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* 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

YANGON, 11 Aug—The Northern DistrictCourt of the Yangon Division sat against USCitizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Mawith regard to Criminal Regular Trials 47/2009,48/2009 and 49/2009 and pronounced judgementsat 10.45 hours on 11 August 2009.

The Court sentenced three years rigourousimprisonment to the accused Daw Aung San SuuKyi in connection with the Law Safeguarding theState Against the Danger of Subversive Elements,

Judgments pronounced for Criminal Regular Trials againstUS Citizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,

Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma MaSection 22; three years rigourous imprisonment tothe accused Daw Khin Khin Win, Ma Win Ma Ma(alias) Ah Nge Lay and Mr John William Yettawin accordance with the said Law Section 22/ PenalCode Section 109.

With regard to the accused Mr John WilliamYettaw, the Court also sentenced three yearsrigourous imprisonment in accordance with the1947 Myanmar Immigration (EmergencyProvisions) Act, Section 13 (1) and 1 year rigourousimprisonment in accordance with Yangon City

Development Law, Section 28.The Court delivered sentences in the

presence of lawyers of the accused U Kyi Win, UNyan Win, U Hla Myo Myint, Daw Khin HtayKywe and U Khin Maung Oo and District LawOfficers (Public Prosecuters).

The event at the Northern District Court wasattended and observed by 51 Ambassadors,Counsellors and United Nations representativesbased in Yangon and Bangkok and 25 local andforeign correspondents.—MNA

Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council issuesdirective dated 10 August 2009 for Ministry of Home Affairsstating upon Court pronouncing sentence to Daw Aung San

Suu Kyi, sentence to be served by her under CriminalProcedure Code be amended to be remitted and suspended ifshe displays good conduct and pardon be granted accordingly

Union of MyanmarOffice of the Chairman of

the State Peace and Development Council

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Aug—The Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council issued a directive dated 10 August 2009 for the Ministry of HomeAffairs stating upon the Court pronouncing sentence to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the sentence to be served by her under the Criminal Procedure Code beamended to be remitted and suspended if she displays good conduct and pardon be granted accordingly. The full text of the directive is as follows:

Letter No 04/NaYaKa (Oo)/La Nga Hka Dated 10th August 2009

To:The Minister,Ministry of Home Affairs.

Subject: Upon the Court pronouncing sentence to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (father U Aung San) the sentence to be served by her under theCriminal Procedure be amended to be remitted and suspensed if she displays good conduct and pardon be granted accordingly.

1. The Northern District Court of the Yangon Division by Criminal Regular Trial 47/2009 in accordance with the Law Safeguarding the State Against the Dangerof Subversive Elements, Section 22 instituted the case for breach of provision against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (father U Aung San) unavoidably by responsible persons,and the State Peace and Development Council is aggrieved at the said action.

(See page 9)

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 12 August, 2009

Wednesday, 12 August, 2009* 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 DesirePERSPECTIVES

Grow and export marketablebeans and pulses more and more

Myanmar has favourable aquatic,terrestrial and climatic conditions. In addition,there are more than 200 dams and river water-pumping stations all over the nation. Thegovernment, on its part, fulfils all theagricultural requirements. Therefore, monsoonpaddy, summer paddy, cotton, wheat, corn,sesame, sunflower and various kinds of beansand pulses grow very well.

In producing marketable crops, includingpaddy, priority will have to be given to cropquality and per-acre yield and efforts must bemade to increase the export of agriculturalproduce, especially beans and pulses in gooddemand.

Myanmar beans and pulses already havetheir share in the market. Therefore, it isnecessary not only to produce more but also tomake sure that they fetch a good price. To be ableto export quality beans and pulses more andmore, it is required to extend their acreages anduse fertilizer and pesticide systematically.

Since the beginning of this year in theregional market, prices of beans and pulseshave become higher and trade brisk. Due to theclimatic conditions of importers, the demandfor beans and pulses has become greater. Blackgram, green gram and pigeon peas fetch goodprice.

When the demand becomes greater, thequantity of stock becomes less. Therefore, it isnecessary to grow and produce more beans andpulses. Myanmar beans and pulses have alreadyenjoyed popularity not only in the domesticmarket but also in the overseas market. As beansand pulses can be exported freely, business hasbecome better.

As Myanmar beans and pulses, includingblack gram and green gram and pigeon peas, arealready marketable in the international market,we would like to call on farmers andentrepreneurs to work harder to be able to growand export quality beans and pulses more andmore.

YANGON, 11 Aug—Minister for Progress ofBorder Areas and NationalRaces and DevelopmentAffairs Col Thein Nyuntattended the openingceremony of the gravel roadat the entrance toDanonechaung village builtby Myaungmya TownshipDevelopment Affairs

Committee on 9 August.As the gravel road has

been opened, local peopleresiding in Danonechaungvillage and nearby villagescan easily go to Yangon,Pathein and Myaungmyavia Yangon-Myaungmyaroad.

Next, the minister metwith members of socialorganizations fromMyaungmya district andtownship, townselders andlocal authorities at No 1Myaungmya BasicEducation High School.Afterwards, the ministerlooked into progress in

building the offices of thedistrict administrationdepartment and districtpolice station.

Upon arrival at thebriefing hall of the 200-bedhospital, the Moesinkyalcompany in-charge and thetownship medicalsuperintendent briefed theminister on preparations forthe construction of thehospital and deputydirector-general (chiefengineer) U Soe Ko Ko ofthe Development AffairsDepartment on reclamationof land plots, constructiontasks of Thonemaing

satellite town, completionof construction of roads andwater storage in the 66-acredam.

Those in-charges ofAyeyashwewa, TZTM,Moe Kyalsin, A 1, MaxMyanmar, Myat Noe Thuand Wah Wah Wincompanies briefed theminister on progress inbuilding Cyclone Sheltersin Labutta township.

Next, the ministerlooked into the water storagein the 66-acre dam built inThonemaing satellite andstressed the need forsupplying water.— MNA

Minister attends opening of new roads, meets with locals andinspects construction tasks in Ayeyawady Div

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Aug — Chairman of RakhineState Peace and Development Council Commander ofWestern Command Maj-Gen Thaung Aye and Ministerfor Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe attended monsoontree planting ceremony for 2009 in Sittway on 9 Augustand handed over teak saplings to officials.

The commander and the minister participated inthe plantation together with departmental personnel,townselders, residents, members of social organizationsand students.

Afterwards, the commander and the minister metwith dwellers of Zawpuja and Khaungdokka Village-tracts at the Basic Education Primary School of ZawpujaVillage in Sittway Township and presented clothes for

Western Command Commander and Transport Minister

inspect development tasks in Sittwayvillages, journals and magazines for libraries andexercise books for schools.Next, the commander andthe minister attended ceremony to mark NutritiousWeek of Rakhine State and treated 1180 children andstudents with nutritious foods.

On arrival at Amyintgyun Village in SittwayTownship, the commander and the minister met withresidents of Amyintgyun, Padeleik and Chilepin villagesand presented cloths and exercise books for villages,journals and magazines for libraries and constructiontools for roads and BEPSs in the villages. The commanderand the minister attended ceremony to give nutrition to1000 under ten-year children held at hall of Sittwaybattalion and viewed the participation of children.—MNA

YANGON, 11 Aug—Under the cricketdevelopment programme of AsianCricket Council, cricket-coachingrefresher course for basic educationteachers, jointly conducted by N0.3 BasicEducation Department and MyanmarCricket Federation, was opened at theoffice of MCF in the compound of Aung

Minister Col Thein Nyunt attends ceremony to inaugurate a gravel road leading toDanonechaung Village.—PBANRDA

President of Myanmar Cricket FederationU Nyunt Win delivers address at Cricket-

coaching refresher course for basic educationteachers. –MCF

Cricket-coaching refresher course for basic education teachers openedSan stadium yesterday morning. It wasattended by President of MCF U NyuntWin, instructors and 23 trainees.

President U Nyunt Win made anopening speech and course manager UMichael Kyaw Min explained the courserules. The course will last up to 14 August.

MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 12 August, 2009 3

People gather at the site of a bomb hidden in a trashexploded in the Amil neighbourhood in Baghdad, Iraq,on 10 Aug, 2009. A double truck bombing tore througha Shiite community near the northern city of Mosul,while a series of blasts struck Baghdad on Monday ina wave of predawn violence that killed at least 40 people, according to Iraqi officials.—INTERNET

UNASUR leaders concernedover US-Colombia military

agreementQUITO, 11 Aug—South American leaders on Mon-

day voiced their concerns over an intended Colom-bia-US agreement to increase US military presence inColombia.

The leaders of the Union of South American Na-tions (Unasur) held the third summit here to discussregional security, climate change and other issues ofcommon concern.

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, the newlyelected rotating president of the bloc, said the agree-ment “is an issue that concerns all of us, because itcan destabilize the region.”

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez criticized thepossible agreement, saying it “could generate a war inSouth America.”

Bolivian President Evo Morales requested Unasurto strongly condemn the possible deployment of USsoldiers in Colombian bases.

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez said she wasconcerned with what she called “an untold and unac-ceptable state of belligerence” in the region triggeredby the agreement.—Xinhua

Strong earthquakes shake Tokyoarea, Indian Ocean

People flee tobush in African

conflictUNITED NATIONS, 11

Aug— More than 25,000terrified people have fledtheir homes in the CentralAfrican Republic, theworld’s second poorestnation, and are living inthe bush to try to avoidgovernment forces, armedgroups and bandits, a UNofficial said on Monday.

Deputy humanitarianchief Catherine Bragg,who spent five days in thecountry in late July, saidthe humanitarian commu-nity estimates that morethan 1 million people havebeen affected directly orindirectly by conflict inthe country, most concen-trated in the north.

“The population is verytraumatized through thepast 4 or 5 years of fight-ing,” she said. “They livein fear. That’s why they’renot returning to their vil-lages.”

Internet

Two truck bombs targeting a tiny sect in a village in northern Iraq and aspate of bloody bombings in Baghdad have killed at least 47 people and

wounded more than 250, police said. —XINHUA

The shoulder of an express way is caved in after a magnitude 6.6 earthquakehit the area in Makinohara, west of Tokyo on 11 Aug, 2009. The powerful

earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 hit Tokyo and nearby areasshortly after dawn on Tuesday, halting trains and forcing two nuclear reactors

to be shut down for safety checks.—INTERNET

TOKYO, 11 Aug— Twopowerful earthquakesstruck Asia early on Tues-day, killing one and injur-ing dozens in coastal Ja-pan and sending panickedresidents into the streetsas tsunami warnings wereissued for countries skirt-ing the Indian Ocean thatwere devastated by adeadly 2004 quake andtsunami.

The US Geological Sur-vey said the first quake,registering magnitude 7.7,

hit the Indian Oceanabout 160 miles (257 kilo-metres) north of Port Blairin India’s Andaman Is-lands. A tsunami watchwas called for India,Myanmar, Indonesia,Thailand and Bangladesh,but was later lifted.

T Ramakrishnan, apolice official in PortBlair, said there were noinjuries or damage causedby the quake.

“But people ran out oftheir homes in fear as they

remembered the 2004 tsu-nami,” he said, referringto waves triggered by amagnitude-9.0 earthquakethat killed 230,000 peoplein a dozen countriesaround the Indian Ocean.

The quake was centeredat a depth of 20.6 miles (33kilometres), the US Geo-logical Survey said. Anaftershock measuring 4.8shook the same area 15minutes later at a depth of21.7 miles (35 kilometres),it said.—Internet

Taleban attack kills three Afghan soldiers,wounds six others in S Afghanistan

KABUL, 11 Aug—Three soldiers with Afghan National Army (ANA) were killedand six others got wounded as Taleban militants attacked police patrol in southernAfghan province of Ghazni on Monday, Defence Ministry said in a statementissued here on Tuesday.

“Three soldiers of ANA with (Corps 203 Tender) were martyred as their rou-tine patrol came under direct fire of rebels in Ajristan district on 10 Aug,” thestatement added.

It said that six wounded soldiers, evacuated to hospital, are in stable condi-tions.

Taleban militants have vowed to speed up their activities as the date for thesecond Afghan presidential and provincial council elections are drawing closer.

Xinhua

Iraq suffers bloodiest dayBAGHDAD, 11 Aug—A

double truck bombingMonday in Mosul andblasts in Baghdad broughtthe Iraqi death toll to morethan 100 in four days, theworst spasm of violencethe country has sufferedsince US forces left thecities.

The bloodshed threat-ened to chip away at pub-lic confidence in the US-backed government as itseeks to project a sense ofnormalcy ahead of next

year’s national elections,including an announce-ment last week that allconcrete blast walls willbe gone from Baghdad’smain roads by mid-Sep-tember.

The Mosul bombing,like another Friday on thefringes of the ethnicallytense city, targeted ethnicminorities, indicatingthat militants are seekingout relatively undefendedtargets to maximize casu-alties as the strapped

Iraqi army focuses its ef-forts on more central ar-eas.

The attacks in Mosul,which the US militaryhas called the laststronghold of al-Qaeda,killed 28 people Mondayand 44 on Friday. It’s thefirst time since the USturned urban securityover to the Iraqis on 30June that militants havemanaged to stage twomassive attacks in shortorder.—Internet

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KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Aug—Asia countries were ad-vised to develop theirsmall and medium busi-nesses in order to cutdown their reliance onexports.

Laura D’AndreaTyson, Economic Adviserto the United States Presi-dent Barack Obama andformer President BillClinton, said here onMonday that this was cru-cial to boost domestic

A brand-new Tata Nano car being driven in Mumbai in July. Indian car salesjumped by nearly a third in July as new model launches and cheaper loans

prompted customers to flock to automobile showrooms, industry datashowed.—INTERNET

A locomotive is seen driving along a railway bridge in Beijing. China plans toinvest at least two trillion yuan ($293 bln) in railway construction over the

next three years, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday, quoting the vicerailways minister.—INTERNET

NEW YORK, 11 Aug—Unfavourable weather inIndia and Brazil has sentthe price of sugar futuressoaring in New York andLondon, analysts say.

White sugar-futuresreached a record $538.50a ton on London’s Inter-national Financial Futuresand Options Exchange,International BusinessTimes reported.

On New York’s Inter-continentalExchange,sugar reached 22.2 centsa pound, The Los AngelesTimes said.

The problem is rain:Too much in Brazil andnot enough in India, thenewspaper said.

As a result, sugarprices have risen 88 per-cent since 1 Jan. SinceFriday, prices jumped 6.7percent. In the past twoweeks, sugar prices havesoared more than 20 per-cent.—Internet

BEIJING, 11 Aug—China plans to invest at least 700billion yuan (102.49 billion US dollars) per year inrailway construction over the next three years, saidWang Zhiguo, vice minister of railways on Monday.

“In the first seven months of this year, China in-vested 247.49 billion yuan in railway construction, up136 percent year on year,” said Wang, adding that theplanned railway investment for 2009 is 600 billionyuan.

He said by the end of next year, about 20,000 kmof new railways will be approved for construction,which will need an investment of at least two trillionyuan.

By the end of this year, China will have a total of86,000 km rail lines, second only to America, accord-ing to Wang.—Xinhua

TOKYO, 11 Aug— The Japanese government, not-ing upturns in exports, production and consumption,maintained its assessment the economy is showing re-covery signs.

The closely watched monthly assessment by theCabinet Office had been upgraded for three months ina row through July. The latest report, however, ex-pressed caution over rising unemployment, KyodoNews reported.

Japan’s jobless rate rose 0.2 percent to 5.4 percentin June, the highest in six years.—Internet

RIO DE JANEIRO, 11Aug—Despite tax cutsgranted by the govern-ment, vehicle sales in Bra-zil slipped in July, theNational Motor VehicleDistribution Federation(Fenabrave) said on Mon-

MANILA, 11 Aug—Philippine exports con-tracted by 24.7 percent to3.4 billion US dollars inJune as demand for elec-tronics remains weak, theNational Statistics Officereported on Tuesday.

Export receipts for thefirst half of the year con-tracted 32.8 percent to17.2 billion US dollars asthe global recessionslackens global demand

Asia advised to develop smalland medium businesses

spending.She made this remark

on the sideline of theWorld Capital MarketsSymposium themed “TheGlobal Financial Crisis:The Way Ahead” here.

Tyson said Asia coun-tries could explore fieldswith high multiplier effectto generate growth andemployment for the ben-efits of the people.

She also said emergingmarkets with high sur-

pluses in Asia could assistthose with low surplus interms of development.

When asked if Asiahad become the globalgrowth engine, Tyson saidAsia could move off themodel that depends heav-ily on the US.

Asked if the USneeded another stimuluspackage, Tyson said it wastoo early to comment asthe US had very limitedability to forecast the fu-ture outlook of itseconomy.—XinhuaJapanese economy shows

recovery signs

China to sharply increaseinvestment in railway construction

Sugar pricessoar with rain

a factor

Vehicle sales down 4.9% in Brazilday.

According to theFenabrave, vehicle salesin Brazil totaled 285,416units in July, down 4.9percent from June anddown 0.9 percent year-on-year. Sales of flexible-fuelcars and light vehiclestotaled 243,406 units,down 6.4 percent fromJune.

In the first sevenmonths of this year, theBrazilian auto industryproduced 1,752,817 vehi-cles, down 12.9 percentfrom the same period lastyear. In July alone, a totalof 281,626 units of vehi-cles were produced, down0.9 percent from June anddown 11.5 percent year-on-year.—Xinhua

Philippine exports fall 24.7% in Juneon weak demand

for electronics and othermain Philippine exportitems.

In June alone, rev-enues from export ofelectronic products, thecountry’s top exportearner, fell 26 percent onyear to 1.948 billion USdollars.

Earnings from othermajor export productssuch as cathodes, wiringsets, coconut oil, apparel

and clothing accessoriesalso contracted in June.

Receipts generatedfrom major export mar-kets including Japan, theUS, China and South Ko-rea fell sharply in June.

The sharpest rate ofdecline was noted inChina, with export rev-enues falling by 44.2 per-cent on year to 491.4 mil-lion US dollars.

Xinhua

Visitors view a Stellate Puffer and other tropical fish from the Okinawan sea ondisplay in a glass tank placed outside the Sony Building in Tokyo’s Ginzashopping district on Monday, 10 Aug, 2009. The display was part of a summer

attraction in the landmark building.—INTERNET

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Indonesia’s aircraft producer todeliver four planes to South Korea

Singapore’s total tradedrops 27% in Q2

Mexican army captures nation’sbiggest drug trafficker

MEXICO CITY, 11 Aug—Mexico’s army had arrestedthe nation’s biggest drug trafficker and charged himwith murder, officials said on Monday.

The Defence Ministry told Mexican media the sus-pect, Juan Daniel Carranco Salazar, also known as ElColosio, was the head of drug smuggling gang the GulfCartel and their armed group Los Zetas. He was ar-rested in in the southeastern state of Quintana Roo.

Carranco is charged with murdering the mayor ofRio Bravo, a small town in Mexico’s northern state ofTamaulipas and attacking the offices of broadcasterTelevisa and the US consulate both in Monterrey, capi-tal of Mexico’s northern state of Nuevo Leon.

The Los Zetas was formed in the late 1990s by theSpecial Airborne Forces Group, an elite Mexican armyunit which betrayed the government and joined the traf-fickers. The US Drug Enforcement Agency describedit as the most technologically adevanced, sophisticatedand dangerous illegal armed group in Mexico. —Xinhua

Vietnam to buy 400,000 tons of rice tostabilize domestic price

JAKARTA, 11 Aug—In-donesia’s aircraft makerPT Dirgantara Indonesia(PT DI) will deliverfour CN-235 surveillanceaircraft ordered by SouthKorea worth 100 millionUS dollars in 2010, a com-pany executive said.

“We will start deliveringthe four surveillance air-craft ordered by South Ko-rea in 2010,” the compa-ny’s vice president for

marketing and integratedaircraft sales Arie Wibowowas quoted by Antaranews agency as sayingMonday.

Arie said South Koreawas one of the countriesthat had ordered CN-235sat the price of 100 millionUS dollars.

PT DI produces CN-235aircraft in a variety of ver-sions and the product wasalready being operated in

other countries beside In-donesia and South Korea.

“South Korea is only oneof the countries (operatingthe aircraft). Basically wehave no competitors in theAsia Pacific,” he said.

Countries already usingCN-235s include Malay-sia, Brunei Darussalam,Thailand, the Philippines,the United Arab Emirates,Pakistan and Burkina Faso.

XinhuaWorkers work at a workshop of Anshan Iron and Steel Group Corporation

(Angang) in Anshan, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, on 2 Aug, 2009.As one of the most important iron and steel producing base in China, Angang

has been growing up with the nation since it was set up in 1949. —XINHUA

File photo shows piles ofcomputer-related waste

being dumped inBessancourt on the

outskirts of Paris. TheGreen Electronics Coun-

cil on Monday wentinternational with a

registry that shows howcomputers and monitors

measure up when itcomes to being Earth-friendly.—INTERNET

SINGAPORE, 11 Aug—Singapore’s total trade de-clined by 27 percent in thesecond quarter 2009 overthe same period last year,following the previousquarter’s decrease of 28percent.

According to officialfigures from InternationalEnterprise Singapore onTuesday, the level of totaltrade reached 178 billionSingapore dollars (124.48billion US dollars) in sec-ond quarter 2009, higherthan the previous quar-ter’s 165 billion Singa-pore dollars (115.39 bil-lion US dollars).

On a year-on-year basis,total exports and total im-ports declined by 25 per-cent and 28 percent respec-tively in second quarter2009. On a quarter-on-quarter seasonally ad-justed basis, Singapore’stotal trade rose by 3.8 per-cent in the second quarter,after the 14 percent con-traction in the first quarter.

In the second quarter,

Singapore’s key non-oildomestic exports(NODX)decreased by 14 percentover the same period lastyear, following the 26 per-cent contraction in thefirst quarter, due to lowershipments of electronicand nonelectronicNODX.—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

Rescueworkers

place sand-bags for the

highwayroadbed

destroyed byTyphoon

Morakot inTaizhou, east

China’sZhejiang

Province, on10 Aug,2009.

XINHUA

HANOI, 11 Aug—TheVietnam Food Associa-tion’s members said theyplanned to buy 400,000tons of rice in August tostabilize domestic riceprice, local newspaperthe Young People re-ported on Tuesday.

The move is to dealwith declining rice pricein the country, saidNguyen Tho Tri, Vice

Chairman of the associa-tion.

The association’smembers will buy ricewith the price of 3,800Vi-etnamese dong (21 UScents) a kilogram. Thisprice allows local pro-ducers to have profits ofat least 30 percent, saidTri.

The move is includedin the association’s plan

to buy two million tons ofrice this year to serve ex-port, according to localnewspaper the Labour.

According to the asso-ciation, local companieshad contracts to export5.39 million tons of riceduring the first sevenmonths of this year. Ofthe total, the country hasshipped 4.1 million tons.

Xinhua

PNG charter plane with 15 peopleon board missing

CANBERRA, 11 Aug—A charter planewith 15 people heading to the KokodaTrack in Papua New Guinea was miss-ing on Tuesday after failing to return toits destination in Port Moresby, the capi-tal of Papua New Guinea.

Australian Foreign Minister StephenSmith said Airlines PNG had informedthe relevant authorities that the plane hadfailed to arrive and was considered asmissing and a search for the missingplane was underway.

“We are, of course, concerned for allof the passengers and the crew,” he toldthe parliament.

“Given the destination, our fear andconcern, of course, is that Australiansmay have been on board.”

The twin engine plane left PortMoresby on Tuesday morning at 9:30a.m. local time but had failed to returnas planned in the afternoon.

The 15 people on board includedeight Australians, five local porters andtwo crew, the Australian AssociatedPress reported from Port Moresby.

The plane was transporting theKokoda Track trekkers as part of an Ad-venture Kokoda tour group.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

“Smoking-ban murder” A restaurant owner in southwest

Turkey was shot dead after he tried toprevent his customers from smoking tocomply with a new law on the use oftobacco indoors, Hurriyet daily said.

A fight broke out after Hidir Karayigit,46, ordered a group of customers toextinguish their cigarettes when theybegan smoking at his “meyhane,” atraditional restaurant that serves alcohol,in the town of Saruhanli, Hurriyet said.

One of the customers shot Karayigitfour times after he took away the group’scigarettes, said witness Hamza Havutcu,Karayigit’s business partner who wasalso shot and wounded.

Marine biology student Micah Rogerstends to two sea turtles after they hadoperations to remove tumors. The TurtleHospitla in Marathon, Fla. The turtlesat this waterfront hospital have been hitby boat propellers, caught in fishingnets, attacked by sharks, stricken withtumors and lost flippers. Or, as theirveterinarian puts it, they’ve had a heck of a lot of luck.

An undated photo released by TheUniversity of Cambridge shows a

rook, a member of the crow family,as it drops stones into a tube to raise

the water level and bring a worminto reach, at the Sub-department ofAnimal Behaviour at University ofCambridge. In Aesop’s fable ‘The

crow and the pitcher’ a thirsty crowuses stones to raise the level of water

in a pitcher to quench its thirst. Anew study published online in the

journal Current Biologydemonstrates that rooks, birds

belonging to the corvid, or crowfamily, are able to solve complex

problems using tools and can easilymaster the same technique

demonstrated inAesop’s fable.

Microchipped dog finds wayhome — after nine yearsA flea-bitten dog rescued from a

squalid backyard is to be reunited withher owners 1,000 miles away — nineyears after she disappeared. The dog,Muffy, was found sleeping on a tatteredpiece of cardboard in a backyard inMelbourne with a bad skin conditionand matted coat by the RSPCA after ananonymous call.

RSPCA Victoria spokesman TimPilgrim said Muffy was found to have beenmicrochipped which did not fit at all withthe circumstances so they decided to try totrack down the dog’s owners whom theyfound in Brisbane. “It’s amazing that theoriginal owners had microchipped her as itwasn’t that common nine years ago and it isamazing that she had come 2,000 km fromhome,” Pilgrim told Reuters.

Ancient ruins proving historic succession uncovered in LebanonA British Museum delegation have ex-

cavated a large number of valuable ruinsin an archaeological site in Sidon, southLebanon, which date back to the Canaaniteperiod of Sidon, one of the world’s oldestcontinuously inhabited cities, localDaily Star reported on its website. “Weuncovered the biggest number of ruins thisyear and this helped complete the cycle ofhistoric periods discovered in the site,” DrClaude Doumit Serhal, head of the Brit-ish delegation, was quoted by the paper assaying.

The delegation, consisting of 90 Leba-nese and foreign professionals, uncoveredthis week 13 burial sites, temples and per-

sonal items, which “reveals the religiousrituals and lifestyle during the Canaaniteperiod (3,500 BC - 1,150 BC),” accord-ing to Serhal. “The site, unlike any otherin Lebanon, showed the clear successionof historic periods in Sidon,” he said.

The ruins included a 48-metre-longtemple dating back to 1,800 BC and1,500 BC, filled with bronze pieces,knives and rings as well as pottery andstone statues used by ancient people torepel evil spirits.

Photo, provided by the EvergladesNational Park, shows the carcass of a

six-foot American alligatorprotruding from the mid-section of a

13-foot python in EvergladesNational Park, Fla, after the snakeapparently swallowed the alligator

resulting in the deaths of bothanimals.

An Afghan man carries a boy who was wounded in a gunbattle in Pul-i-Alam, 50kilometers (30 miles) south of Kabul. Taleban suicide bombers armed with rocketsattacked Afghan government buildings near Kabul on Monday in an audaciousassault that killed two policemen days before nationwide elections.—INTERNET

BLOOMINGTON, 11 Aug—US researchers findteens — like adults —“borrow” or “lend” pre-scription drugs and areunaware of the dangers.

Lead author RichardGoldsworthy of Develop-ment of of AcademicEdge, Inc, in Blooming-ton, Ind, and ChrisMayhorn of North Caro-lina State University inter-viewed 592 English orSpanish speaking, blackand white suburban andurban 12 to 17-year-olds.

The study, published in

BEIJING, 11 Aug—Tony Huesman, a manwho lived for 31 yearswith a transplanted heart,died of cancer on Sundaynight in US, media reportssaid on Tuesday.

Huesman, from Ohio,was the longest survivorwith a single heart trans-plant.

He got his transplantedheart in August 1978 in anoperation at Stanford Uni-versity after he was at-tacked by a pneumoniavirus when he was 18.

Xinhua

PHNOM PENH, 11 Aug— The investment inCambodia’s tourismreached to about 354 mil-lion US dollars in the firstsix months of this year andis a leading field that gotthe most investment, thelocal media said on Tues-day. “Council for Devel-opment of Cambodia(CDC) approved about1.22 billion US dollars in-vestment projects totallyfrom private companiesand 354 million US dollarsof the total is on tourism

ASTON, 11 Aug—A Pennsylvania woman returnedhome on Monday to find her husband and 3-year-olddaughter in the garage, dead from what police saidmay have been carbon monoxide.

Police said the deaths appeared to be a tragic acci-dent, WCAU-TV, Philadelphia, reported. The man, 38,apparently got out of the car, fell and hit his head,knocking himself out with the engine running.

The girl was strapped into a car seat, unable to freeherself as the deadly gas filled the garage.

The family recently moved to Aston in the Phila-delphia suburbs. Police had not released the name ofthe father, daughter or mother late Monday. Policesources told WCAU the man suffered from a medicalcondition, possibly diabetes, that could have been re-sponsible for his falling and passing out.—Internet

Carbon monoxide kills dad, toddler Investment in Cambodian tourism reaches $354 m in half yearinvestment project,” thekhmer language newspa-per Rasmei Kampucheaquoted the document fromCDC as saying.

Agricultural fieldstands second row aftertourism with 323 millionUS dollars and next fieldis industry with 303 mil-lion US dollars.

In total, Cambodia re-ceived 53 investmentprojects for the first halfyear and tourism field at-tracted seven projects,while agri-industry has 12

projects, garment industrywith 14 projects and threein energy projects.

If we consider on theprojects for the first sixmonth of this year, it in-creases four projects but theinvestment capital wentdown about 3.2 billion USdollars compared with thesame period of last year, itsaid, adding that for first sixmonth of last year, Cambo-dia yielded with 49 invest-ment projects with about4.43billion US dollar.

Xinhua

20 percent of US teens ‘lend’ drugsthe Journal of AdolescentHealth, found that addi-tion to the danger of un-foreseen side effects, pre-scription sharing can leadto delayed or suboptimalcare because teens post-pone medical treatment.

The study also foundthat among the one in fiveteens “sharing” drugs,32.4 percent eventuallywent to see a physician,but often did not revealhaving taken a “bor-rowed” medication.

Earlier research foundalmost 40 percent of US

adults lend or borrow pre-scription drugs, Gold-sworthy said.

“However, prior to ourstudy, no one had askedadolescents how oftenthey shared prescriptionmedications, which medsthey shared and whatsome of the outcomeswere,” Goldsworthy said.

Internet

Longest hearttransplant

survivor diesafter 31 years

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The government isstriving for the develop-ment of the entire nationadopting political, eco-nomic and social objec-tives. Towns and vil-lages have become de-veloped significantlythanks to strenuous ef-forts of the government.

Kyaukse town inKyaukse District of Man-dalay Division has becomeone among towns gainingdevelopment momentum.Kyaukse is situated onYangon-Mandalay motor-way. It is 420 miles fromYangon and 32 miles fromMandalay. SingaingTownship is situated to thenorth of Kyaukse andMyittha Township lies tothe south of the town. The

Kyaukse: symbol of development and prosperityArticle: Myint Maung Soe, Photos:Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)

Cement Factory (Kyaukse) in Kyaukse Township seen withMt. Thantawmyat in the background.

Newly-built 200-bed People's Hospital in Kyaukse, Mandalay Division.

Newly-built Town Hall of Kyaukse.

A beautiful scene of Kyaukse.

two townships are situatedin Kyaukse District. Thenews team of MyanmaAlin Daily toured Kyaukseduring a trip to writebylines about regional de-velopments under the ar-

rangements of MandalayDivision Peace and Devel-opment Council.

On our way toKyaukse from Mandalay,we saw a fine motorwayflanked by rows of Hta-naung plants and greenfarmlands. After a fewminutes, we saw a sign-board reading "Welcometo Kyaukse" together withelephant statues, a sym-bol of Kyaukse.

We saw KyaukseUniversity betweenKyaukse and SingaingTownships. This univer-sity is turning out humanresources for KyaukseDistrict.

Entering the down-town of Kyaukse, we no-ticed scenes of remark-

able progress. All roads inthe downtown are tarredones. We also saw gar-dens and landscapes cre-ated in an attractive wayin some areas. It is amaz-ing to see modern build-

ings, stores and restaurantsalong Yangon-Mandalaymotorway. We saw abridge built crossingZawgyi River and newTown Hall and ClockTower in the town center

and pagodas at the top ofthe mountain. ZawgyiRiver flows throughKyaukse. Six tributariesof Zawgyi River, threetributary canals of KindarDam, six of Titatkon Damand Punlaung River flowsthrough Kyaukse Town-ship.

Region.The opening of the

university will surely con-tribute to producing moreengineers and technicians.Now, degree holders ofthe university are work-ing at the factories set upin the environs ofKyaukse.

istry of Agriculture andIrrigation has built andopened Farm EquipmentFactory and Union ofMyanmar EconomicHoldings Limited, ce-ment factories. As facto-ries were opened, edu-cated youths and localpeople of the district are

There is a 200-bedhospital that provides pub-lic health care in the town-ship. There are basic edu-cation schools in the town.Some are newly-builtschool buildings. We sawa Technological Univer-sity, one of the universi-ties that had been estab-lished in the time ofTatmadaw governmentfor Special Development

With the aim of ensuringdevelopments of KyaukseDistrict, the governmentestablished an industrialregion near Kyaukse andopened factories includ-ing footwear factory, bi-cycle factory, cement fac-tory, plastic factory, dis-posal syringe and injec-tion factory and paint fac-tory.

Similarly, the Min-

enjoying more job op-portunities andsocioeconomy of localpeople has improved.

Thus, KyaukseTownship is gaining de-velopment momentum ineconomic, social, educa-tion and health sectors.

*****Translation: YM

Myanma Alin:11-8-2009

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Mg Deh Doe: Bagyi Phyo, you are reading thejournal with a frown. What made you thatangry?

Bagyi Phyo: It is shake men. Our country is facinga lot of problems because of shake men.

Maung Deh Doe: Shake men? What a coined word!I have learned “trick man” and “authoritativeman”, but I have never heard of “shake man”.Explain it to me, please.

Bagyi Phyo: Maung Doe, you seem clever, but I’dsay you aren’t. A shake man is a man whoshakes something for his living. Supposing,you cannot reach plums at the top of a branch,what will you do, then? You shake the plumtree and you can get the plums that fall off tothe ground. I name a particular kind of peopleshake men who shake the nation to arousepublic panic for their living, and who earntheir living at the expense of the public inter-est.

Maung Deh Doe: Who do you mean, Grandpa?Who are shaking the nation for their living andhow?

Bagyi Phyo: I mean greedy men. As the saying thatgoes “Wildcats are happy while the forest fireis raging”, while other people are under avariety of worries and anxieties, they takeadvantage of others’ emotional feelings fortheir economic gains. When the victims are inneed of help after a natural disaster or anepidemic, some donate aid and relief supplies,but some exploit the situations. Myanmar peo-ple are by nature generous with humanitarianspirit. That’s why many foreigners recognizethat Myanmar people are helpful and hospita-ble. But how disappointing it is, some are toogreedy. I know well and accept man is a greedyanimal, but the greed should be at a reasonabledegree. I think no one should exploit particularsituations while many others are in trouble.

Maung Deh Doe: Well, I’d say, Grandpa, like thebusiness world, the political world is full ofvery greedy men who you mean shake men.Political shake men are even far greedier thanavaricious businessmen. Avaricious business-men can take the situations in times of naturaldisaster. They shake the nation on purpose forpolitical gains.

Bagyi Phyo: This time, you should explain it to me.How do they shake the nation for politicalgains?

Maung Deh Doe: It is like that, Grandpa. In ourcountry, football has been transformed fromamateur to professional, but it is much laterthan professional politics. Politicians have beenprofessionals for long.

Bagyi Phyo: What you have said makes me moreconfused. I know well football has been a

Beware of political shake menMaung Deh Doe

profession. National businessmen have foundedprofessional football clubs, but who sponsorsprofessional politics?

Maung Deh Doe: Well, Grandpa, I’d say they areforeign political entrepreneurs. They know wellhow to disguise themselves, how to trick othersinto their appearances, and how to hide them-selves from others. But they have master plans,they are powerful, and they are financially strong.They have influence over international organi-zations and world media. They can distort whatis going on in the world. They use those advan-tages in their tactics in their interest. They neverhesitate to do everything that they think benefi-cial to them. They interfere in the internal affairsof other countries, they invade other countries,and they impose economic sanctions againstother countries. If necessary for their benefits,they even disregard the United Nations Charterthe whole international community relies on.

Bagyi Phyo: For what are they doing so?Maung Deh Doe: They want to oust the governments

of the nations that do not get along with them.They want to install the governments formedwith the persons under their influence. So, theymeddle in the world affairs and they shake theworld. They aid and abet those who can shaketheir targeted countries. They use such personsas stooges to shake and destabilize their targetedcountries for their political gains. They are po-litical shake men. Openly speaking, the expatri-ates who live on foreign funds; remnant armedinsurgents who attack the mother country withthe arms foreign countries provide for them, andkill civilians; terrorists who underwent explo-sives training abroad, and commit terrorist at-tacks with the explosives and funds foreigncountries provide for them to kill civilians in ourcountry; well-paid people from foreign mediawho disorder internal political affairs; and anti-government groups who destabilize the countryand generate mass protests with foreign awards

they get through expatriates and foreign em-bassies, they are all under the control of theirforeign masters.

Bagyi Phyo: It is very stupid of them to trouble theirmother country for a small amount of dollars.In our country, stability and peace have justreturned to normal, and they are exploiting allpossible situations to stage protests. That islike shaking a plum tree in young fruit. Iwonder if they think young fruits are edible.The only effect is that the plum tree is hurt.

Maung Deh Doe: So, the people who are like theowners of the plum tree want to protect thecountry against the dangers posed by politicalshake men.

Bagyi Phyo: In the Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s casethat attracts local and international interest, thechairman of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil issued a directive to commute thecourt pronouncing sentence to half and sus-pended the other half of the sentence to showhis consideration in the framework of his au-thority. And in the suspended period, she ispermitted to live with her two companions inher house. In addition, if she abides in accord-ance with the annexed stipulations in goodconduct during the suspended period and notexceeding such period, all suspended sentencesshall be pardoned.

Maung Deh Doe: Then, the political shake men findit difficult to exploit the situations of the caseof Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

Bagyi Phyo: Certainly, she is the daughter of Gen-eral Aung San who sacrificed his life for theindependence of our country. So, viewing thatpeace, tranquility and stability will prevail,there should be no malice held against eachother, and there must be no obstruction in thepath to democracy, he showed his great con-sideration for her. As a matter of fact, that hascreated good opportunities for the future of ourcountry.

Maung Deh Doe: If the people of us accept thesituations and continue the democratic proc-ess, there will be many more good opportuni-ties.

Bagyi Phyo: That’s right. I would say it is time anti-government groups stopped doing such acts toshake our country or rock the boat for politicalgains, and prioritized the public interest.

Translation: MS

Like the business world, the political world is full of verygreedy men who you mean shake men. Political shake men areeven far greedier than avaricious businessmen. Avariciousbusinessmen can take the situations in times of natural disas-ter. They shake the nation on purpose for political gains.

In the Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s case that attracts local andinternational interest, the chairman of the State Peace and Devel-opment Council issued a directive to commute the court pro-nouncing sentence to half and suspended the other half of thesentence to show his consideration in the framework of hisauthority. And in the suspended period, she is permitted to livewith her two companions in her house. In addition, if she abidesin accordance with the annexed stipulations in good conductduring the suspended period and not exceeding such period, allsuspended sentences shall be pardoned.

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(from page 1)2. However, for the sake of the rule of Law, judicial proceedings justly made in accordance with existing law shall be respected and abided by all citizens.3. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, being the daughter of Bogyoke Aung San who sacrificed his life for the independence of Myanmar, viewing that peace,tranquility and stability will prevail, that no malice be held against each other, that there be no obstruction in the path to democracy, the Chairman of theState Peace and Development Council desires within the ambits of his rights and powers to exercise leniency upon her.4. Thus upon the Court finding Daw Aung San Suu Kyi guilty to have committed the offence pronounced sentence accordingly. Whatsoever sentencebe pronounced, it is amended under Criminal Procedure Code Section 401, Sub-Section (5) that the half of the sentence to be served is remitted and theremainder of the sentence is to be suspended.5. During the period of suspended sentence, in paragraph 4, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi shall reside in her residence, No 54/56 University Avenue,Shwetaunggyar Quarters No. 1, Bahan Township, in accordance with the annexed stipulations.6. It is informed that should Daw Aung San Suu Kyi abide in accordance with the annexed stipulations in good conduct during the suspended periodand not exceeding such period, all suspended sentences shall be pardoned.

ChairmanState Peace and Development Council

Under the directive of the Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued an order dated 10 Augustand informed Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of the order and read it to her.

MNA

Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council issuesdirective dated 10 August 2009 for Ministry of Home Affairsstating upon Court pronouncing sentence to Daw Aung San

Suu Kyi, sentence to be served by her under CriminalProcedure Code be amended to be remitted and suspended ifshe displays good conduct and pardon be granted accordingly

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Aug—Minister for Finance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun received VietnameseAmbassador to Myanmar Mr Chu ChongPhung at his office here this afternoon.The meeting focused on mutual

Myanmar delegation attends 30th

ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Aug — A 33-year-old man was transferred to YangonGeneral Hospital by Township Health Department yesterday as he was ill; andthat he was detected at the Public Health Laboratory and found to have beeninfected with new influenza A (H1N1). The man arrived back in Myanmar byMH-740 Flight on 7 August.

A person who was in close contact with the patient has been kept in homequarantine at his home. Authorities concerned are taking surveillance measuresagainst 126 passengers who arrived by MH-740 Flight and 135 airport staff.

So far, Myanmar has seen 18 A (H1N1)-infected patients and 13 have beendischarged from hospitals after recovering from their illness. The remaining fivepatients are being given treatment by specialists.

Public Health Laboratory carried out lab tests for 148 flu-suspected peopleand 18 were found to have been infected with A (H1N1).

MNA

More A (H1N1)-infected patient foundbringing total number to 18

F&R Minister receivesVietnamese Ambassador

cooperation between the two countries.Also present at the call were

Governor U Than Nyein of the CentralBank of Myanmar and officialsconcerned.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Aug — Myanmardelegation led by Deputy Attorney-General Dr. Tun Shin participated in the30th ASEAN Inter-ParliamentaryAssembly (AIPA) in Pattaya, Thailand,

from 2 to 8 August.Myanmar delegation includes

Ambassador of Myanmar to Thailand UAung Thein and Deputy Chief-Justice UTun Tun Oo.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun receives Vietnamese Ambassador Mr ChuChong Phung.—MNA

Minister for Hotels and Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing and wife beingwelcomed by Singaporean Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Robert Chua atthe reception to mark the National Day of the Republic of Singapore in

Yangon on 11 August.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 11Aug—Minister forForestry Brig-Gen TheinAung visited wood-basedfactories of New BrotherCo Ltd in Industrial Zone-1

A & I Minister meetsmembers of agriculturalcooperation committeeNAY PYI TAW, 11 Aug—Minister for Agriculture

and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo, on 8 August, metwith district and township-level departmentalpersonnel, members of division, district, and townshipagricultural cooperation committee, members of socialorganizations and gave instructions on regionaldevelopment tasks, multiple-cropping, mechanizedfarming for minimization of lost and wastage, andfuture tasks.

Next, the minister inspected digging of well in KinWard and visited No.20 Basic Education PrimarySchool.—MNA

Forestry Minister inspectswood-based factories

and Sinma Co Ltd inIndustrial Zone-2 inShwepyitha Township,Yangon Division on 10August and observedproduction process of

value-added sawn timber.Those factories

export sawn timber suchas teak, ironwood andhard wood.

MNA

YANGON, 11 Aug—UZaw Zaw Latt scored anace at hole No.2 from adistance of 173 yardswhile striking Taylar

Hole-in-one at Myanmar Golf ClubMade No.2 ball, with theuse of Callaway Iron No.7iron gold club at MyanmarGolf Club, here,yesterday.

At the time, he wasplaying together with ULwan Aung, U Sein BoTint and U Thein Win.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW,1 1 A u g — T e c h n i c a lorientation of Ministry ofIndustry-2 was held at theassembly hall of theMinistry here this morning,attended by Minister forIndustry-2 Vice-AdmiralSoe Thein, deputyminister, departmental

Ministry of Industry-2 holdstechnical orientation

heads and staff.Assistant director U

Than Oo read out the paperon Promotion of EnergyEfficiency andConservation and deputydirector Daw Myat Thuzaron Industrial Automationfor SustainableDevelopment.

Afterwards, theminister urged them tostrive for meeting thedesired target, to take careof energy conservation, tostrive to be in Automationsector and to attempt bylaying down manu-facturing and marketingstrategy.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11Aug—Second round of 3rd

Inter-Ministry FootballTournament continued inNay Pyi Taw SportsGround this evening.

The Ministry ofCommutations, Posts andTelegraphs hammeredMinistry of Mine 7-0 in

Second round of 3rd Inter-MinistryFootball Tournament continuous

the group- AA in the NayPyi Taw Sport Ground.

Ministry of Transportbeat Ministry of Labour3-0 in the group of -AA inthe Nay Pyi Taw(Paunglong SportsGround).

The following dayMinistry of Education

meets Ministry ofConstruction at the NayPyi Taw Sports Ground inthe group-BB whereasAttorney–General faceMinistry of Information atthe Nay Pyi Taw(Paunglong SportsGround) in the group-BB.—MNA

Flood WarningNAY PYI TAW, 11 Aug—According to the 12:30

hr MST observation today, the water level of ShwegyinRiver at Shwegyin is 736 cm and it has exceeded by 36cm (about 1-ft) above its danger level. It may remainabove its danger level 700 cm during the next 48 hourscommencing noon today.

Similarly, according to the 12:30 hr MSTobservation today, the water of Sittoung River atMadauk is 1197 cm and it has exceeded by 127 cm(about 4 feet) above its danger level. It may remainabove its danger level (1070) cm during the next 72hours commencing noon today.

MNA

EarthquakeReport

NAY PYI TAW, 11Aug—A very strongearthquake of intensity 7.7Richter Scale with itsepicenter outsideMyanmar (Andaman Sea)about 300 miles southwestof Kaba-Ayeseismological observatorywas recorded at 02 hrs 25min 38 sec MST on 11thAugust, 2009.—MNA

Primate archaeology sheds light on human originsSCIENCE DAILY, 10

Aug—A University ofCalgary archaeologistwho is one of the fewresearchers in the worldstudying the materialculture of human beings'closest living relatives –the great apes – is joininghis colleagues in creatinga new discipline devoted

to the history of tool use inall primate species in orderto better understandhuman evolution.

Julio Mercader,holder of the CanadaResearch Chair inTropical Archaeology inthe U of C's Departmentof Archaeology, is acoauthor of a new paper

titled “Primatearchaeology” publishedrecently in the journalNature. Mercader is oneof 18 co-authors fromuniversities includingCambridge, Rutgers,Kyoto University andschools in Spain, Italyand France. They arguethat recent discoveries oftool use by a wide varietyof wild primates andarchaeological evidenceof chimpanzees usingstone tools for thousandsof years is forcing expertsto re-think the traditionaldividing lines betweenhumans and otherprimate species as wellas the belief that tool useis the exclusive domainof the genus Homo.

InternetA chimpanzee mother cracks a nut using a rock

hammer and anvil in Republic of Guinea.

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung inspects wood-based factory ofNew Brother Co Ltd in Shwepyitha Industrial Zone-1.—FORESTRY

Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung delivers address at the conclusion of EnglishProficiency Course 2/2009 and Work Proficiency Course 2/2009 on 4 August.—INDUSTRY-1

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MOSCOW, 11 Aug—Russia willimprove its air and space defence systemsto counter possible threats from othernations, the country’s air forcecommander said Tuesday.

Other countries, particularly theUnited States, will acquire new weaponssuch as hypersonic vehicles by 2030,and therefore will be able to delivercoordinated high-precision strikes fromair and space against any target onRussian territory, Col. Gen. AlexanderZelin told a news conference.

Russia needs to upgrade its weaponsand systems in order to counter such apotential, Zelin said.

BEIJING, 11Aug—Theeighth World SoybeanResearch Conferencekicked off Tuesday inBeijing.

More than 1,000representatives from 40countries and regions areattending the five-daymeeting, which wraps upon Saturday.

The participants willdiscuss and develop aglobal blueprint for a safe,secure and sustainablesupply of soy for food,feed, fuel and fiber.

The latest globaldevelopment of scienceand technology in soybeanresearch includingsoybean germ-plasm,genetics and breeding,

PARIS, 11 Aug—FourEuropean aid workers andtwo Kenyan pilots werereleased Tuesday afternine months held hostagein Somalia.

French aid groupAction Against Hungersaid the six were“apparently all in goodhealth” and will undergomedical examinations.

Group spokeswomanLucile Grosjean declinedto give any details of therelease or say whatcountry the six arecurrently in, citingsecurity reasons.

Internet

MIAMI, 11 Aug—A new tropical depression has formed in the Atlantic whileTropical Storm Felicia continues to move across the Pacific.The new tropicaldepression is only the second of the Atlantic hurricane season and has maximumsustained winds near 30 mph. The depression is centered about 280 miles west ofthe southernmost Cape Verde Islands off Africa’s western coast.

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Felicia is centered about 315 miles east ofHonolulu with maximum sustained winds near 40 mph. A tropical storm watchremains in effect for Oahu and Maui County in Hawaii.

Also, a tropical depression in the Pacific has maximum sustained winds near35 mph. The depression is centered about 1,205 miles west-southwest of thesouthern tip of Baja California in Mexico.—Internet

Russia to upgrade air-spacedefence: Air Force Commander

In line with the new concept, air-space defense brigades will be createdwithin the Russian Air Force and will beequipped with advanced S-400 and S-500 air defense systems, he said.

“The S-500 system is beingdeveloped under an original design ...and will be capable of destroyinghypersonic and ballistic targets,” Zelinsaid.

The commander said plans todevelop hypersonic aircraft have not yetprogressed beyond the theoretical stage.Russia’s fifth-generation fighter planewas expected to perform its first testflight this autumn, he said.—Internet

An actor performs during the rehearsal of the “Ben Hur Live” show at ISS Domein the western town of Duesseldorf, on 6 Aug, 2009. The monumental show of“Ben Hur Live” will be presented the 27th and 28th of November at the Veltins-

Arena in Gelsenkirchen.—INTERNET

A plot planted withvegetables at a farm inSingapore. Mah BowTan, the minister fornational development,recently announcedgovernment plans toallocate more land forintensive farming in acountry better known forbanking, shopping malls,electronics and phar-maceuticals.—INTERNET

Miss Korea, KimJu-li from Soul,

was born in1982; 171 cm tallweights 52 KG.She graduatedfrom a famous

Ballet School inRussia, proficient

in bothEnglish and

Russian.INTERNET

New tropical depression forms in the Atlantic World Soybean ResearchConference kicks off in Beijing

molecular biology andb i o t e c h n o l o g y ,physiology and cropprotection, soybeanstorage and processingwill also be debated at theconference.

The World SoybeanResearch Conference(WSRC) is a regularmechanism for theworld’s soybean res-earchers to exchangeresearch results anddevelopment activitiesacross all segments of thesoybean industry.

Seven WSRCmeetings have been heldin different countries sincebeing launched by theUniversity of Illinois in1975.—Internet

Four aidworkers, twopilots released

in Somalia

LONDON, 11 Aug—Britain’s trade deficit ingoods and servicesincreased to 2.2 billionpounds (3.6 billion US

KABUL, 11 Aug—Nine civilians were killed Tuesday as a roadside bomb strucka civilian mini-bus in Taliban birthplace Kandahar of southern Afghanistan, anofficial said.“We have received nine bodies, including a child and two women, allthe victims of a roadside bomb which hit a mini-bus in Maiwand district at 11:00a.m. today (0630GMT),” Mohammad Farhad, the director of Mirwais hospital inKandahar, told Xinhua.

Roadside bombings and suicide attacks adopted by Taliban insurgents as newtactic have often claimed lives of innocent civilians.A report released by the UnitedNations a couple of weeks ago indicated that over 1,000 civilians have been killedin military operations and Taliban-related violence over the first half of the currentyear, an increase of 24 percent over the same period last year.—Internet

British trade deficit widens in June

Roadside bomb kills 9 civilians in S Afghanistan

dollars) in June from 1.9billion pounds in theprevious month, theOffice for NationalStatistics (ONS) said

Miss Vietnam HoangYen Vo poses duringthe national costumeevent of the MissUniverse 2009competition inNassau, Bahamas,Monday, 10 Aug,2009. Contestantsfrom 84 countrieswill compete for thecoveted crown onAugust 23.

INTERNET

Tuesday.The ONS said the

goods trade gap widenedto 6.5 billion pounds inJune from 6.2 billionpounds in May, slightlyhigher than economists’forecast of 6.2 billionpounds.

It said the servicestrade surplus in June stoodunchanged from lastmonth at 4.3 billionpounds.

Imports of goods rose2.2 percent, the biggestincrease since July 2008,while exports gained 1.4percent, the ONS said.

Internet

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SIRI BHUM VOY NO ( 337)Consignees of cargo carried on MV SIRI BHUM

VOY NO (337) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 12.8.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P 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 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 REGIONAL CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Chinese mainland A/H1N1flu cases near 2,350

BEIJING, 11 Aug—The Chinese mainland has con-firmed nearly 2,350 cases of A/H1N1 influenza asof 3 pm Monday, with 84 new cases reported in theprevious 72 hours, the Ministry of Health said Mon-day. Among the newly confirmed cases, half camefrom overseas and the remainder were infected inthe Chinese mainland, the ministry said.

The Chinese mainland reported its 1,000th con-firmed A/H1N1 case in early July. Since then, thenumber of confirmed cases has been growing at anaverage of 40 a day.—Xinhua

Brazil’s A/H1N1 flu relateddeaths climb to 203

RIO DE JANEIRO, 11 Aug—Brazil’s health authori-ties on Monday reported 25 more A/H1N1 flu-re-lated deaths, bringing the death toll to 203.

Eight of the new deaths were registered in the stateof Parana, while five were in the state of Rio Grandedo Sul, five in Rio de Janeiro, three in Sao Paulo,three in Minas Gerais, and one in the Federal District.So far, Sao Paulo state has the highest death toll: 69victims. Most deaths were registered in the southernand southeastern regions of the country.—Xinhua

Arkansas reports first deathfrom A/H1N1 flu

HOUSTON, 11 Aug—Health officials on Mondayreported the first death of A/H1N1 flu virus in thestate of Arkansas since the outbreak of the new vi-rus in late April.

The victim was a 46-year-old woman who diedearly Saturday at a Little Rock hospital and was con-firmed on Monday that she had A/H1N1 flu virus,according to Garland Camper, Pulaski County Coro-ner. “We have H1N1 influenza A all over our state,”said state epidemiologist James Phillips, M.D, “Weknew that we might possibly see deaths from thisdisease. Our sympathies are with the family andfriends.”—Xinhua

Indonesia’s A/H1N1 cases exceed 800 JAKARTA, 11 Aug—Indonesia has recorded 41 new

H1N1cases, putting the total number of people in-fected by the disease to 812, Health Ministry saidhere on Tuesday.

Head of research centre of the ministry AgusPurwadianto said that 5 out of the 41 people werethe nationals of Czechoslovakia, South Korea, NewZealand, the Philippine and Poland, the rest wereIndonesian citizens.—Xinhua

688 new A/H1N1 flu casesconfirmed in Europe

STOCKHOLM, 11 Aug—A European health agencysaid Monday that 688 new A/H1N1 flu cases werereported in European countries within the last 24hours. Of the new cases, 557 were confirmed in Ger-many, 42 in Portugal,29 in Iceland, 20 in Czech Re-public, 18 in Poland, nine in Romania, seven in Hun-gary, three respectively in Slovenia and Slovakia, theEuropean Center for Disease Prevention and Control(ECDC) said in its daily situation report.

The total number of confirmed cases of the A/H1N1flu virus in the European Union (EU) and EuropeanFree Trade Association (EFTA) countries rose to33,378, with 1,538 cases in Spain and 12,470 in Brit-ain, 880 in France and 9,770 in Germany, the ECDCsaid.—Xinhua

Student cheating canbe cured, expert says

TORONTO, 11 Aug— Re-search has shown how tomotivate kids so they aremuch less likely to cheat,but the findings are oftennot put into practice, US re-searchers said. “We knowwhen kids cheat, why kidscheat and how kids cheat,”Eric Anderman, an experton student cheating at OhioState University, said in astatement.

Anderman told theAmerican PsychologicalAssociation meeting in To-ronto that cheating amongstudents is widespread andhas been growing — stud-ies show up to 80 percentof high-achieving highschool students and 75 per-cent of college studentsadmit to cheating.

Internet

‘Psychologicalwealth’ may

trump moneyTORONTO, 11 Aug—

Psychological wealth maydo more than financialwealth to get peoplethrough tough times, twoUS psychologists suggest.

Ed Diener of the Uni-versity of Illinois at Ur-bana-Champaign andRobert Biswas-Diener ofthe Centre for AppliedPositive Psychology inMilwaukee said peopleshould avoid the trap ofover-emphasizing finan-cial matters and considera complete portfolio ofresources.

“Essentially, we havetwo forms of prosperity:economic and psycho-logical,” Diener said in astatement. “I don’t knowif one is better than theother. But what we’vefound is that while moneymay be able to make peo-ple lead more comfortablelives, it won’t necessarilycontribute to life’s pleas-ant moments that comefrom engaging with peo-ple and activities ratherthan from material goodsand luxuries.”

The father-son teamtold the 117th annual con-vention of the AmericanPsychological Associa-tion in Toronto that a Gal-lup poll that surveyedmore than 136,000 peoplein 132 countries from2005-2006 indicatedthose who said they had agreat life reported higherincome, but that largersalary did not mean theyfelt happier on a day-to-day basis.—Internet

US airline offers refunds topassengers stuck on tarmac overnightHOUSTON, 11 Aug—US

Continental Airlines onMonday apologized to 47passengers who weretrapped on the tarmac forsix hours when a Houston-to-Minneapolis flight wasdiverted because of badweather, and offered re-funds and vouchers to thepassengers.

In a statement issuedon Monday, the Houston-based Continental apolo-gized to passengers stuckin a plane at the Rochesterairport, Minnesota, andcalled the situation “com-pletely unacceptable.” Thecompany also offered pas-sengers a refund andvoucher for later travel.

The plane took offfrom Houston, Texasabout 9:30 Friday nightand was scheduled to landat Twin Cities, Minnesotajust after midnight. Butflight was diverted toRochester airport becauseof stormy weather anddidn’t get in to Twin Cit-

ies until 11 am Saturday,local media said.

The flight landed inRochester about midnightand passengers weren’t al-lowed to leave the planeuntil 6 am Saturday, ac-cording to local media re-ports.

The airline could notallow passengers to disem-bark because the airport’ssecurity screeners hadgone home for the night,said Kristy Nicholas,spokeswoman for ExpressJet Airlines, the flight’soperator.

However, officials atthe airport said that it wasContinental’s decision tokeep passengers on theplane, and this “wasn’t anairport issue.”

Passengers com-plained about their “night-mare” in the groundedplane, where they did notget any food throughoutthe night and the onlybathroom was overflowedand smelly. —Internet

Top eight beautifulwaterfalls in China

BEIJING, 11 Aug—Jingbohu Waterfall is locatedat the conjunction of Jingbohu Lake and MudanjiangRiver in Heilongjiang Province of northeast China.When the volcano broke out thousands of years ago,the magma solidified and blocked up the water in theupper reaches of Mudanjiang River and then formedthe Jingbohu Lake, which has an area of more than 90kilometres. In summer, the water concentrates at theoutlet of Jingbohu Lake and flows down like thou-sands of white horses galloping and howling.

The waterfall can be three hundred meters wide andhas a drop of more than twenty meters in the waterhigh period.

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Jingbohu Waterfall, the largest volcanowaterfall in China.

XINHUA

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Meteorite yields clues about Mars’ past

This image taken by NASA’s MarsExploration Rover Opportunityshows an unusual, lumpy rock

informally named “Wopmay” on thelower slopes of “Endurance Crater.”

Like “Escher” and other rocksdotting the bottom of Endurance,

scientists believe the lumps inWopmay may be related to cracking

and alteration processes, possiblycaused by exposure to water.

INTERNET

Advances in lung cancerresearch announced

PASADENA, 11 Aug— The US spaceagency says its Mars rover Opportunityhas found a metallic meteorite that’sproviding researchers details about theplanet’s history.

The rock, dubbed “Block Island,” islarger than any other meteorite discoveredon Mars. Scientists calculate it is toomassive to have hit the ground withoutdisintegrating unless Mars had a muchthicker atmosphere than the Red Planetnow has.“Two weeks ago, Opportunityhad driven approximately 600 feet pastthe rock in a Mars region called MeridianiPlanum,” NASA said. “An image therover had taken a few days earlier andstored was then transmitted back to Earth.The image showed the rock isapproximately 2 feet in length, half thatin height and has a bluish tint thatdistinguishes it from other rocks in thearea.”The rover team decided to haveOpportunity backtrack for a closer look,eventually touching Block Island withits robotic arm.

“There’s no question that it is an iron-nickel meteorite,” said Ralf Gellert ofthe University of Guelph in Ontario,Canada. “We already investigatedseveral spots that showed elementalvariations on the surface. This might tellus if and how the metal was altered sinceit landed on Mars.”—Internet

Breastfeeding associated withreduced risk of breast cancer among

women with family historyWASHINGTON, 11 Aug—

Women with a familyhistory of breast cancerappear to have a lower riskof developing the diseasebefore menopause if theyhave ever breastfed a child,according to a report in theAugust 10/24 issue ofArchives of InternalMedicine.

More women around theworld develop breast cancerthan any other malignancy,background informationin the article showed.Established risk factorsinclude a family history,beginning menstruation atan early age and not havingchildren or having a firstchild at a late age.

Alison M Stuebe, ofthe University of North

Carolina at Chapel Hill, andher colleagues usedinformation from 60,075women who had given birthand participated in theNurses’ Health Studybetween 1997 and 2005.

Each woman completeda detailed questionnaireon demographic chara-cteristics, body measur-

ements and lifestylefactors with follow-upquestionnaires every twoyears. Breastfeeding historywas assessed in detail onthe 1997 questionnaire andon each subsequent follow-up the women were askedto report whether they hadbeen diagnosed with breastcancer.—Xinhua

A piece of bonediscovered from the

cave site.XINHUA

Blueberry leaves may killhepatitis C

Toshiba finally adoptsBlu-ray Disc standard

BEIJING, 11 Aug— Toshiba is planning to launchplayers and laptops with support for Blu-ray Discs laterthis year, the company said on Monday. The company was the primary backer of the HDDVD optical-disc format that had been battling Blu-rayDisc. However in 2008 Toshiba pulled the plug on itsHD-DVDs, conceding defeat to the Blu-ray camp ledby proponents Sony and Panasonic. In a brief statement Toshiba said it had applied formembership of the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA),the standards setting and licensing body behind theformat. The company also stated it would be launchingproducts before the end of 2009.—Xinhua

PHOENIX, 11 Aug— USscientists have announcedtwo significant advancesin lung cancer research.

Dr Glen Weiss of theTranslational GenomicsResearch Institute madeboth announcements lastweek in San Francisco

during the 13th WorldConference on LungCancer.

In one presentation,Weiss described researchthat eventually might helpprevent lung cancer fromspreading to the brain.

A team led by Weissfound severalmicroRNAs, which aresingle-stranded RNAmolecules that regulatehow genes control cellulardevelopment — as wellas several high-techimaging characteristics —all associated with thespread of lung cancer tothe brain.

“With additional vali-dation, this work can leadto better techniques topredict, treat andultimately prevent brainmetastasis in patients withnon-small cell lungcancer,” Weiss said.

In another presentation,he discussed the releaseby Threshold Pharma-ceuticals Inc and theVirginia Piper CancerCenter at Arizona’sScottsdale Healthcare ofresults of two clinicaltrials for a drug called TH-302, which is activated inthe absence of oxygen, onpatients with advancedsolid tumors.—Internet

MIYAZAKI, 11 Aug —Japanese scientists saythey’ve discovered achemical found inblueberry leaves canhelp block thereplicat ion of thehepatitis C virus.

The researchers, ledby Hiroaki Kataoka andcolleagues at the Uni-versity of Miyazaki, saidthe discovery opens anew avenue for treatingchronic hepati t is Cinfections. Currently,there is no vaccine forHCV, and although acombination drugregimen can clear HCVinfection, the scientists

said that treatment isonly about 60 percenteffective and poses risksof severe side effects.

Kataoka and colleguesscreened nearly 300different agriculturalproducts for potentialcompounds that suppressHCV replication anduncovered a strongcandidate in the leavesof rabbit-eye blueberry— a plant native to thesoutheastern UnitedStates.

They purif ied thecompound andidentif ied i t asproanthocyandin — apolyphenol similar to the

beneficial chemicalsfound in grapes andwine. Whileproanthocyandin can beharmful, Kataoka andcolleagues noted itseffective concentrationagainst HCV was 100times less than the toxicthreshold, and similarchemicals are found inmany edible plants,suggesting it should besafe as a dietarysupplement.

The scientists saidthey now will explore thedetailed mechanisms ofhow this chemical stopsHCV replication.

Internet

BEIJING, 11 Aug— Animportant Paleolithic cavesite, named “Water CurtainCave Site”, was discoveredin the Huhushui ScenicArea in Heibei Province,north China.

This site is located in thesteep ridges at the easternfoot of Taihang Mountains.The cave with a smallopening is just behind thewater curtain of a waterfall.In shape the cave is narrow,but long and winding.

A r c h a e o l o g i s t s ’ s

preliminary investigationproved abundant culturalrelics in the “Water CurtainCave Site,” which so farmainly comprise stonewareand animal bones. Scrapemarks can still be seen onthe bones from the ancientpeople chopping orscraping meat from them.

A great deal of stoneware was also found in thecave. It is believed that themasters of the “WaterCurtain Cave Site” usedhammers to make stone

tools, indicating the emergeof smashing technology.

Xie Fei, vice minister ofthe Hebei ProvincialCultural Heritage Admini-stration, said that the“Water Curtain Cave Site”,with an estimated age ofbetween 20,000 and 30,000years old, is an importantPaleolithic cave site whichgeologically dates from thelate Quarternary period, andculturally dates back to thelater Paleolithic period.

Xinhua

“Water Curtain Cave Site” discovered inHebei Province

COLUMBUS, 11 Aug—Mothers tend to parent astheir mothers did butfathers don’t seem to usetheir moms as parental rolemodels, US researcherssaid.

Ohio State Universityresearchers trackedparentsin the 1990s on howoften parents spanked, readto and showed affection totheir children.

They compared theresults to how the parentswere treated by their ownmothers.Study co-authorJonathan Vespa, a doctoralstudent in sociology atOhio State University, saidthe researchers used datafrom the NationalLongitudinal Survey ofYouth — men and women

ages 14-22 in 1979 wereinterviewed annually from1979 to 1994 and everytwo years from 1996forward.—Internet

Mothers influence parentingof daughters

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Fergie frets overNani, Foster afterWembley defeatLONDON,11 Aug—Alex

Ferguson faces an anxiouswait to discover if Man-chester United’s PremierLeague title defence suf-fered an early blow dur-ing his side’s CommunityShield penalty shootoutdefeat to Chelsea.

Ferguson had plenty tooccupy his mind on thejourney back to Manches-ter on Sunday as he con-templated an injury toPortugal winger Nani thatcould wreck his plans forlife after CristianoRonaldo and CarlosTevez.

Nani had made a sig-nificant contribution toUnited’s first half domi-nance at Wembley and itwas perhaps no coinci-dence that his departureearly in the second halfwith a dislocated shoulderwas the prelude for Chel-sea’s best period of thegame.—Internet

Chelsea’s Lampard gearingup for trophy haul

Chelsea’s Frank Lam-pard celebrates scoringhis penalty during theFA Community Shieldagainst ManchesterUnited at Wembley Sta-dium, London, England,on 9 August.—INTERNET

Portsmouth rule out Kidd return

Portsmouth Manager Paul Hart (right)sits with his assistant Brian Kidd prior

the Premier League match betweenPortsmouth FC and Manchester CityFC at Fratton Park, Portsmouth in

February 2009.—INTERNET

City admit Bellamy mistake

Moyes worried by lack of signings

Everton managerDavid Moyes

Clijsters makes triumphantreturn to tennis

Woods to be fined for criticism of rules official

Tiger Woods hits from the sand to the14th green during the final round of

the Bridgestone Invitational golftournament on 9 Aug, 2009, at

Firestone Country Club in Akron,Ohio.—INTERNET

Craig Bellamy

Kim Clijstersof Belgium

Flu-hit Ronaldo in doubt for Portugal friendly

Cristiano Ronaldo

LONDON, 11 Aug—Frank Lampard is gearinghimself up for one of thebiggest seasons of his ca-reer and is determined towin major silverware forboth club and country.

Lampard believesChelsea can mount a se-rious challenge for the ti-tle again and still dreamsof helping his side win theChampions League forthe first time in the club’shistory.

Chelsea signalled theirintentions by beatingManchester United in theCommunity Shield atWembley on Sunday andhave been able to keeptheir big name players atthe club.

With former AC Milancoach Carlo Ancelotti tak-ing over the managerialhelm at Stamford Bridge,the Chelsea midfielder

feels his side will notstand a better chance ofchallenging the big boysonce again.

Internet

LIVERPOOL, 11 Aug—Everton manager DavidMoyes admitted Mondayhe was worried by theclub’s failure to bolstertheir squad ahead of the

new season.Moyes knows he is in a

race against time to bringin new players ahead ofthe club’s Europa Leagueplay-off tie against Czechside Sigma Olomouc laterthis month

“We are not ready as faras the squad goes, wewant more players in,”said Moyes, who has re-jected bids for JoleonLescott and Louis Saha.

“We let a few go in thesummer—Andy van derMeyde, Lars Jacobson,Nuno Valente—and wehave not replaced any ofthose players yet.

Internet

MADRID, 11 Aug—Cristiano Ronaldo has returnedfrom Real Madrid’s pre-season tour of North Americawith the flu and is in doubt for Portugal’s friendly onWednesday against Liechtenstein, the Spanish sidesaid on Monday.

The 24-year-old striker will join up with his na-tional side “if the flu which he is suffering from al-lows it”, Real Madrid said in a statement posted ontheir website.

Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz named Ronaldo,who joined Real from Manchester United in June fora record 94 million euros, last Thursday in his 18-man squad for the friendly international in Vaduz,Liechtenstein.

Internet

MANCHESTER, 11 Aug—Manchester City admittedMonday to failing to no-tify the Welsh FootballAssociation of strikerCraig Bellamy’s absencefor the friendly againstMontenegro on Wednes-day.

Wales’ officials wereleft bemused whenBellamy failed to turn upfor national duty afterCity forgot to tell them hewas injured.

In a statement, Citysaid: “Craig Bellamy iscontinuing his fitness andrehabilitation work fol-lowing a knee injury.

“He suffered a reaction

following Saturday’sgame against Celtic and istherefore unavailable torepresent Wales in thisweek’s friendly againstMontenegro.

“Craig’s situationshould have been commu-nicated to the FootballAssociation of Wales overthe weekend, but a misun-derstanding on the proc-ess meant this was regret-tably not done until today.

“Manchester City havenow made contact withthe Football Associationof Wales to clarify thesituation.”—Internet

CINCINNATI, 11 Aug—Former world number oneKim Clijsters made a tri-umphant return to tennis,defeating France’sMarion Bartoli in straightsets in her first match inmore than two years.

Clijsters, who retired inMay of 2007 and gavebirth to a daughter in Feb-ruary of 2008, defeated12th-seeded Bartoli 6-4,6-3.

“I’m really excitedplaying my first match,”said Clijsters, 26, who re-ceived a wild card into thedraw of the tournamentwhich has been bumpedup to WTA premier status.

“I’ve been trainingsince the start of February,and I’ve always been fo-cused on Cincinnati. Win-

ning my first match feelsgood.”

The ebullient Belgianadvanced to a second-round clash against Swit-zerland’s Patty Schnyder,a 6-4, 6-0 winner over Ar-gentina’s Gisela Dulko.

Internet

CHASKA, 11 Aug—Tiger Woods willbe fined by the PGA Tour for his publiccriticism of a rules official after winningthe Bridgestone Invitational, a tour of-ficial said on Monday.

The official spoke on condition of ano-nymity because the tour does not publi-cize fines.

Woods was bothered after his four-shot victory Sunday because he andPadraig Harrington were put on the clockat the par-5 16th. He said that causedHarrington to rush three difficult shots,leading to triple bogey.

European Tour chief referee JohnParamor told Woods and Harrington theywere being timed.

Woods said he told Harrington after itwas over, “I’m sorry that John got in theway of a great battle.”

Paramor said the final pairing was wellbehind most of the back nine, but offi-cials gave them time to catch up. Theywere still 17 minutes out of position onthe 16th tee, when they were put on theclock.—Internet

PORTSMOUTH, 11 Aug—Portsmouthmanager Paul Hart on Monday ruled outthe return of experienced assistant coachBrian Kidd for the upcoming PremierLeague season.

Kidd worked alongside Hart fromFebruary last season and helped keepPompey in the top flight.

But Hart told BBC Radio: “He did agreat job for me after turning down anumber of other jobs. But he’s a familyman and Manchester is a long way.”

Kidd spent the bulk of his coachingcareer with Manchester United, work-ing under Sir Alex Ferguson after mov-ing to Old Trafford from Preston in1991.

After a short time in charge atBlackburn, he later became an assistantto Sven-Goran Eriksson in the England

set-up before a spell at Sheffield United.Hart said that no replacement has yet

been lined up.Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudy inKayah State, lower Sagaing Division, rain have been isolatedin Mandalay and Magway Divisions, scattered in ShanState and upper Sagaing Division, fairly widespread inBago and Yangon Divisions and widespread in theremaining areas with locally heavyfall in AyeyawadyDivision, isolated heavyfalls in Kachin State, Yangon andTaninthayi Divisions.The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Pyapon (5.00) inches, Pathein (4.17) inches,Myitkyina (3.54) inches, Khayan (3.11) inches, Launglon(3.03) inches and Minbu (0.04) inch.

Maximum temperature on 10-8-2009 was 86°F.Minimum temperature on 11-8-2009 was 68°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 11-8-2009 was 96%. TotalSun shine hours on 10-8-2009 was (1.0) hour approx.

Rainfall on 11-8-2009 was (0.35) inch at Mingaladon,(0.71) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.63) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (78.62) inches at Mingaladon,(89.13) inches at Kaba-Aye and (92.64) inches at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (8)mph from Southwest at (12:30) hours MST on 10-8-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is moderate to strong in theAndaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 12th August 2009: Rainor thundershowers will be isolated in Kayah State, lowerSagaing, Mandalay and Magway Divisions, scattered inShan and Chin States, upper Sagaing Division, fairlywidespread in Rakhine and Kayin States, Yangon and BagoDivisions and widespread in the remaining areas. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

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Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for12-8-2009: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for12-8-2009: likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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TOKYO, 11 Aug—Venlo and Japan midfielderKeisuke Honda said Tuesday that Liverpool wasinterested in him.

“I was told before the match that a scout fromLiverpool had come,” Honda said on his website,two days after scoring twice in promoted Venlo’s2-2 draw with ADO Den Haag at home in theDutch first division.

The 23-year-old Japanese, who won the MVPaward in the second division last season, hasalready scored three goals in the first two games ofthe new season.

Japanese media have carried Dutch and Englishpress reports quoting Venlo chairman Hai Berdenas saying that several top European clubs haveexpressed an interest in signing Honda.

“A number of top clubs are interested inHonda. Some of them are participating in theChampions League this year,” Berden said, addingtwo of England’s top five clubs were among them.

Honda has scored 21 goals in 52 games forVenlo since joining the club in January last yearafter four seasons with J-League Nagoya Grampus.

Internet

Japan’s midfielderKeisuke Honda(top) battles for theball with Chile’sdefender IsmaelFuentes during theKirin Cup tour-nament in Osaka,May 2009. Hondasaid that Liverpoolwas interested inhim.—INTERNET

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★ 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 amongthe people

■ RFA, DVB - generating public out-rage

■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

1. The Northern District Court of the Yangon Division by Criminal Regular Trial 47/2009 in accordance with the Law Safeguarding the State Against theDanger of Subversive Elements, Section 22 instituted the case for breach of provision against Daw Khin Khin Win (father U Tin Ohn) and Daw Win Ma Ma (fatherU Nyan Lin).2. If the Court finds both guilty and sentence be pronounced accordingly, whatsoever sentence may have been pronounced, in consideration of both stayingwith Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and having looked after each other, for the convenience of their stay together, it is amended that under Criminal Procedure CodeSection 401, Sub-Section 5 that half of the sentence to be served is remitted and remainder of the sentence is to be suspended.3. During the period of suspended sentence, in paragraph 2, Daw Khin Khin Win and Daw Win Ma Ma shall reside in the residence of Daw Aung San SuuKyi, No 54/56 University Avenue, Shwetaunggyar Quarters No. 1, Bahan Township, in accordance with the annexed stipulations.4. It is informed that should Daw Khin Khin Win and Daw Win Ma Ma abide in accordance with the stipulations in good conduct during the suspended periodand not exceeding such period, the suspended sentence shall be pardoned.

Chairman State Peace and Development Council

Under the directive of the Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued an order dated 10 August and informedDaw Khin Khin Win and Daw Win Ma Ma of the order and read it to them.—MNA

Chairman of State Peace and Development Council issues directive dated10 August 2009 for Ministry of Home Affairs stating upon Court pronouncing

sentence to Daw Khin Khin Win and Daw Win Ma Ma the sentence to beserved by them under Criminal Procedure Code be amended and

suspended if they display good conduct and pardon be granted accordinglyNAY PYI TAW, 11 Aug—The Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council issued a directive dated 10 August 2009 for the Ministry of Home Affairs

stating upon the Court pronouncing sentence to Daw Khin Khin Win and Daw Win Ma Ma the sentence to be served by them under the Criminal Procedure Codebe amended and suspended if they display good conduct and pardon be granted accordingly. The full text of the directive is as follows:

Union of MyanmarOffice of the Chairman of the

State Peace and Development CouncilLetter No. 04/NaYaKa (Oo)/La Nga Hka-1Dated: 10th August 2009

To:The Minister,Ministry of Home Affairs

Subject: Upon the Court pronouncing sentence to Daw Khin Khin Win (father U Tin Ohn) and Daw Win Ma Ma (father U Nyan Lin) the sentenceto be served by them under the Criminal Procedure Code be amended and suspended if they display good conduct and pardon be grantedaccordingly.

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