the new light of myanmar

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Volume XVII, Number 85 4th Waning of Waso 1371 ME Friday, 10 July, 2009

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

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

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

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept inthe hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

standards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peaceand tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 9July—Lt-Gen Tha Ayeof the Ministry ofDefence delivered anaddress in meeting withservicemen and theirfamilies at the hall oflocal battalion in MatupiStation on 4 July andpresented gifts to them.

Accompanied byChairman of SagaingDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of North-West Command Maj-GenMyint Soe and Chin StatePDC Chairman Brig-GenHon Ngai, Lt-Gen ThaAye visited MatupiTownship People’sHospital and gavenecessary instructions. Lt-Gen Tha Aye comfortedpatients and inspected teaplantation of the hospital.

At Digital Auto-Exchange of MatupiTownship Myanma Postsand Telecommunications,Lt-Gen Tha Aye looked

Matupi Township gains development momentum

into machine and operatorrooms and left necessaryinstructions.

Next, Lt-Gen ThaAye went to Progress ofBorder Areas and NationalRaces Training Schooland fulfilled therequirements.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye,the commander andofficials presented clothes,stationery, schooluniforms and gifts to theschool and the trainees .

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Tha Aye visitedMatupi Township

Women’s VocationalTraining School. Heoversaw learning oftrainees on basic andadvanced tailoring coursesand teaching and learningaids.

At MatupiTownship Basic

Education High SchoolNo. (1), Lt-Gen Tha Ayeinspected progress inconstruction of two-storeynew school building,school buildings of BEHSNo. (2) and gavenecessary instructions.

Next, Lt-Gen Tha

Aye looked into teaplantations ofdepartmental personnelnear Haka-Matupi Roadand production line ofMatupi Tea ProcessingFactory, and left necessaryinstructions.

MNA

Sugar mill inShan State(North), thelargest of its

kind inMyanmar

Article: MyintMaung Soe;Photos: MyoMin Thein

(Mayangon)Hsinshweli Sugar Mill in Nawnghkio Township, Shan State (North).

Lt-Gen Tha Aye of Ministry of Defence inspects tea plantation of departmental personnel on Haka-Matupi Road.MNA

(Byline on page 7)

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 10 July, 2009

Friday, 10 July, 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

Always work for regionaland national development

National policies laid down by theState are national duties to be carried outearnestly and steadfastly not only in thepresent but also in the future.

The government of Myanmar isworking towards a peaceful, modern anddeveloped nation in accord with itsnational policy — non-disintegration ofthe Union, non-disintegration of nationalsolidarity and perpetuation of sovereignty— and according to the wishes of theentire national people through systematicimplementation of the seven-steproadmap.

At present, the government, thepeople and the Tatmadaw are working inconcert for the development of the Unionand to fulfil all the requirements ofpolitical, economic, education, health andtransport sectors.

As a result, peace and tranquility isprevailing all over the nation. Majorstrides have been made in agriculturaland manufacturing industries. Transporthas become smooth and easy andbusinesses thrived.

Regional development is related toregional peace and stability. Only if thereis the rule of law and peace and stabilityin the nation will the life of the people besecure. Mutual love, trust andunderstanding among the nationalbrethren are the sound foundations ofUnion Spirit and national untiy.

If all the national people try tomaintain unity, peace and developmentalready achieved and continue workingtogether for regional and nationaldevelopment, their Union will last long.

Minister Col Thein Nyunt addresses annual work coordination meeting of Development AffairsCommittees. —PBANRDA

Director Daw Wai Thit Lwin speaking at the ceremony to introduce New Sony Cyber-ShotCamera. —MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9 July—The State Peace andDevelopment Council has appointed DeputyDirector-General U Khin Ko Lay of the FisheriesDepartment of the Ministry of Livestock andFisheries as Director-General of the same departmenton probation from the date he assumes charge of hisduties.—MNA

MYANMAR GAZETTENAY PYI TAW, 9 July—

Minister for Progress ofBorder Areas and NationalRaces and DevelopmentAffairs Col Thein Nyuntattended the annual workcoordination meeting of

Minister attends annual workcoordination meeting of DACs

Development AffairsCommittees held at theassembly hall of theministry, here this morning.

Also present on theoccasion were DeputyMinister for PBANRDACol Tin Ngwe, the secretaryand committee members ofNay Pyi Taw DAC,directors-general, managingdirectors and deputydirectors-general ofdepartments and enterprisesunder the ministry, directors,deputy superintending

New Sony Cyber-Shot Camera introducedYANGON, 9 July—

Organized by TMWEnterprise Ltd, a ceremonyto introduce new SonyCyber-Shot Camera to

media and sale agents, washeld at Sedona Hotel, KabaAye Pagoda Road, here, thismorning with an openingspeech by Director Daw

Wai Thit Lwin of TMWEnterprise Ltd.

After U Zwe Yan Boof TMW Enterprise hadexplained facts about i Auto

Function by means ofprojector, the ceremonycame to an end.

Next, those presentviewed the Sony Cyber-

Shot Cameras on display.The main aim of Sony

is the satisfaction of thecustomers. Sony hasproduced cameras bymeans of i Auto technologyto catch high qualitypictures. It is incumbentupon users who are usingthe cameras to adjust thefunctions and backgroundthey want. Now, i Autotechnology is capable ofadjusting functions ofcameras automatically.

New T Series includesNew Intelligent AutoMode. When it is used,Intelligent SceneRecognition Function isable to create best pictureswithout adjusting setting.

Sony Cyber-Shot Camerascan produce best pictures ifSmile Shutter Function andIntelligent Auto Functionare jointly used.

W Series of SonyCyber-Shot comprise 6series namely DSC-W 270,DSC-W 230, DSC-W 220,DSC-W 210, DSC-W 190and DSC-W 180. 3” LCDand colorful cameras usedwith Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens in W Serieswill be attractive to theusers. 28 mm wide angleset 5X optical telescopic cantake vivid pictures for theusers. Colorful SonyCameras are now on sale atSony Showrooms in statesand divisions.—MNA

engineers, executive officersand engineers in-chargefrom State and DivisionDACs.

First, the minister madea speech on the occasion.

Next, Director-General

U Myo Myint ofDevelopment AffairsDepartment read out theannual report of thedevelopment affairs

committees during 2008-2009. Resource personssubmitted their papers to themeeting.

After being reviewed by

Deputy Minister Col TinNgwe and officialsconcerned, the meetingcame to a close for the firstday.—MNA

Pandemic A (H1N1) 2009 control measures under wayYANGON, 9 July—

Secretary of theCommunicable DiseasesControl Central CommitteeDeputy Minister for HealthDr Mya Oo addressed themeeting on Pandemic A(H1N1) 2009 controlmeasures at Insein People’s

Hospital yesterday.Head of Yangon

Division Health DepartmentDr Hla Myint, Director DrSoe Lwin Nyein of theDepartment of Health,Director Dr Nay Win andMedical Superintendent DrKyaw Kyaw of the hospital

presented topics about thedisease. The deputy ministeralso took part in thediscussion. Next, thedeputy minister inspectedthe separate ward for thesick and outpatient ward. Healso inspected Yangon EastGeneral Hospital.—MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 10 July, 2009 3

US government agencies’websites attacked

A view of Teheran is seen during a high air pollution and dust storm on 6 July ,2009. The official IRNA news agency says the government has ordered all gov-ernment and private offices as well as educational and industrial units closed for Tuesday due to high air pollution and dust storm.—INTERNET

Men inspect trucks destroyed by Taleban fighters by the roadside in Afghani-stan’s northern Kunduz Province on 8 July, 2009. Taleban fighters set12 trucks, belonging to a construction firm, on fire and kidnapped two

drivers, the local governor said.—INTERNET

Local residents andhikers look on as a

brush fire burns in theSepulveda Pass area ofLos Angeles on 8 July,

2009. The GettyCenter art complex inLos Angeles is evacu-ating staff and visitors

because of a nearbybrush fire. NearbyMount St Mary’s

College also is beingevacuated as a precau-

tion.—INTERNET

Iraq car bombs kill 16

WASHINGTON, 9 July — The websitesof US government agencies includingthe White House, the State Departmentand the Pentagon have been under cyberattack, said the government on Wednes-day.

State Department spokesman IanKelly confirmed to reporters at a pressbriefing that the stategov website hadbeen under attack since 5 July, although“it’s much reduced right now.”

Kelly said that the US computeremergency readiness team is workingwith experts of his department and otheraffected government agencies to try toresolve the problem.

However, the source of attacks can notbe confirmed yet, the spokesman added.

The cyber assault on the White Housesite did not effect its day-to-day opera-tions with preventative measures inplace, said spokesman Nick Shapiro,adding that the site is “stable and avail-able to the general public.”

The Department of Homeland Secu-rity, which led the investigation into theattacks, confirmed that US governmentand private sector websites had come un-der so-called “distributed denial of serv-ice” attack without identifying any of thetargeted sites.

Internet

Map locates Mosul,Iraq, where car bombs

killed at least 16.INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 9 July —Car bombs in two Shiitevillages on the outskirts ofthe northern Iraqi city ofMosul killed 16 civiliansand injured more than twodozen on Wednesday, au-thorities said.

The motive for the at-tacks was not immediatelyclear. Their strength dimin-ished, some Sunni insur-gents still seek to re-ignitesectarian violence with themajority Shiites and reverseIraq’s security gains in thepast two years.

Ethnic tensions among

in the village of Sada WaBaaweza when a bomb ina car parked near a Shiitemosque killed nine peopleand injured 15, a policeofficer and a hospitalmedic said. Another carbomb killed seven peopleand injured 11 people ona commercial street inGubba village, policesaid.

The officials spoke oncondition of anonymitybecause they were not au-thorized to speak to themedia. The two villagesare north of Mosul, and lieabout 20 kilometres (12miles) from each other.

Internet

South Sudan fighting targetswomen, children

KHARTOUM, 9 July — Fighting between tribes insouthern Sudan has increasingly targeted women andchildren and likely killed more than 1,000 people sinceJanuary, a senior UN official said Wednesday.

Sudan’s south is still grappling with the legacy ofone of Africa’s longest and bloodiest civil wars. Thetwo-decade battle between ethnic African southern-ers and Sudan’s Arab-dominated government in thenorthern capital, Khartoum, killed an estimated 2 mil-lion people.—Internet

RIYADH, 9 July — A Saudi criminal court has convicted and sentenced an al-Qaeda militant to death and given more than 300 others jail terms, fines and travelbans in the country’s first known terrorism trials for suspected members of theterror network, officials said Wednesday.

A Justice Ministry spokesman said the court looked into 179 cases involvingthe 330 defendants who were found guilty. The spokesman did not give any de-tails on the person sentenced to death, but his punishment suggests he could be asenior member of al-Qaeda.

Saudi Arabia has pursued an aggressive campaign against militants sinceMay 2003, when they first began attacks in the kingdom, which is al-Qaedaleader Osama bin Laden’s birthplace and home to 15 of the 19 Sept 11 hijack-ers.

The network’s attacks have targeted expatriate residential compounds, oil in-stallations and government buildings.

Internet

G8 calls for increased food securityL’AQUILA, 9 July — World leaders at the Group of

Eight summit say they want to promote investment inagriculture as a way of combating hunger in the faceof the economic crisis.

The G-8 is expected to expand talks on food secu-rity when they meet with countries with emergingeconomies and with African countries over the nexttwo days. Officials have said that they are discussingthe creation of an agricultural development fund forAfrica.

Leaders said in a statement Wednesday they wantto “stimulate sustainable growth of world food pro-duction” with a particular focus on small farmers, aswell as the traditional food aid.—Internet

Kurds, Turkmen and Ar-abs are also high in thedisputed region; mostlyShiite Turkmen live in thevillages that were struck.

One attack happenedSaudiArabiaconvicts

300al-Qaedasuspects

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A farmer harvests wheat in Mamuticevo, 100 km (62 miles) east of Skopjeon 8 July, 2009.—INTERNET

L’AQUILA, 9 July — TheGroup of Five (G5) includ-ing Brazil, China, India,Mexico and South Africacalled for coordination indealing with economic cri-sis and reforming the in-ternational financial sys-tem here on Wednesday.

In a political declara-tion they said that the glo-bal economic crisis in itsmultiple dimensions, in-cluding social, employ-

In this 7 April, 2006file photo, large rolls

of aluminum arecooled before they getcut to order size at theAlcoa Warrick Opera-

tions in Newburgh,Ind.

INTERNET

People visit the 8th China Shenyang International Auto Exhibition inShenyang, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, on 7 July , 2009. —XINHUA

Group of Five call for coordination indealing with economic crisis,

reforming Int’l financial systemment and food and en-ergy security risks, nontraditional threats to se-curity such as diseasesand epidemics, as well asthe challenges posed byclimate change, under-score our fundamental in-terdependence and theimperative of enhancingcooperation to achieveequitable and sustainabledevelopment for all.

They said that the

world needs a new globalgovernance, the construc-tion of which must be basedon inclusive multilaterism.“In our evolving multi-po-lar world, the G5, as a posi-tive platform that contrib-utes to the promotion of theinterests of developingcountries, will continue toactively engage in jointlytackling global challenges,”they said.

Internet

LONDON, 9 July— Of-ficial figures confirmedthat the 16 countries thatuse the euro saw outputshrink by 2.5 percent inthe first quarter of 2009from the previous threemonth period as the glo-bal recession sapped theindustrial exports that theeuro zone relies on forgrowth.

Though the final esti-mate left the quarterly rateunchanged, the annual de-cline was greater than an-ticipated. Gross domesticproduct in the euro zonefell by 4.9 percent in thefirst quarter compared withthe same period in 2008 —slightly more than the pre-vious reading of a 4.8 per-cent contraction.

Eurostat confirmedthat Germany, the euro

SACRAMENTO, 9 July— Gov Arnold Schwarz-enegger’s insistence on cost-cutting measures to weedout what he has described as “waste, fraud and abuse”in California’s social service programmes has struck anerve with Democrats, welfare advocates and the frail.

They say the Republican governor is using the pooras a scapegoat for the state’s $26.3 billion budget short-fall. They also fear his proposals, if approved by theLegislature, would trigger increased unemploymentand homelessness, and force thousands of people fromtheir homes into expensive nursing facilities.

Mike Herald, a lobbyist for the Western Center onLaw & Poverty, likened Schwarzenegger to a bully whobosses around his poverty-stricken family.

“The last thing these families need is a powerfulfigure accusing them of fraud,” he said.—Internet

BEIJING, 9 July—Datang Telecom Techno-logy and Industry Hold-ings Co, a major developerof the domestically-grownTD-SCDMA 3G standard,is in talks with the coun-try’s national pension fundto sell a 20-percent stakethrough a private place-ment, according to com-pany sources.

The deal could worthas much as 3 billion yuan(428.6 million US dol-lars), but the two sideshad not decided on theprice tag, said Thursday’sChina Daily.

The National SocialSecurity Fund (NSSF),will take a 20-percentstake in Datang TelecomHoldings after buyingnew shares issued by thetelecom equipment firm.

The fund raised will beused to bankroll a hike inits equipment productioncapacity and increaseworking capital, accord-ing to the companysources.—Internet

SEOUL, 9 July—SouthKorea and Europeancountries reached anagreement to boost coop-eration in their aviationpolicy, technological de-velopment and othersafety-related informationsharing, the South Koreangovernment said onThursday.

According to the Min-istry of Land, Transport

OTTAWA, 9 July — Canada will spend 5 billion Cana-dian dollars (4.2 billion US dollars) to purchase new com-bat vehicles and maintain the existing fleet for the mili-tary, many of which are being used in Afghanistan, De-fence Minister Peter MacKay announced on Wednesday.

Among the money, about 1 billion Canadian dol-lars (850 million US dollars) will be spent on upgrad-ing and repairing 550 LAV IIIs, with an option to up-grade 80 more, he said at a press conference at a troopsstation in the eastern province of New Brunswick.

The rest of the money will be spent on three newtypes of vehicles, including 108 close-combat vehi-cles to work with the army ‘s Leopard tanks, 500 tac-tical armored patrol vehicles and 13 force mobilityenhancement vehicles to carry equipment such asplows and building materials, he said.

Contracts to manufacture and assemble the new ve-hicles, as well as long-term contracts to service andmaintain them, will be awarded in 2011,according tothe government plan.—Internet

Schwarzenegger’s welfarecuts angers Dems

S Korea, Europe to promote aviationcooperation

and Maritime Affairs,South Korea’s transportpolicymakers signed anagreement with the Euro-pean Civil Aviation Con-ference (ECAC), one ofthe world-leading avia-tion organizations, inStrasbourg, France.

As the ECAC is in-volved in setting an inter-national standard foraviation policies along

with the United States,South Korea is expected toget help in advancedknow-hows related toaviation policies, the mini-stry said.

The agreement willstep up cooperation intechnology developmentand expand informationsharing in the safety area,the ministry added.

Internet

Euro zone Q1 contractionconfirmed at 2.5 percent

zone’s biggest economy,saw output plunge by aquarterly 3.8 percent asdemand for its cars andfactory machinery col-lapsed — its biggest eco-nomic contraction since atleast 1970, when WestGermany started to com-pile records.—Internet

China telecomdeveloper may sell

20% stake tonational pension

fund

Canada announces fundingfor combat vehicle

maintenance, purchase

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Regional co-op stressed fordevelopment in Africa

BEIJING, 9 July—Afri-can officials highlightedthe importance of regionalcooperation and stressedthat African countriescannot rely on aid fromother countries for eco-nomic development.

In an interview withXinhuanet.com in BeijingWednesday at the Experi-ence-sharing Programmeon development betweenChina and Africa, theystressed Africans mustrely on themselves at a

time of global economicdownturn. “Africa mustwork closely together inorder to be able to have acertain volume of theworld trade market,” saidRobert Joseph, Ghana’sdeputy minister of Roadand Highways.

The capacity of the Af-rican countries to cometogether to meet the hugeimport demand fromother countries is weak,he said, so they need tobuild that capacity “byworking together and sup-porting each other.”

Joseph stressed thatAfrican countries mustlook at the limitationsthey have, and stride to-gether to deal with chal-lenges brought by the glo-bal financial crisis.

Xinhua

A forum of experience-sharing programme ondevelopment between China and Africa is held in

Beijing Wednesday to explore ways in whichChina’s economic and investment policy experi-

ences can inform African’s efforts to accelerate itseconomic and social progress.—XINHUA

A visitor looks at themodel of a generator ondisplay during the 6thAsian Wind Energy Ex-hibition in Beijing, capi-tal of China, on 8 July,2009. The exhibition, at-tended by 445 enterprisesfrom 22 countries and regions, kicked off here Wednesday.—XINHUA

China’s auto sales surpass1.14 m units in June

BEIJING, 9 July—Sales of China’s domestically madeautomobiles topped 1.14 million units in June, up36.48 percent over the figure a year earlier, the fourthmonth in a row surpassing the 1.1 million units mark,the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers(CAAM) said Thursday.

Sales of China’s domestically manufactured vehi-cles stood at 6.099 million units in the first half of thisyear, up 17.69 percent over the figure a year earlier,according to the CAAM, adding that both the autosale and production figures in the first six months hadset a half-year record high.

China produced 5.99 million automobiles in theJanuary-June period, up 15.22 percent year on year.

The association attributed the increases to a seriesof government stimulus measures to boost domesticconsumption.—Xinhua

China’s first female astronautexpected to complete space

journey by 2012BEIJING, 9 July—China’s first female astronaut, who

is yet to be selected to join the country’s second fleetof taikonauts, is expected to complete her journey intospace by 2012.

Guangzhou-based Nanfang Weekly quoted SuiGuosheng, an officer in charge of recruitment with the AirForce of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, as saying.

The potential female astronauts would be recruitedfrom 16 female fighter pilots who graduated in April.

The female pilots, who were chosen from 150,000high school graduates in 12 provinces, were the firstbatch of Chinese young women qualified to fly fighterjets. They are expected to undergo between two andthree years of training. China’s first astronaut YangLiwei, who made history six years ago by completingthe country’s first space voyage, said during a webchat with xinhuanet.com on Tuesday that the selec-tion of China’s first woman astronaut was underway.

“I believe Chinese women will soon be seen inspace.” said Yang, who is now in charge of the coun-try’s selection of the next generation of astronauts.

Xinhua

WHO launches network aimed atdealing with noncommunicable diseases GENEVA, 9 July— The World Health Organization

(WHO) on Wednesday launched a new global networkaimed at scaling up world action to combatnoncommunicable diseases, which cause some 38 mil-lion deaths annually.

The Global Noncommunicable Disease Network(NCDnet) will unite currently fragmented efforts bybringing the cancer, cardiovascular, diabetes and respi-ratory communities together with tobacco control,healthy diets, and physical activity advocates, the UNagency said in a statement. The network will scale upaction to combat noncommunicable diseases, strengthenglobal partnerships and help governments plan and im-plement measures to reduce the burden of these dis-eases, the statement said.

According to the WHO, noncommunicable diseasessuch as heart attacks, strokes, cancers, diabetes, respi-ratory diseases and common injuries account for thevast majority of all global deaths, but because they arenot yet included as priorities in the global developmentagenda, donors and international organizations have yetto pledge support to help developing countries addressthese leading health problems.—Xinhua

Google drops Gmail beta tag, plansoperating system release

BEIJING, 9 July —Google’s Gmail has finally droppedits beta tag after five years of use, the company an-nounced Wednesday. Along with Google Calendar,Google Talk, and Google Docs, the dropping of thebeta designation is seen as an effort to attract more busi-ness from those dissuaded from adopting servicesdeemed not to be complete. Many businesses are re-luctant to have their critical infrastructure depend onsoftware that’s perpetually in beta. By ridding itself ofthe moniker, Google aims to convince more enterprisesto consider its products as suitable for their business.

Writing on the official Google blog, the companysays, “We’re taking the beta label off of Gmail, GoogleCalendar, Google Docs and Google Talk to remove anydoubt that Apps is a mature product suite.” While thebeta tag had been removed the company said new fea-tures would continue to be added. Rajen Sheth, SeniorProduct Manager of Google Apps, said, “we’re con-tinuing to implement additional procedures to ensurethat our business customers enjoy even greater reliabil-ity: live replication of data to other locations for near-instant disaster recovery, and special handling of busi-ness users’ data in our data centre operations.”—Xinhua

Some street cleaners collect garbage under abridge along the Liujiang River after the floodreceded in Liuzhou City of southwest China’s

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on 7 July,2009. —XINHUA

All items from Xinhua News Agency

Visitors view and admire the limpid Hukou Water-fall on the Yellow River at Jixian County, north

China’s Shanxi Province, on 7 July, 2009. Due toless rainfalls in the upper reaches of Yellow Riverthat lessens the velocity of river flows to churn upand drive forward the sand sediments, water of the

waterfall became clear. —XINHUA

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NEWS ALBUM

This recent handout photo providedby the Polish customs office shows

scorpions discovered by Polishcustoms agents in Warsaw in a

package posted from Hong Kong.

Conn woman’s encounter with‘Big Foot’ a hoax

A Connecticut woman’s close en-counter with the mythical beast,Sasquatch or Big Foot, turned out tobe nothing more than a boy in a cos-tume. Fairfield police said a womandriving last Tuesday night called po-lice to report that she “almost hitSasquatch,” which was standing in themiddle of the road.

Gardener’s house in flames as he tries tokill weeds

Police said a gardener in Germany set afire his house whilehe was trying to kill weeds with a flame-thrower.

The fire engulfed the house in Tangstedt near Hamburg innorthern Germany soon after the 54-year-old gardener suc-cessfully set on fire a row of weeds.

The gardener used a garden hose to extinguish the fire thathad spread to the roof of the house but failed.

Authorities said seven firemen were needed to put out theblaze, which occurred Thursday.

Man says bear mugged him forhis Italian sandwich

Polish customs officers have intercepted a package postedfrom Hong Kong containing 39 scorpions — 32 of themstill alive — addressed to a student in Poland’s south-westcity of Wroclaw.

The scorpions were in a small package purportedly con-taining toys valued at 12 euros (17 dollars), according tothe customs declaration made for the parcel by the sender,spokesperson for Customs Poland, Aldona Wegrzy-nowicztold AFP.

“We usually check packages we have doubts about, forexample ones where the declared value does not correspondwith the declared content. This time we had a hunch,” shesaid.

A vet called in by customs officials identified the crea-tures as Mesobuthus martensii-type scorpions, a moderatelydangerous variety. Those which survived the long journeywill be placed in a zoo.

Poles find live scorpions in parcel

A northwesternNew Jersey mansaid he was muggedin his driveway by asandwich-cravingbear. Henry Rou-wendal said he waspacking his car lastFriday when he washit from behind andknocked to theground. He said theculprit was a blackbear who took hisItalian sandwich.

Rouwendal saidhe kicked the bear inthe snout and throat.

He said the bruinmade off with the

A horse of the “ picador ” is tossed

by one of Cebada Gago fighting bulls

during the bullfight at San Fermin

Fiestas in Pamplona, northern

Spain, on 8 July, 2009. The fiestas

‘Los San Fermines’ held since 1591,

attracts tens of thousands of foreign

visitors each year for nine days of

revelry, morning bull-runs and

afternoon bullfights.

bread, salami andother meats but leftbehind the lettuce,onions and toma-toes.

Vernon Town-ship police said it’sthe first time a bearhas attacked a per-son in the ruralcommunity inmore than 25years.

JAKARTA, 9 July—At least 45 Afghans died and 41others went missing after their wooden boat sunk inwaters off Komodo island in Indonesia’s East NusaTenggara Province on Tuesday night, a local DisasterManagement Agency official said Wednesday.

The wooden boat carrying the 86 Afghans was cap-sized after sailing about six hours from a seaport inWest Nusa Tenggara Province, said Herman Mal, anofficial of the agency at Labuhan Bajo town of EastNusa Tenggara Province.

“All the 86 passengers on the boat are Afghans. 41have been dead and the rest are still missing,” he toldXinhua from the town.

Rescue for the missing persons are underway, saidHerman. Indonesia has been a favorable transit spotfor illegal migrants from Afghanistan, the Middle East,Asia and other countries, who want to enter Australiafor a better life.—Internet

EAST LANSING, 9 July— A US study suggests peo-ple are more likely to become involved in conserva-tion programmes if their neighbours are also involved.

Michigan State University Professor Jianguo Liusaid his study is the first to look at social norms in thecontext of China’s conservation efforts. The study fo-cused on a mammoth government initiative calledGrain-to-Green that pays Chinese farmers to convertcropland back to forest. Liu said while money is a keyfactor in whether people sign up for the voluntary pro-grammes, peer pressure plays a surprisingly large role.“That’s the power of social norms,” he said. “It’s likerecycling. If you see your neighbours doing it, you’remore likely to do it.” Doctoral student Xiaodong Chen,lead author of the study, said government officialsshould leverage social norms, along with economicand demographic trends, when deciding how to sup-port conversation programmes.—Internet

File photo of Komodo island (back) and otherislands that form part of the Komodo National

Park in Indonesia.—INTERNET

KUALA LUMPUR, 9July—Malaysia an-nounced Wednesday itwill abandon the use ofEnglish to teach mathsand science, bowing toprotesters who demandedmore use of the nationalMalay language.

Malay will be rein-stated in state-fundedschools starting in 2012

BEIJING, 9 July—Michael Jackson was bur-ied on Tuesday in LosAngeles without his brain,or at least part of it. Coro-ners had decided to keeppart of the singer’s brainin order to run further teststo determine the cause ofdeath, which has yet to beestablished.

Jackson died from anapparent coronary on 25June, and while his body

45 Afghans die, 41 missing asboat sinks in E Indonesia

Peer pressure has environmentalrole

Thousands attend funeral as Jackson buriedwithout brainwas released to the fam-ily the following day hisbrain was not. And theorgan may not be returnedfor several weeks as ex-aminers wait for it to“harden” before they canconduct tests.

Forensic neuro-pa-thologists will slice thebrain into thin segmentsto see if the pop icon hadsuffered from any dis-eases or engaged in drug

or alcohol abuse. Aspokesman for the LosAngeles County Depart-ment of Public Healthsaid, “The redacted deathcertificate is now avail-able for purchase from theDepartment of PublicHealth,” and said applica-tions could be made at theLos Angeles County De-partment of Public Healthin North Figueroa Street,Los Angeles.—Internet

Malaysia drops English usedto teach maths, science

because teaching in Eng-lish caused academic re-sults in those subjects toslip, Education MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin said.

The news comes aftermonths of high-profiledemonstrations by politi-cians and linguists, espe-cially from the ethnicMalay majority, who saya six-year-old policy of

using English underminestheir struggle to modern-ize their mother tongue.

English was once themedium of instruction inmost schools in Malaysia,a former British colony.Nationalist leadersswitched to Malay lessthan two decades after in-dependence in 1957.

Internet

Balancing artist Wang Junru enter-tains during a dress rehearsal inAuckland, on 8 July, 2009, for

Dralion, Cirque du Soleil’s latestshow to tour New Zealand. The

show is on at Auckland’s AlexandraPark until 23 August.—INTERNET

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Sugar mill in Shan State (North), the largest of its kind in Myanmar

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

U Tun Myint,In-charge of the

sugar mill.

Daw Nan Lwin LwinSein, Manager of

NawnghkioTownship MyanmaAgriculture Service.

Hsinshweli SugarMill in

NawnghkioTownship.

The sugar millseen from the

entrance.

(from page 1)The government,

as part of its drive forimproving the livingstandard of the peopleby means of boostingproduction of regionalgoods, has been buildingfactories and millsthroughout the country.

One of them isHsinshweli Sugar Millnear Hsammahse Villagein NawnghkioTownship, KyaukmeDistrict, the largest of itskind in Myanmar.

Recently, we hadan opportunity to pay avisit to the sugar mill,with the accompanimentof Manager Daw NanLwin Lwin Sein ofNawnghkio TownshipMyanma AgricultureService.

She told theMyanma Alin, “Lastseason, our townshipgrew 10,339 acres ofsugarcane, and onaverage we got 32.18

such a large sugarcane millhere.”

On our way fromNawnghkio to the sugarmill, we saw sugarcanefields stretching on thehorizon. The site of thesugar mill seemed to havelarger sugarcane sown

acreage than any other partin the region.

U Tun Myint, in-charge of the sugar mill,said, “The sugar mill is

for the convenience of thefarmers here in selling thesugarcane they grow. Andthe sugar mill generates alarge number of job

opportunities for localpeople.”

He added, “Our millwas launched in August2006, and it started to runat full capacity in January2007. It can crush 1500tons of sugarcane andproduces 200 tons a day.Last year, it producedmore than 20,000 tons ofsugar. Sugarcane seasonis off from December untilMarch.”

The sugarcane millhas led to a significantincrease in the sownacreage of sugarcane inthe region, and jobopportunities for about200 permanent staff andabout 200 daily wage-workers.

The giant sugar mill

tons of sugarcane an acre.The sugarcane species weuse are Hsinshweli andYayzin. Local sugarcanefarmers are pleased to see

helps local farmersgrow sugarcane andproduce sugarincreasingly, and createjob opportunities.

*****Translation: MSKyemon: 9-7-2009

Youth Camp for Asia’s Future2009 to be held

YANGON, 9 July—Hosted by Ministry ofHealth, Welfare andFamily Affairs andorganized by NationalCouncil of YouthOrganizations of theRepublic of Korea,Youth Camp for Asia’sFuture 2009 will be heldin Seoul of the Republicof Korea from 30 July to13 August.

Myanmar youthaged between 18 and 30years may take part in

the event. Thoseapplicants must beproficient in English andpriority will be given tothose who have genuineinterest in internationalrelations or ROK andwho are learning Koreanlanguage. The embassyof ROK will select ninecandidates and those whowere selected for theprevious year youthcamps are not eligible toapply for. The selectedcandidates’ roundtrip

airfare, board andlodging will be providedby the organizer.Application forms will beavailable at the KoreanEmbassy at No. 97,University Avenue,Bahan Township (Ph-527142-4). Applicantsshould submit applicationforms to the Embassy nolater than 14 July(Tuesday) and personalinterview will take placeon 16 July (Thursday).

MNA

YANGON, 9 July—The third ceremony topay respects to facultymembers by the oldstudents of the Universityof Computer Studies(Yangon) (1986-2007),will take place at theConference Hall ofMyanmar Info-Tech inHline Township, here, on12 July at 9 am.

Cash donationswill be held in memory of

YUCS to pay respects tofaculty on 12 July

the late faculty membersat Yangon GeneralHospital. Moreover, cashwill be donated to socialorganizations for absentfaculty members.

The invitation wasextended to the oldstudents who attendedM.I.Sc. Those wishing todonate cash may contactMa Min Thu (Tel: 0950-06329), Ko Min Oo (Tel:0950-07166), Ma San Yin

Myint (Tel: 652264), KoTun Khine (Tel: 0950-47915), Ko Tin HtooKhine (Tel: 0950-42789),Ko Kyaw Kyaw Naing(Tel: 0950-52101), KoKyaw Myat Thaw (Tel:0950-34426), MaPadamya Kay Khine (Tel:0951-46509), Ko Ye WintHtoo (Tel: 0950-03700)and Ma Ei Mon Win (Tel:0951-77565).

MNA

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Minister U Nyan Win receives Chinese delegation members led by Chairman of StandingCommittee of People’s Congress of Guangxi Zhaung Autonomous Region and Secretary of

Guangxi Communist Party of China (CPC) Mr. Guo Shengkum.—MNA

Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung views greening of Mt. Popa.—MNA

Deputy Director-General U TheinAung accepts an-tique gramophonerecords donated by

Retired DeputyPrincipal Daw Aye

Shwe.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9July—At the invitation ofMinister for Foreign Af-fairs of the Union ofMyanmar U Nyan Win,the delegation led by MrGuo Shengkum, Chair-

Foreign Affairs Minister meets Chinese delegation

man of the Standing Com-mittee of the People’sCongress of GuangxiZhuang Autonomous Re-gion and the Party Secre-tary of the Guangxi Com-munist Party of China

(CPC) arrived at YangonInternational Airport byair on 8 July, to pay good-will visit to the Union ofMyanmar. They werewelcomed at the YangonInternational Airport byDeputy Director-GeneralU Myint Soe of the Pro-tocol Department, MrWang Zhongyin, Charged Affaires of the ChineseEmbassy and responsibleofficials of the Ministryof Foreign Affairs.

On 9 July, Mr GuoShengkum paid a call onminister U Nyan Win athis office and held dis-cussion on promoting thefriendly relations and co-operation betweenGuangxi Zhaung and theUnion of Myanmar.

Mr Wang Zhongyin,Charge d Affaires of the

Chinese Embassy,Deputy Secretary-Gen-eral of CPC GaungxiCommittee Mr PengXiaochun, high-rankingofficials of the People’sRepublic of China alsoaccompanied Mr GuoShengkum. Together withthe Minister U Nyan Winwere Director-General UKyaw Kyaw of ProtocolDepartment, Director-General U Than Htun ofASEAN Affairs Depart-ment, Deputy Director-General U Maung Wai ofConsular and LegalAffairs Department andofficials.

In the evening, Min-ister U Nyan Win hosted adinner in honour of MrGuo Shengkum and partyat Myat Taw Win Hotelhere.—MNA

YANGON, 9 July—Min-ister for Forestry Brig-GenThein Aung on 6 July ar-rived at Natkanle camp inMount Popa Garden underthe Forest Department inKyaukpadaung Township.Deputy Director of the For-est Department U WinNaing Thaw, in-charge ofMount Popa Garden U ThetTun and officials reported

Forestry Minister visits MtPopa Garden

on mixed-planting of per-ennial trees and shift plant-ing of banana in villages.And the minister met withlocal people in the villageand viewed greening ofMount Popa. In the after-noon, the minister lookedinto 15-acre eucalyptusplantation on both sides ofthe road in KyaukpadaungTownship.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9July—The donation ofantique gramophonerecords to the MyanmaRadio and Television tookplace at the MRTV onPyay Road in Yangon thisafternoon.

Antique gramophone records donated to MRTVDonor Daw Aye

Shwe, retired deputy Prin-cipal of Mandalay Educa-tion College, presentedgramphone records to theMRTV through DeputyDirector-General U TheinAung.

The gramophonerecords are 18 discs ofBuddha’s past lives, 23discs of classical Myanmarsongs, and 17 discs of Eng-lish songs.

MNA

Torrential rain causes landslides and kills 24 people in Phakant Township

All roads return to normal after clearing of blockages bylocal authorities, Tatmadaw, MPF, social organizations

NAY PYI TAW, 9 July—Due to recent torrential rain,the landslides occurred inHmawwun Ward ofPhakant. Small huts col-lapsed and 24 people died inthe incident. Some housesin Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 ofPhakant were flooded, andthe victims were evacuatedto the safe place. The land-slides caused the road block-ages in the urban area ofPhakant and some areas onPhakant-Lonkhin Road andMogaung-Phakant Road.As officials managed to clearthe blockages, the condi-tions of the roads returnedto normalcy. From 10.30pm on 4 July to 2 am on 5

July, the landslides occurredon the right bank of Phakant-Lonkhin Road inHmawwun Ward ofPhakant during the heavyrain. In consequence, thesmall huts on the bank col-lapsed. The landslide killed11 men and 13 women andleft one injured person.

In the torrential rain on5 and 6 July, Uru Creekoverflowed and a total of 24houses in Wards 1, 2 and 3were swept away in theflood and 90 houses inWards 3, 4 and 6 were un-der water. The flood vic-tims were evacuated to thesafe place. Local authoritiesand officials of the Ministry

of Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement provided nec-essary assistance to the floodvictims. At present, the wa-ter has receded.

Local authorities, theTatmadaw, the MyanmarPolice Force and membersof the social organizationscollectively undertook sani-tation tasks and removed theblockages at the baileybridge in Phakant, onPhakant-Lonkhin motorroad in Hmawwun Ward, atthe foot of KyetU Hill nearPantin Bridge of HmawwunWard, between Lebyin Vil-lage and 7th-Mile post andthe road blockage nearKahtanyan Village of

Kamaing Township. Atpresent, all the roads havebeen cleared and restoredto normalcy.—MNA

Women costume show marksMyanmar Women’s Day

NAY PYI TAW, 9 July— To mark MyanmarWomen’s Day, womencostume show was con-ducted at National Thea-tre in Mandalay on 1 July.

Chairman of Manda-lay Division Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen Tin

Ngwe enjoyed the show.Among the spectators

were Mandalay MayorBrig-Gen Phone ZawHan, officials and mem-bers of social organiza-tions and guests. Officialspresented certificates ofhonour and gifts to thosewho participated in theshow.—MNA

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Regional Development tasksundertaken in An Township

NAY PYI TAW, 9July—Chairman ofRakhine State Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of WesternCommand Maj-GenThaung Aye and Ministerfor Transport Maj-GenThein Swe, on 6 July,delivered speeches inmeeting with local people,departmental staff,members of socialorganizations from Darlatvillage-tract in An townshipat the hall of Darlat village-tract Basic Education High

School (branch).The commander

and the minister donatedmedicines, journals,magazines, exercisebooks and clothes. Theminister then donated oneset of computer to BEHS(branch), cash andconstruction materials forconstruction of extendednew school building,rural health clinic andvillage library, and cashfor digging lake inPadaukmyaing andOhndaw.

After that, Thecommander and theminister inspectedproviding free medicaltreatments to people ofDarlat village byspecialists.

On 7 July, they metwith local people andtownselders from Darlat,Darlat (South), Darlat(North) and Alegyunvillages at Alegyunvillage of Darlat village-tract. After that, thecommander donatedclothes, journals,magazines and theminister, cash andconstruction materials forlibrary and sinking wellin (North) Darlat village,construction materials forbuilding library of(South) Darlat village andcash and constructionmaterials for library anddigging well of Alegyuvillage throughresponsiable persons.

Afterwards, thecommander and theminister inspectedagricultural tasks ofvillages along An creek.Then, the commander andthe minister met withlocal people atMelatmaung villageBEPS. They donatedjournals and magazinesto library andconstruction materials forrepairing the school andexercise books, cash andclothes through respon-sible persons.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9July—Myanmar delegationled by Deputy Minister forForeign Affairs U MaungMyint arrived back by airyesterday after paying agoodwill visit to theRepublic of Sudan at theinvitation of the Sudanese

Myanmar delegation arrivesback from Sudan

office.Next, Deputy

Minister U Maung Myintalso called on Sudanese StateMinister for Foreign TradeMr Elsimaih Elsiddig Alnurat his office and theydiscussed matters onenhancement of bilateral

Corporation of the Ministryof Petroleum and Miningand discussed prospects ofbilateral cooperation inenergy sector.

Next, the DeputyMinister met with SecretaryGeneral Mr Bakri YousifOmer of Sudanese

State Deputy Minister forForeign Affairs Mr AliAhmed Kertil.

Myanmar delega-tion led by Deputy MinisterU Maung Myint met withSudanese State DeputyMinister for Foreign AffairsMr Ali Ahmed Kertil on 6July morning and they helddiscussions on furtherpromotion of bilateralrelations and cooperationbetween the two countries.

In the afternoon,Myanmar delegation calledon Minister for ForeignAffairs of Sudan Mr DengAlor Kuol (SPLM) at his

trade and economiccooperation between the twocountries and exchangedviews.

On 7 July, theDeputy Minister met withSecretary General Dr OmerMohamed Kheir ofSudanese Petroleum

Business and EmployersAssociation and the formermade clarifications on tradeopportunities and then theyexchanged views onseeking ways and means tofurther strengthen bilateraltrade.

MNA

YANGON, 9 July—A moderate earthquake ofintensity (5.6) Richter Scale with its epicenter outsideMyanmar in China about (680) miles Northeast ofKaba-Aye Seismological observatory was recordedat (17) hrs (53) min (10) sec MST today, announcedMeteorology and Hydrology Department.

MNA

Earthquake Report

Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe presents cashfor construction of new school building in

Darlat Village, An Township.MNA

Deputy Minister U Maung Myint calls on Sudanese Foreign AffairsMinister Mr. Deng Alor Kuol (SPLM). —FOREIGN AFFAIRS

YANGON, 9 July—A ceremony to open theoffice of CommodityInspection Services Co,Ltd (CIS) was held at No159, 32nd Street inPabedan Township, hereyesterday.

CIS will inspectthe quality of machinesand machine parts,industrial raw materials,auto and auto parts,construction materials,chemicals and dyes,

Commodity Inspection Services(CIS) opened

foodstuff, milk and milkproducts, edible oil, fuel,lubricants, cement andfertilizer in the sector ofimport and forestproducts, edible oil,charcoal, cement,fertilizer, animalproducts, aquaticproducts, fruits andvegetables in the sectorof export. Moreover, CISwill also examine thequality, hygiene, list ofaccurate package,

trading agreement andtruth to the rules andregulation of export andimport.

CIS has alreadyobtained the officialpermission of RegisteredNo 89/2009-2010 interms of MyanmarCompanies Act.

E x p e r i e n c e dtechnicians will carry outthe inspection oncommodities with thehelp of devices.—MNA

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Pathein with fragrance of Pawhsanhmwe paddy in futureArticle: Maung Maung Myint Swe: Photos: Kyaw Myint Than (Lanmadaw)

“I estimate yield ofpaddy will be70 bas-

kets per acre.”U Kyin Ngwe (farmer)

“We will cultivatewell-known quality

Pawhsanhmwe paddystrain and distribute

the quality paddyseeds to the local

farmers.”U Sein Maung Myint,Manager of MyanmaAgriculture Service “Quality

Pawhsanhmwe paddystrain will fetch good

price.”U Than Shwe

(farmer)

Photo shows thriving rice paddy.

Female paddy transplanters growing Pawhsanhmwe seedlings in the paddy field.

(from page 16)southwest of Pathein. Theboat turned from NgawunRiver to Takaing Creekand continued its trip.After turning to ThandweRiver, the boat arrived atUto Village.

On arrival at Uto Vil-lage, we had an interviewwith Pathein TownshipManager U Sein MaungMyint of Myanma Agri-culture Service who wassharing agricultureknowledge on growingquality Pawhsanhmwepaddy strain to the localfarmers.

U Sein Maung Myintexplained, “In accordwith the guidance of theHead of State and underthe supervision of the

Chairman of AyeyawadyDivision Peace and De-velopment Council, westarted the tasks to culti-vate the well-known qual-ity Pawhsanhmwe paddystrain and distribute thequality paddy seeds to thelocal farmers. We will re-produce Pawhsanhmwepaddy of Uto with finequality.”

The cultivable landof growing Uto-Pawhsanhmwe paddy islocated on 122.65 acresof natural silted area be-tween Phetye River andUto Creek, southwest ofPathein. As it is alluvialsoil, cultivation of paddycan be undertaken with-out use of any fertilizer.

“The local farmers

are keenly carrying outcultivation of qualityPawhsanhmwe paddystrain. I am supervisingthe cultivation task daily.The paddy strain produced

from the fertile region willbe distributed to the localfarmers of Pathein Town-ship. As a result, a large

volume of qualityPawhsanhmwe paddy willyield in the township inthe future. At present, Iam giving the techniquesto protect against pests,”said U Sein Maung Myint.

In the recent years, thequality of Uto-Pawhsanhmwe paddystrain declined. Indeed, thenew paddy strain must beused after one paddy strainhad been grown every twosuccessive years.

However, the localfarmers failed to practisethe agriculture techniquefor substitution of newquality paddy strains inthe place of old one.

With regard to use ofquality Pawhsanhmwepaddy strain, seed in-

charge Daw Maw Si Aungof Myanma AgricultureService from Pathein said,“The seed farms in PatheinTownship are nurturing

seedling. I always inspectpreparing of paddy seedswith salty water and wash-ing of paddy seeds withwater for enabling the lo-cal people to systemati-cally sow the paddy seedsand prevent dangers ofpests.”

We proceeded toKanchaung field wherePawhsanhmwe paddy isbeing cultivated. We sawfemale paddy transplant-ers, paddy seedlings andthe farmers who wereweeding the paddy fields.

We saw swaying of

paddy seedlings in thebreeze and paddy trans-planting of local womenwith the blue sky in thebackground.

While visiting thepaddy fields, we met alocal farmer weeding onthe paddy dykes.

In an interview, hesaid, “My name is U KyinNgwe and I am a villagerof Uto Village. I am en-gaged in cultivation ofpaddy on 9.5 acres offarmlands included in122.65 acres of arablelands in Kanchaung field.In recent years, I grewAyeyawady Pawhsan-hmwe paddy strain.

This year, I repeat thePawhsanhmwe paddywhich is popular paddystrain in Kanchaung field.At present, I am satisfiedwith the conditions ofseedlings and cultivationtask. Therefore, I forecastto yield 70 baskets ofpaddy per acre.”

By the end of this cul-tivations season, qualityPawhsanhmwe paddystrain will be produced inKanchaung field. We wit-nessed the farmers whowere making efforts foryielding a large volumeof well-known Uto-Pawhsanhmwe paddy.We had an interview witha farmer who was makingsoil preparation for culti-

the grade-2 qualityPawhsanhmwe paddystrain. The paddy strainhas 98 per cent purity and85 per cent success in

vation of paddy.The farmer ex-

plained, “I am U ThanShwe and I am a residentof Uto Village. I amworking 7.28 acres offarmlands in the area ofKanchaung field. I haveplanned to grow finequality Pawhsan paddyand sell the quality paddystrain this year. Now, Iam cultivating well-known Pawhsanhmwepaddy.

I believe the farmerswill make handsomeprofit from growingpaddy. Moreover, we arepleased that we can dis-tribute the well-knownPawhsanhmwe paddystrain to other farmers.”

The local farmers arecarrying out their agri-culture tasks without dif-ficulties because AyeyaPathein Company is pro-viding necessary assist-ance for cultivation ofpaddy to the local farm-ers.

By distributing qual-ity paddy strain to localfarmers, the qualityPawhsanhmwe paddywith fine scent and tastecan be consumed in thefuture not only in PatheinTownship but also in theentire nation.

*****Translation: TTA

Myanma Alin: 7-7-2009

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ABUJA, 9 July—Nigeria’s most prominent militant group sabotaged oilpipelines operated by Shell and Agip on Wednesday, further cutting production inAfrica’s biggest energy producer. The Movement for the Emancipation of theNiger Delta (MEND) said gunmen attacked the pipelines in two separate raids nearNembe creek in Bayelsa state in the Niger Delta.

Attacks against the OPEC member’s oil sector have become a near dailyoccurrence since President Umaru Yar’Adua announced an amnesty offer twoweeks ago.

“The plague of sabotage descended heavily on major Shell and Agip crudetrunk lines in Bayelsa state,” MEND said in a statement. The pipelines connect toAgip’s Brass and Royal Dutch Shell’s Bonny crude oil export terminals.

Agip’s parent company Eni said the attack caused a production loss of about24,000 barrels per day, while Shell said it was still looking into the report.

A military spokesman said soldiers foiled an attempted attack on an Agip-operated oil well in Tebidaba in Bayelsa state early Wednesday. It was not clearif the incident was related to the pipeline attacks.—MNA/Reuters

A boy dives into the water during the summer seasonin Easter Island, in 2005. A compound found in thesoil of Easter Island stunningly boosts the lifespan ofmice, enabling some to live more than 100 years oldin human terms, researchers reported on Wednesday.

INTERNET

ADB providing $3.45m toCambodia

Global travel may be ailing, but China's biggest cityof Shanghai is pursuing luxury travelers with avengeance, bent on restoring a reputation foropulence and elegance that once made it the Paris of

the Orient.—INTERNET

This undated handout image courtesy of Microsoft, shows a screenshot of adesktop background for Microsoft Windows 7. Google's personal computer

operating system will fire a shot at the heart of rival Microsoft and move theirescalating battle further onto Internet turf, analysts said Wednesday.

INTERNET

Israel to allow 24-hourWest Bank crossing

JERUSALEM, 9 July—Israel said on Wednesdayit would allow a crossingbetween the occupiedWest Bank and Jordan toremain open 24 hours aday to help the Palestinianeconomy.

“The Prime Ministerhas ordered an immediateand significant extensionof opening hours of theAllenby Bridge crossingfor imports and exports inorder to increase businessactivity and improve thelives of Palestinians,” anofficial statement said.

Deputy ForeignMinister Danny Ayalon

told reporters thecrossing, named afterGeneral EdmundAllenby, the Britishcommander in colonialPalestine after WorldWar I, would be open24 hours a day.

The PalestinianAuthority has demandedthe Allenby terminaloperate around theclock. Until now it hasbeen open for passengerand commercial trafficfor 12 hours a day duringthe working week andseven hours a day atweekends.

MNA/Reuters

MANILA, 9 July —TheAsian Development Bank(ADB) is providing a 3.45-m i l l i o n - U S - d o l l a rtechnical assistance grantto Cambodia to helpdiversify and boost theincomes of thousands ofmarginal farmers, smallland holders, and poorhouseholders living in andaround the resource-richTonle Sap Basin, ADBsaid in a statement onWednesday.

The technicalassistance will be fundedby a 2.7-million-US- dollargrant from the Governmentof Finland, a 500,000-US-dollar grant from theRepublic of Korea e-Asiaand Knowledge

Partnership Fund, and a250,000-US-dollar grantfrom ADB, which willmanage the funds. TheGovernment of Cambodiawill provide 200,000 USdollars equivalent, thestatement said.

The project willsupport trainingprograms, demonstrationsof modern agriculturalpractices, and theintroduction ofcommunication facilitiesin remote ruralcommunities to provideaccess to Internet-basedagricultural knowledgebanks.—MNA/Xinhua

Nigerian rebels attack oil pipelines, cut output

UN suspends operation in S Philippinesdue to terror attacks

C O T A B A T O

(Philippines), 9 July—The spate of bombings inthe southern Philippinesthat killed eight peopleand injured 100 others

forced the UnitedNation’s World FoodProgramme to suspendtheir operation in therestive area, a UN-WFPofficial said on

Wednesday. UN WorldFood Programme actingdirector Alghassim Wurietold Xinhua by phone anotice from their headoffice in Geneva directedthem to suspend theiroperation for a week inMindanao due to terrorattacks that hit the regionsince Sunday.

“Our one-weeksuspension is effectivetoday. It will affect therelief distribution andmonitoring of internallydisplaced people,” Wuriesaid. “We are coordinatingwith Philippineauthorities to find outwhat’s happening and wewill later let you know ournext move,” he added.

MNA/Xinhua

Australian women outnumber mendespite baby boy boom

CANBERRA, 9 July—Business informationanalysts IBISWorldpredicted that Australia’spopulation would reach25.7 million by 2020 withwomen still outnumberingmen. Analysts said onWednesday more boyswere born each year thangirls, but men’s lifeexpectancy was shorterthan women resulting in101 females for every 100males in 2008. A record287,500 babies were bornin Australia in the yearended June 2008.

IBISWorld generalmanager for AustraliaRobert Bryant said thefertility rate also increasedto 1.91 babies per woman- rising for the fifthconsecutive year and thehighest result since 1994.However, he said migrantswould eventually be theonly form of populationgrowth for the country.

“Looking ahead, netmigration to Australia willtotal around 2.5 millionbetween now and mid-2020, eventuallybecoming the only form

of population growth inthis country as our agingpopulation andcomparatively lowfertility rate will cause thenumber of annual deathsto overtake the number ofbabies born, probablysome time in the 2030s,”Bryant said.

He added four million(20 percent) ofAustralians were bornoverseas with the UnitedKingdom, Ireland, NewZealand and Italy beingamong the top birthplaces.—MNA/Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (457)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAP

VOY NO (457) are hereby notified that the vessel dueto arrive on 10.7.2009 and cargo will be discharged intothe 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 up 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 ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV HUA SHAN VOY NO (100)Consignees of cargo carried on MV HUA SHAN

VOY NO (100) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 10.7.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of B.S.W-3 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 up 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 COSCO SHIPPING CO., LTDPhone No: 256919/256916/256912

South Carolina girl, eight,dies after two shots to head

CHESNEE, 9 July— A man put an 8-year-old girl in aheadlock Wednesday and shot her to death, then shothimself in the stomach, authorities said.

The girl’s father is dating Ricky Lee Blackwell’sestranged wife. Spartanburg County deputies saidBlackwell shot the girl twice in the driveway of a homewhere he had taken her and his estranged wife to swimand play. The home is in Chesnee, about 60 milessouthwest of Charlotte, NC.

Several adults and children saw the shooting andpointed officers toward Blackwell, investigators said.

Blackwell shot himself as police closed in. He wastaken to a hospital but his condition wasn’t released.

The coroner’s office identified the girl as HeatherBrooke Center of Woodruff.

Investigators said they weren’t sure of Blackwell’smotive. “I don’t know where you can go in the mindto justify shooting a child,” said Spartanburg CountySheriff Chuck Wright. “I don’t understand how youcan get so angry.”—Internet

Over one fourth of US adults are obese WASHINGTON, 9 July—

The proportion of USadults who are obese in-creased to 26.1 percent in2008 compared to 25.6percent in 2007, the USCenters for DiseaseControl and Prevention(CDC) said on Wednes-day in a statement. Thedata come from CDC’sBehavioral Risk Factor.

Surveillance System(BRFSS), a state-basedphone survey that collectshealth information from

adults aged 18 and over. In six states — Ala-

bama, Mississippi, Okla-homa, South Carolina,Tennessee and West Vir-ginia — adult obesityprevalence was 30 percentor more.

Thirty-two states, in-cluding those six, hadobesity prevalence of 25percent or more. Only onestate, Colorado, had aprevalence of obesity lessthan 20 percent. But nostate showed a significant

decrease in obesity preva-lence from 2007 to 2008.

More than 400,000 USadults were surveyed inthe 2008 BRFSS, which isthe world’s largest tel-ephone health survey. Toassess obesity prevalence,survey respondents areasked to provide theirheight and weight, whichis used to calculate theirbody mass index (BMI).A person is consideredobese if they have a BMIof 30 or above.—Internet

G8 leaders to agree on 2-degree limiton global warming

500 to perform ‘Thriller’ in IndianaGARY, 9 July—Organizers of a planned Michael Jackson tribute in his hometown

of Gary, Ind, said nearly 500 people are expected to perform his famous “Thriller”dance. The memorial, planned for Friday at The Steel Yard stadium, is expected todraw nearly 500 dancers of all ages to re-enact the entirety of Jackson’s 14-minute“Thriller” video from 1983, the Northwest Indiana Times reported Wednesday.

Pastor John Ponder of the Family Christian Center megachurch, which is sup-plying 400 choir members to sing “We Are the World” to close the memorial, saidabout 75 percent of the dancers set to perform “Thriller” at the event are churchmembers.—Internet

L’AQUILA, 9 July—Lead-ers from the Group ofEight (G8) rich countriesare expected to agree on atarget of limiting globalwarming to within twodegrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, accordingto a draft declaration forthe summit on Wednesday.

“We recognize thebroad scientific view thatthe increase in global av-erage temperature abovepre-industrial levels oughtnot to exceed 2 degrees,”the draft said.

The G8 leaders, comingfrom the United States,

Britain, France, Germany,Italy, Japan, Russia andCanada, kicked off thesummit in the central Ital-ian town of L’AquilaWednesday, with the firstday largely focusing onthe economic crisis andglobal fight against cli-mate change.

Scientists had warnedthat there would be seri-ous climate consequencesif the world temperaturerises more than the thresh-old of two degrees Cel-sius.

The United States hasbeen reluctant to accept

the 2-degree limit, a goalstrongly supported by theEuropean Union (EU).

But it was reported thatthe G8 leaders failed tobridge their differences onthe goal of halving globalgreenhouse gas emissionsby 2050.

European CommissionPresident Jose ManuelBarroso said on Wednes-day in a pre-summit pressconference that developedcountries should cut theirgreenhouse gas emissionsby 80 percent by 2050, soas to help achieve the glo-bal goal. —Internet

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Spanish bullfighter

Francisco Marco

gets tossed by a bull

during the second

bullfight of the San

Fermin festival in

Pamplona on 8 July,

2009.—INTERNET

India’s swine flu tallyreaches 158

NEW DELHI, 9 July — The total number of con-firmed swine flu cases in India is at 158 after fivemore individuals tested positive on Wednesday, ahealth official says. An unidentified Health Minis-try official said 113 of the 158 confirmed swine flupatients are no longer hospitalized, leaving only 45people still seeking medical care for the H1N1 in-fluenza virus, the Press Trust of India said.

The Health Ministry official said among the newswine flu cases is a 33-year-old woman and her 6-year-old son.—Internet

Peru confirms third fluA/H1N1 death

LIMA, 9 July— The Peruvian Health Ministry onWednesday confirmed the country’s third death fromthe flu A/H1N1. The deceased was a 39-year-oldpatient from the southern department of Arequipawho also suffered from hypertension, overweightand diabetes. He was hospitalized on Tuesday anddied hours later, the health ministry said.

Regional health director Miguel Alayza said thepatient “arrived at the medical care in bad condi-tions and with respiratory problems before beingtransferred to intensive care.”—Internet

A/H1N1 flu cases inVietnam increase to 259

HANOI, 9 July — Vietnam’s Ministry of Healthconfirmed 11 more influenza A/H1N1 cases, rais-ing the country’s tally to 259, local newspaper theNew Hanoi reported on Thursday.

Among the newly confirmed cases, seven patientsare in the south, three in the north and one in thecentral region, said the ministry.

The heath ministry is closely monitoring A/H1N1patients to see if there is any medicine resistancecase in the country, said Nguyen Huy Nga, Head ofthe Preventive Health and Environment Department.

Nga made such a remark after two A/H1N1 flupatients who had been treated for four days at theNational Institute of Infectious and Tropical Dis-eases kept showing positive to the A/H1N1 virus,said the newspaper.—Internet

Glutamic acid may lowerblood pressure

Many aids to help those with low vision

Melanoma No 2 cancerin young women

HOUSTON, 9 July—Melanoma is now the sec-ond-most common cancerin US women ages 20 -29, a dermatologist says.

Dr Adelaide Hebert ofthe University of TexasMedical School at Hou-ston also states the Ameri-can Academy of Derma-tology Association con-

siders ultraviolet radia-tion, the single largest en-vironmental contributorto skin cancer and therates of skin cancer are in-creasing significantly.

More than 1 millionnew cases are diagnosedeach year.

Hebert points out lim-iting sun exposure re-duces not only skin can-cer risks but painfulsunburns and heat rash.

“Minimize your expo-sure in the sun during thehottest hours of the day,which are usually be-tween 10 am and 2 pm,”the dermatologist said ina statement.

Internet

ROCHESTER, 9 July —People with poor eyesightcaused by diseases oftencan be helped with vari-ous vision aids, a USnewsletter says.

Experts at the MayoClinic Women’s HealthSource say such low vi-sion isn’t just the normaltrouble people have read-ing small print as they getolder. It’s limited visioncaused by macular degen-eration, glaucoma, cata-racts, diabetic retinopathy,retinitis pigmentosa orother eye diseases.

A low vision specialistcan help patients find thevision aids that will bestserve them, the Mayonewsletter says.

Some of the vision aidsmentioned in the newslet-ter include:Magnifyingeyeglasses that arestronger than prescriptioneyeglasses.

The lens may be in-cluded with the eye-glasses or attached to aheadband for close-uptasks such as threading aneedle.

— Miniature tel-escopes, hand-held ormounted on eyeglasses,that help see at a distanceto see a television acrossthe room.

— Video magnifiersuse a camera and a videoscreen to enlarge printedmaterial, pictures or smallobjects. Some are port-

able, and some can beused with a computer ormonitor.

— “Talking” alarmclocks, watches, timers,thermometers, scales,even prescription bottlesand blood sugar metersthat “speak” out readings.

— Computer softwareprogrammes can magnifytext on a computer screen.Speech systems enablecomputers to read aloudwhat’s on the screen.Scanning devices allowthe reading of printed text.

— Closed-circuit TVsystems project enlargedimages onto a videoscreen to help with read-ing books, magazines andother materials.—Internet

CHICAGO, 9 July— US researcherssuggest a protein found in vegetables— glutamic acid — may lower bloodpressure.

The study, published in CirculationJournal of the American Heart Associa-tion, found a 5 percent higher dietaryintake of glutamic acid as a percentageof total dietary protein was correlatedwith small reductions in blood pressure.

Lead author Dr Jeremiah Stamler ofthe Feinberg School of Medicine atNorthwestern University in Chicagosaid it is estimated that reducing a popu-lation’s average systolic blood pressureby 2 millimeters of mercury could cutstroke death rates by 6 percent and re-duce mortality from coronary heart dis-ease by 4 percent.

The study involved 4,680 adults in

China, Japan, the United Kingdom andthe United States, who were enrolled inthe International Study on Macro/Micronutrients and Blood Pressure.Each had eight blood pressure tests, fourdiet recall surveys and two 24-hour urinecollections.

Stamler added there no data exists ontaking glutamic acid as a supplement,but suggested improved habitual foodintake instead of “popping pills.”

Common sources of vegetable proteininclude beans, whole grains — includ-ing whole grain rice, pasta, breads andcereals — and soy products such as tofu,Stamler said.

Durum wheat, which is used to makepasta, is also a good source of vegetableprotein.

Internet

Climbers may bebarred from Australia’s

famed rockSYDNEY, 9 July — Climbing Uluru, Australia’s fa-

mous red sandstone monolith, may be banned in thefuture under a plan released Wednesday by the na-tional parks service, citing cultural, safety and envi-ronmental reasons.

Climbing the 1,135-foot high (346-metres) rock haslong been opposed by the Nguraritja, the Aboriginaltribe who regained title to the Uluru-Kata Tjuta Na-tional Park in 1985 and consider it sacred territory.The tribe and federal parks service jointly manage thesite, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Signs at Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, alreadyask visitors not to climb, saying it is a spiritual placefor Aborigines and warning that the steep, slipperyclimb can be dangerous. More than 30 people havedied while climbing the rock, which is higher than theEiffel Tower and about six miles (10 kilometres) incircumference.

In this on 8 June, 2000 file photo shown isUluru, or Ayers Rock. Climbing Australia’s famous1,135-foot high (346-metre) red sandstone mono-

lith, may be banned in the future under a planreleased 8 July, 2009, by the national parks service,citing cultural, safety and environmental reasons.

—INTERNET

The draft 10-year management plan for Uluru-KataTjuta National Park suggests an eventual closing ofthe climb after the tourism industry has had time tocome up with alternative activities.—Internet

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ROME, 9 July—AC Milan goalkeeper ChristianAbbiati believes the change of coach at the Italiangiants could help motivate the players this season.

After eight years in charge, Carlo Ancelotti left atthe end of last season to take over at Chelsea and hehas been replaced by rookie coach Leonardo, theformer Brazil player.

But the 32-year-old goal-stopper believes thatcould help the team improve on their recent record oftwo third places and a fifth placed finish in Serie A inthe last three seasons.

“There is harmony in the team. Sometimes thechange of a coach can give a team new motivation,”Abbiati told the official Milan channel on Wednes-day.

“On top of that there are many young players andus oldies are trying to integrate them into the chang-ing room as best we can.

“Of course they’re still a little intimidated but that’snormal given they’re at Milan, but I’m sure that overthe next few days they’ll start to find themselves.”

Abbiati will miss the start of the new season as heis still recovering from surgery to repair a rupturedcruciate knee ligament.—Internet

MADRID, 9 July—Real Madrid will officially un-veil French international striker Karim Benzema onThursday at its Santiago Bernabeu stadium, the Span-ish giants said on Wednesday.

The 21-year-old, who Real signed from Frenchside Lyon for between 35 and 41 million euros in 1July, will be presented at 9 pm (1900 GMT), the clubsaid in a statement.—Internet

MANCHESTER, 9 July—Manchester Unitedcoach Sir Alex Fergusonhas snapped up Bordeauxtalent Gabriel Obertan ona four-year contract, theclub said on Wednesday.

Obertan, 20, who canplay in several attackingpositions, is United’sthird signing of the sum-mer and had been trackedby Ferguson for sometime.

“Gabriel is a player wehave tracked for a fewyears now, but because ofhis educational pro-gramme our efforts to gethim here have alwaysbeen delayed,” Fergusontold the club’s website.

Internet

LONDON, 9 July—Sen-egalese veteran midfi-elder Salif Diao won him-self a new one-year con-tract with English Pre-mier League makew-eights Stoke City onWednesday.

The 32-year-oldformer Liverpool player -who never flowered thereafter being signed byGerard Houllier followingan impressive showing atthe 2002 World Cupwhere Senegal reachedthe quarter-finals - played21 times for Stoke lastterm in which they didwell to avoid relegation.

Internet

LONDON, 9 July—Egypt international Mido has yetto return to training with relegated Middlesbrough,two days after the squad met up to begin preparationsfor what they hope will be a promotion campaign,media reports said Wednesday.

Fellow striker Afonso Alves is back in training,meanwhile, two days after his teammates were sup-posed to report.

LONDON, 9 July—Former Liverpool and Evertondefender Gary Ablett became a manager for the firsttime on Wednesday when he was appointed the suc-cessor to Jim Gannon at League One side StockportCounty.

The 43-year-old - who won two First Divisiontitles with Liverpool as well as two FA Cups andthen another FA Cup with Everton - beat off compe-tition from the likes of former Northern Ireland andCeltic great Neil Lennon to secure the post.

Stockport are in the process of being taken overby a consortium headed by ex-Manchester City playerJim Melrose, who opted for Ablett, who until Mayhad been the reserve team coach at Liverpool.

“Gary has a fantastic pedigree, having enjoyed acareer at the very highest level,” Melrose told the clubwebsite.

“He has a big reputation for the quality of hiscoaching at Liverpool and Everton over the last fewyears.

“This appointment should underline our ambitionand I’m sure it will be welcomed by the players.”

Gannon left Stockport - who finished just a pointabove the relegation places last season - in late Juneto manage Scottish Premier League club Motherwell.

Internet

New man may motivate Milansays Abbiati

AC Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati

Former Liverpool star Ablettappointed Stockport manager

Real to unveil Benzema on Thursday

Real Madrid will officially unveil Frenchinternational striker Karim Benzema at its San-

tiago Bernabeu stadium, the Spanish giants said.

Mido missing to training

Middlesbrough’s Egyptstriker Mido wins theball against Liverpool

midfielder Xabi Alonsoduring a Premier

League game at Anfieldin Liverpool, north-westEngland, August 2008.

INTERNET

According to the PressAssociation, Middles-brough are investigatingthe late shows.

Some players, includ-ing Turkey’s TuncaySanli, were given an ex-tra few days break owingto international commit-ments at the end of lastseason.

A club spokesmansaid merely that: “Theplayers returned to train-ing yesterday.”

Internet

Senegalese veteran Diaorewarded with new contract

Senegalese veteranmidfielder Salif Diao,

seen here in May 2009,won himself a new one-

year contract withEnglish Premier Leaguemakeweights Stoke City

on Wednesday.INTERNET

Man Utd snap up Bordeauxtalent Obertan

Bordeaux’s GabrielObertan vies during

the UEFA Cup roundof 32 match RSCA

Anderlecht vsGirondins de Bor-

deaux, in Anderlecht,2008. Manchester

United coach Sir AlexFerguson has

snapped up Bordeauxtalent Gabriel

Obertan on a four-year contract, the club

has said.—INTERNET

MADRID, 9 July—Real Madrid have resigned them-selves to the fact that they will not be able to recruitFrench international Franck Ribery from Bayern Mu-nich this season due to the German club’s intransi-gence, Real director general Jorge Valdano says.

“We have the feeling that Ribery will not quitBayern this season,” he told radio Marca lateTuesday.“Bayern finds many ways to say no, some-times saying it categorically, sometimes by talking ofa transfer fee of 80 million euros, which is anotherway of saying no,” he added.“So it is with resignationthat we will wait for another opportunity which willcertainly come. He has two years left on his contractwith Bayern, and well, life is long,” Valdano said.

German daily tabloid Bild reported on Tuesday thatBayern had set a price tag of 80 million euros on the 26-year-old midfielder and had given Real until 16 July to de-cide if they are ready to stump up the cash or not.—Internet

Querrey cruises past Spain’sHidalgo at ATP Newport

NEWPORT, 9 July—American Sam Querreybreezed to a 6-3, 6-2 winover Spain’s RubenRamirez Hidalgo in the

first round of the rain-plagued 500,000 ATPHall of Fame TennisChampionships.

Third seeded Querreyadvanced on Wednesday,when rains and then alack of light forced anumber of matches to besuspended.

German sixth seedPhilipp Petzschner alsoadvanced by beatingHoracio Zeballos of Ar-gentina, 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 6-2, and Nicolas Mahut, ofFrance, beat AmericanAmer Delic 6-4, 6-4.

Fifth-seeded French-man Arnaud Clement wasupset by unseededAmerican Alex Bogomolov in three sets 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.—Internet

American SamQuerrey (pictured on

June 11) breezed to a 6-3, 6-2 win over Spain’s

Ruben Ramirez Hidalgoin the first round of therain-plagued 500,000

ATP Hall of FameTennis Champion-ships.—INTERNET

Real gives up hope on Ribery

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kayah State, rain have been isolated in KayinState, lowerSagaing,Yangon and Mandalay Divisions,scattered in Magway Division, fairly widespread inKachin State, upper Sagaing, Bago, Ayeyawady andTaninthayi Divisions and widespread in the remainingareas with locally heavyfall in Bago Division, isolatedheavyfall in Rakhine State and Yangon Division. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were NayPyi Taw (0.98) inch, Maungdaw (5.91) inches,Shwegyin (5.47) inches, Coco Island (4.33) inches,Taunggu (3.04) inches, Kyaukpyu (2.79) inches, (NayPyi Taw) Pyinmana (1.42) inches and Minbu (0.47)inch.

Maximum temperature on 8-7-2009 was 86°F.Minimum temperature on 9-7-2009 was 72°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 9-7-2009 was 84%.Total sun shine hours on 8-7-2009 was (3.8) hourApprox.

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Bay inference: Monsoon is moderate in theAndaman Sea and South Bay and strong elsewhere inthe Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 10th July 2009:Rain will be isolated in Kayah State, lower Sagaing andMagway Divisions, scattered in Shan State andMandalay Division, fairly widespread in Kachin, Chinand Kayin States, upper Sagaing, Bago and TaninthayiDivisions and widespread in the remaining States andDivisions with likelihood of isolated heavyfalls inRakhine. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to roughseas are likely at times Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, offand along Rakhine Coast. Surface wind speed in squallsmay reach (35) to (40)mph. Seas will be moderateelsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Moderatemonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 10-7-2009: One or two rain. Degree of certainty is(80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 10-7-2009: One or two rain. Degree of certainty is(80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 10-7-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain. Degree ofcertainty is (60%).

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A Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopterdrops water on a brush fire burning in the SepulvedaPass area of Los Angeles on Wednesday, 8 July,2009. The Getty Center art complex and nearbyMount St. Mary's College were evacuated Wednesdayas a brush fire burned on slopes of the Santa MonicaMountains near the Getty's parking area facilities.

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Pirates hijack Turkish shipin Gulf of Aden

NAIROBI, 9 July—Pirates hijacked a Turkish ship inthe Gulf of Aden on Wednesday in an unusual attackbecause of rough seas at this time of year, Kenyan andTurkish transportation officials said.

Andrew Mwangura, coordinator of the East AfricanSeafarers’ Assistance Programme, named the vessel asHorizon-1. “It was taken in the Gulf of Aden thismorning with 23 Turkish crew,” he said. “In this season,it is hard to take ships because monsoon winds make theseas rough. No one expected attacks at this time.”Rough seas make it difficult for pirates to manoeuvre thesmall, open skiffs they generally use to come alongsidemerchant ships. Mwangura said he believed the shipwas carrying sulphate.

Turkey’s Transportation Minister Binali Yildirimsaid two Turkish frigates were following the Horizon-1, which was en route from Jordan to Saudi Arabia whenit was hijacked by Somali pirates, according to state runAnatolia news agency.

Yildirim said one of the frigates had gone to thescene of the attack but that it had not intervened to avoidputting the lives of the crew at risk. Shipping informationservice Lloyd’s List put the 1980-built Horizon-1’s sizeat 34,173 deadweight tons.—MNA/Reuters

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NAY PYI TAW, 9 July— Lt-Gen Khin Zaw ofthe Ministry of Defenceattended the ceremony topresent prizes to outstand-ing students, teachers andschool and township at thehall of Basic EducationHigh School No. (1) inMyeik, Taninthayi Divi-sion on 8 July.

It was also attendedby Chairman of TaninthayiDivision Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of Coastal RegionCommand Maj-Gen KhinZaw Oo, senior military

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw attendsprize presentation ceremony

in Taninthayi Divisionofficers, division/district/township level departmen-tal officials, members ofsocial organizations, therectors, the township edu-cation officers, headmas-ters and headmistressesand teachers, students andtheir parents and guests.

The Taninthayi Divi-sion Education Officer ex-plained plans made forraising pass rate and thecommander made a sup-plementary report.

Next, Lt-Gen KhinZaw spoke words ofpraise. Lt-Gen Khin Zaw,

the commander and offi-cials presented prizes tooutstanding students whohad passed the matricula-tion examination for 2009with flying colours, out-standing teachers andschool and township withhighest pass rate.

After the ceremony,Lt-Gen Khin Zaw cor-dially greeted thosepresent and viewed docu-mentary photos on con-certed efforts of distinc-tion winners displayed atthe hall.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9 July—A 20-year-old man ofYangon was found suffering from New Influenza A(H1N1) in Yangon.

It was learnt that the man arrived back atYangon International Airport by flight No FD 3770of Thai Air Asia, from Thailand on 6 July; thatwhen he was screened at the airport, the result saidno fever; that being slightly ill with a sore throat, hetook treatment as an outpatient in the afternoon on7 July; that on 8 July he was transferred to WaibagiHospital, following the medical check-up given to

Myanmar sees another New Influenza A (H1N1) caseControl measures taken with added momentum

him in his home by the head of the township HealthDepartment and party; that he is being admitted in aseparate room at the hospital; that the National HealthLaboratory diagnosed him and confirmed him to bea New Influenza A (H1N1) suffer.

He is under intensive health care by a team ofspecialists in the hospital. Since this morning, he hasbeen getting better with no fever.

In order to prevent and control possible spread ofthe virus, the Ministry of Health is keeping all hisfamily members in quarantine and monitoring them

along with all the 104 passengers on board the aero-plane, airport staff and all those who came intocontact with the victim.

Now, officials concerned from the Ministry ofHealth, community health staff, authorities at state/division, district and township levels, and responsiblepersons from the ministries and organizations con-cerned are taking precautionary measures against thevirus in order to avert spread of New Influenza A(H1N1) in the nation. The people are urged to participatein the preventive measures against the disease.—MNA

Pathein with fragrance of Pawhsanhmwe paddy in futureArticle: Maung Maung Myint Swe:

Photos: Kyaw Myint Than(Lanmadaw)

In the rice and paddy market, PatheinPawhsanhmwe is one of the popular paddy strains.Indeed, another Pawhsanhmwe paddy strain pro-duced from Kanchaung field of Uto Village-tract inPathein Township is the most popular across thenation.

The size, fragrance, flavour and quality of riceof Pawhsanhmwe paddy strain is better than others.The quality of Pawhsanhmwe paddy strain producedfrom the region had been declining since recent years.Now, efforts are being made to cultivate the qualitypaddy strain.

Recently, we, the news crew of Myanma AlinDaily left Pathein by boat to observe the cultivation ofquality Pawhsanhmwe paddy strain near Uto Village,

(See page 10)Local farmers making soil preparations for cultivation of paddy with the use of farm machinery.

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw of Ministry of Defence awards an outstandingstudent.—MNA

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