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Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 149 9th Waning of Tawthalin 1371 ME Saturday, 12 September, 2009

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

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

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept inthe hands 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

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Sept— Mr. Andrew RichardHeyn, newly-accredited Ambassador of the UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland tothe Union of Myanmar, presented his credentials toSenior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council of the Union ofMyanmar, at Bayintnaung Yeiktha, here, at 10 amtoday.

Present on the occasion were Secretary-1 of theState Peace and Development Council General ThihaThura Tin Aung Myint Oo, Deputy Minister for ForeignAffairs U Maung Myint and Director-General U KyawKyaw of the Protocol Department.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe accepts credentials of Ambassador of United Kingdom

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Sept—Maj-Gen AnupKumar Chakma, ndc.psc, newly-accreditedAmbassador of the People’s Republic ofBangladesh to the Union of Myanmar, presentedhis credentials to Senior General Than Shwe,

Senior General Than Shwe accepts credentials of Bangladeshi AmbassadorChairman of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil of the Union of Myanmar, at BayintnaungYeiktha, here, at 10.30 am today.

Present on the occasion were Secretary-1of the State Peace and Development Council

General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo, DeputyMinister for Foreign Affairs U Maung Myint andDirector-General U Kyaw Kyaw of the ProtocolDepartment.

MNA

Senior General Than Shwe accepts

credentials of newly-accredited Ambassador

of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Northern Ireland to the Union of Myanmar

Mr. Andrew Richard Heyn at Bayintnaung

Yeiktha in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe receives newly-accredited Ambassador of People’s Republic of Bangladesh Maj-Gen Anup Kumar Chakma,ndc.psc at Bayintnaung Yeiktha in Nay Pyi Taw. — MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 12 September, 2009

Saturday, 12 September, 2009

PERSPECTIVES

For sustainable progress anddurability of rural libraries

Libraries form an important part of thedrive to expedite literacy campaigns to helpdevelop human resources necessary forbuilding a peaceful, modern and developednation.

Rural inhabitants make up 70 per cent ofthe nation’s population, so the five RuralDevelopment Programmes are now inprogress to enable rural areas to keep abreastof urban ones in terms of development. Inorder to achieve this lofty goal, self-reliantvillage libraries are being set up to helpexpand the horizons and enhance thereasoning power of rural residents.

The handing over of Aung Khin YeeLibrary building in Kankaung Village,Meiktila Township, Mandalay Division, tookplace at the village on 29 August. Thepublications, furniture, TV, radio, cassetterecorder and funds donated by well-wishersand social organizations were handed overand the trust fund was established.

Recently, Tetlu self-reliant library wasopened at Zawhsanmein Village, Mongyu,Mongphyat District, Shan State (East), andPyinnya Pandaing self-reliant rural library,at Thabyaegon Village in Dalla Township,Yangon Division.

With the cash and kind donated by socialorganizations and well-wishers, more andmore community learning centres are beingerected throughout the nation to improvethe socio-economic life of wards and villages.So far, the number of rural libraries andcommunity learning centres in 64,817 villagesand 2891 wards across the nation stands at58,329.

Local people are, therefore, under a dutyto maintain the libraries concerned for theirsustainable progress and long-term existence.

* 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

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Sept—Chairman of MandalayDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Central Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe attendedfifth art and sculpture show and concert at NationalTheater in Aungmyaythazan Township on 4 September.The commander viewed sculpture, papers and paintingsput on display. Afterwards, the commander encouragedthe students and enjoyed concert.

In the evening, the commander enjoyed final

Commander enjoys fifth art andsculpture show and concert

match of Mandalay Mayor’s Cup Men's Futsal atShwemantaung sports ground in AungmyaytharzanTownship and presented awards to winning teams.

On 5 September, the commander inspectedsanitation tasks being carried out by respectivedepartments concerned and social organizations in thecompound of Kyauktawgyi pagoda inAungmyaytharzan Township.

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NAY PYI TAW, 11Sept—Minister forAgriculture and IrrigationMaj-Gen Htay Ooreceived Director MrJames Taylar and party ofInternational Develop-ment Enterprises at the hallof Irrigation Departmentin Yangon on 7September.

First, Director MrJames Taylar and DawDevi Aung Din Taylarexplained small-scalesupplying of water tofarms of local farmers inMyanmar, using of foot-pumps and developmenttasks aided byInternational Develop-

A&I Minister receives IDE director and party

ment Enterprises, withdocumentary photos.

Next, the minister

explained boostingagricultural production,supplying irrigation water

YANGON, 11 Sept—Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung on 7 September attended the openingceremony of extended building for X-ray room ofKwinkauk Station Hospital in Ingapu Township andinspected the new building.

The minister also attended the opening of 60feet long and 30 feet wide new school building forBEPS in Tawnaysan village. It was built with thecontributions of the minister and local people.

Forestry Minister carries out regionaldevelopment tasks in Ingapu Township

On 8 September, the minister attended theopening of new school building donated by him andhis family for Konzaung village BEPS.

At the special teak plantation of Phyo Sithu CoLtd in Kyang in forest reserve in Kyangin Township,the minister looked into 500-acre teak plantation in2007, 1500-acre teak plantation in 2008 and 1500-acreteak plantation in 2009.—MNA

C-in-C (Navy)’s Shield swimming contest heldYANGON, 11 Sept—The opening and prize

awarding ceremony of Commander-in-Chief (Navy)’sChampionship Shield swimming contest took place atthe swimming pool of Ayayawady Naval RegionalCommand Headquarters on 7 September.

The Acting Commander of Ayayawady NavalRegional Command Headquarters, on behalf of theCommander-in-Chief (Navy), delivered an address.

Also present on the occasion were Senior NavalOfficers, Tatmadawmen, officials, families, guestsand athletes of Yangon and Thanlyin Stations.

It was followed by the prize awarding ceremony.After presenting prizes to winners in each competition,the acting commander, on behalf of the Commander-in-Chief (Navy), presented the Championship Shieldto the winning team.—MNA

A&I Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo receives Director Mr James Taylarand party of International Development Enterprises-IDE.

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and rural developmenttasks undertaken by theministry.—MNA

Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aungspeaking at opening of new building atTawnaysan BEPS in Ingapu Township.

FORESTRY

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Spate of explosions in Iraq chillsworsened stability

BAGHDAD, 11 Sept—At least 25 peo-ple were killed and some 75 others in-jured in a series of bombings across Iraqon Thursday, shaping a setback to theefforts of the Iraqi government to restorenormalcy in the country ahead of thenext January national polls.

The most deadliest blast in the daywas in northern Iraq when a suicidebomber drove an explosives-packedtruck bomb and blew it up among clayand stone houses after midnight in thevillage of Wardek, some 390 km northof Baghdad. The powerful blast killed20 people, including ten from one fam-ily, and wounded some 30 others, the

source said. The blast, which took placewhile families were sleeping, flattenedseveral nearby houses and caused severedamages to more than 40 others, thesource added.

Residents and rescue teams retrievedmany bodies and removed wounded peo-ple who were buried under the debris ofdemolished houses, he said. Anothertruck bomber was killed by local KurdishPeshmerga forces before he could deto-nate the second blast. The bomb seemsto be well-designed to foment up alreadyexisting tensions between Kurds and Ar-abs, who are vying for land and resources.

Xinhua

Iraqi boys gather at the site of a bomb attack near Mosul, 390 km (240 miles)north of Baghdad, on 11 Sept, 2009. A suicide bomber drove a truck packed withexplosives into a Kurdish village in north Iraq before dawn on Thursday.—XINHUA

British diplomat foundmurdered in West IndiesEDINBURGH, 11 Sept — A British diplomat has been

murdered in Jamaica. John Terry was the honorary Brit-ish consul in Montego Bay. A spokeswoman for theForeign Office said: “We can confirm the death of theBritish honorary consul on Montego Bay in Jamaica.Our sympathy is with the family at this difficult time.

“Jamaican police are investigating the circumstancesof his death and we’re in close touch with them.”MrTerry, 65, originally from New Zealand, was report-edly found murdered outside his house in Mount CareySt James on Wednesday afternoon. Mr Terry had drivenhome on Tuesday night and his body was discoveredat about 1:30pm local time.

He was found with a cord tied around his neck, alongwith a piece of clothing, and it appeared he had beenbeaten, as bloodstains were found at the premises,police said. Michael Garrick, deputy superintendentin charge of crime for St James, said early investiga-tions suggest that there was no forced entry.A notewas reportedly left on the victim’s bed, but policewould not divulge the details.—Internet

US signing anti-piracy agreement atUN for Somalia

NATO soldier killedin E AfghanistanKABUL, 11 Sept—One

soldier with the NATO-ledInternational SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF)was killed on Thursday ina hostile fire incident ineastern Afghanistan, said astatement of the allianceissued here on Friday.

“ISAF’s efforts are dan-gerous and challenging butwe are committed to help-ing build a safer and bet-ter Afghanistan and wewill succeed in thisendeavor,” said an ISAFspokesman Brigadier-General Eric Tremblay.However, it did not dis-close any further informa-tion adding “it is ISAFpolicy not to release thenationality of any casual-ties before the relevant na-tional authority doing so.”International troops,mostly from America,have been deployed ineastern Afghanistan wherehas been used by Talebanmilitants as their safeheaven. Conflicts and vio-lence in Afghanistan haveleft at least 330 foreignsoldiers, including some192 US troopers, dead sofar this year.—Xinhua

Arctic exploration finds large underwater mountain

Somali new navy forces drill on the seas during operation related how to dealwith the pirates on 8 Sept, 2009.—INTERNET

UNITED NATIONS, 11Sept—The United Statesand four other nationssigned onto an interna-tional plan to fight piracyoff the coast of Somalia,committing on Wednes-day to playing a leader-ship role in protecting oneof the world’s busiestshipping routes.

The so-called “NewYork Declaration” signedby US Deputy Ambassa-dor Rosemary DiCarloand her counterparts fromBritain, Cyprus, Japanand Singapore is an at-tempt to pool resources

and agree on the bestways of deterring the So-mali pirates who prey onvessels passing betweenEurope and Asia.

“We realize that thefight against piracy in theHorn of Africa regioncannot be solved entirelyat sea,” DiCarlo said.Other needed measures,she said, involve nationsadopting legal mecha-nisms to prosecute sus-pected pirates andSomalia improving its ca-pacity to police its ownterritory.

Though it is a nonbind-

ing political document,proponents say it willcommit ship registry na-tions to adopt “best man-agement practices” forship security such as in-creased lookouts, raisedladders and emergencyfire pumps readied to re-pel boarders. It was firstproposed in May byPanama, the Bahamas,Liberia and the MarshallIslands, four of theworld’s biggest ship reg-istries. Those nationssigned the declarationpreviously

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WASHINGTON, 11 Sept—Joint US-Canada ex-ploration of the Arctic sea floor discovered anunusual underwater mountain and evidencethat could boost the two countries’ claims thattheir boundaries extend farther north. For thepast two months ships from the countries haveventured north in icy areas of the Arctic wherealmost no surface ships have been, in an effortto find out how far the continental shelf ex-tends.

The farther out the shelf, the more oceanfloor—thought to be rich with oil and gas—that the two countries could claim. The shipshaven’t had time to thoroughly examine their

data. Early indications show more sedimentbuildup on the northern edges, hinting that theshelf—and thus the countries’ borders—extendfarther, said Jacob Verhoef, program directorfor Natural Resources Canada.

During the research Christine Hedge, aCarmel, Ind, middle school teacher aboard theUS Coast Guard cutter Healy, found the firstindications of something unusual jutting upfrom the flat surface 8,700 feet deep. Furtherexamination showed that it was a mountain al-most 3,800 feet high, 12 miles long and 24miles wide. It’s about 700 miles north ofAlaska.—Internet

The ship is taking part in a multi-year, multi-agency Arctic surveythat will help define the Arctic continental shelf. —INTERNET

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SHANGHAI, 11 Sept —China’s recovery gainedmomentum in August asstimulus spending helpedboost industrial output,investment and retail salesin the world’s third-larg-est economy, offsetting aslump in exports.

The National StatisticsBureau reported that in-dustrial production rose12.3 percent from a yearearlier, accelerating fromJuly’s 10.8 percent in-

Workers at a steel mill in a village of Jiangyin city, Jiangsu Province, China.China’s industrial output, investment and retail sales have improved in

August, as stimulus spending and nascent recoveries in overseas marketshelped boost demand.—INTERNET

People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers performduring a rehearsal of a musical drama entitled

“The Road of Revival” at a gymnasium in Beijingon 19 Aug, 2009. The musical drama is part of

celebrations for October’s 60th anniversary of thefounding of Communist China, with the highlight

being a massive parade by the PLA through thecentre of Beijing. —INTERNET

With the introduction of the new iPod line fromApple, Belkin launches new cases that offer stylishand functional protection for the iPod nano, iPod

touch, and iPod classic.— INTERNET

China’s August industrialoutput, investment rise

crease, while retail salessurged 15.4 percent. Con-sumer prices fell 1.2 per-cent from a year earlier,alleviating worries thatmassive stimulus spend-ing might fuel a resur-gence of inflation.

“Industrial activityshould continue to growin the coming months, un-derpinned by resilient do-mestic demand and a re-bound in exports,” JingUlrich, JP Morgan’s chair-

woman for China equi-ties, said in a report.

Economic growth ac-celerated to 7.9 percentover a year earlier in thelatest quarter, up from 6.1percent the previous quar-ter, though is still far shortof the 10 percent-plusgrowth rates of recentyears.

The government aimsfor 8 percent economicgrowth this year.

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NEW YORK, 11 Sept — The dollar continued fallingagainst major currencies on Thursday amid better-than-expected employment data and rising US stocks. USInitial Jobless claims fell to 550,000 last week from576,000 in the previous week, the Labour Departmentreported on Thursday. Analysts have expected theclaims would fall to 560,000. Total continuing claimsfell to 6.088 million, their lowest level since April.

Overall the latest claims statistics suggests that theworst of this year’s job cuts may be over but that theturn to outright employment growth is proceedingslowly, said analysts of Nomura Global Economics.US trade deficit jumped 16.3 percent in July, accord-ing to the Commerce Department. Imports surged 4.7percent, mainly due to sharp increases in crude oil andautomotive products. Exports rose by 2.2 percent, thethird consecutive month of solid gains in exports, cor-roborating other evidence that the global economy ispicking up steam.

The increase in the trade deficit should be viewedas a positive development, said analysts of Global In-sight. It is a sign that the US economy is acceleratingout of recession early in the third quarter. The reportadded to worries over US deficit, helped pushing thegreenback lower.—Xinhua

RIO DE JANEIRO, 11 Sept— Brazil may rise to be-come the seventh largestoil producer globally fromits current status as theworld’s 13th if the esti-mated oil reserve in itsdeepwater offshore fieldsis confirmed, a ministersaid on Thursday.

The estimated oil re-serve in the four fields ofthe pre-salt region, locatedbeneath a layer of salt withthickness of around 2,000metres and some 7,000

BERLIN, 11 Sept —General Motors’ decisionto sell its European unitOpel to a Canadian firmbacked by Russian fi-nance raised questions onFriday on the thorny issueof layoff on Thursday’sdeal, struck some twomonths after the US autogiant emerged from bank-ruptcy, ensures the tempo-rary survival of Opel,which includes Vauxhallin Britain and employs

ATHENS, 11 Sept —Greek unemploymentrose to 8.6 percent of theworkforce in June, from7.3 percent in June 2008,the National StatisticalService announced onThursday. The statisticsservice said the numberof unemployed peopletotaled 427,707 in June2009 while the unem-ployed people were359,978 in June 2008 and403,365 in June 2007.

Epirus, eastern Mac-edonia-Thrace, westernGreece and western Mac-edonia recorded the high-est unemployment per-centage rates in the coun-try, while northern Aegean,southern Aegean and Creteremain the lowest unem-ployment rates.—Xinhua

HAVANA, 11 Sept —More than 100 experts from 16countries will attend the 7th International Meeting ofNature Tourism (TURNAT 2009) in Cuba from 14 to18 Sept, organizers said on Thursday.

TURNAT 2009, to be held in Zapata Swamp, 160kilometers southeast of Havana, is an opportunity todiscuss nature tourism and to know the new destina-tion-products that Cuba has for the next season, sourcesfrom the organization committee said.

Tour operators, travel agencies and experts on na-ture will also visit the famous wetland of Zapata Swapto learn about the flora and faun of marsh ecosystemin Cuba.

Zapata Swamp has more than 2,000 endemic kindsof animals and more than 1,000 kinds of plants. Witha surface of some 4,500 square kilometres, ZapataSwamp is considered as the biggest and best conservedwetland in the Caribbean area and part of the interna-tional treaty of the Convention on Wetlands of Inter-national Importance created in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971.

Xinhua

Dollar continues falling againstmajor currencies

Layoff fears as GM picks Canadian buyer for Opel50,000 people in Europe.

But Canadian autoparts maker Magna and itspartner, state-owned Rus-sian bank Sberbank, havesaid they would likely cut10,000 jobs as part of thepurchase. The deal covers

all of GM’s European op-erations except Swedishunit Saab, which is beingsold to Swedish sports carmaker Koenigsegg andBeijing Automotive In-dustry Holding Co Ltd(BAIC).—Internet

Brazil may become world’s7th largest oil producer

metres under the seabed,could reach 16 billion bar-rels, twice Brazil’s currentproduction, Minister ofMines and Energy EdisonLobao said.

“That (the four fields)represents 30 percent ofthe pre-salt. There is noway to estimate what cancome from the remaining70 percent,” Lobao said.The minister said the ex-ploration of the fields willfollow new regulationsaimed at assuring thelargest share of the oil andgas extracted for Brazil.

Xinhua

Greekunemploymentrises to 8.6%

in June

Int’l experts to discuss naturetourism in Cuba

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Number of deaths of childrenunder 5 continues to drop

Sarah the cheetah, theworld’s quickest cat

BEIJING, 11 Sept — Sarah the cheetah has brokenthe land speed record for mammals by running 100metres in 6.13 seconds. This is three seconds fasterthan Bolt’s human record-breaking run in Berlin lastmonth. Sarah’s time was even more impressive be-cause she is eight — positively middle-aged for a bigcat like her.

The cheetah had three attempts at breaking the recordof 6.19 for the 100 metres, set by another cheetah in2001. On her first try she smashed it, running 6.16seconds. Then she did even better, setting her newrecord and hitting a top speed of 60mph. On her thirdattempt, despite a 15-minute break to rest her paws,she dawdled along in 6.33.

Though explosive, Sarah’s run failed to reach thetop cheetah speed of 70mph. The cats can accelerateto that speed in three seconds thanks to their enlargedheart and lungs. They also use their tails as rudders,allowing them to make faster turns. While cheetahsmay the fastest land mammals, they have some wayto go to beat the speediest birds. Peregrine falconscan hit 200mph in their dives.— Xinhua

Tropical storm Mujigae landsin S China island province

A visitor watches

exhibits during the

ongoing 13th Shang-

hai Art Fair, which

opens at the Shang-

hai Mart, in Shang-

hai, east China, on 9

Sept, 2009.

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UNITED NATIONS, 11Sept—The number of chil-dren dying before theirfifth birthday has de-creased steadily over thepast few years and fell tounder 9 million in 2008,thanks in part to greateruse of health interventionssuch as vaccinations andinsecticide-treated bed-nets to prevent malaria, theUN Children’s Fund(UNICEF) said on Thurs-day.

Newly released datacompiled by demogra-

phers and health expertsfrom UNICEF, the WorldHealth Organization(WHO), the World Bankand the UN PopulationDivision show a 28 per-cent decline in the under-five mortality rate, from 90deaths per 1,000 live birthsin 1990, to 65 deaths per1,000 live births in 2008.

The absolute number ofchild deaths in 2008 de-clined to an estimated 8.8million from 12.5 millionin 1990, the base line yearfor the Millennium Deve-

lopment Goals (MDGs) —the eight anti-poverty tar-gets with a 2015 deadlinethat includes reducing un-der-five mortality by two-thirds by that time.

UNICEF Executive Di-rector Ann M Venemannoted that comparedto1990, some 10,000fewer children are dyingevery day. “Whileprogress is being made, itis unacceptable that eachyear 8.8 million childrendie before their fifth birth-day,” she added.—Xinhua

SEOUL, 11 Sept—South Korea’s Samsung Total Pet-rochemical Co said Friday it has completed construc-tion of its polypropylene plant in southern China. Thecompany built its first overseas plant in Dongguan, inSouth China’s Guangdong Province, in a bid to pro-duce auto parts and electronic components, accordingto the company.

The newly launched plant is capable of producing28,000, the company added. Samsung Total is a 50-50joint venture between South Korea’s Samsung Groupand French chemical group Total.—Xinhua

Speedy: Sarah the cheetah is officially the fastestmammal on land after running 100m in just 6.13

seconds.—XINHUA

S Korea’sSamsung Total

completesChinese plantconstruction

Brazilstorms kill12, damage156 towns

RIO DE JANEIRO, 11 Sept— Twelve people havebeen killed and 156 townsdamaged as storms con-tinue to ravage Brazil’ssouthern and southeasternregion this week, localmedia reported on Thurs-day. The southern state ofSanta Catarina sufferedthe worst damage, wherethree towns were hit bytornados on Tuesday. Atotal of 68 municipalitiesreported damage; 88,800people were affected bythe storms, 18,000 ofwhom were left homeless.

In the small town ofGuaraciaba, one of themost affected area, thetornado caused fourdeaths. About 90 percentof the town’s 10,000inhabitants were affectedby the winds, forcing thelocal authorities to declarea state of calamity. Thestate’s governmentdeclared a state of emer-gency in other 64 storm-hit municipalities.

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Trains stopped at Auckland’sNewmarket after bomb threat

WELLINGTON, 11 Sept — A train station in New Zea-land’s largest city of Auckland has been evacuated aftera bomb scare on Friday morning. KiwiRail has stoppedtrains at Newmarket while the Britomart Train Sta-tion was searched. KiwiRail spokesman KevinRamshaw said trains have been stopped to “wait forthe all clear”.

Britomart Train Station has reopened following abomb scare late Friday morning. Auckland RegionalTransport Authority spokeswoman Sharon Hunter saidBritomart reopened after police thoroughly searchedthe train station.—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

HAIKOU, 11 Sept—Tropical stormMujigae landed on Hainan early Fridaymorning, bringing downpours to theWenchang and Haikou areas of the is-land. The province’s meteorological bu-reau said the storm landed about 2:20am Friday at Longlou Town in Wen-chang city, packing winds of 72 km anhour in its eye.

Mujigae, the 13th tropical storm thisyear, reached the sea area of the easternarea of the Beibu Gulf late Friday morn-ing. The storm has caused economiclosses of 6.65 million yuan (973,600 US

dollars), with more than 1,800 peopleevacuated and some farm land, fishponds, roads and water conservationsystems submerged.

Flights resumed on Friday morning atthe Meilan Airport in province’s capitalof Haikou, after 18 were suspended onThursday afternoon because of strongwinds and heavy rain, airport sources said.All inbound and outbound train servicesin Hainan are still suspended, and theQiongzhou strait line between the islandand the mainland remains closed, said theYuehai Railway Co, Ltd.—Xinhua

A man clears away the tree branches broken by the gale strewed on a street, inQionghai City, south China’s Hainan Province, on 10 Sept, 2009. Tropical

storm Mujigae landed in south China’s Hainan at around 2:20 am Friday atLonglou Town of Wenchang city, packing up wind at 72 km per hour at the

center of Mujigae, which is the 13th tropical storm this year. — XINHUA

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NEWS ALBUM Indonesia’s Batik selected for UNESCO cultural heritage list

Huge statues, in the hillside of theRano Raraku volcano in EasterIsland, 3700 km off the coast ofChile, seen here in 2005. Britisharchaeologists said Monday they

believe they have solved the ancientmystery of how the giant stone

statues on Easter Island acquireddistinctive red hats.

Giant statues reveal red hat secrets: study

ICub robot, a ybrid embodied cogni-tive system for a humanoid robot”about 1 metre (3.2 feet) high, makesa phone call during a demonstrationat the INSERM institute in Bron, nearLyon, southeastern France. Six ver-sions of ICub exist in laboratoriesacross Europe, where scientists arepainstakingly tweaking its electronicbrain to make it capable of learning,just like a human child and hoping itwill learn how to adapt its behaviourto changing circumstances, offeringnew insights into the development ofhuman consciousness, no less.

A worker sits as he makes a“blangkon”, a Javanese headgear, ata house in Yogyakarta. At one time,most men in the Javanese cultural

capital wore traditional batikheadgear.

The United Nations Educational, Sci-entific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) would add Indonesia’s tra-ditional dyeing technique to its intangi-ble Cultural Heritage list, the JakartaPost reported on Tuesday.

The listing, which will give the age-old batik tradition some degree of pro-tection under the UNESCO charter, willbe made official at an event in AbuDhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)between 28 September and 2 October.

“Batik is regarded as a cultural iconwith its own uniqueness. It containssymbols and deep philosophy of thehuman life cycle —and it was submit-ted by Indonesia as a non-material ele-ment of cultural heritage,” CoordinatingMinister for the People’s WelfareAburizal Bakrie told a press conferenceon Monday.

“We’ve been told that Batik has beenrecognized as an element of global cul-tural heritage produced by Indonesians.The president has called on all Indone-sians to wear Batik on 2 October to cel-ebrate Batik,” the minister added.

British archaeologists said they be-lieve they have solved the ancient mys-tery of how the giant stone statues onEaster Island acquired distinctive redhats. The researchers said the key tothe mystery lies in their discovery of aroad on the tiny Pacific island.

The hats were built in a quarry hid-den inside the crater of an ancient vol-cano, and then rolled by hand or on treelogs to the site of the statues, said the

team from the University of Manches-ter and University College, London.

The archaeologists examined the waythe hats, each weighing several tons andmade of red scoria, a pumice-like vol-canic rock, were moved by Polynesiansbetween 500 and 750 years ago.

They were placed on the heads ofcarved stone human figures known asmoai standing on ceremonial platformswhich encircle the island’s coastline.

Indoor plants may give off VOCsPopular houseplants, known for reduc-

ing volatile organic compounds, also releasethem into the air, US horticulturalists say.

Members of the American Society forHorticultural Science say it is already knownplants remove VOCs — gases or vaporsemitted by solids and liquids that may haveadverse short- and long-term health effectson humans and animals — from indoor air.

However, the findings about houseplantsalso emitting VOCs need further study todetermine any environmental health im-pacts, the researchers say.

The study, published in HortScience,found a total of 23 volatile compoundsin Peace Lily, 16 in Areca Palm, 13 inWeeping Fig and 12 in Snake Plant. Theresearchers noted some of the VOCswere from pesticides applied to severalspecies during the production phase andnoted VOCs were being released notfrom the plants, but the micro-organ-isms living in the soil or media in whichthe plants grow.

TOKYO, 11 Sept—The Japanese town chronicled inthe award-winning film “The Cove” for its annualdolphin hunt that turns coastal waters red with bloodhas suspended killing the animals — at least for thisweek’s catch — following an international outcry.

The western Japanese town of Taiji will sell someof the animals to aquariums as it does every year, butthe remainder of the 100 bottlenose dolphins that werecaught early Wednesday in the first catch of the sea-son are to be released. In the past, they were killedand sold for meat.

An official at the Taiji fisheries association, whospoke on condition of anonymity because the town ab-hors the publicity its dolphin-killing has drawn, saidThursday that the decision was made partly in responseto the international outcry created by “The Cove.

“He said about 50 of the dolphins will be hand-picked for aquariums and the rest will be set free,although a time for that has not been set. In Wednes-day’s hunt, the fishermen also caught 50 pilotwhales, which were slain and sold as meat, he said.

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BRASILIA, 11 Sept—A violent storm has left at least17 people dead in northern Argentina and southernBrazil.Dozens more were injured as rain, hail and windsof over 100km/h (60 mph) destroyed their homes.Atleast 10 people were killed and more than 50 hurt inArgentina, according to local officials. In Brazil, fourpeople died in the town of Guaraciaba, while three peo-ple were reported to have died in mudslides heavy rainsin the state of Sao Paulo.The storm also damaged homesin Paraguay.

Several local media reports described the storm as atornado, but meteorologists called it a severe depres-sion, where tropical warm air and frigid air collide tocreate instability. The worst affected places in Argen-tina were in the north-eastern province of Misiones, in-cluding the small towns of San Pedro, Santa Rosa andTobuna, where trees and power lines were broughtdown.—Internet

In this photo taken, a fishing boat sails to catchwhales off Taiji, Wakayama

Prefecture, western Japan.

Japanese town in ‘The Cove’setting dolphins free

A satellite image shows the storm forming over theregion.—INTERNET

Apple unveils new iPodnano with video camera

S America storm killsat least 17

SAN FRANCISCO, 11 Sept—Apple on Wednesday un-veiled the new iPod nano, adding a video camera, micand speaker to the popular music player.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the new prod-uct at the “Rock and Roll” event held in Yerba BuenaCenter for the Arts in San Francisco.

It is Jobs’ first appearance at such product launchevent since he had a liver transplant in spring.

Users can instantly watch the video they shoot withthe iPod nano’s display and speaker, and they can alsosync the music player with computers and share themon the internet, Jobs introduced.

Xinhua

Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs speaks about

features on the iPod Nano, which includes a video

camera, at a special event in San Francisco.

XINHUA

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NAY PYI TAW, 11 Sept—SpecialRefresher Course for Officials of Minis-try of Information was opened at theministry here this morning, with an ad-dress by Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan.

Also present on the occasion weremanaging-directors, directors-general,deputy directors-general, general man-agers, officials concerned, instructors,trainees and staff of departments andenterprises under the ministry.

In his speech, Minister for Infor-mation Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan said thatthe course opened today was a mile-stone of the ministry; that it was thespecial refresher course organized bythe ministry for officials of departmentsand enterprises under the ministry; thatit was also intended to conduct similarcourses based on experiences of thecourse.

It can be said that the Ministry ofInformation had been able to realize thethree fundamental objectives, namely—1. to inform, educate and entertain the

Information Minister addresses Special Refresher Course for Officials (1/2009)

public, 2.to promote Myanmar Litera-ture, development of Literary World andthose from Literary World and, 3. touplift standard of Myanma film, movieand music industry along with the devel-opment of those engaged in the industry,the minister added.

The minister continued that in ad-dition to fundamental responsibilities,media undertakings and counter-mediaundertakings have to be carried out exten-sively, due to tough challenges of devel-oping ICT technologies and great impactof media in the globalization process.

It is necessary that media men areto be equipped with efficiency, initiative,dynamism plus active mind and body tobe able to discharge fundamental dutiesand additional responsibilities.

The minister went on that the coursewas opened with the aim of awakeninglatent talent and capacity of trainee offi-cials; that the trainees are to try hard tofulfill qualities that are essential for mediamen.

In conclusion, the minister urged

the trainees and staff to make efforts tobecome qualified media men and profi-cient staff, putting national interests in thefore.

After the ceremony, the minister

cordially greeted the trainees. The 2-weekSpecial Refresher Course for Officials(1/2009) is attended by 25 officials of theministry.

MNA

Hotel Room Keeping (Basic) Course concludes

YA N G O N, 11Sept—PGA Myanmarwill organize the Pro-fessional Golf Qualifyat Yangon GolfClub (Danyingon),here, on 22 and 23 Sep-tember.

Professional Golf Qualify on 22-23 Sept

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Sept—Underthe supervision of the Ministry of Ho-tels and Tourism, the Hotel RoomKeeping (Basic) Course of Nay PyiTaw Hotel Zone concluded at the min-istry, here, this morning.

Minister for Hotels and Tour-ism Maj-Gen Soe Naing delivered anaddress and awarded prizes to three

outstanding trainees. The director-gen-eral and the managing director presentedcompletion certificates to 51 trainees whoattended the four-week course. Alsopresent were the Deputy Minister forHotels and Tourism, hotel managers ofNay Pyi Taw Hotel Zone, principals ofthe Tourism Training Course (Yangon/Mandalay) and staff.—MNA

Those wishing totake part in the qualifymay enlist at PGAMyanmar, (Tel: 651374and 09-2037671), notlater than 20 Septem-ber.

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Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan greeting the trainees.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan addressing the opening ceremony of Special Refresher Course for Officials of Ministry of Information.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Soe Naing presenting prize to an outstandingtrainee.—MNA

Media men are to be equipped with efficiency, initiative, dynamism plus active mindand body to be able to discharge fundamental duties and additional responsibilities

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In conformity with transitory provisions

It is a principle that an individual, a humansociety or a country has to comply with theobjective conditions and thus changes or re-forms are inevitable. Otherwise, they will meettheir tragic end. Myanmar has encountered suchtragic events several times in successive periods.

In the course of the Myanmar history,Burma Communist Party (BCP) was the politi-cally and militarily strongest of its kind and itconfronted with the successive governments farharder than any other political party. Since 1948,the BCP had gone underground. It never plannedto make any policy reforms. It existed till 1989,accounting for nearly 50 years. It shifted to theAyeyawady Delta, then to Bago Yoma mountainrange, and then to the northeastern part of thenation. It deceived many local national racessuch as Kokang, Wa, Kachin and Shan about itspolicies. It was constantly active, relying onexternal elements. It trafficked in opium and gotinvolved in narcotic drugs trade. It did so tocover its political and military expenditures dis-carding national cause.

In the early 1980s, the country on which itrelied under went political and economic re-forms. It was one of its transitional processes, buthowever BCP stuck to its old trend in practisingits policies. So, there were cuts of the foreign aidto it, and in 1985 all the aid ceased.

Meanwhile, there appeared many changesin the stance and policies of national race armedgroups that relied on BCP. To put it another way,they tried to transform themselves into follow-ing new policies. On 12 March 1989, Kokangnational people tried to throw off the yoke of theBCP domination to return to the legal fold, and

Tin Min Kyaw

so did Wa, Shan and Akhar and Kachin and Shannational races in order to make peace with theTatmadaw government, thus leading to the col-lapse of BCP and reducing its members to expatri-ates.

The Tatmadaw government recognizedthe national race armed groups’ returning tothe legal fold, but did not take any advantage ofthe BCP’s collapse and launch attacks on it.Instead, the Tatmadaw government regardedthe conditions as a unique situation to makepeace and tried to regenerate nationalreconsolidation. In order to put its benevolentattitude into deeds, the government madeprompt contacts with national race armedgroups, invited them to make peace and ex-tended a warm welcome to them.

As a result, Kokang national race armedgroup returned to the legal fold under the name ofMyanmar Nationalities Democratic Alliance Armyin March 1989; and Wa national race group, under

the name of Myanmar National Solidarity Partyon 9 May 1989. In addition, Shan State Army(SSA) under the domination of BCP entered thelegal fold on 24 June 1989; Shan and Akharnational race armed group in the eastern ShanState as National Democracy Alliance ArmyMilitary and Local Administrative Committeeon 30 June 1989; and Laungwaw andLacheikwaw national race armed group on theeastern bank of the Maykha River under thename of New Democratic Army on 15 Decem-ber 1989.

Indeed, those national race armed groupstransformed themselves from underground intoaboveground organizations. Previously, thosegroups were camped and trained under the armedstruggle line. And they had regular armies, guerrillaforces regional administrative bodies and busi-nesses. They also had a large number of familymembers. It was a long time they had been outsidethe framework of the law. So, they did not get onwith the objective conditions in the beginning.

The Tatmadaw understood the condi-tions of the armed groups and recognized andaccepted their group-wise existences and theirrights to take security measures on their own.It encouraged and enabled them to lead apeaceful life and serve the interest of theirnative regions and their own races. It fulfilledtheir basic needs. It set up alternative busi-nesses in place of poppy farming. It formed theMinistry for Progress of Border Areas andNational Races and Development Affairs apartfrom the Central Committee and the WorkCommittee for progress of border areas in itsbid to constantly make giant strides spendinghuge funds and strong workforces in enhanc-ing development of border areas and nationalraces. The Tatmadaw’s stance in that regardwas to persuade the armed groups to quit thearmed struggle line and do their bit in thedemocratic processes, by generating peace anddevelopment.

(See page 9)

The Tatmadaw understood the conditions of the armedgroups and recognized and accepted their group-wise exist-ences and their rights to take security measures on their own.It encouraged and enabled them to lead a peaceful life andserve the interest of their native regions and their own races.It fulfilled their basic needs. It set up alternative businesses inplace of poppy farming. It formed the Ministry for Progressof Border Areas and National Races and Development Affairsapart from the Central Committee and the Work Committeefor progress of border areas in its bid to constantly make giantstrides spending huge funds and strong workforces in enhanc-ing development of border areas and national races. TheTatmadaw’s stance in that regard was to persuade the armedgroups to quit the armed struggle line and do their bit in thedemocratic processes, by generating peace and development.

The Tatmadaw government recognized the national racearmed groups’ returning to the legal fold, but did not takeany advantage of the BCP’s collapse and launched attackson it. Instead, the Tatmadaw government regarded theconditions as a unique situation to make peace and tried toregenerate national reconsolidation. In order to put itsbenevolent attitude into deeds, the government made promptcontacts with national race armed groups, invited them tomake peace and extended a warm welcome to them.

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In conformity with transitory provisionsTin Min Kyaw

(from page 8)National race armed groups returned to

the legal fold one after another thanks to theTatmadaw government’s benevolent attitudeand genuine goodwill to them. Up to April 1997,the number of major national race armed groupsthat had returned to the legal fold stood at 17,and that of small groups, at over 20. Further-more, there were many national race armedgroups that broke away from KNU and ex-changed arms for peace.

Leaders of the Tatmadaw regarded allthose groups as national brethren who havebeen active in politics. They also raised therole of national races in the democratic proc-ess, to which the entire people have beenlooking forward. They invited representa-tives from the national race armed groups tothe National Convention held to formulate anew constitution. There, they held discus-sions about matters for requirements of theirregions and races, and ensured the rights fortheir races through the approval of the ma-jority of the delegates.

The State constitution, which has beenapproved with the support of the vast majority ofthe people in May 2008, prescribes equal rightsand opportunities which are in conformity withthe objective conditions for the ethnic minori-ties. So, there emerged Naga Self-AdministeredZone, Danu Self-Administered Zone, Pa-O Self-Administered Zone, Palaung Self-AdministeredZone, Kokang Self-Administered Zone and WaSelf-Administered Division. Chairmen of theSelf-Administered Division/Zone Leading Bod-

ies will be the members of Division/Zone hluttaws(parliaments) concerned as well as the ministers ofRegion/State governing bodies concerned. There-fore, they will have the rights to take responsi-bilities for the administrative machineries con-cerned as well as the rights to administer theaffairs of their regions and national races con-cerned broadly as ministers at respective Divi-sion/State governing bodies and as MPs of Divi-sion/State hluttaws. They are the fruits of the factthat they returned to the legal fold and madepeace, and took part in the tasks for peace anddevelopment of their regions and races hand inhand with the government.

In other words, there have been reasonabletransitional proceedings of respective regions andnational races that are in consistence with thedemocratic process and objective conditions ofthe nation. It has come to the knowledge of the

entire people that those regions are enjoyingthe fruitful results of the urbanization proc-esses resulting from the effective encourage-ment of the government and the Tatmadaw. Ifcompared with that about a couple of decadesago, the living standards of the group mem-bers, their families and their races have im-proved remarkably and that point well de-serves assessment.

They have enjoyed material developmentconsiderably, so they should be more mature intheir concept and conviction. The Tatmadaw andthe government have guaranteed them the rightsgiven assistance to the highest degree in theirsecurity, business and social affairs. Now, thenation will soon have to transform itself from oldinto new policy in line with the new constitution.Therefore, the Tatmadaw will have to honour thenew constitution in shouldering defence and se-curity duties at the national level.

So, all the organizations should bear inmind the transitional process now. Even theTatmadaw government is discharging theduties for the transitional period in accord-ance with the transitory provisions. That is tosay previously they dealt with the Tatmadaw andthe Tatmadaw government through reciprocalrelations. Now, the new constitution has been inforce and the democratic process is ongoing inconformity with the constitution. So, all nationalrace armed groups now have to bring the provi-sions of the new constitution to the fore in dealingwith their affairs. And they will have to transformthemselves from old into new policies in accordwith the constitution. National race peace groupsare to be well convinced of the fact that each ofthem is not the only organization to uphold thatprinciple. The whole nation and the entire peoplehave to adhere to that principle unanimously.

Therefore, I exhort all people and organi-zations to take part in the democratic process ofMyanmar in a harmonious way.

Translation: MS

All national race armed groups now haveto bring the provisions of the new constitu-tion to the fore in dealing with their affairs.And they will have to transform themselvesfrom old into new policies in accord with theconstitution. National race peace groupsare to be well convinced of the fact that eachof them is not the only organization touphold that principle. The whole nationand the entire people have to adhere to thatprinciple unanimously.

Leaders of the Tatmadaw regarded all those groups asnational brethren who have been active in politics. They alsoraised the role of national races in the democratic process, towhich the entire people have been looking forward. Theyinvited representatives from the national race armed groupsto the National Convention held to formulate a new constitu-tion. There, they held discussions about matters for require-ments of their regions and races, and ensured the rights fortheir races through the approval of the majority of thedelegates.

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NAY PYI TAW, 11Sept—Lt-Gen Tha Aye ofthe Ministry of Defenceaccompanied by Chairmanof Sagaing Division Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of North-West Command Maj-GenMyint Soe and officials metwith the principal andteachers at TechonologicalUniversity (Kalay) on 8September and looked intolearning of students andclassrooms.

Lt-Gen Tha Ayeinspected monsoon paddyplantation of Farmer U WinAung at NatmyaungVillage in Kalay Townshipand broadcasting offertilizer at the farmlands.Then he visited NatchaungVillage Basic EducationHigh School.

Lt-Gen Tha Ayemet with local people atAungchaungtha Village inKalay and oversawpumping of drinking waterfrom the tube well in thevillage.

Next, Lt-Gen Tha

Lt-Gen Tha Aye inspects Kalay-Gangaw roadsection, regional development tasks

Aye inspected condition ofKalay-Gangaw roadsection and bridges, andmonsoon paddyplantations on both sidesof the road.

He then oversawconstruction of new water

intake canal andembankments, and metwith local people.

Afterwards, Lt-GenTha Aye looked intoconstruction of main damand spillway tunnel forManipur Multi-purpose

Dam Construction Projectnear Hsedaw Village onKalay-Gangaw Road.

At Hanthawadyfield in Tintha village-tractof Kalay Township, Lt-Gen Tha Aye inspectedmonsoon paddy plantation

of local station andconcrete culvert of Yayngecreek at HanthawadyVillage.

He also looked intomonsoon paddy plantationof Myitha BasinReclamation Project at

Taung Khinyan Villagein Gangaw Township,monsoon paddyplantation andbroadcasting of fertilizerat Hnamkhar Village inthe township.

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NAY PYI TAW, 11Sept—Minister forConstruction Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint on 7September inspectedmaintenance of Kon-gyan-Tarpa road andThanlwin SuspensionBridge (Tarpa) onK u t k a i - T a r m o e n y e -M o n e s i - T a r p a -Tarshwehtan road.

On 8 September, hemet staff at TownshipEngineer’s Office of PublicWorks in Tarmoenye andviewed maintenance ofT a r p a - M o n e s i - T a r -

Maintenance of roads, bridgesinspected in Shan State (North)

moenye-Kutkai road.In Kutkai, the

minister heard reports onroad condition and futuretasks presented by thetownship engineer and gavenecessary instructions.

The ministerinspected constructionThipaw Bridge being builtby Asia World Co onMandalay-PyinOoLwin-Lashio Road.

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NAY PYI TAW, 11 Sept—Members of National League forDemocracy from various states anddivisions resigned from the party inlarge numbers.

U Moe Kyaw (a) U Kyaw Yi,youth in charge of Yankin townshipNLD in Yangon Division resigned on28 April; U Nyunt Maung, Vice-Chairman-2 of Salin Township NLD inMagway Division and members UKyaw Htay, U Kyaw Aung, U WinNaing, U Sein Myint and U Naing Winon 18 May; U Ko Ko Maung, youthmember of Htanaungtaw Village NLDin Saku Township on 5 June; U Htay,member of Nattalin Township NLD inBago Division on 8 June; U Soe HsanOo, youth in charge of ShweboTownship NLD in Sagaing Division on9 June; and 44 members of KyonpyawTownship NLD in Ayeyawady DivisionU Win Tin, Ma Ni Ni Lwin, U MyintOo, U Myint Wai, U Paw, U Zaw Min,U Tin Oo, U Win Maung, Ma MyoThiri Tun, U Po Pu, U Thein Htaik, USein Myint, U Win Kyi, U Soe Naing,Ma Khin Toe, U Soe Htay Aung, U TinSoe, Daw Khin Than Myint, Daw SanSan Win, U Khin Soe, U Myint Aung,U Kyi Soe, U San Myaing, U KhinNyo, U Hla Tun, U Myint Kyi, U KywatNi, U Thein Aung, U Myint Ngwe, UKo Ko Naing, U Myint Aung, U SeinWin, U Nyo Maung, U Tun Shein, UWagyi, U Win Maung, U Saw Tun, UZaw Tun, U Myo Min Tun, U Tun

NLD members from states anddivisions resign en masse

Shwe, U San Thein, Daw Kyi Than,Daw Aye Mar and U Po Htay; and U TunMyaing, secretary of the organizingcommittee of Watlet Township NLD inSagaing Division, on 11 June.

Likewise, NLD members fromother states and divisions quitted theparty of their own volition. U Van Ton,information in charge of MatupiTownship NLD in Chin State on 19June; U Ko Win, member of NamhsanTownship NLD in Shan State (South)on 20 June; U Win Min Than (a) Kadon(a) Zarni Min Min Than, youth memberof South-West Township NLD ofMahaaungmyay Township in MandalayDivision on 25 June; U Tin Ohn, memberof Singu Township NLD on 13 July; UKan Tun from ChanayethazanTownship, Secretary of MandalayDivision NLD on 19 August; and UKyaw Kyaw Oo and U Zaw Zaw Aung,youth members of North-West TownshipNLD of Aungmyaythazan Township on9 September. The above 62 NLDmembers sent their resignations to NLDheadquarters and local authoritiesconcerned. In their resignation lettersthey said they resigned from the party oftheir own accord as they no longer wantedto remain as NLD members becausethere were disunity, bullying and puttingself-interest in the fore without helpingeach other among the party membersalthough it seemed to be good in formand party members were putting theirown interests in the fore.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Sept—The second roundmatches of 14th Inter-State/Division Women’s (Open)Football Tournament continued at the designated placestoday.

Mon State won over Sagaing Division 7-nil inMawlamyine zone and Bago Division beat KayinState 5-3 in Mudon zone.—MNA

ISD women’s footballtournament goes on

Minister Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint viewing maintenance ofThanlwin Suspension Bridge (Tarpa).—CONSTRUCTION

Lt-Gen Tha Aye of Ministry of Defence inspects Manipur Multi-purpose Dam Construction Project.MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 11Sept – Minister forCommunications, Postsand Telegraphs Brig-GenThein Zaw and Ministerfor Livestock and FisheriesBrig-Gen Maung MaungThein met withdepartmental personnel,townselders and membersof social organizations atMogaung Hall in Mogaungon 7 September andpresented prizes tooutstanding students andteachers.

The ministers leftfor Hopin and inspectedthriving monsoon paddyplantations along the road,met with officials in

Ministers meet departmentalpersonnel in Mogaung, Hopin

Hopin.On 8 September,

Minister Brig-Gen TheinZaw together with DeputyMinister Maj-Gen TheinTun attended thecoordination meeting ofYatanarpon Teleport CoLtd at the meeting hall ofthe teleport in YatanarponMyothit in PyinOoLwin,Mandalay Division.

The ministerlooked into progress inconstruction of factoriesby companies at Soft BaseFactories in the Myothit,worksite of Cyber Halland works of Yatanarponconstruction project.

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YANGON, 11 Sept—Minister for Industry-1 UAung Thaung looked intoMyanmar PharmaceuticalFactory (Yangon) underthe Myanma Phar-maceutical Industries thismorning. GeneralManager U Tin MaungWin and Factory ManagerU Win Ko Ko explainedfacts about the factory tothe minister.

Next, the ministerinspected stage-by-stageproduction of tablets andcapsules under thequality GMP andinstructed them to meetthe production target.

Myanmar Pharmaceutical Factory (Yangon) inspected

NAY PYI TAW,11 Sept—Minister for Financeand Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun met staff from MyanmaEconomic Bank at the meeting hall of MEB (Headoffice) in Nay Pyi Taw Banks Zone this morning.

Also present at the meeting were Deputy MinisterCol Hla Thein Swe, Managing Director U Myat Mawof MEB, Managing Directors and Directors-Generalfrom Departments and Enterprises and GeneralManagers and staff from MEB.

Afterwards, the minister inspecteddemonstration of e-banking system in MEB (HeadOffice), banking services of Nay Pyi Taw Bank andMEB (Head Office).

MNA

F&R Minister meets staffof Nay Pyi Taw MEB

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Sept—A 32-year-old womanwas transferred to Insein General Hospital throughtownship Health Department as she had a fever on 9September. After testing the serum of the patient at theNational Health Laboratory, the patient was found withNew Influenza A (H1N1). She was the 36th with thevirus. Nine family members of the patient are beingkept under home quarantine.

Similarly, two men aged 22 and 29 who arrivedback from Malaysia by Flight No. W9-9702 on 10September were transferred to Thingangyun Hospitalas they were found ill with flu symptoms. Serums of thepatients were examined at the National HealthLaboratory and they were found infected with the virus.They were 37th and 38th patients with the virus.

The authorities concerned are keepingsurveillance measures against 54 passengers who flewtogether with the patients and 136 airport staff at theirrespective places.

The number of infected patients with the virus hasso far reached 38 in Myanmar and 33 out of them weredischarged from the hospitals as they had fully recoveredfrom their illness. The specialists are taking intensivecare of remaining five patients. The National HealthLaboratory detected 249 flu-suspected persons and 38were found to have been infected with the virus.—MNA

Three more infected patientsfound, bringing total number to 38

YANGON, 11 Sept—Cancer Cervix is a kind ofcancer from which adultfemale are likely to sufferand medical expertsstrongly believed that 70%of Cancer Cervix stemsfrom infection of HPV(Human PappilomaVirus). PAP Smear usedto be a method fordiagnosis of CancerCervix and now with theuse of advanced moleculartechniques the virus canbe detected directly.

HPV–DNA PCRwith Genotyping test canbe conducted at SMLAdvanced MedicalLaboratory. Thoseinterested may dial544463, 544464, 544465

HPV positive ornegative able to

be tested

for more information andSML is cooperating withhospitals and specialistclinics in respectivetownships for womenfrom various townships tobe able to test CancerCervix.—MNA

Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung inspects production process ofMyanmar Pharmaceutical Factory (Yangon).—MNA

Minister for Communications, Posts and Telegraphs Brig-Gen Thein Zaw views progress inconstruction of Soft Base Factory in Yatanarpon Myothit, PyinOoLwin Township.—MNA

Minister for Finance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun givinginstructions to staff of Myanma Economic Bank.—MNA

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG XIU VOY NO (9046)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG XIUVOY NO (9046) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 12.9.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lieat the 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 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 SDN BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV VASCO DA GAMA VOY NO (185)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV VASCO DAGAMA VOY NO (185) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 12.9.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S INTERASIALINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GATI MAJESTIC VOY NO (91010)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV GATI MA-JESTIC VOY NO (91010) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 12.9.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S GATI COAST TO COASTPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV TALA VOY NO (001)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV TALA VOYNO (001) are here by notified that the vessels will bearriving on 12.9.2009 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie at the consign-ee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws andconditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: BRIGHT SHIPPING OCEAN CO.,LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

A/H1N1influenza cases

rise to 4,265in Vietnam

HANOI, 11 Sept — TheVietnamese Ministry ofHealth confirmed 205more cases of A/H1N1 in-fluenza, bringing the totalnumber of flu patients inthe country to 4,265, saida report of the website ofVietnam’s Ministry ofHealth on Friday.

Of the new cases, 164patients are in the south,nine in the north and 32in central highland prov-inces, said the report. Sofar, 3,298 patients haverecovered and been dis-charged from hospitals.The rest are being quaran-tined and treated. Vietnamhas reported five deaths ofA/H1N1 flu in the coun-try since its outbreak.

Xinhua

Mickey (C) and Minnie(R) perform during the

inauguration of theHalloween celebrationsin Tokyo Disneyland,

Japan, on 10 Sept,2009. Tokyo

Disneyland started theHalloween celebrationsbeforehand on Thurs-day, as Halloween falls

on 31 Oct.—XINHUA

Shuttle landing delayedfor a day

HOUSTON, 11 Sept —The landing of the shuttleDiscovery at the Kennedy Space Center has beendelayed for at least a day due to bad weather inFlorida.Thunderstorms and strong winds meantthat the US space agency Nasa skipped both Thursdaylanding possibilities.

The shuttle, which is returning from a mission to theInternational Space Station (ISS), will have to orbitthe earth for a 14th day. The new landing slot is at1754 (2154 GMT) on Friday.

However the weather forecast for Friday is worse,and Saturday is only a little better. NASA says if nec-essary it will consider the possibility of using a run-way at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Internet

There is one more shuttle mission scheduled thisyear after Discovery.

INTERNET

Sharks sighted nearMass surfers

CHATHAM,11 Sept—Shark sightings within 50 feet ofsurfers off Cape Cod, Mass, prompted beach closings,including in Chatham Harbour, state officials said onThursday. The Boston Herald reported the great whitesharks were in the area to hunt large gray sealpopulations that have come to live year-round nearChatham Harbor, and generally in waters near CapeCod, Mass.”I’m amazed at this whole turn of events.It’s pretty extraordinary,” said Chatham HarbormasterStuart Smith.

“The shark was right in there for a little bit, under thecliff by the lighthouse, and then it turned around andswam back out of the harbour,” Bill Chaprales, a fish-erman from Marston Mills, Mass, said. Chapralesworked with Greg Skomal, a shark expert with the Mas-sachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, in tagging fivegreat white sharks from his boat in Sandwich.—Internet

Colo cyclist hit bylightning bolt

ENGLEWOOD, 11 Sept—A freak bolt of lightningstruck a 56-year-old cyclist in Englewood, Colo, eventhough no electrical storms were reported in the area,authorities say.

Perry Schellpfeffer, an Englewood police spokes-man, told The Denver Post the unidentified victim washit by the lightning on Wednesday afternoon. Hisinjuries were not considered life-threatening.” Therewere some clouds and it was thundering a little, butthere wasn’t any kind of lightning storm,” Schellpfeffersaid.—Internet

Nepal launcheswomen-only bus serviceKATHMANDU, 11 Sept—The women-only bus

service operated by Nepali Minibus EntrepreneursAssociation, has become effective and popular in thecapital Kathmandu, the National News Agency RSSreported on Friday.

According to the RSS, the association had broughtthe bus service only catering to women into opera-tion since 6 Sept. Women-only bus service was startedwith the request of women and taking into consid-eration the inconveniences faced by women commut-ers especially during and after office hours.

In the beginning only three buses were used foroperating this service but the number of buses hasbeen increased to eight now, president of the asso-ciation, Siddhiman Maharjan said. He said thewomen-only bus service will be operated on trialbasis until 16 Sept and it is likely to be continuedafter that.

Xinhua

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One dose of swine flu vaccine works

A lab technician works at the Chinese biotech firm Sinovac in Beijing inlate August.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 11 Sept —Good news in the world’sflu fight: One dose of thenew swine flu vaccine looksstrong enough to protectadults — and can sparkprotection within 10 daysof the shot, Australian andUS researchers said onThursday.

Australian shot makerCSL Ltd published resultsof a study that foundbetween 75 percent and 96percent of vaccinatedpeople should be protectedwith one dose — the samedegree of effectiveness asthe regular winter flu shot.

That’s remarkable con-sidering scientists thoughtit would take two doses.USdata to be released on Fridayconfirm those findings, andshow the protection startsrapidly, Dr Anthony Fauciof the National Institutes ofHealth told The AssociatedPress.

“This is quite goodnews,” Fauci said. The dosequestion has an importantramification: It meanspeople will have to line upfor influenza vaccinationstwice this year instead ofthree times — once forthe regular winter flu shot

and a second time tobe inoculated againstswine flu, what doctors callhe 2009 H1N1 strain.Thursday’s swine fluvaccine reports center onadults; studies in childrenaren’t finished yet.

But scientists had fearedthat people of all ages wouldneed two shots about amonth apart because thenew H1N1 strain is sogenetically different fromnormally circulating flustrains that most of thepopulation has little if anyimmunity.

Internet

Climate change hits Arctic wildlife Depression,chronic

kidney diseaselinked

DALLAS,11 Sept — USresearchers say one in fivepatients with chronickidney disease maybe depressed. The study,published in the AmericanJournal of KidneyDiseases, also foundkidney patients withdiabetes are twice as likelyto be depressed as thosewithout diabetes.

When structuredclinical interviews wereconducted for 272 chronickidney disease patients —all veterans andall voluntary studyparticipants —theUniversity of TexasSouthwestern MedicalCenter in Dallasresearchers found 57patients currentlyundergoing a majordepressive episode. Studylead author Dr SusanHedayati suggests thehigh 21 percentdepression rate amongkidney disease patientsmay be linked to otheroccurring conditions —that resulted inprogressive kidneydisease — such as diabetesand atheroscleroticvascular disease.

“Alternatively, patientssuch as diabetics, whoare depressed, may developprogressive kid-ney diseasebecause of non-adherenceto medi-cations andphysicians’ advice,”Hedayati said in a statement.

Internet

Asthma managementreduces swine flu risk

PHILADELPHIA, 11 Sept — US Health and HumanServices Secretary Kathleen Sebelius highlighted theimportance of managing childhood asthma and reducingH1N1 risk.Sebelius met with students and their parents atThurgood Marshall Elementary, one of 16 schools inPhiladelphia that partners with the Merck ChildhoodAsthma Network Inc to help students better manage theirasthma.

Begun in 2005, the Philadelphia project has improvedasthma outcomes for children and reduced schoolabsenteeism by using a community-based approach thatintegrates families, community agencies, schools andhealthcare providers to implement scientifically provenasthma interventions. One out of four students in the West,Southwest, Olney, Logan and Germantown communitieshad been diagnosed with asthma or have been admitted tothe hospital for wheezing, compared to one in 10 nationwide.

The Philadelphia program provides children with asthmaand their families access to three key services: classes thateducate parents, other caretakers and children with asthma;home visits where community health workers help familieseliminate or control allergens and irritants within thehome; and services that connect families to asthma carecoordinators. —Internet

Greenland’s melt mystery unfolds, atglacial pace

Like Greenland’s other major glaciers, itaccelerated earlier this decade, contributing to themelt of the ice sheet and sea level rise.—INTERNET

HELHEIM GLACIER,11Sept — Suddenly andwithout warning, thegigantic river of ice spedup, causing it to spiticebergs ever faster intothe ocean off southeasternGreenland.

Helheim Glacier nearly

doubled its speed in just afew years, flowingthrough a rift in the barrencoastal mountains at astunning 100 feet (30meters) per day. Alarmbells rang as the patternwas repeated by glaciersacross Greenland: Was the

island’s vast ice sheet, afrozen water reservoir thatcould raise the sea level20 feet if disgorged, indanger of collapse?

Half a decade later,there’s a little bit of goodnews — and a lot ofuncertainty.” It does seemthat the very rapid speedswere only sustained for ashort period of timealthough none of theseglaciers have returned tothe ‘normal’ flow speedsyet,” says GordonHamilton, a glaciologistfrom the University ofMaine, who’s clockedHelheim’s rapid advanceusing GPS receivers onsite since 2005.—Internet

EDINBURGH, 11 Sept —Polar bears, seals andwalruses are among a hostof animals being hit bythe “devastating changes”brought on by warmingtemperatures in theArctic, scientists warnedyesterday.

Rising temperatures,retreating ice and less snowcover as a result of climatechange means the Arctic aswe know it could soon be athing of the past, theinternational team ofresearchers said.

Loss of habitat is leadingto declining populations ofpolar bears, Pacificwalruses, ringed andhooded seals, narwhals andivory gulls, which alldepend onthe ice for hunting, breedingor avoiding predators.

Many polar bear cubs aredying when the lairs underthe snow in which they areborn collapse in unusuallyearly spring rain, whilepollution may be affectingtheir ability to cope withchanges to their habitat.

In Svalbard, birthrates ofpolar bears have declined,while numbers have fallenin Hudson Bay by morethan a fifth in the past two

decades and the numbermaking their dens on packice in the Alaskan BeaufortSea has halved.

Ivory gulls have seentheir numbers fall by 80 percent in two decades,according to a survey oftheir breeding colonies inArctic Canada, as a resultof the loss of the pack-icehabitat they need.

Internet

Astronomers say nearbygalaxies colliding

VICTORIA, 11 Sept — A Canadian-led team ofastronomers says it found evidence the two galaxiesnearest Earth’s Milky Way galaxy began to collide 2billion to 3 billion years ago.

The international scientific team, led by AlanMcConnachie of the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysicsin Victoria, British Columbia, predicts the collisionwill eventually result in the destruction of the smallerTriangulum galaxy by the Andromeda galaxy. Theastronomers said their observations and computermodeling indicate the strong gravitational field of theAndromeda galaxy is ripping stars from the disk of theTriangulum galaxy.—Internet

A/H1N1 flu spreadinginland and into rural areasBEIJING, 11 Sept — China’s Ministry of Health

confirmed on Friday that A/H1N1 flu was spreadingfrom cities to rural areas, and from coastal provincesinland. Domestic cases now made up the majority ofnew infections instead of those from abroad, said LiangWannian, deputy director of the ministry’s healthemergency office. New domestic cases outnumberedimported ones on 35 days out of the past 42, Liang said.From 24 Aug to 10 Sept, the number of domestic casesincreased by 3,696, accounting for 94.8 percent of newinfections. Also, cases of large-scale group infectionwere replacing isolated ones, Liang said.

Since mid June, the mainland had reported 207 casesof large-scale infections, he said. “And the flu is tendingto spread from big cities into counties and thecountryside.” “The daily number of new infections roseand there were more patients in serious condition,” hesaid.— Xinhua

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S P O R T S

SANTIAGO, 11 Sept — Chilean forward Arturo Vidalsaid Thursday that the team was upset after losing 4-2to Brazil on Wednesday in the 2010 World Cup SouthAmerican qualifying tour. “We are a bit sad becausewe thought we will get the ticket in these two dates,”Vidal, player of Bayer Leverkusen, said. Vidal wasthe only one giving comments to the local press.

Brazil scored the first two goals but Chile man-aged to equalize the score when a Brazilian player wasred carded. However Brazil showed all its power againand young talented striker Nilmar scored twice to sealthe victory. Nilmar also played a hat-trick in the game.Brazil is leading the general board with 33 points, fol-lowed by Paraguay with 30 points. They have alreadygot tickets for the World Cup South Africa 2010. Chileis standing third with 27 points. — Xinhua

LONDON, 11 Sept —Fabio Capello on Thursdaywarned his England stars not to get carried away bythe rapidly-escalating hype over their chances of lift-ing the World Cup in South Africa next year.A flaw-less qualifying campaign, culminating in Wednesday’s5-1 demolition of Croatia, has seen England installedbehind Brazil and Spain as third favourites to win Af-rica’s first World Cup.

Capello believes he has the players to match theworld’s best but he recognises that further improvement— and good fortune with injuries — will be required ifEngland are to finally end what will be, by next year, a44-year wait to lift a major trophy.—Internet

BELGRADE, 11 Sept—France captain Thierry Henryon Thursday praised his side’s “soul” after they kepttheir hopes of automatic World Cup qualification alivewith a battling 1-1 draw against Serbia.The visitorsfell behind to a 13th-minute penalty after goalkeeperHugo Lloris had been sent off for a foul on Serbiaforward Nikola Zigic, but Henry’s 50th internationalgoal enabled them to draw level before half-time.

“Considering the circumstances and the things thatwere being said about us, we proved that we havequality and we reacted together in the face of adver-sity,” said the Barcelona forward.Henry made the newsearlier in the week after it was reported that he hadopenly questioned coach Raymond Domenech’s meth-ods ahead of the 1-1 draw with Romania at the week-end, but the former Arsenal man reiterated his rebut-tal of the claims made in Le Parisien newspaper.

Internet

HELSINKI,11 Sept — Germany saw off a valiantchallenge from England to secure their fifth consecu-tive European Women’s Championship crown with aresounding 6-2 victory in an entertaining match hereon Thursday.Germany took an early lead at the Olym-pic Stadium through all-time leading scorer BirgitPrinz, who slotted home adroitly from Inka Grings’sclever reverse pass, before Melanie Behringer madeit 2-0 with a stunning 40-yard drive into the top-leftcorner.—Internet

RIO DE JANEIRO, 11 Sept — The reigning world’sbest female soccer player, Marta, received a star’swelcome on Thursday in her official presentation tothe media and fans at Santos. The player’s acquisitioncame just weeks before the first-ever women’s tour-nament of the Libertadores Cup.

The “Queen” was supposed to be introduced bythe “King,” Pele, however his appearance was com-promised by a commercial shooting.Marta was wel-comed with fireworks, a red carpet and some 300 fans.

Xinhua

MOSCOW, 11 Sept —Former Real Madridmanager Juande Ramoshas agreed to replace Bra-zilian Zico as coach ofCSKA Moscow, theSpaniard said Thursday.”I love new challenges.

We are looking for-ward to helping the teamrealise their potential inEurope, and working re-ally hard over the nextthree months,” Ramos saidon his website, www.juanderamos. com.

Ramos agreed the dealwith CSKA until the endof the country’s footballseason in November, ac-cording to reports.

No financial details ofthe contract were dis-closed.

Reports also said thatRamos’ main task wouldbe reaching the play-offstage of the ChampionsLeague with Russia’sthree-time champions.CSKA are in the Group B

Henry heartened by French ‘soul’

French forward Thierry Henry.

Marta officially arrives atSantos female soccer team

England manager Fabio Capello.

Don’t believe the hype:Capello tells Rooney and co

Germany’s national soccer team players celebratewith the trophy after winning their UEFA women’sEuro 2009 final soccer match against England in

Helsinki on 10 Sept, 2009.— INTERNET

Former Real Madrid manager Juande Ramos.

Ramos to replace Zico asCSKA Moscow coach

Germany smash England toclinch Euro crown

Chilean forward vows to getWorld Cup berth

Injury forces Arshavin tosit out three Arsenal

matchesLONDON, 11 Sept — Andrei Arshavin will miss next

three matches of Arsenal after the Russian midfieldercame back from his World Cup duty this week with aaggravated groin injury.

“We are upset because he should not have played.He was not in a condition where he could afford toplay 90 minutes,” the Premiership club’s managerArsene Wenger told Arsenal TV Online on Thursday.The Russian captain played the whole of his coun-try’s 3-1 Group Four win over Wales in Cardiff onWednesday having missed Saturday’s game againstLiechtenstein.

“We took him off against Manchester United (onAug. 29) because he was injured already at halftime.He will be out for Saturday, Wednesday and certainlynext Saturday,” said Wenger.The three matches areArsenal’s league game at Manchester City on Satur-day, next week’s Champions League opener away toStandard Liege and the following weekend’s leaguematch at home to Wigan Athletic. —Xinhua

Del Potro into US Open semis, Nadal,Gonzalez rained off

NEW YORK , 11 Sept—Juan Martin del Potroreached the US Opensemi-finals and then satback and watched as theRafael Nadal-FernandoGonzalez match was sus-pended in the third set dueto rain. The sixth-seededArgentinian convertedeight out of eight breakpoints to reach the lastfour with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2,6-1 win over Marin Cilicof Croatia.

Chile’s FernandoGonzalez.

with Manchester United,Turkish side Besiktas andGerman championsWolfsburg.

The deal would be ex-tended for Ramos leadCSKA into the knockoutround.—Internet

In a battle between twogiant 20-year-olds, sixth-seeded Del Potro startedslowly before wrestingcontrol of the match awayfrom Cilic midwaythrough the second set.

He finished with aflourish to reach his sec-ond Grand Slam semi-fi-nal of the year after hisfive-set loss to RogerFederer in he FrenchOpen in June.

Del Potro has enjoyed

a meteoric rise throughthe ranks over since heemerged in 2006 from thetennis centre of Tandil,which also producedMariano Zabaleta andJuan Monaco.

He was the youngestplayer in the year-end top200 in 2005, the young-est in the top 100 in 2006,the youngest in the top 50in 2007 and the youngestin the top 10 in 2008.

Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudyin Kachin and Kayah States, rain or thundershowers havebeen isolated in Shan, Chin and Kayin States, Sagaing,Magway, Bago and Ayeyawady Divisions, scattered inRakhine State, Mandalay and Yangon Divisions andwidespread in the remaining States and Divisions. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw(Pyinmana) (0.08) inch, Kawthoung (1.81) inches,Myingyan (1.22) inches, Taunggyi (0.90) inch, Yangon(Mingaladon) (0.87) inch and Thaton (0.67) inch.

Maximum temperature on 10-9-2009 was 92°F.Minimum temperature on 11-9-2009 was 72°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 11-9-2009 was 78 %.Total sun shine hours on 10-9-2009 was (6.9) hours approx.

Rainfall on 11-9-2009 was (0.87) inch at Mingaladon,Nil at Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since1-1-2009 was (94.29) inches at Mingaladon, (104.68) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (110.94) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mphfrom Southwest at (15:30) hours MST on 10-9-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is weak in the Andaman Seaand Bay of Bengal.

Special feather: According to the observations at(06:30)hrs M.S.T today, the tropical strong “Mujigae” overthe South China Sea has moved in the Gulf of Tonkin andcentered at about (260) miles Southeast of Hanoi (Vietnam).It is forecast to move West northwest wards.

Forecast valid until evening of 12th September 2009:Rain or thundershowers will be fairly widespread in MonState and Taninthayi Division, scattered in Shan, Kayinand Rakhine States, Yangon, Ayeyawady and BagoDivisions and isolated in the remaining States and Divisions.Degree of certainty is (80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofwithdrawal of Southwest monsoon from the NorthernMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for12-9-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for12-9-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for12-9-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

WEATHERFriday, 11th September, 2009

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AcknowledgementDaw Hla Shwe

(90) yearsThe family of the late Daw Hla Shwe wish to

express their appreciation to the Dean of theDiplomatic Corps and all Diplomats in Yangonwho extend their condolences and floral tributes,messages of condolences through fax and e-mail,and their accompaniment to the cemetery to paytheir respect for Daw Hla Shwe.

H.E U Nyan Win and Daw Myint Myint Soe

SINGAPORE, 11 Sept—Studies by Singapore’sNational University Hospital showed that one intwo children here suffers from allergies, local mediareported on Friday.

TV broadcaster Channel News Asia said thatthe ratio is much higher than most Europeancountries, adding that doctors here attributed this tosome sanitation habits, the tropical climate and theAsian genetic makeup.

“Asian children will develop eczema and this ismainly due because their skin barrier is lessprotective against the environment and this hassomething to do with certain proteins that are notexpressed in the skin,” said Hugo Van Bever,senior consultant, Children’s Medical Institute,National University Hospital.

And doctors said children should get treatmentfor their allergies sooner rather than waiting tillthey are adults. This is to avoid further complicationslater on.—Xinhua

Half Singapore childrensuffer from allergies:

study

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9th Waning of Tawthalin 1371 ME Saturday, 12 September, 2009

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC - sowing hatred among thepeople

■ RFA, DVB - generating public outrage■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

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

and violence

Senior General Than Shwe accepts credentials ofAmbassador of Republic of the Philippines

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Sept—Ms. Maria Hellen M.Barber, newly-accredited Ambassador of theRepublic of the Philippines to theUnion of Myanmar, presented hercredentials to Senior General ThanShwe, Chairman of the State Peaceand Development Council of theUnion of Myanmar, at Bayintnaung

Yeiktha, here, at 11 am today.Present on the occasion were

Secretary-1 of the State Peace andDevelopment Council GeneralThiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo,Deputy Minister for Foreign AffairsU Maung Myint and Director-General U Kyaw Kyaw of theProtocol Department.—MNA

Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Unionof Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe receives newly-accreditedAmbassador of the Republic of the Philippines Ms. Maria Hellen

M.Barber at Bayintnaung Yeiktha in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

INSIDE

There have been reasonable transitional pro-ceedings of respective regions and national racesthat are in consistence with the democratic proc-ess and objective conditions of the nation. It hascome to the knowledge of the entire people thatthose regions are enjoying the fruitful results ofthe urbanization processes resulting from theeffective encouragement of the government andthe Tatmadaw.

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