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Volume XVII, Number 136 11th Waxing of Tawthalin 1371 ME Sunday, 30 August, 2009

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participa-tion in terms of technical know-how and invest-ments from sources inside the country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must bekept in the hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and pres-ervation and safeguarding of cultural heritageand national character

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

of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace and tran-quillity, prevalence of law and order

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Constitution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

YA N G O N, 29 Aug—Accompanied byChairman of Yangon Division Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen Win Myint, Lt-Gen MyintSwe of the Ministry of Defence arrived at Letpangoncamp of Twantay Canal in Seikkyi-khanaungtoTownship yesterday afternoon.

At the briefing hall, Lt-Gen Myint Swe heard

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry ofDefence inspects Letpangon campjetty of Twantay Canal, Seikkyi-

khanaungto People’s Hospitalreports on conditions of Letpangon camp at the bankof Twantay Canal, maintenance of the waterway,arrangements for expanding the waterway and progressof tasks presented by officials.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspected the preparationfor expanding the mouth of Twantay Canal on thebank of Letpangon Village.

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Cement Plant (Kyaukse) forms part of drive forequitable development of all parts of the nation

Byline: Myint Maung Soe;Photos: Myo Min Thein

(Mayangon)

Cement Plant (Kyaukse).

The governmentis working hard toimprove all theinfrastructures such aseducation, health careand transport for paralleldevelopment of all partsof the nation.

The drive alsocovers Kyaukse Districtin Mandalay Division. Aspart of the drive, theMinistry of Industry-1established an industrialzone, five miles east ofKyaukse, with the aim of

generating jobopportunities in KyaukseDistrict. Now, theindustrial zonemanufactures cement andpersonal goods.

Under thearrangements made by

Mandalay Division Peaceand DevelopmentCouncil, our news crewfrom the Myanma Alindropped in Cement Plant(Kyaukse) on our tour ofthe industrial zone.

In an interview, U

Tin Win, Assistant PlantManager, said that theMyanma Ceramics

Industries under theMinistry of Industry-1set up the plant to helpsatisfy the nation’sdemand of cement, spururbanization andcreating jobopportunities for localpeople.

In front of thearchway to CementPlant (Kyaukse) is astone plaque that saysthat the Head of Stategave guidance ondomestic production ofcement necessary fornation-building projectstill meeting the localdemand; that incompliance with theguidance, the CeramicsIndustries of theMinistry of Industry-1in cooperation withexperts madepreparations forconstruction of a cementplant at thefoot of Thandawmyat

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Sunday, 30 August, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

Actively participate in thedrive for monitoringInfluenza pandemic

A meeting on International ScientificSymposium on Influenza Pandemic Responseand Preparedness organized by the Ministryof Health of the People’s Republic of Chinaand WHO was held in Beijing, PRC on 21 and22 August, attended by a Myanmar delegation.

Ninety per cent of vaccine against NewInfluenza are produced in the developedcountries only. And now, the patients arebeing tested for potency and effectiveness ofthe vaccine in six countries includingdeveloped ones.

It is learnt that New Influenza vaccinesare expected to be used in October 2009. Asonly developed countries are in a position touse more vaccines, developing countries willencounter difficulty in the use of vaccinessufficiently.

Participating in discussions, theMyanmar delegation proposed to acquire morevaccines for the developing countries andstressed the need for internationalpharmaceutical companies to practicedifferential pricing so that the peoples of thedeveloping countries can use more vaccines.

In Myanmar, only 30 people fell victimto A (H1N1) virus up to date and 24 of whom,were discharged from hospitals as they hadrecovered from the illness. The remaining sixpatients are under medical attention. No onehas died due to the virus.

The government is taking systematicmeasures for monitoring the virus among thepublic and taking care of those infected. Atsuch a time, it is incumbent upon the entirenational people to actively take part in thedrive with health awareness.

YANGON, 29 Aug—Fujitsu General Ltd isdistributing Air Stage VRF V-II air-conditioners inMyanmar. It introduced a new technology to thosewho will have air-conditioners installed in theirhouses and mechanical and electrical engineerstoday.

Characteristics of new VRF V-II air-conditioners are: they have high operation capacity;they are easy to be installed; they do not need muchspace in outdoor unit. VRF V-II air-conditioners canmostly be used in partitioned rooms, halls,supermarkets, hotels, hospitals and mini markets.

YANGON, 29Aug—The final matchesof the 17th Commander-in-Chief (Air)’s ShieldBoxing Championshipwere held at the hall ofMingaladon Airbaseyesterday evening.

After the finalmatches, officialsawarded winners in therespective weighingclasses.

On behalf of theCommander-in-Chief(Air), the commander ofMingaladon Airbasepresented championshipshield to the winningteam.

Also present onthe occasion were seniormilitary officers, judgesof the Myanmar Boxing

NAY PYI TAW, 29 Aug—The PreliminaryConference (2009) of Shan State (East) Myanmar WarVeterans Organization took place at the town hall ofKengtung on 21 August.

It was attended by honorary patron of ShanState (East) MWVO Chairman of Shan State (East)Peace and Development Council Commander ofTriangle Region Command Maj-Gen Kyaw Phyo,senior military officers, commandants of regiments

Commander attends Shan State (East) MWVOPreliminary Conference 2009

and units, departmental officials, chairmen andmembers of Shan State (East) and Township WarVeterans Organizations, members of socialorganizations, townselders and guests.

First, the commander gave an opening speech.Next, the cash donation ceremony followed,

and the commander then received the cash donationfrom well-wishers and presented certificates ofhonour.—MNA

Commander-in-Chief (Air)’s Shield BoxingChampionship concludes

Federation, YangonCommand, DefenceServices (Air), Myanmar

Police Force and YangonCity DevelopmentCommittee, guests,

Golden Orchid Ltddistributes general

air-conditioners

Fujitsu General Ltd is also distributing air-conditioners of wall mounted type, cassette type,universal type (floor and ceiling type), ceiling walltype, duet type, multi type and inverter type under a 3-year guarantee. Compressors are available under a 2-year guarantee.

For detailed information, contact Golden OrchidLtd, Nos 83-91 (Ground Floor), Bo Aung KyawStreet, (Lower Block), Kyauktada Township, Yangon(Ph: 371906 and 706223).

MNA

Headmaster U Kyaw Kyaw Mon, teachersand members of social organization view

feeding of nutritious food to schoolchildren to mark School Health Weekactivities at Aung Yaza Hall of No. 1

Basic Education High School inMandalay on 11 August, 2009.—NLM

The Commander of Mingaladon Airbase presents championshipshield to winning team after the final match of 17th Commander-

in-Chief (Air)'s Shield Boxing Championship.—MNA

servicemen and familymembers.

MNA

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Packages of cocaineare displayed near

Cartagena, port cityin northern

Colombia, on 28 Aug,2009. ColombianMarines Corps

captured 553 kilo-grams of cocainehere on Friday.

XINHUA

A brush fire is seenin the La CanadaFlintridge area ofLos Angeles on 28

August, 2009.INTERNET

UNASUR summit ends withcommitment to peace

August deadliest month for USin Afghanistan

Ten Indian states seriouslyaffected by drought

NEW DELHI, 29 Aug— Owing to poor monsoon inthe country, India’s farm production in the Kharif(monsoon) season could fall by 15 to 20 percent asdrought situation has been declared in 252 districts inten states, said Indian Finance Minister PranabMukherjee on Friday. “Coming to the impact on the Kharif (monsoon)crop, exact quantum will be known only when theharvesting starts. But from the picture of sowing, onecan easily estimate that there is likelihood of a shortfallto the extent of 15-20 percent,” he told reporters hereon the sidelines of a seminar. “Drought is there, rainfall deficiency is to the extentof 26 percent. Presently, 252 districts in ten States havebeen declared affected by drought,” he said.—Xinhua

WHO: Prepare for secondwave of H1N1 flu

GENEVA, 29 Aug — World Health Organizationofficials in Geneva, Switzerland, are advising countriesin the Northern Hemisphere to prepare for a secondwave of pandemic.

The H1N1 pandemic virus is the dominant influenzastrain in most parts of the world, even though it isseasonal flu season in the Southern Hemisphere. Thelevel of influenza activity has passed the seasonalepidemic threshold in Japan, WHO officials said.

In the Southern Hemisphere, most countries — such asChile, Argentina, New Zealand and Australia — appear tohave passed their peak of influenza activity, WHO offi-cials said on Friday. However, South Africa and Boliviacontinue to experience high levels of influenza.—Internet

Leaders of the members countries of the Union of South American Nations(UNASUR) pose for a group photo during the UNASUR Extraordinary

Summit in Bariloche, Argentina, on 28 Aug, 2009.—XINHUA

BARILOCHE, 29 Aug — The Unionof South American Nations (UNASUR)Extraordinary Summit ended here onFriday with a commitment to respecteach other’s territorial integrity andstrengthen peace in the region.

Leaders from the 12 member statessigned a declaration promising to“abstain from using threats or forceagainst the territorial integrity of otherstates from the UNASUR.”

They also agreed “to strengthenSouth America as a zone of peace” andthey promised “to establish amechanism of mutual trust regardingdefence and security” in the region.

UNASUR also reaffirmed its com-mitment “to strengthen the fight and co-operation against terrorism andtransnational organized crime and itsrelated crimes,” including “the traffick-ing of small and light guns.”

The declaration rejected “thepresence or actions of armed groupsoutside the law,” without mentioning aspecific group.

The document also said that “thepresence of foreign military forcescannot ... threaten the sovereignty andintegrity of any South American nationand, in consequence, the peace andsecurity of the region.” —Xinhua

Californian governor puts LACounty in emergency state

due to burning wildfires LOS ANGELES, 29 Aug — The Californian governorArnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed a state of emer-gency in Los Angeles County on Friday as wildfires infour separate sites continue burning in the region. In announcing the order, Schwarzenegger said that the“circumstances of these fires, by reason of their magnitude,are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services,personnel, equipment and facilities of any single county,city and county, or city and require the combined forces ofa mutual aid region or regions to combat.” Fire crews are battling two separate blazes in theAngeles National Forest in the Los Angeles County.More than 3,000 acres (1214 hectares) of land havebeen consumed and hundreds of homes under threat.A separate fire in Rancho Palos Verdes sent more than1,000 people scurrying from the homes. Six homeswere slightly damaged in the blaze, which broke outon Thursday evening.—Xinhua

KABUL, 29 Aug — AnAmerican service mem-ber died on Friday whenhis vehicle struck a bombin eastern Afghanistan,making August the dead-liest month for US forcesin the nearly eight-yearwar.

The grim milestonecomes as the top US com-mander prepares to sub-

mit his assessment of theconflict — a report ex-pected to trigger intensedebate on the Obamaadministration’s strategyin an increasingly un-popular war.

The latest death wasreported as Afghan offi-cials announced an 80percent increase in thenumber of major fraud

allegations submitted af-ter last week’s disputedpresidential election — asign of the deep chal-lenges facing the US andits allies in shoring up alegitimate Afghan gov-ernment capable of with-standing the Taleban in-surgency, corruption anddrug trafficking.

Internet

Suicide truck bombkills eight people in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 29 Aug — Asuicide truck bomber at-tacked a small police stationin a remote village north ofBaghdad on Saturday, kill-ing at least eight people, Iraqiauthorities said.The bomb-ing was the latest in a seriesof attacks against small vil-lages in northern Iraq, indi-cating insurgents are target-ing relatively unprotected ar-eas as Iraqi security forcesfocus on tightening securityin the cities.

The Iraqi government iseager to demonstrate it canprotect the population fol-lowing the withdrawal of UScombat troops from urbanareas nearly two months ago.But a recent series of high-profile bombings that havekilled hundreds in both ma-jor cities and remote areashas raised concerns Iraqiforces are not up to thetask.The bomber who struckat about 8 am on Saturdaywas targeting a small policeencampment in Hamad, aprimarily Sunni village thatlies between SaddamHussein’s hometown ofTikrit and Mosul, which theUS military considers to bethe last urban stronghold ofal-Qaida in Iraq.

Internet

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Brazil’s Vale to buildnew steel plant

RIO DE JANEIRO, 29 Aug—Brazilian mining giant Vale,the country’s largest private company, announced on Fri-day the construction of a steel plant in the southeasternstate of Espirito Santo.

The plant, to be established in the town of Anchieta,about 70 km from the state’s capital Vitoria, is expectedto start operation in 2014 and will be capable of produc-ing five million tons of steel slabs per year.

According to Vale, the plant, to trade under the nameCompanhia Siderurgica Ubu (CSU), will have a lowenvironmental impact. It will take into account socio-environmental conditions in Espirito Santo state and lo-cal features which are favorable for mining and metal-lurgy. Almost all the water used in the plant will berecycled and the dust dispersal in the air will be controlled.

Xinhua

Macao’s unemploymentrate remains stable at 3.7%

EU approves Lufthansa’s takeoverof Austrian Airline

US stocks face dilemma in coming weeks

Regulators shut down banksin Calif, Md, Minn

File picture shows Saudi security personnel nearRiyadh. Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, a Saudiroyal family member who heads the kingdom’santi-terror fight, escaped little harmed from asuicide bomb attack in Jeddah, official news

agency SPA said.—INTERNET

People visit China Agricultural Equipment Expo 2009 in Nanjing, capital ofeast China’s Jiangsu Province, on 27 Aug, 2009. The 3-day exposition openedon Thursday with participation of more than 300 companies and institutes all

over China.—XINHUA

Visitors view a PorscheSUV during the 5thRussia International

Auto Show in Moscow,Russia, on 26 Aug,

2009. About 600enterprises from 16

countries and regionsattended the show,

which opened here onWednesday.

XINHUA

MANHATTAN BEACH, 29Aug—A travel Web site’slist of the “World’s MostInteresting Markets” in-cludes a West Africanmarket specializing indead animals.

The Fetish Market ofBenin, which offers sev-eral kinds of dead animalsbelieved to cure variousailments, was the top mar-ket on the list compiled byVirtualTourist.com, a Website based in California.

The No. 2 spot went tothe Spice Market in Delhi,India, which has mer-chants selling exotic sea-sonings and edible silver.

Internet

NEW YORK, 29 Aug—Wall Street faces an interest-ing few weeks as commen-tators debate whether the re-covery in the Dow Jones av-erage this year is the start ofa new bull market or head-ing for a fall.

Since the beginning ofMarch, when the Dow Jonesaverage hit a multi-year-lowat 6,547, the index hasincreased more than 50percent. “To a certain degree,the market is perhaps sittingon the head of a pin. Themarket could easily be

moved one way or the other,”Theodore Weisberg, a stocktrading veteran with SeaportSecurities, told Xinhua earlierthis week.

The Federal ReserveChairman Ben Bernankeclaimed the economy was“on the verge of recovery”on last Friday. However,Nouriel Roubini, the NewYork University professorwho predicted the financialcrisis, said the chance of adouble-dip recession wasincreasing because of risksrelated to the ending of glo-

bal monetary and fiscalstimulus programmes.

According to Weisberg,“The obvious answer is per-haps Bernanke is correct,which is being evidenced bythe continuous strength inthe stock market. We knowthat the stock market is aleading indicator, not a trail-ing indicator. It tends to lookahead three, six or 12months. The tape simplysays, I think, that it is look-ing ahead at an improvingUS economy”.

Xinhua

BRUSSELS, 29 Aug—The European Commis-sion (EC) on Friday ap-proved the takeover ofAustrian Airlines byDeutsche Lufthansa AG ofGermany after Lufthansapromised a set of remediesto remove the EC’s com-petition concerns.

“This case shows thatconsolidation in the airlinesector is possible withproper remedies to safe-guard consumers’ inter-ests,” EC CompetitionCommissioner NeelieKroes said in a statement.

The EC opened an in-depth investigation of the

proposed takeover on 1 July.The EC indicated then thatthe takeover, as originallypresented, would have ledto competition concerns onfive routes, namely Vienna-Frankfurt, Vienna-Munich,Vienna-Stuttgart, Vienna-Cologne and Vienna-Brussels.—Xinhua

MACAO, 29 Aug—Macao’s unemploymentrate for the period of Mayto July 2009 slightly wentup by 0.1 percentage pointto 3.7 percent, comparedwith the previous period ofApril to June, according

to the figures released onFriday by the city’s Statis-tics and Census Service(DSEC).

Gross labor forcereached 332,700 in theperiod, with the number ofthe unemployed totaling12,300, the DSEC figureindicated. Among the un-employed, 11.4 percentwere fresh labor forceentrants searching for theirfirst jobs, up by two per-centage points over theprevious period.—Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 29 Aug—Regulators on Friday shutdown banks in California,Maryland and Minnesota,pushing to 84 the numberof bank failures this yearamid the soured economyand rising loan defaults.

The Federal DepositInsurance Corp took overthe three banks: AffinityBank, based in Ventura,Calif, with about $1 billionin assets and $922 million

in deposits; Baltimore-based Bradford Bank, with$452 million in assets and$383 million in deposits;and Mainstreet Bank,based in Forest Lake,Minn, with assets of $459million and deposits of$434 million.

Pacific Western Bank,based in San Diego, agreedto assume the deposits andassets of Affinity Bank. Inaddition, the FDIC andPacific Western agreed toshare losses on about $934million of the failed bank’sloans and other assets.Affinity Bank’s branchesin San Francisco and SanMateo will reopen onSaturday as offices ofPacific Western Bank; theremaining branches willreopen Monday, the FDICsaid.

Internet

Web site listsmost interesting

markets

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All items from Xinhua News Agency Mexicans in US face increasingdiscrimination

Local citizens watch miniature sand table model of the Pujiang largeresidential community which starts construction, in Minghang District, eastChina’s Shanghai Municipality, on 26 Aug, 2009. The Pujiang residential

community is set to encompass 27,000 sets of residential quarters onguarantee basis, together with 2 senior middle schools, 3 junior middle

schools, 3 elementary schools and 8 kindergartens. —XINHUA

MEXICO CITY, 29 Aug—Mexicans living in theUnited States are facingincreasingly aggressivediscrimination despite legalentry, Foreign Ministryofficial Daniel HernandezJoseph said on Friday.

Hernandez saidMexicans, even those in theUnited States legally, wereseen as the cause ofincreasing migrant crimes,and they were treated withgreater hostility as the resultof a general rejection ofMexicans, Hispanics andforeigners in the UnitedStates.

Mexicans givingrandomly made-up socialsecurity numbers in the

country were chargedwith identity theft, thoughwhat they did was clearlydifferent from deliberatelydefrauding a citizen bystealing their data,Hernandez cited as anexample.

Authorities acted mostaggressively in thesouthern states whereimmigration was rare untilaround 10 years ago, headded. “There are fewerMexicans there than in bigcities, but their cases aremore difficult.”

Mississippi stateauthorities have separateda woman from her childand put up this child foradoption, claiming that she

was an unfit mother be-cause of poverty, illegalimmigration and bad En-glish. “We are appealingthe case and will continueto fight this injustice,”Hernandez said. “We havenot seen any other case likethis.”

The nearest Mexicanconsulate, in New Orleans,a port city of Louisiana, hasissued the woman papersthat allowed her to remainin the country while shefought to regain custody ofher child, and thegovernment was workingwith a regional NGO, theSouthern Poverty LawCenter, on the case, hesaid.—Xinhua

World IT Forum ends in Vietnam

Young wrestlers demand for their winnings from the organisers during atraditional wrestling competition at Bameta village on the outskirts of New

Delhi on 28 Aug, 2009. Around 500 wrestlers from various traditional Indianwrestling centres called ‘Akhaara’ on Friday took part in the wrestlingcompetition that offers prize money ranging from 10 to 51,000 Rupees

(US$0.2 to 1050), depending on the category of competition and the quality ofthe wrestler. —XINHUA

Tonga ferry missing identified

HANOI, 29 Aug—The fourth WorldInforma-tion TechnologyForum (WITFOR 2009)ended here on Friday,calling for great coopera-tion among countries ininformation technologydevelopment, VietnamNews Agency reported.

At the forum, del-egates agreed that the

deve-lopment of informa-tion technology plays animportant role in boostingthe growth of the eco-nomy. It is the “in-frastructure of the in-frastructure” of eachcountry’s economy andthe global economy.

Information technol-ogy has a deep impact ondifferent aspects of the

social life, and helps tobridge the gap among de-veloped and developingcountries, and betweenurban and rural areas, saidthe delegates.

Speaking at the clos-ing session, VietnameseDeputy Minister of Infor-mation and Communica-tions Nguyen Minh Hongsaid countries need to en-hance coopera-tion in theinformation and commu-nication technology (ICT)and information ex-changes.

Hong urged countriesto further cooperate andshare knowledge on ICTdevelopment in order todevelop an informatic so-ciety.—Xinhua

Two dozen injured inammonia leak at US plantSAN FRANCISCO, 29 Aug—Two dozen people were

hurt due to an ammonia leak at a meat processing plantin South San Francisco on Friday morning, local me-dia reported.

The leak occurred at a building belonging to thecompany Columbus Salame, the San FranciscoChronicle said in a report on the newspaper’s website.

Sixteen people were treated and released at the sceneafter being exposed to anhydrous ammonia, which isused as a refrigerant at the plant. Eight other peoplewere taken to hospitals for observation.

The leak appears to be accidental and has since beencapped, the report said, citing authorities.—Xinhua

Oil tanker sinks near SuezCanal, no casualties

CAIRO, 29 Aug— A Panama-flagged oil tanker splitin two before it sank near the Red Sea entrance to theSuez Canal on Friday, said a local newspaper on itswebsite. The oil tanker was carrying 60 metric tons offuel when it split for unknown reasons, said thenewspaper.

It said that all the 24 crew members were rescuedunhurt, adding that the navigation in the Suez Canalwas not affected. The tanker was on its way fromYemen to Suez for maintenance work and repairs. Theaccident caused an oil spill. Egyptian officials are try-ing to contain the oil spill, and the cause of the acci-dent is being investigated.—Xinhua

The photo shows the

Tongan Naval vessel

searches for survivors

on 7 Aug,2009.

XINHUA

WELLINGTON, 29 Aug—Tongan police havereleased the names all butone of the 72 peoplepresumed drowned in thePrincess Ashika ferrydisaster this month, New

Zealand media reported onSaturday.

Most were Tongan, butforeigners among the deadinclude a Niuean with aNew Zealand passport,two Germans, two French

people and a Briton, RadioNew Zealand reported.

Assistant policecommander ItuTupouniua said theauthorities believe aHungarian man may alsohave perished on the boat,however survivors hadnot positively identifiedhim from pictures andofficers are stillinvestigating.

Tonga’s governmenthas not yet decidedwhether to seek help fromother countries to retrievethe bodies from the wreck,which lies at a depth of 110meters.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

Residential property managers innorthern China have turned to butterin their battle against burglars as acheap alternative to repairing theirbroken surveillance system. They

smeared 100 kilograms (220 pounds)of butter on the gas pipelines that run

outside the buildings on theMingdemen estate in the city of

Xi’an, making them too slippery toclimb.

Butter deployed in battle against burglarsResidential property managers in

northern China have turned to butter intheir battle against burglars as a cheapalternative to repairing their broken sur-veillance system.

They smeared 100 kilograms(220 pounds) of butter on the gaspipelines that run outside the build-ings on the Mingdemen estate in thecity of Xi’an, making them too slip-pery to climb, Xinhua news agencysaid.

“Natural gas pipelines are often usedas ‘ladders’ by burglars and burglariesare rife here,” one Mingdemen managerwas quoted as saying.

About 1,200 of the 2,000 units arerented out, so it can be difficult to de-termine who actually lives there and“some bad guys may sneak in”, hesaid.

All the surveillance cameras were

In this undated photo released by TheAustralian National University a

jacky winter bird sits on a branch, inAustralia. Some species of Australianbirds are shrinking and the trend will

likely continue due to globalwarming, a scientist.

broken and the estate was facing an out-standing 60,000-yuan (8,800-dollar) in-stallation bill.

“Using butter is the most economi-cal way,” the manager said.

Masked Conn officialcharged in fiancee attack

A public official wearing a mask at-tacked his fiancee inside their Connecticuthome four days before their wedding,throwing a blanket over her, hitting her witha baseball bat and running out the back door,police said.

Keith Maynard, an Ansonia town alder-man who has since resigned, was arraignedThursday afternoon in Superior Court andreleased on $50,000 bail. He declined tocomment to reporters as he left the hearing.

Maynard has been charged with second-degree assault, first-degree unlawful re-straint and first-degree reckless endanger-ment.

Baby boomers stillgetting high, agency saysBaby boomers, now well into mid-

dle age, are still turning on to illegaldrugs, doubling the rates of illicit druguse for the older generation, accord-ing to US government statistics re-leased.

The rates of people aged 50 to 59who admit to using illicit drugs in thepast year nearly doubled from 5.1 per-cent in 2002 to 9.4 percent in 2007while rates among all other age groupsare the same or decreasing, the USSubstance Abuse and Mental HealthServices Administration reported.

Workers put together decorative floats for China’s National Day parade at anopen area near a sports centre in Beijing, on 27 August.—INTERNET

Air traffic communications brieflycrash in Calif

SAN FRANCISCO, 29 Aug— Air traffic controllersin a major control centrein California werereduced to using personalmobile phones to guidedozens of airplanes whenthe communicationssystem crashed for severalminutes on Wednesdaymorning.

Controller Scott Condesaid he was in front of aradar screen at the so-called Oakland Centre in

Fremont when half thefacility lost landline andradio communications,which prevented himfrom talking directly toplanes he was guiding toFresno and Visalia.

Conde said he wasreduced to relayinginstructions from hismobile telephone tocontrollers stationedelsewhere, who in turngot in contact withConde’s airplanes.

“It was tense andeverybody was working,”Conde said. “It got reallyprofessional really fast.”

Conde is also the airtraffic controllers’ topunion official at thecentre, which he said isresponsible for guidingairplanes over 18.9million square milesbefore handing them offto other controllers forlanding approaches in theregion.—Internet

Indonesian ferry sinks, 21 missing JAKARTA, 29 Aug — A ferry carrying more than 100people sank in Negara River in Banjarmasin, SouthKalimantan, Indonesia, on Friday night, with 21 peoplestill missing at present.

The Jakarta Post on Saturday quoted Sugiri, localchief of disaster management team, as saying that theaccident happened at around 8 pm (1300 GMT) on Friday,and the search workers had rescued 110 passengers andfound one dead.

The search and rescue team continued looking for 21missing people on Saturday, he said, “We are yet to havedivers in the search.”

According to local police chief Second Insp. RizqiMaulana, it was estimated that 132 passengers overloadedthe boat, which only have 45-passenger capacity. Headded that the police had arrested the boat captain forinvestigation.

Xinhua

Mexican scholars, officials callfor more use of clean energy

MEXICO CITY, 29 Aug — Mexican scholars andgovernment officials called for more use of clean energyat an environmental seminar on Friday.

Nobel Prize winner Mario Molina said one way toresolve environmental crisis was to abandon the pastdevelopment model and use more clean energy.

The world could switch to clean energy sources at acost of 1 to 3 percent of gross domestic product, and thecost of inaction would be far higher, Molina said.

Adrian Fernandez Bremauntz, director of Mexico’sNational Ecology Agency, said Mexico should build moreefficient societies which used energy in a sustainable manner.Wind power was already producing competitive energy, hesaid, adding that and the relative cheaper price of fossil fuelswas based on short-term calculations which did not includethe price of environmental damage.—Xinhua

Wounded CBS journalist athospital in Afghanistan

KABUL, 29 Aug — A CBS Radio News correspondentwas being treated Saturday at Bagram Air Base afterbeing seriously wounded by a roadside bomb in easternAfghanistan that also killed a U.S. service member,officials said. The US troop death made August thedeadliest month of the nearly eight-year war for Americanforces. The intensified fighting has raised the risk tojournalists embedded with the military.

Cami McCormick was wounded on Friday when theArmy vehicle in which she was riding struck a bomb.CBS could not confirm the extent of her injuries, andNATO officials declined to comment, citing privacyregulations. NATO spokesman Capt Jon Stock confirmedthat a US service member died in the blast, bringing to45 the number of American military personnel killed inAugust.—Internet

Man spells out marriageproposal in Ohio fieldA wheat farm, large plastic letters and

his dad’s small plane? Jason Kahlethought it had a ring to it. He took his 23-year-old girlfriend, Aleasha Decker, up inthe air 9 Aug under the guise of photo-graphing some relatives’ houses in Kalida,about 60 miles southwest of Toledo innorthwestern Ohio.

As Kahle’s dad steered the plane,Decker looked out the window. She sawthe question “Aleasha, marry me?” in 20-foot sheet plastic letters on top of a har-vested field. She turned to find Kahleholding out a ring. A wedding date hasbeen set for June 5, 2010.

Zhang Tingting, 52, pulls cars withher hair during a performance inKaifeng, Henan Province. Zhangsucceeded in pulling eight cars over 20metres with her one-metre-long braid, local media reported.

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(from page 1)

Mountain, five miles east

of Kyaukse for vast-scale

production of cement; that

the project was launched

on 20 January 2001 and

the cement plant was

opened on 27 January

2003; and that the plant

can produce 500 tons of

cement a day.

We were then

conducted around the

plant to see production

process. We learnt that

Cement Plant (Kyaukse) forms part of drive forequitable development of all parts of the nation

(from page1)He viewed maintenance of the bank at Letpangon

camp.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe ofMinistry of Defence…

On arrival at Seikkyi-khanaungto, they werewelcomed by Vice-Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment Committee Vice-Mayor Col Maung Paand officials. Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspected the pontoonjetty and the bank. At the briefing hall, the vice-mayorand the chairman of Township PDC reported on

reconstruction of the new pontoon jetty. Lt-Gen MyintSwe attended to the needs.

At Seikkyi-khanaungto People’s Hospital (25-bed), he comforted the patients.

He viewed the site for construction of the X-rayroom and left necessary instructions.—MNA

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

The compound of Cement Plant (Kyaukse).

Workers loading bags of cement onto atruck.

the plant produced 8000

bags or 400 tons of cement

a day; and that its

workforce was 307.

The product of the

plant mostly goes to Yeywa

Project, bridge projects and

highway projects; and the

plant gives second priority

to projects for regional

development.

The Ministry of

Industry-1 designated the

areas around the plant as

an industrial region and

then opened many other

factories to create a

growing number of job

opportunities for local

people.

Those factories are

cement plant, firebrick

factory, plastic factory,

bicycle factory, sewing

machine factory, shoe

factory, vest factory and

candy factory.

The ministry also

founded disposable

syringe factory and

steelware factory in

Kyaukse Township.

Now, the

government has opened

a good number of

factories in Kyaukse

District, thereby creating

a large number of job

opportunities for local

residents and helping the

people get household

products at fair prices.

Translation: MS

Myanma Alin:

29-8-2009

Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspects expanding waterway at Twantay Canal at Letpangon village.—MNA

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 30 August, 2009

A&I Minister, Japanese FM hold discussions on promotion of bilateralrelations, food sufficiency and cooperation in agriculture sector

NAY PYI TAW, 29 Aug—A Myanmar delegationled by Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-GenHtay Oo paid a visit to Japan from 19 to 26 August at theinvitation of the Japanese Government.

On 25 August, the minister and party met Japa-nese Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Hirofumi Nakasone

and Deputy Minister Mr Kenichiro Sasae on 25 August.On 25 August afternoon, Minister Maj-Gen Htay

Oo held discussions on technology cooperation withDeputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fish andMeat Mr Shuji Yamada. In the evening, Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo met Vice-Chairman of JICA Mr Izumi

Fujisawa on 20 August, House of Councillor Mr KazuyaShimba at the Myanmar Embassy at 10.30 am on 24August, House of Councillor Mr Hideo Watanabe andMr Shinpei Matsushita at New Otani Hotel at 11.30 am,and Mr Hideo Watanabe and Chairman of NipponFoundation Mr Yohei Sasakawa at City Club at 6 pm.

At 7.30 am on 26 August, the minister met Houseof Councillor Mr Tomomitsu Iwakura at New OtaniHotel and discussed bilateral relations and cooperationin development tasks.

On 25 August morning, the minister receivedChairman of OISCA Ms Yoshiko Nakano at New OtaniHotel.

Chairman Mr Norihiko Kuno of Sanyu Consult-ant Group at 7 pm on 23 August, responsible persons ofSumitomo Corporation at the Myanmar Embassy on 24August morning and Sanwa Company and MarubeniCorporation at New Otani Hotel on 25 August.

The minister visited Kamakura and Fujizawaregions on 20 August and Tsukuba region on 21Augustand viewed irrigation system for growing paddy, culti-vation of vegetables and packaging of agricultural pro-duce.

In Tsukuba, the minister visited the seed bank ofNational Institute of Agrobiological Science (NIAS)and generating of electricity through the solar system.

On 24 August, the minister looked into supply ofwater to Yokohama, generating of electricity throughthe solar system, sales of agricultural produce at Whole-sale Market in Tokyo Ota City. He also visited Tokyo on22 August and Nara on 23 August. After visiting preser-vation of ancient cultural heritages in these towns, theminister arrived back Myanmar on 26 August.

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and discussed promotion of bilateral relations, foodsufficiency and cooperation in agriculture sector.

The minister also met Japanese Deputy Ministerof Foreign Affairs Mr Mitoji Yabunaka on 20 August

Arai and held discussions on technology cooperationand implementation of projects in Myanmar.

On 20 August, the minister met House of Coun-cillor Mr Ikuzo Sakurai in the letter’s constituency

NAY PYI TAW, 29Aug—The second semi-nar on development ofhydropower organized bythe Ministry of ElectricPower No. 1 continued forthe second day at theHydropower Develop-ment Training Centre(Paunglaung), here, today.

Present at the semi-nar were Chairman ofSeminar OrganizingCommittee Deputy Min-ister for Electric PowerNo. 1 U Myo Myint, headsand enterprises under theministry and officials, re-source persons, consult-ant engineers from Swit-zerland-based ColecoPower Engg Ltd and re-sponsible persons fromthe respective

2nd seminar on development of hydropower continues

hydropower generatingcompanies and guests.

At the seminar, 15

resource persons from theMinistry of Electric PowerNo. 1 and local and for-

eign associations readtheir papers and answeredthe questions.

Afterwards, thedeputy minister gave con-cluding remarks and

YANGON, 29 Aug—MyanmarFloriculturists Association will openthe basic flower arrangement courseNo. 3/2009 from 1 pm to 3 pm duringthe period of 14 to 21 September at thehall of Pyidaungsu Ayeyeiknyein ofthe People’s Square and the People’sPark, here.

A total of 50 trainees will beadmitted to the course.

Basic flower arrangement course on 14-21 SeptemberYANGON, 28 Aug—East Asia In-

stitute of Management (EASB) will or-ganize the selection of scholarships forthe students to obtain UK, Australiandegree at Singapore UK Campus at theTraders Hotel on Sule Pagoda Road, here,on 3 September.

From 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm on 3September, facts about the East AsiaInstitute of Management and the schol-

Talks on EASB, scholarships on 3 September

Deputy Minister U Myo Myint delivers speeches at second seminar ondevelopment of hydropower. — MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo views supplying water to farmlands in Tsukuba, Japan.—MNA

posed for the documen-tary photo together withattendees.—MNA

The fee for the course is K 10,000.Those wishing to attend the course maydial 01-379361.

The association will open thebasic and advanced flower arrange-ments courses, the fruit curvingcourse, the orchid cultivation courseand the construction and maintenanceof park soon.

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arships will be introduced to those present.From 6.30 pm to 7 pm, the per-

sonal interview with the educational evi-dences will be made for the scholarships.

From 7 pm to 8.30 pm, the exami-nations for the scholarships and entranceto the institute will be held. Anyone mayattend the talks on the UK, Australiandegree and the examinations for scholar-ships.—NLM

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(from page 16)

U Thet Naing

said, "With the help of

Sitha Supporting Dam from PyinOoLwinproviding enough drinking and irrigation water

Article: Khin Maung Than (Sethmu)

Water flowing into Sitha Supporting Dam.

Sitha Dam alongside its control tower in PyinOoLwin Township,PyinOoLwin District.

Sitha Supporting Dam providing water through concrete cannels andpipelines.

Village in PyinOoLwin

District, Mandalay Divi-

sion. With the earth dam

capacity is 1945-acre feet.

The area of the surface is

73 acres. The catchment

Ingyi Creek, we have

easy flow of water into

the dam in all seasons.

In this region, national

people are living in

peace and doing their tra-

ditional farm work. The

main crops are paddy,

wheat and sunflower."

Sitha Dam is built

on Sitha Creek near Sitha

built on the tributary-1, a

million gallons of water

is being supplied to for

Yatanarpon daily. Sitha

Dam is supplying ad-

equate irrigation water to

250 acres of farmlands.

Sitha Supporting

Dam is of earthen type in

915 feet in length and 95

feet in height. Its storage

area is 2.75 square miles.

The annual flow of water

is 1500-acre feet. It is

leant that the region has

an average annual rain-

fall of 48.65 inches.

Sitha Dam is not

only supplying enough

drinking water but also

contributing to the re-

gional greening and

boosting cultivation.

Therefore, the onus is

upon the local people to

preserve and maintain the

dam as well as its related

facilities for their

durability.

Translation: ST

Kyemon: 29-8-09

YANGON, 29 Aug—Vice-Chairman ofYangon CityDevelopment CommitteeVice-Mayor Col MaungPa this morning viewedsales of goods at the shopsof Ministry of Industry-1,Myanmar Rice DealersAssociation, MyanmarEdible Oil DealersAssociation, Ministry ofLivestock and Fisheries,Union of MyanmarEconomic Holdings Ltd,No. 2 Signals Battalionand other regiments andunits, Livestock, Feedstuffand Dairy Enterprise and

Vice-Mayor visitstax-free markets

other shops at tax-freemarkets in Dagon Myothit(South), Dagon Myothit(North), Thakayta andTamway townships.

The vice-mayorcordially conversed withthe buyers and gaveinstructions to officials.

MNA YANGON, 29 Aug—Organized by MyanmarHotelier Association, amonthly talks will be heldat Asia Plaza Hotel inKyauktada Townshiphere at 4 p.m. on 3September.

Dr Nay Zin Lattwill give a topic on“Developing YourKnowledge Power” at thetalks. Everyone mayattend the talks.

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YANGON, 29 Aug—Thanlyin TownshipInternal RevenueDepartment under theMinistry of Finance andRevenue held the

MHA toorganizetalks on 3

September

Talks on commercial taxheld in Thanlyin

UMFCCI donates Businessmagazines to IPRD

YANGON, 29 Aug—A ceremony to donatemagazines and books toInformation and PublicRelations Departmentunder the Ministry ofInformation was held atthe library of Yangon

Western District onPansodan street inKyauktada Township on26 August.

On behalf of Unionof Myanmar Federation ofChambers, Commerce andIndustry, Librarian Daw

Nu Nu presented 3700Business magazinepublished by thefederation to Director(Production) U AyeKyawe. Next, the directorspoked words of thanks.

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educative talks on tax andrevenue to the restaurantowners of the township atthe Township IRD onKyaukkhauk PagodaRoad today.

Assistant DirectorU Ko Ko of YangonDivision IRD andChairman of ThankyinTownship Peace andDevelopment Council UBo Tun gave speeches.

Head of TownshipIRD U Shwe Moe gaveeducative talks oncommercial tax andreplied to the queriesraised by theentrepreneurs.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 29Aug—The Ministry ofIndustry-1 held themeeting to review theprogress of tasks andcoordination for the plansfor 2009-2010 at its hall,here, yesterday morning,with an address byMinister for Industry-1 UAung Thaung.

Officials of the

YANGON, 29 Aug—The opening ceremony ofthe 17th Myanmar CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions of YangonDivision was held at No.(2) Basic Education HighSchool in Latha Townshiptoday, attended byChairman of YangonDivision Peace andDevelopment Council

Commander attends opening ceremony of17th Myanmar Cultural Performing Arts

Competitions of Yangon DivCommander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen WinMyint.

It was attended bysenior military officers,the secretary of YangonDivision PDC andmembers, chairmen ofdistrict/township PDCs,maestros, members of thepanel of judges,contestants and guests.

Commander Maj-GenWin Myint formallyopened the competitionsand delivered a speech.

Next, the artistesentertained the audiencewith songs and dances, andthe commander andofficials presented aflower basket and cashrewards to the artistes.

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Ministry of Industry-1 holds coord meetingindustrial crop farms andfactory managers reportedon their respective sector.

The director-general of IndustrialSupervision andInspection Departmentand Director-General UWin Myint of Directorateof Industries submittedreports on registration ofindustries in States and

Divisions, inspection ofboilers and efforts formeeting the targets in2009-2010 financial year.

Minister U AungThaung and officialsawarded the outstandingfactories.

The meeting endedwith concluding remarksby the minister.

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NAY PYI TAW, 28Aug— A ceremony tohand over five fire enginesdonated by MagwayDivision Peace andDevelopment Council andextended building donatedby townselders of

Magway gets fire fighting facilitiesMagway was held at thetownship fire station No.2in Aungchantha ward ofMagway township onMagway Division, 20August.

Chairman ofMagway Division PDC

Col Phone Maw Shweattended the ceremony andhanded over relevantdocuments of the fireengines and the building.The chairman then viewedthe fire drill.

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BEIJING, 29 Aug—China’s lottery sales inthe first seven monthsreached 73.56 billionyuan (10.77 billion U.S.dollars), up 21.2 percentor 12.89 billion yuan fromthe same period last year,according to the Ministry

PARIS, 29 Aug—A/H1N1 flu is spreadingat an “unbelievable”speed, with “a very severeform of disease” attacking

WUHAN, 29 Aug —Twelve people were killedand one was missing in arainstorm in CentralChina’s Hubei Province,provincial officials saidSaturday. As of 4:30 p.m.Saturday, the rainstorm,which lasted for three days,has ravaged 28 counties inthe province, involving apopulation of 391,900. Ten out of the 12 deadwere hit by thunders andlightnings. One peoplemissing was washed awayby the flood. Sources with theprovincial civil affairsbureau said that about2,158 victims had beenrelocated so far. Nearly 3,118 out of24,862 hectares ofdamaged crops werecompletely destroyed. Atotal of 1,178 houses weretoppled by the rainstorm,with another 5,784damaged.

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China’s lottery sales hit 73.56 bln yuanof Finance.

Of the total sales,41.91 billion yuan went tosocial welfare lottery, up6.35 billion yuan or 17.9percent year on year.

About 31.65 billionyuan went to sports lottery,up 6.54 billion yuan or

26.0 percent year on year.In July, sales of

lottery reached 10.78billion yuan, of which 6.22billion yuan went to socialwelfare lottery and 4.57billion yuan went to sportslottery.

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The last torchbearer Lee Lai-shan, HongKong’s first ever Olympic gold medalist, lightsthe caldron during the 2009 East Asian Gamestorch relay in Hong Kong, south China, on 29August, 2009. The torch relay was launchedacross Hong Kong for the 2009 East Asian

Games (EAG) to celebrate the 100-daycountdown on Saturday.

Actor Jet Li arrives for the 13th Huabiao Awardsceremony in Beijing, capital of China, on 29 Aug,2009. The Huabiao Awards, also the governmental

film prize, is known as one of the three mostimportant domestic awards for Chinese films.

(Xinhua/Wang Fang)

MIAMI, 29 Aug—The National Hurricane Centersays Tropical Storm Jimena has formed in the Pacificsouth of Mexico.

Jimena is expected to get stronger and could becomea hurricane over the next day or two.

Early Saturday, it had maximum sustained windsnear 40 mph (65 kph) and was moving west near 12mph (19 kph). Jimena was centered about 250 miles(405 km) southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, and about365 miles (585 km) south-southeast of Manzanillo,Mexico.

Jimena is the 10th named storm of the Pacifichurricane season.

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A/H1N1 flu spreads at “unbelievable”speed: WHOthe lungs of healthy youngpeople, the World HealthOrganization (WHO) haswarned in an interviewpublished by French daily

Le Monde on Saturday. “Sixty percent of thedeaths cover those whohave underlying healthproblems,” Director-general of the WHOMargaret Chan said,adding that the remaining40 percent of the deathsare young adults in goodhealth, “who die of a vitalfever in five to sevendays.” “This is the mostworrying fact. Up to 30percent of people indensely populatedcountries risked gettinginfected,” Chan noted. The WHO announcedin a statement that the A/H1N1 pandemic virus isnow the dominantinfluenza strain around theworld.

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12 killed, onemissing in

centralChina’s

rainstorm

Tropical Storm Jimenaforms in Pacific Ocean

Industry-1 Minister U Aung Thaung presents a prize to a winningfactory at Industrial Supervision and Inspection Department

meeting.—MNA

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KHARTOUM, 29 Aug—Armed men seized two foreign civilians working forDarfur’s peacekeeping force on Saturday, the fourth kidnapping in the remoteSudanese region since March.

“They were abducted by armed men from their residence in Zalingei. Theincident took place in the early hours of this morning,” UNAMID spokesmanNoureddine Mezni told Reuters.

It was the first time international staff from the joint United Nations/AfricanUnion force had been abducted, he said.

Menzi declined to give the names or nationalities of the man and woman whowere kidnapped as their families had not yet been informed.—Internet

MORONI, 29 Aug—Authorities say they have recovered the second of twoblack boxes from a Yemenia Airways flight that crashed into the Indian Ocean inJune with 153 people aboard.

Col. Ismael Daho in charge of the Comoran crisis unit set up to deal with thecrash says the plane’s voice recorder was recovered Saturday. The data recorderwas recovered on Friday.

Red Cross co-ordinator Abdourhamane Bacari says teams will continue towork for another two weeks to try to bring up wreckage and look for more bodiesand luggage. Around 37 bodies have been recovered so far.

A teenage girl was the only survivor of Yemenia Flight 626, which was flyingfrom Paris to Moroni via Yemen.—Internet

Liverpool’s FernandoTorres shoots to score

against BoltonWanderers.INTERNET

Arsenal’s Bacary Sagna (L) tackles ManchesterUnited’s Nani .—INTERNET

Chelsea 3 - 0 BurnleyBlackburn 0 - 0 West Ham UnitedBolton 2 - 3 LiverpoolStoke City 1 - 0 SunderlandTottenham 2 - 1 Birmingham CityWolverhampton 1 - 1 Hull CityManchester U 2 - 1 Arsenal

S P O R T SGerrard’s late winner getsLiverpool back on track

LONDON, 29 Aug—Liverpool got their splutteringcampaign back on track as Steven Gerrard’s late goalsealed a dramatic 3-2 victory at 10-man Bolton onSaturday.

Rafael Benitez’s team were trailing 2-1 when thegame erupted in the 55th minute after Sean Davis wassent off for a second yellow card in an increasingly ill-tempered match.

After Davis’s dismissal, Fernando Torres levelledfor Liverpool, scoring his third goal in as many gamesby lashing the ball over Bolton goalkeeper JussiJaaskelainen after it had been chested down by DirkKuyt.

With their one-man advantage, Liverpool pepperedthe Bolton goal and Gerrard’s powerful volley fromthe edge of the area in the 83rd minute stole thepoints.—Internet

MANCHESTER, 29 Aug—Manchester United roaredback from a half-time deficit to record victory overArsenal at Old Trafford.

Andrey Arshavin capped a brilliant first half byputting Arsenal ahead and if Ben Foster had notdenied Robin van Persie with a brilliant feet-firstsave, Arsenal would probably have won.

Instead, Wayne Rooney won a penalty when hewent down under Manuel Almunia’s challenge, andscored it himself before Abou Diaby turned RyanGiggs’ free-kick into his own net to give the hoststheir victory.

Van Persie thought he had equalised deep intostoppage time but his effort was ruled out for anoffside against William Gallas, and Arsene Wenger’sprotest against the disallowed goal led to him beingsent from the dug-out.—Internet

Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal

(29-8-2009)

Chelsea sweep past Burnley to maintain perfect start

Nicolas Anelka of Chelsea celebrates scoring theopening goal .—INTERNET

LONDON, 29 Aug—Chelsea’s flying start tothe season continuedSaturday with a 3-0victory over Burnley atStamford Bridge to putthem top of the PremierLeague.

Nicolas Anelkaopened the scoring justbefore halftime and goalsearly in the second halffrom Michael Ballackand Ashley Colerewarded some slick playfrom Carlo Ancelotti’steam.

Chelsea have wontheir opening four gamesof the season, carrying ontheir form at the back oflast season under Guus

LONDON,29 Aug—Aaron Lennon netted a lastgasp winner as Tottenham Hotspur beat BirminghamCity at White Hart Lane.

Lennon kept Tottenham’s 100 per cent recordintact with the winner deep into injury time againstBirmingham.

Peter Crouch opened the scoring in the 72ndminute only for Lee Bowyer to equalise just threeminutes later. However, Lennon capitalised after amistake from former Spurs defender Stephen Carr tosnatch all three points with virtually the last kick of thematch.—Internet

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1Birmingham City

Tottenham Hotspur’sPeter Crouch (C)

celebrates scoring thefirst goal against

Birmingham City.INTERNET

Hiddink when they endedwith five consecutive leaguewins.

Tottenham Hotspur canjoin Chelsea on 12 pointsfrom four games later when

they host Birmingham Cityat White Hart Lane whilechampions ManchesterUnited and Arsenal meet atOld Trafford in an earlyevening kick-off.—Internet

Second black box recovered from Comoros plane crash

Peacekeeping civilians kidnapped in Darfur

A paraglider flying in the sky over a field area in Hexigten Qi of north China’sInner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 29, 2009. The 2009 China HexigtenParagliding Field Open was held on the Galo Ustai Mountains in Hexigten onSaturday, which attracted 45 paragliders from countries and regions including

China and the ROK.—INTERNET

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Malaysian authorities rescue 98 pangolins

Nepalesesuffering

watershortage

KATHMANDU, 29 Aug—The effects of climatechange on Nepal willmean more suffering formillions of people livingin extreme poverty, aninternational aid agencysaid. Nepal already isexperiencing poor harvestsand water shortages in ruralareas, an Oxfam reportsaid. Millions of peopleare dependent on waterflowing from the moun-tains and some streamshave dried to a trickle, thereport said.

The report was releasedon Thursday in advance ofa December summit inCopenhagen on the threatof climate change in theHimalayas, especiallyNepal, which is emergingfrom nearly 10 years ofcivil conflict, the BBC re-ported on Friday.

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Australia oil rig spill‘far bigger’ than thoughtSYDNEY, 29 Aug—A massive oil spill at a drilling

rig off northwestern Australia is much worse thaninitially thought and is within kilometres (miles) ofthe shoreline, the Greens party said on Saturday.

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert flew over the spill ina chartered plane on Friday and said its “devastating”size was being downplayed by the authorities.

“The spill is far bigger than we have been told andcloser to the coast than expected,” Siewert said.

“From east to west it stretches 180 kilometres (112miles) at a minimum. Urgent action is needed to stopthe flow,” she added.

Oil and gas began leaking from the West Atlas rig,about 250 kilometres off the Australian mainland earlyon Friday, forcing the evacuation of 69 workers.

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Lighter, gas can cause car fireJOLIET, 29 Aug—Authorities in Illinois said a woman

destroyed her car by trying to use a cigarette lighter tocheck the level of fuel in a gas can she was filling.Policesaid the 27-year-old woman was filling up a gas can inthe passenger seat of her yellow 1970 Chevrolet 400 ata 7-11 gas station in Joliet at about 10:30 pm Tuesday,the Joliet Herald-News reported on Friday.

“(She) then used a lighter to use as a light to observehow full the can was,” a police report of the incidentsaid.The lighter caused the gas can to explode, engulf-ing the inside of the car in flames, and the womanquickly pushed the burning car away from the gas pumpto prevent the fire from spreading.

The woman was treated by paramedics for non-lifethreatening second-degree burns to her right wrist andright thigh. She was taken to Silver Cross Hospital.

This WWF picture shows a Malaysan pangolin(Manis javanica), also known as a scaly anteater.

Pangolins are indigenous to the jungle ofIndonesia, parts of Malaysia and areas of

southern Thailand, with its meat considered adelicacy in China.—INTERNET

KUALA LUMPUR, 29A u g — M a l a y s i a nauthorities on Saturdaysaid they have rescuednearly 100 pangolins andarrested a man attemptingto smuggle the protectedspecies, destined to be soldto restaurants andmedicine shops.

Officials from theDepartment of Wildlifeand National Parks raideda house in northernKedah state on Thursdayand seized 98 of theanimals, the department’s

enforcement chiefSaharudin Anan told AFP.

Three kilograms (6.5pounds) of pangolinscales were also found inthe house, he added.

“We believe theanimals were destined tobe sold to Asian countriesfor their meat, as well astheir scales to be used astraditional medicine,”Saharudin said.

“The man, in his 40sand self-employed, will becharged in court for fivedifferent charges of illegal

possession of the totallyprotected species and hefaces up to 23 years in jailand (a) fine if convicted,”the official added.

Pangolins areindigenous to the jungle ofIndonesia, parts ofMalaysia and areas ofsouthern Thailand, with itsmeat considered a delicacyin China.It is classified asa protected species underthe UN’s Convention onInternational Trade inEndangered Species.

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Ministry of Information

News and Periodicals Enterprise

Invitation to Tender for procurement of paper, ink and

printing materials1. Sealed tenders are invited for procurement of the following paper and

printing materials for News and Periodicals Enterprise.

1. Newsprint Paper (48.8 gsm) (30") 3000 Tons

2. Woodfree Paper (70 gsm) (500 Shts/Pkt)—

(a) (31"x43") (Indonesia) 500 Pkts

(b) (161/2"x113/

4") (A3 Size) 750 Pkts

(c) (81/4"x113/

4") (A4 Size) 1500 Pkts

3. Web Offset Ink

(a) Black 66,000 Kg

(b) Magenta 1800 Kg

(c) Cyan 1800 Kg

(d) Yellow 1800 Kg

4. Sheetfed Offset Ink (Black) 4,500 Kg

5. P.S Negative Plates

(a) 915x626x0.3mm 1,500 Shts

(b) 889x586x0.3mm 6,000 Shts

(c) 889x609x0.3 mm 3,000 Shts

6. Wipe On Aluminium Plate (745x635x0.24mm) 1,500 Shts

7. P.S Negative Developer 650 Litre

8. Coating A+B Set 450 Sets

9. Developing Lacquer 450 Litre

10. Ortho Film (Roll) (24"x200') 150 Rolls

11. Ortho Film (Sheet) (22"x32") (50 Sht/Box) 270 Boxes

12. Film Developer (10 Lit/Bot) 140 Bots

13. Film Fixer (5 Lit/Bot) 140 Bots

14. A3 Toner HP Laser Jet 5000N 100 Boxes

15. A3 Toner HP Laser Jet 5200N 60 Boxes

16. Rubber Blanket With T-Bar 890x625x1.95mm 100 Shts

17. Stencil Paper (48 Sht/Box) 450 Boxes

18. Duplicating Ink Tube 450 Boxes

19. Gum Arabic 600 Litre

20. Rubber Blanket

(a) (765x780x1.95)mm 45 Shts

(b) (675x645x1.95)mm 90 Shts

21. Imagesetter (Nay Pyi Taw)

(a) Film (76.8 cmx61m) 70 Rolls

(b) Developer 540 Litre

(c) Fixer 540 Litre

22. (Imagesetter) Yangon

(a) Film (61cmx60m) 70 Rolls

(b) Developer 540 Litre

(c) Fixer 540 Litre

23. Thermal Plate (889x609x0.30mm) 1500 Shts

24. Developer (Thermal Plate) 150 Litre

2. Tender will be closed at 16.30 hrs on 18-9-2009.

3. Tender documents and the detailed facts are available at the following address.

Procurement Committee

Ministry of Information

Myanma Motion Picture Enterprise

No. 28, Kokkine Yeiktha Street, Bahan Township

Tel: 536029, 534574

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Splinters of ice peel off from the front of the Perito Moreno Glacier into theLago Argentino, in the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares (Los Glaciares

National Park), 80 km (50 miles) west of El Calafate city, in the PatagonianProvince of Santa Cruz, in this on 25 March, 2007 file photo. Moving onfrom the risk of global warming, scientists are now looking for ways to

pinpoint the areas set to be affected by climate change, to help countries planeverything from new crops to hydropower dams.—XINHUA

A worker collectspackages of H1N1 flu

vaccines from aconveyer belt on theassembly line at a

military pharmaceuticalplant in Burgos,

northern Spain, on 27Aug, 2009. —XINHUA

974 new A/H1N1 casesconfirmed in Europe

STOCKHOLM, 29 Aug— A European health agencysaid Friday that 974 new A/H1N1 flu cases werereported in European countries within the last 24hours.

Of the new cases, 308 were confirmed in Germany,283 in Italy, 208 in Greece, 138 in Britain, 11 in Malta,ten in Switzerland, six in Czech Republic, threerespectively in Denmark and Slovakia, tworespectively in Austria and Estonia, the EuropeanCenter for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)said in its daily situation report.

Nine new fatal cases reported from EU and EFTAcountries, the report added.

The total number of confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 flu virus in the European Union (EU) andEuropean Free Trade Association (EFTA)countriesrose to 45,625, with 1,538 cases in Spain and 13,095in Britain, 1,125 in France and 15,567 in Germany,the ECDC said.—Xinhua

US reports 33 more A/H1N1flu deaths, 859 more hospital-

izations in past weekHOUSTON, 29 Aug—The A/H1N1 flu death toll in

the United State has reached 555 with hospitalizationsof 8,842, according to the latest statistics released bythe federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) in Atlanta on Friday.

The CDC said that 33 more deaths have beenreported in the past week, a jump from the previousrecord of 522 released a week ago by the agency.Meanwhile, there have been 859 more patients of thenew virus admitted to the hospitals in the past week,bringing the total number of the hospitalizations aroundthe country to 8,842, compared with the previousrecord of 7,983. The newly-confirmed figures showthat fewer patients had died in the past week comparedto the previous week, while the number of patientsadmitted to the hospitals in the past week had nearlydoubled that reported for previous week.—Xinhua

Worldwide death toll ofA/H1N1 flu rises over 2,100GENEVA, 29 Aug— At least 2,185 people world-

wide have died from the A/H1N1 influenza since thenew virus was identified in April, the World HealthOrganization (WHO) said on Friday.

All the six WHO regions have reported deaths fromthe pandemic, with the Americas reporting the larg-est death number of 1,876, the UN agency said in alatest update of the situation. In South-East Asia,139 deaths were recorded, followed by Europe withat least 85 deaths. Deaths in the West Pacific, Africaand East Mediterranean stand at 64, 11 and 10 re-spectively.

The total number of lab confirmed A/H1N1 flucases reported worldwide is over 209,438, but thisactually understates the real number of cases as coun-tries are no longer required to test and report indi-vidual cases, the WHO said. Meanwhile, the WHOwarned that the H1N1 pandemic virus “has rapidlyestablished itself and is now the dominant influenzastrain in most parts of the world.”—Xinhua

Robots may have alighter touch

LONDON, 29 Aug—Canadian researchers say a ro-bot detected tumor tissue with a 35 percent lightertouch than that of humans.

Researchers at the University of Western Ontarioand Canadian Surgical Technologies and AdvancedRobotics in London used cows’ livers containingsmall tumor-like blobs to test the ability of both robotsand surgeons to feel or “palpate” for malignant tissue— usually stiffer than the surrounding tissue.

The researchers found the robots’ accuracy scoresfor detecting tumors—depending on the robot con-trol method used —were between 59 percent and 90percent better than those of the surgeons.

The robot is being developed to be small enough tobe used in minimally invasive surgery, which mini-mizes tissue damage, infection risk, recovery time andcosts, the researchers said.

“Using robots to detect tumors is not only feasible,but results in reduced tissue trauma and increased tu-mor detection,” lead author Ana Luisa Trejos of Ca-nadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robot-ics said in a statement.—Internet

Ankle test can help targetartery disease

Scientists wonder aboutplanet’s location

CHAPEL HILL, 29Aug—A 15-minute testthat measures blood flowthrough the ankle canhelp identify people withperipheral artery disease,researchers in NorthCarolina said.

The test, called anankle brachial index,could be helpful inscreening people whohave already had a stroke

or transient ischmicattack, the study byresearchers at theUniversity of NorthCarolina, Chapel Hill,suggests.—Internet

NEWCASTLE, 29 Aug—British scientists are try-ing to determine why aJupiter-style planet or-biting close to its sunhas not spiraled into thestar and burned up.

Wasp-18b is so closeto the star Wasp-18 thatit completes its orbit inless than an Earth-length day, astrophysi-cists at Keele Univer-sity in Staffordshiresay. In an article in Na-ture, they say standardastro-nomical theorieshold the planet shouldhave a lifespan of lessthan a million years,while Wasp-18b is be-lieved to be a billion

years old.Astronomers have a

similar problem in oursolar system. Phobos,one of the moons ofMars, has an orbit only5,000 miles up thatshould, according totheory, have led to a fa-tal collision with theplanet long ago.

Coel Hellier of Keelesaid there could be rea-sons for the anomaly.Wasp-18 might haveless energy than it ap-pears or the planet mayhave been spiraling in-ward and is a recent ar-rival at its currently ob-served position.

Internet

China to launch Indonesia’scommunications satellite

XICHANG, Sichuan, 29Aug—China will soonsend an Indonesiancommunications satelliteinto space on the back ofChinese-made LongMarch 3B rocket, aspokesperson for theXichang Satellite LaunchCenter in southwestChina’s Sichuan Provincesaid Saturday.

All preparatory workis well underway and boththe satellite and the rocketwere in good condition,the spokesperson said.

The Palapa Dsatellite, owned byIndosat, an Indonesiansatellite communicationscompany, will provide

satellite links andbroadcasting services forIndonesia and othersoutheastern Asiannations.

Indosat ordered thePalapa D satellite fromthe French companyThales Alenia Space in2007.—Xinhua

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HAVANA, 29 Aug—Cubawill send 10 female chessplayers at the women’sContinental Tournament tobe held in Cali, Colombiafrom 1 to 7 Sept, theAmerican Federation ofChess reported on Friday.

Matitza Arribas, ninetimes national champion andGreat Master (GM) leads theCuban delegation, alsoformed by Sulennis Pina,Yaniet Marrero, VivianaRamon and Zirka Frometa.The other contenders will beLisandra Ordaz, OleinisLinares, Roquelina Fandillo,Lisandra Llaudy and ZeniaCorrales.—Xinhua

Villarreal face Lazio, Everton takeon Benfica in Europa League

MONACO, 29 Aug—The clash betweenSpanish side Villarreal and Italian giants Laziowill be one of the highlights of the EuropaLeague group stage after the draw made hereon Friday.Spanish clubs taking on Italians wasa theme of the Champions League draw onThursday night and it continued Friday withVillarreal meeting Lazio in a Group G whichalso includes Bulgaria’s Levski Sofia andAustrian outfit Salzburg.

Another Spanish side Valencia were drawnin Group B with France’s Lille, Czechchampions Slavia Prague and Italian sideGenoa.Valencia have come back from the brinkof bankruptcy last season and are among thefavourites in a competition they won three times- 1962, 1963 and 2004.—Internet

Villarreal’s Marcos Senna(right) fights for the ball with

Genova’s Omar Milanettoduring their “Trofeo Cera-

mica” at Madrigal stadium inVillarreal. The clash betweenSpanish side Villarreal and

Italian giants Lazio will be oneof the highlights of the EuropaLeague group stage after the

draw made on Friday.INTERNET

Real fans wait for stars to takeSpanish League stage

MADRID, 29 Aug—Real Madrid fans are tinglingwith excitement at the prospect of seeing CristianoRonaldo, Kaka and company strut their stuff as theirnew-look ‘Galactico’ team host Deportivo La Corunaon Saturday in the curtain-raiser to the 2009/10Spanish league season.

It has been an unforgettable summer with Realsplashing around 250 million euros to build a star-studded team and there are likely to be a number ofdebutants against Depor with Ronaldo, Kaka, XabiAlonso, Karim Benzema, Raul Albiol all expected tostart.—Internet

Real Madrid players are seen participating in atraining session in Madrid, on 26 August.—INTERNET

Barcelona beats Shakhtar 1-0in Super Cup

MONACO, 29 Aug—Barcelona substitute PedroRodriguez scored the only goal deep into extra timeto lead the European Cup champions to a 1-0 victoryover UEFA Cup winner Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukrainein the European Super Cup on Friday.

Rodriguez pounced onto a pass from Lionel Messiwith five minutes of extra time remaining and proddedthe ball into the bottom corner of the goal.Barcelonalast won the Super Cup in 1997 and also in 1992, butlost in 2006 to UEFA Cup winner Sevilla. Coach PepGuardiola guided Barcelona to three titles last season,adding La Liga and Copa del Rey in Spain to theChampions League crown.—Internet

Sneijder primedfor Serie A

Milan derbyROME, 29 Aug—Wesley

Sneijder could make hisInter Milan this weekend inthe Milan derby againstfierce rivals AC Milan.Sneijder has completed a 15-million-euro switch fromReal Madrid and will gostraight into the first teamreckoning as the cham-pionslook to bounce back fromtheir opening home drawagainst Serie A new-boysBari.

The 25-year-oldDutchman insists he is nottaking a step down in hiscareer despite beingpractically forced out ofMadrid by the Realhierarchy.”I don’t feel likeit’s a defeat leaving Madridas Inter are one of the biggestclubs in the world and havebeen champions of Italy forthe last four years,” he told aDutch newspaper.—Internet

Euro soccer clubs get deadlineto curb spending

MONACO, 29 Aug—Europe’s top soccer clubs willbe barred from the Champions League if they don’tcurb their spending. A UEFA strategy council onFriday approved a 2012 deadline for clubs to balancetheir books if they want to play in the world’s mostlucrative club competition. The European soccergoverning body believes spiraling inflation of transferfees and players’ wages can’t be sustained.

Internet

Rain disrupts New Haven semi-finals

The Pilot Pen hardcourt tennistournament’s first semi-final between

women’s third seed FlaviaPennetta(L) and second seed and

defending champion CarolineWozniacki(R).— INTERNET

UEFA President

Michel Platini

delivers his speech

next to the cup

during the Europa

League draw in

Monaco, on 28

Aug, 2009.

INTERNET

NEW HAVEN, 29 Aug—Persistent rainhad organizers scrambling to rescheduleFriday’s men’s and women’s semi-finals

at the Pilot Pen hardcourt tennistournament, last tune-up for next week’sUS Open.The first semi-final betweenwomen’s third seed Flavia Pennetta andsecond seed and defending championCaroline Wozniacki was pushed backfrom noon to 4:30 pm (20:30 GMT) atthe earliest.

Organizers still hoped to get enoughof a break in the weather to play all fourscheduled matches on Friday night.Doubles matches were movedindoors.Both the men’s and women’sfinals were slated for Saturday, to giveplayers a day off on Sunday before thestart of the US Open on Monday.

Internet

Ten femaleCubans to attendchess tournament

in Colombia

Inter Milan’s AlbertoMilito Diego (right)

fights for the ball withBari’s Andrea Ranocchiaduring their Italian Serie

A match at San SiroStadium in Milan, on 23

August.—INTERNET

Celtic’s managerTony Mowbray

Mowbray backsCeltic to bounceback from Euro

miseryGLASGOW, 29 Aug—

Celtic manager TonyMowbray wants hisplayers to use the pain oftheir Champions Leagueexit against Arsenal tospark a charge for theScottish Premier Leaguetitle.Mowbray’s sidecrashed out of Europe’stop club competition inthe final qualifying roundon Wednesday as Arsenalcruised to a 5-1 aggregatevictory over the Glasgowoutfit.

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudyin lower Sagaing and Magway Divisions, rain orthundershowers have been widespread in TaninthayiDivision, fairly widespread in Kachin, Mon States andYangon Division, scattered in Chin, Shan States, Mandalayand Bago Divisions and isolated in the remaining areaswith isolated heavyfall in Taninthayi Division. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw(Yezin) and Nay Pyi Taw (Lewe) (0.04) inch each, and NayPyi Taw (Pyinmana) (0.12) inch each, Kawthoung (4.81)inches, Bago (2.63) inches, Machanbaw and Dawei(2.05)inches each.

Maximum temperature on 28-8-2009 was 90°F.Minimum temperature on 29-8-2009 was 67°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 29-8-2009 was 96%.Total sun shine hours on 28-8-2009 was (6.4) hours approx.

Rainfall on 29-8-2009 was (0.36)inch at Mingaladon,(0.44) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.24) inch Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (84.49) inches atMingaladon, (95.75) inches at Kaba-Aye and (99.06) inchesat Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (6) mph from Southwest at (16:30) hoursMST on 28-8-2009.

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

Forecast valid until evening of 30 August 2009: Rainor thundershowers will be isolated in Kayah State, lowerSagaing, Mandalay and Magway Divisions, scattered inShan, Chin, Kayin, Mon, Rakhine States and upper SagaingDivision and fairly widespread in the remaining States andDivisions. Degree of certainty is (80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Weak to moderatemonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for30-8-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for30-8-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for30-8-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

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India loses Moon satellite linksLONDON, 29 Aug—All communication links with

the only Indian satellite orbiting the Moon havebeen lost, India’s space agency says.

Radio contact with the Chandrayaan-1spacecraft was lost abruptly early on Saturday, saidIndia’s Bangalore-based Space ResearchOrganization (ISRO).

The unmanned craft was launched last Octoberin what was billed as a two-year mission ofexploration.The launch was regarded as a majorstep for India as it seeks to keep pace with otherspace-faring nations in Asia.

Following its launch from the southern state ofAndhra Pradesh, it was hoped the robotic probewould orbit the Moon, compile a 3-D atlas of thelunar surface and map the distribution of elementsand minerals.—Internet

In this picture released in October 2008, a modelof the Chandrayaan-1 mooncraft is seen on displayin India. India’s first moon mission, launchedamid much fanfare last year, has come to anabrupt end after the country’s lunar craft lostcontact with its controllers, the national space

agency said.—INTERNET

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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 among thepeople

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

troubles

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

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 29 Aug—A 44-year-old manwas transferred to Insein General Hospital throughtownship Health Department on 28 August. Serumof the patient was examined at the National HealthLaboratory and found to be New Influenza A(H1N1) positive.

Five family members who came into con-tact with the patient are kept under home quaran-tine.

The number of the patient with the virus hasreached 30 in Myanmar and 24 out of whom weredischarged from the hospitals as they had fullyrecovered from their illness. The remaining six arebeing given special treatment by specialists andthey are not in critical conditions.

National Health Laboratory detected 211flu-suspected persons and 30 were found to havebeen infected with the virus.

MNA

One more foundinfected with New

Influenza A (H1N1)Number of patients with

the virus reaches 30

Noteworthyamounts of rainfall

Nay Pyi Taw (Yezin) 0.40 inch

Nay Pyi Taw(Lewe) 0.04 inch

Nay Pyi Taw (Pyinmana) 0.12 inch

Kawthoung 4.81 inches

Bago 2.63 inches

Machanbaw 2.05 inches

Dawei 2.05 inches

Sitha Supporting Dam from PyinOoLwinproviding enough drinking and irrigation water

Article: Khin Maung Than (Sethmu)

Myanmar is implementing small- and medium-scale dam projects that do not take much time tocomplete for boosting cultivation and regionalgreening. Not only that, drinking water supply tasksare also being carried out in some regions.

Sitha Dam that has been built in PyinOoLwinDistrict is providing 1.8 million gallons for factoriesand training schools a day in the district. To supplydrinking water for Yatanarpon new town, Sitha Sup-porting Dam has been opened on the tributary-1 ofSitha Creek, 3000 feet up from Sitha Dam.

We, the news team, left Nay Pyi Taw forMandalay by train to collect facts and data aboutSitha Dam. Then we continued our trip toPyinOoLwin under the arrangement of Construc-tion-2 camp (Natyegan Camp) of Mandalay Irriga-tion Department. Near PyinOoLwin Ani Camp, weinterviewed U Thet Naing and U Zaw Min Tun ofthe project about the dam. At that time, the weatherwas cool and the surrounding areas of the dam werelush and green.

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Control Tower of Sitha Dam.

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