the new light of myanmar 02-12-2009

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Volume XVII, Number 230 1st Waning of Nadaw 1371 ME Wednesday, 2 December, 2009

Senior General Than Shwesends message of felicitations

to Laotian PresidentNAY PYI TAW, 2 Dec—On the occasion of the 34th Anniversary of the Founding of

the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, which falls on 2 December 2009, Senior GeneralThan Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union ofMyanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr ChoummalySayasone, President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.—MNA

Senior General Than Shweaccepts credentials of

Ambassador of the Netherlands

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Dec—H.E MrRudi Veestraeten, newly-accreditedAmbassador of the Kingdom of Bel-gium to the Union of Myanmar pre-sented his credentials to Senior Gen-eral Than Shwe, Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council of theUnion of Myanmar, at Bayintnaung

Senior GeneralThan Shwe accepts

credentials ofAmbassador of

BelgiumYeiktha, here at 10.30 am today.

Present on the occasion wereSecretary-1 of the State Peace and De-velopment Council General ThihaThura Tin Aung Myint Oo, Ministerfor Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win andDirector-General U Kyaw Kyaw ofthe Protocol Department.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Dec—H.E Mr TjacoTheo Van Den Hout, newly-accredited Am-bassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlandsto the Union of Myanmar presented his cre-dentials to Senior General Than Shwe, Chair-man of the State Peace and Development Coun-cil of the Union of Myanmar, at Bayintnaung

Yeiktha, here at 10.00 am today.Present on the occasion were Secre-

tary-1 of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil General Thiha Thura Tin Aung MyintOo, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Winand Director-General U Kyaw Kyaw of theProtocol Department.—MNA

Senior

General

Than

Shwe

accepts

credentials

of Ambas-

sador Mr

Rudi

Veestraeten

of

Belgium.

MNA

Senior General Than Shwe accepting credentials ofAmbassador Mr Tjaco Theo Van Den Hout of the

Netherlands.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 2 December, 2009

Wednesday, 2 December, 2009

PERSPECTIVES

Preserve and promote nationalcultural heritage

The Ministry of Culture revives and

preserves Myanmar cultural heritage in line

with one of the social objectives. Ancient

artefacts go to rack and ruin as time passes if

they are not discovered. So, the ministry is

doing archaeological surveys to achieve the

aim.

The drive covers excavation of ancient

cities, collection and retaining historical objects

such as stone plaques, palm-leaf manuscripts

and parchments, renovation of religious

edifices, and excavation of palaces and city

walls of Myanmar monarchs.

A combined team of members from

Archaeology, National Museum and Libraries

Department and Historical Research

Department is excavating for the second time

Pinle Myohaung in Myittha Township,

Kyaukse District, Mandalay Division. Of the

30 mounds, they unearthed Nos 16 and 17

mounds.

It discovered earthen urns, coins and beads

of Pyu Period. The layout and brick foundations

of the 16th and 17th mounds are the same as that

of those discovered in such other Pyu city

states as Vishnu and Hanlin.

Moreover, the tradition of burying urns

was also found in religious buildings in Pyu

city states inclusive of Vishnu, Hanlin, and

Srekestra, thus suggesting that the mounds

are likely to be religious buildings of Pyu Period.

Myanmar civilization dates back thousands

of years. And many ancient objects found in

the nation date back to prehistory. The ancient

edifices and excavated artefacts indicate how

high the Myanmar cultural status is.Myanmar cultural heritage will last long if

archaeological sites are excavated region-wiseand cultural edifices and artefacts arepreserved well.

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

People’s Desire

Foreign Affairs Ministerfelicitates Laotian counterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Dec—On the occasion of the 34th

Anniversary of the Founding of the Lao People’sDemocratic Republic, which falls on 2 December2009, U Nyan Win, Minister for Foreign Affairs ofthe Union of Myanmar, has sent a message offelicitations to His Excellency Dr ThonglounSisoulith, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister ofForeign Affairs of the Lao People’s DemocraticRepublic.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30 Nov—The annual generalmeetings of the Myanmar Prawn EntrepreneursAssociation, the Myanmar Fishery Products Processorsand Exporters Association, Yangon Division FisheryFederation and the Eel Entrepreneurs Associationunder the Myanmar Fisheries Federation of theMinistry of Livestock and Fisheries took place atThiri Annawa Hall of the MFF on Bayintnaung Roadin Insein Township yesterday.

Patron of the MFF Minister for Livestock andFisheries Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein delivered anintroductory speech.

MFF President U Htay Myint extended greetings.At the third annual general meeting of the MyanmarPrawn Entrepreneurs Association, Chairman U HlaMaung Shwe made an opening speech. Secretary UThan Win Aung read the annual report and the financialstatement for approval.

The fifth annual general meeting of the Myanmar

YANGON, 30 Nov—The Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industryhas been organizing educative talks every monthand with the sponsorship of Shwe Nagarmin CoLtd. Educative talk of December will be held atUMFCCI Office Tower on Minyekyawswar Street,Lanmadaw Township, here on 5 December(Saturday).

The topic of the talk is Rise of China and itsimplications for neighbouring countries. EconomistU Myint will give talks on the subject. The talk isfree for all.

MNA

YANGON, 30 Nov—Executive officer DawArkar Chaw of MyanmarWomen EntrepreneursAssociation and memberof MWEA Daw Nant SuDawei left here by air toattend Women and

Annual general meetings ofassociations under MFF held

Fishery Products Processors and Exporters Associationwas held with an address of Chairman U Nyo Min.Secretary U Myo Aung read the annual report andsought the approval for the financial statement.

Annual general meetings of Yangon DivisionFishery Federation and the Eel EntrepreneursAssociation followed.

The minister gave concluding remarks.MNA

MWEA members leavefor India

YANGON, 30 Nov—MyanmarComputer Professionals’ Association,under the direction of MyanmarComputer Federation, will organize atalk on “E-Commerce and IntellectualProperty” at Conference Hall ofMyanmar Infotech in Hline Township

UMFCCI to hold talk on 5 Dec

All this needs to be known* Do not be frightened whenever

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered* Do not be softened whenever appeased

Enterprise DevelopmentCourse to be held atNational Institute ofEntrepreneurship & SmallBusiness Development inNew Delhi of the Republicof India. They were seenoff by Advisor retiredProfessor Daw Yi YiMyint, Secretary Daw HlaWadi and officials atYangon InternationalAirport.—MNA

E-Commerce and Intellectual Property on 5 Dec

here on 5 December.Mr Jose Luis Herce Vigil of World

Intellectual Property Organization(WIPO) will give talks on the subject.Those interested may contact MCPAoffice, Ph: 652238.

MNA

Delegationled by

ExecutiveofficerDaw

ArkarChaw ofMWEAseen atairportbeforetheir

departurefor India.

UMFCCI

MinisterBrig-GenMaungMaungThein

addressesannualgeneral

meetings ofassociationsunder MFF.

L&F

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The Burj Dubai, theworlds tallest building

under construction,is seen in the

background asconstruction workersare seen at a site atthe Business Baydistrict in Dubai,

United Arab Emirates,on 30 Nov, 2009.

INTERNET

UN report highlights struggle youngchildren face combating AIDS

KABUL, 1 Dec — Criminal activities have claimed the lives of five people andinjured 212 others, over the past five days in Afghanistan, the country’s PublicHealth Ministry said on Monday.

Sixty seven people have been injured in criminal activities in the western cityof Herat while the 49 people have been injured in the capital city Kabul.

Thirty eight people have been injured in the criminal activities in the north-east Takhar Province over the past five days, the report further said.

The remaining 58 others, according to the report have been injured in crime-related activities in other parts of the country over the past five days.

Afghan Interior ministry says that the rate of criminal activities has droppeddown in comparison to last year.—Xinhua

Five killed,over 200

injured incriminal

activities inAfghanistan

Five Britons held in Iran after yachtseized in Gulf

Body of second missing USparatrooper found

KABUL, 1 Dec — Rescuers found the body of a sec-ond US paratrooper missing after being swept awayby a fast-moving current while on an airdrop resupplymission earlier this month in western Afghanistan,NATO said on Monday.

Sgt Brandon Islip, 24, was recovered on Sundayfrom the Bala Murgahab River in Badghis Provinceafter a local Afghan citizen provided information onhis whereabouts. British divers searching the river on10 Nov found the body of 21-year-old SpecialistBenjamin Sherman, who was promoted to sergeantposthumously.

A memorial service for the two paratroopers willbe held in Afghanistan in the coming days.

The two, both from the 4th Brigade Combat Team,82nd Airborne Division, disappeared on 4 Nov in theBala Barghab area of Badghis. Local police said theywere swept away by the river as they tried to recoverairdropped supplies that had accidentally fallen intothe water.

During the first days of the search, intense fight-ing broke out with militants in the area. Eight Afghans— four soldiers, three policemen and an interpreter —were killed, while 17 Afghan troops and five Ameri-can soldiers were wounded.—Internet

Brown confirmsBritain to deployextra 500 troopsto AfghanistanLONDON, 1 Dec— Brit-

ish Prime Minister GordonBrown announced onMonday that Britain willdeploy extra 500 troops toAfghanistan in a statementto the House of Commons.

Last month, Brownagreed “in principle” to in-crease British troops in Af-ghanistan to 9,500 so longas troops are fully equippedfor their tasks; the Afghangovernment is in place,ready to provide moretroops for training and allcoalition partners bear theirfair share of burden.

Brown told the Com-mons that the soldiers willbe sent to Afghanistan inearly December and he isconfident that NATO andother allies will come upwith 5,000 more troops.

The Prime Ministeralso use the statement torenew calls on Pakistan tostep up efforts to trackdown Osama bin Ladenand other al-Qaeda lead-ers he believes are hidingin tribal territories in northAfghanistan.—Xinhua

Somali pirates hijack $20M of oil going to US

Map of the Gulf showing Bahrainand Dubai where five British sailorswere seized by the Iranian navy after

apparently straying into Iranianwaters—INTERNET

LONDON, 1 Dec — Five British sail-ors are being detained in Iran after Te-heran’s navy seized their yacht when itapparently strayed into Iranian waters,deepening tensions on Tuesday betweenthe two nations.

The five were sailing to the start of arace in Dubai when their yacht wasstopped on 25 November in the Gulf,Britain’s Foreign Office said.

“The yacht was on its way from Bah-rain to Dubai and may have strayed in-advertently into Iranian waters,” theForeign Office said.

“The five crew members are still inIran. All are understood to be safe andwell and their families have been in-formed,” it said in a statement.

The seizure echoed memories of thecapture of 15 British sailors by Iran in2007. They were released after aroundtwo weeks, but only after a tense diplo-matic standoff between London andTeheran.

The yacht may have been drifted into

UNITED NATIONS, 1 Dec — Efforts inthe fight against AIDS are being made,but the young children affected by HIVand AIDS, particularly in sub-SaharanAfrica, where their basic needs are notbeing met, the struggle remains verymuch there, according to report releasedhere on Monday by UN agencies.

On the eve of World AIDS day, theUN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in part-nership with UNAIDS, the UN Popula-tion Fund (UNFPA) and the WorldHealth Organization (WHO), releasedthe Children and AIDS Fourth Stock-

taking Report 2009 which examined dataon interventions that protect women andchildren from HIV and AIDS, particu-larly in the prevention of mother-to-childtransmission, in addition to what is lack-ing, and a guide for accelerated action.

“We really need to ensure that all ef-forts are sustained, scaled up and also ina time of economic crisis, it is really criti-cal that financing is secure,” UNAIDSDirector for New York Bertil Linbladsaid at a Press conference to launch thereport at the UN headquarters in NewYork.—Xinhua

Iranian waters after breaking its propel-ler en route to the Dubai-Muscat OffshoreSailing Race which started last Thursday,British media reports said.

The crew on “The Kingdom of Bah-rain” were Oliver Smith, Oliver Young,Sam Usher, Luke Porter and DavidBloomer, according to informed sourcesin London.

Internet

In this undated photo released by the Maran Tankerscompany, the Greece-flagged tanker Maran Centaurus is seen at an unknown location.—INTERNET

NAIROBI, 1 Dec —Crews on oil tankersaren’t allowed to smokeabove deck, much lesscarry guns, for fear of ig-niting the ship’s payload.That’s one of the mainreasons Somali piratesmet little resistance whenthey hijacked a US-bound

supertanker carrying $20million in crude.

The Greek-flaggedtanker — travelling fromSaudi Arabia to New Or-leans — had no escortwhen it was hijacked onSunday because naval war-ships are stretched too thin.The problem has been fur-

ther exacerbated becausepirates have expandedtheir operations to hun-dreds of miles out at sea.

The hijacking, oneyear after seizure of aSaudi supertanker led toheightened internationalefforts to fight piracy offthe Horn of Africa, hashighlighted the difficultyof keeping ships safe inthe region — particularlyoil tankers.—Internet

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SAKAI, 1 Dec—Hugesheets of glass are guidedby robotic arms, slidingand turning in a toweringgerm-free plant, theworld’s first making giant“10th generation” panels

In this Oct, 2009 photo released by Sharp Corp, Sharp Corp’s new futuristicfactory is seen in Sakai, western Japan.—INTERNET

LONDON, 1 Dec—Vauxhall, the British division oftroubled US carmaker General Motors, announced onMonday that it planned to cut more than 350 jobs atone of its two British factories.

“As part of the consultation process commenced... last week, the GM manufacturing facility in Lutonhas now begun its own period of consultation betweenunions and local management,” the company said ina statement.

“One element of the current plan is a proposal toreduce GM Luton’s headcount by 354 employees toright-size the business in line with the 2010 forecastproduction volume.”

The affected factory is based in the town of Luton.It currently employs almost 1,500 workers and makesthe Vivaro commercial van in a joint venture withFrench carmaker Renault.—Internet

KANO, 1 Dec—Despitehuge natural resourcesand vast tracts of arableland, Nigeria, sub-Saha-ran Africa’s second larg-est economy and the con-tinent’s most populous na-tion, largely relies on im-ports.

The once agro-drivenand food self-relianteconomy, Nigeria has inrecent decades reliedmore and more on oil, be-coming a net importer ofeven the most basicgoods.

“We import almost

Newly completed vans are pictured at the Vauxhall factory in Luton on 4November. Vauxhall, the British division of troubled US carmaker General

Motors, has announced that it intends to cut 354 jobs at one of its twoBritish factories.—INTERNET

Used computers for sale at a Lagos market. Despite huge natural resourcesand vast tracts of arable land, Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa’s second largest

economy and the continent’s most populous nation, largely relieson imports.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 1 Dec— China has lifted its bans on im-ports of pork products from the United States, Canadaand Mexico, its quarantine bureau said on Tuesday,but analysts said the move would not likely lead to asurge of new imports.

Earlier in the year, China banned imports from thethree countries on worries of outbreaks of H1N1 flu.

After assessment of risks, the bans were lifted, theGeneral Administration of Quality Supervision, In-spection and Quarantine said in a notice on its website(www.aqsiq.gov.cn). The lifting of the ban had beenexpected earlier by officials in United States, the larg-est pork exporter, which exported $560 million toChina in 2008.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 1 Dec—British Airways Plc willcompensate consumersfor cancellation penaltiesand other expenses stem-ming from an erroneous$40 fare offer between theUnited States and India,the US government saidon Monday.

The TransportationDepartment said in an en-forcement order the offerwas posted inadvertentlyon the carrier’s websiteonly for a matter of min-utes on 2 October. How-ever, the deal remained onoutside travelling sites forabout two hours.

More than 1,200 tripswere booked coveringmore than 2,000 passen-gers. British Airwayscancelled bookings andoffered passengers a $300voucher for discountedtravel on US-India flights.

The agreement withregulators went further,requiring British Airwaysto compensate passengersfor fees and other charges.

Internet

NEW YORK, 1 Dec— World economy will resumegrowth and put on a 3.5-per-cent increase in 2010, drivenlargely by emerging economies, a latest research reportreveals on Monday. “Global growth will resume in 2010,with global output per head returning to pre-crisis lev-els,” said Bart van Ark, chief economist of the NewYork-base private research group Conference Board.

According to the organization’s Global EconomicOutlook 2010, advanced economies’ share of worldgross domestic product (GDP) has fallen from two-thirds in 2000 to below 50 percent today and will hitone-third by 2016.—Xinhua

Sharp shows plant makingtenth generation panels

for flat screen TVs.Japanese electronics

maker Sharp Corp’s futur-istic-looking plant doesn’thave a single worker onthe floor.

Each sheet, measuringabout 3 metres (3.3 yards)by 3 metres, is being madeand tested by computer-ized machines.

Reporters were al-lowed a tour on Monday

of the liquid crystal dis-play plant, which beganrunning last month, in thiscity near Osaka, west ofTokyo.

No photography wasallowed, and visitors hadto pass a temperature-check at the gate andcould look inside onlythrough selected win-dows.

Internet

British Airerrs with $40fare, to paypassengers

Vauxhall to cut 354 jobsat Luton plant

Unbridled imports cripplingNigeria

everything, from the im-portant items such as foodand medicines to the frivo-lous ones such as toothpickand razor blade,” saidIbrahim Ayagi, economicadvisor to former presidentOlusegun Obasanjo.

“We have become aclassical importer nation,”lamented Ayagi, ex-chair-man of a governmentthink tank, the NationalEconomic IntelligenceCommittee (NEIC).

In 2007, Nigeria spentabout 39 billion dollars(26 billion euros) on im-

ports according to theWorld Bank, while theCIA factbook puts thevalue of imports for 2008at 46 billion dollars.

Agriculture MinisterAbba Sayyadi Ruma re-cently said a billion dol-lars is spent on fruit juiceimports yearly. In a bidto encourage local pro-duction, the governmentin October banned theconsumption of foreignalcohol at official eventsas it launched an ambi-tious ‘Made-in-Nigeria’campaign.—Internet

China lifts

import ban

on US,

Canada,

Mexico

pork

Global growth to resume in 2010

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Photo taken on 29 Nov, 2009 shows a building site of the 2010 ShanghaiWorld Expo in Shanghai, east China. Most of the pavilions are taking on adashing look with the coming of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, which will

fall in May of next year. —XINHUA

Finnair planes are grounded at Helsinki Airport on 16 Nov. Loss-makingFinnish airline Finnair said on Monday it would outsource about 620 jobs tocut costs as it struggles to boost profitability, triggering a wildcat strike that

grounded a few flights.—INTERNET

A massive icebergstretches across

McMurdo Sound inAntartica. Quickeningice loss in West Antarc-

tica will likely contributeheavily to a projected sea

level rise of up to 1.4metres (4.5 feet) by 2100,

according to a majorscientific report released

on Tuesday.INTERNET

Peru to publicize benefits of FTAsigned with China

Ugandan Presidentvisits Cuba

HAVANA, 1 Dec—In-vited by Cuban LeaderRaul Castro, UgandanPresident General YoweriKaguta Museveni arrivedin Cuba on Monday for anofficial visit.

Museveni was received atthe Jose Marti InternationalAirport in Havana by CubanVice Foreign MinisterRigoberto Sierra Diaz,along with other officials ofthe Ministry of Foreign Af-fairs. During his stay in theGreater Antilles, which willlast three days, the UgandanPresident will hold officialtalks with his Cuban coun-terpart, Raul Castro and paytribute to Cuban nationalhero Jose Marti.—Xinhua

Iran, Latin Americanstates cooperation strategic

TEHERAN, 1 Dec—Iran’s Minister of Industries andMines said on Monday the expansion of cooperationbetween Iran and the Latin American states, Brazil inparticular, is strategic, the official IRNA news agencyreported. Ali-Akbar Mehrabian, also the head of Iran-Bra-zil Joint Economic Commission, said the expansion of co-operation between Teheran and Brasilia in various fieldswill form a “significant power” in the world that can joinIran with the important Latin American countries.

Referring to the recent trip of Iranian PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad to Brazil as a new beginningin bilateral relations, Mehrabian told IRNA that the visitwould increase the level of cooperation between thetwo nations.

The talks between the Iranian and Brazilian presi-dents were positive and focused on the economic,trade, technological, energy, agricultural and indus-trial issues, Mehrabian said. The Iranian and Brazil-ian officials signed a number of economic, trade, cul-tural, sport, scientific and political cooperation agree-ments during the last-week visit to Brasilia byAhmadinejad.—Xinhua

LIMA, 1 Dec—Peru’sMinistry of Foreign Tradeand Tourism will launcha nationwide campaign inJanuary 2010 to publicizethe benefits of a FreeTrade Agreement (FTA)with China, a Peruvianexpert on bilateral tiessaid on Monday.

“We will employ thedissemination strategy atall levels in order toachieve a comprehensiveunderstanding of the enor-mous opportunities avail-able in the business mar-

ket of China,” said CarlosPosada, Peruvian direc-tor-general of the minis-try’s Asia-Oceania Bilat-eral Affairs, stressing thatmedia will be an impor-tant propaganda platform.

He said that regionalgovernments, local cham-bers of commerce, unions,small and medium enter-prises (SMEs), universi-ties and civil society as awhole will take part in thecampaign.

Peru is one of China’smajor trading partners in

Latin America.A series of presenta-

tions nationwide over theagreement which includesconversations with pro-ducers and exporters ofPeru is also scheduled,said Posada.

This was also done inthe case of the NorthAmerican Free TradeAgreement with theUnited States in order toclear doubts about thetrade agreement, he ex-plained.

Xinhua

Russia launches US communications satelliteMOSCOW, 1 Dec—Russia launched a Zenit carrier rocket carrying a US telecom-

munications satellite from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan early on Tues-day. The Zenit-3SLB carrier rocket with the Intelsat-15 spacecraft atop blasted offat around 00:00 Moscow Time (2100 GMT Monday), said Russia’s Federal SpaceAgency.

Approximately six hours and 28 minutes later, the satellite will take the positionat 85 degrees East in the geostationary orbit.

The 2.55-ton satellite, developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation, will replacethe Intelsat-709 satellite and provide telecommunications services for customersin the Middle East and Russia. Equipped with 22 Ku-band transponders, the satel-lite has a designed service life for 15 years.—Xinhua

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

Mysterious explosion killsGaza militant

GAZA, 1 Dec— A Palestinian militant was killedand three wounded in a mysterious explosion in westof Gaza City on Monday night, medics and eyewit-nesses reported.

The witnesses said a minibus that was driving inShatti refugee camp west of Gaza City exploded, in-juring four militants on board, and that one of themdied of his wounds.

Xinhua

Canada, India reach major nuclear trade dealOTTAWA, 1 Dec—Canada and India

have reached a major nuclear trade dealthat will allow Canadian firms to sellnuclear materials, equipment and tech-nology to the South Asian emergingmarket, Canadian media reported onMonday.

The deal was announced on Saturdayby Canadian Prime Minister StephenHarper and his Indian counterpartManmohan Singh in Port of Spain, Trini-dad and Tobago, where they were attend-ing the Commonwealth leaders’ summit.

The deal, expected to be signed andimplemented soon, has been controver-sial because Canada cut nuclear trade in1974 after India used Canadian materi-als to manufacture its first nuclearweapon.

But the Harper government has beenkeen to re-establish the relationshipbecause they estimate the energy marketin India will be worth as much as 50billion Canadian dollars (47 billion USdollars) during the next 20 years.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

Japanese engineer TomotakaTakahashi introduces the new robot“Ropid” at the International RobotExhibition 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.Aside from supposedly being thefastest runner and best jumper

among similarly constructed robots,“Ropid” also responds to voice

commands, with either action orspeech.

BEIRUT, 1 Dec—Hizbollah’s leader said on Mon-day that the Lebanese militant group will improve itsweapons capabilities to face off any Israeli threat andthat armed struggle was the only way to regain Arablands captured by the Jewish state.

Hassan Nasrallah’s remarks signaled the group hasno intention of meeting a United Nations resolutionrequiring it to give up its weapons.

That position that has generated division amongthe country’s fractious political groups as well as con-cern in Israel, which says it is preparing to deploy adefence system to shoot down rockets from Lebanon.

Nasrallah gave no details on the weaponsplans, but Hizbollah has said it has tens of thousandsof rockets.

Internet

NAIROBI, 1 Dec—Afri-can authorities raidedshops, intercepted vehi-cles at checkpoints andused sniffer dogs to detectand seize over 3,800pounds (1,768 kilo-grammes) of illegal el-ephant ivory in a six-na-

A Kenya Wildlife wardenkeeps a watch on confis-

cated elephant tusks,leopard, python andcrocodile skins at the

Kenya wildlife offices inNairobi, Kenya, on 30

Nov, 2009. Interpol saysAfrican wildlife authori-ties have seized nearly3,800 pounds (1,700

kilogrammes) of illegalelephant ivory in a

six-nation operation.INTERNET

Nearly two tons of ivory seizedin eastern Africa

WELLINGTON,1 Dec—Strong westerly winds in thesouthern Pacific Ocean have driven scores of icebergsoriginally headed toward New Zealand to the east,away from the country, an oceanographer said on Tues-day.

A shipping alert was sent out last week and mari-time authorities have been monitoring the iceberg flo-tilla as it drifted north from Antarctica toward NewZealand’s South Island.

“ It looks like they’ve all disappeared east of NewZealand,” oceanographer Mike Williams, with NewZealand’s National Institute of Water and AtmosphericResearch, told The Associated Press. He said it wouldbe unlikely they would be seen anywhere near thecoastline.

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WASHINGTON, 1 Dec—About 1,000 people arehospitalized with avia-tion-related injuries in theUnited States each yearand about 750 are killed,according to a report re-leased on Tuesday.

About a third are in-jured in private aircraftand another 29 percent arehurt or killed while para-chuting, according to thereport from Johns Hop-kins University in Balti-more.

This compares to 2.35million motor vehicle in-juries and 37,000 deathsin 2008, according to theNational Highway TrafficSafety Administration.

“Our findings providevaluable information, notpreviously available, onthe number and kinds ofinjuries sustained in avia-tion-related events,”Susan Baker, a professorat the school’s InjuryCentre, said in a state-ment.

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tion operation, Interpoland the Kenya WildlifeService said on Monday.

During the three-month-long operation,authorities also seizedleopard, crocodile andsnake skins, among otherillegal animal products,

said Awad Dahia, Inter-pol’s eastern Africa chief.

Dahia told journaliststhat the operation was co-ordinated by the interna-tional police organizationand involved the wildlifeauthorities, police andCustoms departments ofBurundi, Ethiopia, Kenya,Rwanda, Tanzania andUganda.

The Kenya WildlifeService said it had ar-rested 65 people — threeChinese, three Tanzaniansand 59 Kenyans — dur-ing the operation.

Internet

Winds drive icebergs awayfrom New Zealand

Hizbollah to continue armingto fight Israel

Flyinginjures 1,000a year in US

The woman who released a messagein a bottle from the New Jersey coastas part of a contest 24 years ago hascome forward to claim her prize.

Heidi Mozza, 30, of Claymont, Del,dropped the green soda bottle into theAtlantic Ocean in summer 1985 as partof a “Message in a Bottle Contest” inOcean City, NJ, and the bottle was dis-covered recently in Duck, NC, the Phila-delphia Inquirer reported.

Ocean City spokesman Mark Soifersaid officials sought the owner of thebottle by sending social networkingWeb site messages to several peoplewith Mozza’s maiden name, HeidiWerstler.

A message that was put into anempty bottle in 1985 and tossed into

the Atlantic at Ocean City, NJ,turned up at a North Carolina resort

on the Outer Banksin November 2009.

Woman amazed by bottle’s300-mile journey

Police in Nebraska said more than100 bras, collectively worth more than$5,000, were stolen from a Victoria’sSecret store.

Omaha police said employees re-ported the bras missing and investiga-tors believe two people stole the itemsfrom the store inside the Westroads Mallduring business hours , KETV, Omaha,reported. Surveillance camera footagedepicts two people walking into the storeempty-handed and leaving with bags fullof bras they did not pay for at the store,police said.

A 38-year-old former Miss Argentinahas died from complications after un-dergoing cosmetic surgery on her but-tocks. Solange Magnano, a mother oftwins who won the crown in 1994, diedof a pulmonary embolism on Sundayafter three days in critical condition fol-lowing a gluteoplasty in Buenos Aires.

Close friend Roberto Piazza said theprocedure involved injections and theliquid “went to her lungs and brain.”

“A woman who had everything losther life to have a slightly firmer behind,”he said.

Magnano’s burial was shown onArgentine television.

Dr Gonzalo Cortes y Tristan said shearrived at his hospital with an acute res-piratory deficiency.

Her condition deteriorated until shesuffered the embolism.

$5,000 worth of brasstolen from mall shop

Israeli chefs prepare a “MeoravYerushaleim” at the Mahne YehudaMarket in Jerusalem. Israeli chefs

on Monday attempted to create a newworld record for the largest ever

“Jerusalem mix,” a local specialityof grilled meats.

Ex-Miss Argentina diesafter cosmetic surgery

Lucian Craita plays with his lion Richieas it is relocated to South Africa from hiscourtyard near Urziceni, 55 km (34 miles)northeast of Bucharest. Craita said he hasbeen raising Richie since it was a cub and,he passed Richie to Vier Pfoten, an inter-national animal rights foundation, whichwill relocate Richie, and three other lionsfrom Romania, to Lionsrock, a big cat sanctuary in South Africa.

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Health Minister addresses World AIDS Day Commemorative Ceremony 2009

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Dec—Minister for Health Dr KyawMyint addressed World AIDS Day CommemorativeCeremony 2009, jointly organized by the Ministry ofHealth and UN Agencies, at the meeting hall of theministry here this morning.

It was also attended by Deputy Ministers for HealthDr Mya Oo and Dr Paing Soe, Deputy Minister forImmigration and Population Brig-Gen Win Sein,directors-general, deputy directors-general, directors ofthe departments under the Ministry of Health, residentrepresentatives of UN Agencies, chairpersons andrepresentatives from social organizations, prize winningstudents, parents and guests.

In his speech, the minister said appropriate slogansare selected for implementing World AIDS DayCommemorative Activities every year. This years sloganis “Stop AIDS, Keep the Promise. Avoid stigma anddiscrimination: Access to services for everyone”. Theobjective of this year slogan is meant to strengthen thecoordinated efforts of implementing HIV/AIDSprevention and care activities by related departments,NGOs, the media, local businesses, community membersincluding people living with HIV/AIDS and their familiesin countries all over the world under the guidance ofrespective leadership. This year slogan also urges to haveempathy towards people living with HIV and AIDS andtheir families and to give psychosocial support withoutstigma and discriminations so as to make them accessibleto available services. Following the diagnosis of firstAIDS case in 1981, HIV has spread to all countriesthroughout the world. According to 2009 AIDS epidemicUpdate, about 33 million individuals have been livingwith HIV and AIDS globally and 2 million died in 2008.About half of those infected are women. Highest mortalityof individuals between age group of 15-49 years is due toAIDS. In some countries, life expectancy is now decliningbecause of AIDS. Stigma and discrimination towardsPLHIV (people living with HIV) and their families cancause serious consequences beyond health sector andwill gradually affect the socioeconomic status anddevelopment of the nations.

Coordinated and collaborative efforts of the world foreffectively implementing the HIV/AIDS prevention and careactivities have also became essential to achieve the target ofMillennium Development Goal 6: “have halted by 2015 andbegan to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS. Thus “Stop AIDS,Keep the Promise” is reselected so as to remind the nationaland international organizations who are implementing HIV/AIDS prevention and care activities for achieving the goal.

In Myanmar, prevention and control activities of HIV/AIDS are being implemented as a national concern and since1989, National AIDS Committee was formed with Ministryof Health, related ministries, National NGOs in accordancewith the National AIDS Committee, a Working Committeewas organized with departments and National NGOs, andAIDS Committees were formed at various administrativelevels: State and Division, District and Township.

In order to get effective and coordinated response toHIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria in Myanmar, Ministry ofHealth and related ministries, UN Agencies, Nationaland International NGOs are implementing prevention

and treatment activities for three diseases in collaboration.With the multisectoral collaborative approach,

National AIDS Programme, Department of Health withcoordinated efforts of related ministries, UN Agencies,NGOs and other implementing partners has developedand is implementing National Strategic Plan on HIV andAIDS (2006-2010) which comprises of 13 StrategicDirections. Financial assistance for implementing the jobis supported by the Government, UN Agencies, NGOsand Three Diseases Fund.

Through multisectoral coordination, National AIDSProgramme under Department of Health, Ministry ofHealth is implementing the 13 Strategic Directions throughten major HIV/AIDS prevention and care activities such as: Advocacy Meetings at various levels, awareness raisingon HIV/AIDS among communities, provision of STIservices to prevent sexual transmission of HIV andnationwide screening of HIV for safe blood supply in 325townships, 100% targeted condom promotion programmein 170 townships, Prevention of Mother to ChildTransmission of HIV in 170 towhships and 38 generalhospitals, provision of ART treatment in 23 hospitals,Community home based care for persons infected withHIV and AIDS patients and prevention of transmission ofHIV among intravenous drug users, Promotion ofmultisectoral collaboration and cooperation are beingcarried out to achieve success in combating HIV/AIDS.Monitoring and evaluation activities are also beingconducted to assess the effectiveness of the implementation.

As partnership development and multisectoral responseplays important role in the effective response to HIV, 18local NGOs, 22 international NGOs, 7 United NationsOrganizations are actively collaborating with the Ministryof Health in responding to HIV and AIDS in the country.Moreover, being a member nation of ASEAN, we are alsoactively participating in the ASEAN work programme onHIV and AIDS of ASEAN Task Force on AIDS (ATFOA)and Greater Mekong Subregional HIV and AIDS projects.In addition, Myanmar has been actively participating in theglobal and regional activities initiated by various UNorgnizations. Cross border HIV and AIDS prevention,treatment, care and support activities are also carried out asspecial intervention activities with the neighbouring countries.

Globally, HIV transmission now seen more in lowrisk population groups such as housewives andMyanmar is no exception. Prevention of HIVtransmission among women and care and support forwomen infected with HIV are being carried out throughcoordinated efforts of National AIDS Programme andrelated programmes under Department of Health,National NGOs and relate ministries such as Ministryof Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement. Moreover,life skill trainings and income generation activitieswere provided to improve the education, health andsocial status of women, to prevent women from humantrafficking, and also to provide a wide range of careand support activities for the trafficked victims. Suchactivities also have impacts on HIV prevention, careand support among women.

It can also be said that HIV/AIDS response inMyanmar is Comprehensive one as HIV/AIDS prevention

education with the aim to change behaviour of generalpopulation as well as vulnerable poplation, treatment ofTB and other opportunistic infections in addition to theAntiretroviral Therapy (ART) and community homebased care for AIDS patients and their families areinclusively carried out.

HIV prevalence gradually declined since 2000 andaccording to Workshop on Estimation and Projection ofHIV and AIDS in Myanmar held in coordination withWHO in October 2009, it has been observed that adultHIV prevalence among 15 to 49 years age group wasreduced to 0.61% in 2009 from 0.94% in 2000.

In scaling up HIV/AIDS prevention and care activitiesto promote availability and accessibility of services, so asto reach the targeted population, stigma and discriminationtowards PLHIV and their families must be avoidedthrough coordinated efforts of various stakeholders asmentioned in this year’s slogan. In Myanmar, HIV/AIDS prevention and care activities are beingimplemented as a national concern and most importantissue is the coordinated efforts of all community,multicultural collaboration including media personneland meaningful involvement of people infected and

affected with HIV. Thus all implementing partners shouldcollectively conduct activities which can lessen stigmaand discrimination to gain better achievements.

In conclusion, I would like to express our sincerethanks to related departments, UN organizations, localand international NGOs for their coordinated effortstowards the commemoration of the 2009 World AIDSDay activities all over the country. I would also like tourge all implementing partners to scale up collectiveand concerted efforts on our national response to HIVand AIDS in the coming years for further reducing HIVtransmission in the country, for scaling up effectivelytreatment for AIDS patients, for empathy towards peopleliving with HIV/AIDS and their family members formore access to prevention, treatment and services andfor reducing socioeconomic impacts of HIV and AIDS.

Next, Resident Representative Mr Mohamed Abdel-Ahadof UNFPA read out the message sent by the United NationsSecretary-General.

Resident Representative Dr Sun Gang of UNAIDSread out the message of UNAIDS programme.

Later, Minister Dr Kyaw Myint presented prizes tostudents who won first, second, third and consolationawards in Basic Education High School Level EssayContest to mark World AIDS Day 2009.

Deputy Ministers Dr Mya Oo and Dr Paing Soe awardedstudents who won first and second awards in Basic EducationMiddle School Level Painting Contest and Basic EducationPrimary School Level Cartoon Contest.

Resident Representative Mr Mohamed Abdel-Ahadof UNFPA and Resident Representative Dr Sun Gang ofUNAIDS presented prizes to students who won third andconsolation prizes in Basic Education Middle SchoolLevel Painting Contest and Basic Education PrimarySchool Level Cartoon Contest.

Minister Dr Kyaw Myint, the deputy ministers andguests viewed the booths opened at the World AIDS Day2009 Exhibition in the hall.

MNA

Minister Dr Kyaw Myint addresses the World AIDS Day Commemorative Ceremony 2009.—MNA

Mr Mohamed Abdel-Ahad, Resident

Representative ofUNFPA reads out the

message sent byUNSG.—MNA

Dr Sun Gang,Resident

Representative ofUNAIDS reads out

the message ofUNAIDS.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 1 Dec—The eighth conference ofMyanmar Academy ofAgriculture, Forestry,Livestock and Fisherieswill be held here on 8 and9 December.

In the conference, 19

NAY PYI TAW, 1Dec—The MyanmarBoard of Examinationstoday announced thetimetable of thematriculation exami-nation to be held inMarch of 2010. Thecandidates are to sit for

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Dec—Minister for Commu-nications, Posts andTelegraphs Brig-GenThein Zaw together withDeputy Minister Maj-GenThein Tun inspectedconstruction of dwellings,roads, and com-municationstation in residential areaof Yadanabon Myothitnear PyinOoLwinTownship, MandalayDivision on 29 November.

CPT Minister visits Yadanabon MyothitThe minister then

inspected factoryequipment of YadanabonFibre Co Ltd forproduction of fibre cables,installation of machines inElite Company forproduction of mobiledevices, construction sitesof FISCA Company andFortune Company andmanufacturing plant ofTanmoenye Chanthar TunWai Thar Company,

producer of telephoneexchanges and accessoriesin the compound of Soft-Base Factories.

The minister alsoinspected work inIncubation Centre andconstruction of CyberHall. In meeting withpersonnel of YadanabonTeleport Co Ltd, depart-ments, and investors, theminister coordinatedessentials.—MNA

Timetable of 2010 matriculationexamination announced

Myanmar subject on 10-3-2010 (Wednesday),English on 11-3-2010(Thursday), Mathematicson 12-3-2010 (Friday),Chemistry on 13-3-2010(Saturday), Physics on15-3-2010 (Monday),Biology and History on

16-3-2010 (Tuesday),Geography on 17-3-2010 (Wednesday), Eco-nomics on 18-3-2010(Thursday) and OptionalMyanmar on 19-3-2010(Friday). The time isfrom 9:00 am to 12:00noon. —MNA

8th Conference of MAAFLF on 8-9 Decresearch papers onagricultural sector will beread out at University ofAgriculture in Nay PyiTaw Yezin, 17 researchpapers on forestry sectorat Forestry Department inthe same place and 18

research papers onlivestock and fisheriessector at University ofVeterinary Science in thesame place. TheAcademy invited thoseinterested to attend theconference.—MNA

Tobacco Kills

Senior General Than Shwe,

Chairman of the State Peace

and Development Council,

receives Mr Tjaco Theo Van

Den Hout, newly-accredited

Ambassador of the Kingdom of

the Netherlands at

Bayintnaung Yeiktha,

Nay Pyi Taw.

(News on Page 1)

MNA

Senior General Than Shwe,

Chairman of the State Peace

and Development Council,

receives Mr Rudi

Veestraeten, newly-

accredited Ambassador of

the Kingdom of Belgium at

Bayintnaung Yeiktha,

Nay Pyi Taw.

(News on Page 1)

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Zaw inspects factory equipment of EliteCompany in Soft Base Factories.—MNA

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Central Committee for Organizing 62nd

Anniversary Independence Day (2010) meets

Prime Minister General Thein Sein felicitatesLaotian counterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Dec—On the occasion of the 34th Anniversary of the Founding of theLao People’s Democratic Republic, which falls on 2 December 2009, General Thein Sein,Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His ExcellencyMr Bouasone Bouphavanh, Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Dec—The Central Committee forOrganizing the 62nd Anniversary Independence Day(2010) held a coordination meeting at the GovernmentOffice here this afternoon, with an address by Chairmanof the Central Committee Secretary-1 of the State Peaceand Development Council General Thiha Thura TinAung Myint Oo.

Also present on the occasion were members of theCentral Committee Commander of Nay Pyi TawCommand Maj-Gen Wai Lwin, ministers, deputyministers, senior military officers, and heads ofdepartment. In his address, the Secretary-1 said that the

meeting is aimed at celebrating the 62nd IndependenceDay commemorative ceremony on a grand scale; andthat the 46-member central committee led by him hasbeen formed to mark the Independence Day in accordancewith the Independence Day objectives: —

All the national people to constantly join hands forensuring perpetuity of independence and sovereignty ofthe State, All the national people to collectively strive fornon-disintegration of the Union and non-disintegrationof national solidarity, All the national people toharmoniously make all-out efforts to build up a modern,developed discipline-flourishing democratic nation inaccordance with the new State Constitution, which hasbeen approved with the great majority of national people,All the national people to cooperate in realizing theState’s seven-step Road Map with a strong sense ofUnion Spirit and patriotism.

He said that it is down to the members of the centralcommittee and subcommittees to seek ways and meansthrough discussions at the meeting for successfulcompletion of all the ceremonies related to theIndependence Day.

Like in 2009, respective departments and socialorganizations have to organize commemorativeceremonies on a grand scale on their own along with

festivities and contests at state/division, district andtownship levels including in Nay Pyi Taw, and Yangonand Mandalay municipal areas, he said stressing the needof collaborative work for holding the commemorativeceremonies on a significant scale. Chairman of theSubcommittee for State Flag Hoisting and SalutingCeremony Commander Maj-Gen Wai Lwin, Chairmanof the Subcommittee for Independence Day Receptionand Dinner Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U MaungMyint, Chairman of Security Subcommittee DeputyMinister for Home Affairs Brig-Gen Phone Swe,Chairman of Information Subcommittee Director-Generalof Myanma Radio and Television U Khin Maung Htay,Chairman of the Subcommittee for CompilingIndependence Day Message Deputy Minister forEducation Brig-Gen Aung Myo Min, Chairman of theHealth Subcommittee Deputy Minister for Health DrMya Oo, and Chairman of the Subcommittee forCommemorative Sports Activities Director-General ofthe Sports and Physical Education Department U ThaungHtaik reported on respective schedules for the nationallevel ceremony.

The participants presented general matters on thecelebration.The Central Committee chairman respondedto the reports and gave concluding remarks.—MNA

CommanderMaj-Gen WaiLwin reportson State FlagHoisting and

SalutingCeremony of

nationalscale.MNA

Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo addresses Central Committee forOrganizing 62nd Anniversary Independence

Day meeting.—MNA

Chairman of State

Peace and

Development

Council Senior

General Than Shwe

receives newly-

accredited Swiss

Ambassador to the

Union of Myanmar

Mr Christoph

Burgener at

Bayintnaung Yeiktha

in Nay Pyi Taw.

(News on page 16)

MNA

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 patriotismall the nationalities will have to safe-guard.

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Secretary-1 General

Thiha Thura Tin

Aung Myint Oo

receives Vietnamese

Vice Minister of

National Defence

Lieutenant General

Nguyen Chi Vinh.

MNA

Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Win Myint addressesYangon Division World AIDS Day Commemorative Ceremony 2009.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Dec–The firstround robin matches of the 48th

Defence Services Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy Tatmadaw (Army,Navy and Air) Football Tournament2009 continued at designated sportsgrounds this evening.

In Group (A) matches held inEastern Command Zone (Taunggyi),Central Command team crippledSouth-West Command team 3-0 andthe match between team (B) of North-East Command and team (C) of North-East Command ended in a 2-2 draw.In Group (B) matches in South-WestCommand Zone (Pathein), Eastern

YANGON, 1 Dec—Headed by ShipAdministrator Mr AichiroTanaka of Cabinet officeof Japan, managers andyouth leaders of Japan and

YANGON, 1 Dec—Organized by YangonDivision Health Committee, Yangon Division WorldAIDS Day Commemorative Ceremony 2009 was heldat the meeting hall of the University of Nursing

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Dec—Secretary-1 of the StatePeace and Development Council General Thiha ThuraTin Aung Myint Oo received a Vietnamese delegationled by Vice Minister of National Defence of theSocialist Republic of Vietnam Lieutenant General

Secretary-1 receives Vietnamese delegation

Nguyen Chi Vinh at the SPDC Office here thisafternoon.

Also present at the call together with the Secretary-1 were Deputy Minister for Defence Maj-Gen AyeMyint, Deputy Minister for National Planning and

Economic Development Col Thurein Zaw anddepartmental heads. The Vietnamese Vice Minister wasaccompanied by Vietnamese Ambassador to MyanmarMr Chu Cong Phung and Military Attaché Senior ColonelNguyen Van Vui.—MNA

Commander attends Yangon Division WorldAIDS Day Commemorative Ceremony

(Yangon) here this morning.Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and

Development Council Commander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen Win Myint delivered an opening

speech. The commander and officials presented prizesto the winners in division level contests held incommemoration of World AIDS Day 2009.

Head of Yangon Division Health Departmentreported on the preventive measures against HIV/AIDS.The commander and officials viewed documentaryphotos of World AIDS Day activities at the exhibition inthe hall.—MNA

Tatmadaw Football Tourney (2009)continues

Command teambattered No.55 LIDteam 3-0 while Defence Services(Navy) beat-team (A) of TriangleRegion Command 8-0. In Group (C)matches in North-West CommandZone (Monywa), No.44 LID teamnarrowly won over team (B) ofWestern Command 1-0, while CampCommandant team routed team (A) ofCoastal Region Command 4-0. InGroup (D) matches in SouthernCommand Zone (Toungoo), NorthernCommand team narrowly won over No66 LID team 2-1, and No.88 LID teamtrounced No 33 LID team 9-0.

MNA

Youth leaders of 36th

SSEAYP arriveYangon

Earthquake reportNAY PYI TAW, 1 Dec—A moderate earthquake of intensity 5.1 Richter

Scale with its epicenter outside of Myanmar (Andaman island, India) about300 miles southwest of Kaba-Aye seismological observatory was recorded at18 hrs 13 min 02 sec MST on 1 December, 2009.—MNA

10 ASEAN nations from36th Ship for South-EastAsia Youth Programmearrived here by air thismorning.

MNA

Construction Deputy Minister inspects roadwork

Paper reading session held

NAY PYI TAW, 1Dec—Deputy Ministerfor Construction U TintSwe on 29 Novemberinspected upgrading

Meiktila-Kalaw-Taung-gyi Road (Meiktila-Kalaw-Taunggyi Roadsection) and roadworkusing with BOT system at

the hilly region con-struction company’sproject site between milepost No. 61/2 and No. 61/3.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30Nov—With the aim ofboosting the agriculturalsector of the nation, thepaper reading session onbiological technologyresearch was held at theconvocation hall of

Mandalay Universityyesterday morning.

Altogether 108experts from Ministry ofDefence, Ministry ofEducation, Ministry ofScience and Technology,Ministry of Agriculture

and Irrigation, Ministry ofForestry and Ministry ofIndustry-1 took part in theactivity.

A total of 33 papersare read out till 30November.

MNA

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Indian officials dismissDanish climate proposalNEW DELHI,1 Dec—Top Indian officials dismissed

a draft climate change proposal by Denmark that ex-pects developing economies to peak their greenhousegas emissions by 2025, news reports said on Monday.

The draft document was circulated to a few coun-tries ahead of the 7-18 Dec summit in Copenhagen,which is supposed to draw up an agreement for con-trolling emissions of carbon dioxide and other gasescausing global warming.

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said the Dan-ish draft was “totally unacceptable,” The EconomicTimes reported.

“We are never going to take on a peaking year forabsolute emissions. This is not on the horizon,”Ramesh told the Danes, according to the newspaper.

Ramesh declined to comment later Monday.Internet

Bomb found outside N Ireland police station

S Korea’s trade surplustops $4 b in Nov

A Police forensic teamremove a car in front of

the Policing Boardheadquarters in Belfast,Northern Ireland, on 23

Nov. An unexplodedbomb was found on

Monday near a policestation in Northern

Ireland, officers said, inthe latest threat to the

troubled province’sfragile peace.—INTERNET

BELFAST, 1 Dec—An unexplodedbomb was found on Monday near a po-lice station in Northern Ireland, offic-ers said, in the latest threat to the trou-bled province’s fragile peace.

The device was found outside a sta-tion in the northwest town of Strabane,sparking evacuation of nearby homes asarmy bomb disposal experts worked toremove it, police said.

Chief Inspector Andy Lemon de-nounced the planting of the device,which comes after a massive carbomb last week just failed to explodeoutside a police headquarters in Bel-fast.

“This device was in waste ground,

A vehicle crosses a dry bed of the river in India, on30 Nov, 2009. Leaders of the Commonwealth

countries called on Saturday for a legally bindinginternational agreement on climate change and aglobal fund with billions of dollars to help poor

countries meet its mandates.—INTERNET

SEOUL, 1 Dec—SouthKorea posted a trade sur-plus for the 10th straightmonth in November, withexports posting positivegrowth for the first timein a year, thanks to grow-ing demand for semicon-ductors, displays and pet-rochemicals, a govern-ment report showed onTuesday.

According to the re-port by the Ministry ofKnowledge and Eco-nomy, South Korea’strade surplus grew fromlast month’s 3.63 billionUS dollars to 4.05 billionUS dollars.

The report said thecountry’s outbound ship-ments made an upturn forthe first time in 2009, ris-ing 18.8 percent year-on-year to 34.27 billion USdollars, with imports alsoadvancing 4.7 percent to

30.22 billion US dollars.The recovery in ex-

ports came as outboundshipments of semicon-ductors, displays, andpetrochemicals soared80.7 percent, 66.8 per-cent, and 47.8 percent,respectively, during thecited period, the reportsaid.

Imports were alsoboosted in November,thanks to an increase indemand for capital goodsand consumer products, itadded.—Xinhua

HK insurance industry receipts slump 40% in 2008 on year HONG KONG, 1 Dec—Total receipts of Hong Kong’s insurance industry in 2008decreased significantly by 40 percent year-on-year, mainly due to the decline inlife insurance business, statistical authorities said on Monday. The latest surveys of Hong Kong SAR’s Census and Statistic Department (CSD)found total receipts of the storage, communications, financing, business services,insurance and banking industries fell to 975.6 billion HK dollars in 2008, down12 percent on 2007. The banking and financing industries recorded a decrease in total receipts by 8percent and 6 percent respectively.

Xinhua

15th M.A Sasana Tekkasila convocation heldYANGON, 1 Dec—The

Department for Promotionand Propagation of theSasana under the Ministryof Religious Affairs held15th M.A Sasana Tekkasilaconvocation at StatePariyatti SasanaUniversity (Yangon) onKaba Aye Hill here thisafternoon.

Secretary of the StateSangha Maha NayakaNyaungdon SayadawAbhidhaja Maha RatthaGuru Abhidhaja AggaMaha Saddhamma JotikaBhaddanta Osadha-bhivamsa investedChairman of YangonDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen WinMyint, Minister forReligious Affairs Brig-

Gen Thura Myint Maungand officials, andlaypersons with the FivePrecepts.

Deputy Chancellor ofState Pariyatti SasanaUniversities NyaungdonSayadaw and Chairmanof the AdministrativeBoard (Central) of StatePariyatti SasanaUniversities SSMNCVice-Chairman PyaySayadaw AbhidhajaMaha Rattha Guru AggaMaha Pandita Agga MahaSaddhamma JotikadhajaBhaddanta KundalajotiSammodaniya Ovadasermons.

Registrar Sayadaw of

State Pariyatti SasanaUniversity (Yangon)supplicated on religiousmatters, and so did thecommander attended theconvocation. The list oftitle recipient monks wasthen signed.

The chairman Saya-daw of the AdministrativeBoard (Central) conferredcertificates of SasanaTekkasila DhammaParagu Ph.D Degree ontwo monks, one from StatePariyatta SasanaUniversity (Mandalay)and another from StatePariyatta SasanaUniversity (Yangon).

Next, certificates of

Sasana Tekkasila MADhammacariya Title wereconferred on 15 monks,and Sasana TekkasilaDhammacariya Title, on106 monks from the twouniversities.

Vice-Chairman of theAdministrative Board(Central) Vice-Chairmanof SSMNC YenangyoungSayadaw Agga MahaPandita Agga MahaSaddhamma JotikadhajaBhaddanta Tejaniyadelivered a sermon.

After the ceremony,the commander, ministers,officials and well-wishersoffered provisions andalms to the monks.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Dec—Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi, on 29 November, inspected digging oftest-wells with drilling machine in Ayaydaw oilfieldof Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise in PakokkuTownship, Magway Division.

At the briefing hall, Director ( Drlling ) and ChiefGeophysicist reported to the minister on digging of No.1test-well in Ayadaw oilfield and prospects of oil andnatural gas deposits in Mt.Pontaung, Chief Engineers ofThagyitaung and Kyaukkwat oilfields on digging of twotest-wells with drilling machines in the respctive oilfields.Managing-Director of Myanma Oil and Gas enterprisemade a supplementary report. The minister then calledstaff for their up-most efforts in work.

The minister later inspected digging of test-wellswith ZJ 50 D SR II drilling machine in Ayadawoilfield and encouraged foreign technicians and staffworking at the site.

Its is learnt that Ministry of Energy, in order toincrease in production of oil and natural gas, has beendigging out test-wells in Thagyitaung, Kyaukkwat,and Ayadaw oilfields which have high prospects of oiland natural gas deposits, targeting 1500 feet each andthe targeted depth will be reached soon.—MNA

Energy Minister visitsAyadaw oilfield

near to homes and local life, and had itgone off, we could have been dealingwith a very different situation today,”Lemon said.

“There could have been serious deathor injury caused,” he added.

Police received a telephone warningabout the device.

The incident comes at a delicate timefor Northern Ireland’s peace process.

The main Protestant and Catholic par-ties, who share power in the province’sdevolved assembly, are at loggerheadsover when policing and justice respon-sibility should be transferred from Lon-don to Belfast.

Internet

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SEA HORIZON VOY NO (14)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SEA HORI-ZON VOY NO (14) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 2.12.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claim Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S SANG THAI SHIPPING CO.,LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA RUKUN VOY NO (521)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA RUKUNVOY NO (521) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 2.12.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.


No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims Day.


AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BANGKHONTHI VOY NO (-)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BANG-KHONTHI VOY NO (-) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 2.12.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W 5 where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.


No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims Day.


AGENT FOR: M/S PHULSAWAT SHIPPINGCO.,LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

Israeli Army rejects allegedgunfire in Gaza

JERUSALEM, 1 Dec—The Israel Defence Forces(IDF) on Monday evening rejected reports ofgunfire during its operations earlier in the day in theGaza Strip.

“Earlier today, IDF forces conducted regular secu-rity activities along the security fence in the GazaStrip,” Maj Erik Snider, head of the Foreign PressBranch of IDF Spokesperson Unit, told Xinhua.

“IDF forces did not open fire, nor did they comeunder fire during these activities,” he said.

The statement of clarification came after Palestin-ian sources said Israeli tanks opened fire and bulldoz-ers leveled the ground during a brief incursion into alocation east of the northern Gazatown of Jabalia earlyon Monday.

Xinhua

High child cancer survival rateCOLOGNE, 1 Dec—Researchers who evaluate

healthcare in Germany report high survival rates forchildhood cancer.

The researchers from the Institute for Quality andEfficiency in Health Care in Cologne, Germany, alsofound some aspects of infrastructure such as a parentstaying with a child in the hospital or the value of musictherapy in the management of the disease, but theresearchers could not draw a general conclusionbecause there were so few studies.

The study, commissioned by the German govern-ment to present a scientific evaluation, analyzed 106therapy-optimizing, cohort and cross-sectional stud-ies along with other information such as officialstatistics. More than 80 percent of children withcancer in Germany for 2000 to 2004 survived at leastfive years with 90 percent of children with cancerreceiving treatment in Germany in therapy-optimizingstudies, indicating the researchers said, a high qualityof care.—Internet

Swine flu still down in US but 198 children deadKindle hits sales record in November

BEIJING, 1 Dec—Amazon.com said onMonday that its Kindleelectronic book readerposted its best sales yet inNovember, as rivals strug-gled with their customerorders, but the online re-tailer did not release fig-ures to support the claim.

Amazon said the elec-tronic-book reader re-mains the best-sellingproduct across all product

categories on Amazon,boasting that it’s “flyingoff the shelves faster thanany other product Ama-zon sells.”

The online retailer saidshoppers were buyingseveral Kindles at once asholiday gifts, while busi-nesses and organizationswere buying the device“in large quantities” foremployees or clients.

Amazon’s statement on

Kindle’s success followednotices by Barnes & No-ble and Sony Corp to theircustomers that they hadsold out of their e-readersbefore the start of the holi-day shopping season dueto high demand.

While the higher-than-expected demand provesconsumer interest in thedevice, Barnes & Nobleand Sony also appear tohave lost an opportunityto gain share against Ama-zon’s market-leading Kin-dle device.—Xinhua

Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos holdsthe new Kindle 2 electronic reader at a news

conference in New York where the device wasintroduced, on 9 Feb, 2009. The Kindle 2, the latestincarnation of the digital book reader is a slimmerversion with more storage and a feature that reads

text aloud to users. —XINHUADeadly cattle plague on the way to extinction

WASHINGTON, 1 Dec—Swine flu continues towane across the UnitedStates, but it has killedmore than 30 childrensince the last count, UShealth officials said onMonday. The latest updateon the H1N1 virus, postedat http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/, shows the infec-tion is still at epidemic lev-els but below its Octoberpeak, the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Preven-tion reported.

Since March, 198 chil-

dren have been reportedkilled by H1N1, althoughthe true number is likelyfar higher because manypeople with the flu don’tgo to the doctor and only afew who do are tested forswine flu. The CDC saidjust over 20 percent ofspecimens sent for testingfrom patients with flu-likeillness were positive forH1N1 swine flu, meaningthat 80 percent of patientshad something else. At theworst, this proportion wasover 30 percent.

Swine flu continues todominate, with 99 percentof flu cases being due to theH1N1 strain. “The propor-tion of outpatient visits forinfluenza-like illness was4.3 percent, which is abovethe national baseline of 2.3percent,” the report reads.

The CDC got reports inthe week ending on 21November of 35 childrenwho died, although onedied from seasonal influ-enza in March—bringingto 128 the confirmedpediatric death toll fromseasonal flu in 2008-2009.

“A total of 198 deaths inchildren associated with2009 influenza A (H1N1)virus infection have beenreported to CDC,” the re-port reads. Many of thechildren who died had bac-terial infections known toworsen a flu infection.Thirty-one percent of thechildren who died and whowere tested for bacterial in-fections had one, andnearly a third of these hadStaphylococcus aureus.

Internet

ROME, 1 Dec—Rinderpest, a deadlycattle plague and once the bane of farm-ers, is heading toward extinction, the UNFood and Agriculture Organization(FAO) announced on Monday.

The Rome-based agency said thatsome time in the next 18 months, theFAO, jointly with the World Organiza-tion for Animal Health (OIE) and otherpartners will officially declare the eradi-cation of rinderpest, one of the mostdevastating animal diseases known toman.

Chief veterinary officers and repre-sentatives from around 50 countries are

meeting at the FAO headquarters inRome till 2 Dec to review the currentsituation and discuss activities in post-eradication phase.

It will be the first time in history thathumankind has succeeded in terminat-ing an animal disease and only the sec-ond time a disease has been eradicatedas the result of human efforts (the firstwas smallpox in 1980),according toFAO.

Rinderpest does not affect humans di-rectly but is lethal to the cattle and hoofedanimals. Death rates during outbreakscan approach 100 percent.—Xinhua

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Hun Jin-suck, the first South Korean to get an Apple iPhone 3G, shows hispurchase during a launching ceremony in Seoul, on 28 Nov Saturday, 2009.

South Koreans began getting their coveted iPhones on Saturday amid fanfareand expectations they will shake up a local market dominated by domestic

giants Samsung and LG.—INTERNET

An Emirati investor follows the market’smovement on a monitor at the Dubai Financial

Market. The United Arab Emirates stock marketsof Dubai and Abu Dhabi plunged on Tuesday by6.25 percent and 5.91 percent respectively at theopening, continuing a freefall trend triggered by

Dubai’s debt woes.—INTERNET

A man cleans outside ahouse next to a pile of

cars in the Saudicoastal city of Jeddah

on 29 November.INTERNET

Finland confirms human-to-pigtransmission of A/H1N1 flu

HELSINKI, 1 Dec — Finland has confirmed thecountry’s first known human-to-pig transmission ofA/H1N1 influenza, said Finnish Food Safety Authorityand Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfarein a statement on Monday.

According to the agencies, samples taken fromsome pigs of a pig farm in Southern Pohjanmaa region,west in the country tested positive for the A/H1N1 fluviruses.

Finland has confirmed a total of 7,038 cases ofA/H1N1 flu by Monday, reporting 16 fatalities relatedto the disease. The epidemic of A/H1N1 flu has peakedin all parts of the Finland, with signs to subside innorthern part of the country. A massive vaccinationplan against A/H1N1 flu covering the entire populationis under way in the country.—Xinhua

A/H1N1 hospitalizations,deaths still high in US

HOUSTON, 1 Dec— Hospitalizations and deaths ofthe A/H1N1 virus in the United States continue to behigher than expected for this time of year, the Centresfor Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said onMonday.

“During week 46 (15-21 Nov), 8.2 percent of alldeaths reported through the 122-Cities MortalityReporting System were due to P&I (pneumonia andinfluenza),” the CDC said in its latest report on itswebsite.

“This percentage was above the epidemic thresholdof 7.0 percent for week 46,” the CDC explained,adding that, “including week 46, P&I mortality hasbeen above threshold for eight consecutive weeks.”

Xinhua

Italy reports first case ofA/H1N1 mutation

ROME, 1 Dec— The Italian Health Ministry onMonday reported the first case of mutation of theA/H1N1 flu string. The ministry said the mutationwas identified in a patient with a serious case ofpneumonia, who has recovered after treatment withantiviral drugs.

According to the country’s Higher Institute ofHealth, the variant found in Italy is unrelated to theone blamed for three deaths in Norway and twoothers in France last week. Italian authorities haveattributed 91 deaths to the new flu out of an estimated3 million infections and the government hasvaccinated nearly half a million of its citizens.

Deputy Health Minister Ferruccio Fazio said thesingle mutation of the A/H1N1 flu virus reported inItaly so far was of no particular concern.—Xinhua

World at watershed inlow-carbon development

Canadian scientists make breakthrough instem cell transplants

New energy, clean energy,renewable energy

BEIJING, 1 Dec — Manycountries have beendeveloping new energy tocurb greenhouse gasemissions and fight climatechange, while buzzwordssuch as clean energy, greenenergy and renewableenergy receive muchpublicity. New energy is aconcept that is contrary totraditional fossil fuels suchas oil, natural gas and coal.In addition to renewableenergy sources such as

solar, wind and biomasspower, new energy sourcesalso include nuclear power.

As a non-renewableenergy source, nuclearenergy almost produces nopollution. But it consumesuranium fuel and producesnuclear waste. The deve-lopment of nuclear energyalso requires big in-vestment. Yet it is a goodalternative to fossil fuels asthe world is striving to curbcarbon dioxide emissions.

Clean energy, or greenenergy, refers to thoseenergy sources that causeno pollution. As nuclearenergy almost produces nopollution, some experts alsoclassify it as a kind of cleanenergy source.

A similar conceptis renewable energy,which is generated fromrenewable natural resou-rces such as water, sunlight,wind, methane gas,geothermal heat and tidalwaves.

As renewable energy isnaturally replenished,many countries prioritizethe development of thiscategory.—Xinhua

OTTAWA, 1 Dec—Canadian scientists havemade a breakthrough in theresearch of stem celltransplants by makingpossible the transplant of amismatched donor, localmedia reported on Monday.

A transplant from amismatched donor usuallyfail because patients rejectand attack the foreign donorcells.

The ensuing responsecan kill the patient, or leadto infections or relapses ofthe original disease but thetechnique pioneered in a

Montreal lab by Dr Denis-Claude Roy of theMaisonneuve-RosemontHospital could change that,the Canadian Televisionreported. Roy explainedthat his research teamdeveloped a new approachthat preserves the cells thatfight infection andleukemia while eliminatingthe cells that reject donorcells.

The technique involvesintroducing donor cells to

the patient cells in a lab, hesaid.

“Those cells thatrecognize foreign patientcells become activated.

The cells that are there tofight infections or virusesor even leukemia aren’tactivated, they don’t seetheir target, so they’reactually sleeping. So wethen kill those cells thatare activated,” heexplained.

InternetBEIJING, 1 Dec— Global investmentsin developing power generating capacityfrom green energy reached 140 billion USdollars in 2008, overtaking those in carbon-based fuels for the first time in history, aUN Environment Programme (UNEP)report showed.

The figures indicate, with the advancein green energy, such as from solar, windand biomass sources, the world is now ata watershed in the development of low-carbon economy.

New types of energy and the low-carboneconomy are casting more and moreinfluence on the structure of each economyacross the globe, the patterns of investingand manufacturing, and the way of live.

The changes are amazing given the factthat just a few years ago, high-cost,immature technology, as well as people’shabitual and ever increasing dependenceon oil prevented people from anticipatinga promising prospect for the low-carboneconomy.—Xinhua

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Woods no play until 2010 NEW YORK, 1 Dec—Tiger Woods said on Monday

that he will not play this year following a one-car ac-cident last Friday outside his home.

Woods, minorly injured according to his statement,was scheduled to participate in his own tournamentthis week in Thousand Oaks, California, and hold apress conference on Tuesday.

He has cancelled his appearance at the 2009 Chev-ron World Challenge at the aftermath of the “muchrumoured” car accident, which involved a suspecteddrive chase by his wife Elin Nordegren Woods for anextramarital affairs.

“I am extremely disappointed that I will not be atmy tournament this week,” Woods said in a statementon his website.—Xinhua

Serena fined 175,000 dollarsfor US Open outburst

Messi awarded Ballon d’OrPARIS, 1 Dec—Lionel Messi of Barcelona and

Argentina on Tuesday was awarded the Ballon d’Oraccolade as Europe-based footballer of the year.

Messi, whom Cristiano Ronaldo beat into secondplace last season, easily saw off the Portuguese striker,who moved to Real Madrid from Manchester United,by 473 points to 233.

Messi got the vote for a tremendous year in whichhis mercurial talents stood out for Barcelona as theCatalan club marched to an unprecedented treble ofChampions League - he scored against United in thefinal - Spanish league title and Spanish Cup.

Barca teammates were also hailed with midfielderXavi taking third place with 170 points while Iniestawas fourth on 149.

In fifth place was Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o,who left Barca to join Inter Milan in the summer afterwinning his second Champions League. He was theclub’s other scorer in the 2-0 final win over United asBarcelona won their third crown.

Internet

Graphicshowing the

past 10winners ofthe Ballond’Or or theEuropean

footballer ofthe year

award, wonthis year by

Lionel Messiof Barcelona

andArgentina.INTERNET

Drogba claims psychologicaledge over Chelsea rivals

Chelsea’s Didier Drogbacelebrates after scoringagainst Arsenal duringtheir Premiership matchat the Emirates Stadium

in London on 29November.—INTERNET

Mexican internationaldefender Rafa Marquez

Marquez extends Barcacontract until 2012

Irish national football players speakwith Swedish referee Martin Hanssonafter a goal by French defender WilliamGallas during their World Cup 2010qualifying football at the Stade deFrance on 18 November. FIFA presi-dent Sepp Blatter said Ireland haveasked to be allowed to compete as a 33rd

team in the World Cup.—INTERNET

Ireland asks to become team 33 at World Cup

Italy coachMarcello Lippi

Lippi says group unity willunderpin Italian campaign

FIFA ‘may put more officials on field’ at W CupJOHANNESBURG, 1 Dec—FIFA could put more assistant referees on the fields

during the World Cup, the football governing body’s president Sepp Blatter saidon Monday.

The question will be discussed at the FIFA executive committee meeting onWednesday in Cape Town, ahead of the final draw for the World Cup, he said atthe opening of the Soccerex football business conference.

“We’ll make a decision to have additional officials for the World Cup or not.This is open,” he said.

The committee will consider placing additional assistant referees behind eachgoal, a system being experimented with in Europe, he said.

The committee will also consider ways of re-organising the system of qualifi-ers, he said, after controversy erupted following France’s controversial win overIreland.—Internet

JOHANNESBURG, 1 Dec—Ireland haveasked to be allowed to compete as a 33rd

team in the World Cup, FIFA presidentSepp Blatter said on Monday.

Irish players launched furious protestswhen they were eliminated in a play-offwith France, after a controversial hand-ball by French captain Thierry Henry ledto the decisive French goal.

“The delegation of the Football ofAssociation of Ireland, they came toFIFA and naturally they are absolutelyunhappy with what happened. Theyagree the match cannot be replayed,”Blatter said at the opening of theSoccerex football business conferencehere.

“They have not asked for any sanc-tions... Very humbly, they have asked‘Can’t we be team number 33 in theWorld Cup?’,” he said, drawing laugh-ter from the crowd.

“Finally they asked for that. I willbring it to the attention of the executivecommittee,” he said.

Internet

MADRID, 1 Dec—Mexi-can international defenderRafa Marquez on Mondayextended his contract withBarcelona until 2012, be-coming the eighth playerto renew with the Euro-pean champions so far thisseason.

“I’m very happy to re-new with a club whereI’ve felt very wanted,where I’ve enjoyed my-self and where I’ve suf-fered. I have to enjoythese moments, they passvery quickly,” he said af-ter signing his new con-tract.

“Now I need to recoverfull match fitness to tryand win back a place inthe starting eleven, thoughcompetition is tough. Ithink I still have a goodchance of being in thestarting line-up.”

Marquez, whose con-tract was due to expire inJune 2010, joined Barce-lona in 2003 from Frenchside Monaco.—Internet

LONDON, 1 Dec—World No 1 SerenaWilliams has been fined175,000 dollars and put onprobation for two years forher outburst upon thejudge at the US Open, theGrand Slam Committeesaid on Monday.

The committee said afurther major offense at agrand slam in the next twoyears would see her sus-pended from the US Openin 2010, 2011 or 2012. Thefine will be reduced to82,500 dollars if she com-mits no further majoroffense through 2011.

Williams’s outburstwas prompted by an inci-dent in her semi-finalagainst eventual championKim Clijsters at FlushingMeadow in September.

Trailing 4-6, 5-6 15-30,Williams hit a secondserve but the line judgecalled her for a foot-fault,meaning the American had

served a double-fault to gomatch point down.

Astounded by the ver-dict, Williams launchedinto an expletive rant at theofficial. She waved herracket in the lineswoman’sdirection and then shook aball in her clenched fist asshe threatened to “shove itdown” her throat.

“On 9 November 2009,the Grand Slam Commit-tee administrator deter-mined Serena Williamshad committed the grandslam major offense of ag-gravated behavior for hermisconduct at the 2009 USOpen,” the committee saidin a statement.—Xinhua

ROME, 1 Dec—Italiancoach Marcello Lippi saidMonday that his country’sstrong group identitywould play a bigger rolethan individual talent asthe Azzurri attempt toretain their world title inSouth Africa next summer.

“We are going to try (towin) even if we know thatit will be difficult to pullit off,” Lippi said duringa meeting with students inthe northern city ofVicenza.

“Italy is a team com-prising great playersacross the board, from theworld’s best keeper(Gianluigi) Buffon on-

wards. We hope to arrive(for the World Cup finals)in good condition with allthe players at their physi-cal peak.—Internet

LONDON, 1 Dec—DidierDrogba believes Chelseahave claimed a preciouspsychological edge overtheir Premier League titlerivals by completing a fullset of wins over Liverpool,Manchester United andArsenal already this sea-

son. Sunday’s 3-0 winover Arsenal at the Emir-ates left Carlo Ancelotti’sside five points clear ofUnited in what most pun-dits now expect to be atwo-horse title race.

Arsenal are now 11points off the place, albeitwith a game in hand overthe leaders, and Drogba,who scored twice on Sun-day, was quick to under-line the significance of thelatest win over one ofChelsea’s direct title rivals.

“Arsenal played theirgame, but we were strongerthan them,” the IvoryCoast striker said. “Everytime we had the chanceto score we did. We tookour chances.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine States, upper Sagaing,Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions and generally fair in theremaining areas. Night temperatures were (3°C) to (4°C)below December average temperatures in upper Sagaing,Magway and Yangon Divisions, (5°C) above Decemberaverage temperatures in Kachin State and about Decemberaverage temperatures in the remaining areas. The significantnight temperatures were Haka (1°C), Loilem (3°C),Machanbaw (5°C), Namsan,Pinlaung and Mindat(7°C)each.

Maximum temperature on 30-11-2009 was 95°F.Minimum temperature on 1-12-2009 was 61°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 1-12-2009 was 72%.Total sun shine hours on 30-11-2009 was (9.2) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 1-12-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, atKaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (111.69) inches at Mingaladon, (122.09) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (129.41) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mphfrom East at (09:30) hours MST on 30-11-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theSouthwest Bay and partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea andelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 2nd December 2009:Weather will be partly cloudy in Shan and Rakhine States,lower Sagaing and Mandalay Division and generally fairin the remaining areas.

State of the sea: Sea will be moderate in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Generally fairweather in the whole country.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for2-12-2009: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for2-12-2009: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for2-12-2009: Generally Fair weather.

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People dressed up as Santa Claus pose forphoto in Nanjing, capital of east China’s

Jiangsu Province, on 1 Dec 2009. Hundreds ofstaff members at a leisure business districtparticipated in a Christmas rehearsal on

Tuesday.—INTERNET

Microsoft investigates Windows-7‘screen of death’

LONDON,1 Dec—Microsoft has confirmedthat it is investigating aproblem described as the“black screen of death”,which affects its latestoperating system. Theerror means that users ofWindows 7 see a totallyblack screen after loggingonto the system.The firmsaid it was looking intoreports that suggest itslatest security update,released on Tuesday 25November, cause theproblem.

Reports suggest theproblem also affects Vista,XP and other systems.Software firm Prevx, whichhas issued a fix for theproblem, says “millions” ofpeople may be affected.“Users have resorted toreloading Windows as a lastditch effort to fix the

problem,” the firm’s DavidKennerley wrote in a blogpost.

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

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

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

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

troubles

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

and violence

Senior GeneralThan Shwe accepts

credentials ofAmbassador of

Switzerland

Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye felicitates

Laotian Vice-President

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Dec—H.E MrChristoph Burgener, newly-accred-ited Ambassador of Switzerland tothe Union of Myanmar presented hiscredentials to Senior General ThanShwe, Chairman of the State Peaceand Development Council of the Un-ion of Myanmar, at Bayintnaung

Yeiktha, here at 11:00 am today.Present on the occasion were

Secretary-1 of the State Peace andDevelopment Council General ThihaThura Tin Aung Myint Oo, Ministerfor Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win andDirector-General U Kyaw Kyaw ofthe Protocol Department.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Dec—On the occasion of the 34th Anniversary of theFounding of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, which falls on 2 December2009, Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, Vice-Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message offelicitations to His Excellency Mr Bounnhang Vorachit, Vice-President of theLao People’s Democratic Republic.—MNA

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