the new light of myanmar 13-04-2010

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Volume XVII, Number 362 1st Waxing of Kason 1371 ME Tuesday, 13 April, 2010

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

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

technical know-how and investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

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

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

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Myanmar sees country’s 238th over-180-ft bridgein Ayeyawady Div in time of Tatmadaw Govt

NAY PYI TAW, 13April — Nyaung CreekBridge on Pathein-Kankon-Myinkaseik-Myaungmya road inKangyidaunt Township,Pathein District,Ayeyawady Division,built by Public Works(Pathein District) of theMinistry of Constructionwas opened this morning.

Chairman ofAyeyawady DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofSouth-West CommandMaj-Gen Kyaw Swespoke on the occasion.With the emergence of thebridge, people from thevillages of Labutta,

Myaungmya, Wakemaand Einme townships cantravel easily to Pathein andYangon. As the State hasbuilt roads and bridges,modern phone lines and

is being implemented forroad transportdevelopment. Uponcompletion of the project,local people can travelwithin a short time by road,

human resourceinfrastructures, Aye-yawady Division hasdeveloped rapidly. Thedivision has grown 3.7million acres of monsoon

paddy and will growsummer paddy to meet thetarget of 1.3 million acres.In line with the guidanceof the Head of State, 10-road construction project

the commander said.In his speech,

Minister for ConstructionMaj-Gen Khin MaungMyint said new road

(See page 8)

Article & Photos: Tin Than Win (IPRD)

The bylines on tapping of water at artesian wells inwards and villages of Ayadaw Township and utilization ofwater for local people and animals and for agriculturalpurpose were appeared in the dailies issued in January2010.

To observe the tapping of underground water inTaunghmwa and Tawhla villages of Ayadaw Township,I made a trip from Monywa to Ayadaw by car.

On arrival at an artesian well of TaunghmwaVillage, Deputy Director U Tin Maung Win of Departmentof Water Resources Utilization explained, “This well wassunk on 26-10-2009 and it was completed on 22-11-2009.The water flows out from 1300 feet deep well with 1200gallons of water per hour. The water is PH 7.5. Theartesian well is about two miles from Taunghmwa Village.The well installed with four inches diametre is beingsupplied to the water tank of the village through a 10240feet long 3-inch diametre water pipeline. The water tankis supplying water to village through a two-inch diametrepipe again and then to the households with the use of one-inch

(See page 9)An artesian well of Tawhla Village in Ayadaw Township.

Chairman ofAyeyawady Division

Peace andDevelopment Council

Commander ofSouth-West Command

Maj-Gen Kyaw Sweand Minister for

ConstructionMaj-Gen Khin Maung

Myint on NyaungCreek Bridge.

MNA

Dry regions get help even from beneath the Earth

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Tuesday, 13 April, 2010

PERSPECTIVES* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s Desire

Preserve fine Thingyantraditions

The Eve of the Thingyan Festival (WaterFestival) falls on the First Waxing of Kason1371 Myanmar Era (today).

According to the Myanmar legend, theKing of Tavatinsa Celestial Abode leaves itskingdom and sojourns in the human abode. Itis traditionally believed that the time he arrivesin the human abode is the beginning ofThingyan. As a gesture of honouring his visit,Myanmar people set Atar pots with variousspecies of seasonal flowers in them on theThingyan Eve to extend a warm welcome to theKing of Tavatinsa Celestial Abode. The dayhas been designated as the Thingyan Eve.

According to Wawharrat-hta PakathaniTreatise, the term “Thingyan” is derived fromthe Sanskrit word “Sinkjanta”, and someassume that it is derived from the Pali word“Sinkanta”. The term “Thingyan” meanstransition from the old to the New Year.

Historic records say that the ThingyanFestival came into existence in Bagan Period.Succesive Myanmar kings celebrated the WaterFestival traditional every year. Referring tothe historical documentaries, the Water Festivalwas celebrated on a grand scale in successiveperiods such as Bagan, Innwa, Nyaungyan andKonbaung.

Long ago, Myanmar people mixed scentedliquid and water into a silver bowl and pouredthe water onto others in a polite way inThingyan. Many used small thabye branches tosprinkle the scented water to others, which is avery lovely tradition of Myanmar.

In Thingyan Festival, the people should allpreserve the fine traditions, and avoid decadentcostumes that harm Myanmar traditions andculture.

Therefore, revellers and merry-makers areurged to welcome the Myanmar New Year1372 by avoiding decadent culture andcostumes and preserving and safeguardingcultural heritage and national character.

NAY PYI TAW, 12April—Chairman ofMyanmar OlympicCommittee Minister forSports Brig-Gen ThuraAye Myint on 10 Aprilcalled for securingvictory in SEA Gamessports events andrecruiting potentialplayers in meeting withstaff of Rakhine StateSports and PhysicalEducation Department atits office in Sittway.

He viewed theWaitharli Sports Groundand Gymnasium andattended to the needs.He presented sportsgear and cash to the

Minister inspects sports grounds andgymnasiums in Sittway

Western Command,universities and schoolsin Sittway at the sportsgear donation ceremonyat U Ottama Hall of

Sittway.On 11 April, the

minister viewedDanyawady SportsGround and Gymnasium.

He proceeded toWeightlifting Associationand presented UniversalMechaning.

MNA

YANGON, 12 April—Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin today inspectedarrangement for cleanwater to be used at waterpavilions in Kandawgyiand its environs duringThingyan Festival carriedout by EngineerDepartment of the YCDC,dredging the KandawgyiLake and purified watersample.

The mayor alsoinspected tube-wells indowntown Yangon andthe suburbs.

MNA

Yangon Mayor inspects water sanitation work

YANGON, 12 April—The bronze level teamevent, bronze level singleevent and senior event andwomen’s event of 52nd

PyinOoLwin Gold Cupgolf tournamentcontinued for second dayat PyinOoLwin GolfClub, PyinOoLwin,today.

52nd PyinOoLwin Gold Cup continuesfor second day

The gold level/team/single events and the silverlevel team/single eventswill be held on 13 and 14April.

It was mainlysponsored by Kaung MyatCompanies (KM GolfCentre) and cooperativelysponsored by IBTC(International Beverages

Trading Co Ltd), HtooTrading, Shwe Cham Co,Hotel PyinOoLwin,Lucky Purified DrinkingWater, Panhok Duwa Co,Shwe Thabye Co, A-1Construction, ThawdawinConstruction, Elite TechManufacturing Co Ltd,IGE Group ofCompanies, Yatanapon

Teleport Co Ltd, AsiaWorld Co Ltd,Tarmoenye ChanthaTun Wai Tha, FortuneInternational Co Ltd,Fisca Co Ltd, MyatMandalar Tun ExpressService, Royal RewardResor t Hote l , KKKte lephone t r ad ing ,Myanmar Beer, HANGolf Master , NikonCamera, Aurora Wineand Oak Barral Wine.

MNA

MyanmarOlympic

CommitteeChairman

SportsMinisterBrig-Gen

Thura AyeMyint

presentssports gear

for townshipsin RakhineState.—MNA

Yangon Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin inspects tube well inKyauktada Township.

MNA

Respect paying ceremony ofBEHS Kyaukkyi on 24 April

YANGON, 12 April—The 15th respect payingceremony for retired teachers of the old GovernmentMiddle School and Basic Education High School ofKyaukkyi in Bago Division is scheduled to be held atBasic Education Middle School in Kyaukkyi on 24April.

Cash donations may be made for the ceremonythrough Col Myint Ohn (Retd) (Ph: 01-581020 and09-8021554), U Than Win (Yangon)(Ph: 01-646375), Daw Wai Mar Thi (Yangon)(Ph: 09-5106225), U Khin Zaw (Mandalay)(Ph: 09-2023254) and U Win Naing (Kyaukkyi) (Ph:09-6310376 and 054-49045).—MNA

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Afghan policemen and security personnel stand in front of a burning truckwhich was set on fire by Taleban insurgents in northern Baghlan province. The

truck was carrying supplies for NATO troops on 11 April, 2010.—INTERNET

Afghans wounded in aroadside bomb lie on abed at a local hospitalin Kandahar, south ofKabul, Afghanistan,on Sunday, 11 April ,2010. A bus carrying

Afghans working for aUS-supported

demining group wasstruck by a roadsidebomb in Kandaharprovince Sunday,

killing five workersand wounding 13others.—INTERNET

KABUL, 12 April —Continued Taliban-ledmilitancy and conflicts inwar-plagued Afghanistanclaimed the lives of 176people including 135Taliban insurgents, 29 ci-vilians and 12 police overthe past one week, spokes-man of Interior MinistryZamaray Bashari saidSunday.

“Some 119 securityincidents which indicatefour percent higher thanthe previous week left 177people including 135 in-surgents dead in the pastweek,” Bashari told apress briefing here.

He also said that theincidents left 29 civiliansand 12 police officers andsoldier dead.

According to Bashari

LONDON, 12 April—A car bomb exploded Sun-day near the headquartersof Britain's MI5 securityservices in Northern Ire-land, news reaching herefrom Belfast said.

The blast happenedafter Belfast resumed po-lice and justice powers anda vote on Monday on anew justice minister for

KANDAHAR, 12 April—NATO-led troops opened fire on a passenger bus inTaleban former stronghold Kandahar province of southern Afghanistan Mondaymorning, killing four civilians and injuring 18 others, a statement of provincialgovernment issued here said.

“A passenger bus was heading from Kandahar to Herat province this morningat 6 am local time, but the international troops opened fire on the bus killing fourpeople including a woman and a child,” the statement said.

It also said that 18 other people were injured in the incident which took placein Jala district.

According to the statement, 12 injured persons were evacuated to anInternational Security Assistance Force (ISAF) hospital in Kandahar air base fortreatment, while six others were taken to a hospital in the city.—Internet

NATO troops kill fourcivilians in S Afghanistan

Car bomb explodes near Britain'sMI5 headquarters in N Ireland

the province.“A device has ex-

ploded in a vehicle at therear of Palace Barracks inHolywood,” a policespokeswoman said.

There are no reportsof injuries and no one has

claimed responsibility forthe attack, she added.

The Palace Barracksis a former British armycomplex which now be-comes the MI5 headquar-ters.

Roadside bomb kills four, wounds 14 in S Afghanistan

Militancy, conflicts claim176 lives in Afghanistan

over past week76 more Taliban had beenarrested during the period.

“Some 300 kg ofnarcotics and over 1200kg of chemical sub-stance used in manufac-turing heroin were alsofound and destroyed byAfghan National Policeover the past one week,”he said.

He also said that po-lice in an operation onSaturday found explosivematerial in a hospital inTaliban hotbed Helmandprovince.

“Some Afghan and in-ternational employees ofthe hospital had been ar-rested and investigationsis underway to find outwho was behind the plot,”he said.

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KANDAHAR, 12April—A roadside bombstruck a vehicle of a de-mining agency in Damandistrict of Kandahar prov-ince, south of Afghani-stan Sunday, killing andwounding over a dozenpeople, a doctor in theKandahar main hospitalsaid.

“Four dead bodies and14 injured men have been

taken to Mir Wais hospi-tal in Kandahar city, thecapital of Kandahar prov-ince,” doctor MohammadIrbahim told Xinhua.

All the victims, headded, are Afghans.

Meantime, Governorof Daman district SarajudinKhan, in talks with Xinhua,confirmed the incident, say-ing it was a remote- con-trolled bomb targeted at the

vehicle of a de-miningagency at 06:30 a.m. localtime. But he could not givethe name of the agency.

However, he did notmake comment on thecasualties, adding inves-tigation is underway.

Khan accused the en-emies of peace, a referenceto Taliban militants, butthe outfit has yet to makecomment.—Internet

Bomb kills 3 schoolchildren in Iraq’s DiyalaBAQUBA, 12 April—Three children brothers were

killed and their fourth brother was wounded on Sundayin a bomb explosion as they were heading to theirschool in a rural area in Iraq’s volatile province ofDiyala in northeast of Baghdad, a provincial policesource said.

The incident took place in the morning when fourbrothers aged between seven and 12, were on theirway to a local primary school in the Adhaim area,some 60 km north of the provincial capital city ofBaquba, the source told Xinhua on condition ofanonymity.

The blast immediately killed three of the brothersand critically wounded the fourth who has beentransferred to a hospital in Baquba, some 65 kmnortheast of Baghdad, the source said.

The father of the four children is a former leaderof an Awakening Council group, a government-backedparamilitary group which fought the extremist Sunnimilitants of Qaida, he said.—Internet

Afghan children scavenge for used items amongrubbish on the outskirts of Kabul, capital of Af-

ghanistan, on 11 April, 2010. According to a reportreleased by international organizations, there aremore than 60,000 street children in Kabul, though

over seven million girls and boys attended toschool after Taleban regime collapsed in late

2001.—INTERNET

Friends mourn during afuneral for Hashem

Mohammed in centralBaghdad, Iraq, Wednes-

day, on 7 April, 2010.Hundreds of people aregathering for funerals

after bombs rippedthrough apartment

buildings and a market inBaghdad on Tuesday.

INTERNET

Internet

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BEIJING, 12 April —Iran has startedproduction of anadvanced air defensemissile system. And alarge number will bedelivered to thecountry’s armed forcesthis year.

Iran’s DefenseMinister, Ahmad Va-hidi, says the Mersad

HOHHOT, 12 April —Chinese scientistsannounced they havemade progress in artificialpropagation of Bactriancamels.

Zhang Li, a researcherwith the livestockimprovement station innorth China’s InnerMongolia AutonomousRegion, said they havesucceeded in making thefemale Bactrian camel toproduce three to five ova,instead of only one innormal circumstances,during the period a femaleBactrian camel is in heat.

In addition, they havebeen able to get oospermsout of the female camel,paving the way forembryo transplantation.

Zhang Wenbin,director of Alxa Camel

WASHINGTON, 12April — A high schoolin Washington D. C. hasbeen evacuated Sundayafternoon after a majorfire broke out, with noinjuries reported.

A big cloud ofsmoke billowed fromnear East Capitol Street,Xinhua reporterwitnessed.

According to

BEIJING, 12 April—Finance ministers fromthe Euro Zone’s 16nations have earmarked30 bi l l ion euros inemergency loans toGreece for this year.This comes in additionto at least 10 billioneuros from theInternational MonetaryFund making it one ofthe biggest multi-lateralfinancial rescues everattempted.

Euro Zone ministersgave Greece the nod toborrow from the bloc’smember governmentsand the International

The world’s largestcopy of Mona Lisa,

measuring about 300 sqm, is installed at the

Shanghai World Expo,on 11 April, 2010. Atotal of 999 painters

spent four hoursfinishing such a giantwork by ranging andpasting hundreds of

30cm-long, 20 cm-widesmall pieces of colors.

XINHUA

Iran starts to produce new missilesystem

missile defense system,can shoot down aircraft,and will upgrade Iran’sdefense. Iran, has maderegular announcements ofprogress in its militarycapabilities, and carriesout missile tests.

In February, itdeclared it had officiallybegun producing two newmissiles. This latest

announcement comesless than a week afterTehran urged Moscownot to bow to Westernpressure, over the saleof a Russian missiledefense system to Iran.The system couldprotect i ts nuclearfaci l i t ies from airstrikes.

Xinhua

Plane disaster not to endangerPolish economy

The KomsomolskayaMetro Station in

Moscow, Russia. Themetro station hasbecome one of the

landmarks in Moscowpartly because it islocated at the city’s

busiest publictransportation hub the

KomsomolskayaSquare. The station

opened on 30 January,1952.—XINHUA

China makes progress in artificial propagation ofBactrian camelsResearch Institution, saidBactrian camels can adjustits body temperature bythree degrees Celsius in aday and can cope withextreme drought. Thegene that determines suchperformance is

Major fire causes evacuation at US high

school

Eurogroup backs Greek aidplan

Monetary Fund atsignif icantly belowcurrent market rates. Butonly if market fundingdries up.

Eurogroup chairmanJean-Claude Junckersaid, “The amount to bepaid by the members ofthe Euro Zone in the firstyear will be 30 billioneuros. This will becontributed to and co-financed by the IMF. Theamount for subsequentyears will be decided at alater date, depending onhow Greece’s financialsituation develops.”

Xinhua

Workers pick tea-leaves at a tea garden in the

suburb of Nairobi, capital of Kenya, on 11

April, 2010. Kenya’s tea production for the firstquarter rose by more than 50 percent recorded

in the same period last year. Good rainsexperienced in tea growing areas since the

beginning of 2010 boosted Kenya’s teaproduction.—XINHUA

considered valuable inbioengin-eering.AlxaLeague, located in thewestern part of InnerMongolia, boasts 80,000of China’s 280,000Bactrian camels.

Xinhua

WARSAW, 12 April —The Polish economy willnot be endangered afterthe death of LechKaczynski and other

Cavalry parade is held during the “The Feastof the Youth from Brasov” celebrated in

Brasov, some 166 km north of Romania’scapital city of Bucharest, on 11 April, 2010.

Young men, formed by seven groups of cavalrywith their own costume and flag, rode from the

mountains and travelled around Brasov,celebrating the spring.—XINHUA

Washington D.C. Fireand Emergency MedicalServices, the heavysmoke was caused by amajor fire at EasternSenior High School

Fire departmentspokesperson PetePiringer said that a“minimal amount ofpeople” were in thebuilding, which wascurrently under

renovation and thosepeople were evacuatedwith no injuriesreported.

S e v e n t y - f i v efirefighters were calledto the scene. Part of theEast Capitol Street and17th Street have beenclosed to traffic in bothdirections.The cause ofthe fire is not yet known.

Xinhua

senior officials in a planecrash on Saturday, asenior official said hereon Sunday.

Xinhua

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SEDNEY, 12 April — A 7.1-magnitude earthquakestruck the Solomon Islands on Sunday, the US.Geological Survey reported, quoted by AustralianBroadcasting Company.

It said the quake’s epicenter was 52 km deep, 97km southwest of the Solomon Islands’ Kira Kira inthe Pacific Ocean. It hit at 8:40 pm. local time, .

But so far, no tsunami warning has been issuedand there are no reports of casualties available.

Xinhua

A wushu fan practises ona main street in Buenos

Aires, capital ofArgentina, on 11 April ,

2010. An eight-kilometer-long street inBuenos Aires was closed

on Sunday to provideplay ground for citizensduring an event to markthe World Health Day.

XINHUA

BEIJING, 12 April —The Chinese maritimeauthor i ty sa id onMonday that no Chinesewas found aboard theship h i jacked bySomal ia p i ra tes onSunday nearSeychelles.

After contacting itscounterpar ts inEuropean Union, the

No Chinese aboard ship hijacked bySomalia pirates

BEIJING, 12 April — Food safetyauthorities in Qingdao, an open coastalcity in eastern China’s ShandongProvince, have temporarily halted thesale of Chinese chives after seizingalmost 2 tonnes of pesticide-taintedchives last week.

Nine residents have reportedly beenpoisoned after eating toxic chives thismonth.

The patients complained ofheadache, nausea and diarrhea after

Sale of chives banned in E China’s Qingdao

NEW YORK, 12 April—At l eas t s ixf i re f igh te r s , oneemergen t medica lse rv ice worker andthree civil ians wereinjured early Mondaywhen fighting a majorfire which broke outl a te Sunday inChina town in NewYork City, fire officialtold Xinhua.

The blaze was firstreported in a six-storeyapar tment bu i ld ingnear Grand and ForsythSide s t ree ts shor t ly

At least 10 injured in Chinatown firein New York

NAIROBI, 12 April—The European Unionnaval force says Somalipirates have hijacked acargo ship west of theisland nation of theSeychelles.

Commander JohnHarbour said he did notknow the nationalitiesof the crew memberso n b o a r d t h e S t .V i n c e n t a n dG r e n a d i n e s - f l a g g e d

Somali pirates hijack cargoship near Seychelles

MADRID, 12 April — A magnitude-6.2 earthquakeshook Granada, Spain on Sunday without immediatereport of any casualties and property damages,according to US. Geological Survey (USGS).

The quake struck at 12:08:10 am. local time(220810 GMT) with a depth of 616.7 KM at anepicenter 25 km southeast of Granada, Spain.

Xinhua

Strong earthquake shakesSpain

Chile suffers 5.0-magnitudeaftershock

SANTIAGO, 12 April —A quake aftershockmeasuring 5.0 degrees on the Richter scale shooksouthern Chile region Maule on Sunday, withoutreports of damage or injury, in what experts say anaftershock from Feb. 27’s deadly quake.

The earthquake’s epicenter was 35 kilometers(km) deep and around 92 km north of Maule’scapital Talca, according to the US. GeologicalSurvey. Talca is around 300 km south of Chile’scapital Santiago.—Xinhua

7.1-magnitude hits SolomonIslands

DHAKA, 12 April —Six persons drowned and 10others went missing in a mechanized boat sinking inthe Maskata river Sunday night after it was caught ina rough weather in Bangladesh’ s Barisal district,169 km south of capital Dhaka, police said Monday.

An official told Xinhua by phone that themechanized boat was carrying around 35-40passengers sank in the river as it was caught in astormy weather and strong current of the river.

Six bodies were recovered by the local rescuerslate Sunday night.He said the rescuers are searchingfor the missing persons. The rest passengers swam toshore.—Xinhua

Six drown, 10 missing as boatsinks in Bangladesh

Chinese Marine Searchand Rescue Center(CMSRC) learned therewere 26 crew memberson the St. Vincent andGrenadines f laggedcargo ship, or RAKAFRIKANA, whichwere hijacked in theIndian Ocean watersnear Seychelles. Theyare Indian, Pakistan and

Tanzanian, the CMSRCsaid on its website.

On Sunday,regional mar i t imeofficials in Kenya saidall the 23 crew memberson the ship are Chinese.

The ship is headingtoward Somal i a t aspeed of 12 kilometersan hour, CMSRC said.

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consuming dishes that contained chivesat a local fast food restaurant, Monday’sChina Daily quoted the local QiluEvening News as saying.

All of them were poisoned by organicphosphorus, a highly toxic pesticide,officials from the Qingdao HealthSupervision Bureau said.

She said the poisoning symptomsappeared 15 minutes after she had thedish.

Xinhua

after 10 p.m. EDT anda seventh alarm calledabout midnight EDT,the fire official said.Addit ional cal ls formanpower andequipment were beingmade up to midnight.

F i re was f i r s tr epor ted on lowerfloors but later reportshad fire “through theroof” and firefightersevacua t ing thebuilding. The blazespread to an adjacentapartment building inthe heavily occupied

Madonna and herdaughter LourdesLeon attend the

premiere of ‘Nine’ atthe Ziegfeld Theatre

in New York.INTERNET

area in lower Manhattan,the central New YorkCity.

The type of injuriesreported was notimmediately known, butfirefighters had beenrescuing people from thebuilding’s upper floorsbefore abandoning thestructure to the flames.

Xinhua

Pupils with folk dressperform traditionaldance in Jakarta,

capital of Indonesia,on 11 April, 2010.

XINHUA

Rak Afrikana.Harbour said the ship

appeared to beexperiencing engineproblems at the time it washijacked early Sunday.EU forces have beendispatched to investigate.

International navalforces have stepped uptheir enforcement of thewaters off East Africa inan effort to thwart agrowing pirate trade.

Experts say piracywill continue to be aproblem until an effectivegovernment is establishedon Somalia’s lawlessshores. The country hasnot had a functioninggovernment for 19years.—Xinhua

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SANTO DOMINGO, 12 April—JackMacCluskey, a mere 9 years old, becamethe youngest fisherman to catch allspecies billfish during the DominicanRepublic’s Royal Slam competition, localpress reported on Sunday.

MacCluskey’s achievement is theentry requirement for the Slam, whichtakes place off the coast of resort cityCape Cana. Because of the extensivetravel it involves, only 100 peopleworldwide have achieved the target,which took MacCluskey 10 months.

The nine fish species are the spearfish,

Nine-year-old boy sets sport fishingrecord in the Dominican Republic

the swordfish, the black marlin,the striped white marlin both thePacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceanversions of blue marlin and sailfish.

He completed his record thisweekend by capturing two fish intwo nations: a swordfish off theFlorida Keys in the United Statesand a striped white marlin off thecoast of Cape Cana in theDominican Republic. MacCluskeybreaks a record set by Wes Davis,who was 10 when he set therecord.

Tokyo, 12 April— Akey measure of theamount of moneyavailable in Japan roseby 2.6 percent in Marchwhen compared to thesame month a yearearlier, statistics releasedby the Bank of Japan(BOJ) showed onMonday.

Money stock figuresreleased by the BOJshowed that M2, ameasure that combinescash currency incirculation and depositsthroughout the nation,stood at 766 trillion yen(8.21 trillion dollars) in

BEIJING, 12 April—Smartphone makerPalm Inc is to sell itself and is solicitingbids as early as thisweek, Bloomberg reported on Monday,citing people familiar with the situation.

Palm, creator of the Pre smartphoneand developer of WebOS phone software,is working with Goldman Sachs GroupInc and Qatalyst Partners to find a buyer,the agency said.

Economic Daily News in China’sTaiwan said on Friday that HTC Corp, theworld’s No. 5 smartphone maker, has“opened discussions about an intent toacquire” Palm.

Smartphone maker Palm is forsale

China’s Lenovo Group Ltd. hasalso looked at the company andmay make offers, according to thereport.

Palm, which has a market valueof 870.8 million U.S. dollars, hasbeen falling on hard times latelywith disappointing sales of the Preand Pixi phones.

This year, the company’s stockhad plunged over 60 percent till lastweek when its shares surged 32percent on speculation that theSunnyvale would get a takeoverbid.—Internet

Japan’s money stock up 2.6% onyear in March

March. The measure ismade using data from allbanks in Japan andcombines the amount ofmoney held bycorporations, individualsand local governments.In February, M2 stood at763.5 trillion yen (8.19trillion dollars).

The nation’s M3money supply, whichadds together M2 withinstitutional money-market funds, short-termrepurchase agreementsand other larger liquidassets, rose by 2.0 percentwhen compared with ayear earlier, and stands at

1,063.1 trillion yen (11.4trillion dollars).M1,which consists of moneyin circulation as well asdemand deposits grew by1.0 percent to 487.9trillion yen (5.24 trilliondollars).As thegovernment and Bank ofJapan try to tackle thenation’s poor conditionsfor business, stimulusmeasures, deflation anda reluctance on the partof businesses to invest hasled to more moneycirculating in theeconomy in recentmonths.

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Visitors admire more than 600 miniature clayfigures of farmers working inside a giant

bowl - 4 meters in diameter! - at a museum inShouguang, Shandong Province. The bowl is

symbolic of farmers’ daily life and labor providingfood for the nation.

�A man shows an octopus before it is

eaten alive at a seafood restaurant

in the Queens borough of New York

where a group of adventure eaters

meet to dine on exotic and bizarre

foods.

Ben Raisher watches as thewrithing octopus on his plate has itstentacles clipped with giant shears, thensquirms in amber sesame oil like a pileof bisected earthworms.

With a deft pinch of his chopsticks,the wriggling, still-alive limb is in hismouth and down his throat.

Raisher, 28, smiles. It is whatbrought him to his local food adventureclub, one of a handful of groups fromNew York to San Francisco dedicatedto dining on exotic and bizarre foods.

The iron-stomached champions ofNew York City are the Gastronauts,who meet monthly to feast on foodsmany would not consider, such as pighearts and intestine in vinegar, goatkidneys or sauteed lamb’s brains.

“Nothing’s off the table,” says co-founder Curtiss Calleo, who grew up inAustria and Italy and wants to bringOld World curiosity to New Yorkpalates. “Any restaurant worth its salthas sweetbreads or tongue or porkbellies. There’s a food renaissancegoing on.”

Live octopus?Cricket kebabs?

Let’s eat

Billions of highly venomous jellyfish are swarming intoBritain’s coastal waters for the first time recently.

It is thought to be caused by a recent temperature rise andcurrents change in the northeast Atlantic sea, according to a studypublished in the journal Biology Letters Monday. The lethalmauve stingers — Pelagia noctiluca in Latin — are tiny but cancover hundreds of thousands of square miles in one “bloom.”They are normally found in the Mediterranean and Caribbean.The creatures can devastate fish farms and in one recent case100,000 salmon were killed.

People bathing in British waters are in no grave danger atpresent, according to Richard Kirby, a research fellow at theUniversity of Plymouth.

Deadly jellyfish invade Britishwaters

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Indian wrestlers during atraining session in NewDelhi on 7 April, Far

from the hype thatsurrounds India’s

wealthy professionalcricketers, a group ofyoung men learn towrestle in mud pits,

hoping their skills mayone day lead to fame and

glory.—INTERNET

Palaeontologists showa model of a flying

reptile namedNemicolopterus

crypticus during anews conference at theNational Museum inRio de Janeiro, The

toothless flying reptilelived in gingko foreststhat existed some 120million years ago in

present China. With awindspan of 10 inches(250 mm), the speciesis one of the smallest

pterosaurs knownto date.Internet

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Astronauts take 2nd spacewalk,overcome stiff bolt

CAPE CANAVERAL, 12April — Spacewalkingastronauts had to pull outa hammer and pry barwhile attaching a big,new tank full of ammoniacoolant to theInternational SpaceStation on Sunday,successfully driving in astiff bolt after twofrustrating hours.

The 215-mile-highaction unfolded on the40th anniversary of thelaunch of Apollo13.Making their secondspacewalk in three days,Rick Mastracchio andClayton Andersonbanged and pulled andshoved, with no success,on the stuck bolt. Theyundid the good bolts andjostled the 1,700-pound,refrigerator-size tank incase it was misaligned.

Finally, after theymaneuvered the tankfrom a different angle,the troublesome bolt slidinto place.

“You got to bekidding me!” shoutedAnderson.“Did it go in?”astronaut DorothyMetcalf-Lindenburgerasked from inside.“Yes,yes. You got to bekidding me,” Andersonreplied. “It is in there.”Then he paused foreffect. “Now what do wedo?”As he turned the 6-inch bolt a dozen times,Anderson urged, “Comeon, baby. Get on there.Yeah, get ‘er done.

The astronauts insidekept urging thespacewalkers to take abreak and rest theirhands. But they insistedthey weren’t too tired.

Nevertheless, MissionControl put off the fluidline hookups for the tankand a few other chores,saying they could becompleted in the thirdand final spacewalkTuesday.Even with that,the spacewalk ran longat 7 1/2 hours. By then,the two were beat.

Shuttle Discovery’scommander, AlanPoindexter, urged histwo crewmen to “take itslow and easy” as theyheaded back inside. AndMetcalf-Lindenburgerpromised them a gooddinner. Anderson, aNebraskan, got ahankering for corn —and steak — afterMetcalf-Lindenburgercomplimented him witha baseball term.

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‘Doctors said I would never playbass guitar again’

WASHINGTON, 12April—Bass guitaristPhil Blake looks back ata savage attack as adefining moment in hiscareer.

He was shot in theleg with an air rifle andslashed in the head andarm with a meat cleaverin an unprovoked attack.

But despite theassault three years agoleaving him unable tomove two fingers on hisleft hand, the bassguitarist with the three

piece band Redtrack sayshe looks upon it as apositive experience.

“There is no way Iwould ever want to turnback time and not makeit happen,” he said. “Ijust don’t have that wayof thinking.

I have gone fromstrength to strength.

“At the time I wasnot really sure what Iwould be doing with mylife, but having theability to perform musictaken away from me just

Phil Blake

makes me realise howmuch it was my dream

I was on my way to aparty when three guyscame up behind me. Theyasked me the time and Igot my phone out to tellthem the time.

“One of them pulledout a meat cleaver andone of the other guyspulled out an air rifle.

“As I ran away theguy with the air rifle shotme in the back of the legso I turned around andgrabbed him by the scruffof his neck.

“And the guy withthe meat cleaver then hitme with it. I put botharms up above my headto defend it and he hit myarm. I got knocked to theground and thenstumbled and I ran tosafety.”—Internet

A pair of glasses

used to view 3D

images is seen next to

a Sharp Corp 3D

Touchscreen LCD

panel at its unveiling

ceremony in Tokyo

on 2 April, 2010.

INTERNET

Charlie Sheen says two and

A Half Men could endNE W YO R K , 12

April—Charlie Sheenhas stoked speculationthat his hit sitcom TwoAnd A Half Men couldend, saying that if thecurrent series is the last,“so be it”.The actorissued a statement afterUS press speculationthat he was demandinga higher salary tocontinue his role aslibidinous bachelorCharlie Harper. TwoAnd A Half Men is thetop-rated sitcom in theUS Sheen’s salary isaround $825,000

(£536,665) per episodeHe pleaded not

guilty to menacing,criminal mischief andassault in a pre-trialhearing last month. Thecharges stem from analleged altercation withhis wife, Brooke MuellerSheen, on Christmas Day2009.At the time, shetold police Sheen had puta knife to her throat andthreatened to kill her.

She has since said shewants the chargesdropped. Reports surfacedearlier this month thatSheen wanted a salary

increase before signing upfor an eighth series of TwoAnd A Half Men.Unnamed sources quotedin the US media said hewas seeking as much as$1m (£650,000) for everyepisode of the show.

But in a statementreleased to Peoplemagazine on Friday, theactor said: “All of thenumbers reported in thepress are false. “Claimsfrom ‘inside sources’regarding offers from thestudio as well as mysalary, on their best day,are without merit.”

Internet

Arizona Diamondbacks Wives

organization members Alicia

Webb, left, and Ginsey Boyer take

care of ‘Ginger’ as the puppy is

one of several animals up for

adoption ‘Adopt A Pet At The

Park’ event Sunday,on 11 April

2010, in Phoenix.—INTERNET

An X-Ray shows braces on a patients legs as Shanghai-based orthopedicsurgeon Bai Helong describes the procedure of cutting into the legs of

patients who want to be taller.—INTERNET

Microsoft, Adobe torelease importantsecurity patches

BEIJING, 12 April — Microsoft isto issue 11 security bulletins onTuesday to fix 25 vulnerabilities inWindows, Microsoft Office, andExchange. The patches also coincidewith a major release of security updatesfrom Adobe Systems.

According to an advancednotification released by Microsoft, thedouble-digit security bulletin, whichwill be released by the company onApril 13th, 5 out of 11 security updateshave been labeled as ‘Critical’ and arerelated to remote code executionaffecting Microsoft Windows. Fiveother vulnerabilities have beencategorized as ‘Important’ and affectWindows, Office and Exchange,whereas one update is ‘moderate’ andrelates to spoofing in the WindowsOS.

Internet

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Myanmar sees country’s238th...

(from page 1)projects are beingimplemented after thecyclone Nargis. A totalof 134 bridges, large andsmall, spanning the fourrivers, will be built onthe 10 road constructionproject . The wholecountry has seen 238bridges with 180 feetand above in length,including the newlybuilt one. Forty ninebridges have been built

in Ayeyawady Divisionalone. There were 1344miles and 5 furlongs ofroads in the divisionbefore Nargis but therehave now been 1570miles and 1 furlong, theminister added.

Nyaung CreekBridge is of reinforcedconcrete type. It is 260feet long and 24 feetwide and has 60 tons ofloads.

MNA

Forestry Minister tours Shan State (East) NAY PYI TAW, 12April—Minister forForestry Brig-Gen TheinAung inspected No (1)rafting jetty in Tachilekon 9 April.

The followingmorning, he visitedHaungleik Nursery andNo (2) rafting jetty in thesame town. On arrival atTachilek ForestDepartment, he heardreports on forest reserves,protected forests, andplantations by officials.

At the meeting with

service personnel, theminister called for hardwork to achieve theobjectives. He inspectedthe 100-acre commercialteak plantation (2009) inNamlontaung protectedforest in MongphyatTownship.

Yesterday morning,he had a meeting with staffof the LoggingDepartment for Kengtung,Shan State (East), andcalled for hard work tomeet the objectives.

MNA

Insein Township WJA visitBissano Ancient City

Y A N G O N, 12April—A group led byVice-Chairman U BoKyi (Dr Bo Thanmani-Taung-dwingy i ) o fInse in Townsh ipWriters and JournalistsAssociation observed

Bissano Ancient Cityand Museum on 3April.

They metTaungdwingyi Town-ship WJA members atModel Kindergarten inTaungdwingyi.

At the ceremony,Insein Township WJCdonated K 0.2 milliont o T a u n g d w i n g y iT o w n s h i p I n f o r -m a t i o n a n d P u b l i cRelations Department.

MNA

Photo shows

Nyaung Creek

Bridge in

Kangyidaunt

Township.

MNA

Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung inspects 100-acre commercial teak plantation(2009) in Namlontaung.—MNA

Minister for Rail Transportation Maj-Gen Aung Min formally opensnew earth road and bridge between Thagara and Hmantaung Tawya

at opening ceremony held at the archway of the road.(News on Page-16)—MNA

Minister for

Construction Maj-

Gen Khin Maung

Myint formally

opens Nyaung

Creek Bridge.

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F&R Minister arrives back in Nay Pyi Taw

NAY PYI TAW, 12A p r i l — M y a n m a rdelegation led by Ministerfor Finance and RevenueMaj-Gen Hla Tunyesterday arrived back

here after attendingASEAN FinanceMinisters’ Retreat Sessionand 14th ASEAN FinanceMinisters’ Meeting held inNanjing of the Socialist

Republic of Vietnam on 7and 8 April.

The minister on 7April met SingaporeanFinance Minister MrTharman Sharmu-

garatnan and cordiallydiscussed bilateralinterests in financial andmonetary issues betweenthe two countries.

The minister togetherwith finance ministers ofASEAN membercountries attendedASEAN FinanceMinisters’ Retreat Sessionat VIP Lotus Room ofVinpearl Resort & Spa.The meeting focused onfinancial and monetarypolicies to be exercised inreducing the damagesbeset by climate change inASEAN membercountries, participation ofASEAN in G-20 Summit2010, involvement ofmulti countries inChiangmai programme,and setting up a trainingschool for ASEAN affairsin Malaysia.

On 8 April, theminister attended ASEANFinance Ministers’Meeting at Ball Room 1of Vinpearl Resort & Spa.Before the meeting, theministers had adocumentary photo taken.

The meeting was openwith a speech byVietnamese FinanceMinister Mr Vu Van Ninh.

ASEAN DeputySecretary General MrPushpanathan Sundram,Chairman of the ADB MrHaruhiko Kuroda,Managing Director of theWorld Bank Mr Juan JoseDabaub, DeputyManaging Director ofInternational MonetaryFund Mr ShinoharaNaoyuki and ministers ofASEAN membercountries took part in themeeting.

The ASEAN DeputySecretary Generalsubmitted the last step ofASEAN surveillanceprocess and ASEANeconomic communityblueprint.

The ministers signedSecond Protocol toAmend the ProtocolGoverning theImplementation of theASEAN HarmonizedTariff Nomenclature. Andthey put on record of RoadMap for Financial andMonetary Integration ofASEAN, ASEAN+3Finance Cooperation andASEAN FinanceCooperation and gavefollow-up instructions.

In the evening, pressconference was held afterthe ministers issued jointdeclaration.

MNA

Minister for Finance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun attends ASEANFinance Ministers’ Retreat Session.—MNA

Dry regions get help even from beneath the EarthArticle & Photos: Tin Than Win (IPRD)

Grandpa U Chit Pyayof Taunghmwa

Village.

Photo shows water pouring out of an artesian well.

Local people collecting water at an artesian well of Ayadaw Township.

(from page 1)diametre piplelines. Thesurplue water is beingstored at nine squareacres lake, south to thevillage, to be irrigated to250 acres of monsoonpaddy and six acres ofsummer paddy.”

Grandpa U ChitPyay, 73 years old, said,“Our village constitutedwith 320 households ishome to 2227 people.The artesian well issufficient for threemonasteries, one postprimary school, thedispensary and 320water taps of thehouseholds. Wesuffered water scarcityin the past. In the past,we carried water fromthe sandbank ofShwelinpan Creek, onemile north of the village,

by bullockcart. We alsocarried water from MuRiver, 1.5 miles east ofthe village. In 1983, therural water supplydepartment sank tubewellin the village. We boughtone barrel of water per K150 to K 200. Due to someproblems at the operatingprocess, the tube-wellcould not pump the water

in 1988.”He continued, “In the

time of the TatmadawGovernment, U KyaingSan Shwe and wife DrDaw Khin Win Sein andfamily cost for sinkingfour artesian wells, andso, we can use thesufficient water in ourvillage. In my childhood,most of the villagersincluding I drank waterfrom Kandawgyi Lakedue to lack of knowledge.So, we suffered leprosyand epidermic diseases.Now, we have escapedthe problems of water andsufferings of diseases.”

He added, “Now, weall thank the governmentfor sinking the wellsbecause they need not tocarry water from thecreeks and rivers in thehot sun. I dare to say one

who does good deeds willget better.”

I saw utilization ofwater from the tap at allthe houses of TaunghmwaVillage. Saying goodbye,I proceeded to TawhlaVillage.

Deputy Director UTin Maung Win ofDWRU said, “Thedepartment sank oneartesian well each inTawhla Village, No, 2ward and No. 3 ward ofAyadaw with thecontribitions ofwellwishers U Kyaing SanShwe-Dr Daw Khin WinSein and family ofYangon. The well inTawhla Village was sunkon 20-3-2010 andcompleted on 10-4-2010.The 1300 feet deepartesian well pours out

10000 gallons of water perhour. The water from thewell is being supplied toone monastery and 450local people of 70households through waterpipelines. The surpluswater is being irrigated to25 acres of monsoonpaddy and 20 acres ofsummer paddy in additionto Ngwechi-6 long staplecotton and monsoonsesame plantations lastyear.”

Grandpa U Tha Tun,74 years old, expressedhis feeling that he hadcarried water from Kanthawell, one mile from thevillage before sinking theartesian well; and hethanked wellwishers UKyaing San Shwe-DrDaw Khin Win Sein andfamily for their donation

to the funds of sinkingartesian wells.

At present, artesianwells were sunk inLeinhla, Ainglya,Shwedwingon, Parami,Ywathit and Okshitgyivillages of AyadawTownship. Thanks toarrangements of thegovernment, concertedefforts of the localauthorities and donationsof wellwishers, a lot ofdams, reservoirs and riverwater pumping stationshave been built in the aridregions. Likewise, theresidents of AyadawTownship are happilysmiling for utilization ofwater at artesian wellsdonated by wellwishers.

Translation: TTAMyanma Alin:

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Hollywood mourns Munchkinactor

NE W YO R K , 12April—Hollywood hassaid goodbye to actorMeinhardt Raabe, whoplayed the Munchkincoroner in The WizardOf Oz.Flowers werelaid on the HollywoodWalk Of Fame stardedicated to the 124Munchkin actors, afterRaabe died in Floridaon Friday, aged 94.

Playing the coroner,he was one of nineMunchkins to have hada speaking part in Oz,pronouncing theWicked Witch of theEast “most sincerelydead”.The actor, whowas 1.37m tall, was oneof the last survivingMunchkins.

When the troupe’sstar on the HollywoodWalk Of Fame wasunveiled in 2007, therewere only seven left -most in their 80s and

90s.Raabe attended theceremony, dressed in ahuge hat with a rolledbrim, as seen in thefilm.

He delighted fans byreciting his most famousline: “As coroner I mustaver, I thoroughlyexamined her. And she’snot only merely dead.She’s really mostsincerely dead.”Theactor’s caregiver, CindyBosnyak, said he died inhospital on Friday.

He had complainedof a sore throat at hisretirement communitybefore collapsing and

going into cardiacarrest.“He had a headfulof hair at 94 and heremembered everythingevery day,” she said.“Tome he was a walkinghistory book, veryalert.”

Raabe was born inWatertown, Wisconsin,in 1915, and was amember of the MidgetCity cast at the ChicagoWorld’s Fair in 1934.

He used the moneyfrom this and otherapearances to pay hisway through University,earning a bachelor ’sdegree in accountingand a master’s degree inbusiness administration.

He married MarieHartline, who workedfor a vaudeville showcalled Rose’s RoyalMidget Troupe, in 1946.She died in a car crashin 1997. Raabe wasinjured in the sameaccident.—Internet

The actor was one of124 Munchkins in the

film —INTERNET

Pedestrians passby a giant inflatable

mouse near theEmpire State Buildingin Manhattan of New

York, the UnitedStates, on 1 April ,

2010. Someconstruction workers

placed the giantinflatable mouse here

on Thursday.INTERNET

SINGAPORE, 12April— Most Asianstock markets roseMonday after Europeancountries offered a majorloan package to Greece,which is struggling toavoid a debtdefault.Japan’s Nikkei225 stock averagejumped 1.1 percent to11,322.52, Indonesia’sbenchmark index gained0.8 percent and Australiarose 0.7 percent.Thefinance ministers of the15 eurozone nationsagreed Sunday to offereuro 30 billion ($40billion) in loans to

Asian markets mostly higher on Greecebailout plan

Greece this year ifAthens asks for themoney.

The promise —filling in details of aMarch 25 pledge of jointeurozone-IMF help —was another attempt tocalm markets that havebeen selling off Greekbonds in recent days.

Malaysia rose 0.6percent, Hong Kongadded 0.2 percent whileSouth Korea dropped0.7 percent and Chinaslid 0.6 percent.SouthKorea’s central bankraised its 2010 growthforecast Monday to 5.2

percent from a previousestimate in December of4.6 percent as exportsand domestic demandgrow.“Korea isexperiencing a broad-based recovery ascompanies undertakenew investment,”Nomura said in a report.

Thailand’s be-nchmark index plunged4.3 percent Mondayafter 21 people diedSaturday in clashesbetween the army anda n t i - g o v e r n m e n tprotesters.

Internet

Chinese commuterswalk past a mobile

phoneadvertisement inShanghai on 14

April , 2005.INTERNET

Shakira visits Haitiansliving in tent camps

PORT-AU-PRINCE, 12April— Hip-shakingColombian pop starShakira is meeting withHaitian earthquakesurvivors living inmakeshift camps and shesays she is searching forsuitable land to build aschool for needychildren.

Arriving Sunday, thesinger waved toonlookers and greetedinfants living on aHaitian golf course thathas turned into asprawling makeshiftcamp for 50,000 quake

survivors.Her Barefootfoundation providesnutrition to more than6,000 children inColombia, and she ismember of the ALASfoundation thatadvocates for childrenacross Latin America.

Shakira was greetedby actor Sean Penn, whois providing hu-manitarian aid at Haitianrefugee camps. The twostars spoke aboutchallenges confrontingHaiti since the January12 disaster.

Internet

Colombiansinger

Shakiralaughswhile

embracinga child at

thePetionvilleGolf Club.IN T E R N E T

ROME, 12 April—Eleven people were killedand 20 others injured, fiveseriously, when alandslide derailed a trainin northern Italy Monday,according to Italy’s CivilProtection office.

The train derailedabout 9 a.m. (3 a.m. ET)at Castelbello, near thenorthern city of Bolzano,in the East Alps region,officials said. Theincident took placewhere tracks cross anarrow gorge, police said

Dead in Italy train derailmentearlier.

Rescue operationsare ongoing, and thenumber of deaths andinjured could change,Italian Transport MinisterAltero Matteoli said.

The train was a smalldiesel train with twocarriages, traveling on theVal Venosta line. Therailway is one of theregion’s newest,inaugurated in 2005.

The most probablecause of the landslide is abroken irrigation pipe,

said Thomas Widmann,head of the transportdepartment for the localgovernment. The mudfrom the slide entered thetrain’s cars, suffocatingthe passengers, he said.More than 200 rescuerswere on the scene.

The train came to restwhen it reached the trunkof two big trees, accordingto a local journalist. Oneof the carriages was lefthanging over the AdigeRiver.

Internet

“Date Night”reigns at

weekend NorthAmerica box

officeLOS A NGELES, 12

April —The weekendbox office turned out tobe a tight race between a3-D blockbuster and acomedy newcomer vyingto be the top dog, withthe latter edged itsgigantic foe out with aslightly more number ofticket receipts.

According toestimates released byNorth America box officeauthority, 20th CenturyFox’s “Date Night” isexpected to be thechampion of the billboard,garnering 27.1 million USdollars in movie theatersin Canada and the UnitedStates. The comedy,casting Steve Carell andTina Fey as a NYC couplewho steal a dinnerreservation on a night out,prevails on Tina Fey’sa w a r d - w i n n i n gperformance andreputation as one ofAmerica’s bestentertainers.—Xinhua

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Tina Fey and her Palinimpression return to ‘SNL’NEW YORK, 12

April— Tina Feyreprised her impressionof Sarah Palin on“Saturday Night Live”while hosting the NBCsketch comedy showSaturday night.

It was Fey’s firstperformance as theformer Alaska governorsince her iconicimpressions during the2008 presidential

campaign when Palinwas the Republican vicepresidential candidate.

Fey appeared asPalin in a sketchintroducing a mock“Sarah Palin Network,”satirizing Palin’s entryinto media.

Palin recentlylaunched the program“Real American Stories”on Fox News Channeland will soon begin

production on “SarahPalin’s Alaska,” aneight-part series forTLC.

Appearing as Palinin a leather jacket withan American flag pin,Fey introduced a lineupof shows like “Tea PartyWheel of Fortune” (thepuzzle read “Obamar isa terrist”), “Are YouSmarter than a Half-Term Governor?” and“30 Main Street,” aparody of her own “30Rock.”

Other fake showsincluded “Hey Journalist,I Gotcha,” in which Palinre-edited interviews tomake it look like herinterviewers — like CBS’Katie Couric — were“woefully unpre-pared.”

Also touted was aspinoff starring husbandTodd Palin (played on“SNL” by cast memberJason Sudeikis) as arenegade police officertransferred from Alaskato New York.

Internet

In this photo provided by NBC Universal,actors Tina Fey and Steve Carell appear

on NBC’s ‘Today’ show�.INTERNET

SC I E N C E D A I L Y ,12April — Researchersfrom Iowa StateUniversi ty’s geron-tology program havehelped identify whatpredicts happiness andlong life in centenarians,as well as what causesdepression in 80-somethings andabove.In a study of 158Georgia centenarians,the researchers foundthat past satisfactionwith life — even if it’ssimply recal l ingisolated careeraccomplishments — isthe key to happiness inour oldest years.

“The past is the bestpredictor of the future,so you’re not going toturn your life around at85 or 90,” said PeterMartin, director of IowaState’s gerontology

Researchers identify secretsto happiness, depression

among oldest of old

program and aprofessor of humandevelopment andfamily studies(HDFS), whocollaborated on bothstudies. “But it’s also

American actress

Jaime Elizabeth

Pressly is seen before

the Evander Holyfield

versus Francois

Botha heavyweight

bout at the Thomas &

Mack Center in Las

Vegas, Nevada on 10

April, 2010.

INTERNET

Peter Martin (right), director of Iowa State’sgerontology program and a professor of humandevelopment and family studies, shares a laugh

during a research session with local centenarianJohn Persinger.

INTERNET

good to know that pastaccomplishments andthe happiness that youhad — looking back atyour past — carries youthrough these very lastyears.”—Internet

SCIENCEDAILY , 12April—The WildlifeCon-servation Societyreleased a l is t ofcritically enda-ngeredspecies dubbed the“Rarest of the Rare” —a group of animals mostin danger of extinction,ranging from Cubancrocodiles to white-headed langurs inVietnam.The list of adozen animals includesan eclectic collection ofbirds, mammals, reptilesand amphibians. Someare well known, such asthe Sumatran orangutan;

Rarest of the rare: list ofcritically endangered species

while others are moreobscure, includingvaquita, an oceanporpoise. The l is tappears in the 2010-1011 edition of State ofthe Wild — a GlobalPortrait.

Threats to each speciesvary widely. In the case ofthe vaquita, fishermen’snets are catching them andinadvertently causingthem to drown.Meanwhile, the Grenadadove — the national birdof the small island nation— has been severelyimpacted by habitat loss.

Other species suffer fromillegal trade, as in the caseof the ploughshare tortoise.

“The Rarest of theRare provides a globalsnapshot of some of theworld’s most endangeredanimals,” said State of theWild Kent Redford,director of the WildlifeConservation SocietyInstitute. “While the newsis dire for some species, italso shows thatconservation measurescan and do protect wildlifeif given the chance towork.”

Internet

TOKYO, 12 April—Aceremony to celebratethe opening of Japan’s3rd airship harbor washeld in Tokyo’s Harumidistrict on Saturday.

The harbor was builton a site where the Tokyom e t r o p o l i t a ngovernment eventuallyhopes to hold theOlympic Games.

Invited guestsenjoyed a 40-minuteflight on NipponAirship’s 75-meter-long“Zeppelin NT”, whichwill be anchored to a 12-meter pole.

The airship canreach a height of 500meters which will offera clear view of TokyoSky Tree, Japan’s tallest

First airship harboropens in Tokyo

structure underconstruction.Regularservice will start onSunday.

The use of airshipsfor filming and datatransmission in the eventof emergencies, such asearthquakes, is beingconsidered, as they arecapable of staying aloftfor extended periods oftime.

The companyoperating the airshipsays the harbor’s centrallocation enhancesconvenience for users. Itsays it hopes the airshipwill be used in the eventof emergencies toquickly load people andequipment.

Internet

The Przewalski’shorse is starting torebuild its numbers

after being re-introduced into the

wild.INTERNET

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Mallard duck with

fifteen ducklings.

Researchers have

identified the genetic

detector that allows

ducks to live,

unharmed, as the

host of influenza.

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEM.V INTAN VOY .NO (03/10)

Consignees of cargo carried on M.V INTAN VOYNO (03/10) are hereby notified that the vessel will bearriving on 10.4.2010 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of SPW/MIP/AWPT/MITT where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expanses 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 K.M INTERTRANSCO, LTD.

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEM.V BANGSRIMUANG VOY NO (89)Consignee of cargo carried on M.V

BANGSRIMUANG VOY NO (89) are hereby notifiedthat the vessel will be arriving on 12.4.2010 and cargowill be discharged into the premises of MIP where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expanses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S WONGSAMUT OCEANSHIPPING CO, LTD.

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEM.V HUAXIN VOY .NO ( - )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV HUAXINVOY NO ( - ) are hereby notified that the vessel will bearriving on 17.4.2010 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of MITT/SPW/MIP/AWPT where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expanses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S MAGENT MERCHANTMARINE CO, LTD.

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEM.V BANGPAKAEW VOY NO (176)Consignee of cargo carried on M.V

BANGPAKAEW VOY NO (176) are hereby notifiedthat the vessel will be arriving on 17.4.2010 and cargowill be discharged into the premises of MIP where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expanses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S WONGSAMUT OCEANSHIPPING CO, LTD.

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

LONDON , 12 April —A wider knowledge ofsimple first aid techniquescould save thousands oflives each year, the StJohn Ambulance charityhas said.

It is focusing a new

First aid

knowledge is

much higher

in other

European

countries.

INTERNET

First aid ‘could save thousands’campaign on five healthemergencies which ac-count for 150,000 deathseach year in England andWales.

These include heartattacks, choking and se-vere bleeding.

The charity is offeringa free pocket which itfeels will boost the sur-vival chances of manymore patients.

It believes that if con-fident first aiders werepresent on more occa-sions, many lives wouldbe saved.

This view is backedby the World Health Or-ganisation, which alsosays “bystander first aid”can make a differenceand should be encour-aged.

Internet

LONDON , 12 April —Typing your child’s medi-cal problem into Googleis unlikely to delivermuch in the way of goodadvice, UK researchershave said.

The Nottingham-based team used thesearch engine to find UK-based advice on five com-mon issues, includingbreastfeeding and autism.

Only about 200 of 500sites offered correct infor-mation, Archives of Dis-ease in Childhood reports.Government-run siteswere the only completelyreliable source, theyfound.

It is now estimatedthat 70% of UK house-holds have access to theinternet, and increasingly,parents are turning tosearch engines for a sec-ond opinion — or even asole one — on medicalmatters.

Many doctors, how-ever, are concerned thatthe huge quantity of infor-mation and advice is at

Many people use theinternet to find health

information. INTERNET

Internet child health advice ‘wrong’looking at advice for chil-dren with a fever foundonly three out of 22 sitesvisited gave informationwhich matched current“best practice” guidelines.

The researchers fromNottingham UniversityHospitals NHS Trusttested this by typing keywords from commonly-asked questions intoGoogle, restricting resultsto UK-based sites only.

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best unreliable, and insome cases misleading oreven dangerous.

One earlier study

NEW YORK , 12 April — When patent number20100079356 was published on the US Patent andTrademark Office website at the beginning of thismonth, it was assumed that it was an April Fool joke.But now it appears that plans for Apple to developelectronic spectacles that will allow the wearer towatch 3D films on the move are more rooted in real-ity than it at first seemed.

If the spectacles are indeed in development theywill revolutionise the way films can be enjoyed onApple’s major products — the iPod, iPhone andiPad.The document shows how users would slot theiriPod or iPhone into the head-mounted gadget. A lensin the glasses then projects the image so that it can beviewed comfortably.—Intrnet

EDINBURGH, 12 April — The identification of 20genes which could help explain the causes of kidneydisease could one day “revolutionise” treatment, re-searchers say. Chronic kidney disease affects aboutone in 10 adults and can require dialysis or even anorgan transplant. The genes identified by the interna-tional team of researchers control kidney functionssuch as filtering waste from the blood.

Experts said the Nature Genetics study was “a greatbreakthrough”. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is along-term condition in which the kidneys progres-sively lose their function.People tend not to noticesymptoms, which can include swollen ankles andhands or blood in the urine, until the condition is ad-vanced.

It is linked to ageing — about one in five men andone in four women aged between 65 and 74 will havesome degree of CKD.—Internet

SYDNEY , 12 April —Those responsible for aChinese ship runningaground on the Great Bar-rier Reef and leaking oilwill be prosecuted, Aus-tralian authorities say.Transport MinisterAnthony Albanese saidthe vessel was clearly onan unlawful route andcompensation would besought for the spill.”We’llbe throwing the book atthose responsible,” MrAlbanese said.

In a separate case, threemen have been chargedwith steering their cargoship through a restrictedarea of the Reef.The men,from Vietnam and SouthKorea, will appear in anAustralian court on Mon-day, accused of taking theircoal carrier on an unauthor-ised route through one ofthe world’s most valuablemarine wildlife reserves.

It is alleged that theirvessel, the MV Mimosa,was not registered with theReef Vessel Tracking Sys-tem and failed to respondto attempts by the authori-ties to establish contact.

If found guilty, the mencould face a maximumfine of more thanA$200,000 ($205,000).

Internet

Apple to blossom into 3Dwith glasses patent

Chronic kidney disease causes the organs tofunction less effectively.— INTERNET

Scientists hail ‘revolutionary’kidney gene find

Australia toprosecute

over BarrierReef ship

crash

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OHIO, 12 April— A researcherhas developed a brief memory test tohelp doctors determine whethersomeone is suffering from the earlymemory and reasoning problems thatoften signal Alzheimer’s disease.

In a s tudy in the journalAlzheimer Disease and AssociatedDisorders, neurologist Dr. DouglasScharre of Ohio State UniversityMedical Center reports that the testdetected 80 percent of people withmild thinking and memory problems.It only turned up a false positive —wrongly suggesting that a personhas a problem — in five percent ofpeople with normal thinking.

In a press release, Scharre saidthe test could help people get earliercare for conditions like Alzheimer’sdisease.

“It’s a recurring problem,” hesaid. “People don’t come in earlyenough for a diagnosis, or familiesgeneral ly resist making theappointment because they don’t wantconfirmation of their worst fears.Whatever the reason, it’s unfortunate

Simple memory test may detect earlyAlzheimer’s

because the drugs we’re using nowwork better the earlier they arestarted.”

The test can be taken by hand,which Scharre said may help peoplewho aren’t comfortable withtechnology like computers. He’smaking the tests, which take 15 minutesto complete, available free to healthworkers at www.sagetest.osu.edu.

“They can take the test in thewaiting room while waiting for thedoctor,” Scharre said.

“Abnormal test results can serveas an early warning to the patient’sfamily,” added Scharre. “The resultscan be a signal that caregivers mayneed to begin closer monitoring ofthe patient to ensure their safety andgood health is not compromised andthat they are protected from financialpredators.”

In the study, 254 people aged 59and older took the test. Of those, 63underwent an in-depth cl inicalevaluation to determine their level ofcognitive ability.

Interent

Villagers wait to get drinking water at Jiaolong Village in Wangmo County,southwest China’s Guizhou Province, on 10 April, 2010. As severe droughthas ravaged China’s southwest region since last October, leading to serious

drinking water shortage of local human beings and livestocks, the localpolice managed to build kilomeres long water pipe to help solve the

problem.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 12 April —Beijing began Mondayadjusting working hoursfor about 810,000workers to alleviate thecity’s traffic jams.

According to a noticeissued by the municipalgovernment, Beijing’sparty and governmentdepartme-nts, state-owned enterprises(SOEs), institutions andsocial groups shouldoperate from 9 am to 6 pmsince Monday, rather than

Beijing adopts staggered working hours toease traffic pressure

Workers build a barrierin front the Walter E.

WashingtonConvention Center in

Washington, onSunday,11 April, 2010,

in preparation forNuclear Security

Summit.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 12 April—A four-year-old boy in adaycare center died after being infected by E. coli.Three other children were hospitalized in Vancouver,Washington, according to media reports Sunday.

The first case was reported March 19. But theClark County health officials decided to close thecenter until April 2 out of concern that other parentswho used the facility could take their children todifferent day cares and risk exposing others. Thedaycare will remain closed until the staff can passtwo consecutive tests for the bacteria.

The three surviving children are recovering athome. The other 22 children and 4 adults from thecenter have been tested for E. coli. Six were foundpositive, but they have not developed any symptomsas of yet.

Officials detected the strain as E. coli O157:H7,which can cause kidney failure in young childrenand the elderly. E. coli O157:H7 is typicallytransmitted through ground beef, unpasteurized milkor produce. However, person-to-person transmissioncan be a problem in day-care settings or nursinghomes.

Internet

E. coli kills young boy,hospitalizes three others in US

Photo taken on 2April, 2010 shows

exterior wall,decorated with colorful

tiles, of the SouthKorean Pavilion,

which at EXPO parkin Shanghai, eastChina. The 2010Shanghai World

EXPO welcomes its 20days counting down on

Sunday.INTERNET

BEIJING, 12 April —Chinese equities edgeddown on Monday, led byweak financial andproperty heavyweights.The benchmark ShanghaiComposite Index on theShanghai Stock Exchangeclosed at 3,129.26 pointsMonday, down 0.51percent, or 16.09 points.

The ShenzhenComponent Index on theShenzhen Stock Exchangeclosed at 12,399.2 pointsMonday, down 155.92points, or 1.24 percent,from the previous close.Combined turnover stoodat 313.4 billion yuan, upfrom 244.72 billion yuanon the previous tradingday.

Internet

Chinese sharesedge down on

weakheavyweights

BEIJING, 12 April —A mystery cameramanhas filmed two Britishfighter jets pursuing whatlooked like a UFO,

British fighter jets chasing UFO?according to mediareports.

The dramatic 30-second video clip, whichis believed to have beentaken from a WestMidlands service stationcar park in Britain, haddrawn millions of hits onthe Internet.

“This is one of thebest videos I’ve seen. Itcould be a new drone -that might explain themilitary jets,” the Sunquoted expert Nick Pope,who probed UFOsightings for the Ministryof Defence.

Internet

from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30p.m. as before.

China’s central stateorgans in Beijing,schools, hospitals andlarge shopping centerswould not alter theirworking hours, the noticesaid.

From 20 July to 20September in 2008,

Beijing’s SOEs, instituti-ons and social groupswere ordered to adjusttheir working hours toensure a smooth trafficduring the SummerOlympics.

Beijing now has beenpacked with more thanfour million cars.

Xinhua

A photograph ofPoland’s late

President LechKaczynski and his

wife Maria issurrounded by candlesand flowers near thepresidential palace inWarsaw on 11 April,

2010.INTERNET

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S P O R T S

Marseille move two pointsclear after thrashing Nice

AS Roma take the top spotfrom Inter Milan

Ferguson says United titlechallenge slipping away

Manchester United bossAlex Ferguson

Juan Ignacio Chela

Chela shocks Querrey to endATP victory drought

More than 20,000 watch as Texas Stadium dynamited

Texas Stadium is imploded on 11 April, 2010in Irving, Texas.—INTERNET

Olympique Marseille de-stroyed south coast rivalsNice 4-1 at home to movetwo points clear at theLigue 1 summit. Auxerre

took the second placeafter a 1-0 win at

Nancy.— INTERNET

Holyfield stops Bothain eighth round

LAS VEGAS, 12 April—Former four-times heavyweight champion EvanderHolyfield stopped South African FransBotha in the eighth round to win theWorld Boxing Federation title in LasVegas on Saturday.

Holyfield, 47, floored the 41-year-old Botha with a right early in the eighthand although the South African was ableto get to his feet, referee Russell Moralater stopped the fight The fight wasHolyfield’s first in Las Vegas since2003. He improved to 43-10-2 with 28knockouts.

Internet

Evander Holyfield of the US (L)punches Francois Botha of SouthAfrica during a heavyweight fight

at Las Vegas.— INTERNET

Kim’s talent, not hisaccessories, stand out

AUGUSTA, 12 April—It used to behard to see anything but Anthony Kim’sbrashness in the glare of that rhinestone-studded belt buckle. On Sunday, all any-one noticed was his prodigious talent.

Kim made a late charge at the Mas-ters on Sunday, playing a four-holestretch in only 12 shots to get within twoof the lead. But, playing four groups infront of Phil Mickelson, he ran out ofholes. Stashed away in the locker roomby Masters officials and hoping for aplayoff, Kim could only watch asMickelson birdied 15 to secure his thirdgreen jacket.

Still, Kim’s 65 was the best score ofthe tournament and earned him thirdplace. At 276, he was four strokes be-hind Mickelson and one behind LeeWestwood.—Internet

Mickelson wins Masters andgets long embrace

Phil Mickelson is huggedby caddie Jim Mackay af-ter winning the Mastersgolf tournament inAugusta.—INTERNET

IRVING, 12 April—More than 20,000 peoplegathered at tailgate par-ties and other spots Sun-day to watch fireworks

go off one last time overTexas Stadium before aton of dynamite lit up theDallas Cowboys’ long-time home and brought it

to the ground.The building known

for the giant hole in itsroof — “so God canwatch his team,” accord-ing to local lore — wasdemolished in a plannedimplosion set off by the11-year-old winner of anessay contest. The Cow-boys played 38 seasonsin Texas Stadium, win-ning five Super Bowlsduring that time. The lo-cal landmark also washome for the world fa-mous Dallas CowboysCheerleaders.—Internet

Roma defeated relega-tion-threatened visitorsAtalanta 2-1 to deposeInter Milan as leagueleaders who drew 2-2 atFiorentina .— INTERNET

BLACKBURN, 12 April—Sir Alex Ferguson admitsManchester United’shopes of securing arecord-breaking fourthsuccessive PremierLeague title are slippingaway after their goallessdraw at Blackburn. Sun-day’s result left Unitedone point behind leadersChelsea, having played agame more than theBlues, who will open upa four-point gap if theybeat Bolton at home onTuesday.Ferguson’s sidetravel to neighbours Man-chester City next weekendand have just four

matches to overhaul Chel-sea, forcing their managerto all but concede the ti-tle.

It has been a miserableweek for Ferguson andUnited, who bowed out ofthe Champions Leagueagainst Bayern Munichon Wednesday.

Internet

Schalke ‘too soft’ to winGerman title, says MagathBERLIN, 12 April—Schalke 04 coach Felix Magath

all but conceded the German title race on Sunday,claiming his team were “too soft” to win theBundesliga. Magath was speaking 24 hours afterwatching his players’ tame capitulation in a 4-2 lossto relegation-threatened Hanover, a defeat that leftthem two points adrift of leaders Bayern Munich whodrew 1-1 with Bayer Leverksuen.

“We’re not too bad to be crowned champions,we’re simply too soft,” Magath told Sport1 televi-sion. He added: “We haven’t shown the requiredwinning mentality. We lost confidence in ourselvesafter the defeat to Bayern (last week).” Appointedlast June Magath denied that his comments weredesigned as a disingenous ploy to lull Bayern intobelieving their nearest rivals had given up the chase.He had employed similar tactics last campaignbefore guiding his then club Wolfsburg to the2009/10 title.

Internet

PARIS, 12 April—Mar-seille remained on coursefor a first French champi-onship in 18 years afterthrashing south coastneighbours Nice 4-1 onSunday to move twopoints clear at the Ligue1 summit. Ivory Coastwinger Bakary Kone putthe hosts ahead three min-utes before half-time andStephane Mbia headedhome from a corner in the52nd minute, with LuchoGonzalez the supplier onboth occasions.

Mathieu Valbuenamade it 3-0 in the 71stminute, lifting the ballover David Ospina withthe outside of his rightfoot from MamadouNiang’s lay-off, beforeSouleymane Diawaraconverted another Luchocorner with a towering

header. Emerse Faeclaimed an injury-timeconsolation for Eric Roy’sside. —Internet

HOUSTON, 12 April—Juan Ignacio Chela wonhis first ATP title in morethan three years on Sun-day as he toppled third-seeded American SamQuerrey 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 atthe US Men’s Clay Court

Championships. Theunseeded Argentinianturned up the heat in thesecond set as he pulledaway from Querrey forhis fifth ATP title and hisfirst since he beat CarlosMoya for the crown inAcapulco in March 2007.

Chela sealed the vic-tory when Querrey belteda service return over theline. Querrey, ranked 25th

in the world, hit 19 win-ners to just two for Chelain the opening set. By theend of the second frame,however, Chela wasswinging freely andmatching Querrey winnerfor winner.—Internet

AUGUSTA, 12 April—Phil Mickelson soaked upa scene he knows all toowell as he climbed thesteep hill toward the 18th

green at Augusta Nationalto claim another greenjacket. Only when herapped in one last birdiefor a three-shot victorydid this Masters get evenbetter. Standing behindthe green — as always —was his wife, Amy, withher long blonde hair andeasy smile, their threechildren at her side.

She had not been on agolf course since being di-agnosed with breast can-cer 11 months ago, andhad stayed in bed most ofthe week.“I wasn’t sure if

she was going to bethere,” Mickelson said. Aweek of roars gave way totears as they hugged forthe longest time.

Internet

ROME, 12 April—ASRoma took a big step for-ward in their drive for asurprise Serie A title onSunday when they beatrelegation-threatenedvisitors Atalanta 2-1 totake the top spot from

champions Inter Milan.Mirko Vucinic’s andMarco Cassetti’s first-halfgoals put Roma on 68points, one more than In-ter, who drew 2-2 atFiorentina on Saturday astheir domestic form fal-ters under the stress ofreaching the ChampionsLeague semi-finals.

Third-placed AC Mi-lan’s title hopes dimin-ished after they slippedfour points off the pacewith five games to go de-spite coming from 2-0down to draw 2-2 at homewith Catania thanks toMarco Borriello’s double.

Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, light rain orthundershowers have been isolated in Kachin State,weather has been partly cloudy in Shan, Rakhine andMon States, upper Sagaing, Yangon and TaninthayiDivisions and generally fair in the remaining areas. Daytemperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) above April averagetemperatures in Chin, Rakhine, Kayah and Mon States,Bago and Taninthayi Divisions, (5°C) to (6°C) aboveApril average temperatures in Shan State, Sagaing,Mandalay, Magway and Yangon Divisions, and aboutApril average temperatures in the remaining States andDivisions. The significant day temperatures were Minbu(45°C), Monywa, Myingyan, NyaungU and Chauk (44°C)each.

Maximum temperature on 11 -4-2010 was 102°F.Minimum temperature on 12-4-2010 was 77°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 12-4-2010 was 71 %.Total sun shine hours on 11-4-2010 was (9.4) hours approx.

Rainfall o n 12-4-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1- 1-2010 was(Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mphfrom Southwest at ( 13:30) hours MST on 10-4-2010.

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

Forecast valid until evening of 13th April 2010:Light rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolatedin Kachin State and upper Sagaing Division, weatherwill be partly cloudy in the remaining areas.Degree ofcertainty is (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofcontinuation of isolated rain or thundershowers in theNorthern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for13-4-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for13-4-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for13-4-2010: Generally fair weather.

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DAVAO, 12 April —Four people were hurtin grenade blast in thelatest election-relatedviolence in the southernPhilippines, the policesaid on Monday.

A grenade threw byunidentified menexploded inside agymnasium in thetownship of Kabasalan,Zamboanga SibugayProvince on Sunday

Four hurt in grenade blast insouthern Philippines

night during a campaignrally of local politiciansfor the upcoming Mayelection, said provincialpolice commanderSenior SuperintendentFederico Castro.

Castro said three ofthose injured in theattack were children.“We have dispatched ourmen to hunt down theperpetrators,” he added.

Xinhua

3000 carnations are displayed at the Sonybuilding on 1 April, 2009, in Tokyo, Japan.

Carnation production in Japan started in 1909when a florist brought seeds back from the

United States.—INTERNET

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1st Waxing of Kason 1371 ME Tuesday, 13 April, 2010

★ 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 hatredamong the people

★ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

★ Do not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

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

and violence

New earth road and bridge in YedasheTownship, Toungoo District, Bago

Division put into commissionNAY PYI TAW, 12

April—New earth roadand bridge constructed bythe Ministry ofConstruction betweenThagara andHmanhtaung Tawya inYedashe Township inToungoo District of BagoDivision was opened atthe archway of road in

Setthwa village thismorning.

The openingceremony was attendedby Chairman of BagoDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of SouthernCommand Maj-Gen HlaMin and Minister for RailTransportation Maj-Gen

Aung Min.N e x t , M i n i s t e r

Maj-Gen Aung Minformally opened theroad and bridge bycutting a ribbon. And thecommander unveiled thesignboard of the roadand bridge, and had adocumentary phototaken together with

those present on theoccasion.

Next, thecommander and theminister inspected thosetransport facilities in a car.

The new roadwhich can be used in allseasons, is 8700 feet longand 20 feet wide.

MNA

Significant day temperaturesMinbu 45°CMyingyan 44°C

NyaungU 44°CChauk 44°C

Chairman of Bago Division Peace and Development Council Commander of Southern

Command Maj-Gen Hla Min unveils the signboard of new earth road and bridge between

Thagara and Hmanhtaung Tawya in Yedashe Township of Bago Division.—MNA

World’s deepest known underseavolcanic vents discovered

First photograph of the world’s deepest known'black smoker' vent, erupting water hot enoughto melt lead, 3.1 miles deep on the ocean floor.

INTERNET

SCIENCEDAILY 12 Apr—A British scientific ex-pedition has discovered the world's deepest underseavolcanic vents, known as 'black smokers', 3.1 miles(5000 metres) deep in the Cayman Trough in theCaribbean. Using a deep-diving vehicle remotelycontrolled from the Royal Research Ship JamesCook, the scientists found slender spires made ofcopper and iron ores on the seafloor, erupting waterhot enough to melt lead, nearly half a mile deeperthan anyone has seen before.

Deep-sea vents are undersea springs where su-perheated water erupts from the ocean floor. Theywere first seen in the Pacific three decades ago, butmost are found between one and two miles deep.

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