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technical know-how and investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

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Senior General Than Shwereceives Laotian Prime Minister

NAY PYI TAW,21 June—Chairman ofthe State Peace and De-velopment Council ofthe Union of MyanmarSenior General Than

Shwe received the vis-iting goodwill delega-tion led by Prime Min-ister of the Lao Peo-ple's Democratic Re-public Mr Bouasone

Bouphavanh atZeyathiri Beikmanhere at 5.40 pm today.

Also present atthe call were SPDCVice-Chairman Vice-

Senior General MaungAye, SPDC MemberGeneral Thura ShweMann, Prime MinisterU Thein Sein, SPDCSecretary-1 General

Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo, SPDC Mem-ber Lt-Gen Tin Aye,Minister for NationalPlanning and Eco-nomic Development U

Soe Tha, Minister forForeign Affairs UNyan Win, DeputyMinister for Hotels andTourism U Aye MyintKyu, Myanmar Am-bassador to Laos UNyunt Hlaing, heads ofdepartment, LaotianAmbassador toMyanmar Mr Kouily ASouphakhet and offi-cials.

The two partiescordially exchangedviews on matters forpromoting bilateralfriendship and coop-eration, strengtheningvarious sectors includ-ing trade for mutualinterest, and reciprocalcooperation in plansfor regional develop-ment.

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Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Senior General Than Shwe receives the visiting goodwill delegation led by PrimeMinister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Mr Bouasone Bouphavanh at Zeyathiri Beikman in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe and party and Laotian Prime Minister Mr Bouasone Bouphavanh and delegation pose fordocumentary photo at Zeyathiri Beikman.—MNA

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Tuesday, 22 June, 2010

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 Desire

All living things rely on air, water, soil,trees, mountains and natural resources fortheir living. So, it is obligatory for all peopleto conserve the environment for survival.

However, the whole world is seeing evilconsequences of climate change such asstrong winds, floods, drought, heat waves,and melting of massive ice layers.

According to experts, 90 per cent ofglobal warming is caused by man’s activities.Land and water pollution stems fromexcessive exploitation of natural resourcesand disposing of hazard wastes. Carbondioxide, gases, ashes and bad smells emittedby factories, plants and vehicles pollute air.

Therefore, many countries have to placegreater emphasis on environmentalconservation. Myanmar has preserved finetraditions of conserving the environment forlong. It systematically maintains waters,lands, forests and natural resources. Thenation has established many forest reservesand sanctuaries.

The Ministry of Forestry in cooperationwith local people has been setting up firewoodplantations for villages, watershed forests,and teak plantations. The plantations of teak,ironwood, gem-kino and pinma are successfulin Bago Yoma. So far, more than 500,000neem trees have been nurtured in the specialneem plantations designed for greeningShwebondaung in Magway Division.

As forests and woodlands help improveclimate patterns, we have to avoiddeforestation and improve the ecosystem.So, the government and local people have toset up new plantations and conservewoodlands for better environment.

Conserve the environment

Upgrading of PyinOoLwin-Mogok Roadkicking into high gear

NAY PYI TAW, 21 June—Minister forConstruction U Khin Maung Myint yesterdayinspected road works along PyinOoLwin-Mogokroad. Road works are being carried out by RoadConstruction Special Group-1, district Public Worksand nine private companies.

New PyinOoLwin-Mogok Road is planned tobuild as 34 feet wide one with 12 feet wide gravelroad and 3 feet wide shoulder on each side. Theminister urged personnel concerned to work hardand inspected extension of roads and earthworks

between mile post No. 10/6 and No. 10/7.The minister inspected road works along

Kabyu-Shwechaung-Phaungtaw-Anisakhan roadbeing carried out by PyinOoLwin District PublicWorks. At the briefing hall, Chief Engineer DawAye Aye Maw reported to the minister on extensionof roads and construction of bridges onShwechaung-Anisakhan road section.

The minister also inspected road worksbetween Pyinsa Village at mile post No. 27/2 andKabyu on Mandalay-Lashio Road.—MNA

YANGON, 21 June—Minister for Home AffairsU Maung Oo received Ambassador of the SocialistRepublic of Vietnam to the Union of MyanmarMr. Chu Cong Phung at his office here thismorning. Both sides discussed mutual cooperations

Home Affairs Minister receives Vietnamese Ambassador

between the two countries.Also present at the call were officials from

Myanmar Correction Department, Bureau of SpecialInvestigation, Myanmar Police Force and Minister’sOffice under Ministry of Home Affairs.—MNA

Minister for Construction U Khin Maung Myint inspects laying of gravel on PyinOoLwin-MogokRoad.—MNA

Minister forHome AffairsU Maung Oo

receivesVietnameseAmbassadorto Myanmar

Mr. ChuCong Phung.

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Google Earth with GIScourses to open

YANGON, 21 June—Today, the globe hasentered into IT Age and Google Earth is widely inuse in various forms. Organizations workingwith technologies, logistics providers, miningenterprises and companies operating based ongeographical information will find application ofGIS (Geographic Information System) withGoogle Earth to be useful to them.

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Taleban-linked militancy, conflictsclaim over 60 lives in 3 days

KABUL, 21 June—Taleban-led militancyand conflicts haveclaimed over 60 lives inthe militancy-plaguedAfghanistan over thepast three days.

The militants, in thelatest wave of violentincidents, organizedtwin blasts in LashkarGah city, capital ofTaleban hotbedHelmand Province,Sunday morning leavingtwo civilians dead andinjured 20 othersmajority of themcivilians, spokesman forthe provincial

administration DaudAhmadi said.

“The first explosionoccurred in front of abank at around 8:30 amlocal time killing twocivilians and injuring 15others all civilians, butsecond blast minuteslater near a school leftfive persons includingtwo children wounded,”Ahmadi told Xinhua.

Hours later on thesame day Sunday, aroadside bomb plantedby militants struck theNATO-led InternationalSecurity AssistanceForce (ISAF) armored

vehicle causing nocasualty in the country’snorthern Kunduz city,capital of restive KunduzProvince, an official withthe alliance said.

“A roadside bombstruck a military vehicleof the ISAF this morningoutside Kunduz citycausing no casualties buta military vehicle wasdamaged in the blast,” aspokesman for theNATO-led forces inKunduz LieutenantColonel Webber toldXinhua.

Xinhua

Medics treat Afghan children in a hospital in Herat after they wereinjured in a clash between the police and the Taleban in Afghanistan’s

Badghis Province, on 20 June, 2010. Three Taleban militants were killedand 33 others were wounded in the clash with police Sunday morning,

according to Sharafudin Najebi, a Badghis Province governor spokesmansaid.—INTERNET

First Pacific hurricane of2010 forms off Mexico

A teenager enjoys body boarding at a beach inAcapulco in 2006. The first hurricane of the

2010 Pacific season, Celia, has formedhundreds of miles off the coast of Acapulco,Mexico, the US-based National Hurricane

Centre said on Sunday.INTERNET

MIAMI, 21 June—The first hurricane of the2010 Pacific season, Celia, has formed hundreds ofmiles off the coast of Acapulco, Mexico, the US-based National Hurricane Centre said on Sunday.

Packing winds of 75 miles pe Celia was centeredabout 265 miles south of Acapulco and movingslowly westward at seven miles per hour, the NHCsaid in its 2100 GMT advisory. The Category Onestorm was expected to continue its path and showsome strengthening over the next 48 hours, theNHC said.

However, Celia was located so far off land thatit posed no threat and no coastal warnings wereissued. The other major storm to strike the Pacificso far this season was Tropical Storm Agatha,which slammed into Guatemala in May, unleashingheavy rains and floods that left some 275 peopledead or missing across Central America.—Internet

Vehicle debris are seen at blast site in Baghdad,capital of Iraq, on 20 June, 2010. At least 26

people were killed and 53 were wounded in twocar bomb explosions in western Baghdad on

Sunday.—XINHUA

Hundreds urged to evacuate ahead ofAZ wildfire

FLAGSTAFF, 21 June—Firefighters in aircraftand on the groundbattled the secondserious wildfire tothreaten the Flagstaffarea in two days Sunday,prompting officials tourge hundreds ofresidents to flee asflames crept within 500yards of some homes.

Officials said thefast-spreading fireerupted in this forestedcity’s northern outskirtsSunday morning andburned across 7 squaremiles of forest land byevening, sending a hugeplume of smoke overparts of the region.

Strong winds fueled

the flames. “The higherwinds definitely playeda key role in the extremebehaviour of the firetoday and it will con-tinue tomorrow,” saidcity spokeswoman Ste-phanie Smith.

Residents of hun-dreds of homes wereurged to evacuate bec-ause of the blaze, dubbedthe Schultz fire. Someheeded the call but it wasunclear how many;others watched as brightred and orange flamesclimbed over amountain.

Fire spokesman EricNeitzel said aroundmidnight that the fire hadmoderated somewhat

but was still strong. Hesaid that earlier in theevening, flames camewithin 500 yards of ascattering of homesbeneath the mountain,spurring firefighters tobuild a containment line.No structures haveburned.—Internet

A new wildfire burnsat Shultz Pass

between the SanFrancisco Peaks

and Mount Elden on20 June, 2010, in

Flagstaff, Ariz. TheTimberline Estates,Wupatki Trails, and

Fernwoodneighbourhoods arebeing evacuated due

to the blaze.INTERNET

Vietnam scraps $56B bullettrain project over cost

HANOI, 21 June—Vietnamese legislators rejecteda proposed bullet train over its $56 billion cost —the assembly’s first rejection of a major proposalsubmitted by the all-powerful Communistgovernment.

The nearly 500-member assembly typicallyacts as a rubber stamp but voted over the weekendto deny plans for the high-speed rail project.

The $56 billion investment would have built a975-mile (1,570-kilometer) track linking the capitalHanoi and the southern commercial hub of Ho ChiMinh City by 2035.

A train trip that now takes 30 hours would havebeen cut to about six hours.

But ordinary Vietnamese could not afford thefares, and construction would equal about 50 percentof the country’s gross domestic product, saidNguyen Minh Thuyet, a lawmaker from northernLang Son Province.

Internet

Three troops, 8 militants killedin clashes in NW PakistanISLAMABAD, 21 June—At least three Pakistani

troops and eight militants were killed on Mondaymorning in fresh clashes in Orakzai tribal area ofthe northwest Pakistan, local media reported.

A handful of militants attacked a security forces’vehicle with a rocket, killing tree troops andwounding another five.

In retaliation, the troops killed eight militantsand injured several others in the troubled tribal beltof Pakistan where militants with al-Qaeda leaninghave been trying to enforce their own orthodoxrule.

Over the past year, Pakistani troops haveachieved significant progress in wiping the areaclean of militants.—Internet

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Firefighters stand next to an excavator as it sifts through debris at thesite of an explosion in Edmonton 20 June, 2010. Media reports say three

are dead with others missing and several nearby homes damaged.Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the blast .

INTERNET

The band Hedley performs at the 2010MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto

20 June, 2010. —INTERNET

Science

Spacecraft to skimatmosphere of Saturn’s Moon

TitanPASADENA, 21 June—

NASA’s Cassinispacecraft will get its bestlook at Saturn’s biggestmoon Titan thisweekend, when it takesthe deepest dip yet intothe cloud-coveredsatellite’s hazyatmosphere.

Cassini will fly 43miles (70 km) lower intothe atmosphere of Titanthan ever before when itswoops past theSaturnian moon in theearly morning of 21 JuneGMT (evening of 20June Pacific Time). Atits closest point, theprobe will be 547 miles(880 km) above Titan’ssurface.

This is one of the

most anticipated flybysof the Cassini mission sofar, Cesar Bertucci, oneof the Cassini teamscientists, wrote in a blogpost for NASA’s JetPropulsion Laboratory,located in Pasadena,Calif. The flyby is the71st Titan pass of theCassini mission since itarrived at Saturn in2004.—Internet

Why summer begins MondayLONDON, 21 June—The pools have opened and

kids are out for summer break, but in an astronomicalsense summer begins Monday, which is officiallysummer solstice for the Northern Hemisphere.

The relative positions of sun and Earth deem itso. Here’s what’s behind that timing.

Earth is tilted on its axis 23.5 degrees, so it leansone way as it spins around its axis while orbiting thesun. On 21 June this year (some years it’s 20 June),the North Pole is pointing toward the sun as muchas is possible. (Winter solstice occurs when the tophalf of our planet, everything north of the equator,faces directly away from the sun, leaving the NorthPole in complete darkness.)

The sun will be as high in the sky as it can goat 7:28 am EDT (11:45 UTC) and will stay in thesky for a fraction of a second longer than the dayprior or the day after.

Since Monday marks the sun’s peak, you mightwonder why 21 June doesn’t typically marksummer’s peak heat. The reason has to do with theslow pace at which oceans heat up and cool down.By mid-June the oceans of the Northern Hemisphereare still cool from winter’s chill, delaying the peakair temperatures by a month and a half, accordingto NASA.

Earth is actually farther away from the sunduring the summer than it is during the wintermonths, because our planet’s orbit is elliptical, asquished circle of sorts. —Internet

Earth’s colorful atmosphericlayers photographed from

spaceNEW YORK, 21 June—

A spectacular new imagetaken by astronauts onthe International SpaceStation shows thevarious layers of Earth’satmosphere duringsunset over the IndianOcean.

A brilliant sequenceof colors in the imagedenotes each of thelayers of Earth’satmosphere, which arevisible here because thepicture was taken whilethe space station had anedge-on, or limb, viewof the Earth. From thisvantage point, theEarth’s curvature canalso be made out.

The troposphere —the lowest layer ofEarth’s atmosphere andthe one in which humansdwell and weatheroccurs — appears in deeporanges and yellows.

The troposp-here canextend from the planet’ssurface to a heightbetween 3.5 to 12.5miles (6 and 20 km).

This lowest layercontains more than 80percent of the mass ofthe atmosphere andalmost all of the watervapor, clouds, andprecipitation.—Internet

A National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration-issued photo shows a satelliteimage of the latest data showing the extent of

surface oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Over the pastweek, British energy giant BP has called in more

ships and equipment to the area and said itwould significantly boost the amount of oil

captured from its busted well but new figuresappear to contradict that claim.—INTERNET

Mammoth Khroma isseen in March 2010 inYakutsk. Discovered in

the permafrost ofnorthern Siberia just

last year, this rareexample of prehistoricmonster is on its way to

Paris to be analysed,treated for the germsit’s harbouring andeventually placed ondisplay.—INTERNET

Nepal Telecom to establishoptical fiber link with ChinaKATHMANDU, 21

June—Nepal Telecom(NT) plans to establishoptical fiber connectionwith China by the end offiscal year 2010/11.

According toMonday’s Republicadaily report, the state-owned telecom majorhas held a series ofdiscussions with ChinaTelecom to establishoptical fiber connectionbetween the twooperators as per the

Memorandum ofUnderstanding signedtwo years ago, saidAnoopranjan Bhattarai,deputy managingd i r e c t o r - p l a n n i n gdivision at NT.

Optical fiberconnection will linkNT’s network withChina Telecom’snetwork from Nepal-China bordering areaTatopani and Rasuwastations. NT has alreadydeveloped necessaryinfrastructures at theTatopani station but isyet to buildinfrastructures at Rasuwastation, according toBhattarai.

NT is working outeconomic aspect of shareand use of the opticalfiber network. “We arediscussing bandwidth,leasing period andfinancial aspect of thedeal. We are constantlyin touch with the Chinesetelecom operator todiscuss the relatedissues,” Surendra Thike,spokesperson of NT,told the daily.—Internet

Israel plans world’s biggest seawaterdesalination plant

JERUSALEM, 21June—Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahusaid Sunday that thecountry is planning whatofficials touted as theworld’s largest seawaterdesalinization plant.

The Sorekdesalination facility, tobe constructed inlandfrom the coastal city ofAshkelon, will supply150 million cubic metresannually, a quarter of theJewish state’s needs, saidNetanyahu’s office in astatement.

The 300,000-square-

metre desalinationfacility will include apumping station,reservoirs, pipelines andan electric installation,and is slated to be part ofa major nationalinfrastructure project.

The Israeli cabineton Sunday discussedthe ramifications of thedesalination plant, andrelated infrastructureprojec ts , inc ludingconnect ing Is rae l iarmy bases to awastewater treatmentnetwork, the statementsaid.

Sorek and anotherplant, currently underconstruction, are due tocome on-line over thenext three years.

Israel officiallyinaugurated a large-scalereverse osmosis facilityin May, located near thecity of Hadera.

The coastal plantsouth of Haifa couldsupply drinking waterfor a million of thecountry’s central districtresidents.

Hadera joins threeexisting desalinizationplants that already. Xinhua

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Junk food, sugar may helpsome fat cells proliferate

NEW YORK, 21 June—New research suggeststhat the ubiquitous sugarknown as fructose maycause certain fat cells inchildren to multiplyfaster, which might playa key role in childhoodand adult obesity.

Fructose is a comp-

onent of high-fructosecorn syrup, which iswidely used in a varietyof foods, including softdrinks, candy and manyprocessed foods.

But although thenew studies did use cellstaken from children, theywere performed only intest tubes and expertscalled for caution ininterpreting the findings.

“You can’t draw aconclusion based on asingle study, and thisstudy was not done inhumans [only humancells]. We need to takethat into consideration,”said Keri Gans, aspokeswoman for theAmerican Dietetic Asso-ciation. —Internet

PCBs may weaken kids’vaccination response

WASHINGTON, 21June—Children exposedearly in life to poly-chlorinated biphenyls(PCBs) may have areduced immune responseto tetanus and diphtheriavaccines, a new studyindicates.

The findings suggestthat exposure to theenvironmental pollutants inthe first years of life (a criticaltime in immune systemdevelopment) couldundermine the effectiv-eness of child hoodvaccinations and possiblyweaken immune systemresponses to infection, theDanish and US researchersreported. They studied587 children born between1999 and 2001 on the

Faroe Islands, located inthe North Atlantic betweenNorway and Iceland.Residents of the islandshave widely varying PCBexposure because ofdifferent patterns ofconsumption of PCB-contaminated foods, suchas pilot whale blubber.

Internet

Tasigna approval widened toinclude early stages of rare

leukemiaNEW YORK, 21 June—The anti-cancer drug Tasigna

(nilotinib) has received new approval from the USFood and Drug Administration to include people inthe early stages of a rare blood cancer calledPhiladelphia chromosome positive chronic phasechronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+CP-CML), the agencysaid in a news release. The disease, linked to a geneticabnormality, progresses slowly and affects the bloodand bone marrow. Tasigna is thought to block a signalthat causes leukemic cells to develop. The drug wasapproved in October 2007 for people in the disease’slater stages. Users of Tasigna, however, are at greaterrisk of an abnormal heart rhythm disorder called QTprolongation. The FDA said earlier this year itsanctioned an updated medication guide and otherstrategies to inform patients and doctors of the drug’srisks. The most common side effects reported duringclinical testing include: itching, headache, nausea,fatigue and muscle pain. Serious adverse reactionsaffecting the blood could include a decrease in bonemarrow activity, low blood platelets, anemia and adecrease in infection-fighting white blood cells, theagency said—Internet

People may skip soft drinks ratherthan pay more

BOSTON, 21June—Boosting theprice of regular softdrinks may reduceconsumption and helplower levels of obesityand diabetes in theUnited States, a newstudy suggests.

Researchers exa-mined what happenedduring a time periodwhen the cafeteria at

Brigham and Women’sHospital in Bostonincreased the price ofregular soft drinks by 35percent, compared witha time period when thehospital launched aneducational campaign.The investigators alsolooked at a comparisonsite — a nearby hospital— that did not implementeither intervention.

Soft drink salesdecreased 26 percentwhen the price wasincreased, but theeducational campaignon its own did not affectsales. When the priceincrease and educational

campaign werecombined, sales fell anadditional 18 percent,the study authors found.

“Policymakers andpublic health advocateshave proposed thetaxation of regular softdrinks as a means toreduce the consumptionof these products andraise revenue for publichealth purposes. Ourresults may have impli-cations for theseproposed policies,” DrJason Block, of HarvardMedical School, andcolleagues wrote.

Internet

ER doctors: Lawsuit fears lead toovertesting

In this photo taken May 4, 2010 Dr. JeffreySchaider performs a ultrasound on 50-year-old

Teri Moore while Moore is being treated forbelly pain, persistent coughing and vomiting at

Cook County Stroger Hospital in Chicago.INTERNET

CHICAGO, 21 June—Fast decisions on life-and-death cases are thebread and butter ofhospital emergencyrooms. Nowhere dodoctors face greaterpressures to overtest andovertreat.

The fear of missingsomething weighs hea-vily on every doctor’smind. But the stakes arehighest in the ER, andthat fear often leads toextra blood tests andimaging scans for whatmay be harmless chestpains, run-of-the-millhead bumps, and non-threatening stom-

achaches.Many ER doctors

say the No. 1 reason isfear of malpracticelawsuits. “It has everyt-hing to do with it,” saidDr Angela Gardner,president of the Amer-ican College of Em-ergency Physicians.

The fast ER paceplays a role, too: It’smuch quicker to order atest than to ask a patientlots of questions to makesure that test is reallyneeded.

“It takes time toexplain pros and cons.Doctors like to check abox that orders a CT scan

and go on to the nextpatient,” said Dr JeffreyKline, an emergencyphysician at CarolinasMedical Centre inCharlotte, NC.

Patients’ demandsdrive overtesting, too.Many think every acheand pain deserves a high-tech test. “Our societyputs more weight ontechnology than onphysical exams,” Gar-dner said. “In otherwords, why would youbelieve a doctor whoonly examines you whenyou can get an X-raythat can tell somethingfor sure?”—Internet

UK doctor admitshelped patients die

LONDON, 21 June—A British doctor who admittedshortening the lives of nearly 20 patients — includinghis own son — may yet face charges, Britishinvestigators said Saturday.

Howard Martin, 75, was cleared in 2005 ofmurdering three patients with fatal doses of painkiller. But he has since had his license revoked andnow a dramatic confession to a national newspaperhas prompted police and prosecutors to considerreopening the case against him.

Martin, whose videotaped confession wascarried Saturday by the Daily Telegraph newspaper,said he had no regrets, claiming he acted out of“Christian compassion” to end the suffering ofpain-stricken patients. “My conscience is clear, Idon’t have anything to fear,” he said in an interviewfrom his home. —Internet

Health

Australia joins int’l allianceto fight bowel cancer

SYDNEY, 21 June— Bowel Cancer Australia andUK charity Beating Bowel Cancer on Mondaywelcomed the addition of the Colorectal CancerAssociation of Canada and Beat Bowel Cancer NewZealand to the bowel cancer international alliance.Together, the four charities will lead the global fightagainst the disease which claims 320 lives in the UKevery week; 73 lives in Australia; 175 lives inCanada; and 24 lives in New Zealand. Bowel canceris the second biggest cancer killer in all four countrieswith 1 in 18 Britons; 1 in 12 Australians; 1 in 27 menand 1 in 31 women in Canada; and 1 in 18 NewZealanders being diagnosed with the disease duringtheir lifetime. Julien Wiggins, Chief Executive ofBowel Cancer Australia said, “we are very excitedabout the additions to the alliance and the opportunityto develop joint awareness campaigns, patientsupport resources and materials.—Xinhua

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Japan to nearly double growth forecast

Businessmen and shoppers are seen in centralTokyo. The Japanese government has decided

to upgrade its economic growth forecast toaround 2.6 percent for the year to March 2011,

from an earlier projection of 1.4 percent,reports said on Monday.

TOKYO, 21 June —The Japanese govern-ment has decided toupgrade its economicgrowth forecast to around2.6 percent for the year

to March 2011, from anearlier projection of 1.4percent, reports saidMonday.

The report comes asexports continue to show

a stable recovery,particularly in trade withrobust Asian economies,while the fall in corporatecapital investment hadstarted to slow, the Nikkeinewspaper said.

The new forecast willbe announced after thecabinet approves newfiscal rehabilitationmeasures on Tuesday,Kyodo News said, citinggovernment sources.

“The governmenthas judged that theeconomy will continueto recover at a faster pacethan initially anticipated,backed by strong exportsto China and other Asiancountries as well as firmpersonal consumption inJapan,” Kyodo said.

Internet

Foreign trade inEast China

province up 50%BEIJING, 21 June—

Foreign trade ine c o n o m i c a l l y -developed JiangsuProvince in easternChina totaled 174.29billion US dollars in thefirst five months of theyear, a 50 percent year-on-year increase.

Exports amountedto 98.71 billion USdollars, up 42.7 percent,while exports totaled75.58 billion dollars, up61 percent.

The provinceaccounted for 15.8percent of China’s totalforeign trade in the five-month period, up 0.6percentage points.

Internet

Iron ore is loaded onto a train in WesternAustralia. China and Australia have signed newdeals worth 10 billion dollars (8.8 billion US),

mostly in resources and energy, following talksbetween Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and visiting

Vice President Xi Jinping.—INTERNET

EU welcomes further reform ofChina’s exchange rate regimeBRUSSELS, 21 June—The European Union (EU)

on Saturday welcomed the decision by China toproceed further with the reform of its currencyRMB exchange rate regime and to resume theRMB exchange rate flexibility.

“Such a move will be beneficial for both theChinese economy and the global economy,” theEuropean Commission, the EU’s executive arm,said in a statement.

The People’s Bank of China, China’s centralbank, earlier on Saturday announced a decisionto proceed further with the reform of the exchangerate regime to enhance the flexibility of the RMB’sexchange rate.—Xinhua

Asian stocks up after Chinacurrency announcementSHANGHAI, 21 June—Asian stock markets

surged Monday as investors took heart fromChina ending its currency’s two-year peg to thedollar, and the yuan surged in spot trading.

By midafternoon, the yuan was quoted at6.8095 to the US dollar, up from Friday’s close of6.8272. But a 0.5 percent limit on the currency’sdaily range would prevent much largermovements in its value.

Investors gained confidence from Beijing’sannouncement Saturday that it would determinethe exchange rate from multiple currencies, ratherthan the dollar alone, analysts said.

“Market players saw the announcement as asign that Chinese authorities are confident inChina’s economic growth,” said KazuhiroTakahashi, equity strategist at Daiwa SMBCSecurities Co Ltd.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock indexgained 242.99 points, or 2.4 percent, to 10,238.01— a one-month high close. South Korea’s Kospirose 1.6 percent to 1,739.68, and Australia’sS&P/ASX 200 added 1.3 percent to 4,612.60.

Internet

Four-year-oldJiang Yuxiao

(R) fromTaicang of east

China’sJiangsu

Province visitsthe GermanyPavilion withher mother at

the World ExpoPark in

Shanghai, eastChina, 20 June,2010. —XINHUA

Cambodian gold dealerssell at record prices

PHNOM PENH, 21June—Cambodia’s goldprices have surged 11percent over the past twomonths, according toPhnom Penh dealers, asthe precious metalfetched record highs inNew York trading onFriday, local mediareported on Monday.

Gold briefly surgedto a new high of 1,263.70US dollars a troy ounceon New York’s Comexexchange Friday.

Gold at Ly HourExchange, Cambodia’slargest dealer, sold at anall-time high of 1,510US dollars per damlung,or 1.2 troy ounces onSaturday, rising 11percent over April costs,owner Sieng Lim wasquoted by the PhnomPenh Post as saying.

“Gold prices haverisen sharply over thelast two months. It’slikely due to the demandof gold as a safe havenwith the euro debt crisis,”she said.

Cambodia tradi-tionally imported goldfrom Singapore or HongKong, but increasinginternational demand isleading the Kingdom toexport the preciousmetal, according toSieng Lim.

“Shops are colle-cting gold jewelry andare melting them downas gold bars, andexporting them toforeign markets,” shesaid.

Internet

Dollar mixed as Europe debtworries ease

NEW YORK, 21 June—The dollar traded mixedagainst major currencieson Friday as worriesabout debt problems inEurope eased.

With no majoreconomic data or newsfrom the US market,investors continued tofocus on Europe.European Union leaderssaid they would publishresults of “stress tests” ofEurope’s 25 biggestbanks in July. Analystsbelieve that this measurewill bring moretransparency into thosebanks’ financial stability.

Meanwhile, Spanishbond auction of 10- and30-year notes was metwith strong demand onThursday, which helpedease concerns about thenation’s ability to meetits debt obligations thisyear. And on Friday,

French President NicolasSarkozy voiced hissupport for Spain. Onbehalf of the 27-nationgroup, he said that “wedon’ t believe there is aproblem” in Spain.

On Friday, the euroinched lower against thegreenback, but still stayedabove the level of 1.23dollars.

In late New Yorktrading, the euro dippedto 1.2364 dollars from1.2379 dollars lateThursday, and the Britishpound edged lower to1.4799 dollars from1.4810 dollars.

In other trading, thedollar fell to 90.73Japanese yen from 90.82, slipped to 1.1098Swiss francs from1.1126, and dipped to 1.0222 Canadian dollarsfrom 1.0284 lateThursday. —Xinhua

The Discoverer Enterprise burning off gas atthe site of the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spillin the Gulf of Mexico. BP has spent about twobillion dollars in its response to the massive oil

spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the companyannounced Monday in a statement to the

London Stock Exchange.XINHUA

Business

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The Melbourne Cricket Ground which has been cordoned off byauthorities as they searched for a gunman who escaped the police during

a high-speed chase.—INTERNET

El Salvador, Dominican Republichit by tropical storms

SAN SALVADOR, 21June—At least one waskilled while some 250families in El Salvadorwere evacuated andtaken to temporaryshelters early on Sundaydue to downpours.

The Salvadorian RedCross said theevacuations took placemostly in central ElSalvador where the ElTunco River and ElGarrobo Streamoverflowed.

The National Serviceof Territorial Studies(SNET) said the heavyrains, caused by atropical wind from theCarribean, wouldcontinue but withmoderate intensity.

In another develop-ment, the DominicanRepublic has issued awarning against flashflooding after being hitby heavy rains.

The National Office

of Meteorology said thetropical wave had causedheavy rains and thunderstorms in the southeastand northeast of thecountry. It did not reportcasualties at the moment.

The same agencyforecasted that moderateto strong rains wouldcontinue in most of thecountry. It also warnedof possible flooding inthe eastern part of thecountry.—Xinhua

Photo taken on 19 June, 2010 shows a planeexhibited during an airshow at the Boundary

Bay Airport on the suburbs of Vancouver,Canada. The sixth annual airshow, a free eventstaged by Alpha Aviation, the leaseholder on the

airport that was originally built in 1941 as atraining facility for the Allied Forces duringWorld War II, the vintage planes on display

drew huge crowds.—XINHUA

Chicago subway fire sends19 to hospital

CHICAGO, 21 June—Authorities say a fire in aChicago subway has injured 19 people and sentblack smoke billowing from grates along city streets.

The Chicago Transit Authority says heavysmoke was reported around 5 pm Sunday along theRed Line tracks just north of downtown.

Chicago Fire Department spokesman RichardRosado says 19 people were taken to hospitals,most with respiratory complaints, though nonesuffered life-threatening injuries.

He says five people were transported in seriousto critical condition, three were in fair to seriousand 11 had minor injuries.

Transit spokeswoman Catherine Hosinski saysthe fire was quickly extinguished and investigatorsare trying to determine was started the blaze.

Rosado says as many as 100 rescue workersresponded.—Internet

Organizers clear explosion suspicionoutside Soccer City

JOHANNESBURG, 21June—After a largeexplosion-like soundwas heard outside of theFIFA World Cupstadium Soccer City onSunday, local organizersconfirmed the sound justcame from regularmining activities.

“There was noexplosion. It was onlyregular mining activi-ties,” said local organi-zing committee spokes-man Rich Mkhondo.

The sound of anexplosion was heard nearSoccer City stadium andthe ground in the mediacenter, 400 metres fromthe stadium, was shaken,according to Xinhuareporters at the scene.

Local securityguards said they did notfeel anything unusual,neither did they see anysmoke.

Local police saidthat the sound came froma controlled and routineexplosion in a nearbyexplosives factory andno injuries or damagewas caused.

The South AfricanPress Association saidthe factory was operatedby Maxam Dantex inRoodeport and manu-

factures explosives foruse in blasting at minesand quarries.

The Soccer Citystadium, where Brazilmeet Cote d’Ivoire intheir World Cup GroupG at night, was locatedin a gold-mining districton the outskirts ofJohannesburg.

Xinhua

Afghan farmers with their donkeys wait to besearched as they pass by a temporary

checkpoint in Dand District, south of Kandahar,on 21 June, 2010.—INTERNET

Three dead, more injured in Mexicorural disputes

ACAPULCO, 21 June—A man and his 12-year-old daughter were detainedSunday in southern Mexico for allegedly killing a neighboring land owner ina dispute over land.

Police in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero said the man allegedly hackedhis rival’s head open with a machete. Two relatives of the victim suffered non-life-threatening wounds in the attack in a remote, mountainous part of thestate, police said. Witnesses said the girl allegedly assisted her father in theattack, apparently using stones. Officials said she would be turned over to thejuvenile justice system.

In the southern state of Oaxaca, local media quoted authorities as sayingSunday a mayor and another man were killed by assailants in a separatedispute apparently motivated by a disagreement over a mine.

That attack occurred near the town of San Jose del Progreso, and killedMayor Oscar Venancio Rivera and the town’s health official. The newspaperEl Universal said three other people were injured in the ambush-style attack.

Internet

Indonesian policehave arrested a

man who allegedlypoisoned and

skinned a criticallyendangered

Sumatran tiger in astate-owned zoo, an

official saidMonday.INTERNET

FOUR NATO soldierkilled as chopper crashes

in AfghanistanKABUL, 21 June—Four NATO soldiers were

killed in Afghanistan as a chopper crashed onMonday, a press release of International SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF) said.

“Four ISAF service members died as a resultof a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistantoday,” the press release said.

However, it did not identify the victims,saying it is ISAF policy to defer identificationprocedures for casualties to the relevant nationalauthorities. But it is said that three wereAustralian soldiers.

Troops from US, Britain, Australia andNetherlands are currently stationed in southernAfghanistan.—Xinhua

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Laotian PM views development of Nay Pyi TawNAY PYI TAW, 21 June—At the invitation

of Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar UThein Sein, a delegation led by Prime Minister ofthe Lao People’s Democratic Republic MrBouasone Bouphavanh arrived here at 10.10 amtoday.

Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win,Minister for Progress of Border Areas and NationalRaces and Development Affairs Chairman of NayPyi Taw Development Committee Mayor U TheinNyunt, Deputy Minister for Hotels and Tourism UAye Myint Kyu, Myanmar Ambassador to LPDRU Nyunt Hlaing, directors-general of departmentsunder the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Laotian Am-bassador to the Union of Myanmar H.E. Mr KouilyA. Souphakhet and wife, military attaché andofficials welcomed the Laotian Prime Ministerand party at Nay Pyi Taw Airport.

The visiting Prime Minister and party pro-ceeded to Myanma Gems Museum together withHotels and Tourism Deputy Minister U Aye MyintKyu and officials. On arrival at the museum at 1pm, Managing Director U Maung Toe of MyanmaPearl Enterprise under the Ministry of Mines andofficials extended a warm welcome.

The LPDR Prime Minister and party viewedgems displayed on the upper floor of the museum.

The Prime Minister Mr BouasoneBouphavanh signed the visitors’ book of themuseum.

The visiting Prime Minister and party alsoenjoyed the gems displayed by gems companieson the ground floor of the museum.

The PBANRDA Minister Mayor U TheinNyunt and officials welcomed the Laotian PrimeMinister and party on their arrival at Nay Pyi TawCity Hall at 1.30 pm.

The mayor explained the rural developmentmeasures, progress of Nay Pyi Taw and Nay PyiTaw construction to the visiting Prime Ministerand party.

The mayor answered the queries raised bythe visiting Prime Minister and delegationmembers.

The Laotian Prime Minister and partyviewed the construction of Ministry, Pyithu Hluttawand Presidential Palace, staff quarters anddevelopment of the city on a motorcade.

MNA

LPDR Prime Minister Mr Bouasone Bouphavanh and party visitgems museum.—MNA

Prime Minister U Thein Sein and

Laotian Prime Minister Mr Bouasone Bouphavanh

take the salute of Guard of Honour.

(News on page 16)—MNA

Laotian Prime Ministerreceives warm welcome

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NAY PYI TAW, 21 June— Of the parties thathave been granted permission to set up politicalparties, the Khami National Development Partysubmitted application to register as a politicalparty to the Union Election Commission today.

Up to date, there are 42 parties that sub-mitted applications to set up and to continueexistence as political parties. Thirty three of the36 parties that submitted application for registra-tion as political party have been granted permissionto register as political parties and the remainingparties are under scrutiny.—MNA

Applications forregistration of political

party scrutinized, passed

Prime Minister U Thein Sein, Laotian counterpart discussconstant development of relations between two countries

1. Khami National Development Partyheadquartered at No. 114, Hsinku Street,Ward.1, Sittway Township, Rakhine State, on21-6-2010 submitted its applications forregistration as a political party under Article 5of Political Parties Registration Law. In itsapplication, it is mentioned that the party willuse its name, flag, and seal described hereunder.

Public Announcement for remonstration2. It is hereby announced in accord with Political

Parties Registration Rules 14 (d) that if thereis anyone who wants to remonstrate about thename, flag and seal of the party, they mayremonstrate with the Union ElectionCommission with firm evidence within sevendays from the date of the announcement.

Flag of Khami National Development Party Union Election Commission

Seal of Khami National Development Party

NAY PYI TAW, 21 June—Prime Minister of theUnion of Myanmar U Thein Sein met the visitingdelegation led by Mr Bouasone Bouphavanh,Prime Minister of the Lao People’s DemocraticRepublic, at Zeyathiri Beikman here at 4 pmtoday.

Also present were Minister for NationalPlanning and Economic Development U SoeTha, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win,Minister for Hotels and Tourism U Soe Naing,Minister for Construction U Khin Maung Myint,Minister for Transport U Thein Swe, Deputy

Prime Minister U Thein Sein meets Laotian Prime Minister Mr Bouasone Bouphavanh at Zeyathiri Beikman.—MNA

discussed matters related to constantdevelopment of bilateral relations, maintainingand promoting good neighbourly ties, regularexchange of visits between high-ranking officialsof the two countries, continued implementationof the agreements of Myanmar-Lao jointcommission meeting, ensuring peace andstability in border regions, betterment of roadtransport in the region and between the twocountries and latest developments of the twocountries.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 21June— Prime Minister ofthe Union of Myanmar UThein Sein hosted a dinnerin honour of the visitinggoodwill delegation led byPrime Minister of the LaoPeople’s DemocraticRepublic Mr BouasoneBouphavanh at ZeyathiriBeikman here at 6.30 pmtoday.

The dinner was alsoattended by ministers,deputy ministers,Myanmar Ambassador toLPDR U Nyunt Hlaing anddepartmental heads,Laotian Ambassador to

Prime Minister U Thein Sein hostsdinner in honour of Laotian counterpart

Prime Minister U Thein Sein hosts dinner to

Laotian Prime Minister Mr Bouasone

Bouphavanh and party.—MNA

Minister for Defence U Aye Myint, DeputyMinister for Hotels and Tourism U Aye MyintKyu, Deputy Minister for Commerce U AungTun, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs UMaung Myint, Deputy Minister for Progress ofBorder Areas and National Races andDevelopment Affairs U Tin Ngwe, MyanmarAmbassador to LPDR U Nyunt Hlaing anddepartmental heads, Laotian Ambassador toMyanmar Mr Kouily A Souphakhet and embassystaff.

At the meeting, both sides cordial ly

Myanmar Mr. Kouily A.Souphakhet and officialsconcerned. Before dinner,the State band played thenational anthems of the twocountries. Before and

during the dinner, vocalistssang songs to theaccompaniment ofMyanma modern musicband and the artistes of theFine Arts Department

under the Ministry ofCulture performed avariety of dances.

After dinner, PrimeMinister U Thein Seinpresented the

documentary album onthe goodwill visit to PrimeMinister of LPDR MrBouasone Bouphavanh.

Later, PrimeMinister U Thein Sein

and the Laotiancounterpart presented abasket of flowers to andcordially greeted theperformers.

MNA

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BEIJING, 21 June—At least 46 miners werekil led Monday when an explosion r ippedthrough a coal mine in central China, statemedia reported.

The blast hit a mine in Pingdingshan city inthe province of Henan, the State Administrationof Work Safety said. Seventy-two miners weretrapped initially but 26 escaped, the officialXinhua News Agency reported.

State broadcaster CCTV reported on itswebsite many of the deaths were caused bycarbon monoxide poisoning set off by theexplosion. The report said an investigation isunder way into the cause of the blast.

Safety has improved sharply in recent years,but China’s mining industry is by far the world’sdeadliest. Accidents and blasts killed morethan 2,600 coal miners last year.

Internet

BILLINGS, 21 June—A tornado that ripped theroof off a sports arenaSunday evening also torethrough businesses,damaging a bar and acasino and leaving justthe walls of an auto glassshop standing.

The tornado struckat about 4:30 pm as a bigstorm system with golfball-sized hail passedthrough the area,National WeatherService meteorologistKeith Meier said.

After runningthrough Main Street inthe city’s northeast area,

PARIS, 21 June—Themajor airline alliances —Star Alliance, SkyTeamand Oneworld — areproving their worth ascarriers cope withtroubled times and targetChina, one of the fastestgrowing travel markets.

The threepartnerships, originallyset up around the keyTransatlantic routes, nowcount some 50companies in all,carrying millions of

46 dead in explosion incentral China mine

Workers remove oil-related materials on RedSea Shores, Hurghada, Egypt, on 20 June,

2010.—XINHUA

Tornado rips businesses,arena in Billings, Mont

Argentina to deepen ties withL American neighbours

BUENOS, 21 June—New Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman saidon Sunday Aires that the fundamental line of his administration will be todeepen the ties with Latin America.

Timerman will take charge on Tuesday, replacing Jorge Taiana.He said that Argentina’s ties with Brazil are a priority given their common

positions at international forums and the integration of the Common Marketof the South (Mercosur).

Timerman said his mission will be to “deepen the Argentine presence inthe regional aspects and the construction of the ties with Latin America.”

“Argentina has the ties with the United States as it wishes to have,” he said.He noted that Argentina is recognized as a leader in Latin America in the

development of nuclear energy and that national interests will be defended inall aspects, including the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands (known asFalkland Islands in Britain).

Former Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana resigned on Friday. He presentedhis “indeclinable” resignation in a letter to President Cristina Fernandez for“personal reasons.”—Xinhua

Airline alliances prove their worth

People take a boat ata flooded transport

dock in Nanping City,southeast China’s

Fujian Province, 20June, 2010. Caused

by continual torrentialrains since June 18,rivers continued to

swell in Nanping City,leaving 24 dead and

28 lost so far.XINHUA

The major airline alliances — Star Alliance,SkyTeam and Oneworld — are proving their

worth as carriers cope with troubled times andtarget China, one of the fastest growing travel

markets.—INTERNET

passengers andoperating thousands offlights daily across 180countries.

“Over the lastdecade, the alliancesystem has developedinto a critical componentof the industry,” saidGiovanni Bisignani,head of the InternationalAir TransportAssociation (IATA).

“Today, alliancescover over half of globaltravel,” Bisignani said,

recalling how they werefirst set up to get aroundrestrictions on an airlineindustry which is basedon national jurisdictions.

Airline takeoversand tie-ups are fraughtwith difficulty as manycountries impose limitson foreign ownership soas to favour the nationalcarrier and protect theirdomestic markets.

The alliance systemwas set up in part to getaround such hurdles andto allow cooperation sothat member airlinescould enjoy theadvantages of scaleprovided by belongingto a bigger group.

“Alliances existbecause airlines cannotoffer comprehensiveglobal coverage the wayconsumer brands likeNescafe or Coca Colado,” said OlivierFainsilber, aviationconsultant with OliverWyman.

Internet

Russia reduces Belarus gassupply

Workers are seen near a pipeline near theRussian-Ukrainian border in 2009.—INTERNET

MOSCOW, 21 June—Russia cut natural gassupplies to Belarus onMonday after Minskfailed to settle 200million dollars in arrears,Gazprom’s chief said,brandishing again thecountry’s energy cloutand raising the spectreof supply disruption toEurope. “The debt hasnot been paid,” AlexeiMiller said in televisedremarks. “From 10 amMoscow time on 21 June2010 we are introducinga regime of limitingsupplies of Russian gasto Belarus by 15 percentof the planned dailyvolume.” The gas cutswould be ramped up to85 percent in proportion

to the volume of debt,Miller added. He did notspecify a time frame for

the graduated supplyreduction.

Internet

the twister quicklymoved toward the10,000-seat RimrockAuto Arena about a half-mile away, where ithovered for about 15minutes, snapping treesand telephone poles.

“It would touchdown and suck back upand touch down andtouch down again,” saidTrooper Toman Bau-kema of the MontanaHighway Patrol, whosaw the tornado from apatrol station about amile away.

Internet

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Egypt oil spill threatens Red Seamarine life

A sea turtle swims with scuba divers in the Ras

Mohammed protection area near Sharm el-

Sheikh in Egypt. —INTERNET

CAIRO, 21 June—An oil spill off theEgyptian Red Seacoast of Hurghadathreatening to damagemarine life in the areahas prompted enviro-nmental agencies todemand tighter regula-tion of offshore oilplatforms.

Large quantities ofoil have appeared inrecent days around theresorts of Hurghadawhich draw millions oftourists who come to

polluted protectedareas and showed upon tourist beachresorts.

“The companieshave said they willpay damages, but it isthe environmentaldamage that we areconcerned about,”Ali said, declining toname the companiesfor legal reasons.

“We will take allmeasures, includinglegal, to make surethis does not happenagain,” he said.

HEPCA’s warning

comes amid ongoing

efforts to contain the

massive oil spill in

the Gulf of Mexico

which has already

damaged fragile eco-

systems along the US

south coast and haltedthe region’s multi-billion-dollar fishingindustry.

Xinhua

BAGHDAD, 21 June— Two Turkish warplanes onSunday bombed several areas in Sidakan District ofSoran town in Iraq’s Kurdish Arbil Province, aKurdish media website reported.

“At 5:20 pm of Sunday, two warplanes believedto be Turkish ones heavily bombarded the mountainsof Lolan in Sidakan District belonging to Soran,” awell-informed source exclusively told the PUKmedia web, according to the report.

In another Turkish air raid late Saturday, an 11-year old Iraqi girl was killed and another twopeople were wounded on the border areas in Sedikansub-district in Soran, said the media web, addingthe wounded were taken to emergency hospital fortreatment.—Xinhua

Turkish fighter jets attacktargets in northern Kurdish

Iraq

An Austrianarchae-ological teamhas used radar imagingto determine the extentof the ruins of the onetime 3,500-year-oldcapital of Egypt’sforeign occu-piers,said the anti-quitiesdepartment Sunday.

Egypt was ruled fora century from 1664-1569 BC by the Hyk-sos, a warrior peoplefrom Asia, possiblySemitic in origin,whose summer capitalwas in the northern

An unknown thief allegedly stole the season’sfirst tomato, intended for a charity auction thisweek, from a Virginia garden, church officialssay.

On Saturday, Wayne Willis of Smithfield,Virginia, had to pick a replacement “designatedfirst tomato” for auction, with fees going to thelocal Christ Episcopal Church, from his one-acregarden containing at least 21 varieties of fruits andvegetables, The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot reported.

For seven years Willis, a retired West Pointer,has nurtured his garden and auctioned the first ripetomato from “Wayne’s World” with the proceedsgoing to the church.

At least 20,000 displacedin S Philippine flooding

DAVAO CITY, 21 June— At least 20,000 peoplehave been displaced as torrential rains caused flashfloods and small landslides in southern Philippineson Sunday, local and disaster officials said.

Ten villages in two towns in Mindanao’sMaguindanao province were under water as a localriver burst its banks, inundating homes and roads,the provincial disaster coordinating office said.

Most of the affected residents come fromcommunities near the banks of the Simuay riverwhich overflowed after just several hours of heavyrains, Sultan Kudarat town mayor Tocao Masturatold local media.

Xinhua

Singaporehosts

conferenceaddressingeducationstandardsSINGAPORE, 21 June—

About 100 educationpolicy makers andschool administratorsfrom 20 Asia-Pacificcountries gathered hereon Monday to take stockof progress in studentachievement levels in theregion and share thereasons for progress.

The conferencetopic “BenchmarkingEducation Systems forResults” is in line with akey focus area ofSingapore’s NanyangTechnological Univ-ersity’s (NTU) Divisionof Economics, namely,economics of socialissues, of whicheducation environment,poverty and wealth areall important researchareas.

Xinhua

Radar reveals extent ofburied ancient Egypt city

This undated

combination map

overlay image

released by the

Egyptian Supreme

Council of

Antiquities on 20

June, 2010.

Delta area.Irene Mueller, the

head of the Austrianteam, said the mainpurpose of the project isto determine how far theunderground cityextends.

Archaeologist Xu Weihong covers the coloured

battle suit of a newly found terracotta warrior

at the excavation site inside the No. 1 pit of the

Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors and

Horses, on the outskirts of Xi’an, Shaanxi

Province 21 June, 2010.

A green sea turtle incaptivity in Boca

Raton, Florida. A seaturtle found a

waterproof camera inthe Caribbean,

somehow activated thedevice, filmed itself

and is now a YouTubesensation.

Thief steals ‘first tomato’before auction

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A Michigan man has the close call of a lifetimethis week, escaping with only a scratch when aspeeding train barreled into his car, authorities say.

The Lapeer County Sheriff’s Office saidwitnesses recounted seeing James Brimmer, 26, ofFlint drive around a lowered railroad crossing gatewith signals activated Friday morning only to bestruck by an Amtrak passenger train, the DetroitFree Press reported.

The train, traveling at an estimated 60-65 mph,tore Brimmer’s car in half, the newspaper said.

“He survived, and it’s just an amazing thingthat he did,” Sgt. Craig Miller of the Sheriff’s Officesaid.

Brimmer’s only injury was a scratched kneethat didn’t require medical attention but a wheel ofhis car flew through the window of a nearby taxpreparation firm’s building, Miller said. Brimmerwas given three citations, the officer said.

Man virtually unhurt whentrain hits car

dive or snorkle,according to the Hur-ghada EnvironmentalProtection andConservation Agency.

“It started four orfive days ago and thecompanies responsibledidn’t notify anyone.It is catastrophic,”HEPCA ManagingDirector Amr Ali said.

The spill wascaused by leakagefrom an offshore oilplatform north ofHurghada and has

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Whaling deal splits countriesand conservationists

Michael Jackson memorial plaque forThriller theatre

LONDON, 21 June—A memorial is to be erected at a West End theatrein London on the eve of the first anniversary of the death of US popsensation Michael Jackson. He died last year just a week before he wasdue to perform 50 sell-out dates at London’s O2 Arena.

The plaque will be unveiled on 24 June in the foyer of the LyricTheatre, where the show Thriller Live is currently playing. It features astring of hits from Jackson’s solo and Jackson 5 career. Fans flocked tothe theatre after Jackson’s death on 25 June, and they created a shrine ofcandles, tributes, flowers and 40 books of condolence.—Internet

A deal that could regulate whaling for the next 10years is up for debate at the International Whaling

Commission’s meeting opening in Agadir,Morocco.—INTERNET

Jackson died suddenly inLos Angeles last year.

INTERNET

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (519)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAPVOY NO (519) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 21.6.2010 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Daynow declared as the third day after final discharge ofcargo from the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admittedafter the Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV ANSAN VOY NO (100)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV ANSANVOY NO (100) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 21.6.2010 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subjectto the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Daynow declared as the third day after final dischargeof cargo from the Vessel.



AGENT FOR: STAR PRECIOUS PTE LTDSINGAPORE

Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SINAR BIMA VOY NO (065)Consignees of cargo carried on MV SINAR

BIMAVOY NO (065) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 22.6.2010 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Daynow declared as the third day after final discharge ofcargo from the Vessel.



AGENT FOR: M/S SAMUDERA SHIPPINGLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

LONDON, 21 June—Adeal that could regulatewhaling for the next 10years is up for debate atthe International WhalingCommission’s meeting

opening in Agadir, Mo-rocco.

The proposal wouldsee Iceland, Japan andNorway given annualquotas with hunts more

tightly scrutinised, whileinternational trade couldbe banned.

Some anti-whalingcountries and some con-servation groups supportthe idea, while others areimplacably opposed.

Few observers are pre-pared to predict whetherthe deal will be approved.

The week-long annualmeeting in Agadir marksthe final stage in a two-year US-led process thathas seen bitter foes suchas Australia and Japanworking together in at-tempts to find areas ofcompromise. —Internet

Australia mining chiefs missing overCameroon and Congo

Ken Talbot, one ofAustralia’s richest

men, is amongthe missing.

INTERNET

LONDON, 21 June—Fears are growing for thesafety of several Austral-ian mining executiveswhose plane has gonemissing flying fromCameroon to Republic ofCongo.

Nine passengers wereon board, including one ofAustralia’s richest men -mining magnate KenTalbot.

The group set off fromthe Cameroonian capital

Yaounde on Saturday tovisit iron ore projects inYangadou, a remote areain Congo.

Cameroon’s military isleading a ground and airsearch over dense forest.

The plane the men weretravelling on was charteredby the Australian miningcompany, Sundance Re-sources. —Internet

Government of the Union MyanmarMinistry of Health

Department of Medical ScienceInviting Application for Refresher Courses

1. Refresher courses (2/2010) leading to obtaining SAMAfor medical graduates and THAKHA for dental gradu-ates will be conducted at the Universities of Medicineand Universities of Dental Medicine in July, 2010.

2. Those who have M.B.B.S or B.D.S, and have not hadSAMA or THAKHA are eligible to apply.

Note: Those in government service at present need notapply.

3. Closing date- 21-7-20104. Place for application- University one has graduated.5. Enquiries can be directed to Department of Medical

Science, Nay Pyi Taw and respective Universities.Department of Medical Science

Britain on ‘road to ruin’without cuts

Chancellor GeorgeOsborne.—INTERNET

LONDON, 21 June—Brit-ain is “on the road to ruin”unless action is taken in theBudget on Tuesday to cutthe deficit, ChancellorGeorge Osborne has toldthe BBC.

Mr Osborne said the

coalition had inherited “atruly awful financial situ-ation” and he would set outa four-year plan to dealwith it.

Tough action was“unavoidable” but heaimed to provide “pros-perity for all”.

He also announcedex-Labour minister JohnHutton would head acommission into publicsector pensions.

Mr Osborne told theBBC’s Andrew MarrShow that Mr Hutton’s in-volvement would meanthe commission into futurepensions would be inde-pendent and have cross-party input.—Internet

Israel sets out changes to Gazablockade curbs

LONDON, 21 June—Israel has given details of itsplan to ease the blockade of Gaza, with allcivilian goods now expected to be let into the terri-tory.

Israel will allow items into Gaza unless they fea-ture on a new list which specifies banned goods.

The move will let in humanitarian aid, food andbuilding supplies.

Israel has blockaded Gaza since 2005, but hasfaced heavy criticism since the recent killing of ninepeople on an aid flotilla heading to Gaza.

Internet

SHANGHAI, 21 June— Best known for favorablecliches about watches, mountains and chocolate bymost Chinese, the Switzerland Pavilion at the ShanghaiExpo is trying to display the country’s strengths in thefield of science that are of importance to theinternational community. Manuel Salchli, DeputyCommissioner General and Pavilion Director of theSwitzerland Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo said in aninterview with Xinhua that technology has contributedto sustainable prosperity in urban development, andthat the Shanghai Expo provides a great opportunityfor Switzerland to show the world those ideas andtechnologies used everyday to offer its citizens a highquality of life. The principal theme chosen for theShanghai Expo, “Better City, Better Life”, is an idealchance for Switzerland to demonstrate that it is aninnovative and environmentally aware country, saidSalchli. Also, the official Swiss Pavilion offers anexciting, interactive approach to the sub-theme of theExpo: “rural-urban interaction”. The overall conceptfor the exhibition is a balance between man, natureand technology.—Xinhua

Technology leads tosustainable prosperity, says

Swiss Pavilion Director

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Pakistan FM vows to implement Irangas pipeline project despite US warning

ISLAMABAD, 21J u n e — P a k i s t a n ’ sForeign Minister ShahMehmood QureshiSunday defended the 7.5billion-US-dollar gaspipeline with Iran andsaid Islamabad will takethe project forwarddespite sanctions onIran.

Qureshi’s commentscame hours after USSpecial envoy forPakistan andAfghanistan RichardHolbrooke warnedPakistan against thepipeline intended tobring the much-needednatural gas to the energy

starved country.Pakistan and Iran

formally signed the dealin Teheran on 13 June,under which Iran willsupply Pakistan withnatural gas from mid-2014.

“The gas pipelineproject with Iran is inPakistan’s interests, “ thePakistani ForeignMinister told a newsconference in the city ofMultan in Punjab.

Qureshi said thatPakistani experts are ofthe opinion thatsanctions on Iran willnot affect gas pipelineproject as it is a bilateral

agreement and bothcountries have alreadyfinalized the deal.

He said that gaspipeline deal with Iranwill not violateinternational laws,adding Pakistan willfocus on its interestswithout violatinginternational laws.

The PakistaniForeign Minister saidthat the visiting USenvoy RichardHolbrooke alsoremained silent when hewas asked about the Irangas pipeline deal onSaturday.

Xinhua

A team competes during Red Bull Flugtag 2010 in Kiev, capital ofUkraine, on 19 June, 2010. Forty teams participated in the competition to

fly the longest distance in self-made funny aircraft.—XINHUA

Tensions easing ahead of second halfLONDON, 21 June—

Tensions in global fina-ncial markets stemmingfrom the euro zone’ssovereign debt crisisappear to be easing,setting the stage forinvestors to dip back intorisky assets in the secondhalf of this year.

China’s announc-

Newlywedstaking

weddingphotos walk atthe seashore of

Sumawan inLianyungang,a port city ofeast China’s

JiangsuProvince, on

20 June, 2010.XINHUA

ement on Saturday thatit will end the yuan’s 23-month peg against thedollar, clearing the wayfor appreciation of theChinese currency toresume, is likely toreinforce the recovery ofan appetite for risk.

Last week’srelatively successfulbond sales in peripheraleuro zone countries, andexpectations that theFederal Reserve andother central banks willkeep borrowing costslow, are calming investornerves after a risk stormin May prompted a rushto safe-haven assets.

Against this

backdrop, world stocks,measured by the MSCIindex (MIWD-0000-0PUS), scored theirbiggest weekly gainsince early March lastweek and hit a one-month high on Friday.European shares (FT-EU3) have rallied foreight days in a row, whileAsian stocks posted theirbest week in six months.

The euro rose to athree-week peak above$1.2400 at one stage latelast week, marking asubstantial rebound afterit hit a four-year lowbelow $1.1900 less thana fortnight ago.

Internet

Two people wounded in gunfire inNW Los Angeles

The vuvuzelas providing the ear-splittingsoundtrack for the World Cup in South Africaare proving a gold mine for manufacturers in

China and a hit with buyers in the Asian nation.Sales of the braying plastic horns both in Chinaand other parts of the world have soared, with

manufacturers struggling to keep up withdemand and supplies selling out on some

Chinese websites.—INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 21 June— The police have beenlooking into a gunfire where two people werewounded by a lone gunman in Northwestern LosAngeles on Sunday afternoon, local televisionchannel reported. Shots rang out inside the Ralph’sgrocery store at 18300 Van Owen Street at around6:00 pm, and two wounded people were transportedto a local hospital, KTLA 5 reported on its website.

The gunman fled from the store and is currentlyat large. Police have set a perimeter and are searchingfor the suspect, police officers from the Los Angelespolice Department, West Valley station said.

Xinhua

Santos to improve ties withL America, boost trade

with AsiaBOGOTA, 21 June—Colombia’s president-elect

will improve ties with Latin American countriesand boost trade with Asian and Pacific countries,according to his chief economic advisor. Duringhis four-year term starting Aug, 7 Juan ManuelSantos will also enhance the free-trade mechanismagreed upon with the Middle East and Africa, saidJuan Carlos Echeverri.

Santos was declared winner of the run-offpresidential polls after garnering 69.06 percent ofthe votes. His opponent Antanas Mockus got 27.5percent of the votes. “Strategically, we need toopen a market for our products,” his advisor toldXinhua, adding that special attention would be paidto the Asia-Pacific region where “we can exploitthe great potential” of Colombian products.

During his election campaign, Santos said itwas vital to promote foreign investment in hiscountry and link the Colombian economy with theinternational markets, particularly the dynamicones in Asia.—Internet

A native resident wearing traditional clothesperforms during the Lake Sentani Festival inPapua, east of Indonesia, on 20 June, 2010.Papua held the annual Lake Sentani Festival

from 19 June to 23 July, showcasing traditionaldances, dressing, musics and culture.—XINHUA

Malaysian cops arrest 120people involved in illegal

football bettingKUALA LUMPUR, 21 June—The Malaysian police

have arrested 120 people suspected of havinginvolved in illegal World Cup betting activitiesfrom June 11 to 20, a high ranking police personnelsaid here on Monday.

Bakri Zinin, director of Crime InvestigationDepartment of the Royal Malaysian Police, told aPress conference here that a total of 156 raids werecarried out during the period to combat illegalbetting.

About 100 males and 20 females between theages of 15 and 73, including nine Indonesians,have been arrested in the raids.

Xinhua

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France mutiny over Anelkaexpulsion from World Cup team

KNYSNA, 21 June—France’s disastrous World Cupcampaign was plunged into fresh chaos on Sundaywhen the players refused to train in protest at the de-cision to send home star striker Nicolas Anelka.

Amid chaotic scenes at their training base, the play-ers released a statement protesting at the Chelsea strik-er’s exclusion from the squad for a foul-mouthed rantduring the defeat to Mexico which left France facingelimination.

“All the players in the French squad without ex-ception wish to affirm their opposition to the decisiontaken by the French Football Federation (FFF) to ex-clude Nicolas Anelka,” said the statement.

The players said they deplored the way the dress-ing room bust-up between Anelka and coachRaymond Domenech had been revealed by sportsdaily L’Equipe on Saturday.—Internet

Preview matches on France Vs South Africa;Mexico Vs Uruguay; Greece Vs Argentina and

Nigeria Vs South Korea on 22 JuneYANGON, 21 June—World ranking 10 France and world ranking 83 host South

Africa are going to play in their group-A’s last match in South Africa on 22 June.Both teams faced one time in their head-to-head position in the previous friendly

match of 2010 and were held to a goaless draw. France played two matches inthe group and had one draw against Uruguay and one loss to Mexico while thehosts played two matches in the group and one draw against Mexico and oneloss to Uruguay. Both teams are less likely to reach the play-off stage. In addition,the results of both teams are the same with one point each. Even if one of two winthe match, it is likely to be out of the group on goal difference. If Mexico andUruguay played a draw, France and the hosts would be hopeless for going to theplay-off stage. It is supposed that South Africa will play for a win against France.

Head-to-Head Position7.10.00 South Africa 0-0 France Friendlies 2000

Mexico Vs UrugyayBoth teams encountered four times in their head-to-head position in the

previous matches. Mexico had three wins and one draw while Uruguay hadthree failures and one draw. Mexico experienced one win against France andone draw against the hosts with four points in two matches whereas Uruguaygrasped four points in two matches winning over the host and drawing aganistFrance. Both teams are more likely to play a draw. If so, the hosts and Francewill be surely out of the group round. The second placed team of the group-Aare probably to see the first placed team of the group-B. Urugyay and Mexicoare less likely to win over Argentina. It will be the best if both teams avoidArgentina.Anyhow, it is forecast that Mexico and urugyay are likely to finishin a draw. If like Mexico, it is the best.

Head-to-Head Position 14.7.07 Uruguay 1-3 Mexico Copa America Final Rounds 200727.10.05 Mexico 3-1 Uruguay Friendlies 2005 8.7.04 Mexico 2-2 Uruguay Copa America Grp. B 200426.7.01 Mexico 2-1 Uruguay Copa America Final Rounds 2001

Greece Vs ArgentinaBoth teams did not see each other in the head-to-head position in the previous

matches. Greece got three points in two matches winning over Nigeria and losingto South Korea while Argentina embraced six points in two matches victory overSouth Korea and Nigeria. The results of Argentina are the best road to semifinals.The Argentine coach will change a little techniques in his team’s formation be-cause it is certain that he will rule out reliable key players to rest on the bench. Itis supposed that Argentina will extend their unbeaten run with a decisive win.

Results in the latest three matches of Greece17.6.10 Greece 2-1 Nigeria World Cup grp. B12.6.10 South Korea 2-0 Greece World Cup grp. B 2.6.10 Greece 0-2 Paraguay Friendlies

Results in the latest three matches of Argentina17.6.10 Argentina 4-1 South Korea World Cup grp. B12.6.10 Argentina 1-0 Nigeria World Cup grp. B24.5.10 Argentina 5-0 Canada Friendlies

Nigeria Vs South KoreaBoth teams have not seen each other yet in their head-to-head position.

Nigeria suffered empty point in the two matchs losing to Argentina and Greecewhile South Korea gained three points in two matches winning over Greeceand losing to Argentina. As South Korea will have to struggle for the secondplace of the group, they will win or at least draw the opponent black stars.

Results in the latest three matches of Nigeria17.6.10 Greece 2-1 Nigeria World Cup grp. B12.6.10 Argentina 1-0 Nigeria World Cup grp. B 6.6.10 Nigeria 3-1 North Korea Friendlies

Results in the latest three matches of South Korea17.6.10 Argentina 4-1 South Korea World Cup grp. B12.6.10 South Korea 2-0 Greece World Cup grp. B 3.6.10 Spain 1-0 South Korea Friendlies NLM

Dempsey saysreferee encouraged

physical playIRENE, 21 June—Clint

Dempsey says thereferee who disallowed alate American go-aheadgoal against Slovenia en-couraged rough play inthe penalty area by fail-ing to whistle infractionsearly in the game.

“Before the tourna-ment, they told us thatany type of holding oncorners is a penalty, anytype of grabbing arounda player is a penalty. Sowhen we get to the game,that’s not what’s goingon,” he said Sunday. “Soyou have to adapt.”

Internet

France’s national

football team

leave the pitch before

the start of what was

supposed to be

a team.

INTERNET

S P O R T S

US national soccerplayer Clint Dempsey,

right, looks at teammateTim Howard duringa news conference.

INTERNET

Portugal’s Hugo Almeida celebratesafter scoring the team’s third goal during

the World Cup group G soccer matchbetween Portugal and North Korea in

South Africa, 21 June, 2010.— INTERNET

Portugal beats North Korea in 7-0 routCAPETOWN, 21

June—South Africa –Portugal put on the mostdominant performanceof the World Cup,routing North Korea 7-0 on Monday andeliminating the Asiannation from thetournament.

Simao Sabrosa,Hugo Almeida and

Tiago scored over aneight-minute span in thesecond half, after RaulMeireles’ 29th-minutegoal gave Portugal thelead. Substitute Liedsonadded another in the81st.

Cristiano Ronaldobroke his goalless streakin the 87th minute, andTiago added his second

goal two minutes later.The win moves

Portugal into secondplace in Group G withfour points, two behindBrazil. The Ivory Coasthas one point, and NorthKorea can’t advance inthe tournament after twostraight losses.

Internet

Gary Medel of Chile

celebrates the

opening goal by

Mark Gonzalez with

team mate Claudio

Bravo during the

2010 FIFA World

Cup South Africa

Group H match

between Chile and

Switzerland at

Nelson Mandela Bay

Stadium on 21 June,

2010 in Port

Elizabeth, South

Africa.

INTERNET

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Programme Schedule(22-6-2010)(Tuesday)

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am) MSTOversea Transmission - (22-6-10 09:30 am ~

23-6-10 09:30 am) MST

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kayah State, rain or thundershowers have beenisolated in Shan, Chin and Kayin States, lowerSagaing,Magway and Yangon Divisions, scattered inMandalay, Bago and Ayeyawady Divisions, fairlywidespread in Rakhine State and upper Sagaing Divisionand widespread in the remaining States and Divisions. Thenotworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw(Pyinmana)(0.35)inch,Putao(2.99)inches,Myitnge(2.25)inches, Kawthoung (1.74) inches, Myitkyina (0.94)inch, PyinOoLwin (0.70) inch, Khamti (0.63) inch andTaungdwingyi ( 0.47)inch.

Maximum temperature on 20-6-2010 was 96°F.Minimum temperature on 21-6-2010 was 80°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on21-6-2010 was 78%.Total sun shine hours on 20-6-2010 was (5.7) hours.

Rainfall on 21-6-2010 was (Tr) at Mingaladon, (Nil)at Kaba-Aye and (0.12) inch at Central Yangon. Totalrainfall since 1-1-2010 was (25.12) inches at Mingaladon,(27.68) inches at Kaba-Aye and (28.27) inches at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(8) mph from West at (18:30) hours MST on 20-6-2010.

Bay Inference: Monsoon is moderate in the AndamanSea and Bay of Bangal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 22nd June2010: Rain or thundershowers will be isolated in KayahState, lower Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway Divisions,scattered in Chin and Shan States, fairly widespread inKayin and Rakhine States, upper Sagaing, Bago,Ayeyawady and Yangon Divisions and widespread in theremaining States and Divisions . Degree of certainty is(80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofincrease of rain in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for22-6-2010: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for 22-6-2010: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is ( 80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for22-6-2010: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

WEATHERMonday, 21st June, 2010

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(AGE 93)(RETIRED GENERAL MANAGER, UNION BANK)

U Tin Tun of 531 (C) Pyay Road,Marlarmyaing Avenue, Yangon, belovedhusband of (Daw May Yin Thein), father of UTet Tun-Daw Saw Mya Sandi, Daw May Yin Tun(Dawn)- U Kyaw Tint Swe, U Tauk Tun, MayLwin Tun (Dale), May Hnin Tun (Dew), May NweTun (Dell) and May Thin Tun (Dene), passedaway in Perth, Australia on 21st June, 2010.

Bereaved Family

FWD201

Model walks

the runway at

the Prada

show during

Men Spring

2011 Fashion

Week in Milan

on 20 June,

2010.

INTERNET

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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

11th Waxing of First Waso 1372 ME Tuesday, 22 June, 2010

NAY PYI TAW, 21 June—A ceremony to welcomePrime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Re-public Mr Bouasone Bouphavanh, who is on anofficial visit to Myanmar at the invitation of PrimeMinister of the Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein, washeld at Zeyathiri Beikman here at 3.45 pm today.

The Laotian Prime Minister left the Golden PalaceHotel in Nay Pyi Taw Hotel Zone and arrived atZeyathiri Beikman in a motorcade. He was cordiallygreeted there by Prime Minister U Thein Sein.

Laotian Prime Minister receives warm welcomeThe two Prime Ministers took the salute of the

Guard of Honour from the dais.Meanwhile, the State Band played the National

Anthems of the two nations.Next, they inspected the Guard of Honour.Laotian Prime Minister presented his delegation

members to Prime Minister U Thein Sein.Prime Minister U Thein Sein presented the

welcoming party comprising Minister for NationalPlanning and Economic Development U Soe Tha,

Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win, Ministerfor Construction U Khin Maung Myint, Minister forTransport U Thein Swe, Minister for Hotels andTourism U Soe Naing, Deputy Minister for DefenceU Aye Myint, Deputy Minister for Commerce UAung Tun, Deputy Minister for Progress of BorderAreas and National Races and Development AffairsU Tin Ngwe, Deputy Minister for Hotels and Tour-ism U Aye Myint Kyu and Myanmar Ambassador toLaos U Nyunt Hlaing.—MNA

Prime Minister

U Thein Sein and

Laotian Prime

Minister

Mr Bouasone

Bouphavanh

inspect the Guard

of Honour.

MNA

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