The New Light of Myanmar 03-04-2010

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Volume XVII, Number 352 5th Waning of Tagu 1371 ME Saturday, 3 April, 2010

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round developmentof 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 inside thecountry and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

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

tion* 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, 2 April—Chairman of theState Peace and Development Council of theUnion of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwereceived a delegation led by Prime Minister MrNguyen Tan Dung of the Socialist Republic ofVietnam at Zeyathiri Beikman here at 5.30 pmtoday.

Also present at the call together with theSenior General were Vice-Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council Vice-SeniorGeneral Maung Aye, Member of the State Peaceand Development Council General Thura ShweMann, Prime Minister General Thein Sein, Sec-retary-1 of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil General Thiha Thura Tin Aung MyintOo, Member of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen Tin Aye, Minister for Agricul-ture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo, Ministerfor Industry-2 Vice-Admiral Soe Thein, Minis-ter for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win, Minister forNational Planning and Economic DevelopmentU Soe Tha, Minister for Livestock and FisheriesBrig-Gen Maung Maung Thein, Minister forFinance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun, Deputy

Senior General Than Shwe receivesVietnamese Prime Minister

Minister for Defence Maj-Gen Aye Myint,Deputy Minister for Transport Col Nyan TunAung, Myanmar Ambassador to SRV U KhinMaung Soe and departmental heads, and theSRV Prime Minister and delegation were ac-companied by Ambassador of Vietnam to

Myanmar Mr Chu Cong Phung and officials ofthe embassy.

The two sides exchanged views on furthercementing of the friendly relations between thetwo countries and promotion of economic coop-eration.—MNA

Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe receives Vietnamesedelegation led by Prime Minister Mr Nguyen Tan Dung.—MNA

Chairmanof the StatePeace andDevelop-

ment Coun-cil of theUnion ofMyanmar

SeniorGeneral

Than Shweshakes

hands withVietnamese

PrimeMinister

Mr NguyenTan Dung.

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Saturday, 3 April, 2010

PERSPECTIVES

The nation has been in the process ofbuilding a peaceful, modern and developed onewith the united strength of the government, thepeople and the Tatmadaw. Priority has beengiven to national consolidation to shape ourfuture. Amity and unity among the nationalbrethren have been further cemented.

Under the correct leadership of thegovernment, the entire national people are doingtheir bit in nation-building tasks. As a result,there have been fruitful results across thecountry with a network of roads and bridgesfor smooth transport plus economic, education,health and social foundations. These are signsof progress and prosperity of the Union.

The regions where national raceorganizations, which have returned to the legalfold at the government’s kind invitation, liveare also developing. Alongside regional peaceand stability, the local people are enjoying fruitsof progress.

For the sake of national security and peaceand stability in border areas, the government ismaking plans for militia organizationsshouldering State defence duties together withthe Tatmadaw to transform themselves intoborder guard forces. The ceremonies to formborder guard forces took place in Pungpahkyemin Mongton Township and Mongyu inMongyawng Township, Shan State (East), on 30March.

With the formation of those forces, themilitia organizations have had the chance toperform national defence duties as border guardforces. The local people have welcomed theforces, envisioning eternal peace in the borderregions.

Unity is of significance of the Union. All thenational people are living in amity and unitywith the fine traditions of the Union. The borderregions will surely see perpetual peace whenthe militia organizations carry out nationaldefence duties conscientiously as border guardforces.

* 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

With national unity andamity, border regions seeeternal peace

NAY PYI TAW, 2April— Minister forAgriculture and Irri-gation Maj-Gen Htay Ooreceived ThaiAmbassador to theUnion of MyanmarMr.Bansarn Bunnag atthe ministry yesterdayevening.

The meeting wasattended by directors-general and managing-directors under theministry.

MNA

A & I Minister meets Thai Ambassador

NAY PYI TAW, 2 April—TMW introducedwater-proof Sony TX5 camera to journalists at itsYangon branch this morning.

Daw Lwin Lwin Mya of TMW spoke at thepress conference. A responsible person ofSingapore branch and Ko Zarni Aung of TMWsaid at the conference that the water-proof SonyTX5 camera is produced ahead of Thingyan, thewater festival. The world’s slimmest camera hasfour significant characters—enabling to takephotos even at 1.5 metres deep water, being sand-resistant, sustaining no damage even if it fallsfrom 4.5-metre height, and being usable at -10° Ctemperature.

High-sensitivity Exmor R CMOS sensor isinstalled in the water-proof Cyber-shot TX5. Thecombination of BIONZ image processor and highperformance Carl Zeiss lens in the camera mayguarantee pure and sharp pictures. IntelligentSweep Panorama function may allow the user toshot portrait and landscape wide pictures andTwilight and Portrait function to generate purephotos even in dark. The water-proof TX5 cameramay be bought at Sony showrooms of TMWenterprise limited.—MNA

Sony TX5 camerafor Thingyan

YANGON, 2 April— Sponsored by SmartBusiness Group, Electronics and personal goodsexhibition 2010 was held at Tatmadaw ConventionCentre on U Wisara Road here from 1 to 4 April withthe participation of Asia Electronic Co., Ltd.

Crown brand TV, EVD, HEVD, AMPLIFIERinvented with Japanese technique and dat brandspeaker produced by Indonesia are on sale at theexhibition.

Those items are available at No. 204 ( B ), firstfloor, Setyon street, Tarmway Township, Ph-200958,290385, showroom No. ( 8 ) Wayzayanta Road, 6ward, South Okkalapa Township Ph-562279 andService Centre, No.( 10 ), ground floor, 133th street,Yangon, Ph-09-8024849.—MNA

Want to buy Crownbrand products?

Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo receives ThaiAmbassador to the Union of Myanmar Mr.Bansarn Bunnag.—MNA

Crown brand electronic products seen in

Electronics and personal goods

exhibition 2010.

MNA

YANGON, 2 April— A donation ceremony ofRotary Club of Essendon (Australia) took place atYangon Children’s Hospital here this morning.

Mrs Anne Roger from Rotary Club of Essendon(Australia) presented equipment to Yangon Children’sHospital. Professor Dr Kyu Kyu Khin from Universityof Medicine (1) received and gave honouring documentto the donor.

MNA

Medical equipmentreceived by YangonChildren’s Hospital

Mrs Anne Roger of Rotary Club of Essendon

(Australia) donates medical equipment to

Yangon Children’s Hospital.

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Afghan president blames foreigners for votefraud

KABUL, 2 April —President HamidKarzai is blaming foreigners forwidespread fraud in last year’spresidential election.

Karzai told election workers onThursday there had been “vast fraud” inthe 20 Aug ballot but that it was notcommitted by Afghans.

Instead, he accused UN and EuropeanUnion officials of interfering in theprocess to force the election into a runoff,which was scrapped when Karzai’s main

Iraqi children stand at the site of a car bomb in the holy Shiite shrine

city of Karbala, south of Baghdad, on 29 March. —INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 2 April—The number of Iraqiskilled in violence lastmonth was the highestthis year, authorities saidon Thursday, as thecountry’s political partiesdiscuss forming agovernment after March7 polls.

Altogether 367 Iraqis

Iraq says March deadliest month sofar this year

SEOUL, 2 April —Local police arrested twoPakistani men suspectedto be Taleban elementsfor illegal entry, localmedia reported on Friday.

The two men, whoarrived in South Korea inFebruary last year via aPakistan-flagged mer-chant ship, are chargedwith illegally entering thecountry by bypassing theimmigration control,according to YonhapNews Agency.

The two were caught

S Korean police arreststwo possible Taleban

members

Palestinianinspect the site of

a destroyedfactory after an

Israeli airstrike inGaza City.

XINHUA

A US Marine from kilocompany 3rd Battalion 6th

Marines watches as anAfghan man is searched by

a soldier of the AfghanNational Army near a USMarine base in Marjah

District, HelmandProvince, on 1 April, 2010.

INTERNET

Militants blow up schools in Pakistan’s

tribal areaISLAMABAD, 2 April —

Militants blew up anothergovernment high schoolin Pakistan’s restiveMohmand tribal area andset on fire a middle schoolin Orakzai agency onFriday, official sourcessaid.

Local officials toldXinhua that a high schoolwas blown up byunidentified militants atKogpand area insubdivision Safi ofMohmand early Friday.they said 21 classroomswere completely damagedand another 10 werepartially destroyed.

Mili tants placedexplosive materials at

different parts of thebuilding of the schoolthat leveled the buildingto ground but nocasualty has beenreported.

Reports said that thenumber of schools so fardestroyed by militants inthe Mohmand agencyreached 37.

Xinhua during the crackdown onundocumented migrantworkers by immigrantauthorities and police inthe southern city ofChangwon, where theyworked at a clothingfactory.

Investigators ob-tained intelligencealleging their link to thearmed terrorist groupTaleban and have askedthe Pakistani govern-ment to verify theinformation, according toYonhap.—Xinhua

died as a result of attacksin March — a slightincrease from February’stoll of 352.

The death toll forMarch also represented thefourth consecutive monthin which the overallnumber of people killedwas higher than the samemonth a year previously.In addition, 699 peoplewere wounded —according to the figurescompiled by Iraq’s health,

interior and defenceministries.

Authorities said thata total of 57 insurgentswere killed in March and666 were arrested.

Seven Americansoldiers also died lastmonth according to theindependent websitewww.icasualties.org.

In total, 4,387 UStroops have died in Iraqsince the US-led invasionin Iraq.—Internet

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opponent dropped out.Karzai singled out former UN

deputy chief Peter Galbraith, whowas fired in a dispute with his bossabout how to deal with fraudallegations, and the head of the EUobservers, retired French GenPhilippe Morillon. Karzai was forcedinto a runoff after a UN-backedcommission threw out nearly a thirdof his ballots.

Internet

HANOI, 2 April —Vietnamese PrimeMinister Mr Nguyen TanDung on Thursday urgedministries and relevantagencies to make moreefforts to contain inflationand achieve economicgrowth rate of 6.5 percentin 2010.

Dung made the orderduring a regular meetingheld here on Thursday toreview the socio-economicdeve-lopment of Vietnamin the first quarter.

Dung asked the

Vietnamese PM urges effortsfor eco. growth rate of 6.5%

central bank, the StateBank of Vietnam, tocontinue with flexible andcareful monetary policiesto control the speed ofcredit growth.

To boost exports, theprime minister orderedministries and relevantagencies to flexibly use taxtools to contain tradedeficit, encourage theconsumption of domesticproducts, developsupporting industry andeffectively disburse statecapital.

Dung specificallyassigned the Ministry ofIndustry and Trade andthe Ministry of Financeto keep a closer eye onthe latest developmentsof demand-supplyrelations to adoptappropriate measures tostabilize the domesticmarket.

At the meeting,Dung said that measuresadopted in the firstmonths of this year todevelop the country’seconomy have begun toprove effective andbrought aboutencouraging results.

In the first quarter ofthis year, Vietnameseeconomy grew by 5. 83percent, much higher thanthe figure of 3.14 percentduring the same periodlast year.

MNA/Xinhua

An Iraqi fireman uses a water hose to extinguishfire at a market after bomb attacksin Khalis, northeast of Baghdad.

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Vibe receives a stem cell transplantation. The fluid that gets injected intoher veins by a nurse on the left is only 4 degrees Celsius. It is very painful

for her, giving her nausea and stomach ache. The purpose of thetransplantation is to help her immune system to recover after a high dosage

chemotherapy treatment. Vibe’s mother Helle is on the right.XINHUA

BE I J I N G, 2 Apri l—China onThursday said it would step up anti-terror cooperation with Russia after astring of bomb attacks in Russiawithin this week.

“We will continue to strengthencooperation with Russia on securityissues and fighting terrorism to jointlycombat ‘three forces’ (of terrorism,separatism and extremism), in a bidto safeguard peace and stability in thetwo countries and in the region,”Foreign Ministry spokesman QinGang said at a news briefing inBeijing.

China pledges anti-terrorcooperation after Russia bomb

attacksTwo suicide bombings killed 12

people, including nine police officers,and injured another 26 in theDagestani town of KizlyawereWednesday.

The blasts came two days aftertwo female suicide bombers killed 39people in attacks on the Moscowsubway system that authorities havelinked to North Caucasus militants.

Chinese President Hu Jintao hassent a telegram to Russian counterpartDmitry Medvedev to extendcondolences over the bombings, Qinsaid.—Xinhua

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

Models present creationsby Russian designer

Slava Zaitsev during theRussian Fashion Week(RFW 2010/2011 Fall/

Winter) in Moscow,capital of Russia, on 1April, 2010. The RFW

kicked off here onThursday.

XINHUA

TOKYO, 2 April—Sales of new vehicles in fiscal2009 grew 10 percent from a year earlier, the JapanAutomobile Dealers Association (JADA) said in areport on Thursday, marking the first rise in sevenyears.

According to JADA, 3,182,073 units were soldin fiscal year 2009, with sales in March surging 37.2percent from a year before to 443,298 units, markingthe eighth consecutive month of growth, as tax breaksand government subsidies for eco-friendly carsspurred buying in the wake of the global financialmeltdown.

JADA additionally reported that 323,064 moreunits were sold in FY 2009 than a year earlier.

Sales of passenger cars jumped 40.7 percent to402,826 units and truck sales advanced 0.7 percent to37,778 units, according to JADA.

Xinhua

New vehicle sales in Japanincrease for first time in

seven yearsWELLINGTON, 2 April

—Business confidencefell in March but remainsat its highest level in 11years, according to asurvey released onThursday.

The NationalBank’s latest survey hasfound f irms remaincautiously upbeat abouta recovery in economicactivity.

Twelve out of 13indicators in the NationalBank’s monthlyconfidence surveydeteriorated in March.

Xinhua

Nineteen-year-oldGizem Memic wonMiss Turkey 2010

here on Thursday andshe will compete forthe Miss World onbehalf of Turkey in

Vietnam.XINHUA

New Zealandbusiness

confidence fallsin March

This Australia girl, Mia Wasikowska, is the new

face to Hollywood. She starred as Alice in Tim

Burton’s Lewis Carroll adaptation of “Alice in

Wonderland”, which hits global cinemas at

present.

XINHUA

SHANGHAI, 2 April—The sea area near China’sbiggest sea transport hubof Shanghai wasshrouded in a dense fogon Thursday, which hasstranded at least 90international cargo ships,according to customspolice.

Zhang Xinxin, thecustoms police on duty atthe Waigaoqiao Port inShanghai, said the port hadissued a fog weather alertcalling for all ships passingthrough the area to anchorimmediately. She said thefog, the most severe one sofar this year, reducedvisibility to less than 200meters. She said portcustoms had temporarilyclosed, but were preparedto increase manpower tocope with an influx ofcustoms work after the fogdispersed.—Xinhua

Fog strands int’lcargo ships at east

China’s port

TIANJIN, 2 April—Construction work on a largeharbor to accomodate cruise ships will be completed atthe end of May in Tianjin, the largest artifical deep-waterport of northern China, according to port managementauthorities.

The authorities said the harbor would be the largestferry terminal in Asia. The harbor, designed to be able toaccomodate two cruise vessels at the same time, willreceive leading cruise liners “Costa” and “Legend of theSeas” in June.

Last year, Tianjin port received 50 visits ofinternational cruise ships, a growth of 56 percent year-on-year, with 54,118 human entries and departures by theliners, up 77 percent.—Xinhua

Large harbour for cruise ships tobegin operation in N China’s Tianjin

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BEIJING, 2 April—“BeijingWelcomes You” was a popular hit songduring and after the Beijing Olympics.So, perhaps the song “Right HereWaiting for You 2010” will become ahit from the Shanghai World Expo?The song was created to promote theexpo and was released at the 30-daycountdown event.

The image ambassadors of theShanghai World Expo all appear in themusic video. They include action starJackie Chan, pianist Lang Lang, sportsstar Yao Ming, TV producer Yang Lan,film star Andy Lau, World championLi Ning, film star Li Bingbing, and theimage ambassador of Shanghai,Olympic champion Liu Xiang.

“Right Here Waiting for You2010”—XINHUA

Expo song released for 30-daycountdown

Lyric writer Zhang Peng says he setthe mood of “Right Here Waiting forYou” as if he was going to invite someguests to his house, and the house is tobe spruced up with a delicious feastprepared.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 2 April—The city wasn’t NewYork but Las Vegas, andyet the “Sex and theCity” stars appearedright at home at ShoWest- the film-exhibitorsconvention where theywere presented with anaward for Ensemble ofthe Year last weekend.Three of the film’s fourleads were present: SarahJessica Parker, CynthiaNixon and Kristin Davis.

The film may beabout women andprimarily for women,but Sarah Jessica Parkersaid the only reason thecast agreed to do a

“Sex and the City 2” to return thisMay

Poster of “Sex andthe City 2”

XINHUA

Patrick King.King has called “Sex

and the City 2” a roadmovie, and, indeed, ittakes the cast out of NewYork to places as exoticas the Saharan desert. Itsgrand scope has ledParker to compare theproject to “Lawrence ofArabia.”

The original “Sex andthe City” movie tookmore than 400 milliondollars worldwide,making a sequel almostinevitable.

“Sex and the City 2”will be released across theglobe from 27th May.

Xinhua

second movie wasbecause of theparticipation of a man -writer-director Michael

More than one way to loseweight

BEIJING, 2 April—Do you worryabout how to lose your weight? Doyou face the trouble to keep yourweight?

Harvard researchers set out todetermine exactly how much physicalactivity women need in midlife toavoid gaining weight as they age,according to the Journal of theAmerican Medical Association asquoted by the New York TimesThursday.

The researchers found that an hourof moderate activity — including suchrecreational activities as brisk walking,leisurely bicycling, ballroom dancingand playing with children — a dayprevented women of normal weightfrom gaining more than five poundsover any three-year period.

Half the amount of vigorousactivity, like running, jogging or fastbiking, will do the trick as well, theysaid.

“It’s so hard to lose weight and

A woman watchesgoldfishs with her

children at BrooklynBotanic Garden in NewYork, the United States,

on 31 March, 2010.Flowers are blossomingas temperature rises in

New York.INTERNET

maintain the loss, so whatever weightyou are, you should try to stay thatweight — that is a success,” said thestudy lead author, Dr. I-Min Lee, anassociate professor of epidemiology atHarvard School of Public Health.

But any amount of exercise isbeneficial, she emphasized. “Peopleshouldn’t just throw up their handsand say, ‘Sixty minutes? I can’t dothat,’ and give up. Health is more thanweight.”

During the 15-year study of 34,079healthy women with an average age of54 at the beginning, the average weightgain was just over five pounds withouttaking diet into account.—Xinhua

Beware of Fire

SCIENCEDAILY, 2April—New researchfrom the University ofReading says that chil-dren, especially boys,who have insecure at-tachments to their moth-ers in the early years havemore behaviour prob-lems later in childhood.

The analysis by DrPasco Fearon, from theSchool of Psychologyand Clinical LanguageSciences, looked at 69studies involving almost6,000 children aged 12and younger.

The quality of therelationship betweenchildren and their par-

Mother-Son Relationship Key to Emo-tional Development

Relationship betweenmother and son.

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ents is important to chil-dren's development, butpast research on the linkbetween attachment anddevelopment has beeninconsistent. The vol-ume, range and diver-sity of earlier studiesmade it difficult to get aclear picture. Howeverthis new analysis hasbeen able to pull to-gether evidence frompast research to answera number of scientificquestions around attach-ment.

The new researchsought to clarify the ex-tent to which bonds be-tween children and their

mums early in life af-fect children's later be-havioural problems,such as aggression orhostility. The studiesincluded in the reviewused a range of methodsfor assessing children'sbehaviour problems, in-cluding parent andteacher questionnairesand direct observations.

The study also rec-ommends the need fortreatment studies focus-ing on attachment andfor more research on thesignificance of attach-ment between childrenand their fathers.

Internet

VampireFreaks is a social networking site featuring Gothic characteristics with 2.2million members, who are obsessed with Gothic things. They organize activities or

establish specific groups, like vampire film “Twilight,” to communicate and expresstheir passion for Goth.—INTERNET

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NEWS ALBUM

SH A N G H A I, 2 Apri l — “Befriendly. Don’t cut in line. Keep tothe right while driving and walking.”

As the one month countdown tothe World Expo began Thursday,authorities are asking Shanghairesidents to be on their best behavior.

The Shanghai Expo CitizenshipPledge also requires residents of thehost city to protect the environment,talk and dress politely, and not tolitter.

The pledge was drawn up after

Shanghai tells citizens to be polite,friendly as one month countdown to

Expo beginsthe government culled suggestionsfrom the 35,000 letters, e-mails andphone-cal ls , according to themunicipal civil affairs office.

The suggestions focused oncitizen behavior, such as the way totreat guests and how to dress andspeak. Others related to expo visiting,travel and environment protection.

About 70 million people areexpected to visit the expo which runsfrom 1 May to 31 Oct.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 2 April — Chinese equities rose Thursday, led by property developers.The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange inched

up 1.23 percent, or 38.32 points, to end at 3,147.42 points. The Shenzhen ComponentIndex on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange closed at 12,686.06 points, up 191.71 points, or1.53 percent.

Combined turnover was 277.60 billion yuan (40.64 billion U.S. dollars), up from219.76 billion yuan on the previous trading day.

Gainers outnumbered losers by 803 to 75 in Shanghai and 786 to 113 in Shenzhen.Xinhua

Chinese shares rise Thursday

A Russian police officer guards the Russian Soyuz TMA-18 space ship, thatwill carry new crew to the international space station, getting transported

from a hangar to the launch pad at the Russian leased BaikonurCosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, on 31 March, 2010. Start of the new

Soyuz mission with US astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Russian cosmonautsAlexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko are set to blast off for theinternational space station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 2 April,

2010.—INTERNETLONDON, 2 April—Staff at the Dinningtonlibrary are used to peoplebringing books back latebut the package theyreceived last month wasin a class of its own.

It contained apaperback first editioncopy of “Quatermass andthe Pit” by Nigel Knealewhich had been borrowed

Library book is returned — 45years late

on September 24, 1965.“I thought at first it

was just a normal return,until I saw the color of thepages: they were verybrown around the edges,”said Alison Lawrie, thePrincipal LibraryAssistant.

“It’s true that somepeople like to take theirtime with a good book,

but 45 years is anincredible amount oftime!” Staff believe the

book was borrowed

from the old Dinnington

Libr-ary, in Sheffield,

South Yorkshire which

opened in 1936 and is

close to the current

building which opened

in 2009.

Internet

A Washington state homeowner says he left hisfront door open for his own cats. He wasn’t expectinga 35-pound bobcat to walk in, but that’s whathappened.

The Port Ludlow resident told animal controlofficers he watched the wild cat jump over a couch,climb over a big screen TV and then jump up to aloft, where it made itself at home.

Washington Fish and Wildlife Officer WinMiller says the bobcat apparently felt safe upstairs.With the help of a tranquilizer gun, animal controlofficers were able to secure the cat and remove itfrom the home last weekend.

Fish and Wildlife says the bobcat wasn’t harmedand was released back into the wild about six milesfrom the home. One of the homeowner’s pet catswas briefly scared away, but “Boo Boo” made ithome safely on Tuesday.

Bobcat walks in front doorof Washington home

A bee collects nectar in a mustard flower atSitgram village, about 185 km (115 miles) southfrom the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri .

An Orange County woman’s new breasts cost her six months in jail. Yvonne JeanPampellonne was sentenced Monday in Westminster for using a fraudulent line ofcredit to obtain $12,000 in cosmetic surgery, including breast implants and liposuction.

The 30-year-old woman had pleaded guilty to burglary, grand theft and identitytheft. She was sentenced to 180 days in jail and was placed on three years’ probation.Restitution was also ordered by the Westminster judge, but the amount wasn’timmediately clear.

Pampellonne used a line of credit established in another person’s name to get theSeptember 2008 procedures at the Pacific Center for Plastic Surgery in HuntingtonBeach.

Calif woman gets six months for fakebreasts heist

Australian artist James Corbett, 46, transformsused automobile parts into amazing sculptures. It’sreported that those vivid sculptures may be worth

thousands of pounds.

LapassaradaThanaphant poseswith a bowl of food

and her robot waiter ather Hajime restaurant

during its openingceremony in Bangkok

1 April, 2010.Lapassarada said shespent 30 million baht(US$927,600) on theJapanese restaurant

including the purchaseof four robots from

Japan.

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If with close relationsTekkatho Hla Maung (Yedashe)

Close relations are usually followed by strongbonds of friendship.In my childhood, we used toshout a slogan in procession “National Day, Our Day”without any knowledge of its significance. OnIndependence Days, we enjoyed ourselves, joiningcommemorative sports events, but we were at thattime too young to realize its essence, and so also onUnion Day, Armed Forces Day, Martyrs’ Day, andWorkers’ Day.

When we were in high school, we came to havelittle knowledge of the days of significance. I spent myschooldays from primary to tertiary education in asmall town Yedashe. I knew national races just byname. I hardly saw some Kayin nationals in the areason the eastern bank of the Sittoung River. The memoryof the word “Kayin Age” is still with me.

Children of us stayed hiding in the bomb sheltersout of fear when Kayin insurgents approached ourtown. We had to run passing among the blazes for ourlives after they set fire to our town. When we wereclose to Shwe Wettoe Pagoda, the whole town was inflames. I hardly suppressed my emotional feeling tocry just as I witnessed some flames coming up fromthe sight of our house. As the town was caught insurprise, some service personnel and police werekilled in the raid, including fathers of some friends ofmine. At that time, I was puzzled by the incident,which was beyond my thinking power.

Only at present do I come to realize that suchincidents are due to lack of relations between onenational race and another. Such undesirableconsequences would not have come true if nationalraces had known the importance of mutualunderstanding between them, and put non-disintegration of national solidarity in the fore.

In my youth, students of us had not seen peopleof other national races. So, rural folks had less chanceto deal with and were strange to national races. Onlywith the might of the national unity could we overcomethe evil consequences of the terrible period. We hadever seen Kachin nationals only when they came toour town from the northern part of the nation. Theyjoined the armed conflicts on the government’s side.I was overwhelmed by sadness when we saw theinsurgency-torn town. Up to that time, peace andstability had not been restored much. Our region wasunder the rule of the government in daytime, and therule of armed groups at night. For instance, in thefestival of the Mei Dek Pagoda, a famous pagoda inthe town, the government undertook the festival indaytime, and an armed force I was not sure WhiteYebaw or Red Flag, at night. I was completely puzzledby the fact that they rose against, but then extendedtheir hands and hearts to the government. Only nowcan I realize that national unity is a must.

At that time, the Tatmadaw has not been strongenough. Without any participation of the public, noway the Tatmadaw managed to defend the motherland.A Tatmadaw must be capable of safeguarding thenation, efficient, and modern. The nation’s fallingunder alien subjugation was largely due to lack of amodern Tatmadaw, and poor leadership. In the time ofKing Bagyidaw, the nation started to face alien

invasion. General Maha Bandoola could bring dignityto the motherland, but in the end the nation concededloss due to great gap in the firepower. In the time ofKing Bagan, half of the nation was given up to thecolonialists. In the time of King Thibaw, the colonialiststook the Myanmar king very easily, thus pushing thewhole nation under the yoke of colonialism. That didtarnish the image of the nation. Our country encounteredsuch an avoidable incident due to lack of nationaldefence power. History shows that it is required of allnational brethren to remain harmonious in boostingnational defence capacity and prowess. Truly, onlywhen national unity and the national defence strengthof the Tatmadaw are exerted in combination will it bepossible for our country to stand tall in the globalcommunity.

That concept came to my knowledge fully onlywhen I joined the Tatmadaw. Tatmadaw members haveto march through ravines, jungles and mountain ranges.So, Tatmadaw members of us had closer relations withlocal national races. They relished the greetings whenwe called them in their dialect with a pleasing lisp suchas anu, awah, pawt, mei, phahti and amoe. Then, ourrelations grew into mutual friendship. As for Tatmadawmembers like us who were away from home, we feltvery encouraged and relaxed to call elder persons ofnational races phahti and amoe (father and mother).Then, we fell deeply friendly to local national races. Onan operation in Namhkam, I happened to put a questionto a local Shan damsel.

“Hey, we must go home now. Are you happywith our return home?”

“Yes, we are.”“Oh, why?”Because this place is instable under the threat of

guns and bombs. I sympathize people like you whoare shouldering national defence duties at risk to life.”

It is natural that nothing breeds more attachmentthan close friendship between two persons. I once wroteabout a Kachin male friend of mine, who was myclassmate and roommate from Hteetan College. He roseto the rank of Brigade Commander in KIA. When Iarrived in their stronghold, I heard no sounds of gun.There were no causalities from both sides. I was surprisedby that. The region was KIA-active area and there brokeout major battles. I think it was due to the close bondbetween us. For a Tatmadawman, he has to give priorityto his duty when facing the enemy. When my friend diedin his region, a picture of his together with his wifePalaung national was carried in the newspaper. In thiscontext, I thought when there was close contact withnational brethren, I happened to see a string of attachment.

If one region was far from another, if there waspoor transport and if there was no contact, how couldsuch a string of attachment come?

But now, all the regions including border areasare developing with smooth transport. There have beencontacts among the national people. Unlike in the past,the sound of guns and cannons are no more. We sawmore attachment to the national races when we were invarious regions on duty as Tatmadawmen. The lightinfantry battalion in Shwebo was my first mother unit.The battalion was formed most with Kayah nationals

as it had been transformed from Kayah army. I stillremember Kayah national sergeants Maung Mya andHtun Hla I was working with when I had littleexperience in service. How can I forget them savingmy life on a front line.

I cannot forget that I escaped from the hands ofBCP as Kachin national warrant officer Gyaingwalaand private Mayunaw save my life at risk to their liveswhen we retreated from the BCP-controlled regioncalled Lonhtan in Kokant. Every battle cannot bewon. We may win or lose. Indeed, how disgusting itis to see lack of peace and stability in the regions ofnational races!

I don’t think stories about saving one national’slife from the other’s will ever end. When a militaryoperation was carried out in Bago Yoma, a skirmishbroke out in a small village called Ladakwin. Under along-legged house, a young woman member of theBCP closely aimed her carbine at me. She had an edgeover me. She was about to pull the trigger. It was amoment of great importance. At that time, I heardsounds of carbine on my left side and the woman fellto the ground. When I turned back, my companycommander Kachin national Capt M Zaw Yaw wasbeside me.

That helped forge a bond of friendship betweenus. Why? Is it because of close bond? When webecame friendly, we came to know more about eachother. We shouldered national defence duties togetherwith due respect. We had more attachment to eachother. I became oneness with them. There was moreunderstanding between us.

Although there is no longer unrest and violence,we cannot neglect the fact that there are those who areattempting to capitalize on the country’s situation.The incidents in Iraq and Afghanistan have provedhow important national defence is. It is like sayinghow important national duties are and that it is time wewere united.

For our new generations to be able to live inpeace and tranquility, we have worked hard toimprove our military, organizational, economic, social,religious, education and health affairs and to protectthe nation from being under alien rule.

The current situation is different from that of thepast when we were in service. How peaceful and prosperousour country is! We had no longer our nightmares, havingescaped from the dark of internal insurgency. All theregions are developing with sound infrastructures andspecial projects being implemented. There have beensmooth transport and contacts among the regions.

We need to continue to equip our Tatmadawwith more defence power. National unity is necessaryto ensure non-disintegration of the Union. It is ourduty to safeguard national sovereignty andindependence our forefathers achieved by sacrificingtheir lives, blood and sweat. Non-disintegration of theUnion, national unity and perpetuation of sovereigntyare the main duties of the entire national people.

It is true that close friendship grows intoattachment.

(Translation: MS+ST)*******

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NAY PYI TAW, 2April—Prime Minister ofthe Union of MyanmarGeneral Thein Sein todayreceived a delegationheaded by Prime Ministerof the Socialist Republicof Vietnam Mr NguyenTan Dung at Zeyathiri

Myanmar PM General Thein Sein meetsVietnamese PM Mr Nguyen Tan Dung

Beikman here.Also present at the call

were Minister for Agri-culture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo, Minister forIndustry-2 Vice-AdmiralSoe Thein, Minister forForeign Affairs U NyanWin, Minister for NationalPlanning and EconomicDevelopment U Soe Tha,Minister for Progress ofBorder Areas and NationalRaces and DevelopmentAffairs Col Thein Nyunt,Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint,Minister for Livestock andFisheries Brig-GenMaung Maung Thein,Minister for Education Dr

Chan Nyein, Minister forFinance and RevenueMaj-Gen Hla Tun, deputyministers, Myanmar Am-bassador to the SocialistRepublic of Vietnam UKhin Maung Soe and de-partmental heads.

The visiting Vietnam-

ese Prime Minister andparty were accompaniedby Vietnamese Ambassa-dor to the Union ofMyanmar Mr Chu CongPhung and officials of theembassy.

First, Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein madea welcoming speech.

The VietnamesePrime Minister then madean introductory speech.

The two prime minis-ters discussed matters on

enhancing the existingfriendship between thetwo countries and coop-eration in multi sectors,boosting mutual collabo-ration in agriculture, fish-eries, finance, transporta-tion, communication, en-ergy, mines, construction,

trade and investment sec-tors. They also franklyexchanged views on in-ternational and regionalissues.

After the contractssigning ceremony, the twoprime ministers ex-changed joint declarationof bilateral cooperation.

Next, the ministersand the officials of thetwo countries signedseven contracts andMoUs covering invest-

ment promotion, fisher-ies, agriculture, finance,communication andmines sectors.

Deputy Minister forNational Planning andEconomic Develop-mentCol Thurein Zaw pre-sented permit to bank

chairman for launchingrepresentative office ofBank for Investment andDevelopment of Vietnam(BIDV) in Yangon, andDirector-General U TinNaing Tun of Departmentof Civil Aviation of theMinistry of Transport to

Ministers and officials of Myanmar and Vietnam signing MoUs.— MNA

Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar General Thein Sein meets a delegation led by Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Mr Nguyen Tan Dung.—MNA

Vietnamese airline chair-man for running Yangon-Hanoi direct flight.

Minister and Chair-man of the GovernmentOffice of Vietnam MrNguyen Huan Phucpresented educational (See page 9)

Prime Minister General Thein Sein andPrime Minister Mr Nguyen Tan Dung ex-change documents on joint declaration of

bilateral cooperation. —MNA

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(from page 8)

aids worth 0.1 million US

dollars to Education Min-

ister Dr Chan Nyein; Chair-

man of BIDV Mr Tran Bac

Ha, computer sets to Di-rector-General U Htay

Lwin of Central Equip-

ment Statistics and Inspec-

Myanmar PM GeneralThein Sein …

Delegation led by Vietnamese Prime

Minister visits Myanma Gems Mu-

seum in Nay Pyi Taw

tion Department of the

NPED Ministry; Chief Ex-

ecutive Officer of the HoaSen Group of Vietnam Mr

Le Phuoc Vu, 0.3 million

US dollars to President of

Myanmar Football Federa-

tion U Zaw Zaw.

MNA

16718.84 acres poppy plantationsobliterated in 2009-2010

NAY PYI TAW, 2 April— The PaO NationalOrganization today submitted its application to theUnion Election Commission for its formation as apolitical party.—MNA

Those wishing to form partiessubmit application

Prime Minister General Thein Sein and Vietnamese Prime Minister Mr. Nguyen Tan Dung taking the salute of Guard of Honour.(News on page 16)—MNA

Vietnamese Prime Minister Mr. Nguyen TanDung observes Myanma Gems Museum

(Nay Pyi Taw).—MNA

Education Minister Dr Chan Nyein acceptseducational aids worth USD 0.1 million

presented by Minister and Chairman of theGovernment Office of Vietnam Mr Nguyen

Huan Phuc.—MNA

Deputy NPED Minister Col Thurein Zawpresents permit to Chairman of BIDV forsetting up representative office in Yangon.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 2April—The delegationled by Prime MinisterMr Nguyen Tan Dungof the Socialist Repub-lic of Vietnam who is ona working visit to theUnion of Myanmar at theinvitation of Prime Min-ister of the Union ofMyanmar General Thein

Sein this morning ar-rived at Myanmar GemsMuseum from AureumPalace Hotel in Nay PyiTaw hotel zone wherethey were staying.

The VietnamesePrime Minister and del-egation were accompa-nied by Deputy Ministerfor Transport Col Nyan

Tun Aung, MyanmarAmbassador to VietnamU Khin Maung Soe andofficials.

The VietnamesePrime Minister signed inthe visitors’ book. On theground floor of the mu-seum they observedgems of the private com-panies.

They also viewed theministries, staffhousings, Thiriyadanamarket, construction ofPresidential Residentce,Pyithu Hluttaw buildingsand International Con-vention Centre . —MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 2April—Officials con-cerned were making ef-forts to destroy poppy

plantations in 2009-2010poppy growing season.From 1 September 2009to 22 March 2010,

15383.8 acres of poppyplantations from statesand divisions were de-stroyed.

From 22 to 31 March,1335.04 acres of poppyplantations were de-stroyed again, bringingthe total number to16718.84 acres—45.5acres in Namhkam town-ship of Shan State

(North), 134.95 acres inPekhon, Pinlaung andHsiseng townships ofShan State (South), and1154.59 acres inWaingmaw and Tanaitownships of KachinState.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 2April—At an invitation ofPrime Minister of theUnion of MyanmarGeneral Thein Sein, PrimeMinister of the SocialistRepublic of Vietnam Mr.Nguyen Tan Dung andparty arrived in Nay PyiTaw of the Union ofMyanmar with a specialflight at 9.30 am thismorning.

The delegation led byPrime Minister of theSocialist Republic of

Vietnamese delegation arrives in Nay Pyi Taw

Vietnam Mr. Nguyen TanDung was welcomed byMinister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win,Deputy Minister forTransport Col Nyan TunAung, directors-general ofthe departments under theMinistry of ForeignAffairs, MyanmarAmbassador to theSocialist Republic ofVietnam U Khin MaungSoe, VietnameseAmbassador to the Unionof Myanmar Mr. Chu

NAY PYI TAW, 2April— A coordinationmeeting of MyanmarTraditional MahaThingyan FestivalCommittee (Nay Pyi Taw)took place at the meetinghall of Nay Pyi Taw CityHall this morning.

Also present at themeeting were Chairmanof Myanmar TraditionalMaha Thingyan FestivalCommittee (Nay Pyi Taw)Minister for Progress ofBorder Areas and

Myanmar Traditional Maha ThingyanFestival (Nay Pyi Taw) to be held

National Races andDevelopment Affairs NayPyi Taw Mayor Col TheinNyunt, Vice Chairman ofMTMTFC Minister forHotels and Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing andmembers of MTMTFC.

In speech, Chairmanof MTMTFC Minister forPBANRDA Col TheinNyunt said that MyanmarTraditional MahaThingyan Festival (NayPyi Taw) will beattractively celebrated

yearly. It will be openedat Nay Pyi Taw City Hall’scentral pavilion withtraditional performancesof dance troops. Besides,entertainment pro-grammes of nine hotels inhotel zone will take partin the festival.

Vice Chairman ofMTMTFC Minister Maj-Gen Soe Naing and NayPyi Taw Mayor Col TheinNyunt attended to theneeds.

MNA

Vietnamese Prime Minister Mr Nguyen TanDung being welcomed by Foreign Affairs

Minister U Nyan Win.—MNA

PBANRDA Minister Nay Pyi Taw Mayor Col Thein Nyunt addresseswork coordination meeting of observing Nay Pyi Taw Maha Thingyan

Festival.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW,2April—The HydropowerAdministration Depart-ment under the Ministryof Electric Power No. 1and Yuzana Co Ltdsigned MoU onimplementation ofThakyet HydropowerProject through B.O.T atthe meeting hall of the

Signing ceremony for ThakyetHydropower Project

ministry yesterday.Also present on the

occasion were Ministerfor Electric Power No. 1Col Zaw Min, Chairmanof Myanmar InvestmentCommission Ministerfor Livestock andFisheries Brig-GenMaung Maung Thein,directors-general and

managing directors andofficials.

The minister made aspeech and thenDirector-General ofHAD U Kyee Soe andChairman of Yuzana CoLtd U Htay Myint signedthe MoU and exchangedit.

MNA

Signing of MoU between EP-1 Ministry and Yuzana Co Ltd inprogress.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 2 April— DeputyMinister for Communications, Posts andTelegraphs Maj-Gen Thein Tun receivedDeputy Minister of Information andCommunications H.E Mr.Le NamThang of the Socialist Republic of

CPT Deputy Minister meetsVietnamese guests

Vietnam and party at his office here thismorning. They discussed matters oncooperation in communication sector.

It was also attended together withthe deputy minister and departmentalheads.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 2April—Minister forElectric Power No. 2 Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myintreceived a delegation ledby member of foreignrelations permanent

EP-2 Minister receives Vietnamese delegation

committee of VietnameseCouncil of State and VietA Group Madame PhamThi Loan of Vietnam atthe ministry here thismorning.

Both sides discussed

bilateral cooperation inelectricity. It was alsoattended by ManagingDirector U Myint Aungof Electric Power SupplyBoard and officials.

MNA

Electric Power No. 2 Minister Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint receivesmember of foreign relations permanent committee of Vietnamese

Council of State Madame Pham Thi Loan and party.—MNA

Cong Phung, militaryattaché and officials fromembassy at Nay Pyi TawAirport.

MNA

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A Smart 2010 Chrome yellow special edition is presented during the mediapreview of the New York International Auto Show at Javits centre in

New York, the United States, on 31 March, 2010.—XINHUA

RIYADH, 2 April—AUS Navy radar aircraftcarrying four servicemembers crashed into theArabian Sea on Wednes-day, the US Fifth Fleetsaid.

“An E-2C Hawkeyefrom Carrier AirborneEarly Warning Squadron( VAM) 121 stationedabroad USS Dwight D Ei-senhower (CVN 69)

Russians donate blood during a campaign

organized by the Young Russia group at the

Triumfalnaya Square in Moscow on 31 March,

2010. Many Russian people on Wednesday donated

blood for those injured in the recent subway bomb

blasts in the Russian capital.—XINHUA

US Navy says radar aircraftcrashes into Arabian Sea

crashed at sea at approxi-mately 2:00 pm (1100GMT) on 31 March whileoperating in the NorthArabian Sea,” the Bah-rain-based Fifth Fleet saidin a statement.

According to the state-ment, three of the fourcrew members have beenrescued and returned tothe ship, while a searchoperation for the missing

fourth member isunderway.

The aircraft was re-turning from a missionwhen it experienced me-chanical malfunctions,and the crew performed acontrolled bailout, thestatement said.

The incident is underinvestigation, the state-ment concluded.

Xinhua

PRETORIA, 2 April—China on Wednesday signed apackage of deals, purchasing products worth more than300 million US dollars from South Africa.

The deals, the biggest-ever single purchase Chinamade from South Africa, coincided with top Chinesepolitical advisor Jia Qinglin’s official goodwill visitto South Africa from 28 March to 1 April.

Jia, Chairman of the National Committee of the Chi-nese People’s Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC), the country’s top advisory body, witnessedthe signing ceremony on the sidelines of a China-SouthAfrica Economic and Trade Forum in Pretoria. Thedeals, involving nearly 30 corporations in the two coun-tries, covered fishmeal, mohair, wool, bulk wine, cop-per, wood pulp, chrome ore and others. “The signing ofthe enormous deal showed the cooperation initiative ofwhen the two countries forged diplomatic ties.—Xinhua

Jia Qinglin (C Back), Chairman of the NationalCommittee of the Chinese People’s PoliticalConsultative Conference, attends the signing

ceremony of a package of deals on Chinese enter-prises’ purchasing products worth more than 300million US dollars from South Africa, in Pretoria,

South Africa, on 31 March, 2010.—XINHUA

MOSCOW, 2 April—Russian President DmitryMedvedev on Wednesdayordered the government tostrengthen security on na-tional transport in responseto recent terrorist attacks.

“I have signed a decreetoday, ordering to build acomplex system to guar-antee security on trans-port,” Medvedev told theSecurity Council as

TEHERAN, 2 April—Managing Director of Ira-nian national air carrier,Farhad Parvaresh, said onWednesday that Iran Airhas gained approval of theEuropean air safety com-mittee to resume flights toEuropean destinations.

The permission was is-sued by the EuropeanCommunity Safety As-sessment of Foreign Air-craft (SAFA) due to theimplementation of relatedstandards by Iran, Par-varesh was quoted by thesemi-official Fars newsagency reported as saying.

The European Unionhas recently banned allthe Philippine and Suda-nese airlines from flyinginto the European bloc forfailing to comply with in-ternational flight safetystandards. It also reducedthe number of flights op-erated to the EU by IranAir.

China inks 300 mln USDpurchasing deals with

South Africa

Medvedev orders stronger transport securityquoted by the Interfaxnews agency.

According to the de-cree, priority should beput on public transportsuch trains and buses toeffectively prevent terror-ist attacks.

The president also or-dered the Security Coun-cil to draw up relevantprogrammes that wouldequip key transport hubs

with tighter security bythe end of next March,and establish a complextransport security systemnationwide by 2014.

Russian TransportMinister Igor Levitin saidthe ministry would imple-ment security checks in alltransport facilities, espe-cially the metro, airports,railway stations and sea-ports.—Xinhua

Iran Air gains approval toresume flights to Europe

Meanwhile, local sat-ellite Press TV reportedthat Iran Air would be al-lowed to continue its op-erations in the EU with itsfleet of 18 AirbusA300/310s, nine Boeing747s, six Airbus A320sand one Boeing 737.

“Iran Air’s existingscheduled flights to differ-ent European destinationscontinue as before andthere are no bans on theseflights,” Reza Ja’farza-deh, the spokesman forIran’s Civil Aviation Or-ganization, told PressTV.—Xinhua

Young men who

smoke have

lower IQs, study

findsSCIENCEDAILY, 2

April— “Only dopes usedope,” goes the memorablewarning about drugs. Now aTel Aviv Universityresearcher cautions that thesame goes for cigarettes.

A study led by Prof.Mark Weiser of Tel AvivUniversity’s Department ofPsychiatry and the ShebaMedical Center at TelHashomer Hospital hasdetermined that young menwho smoke are likely tohave lower IQs than theirnon-smoking peers.Tracking 18- to 21-year-old men enlisted in theIsraeli army in the largestever study of its kind, hehas been able todemonstrate an importantconnection between thenumber of cigarettes youngmales smoke and their IQ.

The average IQ for anon-smoker was about101, while the smokers’average was more thanseven IQ points lower atabout 94, the studydetermined. The IQs ofyoung men who smokedmore than a pack a daywere lower still, at about90. An IQ score in ahealthy population ofsuch young men, with nomental disorders, fallswithin the range of 84 to116.—Internet

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KWANG MYONG VOY NO (-)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KWANGMYONG VOY NO (-) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 2.4.2010 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W.7 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 Claim Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: KWANG MYONG INT’L SHIP-PING CO. LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV PDZ MAJU VOY NO (002)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV PDZ MAJUVOY NO (002) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 3.4.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.


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


AGENT FOR: M/S PDZ LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BILLION VOY NO (117)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BILLIONVOY NO (117) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 3.4.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of S.P.W.5 where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S SIAM PHULSAWAT MARI-TIME CO. LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BANG KHON THI VOY NO (144)Consignees of cargo carried on MV BANG KHON

THI VOY NO (144) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 3.4.2010 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of S.P.W.6 where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S PHULSAWAT SHIPPINGCO. LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG DA VOY NO (1012)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG DAVOY NO (1012) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 3.4.2010 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.




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

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Baby male Asian Elephant ‘Pathi Harn’ (L) playsin the mud with ‘Luk Chai’ at Taronga Zoo inSydney, in this 31 March, 2010 handout photo.

Mother elephant Porntip gave birth to the calf atSydney’s main zoo on 10 March, surprising vetsand keepers who on 8 March declared the baby

had died in the womb.—INTERNET

Syria to build protectionzone around old DamascusDAMASCUS, 2 April—The Syrian Ministry of Culture

recently issued a resolution to establish a protection zonearound old Damascus city, the oldest inhabited city inhuman history, to preserve its surroundings, Syrian ArabNews Agency (ANA) reported on Thursday.

Damascus Antiquities director Ghazwan Yaghi saidit is the first time Syria had a scheme for the protectionof the city, which is included in the world heritage list,by preventing violations which severely disfigure thecity view.

However, it was once suggested in 1997 to create aspecial protection zone, the report said.

The Syrian official confirmed that the it is importantto find a way to establish the isolation zone withoutaffecting residents’ life, ANA said.—Xinhua

Indonesian Red Cross vows to help Palestinians

Balto truck driver admitsstealing diesel

BALTIMORE, 2 April— Atruck driver for the Balti-more Department of Pub-lic Works has admitted hestole and sold more than100,000 gallons of dieselfuel. Maurice Boone, 45,entered a guilty plea onMonday in a deal that spareshim a prison term, The Bal-timore Sun reported. Hemay testify against JamesWright, the alleged buyer ofthe stolen fuel.

Boone was arrested in

early 2009 after a policeofficer investigating carthefts saw him filling stor-age tanks in a warehousefrom his city tanker truck.Investigators say he admit-ted he had been stealingfuel for about 18 monthsby filling up his truck,making the rounds to de-liver fuel to city vehiclesand then selling what wasstill in the tank.

His plea agreement in-cludes a requirement topay $187,000 in restitutionfor just over 100,000 gal-lons. But city officials saybecause of gaps in paper-work they have no ideahow much fuel actuallydisappeared, and the finan-cial loss could be as muchas $1 million.—Internet

JAKARTA, 2 April—Indonesian RedCross (Palang Merah Indonesia or PMI)insisted to help Palestinian people and toboost cooperation with Palestinian RedCrescent, head of PMI Jusuf Kalla saidhere on Thursday.

Kalla made the statement during thevisit of President of the Palestinian RedCrescent Younis Al-Khatib at the PMIheadquarters.

The head of the PMI, Kalla quoted byAntara news wire as saying that PMI wasready to help the Palestinian people andhe planned to meet the invitation fromthe Palestinian Red Crescent in the near

future. “The schedule is being worked on.We will help, and we’ll see what we cando,” he said.

On the occasion, the PMI chief pre-sented humanitarian aid worth 100,000US dollars for the Palestinian people.

The Palestinian Red Crescent wanted tostrengthen cooperation with red cross andred crescent organizations throughout theworld, including with PMI, Al-Khatib said.“During the war, we have difficulty insending medical supplies, and the onlyway, sometimes, is by establishing coop-eration with existing red cross organiza-tions in the world,” he said. —Xinhua

Bomb disposal policemen works on a mock bombin a shopping centre during a drilling in Beijing,

on 2 April, 2010. The police bureau in Beijingcarried out a drilling on Friday to test the reactionof shopping centres and policemen under emergent

situation.—XINHUA

The zebra finch, whichgets its name from the

black-and-white stripes onthe male finch's throat isthe first songbird to have

its genome decoded.INTERNET

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Chinese singer Zu Hai performs in the golden auditorium in Vienna,Austria, on 30 March, 2010. A classic folk song concert featuring Chinese

singer Zu Hai and Spanish singer Jose Carreras was held on Tuesday in theGolden Hall in Vienna to mark the upcoming Shanghai Expo. —XINHUA

Actors and actressesdressed up as peopleliving in ancient Chi-

na’s Tang Dynasty(618-907) perform

during the unveilingceremony of ShaanxiPavilion at the World

Expo site in Shanghai,east China, on 31

March, 2010.XINHUA

End of freezing in many states by 2099?PRINCETON, 2 April — A

US organization calledClimate Central says itspreliminary figures showaverage future US Marchtemperatures will behigher because of climatechange.

The organization’s sci-entists say they have justpublished an interactivemap showing what variousstates might expect duringthe third month of years tocome.

Climate Central said itsmap uses special high-resolution projections cov-ering the lower 48 states toshow where average

March temperatures areexpected to be above orbelow freezing each dec-ade this century. Thegroup’s maps also com-pare projections under areduced-carbon-pollutionscenario versus a high onethat extends current trends.

The scientists say theirfindings show either a highor complete loss of freez-ing zones by the end of thecentury in every stateanalyzed.

“Minnesota, Montanaand North Dakota wouldlose the most total below-freezing area, while sevenother states — from Ari-

zona to Wisconsin — areprojected to lose all theycurrently have,” the scien-tists said in a statement.

“These maps imply fu-ture changes the researchcommunity is only begin-ning to appreciate,” saidClimate Central scientistBen Strauss.

Climate Central says itis an organization of sci-entists and journalists“dedicated to communi-cating the best and latestclimate science.”

The maps areavailable at http:/www.climatecentral.org.

Internet

A woman shows handmade cloth puppets in theshape of Haibao, mascot of the 2010 World Expo,

at Zhonghua Village of Langxia Township inJinshan Districit in Shanghai, east China, on 31

March, 2010.–XINHUA

Teaching hygiene in schooleffective

ATLANTA, 2 April — Teaching students in schools inthe developing world about hygiene helps the wholehousehold reduce illness, US researchers said.

Lead study investigator Elizabeth Blanton of the Cen-tres for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta saidpoor sanitation and a lack of access to safe water contrib-ute to an estimated 1.87 million deaths per year fromdevastating diseases worldwide, mostly among childrenage 5 and younger in the developing world.

The CDC and colleagues at the Cooperative for As-sistance and Relieve Everywhere, Inc found that theschool student hygiene and water treatment educationprogramme in Kenya resulted in a 200 percent increasein household water treatment.In addition, the hygiene edu-cation programme also resulted in a 164 percent increasein proper hand-washing techniques among adults and 240percent among students, the study said.—Internet

Toxic groundwaterorganisms studied

Parkinson’s drug maycause prostate cancerWASHINGTON, 2 April — The US Food and Drug Ad-

ministration says it’s evaluating a clinical trial that sug-gests taking Stalevo may place people at risk of gettingprostate cancer.Stalevo (entacapone) is used to treatsymptoms of Parkinson’s disease. The long-term trialsuggested the drug might increase a patient’s risk ofdeveloping prostate cancer, although other controlledclinical trials didn’t find such a linkage, the FDA said.

“FDA is still reviewing the available information andhas not concluded Stalevo increases the risk of develop-ing prostate cancer,” officials said in a statement.“Healthcare professionals should be aware of this possi-ble risk and follow current guidelines for prostate cancerscreening.”

The federal agency said patients shouldn’t stop takingtheir medication unless directed to do so by their healthcareprofessional.—Internet

URBANA, 2 April — US scientists saythey’ve identified a new soybean aphid— Biotype 3 — that can multiply onaphid-resistant soybean varieties.

The researcher, led by University ofIllinois Professor Glen Hartman, said thesoybean aphid is the only soybean insectpest known to have multiple biotypes, andthe most recently identified soybean aphidwas discovered in Springfield Fen, Ind onoverwintering glossy buckthorn.

Biotype 3 is not distinguishable by itsappearance, Hartman said. It was identi-

OAK RIDGE, 2 April —US scientists say they arestudying micro-organismsin toxic groundwater tofind biological methods ofdealing with such con-taminants. The research bya collaboration of scien-tists from the US Depart-ment of Energy’s OakRidge National Labora-tory, the Joint Genome In-stitute and the Universityof Oklahoma, involved a“stressed” microbial com-munity near a formerwaste disposal pond on theOak Ridge Reservation inTennessee.

The study revealed mi-crobes with an overabun-dance of genes involved inDNA recombination andrepair and other defencemechanisms for dealingwith contaminants andother environmentalstresses. The studies, saidORNL researcher DavidWatson, are aimed at de-veloping ways of reducingthe level of contaminantsin groundwater, which atthe site includes nitrates,

solvents and heavy metals,including uranium.

“We are looking to bet-ter understand the evolu-tion of microbes in thegroundwater plume,”Watson said. “The mi-crobes that can breakdown nitrate into nitrogencan have a long-term ben-efit toward attenuating theplume.”Watson says re-searchers particularly wantto better understand the ge-netic makeup of microbesthat can metabolize oxi-dized forms of uraniuminto a form that is onlyslightly soluble and thuseasier to precipitate and re-move from the environ-ment.—Internet

Ukraine’s Vladislav Goncharov places his head

into the mouth of one his lions during the

rehearsal of the upcoming show of the Hungarian

State Circus in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday,

March 25, 2010.—INTERNET

New soybean aphid biotype identifiedfied by testing the aphid on soybean plantswith known resistance genes. The scien-tists found it was capable of feeding andmultiplying on varieties carrying the resist-ance genes Rag1 and Rag2.

“Identifying a biotype that can over-come Rag1 and Rag2 resistance, even be-fore soybean varieties with these resistancegenes were deployed in production, sug-gests high variability in virulence withinsoybean aphid populations,” said princi-pal research specialist Curt Hill.

Internet

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S P O R T SBenfica put 10-man Liverpool

on spot in Europa League

Benfica’s Paraguayanforward Oscar Cardozocelebrates after scoring

against Liverpoolduring their UEFA

Europa League qualify-ing football match atLuz Stadium in Lis-

bon.—INTERNET

Fulham fairytale continues withwin over Wolfsburg

Rooney scan shows ‘minor’ligament damage

Wayne Rooney picturedearlier in the season. TheEngland and Manches-ter United striker has suf-fered “minor ligamentdamage” but a scan ofhis injured ankle showsno fracture, his club has said.—INTERNET

Arsenal’s Arshavin out for three weeks

Arsenal’s Russian player AndreyArshavin (R)

Percy ties for the lead atHouston Open

LONDON, 2 April —England and ManchesterUnited striker WayneRooney has suffered “mi-nor ligament damage” anda scan of his injured an-kle showed no fracture,his club said on Thursday.

The results of the scanappear to suggest Rooneyshould be able to play inthis year’s World Cup fi-nals in South Africa,which kick off in 10weeks’ time.

“We’re pleased to re-

port that Wayne has notsuffered a fracture. Thescan revealed only minorligament damage,” a clubspokeswoman toldManUtd.com, withoutsaying how many gamesRooney will miss.

The 24-year-old ap-pears almost certain toplay no part in Saturday’scrucial top-of-the-tablePremier League clashagainst Chelsea.

Rooney was injured inUnited’s 2-1 defeat toBayern Munich in the firstleg of the ChampionsLeague quarter-final onTuesday.

He limped off the fieldand left Bayern’s AllianzArena with his right ankleencased in a plastic bootbefore having a scan onhis return to Britain.

It was initially fearedthe injury could either rulehim out of the World Cup,where he will be key toEngland’s hopes, or leavehim facing the same des-perate race for fitness heendured before the 2006finals.—Internet

Fulham’s Welshmidfielder Simon

Davies (R) vies withWolfsburg’s Bosnian

striker Edin Dzeko (L)during their UEFA

Europa League quar-ter-final, 1st leg football

match againstWolfsburg at CravenCottage, in London.

INTERNET

Pettersen leads Ochoa bystroke in first major

LONDON, 2 April —Fulham are in pole posi-tion to extend their fairy-tale run in the EuropaLeague to the semi-finalsafter beating Wolfsburg 2-1 in Thursday’s quarter-fi-nal first leg.

Roy Hodgson’s un-fashionable team had al-ready knocked out Italiangiants Juventus and hold-ers Shakhtar Donetsk enroute to the last eight, butthe German championsgrabbed a last minute life-line with a crucial awaygoal.—Internet

Venus to face Clijsters in Miamitennis final

Suzann Pettersen, ofNorway, watches hertee shot on the 11thhole during the firstround of the LPGA

Kraft Nabisco Champi-onship golf tournament

in Rancho Mirage,Calif, Thursday, on 1

April, 2010. INTERNET

RANCHO MIRAGE, 2April — SuzannPettersen went for a prac-tically flawless desertdrive in the openinground of the season’s firstmajor.

The Norwegian star,trying to bounce backfrom a hip injury, shot abogey-free 5-under 67 inthe Kraft Nabisco Cham-pionship on Thursday totake a one-stroke leadover former champion

Lorena Ochoa, whomissed birdie putts on herfinal two holes.

If there are any linger-ing symptoms from a hipinjury that required a cor-tisone shot, they weren’tshowing. Pettersen hit 12fairways and 13 greens inregulation at 6,702-yardMission Hills.

Internet

Venus Williams of theUnited States returns a

shot against MarionBartoli of France duringthe 2010 Sony EricssonOpen at Crandon ParkTennis Center in Key

Biscayne, Florida.INTERNET

Ancelotti relieved to seeRooney miss out

LONDON, 2 April — Carlo Ancelotti, the Chelseamanager, admits he is relieved his side will not be fac-ing an inform Wayne Rooney on Saturday in the Pre-mier League summit meeting.

Manchester United have confirmed the striker hassuffered minor ankle ligament damage that will keephim out of the game.

Rooney sustained the injury in the club’ßs 2-1 de-feat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League onTuesday night and is expected to be on the sidelinesfor a few weeks.

The news is a blow to United, who currently top thePremier League and for whom Rooney’s 26 leaguegoals have been instrumental in helping them main-tain their quest for a fourth consecutive title.—Internet

LONDON, 2 April —Andrey Arshavinwill be sidelined for up to three weeks,Arsenal’s Russian star has revealed af-ter limping out of his side’s 2-2 Cham-pions League quarter-final draw withBarcelona.

Skipper Cesc Fabregas, who fearshe may have suffered a stress fracturein his leg, and centreback WilliamGallas, who broke down in his come-back match, could both be ruled outuntil the end of the season as a resultof injuries suffered in Tuesday’s dra-matic first leg at the Emirates.

But Arshavin’s calf injury does notappear to be as serious, he said on hiswebsite, www.arshavin.eu.

“Perhaps I won’t be able to play foranother two or three weeks,” he said.“It is not a relapse of my old injury,this is a new one.”

Arsenal battled back from 2-0 downto keep their hopes of a semi-final placealive and Arshavin believes a depletedGunners squad could pull off a shock winin the Nou Camp next week.

“The rest of the players will play towin,” he said. “They showed great char-acter. Barcelona had a good start, but wefound our way back.

Internet

LISBON, 2 April —Benfica put 10-man Liv-erpool on the spot onThursday as the Portu-guese side came from be-hind to win their EuropaLeague quarter-final first-leg clash 2-1.

Liverpool had alreadysuffered a blow beforehandwhen midfielder AlbertoAquilani was ruled outwith an ankle injury.

But they put that behindthem by taking an earlylead at the Estadio da Luzas Daniel Agger neatlybackheeled home theopener on just nine min-utes.—Internet

Phil Mickelson hits outof a bunker on the 12th

hole during the firstround of the HoustonOpen PGA Tour golf

tournament, on 1 April,2010, in Humble,Texas.—INTERNET

HUMBLE, 2 April —Another Australian is offto a fast start at the Hou-ston Open.

Cameron Percy shot a67 late Thursday after-

noon to tie Kevin Stadlerfor the first-round leadand extend a streak at thetournament for playersfrom Down Under. AnAussie has led or sharedthe first-round lead inHouston every year since2006, when the eventmoved to the TournamentCourse at Redstone.

Six Australians havewon a total of eight Hou-ston Opens, includingStuart Appleby in 2006and Adam Scott in ’07.Appleby also won in1999, and BruceCrampton won twice(1973 and 1975).

Percy, a Tour rookie,would be more of a longshot, considering some ofthe big names in the field.Percy arrived in Houstonranked 173rd in puttingaverage and the extrapractice on the green thisweek paid off on Thurs-day.—Internet

MIAMI, 2 April — VenusWilliams swept pastFrance’s Marion Bartoli toreach the final of the SonyEricsson Open, whereshe’ll face old rival KimClijsters of Belgium.

Williams downed

Bartoli 6-3, 6-4, notchingher 15th straight victory inher current hot streak.

Clijsters, the 2005 Mi-ami champion, neededfour match points to putaway fellow BelgianJustine Henin 6-2, 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (8/6).

The battle was the sec-ond this year between twoplayers who have comeout of retirement. Clijstersreturned with a bang lastyear to win the US Open,while Henin, wholaunched her comebackthis year, reached the Aus-tralian Open final.

Between them Clijstersand Henin produced 18double faults and 103unforced errors.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been scattered in Kachin State and upper SagaingDivision, isolated in Shan and Rakhine States, Mandalayand Taninthayi Divisions and weather has been partlycloudy in the remaining areas. Day Temperatures were(3°C) to (4°C) above April average tempertures in Rakhineand Kayin States, Yangon , Ayeyawady and TaninthayiDivisions, (6°C) below April average temperatures in lowerSagaing Division, (9°C) to (10°C) below April averagetemperatures in Kachin and Shan States , upper Sagaing andabout April average temperatures in the remaining Statesand Divisions. The significant day temperatures were NayPyi Taw ( Tesin) and Hpa-an (40°C) each .The noteworthyamounts of rainfall recorded were Paletwa and Falam ( 0.79)inches, Lashio (0.55) inch, Kalay and Kyauktaw (0.51) incheach, Putao (0.39) inch and Machanbaw (0.35) inch.

Maximum temperature on 1-4-2010 was 99°F.Minimum temperature on 2-4-2010 was 79°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 2-4-2010 was 65%. Totalsun shine hours on 1-4-2010 was (9.3) hours approx.

Rainfall on 2-4-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1- 1-2010 was(Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mphfrom Southwest at (15:30) hours MST on 1-4-2010.

Bay inference: Weather is cloudy in the Andaman Seaand South Bay and generally fair elsewhere in the Bay ofBengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 3rd April 2010: Rainor thundershowers are likely to be isolated in Kachin , Chin,Shan and Rakhine States, Sagaing , Mandalay andTaninthayi Divisions and weather will be partly cloudy inthe remaining States and Divisions. Degree of certainty is(60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of slightincrease of day temperatures in the central Myanmar areas.

for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for3-4-2010: Likelihood of isolated light rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for3-4-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for3-4-2010: Likelhood of isolated light rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainy is (60%).

weather outlook for first weekend of April 2010;During the coming weekend, isolated rain are possibility inNay Pyi Taw and Mandalay Divisions and weather will bepartly cloudy in Yangon Division.

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Dinosaur skull changedshape during growth

SCIENCE DAILY, 2 April—The skull of a juvenilesauropod dinosaur, rediscovered in the collectionsof Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of NaturalHistory, illustrates that some sauropod specieswent through drastic changes in skull shape duringnormal growth.

University of Michigan paleontologists JohnWhitlock and Jeffrey Wilson, along with MatthewLamanna from the Carnegie Museum, describetheir find in the March issue of the Journal ofVertebrate Paleontology.—Internet

A two-day-old lion cub is seen near a dog at theRoyev Ruchey zoo in the Siberian city of

Krasnoyarsk. The newborn cub, which is the onlysurvivor after its mother and her three cubs died

during the delivery, was taken by zoo employees toa mongrel dog to feed the cub.—INTERNET

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5th Waning of Tagu 1371 ME Saturday, 3 April, 2010

★ 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 hatredamong the people

★ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

★ Do not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

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

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 2 April—Prime Minister of theUnion of Myanmar General Thein Sein welcomedPrime Minister of the Socialist Republic of VietnamMr. Nguyen Tan Dung who is here on a working visitat his invitation with a ceremony in front of ZeyathiriBeikman here at 3:15 pm today.

Upon arrival at Zeyathiri Beikman from AureumPalace, the Vietnamese Prime Minister received awarm greeting extended by Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein.

The two prime ministers got onto the dais andtook the salute of the Guard of Honour, while the StateBand played the National Anthems of the two coun-tries.

Prime Minister General Thein Sein and Viet-namese Prime Minister Mr. Nguyen Tan Dung in-spected the Guard of Honour.

The Vietnamese Prime Minister presented hisentourage to Prime Minister General Thein Sein.

Prime Minister General Thein Sein also pre-sented Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo, Minister for Industry-2 Vice-AdmiralSoe Thein, Minister for Foreign Affairs U NyanWin, Minister for National Planning and EconomicDevelopment U Soe Tha, Minister for Progress ofBorder Areas and National Races and DevelopmentAffairs Col Thein Nyunt, Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint, Minister for Education Dr.

Prime Minister General Thein Seinwelcomes Vietnamese counterpart

Chan Nyein, Minister for Finance and RevenueMaj-Gen Hla Tun, deputy ministers, MyanmarAmbassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam U

Khin Maung Soe and departmental heads to hisVietnamese counterpart.

MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein and Vietnamese Prime Minister Mr. Nguyen Tan Dunginspect the Guard of Honour.—MNA

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