internet

Japan AerospaceExploration Agency

astronaut NaokoYamazaki a missionspecialist on space

shuttle Discovery leavesthe Operations and

Checkout building onher way to board the

shuttle on launch pad39A at the Kennedy

Space Center in CapeCanaveral, Fla.,

Monday, on 5 April,2010. Discovery will

travel on a mission tothe International Space

Station.INTERNET

Dubai jail sentence upheld for UK kissing couple

HANGHAI, 5April—Heavy fog hit Shanghai’sYangshan port Mondaymorning, reducingvisibility and strandingships, local customspolice reported.

Visibility in theport’s two channels wasreduced to 0.5 and 0.2nautical miles at around4:45 a.m., said anauthority of the ShanghaiMaritime SafetyAdministration.

The administration

Fire wrecked ship’s 12sailors saved, two missing

Heavy fog hits China’s Shanghai port, shipsstranded

Models displaycreations of YohjiYamamoto men’s

collection in Tokyo.Yamamoto plans to

open a flagship store inChina in coming yearsas his brand, despitefiling for bankruptcylast year, eyes Asia’s

growing class of luxuryshoppers.—INTERNET

has dispatched workersto guide lost ships andhelp them anchor in safeareas.

There are 11international shipsstranded in the Shanghaicontrolled part of theYangtze river, and 111Chinese ships had beenstopped from enteringYangshan port.

In other relatednews, an 8-grade strongwind was forecast to hitan area where the Bohai

Strait meets the YellowSea, near east China’sShandong Province, onMonday, the localweather observatoryreported.

The gale couldweaken on Tuesday butthen turn into a 9-gradewind on Wednesday.

The local observatorywarned passing ships toseek a safe port for shelterand dial the rescue hotline12395 if necessary.

Internet

Israeli media reported.The incident came

one day after fourPalestinian organi-zations met in Gaza.There remains a degreeof uncertainty as to whatreally happened duringthe meeting, while mediareports suggest thePalestinian Islamicresistance movementHamas called for calmon the part of the armedfactions in thePalestinian coastalenclave.

Those followedescalating violencebetween Palestinian

militants and Israel overthe last couple of weeks,which have aroused theinternational com-munity of greatconcerns.—Internet

illegal drinking.Cosmopolitan Dubai

has the most relaxed socialcodes in the conservativeGulf, but authoritiesenforce strict decency lawsand regularly crack downon people accused ofpushing the limits, whichcan include everythingfrom wearing a mini skirtto losing one’s temper intraffic.

As recently as Sunday,though, a young Italian-Iranian couple could be

seen kissing among thevisitors to the 127th floorobservation deck of theBurj Khalifa, the world’stallest skyscraper.

deputy ministers inSeoul on Friday, theforeign ministry said hereMonday.

The meeting comesafter the two countriesbolstered bilateral tiesearlier this year to thestrategic partnership level,following South KoreanPresident Lee Myung-

In this undated photo,Balluonzima Christ, left, and

Rose Ajiba hold aphotograph of their childCaroline Aya, allegedlykilled for a sacrificial

ceremony in Jinja, Uganda.The number of children and

adults killed in ritualisticmurders rose to a new highin Uganda last year, policefigures show.—INTERNET

bak’s state visit in Januaryto New Delhi, it said.

Internet

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S P O R T S

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettelwins Malaysian GP

SEPANG, 5 April—Sebastian Vettel captured theMalaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, an overdue victoryafter mechanical failures cost him chances to win thefirst two Formula One races of the season.

Vettel passed pole-sitter and teammate MarkWebber in the first corner and held the lead through-out, capping off a 1-2 finish for Red Bull. Nico Rosbergfinished third for Mercedes as forecast rain stayedaway from the 3.44-mile Sepang circuit.

“A very good result for us, especially for me, aftertwo races where we didn’t finish where we wanted tobe,” Vettel said.

Renault’s Robert Kubica was fourth and Force In-dia’s Adrian Sutil took fifth.

Webber gave up the lead when he spun his tirestrying to get off the line and had to settle for secondafter a close battle into the fourth turn on the first lap.

“A 1-2 finish for us was sensational,” Webber said.“It was a nice comeback by us after some tough races.We blew everyone away, which is great.”

Internet

Roddick ends Berdych’s runto win Miami Masters title

Ten-man Marseille pile onFrench title pressure

Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel ofGermany crosses the finish line to win the

Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix in Sepang,Malaysia, on 4 April, 2010.—INTERNET

Andy Roddick of theUnited States and TomasBerdych (L) of the Czech

Republic hold theirtrophies after the men’sfinal of the 2010 Sony

Ericsson Open atCrandon Park Tennis

Center in Key Biscayne,Florida. Roddick won

7-5, 6-4.—XINHUA

Wolfsburg beat Hoffenheim,rekindle Euro hopes

Wolfsburg’s Italian de-fender Andrea Barzagli(C) celebrates scoringwith Wolfsburg’s Brazil-ian striker Grafite (R)during the German firstdivision Bundesliga foot-ball match Vfl Wolfsburgvs TSG 1899 Hoffenheimin the northern German

city of Wolfsburg.INTERNET

West Ham United’s Egyptian forwardMido (R) gets the ball past Everton’s

English midfielder Leon Osmanduring their English Premier Leaguefootball match at Goodison Park in

Liverpool.—INTERNET

Zola backs battling Hammers to prove owner wrong

Marseille’s fowardBrandao celebrates at theend of the French L1football match Marseillevs Lens on 4 April, 2010at the Velorome stadiumin Marseille, southern

France.—INTERNET

Make-or-breakweek for Barca

at home andabroad

MADRID, 5 April—Bar-celona have a crucialweek in their season withgames against Arsenaland Real Madrid insidefour testing days as theybid to defend their leagueand Champions Leaguetitles.

Pep Guardiola’s teambrushed aside AthleticBilbao 4-1 on Saturday tokeep pace with Real Ma-drid, currently ahead ongoal difference, beforenext Saturday’s ‘ElClasico’ at the SantiagoBernabeu that could de-cide the destiny of thisseason’s title.

However, Barcelonamust first take on Arsenalat Camp Nou in the sec-ond leg of their Champi-ons League quarter-finalon Tuesday after drawing2-2 in London.—Internet

Ronaldo, Higuain strike againto put Real top

Real Madrid’s GonzaloHiguain from Argentinacelebrates with teammateJose Maria Gutierrez‘Guti’ center left, afterscoring a goal againstRacing Santander dur-ing their Spanish La Ligasoccer match at theSardinero stadium inSantander, on 4 April,2010.—INTERNET

Liverpool’s StevenGerrard celebrates scor-ing his goal against Bir-mingham City during aPremier League match atSt Andrew’s in Birming-

ham.—INTERNET

Liverpoolneed perfectfinish to grab

fourthBIRMINGHAM, 5 April—

Rafael Benitez haswarned his faltering Liv-erpool stars that nothingshort of a perfect finish tothe season will do if he isto make good his promiseof delivering ChampionsLeague football toAnfield.

Failure to make it intothe lucrative competitionwould be potentially dis-astrous for Americanowners George Gillett andTom Hicks as they con-tinue their attempts to findfresh investment in theclub which will enablethem to mount a seriouschallenge to ManchesterUnited and Chelsea nextseason.—Internet

LIVERPOOL, 5 April—Gianfranco Zolainsists West Ham’s battling 2-2 draw atEverton proves his players can ignorethe criticism from their club’s owner and

avoid relegation from the PremierLeague.

Zola and his players had to endurethe indignity of Hammers co-ownerDavid Sullivan launching several pub-lic attacks on their ability during a runof six successive defeats which threat-ened to plunge the team into the relega-tion zone.

The criticism combined with lastweekend’s defeat to Stoke forced Zolato consider his future, but the Italianopted to stay and try to keep the eastLondon outfit in the top-flight.

And judging by the gutsy way theytwice came back from a goal down toclaim a priceless point at Goodison Parkon Sunday, the squad remain firmly be-hind their boss.—Internet

MADRID, 5 April—Real Madrid’s deadlystrikeforce of CristianoRonaldo and GonzaloHiguain engineered a 2-0win at Racing Santanderon Sunday to put theirside back on top of LaLiga and push Barcelonainto second place.

Ronaldo won and con-verted a penalty for his18th league goal in just 21games before ArgentineHiguain netted for thefifth consecutive game tomake it 24 goals for theseason.

The duo have scored42 out of Real’s 83 goalsthis campaign and Madridhave now notched 12 con-secutive league wins tomove above Barcelona ongoal difference.

Champions Barcelona

also have 77 points aftertheir 4-1 win over AthleticBilbao on Saturday to setup the mouthwatering ‘ElClasico’ clash in Madridnext Saturday between thetwo great rivals.—Internet

MIAMI, 5 April—Sixth-seeded American AndyRoddick ended the giant-killing run of CzechTomas Berdych to securethe Miami ATP Masters1000 title Sunday.

One break of serve in

each set was enough forRoddick, who didn’t facea break point in the entirematch which he won 7-5,6-4. “It’s a surprising stat,especially on one side,”Roddick said. “It was realrough with the sun on firstserves you’re having toadjust your toss and see-ing spots on the first ball.

“I think that’s whathelped me break in thefirst set, you know, but Ithink it was maybe a littlebit of an advantage that Iplayed out there in thattime slot a couple times.”

His victory brought anend to the impressive runof the 16th-seededBerdych, who had sur-vived a match point toshock world number oneRoger Federer in thefourth round.—Internet

BERLIN, 5 April—Ger-man champions Wolfsburgrekindled their hopes ofEuropean football nextseason with a 4-0 homewin against Hoffenheimon Sunday.

Bosnian striker EdinDzeko scored a doublewhich put him joint top ofthe Bundesliga scorers listas his team sit ninth in thetable, 16 points behindleaders Bayern Munichwith five games remain-ing.

Dzeko opened after 25minutes, before ItalianWorld Cup winner AndreaBarzagli claimed the hosts’second six minutes into thesecond half with Bosnian

midfielder ZvjezdanMisimovic netting thethird on 74.—Internet

PARIS, 5 April—Mar-seille overcame being re-duced to 10 men to defeatLens 1-0 on Sunday tohammer home theirFrench league title cre-dentials, just a week after

they snapped a 17-yearsilverware drought.

Marseille, who liftedthe League Cup lastweekend, moved into fifthspot, just a point behindleaders Lyon and, likefourth-placed Bordeaux,boosted by the luxury ofhaving two games inhand.

Lyon have 57 pointsand lead the way on goaldifference ahead ofMontpellier and Auxerrewho both missed opportu-nities to take pole positionafter 0-0 and 1-1 drawsagainst Monaco and ParisSt Germain respectively.

Internet

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Myanmar (Tea House and InternetCafe)”

* News* Documentary “Stroke of Myanmar”* Songs for You* News* Ngapali, Unique Spot to relax* News* Festive Events of TwantayOversea Transmission* Opening* News* Current Affairs “ Working and Living in

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been scattered in Kachin State, isolated in Chin Stateand Taninthayi Division, weather has been partly cloudyin Rakhine and Mon States, upper Sagaing, Mandalay,Bago, Ayeyawady and Yangon Divisions and generallyfair in the remaining areas. Day temperatures were (3°C) to(4°C) above April average temperatures in Eastern Shan,Northern Shan, Rakhine, Kayah and Mon States upperSagaing, Bago, Yangon, Ayeyawady and TaninthayiDivisions, (5°C) to (6 °C) above April average temperaturesin Southern Shan, Chin and Kayin States, lower Sagaing,Mandalay and Magway Divisions and about April averagetemperatures in the remaining States and Divisions. Thesignificant day temperatures were Chauk (45°C), Monywa,Myingyan, Nyaung Oo, Magway and Minbu (44°C) each,Naypyitaw (Yezin), Mandalay, Yamethin, Aunglan andPakokku (43°C) each. The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Machanbaw (0.39) inch, Putao (0.36) inchand Myeik (0.08) inch.

Maximum temperature on 4-4-2010 was 104°F.Minimum temperature on 5-4-2010 was 77°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 5-4-2010 was 85 %. Totalsun shine hours on 4-4-2010 was (8.4) hours approx.

Rainfall on 5-4-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was(Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mphfrom Southwest at ( 18:30) hours MST on 4-4-2010.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy inthe Andaman Sea and South Bay and partly cloudyelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 6th April 2010: Rainor thundershowers are likely to be isolated in Kachin andMon States, upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisions andweather will be partly cloudy in the remaining areas.Degreeof certainty is (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of slightincrease of day temperatures in the Central Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for6-4-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for6-4-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for6-4-2010: Partly cloudy.

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Fat clue to triggering latent tuberculosis

Macrophages infected withMycobacterium tuberculosis that have

been transformed to express the redfluorescent protein.—INTERNET

SCIENCEDAILY, 5 April—Thefactors instrumental in triggeringlatent tuberculosis (TB) infectionto progress into active diseasehave long remained elusive toresearchers. New insight into themystery is provided by ProfessorDavid Russell, speaking at theSociety for GeneralMicrobiology’s spring meetingin Edinburgh. His work couldhelp develop innovativestrategies for treating the disease.

Professor Russell and hisgroup at Cornell University in

New York, USA, havedemonstrated that TB-causingbacteria are able to hijack fatmetabolism in the host to drivethe progression of the disease.The team’s research shows thatMycobacterium tuberculosis(Mtb) is able to stimulatemacrophages — the immune cellsthe bacterium infects — toaccumulate fat droplets, turningthem into “foamy” cells. Thiscellular transformation can triggera reawakening of the TB infectionfrom its latent state.—Internet

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8th Waning of Tagu 1371 ME Tuesday, 6 April, 2010

★ 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 hatredamong the people

★ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

★ Do not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

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

and violence

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye addresses Graduation Parade of113th Intake of Defence Services (Army) Officers Training SchoolNA Y PY I TA W , 5

April—The GraduationParade of the 113th In-take of Defence Serv-ices (Army) OfficersTraining School washeld at the school inBahtoo at 7 am today,addressed by DeputyCommander-in-Chief ofDefence Services Com-m a n d e r - i n - C h i e f

(Army) Vice-SeniorGeneral Maung Aye onbehalf of the Com-mander-in-Chief of De-fence Services.

Also present on theoccasion were Secre-tary-1 of the State Peaceand Development Coun-cil Quartermaster-Gen-eral General ThihaThura Tin Aung Myint

Oo, Member of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen Tin Ayeof the Ministry of De-fence, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Ad-miral Nyan Tun, Com-mander-in-Chief (Air)Lt-Gen Myat Hein, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaingand Lt-Gen Ohn Myintof the Ministry of De-

fence, Adjutant GeneralLt-Gen Thura MyintAung, Defence ServicesInspector-General Lt-Gen Thein Htaik, Mili-tary Appointment Gen-eral Lt-Gen Hsan Hsint,Judge Advocate-Gen-eral Lt-Gen Soe Maung,Lt-Gen Myint Hlaing ofthe Ministry of Defence,Chief of Armed Forces

Training Lt-Gen HlaHtay Win, Commanderof Eastern CommandMaj-Gen Yar Pyae,Ministers Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint and Maj-Gen Maung MaungSwe, Vice-Chiefs ofArmed Forces TrainingMaj-Gen Zaw Win andMaj-Gen Thoe Htein,directors Maj-Gen Mya

Win, Maj-Gen HlaMyint, Maj-Gen KyawNyunt, Maj-Gen ThanSoe, Col Hla Myint,Maj-Gen Than Htay,Maj-Gen Sein Lin, Brig-Gen Ye Aung and seniormili tary officers ofBahtoo Station, invitedguests, and relatives ofthe cadet trainees.

At the parade,Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Serv-ices Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Sen-ior General Maung Ayetook the salute of the ca-det companies. Next,Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye inspectedthe cadet companies andtook the salute.

Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye presentedthe best cadet award tocadet Zin Min Tun anddelivered an address.

Later, Vice-SeniorGeneral Maung Aye tookthe salute of the cadetcompanies and left theparade ground.—MNA

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army)Vice-Senior General Maung Aye inspects a cadet company.—MNA

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