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Volume XVII, Number 204 5th Waning of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Friday, 6 November, 2009

NAY PYI TAW, 5Nov—Chairman of theState Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander-in-Chief ofDefence Services SeniorGeneral Than Shwe thismorning inspecteddevelopment andconstruction projects ofPathein and Hinthada.

The Senior Generaltogether with Member ofthe SPDC General ThuraShwe Mann, Secretary-1of the SPDC GeneralThiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo, theCommander-in-Chief(Navy), senior militaryofficers of the Ministry ofDefence, the Chairman ofAyeyawady Division PDCCommander of South-West Command,ministers, the DeputyMinister for Health andofficials of the SPDCOffice looked round the

Senior General Than Shwe looks into development tasks,construction projects in Pathein, Hinthada Townships

Thanks to united strengths of government, people andTatmadaw, storm-hit regions return to normalcy within one yearGovernment makes utmost efforts for enabling storm-ravaged regions to

enjoy new conditions and new life and to stand on their own strengths

surroundings of PatheinBridge across NgawunRiver, development andneat and tidy of Pathein ina motorcade.

The Senior Generaland party then proceededto Kanyin Damconstruction project inIngapu Township ofHinthada District from

Pathein by helicopter at10.40 am and oversawconstruction work. Theywere welcomed there bythe director-general ofIrrigation Departmentunder the Ministry ofAgriculture and Irrigationand officials.

At the briefing hall,Minister for Agriculture and

Irrigation Maj-Gen HtayOo reported to the SeniorGeneral on location ofKanyin Dam constructionproject, the area of irrigatedarea, full storage capacity,facts about the project,construction of mainembankment, conduit,control tower, spillway andirrigation facilities,

arrangements forgenerating small-scalehydropower throughcanals, plans for modernland reclamation andinstallation of two 2.5-m e g a w a t t - c a p a c i t y -generators at the dam forproducing 5 megawattshydropower.

The Senior General

gave guidance on earlycompletion of the project,completion of canals inparallel with irrigationfacility, extension ofirrigated areas, preparationsfor cultivation of cotton andsunflower, completion ofhydropower projects andpractising thrift.

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Senior General Than Shwe inspects site chosen for construction of Ayeyawady Bridge (Nyaungdon).—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe meets departmental officials, members of social organizations and townselders fromHinthada District and Township.—MNA

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Friday, 6 November, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

On his tour of Ayeyawady Division to in-spect progress in reconstruction and rehabilita-tion of the storm-hit areas, Head of State SeniorGeneral Than Shwe left Pathein and arrived atLabutta on 4 November.

Regarding the establishment of 3rd MileHousing Estate in Labutta, the Senior Generalgave guidance on fulfillments for infrastructuralbuildings including roads, and supply of electricpower and potable water, systematic processes fordevelopment in the economic, education and healthsectors, growing landscaping plants, shady treesand perennial crop trees, and completion of ongo-ing construction projects ahead of the rainy sea-son.

In an attempt to boost per capita income,local people have to regenerate the damaged farm-lands with human capacities in order to exploitland sources most effectively. In addition, singlemonsoon paddy pattern in a year is to be replacedwith multiple cropping patterns. For instance, theharvest of paddy should be followed by cultivationof suitable crops for an increase in family income.

If local people earn higher per capita in-comes resulting from their hard work, that willhelp improve the State economic growth. Mostpossibly, an agricultural country can be a develop-ing one. So, all are duty-bound to participate in theprocess of transforming the nation into an indus-trialized one for the motherland to become a devel-oped one. It is therefore required to exert innova-tive approaches for industrial development to charta prosperous future of the posterity.

The government is trying to improve infra-structures especially economic and transport onesin Ayeyawady Division. Since the unprecedentedstorm last year, the government has been buildingnew roads for the Road Network DevelopmentProject. In response, local people have to harmoni-ously throw themselves to the projects for regionaldevelopment with a sense of duty.

Industrial development guaranteesprosperous future of posterity

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Nov—Chairman of RakhineState Peace and Development Council Commander ofWestern Command Maj-Gen Thaung Aye and Minis-ter for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe met with localpeople from Gananpyin, Thalumaw, Taungchay,Taungtaphet, Laungchaung and Kanbwe villages atThalumaw village, Gananpyin village tract in Antownship on 28 October and presented clothing, forthe village, exercise books and stationery for schooland publications for the rural library.

Next, the commander and the minister inspected

Commander and Minister supervise regional development tasks

cultivation of monsoon paddy and thriving wintercrops in Nyaungchaung village.

Afterwards, they met with local people inNyaungchaung village tract and presented clothing,for the village, exercise books and stationery forschool and publications for the rural library.

Upon arrival at Tattaung Basic Education HighSchool, they looked into progress in constructing thenew school building, the entrance road to TattaungHospital and Tattaung-Shu-Tamandu road.

MNA

U Nyan Thinn gives talks on classifying gems through digital system.—NLM

Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe meeting with local people in Thalumaw Village of AnTownship.—MNA

U Ba Kyaw, Daw Thida and family of KhaingThazin Tea Trading donate quality dry teaworth K 100,000 to Myanmar Writers andJournalists Association for respect payingceremony to mark Sarsodaw Day through

Patron Wakhema Soe Myint Aung, TownshipChairman reporter Than Swe (Pabedan) andSecretary St John’s San Maung of Pabedan

Township Writers and Journalists Associationin Yangon on 5 November.—NLM

Talks onclassifying gemsthrough digital

system heldYANGON, 5 Nov— A

talk on inspecting and clas-sifying standards of ruby,sapphire and jade throughdigital system, organizedby Myanmar Gems Entre-preneurs Association, washeld at Central Hotel, here,on 17 October afternoon.

Vice-Chairperson DawS Khaung Nan of theassociation extended greet-ings. Saya U Tin KyawThan of Gemmological

Science Center introducedSayagyi U Nyan Thinn tothose present. Next,Sayagyi U Nyan Thinngave talks on facts to in-

spect and classify standardsof ruby, sapphire and jadethrough digital system.

Honorary AdviserManaging Director U

Thein Swe presented giftsto Sayagyi U Nyan Thinn.Later, those present wereserved with refreshments.

NLM

Tennis course concluding ceremonyof HED (lower Myanmar) held

YANGON, 5 Nov—The ceremony to concludetennis course for Inter-University/College of HigherEducation Department (lower Myanmar) under thesupervision of Sports and Education Leading Com-mittee was held in conjunction with prize presenta-tion ceremony on 3 November.

Chairman of Tennis Committee of University ofDistance Education (Yangon) of HED (lowerMyanmar) pro-rector Dr Daw Khin Aye Aye madeconcluding remarks. She later presented certificatesto the trainees.

Next, the officials presented first, second andthird prizes to the winners.—MNA

Driving plane machinescourse opened

YANGON, 5 Nov—The opening ceremony forusing plane machines course was held at Basic WoodTechnological Department in Myanmar Forest Prod-ucts and Timber Merchants Association, here, on 2November.

General-Secretary of the MFPTMA U Nay HtunMin delivered an address.

It was attended by Managing Director of theMFPTMA U Win Htun and general managers, CECmembers, supervisory committee members, officialsand trainees.—MNA

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Chinese cooks make the last preparations for a demonstration by Spanishchef Albert Adria in Beijing in October 2009. Chinese cuisine, famous fordumplings steamed in bamboo baskets and Peking duck slow-cooked over

wood from fruit trees, seems a far cry from the high-tech equipment used inso-called molecular cuisine.—INTERNET

Three killed in Iraq’sviolence

10 homes damaged in blast atnearby Utah refinery

Trina McConkie,left, consolesLinda Woodwhose home

suffered the mostdamage in the

neighbourhooddue to the explo-sion at the SilverEagle Refinery in

Woods Cross,Utah on 4 Nov,2009. Six homesare being evacu-ated due to the

explosion.INTERNET

Tropical StormIda batters

Nicaraguan islandMANAGUA,5 Nov—

Tropical Storm Ida up-rooted trees, knockeddown power lines andforced the evacuation of300 people on Nicaragua’sCorn Island after formingon Wednesday and quicklygaining strength in thesouthwestern Caribbean.

The storm was threat-ening to become a hurri-cane before making land-fall in Nicaragua on earlyThursday morning.

Heavy rains and windsalready pounded the popu-lar resort of Corn Island,knocking down trees, elec-trical lines and telephonepoles. Much of the islandhad lost and phone service,said Lt Col Reinaldo Car-rion, the civil defense chiefin Bluefields, the city near-est to the island.—Internet

US spends most, but healthquality lags

File photo shows a man lies on a hospital bed as he waits for

Doctors to run tests inside the emergency room at Ben Taub

General Hospital in Houston, Texas.—INTERNET

SALT LAKE CITY, 5 Nov— An explosion at a Utahoil refinery — the secondthis year — smashed win-dows, bent garage doorsand peeled sidingWednesday from 10nearby houses, officialssaid. Federal investigatorsexpressed alarm over theextent of damages causedby a refinery that has hada history of trouble datingto 2003.

The US ChemicalSafety Board was still in-vestigating a January firethat burned for 11 hourswhen it dispatched a teamto look at on Wednesday’sblast at Silver Eagle Refin-ery in Woods Cross, whichis five miles north of SaltLake City.In all, 10 homes

were damaged, said DavidMcSwain, president of Sil-ver Eagle, a company thatoperates its only oil refin-ery in Woods Cross.

Internet

Five British soldiers killed, six injured in AfghanistanKABUL, 5 Nov—Five British soldiers were killed and six others sustained inju-

ries in Afghanistan’s southern restive region, a press release of the NATO-ledInternational Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Wednesday.

“Four UK soldiers were killed, another one died of his wounds, and a further sixwere injured while conducting operations in Southern Afghanistan on Tuesday,” thepress release added. Two Afghan National Police officers were also wounded, it furthersaid. However, it did not give more details on the exact place of the incident. Butit added that a joint ISAF and Afghan Ministry of Interior team is investigatingthe incident due to allegations the British soldiers may have been fired upon byAfghan security forces.—Xinhua

BAGHDAD, 5 Nov—Three people were killed,including a senior policeofficer and his wife, andnine others wounded inbomb and gunfire attacksnear Baghdad and thevolatile province ofDiyala on Wednesday,police said.

A roadside bomb deto-nated near the car of Colo-nel Shalal al-Zoubaie, adeputy police chief of AbuGhraib area west of Bagh-dad, killing him and hiswife, a local police sourcetold Xinhua on conditionof anonymity.

In separate incident, abooby-trapped car wentoff at a main road near thetown of al-Mahmoudiyah,some 30 km south ofBaghdad, wounding fourpeople, the source said.

In Diyala, an anony-mous provincial policesource told Xinhua that acivilian was shot dead andtwo others, including awoman, were woundedwhen unknown gunmenshowered them with bulletsin a village located some 35km east of the provincialcapital of Baquba.

Iraqi security forcesimmediately cordoned offthe scene and searched thearea, arresting four sus-pects for interrogation, thesource said

Xinhua

CHICAGO, 5 Nov — Americansare more likely than people in 10other countries to have trouble get-ting medical treatment because ofinsurance restrictions or cost, aninternational survey of primary caredoctors released on Wednesdayfound.

While the United States spendsmore than twice as much as otherdeveloped countries on healthcare,it lags well behind in key measuresof quality, the annual survey found.“Our weak primary care systemputs patients at risk and results inpoor health outcomes and highercosts,” said Karen Davis, presidentof the Commonwealth Fund, a pri-

vate health policy group that spon-sored the survey.

“The survey provides yet an-other reminder of the urgent needfor reform that makes acceptable,high-quality care a national prior-ity,” Davis told a news briefing.

Other countries have solvedproblems the United States is stillstruggling to conquer, she said.

The survey of more than10,000 primary care doctors in 11developed countries — Australia,Canada, France, Germany, Italy,the Netherlands, New Zealand,Norway, Sweden and the UnitedKingdom — found problems in allof them.—Internet

Suspected USmissile strikekills two inPakistan

Miranshah (Paki-stan), 5 Nov—A sus-pected US drone aircraftfired two missiles onThursday into NorthWaziristan; a major al-Qaeda and Taleban sanc-tuary in northwest Paki-stan killing two people,Pakistani intellingenceofficials said.

The United States haslanuched 44 such strikeson suspected militants inPakistan this year com-pared with 32 last year.Pakistani forces lunchedan offensive against mili-tants in the neighbouringSouth Waziristan regionon the Afghan border inmid-October.

MNA/Reuters

DPRK Media blast US for findingfault with human rights

PYONGYANG. 5Nov—An attempt by theUnited States and other“hostile forces ” to sub-mit the human rights is-sue of the DemocraticPeople’s Republic ofKorea (DPRK) to theUnited Nations General

Assembly was an“unsavory plot”, the of-ficial KCNA newsWednesday.

The US and othercountries involved havebeen shown to be po-l iticizing the humanrights issue and apply-

ing double standards inhandling them, theKCNA said. The DPRKwill not cave in to their“human rights offen-sive”, it said. The offi-cial Minju Joson dailyalso carried a similar ar-ticle against the UScriticism.

It was reported thatthe United States, Japan,South Korea and the Eu-ropean Union have sub-mitted an act onDPRK’s human rights tothe UN General Assem-bly for discussion.

MIN/Xinhua

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A farmer stands near a rice field during the harvest in a farm near Vigevano,northern Italy. Rice cultivation in the region dates back to the days of

Leonardo Da Vinci and owes its beginnings to the efforts of the Renaissancegenius. Italy is the first Euopean rice producer.—INTERNET

Guests stand in line to checking in at the Hyatt Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on4 November, 2009. Hyatt plans to sell 38 million shares of stock for between

$23 and $26 each under the ticker “H” on the New York Stock Exchange. Thefull proceeds of the $931 million IPO will go to the Pritzker family, which

controls the company.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 5 Nov—Chi-nese Vice Premier LiKeqiang, during a recentvisit to Australia, NewZealand and Papua NewGuinea, reached compre-hensive agreements withthe three countries’ lead-ers on further enhancingbilateral economic andtrade relations, Vice Com-merce Minister Yi Xiao-zhun said on Thursday.

A Toyota electric car at an auto show in Detroit, Michigan. Themanufacturer said on Thursday it had returned to profit in the three months

to September and upgraded its outlook for the rest of the year thanks todemand for fuel-efficient cars.—INTERNET

TOKYO, 5 Nov—Toyota Motor, the world’slargest automaker, an-nounced on Thursday asurprise return to profitand upgraded its outlookfor the rest of the yearhelped by demand forfuel-efficient cars.

Toyota posted a netprofit of 21.8 billion yen(240 million dollars) forthe fiscal second quarterto September, sharplylower than a year earlierbut much better than thefirst quarter’s 77.8-bil-lion-yen loss.

BERLIN, 5 Nov—General Motors said on Wednes-day it wanted to cut around 10,000 jobs at its Euro-pean division Opel a day after the US car makerstunned the auto sector by scrapping plans to sell theGerman-based unit.

GM wants to slash costs by 30 percent at Opel,which would mean the elimination of about 10,000jobs from a workforce of 55,000, GM vice presidentJohn Smith told European journalists during a tel-ephone news conference.

General Motors said on Tuesday it was abandon-ing a project to sell Opel to Canadian auto parts manu-facturer Magna International and state-owned Rus-sian bank Sberbank, saying it would implement itsown restructuring at the unit.—Internet

SAN FRANCISCO, 5 Nov—Microsoft Corp onWednesday said it is cutting 800 more jobs in addi-tion to the initial target of 5,000 layoffs the companyannounced in January.

With the new announcement, the total number ofthe broad cutbacks, the first major layoffs in the com-pany’s history, will be 5,800, Lou Gellos, a Microsoftspokesman, was quoted by The Seattle Times as say-ing.

According to a report on the newspaper’s website,Gellos didn’t rule out additional cuts ahead as theworld’s largest software company continually adjustsits business.

Xinhua

SINGAPORE, 5 Nov—Asian stocks marketsdropped on Thursday asthe US Federal Reservefailed to reassure inves-tors that a lasting recov-ery in the global economywas taking hold.

The US central bank de-cided on Wednesday tokeep a key interest rate at arecord low and said cheapcredit would continue for an“extended period” as theworld’s largest economystruggles to regain its foot-ing after its worst downturnin decades. For many inves-tors, the news raised doubtsabout whether the turn-around under way in manyeconomies was strongenough to extend a pow-erful eight-month rally inglobal markets. A keyUS unemployment re-port due on Friday,which could yield cluesabout the ailing US con-sumer and demand forAsian exports, also kepttraders on edge.

Internet

BRUSSELS, 5 Nov— In-dustrial producer prices inthe euro zone fell 0.4 per-cent in September fromthe previous month, theEuropean Union (EU)’sstatistics bureau Eurostatsaid on Wednesday.

Compared with Sep-tember 2008, industrial pro-ducer prices in the16-nationbloc that uses the euro

Toyota Motor posts Q2 profit, upgrades outlookOperating profit

dropped 65.8 percentyear-on-year to 58.0 bil-lion yen as revenue fell24.4 percent to 4.23 tril-lion yen, a company state-ment said.

Toyota’s vehicle salesdeclined in each region,but the company madeprogress in cutting costs,said vice presidentYoichiro Ichimaru.

“In addition, demand-stimulating measures bygovernments worldwidehave contributed to ourrevised targets for the full

fiscal year,” he added.“However, the outlook forglobal vehicle demandstill remains uncertain.”

The maker of the Priushybrid narrowed its an-nual net loss forecast to200 billion yen from 450billion and its operatingloss projection to 350 bil-lion yen from 750 billion.

Toyota joins Hondaand Nissan in upgradingits outlook, adding tohopes that automakers arethrough the worst of theindustry crisis.

Internet

China seeks to boost economic, trade ties withAustralia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea

Li’s official visit to thethree countries from 29Oct to 5 Nov has greatlypushed forward bilateraleconomic and trade coop-eration with the threesides, Yi said in an articlepublished on Thursday onthe People’s Daily news-paper.

During the visit, Lidiscussed with the leadersof the three countriesmeans of enhancing bilat-eral cooperation, fightingthe current global finan-

cial crisis, rejecting tradeand investment protec-tionism, and maintaininghealthy and stable devel-opment of economic andtrade ties against the back-drop of the global reces-sion, said Yi.

The visit is of far-reaching significance as ithas ushered in a newphrase of bilateral eco-nomic and trade coopera-tion with the three coun-tries, he added.

Xinhua

Asia stocksdrop amideconomic

recovery doubts

Eurozone industrial producer prices fall in Septemberdropped by 7.7 percent.

In September, com-pared with the previousmonth, prices in total in-dustry, excluding the en-ergy sector, remained sta-ble in both the euro areaand the whole EU region,while prices in the energysector fell 1.9 percent and2.6 percent respectively.

Prices in intermediate

goods increased 0.2 per-cent and while the pricesof durable consumergoods and non-durableconsumer goods de-creased 0.1 percent.

In the 27-nation EU,industrial producer pricesdropped 0.7 percentmonth on month in Sep-tember and fell 7.3 percentyear on year.—Xinhua

GM plans 10,000 job cuts at Opel

Microsoft sheds 800more jobs

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Iran, Syria favour regionalstability, peace

TEHERAN, 5 Nov—Iran’s Foreign MinisterManouchehr Mottaki saidon Wednesday that Iranand Syria favour regionalstability and peace and re-spect national sovereigntyof the neighbouring states,the official IRNA newsagency reported.

Mottaki made the re-marks in a joint press con-ference with his visiting

Syrian counterpart WalidMuallem.

“We share commonstance with Syria on es-tablishment of stability inthe region and respect fornational sovereignty ofthe neighbouring states,”Mottaki was quoted assaying.

On Lebanon, Mottakisaid that sincere coopera-tion among all Lebanese

political parties wouldhelp bring prosperity forthe great Lebanese nation,the report said.

Asked about reportsover the seizure of an Ira-nian cargo ship off thecoast of Israel, the Syrianforeign minister said that“such a thing is not cor-rect and the ship wasmoving from Syria to Iranand was not carrying anyweapons nor the equip-ment to construct weap-ons,” according to IRNA.

Syria is Iran’s closestally in the region and thetwo countries enjoy com-mon cultural, political andeconomic interests. Syriaand Iran take Israel astheir foe and supportLebanese Shiite armedgroup Hezbollah and Pal-estinian Islamic Hamasmovement in their strug-gle against Israel.

Xinhua

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) meetswith Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem (L) inTeheran, capital of Iran, on 4 Nov, 2009. —XINHUA Six school

children drownas boat capsizes

in S IndiaNEW DELHI, 5 Nov—

At least six school chil-dren have drowned andmore than two dozenwent missing when a boatthey were riding capsizedthe in Aricode area ofMalapurram district inKerala, southern India,said police.

Police and localswere looking for themissing children in anintensive search opera-tion launched by thelocal magistrate officials,said a senior policeofficer over phone.

He said only a fewschool children managedto swim to survival whilemost of some 30 werefeared dead.

Xinhua

Egypt, Uganda in freshtalks over use ofRiver Nile water

KAMPALA, 5 Nov—Egypt and Uganda are in new talksabout the use of the River Nile water after previous ne-gotiations with riparian countries failed to reach a com-promise, a top Egyptian government official on a visithere said on Wednesday.

Mona Omar, the assistant Minister of Foreign Affairsfor African Affairs, told reporters that a delegation ofEgyptian experts were sent to Uganda about a weekago with new proposals for a compromise clause intothe proposed Nile Water Basin Cooperative Frameworkagreement.

She did not however reveal what the proposals arebut said the Egyptian team had already met its Ugan-dan counterpart.

“We think that the only way for us the riparian coun-tries is just cooperation, if we don’t cooperate then theagreement will be useless,” she said.

“We agreed on about 98 percent of the agreement,it is only two or three points that we did not agreeon,” she added. Tension has been brewing betweenEgypt, Sudan and other Nile basin countries includ-ing Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Kenya, theDemocratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, and Ethio-pia over the content of colonial agreements thatfavored Egypt and Sudan over exploitation of theNile.—Xinhua

Ukraine vows to pay forRussian natural gas on time

KIEV, 5 Nov—Ukrainian state energy companyNaftogaz will pay for Russian gas on time, EnergyMinister Yuri Prodan said on Wednesday.

Russia recently warned of new gas crisis withUkraine and urged the European Union (EU) to lendKiev money.

“Of course we will be paying on time. At the mo-ment Naftogaz is putting together the resources to payup for gas by the deadlines foreseen in the contract,”Prodan told a news conference.

He said the October bill, which must be settled by 7Nov, amounted to 460 million US dollars and thatNaftogaz had various financial resources including “itsdomestic activities and also domestic bonds” that couldbe sold to the central bank.

Six days ago, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putinaccused Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenkoof blocking the transfer of funds to pay for Russiangas.

Xinhua

Typhoon Mirinae killsat least 99 in Vietnam

HANOI, 5 Nov—At least 99 people were killed astyphoon Mirinae slammed Vietnam, according to areport of the government’s website on Thursday.

The people’s committee of central province Phu Yen,the hardest-hit province by typhoon Mirinae, saidfloods and strong winds have claimed at least 69 livesin this single province.

The provincial people’s committee of Binh Dinh saidthat there have been so far 13 deaths and three othermissing in the typhoon, making the province the sec-ond worst-hit. The third hardest-hit central provinceby the typhoon is Khanh Hoa with 12 deaths and onemissing, said the provincial people’s committee.

Central highland Gia Lai reported four deaths andcentral Ninh Thuan province reported one death.

Xinhua

Chinese artist Tian Fengyin (R) introduces her works to French FinanceMinister Christine Lagarde at the opening ceremony of an exhibition of

Tian’s works in Paris, capital of France, on 3 Nov, 2009.—XINHUA

A buyer chooses food during the 106th ChinaExport and Import Trade Fair, or Canton Fair, inGuangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province,

on 2 Nov, 2009.—XINHUA

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

File photo shows a Malaysian Department ofWildlife and National Parks inspector looking atseized coloured-processed python skins at their

headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. —XINHUA

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NEWS ALBUMThe first commercial space hotel is

expected to open in 2012, according toa plan of the Galactic Suite Space Re-sort company as quoted by media re-ports.

If the hotel opens, the Barcelona,Spain-based architects of Galactic Suitesay it will cost about 4.4 million USdollars for a three-night stay at the ho-tel.

Galactic Suite plans to transport itstravelers to space via Russian rocketsfrom a spaceport to be built on a Carib-bean island. The trip to the hotel willtake one day and a half and guests willundergo an eight-week training coursein the Caribbean prior to launch.

The hotel is expected to be con-structed of connecting pods around acentral hub. Each pod will be able to

A morning commute seems like agood time to embark on an ambitioustrain of thought.

At least, that was the idea from theHebrew University of Jerusalem, whichput a professor on a train on Wednes-day to lecture commuters.

Passengers on the 9:00 am train fromthe suburban community of Modiin toTel Aviv put away their morning tabloidsand iPods to listen to a talk from Pro-fessor Hanoch Gutfreund on “Einstein’slove letters.”

The lecture was the first of the uni-versity’s “scientists on the rails” pro-gramme — an attempt to broaden theappeal of higher education and bringacademia to the people.

Space hotel to open in 2012 at $4.4 mln 3-night rate

An artist’s rendition of the “GalacticSuite”, the first hotel planned in

space, which is expected to open forbusiness in 2012 and would allow

guests to travel around the world in80 minutes.

hold four guests and two astronaut-pi-lots.

During guests’ stay, they would seethe sun rise 15 times a day and travelaround the world about every 80 min-utes. They would wear velcro suits sothey can crawl around their pod roomsby sticking themselves to the walls likeSpiderman.

Galactic Suite Ltd’s CEO XavierClaramunt, a former aerospace engineer,said the project will put his company atthe forefront of an infant industry witha huge future ahead of it, and forecastspace travel will become common in thefuture.

Israeli university putsprofessors on trains

Professor Hanoch Gutfreund fromthe Hebrew University of Jerusalemlectures commuters on a morning

train from the suburban communityof Modiin to Tel Aviv on “Einstein’s

love letters.

An 88-year-old woman in ColoradoSprings who walks laps around a nursinghome in memory of her deceasedhusband has hit a major milestone:10,000 miles.

Martha Michel walks laps dailyaround the lake at Namaste AlzheimerCenter.

Michel started walking the lake withher husband, Lester, who was a patientat the center. After Lester Michel’sdeath in 1998, Martha Michel kept upthe walking in his memory.

Woman, 88, walks 10,000miles in husband’s

memory

Ceyun Bainco feeds a young Tibetanantelope at Sonam Daje Natural

Protection Station in Hol Xil Natu-ral Reserve in Northwest China’s

Qinghai Province, on 23 Oct, 2009.

Tweeters are being invited to submitquestions for the spirits of departedcelebrities including Michael Jacksonand William Shakespeare as part of theworld’s first Twitter seance.

A psychic medium will then try tocontact the stars — who were chosenalong with actor River Phoenix andNirvana’s Kurt Cobain fromnominations sent in by the public — atthe London-based seance on Friday, theday before Halloween. Other prominentdead figures nominated by tweeters keento pose questions during the “tweance”included John Lennon, Marilyn Monroe,Abraham Lincoln and Houdini.

Tweeters ask: is thereanybody (famous) there?

Iranian medics treat a man injured during Wednes-day’s earthquake at the port city of Bandar Abbas850 miles (1,367 kilometres) south of the capitalTeheran, Iran, on 4 Nov, 2009. Iran’s state news

agency says an earthquake has injured at least 700people in the country’s south. IRNA reported on

Wednesday that 100 of the injured had been hospi-talized while the rest were minor cases.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 5 Nov—More than one-third ofAmericans ages 17-24 are unqualified for militaryservice because of physical and medical issues, USmilitary officials said.

Curt Gilroy, the Pentagon’s director of accessions,said the United States has “an obesity crisis.”

“There’s no question about it,” Gilroy told the NavyTimes. “Kids are just not able to do push-ups, and theycan’t do pull-ups. And they can’t run.”

The Pentagon figures — 35 percent of the roughly31.2 million Americans ages 17-24 are ineligible formilitary service — are drawn from data from theCenters for Disease Control. In a study scheduled tobe released on Thursday in Washington, US Secretaryof Education Arne Duncan and a group of retired mili-tary officers say young Americans’ lack of overall fit-ness for military duty is a national security threat, theNavy Times reported.

The report, drawing on Pentagon data, says almostthree out of four 17- to 24-year-olds are ineligible forservice for a variety of reasons including:

— 35 percent ineligible for medical/physical prob-lems.

— 18 percent ineligible for illegal drug use.— 9 percent ineligible for mental problems.— 6 percent have too many dependents.— 5 percent have a criminal record.—Internet

TEHERAN, 5 Nov—An earthquake struck a key portcity in southern Iran early on Wednesday, injuring atleast 700 people and cutting power and telephonelines, the state news agency reported.

IRNA said 100 of the injured had been hospital-ized while the rest were minor cases.

The 4.9-magnitude quake struck Bandar Abbas at2:56 am local time, sending residents streaming intothe streets.

Bandar Abbas is home to a large oil refinery thatprimarily serves the domestic market.

The broadcast said there were no reports of deathsin the quake, which hit 850 miles (1,367 kilometres)south of the capital.

Iran is located on seismic fault lines and is proneto earthquakes.

It experiences at least one slight earthquake eve-ryday on average.

Some 26,000 people were killed by a 6.6-magni-tude quake that flattened the historic southeastern cityof Bam in the same region in 2003.

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KABUL, 5 Nov—The United Nations said on Thurs-day that it is temporarily relocating more than half itsstaff in Afghanistan following last week’s deadlyTaleban attack against UN workers — the most directtargeting of its employees during decades of work inthe country.

The UN mission is still reeling from the pre-dawnassault on a guesthouse in the capital that left five UNstaffers dead.

Though the UN insists it remains committed to Af-ghanistan, its actions show how much security hasdegraded in the country and raise questions about thefuture of its work if attacks continue.

The relocations follow a UN decision on Mondayto suspend much of its work in the volatile northwestof neighbouring Pakistan because of increasingly tar-geted attacks.—Internet

RIYADH, 5 Nov—A clash between Saudi forces andYemeni rebels left one Saudi and one rebel dead, thetwo sides said on Wednesday, as Yemen’s five-year-old insurgency spilled over the frontier for the firsttime.

Riyadh said that one border guard was killed and11 others wounded when armed infiltrators attackedthem inside Saudi territory in the mountainous borderregion of Jabal al-Dukhan, the official SPA newsagency said.

The attack took place just over the frontier froman area where Yemeni forces have been fighting ZaidiShiite rebels for weeks.

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One-third of US youthunfit for military

Quake injures 700in southern Iran

UN relocating about 600 staffafter Afghan attack

Saudi soldier killed inYemen border fighting

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NAY PYI TAW, 5Nov—Minister for Agri-culture and IrrigationMaj-Gen Htay Oo metManaging Director U Pyi

A & I Minister meets guestsSoe of Golden Momen-tum Production Co Ltdand Mr Tan Pi Sin fromMalaysia at 1 pm, andChairman Mr Mizuno

Hisashi from JissenKankyo Ken Kyujyo Incin Japan at 1.50 pm at hisoffice here.

MNANAY PYI TAW, 5

Nov—On behalf of thegovernment of the Unionof Myanmar, a Myanmardelegation led by DeputyMinister for Religious Af-fairs Brig-Gen Thura AungKo left Yangon Interna-tional Airport by air andarrived in Gaya of India on26 October to attend the2nd Maha Kathina robeoffering ceremony ofMajjhima region at BodhGaya Myanmar Monasteryin Gaya of India.

Accompanied byMyanmar Ambassador UKyi Thein, the Myanmardelegation donated robesand offertories to BodhGaya Myanmar monas-tery, Maha BawdiDhamma Yeiktha, MahaAungmye Monastery,Kanbawza Monastery andStudent Monks’ Monas-tery in Gaya and Myanmarmonastery in Rajgarh andsupplicated on religious af-fairs.

On 29 October, thedeputy minister and partyattended the 2nd Maha

Deputy Religious Minister carriesout religious tasks in India

Kathina robe offering cer-emony of Majjhima regionat Bodh Gaya MyanmarMonastery in Gaya. Alsopresent on the occasionwere 27 representativemembers of the Sanghafrom 22 monasteries.Chairman of ParadesiSangha Nayaka Commit-tee Ovadacariya of BudhGaya Sasana Nuggaha As-sociation Bodh GayaMyanmar monastery pre-siding Sayadaw AggaMaha SaddhammaJotikadhaja BhaddantaÑaninda administered theFive Precepts. The deputyminister and the Myanmarambassador offered eightrequisites and provisionsto the Sayadaw. Membersof the delegation also do-nated alms to members ofthe Sangha. The deputyminister supplicated on re-ligious affairs. TheSayadaw delivered a ser-mon, followed by sharingof merits.

On the occasion,603,000 rupees was do-nated to 22 Myanmar mon-

asteries and abbots and stu-dent monks and nuns inIndia through SayadawBhaddanta Ñaninda.

Next, a total of 28Padethabins worth K 14.65million donated bywellwishers were sharedto members of the Sangha.

Afterwards, theMyanmar delegation vis-ited the sacred places ofLord Buddha in Biha Stateand Baranasi.

On 30 October, theyvisited Dhammagiri medi-tation centre establishednear Mumbai by SayagyiU Goenka.

On 1 November,they attended the stakedriving ceremony and cor-nerstone laying ceremonyfor Dhammasala monas-tery near World VipassanaPagoda in Mumbai. Next,the deputy minister and theambassador formallyopened the BuddhologicalMuseum in the compoundof the pagoda.

On 2 November, thedelegation arrived atYangon by air.—MNA

YANGON, 4 Nov—The 21st Myanmar Ortho-paedic Conference ofMyanmar Medical Asso-ciation was opened at thehall of MMA in MingalaTaungnyunt Township thismorning.

Medical Superin-tendent Dr Nu Nu Tha ofYangon General Hospitalread the opening address of

21st Myanmar OrthopaedicConference commences

the Minister for Health.Chairman of MMA Pro-fessor Dr Kyaw MyintNaing made a speech.

Prof Dr KyawMyint Naing and Chairmanof Orthopaedics SocietyBrig-Gen Tun Tun formallyopened the conference.

Altogether 150 or-thopaedic surgeons are at-tending the conference. A

total of 10 papers fromabroad and 21 at home willbe submitted to the confer-ence. The medical seminarsand the training courses willbe conducted.

The conferencewhere pharmaceutical com-panies open 30 medicinesand pharmaceutical equip-ment booths will last up to7 November.—MNA

YANGON, 5 Nov— Organized byYangon City Development Committee, theYangon Mayor's Cup Tennis Tournament2009 with the sponsorship of MyanmarTennis Federation, will take place atTheinbyu Tennis court, here, from 14 to 20November.

The events in the tourney are team-wise event, open men’s event (singles),open men's event (doubles), open women'sevent and, U-10, U-12 and U-14 men's andwomen’s event (singles).

In team-wise event, every team canform with six to seven players includingone player aged over 45-year state and

Yangon Mayor’s Cup Tennis Tournament2009 on 14-20 Nov

Workshop on ensuring high pass rate ofmatriculation examination in Mon State

YANGON, 4 Nov—A briefing on theworkshop on ensuring high pass rate ofmatriculation examination in Mon Statetook place at No. 6 basic Education HighSchool, Mawlamyine on 24 October. Atthe briefing, Mon State Education OfficerU Min Tun Tin explained dos and dont’s

division level, one over 50-year selectedplayer or one state and division level playerand over 60-year selected players.

The players for U-10 Junior tennisevents must be ones who was born on 1,August, 1999; for U-12, born on 1, August,1997 and for U-14, born on 1, August,1995.

Those wishing to participate in thetourney need to enroll before 13 Novemberat noon at the MTF. A leader from eachteam is to be present at MTF’s office todraw match fixtures at 1 pm on 13 No-vember.

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and rules and regulationns to be followedby teachers and supervisors and funda-mental rules to be followed by students.

Then the state education officerand officials answered the queries raisedby the teachers attending the briefing.

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Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo receives Managing Director U Pyi Soe ofGolden Momentum Production Co Ltd and Mr Tan Pi Sin

from Malaysia.—MNA

Prof DrKyawMyintNaing

and Brig-Gen TunTun open

21stMyanmar

Ortho-paedic

Confer-ence ofMMA.

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Mon State Education Officer U Min Tun Tin explaining at workshop onensuring high pass rate of matriculation exam.—MNA

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(from page 1)Construction-9 the

Irrigation Departmentunder the Ministry ofAgriculture and Irrigationis implementing KanyinDam construction projecton Kanyin Creek in IngapuTownship, AyeyawadyDivision.

The dam is of earthtype with 3,750 feet longmain embankment and2,850 feet long saddledyke. The height of theembankment is 194 feet.

The dam cangenerate 5 megawatts andarrangements are beingmade for installation ofsmall-scale turbines at thecanals to generateelectricity.

Upon completion,the project can irrigate25,000 acres of farmlands.The project is scheduled tobe completed in 2010-2011and thirty-one per cent ofthe whole project has beencompleted so far.

Next, the SeniorGeneral inspectedconstruction work fromobservation tower. TheSenior General and partythen proceeded to Hinthada

Thanks tounitedstrengths…

At the meeting,Commander Maj-GenKyaw Swe reported to theSenior General on damageand loss of townships inAyeyawady Divisionwhere storm Nargis wipedout in May 2008, sayingthat the National DisasterPreparedness CentralCommittee had designatedthe seven townships ofAyeyawady Division ascatastrophic region as thetownships were severelyhit by the storm andperformed rehabilitationand reconstruction tasks;that the NDPCC putemphasis on rescue,

and looked round thedevelopment of the townin a motorcade.

The Senior Generalmet with departmentalpersonnel, members ofsocial organizations,townselders fromtownships in HinthadaDistrict at Mya Nadi Hallof the IrrigationDepartment in Hinthada.

provision and medical careto ensure that survivors aresafe and sound in accordwith the guidance of theHead of State; that in doingso, ministers were assignedthe duties for rehabilitationand reconstruction inseven townships whichsuffered most from thestorm; that the Head ofState himself had closely

supervised therehabilitation andreconstruction tasks andgave guidance three times,and region-in-chargeministers in collaborationwith the Tatmadaw,members of MyanmarPolice Force, departmentsand wellwishers hadcarried out relief,resettlement andrehabilitation tasks inaccord with the guidanceof the Head of State; thatthey managed to restoreformer economic status byregenerating agriculture,fishery and salt productionindustries that are the

mainstay of the region in ashort period; thatconstruction of life savinghillocks, cyclone sheltersand ten road networks thatcan also be used as lifesaving hillocks hadcontributed greatly totransport of the region; thatsocio-economic status hadalso improved along withconstruction of new homes

for storm victims, andreconstruction ofeducational, health andreligious buildings; thatAyeyawady populacewould always thank for

benevolence, goodwill andfarsighted guidance andfulfillments of the Head ofState and the Commanderexpressed gratitude tomembers of socialorganizations, wellwishersand companies.

In his guidance, theSenior General said thatthe cyclonic storm that hitthe beach area and lowerpart of AyeyawadyDivision had strongdestruction power. Hecontinued to say that incarrying out relief and

rehabilitation of stormvictims with might andmain, the government, thepeople and the Tatmadawjoined hands inundertaking the rescue,urgent settlement andprevention againstinfectious diseases for thestorm survivors at first. Headded that the emergencycamps were opened, and

special medical teams andmobile floating hospitalswere sent to the storm-ravaged regions forproviding health careservices to the victims.

step relief measures.Arrangements were madefor reconstruction ofdestroyed schools,hospitals and clinics assoon as possible, he noted.Moreover, the SeniorGeneral recounted that thedamaged villages wererebuilt as new ones in safeplaces.

The Senior General

Thanks to concertedefforts of health staff andmedical personnel of theentire nation, preventivemeasures were effectivelytaken against spread ofinfectious diseases andloss of lives, he said.

The Senior Generalsaid that as the conditionof storm-affected regionswent down to the zerolevel due to the loss anddamage, the householdsand businesses of the localpeople were rehabilitatedafter undertaking the first-

said that in so doing, theentire people of the nationcooperated with thegovernment in carryingout the heavy task as anational duty. He noted

that thanks to the unitedstrengths of thegovernment, the peopleand the Tatmadaw, thestorm-hit regions returnedto normalcy within oneyear. Upholding theconcept that the collapseof the earthen bricks willbe substituted with stonebricks, the rehabilitationtasks could be undertakensuccessfully, he added.

As a result of carryingout rehabilitation taskssystematically, the localpeople can enjoy the tasteof new improvedcondition, he pointed out.He continued to say thatcyclone shelters, lifesaving hillocks and roadsare under construction inthe regions as part ofefforts to prevent thedangers of possiblestorms, and these taskswill be complete soon.

The Senior Generalexplained that in additionto existing roads of theregion, vigorous effortsare being made inconstructing 10 new roadsof Ayeyawady DivisionRoad Network Deve-lopment Project andnecessary large and smallbridges.

With regard to thehealth sector, the SeniorGeneral pointed out thatLabutta and Pyapon wereequipped with 200-bedhospitals and Bogale andMawlamyinegyun with100-bed facilities, andnew schools were also

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Senior General Than Shwe pays homage toManaungmyin Pyidawpyan Buddha Image in

Zalun.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe gives instructions on construction of Kanyin Dam.—MNA

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(from page 8)opened in the regions, he noted. In conclusion, theSenior General explained that government made utmostefforts for enabling the storm-ravaged regions to enjoythe new conditions and new life and to stand on theirown strengths in the region.

A local reported to the Senior General onrequirements for regional development and bettertransportation. The Senior General said that he willobserve it to fulfil the requirements, and cordially greetedthose present.

Along the way from Hinthada to Zalun, the Senior

Thanks to united strengths… General and party viewed thriving monsoon paddyplantation, harvesting of paddy and lush and greenforests.

At Manaungmyin Pyidawpyan Pagoda in Zalun,the Senior General and party were welcomed bydepartmental officials, members of the pagoda board oftrustees and officials.

The Senior General and party paid homage to theBuddha image by offering flowers, water and lights.Those who accompanied the Senior General also donatedgold foils to the Buddha image.

The Head of State and party left Zalun by helicopterand arrived at Ayeyawady Bridge (Nyaungdon)

Construction Project, upstream of Bo Myat Tun Bridge,at 3.45 pm.

The Senior General and party were welcomed byDeputy Ministers for Construction U Tint Swe andBrig-Gen Myint Thein and departmental officials.

At the briefing hall, Minister for Construction Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint reported on the site chosen forthe axis of the rail-cum-road bridge and facts about theproject.

Minister for Rail Transportation Maj-Gen AungMin also submitted reports on arrangements forconstruction of 87-mile Pathein-Yangon railroad,conducting of preliminary engineering works and theplans for building railway stations and bridges along therailroad.

The Senior General inspected the site for the bridgefrom the observation tower.

Public Works of the Ministry of Construction willbuild Ayeyawady Bridge (Nyaungdon) and it will be arail-cum-road bridge.

The bridge will be 7402 feet long in total and itsclearance will be 262 feet wide and 55 feet high.

On completion, the people from Yangon will haveeasy access to towns and villages on the western bank ofAyeyawady River including Pathein by train or by car ina short time.

Pathein-Yangon railroad, to be constructed byMyanma Railways of the Ministry of Rail Transportation,will pass through five towns namely Pathein, Einme,Pantanaw, Nyaungdon and Hlinethaya. On completion,the new railroad will link with Pathein-Hinthada-Kyangin-Pakokku railroad and such facility willcontribute to development of the western bank ofAyeyawady River.

After that, the Head of State and party left there byhelicopter and arrived in Yangon in the evening.

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Senior General Than Shwe looking into construction of Kanyin Dam project.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe gives guidance on construction of Ayeyawady Bridge(Nyaungdon).—MNA

YANGON, 5 Nov—The Yangon United Foot-ball Club made a donationof lunch to School for theDisabled at No. 65 Kyaik-waing Pagoda Road,Mayangon Township yes-terday.

President U PyaePhyo Teza of YUFC andresponsible persons of theclub, coach and players

YUFC’s donations for School forthe Disabled

attended the ceremony anddonated K 11,570,000 tothe headmistress earningfrom the profits of theCollector's Shop launchedby YUFC, exclusivemember fees and entrancefees for sports ground.

The teachers andstudents spoke words ofgratitude and made wishesfor success of the YUFC.

The YUFC also donatedK 500,000 to senior sportswriters on 1 November.

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YUFC makes a

charity lunch for

School for the

Disabled.

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Minister U Nyan Win presents US $ 50,000to the Philippines Ambassador H.E.

Ms. Maria Hellen M Barber for the sake ofsympathy on the devastation ravaged by

Typhoon Ketsana in the Philippines.—MNA

Chairman Dr Khin Shwe of MJFA presents a gift toMs. Aiko Shimajiri.—NLM

NAY PYI TAW, 5Nov—A ceremony tohand over donations ofthe Government of theUnion of Myanmar to theGovernments of the Re-public of Indonesia, Re-public of the Philippinesand the Lao People’sDemocratic Republic, ashumanitarian assistanceto earthquake victims inPadang, West Sumatra,Indonesia, to victims ofTyphoon Ketsana in thePhilippines and Laosduring the end of Sep-

Cash donation ceremony for victimsof natural disaster

tember 2009, was held atthe Ministry of ForeignAffairs, Yangon at 1p.m.today. The Ceremony wasattended by Minister forForeign Affairs U NyanWin, Directors-Generaland officials of the Min-istry of Foreign Affairs,Ambassador of Indone-sia to Myanmar H.E. Mr.Sebastianus Sumarsono,Ambassador of the Phil-ippines to Myanmar H.E.Ms. Maria Hellen M. Bar-ber and Ambassador ofLao PDR to Myanmar

H.E Mr. Kouily A.Souphakhet and embassyofficials.

After conveyingwords of condolence onthe devastation caused bythe above-mentionednatural calamities, Min-ister for Foreign AffairsU Nyan Win handed overthe cash donation of US $50,000 each to H.E. Mr.Sebastianus Sumarsono,Ambassador of Indone-sia, and to H.E. Ms. MariaHellen M Barber, Ambas-sador of the Philippines

and US$ 30,000 to H.E.Mr. Kouily A.Souphakhet, Ambassadorof Lao PDR who returnedwords of thanks.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 5Nov—A ceremony toclose office refreshercourse No 3/2009, organ-ized by the Ministry ofHotels and Tourism washeld at the assembly hallof the ministry, here, this

Office refresher course No 3/2009 concludescompletion certificates tothe trainees.

Twenty traineesfrom the ministry and sixfrom Nay Pyi Taw HotelZone were attending the6-week course.

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morning, with a conclud-ing speech by Ministerfor Hotels and TourismMaj-Gen Soe Naing.

Next, the deputyminister, the director-general and the manag-ing director presented

YANGON, 5 Nov—Myanmar will host 18th

ASCOJA Conference2009 for the first timeunder the aegis ofMyanmar-Japan Friend-ship Association andformer Prime Ministerof Japan Member of theHouse of Representa-tives Mr Yasuo Fukuda,Member of the House ofRepresentatives Ms.Aiko Shimajir i andmembers, and 153 del-

Former Japanese Prime Minister arrivesfor ASCOJA Conference 2009

egates from ten ASEANnations arrived here byflight this morning. Theywere welcomed atYangon InternationalAirport by personnel ofMinistry of Foreign Af-fairs, Secretary U YeHtut and those fromMJFA and MyanmarAssociation of JapanAlumni (MAJA).

A dinner was hostedat Karaweik Palace in theevening in honour of the

visiting Japanese delega-tion. The dinner was alsoattended by Minister forHotels and Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing, Chair-man U Khin Shwe ofMyanmar-Japan Friend-ship Association, Chair-man of MAJA Dr AungKyaw, delegates fromASEAN countries andguests.

Dr Aung Kyaw, Ms.Aiko Shimajiri and DrKhin Shwe extendedgreetings which was fol-lowed by entertainmentof cultural dances.

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YANGON, 5 Nov—A USdelegation led by Secretaryof State for Bureau of EastAsian and Pacific AffairsMr Kurt Michael Campbellarriving in Yangon met withCEC members of NationalLeague for Democracy atits headquarters in Bahantownship from 3.35 pm to4.35 pm yesterday.

At the lounge ofYangon International Air-port at 7.30 pm, Mr Kurt

US delegation led by Secretary of State forBureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Mr Kurt Michael Campbell leaves YangonMichael Campbell met withreporters of Myanmar For-eign Correspondent Cluband editorial staff of localjournals and magazines andread out the news release.

Next, the delegation ledby Secretary of State forBureau of East Asian andPacific Affairs Mr KurtMichael Campbell leftYangon by air at night.

Although arrangementshave been made for Mr Kurt

Michael Campbell to meetwith CEC members of Na-tional Unity Party at its head-quarters and representativesof the remaining officiallyregistered political parties atthe hotel where he put up, hedid not meet them. Instead,he separately met some per-sons who are still being scru-tinized at the residence ofcharge d’ affaires of US em-bassy on their own arrange-ment.—MNA

YANGON, 5 Nov—Wellwishers today do-nated cash to the funds forpaying respects to doyenliterati on Sarsodaw Day.

Dr Daw Khin Khin Yi(Shine Hope Co) donatedK 917,000, MyanmarMusic Asiayon K300,000, Col Aung Nyein(Retd)-Daw San San Lwinand family, writer U ChitNaing (Chit Naing-Psy-chology) and NaingSarpay, Lt-Col OhnMaung (Retd) (MyinmuMaung Naing Moe)-DawKhin Aye Mu, U KyawWin (Manoktha KyawWin), physician U AungZeyar Min (Aung Zeyar

Cash donated to funds for doyen literatiMin) and U Khin MaungThan (Zan Zan) of Morn-ing Post journal K 100,000each, U Aung Min (MinYoe Yin) and family andDagon Myothit (North)Township WJA K 20,000each, Ahlon TownshipWJA K 10,000, palmistDr U San Tin Aung(Shwebo) handbags worthK 150,000, Khaing ThazinCo packets of tea worth K100,000, Dewayekkha tra-ditional industry and tra-ditional practitioner UMyint Thein traditionalmedicine worth K100,000, Myanmar As-trologer Association andMyanmar Veda Research

Association copies of cal-endars for year 2010 worthK 150,000 each.

MWJA Chairman UHla Myaing (Ko Hsaung),Vice-Chairman-1 U TinKha (Tekkatho Tin Kha),Secretary Dr Tin Tun Oo(Dr Tin Tun Oo) and offi-cials accepted the dona-tions and presented cer-tificates of honour to thewellwishers.

Those wishing to do-nate cash to the funds maycontact MWJA at SarpayBeikman Building at529/531 at the corner ofMerchant Street and 37thStreet, Tel: 01-252417 and01-385273.—MNA

YANGON,5 Nov—Jointly organized by Un-ion of Myanmar Federa-tion of Chambers of Com-merce and Industry andMyanmar Industrialists’Association, a talk on en-trepreneurship & humanfactor and effective com-

What makes an entrepreneur, Let’s listen at UMFCCImunication, will be held atthe UMFCCI building onMinye Kyawswar Road inLanmadaw Township hereat 9 am on 11 November.

Advisor Tan Sri Dato’Soong Siew Hoong (Chair-man of International Tradeand Industry Committee)

of The Associated ChineseChambers of Commerceand Industry of Malaysia(ACCIM) will give talk onabove-mentioned topic andthose interested may attendthe talk. For details, dial214830 or 214832.

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UNITED NATIONS, 5Nov—Vietnam hereWednesday voiced concernover the “absence of Israel’scooperation”, as well astheir failure to take“precautious measures” toprevent further abuses ofinternational and humanrights law. Bui The Giang,Vietnamese deputypermanent representative tothe United Nations, madethese remarks at his addressduring the plenary GeneralAssembly session here toconsider the Goldstonereport, which accused both

MANILA, 5 Nov—Two passengers werekil led and eightwounded whenunidentified armed menattacked the bus theywere on board inZamboanga del Norte insouthern PhilippinesWednesday morning,local media reports saidThursday.

The incidentoccurred around 3 a.m.,as the bus was leavingfrom the town ofGutalac, bound for theprovincial capital ofDipolog city. Woundedpassengers were broughtto the nearby LiloyDistrict Hospital.

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CH I P L E Y, Fla, 5Nov—A baby missingfor five days was foundalive and well under herbaby sitter’s bed, andFlorida authorities saidThursday they plan tocharge the sitter, herhusband and the child’smother.

Investigators found7-month-old ShannonDedrick in a box tuckedunder a bed surroundedby items intended to hidethe child at Susan

The night view of the China’s Wetland Museum is shown in this picturetaken in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, on 28 Oct, 2009. The

museum, which opened to the public on Monday, is located in Xixi WetlandPark in Hangzhou.—XINHUA

Floral classic : A model presents a creation byIndian designer Shantanu Goenka during the

Wills India Fashion Week (WIFW) SpringSummer 2010 in New Delhi.

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NI C O S I A, 5 Nov— Visi t ingRussian Foreign Minister Sergey V.Lavrvov held talks with CyprusGovernment on Wednesday, whichcentered on regional and bilateralissues and on the long standing Cyprusproblem.

Issues discussed in talks both atthe Foreign Ministry and earlierduring a meeting with CyprusPresident Demetris Christofiasincluded boost ing bi lateralcooperation in European institutionsand international organizations, theMiddle East, Iraq and the Iraniannuclear programme and other regional

The statue of Autobot “Bumblebee” stands in front of Sydney Opera Housein Australia, 5 Nov, 2009. This statue set up for Global Tour of movie

“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”, in order to promote its DVD andBlue-ray Disc, which launched on 5 Nov, 2009.—INTERNET

STOCKHOLM, 5 Nov—Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor and SlovenianPrime Minister Borut Pahor on Wednesday signed a border arbitration agreementbetween the two countries. “I’m convinced that this is a good agreement for bothCroatia and Slovenia, and also for Europe. It is a win-win-win situation,” Kosorsaid.

The agreement also creates a new chapter for bilateral relations between thetwo countries, she said. “It opens the door for us to deepen political, economic andother kind of cooperation between the two countries,” Pahor said. Swedish PrimeMinister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country holds the presidency of the EuropeanUnion, hosted the signing ceremony in Stockholm.—MNA/Xinhua

Fla. baby missing for 5 days foundalive under bed

Elizabeth Baker’s homenear Chipley, a ruralPanhandle town,Washington CountySheriff Bobby Haddocksaid in an interviewearly Thursday. Thebaby was placed inprotective custody.

“Statistically spe-aking this should nothave ever happened, thatwe found this childalive, especially after somany days. Time wasagainst us,” Haddock

said.Shannon was taken

to a hospital but appearedhealthy, Haddock said.

“It was veryemotional for us, becauseonce we got her to thehospital, we called ourwives and every one ofus was crying. Grownmen crying. It’s just sucha relief,” he said. “We’vehad missing childrencases in the past, butnothing like this.”

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Russian FM visits Cyprus to strengthen ties

Vietnam calls on Israel to respondto world appeals

Israel and Hamas militantsof war crimes during the22-day Gaza conflict thatbroke out on December 27,2008.

“The continuedimposition of Israeliblockade and collectivepunishment against Gazahas further deepened thePalestinian people’strauma and plight to thisday,” he said. “We supportthe report’s calls for respectfor and compliance withinternational law,including internationalhumanitarian and human

rights law, and its emphasison the need to end impunityand establish justice andresponsibility through acc-ountability mechanisms,”the ambassador said.

“The currentlyexplosive nature of theregional situation makesit all the more imperativefor the parties concernedto renounce the use offorce and acts ofviolence,” he said, addingthat the parties need totake the necessary stepsfor peace.

MNA/Xinhua

Two killed, 8wounded inambush in

S. Philippines

Croatian, Slovenian PMs sign borderarbitration agreement

problems. Sergey Lavrov and hisCypriot counterpart , MarcosKyprianou later told a joint Pressconference that the positions of Russiaand Cyprus on issues discussed areeither identical or very close.

“Our will for further steps ofcooperation was affirmed,” saidSergey Lavrov after the talks and thesigning of a programme oncooperation in the fields of science,education and culture and theapproval of a Plan of Consultationbetween the Foreign Ministries of theRussian Federation and Cyprus.

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV A SHE KYAE VOY NO (67)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV A SHE KYAEVOY NO (67) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 6.11.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of S.P.W.6 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 Claim Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: EASTERN-CAR LINER S’POREPTE LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV MCP VILLACH VOY NO (MCP-007)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV MCP VILLACHVOY NO (MCP-007) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 6.11.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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 INTERASIA LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

Anglo Irish Bank head-quarters are pictured in

Dublin, Ireland. Ireland’sthird biggest bank, Anglo

Irish Bank, said onWednesday it was seekingto make 230 job cuts in thefirst phase of a redundancyprogramme that is expectedto see about 450 leave thetroubled bank.—INTERNET

Anglo Irish Bank to cut 230 jobsDUBLIN, 5 Nov—Ireland’s third biggest bank, Anglo

Irish Bank, said on Wednesday it was seeking to make230 job cuts in the first phase of a redundancy pro-gramme that is expected to see about 450 leave thetroubled bank.

Anglo, which was nationalized in January, has beenhammered by Ireland’s recession and a property pricemeltdown.

It has received a 4.0 billion euro (5.9 billion dollar)recapitalization from the government and will trans-fer the largest amount of soured property loans to aplanned “bad bank”.

Anglo said the redundancies will bring its workforceto around 1,300 people, down from nearly 1,800 a yearago.

There will be 110 job losses in Ireland, 95 in theUK and 25 in the US and the bank said a second phaseof reductions will be “similar in scale”.

Mike Aynsley, Anglo chief executive, said the bankwill undergo radical change in the coming months andthe redundancies are the “first phase of a programmeintended to reduce the cost base of the operation andimprove efficiency”.—Internet

Sanyo receives tenderoffer from Panasonic

TOKYO, 5 Nov—Electronics maker Panasonic onThursday launched a tender offer to acquire more than50 percent in rival Sanyo, aiming to make the com-pany a subsidiary in a deal worth 400 billion yen (4.44billion dollars).

Panasonic decided to make an offer for Sanyo lastyear, aiming to gain access to the electronic maker’sgreen battery technology. Sanyo develops solar-celltechnology and batteries for hybrid cars.

If the deal goes through, the new company will beJapan’s second-largest electronics maker, after Sony.

The offer is on the table until 7 Dec, but withGoldman Sachs, Daiwa Securities and the Sumitomo-Mitsui group all signaling they will agree to sell theirshares, Panasonic is likely to see the deal go through.

Panasonic is willing to pay 131 yen per share, butSanyo was trading at 216 yen per share on Wednes-day. After news of the tender offer broke, the value ofsingle Sanyo shares dropped to 192 yen.—Xinhua

S Korea sees $6.39 bln trade surplus in IT products in OctoberSEOUL, 5 Nov—South

Korea posted 6.39 billionUS dollars of trade surplusin information technology(IT) products in October,the Ministry of Knowl-edge Economy said in areport on Thursday.

According to a reportby the ministry, exports ofsemiconductors, mobilephones and other IT prod-ucts reached 12.04 billiondollars in October, up 0.7percent on-year, while im-

ports posted 5.66 billiondollars, down 10.9 per-cent on-year.

The October’s figureslightly fell 20 milliondollars compared to 6.41billion dollars a monthearlier, but it presented asthe second-largestmonthly tally since theministry started takingstatistics on IT trade in1996, the report said.

According to the re-port, exports of semicon-

ductors reached 3.44bil-lion dollars last, up 36.7percent on-year, and dis-plays reached 2.66 billiondollars, up 10.4 percent

on-year, while mobilephones, however, declinesto 2.58 billion dollar,down 31.3 percent on-year.—Xinhua

DHAKA, 4 Nov—Climate change and man-madeadverse environment have so far caused extinction of13 species of animal and endangered 800 other spe-cies in Bangladesh.

Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh (WTB), a nationalinstitution committed to conserving the biological di-versity of Bangladesh, said the extinct animals are:peacock, crocodile, wolf, wild buffalo, nilgai and rhi-noceros, national news agency BSS reported onWednesday. Chief Executive Officer of the WTBAnwarul Islam said half of the country’s 1,600 spe-cies are endangered. Emphasizing the need for pro-tection of biological diversity, he said political and so-cial commitment are needed in this connection, other-wise 150 more species will be extinct gradually.

The endangered species include 50 species offish, 41 species of mammal, eight species of amphib-ian and 58 species of reptile.—Xinhua

Climate change causes extinc-tion of 13 species of animal in

Bangladesh

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A fisherman holds an old carp in Geras, LowerAustria, on 4 Nov, 2009. Annual carp production

in Waldviertel totals some 500 metric tonnes(500,000 kg) from some 400 agricultural farms,and is an essential line of business in the region,according to the agriculture ministry.—INTERNET

A security guard sitsin front of an advertis-ing poster of martialarts movie star Bruce

Lee at the Olympic Parkin Beijing on 4 Nov,2009. —INTERNET

‘Good’ cholesterol may lower acancer risk

BALTIMORE, 5 Nov —Men with low cholesterolare less likely to get high-grade prostate cancer, a USresearcher says.

The study, published inCancer Epidemiology,Biomarkers & Prevention,found a link between lowcholesterol and decreasedrisk of high-grade prostatecancer among 5,586 menolder than age 55. “High-grade prostate cancer isless common than prostatecancer overall, but it is asubset of prostate cancerthat is more likely toprogress,” study leaderElizabeth Platz of Johns

Hopkins BloombergSchool of Public Health inBaltimore said in a state-ment.

The researchers foundmen with a total choles-terol of less than 200 mil-ligrams per decilitre had a59 percent reduced risk ofhigh-grade prostate cancer.

No association was seenfor prostate cancer overall

or for prostate cancer witha lower Gleason score. TheGleason score, given toprostate cancer based uponits microscopic appear-ance, is part of a systemused to help evaluate prog-nosis. Higher Gleasonscores are more aggressivecancers and have a worseprognosis.

Internet

Newly discovered gene helps set body clock

Breastfeeding good forbabies and moms

Flu death toll rises to 86in Ukraine

KIEV, 5 Nov — Ukraine’s deadly flu outbreak wid-ened,86 people have died from flu and respiratoryinfections, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

Some 478,000 people were registered with na-tional health authorities as suffering from the flu sincemid-October, of whom 17 had confirmed cases ofswine flu, Lyudmila Mukharska, Ukraine’s deputychief health officer, told a news conference in Kiev.

The nationwide death count from flu-related ill-nesses since mid-October stood at 86, while 24,000people have been hospitalized, Mukharska said.

She said the authorities had confirmed that fourof the dead had died of the H1N1 virus.—Xinhua

Second A/H1N1 flu fatalityconfirmed in Finland

HEL SINKI, 5 Nov — An eight-year-old girl diedfrom A/H1N1 virus on Monday in Tornio, in north-ern Finland, Finland’s Ministry of Social Affairs andHealth confirmed on Wednesday.

This is the second fatality resulting from the virusin Finland. A 25-year old chronic woman infectedwith A/H1N1 virus died on Oct 24, indicating thefirst fatal case of A/H1N1 flu in Finland.

A total of 1,213 cases of A/H1N1 flu have beenconfirmed so far. However, the actual number ofA/H1N1 flu patients is several times higher. —Xinhua

World first as swine flufound in US cat

WASHINGTON, 5 Nov— Vets in the US state of Iowasaid Wednesday that a household cat had tested posi-tive for swine flu — the first known case in the worldof the new pandemic strain spreading to the felinepopulation.The domestic shorthair, a 13-year-old cas-trated male, apparently caught A(H1N1) off its own-ers — two of the three members of the family hadpreviously contracted the deadly virus.

“This is the first cat that we are aware of with thepandemic H1N1,” said Brett Sponseller, an assistantprofessor of veterinarian microbiology who helpedtreat the pet at Iowa State University’s College of Vet-erinary Medicine.—Internet

LONDON, 5 Nov— Brit-ish scientists say theyhave identified a genethat’s critical in the fruitfly for synchronizing itstemperature cycle withthat of its environment.

The scientists, led byRalf Stanewsky of QueenMary University of Lon-don, said “clock cells” inthe brain must be synchro-nized each day with cy-cles in the environment toprevent the clocks fromrunning too fast or tooslow.

The researchers dem-onstrated circadian clockcells in the brains of fruitflies that were separatedfrom the body failed tosynchronize with environ-mental temperature cy-cles. In contrast, the sci-entists found clock cellscan readily synchronize

with light-dark cycleseven when the brain hasno connection to the fly’sbody.

The researchers said agene called nocte is essen-tial to the fly’s capacity tosynchronize its bodyclock by means of tem-perature signals.

Stanewsky said thefindings might help scien-tists “understand the hu-man circadian clock and,in the future, perhaps con-tribute to developingtreatments against thenegative effects of sleep-disorders and shift-work.”—Internet

New areas of brainstructure identified

NEW York, 5 Nov— A US led team of scientists saysit’s found four areas of the precuneus structure of mon-key and human brains that had been thought to be asingle structure.

Led by scientists at New York University’s LangoneMedical Center, researchers said they used a new ap-proach called “resting state” functional Magnetic Reso-nance Imaging that produces a map of brain networksfrom only six minutes of data from a person at rest.

The authors said results of the brief fMRI sessionswere consistent with well-established findings in mon-keys examined microscopically.

The precuneus areas are located in the back of eachbrain hemisphere’s inner wall. The scientists said re-cent studies have shown the precuneus has importantroles in higher-level cognitive functions, including epi-sodic memory, reasoning, and consciousness.

Internet

Cats are pictured at an animal shelter. Vets in theUS state of Iowa said on Wednesday that a house-

hold cat had tested positive for swine flu — the firstknown case in the world of the new pandemic strain

spreading to the feline population.—INTERNET

GAINESVILLE, 5 Nov —The American Dietetic As-sociation has issued a po-sition paper touting thebenefits of breastfeedingfor both US infants andmothers.

The position paper, pub-lished in the Journal of theAmerican Dietetic Asso-ciation, says exclusivebreastfeeding provides op-timal nutrition and healthprotection for the first sixmonths of life, andbreastfeeding with comple-mentary foods from sixmonths until at least 12months of age is the idealfeeding pattern for infants.

The position paper,written by registered di-etitians Delores CS Jamesof the University ofFlorida and RachelleLessen of the Children’sHospital of Philadelphiasays the evidence-basedreview finds:

—Human milk reducesthe risk for a large numberof acute and chronic ill-

nesses. It reduces risk forsudden infant death syn-drome.

—Breastfeeding im-proves maternal health andwell-being, and saves fami-lies time and money.

—Breastfeeding booststhe immune system in ba-bies, and reduces the riskfor nonspecific gastroen-teritis, severe lower respi-ratory tract infections andasthma.

— Breast milk protectsagainst allergies and intol-erances, and promotes cor-rect jaw and teeth develop-ment.

— Breastfeeding is as-sociated with higher intel-ligence quotient and schoolperformance throughadolescen.

— Breastfeeding re-duces the risk for chronicdisease such as obesity,type 1 and 2 diabetes, heartdisease, hypertension,hypercholesterolemia andchildhood leukemia.

Internet.

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S P O R T S

MADRID, 5 Nov—Asecond half goal fromStuttgart midfielderZdravko Kumanovich de-nied Sevilla a home win,but couldn’t stop the Span-ish side from qualifyingfor the last 16 of the Cham-pions League on Wednes-day night.

The goal was a fair re-ward for the German side,that had lost 3-1 at home toSevilla a fortnight ago, butwhich was able to react witha spirited second half afterbeing under pressure in thefirst period.—Xinhua

Sevilla draws at home but qualifiesfor last 16 of Champions League

Julen Escude of Sevilla

and Roberto Hilbert

(R) of VfB Stuttgart

fall on the pitch during

their Champions

League soccer match in

Seville on 4 Nov, 2009.

Xinhua

MANCHESTER, 5 Nov— Darren Fletcher believesManchester United can claim an important psycho-logical edge over Chelsea with a win in Sunday’sshowdown between the Premier League’s top two.

But the Scotland midfielder, who returned to ac-tion in Tuesday’s 3-3 draw with CSKA Moscow aftera month out with an ankle injury, insists the title racewill remain wide open, regardless of the outcome atStamford Bridge, where United have not won in sevenyears.

“Sunday is a massive game. Games against Chel-sea always are,” Fletcher said.

“It is not going to be make-or-break who wins theleague by any means, although it is an important bench-mark.

Internet

LYON, 5 Nov— Liver-pool will overcome seem-ingly impossible odds andqualify for the knockoutrounds of the ChampionsLeague insisted their in-creasingly embattledmanager Rafael Benitez.

The Spaniard - whohas overseen Liverpool’sworst run in over 50 yearsof just one win in their lasteight matches - wasspeaking after seeingseven-time French cham-pions Lyon steal a 1-1draw in the last minute oftheir match.

The draw sent Lyonthrough to the last 16 - de-servedly so given theirthree wins from the threeprevious matches - but leftLiverpool in a decidedlyparlous position on fourpoints, five behind Italianside Fiorentina with twomatches remaining.

Lyon’s Cris (right) vieswith Liverpool’sFernando Torres

during their ChampionsLeague Group E matchat the Gerland stadium

in Lyon, easternFrance. The matchended in a 1-1 draw.

INTERNET

We will pull off great escape,insists Benitez

However, Benitez,who was not helped by alengthy injury list includ-ing talismanic captainSteven Gerrard and whoplayed a clearly not100percent fit FernandoTorres, was adamant thatit would be Liverpool andnot Fiorentina whoreached the knockoutround.

Internet

Fletcher sets sights on psychologicaledge over Chelsea

LONDON, 5 Nov—Arsene Wenger believesArsenal are maturing intoa force to be reckonedwith after the Gunnersrouted AZ Alkmaar 4-1 tomove within touchingdistance of the Champi-ons League knockoutstages.

After being widelywritten off as also-ransfollowing a pre-seasonmarred by the sales ofEmmanuel Adebayor andKolo Toure to Manches-ter City, Wenger’s sideare beginning to hit theirstride and look increas-ingly capable of endingtheir four-year trophydrought.—Internet

KAZAN, 5 Nov—Rus-sian champions RubinKazan put up a stunningdefensive display here onWednesday to holdChampions League hold-ers Barcelona 0-0.

The draw means thatshould Kazan finish on thesame amount of points asBarcelona in Group F forsecond place they wouldgo through to the knock-out stages instead of theCatalan giants on thehead-to-head rule, as theybeat Barcelona 2-1 in theNou Camp.

Kazan and Barcelonaare both on five pointsafter four matches.

Dynamo Kiev, whoare on four points, hostrunaway Serie A leadersInter Milan, who havethree points, later onWednesday.

Kazan managerKurban Berdyev said he

BUCHAREST, 5 Nov—Walter Smith says Rang-ers must win their two re-maining games if they areto have any chance ofplaying in Europe in theNew Year after watchinghis side concede a lateequaliser to UnireaUrziceni in their Champi-ons League Group Gclash on Wednesday.

The Scottish champi-ons’ hopes of making thelast 16 lessened consider-ably when substituteMarius Onofras lashed inan unstoppable shot topull the Romanians levelwith just two minutes leftafter Lee McCulloch’sdrive had looked to haveput Rangers on course fortheir first win of the com-petition this season.

Internet

FLORENCH, 5 Nov—Fiorentina romped to a 5-2 rout of HungariansDebrecen on Wednesdayto put them on the brinkof qualification for theChampions Leagueknock-out stages.

Following Liverpool’s1-1 draw away to Lyon,La Viola need only beatthe already qualifiedFrench team in their nextgame or draw away toLiverpool to ensure theirpassage to the next round.

It took the Italians’ ag-gregate against debutantsDebrecen, who have con-ceded 13 goals in their lastthree Group E games, to 9-5 following their 4-3 winin Hungary.—Internet

Wenger salutes maturingArsenal’s progress

Arsenal’s Samir Nasri

(left) congratulates

Cesc Fabregas after he

scored the third goal

against AZ Alkmaar

during their Champions

League Group H match

at The Emirates Sta-

dium in London, on

November 4. Arsenal

won 4-1.

INTERNET

MADRID, 5 Nov— The ankle injury that hassidelined Cristiano Ronaldo for almost a month hasnot healed and the Real Madrid forward has to seek asecond opinion for the treatment, the Primera Liga clubsaid on Wednesday.

Ronaldo will seek a second opinion from a spe-cialist in the Netherlands who treated an injury to thesame ankle one year and a half ago, the club said onwebsite.

Ronaldo aggravated the problem in Portugal’s 3-0win over Hungary on Oct. 10 and had more tests onWednesday that showed he is still unable to return totraining. The club’s world record signing is certain tomiss on Saturday’s match at city rivals Atletico Ma-drid.—Internet

Ronaldo asks for new treatmenton ankle injury

Defiant Kazan hold Barcelonain Champions League

Carles Puyol(L) of FCBarcelona fights for the

ball with GokdenizKaradeniz of RubinKazan during theirUEFA Champions

League group F gamein Kazan. The matchended in a scoreless

draw.—INTERNET

was happy to gain fourpoints in the two matcheswith Barcelona.

“We hoped to repeatour performance at CampNou and in general wewere successful,” he said.

“We also created somechances against theworld’s best club but un-fortunately missed them.

Internet

Rangers’ Kyle Lafferty

(left) vies for the ball

with Valeriu Bordeanu

of Unirea Urziceni

during their Champions

League Group G match

in Bucharest. The

match ended in a 1-1

draw.

INTERNET

We have to win our last twogames, says Smith

Fiorentina’s defendercaptain Dario Dainellicelebrates after scoring

against Decebrenduring their Group EChampion’s League

football match inFlorence’s ArtemioFranchi Stadium.

Fiorentina won 5-2.INTERNET

Fiorentina on brink of secondround after Debrecen rout

BASEL, 5 Nov—RogerFederer took just an hourto crush Andreas Seppi 6-3, 6-3 for a sixth straightvictory against the Italianto reach the quarter-finalsof the Swiss Indoors hereon Wednesday.

The top seed, a home-town hero at the StJakobshalle, was invinci-ble as he reached the lasteight, winning his 17thstraight match in Baseland his 57th of the season.

The winner of the lastthree editions has not been

World number oneRoger Federer.

Federer crushes Seppi to cruiseinto third round

defeated at the tournamentsince 2003 when he lost toIvan Ljubicic, who wentout here on Wednesdayhaving come to the tour-nament in form havingwon the Lyon title lastSunday.

Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenisolated in Chin, Rakhine States Yangon and TaninthayiDivisions and, weather has been partly cloudy in theremaining States and Divisions. Night temperatures were(5°C) below November average temperatures in UpperSagaing and Yangon Divisions, (3°C) to (4°C) belowNovember average temperatures in Lower Sagaing andBago Division, (3°C) to (4°C) above November averagetemperatures in Kachin and Mon States and Mandalay andTaninthayi Divisions and about November averagetemperatures in the remaining States and Divisions. Thesignificant night temperature were Loilern (5°C) and Haka(8°C). The note worthy amounts of rainfall recorded wereKawthoung (0.32) inch, and Mindat (0.08) inch.

Maximum temperature on 4-11-2009 was 85°F.Minimum temperature on 5-11-2009 was 64°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 5 -11-2009 was 50%.Total sun shine hours on 4-11-2009 was (0.6) hours approx.

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Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy inAndaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 6thNovember 2009:Rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolated light rainin Kachin, Shan, Chin, Rakhine, Mon States and UpperSagaing, Mandalay and Taninthayi Divisions and weatherwill be partly cloudy in the remaining areas. Degree ofcertainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Strong easterly wind with moderateto rough seas are likely at times Gulf of Mottama off andalong Mon and Taninthayi coasts. Surface wind speed instrong wind may reach 35 mph. Seas will be moderateelsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofisolated rain or thundershowers in the Northern Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for6-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for6-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for6-11-2009: Generally fair.

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Jackson’s sons still lingeron father’s death

La Toya Jackson(L) stands onstagewith the children ofMichael Jackson,Paris Jackson (2ndL), Prince MichaelJackson I (R) andPrince MichaelJackson II (akaBlanket) during thememorial service forMichael Jackson atthe Staples Center inLos Angeles 7 July,2009.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 27 Oct—Michael Jackson’s suddendeath has made the past few months full of grief forhis children, though one of them is said to becoping better than the others, according to mediareports Tuesday. La Toya Jackson, the singer’ssister, said that the 11-year-old girl Paris Michaelwas in a positive status to keep her father’s memoryclose, whereas her brothers found it tougher tomove on.

In an interview with the Daily Mirror, sheexplained, “Paris thinks and talks about her fatherall the time. She’s doing very well, writes a lot andshe wears his shirts every day. They still smell ofhim and it helps her feel close to him.”

However, it has been a much more difficulttime for the pop singer’s oldest child Prince Michael.

“Prince just doesn’t want to speak about it,” LaToya Jackson told the paper. “He won’t even watchthe DVDs - he just walks right past the TV. It’s toosoon, too touching. I do worry about him verymuch.”The youngest Jackson sibling also needsconcern. “And Blanket is just a very sad, shy littleboy,” the children’s aunt said. “He cries - he reallydoes cry. It’s so painful for him. No one can bringhis daddy back and it hurts so much.”

Xinhua

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC-sowing hatred amongthe people

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

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

troubles

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

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 5Nov—Vice-Chairman ofthe State Peace and De-velopment CouncilDeputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Serv-ices Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Sen-ior General Maung Ayesaw off Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein, wholeft for Japan by specialflight to attend 1st

Mekong-Japan Summitto be held in Tokyo ofJapan, at Nay Pyi TawAirport at 10 a.m. today.

Together with

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye seesoff Prime Minister General TheinSein on his departure for Japan toattend 1st Mekong-Japan Summit

Vice-Chairman of theState Peace and Devel-opment Council DeputyCommander-in-Chief ofthe Defence ServicesCommander-in-Chief(Army) Vice-SeniorGeneral Maung Aye atthe airport were memberof SPDC Lt-Gen TinAye, senior military of-ficers of the Ministry ofDefence, Commander ofNay Pyi Taw CommandMaj-Gen Wai Lwin,Minister for Industry-1U Aung Thaung, Minis-ter for Home Affairs Maj-

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

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

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

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept inthe hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

standards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peaceand tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Gen Maung Oo, Minis-ter for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe, heads ofdepartments, actingChargé d' Affaires ai MrKazuyuki Takeuchi ofembassy of Japan andofficials.

Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein wasaccompanied by Minis-ter for Foreign Affairs UNyan Win, Minister forNational Planning andEconomic DevelopmentU Soe Tha and depart-mental heads.

MNA

Vice-Senior

General

Maung Aye

sees off

Prime Minis-

ter General

Thein Sein

on his depar-

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1st Mekong-

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MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Nov—A moderate earthquake of intensity ( 5.7 ) RichterScale with its epicenter outside Myanmar about (1700) miles northeast of Kaba-Aye seismological observatory was recorded at (16) hrs (07) min (46) sec M.S.Ton 5th November, 2009.—MNA

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