the new light of myanmar 26-11-2009

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Volume XVII, Number 224 10th Waxing of Nadaw 1371 ME Thursday, 26 November, 2009

* 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

Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon) bringing aboutharmonious development across the nation

Article: Tin Mar Win & Aye Thanda Thein;Photo: Myanma Alin

NAY PYI TAW, 25Nov—Commander ofNay Pyi Taw CommandMaj-Gen Wai Lwin at-tended the ceremony tocollectively harvestmonsoon paddy at Kyar-thayai Village in Nay PyiTaw Tatkon Township on22 November. He then in-spected combine harvest-ers, Ayeya-1 power-till-ers and paddy reapers.

Next, the commanderviewed the broadcastingof seeds of chick pea andsunflower to grow asmixed crops. He cordiallygreeted local farmers.

The commander in-

Nay Pyi Taw Command Commander attends harvesting ceremony

spected the project ofconstructing a dam bydamming the Kintha

Creek, and left instruc-tions.

MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Wai Lwin inspects the broadcasting of seeds ofchick pea and sunflower to grow as mixed crops near Kyar-thayai

Village in Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon Township.—MNA

Photo shows magnificent Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon). (See page 7)

Unity isstrength

Trustfully entrusting national defence duties upon national race armedgroups is, in fact, generating a win-win situation. Of members of national racearmed groups, those wishing to enter into politics can form political parties andtake part in the democratization process in accordance with the future laws.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 26 November, 2009

Thursday, 26 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

Human resource development,factor for industrial development

The government focuses strenuous effortson the industrial sector for industrial developmentin its bid to shape the nation into an industrializedone.

In order to achieve the lofty goal, thegovernment is establishing industrial zones toimprove the private industrial sector. The industrialsector is of two types: State-owned and private-owned industries. The State undertakes particularindustries that are beyond the capacity of private-owned industries. The government is trying tosatisfy the demand of electric power and fuel thatare fundamental for industrial development.

Now, more and more technologicaluniversities, technological colleges, governmenttechnical institutes and government technical highschools are being opened as part of the programmeto scale up the improvement of the education sectorfor development of human resources in thetechnological sphere.

Import-substitute product factories are beingfounded extensively by erecting new industrialregions and industrial zones in states and divisions,inclusive of Kyaukse, Thagara and Pakokkuindustrial regions.

In Kyaukse Industrial Region, for instance,cement plant, vest factory, candy factory, shoefactory, bicycle factory, high heat duty fire brickfactory, and plastic factory have been established.And Thagara Industrial Region now producestrucks, bulldozers, excavators, machinery andmachine tools, control systems for electricalapparatuses, and heavy machinery for constructionprojects on a large scale.

The Government Technical Training School(Pakokku) is under construction in PakokkuIndustrial Region, and upon completion, theinstitute will conduct courses with courseinstructors who have completed the coursesconcerned abroad.

Machinery and Machine Tools Factory(Myaing) uses advanced machines inmanufacturing goods, and it is working hard tomeet the targets on production lines.

Technical experts on their part are thereforeto do their bit in the drive the government isimplementing for industrial development, andnurture younger generations for greater humanresource development.

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Nov—The General Admini-stration Departmentunder the Ministry ofHome Affairs held thework coordinationmeeting for 2009 at themeeting hall of theministry here thismorning, with a speechmade by Minister for

GAD holds 2009 coord meeting

departmental officials andadministration officersfrom states and divisions.

After the ministerdelivered the speech,Home Affairs DeputyMinister Brig-Gen PhoneSwe explained mattersrelated to the tasks.

The administrationofficers from states and

NAY PYI TAW, 25Nov—Minister forForestry Brig-Gen TheinAung addressed the stateand division coordinationmeeting of the Ministry ofForestry at the meetinghall of the ministry herethis morning.

Coord meeting of Forestry Ministry held

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Nov— A ceremony to openlibrary was held in front ofthe library in DavareiVillage of ThatonTownship, Mon State on28 October morning. Thedonor Assistant Director UKyaw Win Aung ofInformation & PublicRelations Department ofMon State and Chairmanof the village U Than Zinformally opened thelibrary.

And the donor and

Library opened in Thaton TownshipChairman of Mon statePDC U Chan Nyein Aungsprinkled scented water onstone inscription of thelibrary. The library is 22.5feet long, 15 feet wide and11 feet high. It is also a RCtype building with CI sheetroofing and cost K 9.7million.

After the ceremony,the cash presentingceremony for three librariesin Thaton District was held.

On the occasion,Chairman of Thaton

Also present on theoccasion were directors-general, managingdirectors and deputydirectors-general ofdepartments andenterprises under theministry, pro-rectors,general managers,

directors, state and divisionin-charge directors anddeputy general managers.

The state and divisionin-charge directors reportedon the progress in tasksand future programmesfollowed by a clarificationby Acting Director-GeneralU Aye Myint Maung ofForest Department. Theminister gave necessaryinstructions.

Division in-chargedirectors of Dry ZoneGreening Department alsoreported on the workscompleted and future plansand then Director-GeneralU Khin Win of the Dry

Zone, Greening Depart-ment added details. Theminister gave necessaryinstructions.

The minister heard thereports on the progress ofwork being carried out ineach region and futureprogrammes presented bydeputy general managers ofMyanma TimberEnterprise. ManagingDirector U Win Tun of MTEpresented supplementaryreports. The minister gavenecessary instructions. Themeeting came to an end withthe concluding remarks ofthe minister.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Maung Oo addresses the work coordination meeting 2009 of GeneralAdministration Department.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung delivers an address at State/Division Work CoordinationMeeting of Ministry of Forestry.—MNA

Home Affairs Maj-GenMaung Oo.

It was also attendedby deputy ministers forHome Affairs and forImmigration andPopulation, Chief ofMyanmar Police Force,directors-general anddeputy directors-generalof the departments,

divisions reported on theprogress in fourconstruction objectives,farming, breeding andservice personnel welfaretasks.

Next, the director-general of GAD andofficials analyzed thereports and discussed theneeds.—MNA

Township PDC presentedK 1,000,000 for the libraryof Zayitchaung Village,Thaton Township, theassistant director ofInformation & PublicRelations Department ofMon State K 1,000,000 forthe library of YepyagonVillage in PaungTownship, Staff Officer

Daw Nan Kyi Sein ofInformation & PublicRelations Department ofThaton District K1,000,000 for the libraryof Winpyan Village inBilin Township.

Chairmen of Wardsand members of LibraryConstruction Committeeaccepted the cash.—MNA

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Invasion of US and allies kills,injures Iraqi people

BAGHDAD, 25 Nov— There has been daily casualties in Iraq since the US andits allies have invaded the country.

Casualties of Iraqi peopleThe total number of casualties as from the day they invaded the country to

25 Nov reached 699429 and the total number of serious injured people reached1262043, according to the news on the Internet.

No. Subject Number1. Death toll of Iraqi people 6994292. The total number of seriously injured people 1262043

Internet

Casualties of Afghan people in invasion ofNATO troops led by US

KABUL, 25 Nov—The NATO troops led by the US have invaded Afghanistanand they are there for a long time.

A number of Afghan people are killed and injured due to invasion of theNATO troops led by the US.

Casualties of Afghan peopleAccording to the Internet news, a total of 32354 Afghan people were killed

and 38042 injured seriously as from the day when the NATO troops led by theUS invaded Afghanistan to 25 Nov.

No. Subject Number1. Number of Afghan people killed 323542. Seriously injured Afghan people 38042

Internet

Three people killed inIraq bombings

An Afghan boy who was injured in a bomb blast lies in hospital in FarahProvince on 20 Nov, 2009. A suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated hisexplosives in a crowded area in southwest Afghanistan on Friday, killing 15

people, including a senior police official, Afghan authorities said.—INTERNET

File photo shows Afghansgather at the site of an

attack on lawmaker AbdulRab Rasoul Sayaf. Bomb

attacks have killed 23people in Afghanistan, adeadly start to PresidentHamid Karzai’s secondterm that underscored

spiralling insecurity nineyears into the US-led

war.—INTERNET

File photoshows Mays, a

young IraqiShi'ite girl,

cries after heruncle was

injured by amortar shell

which landedoutside the

family's homein a Najaf

residential area.INTERNET

Iraqi women react during a funeral procession forJamal al-Baz in Azamiyah neighbourhood, north-ern Baghdad, Iraq, on 22 Nov, 2009. Jamal al-Baz,a member of the Awakening council of Azamiyah,a Sunni group that revolted against al-Qaeda, was

shot dead early Sunday by unknown gunmen,officials said.—INTERNET

Bomb in watertruck kills threein Afghanistan

KABUL, 25 Nov —The Interior Ministry saysa remote-controlled bombhidden in a water truckhas exploded in the east-ern Afghan province ofKhost, which borders Pa-kistan, killing three peo-ple including two children.

The ministry says an-other two children and oneman have been woundedin the Tuesday morningattack.

Wazir Pacha, a spokes-man for the provincialpolice chief of Khost, saysauthorities are investigat-ing what the target mighthave been.

Taleban violenceagainst US and NATOsoldiers and Afghan civil-ians continues to rise.

Internet

Armed men kill four civilians includingtwo women in E Afghanistan

KHOST, 25 Nov — Gun shooting by unidentifiedarmed men claimed the lives of four civilians includ-ing two women in Khost Province of eastern Afghani-stan, an official said on Tuesday. “Unidentified armed men opened fire at a civiliancar, killing four on the spot and injuring one more inIsmail Khil District late Monday,” Tahir Sabari, at-tendant governor of Khost, told Xinhua. However, Sabari did not put finger at Talebanmilitants, saying “The incident would be investigated.” Moreover, the death toll from a roadside bombing inKhost Province on Tuesday morning rose to six, thegovernor said. “Two children died of their wounds later in thehospital while four people were killed on the spot,”Sabari added. Often Taleban insurgents fighting Afghan govern-ment planted mines on roads to target Afghan, US andNATO troops. — Xinhua

BAGHDAD, 25 Nov — Three people were killed,including two Sunni Muslim clerics, in bomb attacksin Baghdad and Iraq’s western province of Anbar onTuesday, a well-informed police source said.

Shiekh Adnan Waheed Mohammed, a Sunni clericwas killed when an explosive-charge planted in hiscar detonated in Bagdad southern district of Doura,the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The blast also killed another man and wounded athird who were in the car with Mohammed during theattack, the source said.

In Anbar Province, another cleric was killed andthree people were wounded when a bomb attachedto the car of the Shiekh Ahmed al-Mohammadi wentoff in the town of Saqlawiyah, some 30 km east ofthe provincial capital city of Ramadi, the sourceadded.—Internet

Bomb kills sixfamily members

in easternAfghanistan

KABUL, 25 Nov — Aremote-controlled bombplanted in a water stationexploded in eastern Af-ghanistan on Tuesday,killing six members of afamily, including fourchildren, authorities anda relative said.

The victims werecaught in the blast as theytravelled in a car on ashopping trip ahead of theMuslim holiday of Eidthis weekend, relativeQimat Khan told Associ-ated Press Television atthe scene in the easternprovince of Khost.

Taher Khan Sabari,deputy provincial gover-nor, said the dead in-cluded a 1-year-old boyand 3-year-old girl. Theother children were older,he said.

Internet

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A Chinese youth and an Indian youth exchange gift in Ahmadabad, India, on24 Nov, 2009. A 100-member youth delegation led by He Junke, secretary ofthe Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of

China, visit India from 9 to 28 Nov.—XINHUA

PESHAWAR, 25 Nov——Suspected Talebanmilitants on Wednesdayattacked and destroyed atanker supplying fuel toNATO troops in neigh-bouring Afghanistan, po-lice said.

A group of 10 armedmen ambushed the tankeren route to Afghanistan onthe ring road outside thenorthwestern city ofPeshawar and opened firewith Kalashnikovs,wounding both the driver

COTONOU, 25 Nov—Pirates attacked an oil tankeroff the coast of west Africa, killing a Ukrainian of-ficer before escaping with the contents of the ship’ssafe, the ship’s owners and Benin’s navy commandersaid on Tuesday.

Commander Maxime Ahoyo said the officer on theMonrovia-flagged Cancale Star was shot dead whenhe confronted the pirates after they boarded the vesselin darkness 18 nautical miles (33 kilometres) off thecoast of Benin.

The tanker’s Latvian captain, Jaroslavs Semeno-vics, said around six or seven pirates had approachedthe tanker in a speed boat.

“They came on deck, pointed a pistol to the headof one of the sailors, marched him to the cabin,”Semenovics told AFP.

“They asked me to open the safe and they collectedall the cash,” he added. He did not say how much wasstolen.

The 230-metre (750-foot) Cancale Star was carry-ing 89,000 cubic metres of crude from Nigeria’s NigerDelta, the captain said.

The tanker’s owners Chemikalien Seetransport saidin a statement issued from Germany that the vessel’schief officer, or second in command, “has tragicallylost his life in a piracy attack off the coast of Benin inthe early hours of 24 November”.—Internet

Pakistani men look on at a burning oil tanker in Khyber in July 2009.Suspected Taleban militants on Wednesday again attacked and destroyed a tanker supplying

fuel to NATO troops in neighbouring Afghanistan, police said.—INTERNET

A map of West Africa. Pirates attacked an oil

tanker off the coast of west Africa, killing a

Ukrainian officer before escaping with the

contents of the ship’s safe, the ship’s owners and

Benin’s navy commander said on Tuesday.

INTERNET

Militants destroy NATOoil tanker in Pakistan

and his assistant.“They ordered the

driver and the assistant toget down and fired rock-ets at the tanker, whichtriggered a massive fire,”senior police officialMohammad Alam Shin-wari told AFP.

He said the militantswere travelling in threecars. Another senior po-lice official, MohammadKarim Khan, confirmedthe incident and said mili-tants fled after the attack.

The attack came a dayafter Pakistani groundtroops and attack helicop-ters launched a new op-eration against militantsin Khyber, the tribal re-gion that straddles themain route for NATOsupplies heading into Af-ghanistan.

Militants carry out fre-quent attacks on suppliesfor US and NATO-ledforces fighting againstTaleban militants acrossthe border.—Internet

TOKYO, 25 Nov— Japanese police plan to arrest onsuspicion of attempted murder four children of USmilitary personnel after a motorcyclist was badly in-jured by a rope stretched across a road, according tomedia reports.

The 23-year-old woman suffered a fractured skullafter she was caught by the rope and thrown off hermoped near western Tokyo’s US Yokota Air Base on13 August, said the Yomiuri Shimbun daily and othermedia. The woman later told police she saw four for-eigners shortly before the incident, according to thereports citing unnamed sources.

A surveillance camera recorded images of threeboys and one girl in the area at the time, and the fourallegedly acted ‘suspiciously’ when later questionedby police. Police have obtained arrest warrants andplanned to take the four teenagers, reportedly agedbetween 15 and 18, into custody as early as this week,the reports said. Tokyo police declined to commentwhen contacted by AFP.—Internet

Pirates kill seamanin W Africa tanker attack

Four US teens ‘wanted for attempted murder’in Japan

SHANGHAI, 25 Nov—Some two million people diedof AIDS in 2008, 70 percent of whom were in sub-Saharan regions in Africa, according to a report re-leased on Tuesday here by the Joint United NationsProgramme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the WorldHealth Organization.

About 2.7 million people were newly infected withthe HIV virus in 2008, making the total populationliving with HIV worldwide reach 33.4 million last year,according to the 2009 AIDS Epidemic Update and theUNAIDS Outlook reports. Sixty-seven percent of theHIV carriers and 91 percent of the newly infectors withthe virus under 15 years old in the world were in thesub-Saharan regions.—Xinhua

WOODS HOLE, 25Nov—The Woods HoleOceanographic Institu-tion says it has created aneducational Web site to

AMPATUAN, 25 Nov—Authorities have recov-ered six more bodies,bringing the death toll to52 in one of the Philip-pines’ worst election mas-sacres.

Regional police com-mander Josefino Catalunasays the bodies were dugout from a shallow pitnear a grassy hilltopwhere police and troopsearlier found 46 other re-mains from Monday’s at-tack in southern Mag-uindanao Province.

Cataluna says two ve-hicles, a sedan and a van,were entirely buried in thesame hole.—Internet

help people prepare forand survive a tsunami.

Called an “interactiveguide that could save yourlife,” the site features thelatest tsunami-related sci-ence research and com-pelling tsunami survivorvideos and interviews.

“Tsunamis can neitherbe prevented nor preciselypredicted yet,” said site

initiator Jian Lin, a WoodsHole geologist activelyinvolved in tsunami re-search and a member of aUS national committee ontsunami warning and pre-paredness. “But peopleeducated about tsunamiwarning signs can savetheir own lives and thelives of others.”

Internet

Two mln people die of AIDS in 2008

Six morebodies

uncoveredin Philippine

massacre

Tsunami educational Web site developed

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Forum opens in Lisbon on China, Portuguese-speakingcountries to deepen cooperation

LISBON, 25 Nov—Rep-resentatives from Chinaand Portuguese-speakingcountries gathered here onTuesday to discuss co-operation and develop-ment issues.

China attaches impor-tance to relations withPortuguese-speakingcountries and has deep-ened cooperation withthem, said Chinese Am-bassador to Portugal GaoKexiang.

Trade between Chinaand these countries in2008 totalled nearly 77billion US dollars, henoted. Gao said China iswilling to enhance dia-logue with Portuguese-speaking countries, ex-plore new areas of coop-eration and strive for awin-win situation.

China values the role ofMacao in economic andcommercial cooperationbetween China and Portu-

guese-speaking countries,Gao added.

At the one-day sympo-sium, experts discussed awhole range of issues, in-cluding the economic andcommercial ties, China’srelations with Portuguese-speaking countries.

Participants recognizedChina’s rapid economicdevelopment as opportu-nities for the world, in-cluding the Portuguese-speaking countries.

Participants alsopointed out some chal-lenges and difficulties inChina’s relations withPortuguese-speakingcountries, particularlyPortugal. —Xinhua

Local citizens bring forth their antiques under private collections to thespecialists of cultural relics for authoritative authentication, during one of theseries activities as a part of the 8th Beijing Southern Xuanwu District CulturalFestival, in the China Bookstore of Liulichang, in downtown Beijing, on 24

Nov, 2009. —XINHUA

Foreign teachers and students with the JiangsuUniversity learn the performance skills, includingaria, pantomime, stage show, etc, of Yangju Opera,Shaoxing Opera, Huaiju Opera, and other distinc-

tive traditional Chinese Operas, from amateurperformers at Zhenjiang City, east China’s

Jiangsu Province, on 24 Nov, 2009. —XINHUA

Russia launches European communications satellite

A staff worker from China’s Shanghai Airlines practises snow removal from aplane in a drill on 23 Nov, 2009 in Shanghai, east China. As winter came tosouthern part of China, the airlines implements a series of drills to maintain

efficiency of all its flights.—XINHUA

Heavy rains leave40 towns in state

of emergencyin southern BrazilRIO DE JANEIRO, 25

Nov— Heavy rains havecaused four more towns inBrazil’s southern state ofRio Grande do Sul to de-clare state of emergency inthe past week, raising thetotal number of affectedmunicipalities in the stateto 40, local authoritiesstated on Tuesday.

A total of 10,000 peoplehad to leave their homesdue to the floods; 1,160 ofthem had to go to shelters,while the rest was currentlyat the houses of friends orrelatives. The bad weatherhad also left 15,000 peoplewithout electricity in thestate. According to the civildefence services, it is therainiest November in thelast 23 years in Rio Grandedo Sul.—Xinhua

S Korea beefs up efforts to fight shrinking birthrateSEOUL, 25 Nov— The South Korean government plans to step up its efforts to

fight the issue of its shrinking birthrate through launching an anti-abortion cam-paign and seeking more foreign immigrants, a presidential council said Wednes-day. “The government decided to launch an ‘Increase Koreans’ project that willactively invite more talented persons from overseas by widening doors to foreignimmigrants and by revising our immigration regulations to allow dual citizen-ship,” the Presidential Council for Future and Vision said in a Press release afterits meeting on Wednesday.

As part of the council’s efforts, it decided to increase social and financial sup-port for families with newborns or those with a multiple number of children, thepress release said.—Xinhua

Four killed by civilian helicoptercrash off Israeli coast

JERUSALEM, 25 Nov—Three British tourists and a pilotwere killed on Tuesday afternoon when a civilian heli-copter crashed into the waters off the coast of Netanya, acity in northern Israel, local daily Ha’aretz cited rescueworkers as reporting. The bodies were recovered by diversfrom the Zaka emergency services and the Magen DavidAdom emergency services, said the report. Earlierreport put the death doll at two. It was not immediatelyclear what caused the aircraft to tumble 300 meters intothe sea near Sironit Beach.—Xinhua

ROME, 25 Nov—The Food and Agriculture Organi-zation’s top governing body has decided to set up astronger and more effective system of global food se-curity governance, the agency said on Tuesday.

The 36th session of the FAO Conference, which endedon Monday, agreed to strengthen the Committee on WorldFood Security so it can become the “foremost inclusive in-ternational platform for discussion, coordination and policyconvergence in order to eliminate world hunger,” the FAOsaid in a news release.

Xinhua

MOSCOW, 25 Nov—Russia launched a Proton-M carrier rocket carryinga European Eutelsat W-7satellite from the Baikonurspace centre in Kazakh-stan on Tuesday, a Khruni-chev Aerospace Centerspokesman said. The car-rier rocket blasted off at05:19 pm Moscow time(1419 GMT), spokesmanAlexander Bobrenev wasquoted as saying by Itar-Tass news agency.

Approximately ninehours and 12 minutes later,the W-7 telecommunica-tions satellite of the Frenchcompany Eutelsat willseparate from the boosterand be allocated at 36 de-grees East on thegeostationary orbit.

Manufactured by Frenchcompany Thales AleniaSpace on a Spacebus4000C4 platform, the 5.6-ton satellite is expected tostay in operation for 15

years, providing digitalbroadcasting for custom-ers in Europe, Africa andCentral Asia.

The satellite featured upto 74 Ku-band transpond-ers was launched under acontract between Eutelsatand International LaunchServices (ILS), a Russian-American joint venture,and will replace theSESAT 1 satellite that hasbeen in orbit since 2000.

Xinhua

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

FAO to establish strongersystem of global food

governance

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NEWS ALBUM

A little boy watches a super giantwatermelon at a weight of 59.25kg,during the 3-day-long 2009 China

Farm Produces Processing andCirculation Fair, which closes in

Linyi, east China’s ShandongProvince.

A kangaroo startled by a man walk-ing his dog attacked the pair, pinning thepet underwater and slashing the ownerin the abdomen with its hind legs. TheAustralian, Chris Rickard, was in stablecondition on Monday after the attack,which ended when the 49-year-old el-bowed the kangaroo in the throat.

Rickard said he was walking his blueheeler, Rocky, on Sunday morning whenthey surprised a sleeping kangaroo inArthur’s Creek northeast of Melbourne.The dog chased the animal into a pond,when the kangaroo turned and pinned thepet underwater.

When Rickard tried to pull his dogfree, the kangaroo turned on him, attack-ing with its hind legs and tearing a deepgash into his abdomen and across hisface.

Guests of the Tech Museum of

Innovation get up close and personal

with a candy creation comprised of

more than 3,000 discarded

Halloween treats. Nestle Crunch

commissioned renowned ‘found art’

artist Leo Sewell to construct the

work of art using unwanted

Halloween candy that museum

visitors donated in exchange for

a Nestle Crunch bar.

A Florida man said his wife gavebirth in the front seat of the familypickup truck en route to a hospital.TomGallo, 51, said he was driving his wife,Debra, 37, to Boca Raton CommunityHospital after she started labour onSaturday evening but the baby wouldnot wait out the short drive from theirhome to the hospital, The Palm Beach(Fla) Post reported on Monday.

Gallo said his wife announced thehead was coming out and soon the 4-pound, 13-ounce boy, his mother’s fifthchild, joined the family in the ChevroletColorado. “She felt a contraction ...pushed and he popped out,” Gallo said.He said he pulled into a gas station andcalled an ambulance after the baby failedto start breathing and paramedics soonarrived and massaged the baby’s chest.

In this file photo taken on 29 Aug,2005, file photo, a female kangarooand her joey are seen in suburban

Sydney, Australia. An Australian manwas in stable condition on 23 Nov,

2009, after being slashed across theabdomen and face by a kangaroo that

was holding his dog underwater.

Kangaroo tries to drowndog, attacks owner

Baby born in trucken route to hospital

Officials with the Marriott in down-town Chicago said the hotel is usinghoney from its rooftop bees to makebeer and several dishes.

The Italian five-striped honeybees,which have created 260 pounds ofhoney since they arrived at the hotel inMarch, have contributed their productto the Marriott’s in-house draft wheatbeer and several dishes designed by the

Hotel uses own bees for honeyhotel’s chefs, the Chicago Tribune re-ported.

Executive chef Myk Banas said thehotel spent about $2,500 on the bees,three insulated hives, bee protectivegear, honey extracting equipment andother expenses related to the rooftophives. “We always look to do crazy ideashere,” executive sous chef Joe Plucinskisaid.

WASHINGTON, 25 Nov—The government is im-posing fines for the firsttime against airlines forstranding passengers onan airport tarmac, theTransportation Depart-ment said on Tuesday.

The department said ithas levied a precedent-setting $175,000 in finesagainst three airlines fortheir roles in the strand-

GENEVA, 25 Nov— TheWorld Health Organiza-tion is looking into reportsin Britain and the UnitedStates that the H1N1 flumay have developed re-sistance to Tamiflu in peo-ple with severely sup-pressed immune systems,a spokesman said onTuesday.

Britain’s Health Pro-tection Agency (HPA)said five cases have beenconfirmed in Wales of pa-tients infected with H1N1resistant to oseltamivir —the generic name ofRoche and Gilead Sci-ences Inc’s antiviral drugTamiflu.

Swine flu shots are advertised outside of AirportMD at Miami International Airport in Miami on

24 Nov, 2009.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 25 Nov—Global warming could raise sealevels by 2 meters at worst by 2100, much faster thanexpected, experts said in a statement.

In the statement “Copenhagen Diagnosis” — awarning to next month’s UN climate summit in Co-penhagen, the experts on Tuesday urged actions to keepdown the rising greenhouse gas emissions by 2015 or2020 to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

“Climate change is accelerating beyond expecta-tions,” the statement said, “accounting for ice-sheetsand glaciers, global sea-level rise may exceed 1 meterby 2100, with a rise of up to 2 meters considered anupper limit.”

They said global carbon dioxide emissions fromfossil fuels were almost 40 percent higher in 2008 thanin 1990.

“There have been no significant changes in theunderlying warming trend,” they said.

They also warned in the 64-page report that “delayin action risks irreversible damage.”—Xinhua

HOUSTON, 25 Nov—NASA said there was anotherfalse fire alarm on Tuesday morning aboard the Inter-national Space Station — the third such false alarmduring the STS-129 mission.

About 7 am EST smoke and fire alarms soundedinside the Japanese Kibo laboratory, but NASA said arapid investigation proved the alarm was false. Thetwo previous alarms originated in the new RussianPoisk mini research module.

Space agency managers said transfer operations un-der way aboard the complex might have stirred up dustparticles that triggered the sensitive station alarm sen-sors. The combined 12-member crew of space shuttleAtlantis and the International Space Station finishedtheir remaining tasks on Tuesday, in preparation forWednesday’s shuttle uncoupling. Among those taskswas a formal change of ISS command.—Internet

WHO probing drug resistant swine fluThe patients had seri-

ous conditions that sup-pressed their immune sys-tems, which can give thevirus a better than usualopportunity to develop re-sistance, the HPA said. Itsaid the drug-resistantstrain had probably spreadperson to person.

“We have seen the re-ports, we need to look intothem,” WHO spokesmanThomas Abraham said inGeneva.

The US Centers forDisease Control and Pre-vention last week also re-ported four cases of H1N1resistant to Tamiflu atDuke University Hospital

in North Carolina. Allwere said to be very illwith underlying severelycompromised immunesystems and multipleother complex medicalconditions.

The WHO spokesmansaid both the reports in-volved Tamiflu resistancein people with severelycompromised immunesystems.—Internet

Three airlines fined in Minnesota tarmac strandinging of passengers over-night in a plane atRochester, Minn, on 8Aug.

Continental ExpressFlight 2816 was en routefrom Houston to Minne-apolis carrying 47 passen-gers when thunderstormsforced it to divert toRochester, where itlanded about 12:30 am.The airport was closedand Mesaba Airlines em-ployees — the only airlineemployees at the airport atthe time — refused to

open the terminal for thestranded passengers.

Continental Airlinesand its regional airlinepartner ExpressJet, whichoperated the flight forContinental, were eachfined $50,000. ExpressJetspokeswoman KristyNicholas said the airlinecan avoid paying half thefines if it spends the sameamount of money on ad-ditional training for theiremployees on how to han-dle extended tarmac de-lays.—Internet

Experts warn climate change toraise seas by 2m by 2100

More fire alarms sound aboardthe ISS

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Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon)…(from page 1)

Nowadays, the government is putting energeticefforts into the tasks for the emergence of a cluster ofroads and bridges for the people to have easy access toall the four corners of the country. The AyeyawadyBridge (Yadanabon) inaugurated on 11 April 2008 isthe 8th of its kind crossing the Ayeyawady river.

The emergence of the transport facility hascontributed a great deal to improvement of the socio-economic status of local people, for they can travelfrom one place to another with peace of mind. In themeantime, with secure and smooth transport, tradeand commerce is in full swung in the region. The birthof major river-crossing bridges one after anotherwith the aim of creating prosperity for futuregenerations can be largely attributable to the goodwill

of the State.Therefore, it is fair to say that the Ayeyawady

river-crossing bridge linking Amarapura township ofMandalay Division and Sagaing of Sagaing Divisionis the main network that could bring easy access andprosperity to different regions of the state and division.

Translation: ZZS(Myanma Alin : 24-11-2009)

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Magway Technological University.

Students expressing their gratitude for having opportunities to pursuehigher educations in their own region.

Magway Technological University nurturing qualified engineersArticle: Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine); Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon)

The Tatmadawgovernment is imple-menting equitable accessto education in the entirenation in its drive todevelop human resources.

The Ministry ofScience and Technologyupgraded 49 Techno-logical Colleges toTechnological Univer-sities starting from 20January 2007 to enablelocals to pursue highereducation in their ownregions.

The MagwayTechnological Universitystarted as GovernmentTechnological College on27 October 1999 whichwas upgraded on 1January 2007. It is locatednear Kanbya village sevenmiles from Magway andfour furlongs fromYangon-Pyay-Mandalay

Raod. The main three-storey building which canbe seen from the roadstands on 28.82 acres ofland.

We, Kyemon newscrew, visited the Principal'soffice where we metPrincipal Dr NandahKyaw and interviewedhim.

It was learnt that CivilEngineering, Electronicand CommunicationEngineering, ElectricalPower Engineering,Mechanical PowerEngineering, MachineTools and DesignEngineering, Mechatro-nics Engineering,Architecture TextileEngineering, PetroleumEngineering and ChemicalEngineering courses wereopened in AGTI, B Techand B E levels in every

academic year.Master in Engineering

course was launched in2006-2007 academic yearand special civilengineering course,special electronicengineering course andspecial electrical powercourse were extended inthe current 2009-2010academic year.

As we were invited toobserve the lecture rooms,Kyemon news crew visitedthe lecture rooms and saw

the students learning in theirclassrooms with completelearning aids.

The principalexplained to us, "Theyouths in the region havegot the opportunities tolearn higher educationbecause of thistechnological university.They would have to go toMandalay and Yangon tostudy university educationin the past."

"We have arranged togrant scholarship to thestudents with financialproblem from the divisioneducation funds," headded.

The students comefrom Yenangyoung,Chauk, Minbu (Sagu),Pwintbyu. Salin,Taungdwingyi townshipsand nearby states anddivisions.

There are 136 teachersat the university lecturing

2,534 students in theirrespective subjects in this2009-2010 academic year.

We interviewed thestudents of M E coursesunder the portico of theuniversity.

"I am Maung Win WinTun attending M E(Electrical Power) course.I live in the compound ofMakyikan Power Plant. Ifeel very pleased to learnhigher education in mynative region," he replied.

The next was a girlstudent. She answered, "Icome from Salin Township.I am attending M E(Electrical Power) course. Iwant to become a teacher atthe university because Iwant my region to see manymore educated youths."

And then, we talkedwith Zayar Tun attendingM E (Electronic andCommunication) coursewho is a Magway resident.

He told us, "Before theuniversity wasinaugurated, M E studentshad to study at theuniversities of Mandalayand Yangon. It was foundthat they had to spendmuch. I am very thankfulto the government for theopening of the universitywhich makes us lessen thecost without having to stayaway from home."

As the government isbuilding up the newmodern developed nationtogether with the public,the youths are becomingimportant in futureprogrammes. It is hopedthat more youths who canengage in the regionaldevelopment will emergeas they have grasped theopportunity to pursuehigher educations in theirown regions.

Translation: HKA(Kyemon : 23-11-09)

TOUNGOO, 23 Nov—The 11th conference of AllMyanmar GeneralPractitioners Society washeld in Myanmar MedicalAssociation (Toungoo) atthe corner of Yangon-Mandalay Road andKyauktaing Street here inBago Division on 14 and15 November.

Chairman of BagoDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of Southern

Command Maj-Gen HlaMin gave an openingspeech. Chairman ofMMA (Central) ProfessorDr Kyaw Myint Naingalso spoke on the occasion.The commander, thechairman and President ofAll Myanmar MedicalPractitioners Society DrTin Aye then formallyopened the booth ofmedicines and medicalequipment.

Next, professors and

specialists discussedmedical treatment and thenpaper reading session ofthe general practitionersfollowed.

Over 350 doctorsincluding representativedoctors of 23 townshipacross the country anddoctors invitedparticipated in theconference and 45pharmaceuticals companydisplayed their products.

Kyemon

Commander Maj-Gen Hla Min delivers an address at 11th Conferenceof All Myanmar General Practitioners Society.—KYEMON

11th

Conference of All Myanmar GeneralParactitioners Society held in Toungoo

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Today, the Tatmadaw government is working hard

to democratize the nation in compliance with the

aspiration of the people. In the meantime, it is improving

all the infrastructures for State stability and regional

development that are fundamental for shaping the

nation into a democratic one. The government’s earnest

efforts have begun to yield important results to a certain

degree and the nation is enjoying all-round development,

which is tangible evidence to all.

At the core of such significant milestones is thedrive the Tatmadaw government has been carryingout for long for achieving national reconsolidation.For more than 40 years, the people had been in astate of panic and withstood all trials and tribulationstriggered by mushrooming multicolouredinsurgencies and racial violence. Successivegovernments tried in vain for many times to buildpeace with armed groups. Taking lesson fromhistoric events, the Tatmadaw government hasexercised the way of dialogues since 1989 for nationalreconsolidation.

In consistence with the concept and conviction it

has formed since its assumption of State duties that

peace and consolidated unity of national races are

necessary for development of a nation, the Tatmadaw

government applies three methods for internal peace—

(1) adoption of an alternative policy, (2) figuring out

political issues through discussions at the National

Convention, and (3) opening into negotiation in

accordance with the new constitution for everlasting

peace.

So far, 17 major and over 20 small national race

armed groups have returned to the legal fold. The last

of the national race armed groups is the group led by

Captain Saw Nay Soe Mya, son of late KNU/KNLA

chairman Saw Bo Mya. These groups were able to

enjoy rights to express their political opinions and

hold discussions through compromises till majority-

acceptable answers were obtained in accord with

democracy.

Now, the new constitution has been approved with

92.48 per cent of the vote. So, the government keeps on

pursuing the steps smoothly as agreed by all so as to

Unity is strengthKyaw Ye Min

guarantee lasting peace. National race peace groups are

found to have extended wholehearted and active

cooperation in the process for smooth transition in line

with the principles of the constitution for lasting peace.

On 8 November, NDAK forces of Special Region

(1) in Kachin State were transformed into border guard

forces at the ceremonies held in Gangwin, Lupi and

Sinkyaing regions in Kachin State, and Ka-La-La-Ta

forces in Special Region (2) in Kayah State, in Pantein

and Sutpaing regions in Kayah State. It is learnt that

other national race peace groups will also transform

themselves into border guard forces.

National race peace groups have transformed

themselves into border guard forces responsible for

ensuring “Our Three Main National Causes” which is

the national goal or the national policy. Such an

encouraging achievement is a giant step for expediting

the whole process for regional development. If all

national race peace groups have been part of the

Tatmadaw and they throw themselves to national defence

duties, surely, the nation will enjoy perfect security,

stability and peace. If so, the nation will be able to

withstand all forms of threats designed to undermine

national unity.

National race peace groups have been entrusted

with noble duties of defending the nation and the people

against dangers in cooperation with the Tatmadaw.

They used to hold arms just for security of their own

region, own national races and peace groups. Now, they

have the rights to safeguard the whole Union, all the

national races, independence and sovereignty apart

from their own regions, own races and peace groups.

Indeed, the Tatmadaw is the sole and thestrongest force with rich historic experience in thenation that has stood firmly by and guarded thepeople against dangers in the course of the nation’shistory. Moreover, it has established friendlyrelations with national races, while dischargingnational defence duties covering the whole borderareas in order to keep the map of Myanmar intact.It is safe to say that the Tatmadaw government hasrealized the political, economic and securityrequirements of national race armed groups.

Therefore, it has generated a large range of duerights and opportunities for their better future.

It is common knowledge that in thedemocratization of the nation in accordance withthe constitution, the government does not putpressure and coercion, but it organizes the people tosecure their willing participation in conformity withthe commitments and provisions of the law, in otherwords to gain results that are acceptable to all. Onthe ground of national race peace groups’ attachmentto their communities and honesty, the Tatmadawformed national race peace groups that want tocontinue to protect their regions legally holdingarms into border guard forces. That is beneficial toall, and represents a watershed in the nation’spolitics because that will bear fruits to the nationand the people.

Entrusting national defence duties upon national

race armed groups is, in fact, generating win-win

situation. Of members of national race armed groups,

those wishing to enter into politics can form political

parties and take part in the democratization process in

accordance with the future laws.

Regarding the incidents about Kokang Special

Region (1) in a few months, anti-government radio

stations aired many broadcasts with the intention of

driving a wedge among national brethren. In reality, the

incidents did not concern at all with the transforming

processes national race peace groups have put into

action in line with the constitution. Kokang national

race leaders stuck to dictatorship and warlord system

and showed total disregard for the law by manufacturing

illegal arms and ammunition and trafficking narcotic

drugs on a large scale. So, the government had no

choice but to take action against the offenders in

accordance with the law. Now, both Kokang Region

and Kokang troops have returned to normal. The Kokang

Special Region (1) group members are conducting

transition processes according to the law.

The government has reminded so many times that

it has kept the peace door open to the national race

armed groups that are still active underground.

Therefore, the people believe that the process of national

reconsolidation will achieve success in the near future.

Overall, national race peace groups’transforming themselves into border guard forcesis a driving force for national reconsolidation andperpetuation of the Union, that are essential for thenew nation. So, their being part of the Tatmadawguarantees stability, development, and prosperousfuture of the Union and enables the nation to catchup with the global family. There is a saying that goes“Unity is strength”. If we remain united andharmonious, we will be able to enjoy fruitful resultsfar more than ever.

*********Translation: MS

The Tatmadaw has established friendly relationswith national races, while discharging national defenceduties covering the whole border areas in order to keepthe map of Myanmar intact. It is safe to say that theTatmadaw government has realized the political,economic and security requirements of national racearmed groups. Therefore, it has generated a largerange of due rights and opportunities for their betterfuture.

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NAY PYI TAW, 25 Nov—The tree plantingceremony of SanghaHospital in Chanmya-thazi Township,Mandalay Division washeld in the compound ofthe hospital on 19November morning.Chairman of MandalayDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen TinNgwe attended theceremony. The commander,Mandalay mayor andofficials concerned plantedmango saplings, andviewed the collectiveplanting of trees by thosepresent. Next, thecommander enjoyed finalmatch of Men’s (Open)Inter-Township PDCChairman’s Trophy

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Nov—Chairmanof Rakhine State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of WesternCommand Maj-Gen Thaung Ayeinspected Phonnyo Bridge constructionproject in Taungup Township, the bridgeconstruction at mile post No (13/0) ofTaungup-Thandwe Road and bridgesalong the road on 18 November.

The commander attended theharvesting ceremony of model monsoon

Commander inspects maintenance of Taungup-Thandwe Road, regional development tasks

paddy field in Antaw Village of ThandweTownship and met the local farmers. Healso looked around the downtown roads.

Next, the commander inspected thesite chosen for the construction of BasicEducation Middle School upgraded fromBasic Education Primary School inBogalay Village of Kyaintali Township.He gave necessary instructions on thereports presented by the officials.

MNA

Commander attends tree planting ceremonyin Mandalay Division

YANGON, 25 Nov—Premier Coffeeand Ginsetin held Vocalist Selection andBeauty Contest in all states and divisions.A total of 40 vocalists were picked out inPremier Coffee Vocalist Selection and25 beauties in Ginsetin Beauty Contest tocompete for the final level in CapitalHypermarket here on 15 December. Theprize for first prize winner in the finallevel of Premier Coffee Vocalist Selectionwill include K 1 million cash, K 0.2million worth Gift Voucher and K 0.1million worth Product, that for secondprize winner K 0.5 million cash, K 0.1million worth Gift Voucher and K 0.1million worth Product and that for thirdprize winner K 0.3 million cash, K 0.1million worth Gift Voucher and K 0.1million worth Product.

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Nov—The Ministryof Finance and Revenue held a meetingat its assembly hall here this morning tocoordinate follow-up programmes for the2009-2010 financial year.

In his speech, Minister for Financeand Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun calledfor adoption of new plans and betterways to exceed the targets on financeand revenue that contributes to the State’seconomic objectives. He said that thenation has enjoyed economic growthconsiderably, so all the staff at all levelsare to take active part in national

F & R Ministry holds work coordination meetingdevelopment tasks. He stressed the needfor strictly abiding by the law, bye-lawsand procedures and having a sense ofduty and honesty in carrying out tasks.

Next, directors-general and managingdirectors of the departments and enterprisesunder the ministry reported on workprogress in the present fiscal year, and theplans for the new fiscal year; and managersfrom states and divisions, on financialstatements and banking services, andfollow-up programmes. The first daysession of the meeting was then brought toa close.—MNA

Premier Coffee Vocalist Selection and GinsetinBeauty Contest Final level to be held

The prizes for winners in the final levelof Ginsetin Beauty Contest will be thesame with those in the vocalist selection.

The contestants may get CD discsfor selected songs from respective branchoffices and local representatives and mayinform three day before the contest. Thoselate may be neglected.

The contestants may compete atCapital Hypermarket Floor Area on 14December and those qualified may bepicked out on 14 December.

For more details, contact No (299-A),Mya Marlar Street, Thakeita IndustrialZone, Thakeita Township, Yangon anddial (098641163, 098641164, 098619037,098619038 and 098641166). Interestedpersons may also get information from localrepresentatives.— MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Nov—Dhana Upa Parami BloodDonors Association of Mingalar Market held its thirdcollective blood donation ceremony for Tatmadawmenpatients who were receiving medical treatment atNo.1 Defence Services General Hospital (1000-bed)(Mingaladon) this morning.

On behalf of the commandant of the hospital,Head of Pathology Department Pathologist Lt-ColDaw Tin Moe Mya delivered an address. Chairman UKyaw Thin of the association explained the purposesof the donation. Forty blood donors of the associationdonated blood to No.1 Defence Services GeneralHospital (1000-bed) (Mingaladon) and 28 blood donorsto No.1 Defence Services OG and Children's Hospital(300-bed).

Dhana Upa Parami Blood Donors Associationwas founded in April 2009 and it has donated a totalof 535 bottles of blood so far.—MNA

Football Tournament heldat Bahtoo stadium and

presented prizes to thewinning teams.—MNA

YANGON, 25 Nov—Organized byWise International School forExecutives, a talk titled Industrial &Organizational Psychology will be heldat Room No. 1009, 10th Floor, YuzanaTower, at the corner of Kaba Aye Pagoda

Educative Talk on 28 NovRoad and Shwegondaing Street, BahanTownship here from 1 pm to 3 pm on 28November.

Those wishing to attend the talk maycall 556183 and 09-5157032 to book aseat.—MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe presentsshield to champion Mahaaungmye Team in

Division PDC Chairman’s Trophy Inter-Township Men's (Open) Football

Tournament.—MNA

Minister Maj-GenHla Tun makes an

address at workcoordination

meeting.—F&R

Third collectiveblood donation

ceremony of DhanaUpa Parami BloodDonors Associationof Mingalar Marketin progress.—MNA

Dhana Upa Parami BloodDonors Association donates

blood collectively

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Bhamo developing along with peace and stabilityByline: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)

(from page 16)Like roads in

Myitkyina, those ofBhamo are also broadtarred ones. Waingmawis a township with suc-cessful agriculture. Paddyfields of double croppingin the rainy season on ei-ther side of the motorwaylooked like a green wool-len rug spread over theground.

About ten milesbeyond Waingmaw, wesaw a gravel road that is

schools and dwellings.Lwejel, a border town onChina-Myanmar bordercan be reached throughMoemauk, which is 47miles from Lwejeil. Wethen proceeded to our des-tination. It was a six-hourdrive from Myitkyina toBhamo. There we weregiven a warm welcome byChairman U Khin MaungAye and Secretary U MyoWin of Bhamo TownshipPeace and DevelopmentCouncil.

dalay route. Bhamo Town-ship previously had to relymainly on waterways andnow along with peace andstability, road way to Man-dalay has emerged, onwhich express buses arerunning daily.

We then went to Sihevillage to view thrivingpaddy fields of double-cropping in the rainy sea-son. There we saw endlessthriving paddy fields invast plain surrounded bymountains.

tarred roads, 10 miles and5.23 furlongs of gravelroads, 3 miles and 3.47furlongs of earth roads,totalling 26 miles and 5.83furlongs in length. Further-more, we have planned tobuild four roads in 2009-2010 fiscal year, Techno-logical University road,Aung Mingalar road,Seinpan road, Janepohearth road, totaling 6360feet in length. We havealso planned to tar BalaMin Htin Street and LetweThoundara Street.”headded.

We then visitedBhamo Airport. The run-way of Bhamo Airport waspreviously only 5,500 feetlong and 100 feet wide.Then, in 2002, it was ex-

to the hospital.At Auto Exchange ,

we interviewed Engineerin-charge U Zaw LwinOo who said that BhamoTownship had only 120telephones before 1988;that Auto Exchange wasopened on 28, Novem-ber, 2001; that so far over1,000 auto telephoneshave been installed; thatcellular telephone sys-tem was available on 23,March, 2008; that plansare well under way toinstall CDMA tel-ephones in U-Daungmountain and BhamoTownship; that BhamoTownship had access toInternet as it was able tolaunch ADSL system on27, March, 2008.

almost as good as tarredone. Then we reachedMoemauk Township, oneof the townships of BhamoDistrict, where forest re-serves are conserved sys-tematically. As a result ofprevailing stability andtranquillity, hamlets alongthe motorway have trans-formed from hamlest intolarge villages.

Along the motorwaywere station hospitals, new

With the arrangementof Bhamo District PDC,we had visited Bhamo Uni-versity, University of Com-puter Studies, NursingSchool, Bhamo Airport,Auto Exchange, BhamoPeople’s Hospital to wit-ness progress of BhamoTownship.

We first observedBhamo Jetty which pro-vides water transportationon Bhamo-Shwegu-Man-

Embracing the aimthat Kachin State must bethe fourth granary of theState, Kachin State starteddouble-cropping in therainy season this year. It islearnt that Shwegu Town-ship has achieved mostsuccess in the district.

Then we interviewedStaff Officer U KhinMaung Oo of BhamoTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee. He

said, “There were only 3miles and 2.36 furlongsof tarred roads, 4 miles ofgravel roads and 12 milesof earth roads before1988.”

“In the time ofTatmadaw Governmentafter 1988, in line with theslogan that "Towns andvillages must develop at agreat pace.", the townshipDAC has constructed 12miles and 5.13 furlongs of

tended to 7,500 feet longand 100 feet wide one.

On return fromBhamo Airport, we ob-served Bhamo People'sHospital. Before 1988, thehospital was 150-bed oneand was extended to 200-bed one in 2003. It is learntthat the hospital isequipped with modernmedical equipment, medi-cines and adequate numberof doctors are also assigned

Thus, with peace andtranquillity along the bor-der areas in the time ofTatmadaw Government,Bhamo Township is en-joying fruits of develop-ment in all aspects as intransportation, health,education, agriculturaland economic sectors.

******Translation: TKK

Myanma Alin25-11-2009

Bhamo Township People’s Hospital providing healthcare to nationalities.

Bhamo Nursing School.

Neat and clean Bhamo Airport.

Signboard at the entrance to Bhamo.

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50 US banks fail in third quarterWASHINGTON, 25 Nov—

Fifty US banks failed inthe third quarter, the larg-est number of nearly 20years, reported the Fed-eral Deposit InsuranceCorp (FDIC) on Tuesday.

The FDIC, a US regu-lator who provides insur-ance fund to the bankingsector, said that banksmade 2.8 billion US dol-lars of profit in the thirdquarter after a 4.3-billion-dollar loss in the previousquarter, but the number offailed banks reached therecord since the second

quarter of 1990.Economists said that

despite the overalleconomy is on recovery,the banking system, espe-cially medium and smallsized banks are still inwater. The number ofbanks on the FDIC’s“problem list” rose to 552from 416 on 30 June, thehighest level in 16 years.

About 13 percent ofbanks on the list generallyend up failing, accordingto the FDIC.

The FDIC’s fund thatinsures bank deposits fell

by 18.6 billion dollars inthe third quarter, mostlybecause 21.7 billion dol-lars was set aside for ex-pected losses on futurebank failures.

Bank failures this yearthrough 2013 are ex-pected to cost the fund100 billion dollars.

“While bank and thriftearnings have improved,the effects of the recessioncontinue to be reflected intheir financial perform-ance,” FDIC ChairmanSheila Bair said.

Xinhua

An Indian-made Reva electric car during a rally in New Delhi on 22 Nov.Chetan Maini, the man behind Reva Electric Car Co, is building in southernIndia what he says will be the world’s biggest factory making battery-powered

city commuter cars.—INTERNET

Top two booksellers report losses,their shares fall

In this 18 May, 2009 file photo, a customer readsmagazines inside the Barnes and Noble store in

Tallahassee, Fla Barnes & Noble said on 24 Nov, 2009,it posted a wider loss in the second quarter because

of costs for an acquisition.—INTERNET

Nigeria bases budget on $57 per barrel oil price

BEIJING, 25 Nov— China on Tues-day called for favorable conditions forlabour service cooperation with India,saying the cooperation benefits bothcountries. “We have insisted that Chinaand India should develop trade rela-tionship, promote investment coopera-tion, and create favorable conditionsfor labour service cooperation,” saidQin Gang at a regular news briefing.“This complies with the interests ofboth countries,” Qin said. Indian me-dia reports quoted a Power Ministryofficial as saying on Monday that morethan 3,000 Chinese engineers andsemi-skilled professionals working onbusiness visas at various power projectsites “have been sent back.”—Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 25 Nov—The economy is not growing as fast as the govern-ment first thought and the recovery still faces significant obstacles, includinghouseholds nervous about spending and rising unemployment.

Economists expect new reports on Wednesday to give a better picture ofhow things are shaping up for the final three months of the year.

New filings for unemployment benefits likely will show a slight improve-ment while consumer spending should post a rebound in October afteran auto-related plunge in September. Sales of new homes are expectedto grow, propelled by first-time buyers taking advantage of a special taxcredit.

Internet

NEW YORK, 25 Nov—Barnes &Noble Inc and Borders GroupInc, the nation’s two largestbrick-and-mortar book sellers,both posted quarterly losses onTuesday and forecast a difficultholiday season, saying competi-tion from discount chains andonline retailers is stiffening.Barnes & Noble, the larger of thetwo, also cut its forecast for an-nual profit, and shares of both re-tailers fell.

Even with an online presence,traditional bookstores have had arough time facing off againstonline sellers like Amazon.com asthey also compete with low-pricebrick-and-mortar stores includingWal-Mart Stores and Target and

cope with consumers cutting dis-cretionary purchases amid tougheconomic times.

But Barnes & Noble CEOStephen Riggio said this fall’sprice war among Amazon.com,Walmart.com and Target Corp’sonline division — in which thoseretailers cut prices on preordersfor some new titles to $9 and less— was “overblown.”

“Book-selling has been for along time a ‘long tail’ business,”Riggio said during a conferencecall with investors. “Best sellersrepresent less than 5 percent ofour sales and among these verytop best sellers less than 1 percentof our sales.”

Internet

A flow station in Kula in the Niger Delta. Nigeria’s 2010 budget will be basedon an oil price of 57 dollars per barrel and oil production of 2.088 million

barrels per day, President Umaru Yar’Adua said in a budget statementon Tuesday to parliament.—INTERNET

ABUJA, 25 Nov—Ni-geria’s 2010 budget willbe based on an oil priceof 57 dollars per barreland oil production of2.088 million barrels perday, President UmaruYar’Adua said in a budgetstatement on Tuesday toparliament.

“The 2010 budget ispredicated on the follow-ing assumptions... Theseinclude oil production of2.088 mbd (million bar-

rels a day), benchmark oilprice of 57 dollars/barrel,joint venture cash calls offive billion dollars, aver-age exchange rate of 150naira/dollar,” he said.

Nigeria, Africa’s lead-ing oil producer, derivesmore than 90 percent ofits foreign exchange earn-ings from oil.

The budget targetsGDP growth rate of 6.1percent and inflation rateof 11.2 percent, Yar’Adua

said in the draft documentlodged on his behalf byMohammed Abba Aji, thepresidential advisor onparliamentary matters.

Real GDP growth for2009 is estimated to beabout 5.86 percent, hesaid in the statement sentto the two parliamentarychambers.

Inflation fell from 15.1percent in December 2008to 10.4 percent in Septem-ber, he said.—Internet

TOKYO, 25 Nov—Japan on Wednes-day posted a trade surplus for the ninthstraight month in October, as the world’snumber two economy graduallyemerges from deep stagnation, thanksto recovery in the rest of Asia.

The latest trade surplus came to 807.1billion yen (9.1 billion dollars), a sharprebound from a trade deficit of 75 bil-lion yen registered a year ago, the Fi-nance Ministry said.

But the nation’s trade activities re-mained weak with exports in Octoberfalling 23.2 percent to 5.31 trillion yenfrom a year ago, led by shrinking exportsof vehicles and steel, the ministry said.Meanwhile, imports tumbled 35.6 per-cent to 4.50 trillion yen, weighed on byfewer energy imports, such as crude oiland liquid natural gas, the ministry said.

Internet

China urges favorableconditions for labourservice cooperation

with India

Wary consumers, rising unemployment snag recoveryJapan posts 9.1-billion-dollar trade surplus in October

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV MCP VILLACH VOY NO (011 )Consignees of cargo carried on MV MCP

VILLACH VOY NO (011 ) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 26.11.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S INTERASIA LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV HAN ZHANG VOY NO (983E )Consignees of cargo carried on MV HAN ZHANG

VOY NO (983E ) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 26.11.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: SHANGHAI HENGXIN SHIP-PING CO.,LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

French customs seizes over 500 kgof marijuana

PARIS, 25 Nov—France’s General Administration of Customs said on Tuesdaythat customs agents in Bordeaux seized 557kg of marijuana last Friday.

The drug, with a street value of over 1 million euros, was contained in 19 pack-ages dumped from a truck.

The truck aroused the suspicion of customs agents when its driver refused toaccept their examination at a freeway toll station in northern Bordeaux and ranaway after knocking over two cars of the agents.

Customs agents then chased the truck with the help of local police and soonfound it empty in a forest zone. The drug was later seized a few miles away fromthe truck.

Bordeaux police have launched an investigation into the case to arrest any wrong-doers involved. —Xinhua

S Korea has 22 more A/H1N1 deaths

Bolivia police bust five cocainelabs, one officer shot

LA PAZ, 25 Nov—Bolivian police say they havebusted five cocaine labs and arrested two people in aremote Indian village after a confrontation in whichan officer was shot.

Maj Alex Alfaro says Indians in Qaqachaca villageheld police at bay with dynamite blasts, allowing someto escape, and one officer was wounded in the leg bygunfire. Alfaro said on Tuesday that police confiscatedtwo Mauser rifles and destroyed coca leaves andchemicals used to process cocaine.

The chief of anti-drug police in southwestern Orurostate said families in poor, highland villages processthe coca leaf into cocaine paste and sell it to traffick-ers on the Brazilian border.—Internet

Egypt reports 11th deathcase of A/H1N1 flu

CAIRO, 25 Nov—Egypt reported on Tuesday the 11th

A/H1N1 flu death case, said Egyptian Ministry ofHealth.

A 24-year-old pregnant woman died of A/H1N1 vi-rus in a hospital in Giza, southwest of Cairo on Tues-day, said Health Ministry spokesman Abdel RahmanShahine, adding that the woman suffered from fever,pneumonia and dyspnea.

Up till now, Egypt has reported 3,145 cases of thenovel flu in the most populous Arab country.

Egypt confirmed its first influenza A/H1N1 deathcase on 19 July, a 28-year-old Egyptian woman, whowas back from Saudi Arabia after making Umrah (pil-grimage to Mecca at any time of the year).

Egypt reported its first A/H1N1 flu case on 2 June,a 12-year-old Egyptian-American girl coming fromthe United States via the Netherlands.—Xinhua

Senegalese children run as locusts spread in thecapital Dakar on 1 Sept, 2004. Only a military-style

operation with bases across West Africa can stopthe worst locust invasion for 15 years, Senegal’s

President Abdoulaye Wade said on Tuesday as theinsects swept into his capital. —INTERNET

SEOUL, 25 Nov—South Korea’shealth authorities on Wednesdayreported 22 additional deaths fromthe A/H1N1 influenza, raising thenation’s death toll from the new flu to104.

According to the central disaster re-lief headquarters, the dead include a 33-year-old man and a 16-year-old woman,who did not belong to the high-riskgroup, and 20 others who were at highrisk.

As of Wednesday morning, the coun-try’s A/H1N1 death toll hit 104, amongwhich 89 were at high risk and 15 wereclassified as non-high risk.

The central disaster relief headquar-ters, however, said the fatality ofthe pandemic was waning the secondweek of November since the deathtoll peaked at the end of lastmonth, when 24 people died from 25 to31 Oct.

Xinhua

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Car brake particles harm lung cells

ST LOUIS, 25 Nov — Many older people say they have memory problemsafter surgery but US researchers said they found no post-surgical issues inolder patients.

First author Dr Michael Avidan and Dr Alex Evers of Washington Univer-sity School of Medicine in St Louis said their study findings, published inAnesthesiology, did not support the widespread belief patients with early Alzhe-imer’s disease may worsen as a consequence of surgery.

“There’s a perception that people go in for surgery, and they aren’t quitethe same afterward,” Avidan said in a statement.

Avidan and Evers said they did not feel it was reasonable to comparepeople having surgery to those who were healthy so they studied 575 patientswho were tested annually for Alzheimer’s-type dementia, and then dividedthe 361 people who had mild to moderate dementia and the 214 who weredementia-free into three groups — those who had surgery, those with illnessand a third group with neither.—Internet

BERN, 25 Nov— Par-ticles released by carbrake pads during a heavystop can harm lung cellsin vitro, researchers inSwitzerland said.

Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser and PeterGehr of the University ofBern, Switzerland, andMichael Riediker of theInstitute for Work andHealth in Lausanne,Switzerland, workedwith a team of research-ers to study the effects ofbrake particles on cul-tured lung cells placed in

a chamber close to theaxle of a car.

“Brake wear contrib-utes up to 20 percent oftotal traffic emissions, butthe health effects of brakeparticles remain largelyunstudied. We’ve foundthat the metals in brakewear particles can damagejunctions between cells bya mechanism involvingoxidative stress,” the re-searchers said in a state-

ment.The analysis revealed

that brake wear particlescontain considerableamounts of iron, copperand organic carbon.

Exposure to these pol-lutants caused increasedsigns of oxidative stressand inflammation in thecells and hard brakingcaused most exposure, theresearchers said.

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loss not

linked to

surgery

New device aids tumourdiagnosis, prognosis

LOS ANGELES, 25 Nov — UCLA medical scientistssay they have created a silicon chip with nano-sizedfeatures that can capture circulating tumour cells in apatient’s bloodstream.

The scientists say their device can obtain criticalinformation for examining and diagnosing cancer me-tastasis, determining patient prognosis, and monitor-ing the effectiveness of therapies.

Currently, the best method of examining the dis-ease status of tumours is an analysis of metastatic solidbiopsy samples, but the UCLA scientists said duringthe early stages of metastasis, it is often difficult toidentify a biopsy site.

But they said by using the new device, physicianscan essentially perform a “liquid” biopsy, allowing forearly detection and diagnosis, as well as improved treat-ment monitoring.—Internet

WEST LAFAYETTE, 25Nov — Purdue Univer-sity scientists say they’veshown how an experi-mental drug might restorethe function of nervesdamaged in spinal cordinjuries.

Professor Riyi Shi,said the chemical com-pound prevents “shortcircuits” caused whentiny potassium channelsin the fibers are exposed.And, Shi said, the com-pound might also be de-veloped as a treatment formultiple sclerosis.

Because nerves usu-ally are not severed in acommon type of spinalcord trauma, called“compression” injuries,the drug offers hope as apossible treatment, saidShi, one of the authors ofthe study.—Internet

TORONTO, 25 Nov—Asthma is a significantrisk factor for severe dis-ease in children with pan-demic H1N1 comparedwith the seasonal flu, re-searchers in Canadafound.

Researchers of TheHospital for Sick Chil-dren in Toronto looked atthe medical charts of 58children admitted to thehospital from 8 May to22 July and comparedthem to 200 children ad-mitted with seasonal in-fluenza between 2004-2009.

Every year, the hospi-

tal admits about 40 chil-dren under 18 years of agewith seasonal influenza,the researchers said.

Twenty-two per centof children admitted withH1N1 had asthma com-pared with 6 percent ofthose admitted with sea-sonal influenza.

The study foundasthma was determined asa prior diagnosis ofasthma or reactive air-ways disease, or a historyof wheeze with the use ofinhalers.

The study, published inthe Canadian Medical As-sociation Journal, foundalmost half of all admis-sions to the intensive careunit for H1N1 influenzawere children withasthma. The children withH1N1 influenza wereolder than those admittedfor seasonal flu, with sig-nificantly more over theage of 5.

Eighty-four percent ofthe children arrived at thehospital with fever andcough, with or withoutadditional symptoms, but37 percent had gastroint-estinal symptoms such asvomiting and/or diarrhea,the researchers said.

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In this 16 Nov, 2009 photo released by the Australian Antarctic Division, aniceberg is seen behind a lying elephant seal at Sandy Bay on Macquarie

Island’s east coast, in the Southern Ocean 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) south-east of Tasmania, Australia. It is very rare to see icebergs from Macquarie

Island and is uncommon to find icebergs in this general region.—INTERNET

A large crowd ofvisitors is seen at the7th Guangzhou Auto

Show on 24 Nov, 2009in Guangzhou, southChina’s Guangdong

Province. Theinternatinal auto show,which was opened on

Tuesday, would exhibitemore than 720 various

cars to meet thestronger demand ofChinese customers.

XINHUA

A Palestinian inspects a factory’s workshop destroyed in an Israeli air strikenear the border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip on 24 November,

2009. Three Palestinians were wounded early on Tuesday as Israel carriedout three air strikes on Hamas-run Gaza in response to rocket fire from the

enclave, witnesses, medics and the army said.—XINHUA

Drug mayhelp restore

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Asthma H1N1 risk factor

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Barcelona takes huge step towards last 16of Champions League

Barcelona’s Pedro Rodriguez (C)celebrates with teammates Dani Alves(R) and Sergio Busquets after scor-ing against Inter Milan during theirChampions League soccer match at

Nou Camp stadium in Barcelonaon 24 Nov, 2009. —XINHUA

Del Potro edges outVerdasco at ATP World

Tour Finals LONDON, 25 Nov—Reigning US Open

champion Juan Martin del Potro over-came Spaniard Fernando Verdasco hereon Tuesday to claim his first win at theATP World Tour Finals.

Del Potro and Verdasco lost their re-spective first match in Group A and neededa win to keep alive hopes of entering thesemifinals. The 21-year-old del Potro fi-nally grabbed the 6-4, 3-6,7-6(1) victory after nearly two and a halfhours.

“I served much better than the othermatch. I was very focused in the impor-tant moments, especially in the tiebreak.And I take my opportunities,” said delPotro, who lost to local favourite AndyMurray last Sunday.—Internet

Federer defeats Murray toseal year-ending World No.1 LONDON, 25 Nov—Roger Federer came from be-

hind to beat local favourite Andy Murray here on Tues-day to make sure that his World No.1 crown will lastuntil the end of the season.

“It means a lot to have returned to No. 1 and tofinish the year again at No. 1,” said Federer. “It wasan incredible year for me both on the court and off thecourt and to be able to break the all-time Grand Slamrecord and finish the year on top is amazing.”

In his second Group A match at the ATP World TourFinals, Federer lost the first set 6-3 to Murray, wholed the head-to-head record in 6-3. However, the Swisssuperstar was calm enough to keep his accurate longballs, winning the following set in 6-3.—Xinhua

Roger Federer (L) ofSwiterland reacts af-ter winning hisGroup A matchagainst Andy Murray

of Britain at ATPWorld Tour Finalsin London, capitalof Britain, on 24

Nov, 2009. Federerwon 2-1.—XINHUA

Cristiano Ronaldo back forkey Real Madrid match MADRID, 25 Nov—Cristiano

Ronaldo is expected to make his longawaited return to action when RealMadrid entertains Swiss side FC Zurichin the Champions League on Wednes-day night. The Portuguese internationalhas been out of action with an ankle in-jury that he picked up on internationalduty at the start of October.

Now he returns at exactly the rightmoment, as his side look to qualify forthe last 16 of the competition, just fourdays ahead of Sunday’s visit to theCamp Nou Stadium. Real Madridshould have few problems against a sidethat it defeated 5-2 away from home.

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Gunners cruise into last 16

Arsenal’s forwardCarlos Vela (L) takesthe ball past StandardLiege’s Felipe (C) andgoalkeeper Sinan Bolatduring their Champions

League Group Hfootball match in

London. Arsenal won2-0.—INTERNET

Rangers suffer calamity asEuropean dream ends

Stuttgart’s SebastianRudy (L) celebrates withteamates after scoringthe opening goal againstRangers during theUEFA ChampionsLeague football matchin Glasgow. Rangers’Champions Leaguehopes were extinguished

for another seasonhereon Tuesday as theyslumped to a 2-0 defeat

to Stuttgart at Ibrox.INTERNET

Fiorentina win sends Liverpool crashing out

Lyon’s Sweden midfielder KimKallstrom (L) fights for the ball with

Fiorentina’s midfielder RiccardoMontolivo during their UEFA Cham-

pion’s League Group E footballmatch at Artemio Franchi Stadium

in Florence.—INTERNET

Liverpool out of Champions League despite victoryBUDAPEST, 25 Nov—Liverpool’s miserable season continued as they were

knocked out of the Champions League at the group stage despite a 1-0 victoryover Debrecen at the Ferenc Puskas Stadium here on Tuesday.

The five-time champions needed to win to stand any chance of progressingfrom Group E but Fiorentina’s 1-0 victory at home to Lyon meant the Serie A sidejoined the French outfit in the knockout phase at Liverpool’s expense.

David Ngog gave Liverpool an early lead with a neat close-range finish butLiverpool laboured thereafter and struggled to inject any kind of energy into theirplay after news of Fiorentina’s goal filtered through.

The victory at least secures a berth in the Europa League but it will be scantconsolation for a side whose last group-stage exit came in 2002-03.—Internet

Liverpool’s Jamie Carragher (R)fights for the ball with HungarianZsolt Laczko (L) of VSC Debrecen inthe Puskas stadium of Budapest dur-ing their UEFA Champions Leaguefootball match. Liverpool’s miserableseason continued as they wereknocked out of the Champions Leagueat the group stage despite a1-0 victory over Debrecen.—INTERNET

LONDON, 25 Nov—Ar-senal recovered the swag-ger that has characterisedtheir best performancesthis season as they easedinto the last 16 of theChampions League with a2-0 win over StandardLiege.

First-half goals fromSamir Nasri and Denilsonensured the Gunners pro-gressed to the knockoutstages for a tenth consecu-tive season, as winners ofgroup H with a game tospare.

“It’s really good for theteam because we still havea game to go and we canrelax a little and givesome rest to some players,and make sure that someof the players who don’tplay too much can get agame,” said the Arsenalcaptain, Cesc Fabregas.

Standard coach LaszloBoloni, whose side canstill reach the last 16 ifthey beat AZ Alkmaar athome in their final matchand Olympiakos lose toArsenal, was irritated bythe errors that contributedto both goals.—Internet

GLASGOW, 25 Nov—Rangers’ ChampionsLeague hopes were extin-guished for another sea-son here on Tuesday asthey slumped to a 2-0 de-feat to Stuttgart at Ibrox.

The loss combinedalso with Romanian sideUnirea Urziceni’s sur-prise 1-0 win at home toalready-qualified Sevillameans the Glasgow sidecannot even qualify forthe Europa League as thethird-placed side.

Sebastian Rudy firedthe Germans into a first-half lead before KrisBoyd, in his first Cham-pions League start,missed a golden chance tohead the hosts level.

Internet

MADRID, 25 Nov—Reigning Cham-pions FC Barcelona took a huge steptowards qualifying for the last 16 of theChampions League following a 2-0 winat home to Inter Milan.

First half goals from Gerard Piqueand Pedro Rodriguez were enough togive the Catalans all three points and theresult leaves them top of Group andneeding just a point from their trip toKiev in two weeks time to assure a placein the knockout stage.

The run up to the game had beendominated by speculation as to whetherBarcelona duo Leo Messi and ZlatanIbrahimovich would be able to shake offinjuries in time to start.

Messi was struggling with a groinstrain picked up in Bilbao on Saturday,while Ibrahimovich had a hamstringproblem.—Xinhua

FLORENCE, 25 Nov—Fiorentina beatLyon 1-0 to book their place in theChampions League knock-out stageswith a game to spare and send 2005winners Liverpool crashing out on

Wednesday. Peru winger Juan Vargasscored the only goal of the game fromthe penalty spot as the Italians moved tothe head of the table.

They now lead Group E with 12 pointsfrom Lyon on 10 and Liverpool on seven,but the English team cannot overtaketheir French rivals due to an inferiorhead-to-head record.

For Fiorentina’s French goalkeeperSebastien Frey, whose two fine saves atthe death helped the Italians hold ontovictory, this was a handy reminder tothose back in his homeland of what he iscapable of.

“I am French but I’m just so happyabout this qualification, we were so mo-tivated today, this is a huge emotion,”he said. “We’ve grown, we’ve matured,we’ve changed a few players, howeverat home we’ve always managed to im-pose our game.—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,Chin,Shan,Rakhine and Mon States,Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions and generally fair in theremaining States and Divisions. Night temperatures were(5°C) to (6°C) below November average temperatures inRakhine State,upper Sagaing, Magway and Bago Divisions,(3°C) to (4°C) below November average temperatures inKachin and Chin States, lower Sagaing, Ayeyawady andTaninthayi Divisions, (3°C) above November averagetemperatures in Eastern Shan State and about Novemberaverage temperatures in the remaining areas. The significantnight temperatures were Haka (2°C), Loilin (3°C), Mindat(7°C) , Machanbaw, Pinlaung and Heho (8°C) each andKatha (9°C).

Maximum temperature on 24-11-2009 was 92°F.Minimum temperature on 25-11-2009 was 60°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 25-11-2009 was 92%.Total sun shine hours on 24-11-2009 was (9.2) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 25-11-2009 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 (7) mphfrom Northeast at (08:30) hours MST on 25-11-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and Southeast Bay and generally fairelesewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 26th November 2009:Weather will be partly cloudy in Kachin and Chin States,upper Sagaing, Ayeyawady , Yangon and TaninthayiDivisions and generally fair in the remaining areas.

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of slightdecreas of night temperatures in the Eastern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for26-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for26-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for26-11-2009: Fair weather.

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Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez looks on asSteven Gerrard (R) walks off the field during

their UEFA Champions League match againstDebrecen at the Puskas stadium in Budapest on

24 November 2009.—INTERNET

Liverpool assure Benitez hisjob is secure

LONDON, 25 Nov —Liverpool have assured RafaBenitez that his job is securedespite the club joining theChampions League also-rans.

While the five-timeskings of Europe switchedtheir focus to winning thesecond-string EuropaLeague, managingdirector Christian Purslowgave the Spaniard a voteof confidence.

“This has absolutelyno bearing on Rafawhatsoever,” Britishnewspapers quoted himas saying after thePremier League side beatDebrecen 1-0 in Hungaryon Tuesday but failed toreach the last 16 afterItaly’s Fiorentina beat

Olympique Lyon.“He signed a new

five-year deal onlymonths ago and in thoseterms he is four monthsinto a five-year journey.

“You don’t deviatefrom long-term plansfor people and the wayto take the club to thenext level because oftwo late goals againstLyon, and that’s what itboils down to,” headded.

Purslow suggestedthe financial pain wouldbe eased by a successfulEuropea League run —even if newspaperheadlines derided there-branded UEFA Cupas a “booby prize.”

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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

Bhamo developing along with peace and stabilityByline: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)

While in Bhamo Township, we, news crew ofMyanma Alin daily, with the help of Kachin StatePeace and Development Council, had witnessed thetownship making progress in every aspect.

There are four districts in Kachin State,Myitkyina District, Putao District, Mohnyin Districtand Bhamo District. Bhamo District is sharing bor-

der with China in the east. Thus, Bhamo District iswell-known as a gate for border trade betweenMyanmar and People’s Republic of China. BhamoDistrict lacked peace in the past. But after nationalreconsolidation, peace and stability has prevailed inthe district and consequently, development can beseen here and there in Bhamo.

We, media crew of Myanma Alin daily, recentlymade a trip to Bhamo Township. We left Myitkyinain an express bus and reached Waingmaw Townshipwhich is seven miles from Myitkyina, through BalaMin Htin bridge. As roads are international standardones, we reached Waingmaw in a short time.

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