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Volume XVII, Number 47 10th Waxing of Nayon 1371 ME Tuesday, 2 June, 2009

Shwemyay Thayar Rubber Farm tocover Tachilek District with white gold

Article: Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine); Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon)

Prime Minister General Thein Sein sendsfelicitations to Prime Minister of Republic of Italy

NAY PYI TAW, 2 June — General Thein Sein, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, hassent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr. Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of the Republicof Italy, on the occasion of the Proclamation Day of the Republic of Italy, which falls on 2 June 2009.

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Senior General Than Shwe felicitatesPresident of Republic of Italy

NAY PYI TAW, 2 June — Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His ExcellencyDr. Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Republic of Italy, on the occasion of the Proclamation Dayof the Republic of Italy, which falls on 2 June 2009. — MNA

True patriotism

* It is very important foreveryone of the nationregardless of the place helives to have strong UnionSpirit.

* Only Union Spirit is thetrue patriotism all the na-tionalities will have tosafeguard.

Thriving rubber plants seen in a row at the farm.

In the morning of 18th May, the news crew of theKyemon Daily continued on a 102-mile long tripfrom Kengtung to Tachilek.

During the trip, we stopped over in Mongphyatand Tahlay townships. At 3 pm when we turned toBogyoke Road from the end of Kengtung-Tachilek

Road, we saw a signboard bearing “Welcome toTachilek” at the entrance to the town.

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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment of other sectors of the economy as well

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

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Tuesday, 2 June, 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

Smoking is harmful not only tosmokers themselves but also to those whoinhale the smoke exhaled by them. The habitof smoking is rampant like a pandemic allover the world.

Smokers are prone to lung cancerand other health hazards such as paralyticstroke and heart-related diseases. Accordingto the World Health Organization,consumption of tobacco and tobacco productskill about five million people yearly all overthe world.

The World Health Organizationdesignates 31 May as the World No-TobaccoDay. The Ministry of Health, in cooperationwith the World Health Organization,observes the day by holding talks, seminarsand paper-reading sessions on the danger ofsmoking.

Tobacco smoke consists of nicotineand cancer-causing substances. Activesmoking as well as passive smoking poses adanger to health. Due to smokers, theirchildren or their colleagues are likely to sufferthe same consequences. Therefore, one shouldsay no to tobacco.

In Myanmar, a no tobacco law hasbeen promulgated and smoking is prohibitedin public such places as hospitals, clinics,schools, cinemas, markets and stadiums aswell as on transports.

It is not enough for tobacco addictsjust to reduce consumption but they ought todrop their bad habit totally. And if the entiremass of people, together with health experts,government departments and socialorganizations, take part in the control ofsmoking and consumption of tobaccoproducts with full health awareness, ourswill become a tobacco-free and healthyenvironment.

Create tobacco-freeenvironment

YANGON, 1 June—Myanmar MaritimeUniversity of Ministry of Transport and MyanmarInternational Freight Forwarders’ Association openeda certificate course on Multimodal Transport andLogistics Management at a ceremony held at MyanmaPort Authority this morning.

Present on the occasion were Minister forTransport Maj-Gen Thein Swe, departmental heads,personnel and responsible persons of UMFCCI,MIFFA, foreign Air Lines, Inland Water TransportVessels Association, private ports, the chairman ofYangon Division Truck Transport SupervisoryCommittee, Myanma Railways, scholars from Yangon

Course No.1 for Multimodal Transport and LogisticsManagement opens

Institute of Economics and Law Department of YangonUniversity and trainees.

The Transport Minister said that the course isopened with the aim of undertaking tasks for humanresources development out of five logistics servicesdevelopment scheme in Myanmar and improving thework proficiency of younger generation.

Dr Charlie Than, rector of Myanmar MaritimeUniversity explained arrangements for conducting thecourse. The 3-month course includes subjects for thosedealing in logistics field of Asia Pacific regionprescribed by UNESCAP. The similar courses will beopened continuously.—MNA

YANGON, 1 June—National Commission forEnvironmental Conservation announced the lists of prizewinners in open article contest and open essay contestheld in commemoration of World Environment Day2009. In the article contest, the first prize went to Dr WahWah Maung, the second to Daw Naw May Lay Thant, thethird to Pho Yazar (Thazi), special prize (1) to Khin KhinSoe, special prize (2) to Dr Aye Myint and special prize(3) to Ko Thet Oo (Myawady TV). In the essay contest,the first prize went to Ma Nan Thitsa, the second toMaung Kaung Kin Oo, the third to San San Tint (PerennialTree), special prize (1) to Su Su Khaing (Myanmar),special prize (2) to Maung Thant Zin Tun and special prize(3) to Ma Aye Mya Kyi Phyu.

Prizes will be awarded at the celebration of

Winners in World Environment Day commemorativearticle and essay contests announced

World Environment Day in Nay Pyi Taw on 5 June. Prizewinners are to contact NCEC of the Ministry of Forestryin Nay Pyi Taw (Ph: 067-405383, 405386, 405390)during office hours not later than 4 June.—MNA

Introductory Reception ofPEB Steel Buildings Co Ltd

organizedYANGON, 1 June—The PEB Steel Buildings

Co Ltd organized a reception at Signature Restaurantin Bahan Township here at 7 pm on 28 May.

The reception was attended by ChiefRepresentative of the company Mr.Wael Elmawie,responsible persons from PEB steel, clients, end users,local construction companies and others.

At the reception, international standard steelpractices, products of Pre-Engineered Buildings forfactories, warehouse and mills were introduced.

The company has been supplying steelstructures for factories, warehouses and mills in Asia,South East Asia and South Asia.

For further information on internationalstandard level materials, manufactured and distributedby the company, please contact PEB Steel BuildingsCo Ltd, of No.1509, 15th Floor, Sakura Tower,Kyauktada Township, Yangon.(Ph./fax:95-1-255 102, 255 103) www.PEBsteel.com.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe speaks at the opening ceremony of Multimodal Transport andLogistics Management Course No.1—MNA

Construction Night of PEB Steel Buildings

Co Ltd in progress.

MNA

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US military deaths in Iraqwar at 4,306

WASHINGTON, 1 June—As of Sunday, 31 May,2009, at least 4,306 members of the US military haddied in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003.

The figure includes nine military civilians killedin action. At least 3,448 military personnel died as aresult of hostile action, according to the military’snumbers.

The British military has reported 179 deaths;Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13;Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five;Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each;Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania, twoeach; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and SouthKorea, one death each.—Internet

Two US soldiers die ofnon-combat injuries

BAGHDAD, 1 June—Two American soldiers diedfrom non-combat related injuries in separate inci-dents in Iraq, the US military said on Sunday.

A statement said a Multi-National Division —North soldier died on Sunday in Tikrit, the hometownof ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and the siteof a major US base.

The statement gave no further details, saying theincident is under investigation.

A second soldier, assigned to the 3rd SustainmentCommand, died from injuries caused by a vehicleaccident in Tallil, south of Baghdad, the statementsaid.

The identities of both soldiers were being with-held pending notification of next of kin.

The deaths raise to 24 the number of Americantroops killed in Iraq in May, making it the deadliestmonth since last September when 25 were killed.

Internet

Unclear troop numberremaining in Iraq cities

BAGHDAD, 1 June—Thirty days before the deadline to withdraw US combatforces from Iraq’s urban areas, it is still unknown how many troops will remain incities as commanders determine their new roles, a US general said on Sunday.

The US military has repeatedly said it will abide by the requirements of anUS-Iraqi security agreement, but has released little publicly about how it willmeet the 30 June deadline or what the new distribution of its forces in Iraq willlook like.“It remains to be seen what the numbers will be,” Army Brig-Gen KeithWalker, commander of the Iraqi Assistance Group, told reporters during a briefingin Baghdad. Under the security pact, American troops who train and advise Iraq’ssecurity forces will stay in the cities. Walker said commanders were working todetermine the number of additional forces, including some combat troops, thatwould be added to training teams working in Iraq’s urban areas.

Walker dismissed any suggestion the US military was just renaming its com-bat units as trainers to get around the pact.

“It’s truly not a shell game,” he said. The security agreement also calls for allUS troops to be out of Iraq by the end of 2011. President Barack Obama hasannounced plans to withdraw American combat forces from Iraq by 31 August,2010, leaving 30,000 to 50,000 US troops in advising and training roles until theend of 2011.—Internet

People gather at thesite of a car bomb

explosion in Shula,Baghdad, Iraq re-cently.—INTERNET

Fighting Taleban-if USpatrols can find them

Six-year-oldAhmed Haider

rests in hismother’s lapsin a hospitalafter he waswounded inWednesday’s

car bomb blastat Shula in

Baghdad, Iraqrecently.INTERNET

18 Taleban killed in western Afghanistan fightingKABUL, 1 June—Afghan and NATO troops killed 18 Taleban militants on Sunday

after militants attacked a joint patrol, while four police were killed in a separatemilitant ambush, Afghan officials said.

Militants attacked the troops in the western province of Farah, the site of a ma-jor battle with numerous civilian casualties in early May. Soon after the attack, thenew US ambassador and President Hamid Karzai visited in an apparent effort toease local anger.

Sunday’s battle killed 18 militants in the district of Khaki Safed, said JumaKhan, a police official in Farah. Neither Afghan nor NATO troops suffered anycasualties, he said.

A spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said thebattle began after the patrol was attacked with mortars.—Internet

Bomb in Baghdad marketkills four and wounds 13

BAGHDAD, 1 June—A bomb planted in a vegeta-ble market killed four people and wounded 13 in south-ern Baghdad on Monday, police said, the second timethe market has been attacked in just over two weeks.

Police said the death toll from the blast in Bagh-dad’s Doura district in the early hours, when farmersand merchants gather at the market, was unlikely torise further.

On 21 May, a bomb in the same market killed threeUS soldiers and 12 civilians.

The number of Iraqi civilians killed by violencefell last month to its lowest level since the 2003 US-led invasion, figures from the Ministry of Healthshowed, but militants still launch frequent bomb at-tacks.—Internet

TATAR, 1 June—Lt EricSchwirian speaks softly,smiles a lot and shakesmany wary hands duringhis platoon’s three-daytrek deep into an Afghanvalley, looking for a fightwith the Taleban.

But while thousands ofextra troops have pouredinto Afghanistan this yearin an escalating conflict,this unit in the central Af-ghan province of Wardakhas barely had a sightingof its quarry.

It’s frustrating for theseinfantrymen to feel asthough they’re chasingghosts among the villagesand terraced fields, buttheir daily routine — pa-tience, presence, tea-drink-ing and handshakes — iscentral to America’s coun-terinsurgency strategy.

The platoon is part of a3,000-strong brigade fromthe New York-based 10thMountain Division thatdeployed in the provincesof Logar and Wardak, at

the gates of Kabul. Thebrigade came in after theTaleban started wreakinghavoc on the roads, am-bushing convoys, killinggovernment officials andfeeding a perception thatthe capital was undersiege.—Internet

File photo shows anIraqi soldier inspectsthe site of a suicide

attack in Shula, north-western Baghdad.

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WASHINGTON, 1 June—US President BarackObama makes a secondforay into European di-plomacy this week facingpressure to demonstratehis consensus-buildingforeign policy can pro-duce results where hispredecessor George WBush’s go-it-alone stylefailed.

Obama travels to Ger-many and France after hisspeech to the Islamicworld in Cairo on Thurs-day. The visit will besteeped in World War Twoimagery, with stops at theBuchenwald concentra-tion camp in Germanyand the allied invasionbeaches in Normandy tomark the 65th anniversary

An Afghan family travels by bicycle past a policeman at a check point nearForward Operation Base (FOB) Masum Ghar in Kandahar Province,

on 24 May, 2009.—INTERNET

Volonteers of Japanese environmentalist association “Greenbird”, cleanrubish from paths beneath the Eiffel Tower in Paris, as part of their monthlyoperations to clean up Paris’s legendary monuments and streets.—INTERNET

Afghans transport goods

using a donkey cart

through the valley near

Bazaare Panjwai village

in Kandahar, on 30 May,

2009.

INTERNET

Obama, in Europe, mustshow diplomatic style works

of D-Day.Obama has a personal

interest in both sites. Hisgreat uncle helped liber-ate one of the Buchen-wald subcamps, and thegrandfather who helpedraise him entered Francethrough Normandy afterD-Day as part of GeneralGeorge Patton’s army.

The US leader willmeet separately with Ger-man Chancellor AngelaMerkel and French Presi-dent Nicolas Sarkozy for

talks that will touch on theglobal economic crisis,Iran’s nuclear pro-gramme, the Afghanconflict and Western tieswith Russia.

Analysts say while thevisits to France and Ger-many are largely sym-bolic, Obama must beginto show his consultativeforeign policy can pro-duce a more unified ap-proach to the shared prob-lems facing the transatlan-tic allies.—Internet

COMBAT OUTPOST COBRA,1 June — Experts say therisk of soldiers sufferingPost Traumatic StressDisorder (PTSD) goes upsubstantially on theirthird tour of duty. Ser-geant Joseph Huiet is onhis sixth.

The killing of five USsoldiers at a clinic in Iraqtwo weeks ago by a com-rade on his third tour, pos-

BAQUBA,1 June— Bursting into tears, Jasim cameforward and embraced his six-year-old son Omer whowas shivering and crying excessively with fear “theywill take me and kill me,” as he had already seen someheavily armed soldiers walking towards them in thevolatile province of Diyala.

“My poor son is screaming, completely lost in hys-teria as soon as he sees Americans or Iraqi troops,”said Jasim who declined to give his full name for se-curity reasons.

Internet

BAGHDAD, 1 June—The self-described leaderof an al-Qaeda front groupissued a new audio tapethis weekend, deepeningthe mystery surroundingthe identity of the mili-tants leader whom theIraqi government claimsto have in custody andwhose very existence theUS once questioned.

The man purporting tobe Abu Omar al-Baghdadi,

KOYRA, 1 June—Bangladesh said on Mon-day it was struggling toreach hundreds of thou-sands of cyclone victimsand would seek foreign aidto rebuild scores of dam-aged homes and roads.

The call for help camea week after Cyclone Ailabattered southern Bangla-desh and West Bengal inIndia, killing almost 300people.

Bangladesh’s food anddisaster managementminister Abdur Razzaktold AFP that some half amillion people were still

Children in Iraq still sufferingpsychologically

from war trauma

Fatal shooting shows stress

risk facing US troopssibly suffering a stress dis-order, has led to soul-searching in the US mili-tary about the effects ofserial deployments.

Huiet, 28, from Mod-esto, California, took partin the US invasion of Iraqin 2003, just a week aftercompleting basic training.

More than six yearslater, he’s still here and onhis second marriage.

“Dealing with thestress has been real hard,”he said inside combat out-post “Cobra,” on the edgeof Iraq’s violent DiyalaProvince.

“Normally, it’s justsomething you deal with.

I smoke like a chimneyand my hair’s falling out,”Huiet said, gesturing to astill full but thinning headof brown hair.

Internet

Audio tape denies capture of Iraq militant leaderthe head of the IslamicState of Iraq, issued theusual litany of militantrhetoric against the West inthe 40-minute tape thatwas posted Saturday onmilitant Websites.

He criticized PopeBenedict XVI’s recent tripto the Middle East, includ-ing Israel, condemned thePakistani army’s offensive

against the Taleban andcalled President BarackObama “a black slave andMuslim renegade.”

The speaker also saidthe Iraqi government’sclaim that it had capturedhim was “a pure lie,” add-ing the detainee who hasconfessed to being himwas an impostor.

Internet

Bangladesh asks for foreignaid after cyclone

stranded after the cyclonewiped out homes and de-stroyed more than 1,400kilometres (870 miles) ofembankments.

A military and civilianrelief operation begansoon after the cyclone hit,but many of the low-ly-ing remote areas north ofthe Bay of Bengal werewithout drinking water.

“We are struggling toensure supply of drinkingwater to the worst af-fected areas,” he said,adding lack of shelter wasalso a problem.

“We don’t need any

food or relief, but we aregoing to seek foreign aidto build embankments andcyclone shelters. We haveto build the embankmentsimmediately to protectpeople from salty water.”

The worst affected ar-eas were experiencingdaily flooding at high tidebecause the cyclone hadwashed away levees andembankments, he said.

This was contaminatingdrinking water and morethan a million people weresuffering from diarrhoea,according to medical offi-cials.—Internet

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251 children take partin an attempt at the

largest custard pie fightat the Kidz Stuff Festi-

val in Horsham, insouthern England on 31

May, 2009. —XINHUA

Fidel Castro responds toUS sentence against Cuba

HAVANA, 1 June—Cubanformer Leader Fidel Castroon Sunday responded to thedecision of a US court infavour of a Cuban-Ameri-can who has involved in themurder of prominent revo-lutionary figure Ernesto“Che” Guevara.

In his “Reflections” en-titled “The Justice in theUS” published by localpress, Castro said that thesentence of giving one bil-lion US dollars to the Cu-ban-American was “thebiggest one given, to themoment, against the Cu-

ban government.”The sentence made by a

Miami court on Fridaycame in a lawsuit filed byGustavo Villoldo for thesuicide of his father in1959. Villoldo blamed agroup of people, includingCastro, Guevara and otherCuban leaders, for thedeath of his father.

The judge acknowl-edged that Villoldo’s fatherwas forced to commit sui-cide by being threatenedand tortured.

The plaintiff side saidthey would try to satisfy

the judgment by searchingfor Cuban government as-sets around the world.

Castro recalled thatVilloldo’s father, a suc-cessful businessman,“took his life with an over-dose of somniferous”shortly after the guerillatook power in Cuba.

Villoldo had fled to theUnited States along withhis family and joined theUS Army and the CentralIntelligence Agency. Hetook part in the capture andmurder of Guevara in Bo-livia in 1967.—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

A Bulgarian man spraysthe rose perfume to

onlookers during theRose Festival in

Kazanluk, famous forrose in Bulgaria, on 31May, 2009. The Rose

Festival, held inKazanluk on Sunday,included rose picking,

dance performances andparade after the election

of the Rose Queen.XINHUA

China, Japan to hold secondhigh-level economic dialogue

BEIJING, 1 June—The second China-Japan high-leveleconomic dialogue is scheduled to be held on 7 Junein Tokyo, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman QinGang said here on Monday.

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and JapaneseForeign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone will co-chair thedialogue, Qin said in a press release, noting heads andsenior officials of the two countries’ relevant depart-ments will attend the dialogue.

The high-level economic dialogue mechanism wasjointly launched by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao andthen Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe duringWen’s trip to Japan in April 2007. The first China-Japan high-level economic dialogue was held inBeijing, China in December 2007.—Xinhua

All schools resume classes in Japan’sflu-hit Kansai region

TOKYO, 1 June—With the last one in Osaka Prefec-ture resuming classes on Monday, all the schools inJapan’s flu-hit Kansai region reopened on Monday.

The Kansai Okura Junior & Senior High School inIbaraki, Osaka Prefecture, reopened on Monday aftertwo weeks of closure as more than 100 of its studentswere infected with A/H1N1 influenza strain.

The school authorities said all the students haverecovered by Monday. The students are believed tohave been infected through inter-school contacts witha school in the neighbouring Hyogo Prefecture.

The total number of new-flu infections in Japanstood at 379, largely in Osaka and Hyogo prefecturesin western Japan. The new infections have been sub-siding in the two prefectures.—Xinhua

Ecuadorian President urges OASnations to apologize to Cuba for isolation

Mexico City spends 10.4 mpesos on anti-flu research

MEXICO CITY, 1 June—Mexico City will spend 10.4million pesos (about 795,000 US dollars) on A/H1N1flu researches to improve the diagnosis methods anddevelop a vaccine, the mayor office said on Sunday.

According to a press release issued by the office,the grant, via Mexico City’s Science and TechnologyInstitute, will be allocated on 11 projects, five of whichwill be carried out at the National Autonomous Uni-versity, Mexico’s largest based in southern MexicoCity. Meanwhile, the Mexico City funding authoritiesare also inviting researchers to bid for another grantof 4.7 million pesos (about 359,000 US dollars).

Xinhua

Photo taken on 29 May,2009 shows a 1908 Buick

Model 10 in the GMHeritage Center in

Sterling Heights, Michi-gan, the United States.

XINHUA

TEGUCIGALPA, 1 June—Visiting EcuadorianPresident Rafael Correasaid on Sunday that mem-bers of the Organizationof American States (OAS)should apologize to Cubafor expelling the countryfrom the organization.

During his visit to Hon-duras before the openingof the 39th OAS generalassembly on Tuesday,Correa urged all OAScountries to apologize toCuba for having banned itfrom the Washington-based organization in1962.

The 1962 OAS resolu-tion shut Cuba out of thegroup following US em-bargoes on the country.

While a majority of

Latin American membersare expected to supportCuba’s readmission at theOAS meeting, Havanasays it has no interest inreturning.

Correa arrived in SanPedro Sula on Sunday andwas welcomed by Hondu-ran President ManuelZelaya. An agreement ontourism was signed by thetwo leaders.—Xinhua

30 die in thunderstormsin northern India

NEW DELHI, 1 June — Thirty people died in thunder-storms in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh lastweek as most of India’s Northern belt states came un-der heavy rains in the past few days, reported the semi-official Press Trust of India on Monday.

The thunderstorms also cooled Uttar Pradesh wheretemperatures fell appreciably at many places with thestate capital Lucknow registering a low of 31.4 degreesCelsius, nine notches below normal, according to thereport. In the northern states of Punjab and Haryana,the maximum stayed two to three degrees below nor-mal in many places, while the national capital regionenjoyed a minimum temperature of 21 degrees Celsius,below four notches on Sunday, said the report. —Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

Tourists play with a turtle at the “TurtleBay” in the submarine world of Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province.

A Pomeranian is seen dressed upwith a hat and a pair of sunglasses

while taking a walk with its owner ata shopping district in Tokyo.

Contestants in the 40th annualKinetic Grand Championship racetheir people-powered kinetic sculp-

tures, “For Sailfish” throughArcata, California. The champion-ship is a three-day 42- mile bicycle

race over land, sand, mud and waterfrom Arcata to Ferndale.

Eating out with a diabetic childIt’s easy to monitor what your diabetic child eats at home when you’re the one

preparing the meals. But it gets trickier when the family eats at a restaurant.The American Academy of Family Physicians offers these suggestions for

dining out with a diabetic child:* Ask questions about what’s in a particular menu item, and how it’s cooked.* Ask for healthier substitutions. For example, swap out fries for a salad or

vegetable.* Look for dishes that are grilled, steamed, broiled or baked instead of fried.* Skip high-fat salad dressings, sauces and gravies. * Split a large dish with your child to limit portion size, or box up half and

take it home.* Teach your child how to make healthy decisions by involving the child in the

ordering process.

Roommates influenceinterracial friendship

US college students are more likelyto develop interracial friends if they arepaired with a dormitory roommate of adifferent race, researchers said.

Study co-author Claudia Buchmannof Ohio State University said the study— which took place at a highlyselective private university — foundwhite students generally increased theirnumber of interracial friendshipsduring their first year of college, whileblack students showed a slightdecrease.

Overall, the results, published in thejournal Sociology of Education, supportthe validity of the saying that “birds ofa feather flock together,” Buchmann saidin a statement.

Parrot steals tourist’spassport

Police in New Zealand said aScottish tourist’s passport was stolen bya kea, a large wild parrot, during a bustour in the Fiordland region.

A spokesman for police in Te Anau,the nearest town to the scene of theincident, said the kea snatched abrightly colored bag containing theman’s passport when the bus driveropened the vehicle’s luggage com-partment, Britain’s Daily Telegraphreported on Friday.

The spokesman said the passport isunlikely to be recovered given the4,600-square mile side of the alpinenational park in Fiordland.

Man wearing only a thongcharged in burglary

Deputies said a man who was caughtwearing a woman's thong was chargedwith a burglarizing a home. Chief DeputyMark Lucas said deputies caught the 42-year-old man only wearing panties in anabandoned farm house. The officersfollowed his footprints from a nearbyAndersonville home where a burglaryhad been reported.

The man was charged with aggravatedburglary, auto burglary and vandalismon Monday and was held on a $65,000bond in the Anderson County DetentionFacility.

The Knoxville News Sentinelreported the man was released from thesame jail 21 May after being arrested inNorris for property crimes.

Some Mexican children play games at a park in Mexico City, capital ofMexico, on 30 May, 2009. The International Children’s Day falls

on 1 June.— XINHUA

DAMASCUS, 1 June—Syria has launched afreight train service toIraq, official media saidon Sunday, despite politi-cal differences betweenthe two neighbours.

The 1,430 kilometres(894 mile) line betweenthe Syrian port of Tartouson the Mediterranean andBaghdad was inauguratedon Saturday with ajourney time of at least 72

JERUSALEM, 1 June —Israel launched its biggesthome front defence exer-cise on Sunday, preparingsoldiers and civilians formissile attacks shouldconflict erupt with Iran orArab enemies.

The five-day drill,codenamed Turning Point3, is part of an annualtraining routine the Israelisinstituted after their costly2006 war in Lebanon,

KABUL, 1 June —Afghan troops in battle withTaleban militants in the northern Kunduz Provincekilled the outfit’s commander on Sunday, police said.

“Troops this morning succeeded in killing Talebancommander Qari Sadiqullah in a gun battle which tookplace in Haqtash district,” Abdul Rahman, the deputyto police chief in Kunduz Province told Xinhua.

Two more Taleban fighters were also killed in thegun battle lasted for a while.

Sadiqullah was notorious for organizing attacks andcarrying roadside bombings against government in-terests in Kunduz Province, the official further said.

Taleban outfit, who vowed to intensify activitiesthis year in Afghanistan, has yet to make comment.

Internet

MUMBAI, 1 June — Afire broke out on Mondayat a Kingfisher airlines of-fice at the domestic air-port here.

Fire tenders have beenpressed into service todouse the blaze, a King-fisher spokesperson said.

Kingfisher and Air In-dia operate from terminal1A in the city airport.”

The cause of fire issuspected to be a shortcircuit. We are evacuat-ing people from the build-ing,” the spokespersonsaid.—Internet

Taleban commander killedin N Afghanistan

Fire atKingfisher

office in Mumbaiairport

Syria starts freight trainservice to Iraq

hours but at half the costof road transport, al-Thawra newspaper said.

Syria, which hostshundreds of thousands ofIraqi refugees, had hopedto become a main transithub to Iraq and played thatrole briefly after the 2003US invasion.

But bilateral ties,including commerce,deteriorated with theUnited States accusing

Damascus of supportinginsurgents in Iraq.

Iraqi and Syrianofficials exchanged visitsin the last few months andpledged to solve tradeissues.

MNA/Reuters

Israel carries out biggestcivil defence exercises

during which Iranian-sp-onsored Hezbollah guer-illas fired 4,000 rocketsinto northern Israel.

There have been si-milar attacks in the southby Palestinian Hamasfighters in the Gaza Strip,although violence hasdipped since Israel wagedan offensive in theterritory last Decemberand January.

The exercise is being

watched closely in theregion because ofspeculation about apossible Israeli attack onIran’s nuclear facilities,which could provokeretaliatory missile strikes.

The drill will includethe sounding of air raidsirens on Tuesday as wellas simulated conventionaland chemical rocketstrikes.

Internet

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Article: Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine); Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon)

Shwemyay Thayar Rubber Farm tocover Tachilek District with white gold

“Rubber plants will be grown on all vacantand virgin lands.”

Shwemyay Thayar Rubber Farm owner U SaiNyo.

A signboard bearing “White gold of Myanmar must cover Shan State(East)” seen in a rubber farm.

Photo shows rubber saplings are ready to grow at the nursery.

(from page 1)The next morning,

we proceeded to asuccessful rubber farm ofa national entrepreneurin Tachilek.

Shwemyay ThayarRubber Farm is locatedon 704.50 acres of

farmlands nearMaheinlon Village, rightside of Tachilek-Kengtung Road and onover 600 acres offarmlands nearWamsaukkhon Village ofMongphon Village-tract.

The news crewvisited the farms alongthe hillside roads in a carof the farm owner.

Farm owner U SaiNyo explained that over45,000 Indonesian rubberstrain (B.P.M. 24),20,000 Malaysian rubberstrain (R.I.M.600) andover 60,000 Chinese

rubber strain (772/774)were planted in the farmsthrough the 25 feet by 7feet contour system inJanuary 2005.

We viewed the lushand green rubber farmfrom a hill, and it isdesigned to cover Shan

State (East) with whitegold.

U Sai Nyo furtherexplained that storage ofspring water from the hill,supply of water from thewater tank to the farm,placing of the taps forspraying pesticide,sanitation for fireprevention and guardingthe farm by the localvillagers.

At another hill, wemet the local national racesfrom Wamsaukkhon,Tarpi and Maheinlonvillages.

The local national

races were allowed togrow paddy, soya bean,maize and other cropsalternately in the first,second and third yearcultivation of rubber.Moreover, necessaryassistance for social,health and religious affairs

were provided to them.As rubber cultivation

is a long-term plan, weasked the farm owner howto earn the income beforeproduction of rubber. Heexplained that over750,000 grafts of rubberwere sold up to 2008 andan order was placed topurchase of over 500,000grafts of rubber from thefarm. As quality strainswere imported, about1,800 pounds of rubberlatex can be extracted fromeach acres of farm.

He continued to saythat arrangements have

been made to grow over23,000 rubber saplings incoming June. If thecultivation method can beapplied correctly with theuse of water and fertilizers,the rubber latex can becollected within sevenyears.

We witnessedthriving sprouts from therubber grafts.

The news teamobserved the rubber farmstogether with owner U SaiNyo along the mountainrange. We learned that therubber growers willcooperate to set a plan forestablishment of a 30-tonrubber factory in ShanState (East). At present,the 10-acre plot wasallotted for the factory inthe industrial zone. Uponcompletion, the factorywill produce the finished

goods from the rawmaterials.

On the way back fromShwemyay ThayarRubber Farm, we firmlybelieved that in shapingthe nation as a modern anddeveloped one, manynational entrepreneurs like

U Sai Nyo will join handswith the government todevelop the economicsector by applying thesound foundation of theagriculture sector.

******Translation: TTAKyemon: 29-5-2009

Ancient volcanic eruptions caused global mass extinction

Researchers believe theyhave uncovered

evidence of a giantvolcanic eruption that

led to global massextinction 260 million

years ago.

LEEDS, 1 June— Apreviously unknown giantvolcanic eruption that ledto global mass extinction260 million years ago hasbeen uncovered byscientists at the Universityof Leeds.

The eruption in theEmeishan province ofsouth-west Chinaunleashed around half amillion cubic kilometres

of lava, covering an area5 times the size of Wales,and wiping out marinelife around the world.

Internet

Toward cheap underwater sensor netsROME, 1 June— UC

San Diego computerscientists are one stepcloser to building low cost

networks of underwatersensors for real timeunderwater environmentalmonitoring.

At the IEEEReconfigurable Archite-ctures Workshop in Rome,Italy, on 25 May, computerscientists from the JacobsSchool of Engineeringpresented a paperhighlighting the energyconservation benefits ofusing reconfigurablehardware rather thancompeting hardwareplatforms for theirexperimental underwatersensor nets.—InternetThe underwater sensors team at UC San Diego.

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Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan gives a speech in meeting with chairmen of Yangon East District and PazundaungTownship PDCs, departmental heads, members of social organizations and locals of Pazundaung Township.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan cordially greets local people of Pazundaung Township.—MNA

Yangon Airport runwayextension inspected

Information Minister meets with local people in Pazundaung

YANGON, 1 June—Minister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan metlocal people at YMBA hallin Ye Kyaw Street inPazundaung Townshiphere this morning andfulfilled the needs fordevelopment of thetownship.

Present on theoccasion weredepartmental heads ofMinistry of Information,chairmen of Yangon EastDistrict and PazundaungTownship Peace andDevelopment Councils,departmental officials,members of socialorganizations, locals form9 wards in PazundaungTownship, totalling over1,000.

First, residents ofPazundaung Townshipexplained progress of thetownship. Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan attendedto the needs and deliveredan address.

Minister Brig-GenKyaw Hsan thencoordinated therequirements for recon-struction of No.9 BEHSin No.9 Ward ofPazundaung Township.

Minister Brig-GenKyaw Hsan also presentedK 575,000 for needystudents to buy schooluniforms, K 2.5 million

for renovation of No.2BEHS in No.2 Ward, textbooks and exercise booksfor students havingdifficulties in pursuingeducation, andpublications for library inNo.7 Ward of thetownship throughpersonnel.

The minister thencordially greeted thosepresent.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 1June—Deputy Ministerfor Construction U TintSwe inspected theextension of the runwayof Yangon InternationalAirport on 31 May.

At the briefing hall ofthe construction site, thein-charge and chief

engineer of the airportspecial group-2 reportedto the deputy minister onprogress in constructiontasks and future work.

Then the deputyministry inspected theconstruction site and leftnecessary instructions.

MNABlue whales.

SCIENCE DAILY, 1June — For the very firsttime in New York coastalwaters, the voices ofsinging blue whales havebeen positivelyidentified. Acousticexperts at the Cornell Labof Ornithology’sBioacoustics ResearchProgram (BRP) and theNew York StateDepartment of

E n v i r o n m e n t a lConservation (DEC)confirmed that the voiceof a singing blue whalewas tracked about 70 milesoff of Long Island andNew York City on Jan.10-11, 2009, as the whaleswam slowly from east towest. At the same time, asecond blue whale washeard singing offshore inthe far distance.

“These endangeredblue whales are the largestanimals ever to have livedon this planet, and theirvoices can travel acrossan ocean. It’s just amazingto hear one singing outthere on New York’socean stage only tens ofmiles from Carnegie Halland Broadway!” saidChristopher Clark,director of Cornell’s BRP.“This opens a whole newuniverse of opportunitiesfor all of us to learn moreabout and appreciate thesespecies and the vitality ofNew York’s marineenvironment.”

New York State’sDEC Commissioner PeteGrannis added, “This is avery important moment in

the environmentalhistory of New YorkState. Blue whales werealmost hunted toextinction by the middleof the 20th Century, andthe fact that now we’refinding them migratingnot far off our shores istruly remarkable.Although whaling nolonger occurs in U.S.waters, whales still facenumerous threatsincluding vessel strikesand marine debris, andthis latest finding willenable DEC and itspartners to develops c i e n c e - b a s e dmanagement plans toprotect these magnificentcreatures.”

Internet

Blue whale discovered singing in New York coastal waters

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Deputy Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Than Htay presents publicationsfor school library of sub BEPS in Gyogyun village in Myanaung

Township through a responsible person.—MNA

U Aung Myint, member of CSSTB presentsprize to Kyansittha company which won model

company prize for 2008-2009 academicyear.—MNA

Commander, deputy minister superviseregional development tasks

NAY PYI TAW, 1June—Chairman ofAyeyawady DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofSouth-West CommandMaj-Gen Kyaw Swe andDeputy Minister forEnergy Brig-Gen ThanHtay on 30 May morningattended the opening of anew building for GyokyunVillage BEPS (Branch) inMyanaung Township,Ayeyawady Division andformally unveiled thesignboard of the newschool building.

Next, the commanderpresented cash for the trustfunds of the school, thedeputy ministerpublications for the schoollibrary and well-wisher UTin Win of PetronasCarigali Co relateddocuments to officialsconcerned.

After that, theyattended the opening of anew building forAhnyasu Village BEPSwhere the chairman ofthe Township Peace andDevelopment Counciland a member of the

School Board of Trusteesformally opened the newschool building.

This was followed byaddresses made by thecommander and thedeputy minister.

Later, the commanderpresented cash for the trustfunds of the school, thedeputy ministerpublications for the schoollibrary and the generalmanger of Myanaung OilField related documentsto officials concerned.

In the afternoon, thedeputy minister attended

ceremonies to presentstationery to HteinthaygyiVillage Affiliated BEHSand Banbwegon VillageBEPS and presentedexercise books for theschools.

In the late afternoon,Vice-Chairman of BagoDivision PDC Brig-GenSein Myint attended theopening of the PyinnyaGonyi Library in YwathitVillage in ShwedaungTownship and presentedcash and publications forthe library.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 1 June—Minister for Industry-2Vice-Admiral Soe Theinreceived a delegation ledby Chairman of SinotechCo Ltd Ms Li Pi Hui at hisoffice here this morning.

The meeting mainlydealt with matters on

measures being taken bythe ministry for industrialdevelopment.

Also present on theoccasion were DeputyMinister for Industry-2 Lt-Col Khin Maung Kyaw,the director-general andofficials.—MNA

Industry-2 Minister receiveschairman of Sinotech Co Ltd

Foreign Affairs Minister U Nyan Winfelicitates Italian counterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 2 June — U Nyan Win, Ministerfor Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar has senta message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr.Franco Frattini, Minister of Foreign Affairs of theRepublic of Italy, on the occasion of the ProclamationDay of the Republic of Italy, which falls on 2 June2009. — MNA

Carpentry, Mason, Steel WorkCourse open in Khamti

NAY PYI TAW, 1June—Carpentry, Masonand Steel Work CourseNo.1 conducted byEducation and TrainingDepartment underMinistry of Border Areasand National Races andDevelopment Affairs wasopened at Border AreasNationalities YouthTraining School inKhamti, Sagaing Divisionthis afternoon, with anaddress by DeputyDirector-general ofEducation and TrainingDepartment Dr. Soe

Thein.Also present were Lt-

Col Ohn Thein of the localbattalion, the chairman andmembers of the districtPeace and DevelopmentCouncil, members ofsocial organizations, town-selders, course instructorsand trainees. After theopening ceremony, thedeputy director-generaland guests viewed traineeslearning in the workshop.

The course is openedwith the aim of providingvocational education forthe national youths in the

border areas, therebyencouraging them to setup their own businessesresulting in bettersocioeconomic life,nurturing skilled workersfor development tasks inborder regions whichcontributes to progress ofthe region.

The six-week courseis being attended by Shanand Naga nationalstotalling 38.Accommodations, meals,tools and equipment areprovided for free duringthe course.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 1 June—The M.E.D Course No 12,one year B.E.D Course No19, two-year B.E.D Course

No 6 and JuniorTeachership Course No 19to be conducted for 2009-2010 academic year at

University forDevelopment of NationalRaces were opened at theconvocation hall of thehigher institution thismorning.

The ceremony wasattended by members ofCivil Service Selectionand Training Board UAung Myint and U SoeOo, members of theUniversity Council,invited guests andtrainees.

First, U Aung Myintmade an opening speech.Rector U Zaw Min Theinsubmitted the reportsrelated to the courses.After that, U Aung Myintpresented prizes to theoutstanding trainees, afterwhich the ceremony cameto an end— MNA

Courses for 2009-2010 academicyear of UNDR opened

New research shows that mice carrying a“humanized version” of a gene believed to

influence speech and language reveals importantnew insights into our evolutionary past.

Why can we talk?BERLIN, 1 June —

Mice carrying a“humanized version” of agene believed to influencespeech and language maynot actually talk, but theynonetheless do have a lotto say about ourevolutionary past,according to a report in

the May 29th issue of thejournal Cell, a Cell Presspublication.

“In the last decade orso, we’ve come to realizethat the mouse is reallysimilar to humans,” saidWolfgang Enard of theMax-Planck Institute forE v o l u t i o n a r y

Anthropology. “Thegenes are essentially thesame and they also worksimilarly.” Because ofthat, scientists havelearned a tremendousamount about the biologyof human diseases bystudying mice.

“With this study, weget the first glimpse thatmice can be used to studynot only disease, but alsoour own history.”

Enard said his teamis generally interested inthe genomic differencesthat set humans apartfrom their primaterelatives. One importantdifference betweenhumans and chimpanzeesthey have studied are twoamino acid substitutionsin FOXP2.

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NEW YORK,1 June—In the largest industrialbankruptcy ever seen inU.S. history, GeneralMotors Corp., the top U.S.automaker and once theworld’s largest corpor-ation, filed for bankruptcyprotection on Monday.

The Detroit-basedcompany, for decades asymbol of Americanmanufacturing supre-macy, corporate cultureand even lifestyle, filed aChapter 11 petition to theUS Bankruptcy Court forthe Southern District ofNew York.

The collapse of thecentury-old auto giant

General Motors was founded on 16 September 1908.—INTERNET

Iconic US auto giant GM declares bankruptcycame at a time when theUnited States isexperiencing the worsteconomic recession sincethe Great Depression. Justa month ago, ChryslerLLC, the country’s thirdlargest automaker, took thesame path.

Hoping to reemergefrom bankruptcyprotection as a new, leanercompany within 60 to 90days, GM will close 11U.S. factories and idle threeothers to slash its operatingcosts. It has been lookingto cut 21,000 factory jobsfrom the 54,000 workers itnow employs in the UnitedStates.

The GM bankruptcy,along with the previous oneof Chrysler, will also leadto the loss of hundreds ofdealers and suppliers aswell as hundreds ofthousands of jobs,dampening U.S. PresidentBarack Obama and hisadministration’s efforts tostimulate the slumpingeconomy.

However, an over-night statement from GMChina to Xinhua said thatthe impact of its U.S.parent’s bankruptcy “willbe minimal to our Chinabusiness including ouroperations and sales.”

Internet

How oxidative stress may help prolong lifeSan Diego, 1 June—

Oxidative stress has beenlinked to aging, cancer andother diseases in humans.Paradoxically, researchershave suggested that smallexposure to oxidativeconditions may actuallyoffer protection from acutedoses. Now, scientists atthe University ofCalifornia, San Diego,have discovered the generesponsible for this effect.

Their study, publishedin PLoS Genetics on 29May, explains theunderlying mechanism ofthe process that preventscellular damage byreactive oxygen species

(ROS)."We may drink

pomegranate juice toprotect our bodies fromso-called 'free radicals' orlook at restricting calorieintake to extend ourlifespan," said TreyIdeker, PhD, chief of theDivision of Genetics in theDepartment of Medicineat UC San Diego's Schoolof Medicine and professorof bioengineering at theJacobs School ofEngineering. "But ourstudy suggests whyhumans may actually beable to prolong the agingprocess by regularlyexposing our bodies to

minimal amounts ofoxidants."

Reactive oxygenspecies (ROS), ions thatform as a naturalbyproduct of themetabolism of oxygen,play important roles in cellsignaling. These verysmall molecules includeoxygen ions, free radicalsand peroxides. However,during times ofenvironmental stress (forexample, ultravioletradiation or heat orchemical exposure), ROSlevels can increasedramatically.

Internet

Tomato pill ‘beats heart disease’

Tomatoes are a rich source of lycopene.—INTERNET

LONDON, 1 June—Scientists say a naturalsupplement made from

tomatoes, taken daily, canstave off heart disease andstrokes.

The tomato pillcontains an activeingredient from theMediterranean diet -lycopene - that blocks"bad" LDL cholesterolthat can clog the arteries.

Ateronon, made by abiotechnology spin-outcompany of CambridgeUniversity, is beinglaunched as a dietarysupplement and will besold on the high street.

Experts said moretrials were needed to seehow effective the

treatment is.Preliminary trials

involving around 150people with heart diseaseindicate that Ateronon canreduce the oxidation ofharmful fats in the bloodto almost zero within eightweeks, a meeting of theBritish CardiovascularSociety will be told atAteronon’s launch onMonday. Lycopene is anantioxidant contained inthe skin of tomatoes whichgives them their redcolour. But lycopeneingested in its natural formis poorly absorbed.

Internet

First complete x-ray view of galaxy cluster

The massive radio galaxy PKS 0745-191, for whichthe cluster is named, appears at the center of this

Hubble Space Telescope image.—INTERNET

TOKYO, 1 June — Thejoint Japan-U.S. Suzakumission is providing newinsight into howassemblages of thousandsof galaxies pullthemselves together. Forthe first time, Suzaku hasdetected X-ray-emittinggas at a cluster's outskirts,where a billion-yearplunge to the centerbegins.

"These Suzakuobservations are excitingbecause we can finally seehow these structures, thelargest bound objects inthe universe, grow evenmore massive," said MattGeorge, the study's leadauthor at the Universityof California, Berkeley.

The team trainedSuzaku's X-ray telescopeson the cluster PKS 0745-191, which lies 1.3 billion

light-years away in thesouthern constellationPuppis. Between May 11and 14, 2007, Suzakuacquired five images ofthe million-degree gas thatpermeates the cluster.

By looking at a cluster

in X-rays, astronomerscan measure thetemperature and densityof the gas, which providesclues about the gaspressure and total mass ofthe cluster.

Internet

Turkey confirms 2more H1N1 flu cases

ISTANBUL, 1 June—Turkey has confirmed its thirdand fourth cases of H1N1 flu, two Turkish citizens whoflew in from the United States, the Health Ministry saidlate on Saturday.

The two have been put in quarantine, are underobservation and are in good condition, the ministrysaid in a statement.

Both arrived in Istanbul on Friday, one fromHouston via Amsterdam, the other on a flight fromNew York.

Both were diagnosed after going to hospital withhigh fever and muscle soreness.

Turkey reported two cases of H1N1 two weeksago, an American man and his mother who were flyingvia Turkey to Iraq.

MNA/Reuters

Vietnam has 2 more H1N1 cases, total 3HANOI, 1 June—

Vietnam has confirmedtwo more H1N1 flupatients, state-runtelevision quoted healthofficials as saying onMonday, a day after thefirst case surfaced in theSoutheast Asian country.

VTV 1 reported a

woman and her 9-year-oldchild who returned from atrip to the United Stateson 25 May wereconfirmed to carry theH1N1 virus and werebeing treated in twohospitals in Ho Chi MinhCity. The state broadcaster

quoted Health Ministryspokesman Nguyen HuyNga as saying theircondition had stabilisedand fevers had subsided. On Sunday, Vietnamannounced the first caseof H1N1 infection after a23-year-old Vietnamesestudent who returned fromthe United States wastested positive for thevirus.—MNA/Reuters

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Iraq says 5 key militant leaders captured in Diyala

Lebanon arrest two more in Israeli Spy inquiry

At least 6 killed in clashes at Kenya-Uganda border

Undated file photo made available by Airbus, showing an Airbus A330-200jetliner from the French company Air France. An Air France jet carrying 228

people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris lost contact with air traffic controllersover the Atlantic Ocean, an Air France official said Monday, on 1 June,

2009.—INTERNET

PARIS, 1 June—An Air France planecarrying 228 people from Brazil to Francehas vanished over the Atlantic after apossible lightning strike, airline officialssay.

The Airbus sent an automaticmessage at 0214 GMT, four hours afterleaving Rio de Janeiro, reporting a shortcircuit as it flew through strongturbulence.

It was well over the ocean when itwas lost, making Brazilian and Frenchsearch planes’ task more difficult.

Flight AF 447 left Rio at 1900 localtime (2200 GMT) on Sunday. It had 216passengers and 12 crew on board,including three pilots. The passengersincluded one infant, seven children, 82women and 126 men.

Most of those aboard were Brazilianswhile the others included 40 French

French plane lost in ocean stormpeople and at least 20 Germans, theFrench government said. Six Danes, fiveItalians, three Moroccans and twoLibyans are also believed to have beenaboard.

Air France says the plane may havebeen struck by lightning - the cause ofaround a dozen major air crashes in thelast 50 years - but it rarely results intragedy. More likely lightning damagedelectrical systems, possibly leadingindirectly to the plane’s ditching.

Air France has opened a telephonehotline for friends and relatives of peopleon the plane - 00 33 157021055 forcallers outside France and 0800 800812for inside France.

This is the first major incident inBrazilian air space since a Tam flightcrashed in Sao Paulo in July 2007 killing199 people.—INTERNET

BEIRUT, 1 June—ALebanese Army coloneland a senior retiredcustoms officer have beendetained on suspicion ofspying for Israel, securitysources said on Sunday.

The Army officer wasthe second colonelarrested in less than aweek in an espionageinvestigation that hasproduced charges againstat least 21 suspects andseveral confessions, theauthorities say. Israel has

not commented on thearrests.

Hizbollah, theIranian- and Syrian-backed military andpolitical group, has calledfor the death penalty forall suspects convicted ofspying for Israel.Hizbollah and Israelfought a 34-day war in2006.

Investigators havedisplayed what they say isspy gadgetry seized in thecourse of the inve-

stigation. At least two spiesfled to Israel last week,Lebanese authorities havesaid, demanding their rep-atriation. Senior Lebanesesecurity officials say thearrests have dealt a majorblow to Israel’s spyingnetworks in Lebanon.

They say many of thesuspects played key rolesin identifying Hizbollahtargets that were bombedduring the 34-day war.

MNA/Reuters

The City of Dreamsleisure complex in

Macau. The latest giantMacau casino complex,City of Dreams, was set

to open its doors, ahigh-stakes test of

whether a reclaimedswamp in the gaming

haven can avoidsinking into obscurit.

INTERNET

BAQUBA (Iraq), 1 June—Iraqisecurity forces said on Sunday that a keyal-Qaeda leader and four Shiite militialeaders of Iran-backed Special Groupshave been captured during the past 24hours in the volatile province of Diyala.

A joint police and Army Forcecaptured Mizher Lami Jemah, who isbelieved to be minister of agriculture inthe self-styled Islamic State in Iraq, anal-Qaeda-led umbrella organization ofextremist Sunni militant groups, a policesource in Diyala said.

The troops raided Jemah’s house inthe village of Ghalbiyah near the city ofBaquba, some 65 kilometres northeast

of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

Separately, a joint US and Iraqi forcesearched villages near the town ofMaqdadiyah, some 120 kilometresnortheast of Baghdad, and captured 11suspected militants, four of them believedto be leaders of the Iran-backed SpecialGroups, the source said.

The Special Groups in theterminology of the US militarystatements refer to Shiite militiaextremists funded, trained and armed bythe Iranian Revolutionary Guards CorpsQuds Force operatives.

MNA/Xinhua

KAPENGURIA (Kenya), 1 June—Atleast six people were killed after Ugandansoldiers clashed with Kenyan pastoralistsover illegal guns along the twoneighbouring nation’s frontier, a Kenyanofficial confirmed on Sunday.

Pokot North District CommissionerJoseph Motari said the gun battle eruptedbetween Kenyan Pokot pastoralists andthe Ugandan People’s Defence Force atKamayor in Nakipirpirit District, east ofthe Ugandan capital Kampala.

He said the Kenyans had crossedinto Uganda in search of water andpasture for their livestock after a severe

drought on the Kenyan side.The Ugandan soldiers had tried to

stop and disarm the pastoralists when afierce exchange of fire ensued, said achurch Minister Reverend John Lodinyo.“Sporadic shooting killed four soldiersand two pastoralists during the clashwhich also left dozens of soldierswounded,” Motari said.

The pastoralists grabbed four gunsfrom the slain soldiers before fleeing.Lodinyo said tension is high at the borderafter the Ugandan Government senttroops to pursue the assailants.

MNA/Xinhua

A Panamanian

woman sells the

panama-style hats

during a national

handicrafts fair in

Panama City, on

31May, 2009. The

five-day handicrafts

fair lowered the

curtain on Sunday.

INTERNET

Another Chinese-Filipion traderkindnapped in S Philippines

COTABATO (the Philippines), 1June—Filipino gunmen on Sundaykidnapped another Chinese-Filipinowoman only hours after a Chinesenational was freed by his captors in thesouthern Philippines, local officials saidon Monday.

Muslimin Sema, mayor of Cotabatocity, told Xinhua by phone that thevictim, Leonarda Tan, was on her wayhome on board a public vehicle whenfive armed men snatched her away ataround 6: 30 p.m. on Sunday (1030GMT).

Tan, half sister of wealthy Chinese-Filipino trader Manuel Tan who runs ahotel and several establishments in thecity, was brought by her captors in theremote village of Datu Odin Sinsuattown in Maguindanao Province.

“Five men disguised as passengersordered the driver to proceed to a remotevillage in Datu Odin Sinsuat town. Afterreaching the Datu Ping Guiaman, themen disembarked from the vehicle alongwith the victim and left the driver,”Sema said.

MNA/Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV OEL EXCELLENCE VOY NO (-)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV OEL EXCEL-LENCE VOY NO (-) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 2.6.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S BLPL LOGISTICS PTE LTDPhone No: 256908/ 378316 /376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV CRESTA BLUE VOY NO (25)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV CRESTABLUE VOY NO (25) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 2.6.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of S.P.W where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: TOKO KAIUN KAISHA LTDPhone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA RUKUN VOY NO (-)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA RUKUNVOY NO (-) are hereby notified that the vessel will bearriving on 2.6.2009 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at the consign-ee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws andconditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/ 378316 /376797

Last Titanic survivor dies at 97

World’s most expensive curry LONDON , 1 June — A London curry house has cel-

ebrated the DVD launch of Slumdog Millionaire bycreating a curry that costs more than $4000 a plate.

The Sun reports Bombay Brasserie is defying thecredit crunch with the release of its SamundariKhazana, or Seafood Treasure — a mix of caviar, aba-lone and a whole lobster.More than $2000 worth ofedible gold pressed onto the skin of cherry tomatoesand scattered throughout the meal helps keep the billat a premium.

“There are still people out there with money to spendand this curry is a real experience,” head chef PrahladHegde told The Sun.

The Sun watched as one cook coated a $170 Scot-tish lobster with gold while another hollowed outquail’s eggs in order to refill them with $800 worth ofcaviar.”The idea is from a basic Indian recipe I gotfrom my mum but we are using the finest ingredientsin the world,” Mr Hegde said. —Internet

LONDON , 1 June—Millvina Dean was nineweeks old when theliner sank after hittingan iceberg in the earlyhours of 15 April 1912,on its maiden voyagefrom Southampton.Thedisaster resulted in thedeaths of 1,517 peoplein the north Atlantic,largely due to a lack oflifeboats.

Miss Dean, who re-membered nothing of thefateful journey, died onSunday at the care homein Hampshire where shelived, two of her friendstold the BBC. Her fam-ily had been travelling inthird class to America,where they hoped to starta new life and open a to-bacconist’s shop in

Kansas.Miss Dean’s mother,

Georgetta, and two-year-old brother, Bert, alsosurvived, but her father,Bertram, was amongthose who perished whenthe vessel sank. The fam-ily returned to Southamp-ton, where Miss Deanwent on to spend most ofher life.

Despite having nomemories of the disaster,she always said it hadshaped her life, becauseshe should have grownup in the US instead ofreturning to the UK. She

was fond of saying: “If ithadn’t been for the shipgoing down, I’d be anAmerican.”

In 1985 the site of thewreck was discoveredand, in her 70s, she foundherself unexpectedlyin demand on both sidesof the Atlantic. “I thinksometimes they lookon me as if I am theTitanic!” she said aftera visit to a Titanic con-vention in America.“Honestly, some ofthem are quite weirdabout it.”

Internet

World’s most expensive curry humble tandoorichicken will probably still draw the crowds.

INTERNET

California octuplets momsigns TV show deal

BEIJING, 1 June —The Southern California octupletmom has signed a deal to star in a reality televisionseries, her lawyer said on Sunday.

Nadya Suleman, who gave birth to the world’s long-est-surviving set of octuplets, agreed to be filmed for aproposed television show by 3Ball Productions, attor-ney Jeff Czech said. The woman says she’s “excited”about filming a reality show featuring her life with 14children. The company, which is a subsidiary of Am-sterdam-based Eyeworks International, hasn’t yet soldthe show to any American television network, hesaid.The show will be modeled after a successfulEyeworks TV series in Denmark that documents thelives of four children from the day they were born untilthey become adults. “They came up with this idea, pre-sented to her and she liked it because she’ll get to use acamera and do some of the filming herself,” Czech toldThe Associated Press.He said film crews will not fol-low Suleman and her children 24 hours a day, but willdocument certain milestones such as birthdays and spe-cial events. “It’ll be less intrusive than a reality TV typeof programme,” Czech said. — Xinhua

US, Cuba agree to resumemigration talks

SAN SALVADOR, 1 June—The United States andCuba have agreed to resume direct talks on migration,last held in 2003, and open discussions on reestablishingdirect mail service between the two countries, USofficials said on Sunday.

In the latest sign of progress in President BarackObama’s effort to improve relations with the formerCold War enemy, Cuba presented a note to officials onSaturday agreeing to a US request made last week toresume the migration talks, which president George WBush suspended.

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ofoctuplets.INTERNET

A Cuban-American family looks at a map of Cubaduring the Cuba Nostalgia festival in Miami,

Florida .—INTERNET

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The relatives of patients are forbidden for visitingtheir diseased beloved one at the Pablo Soria

Hospital in Jujuy Province, Argentina, on 31 May,2009. A 29-year-old patient died here recently andhe was suspected of having A/H1N1. At present,Argentina has 115 confirmed cases of A/H1N1.

INTERNET

Cubans push a car along Havana’s flooded Fifth Avenue during a heavystorm,on 28 May, 2009.—INTERNET

Thirty-two new A/H1N1 flu casesconfirmed in Europe

Argentina reports 100 cases of A/H1N1 fluBUENOS AIRES,1 June—

Argentine HealthMinister Graciela Ocanaconfirmed on Sunday thatthere are now 100confirmed patients of A/H1N1 flu in the country.

Ocana told a local radio

station that in the last 36hours, “the InstituteMalbran confirmed 20new positive cases.”

The Institute Malbranis responsible for testingall the samples taken inthe country.

Meanwhile, in BuenosAires, another schooldecided to suspendclasses after one reportedthat its students presented

flu-like symptoms. So farfive local schools havedecided to suspendactivities for fears of thespread of the new flu.

According to the WorldHealth Organization,more than 50 countriesand regions have reportedover 15,500 confirmedcases ofA/H1N1 flu,including 99 deaths.

Internet

STOCKHOLM, 1 June—AEuropean health agencysaid on Sunday that 32 newA/H1N1 flu cases werereported in Europeancountries within the last 24hours.Of the new cases, 15were confirmed in Britain,six in France, five inGermany, two in Belgium,and one each in Sweden,Cyprus, Ireland andFinland, the EuropeanCenter for Disease Pre-vention and Control(ECDC) said in its dailysituation report.

The total number of

confirmed cases of theA/H1N1 flu virus in the EU(European Union) andEFTA (European FreeT r a d e A s s o c i a t i o n )countries rose to 557, with167 cases in Spain and 244in Britain,32 in France and28 in Germany, the ECDCsaid.Cyprus reported itsfirst case. A woman whotraveled from New York toCyprus through London on27 May developed flu-likesymptoms during the legfrom London to Cyprus,the ECDC noted.

The ECDC publishes a

daily situation reportabout A/H1N1 flu casesin the EU and EFTAcountries based on officialinformation from thesecountries.—Internet

Scientists keen to get all life online

Baby orangutans raised in nappiesand cots in Malaysia

OSLO, 1 June—Scientests have askedpeople around the worldto help compile aninternet-based observa-tory of life on Earth as aguide to everything fromthe impact of climatechange on wildlife topests that can damagecrops.

“I would hope that ...we might even havemillions of peopleproviding data,” JamesEdwards, head of the En-cyclopedia of Life, said of

the 10-year project.He said scientific

organisations werealready working to link upthousands of computerdatabases of animalsand plants into a one-stop“virtual observatory” thatcould be similar to globalsystems for monitor-ing the weather or earth-quakes.

People in manycountries already logobservations on theinternet, ranging fromsightings of rare birds in

Canada to the dates onwhich flowers bloom inspring in Australia.Thenew system, when up andrunning, would link up thedisparate sites.

About 400 biology andtechnology experts from50 countries will meet inLondon this week at an“e-Biosphere” conferenceorganised by the EOL todiscuss the plans.TheEOL is separately tryingto describe the world’sspecies online.

Internet

KUALA LUMPUR, 1June—A Malaysianorangutan sanctuarywhere baby apes wear nap-pies, sleep in cots and arecared for by nurses dressedin masks and starched uni-forms has drawn the wrathof environmentalists.

At Orangutan Islandin Malaysia’s north, tour-ists snap photosas they file past large win-

got entangled in the moth-er’s hair and was unable tobreastfeed,’’ says the fa-cility’s chief veterinarianD Sabapathy.

Tuah lies calmly in hiscot with his eyes wideopen and hands across hischest, hooked up to cablesmonitoring his heart beatand oxygen levels, ignor-ing the passing parade.

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dows looking ontoa facility billed asthe world’s onlyrehabilitation and preser-vation facility for the en-dangered primates.

Behind the glass, ador-able baby orangutans liketwo-month-old Tuah lieswaddled in nursery sheetsand cling to baby rattles.”He is separated from themother because his hands

More bodies recovered fromZanzibar port mishap

South Korea’s Lee calls for green,free-trade Asia

SEOGWIPO, 1 June—South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak called on eastAsian countries on Sunday to boost intra-regional trade and cooperation to tackleclimate change.

Lee said ahead of the arrival of government and business leaders from southeastAsian countries that Asia can play a leading role in saving the world from thecurrent economic downturn and climate change. He criticized moves in parts ofthe world to strengthen trade barriers as a means to mitigate domestic politicalpressures from the prolonged global economic downturn and called for cooperationto fight protectionism. Lee said South Korea, the region's fourth-largest economy,and ASEAN will sign an agreement during the summit on boosting investment thatwill become part of a free trade agreement put in force recently. —MNA/Reuters

STONE TOWN, 1 June—Divers from the TanzaniaPeople’s Defence Forcesand the Zanzibar KMKMField Force Unit recoveredthree more bodies from thesunken passenger boat andcargo ship at the MalindiPort of Zanzibar,authorities said on Sunday.

Six bodies have so farbeen recovered butauthorities said the divershave confirmed that thereare four other bodies stillin the wreckageunderwater. These bodiesare pressed down bytimber which was carriedby the cargo ship.

The passenger boat andcargo ship capsized to sinkat the Malindi Port ofZanzibar three days agowhile trying to dock to theport facilities. The captainof the ill-fated passengerboat said there were 25

registered passengers onhis boat which also had13 crew staff. Earlierreports said there were atleast 50 people on thatpassenger boat. So far 28people have been rescuedfrom the passenger boat.

Hamza Hassan Juma,Zanzibar Minister of Statein the chief minister'soffice, assured the publicthat the rescue operation

would continue until therestoration of thepassenger boat from itsupside-down position torecover all bodies. Theminister of state refutedthe concept that thepassenger boat had sunkendue to overloading, sayingthe boat is licensed to carry200 passengers and 300tons of goods.

MNA/XinhuaBaby face ... one of the orangutans in the

controversial facility.—INTERNET

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S P O R T S Barcelona eclipse dream teamwith historic treble

Berto easily retainswelterweight title

HOLLYWOOD, 1 June—Andre Berto retained hisWorld Boxing Council welterweight title with a unani-mous decision over Colombia’s Juan Urango on Sat-urday night.The undefeated Berto’s quickness frus-trated Urango throughout their bout at the Hard RockLive Arena.

Preferring to keep his distance, Berto landed repeat-edly with lead left jabs to the head, and also was ef-fective with rights to the head.Urango continued topursue Berto, but only found quick lefts and rights tothe head for his strategy.Berto, of Winter Haven, Fla.,won on two judges’ scorecards 118-110 and 117-111on the third.—Internet

Perez to take reins at Real Madrid again

Injury forces Henry out of France friendlies

Barcelona strikerThierry Henry, has

been ruled out ofFrance’s forthcoming

friendly matchesagainst Nigeria andTurkey due to a kneeinjury, France coachRaymond Domenechrevealed on Sunday.

INTERNET

Soderling knocks Nadal outof French Open

PARIS, 1 June—Sweden’s Robin Soderling pulledoff one of the biggest upsets in Grand Slam tennis,ending four-time French Open champion RafaelNadal’s perfect record at Roland Garros with a 6-2,6-7 (2), 6-4, 7-6 (2) win.

“I didn’t want him to make me run. I tried to be theone that made him run,” said the 24-year-old Soderling.“I worked good with my forehand, and my backhandworked well, as well. I worked my backhand flat andtried to go around and hit my forehand.”

Nadal had never lost at Roland Garros, heading intothe match with a 31-0 record and four titles to his name,and Soderling was unable to win a set during theirtwo pervious meetings. Nadal’s shock exit boostedSwiss star Roger Federer’s chance of winning his firstRoland Garros tournament.

Federer, seeking a record-equalling 14th grand slamtitle, takes on Tommy Haas of Germany in Monday’sfourth-round match, while next on Soderling’s pathwill be Russian 10th seed Nikolay Davydenko, whothrashed Spanish eighth seed Fernando Verdasco 6-2,6-2, 6-4.—Internet

AC Milan’s David Beckham heads the ball duringthe season-ending Italian Serie A soccer match

against Fiorentina in Florence on 31 May, 2009.AC Milan clinched the third automatic Champions

League place after comfortably winning 2-0 atfourth-placed Fiorentina on a day of goodbyes for

Serie A on Sunday.—INTERNET

Forlan wins second pichichi crownMADRID, 1 June—Atletico Madrid striker Diego Forlan won the ‘pichichi’ crown

for the Spanish league’s top-scorer after finishing the season with 32 goals as hisside finished fourth to secure Champions League football.

Uruguayan international Forlan, 30, finishes two goals above long-time leader,Barcelona’s Samuel Eto’o, to lift his second pichichi title having won it inVillarreal’s colours in 2005.”I’m very happy because we qualified for the Cham-pions League for the second consecutive year and because I won the pichichi in avery strong Spanish league,” said Forlan.

Forlan, a 21-million-euro signing from Villarreal in 2007, hit a real purple patchscoring in eight consecutive games to top the charts and become the first player toscore 30 goals in a season since Brazilian great Ronaldo netted 34 goals withBarcelona in 1997.

The goalscoring exploits of the former Manchester United man have report-edly attracted interest from several clubs but Forlan has insisted he is happy atAtletico where he is contracted until 2011.—Internet

Brazil’s 12 host cities for 2014 World Cup confirmed

The 2008/09 season willlive long in the memoriesof Barcelona fans as PepGuardiola, guided theclub to a unique league,Kings Cup and Champi-ons League treble in hisdebut season.—INTERNET

Former Real Madrid football clubpresident Florentino Perez will be

sworn in once again as president ofReal Madrid on Monday since noother candidate stood against him

before the deadline for applicationsof midnight (2200 GMT) on Sunday,

the club said.—INTERNET

RIO DE JANEIRO, 1June—Sao Paulo, Rio deJaneiro and Brasilia areamong the 12 Braziliancities selected as host cit-ies for the 2014 WorldCup, soccer’s world gov-erning body FIFA said onSunday.

Brazil was originallyscheduled to pick 10 hostcities. However, after astrong campaign by theBrazilian government andthe Brazilian Confedera-tion of Soccer, FIFAagreed to increase by two.

Without any big sur-

prises, the official host cit-ies are: Sao Paulo, Rio deJaneiro, Belo Horizonte,Porto Alegre, Curitiba,Brasilia, Cuiaba, Salva-dor, Recife, Fortaleza,Natal and Manaus.

Brazilian Confedera-tion of Soccer presidentRicardo Teixeira said thatthe benefits will not be re-stricted solely to the hostcities.

“The question is notabout whether or not to bea host city, but ratherabout participating. Thejobs and investments that

the World Cup will bringare not restricted to thehost cities,” he said.

“Cities throughout Bra-zil will be able to count onour help and support ifthey want to present aproject that would attracttourists during the Cup.Our work has to get startednow. We need to live up tothe privilege of hosting theCup.”

Rio de Janeiro willhost the final, while SaoPaulo and Belo Horizonteare competing to host theopening match.—Internet

MADRID, 1 June—Spanish construc-tion magnate Florentino Perez will besworn in as president of Real Madridagain later on Monday as no other can-didate stood against him before the dead-line, the club said.The 62-year-old willbe sworn in at the Real’s SantiagoBernabeu stadium at 1 pm (1100 GMT),the club said in a statement posted on itswebsite shortly after the deadline of mid-night (2200 GMT) on Sunday had ex-pired.

Several challengers who had been ex-pected to oppose him pulled out or werenot able to lodge a bank guarantee of 57.4million euros (81.1 million dollars) re-quired by the club to be able to run forpresident. Perez last led Real, Spain’s his-torically most successful team and theworld’s richest football club by revenues,from 2000 to 2006.

Under his rein Real earned the nick-name “Los Galacticos”, winning thePrimera Liga twice and the European

Champions League with such stars asZinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, Luis Figo andDavid Beckham.He officially presentedhis candidacy on Thursday under the slo-gan “the dream is back” and said the teamhe would help build would be world beat-ers.—Internet

PARIS, 1 June—Barce-lona striker Thierry Henryhas been ruled out ofFrance’s forthcomingfriendly matches againstNigeria and Turkey dueto a knee injury, Francecoach Raymond Do-menech revealed on Sun-

day. France have not yetdecided to call up any re-placements for the homegames against Nigeria on2 June and Turkey threedays later.

Henry, 31, played inBarcelona’s 2-0 victoryover Manchester United in

the Champions League fi-nal in Rome on Wednes-day, having overcome aknee ligament injury sus-tained in the Spanishchampions’ 6-2 thrashingof Real Madrid on 2 May.

“I expected it a littlebit,” Domenech said on theFrench Football Federa-tion website on Sunday.”Itmakes sense, Thierrydidn’t play for threeweeks. He had to forcehimself to play in theChampions League final.I understand that, I wouldhave done the same, any-one would have done thesame, he didn’t play at 100percent.—Internet

MADRID, 1 June—The2008/09 season will livelong in the memories ofBarcelona fans as PepGuardiola guided the clubto a unique league, KingsCup and ChampionsLeague treble in his debutseason. Barcelona hadgone two years without atrophy but swept all be-fore them to seal a historictreble that no Spanishteam, not even the greatReal Madrid, had previ-ously managed.

With Spain’s Euro2008 heroes Xavi andAndres Iniesta feeding thestriking trio of Lionel

Messi, Samuel Eto’o andThierry Henry, Barcelonadestroyed teams at homeand abroad with a scintil-lating brand of footballthat harped back to JohanCruyff’s ‘Dream team’.

Every Barca side sincehas been measuredagainst Cruyff’s greatside, captained byGuardiola, that won foursuccessive league titlesbetween 1991 and 1994along with the 1992 Eu-ropean Cup. However,Guardiola wrote his ownhistory by guiding Barce-lona to the treble, leavingReal Madrid and Man-chester United in theirwake.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudy inKayah State, rain or thundershowers have been fairlywidespred in Rakhine State, upper Sagaing, Mandalay, Bagoand Yangon Divisions and widespread in the remainingareas with isolated heavyfall in lower Mon State, lowerSagaing and Taninthayi Divisions. The noteworthy amountsof rainfall recorded were Dawei (4.22) inches, Mawlamyine(3.03) inches, Paung (2.95)inches, Pinlaung (2.52)inches,Ye (2.28) inches, and Shwebo (2.16) inches.

Maximum temperature on 31-5-2009 was 86°F.Minimum temperature on 1-6-2009 was 71°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 1-6-2009 was 100%.Total sunshine hours on 31-5-2009 was (2.4) hours approx.

Rainfall on 1-6-2009 was (1.74) inches at Mingaladon,(0.94) inch at Kaba-Aye and (2.09) inches at CentralYangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (16.42) inchesat Mingaladon, (20.94) inches at Kaba-Aye and (25.71)inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (6) mph from Southwest at (18:30) hoursMST on 31-5-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in the AndamanSea and South Bay and moderate elsewhere in the Bay ofBengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 2nd June 2009: Rainor thundershowers will be sacttered to fairly widespread inKayah State, Sagaing, Magway and Mandalay Divisionsand widespread in the remaining States and Divisions withlikelihood of isolated heavy fall in Mon State and TaninthayiDivision. Degee of certainly is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seasare likely at times Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama off and alongMon-Taninthayi Coast. Surface wind speed in squalls mayreach (35-40) mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Increase of rain inthe Nothern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 2-6-2009: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for2-6-2009: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for2-6-2009: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

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S. Korea, Thailand agreeto deepen bilateral tiesSEOUL, 1 June—South Korean President Lee

Myung-bak and Thailand’s Prime Minister AbhisitVejjajiva exchanged views on economic cooperationsand agreed to strengthen their bilateral ties in all areas.During their meeting in South Korea’s southern scenicisland of Jeju, Thai Prime minister Abhisit sought todeepen bilateral economic ties, asking the South KoreanPresident to allow imports of Thai fruits, according tospokesman Cheong Wa Dae. President Lee said SouthKorea will consider the opening of the market “as soonas quarantine issues are addressed”, the spokesmantold a Press briefing.

“The two leaders noted the South Korea-Thailandrelationship have also developed significantly overthe years and agreed to deepen their bilateral ties in allareas,” the statement said. The two leaders also talkedabout the recent situation of Korean Peninsula, whichwas worsened by Democratic People’s Republic ofKorea (DPRK)’s second nuclear test last Monday.

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Non-interference in internal affairs of a nation isa fundamental principle of United Nations,

ASEAN and regional organizationsAs Myanmar does not interfere in internal affairs ofothers, it opposes interference in its internal affairs

Myanmar reaches crucial and last step of transition to democracyMatters of an individual should not overshadow that process

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Maung Myintaddresses the 17th ASEAN-EU Ministerial MeetingNAY PYI TAW, 1 June—A Myanmar delegation

led by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U MaungMyint attended the 17th ASEAN-EU MinisterialMeeting held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 27 and28 May.

Also present on the occasion were representativesfrom ten ASEAN member countries, 27 EU countriesand European Commission and the ASEAN Secretary-General.

At 5 pm on 27 May, leaders of representativesfrom ASEAN member countries held an informalmeeting. At the meeting, Minister of Foreign Affairsof Thailand, Chairman of ASEAN, voiced his concernover putting up a case against Daw Aung San Suu Kyiby Myanmar and stressed the need to forge nationalreconciliation in Myanmar.

In response to the statement of the Thai ForeignMinister, Leader of Myanmar delegation DeputyMinister for Foreign Affairs U Maung Myint said thatthe matter was discussed at the ASEM Ministers’Meeting held in Hanoi, Vietnam, and it had alreadybeen explained by the Myanmar Minister for ForeignAffairs. And it is assumed that the matter no longerneeds to be put on the agenda of the ASEAN-EUMinisterial Meeting again. Each and every nation hasits own internal problems. Taking action against DawAung San Suu Kyi for her offence is a matter of internallegal proceedings. As Myanmar is a sovereign nation,it is not fair and proper to interfere in its internal affairs.Myanmar has already fostered national reconciliationthrough the successful holding of the NationalConvention five times in four years from 2004 to 2007.Over 1,000 delegates from all walks of life participatedin the National Convention with the exception of theNLD party although it had been invited to participatein. The National Convention is none other than adialogue, for it has successfully built nationalreconciliation. The Myanmar government is in theprocess of implementing the seven-step Road Map.Only now, it is impossible to forge nationalreconciliation from the start. Actually, it is Thailandthat needs to forge national reconciliation. Thailandsaw year-long demonstrations in which different groupsin red, yellow and blue made an attempt to oust thegovernment and jeopardize the ASEAN summits.Therefore, it is compulsory for Thailand to forgenational reconciliation, and it should not impose pressureon Myanmar and interfere in its internal affairs.

The 17th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting washeld at Hotel Inter-Continental Grand Ballroom from9 to 9.30 am on 28 May and it was jointly chaired byCambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign

Minister H.E. Mr Hor Namhong and Deputy PrimeMinister H.E. Mr Jan Kohout of Czech Republic.Britain and Spain criticized Myanmar at the meeting.

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U MaungMyint, leader of the Myanmar delegation, said that hewould like to explain the prevailing internal affairs ofMyanmar to the colleagues from European countries,that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi let Mr John WilliamYettaw, a US citizen who intruded into her house, stayfor two days, had a talk with him and fed him, that itwas against the law and that a lawsuit had to beunavoidably filed against her.

The deputy minister continued that, in accordancewith the law, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi had the right todefend herself by asking services of lawyers, that thegovernment had taken all the necessary measures tomeet her food and shelter needs and provide health careto her on humanitarian grounds, that Myanmar, like anyother sovereign nation, had its own judicial system, thatit was based on the British judicial system, that there wasan independent administration of justice in Myanmar,that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Mr John William Yettawand her two housemaids were being sued by the policefor breaking the existing law, that all the defendantswere allowed to consult with their respective lawyers inprivate and the government allowed representativesfrom embassies in Yangon who were interested in thecase to attend the hearing twice.

The deputy minister went on to say that non-interference in the internal affairs of a nation was thebasic principle of the United Nations, ASEAN andregional organizations, that, in accordance with itslong-practised non-aligned policy and independentforeign policy, Myanmar had never interfered in theinternal affairs of other nations and would not likethem to meddle in its domestic affairs, that someneighbouring nations were unreasonably interestedin the hearing the case of Mr John William Yettawbut it should not be like interfering in the internalaffairs of a nation and that the UN Security Council,in its press statement on Myanmar, recognized thesovereignty and territorial integrity of Myanmarand the fact that the future of Myanmar lies in thehands of Myanmar people only but it was regretableto learn that these were not mentioned in the pressstatement of Thailand, Chairman of ASEAN.

Myanmar’s democracy transition was in its crucialand final stages. At such a time, the matters of a personshould not overshadow the democratization process.Anyhow, the time had come near for Myanmar’sdemocracy Road Map to meet with its success, he said.

Lessons had been taken from the fact that

world’s countries were not able to make demo-cratic changes overnight and they have encoun-tered numerous hardships and chaos. Myanmarwas preparing for holding the free and fair multi-party democracy general election, the fifth step ofthe Road Map, in 2010. Political parties would beallowed to be registered and organized systemati-cally in accord with the election law, said thedeputy minister.

The international community itself should bestassist Myanmar by encouraging all parties to par-ticipate in Myanmar’s political process withoutinfringing the seven-step Road Map. The lawsuitagainst Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was the internallegal issue, not political or human rights issue.Therefore, any pressure and interference fromabroad would not be accepted. It was also hopedthat EU nations would understand Myanmar more.

The morning session of the meeting ended at 1pm. Then followed a working lunch of the leaders ofthe delegations. At the lunch also, the leaders ofdelegations from Britain, EC, Slovakia, France, Nor-way and Czech Republic voiced their concern overMyanmar’s political situation and the action beingtaken against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and urged thesoonest release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Myanmardelegation leader, the Deputy Minister for ForeignAffairs, said that within Myanmar’s territory, actionwould be taken against anyone who violated theexisting laws in accord with the law of Myanmar. Thematter of releasing or not releasing Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi was the matter of the court and it was notconcerned with the government. In Myanmar therewas an independent administration of justice, elabo-rated the deputy minister.

The delegate of Netherlands said he believed thatthe case was the internal legal issue as stated by theMyanmar side. Therefore, there should be no interfer-ence in its internal affairs.

After the ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting, mat-ters were coordinated to issue a joint communiqué. Inthe paragraph featuring the issue of Myanmar, EUtook measures to recognize the activities of its repre-sentative to Myanmar Piero Fassino. However, theMyanmar delegation leader said Myanmar did notrecognize the appointment of the EU representative aswell as his activities. The current issues are the inter-nal affairs of Myanmar. The non-interference policyis the one that is being exercised by the UN, ASEANand many countries, he said. The Myanmar sidediscussed matters related to focusing on continuedimplementation of the seven-step Road Map. —MNA

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