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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of the economyas well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting participa-tion in terms of technical know-how and invest-ments from sources inside the country andabroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy mustbe kept in the hands of the State and the nationalpeoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the en-tire nation

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

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

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectivesSenior General Than Shwefelicitates King of SpainNAY PYI TAW, 12 Oct—Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and

Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to HisMajesty King Juan Carlos I of the Kingdom of Spain, on the occasion of the National Dayof Spain, which falls on 12 October 2009.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein sendsfelicitations to Spanish counterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Oct—General Thein Sein, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, hassent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, PrimeMinister of the Kingdom of Spain, on the occasion of the National Day of Spain, which falls on 12October 2009.—MNA

Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon) facilitatestransportation and commodity flow

Byline: Yan Gyi Aung; Photos: Yan Gyi Aung & Tin Maung (Mandalay)We visited Ayeyawady river-crossing bridge

(Yadanabon) on one morning while in Mandalay. OnMandalay bank is the Shwekyatyet Pagoda, and onSagaing bank is Mt Shwe Minwun and sublimepagodas and stupas and Yadanabon Bridge linkingtwo sides was standing magnificently under the sunbeams.

Ayeyawady river was flowing elegantly underthe Bridge. The bridge named Ayeyawady Bridge(Yadanabon) is the one across Ayeyawady river onwhich locals of Upper Myanmar--Sagaing Division,upper Magway, Kachin and Chin States highly rely.The bridge is the gateway to Yangon, Mandalay andany other regions in the country.

The bridge constructed by Public Works of theMinistry of Construction was inaugurated on 11 April,2008. The bridge is 5,614 feet long and the 4-lanemotorway on it is 49 feet long, vehicles can runsmoothly. The bridge has a 6-feet wide pedestrian oneither sides and can bear 60 tons of loads.

The 3948-fet long Inwa Bridge built acrossAyeyawady river on Mandalay-Sagaing road has beenused since 1934 and only under 15-ton vehicles were

(See page 8)

Vehicles passing through Ayeyawady Bridge(Yadanabon).

Lt-Gen Myint Swe tours Yangon Kandawgyi GardensYANGON, 11 Oct—Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the

Ministry of Defence inspected the Signature Garden inKandawgyi Gardens in Bahan Township, here, thisafternoon.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe, together with Chairman ofYangon Division Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Win Myint

(See page 9)

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Monday, 12 October, 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

F&R Minister arrives back from Turkey

YANGON,11 Oct—Minister for Social Welfare,Relief and ResettlementMaj-Gen Maung MaungSwe yesterday morning in-spected the 4 units three-

NAY PYI TAW, 11Oct— A Myanmar del-egation led by Ministerfor Finance and RevenueMaj-Gen Hla Tun at-tended the 64th annualgeneral meeting and itsrelated meetings of Inter-national Monetary Fundand the World Bank heldin Istanbul, Turkey, from2 to 7 October.

The 64th AGM wasopened at Istanbul Con-gress Center (ICC) in Is-tanbul on 6 October and itwas attended by repre-sentatives, finance minis-ters, central bank gover-nors, officials and headsof NGOs of 186 membercountries.

Vietnamese FinanceMinister Nguyen VanGiau gave an openingspeech and Word BankChairman Mr RobertZoellick and IMF Manag-ing Director MrDominique Strauss-Khanextended greetings.

At the second sessionof the meeting on 7 Octo-ber, Minister for Financeand Revenue Maj-GenHla Tun explained finan-cial and monetary devel-opments and economicgrowth in Myanmar.

The Myanmar delega-tion also attended thefourth meeting of gover-nors of Asia, LatinAmerica and Caribbeancentral banks held atRoom Halic of Istanbul

Lulfi Kirdar Convention& Exhibition Center, Con-gress Valley on 2 Octo-ber; and the informalmeeting of ASEAN cen-tral bank governors on 3October.

Next, the Myanmardelegation attended the42nd meeting and thetechnical meeting on theFund's Quota Review ofASEAN voting groupheld at ICC Complex.

On 4 October, the

meeting of the Interna-tional Monetary and Fi-nancial Committee washeld at Uskudar Hall ofICC. In the evening, theinformal meeting ofASEAN Finance Minis-ters took place.

On 6 Octoberevening, World BankVice-Chairman of EastAsia and Pacific RegionMr James Adams andparty called on MinisterMaj-Gen Hla Tun. They

discussed matters relatedto Myanmar economicgrowth cooperation be-tween Myanmar and theWorld Bank.

The Myanmar del-egation led by MinisterMaj-Gen Hla Tun ar-rived back here yester-day. Myanmar CentralBank Governor U ThanNyein and officials alsoarrived back on the sameflight.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11Oct— Deputy Ministerfor Communications,Posts and TelegraphsMaj-Gen Thein Tun in-spected the new digitalauto exchange ofMyanma Posts and Tel-ecommunications inLaukkai Township on 6

Deputy Minister inspects Telecommuni-cation offices in Laukkai

October. He met with thestaff and gave the neces-sary instructions.

On 7 October, thedeputy minister also metwith the staff of MyanmaPosts and Telecommu-nications at theChinshwehaw Town-ship. After that, he in-

spected new digital autoexchange of Hopang andgave instructions.

Afterward, the deputyminister inspected newdigital auto exchange inKunlong and met with thestaff. He then left neces-sary instructions.

MNA

SWRR Minister inspects Fire Services Departmentstorey staff quarter of theFire Services Department(Headquarter) and construc-tion of workshop and gavenecessary instructions.

Next, the minister and

officials inspected produc-tion of fire engines and spareparts at the workshop andstorage and supply of waterto the staff quarter.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun addresses 64th AGM at IstanbulCongress Center (ICC) in Istanbul.—MNA

Deputy Minister Maj-Gen Thein Tunmeets with staff of new digital auto exchange

in Laukkai Township.—MNA

Bring dignity to mothercountry with higher sportsstandard

To raise the national sports standard ishigh in the list of priorities the governmenthas set up to shape the nation into a peaceful,modern one.

The four social objectives the govern-ment has adopted embodies “Uplift the health,fitness and education standards of the entirenation” which is designed to achieve the loftyaim.

In its drive for expediting the short- andlong-term plans to improve the sports stand-ard of the nation, the government is in pursu-ance of the motto “Myanmar’s sport theworld to conquer”.

Being a member of ASEAN, Myanmarcooperates with its ASEAN counterparts inthe sports sector apart from the economic,social, education and culture sectors.

Now, Myanmar is hosting U-16 ASEANWomen’s Football Tournament intended tofortify the friendly relations of ASEAN coun-tries. Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Indo-nesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Australiaare contending for the trophy.

The footballers representing the mother-land are from No. (3) Basic Education De-partment (Lower Myanmar), the Sports andPhysical Education Institute (Yangon), theSports and Physical Education Institute(Mandalay) and states and divisions.

High sports standard somewhat depictsthe image and conditions of a nation. Thegovernment is working hard to improve thesports standard of the nation as a nationalduty. It is, therefore, believed that such anASEAN level soccer tournament will helpfurther enhance the friendly relations amongthe ASEAN youths.

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NATO drone crashes inN Afghanistan

KABUL, 11 Oct — A pilotless plane of theNATO-led international Security Assistance Force(ISAF) crashed in Kunduz Province north of Afghani-stan on Saturday, a local official said.

“The drone crashed in Kaltarash area ofDasht-e-Archi district this morning but causedno damage,” Shikh Sadi the district chief toldXinhua.

Meanwhile, Taleban militants have claimed re-sponsibility for the incident. This is the secondunmanned plane crash in Kunduz Province over thepast one month.—Xinhua.

Mine explosion kills police,district chief in E Afghanistan

KHOST, 11 Oct — One mine went off unexpect-edly during a mine defusing mission in Afghanistan’seastern province of Paktika, killing the chief andpolice chief of Shah Khil district on Saturday, anofficial said on Sunday.

“Police uncovered two mines in Shah Khil districtand was defusing them when one of them suddenly blewup, as a result, ShirAli the district chief and one policeconstable were killed on the spot,” provincial police chiefDaulat Khan Zadran told Xinhua.

Xinhua.

Afghan official says foreignersbolstering Taleban

Pollution an enduring legacy at oldmissile sites

This 1 Oct,

2009 photo

shows the

long-abandoned

Atlas D site,

west of Cheyenne,

Wyoming.—INTERNET

Seychelles captures 11 suspected pirates

CHEYENNE, 11 Oct —As US Air Force officialsmarked the 50th anniver-sary of the deploymentof nuclear missiles tosites in the rural UnitedStates this past week,residents in some ofthese communities arestill grappling with an-other legacy —groundwater pollutionfrom chemicals used toclean and maintain theweapons.

The US Army Corpsof Engineers is identi-

fying and cleaning updozens of former nuclearmissile sites in ninestates.

To date, the corps hasspent $116 million at44 former Atlas andTitan intercontinentalballistic missile — orICBM — sites and 19former Nike anti-aircraftmissile sites from theearly Cold War. The mis-sile sites include 14 in

Kansas, 10 inNebraska, seven inWyoming, seven inColorado and two inOklahoma. California,New Mexico, New Yorkand Texas have one con-taminated site each.

Total cleanup costsare projected to cost$400 million, accordingto corps spokeswomanCandice Walters.

Internet

KABUL, 11 Oct —Thousands of foreignfighters have poured intoAfghanistan to bolster theTaleban insurgency, thecountry’s defence minis-ter said on Saturday as hecalled for more interna-tional troops.

The remarks come asthe US debates whether tosubstantially increase itsforces in Afghanistan orto conduct a more limitedcampaign focused on tar-geting al-Qaeda figures.

The minister’s com-ments hit on a key worryof the United States —that not sending enough

troops to Afghanistan willopen the door back up toal-Qaeda. They also sug-gest that the Afghan gov-ernment is nervous aboutthe US commitment amidtalk of changing the strat-egy and a surge in violencein recent months.

An American and twoPolish troops were killed bybombs in the latest violencereported by NATO forces.

“The enemy haschanged. Their numberhas increased,” DefenceMinister Gen AbdulRahim Wardak told law-

makers in a speech. Hesaid about 4,000 fighters,mostly from Chechnyaand North Africa “havejoined with them and theyare involved in the fight-ing in Afghanistan.”

He gave no timeframefor the supposed increasein foreign fighters.

Wardak said Afghanintelligence services hadasked for more interna-tional forces to cope withthe foreign threat, and theminister’s spokesmansaid Wardak backed thecall.—Internet

This Spanish Defence Ministry picture shows theSpanish tuna trawler Alakrana after the boat andits 36-member crew were seized by pirates in thehigh seas between Somalia and the Seychelles.Marines aboard French trawlers in the IndianOcean fired on pirates to repel a dawn attack,

witnesses have said.—INTERNET

Nigeria oil tanker truckexplosion kills 14

PARIS, 11 Oct —French soldiers success-fully defended two fish-ing boats from capture bypirates in the IndianOcean on Saturday, and

11 men suspected of in-volvement in the failedattack were pursued atsea and captured, offi-cials said.

The chain of events il-lustrated the teamwork inthe international commu-nity to crack down on pi-racy in the Indian Ocean,where pirates cruise thewaters searching forboats to hijack for ran-soms.

After French soldierschased away the pirates,

the coast guard of theSeychelles archipelago,south of where the attacktook place, chased the as-sailants. The coast guardcaptured two boats — asmall craft with eightmen aboard and a largership carrying three thatwas the pirates’ suspectedmothership, saidJacqueline Sherriff, chiefpress officer for the mari-time unit of NATO inNorthwood, outside Lon-don.—Internet

ABUJA (Nigeria), 11Oct — A Nigerian officialsays at least 14 peopledied when a petroleumtanker truck exploded andset nine other vehiclesalight on a road in south-eastern Nigeria.

Nigeria Road SafetyCommission spokesmanBen Ekenna says 12 bodieswere badly burned and fivepeople were injured in theblast in Anambra state onFriday. He says the petrol-carrying truck leaked into adeep pothole which then at-tracted heat from the ex-haust pipes of nearby carsand set off the explosion.

Fatal traffic accidentsare common in Nigeria,where decades-old roads

are normally pitted withpotholes and drivers fre-quently fail to observetraffic-safety regulations.

Nigeria is one of Afri-ca’s biggest oil producers.

Internet

File photo shows people gather on the site wherean oil tanker tumbled and exploded on a bridge onthe Lagos-Ibadan highway in 2008. Newspapershave said between 70 and 80 people were burned

alive when a fuel tanker truck exploded inNigeria.—INTERNET

Computer problemdelays 10,000

Air New Zealandpassengers

WELLINGTON, 11 Oct— Air New Zealand saidmore than 10,000 passen-gers faced delays of up totwo hours because of awidespread computermeltdown on Sunday.

Air New Zealand’spassenger check-in ki-osks, call centre systemsand online bookingsfailed at 09:00 am.

The kiosks came backonline at about 3:30 pmon Sunday, though themalfunctions caused mul-tiple backlogs.—Xinhua

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Airlines set new fuelefficiency goals

GENEVA, 11 Oct—The world’s airlines have agreedto new fuel efficiency and carbon emission targetswhich go much further than the levels required throughregulation, an industry group said on Saturday.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA),which represents 230 airlines, said that carriers, air-ports and aerospace firms had pledged to improve fuelefficiency by 1.5 percent a year annually until 2020.

At a meeting in Montreal, they also set a goal ofhaving carbon-neutral growth by 2020 and to record a50 percent net reduction of carbon emissions in 2050compared to 2005 levels.

“Airlines have set even more ambitious targets thangovernments for the longer-term,” IATA Director-Gen-eral Giovanni Bisignani told reporters on ateleconference. “No other industry has been able toachieve what we have done,” he said, describing thecooperation between all players in the sector on theenvironment question. “We are on the high ground andgovernment must now catch up.”—Internet

US eyes free trade pactwith ASEAN

Tough times boost Bangladesh shipbuilding

Photo taken on 10 Oct, 2009 shows the glass sun-shade of the new Shiliupu Wharf, in Shanghai, eastChina. The principal part of construction project of

the new Shiliupu Wharf has been completed recently,with its principal buildings, including glass sunshade,

hydrophilic platform, barge dock, etc having takenshape, and the installation of mechanical and electric

equipment and interior decoration are well underway. The new Shiliupu Wharf is set to be fully opera-tional ahead of the opening of the World Expo 2010

on 1st May next year.—XINHUA

A TACA airplanetakes off at

Comalapa’s interna-tional airport, south of

San Salvador on 7Oct, 2009.—INTERNET

Ukraine imposes 5-yearanti-dumping tariff onChinese-made syringes

BEIJING, 11 Oct—The Ukraine Inter-DepartmentalCommittee of International Trade decided on 9 Octo-ber to impose a five-year anti-dumping tariff on Chi-nese-made syringes. The anti-dumping tariff on 2mlsyringes imported from China is 24.36 percent, and54.15 percent on 5ml and 347.14 percent on 10mlChina-made syringes.

The decision also involves syringes from Spain,the UK and German. Spain-made 5ml and 10ml sy-ringes will have anti-dumping tariffs of 10.54 percentand 196.38 percent respectively. UK-made 10ml sy-ringes will have a 23 percent tariff, and 10ml syringesfrom Germany will have a 37 percent tariff.

On 23 July, 2008, the Ukraine Inter-DepartmentalCommittee of International Trade began its anti-dump-ing investigation on syringes imported from China,Spain, German and the UK according to the appeal oftwo domestic companies.

XinhuaA Bangladeshi labourer operates a crane at theWestern Marine shipyard in Chittagong in Septem-ber 2009. Western Marine, along with the othermain Bangladeshi firm Ananda Shipbuilders, havein the past two years signed deals to build 50 ships

worth 600 million dollars.—INTERNET

Airbus confident A400M tofly by year-end

Robust marketskey to withstand

global shocks NEW DELHI, 11 Oct— A

robust domestic demandwill be the key to with-standing the shocks anduncertainties that comewith a global economy,Indian Finance MinisterPranab Mukherjee said onSunday.

“We have to deepen andbroaden the domestic mar-ket, so that we can ride theshocks and uncertainties ofthe global economy just aswell as the periods of ex-pansion and boom,”Mukherjee told the mediahere.

“This requires that wetake a balanced, broad-based approach to our de-velopment process, an ap-proach that is well cap-tured by the idea of garlandof grids,” he added.

Steps have to be takento allow the economy todevelop spatially andsynergistically across dif-ferent sectors to ensureoverall sustainability of thegrowth process and a qual-ity of life that the commonman aspires for.— Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 11 Oct—The United States is be-ginning to lay the initialgroundwork for talks toforge a free trade agree-ment with Southeast Asia,ahead of President BarackObama’s maiden trip tothe region.

A senior US senatorwill propose a resolutionon Tuesday encouragingObama administration of-ficials to initiate the nego-tiations, warning aboutcompetition from Chinaand other powers whohave already sealed pacts

with the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations(ASEAN).

“The United Statesshould proceed to developa comprehensive strategytoward engaging ASEANin serious FTA discus-sions,” said Senator DickLugar, the Republicanparty leader in the power-ful Senate foreign rela-tions committee.

Lugar admitted that thefree trade endeavourwould be “complex andhave possible challengesto negotiation given the

varying levels of eco-nomic development andopen markets amongASEAN countries.”

But he pointed out that“China, India, Australia,New Zealand and SouthKorea have alreadyfinalized FTAs withASEAN and are sharpen-ing a competitive edgeover the US in SoutheastAsia.”

Internet

CHITTAGONG, 11 Oct—When Bangladeshi la-bourer Abdul Karim waslaid off from his shipbuild-ing job in Singapore be-cause of the global reces-sion, he did not expect tofind the same sort of workat home.

But the 35-year-old, likesimilarly skilled shipbuild-ing labourers who haveworked abroad, returnedsix months ago to find theindustry booming and his

expertise much in demand.“My salary is about 40percent lower than it wasin Singapore, but overallI’m better off in Bangla-desh and I get to stay closeto my family,” said Karim,who now earns around 300dollars each month.

Bangladesh is betterknown for shipbreaking —dismantling of old vessels— but now, just a few kilo-metres (miles) north of theshipbreaking yards, menlike Karim are creatingnew ocean-going ships.

Internet

PARIS/FRANKFURT, 11Oct—Airbus is confidentits delayed A400M mili-tary transport plane willfly by the end of the yearbut dismissed a magazinereport that its maidenflight could come as soonas 30 November as“fantasy.”

No date has yet beenset for the first flight, aspokeswoman for AirbusMilitary said on Saturday.

German weekly maga-zine Focus said the air-craft could take to the

skies as soon as 30 No-vember, citing sourcesclose to suppliers.

“Many dates will beleaked by people whohave little knowledge ofall the work which is to beundertaken until the firstflight and, in particular, allthe ground tests which areall dependent on eachother,” the spokeswomansaid.

“Therefore any datewhich may be circulatedis a fantasy.”

Internet

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Chinese artists performtraditional dance duringthe China Festival 2009in Kathmandu, capitalof Nepal, on 10 Oct,

2009. The six-day ChinaFestival 2009 was

kicked off on Saturdayin Nepali capital

Kathmandu. NepaliPrime Minister MadhavKumar Nepal, togetherwith Chinese ambassa-

dor to Nepal QiuGuohong, inaugurated

the festival and said thatChina is a close friend

of Nepal enjoying a longtradition of friendlyrelation.—XINHUA

Russian manned spacecraftreturns to Earth

Spaceflightparticipant

Guy Lalibertz,wearing a

clown nose,hugs Cosmo-naut RomanRomanenkoduring thefarewell

ceremonyaboard the

InternationalSpace Stationin this imagefrom NASATV on 10Oct, 2009.

XINHUA

MOSCOW, 11 Oct— ARussian manned space-craft has returned to theEarth and landed inKazakhstan on Sunday,said the Mission Controloutside Moscow.

The Soyuz TMA-14spaceship, with two as-tronauts and one spacetourist aboard, departedfrom the InternationalSpace Station (ISS) at

05:07 Moscow time(0107 GMT), and landedat 08:32 Moscow time(0432 GMT) nearArkalyk in northernKazakhstan asexpected.On board thespacecraft were the 19th

ISS crew, Russian andUS astronauts GennadyPadalka and MichaelBarratt, who have been atthe orbital station since

March, and world’s sev-enth space tourist, Cana-dian billionaire GuyLaliberte.

Local TV broadcastshowed all three, ex-tracted from the capsule,held brief talks withground personnel.Laliberte also greetedpeople while wearing hisclassic red clown nose.

Xinhua

South Korean primary student Park Chun Peon speaks in Chinese duringthe 2nd Chinese speech contest in Seoul, South Korea, on 10 Oct, 2009. Atotal of 30 pupils around the country attended the final contest. —XINHUA

World Space Weekcelebrated globally

All items from Xinhua News Agency Second largest asteroid in SolarSystem identified as protoplanet

LOS ANGELES, 11 Oct—The second largest as-teroid in the Solar Systemis actually a protoplanet,a building block to the ac-tual, larger planets, a newstudy suggests.

Researchers at the Uni-versity of California inLos Angeles (UCLA)drew the conclusion afterusing the Hubble Spacetelescope to view Pallas,the second largest aster-

oid in the Solar System,according to the study ap-pearing in the October is-sue of Science.

Pallas, which is namedfor the Greek goddessPallas Athena, lies in themain asteroid belt be-tween the orbits of Jupi-ter and Mars. Accordingto the planet formationtheory, protoplanets are acloud of gas, rocks anddust particles that are in

the process of forminginto a planet.

Protoplanets get in theway of each other’s orbitsslightly, collide with theimpacts gradually form-ing a real planet.

“It was incredibly ex-citing to have this newperspective on an objectthat is really interestingand hadn’t been observedby Hubble at high resolu-tion,” said UCLA doctoralstudent Britney ESchmidt, the study’s leadauthor.—Xinhua

Fatah slams Hamas following report ofpostponing inter-reconciliation deal

GAZA / RAMALLAH, 11Oct—Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas’s Fatahparty officials on Saturdayslammed rival Hamasmovement for asking Egyptto postpone signing an in-ter-Palestinian reconcilia-tion pact from 26 Oct to De-cember.

Jamal Mhesen, Fatahcentral committee mem-ber, told Xinhua that “anypostponement of the lastround of dialogue would

be a big fatal mistake.”He accused Hamas of

using the crisis of a UNfact-finding report onGaza war “as an excuse toescape from signing thedeal on 26 Oct.”

Earlier on Saturday,Gaza-based Hamas move-ment’s leaders announcedthat the movement has re-ceived a new Egyptianproposal during a meetingheld in Cairo betweenHamas leaders and

Egypt’s intelligence chiefOmar Suleiman, whichdelays Palestinian nationalreconciliation deal untilDecember upon Hamasrequest.

“A delegation fromHamas visited Cairo andasked for postponing thenational Palestinian dia-logue and the Egyptian of-ficials have accepted therequest,” Sami Abu Zuhri,a Hamas spokesman, toldreporters.—Xinhua

At least 17 killed asferry sinks in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, 11 Oct— At least 10 passengers diedon Saturday evening after an overloaded passengerferry capsized in Cambodia’s northeastern KratieProvince, more than 300 km to the capital PhnomPenh, local official said on Sunday.

Nai Thida, director of the Information Bureauof the Kratie Province, said that there are 30 passen-gers on board when the overloaded ferry capsized inthe river.

So far this morning, 13 people were rescued,while 10 have died and police is continuing its effortsto search for seven missing people. But she said thereis an off chance of finding them alive.

HOUSTON, 11 Oct—Avariety of space-relatedevents had been held allover the world in the pastweek to celebrate WorldSpace Week, the largestannual space event onEarth.

“This is the 10th anniver-sary of World Space Week,declared by the UN Gen-eral Assembly in 1999,”said Dennis Stone, Volun-teer President of WorldSpace Association, a non-profit organization that as-sists the UN in the globalcoordination of WorldSpace Week activities.

“The theme this year isSpace for Education.Teachers can inspire stu-dents by using he excite-ment of space. It’s a pow-erful tool to fuel their mo-tivation to learn,” he said.

More than 50 countrieshad taken part in thisyear’s World Space Week,which ran from 5 Oct to10, according to the WorldSpace Week Association.Events were varied informs, including space-themed lectures, star-watching, space quiz, ex-hibits, and other forms ofcelebration.—Xinhua

Xinhua

Map of Cambodia. Anoverloaded river ferry

capsized in northeasternCambodia killing 17

passengers, an officialsaid on Sunday.—XINHUA

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NEWS ALBUMKing Kong figurine used in 1930s movie up for sale

This undated image provided byChristie’s Images Ltd, shows a 22-incharmature (metal skeleton) which wasused in the 1933 film ‘King Kong’ toallow the animated ape to scale theEmpire State Building in the finalscenes.The armature, estimated to reachpounds 100,000-150,000 (US$ 160,000-US$240,000) is up for auction in London.

A skeletal figurine used to createone of the 1930s’ most memorablemovie monsters is going up for sale.

Christie’s auction house says the22-inch (56-centimeter) metal figurinewas used to represent King Kong in theclimactic scene where the giant apescales New York’s Empire StateBuilding.

“King Kong” wowed audiences withwhat for the time were astonishinglyrealistic special effects. The titularmonster’s movements were createdusing stop-motion animation.

At time of the 1933 movie’sfilming the skeleton was clad incotton, rubber, liquid latex andrabbit’s fur. Christie’s spokeswomanJo Swetenham said that the coveringhad since rotted off.

Christie’s says the figurine will goup for sale late next month.

Plane delayed by bird onboard

A South Korean passenger jet wasgrounded just before taking off so thatcrew members could catch a sparrowthat was flying around in the cabin, airlineofficials said.

“The bird got in through an openairplane door and was spotted duringboarding,” said Cho Hyung-chul, aspokesman for Korean Air Line. Thepassengers on the flight were asked toleave the plane as the airline tried toprevent the bird from taking the domesticflight. “The bird was captured and setfree,” Cho said.

The flight’s 123 passengers wereput on board a different plane andsent on their journey, which wasdelayed for nearly three hours, theairline said.

Birds are a growing problem for theglobal airline industry, with an increasingnumber of planes getting damaged afterhitting flocks of birds.

Palestinian boys ride dyed donkeys atMarah Land zoo in Gaza City. Twowhite donkeys dyed with black stripesdelighted Palestinian kids at a smallGaza zoo on Thursday who had neverseen a zebra in the flesh. A genuine ze-bra would have been too expensive tobring into Israel-blockaded Gaza viathe smuggling tunnels under the bor-der with Egypt, said zoo owner Moham med Bargouthi.

Hundreds of sparrows fill the skyabove the city of Pontevedra,

northwestern Spain, at sunset.

Honest college studentgets $10,000

A Virginia college student reapeda $10,000 reward when he returned a15-carat diamond ring he found in aparking lot to its rightful owner.

Jeremy McIntosh told The Virgin-ian-Pilot he found the ring in the mid-dle of September outside a dry cleanerwhere he works to put himself throughNorfolk State University.

“At first when I saw it, it was unbe-lievable,” McIntosh said. “I thought itwas a fake.”

But he realized quickly the ring wasvaluable. He learned morning from astory in the newspaper that the ring,valued at $96,000, belonged to JamesRamsey of Norfolk.

Ramsey had been searching for thering for weeks. He now thinks it droppedout of a pocket when his fiancee tookhis clothes to the cleaners.

The exchange took place at the ZootsDry Cleaners in Chesapeake, whereMcIntosh is the manager. He hurried tothe bank with an envelope full of $100bills.

UN recovers 11 victims fromHaiti plane crash

An official walks towards the wreckage of a crashed UN plane in Pays Pouri,Haiti, on 10 Oct, 2009. UN helicopters reached the remote site of a planecrash that killed 11 peacekeepers when a surveillance flight slammed into

a mountain in Haiti on Friday.—INTERNET

CO2 could be stored under towns

FONDS-PARISIEN (Haiti),11 Oct — UN helicopterson Saturday reached theremote site of a planecrash that killed 11peacekeepers when a sur-veillance flight slammedinto a mountain in easternHaiti.

All onboard died afterthe CASA C-212 twin en-gine turboprop aircraftwent down on Friday af-ternoon near the borderwith the Dominican Re-public, about 30 miles (45

kilometers) from the Hai-tian capital of Port-au-Prince.

The plane came to reston an isolated mountain-side near a farming towncalled Peyi Mouri, mean-ing “dead country” in Hai-tian Creole.

Two UN helicopterswere able to land near thesite on Saturday morningand peacekeepers beganthe process of bringingbodies back to Port-au-Prince, mission spokes-

man David Wimhurstsaid.

The victims were Uru-guayan and Jordaniantroops serving with the9,000-strong UN peace-keeping force that hasbeen in Haiti since a 2004rebellion ousted formerPresident Jean-BertrandAristide. Six Uruguayansoldiers were killed in thecrash, including the pilotand co-pilot, Uruguay’sminister of defence toldlocal media.—Xinhua

2012 Olympic site workers face biometric scans

LONDON, 11 Oct —Britain must considerstoring millions of tons ofthe potentially deadlygreenhouse gas carbondioxide beneath cities toslow climate change, ageologist says.

“The worst-case sce-nario would be a situationwhere people were una-ware there had been a leak.In particular weather con-ditions or in confined

spaces, those people couldsuffer asphyxiation,” saidNick Riley, head of sci-ence policy at the BritishGeological Survey.

Riley, who advises thegovernment on carbonstorage, said the mostgeologically suitable ar-eas are in Dorset, Hamp-shire, Gloucestershire,Cheshire, Norfolk andLincolnshire.

The sites would be

monitored to detect leaks,but bedrooms on groundfloors might be prohibitedbecause of the risk of thegas poisoning people asthey slept, Riley told TheTimes of London in a storypublished on Saturday.

Britain has proposedstoring carbon dioxideunder the North Sea, butthat might not be as prac-tical as onshore storage,he said.—Xinhua

LONDON, 11 Oct —Workers on London’s Ol-ympic Park will have togo through biometricscanning to access the2012 Games site in a bidto protect it from terror-ists, a newspaper reportedon Sunday.

From this week, ma-chines that have hand andiris recognition technol-ogy will be deployed atentry points around the2.5-square-kilometre eastLondon site, The Ob-server said.

The weekly said thehand scanners couldcheck up to 5,000 work-ers per hour at Europe’slargest regenerationproject, while the irisscanners would be used asan alternative if required.

The decision to imple-ment the measures wasbased on Britain’s “yearsof experience in bothtackling terrorism andhosting major sportingand cultural events”, Ol-ympics Minister TessaJowell said.—Xinhua

A ‘verification kiosk’ fea-turing fingerprint and irisscans is seen displayed atan airport in Minneapolis, US.—INTERNET

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 12 October, 2009 7

Focus on food for the future

The following is the reproduction of the articleby Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the UnitedNations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).Ed

Riding on the momentum generated by the re-cent food crisis to focus on longer term challenges,some three hundred top international experts meet atFAO in Rome next Monday and Tuesday on October12 and 13 to figure out how to make sure we haveenough to eat 40 years from now.

For over the next four decades, the world’s popu-lation will grow by 2.3 billion and become richer.Meeting the demand of the world’s 9.1 billion inhab-itants in 2050 will require 70 percent more food thanwe currently produce. So unless we take the rightdecisions today, we risk finding the global cupboarddangerously bare tomorrow.

All the more so as in the years ahead, the worldfood system must deal with the growing challenge ofclimate change which may reduce potential agricul-tural output by up to 30 percent in Africa, and by upto 21 percent in developing countries as a whole, butalso with exacerbated transboundary animal and plantpests and diseases. At the same time, the sector willhave to cope with a smaller agricultural labour forceas some 600 million people move from the country-side to the cities, and with increased competition forland and natural resources, including from thebioenergy sector.

How we respond to these challenges will deter-mine how well we can feed the world tomorrow. But,just as important, we must also see to it that peopleare fed today. That means ending the plight of the1.02 billion people currently suffering hunger andmalnutrition by acting decisively to eradicate hungercompletely and rapidly.

With last century’s Green Revolution, the worldsucceeded in averting a massive famine in Asia andLatin America in the 1970s by spending 17 percent ofdevelopment aid in building irrigation schemes, seedproduction systems, fertilizer and feed plants, ruralroads and storage facilities.

In rising to a similar challenge today, the path wefollow must necessarily be a different one – besidesboosting investment in agriculture, we need to makemore efficient use of energy, chemical inputs and natu-ral resources, and focus more on the needs ofsmallholders and rural farming households.

In this connection, one significant challenge willbe water as we will need simultaneously to expandthe land area under irrigation while using proportion-ately less water. The key to squaring that circle lies inwater-harvesting and techniques that improve wateruse efficiency and soil moisture.

As the rural and farm population is reduced, agri-culture will increasingly become more capital- andknowledge- intensive to produce more and higher qualityfood for bigger and richer urban populations. Thereforesubstantial investments will be needed, including inresearch and development because future productionincreases must overwhelmingly come from sustainableyield increases and improved cropping intensity ratherthan from bringing more land into cultivation.

Farmers too will need to be better trained to takeup the new methods and technologies, and that willrequire spending on education and agricultural exten-sion. Most of those investments will come from theprivate sector and from farmers themselves.

However, to make private investments in agricul-ture attractive, substantial sums of public money mustalso be spent on infrastructure, education, technologyand extension systems. Investments are needed in fa-

cilities and equipments. Outside of mere subsistenceagriculture there is no point in producing food unlessthere are roads and vehicles to bring it to markets,unless there indeed is a market, and unless producecan be stored and kept from perishing.

But naturally neither funding nor record harvestswill by themselves be enough to secure that every-one has the food they need. If people go hungry to-day it is not because the world is not producingenough food but because such food is not producedby the 70 percent of the poor whose main livelihoodis agriculture and who cannot afford to eat their fill.

Thus feeding everyone in 2050 will also requirepoverty reduction strategies, social safety nets for bothpoor producers and consumers and rural developmentprogrammes. It will need better governance and theestablishment of the kind of socio-economic condi-tions that improve people’s access to food. Also im-portant is a reform of the agricultural trade system sothat it is not only free but also equitable.

The High-Level Expert Forum on How to Feedthe World in 2050 will inform the World Summit onFood Security scheduled in Rome on 16, 17 and 18November 2009 when Heads of State and Govern-ment from FAO’s 192 Member Nations will takeimportant decisions on policies and strategies toensure that everyone has enough to eat both todayand tomorrow.

In 2050 what to eat will no longer be a problemfor many of those of us already getting on in years.But I see it as my solemn duty, as it is surely ours asa global community, to do all we can to banish thespectre of hunger forever and make sure that ourchildren and grandchildren can eat their fill and en-joy a healthy life.

*****

Jacques Diouf

1st ISD Men’s hockeycompetition continues

YANGON, 11 Oct—Jointly organized by Sportsand Physical Education Department and MyanmarHockey Federation, 1st Inter-State/Division Men'shockey competition continued with semi final matchesin Theinphyu hockey pitch today.

Yangon Division team defeated MandalayDivision team 5-0 in the first match and SagaingDivision team beat Bago Division 1-0 in the second.

Mandalay Division team and Bago Divisionteam will fight for the third place at 3 pm tomorrow.Yangon Division team and Sagaing Division team willplay the final match at 3pm on 13 October.

NLM

Sales festival of Thailand-made products opens

YANGON, 11 Oct—Under the assistanceprovided by Department of Export Promotion ofThailand and the cooperation of Sein Gayhar EnterpriseGroup and Thai entrepreneurs, the sales festival ofThailand-made products was opened at Sein GayharSuper Centre in Kamayut Township, here, this morning.

Deputy Minister of Commerce of ThailandMr Alongkorn Ponlaboot, director U Maung MaungWin and U Aung Zaw Myint formally opened the salesfestival.

A total of 30 companies will participate in thesales festival and it continues up to 18 October. Inaddition, entertainment programmes will be stated atthe sales festival.—MNA

YANGON, 11Oct—Yangon United FCwill test and sign youngplayers in an attempt tobuild up Yangon UnitedFC (B) and youth teams.Those interested from allregions of Myanmar mayregister and compete inselection at the trainingground of Yangon UnitedFC (Hline Stadium)between 7am and 3pmfrom 16 to 18 October.

Those who want

YUFC to sign players for(B) and youth teams

to be selected may be (1)between the age of 20 and25 for (B) team, (2)between the age of 16 and19 for youth team, (3) overthe height of 5 feet and 6inches and (4) between theweight of 110 lb and 140lb. One may bring therecommendation lettersfrom ward PDC office andpolice station, NRC cardsor recommendationcertificate and footballoutfit and shoes.

The team’s coachsquad will pick out theplayers after a friendlymatch of two teams ofcontestants.

The team will paythe salary of Ks 70000with resident and foodadded for those selectedfor (B) team and Ks 30000for those selected for youthteam.—MNA

Mr Alongkorn Ponlaboot, Director U MaungMaung Win and U Aung Zaw Myint formally

open Thai Trade Fair.—MNA

Sagaing Division meets Bago Division in thesecond semifinal.—MHF

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 12 October, 2009

Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon) facilitatestransportation and commodity flow

Byline: Yan Gyi Aung; Photos: Yan Gyi Aung & Tin Maung (Mandalay)

(from page 1)allowed to pass the bridgedue to weakness in itsstrength since 1992.Otherheavy-loaded vehicleshad to cross the bridgewith Z-craft, thusbecoming an obstacle tocommodity flow.

Now, along withthe emergence ofYadanabon Bridge, theobstacle has disappeared.Vehicles have beenallowed to pass the bridge24 hours a day since itcame into existence andover 2700 coaches andtrucks are passing throughit everyday.

Bus lines running onMandalay-Monywa,Mandalay-YeU, Man-dalay-Kalay, Mandalay-Hakha, Mandalay-Pakokku, Mandalay-Gangaw, Mandalay-Shwebo, Mandalay-Bhamo-Katha-Myikyi-na, Monywa-Nay PyiTaw, Monywa-Yangoncross the bridge everyday.

In an interview, busconductor Ko Kyaw Moeof Monywa-MandalayYadanabon Bus line said," We drive through thebridge two or three timesa day.

It is convenient andsafe to drive on the bridgeas the bridge has two wide

Site of extended upward approach bridge on Mandalay bank.lanes on each sides. InwaBridge whose lane is only10 feet long is too far to becompared with the bridge."

Ko Win Myint, apassenger, also said"Previously, We had tocross the river throughInwa Bridge to reach

Mandalay. I thought abridge like this could onlybe constructed by foreignengineers. But, when Icame to know the bridgewas constructed byMyanmar engineers, I amreally proud of them."

Yadanabon Bridge

reflects the capability ofMyanmar engineers andwas designed for smoothrunning of vehicles. Wesaw the construction siteof extended upwardapproach bridge onMandalay bank which wasnow completed by 20

percent.At present, vehicles

coming from Strand roadof Mandalay sharesdownward approach roadwith vehicles coming fromSagaing, which may causeroad accidents.

Upon completion ofthe extended upwardapproach road, vehiclescoming from Strand roadcan use upward anddownward roads, therebycontributing to road safety.

We then visited ThiriMingala overpass joiningwith Yadanabon Bridge onSagai bank.

Thiri Mingala overpassis located on approach roadto Yandanabon Bridge onSagaing and was builtacross Mandalay-Shwebo-Myitkyina railroad.

Special Group-4 ofPublic Works underMinistry of Constructionstarted the work on 19December, 2008which wasnow nearly completed.

The overpass in O-boward is of RC type one

with 485 feet in length.The overpass with two-lane motor way canwithstand 60 tons of loadand it has 17 feet high and52 feet wide clearance.

At present, vehiclespassing throughYadanabon Bridge had towait when trains come,thereby causing delays andupon completion of theoverpass, vehicles will beable to pass straightYadanabon Bridgethrough it.

Thus, AyeyawadyBridge (Yadanabon)contributing to swifttransportation andcommodity flow will beable to serve the interestsof the local much morein the future whenupward extendedapproach bridge onMandalay bank and ThiriMingala overpass iscompleted.

****Translation: TKK

Myanma Alin11.10.2009Overlay RC type truss.

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(from page 1)and Chairman of YangonCity DevelopmentCommittee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin, fromKandawgyi Lakeinspected KandawgyiGarden in a battery-operated amusementvessel arranged for publicleisure by the Parks andPlay Grounds Departmentunder YCDC. The mayorand officials concernedconducted Lt-Gen MyintSwe round the lake.

Next, Lt-Gen MyintSwe inspected the

Lt-GenMyint Swetours…

expanding of the culvertunder Old Yedashe Streetin Bahan Township and

the resurfacing of the roadwith concrete; theupgrading of

Thameinbayan Road andstockpiles of constructionmaterials in Tamway

Township; andconstruction of Khun-nabinleinchaung Bridge in

Mogaung Street, YankinTownship.

MNA

Foreign Affairs Ministerfelicitates Spanish counterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Oct—U Nyan Win, Ministerfor Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, hassent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr.Miguel Angel Moratinos, Minister for Foreign Affairsof the Kingdom of Spain, on the occasion of theNational Day of Spain, which falls on 12 October2009.—MNA

YANGON, 11 Oct—Myanmar Medical Association(Pathein) will conduct 7th Medical Conference alongwith Medicine and Medical Equipment Show at itsoffice on Mahabandoola Road, Pathein on 19 and 20November.

Professors, veteran practitioners, Divisionspecialists will give lecture and pharmaceutical

Medical Conference and Medicine and MedicalEquipment Show to be held in Pathein

companies will take part in the show on grand scale.Any pharmaceutical companies wishing to

participate in the show may contact Chairman DrKyi Phe (Orthopaedic) (Ph: 042-24292) andSecretary Dr Aung Kyaw Hlaing (X-ray) (Ph: 09-8568632).

MNA

Sudanese delegation arrives MyanmarNAY PYI TAW, 11

Oct—At the invitation ofDeputy Minister forForeign Affairs U MaungMyint of the Union ofMyanmar, a Sudanesedelegation led by Mr AliAhmad Karti, StateMinister for ForeignAffairs of the Republic ofSudan paid a good will visitto the Union of Myanmarfrom 8 to 11 October.

The Sudanese StateMinister for ForeignAffairs met with Ministerfor Foreign Affairs U Nyan

YANGON, 10 Oct—The 33rd respect payingceremony of geologists graduated from GeologyDepartment (1972-1976) of Mandalay Universitywill pay respect to their teachers at MandalayUniversity Dhammayon on 14 November. Oldstudents (1972-1976)’s get-together will also be heldthe following day. Those wishing to donate cash maycontact Ko Ohn Kyaing (Ph: 02-63439), Ko AungKyaw Win (Ph: 09-2024962), Ma Nyein Nyein (Ph:02-36587), Ko Khin Aung Than (Ph: 09-5131614),Ko Lin Thet Maw (Ph: 09-5117299) and Ma Aye Aye(Ph: 09-5017925).

MNA

Concordia Int'l Co Ltd to display in Myanmar ICT Exhibition '09YANGON, 11 Oct—Concordia Int'l Co Ltd will

display Garmin brand GPS and Fuji Xerox brand colorcopiers, A3 A4 black and white laser printers, colourprinters, multi-functioned digital photocopiers inMyanmar ICT Exhibition '09 to be held in TatmadawConvention Hall on U Wisara Road here from 15 to 18

October.Fuji xerox brand photocopiers are of high quality

products with long durability.Each customer of Fuji erxox A3 size photocopiers

will be presented with one Fuji Xerox brand colour laserprinter during exhibition as a gift.

Garmin brand GPS are multi-functioned onesdesigned for mining, oil, construction, fishing, andaviation industries Garmin GPS can be used in MyanmarLanguage and can describe the destination withinseconds. For more information, contact its sales centresand service centres in Shwegon Plaza, here, Ph:951-544824, 544199, 558170, 549444, 540026, Fax-951-544199, at 30th Street, between 77th Street and 78 Street,Chanayethazan Township in Mandalay, Ph;02-36478,69303, 0950-67172, FAX-02-36478, at Thiri Yadanarward in Nay Pyi Taw, Ph;067-420819, 421362.—MNA

Win in Nay Pyi Taw andthey frankly exchangedviews on promotion offriendship and cooperationin mutual interest.

Similarly, theSudanese State Ministerfor Foreign Affairs metwith Deputy Minister forNational Planning andEconimic DevelopmentCol Thurein Zaw, DeputyMinister for ForeignAffairs U Maung Myint

and Director-General ofDepartment of EnergyPlanning U Soe Aung atthe respective places.

After attending dinnerhosted by Deputy MinisterU Maung Myint, theSudanese delegation leftfor Yangon by air and metwith the Chairman of theUnion of MyanmarFederation of Chambersof Commerce and Industryand members.—MNA

Tobacco kills

Deputy Minister U Maung Myint meeting with state Minister for ForeignAffairs of Republic of Sudan Mr Ali Ahmad Karti and party.—MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspects upgrading of Thameinbayan Road in Tamway Township .—MNA

Geologists graduated fromMandalay University topay respect to teachers

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 12 October, 2009

Yebok Model Village in Minbu (Saku)Township in Magway Division

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

(from page 16)Magway-Minbu (Saku)-Pwintphyu road. We sawthe village main gate thatwe did not notice whilecoming in. The chairmanproudly said “We havebuilt special main gates

in all four corners of thevillage.”

Small signboardsreading ‘The village ofquality paddy strain’ areubiquitous in the planta-tion. We enquired, “U Gyi,we’re the news team of

Thriving Manawthukha quality paddy strain-1 in U Win Maung’sfarm.

U Win Maung (Yebok Model Village,Minbu Township).

U Bo Than (Yebok Model Village, MinbuTownship).

paddy strain-1.We said, “There has

been such a Manawthukhastrain before. So what isManawthukha qualitypaddy strain?” U Bo Thanexplained, “Manaw-thukha strain has existedbefore. But with the pas-sage of time, it has mixedwith other strains and itcan no longer increase theoutput. Manawthukhaquality paddy strain-1 wehave grown can produce110 to 120 baskets ofpaddy per acre. Actually,the former strain has beenmodified.”

Deputy staff officer UTin Soe explained,“Yebok Model Village hastargeted 1379 acres ofmonsoon paddy and wehave met the target. Be-sides, 925 acres of catch-ment area have been putunder Manawthukha qual-ity paddy strain-1. Onehundred acres of

Manawthukha qualitypaddy strain-1 will be al-lotted to the township.”

We then visited an-other plantation owned byfarmer U Win Maung ofYebok Village. He said, “ I have grown five acresof Manawthukha qualitypaddy strain-1. The strainwas provided by the town-

ship agriculture depart-ment. We are proud ofour village chosen as amodel village of qualitystrain.”

Myanmar is well onthe way to developmentbased on agriculture. Forboosting agricultural pro-duction and increasingfarmers’ income, mod-ern agricultural methodsand quality strains arebeing provided. By es-tablishing model villagesof quality paddy strainsin all parts of the nationlike in Yebok Model Vil-lage, there will be higherand higher paddy outputcontributing to regionalpaddy sufficiency andmore foreign exchange.

******Translation: ST

Kyemon: 9-10-2009

YANGON, 11 Oct—Proven Technology In-dustry Co Ltd honouredits outstanding salesagents at the Western ParkRoyal Restaurant hereyesterday evening.

Managing Director UOhn Lwin extended greet-ings, and explained theadvantages of Toyo bat-tery, Tubular battery andLion battery.

Chief Operating Of-ficer U Than Htike Lwinand members of the Boardof Directors awarded the

TOYO battery sales agents honoured12 sales agents that soldToyo battery most in2008-2009.

The company pro-duces a large range ofstandby and tubular bat-teries for vehicles, golfcourts, trains, exchanges,forklifts and elevators,battery water, acid com-pounds, motorcycle bat-teries.

Customers may havetheir batteries checkedfree of charge monthly atthe service centres. TheService Team of Toyo

Battery provides freemonthly service to everycustomer that has boughtat least five batteries inYangon and Mandalaymunicipal areas.

TOYO batteries aredistributed through F/S 14of Shwesabe Yeikmon,Kamaryut Township,Yangon (Ph: 701719,701720, 527667, 530694)and No. 371 between 29th

and 30th streets,Chanayethazan Township,Mandalay (Ph 02-72761,02-21884).—MNA

the Kyemon Daily. Wewould like to know aboutyour thriving paddy strain.And what’s your name?”He said, “I’m U Bo Thanliving in Yebok Village. Ihave grown 9-acres ofManawthukha quality

Managing Director U Ohn Lwin of Proven Technology Industry CoLtd extends welcoming speech.—MNA

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INDIA, 11 Oct—Indian farmers had been prayingfor rain after the weakest monsoon season in 40years had left their crops stricken by drought. Butwhen the rains finally came, forceful and incessantat six times their normal levels, they left behindthe worst floods southern India had seen in morethan a century.

Weather officials blamed the heavy rains inKarnataka and Andhra Pradesh on a low-pressuresystem over the Bay of Bengal. So far, over 250people have died in flooding made worse whenofficials were forced to open dams for fear theymight burst. Some 1,500 relief camps have beenset up for the estimated 2.5 million people whowere displaced as the raging water destroyed entirevillages, washing away roads, bridges, crops andlivestock.

Although flooding has recently becomecommonplace in India - in 2008, over 3 millionpeople were displaced when the Kosi river in Biharburst its banks - but this year’s deluge came as ashock because if followed a protracted drought, anda monsoon season branded a dud by theauthorities.—Internet

Engineers Tom Rybkoski, left, of Hartville, Ohio,and Tim Lanka of Carrolton, Ohio, work on a deviceto assemble and grease large bearings for windenergy machinery at the Timken Research Centrein North Canton, Ohio, on 20 Aug, 2009. TimkenCo is a $5.6 billion global manufacturer of highprecision bearings for everything from cars andlocomotives to giant wind turbines and hugejetliners, and employs 25,000 people

worldwide with 5,000 in Ohio.—INTERNET

This NOAA satellite image taken on 11 Oct, 2009 at12:50 a.m. EDT shows scattered clouds from theSouthwest through the Central and Southern Plainsas a storm system moves through the Four Corners.Pockets of light snow showers develop in the CentralPlains. Meanwhile, a line of multi-level clouds with fogand areas of isolated showers highlight a frontalboundary that extends across the southeastern corner

of the nation.—INTERNET

RAMADI, 11 Oct—The blasts took placeclose to Anbar ’sprovincial governmentbuilding.Two car bombskilled at least eightpeople and woundedmany others on Sunday

This image providedby NASA shows the

Soyuz TMA-14spacecraft as it landswith Expedition 20

Commander GennadyPadalka, Flight

Engineer MichaelBarratt, and Canadianspaceflight participant

Guy Lalibert.—INTERNET

KABUL, 11 Oct—Japanese Foreign MinisterKatsuya Okada paid one-day visit to Afghan capitalKabul Sunday and held meeting with his Afghancounterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta, a statementreleased here said. “Afghan Foreign Minister in themeeting thanked Japan for its contribution inrebuilding process of the war-torn Afghanistan andMinister Okada reassured Japan’s continued supportto the reconstruction process of Afghanistan,” thestatement said.

In the meeting, the statement added, whichmatters relating to situation in Afghanistan, themodality of Japan’s support and the prospect of peacein the war-torn country came under discussion.Okada, during his first visit as foreign minister, willalso call on Afghan President Hamid Karzai andexchange views on matters pertaining mutualinterest.—Internet

DURANGO, 11 Oct—The sun had just crestedthe distant ridge of theRocky Mountains, butalready i t wasproducing enoughpower for the electricmeter on the side of theSmiley Building to spinbackward.

For the Shawbrothers, who convertedthe downtown artsbuilding and communitycenter into a miniaturesolar power plant twoyears ago, each reverserotation subtracts fromtheir monthly electricbill. It also means thebuilding at that momentis producing moreelectricity from the sunthan it needs. “Back-

Management shake-ups at movie giants Universaland Disney reflect the industry’s difficulty inadjusting to the digital age and failure to haltsliding DVD sales, analysts say. Search and rescueteams on Sunday struggled to reach areas of thenorthern Philippines cut off by storm-triggeredlandslides and flooding that have left more than

600 people dead, officials said.—INTERNET

India’s floods reveal climatechange specter

Solar power outshiningColorado’s gas industry

Two deadly car bombs hitIraq’s Ramadi

Japanese FM pays surprisevisit to Kabul

ward is good,” said JohnShaw, who now runsShaw Solar and EnergyConservation, a localsolar installationcompany.

As La Plata Countyin southwesternColorado looks to shiftto cleaner sources ofenergy, solar isbecoming the powersource of choice eventhough it still producesonly a small fraction ofthe region’s electricity.It’s being nudged alongby tax credits andrebates, a growingconcern about the gasesheating up the planet,and the region’splentiful sunshine.

Internet

in Ramadi, capital ofIraq’s western Anbarprovince, officials said,the latest in a string ofattacks in the vast desertregion.

The blasts took placeclose to Anbar ’s

provincial governmentbuilding, they said.“There were at least 10killed and a number ofwounded in twosuccessive car bombs inthe car park outside theprovincial governmentbuilding,” said Anbar’sDeputy GovernorHikmet Khalaf. Securityand health officials gavea lower death toll of atleast eight killed.

Internet

Boyzone singer Stephen Gately has died suddenly atthe age of 33 while on holiday in Majorca

SPAIN, 11 Oct—Spanish police said he died on Saturday and that there were nosigns of suspicious circumstances. But the cause of death is not yet known. Gately wason holiday with his long-term partner Andy Cowles. His bandmates said they were“completely devastated” and are now travelling to Majorca. The Irish band had six UKnumber one hits in the 1990s and reformed in 2007. The four remaining members ofBoyzone described Gately as “our friend and brother”. “We have shared such wonderfultimes together over the years and were all looking forward to sharing many more,” astatement said. Singer Ronan Keating is on his way back from the US and will join therest of the group in Majorca.—Internet

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12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 12 October, 2009

China to cancel hepatitis B test in enrollmentand employment physical examinations

Indonesia’s defencecompany to exportammunition to US

Taleban influence in N Afghanistanto cripple NATO mission

Senior management members of computer giantASUS pose with models as they present the

Garmin ASUS Nuvifones M-20 and G-60 at aPress conference in New Delhi on 9 Oct, 2009.ASUS released two new cellphone models to the

Indian market in New Delhi on Friday.—XINHUA

Girls holdtheir cats at apet show in

Dobrich,Bulgaria, on10 Oct, 2009.

An animalprotection

organizationin Dobrichheld a petshow for

kindergartenchildren onSaturday.XINHUA

Children ride on a makeshift raft on a flooded roadbrought on rains by typhoon Parma in central

Dagupan city in northern Philippines on 10 Oct,2009.The death toll in landslides and floods that

hit the northern Philippines in the wake of typhoonParma reached 299 as rescuers struggled through

mud and raging waters in search of dozens ofpeople still missing, officials said.—XINHUA

Burkina farmers successful infight against advancing desert

SELBO (Burkina Faso), 11 Oct—As African policymakers demand compensation for the effects of cli-mate change at a forum in Burkina Faso’s capital, thecountry’s farmers fight a daily struggle to halt the ad-vancing Sahara desert.

“Because of the (advancing) dunes many villageshave moved,” Boubacar Diallo, a farmer in thevillage of Selbo, some 280 kilometres (174 miles) tothe north of Ouagadougou, explained.

“These dunes you see wanted to chase me awayfrom here because the wind would blow the sand rightinto the houses,” Daillo said.

Now the dunes are covered in lush green shrubswhich provides a perfect meal for the roaming sheep.The Selbo villagers have managed to stabilize 17hectares (42 acres) of dunes in just three years.

By planting shrubs in the sand it is no longer sweptaway and cannot blow into homes or clog up watersources, rare in this landlocked Sahel country.

“Since we started using these techniques I am nolonger afraid,” said Diallo.

Internet

China ministry says not receivedHummer buy application

JAKARTA, 11 Oct—PTPindad, Indonesia’sstate-own defence com-pany, will export onemillion ammunitions toa shooting sport club inthe United States worth200,000 US dollars, theKompas.com newsonline quoted a highrank official as saying onSaturday.

“They plan to order 10million ammunitionsmade by PT Pindad pro-duced in Malang of EastJava Province. However,Pindad in the meantime isonly able to fulfill onemillion,” said the compa-ny’s president directorAdik Avianto Soedarsonoat Bandung of West JavaProvince.

He said that if anotheragreement was achieved,the company would sendone million ammunitionsagain to the country in the

end of the year. Adik said that ammu-

nition product sales in theUS are very promising. Italso could pave the wayfor the company to exportits product to the coun-try’s military. The com-pany’s quality product isconsidered well.

“The shooting sportclub had surveyed someproducers in severalcountries. But, they fi-nally chose Pindad’sproduct. In fact, theyasked why we do not tryto supply ammunition tothe US military,” saidAdik.

“We usually supplydemand from the domes-tic arm forces in limitedamount. The conse-quence is that we facedifficulty when we get abig amount order,” hesaid.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 11 Oct—Chinais to cancel the sero-logicaltest of hepatitis B inphysical examinations,currently a requirement forstudents to enter schools orfor employees to join newcompanies, an officialfrom China’s Health Min-istry has said.

Deng Haihua, deputydirector of the general of-fice of the ministry, said onSaturday a guidance wasbeing drafted for the can-cellation.

Hepatitis B was a bloodinfectious disease thatwould not be transmittedin daily lives through air

and food, Deng said at aPress conference.

“A hepatitis B diseasecarrier does no harm toothers’ health and the newpractice will not increasethe disease transmission,”Deng added. Though thehepatitis B test was to becanceled, the physical ex-amination of liver func-tions would remain, Dengsaid.—Xinhua

KABUL, 11 Oct—While NATO has beenendeavoring to sweepTaleban militants outfrom their hotbed insouthern Afghanistan, themilitants by influencingthe northern provinceshave opened a new frontagainst the western mili-

tary alliance. The militants have

stretched their activities inthe relatively peacefulFaryab, Balkh, Kunduzand Baghlan provinceswhich link the Afghancapital Kabul to theformer Soviet Republicsof central Asia.

Militants on Thursdaynight attacked and injuredthree soldiers of theNATO-led InternationalSecurity Assistance Force(ISAF) in Balkh Provincewhile Kunduz andBaghlan have been turnedto the hub of militants.

Parts of BaghlanProvince, particularlyBaghlan-e-Markazi dis-trict, has been the scene ofalmost continued skir-mishes over the past cou-ple of months.

In addition to Talebanfighters, militants loyalto dissident warlord andformer Prime MinisterGulbudin Hekmatyar-ledoutlawed Islamic Party,the Hizb-e-Islami, areactive in the strategi-cally important BaghlanProvince.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 11 Oct—China’s CommerceMinistry said on Saturday that it has notyet received an application about ma-chinery maker Tengzhong’s bid to buyGeneral Motors’ (GM.UL) Hummerbrand.

General Motors Co signed a deal onFriday to sell its iconic but tarnishedHummer brand to an investment part-nership headed by the hitherto obscureChinese machinery maker, based in thecountry’s southwest province ofSichuan.

“The Ministry of Commerce has yetto receive an application concerningTengzhong’s purchase of Hummer,” aMinistry official was quoted as sayingin a brief report on Chinese state radio.

“Currently, the Sichuan Provincecommerce office is preparing to reportthe situation to the Ministry of Com-merce, and because nothing is knownabout the specific content of the purchaseagreement, for now (the ministry) willnot say any more,” the report cited theunnamed official as saying.—Internet

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Moderate quakerocks Indonesia’sNorth Sumatra

JAKARTA, 11 Oct— A magnitude 5.4 earthquakerocked Gunung Sitoli of Indonesia’s North Sumatraon Sunday morning, the Meteorology, Climatologyand Geophysics Agency said.

The agency said that the quake occurred at 07:59local time (0059 GMT) in a depth of 41 kilometersunder sea-bed.

The epicenter was at 117 kilometers of southwest-ern Gunung Sitoli regency. The agency did not issuetsunami warning.—Xinhua

Algae blooms threaten Lake Erie

Photo taken on 10 Oct, 2009 shows the Ka-32 helicopter namely “SnowEagle” on board of the vessel Snow Dragon in Shanghai, China. Snow Eagle

officially joined China’s Antarctic exploration team on Saturday. A team of251 members will leave on board the vessel Snow Dragon for China’s 26th

Antarctic exploration on Sunday. —XINHUA

AIDS study announcementquestioned

DETROIT, 11 Oct—Gi-ant algae blooms that ap-peared during summer onLake Erie had not beenseen since the 1970swhen sewage dischargewas rampant, a US expertsays.

The blooms disap-peared after sewageplants and industry cutthe flow of particulatephosphorus into the lake,but dissolved phosphorusfrom fertilizers and deter-gents has been more dif-ficult to curb, researcherstold The Detroit News ina story published onSaturday.

Phosphorus is neces-sary for algae to thriveand the increasingly largeblooms seen on the lakeeach summer present aproblem with no foresee-able end, conservationistssaid.Algae species foul-ing beaches and water-ways include Microcystisor blue-green algae,which is harmful to wild-life and threatening drink-ing water. The blue-green

algae is so prevalent onthe western half of LakeErie that it now can beseen from space, the Newsreported.

“This year has beenparticularly bad,” saidDavid Baker, a biologyprofessor at HeidelbergUniversity in Tiffin, Ohio,and founder of the Na-tional Center for WaterQuality Research.

Internet

Jordan to refill Dead Sea from Red Sea

People visit a bicyleand electric-cycle

exhibition inHangzhou, capital ofeast China’s ZhejiangProvince, on 9 Oct,

2009.The 2009 ChinaZhejiang InternationalBicycle Electric-cycle

Exhibition was openedat the Peace Interna-

tional Convention andExhibition Center in

Hangzhou onFriday.—XINHUA

WASHINGTON, 11Oct—The encouragingresults of an AIDS vac-cine trial announced bythe US Army and Thai-land may have been afluke, a scientist says.

The Army, the Thaigovernment and the USNational Institutes ofHealth, which helped fi-nance the three-year,$105 million study, an-nounced last month theresults indicated they hadfound the first vaccinethat provided some pro-tection against humanimmunodeficiency virus.But an Army scientist in-

volved in the project saida second analysis of datashowed the resultsweren’t statistically sig-nificant, The Wall StreetJournal reported onSaturday.

Scientist Jerome Kimtold the newspaper thatofficials were aware ofthe second analysis whenit made the announce-ment but went aheadanyway.

The newspaper saidthe second analysis,which is considered a vi-tal component of anyvaccine study, indicatedthe results could havebeen due to chance.

The initial results in-dicated the vaccine re-duced by the chance ofinfection with HIV, theAIDS-causing virus, by31 percent, but a follow-up “per protocol” analy-sis showed there is a 16percent chance the studyresults were a fluke,which, the newspapersaid, is a far greaterprobability than is con-sidered statistically ac-ceptable.

Internet

An Indonesian volun-teer plays games with

the children ofPasadama village in

Pariaman following therecent 7.6-magnitude

earthquake that struckthe western coast of the

island. Many childsurvivors of the huge

earthquake on Sumatraisland on 30 Sept, 30have been left trauma-tised by a disaster that

the United Nations sayskilled upwards of 1,100

people.—INTERNET

AMMAN, 11 Oct— Jor-dan’s plan to refill theDead Sea with waterfrom the Red Sea coulddamage ecosystems inboth bodies of water, en-vironmentalists warn.

Water levels in theDead Sea, the Earth’slowest and saltiest bodyof water, have beenshrinking by more than 4feet a year for the last 20years, largely because ofwater extracted for drink-

ing, agriculture and in-dustry, The Daily Tel-egraph reported Satur-day.

The Jordanian govern-ment plans to extractmore than 10 billion cu-bic feet a year from theRed Sea, 110 miles to thesouth, route most of it toa desalination plant tocreate drinking water,and then send the remain-ing salty wastewater tothe Dead Sea by tunnel,

Jordanian Water MinisterMaysoun Zu’bi said. Theproject would begin assoon as funding is ar-ranged, Zu’bi said.

Envi ronmenta l i s t swarn that mixing twotypes of saltwater couldproduce algae blooms inthe Dead Sea, while in-creased salinity inthe Red Sea could dam-age fish and coral, theTelegraph reported.

Internet

Moderate earthquakehits off Tonga

WELLINGTON, 11 Oct—An earthquake measuring5.9 on the Richter scale struck off the Pacific islandnation of Tonga on Sunday, the US Geological Sur-vey said. There were no reports of damages or casu-alties so far .

The quake, occurred at 08:41 am on Sunday Tongalocal time (1941GMT Saturday), was centered 645km northeast of Nuku’alofa, the capital of Tonga.

It was at a depth of 10 km.No tsunami warning had been issued by the Ha-

waii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.More than 184 people died after a violent Pacific

earthquake on 30 Sept caused a tsunami that struckTonga, Samoa and American Samoa. —Xinhua

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Barcelona chosen as Davis Cupfinal venue

MADRID, 11 Oct—Barcelona was named this Sat-urday as the city to host the final of the Davis cupbetween Spain and the Czech Republic. The final oftennis team tournament, will be held in the Palau SanJordi in Barcelona. The Palau was the venue of the2000 final, which saw Spain beat Australia to win thetrophy for the first time.

Barcelona was chosen ahead of Valencia after thecity of Madrid opted not to present an offer to host theevent. The Palau San Jordi has seats for 17,600 spec-tators and will almost certainly be sold out as Spainattempts to retain the trophy that it won last year inArgentina.The final will be played on December 4-6.

Xinhua

Greece beats Latviain World Cup qualifier

ATHENS, 11 Oct—Greece was a step closer to win-ning the World Cup ticket to South Africa next year,by beating Latvia 5-2 Saturday evening in a thrillingsoccer game at Athens Olympic Stadium. BayernLeverkusen’s striker Fanis Gekas led the Greek na-tional team to victory, scoring four of the five goals,and revived Greece’s qualification chances to SouthAfrica.

Georgios Samaras who plays for Scottish PremierLeague club Celtic, scored Greece’s fifth goal, in frontof a 20,000 cheering crowd. Latvia’s striker MarisVerpakovskis, who plays for Greek first division clubErgotelis, scored his country’s two goals. Greece isfixed to host Luxemburg in a crucial match nextWednesday. — Xinhua

Capello says Ferdinand ‘not to blame’for England defeat

Wayne Rooney of England (C) fightsfor a ball with Yaroslav Rakytsyy (L)

of Ukraine during the World Cup2010, Group 6 qualifying footballmatch in Dnipropetrovsk. Ukraine

won 1-0.—INTERNET

Cilic faces Djokovicin title clash

Ronaldo leadsCorinthians to 2-1

victory over Gremio RIO DE JANEIRO, 11

Oct—After a five-gamewinless streak, theCorinthians returned towin on Saturday, beatingGremio 2-1 in the Brazil-ian soccer championship.Ronaldo scored thegame’s first goal in the11th minute. Receivingthe ball on the left side,the star striker sized up theGremio goalkeeper andcrushed it from long dis-tance. The ball deflectedoff a Gremio defender andveered into the right cor-ner of the Gremio net.

Internet

Chile qualifies, Argentina struggles in WC drama

Argentina’s national team coach DiegoMaradona celebrates after their FIFAWorld Cup South Africa-2010 qualifiermatch against Peru at Monumentalstadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Argentina won 2-1.—INTERNET

Woods & Stricker firstunbeaten team in 30 years

SAN FRANCISCO, 11 Oct—Tiger Woods and SteveStricker were perfect as Presidents Cup partners, and theygot enough help from everyone else on Saturday to putthe Americans in position to stay perfect on home soil.

With an improbable rally by Woods in the morningand pure putting by Stricker in the afternoon, they be-came the first partnership in the Presidents Cup — andthe first in 30 years of any team competition — to go 4-0.Phil Mickelson had a chance to join them with anundefeated record using different partners. Mickelsonand Sean O’Hair, who won their match handily in themorning, each had a birdie putt inside 15 feet on thefinal hole for the win, but had to settle for a halve.

Internet

Tiger Woods of the UnitedStates Presidents Cup teamhits from the third tee dur-ing his foursomes match atgolf’s Presidents Cup atHarding Park Golf Course,

on 10 Oct, 2009, in SanFrancisco.—INTERNET

US, Mexico qualifyfor World Cup with wins

MEXICO CITY, 11 Oct—Mexico and the United Statesqualified for the 2010 World Cup with impressive tri-umphs on Saturday while Costa Rica and Honduraswill carry their quest for South Africa to Wednesday’sfinal matches.

Conor Casey scored two goals and Landon Dono-van curled a free kick into the net in the 70th minuteto give the Americans a 3-2 victory at Honduras, end-ing the hosts’ eight-match home qualifying winstreak.The Mexicans started slow but netted three goalsin the last 20 minutes for a 4-1 victory over El Salva-dor, which was eliminated from contention for nextyear’s global football showdown as a result of the de-feat.—Internet

Rafael Nadal of Spainhits a return against

Marin Cilic of Croatiaduring a semi-finalmatch of the China

Open 2009 in Beijing.INTERNET

BEIJING, 11 Oct—Croatia’s Marin Cilic dealtRafael Nadal his heaviestdefeat in nearly two yearson Saturday, earning a6-1, 6-3 victory at theChina Open to set up a fi-nal with Novak Djokovic.The eighth seed’s surprisewin in one hour, 22 min-utes was the first loss inBeijing for the Spaniard,who as top seed had set ablistering pace all week.

“If you lose there lots ofthings you are doingwrong, mentally I prob-ably wasn’t there,” saidNadal. “I had a chance tocome back in the secondset, but I didn’t play well.”It was very difficult for me,he served unbelievable,with winners almost all thetime. I had a chance tocome back and I didn’tplay very well. He gaveme many chances to playbut I was under pressure.

“I can do better nexttime — I must,” said thetop seed at next week’sShanghai Masters.Djokovic powered intoSunday’s final after a 6-3,6-3 win over Sweden’sRobin Soderling, whichalso ensures he will claimthe number three ATPranking next week aheadof Andy Murray. The Serbstands at 3-0 over Cilic, in-cluding a victory this sea-son in Dubai.—Internet

BUENOS AIRES, 11 Oct—DiegoMaradona’s Argentina side struggledpast doormat Peru 2-1 to set up aWednesday showdown at Uruguay for aWorld Cup 2010 berth while Chilebooked a place in South Africa by beat-ing Colombia 4-2.The penultimate nightof South American qualifying matches

for next year’s global football showdownsaw Argentina avoid a shocking upsetin stoppage time while Chile made animpressive qualifying run pay off on twosecond-half goals.—Internet

DNIPROPETROVSK, 11 Oct—FabioCapello insists England defender RioFerdinand should not be held responsi-ble for his side’s 1-0 qualifying defeatagainst Ukraine. Capello saw England’sunblemished record in Group Six cometo an end on Saturday as SerhiyNazarenko’s deflected first half goal in

the Dnipro Stadium sunk his 10 men.The turning point of a fiery encoun-

ter, which was marred by Ukraine fansrepeatedly throwing flares onto the pitch,came when Ferdinand made a woefulmisjudgement that led to England goal-keeper Robert Green being dismissed.Ferdinand’s blunder wasn’t the first bythe Manchester United centre-back in anEngland shirt recently. He was also atfault for a goal in England’s friendlydraw in Holland in August.—Internet

Italy, Germany, Denmark,Serbia reach World Cup

PARIS, 11 Oct—De-fending champion Italyqualified for next year’sWorld Cup on Saturdayalong with Germany,Denmark, Serbia and theIvory Coast.

France, Ireland, Russiaand Bosnia-Herzegovinaassured themselves sec-ond-place finishes andwill try to earn berths innext month’s Europeanplayoffs. Eight of the ninesecond-place finishers inEurope advance to theplayoffs.

Half the 32-nation fieldfor next year’s tourna-ment already has been set.Going into the weekend,Australia, Brazil, Eng-land, Ghana, Japan, theNetherlands, North Ko-rea, Paraguay, South Ko-rea and Spain had earnedspots along with hostSouth Africa, which getsan automatic berth.

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Shan, Kayah, Mon and Kayin States,lower Sagaing, Magway and Bago Divisions, rainor thundershowers have been isolated in RakhineState, Mandalay and Yangon Divisions, scatteredin Chin State and Ayeyawady Division andwidespread in the remaining States and Divisions.The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded wereMyeik (2.68) inches, Katha (2.56) inches, Moekok(1.65) inches, Putao (1.45) inches, Kawthoung(0.94) inch, Falam (0.79) inch and Bhamo (0.71)inch.

Maximum temperature on 10-10-2009 was 93°F.Minimum temperature on 11-10-2009 was 71°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 11-10-2009 was 85%.Total sun shine hours on 10-10-2009 was (7.7) hours approx.

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

Forecast valid until evening of 12th October 2009:Rain or thundershowers will be widespread inKachin and Mon States, Taninthayi Division, fairlywidespread in Chin State, upper Sagaing andAyeyawady Divisions, scattered in Shan, Rakhine,Kayah and Kayin States, Yangon and BagoDivisions and isolated in the remaining areas. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Increase of rain in theEastern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for12-10-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for12-10-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for12-10-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia bites the trophy afterwinning the men’s singles final against Marin Cilicof Croatia at the China Open tennis tournament in

Beijing on 11 October, 2009.—INTERNET

DUBAI (United Arab Emirates), 11 Oct—TheMiddle East has weathered the global economicdownturn better than other parts of the world becauseits energy exporters were able to tap billions ofdollars in oil profits collected when prices werebooming, the International Monetary Fund saidSunday.

By reaching into those reserves, major oilproducers like Saudi Arabia shielded theireconomies from the worst of the slump bymaintaining government spending and injectingliquidity into domestic banking systems rattled bythe credit crisis. Doing so not only blunted theimpact of the downturn on their own economies,but also helped shore up the economies ofneighboring countries without large oil reserves,the IMF said.

“By and large, they all responded quickly anddecisively. ... They continued spending,” the IMF’sMiddle East and Central Asia Director MasoodAhmed said of the major oil exporters. “This acted,if you like, as a bit of a circuit breaker in terms ofnot having that shock transmit itself into the non-oileconomy.” That spending came at a price.—Internet

Rainy-day oil funds seeMideast through downturn

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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

Our news crew of the Kyemon Daily went ona study tour of Minbu (Saku) Township in MinbuDistrict to write a byline about developments ofMagway Division.

Minbu District has five towns namely Minbu(Saku), Pwintphyu, Salin, Sedoktara and Ngaphe.The towns are formed with 21 wards with 298 village-tracts and there are altogether 966 villages. The dis-trict has a population of over 890,000. We paid a visitto Yebok Model Village established in Minbu (Saku)Township as a village of quality paddy strain. Thevillage’s main business is livestock breeding andagriculture that contribute towards its economy.

In the village there are ten streets and threeinter-village roads namely Kyibinkan, Alanpal andKalapa. U Hla Ko, chairman of Village Peace andDevelopment Council, explained to us that the roadscould be used in all seasons. We have also learned thatthe village has 310 houses and 320 households and itspopulation is 1624. The compound of every house islarge and fenced with bamboo mats or dwarf plants.The shady trees and firewood plantations grown in thevillage not only reduce intense heat but also contrib-ute to environmental conservation. The area of thevillage is 1850 acres and there are also 50 acres of landowned by village to its southern part. We visited theVillage PDC office and self-reliant library packedwith about 2500 books and periodicals donated bywell-wishers.

While visiting the rural dispensary in the vil-

Yebok Model Village in Minbu (Saku)Township in Magway Division

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

lage’s northern part, we witnessed medicines andmedical equipment provided by the department con-cerned and furniture donated by the villagers. Thenwe went to the two lakes. The village PDC chairmansaid, “The lakes are dredged and chlorinated yearly onMyanmar New Year Day. There are also 120 manual

pumps and 23 shallow wells in the village. So enoughwater can be provided for the villagers.”

We have learned that the village mainly growspaddy, beans and sesame. Afterwards, we left thevillage for quality paddy strain plantations by

(See page 10)

Quality paddy strain plantation in Yebok Model Village in Minbu Township.

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