Volume XX, Number 171 8th Waning of Tawthalin 1374 ME Monday, 8 October, 2012

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct—President of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar U TheinSein, at the invitation of President of theRepublic of Korea Mr Lee Myung-bak,left here for the Republic of Korea thismorning to pay a goodwill visit.

The Myanmar delegation led byPresident U Thein Sein was seen off byVice-Presidents Dr Sai Mauk Kham and UNyan Tun, Deputy Commander-in-Chiefof Defence Services Commander-in-Chief(Army) General Soe Win, Union MinistersLt-Gen Ko Ko, U Aung Kyi, U Thein Nyunt,U Myint Hlaing, U Thein Tun, U MaungMyint and U Htay Aung, Commander Maj-Gen Maung Maung Aye, Deputy MinisterPolice Maj-Gen Kyaw Kyaw Tun,departmental heads and personnel of

President U Thein Sein being seenoff at Nay Pyi Taw Airport by Vice-Presidents Dr Sai Mauk Kham and

U Nyan Tun and officials beforedeparture for Republic of Korea.

MNA

International Day of OlderPersons 2012 held in Okkan

TAIKKYI, 7 Oct—A ceremony to mark the InternationalDay of Older Persons 2012 was observed at U Maung Yon-Daw Yin Home for the Aged in Okkan of Taikkyi Townshipon 4 October.

Chairperson of Yangon North District Women’s AffairsOrganization Daw Hnin Thanda Oo and members, Chairmanof Taikkyi Township WAO Daw Nu Nu Wai and wellwishersdonated utensils, medicine and cash to the aged.

Their donations in total amounted to K 420,000.Myanma Alin

Over 20,000 foreignersvisit Shwedagon Pagoda

in SeptemberYANGON, 7 Oct—A total of 20442 foreign tourists visited

Shwedagon Pagoda from 1 to 30 September. The majority ofthe visitors came from Thailand, China, Korea, France andGermany.

The increased number of tourists during that periodhelps the pagoda fund hit 99181 US dollars and 3029 FECs.

Kyemon

President U Thein Seinon goodwill visit toRepublic of Korea

Embassy of the Republic of Korea at NayPyi Taw Airport.

The delegation members are UnionMinisters U Wunna Maung Lwin, U SoeThein, U Tin Naing Thein, U Khin MaungSoe, U Aye Myint, Region Chief MinistersU Myint Swe, U Ye Myint and U Nyan Win,Deputy Ministers U Han Sein and Dr DawThein Thein Htay and departmentalheads.—MNA

Djokovic beatsTsonga for thirdChina Open titleBEIJING, 7 Oct—Top-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic

beat Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 6-2 on Sunday towin his third China Open tennis title in Beijing.

World number two Djokovic dug deep in the first setafter an early trade of breaks to win a close tie-breaker andthen broke the third-seeded Tsonga twice in the secondset.

“I think the first set was really even and maybe acouple of points decided the winner there,” Djokovic toldreporters.

“We both had our chances aside from those breaksthat we converted... I managed to hold my nerve in the end.

“I made that early break in the second (and) I felt muchmore comfortable on the court.”

Sunday’s victory gave Djokovic, who also won theChina Open in 2009 and 2010, his fourth title of the year.

The 2012 Australian Open champion will remain inthe hunt to take back the world number one ranking fromRoger Federer at the end of the year.

“That’s the target,” Djokovic said. “This willdefinitely help me in that race but it’s still quite open.There are still tournaments to come, big ones.”

Tsonga said he needed to raise his game to beat topplayers such as Djokovic after his sixth straight loss to theSerbian.

“I think it was a good match,” Tsonga said. “I missed

maybe something in the middle of the first set. I was a breakup and I was playing well but then he played solid. It wasreally difficult to control him.

“I just tried to play my game, to be aggressive, butagainst a player like this, for the moment, my level is nothigh enough and it’s not enough to beat him.”

Earlier, Mike Bryan overtook Australian ToddWoodbridge’s mark of 83 career doubles titles when he,along with brother Bob, beat Carlos Berlocq and DenisIstomin 6-3 6-2 for their third China Open title in fouryears.

It was the seventh title of the year for the Americanpair.—Reuters

Mexicoannouncesdiscoveryof rich oil

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NATIONAL

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct — Inhis inspection tour ofMuntekwin-Kyi taung-Khawma-Nay Pyi Taw ringroad, Union Minster forConstruction U Kyaw Lwingave instructions onensuring work plans for 22-

Muntekwin-Kyitaung-Khawma-Nay Pyi Taw ring road in progress

mile ring road, timelycompletion of constructionwork meeting set standardsin open season, completionof bridge and box culvertconstruction in parallel withroad construction and betterservices of companies in

their part.The 22-mile long and 12-

foot wide Muntekwin-Kyitaung-Khawma-Nay PyiTaw tarred road is being builtby three special groups, onedistrict group and fourcompanies.—MNA

NYAUNGSHWE, 7 Oct— Shwe ParamiHealth Foundation led by Shwe ParamiTawya Sayadaw Ashin Çhandadhikaprovided free medical treatment to localsin Inlay region of Nyaungshwe Townshipfrom 27 to 30 September for the time.

Altogether 9399 patients including 167eye patients, 47 ear, nose and throat patients,25 general patients, 5 bones patients and 5

Shwe Parami Health Foundation givingmedical service in Inlay Region

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct—Union Minister forEducation Dr Mya Aye this morning metofficials of Ayeya Shwe Wah at briefing hallof Toungoo University.

He then inspected construction sites of

Union Minister for Education visits ToungooUniversity

two buildings and thriving paddy plantationswith System of Rice Intensification (SRI).

He then met with the rector, pro-rectors,professors and heads of departments andofficials.—MNA

maternal patients underwent surgicaloperations. The Sayadaw and partydonated necessary facilities worth K 4.2million for Sao San Tun Hospital inTaunggyi. On 29 September, Shan StateChief Minister U Sao Aung Myat and stateministers attended the launching of healthcare service ceremony.

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NAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct — Aceremony to hand over giftspresented by Commander-in-

Local people in Kayah State get gifts ofCommander-in-Chief of Defence Services,

wellwishersKayan National DefenceGuards, Kayan New LandParty, Kayinni National Peace

peace and stability in theentire Kayah State, regionaldevelopment tasks would becarried out in momentum. Incollaboration with KayahState government, regionaldevelopment tasks would beimplemented by Tatmadaw inline with the law. As aprogramme to provide localpeople with health careservices, five Tatmadawmobile medical units were sentthere by the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services.These five groups wouldperform public healthactivities and provide healthcare services in some areas ofKayah State. He added thatthe Commander-in-Chief ofDefence Services had sentitems manufactured byTatmadaw factories for localpeople as gifts.

Next, Kayah State ChiefMinister spoke words ofthanks, and the commanderhanded over gifts to the ChiefMinister.

Altogether threeconsumers goods, 13foodstuffs, three items ofstationary, three items ofsports gear, 16 kinds ofmedicines totalling 38 items,foodstuff donated by EasternCommand and 2000 bags ofrice and clothing worth K 65million by Kanbawza Bankand Htoo Co were handedover at the ceremony.

MNA

Chief of Defence ServicesVice-Senior General MinAung Hlaing and wellwishersfor locals in Kayah State washeld at Loikaw Station Hall on5 October. It was attended byKayah State Chief Minister UKhin Maung Oo, Commanderof Eastern Command Maj-GenSoe Htut and senior militaryofficers, Deputy Minister forPopulation and ImmigrationU Win Myint and Kayah Stateministers, departmentalofficials, Bishop of LoikawCatholic Church Rev. SoteroPhamo and bishops,peacemakers, representativesof groups that have madepeace with the government:Kayinni NationalitiesPeople’s Liberation Front,

and Development Party,Kayinni National UnityOrganization and KayinniNational IndependenceOrganization, andrepresentatives of KayinniNational Progressive Partythat reached Union level peaceagreement with thegovernment on 9 June 2012.

On behalf of the Bishopof Loikaw Catholic Church, abishop made a wish. Then thecommander said that Unionlevel peace meetings withKayinni National ProgressiveParty were held successfullyon 9 June 2012 in accord withthe principles adopted byUnion level peace makingcentral committee led byPresident U Thein Sein. With

MYITKYINA, 7 Oct—Kachin State ForestDepartment is joining handswith the departmentsconcerned for environmental

Brokerage, highway cargo terminalunder construction

Illegal timber seized in Bhamoconservation and eradicationof illegal timber extraction.

On 2 October, theauthorities seized a vehiclecarrying illegal Tamalan logs

Bhamo Township at 10/30 amon 2 October, staff of ForestDepartment, members ofMyanmar Police Force andvillage administratorinspected the Dongfangvehicle and seized nine logsof Tamalan weighing 0/892ton and 75 post of Tamalanweighing 3.398 tons withoutowner.

The departmentconfiscated the vehicle andopened a file of lawsuit.

Kyemon

YANGON, 7 Oct—ThiriYadana Retail and WholesaleBrokerage and HighwayCargo Terminal are underconstruction nearAungmingala Highway BusTerminal at the junction ofNo 3 Highway in MingaladonTownship and ThudhammaRoad in North OkkalapaTownship.

Under the project, UMyat Thu of Ga Mone PwintCo Ltd said, “Ga Mone PwintCo Ltd constructs thebuilding on the land ofYangon City DevelopmentCommittee. It is located on38.5 acres of land. The projectstarted in September and it isestimated to be completed in

September 2013. Thebrokerage will comprise over900 shops and 50 two-storeybuildings plus hotels, banksand bus terminals.”

The designs of structuresof the projects will be drawnfrom architects from Thailand.The cargo terminal will befacilitated with 36 feet widetwo-way concrete roads and18 feet wide one way road.Two vehicles each can stopover at the shops, totaling over1800 vehicles. About 200vehicles from visitors may stopfor shopping.

Tyre, battery, engine oil,car parts, constructionmaterials, home cornices andelectronic equipment are

available at the brokerage. Inthe near future, the brokeragewill be centred for city dwellersto transport commodities tocountryside.—Kyemon

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WORLD

Electoral officers join in the preparation works toinstall a voting centre in Caracas, Venezuela, on 5 Oct,2012. Venezuela will hold Presidential elections, on 7

Oct. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez andoppositional candidate Henrique Capriles are both

running for Presidency. —XINHUA

CARACAS, 7 Oct—Venezuelans were urged onSaturday to cast their ballotsin an upcoming presidentialelection to determine thecourse of the country.

Venezuelans urged to vote in Sunday’s presidential election

“We need to maintaincivil conduct on a daywhich respresents a crucialcommitment for the nation,”Pablo Perez, governor ofVenezuela’s most populous

Zulia state, said in a televisedspeech.

“On Sunday it willbe up to each person’sconscience, but the next daywe will all be justVenezuelans,” he added.

Some 19 millionVenezuelan voters will goto the polls on Sunday, in arace that pits incumbentPresident Hugo Chavez,who is promoting hisso—called “21st centurysocialism,” against oppo-sition leader HenriqueCapriles, who describes hisgoals as “progressive.”

Latest poll gave Chavez57 percent of votingintentions and Capriles 43percent.

German Campos, whohead the local 30:11 pollingagency, said that the electionwould be fair and transparent.

Venezuelan electionsare the most secure on theplanet, Campos told state-run broadcaster Venezolanade Television, citing a reportby election observingagency the Carter Centre.

“The process is the bestin the world,” he said.

Campos said that thenation had managed to getvirtually all qualifiedcitizens onto the voter rolland that the government’sliteracy campaign, whichhad achieved essentially100 percent literacy in thenation by 2005, had ensuredtransparency.

Sunday’s election is aone-round, first-past-the-post system. There are sixcandidates in total, but onlytwo are considered to havereal chance of winning.

Xinhua

BAGHDAD, 7 Oct — Four people were killed and 10wounded in separate bomb and gunfire attacks in Iraq onSaturday, the police said. A soldier was killed and three werewounded when a roadside bomb went off around noon nearan Iraqi army patrol in Taji area, some 20 km north of thecapital Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

In the early hours of the day, gunmen broke into a houseat a village near the city of Samarra, some 120 km north ofBaghdad, and shot dead a man and wounded two of his familymembers, a local police source told Xinhua anonymously. Ina separate incident, a policeman was killed and anotherwounded in a roadside bomb explosion near their patrol incentral the city of Fallujah, some 50 km west of Baghdad, alocal police source told Xinhua.

In Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, a magnetic bombattached to a minibus carrying school children detonated inthe city of Saadiyah, some 120 km northeast of Baghdad,killing a school teacher and wounding four children, aprovincial police source told Xinhua on condition ofanonymity.Violence in Iraq has ebbed from its climax in2006 and 2007, when sectarian conflicts pushed the countryto the brink of a civil war. But tensions and sporadic shootingsand bombings are still common across the country.—Xinhua

Four killed, 10 wounded inattacks in Iraq

ISLAM ABAD, 7 Oct — Unidentified gunmen in Pakistan’s southwest region attacked a container, carrying suppliesfor NATO forces in Afghanistan, and injured its driver andhis assistant, police in the region said on Saturday.

The driver and his assistant received bullet injuries inMastung area of Balochistan and were shifted to Quetta, theprovincial capital. Officials said that the container loadedwith goods was on its way from Karachi to Afghanistanwhen unknown gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire atthe container.

The assailants also set the container on fire. Later, theattackers managed to escape.

The local militia force rushed to the site of attack andconducted a search operation but no one was arrested.

The police also registered a case against unknownattackers and started investigation into the incident.

No group claimed responsibility. Taleban militants areblamed for such attacks. Some 70 percent supplies arereportedly transported for nearly 150,000 US-led NATOtroops in Afghanistan.—Xinhua

Gunmen attack NATOcontainer in Pakistan, driver,cleaner injured

JERUSALEM, 7 Oct — TheIsraeli air force shot down adrone after it crossed intosouthern Israel on Saturday,the military said, but itremained unclear where theaircraft had come from.

The drone was firstspotted above theMediterranean in the area ofthe Hamas-ruled Gaza Stripto the west of Israel, saidmilitary spokeswomanAvital Leibovich.

It was kept undersurveillance and followed byIsraeli air force jets before itwas shot down above a forestin an unpopulated area nearthe border with the occupiedWest Bank.

Leibovich said it wasshot down at about 10 a.m.(0700 GMT), after it travelled

Israeli air force shoots down drone aircrafteast some 35 miles acrossIsrael’s southern Negevdesert.

Defence Minister EhudBarak praised theinterception as “sharp andeffective”.“We view withgreat severity the attempt tocompromise Israeli air spaceand will consider ourresponse in due course,”Barak said in a statement.

Soldiers, assisted byhelicopters, were searchingthe area for the remains of thedrone, which security sourcessaid most likely did notoriginate from the Gaza Strip.

Israel’s Army Radioreported the drone was notcarrying any explosives.

Israeli parliamentmember Miri Regev, a formerchief spokesman of the

military, wrote on Twitter itwas an “Iranian dronelaunched by Hezbollah”,referring to the LebaneseShi’ite group that fought a

SHIJIAZHUANG, 7 Oct—Illegal manufacturing andstorage of detonators triggeredan explosion in a residentialbuilding of Baoding City innorth China’s Hebei Province,which has left one killed and34 injured by Sundaymorning, local police said.

Police found self-madedetonator shells at theexplosion site of the six-storeybuilding in DongwuyaoVillage. Detonator shells andmaterials of explosiveswere also discovered inthe building’s basement.Police suspected illegalmanufacturing and storage ofdetonators might have causedthe blast. The injured havebeen sent to hospital fortreatment. Among them, tworemained in critical condition,said a spokesman with thecity government.

Part of the building

North China residential building blast killsone, injuring 34

Photo taken on 7 Oct, 2012 shows the site of anexplosion in a residential building in the Nanshi

District of Baoding, north China’s Hebei Province. Theexplosion took place on Saturday afternoon. Three men

were confirmed dead and thirty others were sent tohospital for rescue. —XINHUA

collapsed after the blasthappened at around 3 pmat the YaoheningyuanResidential Community inBaoding. Witnesses saidheavy smoke was seenfollowing the explosion,

which shattered windowglass of buildings 200meters away. An overhaul ofillegal storage of explosiveshas been staged across thecity following the blast, policesaid. —Xinhua

Iran dismisses EU threats on naturalgas export ban

TEHERAN, 7 Oct— The Iranian oil ministryhas dismissed the recent threat by the EuropeanUnion (EU) to ban Iran ‘s natural gas export,semi-official Fars news agency reportedSaturday.The EU threat is a “propagandacampaign,” Alireza Nikzad-Rahbar, aspokesman of the ministry, was quoted assaying in response to EU diplomats’ recentremarks that EU is mulling over imposing aban on Iran’s gas export into Europe to put uppressure on the Islamic republic over itscontroversial nuclear programme.

“Right now no EU member importsIranian gas supply,” Nikzad— Rahbar said.“The new EU threat is just a propagandamaneuvering and will never take place sincethey (the EU members) can never makethemselves politically dependent on theother countries.”Iran is now exporting gas toTurkey and has swap deals with Armeniaand Azerbaijan, according to the report.

On Friday, Iranian Oil Minister RostamQasemi held comprehensive talks withTurkish oil officials in Istanbul overincreasing exports of Iranian oil and naturalgas supplies to Turkey, said Fars.

The two countries also agreed on

Uzbekistan’s natural gas transit to Turkeyvia Iran and in return for Iran’s gas transit toEurope through Turkey, said the report.

In the meantime, Iranian lawmakerEsmaeil Kowsari said the EU intention toimpose a ban on Iranian natural gas exportto Europe would prove a “mistake,” TeheranTimes daily reported on Saturday.

“The European Union should be awarethat it is making a mistake, and Iran will getthrough this stage, and in the future, themember states of the union will beg Iran torenew their oil and ( natural) gas contractsdue to their need for energy,” Kowsari wasquoted by the daily as saying on Friday.

The EU members based their decisionon the recent fluctuations in Iran’s foreignexchange market, which is a miscalculation,he said.Kowsari, a member of the IranianMajlis (parliament) National Security andForeign Policy Commission, also said itwould be the EU’s last resort to complete theeconomic blockade on Iran.

“As we overcame most of our problems(caused by) oil (sanctions) , we will deal withencroachment on the export of (natural)gas,” said the Iranian lawmaker.—Xinhua

Venezuela Iraq

Pakistan

ChinaIran

An Israeli Army helicopter flies over an open area insouthern Israel on 6 Oct, 2012. The Israeli air force

shot down a drone after it crossed into southern Israelon Saturday, the military said, but it remained unclear

where the aircraft had come from. —REUTERS

war with Israel in 2006.Defence officials would

not confirm Hezbollah’sconnection to the drone.

Reuters

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Monday, 8 October, 20124

SpaceX spacecrafts the Dragon (L) and the DragonRidersit on display before NASA Administrator CharlesBolden and SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer ElonMusk address SpaceX employees following the first

successful mission by a private company to carrysupplies to the International Space Station at the

SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California on 14 June,2012.—REUTERS

SpaceX set for its first cargorun to space station

CAPE CANAVERAL,(Florida), 7 Oct— SpaceExploration Technologies,the first private company tofly to the International SpaceStation, is poised to launchits initial cargo mission to theorbital outpost as part of a$1.6 billion contract withNASA to deliver supplies.

Liftoff of the company’sFalcon 9 rocket and Dragoncapsule is scheduled for 8:35p.m. EDT on Sunday (0035GMT Monday) from CapeCanaveral Air Force Stationin Florida.

If successful, thecompany, founded and runby Internet entrepreneur ElonMusk, will restore a U.S.supply line to the station thatwas cut off by the retirementof the space shuttles last year.

Since then, NASA hasbeen dependent on Russian,European and Japanesefreighters to service thestation, a permanently staffedresearch laboratory that fliesabout 250 miles (400 km)above Earth.

In May the firm, also

known as SpaceX, made apractice run to the $100billion orbital outpost, aproject of 15 countries,clearing the way for the firstof 12 cargo runs.

SpaceX is one of twofirms hired by NASA todeliver cargo to the station.

Its other contractor,Orbital Sciences Corp.(ORB.N), on October 1 rolledout its first Antares rocket toa new launch pad on WallopsIsland, Virginia, for an enginetest-firing slated for thismonth or early November.

The rocket is scheduledto make its debut flight beforethe end of the year.

Orbital also plans apractice run to the spacestation, similar to whatSpaceX did when its Dragonship docked at the station. Ifall goes well, Orbital will becleared to begin work on its$1.9-billion NASA contractto fly cargo to the station.

REUSABLEFor Dragon’s first supply

run, NASA is sending about1,000 pounds (454 kg) of

food, clothing, supplies andscience gear to the station.

Unlike previous stationcargo ships, which were notreusable and burned up in theatmosphere during descent,SpaceX’s capsule returns toEarth.

As a result, it will be ableto carry back experimentsamples and station hardwarethat is broken or no longerneeded.

NASA contributed $396million to SpaceX and up to

US House Intelligence panelhead blackballs China’s

Huawei

Huawei mobile phonesare displayed in one of its

offices in the southernChinese city of Shenzhen

on 24 Sept, 2012.REUTERS

WASHINGTON, 7 Oct —US companies should avoiddoing business with China’sHuawei, the world’s No. 2maker of telecommunicationsgear, for fear its equipmentcould open doors for spying,the head of the US House ofRepresentatives’ Intelli-gence Committee said.

“If I were an Americancompany today ... and you arelooking at Huawei, I wouldfind another vendor if youcare about your intellectualproperty; if you care aboutyour consumers’ privacy andyou care about the nationalsecurity of the United Statesof America,” Chairman MikeRogers said.

The Michigan Repub-lican, a former FBI special

agent, made his comments tothe CBS television program60 Minutes to be broadcaston Sunday. Excerptsprovided by the programFriday did not spell out anyevidence to back up Rogers’concerns.

Apple’s iPhone 5 gets thumbs-upfrom Consumer Reports

SAN FRANCISO , 7 Oct— Consumer Reports, the influentialreviewers’ group that blasted the iPhone 4 for a faultyantenna, on Friday gave Apple Inc’s latest smartphone athumbs-up despite echoing widespread complaints about itspatchy mapping service.

The organization, which in 2010 withheld itsrecommendation for the iPhone because of spotty receptionwhen the gadget was held in a certain way, said laboratorytests confirmed that the new iPhone 5 ranked among the bestsmartphones but its mapping function clearly fell short.

Apple’s latest iPhone, sporting a larger 4-inch screen and4G capability, drew scathing reviews for glaring errors in anew, self-designed mapping service. Chief Executive TimCook apologized last week and directed users to rival servicesrun by Google Inc and others.

Reuters

A customer holds up an Apple iPhone 5 to pose for aphoto during an exclusive sale by Belgian operator

Mobistar in Brussels on 28 Sept, 2012—Reuters

A box from Amazon.com is pictured on the porch of ahouse in Golden, Colorado on 23 July, 2008. —REUTERS

$288 million to Orbital to helpthe firms develop their cargoships. The agency is runninga related, $1.12 billion programwith SpaceX, Boeing (BA.N)and privately owned SierraNevada Corp. to designstation crew transports.

“There’s this burst ofcreativity going on in theprivate sector,” said formerNASA astronaut GarrettReisman, who joined SpaceXin March 2011.—Reuters

Amazon pays top dollar to buy Seattle HQNEW YORK, 7 Oct—

Amazon.com Inc said onFriday it will spend over $1billion to buy its Seattlecorporate headquarters inwhat will be the UnitedStates’ biggest commercialreal estate deal so far this yearfor a single property.

The world’s largestInternet retailer plans to buy11 buildings in the trendySouth Lake Union area,comprising 1.8 millionsquare feet of corporate officespace, for $1.16 billion fromMicrosoft Corp co-founderPaul Allen’s investmentfirm.

Based on the value ofthe deal, Amazon is payingthe highest ever price for anoffice building over 100,000square feet in Seattle ataround $644 per square foot.That is more than double theaverage rate of $308 per

Italy’s Wind calls for mobile network sharingCAPRI, 7 Oct—Italy’s

third-largest mobile phonecompany Wind called forpeers to share their frequenciesand antennas to help roll outa superfast network.

“I believe there isawareness among all mobileoperators that there is the needto place, into a specificallycreated company, frequenciesand networks,” Wind ChiefExecutive Maximo Ibarrasaid on the sidelines of an

event in Capri on Friday .“Competition will be onservices,” he said.

Elsewhere in Europe,mobile operators havealready inked or arenegotiating network-sharingdeals as they aim to save costsand boost coverage at a timeof economic downturn. InJune, Vodafone and O2,owned by Telefonica ofSpain, agreed to form a jointventure in Britain to pool

infrastructure and cut costs ofbuilding a new superfastservice.

Ibarra also said plans byTelecom Italia to separate itsfixed network into a newcompany should be open tothe state, broadbandinfrastructure companyMetroweb and alternativecarriers to join. TelecomItalia, Italy’s biggesttelecoms company, is in talkswith state-backed financing

square foot for the city’soffice space, according toReal Capital Analytics.

Amazon has beenleasing the properties and itmay make more economicsense for it to buy the locationin the current low-interestenvironment and gain morecontrol over its HQ, analystssaid.

Amazon expects to closethe deal in the fourth quarteron the modern officebuildings in South LakeUnion, a former semi-industrial wasteland nowknown as a center for techfirms and fashionablerestaurants. “It’s good to havecontrol over your homeoffice,” said RJ Hottovy, anequity analyst atMorningstar.

At the end of August,Allen’s Vulcan Real Estate,part of his Vulcan Inc

investment vehicle, put thebuildings up for sale.

The deal marks theUnited States’ biggest single-asset commercial real estatetransaction of 2012,according to Real CapitalAnalytics, which tracks suchsales.

Allen, who co-foundedMicrosoft with school friendBill Gates, has been thecentral figure in therevitalization of the SouthLake Union neighborhood.

Amazon already hasplans to build new officesnearby to house its growingstaff, which total more than50,000.

Earlier this year, the e-commerce companyrevealed plans to build morethan 3.3 million square feetof office space over the nexteight years.

Reuters

On Monday, theIntelligence panel will releasethe findings of a nearly year-long investigation of thealleged security risk, bothfrom Huawei TechnologiesCo Ltd and China’s ZTE Corp.

Reuters

body Cassa Depositi e Prestiti(CDP) to spin off its valuablelandline infrastructure andboost broadband investmentin Italy. The CDP is expectedto take a minority stake in theproject.

Telecom ItaliaChairman Franco Bernabehas said the company willtake a decision on whether togo ahead with the spin-off bythe end of the year.

Reuters

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BUSINESS & HEALTHMexico announces discovery of

rich oil depositMEXICO City, 7 Oct—

Mexico has discovered newdeepwater oil deposits in theGulf of Mexico withestimated reserves of 75million to 125 million barrels,President Felipe Calderonannounced on Friday.

Calderon said newdeposit Supremus 1, thelatest find by state-owned oil

Oil field roughnecks, droller, gulf of Mexico

BEIJING, 7 Oct —Individually-owned busi-nesses grew steadily at 4.4percent annually, whileprivate enterprises achievedan annual growth rate of15.5 percent from 2002 to

A file photo taken on 23 Feb, 2012 shows a pedestrianwalking past the headquarters building of the People’sBank of China in Beijing, capital of China. —XINHUA

China’s individual and private businessesexpand steadily

enterprises. Together withindividually-owned bus-inesses, they contribute tomore than 60 percent of thecountry’s GDP, the datashow.

Meanwhile, together,they provide 80 percent ofjobs nationwide, and 90percent of new jobs are fromthe private sector, accordingto the data.

Ma Fu, head of theprivate economy regulationdepartment under the SAIC,said that reforms to improvethe market system and createa fair competition environ-ment over the years havecontributed to the rapid andsteady growth of thenation’s individual andprivate businesses duringthe past decade.—Xinhua

PARIS, 7 Oct— Frenchnational statistics instituteInsee late Thursday reviseddown its 2012 growthforecast for the country to0.2 percent from a previousprojection of 0.4 percent.

Due to dim performanceof industrial activities andweakening consumption,the country’s main growthengines, France was set toreport zero growth over thethird and fourth quarters ofthe year, compared to aninitial forecast of 0.1 percentand 0.2 percent respectively,Insee said in report.

France cuts 2012 growth forecast to 0.2 pct

company Pemex, is located at250 km east of Matamoroscity in Tamaulipas state. Itcould be the largest oil fieldfound in years withprospective reserves that couldamount to as much as 13billion barrels of crudeequivalent.

With a flow depth ofalmost 2,900 metres,

US says receives Airbus A350 loan funding documents

A model of an Airbus A350 passenger plane isdisplayed at a news conference in Hong Kong, on 7

March, 2011—. Reuters

More Canadians fall sick inhuge E coli beef recall

WINNIPEG, (Manitoba) 7Oct —Ten people have nowfallen sick fromcontaminated beef productsfrom a Canadian plant thatsent its meat across Canadaand the United States, morethan twice the number earlierreported, health officialssaid on Saturday.

The latest cases, linkedto one of Canada’s largest-ever meat recalls, includethree more illnesses inAlberta, where the giant XLFoods beef processing plantis located, two in Quebecand one in Newfoundlandand Labrador.

All 10 people are

Supremus 1 is the eighth-deepest deposit in the worldand is the second oil depositannounced by Calderon inless than 40 days.

On 29 Aug, Calderonannounced the discovery ofTrion 1, a deposit also locatedin the Gulf of Mexico less than90 km from the northeasternTamaulipas state.

The deposits confirm theexistence of a large oil systemin the Gulf of Mexico’s deepwaters, said the Mexicanpresident, adding Mexicowould continue working onthe 22 wells, among which15 have already been drilledduring his administration.

Pemex is the world’sseventh largest oil producerand the largest fiscalcontributor of the country.

Xinhua

2012, according to the datareleased by the StateAdministration for Industryand Commerce (SAIC).

Private enterprisescurrently account for over70 percent of China’s total

Death toll from meningitis outbreakrises to seven

NASHVILLE, 7 Oct— The death toll from a widening outbreak of fungal meningitis linkedto steroid injections has risen to seven, with 65 cases now reported in nine states, officialssaid on Saturday. The latest two deaths were reported on Saturday in Michigan, accordingto the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those affected fell ill after receivingsteroid injections linked to a pharmaceutical compounding plant in Massachusetts.

New cases in Ohio and Minnesota on Saturday brought to nine the number of statesaffected, officials said. Other states with reported cases of people who fell ill after receivingthe injections—primarily for back pain - are Michigan, Tennessee, Virginia, Florida,Maryland, North Carolina and Indiana.

Meningitis is an infection of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.Vials of steroids linked to the outbreak were shipped to 76 facilities in 23 states and

could have been used to inject thousands of patients, authorities have said.As in other states where the outbreak has been detected, Minnesota authorities are

trying to determine who else may have been infected at six locations known to have usedthe drugs in question, said Buddy Ferguson, public information officer for the state’sDepartment of Health.— Reuters

New data showed thatthe already strugglingFrench economy wouldstagnate for the fiveconsecutive quarter sincethe post-war period, addingmore pressure on the socialistgovernment to realize itspromise of growth recoveryin 2013.

Officials seek to expandgrowth by 0.8 percent in nextyear’s budget. Buteconomists considered thebudget too ambitious in theface of the fragile economicactivities and deterioratingbusiness climate.

Quarterly growth of 0.3percent would be needed in2013 to achieve the 0.8-percent target, said CedricAudenis, head of Insee’sconjuncture division.

Last month, PrimeMinister Jean-Marc Ayraultunveiled plans to save morethan 30 billion euro (39 billionUS dollars) for 2013, thetoughest adjustment in threedecades, to trim budget gapto 3 percent of national wealthfrom expected 4.5 percent thisyear.—Xinhua

recovering, the health andfood inspection officialssaid on a conference callwith reporters.

The ever-wideningrecall of meat from the plantnow involves more than1,800 products includingsteaks, ground beef androasts and now spans all ofCanada and most US states.

The previous four caseswere also in Alberta, andofficials say they haveevidence that these victimsate meat produced by theXL Foods plant in Brooks,Alberta, which has beenshut down since 27September.—Reuters

Ground Alberta beef in seen in coolers at Bon Ton MeatMarket in Calgary, Alberta, 3 Oct 2012. —REUTERS

Business

Health

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WASHINGTON, 7 Oct — TheUS government said onSaturday it had receivedEuropean Union documentson funding for the Airbus(EAD.PA) A350 afterrequesting them from theWorld Trade Organizationover a month ago in anongoing transatlanticdispute over aircraftsubsidies. “The compliancepanel directed the EU toprovide documents andbriefing upon a request madeby the United States morethan a month ago, and wereceived the documents justyesterday,” a spokeswomanfor the US TradeRepresentative’s Office said.

It is the first time thefunding of Europe’s answerto the Boeing (BA) 787Dreamliner, due to make itsmaiden flight next year, hasbeen drawn directly into theworld’s largest trade disputebut it remains to be seen howthe WTO will act on the data.

Both sides are pressingfor major trade sanctions afterthe Geneva-based WTO

found that Airbus and USrival Boeing had benefitedfrom billions of dollars ofunfair subsidies in a pair oftrade complaints now in theirninth year.

Washington has calledon Airbus to stop receivingloans from its host Europeannations—Britain, France,Germany and Spain—andargues that the WTO shouldtake loans for the A350 intoaccount when evaluatingpenalties for earlier support.

The EU says the carbon-composite jet lies outside thecase and that its funding willcomply with the latest WTOdecisions.

A US source told Reutersthat outside estimates placedthe loans paid to Airbus forthe A350 at around $4.5billion. According to the USsource, who asked not to beidentified, the A350 fundingnumbers were supplied onFriday as part of a WTOcompliance procedure. Bothsides claim to have obeyedWTO rules while saying theiradversaries have not.

A European source saidthe WTO panel merelywanted to see the fundingpapers to assess whether theywere relevant. It has so fardeclined to address the A350payments directly. No official

European comment wasimmediately available.

The new move comes ata sensitive time for Airbusparent EADS (EAD.PA) as itponders a merger withBritain’s BAE Systems(BA.TO), which hassignificant interests in theUnited States.

Recent rumblings in the

WTO dispute could offerfurther bait to US opponentsof the $45 billion merger,which would be subject tothorough vetting by USauthorities, including the USTrade Representative’s

office, and is expected todraw close scrutiny fromBoeing and its supporters inCongress. Critics of EADSfear the combination ofBAE’s extensive USoperations and suspectedongoing subsidies to Airbusmight give the group unfairpricing power and damagethe US industry.—Reuters

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Egypt’s Mursi says falls short of goals, seeks to assuage critics

Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi waves as he arrives in a vehicle to speak to the nation at Cairo stadium on 6 Oct, 2012, to mark the anniversary of Egypt’s successful

crossing of the Suez Canal in its October 1973 war against Israel.—ReuteRs

Cairo, 7 Oct—Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said on Saturday he had fallen short of goals he promised to fulfil in his first 100 days in office, but aimed to assuage critics by highlighting his most prominent achievements.

Mursi, who hails from the Muslim Brotherhood, was handed power in June by the army council that ruled Egypt for 16 months following Hosni Mubarak’s ouster in a popular uprising in 2011 and after a presidential election.

He spoke on Saturday before tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered at the Cairo stadium to mark the anniversary of Egypt’s successful crossing of the Suez Canal in its October 1973 war against Israel.

“When election results were announced and I took up responsibility on 30 June, I announced a clear programme,” Mursi told

the crowds, referring to a 100-day plan that broadly focused on issues of security, supply of energy and bread, street cleanliness, and traffic decongestion.

“What has been achieved is not enough of course, but what has been achieved by professional standards is about 70 percent of what we targeted during those 100 days.”

Mursi said that among his government’s main shortcomings was the ability to supply butane gas cylinders to Egyptians. Millions of home do not have natural gas piped into their homes.

The state currently sells butane cylinders at about 5 Egyptian pounds ($0.82) each as part of its energy subsidy programme. The actual cost of the cylinders is about 65 pounds.

“There is a 15 percent supply shortage that pains us all but there are reasons

for this. We are not trying to escape responsibility,” Mursi said, citing deep-rooted corruption in the country as one of the reasons for insufficient supplies.

Amongs t h i s top achievements, however, Mursi stressed the interior ministry’s work to step up security in the country, which had deteriorated after last year’s uprising.

Seeking to ward off criticisms that he had placed foreign policy ahead of domestic affairs, Mursi said his travels to Addis Abbaba, Beijing, and New York among other destinations since his election were targeted at boosting the economy.

“We conducted 9 trips in 11 days. They brought the economy around $10 billion (6 billion pounds) in the form of direct support as well as investment projects during a brief period,” Mursi said.

Reuters

Yemen foils al-Qaeda plan to bomb air base used by United States

aden, 7 Oct—Yemeni security forces foiled a plan by militants linked to al-Qaeda to bomb an air base jointly used with the United States to carry out attacks against the group, a security official said on Saturday. A car packed with explosives was discovered by authorities near the gate of Al Anad air base in Yemen’s southern province of Lahj, the official told Reuters.

“This was a planned suicide attack. Once the car was discovered, security forces immediately arrested two men who were inside the vehicle ... The car was filled with explosives and anti-tank missiles,” he added.

The Al Anad air base is used jointly with US forces to launch attacks against al

Premier Wen urges disaster prevention following Yunnan landslide

Captain killed, tourists hurt in blast on Greek boat

athens, 7 Oct—A small replica cannon blew up on a mock pirate ship off the southern Aegean island of Kos on Saturday, killing the boat’s captain and injuring five passengers, Greek coastguard officials said. The cannon had been loaded with explosive powder, such as that found in fireworks.

A coastguard official, who declined to be named, said the captain died in the explosion. Two Dutch passengers, a Belgian and two German children were hurt, a second coastguard official told Reuters. “Their injuries are not life-threatening,” the official told Reuters, adding that a relative of the captain had managed to steer the boat back to port. The 15-metre ship was carrying 26 passengers at the time.—Reuters

Yiliang, (Yunnan), 7 Oct—Premier Wen Jiabao has called for local governments to take more precautions against possible disasters and make greater efforts to handle safety-related issues, especially those concerning children. Wen made the call Friday after visiting the site of a landslide that occurred Thursday in the village of Zhenhe in Yiliang county, southwest China’s Yunnan Province.

The landslide killed 18 primary school students and one villager. Wen presented a bouquet for the victims and gave his condolences to their families, saying that governments at all levels must prioritize the safety of schools and students while carrying out reconstruction.

Wen said the government should learn from the landslide

that disaster-prevention efforts must be carefully carried out in mountainous regions with complicated geological conditions.

Nothing can be left to chance when it comes to safety of the people, especially children, Wen said, adding that the local government should thoroughly check every residence to find potential safety risks.

After taking a flight from Beijing to Yiliang on Friday, Wen and accompanying officials took a six-hour ride on a rough and dangerous mountain road to arrive at the remote village.

The victims’ families were each given 20,000 yuan (3,160 US dollars) in accordance with compensatory measures enacted after multiple earthquakes hit the county in early September.

The trip marks Wen’s second visit to Yiliang since early September. He previously visited the area on 8 Sept, just one day after several earthquakes hit the county, killing 81 people.

After l is tening to reports on the causes of the landslide, Wen warned the local government that an earthquake might trigger a series of geological disasters in the near future.

Wen told two villagers who lost their children in the disaster that he came to the site to mourn the victims and will forever remember them.

The students who were buried in the landslide were attending school during the ongoing National Day holiday to make up classes that were missed due to the September quakes, local authorities said.—Xinhua

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (front) presents a bouquet for the victims of

a landslide in the village of Zhenhe in Yiliang County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, on 5 Oct, 2012.

The landslide that occurred Thursday killed 18 primary

school students and one villager.—Xinhua

US, Peru to update 60-year-old defence cooperation accord

li m a , 7 Oct—The United States and Peru decided on Saturday to renegotiate a 60-year-old defence cooperation agreement between the two countries as Washington seeks to deepen security ties with Latin America after a decade focused on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said updating the 1952 bilateral defence

US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta

agreement with Peru would help the two countries work more closely on issues of mutual concern, from terrorism and drug trafficking to response to natural disasters.

“We have agreed to begin this process with the aim of improving and modernizing the agreement,” Defence Minister Pedro Cateriano told a joint news conference. Panetta said updating the

accord would “improve our ability to conduct joint activities, to do training and other exchanges.”

“Ultimately that will help us deal with shared security challenges in the future,” the US defence secretary said.

The effort would update the Cold War-era document to take into consideration current threats facing the two sides and legal developments, including a new Peruvian constitution as well as new laws. The decision is part of a new US defence strategy approved earlier this year that shifts strategic focus to the Asia-Pacific region while deepening training and assistance to partner nations to help them provide for their own defence.

“The principle thrust of our ... new defence strategy is aimed at reaching out and developing partnerships and alliances throughout the world and particularly in this region,” Panetta said on Saturday after meeting with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala.

The Pentagon released a Western Hemisphere Defence Policy Statement on Thursday that gave additional details about how the new strategy would be implemented in Latin America.

The statement called for focusing on 21st century threats like terrorism and drug trafficking, helping partners develop and professionalize their military forces and promoting integration and interoperability.—Reuters

Qaeda militants across Yemen, mainly using US-controlled drones. Yemen, a US ally, has been in upheaval since a popular uprising ousted veteran president Ali Abdullah Saleh in February. Overlooking one of the world’s busiest oil shipping routes, the country is plagued by poverty and lawlessness that the toppling of Saleh has done little to change.

Washington backed a military offensive in May to recapture areas of Abyan Province—which borders Shabwa Province—from Islamist insurgents.

Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is viewed by Washington as the most dangerous branch of the militant network established by Osama bin Laden.—Reuters

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Obama and Democrats raise record funds,poll holds steady

WASHINGTON, 7 Oct—US President Barack Obama’scampaign and its Democraticallies raised $181 million inSeptember for his re-electioneffort, the largest total thateither side has announced yetin the 2012 campaign.

The big Septembernumber and a good jobs reporton Friday that showedunemployment dipping to7.8 percent from 8.1 percentshifted some attention fromObama’s lackluster debateperformance on Wednesdayagainst Republican MittRomney.

Helping buoy Obama’sfundraising in September was

his party’s convention and amodest lead in the polls overRomney, whose campaignwas plagued by his remarkthat the 47 percent of thepopulation who receivegovernment funds are“victims.”

Obama’s campaign saidon Saturday that more than1.8 million people donatedto it last month. Of that,567,000 were new donors. Avast majority of thedonations —98 percent—were $250 or less. The averagecontribution was $53.

“That’s by far our biggestmonth yet,” campaignmanager Jim Messina said in

an email to supporters, urgingthem to chip in even moreas the 6 November electiondraws near.

Obama needs a lift aftera surprisingly tameperformance at the debateshook his campaign’s sensethat it was closing in onelection victory.

However, Romney’sstrong showing in Denverdid little to convince morevoters he understands themor is a “good person,”according to a Reuters/Ipsossurvey released on Saturday.

The Democraticpresident is ahead of hischallenger on character

attributes that can win overundecided voters who havenot been swayed ontangible policy points,according to the onlinepoll.

On the broad question

of who they will vote for inNovember, Obama kept his 2percentage point lead amonglikely voters—47 percent to 45percent—in the online survey.

The gap was unchangedfrom Friday, when Obama led46 percent to 44 percent in thetracking poll. His lead was 6percentage points before thetwo men first went head-to-head in Denver. “We haven’tseen additional gains fromRomney. This suggests to methat this is more of a bouncethan a permanent shift,” Ipsospollster Julia Clark said.

Romney, enjoying aboost of support in many pollsafter his debate performance,addressed a boisterous crowdof 6,500 in the city of Apopkain central Florida, a state thatwill be critical in whether hewins the White House.

Reuters

Supporters cheer for “four more years” as US PresidentBarack Obama speaks during a campaign rally in

Cleveland, Ohio on 5 Oct, 2012.—REUTERS

Turkey strikes back at Syria after Erdogan warning

A mobile missile launcher is positioned at a militarybase on the Turkish-Syrian border at Suruc in Sanliurfa

province, 6 Oct, 2012.—REUTERS

ISTANBUL, 7 Oct—Turkey returned fire afterSyrian mortar bombs landedin a field in southern Turkeyon Saturday, the day afterPrime Minister TayyipErdogan warned Syria thatTurkey would not shy awayfrom war if provoked.

It was the fourth day ofTurkish retaliation for firingby Syrian forces that killedfive Turkish civilians onWednesday.

The exchanges are themost serious cross-borderviolence in Syria’s conflict,which began as a democracyuprising but has evolved intoa civil war with sectarianovertones. They highlighthow the crisis coulddestabilise the region.

NATO member Turkeywas once an ally of SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assadbut turned against him afterhis violent response to an

uprising in which, accordingto the United Nations, morethan 30,000 people have died.Turkey has nearly 100,000Syrian refugees in camps on

its territory.Erdogan said on Friday

his country did not want warbut warned Syria not to makea “fatal mistake” by testing its

resolve. Damascus has saidits fire hit Turkeyaccidentally.

Turkish ForeignMinister Ahmet Davutoglusaid on Saturday thatparliament’s authorisationof possible cross-bordermilitary action was designedas a deterrent.

“From now on, if thereis an attack on Turkey it willbe silenced,” he said in aninterview with statebroadcaster TRT.

Western powers havebacked fellow NATOmember Turkey over Syriabut have shown littleappetite for the kind ofintervention that helpedtopple Libya’s MuammarGaddafi. Turkish calls for asafe zone in Syria wouldrequire a no-fly zone thatNATO states are unwillingto police.—Reuters

Iran’s cruisemissiles

responsiveto anythreat

TEHERAN, 6 Oct—Iranian Defence MinisterBrigadier General AhmadVahidi said on Saturday thatIran can give a crushingresponse to any possibleenemy threat thanks to itshigh cruise missilecapability, semi-officialFars news agency reported.

“Our cruise missilescan completely respond toany kind of threat,” Vahiditold Fars, stressing thatIran’s missiles can hit everyenemy target with highprecision and power.

Iran has no shortage inthe missile field, however,this does not mean the endof the work, he was quotedas saying by Press TV.

Vahidi emphasizedthat Iran is implementingmore projects and is facingno problem in terms ofrange, precision, anddestruction power of itsmissiles, said the report.

Xinhua

Police discover abandonedhand grenades, bullets in

Turkish capitalANKARA, 6 Oct— Turkish police found 11 hand grenades

and 16 rifle bullets left on an overpass along the AnadoluBoulevard in the capital Ankara on Saturday, local newspaperToday’s Zaman reported on its website.

The police discovered ammunition in a bag duringroutine patrolling on the overpass near the Nursing Schoolof the Fatih University and closed the overpass to pedestrians,the report said, adding that the ammunition was taken to theAnkara Police Department after initial examination.

The police has launched an investigation into thediscovery, and it was not immediately clear whether anyterrorist group was linked to the ammunition, according tothe report.—Xinhua

Two planes collide atMadrid’s Barajas Airport, no

casualtiesMADRID, 7 Oct— Two aircraft were involved in a collision

while on the ground at Madrid’s Barajas airport on Saturdayafternoon, without casualties reported.

The incident occurred between an Air Europe with 297passengers bound for the Venezuelan capital, Caracas andan aircraft from the Iberworld airline with 384 passengerstravelling to Cancun in Mexico.

The incident, which happened around 16:10 local time(1410 GMT), took place at Terminal 1 at the airport andsources said it was provoked when the Air Europe flight wasbeing pushed back from its station and its tail collided withthe wing of the Iberworld flight.

The damage to both planes is said to be “light”, and the681 passengers were able to disembark without reportedinjuries.—Xinhua

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KHARTOUM, 7 Oct —ASudanese military planecrashed in a rural area west ofthe capital Khartoum onSunday, killing some of the20 armed forces personnelon board and injuring others,the army said.

The plane wastraveling from Khartoum toEl Fasher in the country’sstrife-torn Darfur region,military spokesman Al-

Birds fly over thewet land near thePoyang Lake in

Duchang County,east China’s JiangxiProvince, on 7 Oct,

2012. Wet lands andgrass roots appearedas the water level ofthe Poyang Lake felland provided restingplaces for migratory

birds.XINHUA

Sudan military plane crashes with 20 on boardSawarmi Khalid toldReuters without saying howmany people died or whatcaused the crash.

“Some were killed andsome were injured,” he said,adding that the Antonov12 transport plane wasalso carrying militaryequipment.

There have been severalcrashes in Sudan in recentyears, where years of US

sanctions have made itdifficult for airlines to getspare parts for their fleets.

In August, 32 peopleincluding a governmentminister died when a planetaking them to an Islamicfestival in a southern borderstate crashed. State mediablamed that accident on badweather.

A military helicoptercrashed in the country’s

North Kordofan state inDecember because of atechnical failure, killingsix crew members, themilitary said at the time.

Government forceshave been battling aninsurgency in Darfur sincerebels took up arms in 2003,accusing the centralgovernment of neglectingthe remote region.

Reuters

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Myanmar has become a fascinating touristcentre for global vacationers where they canfind unspoiled natural beauties including whitesandy beaches and blue seas, rich culturalheritage, amicability and hospitality andtraditional values of more than 100 ethnicraces.

Moreover the country is a new economicfrontier for foreign investments and trade.Taking this opportunity well, the country hasbeen developing tourism industry throughseminars in major destinations. These seminarshave been seeking ways to discuss with thestakeholders on current and future needs andto overcome difficulties all along the path toprogress. The key of the tourism industry is thecomfortableness, convenience, safety andsecurity during the visitors’ stay in the hostcountry.

Myanmar is now in her mission of adoptingresponsible tourism that ensures sustainabledevelopment of the industry according to herreform strategies and economic liberalization.Thanks to the mission the country has seenmarked increase in the number of annual touristarrivals.

A total of over 800,000 tourists visitedMyanmar in 2011. This figure included arrivalsthrough border entry points with China andThailand. The arrivals from Yangon andMandalay International Airports indicated 26percent growth when compared with 2010.The first eight months of 2012 saw 340,458arrivals by air indicating a 40 percent increasewhen compared with the number of arrivalsduring the same period last year.

One of the fastest growing industries of theworld, tourism is seen as an important sectorfor the developing countries boosting foreignexchange earnings, generating jobopportunities and alleviating poverty. As apromising smokeless industry, tourism directlyor indirectly increases the incomes of localpeoples of many world countries.

We are now developing our tourismindustry in every aspect as it is one of the bestways of improving the economic condition ofthe local people of Myanmar.

One of the best ways

NATIONAL

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct— Union Minister for CommerceU Win Myint held a meeting with township leveldepartmental officials, personnel from political parties,locals and social organization members at KyunhlaTownship General Administration Department in SagaingRegion here this morning. In meeting with them, the unionMinister said that rapid development is needed for ruralpeople in ensuring development of grassroots level andreduction of poverty alleviation and the needs of ruralpeople will be fulfilled as soon as possible.

At the meeting, the Union Minister donated 30 anti-venoms for local people.

The Union Minister attended stake driving ceremonyfor Kyunhla Sangha Hospital at the site for construction ofSitagu Jivitadana Sangha Hospital.

On 6 October, the Union Minister viewed ThaphanseikDam.—MNA

Union Commerce Ministermeets locals from Kyunhla

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct— Kayin State Chief Minister U ZawMin met with trainees from Nursing and Midwifery TrainingSchool at the training school in Hpa-an and donated rice,bean, potatoes and edible oil provided by Kayin Stategovernment through the principal on 26 September.

On 27 September, the chief minister inspectedconstruction of Yeboke dam near Hteelon village inHlaingbwe Township and viewed water supply to farmlands.He attended natural environment and biodiversityconservation fingerlings releasing ceremony held by KayinState Fisheries Department under the Ministry of Livestockand Fisheries and released the fingerlings into the dam.

The chief minister went to dam No 1 in Hpa-an industrialzone where he put the fingerlings into the dam and lookedinto nurturing of nursery.

At the briefing hall for construction of industrial zone,State Electric and Industry Minister U Saw Kyi Lin clarifiedimplementation of industrial zone and the chief ministerfulfilled the needs. The chief minister and officials discussedthe progress of peace process and measures for regionaldevelopment tasks at the meeting hall of the state governmentoffice.—MNA

Yeboke dam, Hpa-an industrialzone inspected

NAY PYI TAW, 7Oct—Myitkyina TownshipPyithu HluttawRepresentative Chairman ofPyithu Hluttaw NationalRaces Affairs and InternalPeace-making CommitteeVice-Chairman of UnionPeace-making Committee U

Outstanding students honouredNAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct— Annual general meeting of

parents and teachers association and prize awardingceremony of outstanding students for 2011-2012 academicyear from No 8 Basic Education High School inMawlamyine of Mon State took place at Yinma Hall of theschool on 4 October morning.

Prize-awarding ceremony followed. StateEducation Director Assistant Director School HeadmistressDaw Myint Myint Kyu awarded the prizes to altogether 99students including six flying colour winners— Ma SawMya Thinzar Naing, Ma Pyint U Phyu, Ma Yuzana MyintMaung, Ma Chaw Myat Thiri, Ma Tin Htet Wai and MaMyo Tinzar Aung, other distinction winnerss and othertwenty eight students for 2011-2012 academic year.

BEHS No 8 in Mawlamyine stood bestperformance with 92.55 percent of pass rate for 2011-2012academic year.—MNA

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Bairdmeets with Union Minister for Foreign Affairs

U Wunna Maung Lwin on 3 October.(News reported)—MNA

You used tobe a jack of

all trade.Isn’t it?

Parliamentary experiencesrecounted

Thein Zaw recounted hisparliamentary experiences inmeeting with local people atMyitkyina Town Hallyesterday.

U Thein Zaw explainedfunctions and legislationsof previous sessions of threeHluttaws, peacenegotiations with internalarmed groups, peace processin Kachin State, and effortsin the interests of the nationand without partisanship,dogmatism andsectarianism.

Kachin State ChiefMinister U La John NganHsai explained provision ofassistance to displacedfamilies in terms of education,social welfare and medicaltreatment by accom-modating them at reliefcamps, collaborative reliefworks of UN agencies andsocial organizations underthe aegis of the government,anti-narcotics programmesby forming anti-drugorganizations at different

levels, air transportation ofrice to Putao for localconsumption, and ruraldevelopment and povertyalleviation efforts.

Next, U Thein Zawdonated 250 bags of ricethrough State Minister forSocial Affairs Daw Bauk Jafor displaced people.

The Kachin State ChiefMinister and the Vice-Chairman of Union Peace-making Committeeinspected loading of

foodstuffs including 230 bagsof rice donated by Stategovernment, 100 by SitaguSayadaw on to a plane ofMyanma Airways to send toPutao for comsumption oflocal people anddepartmental staff. So far,3712 bags of rice have beensent to Putao which weredistributed to people andcivil servants under thearrangement of the townshipadministrator.

MNA

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That’s why I’mtrying to master

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NATIONALUnion Sports Minister inspects

ISPE (Yangon)YANGON, 7 Oct— The

Ministry of Sports issystematically selectingprospective athletes fromregions and states with aview to turning outvictorious athletes and theyare being trained at Institutesof Sports and PhysicalEducation in Yangon andMandalay. Chairman of

Myanmar National SportsCommittee Union Ministerfor Sports U Tint Hsan on 6October morning viewedtraining of sprint and longdistant race, pole vault,hurdle race, short put,cycling, soccer, men/womenfustal, judo, shooting,boxing, karate-do, golf,badminton, table tennis,

sepak takraw, wushu,weightlifting, taekwondo,chess, archery by the athletesat Institute of Sports andPhysical Education(Yangon). He inspectedfitness centre, clinic and metwith in charge coaches andcalled for training to get goodperformance, tactics andrecords.—MNA

Mobile military medical team providesmedical treatment in Pruhso Tsp

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct—Kayah State Chief MinisterU Khin Maung Oo,Commander of EasternCommand Maj-Gen Soe Htutand Deputy Minister forImmigration and PopulationU Win Myint viewed themilitary mobile medicalteam providing free medicaltreatment and giving healtheducative talks to localpeople at MakayawshaeVillage, Pruhso Township,Kayah State on 5 Octoberduring which the teamprovided treatment to 62villagers.

The State Chief

Minister and the medicalteam met local nationalpeople there and gave 50bags of rice, clothes andseven kinds of consumergoods, 19 kinds offoodstuffs, three kinds ofsports gear, and three kindsof stationery presented bythe Commander-in-Chief ofDefence Services.

The State ChiefMinister and party viewedKayah State Immigrationand National RegistrationDepartment issuingcitizenship scrutiny cardsfree of charge. Thedepartment issued

citizenship scrutiny cards to39 persons of the village.

Likewise, they gave 52bags of rice, 84 blankets,clothes, 20 kinds offoodstuffs, three kinds ofconsumer goods, three kindsof stationery and three kindsof sports gear to Hoya Villagepresented by theCommander-in-Chief ofDefence Services.

The military mobilemedical team No (3) alsoprovided free medicaltreatment to 236 nationalraces people from Hoya andsurrounding villages.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct—YwanganTownship rural development and povertyalleviation coordination meeting took placeat the office of Public Works in Ywangan inDanu Self-administered zone on 3 October,with an address by Shan State Chief MinisterU Sao Aung Myat.

The State Chief Minister presented cashassistance to patients at Ywangan TownshipPeople’s Hospital and inspected the site forextended hospital building.

He addressed the rural development andpoverty alleviation coordination meeting at

Rural development and poverty alleviationcoord meeting held in Ywangan

the Office of the Leading Body of Danu Self-administered zone in Pindaya and donatedK 5 million for construction of one-storeybuilding at Mongin Basic Education HighSchool (branch) and for two-storey RCbuilding at Myinmu No (34) Post-primarySchool.

He provided patients at PindayaTownship People’s Hospital with cashassistance and viewed the site for extendedbuilding construction. He also inspectedsite for construction of extended building atAyethaya Station Hospital.—MNA

YANGON, 7 Oct—TheMyanmar Karatedo Teamled by President ofMyanmar KaratedoFederation Dr Win Zaw thatparticipated in the 1st

Southeast Asian KaratedoChampionship 2012 inBangkok of Thailand from28 to 30 September 2012arrived back here by air on1 October.

Athletes fromIndonesia, Malaysia,Myanmar, Vietnam,Singapore, Laos,Cambodia, Thailand andthe Philippines took part inthe championship.

Victorious Myanmar Karatedo team backfrom ThailandMyanmar competed in thefour classes. Yin Hua ThongLwe (Ministry of Sports)secured one silver inwomen’s senior Kata event,Thet Htut Oo one bronze inthe men’s senior Kata event,Kyaw Kyaw Tun, AungKhant and Min Hein Khantone bronze in the inter-clubmen’s Kata event and LinOo one silver in the men’ssingles U14-15 Kata event.

Significantly, theSoutheast Asian KaratedoFederation-SEAKF wasreconstituted with thePresident of IndonesianKaratedo Association as

President and Dr Win Zaw asVice-President.

As part of one moreachievement of MyanmarKaratedo arena, U Htein WinMyint (Assistant Director ofSports and PhysicalEducation Department),Daw Nang Hsai Mein (StaffOfficer of Sports and PhysicalEducation Department) andDaw Sanda Myo Aye (Coachof the federation)successfully passed in theAsian level coaching test.They all were conferredAsian level coachcertificates.

Kyemon

Deputy Minister for Information U Paik Htwe donated books and cash to library andclinic of Paleik Paper Mill in Singaing Township and books to Pyawbwe Township IPRDon 2 October.

Crabs released into mangrove forestsUnder the arrangement of Yangon Region Fisheries Department and crab production

companies, Yangon Region Chief Minister U Myint Swe and officials released 2000female crabs and 20000 crabs under 100 grams into mangrove forests in KyauktanTownship on 4 October.

Tipitaka Exam 9 Dec-10 JanReligious Affairs Department will hold Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida Selection

Examination from 9 December 2012 to 10 January 2013. The examination will compriseoral and writing tests.

First iron frame installed at Ayeyawady BridgeA ceremony to install iron frame at Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadana theinga) was held at

the bridge in Kyaukmyaung Sub-Township on 30 September morning. The bridge will be2480 feet long.

News in BriefBooks donated to library of PaleikPaper Mill

Loss of K 4.2 millioncase exposed

PYAWBWE, 7 Oct—Tun Win, 43 ofPyithaya 5th Street in Pyawbwe Townshipleft Mandalay for Pyawbwe with a vandriven by Kyaw Swa Htay on 3 October. At2.30 am when they arrived at Swe Brokerin Meiktila, driver Kyaw Swa Htay saidthat he was eager to sleep. So, Tun Winkept his white bag containing K 4.2 millionand fell asleep. When he woke up at 4.30am, he lost his bag of money and thenopened a file of lawsuit at No. 1 PoliceStation.

The earnest efforts of the policemenled to the arrest of Soe Thu of Region 5 inYadana Manaung Ward along with a 3Ya/…DT motorcycle worth K 2.8 millionbought from Mandalay with stolen money,one Nokia handset worth K 250,000 and K1,204,550 kept at his house on 3 October.

Myanma Alin

46 teak logs seized onwest bank of Sittoung

BAGO, 7 Oct—According to theinformation through telephone fromThaunggyi Village Administrator ofNyaunglebin Township in Bago Region,workers of Nyaunglebin Township ForestDepartment together with IP Nyi Nyi Naingand party searched the designated place at2 pm on 25 October.

They seized 46 teak logs at westernbank of Sittoung River.

After conducting investigation,Pyundaza Police Station opened a file oflawsuit against teak log owner Aung MyoTun under the law.

Kyemon

DistrictNews

2012 19th Myanmar National Races’TraditionalPerforming Arts Competition

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Greek austerity talks to continue, progressseen

ATHENS, 7 Oct—Greecewill continue talks withinternational lenders nextweek on new austeritymeasures for the debt-riddencountry to clinch its next loantranche, the finance ministersaid on Saturday, with bothsides saying progress hadbeen made.

Negotiators had beenpushing for a deal before ameeting of euro zone financeministers on Monday, butGreece said it would settle fora statement acknowledgingthat talks were advancing.

“We will continue nextweek as well,” FinanceMinister Yannis Stournarastold reporters following talksin Athens with Greece’stroika of creditors—theEuropean Union, EuropeanCentral Bank andInternational MonetaryFund. “We hope there will bea positive presentation fromthe troika, the IMF, EU andECB, at the eurogroup,” hesaid. “We’re trying to reach a

A Greek presidential guardmarches past theMonument of the

Unknown Soldier in frontof the parliament in Athens

on 6 Oct, 2012.REUTERS

compromise that will be inthe interests of the economyand the poor.”

Five consecutive yearsof recession have drivenunemployment to recordlevels, gutted householdincomes and led to repeatedbouts of protest and unrest onthe streets of the Greekcapital.

New protests areexpected on Tuesday whenGerman Chancellor AngelaMerkel will make her firstvisit to Greece since the eurozone debt crisis erupted inlate 2009. The trip representsa show of support for thegovernment of conservativePrime Minister AntonisSamaras and an apparentsignal of the determinationof Europe’s most powerfulleader to keep Greece withinthe euro.

Earlier on Saturday, asenior Greek governmentofficial said the sides neededanother two weeks to agree apact on almost 12 billion

euros of new savings to securethe next tranche of some 31.5billion euros ($41.14 billion)

in urgently needed loans.Without it, Greece says

it will run out of money at theend of November.

The official said therehad been “convergence” inthe talks and that a positivestatement from euro zonefinance ministers on Mondaywould mark a “signal for talksto continue ... next week andthe week after that”.

Reuters

Trainingplane crashes

in westernTurkey

ANKARA, 7 Oct—Asingle-engined trainingplane of Turkish Aeronau-tical Association crashed inIzmir Province in westernTurkey on Saturday, privateDogan news agencyreported.

One pilot was killed andanother injured when theCessna 172- type TC-CBIregistered aircraft took offfrom Izmir Efes Airport andcrashed in the mountainousarea in Odemis town of Izmirprovince, according to thereport.

Rescue teams weredispatched to the spot, said thereport, adding that aninvestigation into this incidentwas underway.

Xinhua

Western MediterraneanDialogue ends with “Malta

Declaration”RABAT, 7 Oct—The second Western Mediterranean

Dialogue, commonly known as the “5+5 Dialogue,” endedon Saturday with the approval of a final declaration namedthe “Malta Declaration.” At the concluding Press conference,the leaders of Malta, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisiahighly praised the outcome of the summit and expressedtheir aspiration to enhance the regional cooperation insupporting small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),combating irregular migration and strengthening the fightagainst smuggling. Malta’s Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzisaid the summit promoted dialogue between WesternMediterranean countries for exchange of ideas on issues ofsecurity, migration and economic development.

The Milan Chamber of Commerce, according to thedeclaration, will set up a regional network of centres toprovide service to SMEs.

“In the discussion, we underlined the importance ofsupporting particularly the development of small- andmedium-sized enterprises as a fatal sector in job creating,”Gonzi said. On the issue of irregular migration, TunisianPresident Moncef Marzouki said he had suggested thecreation of a task force focusing on rescuing migrants. Thetask force, he said, should be composed of military andcivilian assets.

“It is very difficult to accomplish (preventing irregularmigration) with only one solution. It needs a package ofsolutions based on solidarity between all the members bothfrom the North and the South,” Gonzi said.

Moreover, the declaration condemned the violence inSyria and called for its immediate end. The second WesternMediterranean Dialogue opened here on Friday. The firstsuch summit was held in Tunis in December 2003.— Xinhua

Afghan children wait to fill their water barrels next to awater pump in Kabul on 6 Oct, 2012. More than half of theAfghan population do not have access to clean drinking

water, according to Afghan officials.—XINHUA

Scaffold collapse kills twoin East China city

Local firefighters rescue avictim at the site of a

scaffold-collapse accidentin Fuzhou, capital of

southeast China’s FujianProvince, on 7 Oct, 2012.Four people were buried

as the scaffold collapsed ata construction site. Two

men were confirmed dead.XINHUA

China spends heavily in afforestationefforts

BEIJING, 7 Oct—TheChinese governmentallocated 46.2 billion yuan(7.22 billion US dollars)from its central budget to thereturn-farmland-to-forestsplan during 2008-2011,according to the NationalDevelopment and ReformCommission (NDRC).

As of the end of 2006,around 9.3 million hectaresof farmland had beenconverted to forests since thegovernment launched anational campaign in 1999.

FUZHOU, 7 Oct— Two workers were killed on Sundaymorning after a scaffold at a construction site collapsed inFuzhou City in east China’s Fujian Province, according tolocal government. Four workers were buried by the collapsingscaffold at the Silver Bay Construction site in Mawei Districtof Fuzhou City, said a spokesman of the city government.

Two of them were seriously injured and died in hospital.The other two were under medical treatment.

The scaffold collapsed at 7:24 am while workers werecleaning the walls of a building. Police said they areinvestigating the cause of the accident.—Xinhua

Around 15 million hectaresof hillside was closed tofacilitate afforestation duringthe period, according to theNDRC.

Under the plan, farmersreceived grain and cashsubsidies if they returnedtheir farmlands to woodlandsto combat soil erosion.

By 2006, some 124million farmers had beensubsidized and the ecologicalenvironment had seensignificant improvements,the NDRC said.

The emphasis onboosting forest coveragecame amid the country’sefforts to increase its “forestcarbon sink capacity.” Thismeans using forested areas toremove carbon dioxide fromthe atmosphere, therebyhelping address globalclimate change.

China’s forest coveragereached 20.36 percent in2010, up from 18.2 percent in2005, and is expected tofurther increase to 21.66percent by 2015.—Xinhua

Afghan police kill 28 militantswithin 24 hours

A Palestinian pours Beer during the 2012 TaybehOktoberfest beer festival in the West Bank Christian

village of Taybeh, near Ramallah, on 6 Oct, 2012. Theannual beer festival is put on by the Taybeh brewery, the

only such establishment in the predominantly MuslimPalestinian territories.

XINHUA

KABUL, 7 Oct—TheAfghan Ministry of InteriorAffairs on Sunday said that thepolice forces, backed by thearmy and the NATO-ledcoalition forces, haveeliminated 28 Talebanmilitants in different provinceswithin the past 24 hours.

“Afghan National Police(ANP) in collaboration withthe army and coalition forceslaunched 17 cleanupoperations in Kabul,Nangarhar, Laghman, Kapisa,Kunduz, Faryab, Wardak,Ghazni and Paktika provinces,killing 28 armed Talebanmilitants over the past 24hours,” the ministry said in astatement.

The ANP also detained13 suspected militants besidesseizing weapons andammunition in the above

raids, the statement added,without saying if there wereany casualties on the side ofsecurity forces.

The Taleban insurgents,who have been waging aninsurgency of more than onedecade, have yet to confirmthe death of their men.

The security forces haveintensified cleanupoperations against Talebanand other militantsthroughout the countryrecently but the insurgents inretaliation responded bycarrying out bombings andlaying out ambushes againstthem.

On Saturday, two USsoldiers with the coalitionwere killed in an insurgentattack in eastern Afghanistan,the coalition confirmed in astatement.—Xinhua

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Singapore announces incentives for more to join healthcare sector

Singapore, 7 Oct—Singapore’s Health Ministry announced enhanced in-centives on Saturday to encourage midcareer profess-ionals to switch their careers to become a nurse or allied health professional starting from April next year. The incentives announced by Minister of State for Health Amy Khor include fully-sponsored course fees and higher monthly training allowances of between 50 and 70 percent.

Singapore government is investing more in healthcare facilities to cater to an ageing population, and the demand for nurses and

Passengers wait for trains at the Nanjing South Railway Station in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, on 6 Oct, 2012. Many tourists chose to travel by high-speed railways during the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day holidays.—Xinhua

Gunmen attack NATO

container in Pakistan,

driver, cleaner injured

iSlamabad, 7 Oct—Unidentified gunmen in Pakistan’s southwest region attacked a container, carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan, and injured its driver and his assistant, police in the region said on Saturday.

The driver and his assistant received bullet injuries in Mastung area of Balochistan and were shifted to Quetta, the provincial capital.

Officials said that the container loaded with goods was on its way from Karachi to Afghanistan when unknown gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire at the container.

The assailants also set the container on fire. Later, the attackers managed to escape.

The local militia force rushed to the site of attack and conducted a search operation but no one was arrested.

The police also registered a case against unknown attackers and started investigation into the incident.

No group claimed responsibility. Taleban militants are blamed for such attacks.

Some 70 percent supplies are reportedly transported for nearly 150,000 US-led NATO troops in Afghanistan.

Xinhua

Philippines agrees landmark peace deal with rebels

manila, 7 Oct—The Philippine government and Muslim rebels have agreed a peace deal for the country’s troubled south, President Benigno Aquino announced on Sunday, signaling an end to a 40-year conflict that has killed more than 120,000 people and crippled the region’s economy.

The long-awaited agreement sets in train a roadmap to create a new Bangsamoro autonomous region in Muslim-dominated areas of the south of the mainly Roman Catholic country before the end of Aquino's term in 2016. Bangsamoro refers to Muslim and non-Islamic minority people in the southern Philippines.

“This agreement creates a new political entity and it deserves a name that symbolizes and honours the struggles of our forebears in Mindanao and celebrates the history and character of that part of our nation. That name will be Bangsamoro,” Aquino announced via a live broadcast from the presidential palace.

“This framework agreement is about rising above our prejudices. It is about casting aside the distrust and myopia that has the plagued efforts of the past,” said Aquino, surrounded by his cabinet ministers.

While obstacles still lie ahead, the deal signals a major breakthrough in trust between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) separatists, who have long viewed Manila’s motives in the talks with suspicion. The deal, reached during talks in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur over the past week, will set up a 15-member Transition Commission, which has until 2015 to draft a law creating the new entity to replace the current autonomous region.

The new entity and its jurisdiction will be determined through a plebiscite after the passage of the organic law.

The Muslim area will gain more political and economic powers, including imposition of taxes to cut central government subsidies, a bigger share in revenues from natural resources and a more active role in internal security.—Reuters

Philippine President Benigno Aquino waves as he arrives to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

(APEC) Summit in Vladivostok, Russiaon 8 Sept, 2012.—ReuteRs

Three Japanese Self Defence Ships arrive in Cambodia to boost naval force ties

preah Sihanouk, 7 Oct—Three Japanese maritime self defence force ships docked at Cambodia’s Sihanoukville Autonomous Port on Saturday morning for a 5-day visit to promote ties and exchange experience between two countries’ naval forces. The ships were greeted by Cambodian Rear Admiral Ros Veasna, deputy commander of Ream Naval base in Preah Sihanouk Province.

According to a Press release from Japanese Embassy to Cambodia, the 3 ships, named Kashima, Shimayuka and Matsuyuki, are led by Rear Admiral Hidetoshi Fuchinoue, commander of Japan Training Squadron.

“The visit is to strengthen friendship relations between the two nations,” the Press release said. “It will also give opportunities for 194 Japanese cadet school graduates to learn about culture and military as well as to strengthen friendship with Cambodia through various exchange programmes.”

During the stay in Cambodia, Rear Admiral Fuchinoue plans to visit Phnom Penh to pay courtesy call on Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tea Banh and commander of Cambodian Royal Navy Tea Vinh on 8 October, it added.—Xinhua

Elements of the Mexican Army participate in the destruction and incineration of a marijuana field, in the Municipality of Guachinango, Jalisco state, west Mexico, on 6 Oct, 2012. The field which was mixed

with corn for avoiding detection, had an extension of 30,000 meters, according to the local press.—Xinhua

Ferry disaster probe to be completed in six months: HK official

hong kong, 7 Oct —Director of the Marine Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Francis Liu said on Saturday that he expected a probe into the Lamma ferry disaster to be completed in six months.

Liu said officers are looking into various aspects of the tragedy, including whether safety measures on board the two vessels were adequate and why did the Lamma IV sink within

allied health professionals are expected to increase.

One way to grow the pool is to attract more mid-career professionals, but they will need to undergo a professional conversion program by the Workforce Development Agency.

Such programmes typically cost between 62,000 Singapore dollars ( 50,407 US dollars) and 68,000 Singapore dollars (55,285 US dollars) for each trainee. About 20 to 30 percent of the fees are currently funded by employers, while the rest are subsidized by the Workforce Development

minutes after the collision.Lai Tung-kwok, Secre-

tary for Security of the HKSAR government, said the police have boarded and will continue to board the two boats to collect all necessary evidence.

“They are now conducting interviews on the survivors and witnesses to ascertain what they know so that we can piece up all available information to map out what happened in that night.” Lai said the police have already

set up a hotline and have requested those witnesses to come forward to provide information.

The police have also set up a desk at the Lamma Island pier because they believe that during the incident, quite a number of Lamma residents were on board one of the vessels. Through setting up the desk, the police hope that they can obtain more information from eye witnesses on board the ship. Two vessels—“Sea Smooth” and Hong Kong

Electric’s “Lamma IV”—collided off Yung Shu Wan Pier of Lamma Island at around 8:20 pm local time on Monday, when the city’s residents were celebrating the National Day of China. A girl was certified dead in hospital last night, bringing the death toll of the disaster to 39. Patrick Nip, Director of the Social Welfare Department of the HKSAR government, said more than a hundred social workers are helping families involved in the disaster.—Xinhua

Pakistan

Agency.But from April next year,

the Workforce Development Agency will bear all training fees. Monthly training allowances will also go up. Registered nurses or allied health trainees can expect to receive allowances of between 1,500 Singapore dollars and 1,700 Singapore dollars, compared the current 1,000 Singapore dollars.

“We find that one of the stress points for mid-career professionals switching into healthcare really is the loss of income during their conversion training period ... and the cost of the training itself," Khor said.—Xinhua

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BUSINESS & ADVERTISEMENT

Bosnian president to visit Pakistan on 9 -10 OctISLAMABAD, 7 Oct—

President of Bosnia andHerzegovina, BakirIzetbegovic, will be visitingPakistan on 9-10 Oct at theinvitation of President AsifAli Zardari, the ForeignMinistry said on Saturday.

During his stay inIslamabad, PresidentIzetbegovich will meet thepresident and the primeminister. The ministers ofForeign Affairs and Defencewill also call on the Bosnian

president, a Foreign Ministrystatement said.

He will also address thebusiness community of thetwo countries. In addition, theNational University ofScience and Technology(NUST) will confer anhonorary doctorate onPresident Izetbegovic. “Hisvisit would not only helpfurther enhance bilateralcooperation between the twocountries particularly in trade,investment, education and

defence, but would alsoprovide an opportunity toexchange views at the highestpolitical level on variousimportant internationalissues of mutual interest,”thestatement said.

President Izetbegovic isthe son of late AlijaIzetbegovic, the reveredformer President of Bosniaand Herzegovina. The lastpresidential visit from Bosniatook place in 2004 when MrSulejman Tihic, the then

The World Public Forum(WPF) founding president

Vladimir Yakunin (L) speaksduring an interview with

Chinese media reporters inRhodes, Greece, on 6 Oct,2012. Chinese academicsparticipated in this year’s

World Public Forum“Dialogue of Civilizations”

for the first time as adelegation.—XINHUA

President of Bosnia, paid astate visit to Pakistan.

Pakistan extendedsupport to the people ofBosnia, especially during theirstruggle for independence,and Bosnia supported theirPakistan brethren during thedevastating earthquake in2005 and floods in 2010-2011.

Pakistan and Bosnia andHerzegovina enjoy excellentrelations deeply embeddedin shared values andmutuality of interest on majorglobal issues of commonconcern. The two countriesalso jointly pursue thecommon objective of globalpeace and stability ininternational forums, theForeign Ministry said.

Reuters

European Investment Bankgrants Morocco 43-m-euroloan for agriculture

RABAT, 7 Oct—The European Investment Bank (EIB) hasgranted Morocco a loan of 43 million euros (about 56 millionUS dollars) to develop its agriculture and improve theefficiency of irrigation, a local radio reported on Saturday.

The loan aims to reinforce Morocco’s water-savingfacilities for irrigation in the regions of Gharb, Haouz andSouss Massa, with a goal of modernizing the irrigation systemfor a better productivity.

The agreement on the loan will accompany the country’spolicy for agriculture, a key economic sector that representsan average of 13.5 percent of GDP between 2006 and 2011 andemploys around 40 percent of the country’s workforce.

The EIB has already financed major irrigation projects inMorocco, mainly the irrigation project in Doukkala for 60million euros (about 78 million dollars).—Xinhua

Houston conference promotes US-Chinaeducational, economic, cultural cooperation

Photo taken on 6 Oct, 2012shows the art clocks exhibitedat the Fine Art Asia 2012 inHong Kong, south China. As

Asia’s leading annual fine artfair, Fine Art Asia is known

for the combination of art andantiques from both East and

West. The fair kicked off on 4Oct, displaying over 6,000 art

works and antiques.XINHUA

HOUSTON, 7 Oct—Business leaders from Chinaand the United Statesgathered in this fourth-largestUS city on Saturday for aconference aimed at exploringpotentials for bilateralcooperation and partnership.

The Third US-ChinaEducational, Economic andCultural Conference attractedsome 200 participants fromboth countries, who came toshare experience and ideasabout the opportunities,strategies and steps neededfor business success in the

world’s largest economy andlargest emerging market.

The conference “aims tocreate a business platformwhich will enhanceopportunities for businessesfrom the United States andChina, promote traditionalculture and initiate private andbusiness partnerships, whichwill enhance mutualunderstanding anddevelopment of US-Chinabusiness relations,” said JPLi, president of the US-ChinaEducational, Economic andCultural Foundation which

organized the event.“We are very excited

about the opportunities thatexist between Houston andChina,” Ed Gonzalez, vicemayor of Houston, toldXinhua on the sidelines ofthe conference.

“No relationship willprobably be more importantto our country than the US-China relationship. We arevery proud to know that ourcity has been one of the front-runners in developing astrong relationship withChina,” he noted.—Xinhua

US navy Blue Angels aerobatics team perform during an airshow, which is part of the San Francisco Fleet Week, in San

Francisco, the United States, on 5 Oct, 2012.—XINHUA

California gasoline prices hit record amidsupply woes

LOS ANGELES, 7 Oct—Gasoline prices in Californiahit record levels on Saturday,after an unprecedented surgein pump prices propelled by aperfect storm of factors thatdrove inventories in the regiondown to near-historic lows.

The average cost of agallon of gas in the state stoodat $4.614, edging past theprevious record of $4.61 set in2008, according to figuresfrom AAA.

But prices topped $5 agallon in some locations. OnSaturday, a local NBC stationshowed one downtown LosAngeles gas station sellingregular grade at $5.49 a gallon.

Average prices in theGolden State were $4.145 a

week ago, AAA data show.The abrupt price spike

has shocked California’s car-loving residents, and left someretailers in Los Angelesscrambling for supplies. Signshave emerged that the run-upin prices could soon end, butmotorists may think twiceabout hitting the road for now.

“I think $5 is kind ofhitting the limit,” driverGenoush Tunian told the localCBS station in Los Angeles.

A series of events haveconspired to limit supplies,causing gas inventories in theWest Coast region to fall thisweek to their third-lowest levelin 20 years on a seasonalbasis, government datashows.

A fire closed ChevronCorp’s Richmond, California,refinery during the summer.A Chevron pipeline thatcarries crude oil from thestate’s Central Valley torefineries in the San FranciscoBay area has also been closedsince mid-September.

More recently, Phillips66 shut two plants to conductplanned maintenance, while apower outage hit Exxon MobilCorp’s refinery in the LosAngeles-area city of Torranceon Monday, disruptingoperations for days.

On Friday, Exxon said theTorrance plant had resumedoperations, which helped easesupply fears.

Reuters

BEIJING, 7 Oct—A network to monitor PM2.5 in the air in the Chinese capital wascompleted on Saturday as another 15 monitoring stations began releasing real-time data.

The network, which is composed of 35 PM2.5 monitoring stations, will publish the airquality data online, according to the Beijing Environment Monitoring Centre.

The PM2.5 air quality standard monitors fine particles with a diameter of 2.5 microns orless. It is considered more hazardous to people’s health as it can go deeper into the lungs. ButPM2.5 monitoring was not included in China’s air quality monitoring before.

The monitoring network will undergo a trial operation for three months, before the city’senvironmental protection department formally adopts the data in 2013 as new measures toevaluate the air quality of the city.

The Ministry of Environmental Protection has ordered 74 cities to apply a morecomprehensive air quality monitoring standard and publish daily reports on PM2.5 by the endof this year.

Xinhua

Beijing’s PM2.5 monitoring networkreleases complete data

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ENTERTAINMENTBradley Cooper snubbed Dita Von Teese?

The star—who was famously married to Marilyn Mason—appeared shocked by the actor’s rejection of her drink offer,even though Bradley has now been sober for eight years. The source added to RadarOnline: “She looked gutted. It reallywas an awkward moment for Dita, I’m sure a lot of men wouldn’t turn her down.”

Bradley is said to have rekindled his relationship with Zoe Saldana after their romance initially fizzled out in March.Meanwhile, Dita recently revealed she is enjoying the single lifestyle and is currently dating several men. She said: “I’m

single and loving the freedom of being single and dating. It’s an exciting time. I’ve been in a lot of big relationships and I haven’tspent much time being single so I figured it’s a great time to be free and be without commitment.”—PTI

LONDON, 7 Oct—The burlesquedancer was seen making eyes at TheHangover actor at Farfalla restaurantin Los Angeles and tried to buy adrink for the handsome star, but heremained immune to her advancesand left without saying goodbye.

An onlooker said: “Bradleycompletely snubbed Dita when shemade a beeline for him. She wasdesperate to get his attention, so sheasked the waitress to go over to histable and ask him what he wanted todrink.

“Bradley told the waitress he’son a health kick at the moment andsaid he was fine. After that, Dita waslooking over at him, fluttering hereyelids and wanted him to join herand her friend.

“But Bradley just wasn’t thatinto her, he ignored her eye contactand just looked down at his phone.He left before she did and didn’t evenacknowledge her on the way out ofthe restaurant.”

Ditaappearedshocked

byBradley’srejection

of herdrinkoffer.

Kangana Ranaut undergoescrossfit training for her

maiden Karan Johar ventureMUMBAI, 7 Oct—Known to be a method actor, Kangana

Ranaut usually leaves no stone unturned to prepare for hercharacters in her films. The actress has just signed a KaranJohar film that will soon go on the floors and apparently shewill now be learning crossfit training to get into the skin of hercharacter.

A source informs, “The film helmed by Rensil D’Silva isa thriller. This will be her first KJo production and she wantsto give it her best shot.”

Sources say that Kangana plays a medical student in thefilm. The actress had also done rigorous physical training forher superhero film, Krrish 2 with Hrithik Roshan. The sourceadds, “It was her decision to undergo the training process sothat she looks her best in the film.”—PTI

The actresshas justsigned aKaran

Johar filmthat will

soon go onthe floors

Scarlett Johansson ‘bitter’ about ex husband Ryan Reynold’s marriage

Comedian Steve Martin in adfor Nebraska Senate

candidateOMAHA, ( Nebraska) 7 Oct—Steve Martin has released an

off-beat ad endorsing Bob Kerrey’s candidacy in Nebraska’sUS Senate race, in which the actor and comedian demonstrateshow to build a wad of paper while cue cards offering praisefor Kerrey are displayed on the screen.

Martin, playing the role of “home crafts expert,” manglesa blank single sheet of white paper with paper clips, scissors,staples, chewing gum and a hammer, while a hand emergesfrom off screen offering typed messages in praise of Kerrey.

“He is a principled man whom I have known and respectedfor many years,” reads one.

“But most of all... He is sane. And his ideas are workable,”reads another.

Kerrey, a Democrat, represented Nebraska in the USSenate from 1989 to 2001, when he moved to New York Cityto lead The New School university. He returned to Omaha thisyear to seek the seat of retiring US Senator Ben Nelson, aDemocrat. Kerrey, who faces Republican State Senator DebFischer in the 6 November election, has trailed in polls.

In a Facebook posting introducing the web video, Kerreyjoked he has been aware of Martin’s “home crafts expertise,”and is “pleased that he now wants to share his talents with youalong with his endorsement for me for the US Senate.”

Reuters

LONDON, 7 Oct—TheAvengers actress—whosedivorce from Ryan wasfinalised in 2011 after fouryears together— is said to beconvinced he cheated on her

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Scarlett is said tobe convinced Ryancheated on her withthe Gossip Girl star.

with the Gossip Girl star whilethey were still married and wasdistraught over the couple’srecent nuptials.

A source told the NationalEnquirer: “Even though there isno evidence behind it,Scarlett has convincedherself that Ryan cheatedon her with Blake.

“She’s incrediblybitter about it. In a way,Scarlett feels like Blakeactually stole Ryanfrom her, because itwas when he startedshooting GreenLantern with Blakein 2010 that

everything fellapart.”

The 27-year-oldactress was shocked todiscover the couple hadthrown a secret weddingreception in SouthCarolina on 9 Septemberand was especiallyhurt Ryan remarried soquickly, after only a year

of dating Blake.The insider added:

“Ryan and Blake’s weddinghas brought back a lot ofpain for Scarlett. She’s surethat Blake deliberately

seduced Ryan, even thoughshe knew he was attached atthe time.

“On top of that, she feelslike it’s a huge slap in the facethat Ryan would remarry this

fast. Scarlett is happy anddating, but she assumed hewould wait a few years beforehe tied the knot again.”

Scarlett—who iscurrently romancingadvertising executive NateTaylor—has spokencandidly about her marriageto Ryan in the past. She said:“It was a beautiful thing.

The falling in love and getting married and making

that commitment ... I thinkit’s nice to know that you’recapable of loving somebodyin that way. I think it’s a rare opportunity.”

PTI

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SPORTSSkipper Gerrard pledges future

to Liverpool

LONDON, 7 Oct —StevenGerrard has pledged his futureto Liverpool for the rest of hisplaying career saying he willnever leave the club. The 32-year-old Liverpool skipper,who has made nearly 600appearances in allcompetitions since makinghis debut in 1998, told theBBC he had hadopportunities to leave anumber of times in the pastfive years. “Everyone is awarethat my head has been turnedon a number of occasions butI know what it means to playfor this club as a supporter andI will never leave,” he said.

He also said that, despitea sluggish start to the season,

Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard (C) evades the challenge ofNorwich City’s Robert Snodgrass (L) during their English

Premier League soccer match at Carrow Road inNorwich on 29 Sept, 2012. —REUTERS

a top-four finish in the PremierLeague and a trophy remainedrealistic aims.

Liverpool are currently14th in the Premier Leaguetable after six matches andhave three points from theirfirst two Europa Leaguematches but asked what theirrealistic target was, Gerrardtold Football Focus: “Top fourand a trophy.”

“I think teams will find itreally difficult to play againstus and I’m confident we can goon a run of winning games.”

Gerrard has won theChampions League and UEFACup with Liverpool plus twoFA Cups and three LeagueCups.—Reuters

Grace shrugs off “Carnasty” fearsto lead by four shots

ST ANDREWS, (Scotland)7 Oct—South Africa’sBranden Grace overcame amental obstacle at the DunhillLinks Championship onSaturday to take a giant stridetowards securing his fourthEuropean Tour win of theseason.

The 24-year-old feared for

Chelsea move four points clear, City up tosecond

LONDON, 7 Oct—Chelsea brushed NorwichCity aside 4-1 at StamfordBridge on Saturday to openup a four-point lead at thetop of the Premier Leagueafter Everton, who weresecond, drew 2-2 at WiganAthletic and slipped to third.

Chelsea moved to 19points as championsManchester City climbed tosecond on 15 points afterbeating Sunderland 3-0 atthe Etihad Stadium whereAleksandar Kolarov, SergioAguero and James Milnerwere on target.

Chelsea fell behind toan early Grant Holt goal, butreplied with four fromFernando Torres, FrankLampard, Eden Hazard and

a superb volley fromBranislav Ivanovic.

West Bromwich Albionmoved up to fourth place on14 points with a 3-2 win overQueens Park Rangers, whoremain winless and bottom.

Everton trailed twice atWigan Athletic before saving

a point in a 2-2 draw whenLeighton Baines scored apenalty against his formerclub in the 87th minute.

The other game thatcould affect the topstandings was at Upton Parkwhere West Ham United werekicking off against Arsenal

Hamilton takes wrong turn as McLaren pole run ends

McLarenFormula Onedriver LewisHamilton of

Britain stands inthe team garageduring the thirdpractice sessionof the Japanese

F1 Grand Prix atthe Suzuka circuit

on 6 Oct, 2012.REUTERS

at 1630 GMT.Manchester United, who

started the day in third placeand Tottenham Hotspur, whostarted fifth, do not play untilSunday.In Saturday’s othermatch, Reading appeared tobe heading for their firstleague win of the season aftergoing 2-0 up at Swansea City,but the home side fought backwith two late goals to grab a2-2 draw and avoid a fourthsuccessive defeat.—Reuters

Chelsea’s John Terry inaction during the English

Premier League soccermatch against Norwich

City at Stamford Bridge,London, on 6 Oct, 2012.

REUTERS

SUZUKA, (Japan ), 7Oct—Lewis Hamiltonrecognised he had made awrong decision on Saturdayas McLaren’s run of four polepositions in a row came to anend at the Japanese GrandPrix. The 2008 Formula Oneworld champion, whoseheadline-grabbing move toMercedes in 2013 wasannounced last week, wasreferring only to his choice ofqualifying setup on a difficultafternoon for his McLarenteam.

“I chose a direction butit’s very difficult,” he saidafter a session that ended withHamilton ninth and Red Bull’sdouble world championSebastian Vettel on pole.Ferrari’s overall leaderFernando Alonso qualifiedsixth.

“Every time you do a runyou try to fine tune the setupand sometimes you just gothe wrong way.

Top seeds Azarenka, Sharapova set up ChinaOpen final

BEIJING , 7 Oct—Worldnumber one VictoriaAzarenka set up a final datewith Maria Sharapova at theChina Open after the toptwo seeds enjoyedcomprehensive victories intheir semi-finals onSaturday.

Sharapova blew awayhome favorite Li Na 6-4,6-0 before top seedAzarenka saw off thechallenge from France’sMarion Bartoli 6-4, 6-2.

Sharapova servedthree double faults toconcede an early break togo 1-3 down in the first setagainst the Chinese numberone Li but sailed throughonce she found her groove.

his overnight five-shot leadgoing into the third round atCarnoustie, the toughest ofthe three courses being usedin this week’s $5 milliontournament.

Grace, however, fired athree-under-par 69 to finishon 20-under 196, four strokesclear of Dane ThorbjornOlesen (68) ahead of Sunday’sfinal round at St Andrews.

Swedish pair AlexanderNoren (65) and FredrikAndersson Hed (66) were afurther shot adrift on 201.

Grace made six birdies butwas not surprised to run up adouble-bogey six atCarnoustie’s fearsome 15thhole.

“I didn’t play particularlywell but I got it round,” he told

SouthAfrica’sBranden

Grace

Soccer

reporters. “But this course doesthat to you mentally.

“You expect to hit a coupleof bad shots out there but Ikept fighting. Everybody callsit ‘Carnasty’ and that name forme says it all - for me it’s a lottougher than the rest.”

Having beaten fellowSouth Africans and multi major

winners Ernie Els and RetiefGoosen in a playoff to land theVolvo Champions title in hishomeland in January, Grace isnot worried about leading fromthe front in the last round.

“I think if I keep hitting theball the way I am and make theputts, anything is possible,”he said. “But Thorbjorn is onehell of a player and he hasshown in the past that he canplay with the big names as well.He is not going to fall overunder pressure.”

Reuters

Belarus’s VictoriaAzarenka reacts after

winning a point during hersemi-final women’s singles

match against France’sMarion Bartoli at the

China Open tennistournament in Beijing on

6 Oct, 2012.REUTERS

“It was a really highquality first set with a fewups and downs, andobviously she had the leadin that set, but I came back,”the Russian told reporters.

“There were a few keymoments to that set and afterI broke her in the last game,it was important to take thatmomentum into the secondset and keep going.”

Sharapova, who lost inthe quarter-finals of the PanPacific Open in Tokyo lastweek, was happy to be backin contention.

“I came into thistournament not playingextremely well in Tokyo, andI had a couple of days ofpractice here,” she said.

“So I was hoping fromthe first round I’d really stepit up and get better and I feelas the tournament has goneon I’ve been playing andmoving better.”

Belarussian Azarenka,who withdrew before herquarter-final in Tokyo dueto health issues, showed no

signs of trouble as shepowered past Bartoli.

Azarenka last won a titlein March when she beatSharapova in Indian Wellswhile the Russian is seekingher first trophy sincewinning the French Open inJune.

Reuters

Tennis

Golf

“The car was feeling goodand was quick in FP2 and FP3(the second and third practicesessions) but I got it wrong inqualifying.”

McLaren were chasingtheir best qualifying run since1999 but hopes of another poledepended on Hamilton sinceteam mate Jenson Button hada five place penalty for anunscheduled gearbox change.

In the end, even with thedrop, Button will still startahead of Hamilton in eighthafter qualifying third fastest.

“As soon as I did my firstlap, I knew immediately it waswrong. I did everything I couldwith my adjustments I havewith the steering, I had thefront wing maxed out and itwas not enough to overcomethe issue I had,” saidHamilton.

“We had a long runyesterday with this setup andit was not too bad. I am hopingperhaps with a wind directionchange tomorrow and thedownforce level I have gotthen perhaps it will work a

little bit better.” Hamilton’stitle hopes have faded withthe European summer and the27-year-old is now 52 pointsbehind Alonso with six racesremaining and a maximum 150points to be won. Button,winner at Suzuka last yeardespite Vettel starting onpole, is 75 points off the leader.

The older Briton, worldchampion with Brawn GP in2009, said in contrast that hiscar had felt surprisingly good.

“I have been all over theplace with setup and to findsomething that suits the cararound here I am very happyabout,” he told reporters.

“I was happy with thebalance through qualifying,the race is another thing. Ihaven’t done many laps onhigh fuel but with the way thecar felt in qualifying I amconfident we can adjust thesetup for the race with highfuel and it should workwell.”—Reuters

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Refresher course of Pre-PrimaryTeachers conducted

Pyay, 7 Oct—Pyay District Maternal and Child WelfareSupervisory Committee organized the pre-primary teachersrefresher course in Pyay on 29 and 30 September.

Staff Officer Daw New New Oo of Additional RegionSocial Welfare Department Headmistress Daw Khin Nyo Tunof Pyay Pre-Primary School of SWD and Headmistress DawPa Pa Win of Padaung Pre-Primary School gave lectures tothe trainees.—Myanma Alin

Single euro-zone budget gains momentumahead of summit

BRUSSELS, 7 Oct—Debate about the idea ofcreating a separate budgetfor euro zone countries isintensifying in the run up toan EU summit later thismonth, with less oppositionto the proposal than manyofficials first expected,diplomats say.

At a private dinner heldlast week among the EUambassadors of severalnorthern Europeancountries, including Britain,Denmark, the Netherlandsand Finland, those presentwere surprised to find a fairdegree of consensus on theproposal.

“I wouldn’t say that therewas strong support for it, butthere was certainly a feelingthat this is an idea that shouldbe explored in more detail,”said one diplomat briefed onthe discussion that took placeat the gathering.

The single budgetproposal was first sketchedout by Herman Van Rompuy,the president of the EuropeanCouncil, in a paper circulatedin September as part of aneffort to stimulate debateabout how Europe’smonetary union should beimproved.

In the paper, VanRompuy said a “fully fledged

fiscal union” among the 17countries that share the eurocould involve the creation ofa single treasury office and “acentral budget whose role andfunctions would need to bedefined”.

Those suggestions havesince been refined intoguidelines that will form thebasis of discussion amongEU leaders at the summit onOctober 18-19. The idea willalso be explored among eurozone finance ministers at ameeting in Luxembourg onMonday.

There is still no cleardefinition of what a single,central budget would entail,but Germany stronglysupports the idea and Franceis on board too, which in termsof euro zone decision-making means it hassubstantial momentum.

Britain’s support,underlined by Prime MinisterDavid Cameron on Sunday,is also significant, even if itstems more from a desire todistance Britain from theproblems of the euro zonethan from any solidarity withthe single currency club.

Reuters

Naked US student killed after threateningofficer: university

BIRMINGHAM, 7 Oct—A campus police officer at the University of South Alabama onSaturday shot and killed a naked freshman who repeatedly chased, threatened and rushed him,a university spokesman said.

Gilbert Thomas Collar, 18, died from a single bullet wound to the chest, spokesman KeithAyres said. Collar was ordered several times to halt and continued to challenge the officer evenafter being shot, Ayres said. He died at the scene.

The incident began shortly before 1:30 am when the officer heard loud banging on thewindow of the campus police station. He drew his gun after finding the student in a fightingstance, according to Ayres. The officer tried to calm Collar and retreated several times beforeshooting him, he said.—Reuters

Secessionist gunmen attack gov’t compoundin southern Yemen, 3 injured

ADEN, (Yemen), 7 Oct—A group of secessionistgunmen opened fire at agovernment compound inYemen’s southern provinceof al-Dhalea on Sundaymorning, leaving at least threesecurity personnel injured, asecurity official told Xinhua.

The secessionistgunmen, armed with machineguns and grenades, attacked afortified governmentcompound in downtown al-Dhalea province, injuring atleast three security personnel,the security official said,requesting anonymity.

“Several governmentofficials and army officersholding a meeting inside thelocal council headquarters

were the targets of the armedattack, but security troopsrepelled the gunmen,” thesource added.

“The attackers were thesame ones who ambushed amilitary patrol earlier in theday in the city,” he added.

In another incident, aroadside bomb targeted a buscarrying governmentemployees in the neigh-bouring southern province ofLahj, an army officer toldXinhua anonymously.

No reports aboutcasualties or injures wereavailable, the army officersaid. North and South Yemenunified peacefully in 1990,but their relationshipdeteriorated in 1994. Calls for

separation in the country’ssouthern regions wererenewed in 2007.

Southerners havecomplained of beingmarginalized, particularlysince they lost the four-monthcivil war in 1994.

Pro-secession protestshave multiplied in the southamid a worsening economicsituation in Yemen andcharges of discrimination infavor of northerners.

Some factions of the pro-secession SouthernMovement want autonomyfor the country’s south, butmore hard-line members arepressing for a return tocomplete independence.

Xinhua

Bus from Toronto overturns in New Jersey,23 hurt

NEW YORK, 7 Oct—Nearly two dozen people wereinjured on Saturday when abus traveling from Toronto toBrooklyn, New York,overturned whileapproaching an exit ramp ona New Jersey highway,according to New Jersey statepolice. Twenty-three of the57 people aboard the bus were

taken to hospitals, but none ofthe injuries was consideredlife- threatening, policespokesman Adam Grossmansaid.

The accident occurredabout 7:40 am as the bustraveled east on Interstate 80in Wayne Township. The busoverturned in a grassy areaabout 100 yards from the

highway, he said.The cause of the accident

is under investigation, he said.The Star-Ledger

newspaper reported that thepassengers, who left Torontoat about 8:15 pm on Friday,had planned to attend aSeventh-day AdventistChurch event in Brooklyn.

Xinhua

A reapingmachineworks in

the field inXigaze,

southwestChina’s

TibetAutonomousRegion, on

1 Oct,2012.

XINHUA

Greek and others European national flags flutter nearan euro symbol outside the EU Parliament in Brussels

30 August, 2011. —REUTERS

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US, South Korea agree onlonger range ballistic missiles

SEOUL, 7 Oct—SouthKorea has reached alandmark agreement withthe United States to extendthe range of Seoul’sballistic missiles by morethan twice the current limitto counter the threat fromNorth Korea, thegovernment said on Sunday.

The move tosignificantly boost theSouth’s missile capabilitiesalong with development ofadvanced aerialreconnaissance vehicles islikely to rattle thecommunist North, whichhas remained at odds sincethe 1950-53 Korean War leftthe peninsula divided.

It may also stokeconcern in China, Japan andRussia, parts of whichwould be within range ofthe new missiles.

Under the agreement,

South Korea can developmissiles up to a range of 800kms (497 mile) from thecurrent ceiling of 300 kms(186 mile), Chun Young-woo, top secretary toPresident Lee Myung-bakfor foreign and securityaffairs, told reporters.

He said the UnitedStates and South Korea alsoagreed to maintain themaximum payload for a

South Korean-developedballistic missile at thecurrent level of 500kilograms (1,102 lbs).

However, if Seoul choseto develop a missile withshorter ranges, it couldincrease the payloadaccordingly.

South Korea has alsobeen allowed to developunmanned aerial vehicles,or UAVs, with an unlimitedpayload weight if the flyingdistance is within 300kilometres.—Reuters

Namlin Creek that originates in Kengtung region ispassing through Kengtung, Mongphyat, Tahlay andKenglak. The creek that flows into Mekong River contributesto agricultural works of its surrounding villages by creatingnatural beauties. Its current is speedy. Its route is many bends.Its structure is made of rocks. Thus, the creek cannot be usedin water way transport. However, small-scale hydropowercan be generated from the current depending on its speedycurrent.

However, the small creek is a natural barrier intransportation of local people from the villages in NayawngVillage-tract of Tahlay Sub-Township. The large areas offarmlands owned by local farmers from Nayawng Village-tractare located on the opposite side of the creek. Nawkha Villageof Lahu national race and Pahsan Village of Ahka national raceare also located on the opposite side of the creek. Thus, thelocal people difficultly cross the creek by small raft for goingto their farmlands. Sometimes, they faced danger of death.

In the aftermath of Tahlay Earthquake, officials reviewedthat a bridge should be built across Namlin Creek fordevelopment of the region. That was why the local authoritiesstroke for construction of a suspension bridge near PahokVillage.

As the steel suspension bridge was constructed on 3May 2012, the local people participated in construction tasksin their bit. On 8 May, the 300 feet long and 5 feet wide steel

Steel suspension bridgeacross Namlin Creek

suspension bridge emerged across the creek.In an interview, Lahu national villager Ko Kya U, 24 of

Baythala Village said that his family has been engaged inagricultural tasks since the time of their grandparents. Theywent to opposite side of the creek by a raft made of tubes ofmotorcar. At present, not only cattle but also people and

motorcycles can pass through the suspension bridge safely.The local people can extensively engage in farming. Thestudents from Pahsan and Lawkha villages have easy accessto Basic Education High School thanks to the bridge.Likewise, the local people can make trips to Tahlay,Tachilek, Mongphyat and Kengtung by motorcycle.

Myanma Alin

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct— According to theobservations at 17:30 hrs MST today, the low pressurearea has formed over Northwest Bay and adjoining WestCentral Bay of Bengal, announced Meteorology andHydrology Department.—MNA

Bay Bulletin

Chelsea move four points clear,City up to second

China’s individual andprivate businesses expand

steadily

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YANGON, 7 Oct—Chairman of the Yangon CityAll Private Bus-line ControlCommittee U Hla Aungdisclosed that arrangementsare being made to extend threebus lines for ensuring secureand smooth transportation inthe press conference on 3October.

The three bus lines areMyitta Hline (1), MaHtaTha40 (City Bus) and MaHtaTha43 (City Bus).

Endorsements havebeen submitted for buses ofthese bus lines to get CNG.

Three new bus lines for YagonitesThe buses of Myitta

Hline will start Mental HealthHospital passing alongMinye Kyawswa Road, 7/8junction, Pyidaungsu Road,Pinlon Road, Bailey Bridge,Thanthuma, Yadana,Mogaung, East Horse RaceCourse Road and SetyonRoads and finished at TawwinPlaza in Mingala TaungnyuntTownship.

The MaHtaTha 40th busline will run from the corner ofKyansittha and YadanaRoads in Ward 70 of DagonMyothit (South) Township

passing through KyansitthaRoad, Hlawga Road, DagonSouth/North Junction,Sanpya Market, TamwayTemporary Market,Banyadala Road, SetyonRoad and finish at Myayagon62rd MaHtaTha Terminal.

The MaHtaTha 43rd busline will start fromAungmingala Highway BusTerminal and finished at GandiGeneral Hospital inBotahtaung along No 3Highway, Chaukgway, NorthOkkalapa Roundabout,Nawade, 8th-Mile, Pyay Road,

Hledan, Strand Road, andformer Thiri Mingala Market.

An official of APBCCsaid that the traffic accidentsand casualty in Septemberthis year is lesser than that ofSeptember previous year.

Myanma Alin

Man United in rampant mood

LONDON, 7 Oct—Aturbo-charged start yieldingtwo goals in the opening 15minutes and a spectaculareffort by Tom Cleverley ledManchester United to a 3-0victory at Newcastle Unitedin the Premier League onSunday.

Elsewhere, TottenhamHotspur chalked up theirfourth successive league winby beating Aston Villa 2-0

with goals from StevenCauLiverpool’s strugglescontinued when they wereheld to a goalless draw byStoke City at Anfield andpromoted Southamptonneeded a last-gasp goal fromdefender Jose Fonte, hissecond of the game, to rescuea 2-2 draw with Fulham.

Manchester United,desperate to bounce back fromlast weekend’s surprise 3-2

home defeat by Spurs, madea high-tempo start atNewcastle and wererewarded in the eighthminute when defender JonnyEvans scored with a toweringheader from a corner.

Newcastle had a luckyescape four minutes laterwhen keeper Steve Harperwas robbed as he tried todribble around DannyWelbeck on the edge of thepenalty box and the Unitedstriker slid the ball wide of anempty net.

Harper then dived full-length to deny man of thematch Wayne Rooney butPatrice Evra made it 2-0 whenhe nodded in a corner at thenear post.

Newcastle raised theirgame in the second periodand twice went close topulling a goal back in the50th minute.

Reuters

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