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* 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

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation in termsof technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of 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

Four political objectives Four economic objectives Four social objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 13June — Lt-Gen Kyaw Winof the Ministry of Defenceyesterday inspected thethriving maize plantationsof farmer U Aik Seik inKonseik Plot at the en-

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win inspects crops plantationsin Mongkhat, Kengtung Townships

trance to Wunkhok inMongkhat Township andgave necessary instruc-tions.

Accompanied byChairman of Shan State(East) Peace and Devel-

opment Council Com-mander of Triangle Re-gion Command Maj-GenMin Aung Hlaing and of-ficials, Lt-Gen Kyaw Winattended the collectivemonsoon paddy cultiva-

tion for 2008-2009 held atNo. 24 Plantation ofKattaung Village-tract inKengtung Township andheard a report presentedby the Manager of ShanState Myanma Agricul-ture Service on cultiva-tion of monsoon paddyand arrangement for ex-tended cultivation ofpaddy.

After giving neces-sary instructions, Lt-GenKyaw Win looked into thecollective paddy cultiva-tion and presented cashaward to female paddy

transplanters.After that, Lt-Gen

Kyaw Win and party at-tended the growing ofphysic nut conducted byKengtung Station of thecommand and presentedsaplings to officials of thebattalions and units.

Next, Lt-Gen KyawWin and officials plantedphysic nut at the desig-nated location and viewedthe growing of physic nutby families ofTatmadawmen.

Later, Lt-GenKyaw Win and party pro-

ceeded to Yanhla RubberPlantationn of the com-mand and heard reportspresented by Lt-Col AyeLin on cultivation of rub-ber, orange, Thitseint andmaize and by the Man-ager of Kengtung DistrictMAS on arrangements forcultivation of rubber inKachin, Shan and Chinhillocks and extended cul-tivation of rubber.

Next, Lt-Gen KyawWin and party looked intohybridization of rubberand arrived back inKengtung.— MNA

YANGON, 13 June— Rehabilitation of storm-hit villages inMawlamyinegyun Town-ship in Ayeyawady Divi-sion is being undertakenwith added momentum. Atotal of 10 volunteer teamsyesterday left for the storm-hit villages to collect thedata on rehabilitation tasksthere.

The teams compris-ing personnel fromMyanma Agriculture Serv-ice, the Education Depart-ment, the AgriculturalMechanization Departmentand the Settlement and LandRecords Department left forBowtelut, Myattharuto,Myatthatzephu, Myat-tharywama, Meiktha-lingon, Thayechaung,

Volunteer teams leave for storm-hitvillages in Mawlamyinegyun Tsp

Gonnyindan, Kyarchaung,Myattharywawo andMezali villages by boat.They will collect data onreconstruction and rehabili-

tation of houses andschools, supply of drinkingwater and maintenance ofroads and bridges.

MNA

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win attends the collective monsoon paddy cultivation for 2008-2009 held at No. 24 Plantation of KattaungVillage-tract in Kengtung Township.—MNA

Presenting compelling evidence that Ywet Sit-led SSA-S grouphad risen against the State and tortured the people repeatedly, thegovernment released an announcement on 25 August 2006 todeclare the group and its members, terrorists.

Killers with use of words and swords

AN OBSERVER

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

People’s DesireSaturday, 14 June, 2008

Community peace and stability, bettertransport and abundant natural resourcesare a prerequisite for the socio-economicdevelopment.

Myanmar with favourable weather isrich in natural resources such as forests,minerals and meat and fish. It is also blessedwith vast areas of arable land. Therefore,concerted efforts are to be exerted for nationaldevelopment making better use of the qualitiesof man.

To bring about equitable developmentthe length and breadth of the nation thegovernment has laid down and isimplementing development projects. As aresult, most of the regions that lagged behindin development in the past have now enjoyedbetter transport as well as development inagriculture, livestock breeding andmarketing.

Situated in the north of MyanmarKachin State is dotted with forests andmountain ranges. Owing to fulfillment of thegovernment in the transport sector it is nowenjoying economic development including thedevelopment of eco-tourism.

Likewise, with the emergence of anumber of large and small bridges RakhineState has also seen better transport and it isnow accessible to different regions. Withoffshore natural gas deposits and thrivingfish and prawn breeding it is making progressin economy.

With peace and stability and prevalenceof law and order in both urban and ruralregions the entire people are now enjoyingthe fruits of development. At such a time, theentire national people are to try their best fornational development making better use ofabundant natural resources. Only then, willthe living standard of the people improve.

Strive for socio-economicdevelopment of the people

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YANGON, 13 June —Chairman of FinancialSubcommittee DeputyMinister for Finance andRevenue Col Hla TheinSwe accepted cashdonation of thewellwishers at home andfrom abroad for stormvictims at Central Bankof Myanmar (YangonBranch) in YankinTownship, here, today.

Ko Chin Shwe-MaYe Ye Cho family ofMandalay donated K 1million; staff of MyanmaEconomic Bank(Taninthayi Division)K 100,000; Pa-OLiterature and CultureGroup of Thaton K300,000; Mr Sc WoongOh of A&C Value CoLtd of Thailand US$500; the wellwisherthrough the MyanmarEmbassy in Tokyo90,901 euro; Thai-Myanmar Asso-ciation

More wellwishers donate cash to storm victims

for Friendship throughThai Ambassador MrBansarn Bunnag US$8,700; and Mr TakagiNobuo & staff of Shi KooTsu Kyo Ku, Japan US$311.

The sub-committeeaccepted K 1.4 million,US$ 9,511 and 90,901euro today.—MNA

YANGON, 13 June —South-East AsianRegional Director DrSamlee Plianbangchang ofWorld HealthOrganization yesterdaymorning arrived here byair. He was welcomed atthe airport by DeputyMinister for Health DrMya Oo and officials,WHO ResidentRepresentative ProfessorAdik Wibowo and party.

At Public HealthUniversity on LanmadawRoad, here, at 3 pm,Deputy Minister Dr MyaOo and SEA RegionalDirector Dr SamleePlianbangchang helddiscussions on providingof teaching aid for

SEA Regional Director of WHOvisits relief camps in Kyauktan

Townshipdevelopment of humanresources of Public HealthUniversity and the plansfor uplift of the efficiencyof faculty members.

This morning, theyobserved voluntary healthcare services of housesurgeons given to stormvictims at the relief campin Tadar of KyauktanTownship.

The Deputy Ministerand party comforted thevictims and viewedchlorinating the drinkingwater and use of fly-prooflatrines there.

The WHO SEARegional Director andparty donated medicinesto be used at the reliefcamps to Deputy Director-General Dr Kyaw NyuntSein of HealthDepartment and Head ofDivision HealthDepartment Dr Hla Myintaccepted the donations.

At Tadar People’sHospital, the DeputyMinister and partyobserved health careservices to storm victims,patient wards and otherrooms. Later, the DeputyMinister replied to thequeries raised by the SEARegional Director.

MNA

YANGON, 13 June — Resident Representative ofUNFPA Mr Daniel B Baker and party called on DeputyMinister for Health Dr Mya Oo at Yangon GeneralHospital here on 11 June.

They discussed matters related to cooperation inreproductive health and medical services in the storm-hit areas. UNFPA has provided aids to storm-victimsand has a plan to donate medicines. — MNA

Deputy Minister receivesUNFPA Official

Deputy Minister Col Hla Thein Swe accepts cash donation from ThaiAmbassador Mr Bansarn Bunnag.—MNA

Deputy Minister Dr Mya Oo andDr Samlee Plianbangchang of WHO meetstorm-victims at a relief camp in Kyauktan

Township.—HEALTH

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Israeli envoy returnswithout Gaza truce deal

A wooden pallet floats down a flooded street on 12 June, 2008, in downtownCedar Rapids, Iowa. Officials estimated that 100 blocks in Cedar Rapids were

under water forcing the evacuation of nearly 4,000 homes and leaving carsunderwater on downtown streets.—INTERNET

BEIT LAHIYA, (GazaStrip) 13 June—An Israelienvoy engaging in Gazaceasefire talks returnedwithout a deal lateThursday, after anotherday of bloodshed in the

coastal territory thatincluded seven Pale-stinians being killed in anexplosion that Hamasindicated was an accident.

When the explosionflattened a house in the

Gaza Strip, killing theseven, Hamas blamedIsrael and unleashedrockets and mortar shellsat southern Israel. But themilitant group, which hascontrolled Gaza the pastyear, later suggested theblast was accidental.Dozens of gunmen havebeen killed while handingexplosives in recent years.

By then Israel hadcarried out an airstrikeaimed at a Gaza rocketsquad, killing a Pale-stinian. Two other Israelimilitary operations inGaza killed five moremilitants. Clashes in andaround Gaza are putting astrain on Egypt’s effort toarrange a truce by actingas a go-between becauseIsrael has no contacts withHamas, which has killedmore than 250 Israelis insuicide attacks and rejectsthe Jewish state’s right toexist.

Internet

A file photo shows Police officers onpatrol in London’s Waterloo Station.The government has said that a civil

servant who mislaid high-levelintelligence documents on Al-Qaedaand Iraq, triggering a frantic police

search, was in “clear breach” ofsecurity rules.—INTERNET

Top US court dealsBush blow on

Guantanamo prisonersWASHINGTON, 13 June— The US Supreme Court

has ruled prisoners at the Guantanamo military basehave a right to challenge their detention in US civiliancourts, dealing a stiff rebuke to the Bushadministration.

“The laws and constitution are designed to survive,and remain in force, in extraordinary times,” the courtsaid in its historic ruling Thursday, the third blow in fouryears to the government’s case for trying “war on terror”suspects in military tribunals.

“Liberty and security can be reconciled; and in oursystem they are reconciled within the framework of thelaw,” the court added.

The court ruled by five to four that prisoners in theUS military prison in southeastern Cuba “have theconstitutional privilege of habeas corpus.”

Internet

EU probes US biodiesel subsidiesin new trade row

BRUSSELS, 13 June — The EuropeanUnion, opening up a new transatlantictrade spat, will investigate whethersoaring imports of US biodiesel break

NEW YORK, 10 June—Under Secreatary-General of UN Emergency ReliefCoordinator Mr John Holmes said that there were no outbreak of diseases orfamine in Ayeyawady delta of Myanmar during the period of one month after thecylone Nargis. The UN official remarked it at the meeting of relief experts heldin New York by Asia Sociality recently. Relief workers have reached most of thestorm-hit villages and in overall view, the situation is getting better, he noted.Moreover, distribution of relief supplies forcefully without the consent ofMyanmar Government would not bear fruit for the victims, he remarked.

Internet

No outbreak of diseases or famine inAyeyawady Delta

MANILA, 13 June—The 30-memberPhilippine humanitarian missionarrived back home on 9 June. The teamarrived at Labutta in AyeyawadyDivision on May 30. It was the firstdestination in a 15-day tour that tookthem through 4 towns around Myanmar– 2 in the Ayeyawady and 2 in Yangon.

“It was more of a feeling that you’rebrothers and sisters working together.It was a very nice coordinated activity… and even when we arrived, you’dsee how prepared they were, you cansee the way the briefing was carriedout, civilians and military workingtogether,” said Dr Amel Rivera, themission chief.

The Filipino aid mission was thefirst group to enter Myanmar as thecountry grappled with its worsthumanitarian crisis in years. Thegovernment opened up sporsored adonors conference initiated by theUnited Nations and backed by theAssociation of South-East AsianNations of which Myanmar was amember. “What others say that therewere many soldiers around, we neverfelt like that. ”said the team leader. Asthey described it, the Filipinocontingent was feted to a reception fitfor dignitaries as soon as they toucheddown aboard a military plane inYangon. “They greeted with thepresence of representatives of theMyanmar government, from theuniformed services, the ministers offoreign affairs and health,” saidRivera.

“It was more of a feeling that you’rebrothers and sisters working

together”:Filipino mission leaderThe team was provided transport for

their mission and a cargo truck for theirload of close to 13 tons of medicine andrelief goods. Myanmar civilian officialswere with them throughout the missionbut there was no feeling of beingwatched. “We were accompanied …We didn’t find any problem, they werealready well organized, the system wasalready in place and we were thereaugmenting them. We never impliedthat we were doing something otherthan assisting,” Rivera said.

Once in Ayeyawady, the impact ofNargis devastation met with eye toeye. For Sabater, a native of disaster-prone Bicol, ground zero was nothinglike any disaster area he had seenbefore. “Look to the right, to the left, tothe front and back, there was not asingle mountain. The area was like onemajor river with many branches andterrain was so flat, said Sabater. Socialworker Jing Guerrero, one of those whogave psycho-social treatment to refugeessaid that the people of Ayeyawady deltahad never seen such a severe cyclone.

There was even technology transfer,said Sabater as the team taught locals animprovised water filtration system usedin Philippine villages. The system usesthe Myanmar version of the tapayan(clay tar) and sand and gravel for thenatural filtration, Sabater said.

The medical team flew back fromMyanmar through a commercial flightthat arrived at 7:30 pm Monday.

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global trade rules because of subsidies,the EU’s executive Commission said onFriday.

“We have always said that the EU willnot tolerate unfair trade practices andwill pursue vigorously any well-foundedcomplaint,” said Peter Power, aspokesman for EU Trade CommissionerPeter Mandelson.

“The Commission will leave no stoneunturned in this investigation and willact in accordance with its findings.”

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ISLAMABAD, 13 June—The top elected official innorthwest Pakistan saidThursday the countryshould rethink its relation-ship with America after aUS airstrike that repor-tedly killed 11 Pakistanisoldiers.

The US and Pakistanremained at odds in theirversions of a Tuesdaynight clash on the Afghanborder that led to Ameri-can planes droppingbombs on insurgents who

Pakistan should reconsiderits ties to US

had staged an attack insideAfghanistan.

President Bush’s nat-ional security adviser saidit was not clear exactlywhat happened and Ame-rican officials “have notbeen able to corroborate”Pakistani troops died.

The US “would bevery saddened” if thatwere true, Stephen Hadleytold reporters travelingwith Bush in Europe.

The incident is pre-senting a stiff test for an

already-strained alliance,a partnership many heresay has cost many Pa-kistani lives with limitedrecognition for theircooperation in the UScampaign against inter-national extremist groups.

Haider Khan Hoti, chiefminister of North WestFrontier Province, a restiveregion next to Afghanistanwhere Islamic militants arestrong, said the airstrikewas “absolutely nakedaggression.”—Internet

GAZA CITY, 13 June—Palestinian militantsbombarded southern Israelon Thursday after a Hamascommander’s house innorthern Gaza was blownup in a blast which killedseven people, including afour-month-old baby.

The attacks startedimmediately after theexplosion which Pale-stinian medics said alsowounded 51 people,among them women andchildren, in and around thetwo-storey building.

The Israeli military saidnearly 50 rockets andmortar rounds were firedfrom Gaza following theexplosion, which Hamasblamed on the Jewish state

Gaza militants bombard Israel afterdeadly blast

Palestinian police officers at the site where anexplosion destroyed a building in the town of BeitLahiya, northern Gaza Strip, on 12 June, 2008.

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despite its denial ofinvolvement.

“Only yesterday, Israeldecided to give a chanceto the Egyptian initiativewhich could have broughtcalm to the south,” theIsraeli prime minister’s

spokesman Mark Regevtold AFP.

“The barrage of rocketstoday shows that Hamashas no interest in calm andis committed to violence,terror and murder.”

Internet

This undated image released by Pinacoteca doEstado museum, shows the painting ‘Mulheres najanela’ by Emiliano Di Cavalcanti. Heavily armedrobbers stole two engravings by Pablo Picasso andtwo oil paintings by well-known Brazilian artists

Emiliano Di Cavalcanti and Lasar Segall from thePinacoteca do Estado museum in downtown SaoPaulo on 12 June, 2008, a museum official said.

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SAO PAULO, 13 June— Three armed robbers stoletwo Pablo Picasso prints from an art museum in down-town Sao Paulo on Thursday, the city’s second high-profile art theft in less than a year.

The bandits also took two oil paintings by well-known Brazilian artists Emiliano Di Cavalcanti andLasar Segall, said Carla Regina, a spokeswoman forthe Pinacoteca do Estado museum.

The Picasso prints stolen were “The Painter and theModel” from 1963 and “Minotaur, Drinker andWomen” from 1933, according to a statement from theSao Paulo Secretary of State for Culture, which overseesthe museum. The prints and paintings have a combinedvalue of $612,000, the statement and a museum officialsaid. About noon, three armed men paid the $2.45entrance fee and immediately went to the second-floorgallery where the works were being exhibited, bypassing more valuable pieces, authorities said.

“This indicates to us that they probably received anorder” to take those specific works, Youssef AbouChain, head of Sao Paulo’s organized crime unit, toldreporters at a news conference.—Internet

LONDON, 13 June— Britain’s Ministry of Defencesays two British soldiers have been killed inAfghanistan.

A spokesman says the two men were hit by enemyfire while patrolling the area around their base in theUpper Gereshk Valley. He says a third soldier was alsoinjured in Thursday’s attack.

The men served in the 2nd Battalion the ParachuteRegiment. On Sunday, three soldiers serving in thesame unit were killed in an attack in the Upper SanginValley. At least 102 British soldiers have now died inAfghanistan since the 2001 invasion by the US and itsallies.—Internet

Two UK soldiers killedin Afghanistan

Armed robbers steal Picassoprints in Brazil

BAGHDAD, 13 June—New US proposals havefailed to overcome Iraqiopposition to a proposedsecurity pact, two law-makers said Thursday,and a senior governmentofficial expressed doubtan agreement could bereached before the USpresidential election inNovember.

Iraqi reinforcements,meanwhile, arrived in theoil-producing southerncity of Amarah on Thurs-day as the military gearedup for another crackdownagainst Shiite militiafighters, officials said.

The security agree-ment would provide alegal basis for the presence

Iraqi lawmakers reject securitydraft pactof US forces in Iraq afterthe UN mandate expiresat the end of this year.

Failure to strike a dealwould leave the future ofthe American militarypresence here to the nextadministration.

US negotiators of-fered new proposals thisweek after Iraqi law-makers expressed out-rage over the directionof the negotiations,claiming that acceptingthe US position wouldcement American mili-tary, political and eco-nomic domination of thiscountry.

Iman al-Asadi, a Shiitemember of the parlia-mentary committee on

legal affairs, said the latestAmerican version“wasn’t satisfactory to saythe least.”

She said the Americanproposals contained“some good points butthey were not up to whatwe had expected.”

Al-Asadi said thecommittee had recom-mended to the negotiatorsthat they reject the latestdraft, the fourth since thetalks began last March.

Kurdish lawmakerMahmoud Othman con-firmed al-Asadi’s com-ments, adding that “wewill not sign” the agree-ment as proposed byWashington.

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Relatives of a Pakistani victim of a US air strike shift him to a hospital roomon 11 June, 2008. The US-led coalition in Afghanistan on Thursday

deflected accusations that it killed 11 Pakistani soldiers in an air strike,releasing video footage which it says shows its forces targeting insurgents.

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Indonesia, Iran promise tostrengthen trade coop

JAKARTA, 13 June—Inthe 10th Joint Com-mission Meeting inEconomy and Tradebetween Indonesia andIran ended here onWednesday, senior offi-cials of the two countriessigned a series of Memo-randums of Under-standing (MOUs) to boosttheir trade and economiccooperation.

“This meeting was the

further step for agreementswhich have achieved whenIndonesian PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudo-yono visited Iran on March2008. We want to intensifyour trade and economicrelationships throughoutMOUs,” Mari Elka Pan-gestu, Minister of Trade ofIndonesia told reporters,with Mohammad Sol-aimani, Minister of Infor-mation and Technology of

Iran, sitting beside her.Indonesia and Iran

signed MoUs on Environ-ment, International Ex-hibition and establishmentof Iran-Indonesia Businesscouncil, and also discussedthe Preferential TradeAgreement (PTA) asadvancement of Frame-work Agreement onComprehensive Trade andEconomic Partnershipsigned on 2005.

“Our final purpose isFree Trade Agreement(FTA), but to form PTAbefore it. About the issueof PTA, our focus are onthe establishment of TradeNegotiating Committee(TNC) and cut downtariff.” —MNA/Xinhua

The Gorch Fock sails on the Baltic Sea off the German coast on 12 June,2008. The sailing school ship of the German Navy celebrates its 50th

anniversary of going into operation this year.—INTERNET

Verizon Wireless and

Palm, Inc (Nasdaq:

PALM), today

announced that the

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Vietnam raisesprime interest rate

HANOI, 13 June—TheState Bank of Vietnam,the country’s CentralBank, decided Tuesday toincrease the prime interestrate, the basic rate forcommercial banks to formtrading interest rates,including both deposit andlending rates, to 14 per

cent from 12 per cent, in amove to curb inflation.

The central bank alsodecided to raise therefinancing rate to 15 percent from 13 per cent,and the re-discount rate to13 per cent from 11 percent, according to thebank’s Monetary Policy

Department. The three newrates take effect on 11 June.

With the higher primerate, commercial banks,which currently offerannual deposit interestrates of around 14 per centand lending rates of up to18 per cent, will raisedeposit rates by severalpercentage points, andlending rates to 21 per centat maximum.

This is the third timethat the Central Bank hasraised the three key interestrates since 1 February.Before February, it keptthe rates unchanged forover three years.

MNA/Xinhua

BP chairman rejects“apocalyptic” talk of $250 oil

BRUSSELS, 13 June—The chairman of British oilmajor BP <BP.L> rejected as “apocalyptic” a predictionby the head of Russian gas giant Gazprom<GAZP.MM> of oil prices soaring to 250 US dollarsa barrel. BP chairman Peter Sutherland told theEuropean Policy Centre on Wednesday there was noproblem with available supplies of fossil fuels in themedium term, but there was a need for more investmentto develop those resources. “Personally don’t believein some of the more apocalyptic predictions,”Sutherland said when asked about Tuesday’s forecastby Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller. “I don’t believewe’re in for a spike to 250 US dollars as suggested inprice per barrel.” — MNA/Reuters

China’s oil imports up by doubledigits in first five months

BEIJING, 13 June—China’s oil imports posted double-digit growth in the first five months of 2008 as globalcrude prices more than doubled from a year earlier, theGeneral Administration of Customs said on Wednesday.

The country imported 75.97 million tons of crudeoil, up 12.7 per cent from a year earlier, with averageprices rising 64.1 per cent to 689.9 US dollars per ton.

Imports of oil products jumped 17.3 per cent to17.34 million tons. Prices soared 66.9 per cent toaverage 709.6 US dollars per ton.

Analysts said booming domestic demand, notablyfrom the severe winter and quake reconstruction,fueled imports. Crude oil exports totaled 950,000 tons,valued at 570 million US dollars, while exports ofrefined oil stood at 6.48 million tons worth 4.85 billionUS dollars.— MNA/Xinhua

Bank shares up onreport Russian

tycoon buys stakes

A file photo shows artist Filemon Trevino, 38, poseswith part of his 411-meter-long (1,350-foot) drawing

called ‘Electrocardiograma Artistico 411’ at theRegiomontana University in Monterrey, Mexico.

Trevino accomplished his lifelong dream of enteringthe Guinness Book of World Records on 11 June,

when he was presented a Guinness certificatedeclaring his drawing as the world’s largest.

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MOSCOW, 13 June—Bank shares rose onWednesday after a reportthat Russian billionaireSuleiman Kerimov isbuying stakes in majorWestern banks and wantsother tycoons to join him.

Kerimov has beenselling his Russian assets,including stakes in thecountry’s biggest bankSberbank and gas giantGazprom, to buy stakes inDeutsche, UBS, MorganStanley and Credit Suisse,Kommersant businessdaily said, quotingsources.

Deutsche shares rose 1.7per cent to 62.99 euros by0846 GMT, UBS was up

0.8 per cent and CreditSuisse gained 0.6 per cent.

One source in a majorinvestment bank toldKommersant that Keri-mov, Russia’s 8th richestman and a member of theUpper House of theRussian Parliament,owned 3 per cent ofDeutsche at the end of lastyear. “Kerimov nowcontinues to increase hisstake in Deutsche Bankand plans to take it to 9 percent,” a source familiarwith Kerimov’s plans toldKommersant. Othersources said Kerimov’sholdings in other banksamount to about 1 percent.— MNA/Reuters

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Mexican dancers perform at the first ChinaXinjiang International Folk Dance Festival inUrumqi, capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang

Uygur Autonomous Region, on 11 June, 2008. Aspecial performance for Mexican dancing was

held on Wednesday evening.—XINHUA

A date palm grown from a 2,000-year-old seed is seenin this undated handout photograph, made availablein London on 12 June, 2008. Israeli researchers whogrew a sapling from a date seed found at the ancientfortress Masada said on Thursday the seed was about

2,000 years old and may help restore a species ofbiblical trees.�—XINHUA

All items from Xinhua News Agency

JAKARTA, 13 June —The General ElectionCommission (KPU) ofIndonesia said hereWednesday that the KPUwas planning to changethe election date from 5April to either 8 or 9 April,2009.

The government andthe House of Representa-tives (DPR) have left theschedule of next year’sgeneral election to KPU to

Indonesia’s general electionto be held April 2009

decide, KPU chairmanHafiz Anshari said.

Earlier, the KPU haddecided at a plenarymeeting to conduct thegeneral election onSunday, 5 April, 2009, butseveral parties had raisedobjections to the date andasked for a change.

According to Hafiz, theobjections were discussedwith the House Com-

mission II and the govern-ment, and the discussionended with their agree-ment to leave the poll’sschedule fully to the KPUto decide. Some 51 politi-cal parties have passedverification tests to joinnext year’s general elect-ion, General ElectionCommission (KPU)chairman Hafiz Ansharisaid earlier. —Xinhua

BEIJING, 13 June —The International FinanceCorporation(IFC), amember of the WorldBank Group, announcedTuesday it had invested100 million US dollarswith Morgan Stanley inNature, one of the largestflooring manufacturers inChina.

IFC’s investmentincluded a 20-million-US-dollar equity investmentand 30 million US dollarslong-term loan. MorganStanley made the other 50

HANOI, 13 June — Vietnamese Prime MinisterNguyen Tan Dung called for provinces to tightenmarket management over the prices of food, medicinesand other daily essentials, Vietnam News reportedWednesday.

Dung made the call in a on-line meeting withleaders from the nation’s rice bowl Can Tho Province,three coastal provinces Binh Thuan, Bac Lieu and CaMau and Kon Tum Province. He asked the provincialleaders to focus on agricultural production and fisheriesindustries, and help local businesses boost output andexport. He urged market watch officials and police inthese provinces to increase inspection and strictlyhandle speculation.

Success in these tasks would not only make a greatcontribution to GDP growth, but also help ensuresocial stability, the Prime Minister said. —Xinhua

QUITO, 13 June— Ecuador has revoked 1,138 miningconcessions in efforts to boost government controlover the industry, the country’s Mines and PetroleumMinistry announced on Tuesday.

The order covers over 992,350 hectares of miningarea in the provinces of Guayas, Azuay, Chimborazo,Pichincha, Zamora, Loja and El Oro, the ministry saidin a statement.

The government is trying to control the activities ofthe concerned mining companies in order to protect theenvironment and local communities, said Mines andPetroleum Minister Galo Chiriboga.

The affected companies include All Metals Mineria,Atlas Moly SA, Arias Eguiguren, Carlos Arturo, DaiZhou Xiaohui, Ecuadorgold, Cia Minera Mariana,Sierramin, Chanel Mining Resources, Elipe SA, andSanta Barnara Copper and Gold.

The nation’s constituent assembly approved the so-called Miner Order on 18 April, allowing for greatercontrol over the country’s natural resources.

Xinhua

MANILA, 13 June —The Philippine military onTuesday said unidentifiedattackers fired shots at aUS helicopter flying overthe sky of southernPhilippine city of Cotabatoon Monday.

Lieutenant ColonelJulieto Ando, spokesmanof the Army’s 6th InfantryDivision, told on-lineedition of Philippine DailyInquirer that the helicopterwas ferrying patients anddoctors from a port inCotabato to the US Navyhospital ship USNS Mercydocked outside Cotabato.

The chopper landedsafely and there were nocasualties, the militarysaid.

The USNS Mercy isdocked one kilometre offthe Polloc Port in CotabatoCity.

The US Navy ship is

Ecuador revokes over1,000 mining concessions

Vietnamese PM calls forprice control over staples

US chopper fired at inS Philippines

on its second visit to thePhilippines with a missionto treat around 15,000patients and to help withlocal construction pro-jects. —Xinhua

IFC, Morgan Stanley invest $100m inChina’s nature

million US dollars equityinvestment. Both com-panies did not disclose itsequity share of theinvestment.

The money would beused to develop plantationforests in east China’sJiangxi Province andestablish a steady supplyof certified wood to thefloor maker.

Nature plans to in-crease the use of suchindependently certifiedwood gradually to 100 percent. The China Forest

Trade Network, thenational body of the WorldWildlife Fund’s GlobalForest and Trade Network,will regularly assess thecompany’s progress onthis target, according tothe IFC.

The Chinese Govern-ment promotes both eco-logical conservation andforestry development, asthe two are interdepend-ent of each other, said JiaZhibang, administrator ofthe State Forestry Admini-stration. —Xinhua

Workers stand with crates of tomatoes at the Central de Abastos market inMexico City, on 12 June, 2008. Export-quality tomatoes labeled ‘Ready to

Eat’ in English flooded Mexico City markets on Thursday after a salmonellascare in the US stopped them from crossing the border.

INTERNET

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Our media grouparrived at storm-hitDedaye Township ofAyeyawady Division on7 June to cover the newson endeavours of threestrengths such as thegovernment, the peopleand the Tatmadaw inharmoniously carryingout reconstruction anddevelopment tasks.

At the entrance toDedaye, we saw the grandDedaye Bridge thatcontributes much todevelopment and socio-economic progress ofKungyangon Townshipof Yangon South Districtand Dedaye, Pyapon,Kyaiklat and Bogaletownships of AyeyawadyDivision.

In accord with theguidance of Head ofState Senior GeneralThan Shwe, a milestonewas laid in the history of

Reconstruction sceneof Dedaye Township

Article: Maung Maung Htwe (MNA)

Photos: Khin Maung Win (Kyemon)

Chairman of Dedaye Township Peace andDevelopment Council U Myo Aung explains

reconstruction and development of villages inthe township.

A low-cost house for storm victims in villages of Dedaye Township.

Farming equipment to be used in storm-hit villages of Dedaye Township.

The photo shows the already-repaired No 1 Basic Education High School in Dedaye.

the State inimplementing thedevelopment plans tolink the northern and thesouthern regions of thecountry as well as theeastern and the westernparts of the nation.

Reconstructionand developmentmeasures have beentaken in respective storm-hit townships in a shorttime, due to unprece-dented development ofroads and bridges inAyeyawady Division.We witnessed the

already-roofed SasanaBeikman and religiousbuildings, offices,schools, hospitals andhouses in town.

In an interview,Chairman of DedayeTownship Peace andDevelopment Council UMyo Aung said, “Thetownship is located on401.714 square miles ofland, and three wards and190 village-tracts in the

township are home to211,353 people. A totalof 18 relief camps arebeing opened for stormvictims in the urban areas

and one relief camp forthe village-tracts. Reliefsupplies were provided to4,720 victims. On 3 June,there remained only tworelief camps — one in theurban area and another inKyonda Village, where atotal of 258 storm victimswere being accom-modated. Beginning 20May, reconstruction anddevelopment of the townare being undertaken

under the supervision ofMember of the NationalDisaster PreparednessCentral CommitteeMinister for Rail

Transportation Maj-GenAung Min.”

He continued tosay, “Out of 499.20 tonsof rice and 764 tons ofother items have beendelivered to the stormvictims. Out of 34,202

ravaged houses in thetownship, 28,435 houseshave been repaired.Furthermore, a total of8,593 roof-blown off

houses have also beenrepaired. In addition, theplans are under way tobuild 5,950 low-costhouses in the township.”

“A total of 20ravaged rice mills havebeen repaired cent per

cent. A total of 125 hullersof 259 have also beenrepaired, and theremaining hullers areunder repair. At present,the target was set to put182,143 acres of landunder monsoon paddy in2008-2009. In addition toone-wheeled Leyar-22power-tillers, Leyar-16power-tillers and Eya-1power-tillers, paddystrains and draught cattlehave been provided to thelocal farmers. Moreover,the arrangements arebeing made to deliver

various sizes of boatsand fishing nets forensuring development ofthe fishing industry,” heexplained.

He added,“Companies of nationalentrepreneurs including

Eden Company andFarmer Phoyarzar CoLtd are also participatingin the repair of schools,offices and religiousbuildings.”

During the trip, wewitnessed the progress ofreconstruction tasks forthe victims in storm-hitregions of AyeyawadyDivision through theconcerted efforts of thegovernment, the peopleand the Tatmadaw.

Translation: TTAKyemon: 13-6-2008

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The govern-ment hand in hand withthe people andTatmadawmen speedilycarried out relief andrescue work for thesurvivors in the disaster-affected regions that werehit by cyclone Nargis inearly May to continue tosurvive.

In the samemonth, SSA-S insurgentgroups ruthlesslymurdered innocentcivilians earning theirliving in an honest waywith various weaponssuch as sticks and swords.

During the storm,a private from the militaryservice lost his life whilehe was alerting the peopleof a village in theAyeyawady Delta toevacuate. From a deltatown, motorized boatswith rescue teams weresent to nearby villagesand 597 storm victimswere saved in time. Up to14 May, 637 victims weresaved and evacuated withthe use of helicopters and51 emergency patientswere sent to specialisthospitals. Althoughhelicopters could nottouch down as someregions were flooded,they dropped reliefsupplies to nearest places.So, the victims were ableto survive and reach therelief camps.

Such news wascarried in both State-runnewspapers and privatejournals. Some of the

Killers with use of words and swordsAn Observer

scenes were seen on TVscreen. As an experiencedjournalist, I felt such newsscenes were notexaggerated. I evenanalyzed them thoroughlywhether there was anyblackout. Like the roots ofa tree, the southern Delta isteeming with streams,creeks and rivers. Asalmost all the ships, boatsand motor boats in theregion were sunk, it wasnot possible to rush to theaffected areas for a certainperiod. That was whyhelicopters flew overtransporting relief goods,evacuating the victims andsending patients tohospital. We didunderstand that. At such atime, we noticed somebroadcasting stationsmanufactured fabricatednews stories to the likingof internal and external

anti-government groupswithout considering howthe government, privatemediamen and donorswould reach out to thestorm victims and how theywould carry out their reliefwork to cover the wholeaffected areas.

This is a greatopportunity for anti-government groups.Ignoring sympathy andunderstanding, thoseexpressing the wish to helpMyanmar withhumanitarian aid made apolitical trick changing thetitle of the Myanmar issueinto a crime againsthumans. They exacerbatedthe problem. With skyfulof lies, they launched apsychological warfare.

Those whoexaggerated someweaknesses of Myanmar inimplementing relief and

rescue work for the stormvictims that occurred dueto difficulties turned a blindeye to the news about the

massacre committed bySSA-S Ywet Sit’s group inKonlaymok village inMaukmai Township, ShanState (South). They blackedout this news. Although Iwas waiting for foreignnews agencies how theywould comment about this,nothing was heard exceptthat BBC announced SSA-S blamed the governmentfor the killings.

Why is it so? Is ittheir policy that everythingthe government does is toblame and everything theinsurgents do is to bepraised? Otherwise, theyare seeing the governmentrescuing on a self-helpbasis hundreds of

thousands of victims withnegative view and they areseeing the insurgentskilling about a dozen ofinnocent civilians withpositive view. It is becauseall the stories the internaland external groups createdshowed this direction.

Don’t think thatthose creating make-upstories are not expert in thejob. Indeed, they are expertat tracking news. As theyseem to be blind or arepretending to be blind, Iwill reveal what the SSA-S Ywet Sit group is.

The group is madeup of insurgent drugdealers. Since a neo-colonialist nationattempted to stab in theback of Myanmar, U KhunSa-led MTA group

u n c o n d i t i o n a l l yexchanged arms for peaceand returned to the legalfold in January 1996. ButYwet Sit wentunderground again tocontinue engaging in theheroin business as hewanted to get back themoney owed. He contactedthe remnant Shaninsurgent group of KhunKya Nu and committedsubversive acts. Later, theirgroup was called SSA-S.The headquarters is basedin Lwetailyan, Mongna. Asit is all open to foreignersand foreign mediamen,news hunters also havebeen there. Near the regionthere are opium refineries.

Some might already hearthat there are machinesissuing fake money. Asthe article can be so long,I will mention mainlyabout the Ywet Sit groupcommitting crimes suchas massacre, arson andrapes practsing anti-Bamar sentiment andchauvinism.

On 9 February,1993, they attacked theTatmadaw camp inPantawi village and setfire to the whole villageas they retreated. A totalof 60 villagers were killedand 30 injured.

On 18 January,1997, they set fire toMeethwaygon (Bamarvillage) and raped thewomen of the village.Altogether 13 men and

children were killed andeight injured.

Altogether 21local people from ward-6 of Namsan werecaptured and hit withoutany reason while theywent to the village formaking charcoal on 28January of the same year.

On 13 June, 50passenger-buses wererobbed and the womenwere raped at a place onKunhing-Kengtungmotorway. Theyseparated the Bamarnational from thepassengers and openedfire to them. So 26 peopledied and five injured.

(See page 9)

Members of Tatmadaw giving helping hands to the injured man,U Thar Ngin, 23, to take him to hospital.

U Thar Ngin, who escaped from SSA-S insurgents, undergoingsurgery at Maukmai People's Hospital.

A wood cutter murdered by SSA-S insurgent group.

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Killers with use of words and swordsAn Observer

(from page 8)They detonated a

time bomb insideMyoma cinema inMandalay on 21 May1998, and the explosionleft one dead and 11injured. On 18 Octoberthe same year, they hitsix workers to death withsticks and swords at thequarry on Panglong-Leikha road nearKyauktaung village.

On 24 March 2003,they fired small armsat the Gu monastery inLoikon vi l lage,Kunhein, and onemonk was killed and anovice injured in theincident.

On 26 March 2005,they set fire to Hti-takhu,Naungde, Monglut andPanming villages, themajority of whosepopulations were Pa-Onational people, inHongpong Township.More than 100 houseswere burnt down and 446villagers left homeless.They also set fire to theprimary school and themiddle school of Hti-takhu village.

They are only someof the terrorist acts SSA-S Ywet Sit group hascommitted. They alsocommitted many crimesin which one or twovictims were shot dead.They have beenrecruiting new members.

U Than

Zaw, 33,

son of

U Than

Maung

seen after

undergoing

surgery.

Nine bodies ferociously killed by SSA-S insurgent group.

In that regard, they didnot spare even minors.So, many parents had tosend their boys to themonasteries in nearbytowns and had theminitiated into novicesthere.

Those incidents havebeen published intopublications withdocumentary photos.They are compellingevidence news huntersshould keep for goodreferences.

I would like topresent one moreprofound event. Deputycommander-in-chief ofthe forces commander ofBrigade No (758) U MeinSin and 848 troopmembers whoseobjection did not workand who had lost theirpatience with thoseterrorist acts returned tothe legal fold bringingtogether with them armsand ammunition on 6 July2006.

Diplomats, repre-sentatives from UNagencies and local andforeign journalistscovered the news at theceremony in which UMein Sin and partyrelinquished their armedinsurgency line andentered the legal fold. Thenews hunters out of worryabout possible collapseof Ywet Sit group airedspecial broadcasts to

maintain the group.Deputy commander

of Brigade No (758) USai Ta in his speech said,“Ywet Sit practises anti-Bamar policy. A largenumber of villagers ofMeethwaygon village,workers and passengerswere killed under hiscommand. They robbedpassenger buses, killedBamar people, rapedwomen and took themoney from the victims.Moreover, they set fire tohouses and schools in thevillages of Pa-O nationalsand forced them out ofShan State, accusing Pa-O people of givinginformation to theTatmadaw. They stick toracism and theirs areterrorist acts. It is a longtime we have beendesperate to break awayfrom his group”.

Presenting com-pelling evidence thatYwet Sit-led SSA-S grouphad risen against the Stateand tortured the peoplerepeatedly, thegovernment released anannouncement on 25August 2006 to declarethe group and itsmembers, terrorists.

However, certainelements are turning ablind eye to their terroristacts, covering the newsabout terrorist acts, andkeeping them as lackeys.So, Ywet Sit group

members are stillcommitting slaughters ofinnocent peopleaudaciously.

It was very cruel ofYwet Sit troops toslaughter 11 workers ofthe sawmill nearKonlemok village inMaukmai Township on 28May 2008. News aboutthis cruelty was carried in31 May issue of thenewspapers. The victimswere all Bamar and Pa-Onational people. Theysaid, “We’ll kill all ofyou” and cut their throatsto death. Before doing so,they hit the victims withsticks. It is fair to say thatthey are far crueller thanBCP members and ‘88’terrorists. In the policy of“Dismiss, remove andkill”, BCP members usedsolid bamboo sticks inkilling the victims. The“88” terrorists usedswords to behead thevictims. SSA-S troopsused both sticks andswords. One of the 11victims with injuriesmanaged to escape. Herecounted the atrocities indetail. The 10 victimswere killed and thrownaway into a ravine. Whenthe Tatmadaw columnarrived, one of the 10victims was still alive, sohe was rushed to hospital.The victims were buried.If all the 11 victims weredead, the news hunterswould have covered upthe fact and accused theTatmadaw of killing thevictims.

It might be in the

middle of last year. Aftera foreign media grouphad interviewed the SSA-S spokeswoman, SSA-Ssaid that it had sent amessage for tripartitetalks and there had beenno reply yet, with theintention of sounding outfor information. Somemembers of the terroristgroup were from NCUB.They were also terrorists.The government haddeclared NCGUB,FTUB, ABSDF and NLD(LA), unlawful groupsand terrorists.

Members of theABSDF (North) brashlycommitted atrocitiesunder the “Dismiss,remove and kill” policyin which they killedfellow members. Thegroup was then split intosmall groups. The groupbroke up and ThanGyaung and followersjoined SSA-S Ywet Sit.Than Gyaung thencontinued to kill innocentpeople. He claimedhimself to be Sao KhunKyaw. In the end, hesurrendered when theinsurgent groups weresurrounded by theTatmadaw columns andthe people in NankhamTownship.

ABSDF, in collusionwith Maung Maung (a)Pyithit Nyunt Wai ofFTUB and expatriateSein Win of NCGUB,detonated bombs manytimes and killed manypeople. Their bombattacks included thebomb explosion that took

place at the ceremonyto temporarily keepBuddha Tooth Relic forpublic homage in MahaPasana Cave on KabaAye Hill, letter bombexplosion, and a seriesof bomb explosions inthree busy places inYangon. SSA-S groupmassacred people in thejungles, while terroristgroups such asNCGUB, FTUB andABSDF killed manypeople in urban areas.

Are they the oneswho engage in arevolution, ordemocracy activists, orfreedom fighters?A n t i - g o v e r n m e n telements at home andabroad are supportingthe terrorist groups toconceal the terroristacts. However, theterrorist groups will bepunished one day. I donot want the foreignradio stations to be putblame in those cases.They hunt news,whereas SSA-S, FTUBand ABSDF hunthuman victims. If theycontinue to help theterrorist groups withatrocities, they willhave to suffer evilconsequences likehunter Sonutthora inKing ElephantChaddan Jataka.Writer Salay U Ponnyanamed those whokilled others with theuse of words or arms,stupid persons orheretical slaves.Translation: ST + MS

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YANGON, 13 June —Member of the NationalDisaster PreparednessCentral CommitteeMinister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint met withcommanding officer oflocal battalion and those

Ministry of Forestrydistributes sawn timber

and logs to Yangon,Ayeyawady DivisionsYANGON, 13 June—The Ministry of Forestry

distributed 100 tons of sawn timber and 2000 tons oflog to Kungyangon Township and 3701 tons of sawntimber to 42 townships in Yangon Division up to 8June.

So far, 626 tons of sawn timber and 500 tons oflog had been distributed to Pyapon Township, 443 tonsof sawn timber, to Kyaiklat Township, 466 tons ofsawn timber, to Dedaye Township, 565 tons of sawntimber and 2500 tons of log, to Bogale Township, 385tons of sawn timber, to Labutta Township, 289 tons ofsawn timber, to Ngapudaw Township, 252 tons ofsawn timber, to Mawlamyinegyun Township and 200tons of sawn timber, to Hainggyikyun Township.

Similarly, the ministry provided 3176 tons ofsawn timber and 2414.946 tons of log for reconstructionof damaged departmental buildings and low-costhousing complex.

A total of 17617.946 tons of sawn timber andlog were transported to storm-hit townships in Yangonand Ayeyawady Divisions.—MNA

YANGON, 13 June —As National League forDemocracy (NLD) has kept in contact with embassiesof the United States of America and Britain and hascarried out their instructions, people have criticisedthe party for its actions and have kept a watchful eyeon it.

Diplomats of the embassies of the US andBritain in Yangon visited the headquarters of theparty on West Shwegondaing Road in Yangon for 17times in May 2008. They met with CEC members ofthe NLD and presented small and big envelopes tothem. — MNA

Eleven die in landslidein Mogok

NAY PYI TAW, 13 June — Torrential rainscaused landslide leaving eleven dead in Mogok.

The torrential rain from mid-night on 11 Juneto 6 am the next day reached record rainfall of 8.07inches in Mogok, PyinOoLwin District, MandalayDivision, and Yeni Creek flooded Shawliwaing,Myoma, Sipinthaya and Peikswe wards. Thefloodwater rose from two to three feet and causedlandslide that destroyed three houses leaving sevenmen and four women dead.

Local authority, Tatmadawmen, members ofUnion Solidarity and Development Association, FireBrigade, Red Cross Society and social organizationshad carried out rescue and relief efforts and medicalcare services at the scenes immediately.—MNA

YANGON, 13 June —Monk Venerable Shi Fazhoof Golden Pagoda BuddhistTemple in Singaporedonated K 20 million to thestorm victims and K 5 millionto the fund of Women CareCentre of Social WelfareDepartment in TwantayTownship at Fire ServicesDepartment (Head Office)in Mayangon Township thismorning.

Minister for SocialWelfare, Relief andResettlement Maj-GenMaung Maung Swe acceptedthe donations and presented

More int’l supplies arriveYANGON, 13 June — More relief supplies are

being provided by the international community.The three IL-76 flights and one AN-12 aircraft

carrying 62.356 tons of food, plastic sheets, pillows,blankets and mosquito nets, computer accessories,plastic mats, construction materials and various kindsof medicines donated by Thailand-based WFP, thethree C-130 aircraft carrying 18.89 tons of relief aidincluding bottled drinking water and milk donated bythe USA and two C-130 aircraft carrying 23.66 tons ofaid including bags of rice and medicines sent by Thaigovernment and people arrived at Yangon InternationalAirport today.

MNA

Monk of Golden Pagoda Buddhist Templemakes contribution

certificate of honour to thedonor.

MNA

NDPCC member inspects rehabilitation tasks inNgapudaw Township

in-charge of constructioncompanies, officials andUSDA members at thecontrol office ofPyinkhayein village,Ayeyawady Division inNgapudaw Township on 9June and gave instructions

on rehabilitation tasks ofstorm-hit villages, progressin repairing schools, arrivalof power-tillers andagricultural equipment andhealth matter.

The minister presentedclothes to storm victimsof Hlelangwin (north)village in Pyinkhayeinvillage-tract.

Next, the ministerwent to Oaktwin villageand inspected progress onconstruction of make-shiftvillage, land allotmentsand sample of low-costhousing complex of ShweThanlwin Co and left

necessary instructions.Next, the minister

greeted the local peoplewho will resettle in newPhonedawpyae villagefrom Phonedawpyae andKhongyi villages.

At control office ofPyinkhayein village on 10June, the minister heardreports on progress ofrehabilitation tasks presentedby officials and urged themto accelerate the tasks.

Next, the ministervisited station hospital inPyinkhayein village andcomforted the patients.

MNA

Relief aids from WFP based in Thailandarrive at Yangon International Airport.

MNA

Haji U Khin Maung Than of 32nd Street handsover 50 bags of rice to Chairman of MyaungmyaTownship Sangha Nayaka Committee Sayadaw

Bhaddanta Panna Siha on 11 June.The wellwisher donated 50 bags of rice to

monks in storm-hit areas.—H

Ven Shi Fazho from Golden Pagoda BuddhistTemple of Singapore presents K 20 million to

Minister Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe. —SWRR

US, British diplomats visitedNLD HQ for 17 times in May

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Nine survive weekend aircrash in Chile

Brazil starts clinical test onesophagus cancer vaccine

Pluto gets a new name

UK security officialsuspended over lost file

Roof of Cyprus’ largesttheatre collapses

Two years after Pluto was struck form the planetary A-list and downgraded to “dwarf-planet” status, theninth rock form the Sun regained some dignity by lending its nemw to new category of celestial bodies.

INTERNET

RIODE JANEIRO, 13June — The Brazilian labEurofarma said Wednes-day it will carry outclinical tests of a bio-logical vaccine developedin Cuba against esophaguscancer.

The project of the lab,the fifth biggest in Brazil,will be supported by theBrazilian National Bankof Economic and SocialDevelopment (BNDES).

The BNDES annou-nced Wednesday that ithas approved a credit of2.2 million reais (about1.3 million US dollars) to

fund the project. If theresults of clinical test issatisfactory, the vaccinewill be produced in Brazil.

Eurofarma willcontribute 1.3 millionmore dollars to prove theefficiency of the medicinethat combats esophaguscancer. It is also beingtested in treatments onhead, neck, brain and lungmalignant tumors.

The vaccine, Nimotu-zumabe, is a monoclonalantibody developed frombiological molecules bythe Centre of MolecularImmunology (CIM) in

Havana, Cuba. It issynthesized protein thatacts over structures ofspecific proteins of thesurface of tumour cells.

The medicine com-plements treatmentsagainst cancer likechemotherapy andradiotherapy.

The tests made tillnow with vaccine in Cubahave proved that themedicine has the sameclinical benefits with otherdrugs used against cancerbut without producingcollateral effects.

MNA/Xinhua

SANTIAGO,13 June — The wreckage of a plane, which disappeared four daysago with 10 people on board, was found Wednesday in southern Chile, localauthorities said. Pilot Nelson Bahamondes, 60, was the only person killed in theaccident, a Chilean Air Force colonel said. The small plane, a Cessna 208, wentmissing after taking off from an airport in the southern city of Puerto Montt enroute to La Junta. The Air Force and military police then began a large-scalesearch operation, with a helicopter spotting the survivors late Wednesday.

The survivors, all Chilean nationals, suffered only minor injuries as the pilothad reduced the impact by crashing the plane into treetops.— MNA/Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 13June— Pluto, demotedfrom planet status in 2006,got a consolation prize onWednesday — it and otherdwarf planets like it willbe called plutoids.

The InternationalAstronomical Union saidin a statement that itsexecutive committeemeeting in Oslo, Norway,decided on the term.

Plutoids will bedefined as celestial bodiesin orbit around the Sunfarther away than Neptune.They must have near-spherical shape, and must

not have swept up other,smaller objects in theirorbits, said theorganization, whichnames newly discoveredplanets and other celestialbodies.

The two known andnamed plutoids are Plutoand Eris, but astronomersexpect to find more.

Another dwarfplanet, Ceres, does notmerit the plutoiddesignation because it isin the asteroid beltbetween Mars andJupiter.

MNA/Reuters

Residents look over tornado damage in Chapman, Kan, on 12 June, 2008,after the violent storm cut a six-block path through the small Kansas town

on Wednesday.—INTERNET

Patients “not benefiting” fromBritish NHS reforms

LONDON, 13 June —Patients have yet to seeany significant benefitsform the government’sbillion-pound overhaul tothe National HealthService, two independentwatchdogs said onThursday.

NHS officials haveunderestimated thecomplexity of overhau-ling the health system,

they said, although in thelong run they expected thereforms to pay off.

While general NHSstandards had improvedconsiderably in the pst fewyears, patients were stillfailing to feel ny significantbenefits because thereforms were not“delivering the desiredchanges.” The conclusionswere reached in a joint

report from the Heak-thcare Commission—which overseas health-care in England —and theAudit Commission,which monitors otherpublic bodies.

Officials from the twobpdies estimated thereforms, unveiled almosta decade age by TonyBlair, have cost taxpayersclose to one billionpounds.—NMA/Reuters

NICOSIA, 13 June—The roof of Cyprus’largest theatre caved in onWednesday night while itwas closed, police said onThursday.

The Nicosia munic-ipal theatre, with a

capacity of 1,200, hadbeen scheduled to hosthundreds ofschoolchildren for an endof term play on Thursdayevening.

Last week the neo-classical building hosted

members of Russia’sBolshoi Ballet. Thetheatre was extensivelyrefurbished in 2004,though concerns wereexpressed at the time overthe structural integrity ofsome areas of the building.

MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 13 June—Thegovernment said on Thursday it hadsuspended a senior intelligence officialwho left a file with top secret documentsabout Iraq and al-Qaeda on a train asMPs called for an inquiry.

A passenger found the orangefolder on a London commuter train andhanded it over to the BBC, which saidit contained top secret documents on

Iraq’s security forces and thegovernment’s latest assessment on al-Qaeda.

The sensitive papers had been in thepossession of an unnamed official whoworked in the Cabinet Office, the centralgovernment department that supports thework of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

MNA/Reuters

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Wildfires hithomes in

California town SAN FRANCISCO, 13

June—Four wildfiresfanned by high windsdestroyed seven houses,20 condominium unitsand a small apartmentbuilding in Stockton,California, a city alreadyreeling from one of thehighest US rates ofmortgage foreclosures.

Two firefighters suf-fered minor injuries butreturned to battling theblaze amid gusting windsand high temperatures,Stockton Police spokes-man Pete Smith said.

Smith said authoritiesdid not yet have a countfor the number of peopledisplaced by the fires andhave yet to determine howthey started.

MNA/Reuters

US-led forces say kill fourAfghan civilians in raid

Panama seizes 4,423kilos of cocaine

PANAMA CIYT, 13 June—Panama seized 4,423 kilosof cocaine on Tuesday on three speed boats around theCoiba Island in the Panamanian Pacific.

Interior and Justice Vice Minister Severino Mejiasaid that the seizures were a hard blow to drugtraffickers. Panamanian Drug Prosecutor GilbertoArmuelles said that no arrest has been made so far, butthe police were stationed in the island searching for thesuspects.

“The drugs were to be smuggled into the UnitedSates,” said Armuelles.

Police and prosecutor authorities said that one of theboats had four outboard motors and the other boat hadvarious communication radios, fuel and provisions.

During the last three months, the Panamanian anti-drug agents have seized 12 tons of illegal substances.

MNA/Xinhua

“Flower Girl” boosts culturalexchange between DPRK, China

WFP resumes school feedingprogramme in Cambodia

KABUL, 13 June—US-led forces killed fourAfghan civilians, in-cluding two women and aboy, in an operationagainst the insurgents inthe southeastern provinceof Paktika, the US militarysaid in a statement onWednesday.

But some people whointroduced themselves byphone as residents toldreporters that dozens ofcivilians were killed in lateTuesday’s air attacks inMata Khan District of theprovince which lies nearthe border with Pakistan.

Afghan provincialofficials declined toconfirm or deny theaccounts. The operation,in which several militantswere killed, was aimedat two insurgent leaders,the US military said inits statement, withoutidentifying the pair.

“The operation alsoresulted in four civiliandeaths and one civilianinjury,” it said, adding thefatalities included twowomen and a boy.

The soldiers detained 12insurgents in the operation,it said. The Taleban, wholead the insurgency againstthe government andforeign troops under thecommand of NATO aswell as the US military,could not be reachedimmediately for com-ment.—MNA/Reuters

PHNOM PENH, 13 June—The UN World FoodProgramme (WFP) hasresumed to provide freemeals for some 450,000primary school childrenacross Cambodia, afterobtaining new contri-bution to ease its financialstrain, said a WFP Pressrelease Wednesday.

“The last minutecontribution of 5.4 millionUS dollars came at a timewhen WFP was forcedto suspend its SchoolFeeding Programme(recently) in Cambodiabecause of rising foodprices and lack ofcorresponding funds,” itsaid.

The contribution waspart of a WFP corporatefund established to helpthe organization's CountryProgrammes continue toprovide food assistancedespite higher foodprocurement costs, itadded.

MNA/Xinhua

PYONGYANG, 13 June—The performing tour inChina of the famous opera“Flower Girl” of theDemocratic People’sRepublic of Korea (DPRK)was very successful, aDPRK newspaper saidTuesday. “The un-precedented performancewas extremely successfuland will be a landmarkin the DPRK-China

traditional friendship,” thenewspaper Minju Josonquoted the head of theopera delegation ChoeChang Il as saying. It willboost the exchange ofculture and art between thetwo countries, Choe added.

The Chinese audiencewere deeply attracted bythe ideological content andexquisite art of “FlowerGirl”, said the director

O Kyong Chol. Thescenery, unique vocalaccompaniment andbeautiful dances wereextremely new to the earand the eye of the people,O said. “Flower Girl,” oneof the “Five DPRKRevolutionary Operas,”made a performing tour inmore than 10 Chinese citiesfrom 15 April to 31May .

MNA/Xinhua

One of nature’s helicopters a large bee hovers around the flowers on 12 June,2008 in Washington.—INTERNET

Cameroon seeks measures to boost agri production YAOUNDE, 13 June —

Officials of departmentsand agencies under theCameroonian AgricultureMinistry are holding athree-day conference todiscuss the imple-mentation of a series ofmeasures aimed atboosting agriculturalproduction in the country.

During the annualconference, whose themeis “The grand ambitionsof the Cameroonianagriculture” this year, theparticipants are expectedto confirm the importanceof the agricultural sectorand rural economy,identify bottlenecks

hampering growth in thesector and proposesolutions, the AgricultureMinistry announced onTuesday.

Further, they willattempt to exercise thelethargy that has beenthe hallmark of the

Agriculture Ministry inorder to give anoperational content that islikely to strengthen thesector and enhance theposition of “agronomistswho spend more time inoffices than on theground”.—MNA/Xinhua

Car bomb hits Iraqi policepatrol in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, 13 June— A car bomb went off near apolice commando patrol in central Baghdad onThursday, killing three people and wounding 15 others,an Interior Ministry source said.

The attack occurred in the afternoon in the Allawidistrict when the patrol was travelling on the main busyroad, the source told Xinhua on condition ofanonymity.—MNA/Xinhua

Chinese workers move into a makeshift tent near the ongoing construction ofthe China Central Television tower in Beijing on 11 June.

INTERNET

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End to discrimination urgedagainst HIV-infected people

UNITED NATIONS, 13June — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moonappealed on Tuesday foran end to the discrimina-tion against HIV-infectedpeople, calling it “anaffront to our commonhumanity”.

Six decades after theadoption of the UniversalDeclaration of HumanRights, “it is shocking thatthere should still bediscrimination againstthose at high risk, suchstigma attached toindividuals living withHIV,” Ban told a high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS which openedTuesday at the General

Assembly. “This not only drives

the virus underground,where it can spread in thedark; as important, it is anaffront to our commonhumanity,” he said.

Citing his meetingswith the UN’s group ofHIV-positive staff, UNPlus, the UN Chiefdescribed such encountersas “one of my mostmoving experiences asSec re ta ry -Genera l” .“They are wonderfullycourageous and motivatedpeople,” he said. “I amdetermined to make theUN a model workplace inembracing them, and allour staff living with HIV.”

Ban also called on theinternational communityto change laws that“uphold stigma and discr-imination —includingrestrictions on travel forpeople living with HIV”.

The United Nationsbegan on Tuesday the two-day high-level event toreview progress made inimplementing the 2001Declaration of Commi-tment on HIV/AIDS andthe 2006 PoliticalDeclaration on HIV/ AIDS.

MNA/Xinhua

Cashew nuts may cutgreenhouse gas from belching

TOKYO, 13 June — The cast offs from snacking oncashews may help fight global warming caused byanimals that belch methane. Tests in Japan have showthat oil produced from the shell of the cashew nut mayslash by 90 per cent the methane emissions frombelching cattle when mixed as an additive to feed, aspokesman for oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co said onWednesday.

The firm’s research division is working withHokkaido University on Japan’s northernmost island,on the project, with the aim of launching sales withinfour years, the spokesman said.

“We are in the process of applying for a patent,” hesaid, although the research has so far been only in thelaboratory with the treatment yet to be fed to cattle.

Methane emissions from livestock in the field are amajor factor in climate change. In New Zealand thetwo main gases from agriculture, methane fromlivestock and nitrous oxide from fertilisers, make upclose to half of the country’s emissions.

MNA/Reuters

A file photo shows biologist examines cells infected with the chikungunya virus ata Marseille laboratory. EU health expert have warned that Europe could face an

increase in outbreaks of diseases carried by insects and rodents — such aschikungunya fever — as the climate on the continent becomes hotter and

wetter.—INTERNET

A woman, right, getshelp from a man after

her car stalled in aflooded street on 12June, 2008, in Iowa

City, Iowa. Thousandsof people had evacuated

their homes in CedarRapids and Iowa Cityand Cedar Rapids by

Thursday asthunderstorms brought

more heavy rain toflood-ravaged Iowa.

INTERNET

A performer on stilts,dressed as a vine,

entertains at the 28thAuction Napa Valley inSt Helena, California

recently.INTERNET

Greek industrialist’s abductorsdemand 50 mln euros

ATHENS, 13 June —The kidnappers of aprominent Greekindustrialist are askingfor 50 million euros torelease him, police saidon Wednesday. GeorgeMilonas, 49, chairman ofthe Federation of Industriesof Northern Greeceand CEO of aluminiumcompany Alumil, wassnatched at gunpoint lateon Monday outside hishome in the northerncity of Thessaloniki byunknown assailants.

“A person claiming toknow Milonas’ wherea-bouts contacted hiswife early this morningdemanding 50 millioneuros for his release,” apolice official whodeclined to be named toldReuters.

Although theabduction of Milonas is not

considered to be thework of urban guerillas,authorities have not ruledit out. Road blocks havebeen set up throughout thecity and across northernGreece.

MNA/Reuters

Mediterranean sharknumbers down 97%

ROME, 13 June —The number of sharksin the Mediterranean hasfallen by 97 per centin the last 200 years,putt ing the sea’secological balance atrisk, a report released onWednesday said.

The report, by theW a s h i n g t o n - b a s e dLenfest Ocean Progra-mme, used recordssuch as fishermen’s logs,shark landings, museumspecimens and visualsightings to estimate thenumber and size of theMediterranean sharksover the last twocenturies.

There was onlyenough data on five of the20 big shark species

present in the Mediterra-nean to be useful to thestudy — the hammerhead,thresher, blue and twospecies of mackerel shark,which averaged a declineof 97 per cent.

“It will have a majorimpact on the ecosystembecause large predatorysharks are at the top ofthe food chain,” saidFrancesco Ferretti, thereport’s lead author.

A report last monthby the InternationalUnion for Conservationof Nature found 11 kindsof shark faced extinctiondue to overfishing, partlycaused by boomingdemand for shark fin soupin Asia.

MNA/Reuters

New-style bird flu vaccine shows promiseWASHINGTON, 13 June— A new-style bird flu vaccine made using monkey cells

instead of chicken eggs appears to be safe and effective, corporate researchersreported on Wednesday.

The vaccine against H5N1 avian influenza, made by Baxter International, isthe first bird flu vaccine to be made using cells in a lab dish instead of chicken eggs.This is important because the right type of chicken eggs are difficult to obtain —and because H5N1 kills chickens rapidly.

The trial of more than 250 people was a phase I/II safety trial, but the report,published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed the vaccine produceda strong immune response in people who received two doses.— MNA/Reuters

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S P O R T S

(13 June 2008)Italy 1 - 1 RomaniaHolland 4 - 1 France

Tiger Woods watches his shot from the rough onthe first hole during the first round of the 108th U.

Open golf tournament at Torrey Pines in SanDiego on 12 June, 2008.—INTERNET

India’s Sunitha Rao, hits a shot, during her third-round match against Alona Bondarenko of

Ukraine, at the Birmingham DFS Classic women’stennis tournament, Birmingham, England, on 12

June, 2008.—INTERNET

HELSINKI , 13 June — German Foreign MinisterFrank-Walter Steinmeier unexpectedly took over aVIP lounge at Helsinki airport on Thursday to seeGermany take on Croatia in the Euro 2008 soccertournament.

Just before the end of the first half of the match,Steinmeier’s plane stopped just 10 metres away fromthe lounge and his 100-strong delegation hastily tooktheir seats to watch the remainder of the game on awide screen television.

Officials said the plane had to refuel on its way toChina, where Steinmeier is headed for an official visit.

MNA/Reuters

BERNE, 13 June— France coach RaymondDomenech remained tight-lipped about his startinglineup to face Netherlands in their second match atEuro 2008 although he said that playing on Friday the13th was not a problem.

Domenech, who is known to be interested in astrol-ogy and other mysterious matters, was asked about thedate of the Group C match in Berne, the second clashof heavyweights in the tournament.

“I’m not superstitious,” a relaxed Domenech tolda news conference on Thursday. “It brings bad luck.”

He said his 23-man squad were all fit, meaningstriker Thierry Henry and midfielder Patrick Vieira,who missed the opening 0-0 draw against Romaniawith thigh injuries, should both take some part in thegame. —MNA/Reuters

France coach secretive butnot superstitious

German FM turns airportinto soccer lounge

BERNE, 13 June — France are still contenders towin Euro 2008 despite a dismal start against Romaniathat produced no goals, fullback Willy Sagnol said onThursday.

“It would have been better to beat Romania but wehave a goal which is to go all the way and that stillstands,” Sagnol told a news conference the day beforeFrance face Netherlands.

The confident Dutch started with a 3-0 demolitionof world champions Italy and Sagnol .

“It will be difficult but we knew that from thestart,” he added.

France, now facing a struggle to survive a toughGroup C, can turn to recent history for inspiration,having started their 2006 World Cup campaign witha dull 0-0 draw with Switzerland.

“We’re used to sluggish starts at major tourna-ments,” Sagnol said, without mentioning that inGermany, France next faced South Korea and Togorather than Netherlands and Italy here.

He also believes the other two heavyweights in thegroup would find it hard against Romania, who playeddefensively against France. —MNA/Reuters

Sagnol says France can stillwin the title

BUENOS AIRES, 13 June — Argentina coach AlfioBasile has not been impressed by Euro 2008.

“I don’t like the European championship,” he tolda news conference on Thursday.

“As always, the Europeans play firstly to qualify. Idon’t have a favourite but I always believe in the majorpowers.

“Spain had a good win but they don’t have thehistory which Germany and Itay have.”

Basile, whose team face Ecuador in a World Cupqualifier on Sunday and visit Brazil three days later,said he would not be fooled by Brazil’s 2-0 friendlydefeat to Venezuela last Friday.

“It’s not usual for Brazil to play like that, and it wasa day when everything went well for Venezuela,” saidBasile, who has been on the wrong end of two 3-0defeats against Brazil since taking over as coach afterthe 2006 World Cup. —MNA/Reuters

Argentina coach Basileunimpressed by Euro 2008

NEUSTIFT (Austria), 13 June — Fernando Torres’sangry reaction after being substituted during Spain’s4-1 win over Russia will do nothing to underminemorale in the Spain camp, players said on Thursday.

Spain coach Luis Aragones went to shake Torres’shand after taking him off early in the second half of theGroup D game in Innsbruck on Tuesday, but the strikerignored him as he walked off to be replaced by CescFabregas. “Why destroy everything we’ve done byworrying about a small detail,” defender Joan Capdevilatold a news conference. It is past now and we have tolook ahead. We need to look at positive things not thenegative. —MNA/Reuters

Players insist Torres incidentgone and forgotten

Romania holds Italyto 1-1 draw

Italy’s goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon saves a pen-alty from Romania’s Adrian Mutu during their

Group C Euro 2008 soccer match at theLetzigrund Stadium in Zurich, on 13 June,

2008.—INTERNET

Zurich,(Switzerland),13 June—GianluigiBuffon saved a late pen-alty kick by Adrian Mutu,giving Italy a 1-1 drawwith Romania on Fridayat the European Cham-pionship.Daniel Niculaewas dragged down in thearea by Christian Panucciin the 80th minute.Buffon, a star for Italy’sWorld Cup championstwo years ago, dived left

and reached back with hishand to stop Mutu’s shot,and the ball then deflectedaway off the goalkeep-er’s leg.

Mutu had given Ro-mania the lead in the 55thminute off a defensivemistake by GianlucaZambrotta. Panucciequalized a minute laterfor Italy following ascramble off a cornerkick.—Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Chin and Kayah States, rain or thundershowershave been isolated in lower Sagaing Division, scattered inKayin State, upper Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions, fairlywidespread in Rakhine State, Magway and Bago Divi-sions and widespread in the remaining areas with locallyheavyfalls in Magway and Taninthayi Divisions, isolatedheavyfalls in Kachin State. The noteworthy amounts ofrainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw (0.31) inches, Dawei(4.88) inches, Myeik (4.49) inches, Putao ( 3.63) inches,Minbu (2.36) inches, Bhamo (2.21) inches, Kawthoung(2.09) inches and Magway and Kyaukpyu (1.77) inches.

Maximum temperature on12-6-2008 was 91ºF. Mini-mum temperature on 13-6-2008 was 74ºF. Relative hu-midity at (09:30) hours MST on13-6-2008 was 80%. Totalsunshine hours on 12-6-2008 was ( 3.4) hours approx.

Rainfall on 12-6-2008 was (0.04) inch at Mingaladon,( 0.24) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.32) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was (34.80) inches atMingaladon, (41.30) inches at Kaba-Aye and (53.31)inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (12) mph from Southwest at (16:25) hoursMST on 12-6-2008.

Bay inference: Monsoon is moderate to strong inthe Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 14-6-2008: Rain orthundershowers will be widespread in Kachin, Shan andMon States,Taninthayi Division, fairly widespread inChin, Kayin and Rakhine States, upper Sagaing, Bago,Ayeyawady and Yangon Divisions and scattered in theremaining areas. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate to rough seain Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Strong monsoon.Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area

for 14-6-2008: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for 14-6-2008: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast forMandalay and neighbouring area for 14-6-2008: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Weather outlook for third weekend of June 2008:During the coming weekend, rain or thundershowerswill be in fairly widespread in Yagon Division, scatteredin Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay Division.

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Make donations to the storm victims

� Everybody may make donations freely.

� Everybody may make donations to any person or any area.

However, wellwishers are urged to avoid unsystematic donations and acts that

may tarnish the image of the nation and its people.

� Certain internal and external anti-government elements, self-centred persons

and unscrupulous elements are now seeking their self-interests by sending to the

foreign news agencies stories about relief and rehabilitation work they have

made up and shot on video.

� Storm victims are hereby warned to remain vigilant with nationalistic spirit

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�Skyful liars attempting to destroy nation�BBC lying

VOA deceivingRFA setting up hostilities�Beware! Don’t be bought by those ill-wishers

Anyone may dial the following phone numbers of the Ministry ofSocial Welfare, Relief and Resettlement if he witnesses or knows thatthe cash assistance and relief supplies donated from abroad and athome to the storm victims are kept for self-interest, traded, used forparticular persons and organizations, or misappropriated for otherpurposes.

Head of Office Ph: 067 404021 and 067 404022Deputy Head of Office Ph: 09 860 1002

Witness may inform about misappropriation ofinternal and international relief funds and supplies

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