the new light of myanmar 21-02-2010

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Volume XVII, Number 311 9th Waxing of Taboung 1371 ME Sunday, 21 February, 2010

* 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

Fourth Meeting of State Central Working Committeeof the Sangha concludes successfully

Prime Minister General Thein Sein on inspection tour ofcement plants, factories in Thagara Industrial Region

Prime Minister calls for turning out well-qualifiedmechanical and technical human resources

YANGON, 20 Feb—The Fourth Meeting of the 6thState Central Working Committee of the Sangha con-tinued for the third day at Maha Pasana Cave on KabaAye Hill in Mayangon Township today.

In the morning session, Joint Secretary SayadawAgga Maha Pandita Bhaddanta Indasiri explained thediscussions of the Sayadaws on the report of the com-

mittee for one year period and sought the approval.In the afternoon, the Secretary Sayadaw submitted

the list of Sayadaws who will discharge duties forsecond third-year term.

Meeting Chairman Sayadaw Vice-Chairman ofState Central Working Committee of the SanghaMandalay Masoeyein Monastery Sayadaw Agga Maha

Pandita Bhaddanta Tejosarabhivamsa offered certifi-cates to Vinayadhara Sayadaws.

Participant Sayadaws signed the record book.Chairman of the Committee Magway Maha

Withutayama Taikthit Sayadaw Abhidhaja MahaRattha Guru Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhammajotika

(See page 9)

NAY PYI TAW, 20Feb— Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Seinstressed the need tomake a plan for operat-ing machines at full ca-pacity to meet the targeton his arrival at the con-struction site of CementPlant (Nay Pyi Taw),which will be opened inthe not too distance fu-ture, being buil t byMyanma Ceramic Indus-tries of the Ministry ofIndustry-1 nearThawuthti in Nay PyiTaw Lewe Townshipthis morning.

At the briefing hallof the plant, Prime Min-ister General Thein Seinaccompanied by Lt-GenKo Ko of the Ministry ofDefence, the ministersand departmental heads,heard reports on locationof the plant, aim of open-ing the plant, its basicpoints, production capac-ity and standards, avail-ability of inputs and main Photo shows Max Cement Plant (Taungphila).—MNA

raw materials and re-quirement on inputs, ma-chines installed at the

plant and productionlines, presented by Man-aging Director U Soe Yi

of Myanma Ceramic In-dustries and attended tothe needs.

Next, the Prime Min-ister and party inspectedmain control, lab, kiln,

cooling machine, millingmachine and packaging

(See page 8)

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Sunday, 21 February, 2010

PERSPECTIVES

Keep urban areasneat and tidy

* 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

Both urban and rural areas being greenplus neat and tidy can lead the public to enjoygood health and happiness. So all the peopleare required to participate in measures forkeeping houses, markets, schools and roadsclean and tidy and creating a healthy environ-ment.

Roads in bustling cities are being up-graded in order to ensure smooth and securetransport. It is encouraging to see that allnecessary measures are being taken such aspreventing floods and leveling road surfaces,paving gravels and digging ditches for properdrainage.

Moreover, gardens and lakes are beingbuilt and trees are being grown for greeningthe environment and public rest and recrea-tion. In cooperation with departments con-cerned, development affairs committees areimplementing the tasks for cleaning up gar-bage in urban areas, supplying pure drinkingwater and keeping pavements neat and tidy.Health workers on their part are not onlycarrying out sanitation tasks in wards, vil-lages, houses, schools and markets but alsotaking preventive measures against infectiousdiseases.

Rules and regulations on greening andbeautifying urban areas have passed. Thosewho violate the rules and regulations by spray-ing graffiti, recklessly dumping rubbish, spit-ting out betel quid and throwing garbage andother waste material in public roads, backyardsand ditches will be fined.

Greening and beautifying tasks have tobe undertaken daily, not in a day or in amonth. Only if the people are to actively takepart in growing trees and flowers, keepinghouses, schools and markets neat and tidy andsystematically dumping garbage, will there bea clean and healthy environment.

Good news for computer crazy: KMD opensnew branch

NAY PYI TAW, 20Feb—The Myaynigonbranch of KMD Sales &Service at No. 331, PyayRoad, Myaynigon,Sangyoung Township wasopened on 12 February.

KMD Sales & Serv-ice (Myaynigon) opensdaily from 9:00 am to 8:00pm except gazette holi-days. It is a one-stop sales& service centre with vari-ous choices of brandednotebooks, desktop com-puters and accessories. Inaddition, customers canalso enjoy special discountfor a particular item everyweek. For more informa-tion, call 503522 or502244.—MNA

Apollo GleleaglelHospitals (India) meets Press

MPF produces anti-rabies, anti-venom vaccinesNAY PYI TAW, 20 Feb

— Minister for Indus-try-1 U Aung Thaung in-spected production proc-ess of anti-rabies andanti-venom vaccines atMyanmar Pharmaceuti-cals Factory (Yangon) ofMyanmar Pharmaceuti-cal Industries in Yangontoday.

Cell line culture andvirus strain provided byPaster Institue of Indiais used to produce theanti-rabies vaccine.The required laboratorytests are being carried outto check the quality ofthe vaccine to reach thestandardization agreedby the Food and DrugAdministration (FDA)and World Health Or-ganization (WHO).

The minister also as-sisted in producing anti-

venom from sheep andchicken eggs and takingvenom from vipers andcobras to use for pro-ducing the vaccines.

The anti-venom pro-duced from chicken eggswould be commerciallyavailable after the re-search process.

During the visit, theminister also inspectedrenovation of the factoryand departments.

MNA

Golf tourney for medicalprofessionals

YANGON, 19 Feb—Myanmar Medical Associa-tion (Central) will organize the monthly golf tourney atTaw Win Mingaladon Golf Course at noon on 21February.

Members of the association may take part in it.MNA

Date for furniture de-sign contest extend up

to 18 AprilYANGON, 19 Feb—Myanmar Timber Entrepre-

neurs Association extended the last date for the par-ticipants to take part in the Furniture Design byMyanmar Talents-2010 Design Contest up to 18 April.

On 30 April, the prize presentation ceremonywill be organized in conjunction with holding theMyanma Furniture Exhibition (Nay Pyi Taw).

MNA

KMD Sales & Service (Myaynigon branch) in Sangyoung Township.—MNA

Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung views production of anti-venom vaccines at Myanmar Pharmaceuticals Factory

(Yangon).—INDUSTRY-1

YANGON, 19 Feb—Press conference on provid-ing medical treatment and services by ApolloGleleaglel Hospitals Kolkata of India was held atTraders Hotel on Sule Pagoda Road here on 15 Febru-ary.

Chief Executive Officer Dr Rupali Basu ex-plained medical treatment and services of ApolloGleleaglel Hospitals and so did Daw Thida(Myitzimagon tour agency).

Apollo Gleleaglel Hospitals in India standsfourth in the world. It is the biggest and best one andhas altogether 46 hospitals. Apollo Gleleaglel Hospi-tals performs head, bone, kidney, heart surgeries andproviding treatment on cancer.

The hospital performed successful operationson 500 patients with kidney disorders from Myanmar.The hospital is conducting training course for nurse,turning out doctors and providing services to otherhospitals. Patients may contact Tele-medicine. Formore information, contact Daw Thida (Myitzimagontour agency) Ph: 01-296446, 095065871 and095013522.—MNA

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No official negotiations with US formissile shield deployment

Iran’s Navy launches firsthome-made destroyer

1.2 million Haitians need emergencyshelter as rainy season approaches

UNITED NATIONS, 20 Feb — An estimated 1.2 mil-lion Haitians are in need of emergency shelter sup-port as the rainy season approaches, the UN hu-manitarian chief told the Security Council here onFriday.

“We are only 30 percent there,” John Holmes, UNUnder-Secretary- General and emergency relief coor-dinator, said when he was briefing the 15-nation Coun-cil on his recent trip to Haiti and the Dominican Re-public.

“We are straining every nerve to speed up the de-livery of shelter materials, mainly plastic sheeting butalso tents before the rains begin in earnest,” Holmessaid as he stressed shelter and sanitation “surge” asthe top priority. Around 3 million people, or one inevery three Haitians, were badly affected by the earth-quake, Holmes said.—Xinhua

SOFIA, 20 Feb — Bulgaria has in-formed Russia that there are no officialnegotiations with the United States aboutbasing parts of their European missileshield in Bulgaria, Bulgarian ForeignMinistry announced on Friday.

“Responding to a Russian note re-ceived on 19 Feb, 2010, and followingthe spirit of transparency in the bilateralties, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs con-firmed again that there were not any of-ficial negotiations up to now about de-ployment of missile shield on Bulgarianterritory,” the Press release said.

At the same time Bulgaria underlinesthat the acquisition of nuclear and mis-sile capabilities in violation of the non-proliferation agreements by state, as well

as by terrorist networks, is one of the mostserious threats to collective security.

“As a member of the North AtlanticTreaty Organization Bulgaria will continueto follow strictly the joint NATO’ approachfor decision-making in the field of secu-rity, including the missile defence,” thestatement said.

On 12 Feb, the US ambassador to Bul-garia James B. Warlick said there havebeen informal discussions at different lev-els “in Sofia and in Washington” aboutbasing parts of the American missile shieldin Bulgaria.

Bulgarian Prime Minister BoykoBorisov also said he supports plans for tak-ing part in a new US missile defence sys-tem in Europe.—Xinhua

Weapons cache recovered inNE Afghanistan

KABUL, 20 Feb — An Afghan-international patrol has seized a weapons cachein the country’s northeastern Nuristan Province, said the NATO-led InternationalSecurity Assistance Force (ISAF) on Friday.

The NATO force said in a Press release that the cache, which was recovered inNurgaram District of the province late on Thursday, consisted of 12 107mm rock-ets and two rocket-propelled grenades.

On Thursday, a civilian informed an Afghan-NATO joint patrol of another weap-ons cache buried in a field in Garm Ser District of the southern HelmandProvince.The patrol recovered the cache containing 22 mortar rounds. —Xinhua

Foreign soldier killed in NATOoperation in S. Afghanistan

KABUL, 20 Feb — A foreign soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) waskilled on Friday in the ongoing massive operation onthe Taleban in southern Afghanistan.

A Press release issued by the ISAF said the soldierdied following a small-arms fire attack during Opera-tion Moshtarak, or Together, in southern Afghanistan.

The ISAF Press release, however, failed to give anyfurther detail. —Xinhua

Four killed inroadside bombingin S Afghanistan

KABUL, 20 Feb —Four civilians werekilled by roadsidebombing on Friday inAfghanistan’s restivesouthern province ofKandahar.

The incident hap-pened in Dand Districtof the province,Ahmadullah Nazik, thedistrict chief told Xinhuathrough telephone.

Investigations areunderway, said the offi-cial, adding that no onehas so far claimed re-sponsibility for the at-tack.

Located close to theformer Taleban strong-hold Kandahar city,Dand is of strategicalimportance as a stagingpost for Taleban attack-ers intent on regainingtheir control of Kandaharcity.—Xinhua

TEHERAN, 20 Feb —Iran’s Navy launched itsfirst domestically madedestroyer in the presenceof Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khameneion Friday, Iran’s English-language satellite channelPress TV reported.

The Jamaran guidedmissile destroyer, aMowdge Class vessel, hasa displacement of around1,420 tons and is equippedwith modern radars andelectronic warfare capabili-ties, Press TV said.

The multi-mission de-stroyer, which has a topspeed of 30 knots, cancarry 120-140 personnelon board and is armed witha variety of anti-ship andsurface-to-air missiles.

The destroyer has alsobeen equipped with torpe-does and modern navalcannons, the report added.

The official IRNAnews agency quotedKhamenei as saying thatthere will be times morevaluable and magnifi-cent works in the field of

Navy construction inIran in the future.

“Some causes mightinitially seem to be am-bitious but under highendeavors, overshad-owed by faith and trust,any seemingly impossi-ble goal will be possible,”Khamenei said.

“By the same token,definitely future works inthe field of Navy con-struction will prove to bemore giant and valu-able,” he added.

Xinhua

Pakistani volunteers unload relief goods and tents for an avalanche survivorsin Dasu, in northwestern Pakistan on 19 Feb , 2010. An avalanche crashed

down on a village in northwestern Pakistan, burying houses and leaving morethan 50 people dead or missing, officials said on Thursday.— INTERNET

An Iraqi policeman looks at a burnt police vehicle as he secures the site of abomb attack in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, on 18 Feb, 2010.— INTERNET

A helicopter flies over the stepped Ziggurat temple, a three-tiered edifice datingback to 2113 BC, in the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq on 4 February. TheZiggurat of Ur which tradition dictates is the Biblical birthplace of Abrahamwas handed back by the US military to Iraqi control in Spring 2009.— INTERNET

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French supermarket

giant Carrefour has

said its 2009 net profit

tumbled 74.2 percent,

hit by huge restruc-

turing charges.

INTERNET

A volunteer health worker removes a Guinea worm from the leg of a patientin Sudan’s Equatoria state on 2 Feb, 2010. Infections worldwide have been

slashed by 99 percent from some 3.9 million people in 1986 to 3,500 in 2009,according to the World Health Organization.—INTERENT

Greek current accounts deficit down23.3 percent in 2009

Commercial flights to Haiti resumedPORT AU PRINCE, 20 Feb—After one month and seven days since the 7.3-magni-

tude earthquake shook Haiti, commercial flights at the airport Toussaint Louvertreuin Port au Prince were resumed on Friday.

According to local media news reports, the first flight arriving in Port au Princewas a American Airlines plane coming from Miami of the United States. TheAmerican Airlines operates three non-stop daily flights to Haiti.

Two of the flights will leave from Miami’s International Airport and the otherfrom Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Airport in Florida.—Xinhua

Bank of England reveals high streetbanks cut back lending

ATHENS, 20 Feb—Greece’s current accountsdeficit shrank by 23.3 per-cent in 2009 to 26.7 bil-lion euros, or 10.8 percentof the country’s GrossDomestic Product, theBank of Greece said onFriday.

The central bank at-tributed this developmentto a large decline in thetrade deficit and to alesser extent to a reduc-tion of the incomes defi-cit, while the services andcurrent transfers surpluses

also fell in the year.The trade deficit fell

by 13.3 billion euros in2009, reflecting a declinein the trade deficit ingoods, excluding fuel andships, by 7.4 billioneuros. Net payments forfuel imports was 4.6 bil-lion euros and net pay-ments on ship purchaseswas 1.3 billion euros.

Net import paymentsfell by 9.9 billion euros,or 24 percent, while ex-port revenues fell by 2.5billion euros or 17.8 per-

cent in the year. The Bankof Greece said foreigncapital inflows in the do-mestic primary and sec-ondary state bond markettotaled 31 billion euros in2009.

The services surplusfell by 4.6 billion euros,reflecting lower net rev-enues from transport andtravel services (down by3.4 billion and 1.1 billion,respectively). Net pay-ments for “other” servicesgrew by 121 millioneuros.—Xinhua

LONDON, 20 Feb—TheBank of England (BOE),Britain’ s central bank, saidon Friday in its monthlyTrends in Lending reportthat there was an 8.1-per-cent fall in the stock of

loans to businesses in lastDecember comparingwith the same month in2008.

The BOE report saidthat for the month of De-cember lending was down

by 4.3 billion pounds(about 6.7 billion US dol-lars).

The report covers themajor UK lenders —BancoSantander, Barclays,HSBC, Lloyds BankingGroup, Nationwide andRoyal Bank of Scotland.Together they accountedfor around 65 percent of thestock of lending to busi-nesses, 45 percent of thestock of consumer credit,and 75 percent of the stockof mortgage lending at theend of 2009.

Net lending to UKbusinesses weakened inDecember, said the report.

Xinhua

Iran gets gas boost fromAzerbaijan

TEHERAN, 20 Feb—Iran’s recent deal with neigh-bouring Azerbaijan to build a pipeline to import 6.5billion cubic metres of natural gas a year underlinesits energy weakness as the United States strives to se-cure global backing for harsh new sanctions on theIslamic Republic.

“Iran may get some geopolitical mileage out of anenhanced energy relationship,” the US global secu-rity consultancy Stratfor said of the 12 Feb, agreementwith Azerbaijan’s state-owned energy company,SOCAR.—Internet

China’s retail sales up 17 pct duringSpring Festival

BEIJING, 20 Feb—China’s retail sales hit 340 billion yuan (49.8 billion US dol-lars) during the “golden week” of Spring Festival, up 17.2 percent over the sameperiod of last year, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Friday.

Boosted by various sales promotion activities, the weeklong Spring Festivalholiday, which started from 13 Feb, this year, is China’s closest equivalent to theWest’s Christmas shopping season.

Food, tobacco and liquor were in great demand during the festival. Sales offood by China’s major retailers grew 16.5 percent year on year, while sales oftobacco and liquor were up 13.2 percent.—Xinhua

Why some smokers find it harder to quitMADISON, 20 Feb —

Success in quitting smok-ing differed for peoplewho had different psychi-atric disorders, US re-searchers said.

For instance, research-ers at the University ofWisconsin School ofMedicine and PublicHealth found, unlikesmokers with no psychi-atric disorders, smokerswith an anxiety disorderwere less likely to quitsmoking six months aftertreatment.

The same researcherslinked the type of psychi-atric disorder to quitting.For instance, smokers di-agnosed with an anxietydisorder reported a strong

emotional bond with ciga-rettes but smokers with ahistory of a substance usereported their smokingespecially likely to be af-fected by social and envi-ronmental influences.

“This information mayhelp clinicians gauge re-lapse risk and identifytreatment targets amongsmokers who have everhad psychological ill-

nesses,” lead authorMegan Piper said in astatement.

The findings are pub-lished in the special sec-tion of the Journal of Con-sulting and Clinical Psy-chology.

Internet

Builders clean theSunshine Valley of 2010Shanghai World Expo,

in Shanghai, eastChina, on 19 Feb, 2010.

The construction andexhibition installation

of 2010 ShanghaiWorld Expo are pro-ceeding steadily onschedule during theSpring Festival holi-

days.XINHUA

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All Items from Xinhua News Agency

UN reports initial negative testingresults of white powder found insuspicious envelope in cafeteria

Visitors look around at a Spring Festival temple fair in Zhengzhou, capital ofcentral China’s Henan Province, on 19 Feb, 2010. Many people in the city

went to visit temple fairs during the Spring Festival holidays. —XINHUA

UNITED NATIONS, 20Feb—A UN spokesmansaid here on Friday that theinitial testing results of thewhite powder found in asuspicious envelope in theUN cafeteria “are nega-tive.”

“The preliminary (test-ing) results of the whitepowder are negative,”Farhan Haq, the associateUN spokesman, said. “Confirmation testing con-tinues” and is “most likelyto be determined (on)Monday.”

The cafeteria, located

on the first floor of the UNSecretariat Building, re-mained closed on Fridayafter it was evacuated onThursday afternoon due toa “suspicious envelope”found in the main UN caf-eteria.

The initial UN reportsmean that the white pow-der found in the envelopeis non-toxic. The UN Sec-retariat Building is locatedon the First Avenue, be-tween the 42nd Street and48th Street in Manhattan,central New York City.

On 11 Nov, 2009, Rus-

sia became the sixth UNmission in New York Cityto receive a letter contain-ing white powder after anenvelope was found at thediplomatic post on Man-hattan’s Upper East Sideovernight.

The UN missions ofAustria, France, Britain,Germany and Uzbekistanall received letters contain-ing white powder in theprevious two days. Morethan 40 people were de-contaminated as a precau-tion after the letters werefound.—Xinhua

Workers look at an information bulletin at a job fair in Hangzhou, capital ofeast China’s Zhejiang Province, on 19 Feb, 2010.—XINHUA

Satellite launch delayed ontechnical concern

PARIS, 20 Feb— TheParis-headquartered Euro-pean Space Agency (ESA)announced on Fridayto postpone the launchof CryoSat-2 satellitefrom the BaikonurCosmodrome in Kaza-khstan due to some tech-nical concern.

The CryoSat satellitelaunch scheduled for 25Feb, was delayed due to aconcern related to the sec-

ond stage steering engineof the Dnepr launcher,ESA said in a statement.

According to theUkrainian companyYuzhnoye, who devel-oped and is responsiblefor the launcher, the fuelreserve for the secondstage engine is not as largeas they would like it to be,therefore the launch pro-vider have to review thesituation and take

precautious measures.The satellite will fly in

a highly inclined polar or-bit, reaching latitudes of 88degree north and south,and precisely monitorchanges in the thickness ofsea ice and variations inthe thickness of the icesheets on land, ESA said.

Kosmotras, the launchprovider, will inform ESAof a new launch datelater.—Xinhua

A local resident helps put out fire in the forest atChangyuan Village in Qizi Town of XiangxiangCity, central-south China’s Hunan Province, on

18 Feb, 2010. A forest fire broke out on amountain in Qizi Town on Thursday and was

controlled soon. —XINHUA

Gunfire in Mogadishumakes Somalis uncertain

about future

Brazilian President tomeet Fidel Castro in Cuba

Nearly 1,000 dengue casesreported in Argentina, Paraguay

BUENOS AIRES, 20 Feb—Argentine health authori-ties on Friday reported about 500 dengue cases in thecountry, while the number of people infected with thefever in neighbouring Paraguay reached 477.

In Argentina, most of the dengue cases were regis-tered in the northeastern provinces including Misiones,Chaco, Corrientes and Santa Fe.In Misiones alone,424cases were reported.

Cases were also reported in Buenos Aires Prov-ince and the capital city of the country. Meanwhile,Paraguayan health authorities said a total of 477 den-gue cases were registered out of 1,653 patients withsymptoms of dengue.—Xinhua

MOGADISHU, 20 Feb—A burst of gunfire whichwas heard on Friday in thewar-ravaged Somali capi-tal of Mogadishu madecommon Somalis feel un-certain about their future.Somalia, the Horn of Af-rica nation, has beenplagued by civil strifesince the overthrow of

military strongmanMohamed Siad Barre in1991. Islamist rebels runmuch of south and centreof Somalia while the So-mali government controlsmall parts of the restivecapital Mogadishu.

Thirty-six-year-oldYusurf Abdi, a former taxidriver, told Xinhua jour-nalists that the gunfire eve-ryday made him extremelyuncertain about the future.He said the bombings andgun shots just made himfeel very insecure.

His son, 12-year-oldAli, is so thin that he looksmore like a boy eight ornine years old. The boy isof school age, but becauseof the long-lasting con-flicts here, he never hadthe chance for educationand could not speak Eng-lish.—Xinhua

BRASILIA, 20 Feb—Brazilian President LuizIncio Lula da Silva willmeet with Cuban leaderFidel Castro on Wednes-day for a meeting of“friends” during whichthey will discuss aspectsof international politics,Lula’s spokesmanMarcelo Baumbach saidon Friday.

Da Silva will arrive inHavana on Tuesdayevening, coming fromCancun, Mexico, wherehe will attend the RioGroup Summit.

Castro and Lula daSilva are friends since theearly 1980s, when theBrazilian former union

leader founded the Work-ers’ Party (PT), throughwhich he became Brazil’spresident since 2003.

“The meeting thatPresident Lula will havewith President FidelCastro is a visit of a friendto another, during whichthey will discuss currentissues concerning interna-tional politics,” thespokesman said.

After this meeting,Lula will be present at theclosure of the WorkingGroup Brazil-Cuba onTrade and Economic Af-fairs, and in the eveninghe will have dinner withCuban President RalCastro.—Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

A home renovation in Jerusalem’sOld City has yielded a rare Arabic in-scription offering insight into the city’shistory under Muslim rule, Israeli ar-chaeologists said. The fragment of a1,100-year-old plaque is thought tohave been made by an army veteranto express his thanks for a land grantfrom the Caliph al-Muqtadir, whomthe inscription calls “Emir of the Faith-ful.”

Dating from a time when Jerusalemwas ruled from Baghdad by the Abbasidempire, the plaque shows how rulersrewarded their troops and ensured theirloyalty, archaeologists said.

The Abbasids conquered Jerusalemafter numerous wars with the Fatimidempire in Egypt. The Abbasid caliphsvalued Jerusalem as an Islamic holy site.

An Israel Antiquities Authorityworker holds a fragment of a marble

plaque with an Arabic inscriptiondated to 910 CE, discovered in

Jerusalem’s Old City, and displayed.The fragment of a 1,100-year-old

plaque is thought to have been madeby an army veteran to express histhanks for a land grant from the

caliph al-Muqtadir, who the inscrip-tion calls ‘Emir of the Faithful.’

Dating from a time when Jerusalemwas ruled by the Muslim Abbasidempire, the plaque shows one wayrulers rewarded their troops and

ensured their loyalty.

Ancient Arabic inscriptionfound in Jerusalem

Powerful storm sweeps Argentina’s capital

Gunmen kidnap local employees of American NGOQUETTA, 20 Feb — Unknown gunmen kidnapped three members of an Ameri-

can non-governmental organization and their driver in Pakistan’s southwesternBalochistan Province, a senior official said on Friday.

The employees of “Mercy Corps” were kidnapped when they were returningto Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, from Zhob, a main city in the region, Pro-vincial Home Secretary Akram Durrani said.

Durrani said the kidnapped people and their driver were Pakistanis and theirvehicle was taken away with them.

No group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping so far. Families of thekidnapped people informed the police that they had been missing since Thursday.

An eyewitness told local officials that the gunmen stopped the vehicle of theworkers on the main road.—Xinhua

Russia lends funds toBulgarian Belene

nuclear power plantSOFIA, 20 Feb — Rus-

sia will lend between 1.35billion and 1.9 billioneuros (about 1.82 billionto 2.57 billion US dollars)to Bulgaria for the con-struction of the BeleneNuclear Power Plant untilBulgaria finds a strategicinvestor for it, officialssaid here on Friday.

At a joint Press confer-ence after a Bulgaria-Rus-sia meeting, BulgarianEconomy, Energy andTourism Minister TraichoTraikov said Bulgarialaunched on Friday a ten-der for finding a strategicinvestor for the Beleneproject.

Bulgaria has no moneyto fund the project duringthe tender process, whichmay take up to two years,he said.

Sergei Kirienko, headof the Russian nuclear en-ergy corporationRosatom, said Russia hasthe will to fund theproject during the tenderperiod.

Xinhua

BUENOS AIRES, 20 Feb— A 90-minute powerfulstorm with a heavy rainfallof 90 millimetres in vol-ume swept Argentina’scapital city of BuenosAires on Friday, causingan overflow of theMaldonado Stream and se-riously interrupting thetraffic.

Three of the five sub-way lines in the city hadto suspend operation,while the other two could

offer irregular service only.Meanwhile, at essential

places in the north of thecity, firemen, policemen,and rescue teams wereseen helping people crossthe streets with ropes tiedto the traffic lights and col-umns, since the water levelreached a height over peo-ple’s waists. At the EzeizaInternational Airport, theinternational, domesticand regional flights wereall delayed.

The railway GeneralRoca, which connectsBuenos Aires with thesouthern zone of GranBuenos Aires, was alsosuspended from operationas a result of flooding overrails.

At midday on Friday,the National MeteorologyService said that theweather conditions overArgentina will remain un-stable till early morningon Saturday.—Xinhua

TTP confirms death of Taleban leader’sbrother in drone attack

ISLAMABAD, 20 Feb —Tehrik-i-Taleban Pakistan(TTP) spokesman con-firmed on Friday that Mo-hammed Haqqani, thebrother of senior Talebancommander Siraj Haqqani,was killed in a US missilestrike in northwest Paki-stan, local TV channel re-ported. According to theprivate TV DAWN News,TTP spokesman said Mo-hammed Haqqani waskilled when a US drone at-tack targeted a militantcompound and vehicleThursday night in NorthWaziristan tribal area.

It was reported thatMohammed Haqqani andthree other close associatesof Siraj Haqqani werekilled during the air strike.

Mohammed Haqqani’sbrother Siraj Haqqani wasthe leader of the Haqqaninetwork, which is affiliatedto the Afghan Taleban andal-Qaeda.

It has not been con-firmed whether SirajHaqqani was killed or in-jured in the drone attack.

The US has intensifieddrone attacks on militantsin Pakistan ‘s tribal regionsrecently, especially in

North Waziristan agency, astronghold of the Haqqaninetwork in Pakistan’s law-less tribal belt on theAfghan border. —Xinhua

Swiss scientists say they have founda trigger for narcolepsy, the health

disorder that sparks sudden daytimebouts of tiredness or sleep, in a movethat could open up new avenues for

treatment.

Citizens cover Chen Kecai, who is fa-mous for his ability to endure coldness,with ice cubes in Mudanjiang City,northeast China’s Heilongjiang Prov-ince. Over 300 swimmers took part inthe yearly winter swimming performance in Mudanjiang River.

Woman finds 32-year-old $17,500 chequeA Florida woman said she found an un-

opened envelope containing a 32-year-oldcheque for $17,500 in the bottom drawerof her night stand.

Barbara Cosgrove, 85, of Lauderhill,Fla., said she does not remember who gaveher the envelope or why she put it awayinstead of cashing the cheque, but she saidshe does recall the money is from an in-surance settlement for an April 1, 1976,

incident on New York’s Brooklyn Bridge,the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.Cosgrove said her car was smashed bywater that plummeted 200 feet from a BeltPainting Co. tarp. She said the money wasa payout from the painter’s insurance com-pany.

Scientists find young planetThe discovery of a young planet or-

biting a solar-type star could provideclues to early stages of planetary evo-lution, British scientists said.

The giant planet, named BD+201790b, is the youngest planet everfound orbiting a star of a similar sizeto Earth’s sun, said astronomer Maria-Cruz Galvez-Ortiz of the University ofHertfordshire.

The planet, located 83 light yearsfrom Earth, is 35 million years old andsix times the size of Jupiter, Galvez-Ortiz and her team wrote in a recentissue of the journal Astronomy &Astrophysics. “There are still very fewextrasolar planets that have been dis-covered –- only about 420,” Galvez-Ortiz told The Daily Telegraph in astory reported.

Some 100,000 South Koreans gather at the JamsilStadium in Seoul in 2006. South Korea will speed up itsbaseball games and install energy-saving equipment at

major parks as part of a “green sports” plan to cutemissions, officials said on Friday.—INTERNET

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Self-reliant libraries in Mingaladon,Hlegu Tsps broader people’s horizon

YANGON, 20 Feb—Chairman of YangonDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen WinMyint arrived at ChittikonWard, MingaladonTownship this morningwhere officials reportedhim on drainage system,and preventive measureagainst DHF and choleradiseases. The commanderthen inspected sanitationworks.

The commanderattended opening of Lin

Mya Yadana, Pale (3) to enjoyadequate potable water soon

YANGON, 20 Feb—Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin oversaw the tasksof Engineering Department(Water and Sanitation) of

YCDC for adequatesupply of potable water toresidents of Thingan-gyungyi model village-tract. Myayadana Myothitand Ward 3 of PaleMyothit Mingaladon

Township, Yangon District(North) this morning.

The mayor metwith local people andfulfilled therequirements.

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library in Shwenatthamodel village-tract. Hetogether with MayorBrig-Gen Aung Thein Linattended stake drivingceremony of 25-bed PaleMyothit station hospital.The commander alsoattended opening ofL i n y a u n g g y i ,Pyinnyaalin andPyinnyatazaung self-reliant libraries inPadamya Myothit,Zayatkwin Village andMinlwinkon Village inHlegu Township. He laterproceeded to People’s

Hospital in HleguTownship to inspectarrangements forhealthcare. He viewedbroadcasting of naturaland chemical fertilizer onsummer paddy plantationsin Yemon Village.

The commander latermade inspection ofconstruction of main canalat Yemon-1 river waterpumping station in Yemonstation, car pack and stalls,housings and primaryschool in ThabaikkonVillage.

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Homeless, orphans receive good care inWanetchaung

YANGON, 20 Feb—Minister forSocial Welfare, Relief andResettlement Maj-Gen Maung MaungSwe and Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment Committee MayorBrig-Gen Aung Thein Lin visitedSocial Care Centre in Wanetchaung

village, Hmawby Township, YangonDistrict (North) this afternoon.

They provided the departmentwith foodstuff, medicines and clothes.They then encouraged the homeless andthe orphans taken care by thedepartment.—MNA

Want to learn wireless and mobilecomputing?

YANGON, 20 Feb—India-Myanmar Centerfor Enhancement of ITSkills (IMCEITS) willconduct the Wireless andMobile Computing(WiMC) Course atYangon University ofComputer Studies(Hline) in May.

It will be the 4th

batch of the course. Thegraduates of Universityof Computer Studies andIT graduates ofTechnological Univer-

sities may submit theapplication for thecourse. Moreover, thosewho had completed thesoftware developmentJava programmingcourse conducted byIMCEITS and Japan-Myanmar Course Centre(ICTTI) may submit theapplications for the

course. All the applicantshave to site for the entrytest.

The course limitsonly 40 trainees. Forfurther information,contact IMCEITS,Yangon University ofComputer Studies(Hline), Tel: 01-662329and 01-562529.—MNA

Take Fire PreventiveMeasures

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Kinmuntaung Damcontributes...

(from page 16) We get moderate amountof rainfall, and irrigationwater is available at anytime. So, there is no needto worry about irrigationwater. The MyanmaAgriculture Serviceconstantly provides uswith notices aboutfarming. We are pleasedwith this. Now, I get onwell with my businessbecause I also get a brickkiln, and lab lab beanworkshop, and run agrocery.”

Farmer U Win Tin,55, from Gonmin Villagesaid, “I have transformedmy cropland into paddy

field. I also grow summerpaddy. I began my farmingmonsoon paddy on 17August. I am getting onwith my farming due tothe assistance of advancedagricultural methods. Bothmonsoon and summerpaddy fields are successfuldue to the irrigation waterfrom the dam. I get goodharvest.”

Farmer U Myint Soefrom the same village saidthat he ran an eight-acrepaddy field; that he got onwith his business due tothe adequate water supply;that they had dug channelson a self-reliant basis toget irrigation water; and

that he thanked thedepartments concerned forthe agricultural assistanceand fertilizers.

The chairman of theTownship PDC said thatthe township had over100,000 acres of paddy

fields, five dams and twosmall dams; that irrigationfacilities benefited 26,340acres of paddy fields; andthat the paddy outputexceeded the target.

Despite the age ofnearly 20 years,

Kinmuntaung Dam is stillin good condition thanksto constant maintenance.The earthen type dam is1680 feet long and 82 feethigh. Its maximum waterstorage capacity is 10,520acre feet, and it can supply

9880 acre feet of water.Staff Officer U San

Thein said that theirrigation facilitybenefited 5000 acres ofpaddy fields and othercrops yearly; and that in2008-2009, it irrigated5158 acres of farmlands.

Owing to theagricultural assistance andsupervision of thecommittees at all level,Taungdwingyi Townshipis now making greatprogress year by year, thuscontributing towardsMagway Division’s targetof one million acres ofmonsoon paddy.

Translation: MTMyanma Alin:

17-2-2010

Pintaing Village grows 200 acres of corn due to Kinmuntaung Dam.

Kinmuntaung Dam and its control tower near Katha Village, Taungdwingyi Township, Magway Division.

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Prime Minister calls forturning out well-qualifiedmechanical…

(from page 1)machine and test running of machines at cement pro-duction divisions.

Then they proceeded to Max Cement Plant(Taungphila) at Taungphila, east of Thawuthti of NayPyi Taw Lewe Township just nine miles from Yangon-Mandalay Express way. The Prime Minister lookedinto progress of construction of buildings, kiln, millingmachine, lime storage tank, lime spinning tank, stor-age of charcoal, production of plastic fiber atpolyethylene bag factory, weaving of bags with theuse of looms, the process of plastic packaging, packersand test running of machines at packaging factory andconstruction of office building.

At Bulldozer and Excavator Factory of MyanmaAutomobile and Diesel Engine Industries under theMinistry of Industry-2, the Prime Minister inspectedwelding workshop, silo and painting and spraying ofheavy machinery at painting workshop.

At multi-purpose diesel engine factory, the PrimeMinister looked into forging, foundry and assemblingworkshops and machines and spare parts manufac-tured by the factory.

(See page 9)

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects construction of Cement Plant (Nay Pyi Taw).—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein views production line of Polyethylene bag factory in MaxCement Plant (Taungphila).—MNA

Photo shows Max Cement Plant (Taungphila).MNA

Heavy machinery manufactured by Bulldozor and Excavator Fac-tory.—MNA

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Prime Minister General Thein Sein visits Technical Training School (Thagara).

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(from page 1)Agga Maha Pandita Bhaddanta Kumara gave theNigamana Ovadakatha.

Next, members of the Sangha who attended themeeting recited Jayanto Bodiyamule Gatha three times.

Afterwards, the meeting came to a close suc-cessfully.

Today, (General Soe Win)-Daw Than Than Nwe,Lt-Gen Aung Htwe (Retd)-Daw Khin Hnin Wai, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win (Retd)-Daw Khin San Yi, (Lt-GenMaung Bo)-Daw Khin Lay Myint, Lt-Gen Khin MaungThan (Retd)-Daw Marlar Tint, Lt-Gen Ye Myint (Retd)-Dr Daw Tin Lin Myint and Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe (Retd)-Daw Nan Khin Hla Win and families offered meals tothe Sayadaws.

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Fourth Meeting of StateCentral Working…

Prime Minister calls forturning out well-qualifiedmechanical…

(from page 8)The Prime Minister also oversaw assembling of

machines at the hydropower turbine and generatorplant.

At Technical Training School (Thagara), the PrimeMinister looked into theatres and practical rooms offactory equipment, computer aided design, electricaland electronic training sections.

Principal U Htay Win Aung of the school con-ducted the Prime Minister round the school.

The Prime Minister called for use of teaching aideseffectively and stressed the need to turn out well-qualified mechanical and technical human resources.

Prime Minister General Thein Sein arrived backhere in the afternoon.

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YANGON, 20 Feb—Myanmar Overseas Sea-farers Association willhold the 8th annual din-ner at Sedona Hotel,here, at 6 pm on 27 Feb-

YANGON, 20 Feb—Under the supervision ofMon State Traffic RulesEnforcement SupervisoryCommittee, Maw-lamyine Township Traf-

The Traffic PoliceForce handed over educa-tive pamphlets to the head-master.

The educative do-cumentary photos will beon display at the schoolfor a week.

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Educative talks on trafficrules at Mawlamyine

fic Police Force organ-ized an educative talk ontraffic rules at No.7 BasicEducation Middle School,Mawlamyine on 11 Feb-ruary.

Seafarers to meet at dinnerruary.

Members of the as-sociation and family

members were invited toattend the dinners.

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Donate blood

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects

diesel engine factory in Thagara. —MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects Technical Training School (Thagara).

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1. To uphold Our Three Main NationalCauses at risk to life as the nationalpolicy

2. To work hard with national people forsuccessful completion of elections dueto be held in accordance with the newconstitution

3. To crush internal and externalsubversive elements through thestrength and consolidated unity of thepeople

4. To build a strong, patriotic modernTatmadaw capable of safeguarding thesovereignty and territorial integrity ofthe nation

Objectives of65th Anniversary

Armed Forces Day

YANGON, 20 Feb — Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence accepted cash donated bywellwishers to the funds of the Myanmar Beans,Pulses and Sesame Merchants Association at theassociation’s 16th annual meeting here today.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe addressed the annual meetingheld at the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambersof Commerce and Industry in Lanmadaw Township.

Beans and Pulses merchants get funds

After accepting the donation, he posed for groupphotos along with officials of the association andbrowsed photos of peas and sesame displayed at themeeting hall.

During the meeting, the annual report and thefinancial statement of the executive committee andamendments for the charter of the association wereapproved. — MNA

The Cement Plant (Nay Pyi Taw) being built by Myanma CeramicsIndustries. (News on page 1)—MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence views beans and pulses and edible oil crops displayedat 16th AGM of Myanmar Beans, Pulses and Sesame Merchants Association.—MNA

YANGON, 20 Feb—Minister for Social Welfare,Relief and Resettlement Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swemet with the officials of Fire Service Department(Head Office) and Yangon Division FSD at the hall ofFire Services Department in Mayangon Township.

At the meeting, the minister stressed the need forfire preventive tasks.—MNA

Minister emphasizes takingfire preventive measures

YANGON, 20 Feb—Myanmar lostto Tajikistan 3-0 in the third match ofthe Group (A) in the AFC ChallengeCup 2010 in Colombo of Sri Lanka at4 pm MST today.

Myanmar cruise into semifinal ofChallenge Cup

Myanmar sailed into the last fourof the Cup by standing second in thegroup on six points with two wins andone loss in three matches behind group-winners Tajikistan.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Feb —Myanmar dailies have carried newinfluenza A (H1N1) cases thatoccurred in the country. There havebeen cases in Tiddim Township, ChinState, in Kyaukme Township, ShanState and in Bahan, Tamway, DagonMyothit (North), Dagon Myothit(East), Shwepyitha, Hlinethaya andHmawby in Yangon Divisiontownships.

If one is infected with A (H1N1)virus, take the following measures:(1) cover the nose and mouth with a

handkerchief when sneezing andcoughing

New influenza A (H1N1) reminder(2) cover the nose and mouth with a

surgical mask in order not to causeinfection

(3) wash the hands thoroughly withsoap

(4) avoid going to crowded placesand festivities

(5) stay at home and receivesystematic treatmentIf any patients are found to have

such symptoms as high temperature,persistent cough, hard breathing andunconsciousness, they are to go to theHealth Department for due care andtreatment.

Ministry of Health

YANGON, 20 Feb —Winners of the PakokkuU Ohn Pe literary awardsfor 2009 were announcedtoday by the committeefor selecting Pakokku UOhn Pe literary awards.

Zar Ni, Aung Tha San(Thandwe) and Khat Zawwon first, second and thirdprize respectively in thecollective poems genre.

In the long storygenre, Ko (Tekkatho)won the first and KoNaing (Chin Hill) thesecond; in the collectiveshort stories genre, ThweHtar Nyo (Thakkala) wonthe second and MyoThuriya the third; in thetreatise genre, Tin Myintwon the first and

Winners of Pakokku U Ohn Pe literaryawards-2009 announced

Tekkatho Khin MaungZaw the second.

Winners of theresearch literature genreare Maymyo Chit Sweand Maung Maung NannNwe. Dr. U Thein Nyunt(Nyunt Wai-Katha) wasselected as the winner ofthe Pakokku U Ohn PeLifelong literary Awardfor 2009.

Winners of thePakokku U Ohn Pescholarship to study at theNational Culture and FineArts University are MgSoe Thiha (2nd year,Music) of NCFAU(Yangon) and Ma Aye SuMon (2nd year, Music).

The committee hasinvited the winners to

attend the presentationwhich is scheduled to beheld at Chatrium Hotelon Natmauk Road here at9 am on 28 February, andto participate in arehearsal for presentationceremony at the hall ofSarpayloaikman at 1 pmon 27 February. Thewinners are urged tocontact the committee atSarpay Beikman, Ph:381448 within two days.The committee willaccept manuscripts forthe Pakokku U Ohn PeLiterary Award for 2010till 30 September.Pakokku U Ohn Peliterary awards contesthas been held yearly since1993. —MNA

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File photo shows RoyalMalaysian Marine

police during a trainingsession. Eleven Indone-sian sailors have beenrescued after survivingat sea for eight days, setadrift by hijackers whoseized their Singapore-

registered tugboat,Malaysian authoritieshave said.—INTERNET

CAPE CANAVERAL, 20Feb —After more than aweek together, the crewsof space shuttle Endeav-our and the InternationalSpace Station are partingways.

The six shuttle astro-nauts and five station resi-dents embraced and saidfarewell early on Fridaybefore the hatches be-tween the shuttle and sta-tion were sealed in prepa-ration for Friday night’sundocking.

Endeavour will leavebehind a virtually com-pleted space station. Theshuttle crew delivered andinstalled a new room andobservation deck that is

This image provided by NASA shows the RussianSoyuz and Progress spacecrafts, docked to theInternational Space Station on 17 Feb, 2010

photographed by a shuttle crew member on thestation while space shuttle Endeavour remains

docked with the station.—INTERNET

KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Feb—Eleven Indonesian sail-ors have been rescued af-ter surviving at sea foreight days, set adrift byhijackers who seized theirSingapore-registered tug-boat, Malaysian authori-ties said on Friday.

The Malaysian mari-time enforcement agencychief in Sabah state,Mohamad Taha Ibrahim,said the men were found onThursday off PulauLayang-Layang, about 300kilometres (186 miles)northwest of Kota Kinabaluon Borneo Island.

He said the sailors

Endeavour astronauts saygoodbye to space station

providing amazing viewsof Earth.

Late on Thursday, theastronauts celebrated theaddition of the domedseven-window lookout by

cutting a red ribbon in aformal opening cer-emony. They also handedover a plaque containingtiny moon rocks from thelunar surface.—Internet

SEOUL, 20 Feb— A Pakistani man who claimed tobe an agent of the armed militants group Taleban hasbeen caught by local police, raising concern here overthe country’s immigration control, local media reportedon Friday.

The Pakistani, whose name has not been revealed,was arrested for violating the immigration control lawby making illegal entry and exit 17 times over fiveyears while carrying another Pakistani national’s pass-port, according to Yonhap news agency.—Xinhua

MANILA, 20 Feb—Twogovernment troopers diedand another was injuredwhen they were attackedby a homemade bombplanted by Abu Sayyafterrorists in the outskirtsof Sumisip town inBasilan of south Philip-pines on Friday morning.

Commander of themilitary’s Task ForceTrillium said the troopsfrom the Army’s 32nd In-fantry Battalion were onfoot patrol in an area

Malaysia rescues 11 Indonesian crew set adriftwere on board the Asta, atug sailing from Singa-pore to Cambodia, whenit was hijacked on 6 Feb-ruary off Tioman islandon the east coast of penin-sular Malaysia.

Mohamad Taha said

the vessel was attacked bymasked pirates armedwith assault rifles andmachetes, who held thecrew captive for five daysbefore setting 11 of the 12sailors adrift on a life raft.

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 20 Feb—The Los Angeles CityCouncil on Thursday ordered the elimination of 4,000municipal jobs in a bid to help the city tackle its fi-nancial problems.

The council voted 9-3 to approve the move whichwent beyond Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s call for1,000 layoffs this year.

The city faces a 212-million-dollar shortfall by 30June and a projected 484-million-dollar deficit in fis-cal year 2010-11.—Xinhua

QINGDAO, 20 Feb— The first yacht of the ClipperRound the World Yacht Race is expected to arrive inQingdao on Saturday for a 10-day stopover.

The fleet, which consisted of 9 yachts, departed Sin-gapore on 2 February and the yachts named Spirit ofAustralia, Jamaica Lightening Bolt and Qingdao wouldprobably be the first team members to arrive in Qingdao,a coastal city of east China’s Shandong Province, saidWang Xiulin, vice mayor of Qingdao, at a Press confer-ence on Friday. Qingdao is the last stopover of the fourthleg in the race’s overall 13 stopovers of 7 legs. The fleetis scheduled to leave for California on 2 March.

The race from Singapore to Qingdao is one of thetoughest. After several months in the tropics, the crewsface big ocean waves and extreme cold weather. Thedemands during this race on both crews and boats arehigh and breakages are common, said Ian Dickens,marketing director of the Clipper Ventures PLC.

After the stopover of Singapore, the yachts fromAustralia, Finland and Jamaica are the top three forthe time being. The yacht, Qingdao, from China ranksin the eighth.—Xinhua

Suspected Taleban agentarrested in Seoul

First Clipper yacht expected toarrive in Qingdao

Huge deficit prompts Los AngelesCouncil to cut 4,000 jobs

Two soldiers killed, one injuredin bomb blast in S Philippines

where the Abu Sayyafbandits were regroupedwhen they were attackedby the terrorists in the vil-lage of Pamatsakenaround 6:30 am.

He said the militaryfatalities were both en-listed personnel. The two,along with the injured,were flown to ZamboangaCity, home of the militaryWestern Mindanao Com-mand.

Pama said the soldierswere also searching the

area after receiving infor-mation that the two Chi-nese nationals — MichaelTan and Oscar Dee kid-napped by the Abu Sayyaflast November are beingkept there.

The 380-strong AbuSayyaf group, founded inthe early 1990s by Islamicextremists, is notoriousfor kidnappings, bomb-ings and even beheadingsin the South over the pastdecade.

Xinhua

Pedestrians wade through a flooded street in Buenos Aires, capital ofArgentina, on 19 Feb, 2010. A heavy rain hit the capital city on Friday,

leaving streets flooded in some area. —XINHUA

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SINAR BIMA VOY NO (054)Consignees of cargo carried on MV SINAR BIMA

VOY NO (054) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 21.2.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T 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 SAMUDERA SHIPPINGLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Young boys play Japanese video game giantNintendo’s portable video game console “NintendoDS” at a showroom in Tokyo in 2006. Gaming giant

Nintendo said on Friday it had won 556,500 USdollars’ compensation from an Australian firm forselling illegal game-copying devices.— INTERNET

Dozens die in Moroccominaret collapse

RABAT, 20 Feb — At least 36 people were killed inMorocco when a minaret collapsed at a mosque in thecentral town of Meknes, officials say. More than 60people were injured in the accident at the Berdieyinnemosque in Meknes’ old city during Friday prayers,according to Moroccan state television.

The TV report said that the collapse came afterheavy rains which lashed the region for several days.The minaret is said to have been four centuries old.Many people are said to be buried under the rubble ofthe collapsed tower.

A resident, Khaled Rahmouni, told Reuters newsagency that about 300 worshippers had gathered in-side the mosque for Friday afternoon prayers.

Internet

US officials ask Cuba torelease jailed American

HAVANA, 20 Feb – Top US diplomats used a high-level meeting with their Cuban counterparts on Fri-day to call for the release of an American held in amaximum security prison without charge for nearlythree months.

Cuba alleges Alan P. Gross is a spy whose arrestproves Washington is still out to topple the island’s com-munist government. Gross’ family maintains he is a vet-eran development worker who came to Cuba to distrib-ute communications equipment to Jewish groups.

Both the US and Cuba also offered restrained praisefor the discussions, which lasted about five hours andfocused on migration issues. The Cubans said the talksat an undisclosed location in Havana were positiveand respectful, while the U.S. called them part of alarger, constructive process.

The US also said in a statement that its delegation,led by Craig Kelly, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Statefor Western Hemisphere affairs and the highest-rank-ing American official to visit in years, “raised the caseof the US citizen detained in Cuba and called for hisimmediate release.” In its own assessment, Cuba madeno mention of Gross’ arrest or of American officials’broaching the issue, saying only that the meeting “tookplace in an atmosphere of respect.”

Internet

Babies may be bornbilingual

VANCOUVER, 20 Feb — Canadian and French re-searchers suggest hearing two languages in the wombmay lead to bilingual newborns.

Krista Byers-Heinlein and Janet F. Werker of theUniversity of British Columbia in Vancouver andTracey Burns of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in France found infantsborn to English monolingual mothers were more in-terested in English than Tagalog — a language spo-ken in the Philippines.

However, infants born to bilingual mothers regu-larly speaking both English and Tagalog while preg-nant had an equal preference for both languages.

The study, published in Psychological Science, alsoconcluded both the monolingual infants as well as thebilingual infants were able to discriminate betweenthe two languages.

The researchers employed a method known as“high-amplitude sucking-preference procedure,”which uses the infant’s sucking reflex. Increased suck-ing indicated increased interest in a stimulus.

“The results of these studies demonstrate that theroots of bilingualism run deeper than previously im-agined, extending even to 2the prenatal period,” theauthors said in a statement. Internet

Midwest airports rated bestin survey

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, 20 Feb — The three top-ratedairports in North America for customer satisfactionare located in the Midwest United States, a surveyreleased on Thursday shows. A survey by JD Powerand Associates said the best large facility is DetroitMetropolitan Wayne County Airport, Kansas City In-ternational is the best midsize airport, andIndianapolis International was named the best smallairport.

The survey took responses from more than 12,000passengers who took round-trip flights and were basedon six factors: check-in and baggage-check process,food and retail services, terminal facilities, securitycheck, baggage claim and accessibility. “Airports thatrated the highest are raising the performance bar,” saysStuart Greif, a JD. Power vice president. “They ex-ceeded the scores of the highest-rated airports in ourlast study two years ago.”

This year’s survey found respondents noted com-fort in terminals, amount of time to pass throughsecurity, ease of check-in and bag check, and speedof baggage delivery as the areas most affecting pas-senger satisfaction. “For many passengers, basicneeds such as seating comfort and ease of movingthrough the airport are not consistently being met,”Greif says.

Internet

Area police chief dies inPakistan suicide attack

PESHAWAR, 20 Feb – Police say a team of suicidebombers attacked two police stations in northwesternPakistan, killing an area police chief and woundingseveral officers. Police official Gul Zareen says theattacks started within minutes of each other on Satur-day in the district of Mansehra.

He says local police chief Khalil Khan died whenan attacker blew himself up inside the police station inMansehra. He says a pair of attackers stormed a nearbypolice station minutes later, triggering a shootout thatleft one of the attackers dead.

Internet

Oil nears 80 dollars on Fedrate increase

NEW YORK, 20 Feb — Oil prices rallied to near 80U.S. dollars a barrel on Friday as investors took Fed’sincreasing overnight loan rates as a sign of the strengthof economic recovery.

Federal Reserve announced after market closing onThursday that the central bank decided to increase theovernight loan rates it charges banks by 25 basis pointsto 0.75 percent. The decision, which took effect onFriday, made investors believe that it reflectedpolicymakers’ confidence in economic recovery andthus boosted market sentiment.

Meanwhile, oil workers’ strike in France added toinvestors’ concern about a potential disruption of USgasoline supply. The latest government inventory re-port showed a 379,000-barrel-a-day drop in gasolineoutput to 8.4 million barrels last week, while gasolineimports fell 459,000 barrels a day to 709,000 barrels.

Light, sweet crude for March delivery gained 75cents to settle at 79.81 dollars a barrel on the NewYork Mercantile Exchange.—Xinhua

US rebrands militarycampaign in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 20 Feb — The US military operation inIraq is to be renamed Operation New Dawn later thisyear, according to a defence department memo. Thechange, set to take place in September, aims to reflectthe reduced role of US troops as their numbers in Iraqfall to around 50,000. US troops went into Iraq in 2003under Operation Iraqi Freedom.

President Barack Obama has pledged to withdrawall combat troops by the end of August. About 100,000troops remain in Iraq and up to 50,000 are expected toremain there until the end of 2011 to help train andequip Iraqi forces. — Internet

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Low levels of antibiotics cause superbugsGold nanoparticles mayzap cancer cells

Tamiflu boost not needed for severely ill

Russia’s OksanaDomnina (R) and

Maxim Shabalin per-form during the icedance compulsory

dance figure skatingcompetition at the

Vancouver 2010 WinterOlympics on 19 Feb,

2010.—INTERNET

BOSTON, 20 Feb—Treating bacteria with in-sufficient levels of antibi-otics produces germs thatare cross-resistant to awide range of antibiotics,US researchers say.

James J Collins of

Boston University saidadministered in lethal lev-els, antibiotics trigger afatal chain reaction withinthe bacteria that shredsthe cell’s DNA.

However, when thelevel of antibiotic is less

than lethal the same reac-tion causes DNA muta-tions that are not only sur-vivable, but actually pro-tect the bacteria from nu-merous antibiotics be-yond the one to which itwas exposed.

“In effect, whatdoesn’t kill them makesthem stronger,” Collinssaid in a statement.

“These findings drivehome the need for tighterregulations on the use ofantibiotics, especially inagriculture; for doctors tobe more disciplined intheir prescription of anti-biotics; and for patients tobe more disciplined in fol-lowing their prescrip-tions.”—Internet

ATLANTA, 20 Feb—Sending gold nano-parti-cles into cancer cells cankill them, researchers atthe Georgia Institute ofTechnology in Atlantasuggest.

Mostafa El-Sayed, di-rector of the Laser Dy-namics Laboratory atGeorgia Tech, says direct-ing gold nanoparticles intothe nuclei of cancer cellsactually stops them frommultiplying. Once the cellstops dividing, apoptosis— cell death — sets in, El-Sayed says.“In cancer, thenucleus divides muchfaster than that of a normalcell, so if we can stop it

from dividing, we can stopthe cancer,” El-Sayed saysin a statement.

El-Sayed and col-leagues used a peptide tobring the goldnanoparticles into the cy-toplasm of a cancer cell,but not the healthy cells. Anuclear localization signalpeptide was used to bringit into the nucleus. Justbringing the gold into thecytoplasm did nothing.

The study, reported inthe Journal of the Ameri-can Chemical Society,found implanting the goldinto the nucleus effectivelykills the cancer cell.

Internet

Test detects micro amounts of cancerBALTIMORE, 20 Feb—A promising blood DNA test should be capable of

detecting microscopic cancer tumours missed by conventional imaging equip-ment, scientists in Baltimore said.

The test could revolutionize cancer care by sparing some patients chemo-therapy and ensuring other patient receive extra treatment when the originalcourse of treatment fails to kill all the cancer cells, said Victor Velculescu ofJohns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Centre.

The test uses genetic technology to identify so-called DNA “fingerprints”in tumour cells and then detect them in blood, Velculescu said. In clinicaltrials, the test detected tiny traces of tumour DNA in the blood of four patientswith bowel cancer and two with breast cancer, he said.

The test, known as PARE for personalized analysis of rearranged ends, alsocould determine whether cancer has spread to lymph nodes and would allowfor healthy tissue around a tumour to be left in place, The Times of Londonreported on Friday.

“We believe that this is one of the first applications of new genomesequencing technologies that could be useful for cancer patients,” Velculescusaid.—Internet

Dolphins can turn on, turn off diabetes Complementary medicine for breast cancer

A doctor examines a patient in Pompano Beach,Florida in 2009. Drugs may cure the sick, butpatients can also benefit from the warmth and

wisdom of the doctors treating them, according toa new Australian study into the impact of

placebos.—INTERNET

SAN DIEGO, 20 Feb—Dolphins can induce dia-betes when food is scarceand turn it off when foodis abundant, said Califor-nia scientists looking fora cure for humans.

The unique abilitymay result from a dol-phin’s need to maintainhigh blood sugar levelsfor its large brain — anability possibly lost byhumans through evolu-tion, said Stephanie Venn-Watson, a veterinary epi-demiologist at the Na-tional Marine MammalFoundation in San Diego.

“It is our hope that thisdiscovery can lead tonovel ways to prevent,treat and maybe even curediabetes in humans,” saidVenn-Watson, who madethe discovery while re-searching dolphins off the

coast of Southern Califor-nia.

By taking blood sam-ples from dolphins whohad become comfortablearound researchers, Venn-Watson found they couldinduce type II diabetesduring times of fastingwhen food was scarce and

then almost immediatelyturn it off when food onceagain was available, TheDaily Telegraph reportedon Friday.

People may have hadthe same ability becausethere is evidence a fastinggene still exists in hu-mans, she said.—Internet

WINNIPEGE, 20 Feb—An increaseddosage of Tamiflu, or oseltamivir, forpatients with severe H1N1 influenza isunlikely to be required, Canadian re-searchers suggest.

World Health Organization guidelinesrecommend that all critically ill patientsshould be treated with Tamiflu and if thepatient was unresponsive to standarddoses or critically ill, a higher dose shouldbe considered. Critically ill patients mayhave gastrointestinal absorption issues,the researchers explained.

However, lead author Dr AnandKumar of the Health Sciences Centre atthe University of Manitoba and col-leagues found blood sampling indicatedthat the 75 mg twice daily dosage of

Tamiflu was well absorbed in criticallyill patients with respiratory failure.

The researchers looked at thegastrointestinal absorption of Tamiflu in44 patients, age 18 and older, with sus-pected or confirmed H1N1 influenza whowere admitted to nine intensive care unitsin Winnipeg, Ottawa and Tarragona,Spain.

The study, published in the CanadianMedical Association Journal, found bloodsampling indicated that the 75 mg twicedaily dosage of Tamiflu was well ab-sorbed in critically ill patients, but patientswith kidney dysfunction requiring dialy-sis needed an adjusted dose but adjust-ment for obesity was not required.

Internet

EAST LANSING, 20Feb—US researchers areproducing a DVD andbooklet on the safety andeffectiveness of alterna-tive and complementarymedicine for women withbreast cancer.

Gwen Wyatt and col-leagues at Michigan State

University in EastLansing asked more than200 women recoveringfrom breast cancer aboutwhat was most popularand why.

The findings include:— About 57 percent

used alternative/comple-mentary options. Thesicker a woman was themore likely she was to usemultiple therapies.

— Biologically baseddiet supplements and vi-tamins were the mostpopular. The next mostpopular methods weremind-body therapies us-ing audiotapes, video andmusic therapy.

— The therapies withthe highest costs — acu-puncture and therapeutictouch — were used byvery few women.

— Women without atleast some college educa-tion were less likely to usealternative/ complemen-tary therapies.

“Women are usingthese therapies, but theyhave little education aboutsafety and efficacy,”Wyatt said in a statement.

“They could reallybenefit from informationon how to make a wisedecision and choose thebest therapies.”

Internet

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S P O R T S

Bayern Munich’sArjen Robben

Robben-inspired Bayern eyerecord winning streak

Casey cruising throughMatch Play competition

Atletico Madrid’s DiegoForlan (left) vies with

Barcelona’s SergioBusquets during their

Spanish Leaguematch.—INTERNET

Barca’s Busquets sees Realclash as La Liga decider

FrenchMichael Llodra

Llodra stuns Soderlingto reach Marseille semis

ACROSS 1 Boisterous 4 Refined spirit 7 Iniquitous 9 Image10 Comfort11 Spate13 Recently14 Almost15 Visitor17 Uplifted19 General run20 Pillow-case22 Light23 Robot24 Keep25 Scope

DOWN 1 Israel (anag.) 2 Bobbin 3 Annual 4 Jail 5 Loyal 6 Beautiful 7 Homesickness 8 Sexton11 Navy12 Exclude15 Barrow-boy16 Fame17 Revolve18 Leave21 Cougar22 Plunder

CROSSWORDS PUZZLE

BERLIN, 20 Feb—Bayern Munich bid toequal a record of 10 straightleague wins on Saturdaywhen they travel to lowlyNuremberg for a match thatcould see them top the ta-ble for the first time in 21months. Inspired by Dutchinternational winger ArjenRobben, who has found thenet in his last six outings,Bayern have embarked ona tremendous run of form,winning their last 13 gamesin a row in all competitions.

And the 21-timeBundesliga kings willtravel to relegation-threat-ened Nuremberg full ofconfidence after scrapinga 2-1 win in their Champi-ons League last-16 first leg

against Fiorentina onWednesday. Bayern chair-man Karl-HeinzRummenigge said his menwould be in no mood forgenerosity towards theirlocal rivals.

Internet

MARSEILLE, 20 Feb—Unseeded FrenchmanMichael Llodra pulled off anupset at the ATP Open 13tournament here on Fridaywhen he beat top seed andworld number eight Swe-den’s Robin Soderling, 7-6(7/2), 6-4. “Against this kindof player you have to seizeevery opportunity, which Ithink I managed to do,” the29-year-old said after hisquarter-final match.

Internet

MADRID, 20 Feb—Bar-celona midfielder SergioBusquets believes an Aprilshowdown with bitter ri-vals Real Madrid will de-cide the Spanish league ti-tle despite seeing their leadcut to just two points. TheCatalan giants were forcedto field a makeshift defence

in their first defeat of theseason against AtleticoMadrid last weekend, al-lowing Los Blancos toclose the gap at the top ofLa Liga with a routine winaway to basement clubXerez.

Barcelona face RacingSantander this weekend but21-year-old Busquets, sonof former Barca keeperCarles, already has his eyeson the mouthwatering clashagainst Manuel Pellegrini’sReal Madrid in twomonths’ time.”The matchat the Bernabeu will go along way to deciding whowins and loses the title butthere is a long way to gobefore that and we have alot of games that will alsohave a big impact like thisweekend,” said the Spanishinternational.—Internet

Paul Casey, of England

MARANA, 20 Feb—PaulCasey has yet to play thefinal four holes at DoveMountain after three daysof the Match Play Cham-pionship. That’s becausethe Englishman has wonall three of his matches 5and 4, the latest over BrianGay in the third round Fri-day. Casey lost to GeoffOgilvy in the final last yearand won the EuropeanWorld Match Play Cham-pionship in 2006.

“I don’t think there’sany one particular part ofmy game that’s jumpingout that is fantastic right

now,” he said. “It’s just allvery, very solid.” Casey,the highest remaining seedat No. 6 and one of threeEnglish players still in it,advanced to a Saturdaymorning quarterfinalagainst Stewart Cink, thelone surviving Americanand a semifinalist in 2008and 2009.—Internet

Ferguson wants Scholesto extend United stay

Paul Scholes

Australia told of CGamessecurity plan theft last yearSYDNEY, 20 Feb—Australian tennis chiefs were

told last year that security plans for October’sCommonwealth Games in India had been stolen,according to a report. Tennis Australia said infor-mation on the alleged theft came from its own in-dependent security assessment ahead of its DavisCup tie with India in Chennai last May. It subse-quently decided to pull out and forfeit theseries.Australia were fined 10,000 US dollars bythe International Tennis Federation (ITF) for fail-ing to fulfil the fixture. Tennis Australia at thetime said the decision was based on concerns oversecurity arrangements.

A Tennis Australia spokesman said it understoodthat sensitive plans had been stolen from a compu-ter, while another official told The Sydney Morn-ing Herald said that the theft had led to a majorsecurity review. There were media reports in Indiain March 2009 that computers containing Gamessecurity information were stolen from the officeof New Delhi Police’s Joint Commissioner for theGames.

Internet

MANCHESTER, 20Feb—Sir Alex Fergusonbelieves that PaulScholes’s recent fine formwill convince the veteranmidfielder to scrapthoughts of retirement andsign a new one-year dealwith Manchester United.Scholes, 35, has been of-fered the extension byUnited management buthas yet to agree terms,having hinted beforeChristmas that there was

a possibility of him retiringwhen his current deal endsat the conclusion of thisseason.

But Ferguson has beenso impressed by Scholes ina three-man centralmidfield formation, mostrecently in the midweek 3-2 win at AC Milan, he be-lieves the one-club manshould continue for at leastone more campaign withthe reigning Englishchampions. “I’d be happyto give him a new con-tract,” Ferguson said Fri-day. “I think it all dependson what Paul thinks him-self, but you saw his per-formance on Tuesday andI thought it was brilliant.

Internet

Shahar Peer of Israelreacts during her semi-

final match againstVenus Williams of theUS at the WTA Dubai

Tennis Champion-ships.—INTERNET

Tennis ace Venus defeats Peerto end Dubai security agonyDUBAI, 20 Feb—Venus Williams is on target to

make a successful defence of her Dubai Open titleafter Friday’s 6-1, 6-4 semi-final win halted IsraeliShahar Peer’s remarkable run and ended the securityagonies at the 2million dollar WTA event. Williamshad to overcome the distracting ambience of thesmallest arena she can remember playing in beforebeating the first Israeli woman athlete ever to com-pete in the United Arab Emirates.—Internet

Roddick out, Sharapova intofinal at ATP/WTA event

MEMPHIS, 20 Feb—Eighth-seeded Sam Querreyupset top-seeded Andy Roddick 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 to booka semi-final berth as top seed Maria Sharapova movedinto the women’s final at this combined ATP/WTA ten-nis tournament.

Querrey, who lost to Roddick in the San Jose semi-finals last week despite never facing a break point,poured it on in the third set to notch his best result inMemphis.Roddick’s double-fault in the second gameof the third set gave Querrey the upper hand, andQuerrey made the most of it.—Internet

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MRTV-3Programme Schedule(21-2-2010) (Sunday)

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kachin, Chin, Shan and Rakhine States, upperSagaing, Mandalay, Bago and Taninthayi Divisions andgenerally fair in the remaining areas. Night temperatureswere (3°C) to (4°C) below February average temperatutesin Chin and Rakhine States, Bago Division, (6°C) belowFebruary average temperatures in Kachin State, (3°C) to(4°C) above February average temperatures in Mon Stateand Yangon Division, (5°C) above February averagetemperatures in Taninthayi Division and about Februaryaverage temperatures in the remaining States and Divisions.The significant night temperatures were Haka (2°C), Putaoand An (4°C) each.

Maximum temperature on 19-2-2010 was 100°F.Minimum temperature on 20-2-2010 was 72°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 20-2-2010 was 62%.Total sun shine hours on 19-2-2010 was (8.8) hours approx.

Rainfall on 20-2-2010 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(4) mph from Northeast at (18:30) hours MST on 19-2-2010.

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

Forecast valid until evening of 21st February 2010:Light rain are likely to be isolated in Kachin, Chin and MonStates, weather will be partly cloudy in Shan and RakhineStates, upper Sagaing, Mandalay and Taninthayi Divisionsand fair in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Generally fairweather in the whole country.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for21-2-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for21-2-2010: Grenerally fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for21-2-2010: Partly cloudy.

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People cover their faces with masks to protectthemselves from the swine flu virus at the

entrance to a hospital in Mexico City in 2009.

The global death toll from swine fluapproached the 16,000 mark as the pandemic

waned in much of Europe and Asia, the WorldHealth Organization said on Friday.

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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 swayedby killer broadcasts designed tocause troubles

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

and violence

Kinmuntaung Dam contributes to meeting target of onemillion acres of monsoon paddy in Magway Division

Byline & Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

Kinmuntaung Dam irrigates paddy fields with an over-six-mile channel.

One can see small signboards erected on thebounds of farmlands that read “Grow quality paddystrains”, “Use chemical fertilizers with naturalfertilizers and bio-chemical fertilizers”.

Under the supervision of the Chairman ofMagway Division Peace and Development Counciland arrangement of the Chairman of District PDC,our news crew accompanied by Chairman ofTaungdwingyi Township PDC U Myat Kyaw left forKinmuntaung Dam on 8 September 2009 in order towrite articles about the dam. It was built byConstruction-4 of Irrigation Department by dammingKinmuntaung creek near Katha Village inTaungdwingyi Township.

We saw lush and green Cassia siamea, eucalyptusand other plants grown by the Forest Department onboth sides of the Magway-Taungdwingyi motor road.

We saw many acres of paddy plantations and 45-day seedling plantation on both sides ofTaungdwingyi-Aunglan motor road after passing thefeeder road of Nay Pyi Taw about six miles fromTaungdwingyi. The dam is about 16 miles fromTaungdwingyi. Staff Officer U San Thein of IrrigationDepartment explained to us about the dam. A total of200 acres of monsoon paddy is grown in fieldsirrigated by Kinmuntaung Dam, he said.

We also asked U Tun Shwe, 70, as to thetransforming of croplands into paddy fields. He said,“Yes, I am getting on with my business. I growmonsoon and summer paddy on a three-acre field.

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