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New Light of MyanmarVolume XXI, Number 263 4thWaxing of Pyatho 1375 ME Saturday, 4 January 2014

Esteemed people,

I would like to greet

all national peoples

across the country on the

auspicious occasion of

the 66th Anniversary of

Independence Day of the

Republic of the Union of

Myanmar.Myanmar governed

by its own monarch had

long been standing as

a sovereign nation. In

the 19th century, Myan-

mar fell under British

colonial rule and lost

her sovereignty. Today

marks 66 years since

Myanmar regained her

independence through

Union spirit, sacrice

spirit and the national

spirits of all national

peoples during the inde-pendence struggles.

Esteemed people,

Taking the lessons

of the past events, all our

people are to uphold our

national duty: non-disin-

tegration of the Union,

non-disintegration of

national solidarity, and

perpetuation of national

sovereignty to continue

standing as a sovereign

state.

It is high time all

national peoples seek

every possible ways to

Government could lay down plans

for development tasks and dailyexistences of people across the country

reach genuine and eter-

nal peace after ending

the decade-long internal

conicts. Coordination

is being made for signing

a nation-wide ceasere

agreement.

Thanks to the resto-

ration of peace and sta-bility in the country, the

government could lay

down plans for develop-

ment tasks and daily ex-

istences of people across

the country. The govern-

ment is making reforms

in the political, economic

and social spheres and

in the government and

private development to

fulll two desires of peo-

ple: becoming a peaceful

country under the rule of

law and the socio-eco-nomic development of all

people.

In economic re-

form, great importance

is attached to the socio-

economic improvement

of the rural people, the

poorest population of the

country, while foreign

investors are invited to

obtain capital and tech-

nologies to revitalize the

countrys economy. As

a healthy and intelligent

citizenry would shape the

future of our democratic

nation, we are initiat-

ing pragmatic efforts in

national health develop-

ment and the national

education promotion.

Esteemed people,

As the nation de-

velops, the international

community respects our

country and all its peo-

ple more. Myanmar took

over the chair of ASE-AN from Brunei on 10

October, 2013. Chairing

ASEAN is a major duty

for Myanmar on the in-

ternational stage. As it

is a proof of condence

in the countrys politi-

cal process and political

developments, the duty

is proudly assumed. The

onus is on all national

brethren to develop the

nation as there are sound

foundations for develop-

ment.Esteemed people,

To develop a peace-

ful, modern democratic

nation, I hereby urge all

the national peoples to

implement the follow-

ing 66th Anniversary

Independence Day ob-

jectives dutifully and in

harmony:

(1) living through thick

and thin together in

the Union;

(2) upholding non-dis-

integration of theUnion, non-disinte-

gration of national

unity, and non-dis-

integration of sover-

eignty;

(3) participating in the

peace process to

end armed conicts

and ensure eternal

peace;

(4) ensuring the peace-

ful, modern, disci-

pline-f lour ishing

democratic nation

with the power of

the people.

Passport ofce

opens in Haka

Nyaunglebin gets new street

Final Sepak Takraw match

concludes in Nay Pyi Taw

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Saturday, 4 January, 20142 New Light of Myanmar

N A T I O N A L

New Light of Myanmar

The President of the Republic of the Union of

Myanmar has conferred religious titles on the follow-

ing Most Venerable Sayadaws, Ganthadhura Pari-yatti Lecturer Sayadaws, Vipassanadhura Patipatti

Kammathana Instructor Sayadaws, Mobile Dhamma

Preachers, national foreign missionary gures and out-

standing donors of the Four Essentials to the Buddha

Sasana.

Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Title

1. Bhaddanta Nandobhasa, TheingiU Monastery,Chaukhtetgyi Pagoda Taik, Central ShwegondineWard, Bahan Township, Yangon Region

2. Bhaddanta Ariyavamsa, Inner Padamya PariyattiMonastery, Letthamar Ward, Hinthada, AyeyawadyRegion

Agga Maha Pandita Title

1. Bhaddanta Nanginda, Myoma Pariyatti Monastery,Ward 4, Shwegu, Kachin State

2. Bhaddanta Nandobhasa, Okkan Tawya PariyattiMonastery, Myawady Ward, Monywa, Sagaing Re-gion

3. Bhaddanta Vimalabuddhi, Pali Tekkatho Mingala-zeyon Pariyatti Monastery, Ywagauk Ward, Pyin-mana, Nay Pyi Taw

4. Bhaddanta Nayaka, Maha Wizayarama (Pali Tek-katho) East Building, Ward 1, Pakokku, MagwayRegion

5. Bhaddanta Paajota, Maha Withutayama (Central)Building, Ward 10, Pakokku, Magway Region

6. Bhaddanta Revata, MyoU Pariyatti Monastery, EastMyoma Ward, Myittha, Mandalay Region

7. Bhaddanta Dhammapalabhivamsa, Maha ShwezediMonastery, Kyetmintun Ward, Kyaukse, MandalayRegion

8. Bhaddanta Jotika, State Pariyatti Sasana University,

Ward 7, Mayangon Township, Yangon RegionDhammakathika Bahujanahitadhara Title

1. Bhaddanta anasiri, Thiri Mingala Hsanhsai Monas-tery, Hsanhsai Ward, Tachilek, Shan State

Agga Maha Ganthavaaka Pandita Title

1. Bhaddanta Ketumala, Dhamma Rekkhita WunthoMonastery, North Shansu Ward, Myitkyina, KachinState

2. Bhaddanta Khemindabhipala, Pobbayon Monastery,Minagala Ward, Loikaw, Kayah State

3. Bhaddanta Silananda, Maha Zawtikayama Monas-tery, Phonesoe Ward, Monywa, Sagaing Region

4. Bhaddanta Jotipalalankara, Saddhamma Pitzaw-tayon Monastery, Aungchantha Ward, Monywa,Sagaing Region

5. Bhaddanta Neminda, Shwein Yeiktha Pariyatti Mon-astery, Saya San Ward, Tatkon, Nay Pyi Taw

6. Bhaddanta Kundala, Phyaukseikbin Pariyatti Mon-astery, Letpanton Village, Natmauk Township, Mag-way Region

7. Bhaddanta Nandiya, Naya Monastery, Dekkhinay-ama Phayagyi Monastery, Kyunlon Okshaung Ward,Chanmyathazi Township, Mandalay Region

8. Bhaddanta Asabha, State Pariyatti Sasana Univer-sity, Dawnabwa Ward, Aungmyethazan Township,Mandalay Region

9. Bhaddanta Kovida, Nyeinchan Yeikmyon Dham-maariya Training School, Saya San Ward, Bilin,Mon State

10. Bhaddanta Nandasenalankara, State Pariyatti SasanaUniversity, Ward 7, Mayangon Township, YangonRegion

11. Bhaddanta Tejadhammabhivamsa, Shwehintha

Tawya Monastery, Ward 7, Nyaungdon, AyeyawadyRegion

Nun

12. Nun Daw Puavati, Ayethu Nunnery, Leti Ward,Monywa, Sagaing Region

Republic of the Union of Myanmar

President OfceNotication No. 1/2014

4thWaxing of Pyatho, 1375 ME

(4thJanuary 2014)

Maha Ganthavaaka Pandita Title

1. Bhaddanta Sopaka, Khemarama Monastery, Ward 9,Hpa-an, Kayin State

2. Bhaddanta Viakkhana, Aungsitha Pariyatti Monas-tery, Aungsitha Ward, Pobbathiri Township, Nay PyiTaw

3. Bhaddanta Indaaralankarabhivasa, ThamanekyawPariyatti Monastery, No. 6/18 Ward, Oktha Myothit,Bago, Bago Region

4. Bhaddanta Paasami, Mezebin Pyinnalinkara PariyattiMonastery, Yesu Ward, Kyaukse, Mandalay Region

5. Bhaddanta Nandasara, Alekyaung Monastery, Myo-ma Market Ward, Kyaikkhami, Thanbyuzayat Town-ship, Mon State

6. Bhaddanta Indaara, State Pariyatti Sasana Universi-ty, Ward 7, Mayangon Township, Yangon Region

7. Bhaddanta Nandaka, Maha Bawdi Pariyatti Monas-tery, Ward 14, Yankin Township, Yangon Region

8. Bhaddanta Sunanda, Myole Pariyatti Monastery,Ward 2, Lashio, Shan State

9. Bhaddanta Nayaka, Minkyaung Pariyatti Monastery,Kanauk Ward, Taunggyi, Shan State

Nun

10. Nun Daw andasiri, Mahasi Sasana Yeiktha nun-nery, Ywama Ward, Nattalin, Bago Region

Ganthavaaka Pandita Title

1. Bhaddanta Kheminda, Weluwun Taikthit Pali Tek-katho Monastery, Ward 1, Shwebo, Sagaing Region

2. Bhaddanta Pandava, MyoU Pariyatti Monastery,Myawady Ward, Tatkon, Nay Pyi Taw

3. Bhaddanta Jotika, Sasana Mandaing Pali TekkathoMonastery, Myodwingyi Ward, Bago, Bago Region

4. Bhaddanta Uttamamamoli, Bawdi Yeiktha Monas-tery, North Ywama Ward, Gyobingauk, Bago Region

5. Bhaddanta Revata, Shwedaung Pali Tekkatho Mon-astery, Ohbo Ward, Yenangyoung, Magway Region

6. Bhaddanta Sumanasaralankara, Gandayon BonkyawMonastery, Hsatthwa Village, Taungdwingyi Town-ship, Magway Region

7. Bhaddanta Sumangalabhivamsa, Sasana MulikayamaNew Monastery, No. 3 High School Ward, Taungtha,Mandalay Region

8. Bhaddanta Janinda, Maha Thandayon Monastery,Nyaunggwe Ward, Aungmyethazan Township, Man-dalay Region

9. Bhaddanta Vimala, Shwedaung Monastery, HlineWard, Mawlamyine, Mon State

10. Bhaddanta Kusala, Aungmyethazi Pariyatti Monas-tery, Dwayawady Myothit, Thandwe, Rakhine State

11. Bhaddanta Indavudha, Pyinnyamandaing PariyattiMonastery, Baungdutthasu Ward, Sittway, RakhineState

12. Bhaddanta andasiribhivamsa, Mingalathiri PariyattiMonastery, Faukan Ward, Insein Township, YangonRegion

13. Bhaddanta Kesara, Mahatheintawgyi Pariyatti Mon-astery, No.2 Ward, Pabedan Township, Yangon Re-gion

14. Bhaddanta Surinda, Sagaing Monastery, Hninzigon(Ka) Ward, Thingangyun Township, Yangon Region15. Bhaddanta Sijjana, West Phayagyi Pariyatti Monas-

tery, Chantha Ward, Taunggyi, Shan State16. Bhaddanta Subhoga, Hawkham Pariyatti Monastery,

No.1 Ward, Laikha, Shan State17. Bhaddanta anasiri, Taikthit Pitzawtayon Monas-

tery, No.3 Ward, Myaungmya, Ayeyawady RegionNuns

18. Nun Daw andasiri, Theravada Buddha MissionaryNunnery, Chanmyaeaungsi Ward, Kalay, SagaingRegion

19. Nun Daw andakalya, Pariyatti Monastery, No. 3Ward, Pakkoku, Magway Region

20. Daw Viitta, Myawady Nunnery, ChanmyathayaWard, Pyigyidagun, Mandalay Region

Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhamma Jotika Title

1. Bhaddanta Vijaya, Maha Wizayayanthi Sale Mon-astery, Chantaung Ward, Chanmyathazi Township,Mandalay Region

2. Bhaddanta Kesara, Winsein Tawya Monastery,Myainggon Village, Mudon Township, Mon State

3. Bhaddanta Dhammasara, Tawtaik Dhamma YeikthaMonastery, Dhamma Yeiktha Street, Tawtaik Ward,Mingaladon Township, Yangon Region

4. Bhaddanta Anadhivara, Dhammayon ShwekyinMonastery, No.2 Ward, Maubin Township, Ay-eyawady Region

Agga Maha Saddhama Jotika Dhaja Title

1. Bhaddanta Janindadhipati, Dawtangu TheravadaBuddha Missionary School, Dawtangu Village,

Dimawhso Township, Kayah State2. Bhaddanta Vanna Kotpaukshwe Monastery, Kotpauk

model Village, Kawkareik Township, Kayin State3. Bhaddanta Uttamanaabhivamsa, Mogaung Monas-

tery, Bo Aung Zeya Ward, YeU Township, SagaingRegion

4. Bhaddanta Obhasa, Thirimingala Monastery, Chon-inn Village, Yedashe Township, Bago Region

5. Bhaddanta itraana, Inbattaw Monastery, InbattawVillage, Kama Township, Magway Region

6. Bhaddanta Paavamsa Ywatha Monastery, YwathaVillage, Pwintbyu Township, Magway Region

7. Bhaddanta Vepulla, Shwekyina Monastery, Yanna-ing Ward, Singaing Township, Mandalay Region

8. Bhaddanta Jawtika, PhaungtawU Monastery,Dawnabwa Ward, Aungmyethazan Township, Man-dalay Region

9. Bhaddanta Puananda, Thirimingala MansushanMonastery, Lashio, Shan State

10. Bhaddanta Kosalla, Dhammatheidpan ShwekyoepinMonastery, monastic post basic education school, Chin-gon Village, Yekyi Township, Ayeyawady Region

Title recipient Sayadaws from Abroad

11. Ven. Mok Tak (Sang Kyoung Chan), Hey-Eun Mon-astery, Seokyo Dong Ward, Mapa-Gu, Seoul, Repub-lic of Korea

12. Most Ven. Shi Chang Zang, Buddha Tooth RelicTemple, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China

13. Bhaddanta Swandesaphara Maharaz, MingalakyanMonastery, Phasi Charoen Township, Bangkok,Thailand

14. Bhaddanta Dhammainna, Watsikyaunglian Monas-tery, Maeton Village, Pharong Township, Thailand

15. Ven. Bhikshu Sheelabhadra Mahasthavir, Mani-mandap Mahavihara Monastery, Patako Ward, Lal-itapura Town, Nepal

16. Most Ven. Maha Vanna Soriyavong, Maehsai Mon-astery, Vientiane, Chanthaburi District, Laos

17. Most Ven. Ambevela Pannasara Mahanayaka Thero,Buddha Lawka Mahavihara Monastery, SuwayapulaTown, Piliyandala District, Sri Lanka

Maha Saddhama Jotika Dhaja Title

1. Bhaddanta Revata, Theravada Buddha MissionaryMonastery, Waingmaw Township, Kachin State

2. Bhaddanta Vepulla, Yadanathiri Pariyati Monastery,Lawdhamma Ward, Loikaw Township, Kayah State

3. Bhaddanta Nandobhasa, No.1 Parahita monastic ed-ucation school, Shwetheintaw Monastery, Nyaung-pinkan Village, Myinmu Township, Sagaing Region

4. Bhaddanta Javana, Sispyetaik Monastery, SispyeVillage, Launglon Township, Taninthayi Region

5. Bhaddanta Vilasa, Shwetaung Pariyati Monasteryand No.1 monastic post basic education school,Zaingganine North Ward, Bago, Bago Region

6. Bhaddanta Viittasara, Pattapaing monastic edu-cation school, Phulon Village, Yesagyo Township,Magway Region

7. Bhaddanta Kissana, Shitmyithna Pariyati Monastery,Mahlaing Township, Mandalay Region

8. Bhaddanta Visuddhasara, Thadaryon Monastery,Phalangon Village, Natogyi Township, MandalayRegion,

9. Bhaddanta Varinda, Tharagayama Ywakyar Monas-tery, Ywakyar Village, Thaton Township, Mon State

10. Bhaddanta Visesa, Zeyathiri Withaythayama Monas-tery, Zeyathiri monastic education school, Zeyathiri

Ward, Mawlamyine, Mon State11. Bhaddanta Vijaya, Mawyawati Theravada Bud-

dha Missionary Center, Mawyawati model Village,Maungtaw Township, Rakhine State

(to be continued)

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Saturday, 4 January, 2014 3New Light of MyanmarWORLD

Latvian Prime Minis-ter Valdis Dombrovskis

speaks during an inter-view in Riga on 1 Jan,

2014, the day his country

adopted the euro as itscurrency.

KYODONEWS

Cambodian

forces open

fre on

protesters,

at least

three deadPHNOM PENH, 3 Jan

At least three people werekilled on Friday when

Cambodian military policeopened re to try to quella protest by garment fac-

tory workers, two witnessessaid.

Two human rights

workers who witnessed thechaos said three or four pro-testers had been killed as

security forces armed withassault ries and pistolsshot at demonstrators who

hurled rocks, bottles andpetrol bombs outside a fac-tory in the capital, Phnom

Penh.The workers are among

350,000 on strike, demand-

ing higher pay.Military police spokes-

man Kheng Tito said onlyone was killed and severalwere wounded.

Reuters

Afghan president meets visiting US senatorsKABUL, 3 Jan Af-

ghanistan President Hamid

Karzai on Thursday metwith the visiting US sena-tors in Arg, the country s

Presidential Palace.

President Hamid Kar-zai met with Senator John

McCain, Senator LindseyGraham and Senator JohnBarrasso in Arg this after-

noon, the presidential pal-ace said in a statement.

The two sides dis-

cussed the Bilateral Secu-rity Agreement (BSA) be-

tween Afghanistan and the

United States, the mattersabout Bagram detention

centre, and the situation inthe region, the statementnoted. In regards with the

BSA, Karzai told the visit-

ing delegation that the Af-ghans want to sign the BSA

with the United States butthey want to be assured thattheir demands are met and

that the agreement bringspeace and stability for thecountry, the statement said.

The Afghan govern-ment in the past said that

the United States must put

an immediate end to mili-tary raids on Afghan homes

and return nearly two doz-ens of Afghans held by USin Guantanamo base to the

Afghan side before it would

sign the accord.Local analysts said

if the two countries fail toreach the deal which gov-erns the presence of US

troops after 2014 pullout ofthe NATO-led forces, theUnited States will consider

the complete withdrawal oftroops, similar to the pull-

out of US troops from Iraq

two years ago.Regarding the Bagram

prison, which was handedover to the Afghan armyearly last year, the Afghan

leader said that the innocent

prisoners would be releasedin accordance with the Af-

ghanistan laws and perpe-trators would be prosecutedand punished. Over the past

one week, more than 650Taleban inmates were re-leased by a joint team set

up by the government fromBagram prison, local media

reported.Xinhua

A strong snow storm has swept the northeast andmidwest areas of the United States, affecting about 100

million Americans in 22 states. Strong winds and heavysnow have brought down the lowest temperature to

minus 20 degrees Celsius in some places. About 2,000ights have been cancelled due to the storm by

Thursday afternoon. XINHUA

State of emergency declared in

New York State ahead of winter storm

NEW YORK, 3 Jan New York State GovernorAndrew Cuomo on Thurs-

day declared a statewidestate of emergency as a ma-jor winter storm has already

started to bring heavy snow,sub- zero temperatures and

high winds across New YorkState. A state of emergencymobilizes resources to lo-

cal governments that other-wise are restricted to stateuse only and allows the Gov-

ernor to suspend laws andregulations that would im-pede rapid response.

The governor urgedNew Yorkers to avoidtravelling and stay inside

their homes until the worstof the storm has passed.

As this winter storm

unfolds, bringing heavysnow and high winds to

many parts of the state, Istrongly urge all New Yor-kers to exercise caution,

avoid travel, and stay in-doors, Cuomo said.

The four New York

City airports are open,but airlines are operatingon a signicantly reduced

schedule, with more than

412 ights cancelled as of

mid-afternoon. Crews areapplying anti- icing chemi-

cals to runways and taxi-ways to keep them free ofice, said the Governors Of-

ce.In the event that some

travelers become stranded,

airport personnel are prepar-ing cots, blankets and otheressentials to assist custom-

ers. All air travelers areurged to check with theircarriers before traveling to

the airport. The Metropoli-tan Transportation Authorityadvises customers that cold

temperatures and blowingsnow may require suspen-

sion of some portions of theregions bus and commutertrain operations, in order to

protect customers andemployees.

The New York State

Department of Transporta-tion (NYSDOT) and NewYork State Thruway Au-

thority said plows are avail-able statewide to clear snowand treat roads with salt

and are sending additionalplows to assist with snowoperations in Long Island.

Reuters

Fire near JR station

suspends shinkansen

bullet train servicesTOKYO, 3 Jan New

Years holiday travellers

were affected on Friday asTokaido Shinkansen bul-

let trains connecting Tokyoand western Japan citieswere suspended for around

ve hours due to a realong the railway in centralTokyo, operator Central Ja-

pan Railway Co said.The re broke out in a

building near JR Yuraku-

cho Station at around 6:35am and extended to threeother buildings nearby,

prompting reghters todeploy more than 50 re

engines.

It also burned transmis-sion cables of East Japan

Railway Co, which oper-ates railway services in theTokyo metropolitan area.

While the shinkansenoperations were resumedshortly before noon, many

passengers were strandedat each station before thereturn rush peaked in the

afternoon, when reservedseats for shinkansen trainsbound for Tokyo were al-

most fully booked, accord-ing to JR Central.

At Nagoya Station, Hi-

romu Yamada, a 32-year-

old ofce worker who hadplanned to visit his wifes

family in Yamaguchi Pre-fecture, said, As we were

concerned about the healthof our 1-year-old childamid this crush, weve

postponed our departure totomorrow.

At Shin-Osaka Station,

a 42-year-old man who vis-ited Osaka with his family,said, We hope we can return

home by tonight because mywife needs to work tomor-row.

The re did not causeany injuries, according toreghters. In the metro-

politan area, meanwhile, theYamanote Line was entirelysuspended, and the Keihin-

Tohoku and Tokaido lineswere partially suspended due

to the re, before resumingoperation by 1 pm, accordingto JR East.

A total of 125trains were suspended,affecting 270,000 people.

Kyodo News

Madagascars presidential candidate Hery Rajaona-rimampianina arrives to cast his ballot at a pollingcentre in Tsimbazaza area of Madagascars capital

Antananarivo on 20 Dec, 2013.REUTERS

Ex-fnance minister wins

disputed Madagascar votesANTANANARIVO, 3 Jan

Former Finance Min-

ister Hery Rajaonarimam-pianina won Madagascarsrun-off presidential elec-

tion, the electoral com-mission (CENIT) said onFriday, but his main rival

claims the vote was rigged.CENIT leader Beatrice

Atallah said Rajaonari-mampianina, the candidate

backed by President AndryRajoelina who ousted hispredecessor in a coup in2009, won 53.5 percent of

the 20 December vote.

He beat Jean LouisRobinson, who ended up

with 46.5 percent but hasdemanded a recount. Rob-insons camp has led al-

most 300 complaints to theelectoral court, which nowhas to rule on the result.

The poll, the st sinceformer disc jockey Rajoeli-

na grabbed power, is meantto end a crisis that has

driven out investors, cut aidows and sharply slowedthe economy.

A disputed result could

prolong the malaise on the

politically volatile IndianOcean island and delay re-

storing the external budget

support needed to drivepublic spending and boost

anemic growth.Reuters

Photo shows a bullet train

of the Tokaido ShinkansenLine passing by a fre thatbroke out near JR Yura-

kucho Station in Tokyoon the morning of 3 Jan,

2014. Some operations onthe Shinkansen line werelater suspended for more

than fve hours due to the

fre. KYODONEWS

BRUSSELS, 3 JanLat-

via became the 18th euro-zone country Wednesdayin a manner to help the eu-

rozone restore condenceafter being pushed to the

brink of collapse on thesovereign debt crisis.Its joining the euro-

zone has a political effectthat demonstrates the euroas still attractive even after

the crisis, an analyst said.Latvia is the rst new

eurozone member in three

years since Estonia, anotherof the three Baltic coun-tries, introduced the euro in

January 2011. Lithuania isseeking to become the lastBaltic country to join the

eurozone in 2015.The three Baltic coun-

tries won independence on

the breakup of the SovietUnion in 1991 and accededto the North Atlantic Treaty

Organization and the Euro-pean Union in 2004.

Latvia becomes 18th

eurozone country

Latvia plunged into aneconomic crisis after the

2008 Lehman Shock, post-ing a 17.7 percent contrac-tion in its gross domesticproduct in 2009.

Kyodo News

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Pope Francis draws 6.6

million for Mass, other

events at VaticanROME, 3 Jan Pope

Francis drew more than 6.6million people for Mass andother papal events at theVatican since his electionin March 2013, VaticanRadio said, quoting gures

released by the Pontical

Household on Thursday.The sum is more than

double the around 2.3 mil-lion attendees in the wholeof 2012 for his predecessorBenedict XVI, accordingto Reuters news service,pointing to the strong popu-larity of the new pope.

The gure is based on

the number of tickets issuedfor Masses, general and pri-vate audiences and otherevents as well as estimatesof the number of people at-tending events where suchtickets are not needed in-cluding weekly and othercelebrations in St PetersSquare, according to Vati-can Radio.

It does not include thecrowds who came to see thepope during his trips to Bra-zil, Assisi, and elsewhere inItaly, it said.Kyodo News

Panama President Ricardo Martinelli gestures as he

delivers his last State of the Nation speech during thenational congress opening session in Panama City

on 2 Jan, 2014.REUTERS

Panama presses Spain and Italy to resolve

canal cost row

PANAMA CITY/MADRID,3 Jan The president ofPanama said on Thursday

he would go to Spain andItaly to pressure compa-nies to honour contracts toexpand his countrys canal

Female priest servesfor temple in Nara for

5 decadesNARA, (Japan), 3 Jan

Hinonishi Koson, chiefpriest for Chugu temple inthe ancient town of Ikaru-ga in Nara Prefecture, hasserved at the temple formore than ve decades.

I must be the happi-est person in the world asI am allowed to live each

day in the arms of the Bud-dha, said the 83-year-oldwoman, who has served atthe temple since 1961.

She recently compileda photo book about her lifeat the temple known for aBuddhist statue designatedas a national treasure. Shesaid she hoped the photocollection, which is not forsale, will serve as a usefulreference to those who aredestined to serve at tem-ples in the future.

Hinonishi Koson,whose grandfather waschamberlain to Emperor

Mutsuhito in the Meiji era,said she had no hesitation tobecome a priest for the tem-ple which has been servedby daughters of the imperial

and noble families.When people heard

the words a nun, they mayhave a sad impression, shesaid. But as I had relativeswho were nuns, I didnthave any special feelingsabout them. Regardlessof whether you are a malepriest or female priest, your

task should be to save peo-ple from pain, she said.

Hinonishi Koson losther mother when she was 3and her stepmother duringthe war. Then after becom-ing a priest at the age of30, she trained and workedhard while loving the tem-ples smiling Buddha as if itwere her mother and hopingto become a person whoseexistence simply can makepeople happy like the Bud-dha.

But Hinonishi Kosonthought of killing herselfwhen she had problems in

relationships at the templeand when her prayers werehampered by her own earth-ly desires.

Kyodo News

Students are busy studying in the Anhui Agriculture

University on 31 Dec, 2013, in preparation for thepostgraduate exam from 4 to 6 Jan, 2014.

XINHUA

Death toll rises to Six in Beirut bombingBEIRUT, 3 Jan The

casualties in a car bombexplosion in Bir El Abdneighbourhood in thesouthern suburbs of Bei-rut on Thursday rose tosix killed at least and morethan 70 injured, the healthministry said.

The Lebanese armysaid in a statement thatthe car bomb detonated atabout 4:10 pm. local time(1210 GMT) in Haret al-Harayks Areed Street.

The statement addedthat the explosion wascaused by a 20-km bomb

placed within a SUV.Investigations are

underway to nd out the

method of detonation, thearmy said.

The state-run NationalNews Agency reported thatthe explosion caused mas-sive material damage in

The Xue Long (Snow Dragon) Chinese icebreaker, as seen from Australias Antarc-

tic supply ship, the Aurora Australis, sits in an ice pack unable to get through to theMV Akademik Shokalskiy, in East Antarctica, some 100 nautical miles (185 km) eastof French Antarctic station Dumont DUrville and about 1,500 nautical miles (2,800

km) south of Hobart, Tasmania, on 2 Jan, 2014, in this handout courtesy of FairfaxsAustralian Antarctic Division.REUTERS

Chinese icebreaker stuck after helping inAntarctic rescue

SYDNEY, 3 Jan AChinese icebreaker that

helped rescue 52 passen-gers from a Russian shipstranded in Antarctic icefound itself stuck in heavyice on Friday, further com-

plicating the 9-day roller-coaster rescue operation.

The Snow Dragonhadferried the passengers fromthe stranded Russian shipto an Australian icebreakerlate on Thursday. It now

after a building consortiumbehind the project threat-ened to suspend work be-

cause of a row over costs.The consortium

Spains Sacyr, Italys SaliniImpregilo, Belgiums Jan

De Nul and Panamas Con-structora Urbana said onWednesday that $1.6 billionin cost overruns on the $3.2

billion plan to build a thirdset of locks for the canalshould be met by Panama.

The consortium,known as Grupo Unidospor el Canal, said the Pana-ma Canal Authority (PCA)had 21 days to respond toits demands during whichwork would continue, butthe project would be sus-pended if that requirementwas not met.

Just a few hours later,the PCA rejected the de-mand, hinting it couldnd others to complete

the job. Shares in Sacyr,

which heads the consor-tium, slumped 9 percent onThursday.

Panamanian President

Ricardo Martinelli accusedthe companies of great ir-responsibility and saidthey had endangered the

massive construction pro-ject, which has been a majordriver of the Central Ameri-can nations economy.

Martinelli, who tookpower in 2009, said he ex-pected Italy and Spain touphold commitments toback the project which thecountries leaders made tohim during his rst year inofce.

So Im going to go toSpain and Italy to demandthis from them, because acompany should not be ableto put such a high amountof overrun costs on a pro-

ject that belongs to human-ity, he told reporters inPanama City.

Reuters

the area, especially to thebuilding that houses the Al-Jawwad Restaurant.

Lebanons caretakerHealth Minister Ali Khalilasked all Beirut hospitals totreat the injured on the ex-penses of the ministry.

Xinhua

had concerns about its ownability to move through

heavy ice, the AustralianMaritime Safety Authority(AMSA) said.

It will attempt tomaneuver through the ice

when tidal conditions aremost suitable during theearly hours of 4 January2014, AMSA said.

The Australian ice-breaker carrying the res-cued passengers, the Au-rora Australis, will remainon standby in open waterin the area as a precaution-ary measure, the rescueagency said. The Aurora

Australis had meant to sailtowards an Antarctic baseto complete a resupsplybefore carrying the rescuedpassengers back to Aus-tralia.

A helicopter from theSnow Dragon carried the52 scientists and tourists insmall groups from the ice-bound Akademik Shokals-kiy to the Australian supplyship late on Thursday.

The rescue, delayeddue to weather and ice con-ditions, took around ve

hours to complete. It hadbeen a roller-coaster res-

cue, said Greg Mortimer,one of three expeditionleaders on the AkademikShokalskiy.

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Newly-married couples attend a group wedding ceremony in Yangzhou, eastChinas Jiangsu Province, on 1 Jan, 2014. Altogether 13 newly-wed couples took

part in a group wedding of traditional style at Geyuan Garden in Yangzhou on therst day of 2014.XINHUA

Slovenian ex-president Turk bids

for UN SecretaryLJUBLJANA, 3 Jan

Former Slovenian presi-

dent Danilo Turk won onThursday the approval ofthe cabinet to bid for the

2017-2021 post of Secre-tary-General of the UnitedNations.

Turk will have ad-equate support from thegovernment during his can-

didacy for the top post ofthe United Nations, the Slo-venian Government Com-

munication Ofce said in aPress release.

Turk, born in February1952, served as Sloveniasambassador between 1992

and 2000, and then as UNAssistant Secretary-General

for Political Affairs from2000 to 2005.

He became presidentof Slovenia in December2007, and held the presi-

dency until the end of 2012.Under the UN Char-

ter, candidates for UN

Secretary-General are putforward by geographicalgroups rather than individ-

ual countries.The United Nations

consists of ve regionalgroups Western Euro-pean and Others, East Euro-

pean Group, Latin Ameri-can and Caribbean Group,Asia-Pacic Group, and

African Group.Unlike its counterparts

that has at least one personelected as UN Secretary-

General since the foundingof the United Nations inOctober 1945, East Euro-

pean group has never hada Secretary-General in theglobal body before.

The incumbent UNSecretary-General is BanKi-moon of South Korea,

who took ofce on 1 Janu-ary 2007. His second ve-year term is due to expire

on 31 December, 2016.UN Secretary-General

serves for ve-year termthat can be renewed inde-nitely, although none so far

has held ofce for morethan two terms.Xinhua

China continues to support all peaceful effortstowards resolving crisis in South Sudan

ADDIS ABABA, 3 Jan China likes to share itstraditional wisdom of re-

solving conicts towardspeaceful resolution of thecrisis in South Sudan, said

Zhong Jianhua, ChineseSpecial Representative forAfrican Affairs.

In an exclusive in-terview with Xinhua on

Thursday in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia, the Special Rep-resentative said being con-

cerned with the situation inSouth Sudan, China sup-ports all peaceful efforts

to resolve the crisis in thatcountry.

The purpose is to

understand the situation;to show our concern and

show our support for all thereconciliation efforts. So,I came here also to listen

to the Ethiopian govern-ment, listen to AU, and alsoI heard that talks could be

started here for both sidesin South Sudan, he said.

All the important

countries in this area, all in-volve in the efforts to push

for peaceful solution forthis conict. It is quite com-prehensive visit for me,

he said. Emphasizing thatAfrican problem must beresolved by African people,

the Special Representativenoted that China is keen toshare its wisdom of solv-

ing conicts to help Afri-cans solve their problems

in African way.And we show that

we will be happy to be me-

diator. If any party has anymessage to want to bring tothe other side, as long as it

is towards a peaceful solu-tion, we would be happy todo that. And of course, we

have admitted that this isan African problem; it must

be solved by the Africanpeople in African way. Wefully respect that, he said.

The Special Represent-ative underscored the needto have collective efforts

for peaceful solution for thecrisis and reconciliation inthat country.

All efforts are needed;all efforts are necessary. I

A massive drugs operation ends in the seizure of threetonnes of crystal meth, or ice, and 182 arrests, inBoshe Village in the city of Lufeng, south Chinas

Guangdong Province, local police announced onThursday. It involved more than 3,000 personnel in

109 separate raids with the help of helicopters andborder speedboats.XINHUA

Algeria condemnsBeirut bombingALGIERS, 3 Jan The

Algerian government on

Thursday strongly con-

demned the deadly bomb

attack that shook the Leb-

anese capital of Beirut,

which left six killed and

more than 70 others injured,

APSnews agency reported.

Algeria strongly con-

demns the suicide car bomb

that targeted on Thursday

the southern suburbs of

Beirut. While reafrm-

ing full solidarity with the

Lebanese government and

the brotherly Lebanese peo-

ple, Algeria extends condo-

lences to the families of the

victims, APS news agen-

cy quoted the Foreign Min-

istrys spokesman Amar

Belani as saying.

Commander of DR Congo forces killedKINSHASA, 3 Jan

Colonel Mamadou Ndala,commander of military op-erations of the Armed Forc-

es of the Democratic Re-public of Congo (FARDC),was killed on Thursday in

an ambush by members ofthe ADF-Nalu, minister ofmedia and spokesperson of

Cyprus radio mistakenly

airs New Year message

from ex-presidentNICOSIA, 3 Jan Cyp-

riot state radio publicly

apologized on Thursday forinadvertently broadcastingthe opening remarks of a

New Years message fromthe countrys former presi-dent in the place of a mes-

sage by current PresidentNicos Anastasiades.

The Cyprus Broadcast-

ing Corporation (CyBC),which runs both televisionand radio broadcasts, said

in its apology that the mis-take was realized withinseconds early in the night of

31 December, 2013, and thetransmission was halted.

CyBC said in a state-

ment that the error wasa very serious one and

an inquiry was orderedto ascertain the cause.CyBC sources dismissed

think in this crisis, we needevery party to join us, to jointhem, to push for peaceful

solution; all are very, verynecessary, he said.

The Special Repre-

sentative also revealed thatChina is happy to work

with others towards peace-ful resolution of the crisis inSouth Sudan.

We put forward ourwish to meet with anyonewho wants to meet with us.

I think, we have been verywarm welcome by all par-ties, all countries necessary.

And as long as we can haveour message be channeledto the parties we are satis-

ed, said the Special Rep-resentative.Xinhua

Afghan men walk on the snow in Bamyan Province ofcentral Afghanistan, on 1 Jan, 2014.

XINHUA

allegations of foul play andsaid the erroneous mes-

sage from former presidentDemetris Christoas wasstopped within seconds.

The message dated back to2009. The error was spot-ted by listeners who poked

fun at CyBC on social net-works.

According to CyBC

sources, the message wasbroadcast by mistake be-cause a radio presenter

clicked on the wrong head-ing of an item. They saidthat the old message, which

should have been removed along time ago, was errone-

ously left on the broadcast

computer. Christoas didnot contest re-election and

was succeeded by Anasta-siades who won the electionin February 2013.Xinhua

The ofcial further re-

iterated the North African

nations strong commit-

ment to the stability of Leb-

anon, calling on all Leba-

nese people to work for

national unity and cohesion

through strengthening se-

curity and civil peace amid

the alarming recurrence of

terrorism movement.

Thursdays bombing

is the second attack target-

ing the Lebanese capital

this week, and the fourth

since July in the neigh-

bourhood of Haret Hreik,

which is a stronghold of

the Shiite movement of

Hezbollah, said Lebanese

Minister of Health Ali

Hassan Khalil.

Xinhua

the government told Xin-hua. Colonel MamadouNdala was killed, it is true,spokesman Lambert Mende

said in a sad tone. He addedthat these are ADF- Naluwho killed with two of his

bodyguards. This is trulya great loss for the ArmedForces and the Republic.

Mende said that Colo-

nel Ndala was on the wayof Eringeti for the deploy-ment of a battalion of com-

mandos when his jeep wasambushed.According to a military

source, ve FARDC soldierswere seriously wounded inan ambush by the Ugandan

rebel ADF-Nalu, before be-

ing taken to hospital Beni.According to the se-

curity manager of the UN

Mission for Stabilization ofCongo (MONUSCO), thereis a high concentration of

ADF-NALU rebels in thearea where the colonel Nda-la was killed.Xinhua

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World manufacturing ends2013 on a strong note

NEW YORK/LONDON/

BEIJNIG, 3 Jan Globalmanufacturing ended 2013on a strong note, as major

exporters like the UnitedStates, Japan and Germanyall saw demand pick up,although Chinas perfor-mance remained modest,surveys showed on Thurs-day.

Years of loose mone-tary policy, along with soar-ing stock markets, appearto be bolstering economiccondence. That bodes wellfor a global economy thathas struggled to shake offthe effects of nancial crisis

and recession.Chinas growth rate

fell to a three-month low,

though the index was stillabove the 50 mark that in-dicates expansion. Weak-ness in global equity mar-kets was blamed in part onthe Chinese data, though

markets were also taking abreather from recent gains.

US manufacturing ac-tivity grew in December

at its swiftest pace in 11months and the rate of jobgrowth was the strongestsince March, according toMarkits Purchasing Man-agers Index.

Other US economic g-ures, including constructionspending and the Institutefor Supply Managementspurchasing managers sur-vey, also pointed to steadygains in the worlds largesteconomy.

We have had a wholestring of strong ISM num-bers. This is a gauge ofsentiment and sentiment

is improving, said ScottBrown, chief economistwith Raymond James in StPetersburg, Florida.

Europe has turnedthe corner. Its not

contracting at least. Theemerging markets are do-ing better. We are lookingfor growth to pick up once

again in the new year andwe have few headwinds todeal with, especially lessscal drag. The US Insti-tute for Supply Manage-ments manufacturing PMIindex dipped slightly to 57from 57.3 in November, butthats still well above the 50level that indicates growthin the sector. Constructionspending rose 1 percent toa four-and-a-half-year high.

A Reuters poll ofeconomists taken in mid-December forecasts annual-ized rst-quarter economicgrowth of 2.5 percent,

reaching 3 percent by year-end. Since then, economicdata has tended to exceedforecasts.

US stock markets havebeen on a tear, even as the

US Federal Reserve easesoff on its monthly stimulus.The S&P 500 benchmarkclosed at all-time highs onTuesday, even though eq-uities dipped modestly onThursday.

Factory sentiment hit a10-month high in Mexico,with the HSBC MexicoManufacturing PMI risingto 52.6 in December, thanksto improved new orders and

output. Euro zone manufac-turing grew at the fastestrate since mid- 2011 in De-cember on brisk business inGermany and Italy, MarkitPurchasing Managers In-dexes (PMIs) showed.

Add in the fastestgrowth in 7 1/2 years forJapanese manufacturingand no major slowdown inChinese manufacturing out-put, and the stage is set for a

solid start to the year.Looking ahead, the

hope for the euro zone is thatrecent improved condence

will encourage businessesto lift their employment andinvestment plans as 2014

progresses, and will also en-courage consumers to spendmore, said Howard Archer,the chief European and UKeconomist at IHS Global In-sight.Reuters

Electricians assemble a new Porsche 918-Spyder sports car at the production line ofthe German car manufacturers plant in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen on 2 July, 2013.

REUTERS

UK lawmakers criticize govts stockpilingof Roche drug Tamiu

LONDON, 3 Jan British lawmakers on Friday

criticized government spend-ing of 424 million pounds($702 million) to stockpileRoches medicine Tami-u, saying doubts about the

drugs effectiveness suggestit may not be money wellspent.

Parliaments inuentialPublic Accounts Committee(PAC) said it was surprisedand concerned to discoverthat information on methodsand results of clinical trialsof such prescribed drugs isroutinely withheld, and saidthere was a lack of consen-sus over how well Tamiu ...

actually works.The case for stockpil-

ing antiviral medicines atthe current level is based onjudgment rather than on evi-

Four capules of Tamiu are pictured on a Tamiu box

in Burbank, California, on 31 Jan, 2013.REUTERS

Asia shares roiled by

risk aversion; yen ralliesSYDNEY, 3 JanAsian

share markets were underwater on Friday after a sud-den reversal in some verypopular, and thus crowded,trades sparked a bout ofglobal risk aversion.

The net result was apullback in the euro, sterling,and stocks and a bounce for

the yen, gold and bonds. Oilprices had also taken a spill,though for purely idiosyn-cratic reasons.

MSCIs broadest indexof Asia-Pacic shares out-side Japan shed 1 percent,with markets from Shanghaito Sydney all in the red.

The various movesseemed divorced from thenews ow, which was most-ly upbeat with global manu-facturing ending 2013 ona strong note as the UnitedStates, Japan and Germanyall saw demand pick up.

The y in the ointment

was China where a measureof activity in the servicessector eased back in Decem-ber, just as one for manufac-turing had on Thursday.

A pedestrian looks at an electronic board displayingvarious countries stock market indices outside a

brokerage in Tokyo on 24 Dec, 2013.REUTERS

Relapse of cured HIV patients spursAIDS science on

LONDON, 3 Jan Sci-entists seeking a cure forAIDS say they have beeninspired, not crushed, bya major setback in whichtwo HIV positive patients

believed to have been curedfound the virus re-invadingtheir bodies once more.

True, the news hithard last month that theso-called Boston patients two men who receivedbone marrow transplantsthat appeared to rid themcompletely of the AIDS-causing virus had

relapsed and gone backonto antiretroviral treat-ment.

But experts say the dis-appointment could lay thebasis for important leaps

forward in the search fora cure. Its a setback forthe patients, of course, butan advance for the eldbecause the eld has now

gained a lot more knowl-edge, said Steven Deeks,a professor and HIV expertat the University of Califor-nia, San Francisco.

He and other experts

say the primary practicalmessage is that current testsdesigned to detect evenvery low levels of HIV pre-sent in the body are simplynot sensitive enough.

As well as having thehuman immunodeciency

virus (HIV), the Boston pa-tients both also had a typeof blood cancer called lym-phoma, for which they weretreated using bone marrowtransplants one man in2008 and the other in 2010.

They continued tak-ing the antiretroviral AIDS

drugs, but eight monthsafter each patients trans-plant, doctors found theycould not detect any sign ofHIV in their blood.

In the early part of

2013, both patients decidedto stop taking their AIDSdrugs and both appeared toremain HIV-free prompt-ing their doctors, TimothyHenrich and Daniel Kuritz-kes from Bostons Brighamand Womens Hospital, toannounce at a conferencein July that they may havebeen cured.Reuters

The next hurdle laterFriday will be a spate ofspeeches from top FederalReserve policy makers, in-cluding outgoing ChairmanBen Bernanke. Any com-ments on the outlook fortapering could affect marketsentiment, for good or bad.

On Thursday, the Dow

had ended down 0.82 per-cent while the S&P 500lost 0.89 percent. MSCIs45-country share indexslipped 1 percent.

In Asia, anxious eyeswere xed on Thailand as

deepening political uncer-tainty lopped another 0.5percent off stocks, on topof a 5 percent decline onThursday. The Thai curren-cy also took a bath, hittingits lowest since early 2010at 33.03 per dollar.

Shares in South Koreashed 1.1 percent, thoughthere the problem was oneof a strong won and a weakyen undermining the com-petitiveness of the countryshuge export companies.

Reuters

dence of their effectivenessduring an inuenza pandem-

ic, said Richard Bacon, aleading member of the com-mittee.

He added that as wellas spending more than 420million pounds on stockpil-ing Tamiu, an antiviral

medicine, the Department of

Health was forced to writeoff 74 million pounds of that

as a result of poor record-keeping by the NationalHealth Service.

Before spending mon-ey in future to maintain thestockpile the (health) depart-ment needs to review whatlevel of coverage is appro-

priate, he said. Tamiu has

been approved by regulators

worldwide and is stockpiledby many governments incase of a global u outbreak.

Sales of the drug hit close to$3 billion in 2009, due to theH1N1 swine u pandemic,although they have since de-clined.

But some researchersclaim there is little evidenceTamiu works and have lob-bied since 2009 for Swissdrugmaker Roche to handover all its data from clini-cal trials of the medicine.After a lengthy ght, Roche

agreed last year that it wouldhand over the data to outsideresearchers at the CochraneCollaboration, a non-prot

group that reviews trial datato assess the value of drugs.

Reuters

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FireEye Inc Chairman of the Board, David DeWalt (R)

and Founder Ashar Aziz (L) pose with Nasdaq CEORobert Greifeld outside the Nasdaq Market site in Times

Square following the companys debut on the Nasdaqexchange in New York, on 20 Sept, 2013.

REUTERS

FireEye buys cyber forensics rm Mandiantfor about $1 billion

BOSTON, 3 Jan Cy-bersecurity company Fire-Eye Inc has acquired Man-diant Corp, the computerforensics specialist bestknown for unveiling a se-cretive Chinese militaryunit believed to be behind aseries of hacking attacks onUS companies.

FirEye shares jumpedmore than 20 percent af-ter Thursdays announce-ment of the $1.05 billioncash-and-stock deal, which

FireEye said closed onMonday. It unites two com-panies with relatively newtechnologies for thwartingcyber attacks, and bringstogether two of the most-respected executives in thesecurity industry: FireEyeCEO Dave DeWalt andMandiant founder KevinMandia.

While sales of olderanti-virus products havebeen on the decline, secu-rity experts expect stronggrowth in both FireEyescloud-based systems for de-

tecting malicious softwareand Mandiants software

Lei Jun, founder and CEO of Chinas mobile companyXiaomi, poses for a photo ahead of an interview during

the Fortune Global Forum (FGF) in Chengdu, Sichuanprovince, on 6 June, 2013.REUTERS

Chinas Xiaomi says to

more than doublesmartphone sales in 2014

BEIJING, 3 Jan Chi-nese budget smartphonemaker Xiaomi plans tosell 40 million handsets in2014, more than double thenumber it sold in 2013, itschairman said on Thursday,reinforcing the companysambitions to outsell moreexpensive offerings fromApple Inc and Samsung

Electronics Co Ltd.Lei Jun, who is also

co-founder of the tech rm,made the projection on SinaWeibo, Chinas most wide-ly used microblogging site,and it was reposted on Xi-aomis website.

We again promise, wewill at least supply 40 mil-lion phones in 2014! hewrote. China is the worldsbiggest market for smart-phones.

Lei said privately heldXiaomi had sold 18.7 mil-lion smartphones in 2013, a160 percent increase from2012, and that sales rev-enues, including taxes, rose150 percent to 31.6 billionyuan ($5.22 billion).

Xiaomis sales growth

Over a thousand candidates shortlisted for life on Mars

Jacqueline Storey, a press ofcer at the National Mari-time Museum, poses for a photograph in front of images

of Mars generated by NASAs Curiosity Rover at theirnew Visions of the Universe exhibition, in Greenwich,

London on 5 June, 2013.REUTERS

Ride service Uber, brash darling of Silicon Valley, stalks new marketsSAN FRANCISCO, 3 Jan

Uber Chief ExecutiveTravis Kalanick knows thevalue of a good controver-sy. After his upstart com-pany, which lets peoplesummon rides at the touch

of a smartphone button,provoked a urry of social

media outrage in Decem-ber over pricing policiesthat can result in exorbitantfares, Kalanick addressedprospective New YearsEve customers.

If you absolutelyneed a ride between 1 and3 am, Uber will be veryreliable, Kalanick said ina YouTube video. But itwill be a pricey ride, andyou just have to accept

that. The companys pric-ing policies can sometimesresult in fares that are eighttimes higher than usual.

Like the message ornot, plenty of people heardit and fewer complaints

emerged about Ubers NewYears Eve rates.

Kalanick has taken asimilarly tough tack withregulators, local ofcials,

taxi-company foes andemerging competitors as hemoves to build Uber into aglobal force.

But it will take a lotmore than a popular smart-phone app, a loyal SiliconValley following and aknack for turning free-mar-ket ideology into publicity

to fulll Kalanicks vision

of a lifestyle and logisticscompany that delivers farmore than rides.

Uber has entered morethan 60 markets, rang-ing from its hometown of

San Francisco to Berlin toTokyo. Leaked nancials

in December indicate thatthe company, which beganconnecting passengers withdrivers of vehicles for hireabout 3-1/2 years ago, isgenerating $200 milliona year in revenue beyondwhat it pays to drivers.

Investors, led by Goog-le Incs Google Ventures,have given Uber around$400 million and valuedit at $3.5 billion. With a

Transportation app Uber is seen on the iPhone oflimousine driver Shuki Zanna, 49, in Beverly Hills,

California, 19 Dec, 2013.REUTERS

service that stitches togeth-er the buzziest categories inentrepreneurship amongthem mapping, smart-

phones, and local services Uber is widely seen asone of the hottest propertiesin Silicon Valley.

Yet Uber still facesdaunting regulatory hurdlesthat have left it shut out ofmajor markets such as Mi-ami. Lawsuits, many fromtaxi companies, are pil-ing up. Competitors such

as Hailo, Sidecar and Lyftare coming on strong. Andaside from publicity stuntsinvolving delivery of kit-tens, ice cream and Christ-mas trees, Uber has yet toprovide anything beyondrides. Delivery can be-come an extremely complexthing, said Kerry Rice,a digital media analyst atNeedham. Its about thescheduling and the softwareand the ability to manage aeet.Reuters

that analyzes cyber attacks.About a year ago the

two companies entered intoa technology developmentagreement that made it eas-ier to deploy their productstogether. With the merger,FireEye will gain Mandi-ants team of forensics in-vestigators.

They have these verystrong Navy cyber Sealswho respond to breachesand are very good at whatthey do, DeWalt said

about Mandiant. He hadpreviously served as chair-man of Mandiants board.

My aim is to createthe strongest security com-pany in the world, DeWaltsaid in an interview.

FireEye, which hasyet to post a prot, said theacquisition will be immedi-ately accretive to earningsand expects the combinedcompanys revenue to growabout 50 percent this year.In comparison, SymantecCorp, the biggest makerof anti-virus software, has

said it expects scal 2014revenue to drop 3 percent to

4 percent.Mandiant is best

known for its forensics ser-vices. The company roseto prominence in Febru-ary 2013 when it publisheda report detailing what itsaid were links between aShanghai-based unit of thePeoples Liberation Armyand a long list of attackson US companies. Beijing

denied all allegations in thereport.

If you combine Fire-Eyes advanced persistentthreat technology withMandiants endpoint pro-tection, it really makesthem a major force in thecyber-security industry,said FBR analyst DanielIves. Mandiant, which haslong been protable, gener-ates sales of more than $100million a year, according to

DeWalt.Reuters

far exceeds projections forthe global smartphone mar-ket, which is seen expand-ing at an annual rate of 18percent a year until 2016,according to research rm

Canalys.Xiaomis cheap yet

sleek phones are popularin China, where SamsungElectronics remains the

market leader. Xiaomishandsets sell for between$130 and $410, much lowerthan the $740 price tag forthe least expensive iPhone5C model or a SamsungGalaxy Note II, which canretail for $570.

Xiaomi even managedto briey rank sixth by

market share in the secondquarter of 2013, one notchabove Apple.

Apple is poised toboost its sales in China afterit signed last month a dealwith China Mobile Ltd, theworlds largest mobile car-rier by subscriber numbers.The deal could generate $3billion in revenue in 2014for the US rm.

Reuters

than a thousand candidateswho will now be tested tocome up with a nal list of

24 would-be Mars-dwell-ers. Mars One was set upin 2011 by two Dutch menwith the goal of establish-ing permanent human lifeon Mars in 2025. They hopethe project will be fundedby investors and the rightsfrom the documentary-cum-reality TV broadcast-ing of the tests, training andnal selection.

The 1,058 candidateswho got through to the rst

round come from all overthe world. By far the largest

number - 297 - are Ameri-can, followed by 75 Cana-dians and 62 Indians.

They must now under-go rigorous tests, includingsimulations of life on Marsand coping with isolation,co-founder Bas Lansdorpsaid.

The challenge with200,000 applicants is sepa-rating those who we feelare physically and mentallyadept to become humanambassadors on Mars fromthose who are obviouslytaking the mission muchless seriously, Lansdorpsaid.Reuters

AMSTERDAM, 3 Jan A mission to put humans on

Mars that drew 200,000 ap-plicants has selected more

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Sixty-six years onSixty-six years ago, 4:20 a.m. 4 January.

Deep was the darkness in the cold morning, but

it was just the darkest hour before the dawn in

Myanmar.

The entire people of Myanmar passed a

sleepless night on 3 January 1948, being eager to

witness the would-be historic moment of them-

selves and their motherland. It was completely

dark in the streets, but glittering hopes were

aring up in their hearts.

At 4:20 a.m. on that 4 January, Myanmar

people shed emotional tears as the Union Jack

was lowered and Myanmars own national ag

was run up the agpole. For more than a cen-

tury, they had waited for that day to free them-

selves from the yoke of colonial rule and to walk

with their heads held high on their own soil.

Since then, Independence Day is celebrated

annually in Myanmar. Writers give talks and

newspapers feature articles and editorials on

how important it is to preserve independence on

this red-letter day. There also are games, shows

and fairs as part of Independence Day celebra-

tions.

But, has anyone seriously thought about the

essence of independence?

Independence is like health; people do not

know its value until it is lost. Again, it is as frag-

ile as life. It can shatter all of a sudden. How-

ever, the overwhelming majority of Myanmars

population today was born after independence

and therefore dont understand how bitter be-ing subjugated tastes.

Countless numbers of lives and limbs, innu-

merable drops of blood and immeasurable mis-

eriesthe price of independence was high.

But, is this hard-won independence real?

National brethren were united against co-

lonial rule, but have then turned into foes in

reconstruction of the nation. The lingering in-

ternal armed conicts born with independence

have claimed as many innocent lives as, or per-

haps even more, than the independence struggle

did.

Sixty-six years on, people are still eeing for

their lives.

Sixty-six years on, people are still ghtingfor their land.

Sixty-six years on, people are still searching

for a sense of security.

Sixty-six years on

Final Sepak Takraw match

concludes in Nay Pyi TawNAYPYITAW, 3 Jan

The Inter-Ministry Sepak

Takraw tournament to

mark the 66thAnniversary

Independence Day took

place at Wunna Theikdi

Gymnasium-3 here this

morning.In the nal, the team

representing the Minis-

try of Transport won over

the team representing the

Ministry of Construction

while the team represent-

ing the Ministry of Home

Affairs stood third after

defeating the team rep-

resenting the Ministry of

Industry.

The prize presentationceremony will be held to-

morrow at the same venue.

MMAL-Khin Zaw

(Mingala)

Nyaunglebin gets new streetNYAUNGLEBIN, 3 Jan

To mark the 66th Anniver-

sary Independence Day, a

4thstreet paved with gravel

opened in Minte Ward,

DaikU Township yester-

day.

The 985-foot long

street passes through

Kyungon, Bamakyungon,

Shankyungon, Oakwin,

GANGAW, 3 JanA

ceremony to extend pipe-

lines to deliver river water

took place in Shoneshi Vil-

lage in Gangaw Township

yesterday as part of efforts

for marking the 66th Anni-

versary Independence Day.

The extension work

was nanced with K 3 mil-

NATOGYI, 3 Jan For-

esters at the Mt. Minn Sone

Wildlife Sanctuary, with

the help of the Wildlife

Conservation Society, are

moving to protect star tor-

toises, which can each fetch

up to US$ 20,000 on the in-

ternational black market.

They have been giv-

ing educative talks to stu-

dents and youth in Natogyi

Township in the MandalayRegion and volunteers in 13

nearby villages are joining

in the conservation project.

Star tortoises face a

threat to their very exist-

HAKA, 3 JanA My-

anmar Passport Issuing Of-

ce (Section) was launched

in Haka in Chin State yes-

terday.

The branch has been

established with a view to

enabling accommodation

and food for the people in

Chin State without muchcost.

Applying for a pass-

port will cost K 25,000, In-

Hnetthikepauk, Palakekwin

and Pyinpone villages and-

will becomea main route

for better transportation for

the villagers. Resurfacing

of the street was supervised

by the DaikU Township

Development Committee.

Amyotha Hluttaw Rep-

resentative U Tin Myint and

Township Administrator

U KyawSwa Aung spoke

at the road opening and

engineer U Thant ZinOo

recounted the construction

work. U Tin Myint cut the

ribbon to open the street.

Department ofcials,

residents of Minde Ward

and members of social or-

ganizations attended the

ceremony.

Nay Linn (Nyaunglebin)

charge Police Captain San

Oo said.

He said it takes about

10 ten days to get a passport

and reiterated that the new

ofce will the best services

for the convenience of the

local people.

Plans are also un-

derway to open similarbranches in other states and

regions.Haka IPRD

Pipelines extension provides

drinking water for Gangaw

residents

(from page 16)

tarps strewn on both pedes-

trian and trafc thorough-

fares are a headache as the

city tries to modernize.

After series of negotia-

tions with vendors, the Yan-

gon City Development Com-

mittee has proposed a plan

that would allow them to lay

their trays on the lanes, but

only at certain times. And to

enforce the proposal and to

improve the common good,

amendments must be madenow in the City of Rangoon

Municipal Act, which dates

to 1922 - a very different

time, with very different

Only cooperation will allow ...

lion from the Magway Re-

gion Government and K 10

million in local contribu-

tions.

The extended pipelines

will bring easy access to

safe drinking water for the

local residents.MMAL-Kyaw Than

Swe (101)

Local youth, students take part in

campaign to save star tortoisesence overall and because of

illegal exports they are al-

ready near extinction in the

township.

Ofcials concerned are

also launching a campaign

to provide the endangered

tortoises with a safe haven

in the sanctuary and the

Forest Department, work-

ing with the local youth and

students, is increasing colo-

nies of star tortoises in theregion and raising aware-

ness among the local people

of the threat to tortoises.MMAL-Khin Zar Mon

Myint (Law)

challenges than those todays

Yangon now faces.

In pursuit of modernity,

strict adherence to a develop-

ment affairs law by residents

and cooperation with of-

cials is much needed.

Putting aside the con-

cerns and differences of each

individual and each group

is imperative if Yangonites

are to take part in the beau-

tifying, cleaning and green-

ing that will transform the

city and allow Yangon onceagain to rightfully claim its

title as Princess of Asia.

Kyemon: 3-1-2014

Trs: YM

TATKON, 3 JanAs

Myanmar marks the 66th

anniversary of its independ-

ence from Britain today,

Tatkon Township in the

Nay Pyi Taw Council Area

has organized a number of

sports events to celebrate.

Saya San Ward will

continue holding Sepak

Tatkon Township marks

Independence Day with sports eventsTakraw competitions that

kicked off yesterday at a lo-

cal school. It is tradition in

Myanmar townships to mark

Independence Day with

street games such as Chin-

lone, a cane ball game, box-

ing and Chawtaingtetpwe,

traditional pole climbing.

Tatkon Township IPRD

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9Saturday, 4 January, 2014New Light of MyanmarL O C A L N E W S

Four objectives of 66thAnniversaryIndependence Day

- All the national people to live together in the Union forever

in weal or woe;

- All the national people to strive together for non-disintegra-

tion of the Union, non-disintegration of national solidarity

and perpetuation of sovereignty;

- All the national people to participate in efforts for ceasing

armed conflicts and gaining genuine peace;

- All the national people to work hard in building a developed

and discipline-flourishing democratic nation

66thAnniversary Independence Day

2014

Photo: Kyaw Swe

Moe (IPRD)

ASEAN Summits and related meetings will be held at

Myanmar International Convention Centre (1), Nay Pyi Taw

Historic pagoda built on Independence

Day has become tourist magnetSAGAING , 3 Jan

As Myanmar celebrates

Independence Day today,

one sight in the Mingun

region gets special attention

as it was built on the sameday the country declared

independence from Britain.

Pyidawthein Lutlatyay

Datu Pagoda located on

Momeik Hill in Sagaing

Township was built by a

monk and over 60 disciples

in the night from the 3rd to

the 4thof January 1948, with

the umbrella of the 14-feet

high pagoda hoisted atop

at 4.20 a.m. on 4 January

when Myanmar regained

Independence.

The pagoda which turns

66 today has in recent years

attracted more and morevisitors and pilgrims as the

Mingun region is famous for

its ancient cultural sites. Other

places of interest in the areainclude the Mingun Stupa,

Mingun Bell, Lion Statues,

Myatheindan Pagoda,

Settawya Pagoda, MomeikHill and Dhammanada

Monastery.

Kyemon-Nanda Min Lwin

Mohnyin ofcials urge calm as township

elects reps for Myanmars general electionMOHNYIN, 3 Jan

Officials in Mohnyin

township have clarified

that each township in

Myanmar can only elect

two representatives for

next years general election,

following protests by several

township sub-committees

that demand the election of

their members.

Each political party

is allowed to display one

election poster in each

village-tract, explained U

Di Sim Ram, Chairman

of the Mohnyin District

Election Sub-commission in

a meeting with political party

members on 30 December.

He added that according

to t h e co n s t i t u t i o n ,

representatives cannot be

elected on a sub-township

level. Following the protest

by several township sub-

committees demanding their

representatives should be

able to run, District Law

Officer U Bo Wai Lwin

urged them to remain calm

and abide by the law.

Among the protesters

were members of the sub-

committees from Mohnyin,

Mogaung and Phakant

Townships.

NLM-001

Rare books donated to new village library in Kachin StateMOHNYIN, 3 Jan Rare

books on history, literature

and culture of Myanmar have

been donated to a library

in Mohnyin Township in

Kachin State.

The Abbot of the

monastery Bhaddanta

Nandiya received the books

on 30 December from a

private donor on behalf of the

Bawa Uyin Library which is

located in the vicinity of the

monastery.

The 850 books were

printed in Myanmar from the

1960s to 1980s.NLM-001A building for Bawa

Uyin library opened at

monastery in Mohnyin

Township.

MONYWA , 3 Jan

Monywa University has

welcomed freshman students

of the 2013-14 academic year

with an ofcial ceremony.

The rector and other staffmade speeches to welcome

the students and explained

matters related to the

science subjects taught at

the university. Registrar U

San Win Hlaing claried

academic affairs and faculty

members were introduced

to the new students. The

ceremony was held atthe convocation hall of

Monywa University on 30

December.Kyemon-Myo

Win Tun (Monywa)

Monywa University welcomes

freshman students

KALAY, 3 JanA new road is

under construction that will link 17

villages in the Kalay Township of

the Sagaing Region in northwest

Myanmar. Officials from the Kalay

District Management Committee

and the Rural Development

Depar tment inspected on 29

December the construction work

met with local people.

Upon completion, the road will

be eight miles long and benef it 17

New road to link 17 villages in

northwest Myanmar

Course for Buddhist culture

instructors kicks off in Kayin StateMYAWADY, 3 JanA course for

people interested in teaching Buddhist

culture has started in Myawady in

Kayin State.

The first batch of instructors

has been taught since 25 December,

organizers said.

The course is under the supervision

of township education ofcials and

instructor Daw Nu Nu Khin of the

Yangon Dhamma Byuha SasanaMamaka Association. A private donor

has provided note books, stationery and

textbooks for the trainees.

Tun Tun Oo (Myawady)

villages on the eastern bank of the

Myittha River in Kalay Township.

It is being constructed by

Htet Nay Lin Co in line with the

instructions by the Chief Minister

of Sagaing Region U Tha Aye.

The villages that will be

c o n n e c t e d i n c l u d e U d u ,

Kinpunchon, Pauktaw, Indin,

Shadaw, Hsinywa, Kokko, Yayshin

and Mandar.

Kyemon-Chindwinthar (IPRD)

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Reporters stand by the front gate of the Chinese Con-sulate-General in San Francisco, the United States, on

2 Jan, 2014. The United States is deeply concernedby reports that the Chinese Consulate-General in SanFrancisco was damaged in an arson attack, the State

Department said on Thursday.

XINHUA

China urges US to

ensure safety followingconsulate arson attack

BEIJING, 3 Jan Chi-na on Thursday urged theUnited States to take ef-

fective measures to protectits diplomatic institutions

and staff, and prevent simi-lar incidents following anarson attack on a Chinese

consulate-general.The Chinese Foreign

Ministry and Embassy and

Consulates to the UnitedStates have lodged solemn

representations to the USside, demanding they solvethe case as soon as possibleand severely punish the cul-

prit, said Foreign Ministry

A resident walks in the rain in Buenos Aires, capitalof Argentina, on 2 Jan, 2014. Storms landed in part

of Argentina and have lowered the temperature hereabout 20 degrees Celsius. National Weather Service(SMN, for its acronym in Spanish) issued an alert for

possible severe thunderstorms in Buenos Aires andve provinces of Argentina. XINHUA

Oil ow via pipeline starts from

northern Iraq to TurkeyANKARA, 3 Jan

Crude oil ow from north-ern Iraq to Turkey started

via a new pipeline onThursday, Turkish Energy

Minister Taner Yildiz said.The oil started to ac-

cumulate at the TurkishMediterranean export hub

of Ceyhan but will not beshipped to world marketswithout the consent of Iraqi

government, Yildiz told re-porters.

The minister said that

oil ow through the pipe-line would start at 300,000barrels per day (bpd) and

rise to 400,000, expressinghis hope that a deal with

Nigerias

new year

attack

kills Two,

injuring 12LAGOS, 3 Jan

Unidentied gunmen onWednesday attacked agroup of young people inNigerias central north Pla-

teau State, killing two peo-ple and injuring 12 others,local police said on Thurs-

day. Dominic Esin, thestates police spokesperson,told reporters in the state

capital of Jos, that someyouths, who were danc-ing in a village square on

Wednesday, were assaulted

by the gunmen, leading tothe death of two dancers

and a score injured, whohad been rushed to hospi-

tals for treatment.To hunt down the as-

sailants, the police have

stepped up patrol and sur-veillance in the area, wherenormalcy had been restored,

Esin said. He also urged thepublic to provide the policewith useful information that

would lead to the arrest ofthe perpetrators.

Plateau falls on the

dividing line between Ni-

gerias mainly Christiansouth and predominantly

Muslim north. Mostly Mus-lim herdsmen from theFulani-Hausa ethnic group

have been blamed for scoresof attacks on mainly Chris-tian agriculturists from the

Berom ethnic community.Xinhua

spokesman Qin Gang.On Wednesday, a

person got out of a mini-

van parked in front of themain entrance of the Chi-

nese consulate-general inSan Francisco, poured twobuckets of gasoline onto

the front door and set it onre, severely damaging thedoor, but fortunately caus-

ing no casualties.The Chinese side will

release information in atimely manner as it be-comes available, Qin said.

Xinhua

The MV Cape Ray is seen before its deployment fromthe NASSC0-Earl Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia,

on 2 Jan, 2014. REUTERS

US ship to depart soon on

chemical weapons mission

to MediterraneanPORTSMOUTH, (Vir-

ginia), 3 Jan The US-owned cargo ship with the

capability to destroy thenastiest of Syrias chemi-cal weapons will depart

for the Mediterranean inabout two weeks, ofcialssaid on Thursday as ship-

yard workers readied thevessel for new sea trials.

Forklifts movedequipment and sparks ewas workers welded con-

tainers and other gear onthe deck of the MV Cape

Ray, which is being out-

tted with modular hous-ing to accommodate three

times its normal comple-ment of personnel, plustwo hydrolysis units fordestroying Syrian chemi-

cals used in mustard and

nerve gas weapons.

Without this ship, thismission is not possible, top

Pentagon arms buyer FrankKendall, who has oversightof chemical, biological and

nuclear arms, told report-ers who were invited totour the vessel at dock in

Portsmouth, Virginia.This avoids having to

put these materials on some-bodys territory, where youhave to deal with all the

political and environmentalconditions associated withdoing that under local law,

he said.Damascus agreed

to eliminate its chemicalweapons last year in theface of threatened US mili-tary action following a Syr-

ian chemical attack against

rebels and their supporters

in a civil war aimed at over-throwing President Basharal-Assad.

The United Stateshad developed a portablemachine for destroying

chemical weapons precur-

sors and offered to neutral-ize the portion of Syriasagents that were too toxicto be dealt with directly

by companies that process

hazardous materials.

Syria failed to meetthe 31 December deadlinefor removing the chemical

agents, but ofcials havenoted that the time framewas always going to be

challenging and arms con-

trol experts say deliberateand safe handling of thematerials is more importantthan doing it speedily.

Reuters

Baghdad can be reachedthis month for exports tobegin. Turkey and Iraqi

Kurdistan regional gov-ernment signed six energy

contracts last month on ex-ploration and purchase ofhydrocarbon resources.

Following Nechirvans

visit, Turkeys Foreign Min-istry said that Ankara andArbil had agreed on some

commercial deals but hadyet to nalize them and thatTurkey would seek Bagh-

dads cooperation on the is-sue. The agreement irked

ofcials in the Iraqi capital ofBaghdad, which claims soleauthority to manage Iraqi oil.

Baghdad said Iraqi Kurdsefforts towards oil independ-ence could lead to the break-

up of Iraq.The Turkish energy

minister paid a visit toBaghdad in December tobrief the ofcials on thedeals. In response to Bagh-

dads concerns, Turkey hasproposed a formula to bothparties underwhich oil and

gas money will be tied up ata Turkish state bank in linewith the agreed share of 83

percent to the Iraqi centralgovernment and 17 percentto the Kurds.Xinhua

S Korea, US to reopen defence

cost-sharing talks next weekSEOUL, 3 Jan SouthKorea and the United Stateswill resume the 10th round

of senior-level talks overhow to share costs for the28,500 US troops stationed

here, after the prior ninerounds of talks failed tonarrow differences between

the two sides, local mediareported on Friday.

The new round of ne-gotiations for the ve-yearSpecial Measures Agree-

ment (SMA) will be startedon 9 January in Seoul and

possibly last for four days,in a last-minute effort tomake a nal deal.

The two allies will

decide how much SouthKorea will pay for the pres-ence of the US Forces Ko-

rea (USFK) after their SMAexpired earlier this week.

Seoul has reportedly

offered to keep its pay-ment share at 869.5 billionwon (820 million US dol-

lars), but Washington hasdemanded a hike to around1 trillion won considering

what it called the increas-ing security threats fromthe Democratic People s

Republic of Korea.We have yet to

bridge our gaps. But we arepressed to wrap up the ne-gotiations soon, given the

many (rounds of) talks sofar as well as the (need to

uphold) the South Korea-US alliance, Yonhap newsagency quoted a Seoul gov-

ernment ofcial as sayingon condition of anonymity.

The rst negotiation ofthis kind was held in July

last year to revise the ve-year SMA, while the latestround of talk collapsed at

the end of 2013.The United States faced

growing nancial burdento station its 28,500-strongforces in South Korea asWashington was hit hard

by the partial governmentshutdown amid lacklustereconomic growth.

US President BarackObama has sought a rebal-

ancing towards the Asia-Pacic, but Washingtonasked its Asian allies such

as South Korea and Japanto contribute more to its

policy shift.South Korea and theUnited States singed their

rst SMA in 1991. Thelatest deal was reached in2008, with Seoul agreeingto pay 4.07 trillion won for

the next ve years through2013.

Xinhua

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Indian PM rules out 3rd

term in ofceNEWDELHI, 3 JanIn-

dian Prime Minister Man-

mohan Singh on Friday ruledout a third term in ofce,saying he will hand over the

baton to a new prime minis-ter after the upcoming gen-eral election in May.

He told a Press confer-ence that he hopes the nextprime minister will alsocome from the incumbent

Congress-led United Pro-gressive Alliance (UPA)

instead of the oppositionBharatiya Janata Party(BJP).

The BJP prime minis-terial candidate NarendraModi is campaigning strong-

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

ly for the election.

Singh also said that theCongress will soon nominatea PM candidate.

The Congress lost in

four key local legislativeelections, including that of

the capital region, late lastyear. BJP won all the elec-tions.Xinhua

JAKARTA,3 JanA fer-ry travelling between two

islands in eastern Indone-sia sank early Friday withscores of people still miss-ing, a search and rescue of-cial said.

Lalu Wahyu Efendi,search and rescue coor-dinator in the West NusaTenggara provincial capital

Mataram, told Kyodo Newsat least three people werefound dead and 46 oth-

ers survived after the ferryMunawar sank at around 2a.m. on its way from Lom-

bok Island, next to Bali, tonearby Sumbawa Island.

How many people have

Scores missing as ferry sinks in

eastern Indonesiagone missing, however,was not immediately clear.

I havent been able toconrm how many peoplewere aboard when the ferrysank, Lalu said.

Ofcials and mediareports gave conictinggures on the missing peo-ple, ranging from 11 to 40people. The state-run newsagencyAntaraeven quotedpassengers as saying theferry was packed with about

150 people when it sank.The reason the ferry

sank is not yet known, al-

though passengers told lo-cal media that leakage hadcaused the accident.

The ferry leaned tothe left, then the engine

didnt work and it sank,Lalu quoted one of the wit-nesses as saying.

Ferries are a common

form of public transporta-tion in Indonesia, particu-

larly in the eastern part ofthe archipelago, due to badroad conditions in someregions. Lack of adequate

public sea transportation, aswell as efforts to increase

prots, however, promptsome shipping companiesto let passengers and vehi-

cles board already-packedships and ferries.

Kyodo News

Customers buy lucky bags at the agship outlet of

Kintetsu Department Store Co in Osakas Abeno Wardon 2 Jan, 2014. Major Japanese department stores

kicked off business for 2014 that day.KYODONEWS

Truck bombing kills twoin NW BangladeshDHAKA, 3 Jan At

least two people were deadand three others injured af-ter a bomb was thrown at

an onion-laded truck in anorthwestern Bangladeshdistrict on early Friday, the

third day of Bangladeshoppositions countrywidenon-stop blockade, police

said.Charred bodies of the

trucker and an onion trader

were retrieved from insidethe damaged vehicle, thepolice ofcial told Xinhuafrom Dinajpur District,some 338 km northwest ofcapital Dhaka.

As the truck caught re,

he said its driver lost con-trol over the steering wheel.According to the police, the

onion laden truck, bombedby pro- blockade activities,veered off the road and fell

into the ditch at about 1:30am (local time) on Friday.

On receipt of informa-tion, the police ofcial saidreghters rushed to thescene and doused the re.

Three more peoplewere also injured in the in-cident, he added.

Stray incidents ofclash, arson, vandalism,explosion and detention

in Dhaka and elsewhere in

the country have also beenreported in the early hoursof third days blockade

program which came afterthe end of the oppositionsa two-day March for De-

mocracy on Monday de-manding polls under a non-party caretaker government.

Khaleda Zias opposi-tion alliance had earlier en-forced blockade for a total

of 22 days in phases sinceNov. 26 after the ElectionCommission announced

schedule for the 10th parlia-mentary polls.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 3 JanBei-jing will extend its air qual-ity monitoring network withmore stations and focus on

vehicles with high emission,conrmed the city environ-mental authority on Friday.

These stations will bealong the fth and sixth ring

roads and other highwaysheading into the urban areas,

the main routes of heavy die-sel vehicles, said Zhang Da-wei, director of the BeijingMunicipal Environmental

Monitoring Centre.Xinhua

Beijing to

control

vehicle

pollution

Chinas Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang reactsas he attends the Hebei delegation discussion sessions at

the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party ofChina at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing on 16

Oct, 2007.REUTERS

China tells police to be

loyal to party amid

graft crackdownBEIJING, 3 Jan Chi-

nas police chief wrote onFriday that his ofcers must

uphold the leadership of the

Communist Party and beloyal to it, as the govern-

ment targets the domes-tic security apparatus in acrackdown on corruption.

Sources have told

Reuters that Chinas for-mer security tsar, Zhou

Yongkang, one of the mostpowerful politicians of thedecade, has been put undereffective house arrest while

the party investigates cor-ruption allegations againsthim.

Last month, the gov-ernment began a graft in-

vestigation into a one-time

deputy public security min-ister, Li Dongsheng, an ally

of Zhous.Li held a rank equiva-

lent to cabinet minister, and

state media says he is the

rst member of the rulingpartys Political and Legal

Affairs Committee, the in-

uential domestic securitybody which Zhou used to

head, to be investigated forgraft.

Writing in the partysofcial Peoples Daily,Public Security MinisterGuo Shengkun said his

more than two million of-cers had to be absolutelyloyal and absolutely clean

and stand steadfastly in linewith the orders and politicsof President Xi Jinping.

All public security per-sonnel must take real ac-tions to resolutely defend

the leadership of the Com-

munist Party, Guo said.Unswervingly be a loyal

defender of the party andthe people. Guo made nodirect mention of Lis case

or of Zhou. The government

has yet to make any ofcialstatement about Zhou.

President Xi has made

ghting deeply ingrainedgraft a central theme of hisnew administration, and

has promised to take downhigh-level tigers as well

as lowly ies.Zhou had expanded

his role into one of themost powerful, and con-troversial, efdoms in the

one-party government, and

under his stewardship thedomestic security budgetexceeded that of the mili-

tary.But Zhou was implicat-

ed in rumors in 2012 that he

hesitated in moving againstBo Xilai, who had been a

con

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