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Volume XVI, Number 158 9th Waning of Tawthalin 1370 ME Tuesday, 23 September, 2008

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Prevent terrorist actsthrough the strength of

the people (2)LU THIT

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation in termsof technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Senior General Than Shwe sendsfelicitations to King of Saudi Arabia

NAY PYI TAW, 23 Sept — Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message offelicitations to His Majesty Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, King of Saudi Arabiaon the occasion of the National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which falls on23 September 2008.— MNA

True patriotism* It is very important for everyone of the nation

regardless of the place he lives to have strongUnion Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true patriotism all the

nationalities will have to safeguard.

Building national solidarity based on highqualification of citizens and intelligence necessary

YANGON, 22 Sept—The special refreshercourse No 66 for basiceducation teachers wasopened at Nawarat Hall ofCentral Institute of CivilService (Phaunggyi) inHlegu Township thismorning.

On behalf of Chair-man of Myanmar Educa-tion Committee Secretary-1 of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Lt-Gen Thiha Thura TinAung Myint Oo, Ministerfor Education Dr ChanNyein delivered an ad-dress.

Also present wereMinister for Immigrationand Population Maj-GenSaw Lwin, Minister forReligious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint

Maung, Chairman ofYangon City Develop-ment Committee MayorBrig-Gen Aung TheinLin, the deputy minis-ters, members of CivilService Selection and

Training Board, heads ofdepartments, the rectorof CICS, the pro-rector,heads of departments,course instructors andtrainee teachers.

(See page 8)

United face fine after Chelsea yellowsLONDON, 22 Sept—Manchester

United are set to be fined 25,000 pounds(46,000 dollars) after receiving sevenyellow cards in their 1-1 draw away toChelsea on Sunday.

Sir Alex Ferguson, the champions’manager, insisted there hadn’t been abad tackle in the match against theirperennial Premier League rivals al-though, come the final whistle therewas a clash between United’s RioFerdinand and Chelsea’s Didier Drogbawhich left the forward needingattention.“It was a competitive gamebut I did not think there was one badtackle in it,” said Ferguson of the 1-1

draw. Referee Mike Riley’s perform-ance may have left Ferguson fuming ina match where United took the leadthrough Park Ji-Sung before SalomonKalou equalised 10 minutes from time.

Internet

On behalf of the Secretary-1 of the SPDC, Education Minister Dr Chan Nyein delivers an address at the openingceremony of refresher course No. 66 for basic education teachers.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 23 September, 2008

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 DesireTuesday, 23 September, 2008

Reconstruction tasks in storm-affectedAyeyawady and Yangon Divisions are beingcarried out extensively to make sure that the localpeople enjoy better living conditions, and nowtheir living status has actually improved morethan ever.

The rehabilitation work has not beencarried out as an ordinary task but it has beendone on a concerted effort with the aim ofensuring more development of the regions andsocio-economic improvement of the localpeople.

In reconstructing the towns and villages,measures have been taken to build more durableand modern hospitals, schools and offices so as topromote public health care.

As regards the health care, specialists,assistant surgeons, house surgeons and nursesdividing themselves into groups made field tripsto the storm-stricken regions to provide healthcare for the local people under the arrangementof the Ministry of Health.

Special healthcare teams not only gavemedical treatment to the patients but also tookdisease preventive measures by setting up basesin the areas concerned. The Traditional MedicineDepartment under the Health Ministry also tookpart in the healthcare services and gave healtheducative talks.

Thanks to the efforts of the governmentand health staff and the assistance of nationalentrepreneurs and wellwishers, the storm-battered regions were free from infectious diseasesfollowing the storm.

Myanmar’s efforts for health care of thestorm survivors have been praised. Likewise, theWHO Director-General himself applaudedMyanmar for speedily carrying out relief andrehabilitation tasks.

All in all, more efforts will be made forproviding health care to the storm victims as wellas all the national people.

Redouble efforts forpublic health care

YANGON, 22 Sept — To mark the Nutrition Week2008, a cooking competition of nutritious food for pre-primary students took place under the supervision ofYangon East District Maternal and Child WelfareSupervisory Committee at Thingangyun Township Hallhere yesterday. Chairperson Daw Kyin Myaing ofYangon Division MCWSC spoke on the occasion andSecretary Dr Daw Sandar explained activities of theNutrition Week 2008. Members of fourteen Townshipsin the District took part in the competition.

At the end of the competition, the chairpersonpresented first, second and third and consolation prizesto Pazundaung, Thakayta, Thingangyun, Yankin andMingala Taungnyunt Township Maternal and ChildWelfare Associations respectively.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 22 Sept— English ProficiencyCourse Levels-I and III under the arrangement ofMinistry of Commerce was opened at the ministry herethis morning.

Deputy Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen AungTun gave an opening speech.

Alltogether120 trainees are attending the three-month course.—MNA

Diplomatic Course opensYANGON, 22 Sept—Basic Diplomatic Course

No. (19/2008) organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairswas opened at a ceremony held at the ministry here thisevening, attended by Deputy Minister for ForeignAffairs U Kyaw Thu.

Present on the occasion were officials ofdepartments under MOFA, retired ambassadors, seniordiplomats, professors of universities, retired professors,instructors and trainees.

The 12-week course comprises holding andattending of international conferences, social relations,diplomatic relations, writing of diplomatic letters andofficial letters, communications knowledge,international economic relations, international law andnegotiation skills, attended by 188 trainees.

MNA

YANGON, 22 Sept — Shwephonepwint Pagodain Pazundaung Township will be renovated for the firsttime after the storm.

A work coordination meeting on renovationof the pagoda was held at the pagoda yesterday andMinister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan urgedexperts to assess damages at the pagoda and religiousbuildings at the pagoda and to renovate them.

Religious objects fixed at the pagoda andreligious buildings were damaged by the Cyclone

Shwephonepwint Pagoda to be renovated

Nargis on 2 and 3 May.Members of the board of trustees of the

pagoda and experts reported to the minister onconditions of the pagoda and religious buildings to berenovated.

After hearing reports, the minister gavenecessary instructions to responsible personnel andwent round the pagoda.

MNA

Nutritious food cookingcontest

English ProficiencyCourse opens

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan gives instructions on renovation of Shwephonepwint Pagoda.MNA

Deputy Minister U Kyaw Thu gives a speechat the opening ceremony of Basic Diplomatic

Course (19/2008).MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 23 September, 2008 3

Second American deadin Pakistan hotel blast

ISLAMABAD, 22 Sept—Asecond American has beenconfirmed killed in theweekend suicide bomb at-tack on the Marriott Hotelin Islamabad, hospitalsources and diplomats saidon Monday.

“We received the bodiesof two male Americans,the Czech ambassador andone Vietnamese lady,” saidWasim Khawaja, spokes-man for PIMS hospital inthe Pakistani capital.

Two diplomatic sources

also confirmed that twoAmericans were killed inSaturday’s attack on theMarriott, which killed atleast 60 people and injuredmore than 260.

Khawaja said the bodiesof the two American menhad been handed over toUS embassy officials inIslamabad.

Czech ambassador IvoZdarek had been living atthe hotel at the time of theattack. Officials in Pragueconfirmed his death onSunday.

A Danish intelligenceagent was still missing,Danish officials said onSunday.—Internet

Pakistani troops fire on intrudingUS choppers

ISALMABAD,22 Sept —Pakistani troops fired ontwo US helicopters that

intruded into Pakistaniairspace on Sunday night,forcing them to turn back

Pakistani troops fired on two US helicopters thatintruded into Pakistani territory on Sunday night,

forcing them to turn back to Afghanistan, asenior security official with knowledge of the

clash said on Monday.—INTERNET

act more forcibly againstIslamist fighters in thetribal lands bordering Af-ghanistan.

The number of missileattacks by US drone air-craft in the remote tribalareas has multiplied in re-cent weeks.

The helicopters vio-lated the border in thearea of Lowara Mandi,40 km (25 miles) west ofMiranshah, the maintown in the NorthWaziristan tribal region,at around 9 pm on Sun-day, the official said,speaking on condition ofanonymity because ofthe sensitivity of the sub-ject.

There was no officialconfirmation.

"We don't have any in-formation on border vio-lation by the Americanhelicopters," MajorMurad Khan, a militaryspokesman, said.

Internet

A woman wades through flooded water atTerabatia village in Orissa.—INTERNET

135 feared dead in Indiaflooding

NEW DELHI, 22 Sept — At least 135 people havedied in the last two days in India as a result of flooding,bringing the death toll in monsoon floods to 2,364 sinceJune, according to disaster-management officials in India.

The deaths this weekend happened in the statesof Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Orissa andUttaranchal, according to a report from the DisasterManagement Division of the Indian Ministry of HomeAffairs.

Eight-two people died in Uttar Pradesh, 34 died inHimachal Pradesh and 17 lost their lives in Orissa and twodied in Uttaranchal, authorities said.

In the eastern state of Orissa, about 65embankments have been breached, said G.V. VenugopalaSarma, the commissioner and secretary of Orissa’s revenueand disaster management department.

Authorities are using motor boats and militaryhelicopters for rescue and have set up 261 relief camps inthe state.—Internet

Four Afghans killed in PeaceDay attacks

KABUL,22 Sept — FourAfghan security workerswere killed in attacks overthe weekend and rebels heldabout 100 civilians hostagefor hours, authorities said onMonday, accusing theTaliban of breaking a PeaceDay truce.

The Afghan Army and itsinternational military allieshad agreed to call offoffensives against extrem-ists on the UN's Interna-tional Peace Day on Sunday,with Taliban insurgent mi-litia also agreeing to halt at-tacks.

But Taliban-linked insur-

Car bomb innorthern

Spain killssoldierMADRID, 22 Sept —

A car bomb explodedearly Monday in northernSpain, killing an Armysoldier and wounding 10others in an attackauthorities blamed on theBasque separatist groupETA.

It was the third carbombing in 24 hoursblamed on ETA.

The blast killedLuis Conde de la Cruz, an o n - c o m m i s s i o n e dofficer in his 40s, officialssaid.—Internet

Investigators at the scene of the deadly bomb blast in northern Spain.

INTERNET

to Afghanistan, a seniorPakistani security officialsaid on Monday.

It was the second suchincident in a week, andreflects frayed relationswith the United Statesover Pakistan's failure to

gents shot dead an Afghansoldier in the southern pro-vince of Helmand, the de-fence ministry said in astatement.

An Afghan policemenwas also killed in a gun at-tack in the northern provinceof Baghlan, the NATO-ledInternational Security Assist-ance Force (ISAF) said.

Two security guardswere meanwhile killed inthe central province ofGhazni when Taliban at-tacked a convoy of truckssupplying foreign forces,said provincial spokesmanIsmail Jahangir.—Internet

Fighting in Somalicapital kills 30

MOGADISHU, 22S e p t — S o m a l i a ’ swarring sides poundedthe capital with mortarrounds and gunfireMonday, killing 30people including a familyof seven.

Monday’s fightingpitted insurgents againstgovernment forces andtheir Ethiopian allies,who come under regularattack in Mogadishu, oneof the most violent citiesin the world. Theviolence left bodies incity streets. When theblasts calmed, youngmen ventured out to

transport the gravelywounded to hospitals inrickety wheelbarrows.

“There is bloodeverywhere, and humanflesh on the walls,”Abshir Mohamed Ali, ashop owner at Bakaramarket, where much ofthe fighting was centred,said.

Internet

A Somali man assists acritically wounded man,

on 22 Sept, 2008 avictim of a mortar

attack on the Bakaramarket in

Mogadishu.—INTERNET

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DAMASCUS, 22 Sept—Syrian President Basharal-Assad condemned onSunday the terrorist attackin the Pakistani capitalIslamabad that killed doz-ens of civilians on Satur-day evening, the officialSANA news agency re-ported.

President Assad madethe condemnation in a tele-gram he sent to his Pakis-tani counterpart Asif AliZardari, SANA said.

In the telegram, Assad

The “smiling” insect was captured on cameraphone by Mark Manders. —XINHUA

Children take part in the parade celebrating the “flower, fruit and vegetable

harvest festival” on the street in Skierniewice, Poland, on 20 Sept, 2008.

Local “flower, fruit and vegetable harvest festival” was held here on Satur-

day, attracting lots of visitors.—XINHUA

Actors perform folk dances during the XII FestivalPatria 2008 in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on

21 Sept, 2008. Eight folk dance ensembles ofMexico perform during the art festival

on 21 Sept, 2008. —XINHUA

All items from Xinhua NewsAgency

Syria condemns terroristattack in Pakistan

expressed his deep griefand offered his condo-lences to Zardari, thefriendly people of Pakis-tan and the families of thevictims. He also wishedthe injured a speedy re-covery.

A huge truck bombexploded at the entranceto the Marriott Hotel inthe centre of Islamabadon Saturday evening, kill-ing 53 people and injur-ing over 250 others.

The death toll may rise

as some people are stilltrapped inside the six-story hotel.

The blast came justhours after PakistaniPresident Asif Ali Zardarivowed to firmly fightagainst terrorism and ex-tremism while addressinga joint session of the par-liament.

Xinhua

PRAGUE, 22 Sept —Czech Foreign MinisterKarel Schwarzenbergsharply denounced theterrorist attack in Islama-bad and expressed sympa-thy to the victims’ fami-lies, the Czech newsagency CTK said on Sun-day.

The attack was an at-tempt at destabilization ofthe situation in Pakistanafter the recent presiden-tial election, Schwar-zenberg said.

He welcomed the Pa-kistani government’sstatement that this latestdevelopment will notweaken its resolve infighting terrorists.

Pakistani Prime Mini-ster Yousuf Raza GilaniSunday confirmed thatthe ambassador of the WASHINGTON, 22 Sept

— In a dramatic illustra-tion of the potential for mi-crobes to prevent disease,researchers at Yale Univer-sity and University of Chi-cago showed that miceexposed to common stom-ach bacteria were pro-tected against the develop-ment of Type 1 diabetes.

The findings, reportedin the latest issue of jour-nal Nature, support theso-called “hygiene hy-pothesis” — the theorythat a lack of exposure toparasites, bacteria and vi-ruses in the developedworld may lead to in-creased risk of diseaseslike allergies, asthma, andother disorders of the im-mune system.

The results also sug-

Czech FM sharply denouncesterrorist attack in Islamabad

Czech Republic to Pakis-tan has been killed in Sat-urday’s suicide bomb at-tack in Islamabad.

Zdarek, 47, who usedto serve in Vietnam, wasappointed ambassador toPakistan last month andhas been staying at thehotel, the embassy sourcessaid.

Zdarek is probably asecond Czech who hasfallen victim as a civilianto a terrorist attack ab-road, CTK said, addingthat the first was Petr Ko-ran, 24, who died in anattack on the Egyptianrecreational area ofSharm El Sheikh in July2005.

Xinhua

CARACAS, 22 Sept — Two people were killed andat least 19 others injured on Sunday in a grenade ex-plosion in Caracas, capital of Venezuela, local mediareported.

The blast occurred on Saturday morning at the “23January” parish in west Caracas, where witnesses saidthat a young man threw a grenade from the eighth floorof a residential building.

The grenade exploded near a group of elderly peo-ple gathering at the ground floor of the building, kill-ing two and injuring 19 others. —Xinhua

Grenade explosion kills two,injures 19 in Caracas

Bus collision kills 15, injures 51 in BoliviaLIMA, 22 Sept— A bus collision Sunday killed 15

people and injured 51 on the highway that connectsthe western Bolivian province of La Paz and the south-eastern Oruro province, said police officials.

The accident occurred at 9:00 am local time (1300GMT) near the localities of Calamarca and Ajoia, some50 km from La Paz, the administrative capital of Bo-livia.

A bus collided head-on with another vehicle com-ing from the opposite direction when trying to over-take a minibus, said traffic police Lieutenant ColonelJose Murillo. —Xinhua

“Friendly” bacteria protect against Type 1 diabetesgest that exposure tosome forms of bacteriamight actually help pre-vent the onset of Type 1diabetes, an autoimmunedisease in which the pa-tient’s immune systemlaunches an attack on

cells in the pancreas thatproduce insulin.

The root causes ofautoimmune disease havebeen the subject of inten-sive investigation byscientists around theworld.—Xinhua

Microsoft to buy back $40bln stock

LOS ANGELES, 22 Sept— Software giant MicrosoftCorp said Monday it would buy back up to another 40billion US dollars of its shares.

The company said a plan to this effect has beenapproved by its board. The program expires on 30Sept, 2013, Microsoft said in a regulatory filling.

As of 28 July, Microsoft had about 9.13 billionshares outstanding, according to the filling.

The Redmond, Washington-based company saidit has completed its previous 40- billion-dollar stockrepurchase program.

Microsoft shares rose 1.22 dollars, or 4.9 percent,to 26.38 dollars in pre market trading.—Internet

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NEWSALBUM

Moko, an 11-year-old female walrus,holds a mock mobile phone while hertrainer Tomomi Fukuda uses hermobile phone while training of theirnew show at the Hakkeijima SeaParadise aquarium in Yokohama,suburban Tokyo. Moko and two otherwalruses blow horns and strike variouskinds of poses during the show.

Jose Canseco could losestreet name in MiamiAt least one Miami-Dade official

thinks it’s an embarrassment to have astreet named after retired baseball starJose Canseco.

That’s why Miami-Dade CountyCommissioner Joe Martinez — whosedistrict includes Jose Canseco Street —is proposing a resolution to have thename changed.

If the resolution makes it through acommittee on Tuesday, it will go to thefull Board of County Commissionersfor a final vote.

Man says he’s eaten 23,000Big Macs since 1972

A 54-year-old man says his obsessive-compulsive disorder drove him to eat23,000 Big Macs in 36 years.

Fifty-four-year-old Don Gorske sayshe hit the milestone last month,continuing a pleasurable obsession thatbegan 17 May, 1972 when he got hisfirst car.

Gorske has kept every burger receiptin a box. He says he was alwaysfascinated with numbers, and watchingMcDonald’s track its number ofcustomers motivated him to track hisown consumption. The only day heskipped a Big Mac was the day hismother died, to respect her request.

The correctional-institution employeesays he doesn’t care when people call hisBig Mac obsession crazy.

German firefighters use netto capture kangaroo

An escaped kangaroo kept policeand firefighters busy after fleeing itsowner’s home and bounding through asmall town near Cologne.

The animal was eventually caught ina net and returned to its owner onTuesday.

Police said the kangaroo wasunharmed, and no charges would befiled.

S Korean banks financialconditions improve in Q2SEOUL, 22 Sept—South Korean banks’ financial con-

ditions improved in the second quarter from the firstquarter due to their increase in equity capital and de-crease in risky assets, the Financial Supervisory Ser-vice (FSS) said Monday.

According to the financial watchdog, the averagecapital adequacy ratio of 18 commercial and statebanks of the country in April-June period gained 0.16percentage points from three months earlier, posting11.36 percent. Although the ratio is lower than the12.31 percent at the end of last year, it is much higherthan the minimum BIS ratio of 8 percent that Baselrequires. The FSS said the local bank’s capital base inthe second quarter gained 1 percent from the previousthree months, while risk-weighted assets declined 0.5percent. Local banks’ combine net profit whichamounted to 3.4 trillion won (2.99 billion US dollars)in the second quarter, helped to raise the lenders’ capitalbase, the FSS added.—Internet Ford, Dow execs to announce national summit in ’09

DETROIT, 22 Sept—Amid the turmoil on WallStreet, leaders from twoglobal companies hard hitby economic and indus-trial upheavals are ex-pected to unveil plansMonday for a nationalconvention being heldnext year to discuss thefuture of manufacturing,technology, energy andthe environment.

Ford Motor Co Execu-tive Chairman Bill Ford

and Dow Chemical CoChairman and Chief Ex-ecutive Andrew Liveriswere scheduled to an-nounce The NationalSummit after the DetroitEconomic Club meetingMonday. The nonpartisan,nonprofit group is con-vening the summit, whichis set for 15-17 June atFord Field, the home ofthe Detroit Lions.

Beth Chappell, the eco-nomic club’s CEO, said

the idea grew out of lis-tening to leaders whohave addressed the vener-able speakers’ forum dur-ing the past couple years.

Ford and Liveris willserve as the summit’sco-chairmen. Ford isthe economic club’s out-going chairman, and Gen-eral Motors Corp. Chair-man and CEO Rick Wag-oner succeeds him onMonday.

Internet

South Africa’s Mbeki resigns after power struggle

South African

President

Thabo Mbeki

CAPE TOWN (South Af-rica), 22 Sept—South Af-rican President ThaboMbeki told the nationSunday that he had re-signed, having lost apower struggle to a rivaltainted by allegations ofcorruption but poised nowto lead the country.

In a somber but digni-fied speech focusing onthe successes and short-comings of his nine-yearpresidency, Mbeki said hehad submitted a letter tothe speaker of Parliament“to tender my resignationfrom the high position of

President of the Republicof South Africa.”

He said he would standdown at a date to be de-termined by Parliament,which will convene in thecoming days to select aninterim president to serveuntil next year’s elections.

National Assembly

speaker Baleka Mbete,who is also chairwomanof the African NationalCongress, is widelytipped to become the in-terim head of state, pav-ing the way for Mbeki’snemesis, Jacob Zuma, totake over after the elec-tions—Internet

Robotic helicopters are pictured priorto an airshow on the Stanford

University campus in Palo Alto,California, on 15 September, 2008.

Two deadin helicopter crash

into Wis houseKENOSHA (Wis) 22 Sept

—A helicopter crashedinto the roof of a houseearly Sunday, killing twopeople in the aircraft, butfive people in the housewere uninjured, police re-ported.

The helicopter crashedaround 5:30 am, aboutone mile south of theKenosha Airport, policeSgt Eric Larsen said.

Fog was reported in thearea at the time, but therewas no immediate indica-tion if that played a rolein the crash. Visibility at5:30 am was three-quar-ters of a mile to a mile,National Weather Servicemeteorologist ChrisFranks said.—Internet

Ind city looks for timecapsule that time forgot

Call it the time capsule that timeforgot.A city committee voted recentlyto open a time capsule buried in 1958,when the city was celebrating itscentennial.

The plan was to display the items,then add modern ones and rebury it until2058.

Trouble is, no one seems to knowexactly where the capsule is.

Several committee members thoughtthe capsule was buried in a park — butthe capsule there was buried in the 1970sto commemorate the US bicentennialcelebration.

Dollar down toupper 106 yen

in TokyoTOKYO, 22 Sept—The

US dollar went down tothe upper 106 yen levelearly Monday in Tokyo.

Internet

Swiss daredevil Yves Rossy, seen hereflying, will attempt to cross the

English Channel, propelled by a jet-powered wing strapped to his back, an

aide said.—INTERNET

Biggest Burger - Denny’s Beer BarrelPub, Clearfield, Pennsylvania

(although this claim often facesrivals). Order ahead for a 123 lb (56kg) burger. Of course, there’s alwaysthe 6 lb (3 kg) version if you’re just

after a snack.—INTERNET

The wreckage of a vehicle used in a bomb attack inKirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad

on 21 Sept, 2008.—INTERNET

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Prevent terrorist acts through the strength of the people (2)Lu Thit

(continued from yesterday)It was in 1967 when KNU set fire to Shwepyitha

Village with over 800 houses in Labutta Township,Ayeyawady Division and burnt down Kyetthonkhinand Gyogon villages in Thabaung Township. In1985, it blasted Yangon-Mandalay Up-train nearmile post 127 between Kywepwe andNyaungchedauk, leaving 76 people dead and 122,injured. At first, they committed massacres,stemming from their racism. Later, it turnedbloodthirsty and committed murders without anyreason of racial hatred or politics.

Some KNU leaders were notorious for murders,robberies and rapes. On 22 November 1953, KNUinsurgent Bo Ya Kyaw and party blasted a passengertrain that had left Sittoung near Naungkalar Villageand forcibly took the jewellery of the passengers,kidnapped about 50 women and men. Among the 50victims, those men who were ransomed were released;those ransomed women were released only afterbeing raped. The men who were not ransomed wereall killed, and the women who were not ransomedwere all killed after being raped.

I learnt that as for KNU insurgents Lin Htin,Hsalan and Phar Lu Kyaw, rape was common. LinHtin got married to 45 women, Hsalan, over 40, andPhar Lu Kyaw, over 150. Due to KNU members’rapes, thousands of women of Bamar, Kayin and Monnational races led a fateful life. Bo Than Shein ofKNU battalion (3) was notorious for rapes. He killedmany men to get married to their wives. It will take meseveral days if I have to present all the stories about“Licensed to rape” of KNU members. I still feelembittered for KNU members’ sexual violence againstnational race women.

KNU is used to inhumane acts. KNU committedthe world’s first-ever hijack. KNU hijacked MyanmarAirways-run Dakkota aircraft on its Yangon-Kyaukpyu-Sittway flight on 25 June 1954. Itcommitted a great number of terrorist acts. Itcommitted bomb blast on Mandalay-Yangon Down-train when it approached Yangon Central RailwayStation on 10 January 1988. It launched armed attacksin the premises of the Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda in March1988. It detonated bombs to attack the convoy on itsway to convey the statue of Alan-taya Sayadaw fromThaton to Hlinebwe through Hpa-an on 10 May 1989and set fire to the motor vehicles. It also launchedbomb attacks on the religious convoy led by MingunSayadaw U Vicitta Sarabhivamsa on the way fromDawei to Thayetchaung on 3 Feburary 1991.

KNU is claiming founding of Kayin State andcreation of a brighter future of Kayin nationals.However, in practice, it showed absolute cruelty tolocal people including its own people sticking to thewarlord policy in an unruly manner. Therefore, in theend, KNU lost the support of local people and itstroops retreated from the delta helter-skelter. Localpeople including Kayin nationals joined hands with

the Tatmadaw in the Operations “Shwe Lin Yon”,“Moe Hein”, and “Thein Lar” that were launched in1969, 1970 and 1971 respectively. Due to people’smilitia strategy and four cuts tactics, KNU left the deltafor border with the neighbouring country.

There, it kept on claiming a brighter future ofKayin nationals, whereas it built strong military basesalong the border line in its attempt to bully localpeople. So far, it has done nothing beneficial to thepeople of its own race. It collected extortion moneyand levied taxes in the villages of the region; it smuggledprecious stones and teak out of the country and it askedfor funds under the pretext of so-called refugee camps.Receiving meagre sums from some powerful countries,it fell under alien domination. It is needless to ask KNUif it loves Kayin State and its own national race.

It is public knowledge that the Tatmadawgovernment has made all-out efforts to put an endto the 40-year-old internal armed insurgency andto achieve national reconsolidation. At that time,the Tatmadaw was gaining the upper hand in themilitary operations. On 28 April 1992, it announcedits suspension of offensives against KNU, andsuspended all its operations throughout the nationincluding Kayin State. As a result, 17 national racearmed groups and many small armed groupswithout racism, dogmatism and reliance on foreigncountries came to realize the benevolent attitude ofthe Tatmadaw, returned to the legal fold.

KNU remmants, KNPP members who wentunderground again, and SSA-S Ywet Sit’s group arethe only armed groups that have not returned to thelegal fold owing to their too much reliance on externalelements and racism. Now, they are not in a position tostand inside the nation, so they are staying hiddenalong the border with the neighbouring country. Inparticular, taking a stronghold in the so-called refugeecamps in the neighbouring country, KNU troops

launched attacks on their motherland through guerillatactics. Some border areas adjacent to the insurgents’bases are the only regions that have yet to enjoyfruitful results of development. So, local people stillfeel hurt by the atrocities of the remnant insurgents.

According to the records, KNU has held threeinformal meetings and four formal meetings withthe Tatmadaw from 1995 to date. The meetings didnot reach any agreement due to the fact that it clingson to its wrong policies. Up to now, six groups havesplit from KNU and returned to the legal fold. KNUremnant members bear animosity towards the peacegroups and the groups that have made peace. So,they often ambushed those groups. Haungthayawregion led by U Saw Tha Mu He has come underarmed attacks for 22 times since it made peace.During the raid by the groups led by Kyi Lin of KNUbattalion (8), U Saw Tha Mu He’s two daughters,two grandchildren and brother-in-law teacher(retired) were killed, and the youngest daughter lostone of her arms. Later, Kyi Lin was killed. KNUambushed DKBA convoy. Moreover, it resorted tovarious means in complicity with some externalelements to dissuade some armed groups that wantedto return to the legal fold from doing so. KNUremnants are resorting to all possible ways to survive.Now, the strength of KNU remnants is very weak.

The Tatmadaw government has kept the door ofpeace open regardless of the number of KNUmembers. In the early times, the meetings betweenthe State and KNU were close to agreements.However, it was disheartening to note that theirwestern masters were interfering in the affairs out offear that there would no longer be their lackeys to beused in their political tricks on Myanmar, if peaceand stability had been restored in the nation. And themeeting did not produce any positive results.

(See page 7)

The Tatmadaw government has kept the door of

peace open regardless of the number of KNU members.

In the early times, the meetings between the State and

KNU were close to agreements. However, it was

disheartening to note that their western masters were

interfering in the affairs out of fear that there would no

longer be their lackeys to be used in their political tricks

on Myanmar, if peace and stability had been restored in

the nation. And the meeting did not produce any positive

results.

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Prevent terrorist acts through the strength of the people (2)Lu Thit

(from page 6)Now, areas along the border of Myanmar are free

from insurgent camps. The Tatmadaw has been in aposition to control the border by running outpoststhere. What KNU can do all is to secretly enter thenation and commit subversive acts such as blastingrailroads, roads and buildings in towns and villages,and to plant mines. The root cause of KNU’s long-lasting survival is due to the aid and abetment of itswestern masters, and the neighbouring country’sacceptance of KNU camps under the name of refugeecamps. Another reason is that their western mastersare manufacturing fabrications as if KNU remnantgroup won the support and represented the entireKayin nationals.

Now, the population of Kayin nationals in thenation is about 3.5 million, and the number of KNUremnant members is just three or four digits. So, it isout of the question that KNU represents the entireKayin nationals. Kayin nationals do not recognizeKNU. Now, KNU and Kayin nationals standseparately.

Regarding the recent bomb blasts at the videolounge in Kyaukkyi, KNU foreign relations in chargePhado David Htaw denied that KNU committed thebomb attacks. He said that the accusations were designedto tarnish the image of KNU politically. Throughoutthe history of the nation, KNU has done nothingpositive. Since its coming to existence, it has beenequipped with wrong inherent character, wrong policies,

and extreme views and has committed ruthless acts.Now, it is denying brazenly, but no one believes. Thepeople have realized what KNU and its future is like.

It is impossible that KNU realizes the truth as longas it keeps on exercising its wrong policies. To date, ithas to run its bases under the name of refugee camps inthe other country. KNU troops come off from the so-called refugee camps to commit destructive acts throughguerilla tactics in the nation. The government stillkeeps the peace door open to the remnant KNUmembers, but they have failed to grab such goldenopportunities. It is regrettable.

It is true that certain elements are not happy withthe conditions in which the people lead a peaceful life,

do their businesses in accordance with the Law andwork hard together to achieve the goal of democracy.It is vividly clear that it never spares the lives ofinnocent people. So, the people have to keep awatchful eye on any suspicious activities in orderthat any terrorists in disguise cannot enter theircommunities across the nation. If they noticesomething suspicious, they are required to informthe authorities concerned as soon as possible. Onlywith the cooperation of the people to expose plotswill it be possible to avert losses of lives and propertyof the people.

(concluded)Translation: MS

People have to keep a watchful eye on any suspiciousactivities in order that any terrorists in disguise cannotenter their communities across the nation. If they noticesomething suspicious, they are required to inform theauthorities concerned as soon as possible. Only with thecooperation of the people to expose plots will it bepossible to avert losses of lives and property of thepeople.

BEIJING, 22 Sept—Chinese Vice-PresidentXi Jinping has called forgreater public scienceawareness and enco-uraged Chinese scientiststo get more involved inscience education.

“Promoting scienceawareness is an importanttask in implementing theScientific Outlook onDevelopment,” Xi said inBeijing on Sunday, which

Parents and their children wait for health inspection at a children’s hospitalin Chengdu, in southwest China’s Sichuan province on 19 Sept, 2008.

Thousands of worried parents have filled hospitals, many hovering over sonsand daughters hooked to IV drips after drinking milk powder tainted with

melamine, a toxic industrial chemical that can cause kidney stones and leadto kidney failure. Some 1,300 babies, mostly newborns, remain hospitalized,

with 158 suffering from acute kidney failure.—INTERNET

Chinese V-P calls for public science awarenesswas National Science andTechnology Populari-zation Day. Xi, also amember of the StandingCommittee of the PoliticalBureau of the CommunistParty of China CentralCommittee, joined chil-dren to conduct scienceexperiments, and enco-uraged them to learn aboutresource saving. Xi alsovisited exhibitions onenergy saving technology,

including the use of solarenergy and the productionof diesel from wastecooking oil.

“This year is crucialfor the energy savingtarget set for the 11th five-year plan period,” said Xi,adding that such greentechnology should befurther promoted andenergy-saving effortsshould be enforced.

MNA/Xinhua

Somali pirates hijack Greek shipwith 19 crew members

Warning on Islamabad attack received 3 days agoISLAMABAD, 22 Sept— Pakistan's Interior Ministry said on Sunday that the

authorities had information three days ago that terrorists would carry out a attackin the capital Islamabad.

"We had information that terrorist can strike near the Parliament or any otherplace in Islamabad," Interior Adviser to the Prime Minister Rehman Malik toldreporters at a news conference. The suicide bomber used a dumper, carryingconstruction material, for the attack, he said, adding that the bomber wanted totarget Hotel Marriot.—MNA/Xinhua

NAIROBI, 22 Sept—Armed Somali pirateshijacked another Greekship with 19 crew membersoff the coast of Somalia inthe latest attacks along theworld's most dangerouswaters, a regional maritimeofficial said on Sunday.

Andrew Mwangura,the coordinator of the EastAfrica Seafarers Assi-stance Program (SAP),said the vessel flying

Bahamas MV Capt,Stephanos was carryingcoal when it was seizedoff the eastern coast ofSomalia, the 15th suchseizure by the pirates sinceJuly 20. “We received thereports today that theGreek ship flyingBahamas MV Capt,Stephanos has been seizedby pirates,” Mwanguratold Xinhua by telephone.

“The vessel was

carrying coal but we don’tknow whether the Greekship was sailing fromSouth Africa or not.

We also have notestablished whether thevessel was hijacked today(Sunday) or onSaturday,” he said. Theincident came barely aweek after armed piratesseized a Greek ship with25 crew members.

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(from page 1)In his address, Minis-

ter Dr Chan Nyein saidevery nation is trying itsbest competitively to safe-guard and promote thenational interest of thenation and its people inpolitical, economic andsocial aspects.

Even top nations withhigh science and technol-ogy are seeking ways andmeans to possess effec-tive science and technol-ogy and they are still try-ing to have superiority inpolitical, economic socialsectors, he said.

He said it is necessaryto build national solidar-ity based on high qualifi-cation of the citizens and

Building nationalsolidarity based…

intelligence, progress ofscience and technologyand wealth power so thatthey can serve the nationalinterest.

He said the govern-ment is implementing edu-cational plans in conform-ity with international de-velopments and require-ments of the future State.The government is mak-ing arrangements to haveintellectual power whichcan bring about the na-tional interest and safe-guard the nation and thepeople and solve variouskinds of challenges, headded.

Therefore, he said, theteachers are not only totrain the students to be well-

versed in education andprovide requirements fornational development butalso equip them with highmorale and other skills.

He spoke of the needto build infrastructures ondevelopment, informationand communication andindustry for changes inthe future. AlthoughMyanmar is an agro-basedcountry, encouragement isbeing given to industrialdevelopment. This is whyindustrial zones, industrialcities and factories haveemerged. At the sametime, IT based-produc-tion, intellectual propertyservices and IT industrieshave developed, he said.

To achieve national

With noble mind–In serving public interest–Do not deviate from own way–Because of slanders–Just carry it on

(Venerable Shwe Hintha Sayadaw)

development, a lot of ef-forts need to be exertedsimultaneously rangingfrom agro-based and in-dustrial-based productiveservices to knowledge-based production and serv-ices. In so doing, the gov-ernment is taking meas-ures for development ofpolitical, economic andsocial foundations includ-ing infrastructures, tech-nical expertise, financialinvestments, managementand legislation.

In this connection,technology plays the mainrole in achieving the aimsand objectives of the State.Only when such opportu-nities mixed with chal-lenges are to be used

through the strength oftechnology and technicalknow-how, can the na-tional aims and objectivesbe realized.

The government isworking very hard forshaping a brighter futureof the nation with a viewto serving the interests offuture generations. Forexample, education andhealth infrastructures,dam, road and bridge con-struction projects and wa-ter supply and arid zonegreening projects areshowing good results.

The government incooperation with the en-tire national people hastried its utmost for theemergence of the consti-

tution of the Union ofMyanmar for ensuringpeace and prosperity of thenation, national solidarity,freedom and fairness,peace and stability of theState, improvement of thepeople’s living standardsand cultural and social val-ues.

All in all, teachers areto strive to maintain thesegood results including theeffort for national educa-tion promotion by doingtheir bit in their respectiveroles.

Later, Minister DrChan Nyein cordiallygreeted the trainees. A to-tal of 1501 teachers areattending the five-weekcourse.—MNA

The government is im-plementing educationalplans in conformity withinternational develop-ments and requirementsof the future State.

FM sends felicitations toSaudi Arabia

NAY PYI TAW, 23 Sept — On the occasion ofthe National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,which falls on 23 September 2008, U Nyan Win,Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union ofMyanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to HisRoyal Highness Prince Saud Bin Al-Faisal BinAbdulaziz Al-Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs ofthe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.—MNA

YANGON, 22 Sept —“Safer Shelter Con-struction National LevelTraining Workshop”kicked off at MyanmarEngineering Associationhere today.

During the first-daysession of the two-dayworkshop, resourcepersons from MEA, KyotoUniversity, SEEDS Asia(Japan) and SEEDS Indiaread papers on safershelter construction in theCyclone Nargis-hit areas.

The workshop, jointlyorganized by MyanmarEngineering Association,Kyoto University, SEEDSAsia (Japan) and SEEDSIndia, will continuetomorrow at the samevenue.

It was attended byMinister for Social Wel-fare, Relief and Resettle-ment Maj-Gen MaungMaung Swe, President ofMEA U Than Myint andmembers of the associa-

tion, Ambassador of Ja-pan to Myanmar MrYasuaki Nogawa and re-source persons, repre-sentatives from ministriesand participants of theworkshop. — MNA

Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe delivers an address at Safer ShelterConstruction National Level Training Workshop.—MNA

Experts discuss ways forsafer shelter construction

in storm-hit areas

YANGON, 22 Sept—National Level SportsManagement Course (2/2008) under the arrange-ment of International Ol-ympic Committee Soli-darity Pro-grammee wasopened at Gold Hotel inNational Football Train-ing Camp (Thuwunna)here this morning.

Minister for SportsBrig-Gen Thura Aye

National Level SportsManagement Course opens

Myint gave an openingspeech.

Twenty Four train-ees of ministries, Sportsand Physical EducationDepartment (Branches)and Physical EducationDepartments of Statesand Divisions are at-tending the course. Thecourse lasts until 26 Sep-tember.

MNA

Minister inspects sub-powerstations

NAY PYI TAW, 22Sept—Minister for ElectricPower No. 2 Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint, ManagingDirector of Electric PowerSupply Enterprise U TinAung and officials on 20September arrived at 132/33/11 KVA and KV 15MVA Yinmabin sub-power station in ThaziTownship and inspectedswitch yard. Officialsconcerned reported onpower and distribution ofpower in the switch yard.

The minister and partyinspected the site forPyinyaungbin sub-powerstation. They inspected 132/66/11 KV80 MVA KalawSub-power station inKalaw. Electrical EngineerU Aung Zaw Moe reportedon supply of power in ShanState (South).

The minister alsoinspected indicators incontrol panel in the controlroom and gaveinstructions

MNA

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Monywa industrial zone contributingto national development

NAY PYI TAW, 22Sept—Chairman ofSagaing Division Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of NorthWest Command Brig-GenMyint Soe and Ministerfor Commerce Brig-GenTin Naing Theinaccompanied by officialsconcerned looked intofoundry plant of ThihaTun Co Ltd in Monywaindustrial zone on 20September.

At the briefing hall,they met industrialists of

Monywa industrial zoneand heard reports onworking condition ofMonywa industrial zoneby chairman of Monywaindustrial zonemanagement committee UNyein Aung. Afterwards,those in-charges of 12industries explained theirrespective status ofproduction.

U Myint Win,general manager ofMinistry of Commerceelaborated on import ofnecessary machines for

development of industrialzones, and chairman ofThiha Tun Co Ltdpresented reports onproduction process of thefoundry plant and thecommander and theminister fulfilled therequirements of theentrepreneurs.

The commanderand the minister replied tothe queries raised bymerchants of Monywawholesale centre andviewed sample of beansand sesame.—MNA

YANGON, 22 Sept—Minister for In-formation Brig-Gen KyawHsan arrived at Yekutransmission station onWaizayanda Road inMayangon Townshipyesterday and met officials.

The meeting wasalso attended byManaging Director U SoeWin of News andPeriodicals Enterprise,Managing Director U

Minister facilitates transmission stationAung Myo Myint ofMyanma Motion PictureEnterprise, DeputyDirector-General U TheinAung of Myanma Radioand Television andofficials concerned.

Deputy Director-General U Thein AungHead of Yekutransmission station UTun Aung and officialsreported to the ministeron daily broadcasting

programmes and securitymeasure taken.

After hearing thereports, the minister calledfor systematicmaintenance of machines,running the station at fullcapacity, and takingpreventive measuresagainst fire anddistructionists. Next, theminister and official visitedaround the transmissionstation.— MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 22Sept —Kengtung DistrictInformation and PublicRelations Departmentconducted a mobile libraryand educative talks atNo. 5 Basic EducationHigh School in Kengtung

Kengtung IPRD runs mobile librarieson 15 September.

Assistant DirectorU Soe Soe of the stateIPRD gave an educativetalk.

Similarly, the IPRDheld a mobile library,photo exhibition and

educative talks atLwemwe Basic EducationHigh School in Kengtungon 16 September. Head ofthe district IPRD U KhamHlan Sone gave aneducative talk.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 22Sept—Organized by theHealth Department,Myanma Maternal andChild WelfareAssociation and UNFPA,an opening ceremony ofreproductive healthinstructor course (central)

Reproductive health instructor course opensNo. (1/2008) took place atthe office of MyanmaMaternal and ChildWelfare Association inNay Pyi Taw Lewe herethis morning.

MMCWA SecretaryDr Daw Wai Wai Tha gavean opening speech and

presented cash for thetownships included in theproject to officialsconcerned from Mandalayand Bago Divisions.

A total of 30 traineesare attending the five-daycourse.

MNAYANGON, 22 Sept —

Thirty-two personsreceived reproductivehealth instructor

32 get reproductive health knowledge

Moderate earthquake joltsNAY PYI TAW, 22 Sept—A moderate

earthquake of intensity (5.4) Richer Scale with itsepicenter about 85 miles near the south coast ofMyanmar, south of Kaba Aye SeismologicalObservatory was recorded at 2 hours 2 minutes, 02seconds MST on 22 September, 2008.—MNA

knowledge in Muse, atown in northern ShanState, on 5 September.

Ten young men and22 young womencompleted a five-daycourse on the sujbectjointly sponsored byMyanmar Maternal and

Child Welfare Associationand UNFPA.

A stipend of K 150,000was also presented to amedical student at theceremony held at the townHall in Muse on 5September.

MNA

Minister for

Information

Brig-Gen

Kyaw Hsan inspects

Yeku transmission

station.

MNA

Secretary of MMCWA Dr Daw Wai Wai Tha gives a speech at the opening ceremony of reproductive health instructor course (central).—MNA

1. Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

2. Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

3. Keeping genuine patriotism based on nationalsolidarity alive and dynamic

4. Turning out younger generation who willcontinue to safeguard the national culture andcharacter

Objectives of the 16th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing

Arts Competitions

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Pontoon Bridge(Hsipaw) acrossDokhtawady River onMandalay-Lashio-MuseUnion Highway is animportant facility in thenorth-east region of thecountry.

The present Dokhta-wady River Bridge builtin 1964 is a bailey typeone. This one-lanebridge can withstand 30-ton loads only. To passthrough the bridge, thetrucks with loads ofabove 30 tons have tounload their goodsproperly. Beginning 2

Dokhtawady River Pontoon Bridge tobenefit smooth flow of commodities

Byline & Photos: Hsipaw Ko Latt

May 2008, a newreinforced concrete steelframe bridge that canwithstand 60-ton loads isbeing constructed next tothe present one. It isscheduled to complete inyear 2010.

While building thenew bridge, arrangementsare being made toovercome the difficultiesof passing through thebridge by unloading thegoods of above 30 tons.

In accord with theinstructions of theChairman of Shan State(North) Peace and

Development Council theCommander of North-East Command, tech-nicians made concertedefforts in building thepontoon bridge acrossDokhtawady River. Thepontoon bridge will linkMyohaung Village on theeastern bank of the riverin Hsipaw Township andMahawgani Street in ZayWard on the westernbank.

Thanks to con-struction of the pontoonbridge with nine spans,trucks can pass throughup and down the river.

Photo shows downstream view of Dokhtawady River Pontoon Bridge on 6 September.

Moreover, roads andbridges in the urban areaof Hsipaw have beenmaintained for ensuringbetter transport for thevehicles.

The pontoon bridgeon the union highway innorthern Shan State will

contribute to not onlysmooth and speedy flowof commodities to theborder region but also toregional development.

*****Translation: TTAKyemon: 17-9-2008

People passing through Dokhtawady RiverPontoon Bridge (Hsipaw).

Dokhtawady River Pontoon Bridge

Relief supplies donated to KyaikwaingYouths Training Centre

YANGON, 22 Sept—Head of International RescueCommittee (IRC) Mr Gordon Bacon OBE this morningdonated 45 million Kyats; and Chairman Dr Tin MaungTun on behalf of family members working abroad inWFC Global Aid Network (GaiN), clothes, dolls,personal goods and energy milk powder worth 100,000US dollars for repairing Kyaikwaing Youths TrainingCentre under the Social Welfare Department at aceremony held at the Fire Services Department inMayangon, here.

Chairman of the Supervisory Committee forReceiving Cash and Kind Secretary of National DisasterPreparedness Central Committee Minister for SocialWelfare, Relief and Resettlement Maj-Gen MaungMaung Swe and officials concerned accepted thedonations and presented certificates of honour to thedonors.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen

Maung Maung Swe

accepts cash donated

by Mr Gordon Bacon

OBE of IRC.—MNA

MMiniMinister Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein delivers an address inmeeting with locals and officials in Kayan.—MNA

Kayan, Twantay development tasks supervised

YANGON, 22 Sept—CEC member of the UnionSolidarity and De-velopment AssociationMinister for LivestockBreeding and FisheriesBrig-Gen Maung MaungThein met members ofKayan TownshipAssociation (Yangon),townselders of wards andvillages of Kayan, officialsconcerned at the office ofKayan township USDA, on20 September.

The CEC member

explained assistance forboosting production ofmosoon paddy, plans forregional developments andcoordinated the re-quirements. On 21September, the CECmember looked into fishbreeding camp nearKabingyi village in Twantaytownship. Next, heproceeded to Kayinchaungmodel village where he metfishery entrepreneurs,townselders and responsiblepersons of villages and

viewed development of thevillage and construction ofKayinchaung stationhospital.

Next, the minister metfishery entrepreneurs anddepartmental officials atFishery EntrepreneursAssociation of MyanmarFishery Federation inTwantay. The ministeraccepted the cash donatedby Twantay townshipFishery Association andfishery entrepreneurs.

MNA

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Conservative Aso set to be Japan PM

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party presidentialelection candidates, Taro Aso, left, and Yuriko

Koike.—INTERNET

TOKYO, 22 Sept — Ja-pan’s ruling party gather-ed on Monday to electTaro Aso as prime minis-ter with the task of turn-ing the country roundfrom the brink of reces-sion and toward riskygeneral elections.

Aso, 68, an outspoken

and conservative formerforeign minister who sup-ports public spending torevive Asia’s largesteconomy , is bidding toreplace Prime MinisterYasuo Fukuda whostepped down amidplunging approval ratings.

Although the over-

Breast cancer survivors report highquality of life after treatment

New virus test may stop cervicalcancer in rural women

UN recognizes New Zealand’sextended seabed rights

WELLINGTON, 22 Sept—New Zealand’s claim over1.7 million squarekilometres of seabed hasbeen confirmed by a UnitedNations commission,Prime Minister HelenClark said on Monday.

“The continental shelfis the area of seabed outsideNew Zealand’s existing200 nautical mileExclusive Economic Zone(EEZ). The area confirmed

by the UN Commission ismore than six times thesize of New Zealand’s landarea,” she said in astatement.

Recognition of thenew continental shelfboundaries will enableNew Zealand to exerciseits rights to the area,including exploitingresources such as mineralsand petroleum.

Clark said New

Zealand’s submission tothe UN was the result of a44 million NZ dollars (30million US dollars) projectcarried out by officials andscientists.

The new boundary willbe binding on othercountries, although theGovernment will negotiatewith Fiji and Tonga on thecontinental shelf north ofNew Zealand.

MNA/Xinhua

HONG KONG, 22 Sept —A new rapid test for thehuman papillomavirus(HPV), which can causecervical cancer, has proven

to be 90 percent accurate ina trial involving women inrural villages in easternChina.

The findings were pub-lished in The Lancet Onco-logy, and researchers saidit could help pave the wayfor effective screening toprevent cervical cancer inrural and resource-poor set-tings.

The rapid test, careHPV,is a product of Qiagen NVand was designed to detect14 high-risk types of HPVin about 2.5 hours. It canbe operated by staff withminimal training and with-out any running water.

“If women 30 years andolder could be screened atleast once in their lifetimeswith such a test, and appro-priate treatment adminis-tered at the same visit, pub-lic health programmeswould be affordable and

deaths from cervical cancerwould be reduced by athird,” said one of the re-searchers, John Sellors,professor of family medi-cine at the McMaster Uni-versity in Canada.

Cervical cancer is thesecond most common can-cer affecting womenworldwide. It causes300,000 deaths a year, with85 percent of these occur-ring in the developingworld.

Screening using papsmear is routinely done inthe United States and Eu-rope, where it has led to a50 percent reduction inmortality. But implement-ing such tests in develop-ing countries is not as easy,where taking smears andreading them can be prob-lematic.

Although there are nowvaccines against HPV, theyare useless in women al-ready exposed to the virus.For these older women,screening and early detec-tion remain the besthope.—Internet

A Haitian pushes a wheelbarrow through a floodedstreet in the town of Gonaives on 21 Sept, 2008.

Haiti has been blasted by four storms - HurricanesGustav and Ike and Tropical Storms Fay and

Hanna - since mid-August, killing hundreds anddestroying homes and crops.—INTERNET

Landslide, flood deathtoll reaches 45 in NepalKATHMANDU, 22 Sept— Nature’s fury continues

unabated in Nepali far-western region as the death tollclimbed to 45 on Sunday. Over 35 people are stillmissing due to incessant downpour, landslides andflood in the past two days.

According to The Himalayan Times Monday’sreport, 26 have died in Kailali, 10 in Kanchanpur, sixin Doti, one each in Bajhang, Dadeldurra and Darchuladistricts, the regional police office said.

Around 4,000 people have been displaced in Kailalias more than 400 households failed to escape the floodfury. The transport sector has been paralyzed in thehilly districts.

The Central Natural Disaster ManagementCommittee Sunday allocated 10 million Nepali rupees(135135 US dollars) for the relief and rescue operationsfor the victims in the region. The Army has beendeployed in Kailali and Kanchanpur, said the daily.

MNA/Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 22 Sept — Women whohad a lumpectomy and radiation to com-bat breast cancer have an overall qualityof life several years after treatment that’son par with most adult American women,a new report says.

“Treatments for breast cancer maydecrease quality of life temporarily, but this is evidence that survivors,on average, will return to a normalquality of life,” lead researcher Dr GaryFreedman, an attending physician inthe department of radiation oncologyat Philadelphia’s Fox Chase CancerCentre, said in a news release issuedby the centre.The findings, based on asurvey of 1,050 women with early-stagebreast cancer who were treated withbreast-conserving surgery and radiationwith or without chemotherapy and hor-

mone therapy, were expected to be pre-sented Sunday at the American Societyfor Therapeutic Radiology and Oncolo-gy annual meeting, in Boston.

The brief survey, taken by the womenat various points in their follow-up —from three months to 15 years after treat-ment — found the breast cancer survi-vors across all age groups said they hada very high quality of life and state ofhealth comparable to the general US fe-male population.

Over the years, the survivors tendedmore often to say they experienced noor only some problems. For three ques-tions dealing with anxiety, pain and theability to do usual activities, the survi-vors tended to improve from reporting“some problems” to “no problems” overtime.—Internet

whelming favourite, Asois one of a record field offive candidates standingfor the leadership of theLiberal Democratic Party(LDP), which has ruledJapan almost continu-ously since 1955.

Japanese media pre-dicted that Aso, a flam-boyant campaigner fondof quoting comic books,would easily win whenLDP lawmakers meet at2:00pm (0500 GMT).

But whoever is thenext premier is thoughtlikely to take advantageof the moment to callsnap general elections —possibly for as early aslate October — in thehope of thwarting an in-creasingly popular oppo-sition.—Internet

Colombia plans to launch2 satellites by 2010

MEXICO CITY, 22 Sept — Colombia plans to launchits first communication satellite and an anti-drugsurveillance satellite by 2010, said Colombian VicePresident Francisco Santos, quoted by the Time dailyof Bogota Sunday.

Santos said that the Colombian Governmentintended to launch its first communication satellitebefore 2010, and projected to increase the number ofcommunication ones and expand covering areas in thefuture.

The intelligence satellite would mainly monitordrug planting like coca, and provide information formilitary operations and agriculture production, thevice president added.

When owning a surveillance satellite, theColombian military could easily find the positions andshifts of rebel forces and conduct military strikesagainst them, Santos said.

MNA/Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG DA VOY NO (8006)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG DAVOY NO (8006) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 23.9.2008 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm up to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S CHINA SHIPPING(MALAYSIA)AGENCY BDN-BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BANGSAOTONG VOY NO (113)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BANGS-AOTONG VOY NO (113) are hereby notified that thevessel has arrived on 21.9.2008 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm up to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

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

Phone No: 256919/256916/256912

The best time to plant a tree was 20years ago. The second best time is

now.

Mom’sprenatal

stress tied tochild’s brain

power NEW YORK, 22 Sept—

Children whose motherswere exposed to evenmoderately severe stressduring pregnancy mayshow the effects in theirintellectual development,a new study suggests.

Research has shownthat significant stressduring pregnancy mayaffect fetal growth anddevelopment, but less isknown about whether thishas long-term effects onchildren’s cognitivefunctioning.

The new study assessedintellectual and languagedevelopment in 89children who were 5 yearold whose mothers werepregnant during an icestorm in Quebec, Canadathat left several millionwithout power for as longas six weeks.

The researchers foundthat language develop-ment and verbal IQ tendedto be lower in childrenwhose mothers had facedthe most stress during thestorm—living more dayswithout power, beingforced to stay in a shelter,or losing income, forinstance.

MNA/Reuters

Global Payments launchesGPRS-mobile payment service

KUALA LUMPUR, 22 Sept—Global Payments Asia-Pacific Limited has rolled out a secure GPRS-poweredmobile payment service, which provides cardacceptance capabilities for merchantsin the Asia-PacificRegion, said the company in a statement released hereon Friday.

Called Global MobilePay, the service is nowavailable in Malaysia, Brunei, China, India, theMaldives, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka andTaiwan, Global Payments said. Global MobilePay is asophisticated card acceptance solution that uses GPRSwireless communication network for merchants whoneed to accept card payments beyond fixed locationsor when traditional line communications do not meetbusiness needs.— MNA/Xinhua

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Latin-Asia Business Forumopens in Singapore

Fidel Castro says meeting withChavez “great honour”

HAVANA, 22 Sept —Former Cuban leaderFidel Castro said he felt it“a great honour” for himto meet VenezuelanPresident Hugo Chavezin Havana on Sunday.

“The meeting withVenezuelan Presidentwill be a brief one ... Itwill be a great honourfor me,” Castro wroteSaturday in his“Reflections” column,which was published onSunday by the Juventud

Rebelde newspaper.In the article titled

“The Truth and theFalse,” Castro definedChavez as “an inde-fatigable preacher of themost advanced ideas ofhis era in Venezuela”,confronting “the hugemedia instruments in thehands of the Yankeeoligarchy, who try todeceive and confuse thepeople”.Castro said thatVenezuela was the firstone to offer Cuba finan-

cial and material aid afterhurricanes Gustav and Ikeravaged the country.

Castro also said thatalmost 40,000 Cubansnow work in Venezuela,which he said was a win-win situation for bothcountries.

According to mediareports, Chavez will stopfor a brief visit to Cubaon his week-long tour toChina, Russia, Belarus,France and Portugal.

MNA/Xinhua

SINGAPORE, 22 Sept —Latin Asia Business Forumopened here Mondaymorning, attracting some400 business delegatesfrom 21 countries to attendto explore more op-portunities in the tworegions.

In recent years,political and economicties between LatinAmerica and Asia havedeepened. Bilateral tradehas been on the rise. Lastyear, total trade flowsbetween Latin Americaand Asia reached 267.3billion US dollars, anincrease of 24 per cent

over 2006.Latin America’s trade

with Southeast Asia alsogrew by 8 per cent to 31.8billion US dollars lastyear, according to astatement by Inter-national Enterprise (IE)Singapore, the organizerof the Forum.

Speaking at the Forum,Singapore’s Minister forTrade and Industry LimHng Kiang said that withLatin America’s richnatural resource base andburgeoning privatesector, and Asia’sstrength in manufacturingand services, the areas for

collaboration will con-tinue to expand acrossmany sectors. LatinAmerica’s infrastructuresector in particular hasattracted the interest of anumber of Asian compa-nies.

The Forum highlighted20 infrastructure projectsin Latin America with atotal estimated value of23.38 billion US dollars,which include projectsin port and logisticsmanagement, oil and gas,water and wastewatertreatment and multi-modal transportation.

MNA/Xinhua

Visitors roam around to look at photos at 2008 Pingyao InternationalPhotography Festival in Pingyao of north China’s Shanxi Province on 21Sept, 2008. As one of the most influential photography gala in China, thisyear’s photo festival, themed with the Olympics and love, will witness the

display of some 12,000 visual works created by artists from some 40countries and regions worldwide. — XINHUA

Bus accident kills 15 in VietnamHANOI, 22 Sept — A bus crashed with a truck on Sunday morning at around 4

am in Vietnam’s central Nghe An Province, killing 15 people on the bus and leaving13 injured, according to the local traffic safety bureau.

The bus was travelling from south to north on the No1 national highway whenit crashed with the truck coming from the opposite direction, said Vo Minh Duc,an official with the Nghe An Provincial Traffic Safety Bureau.— MNA/Xinhua

Children play in front of the Shenzhou-7 manned spaceship, the Long-March II-F rocket and the escape tower at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch

Centre, Gansu Province, on 20 Sept, 2008.—INTERNET

Thirteen babies die at Turkish hospital in 1 dayANKARA, 22 Sept — Turkish health

authorities are investigating the deathsof 13 newborn babies at a hospital inone day.

The babies — all of them premature— died over the weekend at a hospitalin the western city of Izmir.

Mehmet Ozkan, who heads the Izmirhealth department, says a team of

investigators is looking into the deaths.Turkish newspapers have suggested

that a hospital infection may have causedthe deaths.

In July, more than two-dozen newbornsdied at a hospital in the capital, Ankara.Government-appointed doctorsinvestigating the deaths said a shortageof personnel was to blame.—Internet

McCain says Cuomo should beconsidered to replace Cox at SECNEW YORK, 22 Sept — New York Attorney General

Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, should be considered toreplace Christopher Cox as chairman of the USSecurities and Exchange Commission, RepublicanJohn McCain said.

McCain, an Arizona senator and his party’spresidential nominee, has called for Cox’s resignation,saying regulators failed to head off the crisis in thefinancial markets. Cuomo is respected and “did a goodjob” as secretary of Housing and Urban Developmentin the Democratic Clinton administration, McCainsaid last night on CBS’s “60 Minutes” programme.

Internet

In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President HugoChavez, right, embraces Cuba's President Raul Castro as he arrives to Jose

Marti airport in Havana, on 21 Sept, 2008.—INTERNET

OAS supports dialogue to resolveBolivian crisis

BUENOS AIRES, 22 Sept— The Organization ofAmerican States (OAS) onSunday reiterated its supportfor settling the Bolivianpolitical crisis throughdialogue, said reports fromSantiago, the Chilean capital.

The political tension inBolivia, if allowed tocontinue, will only lead to ano-win situation, OASSecretary-General JoseMiguel Insulza told Chileanmedia Sunday.

Dialogue is the only wayto stabilize the situation, saidInsulza, who had been inBolivia to help mediate inthe country’s unrest.

Bolivian President EvoMorales started dialogue on

Thursday with oppositionprovincial governors in a bid toend the recent political crisis

which has plunged Bolivia intoturmoil and left at least 30people dead.—MNA/Xinhua

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S P O R T SScolari lifted by Chelsea’s

football spirit

Chelsea manager Luis Felipe Scolari (left) watchesas striker Salomon Kalou (right) and teammateJose Bosingwa (centre) celebrate during their

Premier League match against Manchester Unitedin London on 21 September.—INTERNET

Ramos happy to stick it outat Spurs

Tottenham managerJuande Ramos

Rafa’s Spanish matadors to faceArgentina in Davis Cup final

PARIS, 22 Sept — World number one Rafael Nadalblitzed hapless Andy Roddick inside a Madrid bullringon Sunday to lead Spain into a Davis Cup final show-down against Argentina.

Spain, the champions in 2000 and 2004, saw offdefending champions USA 4-1 while Argentina, whohave never lifted the trophy, needed teenager JuanMartin del Potro to deliver them a gripping 3-2 winover Russia in Buenos Aires.

Nadal, who has already picked up the Wimbledon,French Open and Olympic titles this year, cruised to a6-4, 6-0, 6-4 victory over Roddick to hand Spain anunassailable lead in the 22,000-capacity Las Ventasbullring. “Today I play an almost perfect match and itis very, very exciting,” said Nadal who played in the2004 final win against the USA.

He was just 18 at the time, virtually unknown, butstill beat Roddick, then the world number two.

Sunday saw Roddick lose for the fourth time in sixmeetings to the swashbuckling Spaniard and he neverlooked like taking victory on a clay court made slug-gish by morning rain.—Internet

Spanish Rafael Nadal returns a ball to US AndyRoddick during their Davis Cup semi-final matchat Las Ventas bullring in Madrid. Nadal won 6-4,6-0, 6-4 and Spain's team reaches the Davis Cup

final.—INTERNET

Zvonareva wins Guangzhoutennis open

Russian Vera Zvonareva

Will MacKenzie wins VikingClassic in playoff

MADISON, 22 Sept — At the 11th hole in the VikingClassic on Sunday, Will MacKenzie was trailing goodbuddy Marc Turnesa by six strokes and thinking itwould be great for Turnesa to win his first PGA Tourtitle.

After all, it looked as if MacKenzie would end upfifth or worse.

"There was a time today when I wanted him to win,"MacKenzie said. "When I was so far behind, I reallywanted Marc to win it."

Instead, MacKenzie gave himself a talking to andwent on to birdie the par-5 18th three straight times towin in a playoff for his second PGA Tour victory.

Internet

LONDON, 22 Sept — Luiz Felipe Scolari believes thespirit Chelsea displayed to claim a point in theirshowdown with Manchester United augurs well for hisnew club's bid to wrest the Premier League title awayfrom Sir Alex Ferguson's men.

Scolari admitted that Chelsea had not been at theirbest throughout what was a pulsating and evenly-contested 90 minutes at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

But the Brazilian was delighted with the show of gritthat ultimately yielded an 80th-minute equaliser fromSalomon Kalou after Park Ji-Sung had given United afirst-half lead following an uncharacteristic fumble byPetr Cech.

The afternoon left Scolari sweating over how longhe will have to do without centreback Ricardo Carvalho,who limped off after ten minutes, and playmaker Deco,who played no part on Sunday after injuring himself inthe warm-up.

"Losing Deco was hard for us," Scolari admitted."Our transition from midfield to attack was not readyfor 15 to 20 minutes and they put us under a lot ofpressure during that period and made a goal."

Although he admitted United had created as manygoalscoring chances, Scolari believed his side had thebetter opportunities with Joe Cole squandering twogood shooting opportunities and Nicolas Anelka fluff-ing an inviting Jose Bosingwa cross right at the death.

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LONDON, 22Sept — Totten-ham managerJuande Ramoslaughed off re-ports that he iskeen to returnto Spain aftera dismal goal-less draw withWigan kept his

side bottom of the Premier League.Spurs were booed off the pitch at half time and

again at the final whistle as the White Hart Lanefaithful took out their frustrations on Ramos and hisplayers.

The north London club, whose only win in sixgames this season was against Wisla Krakow in theUEFA Cup on Thursday night, turned in a lacklustredisplay against Wigan on Sunday and fashionedonly one clear chance.

It was the last thing former Sevilla boss Ramos,appointed when Martin Jol was sacked last October,needed after reports on Sunday that he is homesick.

The Spanish coach insisted he will make a suc-cess of his time at Spurs given time to rebuild a teamwho lost Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane inpre-season.

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GUANGZHOU, 22 Sept — World number nine VeraZvonareva came from a set down to deny PengShuai her first WTA title on Sunday, crushing theChinese star 6-7 (4/7), 6-0, 6-2 to claim theGuangzhou Open.

It was the Russian's seventh career title and sec-ond of the year, after winning at Prague in May.

The top seed held a 3-0 head-to-head record overfourth seed Peng going into the match and it lookedlike her winning run could be grinding to a halt whenshe lost the first set.

But Peng self-destructed, losing 11 games in arow to throw away her chance of becoming only thethird Chinese player after Li Na and Zheng Jie towin a WTA title.

The victory capped a remarkable month forZvonareva, who won singles bronze at the Olympicsin August and followed it up by helping Russiaclaim the Fed Cup title.

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Two Argentines arrested forhiring killer to kill footballerRIO DE JANEIRO, 22 Sept— The Civil Police of Rio de

Janeiro arrested Sunday morning two women sus-pected of hiring a killer to murder 23-year-old soccerplayer Thiago da Silva.

Silva is a member of the Estacio soccer team. Ac-cording to the police, the suspects were arrested in theirrespective homes.

On Thursday, 18th September , Silva was inside hisgirlfriend's car when one of the suspects ran her car intothe other. From the car of the suspect, two men got outand demanded that Silva and his girlfriend get out oftheir car.

According to Silva, one of the men is a member ofthe Military Police and also happens to be his girl-friend's step-father. The other man has not yet beenidentified.

The couple was then taken to a soccer field inInhauama, where they remained handcuffed for therest of that afternoon. Later in the day, three menphysically beat Silva and then shot him three times,leaving him to die.— MNA/Xinhua

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudyin Kayah State, rain or thundershowers have been isolatedin Chin and Shan States and lower Sagaing Division,scattered in Mandalay and Magway Divisions, fairly wide-spread in upper Sagaing and Yangon Divisions and wide-spread in the remaining States and Divisions with locallyheavyfalls in Rakhine State and isolated heavyfalls inKachin State. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recordedwere Nay Pyi Taw (0.11) inch, An (6.62) inches,Thandwe(5.63) inches, Machanbaw (3.58) inches, Toungoo (Avia-tion) (2.64) inches, Putao (2.44) inches and Sittway (2.36)inches.

Maximum temperature on 21-9-2008 was 86˚F.Minimum temperature on 22-9-2008 was 68ºF. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 22-9-2008 was 100%.Total sunshine hours on 21-9-2008 was (1.8) hours approx.

Rainfall on 22-9-2008 was (1.34) inches at Mingaladon,(1.65) inches at Kaba-Aye and (0.87) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was (94.84) inches atMingaladon, (106.18) inches at Kaba-Aye and (123.27)inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (12) mph from Southwest at (16:30)hours MST on 21-9-2008.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the NorthBay and monsoon is weak in the Andaman Sea and gen-erally moderate elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 23-9-2008: Rain orthundershowers will be isolated in Chin and Kayah States,lower Sagaing and Magway Divisions, scattered in Man-dalay Division, fairly widespread in Kachin and Shan States,upper Sagaing Division and widespread in the remainingStates and Divisions. Degree of certainty is (80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation ofrain or thundershowers in the lower Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 23-9-2008: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for23-9-2008: Some rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for23 -9-2008:Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Monday, 22 September, 2008

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Iraqi senior officialsurvives bomb attack

in BaghdadBAGHDAD, 22 Sept — A senior Iraqi official escaped

a bomb explosion with wounds in western Baghdad onSunday, a well-informed police source said.

“Ghassan Redha, director general in the FinanceMinistry, was injured when a bomb planted in his carexploded while driving in the Harthiyaneighbourhood,” the source told Xinhua on conditionof anonymity.

The explosive charge was of a magnetic kind,which had been stuck in Redha’s car and damaged it,the source said. Earlier in the day, the police said thatBrigadier Adel Abbas, a senior officer in the IraqiInterior Ministry, was killed along with his driver in adrive-by shooting in the Adil neighbourhood in westernBaghdad..

MNA/Xinhua

Israeli DM calls fornational emergency govt

JERUSALEM 22, Sept — Israeli Defence MinisterEhud Barak on Sunday said that a national emergencygovernment is the best way forward for Israel, localdaily The Jerusalem Post reported

“In light of the political, security and economicchallenges, the correct move for the people of Israel is(the formation of) a national emergency government,”the chairman of the current main coalition partnerLabour Party was quoted as saying.

He made the remarks at an internal Labourmeeting just before a weekly Cabinet meeting,during which Prime Minister Ehud Olmertannounced his decision to resign from the pre-miership as he had promised, and pledged to helpForeign Minister Tzipi Livni, the new leader of theruling Kadima party, to form a new government.Yet Barak’s aides said the Defence Minister mightprefer to form a national emergency governmentwith the current main opposition party Likud,according to the report.

MNA/Xinhua

Shrimati Shyamala DeviAge 75 years

Beloved wife of late Shri Sathyanandan (Presidentof All Myanmar Hindu Central Board), daughter of lateDr M.C Pany & Vimala Devi, mother of Dr Sou Thain-Mrs Meena Thain (Canada), Capt San Thain-Daw AyeAye Than, Dr Oung Thain-Mrs Leela Thain (USA), DawRoopa Kumari-Dr Thein Win, Dr Greeta Thain-U KhinMg Wai, Daw Katheleen Thain, Dr Yee Yee Thain-MrGanesh Krishna (USA) passed away peacefully at 05:38AM on 22nd Sept 2008 at her residence, No. 15 Mar-lar-myaing road, Baukhtaw, Yangon. Funeral cortege willleave the residence at 2:00 pm and cremation rites willtake place at 3:00 PM at Ye-way Hindu Cemetery.

Bereaved family

People wrap a dead body of Mohammed Khalid ,driver of Afghan diplomat who was shot dead bygunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan on 22 Sept, 2008.Gunmen ambushed a car carrying a top Afghandiplomat in northwestern Pakistan on Monday,

killing his driver and kidnapping the envoy,officials said—INTERNET

Ahmadinejad to outline nuclearactivities in UN meeting

TEHERAN, 22 Sept — President MahmoudAhmadinejad said on Sunday that he would outlineIran’s nuclear activities in the UN General Assemblymeeting during his visit to New York, the officialIRNA news agency reported.

Ahmadinejad made the remark prior to hisdeparture for New York on Sunday.

He also told reporters that the UN should be a realrepresentative of all nations and not a servant tocertain powers, lobbies or parties.

MNA/Xinhua

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The law of Karma

* Hi friend … just watchAnd see a personWho has never done anything goodFor national progress and prosperity

* But for many times does the personTo cause instability and disturbances

* For many times perpetrates the personFor closure of factories and industries

* “One’s actions decide one’s fate”Is a saying we Myanmars haveEvery action has reactionIf that person continues to commit sinsA tragic end the person will meetMy friend, I feel sorry for the person

Soe Moe (Pathein) (Trs)

NAY PYI TAW, 23 Sept – The State Peace and Development Council ismaking efforts for the emergence of a peaceful modern discipline-flourishing democratic nation upholding Our Three Main National Causes.The vast majority of the people have already adopted the constitution, thefourth step of the seven-step Road Map, to shape the future State.

In building a new nation, the government sentenced those whoviolated the existing laws to prison terms in accord with the law to ensurestability and prevalence of law and order. However, plans are being madefor those serving prison terms to turn them into citizens to be able toparticipate in building a new nation.

The government terminated the prison terms of 9,002 prisonerswith good conduct and discipline for social consideration of their familiesand released them from the respective jails on 23 September 2008 toenable them to serve the interests of the regions and their own and the fairelection to be held in 2010 together with the people after realizing thegovernment’s loving kindness and goodwill.—MNA

USDA renovates lakein Yenangyoung

NAY PYI TAW, 22 Sept—Joint Secretary-Generalof Union Solidarity andDevelopment Association(Central) U Zaw Min on20 September inspected alake and a spillway whichwere renovated by USDAat Kangyi Village inYenangyoung Townshipto supply water to six vil-lages in YenangyoungTownship.

During the tour ofYenangyoung, Joint Sec-retary-General of USDAU Zaw Min, accompaniedby Chairman of MagwayDivision Peace and De-velopment Council ColPhone Maw Shwe, alsoinspected progress of con-struction of the buildingfor Yenangyoung Town-ship USDA and met withlocal members of USDA.

He also went to Chaukand Seikphyu townshipsand inspected the comple-

tion of the buildings forChauk and Seikphyutownship USDAs.

On 19 September, UZaw Min and Chairmanof Magway Division PDCCol Phone Maw Shwe metwith executives of villageUSDAs from 75 village-tracts in Magway Divisionand gave instructions re-lated to tasks of the asso-ciation to them.—MNA

Tanaing Bridge helps facilitatetransport in Kachin State

NAY PYI TAW, 22 Sept– Minister for Construc-tion Maj-Gen Saw Tuntogether with officials ofPublic Works inspected

Tanaing Bridge(Shinbweyan bank) onTanaing-Shinbweyan-Pansauk Road in KachinState on 16 September.

Director U Ko Ko Ooof the Department of Wa-ter Resources and Im-provement of River Sys-tems reported on arrange-ments to be made for main-tenance of waterways andprevention against bankerosions. The ministerstressed the need for main-taining waterways on pri-ority basis.

Then the minister andparty viewed condition ofwaterways under TanaingBridge (Shinbweyan bank)and left necessary instruc-tions to officials. —MNA

STAMFORD, 22 Sept—With Chelseamidfield now hit with a fresh injuryblow in the form of Deco followinglong-term layoff for injured MichaelEssien, manager Luiz Felipe Scolarihas confirmed the imminent signing offree agent Mineiro.

The Blues, who held defendingchampions Manchester United to a 1-1 draw today at Stamford Bridge, suf-fered a jolt when Portuguese midfielderDeco picked up a thigh problem in thepre-kickoff warm-up.

33-year-old Brazil internationalMineiro was earlier linked heavily witha move to Chelsea’s London rivalsArsenal but Gunners manager ArseneWenger dismissed the possibility ofsigning the former Hertha Berlinplayer.

However, latest reports suggest thatMineiro has agreed terms with theBlues and will sign on Monday.

Chelsea boss confirms Mineiro swoop after Decojoins Essien on the sidelines

“Mineiro is a player I need be-cause I lost Essien for six monthsand only John Mikel Obi is there forus,’ said Scolari. “He won’t play thisweek but maybe after 10 days he willplay.

“He needs to play in the reserveteam and needs some time but that isgood for me because he gives me someoptions.

“We would miss Deco, it wouldnot be good news. But it's hard to sayat the moment (how bad the injury is).”

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Saw Tun inspects

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