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Volume XVII, Number 15 8th Waxing of Kason 1371 ME Friday, 1 May, 2009

On the Workers Day that falls on 1 May 2009, I send this message inrecognition of the brilliant performances the mass of workers give for transformingthe Union of Myanmar into a modern, developed nation and improving the livingstandard of the people.

In Myanmar, the government, the people and the Tatmadaw remainharmonious in pursuing the prudent objectives, and that has resulted in consolidatednational unity, fine economic infrastructure, and fine social infrastructure thatamounts to greater longevity and higher education standard of the people.

Today, the government is implementing the Project for Development ofBorder Areas and National Races, the 24-Special Region Development Projectand the Rural Development Project for equitable development of all parts of the

Senior General Than Shwe sends Workers Day messageGovernment guarantees fundamental rights of workers:security of workers, worksite safety, correct solutions totrade disputes, and improvement of their living standard

NAY PYI TAW, 1 May—The following is a translation of the Workers Day message sent by Chairman of the State Peace and Development CouncilSenior General Than Shwe.

nation. In that regard, thanks to the active participation of the mass of workers,the people are now in a position to enjoy the fruitful results of the projects.

The government is seeking ways and means to harmonize the State sectorand private secotr in pursuance of the goal of building an industrialized nation witheconomic growth resulting from development in the agricultural sector.

In its bid to industrialize the nation, the government has establishedmany industrial zones across the nation, and so the contribution of the private-owned industries to the industrial sector is growing considerably. The ratio of theindustrial sector contribution to the GDP is on the increase year by year thanksto growing local and foreign investments and establishment of more and moreState-owned heavy industries. (See page 8)

NAY PYI TAW, 1 May — Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to HisExcellency Mr Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel, on the occasion of theIndependence Day of the State of Israel, which falls on 29 April 2009.— MNA

Senior General Than Shwe sends messageof felicitations to Israeli President

NAY PYI TAW, 1 May — General Thein Sein, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar,has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Ministerof the State of Israel, on the occasion of the Independence Day of the State of Israel ,which fallson 29 April 2009.— MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein sendsfelicitations to State of Israel

NAY PYI TAW, 30April — Lt-Gen Tha Ayeof the Ministry ofDefence, accompanied byChairman of MandalayDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of Central

(See page 8)

Mandalay Div enjoys infrastructural development

Lt-Gen Tha Aye ofMinistry of Defence

views progress ofMyogyi Multi-purpose DamProject.—MNA

True patriotism

* It is very important for eve-

ryone of the nation regard-

less of the place he lives to

have strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true

patriotism all the nationali-

ties will have to safeguard.

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Friday, 1 May, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

Today (1 May 2009) is Workers Day. Themass of Myanmar workers demonstrated theiractive role together with the entire people inanti-colonialist movements and independencestruggles. Till today, workers have served as aunited, strong national force in nation-buildingtasks.

In an effort to build a modern, developednation, the government is improvinginfrastructures in various fields for restorationof peace and stability throughout the nation,economic growth and improvement of the livingstandard of the people.

Moreover, the government is building manynew State-owned factories and plants acrossthe nation for industrial development necessaryfor modernizing and industrializing a nation.Effective encouragement to development ofindustrial zones and private-owned industrialzones has resulted in boosting production ofimport-substitute goods.

Seeing a growing number of modernmachine factories and import-substitute goodsfactories, the industrial zones have gained manynew manufacturing methods and created manyjob opportunities.

Today, boosting production of export goods,reduction of importing goods and establishmentof new import-substitute industries have becomeat the centre of the industrial sector. Therefore,factories and plants have to pay more attentionto improve productivity, especially to qualitativeand quantitative improvement of machines andpersonal goods, and boosting production ofmarketable goods.

Now, workers, blue collar and white collar,are showing their enthusiasm in the industrialsector in transforming the nation into a modern,developed one. Therefore, the people will beable to enjoy higher living conditions if the massof workers with a fine tradition of preservingnationalistic fervour in successive periodscontinue to work hard for completion of ongoingprojects ahead of schedule and boostingproduction of goods.

Raise productivity for betterliving conditions of the people

MYANMAR GAZETTENAY PYI TAW, 30 April—The State Peace and

Development Council has confirmed the appointmentof Rector Dr Mya Aye of Mandalay University ofHigher Education Department (Upper Myanmar)under the Ministry of Education on expiry of the one-year probationary period.

The State Peace and Development Councilhas appointed the following persons as heads ofservice organizations shown against each on probationfrom the date they assume charge of their duties.

Name Appointment(a) U Maung Maung Toe Managing Director

General Manager (Project) Myanma GeneralMyanma General and and MaintenanceMaintenance Industries IndustriesMinistry of Industry-1 Ministry of Industry-1

(b) U Tun Tun Naing Director-GeneralDeputy Director-General Central StatisticalCentral Statistical OrganizationOrganization Ministry of NationalMinistry of National Planning andPlanning and Economic EconomicDevelopment Development

(c) U Khin Maung Zaw Director-GeneralChief Engineer Electric PowerPower Supply Projects DepartmentDivision Ministry of ElectricMyanma Electric Power Power No. 2EnterpriseMinistry ofElectric Power No. 2

(d) Dr Win Myint Director-GeneralDeputy Director-General Health DepartmentHealth Department Ministry of HealthMinistry of Health

(e) Professor Dr Tint Swe Latt RectorProfessor (Medical University ofEducation) Medicine (2)North Okkalapa General YangonHospital Medical ScienceMedical Science DepartmentDepartment Ministry of HealthMinistry of Health

(f) Professor Dr Naing Win RectorProfessor (Radiologist) University ofUniversity of Medical Medical TechnologyTechnology (Yangon) (Yangon)Medical Science Medical ScienceDepartment DepartmentMinistry of Health Ministry of Health

(g) Daw Nanda Hmoon RectorPro-Rector (Academic) National CultureandNational Culture and Fine Arts UniversityFine Arts (Yangon)University (Yangon) Fine ArtsFine Arts Department DepartmentMinistry of Culture Ministry of Culture

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Foreign Minister sendsfelicitations to State of Israel

NAY PYI TAW, 1 May — On the occasion ofthe Independence Day of the State of Israel, whichfalls on 29 April 2009, U Nyan Win, Minister forForeign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, has senta message of felicitations to His Excellency MrAvigdor Liberman, Minister of Foreign Affairs ofthe State of Israel.— MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30April—The coordinationmeeting of sports andeducation leadingcommittee was held at themeeting hall of theMinistry of Education,here yesterday with anaddress by Chairman ofSports plus EducationLeading CommitteeDeputy Minister forEducation Brig-Gen AungMyo Min.

Present on theoccasion were officials ofthe Ministry of Sports,Ministry of Home Affairsand Ministry of ReligiousAffairs, directors-generalof departments under theMinistry of Education,rectors of colleges anduniversities, schoolheads,principals of educationcolleges, state anddivision level educationofficers and officials.

First, Brig-Gen Aung

Coord meeting of sportsplus education leading

committee heldMyo Min made a speechon the occasion, sayingthat it is required topromote sports standardof the students in thecombination of educationand sports.

Basic and higherlevel students need tostrive for shining Myanmasports prestige. Sportscompetitions are to be heldin both basic educationand higher educationdrawing sports calendarstarting from the 2009-2010 academic year.

Officials from theeducation departments areto take cooperativemeasures with otherrelated departments forachieving success in thetasks of sports andeducation.

Next, Director-General of Sports andPhysical EducationDepartment U ThaungHtaik explained that a totalof 150 physical instructorsare conducting 22 kindsof sports for eight weeks.Sports facilities will beprovided for enablingsports events to be held.State and division formerselected players will beappointed as physicalinstructors.

Afterwards, officialsreplied to the queriesraised by those present.All responsible personnelare to actively cooperatein the task of combiningsports and education.

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Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Aung Myo Min addresses coordination meetingof Sports plus Education Leading Committee.—MNA

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Sri Lanka vows to fightuntil rebel leaders captured

US military deaths inIraq war at 4,278

WASHINGTON, 30 April—As of Wednesday, 29April, 2009, at least 4,278 members of the US mili-tary had died in the Iraq war since it began in March2003. The figure includes eight military civilianskilled in action. At least 3,435 military personneldied as a result of hostile action, according to themilitary’s numbers.

The British military has reported 179 deaths; Italy,33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain,11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia,four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Neth-erlands, Thailand and Romania, two each; and Aus-tralia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and South Korea, onedeath each.—Internet

Death toll rises to 41 in Baghdadtriple car bombings

Obama welcomes Australia’s decisionto increase troops to Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, 30 April—US President BarackObama welcomes Australia’s decision to increasetroops to Afghanistan, saying Canberra’s contributionis “critical” to prevent the central Asian country frombecoming terrorists’ safe heaven, the White House saidon Wednesday. President Obama called AustralianPrime Minister Kevin Rudd on Tuesday evening (USEastern Time) and thanked him for the decision to “in-crease military, civilian and financial commitment toAfghanistan,” said the White House in a statement.

In response to Obama’s recent call for more troopsfrom NATO and other allies, Prime Minister Rudd an-nounced on Wednesday that Australia will boost its troopsin Afghanistan by 450 to 1,550 soldiers.

Internet

Russian envoy blasts NATOexercises in Georgia

BRUSSELS, 30 April—Russian envoy to NATO,Dmitry Rogozin, on Wednesday blasted NATO’splanned military exercises in Georgia, labelling themas “totally out of place.”

Rogozin, who met formally for the first time in eightmonths with ambassadors of NATO countries, said hewas not convinced by NATO allies’ explanation thatthe exercises scheduled for 6 May to 1 June in Geor-gia pose no threat to Russia's security.

“I insist that these exercises are totally out of place,”he told reporters after the meeting. “Any muscle flex-ing along our borders is not acceptable at all.”

He noted that the exercises will be held against thebackground of parliamentary elections in the Georgianbreakaway region of South Ossetia, the first such pollafter Russia’s recognition of independence of the region.“I cannot name it other than political blackmailing.”Rogozin said Russia is also worried by statements fromhigh-ranking US officials that the NATO exercises aremeant to support Georgia’s territorial integrity.

He blamed NATO for its “political blindness” thatrefuses to recognize Russia’s national interests. “In asense, NATO reminds me of a blind rhinoceros.”

NATO has said the two series of exercises wereplanned in January 2008, long before the August 2008Russia-Georgia military conflict over South Ossetia. ButRogozin argued on Wednesday that the fact that theywere planned long ago does not mean that they couldnot be postponed or even canceled altogether.—Internet

COLOMBO, 30 April—Sri Lanka told Britain andFrance that it would keepup its military offensiveuntil the leaders of therebel Tamil Tigers havebeen captured “dead oralive,” according to apress report. The pri-vately-run Island newspa-per said Defence Secre-tary Gotabhaya Rajapaksemade it clear to the visit-ing British and Frenchforeign ministers that in-ternational calls for a

ceasefire were premature.Rajapakse said a truce

would only help the TamilTigers’ founder and leaderVelupillai Prabhakaran,54, who is believed to beholed up with his last re-maining fighters on the is-land’s northeast coast.

“After 30 years, the timehas come finally forPrabhakaran and other ter-rorist leaders to be cap-tured dead or alive and thegovernment will not stopuntil that end is achieved,”

Rajapakse told the news-paper. The Tigers havebeen driven back by a SriLankan military onslaughtthat earlier this year dis-mantled the rebels’ defacto state.

The French and Britishministers left Colomboearly on Thursday after avisit in which they urgedthe government to halt thefighting and allow aidworkers access to tens ofthousands of affected ci-vilians.—Internet

BAGHDAD, 30 April—The death toll from threecar bomb explosions inmarketplaces in Bagh-dad’s Sadr City neighbour-hood on Wednesday, roseto 41 and up to 68 peopleinjured, an Interior Minis-try source said.

“The latest reports saidthat 41 people were killedand some 68 otherswounded by the three carbombings in Sadr Cityneighbourhood,” the

source told Xinhua on con-dition of anonymity.

Many women and chil-dren were among the vic-tims, the source said.

Earlier, the source said16 killed and 45 others in-jured by the blasts.

The incident occurred inthe afternoon when threebooby-trapped cars parkedat different popular market-places in Sadr Cityneighborhood in easternBaghdad, detonated simul-

taneously, the source said.One of the car bombs

detonated in the SouqMreidy market, another ata pet market and the thirdat a separate market in thesprawling neighbourhood,the source added.

Iraqi security forcessealed off the scenes whileambulances and some ci-vilian vehicles transferredthe victims to nearby hos-pitals, he said.

Internet

Residents look at a burnt vehicle at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad’sSadr City on 29 April, 2009. The toll from twin car bomb blasts on Wednesday

in a busy market in Baghdad jumped to 41 killed and 68 wounded, Iraqipolice said. —INTERNET

Children check the damage on a car destroyed by a car bomb explosion inBaghdad’s Shiite stronghold of Hurriyah, Iraq, on 30 April, 2009.

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Residents walk pastthe scene of a road-side bomb attack incentral Baghdad,Iraq, on 30 April,2009. A roadside

bomb missed a pass-ing Iraqi police patrolon Thursday morning

and injured fourcivilians, police said.

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An evening rainbow sets above the Sydney Harbour Bridge on 29 April, 2009.Sydney’s 1,149 metre-long (3770 feet) harbour crossing, affectionately known as

the Coathanger, is one of Australia’s most recognizable landmarks.—XINHUA

RIO DE JANEIRO, 30 April — Two peo-ple were suspected to be infected withswine flu virus among 36 people withflu-like symptoms, Brazilian HealthMinister Jose Gomes Temporao saidhere on Wednesday.

A total of 36 people from 11 stateswere being monitored by the localhealth authorities after showing someswine flu symptoms, but only two of

Brazil confirms two suspected swine flu casesthem confirmed to the World Health Or-ganization’s criteria as suspected cases.One is from Minas Gerais state, and theother, Sao Paulo state, Temporao said.The patients were under medical treat-ment, and the results of the tests will bereleased in 10 days. Temporao was as-sured that his country was well-preparedto deal with the outbreak of swine flu.

Internet

A naval parade of the Chinese People’s Liberation

Army (PLA) Navy warships and aircraft is held in

waters off China’s port city of Qingdao, east

China's Shandong Province, on 23 April, 2009.

XINHUA

OTTAWA, 30 April—The total of con-firmed swine flu cases in Canada hasrisen to 19, with six more cases addedWednesday, health officials said.

Three of the new cases are in BritishColumbia, and the other three comefrom Ontario.—Internet

Total of swine flucases in Canada rise

Workers carry out rescue operation near the

damaged coach of a Electric Multiple Unit (EMU)

after it collided with a goods train in the southern

Indian city of Chennai on 29 April, 2009.

XINHUA

WELLINGTON, 30 April—There were13 confirmed cases of swine flu and 104suspected cases in New Zealand, HealthMinister Tony Ryall said on Thursday.

“The growth in suspect numbers isprimarily from close family contactsfrom passengers on flights,” Ryall tolda press conference in Wellington.

MEXICO CITY, 30 April— Thirteenpeople have now died in the state of SanLuis Potosi (SLP), in central Mexico,of a disease likely to be the new strainof A/H1N1 swine flu in the nation, theregional governor told media onWednesday.—Internet

13 dead of flu in Mexico’sSan Luis

New Zealand records 13 confirmed swine flucases, 104 suspected cases

He added that the 13 confirmed casesof swine flu in New Zealand were all inthe Auckland area.

That was a decrease of one fromWednesday as one recent arrival inAuckland had come from Samoa andnot from Los Angeles as first thought.

Internet KATHMANDU, 30 April—Nepali Minister forForest and Soil Conversa-tion Kiran Gurung saidmore than 20 glacial lakesin Nepal have been pos-ing danger of outburst atany time due to the melt-ing of ice on the Himala-yas, the National NewsAgency RSS reported onThursday.

20 glacial lakes in Nepal posing dangerof outburst due to melting of ice

Speaking at a con-ference on “Nepal NatureConservation Year 2009and Poverty Reduction inRural Areas of Nepalthrough Forests Re-sources Management” onWednesday, Gurung saidglobal warming has mademountainous region morevulnerable to floods andlandslide and other natu-

ral catastrophes.Gurung said that glacial

lakes outburst would de-plete fresh water re-sources, threaten rich bio-logical diversity, includingwildlife and cultural herit-age, degrade agriculturaland forest land, and leavedestructive impact on thedevelopment infrastruc-ture.—Internet

SRINAGAR, 30 April—An earthquake of moder-ate intensity shookSrinagar, the summercapital of India-control-led Kashmir, and its ad-joining areas on Wednes-day, officials said.

According to the dis-aster management offi-cials in the region, theearthquake, which meas-ured 4.5 on the RichterScale, occurred at 9:42 amlocal time (0412 GMT).

The epicenter of theearthquake was in Pakistan36.04 degrees North, 71.27degrees East, said AamirAli, coordinator of the Dis-aster Management Officein Srinagar.—Internet

Earthquake joltsIndia-controlled Kashmir

NEW DELHI, 30 April—At least seven peoplewere killed and 20 injuredwhen a local passengertrain collided with agoods train carrying sev-eral oil tanks in the south-ern Indian city Chennai inthe state of Tamil Nadu onWednesday, said police.

The collision tookplace around 06:00 am(00:30 GMT) at the north-ern Vyasarpadi suburb ofChennai, causing a bigfire, said police.

All the injured wererushed to the GeneralHospital in Chennai whilepolice are trying to iden-tify the dead, including

Seven killed in train collisionin India

BEIJING, 30 April —The building and testingof a machine that can cre-ate super X-rays capableof exposing the compli-cated structures of chemi-cal compounds and pro-teins has been completedat Shanghai ZhangjiangHigh-tech Park in PudongNew Area.

Shanghai particle accelerator to open itsdoors for business

The Shanghai Synchro-tron Radiation Facility isexpected to significantlyboost China’s capabilityand competitiveness in sci-entific research, especiallyin life sciences, officialsfrom the Shanghai Instituteof Applied Physics of theChinese Academy of Sci-ences, the facility’s key

developer, were quoted assaying by Thursday’sShanghai Daily.

The 1.2 billion yuan(176 million US dollars)particle accelerator, Chi-na’s biggest light facility,will also help in the studyof viruses and new drugsand the development oftechnology.—Internet

the motormen of the twotrains who were believedto be among the dead.

Railway authoritieshave suspended all localand long distance trainsgoing to Chennai Centralfrom the northern suburbtown of Arakkonam,where the mishapped pas-senger train departed, ona route which is one of thebusiest urban rail lines inIndia.—Internet

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Tourists admire the ruins of Haiyan Hall at the Old Summer Palace — alsocalled Yuanmingyuan — in Beijing, February 2009. A French auction house

said the sale of an 18th-century Chinese imperial seal would go ahead onWednesday despite angry protests in Beijing, in the latest row over the sale of

looted relics.—INTERNET

Brazil’s quarterlyindustrial

production hits10-year low

RIO DE JANEIRO, 30April—The internationalfinancial crisis has led toa sharp fall in the Brazil-ian industry productionindicator in the first quar-ter of this year, which hita 10-year low, the coun-try’s National IndustryConfederation (CNI) an-nounced Wednesday.

According to a studyreleased by the CNI, theindicator which measuresBrazil’s industry’s pro-duction fell to 36.1 pointsin the quarter, lower thanthe previous quarter’s40.8 points and 52.2 per-cent in the first quarter of2008. The indicator goesfrom zero to 100. Any fig-ure under 50 indicates acontraction in the activity,which means that produc-tion is downward.

Internet

China calls for strengthenedefforts on economic reforms

Mexico orders economic shutdown;pandemic imminent

Will GM become ‘Government Motors’?WASHINGTON, 30 April—If the government takes a majority stake in General

Motors, will it end up taking the wheel, too?Under a restructuring plan put forth this week by GM, the ailing automaker

would give majority ownership to the federal government to stave off bankruptcy.That handoff would amount to an extraordinary partial nationalization of the makerof Buicks, Cadillacs and Chevys that has been an independent company since1908.

The Obama administration has said it isn't interested in running an auto com-pany, but with that big of a stake, some analysts say the government would prob-ably be tempted to push its own policies on such issues as alternative fuel vehiclesand unions. And that could affect the types of cars that roll off GM's assemblylines. “The fear here is that a company owned by the government would movetoward the do-good results, not the bottom line,” said Gerald Meyers, a Universityof Michigan business professor and former CEO of American Motors Corp.

Internet

GM's proposal would give the government more than 50 percent of theautomaker's stock in exchange for forgiving $10 billion in government loans. TheUnited Auto Workers union would end up with a 39 percent stake.

This 27 April, 2009, file photo shows Pontiac G6 and Chevrolet Malibuautomobiles at the Orion Assembly plant in Orion Township, Mich.—INTERNET

A creation made with wind cones and designed by French conceptual artistDaniel Buren is seen as a part of Beaufort 03 Contemporary Art by the Sea

exhibition in De Haan on 21 April, 2009.—INTERNET

Oil rises near 51 dollarsdespite inventory buildup NEW YORK, 30 April—Crude oil rose near 51 US

dollars a barrel on Wednesday despite a governmentreport showed a larger-than-expected buildup in thecrude supplies.

Light, sweet crude for June delivery gained 1.05dollars to settle at 50.97 dollars a barrel on the NewYork Mercantile Exchange.

Oil seems to have followed the equity market per-formance and remained resilient to another jump inthe crude inventory. Wall Street rebounded stronglywith major indexes gaining more than two percent, asinvestors found optimism after the Federal Reservesaid the pace of the economic contraction is slowingdown.

However, oil demand remained weak in the UnitedStates, the world’s largest oil consumption country.The US Energy Department’s Energy Information Ad-ministration (EIA) reported on Wednesday that, dur-ing the week ended 24, crude stockpiles jumped by4.1 million barrels, more than doubled analysts’ ex-pectations. Current crude inventory reached 374.7 mil-lion barrels, highest level since 31 Aug, 1990.

EIA report also showed that average petroleumconsumption is down to 18.4 million barrels a day,the lowest since 28 May, 1999. —Internet

MEXICO CITY, 30April—Mexico's presi-dent told citizens to stayhome from Friday for afive-day partial shutdownof the economy, after theWorld Health Organiza-tion raised its alert leveland said a swine flu pan-demic was imminent.

In his first televised ad-dress since the crisiserupted last week, Presi-dent Felipe Calderon toldMexicans to stay homewith their families. Thecountry will suspend non-

essential work and serv-ices, including some gov-ernment ministries, from1-5 May. “There is nosafer place than your ownhome to avoid being in-fected with the flu virus,”Calderon said.

Mexico reported an-other 17 deaths poten-tially linked to swine flu,bringing the total to asmany as 176. Ten coun-tries have reported casesof the H1N1 strain, andTexas officials said a 22-month-old boy had died

while on a family visitfrom Mexico, the firstconfirmed swine flu deathoutside Mexico.

“Influenza pandemicsmust be taken seriouslyprecisely because of theircapacity to spread rapidlyto every country in theworld,” WHO DirectorGeneral Margaret Chantold a news conference inGeneva on Wednesday asshe raised the official alertlevel to phase 5, the laststep before a pandemic.

Internet

Bolivia banspork importsfrom Mexico,USA, Canada

LA PAZ, 30 April—Bo-livia banned Wednesdaythe imports of pork or subproducts from Mexico, theUnited States and Canada,a step taken to stop theentrance of swine flu to thecountry.

All the import requestsof pork food must be sentto the National Unit ofAnimal Safety to be evalu-ated and wait for authori-zation, the National Serv-ice of Agriculture Sanityand Food Safety (Senasag)said.—Internet

BEIJING, 30 April—China’s State Council, orCabinet, Wednesdaycalled for greater effortson economic reforms toboost domestic demand,improve economic struc-ture and maintain rela-tively fast and sound eco-nomic development.

An executive meetingof the Cabinet, presidedover by Premier WenJiabao Wednesday, re-viewed and passed a guid-ance document on deep-ening economic reformsin 2009.

The document urgedlocal governments to sim-

plify administrative ap-proval procedures tostimulate investment vi-tality and open more in-vestment channels for theprivate sector.

The State Councilorscalled for deeper reformsof state-owned enterprisesand promoting the devel-opment of the non-publiceconomy and the growthof small and medium-sized enterprises.

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NEWS ALBUM

The head of Egypt’s Council ofAntiquities, Dr Zahi Hawas holds analabaster statue of Queen Cleopatraas he poses to photographers, in theTemple of Taposiris Magna some 50

km west of Alexandria.

Coins, mummies and statues point to Cleopatra tomb

Egypt’s top archaeologist made hisversion of a sales pitch Sunday, present-ing 22 coins, 10 mummies, and a frag-ment of a mask with a cleft chin as evi-dence that the discovery of the lost tombof Mark Antony and Cleopatra is at hand.

Zahi Hawass showed off the ancienttreasures to journalists during a tour ofa 2,000-year-old temple to the godOsiris, where they were found. He be-lieves the site near the MediterraneanSea contains the tomb of the doomedlovers that has been shrouded in mys-tery for so long.

“In my opinion, if this tomb is found,it will be one of the most important dis-coveries of the 21st century because ofthe love between Cleopatra and MarkAntony, and because of the sad story oftheir death,” he said.

Mark Antony and Cleopatra chal-lenged Caesar Augustus for control ofthe Roman Empire more than twomillenia ago. Their armies were de-feated and rather than submit to cap-ture, the lovers committed suicide —Mark Antony by his sword, Cleopatrawith a poisonous asp.

Bamboo keyboards expect to bring green life to computer users Eight hours of computer work everyday always makes white collars feel

boring, but Zhang Keli has found a welcome respite from office chores — abamboo keyboard.

2“It’s a novelty to me,” said 28-year-old Zhang, a fashion-loving employee ofthe Jianshou Advertisement Co Ltd in the eastern Chinese city of Nanchang,Jiangxi Province, the hometown of bamboo.

She just bought such a bamboo keyboard to replace a plastic one for her homecomputer a few days ago.

“I feel fun whenever I press the bamboo buttons, which gives me a feeling ofgentleness and eases my tension and tiredness from work,” she said.

Man bits snake afterattack

A Kenyan man survived a Python at-tack, partly because he bit the snake af-ter it tried to drag him into a tree.

According to local media onWednesday, Ben Nyaumbe, a localfarmer, was attacked by the 13-footsnake and fought him for several hours.The enormous reptile wrapped him inits coils and hauled him up a tree, butNyaumbe was able to cover the snake’shead with his shirt, and reach his cellphone, where he called police for help.

The man’s employer arrived with po-lice and local villagers who tied the py-thon with a rope and pulled them bothdown from the tree with a thud. Theyfound that Nyaumbe had also bitten thepython on the tail, causing his lip to splitopen where it came in contact with thesharp tip.

Chris Andrews, chief of publicprogrammes and director of theSteinhart Aquarium at the CaliforniaAcademy of Sciences, holds upBalthazar, a red-tail boa constrictor,while throwing out the ceremonialfirst pitch to celebrate Earth Daybefore the San Diego Padres playedthe San Francisco Giants in a baseball

game in San Francisco.

This marionette doubles as a Berlinopera star. It’s opening weekend for anew production of Richard Wagner’sromantic opera “Lohengrin” at theBerlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden.The opera tells the story of a youngprincess accused of killing her brother,with marionettes used to portray the characters’ alter egos.

Cyclists take cover from the rain in public phone booths in Rio Branco,Brazil, on 28 April, 2009.—INTERNET

Indian army increases surveillancecapabilities along LoC

NEW DELHI, 30 April—With two majorinfiltration bids along theLine of Control in theIndo-Pak border in the lastmonth, Indian ArmyWednesday said it had“redeployed” its troopsand increased surveillancecapabilities to prevent theterrorists’ from crossingover into India.

“The Indian Army hasdone redeployment (oftroops to counter

Obamas keen on Indo-USrenewable energy partnership

WASHINGTON, 30 April—US Presidet Oba-ma iskeen to build an Indo-USrenewable energypartnership, takingforward his recentdiscussions with PrimeMinister ManmohanSingh on climate changeand energy security, asenior Indian official saidhere Wednesday.

This message wasconveyed by Obama to

Indian Prime MinisterManmohan Singh’sSpecial Envoy onClimate Change ShyamSaran during an officialreception.

Obama remindedSaran the conversationhe had in this regard withSingh in London earlythis month and said hewas “encouraged andpleaced” with theexchange of views.

Indian and the USshould seek to buildrenevable energypartnership, Obama toldSaran during the briefexchange they had at thereception hosted by thePresident at WhiteHouse for theparticipants of the 17-nation Major EconomiesForum on Energy andClimate.

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infiltration)...We havebuilt in additionalsurveillance capabilities tolook across LoC...Wehave deployed moretechnical equipment forsurveillance even at mostdifficult places keepingthe LoC under activepatrolling and surveillanceat all the times,” ArmyVice Chief NobleThamburaj told reportershere. On the majorinfiltration bids by

terrorists, he said, “In thelast fortnight of month,there have been two majorinfiltration bids, whichwere partly successful butwe in our second tier wereable to neutralize most ofthem.” The Army ViceChief said the region maywitness a “definingmoment” as PakistanArmy has started majoroperations against theTaleban militants.

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India says it cannot accept a capon development

WASHINGTON, 30April—India Wednesdaysaid it will not accept anycap on its development inthe name of climatechange, asserting that anynegotiation on climatechange should take intoaccount the overridingdevelopmental objectiveof the developingcountries. Briefingreporters at the conclusionof a two-day meeting of17 major economies on

climate change andenergy, Indian PrimeMinister’s Special EnvoyShyam Saran said therehas to be a balancebetween historicalresponsibility and currentemissions.

“Focus only on currentemissions is not going togive you an equitableresult,” he said, addingdeveloped countries simplycan’t absolve of theirhistoric responsibilities and

talk about current emissionsonly.

“We have been sayingthat the developedcountries, sonner ratherthan later should indicatewhat the emissions targetsthey are willing to takeare? Whatever they hadagreed to take on in theKyoto protocol 1997, onlyfew countries are going tobe able to meet thosetargets,” he said.

MNA/PTI

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Myanma Railways to complete nationwide railroad networkArticle: Saw Aung (Tikyit); Photos: Myanma Alin

(from page 16)Now, Yangon-Mandalay dual railroad has

come into existence, thus saving a lot of time spentby a train to wait for another train till the latter hasleft the station. Now, 95 miles long Katha-Bhamorailroad, 198 miles long Namsang-Kengtung railroad,95 miles long Pyawbwe-Natmauk-Magway railroad,257 miles long Sittway-An-Minbu railroad and 132miles long Dawei-Myeik railroad are underconstruction. Minbu-Sittway railroad section projectwill be very challenging because it will get acrossthe west Yoma mountain range.

Thazi-Shwenyaung-Taunggyi-Hsaik-khaung-Namsang railroad and Thazi-Aungban-Loikaw railroad pass through the east Yoma andShan Yoma mountain ranges. While in service, Iserved as the person in-charge of a section ofHsaikkhaing-Namsang railroad.

DaikU-Sittoung Railroad was launched on 21 April 2007.

NAY PYI TAW, 30 April—Members of NationalLeague for Democracy U Tun Tun from Shwepyithatownship, Yangon Division on 11 November 2008, UWin Maung from Moenyin township, Kachin State on12 November, U Win Naing from Thegon township,Bago Division on 25 November and U Maung Htwe(a) Kyu Sha Daung from Hsipaw township, ShanState (North) on 19 December resigned from the partyof their own volition by sending their resignationletters to NLD headquarters and local authorities.

In addition, NLD members U Phyu and U OhnThaung from Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon on 5 January, 2009,U Win Thaung and U Min Gaung from Myinmutownship, Sagaing Division on 12 January, U Bo Gyifrom Shwegyin township, Bago Division and U SanHla (a) Kyaw Me Lay, U Kyaw Thaung, U Thaung Pe,U Chit Win, U Lin Aung and U Thein Zaw from

Lack of trust and unity among NLD membersNLD members of states and divisions resign

constantly due to giving priority to self-interestBanmauk township, Katha District, Sagaing Divisionon 17 January, U Win Maung and U Po Paing from NayPyi Taw Tatkon on 19 January, U Kyi Tin from Nay PyiTaw Tatkon on 21 January, Ma Zin Zin Latt and Ma WinPhyu Ei from Mahaaungmyay township, MandalayDivision on 22 January, U Win Swe from Nay Pyi TawTatkon on 23 January, Ko Aung Kyaw Moe fromMahaaungmyay township, Mandalay Division and 11members including U Khin Maung Htwe and U KyawMyint from Moenyin township, Kachin State on 26January, U Kyaw Nyunt from Wundwin township,Mandalay Division on 28 January, U Zaw Min Latt, UAung Myint Aye, U Hla Htay, U Tha Sein, U Aye Pe andU Maung Maung from Moenyin township, Kachin Stateon 10 February, U Soe Naing from Mayangon township,Yangon Division on 12 February, U Nay Lin Aung,Daw Myat Mon Aung and Daw Tha Zin Htwe from

Seikkyi Kanaungto township, Yangon Division on 8March, U Tin Gyi Maung from Phaungpyin township,Sagaing Division on 9 March, U Khin Maung Ayefrom Namhsan township, Shan State (South) on 4 Apriland U Aung Myint Sein from Taungdwingyi township,Magway Division on 24 April quitted the party of theirown volition.

Their resignation letters expressed that theyjoined NLD party with the aims of serving the interestsof the state and the people, that there is no trust andunity among the members despite the party seems tobe in a good form, that there are bullies and givingpriority to self-interest, that some leaders are lackeysof foreign countries and that they resigned from theparty with the conviction that they would take part inthe real national politics designed by the state andagree on the State's seven-step Road Map.—MNA

Here, I mean that construction of a railroad ismore difficult in a hilly region than in a plain. So, toconstruct a railroad in a mountainous region is areally onerous task. After the groundwork, 1" x 2"pieces of gneiss are laid, then sleepers on them, andthen rails on them. In that regard, the gneiss is to beof high quality and to be used adequately. Today, theMyanma Railways is constructing new railroads thelength and breadth of the country including forestsand mountainous areas under the instructions of theState's leaders in the public interest.

Traveling by train is the safest way to make atrip. And it is cheaper than any other transport means.Goods can be transported by train on a large scale fromone place to another in a short time. The MyanmaRailways is trying to complete a railroad network thatcovers the whole country. To make the rail runs acrossthe nation daily, the MR uses more than 80 locomotives

exclusive of those of cargo trains, the trains used totransport rock, those for shunting railway carriages atcentral railway stations and at the railway junctions,and those of circular trains. After locomotives andcarriages needed for the railway sections underconstruction have been imported and producedlocallys, the Myanma Railways will be able to opena new page of its rail transportation.

Therefore, very soon, the people can travelby train from a region to any other region in thenation, enjoying greater development in the economic,social, education, health, religious and cultural sectorsthanks to smooth transport resulting from the hardwork the Myanma Railways is exerting in the nationalinterest.

Translation: MSMyanma Alin: 27-4-2009

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Senior General ThanShwe sends WorkersDay message

Mandalay Div enjoys…

(from page 1)So, the government has been able to generate

a large number of job opportunities. Now, thegovernment is nurturing and training the workersinto human resources.

In recognition of the important role of the

(from page 1)Command Maj-Gen TinNgwe and departmentalofficials, inspected work onconstruction of the district-to-district linking road No-2 being constructed byMandalay DivisionDevelopment Committeein Nay Pyi Taw Tatkontownship on 28 April.

First, they visitedthe work site of the district-to-district linking road No-2 near Kintha Village atMile Post No 148/4 andcalled for timelycompletion of the workmeeting the set standard.

Afterwards, theywent to the mile post No.122on the road where an officialconcerned reported on roadwork of the Yamethin-Hlinetat Road Section of thedistrict-to-district linkingroad No-2.

Lt-Gen Tha Ayeand party inspected pavinggravel on the road sectionbetween Mile Post No 103and 107.

The 212.7-milelong district-to-districtlinking road will connect

workers in the nation-building tasks, the governmentguarantees the fundamental rights of workers such assecurity of workers, worksite safety, correct solutionsto trade disputes, and improvement of their livingstandard.

Now, the State constitution drawn with thebasic principles at the National Convention by thedelegates including the delegates of workers, has beenapproved with the votes of the great majority of thevoters at the referendum.

In accordance with the new constitution,elections will be held in 2010 to form hluttaws(parliaments).

It is, therefore, required of the workers towork hard hand in hand with the people, employingthe knowledge and experiences gained throughoutthe successive periods and evaluating the objectiveconditions for successful completion of the State'sseven-step Road Map designed to build a peaceful,modern and developed nation.

On such an auspicious occasion of theWorkers Day, I wish the entire workers, blue collarand white collar, a success in serving the nationalinterest, working harder than ever in production andservices sectors with physical and mental well-being.—MNA

Patheingyi Township inMandalay and Paung,Mon State, passingthrough Kyaukse andMeiktila districts.

During the tour ofKyaukse township, Lt-GenTha Aye met with localpeople in Thanywa Village-tract in Kyaukse Townshipand fulfilled therequirements for theagriculture, health anddevelopment sectors in thetownship. At the meeting,the commander donatedcash to the fund of theThanywa Station Hospitaland presented sport gear toofficials concerned forvillages in the township.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Tha Aye and partyproceeded to Myogyi Damproject near MyogyiVillage in YwanganTownship beingimplemented by theconstruction group-7 of theMinistry of Agriculture andIrrigation. At the briefinghall, the director of theconstruction group-7reported on work onconstruction of the dam,

facts about the dam andgenerating hydro powerfrom the dam. He alsoreported on irrigation ofwater from Kengkham Damto Zawgyi Dam through the14-mile long canal.

After hearingreports, Lt-Gen Tha Ayecalled for timelycompletion of the dam toirrigate the Meiktila Plainand to crop fieldssufficiently.

They alsoinspected the constructionworks of the dam. Uponcompletion, the dam willgenerate 135.70 millionkilowatt hours and willirrigate about 30,000 acresin Meiktila Plain.

During the tour ofNatogyi Township inMyingyan District, Lt-GenTha Aye met with localpeople and presented biogas-powered batteries,fluorescents and sports gearto them. Afterwards, Lt-Gen Tha Aye and partywent to the work site of thedistrict-to-district linkingRoad No-1 at Mile PostNo-14 and gave instructionsto officials concerned.

MNA

YANGON, 30April—Leading Com-mittee for Beautifying andUpgrading Yangon Cityheld its metting (7/2009)at the City Hall, here,yesterday.

Patron of theLeading Committee Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defenceattended the meeting.

In his speech onthe occasion, Lt-Gen

Beautifying and upgrading ofYangon discussed

Myint Swe stressed that asYangon is a commercialcity, all committeemembers must spare noefforts in the process tomake it become aninternational standard cityas targeted.

Chairman ofYangon Division Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Brig-Gen WinMyint and Chairman of

Yangon City DevelopmentCommittee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Linpresented necessaryreports.

Chairmen ofworking committees andofficials concernedreported measures taken bytheir respectivecommittees. Lt-Gen MyintSwe made necessaryinstruction and fulfilled theneeds. —MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30April—Minister forFinance and RevenueMaj-Gen Hla Tun metwith Ms Michelle Su-WenChan, Ambassador ofAustralia Common wealth

F&R Minister meets Australian Ambassadorto Myanmar, at theministry, here, on 28April.

They discussedbilateral cooperation inaffairs of finance andrevenue.

Present on theoccasion were DeputyMinister for F&R Col HlaThein Swe, MyanmarCentral Bank Governor UThan Nyein and officialsconcerned.—MNA

YANGON, 30 April– The plenary meeting2008-09 of MyanmarWomen Entrepreneurs’Association will be heldat the meeting hall of theassociation in MWEATower on Shwedagon

MWEA to hold AGM on 8 MayPagoda Road in DagonTownship here at 10 a.m.on 3 May.

The 14th annualgeneral meeting of theassociation will be held atBall Room of SedonaHotel on Kaba Aye

Pagoda Road at 9 a.m. on8 May. The dinner will behosted at the same venueat 6 p.m. the same day.Members are invited toattend the meeting anddinner without fail.

MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe ofMinistry of Defence

speaking atcoordination meeting

on LeadingCommittee for

Beautifying andUpgrading Yangon

City Meeting 7/2009. MNA

Minister for Finance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun receivesAmbassador of Australia Common wealth to Myanmar Ms Michelle

Su-Wen Chan. — MNA

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Inspection for safe consumption of pork andrelated products imported through border

gateways, educative talks on animal health heldL&F Ministry: There has been no swine flu case in Myanmar

NAY PYI TAW, 30 April—Swine influenza has broken out in 27 countriesfrom 17 to 29 April. So far, the swine flu has infected 2962 people and killed160.

There has been no case of H1N1 virus in pig in the regions where swineflu breaks out in humans, according to the news release of World Organizationfor Animal Health (OIE).

The Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries is carrying out necessarypreventive measures against outbreak of swine flu virus in pigs of Myanmar.

Immediately after receiving the news about the outbreak of swine fluin humans in Mexico, the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries is releasingwarnings to State/Division LBVDs and different levels of the MyanmarLivestock Breeding Federation, making field trips to check the health conditionof animals at pig farms, performing the surveillance of virus and raising thebio-security.

News and information on knowledge about animal health are beingannounced to the people in time through dailies, radio and TV.

The inspection for safe consumption of pork and related productsimported through border gateways and the educative talks on animal health arebeing held in States and Divisions.

The Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries issued news that so far there hasbeen no case of swine flu infected to pigs in Myanmar.

MNA

The Government of the Union of MyanmarMinistry of Livestock and Fisheries

Livestock Breeding and Veterinary DepartmentWarning on Swine flu in Myanmar

1. News on swine flu in humans throughout the world(a) Outbreak of virus across the world: Swine influenza in humans is

spreading from North America to South America, Europe, Asia and Australiafrom 17 to 29 April. The World Health Organization designated swine fluas pandemic alert level phase 5.

(b) Nature of virus in swine flu: It is a new virus H1N1 combined with genesof virus from pigs, chicken and human influenzas.

2. Point of view of World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)(a) According to the news released by the OIE on 28-4-2009, Swine influenza

A (H1N1) that broke out in humans in North America was not infected fromfoods.

(b) Up to now, it should not be called swine influenza because the virus H1N1had not been found in pigs. The current virus should be called NorthAmerican Influenza similar to the past epidemics of human influenzaepidemics such as Spanish flu and Asian flu.

(c) As there is no evidence of virus infection in pigs in the regions where swineflu breaks out, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) states thatit is not necessary to limit the trade of pig and pork in the internationalmarket and the eating of pork or related products are not harmful to theconsumers.

3. Nature of swine flu: Although serious illness can be found in pigs with virusinfection of swine flu, there may be least causality. Such virus can be prevented atthe breeding farms through the vaccines.4. Common outbreak of swine disease in Myanmar: The common outbreakof virus in pigs is only classical swine fever, and so far, there has been no case of swineflu in Myanmar.5. Attention to animal health: As swine flu may have the zoonosis infectionbetween animals and humans, the pig breeders and sellers are to join hands with theLivestock Breeding and Veterinary Department, the Myanmar Livestock BreedingFederation, development affairs committees, and local authorities in taking preventivemeasures against the swine flu.

Livestock Breeding and Veterinary DepartmentMinistry of Livestock and Fisheries

News and information on outbreak ofswine flu released to people in timeMinistry of Health: There has been noswine flu case in Myanmar up to now

NAY PYI TAW, 30 April—Swine influenza has broken out since 17 April.So far, the swine flu infected more than 2,100 people and killed 159 in Mexico,and the virus has spread to 18 countries including Mexico.

Swine influenza may be transformed into global human flu. Since 25April, the Ministry of Health has been taking preventive measures against theswine flu transmitting to humans.

The Ministry of Health has carried out preparedness measures againstoutbreak of Swine influenza A (H1N1) in Myanmar, made preparations formedical treatment, provided medicines and medical equipment and laboratoryapparatuses to the hospitals and prepared the special patient wards at the hospitalsfor emergency use.

With regard to situations of outbreak of Swine Influenza, the preventivemeasures and dissemination of health knowledge are being released to the peoplethrough TV, radio and dailies in time.

Since 29 April, the visitors have been screened at airports, seaports andexits of borders.

Up to now, there has been no case of swine flu in Myanmar, accordingto the Ministry of Health.

MNA

Screening being performed on passengers on their arrival at YangonInternational Airport to prevent outbreak of swine flu in Myanmar.—MNA

Health officials screening arrivals at Yangon International Airport by taking preventive measures against swine flu.—MNA

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Type of from No 3 Junction from Pyu from No 3 Junctionvehicles to Pyu to Nay Pyi Taw to Nay Pyi Taw

Vehicles K 1,500 K 1,000 K 2,500under 1 tonVehicles K 3,000 K 2,000 K 5,000under 3 tonsVehicles K 4,500 K 3,000 K 7,500under 5 tonsVehicles K 7,500 K 5,000 K 12,500under 10 tons

Public WorksMinistry of Construction

Toll gate fees to be paid from No 3 Junction of Yangon-Mandalay Expressway to Nay Pyi Taw C Junction

beginning 30-4-2009

MMCWA 19th annual meeting concludes

MMCWA passes 3 resolutions, adopts12 future work programmes

NAY PYI TAW, 30 April – The 19th Annual Meeting of Myanmar Maternaland Child Welfare Association took place at the association office here on 28 and 29April. After the meeting, three resolutions were passed and 12 future work programmeslaid down.Three resolutions1. To follow the instructions of National Health Committee as a work guideline2. To participate in preparedness and response measures against global human flu

and in times of emergencies in collaboration with departments, local andinternational social organizations, intellectuals and intelligentsia and the peopleunder the leadership of the State in accord with the motto of World Health Day2009 “Save lives. Make hospitals safe in emergencies.”

3. To actively cooperate with government departments and the internal andinternational social organizations with the same aims in carrying out the tasks ofthe association.

Twelve future work programmes1. To focus on rural areas and suburban areas in the drive for reducing mortality rate

of pregnant women, infants and children under five.2. To continue to turn out local auxiliary midwives and supervise for raising their quality3. To strive for enabling families to have the habit of increasing their knowledge of

nutrition and cooking nutritious ford4. To take preventive measures against infectious diseases including malaria, TB,

HIV/AIDS and bird flu, and to inform to nearest health care centres as quicklyas possible if the diseases break out

5. To place emphasis on educating the public about healthy living in order to preventdiseases

6. To carry out sanitation tasks in families’ surrounding areas and to use clean waterand fly-proof latrines in every house

7. To grow herbal plants and provide family health care based on traditionalmedicine

8. To create a healthy atmosphere for children and to establish garbage-, mosquito-and tobacco-free schools

9. To extend education promotion tasks10.To open more pre-primary schools for all-round development of children, to

ensure that all school-age children have education opportunities, that theycomplete primary education and that they get assistance to pursue middle andhigh school education

11.To open more training courses on small loans and domestic training in order toincrease family income

12.To continue to turn out heads of ten households, to expedite health, education,social and economic tasks and to send lists of mortality rates by heads of tenhouseholds to nearest health centers. —MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30 April— Myanmar Maternal andChild Welfare Associationconcluded its 19th annualmeeting at its office herethis morning.

It was attended byMMCWA President DawKhin Saw Hnin, Vice-President Daw Aye Aye,CEC members and centralcouncil members,Chairpersons of State/Division Maternal andChild Welfare SupervisoryCommittees, Secretaries

and joint-secretaries.MMCWA President

Daw Khin Saw Hninpresided over the meetingand Secretary Dr Daw WaiWai Tha acted as MC andJoint-Secretary-2 Dr DawThein Thein Htay co-MC.

Next, central councilmembers gave suggestionson annual reports andpapers of State/DivisionMaternal and Child WelfareSupervisory Committees.

Central Councilmembers urged more

efforts in providing health,education, economic andsocial sectors for mothersand children and theirfamilies and this shouldbe made as the future plan.

The president, thevice-president and partyreviewed suggestions andthose present made threeresolutions andadopted12 future workprogrammes. The meetingended with concludingremarks of thepresident.—MNA

YANGON, 30April—Myanmar NewStars Industry Co Ltd helda prize presentationceremony of Super Power& Speed engine oil andlubricants distribution

Software to be on display at MyanmarICT Exhibition 2009

YANGON, 30A p r i l — M y a n m a rInformation TechnologyPrivate Limited (MIT) willdisplay its own software to

be used in office,supermarket, mini market,store, hotel, hospital and webdesign and sell them atspecial discount at

Myanmar ICT Exhibition2009 to be held at TatmadawConvention Hall on UWisaya Road here from 1 to3 May. —MNA

Myanmar New Stars Industry Co Ltdholds prize presentation ceremony

(Yangon-Head Office) atNo. Ka- 39, Room No. 9,Bayintnaung Market,Mayangon Township,Yangon on 25 April.

First, ManagingDirector U Ko Lay of

Myanmar New StarsIndustry Co Ltd made anintroductory speech andpresented prizes to 33 salesagents who sold most from1 January to 31 December,2008 including Ko NayWin (Taunggyi), AuntyWin (Bayintnaung) and UThan (Bago) who stoodfirst, second and thirdrespectively.

Myanmar NewStars Industry Codistributes Super Power &Speed engine oil andlubricants imported fromUAE as sole agent inMyanmar. Those whowish to purchase theengine oil and lubricantsmay contact the company(Ph: 01- 686263, 686306and 686727).—MNA

President Daw Khin Saw Hnin makes concluding remarks at 19th

annual meeting of MMCWA.—MNA

MD U Ko Lay of Myanmar New StarsIndustry Co Ltd presents prize to an

outstanding sale agent.—MNA

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A matador performs adangerous pass during

a bullfight in theMaestranza Bullring

in Sevilla, Spain.INTERNET

ANKARA, 30 April—A womanpretending to be a student detonated abomb at an Ankara university during avisit by a former justice minister onWednesday but no one was wounded,state news agency Anatolian said.

The woman, who was carryingexplosives, approached former ministerHikmet Sami Turk as he visited theuniversity, Anatolian said. The womanwas detained and two separateexplosives with fuses were found onher. Turk told NTV broadcaster the blastoccurred about a metre from him. Turkwas hated by left-wing organizations

for his policies when he was in office.Turk also said he had received deaththreats. “There has been a bomb attack,but it’s over now, we don’t know thedetails of the attack .... We think it’s asuicide bomber,” a Bilkent Universitysource, who declined to be named, toldReuters.

Police have recently warned of anescalation in attacks by the outlawed,separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party(PKK) in Turkey. Separately, ninesoldiers died in a bomb blast blamed onthe PKK in southeast Turkey.

MNA/Reuters

Suspected suicide bomber attacksAnkara university

In this photo released by Goodyear, Tyler Shoff,15, of Akron, Ohio, crosses the finish-line beating

NASCAR driver Greg Biffle by more than threecar lengths at the Goodyear Fuel Max Challenge,a quarter-mile soap box derby race held at DerbyDowns, site of the All-American Soap Box Derby,

in Akron, Ohio, on 29 April , 2009.—INTERNET

186 mln in US livewith dangerous air

pollutionWASHINGTON, 30

April—Six in 10 USresidents—more than 186million people—live inareas with dangerouslevels of air pollution,the American LungAssociation reported onWednesday. The air inmany US cities becamedirtier last year, theassociation said in itsannual “State of the Air”report. “Despite almost 40years since the Clean AirAct passed in 1970, six in10 Americans still live indirty air areas, areas wherethe air is unhealthful tobreathe,” the group’s PaulBillings said in a telephoneinterview.—MNA/Reuters

World can burn 25 pct of oil,coal “safely”: Study

WASHINGTON, 30 April—The world can burn only aquarter of proven reserves of oil, gas and coal to beconfident of staying within safer climate limits, unlessuntested carbon fixes work, experts said on Wednesday.

Two studies published in the journal Nature,scientists honed the basis for urgent climate action asthe world tries to map by the end of this year agreementon a new treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol.

People could burn no more oil, gas and coal intheir homes, cars and factories after 2024, at currentrates, to limit to one in five the chance of exceeding 2degrees Celsius warming worldwide, one article found.

Carbon emissions are rising at about 3 percent ayear, although that rate is expected to fall temporarilyas a result of the recession.

Without urgent action the climate problem couldget out of hand, becoming very difficult or impossibleto contain within safer limits, both studies found.

Fighting climate change will be expensive, forexample to replace cheap fossil fuels with more costlyrenewable energy.

Both Nature studies recommended that globalemissions peak by 2020 or sooner. “Late and rapidreductions are risky, expensive and disruptive, andhence potentially politically infeasible,” bothresearchers said in a joint commentary in Nature.

The second study said that people could only emitanother 500 billion tonnes of carbon for all time,which they would do in the next 40 years at currentrates. That implied a 50 percent chance of exceeding2 degrees.—Internet

Thirteen people were shot dead at a university inoil-producing Azerbaijan on Thursday when at

least one gunman open fire shortly after the bellrang for morning classes.—INTERNET

BAKU, 30 April—Astatement from the AzeriHealth Ministry said 13people had died in theshooting at the State OilAcademy in Baku, capitalof the Muslim Caspian Seastate.

Police said the“terrorists” had beenneutralised, but it wasunclear how manygunmen were involved.

Police closed accessroads and special forcessurrounded the building, aReuters reporter said.Photographs showed poolsof blood on the steps to theuniversity and paramedicscarrying out bodies inbags.

Baku ambulanceservice chief MursalGamidov said there wasone gunman, a citizen ofneighbouring Georgia,

At least 13 shot dead in Azericollege shooting

who appeared to be astudent of the academy.

ANS said thereappeared to be twogunmen. A student whoasked not to be named toldReuters he also believedthere were two attackers.

“As far as I knowthere were two terrorists,”he said. “One of them

committed suicide andanother was arrested bypolice.”

He said the shootingstarted shortly after thebell rang for morningclasses at 9 a.m. (0500GMT). He said onegunman climbed the stairsfiring on each of the sixfloors.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 30April—Chrysler LLC isexpected to file forbankruptcy Thursday inManhattan bankruptcycourt, according to sourceswith direct knowledge ofthe situation.

An administrationofficial said earlier onThursday that theautomaker would proceedwith Chapter 11bankruptcy protectionproceedings now that talkswith debtholders havebroken down.

Meanwhile a smallgroup of hedge fundsrejected a final opportunityto restructure auto makerChrysler outside ofbankruptcy in negotiationswith the US Treasury, anObama administration

offical said.US officials had

offered Chrysler’s securedlenders $2.25 billion incash in exchange forforgiving their first liendebt, the official said.

“Their failure to act ineither their own economicinterest or the nationalinterest does not diminishthe accomplishmentsmade by Chrysler, Fiat andits stakeholders nor will it

impede the newopportunity Chrysler nowhas to restructure andemerge stronger goingforward,” the official said.

As of Thursdaymorning, Chrysler still hadnot gained the bondholdersupport it needs to moveforward with arestructuring and avoid thefirst-ever bankruptcyfiling by a Big Three USautomaker.—Internet

Chrysler to file for bankruptcy

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV HANSA LONDON VOY NO ( )Consignees of cargo carried on MV HANSA

LONDON VOY NO ( ) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 1.5.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.P 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 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm up to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the vessel.

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S MAXICON CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Li Wanyu, a contestant

competes during the

Juvenile Robot Contest

of Fujian Province in

Putian City, southeast

China’s Fujian

Province, recently.

XINHUA

Ship of Vietnamese riceexport welcoming

good wind HANOI, 30 April—Vietnam has so far this yearshipped nearly 2.5 million tons of rice, bringing inexport turnover of 1.16 billion US dollars, up 50 per-cent in volume and 44 percent in value compared withthe same period last year, said Vietnam’s General Sta-tistics Office on Tuesday. According to Vietnam Food Association, Vietnamhas signed contracts to export four million tons of riceout of the five million ton target this year. Despite the rice export figure in the first months ofthis year showing positive signs for the local rice ex-porters amid the global economic downturn, exportprices are declining, said the association. The country’s rice in April was exported at 406.5US dollars a ton on average, down 26 US dollars aton over the same month last year. This price is likelyto go down due to competitive prices of foreign riceproducers like Thailand and India, said the associa-tion. The association is considering the proposal ofexporting an additional 200,000 tons of rice this yearto the government for approval, raising the total riceexport volume to 5.2 million tons. —Internet

Philippines to slash coal useMANILA, 30 April—The Philippines plans to reduce

its energy dependence on coal over the next five yearsto lessen carbon emissions which contribute to climatechange, an energy official said on Tuesday.

“Part of the plan is to reduce the share of coal in thetotal energy generation mix from more than 20 percentat present to a range of 10 to 15 percent in five years,”said Energy Undersecretary Zamzamin Ampatuan.

Ampatuan said this is part of a five-year CleanEnergy Investment Plan that the government willrelease in three months.

Ampatuan told a press conference that the plan willencourage the development of renewable energythrough incentives to investors.

The plan will also include building more electric-powered mass transport systems, like overhead rail-ways, to reduce oil use, he said.

A recent Asian Development Bank (ADB) studysaid that climate change “could cut the country’s grossdomestic product by about seven percent annuallytowards the end of this century.”

It also emphasized that the Philippines along withThailand, Indonesia and Vietnam were “vulnerable” toclimate change caused by carbon emissions.—Internet

Danish wind firm Vestascuts 1,900 jobs

COPENHAGEN, 30 April—The world’s biggest windenergy group, Vestas of Denmark, said on Tuesday itwould cut 1,900 jobs in northern Europe due to slump-ing demand, and posted a 70 percent rise in first-quarter net profits. Vestas in a statement cited “over-capacity” in its northern European plants, whichproduce wind turbines for American markets, and saidthere was also not enough demand in Europe to matchcurrent production, making layoffs necessary.

The group said its net profits in the first quarter of2009 were 56 million euros (73 million dollars), up 70percent on the previous quarter, beating analysts’forecasts.—Internet

A Vestas windmill in operation in Denmark. Theworld’s biggest wind energy group has said it will

cut 1,900 jobs across northern Europe due toslumping demand, and posted a 70 percent rise in

first-quarter net profits.—INTERNET

India bans circulation ofUS DVDs without

authorizationNEW DELHI, 30 April—India’s Delhi High Court has

ruled that renting of imported American DVDs wasagainst law, said the local Hindi daily NavbharatTimes on Tuesday.

The court has ruled that if a movie rental shop buysCDs, DVDs or blue ray discs in bulk from Americanmarkets and puts in circulation in India, in form ofrenting or otherwise, it will make up a violation of law,according to the report.

The court said imported DVDs without authoriza-tion of the Indian censor board and copyrights docu-ments cannot be circulated in public, although one canbuy CDs or DVDs from other countries for personalviewing at home.

The US Hollywood firm Warner Bros. Entertain-ment has earlier filed a petition at the court requestingthe ban of circulation of US DVDs in India, saying itviolates the copyrights of American movie producers.

The court has ruled that screening rights of a movieare limited only to a particular country or area, so amovie which has been given screening rights in the UScannot be screened in India without authorization.

MNA/Xinhua

Venezuela seizes over2,700 tons of illegal drug

materials CARACAS, 30 April—Venezuela this year has seized

more than 2,700 tons of chemical materials used forproducing illegal drugs, officials said on Monday.

Director of the National Office Against-Drugs(ONA) Nestor Reverol told reporters about the figuresat the opening of the workshop “Mechanisms of Con-trol and Full Use of Chemical Substances”, sponsoredby the Inter-American Comission for Controlling DrugAbuse of the Organization of American States (OAS).

Reverol said the training of the staff is very impor-tant for Venezuela to stop the trafficking of illegal drugsubstances.

To the moment some 700 officers in the country arewell-trained to identify these substances, he said.

MNA/Xinhua

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Photo taken on 24 April shows the stalactite in the Furong Karst Cave inWulong County of southwest China’s Chongqing. About 30 different kinds

of Sedimentary Characteristics can be found in the single cave, with an areaof 37,000 square metres, which draws attention of many experts and

tourists.—INTERNET

National book trading expo opensBEIJING, 30 April—The

eastern coastal city ofQingdao is hosting anauxiliary event to the 19thNational Book TradingExpo in Jinan. Availableat the book carnivalare some 160 thousandtitles from more thanfour hundred domesticpublishers.

The Book Expo’sQingdao branch is thelargest ever show of itskind in the port city. Thedevelopment of China’spublishing industry ispresented through print

publications, animationand video games,co-pyrights, and periodicals.

On display are resultsof heavyweight projectslike “The CompleteCanon of ChineseLiterature” and “Com-mentaries on ChineseThinkers.” Also availableare more accessible andaffordable titles. Evenbetter are the discounts.

Book buyer Zhong Weisaid, “I haven’t addedthem up yet. These bookscost about three thousandyuan. I believe. All of

them are at discountedprices, mostly thirty tofifty percent. I neverhad such bargains atbookstores. I love clas-sical literature, so Ibought all these books.”

Many of the books dealwith social sciences,literature and arts, and the60-year history of thePeople’s Republic ofChina. Most evident is theincreasing integration oftraditional publishingoperation with the newmedia.

Internet

Visitors step around aweird cartoonic figureexhibited at the cartoon& animation industryfair, at the World LeisureExpo Garden, inHangzhou, east China’sZhejiang Province, on 29April, 2009. —INTERNET

S Korea lifts ban on stemcell research

SEOUL, 30 April—South Korea Wednesday condi-tionally lifted a ban on stem cell research using hu-man eggs, three years after outlawing the practice be-cause a scientist was found to have faked his work.

The national committee on bioethics said it agreedto approve a new research project if scientists meetcertain conditions.

The committee banned such research in 2006 afterHwang Woo-Suk’s claims that he created the first hu-man stem cells through cloning were ruled to be bo-gus. A team from Seoul’s Cha General Hospital hadsought approval for its stem cell project using abortedhuman eggs to develop cures for grave human dis-eases.

“The hospital will be allowed to go ahead with itsproject if it meets four conditions,” a committee offi-cial told AFP. He said details would be announced later.

South Korean scientists have urged the governmentto allow embryonic stemcell research, especially af-ter US President Barack Obama this year lifted a banon federal funding for such research.—Internet

The stem cell researchfacility where disgracedscientist Hwang Woo-Suk operated in Seoul,South Korea. The coun-try has conditionallylifted a ban on researchusing human eggs, threeyears after outlawing thepractice because HwangWoo-Suk was found tohave faked his work.

INTERNET

Smoking,hypertensioncause most

premature deathsNEW York, 30 April—

Hundreds of thousands ofdeaths every year in theUS could be prevented bytackling just a few riskfactors, according to anew study out today in thejournal PLoS Medicine.

Dr Majid Ezzati ofHarvard University andcolleagues estimated thetoll of poor diet, highblood pressure, cigarettesmoking, sedentarylifestyle and other factorsby determining how 2005mortality data wouldchange if each were elimi-nated.

Internet

HK scientists developing rapid testfor swine flu

A newspaper headlineof swine flu is seen on a

downtown street inHong Kong on 27 April,

2009. —INTERNET

BEIJING, 30 April—Hong Kong said Mondayit has assigned a team ofscientists to develop a testthat will hopefully cut thetime it takes to diagnosethe new swine flu strainfrom a few days to a fewhours.

Researchers in HongKong played a big role indiscovering and deter-mining how to treat SARS— a separate deadly virusthat spread rapidly in 2003,killing more than 900people. The island was the

second hardest hit aftermainland China.

Thomas Tsang, con-troller for Hong Kong’sCenter for Health Pro-tection, said the govern-ment and the territory’suniversities are jointly de-veloping the rapid swine flutest using genetic infor-mation on the virus from

the World Health Orga-nization. Such data isshared with designated flulaboratories worldwide.

“We will look at theinformation, including itsgenetic makeup, and wecan produce a test cor-respondingly,” Tsang saidin Hong Kong.

Internet

BEIJING, 30 April—TheAmerican animatedfeature “Kungfu Panda”and China’s “CalabashBrothers” are the bigwinners at the ChinaInternational Cartoon andAnimation Festival inHangzhou. Popularcartoon characters openedthe Festival on Tuesdayevening. More than 15hundred entries fromhome and abroad arecompeting for China’s

highest animation filmaward, “The MonkeyKing,” named after well-loved legendary hero.

Among the topchoices are the filmversion of the popular TVanimation “Happy Sheepand Grey Wolf”, “TheMonkey King” and thesequel of the Africanadventure “Madagascar”.The American “KungfuPanda” took top prize forforeign animation.

Sun Lijun, the headof Animation Institute ofBeijing Film Academysaid, “Kungfu, panda, andchopsticks are all Chineseelements. The effect isgood. We should paymore attention to thebeauty and humor justaround us and borrowfrom them.”

The biggest Chinesewinner is “CalabashBrothers,” which revives apopular 1987 TV series onbig screen.—Internet

People look at threeManchurian tiger cubsenjoying the sunshineat the Kunshun Zoo inKunshan City of east

China’s JiangsuProvince, on 29 April,

2009. —INTERNET

China InternationalAnimation Festival opens

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S P O R T S

United edges Arsenalin Champions League

Sir Alex Ferguson (pictured) haswarned his Manchester United sidethat they still have it all to do in theirChampions League semi-final sec-ond leg against Arsenal next week,after United’s narrow 1-0 first legvictory at Old Trafford.—INTERNET

Bremen no problem for Jol asHamburg eye Euro crown

BREMEN, 30 April—Hamburg coach Martin Jol isrelishing facing Bundesliga rivals Werder Bremen inThursday’s UEFA Cup semi-final despite the heart-break of losing to them on penalties in the GermanCup last week.

Goalkeeper Tim Wiese was Bremen’s hero in Ham-burg when he broke home fans’ hearts with three con-secutive saves in the penalty shoot-out to hand his sidea 3-1 victory on spot kicks in the German Cup semi-final. And with Hamburg fourth in the Bundesliga,while Bremen languish in 10th, Jol is not bothered bylast week’s cup defeat at the hands of Bremen or the2-0 upset at Dortmund in the league last Saturday.

Internet

Martin Jol (right), head coach of German first divi-sion football club Hamburger SV, gives instructionsto his players during a training session.—INTERNET

O’Neill keen on Old Firmjoining EPL

Aston Villa managerMartin O’Neill

Barcelona slam Chelsea tactics after drawBARCELONA, 30 April— Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola reacted an-

grily at what he saw as the referee’s leniency towards English side Chel-sea’s physical approach in their 0-0 Champions League semi-final firstleg match.

Chelsea went away with mission accomplished after they stood firmagainst a barrage from Barcelona at the Camp Nou and become thefirst side this season in the competition to stop Barca from scoring athome. As expected Barca took the game to Chelsea and enjoyed thevast majority of the possession but they were unable to find a waythrough to goal for the first time at home this season in the competi-tion.

Petr Cech made a couple of important blocks from Samuel Eto’o andsubstitute Alexandr Hleb but too often they were restricted to strikesfrom distance.”It is difficult to play against a team which doesn’t wantto play football,” stormed 37-year-old Guardiola, who has worked won-ders with the side since replacing the sacked Frank Rijkaard for thisseason.

Chelsea’s defender John Terry(bottom) slides in to challenge Bar-celona’s defender Daniel Alvesduring their Champions Leaguesemi-final, first-leg match at theCamp Nou stadium in Barcelona.The game ended 0-0.—INTERNET

Roma’s Doni out for 3 monthsafter knee operation

ROME, 30 April—AS Roma’s challenge for a topfour Serie A finish and Champions League footballhas been hit after goalkeeper Doni was ruled out forthree months with a knee injury.

Roma released a statement claiming the Brazilianneeds an operation on the cartilage in his right knee,a process that usually requires three months of recu-peration.

Roma currently sit sixth in Serie A, six pointsbehind fourth-placed Fiorentina, who thrashed them4-1 last weekend, with just five matches remaining.

Internet

Murray out of Rome Tennisas Federer, Nadal cruise

Swiss Roger Federerreturns a forehand to

Croat Ivo Karlovicduring their ATP RomeMasters. Federer won6-4, 6-4.—INTERNET

Tennis ace Jankovic strollsinto second round

A different look for Tiger, Philat Quail Hollow

CHARLOTTEN, 30 April—A bank’s name in the tour-nament title isn’t the only thing missing at QuailHollow.That thick rough lining the fairways is gone,too. “There’s definitely a different setup,” said JimFuryk, a past winner of what is now the Quail HollowChampionship. “We’ve come here a lot of times wherethe rough has been very deep, thick. It’s been a hugepremium on accuracy. And the rough is very low thisyear, as low as I’ve ever seen it, and probably as lowas I’ve seen it in almost any tour event I’ve ever played,outside of Harbourtown.

“Obviously, it’s a different style.”The PGA Tour has been looking for variety in the

way it sets up a golf course, and the staff had a sur-prise for the Quail Hollow Championship. The roughhas been cut at 2 inches, so instead of players havingto take a mighty hack out of the thick grass with hopesof reaching the green, they now can get a little morecreative with their options.—Internet

M A N C H E S -TER, 30 April—Sir AlexFerguson haswarned hisM a n c h e s t e rUnited side thatthey still have itall to do in theirC h a m p i o n sLeague semi-final second legagainst Arsenalnext week.

The holderswill carry thenarrowest of

advantages into the fixture, after John O’Shea’s strike— only his second goal in 60 Champions League ap-pearances — gave them a 1-0 win at Old Trafford inWednesday night’s first leg.

United might easily have won by a more comfort-able margin and, although their manager was happywith his side’s performance, he was quick to dismissany notion that a place in next month’s final in Romeis assured.

Internet

ROME, 30 April—World number four AndyMurray was the majorcasualty on the third dayof the ATP Rome claycourt Masters on Wednes-day as top two seedsRafael Nadal and RogerFederer breezed into thethird round.

Qualifier Juan Monacodumped fourth seedMurray out of the secondround following an epicthree-set match that lastedtwo hours, 40minutes.The Argentineclay specialist made amockery of his number 58world ranking to comethrough 1-6, 6-3, 7-5

against an out-of-sortsMurray, whose dreadfulRome record continued.

Internet

Jelena Jankovic of Serbia servesto Slovakia’s Dominika Cibul-kova during their first roundtennis match of the WTAtournamentin Stuttgart. Janko-vic won 6-1, 6-1.—INTERNET

STUTTGART, 30April—Defendingchampion JelenaJankovic needed justover an hour tobreeze past Slova-kian teenager Domi-nika Cibulkova 6-1,6-1 on Wednesdayand book her placein the second roundof Stuttgart’s WTAtournament.

Having finishedlast year as world number one, Jankovic has droppedto fourth in the WTA rankings but the 24-year-old hadno problems against her first round opponent as shebids to defend her title here on clay.

“I have struggled for form recently and it is impor-tant to enjoy my tennis and I enjoyed that today,” saidJankovic. “I expected a tough match, because in thepast she has given me trouble”.—Internet

BIRMINGHAM, 30April—Martin O’Neilladded his backing onWednesday to plans forScottish giants Celtic andRangers to play in theEnglish Premier League.

Bolton chairman PhilGartside has put forwardproposals which wouldsee the Premier Leaguecreate a second division,including the ‘OldFirm’Aston Villa man-

ager O’Neill, who won three Scottish titles and threeScottish FA Cups while in charge of Celtic from 2000to 2005, believes such a move would be mutually ben-eficial to both of the Glasgow clubs and the EPL.

“My personal thought is that Celtic and Rangerswould enhance the Barclays Premier League,” he toldAston Villa TV, the club’s own televisionstation.”Glasgow is a phenomenal football city. Celtichouse 60,000 fans and Rangers house 50,000 fansevery game. I’m not sure about Rangers but I knowCeltic’s capacity could go from 60,000 to 80,000 over-night, without a doubt.—Internet

Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been scattered in Bago and Yangon Divisions, isolatedin Shan, Chin, Kayah and Mon States, weather has beenpartly cloudy in the remaining States and Divisions. Daytemperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) above April average tem-peratures in Kachin and Shan States, lower Sagaing,Mandalay and Magway Divisions, (5°C) to (6°C) aboveApril average temperatures in Chin State and upper SagaingDivision, (3°C) to (4°C) below April average temperaturesin Kayin, Mon States and about April average temperaturesin the remaining States and Divisions. The significant daytemperatures were NyaungU and Minbu (42°C) each,Monywa and Magway (41°C) each. The noteworthyamounts of rainfall recorded were Bago (1.89) inches,Thayawady (0.28) inch and Yey (0.27) inch.

Maximum temperature on 29-4-2009 was 96°F.Minimum temperature on 30-4-2009 was 74°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 30-4-2009 was 71%.Total sunshine hours on 29-4-2009 was (7.2) hrs approx.

Rainfall on 30-4-2009 was (Tr) at Mingaladon, (Nil)at Kaba-Aye and (0.12) inch at Central Yangon. Total rain-fall since 1-1-2009 was (1.14) inches at Mingaladon, (2.01)inches at Kaba-Aye and (5.28) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mphfrom Southwest at (18:30) hours MST on 29-4-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and South Bay and generally fair elsewherein the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 1st May 2009: Rain orthundershowers are likely to be scattered in Shan, Kayinand Mon States, isolated in Kachin and Rakhine States,Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago, Yangon, Ayeyawady andTaninthayi Divisions, weather will be partly cloudy in theremaining States and Divisions. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofisolated rain or thundershowers in the lower Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 1-5-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for1-5-2009:Isolatedrain orthundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for1-5-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for1-5-2009:Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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Invisibility cloakedges closer

WASHINGTON, 30 April—Unlike previous such“cloaks”, the new work does not employ metals,which introduce losses of light and result in imperfectcloaking.

Because the approach can be scaled down furtherin size, researchers say this is a major step towards acloak that would work for visible light.

One of the research teams describes its miniature“carpet cloak” in the journal Nature Materials. This“carpet” design was based on a theory first describedby John Pendry, from Imperial College London, in2008.

Michal Lipson and her team at Cornell Universitydemonstrated a cloak based on the concept. XiangZhang, professor of mechanical engineering at theUniversity of California, Berkeley, led the otherteam.

This in not the first time an invisibility cloak hasbeen made, but previous designs have used metals,whereas the carpet cloak is built using a dielectric - orinsulating material - which absorbs far less light. Metalsintroduce a lot of loss, or reduce the light intensity,” saidProfessor Zhang. This loss can leave a darkened spot inthe place of the cloaked object. So using silicon, amaterial that absorbs very little light, is a “big stepforward,” he says.—Internet

Elderly couples dance at the Temple of Heavenpark in Beijing, China.—INTERNET

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8th Waxing of Kason 1371 ME Friday, 1 May, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

standards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peaceand tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

1. The Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council believes and assumes that the objectives and acts of the Burma Lawyers' Council and itsmembers, and related organizations and persons are hurtful to the rule of law in the Union of Myanmar, stability of the State and community peace.2. According to Section 16 of Unlawful Associations Act, the Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council hereby announces in line with Section15 (2) of Unlawful Associations Act that the above-mentioned organization and related organizations are unlawful associations.

Government of the Union of MyanmarMinistry of Home AffairsAnnouncement (1/2009)

Nay Pyi Taw, 7th Waxing of Kason 1371 ME(30 April 2009)

BLC, related organizations declared unlawful associations

By order,Maj-Gen Maung Oo

MinisterMinistry of Home Affairs

YANGON, 30 April—The third day's footballmatches of AFC Chal-lenge Cup qualifier for2009 continued inBangabandhu stadium,Dhaka this evening.

Myanmar won overCambodia with 1-0 in thegroup-A. The matchended with a goallessdraw in the first half.However, Yazar WinThein broke the deadlockat the stoppage time ofthe second half.

Myanmar tops in thegroup-A with three winsin three matches on ninepoints and advancing aspot in AFC ChallengeCup qualifier.

Myanmar team willarrive back on 2 Maymorning.—MNA

Myanmartops group

withunbeaten

run inAFC

qualifier

The MyanmaRailways under theMinistry of RailTransportation isspreading its wingslocally. It is heartening toknow that the MyanmaRailways is constructingnew railroads across thenation for the comfort and

Myanma Railways to complete nationwide railroad networkArticle: Saw Aung (Tikyit); Photo: Myanma Alin

The opening of Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana-Myohaung dual railroad in progress on 24 November 2007.

convenience of the peoplein the transport sector.

The area on thewest bank of theAyeyawady River has seena railroad that stretches toPakokku through Pathein,Hinthada and Kyangin.The construction of 320miles long Kyangin-

Pakokku Railroad isongoing now. On 22 March2009, Okshitpin-Kanmasection of the railroad wasput into commission. As aresult, there has beensmooth transport betweenone region and another.The government is tryingto improve the transport

sector by constructing alarge number of roads,railroads and bridgesthroughout the countryincluding border areas,spending huge funds toovercome thegeographical barriers totransport in compliancewith the guidance given

by Head of State SeniorGeneral Than Shwesaying that smoothtransport not only raisedthe living standard of thepeople but also served asa fundamental factor forfortifying the unity ofnational brethren.

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