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Established 1914

13th Waning of Tazaungmon 1368 ME Friday, 17 November, 2006Volume XIV, Number 215

Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Nov— Member of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen KhinMaung Than of the Min-istry of Defence, accom-panied by Chairman ofAyeyawady DivisionPDC Commander ofSouth-West CommandMaj-Gen Thura MyintAung and officials, arrivedat Wetland Reclamationand Agriculture and Live-stock Breeding Project ofWah Wah Win Interna-tional Co Ltd nearKhattiya Village ofNyaungdon Townshipyesterday.

Chairman of the com-pany U Shwe Kyaing re-

* Pyapon Bridge nearing completion.

* Officials urged to carry out tasks

meeting set standard.

Agriculture, livestock breedingand construction tasks inspected

in Maubin, Pyapon Districtsported on cultivation of891 acres of monsoon andsummer paddy and breed-ing of fish and prawn.

Departmental offi-cials presented reports onconstruction of sluicegates and allotment of landto the entrepreneurs. Af-ter hearing the reports, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Thanurged them to strive forcarrying out tasks to con-tribute towards meetingthe targets of 3.7 millionacres of monsoon paddy,1.6 million acres of sum-mer paddy and 110,000acres of fish farms inAyeyawady Division.

Lt-Gen Khin MaungThan viewed hatching of

fresh water prawn and fishof the company. He alsovisited Fuel-SubstitutePaddy Husk Fire PowerGenerator Industry ofMann Cho and Sons Co inHsamalauk Village.

In MeethwaychaungVillage of Maubin Town-ship, Lt-Gen Khin MaungThan gave instructions onYadana Win paddy strain.It can be cultivated in thewetland and can be har-vested one month earlierthan other strains. Hence,large-scale cultivation ofthe strain is possible in theregion. Next, he inspectedthriving paddy plantations.

While in MaubinTownship, Lt-Gen Khin

Maung Than viewed cul-tivation tasks.

After inspecting con-struction of Maubin-Kyaiklat Road, Lt-GenKhin Maung Than pro-ceeded to Kyaiklat Hos-pital. He heard reports oncommon diseases in theregion presented by themedical superintendentand officials.

At the site of PyaponBridge Construction

Project, SuperintendingEngineer U Khin MaungHse of Special Group-7of Bridge ConstructionProject submitted reportson progress of the con-struction task. Lt-GenKhin Maung Than gaveinstructions, saying thatas the bridge will be com-pleted soon, it is neces-sary to carry out the tasksmeeting set standard intime. Lt-Gen Khin

Maung Than viewed con-struction of the bridgewith the use of heavy ma-chinery.

In Aukkwingyi Vil-lage, he viewed harvest-ing of paddy and sampleof paddy and rice.

At the local battalion,Lt-Gen Khin Maung Thanand the commanderinspected self-reliantvegetable plantation of

(See page 8)

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than of the Ministry of Defence inspects harvesting of paddy in Maubin, Ayeyawady Division. —MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 17 November, 2006

Friday, 17 November, 2006

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

As Myanmar is an agricultural country,the agriculture sector is the most importantpart of the production industry. Food securityis the most basic necessity of people and there-fore water supply projects are being imple-mented to irrigate the farmland sufficiently.

So far, a total of 190 major dams, 298river water pumping stations and 999 smalldams have been built. Moreover, artesian wellsare being dug wherever necessary. As a result,the total area of farmland has increased from19.9 million to 29.3 million acres and the sownacreage from 23.8 million to 46.9 million acres.The cultivated acreage for monsoon paddyhas also increased from 11 million to 16.8million acres.

Due to the emergence of dams and riverwater pumping stations, summer paddy andother crops can be cultivated on 3.4 millionacres of farmland in the regions where sum-mer paddy could not be grown in the past. Tohelp boost the production of the agriculturesector, quality strains and agricultural tech-nologies are being provided and steps takenfor fertilizer factories to be able to operate toits full capacity and to build new factories.

Private entrepreneurs are making in-vestment in agriculture and farming tensof thousands of acres of land with the useof machinery. Moreover, majority of farm-ers are also doing the farming by widelyusing power tillers, water pumps and har-vesters.

As more machines can be used in agri-culture, the production of the agriculture sec-tor has become higher. The yield of paddy hasincreased more than twofold, that of beansand pulses elevenfold, that of edible oil cropmore than threefold and that of kitchen cropsmore than fourfold. Therefore, we would liketo urge farmers and entrepreneurs to try toboost agricultural production through mecha-nized farming.

Boost agricultural productionthrough mechanized farming

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Production of No 2 Oil Refinery, No 1Fertilizer Plant (Sale) inspected

Energy Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi gives encouragement to servicepersonnel of No 2 Oil Refinery (Chauk) who are undergoing

treatment. — ENERGY

MGF General Secretary U Aung Kyi, executives and victorious newgeneration youth pose for a documentary photo in 4th Junior Golf

Tournament for 2006. — MGF

YANGON, 16 Nov —Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi met with thehealth care team led byDirector Dr Soe Tint ofHealth Department at No2 Oil Refinery (Chauk) inChauk on 13 November.

The minister presentedgifts to Director Dr Soe Tint.Daw Win Maw Tun ofShwe Naga Co Ltd donatedK 1 million to the medicalfunds for the employees tothe refinery manager.

Next, the ministerviewed medical treatmentbeing given by the healthcare team to the employ-ees. He also inspected therefinery and left instruc-tions on production of thefactory to meet the targetand measures to be takenfor fire prevention.

At No 1 FertilizerPlant (Sale), Plant Man-ager U Tin Maung Swereported to the minister

on production of the ferti-lizer at the plant. Manag-ing Director U Thein Lwinsubmitted reports on ar-rangements being madefor production of the plantto meet the target. Afterhearing the reports, the

minister laid down the planfor boosting production ofthe plant.

Afterwards, the min-ister inspected productionprocess of the plant.

Accompanied by of-ficials, the minister viewed

thriving physic nut plan-tation in the Chauk oilfield.

A total of 106.5 acresof land have been put un-der 127,800 physic nutplants on 19 June 2006.

MNA

YANGON, 16 Nov —Organized by MyanmarGolf Federation, theFourth junior Golf Tour-nament continued for thesecond day at 9th MileGolf Course of MyanmarGolf Club, here, this af-ternoon.

After the secondround, the prize presenta-tion ceremony followed.Handicap and Tourna-ment Committee memberof Myanmar Golf Club UWin Myint Tun presentedfirst, second and thirdprizes to Yin May Myo,May Oo Khaing and KayThant Zin respectively inthe aged 10-18 girls’event. MGF Executive UKo Ko Lay awarded first,second and third prizes toZwe Lin Ngwe, AungKyaw Lin and Khun AungMyat and diligence awardto Phone Pyae Chan Hanin the aged 10-12 boys’

4th Junior Golf Tournament concludes

event respectively.CEO U Chan Han of

Han Golf Masters Pte Ltdgave first, second andthird prizes to Nyan Lin,Nyan Lin Thant and SwanThiha Aung in the aged13-15 boys’ event respec-tively.

MGF General Secre-tary U Aung Kyi presentedthe first prize to Nay BalaWin Myint who fired 142strokes, the second prize toYan Naing Phyo, 148 andYan Myo Aye, 148.

The tournament wasmainly sponsored by Han

Golf Masters Pte Ltd to-gether with co-sponsorsSrixon, Han Event Manage-ment, Han Golf MastersAcademy, Myanmar GoldClub Driving Range, HanGolf Course Design andConstruction and Golf Mas-ters Magazine. — MNA

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Four French climbers missing in Nepal

Cambodian-Thai cooperation tocontrol disease along the border

Iraqis say 30 killed in US raid at Ramadi

The photo taken on 14 Nov, 2006 shows a set of gold cultural relics from Asiadisplayed at American Museum of Natural History in New York of the United

States.—XINHUA

Republican’s defeat, a defeat of US global policies

BANGKOK, 15 Nov—Thailand’s Public HealthMinister Mongkol NaSongkhla on Wednesdaydeparted Bangkok to visitCambodia to boost coo-peration on resolvingpublic health problemsalong the shared border.

Dr Mongkol is sche-duled to meet with his

Cambodian counterpartNuth Sokhomon todiscuss health issues,including ways to curbcommunicable diseasesacross the Cambodian-Thai border as well ashuman resources develop-ment in the area of publichealth.

The Thai minister and

senior health officialsvisited the Khmer-SovietFriendship Hospital inthe Cambodian capital,Phnom Penh, to observeits medical care servicesand public health man-agement system.

After five-years ofpublic health cooperationbetween the two cou-ntries, the number ofCambodian patientssuffering from key dis-eases including malariaand HIV cases hasdropped, according toThai health officials.

Malaria deaths inCambodia fell dram-atically.

About 1,500 malariapatients from Cambodiawho were in criticalcondition are sent to Thaihospitals in the north-eastern province of Surineach year.—Internet

TEHERAN, 15 Nov—Iran’s President MahmoudAhmadinejad said onTuesday that the Re-publican’s defeat in USmid-term election was notthe defeat of PresidentGeorge W Bush but a

defeat of US policies inthe world.

“This is not the defeatof Bush’s party but thedefeat of US policies inthe world, the police ofarrogance, the policy ofdisrespect to the world

nations,”Ahmadinejadsaid at a Press con-ference.

Commenting on thelatest US Congresselection, Ahmadinejadsaid, “This defeat in factis the humiliation of theUS nation since itquestioned the prestige ofthe Americans.”

Meanwhile, thePresident also warned thewinning Democrats not tochoose the same policiesof the Bush Admin-istration.

“I advise those whohave been elected in theUS elections to be morecautious of what theydo, if they follow theirpredecessor’s policiesthey should expec teven worse outcome,the slap this time willbe even harder on their

face,” stressed Ahm-adinejad.

“If they correct theirattitude toward Iran we areready to proceed withdialogue, we think theresult of the mid-termelection is an goodopportunity for the US tochange attitudes in orderto facilitate the dialogue,”he said.

MNA/Xinhua

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“Bush RealTerrorist” during an

anti-Bushdemonstration outside

the US Embassy inJakarta, on 15 Nov,

2006.XINHUA

RAMADI (Iraq), 15Nov— Iraqi medicalofficials said at least 30people were killed inviolence overnight in theSunni guerilla strongholdof Ramadi in what localpolice described onTuesday as a US militaryraid.

The US military saidits troops killed 11guerillas using tankrounds in three separateincidents, and said therewere no reports of civiliancasualties.

The US commander inthe city, 110 kilometres(70 miles) west ofBaghdad, said last monthhe was on the offensive to

crack down on guerillas. An Iraqi police source,

speaking on condition ofanonymity for fear ofreprisals, said US forcesraided the al-Dhubat

District late on Mondayand several houses weredestroyed. In one part ofthe district, a Reutersreporter saw several bodiesof adult men lying in a

street, some being placedin coffins by relatives, anda number of body parts.One small structure wasburnt out in that street.

MNA/Reuters

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Cast members (L-R) Matthew Broderick, DannyDeVito and Kristin Davis pose at the premiere of“Deck the Halls” at the Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California on 12 Nov, 2006.—INTERNET

KATHMANDU, 15 Nov—Four Frenchclimbers have gone missing while tryingto scale an Himalayan mountain peak incentral Nepal, a climbing group and theFrench Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

The men had gone to climb the 5,896metres (19,344 feet) Paldor peak northof the capital, Kathmandu, last monthand were due to return on 5 November ,Binayak Shakya, a senior NepalMountaineering Association official toldReuters.

“But nothing has been heard about

them so far,” Shakya said. An aerial search was conducted but

there was no trace of them, he added. In Paris, the French Foreign Ministry

confirmed the men were missing. Theteam, two mountain guides and twoclimbers hoping to become guides, setoff to scale the peak without porters orlocal climbers, it said in a statement.

Every year, thousands of foreignclimbers visit Nepal, home to eight of theworld’s 14 highest peaks including MountEverest.— MNA/Reuters

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his home in thenorthern Albania

town of Lac some 55km (34 miles) fromTirana on 15 Nov,

2006. The tiny Koranhas been with thePrushi family for

generations, but nowhe wants to sell it to amuseum either in the

Arab world or theWest.

INTERNET

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on a Lipizzanerstallion named

Conversano ToscanaI of the SpanishRiding School ofVienna during a

photocall in Londonon 15 Nov, 2006.

INTERNET

RIO DE JANEIRO, 15 Nov— Brazilian PresidentLuiz Inacio Lula da Silva,on a mission to reinforcealliance with Venezuela,offered warm words forVenezuelan PresidentHugo Chavez on Monday.

“For many years herein Venezuela there wasn’ta government that worriedabout the poor people asyou have,” Lula toldChavez in a speech madeduring a visit to Vene-zuela.

Chavez’s anti-povertyinitiatives showed hisheart in the right place, hesaid, predicting that theVenezuelan leader willwin elections next month.

TOKYO, 15 Nov —Two-month-old PrinceHisahito, the first boy tobe born into Japan’s royalfamily in more than 40years, was presented at aShinto shrine in theimperial palace groundson Tuesday in a traditionalceremony for royal babies.

Princess Kiko, the 40-year-old wife of EmperorAkihito's second son,Prince Akishino, gavebirth to Hisahito inSeptember, to the joy of

Brazilian President reinforcingalliances with Venezuela

Lula, on a visit toVenezuela after his re-election, also criticizedBrazil’s elite who he saidgot used to ruling for thefew.

He said both he andChavez were victims ofprejudice from people“who ruled our countriesfor centuries and cen-turies”.

Chavez, who is runningfor re-election, thankedLula for choosingVenezuela in his firstforeign trip following hisown re-election on 29October.

“It was an honour toVenezuela to be the firstcountry visited by Lula as

re-elected president ofBrazil,” he said.

He said he will visitBrazil if he is re-electedon 7 December and thatthe exchange of visits wasaimed at continuing effortsto unite South America.

Chavez and Lula willpreside over the inau-guration of a bridge overthe River Orinoco, whichconnects the eastern andcentral regions of Vene-zuela, as well as the northof Brazil to the CaribbeanSea.

It was built by Brazil-based company Odebrechtand cost 1.2 billion USdollars. — MNA/Xinhua

Japan’s baby prince presented atRoyal shrine

conservatives anxious topreserve the custom ofmale-only succession inthe royal family.

He was later taken tovisit his grandparents, theemperor and empress.

“We call him Yu-chan,” Akishino toldreporters at the entranceto his residence, KyodoNews reported. 'Yu' is analternative reading of the

first of the two charactersthat make up the baby’sname.

“This is a ceremonysimilar to the shrine visitscarried out by otherfamilies,” the palacespokesman said. “It is notlimited to heirs to the

throne.” Japanese infants are

often presented at Shintoshrines shortly after birth,then periodically duringchildhood. Shinto, a formof animism, is Japan'snative religion.

MNA/Reuters

BEIJING, 15 Nov—China will open greenchannels at toll gates forvehicles transportingrelief materials to disaster-affected areas this winter.

China to open green channelsfor relief vehicles

Minister of Com-munications Li Shenglininstructed provincialdepartments to grant reliefvehicles special licencesso they can go quickly

through toll gates free ofcharge.

The government hasalso doubled funding forthe reconstruction of roadsand bridges in areas struckby disasters to 200 millionyuan (25 million USdollars). Ministry of CivilAffairs figures show thatup to 11 Sept, naturaldisasters this year had left2,295 people dead and 564missing.

MNA/Xinhua

A plume of vapour rises above the Popocateptl

volcano after an early morning exhalation seen

from the city of Puebla, 100 kilo (60 miles) east of

Mexico City on 14 Nov, 2006.

INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 15 Nov— At least 15 hostages werereleased late Tuesday from an earlier kidnapping in theHigher Education Ministry in Baghdad, local securityand education sources said.

A security source told media that 12 more hostageswere found released in different parts of KarradahDistrict in the Iraqi capital, after three other hostageswere freed earlier by their kidnappers.

Dr Alaa Makki, a lawmaker in the Iraqi Ministry ofHigher Education, meanwhile, confirmed the releaseof a number of the ministry’s staffers.

MNA/Xinhua

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China urges writers, artists tocontribute to harmonious culture BEIJING, 15 Nov—

Senior Chinese official LiChangchun has called forwriters and artists tocontribute to the pros-perity of advancedsocialist culture and thebuilding of the country’sharmonious culture.

The key task forChinese writers and artistsis to study and carry outthe guidelines put forwardat the sixth plenary sessionof the 16th CentralCommittee of the

Communist Party of China(CPC) to contribute tobuilding a harmonioussociety, Li Changchun, amember of the StandingCommittee of the PoliticalBureau of the CPC CentralCommittee, said at agathering of Chineseartists and and literaryworkers.

He said artists andwriters should fully reflectreal life in their works toencourage people andpromote social progress.

The five-day meeting— the 8th Congress of theChina Federation ofLiterary and Art Circles(CFLAC) and the 7thCongress of the ChineseWriters Association(CWS) — has attractedmore than 3,000 peopleincluding Chinese artistsfrom China’s Mainlandand Taipei, Hong Kongand Macao, and fromabroad.

The CFLAC and theCWS, with 420,000members and 7,700members respectively, aretwo leading organizationsin China’s art and literarycircles. — MNA/Xinhua

German Chancellor Merkel (L) smiles as she walks past infantry soldiersduring her visit to the Bundeswehr training area Altmark near the eastern

German town of Letzlingen on 14 Nov, 2006. —INTERNET

Customs officers of theharbour customs autho-rity check the shreddingof counterfeit Nike,Adidas and Pumatrainers at the Hamburgharbour on 14 Nov, 2006.Some 117 containers withover two millioncounterfeit trainers andwatches worth up to 383million euros, were seizedsince the end of August2006 Hamburg Customssaid.—INTERNET

GE, Hitachicombine nuclearenergy business

WASHINGTON, 15 Nov— General Electric Co andHitachi Ltd signed an agreement recently to combinetheir nuclear energy businesses, which was aimed atcompeting for a growing number of nuclear powerprojects around the world, The Wall Street Journalreported.

The agreement came as power suppliers lay thegroundwork for new nuclear plants in the United Statesand overseas, the report said.

GE Energy President and Chief Executive JohnKrenicki said the United States would need to build 20plants over the next decade to replace retiring reactors,according to the report.

Under the arrangement, Hitachi will hold 40 percent of GE’s existing nuclear business and GE willhold about 20 per cent of Hitachi’s nuclear business.The companies expect to complete the deal in thefirst half of 2007.

The GE-Hitachi deal marks further con-solidationamong reactor makers. Last month, Japaneseelectronics maker Toshiba Corp purchasedWestinghouse Electric Co of the United States,striving to become the world’s No 1 nuclear powercompany.

MNA/Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 15 Nov—A painting by rev-olutionary Spanish masterFrancisco de Goya, insuredfor more than $1 million,was stolen last week on theway from Ohio to NewYork for an exhibition, twomuseums announced.

The 228-year-oldpainting “Children with a

Iraqi gunmen seize up to 100from ministry building

BAGHDAD, 15 Nov—Gunmen wearing Iraqipolice commando un-iforms kidnapped as manyas 100 men from a HigherEducation Ministry buil-ding in central Baghdad onTuesday, a spokeswomanfor the ministry said.

She said gunmenarrived in new pick-upvehicles and stormed theministry’s ResearchDirectorate building inKarrada, a religiouslymixed neighbourhood.

They ordered all thewomen into one room, tookaway their cellphones, andseized the men, whoincluded employees,guards and visitors to theoffice. An InteriorMinistry source had earlierput the number kidnappedat around 20.

The Interior Ministry,which is controlled byShi’ites, has repeatedlydenied any connection tomilitias blamed by SunniArabs and Washington for

operating death squadsand kidnapping cells.

The Higher EducationMinister is a member ofthe Iraqi AccordanceFront, a Sunni group inthe government.

MNA/Reuters

Spanish master Francisco de Goya’s painting ChildrenWith a Cart is seen in this undated handout photo. Apainting by 18th century Spanish master Franciscode Goya was stolen last week while being transportedfrom Ohio to New York for an exhibition and a bountyof 50,000 US dollars was offered for information

leading to its recovery.—XINHUA

Goya painting stolen in US while in transitCart” was stolen nearScranton, Pennsylvania,according to a jointstatement issued onMonday by the SolomonR Guggenheim Museumin New York and Ohio’sToledo Museum of Artwhich acquired the workin 1959.

The work was to bedisplayed at a Guggenheimexhibition, “SpanishPainting from El Greco toPicasso: Time, Truth andHistory,” scheduled to openon Friday.

The painting was beingcarried by a professionalart transporter at the timeof the theft, the museumssaid. They added the FBIwas investigating the theft.

The museums said it

would be virtuallyimpossible to sell thepainting on the openmarket, and the insurer hadoffered a reward of$50,000 for informationleading to its recovery.Goya, who lived from

1746 to 1828, isconsidered an early forceof modernism in art. Hewas a painter of Spanishroyalty and also depictedscenes of horror in a timeof social and politicalupheaval.—MNA/Reuters

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Kenyan Masai women entertain a delegation fromthe United Nations Framework Convention on ClimateChange Conference in Nairobi, on 15 Nov, 2006, afterthe signing of an agreement aimed to reforest 2,000hectares (4942 acres) in the Aberdares and Mt Kenya region in 2007 and 2008. —INTERNET

Craftsman Lucio

Valentini prepares a

metal chastity belt in

the central Italian

town of Gubbio

on 13 Nov, 2006.

INTERNET

KUALA LUMPUR, 16NOV—Key countries inthe fierce debate overtackling climate changestruck familiar negotiatingstances, despite warningsfrom UN chief KofiAnnan that goodwill andfresh action weredesperately needed.

Annan—whose vale-dictory speech to environ-ment ministers coincidedwith a watershed in theIraq war and the row overIran’s nuclear programme— pointedly said leadersshould give globalwarming the same prioritythey gave to violentconflicts and the spreadof weapons of massdestruction.

The UN Secretary-General said the KyotoProtocol, while crucial,was “far too small” a stepfor tackling the carbon

Climate change: Key countries stickto old stances despite UN appeal

pollution which drivesglobal warming.

“As we consider howto go further still, thereremains a frightening lackof leadership,” Annansombrely warned.

He said climate changeimperilled agriculturethrough drought, threa-tened coastal citiesthrough rising sea levelsand opened the door tobillion-dollar weather cal-amities and mosquito-borne epidemics.

“Climate change is alsoa threat to peace andsecurity,” Annan warned.

“Changing patterns ofrainfall, for example, canheighten competition forresources, setting inmotion potentiallydestabilising tensions andmigrations, especially infragile states or volatileregions.

“There is evidence thatsome of this is alreadyoccurring; more couldwell be in the offing.”

Annan declared: “Themessage is clear. Globalclimate change must takeits place alongsidethose threats — conflict,poverty, the proliferationof deadly weapons —thathave traditionally mono-polised first-order politicalattention.”—Internet

CARACAS, 15 Nov— Venezuela's Energy andPetroleum Minister Rafael Ramirez announced onMonday that his country has oil reserves of around87.62 billion barrels.

The Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobrashad estimated the reserves at 7.6 billion barrels.Petrobras has ended a certification process in Octoberfor the Carabobo 1 in the Orinoco Petroliferous Stripwith its Venezuelan counterpart Petrolos de Venezuela.

The joint venture was part of the 2006-2012 SiembraPetrolera Plan (Petrol Harvest Plan) to develop andcertify crude oil reserves. The two state oil companieswere building a new refinery in the northeastern Brazilstate of Pernambuco to process oil.

The Venezuelan Government estimated thatOrinoco's extra-heavy crude deposits may be as muchas one trillion barrels. Around 230 billion barrels couldbe refined with the right technology, Ramirez said.

MNA/Xinhua

HANOI, 15 Nov— A joint venture between Vietnamand China will invest 28 million US dollars inconstructing a hydroelectric plant in northern Lao CaiProvince, local newspaper Vietnam News reportedWednesday.

The plant to be built by the joint venture betweenthe Power Company No 1, affiliated to the state-owned Electricity of Vietnam, and China’s YunnanPower Grid Company is expected to contribute around98.5 million kilowatt hours to the national grid annuallywhen it goes online at the end of next year.

The two companies have recently agreed to extendtheir two existing contracts on purchasing Chineseelectricity via the 110-kilovolts power grid for the nextfour years, ensuring power supplies for the fiveVietnamese provinces of Lao Cai, Lai Chau, Ha Giang,Yen Bai and Tuyen Quang.

Vietnam has purchased 588 million kilowatt hourseach year under the contracts since they were signed in2004, said the report.— MNA/Xinhua

Chinese JV to build powerplant in northern Vietnam

VIENNA, 15 Nov —Iran had asked theInternational AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA)for technical aid inconstructing and ap-plying a heavy-waternuclear research reactor,the Austria News Agency(APA) reported onMonday, quoting dip-lomats in Vienna.

The heavy-waterreactor would be built atArak, about 200 kilo-metres south of Teheran.

The reactor couldprovide 12 kilos ofplutonium annually afterits completion in 2009.

The diplomats saidIran's application wouldbe first discussed by theIAEA's technical assis-tance committee nextweek.

Venezuela has 87.6 bbarrels of oil reserves

Volunteers dressed as Santa Claus and a ChristmasAngel walk through downtown Berlin on 14 Nov,2006 following the installation of the annual BerlinChristmas tree near the famous landmark KaiserWilhelm Gedaechtniskirche ‘Emperor Wilhelm Memorial Church’.—INTERNET

Iran asks for IAEA’s help in building nuclear reactor According to the

Charter of the IAEA, Iran'sapplication would need tobe finally ratified by theIAEA’s governing boardin Vienna.

The diplomats said theIAEA would not be likelyto provide Iran withtechnical support inconstructing the reactor atpresent. However, it could

be in a position to offersome assistance to helpensure the project goesahead safety Westerncountries, particularly theUnited States, claim thatIran's nuclear programmecould eventually lead tothe production of atomicbombs, but Teheran saysit only intends to generatepower. — MNA/Xinhua

MUMBAI, 15 Nov — Hundreds of thousands oftrain commuters in India’s financial hub were friskedon Monday in a massive drill to check thepreparedness of a city that has faced repeated bombattacks.

The security exercise comes four months afterbombs on Mumbai’s teeming railway network killed186 people, an attack blamed by police on an Islamistmilitant group fighting Indian rule in Kashmir.

MNA/Reuters

Mumbai train commuterssearched in anti-terror drill

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World Diabetes DayDr Tint Swe Latt (Project Manager)

The World Diabetes Day for 2006 wascelebrated on November 14. World Diabetes Day isthe primary global campaign for raising publicawareness of diabetes. It aims to inform the publicof the causes, symptoms, complications andtreatment associated with the condition. WorldDiabetes Day serves as an important reminder thatthe incidence and prevalence of diabetes isincreasing all over the world and will continue to doso unless action is taken immediately. Diabetes is anincreasing global health threat. In 2003,IDF(International Diabetes Federation) estimatedthat there were 194 million people with diabetesaround the world. New estimates show that there arenow more than 230 million people with diabetes.This figure is predicted to exceed 350 million within20 years. Approximately 80% of all diabetes will bein low or middle income countries. Diabetes bringssignificant human, social and economics costs andwill continue to do so unless immediate action istaken to curb the current trend.

World Diabetes Day is celebrated every yearon 14 November. The date was chosen as it is thebirthday of Frederick Banting who, along with CharlesBest first conceived the idea which led to the discoveryof insulin on October 21. Insulin is a hormoneproduced from pancreas and it plays an importantrole in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus. It is alsoimportant medication for the treatment of diabetesmellitus.

World Diabetes Day was introduced by theInternational Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the WorldHealth Organization (WHO) in 1991 in response toconcern over the escalating incidence of diabetesaround the world. Since then the event has grown inpopularity every year.

Each year World Diabetes day is centered ona unifying idea, a theme which is the special focus ofattention. Topics covered in the past have includeddiabetes and human rights, diabetes and lifestylesand the cost of diabetes. Since 2001 particular attentionhas been paid to diabetes complications. Recent andfuture themes include:

2002 Your eyes and diabetes: Don’t lose sight ofthe risk

2003 Diabetes could cost you: Your kidneys: Actnow!

2004 Fight obesity, Prevent Diabetes2005 Diabetes and foot care: Put feet first

prevent amputationsThis year, the emphasis falls on communities

and groups in both developed and developing countriesthat experience difficulties in accessing optimaldiabetes care. The theme for this year is Diabetes in thedisadvantaged and the vulnerable, the slogan is DiabetesCare for Everyone.

The activities carried out on World DiabetesDay vary from county to country and they are aimed toinform and educate the people about the disease inentertaining ways. Here are some examples of activitiesthat are organized every year: * Radio and television shows * Sport events * Free screening tests for diabetes and its

complications * Marches * Public information meetings * Poster and leaflet campaigns * Diabetes and workshop and exhibitions * Press conferences * Newspaper and magazine articles * Events for children and adolescentsDiabetes Care for Everyone

Unfortunately, optimal diabetes care is notreacting many-perhaps not the majority those whocould and should benefit. This is particularly true ofpeople who are disadvantaged and vulnerable.Who are disadvantaged

By saying as disadvantaged, it means the personor community who has less access to diabetes care. Themost significant contributor to disadvantaged andvulnerability is economic status. More than 2.5 billionpeople in the world have to survive on less than twodollars a day. A quarter of the poorest people in theworld live in Sub Saharan Africa (World Bank 2000figures).

IDF estimates that the number of people withdiabetes will increase to over 350 million within ageneration (2025). Of this total, 80% will live in lowand medium income countries. In many of thesecountries, there is little or no access to life-savingand disability preventing diabetes treatments. Thegrowing burden of diabetes is going to fall hardeston those who are at the greatest economicdisadvantage.

Quite contrary then widely held misconceptionthat diabetes is a disease of the affluent, it isimpoverished communities that are most vulnerable.

Who are vulnerable By vulnerable, it means that the person,

community or group is for some reason at increasedrisk of diabetes or is a victim of unforeseencircumstances that make their health situationprecarious.

The enormous direct and indirect economicburden that diabetes inflicts push many people andtheir families further into poverty. From a widerperspective diabetes can impact negatively oneconomic growth particularly in developing countries.Without action, the increase in numbers seeking carewill outskirt the global health are resources availableto provide that care.

The campaign focuses on a number of specialinterest groups that include: - The economically disadvantaged - migrant communities - ethnic minorities - he geographically isolated - people with disability - indigenous people and the elderlyMain objectives of the 2006 campaign are:

* To draw attention to communities that aredisadvantaged

* To increase awareness among the internationalassistance community of the need to providegreater funding for non-communicablediseases

* To raise awareness among people with diabetesof the care possibilities available

to them. * To persuade governments to tighten the welfare

net so that individuals withdiabetes do not slip through.

* To draw attention to vulnerable groups * To raise awareness solutions that have been

found and share best practices. * To engage networks, groups and individuals

working with target communities tojoin the campaign and promote the campaignmessages.

* To support the global campaign for a UNResolution on Diabetes

* To stimulate research that will foster a betterunderstanding of the socio-culturalorigins of diabetes among disadvantaged andvulnerable communities

It is time for a greater understanding of therelationship between the health of a community andits socio-economic and cultural make-up. It is time todemand that governments ensure that optimal diabetescare reaches everyone.

World Diabetes Day brings together ourmember associations, the World Health Organizationsand its regional offices organization involved indiabetes as diabetes related areas, industry partners,health professionals and individuals with an interestin diabetes from all over the world. Let us once againjoin forces to give visibility to diabetes and improvethe lives of all who are directly or indirectly affectedby the condition.

******

The enormous direct and indirect economic burden that

diabetes inflicts push many people and their families further

into poverty. From a wider perspective diabetes can impact

negatively on economic growth particularly in developing

countries. Without action, the increase in numbers seeking

care will outskirt the global health are resources available to

provide that care.

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Commander inspects earthworm breedingtanks in Pyinmana

NAY PYI TAW, 16Nov — Commander ofNay Pyi Taw CommandBrig-Gen Wai Lwininspected the earthwormfarm at KyaukchetAgricultural EducationCamp in Pyinmana on 14November morning.

At the camp, 1,000earthworms each arebeing bred at two tanks,beginning 23 September2006. After a three-monthbreeding period, the tanksproduces about one ton offertilizer and 12 gallonsof waste monthly.Furthermore, the numberof earthworm willincrease 10 times. Hence,arrangements are beingmade for distribution ofearthworms to the localfarmers.

The commandergave instructions oneducative talks onbreeding of earthwormsto be given to the localfarmers and attended tothe needs.

Next, the

commander heard reportson cultivation of samplepaddy strains beingnurtured by MyanmaAgriculture Service of thetownship and AgriculturalResearch Departmentpresented by officials.

Commander Brig-Gen Wai Lwin inspectedmonsoon paddy plantationof farmer U Thein Kyawin Thittat Village. He

attended the paddyharvesting ceremony in

Maudaw Village-tract. —MNA

(from page 1)families and left necessary instructions.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than metwith departmental officials of Pyapon District andTownship. Secretary of Pyapon District PDC UHla Myint reported on cultivation and harvestingof monsoon paddy in the district and progress ingrowing summer paddy.

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than gave instruc-tions on extended cultivation of monsoon paddyin Pyapon District to be contributed to meetingthe targets of 3.7 million acres of monsoonpaddy and 1.6 million acres of summer paddyin Ayeyawady Division, efforts to be made forenhancement of production and services in ag-riculture, livestock breeding and other servicesectors, and field trips to be made to grass-roots level to carry out five rural developmenttasks.

MNA

Agriculture, livestockbreeding andconstruction…

Minister inspects TikyitCoal Mine in Pinlaung

YANGON, 16 Nov — Minister for Industry-2Maj-Gen Saw Lwin went to Tikyit Coal Mine inPinlaung and Shan State (South) on 12 November andassisted in the mining.

The mining of the private-owned Tikyit Minehas been carried out by Myanma Industrial ConstructionServices of the Ministry of Industry-2. During hisinspection tour, the minister called for the completionof tasks in time.

Minister Maj-Gen Saw Lwin also went toAyethaya Industrial Zone in Taunggyi the next day andmet with officials of the supervisory committee for theindustrial zone. At the meeting, he called for industrialdevelopment and production of import substitutematerials at the zone and inspected foundries in thezone. — MNA

YANGON, 16 Nov — Jointly organized by ClientFocus Technology Group and EPSON (Thailand) CoLtd, a ceremony to introduce the new model of EPSONprinter and Durabrite Ultra Ink took place at TradersHotel on Sule Pagoda Road, here, this evening.

Computer industrialists and invited guestsattended the ceremony.

Mr Francis Au Seng Huat of Client FocusTechnology Group extended greetings. General

Manager U Aung Kyaw Moe demonstrated the newmodel of EPSON printers and Durabrite Ultra Ink tothose presents and sold the new items at a special price.

EPSON Inkjet Printers and LCD Printersimported by Client Focus Technology Group can bepurchased at No 7 (D), Pyay Road in Hline Township,Ph 513419. EPSON showroom is open at No 130Seikkantha Street, Kyauktada Township, Ph 249344,249345, 374110, 391409. — MNA

New model of EPSON printer, DurabriteUltra Ink introduced

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Commander Brig-Gen Wai Lwin views harvesting of Hsinthwelatmonsoon paddy in Maudaw Village-tract in Pyinmana.— MNA

Mr Francis Au Seng Huat of Client Focus Technology Group extends greetings at theceremony to introduce new model of EPSON printer and Durabrite Ultra Ink at Traders Hotel.

MNA

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Duwa Zoak Dong of Shan State (North) makes a speech at the group meeting of Delegates Group of National Races atPyidaungsu Hall of Nyaunghnapin Camp in Hmawby Township. — MNA

Delegategroups ofrepresentatives-elect,…

U Kyaw Win Tun of Mandalay Division makes a speech at the group meeting of Delegate Group of Workers at hall-5 ofNyaunghnapin Camp in Hmawby Township. — MNA

(from page 16)chapter on ‘‘Election”,the chapter on ‘‘Politi-cal Parties” and thechapter on Provision onState of Emergency” tobe included in draftingthe State Constitution.The meeting ended withconcluding remarks bythe Chairman of theMeeting.

Delegates Group ofWorkers

U Kyaw Win Tunof Mandalay Division

presided over the meet-ing together with UKhin Maung Aye ofSagaing Division and UBo Thein of Shan State

(East) and Deputy Di-rector U Zaw Win ofWork Group-7 of Na-tional Convention Con-vening Work Committee

acted as MC togetherwith Assistant DirectorU Aung Win.

The MC announcedthe validity of the meet-

ing as 44 delegates outof 47 attended the meet-ing accounting for 93.62per cent.

Next, Meeting

Chairman U Kyaw WinTun delivered an open-ing speech.

Meeting ChairmanU Kyaw Win Tun ofMandalay Division pre-sented proposals on thedetailed basic principalsconcerning the chapterson ‘‘Amendment of theConstitution”, “StateFlag, State Seal, Na-tional Anthem and theCapital”, “TransitoryProvisions” and “Gen-eral Provision” to beincluded in drafting theState Constitution.

The meeting endedwith concluding remarksby the Chairman of theMeeting.

MNA

YANGON, 16 Nov —Taninthayi DivisionWomen’s AffairsOrganization and thedivision Maternal andChild Welfare Associa-tion donated cash andstationary to orphanageschools in Dawei on 3November.

Orphanage schools in Daweibenefitted from donations

YANGON, 16 Nov—Two special express train schedules will be launchedunder the arrangements of the Ministry of Rail Transportation on 19 November2006 for the comfort and convenience of the growing number of passengerstravelling between Yangon and Mawlamyine, the Myanma Railways announcedtoday.

No 35 Yangon-Mawlamyine Special Express Train leaves Yangon at 7.15am and arrives the destination at Mawlanyine at 5 pm, and No 36 Mawlamyine-Yangon Special Express Train leaves Mawlamyine at 6 am and arrives atYangon at 4.35 pm. On the route, the trains stop at Kyaikto for a while. —MNA

Special express trains to ply betweenYangon and Mawlamyine

Patron of TaninthayiDivision WAO Chair-person of the division’sMCWA Daw Khin ThanHtay and party went toPakokku MonasticEducation School in Daweiand donated cash, exercisebooks and stationary to 229students through the

presiding Sayadaw of themonastery. They alsodonated provisions to themonastery.

Similarly, they alsowent to other two monasticeducation schools inDawei and donated cash,exercise books andstationary. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Nov — Quick and punitive action will be taken againststaff at all levels for any malpractice including the practice of bribery andcorruption, breaking of rules and regulations or abuse of power and possition forself-interest and official harassment, said the Ministry of Energy today.

People if they face any of those misconduct may file complaints about themto the ministry by post, phone or e-mail, it said, adding, official inquiryconcerning the cases will be swift and effective.

For any complaint the public may dial 067-411049 (the Minister), 067-411054 (the Deputy Minister), 067-411060 (the Head of Office) or 067-411012(Fax) or contact the ministry at No 6, Nay Pyi Taw or e-mail [email protected].

The ministry has formed the Office of the Minister, the Energy PlanningDepartment, the Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise, the Myanma PetrochemicalsEnterprise and the Myanma Petroleum Products Enterprise in serving the publicinterest.

As the government has been in the drive to ensure a clean administrativemachinery through effective supervision of its functions from all angles, theMinistry of Energy is also striving to offer smooth and efficient services to thepublic.

Public cooperation is required in combating misconduct, the ministry said.

MNA

Energy Ministry welcomescomplaints about

malpractice

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YANGON, 16 Nov—The sixth donations-presentation ceremony took place at Dhamma JotiMeditation Centre on Ngahtatkyi Pagoda Road inBahan Township, here, on 12 November morningfor the Vipassana Pagoda being built under thepatronage of world meditation instructor MahaSaddhamma Jotikadhaja U Goenka at a place nearMumbai, India.

On the occasion, 131 wellwishers donated K53,648,190, US$ 2,052, 10 FECs and various kindsof jewellery worth 76,143,428 to the project throughDirector-General of the Religious Affairs DepartmentU Myo Kyaw and officials.

Those wishing to donate cash or kind maycontact Dhamma Joti Meditation Centre,International Dhamma Giri Vipassana Associationon Ngahtatkyi Pagoda Road in Bahan (Ph: 549290,546660).

MNA

Wellwishers make donations for building Vipassana Pagoda

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Nov — Basic ComputerCourse No 2/2006 for Registration, e-Entrance, On-Line D Form and Visa Project centred on GovernmentOn-line System of the Ministry of Immigration andPopulation was opened at the hall of the ministry herethis morning, with an address by Minister forImmigration and Population Maj-Gen Maung MaungSwe.

Also present on the occasion were DeputyMinister for Immigration and Population Brig-GenWin Sein, Deputy Minister for Social Welfare Reliefand Resettlement Brig-Gen Kyaw Myint, directors-general of the departments under the two ministries,deputy directors-general and directors, courseinstructors and trainees.

First, the minister made a speech on the occasion,saying that the course was to teach trainees the use ofcomputer and give lectures on facts about the basiccomputer skills on the use of Myanmar Unicode. Thetrainees are to operate the computer properly. Thesystem of On-Line D Form is being practised on testin Nay Pyi Taw starting today. The system of On-LineD.Form will be introduced for the public starting from1 January 2007. Next, the minister cordially greetedthe trainees.

A total of 31 trainees are attending the six-weekcourse.

Afterwards, the minister and party attended theopening of On-Line D.Form Service Centre. Later, theminister formally opened the centre and inspected

functions of the centre.Those wishing to apply D Form will have to pay

K 200 as service fees to the account No SF-001723 atNo 3 Savings Bank (Branch) of Myanma EconomicBank and furnish the application forms which will beavailable at dform.mip.gov.mm website.

MNA

Basic Computer Course No 2/2006, On-lineD Form Service Centre open

YANGON, 16 Nov —Yangon Division FireServices Departmentunder the Ministry ofSocial Welfare, Relief andResettlement demon-strated the use ofemergency fire fightingequipment and measureson fire prevention at the17-storey building atMyanmar GonyaungHousing Estate in MyittaNyunt Ward in TamwayTownship this afternoon.

Demonstration of putting outfire held in Tamway

Chairman of YangonDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Brig-Gen HlaHtay Win attended thedemonstration.

First, the commanderand guests viewed fireextinguishers of the firebrigade members, thedemonstration of puttingout fire with the use ofmodern fire extinguishers,use of rescue equipment

and prevention ofdangerous chemicals.

Next, the commandercordially greeted firebrigade members.

MNA

YANGON, 16 Nov — Chairman of KachinState Peace and Development Council Commanderof Northern Command Maj-Gen Ohn Myint andSecretariat Member of the Union Solidarity andDevelopment Association Minister Brig-GenThein Zaw inspected the police station, the TVrelay station of Myanma Radio and Televisionand the hospital in Sadon, Kachin State, on 13November.

At Sadon Basic Education High School, thecommander and the minister attended the ceremony tohand over USDA membership applications.

Next, the commander, the minister and partyinspected construction of Kanpaikti-Lajaryan-Washaung-Waingmaw-Myitkyina Road, NammaliCreek Bridge and Nammyitkha Bridge.

Secretariat Member Minister Brig-Gen TheinZaw left Myitkyina for Tanai. On his trip, he viewedthriving paddy and sugarcane plantation in HukaungPlain. The minister inspected reclamation of land byYuzana Co Ltd.

At the site for reclamation of 200,000 acres forcultivation of sugarcane, Managing Director U YupZaw Khong of Jade Land Co Ltd reported to theminister on arrangements for cultivation tasks.

On 14 November, the commander and thesecretariat member attended the ceremony to honourthe monks who had passed the Vinaya Saddhammapalaexamination and offer rice to 451 members of theSangha. —MNA

Commander, Secretariat Memberinspect progress of Kachin State

USDA Secretariat

Member Minister

Brig-Gen Thein Zaw

presents uniforms to

USDA members.

MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win views the demonstration of fire preventive measuresorganized by Yangon Division Fire Services Department. — MNA

Director-General of the Religious AffairsDepartment U Myo Kyaw accepts cash donationfrom a wellwisher for building Vipassana Pagoda in Mumbai, India. — MNA

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Chinese President leaves for 4 Asiannations, 14th APEC Summit

BEIJING,16 Nov— Chinese President Hu Jintao left here Wednesdayafternoon for a state visit to Vietnam, Laos, India and Pakistan from 15 to 26November.

A fan of South Korea cheers while supporting an Asian Cup 2007 qualification soccer match against Iran in Tehran on 15 Nov, 2006. — INTERNET

A Haier factory in Amman, the capital ofJordan. Already one of the country's mostfamous brands, Haier Group was awarded

the title of "China's Most AdmiredCompany" for 2006 on Tuesday, 14 Nov ,

2006 based on the findings of a surveyconducted by Fortune China and Chinese

firm Hay Group.XINHUA

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition ended last month.Here is one of the best wildlife photos of year 2006. —XINHUA

While in Vietnam, Huis also expected to attendthe 14th Asia PacificEconomic Cooperation(APEC) Leaders' InformalMeeting to be held in Hanoifrom 17 to 19 November.

Hu is to pay the statevisit as guest of GeneralSecretary of the Com-munist Party of VietnamNong Duc Manh andVietnamese PresidentNguyen Minh Triet,General Secretary of LaoPeople's RevolutionaryParty and Lao President

Choummaly Sayasone,Indian President AbdulKalam and PakistaniPresident PervezMusharraf.

Vietnam, Laos, Indiaand Pakistan are goodneighbours of China andbilateral ties have main-tained a good momentumof development, saidassistant Foreign MinisterCui Tiankai prior to Hu'sdeparture.

"Hu's upcoming visitwill be of great significanceand exert far-reaching

impact on pushing forwardrelations between Chinaand its four Asianneighbours," he said.

According to Cui, it isHu's first ever visit toVietnam and Laos after thetwo countries' ruling partieshave their new leaders.

It is also the first visit bythe top Chinese leader toIndia and Pakistan in adecade.— MNA/Xinhua

Fire damages 10 jail cells inGuatemala

MEXICO CITY, 16 Nov— About 10 jail cells weredamaged in a fire at a newly remodelled Guatemalanprison on Monday, but no one was injured, accordingto reports reaching here.

Prison director Alejandro Giammattei said an electricalshort circuit had caused the fire on the Pavon ModelRehabilitation Farm. Several hundred inmates wereevacuated when the fire broke out, Giammatteiand said.

Firefighters stamped out the fire and the cellswould have to be rebuilt. Some 350 prisoners wouldreturn to the jail this week and the remainder willreturn later. — MNA/Xinhua

Australian fined for saying“bomb” on Singapore flight SINGAPORE, 16 Nov — A 65-year-old Australian

man was fined 10,000 Singapore dollars (6,423 USdollars) by a Singapore court for uttering the word"bomb" on a flight to Indonesia, The Straits Timesreported on Wednesday.

Riccardo Paulin, a retiree, pleaded guilty on Tuesdayto having asked a flight attendant "Where do you keepthe bomb?" on a flight operated by Singapore regionalcarrier SilkAir to the Indonesian city of Surabaya, thenewspaper said.

The newspaper said he made the remark after tryingto find space in the overhead lockers.

Paulin was charged under the United Nations anti-terrorism regulations, which carry a maximum fine ofSingapore dollars 100,000 or up to five years in jail orboth. He apologized to the court for his remark, sayingit was meant as a joke. — MNA/Reuters

Indian conquers world’s highest peaks in 172 days NEW DELHI, 16 Nov—

Malli Mastan Babu, analumni of India's premiertechnology and manage-ment institutes, has set aworld record forconquering the highestpeaks of all the sevencontinents in the shortesttime.

Babu, 32, whosechildhood dream was to

just scale the MountEverest, says: "When Iwas at Sainik School, analumni who was leadingan Army Everestexpedition to the MountEverest was killed. Astatue was installed in ourschool in his memory andit was then that I made upmy mind to complete hisunfinished task," he toldPTI.

Babu was honoured byIndian mountaineering

legends led by Captain MS Kohli in the capitalrecently. He also featuresin Kohli's book, On Topof the World — The IndianEverest Saga (1854-2006).

Babu took to seriousmountaineering in 2004by climbing peaks inthe Himalayas. Afterextensive practice, he hitupon the idea of breakingthe world record for fastestclimbing of all the highest

peaks in the sevencontinents.

"I came across a recordby late Rob Hall of NewZealand, who had takenmore than 200 days toclimb all the peaks, and Iwas confident of betteringit," he says.

Babu, who climbed allthe peaks in 172 days,says: "My initial target was165 days," says the manfrom Nellore in southIndia.— MNA/PTI

Russia seizes over80 tons of drugs

this yearMOSCOW, 16 Nov —

More than 80 tons of drugshave been seized in Russiaso far this year, a seniordrug control official saidon Tuesday.

"Over 82 tons ofnarcotics were confiscatedin Russia over the past tenmonths," General ViktorCherkesov, head of theFederal Drug ControlService, was quoted by theInterfax news agency assaying.

Large batches of heroinwere confiscated fromRussia's "black market", headded.

"We do not stop. Theconfiscation of narcoticsis one of the most effectiveways to inflict damage onthe drug business," he said.

The service's datashowed that there are 6million habituated drugusers in Russia, while 15million have tried drugs atleast once.

MNA/Xinhua

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Italy plans to set uphonorary consulate in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, 15 Nov—Italy plans to establish ahonorary consulate inCambodia in order tofacilitate the influx ofItalian tourists and

investors, a governmentofficial and parliamentarymember told Xinhua hereon Tuesday.

The Italian Ambassadorwho resided in Thailand hadasked permission from theCambodian Government toopen a honorary consulatein Cambodia in order tomake it easier for Italiantourists and investors toenter the kingdom, said PrakSokhon, deputy secretarygeneral of the Council ofMinisters.

“Cambodia has itsAmbassador to Italy, buthis residence is in Paris,France, while Italy alsohas its Ambassador toCambodia, but his

residence is in Bangkok,Thailand, which makes theprocess of visa difficult,”he said.

An Italian honoraryconsulate in Cambodiacould help make theprocess efficient, he said.The Italian Ambassadormade the proposal duringhis earlier meeting withPrime Minister Hun Sen,who then told him to workwith the Ministry ofForeign Affairs andInternational Cooperation.

Meanwhile, PovSavoeurn, member of theNational Assembly, toldXinhua by phone that bothsides could have bettercooperation if the

consulate was established. The Parliament had

created a nine-membergroup to work with theItalian Parliament tostrengthen the bilateral tiesand cooperation, in-cluding the establishmentof the consulate, she said.

Italy establisheddiplomatic ties withCambodia in 1992 and hasbeen helping Cambodia inthe sectors of upgradingsocial work, counteringhuman trafficking,restoring classic templesin Siem Reap Province,and building an irrigationsystem in BattambangProvince.

MNA/Xinhua

APEC business leaders urgevast free trade zone

HANOI, 15 Nov—Asia-Pacific business leaderscalled on Tuesday for anAsia-Pacific free tradearea to counter theproliferation of mini-pactsthat are adding costs andcomplexity to doingbusiness in the region.

The APEC BusinessAdvisory Council(ABAC) also urgedleaders of the 21 Pacificrim economies meeting inHanoi to take strongersteps to curb trade inpirated goods and developbetter plans to deal with

pandemics such as bird flu. At their annual meeting

ahead of the Asia PacificEconomic Cooperation(APEC) summit thisweekend, the businesscouncil noted that bilateraland regional trade pactshave blossomed in recentyears, while a vast APEC-wide zone had yet to getoff the drawing board.

"ABAC strongly urgesleaders to develop anAPEC initiative topromote convergence andconsolidation amongexisting agreements, and

those currently beingnegotiated," the group saidin a report prepared forthe leaders' summit.

At least 50 free tradepacts have been agreed orare under discussionamong countries re-presented at APEC,experts say.

APEC says its 21members account fornearly half of global trade,40 per cent of the world'spopulation and 56 per centof the world's grossdomestic product.

MNA/Reuters

Malaysia needs to catch up inseed industry

KUALA LUMPUR, 15Nov—Malaysia still lagsbehind in seed industry andshould make more effortsto tap the potential of seedproduction, a senior officialsaid Tuesday. “We havebeen producing (seeds) butnot to the extent of beingable to fulfill the needs ofour farms. This issomething we have to lookat,” Agriculture and Agro-based Industries MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin toldreporters after opening theAsian Seed Congress 2006

here. When it comes toagriculture, people tend toonly think of fruits andvegetables, but seedproduction can also bringin money, said Muhyiddin.

In 2004, Malaysia’sseed imports amounted to22.23 million ringgit (6.01million US dollars). Theplantation industry (oilpalm and rubber) is theonly self-sufficient sectorin seed production.

When asked if theGovernment has set aspecific target for seed

production, the ministersaid there was none at themoment but the plan wasto first increase localproduction of seeds andplanting materials.

“The second step is toreach self-sufficiency andthe third is to go for theexport market. How longthat will take, I’m not toosure at the moment,” hesaid. Some 600 delegatesfrom more than 30countries and regions areattending the Congressjointly hosted by the Asiaand Pacific Seed Associa-tion and MalaysianAgriculture Research andDevelopment Institute.

MNA/Xinhua

Horse riders from the Middle East compete in a120 km (75 miles) International Endurance Racein the desert of Wadi Rum in southern Jordan on

14 Nov, 2006.—INTERNET

German FMto visit North

Africa BERLIN, 15 Nov—

German Foreign MinisterFrank-Walter Steinmeieris leaving on Tuesday fora five-nation visit to NorthAfrica, including the oil-rich Libya, spokesmansaid on Monday.

Besides Libya,Germany’s fourth-biggestoil supplier, Steinmeinerwill also visit Algeria,Morocco, Mauritania andTunisia during his five-day trip, said a spokesmanfor the foreign minister.

Steinmeier is hoping toboost ties between theEuropean Union (EU) andthe region as Germany istaking over the rotatingEU presidency on 1January 2007.

MNA/Xinhua

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Motorola launchesnew research centre in ChinaBEIJING, 15 Nov— US telecom giant Motorola Inc announced here Tuesday

to launch a research centre in China targeting next-generation wirelessbroadband technologies.

The centre would focuson key technologies infuture wireless broadbandequipment and help thecompany to develop globalstandards in this area.

Gregory Brown,executive vice-president ofMotorola, said that asChina strives for an activerole in development andstandard making in thefuture mobile communica-tions, Motorola hopes tostrengthen cooperation

with its Chinese partnerson this.

Brown did not tell howmuch they plan to invest inthe new centre and howmany engineers it wouldrecruit, but saying that thecentre would provideprofessional technicalsupport to its Chinesebusiness section.

The new centre wouldalso help to boostMotorola’s cooperationwith local universities and

companies, said Brown. China set up a forum

organization on futuremobile communication lastyear, aiming to promoteresearch and developmentof post-3G technologies.Motorola is one of theinitiators.Motorola has 18research centres in Chinawith about 3,000 engineers,making it the largest R&Dbase by multi-nationals inChina.

MNA/Xinhua

Environmentalists opposeVictoria Falls hotel project

LUSAKA, 15 Nov— Zambian environmentalists oppose a 260 million US dollarsplan to construct two hotels, a golf course and hundreds of chalets in a park nearthe famous Victoria Falls world heritage site, officials said on Monday.

Zambia’s WildlifeAuthority (ZAWA) hasgiven permission to localand foreign investors togo ahead with the projectin Livingstone, 480kilometres (298 miles)south of Lusaka, eventhough environmentalgroups said it would harmthe local ecology.

Critics say the park and

its wildlife, which includesblack rhinos, could bedamaged by thedevelopment and VictoriaFalls could lose its status asone of Africa’s biggesttourist sites.PeterSinkamba, the head of oneof the environmental groupsopposed to the plan, saidthe government broke thelaw because it did not do a

Kuwait orders six more“Airbus A320”

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KUWAIT CITY, 15Nov— Kuwait-basedAviation Lease andFinance Company (AL-AFCO) has placed a largeorder for six Airbus A320planes, Kuwait NewsAgency (KUNA) reportedon Monday.

The European aircraftmanufacturer said in astatement to KUNA that“a firm contract” has beensigned by ALAFCO forsix A320s, but the value ofthe deal was not revealedyet. The new order cameafter an ALAFCO contractsigned with Airbus lastyear for 12 larger A350carriers and options foranother six A350s, KUNAadded.“There will bestrong demand for the

A320 family aircraftduring the coming yearsand ALAFCO ispositioning itself to meetsuch demand fromregional and internationalcarriers”, said Ahmad al-Zabin, ALAFCO Chair-man and Chief ExecutiveOfficer (CEO). Accordingto earlier reports, the mainplane-leasing market ofALAFCO in future wouldcome from Chinese andIndian airways.

The A320 plane has thewidest single aislefuselage on the market andwas designed to optimizerevenue through cabinflexibility and passengercomfort. It is in servicewith over 200 customersworldwide.–MNA/Xinhua

Quake hitsKuriles, tsunamiwarning in Japan

TOKYO, 16 Nov— An8.1 quake was recorded inthe Kurile Islands onWednesday, and atsunami warning issuedfor eastern Hokkaido,Japan’s northernmostisland, NHK publictelevision said.

The first waves of thetsunami, which wasexpected to arrive shortlyafter 9 pm local (1200GMT), were predicted torange from 1 to 2 metresin Hokkaido. The siteof the quake wasroughly 1,700 kilometresnorthwest of Tokyo.

Hokkaido residentsreported feeling little tono shaking from theearthquake.

The Kuriles areknown as the ChishimaIslands in Japan and arepart of the NorthernTerritories, the subject ofa territorial disputebetween Japan andRussia.

MNA/Reuters

proper study of potentialecological damage.

“The whole project hasbeen done in reverse ... the(law) was not followed(and) this is an anomaly,”he told journalists.Environmentalists havethreatened to ask the courtsto block the project if thegovernment allows it toproceed on its presentsite.—MNA/Reuter

Indonesian shipbuildingfirm gets orders for

eight tankers JAKARTA, 15 Nov—

Indonesian shipbuildingfirm PT Dok Koja Baharihas received orders fromfour countries tomanufacture eight liquidchemical tankers worth202 million US dollars, areport said on Tuesday.

The orders come fromvarious companies inSouth Korea, Greece,Malaysia and Singapore,reported leadingeconomic daily BisnisIndonesia .

Each of the 1,600-tontanker is priced at 25.25million dollars. The localmanufacturer has targetedto deliver the tankerswithin two years.

MNA/Xinhua

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S P O R T S

Lithuania captainDanilevicius inspires 4-1 win

PAOLA (Malta), 16 Nov — Captain TomasDanilevicius struck twice on Wednesday to inspireLithuania to a 4-1 victory over Malta in a friendlyinternational.

The clash between two teams who came into thismatch on a high after emerging victorious from theirlast Euro 2008 qualifiers went Lithuania's way thanksto their knack to make the most of their scoringchances.

Victory in Malta is a further boost for Lithuaniawho have four points from their opening three GroupB qualifiers after a 1-1 draw with world championsItaly and a 1-0 win away to the Faroe Islands.

Malta, who defeated Hungary 2-1 last month, werehampered by a mixture of poor defending and waste-ful finishing.

The best chances in a low-key first half fell to Maltabut it was Lithuania who reached halftime with a one-goal lead. Danilevicius took advantage of some sloppydefending by the hosts to rifle the ball past Maltagoalkeeper Mario Muscat from close range.

MNA/Reuters

Chinese players advance in 1stAsian University Tennis C’ship GUANGZHOU, 16 Nov — Most of the Chinese play-

ers advanced to the next round in the 1st Asian Univer-sity Tennis Championship doubles competitions.

In boy's doubles, Tan Haiyun/Chen Xin from Chinaousted their opponents Yusuke Isobe/Yusuke Seko fromJapan 8-0 to enter the 3rd round. The match was fairlyone-sided that the Chinese pair played aggressively andcontrolled the rhythm of the match completely.

However, the other Chinese pair Lu Hao/Zhang Leilost to Lee Menghua/Lin Daichiao from Taibei 8-9.

In girl's doubles, China has obvious advantage overthe other countries and regions. The Chinese pair SunShengnan/Chen Yanchong and Ren Jing/Yang Sujingall ousted their opponents to enter the 3rd roundgames. The other two pairs are Thongdach Pichittra/Phonkan Daowadueng and Attachoo Ketrawee/Choptang Wilawan from Thailand.

In mixed doubles, Tan Haiyun/Sun Shengnan andLu Hao/Chen Yanchong from China all beat theiropponents. Players from Taibei and Thailand alsoplayed well that all the pairs entered the next round.

MNA/Xinhua

China beat Cuba 3-1 at WorldWomen’s Volleyball C’ship

OSAKA (Japan), 16 Nov — Olympic championsChina beat the Olympic bronze medallists Cuba 26-24, 25-21, 26-28, 25-20 here on Wednesday to enterthe fifth place play-off of the 2006 Women's Volley-ball World Championships.

Overcoming a slow start in the first two sets, Cubaplayed an impressive counter-attack in the third set.

Cuba made 35 mistakes during the one hour 33minutes match, while China had 17.

Coming back from two sets down, the Cuba womenshowed their nerve and clawed back in the third as theybattled the Chinese for tie from 1-all to 21-all.

After losing four set points, Luaces Yumika Ruizdrove the ball home to give Cuba a laudable win.

The fourth set was also hotly contested. Trailing14-18, Cuba came back with a 5-1 run and tied thegame 19-19.

But Wang Yimei and Xu Yunli combined to scorefour points for China to finish the match with a 6-1 run.

China will face the winner between the Nether-lands and host Japan, which will be held later onWednesday, to decide the fifth place of the tourna-ment. — MNA/Xinhua

China draw with Iraq 1-1 toqualify for Asian Cup

CHANGSHA, 16 Nov — Chinese national footballteam were held by Iraq to a 1-1 draw and advance tonext year's Asian Cup finals as Group E runners-uphere at the He Long Sports Centre on Wednesday.

"I'm very happy with the result. It's very difficult forus to get prepared for this match as four of our bestplayers can't come to China," said Iraq coach AkramSalman.

Striker Han Peng opened scoring for the hosts fiveminutes before the break when he poked in left wingerDu Zhenyu's pinpoint low cross unerringly inside thebox.

Iraq levelled in the 65th minute when substitutestriker Alwan Ahmad headed home a fine corner.

China dominated the first half with fierce attacksfrom both wings. Du Zhenyu and Wang Dong madeseveral sharp forays at both flanks and fed nice crosses.

Hitman Li Jinyu produced two threatening headersbefore Wang Dong missed a one-to-one drive on 38minutes. Li gave a shining solo performance before thebreak, only to find his acrobatic volley denied by aconcentrated Abbas Noor.

Iraq pushed forward in the second half, competedtightly in the midfield with the hosts and got someeffect. Midfielder Ali Nashat smashed a thunderboltfrom 40 metres, which went past goalkeeper Li Leileibut hit the crossbar.

MNA/Xinhua

Japan beat Saudi Arabia 3-1in Asian Cup qualifier

SAPPORO (Japan), 16 Nov — Japan beat SaudiArabia 3-1 at home on Wednesday to finish top of theirqualifying group for next year's Asian Cup.

Striker Kazuki Ganaha scored twice as Japanavenged their defeat away to Saudi Arabia in Septem-ber to snatch top spot in Group A on goal difference.

Both sides had already qualified for the 2007 AsianCup finals but Japan outplayed the visitors with prob-ably their best performance since Ivica Osim took overfrom Brazilian Zico.

Defender Tulio gave Japan the lead in the 20thminute, bundling the ball home from close range afterSeiichiro Maki's header had been blocked on the line.

Ganaha added a second nine minutes later beforethe Saudi Arabia pulled one back through an AlQahtani penalty in the 33rd minute.

Ganaha restored Japan's two-goal advantage fromclose range five minutes into the second half to securea deserved win for the Asian Cup holders in front of41,000 at Sapporo Dome.

The draw for next year's finals, to be hosted jointlyby Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia, takesplace on December 19 in Kuala Lumpur.

Japan have won the last two Asian Cups, in Leba-non in 2000, and two years ago in China with acontroversial 3-1 victory over the hosts in Beijing.

MNA/Reuters

Nadal back on track SHANGHAI, 16 Nov— World number two Rafael

Nadal recovered from a slow start to keep his MastersCup hopes alive with a 7-6, 6-2 win over his fellowSpaniard Tommy Robredo on Wednesday.

Nadal will play Davydenko on Friday for a place inthe last four, while Robredo, who had already lost tothe world number three, cannot now qualify for theknockout stage.

Nadal initially continued where he left off againstBlake on Monday and sixth-ranked Robredo tookadvantage of his lacklustre start to break the FrenchOpen champion for a 4-2 lead.

That seemed to galvanize Nadal and he brokestraight back but Robredo, who had lost all three oftheir three previous meetings, stuck doggedly to histask to force a tiebreak.

Nadal raced out to a 5-1 lead with his best tennis ofthe day and found a superb down-the-line winner toclaim the first set in just over an hour.

MNA/Reuters

Roger Federer of Switzerland serves to Andy Roddickof the United States in the competition of Group Redat 2006 Masters Cup tennis in Shanghai, China, on 14 Nov, 2006. Federer won 2-1. —XINHUA

Spain's coach Luis Aragones stands in front ofplayers during a training session in Cadiz on 14 Nov,2006 before their friendly soccer match against Romania on Wednesday.—INTERNET

Colombia's Nelson Garzon (front) leads the compe-tition to win the gold medal in the 5000 meters pointscompetition for the South American Games(ODESUR) in Mar del Plata on 14 Nov, 2006. INTERNET

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Thursday, 16 November, 2006Summary of observations recorded at 09:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, except for iso-lated light rain in Shan State, weather have been partlycloudy in the whole country. Night temperatures were(3°C) to (4°C) above normal in Shan, Rakhine andMon States, lower Sagaing, Magway, Bago, Yangonand Taninthayi Divisions, (5°C) to (6°C) above nor-mal in Chin State and Mandalay Division and aboutnormal in the remaining States and Divisions.

Maximum temperature on 15-11-2006 was 96°F.Minimum temperature on 16-11-2006 was 74°F. Rela-tive humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 16-11-2006 was85%. Total sunshine hours on 15-11-2006 was (7.6)hours approx.

Rainfalls on 16-11-2006 were (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006 were (98.46) inches at Mingaladon and (111.61)inches at Kaba-Aye and (116.69) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5)mph from Northeast at 12:30 hours MST on 15-11-2006.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and partly cloudy to cloudy in the Bay ofBengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 17-11-2006:Light rain are likely to be isolated in Kachin, Chin andRakhine States, upper Sagaing, Mandalay, Yangon,Bago, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions andweather will be partly cloudy in the remaining Statesand Divisions. Degree of certainty is 60%.

State of the Sea: Seas will be slight to moderatein Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofslight increase of night temperatures in the lowerMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 17-11-2006: Possibility of isolated rain. De-gree of certainty is 40%.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 17-11-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain. De-gree of certainty is 60%.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 17-11-2006: Possibility of isolated rain. De-gree of certainty is 40%.

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18. The next day’sprogramme

Friday, 17 November

Tune in today

8:30 am Brief news8:35 am Music:

-Somewhere Ibelong… Linking Park

8:40 am Perspectives8:45 am Music:

Bring me tolife…Evansene

8:50 am National news /Slogan

9:00 am Music:Girls & Boys…Good Charlotte

9:05 am Internationalnews

9:10 am Music:Be with you again…C 21

1:30 pm News / Slogan1:40pm Lunch time music

Island in thestream… Bee GeesShe’s always awoman…Billy JoelMoments… Westlife

9:00 pm W.O.M-Israel, Portugal,Hungary, India,Indonesia

9:15 pm Article9:25 pm Music at your

request-Lullaby… Mandah-Vacation… Uitamine-Making my way… Billie

9:45 pm News / Slogan10:00 pm PEL

Kyrgyzstan blames US forplane incident

BISHKEK, 16 Nov— Kyrgyzstan, home to a US military airbase, blamedthe United States on Tuesday for violating flight security in a Septemberincident when a Kyrgyz aircraft hit a US military plane.

Betty, an eight-year-old orangutan with herbaby at Ragunan zoo in Jakarta, on 14 Nov,

2006.—INTERNET

Erkin Isakov, aDeputy TransportMinister, said agovernment commissionhad concluded it was theUS KC-135’s fault whenthe Kyrgyzstan Airlines,

Russian-made TU-154aircraft smashed into it ontake off on September 26.

“The governmentcommission concludedthere was no fault on ourside, which means the

American side hadseverely violated flightsecurity,” he told Reuterswithout specifying howexactly the US plane mayhave violated flightsecurity.

The US airbase inKyrgyzstan, used foroperations in Afghani-stan, declined tocomment on thecommission’s findings.The airbase is conductingits own investigation intothe matter. During theincident, the Kyrgyzplane with 61 people onboard hit the US planeand then took off brieflybefore returning to landat Manas Airport, Kyrgyzofficials said at the time.

The US plane hadbeen trying to turn off therunway when thecollision took place. Itswing caught fire butfirefighters extinguishedthe blaze. Earlier thisyear, the United Statesand Kyrgyzstan agreedon terms to carry on usingthe airbase after monthsof tense talks.

MNA/Reuters

Briton arrestedafter family found

deadLONDON, 16 Nov —

Police have arrested a 33-year-old man inconnection with the deathsof four members of hisfamily whose bodies werefound in a Newcastlehouse early on Tuesday.

The man, who has notbeen named, was detainedin Gateshead. Earlier,police had launched amurder inquiry after thetwo adults and twochildren were found dead.

Police only describedthe man arrested as a malerelative, without elabor-ating. The names and agesof the victims are not beingreleased at this stage.

MNA/Reuters

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13th Waning of Tazaungmon 1368 ME Friday, 17 November, 2006

YANGON, 16 Nov—Three membersof Kawlin Township National Leaguefor Democracy in Sagaing Division UThein Han, U Toe Maung and DawSwe Swe Than signed the resignationletters of their own accord and sent thecopies of the letters to the NLD (Head-quarters) and respective local adminis-trative organs on 4 August.

Three resign from KawlinTownship NLD as members

In the letters they sent to SagaingDivision Multi-party Democracy Gen-eral Election Sub-commission, they saidthat they were willing to join the gov-ernment in the tasks in the interests ofthe nation and the wards of their own,and no longer placed trust and reliancein the party. So, they decided to leavethe party of their own volition.—MNA

YANGON, 16 Nov —Group meetings of the del-egate group of representa-tives-elect, the delegativegroup of national races andthe delegate group ofworkers were held atNyaunghnapin Camp inHmawby Township to-day.

Delegate groups of representatives-elect,national races and workers discuss

chapters on “Election”, ‘‘Political Parties”and “Provision on State of Emergency”

U San Tha Aung of Mro (or) Khami National Solidarity Organization makes a speech at the group meeting of Delegate Group ofRepresentives-elect. — MNA

Delegate group ofRepresentatives-elect

U San Tha Aung of Mro(or) Khami National Soli-darity Organization presidedover the meeting togetherwith U Law Hsin Kwam ofKokang Democracy andUnity Party and U MahnTihn Maung (or) U Mahn

Myo Nyunt of Union KayinLeague, and Deputy DiectorU Khin Sein of Work Group4 of National ConventionConvening Work Commit-tee acted as MC togetherwith Assistant Director DawMi Mi Shein.

The MC announcedthe validity of the meeting

as 12 delegates attendedthe meeting accountin forcent per cent.

Next, Meeting Chair-man U San Tha Aung de-livered an opening speech.

Representatives- electU Thet Wai of WakemaTownship ConstituencyNo 2 of National UnityParty and U Thein Tun ofIngapu Township Con-stituency No 2, independ-ent representatives-electDr Hmu Htan ofThantlang Township Con-stituency, U Aung Theinof Ywangan TownshipConstituency and U TunKyaw of Namsam Town-ship Constituency pre-sented the proposal on thedetailed basic principalsconcerning the chapter on“Election”, the chapter on

‘‘Political Parties” and thechapter on “Provision onState of Emergency” tobe included in drafting theState Constitution.

The meeting endedwith concluding remarksby the Chairman of theMeeting.

Delegate Group ofNational Races

Duwa Zoak Dongof Shan State (North) pre-sided over the meeting to-gether with U Kyaw Din(or) U Htay Yei of KayahState, U Mahn Ohn Maungof Kayin State, U MaungHla (or) U Hla Myint ofTaninthayi Division andU Aung Zan Wai ofRakhine State, and DeputyDirector U Tin Maung Ooof Work Group 5 of Na-tional Convention Conven-

ing Work Committee actedas MC together with As-sistant Director U Ye Lwin.

The MC announcedthe validity of the meetingas 515 delegates out of 645attended the meeting ac-counting for 79.84 per cent.

Next, Meeting Chair-man Duwa Zoak Dongdelivered an openingspeech.

U Sai Hsan Tit of ShanState, Daw Yi Yi Myintof Mon State, U Saw WinHtain of Kayin State andDr Aung Tha ofTaninthayi Division pre-sented the proposal to besubmitted to the PlenarySession of the NationalConvention on thedetailed basic princi-pals concerning the (See page 9)

Weather Forecast for 17-11-2006Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areas

Possibility of isolated rain. Degree of certainty is 40%.

Yangon and neighbouring areasLikelihood of isolated rain. Degree of certainty is 60%.

Mandalay and neighbouring areas Possibility of isolated rain. Degree of certainty is 40%.

INSIDE

World Diabetes Day brings together our member associations,

the World Health Organizations and its regional offices organization

involved in diabetes as diabetes related areas, industry partners,

health professionals and individuals with an interest in diabetes from

all over the world. Let us once again join forces to give visibility to

diabetes and improve the lives of all who are directly or indirectly

affected by the condition.DR TINT SWE LATT (PROJECT MANAGER)Page 7

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