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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development ofother sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms oftechnical know-how and investments from sources inside the coun-try and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in the handsof 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

YANGON, 31 Jan—The opening of the newbuilding of No. 5 BasicEducation Middle Schoolon Bagan Street in Ward54, Dagon Myothit(South) Township, tookplace at the school thismorning.

Chairman ofYangon Division Peaceand Development Coun-cil Commander ofYangon Command Brig-Gen Win Myint, Chair-man of Yangon City De-velopment CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin and DeputyDirector-General of No. 3Basic Education Depart-ment U Myo Myint for-mally opened the build-ing.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe

Building of BEMS-5 in Dagon Myothit (South) Tsp openedof the Ministry of Defenceunveiled the stone plaqueand inspected the build-ing.

The wellwisher of

the building presentedfacts about the donation,and handed over the docu-ments to the deputy direc-tor-general.

Next, Lt-GenMyint Swe and party in-spected sinking of eight-inch-diameter tube-wells,and construction of water

tanks at water supply sta-tion (2) being undertakenby YCDC Water and Sani-tation Department on ZeyaMyaing Street. The head

of the department ex-plained the work to Lt-Gen Myint Swe, who thengave instructions on thetasks.—MNA

People of Mon State have easy access to other regions through better transportArticle: Maung Maung Htwe (MNA); Photos: Hla Moe (MNA)

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence unveils the stone inscription of new school building for BEMS No. 5 in DagonMyothit (South)Township.— MNA

2,900 feet long Gyaing (Zathabyin) Bridge built in Hpa-an Township lies between Kayin and Mon states. (See page 7)

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Sunday, 1 February, 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

Today, the government is trying to the best ofits ability to exploit as many water sources aspossible for adequate supply of irrigation waterto all the regions where water is scarce, especiallyto the three arid regions in central Myanmar:Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway divisions. Inthat case, it is implementing extensively dam,river water pumping and underground watertapping projects throughout the country.

In spite of having a large area of arable lands,Magway Division was not in a position to growcrops as many acres as it should be due to the factthat it had to rely mainly on rainwater for theagricultural purpose. Unlike in the past, thedivision’s sown acreage is on the remarkableincrease now as a result of a growing number ofirrigation facilities. This year, it grew over 800,000acres of monsoon paddy, and over 160,000 acresof summer paddy is on target.

Khinmon Dam near Khinmon Village inYesagyo Township, Pakokku District, wasinaugurated on 24 January. Magway Divisionhas seen 44 irrigation facilities, thus increasingits irrigated acreage to more than 260,000.

Now, Pakokku, Yesagyo, Pwintbyu andMyaing Townships in Pakokku District aremaking a good progress in growing paddy, cotton,sugarcane, beans and pulses and edible oil cropsthanks to the new irrigation facilities.

On completion, the ongoing multipurposedam projects along the Mone Creek will be ableto boost irrigation of farmlands, generation ofhydroelectricity, and greening the regions.

Up to now, 218 dams including KhinmonDam have been constructed the length andbreadth of the nation. Therefore, localorganizations, farmers and local people have toboost agricultural production by cultivatingsummer paddy and crops on a wider scale witheffective use of irrigation water.

Dams in arid regions designedto grow summer paddy, cropsextensively

YANGON, 31 Jan – Police 2nd Lt Aung Zin MyoMin and party of Yangon Division Wireless and TrafficPolice Corps imparted knowledge on traffic rules to 20taxi drivers at the compound of airport in MingaladonTownship on 29 January.

Similarly, Police 2nd Lt Kyaw Min Lwin andparty gave talks on traffic rules to 95 people at thecompound of Yan Myo Aung Pagoda inThingangyun Township on 3 January.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan – Chairman of MandalayDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Central Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe visited firedrill at the Zegyo Market in Chanayethazan Townshipon 25 January.

The commander inspected water pipes on the

Fire drill at Zegyo Market in Mandalayground floor, installation of pipes at the stalls on thesecond floor and pumping of water from the fire-engines. He cordially greeted the members of firebrigades.

The commander inspected paving of tarred roadin the township.—MNA

YANGON, 31 Jan—Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin inspectedtreatments of eyespecialists to eye patientsin City free clinic, openedby YCDC, on corner ofKyaikwai Pagoda roadand Insein road inMayangon Township,here this morning.

Yangon CityDevelopment Committeehas opened the City freeclinic there since 17 April,2007 and special eyetreatment clinic has beenextensively opened at thesame place to care eyepatients.—MNA

YANGON, 31 Jan –Jointly organized byNgwehsaung HoteliersAssociation and MyanmarPhotographic Society, theNgwehsaung Beautyphoto show was held inconjunction with prizepresentation ceremony atThamada Hotel onAlanpya Pagoda Roadhere this morning.

Firstly, responsiblepersons cut the ribbon toopen the show andceremony. Joint-Secretary(1) of the association DrAung Htay Lin explainedpurpose of holding theshow and ceremony.

Next, Vice-Chairman U Tin Win ofthe association, TreasurerDaw Moe Moe Mya,General Secretary of theassociation Dr Nay ZinLatt and responsiblepersons presented first,

Yangon Mayor inspects City free clinic

Ngwehsaung Beauty photoshow organized

second and third prizes and17 consolation prizes tothe winners.

On behalf of thewinners, U Kyaw WinHlaing (University ofCulture) spoke words ofthanks.

Every one may visitthe photo show thatcontinues tomorrow.

MNA

Knowledge on traffic rulesdisseminated

Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin greets an eye patient.YCDC

A responsible person presents consolationprize to a winner.

NLM

Old Law students to hold respect-payingceremony, get-together on 15 February

YANGON, 31 Jan—The 18th respect-paying ceremony and get-together ofthe old students who studied from first to fifth batch in B.A (Law) and LL.B willbe held at Universities Dhammayon on University Avenue in Kamayut Townshipon 15 Februaries (Sunday) from 9 a.m. to noon.

Old students are invited to attend the ceremony without fail. For furtherinformation, contact Daw Wai Wai Kyi (Tel: 01-660260), Daw Khin Nyein Aye(Tel: 01-296461), Daw Khin Win (Lewe) (Tel: 067-30149), U Aye Thaung(Tel: 01-387631), U Han Htoo (Tel: 01-527242), U Ohn Hlaing (Tel: 01-245484), U Hla Myint (01-380324), U Tin Thaung (Tel: 0999-24960) and DawThan Than (Tel: 01-559902).

MNA

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US soldier shot dead in northof Baghdad

TIKRIT, 31 Jan — An Iraqi militant shot dead a USsoldier and wounded another at a town in Salahudin Prov-ince on Friday, a provincial police source said. “Osama Hashim, a young man fetched his AK-47 as-sault rifle from his house and opened fire in the after-noon on US soldiers who dismounted their patrol’s vehi-cles in front of his house in the town of Baiji, some 200km north of Baghdad,” the source told Xinhua on condi-tion of anonymity. The US soldiers fired back and killed Hashim beforethey stormed his house and detained his brother inside,the source said. The reason behind the incident is un-known yet, the source added. A US military statement confirmed the incident, butsaid that one of its soldiers has been injured and an Iraqiis dead after shooting incident in Baiji. The statement also said that US soldiers detained an-other Iraqi after the attack by a young man who openedfire on a US foot patrol.—Internet

Calif cop who killed man pulledwrong gun

OAKLAND, 31 Jan — The transit officer who shot and killed an unarmed manmay have mistakenly pulled his service pistol instead of a stun gun, his lawyersaid on Friday.

Defence attorney Michael Rains made the argument during a bail hearing for27-year-old Johannes Mehserle. Alameda County Superior Court Judge MorrisJacobson later set bail at $3 million.

Jacobson said he set the high amount in part because he considered Mehserlea flight risk after the former officer fled to Nevada during the initial investiga-tion.

Mehserle was being held Friday at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin. It was not im-mediately clear if he would be able to post bail.

Mehserle has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder in the death of 22-year-old Oscar Grant, who was killed early New Year’s Day. Cell phone videosof the incident, widely viewed on the Internet, showed the officer standing overGrant as he was lying facedown on an Oakland train platform and firing oneshot into the man’s back.

Grant died of a gunshot wound to his torso.Rains argued Friday that witness accounts indicate that Mehserle meant to

draw his Taser, but instead pulled his pistol. The lawyer blamed inexperience bythe young officer, who joined the department in March 2007 and passed hisTaser user certification test on 3 Dec.

Internet

Police arrest a demonstrator in Oakland, Calif, on 30 Jan, 2009, during aprotest in support of Oscar Grant, an unarmed 22-year-old killed by BART

transit police. About 100 demonstrators took to the streets in reaction to a $3million dollar bond set for Officer Johannes Mehserle who is charged in the

New Year’s Day killing.—INTERNET

Three Iraqipolicemen killed

in S IraqBAGHDAD, 31 Jan —

Three Iraqi policemen werekilled by a collected bombin a southern city, sourceswith Iraqi police said onFriday.

The Iraqi police founda group of explosive de-vices in different parts ofDiwaniyah city, 180 kilo-metres south of Baghdadon Thursday. While beingtransported to a car to theUS base, one of the explo-sive devices exploded, kill-ing 3 policemen andwounding 16 others, thesource added.—Internet

Killing of Iraqi candidateshighlights dangers

MOSUL, 31 Jan — The former Iraqi army officerdecided to run in provincial elections to improveMosul, his violent hometown. Instead, the Sunni fa-ther of four was gunned down days before the vote,the latest example of the dangers facing candidatescampaigning openly for the first time since the col-lapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime.

Hazim Salim al-Zaidi, 51, was among three Sunnicandidates killed two days ahead of Saturday’s elec-tions. US officials hope the balloting will give theSunnis a fairer share of power and thus undermine theappeal of the insurgency.

More than 14,000 candidates are running for 400seats on provincial councils nationwide.

With a new law allowing Iraqis to vote for indi-vidual candidates rather than political parties, hope-fuls have blanketed towns and cities with posters fea-turing their pictures and snappy slogans.

Such a vigorous effort to draw attention to them-selves would have been unheard of in the last vote in2005.—Internet

Gaza rockethits southern

IsraelJERUSALEM, 31 Jan — A

rocket fired by Palestinianmilitants from the Gaza Stripexploded in southern Israel onSaturday, but there were nocasualties or damage reported,the Israeli army said.

It is the third rocket attacksince ceasefires on 18 Januarybrought an end to Israel’s three-week onslaught against Hamas-ruled Gaza which left more than1,330 Palestinians dead.

The rocket was fired fromthe north of the Gaza Stripand landed in a field nearthe city of Ashkelon, thearmy said.

Internet

A policeman frisks a resident in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast ofBaghdad on 31 Jan, 2009. —INTERNET

Women (front) in suits take part in a workshop to practise their

skills in job interviews in Tokyo on 31 Jan, 2009. Over a hundred

participants aged under 34 years old took part in the free workshop

hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Employment Service

Centre on Saturday.

INTERNET

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Russia launches researchsatellite into orbit

Restaurant firekills two, injures

four in Japan TOKYO, 31 Jan—Two

men were killed and fourothers seriously injured Fri-day in a fire at a “soba”noodle restaurant inOdawara, Kanagawa Pre-fecture of Japan, local me-dia reported.

Local authorities arestill working to determinethe cause of the blaze andconfirm the identities of thetwo who died, KyodoNews agency and NHKboth said.

The four injured menhave been sent to hospital.When the fire broke out, sixmen were in the facility,which apparently was tem-porarily closed, accordingto the police.—Internet

Bus crashes in Arizona, killing sevenChinese tourists

British protests against foreignenergy workers spread

Officials investigate the scene of a tour bus crash US Highway 93 near DolanSprings, Ariz on 30 Jan, 2009. The Arizona Department of Public Safety saysa tour bus overturned on a highway near the Hoover Dam, killing at least six

passengers and injuring at least 16.—INTERNET

DOLAN SPRINGS, 31Jan—A tour bus over-turned on a highway nearthe Hoover Dam on Fri-day, killing seven Chinesenationals and injuring atleast 10 other people, au-thorities said.

Six fatalities were con-firmed at the scene, about190 miles northwest ofPhoenix; a seventh persondied at a Las Vegas hos-pital, said Cmdr DeanNyhart of the Arizona De-partment of Public Safety.

Nyhart said investiga-tors were struggling toidentify the injured andwere not certain howmany people were on the24-passenger bus or howmany had been trans-ported to hospitals inKingman and Las Vegas.

The bus was travelingnorth on US 93 when itveered left and then rightacross the median, Nyhartsaid. It rolled at least oncebefore stopping.

He believes all but oneof the victims killed at thescene had been ejectedfrom the bus.

Nyhart said five peoplehad suffered life-threaten-ing injuries. “We’re hope-ful that those people canbe stabilized and at leastthe death toll stop whereit is,” he said. The driverof the bus was amongthose in critical condition,he said.—Internet

MOSCOW, 31 Jan—Russia on Fridaylaunched its first carrierrocket of 2009 to send aresearch satellite intospace, the Itar-Tass newsagency reported.

The Cyclone-3 carrierrocket, with a Coronas-Photon satellite atop,blasted off from thePlesetsk space center innorthwest Russia on Fri-day afternoon, AlexeiZolotukhin, chief of thespace force informationand public relations serv-ice, was quoted as saying.

The Coronas-Photonsatellite will be used tostudy the internal struc-ture of the sun and the

nature of solar flares. The launch, initially

scheduled for Thursday,was delayed until Fridayfor technical reasons.

The Cyclone-3 three-stage liquid-propellantrocket was developed in1977 on the basis of theintercontinental ballisticmissile R-36. A total of121 launches of the rockethave been carried out dur-ing flying tests and inregular operations.

The Russian spaceagency is planning tocarry out 39 spacelaunches this year from itsPlesetsk space center andthe Baikonurspace centerin Kazakhstan.—Internet

People cool off in the water at a beach in Melbourneon 31 Jan, 2009. Melbourne recorded its hottestever three-day heatwave on Friday, after the tem-perature hit 43.8 degrees Celsius (110.84 Fahren-heit), the third day above 43 Celsius.—INTERNET

Once-in-century Australianheatwave claims homes, lives

Bomber behind bars afterbotched attack

LONDON, 31 Jan—A man who injured himself in afailed suicide attack on a restaurant in Britain has beenjailed for life on Friday, and ordered to spend at least18 years behind bars.

Nicky Reilly, 22, accidentally set off a home-madenail bomb in a toilet cubicle as he prepared to targetmore than 30 diners and staff in a restaurant in Exeter,southwest England.

Described during his trial as the “least cunning” per-son ever to have been charged with terrorism, Reillyinjured only himself in the blast in May last year.

Reilly, who suffers from Asperger’s syndrome andhas learning difficulties, had pleaded guilty to at-tempted murder and preparing an act of terrorism.

Sentencing him at the Old Bailey in London, JudgeJustice David Calvert-Smith said the offence was madeworse “by the fact that it was long-planned, that it hadmultiple intended victims and was intended to terror-ise the population of this country”.

“It was sheer luck or chance that it did not succeedin its objectives.”

Internet

MELBOURNE, 31 Jan—Australia’s second-larg-est city Melbourneground to a halt Satur-day, crippled by a once-in-a-century heatwavethat has claimed almost30 lives and razed atleast 17 homes.

Wildfires ragedthrough the southeasternstate of Victoria, whereauthorities said flames had

come dangerously close tomajor electricity transmis-sion lines which suppliedpower to Melbourne onSaturday.

More than 500,000homes and businessesin Melbourne wereleft without power onFriday night after anelectrical substation ex-ploded in the heat, bring-ing the city to a stand

still.Temperatures in Vic-

toria topped 43 degreesCelsius (109 Fahrenheit)for a record-breakingthird consecutive day onFriday, when 10 homesand a timber plantationwere destroyed in a6,500 hectare (16,000acre) blaze.

The heat was blamedfor a spike in suddendeaths in the neighbour-ing state of South Aus-tralia, which was in thegrip of its hottestweather since 1908.

At least 22 peopledied in the South Aus-tralia capital, Adelaide,on Friday, said the state’shealth minister JohnHill. Most were olderthan 70 and had likelyjust “succumbed tothe heat,” he said. Internet

US senator says missile shield could boostUS-Russia ties

WASHINGTON, 31 Jan—The United States and Russia have a chance to achieve a“real breakthrough” in their relationship by cooperating on missile defence, aninfluential US senator said on Friday.

Senator Carl Levin, a Democrat from Michigan who chairs the Senate’s armedservices committee, said he believed President Barack Obama’s administrationwas seriously interested in exploring cooperation with Moscow on the issue.

Missile defence has been a contentious subject between Moscow and Washing-ton, particularly since the Bush administration sealed deals last year to deploy 10interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar in the Czech Republic.—Internet

IMMINGHAM, 31 Jan—Wildcat strikes against for-eign workers spreadthrough oil refineries andother energy facilities inBritain, fuelled by fears ofrising job cuts.

The protest started atBritain’s third-largest oilrefinery, Lindsey in Lin-colnshire, eastern Eng-

land, where workers firstwalked out Wednesdayover the use of Italian andPortuguese contractors ona 200-million-pound (222million euros, 286 milliondollars) building project.

But it had spread by Fri-day to other refineries andplants across Britain,where unemployment is

currently at its highest ratefor 10 years as the creditcrunch hits hard. PrimeMinister Gordon Brownhas made a point of pledg-ing “British jobs for Britishworkers,” while more re-cently warning against tradeprotectionism as a responseto the worldwide economicdownturn.—Internet

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Huanghe Boat returns to China’s Antarctic icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, from Panda

Dock of Zhongshan Antarctic Station afterunloading goods, on 29 Jan, 2009. As glaciersclears off, ice breaker Xuelong began unload

goods to Zhongshan Antarctic Station. —XINHUA

China offers incentives to stimulatehybrid cars

BEIJING, 31 Jan—Chinais to offer policy incentivesto speed up spread ofenergy-saving cars in 13pilot cities.

The ministries offinance and science andtechnology jointly issueda circular on providingsubsidies to users ofhybrid, electric and fuelcell cars in Beijing,Shanghai and another 11major cities, the Ministryof Finance said on itswebsite on Sunday.

Public transport, taxi

companies, post servicesand public offices wereencouraged to use moreenergy-saving vehicles,the circular said.

The government pro-mised to give companiesand institutions, whichpurchase and use suchvehicles, lump sumsubsidies to offset theirextra cost on fuellingefficient cars than ordinaryones.

Meanwhile, the centralgovernment urged localgovernments to subsidize

the development andmaintenance of energy-friendly cars.

This is considered theboldest measure the centralgovernment has ever takento stimulate promotion ofhybrid cars although thesubsidies have yet toextend to private car users.

Due to much higherprice tags on them, hybridcars encountered coldshoulders in thrivingdomestic car market overthe past few years.

Xinhua

Mexico bids for hostingFIFA World Cup in 2018 or 2022

New York mayor proposes some23,000 jobs cut

MEXICO CITY, 31 Jan—The General Secretary ofthe Mexican Federation ofFootball, Decio de Maria,announced on Fridaythat they had sent to theFederation of InternationalFootball Associations(FIFA) a letter to requestthe hosting of the WorldCup 2018 or 2022.

“Today we sent ourrequest to hold the WorldCup 2018 or 2022,”Mariasaid. “Mexico has a famein the football world,and it has organizedtwo World Cups and oneConfederation Cup. Mexico also has the

possibility of attractingall the Latin Americanswho watch football inthe US,” Maria added.

Mexico hosted theworld Cups of 1970 and1986. France, Italy andBrazil also held the WorldCup twice.

Maria said that therequest of the candidatureencourage the Mexicanfootball sector to improvethe stadiums and a betterinfrastructure in thecountry.

Besides Mexico, in theNorth-Centralamericaand the Caribbean Foot-ball Confederation, the

US has also risen itshand to organize one ofthe World Cups of 2018or 2022.

Xinhua

Kids try to be barbers at a career experiencing centre for children in Hangzhou,east China’s Zhejiang Province, on 30 Jan, 2009. Lots of kids are sent here

during the Spring Festival to try different jobs, such as fire fighters, astronauts,journalists, doctors etc. to gain practical and social experience.—XINHUA

Linemen work to restore electricity to more than 200,000 Louisville residents, daysafter an ice storm hit the city on 30 Jan, 2009. More than 600,000 homes andbusinesses were still without power on Friday morning after snow and ice stormsearlier this week left more than 1.5 million customers in the dark from Oklahomato Pennsylvania, local utilities reported. The storms on 27-28 Jan, hit Kentuckythe hardest, leaving more than half a million customers without power.—XINHUA

NEW YORK, 31 Jan —New York Mayor MichaelBloomberg unveiled his43.4 billion US dollarsbudget Friday for the fiscal

year starting on 1 Julythat includes cutting some23,000 jobs and increasesin costs for everyday NewYorker.

The mayor called for areduction of almost 23,000jobs through layoffs andattrition. About 15,000employees would be laidoff, including 14,000Education Departmentemployees, and 7,700 jobswould be lost throughattrition. During his nearly two-hour statement, the mayorsaid that the preliminarybudget for the 2009-2010fiscal year comes as thecity faces a 4 billion dollarsbudget deficit — up fromjust over 1 billion dollarsonly a few monthsago, according to a reportavailable on www.-ny1.com. The deficitcontinues to rise as taxrevenues plummet and thecity loses out on stateaid.—Xinhua

Russia, Cuba cement strategic partnership

Euro zone unemployment rises to twoyear high in December

BRUSSELS, 31 Jan—Unemployment rate in the euro zone rose to the highest pointin more than two years in December 2008, according to official figures releasedhere on Friday.

As many as 12.472 million people were unemployed in the 15-nation zone inDecember, increasing by 230,000 or 8.0 percent, compared with November’s 7.9percent. This is the ninth consecutive monthly hike.

Compared with the same month in 2007, the number of the jobless was up 1.397million in the euro area, according to the first estimate from the Statistical Officeof the European Communities (Eurostat).Among the member states, the lowestunemployment rate were recorded in the Netherlands (2.7 percent) and Austria (3.9percent)and the highest in Spain (14.4 percent).—Xinhua

MOSCOW, 31 Jan —Russia and Cuba took astep towards the revivalof their old friendship asthe two countries signed apackage of bilateral agree-ments after Friday’s top-level Kremlin talks.

At the start of the talkswith Russian PresidentDmitry Medvedev,visiting Cuban leader Raul

Castro recalled theCaribbean state’s long-standing ties with the ColdWar ally. “We are oldfriends, we’ve known eachother through good timesand bad, and have greatexperience,” Castro said. “Today is an historicmoment, an importantlandmark in relationbetween Russia and

Cuba.”“The strategic part-

nership which we haveagreed on in the com-munique reflects what wehave reached and what wewill seek in the future,”the 77-year-old Cubanleader said, referring to astrategic partnership pactsigned by the two leadersafter their talks.—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

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NEWS ALBUMPfannenstiel — globetrotting Germangoalie with 24 clubs

A Porsche 908 Spyder is seen in therear mirror of a car in the newPorsche museum in Stuttgart,

Germany. The new Porsche museumpresents 82 cars to document the

German car manufacturer’s history.

Never mind Kaka or ZinedineZidane. When it comes torecord transfers, the manwith a suitcase permanentlyat the ready is LutzPfannenstiel, seen here, aglobetrotting German who’sjust signed for his 24th club.

Never mind Kaka orZinedine Zidane. When itcomes to record transfers, theman with a suitcasepermanently at the ready isLutz Pfannenstiel, aglobetrotting German who'sjust signed for his 24th club.

After Malaysia, Canada,Australia and Albania — toname but a few —Pfannenstiel recently headedfor Norway, where last weekhe signed a contract as player-coach of Oslo-based third-division club Mangerud Star.

The career of the 35-year-old goalkeeper certainlydoesn’t compare to that of theworld’s most expensiveplayer, France’s Zidane, whomoved from Juventus to RealMadrid for 75 million euros in2001.

But he has probably seenmore of the world as well asexperiencing at first hand thegame's underbelly.

It has also given him, inplace of a bulging trophy haul,a unique title - he is the firstprofessional footballer to have

played on the six continentsdefined by world governingbody FIFA, which classes Northand South America separately.

“It’s not something that Iplanned. It’s all been completelyby chance, but I’m proud of therecord,” said the keeper.

A crane picks up junk cars on a scrapyard in Bremen, Germany. Germancar owners are being offered 2,500

euros to trade in their oldautomobiles for eco-friendly vehicles

as part of a government scheme topromote green motoring alternatives.

Cell phones, traffic a deadly combo for kidsTalking on a cell phone while crossing a street can be

disastrous for children,a University of Alabama at Birminghamstudy shows. The research, first presented in April at theNational Conference on Child Health Psychology, is beingpublished in the February issue of the Pediatrics. It found that10- and 11-year-olds were less attentive to traffic and wereinvolved in more collisions and near misses with traffic whenusing a cell phone to talk to a research assistant in interactive,simulated road crossings.

"The children who were on the cell phone and were distractedduring their crossing were significantly more likely to get hit bya car in the virtual environment," study author Katherine Byington,a doctoral candidate in psychology at the University of Alabamaat Birmingham, said at the time of the April presentation. "Theywere getting hit or almost getting hit at least [once], while the kidsthat weren't on the cell phone didn't get hit."

Sit Properly at the computerStretching your neck and working your wrists at a computer

for hours at a time can strain much of the body.The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons offers

these suggestions to help reduce computer pain and discomfort:- Sit up straight, with your ears lined up with the top of your

shoulders, and your shoulders lined up with the hips.- Relax your upper arms, and hold them close to your body.

Keep your hands and wrists straight in front of your arms.- Keep your hands and fingers relaxed when typing or

clicking on the mouse.- Take regular breaks and relax your hands and fingers.- Give your eyes a rest and look away from the computer every

so often. Also, try to position your screen to reflect the least glare.Place your computer monitor about an arm's length in front

of you, and right at eye level so you don't have to look up ordown to view the monitorp.

Obama calls China’s Hu to discuss currency

Indian officials hunt tigersafter ‘man-eaters’ kill at least seven

Father fatally stabbed in front ofdaughter at bus stopWASHINGTON, 31 Jan

— President Obamacalled Chinese PresidentHu Jintao on Friday, ac-cording to carefullyworded statements re-leased by both the WhiteHouse and the officialNew China NewsAgency, in the wake ofpre-confirmation state-ments by Treasury Sec-retary Timothy FGeithner suggesting thatObama might believeChina is a currency ma-

nipulator.The news releases

provided clues to thecurrent delicate relation-ship between the twonations on the currencyquestion.

“Hu said the core in-terest of either countryshould be respected byeach other and taken intoconsideration,” the Chi-nese government said, anapparent request for anend to potentially insult-ing comments about the

currency exchange rate.Meanwhile, the other-

wise opaque WhiteHouse statement notedthat “President Obamastressed the need to cor-rect global trade imbal-ances as well as to stimu-late global growth andget credit markets flow-ing” — a point that sug-gests continuing concernover the weak yuan’s ef-fects on the USeconomy.

Internet

Wall Street suffers worst JanuaryWASHINGTON, 31 Jan — Wall Street has suffered its worst Janu-

ary on record as a barrage of bad US economic data continues toshake investors’ confidence.

The Dow Jones Index ended the month down 8.8% in what someanalysts see as a bad omen for the year ahead.

The broader S&P 500 index fell by 8.6%, also a record fall forJanuary.

The Dow fell 1.82% on the last trading day of the month afterofficial figures showed that US GDP fell sharply in the final quarterof 2008.

World markets also suffered — the MSCI world index closeddown 8.6% on the month.

US economic output fell by 3.8% in the last three months of theyear, the biggest quarterly decline since 1982.

It was also the second quarterly decline in a row - the first timethat has happened since 1991.

And this was just the latest in a long line of bad economic fig-ures. —Internet

KISHANPUR, 31 Jan — Tigers have killed atleast three children and four adults in northIndia in recent weeks, officials said Friday, forc-ing frightened villagers to stay indoors whileforest rangers search for the wild cats.

Authorities wielding guns combed villagessurrounding the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in thestate of Uttar Pradesh, from which seven ti-gers are believed to have strayed. One of thetigers is believed to have killed at least fourpeople in the last two weeks, including threechildren between the ages of 8 and 15.

“An order has been issued either totranquilize and cage the man-eater or, if it isnot possible, to kill it,” said PP Singh, a localforest official.

LONDON , 31 Jan — A father was fatallystabbed in front of his 3-year-old daughteron Thursday night in Britain as he went tovisit his wife and newborn son in thehospital. The man was at a bus stop inCroydon, South London, when he gotinto an argument with an oldacquaintance.During a struggle the man,who is originally from Ghana but has livedin Britain for many years, was stabbed.Lastnight a 22-year-old man went to a policestation in Croydon. He has been arrestedon suspicion of murder.

The victim, who has not yet been for-

mally identified but was described as in histhirties, was treated by an ambulance crewat the scene before being taken to a SouthLondon hospital, where he was pronounceddead.

Detective Chief Inspector Cliff Lyons,who is leading the investigation, said: “Thiswas a shocking attack in a public place inthe early evening. The victim’s three-year-old daughter was with him when he wasattacked, though fortunately she wasn’tphysically injured. Even more tragically, hispartner had given birth to a son just thatmorning.—Internet

Bengal Tiger stands on a rock in an Indianzoological park.—INTERNET

Villagers in the area are keeping their chil-dren home from school and have stopped tend-ing their fields for fear of the tigers.—Internet

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(from page 1)Recently, we, the

news team members of theKyemon Daily, had an op-portunity to observe bettertransport in Mon State.

As the road sec-tions in Mon State hadbeen upgraded to the as-phalt ones, the peoplehave easy access toMawlamyine fromPhayagyi Village of BagoDivision conveniently.

During the tour, wearrived at Mawlamyinethrough Thanlwin Bridge(Mawlamyine) in a shorttime. After that, we pro-ceeded to ThanbyuzayatTownship to observe theconstruction of KaruppiCreek Bridge.

In an interview,Engineer U Soe Thein ofPublic Works ofMawlamyine Districtsaid, “Karuppi Bridge willbe 300 feet long and 18feet wide, flanked by twofeet and six inches widepedestrian ways and it isunder construction withthe assistance of the gov-ernment and the concertedefforts of the local peo-ple. So far, constructionof the bridge has com-pleted by 60 per cent.”

He added, “As theold facility is a railroadbridge, vehicles can use ittemporarily. The oldbridge cannot withstandthe vehicles with heavyloads and trucks and itdelays the flow of com-modities.”

People of Mon State have easy access toother regions through better transport

Article: Maung Maung Htwe (MNA); Photos: Hla Moe (MNA)

Photo shows 60 per cent completion of buildingKaruppi Creek Bridge.

Chairman ofKaruppi Village Peace andDevelopment Council UKar Toon explained, “Uponcompletion, the bridge willcontribute to better trans-port for the villages next tosea such as Panga, Karuppi,Wekalanug, Ankhe,Kawlay, Htinyu, Anin,Hnitkayin, Lamaing andMawkanin.”

While in Thanbyu-zayat Township, weviewed progress in con-struction of Kyaikkhami-Setse Beach Direct Road.The road is only 14 mileslong. However, it is im-portant for the region.

Originally, differ-

ent roads led toKyaikkhami and Setse. Oncompletion, the direct roadwill link Kyaikkhami andSetse. Therefore, the trav-

ellers will have the oppor-tunity to enjoy the naturaland scenic beauty of thebeach along the route incars.

On the way to theconstruction site ofKyaikkhami-Setse directroad, we took a rest at theview point.

We enjoyed the bluesky and greenish sea as wellas music of the waves.

The plan is underway to upgradeKyaikkhami-Setse directroad from the earth road tothe tarred one. Along theroad, a total of 13 bridgeswill be built, and three of 13have been completed so far.

With the assistanceof the government and theconcerted efforts of the lo-cal people, the 150 feet longand 18 feet wide Asin

Bridge with three feet widepedestrian way on eitherside and the 180 feet longand 18 feet wideZeebyuthoung Bridge with

three feet wide pedestrianway on both sides havebeen built in the region.

In the region, therewere 22 roads in the past,and now, two is added to thelist of roads including theroad section from Khawzato Lamaing. At present, the358 miles and five furlongslong tarred road section, the11 miles and five furlongslong gravel road section,,the 49 miles and six fur-longs long hard road sec-tions and the 33 miles andtwo furlongs long earth roadin addition to 1,435 bridgeshave been built.

Before 1988, therewere only three bridges ofover 180 feet long in MonState. They were ThebyuCreek Bridge, Bilin CreekBridge and Khawa CreekBridge. Now, the region

has been facilitated with12 major bridges includ-ing Gyaing (Zathabyin),Attarayan, ThanlwinBridge, Winphanon,Hneepadaw, Wewinkara,Kwamkyaik, Kyodan andYe bridges. Conse-quently, Yangon-MyeikUnion Highway hasemerged in the region.

In the past,Thanlwin River dividedMon State and other re-gions. No one could notdream of enjoying thefruits of better transportlike emergence ofThanlwin Bridge. Duringthe tour, we witnessed theremarkable progress ofMon State in the trans-portation sector.

*****Translation: TTAKyemon: 30-1-2009

Visitors can enjoy beauty of beach from view point on Kyaikkhami-Setse direct road.

Yangon Division Secure and Smooth TransportSupervisory Committee meets

YANGON, 31 Jan — Yangon Division Secure andSmooth Transport Supervisory Committee held a co-ordination meeting at the meeting hall of All Bus-LineControl Committee (Head Office) in Tamway Town-ship yesterday with an address by Chairman of thecommittee Chairman of Yangon Division Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of Yangon Com-mand Brig-Gen Win Myint.

After hearing reports on maters related to uni-versity ferries, traffic rules and requirements beingfulfilled presented by those present, the commanderattended to the needs. The meeting came to an end with

concluding remarks by the commander.Next, the commander, the mayor and officials

opened the new Sanpya Hospital tarred road inThingangyun Township. They sprinkled scented wateron the stone inscription of the new road and inspectedthe new tarred road.

Afterwards, they opened the new Street-2 andSein Pan Myaing tarred roads in South OkkalapaTownship and greeted local people.

After hearing reports on measures taken forproper flow of water presented by officials at HanthaYeikmon Housing Complex in Kamaryut Township,

the commander and the mayor gave necessary instruc-tions and inspected sanitation works.

Next, the commander addressed coordinationmeeting for successful implementation of construc-tion of roads and bridges in Yangon Division held atYangon Division PDC Office on Bank Road inKyauktada Township.

Officials reported to the commander on con-struction of district-to-district roads and bridges in thedivision. The meeting came to an end with concludingremarks by the commander.

MNA

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YANGON, 31 Jan—Han GolfMasters Pte Ltd will organize the GolfMasters Magazine Reader’s Tournament(2009) for the readers of Golf Mastersmagazine at Shwemantaung Golf Club,Mandalay on 15 February.

Any person who reads themagazine may participate in thetournament and contact Asia Center HanGolf Master Pro Shop (Tel: 02-64583,09-2017639 and 09-6804015) not laterthan 12 February. The tourney will be

Kunhing Township aimssummer paddy output growth

NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan — Chairman of ShanState Peace and Development Council Commanderof Eastern Command Brig-Gen Yar Pyae gavenecessary instructions at the summer paddy cultivationceremony held at the field of Farmer U Maha Nandarat Namphaing village in Kunhing Township on 24January and looked into ploughing of farmland andcultivation of summer paddy.

Next, the commander inspected condition ofNampan creek bridge, flow of currents and chosenconstruction site for rail-cum-bridge. Officialspresented reports to the commander.

Afterwards, the commander oversawpreparations for upgrading of wooden bridge acrossa creek in Loilem. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan —Chairman of Mon StatePeace and Development Council Commander ofSouth-East Command Maj-Gen Thet Naing Wintogether with Chairman of Kayin State PDC Brig-Gen Zaw Min inspected patient wards, labour room,operation theater and works done for cleaning andbeautifying of Kya-in-Seikkyi Township People’sHospital on 23 January.

Next, the commander looked into learning ofschool children at multimedia classroom and progressin repairing of classroom and fulfilled the requirements.

At the meeting hall of Kya-in-Seikkyi TownshipPDC Office, the commander met with township leveldepartmental officials, the chairmen of village PDCs

NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan—TheCottage Industries Department under theMinistry of Cooperatives organized theseminar on “One Village One Product”at its meeting hall, here, yesterdaymorning.

It was attended by Chairman ofthe Industrial Subcommittee of theSupporting Committee for RuralDevelopment Deputy Minister forIndustry-2 Lt-Col Khin Maung Kyaw,Secretary of the Economic Development

Kya-in-Seikkyi sees progressand local people.

Next, the commander oversaw chosen site forconstruction of a bridge on the west bank of Zami riverand site chosen for construction of Phatake-Taguntaingaxis road, and met with servicemen and their familiesat the station hall in Kya-in-Seikkyi.

On 24 January, the commander inspectedconstruction of Dale creek bridge on Kya-in-Seikkyi-Chaunghnakwa road.

Next, the commander watched final match ofSouth-East Command Commander’s Shield (Men/Women) Volleyball Tournament at the gymnasium oflocal station and presented prizes.

MNA

Seminar on “One Village OneProduct” held

Golf tourney (2009) for readers of GolfMasters magazine to be organized

and Disbursement SubcommitteeDirector-General of the CottageIndustries Department U Sein Than,representatives of the departmentsconcerned, resource persons and guests.

Director-General U Sein Thandelivered an address.

Eleven resource persons read outpapers on progress of one village oneproduct. Attendees discussed the papers.The director-general made concludingremarks.—MNA

held with system 36 and prizes will beawarded handsomely to winners. The golftourney is mainly sponsored by Han GolfMasters Pte Ltd with cosponsors: Srixon,Cleveland, Cross Creek, XXIO, OGAWA,Royal Modern Furniture, Pahtama GroupLtd (Mandalay), Mr Big (Mandalay), CCare, GP Watch (Mandalay), LuckyDrinking Water (Mandalay), DagonBrewery, IBTC, Nivea, Life Line andHotel Mandalay. Han Even Managementwill organize the tournament.—MNA

ResRespectspaying ceremony

of No.1 BEHSNay Pyi TawPyinmana in

progress.MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan— The second respectspaying ceremony of No.1 Basic Education High Schoolof Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana took place at the school thisafternoon.

Present on the occasion were Minister forTransport Maj-Gen Thein Swe, member of Civil ServiceSelection and Training Board U Hla Myint Oo, retiredteachers and old students.

Old student U Ni Ni Maung explained thepurpose of holding the ceremony.

Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe and member ofCSSTB U Hla Myint Oo also spoke on the occasionand donated cash for holding the ceremony.

The students paid respects to the old teachersand received their blessing.

After that, the students donated cash and kind tothe old teachers.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan — Member of NationalDisaster Preparedness Central Committee Ministerfor Hotels and Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing attendedthe opening of new school building for Basic EducationPrimary School donated by wellwisher Daw ThanThan Lay (China Airline) and family at ThameinhtawTheimkon (2) village in Pyapon Township on 26January.

The minister, the wellwisher and the educationofficer of Ayeyawady Division opened the new schoolbuilding. Wellwisher Daw Than Than Lay presentedexercise books and stationery to the headmistress.

Next, the minister, the wellwisher and thedivision education officer opened the new schoolbuilding for Thameinhtaw Theimkon (1) village BEPS.The wellwisher handed over documents related to newschool buildings for Thameinhtaw Theimkon (1) and

BEPSs in Pyapon Township get new schoolbuildings

(2) and Dedaye Swedawkon village BEPSs to thetownship education officer and explained purpose ofdonation.

Afterwards, the minister presented certificate ofhonour to the wellwisher and food and snacks tostudents of BEPSs.

Similar ceremony was held at Thameinhtawvillage BEHS. The minister, wellwisher U MaungMaung (Asia Express) and the division educationofficer opened the new school building and thewellwisher handed over documents related to thebuilding to the division education officer.

At Hleseik village BEPS in Kyaiklat Township,the minister, the wellwisher and the division educationofficer opened the new school building and thewellwisher handed over documents related to thebuilding to the township education officer. — MNA

Students pay respects toretired teachers

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YANGON, 31 Jan — Chairman of SagaingDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof North-West Command Maj-Gen Myint Soe metwith officials of Pauk-in farm of Myanma AgricultureService at the briefing hall of the farm in ChaungUTownship, Monywa District on 24 January.

After hearing reports on cultivation of crops atPauk-in catchment area, progress of winter cropcultivation in the township and agriculture works ofthe farm, the commander fulfilled the requirementsand inspected sample strains of chick pea and wheatand wheat plantation.

Next, the commander viewed winter cropplantations in Pauk-in catchment area in a motorcade.At papaya farm of Farmer U Tin Myo, the commanderoversaw cucumber strains and thriving cucumberplantations and gave necessary instructions. — MNA

Regional Development ofMonywa District inspected

NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan—The gas pipelines ofYadana Natural Gas Project offshore Mottama coasthave been under maintenance since 24 January. So,gas production has fallen to some extent, and morehydroelectricity is supplied to cover the size of theelectricity lost due to the repairs to the turbines.

On 26 January, some terrorists of KNU and

More hydroelectricity supplied to cover sizeof electricity lost due to repairs to turbinesResponsible persons trying to restore regular

power supply as soon as possible

SCIENCEDAILY 31Jan— Stanford re-searchers have reclaimedbragging rights forcreating the world'ssmallest writing, adistinction the universityfirst gained in 1985 andlost in 1990.How small is the writing?The letters in the wordsare assembled fromsubatomic sized bits assmall as 0.3 nanometers,or roughly one third of abillionth of a meter.The researchers encodedthe letters "S" and "U" (asin Stanford University)within the interferencepatterns formed byquantum electron waveson the surface of a sliverof copper. The wavepatterns even project a tinyhologram of the data,which can be viewed witha powerful microscope."We miniaturized theirsize so drastically that weended up with the smallestwriting in history," said

SCIENCEDAILY, 31Jan — A Queen's-ledteam has discovered thereason why garlic is sogood for us.

Researchers havewidely believed that theorganic compound, allicin– which gives garlic itsaroma and flavour – actsas the world's mostpowerful antioxidant. Butuntil now it hasn't been

Chemists Shed Light OnHealth Benefits Of Garlic

clear how allicin works, orhow it stacks up comparedto more commonantioxidants such asVitamin E and coenzymeQ10, which stop thedamaging effects ofradicals.

"We didn'tunderstand how garliccould contain such anefficient antioxidant, sinceit didn't have a substantial

amount of the types ofcompounds usuallyresponsible for highantioxidant activity inplants, such as theflavanoids found in greentea or grapes," saysChemistry professorDerek Pratt, who led thestudy. "If allicin wasindeed responsible forthis activity in garlic, wewanted to find out how itworked."

The research teamquestioned the ability ofallicin to trap damagingradicals so effectively,and considered thepossibility that adecomposition product ofallicin may instead beresponsible. Throughexperiments withsynthetically-producedallicin, they found that anacid produced when thecompound decomposesrapidly reacts withradicals.

Internet

Chemists have discovered the reason why garlicis so good for us.

Stanford Writes In World’s Smallest LettersHari Manoharan, theassistant professor ofphysics who directed thework of physics graduatestudent Chris Moon andother researchers.The quest for small writing

has played a role in thedevelopment ofnanotechnology for 50years, beginning decadesbefore "nano" became ahousehold word.

Internet

Genes Linked To Parkinson’s Side Effects IdentifiedSCIENCEDAILY, 31

Jan— People withParkinson's disease

Photo shows ancient urns

and other archaeological

evidences of Pyu era

during the excavation in

Beikthano archaeological

region. (News reported)

MNA

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KNPP blasted towers Nos (220) and (222) of Lawpita-Toungoo grid near the Thaukyaykhat Creek, therebyworsening the situations. Now, the electricity availableis limited and the regions concerned have to share.Responsible persons are trying to restore regularpower supply as soon as possible.

MNA

commonly suffer aslowing or freezing ofmovement caused by thedeath of neurons thatmake dopamine, a keychemical that allowsbrain cells to send andreceive messagesessential to voluntarymovements.

Patients regain theability to move,

seemingly miraculously,by taking L-DOPA orrelated drugs that mimicthe missing dopamine.After a few years on L-DOPA, however, mostpatients again lose motorcontrol — but in anopposite way. Instead oftoo little, there is toomuch movement, likeinvoluntary nodding and

rocking — side effectsknown as L-DOPA-induced dyskinesias.

"L-DOPA-induceddyskinesias are a majorproblem for patients, andthere is a great need to helpwith these drug sideeffects," said MIT InstituteProfessor Ann Graybiel, aprominent Parkinson'sresearcher at the McGovernInstitute for Brain Researchat MIT.—Internet

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(from page 16)Possessing the gift of fertile soil and temperate

climate, Myanmar has practised agriculture as majorbusiness from time immemorial. So, it stands as anagro-based country, now.

According to different geographical featuresand climate patterns, the regions of the nation growvarious species of crops. It is fair to say that Myanmaris a land of crops.

Today, science and technology dominate otherfields. Many countries have turned to technology-based agriculture.

Myanmar has been in the transition from con-ventional to mechanized farming for several years. Inthe process, the nation is practising advanced farmingor model farming system.

Modern farming amounts to replacing of cattlewith tractors and combine harvesters, use of high-yield strains, supply of sufficient irrigation water, useof correct agricultural methods, and proportionateratio of inorganic and organic fertilizers.

On the recent trip to Hsinthe Dam in Nay PyiTaw Tatkon, we came across a convoy of smalltractors on Yangon-Mandalay Highway. U MyintThein of Thiha Tun Co Ltd of Monywa IndustrialZone told the Myanma Alin, "These tractors are ourcompany's products. We also produce ploughing

Mechanized farming has been popular across the nationArticle: Myint Maung Soe;Photos: Hla Shwe (Kaytumati)

A thriving sunflower plantation in Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon Township.

machines for Chindwintha Brand small tractors suchas hoeing machines, 12-blade harrows, nine-bladeharrows, and three-blade scientific harrows. We sellsmall tractors by installment. A tractor is priced ataround four million kyats. A buyer has to pay by 40percent in the first installment, and 30 percent each inthe second and third installments. We have run thisfactory for three years. We produce 25 units a month.Up to now, we have produced and sold over 200units."

In relation to the performance of a tractor, hesaid, "These tractors are small ones, so it is easy tomaintain them, and it does not cost much to repairthem. In particular, they are designed for less fuelconsumption. A 12-blade tractor can plough 10 acresin eight hours, and a three-blade tractor can ploughfour acres in eight hours. A tractor consumes about onegallon of fuel an acre."

Many other industrial zones sell Leya-16 Brandand Leya-22 Brand tractors by installment. So, farmershave come to use tractors in place of cattle. Now, theuse of tractors has covered 35 percent of the total sownacreage of the nation.

Use of high-yield strains of crops is part of thedrive for mechanized farming. Nay Pyi Taw Tatkonand Meiktila townships, for instance, replaced usualstrain of cotton with Ngwechi (6) strain cotton and

made higher profits last year. The per acre yield of thatcotton strain is 400 to 500 viss.

Now, the plan to replace usual strains of cropswith high-yield ones is ongoing across the nation. TheAgricultural Research Department (Yezin) producesand distributes high-yield strains of various crops tofarmers. In this regard, farmers should choose thestrains that are suitable for their regions.

The major requirement for agriculture is water.So, the government is constructing clusters of damsthroughout the country. So far, the nation has seen 218dams, the majority of which are in arid regions:Mandalay, Sagaing and Magway divisions. Thoseregions get an average annual rainfall of only 30inches. Agricultural farms in the regions are makingprogress to a certain degree thanks to the irrigationfacilities. Use of correct agricultural methods, pro-portionate ratio of humus and fertilizers, and use ofcorrect pesticides are also necessary for boosting peracre yields of crops.

Now, mechanized farming has been popular allover the nation due to greater use of tractors, qualityand high-yield strains of crops and correct agricul-tural methods.

*****Translation: MS

Myanma Alin: 30-1-2009

NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan—Minister for Industry-1U Aung Thaung inspected progress in installing ma-chines in Textile Factory under the Myanma TextileIndustries in Pyawbwe this morning.

He called for earlier test run of the factory andgrowing shade trees and wind-breaking trees forgreening the surrounding areas.

The minister inspected Ngwechi (6) long staplecotton purchasing depot in Kantaung Village, MeiktilaTownship, and called for exactness in weighing goods,and minimizing loss and wastage.

Chairman of Mandalay Division Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of Central Com-

Mandalay Division to grow long

staple cotton extensively

mand Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe and the minister held ameeting with members of the agricultural coordina-tion supervisory committee and farmers fromYamethin, Myingyan and NyaungU districts andtownships at Kandaw Mingala Hall in Meiktila. Thecommander called for extensive growing of longstaple cotton.

The minister instructed the committee membersto fulfil the requirements of local farmers, and cooper-ate with local farmers for boosting purchase of cotton.

The commander and the minister replied to thequeries raised by the farmers.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan – A collective cultivation ofsummer paddy took place on the farm of farmer U HlaMoe of Ngaywa village tract in Pyay Township on 23January.

Chairman of Bago Division Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of Southern Command Brig-GenHla Min visited the cultivation.

The commander inspected cultivation of sunflowerin Pegyi Village-tract and Khawar Dam near ChingyiVillage in Pandaung Township.

He also inspected cultivation of summer paddy andploughing in Tonkin Village.

The commander also inspected concrete sleeper fac-tory construction project (Okshippin), private teak plan-tation, Phankhapin reserve forest, construction of railroadsection of Okshippin-Thekaw-Pandaung-Phayapaw Rail-road, construction of bridges and stations.—MNA

Collective cultivation ofsummer paddy in Pyay

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Tuti Yusupowa, 128years old, is seen in the

village inKarakalpakistan in a

remote region ofUzbekistan on 28 Jan,2009. Yusupowa, whowas born on 1 July,1880, is the world’s

oldest woman, said astate official SafarHakimov who is

working on a fieldsurvey to discover

people aged over 100 inthe country. Picture

taken on 28 Jan, 2009.INTERNET

A man hangs a Vietnamese hat on a tourism booth

promoting Vietnam at Madrid’s International

Tourism Trade Fair (FITUR) on its inauguration

day on 28 Jan, 2009. FITUR is a grand international

tourism fair with over a hundred participating

countries and thousands of companies showcasing

their products and services.—INTERNET

In thi on 27 Jan, 2009 filephoto, Honda cars areseen parked at docks inSouthampton, England,on 27 Jan, 2009. Some4,200 auto workers atHonda’s British plant inSwndon worked their lastshift on Friday before afour-month layoff as theJapanese carmaker seeksto cut costs.—INTERNET

A model displays a

creation by designer

Minh Hanh of

Vietnam during a

Rome Fashion Week

Haute Couture

Spring/Summer

2009 show on 31

Jan, 2009.

INTERNET

BEIJING, 31 Jan—“Shaolin In The Wind”, a kung-fu musical drama performed by the ZhengzhouTheatrical Troupe, will hit the Australian stage 33times in only 40 days.

Starting on 28 Jan and covering Sydney, Canberraand Melbourne, it will set the record as the longestcontinual period for a Chinese drama to perform in aforeign country.

Sound Bite: Zhang Xiangrong, head of theZhengzhou Theatrical Troupe

“Shaolin In The Wind” tells the legend of a Shaolinmonk. It’s a story about the conflict between good andevil, set alongside the tragic romance of the easternworld. “Shaolin In The Wind” incorporatesinternational standards of dance to express the core ofthe Chinese culture and its national spirit. People fromevery country and culture can understand it.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reportingfrom Zhengzhou.—Internet

BEIJING, 31 Jan—A senior official with CommunistParty of China (CPC) has urged to ensure social equityand maintain social stability in promoting the country’seconomic growth.

Zhou Yongkang, member of the StandingCommittee of the Political Bureau of the CPC CentralCommittee, made the remark in an article to bepublished in the journal Qiushi (Seeking Truth), run bythe Central Committee of the Communist Party ofChina on 1 Feb.

Zhou, also secretary of the Political and LegislativeAffairs Committee of the CPC Central Committee,said that law enforcement organs should push forwardreforms of working mechanism and judiciary system.

He also stressed that all the law enforcement organsshould well comprehend and implement the ScientificOutlook on Development, the Party’s new creed, andmaintain social stability to celebrate the new China’s60th anniversary of founding on 1 Oct.—Internet

Iran says US has no choice, but changeTEHERAN, 31 Jan—Iran’s government

spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham onSaturday urged the United States to changeits policy towards Iran and the world,saying the country has no choice.

Responding to the US offer of directtalks between Iran and the United States,Elham said that “there remains no choicefor the United States but change, andthis change is determined to be done,”Iran’s Mehr news agency reported.

Elham said that “the US behavior offocusing on the secondary matters willnot solve any issue. Negotiation and thelike is secondary, the main issue is thereis left no other choice in the world but

change.”He said the US request of the talks

“means the passivity of the Westernthought, the failure of capitalist thoughtand the failure of the system ofdomination.”

“The only way out of this passivityis to change the outlook to the world andto the human being which is the mostimportant discourse in today’s world,”he added.

Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad said Wednesday that theUnited States must make a“fundamental” change in its policyinstead of only tactics.—Internet

Musical drama takes Shaolinculture to the world

Senior official urges to safeguardsocial equity, stability

Philippines to help Brunei to developagricultural sector

KUALA LUMPUR, 31Jan—The Philippines isexpected to help Brunei todevelop its agriculturalsector, according toBrunei newspapers onSaturday.

This was one of theoutcomes of talks betweenBrunei Sultan HassanalBolkiah and PhilippinesPresident GloriaMacapagal ArroyoinManila on Friday.

Brunei SultanHassanal Bolkiah was

ending his three-day visitto the Philippines onSaturday, according to theBrunei Times.

The Philippineswould send a delegationto assist Brunei in its driveto develop its agriculturalsector as one result of theclosed-door discussionsbetween the leaders of thetwo countries, thenewspaper said.

According to a jointstatement issued on theclosed-door meeting,

Arroyo said that Bruneihad shown interest inseeking assistance fromthe Philippines in riceproduction as Bruneihoped to achieve self-sufficiency in agricultureproduction.

Arroyo said that hercountry will send adelegation to visit Bruneito discuss mutualcooperation in agriculture,according to thenewspaper.

Internet

China’s software industry posts 29%revenue growth for 2008

BEIJING, 31 Jan—China’s software industry reported a 29-percent revenuegrowth for 2008 from one year earlier, the Ministry of Industry and IT haveannounced.

Software technology services were the biggest driving factor, up 40 percentfrom 2007. And software products followed with a 17 percent rise.

An official with the ministry said high-tech industries had developed in a quickand stable manner in 2008 despite the global economic crisis.

Output from industry leading state-owned and privately-owned high-techcompanies, with annual sales revenues of more than five million yuan, was up 14percent from the previous year.

And production of high-end products such as laptops and LCD TV’s also roseby more than 20 percent.

The software industry generated 580 billion yuan of revenue in 2007, up 21percent year-on-year.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.—Internet

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Invitation To Tender

Save the Children is an international aid agency responding to Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. Save the

Children wish to invite competent, reliable and legally registered construction companies for the construc-

tion of sub rural health centres as follows;

• 2 centres in Ngapudaw Township (Ayeyarwaddy division) Ref#CONS/HEA/NPW/001

• 4 centres in Kyauktan Township (Yangon division) Ref # CONS/HEA/KYT/002

• 4 centres in Kungyangone Township (Yangon division) Ref # CONS/HEA/KCG/003

The interested bidders can obtain the complete set of bidding documents at SC offices in

• Kyauktan, No. 25 Saybowa Block, Yangon-Kyauktan road

• Yangon, No. 224 A, Solomon Tower, 2nd

Floor, U Wisara Road, Bahan Township

• Kunchangone, No. 102 Myoma street, Myoma Block

• Thingangon, Ywarma Street, Ywarma quarter, Ngapudaw Township

• The bidding documents can be collected not later than 6th

February 2009 at 17.00 h

• The bidding SEALED documents should be received by Save the Children not later than 13th

February

2009 at 17.00 h; clearly specifying Ref # on the envelope.

Most Irish expect EUtreaty vote to pass

DUBLIN, 31 Jan—Most Irish people expect thatany second referendum on the European Union’sreform treaty would be passed, a national poll onFriday showed.

The Irish voted “No” in June to the LisbonTreaty, but since then a deepening recession hasraised concerns about Ireland losing its status inEurope.

The former “Celtic Tiger” economy has suffereda reversal of fortune with a severe, two-year down-turn in house prices prompting the government toforecast a 4 percent drop in economic output thisyear — the worst recession on record.

Ireland is expected to hold a second referendumon the treaty later this year after winning conces-sions from EU members who want it fully ratifiedby the end of 2009.

Ireland was the first euro zone economy to slipinto recession last year.

Nearly 60 percent of respondents in theLansdowne poll said Ireland would pass a secondreferendum on the Lisbon Treaty later this year,and 61 percent said they were concerned about thecountry losing its status in Europe.

Nearly three quarters of the 1,000 people askedsaid the government was handling the economypoorly, up from 63 percent in September. Just lessthan half said they expected the recession, whichstarted in 2008, to last more than three years.

Around 56 percent said they expected the gov-ernment, whose term runs out in 2012, would beforced into a general election this year.

Highlighting the soured public mood in Ireland,46 percent of those surveyed said they expectedtheir personal situation to be worse off next year.In 1997, when Ireland’s economy was booming,that was only 9 percent.

Interviewing for the poll was conducted between12 and 23 January.

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Detained Mexicanbeauty queen released

Police detain man with$2.5 million

MEXICO CITY, 31 Jan—Police say they have detainedan Ecuadorean man for carrying about $2.5 million incash in a suitcase at Mexico City’s international air-port.

The Public Safety Department said on Friday themoney was found during a routine inspection of lug-gage being taken aboard a flight bound for Colombia.

The man who registered the suitcase was taken intocustody. No charges were immediately filed.

Police say inspectors became suspicious on Thurs-day when they saw lots of rectangular shapes in theman’s suitcase.

The shapes turned out to be 153 stacks of US cur-rency wrapped in plastic.

Mexico is a main transit route for Colombian co-caine being smuggled to the United States, and traf-fickers often try to move proceeds from drug sales backto Colombia.—Internet

Murderous mum killed child for lover

Water cutbacks on tap for Mexico City

Eight killed in South African butchershop bloodbath after heist goes awry

DURBAN, 31 Jan—A cash heist at a butcher shop in the South African port ofDurban ended in a bloodbath Friday when police fatally shot all eight suspects asthey fled with their loot.

“The suspects entered the butcher’s and held up people at gunpoint. They laterfled with an unspecified amount of money. The police gave chase,’’ Police Inspec-tor Michael Read said. “Police shot dead all eight suspects, all men, after they lostcontrol of the vehicle in which they were fleeing.”

One policeman and two bystanders were injured in the exchange of fire, In-spector Read said, adding that all the money had been recovered.

More than 50 suspects die every month in South Africa from bullets or at thehands of police in a country which has one of the world’s highest crime rates.

Internet

OTTAWA, 31 Jan — ACanadian mother mur-dered her only child in atwisted bid to save her re-lationship with a boy-friend, a court officialsaid.

Penny Boudreau, 34,pleaded guilty and wassentenced to life in prisonwith no possibility of pa-role for 20 years for stran-gling her 12-year-olddaughter Karissa after herboyfriend had given heran ultimatum: Karissa orhim.

The Supreme Court of

Nova Scotia heard shedrove Karissa to a remotespot near the town ofBridgewater in January2008 and told her to getout of the car.

They argued and Pennytackled Karissa to theground, pinned her withher knees, wrapped twinearound her neck and stran-gled her.

“Karissa said:‘Mommy, don’t’,” pros-ecutor Paul Scovil told thecourt, as relatives sobbed,according to local media.

Boudreau then drove to

nearby LaHave River androlled her daughter’s life-less body down to theriver bank, later discard-ing some of Karissa’sclothes in a public gar-bage can.

In a bid to conceal hercrime Boudreau reportedher daughter missing, ap-pearing two days later ontelevision to plead for herto come home beforeKarissa’s frozen body wasdiscovered by searchers.

Boudreau was arrestedfor the murder in June2008.—Internet

MEXICO CITY, 31 Jan—Prosecutors ruled on Fri-day that a Mexicanbeauty queen be releasedfrom house arrest afterinvestigations in a drugand weapons case turnedup no evidence againsther.

Laura Zuniga, 23, wasdetained in westernMexico on 23 Dec, in avehicle along with sevenmen, some of them sus-pected drug traffickers.Authorities found a largestash of weapons, ammu-

nition and $45,000 withthem inside a vehicle.

She was stripped ofone of her crowns — thetitle she won in theHispanoamerican Queenpageant in October — butstill holds the beauty ti-tle of the northern state ofSinaloa, long known as acenter for Mexico’s drugcartels.

Prosecutors on Fridaysaid Zuniga should be re-leased and local mediareported that she left cus-tody later that day.

The Attorney Gener-al’s Office said in a state-ment that “no informa-tion was found that tie(Zuniga) to any criminalactivity.”—Internet

VILLA DE ALLENDE, 31 Jan—Fivemillion residents in Mexico City andits metro area could soon start feelingthe effects of water cutbacks imposedon Friday due to drought conditions.

Water behind the Cutzamala damsystem is below normal levels after alack of rain in 2008, according to of-ficials. The dam system accounts for20 percent of the water used in MexicoCity and its surrounding area.

“This year, the amount of rainfallin the area diminished significantly,”said Javier Ramirez, head of theCutzamala system. “It wasn’t enoughto fill up the dams. In past years, thegeneral water level of the dam systemhad gone up a little bit, but this yearit was really scarce.”

The valves from the dam system arebeing shut down from Friday untilMonday. There will be cutbacks at theend of each month through May. Of-ficials say the move should save 10million cubic meters (2.64 billion gal-lons) of water in that time.

Despite the cutbacks, officials saythe available amount is still adequate.

“The city will not suffer what youcould call a water crisis,” said RamonAguirre of the Mexico City water de-partment. “We will have 85 percent ofthe water we would normally receive.”

Officials admit the only solution tothe water woes is a change in usagehabits, particularly in Mexico City,which uses more water than the rest ofthe country combined.

“For certain, this is priority No 1 forMexico City, not only because we haveannounced a reduction this weekend inthe supply from Cutzamala, but alsobecause it has to do withsustainability,” said Marcelo Ebrard,head of Mexico City’s government.“That is to say, the city cannot keephaving the same pattern that it now has,a pattern that until recently believedthat the resource is unlimited.”

Thousands of families in the affectedareas have already started to store wa-ter. Local and federal authorities arealso preparing a national campaign toraise public awareness of waterconsumption.

Internet

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Denmark releasesUFO archives

COPENHAGEN, 31 Jan—The Danish Air Force hasreleased 329 pages of previously classified archiveson UFO sightings, including details on more than 200unsolved cases.

Capt Thomas Pedersen said the military releasedthe documents after growing weary of journalists ask-ing questions about them, the Copenhagen Post re-ported Friday.

“We decided to publish the archives because franklythere is nothing really secret in them,” Pedersen said.“The Air Force has no interest in keeping unusualsightings a secret. Our job is to maintain national se-curity, not investigate UFOs.”

The Air Force said the archives contain details ofunexplained events occurring between 1978 and 2002,before the job of chronicling UFO sightings went to agroup called Scandinavian UFO Information.—Internet

Protein may predict disease progressionMESSINA, 31 Jan —

Italian researchers havefound blood or urine lev-els of a protein may pre-dict kidney disease pro-gression.

The study, published inthe Clinical Journal of theAmerican Society Neph-rology, suggests a smallprotein released from thekidney’s injured tubularcells — called NeutrophilGelatinase-AssociatedLipocalin — could helpidentify patients in need ofmore aggressive care be-cause their chronic kidneydisease is likely to ad-

vances to a more seriousform.The investigatorsevaluated the blood andurine levels of NeutrophilGelatinase-AssociatedLipocalin in 96 patientswith non-terminal chronickidney disease. By the endof the year-and-a-halfstudy, 31 patients experi-enced significant progres-sion of their disease — insome cases developingend-stage renal disease.

The researchers notedthat at the start of thestudy, the patients whodeveloped advanced dis-ease had had higher Neu-

trophil Gelatinase-Associ-ated Lipocalin levels thanpatients whose disease didnot progress. Both urinaryNeutrophil Gelatinase-As-sociated Lipocalin andblood NeutrophilGelatinase-AssociatedLipocalin levels predictedworsening of chronic kid-ney disease.

“Our study offers agreat new tool for preven-tion of renal failure pro-gression,” study leader DrMichele Buemi of the Uni-versity of Messina in Italysaid in a statement.

Internet

Starting on 1 Feb , all Verizon Wireless Communications Stores across thenation will have live Verizon Hubs available to test out. The Verizon Hub, the

first-ever VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) home telecommunicationssystem featuring fully integrated connectivity with family members’ wirelessphones, gives busy families information at their fingertips from an easy-to-

navigate touch screen with clear icons.—INTERNET

Outfielders : Pelicans try to catch a fish at the zoo in Hanover, centralGermany.—INTERNET

Bacon Explosion recipean Internet hit

KANSAS CITY 31 Jan—A pair of Kansas City,Mo, pork enthusiasts saidtheir online recipe for theartery-clogging BaconExplosion has beenviewed about 390,000times.

The Bacon Explosion,the brainchild of AaronChronister and friendJason Day, contains twopounds of bacon coupledwith two pounds of Ital-ian sausage, totaling about5,000 calories and 500grams of fat, the Kansas

City Star reported Friday.US News & World Re-

port quoted the two menas saying the dish was de-signed to attract visitors totheir barbecuing team’sWeb site,B B Q A d d i c t s . c o m .Chronister said the BaconExplosion “got so muchtraction on the Web be-cause it seems so over thetop.” —Internet

Fastest electric car hitsthe road

Possible flu silver bullettested on mice

Scientists warn of more acidic oceansMONACO, 31 Jan—Greenhouse gases are putting oceans at risk of becoming too

acidic to support reefs and marine life, scientists at a UN forum in Monaco warnedon Friday.

More than 150 scientists called on governments to take immediate action to re-duce carbon dioxide emissions in the Monaco Declaration on Ocean Acidificationdrafted during the conference, the United Nations said in a news release.

In the declaration, the marine scientists from 26 countries said acidity levels wereaccelerating and their negative impacts could be corralled by reducing the amountsof greenhouse gases released to the atmosphere.

Prince Albert II of Monaco urged political leaders to consider the declarationbefore negotiations at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen at theend of this year.—Internet

TOKYO, 31 Jan — Japa-nese researchers saythey’ve developed a new,universal flu vaccine, of-fering a possible silver bul-let against new strains ofthe bug.

Trials on mice haveshown promising resultseven on strains that canmutate quickly, YomiuriShimbun reported Friday.

Previous vaccines weredeveloped based on pro-teins resembling barbs thatcovered the outer surfaceof the virus, researcherssaid. When a virus entersthe body of a vaccinatedperson, antibodies detectthe barbs and try to sup-press and fight off the vi-rus. The drawback was theshape of the proteins dif-fers from strain to strain.

Researchers from the

National Institute of Infec-tious Diseases, HokkaidoUniversity, Saitama Medi-cal University and NOFCorp. targeted the proteinsinside the virus, whichmorph little over timecompared with proteins onthe surface.

The vaccine has an arti-ficial version of the proteindeveloped by the team thatis attached to a specialmembrane, the Japanesepublication said. When thevaccine is injected, im-mune system cells attackvirus-infected cells.

“We’ll investigate whatdosage will be safe and ef-fective for humans,” saidTetsuya Uchida, a seniorresearcher at the institute.“I hope the vaccine can beput to practical use as soonas possible.”—Internet

WEST RICHLAND, 31 Jan— US niche automakerShelby Supercars unveiledon Friday what it calls theworld’s fastest electric car— a vehicle capable of hit-ting 208 mph.

The Ultimate Aero EVis not only capable of fly-ing down the road, it canbe recharged in 10 min-utes, using a system thecompany calls “Charge onthe Run,” the Telegraphreported Friday.

On the road, the Ulti-mate Aero EV can reach60 mph in 2.5 seconds, thecompany said.

“The Ultimate Aero EV

will prove that electric-powered vehicles will notonly match but also pro-vide more overall per-formance than internalcombustion cars,” a com-pany spokesman said.

The Ultimate Aero EVis expected to reach show-rooms by the end of theyear. The price of the carhas not been announced.

Shelby Supercars alsomakes the fastest gas-powered car currently inproduction, the SSC Ulti-mate Aero TT, whichreaches a top speed of 257mph.

Internet

Man gets lifefor killing

male internMEDIA, 31 Jan—A

Pennsylvania man wassentenced to life in prisonwith no parole on Fridayfor killing a young man hesupervised on the job.

William F Smithson,43, of Thornbury, a Phila-delphia suburb, must servean additional 108 to 208months in prison on top ofhis life term, Judge BarryDozer said.

The family of JasonShephard asked for theadditional time becausethey wanted to make sureSmithson received a maxi-mum sentence, The Phila-delphia Inquirer reported.

Shephard, 23, was anintern for Daktronics, amanufacturer of score-boards based in South Da-kota. Prosecutors saidSmithson invited him over,drugged him and thenstrangled him because heresisted his sexual ad-vances.

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CROSSWORDS PUZZLE

Owen out for six weeks

Federer’s favourite,says shattered Nadal

Stoilov named as new Bulgaria coach

Spain’s Rafael Nadal

Litex Lovech coachStanimir Stoilov

Michael Owen, will besidelined for up to six

weeks with ankleligament damage.

INTERNET

Chelsea manager slamsunfair referees

COBHAM, 31 Jan—Luiz Felipe Scolari fears Chel-sea’s Premier League challenge could be wrecked byreferees who punish his team more than their titlerivals.

Scolari is convinced the Blues are being picked onby officials and highlighted Lee Probert’s failure tosend off Mohamed Shawky after the Middlesbroughmidfielder handled when he had already been bookedin Wednesday’s 2-0 win at the Bridge as concreteevidence.

The Brazilian believes the likes of Manchester Unitedand Liverpool — who Chelsea face in a crucial clash onSunday — get more decisions going their way at homebecause they put pressure on referees and make lifeuncomfortable for them.

Internet

Newcastle complete Nolan signingNewcastle, 31 Jan—Newcastle on Friday completed

the four-million-pound signing of former Bolton cap-tain Kevin Nolan.

Nolan, 26, has signed a four-and-a-half year con-tract and goes straight into the squad for Sunday’snortheast derby clash with Sunderland.

Once tipped to become an England international,Nolan has gone off the boil over the last year and felthe needed a fresh challenge to revitalise his career.

He said he would relish the prospect of a derbydebut.

“It’s a massive game to come into and hopefully onein which we can get the win and start getting away fromthat relegation zone.”

Nolan represents manager Joe Kinnear’s secondbreakthrough in the transfer market in the wake ofDanish winger Peter Lovenkrands’ arrival last week.

Internet

Newcastle on Friday completed thefour-million-pound signing of former Bolton

captain Kevin Nolan.—INTERNET

Man United’s Fergusonrejects 2012 Olympics job

MANCHESTER, 31 Jan—Manchester United managerAlex Ferguson has ruled out coaching a British soccerteam at the 2012 London Olympics.

The 67-year-old Scot held informal talks last yearabout the role with British Prime Minister GordonBrown and London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe, butsaid he does not want another job.

“No. I won’t turn to international management,”Ferguson said Friday in the club’s magazine, InsideUnited. “When I’ve finished here, I think I deserve arest. After here, I’m finished.”

Ferguson, who would be 70 when the Olympicsbegin, does not even believe there will be a combinedBritish team at the games.

Internet

MELBOURNE, 31 Jan—Spain’s shattered RafaelNadal has named RogerFederer as clear favouritefor their Australian Openfinal after the top seed’sgruelling semi withFernando Verdasco.

Nadal, who sobbed ashe earned three matchpoints after five hours and14 minutes — an Austral-ian Open record — againsthis fellow Spaniard was

facing a race against time to recover for Sunday’s final.“It’s going to be a little bit tough on Sunday. Roger

had Friday off and only three sets in his semi-final sonow, for sure, he’s the favourite,” said Nadal.

“But I’ll try my best.”After the brutal but high-quality marathon, Verdasco

netted the final point at 1:07 am on Saturday and Nadalwas still talking to the media at 3:00 am.

He said he would have a massage, eat and try to sleepas long as possible on Saturday before a light practicesession in the evening. The final is scheduled for 7:30pm (0830 GMT) on Sunday.

Nadal, 22, is unlikely to be fully recovered afterbeing stretched to the limit by his fellow left-hander,who bounced back from an apparent injury problem toforce a gripping final set.—Internet

NEWCASTLE, 31 Jan—Struggling Newcastleconfirmed on Friday thatEngland internationalstriker Michael Owen willbe sidelined for up to sixweeks with ankle liga-ment damage.

Owen, who had scored10 goals this season,limped off after just 19minutes of Wednesday’s2-1 defeat by ManchesterCity at St James’ Park.

“It’s a big blow and theinjuries are mounting up,”Newcastle manager JoeKinnear told the clubwebsite.

“Joey Barton is also

missing for about 10 weeksbut we have to soldier onand put out the best teamwe can.”—Internet

SOFIA, 31 Jan— LitexLovech coach StanimirStoilov was on Fridayhanded the job of trying toguide struggling Bulgariainto the 2010 World Cupfinals.

Stoilov succeedsPlamen Markov who wassacked in December afterthe team’s disappointingstart to their World Cupqualifying campaignwhich has seen them drawtheir opening three GroupEight games.

They are currentlyseven points behind lead-ers, and reigning worldchampions, Italy, and fouroff second-placed Ireland.

The 41-year-old

Stoilov, who is likely toremain in charge of hisclub side, briefly coachedthe national team in 2007after the resignation ofBulgaria’s 1994 WorldCup star striker HristoStoichkov.—Internet

Arsenal’s Gael Clichy (L) challenges West HamUnited’s Valon Behrami during their EnglishPremier League soccer match at the Emirates

stadium in London on 31 Jan, 2009.—INTERNET

(31.1.2009)

Stoke City 1 - 0 Manchester City

Arsenal 0 - 0 West Ham United

Aston Villa 0 - 0 Wigan Athletic

Bolton 3 - 2 Tottenham

Fulham 3 - 1 Portsmouth

Hull City 2 - 2 West Bromwich

Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Blackburn

Manchester United 1 - 0 Everton

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine States, Mandalay,Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions and generally fair inthe remaining States and Divisions. Night temperatureswere (4˚C) below January average temperatures in ChinState, (3˚C) above January average temperatures in Man-dalay and Taninthayi Divisions and about January aver-age temperatures in the remaining States and Divisions.The significant night temperatures were Loilem (0˚C),Namhsam (3˚C), Pinlaung and Haka (4˚C) each.

Maximum temperature on 30-1-2009 was 93˚F.Minimum temperature on 31-1-2009 was 62˚F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 31-1-2009 was 80%.Total sunshine hours on 30-1-2009 was (8.5) hrs approx.

Rainfall on 31-1-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye)was (4) mph from Southeast at (11:30) hours MST on30-1-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the WestCentral and South Bay and generally fair in the AndamanSea and elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 1st February 2009:Isolated light rain are possible in Kachin State, weatherwill be partly cloudy in Shan State, upper Sagaing, Yangonand Taninthayi Divisions and generally fair in the re-maining areas. Degree of certainty is (40%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofslight increase of night temperatures in the NorthernMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 1-2-2009: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 1-2-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 1-2-2009: Generally fair weather.

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Local Transmission

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Abroad Transmissions

* Signature Tune* Song of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights* Palm Leaf Inscription* Travelogue “Sagaing”* Floral Lovers’ Paradise (National Kandawgyi Gardens)* Let’s Strive for Environmental Conservation:

Clearance of Discarded Plastic* Shwe Li-1 Hydropower Project* New, Modernized Myanmar Food* Myanmar Modern Song* Aungpan Oranges* Kiss of Death* With the Gentle Breeze....* Myanmar Traditional Morionette Theature (PartI)* Women with Remarkable Necks* Village Use Area Zoning Process (Hukaung Tiger

Reserve)* Glazed Earthen Pot* Song of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights

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Asleep in JesusMs Florence Jarvis (Toungoo)

Retired Sister YGHAge (86) years

Eldest daughter of Mr JF Jarvis and Daw Thanof Toungoo Sister of (Patsy-Daw Saw Po), (Cyril)-Daw Khin Shwe Mar, (Ernest)-Daw Shirley,(Charles)- Silvy, Rev Mother Josephine Mary,(Sisters of Reparation, Toungoo), (Vincent-DawMya Mya Aye), Cecy-U Hla Win, Rita-U VictorMyo Myint, Christopher and Magdalena, fell Asleepin Jesus, on Friday, 30th January, 2009 at 6 pm.

Burial will take place on 2-2-09, after funeralservice at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Toungoo forentombment at St Lazarus Cemetry RIP.

Performers dance during the 37th Chingay

Parade in Singapore on 30 Jan, 2009. More than

4,300 performers from all over the world attended

the annual street parade on Friday night to

celebrate China’s lunar New Year, attracting tens

of thousands of visitors.—INTERNET

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7th Waxing of Tabodwe 1370 ME Sunday, 1 February, 2009

NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan —Special Advisor to theSecretary-General of the United Nations Mr. IbrahimAgboola Gambari and party arrived in Yangon at 9.25a.m. today.

Mr. Gambari met Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan

Foreign Affairs Minister, TCG meetSpecial Advisor to UN Secretary-General

NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan — The meeting (4/2009)of Nay Pyi Taw Traffic Rules Enforcement Supervi-sory Committee was held at Nay Pyi Taw Commandyesterday.

Patron of the committee Commander of NayPyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin addressedthe meeting.

The chairman of the committee reported ontraffic accidents and enforcement of traffic rules.

Later, the commander gave instructions to theofficials after hearing the reports on work being doneby the committee and the subcommittees.

MNA

Nay Pyi Taw Traffic RulesEnforcement Supervisory

Committee meets

Mechanized farming has been popular across the nation Article: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Hla Shwe (Kaytumati)

A convoy of small tractors near Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon Township on their way to Hpa-an. (See page 10)

Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win meets Special Advisor to UNSecretary-General Mr. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari. —MNA

TAKE FIRE

PREVENTIVE MEASURES

Win at five-storey Guest House in Yangon at 1 p.m. andTripartite Core Group at the Chatrium Hotel at 3.55 p.m.

In the evening, Minister U Nyan Win hosted adinner to Mr.Gambari at Mya Yeik Nyo Royal Hotel.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan—The Meteorology andHydrology Department today announced that a mod-erate earthquake of intensity (5.1) on Richter Scalewith its epicenter about (358) miles South-West ofKaba-Aye Seismological observatory in Myanmarwater region was recorded at (10) hrs (57) min (33)sec M.S.T on 31st January, 2009.—MNA

Earthquake News

Fewer Days Of Extreme Cold And MoreDays Of Extreme Heat In Europe

selected 262 European observatories which ana-lysed the series of minimum and maximum dailytemperatures from 1955 to 1998 to estimate trendvariations in extreme temperature events. Accord-ing to the study, in Europe days of extreme cold aredecreasing and days of extreme heat increasing.From 0.5ºC to 1ºC in the average minimum tem-perature, and from 0.5ºC to 2ºC in the averagemaximum temperature.

Continuous rises in annual temperatures incertain areas lead to “changes in the environment andsignificant increases in the frequency of values con-sidered extreme temperatures”, SINC was told byEmiliano Hernández, Professor of Atmospheric Phys-ics at the UCM and one of the study's authors.

InternetFrecuency of extreme heat (DCE) from 1955 to 1998.

SCIENCEDAILY, 31 Jan— Scientists from theComplutense University of Madrid (UCM) have

INSIDEPakokku, Yesagyo, Pwintbyu and

Myaing Townships in Pakokku Districtare making a good progress in growingpaddy, cotton, sugarcane, beans and pulsesand edible oil crops thanks to the newirrigation facilities.

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