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NAY PYI TAW, 8 Nov—Chairman of NationalHealth Committee Secretary-1 of the State Peace andDevelopment Council General Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo hosted a dinner in honour of delegates fromstates and divisions who had attended the 10th MyanmarTraditional Medicine Practitioners' Conference atAmara Hotel, here, this evening.

Also present at the dinner were Commander of NayPyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin, ministers, theattorney-general, deputy ministers, members of NationalHealth Committee, the director-general of the SPDCOffice, heads of department, the directors-general ofdepartment under the Ministry of Health, Myanmartraditional medicine practitioners, delegates and guests.

Artistes of the Fine Arts Department of the Ministryof Culture presented songs and dances songs duringthe dinner.

After the dinner, the Secretry-1 cordially greetedthe delegates to the conference.—MNA

General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo hosts dinner to 10th MTMPC delegates

Senior General Than Shwe and wifeDaw Kyaing Kyaing to pay official visit to Sri Lanka

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Nov—At the invitation of His Excellency Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa, Presidentof the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing will pay anofficial visit to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in the near future.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe sendsfelicitations to Cambodia

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Nov—On the auspicious occasion of the 56th Anniversary of the IndependenceDay of the Kingdom of Cambodia which falls on 9 November 2009, Senior General Than Shwe,Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a messageof felicitations to His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni, King ofCambodia.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Seinfelicitates Cambodian counterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Nov—On the auspicious occasion of the 56th Anniversary of the IndependenceDay of the Kingdom of Cambodia which falls on 9 November 2009, General Thein Sein, PrimeMinister of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency SamdechAkka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia.—MNA

9th Plenary Meeting of 6th 47-member StateSangha Maha Nayaka Committee concludesYANGON, 8 Nov—The 9th Plenary Meeting of the

6th 47-member State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committeecontinued for the second and final day at Wizaya

Mingala Dhammathabin Hall on Kaba Aye Hill inMayangon Township this morning.

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Chairman of NHC Secretary-1 General ThihaThura Tin Aung Myint Oo cordially greetstraditional medicine practitioners.—MNA

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participa-tion in terms of technical know-how and invest-ments from sources inside the country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must bekept in the hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and pres-ervation and safeguarding of cultural heritageand national character

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

of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace and tran-quillity, prevalence of law and order

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Constitution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

True patriotism* It is very important for every-

one of the nation regardless ofthe place he lives to havestrong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the truepatriotism all the nationalitieswill have to safeguard.

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Monday, 9 November, 2009* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

The opening of the 10th Myanmar Tradi-tional Medicine Practitioners Conference tookplace at the hall of the Ministry of Health in NayPyi Taw the other day, with an address byChairman of the Myanmar National HealthCommittee Secretary-1 of the State Peace andDevelopment Council General Thiha Thura TinAung Myint Oo.

The conference has been held yearly since2000 with noble objectives such as improvingMyanmar traditional medicine, and raising therole of Myanmar traditional medicine practi-tioners. This year, the conference is in its 10th

straight anniversary.Myanmar traditional medicine is part of the

national integrity because it is a well-establishedmedicine reflecting Myanmar’s geographicalfeatures, climate patterns, cultural heritage, cus-toms and traditions.

Myanmar people had a long lifespan due topotent traditional medicines compounded ofherbal plants from tubers and bulbs, animalproducts and marine and land resources thatare abundant in the nation. So, Myanmars wereglobally recognized as a people with high physi-cal and mental prowess.

Now, the national health policy “To encour-age improving Myanmar traditional medicineand doing medical research at the internationallevel and to participate in community healthcare’’ is in the process of being executed.

Onus is, therefore, put on traditional medi-cine practitioners to take part in the nationalhealth promotion plans designed to give betterhealth care to the people with traditional medi-cine, and to work hard in collaboration and withheart and soul in the drive for Myanmar tradi-tional medicine to earn good reputation at theglobal level as a perfect traditional medicine byreviving and improving Myanmar traditionalmedicine, which is a national legacy and na-tional prestige, with advanced methods.

Myanmar traditionalmedicine to attract globalattention

NAY PYI TAW, 8Nov—With the supervi-sion of the Ministry ofFinance and Revenue,Myanmar Banks Associa-tion organized Diplomain Banking Course No. 2of Institute of Banking(Mandalay) and it wasopened at Amarapura Hallof Mandalay Sedona Ho-tel this morning, with anaddress by Deputy Min-ister for Finance and Rev-enue Col Hla Thein Swe.

Also present on the

YANGON, 8 Nov— The prize pres-entation ceremonies of the 34th Inter-State/Division Chess and the 6th Inter-State/Division Swimming Competitionswere held at Aung San Stadium andNational Swimming Pool this morning.

Officials of Sports and PhysicalEducation Department and executivesof the federation awarded prizes to win-ners at the chess competition.

On behalf of the Chairman ofMyanmar Olympic Committee Ministerfor Sports, Secretary of MOC Director-General of SPED U Thaung Htaik pre-sented Mandalay Division the champi-onship shield at the international chessteam event; Yangon Division, the cham-pionship shield at Myanma traditionalchess team event; and Mandalay Divi-

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Nov—Minister for Agricul-ture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo inspected newlycompleted No. 20 Basic Education Primary Schoolbuilt by well-wishers in Kin ward, Hinthada ofAyeyawady Division and building of the foundationto construct new building of No. 12 BEPS in U-yinWard. The minister later gave necessary instruc-tions.—MNA

Minister for ForeignAffairs sends felicitations

to CambodiaNAY PYI TAW, 9 Nov—On the auspicious

occasion of the 56th Anniversary of the Independ-ence Day of the Kingdom of Cambodia which fallson 9 November 2009, U Nyan Win, Minister forForeign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, has senta message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr. HorNamhong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister ofForeign Affairs and International Cooperation ofthe Kingdom of Cambodia.—MNA

A & I Minister inspectsBEPSs in Hinthada,

Ayeyawady Div

Diploma in Banking Course No. 2 opens

Winners awarded in ISD Chess andSwimming Competitions

sion, the championship shield at the inter-national chess team event (open). Manda-lay Division won the championship shieldand duplicate shields of the 34th Inter-State/Division Chess competition.

Next, the director-general and of-ficials attended the prize presentation ofthe 6th Inter-State/Division SwimmingCompetition held at the National Swim-ming Pool and then awarded prizes towinners.

Afterwards, the director-generalpresented men’s and women’s champi-onship shields and duplicate shields toYangon Division.

Yangon Division Women’s teamcompleted their three consecutive yearsof victory with the championshipshield.—MNA

occasion were Governorof Central Bank ofMyanmar U Than Nyein,the directors-general andmanaging directors of de-partments and enterprisesunder the Ministry of Fi-nance and Revenue , chair-men of State-owned banks

and private banks, man-aging directors, generalmanagers, the principal ofInstitute of Banking(Mandalay), teachers, vet-eran banking experts andtrainees.

Next, Deputy Min-ister Col Hla Thein Swe

cordially greeted the train-ees and instructors of thecourse.

A total of 37 train-ees— 11 of State-ownedand private banks and 26outsiders—are attendingthe one-year course.

MNA

Chairman of All Myanmar Tamil HinduFoundation (HQ) U Zaw Zaw Naing gar-

lands Vice-President U Tun Aung of Unionof Myanmar Federation of Chambers ofCommerce and Industry at the dinner to

mark Deepawali Festival at Sedona Hotel inYangon on 7 November.—NLM

Minister for Agri-

culture and Irriga-

tion Maj-Gen Htay

Oo inspects progress

in construction of

new building for

No. 20 Basic Educa-

tion Primary School

in Kin Ward of

Hinthada.

MNA

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An Afghan police officer frisks a passenger of a carat a roadside checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, on8 Nov, 2009. Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry saidon Saturday that a NATO air strike in the westernprovince of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base hous-ing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, kill-ing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen. NATOwould not comment on whether an airstrike had taken place.—INTERNET

G20 urges to push forward climate changefinancing but fails to reach agreement

Japanese protest over US base beforeObama visit

Medical practitioners attend to a boy who wasinjured in a grenade attack, at a hospital

in Quetta, located in Pakistan’s BaluchistanProvince on 7 Nov, 2009. —INTERNET

GINOWAN (Japan), 8Nov— Thousands have ral-lied against a US militarybase on Japan’s Okinawa is-land, raising the heat in asimmering row days beforePresident Barack Obama

visits Tokyo.Local opposition has

often flared against thelarge US military presenceon the southern island, stra-tegically located withineasy reach of China, andNorth Korea and dubbedthe United States’ “unsink-able aircraft carrier”. In anew development Japan’sforeign minister has saidthat Tokyo’s decision onrelocating the US MarineCorps Futenma Air Basecould be delayed into nextyear.

A string of local elec-tions next year on the islandcould also sway the fate ofthe controversial militaryfacility, Foreign MinisterKatsuya Okada said.

“I think the end of De-cember can be a point oftime by which we shouldwork out a rough plan... butit may be delayed from

this,” Okada told a talkshow on the private Asahinetwork.

The government ofPrime Minister YukioHatoyama, which swept topower in September, hassaid it may want the base,now located in a denselypopulated area, moved offthe island or even out of thecountry.—Internet

18 Taleban militants killed inS Afghanistan

KABUL, 8 Nov— Afghan National Army (ANA)backed by the NATO-led International Security Assist-ance Force (ISAF) eliminated 18 Taleban militants inNawbahar district of southern Zabul Province on Satur-day, Afghan army commander in the region said.

“Acting upon intelligence report, both Afghan and theinternational troops carried out an operation againstTaleban hideout and the militants opened fire and thetroops responded killing 18 rebels,” Shir Mohammad Zazitold Xinhua. There were no casualties on the troops, hesaid. Taleban militants fighting Afghan, NATO and UStroops have yet to make comments. Despite the presence of over 100,000 troops of US andNATO-led forces in the post-Taleban county, the insur-gency has reached its worst level since the ousting ofTaleban regime in late 2001, prompting US PresidentObama to review the strategy in war on terrorism in Af-ghanistan. —Xinhua

Poll showssupport for

Afghan war fadingLONDON, 8 Nov —

Public support for the warin Afghanistan is falling,while more than 40 per-cent do not understandwhy British troops arefighting there, a poll re-leased on Remembranceon Sunday showed.

Some 64 percentagreed that “the war inAfghanistan isunwinnable”, up six per-cent from July, while 27percent disagreed, downfour percent. Ten percentsaid they did not know.

Similar numbers saidBritish forces should bewithdrawn as quickly aspossible, with 63 percentagreeing and 31 percentdisagreeing. Some 54 per-cent felt they had “a goodunderstanding of the pur-pose of Britain’s missionin Afghanistan”, with 42percent disagreeing.

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ST ANDREWS (Britain), 8 Nov — TheG20 policymakers urged to push forwardclimate change financing but failed toreach an agreement on how to fund poli-cies to tackle climate change at the two-day G20 Finance Minister and CentralBank Governor Meeting (the Meeting)that ended here on Saturday afternoon.

They have committed to work for an“ambitious outcome” at the upcomingCopenhagen climate change conference,but they could not agree on how to fundpoor countries to deal with climatechange.

“We committed to take action totackle the threat of climate change and

work towards an ambitious outcome inCopenhagen, within the objective, pro-visions and principles of the UnitedNations Framework Convention onClimate Change (UNFCCC),” said thecommunique released after the meet-ing was ended.

At the meeting, they discussed arange of options and, recognizing thatfinance will play an important role inthe delivery of the outcome at Copen-hagen. “We commit to take forwardfurther work on climate change fi-nance, to define financing options andinstitutional arrangements,” accordingto the communique.—Xinhua

In this 10 Sept, 2009 photo, a shopper examines a Sanyo’s video camera at adiscount store in Tokyo, Japan, on 10 Sept, 2009. Panasonic Corp said on 5

Nov 2009, it has begun a tender offer to take over smaller rival Sanyo ElectricCo for an estimated 402 billion yen ($4.4 billion), moving closer to create one

of the world’s biggest electronics makers.—INTERNET

KABUL, 8 Nov— TenTaleban insurgents laiddown their arms andsurrendered to thegovernment in Kunduzprovince north ofAfghanistan on Sunday,provincial policeMohammad RazaqYaqubi said.

“Ten rebels underAllah Birdi handed overtheir arms to localauthorities in Qalai Zaldistrict and resumed theirnormal life,” Yaqubi toldXinhua.

Mohammad Nazir,the governor of Qalai Zal

Ten militants lay downarms in N Afghanistan

district, also confirmedtheir surrender and saidthe former insurgentsbesides handing over 10pieces of machine gunshave vowed to defend thegovernment from nowon.

With the surrender ofthese militants to thegovernment, peace hasreturned to Qalai Zaldistrict, the district chiefadded.

However, Talebaninsurgents fighting theAfghan governmenthave not made comment.

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The 3rd Conference of Chinese, African Entrepreneurs kicks off in the Egyp-tian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on 7 Nov, 2009. —XINHUA

A Tunisian businessman introduces tourism

information to customers at the Fourth China’s

International Leisure Industry Expo held in

Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, on 6

Nov, 2009.—XINHUA

China’s bank creditto rise about 20%

next year

Cyprus opens new airport to attracttourism, trade

An actress performs during the official openingceremony of the new Larnaca International Air-port. Cyprus opened an ultra-modern airport on

Saturday that it hopes will boost flagging tourismand boost prospects of it becoming a regional

transport hub.—INTERNET

China pledgesto enhanceeconomic

co-op, tradewith Arabcountries

CAIRO, 8 Nov — Chi-nese Premier Wen Jiabaosaid here on Saturday thatChina will push forwardeconomic cooperationand trade with Arab coun-tries.

“In response to the se-rious impact of the inter-national financial crisis,it is all the more impor-tant for us to take moreconcerete and effectivemeasures to expandpractical cooperation ineconomy and trade, en-ergy, investment, fi-nance, tourism and hu-man resources training,”Wen said in a speech atthe Arab League head-quarters in downtownCairo.

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Yemen joins gasexporters’ club

BALHAF, 8 Nov — Yemen, one of the world’s poorestcountries, joined the international club of gas exporterson Saturday with pumping starting at a newly built liq-uefied natural gas plant in the Gulf of Aden.

In a hillside ceremony overlooking the coast, Presi-dent Ali Abdullah Saleh inaugurated exports by push-ing a button giving the order to start pumping LNG fromthe terminal to a vessel anchored offshore.

The first shipment was to be sent to South Korea,with plans to also supply Europe and North America.

Korean LNG carrier Ecopia was loading 147,000 cu-bic metres (5,145,000 cubic feet), according to PhilippeHennebelle, production manager at Yemeni LiquefiedNatural Gas (YLNG). “Six shipments are expected toleave before the end of the year,” he told AFP. The 4.5-billion-dollar (3.0-billion-euro) project, involving a 320-kilometre (200-mile) gas pipeline from Maarib in east-

Yemeni soldiers guard the Balhaf plant on the Gulfof Aden. Yemen, one of the world’s poorest countries,has joined the international club of gas exporters aspumping started at the newly-built liquefied natural

gas plant in the Gulf of Aden.—INTERNET

LARNACA, 8 Nov —Cyprus opened an ultra-modern airport on Satur-day that it hopes willboost flagging tourismand boost prospects of itbecoming a regionaltransport hub.

Cypriot PresidentDemetris Christofiasopened the new Larnacaterminal, built by a con-sortium of French andCypriot companies, at aceremony attended by2,000 guests includingFrench European AffairsMinister PierreLellouche.

“Today serves as alandmark in the history oftourism development andthe island’s infrastructurein general,” Christofiassaid.

“This work plays a sig-nificant role in upgradingCyprus as a main transithub in the coming dec-ades.”

The 100,000 squaremetre (1.1 million squarefoot) high-tech terminal isfour times larger than itspredecessor, just a coupleof kilometres away on theisland’s south coast.

The old terminal hadoriginally been built as amakeshift facility in Feb-ruary 1975 after the is-land’s only airport, in thecapital Nicosia, got

caught up in no-man’sland following the Turk-ish invasion eight monthsearlier.

Larnaca airport nowhas double the capacity tohandle passenger traffic ofup to 7.5 million peopleannually with a provisionto extend this to nearly 10million when the needarises.

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ern Yemen, is the country’s largest ever investment.The plant, which has France’s Total as the main share-

holder with a 39.6 percent stake, aims to reach a totalproduction capacity of 6.7 million tonnes of LNG a year.

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BEIJING, 8 Nov — Chi-na’s bank loan will ex-pand by 20 to 22 percentin 2010 to fuel the eco-nomic recovery, a leadingChinese bank predictedon Sunday.

The new Renminbicredit balance issued bythe commercial lenders isexpected to reach 8 to 9trillion yuan next year, ac-cording to the ChinaBanking DevelopmentReport issued by the Bankof Communications, thenation’s fifth largest com-mercial lender.

Chinese banks ex-tended a record 8.67 tril-lion yuan in the first three

quarters in 2009, up 30percent year on year, toecho government’s callfor aggressive lending topower the economicgrowth.

The report said thecooling-down of the loanincrease depends on thegovernment’s policy fine-tuning and the expectedslowing fixed-asset in-vestment.

Bill financing, a short-term credit which easilygo to the speculative stockmarket other than the realeconomy, is forecasted tofall next year after regu-lator’s warnings, said thereport.—Xinhua

KABUL, 8 Nov—Twosoldiers of the NATO-ledInternational SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF)have been killed in them i l i t a n c y - p l a g u e dAfghanistan, a pressrelease of the alliance saidon Sunday.

“Two ISAF servicemembers died inAfghanistan yesterday,”the press release said.

Giving details, thepress release added thatone US service memberwas killed in an insurgentattack in westernAfghanistan.

However, it addedthis event was not relatedto the ongoing search

Two NATO soldiers killedin Afghanistan

operation for two USArmy soldiers wentmissing in northwestBadghis province onWednesday.

Another NATO’sservice member waskilled by an IED(Improvised ExplosiveDevice) in southernAfghanistan.

Nevertheless, thepress release did notidentify the nationality ofthe second casualty or theexact place of theincident, adding that it isISAF policy to deferidentification proceduresof casualties to therelevant nationalauthorities.

Meantime, NATO-led peacekeeping troopsin another press releasesaid that Afghan andinternational forces killedseveral militants inTaleban formerstronghold Kandahar onSaturday. However, it didnot give the exact figure.

Taleban militantshave yet to makecomment.

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All Items from Xinhua News Agency

Russia holds military march in hon-our of 1941 parade

Concluding Senior Officials’ Meetingof APEC opens

Death toll ofUS Army baseshooting spree

may rise TEMPLE, 8 Nov—

Death toll of the shootingspree at the US Army baseat Fort Hood may risefrom the current 13 assome of the hospitalizedvictims have “extremelyserious injuries” and sev-eral of them are still at“significant risk” of los-ing their lives,” a doctorsaid here on Saturday.

W Roy Smythe, chiefof surgery for Scott &White Memorial Hospitalin Temple, a city nearFort Hood, told a newsconference on Saturdayoutside the hospital thatof the 10 patients whowere originally admittedinto the hospital, fourhave gone home, onemay go home on Satur-day.

Of the six who were inthe ICU on Thursdaywhen the shooting spreeoccurred, only two areleft.

“The two patientswho remain in the ICUare no longer on ventila-tors and have been quitestable,” he said. “So a lotof progress has beenmade.”—Xinhua

A merchant vessels sail in the waters of the Gulf of Aden escorted by theChinese escort flotilla, on 6 Nov, 2009. The third Chinese fleet for an escortmission against pirates escorted 25 merchant vessels on the Gulf of Aden on

Friday, finished the Chinese Navy’s 131st scort mission.—XINHUA

Representatives of the Asia-Pacific Economic Coop-eration (APEC) attend the Concluding Senior Offi-cials’ Meeting of the APEC in Singapore, on 8 Nov,

2009. The Concluding Senior Officials’ Meeting of theAPEC opened here on Sunday, kicking off the

APEC Leaders’ Week.—XINHUA

Nepal, India agree to jointlycombat cross-border crimes

KATHMANDU, 8 Nov—The Nepal-India home sec-retary-level meeting concluded in Kathmandu on Sat-urday with the two sides agreeing to cooperate witheach other in regulating the border and checking cross-border crimes and human trafficking.

Speaking at a press conference held at the end ofthe meeting, Nepal’s Home Secretary Govind Kusumsaid the two countries have expressed commitment notto allowing each other’s soil against the neighbour.

“The two countries have agreed to extend all kinds ofsupport for mutual benefit,” he said. The two sides willhold regular meetings to improve border security, checkcross-border crime and smuggling of fare currencies.

The visiting 10-member Indian delegation was ledby Indian Home Secretary G K Pillai. —Xinhua

Report says 32 childrenkilled in Gaza tunnels in

past three years GAZA, 8 Nov—A report on Saturday showed that 32

Palestinian children have been killed while working insmuggling tunnels under the border between the GazaStrip and Egypt in past three years.

The report, conducted by the Palestinian NationalSociety for Democracy and Law, said 32 children werekilled since Israel imposed a blockade on the coastalenclave in mid-2006 and restricted entry of goods tolittle more than food and medicine.

The research also focused on child labour, revealingthat children, under 18 years old, work for 12 hours aday in the tunnels, and some of them take pain-killercalled Tramadol and energy-giving drugs.

The report said during this period, 117 Palestiniansin total have been killed in the tunnels, which flour-ished in the Hamas-run area due to the tight blockade.The cave-ins often result from Israeli air raids, Egyp-tian detonation of channels ends in the Egyptian terri-tories and natural circumstances.

The Israeli siege on Gaza, where about 36,000 fac-tories shut down, deepened poverty and unemploymentsituation, and led to a drop of education levels. As aresult, more parents encourage their children to takerisks to work in the tunnels. —Xinhua

Russian soldiers inWorld War II Soviet

uniform parade on theRed Square on 7 Nov,2009 to mark the 68th

anniversary of thelegendary military

parade of 1941.XINHUA

MOSCOW, 8 Nov—Russian soldiers in WorldWar II Soviet uniform andother historical militarycostumes, accompaniedby two famed T-34 tanks,marched through Mos-cow’s Red Square on Sat-urday to mark the 68th an-niversary of a legendarymilitary parade in 1941.

About 4,000 youngMuscovites also partici-pated in the parade,watched by some 6,000spectators, including at

least 45 participants of the1941 parade.

The 7 Nov, 1941 pa-rade, which commemo-rated the 1917 BolshevikRevolution, was held afterRussia joined World WarII and aimed to raise mo-rale as Nazi German forcesapproached Moscow. Thetroops headed straight tothe front line outside Mos-cow after the parade.

The T-34 Soviet me-dium tank, often referredto as the best tank design

of the war and appearingin the parade for the firsttime, was the backbone ofthe Red Army duringWorld War II.

In order to commemo-rate the 92nd anniversaryof the Bolshevik Revolu-tion, or the Great OctoberSocialist Revolution,separate marches and ral-lies have been planned bycommunist and other left-wing groups in centralMoscow and across thecountry. —Xinhua

SINGAPORE, 8 Nov—The Concluding SeniorOfficials’ Meeting of theAsia-Pacific EconomicCooperation (APEC)opened here on Sunday,kicking off the APECLeaders’ Week.

The theme of thisyear’s APEC Singaporemeetings is “SustainingGrowth, Connecting theRegion”. It is expected thatwhen leaders of the 21APEC members meet on14-15 Nov, they will focuson how to secure an eco-nomic recovery and fighttrade protectionism.

Issues of regional eco-nomic integration, theDoha Round of negotia-tions under the WorldTrade Organization andclimate change are also ex-pected to be high on theleaders’ agenda.

Senior officials’ meet-ings of the APEC are a se-ries of meetings held threeor four times a year, withthe concluding session be-ing convened to prepareagenda and documents forthe subsequent ministerialand leaders’ meetings.

At the two-day closed-door meeting, senior offi-

cials will discuss a rangeof issues, including how tosecure that economicgrowth can become moreinclusive so that everymember can benefit fromthe growth, according tothe organizer of the meet-ing.

The officials will delib-erate a proposal to setAPEC-wide targets in fivepriority areas to improvethe ease of doing businessin the region, with the aimof endorsing these targetsby the APEC ministerialmeeting from 10 Nov to12 Nov.—Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

MOSCOW, 8 Nov — Russia and theUnited States have a good chance of reach-ing a new nuclear arms reduction dealbefore year’s end, but other nuclear pow-ers must join disarmament efforts, Rus-sian President Dmitry Medvedev said inremarks released on Saturday.

Medvedev also told Germany’sDer Spiegel magazine he has been work-ing well with his predecessor VladimirPutin, and predictions of a rift between himand Putin — widely seen as pulling thestrings in Russia — are overblown. TheKremlin released a transcript of the com-ments. “No one must have any doubts thatour ‘tandem’ has been working quite har-moniously,” Medvedev said. “As you cansee, predictions that we will have a falling

Jet forced to return to JFKRIO DE JANEIRO, 8 Nov — TAM Airlines says one

of its jets took off from New York’s JFK airport butwas forced to return 20 minutes into the flight becauseof a mechanical problem.

TAM Linhas Aereas SA says that Flight JJ8081 enroute to Sao Paulo with 196 people on board returnedon Friday night after a warning light indicated prob-lems with the wing flaps.

An airline spokesman says the jet circled in the airfor several minutes to burn fuel and lighten up beforesafely landing at JFK. He spoke on condition of ano-nymity as he wasn’t authorized to discuss theincident.The plane was repaired and took off from JFKearly Saturday, landing safely in Sao Paulo at 10:38am. —Internet

About 200 staff to bepulled from AfghanistanKABUL, 8 Nov — The UN says hundreds of its staff-

ers will be temporarily pulled out of Afghanistan in thewake of an 28 Oct attack that killed five of its workers,but it’s still determining exactly how many.UN spokes-man Adrian Edwards in Kabul emphasizes the worldbody is not “withdrawing, not pulling out” from Af-ghanistan and will continue its work.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters at theUN on Friday that about 200 staffers will be relocatedto other UN offices in the region. But Edwards said onSaturday the UN is still poring over the personnel listsof every UN agency and every office and has yet tocalculate the exact number leaving.—Internet

Another reason to cover your cough: pets at risk

W Africa’s last giraffes make surprising comebackA crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the

back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.The tallest animals on earth are here, the guide says, somewhere amid the

scant green bush on one side, and the thatched dome villages on the other.They’re here, but by all accounts, they shouldn’t be.A hundred years ago, West Africa’s last giraffes numbered in the thousands and

their habitat stretched from Senegal’s Atlantic Ocean coast to Chad, in the heart ofthe continent. By the dawn of the 21st century, their world had shrunk to a tiny zonesoutheast of the capital, Niamey, stretching barely 150 miles (240 kilometres) long.Their numbers dwindled so low that in 1996, they numbered a mere 50.

Instead of disappearing as many feared, though, the giraffes have bouncedmiraculously back from the brink of extinction, swelling to more than 200 today.

In this photo, a group of giraffesfrom Africa’s most endangeredgiraffe subspecies walk through

scrub brush near Koure, Niger. Byall accounts, they should be extinct.

People practice coughing into theirsleeves as a way to try to control thespread of the H1N1 swine flu virus,during a meeting for workers at the

Maryland Department of Health andMental Hygiene in Baltimore.

People who think they may haveH1N1 flu need to stay away fromwork, avoid sneezing on their spousesand children and now, they have some-one else to worry about infecting too— their pets.

US vets reported this week that a petcat had been infected with the pandemicswine flu virus, apparently by its own-ers, who had reported flu-like illness inthe days before.

Two pet ferrets also caught flu, againapparently from their owners, and sev-eral herds of pigs around the world havebeen reported infected.

Animals have long been known to bea source of new infections. Influenza it-self originates in birds, possibly domes-tic ducks. AIDS appears to have comefrom chimpanzees and possibly gorillas.Ebola virus comes from bats while ra-bies is spread by many different species.

And this strain of H1N1 very likelyoriginated in pigs although it is now in-fecting almost exclusively humans.

But with flu, at least, it can go the otherway, too.

“This is just another illustration ofwhy influenza viruses are so tricky andfrustrating and interesting at the sametime, is this ability to occasionally jump

Robert Heard, an audio visual techni-cian for the Missouri Historical Soci-ety, adjusts a display inside of a 1960Volkswagen Camp-Box van, as themuseum gets ready for the AmericanWanderlust: Taking to the Road in the20th Century special exhibition at thefacility in St Louis on 13 June, 2003.

Authorities find vanstolen in 1974

US Customs and Border Protectionagents said a search of a shipping con-tainer bound for the Netherlands re-vealed a vehicle reported stolen in 1974.

Customs agents in Los Angeles saidthey opened the shipping container inOctober and discovered a restored 1965Volkswagen that was reported stolenfrom an auto upholstery shop inSpokane, Wash, in 1974, The (Spokane)Spokesman-Review reported on Friday.

Michael Maleta, an auto theft inves-tigator with the California Highway Pa-trol, said the van was being shipped withthree restored VW Beetles by a customrestoration business in Arizona. Maletasaid the shop, which was not named, isalso considered a victim in the case.

species,” said Dr Carolyn Bridges of theUS Centers for Disease Control and Pre-vention.

Arms control deal with US can be reached

out so far have failed to materialize.” TheUS-Russian arms control talks are mov-ing at a good pace, Medvedev said.

“We have every chance to agree on anew treaty, determine new (weapons) lev-els and control measures and sign a le-gally binding document in the end of theyear,” he said in remarks released by theKremlin.He sounded less upbeat about theprospect of the complete abolition of nu-clear weapons.Russia and the UnitedStates both say they are committed to ne-gotiating a successor deal to their 1991Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. Thatarms reduction treaty has graduallyslashed both sides’ arsenals but is set toexpire on 5 Dec.

Internet

NEW DELHI, 8 Nov— Worried over the rise interror incidents in Pakistan and Afghanistan, PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh today asked the globalcommunity to extend sustained cooperation fordealing with the menace for ensuring stability in theregion.

“We are very worried about the rise of terrorismin our neighbourhood, particularly what is going onin Afghanistan and in Pakistan. We have a vital stakein peace, progress and stability of these countriesand other countries of South Asia,” Singh said whileinaugurating the India Economic Summit here.

Internet

A man holds his daughter, who was killed in a suicide bomb blast inMatni village, as her grandmother (R) mourns inside a van at Lady

Reading hospital in Peshawar on 8 Nov, 2009. —INTERNET

India worried over rise of terrorin Pak, Afghan

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Today’s vehicles and motorways in Myanmar (7)Article: Kayan Soe Myint; Photos: Ministry of Construction

(from page 16)be fixed according to the number of the axles installed inthat vehicle. Each truck is therefore to carry the weight ofthe loads fixed in accordance with the number of axle load.

To be detailed, the load for a six-wheel truck with twoaxles is limited to 13 tons; that for a 10-wheel truck withthree axles, to 30 tons; that for a 12-wheel truck with fouraxles, to 40 tons; and that for an 18-wheel truck with fiveaxles, to 60 tons. The thicknesses of roads are fixed accord-ing to that limits. That is to say, the Road ResearchDepartment under Public Works reminds that roads willsustain damage if vehicles carry loads that exceed theweights limited according to the number of axles.

In that case, some complain that ''The load for a truckis limited to only 60 tons? Commodity prices will go up,then''. If a truck is to be loaded with 60 tons of goods, it musthave an axle load that can withstand 60 tons of loads. I meanthat a truck that can withstand 80 tons of loads is not to beloaded with more than 80 tons of loads, and a truck that canwithstand 100 tons of loads, not more than 100 tons ofloads. If a truck with three axles is reinforced with somemore leaf-springs, and some more iron rods in its frame,and its body is extended, and it is loaded with 60 tons ofgoods, it will cause damage to the road it runs on. Forexample, if a man carries a 100-lb table, the whole weightof 100 lbs is on him. And if two men carry that table, only50 lbs is on each of the two men. If four men carry it, only25 lbs is on each man. That process is similar to thelimitation of the number of axles to a truck.

The report of the agreements reached at the 5th ASEANTransport Ministerial Meeting held in Hanoi, the SocialistRepublic of Vietnam, on 15 September 1999, approved the

standards for vehicles and the ASEAN Road Network inMyanmar. The ASEAN Road Network in Myanmar com-prises: —

(1) Yangon-Phayagyi-Mandalay-Tamu Road,(2) Phayagyi-Hpa-an-Myawady Road,(3) Mandalay-Hsipaw-Lashio-Muse Road(4) Mandalay-Meiktila-Loilem-Kengtung Road,(5) Kengtung-Mongla Road,(6) Thaton-Mawlamyine-Myeik-Dawei-Kawthoung

Road, and

(7) Dawei-Sinbyutaung-Kanchanaburi RoadAccording to the market economy exercised in

Myanmar, the border trade is being upgraded to a regulartrade. In maximum, the loads for each of the trucks fromMyanmar that carry exported and imported goods along theMyanmar ASEAN Road is limited to 38 tons. And each ofthem must have six axles.Limits for trucks

At the international level, there are some limits onmodels of trucks, and fixed numbers of axles for trucks.Country Length of TruckSingapore Maximum

Length = 33.0 feet(non-articulated vehicle)

= 52.8 feet= (articulated vehicle)

Maximum Width = 8.25 feet(non-articulated vehicle)

Maximum Height = 10.56 feet (non-articulated vehicle)

= 15.18 feet(double-decker bus)

Body Length = 60% of WBMalaysia Maximum Length = 40.26 feet

(non-articulated vehicle)= 52.8 feet= (articulated vehicle)= 59.4 feet

(Truck Trawler)Maximum Width = 8.25 feetMaximum Height = 1.75 times of WB

(non-articulated vehicle)= 13.86 feet

(articulated vehicle)Body Length = 50% of WB

(non-articulated vehicle)= 60% of WB (bus)

ASEAN Maximum Length = 40.26 feetstandards (non-articulated vehicle)shown in = 52.8 feetfigures (articulated vehicle)

Maximum Width = 8.25 feetMaximum Height = 13.68 feet (truck)Body Length = 50 to 60 % of WB

(= from fore to rear wheels)The purpose of the limitations for vehicles is to avert

damage to roads due to vehicles because ASEAN roads areto meet ASEAN standards, and to save vehicle users fromdangers caused by substandard vehicles. If a truck does notcarry loads beyond limit, it can last long, it can keep itsbalance at bends, it can move in safety under bridges and

electric cables, and it will not pose any disturbances toother vehicles.

If the vehicles bound from Myanmar for ASEANNetwork roads do not meet the standards, they will not beallowed to use the roads.

In Myanmar, many of the trucks are excessivelystrengthened ones. Roads in Myanmar are designed to beable to withstand 40 to 60 tons, more than ASEAN limit of38 tons. So, the cost of building roads is higher thannormal.

It is also said that there will be less damage to the roadsin Myanmar only if trucks are to be installed with interna-tionally fixed number of axles and are prohibited fromoverloading in order that roads in Myanmar meet ASEANstandards and the expenses on roads can be reduced.

(To be continued)Translation: MS

12.2 meters (40.26 feet)

Maximum length of a non-articulated truck.(60 % of length between middle part of fore wheeland middle area of two rear wheels)

WB ROH

60%WB

Maximum height of a truck.

4.2 meters(13.68 feet)

Maximum length of an articulated truck.16.0 meters (52.8 feet)

2.5 meters (8.25 feet)Maximum width of a truck.

2.5 meters (8.25 feet)

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(from page 1)At the meeting, Agga Maha Ganthavacaka Pandita

Bhaddanta Samvara discussed Vinicchaya affairs, AggaMaha Pandita Bhaddanta Panditabhivamsa religiousaffairs and Agga Maha Pandita BhaddantaUttamañanabhivamsa academic affairs on reportssubmitted by the SSMNC Third Branch.

In the afternoon session, members of the StateSangha Maha Nayaka Committee discussed anddecided Vinicchaya, religious and academic affairs.

In response to the discussions and decisionsabout the report on the Sixth SSMNC (Third Branch),Joint-Secretary Agga Maha Pandita Agga MahaSaddhamma Jotikadhaja Bhaddanta Jotikabhivamsareplied to the discussions on the report and sought theapproval of the meeting.

Next, member Sayadaws discussed tasks to becarried out in accord with the Vinaya Dhamma

9th Plenary Meeting of 6th

47-member…

procedures Chapter (7), Para 56 (c) and selection ofState Vinaya Sayadaws. Then, the meeting concludedsuccessfully.

Well-wishers U Tin Sein and wife Daw KyinThein offered day’s meal to the Sayadaws.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Nov – Lt-Gen Tha Aye of theMinistry of Defence, together with Chairman of SagaingDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof North-West Command Maj-Gen Myint Soe andChin State PDC Chairman Brig-Gen Hong Ngai, metwith and presented gifts to military officers and otherranks and their families at the hall of Haka Station on4 November morning.

Next, they inspected repairs of the lake inZayhaung Ward, tea plantations in Inkyalo village andthe training school for development of youths in borderareas. Lt-Gen Tha Aye and the commander presentedgifts to the trainees. They then looked into progress inconstruction of the main patient ward of Haka People’sHospital (200-bed), the women’s vocational trainingschool, Haka-Thantlang road section and paddy andcrops plantations.

In Thantlang Township, Lt-Gen Tha Aye hearda report on requirements for regional developmentpresented by local people and officials, fulfilled theneeds and presented gifts to the local people andteaching aids to Haka Basic Education High School.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye visited Thantlang TownshipHospital, and made cash donations for the hospital andpresented gifts to the staff. He also went to ThantlangBEHS.

Later, they visited the digital auto exchange andthe training school for development of youths in borderareas and inspected the tea plantation in Ward-3. At thebriefing hall of Public Works at mile post 6/5, Lt-GenTha Aye inspected construction tasks.

MNA

Lt-Gen Tha Aye on inspection tour of Haka,Thantlang townships

YANGON, 8 Nov—Talks on Disaster RiskReduction organized by Yangon Division Peace andDevelopment Council and Mingalar Myanmar SocialOrganization were held at the Myanmar EngineeringSociety on Yangon University (Hline) campus herethis morning.

Present on the occasion were Deputy Ministerfor Hotels and Tourism Brig-Gen Aye Myint Kyu, thedirector-general of Department of Basic EducationNo. 3 and officials, the experts, teachers from Basic

Education Schools in Yangon Division and guests.Secretary of Yangon Division Peace and

Development Council U Khin Maung Tun, Chairmanof Myanmar Engineering Society U Han Zaw andDirector of Mingalar Myanmar Social OrganizationDaw Yuzer Maw Tun gave talks on Disaster RiskReduction.

After that, the ceremony concluded with theremarks by the Deputy Minister. Afterwards, expertsgave talks on Disaster Risk Reduction.—MNA

Talks on Disaster Risk Reduction held

YANGON, 8 Nov—Under the supervision ofthe Ministry of Education and Ministry of Sports,Myanmar Basketball Federation is going to organizethe First Basic Education Inter-State/Division U-16Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament at AungSan Gymnasium here at 9 am from 9 to 16 November.

Yangon, Bago, Sagaing, Mandalay,Ayeyawady and Magway Divisions, Mon, Kayin,Shan (South), Shan (North) and Kachin States willparticipate in the tournament.

The first prize is K 600,000, the second, K400,000, joint third prizes, K 300,000 each and thebest player, K 10,000.

MNA

First Basic Education ISD U-16Men’s and Women’s Basketball

Tournament to be held

The 9th Plenary Meeting of 6th 47-member State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee continues forsecond day at Wizaya Mingalar Dhammathabin Hall on Kaba Aye Hill.—MNA

Lt-Gen Tha Aye of Ministry of Defence inspects BEHS in Thantlang.— MNA

Deputy H&T Minister Brig-Gen Aye Myint Kyu gives concluding remarks at the talks on

Disaster Risk Reduction.—MNA

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Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing on inspection

tour of Kengtung-Mongkun-Mongkhok

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Nov—Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing of the Ministry of Defence, accompanied byChairman of Shan State (East) Peace and Develop-ment Council Commander of Triangle Region Com-mand Maj-Gen Kyaw Phyo and officials, on 6 No-vember inspected construction of Kengtung-Mongkun-Mongkhok road section and gave instruc-tions on meeting set standard.

At Basic Education High School inMongkhok, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing viewed thestudents taking education and presented exercisebooks and cash.

At Mongkhok People’s Hospital, he presentedfoodstuff to patients and looked around the hospital.Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing and the commander pre-sented medicines and cash to medical trust funds.

On 7 November, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing

met with officers and other ranks and their familiesin Monghsat station.

At station hospital, he encouraged patientsand gave cash and foodstuff.

On arriving at Monghsat District People’sHospital, he comforted the patients and presented

NAY PYI TAW, 8Nov—Minister for Com-munications, Posts andTelegraphs Brig-GenThein Zaw today attendedthe coordination meetingon development of com-munication task at AhlonAuto-exchange, here.

Chief Engineers re-ported on matters relatedto installation of wirelessauto-telephones CDMA2000 1X (800 Mhz) inYangon and Mandalay,and preparation on instal-lation of CDMA 450 MHzfor development of com-munication sectors in ma-jor cities and rural areas.

After attending to theneeds, the minister gaveinstructions on installationof communication equip-

Development of communication task coordinated

ment as soon as possibleand inspected arrival ofwireless auto-telephonesand machines to be usedin Yangon and Mandalay.

At Shwegondine Mo-bile Station, the ministerviewed CDMA 450 MHzmachines in the controlroom.—MNA

Research paper reading session of 10th

MTMPC concludes

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Nov—The research paper readingsession of the 10th

Myanmar TraditionalMedicine Practitioners’Conference concluded atthe meeting hall of the Min-istry of Health, here, thismorning.

Director-General ofTraditional Medicine De-partment Dr Tin Nyunt pre-sided over the meeting to-gether with members ofpanel of chairmen Univer-sity of Traditional Medi-cine Rector Dr Aung Myintand U Kyi Lin of MyanmarTraditional Medicine Prac-titioners’ Association.

In the first reading ses-sion, Dr Khin Maung Lwin

and party of Central HealthDepartment, Dr Phyu Phyuand party of Medical Re-search (Upper Myanmar),Daw Wah Wah of Myeik,and U Hla Than and partyof Nay Pyi Taw Lewe readout respective research pa-pers.

Director-General DrTun Naing Oo of MedicalResearch Department(Central Myanmar) pre-sided over the session to-gether with members ofpanel of chairmen U Meikof Mandalay Division andU Thein Win ofAyeyawady Division at thesecond session.

Resource persons DawMyint Myint San of Forest

Research (Yezin), Zar NiTun Lwin and party readout respective research pa-pers.

Acting Director-Gen-eral Dr Kyaw Zin Thant ofMedical Research Depart-ment (Upper Myanmar)presided over the meetingtogether with members ofpanel of chairmen U KyawShein of Mon State and UKan Si of Shan State at thethird session.

Resource persons readout respective research pa-pers.

Next, meeting chair-man Dr Tin Nyunt dis-cussed matters related tothe papers submitted at thesessions.—MNA

PS Business School winsspecial prize in IMC 09

YANGON, 8 Nov—The PS Business School thatcompeted in 6th International Market ImplementationContest conducted by Chartered Institute of Market-ing Singapore held at Hotel Rc in Singapore for thefirst time on 24 November won the special prize.

The PS Business School had discussion with re-sponsible persons to get chance for participation of teamsfrom Myanmar in the contest for next years. At thecontest, The PS Business School gave answers to judges’questions in which getting Global Perceptive, beingfamiliar with advanced technology. The PS BusinessSchool obtained proposal from CIMS. CEO Ko MyoMin (MCIM-CIM-UK) of the PS Business School gavetalk on providing necessary assistance for participants toenable them to participate in the contest.—NLM

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of Ministry of Defence inspects BEHS in Mongkhok.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Zaw views CDMA 450 MHZ machines atShwegondine Mobile Station.—CPT

Responsible persons of PS Business School seen with special prizeawarded by Chartered Institute of Marketing Singapore. —NLM

cash and foodstuff to patients. He later looked aroundthe hospital.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing heardreports on construction of extended operation thea-tre contributed by officials and donated medicinesand medical equipments.—MNA

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YANGON, 8 Nov—Theopening ceremony of the11th MyanmarVeterinarians' Conferencewas held at Thiri AnnawaHall of Myanmar Fisher-ies Federation in Insein

Sports Minister meetslocals of Sagaing Division

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Nov—Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint provided cash assistance forconstruction of Basic Education Primary School inMoksochon Village, sports gear, exercise books forvillages and publications for library in meeting withthe villagers from Moksochon and Yin Mar Kan Vil-lages, Wetlet Township of Sagaing Division yester-day.

Next, the minister met locals from four villagesin Yintaw Village where he presented sports gear,exercise books to the villages and publications tovillage libraries.—MNA

Korean Speech Contest on 11 DecYANGON, 7 Nov—The Embassy of the Republic of

Korea will organize the 7th Korean Speech Contest atTraders Hotel, here, at 2.30 pm on 11 December.

An interested person who has passed the level-4 or higher of Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK)may enroll for the contest within 4 to 13 November.

The preliminary test will be held in Yangon andMandalay on 20 November to select 10 qualifiedcandidates for the final contest. The speech contestwill be open to the public.

The application forms are available at the Em-bassy of ROK in Yangon and at Mrs Chang Jeong-eun of Korean Language Department at MandalayUniversity of Foreign Languages. For further infor-mation, contact the ROK Embassy, Tel: 527142~4.

MNA

Commander attends ceremony to honourvictorious athletes

NAY PYI TAW, 8Nov—A ceremony tohonour the athletes whosecured first prizes in the25th Defence ServicesCommander-in-Chief'sShield U-21 Tatmadaw(Army, Navy and Air)Football Tournament and

the 16th Defence Serv-ices Commander-in-Chief's Shield Tatmadaw(Army, Navy and Air)Cycling Contest was heldat the hall of Eastern Com-mand headquarters inTaunggyi on 31 October.

At the ceremony,

Chairman of Shan StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofEastern Command Maj-Gen Yar Pyae deliveredan address and presentedcash prizes to the win-ners.

MNA

11th Myanmar Veterinarians’Conference opens

Township yesterday, withan address by Minister forLivestock and FisheriesBrig-Gen Maung MaungThein.

Next, Director-Gen-eral of Livestock and Vet-erinary Department Dr

Myint Thein and Chair-man of MyanmarVeterinarians' AssociationDr Than Tun formallyopened the exhibition ofmedicines for animals andrelated items and then the

minister and heads of de-partment viewed roundthe exhibition.

Present on the occa-sion were heads of depart-ment under the ministryand organizations, resi-dent representative of

FAO to Myanmar Dr ShinImai, international expertsof Bird Flu Control Pro-gram and JICA, entrepre-neurs of medicines foranimals and related itemsand vets totalling 600.

The conference in-cluded paper reading ses-sions of local and interna-tional experts, selection ofboard of executives for theterm of 2010-2012 andrespects paid for agedveterinarians.—MNA

Garmin GPS, OHAUS digitalbalance on sale

YANGON, 8 Nov—TheConcordia Int’l Co Ltdwill launch special saleprogramme for GarminGPS and OHAUS branddigital balance used inlaboratory, cold storageand gold shop at its officeat Shwegondine Plaza inBahan Township from 9to 13 November.

The Garmin GPSplays a key functional role

for vessels in fishing andavailable for about K750,000. It figures withMyanmar sub-title colourdisplay, eight inchesscreen. And it is also as-sists users in observing 36miles knot radius and 5000feet in depth. The com-pany gives service for GPSinstallation (only withinYangon area) and 1-yearwarranty card.

OHAUS digital bal-ance can give accurate unitincluding 14 units such asgram, carat, and milli-gram. Being used with re-chargeable battery it canstand 40 hours only bycharging 12 hours. Onedigital balance can becaught free for buying ten.

For more information,please contact Yangon(Ph: 01-544824, 544199and 540026), Ko KyawSwe (Ph: 01-298882),Mandalay (Ph: 02-36478,09-5067172 and 02-69303), Nay Pyi Taw (Ph:067-420819, 421362 and421362), Sun Electronicsin Pathein (Ph: 042-24100,

22339, 09-5200220), KoSithu in Kyaikkhami (Ph:09-8725553) Ko Okkar inThanbyuzayat (Ph: 09-8702092) and C4E com-puter in Myeik (Ph: 059-41287, 42686 and42687).—MNA

Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Win Myint and wife beingwelcomed on 7 November evening by Military Attache Colonel Brey RSloan of the Embassy of the United States of America at the reception

to mark 234th Anniversary of the US. Marine Corps.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein speaking at opening ceremony of 11th MyanmarVeterinarians' Conference. —LBVD

Minister for SportsBrig-Gen Thura Aye

Myint meets withlocal people at

Moksochon Villageof Wetlet Township.�

MNA

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BEIJING, 8 Nov— Theoutput value of China’senergy saving andenvironmental protectionindustry would hit 2.8trillion yuan (412 billionU.S. dollars) by 2012, saidXie Zhenhua, deputydirector of the NationalDevelopment and ReformCommission on Sunday.

Those sectors havebecome a new economicgrowth point and havebright prospects in China,Xie said at the fourth

KATHMANDU, 8Nov—A throng of peoplegathered on Saturdayenthusiastically in anelephant breeding centrein Nepali ChitwanNational Park (CNP) asthe CNP hosted a birthdayparty, not for any famouspeople, but for the firsttwin baby elephants’birthday.

Narendra ManPradhan, ChiefConservation Officer atthe park, put off twocandles lit on a well-wrought cake of fruits andexpressed birthdaywishes to the babyelephants.

“We are very happy

Twin baby elephants, Ram and Laxman.—INTERNET

Thai and Japaneseyouths attempt to pulla Japanese aircraft atSuvarnabhumi airportin Bangkok on 7 Nov,

2009.INTERNET

BEIJING, 8 Nov—More than eight millionChinese people havebeen inoculated with theA/H1N1 flu vaccine asof Sunday noon, theMinistry of Health saidhere on Sunday. Thevaccination campaignhas been launched acrossthe country targetinghigh risk groups, andmore than 39 milliondoses of vaccines havebeen approved for use asof Sunday, according tothe ministry.

As of Friday, nearly55,000 confirmed A/H1N1 flu cases have beenreported on the Chinesemainland, over 75 percentof whom have recovered.Among the 176 cases ofserious condition, 52have recovered, the

KABUL, 8 Nov—Police have busted a gangof kidnappers inKandahar, the birthplaceof Taleban militants insouth Afghanistan, a pressrelease of InteriorMinistry said on Sunday.

“Police arrested fivekidnappers fromKandahar and rescued twochildren from theircustody,” the press releasesaid.

The kidnappers haddemanded 200,000 USdollars as ransom for therelease of the innocentchildren.

Xinhua

NEW DELHI, 8 Nov—Direct-to-Home operator Reliance BIG TV is eyeingthree million-subscriber base by the year-end, and will add 25-30 more channelsby March 2010, taking its total channel offering to about 265.

At present, the company has a user base of over two million subscribers, andis working to rapidly expand DTH segment to tap more customers.

“The industry is now growing at a good pace and we should be closing the yearwith three million subscribers. We are strengthening our channel offerings, whichincludes regional content as well,” Reliance BIG TV senior Vice-President UmeshRao said.

BIG TV is also focussing on its pay-per-view (PPV) platform.“Though PPV is nascent now, we believe it has a huge potential and can

become a differentiating factor between players,” Rao said.—Internet

A boy leads his cattle to a partially dried-up pondon the outskirts of Yingtan, Jiangxi province, on 7

Nov, 2009.INTERNET

China’s energy-saving, environmental protectionindustry has bright prospect

China-Japan Energy-saving and EnvironmentProtection Forum whichbegan on Sunday.

He said thegovernment will beef upinvestment in theconstruction of resourcerecycling projects, whichwill directly boost theindustry development.

He noted thegovernment will furtherreform the pricing systemof the resource products.

Enterprises should

also enhance innovation tobreak technologicalbottleneck notably in thedevelopment of clean coaltransfer technology andpollutants treatmentfacilities.

China has beenpushing for a nationalenergy saving campaign toaddress the worseningconflicts betweeneconomic growth andenvironmental det-erioration.

Xinhua

Twin baby elephants’ birthdaycelebrated in Nepal

to celebrate their birthdayfor it maybe the first caseto celebrate the birthdayof twin elephants in Asiaor even the world,” localnewspaper TheKathmandu Post citedRajendra Panuhar, whoare in charge of thebreeding centre as saying.

“We have celebratedtheir first birthday, butwe are yet to name them,”said Pradhan, adding thatthe CNP would soonrecommend theDepartment of NationalParks and WildlifeConservation (DNPWC)to name them as Ram andLaxman.

An elephant namedDev Kali aged over 30years gave birth to thetwins in Khorsorbreeding centre last year.Dev Kali is now livinghealthily in the centrewhile Romio, whoimpregnated her, died thisyear.

Most of theconservationists, wereelated with the birth oftwin elephants in thecentre.

CNP also honoredthree employees whohave been taking care ofthe twins in the breedingcenter amid the birthdayparty.

Internet

More than eight mln Chineseinoculated with A/H1N1 flu

vaccineministry said.

Sixteen people on theChinese mainland haddied of the flu as ofFriday, the ministry said.

The flu had entereda period featured by highfrequency and quickincrease in the numberof infected cases in thecountry, and it could lastthrough March nextyear, ministry expertswarned earlier.

The capital Beijingmade a decision onFriday to extend thevaccine inoculation to allthe 16 million residentsin the city.

China is the firstcountry in the world toissue a production licensefor A/H1N1 vaccines.

Xinhua

BIG TV eyes three mln-subscriber base by March 2010 Afghan policebust

kidnappers’gang in Taleban

birthplace

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Bank Holiday All Banks will beclosed on 11st November(Wednesday) 2009, beingNational Day under theNegotiable InstrumentsAct.Central Bank of Myanmar

Invitation to Tender Sr. No Description Qty IssuingDate Closing Daate

1. sk\psßv\;qy\piu≥ k∑n\tin\na(2)lMu; 9.11.2009 12.11.20092. Wheel Loader(2-3)m3(FE) 1 Unit 9.11.2009 23.11.20093. Mould & Liner (Ks) 1 Lot 9.11.2009 23.11.20094. Zirconium Silicate (Ks) 60 Tons 9.11.2009 23.11.20095. Printing Machine (Ks) 3 Sets 9.11.2009 23.11.2009

Tender forms and documents are available at the Procurement Department,Myanma Ceramic Enterprise, Ministry of Industry (1), Office No. 41, Nay PyiTaw, during office hours. Tender will be accepted only from Bidder whopurchased Tender Documents officially. (For further details, contact telephonenumber. 067.408298)

Myanma Ceramic Industry

Three killed in Andorra bridge collapse

The construction sitewhere a bridge col-lapsed in Massana nearAndorre-la-Vieille. Abridge collapse in An-dorra on Saturday killedat least three workers,left seven badly hurt andone missing, feared bur-ied under the rubble, the

government said.INTERNET

A/H1N1 fludeath toll risesto 23 in Turkey

ANKARA, 8 Nov—Tur-key reported two moreinfluenza A/H1N1 deathcases in the past 24 hours,bringing the nationaldeath toll of the novel fluto 23, Turkish HealthMinistry said on Satur-day.

The ministry said in astatement that the latestvictims were two women,aged 43 and 53, withoutgiving more details.

Turkey has witnesseda fast rise of A/H1N1 fludeaths during the pasttwo weeks.

On Friday, TurkishHealth Ministry said twoTurks died of influenzaA/H1N1 in Turkey,bringing the death tollto 21.

Internet

Moderate quake jolts Tibet;no reports of deaths

Afghan A/H1N1 flu patient dies in Pakistan

One killed, two injured inshooting near Vail

VAIL, 8 Nov—Gunfire at a bar near the Coloradoski resort town of Vail killed one and injured two onSaturday night, and a man was quickly arrested in con-nection with the shooting, police said.

A man who was being escorted out of SandbarSports Grill Bar pulled out a gun and shot someone inthe arm, bar patron Nancy Lewis said.

Other witnesses told the Vail Daily newspaper thatthe man fired several shots, then re-entered the barand fired several more shots. Police received an emer-gency call at around 7:30 pm.

One of the injured victims has suffered significantinjuries, Vail Police Chief Dwight Henninger said. Thesecond person wasn’t severely wounded, he said.

Police haven’t released the names of the victims.The town of Vail has identified the shooting suspectas Richard Moreau, 63, of Vail. He’s being held in thetown’s jail, authorities said.—Internet

Mexican army makes largeopium seizure

MORELIA, 8 Nov—The Mexican army said on Sat-urday it has seized a shipment of almost a quarter-tonof opium in the country’s northern mountains, one ofthe largest such seizures made in Mexico.

The 448 pounds (203 kilograms) of opium paste wasfound on Thursday hidden in nine plastic containers inthe township of Guadalupe y Calvo, in the border stateof Chihuahua, the Defense Department said in astatement.Seven rifles, three pistols and nearly 10,000rounds of ammunition were found along with the opium,which can be refined to make heroin. The army said itcould have yielded 200,000 doses of heroin or similardrugs.The Defense Department called it “the largest sei-zure of opium paste ever in our country.” However,police in the southern state of Guerrero seized 627pounds (284 kilograms) of opium paste near the resortof Acapulco in 1999. Also on Saturday, one policemanwas killed and four wounded in an attack by gunmen ina drug-plagued part of southern Mexico.

Gunmen opened fire on two police patrol vehiclesresponding to reports of a dead body left on a roadside.Authorities in the town of La Union, in Guerrero statenear the border with Michoacan, said the unidentifiedgunmen fled following the attack. The victims wereGuerrero state police officers.—Internet

People walk through a cross-border tunnel inTijuana, Mexico on 7 Nov, 2009. The unfinished tun-nel with electricity and a ventilation system, is 10 me-tres (33 ft) deep, 122 metres (400 ft) long and is miss-ing only 143 metres (469 ft) for drug traffickers andillegal immigrants to reach California in the US,

according to local authorities.—INTERNET

LHASA, 8 Nov—There have been no re-ports of casualties andbuilding collapses after amoderate earthquake hitXigaze Prefecture ofsouthwest China’s TibetAutonomous Regionearly Sunday morning,local government

sources said. The quake measuring

5.6 on the Richter scalestruck an area borderingthe Ngamring and Sagacounties at 4:08 am, ac-cording to the NationalSeismological Network.

The epicenter was de-tected as 29.4 degreesnorth latitude and 86.1degrees east longitude,with a depth of about 33km.

Puqiong, director ofthe general office of theNgamring county gov-ernment, told Xinhua byphone that the govern-ment hasn’t received anyreports of casualties orbuilding collapses.

Xinhua

ANDORRA LA VELLA, 8Nov—A bridge collapsein Andorra on Saturdaykilled at least three work-ers, left seven badly hurtand one missing, fearedburied under the rubble,the government said.

Some 20 metres (22yards) of the concretestructure of the roadbridge, which was underconstruction, collapsednear the Dos Valires tun-nel in the Massana valleyin the northwest of theprincipality sandwichedbetween France and

Spain. Eleven men wereswept away in a mass ofconcrete and steel scaf-folding when the accidenthappened.

Rescue services recov-ered two bodies shortlyafter the accident, and athird was pulled from therubble later.

Firemen and police arestill trying to free one man

stuck in the rubble sincethe accident happened atmidday. One worker wasstill unaccounted for.

The injured man wastrapped in rubble up to hiswaist and was beingtreated with sedatives.Rescue teams were tryingto keep him warm amidplunging temperatures.

Internet

ISLAMABAD, 8 Nov—An Afghan female whowas infected with A/H1N1 influenza died at ahospital in northwest Pa-kistan’s city of Peshawaron Saturday, hospital au-thorities confirmed.

Hospital authoritiesinformed the official newsagency APP that LateefaBibi, 40, from HelmandProvince of Afghanistanwas suffering from highfever for the last few days.She was admitted inNorth West Hospital inHayatabad, a modern sub-

urb on the southwesternfringe of Peshawar, whereher blood samples wereobtained for laboratorytests by the World HealthOrganization (WHO)team who later confirmedthe A/H1N1 influenza.

After confirmation ofthe A/H1N1 influenza inthe Afghan female, thehospital authorities alsoobtained the blood sam-ples of the newborn babyof the infected female, herattendants and the staff ofthe hospital, the hospitalauthorities said.

Health officials saidthat in Afghanistan thecases of A/H1N1 influ-enza were regularly re-ported and the death hadalso been reported there.

Xinhua

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Andara Rainy (C) waves to the audience afterbeen crowned Miss Tourism Indonesia 2009 inJakarta, capital of Indonesia, on 7 Nov, 2009.

Andara Rainy, champion of this year’s pageantfrom Jakarta, will represent Indonesia to compete

in Miss Tourism International 2009. —XINHUA

Model present creations at the “Rosestudio” GUO Pei High Class FashionShow 2010 during the China Fashion Week in Beijing, capital of China, on 6

Nov, 2009. —XINHUA

Japan eyes solar station in space as newenergy source

This file graphic illustration released from Japan’sInstitute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free

Flyer (USEF) shows a system of space solar powersystem (SSPS) which consists of a large solar power

generator and transmission panel.Japan’s spaceagency hopes to by 2030 collect solar power in

space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beamsor microwaves.—INTERNET

Russian rockets shipped for FrenchGuiana launch

File photo shows a girl runs infront of real size monument of Rus-sian space rocket Soyuz at the Rus-

sian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome inKazakhstan in May 2009.

INTERNET

Alaska island village hit bysuspected swine flu

ANCHORAGE, 8 Nov — Suspected swine flu is sweeping a tradi-tional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island — prompt-ing an urgent medical mission to deliver help. “Diomede is probablythe most isolated place in the United States right now,” said DavidHead, a doctor involved in the effort. “We thought it would be betterto go out there and just vaccinate people.”

So many of the 130 residents of Diomede have been stricken withflu-like symptoms that the Alaska Army National Guard stepped inwith a Black Hawk helicopter to transport a medical team from Nome135 miles away, where Head is chief of staff at Norton Sound HealthCorp.

Diomede, located less than three miles from Russia’s Big DiomedeIsland in the Bering Strait, is all the more isolated because passengerair service was halted four months ago when the sole helicopter usedfor that purpose was sidelined for repairs. “There’s no way peoplecan get out of here,” said 73-year-old Patrick Omiak Sr, the villagetribal council president. “For emergencies, I’m real glad about theNational Guard.” A different helicopter still delivers mail and goods,but for liability reasons cannot carry passengers.—Internet

TOKYO, 8 Nov — Itmay sound like a sci-fivision, but Japan’s spaceagency is dead serious: by2030 it wants to collectsolar power in space andzap it down to Earth, us-ing laser beams or micro-waves.

The government hasjust picked a group ofcompanies and a team ofresearchers tasked withturning the ambitious,multi-billion-dollar dreamof unlimited clean energyinto reality in coming dec-ades.

With few energy re-sources of its own andheavily reliant on oil im-ports, Japan has long beena leader in solar and otherrenewable energies andthis year set ambitiousgreenhouse gas reductiontargets.

But Japan’s boldestplan to date is the SpaceSolar Power System(SSPS), in which arrays ofphotovoltaic dishes sev-eral square kilometres(square miles) in

size would hover ingeostationary orbit out-side the Earth’s atmos-phere. “Since solar poweris a clean and inexhaust-ible energy source, webelieve that this systemwill be able to help solvethe problems of energyshortage and globalwarming,” researchers atMitsubishi Heavy Indus-tries, one of the project

participants, wrote in a re-port.

“The sun’s rays aboundin space.”

The solar cells wouldcapture the solar energy,which is at least five timesstronger in space than onEarth, and beam it downto the ground throughclusters of lasers or micro-waves.

Internet

SAINT PETERSBURG, 8 Nov — The firstRussian rockets to be fired into spacenext year from a space centre in distantSouth America were on Saturday to be-gin the long voyage to the launch sitefrom Saint Petersburg.

Two Russian Soyuz rockets, themainstay of its space programme, werelater Saturday to leave the northern cityby ship bound for the French overseasdepartment of French Guiana ahead oftheir expected launch next year.

Packed in containers on board theFrench vessel Le Colibri, they will ar-rive 15 days later ahead of the firstplanned launches next year of Soyuzrockets from France’s launch site inFrench Guiana.

“We are in line for the first launch inthe second quarter of next year,” thechief executive of French aerospacefirm Arianespace Jean-Yves Le Gall toldAFP.

Didier Coulon, the head of the projectat the European Space Agency (ESA),said the first launch could take place asearly as April.

Finally confirming the project is

ready after a string of delays, he said thatthe first satellite to be launched by aSoyuz from French Guiana will be theHylas telecommunications satellite ofBritish firm Avanti Communications.

The satellite will deliver broadbandand corporate data network servicesacross Europe, according to the com-pany.—Internet

One Italian dead, another criticallyinjured in E China road accident

HANGZHOU, 8 Nov —A car rammed into aroadside heavy-dutytruck in east China’sZhejiang Province onSunday morning, killingtwo people, including anItalian.

The car ran into atruck fully loaded withcement at around 5 pm in

Huajie Town inYongkang City and wasimmediately ablaze, lo-cal police said. Two per-sons in the car werekilled at the scene.

The accident also se-riously injured anotherItalian in the car.The injured is in stablecondition after emer-gency treatment, accord-ing to the YongkangNo 1 People’s Hospital.

Further details about

the identities of the deadand injured were not im-mediately known.

The car was en routeto Yongkang from Jiahuaand the truck had beenparked at the roadsidefor some time for re-pairs, police said. Over-speeding and low visibil-ity might be the cause ofthe accident, policesaid.The accident is un-der further investigation.

Xinhua

US tourist dies ‘carsurfing’ in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, 8 Nov — Police say a UStourist who was pretending to be surfingon the hood of a friend’s moving car waskilled when he fell and broke his neck ina popular Puerto Rican beach town.

Police spokeswoman YolandaHernandez says 29-year-old LongBeach, New York, resident Jorge Geyselfell off his friend’s Isuzu Trooper as hewas “car surfing” along a road in thewest coast community of Rincon earlyon Saturday.Hernandez says the insur-ance salesman died instantly.

It was not clear how fast the car wastraveling.Hernandez says she can’t yetsay whether Geysel’s two companionswill face any criminal charges.

Internet

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Mickelson rallies to winHSBC Champions

Phil Mickelson (pictured)has birdied the last holeto take a two-stroke leadover Tiger Woods andNick Watney at the HSBCChampions, setting up anenticing finale in theWorld Golf Champion-ship event.—INTERNET

Russia’s WBA heavyweight box-ing world champion NikolaiValuev (R) receives a punch fromchallenger David Haye from Brit-ain during their WBA title fightin Nuremberg, South Germany,

on 7 Nov, 2009.—INTERNET

Haye shocks Valuevin WBA heavyweight title bout

SKorea’s footballclub Pohang

Steelers shockedtwo-time champi-ons Al Ittihad 2-1

to lift the AFCChampions League

for the first timeSaturday, adding to

their titles in theformer Asian ClubChampionship in1997 and 1998.

INTERNET

Atletico Madrid’s forward Diego Forlan(R) clashes with Real Madrid’s midfielder

Xabi Alonso during their SpanishLeague football match at Vicente

Calderon stadium in Madrid in Madrid.Real Madrid won 3-2.—INTERNET

Ten-man Real keep in touch with leaders Barcelona

Five-goal Juventus pile pressure on Inter

Arsenal’s players observe a minute silence forRemembrance Day before the start of their English

Premier League soccer match against Wolver-hampton Wanderers at Molineux Stadium, Wolver-

hampton, England, on 7 Nov, 2009.—INTERNET

Big win for Arsenal, fifthstraight tie for Man City

Bayern held to 1-1draw at Schalke 04

BERLIN, 8 Nov—German recordchampions Bayern Munich were forcedto draw 1-1 with Schalke 04 at home onSaturday, while defending championsWolfsburg beat Hoffenheim 2-1 away.

The encounter between Bayern andSchalke 04 is the most eye-catchinggame on Saturday. Following the defeatagainst Bordeaux at Champions Leagueearlier this week, Bayern were underpressure to show its capability.

After 12 minutes Bayern strikerMiroslav Klose shot from 15 meters buthis hammer was denied by Schalke goal-keeper Manuel Neuer.

Bayern gradually took control of thematch, but failed to show clinical finish-ing qualities.—Xinhua

Juventus midfielder MauroCamoranesi (R) heads the ball andscores against Atalanta during theirItalian Serie A football match at the

Atleti Azzurri d’Italia Stadium inBergamo. Juventus closed the gapon Inter Milan at the top of Serie Ato four points on Saturday after athrilling 5-2 win against Atalanta.

INTERNET

SHANGHAI, 8 Nov—PhilMickelson won the HSBCChampions on Sunday byrallying against a familiarfoe.

Only it wasn’t TigerWoods.

Mickelson made an18-footer to save par onthe 16th after whiffing ona flop shot, then holed a10-foot birdie putt on the17th to close with a 3-un-der 69 and overcome alate charge by Ernie Els,who was in the lead untilhitting into the water andmaking bogey on thefinal hole.

Woods was never afactor in the final WorldGolf Championship ofthe year, falling six shotsbehind on the front nineand doing well to stay onthe leaderboard the rest ofthe way. He hit into thewater with his third shoton the par-5 18th and hadto scramble for bogey toclose with a 72 and tie forfifth, five shots behind.

Internet

ROME, 8 Nov—Juventus closed thegap on Inter Milan at the top of Serie Ato four points on Saturday after a thrill-ing 5-2 win against Atalanta in Bergamo.

Mauro Camoranesi scored twice in asmany minutes to give the Bianconeri a2-0 lead at half-time.

Valdes reduced the deficit early in thesecond half, but a Felipe Melo scorcher

restored the two-goal advantage fourminutes later.

Fabio Ceravolo set up a grandstandfinish on 71 minutes, but late goals fromDiego and David Trezeguet, with hisrecord-equalling 167th for the club, leftthe scoreline looking slightly harsh for avaliant Atalanta.—Internet

NUREMBERG, 8 Nov—BritonDavid Haye clinched the WBAworld heavyweight title with apoints win over holder NikolaiValuev of Russia on Saturday.

Haye, who became Britain’sfirst heavyweight championsince Lennox Lewis retired sixyears ago, scored 116-112 pointson the scorecards of two judges,the third giving it a 114-114 tiein the bout dubbed “David ver-sus Goliath.”

“This means everything to me.Since I was a little baby I wantedto be heavyweight champion ofthe world,” Haye said in a ring-side interview. “It’s amazing. I

dreamt of this, now it’s reality, it’sreal... he wasn’t hitting me, so aslong as you are not getting hit youare okay.—Internet

LONDON, 8 Nov—Ar-senal enjoyed an easy 4-1win over Wolverhamptonin the English PremierLeague on Saturday whileManchester City extendedtheir drawing-streak tofive after a 3-3 tie againstBurnley.

Wolverhampton triedto depress their formida-ble rivals with attacking,but just to expose morespace for the Gunnerscounterattack, they thensuffered two own goalssuccessively.

After 28 minutes,Ronald Zubar turned CescFabregas’s corner into hisown net as the defenderseemed paying too muchattention to Arsenalstriker Eduardo next tohim. Eduardo shot com-fortably in a rapid coun-terattack eight minuteslater, watching the ballcurled into the right top ofthe net after hitting JodyCraddock’s head.

Xinhua

BARCELONA, 8 Nov—Ten-man RealMadrid survived a late fightback byAtletico Madrid to win 3-2 and keep thepressure on Spanish league leaders Bar-celona on Saturday.

In an action-packed derby at theCalderon, Kaka gave Real the lead af-ter just five minutes although there weresuspicions of a foul on Cleber Santanain the lead-up.

Chances came and went for bothsides but Real were more clinical withMarcelo doubling the advantage with anacute drive with his weaker right foot.

Still not fully fit, Sergio Aguero wasintroduced in the second half and afterrunning through on goal was broughtdown by Sergio Ramos who was dis-missed.

However, Real went further aheadthrough Gonzalo Higuain after 73 min-

utes before Atletico launched an assaultwhich saw Diego Forlan and Agueroboth score.—Internet

(8-11-2009)

Chelsea 1 - 0 Man UtdHull City 2 - 1 Stoke CityWest Ham Utd 1 - 2 EvertonWigan Athletic 1 - 1 Fulham

Wayne Rooney of ManUnited controls theball under pressure

from Nicolas Anelka.INTERNET

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have been

isolated in Taninthayi Division, weather has been generally

fair in the remaining States and Divisions. Night

temperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) below November average

temperatures in lower Sagaing and Yangon Divisions,

(3°C) to (4°C) above November average temperatures in

Kachin and Mon States, upper Sagaing and Bago Divisions

and about November average temperatures in the remaining

States and Divisions. The significant night temperature

was Haka (8°C). The noteworthy amounts of rainfall

recorded was Kawthoung (0.35) inch.

Maximum temperature on 7-11-2009 was 97°F.

Minimum temperature on 8-11-2009 was 65°F. Relative

humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 8 -11-2009 was 70%.

Total sun shine hours on 7-11-2009 was (8.8) hours approx.

Rainfall on 8-11-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-

Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was

(111.06) inches at Mingaladon, (122.09) inches at Kaba-Aye

and (129.41) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind

speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mph from Northeast

at (09:30) hours MST on 8-11-2009.Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the Andaman

Sea and Bay of Bengal.Forecast valid until evening of 9thNovember 2009:

Light rain are likely to be isolated in Mon State, Taninthayi,Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions and weather will begenerally fair in the remaining States and Divisions. Degreeof certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Sea will be moderate in Myanmar

waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of

isolated rain in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for9-11-2009: Fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for9-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for9-11-2009: Fair weather.

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11 killed, 36 injured inPeshawar market blast

ISLAMABAD, 8 Nov—A suicide bomber struck acrowded market on the outskirts of Peshawar todaykilling at least 11 persons, including an anti-TalebanMayor believed to be the target of the attack, andinjuring 36, nearly two weeks after a massive carbombing in the northwestern Pakistani city left 118people dead.

Among the 11 killed were Abdul Malik, a‘nazim’ or Mayor who was spearheading effortsagainst the Taleban, a young girl and the head of a‘lashkar’ or tribal militia, officials said.

They said Malik’s son was among the 36 peopleinjured in the attack, the latest in a series ofdevastating terror strikes across the country.

The bomber struck shortly after 9.30 am localtime, when the market was packed with peopleshopping for sacrificial animals ahead of the Eid-ud-Zuha festival. The injured were taken to hospitalin private cars and ambulances.—Internet

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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

Today’s vehicles and motorways in Myanmar (7)Article: Kayan Soe Myint; Photos: Ministry of Construction

The series of my ar-ticle ''Today's vehiclesand motorways inMyanmar'' from 1 to 6were featured in the threemajor newspapers: theKyemon, the MyanmaAlin, and the New Lightof Myanmar in Septem-ber.

In response to thepopular demand regard-ing the sixth article, anddue to some more pointsI have to present in orderto complete my article, Icontinue my series from7 to 12 for public knowl-edge with necessary dataand statistics provided bythe ministry concerned.

It is common knowl-edge that Myanmar, amember of the Associa-tion of South-East AsianNations (ASEAN), dealsnot only with ASEANmembers but also withEuropean countries.Therefore, except politi-cal and social objectives,some matters includingeconomic ones Myanmarexercises are to meet the

Uphill road to Thandaunggyi.

standards of those coun-tries.

Number fifth articlestates the need of vehi-

cles running on the roadsin Myanmar to meet thenumber of axles fixed forinternational level and

ASEAN level. In responseto the questions about thearticles raised by somereaders, I have to make

further clarification to thesubject. Myanmar has agrowing number of auto-mobiles of different

brands.I have learnt that the

axle load of a vehicle is to(See page 7)

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