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Volume XVIII, Number 38 2nd Waning of Nayon 1372 ME Saturday, 29 May, 2010

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round developmentof 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 inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

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

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Chinese corporation, local company to implement Mawlaikhydropower, Kalewa coal-fired thermal power plant projects

NAY PYI TAW, 28 May— A signing ceremony ofMoU among Department of Hydropower PlanningDepartment under the Ministry of Electric Power No.1, China Guodian Corporation of the People’s Repub-lic of China and Tun Thwin Mining Co., Ltd for thedevelopment of Mawlaik hydropower project andKalewa coal-fired thermal power plant project washeld at the meeting hall of the ministry, here, yesterday.

Minister for Electric Power No. 1 U Zaw Min,Minister for National Planning and Economic Devel-opment U Soe Tha, Attorney-General U Aye Maung,

directors-general, managing directors, officials andresponsible persons of China Guodian Corporationand Tun Thwin Mining Co Ltd attended the ceremony.

After making an opening speech by Minister UZaw Min, the Executive Vice-President of the Chinesecompany expressed thanks for the signing ceremony.

Director-General U Kyee Soe of the HydropowerPlanning Department, Executive Vice-President Mr.Mi Shuhua of Chinese company and Chairman UThein Tun of Tun Thwin Mining Co Ltd signed MoUsand exchanged the notes. They later had a documen-tary photo taken.

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Minister U Zaw Min delivers address atceremony to sign MoU among Hydropower

Planning Department of the Ministry ofElectric Power No. 1, China Guodian Corpo-ration of the People’s Republic of China and

Tun Thwin Mining Co Ltd.—MNA

A ceremony to sign MoU among HydropowerPlanning Department of the Ministry of ElectricPower No. 1, China Guodian Corporation of the

People’s Republic of China and Tun ThwinMining Co Ltd in progress. —MNA

Explosion derailsIndia train, score

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Tiger returns todefend

Memorial crown

School enrollment day

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CPT Minister receives VicePresident of ZTE Corp of PRC

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PERSPECTIVES* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views

* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation

* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State

* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s Desire

Over 35 years into the diplomatic tiesbetween the Union of Myanmar and theSocialist Republic of Vietnam, the twoneighbours have bolstered up friendly relationsand worked harmoniously in regional andinternational affairs. Warm relations andreciprocal support are a landmark in thebilateral relations.

Myanmar and Vietnam are members ofthe Association of South East Asian Nations.With the cooperation in the regionalframework, GMS and ACMECS havecomplimented bilateral relations to a higherground, and generated more reciprocal visitsfor boosting bilateral cooperation.

A delegation headed by Prime Minister ofVietnam Mr Nguyen Tan Dung paid a visit toMyanmar from 2 to 4 April this year. Duringthe visit, a joint statement on bilateralcooperation was issued, and agreements andMoUs on boosting investments, fishery,agriculture, finance, communication andmining were signed.

In the course of the bilateral relations, thetwo countries have achieved success in trade,investment and economic relations andstrengthened cooperation for a prosperousfuture of the two peoples. Good neighbourlyrelations and multipurpose cooperation willmake greater contribution towards progressand harmonious collaboration between the twonations.

Friendly relations and cooperation betweenMyanmar and Vietnam will add to the peace,stability and cooperation inside and outsidethe region. By working in concert in diversesectors, the two countries will be able to enhancepeace, stability and prosperity in the region.

It is, therefore, believed that bilateralrelations and cooperation will last long, andthe two nations will continue to promotebilateral cooperation in various arenas throughfine traditions of fortifying warm relationsbetween the two peoples.

Myanmar-Vietnam relationsdeepened

MYANMAR GAZETTENAY PYI TAW, 28 May — The State Peace and

Development Council has appointed the followingpersons as heads of service organizations shownagainst each on probation from the date they assumecharge of their duties.

Name Department(a) U Kyaw Win Managing Director

General Manager Myanma AgricultureMyanma Agriculture ServiceServiceMinistry of Ministry of AgricultureAgriculture and and IrrigationIrrigation

(b) U Hla Myo PrincipalDeputy Principal Mandalay CooperativeMandalay CollegeCooperative Ministry of CooperativesCollegeMinistry ofCooperatives

(c) Daw Myat Myat Soe Director-GeneralDeputy Director- Foreign EconomicGeneral Relations DepartmentForeign Economic Ministry of NationalRelations Department Planning and EconomicMinistry of National DevelopmentPlanning andEconomicDevelopment

(d) U Nyi Nyi San Director-GeneralDeputy Director- Civil ServiceGeneral DepartmentCivil Service Civil ServiceDepartment Selection and TrainingCivil Service BoardSelection andTraining Board

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NAY PYI TAW, 28 May— Minister forCommunications, Posts and Telegraphs U Thein Zawmet Vice President Mr Luo Ping Fan of ZTECorporation of the People’s Republic of China at theministry here yesterday morning. They discussedmatters related to cooperation in communication sector.

In the evening, the minister attended theceremony to sign MoU between Yatanarpon TeleportCo and Asia Mega Link Co, and contract signingceremony between Asia Mega Link Co and ZTECorporation of the People’s Republic of China held inMyat Taw Win Hotel.

Also present on the occasion were DeputyMinister for CPT U Thein Tun, departmental officials.ZTE Corporation donated 10 sets of CDMA-450 systemBTS communication devices in capacity of 20,000lines to be used in Myanma Posts andTelecommunications.

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CPT Minister receives VicePresident of ZTE Corp of PRC

YANGON, 28 May—Computer ized ArtsCourse No. 1/2010 ofNo. 3 Basic EducationDepar tment underMinistry of Educationconcluded a t thedepar tment th isafternoon, attended by

Computerized Arts Courseconcludes

personnel of the headoff ice of thedepartment, ManagingDirector U Aung ThanNyunt of Soft GuideComputer Co Ltd ,course instructors, andtrainees.

On behalf of the

director-general of theNo.3 Basic EducationDepartment , DeputyDirector-Genera l UMyo Myint spoke on theoccas ion. Themanaging director ofSoft Guide CompanyLtd expla ined fac ts

about the course andpainter U Aung Maungabout matters relatingto arts.

A to ta l of 98students from YangonDivision attended the 5-day course.

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EP No. 1 Minister receives ThaiAmbassador

NAY PYI TAW, 28May— Minister forElectric Power No. 1 UZaw Min received ThaiAmbassador to theUnion of Myanmar Mr.Apirath Vienravi at hisoffice here yesterday

morning.Also present at the

call were departmentalheads and officialsconcerned of thedepartments andenterprises under theministry.—MNA

CPT Minister U Thein Zaw receives Vice-President Mr Luo Ping Fan of ZTE Corporation of

the PRC.—MNA

Deputy Director General U Myo Myint ofNo. 3 Basic Education Department makingspeech at conclusion of Computerized Arts

Course (1/2010).—MNA

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KABUL, 28 May—The American militaryd e a t h t o l l i nA f g h a n i s t a n h a spassed the 1,000 marka t a t ime whenPres iden t BarackObama’s strategy toturn back the Talebanis facing its greatesttest — an ambitiouscampaign to win over adisgruntled populationin the insurgents’southern heartland.

US reaches 1,000 deathmarker in Afghan war

More casualties areexpected when thecampaign kicks intohigh gear this summer.The results maydetermine the outcome ofa nearly nine-yearconflict that became“Obama’s war” after hedecided to shift the fightagainst Islamist militancyfrom Iraq to Afghanistanand Pakistan, whereAfghan insurgents findsanctuary.

T h e g r i mmilestone was reachedwhen NATO reportedthat a service memberwas killed Friday in aroadside bombing insouthern Afghanistan.The statement did notidentify the victim’sna t iona l i ty , bu t USs p o k e s m a n C o l .Wayne Shanks saysthe serv ice memberwas American.

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An Afghan boy scurries past a burning oil tanker carrying fuel supplies forNATO forces after it was allegedly attacked by Taleban on Jalalabad highway,

east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday, 28 May, 2010.—INTERNET

ANKARA, 28 May—One soldier was killed inan attack by the outlawedKurdish Workers’ Party(PKK) in southeastTurkey on Thursday, thesemi-official Anatolianews agency reportedFriday.

Soldier killed in PKKattack in Turkey

PKK militants openedfire on a military patrol inthe Pervari town of SiirtProvince, killing onegendarmerie private andinjuring another, theagency said.

The army haslaunched an operation tocatch the militants afterthe attack, it said.

The past weeks haveseen more clashesbetween the PKK and themilitary in southeasternTurkey as the weatherwarmed up. Turkisharmed forces killed 19PKK members includingsome camp leaders in anair strike last week againstsome 50 PKK targets innorth Iraq’ s Hakurk, Zapand Qandil regions, wherea large number of PKKmilitants hide out in themountains, according toAnatolia.

Xinhua

Men mill around the site of a car bombing inMusayyib, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) south of

Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, 20 May, 2010.A carbomb exploded in front of a restaurant killing sixpeople south of Baghdad on Wednesday, 19 May,2010 Iraqi officials said, highlighting the fragile

nature of Iraq’s security. INTERNET

A woman grieves for arelative killed in a

bombing in Basra, Iraq’ssecond-largest city, 340miles (550 kilometers)southeast of Baghdad,

Iraq, Tuesday, 11 May,2010. The death toll for adevastating day of attacksacross Iraq rose to 119 onTuesday as the worst hit

cities of Basra and Hillahsouth of Baghdad reported

new deaths frombombings the previous

day, the country’sdeadliest so far this

year.—INTERNET

Explosion derails India train, score killed

SARDIHA, 28 May—Maoist rebels derailed ahigh-speed train packedwith sleeping passengersinto the path of a freight

India rescue workers gather at the scene of a train crash in Sardiha, WestBengal state, about 90 miles west of Calcutta, India, on 28 May, 2010.

INTERNET

Gunmen kill dozens, takehostages in Pakistan city

LAHORE, 28 May —Gunmen attacked wor-shippers from a minorityMuslim sect in twomosques of the easternPakistani city of Lahoreon Friday, taking hos-tages and killing at least70 people, officials said.

Sajjad Bhutta, deputycommissioner of Lahore,said at least 70 peoplehad been killed in thetwin attacks on mosquesin Garhi Shahu andModel Town. A total of78 were injured.

The death toll atGarhi Shahu was higher,

train in eastern India Fri-day, killing at least 71people, police said.

Police warned thedeath toll would rise with

dozens more bodiesfeared trapped in themangled wreckage after13 carriages of theMumbai-bound express

from Kolkata careened offthe tracks in a remote areaof West Bengal.

Railways MinisterMamata Banerjee said thetrain had been derailed bya "severe bomb blast", butofficials said they werealso looking at evidencethat metal plates used tosecure adjoining sectionsof track had been re-moved.

The Press Trust ofIndia said it had receiveda call claiming responsi-bility by the Maoist-backed People's Commit-tee against Police Atroci-ties (PCPA), although aPCPA spokesman latercontacted the newsagency to deny thegroup's involvement.

More than 200 peoplewere reported injured,some of them in criticalcondition.

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Bhutta said, becausethree attackers blewthemselves up with sui-cide vests packed withexplosives when policetried to enter the build-ing.

Police are stillsearching the area as twoattackers were still atlarge.

Damaged vehicleslitter the street as Paki-stani police commandosand rescuers gather out-side one of two mosquesstormed by gunmen inLahore.

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Out of the Woods for ‘Ardi’: Early Human HabitatWas Savanna, Not Forest, Scientists Argue

SCIENCE DAILY, 28 May—Ardipithecus ramidus— a purportedhuman ancestor that was dubbedScience magazine’s 2009“Breakthrough of the Year” — iscoming under fire from scientists whosay there is scant evidence for herdiscoverers’ claims that there weredense woodlands at the African sitewhere the creature lived 4.4 millionyears ago.

Instead, “there is abundant evidencefor open savanna habitats,” saysUniversity of Utah geochemist ThureCerling, lead author of a critiquepublished as a “technical comment” inthe 28 May issue of Science.

The criticism — by eight geologistsand anthropologists from sevenuniversities — is important becausethe claim that the 4.4-million-year-old

Serengeti National Park in Tanzania,Africa. A new assessment suggests

that pre-humans living in East Africa4.4 million years ago inhabited

grassy plains, not forests.—INTERNET

fossil nicknamed Ardi lived inwoodlands and forest patches was usedas an argument against a longstandingtheory of human evolution known asthe savanna hypothesis.

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The first customer in the shop, Kazuki Miura(right), receives his iPad from fashion model,

singer and actress Lena Fujii, as they start to goon sale at the shop of Japanese internet serviceprovider Softbank, Apple’s exclusive partner in

Japan, in Tokyo, on 28 May.—INTERNET

Delta 4 rocket blasts off on GPS missionORLANDO, 28 May—

After several day’sdelay due to technicalissues, a Delta 4 rockethas rumbled into the skyfrom the Kennedy SpaceCenter at CapeCanaveral carrying aGPS satellite.

Officials said themil i tary craf t tha tblasted off Thursdaynight would be used fornational security andnavigation.

It’s the first of a newgeneration of GlobalPosi t ioning System

Mobile phone covers half of all families inBangladesh

DHAKA, 28 May—The mobile phone hasbecome a majorcommunication device inBangladesh whichcovers half of all familiesin the country, said aBangladesh Bureau ofStatistics ( BBS) survey.

The survey shows48.3 percent householdsin Bangladesh ownedmobile phones at the endof 2009, the survey wasquoted by leadingEnglish newspaper TheDaily Star on Friday.

In 2005, only 10percent households werecovered by mobile

phones, says the survey.According to the last

census by BBS held in2001, the total numberof households in thecountry was 25.4million.

The mobile phonetechnology wasintroduced in Bangladeshin 1993. The devicegradually became popularamong users when theGlobal System for MobileCommunications (GSM)was launched in 1997.

However, the highprice of the technologykept it away from thegeneral public unti l

2005.Since then more

mobile operators cameinto the market and stiffcompeti t ion amongthem helped reduce theprice.

Xinhua

Honda Motor saidThursday it is installing

brake override safetysystems in all of its

same-name and Acura-brand (pictured)

vehicles in the future toimprove car safety in

the wake of recentrecalls.

INTERNET

Science

Camera of a street-view car, used to

photograph wholestreets, on the Googlestreet-view stand atthe world’s biggesthigh-tech fair, the

CeBIT in thenorthern Germancity of Hanover. Afederal judge hasordered Google toturn over copies ofUS private wireless

data it captured whiletaking pictures for its

“Street View”mapping service.

INTERNET

NAY PYI TAW, 28 May— The following is the extract from the report ofVietnam’s 2009 Economic Review and 2010 Outlook. Ed

The year 2009 indeed was a very significant year for Vietnam. Thecountry faced many difficulties under the heavy impacts of the global fi-nancial crisis and economic slowdown. Recognizing the difficulties, theGovernment of Vietnam has adjusted the macroeconomic policy objectivesfrom giving priority on inflation curbing to actively preventing the eco-nomic recession, maintaining the economic growth and ensuring the socialwelfare. Therefore, Vietnam has been able to achieved important and posi-tive outcomes and her position in the international arena continues to im-prove.

The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 5.32 per cent,exceeding the 5 per cent target set by the National Assembly. Total exportturnover in 2009 reached 56.6 billion USD, a fall by 9.7 per cent on year-on-year basis.

Thanks to the political, social and macro-economic stability, total in-vestment capital for development in 2009 reached approximately 38 bil-lion USD, accounting for 42.8 per cent of GDP, an increase of 15.3 percent compared with 2008.

A policy highlighted in 2009 was the focus on social welfare and carefor the poor. The Government is promulgated many poverty reduction andsocial welfare policies.

Notwithstanding the above advantages, Vietnam still faces many diffi-culties and challenges in 2010 such as impacts of the global economic re-cession in 2009, risky operation of financial system, risk of high inflation,and the competitiveness of economy in general and of enterprises in par-ticular remains low.

In order to successfully perform the target of sustainable economicgrowth in 2010, Vietnam will comprehensively implement a set of mea-sures with a focus on improving business and investment environment,enhancing the macro-economy’s stability, focusing on the development ofagriculture and rural areas, focusing on the development of the social ar-eas, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of State governance andmaintaining socio-political stability. — MNA

Vietnam aiming high to improveeconomy in 2010

satell i tes going intoorbit. A dozen suchBoeing-built satelliteswill be launched over thenext several years toreplace 20-year-oldsatellites now in service.

This will be the firstGPS mission to launchon a Delta 4, after 49missions launched atopthe smaller Delta 2between 1989 and 2009.Future GPS spacecraftwill be lifted into orbiton the Delta 4, on theAtlas 4 and on ULA’sEvolved Expendable

Launch Vehicle.Internet

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FDA probes hundreds of complaintsabout J&J medications

BEIJING, 28 May—US federal regulators areinvestigating hundredsof complaints abouthealth problems inchildren who useJohnson & Johnson(J&J) medications.

The US Food andDrug Administration isprobing into theseproblems, including 30reports of deaths, but nodirect links with theproducts have been foundyet, according to mediareports citing acongressional memo.

The FDA receivedmore than 700 complaints

related to use of themedications fromJanuary 2008 to April2010. In late April, J&Jrecalled over 40nonprescription prod-ucts, which is referred toas the largest recall ofsuch children’smedications by thecongressional staff.

The recall didn’t stopthe complaints. Serearlhundred more came in,together with sevendeath reports, accordingto the memo.

This is thecompany’s third recall inthe past year, which

triggered a flurry ofcriticism from congr-essmen. They willquestion companymanagement at a hearingThursday.

FDA is investigatingwhether the problems arelinked to flaws in J&Jproducts, including infantTylenol, Benadryl andMotrin.

New detail onproblems uncovered atJ&J’s Fort Washington,Penn. plant is expected tobe provided by FDAdeputy commissionerJoshua Sharfstein, who isscheduled to testify.

Xinhua

Teacher of Wuji School teaches students the harm of smoking, in RushanCity, east China’s Shandong Province, on 27 May, 2010. With the coming ofthe World No-Tobacco Day on 31 May, students in Rushan City launched a

no-tobacco compaign recently to advocate the life style of no tobacco andlow-carbon health.

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Peregrine drug shows promiseagainst breast cancer

LOS ANGELES, 28May—A small, mid-stagetrial of an experimentalbreast cancer drugdeveloped by PeregrinePharmaceuticals Incshowed that 74 percent ofpatients responded to thetreatment, according to thecompany.

The Phase 2 trialenrolled 46 patients withadvanced breast cancerwho were treated with acombination of the drug,called bavituximab, andchemotherapy drugspaclitaxel andcarboplatin.

The trial found that,after a treatment periodof about six months, 34patients achieved an“objective tumor resp-onse,” meaning theirtumors shrank at least 30percent. Four patients, or

9 percent, had theirtumors completelydisappear.

Patients survived amedian of 6.9 monthswithout their cancerworsening and overallsurvival will eventuallybe reported, Peregrinesaid.

By comparison, anolder trial showed thattreat ing advancedbreast cancer patientswith the chemo drugsalone resulted in aresponse rate of 62percent and medianp r o g r e s s i o n - f r e esurvival of 4.8 months.

Side effects were inline with those typicallyseen with chemo drugs,said Marvin Garovoy,head of clinical scienceat Peregrine.

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. Timely vaccination better forchildren’s development

BEIJING, 28 May Anew study shows thattimely vaccination hasbetter outcome forchildren’s developmentthan delayingimmunization, accor-dingto media reports Tuesday.

Some parents haverequested alternativeimmunization schedulesrecently out of concern thatgetting so many vaccinesin such a short time periodmight lead to healthproblems later on.

R e s e a r c h e r sanalyzed health records ofover 1,000 childrenby comparing the results fora group vaccinated on time(10 shots by the age of sevenmonths) with a groupwhose vaccinations weredelayed.

Then they studied what

Europe debt crisis to have limitedimpact on nation

TIANJIN, 28 May— The International UnionAgainst Cancer, a global non-government networkdedicated to fighting cancer, is set to hold itsbiennial congress in south China’s Shenzhen cityin August, organizers said.

Hao Xishan, executive chairman of thecongress, told Xinhua the theme of this year’scongress is: “Preventing the preventable, treatingthe treatable, and establishing systems to make ithappen.”

Hao, also Council Chairman of China’s Anti-Cancer Association, said it will be the first timeChina has hosted such a top-level anti-canceracademic meeting.

Hosting the event will improve China’s cancerprevention and treatment efforts, he added.

Xinhua

China to host World CancerCongress in August

BEIJING, 28 May—The contagion from theEuropean sovereign debt crisis is expected to have alimited impact on China, and the real risk lies in itsripple effect on the United States that might drivedown the nation’s growth momentum as it exports todeveloped countries wither, senior economists atCitigroup said on Wednesday.

“On the financial front, China has a very high levelof reserves to withstand volatility in capital flows andthe exposure of European banks in the country is verylimited,” said Shen Minggao, head of China researchat Citigroup.

“But China’s exports might face serious tests, asthe debt crisis in the eurozone is at risk of spilling overto the US, another big trade partner for China,” Shensaid. Europe is now China’s largest trade partner andexport destination, accounting for 20 percent of thecountry’s total exports.

In order to safeguard the euro, the EuropeanCentral Bank pledged earlier this month to give $670billion in loans and loan guarantees to any eurozonecountry needing funds, plus about $322 billion fromthe International Monetary Fund.

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happened to the kids sevento 10 years later on 42different neuro-psychological tests.

And significantly,there was no benefitdetected for the “delayedgroup.” The delay putchildren at risk fordeveloping diseases thevaccines are designed toward off.

“Our study shows thatthere is only a downside todelaying vaccines, and thatis an increasedsusceptibility to potent-ially deadly infectiousdiseases,” said leadresearcher Dr Michael JSmith, a pediatric infectiousdiseases specialist at theUniversity of LouisvilleSchool of Medicine.

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Health

The egret nestlings wait for feeding by the motherbird in their nest on Kongwang Mountain in

Lianyungang City, east China’s Jiangsu Province,on 27 May, 2010. With the improvement in the

ecological environment and people’s awareness ofbird protection, more and more egrets and otherbirds inhabit the Kongwang Mountain recently.

XINHUA

Actress MerylStreep smiles

duringHarvard

University’s359th

Commenc-ement

Exerciseswhere she

accepted anhonorarydegree in

Cambridge,Massachusetts

on 27 May,2010.�

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Workers assemble business aircraft at EADS Socata’s Tarbes factory inFrance in 2008. European regulators announced they are to shake up the

auto services sector, slashing through agreements that tie dealers, repairersand parts providers to manufacturers.—INTERNET

Petrobras, Turkish TPAO to enhanceoil exploration research in Black Sea

RIO DE JANEIRO, 28May—Brazil’s state-run oil and gas giantPet robras Thursdaysigned a document withthe Turkish PetroleumCorporation (TPAO) toenhance deep-water oilexploration research inTurkish Black Sea.

The Memorandumof Understanding wass igned in Brazi l ’scapital city Brasilia, ina ceremony attended by

Brazi l ian Pres identLuiz Inacio Lula daSilva, Petrobras’s CEOJose Sergio Gabrielli deAzevedo, TurkishPrime Minister RecepTayyip Erdogan andTPAO’s CEO MehmetUysal.

In January, Petro-bras, TPAO, and UScompany ExxonMobilsigned a partnershipagreement for theexploration of Block

3922 (Sinop), located indeep waters of TurkishBlack Sea.

Pet robras i s theoperator of the project,holding a 25 percentstake of the business,while TPAO holds 50percent, and Exxon-Mobil Explora-tion andProduction Turkey BVhold the remaining 25percent.

Xinhua

Filipino workers arepictured at an

autopartsmanufacturing plant in

Santa Rosa, south ofManila. The Philippineeconomy expanded by7.3 percent year-on-

year in the first quarterof 2010, the fastest

pace of growth in morethan nine years,according to thegovernment data.

INTERNET

Brazil’s unemploymentrate hits new low

RIO DE JANEIRO, 28 May—Brazil registered inApril an unemployment rate of 7.3 percent, thelowest monthly rate since 2002, the BrazilianInstitute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)reported Thursday.

The April figure fell from the 7.6 percent inMarch, the first decrease in the unemployment rateso far this year. In April 2009, the unemploymentrate was 8.3 percent.

The unemployed population in the countrytotaled 1.7 million in April, stable when comparedwith that in March and down 16.4 percent from thesame period last year.

Meanwhile, the employed population totalled21.8 million, also stable when compared with thefigure in March, but up 4.3 percent from the sameperiod in 2009.

The average salaries paid to workers amountedto 1,424 reais (778 US dollars) in April, roughly thesame figures registered in March and up 2.3 percentfrom the same period last year.

The average per capita household income in thecountry totalled 930 reais (508 dollars) in April,down 0.4 percent from March and up 2.4 percentfrom April 2009.

The emerging giant’s economy is already on apath of rapid recovery, as the IMF predicts a 7percent growth for this year.

Xinhua

Euro rebounds after Chinadismisses report about euro

NEW YORK, 28 May—The euro reboundedagainst major currencies on Thursday after China’sforeign exchange regulator dismissed a report thatChina was reviewing its euro holdings.

The Financial Times, without citing sources,reported Wednesday that China was reviewing itsholdings of eurozone debt in the wake of the crisisthat has swept through the region’s bond markets.

Representat ives of China’s StateAdministration of Foreign Exchange(SAFE),which manages the reserves under the country’scentral bank, has been meeting with foreign bankersin Beijing in recent days to discuss the issue,according to the report which drove the euro lowerin Wednesday trading.

The FT’s report was totally “groundless”, theSAFE said Thursday in a statement. Europe willremain one of its key investment markets, theregulator said.

The SAFE said China supported the measurestaken by the European Union (EU) and theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) to stabilize thefinancial markets.

Xinhua

A worker inspects motherboards at the Foxconnplant in Shenzen on 26 May. Computer giants Dell

and Hewlett-Packard said they are looking intoconditions at a Chinese factory owned by a

Taiwanese supplier following the deaths of 11workers in apparent suicides.—Internet

Oil floats on the surface in Pass A Loutre nearVenice, Louisiana on 26 May, 2010. BP Plc facesa defining day in its five-week Gulf of Mexico oilspill disaster on Thursday when its latest attempt

to seal a gushing well deep underwater will bedeemed either a success or a failure.

INTERNET

S. Korea’s manufacturingsentiment dips for JuneSEOUL, 28 May—South Korea’s manufacturing

sentiment for June declined to a three-month low,swayed by escalating geopolitical risks, the centralbank said Friday.

According to the Bank of Korea (BOK), the indexof manufacturers’ business expectations for Juneretreated to 104, down from 107 in May.

The June figure saw a decline for the first time insix months, standing at the lowest level since the indexhit 101 for March, the BOK added.

The index, a gauge on manufacturers’ outlooks onbusiness conditions for the coming month, wasmeasured based on a survey on 2,774 companies, theBOK added. “Rising inter-Korean tension, coupledwith the eurozone debt fears, partly affected theirbusiness sentiment,” Son Won, an official at the BOK,was quoted as saying by Yonhap News Agency.

Xinhua

A police officialinspects a damaged

vehicle at the site of anattack in Satellite Town

of Quetta, the capitalcity of Balochistan

province in southwestPakistan, on 28 May,

2010.XINHUA

Four policemen killed in ambush in SW PakistanISLAMABAD, 28 May—

Four policemen were killedin an ambush byunidentified gunmen inSatellite Town of Quetta,the capital city ofBalochistan province insouthwest Pakistan, localmedia reported on Fridaymorning. According to thereport of a local EnglishTV channel Express, anunknown number ofgunmen attacked a policevehicle in the Satellite

Town in Quetta, killing fourpolicemen including apolice officer in charge ofthe security issues of theSatellite Town.

The gunmen fled afterthey fired at the policevehicle, said the report. Noorganization has claimedthe responsibility for theattack yet.

Quetta has witnessed aseries of attacks by Talebanmilitants over the last fewweeks.—Internet

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Dokhtawady Bridge (Hsipaw) projecton Union Highway

Article: Sai Thar Hlaing (Leinmawmyay); Photos: Nay Soe Han (Hsipaw IPRD)

Construction of Dokhtawady Bridge (Hsipaw) seen on 9 May.

Bore piling at the rocky ground.

In its bid to build adeveloped nation, thegovernment has setnational goals and isimplementing projectsfor harmoniousdevelopment of thenation.

D o k h t a w a d y

Bridge (Hsipaw) in ShanState (North) onMandalay-Lashio-MuseUnion Highway is oneof the river spanningbridges beingimplemented by thegovernment in itsattempt to fulfill the

basic needs to developthe transport network.

The bridge with 5 feetwide pedestrian ways willbe 569 feet long and 28feet wide. The approachroad from Hsipawtownship is 400 feet longand that from Lashiotownship is 200 feet long.The RC-type bridge willbe able to withstand 60tonnes of load. Theconstruction has beencarried out under themanagement ofConstruction ProjectEngineer U Myint Wai ofAsia World Co Ltd andBridge ConstructionSupervisor U Aung Thubeginning 1 May 2008. Itis scheduled to celebrate

the opening ceremony inthe coming October as50 per cent ofconstruction has beencompleted.

Upon completion, thebridge will contribute toregional developmenthelping facilitate swiftcommodity flow and

better transport.Translation: HKA

Kyemon(27-5-2010)

*****

NAY PYI TAW, 28 May — Of 31 parties that submitted applications forregistration as political parties, the Union Election Commission has found thefollowing parties to be in accord with the Political Parties Registration Law andRules, and thus the commission granted permission to them to register aspolitical parties today. They are as follows:-

(1) Modern People Party(2) Union Democratic PartyUp to date, there were 42 parties that submitted applications to form or to

continue existence as political parties. Twenty-four of the 31 parties thatsubmitted applications for registration as political parties have been allowed toregister and the remaining parties are under scrutiny.

MNA

Applications forregistration of political

party scrutinized, passed

YANGON, 28 May —Tharaphee LaminatedFloor (Korea) displayed abooth in Electronic andLiving Exhibition (2010)held at TatmadawConvention Centre on UWisara Road here from27 to 30 May.

Low-cost Tha-

Tharaphee Laminated Floor joins

Electronic and Living Exhibition

raphee laminated floorsare durable for many yearsand save two third of costthan using hard woodfloor.

The laminate floorsdo not discolour easily forthey are UV-proof. Theglue and nails are notneeded to install the floor.

Those interestedmay buy the floors at No(B) (3/4/5), Thitsar Road,Kanbe, Yankin Townshipand No (349-B), ZeyarKhaymar Road, 8 miles,Mayangon Township (Ph:09511550 and095134614).—MNA

Tharaphee Laminated Floor (Korea) on display in Electronic andLiving Exhibition (2010).

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 28May—The openingceremony of ElectoralProcess Course formembers of townships u b - c o m m i s s i o n s ,organized by SagaingDivision Sub-commission, took place atNo. 2 Basic EducationHigh School of Monywa

Sagaing Division Electoral Process

Course openson 17 May.

Lectures on laws,rules and work guidanceof the commission weregiven during the course.

A total of 66 traineesattended the two-weekcourse.

Member of UEC DrMaung Htoo metmembers of Sagaing

Division Sub-commissionand Sagaing District andMonywa District sub-commissions anddiscussed conducting ofcourses, making on ballotlists and designation ofpolling booth andformation of ward andvillage-tract sub-commissions.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 28 May — The Union Election Commission issuedNotification No. 62/ 2010 today. The translation of the notification is asfollows:-

The Union of MyanmarUnion Election Commission

Nay Pyi TawNotification No. 62/2010

1st Waning of Nayon, 1372 ME28 May 2010

Modern People Party granted permission to registeras political party

The Union Election Commission granted permission to the ModernPeople Party with its headquarters at No.255 (fifth floor/B) on Bogyoke AungSan Road between 39th and 40th Streets in Ward 8 in Kyauktada Township,Yangon Division to register as a political party in accord with the Article 9 ofthe Political Parties Registration Law as of 28 May 2010.

The registration number of the Modern People Party is (23).By order

Sd/ Win Ko Secretary

Union Election Commission

Modern People Party granted permissionto register as political party

NAY PYI TAW, 28 May — The Union Election Commission issuedNotification No. 63/ 2010 today. The translation of the notification is asfollows:-

The Union of MyanmarUnion Election Commission

Nay Pyi TawNotification No. 63/2010

1st Waning of Nayon, 1372 ME28 May 2010

Union Democratic Party granted permission toregister as political party

The Union Election Commission granted permission to the UnionDemocratic Party with its headquarters at No.123 (B/3) on U Chit Maung Roadin North-West Saya San Ward in Bahan Township, Yangon Division to registeras a political party in accord with the Article 9 of the Political PartiesRegistration Law as of 28 May 2010.

The registration number of the Union Democratic Party is (24).By order

Sd/ Win Ko Secretary

Union Election Commission

Union Democratic Party grantedpermission to register as political party

Electronic wares seen on booth of Silver TigerCo Ltd.—MNA

Silver Tiger Co Ltd takes part in Electronic and Living Exhibition-2010

YANGON, 28 May—Electronic and LivingExhibition-2010 con-tinued its second day atTatmadaw ConventionCentre on Uwisara Roadtoday.

Silver Tiger Co Ltdput on display its elec-tronic wares Opplebrand power-savingelectronic devices, elec-tronic devices made inAustria and Egypt andother home decorativeelectronic wares at theexhibition. The exhibi-tion-goers could get thecompany’s i tems atcheap and reasonableprices.

As part of repayingthe appreciation of cus-tomers, the company isoffering gifts to them.The company will sell

its items till 30 May atthe exhibition.

The addresses of thecompany are G-4, 5, 6Room-C, Pearl Condoon Kaba-aye PagodaRoad (Ph: 01-559433),

No. G-13, 14, west ofAung San stadium (Ph:01-371533) and No.267, 26th street between83rd and 84th street inMandalay (Ph: 02-34957).—MNA

YANGON, 28 May —A team representingMyitkyina Air Baseemerged champion of theCommander-in-Chief’s(Air) Shield SepakTakraw Competitions for

Myitkyina Air Base team wins C-in-C’s

(Air) Sepak Takraw Shield

2010.On behalf of the

Commander-in-Chief(Air), Col Lwin Oo ofMingaladon Station pre-sented the shield to theteam at the prize -presen-

tation ceremony held atthe hall of the DefenceServices (Air) inMingaladon Station herethis morning.

Senior military offic-ers also awarded theprizes to other winningteams.

The prize-presenta-tion ceremony was alsoattended by senior mili-tary officers, invitedguests and participants ofthe competitions.

MNA

Director-General U Kyee Soe and Mr. Mi Shuhua of ChinaGuodian Corporation exchange MoUs.—(News on page 1)

MNA

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

intimidated

* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered

* Do not be softened whenever appeased

NAY PYI TAW, 28 May—A man lost his left foot in the explosion of a mineplanted by insurgents at Sakhanlay Region on the other bank of the MadamaCreek, about two miles east of Donzayit Village in Shwegyin Township, BagoDivision, at noon on 24 May.

When he stepped on the mine, Maung Myo (a) Taung Thu of DonzayitVillage was gathering djenkol beans.

He died of the injuries while he was being transported by boat toShwegyin.

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Bomb blast kills one inShwegyin Tsp

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NAY PYI TAW, 27May—A ceremony tomark school enrollmentday for 2010-2011 aca-demic year took place atNay Pyi Taw No.6 BasicEducation High Schoolwith an address by Min-ister for Education DrChan Nyein.

After the minister’saddress, Police Lt-ColZaw Win Aung, memberof Nay Pyi Taw DistrictPeace and DevelopmentCouncil, explained activi-ties for school enrollmentin the district.

The minister andDeputy Minister U AungMyo Min donated exer-cise books for kindergar-ten students in the town-ships. Deputy Com-mander of Nay Pyi Taw

School enrollment day marked in Nay Pyi Taw

Command Brig-Gen MinZaw provided cash assist-ance for educational pur-poses in the townships.Then, well-wishers alsodonated cash for schoolenrollment activities.

YCDC to rebuildfire-stricken Mingala

Market

YANGON, 28 May—Chairman of YangonCity Development Committee Mayor U Aung Thein Lininspected fire-stricken Mingala Market inMingala Taungnyunt Township, here, yesterdaymorning.

Deputy Minister for Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement U Kyaw Myint, Vice-Chairman of YCDCVice-Mayor U Maung Pa and officials reported on theoutbreak of the fire and ongoing tasks.

This morning, the mayor viewed the groundworkto build shops at the site chosen to construct a temporaryMingala Market near Mingalamon Market in the town-ship.

Next, he looked into the market and gave necessaryinstructions.

The market will be reconstructed under the aegis ofthe committee. In addition, it will construct the temporaryMingala Market. After the shops have been built, the shopproprietors do not need to pay taxes.

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The ministerviewed school enrollingat Nay Pyi Taw No.6BEHS and donated exer-cise books for the stu-dents. He later visitedNay Pyi Taw No.1 BEHS,

Nay Pyi Taw PyinmanaNo.1 BEHS and Nay PyiTaw Lewe No.1 BEHS,viewed school enrollmentactivities and donatedexercise books.

MNA

YANGON, 28 May—Under the Myanmar-Indiacultural exchange programme, Abiogenesis musictroupe from the northeastern India presented entertain-ment programmes at the National Theater on MyomaKyaung Road here this evening.

Among the audience were Indian Ambassadorto Myanmar Mr Aloke Sen, Rector Daw Sandar Khinof National Culture and Arts University (Yangon)under the Ministry of Culture, officials and guests.

The entertainment programme of the troupecontinues at Mandalay National Theater on 30 May.

MNA

Indian troupe entertainsmusic lovers

Education Minister Dr Chan Nyein addresses a commemorativeceremony for school enrollment day-2010-2011.

MNA

Abiogenesis music troupe from the northeastern India presents entertainment.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 28 May — Winners of articlecontest (open) and essay contest (open) organized byNational Commission for Environmental Affairs tomark World Environment Day 2010 were announcedtoday.

Dr Wah Wah Maung, Dr Khin Chaw Su Kyi andU Soe Myint (Phoe Yazar-Thazi) stood first, secondand third in article contest (open). Consolation prizewinners were Dr Hla Pe, Dr Kyu Kyu Win and Br. MinSoe Thura.

In essay contest, Ma Lin Thanda Htet, MaungKaungkin Oo and Ma Nann Thitsar stood first, secondand third and Ma Sao Swel Poe Kit Bo, Ma The ThandaWin and Ma Thida Htet won consolation prizes.

The winners will be awarded at the ceremony toobserve World Environment Day 2010 in Nay Pyi Tawon 5 June. Winners are to contact office of NationalCommission for Environmental Affairs, Ministry ofForestry, Office Building No (28), Nay Pyi Taw (Ph:067 405383, 405386 and 405390) during office hoursnot later than 3 June.

MNA

Winners of article, essaycontests to mark World

Environment Day announced

NAY PYI TAW, 28 May—Myanmar Maternaland Child Welfare Association donated stationaryto Basic Education High School and Primary Schoolsin Kyidaungkan Village of Nay Pyi Taw PobbathiriTownship with a ceremony held at KyidaungkanBEHS this morning.

The donation ceremony was attended CECMember Dr Daw Sanda Aung, Joint-Secretary (2)Dr Daw Khin Mya Win and Treasurer Daw MyintMyint of the association, township level departmen-tal officials, teachers, social organization members,students and local people.

The CEC Member Daw Sanda Aung elabo-rated on purpose of donation and a headmasterexpressed gratitude at the ceremony.—MNA

MMCWA donatesstationary to schools inKyidaungkan village

NAY PYI TAW, 28 May—Minister for Forestry UThein Aung presented prizes to State/Division goodperformance award winners of the Forest Department ofthe ministry in a ceremony held at Ingyin Hall of theministry here this morning.

Director-General U Aye Myint Maung of ForestDeparment explained the purpose of presenting prizesand the scrutinization of awards for 2009-2010 fiscal yearat the ceremony.—MNA

Forestry Department honoursbrilliant performers

Sein & Mya Furniture opens its seventhoutlet at No.G-8 Tower A on the first floor

of Pearl Condominium, at the corner ofSaya San Road and Kaba-Aye Pagoda

Road, on 27 May.—MNA

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MOSCOW, 28 May— RussianForeign Ministry said on Wednesdaythat the US deployment of Patriotmissiles in Poland does not help securityor trust.

“Such military activity does nothelp to strengthen our mutual security,to develop relations of trust andpredictability in this region,” said theministry as quoted by the Itar-Tassnews agency.

The ministry further reiteratedRussia’s confusion that it did not“understand the logic and orientationof cooperation between the US andPoland in this field,” adding that all of

Russia says US missiles in Poland no helpto security

KA T H M A N D U , 28M a y — N e p a l isummiteer Apa Sherpa,50, world record holderfor 20 ascents of Mt.Qomolangma, articu-lated his contentmentover unfurling a climatechange message fromtop of the world.

Popularly known as“Super Sherpa”, Nepalihero Apa conquered theworld’s highest peak for

Nepali Sherpa draws world’sattention to save Himalayas

Pupils of Dongjiaominxiang Primary School visit the alarm information deskof Beijing “110” police commanding centre during a thematic activity in

Beijing, capital of China, on 25 May, 2010. Policeman of the “110”commanding centre communicated with students and explained safety

knowledge to them during the activity on Tuesday.—XINHUA

TORONTO, 28 May— Two people were confirmeddead after a four-seater plane crashed on the roof of anoffice building in northeastern Toronto on Tuesdayafternoon, according to the local police.

The tragedy occurred around 12:30 pm local timewhen the single engine of the small plane failed towork, and the plane hit the roof of an office building.Police found out later that both people aboard weredead.

Dean Mavrakaki, a witness on the site, toldreporters that he saw the plane rolled in the air withsmoke on its tail before the crash, and he also heard thesound of explosion.

The crash site is just across Buttonville Airport, aprivate airport in Markham, north Toronto and alsoone of the ten busiest airports in Canada.

Xinhua

Two killed in plane crash inNE Toronto

Police close the road

near the scene after a

small plane crashed on

the roof of a building

in Markham in

northeastern Toronto,

Canada, on 25 May,

2010.

XINHUA

Israel responds to rocket and bomb attackBEIJING, 28 May— Israel has carried out a series of air strikes in the Gaza Strip

after Palestinian militants fired a rocket and mortars at Israel.The air strikes were a response to the cross-border fire from the Hamas-

controlled territory. About a dozen people were wounded by debris.No Israelis were hurt by the rocket fire. A Palestinian militant group that

identifies with al-Qaeda took responsibility for firing the rocket and mortars atIsrael.

Hamas security sources says the overnight air strikes hit an airport in thesouthern Gaza Strip which is not in use and a Hamas training camp in the north.The Israeli military spokesman says the strikes targeted tunnels used by militants.

Xinhua

20th time, breaking hisown world record againon 22 May.

“I had sumitted thepeak many time forpersonal sake but since2008, I’m climbing forsocial cause.

Carrying the mes-sage of climate changeand biodiversity cons-ervation to the world,I’m cl imbing thesummit,” said Apa on

Tuesday.Apa who is also the

World Wildlife Fund(WWF)’s “Climate forLife” campaign amb-assador and climbingleader of Eco Expedition2010 was speaking at apress meeting onTuesday organized byWWF after he returnedback from conqueringthe Mt Qomolangma.

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its relevant questions remainedunanswered.

A battery of US Patriot missiles onMonday arrived in Morag, northwesternPoland together with more than 100soldiers that will to be stationed there. Itwas just 100 km from the Polish borderwith the Russian western enclave ofKaliningrad.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesmanAndrei Nesterenko said last month thatRussia was alarmed by the intentionsbehind the US missile defence plan inEastern Europe and its deployment ofPatriot missiles in Poland.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 28 May—Abus carrying Russiantourists skidded off ahighway in southernTurkey and fell off abridge, killing at least 16passengers and injuring 25others.

The bus flipped andfell about six metres into ariver bed. The Turkishdriver and a tour guide areamong the dead. Localauthorities say the driverfell asleep at the wheel.The bus was travellingfrom the province ofAlanya, a resort which ispopular with Russian andGerman tourists, to thescenic Pamukkalewaterfall near the centralcity of Denizli.

Internet

Bus crashkills at least16 in Turkey

Book sellers visit theBookExpo America inJavits Centre in New

York, the United States,on 25 May, 2010. The

BookExpo America willhold its exhibition on

May 26 to 27 with theparticipation of some

1,500 exhibitors.XINHUA

Workers repair electricity pylons and wiresdamaged during an earthquake in February, in arural area near Santiago on 26 May, 2010. The8.8-magnitude earthquake on 27 February was

one of the world’s most powerful in a century andkilled more than 700 people.

INTERNET

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Simone Arrigoni ofItaly attempts to set anapnea diving record,

while being pushed bytwo dolphins, in

Torvaianica near Romeon 27 May, 2010.

Arrigoni completed 12loops in 1 minute and42 seconds to set the

record.

A street performerblows fire into the air

during a religiousfestival honouringpatron saint Santa

Rita De Cascia inBaclaran, Paranaquesouth of Manila on

23 May, 2010.

A slot machine at acasino. A French

couple struck lucky ontheir 13th wedding

anniversary onMonday, picking up arecord jackpot of morethan five million eurosfrom a slot machine in

the Pyreneesmountains, the casino

said.

You can hear AlexHansen’s truck coming.Or going, which was thecase when thieves droveit away from hisLongview, Wash.,home.

The 27-year-oldHansen says he heard themuffler noise at 5 a.m.Tuesday and ran outsidein shorts to see that his1996 Toyota T-100 wasgone. He then grabbedhis girlfriend’s car keysand followed the noise.

Loud muffler helps WAman retrieve stolen truck

Alaska State Troopers are puzzled by a gruesomediscovery in the city of North Pole: 26 headless chickenscarefully arranged at a coop.

Police say the fly-infested carcasses found Mondaywere arranged in a 12 to 15-foot-long line pattern thatended in a circle. There was no sign of the missingheads.

Three chickens were left unharmed, and there wasno damage to the coop.

Police in Alaska puzzled by 26headless chickens

A Pennsylvania man who won a $2,001 slotmachine jackpot must forfeit the winnings and will becharged with trespassing, because he had previouslybanned himself from casinos under a state programmefor problem gamblers.

State police have not identified the 55-year-oldWaterford Township man who won the jackpot Fridayat Erie’s Presque Isle Downs and Casino.

Banned Pa gambler has to giveback $2,001 jackpot

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Hansen soon caughtup to his truck, which wastravelling with anothervehicle. After followingthe caravan for nearly 10minutes, Hansen says hewatched the thief stop thetruck, jump out and runoff.

Hansen drove histruck home and surpriseda police officer who hadjust finished taking areport from a neighbourwhose car had beenbroken into.

KATHMANDU, 28May— The springmountaineering seasonended on 25 May with347 climbers making itto the top of the world’shighest peak Mt.Qomolangma.

Among thesummiteers, 157 areforeigners and 190Nepalis, said TilakPandey, a governmentliaison officer.

Pandey was quotedby Friday’s TheKathmandu Post assaying, the Ministry ofTourism and CivilAviation receivedapplications from 26expeditions to climbQomolangma during thespring season comparedto 27 last year. Altogether,245 mountaineers receivepermits to ascend thepeak.

The government hascollected 220 millionNepali rupees (some 3million US dollars) inmountaineering royalty

A total of 347 climbers summit MtQomolangma from Nepali side

XI’AN, 28 May— China’s northwest ShaanxiProvince, home of the “terra-cotta warriors,” willoffer traditional sunken courtyards, or pitdwellings, as hotels, the Project Head on saidFriday.

A sunken courtyard dwelling, is a 10-metre-deep courtyard with rooms dug into the surroundingearth.

The hotel project covers 1,300 hectares. Thefirst batch of dwellings covers 290 hectares andwill be opened to the public in July, said ZhaoYiding, head of the “Cave Dwelling EcologicalVacation Chateau” project in Shaanxi’s YongshouCounty.

Ventilation pipes will connect the rooms to theupper ground as “green air conditioning,” makingthe dwellings warm in winter and cool in summerwithout generating any carbon emissions, Zhaosaid.

Xinhua

NW China to turn“pit dwellings” into hotels

Chinese President

Hu Jintao (R)

shakes hands with

visiting Indian

President Pratibha

Patil in Beijing,

capital of China,

0n 27 May, 2010.

INTERNET

BEIJING, 28 May—The Obama administration plansto announce a suspension of offshore oil drilling in theArctic Ocean. It comes as the country continues to battlea massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.

Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar, has said in areport that he will not consider applications forpermits to drill in the Arctic until 2011. The report isto be delivered to the White House on Thursday. Anadministration official familiar with the plan saidSalazar wants to allow further study of proposeddrilling technology and oil spill response capabilitiesin Arctic waters. US President Barack Obamaordered Salazar to conduct a review of the nation’soffshore oil drilling safety after the Gulf of Mexico oilspill last month.—Internet

US to suspend offshoredrilling in Arctic Ocean

during this springseason.

The royalty for themountain ranges from25,000 to 50,000 USdollars per expeditiondepending on the numberof members (which

should not exceed 15)and the route.

According togovernment statistics,3,128 mountaineers havesummitted Qomolangmafrom Nepali side till date.

Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG DA VOY NO (1020)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG DAVOY NO (1020) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 29.5.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S CHINA SHIPPING(MALAYSIA)SDN BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BUNGA MAS 12 VOY NO (108)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BUNGA MAS12 VOY NO (108) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 29.5.2010 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S MALAYSIA INTERNATIOALSHIPPING COOPERATION BERHAD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

iPad fans mob Apple stores forinternational launch

Rahul Koduri was the first to buy the devices atone Sydney store.-- INTERNET

LONDON, 28 May --Thousands of gadget fanshave mobbed shopsaround the world as Ap-ple began the interna-tional launch of its iPad.A 200m (656ft) queueformed outside Apple'sflagship Sydney store inAustralia, and there weresimilar scenes in Tokyo,Japan.The 25cm (10in)device is also going onsale in the UK, Canada,and parts of Europe aspart of a staggered globalroll-out.

One million iPadswere sold in 28 days afterits launch in the US. Theinternational launch datewas pushed back by amonth after huge demandin the US where the prod-uct went on sale in earlyApril.In Sydney, securityguards were on hand deal

with the crowds ofshoppers.Rahul Koduri,who queued for more than24 hours, became the firstto buy the touch-screencomputer at Apple'sGeorge Street store."It'sfantastic, it was so worththe wait," the 22-year-old,who bought two iPads,told the AFP news agency.

In Japan, more than athousand gadget enthusi-asts lined up in front ofApple stores and majorelectrical shops in Tokyo.Some Apple stores in theUK were opening an hourearlier than usual, at 0800BST (0700 GMT), to al-low fans to get their handson the device.—Internet

Snails yield drug addiction clue

Dirty teeth linkedto heart diseasePARIS, 28 May — Peo-

ple with poor oral hygieneare more at risk of heartdisease compared withthose who brush their teethtwice a day.A Scottishstudy released today byresearchers looked overdata from an investigationinto 11,000 people in Scot-land, covering their medi-cal history, family recordsof disease and lifestyle.

Seven out of 10 re-ported they brushed theirteeth twice a day, and sixout of 10 said they visitedthe dentist every sixmonths.—Internet

Man dies of uterine cancer linked to transplant

The snails' are useful "models" in the study oflearning and memory -- INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 28 May -- In an unusual experi-ment, scientists have usedpond snails to study theeffects of methampheta-mine, better known ascrystal meth, on the brain.They discovered that thedrug enhanced the crea-tures' abilities to learn andremember a task. Thisgives insight into howsome addictive drugs pro-duce memories that arehard to forget, and that caneven cause addicts to re-lapse.

The scientists de-scribed the discovery inthe Journal of Experimen-

tal Biology. Barbara Sorgfrom Washington StateUniversity in the US ledthe research team. Sheexplained that the snailsprovided a "simplemodel" enabling scientststo examine the effects ofdrugs on an individualbrain cell.

"These drugs of abuseproduce very persistentmemories," explained DrSorg. "It's a learning proc-ess -- drug addiction islearning unwittingly. "Allof these visual, environ-mental and odour cues arebeing paired with thedrug. So addicts might be

able to kick their habit ina treatment centre, butwhen they return to theirold haunts, all those cuestrigger craving and re-lapse."

The ultimate question,said Dr Sorg, is why is itso hard to forget thesememories?To take thefirst step in answeringthat question, she and herteam examined the ef-fects of crystal meth onthe snails, by comparingthe performance ofdrugged and "un-drugged" snails in a sim-ple breathing task. -

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Man bitesman at dog

parkNEW YORK, 28 May —

A man accused of bitinganother man at a NewYork dog park wascharged with third degreeassault.

Michael Budnick, 39,turned himself into policeyesterday after the inci-dent on Monday that be-gan when he confronted aman over the manner inwhich their dogs wereplaying together,lohud.com reported.

A third dog owner, 27-year-old Brian Butrico,tried to intervene, but MrBudnick bit him on thewrist, the report quotedpolice as saying. MrBudnick will appear incourt on the misdemeanorcharge on 26 July.

Internet

NEW YORK, 28 May --Vincent Liew waited fiveyears for the kidney thatwas supposed to changehis life. Instead, the organended it. The kidney camefrom a woman who haduterine cancer, but she anddoctors didn't know it.Once her disease was dis-covered after the trans-plant, Liew's doctorshighly doubted it couldspread to him.

But in seven months,Liew was killed by can-cer that his autopsy linkedto the transplant. Hisdeath, the subject of a

medical malpractice trialin which closing argu-ments were scheduled forThursday, is believed tobe the only reported in-stance of uterine cancerapparently being trans-mitted by transplant,medical experts say.

The case has reignitedquestions about the some-times hidden risks carriedby transplanted organs,risks that transplant ex-perts say they have workedto minimize but can'teliminate — but are worthtaking for manypatients.Liew, a 37-year-

old from Singapore whoworked in the Hong KongEconomic and Trade Of-fice in New York, didn'tknow the chance he wastaking with the 25 Feb,2002, transplant that heldthe promise of freeing thediabetic from three-times-a-week dialysis.—Internet

Warning overblinds after infant

deathsLONDON, 28 May —

Looped blind cords shouldbe made safer or banned, acoroner said yesterday af-ter two toddlers were acci-dentally strangled withinfive days of each other.Andrew Haigh recordedverdicts of accidental deathfor Harrison Joyce (3) andLillian Bagnall-Lambe (16months), both from Staf-fordshire, who died afterbecoming entangled in thecords.

Speaking after thehearing, the South Staf-fordshire coroner said hewould write to the Depart-ment for Business, Inno-vation and Skills to high-light the problem.He tookthe same action in 2004after dealing with anothercase where a child waskilled by a blind cord. MrHaigh said: — Internet

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WELLINGTON, 28May— A 7.2 magnitudeearthquake struck 215 kmnorthwest of Vanuatu, theUS Geological Surveysaid.

The quake struck at4:14 am on FridayVanuatu local time (17:14GMT Thursday) and at adepth of 36 km. Nodamage has been reported.

A tsunami warninghas been cancelled forVanuatu, the SolomonIslands and NewCaledonia after a quakestruck near Vanuatu earlyFriday morning.

Pacific Tsunami

Warning Centre dutygeophysicist BarryHirshorn said coastal sealevel gauges and buoysconfirmed no tsunami wasgenerated, Radio NewZealand reported.

New Zealand’s CivilDefence Ministry saidthere was no threat to NewZealand

“Scientific analysissuggests that there is nothreat to New Zealand,based on the earthquakemagnitude, location andorientation to NewZealand,” a ministryspokesman said.

Earlier the ministry

said it was issuing anadvisory notice and not awarning althoughearthquakes of 7.2 had thepotential to generate atsunami.It briefly advisedpeople in coastal areas tostay off beaches, out ofthe water and not to gosightseeing.Meanwhile, the police inLuganville said thereappears to have been nodamage from Fridaymorning’s earthquake.The police said theearthquake was quitestrong and woke mostpeople up.

Xinhua

The file photo taken in 1993 shows the coastal view of Vanuatu. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the Republic of Vanuatu at 1:14 a.m. Friday,

on 28 May, 2010 according to China earthquake authorities. XINHUA

Venezuela,Italy to

strengthencooperation

C A R A C A S , 2 8May— Venezuela andItaly Thursday signeds e v e n a g r e e m e n t sa i m e d a t b o o s t i n gc o o p e r a t i o n i neconomy , i ndus t ry ,f i nance , educa t i on ,i n f r a s t r u c t u r e a n dother areas.

Venezuelan Pres-iden t Hugo Chavezsigned the agreementswith Italian ForeignM i n i s t e r F r a n c oF r a t t i n i , a f t e rattending the two-day2 n d m e e t i n g o f t h eI t a l i a n - V e n e z u e l a nCouncil for EconomicCoopera t ion andDevelopment held inCaracas .The agre-ements cover suchaspects as technologyt ra in ing fo r aVenezuelan ra i lwayproject, joint studies inthe fields of oncology,hematology and hem-atopoietic stem celltransplanta-tion, as wellas a water resourcesmanagement project inItaly, among others.

I n a l e t t e r t oChavez, Italian PrimeM i n i s t e r S i l v i oBer lusconi s t ressedthe need to strengthenbilateral ties.

Xinhua

A new couple enjoy their wedding ceremony�in front of�a plane in Xi’an,capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, on 27 May, 2010.

XINHUA

Execution upheld forkids’ attacker

BEIJING, 28 May—A court in Jiangsu Provinceon Wednesday threw out the death-penalty appealof a man who attacked and injured 32 kindergartenpupils and teachers.

Taizhou Intermediate People’s Court revokedXu Yuyuan’s appeal. Xu appealed his death sentenceon 15 May, saying capital punishment was toosevere considering no one was killed in his stabbingspree in a kindergarten in Jiangsu’s Taixing City on29 April.

Xu, 47, was unemployed and confessed in thefirst trial that he was lashing out in anger againstsociety by wielding a knife at preschool children.

Twenty-nine children were hurt in the attack,along with three teachers.

Xu’s attack was one of five major assaultsagainst schoolchildren across the country in thepast few months that left 17 dead and more than 50injured.

In the deadliest incident, on 12 May , a villagerin Shaanxi Province, Hu Huanmin, barged into akindergarten and killed seven children and twoadults with a kitchen knife.

The first attack happened on 23 March inFujian Province. Zheng Minsheng, 42, killed eightprimary school students after he was fired anddumped by his girlfriend. Zheng was executed on28 April.—Xinhua

7.2 magnitude earthquake hits off

Vanuata

Residents wade across a river flooded by heavyrain in Quezalguaque town, some 135 km (110miles) west of the capital Managua, 27 May,

2010. Thousands of people have been affected theflooding caused by heavy rain on the Pacific

coast of Nicaragua.—XINHUA

Suspected Abu Sayyaf members kidnapthree workers in S Philippines

MANILA, 28 May—Suspected members ofthe Abu Sayyaf Groupon Thursday abductedthree employees of acooperative at a remotevillage in the southernPhilippine province ofBasilan.

The abduction wasallegedly led by Furuji

Indama, one of the AbuSayyaf’s senior leadersin the province.

Rear Admiral AlexPama, chief of WesternMindanao Naval Forces,said 20 suspects flaggeddown a passenger jeep atthe village of Libogaround 7 am and seizedthe three victims. The

jeep was on the way toprovincial capital ofIsabela City.

Pama alleged that theabduction was aimed toforce the military todivert its attention fromongoing offensiveagainst the terrorists inthe province.

Xinhua

5 killed in matches factory blast in Lahore, PakistanLAHORE, 28 May— At least five people were killed and 10 others were

injured in a matches factory blast in east Pakistan’s city of Lahore on Friday,police sources said.

According to police, explosives used for making matches caused theblast.

The workers at the matches factory were engaged in routine work onFriday when the explosives went off. The reason for the blast is stillinvestigation.

The injured were rushed to nearby hospital.Xinhua

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S P O R T SGhana’s Michael Essien isruled out of the World Cup

Javier Hernandez acquirespermit to seal Man Utd move

City target Real duo David Beckham is teaching Englandwinger Theo Walcott how to cross

Tiger returns to defendMemorial crown

Hernandez (R) made itfive goals in 10 appear-ances for Mexico onWednesday,—INTERNET

LONDON, 28 May —Mexico striker JavierHernandez has sealed hismove to ManchesterUnited from Chivas deGuadalajara after theHome Office granted awork permit. The 22-

year-old, who is set totravel with his country tothis summer’s World Cupfinals, had agreed termswith United and passed amedical in April. Unitedhave not disclosed the feefor Hernandez, but he isbelieved to have costsomewhere in the regionof £6-8m.

He will officially jointhe Red Devils on 1 July.The diminutive forward— affectionately knownin Mexico as‘Chicharito’, whichroughly translates as ‘lit-tle sweet pea’ — scoredin Mexico’s 2-1 friendlydefeat to the Netherlandsin Freiburg, Germany onWednesday.—Internet

Ghana’s Michael EssienLONDON, 28 May —

Ghana’s Michael Essienhas been ruled out of theWorld Cup, according tothe country’s football as-sociation (GFA). TheChelsea midfielder hasbeen struggling with in-jury and has been told hewill not fully recover un-til the end of July. TheGFA said that the decisionwas taken after a jointevaluation of his fitness

by them and his club.His last competitive

match was for Ghana dur-ing the Africa Cup of Na-tions earlier this year. Hetook part in the early stagesof that tournament despitenot being fully fit, havingtorn a hamstring inDecember.He then injuredhis knee and has not playedfor either Ghana or Chel-sea since. Essien has beenkeen to play down specu-lation about his chances ofmaking the World Cup. “IfI make it for the World Cupthen great - if not I have mywhole career ahead of me,”he told Chelsea’s officialwebsite in April.

Internet

Woods with the Memorilatournament host JackNicklaus after winning

last year’s event. INTERNET

OHIO, 28 May —World number one TigerWoods is to return from aninjury break next week todefend his title at the Me-morial tournament inOhio. The American hasbeen suffering from aneck injury which forcedhim to withdraw duringthe final round of thePlayers Championship atSawgrass earlier thismonth.

But he has confirmedhe is back in practice forthe Memorial, one of hisfavourite tournaments onthe PGA Tour. “The doc-tors advised me to take aweek off and rest, whichI did. They prescribed

physical therapy, anti-in-flammatory medicationand soft-tissue massages,which I’m continuingwith,” Woods told his of-ficial Web site. “AlthoughI’m not 100 percent, I feelmuch better and look for-ward to competing nextweek.”

Internet

Gonzalo Higuain.

MANCHESTER, 28 May— Manchester City are intalks with Real Madridover the possible signingsof Fernando Gago andGonzalo Higuain. City arelooking to strengthen theirsquad over the summerafter agonisingly missingout on UEFA ChampionsLeague qualification thisseason.They have identi-fied a number of transfertargets and appear keen tostrike a deal with Real for

Higuain and Gago.Higuain has enjoyed a

stunning campaign at theSantiago Bernabeu, al-though Argentina coachDiego Maradona recentlyclaimed that Real had notcontacted him about acontract renewal. Compa-triot Gago, who waslinked with a move to Cityin January, also estab-lished himself as a keymember of ManuelPellegrini’s team.

City would have to useall their financial muscleto prise the duo awayfrom Spain but are under-stood to have entered ne-gotiations with Real.Theyare also thought to be indiscussions with the rep-resentatives of Wolfsburgstriker Edin Dzeko.

Internet

Walcott has pace to burnand now Beckham is go-ing to help him with his delivery.—INTERNET

Andy Murray eases past JuanIgnacio Chela in Paris

LONDON, 28 May —Theo Walcott has re-vealed how DavidBeckham can turn himinto a world beater inSouth Africa.The wingeris delighted Beckham willbe part of the England set-up at the World Cup topass on technical advice.Walcott said yesterday:‘He has always told me todeliver the ball into thespace and if there is noone there, it is not yourproblem.

‘You just need to putthe ball in the space andsomeone should get onthe end of it. That’s whathe’s done. He’s a fantas-tic crosser and having himthere can only help. Youlook at someone who haswon so many things andit makes you want to get

the best out of yourself.’Walcott, who idolisedBeckham as a youngplayer and was thrilled topull on the England No 7shirt against Mexico onMonday, added: ‘It’s ashame his injuries meanhe won’t have a chance toplay in a last World Cupand he is a big miss butjust having him aroundcan only help us.’

Internet

Impressive Murraybeats Chela in Paris.

INTERNET

PARIS, 28 May , —British number one AndyMurray finally overcameJuan Ignacio Chela andthe Paris weather to reachthe third round of theFrench Open. The 6-2, 6-7, (5-7), 6-3, 6-2 victorycame over 24 hours andfour passages of rain-in-terrupted play, and it takesthe Scot through to face25th seed MarcosBaghdatis of Cyprus, whoearlier beat Spain’sMarcel Granollers 4-6,6-1,7-5, 6-2.Rain had dis-rupted much of Wednes-day’s schedule and it wasalready settled in againwhen play was due to starton Thursday, forcing afrustrating delay of four

hours before day fivecould truly get underway.Murray and Chelaresumed at 5.11pm localtime , having been forcedoff as darkness fell at8.29pm the night beforewith Murray leading bya set and 3-3, but only afurther nine points andone game would beplayed before the rain re-turned.

Internet

UEFA introduces toughpenalties for spendthrift clubs

LONDON, 28 May — Profligate clubs face beingbanned from the Champions League and EuropaLeague after European football’s governing bodyUEFA approved new plans. The example of Port-smouth, who became the first Premier League team togo into administration, has highlighted the financialexcesses in England. UEFA president Michel Platinihas now passed rules which would force clubs to op-erate within their means.

Clubs will only be able to spend what they them-selves generate. Big cash injections from wealthy ben-efactors like the owners of Chelsea and ManchesterCity would also be restricted under UEFA’s FinancialFair Play plan. The system is being phased in and banswould not be able to be imposed theoretically untilthe 2014-15 season at the earliest. Clubs are requiredto restructure themselves over the next three seasonsso they are financially solvent.— Internet

Jankovic battles intothird round

Kleybanova overpowersIvanovic

PARIS, 28 May —Jelena Jankovic reachedthe French Open thirdround with a battling 6-2, 3-6 , 6-4 win over quali-fier Kaia Kanepi. Aftercruising in the first set, thefourth-seeded Serb lost

her way to the Estonianand dropped the secondset after being broken inthe eighth game.Jankovic, twice a semi-finalist at RolandGarros, eventually brokein the 10th game of thedecider to win. Eighthseed AgnieszkaRadwanska lost toYaroslava Shvedova andformer champion AnaIvanovic lost to AlisaKleybanova.

Internet

England manager expects midfielderBarry to go to South Africa

LONDON, 28 May — Fabio Capello is confident thatGareth Barry will recover from injury to go to theWorld Cup, and has played down worries over WayneRooney’s fitness. Barry was included in the Englandmanager’s provisional squad despite picking up anankle problem whilst in action for Manchester Cityagainst Tottenham at the start of May.

There were fears that Barry might miss the WorldCup but Capello has now issued an upbeat bulletin onthe midfielder’s progress following tests earlier thisweek. Capello will not make a decision on Barry untilEngland’s final 23-man party has to be announced nextTuesday but he expects the 29-year-old to be fit andavailable.— Internet

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30-5-10 09:30 am) MSTSummary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.

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Maximum temperature on 27-5-2010 was 90°F.Minimum temperature on28-5-2010 was 76°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 28-5-2010 was78%.Total sun shine hours on 27-5-2010 was (2.8) hours .

Rainfall on 2 8-5-2010 was (Tr) at Mingaladon , (Nil)at Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was (9.06 ) inches at Mingaladon, (10.59 ) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (6.14) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mphfrom Southwest at (12:30) hours MST on 27-5-2010.

Bay Inference: Monsoon is moderate to strong inthe Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 29th May2010: Rain or thundershowers will be widespread inKachin and Rakhine States and Taninthayi Division,fairly widespread in Kayin and Mon States, Bago, Yangonand Ayeyawady Divisions, scattered in Shan and ChinStates, upper Sagaing Division and i solated in theremaining areas. Degree of certainty is ( 80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofthundery conditions in the Northern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for29-5-2010 : Likelihood of isolated rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is ( 60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for29-5-2010: Likelihood of isolated rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is ( 60%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for29-5-2010: Likelihood of isolated rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is ( 60%).

Weather outlook for First weekend of June 2010:During the coming weekend, rain (or) thundershowersare likely to be isolated in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon andMandalay Divisions.

WEATHERFriday, 28th May, 2010

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Russian tourist injured inTurkey coach crash dies in

hospitalANKARA, 28 May — A Russian tourist who was

injured in a coach crash in south Turkey earlier thisweek died in a hospital Friday, bringing the deathtoll of the accident to 16, local media reported.

Natalia Chumak, a 27-year-old woman, wassent to hospital after the coach carrying Russiantourists overturned and fell off a bridge into a riverbed in south Turkey’s Antalya province on Tuesdayand died in a private hospital, the semi-officialAnatolia news agency reported.

Three Russian tourists including Chumak werestill in life- threatening condition on Thursday, theagency quoted Abdullah Erdogan, head doctor ofAntalya’s Akdeniz University Hospital, as sayingon Thursday.—Xinhua

Footballtreat : An

Asian Lionplays with a

footballpaintedwith a

St George’scross,

during aphotocall atZSL London

Zoo, incentral

London.INTERNET

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Only with stability and peace will the nation developOnly with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracyRiots beget riots, not democracyDemocracy can be introduced only through constitution

VOA, BBC-sowing hatred amongthe peopleRFA, DVB-generating publicoutrageDo not allow ourselves to be swayedby killer broadcasts designed tocause troubles

People’s DesireWe favour peace and stabilityWe favour developmentWe oppose unrest and violenceWipe out those inciting unrestand violence

2nd Waning of Nayon 1372 ME Saturday, 29 May, 2010

NAY PYI TAW, 28 May – The Union Election Commission issued Notification No.64/2010 today.The translation of the notification is as follows: -

The Union of MyanmarUnion Election Commission

Nay Pyi TawNotification No. 64/2010

First Waning of Nayon, 1372 ME28 May 2010

Announcement for registered political parties to submit memberlist to the commission

1. In applying for registration as political parties to the Union Election Commission, the political partieshave applied with admissions that in accord with the Article 5(f) of the Political Parties Registration Law,they, if they are a party that is to canvass in the whole Union, shall enlist at least 1,000 members within 90days from the day they are granted permission for registration as political parties or that they, if they are aparty that is to canvass in only one region / state, shall enlist at least 500 members within 90 days from theday they are granted for registration as political parties.2. The political parties that the Union Election Commission has granted permission to register shall haveto make lists of members township-wise and submit two sets of Form (h) to the commission in accord withthe Article 11(b) and Rule 13 (a) of the Political Parties Registration Law within 90 days from the day theyare granted permission for registration as political parties.3. The Article 12 of Political Parties Registration Law states that if a political party is unable to submitthe prescribed number of party members to the commission in accord with the Article 5(f) of the PoliticalParties Registration Law within 90 days from the day it is granted permission to register, its registration shallbe cancelled and that party shall be abolished.4. It is hereby announced that the political parties that the Union Election Commission has grantedpermission to register are to submit lists of party members to the commission with the prescribed forms inaccord with the Article 5(f) of the Political Parties Registration Law within 90 days from the day they aregranted permission to register as political parties.

By order Sd/ Win Ko

Secretary Union Election Commission

Announcement for registered politicalparties to submit member list to the

commission

Noteworthy rainfall recorded(28-5-2010)

Coco Island 5.12 inchesKawthoung 2.01 inchesPathein 1.26 inchesThaton 1.11 inchesBhamo 0.86 inch

Little-known mouth fluid maylead to test for gum disease

The gums produce a little-known fluid that couldprovide the basis of an early, noninvasive test for

gum disease.

SCIENCE DAILY, 28 May—A little-known fluidproduced in tiny amounts in the gums, those toughpink tissues that hold the teeth in place, has becomea hot topic for scientists trying to develop an early,non-invasive test for gum disease, the No. 1 cause oftooth loss in adults. It's not saliva, a quart of whichpeople produce each day, but gingival crevicularfluid (GCF), produced at the rate of millionths of aquart per tooth. The study, the most comprehensiveanalysis of GCF to date, appears in ACS' monthlyJournal of Proteome Research.—Internet

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