The New Light of Myanmar 04-03-2010

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 322 5th Waning of Taboung 1371 ME Thursday, 4 March, 2010

* Development of agriculture as the base andall-round development of other sectors ofthe economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-orientedeconomic system

* Development of the economy inviting par-ticipation in terms of technical know-howand investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrityand preservation and safeguarding ofcultural heritage and national charac-ter

* 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 na-

tion in accord with the new State Consti-tution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

YANGON, 3 March — In meeting with depart-mental officials, chairmen of management committeesand members and farm proprietors at the office ofmanagement committee for Nyaunghnapin Vegeta-bles Cultivation and Livestock Breeding Special Zonein special zone (2) in Hlegu Township here this after-noon, Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defenceaccompanied by Yangon Division PDC ChairmanYangon Command Commander Maj-Gen Win Myintand Chairman of Yangon City Development Commit-

River water pumping stations in YangonDivision working on all cylinders

tee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin heard reports onagricultural and breeding tasks of the zones presentedby officials and attended to the needs.

After hearing reports on work progress pre-sented by officials at the briefing hall of Ngamoeyeikriver water pumping project near Moatsoe Nyaungbinvillage in the township, Lt-Gen Myint Swe looked intosupply of water to the farmlands and preparations forconstruction of a bridge spanning Ngamoeyeik creekbeing carried out by YCDC. (See page 8)

NAY PYI TAW, 3 March—During his inspectiontour, Lt-Gen Tha Aye of the Ministry of Defence metservicemen and their family members at the localbattalion in Katha on 28 February.

Accompanied by Chairman of Sagaing Divi-sion Peace and Development Council Commander ofNorth-West Command Maj-Gen Myint Soe and Chair-man of Kachin State PDC Commander of NorthernCommand Maj-Gen Soe Win, he looked into progress

Road sections of Highway upliftingSagaing Division, Kachin State

of building the retaining walls and roads, constructionof the extended building at the 16-bed hospital andlow-cost housing for war veterans and maintenance ofKatha-Indaw section of Katha-Indaw-NantsiaungRoad.

While in Indaw, he viewed development of theurban area and maintenance of road sections onShwebo-Myitkyina Road.

(See page 7)

On a recent misty morning, I left Taunggyi forMongnai by car. I felt fresh along the scenic roadthrough the mountains.

I had an interview with Project Engineer U TintLwin of Mongnai-Kengtung railroad constructionproject soon after I arriving in Mongnai. He said thatland survey task of 18-mile Mongnai-Langkho sec-tion was complete.

The trains have been running along197.16-mile Shwenyaung-Taunggyi-Hsikekhaung-Namsang-Mongnai railroad which was put into serv-ice on 1 January, 2006 for development of Shan State.Works are being carried out to extend the already-built one to Kengtung.

Land survey for alignment of Mongnai-Kengtung railroad started on 1 July, 2009. Uponcompletion, approximately, Mongnai-Kengtung rail-road will be 226 miles.

(See page 9)

Sound of trains inoperation to reverberate

around Shan State

Article: Maung Maung Myint Swe;Photos: Lay Nwe (Mingaladon)

Railroad construction through the mountains on Mongnai-Langkho section of Shan State(South) in progress.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 4 March, 2010

Thursday, 4 March 2010

PERSPECTIVES* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s Desire

Factories in good handsIndustrial development makes huge

contribution to the process of modernizing a

nation. The government is therefore laying basic

foundations for transforming the nation into an

industrialized one. As part of the drive, it has

been opening more and more industries by

establishing industrial regions and zones across

the nation to spread its wings. There have been

a growing number of import-substitute goods

factories.

The Myanma Ceramics Industries under

the Ministry of Industry-1 put into commission

Cement Plant (Nay Pyi Taw) near the limestone

mountain on 1 March. The plant project was

launched on 1 July 2008. Now, it has started its

production line.

The ministry has been setting up alarge

number of personal and household goods

factories including Cement Plant (Nay Pyi Taw),

which can produce 500 tons of cement a day.

Now, the whole country has seen a growing

number of textile factories, pharmaceutical

factories, paper and pulp mills, fire brick

factories, cement plants and foodstuff factories.

The factories, whose production lines are now

in full swing, have to help satisfy the demand of

quality products.

In the industrial regions large factories

operated with advanced technologies have been

manufacturing diesel engines, heavy

machinery, machine tools, and hydropower

turbines and generators. Due to such modern

factories, the nation has more productivity

methods and local people have job

opportunities.

Emergence of industrial regions and zones,

and modern factories and workshops

throughout the nation reflects industrial

development. So, all industries are to operate at

full capacity, try to raise their productivity, hit

the targets of annual turnovers, and meet the

demands.

YANGON, 3 March—Hailing the 65th

Anniversary Armed Forces Day, opening of new

Begrad-Dedok rural gravel road constructed by

Kangyidaunt Development Affairs Committee of

Ayeyawady Division was held on 1 March.

Chairman of Ayeyawady Division Peace and

Development Council Commander of South-West

Command Maj-Gen Kyaw Swe and Minister for

Progress of Border Areas and National Races and

Development Affairs Col Thein Nyunt attended the

opening ceremony.

New roads for rural people

The newly opened road, which is 5940 feet long

and 12 feet wide, leading to Yangon-Pathein Road

makes connection with Begrad-Malargon tarred road.

So, 23,500 villagers of 68 villages from southeast of

Kangyidaunt Township have better chance of transport

to Pathein and Yangon Division, booming in social,

economic, education and health sectors.

The commander and the minister also attended

opening of Boeshwemya-Thegarad rural gravel road

which is 5200 feet long and 10 feet wide in hailing the

65th Armed Forces Day.—MNA

Sight set on cooperation in

economic and industrial sectorsYANGON, 3 March—At the UMFCCI office on

10 February, President of the Union of Myanmar

Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry U

Win Myint, Vice-Presidents U Zaw Min Win, U Aung

Lwin and U Tun Aung, General-Secretary Dr Maung

Maung Lay, Joint General-Secretary U Myint Soe and

CEC members held discussion with Nepalese

Ambassador Ms Guna Laxmi Sharma and President

of Federation of Nepal Cottage and Small Industries

(FNCSI) Mrs Lata Pyakurel and party on promotion of

trade between the two countries, opportunities for

cooperation in development of SMEs and joint

organizing the expositions.

They signed the MoU on cooperation in

economic and industrial sectors between the two

countries.—NLM

YANGON, 3 March — TMW Enterprise Ltd

hosted a dinner in honour of dealers at Traders Hotel

here yesterday.

TMW Managing Director U Wai Lwin

extended greetings on the occasion and presented the

most par awards to ten dealers who took part in golf

tournament organized by the company.

Next, the lucky draw programme followed. In

response to the support of customers, SONY, LG and

TMW Dealer’s Party & Golden Night

T. Home brand electronics will be sold in the sales

during the respective sales promotion periods at the

shops of agents and sales centers. New models go on

sale at the Myanmar New Year Special Sales. Under

the sales promotion programme, customers who buy

SONY LCD TV and LG Air-con will be offered fair

prices, gifts and cash vouchers. Ten agents who sell

the most will get the ticket to South Africa where

World Cup will be held.— MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3

March—British Am-

bassador to the Union of

Myanmar Mr Andrew

Heyn called on Minister

for Agriculture and

Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay

Oo at the ministry here on

1 March.

The two sides hold

discussion on coordination

for food security and

enhancement of socio-

economic status. Also

present were directors-

general and managing-

directors of departments

and enterprises under the

ministry.

MNA

A & I Minister meets British Ambassador

Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo receives

Ambassador of the United Kingdom Mr Andrew Heyn.—MNA

Managing Director U Wai Lwin of TMW Enterprise Ltd extends greetings at dinner for sale

agents.—MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 4 March, 2010 3

US and allies kill, injureIraqi people

BAGHDAD, 3 March— There has been daily casualties in Iraq since the US andits allies have invaded the country.

Casualties of Iraqi peopleThe total number of casualties as from the day they invaded the country to

3 March reached 700413 and the total number of seriously injured peoplereached 1264834, according to the news on the Internet.

No. Subject Number1. Death toll of Iraqi people 7004132. The total number of seriously injured people 1264834

Internet

Casualties of Afghan people in invasion ofNATO troops led by US

KABUL, 3 March—The NATO troops led by the US have invaded Afghanistanand they are there for a long time.

A number of Afghan people are killed and injured due to invasion of theNATO troops led by the US.

Casualties of Afghan peopleAccording to the Internet news, a total of 32633 Afghan people were killed

and 38971 injured seriously as from the day when the NATO troops led by theUS invaded Afghanistan to 3 March.

No. Subject Number1. Number of Afghan people killed 326332. Seriously injured Afghan people 38971

Internet

Taleban attack woundsfour children

in E AfghanistanKABUL, 3 March—Taleban attack in Afghanistan’s

eastern Kunar Province wounded four children,police said on Tuesday.

“The Taleban rebels fired rockets but the weaponshit a residential area outside provincial capitalAssadabad last night injuring four innocent children,”provincial police chief Khalilullah Ziae told Xinhua.

He did not provide more information.On the other hand, six Taleban militants, accord-

ing to officials laid down their arms and joined thegovernment in Lalpor District of the neighbouringNangarhar Province on Monday.

Taleban militants who have intensified their activi-ties and carried out three suicide attacks and roadsidebombings in southern region on Monday have notmade comment on injuring children and surroundingtheir comrades in east Afghanistan.

Xinhua

Iraqi security forces inspect the damage at the scene of a suicide attack on acheckpoint in Ramadi. The number of Iraqis killed in violence last monthwas nearly double the toll for January, authorities said, just days beforevoters go to the polls in nationwide parliamentary elections.—INTERNET

An Afghan man with a life-threatening head injury receives medicaltreatment while en route to a field hospital, airborne over Helmand

Province, Afghanistan, on 1 March, 2010.—INTERNET

Residents start clearingthe scene after a device

exploded near theentrance of a closedcafe in the Al-Ashar

area of Basra citycentre, wounding threestudents late Mondaynight, in Basra, Iraq,

on 2 March, 2010.INTERNET

Iraqi security membersexamine the site of a

bomb attack in Baquba,65 km (40 miles)

northeast of Baghdadon 3 March, 2010.

INTERNET

BAQUBA, 3 March— Thirty three people werekilled and 30 others injured in three car bomb at-tacks followed by a suicide bombing in Baquba, thecapital of the volatile province of Diyala, onWednesday, a provincial police source said.

“The latest toll rose to a total of 33 killed and 30injured by the three blasts in Baquba,” the sourcesaid on condition of anonymity.

The attacks occurred at about 9:30 am (0630GMT) when two car bombs parked near two gov-ernment offices in central Baquba, some 65 kmnortheast of Baghdad, detonated almost simulta-neously, the source said.

A third attack took place when a suicide bomber

33 people killed in Iraq

blew up his explosive vest among a crowd of peoplegathering outside the main hospital of Baquba toreceive the victims of the two car bombings, thesource added.

Dr Ali al-Timimi, head of Diyala health depart-ment, was among the killed people by the suicideblast, along with one of his bodyguards, the sourcesaid. Timimi was supervising the receiving of doz-ens of victims at the entrance of the hospital whenthe suicide bomber attacked them, he said.

The toll could rise as many victims have beenevacuated by civilian vehicles and ambulances tothe city hospitals and medical centers, the sourcesaid.—Internet

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MOSCOW, 3 March—Russia and India couldjointly develop a fifth-generation fighter jet by2015-2016, a Russian de-fence industry official saidon Tuesday.

“I hope that we will beable to build a joint fifth-generation aircraft in thenext five to six years,”said Alexander Fomin,first deputy head of theFederal Service for Mili-tary and Technical Coop-eration.

Motor boats are docked on the dried portion of Magat dam as the water level

continues to recede in Ramon in Isabela province, the province most affected

by El Nino, north of Manila on 3 March, 2010. —INTERNET

Partial view of the sea wall that protects the north-

ern part of the Ile de Re island, near La Rochelle,

western France, on 1 March, 2010, the wall was

broken by Sunday’s deadly storm that hit most part

of France.

INTERNET

Map of Uganda. Some 350 people were missingafter a landslide buried homes following days of

heavy rains in eastern Uganda.—INTERNET

Moscow, New Delhi to developjoint fifth generation fighter

The new aircraft willprimarily be based onRussia’s T-50 prototypefifth-generation fighter,with the addition of In-dian design and develop-ment in the project.

Several integrated on-board systems by thirdparties could also be in-corporated into the newfighter for the Indian AirForce, said Fomin as citedby the RIA Novosti newsagency.

“The integration is

good because we will nothave to invent a bicycleand can use the things thatour neighbours alreadyhave, but it is also a diffi-cult task because we willhave to combine all theelements in a unified sys-tem,” the official said.

Alexander Davidenko,main constructor of the T-50 aircraft, said the sameday the Russian-Indianfifth-generation fightermight be equipped withthe supersonic BrahMosmissile.—Xinhua

MEXICO CITY, 3 March—The US consulate inJuarez, a northern Mexi-can city notorious fordrug-related violence,was evacuated on Tues-day and closed due to abomb threat, police said.

The emergency service

KUALA LUMPUR, 3M a r c h — M a l a y s i a nHealth Minister has con-firmed that one morewoman died of A/H1N1influenza, bringing thecountry’s total death tollup to 78.

The woman, aged 22,received fever and coughtreatment in a privateclinic eight days beforeshe was admitted to Uni-versity Sains Malaysiahospital (HUSM) innortheast state of

PESHAWAR, 3 March—Pakistan’s military saidon Wednesday that a sup-plier of suicide jacketsand explosives who oper-ated a key inter-city net-work had been killed dur-ing a gun battle with sol-diers.

“Two important terror-ist commanders namedMuhammad Tufail aliasAbdullah and Muham-mad Iqbal were killed bysecurity forces in an ex-change of fire,” the mili-tary announced overnightin the northwestern city ofPeshawar.

Malaysia reports new A/H1N1 death case

US closes consulate in northern Mexico for bomb threatof Mexican police re-ceived an anonymous callbefore 8:00 am local time(1400 GMT) warning thata bomb had been installedin the US consulate, saidFidel Banuelos, spokes-man for the Secretariat ofPublic Security in Chihua-

hua state, where Juarez islocated.

Banuelos said the of-fice was closed while ex-plosives specialists fromthe Central Intelligencewent into the building tosearch for the alleged de-vice.—Xinhua

Kelantan on 15 Feb, localnewspaper the NewStraits Times quotedHealth Minister LiowTiong Lai as saying onWednesday.

She was confirmed ofbeing infected by A/H1N1 flu on 16 Feb inHUSM and was treatedwith antiviral drug, saidLiow.

She was transferred tothe intensive care unit on17 Feb on complicationsfrom a lung infection and

died of “septicemia shockwith acute respiratory dis-tress syndrome secondaryto H1N1 infection” on 28Feb, he said.

Liow warned Malay-sians to be vigilant overthe A/H1N1 virus whichis still spreading through-out the country and urgedthem to go to hospitals assoon as they find symp-toms of the disease espe-cially continued fever andcough.

MNA/Xinhua

Pakistan forces kill

suicide jacket supplierThe gun battle hap-

pened late Monday on theoutskirts of Peshawar, amilitary spokesman toldAFP.

The military said Iqbalbelonged to Pakistan’sTehreek-e-Taleban factionin the lawless district ofKhyber, which straddlesthe main supply line forNATO troops fightingagainst the Taleban inneighbouring Afghani-stan.

“He was a key supplierof suicide bomb jacketsand explosives to Islama-bad and other cities of Pa-kistan,” the army said.

He was accused of sup-plying explosives for “21suicide vehicles” to north-west district Swat, wherePakistan launched an of-fensive last year to quell aTaleban insurgency,southwestern BaluchistanProvince and other cities.

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120 Feared dead in landslidein eastern Uganda

KAMPALA, 3 March— About 120 people are feareddead in a landslide caused by torrential rains over-night in Bududa district, eastern Uganda, a districtofficial confirmed on Tuesday.

Wanjusi Wasieba, theBududa Resident Districtcommissioner, told Xinhua in a telephone interviewthat 45 bodies were so far recovered from the ruins atNametsi village, Bukalasa sub-country. The landslideoccurred at about 9:00 pm local time, destroying 85homesteads, he said.

“The landslide cleared the whole village. We haveso far only retrieved 45 dead bodies. Over 120 peopleare feared dead,” said Wasieba.

He said the rescue operation is currently beinghampered by the poor terrain in the hilly area whichis barely accessible by vehicles.

The accident is the worst in recent years as con-tinuous torrential rains were experienced in the be-ginning of the current rainy season straring in Marchin parts of the country, especially in the flood-proneeastern Uganda.—MNA/ Xinhua

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Sudanese President vows to preservepeace between north, south

KHARTOUM, 3 March—Sudanese President Omaral-Bashir has vowed topreserve peace betweennorth and south Sudan andrespect the choice of thesoutherners if they opt forseparation in the 2011 ref-erendum, the Al-Ahdathdaily reported on Tuesday.

The Sudanese Presidenton Monday started a two-day visit to south Sudan aspart of his electoral cam-paign for the general elec-tions, scheduled for Aprilthis year.

“We will work to fullyimplement the Compre-

hensive Peace Agreement(CPA) and we will firmlyrespond to whoever in-tends to disrupt or damageit,” said al-Bashir whenaddressing a gathering onMonday in Juba, southSudan, according to thereport. He pledged to re-spect the southerners’choice if they opt for sepa-ration from the north, say-ing that “if the southernersopted for separation in2011 referendum, we willcome to Juba stadium tocelebrate with you.”

The Sudanese President,however, urged for enhanc-

ing the unity between northand south Sudan, saying“we have tried the enforcedunity and we want to try thevoluntary unity.”

In the meantime, al-Bashir declared that allsuspended issues betweenthe Sudanese governmentpartners — the NationalCongress Party (NCP) andthe Sudan People’s Libera-tion Movement (SPLM)— have been resolved, re-ferring to a recent agree-ment between the twosides on the issue of thepopulation census.

Xinhua

People clean the blast site in the capital city of southern province Taiz ofYemen, on 2 March, 2010. At least seven people were killed and eight otherswounded on Tuesday when a fireworks store exploded in the capital city of

southern province Taiz, a security official told Xinhua.—XINHUA

Iran, Turkey agree to establish jointindustrial estate

China to put Tiangong-1into space next year

Pakistan,Australia to

enhancetrade, defence

co-opISLAMABAD, 3 March—

Pakistan and Australiaon Tuesday reiteratedtheir desire to intensifyefforts to promote bilat-eral cooperation in theareas of trade, economyand defence.

At a meeting betweenPakistan’s Minister forDefence Ch AhmadMukhtar and the visitingAustralian NationalSecurity Advisor DancanLewis, views wereexchanged on differentsubjects, according to theofficial news agencyAPP.

The meeting deliber-ated upon Pakistan’santi-terror contribution,defence cooperation, andthe security environmentof the region with specialreference to Afghani-stan.—Xinhua

Croatia to join South Streampipeline project

MOSCOW, 3 March—Russia and Croatia on Tues-day signed an agreement for Croatia to join SouthStream, a Moscow- backed pipeline project rivalingthe EU-sponsored Nabucco project.

Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko andCroatian Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship Min-ister Djuro Popijac signed the agreement in the pres-ence of Russian and Croatian Prime MinistersVladimir Putin and Jadranka Kosor.

Putin said later in televised remarks that the SouthStream project has gained broad support, which Bul-garia, Hungary, Greece, Serbia and Slovenia have al-ready joined.

Xinhua

Rescuers are working all-out to drain water from aflooded pit of Luotuoshan Coal Mine in Wuhai City,north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,on 2 March, 2010, hoping to lift 31 people out of thepit.Water gushed into the pit of Luotuoshan Coal Minein Wuhai City, at least 600 kilometrs from the regionalcapital Hohhot at around 7:30 am Monday.—XINHUA

TEHERAN, 3 March—Iran and Turkey signed aMemorandum of Under-standing (MoU) to estab-lish joint industrial estateon the border of the twocountries, the state IRIBTV reported on Tuesday.

The MoU was signed

by Iran’s Small-Scale In-dustries and IndustrialEstates Organization Di-rector KhodamoradAhmadi and Turkey’sArtisanship and Small In-dustrial Sites General Di-rector Ramazan Yildirimin the first joint meeting

of the expert workinggroups of the Islamic re-public and Turkey in Te-heran on Monday.

At the meeting, bothsides reviewed differentaspects of the agreementto exploit the industrialand economic potentialsbetween the two countriesand to adopt necessaryregulations for invest-ment, custom service, in-surance and travelling, thereport said.

Establishment of thejoint industrial estate onIran-Turkey border wouldstrengthen security of theregion as well as welfareof those who are residingin the two countries’ bor-der region, Ahmadi said.

For his part, Turkey’sYildirim expressed hopethat the two countries’economic ties would beexpanded.

Xinhua

A staff memberdisplays a reus-

able bag which ishanded out to

members of the11th National

Committee of theChinese People’s

Political Con-sultative Confer-

ence (CPPCC) forcarrying meetingmaterials during

the CPPCCsession in Beijing,

China,on 2 March, 2010.

XINHUA

All Items From Xinhua News Agency

BEIJING, 3 March—China is to put an unmanned spacemodule, Tiangong-1, into space in 2011, a space expertsaid here on Wednesday.

Qi Faren, former chief designer of China’s Shenzhouspaceships, said the country planned to launchShenzhou-8, Shenzhou-9 and Shenzhou-10 spacecraftwithin two years to dock with Tiangong-1.

Qi, a member of the 11th National Committee of theChinese People’s Political Consultative Conference,made the remarks on the sidelines of the annual fullsession of the country’s top political advisory body.

Weighing about 8.5 tonnes, Tiangong-1 is able to per-form long-term unattended operation, which will be anessential step toward building a space station.—Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

An American motorcycle stuntmantwice broke the world record for thelongest distance jumped on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, sailing throughthe air near Australia’s Sydney Harbourto shatter the previous 10-year-oldrecord.

Seth Enslow flew to a new record dis-tance of 183.7 feet (56 metres) on hisHarley-Davidson XR1200 shortly aftera 175 foot (53.34 metres) jump. BubbaBlackwell set the previous record with a157 foot (47.85 metres) jump in Las

US scientists say women givennevirapine to protect the fetus from HIVshould not use that drug for at least ayear after childbirth.

University of Alabama at Birming-ham researchers said despite nevirapineworking well to prevent mother-to-childtransmission of the human immunode-ficiency virus, a single dose ofnevirapine in infected pregnant womencan trigger resistance to some forms ofthe AIDS-drug cocktail known as com-bination anti-retroviral treatment.

Professor Jeffrey Stringer, who ledthe study, said the nevirapine-inducedresistance fades after about 12 months.

“This study shows that women whoneed treatment more than 12 monthsafter using nevirapine to preventmother-to-child transmission safely canuse standard first-line treatments in theircountries,” Stringer said.

There is not a tourist in sight as thesun sets over sand-swept pyramids atMeroe, but archaeologists say theNubian Desert of northern Sudan holdsmysteries to rival ancient Egypt.

“There is a magic beauty aboutthese sites that is heightened by theprivilege of being able to admire themalone, with the pyramids, the dunes andthe sun,” says Guillemette Andreu,head of antiquities at Paris’ Louvremuseum.

“It really sets them apart from theEgyptian pyramids, whose beauty isslightly overshadowed by the touristcrowds.”

Pyramids are pictured in the Meroedesert, north of Khartoum. Archae-

ologists say the desert of northSudan holds mysteries to rival

ancient Egypt. The Louvre will hostits first exhibition at the end of

March on the Meroe dynasty, thelast in a line of “black pharaohs”

that ruled the Kush kingdom on thebanks of the Nile for more than

1,000 years until its demisein 350 AD.

Sudan’s land of ‘black pharaohs’ a trove for archaeologistsMeroe lies around 200 kilometres

(120 miles) northeast of Sudan’s capitalKhartoum and was the last capital ofKush, also called Nubia, an ancient king-dom centered on the confluence of theBlue Nile, the White Nile and the RiverAtbara.

Kush was one of the earliest civilisa-tions in the Nile valley and, at first, wasdominated by Egypt.

Seth Enslow of the US makes a

record-breaking jump on his Harley-

Davidson in Sydney on 2 March,

2010. Enslow jumped 183.7 feet

(56 metres) to break the world record

for a long distance jump on a Harley

motorcycle, according to organizers.

US daredevil smashes Harley-Davidson jump record

Study focuses on

nevirapine HIV therapy

An undated handout photo showsfossils containing the Sanajeh

indicus snake with a clutch of threesauropod eggs and a sauropod

hatchling found in Gujarat, India.Ancient snakes in India may have fedon baby dinosaurs to survive, fossilsunearthed in sediments dating back

to 67 million years ago show, accord-ing to a study published in this week’s

issue of the journal PLoS Biology.

LONDON, 3 March—British officials say two RoyalAir Force jets were dispatched after reports of a dis-ruptive passenger on an American Airlines jet boundfor Heathrow Airport.

The Ministry of Defence says the planes were re-called to base after the incident was found not to beterrorism-related.

Police say the plane, AA Flight 78 from Dallas,landed safely at about 11 am (1100GMT) Tuesday anda woman was arrested on suspicion of endangering anaircraft.

The woman’s details age, nationality and namewere not released.—Internet

CHICAGO, 3 March—Ford Motor Co overtookrival General Motors forthe lead in US sales Tues-day as Toyota falteredamid a series of mass re-calls and congressionalinvestigations into itssafety standards.

Ford appeared to havecapitalized on Toyota’swoes as its February US

The new Ford Focus Wagon is presented during a

press conference during the second press day at

the 80th Geneva International Motor Show at

Palexpo in Geneva.

INTERNET

WINSTON-SALEM, 3March —African-Ameri-can and Hispanic USyoung adults who sleeptoo little or too much havegreater increases than oth-ers in belly fat, research-ers found.

Compared with peoplewho reported a nightlysleep duration of six toseven hours, those with aself-reported sleep dura-tion of five hours or lessper night had an averagebody mass index increaseover a five-year periodthat was about 4 pounds

RAF jets scrambled afterdisruption on AA flight

Ford overtakes GM in US sales, Toyotafalters amid recalls

sales jumped 43 percent to142,285 vehicles, over-taking GM, which sold141,951. It was the firsttime Ford had surpassedGM in monthly salessince the top US auto-maker’s sales were hit bya strike at a key supplierin 1998. Competition wasset to be fierce in Marchas automakers sought to

match the zero percent fi-nancing incentives Toyotaoffered wary customers.

Toyota reported an 8.7percent drop in FebruaryUS sales to 100,027 vehi-cles while its market shareslipped 3.1 points to 12.8percent, according to theresearch firm Autodata.

“I’m surprised that wesold as many vehicles aswe did,” said Bob Carter,vice president of thegroup’s Toyota division.

Internet

Too little, too much sleep ups belly fathigher, and greater accu-mulations of subcutane-ous adipose tissue and vis-ceral adipose tissue —belly fat.

Those who reported

sleeping eight hours ormore had a BMI increasethat was 1.75 poundshigher, as well as greateraccumulations of bellyfat.—Internet

A vehicle makes its way through a street floodedwith seawater in Kesennuma, northern Japan

on 28 Feb, 2010.—INTERNET

Vegas in 1999.“This is awesome! I’m stoked!”

Enslow said after entering the recordbooks. Enslow appeared to be in painafter the jump, but members of his stuntteam said he was fine.

“We’ve worked hard at creating his-tory and we’re all glad he landed itsafely,” Harley-Davidson spokesmanAdrian O’Donoughue said.

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(from page 1)In meeting with officials, Lt-Gen Tha Aye

stressed the need to ensure durability of the roadsections. He also inspected construction of Zaw CreekRC Bridge and Wadon Bailey Bridge.

After viewing the condition of Kanbalu-Shweboroad section, he looked into the teak plantation ofHlweseik Forest Reserve in Kanbalu Township.

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Road sections of Highway …

1. To uphold Our Three Main National Causesat risk to life as the national policy

2. To work hard with national people forsuccessful completion of elections due to beheld in accordance with the new constitution

3. To crush internal and external subversiveelements through the strength andconsolidated unity of the people

4. To build a strong, patriotic modernTatmadaw capable of safeguarding thesovereignty and territorial integrity of thenation

Objectives of 65th AnniversaryArmed Forces Day

YANGON, 3 March— Organized by theSupervisory Committeefor Banks, GeneralBanking Services CourseNo (15) concluded on 1March with an address byMinister for Finance andRevenue Maj-Gen HlaTun.

The ministerpresented prizes tooutstanding trainees andthe deputy governor of theCentral Bank of Myanmarcompletion certificates totrainees and certificates ofhonour to courseinstructors.

A total of 11 fromState-run banks and 33from private-owned banksattended the 10-weekcourse.

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Greater orientation to banking services

YANGON, 3 March— Local authorities inThingangyun Townshipstepped up efforts to pre-vent outbreak of denguefever epidemic in thetownship.

Chairman ofYangon City Develop-ment Committee MayorBrig-Gen Aung Thein Linvisited the places wherethe local authorities putinto practice the preven-

DHF preventive measuresstepped up in Thingangyun

tive measures includingfumigation and dredgingdrains for proper flow ofwater while educationaland operation actions arebeing stepped up.

Before the visit,Mayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin andVice-Mayor Col MaungPa met officials ofThingangyun TownshipDevelopment AffairsCommittee at the depart-

ment and heard reports onefforts for preventing andkeeping the mosquito-borne disease fromspreading.

During the tour ofinspection, the mayor alsovisited No.9 Basic Educa-tion Primary School andmet school children at-tending course on nationalculture during the summerholidays.

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YANGON, 3 March—Myanmar delegation led bySecretary U Zaw Moe Khaing of Myanmar Pharmacyand Pharmaceutical Equipment EntrepreneursAssociation left here for the Republic of Korea yesterday,at the invitation of Korea Pharmaceutical IndustryCooperation Association. The delegation comprises ofCEC member Dr Zaw Tun Aye, executive U Win LinTun, members U Thein Lwin and U Zaw Lin Soe. Whilein ROK, they will meet KPICA, visit cGMP system ofPharmaceutical factories and attend Buy Korea 2010show and Buyer-Seller Meeting.—MNA

MPPEEA to visit cGMPsystem of factories in ROK

YANGON, 3March—Animal In-fluenza SurveillancePlanning Workshop(Lower Myanmar) wasopened at Sedona Hotelhere yesterday.

The workshop is

Veterinarians meet for animal influenzajointly organized byLivestock Breeding andVeterinary Departmentunder the Ministry ofLivestock and Fisheriesand Food and AgricultureOrganization (FAO) ofUnited Nations. Director-

General Prof Dr MyintThein of LBVD addressedopening ceremony.

Technicians fromFAO and LBVD sharedexperiences on blood testsof ducks and laboratoryexperiments, anddiscussed plans for animaldiseases surveillance andrecruiting new ruralveterinarians and bird flucontrol measures.

The workshop,which will end tomorrow,was participated by 78staff from State andDivision LBVD of 11states and divisions inlower Myanmar. A similarworkshop for LBVD staffin upper Myanmar will beheld in the second week ofthis month.—MNA

YANGON, 3 March—Vice-President U Zaw Min Win together withGeneral Secretary Dr Maung Maung Lay,CEC members of Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambers of Commerceand Industry (UMFCCI) andentrepreneurs of iron and steel firmreceived a Thai delegation led by DeputyManaging Director Mr RametOpatumphun of TechnologicalUniversity (iron and steel) of Ministry ofIndustry of Thailand at the federation’s

UMFCCI sees mutual interestswith Thailand, India

office on 18 February.In the evening, the officials of the

UMFCCI also received Indian delegatesheaded by Executive Director and ChiefExecutive Officer Mr B R Nahar ofBirla Corporation Limited of India atthe same venue.

In the discussions with the twodelegations separately, the UMFCCIofficials focused on improvement ofeconomic, agriculture, investment andtrade sectors.—NLM

Lt-Gen Tha Aye of Ministry of Defence inspects construction of Zaw Creek RC Bridge onShwebo-Myitkyina Road Section.—MNA

Minister for Finance and Revenue Maj-GenHla Tun presents first prize to Daw Myinzu

Soe of Central Bank of Myanmar.—F&R

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Those from US and British embassiesvisited NLD (HQ) 27 times in February

YANGON, 3 March—The National League for Democracy (Central) haskept in touch with the US and the British Embassies and is following theirinstructions. The people are criticizing such act of the NLD and keeping awatchful eye on it.

Those from US and British embassies visited the NLD (Headquarters) onWest Shwegondine Street here 27 times in February 2010. During their visit theymet with CEC members of the party and gave small and large envelopes andparcels to the latter.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3March— Minister forCommunications, Postsand Telegraphs Brig-GenThein Zaw called forextension of autoexchange lines atMogaung auto exchangein Kachin State on 28February.

He visited Hsahmaw

CPT Minister inspects communication stations

NAY PYI TAW, 3 March—The inauguration ofPeinchaung-Zayathlakyi rural gravel road in PantanawTownship took place on 1 March.

The upgraded facility built by Pantanaw TownshipDevelopment Affairs Committee in 2009-2010financial year benefits 18 villages in the township.

Bandoola, Oo-yin (2), and Myopya tarred roads inKyaunggon were put into service later the same day,which facilitates the transport in Ward (1), Ward (2),and Thitseintkon Village-tract in the township.

The opening ceremonies were graced by thepresence of Minister for Progress of Border Areas andNational Races and Development Affairs Col TheinNyunt.—MNA

13390.09 acres of poppy plantationsobliterated in 2009-2010

NAY PYI TAW, 3 March—The officials concerned had been combing anddestroying poppy plantations in 2009-2010 poppy growing season. Up to 20February 2010, 13139.09 acres of poppy plantations were destroyed in statesand divisions.

From 21 to 27 February, another 251 acres of poppy plantations—56.8 acresfrom Tangyan, Momeik, Kutkai, Namhkam and Mantung Townships of ShanState (North), 114.7 acres from Pinlaung and Pekhon Townships of Shan State(South), and 79.5 acres from Mongping and Mongton Townships of Shan State(East)—were destroyed again, 13390.09 acres in total.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3March—Minister forForestry Brig-Gen TheinAung met the chairman ofChina InternationalForestry Group (CIFG)and party in Muse on 28February.

The chairman of

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence views Ngamoeyeik River Water Pumping Station in Hlegu Township.MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Zaw visits Yatanarpon Pan MyanmarFactory in Yatanarpon Myothit of PyinOoLwin Township.—MNA

Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung views four timber loadersdonated by CIFG.—FORESTRY

(from page 1)On his arrival at the

site of Letpan river waterpumping project in thetownship, Lt-Gen MyintSwe oversaw supply ofirrigation water to thefarmland.

On his visit to YeMon (1) river water pump-ing project in the town-ship, Lt-Gen Myint Sweinspected an alignment forconstruction of main ca-nal.—MNA

River Water pump-ing stations...

New roads commissioned inPantanaw, Kyaunggon

microwave station andPimbaw auto exchange.

On 1 March,he inspected constructionof microwave station,microwave tower, autoexchange and D-Ampcellular room in Mohnyin.

At Yatanarpon newtown project nearPyinOoLwin, the

minister yesterdayinspected communi-cation station,completion of buildings,visited YatanarponOptical Fiber Factory,Yatanarpon PanMyanmar factory, andviewed construction offactory by Asia WorldCo.—MNA

Kyaukse Association invites members for AGMYANGON, 3 March—

Kyaukse Association(Yangon) has arranged tohold its eight annualgeneral meeting for 2009at Kyaukse Dhammayonin Bahan Township here

on 21 March.Invitations and

annual reports have beensent to members andKyaukse District nativesin Kyaukse, Singaing andTadaU townships are also

invited. For furtherinformation, contact theoffice of the associationat the KyaukseDhammayon (Ph: 01-552736).

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Minister supervises forestry works in Muse, KutkaiCIFG donated fourtimber loaders to theMinistry of Forestry.

In meeting with staffof Muse District ForestDepartment, the ministerstressed the need to avoidmalpractices, make all-outefforts for realizing the

aims of the department andcordially conversed thelocal people. In the evening,the minister heard reportson conservation of forestplantation presented by thehead of Kutkai TownshipForest Department.

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(from page 1)Land survey task of

nine-mile Mongnai-Pandaung section wascomplete. It is plannedto build the railroad fromMongnai to Kengtungthrough Langkho,Mongpan, Tahsan,Mongton, Monghsat,Mongkhok andMongphyat. It is noteasy to construct the rail-road through mountains.

Arrangements are

Sound of trains in operation…

NAY PYI TAW, 3March—A new goldenumbrella was hoisted atopYanaungmyin Pagoda inTamoenye of Muse Dis-trict on 1 March.

Chairman of ShanState (North) Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of North-East Command Maj-GenAung Than Htut con-

Golden umbrella hoisted atopYanaungmyin Pagoda in Tamoenye

veyed the umbrella,Minister for Construc-t ion Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint the pen-nant-shaped vane, thewife of the commanderand officials Sasanaflag, three tiers of zoon,cone and the remainingtiers and golden um-brella for the encircledzedis round the pagoda.

Next, the com-mander and the ministerhoisted the diamond orb,the pennant-shaped vaneand tiers of umbrellaatop the pagoda. Mem-bers of the Sangha con-secrated the pagoda.Later, they offered mealsto members of theSangha.

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being made to build aThanlwin River crossingBridge near Tahsan asMongnai-Kengtung rail-road being implementedby Myanmar engineerswill cross the river.

Out of 16 scheduledto be built after comple-tion of land preparationand earthwork onMongnai-Langkho rail-road section, four bridgeshave been constructed sofar and three are under

construction. I saw ar-rival of construction ma-terials for the remainingones.

One can see consider-able difficulties in build-ing the railroad throughmountains and valleys inthe hilly region, spendinghuge amounts of money.It is not easy to carry outland survey either, the firststep for the railroad con-struction. Overcoming thechallenge of natural barri-ers railroad networks have

emerged in the all parts ofthe country.

It is sure that effortson regional developmenttasks will be more effec-tive and Shan State will bein blossom with develop-ment flowers because adream is going to come

true with the emergenceof Mongnai-Langkhoroad section andMongnai-Kengtung rail-road network one afteranother. Moreover, onecan travel by train aroundthe Shan State surroundedby natural beauties. Na-

tional brethren of thestate will enjoy the fruit-ful result of better trans-port that can contributetowards swift flow ofcommodities.

Translation: YMMyanma Alin:

18-2-2010

Finishing touches are being put to earth work of Mongnai-Langkhorailroad section.

Photo shows land preparation for Mongnai-Langkho railroadsection.

Upon completion of Mongnai-Langkho railroad section, alink between Mongnai and Kengtung will emerge and more empha-sis will be placed on development of Shan State. Moreover, it willenable everyone to travel by train around the Shan State sur-rounded by natural beauties and contribute to swift flow ofcommodities.

NAY PYI TAW, 3March—A ceremony toconsecrate Buddha Im-ages to be kept at ZabuNyeinaye Pagoda inPanwa of Myitkyina Dis-trict was held at the pre-cinct of the pagoda on 26February.

First, members of

Consecration ceremony organized atZabu Nyeinaye Pagoda of Panwa

the Sangha consecratedthe Buddha image, andthen recited Parittas.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye ofthe Ministry of Defence,Chairman of Kachin StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofNorthern Command Maj-Gen Soe Win, Minister for

Communications, Postsand Telegraphs Brig-GenThein Zaw and leader oflocal national race U ZaKhun Ting Ring offeredrobes and alms to mem-bers of the Sangha.

They later sharedmerits gained.

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YANGON, 3March—Star ResourcesHospitality ManagementAcademy will open SOPCourse for Hotel &Cruise Staff in the thirdweek of March for thosewishing to find a job inhotels, restaurants and oncruisers.

The three-monthcourse includes F & B

F & B at Star ResourcesService and Housekeep-ing which are most popu-lar jobs in tourism indus-try. Those with workingexperience in interna-tional five star hotels willteach the theory-practicecombined curriculum inaccordance with thestandard course guidelines of Institute of Hos-pitality (UK) and Educa-

tional Institute (AHLA-USA).

The contact ad-dress of Star ResourcesHospitality ManagementAcademy is Room 302,Building-267, PyayRoad, Myaynigon,Sangyoung Township,here, Ph; 01-523200,523623, 4412256, 09-5020302.—MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Aung Than Htut and Minister Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint hoist diamond orb atop of the pagoda.—MNA

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Hard surfaces can harbor virus for 48 hrs

Dirty air triggers illness,costs millions

SANTA MONICA, 3 March—Air pollution in Califor-nia triggered asthma and pneumonia that caused $193million in hospital-based medical care from 2005-2007, a US non-profit group says.

Researchers at the Rand Corp estimate exposure toexcessive levels of ozone and particulate pollutioncaused nearly 30,000 emergency room visits and hos-pital admissions during the study period.

Public insurance programmes were responsible for cov-ering most of the costs, with Medicare and Medi-Cal pick-ing up more than two-thirds of the expenses, the studyfinds. “California’s failure to meet air pollution stand-ards causes a large amount of expensive hospital care,”lead author John Romley, an economist, says in a state-ment. “The result is that insurance programmes — boththose run by the government and private payers — facehigher costs because of California’s dirty air.”

Romley said the findings show private insurers, em-ployers and public insurance programmes all have afinancial stake in improving California’s air quality.

“These costs may not be the largest problem causedby dirty air, but our study provides more evidenceabout the impact that air pollution has on the state’seconomy,” Romley says.—Internet

Pre-cancerdiet a factorin survivalCHICAGO, 3 March—

What a woman ate threeto five years prior to a di-agnosis of ovarian cancercan impact her chances ofsurvival, US researchersfound.

Researchers from theUniversity of Illinois atChicago found womenwho ate higher totals offruit and vegetables —and higher vegetableconsumption alone — upto five years before diag-nosis had a survival ad-vantage.

The study, published inthe Journal of the Ameri-can Dietetic Association,also observed a statisti-cally significant im-provement in survival forthose eating the healthiergrains. However, eatingless-healthy meats — redand processed meat —was associated with asurvival time disadvan-tage.—Internet

New therapy suggested for liver fibrosis

Demographics key to cancer screenings

NORTH CANTON, 3March—Hard surfacesemerged as a key sourceof bacterial and viral in-fections during the H1N1pandemic, a US physiciansays. Dr Robert Arnot,a TV medical correspond-ent and chief medicaleducator of www.touchsurfaces.org, saysstudies show people un-knowingly infect them-selves by touching bacte-ria-laden surfaces andthen touching theirmouth, nose or eyes.

Arnot says the averageadult, per hour, brings hisor her hand to the face 17

times, the eyes five times,the nose three times, andthe mouth 1.5 times, withthe figures reaching farhigher for children.

Viruses such as H1N1,seasonal flu or the stomachflu do not survive long onporous items, but they canlast up to 48 hours on non-porous surfaces, Arnotsays. Scientists havethought infectious diseaseswere spread through the airor by direct person-to-per-son contact, but H1N1 vi-rus can live up to 22 hourson a hard surface and becontagious to others for upto 8 hours. Hard surfaces

are emerging as a potentialkey source of infection.

Hard surfaces includestainless steel, toilet seats,phones, computer key-boards, communal coffeepots, water coolers, ATMmachines, subways andbuses, handrails, play-ground and gym equip-ment. The list also includestoys — at home and in doc-tors’ offices — doorknobs,remote controls, shoppingcarts, gas station pump han-dles and keypads, gymequipment, buffet spoonsand high-use telephones,Arnot says.

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The workers work at the entrance of the 2010 World Expo Culture Centre inShanghai, east China, on 2 March, 2010. The construction of the 2010

Shanghai World Expo Culture Centre came into the phase of final sprint onTuesday, the 60-day countdown to the opening ceremony.—XINHUA

BARCELONA, 3 March—Spanish medi-cal scientists say they’ve found that labrats treated with ghrelin, a stomach hor-mone, displayed a reduction in liver fi-brosis.

The scientists at Barcelona Hospitalsaid ghrelin reduced the amount offibrogenic cells by 25 percent in thetreated rodents, as well as preventingacute liver damage and reducingoxidative stress and inflammation.

Dr Ramon Bataller, lead author of the

study, said there are no current anti-fi-brotic therapies for patients with liverdisease, such as hepatitis, cirrhosis andliver cancer.

“Our aim was to determine ifrecombinant ghrelin could regulate theformation of fibrous tissue associatedwith chronic liver damage,” Batallersaid. “In our study, we demonstrate thatrecombinant ghrelin regulates thefibrogenic response of the liver to acuteand chronic disease.”—Internet

BOSTON, 3 March—Education, race, ethnicity,income and age are re-lated to a patients’ willing-ness to participate in can-cer screenings, US re-searchers found. Lead au-thor Nancy Kressin, direc-tor of the Healthcare Dis-parities Research Unit andBoston University Schoolof Medicine, and col-leagues said prior studiesshowed screenings are cru-cial in identifying cancer in

its early stages and minori-ties have lower screeningrates for certain types ofcancer, such as cervical andcolorectal cancer.

The researchers exam-ined patients’ agreeabilityto engage in cancer screen-ing in the context of var-ied symptoms and screen-ing settings.

A random sample wasconducted using telephoneinterviews in San Juan,Puerto Rico; Baltimore

and New York.Less-educated individu-

als with lower incomes re-ceived fewer cancerscreenings than those withhigher levels of each andthese rates may lead to dis-parities in cancer-relatedmortality. However, racialand ethnic minority status,age and lower incomewere frequently associatedwith willingness to receiv-ing a cancer screening.

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A visitor uses a mobile phone to take a photographof a piece called “The Bride” by Portuguese artistJoana Vasconcelos during her presentation of the“Netless” exhibition at Belem Cultural Centre inLisbon on 1 March, 2010. The materials used in

the piece include tampons, stainless steel andcotton thread.—XINHUA

Rescuers are busy on the site of a collapsed building in Concepcion, southernChile, on 2 March, 2010. There are still seven people buried in the ruins here.The 8.8-magnitude devastating earthquake which hit Chile on Saturday haskilled at least 763 people, reports quoted Chile’s emergency office as saying

on Tuesday.—XINHUA

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Wind turbines at the island of Mariahamn between Sweden and Finland, in2009. Sweden will build 2,000 new wind turbines over the next decade as partof a bid to dramatically increase its production of renewable energy, Enter-

prise and Energy Minister Maud Olofsson said on Tuesday.—INTERNET

US state, local govts face financialpressure amid economic rebound

India telecom tycoon Africa movesspook investors

WASHINGTON, 3 March—In spite of indicatorssuggesting the UnitedStates is pulling out of theworst recession since the1930s — albeit at a snail’space — state and localgovernments are likely tolag behind the national re-covery and face financialpressures for some time,experts said.

But the extent to whichthis will occur varies fromcity to city. WhileHarrisburg, Pennsylvaniaofficials have talked of de-claring bankruptcy, ob-

servers speculate moresuch cases could follow.

Moody’s InvestorsService said in a recentlyreleased report that it ex-pects state and local gov-ernments to lag behind thenational rate of recoveryand face a number of fi-nancial challengesthrough 2010 and into thefollowing year.

Many will continue toface credit pressures dueto declining tax receipts,pressures to boost spend-ing and weakened balancesheets, the report said.

But while it expectsdefaults and bankruptciesto be rare, the organizationmaintains that such possi-bilities exist and the like-lihood of defaults couldincrease in the future.

“In our opinion, it is ex-tremely unlikely that therewill be a cultural shift inthe market towards in-creased use of Chapter 9bankruptcies or a whole-sale erosion of investorappetite sufficient tothreaten liquidity to thismarket,” Moody’s said.

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An Indian man talks on his mobile phone next to a Bharti Airtel sign inNew Delhi. Shares in India’s biggest mobile firm have tumbled since the they

made a multi-billion dollar offer for the loss-making African assets ofKuwait’s Zain telecom last month.—INTERNET

Nissan recalls nearly 540,000vehicles worldwide

Adidas 2009 profit fallsby 62 percent

FRANKFURT, 3 March—German sportswear andequipment maker Adidas said on Wednesday that its2009 net profit plunged by 62 percent to 245 millioneuros (334 million dollars).

In the fourth quarter of the year, net profit fell by64 percent to 19 million euros, the company added,well below an average analyst forecast of 25 millioncompiled by Dow Jones Newswires.

Adidas said sales this year were expected to gainbetween one and six percent, with the results and fore-cast demonstrating once again the tough conditionsfaced by retailers.—Internet

The distinctive three stripe brand of German firmAdidas. The sportswear and equipment maker hassaid that its 2009 net profit plunged by 62 percent

to 245 million euros (334 million dollars).INTERNET

NEW DELHI, 3March—Indian telecomstycoon Sunil BhartiMittal may be known forhis Midas touch, but in-vestors are questioning ifhis multi-billion-dollarbid to gain a foothold inAfrica is a step too far.

Mittal, chairman ofBharti Airtel, has seenshares of India’s biggest

mobile firm tumble sincehe made his 10.7-billion-dollar offer for the loss-making African assets ofKuwait’s Zain Telecomlast month.

Mittal, stymied in twoprevious bids to tie upwith South African flag-ship telecom companyMTN, Africa’s largestmobile operator, has

staunchly defended hislatest attempt to break intothe African market.

Africa represents “themost under-penetratedmarket in the world”, of-fering huge potentialgrowth, said Mittal, whobuilt Bharti into an Indiantelecom powerhouse injust 15 years.

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The Nissan Juke is shown at the Geneva MotorShow in Geneva, Switzerland, on 2 March,

2010.—INTERNET

Hyundai Motor CoFebruary sales jump

23.4 percent

TOKYO, 3 March—Nissan Motor said onWednesday it will recallnearly 540,000 vehiclesworldwide, most of them

in the United States, dueto brake pedal defects andfaulty fuel gauges.

Nissan said in a state-ment it plans “to inspect

and, if necessary, repairbrake pedal pins and fuel-gauge components on cer-tain trucks and minivans.”

“No accidents or inju-ries have been reportedwith these issues,” it said.

The recalls also affectCanada, Mexico, the Mid-dle East, Ukraine, Russiaand Taiwan, the statementsaid. The models withfaulty brake pedal pins arethe Titan pickup trucks,the Armada and InfinitiQX56 SUVs and Questminivans built between2008 and 2010, the com-pany said, adding that itwould pull 178,916 unitsfrom the US.

The company saidthere were three reportedcases of brake pedal pinsloosening and causingproblems with braking.

“Nissan has deter-mined that a manufactur-ing error on the part of thesupplier is at the root ofthis issue,” it said.

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SEOUL, 3 March—South Korea’s leadingautomaker, Hyundai Mo-tor Co, saw its Februarysales jump 23.4 percentcompared to a year ear-lier, posting a worldwidesales of 250,995 units inthe month, the companysaid on Wednesday.

“We expect drasticchanges in the global mar-ket outlook as well asstiffer competition fromother companies follow-ing an economic down-turn around the world,”the company said in astatement, vowing to in-crease its efforts to be-come a global leader inthe auto-industry.

Hyundai’s domesticsales grew 9.2 percent lastmonth, amounting to

48,981 units, fueled bystronger sales in new re-leases of its Sonata andTuscan models, the com-pany said, while its over-seas sales jumped 27.3percent in the cited periodto reach 202,014 unitssold, largely due to boostsin production from itsoverseas plants in Chinaand India as well as theCzech Republic.

However, monthlysales have dropped com-pared to the previousmonth both in the localand foreign markets by18.1 percent and 8 per-cent respectively, mainlybecause of the shortermonth that included theLunar New Year holi-days, according toHyundai.—Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV HOANG SON SUN VOY NO ( )Consignees of cargo carried on MV HOANG SON

SUN VOY NO ( ) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 2.3.2010 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm 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 VARAMRPhone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DIBENA UNITY VOY NO (128)Consignees of cargo carried on MV DIBENA

UNITY VOY NO (128) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 4.3.2010 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W.6 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 SIAM PHULSAWAT MARI-TIME CO, LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SINAR BIMA VOY NO (055)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SINAR BIMAVOY NO (055) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 4.3.2010 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.




AGENT FOR: M/S SAMUDERA SHIPPINGLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Miss World Malaysia 2009 Thanuja poses for a Pub-lic Service Advertisement on animal sterilization inSelangor, Malaysia, on 2 March, 2010.—XINHUA

Hyundai Motor Co recalling 515vehicles in US over airbag defectSEOUL, 3 March—South Korea’s top automaker

Hyundai Motor Co said on Tuesday it is voluntarilyrecalling 515 vehicles in the United States due to adefect in the airbag system.

According to Hyundai, Tucson sport-utility vehiclesproduced in South Korea from 10 and 30 Nov last yearand exported to the US will be subject to the recall.

The move comes as the company found a defect inthe airbag system in the front passenger seat, whichmay not properly work in a crash, the company said.

The recall came less than a week after Hyundai de-cided to recall about 47,000 units of its new Sonatasedan in the US and South Korea, citing a glitch in thefront-door locks.

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Typhoid spreading in Fiji, 99 infectedWELLINGTON, 3 March—An outbreak of typhoid in

Fiji was spreading rapidly, with 99 people now con-firmed with the disease, New Zealand media reportedon Tuesday. Fiji Deputy Secretary of Public HealthJosefa Koroivueta said 55 people have been infectedwith typhoid in the past week and the illness is spread-ing to new areas, Radio New Zealand Internationalreported.

Typhoid is transmitted by bacteria and the health min-istry suspects contaminated water to be the source inone area, and food in the other areas.—Xinhua

Two employees killedin New Mexico oil refinery fireARTESIA, 3 March—Authorities say two employees

at an oil refinery in southeast New Mexico are deadand two others critically injured after a storage tank ex-ploded into flames. Artesia police say warning sirenssounded just before 1 pm on Tuesday at the NavajoRefinery. Emergency crews arrived and were able tocontain the fire a short time later.

Authorities say two employees, both from Texas, diedfrom injuries sustained in the explosion. Two otherworkers were airlifted to the Lubbock Hospital in Texas,where authorities say they remain in critical condition.

No names were released.Authorities say the explosion’s cause remains unclear.

Calls to the Dallas-based company that owns the refin-ery were not immediately returned on Tuesday night.

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Israel could end natural gas imports

14 die in artillery, gun battlein Somali capital

MOGADISHU, 3 March—Witnesses in Somalia saysat least 10 civilians and four militants have been killedin a gunbattle between Islamists and government forcesin the capital.

Resident Sa’id Ahmed said the fighting started lateTuesday when government forces moved into an in-surgent-held neighbourhood of Mogadishu. He saidthe soldiers killed four al-Shabab fighters before mili-tant reinforcements arrived.

Ali Muse of Mogadishu’s ambulance service sayshis facility collected the bodies of 10 civilians. He said39 wounded people were taken hospitals.

For the last three years, thousands of civilians havedied in violence-wracked Mogadishu in a conflict thatpits militants against a weak, UN-backed govern-ment.—Xinhua

Rescue workers search for the missing in a flooded residential neighbourhoodin La-Faute-sur-Mer, western France, on 2 March, 2010 after a major stormnamed Xynthia hit western Europe, killing at least 62 as of on 2 March.—XINHUA

TELAVIV, 3 March—AUS energy company an-nounced on Tuesday thata project it is developingoff the Israeli coast couldsoon end the country’slongtime dependence onnatural gas imports.

Noble Energy Chief Ex-ecutive Charles DDavidson said the Tamargas field — set to becomeoperational in 2012 — willallow Israel to meet itsown energy needs, and

potentially even becomean exporter of fuel.

“Our thoughts are thatwill exceed what the mar-ket will need,” Davidsonsaid. “It’s significant to Is-rael and what it can do forthis country in terms oflowering energy costs.”

Tamar’s five wells areeach expected to pump150 million cubic feet ofnatural gas per day — apace on par with the Hou-ston company’s other

wells operating in placeslike the Gulf of Mexico, hesaid. The company hopesto open operations in a sec-ond Israeli field, calledDalit, at a later time.

The possibility of ex-porting fuel would mark adramatic turnaround forIsrael, a country in an oil-rich region that is notori-ously empty of natural re-sources and has always re-lied heavily on fuel im-ports.—Internet

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File photo shows Japanese fishermen slaughter-ing a 10m-long bottlenose whale at Wada port inMinami-Boso, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo.

INTERNET

Air India risks turbulence as it seeksto cut costs

Italy to showcase “Rome Experience”at Shanghai Expo

ROME, 3 March — Ita-ly’s capital will showcasethe lifestyle of its peopleat the Shanghai 2010World Expo, local officialFrancesco Maria Orsi toldXinhua in a recentinterview.With its themeof “The Rome Experi-ence,” the events andprojects to be staged byRome have a double goal:promoting Rome’s imageon the international stageand opening up opportuni-ties for Roman firms want-ing to do business inChina, said Orsi, mayorGianni Alemanno’s del-

Indians walk past the Air India headquarters in Mumbai in June 2009.State-run carrier Air India is set for dramatic cost-cutting in the months

ahead as part of a government bailout that will test the willingness of workersto accept painful restructuring.—INTERNET

Two F-5 warplanes crashed into a rice paddynortheast of Seoul in 2008. South Korea’s air forcegrounded most its fighter jets for safety checks onWednesday, a day after two of them crashed into a

mountain killing three pilots.INTERNET

egate for the Expo.“Rome has all creden-

tials to be an ideal model ofthe Expo’s theme ‘BetterCity, Better Life’ thanks toits unique historical and ar-chitectural beauties, lifequality and style,” Orsi said.

What makes Italy’scapital so special is its life“experience,” its most pre-cious asset. Apart fromRome’s monuments,which have witnessed agreat imperial past, Orsistressed that Rome is at thesame time a symbol ofbeauty, love of life andwell-being.

“Everyone visiting ourcity is enchanted by itsbeauties and unique wayof life.

There is no doubt thatRome is one of the mostbeautiful and best cities inthe world, and it’s exactlythis notion we will show-case in Shanghai,” he said.

Recalling a televisionbroadcast seen during hislast visit in Shanghai, Orsisaid he was impressed bythe answers the Chinesepublic gave to what theybelieved made up Rome’sappeal.

Xinhua

Police fail to findbomb in

Wellington CBDWELLINGTON, 3 March

— New Zealand policefailed to find the bomb atthe centre of a scare incentral Wellington onWednesday afternoon andhave scaled back theirsearch.

Bomb squad expertswere called to investigatea threat at WillestonHouse in central Welling-ton after a threateningemail and note were sent.

The building had beenevacuated following thethreat at 3:34 pm localtime.After a thoroughsearch of the floor, thesquad failed to locate any-thing suspicious, butwould continue searchingother parts of the building,police said.—Xinhua

Scientists now listen to the solar windMUMBAI, 3 March –State-run carrier Air Indiais set for dramatic cost-cutting in the monthsahead as part of a govern-ment bailout that will testthe willingness of work-ers to accept painful re-structuring. Last month,the Indian governmentapproved an injection of173 million dollars for theailing company and CivilAviation Minister PrafulPatel has told the airlineit must “shape up” to re-ceive the funds.

The money is part of aphase planned govern-ment injection of 50 bil-lion rupees (1.1 billiondollars) over three yearsfor the carrier, which hasreported massive losses inrecent years.

But the government

has insisted the moneywill only be handed overif the airline reduces costs— partly by reducing itsbloated fleet size by some30 percent to 105 aircraftby March 2011, and alsoby cutting wages.

“The airline is in a

mess. Tough decisionswill need to be made, forwhich the Air India lead-ership needs a free hand,”said KPMG India aero-space analyst AmberDubey, arguing that a tem-porary shutdown might benecessary.—Internet

ANN ARBOR, 3 March— US scientists say theyhave “sonified” solar winddata, allowing researchersto listen to the solar windthat’s usually representedas numbers or graphs.

University of Michi-gan researchers said theycreated an acoustic, ormusical, representationof the solar wind in or-der to hear informationthat their eyes mighthave missed in solarwind speed and particledensity data gathered byNASA’s Advanced Com-position Explorer satel-lite. The solar wind is astream of charged parti-cles emanating from thesun.

The process of soni-fication isn’t new, the re-searchers said, noting thatis the process used by Gei-ger counter radiation de-tectors that emit clicks inthe presence of high-en-ergy particles.

“What makes thisproject different is thelevel of artistic license Iwas given,” said composerand recent School of Mu-sic alumnus Robert Alex-ander. The product, whichAlexander says is “in be-tween art and science,”uses a drum beat to repre-sent the rotation of the sun,and the voice of a singer— his sister — to representthe charge state of carbonatoms.

“Every piece of scien-tific data tells a story. I’mexpressing this storythrough music,” Alexan-der said. “These soni-fications present scientificdata in a way that is im-mediately visceral.”

Internet

SEOUL, 3 March—South Korea’sAir Force confirmed late Tuesday thattwo F-5 fighter jets crashed earlier inthe day during a drill near the EastSea, killing three pilots.

The bodies of the pilots and somedebris of the planes were found near amountain peak in Pyeongchang,Gangwon Province, an official of theAir Force was quoted by Seoul’sYonhap news agency as saying.

The two jets was on their trainingflight after taking off from an airbasein Gangneung, Gangwon Province, ataround 12:20 pm local time (0320GMT), and lost communication withthe ground five minutes later. They

Two S Korean fighter jets crash killsthree

were believed to crash into MountHwangbyeong, about 20 kilometreswest of Gangueung at around 12:33pm local time (0333 GMT), the AirForce added.

The accident might be caused bypoor visibility from the foggy weather,but further investigation will beconducted to determine the cause, theofficial said.

The rescue team has been forcedto suspend its operation due to thebad weather in the area, and theresearch will be resumed onWednesday.

Tuesday’s accident is the seventhcrash involving a F-5 fighter jet in the

country since 2000, Yonhap said.South Korea now operates about 180 F-5 fighters.

MNA/Xinhua

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S P O R T SCapello warns England stars

to stay out of trouble

England manager FabioCapello answers questionsduring a press conferenceon the eve of their Inter-national friendly againstEgypt at London Colney,on 2 March.—INTERNET

LONDON, 3 March—Fabio Capello haswarned his pamperedEngland players thatthey cannot afford to lettheir privates lives get inthe way of his WorldCup preparations.

Capello has grownweary at fending off abarrage of questionsabout the late-nightliaisons of Englanddefenders John Terryand Ashley Cole andhe delivered a brief butemphatic statement ofintent to his squad

Aussie football coach hopesfor Asian Cup finals

Indonesia’sIsnan Ali ispursued byAustralia’s

DannyAllsopp

during thegroup B

Asian Cup2011 Qualifi-ers in Jakarta

in lateJanuary.INTERNET

Woods back from familycounseling

File photo showsTiger Woods watch-ing his tee shot on

the fifth hole duringthe second round ofthe Tour Champion-

ship golf tourna-ment at the East

Lake Golf Club inAtlanta.—INTERNET

Japanese players celebrate after scoring a goalduring a recent fooball match in Tokyo.—INTERNET

JACKSONVILLE, 3 March—Tiger Woods is back on thepractice tee and working toget back on the course.

Woods has returned homeafter a week of familycounseling in Arizona and istrying to get back into a rou-tine that includes fitness andhis first significant practice in15 weeks, a person withknowledge of his schedulesaid Tuesday.

Woods returned to hishome near Orlando on Satur-day and has been hitting ballson the range at Isleworth, notfar from where he ran hisSUV into a fire hydrant and atree in the middle of the nighton 27 Nov, setting off shock-ing revelations of infidelity.

Internet

SYDNEY, 3 March—Coach Pim Verbeek is bankingon a largely home-based Australian side to get pastIndonesia on Wednesday and clinch a berth in nextyear’s Asian Cup finals.

Australia need a draw to secure a place in nextJanuary’s Qatar showpiece, but Verbeek has only threefirst-choice players — Jason Culina, Josh Kennedyand Luke Wilkshire — in his squad to take on the out-of-contention Indonesians in Brisbane.

The Dutchman has been burnt in the past fielding adomestic lineup in Asian Cup qualifying, losing 1-0to Kuwait in Canberra a year ago.

But a lengthy injury list and a short FIFA interna-tional window have made it difficult to call on his Eu-ropean-based stars, with Dinamo Moscow’s Wilkshirethe only first-team regular summoned.

Verbeek, who has already steered the Socceroos toJune’s World Cup finals in South Africa, is confidenthe has the players to do the job against the 136th-ranked Indonesia.

“There is no reason to be nervous,” Verbeek said.“Of course, we all know with the best players avail-able it could have been easier and we will have to workhard because it will be a hard game.

Internet

Japan face Bahrain for top spotTOYOTA, 3 March—Japan and Bahrain on Wednes-

day will slug it out for top spot in their group in thelast game of the final qualifying round for the AsianCup.

Both sides have already qualified for the competi-tion in January next year in Qatar, but Japan, who areat full strength for the clash, currently head Group Awith a marginally superior goal difference.

“We want to finish top of the group, which willhelp us in the draw for the Asian Cup,” said Bahrain’sCzech coach Milan Macala ahead of the showdown atthe Toyota Stadium in central Japan.

While the home side made the World Cup in SouthAfrica in June, Bahrain narrowly missed out to NewZealand in a play-off.

Internet

Brazil’s coach Dunga

Dunga admits Brazil must go

up another level at WC

Davydenko to miss Davis Cup

clash with India

Russia’s top playerNikolay Davydenko

MOSCOW, 3 March—Russia’s top playerNikolay Davydenko willmiss Russia’s Davis Cupopening round clash withIndia, which will beplayed in Moscow thisweekend, local media re-ported on Tuesday.

Reports saidDavydenko, 28, who iscurrently ranked sixth inthe world, will have towithdraw from playingfor his country because ofa left wrist injury, whichhe sustained during hissemifinal loss in Rotter-dam last month.

Russia’s tennis federa-

tion chief ShamilTarpishchev named IgorAndreev, who is currently38th in the ATP rankings,as a replacement forDavydenko for the WorldGroup clash with India.

Tarpishchev also in-cluded Mikhail Youzhny,Teimuraz Gabashvili andIgor Kunitsyn in the Rus-sian team.—Internet

Henry calls for coachappointment delay

RaymondDomenech

Mexico, New Zealand to clashin World Cup warmup

PASADENA, 3 March—World Cup veterans RafaelMarquez and Cuauhtemoc Blanco will lead Mexicoagainst New Zealand Wednesday in a friendly foot-ball match that will serve as a World Cup tuneup forboth.

For Mexico the match is the second in a series ofsix friendlies in the United States as they prepare toopen their World Cup campaign against hosts SouthAfrica on June 11.

Their first-round group also includes France andUruguay.

“I think this is the moment for us to do somethingbig, something historic,” said defender Marquez, whosays the 2010 World Cup will be his last. “We haveplayers with lots of experience and young people whohave the hunger to win.”—Internet

when they met up forthis week’s friendlyagainst Egypt.

Internet

LONDON, 3 March—Brazil coach Dunga ad-mits his side must raisetheir game to an evenhigher level to live up totheir billing as World Cupfavourites.

Dunga’s team showedthe good and bad sides oftheir game in Tuesday’s2-0 friendly win over theRepublic of Ireland atArsenal’s Emirates Sta-dium and the Selecaocoach knows there is stillroom for improvement inSouth Africa later this year.

As ever, the five-timeWorld Cup winners are re-

garded as strong contend-ers to win the tournament,but Dunga claims he issurprised by that tag be-cause he keeps hearinghow badly his players areperforming in Europe thisseason.—Internet

PARIS, 3 March—ThierryHenry on Tuesday said he wouldprefer the successor to nationalboss Raymond Domenech to benamed after the World Cup, andnot before the tournament asplanned.

“Personally, I’d prefer us totalk about it after, and definitelynot now. It’s not a debate,” saidFrance skipper Henry.

Henry joins international colleagues William Gallasand Florent Malouda in expressing reservations aboutthe decision to reveal the identity of France’s next coachbefore the World Cup.

Under the timescale announced by French FootballFederation (FFF) president Jean-Pierre Escalettes,Domenech’s successor will be named in late April orMay. Speaking at the weekend, Domenech himself saidthe timing of the announcement could undermine hispreparations for the tournament.

“Everything that comes from outside can disrupt, un-dermine and create weaknesses that could prove harm-ful during a long competition,” said Domenech, whoseside face Spain in a friendly here on Wednesday.

Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain have been partlyisolated in Kachin State, weather has been partly cloudyin Rakhine and Mon States, Upper Sagaing and TaninthayiDivisions and generally fair in the remaining areas. Daytemperatures were (3 °C) to (4°C) above March averagetemperatures in Kachin, Shan and Chin States , Sagaing,Mandalay, Magway and Taninthayi Divisions and aboutMarch average temperatures in the remaining States andDivisions. The significant day temperature was Chauk (40°C) Minbu and Magway (39 ° C) each. The noteorthyamounts of rainfall recorded were Machanbaw (0.63) inchand Putao (0.43) inch.

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Rare tiger cub found in China dies of malnutritionBEIJING , 3 March— A rare

Siberian tiger discovered near theRussian border seemed andauspicious beginning to China’sYear of the Tiger; but within days,the ecaciated cub had died ofmalnutrition.

The cub, believed to be about1 year old, was already in poorshape just after it was found on 26

of Heilongjiang said Tuesday.“It lay on the fround and looked

so weak. We’ve had heavy snowthese days, and it must have beenstarving,” said the official, whowould only give his family name,Zhang.

Siberian tigers are one of theworld’s rarest species, with just 300stbelieved remaining in the wild. InA rare Siberian tiger.

Feb trapped in a fence, a secutity official withthe forestry bureau in the northern Province

China, killing one of the big cats is punishableby death. —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 publicoutrage

★ Do not allow ourselves to be swayedby killer broadcasts designed tocause troubles

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

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 3March—The 18th MilitaryBand (Army, Navy and

18th Military Band Contest kicks off

Air) Contest to mark the65th Anniversary ArmedForces Day was opened at

the parade ground of No. 7Transit Centre (Ywadaw),here, this morning, with an

address by Chairman of theLeading Committee forObservance of 65th Anni-versary Armed Forces Day

Chief of Armed ForcesTraining Lt-Gen Hla HtayWin.

Lt-Gen Hla Htay

Win took the salute of themilitary bands. Next, theyall saluted the State Flag.

Afterwards, theChief of Armed ForcesTraining delivered an ad-dress. Later, he left the daisafter taking the salute ofthe military bands.

The State Banddemonstrated their skills.Lt-Gen Hla Htay Win pre-sented cash award to theState Band.

Altogether 43 mili-tary bands are taking partin the contest that will lastfrom 4 to 8 March.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3 March — Thereis no A/H1N1 death case in the countrydespite 63 were infected with the virusin the country as of January this year.

Only two patients are now under-going treatment at a hospital today andthey are now in good condition, theMinistry of Health said.

The outbreak of new fluA(H1N1) was controlled in the coun-try within a short time as the Ministryof Health, local authorities and the peo-

A (H1N1) flu outbreak under control inMyanmar

YANGON, 3 March—Two jetties are underconstruction on the east bank of Hline River in frontof No. 4 Fertilizer Plant (Myaungdaga) of MyanmaPetrochemical Enterprise under the Ministry of En-ergy.

Both jetties 148 feet stretch into Hline Riverfrom the east bank.

The Directorate of Water Resources and Im-provement of River Systems reminded the water-craft to sail along the water course near the westbank.—MNA

Beware of under-constructionjetties in Hline Riverple joined hands and stepped up pre-

ventive and control measures againstthe virus. The Ministry of Health is onalert to monitor the disease and hascarried out the preventive measuresagainst the disease.

The heath department has urgedthe people to follow the prescribedmeasures against the virus in order toprevent the spread of the virus in thepublic and to take part in the campaignto combat the disease.—MNA

Lt-Gen Hla Htay Win enjoys the performance of State Band at opening of 18th Military Band (Army, Navy and Air) Contest.—MNA

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