Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 280 7th Waxing of Tabodwe 1371 ME Thursday, 21 January, 2010

YANGON, 20 Jan—The Myanmar Medical As-sociation (Central) organized the 56th Myanmar Medi-cal Conference at its office on Theinbyu Road inMingala Taungnyunt Township here this morning.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defencedelivered an opening address.

Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and De-

56th Myanmar Medical Conference heldvelopment Council Commander of Yangon Com-mand Maj-Gen Win Myint, Deputy Minister forHealth Dr Paing Soe and the chairman of the MMA(Central) formally opened the commemorative medi-cines and medical equipment pavilions, and inspectedthem.

MNA

Lt-Gen Tha Aye visits Putao, Machanbaw TownshipsNAY PYI TAW, 20 Jan—Lt-Gen Tha Aye of the

Ministry of Defence, accompanied by Kachin StatePeace and Development Council Chairman North-ern Command Commander Maj-Gen Soe Win andpersonnel concerned, visited private-owned teakplantations in Shadong village, Myitkyina Town-ship on 16 January.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye viewed thriving teak and rub-ber plantations along Myitkyina-Namtee (Tanai) roadand inspected the construction site of No. 3 inter-

district road (Kachin State).Lt-Gen Tha Aye then viewed a grove of rubber

plants of the local battalion in the township and in-spected extension of runway of Putao Airport. Later,Lt-Gen Tha Aye inspected the condition of Malikhariver-crossing suspension bridge linking Naungkhaingvillage and Machanbaw Township. He met with offic-ers and other ranks and their families at the localbattalion and presented gifts to them.

(See page 7)

* 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

Yazudaing Bridge No. 1 and No. 2 contributing todevelopment of Mawlamyinegyun

Byline: Tin Htwe (MNA), Photos: Maung Maung Than(MNA)

Since Mawlamyinegyun Township inAyeyawady Division lies on an island, its transporta-tion has to rely solely on waterway in the past. Withthe opening of Yazudaing Bridge No. 2 on 9 Januaryin the township, one can travel from one place to

Ongoing construction of Yazudaing Bridge No. 1.

another with peace of mind, making the most of theMawlamyinegyun-Shwetaunghmaw-Kyaikpi motor-way.

As a network of roads were constructed incyclone Nargis-ravaged regions in Ayeyawady Di-

vision. The project includes Yazudaing BridgeNo. 2 that is located on No. 10 Highway linkingBogale, Mawlamyinegyun, Kyonemange andMyaungmya .

(See page 7)

— For all national races to uphold the na-tional policy—non-disintegration of the Un-ion, non-disintegration of national solidar-ity, and perpetuation of sovereignty

— To boost the sense of Union Spirit of thenational people

— To defend and safeguard the Union withconsolidated unity of all national racesagainst dangers posed to disrupt State sta-bility and development by internal andexternal subversives

— For all national races to work harder tobuild a modern, developed, discipline-flour-ishing democratic nation in line with theState Constitution approved with the greatmajority of the ballot

— For all national races to make concertedefforts for successful accomplishment ofthe seven-step Road Map

63rd Anniversary Union Day Objectives

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Thursday, 21 January, 2010

PERSPECTIVES

Unity is strength ofthe Union

* 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

Myanmar is home to more than 100national races and they have been livingtogether in unity and amity through thickand thin. This indicates the nation’s highstandard of culture and the existence ofharmonious society.

National races living in various partsof the country have their own languages,cultures, traditions and social customs.However, they have Union blood andUnion Spirit in common. They are likebrothers born of the same womb or likefruits of the same stem.

It was through the unity of nationalraces that national independence andsovereignty was regained. As anindependent people, they will alwayssafeguard and defend their independentnation. Now they are building a modern,developed and discipline-flourishingdemocratic nation.

It is necessary for the entire nationalpeople to take part in the drive for a newdemocratic nation being built inaccordance with the national policy – non-disintegration of the Union, non-disintegration of national solidarity andperpetuation of sovereignty. History andnational experiences show that it is veryimportant for the national brethren tocultivate Union Spirit in their hearts forever.

Only if national unity is strong willthere be peace and stability and a modernand developed nation emerge. It isnecessary for the entire national peopleto place special emphasis on non-disintegration of the Union, defend it andguard it against the dangers of internaland external destructive elements.

Unity is strength of the Union.Therefore, it is necessary for all nationalbrethren to be always united, upholdingtheir fine traditions and maintainingfavourable conditions existing in theUnion.

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Jan – Minister for ElectricPower No (1) Col Zaw Min received Chief ExecutiveOfficer Mr. Roberto Gerosa of Colenco Power Engi-neering Ltd of Switzerland and party at the ministryhere yesterday morning. They held discussion on im-

EP-1 Minister receives Swiss guestsplementation of new projects.

Also present at the call were Deputy MinisterU Myo Myint and departmental heads, ManagingDirector Mr. Jean-Francois Belin of Colenco PowerEngineering Limited and officials.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 20Jan—Minister forHealth Dr Kyaw Myintreceived Resident Rep-resentative Mr Ramesh

Health Minister receives UNICEF Resident Representative

Shrestha of United Na-tions International Chil-dren Emergency Fund(UNICEF) and party atthe ministry here yester-

day.They hold discus-

sion about campaignagainst epidemics, nour-ishment campaign and

campaign to reducedeath rate of pregnantwomen and childrenover coming five years.

MNA

Minister Dr Kyaw

Myint receives

Resident Repre-

sentative Mr

Ramesh Shrestha

of UNICEF.

MNA

YANGON, 20 Jan—IEMS Company Limited isorganizing Housing & Building 2010 at TatmadawConvention Hall on U Wisara Road here from 5 to 8February.

During the exhibition, Inax branded tiles ofTMW Enterprise, Sosuco branded tiles of Sanyo,home decorations of Champion Construction Mate-rial, Sakura, Orchid and Panasonic brand consumerelectronics of Pyae Sone Win Naing Co, media light-ing of Regency, construction metal and metal struc-ture of Asia Metal Co, building materials, show-rooms, and home decoration of Naing Construction,Shine Construction, Aurora Group Construction andOpal Construction, high quality paints of TWJS Co(hometex), Sea Master and Nippon Paint, Izen brandadvanced electronic toilet seats of Golden Hook Co,

Housing & Building 2010 on 5 Febmodern furniture of Universal Furniture, Coffer Manu-facturing and PW & GG JV Co, building materials andshowroom of Asterism International, parquet and floordecorations of Sinpauk Construction, interior decora-tion showrooms of D & D Co, electronic door of 133,Aluminium composite panel of Aluminium Empire,Stieble Eltron brand advanced water heater and cooler,and Media brand induction cooker of Ever Seiko,Stainless steel structure of GSR Stainless Steel, build-ing materials and interior decorations of ALLWAYSHardware Mart, Pure Air brand automatic air fresherof SP Group, and Korea-made laminate floor ofTharaphee will be on display.

The exhibition is also reinforced with entertain-ment and lucky draw programmes. For further infor-mation, dial 09-48831628.—MNA

All this needs to be known* Do not be frightened whenever

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever flat-

tered* Do not be softened whenever ap-

peased

MinisterCol Zaw

Min receivesCEO MrRoberto

Gerosa ofColencoPower

EngineeringLtd andparty.MNA

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US and allies kills, injuresIraqi people

BAGHDAD, 20 Jan— There has been daily casualties in Iraq since the US andits allies have invaded the country.

Casualties of Iraqi peopleThe total number of casualties as from the day they invaded the country to

20 January reached 700005 and the total number of seriously injured peoplereached 1263887 according to the news on the Internet.

No. Subject Number1. Death toll of Iraqi people 7000052. The total number of seriously injured people 1263887

Internet

Casualties of Afghan people in invasion ofNATO troops led by US

KABUL, 20 Jan—The NATO troops led by the US have invaded Afghanistanand they are there for a long time.

A number of Afghan people are killed and injured due to invasion of theNATO troops led by the US.

Casualties of Afghan peopleAccording to the Internet news, a total of 32479 Afghan people were killed

and 38228 injured seriously as from the day when the NATO troops led by theUS invaded Afghanistan to 20 January.

No. Subject Number1. Number of Afghan people killed 324792. Seriously injured Afghan people 38228

Internet

File photo, Sami Hawas, a42-year-old taxi driver,and his 7-year-old son

Mohammed, are seen athis home in Baghdad,

Iraq. Hawas was shot inthe chest and a leg whiledriving his cab at Bagh-

dad’s Nisoor square morethan a year ago, whenBlackwater Worldwide

security guards reportedlyshot dead 17 Iraqi civil-

ians.—INTERNET

Afghans mourn over death oftheir relatives after theTaleban attack at a shoppingcentre in Kabul, capital of Af-ghanistan, on 18 Jan, 2010.A series of explosions rockedAfghan capital Kabul onMonday as militants pen-etrated downtown city and tar-geted important governmentbuildings, leaving 15 people,dead and 63 others wounded,Defence Ministry spokesmanZahir Azimi said.—XINHUA

Afghans tighten security in Kabulafter attack

An injured man lies on the ground during clashesbetween Taleban-linked militants and security forcesin Kabul. Taleban gunmen and suicide bombers haveattacked buildings across the heart of Kabul, killingat least five people including a child and triggeringfierce gun battles with security forces.—INTERNET

Iraqi policemen remove the remains of a car bombfrom the site of a bomb attack in Najaf, 160 km (100miles) south of Baghdad, on 14 Jan, 2010.—INTERNET

Men wounded

in a gun battle lie

in beds at a hospital

in Kabul,

Afghanistan, on 18

Jan, 2010.

INTERNET

A wounded man is seen after a bombing in Najaf,100 miles (160 kilometres) south of Baghdad, Iraq,on 14 Jan, 2010. Three explosions, including onecaused by a car bomb, rocked the southern city ofNajaf at about 5:45 p.m. near a commercial area,police said. An official in the city’s health depart-ment said at least one person was killed and 50

were wounded.— INTERNET

KABUL, 20 Jan—TwoUS service members werekilled by a roadside bombin southern Afghanistanon Tuesday, a day after abrazen Taleban attack onthe capital showed mili-tants are stepping up theirfight against the US andits allies.

The southern Talebanheartland has seen intensefighting and is expected tobe the destination for mostof the 30,000 US rein-forcements being sent byPresident Barack Obama.A NATO statement gave

no other details about thelatest US deaths.

Also on Tuesday, Af-ghan forces increased thenumber of checkpointsand patrols in the capitalamid public anger oversecurity lapses that ena-bled a small group of mili-tants mount a series ofsuicide explosions andgunbattles the day before.

President HamidKarzai ordered a review ofsecurity measures in thecapital but said Afghantroops should be praisedfor their performance in

preventing an even biggerdisaster as the non-militantdeath toll stood at five —three security forces andtwo civilians, including achild.—Internet

Major attacks inAfghanistan’s capital

Kabul,20 Jan—A look at major attacks in Afghani-stan’s capital:

• 15 Jan, 2008: Militants storm the Serena Hotel ina coordinated assault that kills seven.

• 7 July, 2008: A suicide car bomb detonates at the gatesof the Indian Embassy, killing more than 60 people.

• 11 Feb, 2009: Militants launch coordinated as-sault on three government buildings, killing at least20 people.

• 15 Aug: Suicide car bomber strikes near the frontgate of NATO’s headquarters, killing seven people.

• 17 Sept: A suicide car bomber kills six Italiansoldiers and 10 Afghan civilians on one of Kabul’smain roads.

• 8 Oct: A suicide car bomber detonates his vehicleoutside the Indian Embassy, killing 17 people.

• 28 Oct: Gunmen with suicide vests storm a guesthouse, leaving 11 dead, including 5 UN staff and 3attackers.

• 15 Dec: Suicide car bomber strikes near hotel fre-quented by Westerners, killing 8 people.

• 18 Jan, 2010: Team of suicide bombers and gun-men target government buildings, leaving 12 dead, in-cluding 7 attackers.—Internet

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PARIS, 20 Jan—Theworld financial crisis notonly hurt balance sheetsbut could sabotage poorcountries’ efforts to getmore children into school,according to a report re-leased on Tuesday by theUN education agency.

UNESCO urged morefunding and attention forthose shut out of educationsystems such as ethnicminorities and rural girls,who make up a dispropor-tionate part of the legions

The Hybrid Kinetic Motors Corporation’sQuaranta concept car is unveiled at the Conven-tion Centre at the Renaissance Hotel and Spa inMontgomery, Ala, on 19 Jan, 2010. —INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 20 Jan—Hundreds of tech volun-teers spurred to action byHaiti’s killer quake areadding a new dimensionto disaster relief, develop-ing new tools and servicesfor first responders andthe public in an unprec-edented effort.

“It really is amazingthe change in the way cri-sis response can be donenow,” said Noel Dickover,a Washington, DC-basedorganizer of the Crisis-Camp tech volunteermovement, which is cen-tral to the Haiti effort.“Developers, crisis map-pers and even Internet-savvy folks can actuallymake a difference.”

Volunteers have builtand refined software fortracking missing people,mapping the disaster areaand enabling urgent cell

Tim Schwartz, a28-year-old artist andprogrammer, poses inhis art studio on the

campus of the Univer-sity of California-SanDiego, were he helpeddevelop a data base forpersons missing in the

Haiti earthquake, on 19Jan, 2010, in SanDiego.—INTERNET

Chuck Hawkins from Orange County Fire Swiftwater Rescue Team 9 checkson a stalled vehicle in Laguna Hills, Calif, on 19 Jan, 2010. A motorist hadrescued a woman and a baby from the vehicle after torrential rain trapped

several vehicles.—INTERNET

Crisis will keep childrenout of school

of school-age childrenwho have never seen theinside of a classroom.

“The main message isthat education is at risk,that we might have a lostgeneration because thefinancial gap of what re-sources that are neededfor education and thosethat are provided are wid-ening — especially withthe crisis,” UNESCO’schief Irina Bokova saidat the launch of thereport at UN Headquar-

ters in New York.Some 72 million chil-

dren were out of school in2007, and the report esti-mates that 56 million willremain out of school in2015.

“Rich countries havemobilized a financialmountain to stabilize theirfinancial systems and pro-tect vital social and eco-nomic infrastructure, butthey have provided an aidmolehill for the world’spoor,” the chief author ofthe Education for All Glo-bal Monitoring Report,Kevin Watkins, said in astatement.—Internet

GENEVA, 20 Jan—TheWorld Trade Organization(WTO) on Tuesday estab-lished an expert panel toinvestigate and rulewhether punitive US tariffson Chinese-made tyresbreach WTO regulations.

The panel was estab-lished at a meeting of theWTO’s Dispute Settle-ment Body (DSB), atwhich China reiterated itsposition that the US tariffs“run short of factual bases

APPOMATTOX, 20 Jan—Police with dogs and heat-sensing equipment huntedfor a man they say shoteight people to death onTuesday and then nearlytook down a police heli-copter that was trying toflush him out of thewoods near this centralVirginia town.

State police said offic-ers had the suspect,Christopher Speight, 39,circled in the woods lateTuesday near the home

MOGADISHU, 20 Jan— Intense fighting between So-mali pirate gangs over a record ransom amount paidfor the release of a Greek oil supertanker has killed atleast six people, elders and pirates said.

Three pirates and a civilian were killed in the latestbout of fighting that erupted in the town of Harardherelate Monday, elders and pirates told AFP by phone.

Tension has been high in the central Somali piratelair since an estimated seven million dollars weredropped by a small plane on Sunday for the release ofthe VLCC Maran Centaurus.—Internet

Lone shooter kills eight in central Virginiawhere seven of the bod-ies were found and theybelieved he was still alive.An eighth victim wasfound barely alive on theside of the road — whichled to police being called— and died on the way tothe hospital.

All the victims wereadults and both men andwomen were killed, statepolice Sgt ThomasMolnar said. Three of thebodies were found insidethe home, and four just

outside it, Molnar said.Police refused to

speculate on a motive andwould not say what typeof weapon was used.Molnar also gave nobackground on the sus-pect. Speight’s last knownaddress was along theblock where the shootingsoccurred, but Molnar didnot know if the suspectwas still living there. Healso would not say if allthe victims were shot atthe home.—Internet

At last six dead as pirates fightover record ransom

WTO panel to investigate US tariffson Chinese tyres

and breached the US ob-ligations under theWTO.” “The Chinesegovernment deeply re-gretted the US decision toimpose restrictions onChinese tyres and be-lieved it was a departureof international consensusof G20 leaders to fightagainst protectionism,”the Chinese delegationsaid. “China once againurges the United States topromptly withdraw its

measures. And we believethe panel will make im-partial determination onthis case,” it added.

China initially madethe panel request in De-cember, but it was re-jected by the UnitedStates in accordance withrelevant procedures.

Xinhua

New tech tools help Haitiquake relief

phone text messaging.Organizations includ-

ing the International RedCross, the United Nations,the World Bank and theUS Federal EmergencyManagement Agencyhave put the systems touse.—Internet

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Turkmen President praisescooperation with Russia

Jordan to establish nuclear scienceuniversity in cooperation with France

AMMAN, 20 Jan—Jordan announced plans on Tues-day to create a Jordanian-French university that is spe-cialized in nuclear sciences and research, accordingto the country’s atomic energy commission.

The university will adopt the system followed bythe French Ecole Polytechnique, which is a state-sup-ported institution of higher education and researchfounded in 1794 in France, a statement by the JordanAtomic Energy Commission (JAEC) obtained byXinhua noted on Tuesday.

The university, which will be supported by France,will be established under a memorandum of under-standing that Jordan and France will sign next monthduring a visit by French Prime Minister Francois Fillonto Jordan, the statement indicated.—Xinhua

A passenger aircraft painted with World Expodesigns unveils on the tarmac of Hongqiao Airport,in Shanghai, east China, on 19 Jan, 2010. This isthe 4th of the six planes painted with World Expologos, which are provided by China EasternAirlines to service for the Shanghai Expo.—XINHUA

ALMATY, 20 Jan—Turkmen PresidentGurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said onWednesday that Russia is his country’sreliable partner.

Berdymukhamedov made the remarkduring his talks with visiting RussianFirst Deputy Prime Minister IgorShuvalov in the Turkmen capital ofAshgabat.

Turkmenistan would persist in pro-moting friendly cooperation of mutualbenefit with Russia, Berdymukhamedovsaid, adding that his country wished to

establish direct links with Russia’sregional areas as well as major industrialand cultural centres.

Shuvalov said the Russian side issatisfied with the high-level cooperationbetween the two countries.

Turkmenistan resumed natural gassupplies to Russia early this month.Under the new contract, Turkmenistanwill supply Russia with up to 30 billioncubic metres of natural gas annually atEuropean-level prices.

Xinhua

Two farmers pluck ripe strawberries in a green-house of the Shahe Ecological Strawberry GrowingBase in Ganyu County, east China’s Jiangsu Prov-ince, on 19 Jan, 2010. Strawberry produced here

will be transported to Shanghai and Beijing for theSpring Festival market supply.—XINHUA

A wounded woman is transported to the hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,on 18 Jan, 2010. A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the country on 12 Jan,

2010. The rescue work still continues.—XINHUA

Financial crisisendangers chil-

dren’s educationworldwide

LA PAZ, 20 Jan—Theaftershock of the global fi-nancial crisis threatens todeprive millions of chil-dren in the poorest coun-tries of education, theUnited Nations Educa-tional, Scientific and Cul-tural Organization (UNE-SCO) warned on Tuesday.

UNESCO said in the2010 Education for AllGlobal Monitoring Reportthat 72 million children arestill out of school, and thedeceleration of economicgrowth together with therise of poverty and thepoor countries’ budgetpressures could erode theeducation achievements ofthe past decade.

“While rich countriesare creating necessaryconditions for its eco-nomic recovery, manypoor countries face theimmediate prospect of re-cession in their educationsystems,” the report said.

Xinhua

Peruvian doctors have 80 surgeriesdaily for Haiti quake victims

LIMA, 20 Jan—Peruvian doctors have been conduct-ing 80 surgeries daily at a hospital near the borderbetween quake-stricken Haiti and the Dominican Re-public, the Peruvian Health Ministry said on Tuesday.Peruvian doctors, along with their partners from Ja-pan, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, areworking at El Buen Samaritano Hospital in the city ofJimani.

“We just finished shift duty. We have been workingat night and operated on 10 patients, which makes thedaily number of surgeries reach 80,” said CarlosMalpica, director of Mobilization of General Officeof National Defence of Health Ministry.

“The attentions for traumatic injures must be givenin the first 24 or 48 hours,” said Malpica. But “we arereceiving patients after almost one week. It is frustrat-ing to see people have operations to cut one part oftheir body, because they arrived with infections andsepsis.”—Xinhua

Moldova-flaggedcargo ship sinks

in Black SeaISTANBUL, 20 Jan—A

Moldova-flagged cargovessel sank off the BlackSea coast of Turkey afterbreaking into two due toharsh winter weather,Turkish coast security bu-reau said on Tuesday.

All 21 crew memberson board the ship wererescued by the coast secu-rity members at 9:00 amlocal time (0700 GMT) onTuesday. The 145-metre“Orcun C” coming fromUkraine anchored at theGuven Foreland inKilyos, nearly 30 kmnorth of Istanbul.

The vessel’s anchor hasbeen dragged and thengrounded at 3 am localtime. After receiving theaccident signal, Turkishcoastal rescue teamsrushed to the ship.

The helicopters and therescue ships failed to getclose to the vessel becauseof the strong winds andthe waves.

Xinhua

Italy to tighten control ofconfiscated Mafia assetsROME, 20 Jan—Italy will soon establish a new

agency in the south of the country to better handleconfiscated Mafia assets in a bid to intensify the fightagainst the Mafia, Interior Minister Roberto Maronisaid on Tuesday.

The agency will be the core-part of a strategic anti-Mafia plan to be unveiled by the government when itconvenes in the southern town of Reggio Calabria on28 Jan, Ansa news service quoted Maroni as saying.

The plan will launch a coordinated effort againstItaly’s three main Mafias: ‘Ndrangheta in the Calab-ria region, Cosa Nostra in Sicily and Camorra aroundthe Naples area. The new agency’s goal would be tosell off seized Mafia property by controlling auctionsto make sure the goods did not return to the Mafia,Maroni explained.—Xinhua

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

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NEWS ALBUM

Photo taken on 16 Jan, 2010 showsthe interior display of the ImperialGranary Museum of Ming Dynastyof Nanxingcang Barn, which hasbeen opened to public visitors, in

downtown of Beijing. Affluentexhibits reenacting the history of

grains transport through the GrandCanal and the imperial barns stor-age are accessible to visitors, whocan also experience the quern ofstone mill some 600 years ago.

Four gunmen heisted over 100 kgof gold and other precious metals onMonday from a foundry in Lyon, ineast-central France, police said.

The robbers threatened an employerof the foundry with his wife ‘s life andintimidated him to surrender between100 and 150 kilograms of preciousmetal, mainly gold, Lyon police chiefClaude Catto told local media.

There was no fire exchange, Cattoadded, but he didn’t disclose theamount of the loot.

After the morning robbery in thesecond largest city of France, the foursuspects fled by car and were still atlarge. On 27 Jan last year, four maskedarmed men raided the same foundry onthe outskirts of Lyon and took away270 kg of gold and 100 kg of other pre-cious metals, which were estimatedworth between 6 to 9 million euros(about 8.6-12.9 million US dollars),according to local reports.

French robbers get awaywith 100 kg of gold A train full of passengers ran 10 km

without a driver in Rio, local press re-ported on Monday.

The train, heading for downtown Rio,ran into some mechanical problems withits doors at the Ricardo de Albuquerquestation. According to some passengers,the doors kept opening and closing andthey had to get off.

To verify the problem, the driver gotout of the locomotive. However, beforehe could return, the train started to runon its own at a speed reportedly above70 km per hour.

After running about 10 km and pass-

Curator Sally-Ann Ashton admiresone of the statues of Cleopatra atthe British Museum in London.

Ancient Egypt’s stunning eyemake-up not only shielded wearersfrom the dark deeds of the evil eyebut also protected them against eye

disease, French scientists said .

Driverless train runs 10 km in Braziling almost two stations, the train finallystopped when the control center cut offthe power supply in the contact net.

Supervia, the company operatingRio’s trains, did not confirm the inci-dent which messed the entire train sys-tem, causing a series of delay.

Instead, the company said it wouldinvestigate the causes of the mechani-cal problems.

Several organizations such as thelocal transportation regulation agencyand Regional Engineering and Archi-tecture Council would also look into thecauses of the incident.

MANILA, 20 Jan—Riceproduction in the Philip-pines, the world’s biggestimporter of the grain, fellby more than 3.0 percentlast year after a series ofmajor storms damagedcrops, the governmentsaid on Wednesday.

Tropical stormKetsana and TyphoonParma, which claimedmore than 1,100 lives inOctober and November asthey pummelled the mainisland of Luzon, weremainly responsible for thefall in rice output, the ag-

A farmer throws riceseedlings into a rice

paddy in Nueva Ecija,close to Manila. Rice

production in thePhilippines, the world’sbiggest importer of thegrain, fell by more than

3.0 percent last yearafter a series of majorstorms damaged crops,the government said on

Wednesday.INTERNET

Storms cut Philippine’s 2009rice production

riculture ministry said.Unmilled rice produc-

tion was 16.26 milliontonnes last year, down3.31 percent from 2008,the ministry said in itsannual report.

The government hadalready made large ten-ders in a tight global mar-ket late last year to headoff possible shortages ofrice, the staple food forthe 93 million Filipinos.

The entire crops sec-tor, which accounted for46.80 percent of total ag-ricultural output, also slid

by 1.42 percent last yeardue to the bad weatherand rising fertilizer costs,the ministry said.

However, livestock,poultry and fisheries man-aged slight increases topush agricultural growthup by 0.37 percent over-all.—Internet

GENEVA, 20 Jan—Some 63,000 Somalis have beendisplaced in the first weeks of 2010, the United Na-tions Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday inGeneva.

UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming said: “Thenumber of Somali casualties and displaced civilianscontinues to grow as the fighting in central areas ofSomalia rages on.”

Fighting has been ongoing throughout the country.In Mogadishu, at least 10 deaths were reported on Jan.13 when the government shelled portions of the capi-tal city to retaliate against Al- Shabaab and Hisb-ul-Islam militia.

In Central Somalia, daily clashes from 9 to 14 Janbetween Hisbul Islam and Ahlu Sunna Wal have ap-parently led to 30 deaths and 50 casualties. On 12 Jan,mortar shells hit the area’s main hospital, injuring twoemployees of Medecins Sans Frontiers.

Xinhua

TIJUANA, 20 Jan— An alleged drug kingpin blamedfor much of Tijuana’s gang violence was ordered toface trial on Tuesday, while the military said it caughtthree purported members of his gang about to dissolvea body in chemicals.

A judge ordered “El Teo” Teodoro Garcia Simental,who was arrested last week, to stand trial on organ-ized crime and drug trafficking charges, the AttorneyGeneral’s Office said.

Troops, meanwhile, arrested two men and a womanat a house in Tijuana where a body was found in abathtub, about to be dissolved in a chemical substance,a military statement said. Soldiers received a tip thatarmed people were storing drugs in the house.

The military said the three worked for RaydelUdiarte, the reputed chief of hit men for Garcia’s gang.They were found with 117 kilograms (258 pounds) ofmarijuana, three rifles, a pistol, ammunition and twobulletproof vests, the military said.—Internet

DETROIT, 20 Jan—Chrysler Group LLC will recall24,177 vehicles due to a potential defect in a brakesystem that could result in sudden brake failure, theautomaker said in a filing with the National HighwayTraffic Safety Administration.

The recall applies to 2010 model-year ChryslerSebring, Dodge Avenger and Nitro, and Jeep Liberty,Commander and Grand Cherokee SUVs, as well as2009-2010 model year Dodge Ram trucks. In some ofthe vehicles, the clip retention tab on the brake pedalpin was improperly formed, or not installed, duringthe manufacturing process, Chrysler said.—Internet

Chrysler to recall 24,177 vehicleson brake issue

Mexican judge ordersTijuana kingpin to face trial

Some 63,000 Somalis displaced infirst week of 2010

Archaeologists have unearthed a2,000-year-old temple that may havebeen dedicated to the ancient Egyptiancat goddess, Bastet, the Supreme Coun-cil of Antiquities said on Tuesday. Theruins of the Ptolemaic-era temple werediscovered by Egyptian archaeologistsin the heart of the Mediterranean portcity of Alexandria, founded by Alexan-der the Great in the 4th century BC.

The city was the seat of the Greek-speaking Ptolemaic Dynasty, whichruled over Egypt for 300 years until thesuicide of Queen Cleopatra. The state-ment said the temple was thought tobelong to Queen Berenice, wife of KingPtolemy III who ruled Egypt in the 3rdcentury BC.

This undated photo released on 19Jan, 2010, by Egypt’s supremecouncil of antiquities shows the

ancient cat-goddess Bastet foundamongst the temple’s ruins in the

Kom el-Dekkah area of the Mediter-ranean port city of Alexandria.

Egypt says its archaeologists haveunearthed a Ptolemic temple dating

back more than 2,000 years andwhich may have been dedicated to

the ancient cat-goddess Bastet.

Egypt announces find ofancient cat goddess temple

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(from page 1)In meeting with personnel, townselders,

members of social organizations and local nationalitiesat Guba Hall of Machanbaw Township, Lt-Gen ThaAye heard reports on necessities for development ofthe township and presented gifts to nationalities.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye then visited MachanbawTownship People’s Hospital and donated cash to thefund of the hospital and viewed development of thetownship. Lt-Gen Tha Aye met with departmentalpersonnel, senior citizens, members of socialorganizations and local nationalities at PhonkanraziHall and gave guidance on development undertakingsof the region.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye then visited Putao TownshipWomen’s Vocational Training School of Ministry forProgress of Border Areas and National Races andDevelopment Affairs and presented gifts to traineesand instructors.

MNA

Lt-Gen Tha Aye visits…

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Jan — Deputy Minister forTransport Col Nyan Tun Aung received Mr TapasGhosh and party of Networks P. Ltd. from the Republicof India at the ministry here this afternoon. They helddiscussion on development in transportation sector.

Also present at the call were Director-General UWin Pe of Transport Department, Managing DirectorU Soe Tint of Inland Water Transport and Joint Director-General Dr Thein Tun of Meteorology and HydrologyDepartment and officials.—MNA

Transport Dy Ministerreceives Indian guests

(from page 1)Under the guidance

of the Head of State, Pub-lic Works of the Ministryof Construction openedYazudaing Bridge No. 2in the first phase of itsproject which covers thebuilding of two majorbridges across Yazudaingriver. Construction ofYazudaing Bridge No. 1,which calls for strenuousefforts and huge invest-ment, is expected to becompleted in 2010.

The one-way

Yazudaing Bridge …Yazudaing Bridge No. 2 isof steel girdle type. The540 feet long facility iscomplete with 20 feet widemotorway and 10 feet highclearance. It can bear 60tons of loads. TheYazudaing Bridge No. 2 is48th of its kind with alength of over 180 feet inAyeyawady Division.

The YazudaingBridge No. 1 that is underconstruction is also a one-way facility and it is ofsteel girdle type. The totallength of the bridge is 1955

feet and 9 inches long. Themain bridge is 998 feet and2 inches long with 20 feetwide motorway flanked by2 feet wide pedestrianways. The clearance is 20feet high. It can withstand60 tons of loads. The con-struction of the bridge be-gan on 1 April 2009 andnow it has been completedby 60 per cent.

Prior to cycloneNargis in Ayeyawady Di-vision, the total length ofroad was only 1344 milesand 5 furlongs. And 161miles and 3 furlongs ofroads were extended in the

aftermath of the Nargis,bringing the total length ofroads to 1506 miles.Moreover, a total of 2913bridges between 100 and180 feet and under 180 feet,and 234 bridges over-180feetlong have beenlaunched. Strenuous ef-forts are being made dayand night to open

Yazudaing Bridge No.1. So,Mawlamyinegyun willbe accessible to everystate and division verysoon. Thus, higher so-cioeconomic statuses oflocal people can be ex-pected in the near futureas a result of theYazudaing Bridge No. 1and No. 2 contributingto swift commodity flow.

Translation: ZZS(Myanma Alin:

19-1-2010)

Lt-Gen Tha Aye inspects private teak plantation in Shadong Village of Myitkyina Township.MNA

DeputyMinisterCol NyanTun Aung

receives MrTapas

Ghosh andparty of

Networks PLtd ofIndia.

MNA

Ongoing construc-

tion of Yazudaing

Bridge No. 1.

A heavy machinery unit driving a bored pile for Yazudaing BridgeNo. 1 in Mawlamyinegyun Township.

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NAY PYI TAW, 20 Jan—The opening ceremonyof the 7th Senior Officials Meeting for CoordinatedMekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking(COMMIT) was held at Golden Palace Hotel in Baganthis morning.

It was attended by delegates of Cambodia, China,Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, observersfrom Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, UNagencies, the rapporteur from the UN Security Councilon trafficking in women and children, donor organiza-tions, the ASEAN Secretariat and representatives fromINGOs totalling 135.

Before the opening ceremony, the leaders of thedelegations from respective countries called on Chair-man of Central Committee for Prevention AgainstTrafficking in Persons Minister for Home Affairs Maj-Gen Maung Oo.

GMS region, not Safe Haven for human traffickersSenior Official Meeting for COMMIT commences in Bagan

can be seen in the anti-human trafficking policy, pre-ventive measures, punishment and looking after ofhuman trafficking victims in Myanmar. For example,Myanmar is the first of all GMS countries in enactingthe Anti-Trafficking Law in accord with the PalermoProtocol by meeting international set standards. Moreo-ver, Myanmar is the first in formation of the specialpolice squads for combating human trafficking. To-day's meeting is to review the undertakings in 2009 andfind out the challenges for prevention against humantrafficking, he said.

He stressed the need for holding talks for futuretasks, and expressed pleasure to welcome UN specialrapporteur on trafficking in women and children Ms.Joy Ngozi Ezeilo. He continued to say that every year,thousands of men and women fall into victims oftrafficking while the world has seen exploitation of

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Jan—Ministers and high rank-ing officials from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, arriv-ing in Yangon to attend culture related roundtablemeeting of Ministers of Culture and Arts of Cambodia,Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV), proceeded toNyaungU by air this morning.

They visited to Shwezigon Pagoda,Dhamayangyi Pagoda, Sulamani Pagoda, AnandaPagoda and Wetkyi-in Gupyaukgyi Pagoda in Baganancient cultural region.

The preliminary coordination meeting of thehigh ranking officials from CLMV member countrieswas held at Bagan Archaeological Museum, with anopening speech of Director-General U San Win ofDepartment of Archaeology, National Museum andLibrary in the afternoon. Matters on enhancing cul-tural cooperation among the CLMV member coun-tries were discussed at the meeting.

Director Daw Khin Than Win of Ministry ofHotels and Tourism discussed the matters on boostingtourism in the CLMV member countries and DirectorU Aung Latt the cooperation in the member countries.The officials from the CLMV member countries dis-cussed features to be included in Nay Pyi Taw decla-ration 2010 on cultural cooperation and report to besubmitted at the roundtable meeting of the ministers ofculture and arts. The discussion came to an end afterseeking the approval.

In the evening, the ministers and officers visitedBagan Archaeology Museum, excavation sites of oldBagan palace and Bagan Shwenandaw and paid hom-age to Myinkapa Gupyaukgyi Pagoda and LawkanandaPagoda.

Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myinthosted a dinner to them at Aureum Palace Hotel inBagan.—MNA

Culture Minister hostsdinner to CLMV Ministersand officials in NyaungU

Lt-Gen Myint Swe

of the Ministry of

Defence addresses

opening of 56th

Myanmar Medical

Conference.

(News on page 1)

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Maung Oo making a speech at opening of 7th COMMIT.MNA

At the opening ceremony, the Chairman of theCentral Committee explained the emergence of theCOMMIT and delivered an address, saying that sixcountries of Greater Mekong Sub-region have beenimplementing the plan for combating the human traf-ficking problem for five years. The laws on anti-human trafficking have been enacted in almost all themember countries. The gangs of human traffickersestablished the networks in committing the humantrafficking offences. As the GMS member countriessystematically combated the offences of the humantrafficker gangs, the GMS region is not Safe Havenany more for the human traffickers. It is important thatthe present meeting will review the undertakings of theCOMMIT for one year and adopt the future plans. Thechairman also explained the anti-human traffickingprogrammes of Myanmar.

In his address, Resident Coordinator of UNagencies Mr Bishow B Parajuli said that much progress

girls for prostitution and exploitation of children forbegging. He called for stepping up the cooperationamong governments, UN agencies and INGOs.

Afterwards, Secretary of the Central Commit-tee for Prevention Against Trafficking in PersonsChief of Myanmar Police Force Brig-Gen Khin Yiacted as MC of the meeting, and UNIAP reported onmeasures taken for 2009, implementation of the reso-lutions of the 6th meeting, representatives from Cam-bodia, China and Laos on control measures at theirrespective borders and a representative from Laos onachievements of Laos in preventing against traffickingin persons.

Countries in the greater Mekong sub-regionCambodia, China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Vi-etnam signed COMMIT MoU in Yangon on 29 Oct2004. The 7th meeting is the COMMIT Process of theMoU and will end on 22 January.

MNA

YANGON, 20 Jan—Wakema Township Writersand Journalists Association in Ayeyawady Divisionheld a plenary meeting and elected a new executive atthe Township Information and Public Relations De-partment yesterday.

The new executive committee comprises Chair-person Daw Si Si Nyunt (Ma Sein Zaw-Wakema) andSecretary U Pyone Cho (Pyone Cho-Education), andChairperson Daw Si Si Nyunt was also voted as theconference representative.—MNA

Wakema Tsp WJA electsnew executives

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(from page 16)township; that the tasksincluded clearing wildplants, water supply,building of inter roadsflanked by bricks,making beds of flow-ers and landscapingplants, and wiring; andthat the upgradingtasks had been com-pleted on 31 August2005.

As to the pur-pose of renovation ofthe park, he said that

NAY PYI TAW, 20Jan—Minister for Construc-tion Maj-Gen Khin MaungMyint attended contractsigning ceremony betweenPublic Works and entrepre-neurs for applying toYangon-Bago-Meiktila-Mandalay Road throughBOT system held at the min-istry here on 19 January.

It was also attendedby Chairman of MyanmarInvestment CommissionMinister Brig-Gen Maung

Construction Minister attendscontract signing ceremonies

Maung Thein, members ofthe commission MinisterMaj-Gen Thein Swe, Attor-ney-General U Aye Maung,Deputy Ministers for Con-struction U Tint Swe andBrig-Gen Myint Thein,Deputy Minister for Elec-tric Power No. 2 Brig-GenWin Myint, officials andentrepreneurs from sevenprivate organizations. Thedirector-general of PublicWorks and entrepreneurssigned the contract and ex-

changed the notes.The construction

minister also attended an-other contract signing cer-emony for upgrading ofTonkhan-MantkhaingRoad between PublicWorks and Wentaing eco-nomic development zoneof the People’s Republicof China. The officialsfrom both sides signed thecontract and exchanged thenote.

MNA

Mya Kan Tha Recreation…under the plan to shapePakokku into the majorcity in the western bankof the Ayeyawady River,they had built a water-slide centre and a ski re-sort in order that the visi-tors could enjoy them forrest and recreation, setup beds of flowers andlandscaping plants andfountains to make thevacationers feel relaxed,and a Htan-thon-binTower from which visi-tors can have a good

view over the areasaround the park; and thatit was worth it to carryout those tasks becausethat met the satisfactionand recognition of theholidaymakers.

It was on the earlymorning of a Mondaywhen we were there, sothere were not manyvisitors in it yet at thattime. Just as we enteredthe park, we found astatue reflecting the im-portance of unity. Themulticolored tower wasfound built on the three

toddy palms. In the parkare six foundations at thesix junctions of theroads, specially deco-rated flower beds, aplantation of Thanakha(a kind of tree used inmaking fragrant pastefor cosmetic purpose), awater-slide centre, a skipitch, and the whole parkis illuminated with col-oured lights at night.

In a word, MyaKan Tha RecreationPark in Pakokku Town-ship is worth a visit as itis like an oasis of an arid

region in the centralMyanmar.

Translation: MSMyanma Alin:

15-1-2010

A pleasant view of a fountain and a star-shaped flower bed.

Young people can ski in the ski resort.

The fountain at theentrance of Mya

Kan Tha RecreationPark.

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Jan—Minister for Industry-1U Aung Thaung received a delegation headed by Mr GL Goenka, President of Indo-Myanmar Chambers ofCommerce and Industry (IMCCI) of the Republic ofIndia at his office here this morning.The meeting wasalso attended by officials of the ministry.—MNA

Industry-1 Minister meetsIndian guests

Minister U Aung Thaung receives Indiandelegation led by Mr G L Goenka, President of

IMCCI.—INDUSTRY-1

Minister Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint attends contract signing cer-emony for upgrading of Tonkhan-Mantkhaing Road.

CONSTRUCTION

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GS Engineering to build majortidal power plant

File photo shows South Korean construction workers in Seoul. South Koreanfirm GS Engineering and Construction has won a 3.4-billion-dollar contract

to build one of the world’s largest tidal power stations.—INTERNET

SEOUL, 20 Jan—SouthKorean firm GS Engi-neering and Constructionsaid on Wednesday it haswon a 3.4-billion-dollarcontract to build one ofthe world’s largest tidalpower stations.

Under the deal signedwith the state-run KoreaHydro and Nuclear PowerCo, GS Engineering willbuild the power station on

the west coast nearGangwha Island, 50 kilo-metres (30 miles) west ofSeoul.

Construction will startin late 2011 with a viewto completion in 2017.

The power station willhave a capacity of 1.3 mil-lion kilowatts per hour or2.41 billion kilowatts peryear.

In order to produce the

same amount of energy, athermal power plantwould require 3.54 mil-lion barrels of fuel everyyear and emit one milliontonnes of greenhouse gas,the company said in astatement.

South Korea is also inthe process of buildingthree other tidal powerplants on the west coast.

Internet

Citigroup loss narrows,loans seem to stabilize

NEW YORK, 20 Jan—Citigroup Inc (CN) posted a $7.6billion quarterly loss on Tuesday, but the bank’s sharesrose as declining loan losses raised hopes that the worstmight soon be over. Citigroup Chief Executive VikramPandit said loan performance outside of the UnitedStates looks strong, adding to investors’ perception thatthe bank is recovering after a toxic assets forced it toseek three different US government rescues.

“They’ve crept out of the abyss like everyone else,” saidHenry Asher, president at Northstar Group, whose clientsown Citi shares. “They have a long way to go before theystart reporting significant profits,” Asher added.

The bank is still facing significant headwinds. Whenasked about the outlook for loan losses on a conferencecall with analysts, Chief Executive Vikram Pandit saidthat losses could increase in the first quarter, and afterthat, the economy will be a key variable.—Internet

China’s Baidu sues US webfirm over hacker attack

BEIJING, 20 Jan—China’s top Internet search engineBaidu said on Wednesday it had filed a lawsuit in theUnited States against the firm that manages its US do-main registration following a hacking attack last week.

The announcement came one week after Google,which trails Baidu in market share in China, said it couldabandon its Chinese search engine, and perhaps leavethe country entirely, over cyberattacks and censorship.

“Today Baidu filed a lawsuit against its domain nameregistration service provider Register.com, Inc in a UScourt in New York, seeking damages over the incidentof Baidu’s service interruption last week,” the Chinesefirm said.

Nasdaq-listed Baidu said its site went down for hoursafter the 12 January attack by a group identifying itselfas the “Iranian Cyber Army”, the name used by hack-ers who briefly shut down the Twitter microbloggingsite last month.—Internet

US drone attack kills six in NW Pakistan

Haitian gov’traises quake

death tollto 75,000

PORT-AU-PRINCE, 20Jan—The Haitian govern-ment on Tuesday raisedthe death toll in lastweek’s devastating earth-quake to 75,000.

Some 250,000 peoplewere wounded and a mil-lion more left homeless,the Haitian Civil DefenceDepartment said in astatement.

The small Caribbeannation is in desperate needof tents, water, food,medical supplies andworkers, the statementsaid.

There have been no ex-act figures about casual-ties after a 7.3-magnitudeearthquake hit Haiti lastTuesday. Haitian officialsestimated that the finaldeath toll could reach be-tween 100,000 and200,000.

Xinhua

UK bans drinking games,but resists price controls

A customer leavesCitibank’s automated

teller machine inJakarta on 4 Aug,2009.—INTERNET

Commuters leave a subway train with an advertisement for the Chinese Internetsearch engine, Baidu.com in Shanghai. The web firm has filed a lawsuit againstits US domain name registration service over an alleged attack on its website lastweek, the Beijing-based company said on Wednesday in a statement.—INTERNET

ISLAMABAD, 20 Jan—At least six sus-pected militants were killed in US droneattack in Pakistan’s North Waziristantribal area, local TV channel reported onTuesday. A US surveillance plane firedtwo missiles at a house in the NorthWaziristan area of Deegan, where at leastsix militants were killed and four othersinjured, the private TV Express reported.

It was the 8th US air strike this monthin the tribal area, which Washington con-siders as the centre of Taleban and al-

Qaeda militants.The US drone missile shelled a hide-

out in the same area on 14 Jan, fuellingthe contradictory reports regarding thekilling of Pakistani Taleban chiefHakimullah Mehsud.

After the attack against a CIA base inKhost Province of Afghanistan, the UShas intensified the drone attacks in Pa-kistan’s North Waziristan as the hit wasattributed to the militants based in thearea. —Xinhua

LONDON, 20 Jan—Bar-going Britons may soonbe bidding goodbye totheir country’s all-you-can-drink deals — as wellas some of their more out-landish drinking games.

The government said onTuesday it was banning ir-responsible promotionsand boozy contests suchas the “dentist’s chair” —where alcohol is poureddirectly into customers’mouths — in an effort to

tackle Britain’s binge-drinking problem.

The government saysthe ban will limit binge-drinking, but health ex-perts say the nation’sdeepening alcohol prob-lem would best be tackledby imposing higher mini-mum prices on Britain’scheap booze.

The raft of new meas-ures is “better than noth-ing,” according to CarysDavis, spokeswoman forBritain’s Alcohol Concerncharity. But she said therestrictions “seem tame”compared to what thegovernment could do byending pricing practicesthat result in alcohol sell-ing for less than water.

“You’d be hard-pushedto find a health organiza-tion that doesn’t supportminimum pricing,” shesaid. Britain’s alcoholconsumption has risen by40 percent over the pastfour decades, althoughper-capita drinking is stilllower than in many otherEuropean countries — in-cluding Russia, Spain,Germany and France.

Internet

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An oil platform on the outskirts of PortHarcourt. The Nigerian government is in talks with

the United States oil firm Chevron andAnglo-Dutch oil giant Shell over the renewal oftheir shallow water oil licences, an official state-

ment said on Tuesday.—INTERNET

Nigeria talking to Shell,Chevron on licences

In this photograph taken on 15 April, 2009, aflex rig towers over the floor of a well during a

tour of facilities of natural gas producer Williamsin Rulison, Colo Williams Cos said

on 19 Jan, 2010, it will create one of the largestnatural gas partnerships in the nation by combin-

ing pipeline and processing units.INTERNET

Oil slips below $79 ahead ofinventories report

Trucks pass through BHP Billiton’s iron oremine in the Pilbara region of West Australia.

INTERNET

China to see robustincrease of import oil

IBM raises outlook but investorswary after rally

ABUJA, 20 Jan —TheNigerian government is intalks with the UnitedStates oil firm Chevronand Anglo-Dutch oil giantShell over the renewal oftheir shallow water oil li-cences, an official state-ment said on Tuesday.

“Chevron and Shell arestill in negotiations with theFederal Government... overthe renewal of their expiredlicences,” a statement bythe Ministry of PetroleumResources quoted JuniorOil Minister OdeinAjumogobia as saying.

The statement dis-pelled media reports thatthe renewal of the licenceswas stalled due to the ab-sence of President Umaru

Yar’Adua.Yar’Adua left Nigeria

on 23 November and hassince been receiving treat-ment in a Saudi Arabiahospital for a heartailment.“The Minister ofPetroleum Resources hasthe full authority under ex-tant laws to renew leasesand licences,” the state-ment said, underlining thatno specific authorizationfrom the presidency wasrequired. Nigeria’s state-run oil giant Nigerian Na-tional Petroleum Corpora-tion (NNPC) in May 2008signed an oil-financingdeal worth two billion dol-lars with the United Statesoil firm, Mobil ProducingNigeria (MPN).—Internet

BHP Billiton posts recordiron production figures

BEIJING, 20 Jan—Chi-na’s oil imports will con-tinue to see solid growththis year, with more thanhalf of the country’s totaloil consumption comingfrom abroad, industry in-siders said.

It is inevitable for thecountry - the world’s sec-ond largest oil consumer- to see a robust increaseof imports, as domesticproduction cannot keepup with rising demand,they said.

China’s oil depend-ency reached alarminglevels last year with im-ports accounting for 52percent of total consump-tion, China BusinessNews reported yesterday,citing Zhang Xiaoqiang,Vice-Minister of the Na-tional Development andReform Commission.

Importing more than50 percent is a globallyrecognized level for anenergy security alert.

Internet

NEW YORK, 20 Jan —IBM (IBM.N) raised its2010 profit target and re-ported a stronger-than-ex-pected, 9 percent increasein fourth-quarter earnings,as cost cuts and a shift tomore profitable contractshelped it weather a slumpin corporate spending.

IBM’s share price fell2 percent after the results,however, as the resultsfailed to encourage morebuying in the shareswhich already ralliednearly 60 percent in thepast year.

Some analysts said In-ternational Business Ma-chines Corp had set a highbar for itself, noting thatthe world’s leading tech-nology services companyhas not missed earningsestimates since 2005.

“I think there weresome pretty big expecta-tions built in, and you re-

ally needed to wow it,”Stephen Massocca, man-aging director atWedbush Morgan, saidafter the results were is-sued on Tuesday.

Ted Parrish, co-portfo-lio manager at HensslerEquity Fund, added:“While I think the long-term prospects for thecompany are good, I thinkthe shares are a bit frothy,not overvalued but Iwould say the stock isn’tgoing to do as well as itdid in 2009.”

While IBM’s resultsfailed to excite WallStreet, they added to evi-dence that corporate tech-nology spending is recov-ering, coming just daysafter another technologypowerhouse, Intel Corp(INTC.O), posted resultsthat topped expectations.

The strong numbersalso show IBM’s efforts

to cut costs and shift fromcommoditized hardwareto services and softwarebusinesses are payingdividends, analystssaid.—Internet

Mexican tycoon gives $65million to genetic study

KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Jan— Oil prices slipped be-low $79 a barrel onWednesday in Asia amidexpectations of a dismalUS crude inventory re-

port.Benchmark crude for

February delivery fell 68cents to $78.64 a barrelat early afternoon KualaLumpur time in elec-tronic trading on the NewYork Mercantile Ex-change. The contract rose$1.02 to settle at $79.02on Tuesday.

Crude’s sharp rise onTuesday was driven bythe Dow Jones industri-als’ 1.1 percent gain butfundamentally, the oilmarket remains weak andinvestors are cashing out,said Victor Shum, an en-ergy analyst with consul-

tancy Purvin & Gertz inSingapore.

“The rise in oil priceswas overdone so we areseeing some pullback,primarily also because ofexpectations that the USgovernment weekly re-port will show increasesin oil inventories,” Shumsaid.

A rise in inventorieswould suggest demandremains weak. The En-ergy Department’s En-ergy Information Admin-istration plans to an-nounce its inventory re-port later on Wednesday.

Internet

SYDNEY, 20 Jan—Anglo-Australian mininggiant BHP Billiton onWednesday posted recordiron ore production figuresfor the second half of2009, but warned thatwhile China had drivencommodity prices highervolatility remained.

The world’s largest di-versified mining groupsaid its iron ore productionfor the half-year ended on31 December was up sixpercent over the same pe-riod a year earlier at 62.6million tonnes.

It was “another half

year production record forpetroleum and iron ore,due to successful growthproject delivery,” the com-pany said in a statement.

Total petroleum pro-duction rose 17 percentover the previous corre-sponding half-year to79.57 million barrels of oilequivalent, it said.

The global miner saidthe December quarter hadseen “strong price recov-ery across the commoditysuite driven by demand inChina and restocking inthe developed world.”

Internet

MEXICO CITY, 20 Jan—Telecommunications mo-gul Carlos Slim pledged$65 million on Tuesdayfor genetic research oncancer, type 2 diabetes andkidney disease.Scientistsfrom Harvard University,Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology and Mexico’sNational Institute of Ge-nomic Medicine will col-laborate on the three-yearSlim Genomic MedicineInitiative.

Slim, who heads theGrupo Carso conglomer-

ate and is one of theworld’s richest men, saidthe project will help doc-tors better diagnose dis-eases and improve thera-pies.

“Only with the devel-opment of this genomicscience and surroundingtechnology will it be pos-sible, as it was before withvaccines, to face these dis-eases and prevent thesediseases through theirearly detection, their earlydiagnosis,” he said.

Internet

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12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 21 January, 2010

MYANMAR IVANHOE COPPER COMPANY LIMITED (TENDER NOTICE)TENDER IFB No. SSA-10(Supply of Sulphuric Acid)

CLOSING DATE & TIME: 3rd February 2010 at 12:00 noon.

Tender documents are available at the following address and queries can be made between 10 am and 4pm at MICCLYangon office before the tender closing date.Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper Company Limited70 (I) Bo Chein Street, Pyay Road, Hlaing TownshipYangon, Myanmar (Tel: (95) 1-514194 to 7/ Fax:(95) 1 514208/ Email: miccl@miccl.com.mm)

More than 50 Haiti orphans flown to the USAir China rises on upbeat

earnings guidance for 2009BEIJING, 20 Jan—The share price of Air China, Chi-

na’s largest air carrier, closed up at midday Wednes-day in Shanghai against widespread losses across theboard, after the company announced an expected re-turn to profit in 2009.

The company’s stock price edged up 1.26 percentto end at 11.22 yuan (1.64 US dollars), while the boardslid 1.04 percent in the morning trading session.

Preliminary accounts had moved into the black in2009, buoyed by a steady growth in the domestic mar-ket and cost reductions stemming from a lower oilprice, the company said in a statement filed to theShanghai Stock Exchange late Tuesday.

It said specific figures would be revealed in the an-nual business report, but it did not disclose when thereport would be released.

The company posted a loss of 9.1 billion yuan (1.3billion US dollars) in net profit in 2008, as globaldownturn slashed demand both at home and abroad,according to the statement.

The country’s civil aviation industry moved out ofthe red and began to report overall profits in 2009, theCivil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) an-nounced on 13 Jan.—Xinhua

Ecuador confirms103 deaths from

A/H1N1 fluQUITO, 20 Jan—Ecua-

dor has confirmed 103deaths from the A/H1N1influenza, with a total of2,112 cases reported uptill now, the Public HealthMinistry announced onTuesday.

The victims, all patientsin their 20s, were mainlyfrom the provinces ofPichincha and Guayas,according to a report ofthe ministry.

Out of the 2,112 con-firmed lab cases in 25provinces, 739 patientswere from Pichincha,437 from Guayas, 197from Loja, 113 fromChimborazo and 104from Azuay, the ministrysaid.—Xinhua

Photo taken on 1 Jan, 2010 shows the night scene of the Three Gorges Dam.The Three Gorges Reservoir replenished 12.73 billion cubic metres water tothe middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River in low water season of 2009,remitting drought of the region, keeping navigation safe and meeting the

water demand for life and industry. —XINHUA

WASHINGTON, 20 Jan—More than 50 Haitian or-phans landed in the UnitedStates on Tuesday andwere immediately takenfor medical check-ups,hospital officials said.

Their orphanage inPort-au-Prince was run bytwo US sisters from Penn-

sylvania, Ali and JaimeMcMutrie, who cam-paigned for days to get thegroup of some 53 desper-ate children out of the dev-astated Caribbean nation.

“They have landed andthey are heading by bus tothe hospital where they aregoing be evaluated,” Marc

Lukasiak, a spokesman forthe Children’s Hospital inPittsburgh, told AFP.

Most of the orphanswere under the age of fourand many were said to besuffering from dehydra-tion and diarrhea,Lukasiak said, adding thatit was too early to knowtheir overall condition.

The children, most ofwhom were awaitingadoption by Americanfamilies in a process thatnormally takes 18 months,arrived on a military trans-port plane accompanied byPennsylvania GovernorEd Rendell, local televi-sion reported.

Some US families hop-ing to adopt the childrenwelcomed the orphans atthe airport, the TV stationWPXI reported.

Internet

Young children are seen at an orphanage followingthe earthquake that hit Port au Prince on 12 Jan. Morethan 50 Haitian orphans landed in the United Stateson Tuesday and were immediately taken for medical check-ups, hospital officials said.—INTERNET

Fatah to form committee toend Hamas’ grip on Gaza

RAMALLAH, 20 Jan—Palestinian President MahmoudAbbas’ Fatah party has decided to form a committeeworking on ending Hamas movement’s rule in the GazaStrip, an official said on Tuesday.

Fatah Revolutionary Council met in the West Bankcity of Ramallah on Friday and “discussed formationof several committees, most importantly a committeeworking on restoring Gaza to the Palestinian legiti-macy,” Hazem Abu Shanab, a member of the council,told Xinhua.

Hamas routed pro-Abbas security forces and seizedcontrol of Gaza in June 2007.

Xinhua

Japan’s service demand slips asconsumer spending wanes

TOKYO, 20 Jan—Japan’s demand for services fell inNovember with consumer spending notably dropping,according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and In-dustry (METI).

The preliminary tertiary industry activity index forNovember, which covers activity in industries whichaccount for 63 percent of Japan’s economy, fell 0.2percent from October, to a seasonally adjusted 96.6points, METI said in a report on Tuesday.

Consumer spending in Japan accounts for 60 per-cent of the national economy, but demand in the whole-sale and retail sector fell 0.7 percent in November froma month earlier and the report indicates that establish-ments for eating and drinking, a mainstay of Japanesesocial life, has seen demand plummet by 2.4 percentfrom October’s figures.—Xinhua

Bomb explodes near mayor housein S Philippines, one hurt

MANILA, 20 Jan— A home-made bomb explodednear the house of a local mayor in the restive southernPhilippines on Tuesday night, wounding at least onepeople, officials said.

The improvised explosive device went off inLamitan city, Basilan Province, just 20 metres awayfrom the residence of the city’s mayor RoderickFurigay, local police said. A civilian was hit by shrap-nel and was sent to a hospital.

Authorities have yet named suspects and it remainsunclear if the attack was linked to Furigay’s sched-uled annual public address on Wednesday.

Xinhua

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CAIRO, 20 Jan—Raretorrential rains across theMiddle East swept awayhomes, marooned resorttowns and killed sevenpeople on Monday, in-cluding a British tourist,in what officials are call-ing the worst flooding inat least a decade.

The flooding alongEgypt’s Red Sea coast, theborder with Israel and inthe south left six peopledead. It also damaged theroads leading to the re-sorts in the Sinai Desertand brought down tel-ephone and power lines.

Israel temporarily

Egyptian villagers stand on their home at Aboul Rish village in Aswan, Egypt,on 18 Jan, 2010, following heavy rains and flash floods. Heavy rains and

flash floods left seven people dead in Egypt and Israel on Monday, includinga British tourist who was killed when a sailboat capsized on the Nile River.

INTERNET

People surf the web at an Internet cafe inBeijing. Chinese firms earned nearly 11 billion

dollars from their Internet operations last year, aresearch group said on Monday, as the nationwith the world’s biggest online population be-

comes more web-savvy.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 20 Jan— Chi-nese firms earned nearly11 billion dollars fromtheir Internet operationslast year, a research groupsaid on Monday, as the na-tion with the world’s big-gest online population be-comes more web-savvy.

Online revenue gener-ated by advertising,games, shopping and

China online earnings reach 11 billiondollars in 2009

other activities rosemore than 30 percenton-year to 74.3 billionyuan, Cao Junbo, a seniorresearcher at Internet con-sulting group iResearch,told AFP.

The research groupexpects online revenue toreach 112.3 billion yuanthis year and 273.4 billionyuan in 2013, Cao said.

China has at least 384million Internet users,more than any other coun-try in the world, accord-ing to a new tally releasedlast week by the ChinaInternet Network Infor-mation Centre (CNNIC),a government-linkedindustry body.

By the end of June2009, the number ofonline shoppers in Chinahad reached 87.88 mil-lion, meaning roughlyone in four Internet usersshopped online, accord-ing to a report by thecentre.—Internet

Storms in Mideast kill Britishtourist, 6 others

closed its southern bordercrossings with Egypt andJordan, while Jordanianswere warned off thestreets after nearly a dozenaccidents in one area.

Rains of this magni-tude, which began on Sun-day night, are rare in thislargely arid region andwhere heavy precipitationcan result in sudden anddeadly flash floods.

A British tourist sailingdown the Nile near thesouthern Egyptian city ofAswan died when his sailboat capsized in the heavywinds and sudden rain.The victim’s wife and two

companions, a Canadianand an Indian, survived,according Maj Gen al-Shafei Hassan, chief ofcriminal investigation inthe southern city of As-wan.

The heavy rains alsowashed away a dozenmud brick homes insouthern Egypt and killedtwo women there. Scoresof families in Aboul-Rishvillage in Aswan sleptovernight outdoors aftertheir homes weredestroyed.

Internet

GENEVA,20 Jan— If infrastructures are weak thevulnerability of populations to disasters is vastly in-creased, the head of the World Health Organizationsaid in Switzerland.

Dr Margaret Chan, director-general of the WorldHealth Organization, said making hospitals safe dur-ing emergencies was the theme for last year’s WorldHealth Day.

“One point is obvious. This strong link betweenweak infrastructures and capacities and the vulnerabil-ity of populations applies to many other areas of pub-lic health,” Chan said in a speech on Monday to theWHO executive board.—Internet

Weak infrastructure makesdisasters worse

China’s coal mine accidents, fatalitiesdrop in 2009

BEIJING, 20 Jan—China reported 1,616coal mine accidents in2009, down by 338 com-pared to the year before,a source from the StateAdministration of CoalMine Safety (SACMS)has said.

Accidents caused2,631 deaths, also downby 584 year-on-year, said

SACMS Director ZhaoTiechui while addressinga national meeting onworkplace safety held inBeijing on Tuesday.

Most coal-producingprovinces saw a year-on-year decrease in coalmine accidents, accord-

ing to the SACMSsource.

But Zhao warned thecountry’s small coalmines, which produce 35percent of the country’scoal, were responsible for70 percent of the fatali-ties.—Xinhua

Words influence stigmaof mental health

BOSTON, 20 Jan—Howa person struggling withalcoholism or drugaddiction is describedmay significantly alterattitudes of healthcareprofessionals, US re-searchers say.

Study leader John FKelly of MassachusettsGeneral Hospital foundhealth professionals’ an-

swers to survey questionsabout a hypothetical pa-tient varied depending onwhether he was describedas a “substance abuser” oras “having a substance usedisorder.”

“We found that refer-ring to someone with the‘abuser ’ terminologyevokes more punitive at-titudes than does describ-ing that person’s situationin exactly the same wordsexcept for using ‘disorder’terminology,” Kelly saysin a statement. “Reducingthe use of such stigmatiz-ing terms could help di-minish the shame, guiltand embarrassment thatact as barriers, keepingpeople from seekinghelp.”

Internet

Super X-ray machine,boon for science, gets OK

BEIJING, 20 Jan—A machine that can create superX-rays capable of exposing the complicated structuresof chemical compounds and proteins passed the in-spection of experts from the Chinese Academy of Sci-ences yesterday and began to be put into public use.

The Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, orSSRF, is expected to greatly boost China’s competi-tiveness in life sciences - and, in particular, medicalresearch, said officials from the Shanghai Institute ofApplied Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,the facility’s key developer.

Officials said the facility, which has been in trialuse since last May, is the nation’s biggest platform forscientific research and technological development.

The machine already has been used in 395 high-tech projects, including projects to study the innerstructure of cancerous cells and the development ofcerebrovascular diseases.

“Such research will help find more efficient waysfor early diagnosis of tumors,” said Xu Hongjie, gen-eral manager of the SSRF project.

Officials said researches and projects completed inthe trail run have already had significant results.

Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Scienceshave used the machine to identify the respiratory sys-tem of locusts.—Internet

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S P O R T S

Manchester City’s Argentinian for-ward Carlos Tevez chases the ballagainst Manchester United during

their English League Cup semi finalfirst leg football match at The City ofManchester Stadium in Manchester.

City won 2-1.—INTERNET

Two-goal Tevez back to haunt United in League Cup

Real Madrid strikerRuud van Nistelrooy

Redknapp revealsVan Nistelrooy interest

Struggling Hanover nameSlomka as new coach

BERLIN, 20 Jan—Struggling Bundesliga side Hano-ver 96 sacked Andreas Bergmann as coach on Tuesdayand promptly replaced him with former Schalke bossMirko Slomka. The 42-year-old Slomka, who coachedHanover’s youth team from 1989-1999 and was assist-ant first team coach between 2001 and 2004, has signedan 18-month deal.

“I am very happy to accept this challenge in the areawhere I grew up,” said Slomka. Bergmann became thesixth Bundesliga coach to be sacked this season after hisside dropped into the German league’s bottom three lastweekend. It has been a disastrous season for the northGerman club after their captain and Germany goalkeeperRobert Enke committed suicide on November 10 andnow the team has slipped into the relegation zone.

Saturday’s 3-0 home defeat by bottom-side HerthaBerlin put Hanover in the bottom three after their firstgame back following the winter break and Bergmannhas paid the price for his side’s run of seven games with-out a win.—Internet

Mirko Slomka

I was wrongin clash with

umpire, admitsRoddick

MELBOURNE, 20 Jan—Andy Roddick admittedhe was wrong in his clashwith the chair umpireover his ruling on a matchpoint after he marchedinto the third round at theAustralian Open onWednesday.

The straight-shootingAmerican finished his 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win over Bra-zilian Thomaz Bellucciby arguing with umpireFergus Murphy over aHawk Eye video reviewdecision which wentagainst him on the first ofhis two match points.

The video review ruledthat a Bellucci volley hadfractionally clipped theline saving the first matchpoint, but Roddick con-tended that he wasn’t al-lowed to play the shot byan out-call from a linejudge.

Internet

Denmark’s CarolineWozniacki plays a

forehand return duringher 1st round match

against Canadianopponent AleksandraWozniak, on the third

day of play at theAustralian Open tennis

tournament in Mel-bourne. Fourth seedWozniacki won 6-4,

6-2.—INTERNET

Impressive Wozniacki makesOpen second round

Williams sisters send chillsthrough rivals

MELBOURNE, 20 Jan—The Williams sisters sent chillsdown the spines of their Australian Open rivals on Tues-day with both Serena and Venus demolishing first roundopponents.

Top seed Serena thrashed Poland’s UrszulaRadwanska 6-2, 6-1 in 73 minutes on Rod Laver Arena,while on the nearby Hisense Arena sixth seeded Venustook one minute less to dispatch highly-rated CzechLucie Safarova 6-2, 6-2.

With Caroline Wozniacki, the fourth seed, and sev-enth ranked Victoria Azarenka having their first roundmatches postponed until Wednesday, Serena and Ve-nus seized the limelight back from Belgians KimClijsters and Justine Henin.—Internet

US tennis player Serena Williamsreturns a forehand to her Polish

opponent Urszula Radwanska on thesecond day of play at the Australian

Open tennis tournament inMelbourne. Williams won 6-2,

6-1.—INTERNET

Arsenal defenderPhilippe Senderos

Senderos contemplatesCeltic switch

LONDON, 20 Jan—Arsenal de-fender Philippe Senderos be-lieves a loan move to Celticcould help resurrect his dreamof playing for Switzerland at thisyear’s World Cup in South Af-rica.

“I am very honoured that a bigclub like Celtic are interested inme and a loan deal right nowwould suit me perfectly,” saidSenderos, who has fallen downthe Gunners central defensive pecking order behindWilliam Gallas and Thomas Vermaelen.

“My main priority is to get back playing regularfootball,” said Senderos. “I really miss that.

“The World Cup this summer is a really big thingfor me. I know that if I’m not playing regularly mychances of playing in South Africa will be badlyaffected.—Internet

MANCHESTER, 20 Jan—Carlos Tevez,whose move across Manchester was thesource of so much controversy, made thedifference as City claimed a 2-1 winover United in the rivals’ League Cupsemi-final first leg here on Tuesday.

Ryan Giggs’s first derby goal since1996 handed United the lead but Tevez,whose decision to reject United and signfor their wealthy neighbours in the closeseason was accompanied by such illfeeling, scored twice, taking his tally to13 goals from his last 11 games.

Tevez was always destined to play apivotal role in this semi-final, one wayor another.

Sure enough, when Craig Bellamywas held back by badly beaten Unitedfull-back Rafael five minutes before theinterval, it was the Argentinian forward

who was handed the responsibilityof converting from the penalty spot, onehe gleefully accepted with an emphaticfinish.—Internet

MELBOURNE, 20 Jan—Fourth seed CarolineWozniacki of Denmarkdowned Canada’sAlexsandra Wozniack6-4, 6-2 to get her Austral-ian Open campaign off to

a winning start onWednesday.

Wozniacki edged aclose first set against theCanadian but overpow-ered her opponent in thesecond to notch up a con-vincing win.

The two players withsimilar surnames — bothof Polish extraction —have met seven times onthe WTA Tour withWozniacki winning six ofthe encounters.

She never looked inany danger on Wednesdayonce she claimed atight first set, breakingthe Canadian threetimes in the second tobook her passage to thenext round, where she willmeet Germany’s JulieGoerges.

Internet

Federer overcomes early Andreev test to progress

Roger Federer swept home after a slug-gish start to eliminate Russian IgorAndreev in four sets, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6, 6-0.Federer, former champion NovakDjokovic and Nikolay Davydenko wonthrough to the second round but RobinSoderling was a seeded casualty at the

Australian Open.—INTERNET

LONDON, 20 Jan—Tottenham Hotspur man-ager Harry Redknapp saidTuesday he was ponder-ing bringing Real Madridstriker Ruud vanNistelrooy back to thePremier League in a loanmove.

The 33-year-old formerManchester United for-ward is struggling to getinto Real’s first team andhis lack of match practiceis threatening his chancesof making the Dutchsquad for this year’sWorld Cup finals in SouthAfrica.

However, it would ap-pear Russia striker RomanPavlyuchenko wouldhave to leave Spurs tomake room for van

Nistelrooy, who was mostrecently linked with Turk-ish giants Galatasaray andwhom he declared an in-terest in joining.

Internet

MELBOURNE, 20 Jan—Swiss worldnumber one Roger Federer had some earlyrocky moments against tricky RussianIgor Andreev but safely negotiated hisway into the second round of the Austral-ian Open on Tuesday.

Federer, chasing his 16th Grand Slamtitle, dropped the opening set, but rattledhome against the 37th-ranked Andreev4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7/2), 6-0 in two hours 44minutes on Rod Laver Arena.

The performance gave Federer an earlyindication of how he stacks up in the open-ing Grand Slam tournament of the seasonafter losing to Russian NikolayDavydenko in his last two matches.

“I know if my body is there and mygame is there, I can beat anybody,”Federer said.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kachin, Chin, Rakhine and Mon States, upperSagaing, Bago,Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions andgenerally fair in the remaining areas. Night temperatureswere (4°C) below January average temperatures in ChinState, (3°C) to (4°C) above January average temperaturesin Eastern Shan and Rakhine States, Mandalay and MagwayDivisions, (5°C) above January average temperatures inBago and Ayeyawady Divisions, (7°C) above Januaryaverage temperatures in Kayah State and about Januaryaverage temperatures in the remaining areas. The significantnight temperatures were Loilem and Haka (3°C), Putaoand Heho (5°C) each.

Maximum temperature on 19-1-2010 was 92°F.Minimum temperature on 20 -1-2010 was 60°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 20 -1-2010 was 76%.Total sun shine hours on 19 -1-2010 was (7.5) hours approx.

Rainfall on 20-1-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010was (Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(5) mph from Northeast at (12:30) hours MST on 19-1-2010.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and South Bay and generally fair elsewherein the Bay of Bengal.

Special feature: According to the observations at(12:30)hrs M.S.T today, yesterday’s the tropical depressionover South China Sea has crossed South Vietnam Coast andforccast to be weakened.

Forecast valid until evening of 21st January 2010:Possibility of isolated rain in Shan, Kayah, Mon and KayinStates and Taninthayi Division and weather will be partlycloudy in Kachin State, Mandalay Division and generallyfair in the remaining States and Divisions. Degree of certaintyis (40%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofisolated light rain in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for21-1-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for21-1-2010:Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for21-1-2010:Partly cloudy .

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Picture taken on 12 Jan, 2010 shows damagedbuildings in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince.

INTERNET

Quake death toll in Haiti isof 50,000 plus: health minister

PORT -AU-PRINCE , 20Jan— More than 50,000people were killed andother 250,000 wereinjured during the 7.0-magnitude earthquakethat hit Haiti on Tuesday,Haitian Health MinisterAlex Larsen told a pressconference on Friday.

He said the Haitiangovernment institutionswere moved to a policestation near theinternational airport, asthe Presidential Palaceand ministries’ officebuildings totallycollapsed after thedisaster.

All the sport centresin the capital city Port-au-Prince will be used asmedical centres to assist

the injured, Larsonadded.

The devastatingquake on Tuesdaydestroyed nearly 70percent of the buildingsin Port-au-Prince. Thepresidential palace,ministries’ offices,hospitals and schoolswere all affected.

The United Nations,International Red Cross,other organizations andHaitian governmentofficials estimated aprobable death toll of100,000 victims and atleast 3 million peopleaffected by theearthquake, the worst inthe recent 200 years ofthe Caribbean country’shistory.—Xinhua

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★ 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 amongthe people

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

■ 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

Mya Kan Tha Recreation Park in Pakokku Byline & Photos: Aung Than(Mingala Taungnyunt)

Parks, recreation parks and gardens serve asone of the characteristics a town has to possess.

Pakokku, one of the five districts in MagwayDivision in the central Myanmar is an arid regionwith low rainfall. It has an area of 11.24 square miles

The water-slide centre for child visitors.

and a population of about 157,000, and is constitutedwith 15 wards of 17,803 houses.

In a recent interview, Chairman of PakokkuDistrict Peace and Development Council U Zaw Winbriefed us on ongoing undertakings for developmentof the district. At the invitation of Chairman U Tin MyoLat and Secretary U Win Tint of Pakokku TownshipPDC, we paid a visit to Mya Kan Tha Recreation Park,which lends a certain dignity to the township.

Mya Kan Tha Recreation Park is located on the

outskirts in the western part of Pakokku by the roadto Seikpyu. Chief Engineer of the Township Devel-opment Affairs Committee U Thein Zaw said to theMyanma Alin that the park had an area of 25.2 acres;that it was established in May 1994; that in May 2005,the Township Development Affairs Committeelaunched the programme to upgrade the park to amodern one under the directives of the administrativebodies at different levels as it was a district level

(See page 9)

The statue in Mya Kan Tha Recreation Park depicting the importance of national unity.

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