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* 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 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 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

* 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

True patriotism* It is very important for everyone of the

nation regardless of the place he lives tohave strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true patriotism allthe nationalities will have to safeguard.

YANGON, 14 Oct—Minister for Con-struction Maj-Gen Saw Tun inspectedmaintenance of roads from No. 5 Junctionof Hlinethaya to Twantay-Kawhmu-Kungyangon-Dadaye-Pyapon road andPanhline and Twantay bridges yesterday.

He looked into repair of retainingwalls of the approach road to Tawpale

Maintenance of roadsand bridges inspected

Bridge and maintenance of the bridgeand gave necessary instructions.

The minister also viewed old andnew Bailey bridges. He told the officialsconcerned to make arrangements formaintenance of the existing bridgebefore completion of the new one onKungyangon- Letkhokgon road.—MNA

Archaeological edifices in Bagan fascinating touristsArticle, photos by Po Thaw Zin

The Aureum Palace Resort in Bagan Archaeological Region fascinating foreign tourists.

Now the rainy season is going tosay “goodbye” to Myanmar, and it isushering in the cold season, and so the

Being blessed with natural resources ofdifferent sorts in abundance and pos-sessing cultural and archaeological edi-

tourism season has set in. Myanmar isworking hard to transform itself into apeaceful, modern and developed nation.

fices, the nation captivates tourists fromaround the world.

(See page 9)

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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 DesireWednesday, 15 October, 2008

Myanmar Traditional CulturalPerforming Arts Competitions have been heldfor 16 years. This year the performing artscompetitions will be held with four loftyobjectives — Uplift of national prestige andintegrity and preservation and safeguardingof cultural heritage and national character,uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation, keeping genuine patriotism based onnational solidarity alive and dynamic andturning out younger generation who willcontinue to safeguard the national cultureand character.

The performing arts competitions notonly depict the essence of Myanmatraditional arts but promote Myanmaattributes that have deeply rooted inMyanma traditional arts.

Traditional customs, way of lifecostumes and character and thoughts andarts have been existed as cultural structuresamong the Myanmar nationals in the courseof history.

We urge the contestants to theperforming arts competitions to makeefforts to reveal their talented skills in artsand to enhance national character, customsand social norms of Myanmar peoplethrough preservation and promotion ofnational culture.

Preservation of nationalculture through arts skills

YANGON, 14 Oct—The work coordinationmeeting for holding a friendly football tournament andthe third Grand Royal Challenge Cup 2008, held withthe intention of raising funds for storm victims, washeld at meeting hall No. 1 in Aung San Stadium hereyesterday morning. General Secretary of MyanmarOlympic Committee Director-General U Thaung Htaikof Sports and Physical Education Department delivereda speech on the occasion.

Afterwards, General Secretary of MyanmarFootball Federation Deputy Director U Bunny TinAung of Sports and Physical Education Departmentand responsible persons explained the matters onholding tournament and departmental officials madesuggestions.

Afterwards, Director-General U Thaung Htaikgave a conclusion speech.—NLM

3rd Grand RoyalChallenge Cup 2008 for

storm victims’ fund

NAY PYI TAW, 14Oct— Today is FullmoonDay of Thadingyut(Abhidhamma) Day.Pagodas and monasteriesin Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana,Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon andNay Pyi Taw Lewe werecrowded with devotees.

In the early morning,devotees and wellwishersoffered fruits, alms food,lights, flowers, water andincense sticks toDatudhaya Datpaungzupagoda in Bawga TheindiWard in Nay Pyi Taw.Until evening, the pagodawas thronged with thosewho observed Sabbath,meditated, recitedAbhidhamma andperformed meritoriousdeeds. At night, the pagodaand the ministries wereilluminated with lights.

At the Phaya KoezuPagoda in Yanaung-2Ward in Nay Pyi TawPyinmana, devoteesoffered alms food andfruits to the Buddha image.

There were soon-offering, Abhidhamma

Devotees perform meritorious deeds onAbhidhamma Day

Day, Pawarana, sermonand donation ceremoniesat Lawkamarazein,Kokhangyo andLawkayanhnein Pagodasin Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana.

Similarly, famouspagodas in Yangon werecrowded with devotees. Atthe Shwedagon Pagoda,Abhidhamma Day wasobserved and 5,000 lightswere offered to the SulePagoda by wut

associations. There weredevotees who performedmeritorious deeds.

In the afternoon,T i p i t a k a d h a r aDhammabandagarikaAgga Maha PanditaB h a d d a n t aSirindabhivamsa (YawSayadaw) delivered asermon at the Dhammayonon the platform ofBotahtaung Kyaikday-utPagoda. The 16th soon-offeringceremony was held atMaha Wizaya Pagoda.,

Variosu kinds of flowers,cakes and fruits wereoffered to the pagoda.Abhidhamma Day wasobserved at Thiri MingalaKaba Aye Pagoda,Varadahta DatuzediyaRelic Tooth pagoda(Yangon), Lawka ChanthaAbhaya Labha MuniBuddha Image,Kyaikwaing Pagoda,Mailamu, Kyaikkasan,Ngahtatgyi, Chaukhtatgyi,Mogaung pagodas andKyaikkhauk Pagoda inThanlyin. — MNA

YANGON, 14 Oct—Holders Myanmar made itthrough semifinals,crushing Indonesia 6-0 inGroup-A of AFF Women'sChampionship 2008 heldin Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam, at 5.30 pm.

Maing Nilar Htwe

YANGON, 14 Oct—Talks on Information andNetwork Security, organized by Myanmar ComputerProfessionals Association and sponsored by MyanmarComputer Company Ltd (MCC) for the developmentof information and communication technology, washeld at Room No 205 of Main hall of MyanmarInfoTech building in Hlaine Township here on 11October. Secretary of MCPA U Nyein Oo and executiveU Aung Zaw Myint (MCC) gave talks on Information& Network Security with the intention of the securityof business information.—NLM

MCPA gives talks on Information& Network Security

Myanmar get through semifinalsopened the scoring in thefirst minute and 30 second,and Thida Oo made it 2-0in the 25th minute. ThanThan Htwe and San SanThein added in the 30th

and 39th minutes.Aye Aye Mar and

Naw Ar Lo Wah Phawscored one goal each tohelp win victory overIndonesia 6-nil.

In Group-A,Myanmar cruised into thesemifinals as the secondgroup leaders with 9 pointsfrom three wins and oneloss.

Myanmar play againstAustralia, the leaders ofGroup-B, in the secondsemifinal match on 18October afternoon.—MNA

Shwedagon Pagoda packed with devotees on Abhidhamma Day.—MNA

Talks on Information and Network Security,

organized by MCPA and sponsored by MCC

in progress.—NLM

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WASHINGTON, 14 Oct— Five years ago, retired AirForce intelligence officer Kirk von Ackermann becamethe first of 39 Americans to be kidnapped in Iraq. He’sstill missing, his wife fearing she’ll never see him again.

Besides the personal tragedy, his disappearanceand those that have followed have taken on a larger sig-nificance. They mark a turning point in terrorist tacticsthat US intelligence officials say has produced a startlingstatistic: a 500 percent increase in foreigners taken hos-tage around the world as militants adopt the methods ofthe most violent figures in the Iraq insurgency.

Figures compiled by the Defence IntelligenceAgency from classified and unclassified sources —provided exclusively to The Associated Press — showthat in 2004, some 342 foreign and US hostages weretaken by terrorist and insurgent organizations.

Internet

US military deathsin Iraq war at 4,182WASHINGTON, 14 Oct—As of Monday, 13 Oct,

2008, at least 4,182 members of the US militaryhave died in the Iraq war since it began in March2003. The figure includes eight military civilianskilled in action. At least 3,385 military personneldied as a result of hostile action, according to themilitary’s numbers.

The British military has reported 176 deaths; Italy,33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain,11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia,four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia,Netherlands, Thailand and Romania, two each; andAustralia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and South Korea,one death each.—Internet

Pakistani tribesmen

examine a damaged

car after a house was

hit by a US missiles on

the outskirts of Miran

Shah, the main town of

Pakistan’s North

Waziristan tribal

region along

Afghanistan border on

12 Oct, 2008

INTERNET

US Marine charged with assaulting Sydney womanSYDNEY, 14 Oct— A US

Marine has been chargedwith assaulting a prosti-tute while on shore leavein Sydney last weekend,police and the US Em-bassy said Tuesday.

The 25-year-old man,who was not identified,was charged late Mondaywith assault involving“bodily harm” followingan incident at a Sydneybrothel on Sunday, policesaid in a statement.

He was released onbail. The US Embassy inCanberra said the USNavy was cooperatingwith the investigation and

confirmed that the man,who shipped out Tuesday,will return to Australia toface the charges in courton 10 Nov.

The Marine was one of3,000 Marines and Navypersonnel on shore leave

in Sydney after the am-phibious assault ship USSPeleliu and guided missiledestroyer USS Halsey ar-rived in the port on Friday.The ships departed Tues-day.

Internet

Sharlow Majik, 8,bottom left, reacts

during the funeral ofher brother, Mandaeanstudent Saif Majik, in

the predominantlyShiite Bayaa district,

southwestern Baghdad,Iraq, on 13 Oct, 2008.

INTERNET

American man arrestedin Pakistani border region

PESHAWAR, 14 Oct— A 20-year-old American manwas arrested late Monday at a checkpoint near the Af-ghan border in a tribal region where Pakistani troopsare fighting Taliban and al-Qaida militants, police said.

Officers were investigating what the man was doingin the border area, said one officer, Pir Shahab. The fron-tier region has seen months of fighting between militantsand security forces and is believed to be a possible hid-ing place for Osama bin Laden and other foreign extrem-ists. Shahab said the man — identified on his passport asJuddi Kenan — did not have permission to be in the re-gion as is required by Pakistani law. He was arrested at acheckpoint trying to enter Mohmand agency, Shahab said.“He is holding an American passport, which showshim as a resident of Florida,” Shahab said.

The US Embassy was in contact with Pakistani of-ficials about the reported arrest, spokesman LouisFintor said. He declined further comment, citing USprivacy laws.—Internet

Unknown gunmen shot deadgov’t official in S Afghanistan

KABUL, 14 Oct—Two unknown gunmen Tuesdaymorning shot dead a senior government official on hisway to work in southern Afghan province of Kandahar,a police official said.

Matiwullah Khan, the provincial police chief saidthat it happened at 9 am local time (GMT0430) whentwo armed men came by a motorbike to the 6th districtof Kandahar city, capital of Kandahar province, andopened fire at Dost Mohammad Arghestani, the pro-vincial chief of work and public affairs department.“Arghestani and one of his bodyguards were killed onspot,” Matiwullah Khan said, “their driver was alsowounded in the clash.”

He added that attackers ran away after killing thetarget and police forces had cordoned off that area andstarted investigations. The ill-fated official DostMohammad Arghestani, according to local media re-ports, is also the provincial head of martyrs and thedisabled department.

Internet

Bomb blasts kills three in southeast Nepal

KABUL, 14 Oct—A soldier withUS-led coalition forces in Afghanistanwas killed and several others werewounded in a bomb blast in the trou-

Coalition soldier killed inAfghanistan

bled south of the country, the coalitionsaid Tuesday.

The incident took place on Mon-day when their vehicle struck an impro-vised explosive device, the force said ina statement, without specifying theexact location of the blast.

The coalition did not release thenationality of the casualties pending no-tification of their next of kin.

The latest casualties bring thenumber of foreign soldiers killed in Af-ghanistan to 224 this year. Most of thosekilled have died in roadside bomb at-tacks.

In 2007, a total of 219 foreign sol-diers were killed in the war-ravagedcountry.—Internet

A policeman inspects a burnt vehicle atthe site of a bomb attack in Baghdad

on 12 Oct, 2008.—INTERNET

KATHMANDU, 14 Oct— Threepeople were killed and five wounded bya powerful bomb that ripped through amarket in a small town in southeastNepal Tuesday, police said.

“We have information that threepeople were killed in Chandranigahapurbut I have no details,” police officialRamesh Thapa said from Gaur, about

75 km (45 miles) southeast ofKathmandu.

The region has been the focus ofprotests over the last year from ethnicgroups demanding more autonomy fromNepal’s highland cultures.

Local television channels said thevictims were a woman and two chil-dren.—Internet

Kidnappingsspread in Iraq

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The Collaborators, a group of aerobatic airplanes from Team Oracle andTeam Fusion, perform manoeuvres over San Francisco ahead of Fleet Week,

in San Francisco, California on 9 Oct, 2008.—INTERNET

HAVANA, 14 Oct— Cu-ban lawmakers on Mon-day requested their coun-terparts across the worldto demand the US Con-gress and government liftthe country’s economicsanctions imposed onCuba almost 50 years ago.

In a statement onMonday, the parliamentof Cuba said that in thelast 16 consecutive years,the United Nations hasapproved resolutionsagainst the US sanctions,

Cuban lawmakers request world’ssupport against US sanctions

but Washington “with itsusual arrogance, has dis-claimed the express man-date of the internationalcommunity”.

The parliament saidthat recently, hurricanesGustav and Ike cost Cuba5 billion US dollars indamage, but the WhiteHouse reiterated that itwould lift the ban underno circumstances.

“That policy clearlytypifies the internationalcrime of genocide which

soon will reach half cen-tury,” the statement said.

Also on Monday, USactivist Pamela AnnMarti, member of the USSupport Movement toCuba, said in Havana thatthe policy of her countrytoward the island country“is a horror.”

In a declaration to lo-cal radio stations, Martisaid that the governmentof Washington must re-spect the Cuban peopleand authorities.—Internet

TEHERAN, 14 Oct—Iran is to scrap a number ofliquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in order to ex-pand its capacity to export gas by pipeline, the oil min-istry’s Shana agency reported on Monday.

“The country’s LNG projects whose contracts havebeen signed will be implemented. But we prefer toexpand our gas exports capacities by pipeline,” deputyoil minister for planning affairs, Akbar Torkan, wasquoted as saying.

“We prefer to change unsigned (LNG) projects togas exports plans via pipeline,” he said.

Iran has drafted several long-term LNG outlinesto export 83 million tonnes of liquefied gas from itsgiant reserves, the second largest in the world afterRussia.

But the costly projects have lingered for lack ofinvestment and have been hampered by political ob-stacles.

The costly LNG technology has only been mas-tered by a few foreign companies, whose investmentsin the Islamic republic have not been expanded in re-cent years.

Western governments have pressured firms to cuttheir ties with Iran over the country’s controversialnuclear programme, which world powers fear couldbe aimed at seeking atomic weapons — a charge ve-hemently denied by Teheran.

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 14 Oct—Two huge wildfires drivenby strong Santa Ana windsburned into neighbour-hoods near Los Angeleson Monday, forcing fran-tic evacuations on smoke-and traffic-choked high-ways, destroying homesand causing at least twodeaths.

Around sunset, resi-dents were warned to stayon alert during the nightand winds more than 60mph were forecast. GovArnold Schwarzeneggerdeclared a state of emer-gency in Los Angeles andVentura counties.

The Iranian oil refinery of Mizdeh near the Iraqiborder.—INTERNET

A hillside burns near homes in the Villagio development in the Los Angelesarea. One person was killed and thousands were evacuated as a series of

wind-driven wildfires swept across California, forcing firefighters onto thedefensive as they scrambled to halt the flames.—INTERNET

Iran scraps gas projectsto push pipeline plans

VIENNA, 14 Oct— North Korea declared Mondaythat it will resume shutting down its nuclear pro-gramme and allow UN experts to monitor the proc-ess, including making sure the plant that produced plu-tonium for its test bomb remains disabled.

The moves, revealed by the International AtomicEnergy Agency, were a strong indication thatPyongyang was making good on its pledge to returnto a deal with the US, Russia, China, South Koreaand Japan meant to strip it of its weapons-enablingnuclear programme.

Pyongyang announced Sunday it would resume dis-mantlement in line with the deal offering political andenergy rewards in exchange, after the US removedNorth Korea from its list of states sponsoring terro-rism.—Internet

CONROE, 14 Oct— A pilot and television cameraoperator died Monday when their helicopter crashednear Houston on the way to cover a news story.

KTRK, an affiliate of ABC, reported the helicopterit had leased was flying to the scene of a shootingwhen it crashed in a state forest near Conroe, on thenorthern edge of Houston’s suburbs.

Local stations showed video of burning trees and apile of debris made up of pieces of the helicopter. Thestation’s SkyEye logo was partially visible on onepiece. “All of us at KTRK-TV are deeply saddened bythe tragic accident involving SkyEye 13 and our heartsgo out to the families of the pilot and the photogra-pher,” station spokesman Tom Ash said in a state-ment.—Internet

Wildfires force frantic evacuations near LA; two dieMore than 1,000 fire-

fighters and nine water-dropping aircraft battledthe 4,700-acre Marek Fireat the northeast end of theSan Fernando Valley, andthe 5,000-acre SesnonFire at the west end.

Winds blew up to 45mph with gusts reaching70 mph at midday. Theywere forecast to diminishin the evening before roar-ing over 60 mph after 11pm. “This fire has the realpotential of moving fromwhere it is now ... as faras Pacific Coast (High-way),” said Los AngelesCounty Fire Chief P Mi-

chael Freeman.Residents downwind

were warned to remainalert into the night. “It cango from here to the oceanin a matter of two to threehours,” said Los AngelesCounty Supervisor ZevYaroslavsky.

Authorities confirmedmore than three-dozenmobile homes burned atthe Marek Fire, and 19structures — some ofthem homes — were ei-ther damaged or de-stroyed by the SesnonFire. Commercial sitesburned in both fires.

Internet

Houston TV station helicoptercrashes, two dead

State troopers investigate the scene of a helicoptercrash in a heavily wooded area in the WG Jones StateForest on 13 Oct, 2008, in Conroe Texas.—INTERNET

N Korea renews UN access to nuclear site

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Russian college students dance during the Sino-Russia Culture & Art Festivalfor College Students in Heihe College in Heihe, northeast China’s

Heilongjiang Province, on 13 Oct, 2008. —XINHUA

China, Singapore pledgeto work more closely

China starts building railway linkingSW inland to south port city

BEIJING, 14 Oct—Chinaand Singapore on Mondayvowed to share their re-spective experiences ondevelopment and collabo-rate in more areas.

Chinese Vice PremierLi Keqiang met withSingaporean Minister for

Defence Teo Chee Hean inthe central governmentcompound Zhongnanhaiin downtown Beijing.

Li reviewed the soundbilateral relations since thetwo nations forged diplo-matic ties in 1990, citingtheir fruitful cooperation in

trade, investment, urbanconstruction and environ-mental protection, amongothers. Commenting onthe global financial tur-moil, Li said China wouldmake great efforts to keepits economy on the righttrack, which would helpstabilize the world eco-nomy.

“China will implement aflexible and prudentmacro-economic policy,strive to expand domesticdemand, particularly thedemand for consumption,and ensure the stable andrelatively fast growth of itseconomy.” On ties withSingapore, Li said Chinavalued the bilateralfriendly and mutuallyben-eficial relation.—Xinhua

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R) meets withvisiting Singaporean Minister for Defence Teo

Chee Hean in Beijing, capital of China, on 13 Oct,2008. —XINHUA

GUILIN, 14 Oct—Chinaon Monday began con-struction on a major re-gional railway to connectthe less-developed south-western inland GuizhouProvince with the south-ern Guangdong Province,one of the country’s eco-nomic powerhouses.

The 857-km line startsfrom Guizhou’s provincialcapital, Guiyang, runningsouthwards through Guan-gxi Zhuang AutonomousRegion and ending in theport city Guangzhou,Guangdong’s capital.

The new line is de-signed to be a double-track electrified railwayand will allow trains totravel at 200 km an hour.

With an estimated cost of85.8 billion yuan (12.6billion US dollars), theGuiyang-Guangzhou lineis scheduled to be com-plete and operational insix years.

The line is expected tohave a daily capacity of100 passenger trains andan annual capacity forgoods transportation of 35million tons.

Xinhua

Guests lay a foundation at the inaugurationceremony for the construction of Guiyang-

Guangzhou High-speed railway in Guilin, south-west China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous

Region, on 13 Oct, 2008.—XINHUA

China, Russia unveil boundary markersfor eastern section of boundary

FUYUAN, (Heilongjiang), 14 Oct— China and Rus-sia held a ceremony at Heixiazi Island on Tuesday tounveil the boundary markers for eastern section ofChina-Russia boundary.

Ambassador with the Chinese Foreign MinistryZhao Xidi and Vladimir Malyshev, deputy director ofthe Russian Foreign Ministry First Asian Departmentjointly unveiled the boundary markers.

Representatives from the two countries’ departmentsof foreign affairs, national defence, public security andlocalities also attended the ceremony.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry and Russian ForeignMinistry on Tuesday also confirmed, through an ex-change of notes, that the additional protocol betweenChina and Russia on the eastern section of the China-Russia Boundary as well as its appendix have offi-cially taken effect.

Xinhua

Chinese shares up 1.21%in morning session

BEIJING, 14 Oct—Chinese shares ended 1.21 per-cent higher in the morning session on Tuesday fol-lowing rises in overseas markets sparked by globalefforts to stem the financial crisis.

The Shanghai Composite Index closed at2,098.66 points, up 25.09 points or 1.21 percent fromthe previous close.

The smaller Shenzhen Component Index endedat 6,684.34 points, up 112.76 points or 1.72 per-cent. —Xinhua

S Korea’s 3 major business groups bidfor Daewoo Shipbuilding

SEOUL, 14 Oct—POSCO, Hanwha Group andHyundai Heavy Industries, South Korea’s three ma-jor business groups, submitted their final bids Mon-day to acquire a controlling stake in Daewoo Ship-building and Marine Engineering Co, the state-runKorea Development Bank (KDB) said.

GS group, which had formed a consortium withPOSCO, suddenly declared its withdrawal after thefinal submission citing the differences in opinion be-tween the two companies (GS and POSCO).

KDB, which holds 31 percent stake in DaewooShipbuilding and manages the sale, said it will selecta priority negotiator for Daewoo Shipbuilding as earlyas 25 Oct after reviewing the proposals.

KDB CEO Min Euoo-sung said the ability to helpDaewoo grow into a global player is one of the majorfactors to be considered.

He said that Daewoo was worth 8 to 9 trillion won(6.5 to 7.5 billion US dollars) including the manage-ment premium.

Xinhua

All Items from Xinhua News Agency Danger persists despiteterrorists arrest in North

LebanonBEIRUT, 14 Oct—Lebanese Interior Minister Ziad

Baroud has said that the breakthrough in arrestingmembers of an extremist “terrorist cell” in North Leba-non, responsible for three attacks on the Lebanesearmy, “does not mean the threats have been elimi-nated”, As-Safir daily reported Tuesday.

“The security agencies remain on alert,” Baroud saidafter the meeting of the military’s security council,which convened to evaluate and discuss steps to befollowed in tracking down all the cell members.

According to the report, six suspects were arrestedSunday in a joint operation between the LebaneseArmy and internal security forces (ISF) in the north-ern city of Tripoli. But the mastermind of the opera-tions and a leading figure in the group Abdul-GhaniJawhar was able to escape from his sister’s house inTripoli when the Army troops were entering the streetto arrest him.—Xinhua

Hong Kong stocks finish4.39% higher at middayHONG KONG, 14 Oct—Hong Kong stocks rose

715.67 points, or 4.39 percent, to close Tuesday’smorning session at 17,027.83.—Xinhua

Strong earthquakejolts eastern Greece

ATHENS, 14 Oct—Astrong earthquake measur-ing 5.1 on the Richter Scalejolted northeastern Greeceearly Tuesday morning,with no immediate reportof damage and injuries. Thequake, recorded at 5:06 amlocal time, struck in the searegion of the coastal townof Mantoudi, Evia Island.Two smaller earthquakestook place a few minuteslater. People in the capitalcity of Athens felt thestrong shocks. Seismolo-gists predicted many moreaftershocks would fol-low.—Xinhua

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A woman reacts as Nissan Motor Co’srobotic car ‘BR23C’follows her during ademonstration at the annual CEATEC2008 home electronics trade show in Chibanear Tokyo on 30 Sept. Based on jointresearch with the Research Centre forAdvanced Science and Technology atUniversity of Tokyo, the biomimeticrobotic car moves like bumblebees whichdon’t run into things so that it can avoid colliding with obstacles.

UK student wins over $12 mln in lottery

Country Western singer Billy RayCyrus, right, pets his namesake, four-month-old Amur Tiger Billy Ray alongwith lead keeper Kathy Suthard, at thePittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium during a visit.

Calif lapdogs can stayjust that in moving carsHollywood celebrities can continue to

drive with animals nestled in their laps.Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger is vetoing

a bill to fine motorists $35 for sharing thedriver’s seat with lapdogs or other animals.Republican Assemblyman Bill Maze saysthe practice is distracting. He introducedthe bill after seeing a woman driving withthree dogs on her lap.

Schwarzenegger says he’s signing onlybills that are “the highest priority forCalifornia.” And a lapdog ban isn’t one ofthem.

Teen OK after beingimpaled by deer antlersA 16-year-old teenager is recovering

after falling and impaling himself on aset of deer antlers in Carter Lake, Iowa.Todd Reynolds’ grandmother said theteen was climbing through a window inher home Wednesday after lockinghimself out when he fell onto the antlers.

The antlers stabbed him in the backand just missed his spine.

The grandmother, Jeanne Reynolds,said the antlers were on the floor. Shehad saved them from a deer that her carcrashed into some years ago.

An 18-year-old British student won 7 million pounds (about 12.68 million USdollars) in a lottery draw, but her dog bit her on the bottom when she screamed soloudly from excitement, according to British media reports Thursday.

The teenager, Ianthe Fullagar, living in Cumbria, northern England, said: “Atfirst I thought I had matched three numbers, so I couldn’t believe it when I real-ized I had the five main numbers plus one Lucky Star.

“My mum called the National Lottery Line and it was only then that I realized Ihad won a share of the jackpot. We were both screaming so loudly that my dog,Brock, didn’t know what was happening and bit me on the bottom.

I didn’t know what to do with my ticket, so after hiding it in my bra and jewel-lery box, I settled for my gym bag until it was confirmed I was a winner.”

Tenants: landlord useddead cats to push us out

Tenants of a Brooklyn building saidtheir landlord came up with a new idea forhow to kick them out: Let the smell of thecats out of the bag. Dead cats, that is.

The stench from the carcasses did catchthe tenants’ attention — but they stayedand sued.

One tenant, Daisy Terry, told a CityHall news conference on Sunday it wasso bad she had to hold her nose comingdown the stairs.

The building in Brooklyn’s Bushwickneighbourhood was purchased last yearby a company listed in court papers asHeskel. A call to Heskel Properties inManhattan was not immediately returned.

Terry said the landlord used the deadcats to try to push out rent-stabilizedtenants.

Endangered Great Green Macaws areseen in a captive breeding centre in RioSegundo de Alajuela, Costa Rica. Expertsare meeting this week in Costa Rica toestablish a strategy for saving the rarebirds, numbering around 200 in CostaRica and 3,800 worldwide, according to the Tropcial Studies Organization.

Founder and CEO of iMemories, Mark Rukavina holds up a photo of hisfamily on his iPhone and behind him and online video appears at iMemories

corporate headquarters facility on 13 Oct, 2008, in Scottsdale, Ariz. TheiMemories company converts videotape, old home movies motion pictures,

film, vinyl or pictures into high quality digitized formats.—INTERNET

JERUSALEM, 14 Oct—Israeli security forces onMonday sealed off theWest Bank for the up-coming Sukkot festival,Israel Defence Forces(IDF) said in a statement.

The IDF said it regardsthe week-long holiday,which is also known asthe festival of Tabernac-les and starts Mondayevening, as a highly sen-sitive time, during which

AMMAN, 14 Oct— Jor-dan’s king Abdullah IIsaid Monday the two-state solution will remainthe basis for any futuremove in negotiations be-tween the Palestiniansand Israelis.

The king made the re-marks during a meetingwith the European Parlia-ment President Hanz-

MEXICO CITY, 14 Oct— Two US female touristswere killed and another sustained a grave injury in aparachute incident on a beach in the Mexican Carib-bean region, Mexican authorities said Monday.

According to a statement issued by the GeneralProsecutor’s Office of Justice (PJGE) in the state ofQuintana Roo, the accident occurred Sunday when theropes used to lift the parachute on the boat broke inthe area of Mayan Riviera.

The bodies were found on the beach of Akumuland another tourist was rescued in the sea before be-ing sent to a hospital.

The victims were identified as Lisa Smith andMargaret Jake Beaman and the survivor was SolyVhrig.

They are aged between 35 and 40 and resided atthe Pladium Kantena hotel.

Investigation revealed that the hotel staff orderedthe parachute services for the tourists.

Internet

Israel seals off West Bank for holidayit will be “on higher alert.”

Till midnight 21 Oct,the West Bank will beclosed, and “the passageof those in need of humani-tarian and medical aid, aswell as other specific re-quests” will be allowedwith special permits, saidthe Army. The Jewish stateroutinely imposes a generalclosure upon the Palesti-nian territory during holi-days and festivals, includ-

ing Rosh Hashana, or theJewish New Year’s Day,two weeks ago and YomKippur, or the Day ofAtonement, last week.

Sukkot is a festival thatcommemorates the 40years Jews spent in thedesert living in temporaryhuts in biblical times.Many Israelis buildsukkahs, or huts, to live oreat in to mark the holiday.

Internet

Jordan: two-state solution basis for peacebetween Palestinians, Israelis

Gert Pottering, who is inJordan to take part inmeetings of the Euro-Mediterranean Parlia-mentary Assembly(EMPA).

The king stressed theimportance of continuinginternational efforts to ad-vance the Middle Eastpeace process.

Europe has a centralrole to keep the momen-tum in the peace process,he added.

MPs from the EU andJordan gathered on theshores of the Dead Seafrom 11 to 13 October formeetings on Middle Eastpeace process amongother issues. —Internet

Two US tourists killed inparachute accident in Mexico

GAUHATI, 14 Oct — Po-lice say an overcrowded,speeding bus has crashedinto a stationary truck innortheastern India, killing23 people and wounding44 others.The bus was car-rying labourers to workbefore dawn Tuesday inthe Dhubri district of In-dia’s Assam state, some185 miles west of the statecapital, Gauhati.

Dhubri police chiefParthasarathi Mahantasays the bus was carrying67 passengers when it hitthe truck, which was haul-ing potatoes.—Internet

23 killed in buscrash inNE India

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The postcard depicting 16th Myanmar Traditional CulturalPerforming Arts Competitions.

YANGON, 14 Oct—With the sponsorship ofBritish SoftwareEngineer, the YomaTechnologies will conductProgramming Course(Java) and JavaProgrammer Course on 3November and JavaProfessional DeveloperCourse (Project) on 24November.

P r o g r a m m i n gCourse (Java) includesComputer Programmingconcepts, Introduction toProgramming using Java,programming logic &control structures,Recursion and Algorithms

Programming Course (Java) to be openedand introduction to ObjectOriented Programming(OOP).

Java ProgrammerCourse covers ObjectOriented Design andUML, core Java/J2SE(collections, I/O, innerclass, generics, etc), Javaswing API for GUI,Exceptions and ExceptionHandling techniques,Introduction to RelationalDatabases and SQL andJava Databases Con-nectivity (JDBC).

Java ProfessionalDeveloper Course (Project)includes SoftwareDevelopment Lifecycle,

Object Oriented SystemAnalysis and Design,Software Architectures,Component BasedDevelopment, SoftwareEngineering Best Practicesand a practical softwaredevelopment project toapply all of the above.

Those wishing toattend the courses are tocontact YomaTechnologies, MyanmarInfo-Tech, HlineUniversity Campus,Yangon (Tel 652264 Ex-15 or 703230) or Web:www.yomatechnologies.com/training for furtherinformation.—MNA

YANGON, 14 Oct—Minister for Com-munications, Posts andTelegraphs Brig-GenThein Zaw on 11 Octoberinspected thriving paddyfields in WaingmawTownship. Kachin Stateand rubber plantations nearNansanyan Village.

Next, the ministerproceeded to Daw-

NAY PYI TAW, 14Oct—More managers andcontestants from State/Division teams to the 16th

Myanmar TraditionalCultural PerformanceArts Competitions to beheld in Nay Pyi Taw forthe third time, arrivedhere by train today.

Judges, contestantsand members from KayahState led by U Sein Daing

YANGON, 14 Oct—Under the arrangements ofMyanmar FisheriesFederation and MyanmarPrawn Entrepreneurs’Association and with the

Momauk gets digital auto exchangephonyan General Admi-nistration Depart-mentwhere he met withdepartmental personneland local people and gaveinstructions on boostingthe per acre of paddy andfulfilled the requirementsof rural education.

After that, theminister attended theopening of a new digital

auto exchange inMomauk and looked intomachines installed in thestation.

At the office ofMomauk Township Peaceand DevelopmentCouncil, the minister metwith townselders anddepartmental personneland gave necessaryinstructions.—MNA

More members from State/Divisionteams arrivearrived at 6 am; fromKayin State led by U SawHtar Lon, at 8.30 am;from Sagaing Divisionled by U Tin Than Win at8.40 am; and fromMandalay Division led byU Ye Aung Myint at 3.30pm.

They were welcomedat Nay Pyi Taw station byPolice Lt-Col Htun Ohn,Chairman of the

Organizing, Receptionand AccommodationSubcommittee andmembers, Chairman ofNay Pyi Taw PyinmanaTownship Peace andDevelopment Council UWin Htay and members,members of socialorganization and wereaccommodated at theguesthouse.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Zaw visits the digital auto exchange ofMomauk.—MPT

Talks on “The Best Brands in Myanmar” on 18 Octsponsorship of YangonDirectory, U Moe Kyaw(MMRD) will give talkson “The Best Brands inMyanmar” at ThiriAnnawa hall of MFF on

Bayint Naung Road, westGyogon in InseinTownship here on 18October. Those interestedmay attend the talks.

MNA

Moscow, 14 Oct —A Russian Soyuzspacecraft carryingAmerican space touristRichard Garriott and a newcrew for the InternationalSpace Station docked atorbiting laboratory earlyTuesday, where threeastronauts were eagerlyawaiting their arrivalinside.

The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft dockedflawlessly at an Earth-facing port on the station’sRussian-built Zaryacontrol module at 4:26a.m. EDT (0826 GMT) —a few minutes earlier thanplanned — as both

New Crew, Space Tourist Arrive at Space Stationspacecraft flew high aboveKazakhstan, where theSoyuz launched space-ward on Sunday.“We have capture!” saidExpedition 18 flightengineer Yury Lon-chakov, who commandedthe Soyuz docking underthe call sign “Titan” andlaunched alongsideGarriott and new station

commander MichaelFincke.

Garriott is paying$30 million for a 10-daytrek to the space stationunder a deal betweenRussia’s Federal SpaceAgency (Roscosmos)and the Vienna, Va.-based firm SpaceAdventures.

Internet

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YANGON, 14 Oct—Aceremony to mark the52nd anniversary ofconducting Budd-havamsa exhibitionsstaged in townships athome and abroad bySanantana DhammaPalaka Association will beheld along with thehonouring of AnagarikaUpasaka U Sein Tin, whohas played a leading rolein the process, at Maha

Anagarika Upasaka U Sein Tinto be honoured

Santi Sukha Monasteryin Tamway Township,here, at 3 pm on 22November 2008.

Those who shareduties with him in theexhibitions and thosewho have contributedtheir services at theassociation throughoutsuccessive periods areinvited to the ceremony.

For further details,contact U Kyi Min (Ph:

535251, 526276), UKyaw Khin Myint(372467, 246077), U SanMyint (565292), Dr HlaTun (09-5014040,251,489), U Aung Win(385,127), U Deva Muni(09-5123579, 380178), USoe Win (242751), SandiPress), U Maung Thein(09-5040733), U RKArnandar (09-5000453,200090).

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Oct— The 612-acreZoological Gardens (NayPyi Taw) lies near Yezindam beside Yangon-Mandalay Highway. It

Holiday-makers enjoy ZoologicalGardens (Nay Pyi Taw)

was opened on 1 April2008. Unlike YangonZoological Gardens andYadanabon ZoologicalGardens (Mandalay), it

is an open zoo formedwith mountains andlandscapes.

Today, AbhidhammaDay, a public holiday,holiday-makers in group

or in family fed theanimals at the zoo andtook a rest there.

The visitors watchedanimal shows of

elephants, bears,monkeys, dogs andsnakes. They also enjoyedthe funny performancesof gibbons. Thousands ofvisitors went round the

wonderful zoo happily.At night, the zoo was

illuminated withcolourful lights.

MNA

YANGON 14 Oct—Final matches and prizepresenting ceremony ofFourth Inter- State andDivision U-18 Track andfield Tournament 2008took place at the YouthTraining Centre(Thuwunna) here thismorning.

After the events,General-Secretary ofCentral Working

Committee of MyanmarWomen’s Sports Fe-deration Daw L Khun Yipresented the prizes to eachwinner of first-placed BagoDivision in women’s 400-m relay, second-placedYangon Division and third-placed Magway Division.

Afterward, on behalfof the Chairman of theMyanmar OlympicCommittee the Minister

for Sport, Secretary-General of the MyanmarOlympic CommitteeDirector-General of Sportand Physical educationDepartment U ThoungHtaik presented theC h a m p i o n s h i pShield(women) to Bagodivision andChampionship Shield(Men) to Mandalaydivision.—MNA

Inter-State and Division U-18 Trackand field Tournament concludes

A clever dog jumping over hurdles at animal show—MNA

Elephants entertaining the public at Nay Pyi Taw Zoo.—MNA

Girls dancing with snakes.—MNA

A monkey show attracts a large number of visitors.—MNA

Holiday-makers enjoying performances of clever animals.—MNA

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Archaeological edifices in Bagan fascinating touristsArticle, photos by Po Thaw Zin

Myanmar captivates tourists not only fromAsia but also from Europe and Latin

America.

Nan Myint Tower, from which a tourist can enjoy the breathtakingbeauty of Bagan sunset.

(from page 1)Myanmar is

worldwide well-knownfor its tourist attractionsincluding BaganArchaeological Region,a large repository ofartistic architecturalworks, cultural heritage,along with scenic naturalbeauties; the lifestyle oflocal people of Inlayregion who row boat withlegs and build floatinghouses in Inlay Lake, alake in a hilly region;archaeological edifices;and hospitality of itspeople.

Bagan is a majortourist attraction andtourists should visit Baganwithout fail during theirstay in Myanmar. It wasestablished more than1000 years ago, so a touristcan observe a variety ofancient artistic works andarchaeological buildingsalongside pagodas,temples and stupas ofsuccessive periods in asingle place of Bagan.

In Bagan, tourists,from a pagoda, can enjoybreathtaking scenery ofglittering pagodas, stupasand temples, scenic natural

beauties, and the dawnand sunset with the greenand lush mountain rangein the background.

Bagan Archaeo-logical Region with anacre of 19 square mileshas more than 2000pagodas, stupas andtemples and more than800 religious mounds. Ithad cultural civilizationespecially from 11th

Century to 13th Century.The buildings of

cultural heritage have beenmaintained and renovatedin the course of the historyof the nation. BaganArchaeological Museumand the ancient palace ofKing Anawrahta enhancethe archaeological valueof Bagan.

Therefore, themajority of the tourists toMyanmar embrace theopportunities to visitBagan and observe thearchaeological edificesand enjoy natural beauties.And they buy local goodsand souvenirs there.

Of the hotels inBagan-NyaungU Region,the Aureum Palace HotelResort in Min Nan ThuVillage in NyaungUTownship is of differentstyle. Its traditional styleand decorations draw theattention of the visitors. Itgets the statues of the fourheroes of Bagan Period atthe entrance. It is allfurnished with wickerworks and floral motif

works of traditionaldesigns.

From the AureumPalace Hotel Resort, avisitor can enjoy apanoramic view of natural

beauties, pagodas andgreen and lush mountainranges on the banks of theAyeyawady River in thebackground. Moreover,tourists can enjoy thebeauty of the sunset fromMt. Tant-kyei. In thecompound of the resort isan island-like bungalowin the lake.

The Nan MyintTower enhances thereputation of the resort.Form the tower, visitorscan enjoy scenic views ofBagan ArchaeologicalRegion and itssurrounding areas and thedawn and the sunset. Withthe use of a pair ofpowerful binoculars, theyalso can enjoy the viewsof the four tooth relicpagodas: the Shwezigon,the Tant-kyei Taung, the

Turin Taung, and theLawka Nanda at the sametime. The 198-foot-highNan Myint Tower wasbuilt on 7 July 2003 andthe project was completedon 8 April 2005. It wasinaugurated on 10 Aprilthe same year.

Myanmar draws theattention of tourists forits natural beauties andcultural heritage, whichlure the tourists for thenext visits. Visitorsrecognize the stability,peace and developmentof Myanmar. Therefore,all are duty-bound toimprove the nation’stourism industry toincrease more arrivals oftourists.

Translation: MSMyanma Alin:

14-10-2008Hotels with traditional decorations in Bagan Archaeological Region impress tourists.

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Delta schools lively with activitiesMaung Tin Hlaing (Hotel and Tourism)

(from page 16)people. In that regard, the Ministry ofEducation has made arrangements fordirectors-general, division educationofficers, principals and education staffto constantly supervise education plansin the storm-ravaged areas, thus mak-ing a good headway.

The arrangements of the govern-ment, assistance provided by entre-preneurs and well-wishers, and col-laborative efforts of education staffhave led to timely reopening of thebasic education schools in the naturaldisaster-hit areas. During a trip toKyon-ma-ngay and storm-devastatedareas, I witnessed schoolchildren ex-tending a helpful hand in reconstruct-ing roads and bridges. So far, 294 outof 296 high, middle and basic educa-tion schools in Ngapudaw Township;282 out of 282 in MawlamyinegyunTownship, 352 out of 355 in LabuttaTownship; 246 out 248 in PyaponTownship; 196 out of 196 in KyaiklatTownship; 199 out of 199 in Dedaye

Reconstructed Basic Education

High School No. (2)

in Dedaye

Township.

Township; and 351 out of 351 in BogaleTownship have been reopened, account-ing for 1920 out of 1927. Students ofthe schools that have not been reopenedyet are attending classes in nearbyschools.

The plans the Ministry of Educa-tion is pursuing are designed for ensur-ing continuous learning of all the stu-dents. I noticed that students were study-ing hard in the subjects, and teachers,working hard to help achieve the na-tional education goal. Now, all the rav-aged educational institutions, officesand buildings in the 26 townships in thedivisions have been reconstructed.

The reopening of the schools in thecatastrophe-devastated areas is mainlydue to the guidance of the Head ofState, the close supervision providedby Chairman of the National DisasterPreparedness Central Committee PrimeMinister General Thein Sein over re-construction and development tasks;concerted efforts of officials concernedfrom various ministries, constant in-

structions of related ministers and localauthorities in the division; hard work ofresponsible persons and preservation offine traditions by education staff.

Translation: MSKyemon: 13-10-2008

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NAY PYI TAW, 14Oct—Minister for Agri-culture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo met withlocal cotton growers atHnawbin village inApyauk village-tract inThazi township on 11 Oc-tober.

Cotton growers in Thazi urgedto boost production

NAY PYI TAW, 14Oct—A Myanmar del-egation led by Chairmanof National Commissionfor Environmental AffairsMinister for ForestryBrig-Gen Thein Aung ar-rived back here on 12 Oc-tober after attending thefourth meeting of agree-ment on transnationalhaze among ASEAN na-tions, the 11th InformalMeeting of ASEAN Min-isters of EnvironmentAffairs, the 7th ASEAN+3Meeting of Ministers ofEnvironment Affairs andthe 1st Meeting of EastAsia Summit Ministers ofEnvironment Affairs heldin Hanoi, Vietnam on 8and 9 October.

On 7 October morn-ing, the minister and partyvisited wood-based fur-niture factory in Hanoi.

Next, Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung met withMinister of Agriculture andRural Development MrCao Due Phat at the latteroffice and discussed mat-ters related to cooperationin forest and environmen-

Minister attends forest and environmentaffairs meetings in Vietnam

tal affairs, especially inwood-based industries andexchange of technology inforest sector.

After that, the minis-ter met with Vice-Chair-man of Timber and ForestProducts Association DrNguyen Ton Quen andparty and discussed mat-ters on forest develop-ment, flourishing of wood-based industries and mar-keting of timber withMyanmar.

On 8 October, Minis-ter Brig-Gen Thein Aungattended the fourth meet-ing of agreement ontransnational haze amongASEAN nations and dis-cussed matters on reduc-ing slash and burn prac-tice and conservation ofpeat land areas.

In the afternoon, theminister attended the 11th

Informal Meeting ofASEAN Ministers of En-vironment Affairs and dis-cussed matters related toefforts of Myanmar in en-vironmental conservation.

On 9 October, he at-tended the 7th ASEAN+3

Meeting of Ministers ofEnvironment Affairs anddiscussed matters on con-tinued cooperation in for-est and environmentalconservation.

In meeting withDeputy Minister of Envi-ronmental Affairs of Ja-pan Mr Takemoto Kazu,Minister Brig-Gen TheinAung discussed matters onconstruction of the forestdevelopment trainingschool in Nay Pyi Taw,greening of arid zone withthe help of JICA, resettingof mangroves and dis-patching of more scholars.

Next, the minister at-tended the 1st Meeting ofEast Asia Summit Minis-ters of Environment Af-fairs and made a speechon the occasion.

At 8.30 pm on 8 Oc-tober, the minister at-tended the prize-presen-tation ceremony of Envi-ronmentally SustainableCities (ESC) in which Di-rector-General U SanLwin accepted the ESCaward won by Taunggyiof Myanmar.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo inspects a Ngwechi-6 long staple cottonfield at Hnawbin Village in Apyauk village-tract in Thazi Township.

MNA

The minister lookedinto fruits and yielding ofcotton sprout of Ngwechi-6 long staple cotton plantsof cotton grower U KyawKhin, cotton plants andweeding work at the cot-ton farm of cotton growerU Bo Wa.

Next, the minister andparty met with peasants ofGontaung village (South) inThazi township and lookedinto supply of irrigationwater from Gontaung damand called for boosted pro-duction of agriculture pro-duce.—MNA

(from page 16)operating of panel, turbinegenerators and switch yardat the ground floor of thestation. Afterwards, the

Ye Nwe generates 123 mln kwh…minister left instructionsin meeting with staff.

The minister in-spected tail race channeland operating of turbines.

Ye Nwe hydropowerstation is installed with 25Megawatt and can gener-ate 123 million kwh peryear.—MNA

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A Topol RS-12M mobile missile is on display at the Artillery Museum in StPetersburg on 14 Oct, 2008. Russia test-fired two ballistic missiles and

bombed a dummy town at the weekend, but analysts said the show of militarypreparedness was for domestic consumption and not a Kremlin warning shot

to the West. The missile was installed in the compound of the museum onTuesday.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 14 Oct—Asampling survey releasedon Tuesday revealed about85.6 percent of Chineseminors between nine and16 were Internet users.

Released by ChinaYouth Social ServiceCentre (CYSSC), thesurvey found about 90percent of minors livingin cities had used theInternet, while theproportion in urban areaswas 70 percent.

CYSSC, China YouthUniversity for PoliticalSciences and the ChineseAcademy of Social Sciences

More than 80% of urban Chineseminors are Internet users

(CASS) jointly conductedthe survey of 7,700 minors,as well as their parents andsome teachers, in 10 majorcities including Beijing,Shanghai and Chongqingfrom August to December2007.

The survey wasconducted amid reportsthat more and moreChinese minors werealleged Internet addictswhich worried theirparents and brought muchproblems to themselves.

According to thesurvey, 82.6 percent ofminors had their own

blogs and more than 80percent had taken Internetcourses. More than halfenjoyed online chattingand 71.9 percent used theInternet as a method toacquire news.

About 58 percentregarded entertainment asthe main purpose to usethe Internet and only 6percent specified using theWeb for communicationand making new friends.

In addition, the surveyfound the minors haddifferent favourite places to use the Internet.

Xinhua

50,000 Filipino workers feared to losejobs in US

MANILA, 14 Oct—Atleast 50,000 Filipinoworkers in the UnitedStates may be laid off dueto the worldwide economiccrisis, Philippine VicePresident Noli De Castrosaid on Tuesday.

There are more than 8million Filipinos workingoverseas, some one-thirdof whom live in the UnitedStates. Others are con-centrated in the MiddleEast, Southeast Asia andEurope.

The overseas Filipinoworkers, called “modern-day heroes” of the country,

remit billions of dollarsback to their families. Theremittances act as acornerstone for the nationaleconomy.

De Castro, alsopresidential adviser onoverseas Filipino worker,said the government islooking for ways to cushionthe impact of a possibleinflux of Filipino migrantworkers back to thecountry.

Labour agencies arefinding alternative sourcesof livelihood to substitutefor the jobs that theFilipinos might loseabroad, said the VicePresident.

“We cannot justneglect our duty to helpour modern-day heroesafter they lose their jobsabroad. We have to findthem alternative means oflivelihood even on

A vehicle trudges its way through the waterloggedstreet in Haikou, capital of south China’s HainanProvince, on 14 Oct, 2008. Monsoon rain hit theisland in recent days flooding 12 cities and countiesand causing two dead in the region. —NTERNET

Roadside bombing killsnine, injures six civilians in

S AfghanistanKABUL, 14 Oct—A

roadside bombing Tuesdaymorning hit one mini-busin southern Afghanprovince of Uruzgan killingnine people and woundingsix others, all civilians, saida provincial police official.

Juma Gul Humat, theprovincial official, toldXinhua it happened at 9 amlocal time (0430 GMT)when a mini-bus carryingcivilians from village toDihrawud district wasstruck by roadside mines inthe main road.

“Nine people includingtwo children were killed onspot and six others were injured, all of them civilians,”Humat said.

The police chiefblamed “the enemy ofAfghanistan”, a phraseusually indicates Talibaninsurgents, was behind thebloodshed.

Humat said thosemines were planted daysago targeting Afghan andinternational troopspatrolling around the area.

Xinhua

Russia’s VladimirKramnik, left, and the

world championViswanathan Anandfrom India look on

prior to the first game ofthe Chess World

Championship betweenKramnik and Anand inthe Art and Exhibition

Hall of the FerderalRepublic of Germany in

Bonn, Germany, onTuesday, 14 Oct,2008.—INTERNET

KABUL, 14 Oct— Threesoldiers with the NATO-led International SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF)were killed Tuesday whentheir vehicle was struck bya roadside bombing ineastern Afghanistan, saidan ISAF statement.

However, it did notdisclose any furtherinformation by saying it isISAF policy to not releasethe nationality of anycasualty prior to the relevant

Three NATO soldierskilled in E Afghanistan

national authority doing so.International troops,

mostly from US, have beendeployed and stationed inthe unrest eastern provincesfighting militant activitiesand helping reconstructionthere.

No one or individualshave yet to claimresponsibilities for theincident while Talibaninsurgents, who frequentlycarried out similar attacksagainst interests of Af-ghan government andinternational troops, haverecently vowed to intensifytheir assaults all over thecountry before the comingwinter.

Meantime, AfghanDefence Minister AbdulRahim Wardak saidTuesday the year of 2008has been the bloodiest yearfor insurgent violence inAfghanistan since the fallof Taliban regime since2001.

Xinhua

temporary basis or at leastwhile there is globaleconomic crisis,” DeCastro said.

The government isexploring and opening newjob opportunities in otherstable markets such asAustralia, Canada, NewZealand and Guam, headded.

Xinhua

Nicaraguanpolice seize

large amount ofcocaine

MANAGUA, 14 Oct— Nicaraguan police seized200,000 pills of cocaine and arrested four drug dealersin the capital city on Manday, police said.

The drug dealers hid the cocaine pills in theinterlayers of two car’s gas tanks and tried to drivethem north into Honduras.

Three of the drug dealers are Hondurans and theother one is a Nicaraguan.—Xinhua

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Vietnam faces three majorchallenges to reduce poverty

Three dead, seven missing in S-WChina coal mine accident

CHENGDU, 14 Oct—Rescuers recovered three bodiesfrom Sunday’s coal mine explosion in southwestChina’s Sichuan Province, a provincial work safetybureau official said on Monday. Seven miners are stillmissing.

The accident happened at 12:50 pm at the XingfuCoal Mine in Hongqiao Township, Yibin City, when21 miners were working underground, the officialsaid. Eleven miners escaped on their own. Rescueefforts to find the seven still missing, continue.According to preliminary estimates, more than 230tons of coal and 5,000 cubic metres of gas erupted inthe explosion. No word yet on a cause.—MNA/Xinhua

HANOI, 14 Oct—Viet-nam, who has made re-markable achievement inpoverty reduction over thepast decades, is facing threechallenges to make furtherprogress, the UNDP re-ported here on Monday.

The report, from UnitedNations DevelopmentProgramme in Vietnam, ispresented to a RoundtableMeeting held by Viet-

namese Ministry of La-bour, War Invalids andSocial Affairs on Monday,ahead of the InternationalDay for the Poverty Eradi-cation which falls on 17October every year. “Fir-stly, extreme poverty re-mains heavily concen-trated geographically andamong ethnic min-oritygroups in Vietnam,”according to the report.Secondly, widening eco-nomic and social dis-parities have started to hurtordinary Vietnamese.

MNA/Xinhua

Cars run on the SecondRing Road in Beijing,capital of China, on 13Oct, 2008. A new traffic

restriction went into effectofficially in Beijing on

Monday, which isexpected to help sustainthe hard-won smoothtraffic and good air

quality during the OlympicGames.—INTERNET

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Picture taken in 2007 shows a crane lifting a Hapag-Lloyd container out ofthe river Rhine after a container ship lost its freight. Germany’s TUI decidedon Sunday to sell its container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd for 4.5 billion euro

(6.0 billion dollars), allowing it to focus solely on tourism, according to astatement.—INTERNET

Drinking alcohol associated withsmaller brain volume

Therapy helps hard-to-transplantget a new kidney

Software thwarts mobile phonechatting while driving

SAN FRANCISCO, 14 Oct —A Canadian company has unveiled software craftedto prevent people, particularly mobile device-loving teenagers, from makingtelephone calls or text-messaging while driving.

Aegis Mobility describes DriveAssist as “advanced call managementtechnology” that essentially creates virtual personal secretaries to intercept callsor text messages intended for mobile telephones in moving cars.

DriveAssist software detects when phones are moving at automobile speedsand then tells callers that the person they are trying to reach is driving. Callers areinvited to leave messages or call-back numbers.

The service will also tell callers, presumably parents or employers, where theperson they are trying to reach is located by using satellite navigation technologyin devices or orienting based on cell signal towers being used.

People can bypass the service and be connected to drivers by indicating calls areemergencies.

DriveAssist is negotiating with telecom carriers to make the service availableon a monthly subscription fee basis.—Internet

WASHINGTON,14 Oct —The more alcohol anindividual drinks, thesmaller his or her total brainvolume, according to areport in the October issueof US journal Archives ofNeurology.

Brain volume decreaseswith age at an estimatedrate of 1.9 percent perdecade, accompanied byan increase in white matterlesions, according tobackground information inthe article.Lower brain

volumes and larger whitematter lesions also occurwith the progression ofdementia and problemswith thinking, learning andmemory.

Moderate alcohol con-sumption has been asso-ciated with a lower riskof cardiovascular disease;because the brain receivesblood from this system,researchers have hypo-thesized that smallamounts of alcohol mayalso attenuate age-related

declines in brain volume.Researchers from

Wellesley College, Mass.,and colleagues studied1,839 adults (averageage 60). Between 1999and 2001, participantsunderwent magneticresonance imaging (MRI)and a health examination.They reported the numberof alcoholic drinks theyconsumed per week, alongwith their age, educationand other factors.

Internet

Tibetan wild asses(or kiang) live beside theQinghai-Tibet railwayin Hol Xil, northwest

China’s QinghaiProvince, on 11 Oct,

2008.— INTERNET

Scientists identify virus causing threedeaths in South Africa, Zambia

Vietnam reports dengue fevercases in central province

HANOI, 14 Oct — Vietnam’s central Nghe AnProvince has reported about 687 cases of dengue feverso far and local health officials are worried the diseasewill spread further, the Vietnam News reported onTuesday.

Mosquitoes are the main cause of the disease, whichis dangerous for babies and overweight children. It canlead to respiratory and digestive problems, theprovincial health department said.

The local weather and living conditions has createdfavourable breeding environment for mosquitoes,according to the department.

Internet

GENEVA, 14 Oct —Preliminary tests byscientists showed thatthe virus causing threedeaths recently in SouthAfrica and Zambia belongsto the same family as Lassafever, according to a reportreleased by the WorldHealth Organization(WHO) on Monday.

Scientists in SouthAfrica and the UnitedStates are still going onwith their research so as tolearn more about the virus,WHO said.

Investigation beganafter an office employee ofa safari tour company inZambia died on Sept. 14 ina hospital in Johannesburg,South Africa, two daysafter being transferred fromZambia. Two medicalworkers who had caredfor the patient also diedin early October aftershowing similar symp-

toms including fever,headaches, diarrhea andmuscular pain, WHOreported.

The UN agency said afourth case has now beenconfirmed, with a nursewho had close contact withone of the earlier casesbecoming ill and beingadmitted to hospital inSouth Africa.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 14 Oct —Nearly one in threepatients who need a kidneytransplant may never getone because their bodiesare abnormally primed toattack a donated organ.Now doctors are tryingnew ways to outwitthe immune system andsave more of those so-called “highly sensitized”patients — often with

kidneys donated by livingdonors, considered theoptimal kind.

“I feel very lucky. Ourson saved my life,” saidCynthia Preloh ofArlington, Va, after anunusual combination ofblood cleansing and acancer drug allowed herto receive a kidney fromher son that her bodyotherwise would have

destroyed.It’s promising work that

comes as the nation’skidney distribution systemis beginning a majoroverhaul. Together, thetwo efforts aim to make along-needed dent in theyears of waiting it can taketo get a kidney transplant.

That’s crucial, because“your chance of gettingsuccessfully transplanteddecreases with time,” saysDr Keith Melancon ofGeorgetown UniversityHospital, Preloh’s surgeonand a leader in the smallbut growing field ofincompatible kidneytransplants.

Internet

An attender views an organism through amicroscope during the 13th International

Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition kickedoff on Monday in Dalian, northeast China’s

Liaoning Province,on 13 Oct, 2008. —INTERNET

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14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 15 October, 2008

S P O R T SBallack injury doubt for Germany

ahead of Wales clashBERLIN, 14 Oct — Germany captain Michael

Ballack is an injury doubt for Wednesday night’sWorld Cup qualifier against Wales after damaging acalf muscle, it was announced on Monday.

Ballack scored Germany’s second goal in their2-1 win over Russia on Saturday in Dortmund dur-

Germany’s midfielderMichael Ballack, seenhere, celebrating the vic-tory over Russia on 11Oct, 2009, is an injurydoubt for Wednesdaynight’s World Cup quali-fier against Wales afterdamaging a calf muscle,

it was announced onMonday.—INTERNET

West Ham keeper Green pullsout of England squad

LONDON, 14 Oct — West Ham United stopper RobertGreen on Monday pulled out of England’s squad forWednesday’s World Cup qualifier against Belarus.

Green’s withdrawal means that England will have

West Ham Unitedstopper Robert Greenon Monday pulled outof England’s squad forWednesday’s World Cup

qualifier againstBelarus.—INTERNET

Man Utd’s Park boostsS Korea against UAE

SEOUL, 14 Oct — In-form Manchester Unitedmidfielder Park Ji-Sung will return to boost South Ko-

In-form ManchesterUnited midfielder ParkJi-Sung, seen here, willreturn to boost South

Korea against UAE onWednesday as they seektheir first win of the last

Asian round of 2010World Cup qualify-

ing.—INTERNET

Lippi to take part in anti-racism filmROME, 14 Oct — Italy coach Marcelo Lippi has volunteered to take part in an

anti-racism and anti-fascism film aimed at schoolchildren, its director Moni Ovadiasaid Monday.

Outspoken Ovadia asked Lippi to speak about the Holocaust during the film,and revealed that the coach had been eager to participate.

“He seemed a generous man to me and he seemed perfect for the role, unpaid ofcourse, not just for his popularity amongst young people but also for his clarity ofspeech,” said Ovadia.

“It will be a strong message and Lippi is a star not because of what he does butbecause of who he is. Because of the way he speaks and the ideas he has, he caneasily reach out to people’s hearts and minds.

Cautious tennis ace Federer makesno promises in Madrid return

Roger Federer ofSwitzerland, seen herein September 2008, was

making no promisesMonday as to how long

his sudden return totennis would last this

season, saying he’s onlylooking as far ahead as

this week’s MadridMasters.—INTERNET

Injured Viduka keenfor Australia return

BRISBANE, 14 Oct — Injury-hit Newcastle Unitedstriker Mark Viduka says he still wants to help Aus-

Injury-hit NewcastleUnited striker MarkViduka, seen here inMarch 2008, says he stillwants to help Australiareach the 2010 WorldCup in South Africa.

INTERNET

Hantuchova and Mauresmocrash out of Zurich Open tennis ZURISH, 14 Oct — Russia’s Maria Kirilenko upset

eighth-seeded Slovak Daniela Hantuchova 7-5, 6-2 onthe opening day of the Zurich Open here Monday, asformer world number one Amelie Mauresmocrashed out.

There was little to separate Kirilenko and Hantuchovain the first set of a match that rarely rose above the ordi-nary, as many of the games were closely fought andplay went to deuce 16 times.

After breaks in the first two games, Hantuchovafought off five more break points until, with the Slovakleading 5-4, both players called for a medical time-out.

When play resumed, Kirilenko claimed the next fivegames to take the opening set and lead 2-0 in the sec-ond. Hantuchova then broke to level at 2-2, but themore aggressive Kirilenko swept the final four gamesto clinch her one hour 50-minute victory.—Internet

ing their Group Fourqualifier, but picked upthe injury to his right calflate in the game.

He informed the Ger-man Football Federation(DFB) medical staff atnoon on Monday andsat out training inDuesseldorf on Mondayas a precautionary meas-ure.

A decision on whetherBallack plays will betaken in the run-up tokick-off in Moen-chengladbach, but Ger-many coach JoachimLoew expects his team topick up three more pointswith or without their cap-tain.—Internet

only two keepers, DavidJames of Portsmouth andWest Brom’s ScottCarson, for the tricky tripto Minsk.

The Hammers numberone played no part in Sat-urday’s 5-1 hammering ofKazakhstan, with Jamesstarting the match andCarson named as the sub-stitute goalkeeper.

England sit top ofGroup Six and are hopingto maintain a 100 percentwinning streak againstBelarus, after also beatingCroatia and Andorra.

Internet

MADRID, 14 Oct —Roger Federer was makingno promises Monday as tohow long his sudden returnto tennis would last thisseason, saying he’s onlylooking as far ahead as thisweek’s Madrid Masters.

Less than a fortnight af-ter withdrawing fromStockholm to rest, theworld number two faces afirst-round clash onWednesday night in Spainagainst Czech RadekStepanek as the Swiss teststhe waters on his fitness.

“The season was longand I felt very tired, Ineeded some rest,” he saidby way of explanation forhis break after the DavisCup in September.

“But I’m still not sure how much I need. I took thetime off, trained again (in Dubai) and looked at how Ifelt.” The 27-year-old with 13 grand slam titles evidentlyliked what he saw after the pause: “I’m feeling goodenough now to win this event, so I came here and willplay.—Internet

tralia reach the 2010 WorldCup in South Africa, re-ports said here Tuesday.

The 33-year-old targetman, who is here for treat-ment on his troublesomeAchilles tendon injury, hasnot played club footballthis season and last ap-peared for Australia at the2007 Asian Cup.

“Of course I want toplay for Australia again —it’s something that’s neverout of my mind,” Vidukatold the Daily Telegraph.

“But it’s a step-by-stepprocess and the first stageis to get back playing formy club again. I don’twant to rush anything.

Internet

Romania revival will earnDomenech reprieve - media

France national football teamcoach Raymond Domenech, seenhere during a training session inClairefontaine and who is set tohave talks with French footballauthorities over his future, willkeep his post after France’s drawagainst Romania, according tosports daily L’Equipe on Mon-day.—INTERNET

rea against UAE onWednesday as they seektheir first win of the lastAsian round of 2010World Cup qualifying.

Park and Borussia Dort-mund defender LeeYoung-Pyo, who wereunavailable for the open-ing 1-1 draw with NorthKorea, are both recalled asSouth Korea look to kick-start their campaign here.

The pair, who havecombined for 170 caps,will anchor the Koreansquad, which needs tobeat the winless UAE tobolster its hopes of reach-ing their seventh consecu-tive World Cup.

The Koreans, whoreached the 2002 WorldCup semis, beatUzbekistan 3-0 in afriendly on Saturday in arare goal spree in front oftheir home fans.

South Korean headcoach Huh Jung-Moo saidthe victory was encourag-ing but admitted his squadstill has some work to do.

Internet

PARIS, 14 Oct— RaymondDomenech, whois set to have talkswith French foot-ball authoritiesover his future,will keep his postafter France’sdraw against Ro-mania, accordingto sports dailyL’Equipe onMonday.

The coach, un-der heavy pre-match scrutiny inlight of France’sdismal showing atEuro 2008 and a poor start to World Cup qualifiers,looked all but out of a job after the first 20 minutesagainst Romania on Saturday.

Two early goals from Florentin Petre and Dorin Goianstunned a flat-footed France side, as a worried-lookingDomenech ominously paced the sidelines.—Internet

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 15 October, 2008 15

WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been widspread in Chin State, fairly widespread inYangon Division, scattered in Shan State and MandalayDivision,isolated in Kachin, Rakhine and Mon States,upper Sagaing, Bago, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divi-sions and weather has been partly cloudy in the remainingareas. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded wereTaunggyi (2.21)inches, Ye (1.49)inches, Kengtung(0.95)inch and Pyinmana (0.82)inch.

Maximum temperature on 14-10-2008 was 94˚F.Minimum temperature on 14-10-2008 was 71ºF.Relative humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 14-10-2008was 88%. Total sunshine hours on 13-10-2008 was (7.4)hours approx.

Rainfall on 14-10-2008 was (0.52) inch atMingaladon, (0.47) inch at Kaba-Aye and Nil at CentralYangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was (100.87) inchesat Mingaladon, (111.93) inches at Kaba-Aye and (130.43)inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed atYangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mph from West at (15:30)hours MST on 13-10-2008.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and South Bay and generally fair else-where in the Bay of Bengal.

Speacial feature: According to the observation at(09:30) hr MST today, tropical depression over SouthChina Sea is centred at about 200 miles North wards ofDanang (Vietnam). It is forecast to move Northwestdirection.

Forecast valid until evening of 15th October 2008:Rain or thundershowers are likely to be scattered in Kachin,Chin, Shan and Mon States, Yangon and Taninthayi Di-visions and isolated in Rakhine and Kayin States, upperSagaing, Mandalay,Bago and Ayeyawady Divisions andweather will be partly cloudy in the remaining areas. De-gree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation ofrain or thundeshowers in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 15-10-2008: Possibility of isolated rain or thunder-showers. Degree of certainty is (40%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for15-10-2008: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershow-ers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 15-10-2008: Possibility of isolated rain or thunder-showers. Degree of certainty is (40%).

Tuesday, 14 October, 2008

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MOSCOW, 14 Oct —China and Russia willfurther promote trade andeconomic cooperationwhile bilateral tradevolume is expected toexceed 50 billion USdollars this year, seniortrade officials of the twocountries said hereTuesday.

China and Russia willcarry out a series of bigprojects in fields such ascivil aviation, spaceexploration, energy

machinery, said astatement issued aftertalks between visitingChinese Minister ofCommerce Chen Demingand his Russian coun-terpart Elvira Nabiullina.

The two countries willalso expand trade inmachinery and electronicproducts sectors, encouragetwo-way investment, pushforward regional co-operation, speed upcooperation in infrastructureconstruction, timber andresources processingindustries as well as inlogistics.

The top trade officialsalso pledged to enhancecoordination in solving

problems raised in marketaccess and trade, andcreate a sound climate forincreasing two-wayinvestment, said thestatement.

China proposed thetwo sides to strengthencooperation in regard tocustoms in a bid tofacilitate trade, whichRussia welcomed.

According to Chen,closer cooperation be-tween China and Russiabears even moreextraordinary signifi-cance at the moment whenthe world’s financialmarkets are troubled bythe credit crunch.

MNA/Xinhua

China, Russia to boost trade investment

ROME, 14 Oct— Twotrams crashed in the Italiannorthern city of MilanMonday, injuring 25people.

A so-called “jumbo”tram went the wrong way,apparently because of apoints error, and crashedhead-on into a smaller,older tram, according toItalian television reports.Both vehicles wereseverely damaged in theaccident but none of theinjured — the two driversand 23 passengers — wasseriously hurt.

MNA/Xinhua

Two tramscrash inMilan

Students dressed in traditional costumes attend a reception for a youthsexchange group from all over China at the chancellery in Berlin on 14

Oct, 2008.—INTERNET

Cargo flow toGaza reducedin 4th monthof ceasefire

GAZA, 14 Oct— Israeldecreased flow of cargointo the Hamas-ruledGaza Strip this monthafter a relative improve-ment shows since anEgyptian-brokered cease-fire took effect in Gaza inJune, according to thePalestinian Trade Centre(PalTrade) on Tuesday.

The amounts of goodsallowed into Gaza haveshrunk due to the frequentclosure of the crossingssince the beginning ofOctober, PalTrade said in areport.

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1st Waning of Thadingyut 1370 ME Wednesday, 15 October, 2008

* For the health of babiesMother’s milk the best

* If mother’s milk is notsufficientCow or goat’s milk can beused

* Always boil the milkThe best for health

LIVERPOOL 14 Oct—Former Arsenal captainPatrick Vieira has ratedLiverpool midfielderSteven Gerrard as theworld’s best and Gunners’Cesc Fabregas as theReds’ captain’s chal-lenger.

France internationalmidfielder Vieira, whoplays for Inter Milan, isconvinced that Englandstar Gerrard is the bestplayer in world footballdespite the 28-year-old’sgrowing concerns over hisinternational perform-ances.

"The best midfielderI would say is StevenGerrard. I really rate himas a player and as a man.I think he is still one ofthe best," Vieira toldskysports.com.

Vieira claims Fabregas canchallenge ‘World’s Best’ Gerrard

In the meanwhile,Fabregas has blossomedinto a fine central-midfield player followinghis move to ArseneWenger’s side in 2003from Barcelona’s youthsetup. The 21-year-oldSpain internationalplaymaker has, however,been linked with a moveback to his homeland inrecent times.

And Vieira, 32, ac-knowledges the rise ofFabregas, who he believescan challenge Gerrard forthe ‘world’s best’ tag andachieve glory by stayingat the Emirates Stadium.

He said: "Fabregas

(has the potential to bethe best). I think he islearning every year.

"Now he is a top qual-ity player. He is one of thebest. In the years to comehe can be at the top."

Vieira added: "Ofcourse (he can achieveeverything he wants atArsenal). I think if theclub matches the samedesire as the player, thenwhy not?"—Internet

Ye Nwe generates 123 mln kwh per yearNAY PYI TAW, 14

Oct—Minister for Elec-tric Power No. (1) ColZaw Min inspected inflowof water to Ye Nwe damat the main embankmentof Ye Nwe hydro powerstation, about 2.5 mileswest of Myochaung vil-lage in Kyaukdaga Town-ship this morning. Theminister gave instructionson maintenance of sluicegate.

The minister in-spected running of No. 1and No. 2 machines,

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10th MGC Junior Golf OpenChampionships 2008 on 30, 31 Oct

YANGON, 14 Oct—The 10th MGC Junior GolfOpen Championships 2008, organized by MyanmarGolf Federation, will be held at Myanmar Golf Club(9th mile) on Pyay Road here on 30 and 31 October.

The contests are categorized into (10-12) agedclass, (13-15) aged class, (16-20) aged class and (10-18) aged class in women’ contest.

Prizes will be sponsored by Myanmar Golf Asso-ciation, companies, associations and donors.

Those wishing to participate in the contests are toregister at MGC (9th Mile) no later than 28 October.

Registration needs to be done in advance. Formore information, contact MGC Ph-661702 and665531.—MNA

Delta schools lively with activitiesMaung Tin Hlaing (Hotel and Tourism)

The basic education high school in Hainggyikyun has been reconstructed and students arepursuing education there.

Human resource development lies in the centreof equitable development of all sectors essential fornational development. It is very heartening to notethat today plans are well under way in various fieldsfor raising the education standard of the nation.

The recent storm hit hard seven townships inAyeyawady Division; Ngapudaw,Mawlamyinegyun, Labutta, Pyapon, Kyaiklat,Dedaye and Bogale, levelling a large number ofschool buildings.

Reconstruction work is ongoing in the divisionto better the living conditions of local people thanbefore the storm occurrence, and the plan has begunto yield fruitful results in a short time. The planfocuses on expediting the regeneration of the rav-aged areas, rehabilitating the school activities, andelevating the social and economic standards of local

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Cesc Fabregas

Steven Gerrard

Minister for Electric Power No. (1) Col ZawMin at Ye Nwe hydro power station, about 2.5

miles west of Myochaung village inKyaukdaga Township.—MNA

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