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Volume XX, Number 144 10th Waning of Wagaung 1374 ME Tuesday, 11 September, 2012

Noteworthy amounts of rainfall(10-9-2012)

Mawlaik (4.13) inchesZaungtu (3.55) inchesFalam (3.19) inchesBago (2.52) inchesMaungtaw (2.29) inchesNamsam (1.77) inches

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Sept—President U Thein Sein delivered an address at the ceremony to take heed of the speechof the President and make affirmation today.

The translation of the address delivered by President U Thein Sein is as follows:-

Being individuals who are responsible and accountable to particularorganizations, we should manage ourselves and our organizations well

Now, new Union Ministers and deputy ministersmade affirmation already. I felt pleased and honoured withthe appointment of new Union Ministers and deputyministers, and I would like to say firstly that our governmentheartily welcomed that.

We firmly believed that with the arrival of newcolleagues in the government we would be able to carry outthe tasks for national development more effectively. Withthis belief, new colleagues have been chosen systematicallyand assigned duties.

Such promotion to higher ranks is attributed onlyto your hard works and integrity, and with higher ranks,your responsibilities will be heavier. So, you must alwaystry to be equipped with quality and ability so that you cancarry out the tasks dutifully.

There are responsibilities each has to assume inaddition to the State responsibilities and responsibilities ofyour ministry. It is important to a citizen to assume the Stateresponsibilities dutifully. The main duty is to safeguardnon-disintegration of the Union, non-disintegration ofnational solidarity and perpetuation of sovereignty.

The responsibilities of your ministry areresponsibilities shared to ministries concerned in order tosuccessful carry out the tasks of the Union Government.Here, each of you needs to understand the objectives,responsibilities and tasks of the government.

In assuming the State responsibilities and theresponsibilities of the government in a practical way, youneed to be well aware of the fact that you should not beradical. So, you need to be strongly committed to policies.Only right conviction can bring about right deed.

Nowadays, our government is trying its utmost tofulfill the daily requirements of the people whileimplementing the two common aspirations of the 60 millionpeople. The main aspirations of the people are peace and

stability and national development, and their dailyrequirements are getting jobs, earning reasonable income,fulfillment of basis needs, education, health and water,electricity and better transportation.

Our government is paying serious attention topeople’s desires as it is implementing the aspirations of thepeople to the most possible extent. Every effort of thegovernment is to ensure better living conditions, securityand satisfaction of the people. As the objectives of thegovernment are to fulfill people’s desires, they are to beimplemented on a people-centred basis.

Our government has gone through a series ofreforms to keep pace with changes and developments.When in the service of the people, changes that respect andadore the people are required. In that regard, you need tounderstand the troubles and wishes of the people. Beingcivil servants among the people, you should take initiativeswithout awaiting directives of the superiors and criticismsof the media to shape an imposing government mechanism.I have taken Union ministers and deputy ministers into myconfidence. The Union ministers and the deputy ministersneed to share duties to various levels of subordinategovernment officials with trust in them. Explicit andstringent policies should be adopted. The reforms of thegovernment need to penetrate into subordinates who areactually in touch with the people. This will remove the redtape that caused unnecessary disturbances and challengesfor the administrative mechanism for ages.

(See page 7)

President U Thein Sein addresses heads of Union level organizations and Union ministers.—MNA

President U Thein Sein addresses heads of Unionlevel organizations, members of Union Government

Persons to be appointed as deputy ministers makeaffirmation before the President

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Sept—A ceremony to take heed of thespeech of President of the Republic of the Union of MyanmarU Thein Sein and make affirmation was held at the hall ofthe President Office here at 9.30 am today.

Present on the occasion were Vice-Presidents Dr SaiMauk Kham and U Nyan Tun, the Chief Justice of theUnion, the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, theChairman of Union Election Commission, the DeputyCommander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Union Ministers,the Auditor-General of the Union, the Chairman of UnionCivil Services Board, deputy ministers and those who areto be appointed as deputy ministers.

Director-General U Min Zaw of the President Officeacted as Master of Ceremonies and Director-General U TinMyo Kyi of the Union Government Office acted as joint-Master of Ceremonies.

Firstly, those who are to be appointed as deputyministers took position to make affirmation before thePresident.

Next, Union Minister at the President Office U TheinNyunt led the making of affirmation and those who are

making affirmation stated “As I---- have been assigned asdeputy minister, I shall safeguard the constitution and shallabide by the State laws; I shall be loyal to the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar and the citizens; I shall constantlyplace in the fore non-disintegration of the Union, non-disintegration of national solidarity and perpetuation ofsovereignty. Moreover, I make affirmation in all seriousnessthat I shall discharge the duties assigned to mestraightforwardly.”

(See page 7)

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Union Border Affairs Minister, Deputy AssistantSecretary for Southeast Asia and Pacific Affairs of the

US Department of State tour Maungtaw TownshipNAY PYI TAW, 10 Sept—

Union Minister for BorderAffairs Lt-Gen Thein Htaytogether with DeputyAssistant Secretary forSoutheast Asia and PacificAffairs of the US Departmentof State Mr Joseph Yun andUS Ambassador to MyanmarMr Derek Mitchell andparty, UN agencies,representatives from INGOsarrived in Mawyawadyvillage in MaungtawTownship to observeconstruction of temporarytents and houses yesterdaymorning.

They made anobservation on distributionof food by the governmentand UN agencies, INGOs,national people andaccommodation.

On arrival at ShweyinayeVillage, MaungtawTownship, the Unionminister explained thecompletion tasks of villagehouses. They comforteddisplaced persons, originallyfrom Shweyinaye Village.

At Mawyawady Village,six houses and 122 temporary

camps were constructed. 122households totaling 464people were put up atAlalthakyaw relief camp, 38houses and 79 temporarycamps were constructed inShweyinaye Village. 76households totaling 266people from 4 miles camp and

parahita relief camp inMaungdaw have beendisplaced to go back to theirworks.

The Union Ministerand Mr Joseph Yun andparty met Islamic families atNyaungchaung Village andasked about the situation

that broke out in RakhineState.

In the evening, thedelegation led by the DeputyAssistant Secretary forSoutheast Asia and PacificAffairs of the US Departmentof State left Yangon by air.

MNA

CSC issued to locals in Hpa-an through one stop serviceNAY PYI TAW, 10 Sept—

Union Minister forImmigration andPopulation U Khin Yi, KayinState Chief Minister U ZawMin and the Staterepresentatives, KNU groupleader general secretaryNawsiphoe-yarsein anddeputy leader Brig-Gen SaSharhtuwaw viewedprogress of distribution ofnational census andnational scrutiny cards withfree of charge to some 600people of the villages inKawtyin Village-tract, beingdone by staff of theImmigration and NationalRegistration Departmentunder the ministry incollaboration withNorwegian Refugee Council(NRC), at U KhaymaMonastery’s Dhamayon inKawtyin Village in Hpa-anTownship in Kayin State on4 September.

The KNU generalsecretary and officialsconcerned presented the

A moderate earthquake joltsNAY PYI TAW, 10 Sept—A moderate earthquake of

magnitude (5.3) Richter Scale with its epicenter outsideMyanmar (near Andaman Islands, India), about (460) milessouthwest of Kaba-Aye seismological observatory wasrecorded at (21) hrs (05) min (42) sec MST today, announcedthe Department of Meteorology and Hydrology.—MNA

national scrutiny cards tothe people one after another.

After that, theyencouraged the eye patientswho were receiving medicaltreatment given byspecialists of Kayin StateHealth Department andmedical staff.

At present, issuingnational scrutiny cards withone stop service to sevenvillages in Kayin State isbeing carried out in those

villages where no nationalscrutiny cards was issuedbecause of absence of peaceand stability in the past.

MNA

Yangon United FC emerges twosuccessive years champion in MNL

YANGON, 10 Sept—Chief Minister of Yangon Region UMyint Swe on 8 September afternoon enjoyed thecompetitions between Yangon United FC and AyeyawadyUnited FC in the 26th match of the Myanmar NationalLeague 2012 at Youth Training Centre in Thuwunna ofThingangyun Township.

After the final match, President of Myanmar FootballFederation U Zaw Zaw presented the first prize to YangonUnited FC and Chief Minister U Myint Swe, championshiptrophy and K 100 million to Yangon United FC.

Officials gave best coach award, best player award andsecond prize to the respective winners and winning team.

The Region Chief Minister attended the Carnatic MusicNite of India at the National Theatre on Myoma KyaungStreet in Dagon Township.—MNA

No smoking, no betel chewingzone for pilgrims

YANGON, 10 Sept—No smoking and no betel chewingzone has designated on the platform of Shwedagon Pagoda.

Staff members of the pagoda board of trustees warn thevisitors not to smoke and not to chew betel with the use ofloudspeakers. Educative talks are given to smokers andbetel chewers. Moreover, logos on warnings are put up hereand there around the platform.

The pilgrims and visitors on the platform of the pagodaare to perform meritorious deeds to abide by the disciplinesand carry out sanitation of the pagoda.—Kyemon

Visitors interested in over 250years old monastery

District News

YEDASHE, 10 Sept—Not only local visitors but alsotourists observe the ancient monastery of over 250 years oldin Ounggon Village of Lewe Township. The monastery wasbuilt in 1121 Myanmar Era.

The edifice was built with 99 posts. Ceiling of themonastery were decorated with Myanmar handicrafts. GoldenParabeiks and ancient utensils are kept in the monastery. Inaddition, a large well can be seen in the precinct of thepagoda.

“The monastery was built in 1121 Myanmar Era in theearly Konbaung period. It comprises five tiers of building.Archaeological officials visited there. Moreover, touristsfrom Israel, Germany, France and the US visited themonastery,” said Sayadaw U Paññasami.

Ounggon Village is located three miles north of Ela.Kyemon

Union Minister for Immigration and Population U Khin Yi and party viewfree issuance of citizenship scrutiny cards to over 600 people in Kawtyin

Village of Hpa-an Township.—MNA

Union Minister for Border Affairs Lt-Gen Thein Htay, Deputy AssistantSecretary for Southeast Asia and Pacific Affairs of the US Department ofState Mr Joseph Yun and party meet local people accommodated at tents

in Maungtaw Township.—MNA

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WORLDObama maintains post-convention lead over Romney

WASHINGTON, 10 Sept —President Barack Obamaremained ahead ofRepublican presidentialchallenger Mitt Romney in aReuters/Ipsos released onSunday, maintaining a boostin popularity that followedthe Democratic NationalConvention. Of the 1,419likely voters polled onlineover the previous four days,47 percent said they wouldvote for Obama and 43 percentfor Romney if the 6 NovemberUS election were held today.

The president’s marginover Romney in the dailyrolling poll was unchangedfrom Saturday’s numbers,turning up the heat onRepublican strategists whowere hoping for a more mutedpost-convention “bounce”for Obama in the wake ofFriday’s release of weakemployment numbers. “Itmeans (Democrats) are ongood footing going into therest of the election,” Ipsospollster Julia Clark said.

Obama’s lead alreadywas more sustained than asmaller and shorter-lived

boost that Romney enjoyedafter the Republicanconvention finished inTampa, Florida on 30 August,Clark said.

The Democraticconvention ran through onThursday night in Charlotte,North Carolina. “The task isnow to stay on the message aswe’re still quite a ways awayfrom the election,” Clark said,reiterating her prediction thatthe gap in poll numbersbetween Obama and Romneyis likely to narrow and stayclose up to 6 November.

Senior advisers toRomney rejected the idea thatthey would panic after severalpolls showed the formerMassachusetts governorlosing in key swing states,saying such results reflectedthe recent Democraticconvention and not theongoing tight race.

“An incumbentpresident who is below 50percent in the polls is in a verybad place,” one seniorRomney adviser said. Anotheradviser said, “if we’re at 47-45(with Obama leading) going

US President Barack Obama shakes hands at acampaign event at the Florida Institute of Technology

in Melbourne, Florida on 9 Sept, 2012. — REUTERS

into the Thursday before theelection, I’d be verycomfortable we’d win.”

What Romney advisersare banking on is Americans’feelings about Obama’shandling of the US economy.“Mitt has improved hisstanding in battlegroundstates and is positionedperfectly on the issue of theeconomy with swing voters,who are so down on PresidentObama’s performance inoffice,” the first senior adviserto Romney said.

Sunday’s Reuters/Ipsospoll showed Romney leadingin popularity amongregistered independent voters,with 35 percent of them saying

they would vote for him.Obama had 31 percent.

But asked which of thetwo “will protect Americanjobs,” 32 percent ofindependent registered voterspicked Obama, while 27percent sided with Romney,according to Sunday’s results.Among all the 1,660registered voters surveyed,Obama scored 42 percentcompared to Romney’s 35percent. Obama’s ranking inthat category has climbedsteadily over the past twoweeks of the daily poll, startingwith 34 percent on 28 August,reaching 40 percent on 7September and peaking onSunday.— Reuters

US

EU

Italy’s Monti warns EU debt crisis erodingcommon values

SARAJEVO, 10 Sept —Europe’s debt crisis isundermining the commonvalues that once united thecontinent and the singlecurrency risks opening upnew rifts across the EuropeanUnion, Italian Prime MinisterMario Monti said on Sunday.Calling for the 27-nation blocto reclaim the values oftolerance, solidarity and thecommon good upon whichhe said it was built, Montisaid Europe was in the grip ofa crisis that went far beyondits economic problems.

“This crisis isundermining the foundationsof humanism around whichEurope was born anddeveloped,” he told aconference of religious andpolitical leaders in Bosnia.“The euro that was a unifyingfactor ... risked and is stillrisking maybe paradoxicallyto become a source of newdivisions, of new rifts inEurope,” he added. OnSaturday, Monti called for asummit in Rome to discussdivisions fuelled by the eurozone debt crisis.

Such a summit shoulddiscuss the rise of anti-European populism, divi-sions between north andsouth, and nationalisticprejudices that have been fedby resentment against

Italy’s Prime MinisterMario Monti speaks as he

interviewed during theAmbrosetti workshop in

Cernobbio, next to Como,on 8 Sept, 2012.

REUTERS

ITALY

Anniversary of 9/11 marked undercloud of health problems, fundingfights

NEW YORK, 10 Sept —Eleven years after the 11 Sept,2001, attacks, New Yorkerswill mark the anniversary onTuesday against a backdropof health concerns foremergency workers and afeud over financing that hasstopped construction of the$1 billion Ground Zeromuseum. While notableprogress on redevelopmentof the World Trade Centrehas been made since earlydisputes over financial,design and security issues,the project remains hobbledby political battles andbillions of dollars in costoverruns.

A major sticking pointis the museum at the heart ofthe World Trade Centre(WTC) site redevelopment.Construction has beensuspended because of a feudover finances between theNational 11 SeptemberMemorial and Museumfoundation and the PortAuthority of New York andNew Jersey. When thefoundation announcedrecently that for the first time,politicians would beexcluded from havingspeaking roles in the 11 11

Family members of thevictims of the WorldTrade Centre attacks

look over one of the TwinMemorial pools at

Ground Zero duringceremonies marking the

10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World

Trade Centre, in NewYork, on 11 Sept, 2011.

REUTERS

11 September anniversaryceremonies, it was seen bymany victims’ families andothers in the 9/11 communityas a public reflection of thesebehind-the-scenes disputes.Overall site redevelopmentcosts have grown to nearly$15 billion, up from $11billion in 2008, according toa recent project audit. But formany of the families of 9/11victims and ailing GroundZero workers, theredevelopment disputes area disheartening sideshow tothe rising loss of humanlives.—Reuters

austerity measures during thealmost three-year-old crisis,he said. Addressing theannual World Meeting forPeace, organized by theCommunity of Sant’ Egidioin Sarajevo this year, Montisaid on Sunday that the EUneeded to focus on unity.

“It is particularlyimportant when trying tofight the crisis to find thesolution, to find themethodology that is unitingpeople, rather than dividingthem,” he said. The formerEuropean Commissionerheads a technocratgovernment in Italy that hasimposed painful debt-reduction reforms. There areconcerns inside and outsideItaly that a new governmentto be elected in polls nextspring could try to renege onsome of those reformshowever, given increasingpublic opposition to theeconomic pain.

Economic sufferingacross the bloc has seen voterspushed to the left and rightand given rise to tensionsbetween northern creditorstates and Europe’s southernflank, where the crisis firstemerged.

Reuters

Noda and 3 others enter DPJ presidential raceTOKYO, 10 Sept — The

election campaign for theleadership of Japan’sDemocratic Party later thismonth has gotten underway.Four candidates filed theirnominations on Monday.Prime Minister YoshihikoNoda, who is also the head ofthe Democratic Party, isrunning for his second term

in office.The other candidates are

former farm minister HirotakaAkamatsu, former internalaffairs minister KazuhiroHaraguchi and anotherformer farm ministerMichihiko Kano. Thecandidates submitted a list of20 or more lawmakers whoendorse them. They will

explain their policies at ajoint news conference in theafternoon. 336 Democrats inthe Diet will vote on 21stSeptember.

In the days preceding,Democrats expected to run innational elections, localassembly members, andnearly 327,000 partymembers and supporters willalso cast their ballots. This isthe third time that generalparty members and supporterswill take part in the leadershipelection. Their votes togetheraccount for about one-thirdof the total. The 4 candidateswill try to attract these votesand those of undecidedlawmakers in the 12 daysleading up to the election.

NHK

EU to propose steps to keep ECB from dominating regulatorLONDON, 10 Sept — The

European Union will proposea panel of experts to adjudicatebanking rule breaches, as anextra layer of protection sothat the European CentralBank cannot impose its willon the pan-EU bankingregulator when the ECB takesover supervision of euro zonebanks. Under a proposedbanking union for the eurozone countries, the ECB ismeant to take over primarysupervisory power for the6,000 banks in the 17countries using the euro. Butthe 10 EU countries which donot use the single currency —

including Britain, the EU’sbiggest financial centre — fearthat would allow the ECB toimpose its will on the EuropeanBanking Authority, theregulator for the entire 27-member bloc.

The EBA decides rulesfor EU banks based on“qualified majority” voting,which depends on the size ofmember countries. It deals withrule breaches and action inemergency situations under asystem that gives each countrya single vote. A draft law thatEU Commission PresidentJose Manuel Barroso willunveil on Wednesday, seen

by Reuters, says the ECB “willcoordinate the position of euroarea members of the EBA... insupervisory matters,”suggesting euro zone stateswould vote as a bloc.

However, the EBAwould employ a committee ofimpartial experts to rule onbreaches of EU banking rulesby any member state and onactions taken in emergencysituations, and the EBAwould have to hold a formalvote to overrule them. That“will ensure that euro areamember states cannot have ablocking minority in case ofactions taken against one of

them”, the draft law said. It wasnot immediately clear whetherthe safeguards outlined in thedraft law, if approved, wouldbe enough to ease concerns inBritain that the euro zonecountries would rideroughshod over the bloc’sbanking rules.

The draft reveals that theLondon-based EBA willremain a significant playerafter the supervisory shakeup, easing concerns that theECB would simply swallowup the watchdog, whichwould erode national and pan-EU supervisory powers.

Reuters

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4 Tuesday, 11 September, 2012A rocket

carrying twoforeign

satellites blastsoff from the

launch pad inSriharikota,

south India, on9 Sept, 2012.India Sundaysuccessfullylaunched its100th spacemission with

the PolarSatelliteLaunchVehicle

(PSLV) C-21rocket,

carrying aFrench

satellite and aJapanese

microsatellite.XINHUA

Ozone hole over Antarctica healing, saysNew Zealand scientist

Science

WELLINGTON, 10 Sept—International efforts to curbemissions of ozone-depleting substances appearto be paying off as the hole ofthe ozone layer over theAntarctic slowly diminishes,a New Zealand scientist saidon Monday.

However, it was toodifficult to say when theozone would return to naturallevels because of thecomplexity of interactionsbetween greenhouse gasesand their impacts at differentlevels of the atmosphere, saidDr Adrian McDonald, of thephysics and astronomydepartment at the Universityof Canterbury.

“Ozone levels aboveAntarctica are projected toreturn to 1980 levels

(previous to the ozone hole)after 2050. The MontrealProtocol means thatemissions of ozone depletingsubstances (CFCs) havelargely been bannedworldwide,” McDonald saidin a statement.

The thin layer of ozoneabout 25 kilometers up in theEarth’s stratosphere acts as afilter of ultraviolet radiationfrom the sun, and its depletionhas led to health andenvironmental problems inSouthern Hemispherecountries such as NewZealand.

CFCs, which were oncewidely used in commonhousehold items such asrefrigerators and aerosolsprays, were blamed for thehole in the ozone layer, but

their uses were curbed underthe Montreal Protocol whichwas agreed by theinternational community in1987.

Most CFC emissionsoccurred in the NorthernHemisphere, but ozonedepletion is a worldwide issueand global atmospheric aircirculation has resulted in theworst hole in the ozone layerover Antarctica.

“The increasing ozonehole has until now acted tochange the circulation of thesouthern hemisphere so thatthe strong winds linked tothe jet streams have movedtowards the pole,” saidMcDonald.

The southward shift ofjet streams due to the ozonehole had been linked to a

range of climate trends at midto high latitudes duringsummer, including warmingover the Antarctic peninsulaand cooling over the rest ofAntarctica.

“Ironically, ozonedepletion may haveprotected Antarctica from theworst of greenhouse gas-related warming. With theozone recovery the future ofAntarctic climate is lesscertain. Though the complexinteractions in theatmosphere associated withclimate change make thisregion particularly hard topredict. We have a lot ofresearch to carry out so wecan understand how ozonerecovery will impact on thesouthern hemisphere,” hesaid.—Xinhua

Amazon, in switch, will let Kindle users pay toopt out of ads

SANTA MONICA, 10 Sept—Amazon.com, in an apparentswitch in its pricing policy,said over the weekend that itwill allow purchasers of itsnew Kindle Fire tablets to pay$15 extra to turn offadvertisements that are builtinto the devices.

The change came barelya day after Amazon onThursday unveiled largerKindle Fire tablets, pricedfrom $159 to $599, to

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos walks off after unveiling theKindle Paperwhite, Kendle Fire HD 8.9" and 7" during

Amazon’s Kindle Fire event in Santa Monica, Californiaon 6 Sept, 2012. —REUTERS

challenge Apple Inc’sdominant iPad on price andadditional digital content.

Amazon had said thetablets would come with adsknown as “special offers” thatappear when screens arelocked and in the corner of thehome screen, helping keepprices low. But criticism ofthe company mounted inonline forums after reports thatthe company would not allowbuyers to pay to block the ads

as it had done with earliertablets.

By Saturday web sitesengadget.com and cnet.comwere reporting that Amazonhad changed its policy.

In an email response toquestions from Reuters,Amazon spokesman KinleyPearsall said only: “WithKindle Fire and Kindle FireHD there will be a specialoffers opt-out option for $15.We know from our Kindlereader line that customers loveour special offers and very fewpeople choose to opt out.We’re happy to offercustomers the choice.”

Amazon unveiled thenew wireless tablets withouthaving received approval fortheir sale from the FederalCommunications Com-mission, which requires thatproducts operate safely andwon’t interfere with othersignals. The company said itexpects to receive the approvalin time to meet its plannedshipping date of 20November.—Reuters

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Technology

Apple likely to refresh iPod line alongside newiPhone launch

SAN FRANCISCO, 10Sept—That Apple is set tolaunch a new iPhone at anevent in San Francisco onWednesday is pretty much agiven. There’s been plentyof speculation around whatthe new iPhone will looklike, what it will be called,what new features it willbring, and pretty mucheverything else under thesun.

The focus is nowshifting to what else Apple

could announce at the eventapart from the new iPhone,and of course, unveiling iOS6. While early rumoursindicated that Apple mayannounce a smaller iPadalongside the new iPhone,the consensus now seems tobe that Apple will likely untilOctober to unveil the same.

September hastraditionally been the monthwhere new iPods have beenannounced, just in time forthe holiday shopping

season. Last year, the iPhoneevent moved from June toSeptember, and we saw thenew iPhone debut alongsiderefreshed iPods, and Appleis expected to continue the‘tradition’ this year.

As per a report in9to5Mac, Apple will refreshthe entire iPod line, aside fromthe iPod classic, which ofcourse, hasn’t seen any lovefor around 3 years now. Thetiny iPod shuffle is likely tostay at the same price point,and will likely come in 8colours, up from the current5. The nature of other changesaren’t clear. Similarly, theiPod nano will get the newcolours as well, though if it’llalso get rumoured Wi-Fisupport isn’t clear either.

The iPod touch, due toits similarity with the iPhone,offers the most interestingpossibilities for a refresh. Ifthe iPhone indeed gets abigger screen, it is likely thatthe variants of the iPod touchwill also get the same form-factor, down to the new dockconnector, if any. One schoolof thought also indicates thesmallest capacity iPod touchmay retain the currentgeneration specs, in order tokeep the entry-level costdown.—Reuters

HP announces Windows 8 ready Envy, Pavilionand Spectre All-in-One PCs

SAN FRANCISCO, 10 Sept—HP has just previewed itsupcoming Windows 8devices in the form of the HPSpectre One, HP Envy 23, HPEnvy 20 TouchSmart and theHP Pavilion 20 which are setto launch this fall. Thesedevices boast multi-touchscreens (excluding theSpectre One) and NFCcapabilities as well.

The HP Spectre One leadsthe line-up with a 23.6-inchfull HD non-touch display. Butusers can still experiencemulti-touch courtesy thebundled in wireless trackpadand a wireless keyboard as

well. The Spectre One claimsto be the thinnest all-in-onefrom the company yet at merely11.5mm thick.

The light-weighttouchpad resembles the silverlook of the desktop. Both thewireless touchpad and thekeyboard do not require aproprietary dongle to pair withthe PC, allowing the USB portson the PC for other use.

Speaking of ports, thedesktop includes two USB2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 portsand an HDMI connector.Users equipped with an NFC-enabled smartphone will beable to transfer media,

contacts and other data on tothe Spectre One by simplytapping the phone to the baseof the computer. Users canalso make use of a fewcompany provided small NFCtags that can be configured tolog in to Windows or directyou to a particular website.

The Spectre One willfeature Intel’s latest Ivy Bridgeprocessors and come with a1GB Nvidia graphics card. HPwill also be bundling AdobePhotoshop Elements andPremiere Elements. Con-figuration options includewith as much as 2TB of storageand a solid-state drive for

faster boot-up times. Themachine, however lacks a discdrive, a feature that is key todesktops. The Spectre Onewill be available in Novemberand starts at $1,299. Comingto the other announcements,The HP Envy 23 and Envy 20Touchsmart will offer 23-inchand 20-inch HD touch screensrespectively. They’re morecompact in design incomparison to the Spectre One.

The two machines offer3rd generation Intelprocessors and can be built

with up to 3TB of storage andsolid-state drives. The HPEnvy 23 Touchsmart is pricedstarting $999, while the Envy20 costs $799 and up. Bothare scheduled for an Octoberrelease. Lastly, users also canopt for the more budget-friendly HP Pavilion 20. Itsports a 20-inch HD non-touch display. with up to 2TBof storage and processorchoices between Intel orAMD. It is priced at starting$499 and will be available inOctober.—Reuters

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HEALTHGym goers beware, killer steroids in

supplementsKOCHI/NEW DELHI, 10

Sept—A growing number offitness gyms are selling andencouraging the use of body-building steroids. A familylost its young son Rijo to thesedrugs.

“My son was veryhealthy and he used to go tothe gym to maintain himself.His gym instructor lured himto take supplementarypowders and six months laterwe lost our son after he got asudden stroke,” said Rijo’sfather George, who is stilltrying to come to terms withthe death of his 29-year-oldson.

Rijo George’s motherbursts into tears when sherecollects her only son’s tragicend. He has left behind ayoung wife and their one andhalf-year-old son.

Hailing from a Kochisuburb in Kerala, Rijo wasinitiated into the world ofbody building by theinstructor of his newneighbourhood gym. He toldhis family that the instructorasked him to takesupplementary powders tobulk up. Six months later, Rijowas rushed to the hospital andwas declared dead on arrival.

Rijo’s post-mortemreport says that he died of

Japan revised GDP forApril-June period

TOKYO, 10 Sept—Thelatest figures indicate thatJapan’s economic recovery islosing steam.

Officials at the CabinetOffice announced on Mondaythat Japan’s economic growthin the April-June period hasbeen revised downward to anannualized 0.7 percent from apreliminary reported 1.4percent released last month.

In explaining the revision,

China’s factory growth down in August

Japan’s current accountsurplus falls in July

TOKYO, 10 Sept—Japan’s current accountsurplus shrank in July for the17th month in a row, duemainly to a decline in exports.

The Finance Ministrysaid on Monday that thecurrent account surplus stoodat 625 billion yen, or about 8billion dollars. That’s downby more than 40 percentcompared to a year ago.

Japan’s trade deficit inJuly was about 4.8 billiondollars. It was the first time in2 months the trade balancewas in the red. Debt crisis in

Car sales fall 19 pct in August, first in 10 monthsNEW DELHI, 10 Sept—

Car sales in India fell for thefirst time in 10 months inAugust, and motorcycle salesfell for the first time sinceJanuary 2009, an industrybody said, underlining fearsof sluggish economic growthin Asia’s third-largesteconomy.

Many automakers havebeen forced into productioncuts and temporaryshutdowns over the pastthree months as vehicledemand stalls in a key marketfor firms trying to offsetdeclining growth inestablished markets.

“Now we are entering adesperate zone,” said SugatoSen, senior director of theSociety of Indian AutomobileManufacturers (SIAM). “Ifthe negative trends continuein September as well, we will

have to revise our targetsdownwards.”

India’s car industry, astar performer in the country’seconomic rise, has struggledsince the start of the decadeas previously rapid GDPgrowth slowed, and the RBIraised interest rates to fightinflation.

Automakers sold118,142 cars in August, down

18.6 percent from a year ago,according to data released onMonday by SIAM.

The group has alreadycut its fiscal year growthestimate to 9-11 percent fromits previous projection of 10-12 percent.

Falling demand for carswas compounded by a factoryshutdown at market leaderMaruti Suzuki (MRTI.NS)

that cost the company $250million in lost output, andslashed its August sales by41 percent.

“Even if Maruti had fullproduction, sales would havebeen down,” Sen toldreporters in New Delhi.

Sales of motorcycles,which are family vehicles formillions in India, fell 8.5percent year-on-year to766,127 vehicles, in anindicator of weak ruraldemand, which has been hitin recent months by below-average monsoon rains.

Hero MotoCorp(HROM.NS), the world’slargest manufacturer of two-wheeled vehicles, hasreduced production due tothe slowdown in demand, itsmanaging director said lastweek. Hero’s sales fell 11.9percent in August.—Reuters

HONG KONG, 10 Sept—Growth in China’s factoryproduction has shrunk inAugust for the 3rd month in arow amid the globaleconomic slowdown.

The country’s NationalBureau of Statistics reportedon Sunday that industrialoutput last month hadincreased by 8.9 percent year-on-year. But the figure is

down from the 9.1 percentmarked in July.

The weak sentiment isattributed to sluggish exportsamid the prolonged creditcrisis in Europe. Poor domesticdemand was another factor.

Retail sales rose 13.2percent in August, an increaseof 0.1 percentage points fromthe previous month. But thisis still smaller than last year’s

figures.Chinese President Hu

Jintao admitted that hiscountry’s growth has beenunder downward pressure. Hemade the comment inVladivostok where he wasattending the APEC summit.

But he said hisgovernment will support theeconomy by expandingpublic spending.—NHK

occlusive coronary arterydisease. The surgeon told hisfamily that excess amount offat was found to be depositedin the valves and that thesupplementary powders thathe used to take for bodybuilding could be the reason.

Recently the drugcontrollers’ departmentconfiscated consignments ofimported veterinary steroidsfrom Malappuram district. It

included a steroid calledBoldenone, which is given toracing horses. Steroids usedfor increasing broiler chickenbody mass, and testosteronecapsules were also found.

Waking up to the realityof widespread abuse, the drugcontrollers’ department isplanning a crackdown ongyms.

MR Pradeep, AssistantDrug Controller, Kochi, said,“The gym instructors aremisusing steroids that arespecific for certain bodyconditions. They are notexperts, just by word of mouththe information spreads, andthese drugs are usedunethically.” It is time to bringin regulations and standardisethe fitness industry beforemore Rijos fall prey to thisobsession with perfection.

PTI

the Eurozone hurt Japaneseexports to both Europe andChina. But a steady flow ofdividends and interestpayments came in fromabroad. Japan’s income-account surplus was about 18billion dollars, up more than13 percent on a year-on-yearbasis.

The Finance Ministrysays it will be keeping a closeeye on economicdevelopments abroad, suchas any price rises in crude oiland other energy sources.

NHK

officials said that companiescut back on capital spending.Government outlays formedical services and otherexpenses also declined.

But the officials saygovernment spending onpublic works projectsfollowing last year’s March11th disaster helped keepeconomic growth in positiveterritory, despite sluggishexports.—NHK

BUSINESS

Infant sleep training has no long termeffects: study

NEW YORK, 10 Sept—Using behavioral training tohelp babies fall asleepdoesn’t seem to harm thememotionally or develop-mentally years later, but itdoesn’t benefit them long-term either, according to anew study.

Australian researchers,who published their findingsin the journal Pediatrics onMonday, found that of 225six-year-olds, those whoparticipated in sleep trainingwhen they were babies wereno different in terms ofemotional health from thosewho did not.

The study is a follow-upto some of the researchers’earlier work - originallypublished in 2007 - that foundbabies and their parentsbenefited when the infantswere taught to settlethemselves through variousbehavioral techniques.

Parents and doctors,however, have expressed

HEALTHconcern that the techniquescould harm the children’semotional development, andthus their later mental healthand ability to handle stress.There were also concerns overwhether the techniqueswould impact the children’srelationships with theirparents.

“We wanted to find outif the benefits were really longlasting and if there were anylong term effects,” said AnnaPrice, the study’s lead authorfrom The Royal Children’sHospital in Victoria,Australia.

Price and her colleaguesturned to the same childrenand parents they followed forthe 2007 study to answerthose questions.

In the original study, 326children who had troublesleeping were randomlyassigned to different groupsfor their parents to try varioussleep-encouraging tech-niques with the help of nurses.

At the end of the study,researchers found the use ofcertain methods—such as“controlled comforting” and“camping out”—improvedthe children’s sleep problemsand helped mothers withdepression.

Controlled comfortingis when a parent periodicallyresponds to their child’s cries- instead of the frowned uponapproach of letting the child“cry it out.” Camping out, onthe other hand, is whenparents slowly ease out of achild’s room, whicheventually teaches the babyto sleep without a parentthere. For the new study, theresearchers were able tofollow-up with 225 of thechildren from the originalstudy. Of those, 122 had gonethrough the sleep trainingwhile the other 103 had not.

Overall, nine percent ofthe six year olds who wentthrough training were havingsleep problems compared toseven percent of those whodid not go through training -a difference so small thatstatistically, it could be dueto chance. The researchersalso didn’t find anydifferences when it came tothe children’s emotions,conduct or stress.—Reuters

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INTERNATIONAL NEWSIraq blasts kill 100 as fugitive

VP gets death sentence

Iraq’s fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi (3rd R)gestures as he leaves a meeting with Turkey’s ForeignMinister Ahmet Davutoglu in Ankara on 9 Sept, 2012.

Hashemi was sentenced to death, ending one of thebloodiest days of the year with more than 100 killed

across the country.— REUTERS

BAGHDAD, 10 Sept — Aseries of bombs rippedthrough mainly Shi’iteBaghdad districts on Sundayafter Iraq’s fugitive VicePresident Tareq al-Hashemiwas sentenced to death,ending one of the bloodiestdays of the year with morethan 100 killed across thecountry.

The violence and thesentence for Hashemi, asenior Sunni politician,threatened to stoke sectariantensions in Iraq where aShi’ite-led government isbattling political instabilityand a Sunni Islamistinsurgency nine months afterUS troops left.

Hashemi, a fierce criticof Shi’ite Prime Minister Nurial-Maliki, fled Iraq after theauthorities issued a warrantfor his arrest in December, amove that risked collapsinga fragile power-sharing

agreement among Shi’ite,Sunni and Kurdish blocs.After Sunday’s court ruling,car bombs tore through sixdistricts around Baghdad,hitting a restaurant and a cafe.Another bomb went off in abusy commercial area, killingmore than 50 peoplefollowing bombs in other

cities nationwide. “I heardwomen screaming, I sawpeople running in alldirections, chairs scatteredin the street. My windowswere blown out, my motherand two kids were injuredtoo,” said Alla Majid, stillshaking after a blast inBaghdad’s Sadr City.

Hashemi, who isunlikely to return to Iraq fromTurkey, had accusedMaliki’s government ofcontrolling the judiciary andof orchestrating a crackdownon Sunni opponents. He hadrefused to appear in a courthe dismissed as biased.

He and his son-in-lawwere both found guilty inabsentia of murdering afemale lawyer and securityofficial, Abdul-Sattar al-Birqdar, a judiciaryspokesman said. “This is apolitical decision. All ourrespect to the Iraqi judicialsystem, but this waspolitical,” said lawmaker

Jaber al-Jaberi, a member ofHashemi’s Sunni-backedIraqiya party.

Hours before thesentence was announced, awave of bombings andshootings had already killedat least 58 people and a carbomb had exploded outsidea French consular office inNassiriya in southern Iraq.Since the last US troops left,Maliki’s Shi’ite-led govern-ment has been politicallydeadlocked and insurgentshave continued to strike,hoping to ignite the kind ofsectarian tensions that droveIraq close to civil war in 2006-2007.

The most serious of theattacks happened near thecity of Amara, 300 km (185miles) south of the capital,when two car bombsexploded outside a Shi’iteshrine and a market place,killing at least 24 people,officials said.

ReutersIraqi security personnel inspect the site of a car bomb

attack in Basra, 420 km (261 miles) southeast ofBaghdad on 9 Sept, 2012. — REUTERS

IRAQ

UK survivor of Franceshooting out of coma:

prosecutorPARIS, 10 Sept — The

seven-year-old British girlwho survived a gun attack inthe French Alps last weekthat saw her father andmother shot dead in their caris out of a coma and will bequestioned by police as soonas she is able, the Frenchprosecutor said on Sunday.

French and Britishpolice continued theirsearch of the family home inSurrey near London of Saadal-Hilli, the Iraqi-bornBritish driver who was shottwice in the head along withhis wife, an older womanand a passing cyclist onWednesday.

“She (Zainab) has comeout of her artificial coma andshe is now sedated,” StateProsecutor Eric Maillaudtold Reuters. “She is better

and her condition is improvinglittle by little. She will be ableto be questioned, but in whattime frame?”

“We’ll need a green lightfrom the doctors.” He said anuncle and aunt of Zainab, whohad suffered serious skullfractures in the attack, wereby her side at the hospital inGrenoble. Police hope shewill eventually provide moreinformation on the shootings.

Maillaud added heryoungest sister, four-year-oldZeena, who survivedunscathed after the shootingson a remote forest road nearthe village of Chevaline, hadnow returned to Britain.French police returned to thescene of the crime on Sundayand widened the area ofinvestigation, Maillaud said.

Reuters

EUROPE

Amid fraud fears, Somalia to elect new president

A government soldier walks past a woman holding acampaign poster of Somalia’s President Sheikh Sharif

Ahmed in Mogadishu, on 9 Sept, 2012.— REUTERS

MOGADISHU, 10 Sept —Members of parliament inSomalia will vote for a newpresident on Monday in thefirst vote of its kind in decadesamid fears that the historicelection will be rigged anddo little to alter the politicallandscape. Billed as amilestone in the war-ravagedcountry’s quest to end twodecades of violence, graft andinfighting, a newly electedparliament will convene atthe police academy inMogadishu to vote for thenext head of state by secret

ballot.More than two dozen

candidates are vying for theposition, including thecurrent president and primeminister, as well as prominentSomalis who have returnedfrom overseas. If no onecandidate secures a two-thirds majority in the firstround, and a simple majorityin the second the electionwould go to a third round.There has been no effectivecentral government controlover most of the country sincethe outbreak of civil war in

1991 and Monday’s vote isseen as a culmination of aregionally brokered and UN-backed roadmap to end thatconflict, during which tensof thousands were killed andmany more fled.

The vote is the first totake place in Somalia indecades and has been madepossible by African Union,Kenyan and Ethiopian troopswho have pushed al-Qaeda-linked militants out of moreand more areas. As a result,many Somalis have felt it issafe enough to return torebuild their country. But thereform process has beenmarred by corruptionallegations and has sufferednumerous setbacks. Somepresidential contenders andSomalis have criticized theelection process saying it willmerely bring in a newgovernment that will lookmuch like previous ones.

Reuters

Harvest Festival held in ViennaVIENNA, 10 Sept — The

“Harvest Festival in Vienna”was held on the past weekendat the Heroes Square in centralVienna. About 300 farmsparticipated in this year’sharvest festival, displayingtheir own agriculturalproducts and local products.

The “Harvest Festival inVienna” is considered as oneof the biggest annual partiesof Vienna, comprising ofcountry music, folk dances,and different kinds ofdelicious food.

It is estimated that this

year’s two-day harvest festivalattracted more than 300,000visitors.

This year’s harvestfestival had its topic of “foodis home”. Farmers from allover Austria have brought theresults of their hard works. Atthe year’s celebration, theybrought homemade bacon,cheese, jam, wine, bread,dessert, as well as fresh fruitand vegetables. They alsocooked a variety of deliciouslocal food at the scene,enabling the visitors to tastethe special local food just at

the Heroes Square.Vice Chancellor and

Foreign Minister MichaelSpindelegger, AgricultureMinister Niki Berlakovichand Financial Minister MariaFekter participated in thisyear’s harvest festival.

They appealed theAustrians to consumedomestic agriculturalproducts, in order to promotethe sound development ofnational agriculture, to protectfarmer’s income and tostabilize their employ-ment.— Xinhua

Power failure darkens extensive area across CubaHAVANA, 10 Sept — A large swath of Cuba was plunged into darkness on Sunday night

in a widespread power failure, the cause of which was not disclosed. Electricity went out fromthe city of Ciego de Avila in southeastern Cuba all the way to Havana, 250 miles to thenorthwest, and beyond to the westernmost province of Pinar del Rio.

Phone calls around the island indicated power was returning in many areas, but not yetin the Cuban capital, which is the Communist country’s biggest city with 2.2 millionpeople.There were unconfirmed reports that the outage was caused by the failure of agenerating plant in Cienfuegos on Cuba’s southern coast. In Havana, street and traffic lightswere out across the city, causing police officials to call in off-duty officers to direct traffic.

Weather on the island was clear and calm. No one at the state-owned electrical companycould immediately be reached to explain the outage.—Xinhua

SOMALIAAUSTRIA

CUBA

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Being individuals who areresponsible....

(from page 1)Being a huge mission, it will not be achieved overnight

or by individual’s effort. Effort of the government alone isnot enough. The entire people should do their bit in theprocess harmoniously. To enlist the strength of the people,the government should be trustworthy by the people. We,the whole government, have committed to working heartand soul to fulfill hopes and aspirations of the people.

So, we the government will have to make all-out effortsto materialize good governance and clean government.Each of us is responsible to make the government better andclean. Individuality will not count. Being individuals who

are responsible and accountable to particular organizations,we should manage ourselves and our organizations well.We should first build up ourselves and then ourorganizations as our leadership influence our subordinates.I would like to warn you that we are responsible for viewsand comments of the people towards our ministries ororganizations.

I would like to conclude my address with the call foradhering to the constitution, upholding Our Three MainNational Causes. Existing laws, rules, orders, directives andprocedures must be abided by to avoid repeating mistakes.Understanding the policies of the State, objectives of thegovernment and duties of the ministry, duties must bedischarged honestly and earnestly. I will be held responsiblefor honest mistakes and fix them. But, everyone is urged notto be corrupted.

President U Thein Seinaddresses heads...

(from page 1)Afterwards, President U Thein Sein delivered an

address. (The speech of the President is reported separately.)Next, the Master of Ceremonies asked to put on record thespeech of the President, and it was announced that thespeech of the President has been put on record with thepermission of the President.

Afterwards, the Master of Ceremonies announced the

successful completion of the affirmation, which broughtthe ceremony to a close. This was followed by documentaryphoto sessions of the President and the Vice-Presidents, thePresident, the Vice-Presidents and Union Ministers and thePresident, the Vice-Presidents and Deputy Ministers.

In the evening, President U Thein Sein hosted adinner to those present on the occasion including nationalraces affairs ministers from regions and states at diningroom. During the dinner, artistes from the Fine ArtsDepartment of the Culture Ministry presented entertainment.

After the dinner, President U Thein Sein cordiallygreeted those present on the occasion.—MNA

Urbanization Plan (Project)organized

Urbanization Plan (Project) Workshop took placeat city hall in Monywa on 8 September. Participantsdiscussed sanitation of Kanthaya Lake in Monywa andconstruction of container jetty at the port of GwaygyiWard in Monywa.

Development undertakingsinspected

Kayin State Chief Minister U Zaw Min oversawdevelopment tasks in Myawady on 5 September. Hepresented prizes to winners in 19th Performing ArtsCompetitions at Hpa-an University on 6 September. Heviewed re-cultivation of crops in Hpa-an.

International Literacy Dayceremonies observed

2012 International Literacy Day was observed atChanayethazan Basic Education High School No. 14 on8 September. Similar ceremonies were held at PatheinBEHS No. 1, City Halls in Myitkyina and Loikaw,Mawlamyine BEHS No. 6, city hall in Dawei and BagoBEHS No. 1.

MGF holds AGMMyanmar Gymnastics Federation held annual

general meeting for 2011-2012 fiscal year. The executivecommittee submitted reports to the meeting. Wellwishersdonated cash to the fund of the federation for securingachievement in XXVII SEA Games.

Relief aids, supplies donated toflood victims

Speaker of Ayeyawady Region Hluttaw U HsanHsint, wife Daw Khin Ma Lay and Region Minister forDevelopment Affairs U Kyaw Win Naing donated bagsof rice, purified drinking water, instant noodle, exercisebooks, clothes, aluminium pots and stationery to floodvictims of Thabaung Township.

Mythun breeding encouragedDeputy Minister for Livestock and Fisheries U Khin

Maung Aye looked into breeding of mythun farm inHaka on 6 September. He instructed officials to raisebreeding strains of mythuns and hold mythun breedingdevelopment workshop in Chin State.

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Sept—A Myanmar delegation ledby Union Minister for HealthDr Pe Thet Khin attendedthe 30th meeting of Ministersof Health of the countries ofSouth-East Asian Regionand 65th session of the WorldHealth OrganizationRegional Committee fromSouth-East Asian held inYogyakarta of Indonesiafrom 4 to 7 September.

At the openingceremony, Indonesian Vice-President YogyakartaMayor Director-General ofthe WHO Dr Margaret Chan

and WHO Regional DirectorDr Samlee Plianbangchangmade speeches.

Indonesian HealthMinister Dr Nafsian Mboiacted as a chair of the 30th

meeting of Ministers ofHealth of countries of South-East Asian Region held on 4September. The UnionMinister exchanged viewson cooperation in antibioticproblems and follow-upprogrammes, health careservices for old aged,diseases propagation andprevention measures,covering for health care

services, experiences andsuccess being implementedin Myanmar with hiscounterparts.

The health ministersfrom WHO South-East AsianRegion agreed withYogyakarta Declaration forupgrading of health careservices for old aged.

The 65th session of theWorld Health OrganizationRegional Committee fromSouth-East Asian was actedas chair by IndonesianHealth Minister Dr NafsianMboi and co-chairMaldivian Health MinisterDr Ahmed JamsheedMohamed held from 5 to 7September.

At the meeting, reportpresenting for 2012-2013financial year, reforms forWHO and training for healthstaff were discussed by theattendees.—MNA

Union Health Minister back from Indonesia

Photo

shows the

persons to

be

appointed

as Deputy

Ministers

making

affirmation

in the

presence of

the

President.

MNA

Yangon Region Chief Minister U Myint Sweand wife being welcomed by Ambassador of

Republic of Indonesia to MyanmarMr Sebastianus Sumarsono at the receptionto mark 67th Anniversary Independence Day

of Indonesia at Sedona Hotel in Yangonon 10 September.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Sept—19th Myanmar TraditionalCultural Performing ArtsCompetitions of

Ayeyawady Regionconcluded at the city hall inPathein on 6 Septemberevening.

The region ChiefMinister awarded winners inthe competitions.

MNA

Performing Arts Competitions wraps upin Ayeyawady Region

News in Brief

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PERSPECTIVESTuesday, 11 September, 2012

Employment of modern science andtechnology in various fields and production ofhighly competent intellectuals and technicalknow-how is the top priority for effectivefacilitation of national development. Anotherpriority is to build a continuous learning societyenabling every citizen to have access to basicliteracy through collaborative efforts.

We are sure a large number of intellectualsand intelligentsia, competent human resourcesare needed in converting the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar into a modern developednation. The human resources development ofthe entire nation including the youngergeneration who will assume the responsibilityof future nation is fundamental requirementand thus the education standard of the countrymust be promoted to international level.

In this regard, Conference on DevelopmentPolicy Options with Special Reference toEducation and Health was organized lastFebruary in Nay Pyi Taw in cooperation withUN agencies. Moreover, the drafting ofComprehensive Education Sector Review(CESR) has started. Cohesive efforts would beput into weak spots in cooperation with the UNagencies, international organizations andeducational donors.

As for strengthening the foundation ofeducational structure, text books have beendistributed to all primary students free ofcharge as of 2011-2012 academic year and thefree distribution also includes the exercisebooks. Consequently, the basic education sectorhas seen mobile schools opening for the sake ofchildren of displaced families. Educationopportunities for children with disabilities equalto the ordinary ones have been created.

Changes are tangible in both formal andnon-formal education arenas. The educationis not only a matter of classrooms but animportance of the development of one’s ownenvironment, region and country.

Certainly we would need a considerablenumber of intellectuals and intelligentsia inbuilding a modern developed nation.Therefore, the education standard of thecountry must be promoted to internationallevel.

International level educationNAY PYI TAW, 10 Sept—

Chairman of Union ElectionCommission U Tin Aye meta delegation led by USAmbassador to MyanmarMr. Derek Mitchell and NewMission Director Mr. ChrisMilligan of USAID at theOffice of Union ElectionCommission, here, at 1:30pm today.

Also present on theoccasion were commissionmembers U Myint Naing, UAung Myint, U Win Kyi, UNyunt Tin, U Win Ko andofficials concerned from theoffice.

At the call, they had acordial discussion oncooperation in free and fairelection process inMyanmar and promoting

UEC Chairman receives US Ambassador, New Mission Director of USAID

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Sept—Union Minister for ForeignAffairs U Wunna MaungLwin received a delegationled by Mr. Joseph Yun,Principal Deputy AssistantSecretary of State for EastAsian and Pacific Affairs ofthe United States at his officehere this noon. During themeeting, they cordiallydiscussed matters related topromotion of bilateralrelations and cooperationbetween Myanmar and theUnited States of America.

The Union minister alsoreceived H.E. Mr. HagayMoshe Behar, Ambassadorof State of Israel to theRepublic of the Union ofMyanmar, at his office thisafternoon. They discussedmatters relating to furtherenhancing bilateralrelations and cooperationbetween Myanmar and theState of Israel.

He received H.E. Ms.

Union Foreign Affairs Minister receives foreign guests

Robina Patricia Marks,Ambassador of the Republicof South Africa to theRepublic of the Union of

Myanmar, at his office thisafternoon. They discussedmatters relating to furtherenhancing bilateral related

and cooperation betweenMyanmar and the Republicof South Africa.

MNA

MOHNYIN, 10 Sept—No. 934-down cargo train that leftMyitkyina derailed between mile posts 625/10 and 625/12of Kadu and Mawhan stations in Mohnyin Township at7.20 pm yesterday.

Three wagons derailed in the incident but no passengerwas injured. However, over 10 passenger trains rolling upand down routes daily are to stop at nearest railway stationsfor at least one day and wait for completion of repairingworks on the railroad.

On 7 September, bridge No. 555 between Kadu andMawhan stations was damaged due to mine blast of KIA.Thus, the up and down passengers waited a day forcompletion of repairing works.

Except cargo trains and local trains, a total of 15passenger trains are rolling on Mandalay-Myitkyinarailroad daily.

NLM-001

Cargo train derails betweenKadu and Mawhan stations in

MohnyinNAY PYI TAW, 10 Sept—

Deputy Minister forCooperatives U Than Tunon 6 September metpersonnel and officials ofCooperative Departmentand Cooperative Syndicatesfrom Sagaing Region,Monywa, Pale, Yinmabinand Salingyi Townships atMonywa TownshipCooperative SyndicateOffice.

He visited WeavingHigh School of Small ScaleIndustries Department inMonywa and gave

Dy Cooperative Minister visitscooperative institutions in

Sagaing Region

Chairman of Union Election Commission U TinAye meets a delegation led by US Ambassador

to Myanmar Mr. Derek Mitchell and NewMission Director Mr. Chris Milligan of

USAID.—MNA

Union Foreign Affairs Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin receives adelegation led by Mr. Joseph Yun, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary

of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the United States.—MNA

Are you goingoverseas for

housemaid job?Who’ll takecare of your

children?

I’ve hired alocal

housemaid!

Lu Chaw(Taikkyi)

educative works onelections in cooperationwith internationalorganizations.

MNA

instructions to officials.On 7 September, the

deputy minister anddepartmental officials madefield trips to Salingyi,Yinmabin and Paletownships in groups andundertook formation ofcooperative societies.

Next day, he met theprincipal, faculty membersand staff at SagaingUniversity of Cooperativesand urged them to turn outoutstanding leaders incooperative field.

MNA

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National Sports

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Sept—A workshop on developmentfor livestock and fisheriessector plus cooperativessector to ensure further cio-economic development ofChin State was held at thetown hall of Haka on 7September morning.

At the workshop, ChinState Chief Minister U Hong

Workshop on development of livestock,fisheries held in Chin State

Ngai made a speech sayingthat the economy of ChinState totally hinges onagriculture and livestocks;that the success of livestockswill contribute toimprovement of socio-economic status of ruralpeople and export of meat toIndia, Mandalay, Nay PyiTaw and Yangon. Internal

and internationalorganizations are committedto long-term loans and it isrequired to introducebusinenss that bringsimmedicate profits. He alsopledged to provide capitaland technology fordevelopment of cooperativesector.

MNA

YANGON, 10 Sept—Thesixth Workshop on MonsoonOnset Monitoring and ItsSocial and EcosystemImpacts, organized byDepartment of Meteorologyand Hydrology andIntergovernmental Oceano-graphic Commission-IOC/WESTPAC was held at

Workshop on Monsoon Onset Monitoring andIts Social and Ecosystem Impacts commences

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Sept—Union Minister for BorderAffairs Lt-Gen Thein Htaytogether with Rakhine StateChief Minister U Hla MaungTin met a delegation ofOrganization of lslamicCooperation led byAmbassador Mr UfukGokcen, OIC PermanentObserver to the UN in NewYork and a led by GeneralSecreatary of Indonesian RedCross Society Mr BudiAtmadi Adiputo at RakhineState Government’s Officeyesterday afternoon.

They had a cordialdiscussion on real situationthat broke out in RakhineState, cooperation ofGovernment and UNagencies and INGO, reliefand rehabilitation tasks, on-going tasks and sustainabledevelopment.

The Union Minister andthe OIC delegation met

Union Border Affairs Minister, OIC delegation, GeneralSecretary of Indonesian Red Cross Society visit Sittway

displaced persons atBawdupha Village reliefcamp, Sittway Township andasked about theiraccommodation, health and

education.Likewise, they

comforted displaced persondwelling at Danyawadifootball ground relief camp.

They inspected fire-ravaged places in Sittwayand development ofKaladan River project by car.

MNA

Chatrium Hotel, here, thismorning, with an address byHead of Regional Office MrWenxi Zhu of IOC/WESTPAC.

Director-General ofDMH Dr Harin Naing Tiyanand MOMSEI ProjectChairman Dr Sormkial KhokiaHiwong extended greetings.

The workshop plans todiscuss progress ofMOMSEI Project, tasksundertaken in 2011-2012,Asian monsoon andoceanography research andfuture plans in detail.

The workshopcontinues tomorrow.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Sept—A coordination meeting fordevelopment of Shan Statewas held at City Hall inTaunggyi at 1 pm on 8September, attended byUnion Minister at thePresident Office U Tin NaingThein, State Chief MinisterU Sao Aung Myat and stateplanning committeemembers, state Hluttawspeaker and Hluttawrepresentatives and delegatesfrom social and economicorganizations.

Speaking at the meeting,the Union Minister said thatrespective Union ministries

Union Minister attends coordination meeting fordevelopment of Shan State

have been holdingdiscussions in region/state bymaking field trips to drawNational Development Planfor development ofsocioeconomic of the peopleby gathering policy and workplans to be submitted toNational PlanningCommission, he added.

State Chief Minister USao Aung Myat and chairmanof Danu self-administratedzone and state ministers andstate Hluttaw representatives,officials and entrepreneurspresented use of groundresources, potable waterdistribution for urban area,

market conditions ofagriculture products to theunion minister. The UnionMinister and party attendedcoordination meeting forPa-O self-administrated zoneheld at Hopong GeneralAdministration Departmentyesterday.

Chairman of Pa-O Self-Administrated Zone U KhunSan Lwin discussed mattersrelated to measures forregional development,implementation tasks,foreign aids for developmentof infrastructural buildingsand to create jobopportunities.

The Union Ministerheard reports presented bythose attendees concerningregional development tasks,agriculture, breeding andrural development andpoverty alleviation tasks.

The Union Minister andparty inspected potable waterdistribution in Taunggyi andthen went to AyethayaIndustrial Zone and ShanYoma Breeding Zone wherehe met with entrepreneurs andcalled for development ofindustrial and breedingzones.—MNA

Singaporean footballersarrive in Myanmar

YANGON, 10 Sept—The Singaporean National FootballTeam comprising first lineup and famous players to playagainst Myanmar National Team in tune-up match arrivedhere recently.

The team consists of 20 players and manager andbackroom staff.

Myanmar and Singapore will play in the tune-upmatch on 11 September at Youth Training Centre inThuwunna and it will be broadcast live through for Sportsand Channel 7.

Tickets are fixed at K 2000 per head for grand standand K 1000 per ordinary stand.

Players of the Myanmar National Team are undertraining since 9 September.

Kyemon

MFF organizes U-12 DigicelCup 2012

YANGON, 10 Sept—MFF U-12 Digicel Cup 2012 (LowerMyanmar), jointly organized by Myanmar FootballFederation and Basic Education Departments of Ministryof Education with sponsorship of Digicel, was held atAung San Stadium from 10 to 17 September.

Group A comprises Bago (East) Region, Horizon,Taninthayi Region, Rakhine and Kayin States. Group Bconsists of Yangon Region, ILBC, Bago (West) Region,Mon State and Ayeyawady Region.

Opening ceremony of the Cup (Lower Myanmar) willtake place at Aung Stadium at 8 am on 10 September andthe Cup (Upper Myanmar) at Bahtoo Stadium on 12September.

For the Cup (Upper Myanmar), Group A includes Shan(North), Chin, Shan (East), Magway and Mandalay. GroupB is constituted with Nay Pyi Taw, Shan (South), Kayah,Sagaing and Kachin.

On completion, two selected teams from Upper andLower Myanmar will play the match of MFF Digicel Cup2012 (Central Level) in Yangon.

Former player of Liverpool John Barnes and formerplayers of Real Madrid will provide brilliant football skillsto 50 selected players and coaches.

MFF plans to secure the opportunities to take part inthe U-17 World Cup.

Kyemon

YANGON, 9 Sept—Yangon Region observedWorld First Aid Day 2012 atUniversity of Nursing inLanmadaw Township,attended by Yangon RegionChief Minister U Myint Sweand wife Daw Khin ThetHtay, chairperson andmembers of Region RedCross SupervisoryCommittee, departmentalpersonnel, socialorganizations and guests.

World First Aid Day 2012 observed in YangonSpeaking on the occasion,

Yangon Region ChiefMinister U Myint Swe calledfor acceleration ofphilanthropic actions ofMyanmar Red Cross Societyin line with this year’s theme ofInternational First Aid Day‘First Aid for VulnerablePeople’.

The region chiefminister and personnelawarded those who devotedtheir efforts for social welfare

works and prize winners incommemorative skilldemonstration contest.

He then attended theopening of the 19th YangonRegion MyanmarTraditional Cultural Per-forming Arts Competition atNo. 2 Latha Township BasicEducation High School.Speaking on the occasion,he called for preservation ofculture with nationalisticfervour.—MNA

Union Minister Lt-Gen Thein Htay and Ambassador Mr Ufuk Gokcen atrelief camp in Danyawadi football ground.—MNA

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Flood alert in Srinagar, peopleasked to shift to safer placesSRINAGAR, 10 Sept — Authorities here today asked

people living along the banks of River Jhelum to shift tosafer places as a flood alarm was sounded in the city dueto rising water level in the river following incessant rains.

River Jhelum is flowing above 16 feet in Ram MunshiBagh area prompting the flood alarm, officials in thedisaster management cell said.— PTI

Two killed, three injured aspublic toilet collapses

THANE, 10 Sept—Two persons were killed and threeothers injured when a public toilet collapsed in Saira Nagarlocality in Bhiwandi this morning, police said. The ShantiNagar police, under whose jurisdiction the incident tookplace, said the mishap occurred around 11 am.

The deceased, who were trapped under the debris asthe toilet caved in, were identified as Mahavir Kesarwani(55) and Mazhar Mohamad Alam (22), police said.— PTI

Merchant vessel catches fire offMumbai coast

MUMBAI, 10 Sept —A major fire broke out in anAntigua and Barbuda-flagged merchant vessel off Mumbaicoast this afternoon, Coast Guard officials said.

The ship, MV Amsterdam Bridge, had reached justfour nautical miles from Prongs Reef Lighthouse in southMumbai and was carrying hazardous cargo, sources said.

According to the sources, the operations room of theCoast Guard received a fire call at 5.15 PM from the captainof the cargo vessel.— PTI

Police officer shot at in NaviMumbai

MUMBAI, 10 Sept — A police sub-inspector attachedto the Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai near here, was shot at bytwo unknown gunmen this evening, police said.

“The officer has been identified as Bhaskar Satre, whois attached to the Taloja jail. We have launched a manhuntto nab the accused,” said a police officer.

The incident took place around 6 pm near the RapidAction Force camp in Taloja, they said.— PTI

People watch a giant puppet parade in Antwerp,Belgium, on 8 Sept, 2012. The city held a street parade

with about 300 giant puppets on Saturday, trying tobreak the previous Guinness World Records. — XINHUA

Al Jazeera TV cyber-attackedover Syria

DOHA, 10 Sept — AlJazeera Television says itsmobile service has beenhacked. A group supportingSyrian President Bashar al-Assad has claimedresponsibility, saying reportsby the Qatar-based televisionnetwork favour the rebels. AlJazeera says false texts on theroyal family were hacked intoits mobile service on Sunday.The network says some of itswebsites also came undercyber attack last week.

The pro-governmentgroup says Qatar is Syria’snational enemy because it’s

seeking the ouster of itspresident. Last month, SaudiArabia’s leading oil firm SaudiAramco also came under cyberattack, affecting 30 thousandcomputers. A statement criticalof Saudi diplomacy was postedon the Internet.

Both cyber attacks areunder investigation. But thecredibility of the claims ofresponsibility has yet to beconfirmed. With the conflictin Syria intensifying andinvolving neighboringnations, cyber space is alsoproving to be a viable battleground.— NHK

Image provided by Venezuela’s Presidency showsVenezuelan President and presidential candidateHugo Chavez (C) greets his supporters during a

campaign rally at Charallave city, State of Miranda,Venezuela, on 9 Sept, 2012. — XINHUA

Policemen stand next toa burnt bus in Acapulco,Guerrero, Mexico, on 9

Sept, 2012. According tolocal press, the vehicle

was on fire with a personinside, allegedly the

driver. XINHUA

Eight militants killed inoperations in Afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL, 10 Sept — At leasteight Taleban militants werekilled and five othersdetained in nine cleanupoperations carried out by theAfghan police, army and theNATO-led coalition forceswithin the past 24 hours, thecountry’s Interior Ministrysaid on Monday morning.

“A total of five armedTaleban insurgents were alsoinjured during the aboveoperations launched inKabul, Kandahar, Logar,Paktia, Herat, Helmand andNimroz provinces, within thepast 24 hours,” the ministrysaid in a statement providingdaily operational updates tothe media.

They also found andseized weapons, thestatement said, withoutsaying if there were anycasualties on the side ofsecurity forces.

The Taleban insurgents,who have been waging aninsurgency of more than one

decade, have yet to makecomments.

The Afghan securityforces and some 130,000NATO-led coalition troopshave intensified cleanupoperations againstinsurgents recently. Recordskept by Xinhua, based onfigures released by theInterior Ministry, reveal thataround 210 insurgents havebeen killed, 15 wounded andover 85 others detained since1 Sept by the joint forcesacross the insurgency-hitcountry.

However, theinsurgents in retaliationresponded by carrying outsuicide attacks and roadsidebombings especially insouthern and eastern partsof the country. Two civilianswere killed and 19 otherswounded in a series of bombattacks in eastern Paktia andwestern Farah province onSunday.

Xinhua

IRAQSeries of attacks kill 52 people in IraqBAGHDAD, 10 Sept — A

series of bombs and gunfireattacks across Iraq onSunday killed some 52 Iraqisand wounded more than 200others, in what appeared tobe an attempt by insurgentgroups to destabilize thecountry and undermineconfidence in the Iraqigovernment. The deadliestattack in the day occurrednear the city of Amara, some365 km south of Baghdad,when two car bombsexploded at a marketplacenear the shrine of Shiite ImamAli al-Sharqi in the town thatholds the name of the Imam,killing 18 people andwounding some 70 others.

Earlier in the morning,

a suicide car bomber struck acrowd of security recruits atthe compound of Iraq’sNorthern Oil Company(NOC) near the city of Kirkuk,killing up to eight recruitsand wounding 30 others. Thevictims were signing up to besecurity members at the IraqiFacilities Protection Service(FPS), which is an Iraqiparamilitary force tasked withsite protection of Iraqigovernment facilities. NOCis a state-owned companywhich is responsible for oilexports from northern Iraq.

Also in Kirkuk, a carbomb and a roadside bombwent off in succession beforemidday near KirkukUniversity and a marketplacein central the city, killingseven people and woundingsome 50 others. Theethnically mix province ofKirkuk and its capital KirkukCity, some 250 km north of

Seven missing tourists,including three French, oneRussian, found in SE China

Baghdad, are part of thedisputed areas between theKurds and both Arabs andTurkmen. In southern Iraq,two roadside bombs went offalmost simultaneously closeto the French consular inNassriyah in a main street inthe central part of the cityNassriyah, some 375 kmsouth of Baghdad, killing fourpeople and wounding six.

Separately, a car bombwent off at a busy marketplacein the al-Qiblah district in thecentral part of the city ofBasra, some 550 km south ofBaghdad, killing at least twopeople and wounding eightothers. In northern Iraq, abooby-trapped car parkedoutside the office of the IraqiTurkman Front in the town ofTal Afar, some 70 km west ofNineveh’s provincial capitalcity of Mosul, killing twopeople and wounding seven.

Xinhua

Israeli airplanes strike in Gaza afterrocket fire

GAZA, 10 Sept — Israeliairplanes struck a training sitefor Islamic Hamas movementin eastern Gaza City earlyMonday, apparently inresponse to rockets militatesfired from the territory intoIsrael in the morning.

An Israeli Apachehelicopter fired one missiletowards the site that was

empty at the time, witnessessaid. There have been noreports of injuries, but thewitnesses said fire broke outat the place.

Hamas, which controlsGaza, was expecting an Israelimilitary retaliation on thefiring of three Grad rocketsfrom the coastal enclavetowards southern Israel on

FUZHOU,9 Sept — Seven people, including three Frenchand one Russian, were found after losing contacts for morethan a day at a mountainous tourist site in southeast China’sFujian Province, local firefighters said on Sunday.

The seven were in good condition when being found at7:30 pm on Sunday at the Shibachongxi mountain valleywith dozens of rivers and streams, the fire brigade in the cityof Fuzhou said in a statement. A man surnamed Ye reportedthe case to police after the seven tourists could’nt be reachedfor more than a day, it said. When starting the walking tourat about 9 am on Saturday, Ye and the seven arranged to meetat the exit of the tourist site in Fuzhou’s Fuqing county fivehours later at 2 pm, but the seven didn’t show up. Of the tourgroup, three are Chinese, three are French men and the restis a Russian woman. They worked in Shanghai and spent theweekends travelling Fuzhou.— Xinhua

Sunday morning andevening. As a result, allHamas security and militaryoutposts were evacuated.Israeli media reports said thatat least three Israelis wereslightly wounded when Gazamissiles landed in WesternNegev and four were treatedof shock.

A l - Q a e d a - l i n k e d

Salafist groups claimedreasonability for firing therockets as they have doneover the past days. TheSalafists criticize Hamas forobserving a shaky ceasefirewith Israel and Hamas hasbeen rounding up dozens offighters affiliated with theSalafist groups.

Xinhua

ISRAEL

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REGIONAL

ChinesePresident Hu

Jintaoattends the

second-phasemeeting ofthe 20thAPEC

EconomicLeaders’

Meeting inVladivostok,east Russia,on 9 Sept,

2012.XINHUA

Hu’s APEC attendance helps boost integrity,innovation, development, prosperity CHINA

VLADIVOSTOK, 10 Sept—Chinese President Hu Jintao’sattendance at APEC’s 20thinformal economic leaders’meeting has achieved acomplete success by helpingstrengthen regional economicintegrity, technologicalinnovation, development andprosperity, Foreign MinisterYang Jiechi said on Sunday.

The world economy wasrecovering slowly and therewere still some destabilizingfactors and uncertainties,Yang, who had accompanied

Hu during the trip, said.Asia Pacific, on the whole,

maintained sound momentumof growth, but the regionshould not overlook the impactbrought about by the gravechallenges facing the globaleconomy, he added. Yang saidthat under the theme of“Integrate to Grow, Innovateto Prosper,” President Hudiscussed with leaders of otherAPEC members trade andinvestment liberalization,regional economic integration,food security as well as

cooperation in fosteringinnovative growth.

During the event,President Hu delivered key-note speeches, fullyexpounding on China’spositions and proposals.Besides, he extensivelycontacted economic leadersand people from all walks oflife, exchanging in-depthviews on regional situation, aswell as cooperation and futuredevelopment within theframework of APEC.

Xinhua

Indian space scientists hold models of India’s PolarSatellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-21 rocket to

celebrate the success of India’s 100th space mission inSriharikota, south India, on 9 Sept, 2012. India on

Sunday successfully launched its 100th space missionwith the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-21rocket, carrying a French satellite and a Japanese

microsatellite. — XINHUA

Fukushima plant clean-upefforts face challenges

TOKYO, 10 Sept — Effortsto deal with problems at theFukushima Daiichi nuclearpower plant in northeasternJapan still face manychallenges more than a yearafter the meltdown. Tuesdaywill mark one and a half yearssince the earthquake andtsunami that caused theaccident. But the leaking oftainted water and othertroubles still plague the clean-up efforts.

Experts say one of thepressing challenges is how toensure the reliability ofemergency facilities built tocool the troubled reactors. Inthe aftermath of the 11th March,2011 disaster that crippled theplant, its operator, TokyoElectric Power Company,hastily built a system to treathighly contaminated waste

water and circulate it as coolantfor the reactors. Thegovernment announced lastDecember that the reactors hadbeen brought to a state of coldshutdown.

While the reactors’temperatures and pressureshave since remained generallystable, troubles have plaguedthe cooling water circulationsystem. So far, 56 instancesof tainted water leaks havebeen reported. Facilities todecontaminate water havestopped 12 times due to leaksand power supply problems.On 30th August, coolantwater being poured into the 3crippled reactors temporarilyfell below the necessary levels.Troubles have also increasedwith equipment and facilitiesthat were installed before theaccident.—NHK

Officers and soldiers of PLA Chengdu Military AreaCommand unload quake-relief materials at an airportin the quake-hit Zhaotong, southwest China’s YunnanProvince, on 9 Sept, 2012. Multiple earthquakes struckYiliang County and neighbouring areas in southwestChina’s Yunnan Province on Friday, killing at least

81 people. —XINHUA

Japan

Eurozone crisisthreatens

booming bondmarkets in East

Asia: ADBMANILA, 10 Sept —

Bond markets in emergingEast Asia expanded by 8.6percent on year to 5.9 trillionUS dollars in January to Juneon the back of a double-digitgrowth in the region ‘scorporate bond markets,according to a reportreleased by Manila-basedAsian Development Bank(ADB).

In the latest edition ofthe Asia Bond Monitor, theADB revealed that as of end-June, there were 2 trillion USdollars in corporate bonds or15.2 percent higher than a yearearlier. The government bondmarket grew by only 5.5percent on year to 3.9 trillionUS dollars.

“Corporate bond growthcontinues to outpacegovernment bonds as loweryields and tighter banklending ahead of new bankregulations in many marketsencourage firms to raise fundsfrom local markets,” the reportread.

Xinhua

S Korea unveils measures to boost domesticdemand S Korea

SEOUL, 10 Sept — SouthKorea on Monday unveiledcomprehensive measures toboost domestic demand asthe domestic economy wasfaltering due to sluggishexports stemming from theprolonged European fiscalcrisis and the consequentglobal economic slowdown.

“Uncertainties over theglobal economy widened amidemerging political instabilityin Europe from the secondquarter. The governmentmade efforts to fine-tune theexisting stimulus measures, butthe protracted European fiscalcrisis and the global economicslump caused the delayedrecovery of our economy,”Finance Minister Bahk Jae-

wan said in a meeting forrevitalizing the economy.

The delayed domesticrecovery arising mainly fromworsening external conditionsraised the need to vitalizehousing transactions, privateconsumption and corporateinvestment, the minister said.South Korea’s real grossdomestic production (GDP)growth was revised down to0.3 percent from a preliminaryfigure of 0.4 percent in thesecond quarter on an on-quarter basis. Exports sloweddown on worsening externalconditions, leading to theweakening of domesticdemand.

In a bid to boost theflagging real estate market, the

finance ministry planned toexempt the capital gains taxover the next five years forthose who buy unsoldhousing within this year aspart of efforts to boost theflagging real estate market. Thehousing acquisition tax willalso be halved to 1.2 percentby the year-end. The nation’shousing transactions slowedto an average of 401, 000 forthe first seven months, down30.2 percent from the sameperiod of last year. The figurewas the lowest since the datastarted being complied in 2006.

Xinhua

3rd East Asia MinisterialConference on sanitation

begins in BaliBALI, 10 Sept—Fourteen governments from East Asia

and the Pacific kicked off the 3rd East Ministerial Conferenceon Sanitation and Hygiene in Bali on Monday in a bid toachieve the ultimate goal of universal sanitation access in theregion.

Over 250 participants will take part in the conference, fromgovernment ministers and officials, partner organizations tomedia and academia from China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Singapore,Thailand, the Philippines, Timor Leste and Vietnam. IndonesianHealth Minister Nafsiah Mboi opened the conference at theNusa Dua tourist resort hotel in Bali.

Quoting the UNICEF/WHO Joint Monitoring Programmereport that the region as a whole has reached the sanitationMillennium Development Goal (MDG) as of 2012, World BankWater and Sanitation Programme principal regional teamleader Almud Weitz said in her opening remarks that reachingthe MDG is a very important stepping stone towards theultimate goal of universal sanitation access. —Xinhua

People in traditional dress play a dance during a ritualof the Amis ethnic group, praying for good harvest, at a

square in Xinbei City, southeast China’s Taiwan,on 9 Sept, 2012. — XINHUA

Chemical MNC sees India as key to export growth inSouth Asia

KOLKATA, 10 Sept — BASF, the multinational chemicalcompany, sees significant growth for India operations withthe opening up of exports to Pakistan, a top company officialsaid on Monday. BASF India which reported sales of over 75billion rupees (1364 million US dollars) in 2011 has a 200-acremanufacturing facility in Mangalore in India’s southern stateof Karnataka. According to Prasad Chandran, chairman andmanaging director of BASF India, the opening up of exportopportunities to Pakistan strengthens its export opportunityin entire South Asia. The German multinational, with globalsales of over 73.4 billion Euros last year, sees significantgrowth opportunity for its performance chemicals business,which contributes 15.7 billion euros.

This range includes products catering to leather andtextiles. While not sharing specific numbers, the company isa major player in the leather industry, he said. AlexanderWartini, vice-president of Global Business Management ofLeather Chemicals, said with the trend of manufacturingshifting to Asia from Europe firmly entrenched, India hascarved for itself a niche as an exporter of value-added leatherproducts, as compared with China, which targets volumes.

Exports of leather and leather products from India crossed200 billion rupees (3,636 million US dollars) and BASF sees theopportunities increasing further as policy-makers haveidentified leather as a focus sector for its employmentgenerating capacity.—Xinhua

ASIA

INDIA

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV OSSIAN VOY NO (12020)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV OSSIAN VOYNO (12020) are hereby notified that the vessel will bearriving on 11.9.2012 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm 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 T.S LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV EISHUN VOY NO (93)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV EISHUN VOYNO (93) are hereby notified that the vessel will bearriving on 11.9.2012 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie at the consign-ee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws andconditions of the Port of Yangon.

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: EASTERN-CAR LINERS’PORE PTE LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

A D V E R T I S E M E N T

China’s icebreaker Xuelong, or “Snow Dragon”, sailsthrough the Bering Strait, on 9 Sept, 2012. A Chineseexpedition team left the Arctic Circle after fulfilling ascientific exploration of the Arctic Ocean on Saturday

night. — XINHUA

MOR expects75 m passengers

duringupcomingholidays

BEIJING, 10 Sept — About75.4 million Chinese areexpected to hit the railsduring the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival andNational Day holidays thisyear, the Ministry ofRailways said on Sunday.

The number ofpassengers travelling duringthe holiday season, whichlasts from 29 September to 7October, will increase 5percent from a year earlier toreach 75.4 million, an averageof 6.86 million people perday, according to a statementon the ministry’s website.

The holiday seasontravel peak will arrive on 1October, a day on which 9million people are expectedto take trains, up by 320,000from one year earlier, thestatement said.—Xinhua

China’s jet set grounded by lack of pilots, paperworkHONG KONG, 10 Sept —

Bombardier Inc, the world’sNo 3 aircraft maker, thinksChinese executive jet buyerswill take delivery of 2,400new planes in the next 20years. All China needs now ispilots to fly them, mechanicsto fix them, and airports toland them. With fewer than200 private jets for apopulation of 1.3 billionpeople, China’s growth

A visitor walks down the stairs of a Challenger 300aircraft during the Shanghai International BusinessAviation Show at Hongqiao International Airport in

Shanghai in this 13 April, 2011. — REUTERS

potential is huge. But reamsof red tape, snarled-up airspace and a shortage of trainedpilots suggest it won’t live upto the promise any time soon.

The private jet potentialhas caught the attention ofsome big-name investors.Warren Buffett’s NetJets madethe world’s largest order ofexecutive jets in June in a dealworth $9.6 billion, monthsafter it announced a China

venture with private equityfirm Hony Capital. China isforecast to take delivery ofabout 100 business jets thisyear. Before they can fly,buyers need to secure an AirOperator’s Certificate from thecountry’s aviation regulatoror a management companythat has already been grantedone. Then the jet owner has towait for an import license.

“The process you haveto go through to get theimportation approval has tobe signed off by ninedepartments,” said JeffreyLowe, general manager ofAsian Sky Group, a businessaviation consulting firm.Private jet ownership wasillegal in China until 2003,and the aviation regulator hasbeen slow to processpaperwork for new operators.

Reuters

CHINA

Homeless in Miami find new outlet, feedingthe well-heeled

MIAMI, 10 Sept — As partof an innovative effort totackle Miami’s problem withhomelessness, Xavier Wrighthas traded the streets ofdowntown for a live-incommunity farm project insouth Florida that growsproduce for an upscalerestaurant. Wright, 25, saidit’s his first steady job in twoyears. “I love this. I love beingoutside, I love working withmy hands,” said Wright,wearing a straw hat to shieldhimself from Florida’srelentless summer sun. VerdeGardens, a $17.2 million,145-unit complex built forMiami’s formerly homeless,boasts a 22-acre (9-hectare)organic farm planted with a

variety of fruits andvegetables from potatoes tobananas and pigeon peas.

Wright, who previouslyserved in the US MarineCorps in Iraq, had resided in ahomeless shelter with his 6-year-old autistic son beforemoving to Verde Gardens.Thefarm is tapping into a risingtrend in the restaurant industryto use locally grown seasonalproducts. Norman Van Aken,a nationally acclaimed chef,has been buying producefrom the farm for about sixmonths for his newest eco-friendly restaurant, Tuyo,which sits atop the newlycreated Miami CulinaryInstitute in downtown Miami.With breathtaking views of

the city and Biscayne Bay,Tuyo serves a well-heeledcrowd, including classicalmusic aficionados who comeby after attendingperformances at the city’sopera house and concert halla few blocks away.

“This should be able tobe done in many other places,it’s sustainable, it’s local andit’s organic,” Van Aken saidas he examined a delivery ofVerde Gardens Seminolepumpkins in the kitchen atTuyo, where they’ll be turnedinto an estofado, a creamypumpkin soup served withbits of braised chicken,ribbons of ham, corn andtopped with fresh shavedtruffles.”—Reuters

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ENTERTAINMENT

Emma Watson wants avaried life

LONDON, 10 Sept—Actress Emma Watson says she does not want toonly focus on acting as she wants the chance to pursue other things in herlife.

The 22-year-old beauty, who is set to return to Brown University inAmerica in January to complete her degree, said she feels happiest whenpursuing something creative but also wants the chance to live her own life,reported Contactmusic.

“I’d like to be considered a good, versatile actress. I feel happiest whendoing something creative—writing, painting, acting or dancing, so I thinkI’ll always complement the acting with something else. If you act all the time,you’re spending your life living other people’s lives.

“Really I’d quite like it if things calm down a bit and I think thatwill happen naturally,” she said. Watson, who shot to fame when shewas cast as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series aged just

nine, will next be seen in The Perks of Being a Wallflower andshe fell in love with the script as soon as she read it. “It’s notsome wild break away from Harry Potter because I don’t really

want to get away from Harry Potter, never seen it as a shackle.”—PTI

LONDON, 10 Sept—Filming of Tom Cruise’s latestmovie All You Need is Kill sparked terror amongresidents of Herfordshire recently after sound ofgunfire from the studio rang out across theneighbourhood. Frightened residents in theHertfordshire village of Abbots Langley called policeon Thursday night to report gun shots being fired,prompting officers to launch an investigation, reportedSun online.

They soon discovered the gunfire had beencoming from the nearby Leavesden Studios, whereCruise has been filming his new movie with actressEmily Blunt. A representative for the studios thenconfirmed the shots were part of rehearsals for themovie. “At around 9pm on Thursday, police receivedtwo reports of the sound of distant gunfire frommembers of the public in the Abbots Langley andnorth Watford areas,” a police spokesman said.

“Officers contacted security at LeavesdenStudios who confirmed that rehearsals involving theuse of firearms had been taking place there during theevening,” he added. Cruise, 50, has delved straightinto work committments since splitting up from wifeKatie Holmes in June.

He finished sci-fi film Oblivion in California, beforeheading to Europe for All You Need Is Kill.—PTI

Tom Cruise movie sparks gunpanic in UK neighbourhood

Cheryl Cole returns to the X-FactorWe’re totally fine,says KristenStewart aboutRobert Pattinson

LONDON, 10 Sept—ActressKristen Stewart hasn’t spokenabout her relationship withestranged boyfriend RobertPattinson since she wasphotographed cheating on him withmarried director Rupert Sanders.

But while attending theToronto Film Festival, when Stewartwas asked about making a publicappearances with Pattinson inNovember for promoting TheTwilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part2 she said, “We’re going to be fine.”

It is not clear about the statusof their relationship, although theyhave moved out of the house theyshared together in Los Angeles andhave both been keeping lowprofiles, reported Daily Mail.

Stewart, who attended thefestival to promote her new movieOn The Road, said she neverconsidered skipping the festivaldespite reports suggestingotherwise.

“We have been waiting for thisthing to be unleashed for so long. Itwas sort of one of those situationswhere you just have to put yourselfin your body and go appreciate themoment,” she said.—PTI

LONDON, 10 Sept—Musicmogul Simon Cowell has welcomedback Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Coleas a judge on the UK version of XFactor.

The 29-year-old,who was axed from theUS version showpreviously, will helpfellow judge Gary Barlowmentor acts in laterrounds, reported SunOnline.

“Welcome backCheryl,” Cowell tweeted.

Her entry to theshow was kept under thewraps by Barlow, whoorchestrated the plan ofhaving Cole on the show.

“Only Gary’sintimate inner circle know.

He hasn’t even discussed it with Simon or ITV bosses.It’s been seriously top secret stuff. “They’re all underthe impression it’s going to be Robbie (Williams). Noone even noticed the dates for the recording clashed

with Robbie’s new solo tour,” a sourcesaid. Cowell, 52, was kept in dark aboutCole’s return to the show following thesinger’s feud with him for axing her inAmerica. The pair have since patchedthings up.—PTI

We’re totallyfine, says

KristenStewart

aboutRobert

Pattinson

The 29-year-old, whowas axed from theUS version showpreviously, will helpfellow judge GaryBarlow mentor actsin later rounds.

Mariah Carey honoured with top trophy at BMI Urban AwardsLOS ANGELES, 10 Sept—US

pop singer and songwriter MariahCarey was honoured with BMI Icon,the publishing association ‘s topaccolade, at the annual UrbanAwards held at the Saban Theatrein Beverly Hills overnight, BMIannounced on Saturday.

The Princess of Pop receivedthe trophy in recognition of “herprolifically successful andinfluential songwriting career,” saidBMI.

The top honour is usually givento a songwriter who has had a“unique and indelible influence ongenerations of music makers,” andpast recipients include TheJacksons, Snoop Dogg, JamesBrown, The Bee Gees and DollyParton, according to theorganization.

Canadian rapper Drake and hisUS counterpart Lil Wayne sharedthe Songwriter of the Year, another

prestigious honour handed out atthe annual ceremony that marks thecreative teams behind the past year’smost-performed R&B, rap, pop andhip-hop songs in BMI’ s deeprepertoire.

The two popular songwriterseach have seven songs that rankamong the year’s most-performed.This is Drake’s second consecutivewin in the category. The Song of theYear went to Nicki Minaj, Ester Dean

and Kane Beatz, who wrote “SuperBass.”

Songwriter and producer PopWansel earned the Producer of theYear crystal.

Top Producers went to Warren“Oak” Felder, Jim Jonsin, R. Kelly,Lexus “Lex Luger” Lewis, Polow DaDon, Troy Taylor, Kanye West, andTyler “T-Minus” Williams. EMIMusic Publishing grabbed thePublisher of the Year crown as it has

Mariah Carey isawarded the BMIIcon Award at the

BMI Urban Awardsheld at Saban Theatre

on 7th September,2012 in Beverly Hills,

California.

17 songs that rankamong the most-performed.

Xinhua

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International SportsSerena Williams wins

women’s singles at US Open

NEW YORK, 10 Sept—American Serena Williamswon the last four games tobeat top ranked VictoriaAzarenka of Belarus 6-2, 2-6and 7-5 to take her fourth USOpen title and 15th Grand Slamtitle overall here on Sunday.

Serena had a 9-1 recordagainst Azarenka prior to thefinal and she hadn’t droppeda set in the tournament, losingonly 19 games through sixmatches before Sunday.

“Serena deserves thewin. She showed how true ofa champion she is,” saidAzarenka, “I definitely gave itall today. I will have noregrets.”

However, Azarenkahadn’t dropped a three-setmatch all season untilSunday, going 12-0 inmatches that went thedistance, including victoriesover defending US Open

champion Sam Stosur in thequarterfinals and 2006champion Maria Sharapovain the semifinals.

And Azarenka was eventwo points away from thechampionship victory at 30-30 with Williams serving, butcouldn’t convert. And whenshe served for the victory at5-4, she made three errors inthe game to show the jitters

that are understandable asthis was only her second careerGrand Slam final.

Serena, who turns 31 onSept. 26, is the first 30-year-old woman to win the USOpen since MartinaNavratilova in 1987. She wonher very first majorchampionship at age 17 at the1999 US Open.

Xinhua

Victoria Azarenka (L) of Belarus and Serena Williamsof the US pose with their trophies after their women’ssingles finals match at the US Open tennis tournament

in New York on 9 September, 2012.REUTERS

TENNIS Messi-managementforemost in Peruvian minds

SOCCER

BUENOS AIRES, 10 Sept—Peru’s mission to stallLionel Messi and the Argentine juggernaut at home intheir World Cup qualifier on Tuesday may see the teamseek inspiration from a famous victory over their SouthAmerican rivals in Lima 27 years ago.

In 1985, Luis Reyna’s tight marking of DiegoMaradona was key to an upset 1-0 win over Argentina,and Peru will ponder a similar stopping job againstanother diminutive and sublimely gifted forward inMessi at the Estadio Nacional in Lima (0125 GMTWednesday).

Peru look set to give defensive midfielder EdwinRetamoso the daunting task of tracking Messi. “If theProf (coach Sergio Markarian) gives me the chance, Iwon´t let him down,” Retamoso was quoted byArgentine media as saying.

Argentina, with three wins in a row in the qualifiersafter Friday’s 3-1 home victory over Paraguay whenMessi took his tally to 10 goals in six games, lead theSouth American group with 13 points from six matches.

Peru, looking to reach the finals for the first timesince 1982, are seventh with six points.

“We told the players that if we beat Venezuela we’dreduce the pressure and now we make a new startfighting for what we really want,” Peru’s Uruguayancoach Markarian told reporters.

Peru ended a run of four defeats with a 2-1 home winover Venezuela on Friday, recovering from a goal downto score twice through winger Jefferson Farfan.

Striker Paolo Guerrero, who like Farfan has threegoals so far in the qualifiers, is doubtful with a footinjury.

Holding midfielder JavierMascherano comes back fromsuspension for Argentina while hisunderstudy Rodrigo Brana serves aban after a second booking againstParaguay.—Reuters

Argentina’s Lionel Messihandles the ball during their

World Cup’s 2014 qualifyingsoccer match against Paraguay

in Cordoba on 7 Sept, 2012.REUTERS

OAKLAND, 10 Sept—Undefeated American AndreWard dominated challengerChad Dawson in Oakland,California on Saturday,knocking him down threetimes and stopping him in thetenth round to retain his WBAand WBC super middleweighttitles.

“He’s a hell of a fighter,”said Dawson, a light-heavyweight champion whomoved down in weight tochallenge Ward. “He’s a greatchampion. He’s the best.”

Dawson, boasting a 31-2record (17 KOs), startedbrightly, keeping Ward offbalance with a strongsouthpaw right jab in the firstround, and then scoring withcounter left hooks as Wardlooked to press the action inthe second. By the third,however, Ward (26-0, 14 KOs)was timing his opponent with

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Andre Ward stopped Chad Dawson in the 10th roundon Saturday to remain unbeaten and retain his WorldBoxing Association and World Boxing Council super

middleweight world titles.

sharp left jabs and hooks,using swift footwork to throwDawson off.

A short hook near theend of the third droppedDawson, and another oneknocked him down again atthe start of the fourth.

Ward pressed theadvantage in that round,nearly putting Dawson downagain and pursuing himacross the ring.

The challenger survived,however, and for the nextseveral rounds some of thesteam evaporated from thecontest, as Dawson appearedcontent to keep Ward at baywith jabs and by tying him upwhen the two men were close.

Ward was relentless,however, and a sharp righthand in the ninth roundbuckled Dawson’s kneesagain.

In the tenth, a three-

punch combination hadDawson wobbling on his legsand a follow-up barrageknocked him to his knees.

Although Dawson beatthe count, he signaled toreferee Steve Smoger that he

Dominant McIlroy takes game to new level with BMW winDominant McIlroy takes game to new level with BMW winDominant McIlroy takes game to new level with BMW winDominant McIlroy takes game to new level with BMW winDominant McIlroy takes game to new level with BMW winCARMEL, 10 Sept—Like

Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklausand other golfing greatsbefore him, Rory McIlroy hasraised his game to a level wherehe fully expects to be lifting atrophy at the end of the week.

For the second time inseven days, and third in fourstarts, the mop-hairedNorthern Irishman stole theshow, his victory on Sundayat the BMW Championshipcoming on the heels of hisDeutsche Bank Champion-ship triumph last Monday.

McIlroy has produced adominating stretch of golf notseen on the PGA Tour since2009, when Woods was thelast to claim back-to-back titleswinning at the Buick Openand WGC BridgestoneInvitational.

“I’ve always had anappreciation for what Tigerdid over the years — winningseven, eight, nine times in aseason for I don’t know howlong, 10 years,” McIlroy toldreporters following his twoshot victory over Lee

Westwood and PhilMickelson.

“It’s the more you putyourself in this position andthe more you win and themore you pick up trophies, itbecomes normal and it feelslike this is what you’resupposed to do.

“I’m sure that’s how hefelt when he was on that runand how he still feels. He stillwon three times this year.

“I don’t think I’m quitethere yet but I’m getting tothat stage where I’m thinking,

‘this is what I should be doing.I should be lifting a trophy atthe end of the week.’”

It would not be going outon a limb to predict there willbe many more titles in the 23-year-old’s future. In fact, therecould be more silverwarecoming his way before theend of the month.

McIlroy will head toAtlanta in two weeks for theseason-ending TourChampionship, leading theFedExCup standings.

He has already won more

than $7 million this year andcould push that close to $20million with a win at East LakeGolf Club where the pointsleader will walk away with a$10 million bonus. His fourwins, including a second majorat the PGA Championship,top the PGA Tour this seasonand make him the heavyfavorite for player of the yearhonors.—Reuters

Rory McIlroy

GOLF

LONDON, 10 Sept—The huge popularity of ParalympicGames over the past 11 days shows that disabled sport is fastbecoming recognised as elite competition, London Gameschairman Sebastian Coe said on Sunday.

An unprecedented 2.7 million tickets were snapped up fornearly 45 million pounds, exceeding 2012 organisers’ originaltarget of 35 million.

“The research that is beginning to come through isshowing that over 70 percent of people now regard theParalympic Games and the Paralympians as elite athletes,” thetwice Olympic gold medallist told a news conference beforethe closing ceremony.

“I think we’ve genuinely created a platform for theirtalents and disability sport. Two thirds of the populationfollowed the Games on television, three quarters followed onany platform, so print, TV radio, online.”

More than four billion people are estimated to havewatched the London Games on television compared to 1.9billion eight years ago in Athens.

“Three quarters of viewers are clear that what they’veseen has exceeded their expectations,” added Coe.

Reuters

Games has put disabledsport firmly on map, says Coehad had enough. It was

Ward’s first stoppage win inthree years, and the championsaid the quality of hisopponent had caused him toraise his game.

Reuters

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* News* INDIA SHOW* News* A Day Out with Sarah

(Episode-6)* News* Collective Charitable

Deed in SignificantMonth, Waso

* News* 16th Concluding

Ceremony of theUniversity of Arts andCulture (Yangon)

* News* Myanmar Martial Art

(Episode-I) (Bando)* Happy Mum &

Healthy Baby PhotoContest

* News* Record Album* News* Japanese Film Festival* News* Road to 27th SEA

GAMES (Taekwondo)* Myanmar Movie

“Dream House”

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Hilly Region

Missionary Sayadaw7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy Exercise7:40 am 3. Nice & Sweet Song7:55 am 4. Songs Of Yester Years8:15 am 5. Dance Of National Races8:25 am 6. Selected Songs For 19th

Myanmar TraditionalCultural Performing ArtsCompetitions (2012)(Oldies & MonoClassical) (BasicEducation Level) (Women)

4:00 pm 7. Martial Song4:30 pm 8. The Mirror Images of

The Musical Oldies4:40 pm 9. University of Distance

Education (TV Lectures)-Second Year (Maths)

4:55 pm10. Songs For Upholding

National Spirit5:10 pm11. Teleplay (Health)5:40 pm12. Sweet Melody6:35 pm13. Sing A Song7:05 pm14. TV Drama Series8:00 pm15. News16. Bakery World17. TV Drama Series18. India Drama Series

District NewsCommodities, passengers ofLwejel easy access to Bhamo

LWEJEL, 10 Sept—At Lwejel commodity station inKachin State, vans carry six passengers each in the car andcommodities on the roof.

Two passengers sit on front seats. Fares for transportare collected at K 15000 per passenger. Four passengers onthe rear seats are collected at K 10000 per passenger.

Five to 10 vans leave Lwejel in early morning and theyarrive in Bhamo in the evening.—Myanma Alin

Photo shows a commodity station in Lwejel that flowspersonal goods and foodstuff from China into mother

land of Myanmar.—MYANMA ALIN

Inspired Mickelson chargesinto lead with Singh

CARMEL, 10 Sept—PhilMickelson staged an inspiredcharge to grab the BMWchampionship spotlight anda share of the third round leadwith a faltering Vijay Singh onSaturday.

With Tiger Woods andRory McIlroy hogging theheadlines through theopening two rounds, it wasMickelson’s turn to takecentre stage, marching to acareer high with 10 birdies inan eight-under 64 to join Singhon 16-under.

“I got it going with theputter,” Mickelson toldreporters. “It was very similarto yesterday’s round, I playedreally well and had a lot ofgood opportunities.

“But yesterday when theball was getting to the lip andturning away, today they

seemed to fall in.”Singh, chasing his first

PGA Tour win in four yearsalong with a ticket to theseason-ending TourChampionship, had grimlyheld on to top spot alone formuch of the day but wobbledbadly coming home.

The big Fijian, who needsto finish fourth or better onSunday to clinch a FedExCupberth, mixed two birdies withthree bogeys over his finalfive holes, including one atthe last, to settle for a three-under 69.

“I’ve got a good chancetomorrow to do it,” said Singh,who has 34 career PGA Tourwins but has not been in thewinner’s circle since 2008.“Today’s round could havereally gotten away from mebut I really dug deep and really

focused hard.”With only 30 of the 70

golfers teeing off at CrookedStick Golf Club this week ableto qualify for the September20-23 Tour Championship anda shot at the $10 million bonus,there was no shortage ofplayers making big moves.

Briton Lee Westwood,who has never qualified forthe Tour Championship,helped his chances with a

four-under 68 to enterSunday’s final roundalongside world number oneMcIlroy (69), one stroke adriftof the leaders.

“I’m only one back,” saidMcIlroy, who has won two ofhis last three starts. “It wasn’tthe greatest ball striking roundthat I have ever had butsomehow managed to scrapeit around in 69 and still in witha chance.”—Reuters

Phil Mickelson of the US.

Congo close in on African Nations Cup qualificationCAPE TOWN, 10 Sept—A

second-half goal spreeensured a comfortable 4-0 winfor the Democratic Republicof Congo against EquatorialGuinea in their AfricanNations Cup qualifier onSunday and earned them analmost certain place in nextyear’s finals.

The victory in Kinshasaleft the Congolese with avirtually insurmountable lead,with Anderlecht strikerDieumerci Mbokani scoringtwice and Deo Kanda andIssama Mpeko adding theothers after a goalless firsthalf.

It was the biggest win of

the 15 final-round, first-legqualifiers played across thecontinent at the weekend, andshould send the Congolese,winners in 1968 and 1974, backto the finals after missing thelast three tournaments.

Algeria enjoyed a 1-0away win against Libya,played in neutral Casablanca,after substitute El Arbi HillelSoudani scored two minutesfrom time, giving the visitorsa massive advantage for thereturn leg. Algeria’s pressurepaid off with a cleverly workedgoal for the Portugal-basedstriker, who has now nettedfive in his seven internationalappearances.

However, the win wasmarred by a mass brawl on thepitch between the two sets ofplayers at the final whistle.

Mozambique pulled off

a surprise 2-0 home win overMorocco side to givethemselves a good chance ofmaking the finals.

The home side had beengiven little chance when thedraw was made, but goalsfrom Miro and Dominguesensured a defendable lead fornext month’s return match.

The result put furtherpressure on Morocco’sBelgian coach Eric Gerets,already feeling the ire of thelocal media and fans after adisappointing start to 2014World Cup qualification.

Zimbabwe, anotherneighbour of 2013 hostsSouth Africa, exceededexpectations by beatingAngola 3-1, while IbrahimYattara scored the only goalas Guinea struggled to beatvisiting Niger.—Reuters

Anderlecht’s Dieumerci Mbokani celebrates afterscoring against AEL Limassol during their Champions

League play-off second leg soccer match at theConstant Vanden Stock stadium in Anderlecht on 28

August, 2012. REUTERS

Sr. No. Regions/States

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 30/86 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) (100%)

2 Kayah 27/81 20/68 Scattered rain or thundershowers (100%)

3 Kayin 39/84 21/70 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

4 Chin 18/64 15/59 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

5 Upper Sagaing 28/82 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) (100%)

6 Lower Sagaing 30/86 25/73 Scattered rain or thundershowers (100%)

7 Taninthayi 30/86 23/73 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

8 Bago 28/82 23/73 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

9 Magway 29/84 23/73 Scattered rain or thundershower (100%)

10 Mandalay 31/88 25/77 Scattered rain or thundershower (100%)

11 Mon 30/86 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

12 Yangon 31/88 21/70 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

13 Rakhine 30/86 22/72 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

14 Southern Shan 22/72 18/64 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

15 Northern Shan 30/86 20/68 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

16 Eastern Shan 29/84 21/70 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

17 Ayeyawady 33/91 24/75 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 33/91 23/73 Isolated rain or thundershowers (100%)

19 Neighbouring Yangon 31/88 21/70 Some rain or thundershowers (100%)

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 31/88 25/77 Isolated rain or thundershowers (100%)

Summary of

observations at

09:30 hr MST on

today

During the past (24) hours, rain or thundershowers have been scattered in Lower Sagaing Region, Kayah an Kayin States, fairly widespread in Mandalay, Magway, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Regions, Shan, Rakhine and Mon States and widespread in the remaining Regions and States with isolated heavy falls in Upper Sagaing and Bago Regions, Chin State. The noteworthy amount of rainfall recorded were Mawlaik (4.13) inches, ZaungTu (3.55) inches, Falam (3.19) inches, Bago (2.52) inches, Maungdaw (2.29) inches and Namsam (1.77) inches.

Bay Inference Monsoon is moderate in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Sea will be moderate in Myanmar waters. Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Moderate monsoon.

Golf

African NationsCup Qualifier

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President U Thein Seinaccepts Credentials of

newly-accredited IsraeliAmbassador

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Sept—H.E. Mr. Hagay Moshe Behar,the newly-accredited Ambassador of the State of Israel tothe Republic of the Union of Myanmar, presented hiscredentials to U Thein Sein, President of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar, at Presidential Palace, here, at 10:30 amtoday.

Present on the occasion were Union Minister for ForeignAffairs U Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister at PresidentOffice U Thein Nyunt and Acting Director-General U ThaAung Nyun of the Protocol Department.—MNA

President U Thein Seinaccepts Credentials of

newly-accredited SouthAfrican Ambassador

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Sept—H.E. Ms. Robina PatriciaMarks, the newly-accreditedAmbassador of the Republicof South Africa to theRepublic of the Union ofMyanmar, presented hercredentials to U Thein Sein,President of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar, atPresidential Palace, here, at11 am today.

Present on the occasionSlight

earthquakehits outsideMyanmarNAY PYI TAW, 10 Sept—

A slight earthquake ofmagnitude 4.9 Richter Scalewith its epicenter outside ofMyanmar (near AndamanIsland, India), about 310miles southwest of Kaba-Aye seismologicalobservatory was recordedat 12 hrs 49 min 50 sec M.S.Ttoday, Department ofMeteorology andHydrology announced.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Sept—A total of 6204 CDs comprising502 uncensored foreign drama VCDs and 2351 DVDs,3245 pirate CDs on Myanmar songs and dramas and 106porn CDs were seized from townships of Nay Pyi TawCouncil Area and have been adopted verdicts at respectivecourts.

At 11 am on 7 September, uncensored and pirate CDswere destroyed on the road in the compound ofDevelopment Affairs Committee near Mingala Shankan ofPyinmana with the use of a roller under supervision of NayPyi Taw Council member U Myo Nyunt, Chairman of NayPyi Taw Media Scrutiny and Supervisory Committee UAung Khin, Secretary U Maung Maung Ngwe and officials.

Myanma Alin

Seized uncensored VCD,DVDs destroyed MADRID, 10 Sept—The chance to feature

at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil is an extramotivation for Spain’s veteran players, saidcoach Vicente del Bosque on the eve of theirfirst qualifying match in Georgia.

Spain’s haul of two EuropeanChampionship titles and one World Cuptrophy in the last four years means they haveeclipsed Brazil as the team to beat but theSouth Americans still hold a special place inthe heart of most footballers. “It’s a greatincentive to be there (Brazil),” Del Bosquetold a news conference on Monday. “I havecomplete confidence in all the players, thenew and the old. For the veterans around the30 mark I am sure it will be a motivation to

World Cup in Brazil would be extra special for Spainmake the finals.” Barcelona playmaker Xavi,32, was one of the footballers Del Bosque wasreferring to. “The World Cup is a wonderfulevent and the next one is in a country with agreat football tradition,” said Xavi.—Reuters

President U Thein Sein receives South African Ambassador to Myanmar Ms. Robina PatriciaMarks at the Presidential Palace in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

President of the Republic of the Union of MyanmarU Thein Sein and party together with Israeli

Ambassador to Myanmar Mr. Hagay Moshe Beharpose for a documentary photo.—MNA

together with President UThein Sein were UnionMinister for Foreign AffairsU Wunna Maung Lwin,Union Minister at PresidentOffice U Thein Nyunt andActing Director-General UTha Aung Nyun of theProtocol Department.

MNA

Gym goers beware,killer steroids in

supplements

People watch a giant puppet paradein Antwerp, Belgium, on 8 Sept,

2012. The city held a street paradewith about 300 giant puppets on

Saturday, trying to break theprevious Guinness World Records.

Officers and soldiers of PLA ChengduMilitary Area Command unload

quake-relief materials at an airport inthe quake-hit Zhaotong, southwest

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