the new light of myanmar 03-11-2009

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Volume XVII, Number 201 2nd Waning of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Tuesday, 3 November, 2009

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Senior General Than Shwe inspects rehabilitation tasksin storm-hit Bogale and Pyapon townships

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General

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Government has built necessary infrastructural buildingsincluding transport ones in order that rescue and relieftasks can be launched in time if there is natural disaster

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Nov—Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council Commander-in-Chiefof Defence Services Senior General Than Shweinspected progress in implementing rehabilitationtasks and met local people in storm-hit Bogale andPyapon townships in Ayeyawady Division thismorning.

The Senior General, accompanied by SPDCMember General Thura Shwe Mann, Secretary-1General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo, Member Lt-Gen Tin Aye, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Nyan Tun, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein, Lt-Gen Ko Ko and Lt-Gen Myint Sweof the Ministry of Defence, Adjutant-General Lt-GenThura Myint Aung, Lt-Gen Maung Shein of the Ministryof Defence, Chairman of Ayeyawady Division PDCCommander of South-West Command Maj-Gen KyawSwe, Minister for Communications, Posts andTelegraphs Brig-Gen Thein Zaw, Minister for HealthDr Kyaw Myint, Deputy Minister Dr Paing Soe, seniormilitary officers from the Ministry of Defence, and

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 3 November, 2009

Tuesday, 3 November, 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

Myanmar Traditional Cultural Per-forming Arts Competitions filled with thedeep national cause and noble objectiveshave been held yearly, and the 17th has beenheld successfully this year.

The number of contestants in varioussubjects of the competitions at different lev-els as well as that of genres has increased yearafter year. And the younger generations havemade more and more efforts to show theirartistic talents in handing down the goodlegacy of traditional culture to next genera-tions.

A review of the Myanmar culture hadshown that according to evidence found inPyu cities such as Tagaung, Beikthano, Hanlinand Srikestra on Myanmar soil, the civiliza-tion has emerged with high literature, musicand fine arts for the past 2000 years.

The national characteristics of a coun-try or a people such as faith, way of thinking,lifestyles and social status are largely basedon the cultural values of that country orpeople. And those cultural values can bejudged from their culture and fine arts.

Myanmar culture that has passedthrough various eras has flourished on thebasis of Buddhist teachings, national unityand successful experiences in trying to thwartthe alien invasions.

Such being so, it is incumbent upon themain forces of Myanmar traditional per-forming arts with a fine tradition of havingmobilized the strength of the people in suc-cessive eras to strive for ensuring more con-solidated national forces.

Strive for ensuring more consolidatednational forces through culturevalues, literature and fine arts

NAY PYI TAW, 2Nov—At the invitation ofU Maung Myint, DeputyMinister for Foreign Af-fairs of the Union ofMyanmar, the LaotianDelegation led by HE MrB o u n k e u tSANGSOMSAK, ViceMinister of Foreign Af-fairs of the Lao People’sDemocratic Republic, ar-rived Yangon by air in theevening of 29 October2009 to attend the 5th Bi-lateral ConsultationsMeeting of the two For-eign Ministries of the Un-ion of Myanmar and LaoPeople’s Democratic Re-public. On 30 October, theVice Minister of ForeignAffairs accompanied byHE Mr Kouily A.Souphakhet, Ambassadorof the Lao PDR toMyanmar and party leftfor NyaungU by air.

The 5th Bilateral Con-sultations Meeting be-tween the Foreign Minis-

Bilateral Consultations Meeting of Foreign Ministries ofthe Union of Myanmar and Lao PDR held

tries of the Union ofMyanmar and the LaoPDR was held in the after-noon on 30 October, atBagan Hotel in Bagan.The meeting was attendedby the Myanmar delega-tion led by the deputy min-ister for Foreign Affairsof the Union of Myanmar,and the Laotian delega-tion led by the Vice Min-ister of Foreign Affairs ofthe Lao PDR. The two

sides discussed maters re-lating to further strength-ening of the friendly rela-tions and cooperation be-tween the two countriesas well as enhancing mu-tual cooperation in re-gional and internationalforums.

Deputy Minister UMaung Myint hosted adinner in honour of theLaotian Vice Minister ofForeign Affairs and the

delegation at Bagan View-ing Tower in the eveningof 30 October 2009. Dur-ing their stay in Bagan,the Lao delegation paidhomage to Shwezigon andBupaya Pagodas, Anandaand Sinmyarshin Tem-ples.

The Laotian ViceMinister and party leftYangon by air in theevening of 1 November2009.—MNA

YANGON, 2 Nov —Myanmar ProfessionalsEducation Centre willopen a new class for CICTDiploma course in Soft-ware Engineering con-ferred by Cambridge ICTin Malaysia in Novem-ber.

Anyone who has ba-sic computer knowledgecan take the course thatlasts nine months. The

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Software engineeringdiploma course to open

course includes not onlythe six major subjects butalso a project. Course feescan be paid by installmentsand for detail informa-tion, contact MyanmarProfessionals EducationCentre (MPEC), No.112,Room (11/12), 8th Mile,Pyay Road, MayangonTownship, Yangon (Ph:668779, 668259, 650124).

MNA

YANGON, 2 Nov—Aceremony to report dataabout Myanmar informa-tion, computer technology

Data about MyanmarICT reported

was held along with theawarding ceremony atMyanmar Info-Tech inUniversities Region

(Hline Campus) here on31 October.

Chairperson of theMyanmar Computer In-dustrialists AssociationDaw Wah Wah Tun madean introductory speech.Representatives fromNovel Light Media Ltdpresented the collecteddata about Myanmar ICTworld.

It was followed by alucky draw programme forthose who participated inthe programme to collectMyanmar ICT data. Firstprize (notebook computerworth 650 US$) went toMa Khin Khin Htut(20224), second prize

(notebook computerworth 500 US$), to MaPhyo Wai Khaing(18991), and third prize(notebook computerworth 300 US$) to DrKhaing May Zaw (8013).Ten 30,000-kyat prizesand fifteen 20,000-kyatprizes were also chosenby chance.

For this programme,about 40 questions wereasked to over 28,000 visi-tors to Myanmar ICT Ex-hibition 2009 held from15 to 18 October. Andbased on the findings, theassociation made a reviewof present Myanmar ICTworld. Those MyanmarICT and mobile commu-nication groups, andInternet-based mediagroups interested in thereview may contact theMyanmar Computer In-dustrialists Association(Ph: 01 652238).—MNA

DeputyMinister U

MaungMyint dis-

cussing withVice Minis-ter of For-

eign AffairsBounkeutSANGSO-MSAK ofLao PDR.

MNA

Chairperson DawWah Wah Tun

presents prize tofirst prize winner

Ma Khin KhinHtut.—MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 3 November, 2009 3

China’s Africa goalsmore than just natural

resourcesBEIJING, 2 Nov — Barely a month goes by without

some new energy or mineral deal being struck betweenChina and an African nation. These deals have trans-fixed the West, but China gets far more from the rela-tionship than raw resources.

Africa offers China two important things — achance to earn the global respect it believes it deservesin recognition of its growing economic clout, andfriends who do not judge it, or who at least have littlereason to directly fear China’s rise.

Communist China’s friendly relations with Africago back decades, to when Beijing backed newly inde-pendent states as well as liberation movements. Thecontinent’s backing was vital in getting China into theUnited Nations in 1971.

“You could argue that the contemporary driver iseconomic, but they’ve always had a political interestin Africa, from the mid-1950s onward,” said ChrisAlden, an Africa expert at the London School of Eco-nomics.—Internet

Iraqi woman killed, 11 people injuredin Karbala bombing

Two membersof NATO-ledforce killed in

attacksKABUL, 2 Nov — The

US military says militantshave killed two membersof the international forcein Afghanistan in bombattacks.

The military says theservice members died onSaturday in separate at-tacks while they were onpatrols in the south. TheUS on Sunday identifiedone of the casualties as anAmerican who died ofwounds suffered from abomb attack.

Internet

A Chinese woman receives a free shot of the A(H1N1) vaccine at a hospitalin Dalian, northeast China’s Liaoning Province on 29 October. China has

inoculated over 3.78 million people against swine flu and distributed over 26million doses of vaccine to ward off a serious outbreak of the disease, the

government said on Sunday.—INTERNET

Devastating drought alterslife for Kenya nomads

DELA (Kenya), 2 Nov—When 64-year-old JimaleIrobe was a young man, he guided his herds of cowsand camels through knee-high grass.

These days the scrubby blades barely reach his an-kles even in the rainy season, and there is never enoughgrass to go around. The cattle cannot feed, and thenomadic families that depend on them for milk andmeat cannot survive.

So Irobe scrapes out a living by selling charcoalmade from burning the trees in the fields where hisfather’s herds once grazed.—Internet

BAGHDAD, 2 Nov — Awoman was killed and 11people were wounded ina bomb explosion in theholy Shiite city of Karbalasouth of Baghdad onSunday, a local policesource said. “An ex-plosivecharge attached toa minibus carrying pas-sengers detonated in theBaladiyat neighbourhoodin the city of Karbala,some 110 km south ofBaghdad, killing a womanand wounding 11 people,”the source told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

Iraqi security forcessealed off the area as am-bulances transported thevictims to a nearby hos-pital, the source said.

Earlier on Sunday, sixpeople were killed and 37others injured in a bike

bomb explosion at a busypopular market inMussayab town south ofBaghdad, while at leastseven people werewounded in two coordi-nate car bomb explosionsat a parking-lot in centralRamadi, the capital ofIraq’s western AnbarProvince.

Sporadic attacks con-tinue in Iraq as part of re-cent deterioration in secu-rity which shaped a set-back to the efforts of theIraqi government to re-store normalcy in thecountry after more thanthree months of US troopspullout of cities andtowns. —Xinhua

Bombings kill 7, wound morethan 45 in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 2 Nov —Bombings in central andwestern Iraq killed atleast seven people andwounded 45 others onSunday, the InteriorMinistry said.

In an attack south ofBaghdad, a motorcyclerigged with explosivesblew up in the predomi-

nantly Shiite town ofMussayyab. At least fivepeople died in the mar-ketplace bombing. An-other 37 were wounded,according to the minis-try.

In another attack, in-surgents detonated a pairof car bombs in the west-ern city of Ramadi, the

ministry said.The vehicles ex-

ploded near the head-quarters of the city's traf-fic police. Two peoplewere killed and eightpeople were wounded inthe bombing.

Late Saturday, mor-tars slammed into south-ern Baghdad, woundingat least nine people in thecapital's Dora district,the ministry said.

Internet

Young men look at one of several wrecked vehicles caught in one of two suicidebombings in the western city of Ramadi, 100kms west of the capital Baghdad. Aspate of violence across Iraq killed at least 10 people on Sunday, as officials saidrepairs to government offices struck by massive bombings last week will cost

around 16 million dollars.—INTERNET

Police officials stand at the scene of a suicide bomb blast in Rawalpindi, in theoutskirts of the capital Islamabad on 2 November, 2009.—INTERNET

Blast kills 35 in RawalpindiRAWALPINDI, (Pakistan), 2 Nov —A suspected Taliban suicide bomb killed at

least 35 people in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi on Monday, officials said.Officials said many of Monday's victims were elderly people who had gath-

ered at a bank to withdraw their pensions. The military said four soldiers wereamong those killed. Two suspected militants were later killed by a second bombthat exploded during a routine vehicle check in the eastern city of Lahore, policesaid. They said 15 people were wounded by the blast, three seriously, includingseveral police officers.—Internet

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KUWAIT CITY, 2 Nov—A top Chinese centralbank official warned onSunday that rising tradeand investment protec-tionism remains one of themajor threats to the glo-bal economic recovery.

“We have noticed thatmajor risks threatening(the) global economic re-covery still remain,” LiDongrong, an assistantgovernor of the People’sBank of China, said in aspeech at Kuwait Finan-

Japan’s Bridgestone Corp has said it will end its tyre supply contract with For-mula One after late 2010, citing a changing “business environment”.—INTERNET

TOKYO, 2 Nov— Japa-nese tyre maker Bridge-stone Corp said it wouldquit Formula One nextyear, dealing a furtherblow to the sport after the recent withdrawal ofother high-profile firmsdue to the global down-turn.

Bridgestone said itwould end its contract asthe official tyre supplier tothe FIA, raising questionsover who would replace itafter French rival Michel-in pulled out in 2006 andUS maker Goodyear leftin 1998.

“Bridgestone todayannounced that it will notenter into a new tyre sup-ply contract with the FIAFormula One WorldChampionship series,” theTokyo-based tyre and rub-ber industry giant said onMonday in a statement.

Internet

BEIJING, 2 Nov—China on Monday imposed anti-dumping duties of as much as 35 percent on a chemi-cal from the United States, in the latest tit-for-tat trademeasure ahead of a visit by US President BarackObama.

The tariffs on adipic acid, which will also be im-posed on imports from the European Union and SouthKorea, will be effective for five years at a rate fromfive percent to 35.4 percent, the commerce ministrysaid in a statement.

“Investigation authorities concluded that the prod-ucts made in countries and regions like the US andEU are being dumped (in China), causing substantialdamages to the domestic adipic acid sector,” said thestatement posted on its website.

Adipic acid is mainly used to make nylon but isalso a pharmaceutical ingredient and can be used toproduce food flavouring.—Internet

TOKYO, 2 Nov—Shares in Sony Corp(6758.T) lost nearly 6 per-cent on Monday as inves-tors shrugged off the elec-tronics maker’s upwardrevision to its earningsforecast and sold on wor-ries over the US marketand a stronger yen.

Sony posted its fourthconsecutive quarterly losson Friday but cut its an-nual operating loss fore-cast by 45 percent to 60billion yen ($669 million)on cost-cutting.

Panasonic Corp(6752.T), which vies with

A man looks

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A chemical plant of Chinese energy giant CNOOC and Anglo-Dutch firmShell petrochemical plant in Daya Bay in southern China.—INTERNET

Protectionism a threatto recovery

cial Forum.These included “rising

trade and investment pro-tectionism, prolongeddysfunction of the finan-cial system and inad-equate coordination inmacro-economic poli-cies,” he said.

Dongrong stressed themost pressing task of theinternational communitywas to “strengthen globalcooperation, prevent pro-tectionism of all kindsand support stabilization

of financial markets andeconomic growth.”

“China, as always, willcooperate closely with thevarious parties to estab-lish a new world financialorder that is fair, just andinclusive,” he said.

Dongrong said despiterecent positive indicatorspointing to a global eco-nomic recovery, it was“not yet solid due to mul-tiple uncertainties at homeand abroad.

Internet

China imposes duties onimported chemicals

Sony shares slide despite lifting annual outlookSony for the title of theworld’s largest consumerelectronics maker, alsocited cost-cutting in lift-ing its annual operatingprofit estimate on Fridayby 60 percent to 120 bil-lion yen.

Sony’s shares lost 5.8percent to 2,625 yen bythe end of the morning, farworse than the Nikkei av-erage, which fell 2.7 per-cent, and Panasonic’s lossof 1.6 percent.

The steeper fall inSony’s stock reflects itsheavy exposure to the USmarket and a stronger yen.

“This is pretty muchbecause of forex and atumble in New York,”said Mizuho Securitiesanalyst Ryosuke Katsura.

“If it were not for whathappened to the yen andWall Street, Sony sharescould very well havegained ground.”

The yen rose to two-week highs on Monday,while the Dow Jones in-dustrial average (.DJI)suffered its worst slidesince July on Friday, trig-gering a tumble in Japa-nese stocks as well.

Internet

BEIJING, 2 Nov—Cisco Systems Inc andEMC Corp are teaming upto sell a new line of hard-ware aimed at cloud com-puting, according to me-dia reports on Monday.

The line of productsnamed vBlock will helpthe two companies to bet-ter compete against Inter-national Business Ma-chines Corp (IBM) andHewlett-Packard Co(HP), which sell a

BEIJING, 2 Nov—Nokia will close its N-Gage serv-ice in September 2010. “We will no longer publishnew games for the N-Gage platform,” Nokia said onits N-Gage blog on Sunday, to which a user callinghimself Jon replied: “It’s a sad day for N-Gage fans.”

Nokia said the N-Gage games could be purchaseduntil the end of September 2010 and the communitysite would remain in operation throughout 2010.

According to Nokia the move is part of the Finnishphone maker’s master plan to integrate its gamesservice onto a central platform — its Ovi Store whichopened last year, a smaller rival to Apple’s popularApp Store.—Xinhua

Bridgestoneto quit F1 in

late 2010

Nokia to close N-Gage servicenext year

Cisco, EMC cooperate on cloud computingbroader array of data cen-tre equipment than eitherCisco or EMC offer ontheir own.

Cisco will provide thenetworking gear andserver computers to thevBlock line, while EMCcontributes storage equip-ment and virtualization

technology from itsVMware Inc softwaresubsidiary, according tothe reports.

One part of the partner-ship calls for the two com-panies to form a joint ven-ture that will sell vBlockas a hosted service.

Xinhua

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Visitors watch a building-top solar power system atthe 2009 Hangzhou International Recycling

Economy and Environmental Industry Expo ofChina in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Prov-

ince, on 31 Oct, 2009. —XINHUA

UN needs $39 bln in six years tofight child top killer pneumoniaBEIJING, 2 Nov—The

UN said on Monday itneeds 39 billion US dol-lars over the next six yearsto fight pneumonia, theworld’s top killer of chil-dren. On the first WorldPneumonia Day, theWorld Health Organiza-tion (WHO) and UNICEFare releasing a global planaiming to save more than5 million children fromdying of pneumonia by2015.

Pneumonia, a severe in-flammation of the lungsusually caused by a bac-

terial infection, is respon-sible for one in four childdeaths, more than HIV/AIDS, malaria and mea-sles combined. The dis-ease kills approximately1.8 million children belowfive years of age everyyear, making it the world’sleading child killer.

“This is very simply thebiggest killer people neverhear about,” said OrinLevine, a public healthexpert at Johns HopkinsBloomberg School ofHealth, who has advisedWHO and UNICEF.

WHO and UNICEFmade a joint appeal to funda six-year plan for pneu-monia prevention andtreatment in 68 developingcountries, mostly in Africaand Asia, plus parts ofCentral and SouthAmerica, where it is preva-lent. “We know the strat-egy will work, and if it isapplied in every high-bur-den country, we will beable to prevent millions ofdeaths,” Margaret Chan,director general of theWHO, said.

Xinhua

Three killedin Poland’s border

guard helicopter crashWARSAW, 2 Nov—

Three border guards werekilled when a Polish bor-der guard helicoptercrashed on theBelarussian side of theborder, a spokesman forthe Podlaskie fire-brigaderescuers said on Sunday.

The wreckage of thehelicopter that disap-peared on Saturday after-noon was discovered onSunday morning inBelarus some 200 metersfrom the Polish border,the spokesman wasquoted by Polish newsagency PAP as saying.

Deputy Polish InteriorMinister Adam Rapackisaid the crew had nochance to survive the crashas the helicopter was com-pletely destroyed.

The cause of the acci-dent, which occurred dur-ing a routine patrol of theborder in north-easternPoland, remains un-known.

Xinhua

Russia launches twoEuropean satellites

MOSCOW, 2 Nov—Russia has successfully launchedtwo European scientific research satellites with a Rokotcarrier rocket from the Plesetsk space centre in north-west Russia early on Monday, said a spokesman forthe Russian Space Forces.

The carrier rocket blasted off with the SMOS andthe Proba-2 satellites at 04:50 am Moscow time (0150GMT), said Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) isscheduled to enter its orbit at an altitude of 756 km at06:00 am Moscow time (0300 GMT), and the Proba-2 (Project for On-Board Autonomy) mini-satellite at07:50 am Moscow time (0450 GMT), he added.Thelaunch mission of the 665-kg SMOS spacecraft iswithin the framework of the Living Planet Programmeof the European Space Agency (ESA).—Xinhua

Egypt opens Rafah crossing forstranded Palestinians

GAZA, 2 Nov—Egyptian authorities on Sundayopened the borders with the Gaza Strip in Rafah townto allow movement of Palestinians stranded on bothsides, the Palestinian interior ministry said.

The ministry added that at least 3,000 Palestinianshave applied to travel from Gaza, adding that most ofthem were patients, students and holders of foreign pass-ports and residency permits in other countries.

A statement by the ministry, updated regularly on itswebsite, said that the travelers and patients were beingsent to the Egyptian side of the crossing via buses andambulances.

The only crossing for the Gazans will remain open forthree days, the ministry said, adding that Egypt has openedthe terminal exceptionally for the humanitarian cases.Palestinians returning to Gaza can also cross until Tues-day evening.

To keep the crossing open, Hamas, which controlsGaza, must allow security forces loyal to PresidentMahmoud Abbas to deploy on the crossing since a US-brokered protocol says that the crossing can not workwithout pro-Abbas forces and monitors from the EU.

In 2007, Hamas routed pro-Abbas forces and seizedcontrol of the coastal Strip. Since then, Abbas has beenbased in the West Bank and Rafah closed except forbrief openings on monthly basis. —Xinhua

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

A Russian tiger trainer performs with tigers during the 12th China WuqiaoInternational Circus Festival in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China’s Hebei

Province, on 2 Nov, 2009.—XINHUA

Indonesia to spend $84m onsolar energy in rural areas

JAKARTA, 2 Nov—Indonesian Energy and MineralResources Ministry announced that it would spend 800billion rupiah (about 84 million US dollars) to buildsolar power plants with a total capacity of 2,234kilowatts-peak to expand access to electricity in ruralareas next year, the Jakarta Globe reported here onMonday.

“The electricity produced by the plants will benefit150,000 to 200,000 households in different parts ofthe country,” Jacobus Purwono, the ministry’s direc-tor general of electricity said.

The Kilowatts-peak is a measure used to describemaximum out putby a solar power plant under idealconditions, expressed in kilowatts.—Xinhua

Heavy rainsin S Brazil leavesthree dead, 3,000

homelessBRASILIA, 2 Nov—

Heavy rains in the south-eastern Brazilian state ofEspirito Santo haveclaimed three lives and af-fected over 500,000 peo-ple among whom 3, 000were homeless, authori-ties said over the week-end.

A landslide resultingfrom the four-day heavyrains killed a man and histwo daughters, aged 5 and1 respectively, in the townof Cariacica, local mediareported on Saturday.

The younger child wasbrought to hospital alivebut later died while re-ceiving medical atten-tion.

The mother and an-other seven-year-olddaughter who were sleep-ing in the destroyed househave managed to escapein time and was recover-ing from injuries at a lo-cal hospital.

Xinhua

Palestinians wait tocross the Rafah

crossing in Gaza, on1 Nov, 2009. Egyp-tian authorities onSunday opened the

borders with theGaza Strip in Rafahtown to allow move-ment of Palestinians

stranded on bothsides, the Palestinian

interior ministrysaid.—XINHUA

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NEWS ALBUM

Robots (TUG) will contribute to acleaner environment by movingindependently throughout the

hospital carrying medical suppliesand patient meals.

Guinness World Records said a 78-year-old British man with 241 piercingson his body has been certified as aworld record holder.

John Lynch of Apsely, England, islisted as having more piercings thananyone else in the world in the 2010Guinness Book of World Records, TheDaily Telegraph reported.

An Illinois man has admitted bankingmore than $470,000 in paychecks froma New Jersey company he never workedfor.

Thirty-five-year-old AnthonyArmatys (AHR’-muh-tees) of Palatine,Ill, pleaded guilty in New Jersey SuperiorCourt to one count of theft as part of aplea bargain.

Prosecutors say Armatys accepted ajob with Basking Ridge, NJ-basedtelecommunications company AvayaInc. in September 2002, then changedhis mind.

But the company’s computer systemnever removed his name from the payroll.

Paychecks were deposited into hisbank account until February 2007, whenAvaya auditors discovered the mistake.

Prosecutors are recommending a six-year prison term and restitution.Sentencing is scheduled for 8 Jan.

Man, 78, has 241 piercings on his bodyLynch, a retired bank manager, said

he got his first piercing in his 40s uponleaving the bank and followed it up withhundreds of piercings and tattoos.

“I never thought about breaking therecord. I’ve always just done it becauseI like it but it is quite an achievement,”he said. “I was actually a few short sohad 20 or so popped into my arms to upthe numbers and if somebody beats meI could always find space for a fewmore.”

Accompanied bytheir parents andteachers, Greek

and Turkish Cyp-riot students touredtogether historical

monuments locatedin both sides of the

divided capitalNicosia on Sunday

as part of theefforts to enhance

bi-communalunderstanding and

reconciliation.XINHUA

MANILA, 2 Nov—Sev-enteen fishing boats sail-ing out in northern Phil-ippines went missing asweather turned roughearly on Monday morn-ing, local police said. It isnot immediately clearhow many people are onboard.

A group of fishingboats left the port ofClaveria town in Cagayanprovince at around 4 amlocal time (2000 GMT onSunday night) toPagudpud town of IlocosNorte province, local me-dia quoted regional policeas saying.

Some boats wereforced to sail back due tobad weather as a newstorm is brewing at thenortheastern tip of thecountry.

Police said they havesent helicopters to lookfor the missing boats.

Xinhua

BRUSSELS, 2 Nov—A Norwegian warship inspect-ing fishing boats off the coast of Somalia for suspectedpirate activity was caught in heavy gunfire in the earlyhours of Sunday, a European Union naval commandersaid.

The Norwegian sailors, cruising just off the north-eastern Somali coast, were fired upon in the dead ofnight by a dhow with between five and seven men onboard and armed with heavy weaponry andKalashnikov rifles, he added.

“These were not innocent fishermen, they werearmed with heavy machine-guns and Kalashnikovsand were clearly up to no good,” said John Harbourof the EU naval mission in the Gulf of Aden, Opera-tion Atalanta.

Internet

BEIJING, 2 Nov—China said on Monday that effortswere ongoing to rescue the 25 crew members aboarda cargo ship hijacked last month by Somali pirates, asPremier Wen Jiabao headed to Egypt for talks withAfrican leaders.

“Rest assured that the rescue work is under way,”assistant foreign minister Zhai Jun told reporters at abriefing on Wen’s upcoming visit to Egypt from 6 to 8November.

“For the smoothness of the rescue operation andthe safety of the personnel on the ship, I will not dis-close any more news.”

A Chinese coal-carrying vessel called De Xin Haiwas seized on 19 October by armed bandits in the In-dian Ocean with 25 crew members on board.

Internet

AUSTIN, 2 Nov—Kid-ney donors may face hugemedical bills because hav-ing one kidney may con-stitute a pre-existing con-dition under which cover-age is denied, officialsconfirm.

A Texas hospital offi-cial said organ donors aretold, but only orally, thathaving one kidney may bea pre-existing conditionaffecting insurance.

Philip Knisely, 53, ofAustin, Texas, who do-nated a kidney to a co-worker a year ago, has re-ceived more than $18,000

Organ donors hit with shocking billsin related medical bills,and said he was not in-formed that if he ever losthis employment-relatedinsurance, insurers mightconsider his having a sin-gle kidney an uninsurablepre-existing condition,the American-Statemanreported on Sunday.

James Pittman, trans-plant programme directorat North Austin MedicalCentre where the trans-plant was done, said do-nors receive that informa-tion orally, the newspaperreported.

As Congress debates

reform of the healthcaresystem, it should requireMedicare to ascertain thatdonors are covered, asprovided by a 1972 law,regardless of states’ con-flicting policies, saidDonna Luebke, a cardiol-ogy nurse practitioner atMetroHealth MedicalCentre in Cleveland, akidney donor and nation-wide advocate for livingdonors. Luebke urges leg-islation prohibiting insur-ers from discriminatingagainst donors for having“pre-existing conditions.

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17 fishingboats

reportedlymissing inPhilippines

Norwegian warshipin sea-battle off Somali coast

China says efforts ongoingto rescue hijacked ship

A crow flies while carrying a chunk

of bread during a sunny autumn day

in a park on the lake Leman shores

in Lausanne on 1 November, 2009.

Tourists visit the ruins of the ancientdesert city of Caral, 110 miles (177km) north of Lima, on 31 October,

2009. The sacred city of Caral,located in the Supe valley, wasdeclared Cultural Patrimony of

Mankind by UNESCO. Archaeolo-gists have made scores of discoveriesin 15 years of digging at the sandysite, which dates back some 5,000

years, unearthing evidence ofsophisticated engineering and

design skills.

Man took pay from NJcompany he never

worked for

Police are investigating after anAthens woman scared off a would-beburglar by acting like a dog.

The Athens Banner-Herald reportedthat the woman scared off the suspectaround 11 pm on Saturday.

According to police, the woman goton the floor and began scratching at thedoor and acting like a large dog when thesuspicious man tried turning the woman’sdoor knob.

The police report did not say whatspecific dog-like behaviors, such asbarking, the woman mimicked.

The woman said the man, whoappeared to be homeless, quickly ranfrom the porch.

Police searched the neighbourhoodfor him, but were unsuccessful.

Ga woman scares offburglar by acting like a dog

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YANGON, 2 Nov—With a view to boostingtrade and investment between the two nations, Unionof Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerceand Industry (UMFCCI) and Japan Chambers ofCommerce and Industry (JCCI) established economiccooperation committees and the 7th joint-meeting ofthe committees was held at Traders Hotel this morn-ing.

Deputy Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen AungTun gave an opening speech and Japanese Ambassa-dor to the Union of Myanmar Mr Yasuaki Nogawaspoke on the occasion.

President of economic cooperation committeeof Myanmar-Japan Chambers of Commerce and In-dustry and President of the UMFCCI U Win Myintand President of economic cooperation committee ofJapan-Myanmar Chambers of Commerce and Indus-try Mr Sumitaka Fujita extended greetings.

7th joint-meeting of economic cooperationcommittees of UMFCCI and JCCI held

Next, Vice-President of the committee U ZawMin Win presided over the meeting and Mr. SumitakaFujita co-chaired the meeting.

The two sides held discussion about econo-

mies of Myanmar and Japan, further cooperationbetween the UMFCCI and JCCI which was followedby remarks of the chairman and co-chairman of themeeting.—MNA

Mohnyin is one of

the four districts in

Kachin State. It is the

southern district. Being

a district town, it has a

large hospital.

As the State is

striving to fulfil the needs

in health, education and

transportation, Mohnyin

District also owns these

facilities. Mohnyin Dis-

trict Hospital has been

extended to the 100-bed

one by adding 50 beds.

Myanma Alin

news crew had a chance

to observe the district

hospital and to interview

District Medical Officer

Dr Daw Nwe Nwe Win

and physicians on its visit

to Kachin State to write

articles about the re-

gional developments.

"The district hos-

pital was upgraded to

100-bed hospital from

50-bed one in 9 Febru-

ary 2005.And the State

opened the two-storey

broad crest type build-

ing in 1993. There are

eight specialists, 10 as-

sistant surgeons, 76

Mohnyin Hospital at the service of localsArticle: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)

Joint-meeting of UMFCCI and Japan

Chambers of Commerce and Industry in

progress.—MNA

Dr Daw Nwe NweWin

District MedicalOfficer,

Mohnyin.

OG Dr Aye Aye Han. Dr Daw San SanMyint

Child Specialist.

Mohnyin Hospital.

ment Council holds cer-

emony to donate funds to

buy medicine every year

after Thingyan and now

township PDC has set up

K 15 million fund. So we

can now provide the

medicines worth K 0.15

m per month to the pa-

tients from K 2 million

interests."

Child specialist

Dr Daw San San Myint

explained, "The most

harmful diseases to in-

fants of the region are

hepatitis B, diarrhea and

brain malaria. Preventive

measures are being

taken."

"In our hospital,

there are more pregnant

patients who delivered

babies by Caesarean

section and pregnant pa-

tients from Indawgyi re-

gion and Mawlu of

Sagaing Division also

come to the hospital", OG

Dr Daw Aye Aye Han

nurses in the hospital tak-

ing care of the health of

the locals", said Dr Daw

Nwe Nwe Win.

She added, "Town-

ship Peace and Develop-

explained.

There are paediat-

rics specialists, sur-

geons, OGs, general

practitioners, anaesthet-

ists and orthopaedics in

Mohnyin District Hos-

pital. Facilities such as

medicines and ultra-

sound equipments are

avaliable in the hospi-

tal.

So, the State has

upgraded Mohnyin hos-

pital to become a reli-

able facility for locals.

*****

Translation: HKA

Myanma Alin: 30-10-09

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Photo shows extended 200-bed hospital of Pyapon.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe greets trainees of Basic Domestic Science Special Course No. 2organized by PBANRDA Ministry at Thiri Annawa Hall in Pyapon.—MNA

Government has built necessaryinfrastructural buildings …

(from page 1)officials from SPDCOffice, left Yangon byhelicopter and arrived atBogale Township inPyapon District,Ayeyawady Division, at8.55 am.

Senior GeneralThan Shwe and entouragewere welcomed there byMinister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung, Ministerfor Construction Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint andofficials.

On arrival at BogaleTownship Maternal andChild WelfareAssociation, the SeniorGeneral received awelcome from servicepersonnel, members of

social organizations andtownselders.

Commander Maj-Gen Kyaw Swe reportedon progress inrehabilitation tasks andagricultural farming inBogale Township.

Minister Brig-GenThein Aung, in charge ofBogale Townshiprehabilitation tasksreported on progress inreconstructing storm-ravaged hospitals, healthcare centres, schools andreligious buildings in thetownship, rural housing in

storm-hit areas,construction of the townhall and a gymnasium,progress in building a 16-bed hospital and acommunication centre ofthe Ministry ofCommunications, Postsand Telegraphs in SetHsan Village, watersupply programmes inurban wards and villages,assistance for agriculturalfarming and fishing,outputs of agriculturalproduce and marineproducts, building ofcyclone shelters, ongoingroad and bridge projects,and regeneration ofmangrove forests.

The chairmen ofHtoo Trading Co and

M a u b i n - Y a y l e g a l e -Shwetaunghmaw-Kyaukpi-Mawla-myinegyun; Mawla-myinegyun-Hlinephone-T h i t p o k - K w i n p a u k -Pyinsalu; Labutta-Thingangyi-Pyinsalu;Labutta-Thongwa-Oak-twin-Hteiksun; Bogale-Kyeinchaung-Kadonkani;Bogale-Set Hsan-

Htawpaing-Amar; Pyapon-Kyongadun-Daw Nyein-Ahmar; and Kyongadun-SetHsan, and ongoing bridgeon road projects.

The Head of Stateasked about bridges to beconstructed on respectiveroads and completedbridges, and gaveguidance, observing the

map of road and bridgeprojects.

The Senior Generalalso gave guidance,calling for rapiddevelopment ofagricultural and fishingfarms for improving theliving conditions of localpeople, systematicrehabilitation of storm-hitvillages, establishment ofplantations of wind-breaking trees, soonercompletion of raisedground and completion ofother rehabilitation taskson schedule.

The Senior Generalinspected progress ofBogale by car.

He inspected byhelicopter the roads,thriving fields of paddyand other crops, andmangrove foressts in SetHsan, Kyeinchaung,Kadon Kani and Ahmarvillages.

(See page 9)

Cyclone Shelter in Daminseik village of Pyapon Township.—MNA

Diamond Mercury Coreported on construction ofcyclone shelters and raisedground and digging a lakefor freshwater.

Minister Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint reportedon progress in constructionof bridges and roads on eightroads of Ayeyawady DeltaRoad Network Project:

Cyclone shelters aredesigned to be used asschools in normal times, andin times of natural disasters,they can be used as shelters.

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(from page 8)Upon arrival at

Daminseik Village inPyapon Township, theSenior General and partywere welcomed byMinister for Hotels andTourism Maj-Gen SoeNaing, Deputy Ministerfor Construction Brig-GenMyint Thein, members ofsocial organization andvillage elders fromDaminseik Village andnearby villages.

At the cycloneshelter in DaminseikVillage, Minister Maj-Gen Soe Naing reportedon location, populationand transportation ofDaminseik Village, thesite chosen for building acyclone shelter andprogress in buildingcyclone shelters.

Chairman of theCommittee forRehabilitating Towns and

Government hasbuilt necessaryinfrastructuralbuildings …

Senior General Than Shwe greets members of social organizations, and local people of Thameinhtaw, Gontan,Tinpulwe, Theingon, Kani and Daminseik villages in Pyapon Township.—MNA

shelters are being built:one in Letkhokkon inYangon Division, eight inPyapon District, four inPathein and seven inLabutta. The cycloneshelters are designed to beused as schools in normaltimes, and in times ofnatural disasters, they canbe used as shelters.

The construction oftwo-storey 500-capacity

members of socialorganizations and localpeople fromThameinhtaw, Kondan,Tinpahlwe, Theingon,Kani, and Daminseikvillages. They proceededby helicopter and arrivedat Pyapon at 1 pm.

They werewelcomed there by thechairman of PyaponDistrict PDC and

farms, and inter-villageroads. Commander Maj-Gen Kyaw Swe gave asupplementary report.

The chairman ofDagon International CoLtd reported on thedonation of a 200-bedhospital in Pyapon.

The SeniorGeneral gave guidance,saying that the entirepeople lent their helping

Labutta Township hasbeen upgraded into adistrict level.

Next, the SeniorGeneral Than Shwe calledfor providing assistanceto building village andinter-village roads andcreek-spanning bridges.

He inspected theunits around the 200-bedhospital underconstruction.

conducted at ThiriAnnawa Hall in Pyaponby the Ministry ofProgress of Border Areasand National Races andDevelopment Affairs. Hecordially greeted thetrainees of special courseNo (2) for cottageindustries and viewed theworks of the trainees andpedagogical aids.

The Senior Generalalso cordially greeted thetrainees of carpentry,mason and steel fixingcourse No (2).

In his guidance, theSenior General said thatthe purpose of the coursesis to generate familyincomes with theemergence of techniciansin the region, and to scaleup the development of theregion with local workforces engaging inconstruction projects inthe region. He called forhard work to apply theknowledge andexperiences gained in thecourses.

Senior GeneralThan Shwe and entourageleft Pyapon by helicopterand arrived at Yangon at4.10 pm.

MNA

Villages Deputy MinisterBrig-Gen Myint Theinreported on constructionof 20 cyclone shelters inYangon and Ayeyawadydivisions and workprogress; and thechairman of YuzanaConstruction, on progressin building cycloneshelters in DeminseikVillage.

The Senior Generalcalled for completion ofcyclone shelters by March.

Now, 20 cyclone

cyclone shelter inDaminseik village hasbeen completed by nearlycent per cent so far.

Next, the SeniorGeneral inspected nearbyvillage and raised ground.He viewed the cycloneshelter where studentsfrom Kani Villageaffiliated Basic EducationHigh School werestudying, and cordiallygreeted them.

The Senior Generalalso cordially greeted

members, departmentalofficials and townselders.

They inspectedprogress of Pyapon, andPyapon Bridge in amotorcade.

On arrival at the200-bed hospital inPyapon, the SeniorGeneral heard a report byMinister Maj-Gen SoeNaing, on work progressfor rehabilitating thestorm-hit areas in Pyapon,Kyaiklat and Dedayetownships, agricultural

hands to local people ofAyeyawady Division hithard by the storm; andthat the State recordedtheir humanitarianassistance.

He said that thegovernment has builtnecessary infrastructuralbuildings includingtransport ones in order thatrescue and relief tasks canbe launched in time if thereis a natural disaster; andthat in order to carry outrescue tasks effectively,

He visited car-pentry, mason and steelfixing course No (2)

Senior General Than Shwe greets students of Kani village BEHS (Branch) at Daminseik village Cyclone Shelterin Pyapon Township.—MNA

20 cyclone sheltersare being built: one inLetkhokkon in YangonDivision, eight inPyapon District, fourin Pathein and sevenin Labutta.

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(from page 16)Lt-Gen Ohn Myint of the Ministry of Defence

presented prizes to the winners in men’s classical/modern song singing contest at each level.

Chairman of Leading Committee for Organizingthe Competitions Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Com-mand Maj-Gen Wai Lwin presented prizes to the win-ners in women’s classical/modern song singing contestat each level.

Chairman of Work Committee Minister for Cul-ture Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint and Minister for Coop-eratives Maj-Gen Tin Htut presented prizes to the win-ners in dancing contest and narrative contest (kwatseik).

Next, Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo presented prizes to the winners in marionettedrama contest at amateur level (first class), Illisa Dvicittadrama contest, marionette contest, “Thakaung Yadana”drama contest at amateur level (first class) and “UggasanaJataka” drama contest at amateur level (first class).

Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint pre-sented prizes to the winners in song composing contest.Minister for Home Affairs Maj-Gen Maung Oo, Ministerfor Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Maj-GenMaung Maung Swe, Minister for Sports Brig-Gen ThuraAye Myint, Minister for Information Brig-Gen KyawHsan, Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyein, Ministerfor Rail Transportation Maj-Gen Aung Min, Chief-Jus-tice U Aung Toe, Auditor-General Maj-Gen Lun Maung,Attorney-General U Aye Maung, Brig-Gen Than Soe andMaj-Gen Maung Maung Ohn of the Ministry of Defence,Deputy Minister for Hotels and Tourism Brig-Gen AyeMyint Kyu, Deputy Minister for Transport Col Nyan TunAung and Deputy Minister for National Planning andEconomic Development Col Thurein Zaw presentedprizes to the winners who participated in harp, xylophone,piano, guitar and mandolin contests.

Deputy Minister for Rail Transportation Thura UThaung Lwin presented first, second and third prizes foramateur level (first class) men’s Donmin contest, ama-teur level (second class) men’s Donmin and highereducation level men’s Donmin contest to the winners.

Deputy Minister for Progress of Border Areasand National Races and Development Affairs Col TinNgwe presented first, second and third prizes to thewinners in musical instrument contest at men’s Donmincontest at basic education level (aged between 15 and20), basic education level (aged between 10 and 15) andbasic education level (aged between 5 and 10), and atwomen’s Donmin contest at amateur level (first class)and amateur level (second class).

Deputy Minister for Industry-2 Lt-Col KhinMaung Kyaw presented first, second and third prizes tothe winners in musical instrument contest at women’sDonmin contest at higher education level, basic educa-tion level (aged between 15 and 20), basic educationlevel (aged between 10 and 15), basic education level

Secretary-1 addresses prize… (aged between 5 and 10).Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue Col

Hla Thein Swe presented first, second and third prizes towinners in musical instrument contest at oboe contest atamateur level (first class), amateur level (second class),higher education level, basic education level (agedbetween 15 and 20), basic education level (aged be-tween 10 and 15) and basic education level (agedbetween 5 and 10).

Deputy Minister for Science and Technology UKyaw Soe presented first, second and third prizes towinners in amateur level (first class) men’s violin con-test, amateur level (second class) men’s violin contestand higher education level men’s violin contest.

Deputy Minister for Construction Brig-Gen MyintThein presented first, second and third prizes to winnersin basic education level (aged 15-20) men’s violincontest, basic education level (aged 10-15) boys’ violincontest and basic education level (aged 5-10) boys’violin contest.

Deputy Minister for Labour Brig-Gen Tin TunAung presented first, second and third prizes to winnersin amateur level (first class) women’s violin contest,amateur level (second class) women’s violin contest,higher education level women’s violin contest, basiceducation level (aged 15-20) women’s violin contest,basic education level (aged 10-15) girls’ violin contestand basic education level (aged 5-10) girls’ violin contest.

Deputy Minister for Immigration and Popula-tion Brig-Gen Win Sein presented first, second and thirdprizes to winners in amateur level (first class) men’sorchestral contest (single), amateur level (second class)men’s orchestral contest (single), higher education level

men’s orchestral contest (single) and basic educationlevel (aged 15-20) men’s orchestral contest (single).

Deputy Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen AungTun presented first, second and third prizes to winnersin basic education level (aged 10-15) boys’ orchestralcontest (single), basic education level (aged 5-10) boys’orchestral contest (single), amateur level (first class)women’s orchestral contest (single) and amateur level(second class) women’s orchestral contest (single).

Deputy Attorney-General U Tun Tun Oo pre-sented first, second and third prizes to winners in highereducation level women’s orchestral contest (single),basic education level (aged 15-20) women’s orchestralcontest (single), basic education level (aged 10-15)girls’ orchestral contest (single) and basic educationlevel (aged 5-10) girls’ orchestral contest (single).

Member of Civil Service Selection and TrainingBoard U Hla Myint Oo presented first, second and thirdprizes to winners in amateur level (first class) men’sorchestral troupe contest, amateur level (second class)men’s orchestral troupe contest, higher education levelmen’s orchestral troupe contest, basic education level(aged 15-20) men’s orchestral troupe contest, basiceducation level (aged 10-15) boys’ orchestral troupecontest and basic education level (aged 5-10) boys’orchestral troupe contest.

Member of Civil Service Selection and TrainingBoard U Kyaw Aung presented first, second and thirdprizes to winners in amateur level (first class) women’sorchestral troupe contest, amateur level (second class)women’s orchestral troupe contest, higher educationlevel women’s orchestral troupe contest, basic educa-tion level (aged 15-20) women’s orchestral troupe con-test, basic education level (aged 10-15) girls’ orchestraltroupe contest and basic education level (aged 5-10)girls’ orchestral troupe contest.

Member of Civil Service Selection and TrainingBoard U Aung Myint presented first, second and thirdprizes to winners in amateur level (first class) men’s Ozicontest, amateur level (second class) men’s Ozi contest,higher education level men’s Ozi troupe contest andbasic education level (aged 15-20) men’s Ozi contest.

Member of Civil Service Selection and TrainingBoard U Soe Oo presented first, second and third prizesto winners in amateur level (first class) men’s Dobatcontest, amateur level (second class) men’s Dobat con-test, higher education level men’s Dobat contest andbasic education level (aged 15-20) men’s Dobat contest.

The ceremony concluded after the performanceof the first prize winner in higher education level men’smandolin contest. —MNA

Deputy Minister for Commerce Brig-GenAung Tun presents prize to first prize winnerMaung Thura Htet Naing in men's orchestral

contest (single).—MNA

Member of CSSTB U Kyaw Aung presentsfirst prize to Paukkyawma and troupe ofYangon Division in women's orchestral

contest (First Class).—MNA

YANGON, 2 Nov—Myanmar Overseas SeafarersAssociation and Maritime Education & Team jointlyorganized an educative talk at Yuzana Hotel in BahanTownship this morning, with an address by SecretaryU Soe Min Aung of the association.

Dr Tun Lwin, Director (Rtd) of the Hydrologyand Meteorology Department gave talks on meteorol-ogy, Captain Pe Than Maung on H,S,E,S and DonalAung on sailor and replied to the queries raised bythose present.

Next, responsible persons presented gifts tothem and certificates of honour to those who contrib-uted cash to the association.

It was attended by departmental personnel,member sailors of MOSA, youths interested in naviga-tion, guests and observers.—MNA

Secretary U Soe Min Aung of MOSA givesa speech at the education talk organized byMOSA and Maritime Education & Team.

MNA

MOSA organizes talks

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Lt-Gen Tha Aye inspects regional developmentworks in Mandalay, Magway divisions

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Nov —Lt-Gen Tha Aye of theMinistry of Defence, to-gether with Chairman ofMandalay Division Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen TinNgwe and officials, in-spected scattering of fertil-izers at the monsoon paddyplantation in Theegon Vil-lage, Meiktila Township,

Mandalay Division, andmet with the villagers on30 October.

Next, Lt-Gen Tha Ayeinspected Meiktila-Kyaukpadaung road sec-tion, paddy and crops plan-tations and the monsoonpaddy plantation in KaingVillage in KyaukpadaungTownship, Meiktila-Kyaukpadaung roadworksand monsoon pigeon peas

plantation in IndawVillage.

After inspecting con-dition of Kyaukpadaung-NyaungU road section,Lt-Gen Tha Aye went toNyaungU where he waswelcomed by MagwayDivision PDC ChairmanCol Phone Maw Shweand officials. They thenviewed the monsoonpaddy plantation in

Thukaungte village inNyaungU Township, metthe local farmers and ful-filled the requirements.

On arrival atLatpanche village, Lt-GenTha Aye was welcomedby Sagaing Division PDCChairman North-WestCommand CommanderMaj-Gen Myint Soe andparty. At the briefing hallof Ayeyawady Bridge

(Pakokku) constructionproject, the superintend-ing engineer reported onthe axis for the bridge andconstruction work. Lt-Gen Tha Aye stressed theneeds for meeting setstandards and inspectedthe project site.

Afterwards, Lt-GenTha Aye inspectedMyakantha Garden andthe monsoon paddy plan-tations in Pakokku Town-ship. Officials concernedreported on supply of wa-ter. Lt-Gen Tha Aye gavenecessary instructions andmet with the local farm-ers. He met military offic-ers and other ranks andtheir families at the hall ofthe local battalion andpresented gifts to them.On 31 October morning,Lt-Gen Tha Aye inspectedthe water tank in Ward-15in Pakokku and construc-tion of the three-storeymain building of the Uni-versity of Computer Stud-ies (Pakokku).

On arrival at the sta-tion of the University ofComputer Studies onPwintphyu-Pakokku road

section, Lt-Gen Tha Ayeheard reports on projecttasks and gave instruc-tions. He also inspectedconstruction of stationsalong University of Com-puter Studies-Begyi-Myitche-Kyunchaungstation railway and har-vesting of monsoonpaddy in Pauktaw village,supply of irrigation waterand Pathein-Monywaroad section.

Afterwards, Lt-GenTha Aye visited the do-mestic training school inMyaing and presentedgifts to the trainees. Hethen inspected monsoonpaddy fields, land recla-mation and Watkhoat Vil-lage rural health centre inYesagyo Township andmet the local people.

Later, he inspectedTaungyama bridge, mon-soon paddy fields inSalingyi Township,Ngwechi (6) long staplecotton plantation inNgwetha village, TextileFactory (Salingyi),Salingyi-Monywa roadsection and MyaukyamaBridge. — MNA

Lt-Gen Tha Aye of the Ministry of Defence inspects the chosen site for construction ofAyeyawady Bridge (Pakokku).—MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Thaung Aye, Minister for Rail Transportation Maj-Gen Aung Mininspect earth works near Kyaukseik village in Ponnagyun Township.—MNA

Commander, Minister inspect Minbu-An-Sittway railroad construction project

NAY PYI TAW, 2Nov—Chairman ofRakhine State Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of WesternCommand Maj-GenThaung Aye, Minister forTransport Maj-Gen TheinSwe and Minister for RailTransportation Maj-GenAung Min, yesterday in-spected maintenance ofrailroad and stationsbetween Pyi Taw Thastation and Yechanpyinstation in Sittway.

At the briefing hallof the Minbu-An-

Sittway railroadconstruction project, thecommander and the min-isters heard reports onongoing and future taskspresented by the projectmanager.

Next, the commanderand the ministers in-spected the chosen sitefor construction ofKuntaung station nearKuntaung village inPonnagyun Townshipand, station and staffquarter of Ponnnagyunstation.

Next, the commander

and the ministers in-spected earth works nearKyaukseik village in thetownship and met with

townselders of village tofulfill the requirements ofthe village.

Upon completion of

the railroad, everywherein the country will be ac-cessible via Sittway-An-Minbu railroad.—MNA

EU urges use of black-boxes for motorists Europe probe tracks global warmingimpact on waterBEIJING, 2 Nov—The

European Commission islooking in to the efficacyof fitting black-boxrecorders into motorists’cars.

The study, entitledProject Veronica, islooking at whetherinstalling Event DataRecorders into cars wouldbe useful to authoritiesand companies such as

insurance firms indetermining what exactlyoccurs in the momentsleading up to and themoments immediatelyfollowing road trafficaccidents. The EDRswould be capable oftracking a driver’s everymove and this has madethe project unpopularwith civil rights groups.Although information

gathered by the EDRsuch as when brakes areapplied, when the horn isused and when theindicators were turned oncould all be useful indetermining who is atfault during a crash,some say that thetechnology could be usedto keep a constant eye ona drivers every move.

Internet

PARIS, 2 Nov—TheEuropean Space Agencyon Monday launched awater tracking satellite thatwill help give fasterpredictions of floods andother extreme weatherincidents caused by globalwarming.

The 315 million euro(460 million dollar) SoilMoisture and Ocean

Salinity (SMOS) wascarried into space on aRussian Rockot launcherfrom the Plesetskcosmodrome in northernRussia.

The ESA said it is noworbiting 760 kilometers(470 miles) above Earthfrom where it will gaugethe impact of climatechange on the movement

of water across land, airand sea. By providingprecise measures of soilmoisture and ocean surfacesalt levels, SMOS will fillimportant gaps in scientificknowledge about the watercycle and helpmeteorologists make moreaccurate forecasts in near-real time, say experts.

Internet

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SIRI BHUM VOY NO (SRB-344)Consignees of cargo carried on MV SIRI BHUM

VOY NO (SRB-344) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 3.11.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.P 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 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 REGIONAL CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (477)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAPVOY NO (477) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 3.11.2009 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.




AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SINAR BIMA VOY NO (SNBM-044)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SINAR BIMAVOY NO (SNBM-044) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 4.11.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S SAMUDERA SHIPPINGLINE LTD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Peru seizes about 130 kg cocaine LIMA, 2 Nov—The Peruvian authorities seized a

total of 129.94kg basic cocaine paste in the Apurimacand Ene Rivers Valley (VRAE), Peru’s top coca-pro-ducing valley, a police chief said on Sunday.

In a raid on drug traffickers on Saturday, policeseized 121.24kg of drugs in a van in the Pichari dis-trict in the Cusco Region and detained the driver andhis companion, Colonel of the National Police HectorSilva said. Meanwhile, in Huanta city, Ayacucho prov-ince, a women with 8.7 kg of cocaine hydrochloratewas detained when she was boarding a passenger ve-hicle. The VRAE is an area where the four provincesof Ayacucho, Apurimac, Cusco and Junin abut. It isone of the zones with the highest yield of illegal cocaleaves in the country.—Xinhua

Saudi police discover al-Qaedaweapons cache

Increase in British wildlife crime

Gainesvillepublic names

zoo’s babyotters

GAINESVILLE, 2 Nov—Florida zoo officials saidthey picked names for 6-month-old twin brother-and-sister otter pups fromabout 1,000 names solic-ited from the public.

The Asian small-clawedotter babies, born April30, could not be nameduntil officials at the SantaFe College Teaching Zooin Gainesville, Fla, coulddetermine the otters’ sex,the Gainesville Sun re-ported.

The zoo rejected namessuch as “Oliver andOlivia” and “Scratch andSniff” that would have re-quired the pair to be kepttogether in order to work,John Miot, the zoo’s as-sistant director said.

Because the zoo is partof a national-level asso-ciation, the brother andsister might not always bein the same locations,Miot said.—Internet

RIYADH, 2 Nov— Saudiauthorities have discov-ered large quantities ofweapons in the capitalRiyadh belonging to al-Qaeda terror network, anInterior Ministry spokes-man said on Sunday.

The official SaudiPress Agency quoted MajGen Mansour al-Turki assaying the discovery in-cluded 281 assault riflesand 51 ammunitionboxes.

Al-Turki said policelearned about the cacheafter investigating a groupof al-Qaeda suspects ar-

rested in August.He said the weapons

were found buried in avacant house in the capi-tal.

He said police aresearching for the ownersof the house whom theysuspects of having linkswith al-Qaeda.

The al-Qaeda terrorgroup, whose leaderOsama bin Laden is aSaudi, has called for at-tacks on the kingdom’s oilfacilities as a means ofcrippling both the king-dom’s economy and thehurting the West.

Saudi Arabia is thebirthplace of bin Ladenand home to 15 of the 19Sept 11 hijackers.

The government haspursued an aggressivecampaign against mili-tants since May 2003,when they first began at-tacks in the kingdom.

On 19 Aug Saudi au-thorities announced thearrested of 44 suspectedmilitants with al-Qaedalinks in a yearlong sweepthat also uncovered doz-ens of weapons and elec-tronic circuits for bombs.

Internet

LONDON, 2 Nov—Crimes against wildlife inBritain have increasedmore than two-fold sincelast year, pushing one spe-cies to the brink of extinc-tion, authorities say.

Examples of cruelty towildlife include badgerbaiting, deer poaching,bird trapping, egg theft,general habitat destructionand hare coursing — us-ing dogs to chase hares by

sight not scent, which isgenerally considered sport— The Sunday Telegraphreported. The hen harrier,a bird of prey, has beenhunted on grouse moors tothe point of extinction.

National WildlifeCrime Unit Detective In-spector Brian Stuart saidthe motive for such crimesappears to be money.

“We are seeking to usewider policing powers,

such as the Proceeds ofCrime Act, to target crimi-nals where it hurts themmost — in their pocket,”he said.

The Wildlife Trusts andother conservationists ac-cuse police of inconsistentenforcement tactics, giv-ing offenders a sense theywill not be prosecuted, theTelegraph said.—Internet

Indonesia ranks 2nd mostconfident country in Q3

JAKARTA, 2 Nov—Indonesia ranked as the secondmost confident country in the world in terms of eco-nomic growth in the third quarter, a survey showed onMonday. The AC Nielsen Company Indonesia, a lead-ing survey company, said that Indonesia ranked secondafter India in the survey conducted on 28 Sept to 16Oct, followed by Norway in the third place while thelowest position was occupied by Latvia and Japan.

The Nielsen’s Global Consumer Index examinedconsumer’s confidence, main concern and spendingby more than 30,500 Internet users in 54 countries.

“Meanwhile, consumer’s confidence in Indonesiaheavily depends on inflation. When we have high in-flation, consumers tend to react by showing decreas-ing level of consumer’s confidence,” said CatherineEddy, the company’s executive director for consumerresearch. —Xinhua

Shanghai set to build DisneylandHONG KONG, 2 Nov– The Chinese government could

give the green light this week for a multi-billion dol-lar Disney theme park in Shanghai, a report said onMonday.

Quoting an unnamed government official with di-rect knowledge of the project, the South China Morn-ing Post said the 3.6 billion dollar amusement parkhad been approved.

Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng told media on Sundaythat there would be an announcement later this week,but he declined to confirm whether the plan had re-ceived final approval, the report said.—Internet

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“Slumdog Millionaire” child actors Rubina Ali (centre) and AzharuddinIsmail (2nd from right) wait in a classroom during a function in Mumbai in

February 2009. Two child stars from the Oscar-winning film “SlumdogMillionaire” may lose their monthly allowance unless they improve their

school attendance, a report said on Monday.—INTERNET

Scientists calls for sustained researchon Malaria

NAIROBI, 2 Nov—World’s largest malariaconference kicked off inNairobi late Sunday witha call for substantial andsustained support for re-search to guide evidence-based policies and the de-velopment of new malariatools, which togethercould save countless lives.

The fifth MultilateralInitiative on Malaria(MIM) Pan-African Con-ference brings together2,000 researchers, healthworkers, public health of-ficials, policymakers andactivists from across Af-

rica and around the world.“The theme of this

year’s conference is‘Building Knowledge forAction’, but the key ques-tion for malaria is ‘whichknowledge for which ac-tion?” said Dr Adrian JFLuty, Senior Researcher atRadboud UniversityNijmegen Medical Center,the Netherlands, and Chairof the MIM conferenceScientific Committee.

“If we as a global com-munity are to be ready toachieve eradication, wemust invest in the sciencethat can guide these efforts

and provide the tools andmethods that will makesuccess possible.”

The first MIM confer-ence to be held in fouryears, it will highlight thelatest research in malariaprevention and treatment.

Although preventableand treatable, malaria con-tinues to be one of theworld’s most deadly andpersistent diseases. Up to90 percent of all malariadeaths occur in Africa, and85 percent of these deathsare among children underthe age of five.

Xinhua

Some mushrooms cancontain heavy metals

Bird flu reoccurs in northern provinceof Vietnam

HANOI, 2 Nov— Bird flu has re-emerged in the northern province Dien Bienof Vietnam, according to a report of the Animal Health Department under Viet-nam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Monday.

The bird flu broke out in nine local farms from 21 to 23 Oct, killing hundredsof poultry, said the report.

Poultry samples tested by provincial animal health agency showed positive forthe H5N1 virus, said the report. Local animal health authorities have been imple-menting measures to curb the spread of the bird flu virus to nearby areas, includ-ing the culling of over 2,200 remaining poultry, said the department.

Dien Bien currently is the only province of Vietnam being re-hit by the avianflu after the province was confirmed of being free of the H5N1 virus for severalmonths this year.

Vietnam has reported five human infection cases of bird flu so far this year,and four of them died.—Xinhua

Afghan gov’t shuts down schools tocheck A/H1N1 outbreak

KABUL, 2 Nov—As a precautionary measure to check the possible rapid out-break of the A/H1N1 virus in the war-torn Afghanistan, the Education Ministryof the country has shut down schools for three weeks, local media reported onMonday.

“All the public and private schools will be closed down for three weeks begin-ning from Monday and this is a precautionary measure to check the outbreak ofA/H1N1 in the country,” daily Rah-e-Nejat quoted a statement of the ministry assaying.

Xinhua’s scribe contacted a government girl school Totia in Kabul authoritiesinside confirmed the instruction, saying the students are on three-week leave ef-fective from Monday.

More than 300 people, according to media reports, have been affected bythe disease and the epidemic has claimed the life of at least one person over thepast couple of weeks.—Xinhua

Salt, diet drinks mayreduce kidney use

BOSTON, 2 Nov—People who eat a diet high in saltor artificially sweetened drinks have an increased riskof kidney function decline, US researchers said.

Dr Julie Lin and Dr Gary Curhan of Brigham andWomen’s Hospital studied more than 3,000 womenparticipating in the Nurses’ Health Study during an 11-year period to identify the impact of sodium and sweet-ened drinks on kidney function.“There are currently lim-ited data on the role of diet in kidney disease,” Lin saidin a statement. “While more study is needed, our re-search suggests that higher sodium and artificiallysweetened soda intake are associated with greater rateof decline in kidney function.”—Internet

Australian health chief warnsof hepatitis link to tomatoes

CIUDAD REAL, 2 Nov—The amount of heavy met-als in 12 species of mush-rooms varies depending onthe type of mushroom, re-searchers in Spain found.

Researchers at the Uni-versity of Castilla-LaMancha analyzed the pres-ence of heavy metals in 12species of mushroom col-lected from non-contami-nated natural areas. Thestudy, published in thejournal Biometals, foundthe largest quantities oflead and neodymium arefound in chanterelles.

“The aim was to findout if there is a connectionbetween the concentra-tions of specific heavymetals detected in themushrooms, based onthree factors: the type ofsubstrate, the study areaand the species of mush-room,” principal authorJuan Antonio Campos said

in a statement. “The thirdwas the determining fac-tor.” The researchersanalyzed the presence oflead, neodymium, thoriumand uranium in a hundredsamples of 12 differentspecies of common mush-room, both edible and non-edible, collected from non-contaminated zones in theCiudad Real province.

Internet

Maria Jose MartinezSanchez (C,R) andcompatriot Nuria

Llagostera Vives ofSpain hold up their

champion trophies witha band of Spanish fansafter winning over CaraBlack of Zimbabwe andLiezel Huber of the USduring the final matchof women’s doubles at

the WTA TourChampionships in

Doha, Qatar, on 1 Nov,2009.—XINHUA

CANBERRA, 2 Nov—Health authorities in theAustralian state of Victo-ria have renewed theirwarnings over links be-tween semi-dried toma-toes and an outbreak ofhepatitis A.

Victoria’s chief healthofficer Dr John Carnie onMonday said that so farthis year there had been200 notifications of hepa-

titis A, compared to 74 atthe same time last yearwith a further 23 cases ofthe infectious disease di-agnosed in the past week.

A study into the in-crease of cases indicatesthat more than two thirdsof people that have be-come ill recalled eatingsemi-dried tomatoes, henoted. “Because the incu-bation period for hepati-tis A could be as long astwo months, trying to getpeople who fell ill to ac-curately pin down whatand where they actuallyate this product can be dif-ficult,” Carnie told report-ers. “We still are unclearas to why there has beena recent spike in cases inVictoria.

“However, we are con-tinuing to work with themanufacturers and suppli-ers of semi-dried toma-toes to try and identify thesource.”—Xinhua

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ROME, 2 Nov—Inter Mi-lan continued their inexora-ble march towards a fifthstraight Italian Serie A titlewith a 2-0 victory away tolowly Livorno on Sunday.

There may only be 11games gone in the cham-pionship but Inter have al-ready opened up a seven-point lead over second-placed Juventus after theTurin giants were beaten3-2 at home to Napoli onSaturday.

Sampdoria also failedto keep pace with Inter asthey were held to a 0-0draw at home to newly-promoted Bari on Sunday,leaving them third on goaldifference behind Juve.

Internet

DOHA, 2 Nov—SerenaWilliams put a perfect end toher year as the Americanstormed to a 6-2, 7-6 win overbig sister Venus in the finalof the WTA Championshipson Sunday.

Serena, world numbertwo behind Russian DinaraSafina, will bag the top po-sition. She will also pocketthe maximum 1.5 millionUS dollars jackpot after shewon all of her round-robinmatches on her way toclaiming the season-endingshowpiece for the first timesince her debut in 2001.

Xinhua

HAVANA, 2 Nov—Cuban chess player LeinierDominguezon Sunday climbed to the 21st in the worldrankings to become the top player in the Americas.

Dominguez collected a total of 2,719 Elo (systemto measure players abilities) points.

The Cuban Great Master, who in the last twomonths has not played, regains the leadership of theAmericas after going up one place compared with hisrankings in September 2009.

Dominguez has replaced US player HikaruNakamura, who now is ranked 25th in the world with2,713 Elo points, as the Americas top player.

Bulgarian player Veselin Topalov leads the worldrankings with 2,810 Elo points, and NorwegianMagnus Carlsen jumped from 4th to the 2nd, havingnow 2,801 points.

Cuba is 19th in the rankings by countries and re-gions with an average of 2,585 points.

Russia tops the standings with 2,726 points, fol-lowed by Ukraine with 2,694 points and Israel with2,648 points.—Xinhua

SINGAPORE, 2 Nov—Ian Poulter heads toShanghai this week for theWGC-HSBC Championsand warned his weekendvictory in Singapore wasjust the start.

The flamboyant Eng-lishman took six weeksoff before the SingaporeOpen to recharge his bat-teries ahead of a seventournament run to the endof his season.

He said the breakworked wonders and heplanned to build on thesuccess. Next stop is Chinawhere he will come upagainst all of Europe’s bestplayers as well as theworld’s top two, TigerWoods and Phil Mickel-son, before playing theHong Kong Open a weeklater.–Internet

BIRMINGHAM, 2 Nov—Shay Given was Man-chester City’s hero as thegoalkeeper produced sev-eral fine saves to earnMark Hughes’s men apoint in their goalless Pre-mier League draw awayto Birmingham City.

Sunday’s stalematehere at St Andrews wasenlivened by an impres-sive display from Repub-lic of Ireland internationalGiven, including a pen-alty save from Scotland’sJames McFadden.

Manchester City’sfourth straight draw wasgood enough to take thevisitors into fourth placein the table.—Internet

PARIS, 2 Nov—ParisSaint-Germain put theirswine flu woes behindthem and recorded theirfirst victory since the endof August by winning 4-1at Sochaux in the Frenchtop flight on Sunday.

Jeremy Clement wasone of the players to havecontracted the virus thatprompted the last-minutepostponement of PSG’smatch at Marseille lastweekend but he struck theopening goal beforeClement Chantomenotched the second.

Mevlut Erding claimedthe third on his return tohis former club and PeguyLuyindula was also on tar-get as PSG climbed aboveSochaux into 10th placewhile retaining a game inhand.—Internet

BASEL, 2 Nov— RogerFederer returns after sixweeks off resting and eas-ing into his new role as afather of twin girls whenhe headlines at his homeevent, the Swiss Indoors,starting on Monday.

The world number oneopted out of the recentATP Asian sojourn after agruelling mid-season,where he re-establishedATP superiority with titlesat Paris and Wimbledonplus a US Open final ap-pearance.

The St Jakobshalle willmiss out on a possible re-run of the US Open final,after ailing New York win-ner Juan Martin Del Potrowithdrew with a lingeringwrist injury.

The Argentine has notbeen the same player sincehe beat Federer for the tro-phy in September but theTour continues apace,with Basel, the Paris Mas-ters and the year-endWorld Tour Finals in Lon-don from November 22 tocome as the 2009 cam-paign draws to a close.

Federer’s record 15Grand Slam titles will befeted in suitablly high-

Inter march on asSampdoria stumble

FC Inter’s Maicon

Douglas of Brazil

celebrates after scoring

against Livorno during

their serie A football

match at Armando

Picchi stadium in

Leghorn. Inter won

2-0.—INTERNET

Family man Federerreturns to headline

at home

Roger Federer

INTERNET

class style on Monday’sopening day, with a cer-emony featuring a per-formance by Spanish so-prano Montserrat Caballe.

The Catalan operasinger will be accompa-nied by the Opera Choirof the Theater Basel andthe Basel Festival Orches-tra, before Federer’sopening match against aqualifier. “I’ve been backpractising and trainingnow for some time and allis going well,” Federersaid in the run-up to theevent he has won for thelast three years.

“I feel much better.I’m looking forward toplaying my hometowntournament.”—Internet

Cuban becomes top American chessplayer in world ranking

Poulter off to Shanghai afterEPGA Singapore win

Ian Poulter of Englandis pictured with the

winner’s trophy aftervictory in the BarclaysSingapore Open at theSentosa Golf Club, on1 November. Poulter

won his first EuropeanTour event in three

years when he rode hisluck to clinch the eventby a shot from China’s

Liang Wenchong.INTERNET

Serena beats Venus to win WTAChampionships

Serena Williams of USholds her trophy after

defeating her sisterVenus Williams in theWTA Tour Champion-

ships final tennis matchin Doha on 1 Novembe,

2009.—Xinhua

Given the hero as Man Citydeny Birmingham

Birmingham City’s LeeBowyer (L) runs withthe ball pursued by

Manchester City’s NigelDe Jong (R) during thePremiership match atSt. Andrews in Bir-

mingham. The amtchended in a 0-0 draw.

INTERNET

PSG and Erding back in rudehealth at Sochaux

Paris’ French

midfielder Clement

Chantome is congratu-

lated by his teammate

Turkish forward Mevlut

Erding after his scoring

during the French L1

football match Sochaux

vs PSG at the Auguste

Bonal stadium in

Montbeliard, eastern

France. Paris

won 4-1.—INTERNET

MADRID, 2 Nov—Va-lencia reclaimed fourthspot from Real Mallorcathanks to a fortunate 1-0win over bottom side Ma-laga on Sunday with de-fender David Navarro’sfirst goal of the seasonclinching the points.

Centre-back Navarrojumped highest at the backpost to head in a PabloHernandez cross for thewinning goal on 68 min-utes as Valencia moved apoint behind third-placedSevilla.—Internet

Valencia ride luck to downtroubled Malaga

Valencia’s defenderDavid Navarro cel-

ebrates after scoringagainst Malaga during

a Spanish leaguefootball match at LaRosaleda stadium in

Malaga.INTERNET

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been isolated in Ayeyawady Division and weather hasbeen partly cloudy in the remaining States and Divisions.Night temperatures were (3°C) above November averagetemperatures in Kachin and Kayah States, (3°C) to (4°C)below November average temperatures in Chin and RakhineStates, lower Sagaing, Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions,(5°C) below November average temperatures in Shan Stateand about November average temperatures in the remainingareas. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded werePathein and Nyaungdon (0.24) inch each.

Maximum temperature on 1-11-2009 was 96°F.Minimum temperature on 2-11-2009 was 69°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 2-11-2009 was 100%.Total sun shine hours on 1-11-2009 was (7.8) hours approx.

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Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the AndamanSea and the Bay of Bengal.

Special Feature: According to the observations at(12:30) hrs MST today, the tropical storm “Mirinae” overthe South China Sea is crossing Vietnam Coast.

Forecast valid until evening of 3rd November 2009:Light rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolated inMon State, Yangon, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisionsand weather will be partly cloudy in the remaining Statesand Divisions. Degree of certainty is (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofdecrease of night temperatures in the upper Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for3-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for3-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for3-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

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CHICAGO, 1 Nov— An international group ofscientists has decoded the DNA of the domesticpig, research that may one day prove useful infinding new treatments for both pigs and people,and perhaps aid in efforts for a new swine fluvaccine for pigs.

Pigs and humans are similar in size and makeup,and swine are often used in human research.Scientists say they rely on pigs to study everythingfrom obesity and heart disease to skin disorders.

“The pig is the ideal animal to look at lifestyleand health issues in the United States,” said LarrySchook, a University of Illinois in Champaignbiomedical science professor who led the DNAsequencing project.

Researchers announced the results of their workMonday at a meeting at the Wellcome Trust SangerInstitute in Hinxton, U.K., one of the organizationsinvolved in the research. They’ll spend the meetingdiscussing ways to use the new information, Schooksaid.—Internet

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC-sowing hatred amongthe people

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

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

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Nov— A slight earthquakeof intensity 4.9 Richter Scale with its epicenteroutside Myanmar (China) about 700 miles north-east of Kaba-Aye seismological observatory wasrecorded at 03 hr 42 min 50 sec M.S.T on 2nd

November, 2009, announced the Department ofMeteorology and Hydrology.—MNA

Earthquake Report

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Nov—The prize presentationceremony of 17th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Per-forming Arts Competitions took place at Nay Pyi Tawcity hall on 31 October morning.

Patron for Organizing the 17th Myanmar Tradi-tional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council General

Secretary-1 addresses prize presentation ceremony of17th Performing Arts Competitions

Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo delivered an address onthe occasion and presented prizes to the winners.

Also present on the occasion were Lt-Gen KhinZaw of the Ministry of Defence, Lt-Gen Ohn Myint of theMinistry of Defence, Chairman of the Leading Committeefor Organizing the 17th Myanmar Traditional CulturalPerforming Arts Competitions, Commander of Nay Pyi

Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin, ministers, the Chief-Justice, the Attorney-General, the Auditor-General, deputyministers, senior military officers, director-general of theSPDC office, departmental heads, secretaries and mem-bers of the Leading Committee and the Work Committee,chairmen and officials of subcommittees, members ofpanel of judges (central) and those from states and divi-sions, team managers, contestants, members of nationalrace study group and guests.

Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung MyintOo presented prizes to the winners at amateur level (firstclass) men’s Maha Gita singing contest, amateur level(second class) men’s Maha Gita contest, higher educationlevel men’s Maha Gita contest, basic education level men’sMaha Gita contest (aged between 15 and 20), basic educa-tion level boys’ Maha Gita contest (aged between 10 and15) and basic education level boys’ Maha Gita contest(aged between 5 and 10).

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw of the Ministry of Defenceawarded winners in women’s Maha Gita singing contest ateach level.

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Deputy Minister for Industry-2 Lt-Col KhinMaung Kyaw presents prize to Ma Su Pyae

Phyo Mon of Yangon Division, first prizewinner in Donmin contest (Basic Education

Level).—MNA

Deputy Minister for Construction Brig-GenMyint Thein presents first prize to winner

Maung Min Thukha of Yangon Division atMen's harp contest. (15-20 Basic Education

Level)—MNA

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