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Volume XIX, Number 25 14th Waxing of Kason 1373 ME Monday, 16 May, 2011

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

* Strengthening of national solidarity* Building and strengthening of discipline-flourish-

ing democracy system* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the Constitution

Four political objectives* Building of modern industrialized nation through the agricultural devel-

opment, and all-round development of other sectors of the economy* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of technical

know-how and investment from sources inside the country and abroad* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in the hands of

the State and the national peoples

Four economic objectives* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire nation* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and preservation

and safeguarding of cultural heritage and national char-acter

* Flourishing of Union Spirit, the true patriotism* Uplift of health, fitness and education standards of the

entire nation

Four social objectives

True patriotism * It is very important for everyone of the

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

* Only Union Spirit is the true patriotismall the nationalities will have to safe-guard.

NAY PYI TAW, 15 May—Union Minister forConstruction U Khin Maung Myint inspected main-tenance of Kyaukse-TadaU Road and bank erosionat mile post No. 7/5 of Samon River yesterday.

He looked into progress in construction ofKyaukse-Yeywa-PyinOoLwin-Mogok Road(Kyaukse-Phyaukseikbin-Yeywa section).

The Union Minister viewed groundworkfor Dokhtawady Bridge (Yeywa-Kabyu) being un-

Dokhtawady Bridge (Yeywa-Kabyu)on Kyaukse-Yeywa-PyinOoLwin road

under constructiondertaken by Bridge Construction Project SpecialGroup (14).

The bridge located on Kyaukse-Yeywa-PyinOoLwin Road is of RC type. The facility, 480feet long, will have 24 feet wide two-way motorroad and three feet wide pedestrian way on eitherside.

Withstanding of the bridge will be 60-tonloads.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16 May—U Tin Oo Lwin,Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryof the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to theRepublic of Singapore, presented his Credentialsto His Excellency Sellapan Ramanathan, Presidentof the Republic of Singapore, on 28 April 2011 inSingapore.—MNA

Ambassador U Tin Oo Lwinpresents Credentials toSingaporean President

Yaybu Checkpoint on Mandalay-Lashio-Muse (Namhkam) Road

Byline: Soe Thura;Photos: Ko Ko Soe NyuntTrucks are examined at Yaybu Checkpoint on Mandalay-Lashio-Muse (Namhkam) Road.

(Byline on page 8)

Union Minister for ConstructionU Khin Maung Myint inspects constructionsite of Dokhtawady Bridge (Yeywa-Kabyu)

Project.—MNA

Magpies make Chelsea’stitle blues worse

Chelsea vs Newcastle United in EnglishPremier League soccer match.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 16 May, 2011

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

People’s DesireMonday, 16 May, 2011

Protect the world fromdeforestation

The environment is to remain in goodconditions for all living things to survive. Denseforests ensure temperate climate patterns andprovide basic needs for human beings.

Today, the world has come under climatechanges triggered by large-scale deforestation.So, deforestation and degradation of naturalresources is in the centre of the attention ofmany countries.

The Ministry of Forestry and the ForestDepartment of the Republic of Korea co-organized the workshop on deduction of carbonemission from deforestation at the ForestDepartment in Nay Pyi Taw on 12 May,focusing on conservation of forests, deductionof air and water pollution, economicdevelopment, and environmental conservation.

Myanmar has preserved a fine traditionof environmental conservation for long. TheEnvironmental Conservation Committeecomprising members from 19 related ministries,for instance, ensures efficient exploitation andsustainable development of natural resources.

It is to avoid harnessing natural resourcesexcessively and throwing away hazardouswastes indiscriminately, which furtherexacerbates air and water pollution. TheMinistry of Forestry and relevant ministriesare responsible for conservation of forests inwatershed areas, forest serves, special teakplantations and biodiversity.

Conservation of natural resources andafforestation make significant contributiontowards environmental conservation andimprovement of the social-status of the people.The public and altruistic organizations shouldtherefore join hands with the government inreducing air and water pollution, curbing theindiscriminate discarding of industrial wastes,boosting economic growth and conserving theenvironment.

NAY PYI TAW, 15 May — Bago Region ChiefMinister U Nyan Win addressed opening ceremonyof Region-wise National Immunization Days-2011at City Hall of Bago yesterday and viewed poliovaccination to children at City Hall, Hinthagonward and Kyunthaya ward.

The chief minister also attended ceremony toassign 2011-2012 project duties. He assigned 2011-2012 project duties to administrators of Bago,Toungoo, Pyay and Thayawady Districts andshared duties of agricultural sector, industrial sectorand service sector to officials of related fields.

MNA

Duties shared inBago Region

Rakhine State marks National Immunization Days-2011

YANGON, 15 May — Mandalay Region teambecame the champion of the 42nd Inter Region andState Boxing Championship today after the finalmatches of the championship at TheinbyuGymnasium in Mingala Taungnyunt Township.

Deputy Minister for Sports U Aye Myint Kyupresented the championship shield to MandalayRegion team.

Ye Min Oo of Ayeyawady Region became a46-kilo weight champion after defeating Baw Zar ofSagaing Region 4-1 and won the best boxer award forthe men’s 46-kilo weight event.

In the women’s 45-kilo weight event, May ChitOo of Bago Region became a champion of the eventafter beating Thida Win of Sagaing Region 4-1.

NAY PYI TAW, 15May—Chief Minister ofRakhine State U HlaMaung Tin met staffmembers of Labour

Mandalay Region team emerges Boxing Champion

Chief Minister U Hla Maung Tin administers polio vaccine to a child underfive.—MNA

Chief Minister U Nyan Win assigns duty ofproject to Pyay District administrator.—MNA

Department, SocialSecurity Board andFactories, and GeneralLabour Law InspectionDepartment at the office

of SSB in Sittway on 13May.

He then visitedTransport PlanningDepartment and there

inspected car drivingtraining ground.

The chief ministeryesterday attendedopening of NationalImmunization Days-2011 in Sittway. Hetogether with RakhineState ministers and guestsadministered poliovaccines to under-five-year-old kids.

The chief ministeralso viewed vaccinationactivities at No. 2Mawlate Basic EducationMiddle School and poliovaccination centres inMingan.

Later, the chiefminister and party wentto Rakhine State Homefor the Aged where theyraised trust fund andprovided cash andassistance to the aged.

MNA

Meanwhile, Naing Lin Aung of SagaingRegion became a 56 kilo-weight champion afterdefeating Thet Tun Aung of Ayeyawady Region4-1 and won the best boxer award of the event.

Su Hlaing Hnin of Mandalay Region won thebest boxer award for the women’s boxingchampionship.

Ayeyawady Region team won the shield forthe 46-kilo weight men’s championship, MandalayRegion team the shield for the women’schampionship and Yangon Region Team the shieldfor the men’s championship. The Championshipwas organized by the Sports and Physical EducationDepartment and Myanmar Boxing Federation.

MNA

YANGON, 15 May — Yangon City ElectricSupply Board (YCESB) cut branches of trees nearpower cables in districts in Yangon yesterday aspart of efforts for uninterruped power supply inmonsoon season.

The move was carried out in Yangon RegionNorth District, East District, South District andWest District and employees of the respectivetownship electric power departments in the districtscut branches in an attempt to prevent short circuit,disruption of power supply and unit losses in therainy season.

YCESB Chairman and responsible officialsassisted in the movement. — MNA

VTrees near cables cut toprevent power supply

disruption

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BAGHDAD, 15 May—A gunman was killed and three policemen woundedin separate attacks by silenced weapons in Baghdad on Saturday, an InteriorMinistry source said. Gunmen using weapons fitted with silencers openedfire on a traffic police and wounded him in Baghdad’s northern district of al-Shaab, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The policeman shot back on the attackers and killed one of them, thesource said. In a separate incident, Lieutenant Colonel Mahmoud Nawaffrom the Interior Ministry escaped with wound an attack by gunmen whoopened fire from their silenced pistols on his car in Abu Dsheir area insouthern Baghdad, the source added.

Also in the capital, gunmen using weapons equipped with silencerswounded an intelligence officer in al-Nisour Square in western centralBaghdad, he said.

Xinhua

Gunman killed, three policemen wounded inBaghdad silenced weapons attacks

ISLAMABAD, 15 May—A blast on a passenger bus killed at least sevenpersons in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab Province Saturday evening, police andlocal media said. Around 20 passengers were also injured in the blast nearthe City of Kharian, some 35 km from Gujrat, a main city in the region.Kharian has the world’s second largest army base, built during the Britishcolonial era.

Express TV reported that three women and a child were among the dead.Police said that around 50 passengers were on board when the blast tookplace.

Local TV channels reported that it was a suicide blast. But police did notconfirm the suicide attack. Eyewitnesses said that the bomb was kept at theback seat of the bus. Motives behind the blast were unclear as civilians weretargeted in the attack.

No group has claimed responsibility for the blast.Residents started rescue operation and shifting the injured people to

nearby hospitals. Reports said that the bus caught fire which also spreadedto the nearby wheat crops. It is the second blast in Pakistan within two days.

Xinhua

Seven killed as blast hits bus in Pakistan

Oaxaca violence leaves at leasteight people dead

OAXACA, 15 May—Violence motivated byan electoral disputebetween indigenouscommunities in theMexican state of Oaxacahas left at least eightpeople dead.

State authorities saythe violence occurrednear the town of San-tiago Choapan, about sixhours from the statecapital.

A mayoral electionis planned for fivemunicipalities in theregion. A Decemberelection was annulledafter four of the fivetownships were notallowed to vote and

Remains of a vehicle are seen at the site of astrong explosion in a building in Valle de

Aragon, Mexico State, Mexico, on 13 May,2011.—XINHUA

disputed the results.Authorities said in a

statement Saturday thatan unknown number ofpeople were injured in

the violence.The municipalities

are dominated by theMixe indigenous group.

Internet

Afghans watch aburning fuel tanker onthe Jalalabad-Kabul

highway, east of Kabul,Afghanistan, on 14 May,

2011. The tankertransporting fuel for the

NATO forcesaccidentally broke downand caught fire injuringthree people.—INTERNET

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of aroadside bomb attack targeting a police patrol,

killing and wounding a few civilians, police said,in Baghdad, Iraq, 9 May, 2011.—INTERNET

Injured Afghan children are given food to eat ata hospital at Khost, Afghanistan, on 14 May,

2011.—INTERNET

KHOST, 15 May—A suicide car bomb explosionshocked Sabari District in eastern Khost Province onSaturday, wounding seven civilians, provincial policechief Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai said. “It was a suicide carbomb attack happened at 04:00 pm local time next toa convoy of NATO-led forces but wounding sevencivilians including five children, a man and awoman,”Ishaqzai told Xinhua. He did not say if therewere any casualties on foreign troops. However, headded that the suicide bomber was killed in the blast.Hamidullah Kadukhil, director of health department inKhost Province in talks with Xinhua, confirmed thatseven injured persons had been taken to hospital, but didnot provide more details. Meantime, Zabihullah Mujahidwho claims to speak for the Taleban outfit claimed ofresponsibility and in talks with media via telephone fromunknown location insisted that some foreign soldierswere killed in the blast.—Xinhua

Suicide car bomb rocksAfghan town, wounds seven

civilians

BAGHDAD, 15 May—Gunmen in police uniformsshot dead three family members in their house inBaghdad early on Sunday, an Interior Ministry sourcetold Xinhua.

“Unidentified gunmen wearing police uniforms atdawn broke into a house in Baghdad’s southwesterndistrict of Baiyaa, and shot dead a man, his wife andtheir son,” the source said on condition of anonymity.

Iraqi security forces sealed off the area and launchedinvestigation into the incident, while troops conductedsearch operation looking for suspects, the source said.

In a separate incident, a roadside bomb went off inKarrada District in central Baghdad, wounding threecivilians, the source added.

Also in the morning, a mortar round struck a housein Alawi area in downtown the capital, damaging thehouse and nearby buildings without causing humancasualties, he said.

Violence and sporadic high-profile bomb attackscontinue in the Iraqi cities despite the dramatic decreaseof violence over the last three years.—Xinhua

KABUL, 15 May—The orders from their religiousteacher were clear: Go to Afghanistan, strap on asuicide vest and kill foreign forces.

With that, 9-year-old Ghulam Farooq left hishome in Pakistan with three other would-be boybombers and headed into eastern Afghanistan.

They were told there would be two members ofthe Taleban waiting for them at the Torkham bordercrossing in Nangarhar Province. Instead, membersof the Afghan intelligence service who had beentipped to the boys’ plans arrested them at theborder. “Our mullah told us that when we carriedout our suicide attacks, all the people around uswould die, but we would stay alive,” Farooq saidSaturday, sitting inside a juvenile detention facilityin the Afghan capital.

He was one of five alleged suicide bombers —all boys in adolescence or even younger — whomthe Afghan intelligence service paraded beforereporters, photographers and cameramen at a newsconference on 7 May in an effort to turn publicopinion against the Taleban.

Farooq and the other boys are being held at adetention facility that resembles a vocational trainingcentre. There are no armed guards, and the facilityhas classrooms and playgrounds. During a visit tothe centre, Farooq was smiling and said he wasgoing to school and that he and the other boys werebeing given the opportunity to learn carpet weaving,carpentry and other handicrafts. The facility hasdozens of boys, most detained in criminal cases.

Internet

Afghan intelligence:Taleban using child

bombers

Gunmen kill three familymembers in Baghdad

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SYDNEY, 15 May—Lizards are notusually thought of as warm and fuzzyfamily types, but scientists say oneAustralian species is exactly that.

Researchers at MacquarieUniversity studying the great desertburrowing skink in central Australia’ssandy plains found the reptiles formclose-knit families, featuring relativelymonogamous parents and sprawlingtunnel homes built and maintained bythe whole family including theyoungsters, World-Science.netreported Thursday.

Researchers said no other lizardspecies is known to cooperate inbuilding long-term homes.

NEW YORK, 15 May—Adobe has released AdobeFlash Player 10.3 for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux,and Android. Flash Player 10.3 represents a prettysignificant upgrade for the Adobe software—addinga variety of improvements and features, and givingusers more control over their Web-surfing privacy.

The update addresses the obligatory criticalvulnerabilities that could be exploited tocompromise your PC. But, the most compellingnew feature of Adobe Flash Player 10.3 is theincreased control users have over their own privacy.With all of the various efforts to manage onlinetracking and implement some sort of do-not-trackframework, Flash cookies are often forgotten about.

But, cookies are not stored or managed only in

WASHINGTON, 15May—BitTorrent ischanging. In a bid tobecome known outsideof the hardcore-nerd andvideo-pirating commu-nities, BitTorrent an-nounced a brand-newapp with “social chan-nels” this week, whichcould introduce the toolto a more mainstreamaudience.

The secret sauce

Facebook fish count helps researcher

Clouds hover aboveBeijing. If the hugely

complex web ofchemical and

biological interactionsthat sustains most lifedoes tip seriously out

of kilter, the planet willfind a new equilibrium,

as it has in the past.INTERNET

Australian lizards are the family typeFamilies including as many as 10

of the brightly coloured 16-inchlizards live in a burrow, the AustralianWildlife Conservancy said.

The shared burrow can beoccupied continuously for as muchas seven years, and multiplegenerations participate in constructionand maintenance, researcher AdamStow said.

“For adults to invest so much in ahome within which kids mature, itmakes evolutionary sense that theseadult individuals are sure that they areproviding for their own offspring,”he said.

Internet

TORONTO, 15 May—A Canadian researchersays he turned toFacebook for help inquickly identifyingthousands of fish speciesas part of a researchproject.

University of Toron-to Scarborough doctoralcandidate Devin Bloomhelped conduct the firstichthyological survey onGuyana’s remote Cu-yuni River in January.In the two-week survey,Bloom and otherresearchers caught asmany fish as they could,

eventually collectingmore than 5,000specimens, a UTS re-lease said Friday.

That’s where theproblem came in, Bloomsaid. To get permissionto take the fish out of thecountry for study, theresearchers needed anaccurate count of eachspecies for a detailedreport to the Guyanesegovernment.

Needing to return toNorth America as soonas possible, they had justa few days to identifythousands of fish

specimens. That’s whenBloom suggestedFacebook.

After uploadingphotos of all the differentkinds of fish caught,within less than 24 hoursthe researchers’ networkof friends and colleagueshad identified almostevery species. With theidentifications suppliedby a network of “diehardfish-heads,” Bloom said,the team was able todeliver its results to thegovernment and returnhome on schedule.

Internet

This graphicshows theinternal

structure ofJupiter’s moon

Io as revealed bydata from

NASA’s Galileospacecraft.INTERNET

A Bangladeshi browses pirated software in ashopping centre in Dhaka. Businesses and

consumers around the world bought $95 billionworth of legal personal computer (PC) software

in 2010, according to the Business SoftwareAlliance (BSA), but they installed another $58.8

billion in pirated software.—INTERNET

Adobe gives users control of privacy with FlashPlayer 10.3

the Web browser itself. The security concerns overFlash cookies—and cookies stored by other third-party apps and plug-ins—have been an issue aswell. Adobe worked with several open sourceentities—including Google and Mozilla—to developa new browser API called NPAPI ClearSiteData.The new API allows any browser that implementsit to be able to clear local storage for any pluginsthat also utilize the API. Adobe also worked directlywith Microsoft to develop equivalent functionalityfor Internet Explorer 8 and 9.

Flash Player 10.3 is the first plugin to supportthe new API—providing users with the tools toclear Flash cookies from local storage in the sameway they clear browser cookies.—Internet

First Look: BitTorrent’s social channels explainedbehind BitTorrent is itspeer-to-peer techno-logy, which eases theburden of sharing largefiles over the Internet.Typically, a downloadis only as fast as theupload speed where youfile is, but BitTorrentchanges all that. Bysharing bandwidthamong everyone elsewho’s downloading (orhas already downloaded)

the file, the connectionactually gets faster asmore people downloadit.

That quality makesBitTorrent a natural forcasual sharing of, oh Idon’t know, videos—and at a quality that’sseverely lacking inplaces like YouTube.The only thing the serviceneeds to get past is thecumbersome process of

finding torrents invarious dark corners ofthe Web, then down-loading them to a pieceof client software thatlooks more at home onan IT desktop than aFacebook profile.

Streamlining andbeautifying that processis what the new clientapp is all about,codenamed “Chrysalis.”

Internet

Demonstrator Jim Cortez (C) explains the newfeatures of Yahoo! Connected TV during the 2011

International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) inLas Vegas, Nevada 7 Jan, 2011. Yahoo! Connected

TV platform and D-Link announced a YahooConnected TV media player that will support

Yahoo’s new interactive services on older televisionsthat are not Internet enabled.—INTERNET

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Anxiety can quickly spiral out of control andinterfere with daily life.

But there are techniques that will allow you toregain control, the American Academy of FamilyPhysicians says.

The academy offers these suggestions:* Schedule 30 minutes each day to think about

the things that are concerning you. Save yourworry for those designated times.Think less about what will happen and concernyourself more with what’s happening now.

* Practice relaxation techniques such as musclerelaxation or deep breathing.

* Get plenty of regular exercise and enoughsleep.

* Don’t abuse drugs or drink alcohol.* Restrict or eliminate caffeine.* Deal with things that have caused you anxiety

in the past. Start by visualizing how you willdeal with these factors. Doing so will help youdeal with them for real.

* Talk about your fears with your doctor. He orshe can help you devise a plan for how to bettercope with your anxiety.

Internet

DENVER, 15 May—Most US adults don’t knowpotatoes are an excellent choice for those seekinggluten-free foods, a gluten-free cooking expertsays.

Jen Cafferty, founder of the Gluten-FreeCooking Expo and president of Gluten-Free Lifewith Jen, says the National Foundation for CeliacAwareness says an estimated 3 million Americanssuffer from side effects associated with eatingfoods containing gluten.

To make it easier, Cafferty reviewed theUnited States Potato Board’s database of 80gluten-free potato recipes and provided tips foreating gluten-free.

The recipes, several from ethnic cuisines andmany that can be prepared in 30 minutes or less,are at the Web site: www.potatogoodness.com.

“Potatoes are a great choice for people whootherwise have to cut carbs out of their diet,”Cafferty says in a statement. “Potatoes are agluten-free dieter’s dream. They are fresh, naturaland versatile, plus you know your whole familywill enjoy them.”

One medium-size, skin-on potato contains110 calories per serving, had more potassiumthan a banana, provides almost half the dailyvalue of vitamin C and contains no fat, sodium orcholesterol, Cafferty says.

Internet

Potatoes a good choice forgluten-free

Margaret tells herstory at the

Mbagala RangitatuPreventing mother-

to-childtransmission of

HIV clinic in DarEs Salaam,

Tanzania in April2011.—INTERNET

HEFEI, 15 May—Shenhua Group,China’s largest coal producer, hasmade huge profits from its pilot coal-to-liquid (CTL) project in north Chinain the first three months of this year,a company executive said Saturday.

Zhang Yuzhuo, general managerof Shenhua Group, said at a forumheld in east China’s Anhui Provincethat the group’s CTL project in InnerMongolia Autonomous Regionproduced 216,000 tonnes of refinedoil products in the first quarter ofthis year, which brought more than100 million yuan (15.38 million USdollars) in profits.

The CTL project, which is seen

Chinese coal producer reaps huge profitsfrom CTL project

File photo showsLondon Stock

Exchange CEO XavierRolet (L) and TMX

Group CEO Tom Kloetspeak to the media inan overall view of the

TMX Broadcast centreregarding the merger

of the TSX and the LSEin Toronto, on9 Feb, 2011.

INTERNET

as an important way to provide analternative to petroleum, wascompleted in late 2008 as theworld’s first large CTL gas plant.

With annual capacity expectedto reach one million tonnes, thepilot project operated for 5,000hours last year and produced450,000 tonnes of oil products,according to Zhang.

Sources with the group had saidthat Shenhua was consideringinjecting the assets of the CTLproject into China Shenhua EnergyCo, the group’s listed arm, after itbegins to accumulate profits.

Xinhua

1-in-5 doctors use placebo astherapy

MONTREAL, 15 May—Doctors prescribe placebosor sub-therapeutic doses of medication because, inmany cases, they think it will have therapeutic effects,a Canadian survey found.

Professor Amir Raz of McGill University in Montrealsays the survey found one in five respondents —physicians and psychiatrists in Canadian medical schools— say they administered or prescribed a placebo.Thirty-five percent of psychiatrists report prescribingsub-therapeutic doses of medication — doses that arebelow, sometimes considerably below, the minimalrecommended therapeutic level — to treat their patients.

Sixty percent of the psychiatrists — a significantlyhigher proportion than for other medical practitioners— say placebos can have therapeutic effects.

“Psychiatrists seem to place more value in theinfluence placebos wield on the mind and body,” Razsays in a statement. “Only 2 per cent of those psychiatristsbelieve that placebos have no clinical benefit at all.”

Internet

Berlin to pay bln euro subsidy for electric cars

A man charges hiselectric car at an

electric filling stationin Dresden, easternGermany, on 6 Aug,

2010. The easternGerman state of

Saxony is one of eightmodel regions across

the country for electricmobility.—INTERNET

BERLIN, 15 May—The German governmentis prepared to pay a billioneuros ($ 1.4 billion) insubsidies over the nexttwo years to help itsindustry develop electriccars, Welt am Sonntagnewspaper said Sunday.

Chancellor AngelaMerkel, in her weeklypodcast Saturday, calledfor Germany to becomethe market leader in thenew technology with aview to “having a millionelectric cars on our roadsby 2020”.

The cabinet is todiscuss financial supportfor the industry as earlyas Wednesday on the

strength of a report, dueout Monday, in whichthe National Electro-mobility Platform”, agovernment-sponsoredcommission of industryexperts, recommendssuch a move, accordingto Welt am Sonntag.

The government isconsidering granting taxrelief to the owners ofelectric cars, along withnon-monetary measur-es such as special fastlanes and priorityparking for such cars,the paper said.

“Contrary to whatwas earlier envisaged,there will be a very quickdecision on government

help”, an unammedsource close to thegovernment told thepaper.

The economic Wirts-chaftswoche magazinereported earlier thismonth that the NationalElectro-mobility Platfo-rm commission wouldask for “several billioneuros’ worth” ofgovernment support tospearhead thedevelopment of the newtechnology, seen ascrucial to help reducegreenhouse gasemissions along withdependency on foreignoil imports.

Internet

Health tip: Dealing withAnxiety

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MOSCOW, 15 May—RussianPresident Dmitry Medvedev has sent aletter to the Russia-NATO Council,voicing Russia’s concerns over theEuropean missile defence project, theofficial Kremlin press service saidSaturday.

In his letter, Medvedev attached greatimportance to Russia’s participation inthe European missile defence systemand asked for guarantees that the systemwould not target his country.

“The letter said the European missiledefence shield would only be truly

Russian president voices concerns overEuropean missile defence system

effective and feasible if Russia is involvedin the project on an equal basis and(Medvedev) asked for reliable guaranteesthat the missile shield in Europe wouldnot undermine strategic stability or betargeted at any of the parties,” the Kremlinpress service said.

Moscow has long opposed thedeployment of NATO missile defencefacilities near its borders, saying theywould be a security threat to the countryand upset the strategic balance of powerin Europe.

Xinhua

Three aftershocks hit NewZealand South Island’s

Canterbury regionWELLINGTON, 15 May—Three aftershocks

rattled New Zealand central South Island’sCanterbury region early Sunday in quicksuccession.

A magnitude 4.6 quake shook Canterbury at2.25 am (1425 GMT Saturday), at a depth of 10km, 20 km east of Christchurch, the New Zealandgovernment geological agency GNS Scicencereported.

That was followed by a magnitude 4 quakejust 15 minutes later, recorded as 9 km deep andalso centered 20 km east of Christchurch.

Earlier, a quake of magnitude 4 struck 30 kmsouthwest of Christchurch at a depth of 11 km justafter 1 am GNS Science said the quakes wouldhave been felt in Canterbury. A 6.3 magnitudeearthquake hit Christchurch on 22 Feb, leaving181 people dead.

Xinhua

5.9-magnitude quake hitsHindu Kush region,

Afghanistan — USGSKABUL, 15 May—An earthquake measuring

5.9 on the Richter scale jolted Afghanistan’sHindu Kush region at 21:07:22 GMT onSaturday, the US Geological Survey said.

The epicentre, with a depth of 207.40 km,was initially determined to be at 36.4414 degreesnorth latitude and 70.7419 degrees eastlongitude.

Xinhua

Deadly Ebola breaks out in Uganda, kills one, 30 monitoredKAMPALA, 15 May— The deadly Ebola

hemorrhagic fever has broken out in Uganda,killing one person and leaving over 30 othersbeing monitored by health officials, ministry ofhealth announced here on Saturday.

The epicentre of the outbreak is in the centralUgandan District of Luwero located about 50 kmnorth of the capital Kampala.

According to Anthony Mbonye, head of thecommunity health department at the ministry ofhealth, a 12 year old girl in Zirombwe Sub-county developed symptoms of Ebola and whenshe was admitted at a military hospital in thedistrict, laboratory test confirmed that it wasEbola.

The Ebola virus is highly contagious andcauses a range of symptoms including fever,vomiting, diarrhea, generalized pain or malaiseand in many cases internal and external bleeding.

The girl died on 6 May and about 30 peoplewho she got contact with are being asked to notget into contact with the public as health officials

monitor them for about 21 days. The 30 peoplehave not yet developed the symptoms but if theydo, they will be isolated from the public.

Mbonye said that preliminary investigationshave showed that this Ebola virus is similar to theone that broke out in Sudan, thus named SudanEbola. The epicenter of the outbreak is alsolocated along the high way to southern Sudan.

Xinhua

Three arrested over S Korea blasts

Passengers walkto take a train at arailway station in

Seoul. SouthKorean police

said Sunday theyhad arrested threemen suspected of

makinghomemade

explosives thatcaused two minorblasts in Seoul last

week.INTERNET

Fire fighters hose down fire at HongqiTownship of Dalian, northeast China’s Liaoning

Province, on 14 May, 2011. The forest fire,which spotted at about 9 am Saturday, was putout so far. No casualties were reported. More

than 300 mu (about 20 hectares) of forest wereburnt.—XINHUA

Turkish troopskill 12 Kurdish

rebelsSEOUL, 15 May—South Korean

police said Sunday they hadarrested three men suspected ofmaking homemade explosives thatcaused two minor blasts in Seoullast week.

The three men aged from theirlate 30s to early 50s are suspectedof making two time bombs withbutane gas canisters and puttingthem in luggage lockers at Seoultrain station and an express terminalin the south of the capital.

No casualties were reportedfrom the blasts that occurred about

30 minutes apart on Thursday, anddamage was minor.

“The suspects aren’t telling usabout motives yet... the probe isstill under way,” a Seoul policeofficer told AFP, adding policeexamined footage fromsurveillance cameras and tracedorigins of explosive materials leftat the scenes.

The rare explosions onThursday prompted a nationwidesearch of major public transporthubs involving police commandosand sniffer dogs.—Internet

ANKARA, 15 May—Turkey’smilitary says troops have killed12 Kurdish rebels trying toinfiltrate the country fromnorthern Iraq.

The military said in astatement Saturday the rebels ofthe Kurdistan Workers’ Party,or PKK, were killed in twoseparate incidents that eruptedin Sirnak Province, near theborder with Iraq.

The clashes occurred earlyFriday and Saturday. The troopswere backed by helicoptergunships. Earlier, the Anatolianews agency reported that asoldier was killed in a land mineexplosion, in the neighbouringProvince of Hakkari.

The PKK is believed to haveabout 4,000 fighters mostly inbases in northern Iraq.

Kurdish rebels are fightingfor autonomy in Turkey’ssoutheast. The conflict has killedtens of thousands of peoplesince 1984.—Internet

Members with the USArmy Corps of

Engineers open theMorganza Spillway inMorganza, Louisiana

on 14 May, 2011.Scores of US

heartland rivers fromthe Dakotas to Ohio

have floodedfollowing a snowywinter and heavy

spring rains, feedingnear-record crests onthe lower Mississippi

River.INTERNET

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REDWOOD City, 15 May—Ateenager convicted in a 2009 attack athis former Northern California highschool pleaded no contest to morecharges Friday and will be sent to amental hospital.

Alex Youshock, 19, entered hisplea in San Mateo County SuperiorCourt to a second attempted murdercharge and six counts of possessing abomb on school grounds, the SanMateo County Times reported. InMarch, he was convicted of six counts,including the attempted murder of achemistry teacher.

Jurors, however, had deadlockedon whether Youshock was sane at thetime of the August 2009 attack, andprosecutors had vowed to retry thesanity phase of the trial.

Convicted CA school bomber sent tomental hospital

Investigators said Youshock setoff two pipe bombs at Hillsdale HighSchool after his chainsaw failed in aplot to hack to death teachers who hadgiven him bad grades. He was tackledby a teacher, and no one was seriouslyhurt. Youshock’s lawyers argued theteenager is schizophrenic andshouldn’t be held criminallyresponsible for the attack, whichprosecutors said was planned formonths and detailed in a journal, a hitlist and a videotaped manifesto.

After Friday’s plea, Judge StephenHall ordered Youshock sent to NapaState Mental Hospital indefinitely. Ifdoctors ever decide that he’srecovered his sanity, he’ll have toserve nearly 25 years in prison.

Intenret

A casinoofficial checksa slot machine

prior to theopening of theGalaxy Macau

casino.Macau’s

newest casinoopens its doors

with highhopes that it

will lurevisitors fromacross Asia,with analystssaying it willfurther boostgrowth in the

world’sbiggest

gaming hub.INTERNET

DAYTON, 15 May—The Ohio jury thatconvicted a woman ofkilling her baby daughterin a microwave ovenmust now decide whetherto sentence her to death.

The penalty phase ofChina Arnold’s trial isscheduled to beginMonday, the Dayton(Ohio) Daily Newsreported. Jurors foundher guilty Friday ofaggravated murder.

Paris Talley was 28days old when she diedin the microwave inArnold’s Dayton apart-ment in August 2005.

The trial was Arnold’sthird. The first ended in amistrial when a 5-year-old boy came forwardduring the proceedingsand said he saw anotherchild put the baby in theoven. She was convictedin the second trial but anappeals court overturnedthe verdict, rulingtestimony from a formercell mate should not havebeen allowed.

The jury at the secondtrial was unable to agreeon the penalty so shereceived a life sentence.

A gag order barredlawyers from both sidesfrom commenting on theverdict.

Internet

Guilty verdictin microwavebaby killing

Dollars at the Bureau of Engraving and Printingin Washington, DC. The debt-laden US

government’s credit card will hit its limitMonday, creating a cash crunch that puts thecountry’s credit standing at risk as politicians

battle over its long-term deficit.—INTERNET

India mothers accused in honor killing of 2 brides

European CouncilPresident arrives in

Beijing for visitBEIJING, 15 May—European Council President

Herman Van Rompuy arrived in Beijing Sundaymorning, beginning his five-day visit to China.

During the visit, Chinese President Hu Jintaowill hold talks with Van Rompuy. Chinese PremierWen Jiabao and Vice President Xi Jinping willmeet with him respectively.

Van Rompuy will also pay visits to Chengdu,capital city of southwest China’s Sichuan Provinceand China’s economic hub Shanghai.

The visit is his first official visit to China sincehe became president of the European Council on 1Jan, 2010. “We hope the visit will help boostmutual understanding between China and the EUand further promote bilateral cooperation,” saidChinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Jiang Yuat a regular news briefing.—Xinhua

However, centuries-old caste andcommunity barriers still come intoplay, and there has been a spurt in“honor killings” in recent years acrossnorthern India.

Zahida and Husna wereneighbours in Baghpat, a town inIndia’s Uttar Pradesh state, when theyfell in love with two constructionworkers. They eloped and got marriedlast week before returning home tomake peace with their families, Kusansaid.

The girls belonged to Muslimfamilies and their mothers, bothwidows, were furious, Kusan said.

Initial investigations showed thatthe mothers helped each other tostrangulate the girls.

The mothers were unrepentantsaying the girls had brought shameand dishonor to their families, policesaid.—Internet

NEW DELHI, 15 May—Two Muslimmothers in a northern Indian townhave been arrested on accusations theykilled their daughters for dishonoringthe family by eloping with Hindu men,police said Sunday.

Newlyweds Zahida, 19, andHusna, 26, were strangled when theyreturned home after getting married tomen of their choice, said Anil KumarKusan, a police officer.

Marriages between Hindus andMuslims are not common in India andare frowned upon by bothcommunities, although there are moreinstances of interreligious marriagesamong the educated urban population.

Across India, many marriages arestill arranged by families. But with thebooming economy and more womenentering the work force, such traditionsare slowly giving way to lovemarriages.

Somali piratescarrying out

preparations innortheastern Somalia

in 2010. Somali piratesreceived a ransom ofseven million dollars

(five million euros) forthe release of twoSpanish officers, a

pirate said.INTERNET

A man plays his SonyPlayStation portable

console at a PlayStationwireless spot in an

electronic shop in Tokyoon 15 May, 2011. Sony

said it had begunrestoration of its

PlayStation Networkgames service on

Sunday, almost a monthafter a massive securitybreach of the networkforced the company to

shut it down.—INTERNET

NEW DELHI, 15May—Indian capitalNew Delhi govern-ment’s revenue collect-ion from sales of liquorhas surged by animpressive 23 percentin the 2010-11 financialyear compared to whatit earned in 2009-10,

Gov’t revenue collection from liquor salesurges in Indian capital

according to a report byPress Trust of India onSunday.

The governmentcollected 20.27 billionrupees (74 million USdollars) as excise taxbetween April 2010 andMarch 2011 as againstits collection of 16.44billion rupees (37million US dollars) inthe same period in thepreceding fiscal, saidthe report.

Government offi-cials said they havetaken “many initiativesto plug the loopholes inrevenue collectionsystem” of one of themost booming business

of the capital, wherealcohol consumption ison the rise, according tothe report.

In India, most liquorshops, also known asWine and Beer Shop, isg o v e r n m e n t - o w n e dassets.

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preventing the smug-gling of goods and col-lecting due taxes on im-ported or exported goodsfor the nation, YaybuCheckpoint of the OneStop Services (OSS)group has been set up in

Yaybu Checkpoint onMandalay-Lashio-Muse …

near Yaybu Village,Hsenwi Township, LashioDistrict, Shan State (North),since 14 August 2006. It isconstituted with six depart-ments: the Border TradeDepartment, the CustomsDepartment, the Immigra-tion and National Regis-tration Department, the

Internal Revenue Depart-ment, the Myanma Eco-nomic Bank (Branch) andthe Myanmar Police Force.However, the checkpointdoes not have to deal withmonetary services. So, itruns with the five remainingdepartments.

On average,Yaybu Checkpointcopes with about trucks,1500 passenger busesand 6500 passengers a

day. It carries out its tasksbriskly and correctlyfrom 6 am until 6 pm dueto the conditions of re-gional security and nosupply of electric powersupply. Bring situated atthe place where truckspass through to ChinShwe Haw and Muse105th mile border tradezones, the checkpointhas to prevent not onlyflows of goods into and

outside the nation withpaying taxes, but alsosmuggling of narcoticdrugs and trafficking inpersons.

From 1 to 30April 2011, it seized illegalgoods worth about 104.2million kyats including anunlicensed truck, 16 unli-censed motorcycles,29,250 stimulant tabletsand 320 grams of heroin.

For passengers,

Yaybu Checkpoint is aplace where they can takea break in their trips. Itprevents evasions oftaxes that will have to goto the funds of the State.It also helps ensure secu-rity of regions and thenation and prevent thesmuggling of narcoticsand human trade.

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NAY PYI TAW, 15 May— ChiefMinister of Shan State U Sao AungMyat attended and delivered an open-ing address at National Immuniza-tion Days held in Taunggyi yester-day morning. Shan State Minister forEducation and for Health Dr MyoTun explained region-wise NationalImmunization Days.

After that, the Chief Ministerand wife and the Minister gave oral

Region-wise National ImmunizationDays held in Shan State

YANGON, 15 May—Chief Minister of YangonRegion U Myint Swe visited People’s Hospital inSeikkyi Khanaungto Township this morning. Hecomforted patients there and provided them withfood stuff. He also inspected sites for constructionof 1600-gallon water tanks in the hospital and at theBasic Education High School.—MNA

Yangon Region Chief Ministerinspects People’s Hospital in

Seikkyi Khanaungto Tsp

NAY PYI TAW, 15 May—Union Minister forAgriculture and Irrigation U Myint Hlaing urgedSugarcane Factory Manager and officers fromMyanma Economic Corporation to collect enoughsugarcane for sugar factories and to increasesugarcane price compared with those of other cropsin an attempt to encourage farmers to grow moresugarcane.

He met them at the sugarcane plantation

Sugarcane per acre yield to hit over 50 tons

near integrated farm in Nyaungbingyisu village inPobbathiri Township, Nay Pyi Taw District, yester-day. The Minister also explained methods ofsugarcane growing from land preparation till harvestto meet the ministry’s target of over 50 tons per acreyield. He inspected test-running of paddytransplanter invented by Agriculture Mechaniza-tion Department at the 20-acre model plantationand cultivation of paddy.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15 May — Over 200 childrenRarkkon ward and neighborhoods in ChanayethazanTownship in Mandalay Region were vaccinatedagainst polio yesterday, the first NationalImmunization Day 2011.

On the day, above 68,000 children underfive in Aungmyethazan, Maha Aungmye,Chanmyathazi, Chanayethazan, Pyigyidagun,Amarapura and Patheingyi Townships in the Regionwere vaccinated against polio. Gifts were presentedto the children who received the vaccination.—MNA

Children in Mandalayvaccinated against polio

polio vaccine to children under five.Oral polio vaccine will be given tochildren in 17 Townships in ShanState on region-wise National Im-munization Days.—MNA

Shan State Chief Minister U Sao Aung Myat giving Polio

viccinations to under-five.MNA

Union A&I Minister U Myint Hlaing views nurseries at 20-acre model plantation and cultivation ofpaddy.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 15 May — Union Minister forMines U Thein Htaik received VietnameseAmbassador to Myanmar Mr. Chu Cong Phungand party at the ministry here at noon on 13 May.

They frankly discussed matters related toinvestment and mining development.

MNA

Union Mines Minister receivesVietnamese Ambassador

YANGON, 15May— President of theRepublic of the Union ofMyanmar Federation ofChambers of Commerceand Industry U WinAung received adelegation led by

Ayeyawady Region ChiefMinister on inspection

tour of Kangyidaunt TspNAY PYI TAW, 15 May—Ayeyawady Region

Chief Minister U Thein Aung met departmentalofficials, townselders, social organization membersand ward and village administrators at Ayeya ThiriThukha Hall in Kangyidaunt Township this morning.

At Kangyidaunt Township People’s Hospital,the chief minister presented a facility worth K 0.5million for the labour room and cash assistance topatients.

Then, the chief minister visited the 1000-acreplantation at the entrance to the township, explainedformation of agricultural produce association andgreeted the farmers.—MNA

Sagaing Region Chief Minister supervises regionaldevelopment tasks in Homalin, Phaungpyin

NAY PYI TAW, 15 May—Sagaing Region Chief Minister U ThaAye on 12 May morning attended anopening ceremony of a Basic Educa-tion High School in Shwe Pyi Aye inHomalin Township of KhamtiDistrict.

The Chief Minister and partythen attended an opening ceremonyof a station hospital (16-bed) andunveiled stone inscription of thebuilding, after inspecting constr-uction site of Kyezuchaung (2)Reservoir.

Afterwards, Sagaing RegionMinister for Health Dr Myint Thein

presented the purpose of the buildingand accepted donations amounted toK 10.13 million.

The Chief Minister proceededto Natnan Village in HomalinTownship, Lwinkyee and HarparVillages in Phaungpyin Township,where he met locals who were giveninstructions on boosting ofagricultural sector, improvingeducation of the students and gettinghealthier.

He comforted the patients andpresented gifts to them at PhaungpyinPeople’s Hospital.

MNA

RUMFCCI President receives foreign guests

discussed matters relatedto development ofinformation technology,holding more discus-sions between entrepre-neurs and the public,

NAY PYI TAW, 15 May — Deputy Ministerfor Construction U Kyaw Lwin oversaw progressof construction of 12 feet wide tarred road (Nay PyiTaw Ring Road) yesterday.

After inspecting site chosen for roadconstruction from Mile Post Nos (11/5) to (11/7)and alignments for bridge construction, the deputyminister gave necessary instructions.

Next, he looked into condition of boxculvert near mile post No (18/4) and stockpiling ofgravels.

The deputy minister also inspectedcondition of box culvert at mile post No (9/2) onNay Pyi Taw-Taungnyo-Myothit-Kanbya road andbox culvert of Htantabin creek.—MNA

Refreshercourses for

staff concludeYANGON, 15 May —

The Refresher Course forJunior Engineer-2 (Waterand Sanitation) andElectrical and MechanicalCourse for TechnicianGrade-5 concluded atCentral Training School(Thuwunna) of theMinistry of Constructionhere this morning with anaddress by DeputyMinister for ConstructionU Soe Tint.

Thirty Junior Engi-neers and 19 technicianstook part in two-weekcourses respectively.

MNA

Union Mines Minister U Thein Htaik receivesVietnamese Ambassador Mr. Chu Cong Phung

and party.—MNA

RUMFCCI President U Win Aung receives Japanese delegation led by Chairman Mr. TakashiFukai of Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.—MNA

Construction of Nay PyiTaw Ring Road inspected

Take Fire PreventiveMeasures

Chairman Mr. TakashiFukai of Daiwa Instituteof Research Ltd atRUMFCCI office here on11 May evening.

Both sides

cooperation betweenbrokers and farmers, andimplementation ofdevelopment of agro-based industries step bystep.—MNA

Sony to resume network servicesafter hacker attacks

TOKYO, 15 May— Sony said itwould start today a “phasedrestoration” of network services thatcame under hacker attacks in one ofthe biggest data breaches since theadvent of the Internet. The cyberattacks in recent weeks involved thetheft of personal data that includenames, passwords and addresses frommore than 100 million accounts on itsPlayStation Network and Sony OnlineEntertainment services.

Sony has said it cannot rule outthat millions of credit card numbersmay have been compromised.

The entertainment and electronicsgiant said it would resume PlayStationNetwork and Qriocity services inphases, with full restoration expectedby the end of the month.

“The phased restoration will beon a country-by-country basisbeginning in the American, Europe,

Australia, New Zealand, and MiddleEast,” the Sony group said in astatement. Services in other areaswould follow.

“Working closely with severalrespected outside security firms, thecompany has implemented new andadditional security measures thatstrengthen safeguards againstunauthorised activity, and provideconsumers with greater protection oftheir personal information,” Sony said.

Internet

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ADDIS ABABA, 15 May—Gunmen have killed aUN driver in Ethiopia’s Somali Region in an ambushthat also injured another staff member, the WorldFood Programme said on Saturday.

The province, also known as Ogaden, is hometo a low-key militancy led by the Ogaden NationalLiberation Front (ONLF), which has fought forindependence since 1984. “Farhan Hamsa — a WFPdriver — was killed in an ambush on 13 May byunknown assailants in the Somali Region ofEthiopia,” the UN agency said in a statement. “Oneother WFP staff member was injured in the attackand two remain missing.” The Horn of Africa nationsigned a peace deal with one faction of the group lastyear, but has acknowledged skirmishes in the regionwith “other remnants” in 2010.

Ethiopian forces waged an offensive against therebels in late 2007 after the ONLF staged a pre-dawnattack on a Chinese-run oil facility, killing 74 people.

Reuters

JINAN, 15 May—Chinese scientists saidSaturday that they havefound a new species ofgiant theropod dinosaurin the eastern provinceof Shandong.

The new species,described as a closerelative of Tyran-nosaurus rex (T. rex),has been named “Zhu-chengtyrannus ma-gnus”. Paleontologicalexperts found it hasunique upper jawbonesafter examining the skulland jawbones discover-ed in the city of Zhu-cheng.

It was estimated tobe about 11 meters longand 4 metres tall,weighing close to 7tonnes.

“We discovered twokinds of tyrannosaurusfossils here and theidentity of the other onestill remains unclear,”

‘Planking’ craze claims lifein Australia

BRISBANE, 15 May—A new craze sweeping theInternet known as “planking” has claimed a life inAustralia with a man attempting the fad plunging tohis death from a balcony Sunday.

Planking involves someone lying flat on theirstomach with their arms against their bodies inunusual and sometimes dangerous situations, withphotographs of their exploits shared through socialmedia sites.

It has gone viral in recent weeks with Facebookpage Planking Australia boasting almost 10,000fans and hundreds of photos of people lying ontrain tracks, escalators, fire hydrants, motorbikes,and other objects.

Police last week warned “plankers” of thedangers they faced and their worst fears have beenrealised with the death of a man in Brisbane whoplummeted from the seventh story of an apartmentblock and died at the scene.

“This morning we have seen a young man take

Ambulances in Cairns. A new craze sweepingthe Internet known as “planking” has claimed alife in Australia with a man attempting the fadplunging to his death from a balcony Sunday.

INTERNET

this activity a step further and attempt to plank ona balcony. Unfortunately he has tragically fallen tohis death,” Queensland Police DeputyCommissioner Ross Barnett told reporters.

The man and another person had been outduring the night and were planking in variouslocations on their way home.—Internet

Gunmen kill UN worker inEthiopia’s Somali region

Key facilities inFukushima plant

could have collapsedbefore tsunami

TOKYO, 15 May—Key facilities atthe Fukushima No 1 nuclear powermay have been damaged by the quakeitself that day rather than tsunami-caused power loss that failed thereactor’s cooling function, KyodoNews quoted a utility source saidSaturday.

Data taken by workers enteringthe No 1 reactor building at the crippledplant on the night of 11 March showingthe radiation level was as high as 300millisieverts per hour suggest a largeamount of radioactive materials fromnuclear fuel in the reactor was alreadyreleased.

The findings may call for a reviewof preparedness against quakes atvarious nuclear power stations inJapan as they have primarily focusedon securing auxiliary power suppliesand embankment enhancementagainst tsunami after the Fukushimaplant crisis, assuming that reactorfacilities at the plant were unscathedby trembling.

On 11 March, the power plant was

shut down automatically just past 2:46pm following the magnitude-9 quake.Within an hour, it was hit by at leasttwo rounds of tsunami waves. Theexternal power supply was then shutdown, disabling the emergency corecooling system from injecting waterat 4:36 pm.

It has been thought that powerloss failed the cooling system at theNo 1 reactor, releasing highlyradioactive steam from the reactorpressure vessel.

Kyodo said a source at TEPCOadmitted the possibility of keyfacilities having been compromisedbefore the tsunami waves, saying, “Thequake’s trembling may have causeddamage to the pressure vessel orpipes.”—Xinhua

New dinosaur species found in eastChina

said Xu Xing, aresearcher at the Instituteof Vertebrate Paleon-tology and Paleoan-thropology under theChinese Academy ofSciences.

“We’ve named thenew genus Zhu-chengtyrannus magnus,which means the ‘Tyrantfrom Zhucheng’ becausethe bones were found inZhucheng,” Xu said.

The bones were a fewcentimeters smaller thanthe similar bones in thelargest T Rex specimen,so there was no doubtthat Zhuchengtyrannus

was a huge tyrannosaur,Xu said.

According to Xu,Z h u c h e n g t y r a n n u smagnus belonged to aspecialized group ofgigantic theropods calledtyrannosaurines whichexisted in North Americaand eastern Asia duringthe Late CretaceousPeriod that dated backabout 65 to 99 millionyears.

All tyrannosaurswere carnivorous,bipedal animals thatgenerally had small armsand large skulls.

Xinhua

Participants crawl through mud under the barbedwire during the gladiator-style event of Spartan

Race in Vancouver, Canada, 14 May, 2011.Billed as “not your average five K” race, the testof endurance was anything but a fun run as both

male and female participants were required tonavigate 12 obstacles of varying difficulty set up

around a five-kilometer course in NorthVancouver’s Inter River Park.—XINHUA

A worker inspects a ventilatorinside the turbine building atTEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear

power plant.—INTERNET

WELLINGTON, 15 May—Heavy rain has floodedroads and kept emergency services busy in theNew Zealand’s Wellington region on Sunday.

The Fire Service said flooding has occurredright through the Wellington area with surfaceflooding, and flooding has also set off alarms.Lower Hutt seems to be affected, right through tothe Wellington business district and the easternsuburbs, the New Zealand news agency NZPAreported.

Police had received about 40 calls on Sundaymorning because of the flooding, much of itlocalised and particularly in Lower Hutt, policeshift commander Marty Edghill said. Heavy rain in

Heavy rain hits WellingtonWellington has caused the closure or blockage ofparts of two state highways.

State Highway 1 southbound between Whitford

Brown and Porirua was partly blocked by flooding.

State Highway 2 northbound at Melling was closed

and there is flooding northbound on Carter Street.

The wet weather looks set to continue and

MetService has issued a weather watch for much ofthe North Island as several lines of thunderstormsmove across the country. MetService has issuedsnowfall warnings for the South Island with MilfordRoad, the Lindis Pass and Arthurs Pass affected.

MNA/Xinhua

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WASHINGTON, 15 May—PresidentBarack Obama, under pressure overhigh gasoline prices, Saturdaycommitted to annual oil and gas leasesales in Alaska’s National PetroleumReserve and to speeding up productionin other areas.

In his weekly radio and Internetaddress, the US leader admitted thatone of the biggest burdens for USconsumers in recent months had beenthe high price of gasoline — which ismore than four dollars a gallon insome areas.

“These spikes in gas prices are

MOSCOW, 15 May—The Russian authoritieson Saturday started a1000-day countdownclock in the country’s

Obama announces new oil drilling Saab’s plant in thesouthwestern town ofTrollheattan. Saab’s

survival is once againin doubt after a cash-injection deal with aChinese automaker

collapsed, a yearafter the brand wasbrought back from

the brink whenpurchased by Dutch

firm Spyker.INTERNET

STOCKHOLM, 15 May—Saab’ssurvival is once again in doubt after acash-injection deal with a Chineseautomaker collapsed, a year after thebrand was brought back from thebrink when purchased by Dutch firmSpyker.

Saab’s plant is the southwesterntown of Trollheattan has stood still formany weeks, just like its in pre-Spykerdays at the start of 2010, and industrysources put its debt to suppliers atsome 100 million euros ($142 million).

It was those suppliers whichhighlighted Saab’s pressing liquiditycrisis in March, when they began tostop deliveries to the carmaker due tounpaid bills. Any of them “could goto court today and get Saab declaredbankrupt but they wouldn’t gain

Once again, Saab nears the endof the road

A Neanderthal ancestor’s reconstruction.Neanderthal remains dating back 31,000 years

— over 6,000 years after man’s prehistoriccousin was presumed to have disappeared —have been unearthed in Russia near the Artic

Circle, according to a studyin the journal Science.

INTERNET

KATHMANDU, 15 May—The first phase ofNepal’s census 2011 tobe conducted by theCentral Bureau ofStatistics (CBS) is startingfrom Sunday.

According to RudraSuwal, Chief ofPopulation Unit at CBS,in the first phase onlygeneral information likenumber of household,number of familymembers and head offamily and theiroccupation will begathered for the next 18days. Based on thepreliminary information,the detailed census willstart from 17 June. Some34,000 trained personswill be deployed in 3,900Village DevelopmentCommittees and 58municipalities. The censuswill be held in two phases.The first phase begins on15 May and will go on until1 June. The second phasebegins from 17 June andwill go until 27 June.Around 8,500 supervisorshave been deployed in thefirst phase of the censusthat is held every 10 years.

Xinhua

Nepal startscensus 2011

from Sunday

This is a nesting olive ridley sea turtleon the coast of Gabon. Researchersfrom the University of California-

Santa Cruz, the Wildlife ConservationSociety, and the University of Exeter

have conducted the firstcomprehensive tracking study of

olive ridleys to determine if currentprotection for the species in Central

Africa is adequate.—INTERNET

TORONTO, 15 May—Markham InternationalSedan Chair Challenge race was held on Saturdayin Markham, a satellite city of Toronto, and attracted22 teams.

The event covers a 1.6-km race and a 3-kmrace. Teams are from university, high school,corporate, government and non-governmentalorganizations, financial institutions, media, andtelecommunications companies.

The unique cultural event had attractedthousands of people to come despite downpours.

“What’s wonderful about sedan chair race is,it’s cross over into many cultures. This is the firstyear, and I know it’s going to continue to grow. Iam amazed how many people we have here,thousands of people who come out to enjoy thisevent,” said Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti,adding,“This is going to continue to grow, and willbe the premier sedan chair event in all of NorthAmerica.”

Markham is a town in the Regional Municipalityof York, is the largest town and fastest growingmunicipality in Canada. The current population ofMarkham is 261,573, and more then 63,000 are ofChinese origin.

Xinhua

International Sedan Chairrace starts in Toronto

Russia starts 1,000-day countdown for SochiWinter Olympics

A woman waves from a sedan chair during theMarkham International Sedan Chair Challenge

in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on14 May, 2011.

XINHUA

often temporary, and while there areno quick fixes to the problem, thereare a few steps we should take thatmake good sense,” Obama said.

The president vowed to increasesafe and responsible oil productionfrom US resources, at the same timeas enhancing safety andenvironmental standards.

“To do this, I am directing theDepartment of Interior to conductannual lease sales in Alaska’s NationalPetroleum Reserve, while respectingsensitive areas,” Obama said.

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anything. They live in the hope thatperhaps a miracle will happen,” saidLars Holmqvist, the head of theBrussels-based European Associationof Automotive Suppliers.

As for Saab “I don’t think theyhave enough money to pay the salariesfor a very long time. We are talking ofa very desperate situation,” he toldAFP.

“I can’t tell you if it’s going to befive days, ten days, but it’s not goingto be many months,” he said.

Saab’s future appeared secure andits financial crisis solved at last whenSpyker announced on 3 May thatChina’s Hawtai would pour 150million euros into the carmaker inexchange for a 30 percent stake inSpyker.—Internet

Black Sea city of Sochifor the opening of theWinter Olympic Gamesdue on 7 Feb, 2014,according to local media.

The mountain-shap-ed clock, 4.15-metrehigh and 4.408-meterwide, reflects thedynamic spirit of theSochi region, said theSochi 2014 OrganizingCommittee.

According to SochiMayor Anatoly Pakho-mov, the start of theclock marked themoment when “we havereally entering the

finishing line in thepreparation for theOlympics.”

Meanwhile, themayor also admitted thatmuch work still remainedto be carried out, saying“time has already passed.We must not be slowdown — only moveforward.”

Also on Saturday,some thousands ofRussian people all overthe country haveparticipated in events thatmarked the 1,000-daycountdown of the SochiOlympic.—Xinhua

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Replica ancient walls stokes publicsuspicion in central Chinese city

Citizens visit the National Art Museum of Romaniaduring the “Museums Night” in Bucharest, capitalof Romania, on 14 May, 2011. Over 70 museums

in Romania participated in the VIIth edition of“Museums Night”, opening their doors for free on

the night of 14 May to 15 May. — XINHUA

A tractor shovel is seen at the construction site ofthe rebuilding work on a 3,600-year-old city wallin Zhengzhou, central China’s Henan Province,

on 13 May, 2011. The restoring work hastriggered controversies in China.— XINHUA

WELLINGTON, 15 May — While it’s long beenknown that a little sunshine can spread happiness,researchers in New Zealand have found that it canalso save the lives of pneumonia patients.

Medical scientists have found that vitamin D,which is absorbed through the skin and producedwith exposure to sunlight, is a major factor in thesurvival rate of pneumonia patients.

Researchers at Waikato University collaboratedwith doctors at Waikato Hospital, both Hamilton-based institutions, to study blood samples of 112patients admitted to the hospital with pneumoniaduring the winter.

They found that those with severe vitamin Ddeficiency 17 of the patients were more likely todie within a month, compared with patients withnormal or slightly low vitamin D levels.

Xinhua

Sunshinecould save

lives ofpneumonia

patients

ZHENGZHOU, 15 May—A central Chinese city’sefforts to restore one of thecountry’s oldest city wallshas ignited public outrageafter tonnes of dirt werepiled up in the downtownto replicate the disap-peared walls.Spendinglavishly in restoring pastgrandeur often triggerscontroversies in China. Theconstant proposals torebuild the Old SummerPalace, an imperial gardendestroyed by British andFrench forces in 1860,never garnished enoughpublic support for them tobe realized.

In Zhengzhou, an an-

cient Chinese capital inHenan Province, thosesupervising the rebuildingwork on a 3,600-year-oldcity wall were accused ofusing public funds for a“counterfeit” project. “It’sa waste of taxpayers’money to place such a fakeatop the genuine relics,”said a local resident whorefused to be named. Thecity walls in Zhengzhoudate back to the ShangDynasty (1,600 B.C.-1,046 B.C.). Its run-downstate, however, compelledthe local government tostart a restoration and re-construction project lastyear.—Xinhua

Beheading victim was grandmother of five

Children abandoned at Port Authoritybus depot in New York

Jennifer Mills-Westleywas killed in a super-market in Tenerife on

Friday.— INTERNET

NEW YORK, 15 May —A baby girl and toddlerboy were abandoned intheir strollers in the deadof night on Friday at oneof New York’s busiest busterminals. The 10-month-old girl and two-year-oldboy, believed to be herbrother, were found at theGreyhound gate of the thePort Authority Bus Ter-minal in midtown NewYork after a man who wasearlier seated with themjumped on a bus boundfor Washington.

The man — describedonly as black, with longdreadlocks, white pants,gray jacket and a red T-shirt - was with the chil-

dren for about two hours,a witness told police. Af-ter the man left, the policewere called. Neithershowed signs of abuse af-ter being examined atBellevue Hospital, the NewYork Post reported. Thechildren are now in thecare of child-welfare offi-cials.— Internet

TENERIFE, 15 May—The British womanstabbed and beheaded ina shop on the island ofTenerife on Friday wasnamed last night asJennifer Mills-Westley, a60-year-old grandmother.Mrs Mills-Westley, whocame from Norwich andhad two children, was liv-ing on the Spanish islandafter retiring from her jobas a road safety officer,her family said last night.Her daughter Sarah de-scribed her mother as “fullof life, generous of heart”,and someone who “woulddo anything for anyone”.

She added: “Mum re-tired a number of yearsago and was fully enjoy-ing her retirement travel-ling between Tenerife and

France, where she spenttime visiting her daughterand grandchildren, andher other daughter in Nor-folk. We now have to finda way of living withouther love and light, and we

would ask at this difficulttime for some privacy aswe try to come to termswith our loss.”Mrs Mills-Westley had fivegrandchildren.— Internet

Triple stabbing atSt Albans teenage

birthday partyMELBOURNE, 15 May —

Three youths have beenstabbed in a brazen attackat a teenage birthdayparty, in which the allegedgroup of offenders havereturned to the home tocontinue stabbing.A StAlbans man was celebrat-ing his birthday at hisOccold Court home inMelbourne’s west when afight broke out in the frontyard between some of the30 guests and a group ofup to 10 young men.

Police do not yet knowif the group was originallyinvited to the party, but allparties knew each other.Police say members of thegroup turned on a 22-year-old male guest, whoreceived serious stabwounds to the head, and a21-year-old woman washit on the head with aglass bottle.—Internet

NEW YORK, 15 May—The leader of theInternational MonetaryFund and a possiblecandidate for presidentof France was arrestedSunday in the violentsexual assault of a hotelmaid after being yanked

IMF chief accused of sexualassault at NYC hotel

A member of the NYPDcrime scene unit enters

the Sofitel hotel inNew York, on

14 May , 2011.INTERNET

from an airplanemoments before it was todepart for Paris, policesaid.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, 62, was arrestedon charges of a criminalsex act, attempted rapeand unlawfulimprisonment and wasawaiting arraignment. Hehad been taken off theAir France flight at JohnF Kennedy InternationalAirport on Saturdayafternoon by officersfrom the Port Authorityof New York and NewJersey and was turnedover to New York police,

said Paul J Browne, NewYork Police Departmentspokesman.—Internet

SYDNEY, 15 May—Australia’sbinge-drinking culture has beenstarkly highlighted with 1,600“boozed-up idiots” arrested by policein a hardline weekend crackdown on

Australia arrests 1,600 ‘boozed-up idiots’

A patron lifts a glass of beer at abar in Sydney in February.

INTERNET

alcohol-fuelled violence and crime.The trans-Tasman “Operation

Unite”, a two-day blitz on publicalcohol abuse and related crime thatended Sunday, was the latest attemptto hammer home the message thatdrunken thugs will not be tolerated.

Almost two-thirds of the arrestswere made in New South Wales state,followed by Western Australia, andincluded numerous assaults on policeofficers.

Other offences included drink-driving, urinating in public, failing toquit a licensed premises when askedand resisting arrest.

Internet

JAKARTA, 15 May—An earthquake with magnitude of 5.7 jolted Papua ineastern parts of Indonesia on Sunday, the Meteorology and GeophysicsAgency reported here.

The quake hit at 13:47 pm Jakarta Time (0647 GMT) with epicenter at 162km southwest Jayapura of Papua and with the depth at 23 km, an official ofthe agency told Xinhua by phone.

The USGS also reported on its website that the quake was at 5.7magnitude.

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.—Xinhua

Moderate earthquake rocks eastern Indonesia

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More than 100 men,some who have spenthours manicuring theirfacial hair, will competethis weekend in Norwayat an internationalchampionship formoustache and beardgrowth.

“It is definitely anart - a vanity art,” saidOle Johan Loekberg,secretary of theNorwegian MoustacheClub, which is hostingthe bi-annualcompetition this year.

Based on pastperformance, Americanand German challengersare favoured among the163 contestants from 15different countries whowill compete in a rangeof categories.

Those sportingmoustaches are dividedinto six groups: natural,English, Dali,Hungarian, imperial andfreestyle. Contestantswith a cultivation

Carefully groomed mencompete for top facial hair

honours

Twins prepare to take part in a contest inQingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, on

14 May, 2011. Some 100 pairs of twinsparticipated in the contest at Qingdao Polar

Ocean World on Saturday.

Four people were on Saturday hospitalised inItaly after a dispute over the thickness of asupermarket’s ham slices turned violent, the ANSAnews agency said in a report.

The row broke out when a 50-year-old womanshopping in the Tuscany town of Livorno incentral Italy protested that the ham slices being cutby a counter assistant were too thick.

A scuffle unfolded involving the shopassistant’s father as well as the woman’s husbandand two sons. Police were called and threeambulances were also sent to the scene.

The shop assistant, the disgruntled ham shopperand her husband all suffered bruises and weretreated in hospital. The shopkeeper’s father wasalso hospitalised after feeling ill, the news agencysaid.

Italian ham slice disputelands four in hospital

A man slices a piece of ham inFrance. Four people were on

Saturday hospitalised in Italy aftera dispute over the thickness of asupermarket’s ham slices turned

violent, the ANSA news agency saidin a report.

A criminal cadre of older women in hats, The Mad Hatters,have long been sought for numerous wallet thefts in the Detroitarea, police say. “We may never find who they all are, butwe’ve got some good leads, and we’re going to identify someof them, at least,” Sterling Heights police Lt Luke Riley told theDetroit Free Press. He said it appears the supposed ring mayhave begun nabbing money and checks from unattendedpurses about a year ago, though one such report fitting theHatters’ profile exists from 2008, he told the paper.

Riley estimated the group seen on surveillance footage hasstolen between $400,000 and $500,000, with banks losing thebulk of that in checks.

Old lady theft ring at large in Detroit

Manfred Janssenpresents his trophy

after winning the firstprize in the category“Moustache - Dali”of the International

German BeardChampionships inHesel 2006. More

than 100 men, somewho have spent hours

manicuring theirfacial hair, will

compete this weekendin Norway at an

internationalchampionship for

moustache and beardgrowth.

deemed a “partialbeard” will challengefor top honours in thenatural, Chinese,Imperial, Musketeer,sideburns, and freestylecategories.

N e w s A l b u m

DUESSELDORE, 15 May—Azerbaijan won theannual Eurovision Song Contest with the romanticballad “Running Scared” on Saturday, watched bya television audience of more than 100 millionpeople.

The song about a love-struck couple wasperformed by 21-year-old student Eldar Gasimovand Nigar Jamal, 30, a mother-of-two who lives inLondon. The duo, known as Ell-Nikki, won a total221 points. Italy was second with 189 points andSweden came third on 185 in the 56th edition of thecontest, hosted by Germany. Widely heralded pre-contest favourites Ireland, Britain and France allhad disappointing results.

The extravaganza, dubbed the world’s biggestmusic competition with one of television’s largestaudiences, was beamed to countries from theAtlantic Ocean to the Caspian Sea — and to nationsaround the world that were not even competing.

Reuters

Azeri romantic ballad wins EurovisionSong Contest

Ell/Nikki, Nigar Jamaland Eldar Gasimov, from

Azerbaijan sing theirwinning song ‘Running

Scared’ during the final ofthe Eurovision Song

Contest 2011 inDuesseldorf, Germany, on

14 May , 2011.INTERNET

Spanish actressPenelope Cruz (L) andUS actor Johnny Depp

(C) pose for photosprior to the premiere ofthe film “Pirates of the

Caribbean: OnStranger Tides” at the

64th Cannes FilmFestival, in Cannes,France, on 14 May,

2011.—XINHUA

CANNES, 15 May— The latest installment of the “Pirates of the Caribbean”movie franchise laid anchor at the Cannes film festival on Saturday, bringingwith it a crew of big stars including Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz.

“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” is the fourth film in a serieswhich has made a fortune for Disney with a combined global box office tallyso far of $2.7 billion.

Reviews of the new chapter, which hits theatres in the United States on 20May, have been mixed, though, and some analysts predict it may struggle tomatch the impressive tallies of previous outings even in the 3D format.

Depp said in Cannes that there would be more ahead if the films remainedpopular: “If the people get tired of it or something, that’s when it stops, Ithink,” he told a news conference. “If people want it, I’m there.”—Reuters

Pirates of Caribbean sail to Cannes with star crew

CANNES, 15 May— Hong Kong directorPeter Chan has high hopes for his first foray intomartial arts cinema: he wants it to be a milestonein the venerable genre. Beautifully filmed inYunnan, southwest China, “Wu Xia” — screenedout of competition at Cannes — boasts an all-star cast led by Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro,Wei Tang and kung fu movie legend JimmyWang.

It takes its title from the Mandarin term for themartial arts genre, which has undergone “a hugeevolution from one form to another” and whichis forever reinventing itself, Chan said onSaturday. “What we are trying to do with this film— as much as we can, to the best of our ability —is to hopefully be in that cycle of evolution andbe one step ahead of our contemporaries intrying to do something that we think we couldbe proud of and that could extend this genre foranother 30 or 40 years.”—Internet

HK director Chan has big hopes for debutmartial arts film

Hong Kong director Peter

Chan poses during the

photocall of “Wu Xia”

presented as part of the

Sceances de Minuit

selection at the 64th Cannes

Film Festival.

INTERNET

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Answers to yesterday’sCrosswords Puzzle

Ochocinco rides bull for 1.5 seconds, gets $10,000

Sabbatini, O’Hair clear the airon dispute

Edwards wins Nationwiderace at Dover

Ferguson eyes Euro glory after home title triumph

Manchester United’smanager Sir Alex

Ferguson celebratesafter their English

Premier League matchagainst Blackburn

Rovers at Ewood Park,Blackburn, north-westEngland.— INTERNET

Cincinnati Bengals receiver ChadOchocinco attempts to ride a bull namedDeja Blu during an intermission at theProfessional Bull Riders’ Lucas Oil In-vitation bull riding event in Duluth, Ga,on Saturday.— INTERNET

DULUTH, 15 May – NFL receiverChad Ochocinco backed up his prom-ise to ride a 1,500-pound bull on theProfessional Bull Riders circuit onSaturday night, earning $10,000 formaking it out of the chute atop DejaBlu. The ride lasted 1.5 seconds be-fore Ochocinco was bucked off withno apparent injury.

Ochocinco, who wore a helmetand a standard protective vest, fell 6.5seconds short of the time needed towin a new Ford truck and to earn theright to rename the bull after CincinnatiBengals coach Marvin Lewis.

But the challenge that began witha tweet earlier this month ended withOchocinco proving PBR presidentSean Gleason that he was serious.The six-time Pro Bowl receiver said,however, that he would never ride a

bull again.”One and done,” he said.Thepublicity stunt was the latest forOchocinco, whose Twitter account hasnearly 2 million followers.— Internet

Rory Sabbatini ofSouth Africa

BLACKBURN, 15 May—Sir Alex Ferguson has sethis sights on securing theChampions League trophyfollowing ManchesterUnited’s record-breaking19th English title success.United won this season’sPremier League after Sat-urday’s 1-1 draw away toBlackburn Rovers gavethem the point they neededto take sole possession of arecord they’d previouslyshared with arch-rivals Liv-erpool.

A division of the spoilsat Ewood Park left Unitedan unbeatable seven pointsahead of second-placedChelsea, last season’schampions, who can onlywin a maximum of sixpoints from their two re-maining league matches.However it was not longbefore the insatiableFerguson, winning the36th trophy of his 25-yearOld Trafford reign, wascontemplating a Champi-ons League final against

Spanish giants Barcelonaat Wembley on 28 May.

United have beencrowned champions ofEurope three times, the lastin 2008, whereas Liver-pool have won the com-petition on five occasionsalthough both clubs lagwell behind Real Madrid’srecord nine continental ti-

tles. “The European Cup isan area in which we shouldhave done better,”Ferguson said. “We shouldhave won more, I think.”“That will be our focusnow,” the 69-year-old Scotadded. “Of course we willenjoy this — even thoughit was agony at times. Butthis is a great achievementand we hope to be cel-ebrating again.”— Internet

Manchester City’smanager Roberto

Mancini (C) celebratesafter his side beat Stoke1-0 in the FA Cup finalsat Wembley Stadium in

London.— INTERNET

Man City gunning forPremiership title next year

Obraniak stunner ends Lille’s56-year trophy wait

Lille’s midfielder LudovicObraniak celebrates af-ter scoring against ParisSaint-Germain during theFrench Cup final atthe Stade de France in

Saint-Denis, outsideParis.— INTERNET

Driver Carl Edwards cel-ebrates in victory lane af-ter winning the NASCARNationwide series 5-hourENERGY 200 auto race,

on 14 May, 2011, inDover, Del. — INTERNET

DOVER, 15 May—CarlEdwards was sure hetapped Joey Logano.Edwards missed him —and all the mayhem be-hind him. Logano lostcontrol on his own andtagged the wall, trigger-ing a wreck-filled finallap that knocked outseveral contenders andlet Edwards win theNationwide Series raceSaturday at Dover Inter-national Speedway.“Man, that’s why theycall it the Monster Mile,”Edwards said.—Internet

LONDON, 15 May—Roberto Mancini believesManchester City’s FA Cuptriumph can be thelaunchpad for an assaulton next season’s PremierLeague. City ended their35-year trophy drought

on Saturday after down-ing Stoke 1-0 at Wembleyto clinch a major trophyfor the first time since1976. The victory was thefirst tangible return City’sowners have been able toenjoy since their 2008takeover and the subse-quent lavish spending onplayers which has topped£300 million to date.

InternetPONTE VEDRA BEACH, 15

May—Sean O’Hair sayshe and Rory Sabbatinitalked by telephone the

week after their profanity-filled argument on the golfcourse in New Orleans andthey are ready to move on.The next move is how thePGA Tour chooses to re-spond. It does not makepublic any discipline.O’Hair said after his sec-ond round on Friday atThe Players Championshipthat Sabbatini sent him atext last week askingO’Hair to call so they couldtalk it over.—Internet

S P O R T S

PARIS, 15 May—A stun-ning last-minute free-kickby substitute LudovicObraniak gave Lille a 1-0victory over holders ParisSaint-Germain in Satur-day’s French Cup final toend the club’s 56-year waitfor silverware. The Polishinternational whipped adipping shot past PSGgoalkeeper Gregory

Coupet from close to theright-hand corner flag,snatching victory for Lilleand keeping the Frenchleague leaders on coursefor a domestic double.

“We’re happy, you re-alize that the people ofLille have been waiting forthis for 56 years,” said Lillecoach Rudi Garcia. “Weknow that Ludo’s(Obraniak) left foot can dodamage, particularly fromset-pieces. He put in a mas-terly free-kick.” Garcia’sside could also afford tomiss an injury-time pen-alty, with MathieuDebuchy’s spot-kickblocked by Coupet afterthe former France interna-tional had sent Gervinhosprawling in the box.

Internet

LONDON, 15 May—Chelsea’s pain at losingtheir Premier League title to Manchester Unitedwas compounded by Steven Taylor’s added-timeheader that secured a 2-2 draw for NewcastleUnited at Stamford Bridge here on Sunday.

Magpies make Chelsea’s title blues worseChelsea

vsNewcastleUnited inEnglishPremierLeaguesoccermatch.

INTERNET

This result threw open the race for second placeand ensured Chelsea, who finish the season awayto Everton next weekend, failed to end their homecampaign on a high.

Blues manager Carlo Ancelotti, whose positionwill be reviewed at the end of the season, hadurged his side to bounce back after thedisappointment of losing their title to United, whosecured a record 19th English championship witha 1-1 draw away to Blackburn on Saturday. ButChelsea were twice pulled back after taking thelead with Jonas Gutierrez deflecting in a RyanTaylor free-kick to cancel out Branislav Ivanovic’ssecond minute opening goal and Steven Taylorreplying after Alex had put the home side aheadin the 83rd minute.

Internet

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R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information.

Sunday, 15th May, 2011

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MSTOversea Transmission - (16-5-11 09:30 am ~

17-5-11 09:30 am) MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* The Most Prominent Resort and Residence* News* A Merry Bo Tree Watering Festival* Topic on Journal “Alluring Myanmar’s

Rattan Product”* News* Kid’s Talent* The Fascinating Oceanography of

Myanmar* News* Myanmar New Year Exhibition

Oversea Transmission* Opening* News* The Most Prominent Resort and Residence* News* A Merry Bo Tree Watering Festival* Topic on Journal “Alluring Myanmar’s

Rattan Product”* News* Kid’s Talent* The Fascinating Oceanography of

Myanmar* News* Myanmar New Year Exhibition* News* Spotlight On the Star “Tin Tin Nyo, Her

Life & Her Movies” (Part-III)* News* Talks “Myanma Traditional Marionette”

(Part-I)* Music Gallery* News* Myanmar Movies Impact “Heart-Hit”* Flying Over Mrauk-Oo* News* Beikthano The Ancient Glory of

Myanmar* Myanmar Movie “Loud Speaker”

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(16-5-2011) (Monday)

Monday,

16 May

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Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

7:00 am 1. Paritta By

Venerable MingunSayadaw

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Chin and Kayah States, rain or thundershowershave been widespread in Taninthayi Region, fairlywidespread in Bago and Yangon Regions and scattered inLower Sagaing Region, Kachin, Rakhine, Kayin and MonStates and isolated in the remainting Regions and Stateswith isolated heavy falls in Mandalay Region. Daytemperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) above May averagetemperatures in Upper Sagaing, Magway Regions andRakhine State, (3°C) to (4°C) below May averagetemperatures in Bago, Ayeyawady,Taninthayi Regionsand Mon State and about May average temperatures in theremaining Regions and States. The significant daytemperatures were Chauk (45°C), NyaungU and Magway(41°C) each, Minbu, Pauk and Myingyan (40°C) each. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Thabeikkyin(3.35) inches, Taungkoat (2.09) inches, Myeik (1.89)inches, Yangon (Mingaladon) (1.81) inches,Yangon(central) (1.45) inches, Hmawbi (1.30) inches, Kambalu(1.03) inches and Aunglan (0.78) inch.

Nay Pyi TawMaximum temperature on 14-5-2011 was 99°F.

Minimum temperature on 15-5-2011 was 78°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 15-5-2011 was (71%).Rainfall on 15-5-2011 was (Nil).

Nay Pyi Taw (Airport)Maximum temperature on 14-5-2011 was 94°F.

Minimum temperature on 15-5-2011 was 73°F. Relative

humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 15-5-2011 was (77%).Rainfall on 15-5-2011 was (Nil).

Rainfall on 15-5-2011 was (Nil) at Nay Pyi Taw, (0.94)inch at Yangon (Kaba-Aye)and (Nil) at Mandalay. Totalrainfall since 1-1-2011 was (10.79) inches at Nay PyiTaw, (15.94) inches at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) and (8.38)inches at Mandalay. Maximum wind speed at Nay Pyi Tawwas (10) mph from Southeast at (9:30) hours MST on 15-5-2011.

Bay Inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy inthe Andaman Sea and East central Bay and partly cloudyelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 16th May2011: Rain or thundershowers will be scattered in Sagaing,Mandalay and Magway Regions, Chin and Kayah States,fairly widespread in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine States andwidespread in the remaining Regions and States. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

State of the Sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seasare likely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surfacewind speed in squalls may reach (35) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation ofrain or thundershower in the Lower Myanmar Areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 16th May 2011: Isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of cerainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for16th May 2011:Some rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcerainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for16th May 2011: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcerainty is (80%).

WEATHER

7:15 am 2. Dhamma Puja Song7:25 am 3. To Be Healthy

Exercise7:30 am 4. Morning News7:40 am 5. Nice & Sweet Song7:50 am 6. Health Programme8:00 am 7. Dhamma Song8:10 am 8. Song Of National

Races8:15 am 9.Cute Little Dancers8:25 am10. Myanmar

Traditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions

8:40 am11. International News8:45 am12. Musical

programme3:30 pm 1. AFC President’s

Cup (2011)(Delay)(Yeedzin FC(BHU) & FCIstiklot (TJK)

5:00 pm 2. University Of

Distance Education(TV Lectures)-First Year(Mathematics)

5:15 pm 3. Songs For

UpholdingNational Spirit

5:20 pm 4. Musical Programme

(The RadioMyanmar modernMusic Troupe)

5:35 pm 5. Myanmar Idoal6:00 pm 6. Evening News6:15 pm 7. Weather Report6:20 pm 8. Sing & Enjoy7:00 pm 9. TV Drama Series8:00 pm10. News11. International News12. Weather Report13. World’s Stars14. TV Drama Series

Dortmund receives GermanBundesliga trophy

BERLIN, 15 May—Bundesliga champion Dort-mund received their trophy after beating Frankfurtinto second division with a 3-1 victory at the finalround of Bundesliga on Saturday. Relegationthreatened Wolfsburg and Monchengladbachwrapped first division at a thrilling three-way battleagainst Frankfurt. Record champion Bayern failedto oust Leverkusen from second, a direct ChampionsLeague qualification, as the “Werkself” defeatedFreiburg.

Dortmund seals Frankfurt fourth relegation inclub history due to a deserved 3-1 win. Frankfurtstarted absolutely harmless into their relegation battlewhereas Dortmund squandered the opportunity tomark the opener through forward Lucas Barrioswhose penalty was denied by Frankfurt’s goalkeeperRalf Faehrmann at the 12th minute.

After interval Frankfurt shocked the newish

Dortmund players celebrate after beatingFrankfurt into second division on 14 May inBerlin. Dortmund received their trophy after

beating Frankfurt with a 3-1 victory at the finalround of Bundesliga on Saturday.—XINHUA

Bundesliga champion with the opener throughmidfielder Sebastian Rode who nodded home fromclose distance, to raise hope for staying up.

Xinhua

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Only with stability and peace will the nation developOnly with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracyRiots beget riots, not democracyDemocracy can be introduced only through constitution

VOA, BBC-sowing hatredamong the peopleRFA, DVB-generating publicoutrageDo not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

People’s DesireWe favour peace and stabilityWe favour developmentWe oppose unrest and violenceWipe out those inciting unrestand violence

14th Waxing of Kason 1373 ME Monday, 16 May, 2011

Nay Pyi Taw-Hsinthe (Tatkon)-Pinlaungrailroad to link Shan State and Kayah State

NAY PYI TAW, 15 May—Union Minister forRail Transportation U Aung Min arrived at the sitefor construction of Nawin Creek Bridge nearByaingin Village in Tatkon Township hereyesterday morning.

At Byaingin Station, the Union Minister heardreports by officials on facts about Nay Pyi Taw-Hsinthe (Tatkon)-Pinlaung railroad project andconstruction of Hsinthe-YeU railroad section.Deputy Minister Thura U Thaung Lwin gave asupplementary report.

Next, the Union Minister inspectedconstruction of Paytawkon Station near PaytawkonVillage and 172 feet long Hsaite Creek Bridge nearDhammapala Village and YeU Station near YeUVillage.

On arrival at Yanaung Station near YanaungVillage in Pyawbwe Township, the Union Ministerheard reports by officials on facts about Pyawbwe-Natmauk-Magway railroad project and Pyawbwe-Natmauk railroad section and the deputy ministergave a supplementary report.

The Union Minister looked into progress inconstruction of Yin Creek Bridge (Natmauk) andthe site for construction of new Natmauk Station.

With the use of Nay Pyi Taw-Hsinthe(Tatkon)-Pinlaung railroad, Loikaw in Kayah Statecan be reached via Nay Pyi Taw and PinlaungTownship, Shan State.

Myanma Railways staff are making efforts tocomplete Hsinthe-YeU railroad section (19.30miles) soonest.—MNA

Union Minister for Rail Transportation U Aung Min views construction of Nawin Creek Bridgenear Byaingin Village in Tatkon Township.— MNA

Vice-Chairman of CentralMilitary Commission of

China concludes visitYANGON, 15 May — The visiting Chinese

delegation led by Vice-Chairman General XuCaihou of Central Military Commission of thePeople’s Republic of China left here by specialflight today.

General Xu Caihou and members of thedelegation were seen off at Yangon InternationalAirport by Commander of Yangon CommandBrig-Gen Tun Than, Maj-Gen Maung MaungOhn of the Ministry of Defence, senior militaryofficers, Ambassador of the People’s Republic ofChina to Myanmar Mr. Li Junhua and MilitaryAttache Senior Col Xiong Shaowei and officialsfrom the embassy.—MNA

New calculations on blackbodyenergy set the stage for clocks

ding goal of a clockwith a precisionequivalent to onesecond of error every32 billion years —longer than the age ofthe universe.—Internet

DELAWARE, 15May—A team ofphysicists from theUnited States andRussia announced thatit has developed ameans for computing,with unprecedentedaccuracy, a tiny,temperature-dependentsource of error in atomicclocks. Although small,the correction couldrepresent a big steptowards atomictimekeepers’ longstan-

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