The New Light of Myanmar 08-02-2010

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 298 10th Waning of Tabodwe 1371 ME Monday, 8 February, 2010

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment of other sectors of the economy as well

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

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

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept inthe hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Con-

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Prime Minister General Thein Seinreceives Minister at the Prime

Minister’s Office of LPDRNAY PYI TAW, 7 Feb—Prime

Minister of the Union of MyanmarGeneral Thein Sein received Chairmanof National Sports and PhysicalEducation Committee Minister at thePrime Minister’s Office Dr PhouthongSeng-Akhom of the Lao People’sDemocratic Republic and party at the

hall of Government Office, here, at 4.30pm today.

Also present at the call wereMinister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura AyeMyint and departmental heads.

The Laotian delegation wasaccompanied by Lao PDR Ambassador toMyanmar Mr Kouily A Souphakhet.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein receives Chairman of National Sports and Physical Education Committee Minister at the Prime Minister’sOffice Dr Phouthong Seng-Akhom of Lao PDR at Government Office in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein cordially greets Chairman ofNational Sports and Physical Education Committee Minister at the Prime

Minister’s Office Dr Phouthong Seng-Akhom of Lao PDR atGovernment Office in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

Gratitude owed to our forefathersBecause of the gratitude owed to our forefathers of the successive eras, who lived in unity

with high vision, attaching themselves with bonds of amity, with the family spirit – love andfriendship, helpfulness, sympathy, mutual reliance, understanding, forgiveness, and cooperationbased on common interest – as the foundation, the national races of the Union have been ableto live together and join hands for a long time.

Senior General Than ShweChairman of the State Peace and Development Council

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services(From the message sent on the occasion of 57th Anniversary Union Day)

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Monday, 8 February, 2010

PERSPECTIVES

Try to make movies ofinternational standard

Improvement of movie standard is thelifeblood of Myanmar’s film world. Filmartistes, technicians and producers are tofocus on meeting the standards of theirmovies. They have to try to improve more inall parts such as plot, acting and mode ofdress.

In making and screening global movies,modern technologies and equipment andgood sound effects are being used. It is foundthat their movies are penetrating theinternational market due to excellentperformance in all sectors plus the efforts offilm directors and stars.

With the assistance rendered by theState and the efforts made by those from thefilm world, Myanmar has been able to makemovies with better picture, colour and soundsystem. So it is necessary to continue toimprove the movie standard and producemovies of international standard till reachingthe global market.

Throughout the successive eras, thosefrom the Myanmar film industry were ableto uplift national integrity with the might ofarts. They have constantly been dischargingnational duties from the period ofindependence struggles to the present timeof building a new nation.

With the advent of globalization amongworld countries, alien culture such as arts,music and dress style of some countries isinfiltrating into Myanmar. Their ideologyand character has wielded influence on us.Therefore, the people, including the youth,are to be vigilant against such alien culture.

A movie has great influence on us. So,film artistes and producers are to try toproduce movies in which their acting andmode of dress are compatible with theMyanmar culture. All in all, MyanmarMotion Picture Asiayon and those from thefilm world are to make greater efforts toproduce movies of international standard.

* 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

Minister for Religious Affairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung being welcomed by Sri Lankan

Ambassador Mr Neuton Gunaratna at thereception to mark 62nd Anniversary

Independence Day of the Democratic SocialistRepublic of Sri Lanka on 7 February.—MNA

Minister U Thaung presents diligence award toAssistant Lecturer U Saw Tun Aung ofGovernment Technological University

(Kengtung).—MNA

Special Refresher Course No. 13 for faculty

members concludes at CICS (Upper Myanmar)

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Feb—Special Refresher CourseNo. 13 for faculty members concluded at the CentralInstitute of Civil Service (Upper Myanmar) inPyinOoLwin Township, Mandalay Division thismorning. Minister for Science and TechnologyU Thaung, on behalf of Myanmar Education CommitteeChairman State Peace and Development CouncilSecretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo,gave a speech on the occasion.

Also present were Deputy Minister for Hotels andTourism Brig-Gen Aye Myint Kyu, Deputy Minister forSocial Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Brig-Gen KyawMyint, Deputy Minister for Health Dr Mya Oo, DeputyMinister for Education Brig-Gen Aung Myo Min, DeputyMinister for Labour Brig-Gen Tin Tun Aung, MandalayMayor Brig-Gen Phone Zaw Han, the Deputy ChiefJustice, members of Civil Service Selection and TrainingBoard, the rector and pro-rectors of the CICS, heads offaculties and course instructors.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister U Thaung saidthat since possession of advanced technologies andadequate educated human resources of high proficiencywas pivotal in development drive of a nation, 30-yearlong-term national education promotion plan was beingimplemented in both basic education and higher sectorsin accordance with the goal of Myanma education—emergence of an education system that can createcontinuous learning society to be able to cope withchallenges of the Knowledge Age.

Faculty members were to try hard to haveencyclopedic knowledge of their respective subjects,meanwhile, they were also to nurture their students asefficient human resources for future society based on

education. It was also the responsibilities of facultymembers to put findings of researches into practical useand to strive for wide-ranging development of appliedsubjects that were suitable with the nation.

So, the government, with a view to emergence ofeducated human resources, had been fulfilling all thenecessities to promote basic and higher education.Efficient human resources plus invaluable naturalresources would bring about prosperous future of thenation.

The government was systematically implementingthe national education promotion programme under sixsectors—development of human resources, applicationof technology, research, continuous learning society,promotion of educational level, preservation of nationalstandard and national value.

In conclusion, the minister urged trainees tonurture themselves as well as students of youngergeneration as able and proficient human resources bylearning continuously and developing applied subjectswidely.

Afterwards, on behalf of the SPDC Secretary-1,Minister U Thaung presented prizes to winners of besttrainee awards, trainee of industry awards, model hostelawards and completion certificates to trainees.

The four-week course was attended by 860 facultymembers from universities and colleges in UpperMyanmar.—MNA

Earthquake Report

YANGON, 7 Feb—A strong earthquake of 6.6Richter Scale with its epicenter outside Myanmar(Ryukyu Islands) about (1900) miles northeast ofKaba-Aye seismological observatory was recordedat 12 hrs 40 min 03 sec today, announced theMeteorology and Hydrology Department.—MNA

All this needs to be known* Do not be frightened whenever

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered* Do not be softened whenever appeased

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Female fire fighters participate in an emergency rescue and disaster reliefdrill in Managua, capital of Nicaragua on 5 Feb, 2010. The drill aims to

equip female fire fighters with adequate field skills while most of them serveas management and logistics staffs. — XINHUA

Iraqis inspect the site of a bomb attack in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, 110kms (70 miles) south of Baghdad. A bomb attack on the last day of a major

mourning ceremony in Iraq killed 54 Shiite pilgrims and wounded more than140 on Friday in an atrocity blamed on Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein

loyalists.—INTERNET

Chinese peacekeeping anti-riot and civilian police officers pose for a groupphoto to send new year’s greetings to their motherland, at the encampment ofthe Chinese peacekeeping anti-riot police team in Port-au-Prince, capital of

Haiti, on 6 Feb, 2010. According to Chinese Lunar calendar, this Saturday isthe 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, marking the end of the year and the start

of a series of Spring Festival activities in China. — XINHUA

Iran opens production lines fortwo new missiles

Nations assure Afghanistan ofsupport for peace with Taleban

Afghan, ISAF troops kill two militantsKABUL, 7 Feb — Afghan and the NATO-led International Security Assistance

Force (ISAF) eliminated two militants in Helmand Province, a Taleban hotbed insouth Afghanistan, a Press release of the alliance said on Saturday.

“An Afghan-international security force in the area of Deh Ghawchak in MusaQaleh District of Helmand province received small- arms fire from a number ofmilitants yesterday, and the troops returned fire killing two militants,” the pressrelease added.

In another operation on Friday the troops discovered a weapons cache inGarmsir district of Helmand Province, the Press release further said.—Xinhua

TEHERAN, 7 Feb — Iran opened itsproduction lines for two new missiles— the Toofan 5 anti-armour missile andthe Qaem anti-helicopter missile — onSaturday, the Fars news agency re-ported.

“The Toufan 5 missile is one of themost advanced anti-armour missiles,which has two warheads and is capableof destroying armoured vehicles, tanksand personnel carriers due to its highpenetration power,” Iranian DefenceMinister Ahmad Vahidi said at the inau-guration ceremony.

The Qaem semi-heavy guided mis-sile can destroy targets flying at lowspeeds and altitudes, specially the ag-

gressive helicopters equipped with ar-mour-like bodies, Vahidi said.

The Qaem missile is not prone to en-emy’s electronic warfare as it is laser-guided, he added.

The Iranian defence minister said thatonce these advanced weapons are mass pro-duced and delivered to the Armed Forces,Iran’ s defence power in ground and aircombats will be reinvigorated.

Also on Saturday, Commander ofIran’s Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defence BaseBrigadier General Ahmad Miqani saidIran has reached full self-sufficiency inthe production of different types ofneeded radars with different ranges andfrequency bands, Fars reported.—Xinhua

Shiite militants kidnapAmerican in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 7 Feb —A missing Iraqi-American con-tractor was kidnapped by Shiite militiamen who luredhim into central Baghdad by promising to help himfind distant relatives, an Iraqi defence official said onSaturday.

A Shiite extremist group claimed responsibility forthe 23 Jan kidnapping and posted a video online thatshows a man wearing military fatigues reading a listof demands that includes the release of militants, theprosecution of Blackwater guards and an immediateAmerican troop withdrawal.

A high-ranking Iraqi defence official and an Ameri-can intelligence official identified the man in the videoas Issa T. Salomi, the missing contractor. Both spokeon condition of anonymity because they were not au-thorized to release the information.

Internet

Jordan launches training programmeon nuclear, radiation safety

AMMAN, 7 Feb — Jor-dan’s Nuclear RegulatoryCommission announced onSaturday the launch of anEU-funded project to pro-vide training for Jordanianstaff in the field of nuclearand radiation safety.

Under the one million-euro project, which is fi-nanced by the EuropeanCommission, training pro-grammes will be offered toJordanian personnel in thefield of nuclear and radia-tion safety, a statement re-leased by the commissionindicated.

Jordanian personnelwill also take part in localand international work-shops held on the issue un-der the project.

The project will enablethe commission to benefitfrom international expertisein drawing up legislationand monitoring systems inthe field, Jordan NuclearRegulatory CommissionDirector General JamalSharaf said in the state-

ment. Sharaf added thatproject, which will be im-plemented over two years,entails enhancing of moni-toring of radioactive ma-terials and focuses on im-plementing safety stand-ards when implementingthe country’s peaceful nu-clear programme.

Xinhua

KABUL, 7 Feb — Sev-eral nations have assuredAfghanistan of their sup-port for its peace plan toend Taleban insurgency.

A statement issued onThursday by Afghanistan’sPresidential Palace saidAfghan President HamidKarzai on Wednesday metwith Saudi King Abdullah

bin Abdulaziz and dis-cussed on Afghanistan’speace process. Karzai in-formed the Saudi king ofhis government’s efforts forreconciliation with theTaleban, requested the king“to guide the Afghan gov-ernment on its talks withthe militant group.”

King Abdullah assured

Karzai of his support to thedialogue offer to theTaleban, according to thestatement.

The Saudi Arabian au-thorities have reportedlyput the condition that theTaleban must renounce theal-Qaeda before Riyadhcould mediate between theKarzai administration andthe militant group.

Pakistan, another nationwhich has influence on Af-ghanistan, said on Thursdayit was ready to help the Af-ghan reconciliation process.“We fully agree that recon-ciliation and reintegration inAfghanistan is an importantelement to achieve peaceand stability in the country,”Pakistan Foreign Ministryspokesman Abdul Basit toldreporters in Islamabad.

Xinhua

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Australia’sResourcehouse signs

China coal dealSYDNEY, 7 Feb—Australian miner

Resourcehouse said on Saturday it hadsigned a 60-billion-US-dollar coal dealwith energy-hungry China, calling itthe country’s “biggest-ever exportcontract”.

Resourcehouse Chairman ClivePalmer said the company had negoti-ated a 20-year agreement to supplyChina Power International Develop-ment (CPI) with 30 million tonnes ofcoal a year from a proposed mine inCentral Queensland.

“This deal with CPI is Australia’sbiggest ever export contract,” Palmersaid in a statement.

The latest in a string of major dealsbetween China and resource-rich Aus-tralia, the project signals a thaw in dip-lomatic tensions surrounding the deten-tion of Rio Tinto executive Stern Huand fraught iron ore price talks.

It also reflects China’s gradual turnfrom being a major coal exporter to in-creasingly importing the fuel fromcountries such as Indonesia and Aus-tralia.

Palmer, Australia’s fifth-richestman, said he had awarded the engineer-ing and construction management con-tract for the eight-billion-US-dollarthermal coal mine, named “ChinaFirst,” to Metallurgical Corp of China(MCC).

Internet

Vietnam tackles US in firstWTO case

A worker pours fresh shrimpat a local seafood processing factoryin the central Vietnamese province

of Quang Binh in 2004.INTERNET

This file photo shows an operationalcoal mine in Australia. Australian

miner Resourcehouse said onSaturday it had signed a $60 bln

coal deal with China, describing itas the country’s “biggest-ever export

contract”.—INTERNET

Ethiopia gets Microsoft softwarein Amharic

Windows Vista operatingsoftware is displayed at a shop

in Virginia. —INTERNET

File photo of Tiger Airways crew members waiting for passengers at Singa-pore’s budget terminal. Singapore budget carrier Tiger Airways announced ithas brought forward the delivery of another four Airbus A320s to next yearinstead of 2016, bringing to nine the number of planes whose delivery has

been accelerated.—INTERNET

Open skies, budget travel:Asian airlines soar

Nissan to slash productionat Spanish plant

HANOI, 7 Feb—Vietnam has filedits first case over anti-dumpingmeasures under World Trade Organi-zation rules since joining the bodythree years ago, official mediareported.

Vietnam brought the case againstanti-dumping tariffs imposed by

the United States on frozen shrimp, theVietnam News Agency said in a reportlate on Friday.

WTO is the only global interna-tional organization dealing with therules of trade between nations.

Vietnam, whose shrimp exportersface US tariffs ranging from 4.13 per-cent to 25.76 percent, sent a request tothe United States on Monday to dis-cuss the anti-dumping measures, theVietnam News Agency said.

If the two countries cannot reach anagreement on the issue within 60 days,Vietnam can propose that the WTO setup a committee to settle the dispute,the report said.

Vietnamese officials were not im-mediately able to comment.

A US diplomat, speaking in Hanoion Saturday, said only that he had heardabout Vietnam’s complaint to theWTO.

Internet

ADDIS ABABA, 7 Feb—US soft-ware giant Microsoft haslaunched Windows Vista inAmharic, the first operating sys-tem in the national language ofEthiopia, the official news agencysaid on Saturday.

“Launching the Amharicversion software is a major stepforward for Amharic to be alanguage of technology,” Direc-tor of the Ethiopian ICT Devel-opment Agency, Debretsion

Gebremichael was quoted as say-ing by the Ethiopian NewsAgency (ENA). He said 40 schol-ars from the Addis Ababa Univer-sity had taken part in the transla-tion of the software and addedthat plans were being drafted fortranslation into some of the na-tion’s other languages.—Internet

SINGAPORE, 7 Feb—The boom in low-costtravel and a growing webof open-skies agreementsare expected to powerlong-term growth forAsian airlines after theglobal recession, industrybosses and analysts said.

Participants in the Sin-gapore Airshow whichended on Sunday ex-pressed optimism that theregion, particularly China,

will lead the rest of theworld to recovery after themost harrowing year inglobal travel.

The world aviation in-dustry lost an estimated11 billion dollars in 2009after a financial crisis thatbegan in the United Statesgrounded travellers andforced airlines to cancel ordefer plane orders.

Organizers of the Sin-gapore Airshow said 10

billion dollars’ worth ofcontracts were done dur-ing the event, down from13 billion dollars in 2008.

“We look forward tothe market picking up fur-ther as the industry ridesthe upturn,” said JimmyLau, managing director ofthe show, Asia’s biggestcivilian-military aero-space conference andexhibition.

Internet

MADRID, 7 Feb—Japa-nese carmaker Nissan saidon Saturday its Avila plantin Spain will keep runningat less than 50 percent ca-pacity for at least threeyears, as unions said it wasplanning to lay off half thefactory staff. The Avilaplant — one of severaloperated by Nissan inSpain — is equipped toturn out 26,000 vehicles

per year, most of themsmall vans, but has beenfunctioning at a fraction ofits capacity since 2008, aNissan spokesman said.

“For the past two yearswe have had to cut produc-tion and the situation isgoing to continue becauseour forecast is for 11,000units per year over the nextthree years,” the spokes-man said.—Internet

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High-speed rail linking central,western China starts operation

With a speed of 350 kilometres per hour, a high-speed Electric MultipleUnit (EMU) train is on test operation en route from Xi’an to Zhengzhou,

in Tongguan, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, on 4 Feb, 2010.XINHUA

XI’AN, 7 Feb—Ahigh-speed railway link-ing central China cityZhengzhou and north-western city Xi’an, wentinto operation on Satur-day.

The 505-km Zhen-gzhou-Xi’an high-speedrailway, the first of itskind in central and west-ern China, cut the traveltime between the two cit-ies from former more thansix hours to less than twohours, said local railwayauthorities on Saturday.

The first train leftXi’an, capital of ShaanxiProvince, at 10:50 am andarrived at Zhengzhou,capital of Henan Prov-ince, at 1:15 pm, saidLong Jing, head of theXi’an Railway Bureau.

The train travelled at350 kilometres per hour,said Long. A total of 14trains would be travellingbetween Zhengzhou andXi’an everyday, saidLong.

The first train fromZhengzhou to Xi’an de-

parted from Zhengzhou at11:25 am and arrived atXi’an at 2:01 pm, said NiuJianfeng, spokesman ofthe Zhengzhou RailwayBureau.

The Zhengzhou-Xi’anhigh-speed railway, in-cluded in the country’s“Mid- and long-term rail-way network plan”, hasbeen built since 25 Sept,2005, with a total invest-ment of about 35.31 bil-lion yuan (5.17 billion USdollars), said Niu.

Xinhua

Russia, NATO pledge to cement tiesTwo folk dancersperform breathtaking

lion dance on knives ata downtown arena in

Nanning, south China’sGuangxi Zhuang

autonomous region on 6Feb, 2010. The folk

dance was a prelude ofa series of culturalcelebrations for theChinese triditional

Spring Festival, or newyear on Chinese lunar

calendar. —XINHUA

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

MOSCOW, 7 Feb—Russia and NATO reit-erated their willingnessto strengthen coopera-tion as both sides haveseen a thaw in ties, theRussian Foreign Minis-try said on Saturday.

Russian ForeignMinister Sergei Lavrovand NATO SecretaryGeneral Anders FoghRasmussen met on Sat-

urday on the sidelinesof a major security con-ference in the Germancity of Munich.

They vowed “to de-velop political dialogueand practical coopera-tion within the Russia-NATO Council,” theministry said, addingthat they also discussedthe situation in Afghani-stan as well as other re-gional and internationalissues.

Russia-NATO rela-

tions sunk to a ColdWar-style chill followinga brief war between Rus-sia and Georgia in Au-gust 2008.

But ties betweenNATO and Moscowhave improved signifi-cantly in recent months.In a sign that their rela-tions have returned to thepre-conflict level, Russiaand NATO resumed con-tacts within the Russia-NATO Council early De-cember. —Xinhua

State of emergencydeclared in Colombian

city over dengue outbreak

Yemen kills at least 11rebels in Saada

SANAA, 7 Feb—Yemeni military forces have killedat least 11 Shiite rebels and wounded others in clashesacross the northern province of Saada, a military-runwebsite reported on Saturday. According to the report,the army troops killed five militants when they at-tempted to sneak into some sites in al-Maqash and al-Aqab in Saada Province.

The report also said another six rebels were killedand unknown others wounded when the troops of thearmed forces repelled an infiltration attempt by thoserebels into Daris hill, in Saada.

The Houthi elements shelled with mortar in thehouse of Sheikh Othmnan Majly in Saada, causingthe death of five citizens.—Xinhua

Small plane crash killsthree in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, 7 Feb—A small plane crashed inwestern Argentina on Saturday, killing all three peo-ple aboard, civil defence authorities said.

The aircraft crashed in a mountainous area, some80 km southwest of the capital city of Mendoza Prov-ince, a civil defence official said. Two people werekilled on the spot and a third died of injuries in hos-pital. The cause of the accident was still under inves-tigation, the official said. A preliminary probe showedthe plane hit a hillside due to the pilot’s error.

Xinhua

Two planes collide inColorado, killing at least three

LOS ANGELES, 7 Feb—Two small planes collidedin Colorado on Saturday, killing at least three people,authorities said.

The three dead came from both of the planes thatcrashed, Boulder County sheriff’s office spokesmanRick Brough said. But there was no immediate infor-mation on how many people were flying in each ofthe planes. Previous reports said two people werekilled in the collision.

The accident involved a plane towing a glider andanother aircraft, the Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) said. One of the aircraft clipped the towline ofthe plane that was pulling the glider, FAA spokes-woman Laura Brown said. The glider, described as asailplane, apparently disconnected after the collisionand landed safely a short time later.—Xinhua

Members of a rescue

team work in the area

where a helicopter

crashed in

Restauracion,

Dominican Republic.

The helicopter, believed

to be involved in aid

operations in Haiti,

crashed late Thursday

in the western

Dominican Republic,

killing two men who

were aboard.—XINHUA

BOGOTA, 7 Feb—Astate of emergency hasbeen declared in theColombian city of Cali,capital of western CaucaProvince, after the out-break of hemorrhagicdengue killed nine peoplethere, according to thecountry’s health depart-ment.

At least 1,247 dengue

cases have been found inCauca, and 162 of the vic-tims are in a serious con-dition, said the Depart-ment of Health.

Dengue fever is com-mon in many CentralAmerican and Caribbeancountries. Its symptomsinclude high fever, nau-sea, rashes, backache andheadache.—Xinhua

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Myanmar suffered miseries of over 40 years in-stability due to evil legacy of the colonialists that hadenslaved Myanmar for over 100 years, and then itbecame backward and bankrupt in all aspects.

The Myanmar Tatmadaw that had saved the coun-try and the people whenever there was a crisis insuccessive eras safeguarded the motherland. All thepeople are enjoying peace, stability and security.

Since its assumption of the State duties, theTatmadaw Government has been striving for devel-opment of the nation day in, day out. The governmenthas made peace with 17 major national race armedgroups and many small armed groups. The govern-ment fulfilled the requirements of economic, educa-tion, health, transport and social sectors for the na-tional brethren.

With a view to narrowing the development gapamong the States and Divisions, the government des-ignated 24 special development regions.Due to thefive rural development tasks, equitable progress canbe witnessed in all States and Divisions includingrural and border areas.

Chin State is located in the northwest part ofMyanmar, between north latitude 20°40' and 24° andbetween east longitude 92°36' and 94°09'. The region,with an area of 13,907 square miles, is home to Chinnational races, Mro, Khami and Bamar national races.

Chin State has plentiful mountain ranges and afew plain regions. Mountain ranges are stretchingfrom the north to the south. Chin State has valleys andbasins among the mountain ranges. Manipura River isthe artery of Chin State. Mount Victoria (or)Khornusum, 10,200 feet high, is the highest in ChinState.

Chin State is constituted with Falam and Mindatdistricts. Falam District is formed with Haka, Falam,Tiddim, Tonzang, Thantlang, Kyikha and Reed town-ships. Mindat, Kanpetlet, Paletwa, Matupi, Rezwatownships are located in the area of Mindat District.Over 540,000 people are residing together in 1389villages of 471 village-tracts of Chin State.

Agriculture and EconomyIn the geographical conditions, a lot of “V” shape

valleys can be seen in Chin State. The local peoplegrow crops on hillsides. The sown acreage of the Statecould extend to 312,923 as the Tatmadaw Govern-ment built Liva Dam to benefit 500 acres of farmlands

Hailing the 63rd Anniversary Union Day

Chin State in blossom with developments, peace and prosperityArticle: Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine); Photos: Khin Maung Win (Kyemon)

in Falam Township on 6 April 1994, constructed smalldams in villages and reclaimed highland farmlands.Therefore, the local farmers can cultivate paddy, beans,maize, edible oil crops and other various kinds ofcrops.

Chin State is blessed with fertile soil and favour-able weather for growing tea. In accord with theguidance that Chin State must be tea state, the localgrowers focus on cultivation of tea. Up to 2009, thelocal farmers and departmental personnel have put20,196 acres of land under tea plants. In compliancewith the guidance of the Head of State, a total of65,030 mythuns are being bred on a commercial scalein the state. Actually, the national people in Chin Stateare enjoying fruits of developing socio-economy.

EducationThe government is implementing the short- and

long-term plans in the education sector. The interna-tional standard human resources are being turned outin line with the 20-year plan by applying moderntechnology. The government is giving priority to

creating the equitable learning opportunity for thehilly and plain regions of the State with the aim ofenabling all the citizens to learn basic education andcontinuously turning out intellectuals and intelligent-sia.

Due to an increase in the number of enthusiasts topursue education, all Basic Education Primary, Mid-dle and High Schools are extended with branches andpost-primary schools. At present, Chin State opens1590 basic education schools in all regions.

Universities in Kalay and Monywa Districts ofSagaing Division, included in the 24 special develop-ment regions for Chin State and other universities inMagway Division, are ready to provide higher educa-tion to those who have passed the matriculationexamination. Students in Falam District are pursuingeducation at Kalay University, Technological Uni-versity, University of Computer Studiesand training schools of the Ministry of Scienceand Technology in Kalay District. Likewise,

(See page 7)

Tea plantations seen on hillside in Chin State.

Haka General Hospital, a reliable health facility for local people.

1. Arable land acre 207957 312932 104975

2. Dam number 16 37 21

3. Forest reserve sq/mile 605 645.10 40.10

4. Protected public forest sq/mile - 1386.411 1386.411

5. Motor road miles 695 1094.3 399.3

6. Above 180-foot bridge number 2 5 3

7. Post office office 29 50 21

8. Telegraphic office office 11 24 13

9. Telephone office office 8 29 21

10. Microwave station station - 6 6

11. Hydrpower plant plant 4 17 13

12. Private factory factory 343 540 197

13. Basic education school school 1090 1590 500

14. Government Technical Institute institute - 1 1

15. Hospital number 18 24 6

No. Subject Unit 1988 2009 Progress

Development of Chin State in the time of Tatmadaw Government

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Chin State in blossom with developments, peace and prosperityArticle: Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine); Photos: Khin Maung Win (Kyemon)

(from page 6) the students in Mindat District can pursue highereducation at universities and colleges in Pakokku ofMagway Division and training courses being con-ducted by the Ministry of Science and Technology.As a result, the number of graduates is increasing inthe state, and most of them are discharging duty asteachers in their regions.

In the near future, Government Technical School(Haka) of Technical and Vocational Education Depart-

Chin State like other States and Divisions.Communication

Communication towers can be seen in varioustownships of Chin State to connect with the telephonenetworks of the Union as well as the world. As of March2008, the local people of Haka can use GSM phones andthose of Mindat, CDMA-450 phones. In March 2009,new auto-exchanges were put into service in Mindat,Matupi and Thantlang and a total of 75 PCO phoneswere installed in the urban areas. Thanks to construction

and the Ministry of Construction upgraded the localroads for better transportation in the state.

Kattal Bailey Suspension Bridge, 385 feet longand 14 feet wide, was built near Kattal Village ofTiddim Township in 1995 and it was inaugurated on20 April 2002.

The government commenced construction of thesteel frame bailey cable suspension Manhsaung Bridgeacross Manipura River to link Tiddim and Laitwi on theroad to Reed Lake of Tiddim, at the border of Tiddimand Reedkhorda Townships on 1 December 2002 byspending K 141.6 million and opened it successfully on20 March 2005.

Moreover, the 340 feet long and 34 feet wide VarBridge with three-foot-wide pedestrian way on eitherside, across Manipura River, was built on Kalay-Falam-Haka Road in Falam Township on 1 October2005, and the facility was put into service for the localpeople on 12 February 2007.

The region has been equipped with 286 miles andthree furlongs long tarred road, 277 miles and sevenfurlongs long gravel road and 480 miles long earth road.

In addition, the plan is under way to constructfive highways for all-season use in Chin State—124-mile Kalay-Falam-Haka Road, 86-mileGangaw-Haka Road, 173-mile and 2-furlongMindat-Matupi-Rezwa-Haka Road, 57-mile andone-furlong Thaingngin-Tiddim-ReedkhordaRoad and 80-mile Tiddim-Tonzang-Kyikha Road.

In the year 2010, a special plan is being imple-

Manhsaung Bridge across Manipura River linking Tiddim and Laitwi in Chin State.

Chin State MPT in Tiddim contributing to local people to have easy accessto communication networks of the nation.

ment under the Ministry of Science and Technology willbe opened on Falam-Haka Road, west of Haka.

HealthChin State is equipped with 24 hospitals and 14

station hospitals with the assignment of 83 specialists, 197assistant surgeons and over 1300 nurses to provide healthcare services to the local people.

The whole state has one 100-bed general hospitalin Haka, one 100-bed general hospital in Mindat, one200-bed general hospital in Falam, township hospi-tals in Tiddim, Tonzang, Thantlang, Matupi, Kanpetletand Paletwa townships in addition to 46 rural healthcentres.

As part of efforts to uplift the health standard ofthe region, the 100-bed Haka Hospital is being up-graded to the 200-bed facility and Tiddim 50-bedhospital to the 100-bed facility. These hospitals willbe inaugurated soon. As such, it is obvious that thegovernment is placing emphasis on health sector of

of TV re-transmission stations, the local people canenjoy the programmes of TV Myanmar and MyawadyTV.

TransportDue to prevalence of peace and stability, roads and

bridges have emerged one after another. Therefore,remarkable progress can be seen in education, health,economic and social sectors of the local people.

Special Bridge Construction Group of the Ministryof Construction built inter-district roads and inter-vil-lage roads in addition to bridges and Union Highways asthe road networks.

Once, there were two bridges—the 270-footNatzang Bridge in Tonzang Township and the 240-foot Lemyo Bridge in Matupi Township. Out of 757miles long roads, most of the facilities were of earthentype.

At present, the Ministry for Progress of BorderAreas and National Races and Development Affairs

mented to construct a 43 miles and seven furlongslong new road for Chin State dwellers to have easyaccess to other regions at anytime.

On his inspection tour of Shan State in April 2002,Head of State Senior General Than Shwe gave guid-ance, saying that being close relatives and brethren,the government was looking after the health andwealth of all the national people residing in 14States and Divisions. The Government is makingall-out efforts to serve the interests of the nationalraces and to ensure a brighter future of them. Allraces living in the Union are Myanmar nationals.The Government has no will to discriminate againstany national races and wants to lead them towardsprosperity. Thanks to loving-kindness and genuinegoodwill of the Head of State, the local people in ChinState are enjoying fruits of all-round development.

****Translation: TTA

No. Subject Location Remark

Projects to be implemented for development of Chin State

Electric Power Project

Liva relay hydropower plant

Transport

124-mile Kalay-Falam-Haka Road

86-mile Gangaw-Haka Road

173-mile and 3-furlong Mindat-

Matupi-Rzwa-Haka Road

57-mile and 1-furlong Thaingngin-

Tiddim-Reedhorda Road

80-mile Tiddim-Tonzang-Kyikha Road

Education

Government Technical High School

Falam

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Tiddim

0-7 megawatt

Roads are being

maintained for

use of all the

year round.

It will be

opened.

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Bounden duty of all national races of the UnionShwe Ein Si

PoemPerpetuation of

independence andsovereignty is essentialfor every country. So,Union Spirit is at the heartof the nation. A union isa land formed withstates and divisionsunder the admini-stration of the centralgovernment. In otherwords, it is a land whereall national people maketheir home through thickand thin. Union Spirit isnationalistic spirit (thespirit of nationalsolidarity), with whichthe entire national peoplemust equip themselvesstrongly.

between the coast andbeaches and the exclusiveeconomic zone. Myanmaris blessed with thepolitically, economicallyand socially strategiclocation, temperateclimate pattern, richnatural resources andhuman resources.Therefore, perpetuation ofsovereignty is the mostindispensable nationalpolicy of the nation.

More than 100national races such asKachin, Kayah, Kayin,Chin, Bamar, Mon,Rakhine, Shan, Jinphaw,Wa, Palaung, Leshu, Naga,Rawan, Akha, Danu, PaO,Kayan, Myo, and Taungyohave been living withamicable relationships inthe Union of Myanmar forthousands of years. Thereis slight differencebetween their religiousfaiths, cultures, customsand traditions, but allnational races have sharedthe common nature ofleading a peaceful life andpeaceful coexistence alongwith bravery, uprightness,honesty and hospitalityfrom time immemorial.Our ancestors preservedand safeguarded theirmonarchy, sovereignty,law, literature and culturethroughout Tagaung,Srikestra, Bagan, Innwa,Sagaing, Pinya, Toungoo,Konbaung and Yadanabonperiods. In retrospect, KingAnawrahta unified thewhole country into the FirstMyanmar Empire inBagan Period; KingBayintnaung, the SecondMyanmar Empire in

Spirit conceived inPanglong served as adriving force behind thestruggle to achieve theindependence. And withthe consolidated unity, theentire brethren have beenable to safeguard themotherland.

In his message to markthe 57th Anniversary UnionDay, Head of State SeniorGeneral Than Shwe saidthat learning invaluablelessons that the nationwas strong with higheconomic growth ratedue to consolidatednational unity and thenation became weak withless development due todisintegration of nationalsolidarity, the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil laid down theNational Policy “Non-disintegration of theUnion, Non-disintegration of nationalsolidarity, and

The Union ofMyanmar is located inIndochina Peninsula,Southeast Asia, and it hasstood as a sovereign,independent nation forthousands of years. Withan area of 261,228 squaremiles, the nation is 582miles wide between eastand west and 1275 mileslong between south andnorth. It shares itsborderline with itsneighbours for 3808 miles.Its coast is 1385 miles longfrom the source of the NaffRiver in the northern partand Bayintnaung Bay inthe southern part. It hasover 14,000 square miles

Toungoo Period; and KingAlaungphaya, the ThirdMyanmar Empire inKonbaung Period. In theprocess, the visionarykings effectivelymobilized the consolidatedunity of all national races,as a fine tradition.

The history of theindependence strugglesrevealed that only with theconsolidated unity, didnational races fight backthe British troops to throwoff the fetters of colonialrule. And only with thestrong sense of UnionSpirit, could all nationalraces show significantresilience in grappling withthe strategy the Britishexercised to prolong itscolonial rule over thenation by stirring upproblems designed toundermine the nationalunity, and sowing hatredand doubts between themainland and hilly regions.Even at the last momentwhen the colonialists didnot have any other choiceexcept to grantindependence toMyanmar, they plotted toset aside highlands.Therefore, nationalbrethren made theirunanimous demand toregain independence of thewhole nation, by reachingan agreement in Panglongon 12 February 1947.Rekindling the vigour ofthe Union, the peoplemanaged to regainindependence that hadbeen lost to the colonialistsfor more than 100 years.The strong sense ofnational people’s Union

Perpetuation ofsovereignty” in its bidto build national unityby ensuring nationalreconsolidation andflourishing of UnionSpirit.

Since 18 September1988 on which it took overState duties unavoidably,the Tatmadawgovernment has putnational reconsolidationto the forefront. As aresult, the governmentmanaged to settle theinternal conflicts thatpersisted over 40 years,following the regainingof independence. In itstime, the Tatmadawgovernment managed tomake peace with 17 majornational race armedgroups and many othersmall groups, therebyimproving the life qualityof local people. With theaim of shaping the nation (See page 9)

Only the unity* Kith and kin in harmony

People of the UnionAny enemy they never yield toFear never they for having unityDefeating every enemyIn the 550 Jatakas alsoSmall creatures with united strengthDefeating the bully elephantTill it fell down into ravineto its death

* Intellectual powerExcels physical powerVictorious Union peopleAlso our brethrenWarding off all attacksThe aggressive colonialistsAre launching withGreed, ego and hegemonySo, the Union of oursWill be consolidated forever

(Hailing the 63rd Anniversary Union Day)U Aung Mon (M.A) (Trs)

*Today, neo-colonialists are resorting to all possibleways and means and tactics and driving a wedgeamong national races to undermine national unity,and disrupt the nation’s political, economic and socialdevelopment.

*Who will guard the Union for its perpetuity that wehave built, except us?

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* For all national races to uphold thenational policy—non-disintegrationof the Union, non-disintegration ofnational solidarity, and perpetuationof sovereignty

* To boost the sense of Union Spirit ofthe national people

* To defend and safeguard the Unionwith consolidated unity of all na-tional races against dangers posed todisrupt State stability and develop-ment by internal and externalsubversives

* For all national races to work harderto build a modern, developed, disci-pline-flourishing democratic nationin line with the State Constitutionapproved with the great majority ofthe ballot

* For all national races to make con-certed efforts for successful accom-plishment of the seven-step RoadMap

63rd Anniversary Union Day Objectives


Bounden duty of all national races of the UnionShwe Ein Si

(from page 8) into a peaceful, modernone, the government isnow working hard tointroduce the Unionsystem and thediscipline-flourishingmultiparty democracysystem and strengthen themarket economy.

In order toimplement such prudentplans for a prosperousfuture and developmentof the nation, the entirenational people on theirpart have to do their bit.Only then will the Unionbe able to enjoydevelopment.

The governmentformed the Ministry ofProgress of Border Areasand National Races on24 September 1992 witha view to expediting thetasks with Union Spiritfor further progress ofborder areas and national

(1999-2000 to 2014) as anational duty to ward offthe over-100-year evillegacy of narcotic drugs inborder areas thecolonialists left onpurpose. The initialpurpose of the plan is toenable local people to getalternative livelihoods. Itis now trying its best toachieve the goal in orderthat the whole nation willbe free from narcotic drugsby 2014.

Now, there have beensigns of progress inexploiting naturalresources, humanresources and manmaderesources forstrengthening the nationaleconomy.

Today, the wholecountry has enjoyeddevelopment at theunprecedented level. In theagricultural sector, themajor productivity of the

on 15 June 2000; and theNationality YouthsDevelopment DegreeCollege (Mandalay) on 12July 2000. As to the healthsector, the government hasset up 884 hospitals and 16universities of paramedicalscience so as to providebetter health care tonational people.

It is thereforerequired of every nationalto cultivate a strong senseof Union Spirit whereverthey live in the Union.Indeed, Union Spirit isexactly the patriotic spiritall national races mustuphold forever.

Today, neo-colonialists are resortingto all possible ways andmeans and tactics anddriving a wedge amongnational races toundermine national unity,and disrupt the nation’spolitical, economic andsocial development.

Who will guard theUnion for its perpetuity

Requirement

races. On 30 January 1994,the governmentreconstituted the ministryinto the Ministry ofProgress of Border Areasand National Races andDevelopment Affairs. TheHead of State chairs theCentral Committee forProgress of Border Areasand National Races.

The Project forDevelopment of BorderAreas and National Racescovers 22 regions of 68townships with a total areaof 83,415.34 square miles.Besides, the governmenthas adopted the 24-regionSpecial DevelopmentProject for equitabledevelopment of all parts ofthe Union, and hasimproved allinfrastructures for all-round development of theMyanmar society.

The government putinto action the 15-year plan

nation, the total sownacreage has increased to56.9 million; the number ofriver-water pumpingstations, 322; that ofnumber of dams, to 228;and underground watertapping stations, to 8001.So far, the government hasestablished 18 industrialzones across the nation, andthe number of State-ownedfactories has surged to 768,and that of private-ownedfactories, to over 118,000.There is a growing numberof transport facilities in bothrural and urban areas. Now,the total length of roads hasgone up to 41,700 miles,that of the rural roads, toover 39,400 miles, and thatof railroads, to 4338 miles.With 18 river-spanningbridges, 233 above-180-foot bridges, 55 rail bridges,and 37 airports, the nationhas begun to enjoy smoothtransport and swiftcommodity flow.

It gives top priority tonational reconsolidation,community peace, and therule of law in its bid totransform the nation into apeaceful, modern anddeveloped one. It has beenimplementing the five ruraldevelopment programmesfor ensuring equitabledevelopment of all regions,and narrowing thedevelopment gap betweenrural and urban areas.

Furthermore, thegovernment has broughtthe number of universitiesand colleges to 159; basiceducation schools, to40,679; post-primaryschools, to 6601; affiliatedmiddle and high schools,to 1723; and affiliated highschools and branch highschools, to 1092 for humanresource development thatis crucial for boostingproductivity of the nation.

It opened theUniversity forDevelopment of NationalRaces in Ywathitkyi,Sagaing Division, on 10June 1991; the NationalityYouths DevelopmentDegree College (Yangon)

that we have built,except us?

Who will cope withinternal and externalsubversives trying tojeopardize Statestability and peace anddevelopment except us?

Who will preserveand safeguard nationalprestige and integrity ofthe Union except us?

Today, the entirepeople of the Union haveto remain united with astrong sense of nationalisticfervour. If the people of allgenerations adhere tonational solidarity andUnion Spirit, the nation willbe able to overcome anyforms of internal andexternal destructive acts.Therefore, I would like toexhort all people toshoulder in concert thenational duties to meet thenational goal of the nationalbretheren—to build adiscipline-flourishingmodern, developed nation.

Translation: MSYe Htet

As Thanlwin,Ayeyawady, Chindwin

and Sittoung,all the rivers flow intothe Bay of Bengal and

come together ...

residing in thesame land anddrinking waterfrom the samesource, all the

national races areto live together inthis Union forever

in weal or woe.

Unity andamity!

Friendship andsolidarity aretruly essential.

That’sright.

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Measures for control of H1N1 New In-fluenza in full swing

(from page 16)Next, he viewed documentary photos of the

school and teaching aid displayed at the hall.At the ceremony, Lt-Gen Tin Aye explained

Lt-Gen Tin Aye

presses button to

open the stone

inscription.

MNA

efforts of the State Peace and Development Council forrealizing the vision on Myanmar education.

The commander and the director-general ofEducation Planning and Training Department madespeeches.

Wellwishers donated stationery, computers andcash to the school through the headmistress.

On behalf of the locals, the chairman of SBTspoke words of thanks.

After the ceremony, Lt-Gen Tin Aye and partycordially greeted those present.

In the 2009-2010 academic year, the govern-ment upgraded BEHS (Branch) to BEHS in HtongyiModel Village.—MNA

Ceremony to upgrade Htongyi Model Village BEHS in progress.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Feb—According to the information that infectious sign offever and flu occur was found at some children at the student boarding in Ward43 of Dagon Myothit (North) Township, Yangon Division, the disease controlteam of Yangon Division Health Department, recently made a field trip to inspectthe infectious of fever, search the new patients, give effective treatments andconduct the laboratory research. The team approved that New Influenza A/H1N1was found at eight patients.

The patients are kept in quarantine and are undergoing treatment at WaibagiSpecialist Hospital. Measures of disease control are being taken by scanningthose who are in contact with the patients. Now, the patients are in good condition.

The Ministry of Health urged the people to follow the preventive measuresagainst the virus in order to avoid spread of virus in the public and to take part inthe campaign to prevent the diseases.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Feb—A fire broke out onAungthitsar Street in Auk-ywa-baing Ward inMinbya, Rakhine State, at 1.15 pm on 4 February,burning down 15 houses and leaving 15 households,homeless.

A house caught fire from a strove with embersin it when the case took place. The fire was put outat about 1.40 pm the same day.

The victims are being accommodated andprovided with relief supplies at a rescue camp.

MNA

Paper-reading session onhistorical evidences commences

NAY PYI TAW, 7Feb—A paper-readingsession on historical evi-dences, organized by theMinistry of Culture, washeld at its hall, here, thismorning, with an addressby Vice-Chairman ofMyanmar National Cul-ture Committee Ministerfor Culture Maj-Gen KhinAung Myint.

Director-General USann Win of Archaeol-ogy, National Museum

and Library Departmentexplained the purpose ofholding the paper-readingsession.

Vice-Chairman ofMyanmar Historical Com-mission Dr Toe Hla andSecretary Dr Kyaw Win,member Dr Khin MaungNyunt and archaeologistU Myint Aung presidedover the session. LecturerU Win Kyaing of Ar-chaeological TechnologyTraining School (Pyay)

and Deputy Principal ofthe training school (Pyay)U Naing Win, Deputy Di-rector U Myat Swe of Ar-chaeology, National Mu-seum and Library Depart-ment (North) and Assist-ant Director U Myo NyuntAung of the department(Bagan Branch) submit-ted their papers and re-plied to the queries.

Later, the ministergave instructions on thepapers.—MNA

Vice-Chairman of

Myanmar National

Culture Committee

Minister for Culture

Maj-Gen Khin Aung

Myint speaking at

paper-reading ses-

sion on historical

evidences.—MNA

Fire breaks out in Minbya

Eight more patients found with A/H1N1

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A giant rag dollmeasuring 16 feethigh hangs from acrane in the Cuban

town ofCamaguey. It tookthirteen people ninemonths to constructthe doll. The creatorshope that the doll will

be included in theGuinness Book of

Records as the tallest.Century-old spirits found in

AntarcticA New Zealand restoration team said they

discovered five crates of whisky and brandyburied in the Antarctic for more than a century.

The New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trustteam working to restore Sir ErnestShackleton’s 100-year-old hut at Cape Roydssaid they discovered three crates of whiskyand two crates of brandy left behind by theexplorer and his team when they left theAntarctic in 1909, The Times of Londonreported on Friday.

“The unexpected find of the brandy crates,one labelled Charles Mackinlay & Co and theother labelled The Hunter Valley DistilleryLimited Allandale are a real bonus,” trustofficial Al Fastier said. “I personally thinkthey must have been left there by mistakebecause it’s hard to believe two crates wouldhave been left under the hut without drinkingthem.”

Mountain lions evade capture in Calif

An eight year-old Belgiumshepherd dog wears anti-bite

protection on its teeth during apresentation at the Hund 2010,dog exhibition in the town of

Winterthur north of Zurich. Theanti-bite protection should avoid

injuries caused by dog bites.

California wildlife officials said twomountain lions spotted by hikers in aSan Mateo county park were tracked byofficials but evaded capture.

State Department of Fish and Gamewarden Patrick Foy said the hikers, twobrothers in their early 50s, attempted toward the mountain lions off with a stickwhen they encountered the animals onSunday at Pescadero Creek County Parknear La Honda, but the predators stalkedthem all the way back to their car, theSan Francisco Chronicle reported onFriday.

Foy said trackers found signs of themountain lions but were unable tocapture them.

“We found actual tracks and our

tracking dogs picked up on the scentright off,” Foy said. “It was very obviousto us it was a credible story with reallions. We put the hounds on the groundand they struck a scent immediately.

“Unfortunately, the lions weresuccessful in escaping,” Foy said.“There’s two aggressive lions ... outthere.”

County officials said anothermountain lion sighting was reportedWednesday in La Honda. It is unknownwhether it was one of the sameanimals.

NEWS ALBUM

Mudslides sweep away cars,assault homes near LA

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, 7 Feb — Thunderousmudslides damaged dozens of homes, swept away carsand pushed furniture into the streets of the foothillsnorth of Los Angeles on Saturday as intense winterrain poured down mountains denuded by a summerwildfire.

No injuries were reported but residents and emer-gency responders were caught off guard by theunpredicted ferocity of the storm, which damagedmore than 40 homes and dozens of vehicles.

Some 540 homes were eventually evacuated at thefoot of the San Gabriel Mountains after heavy rainsoverflowed debris basins, carried away cement barri-cades and filled houses with mud and rocks.

Another 300 homes to the east in Sierra Madre wereevacuated for much of the day, but residents were toldthey could return home on Saturday night when an-other wave of rain proved tame. Flash flood warningsfor foothill areas also were called off.—Internet

Six killed at bar in cartel-plaguedMexican state

CULIACAN, 7 Feb—Gunmen killed six people at abar on Saturday in the northern state of Sinaloa, a drug-violence hotspot, state prosecutors said.

At least three gunmen walked into Las Herradurasbar in the resort city of Mazatlan early on Saturdayand opened fire, killing a customer and two waiters,said Martin Gatelum, spokesman for the Sinaloa stateprosecutor’s office.

A taxi driver and a night watchman were killedoutside the bar, where the assailants also shot to deatha hostage who had led them to the bar, Gatelum said.

Sinaloa, Mexico’s drug-smuggling heartland, is thebirthplace of the leaders of four of the six major car-tels.

In the border city of Ciudad Juarez, authorities onSaturday announced the arrest of a second suspect inlast week’s massacre of 15 people, many of them teen-agers with no known criminal ties.

Xinhua

China’s railways send 5 mlnpassengers by 6 Feb

A Los Angeles County Fire Department UrbanSearch and Rescue (USAR) member, carries a

91-year-old woman from her flood-damaged homeon Ocean View Boulevard on 6 Feb, 2010 in

La Canada Flintridge, Calif.—INTERNET

House fire in Warwick, RI,kills five, including baby

Five tigers discovered in Indonesian man backyardIndonesian authorities have found

five tigers in a backyard of Indonesianman who have illegally raised the en-dangered species for years inTanggerang, an outskirt city of Jakarta,a media reported here Saturday.

Director of Forest Protection of For-estry Ministry Awriya Ibrahim quotedby the Jakarta globe as saying that thepossession of the two adult tigers and

two cubs had been illegal according tothe Indonesian law.

All the animal were found on Thurs-day, he said.

The number of the endangered spe-cies of Sumatran tiger has been no morethan 400 left in the wild.

Their habitat keep decreasing due totheir contact with people particularly indeforestation.

BEIJING, 7 Feb— Chi-na’s railway network hastransported 5.03 millionpassengers as of 6 Feb,the eighth day of thecountry’s annual SpringFestival transport peaklasting from 30 Jan, to 10March this year, said theMinistry of Railway(MOR) on Sunday. The

figure was 105,000 morethan that in the same timelast year, up 2.1 percentyear on year, according tothe MOR.

Beijing railways havetransported 347,418passengers by 6 Feb,and the figures inGuangzhou and Shanghaistood at 576,710 and

325,190, the MOR said.The MOR had

forecasted in Januarythat China’s railwayswere expected to trans-port 210 million passen-gers during the LunerNew Year travel rush,up 9.5 percent year onyear.

Xinhua

WARWICK, 7 Feb — Ahouse fire that officialssaid might have sim-mered undetected forhours on Saturdaykilled five people, in-cluding a mother andher 7-month-old baby, inone of Rhode Island’sdeadliest blazes since a2003 fire at a crowded

nightclub killed 100people.

Firefighters found thevictims unconscious andseverely burned on thesecond floor of a single-family house in a resi-dential neighbourhood,Warwick Fire ChiefKevin Sullivan said.They were called to the

house just after noon bya friend of the victimswho was sleeping onthe first floor after alate-night party at thehome, he said. Onehorrified neighbour sawa firefighter carry thebaby out the house in hisarms.

Xinhua

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Egypt signs off on Apache oil deals

Chinese sales boosts luxury goodsmarket in 2009

A screen shot of the Google Earth application on the Google Nexus Onesmartphone, on the Android platform, is shown on a news conference at

Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. Google Earth mappingservice is letting people use the Internet to dive into the world’s oceans or seethe ruin that World War II bombings rained on European cities.—INTERNET

Interest inApple’s iPad

wanes after launchSAN FRANCISCO, 7

Feb—The announcementof Apple’s tablet iPad andrelated media hype helpedraise the awareness of thenew device, but failed toconvince consumers tobuy one, said a surveyreleased on Friday.

The survey, by onlinetechnology shopping siteRetrevo, showed thatabout 48 percent ofconsumers said they hadheard of the Apple tabletbefore the companyformerly unveiled thedevice. The percentagerose to 82 percent afterApple announced thelong-anticipated iPad on27 Jan and said shippingwill begin from March.

According to Retrevo,the results were based onstudy of more than 1,000randomly selected users.

The survey also foundthat the number ofrespondents saying theyhad heard about the tabletbut were not interested inbuying one doubled from26 percent before theannouncement to about52 percent following thelaunch.—Xinhua

PARIS, 7 Feb—Despitethe economic crisis, 2009ended better than it beganfor the French luxury goodssector, thanks largely toChina’s growing taste forhigh-end products,encouraging thoughts of abetter 2010.

Following the trend setby other global luxurybrands, Hermes andLVMH (Louis VuittonMoet Hennessy)announced fourth quartersales growth on Thursdayand Friday, suggesting theworst of the crisis could beover for the sector.

After announcing thatannual profits fell 13percent to 1.7 billion euros

(2.3 billion dollars), LVMHchief executive BernardArnault said he was pleasedwith “record” sales figuresfor December, which hesaid would “grow inJanuary”.

Good news for the

number one global luxurygroup after almost stagnantsales in the first threequarters, slowed bywholesale stock clearances,which particularly affectedwatches, jewellery andchampagne.—Internet

G7 financial ministers meet on global eco-nomic stability, balanced development

IQALUIT, 7 Feb—G7 financial ministers met on Fri-day in Iqaluit, Canada’s Arctic circle city, to discusscooperation on global economic and financial stabil-ity and balanced development ahead of the G8 andG20 summits in June.

Canadian Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty saidbefore the meeting that the G7 cannot play the leadingrole it once did, but it will continue to evolve in anever-changing world while contributing, through frankand open discussion, to a more stable and prosperousworld for all.—Xinhua

CAIRO, 7 Feb—Cairoannounced it signed formalagreements with US oil andgas explorer Apache forprospecting rights in thedeserts in the west of thecountry.

“Sameh Fahmi” SamehFahmi, Egypt’s PetroleumMinister, said Apache plansto drill 13 oil wells in theWestern Desert in a dealestimated at $39 million,the Egypt State InformationService reports.

Apache announced inJanuary its latest discoverynear the Libyan bordertested at a rate of 5,085barrels of oil and 130,000cubic feet of natural gas perday.

The discovery is in linewith a series of successfulexplorations for thecompany in the Faghur

Basin in Egypt’s WesternDesert.

Rod Eichler, thepresident at Apache, saidthe trends in the regioncould bring production to20,000 barrels of oil per day

by the third quarter of 2010,doubling the currentvolume. He said hiscompany estimates theregion holds as much as50 million barrels of oilequivalent.—Internet

Minivans drive up auto salesgrowth in China

BEIJING, 7 Feb—China’s automobile marketcontinued its robust growth in January,with sales surging 84 percent from a year earlier, heavilyboosted by minivans, China Passenger Car Associa-tion said on Friday.

Rao Da, the associ-ation’s secretary-general, saida total of 1,218,722 cars, sport-utility vehicles, multi-purpose vehicles and minivans were sold last month,an increase of 84.2 percent year-on-year and 5.1percent from December.

The sales boost was largely driven by the minivansegment, which jumped 88.9 percent year-on-year and44.4 percent from the previous month. This wasmainly a result of subsidies for trade-ins and tax cutsintroduced as part of the government’s stimulusprogramme.

Internet

Ke Kaishen, the onlysurvivor of thesunken boat off

Moluccas islands,arrives at the

Soekarno-HattaInternational

Airport in Jakarta,capital of

Indonesia, on 5 Feb,2010. Indonesianrescuers ended thesearch on 4 Feb.

Twenty-three people,including 20

Chinese, are stillmissing.—XINHUA

12 pct of recent vetsunemployed

WASHINGTON, 7 Feb—Veterans of the Afghan andIraq Wars are more likely to be unemployed than non-veterans, while the foreign-born and disabled are morelikely to be jobless than the general population.

These figures were included for the first time onFriday in the Labour Department’s monthly employ-ment report. Overall, the report included mildly posi-tive news: the nation’s jobless rate fell to 9.7 percentin January from 10 percent.

For veterans who have served since September2001, joblessness is higher: 12.6 percent, comparedto 10.4 percent for non-vets. Both groups have higherrates than the national total because the figures aren’tseasonally adjusted.

When veterans from all other periods are included,the picture is brighter: the unemployment rate for allvets is 9.6 percent, below the non-vet rate.

Internet

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Medvedev urges end to confrontationalforeign policies

Romanian exhibit goers look at photos during aphoto exhibition on the present Chinese daily livesin Constanta, Romania, on 5 Feb, 2010. A photoexhibition on the present Chinese daily lives, co-held by Romania-China Friendship Associationand the Chinese Consulate in Constanta, kicked

off in Constanta on Friday. —XINHUA

MOSCOW, 7 Feb—Allcountries shouldabandon confrontationalforeign policies andadopt new attitudes totackling the world’s most

pressing problems, Rus-sian President DmitryMedvedev said here onFriday.

While accepting cre-dentials from several

foreign ambassadors inthe Kremlin, Medvedevsaid old thinking in geo-politics should bereplaced.

He also called on na-tions to effectively ad-dress global challenges,including terrorism, foodshortages and climatechange, while dedicatingthemselves to the con-struction of a fair, bal-anced and stable world.

Xinhua

India to work with other countries onIndian Ocean security

Major snowstorm hits US east coastWASHINGTON, 7 Feb—

A blizzard with an ex-pected snowfall of up to30 inches (76 centimetres)hit US east coast on Fri-day afternoon and is ex-pected to last through onSaturday, according to USNational Weather Service.

It will make it thesnowiest winter in Wash-

ington DC for a century,after a record-settingsnowstorm dumped morethan 16 inches of snow inthe capital area less thantwo months ago.

“The total accumula-tions of the widespreadstorm will reach 20 to 30inches (50 to 76 centime-tres), with some locations

in excess of 30 inches,”said the service.

“Heavy snow will de-velop tonight to producenear-blizzard and ex-tremely dangerous winterweather conditions to-night through Saturdaymorning,” the servicewarned.

Xinhua

NEW DELHI, 7 Feb—Indian Navy Chief Admi-ral Nirmal Verma on Fri-day said India prefered towork together with othercountries of the IndianOcean region rather thanassuming a leadershiprole, reported the localdaily The Hindu on Sat-urday.

Verma said that Indiawanted to come togetherwith other countries “ona constructive level” in-stead of “coming in as a

headmaster,” when he ad-dressed a seminar at amultilateral naval exer-cise at the IndianAndaman and Nicobar Is-lands southeast off theBay of Bengal, said thereport.

He was responding toa question on how Indiawould react to an assump-tion made by the US De-fence Department re-cently that Indian Navycould have greater secu-rity role in the Indian

Ocean region, accordingto the report. Nine for-eign ships and delega-tions from 12 countriesincluding Australia,Brunei, Bangladesh,Indonesia, Malaysia,Myanmar, New Zealand,the Philippines, Sin-gapore, Sri Lanka, Thai-land and Vietnam arrivedin Andaman and NicobarIslands on Wednesday forthe seventh edition of thejoint naval exercise.

Xinhua

Japan’s SDF forces to be sent to Haitito help peacekeeping operations

Russian cosmonautMikhail Kornienko

waves before a trainingsession in a pool at theStar City space centreoutside Moscow on 5

Feb, 2010. Kornienko isscheduled to fly to theInternational Space

Station (ISS) later thisyear. —XINHUA

Yemen tightens securityat airports

SANAA, 7 Feb—Yemeni authorities have beefed upsecurity measures at all the country’s airports, mili-tary-run 26sep.net website reported on Friday.

The measures were taken in line with similar pro-cedures taken by several countries around the world,according to the report.

As part of the new measures, the Yemeni authori-ties will use advanced inspection systems, the reportadded without giving further details.

The report noted that the country has recently beenawarded a certificate by the International Civil Avia-tion Organization (ICAO), which assures that the pro-cedures taken in the country’s airports are in confor-mity to the international standards on aviationsafety.—Xinhua

TOKYO, 7 Feb—TheCabinet of the govern-ment of the DemocraticParty of Japan (DPJ) onFriday approved of a planto send the nation’s SelfDefence Forces (SDF) toHaiti to help with peace-keeping operations in thequake-hit country.

Some 160 SDF mem-bers are set to leave Japanon Saturday to assist in

UN efforts in the Carib-bean nation, Kyodo Newsreported.

After a Cabinet meet-ing, Defence MinisterToshimi Kitazawa or-dered the dispatch of theforces through 30 Nov toassist in engineering workin the country, which wasdevastated by a hugeearthquake last month.

He urged the SDF to

“make the most of theirtechnical strength andabundant experience tocontribute to the (wellbeing) of the Haitianpeople.”— Xinhua

Washingtoni-ans walk in the

storm inWashington,capital of theUnited States,

on 5 Feb, 2010.A historic

storm started tosmother theregion underwhat forecast-ers say couldbe more than

two feet ofsnow.—XINHUA

UNICEF condemnsincrease of child

trafficking in HaitiPORT-AU-PRINCE, 7

Feb—The United Na-tions Children’s Fund(UNICEF) on Fridaycondemned the increaseof child trafficking inHaiti at a time of grief

and loss after the devas-tating earthquake on 12Jan.

UNICEF ExecutiveDirector Ann Venemansaid during a visit to Haitithat the Haitian judicialsystem should be incharge of the trial againstthe 10 Americans who at-tempted to take 33 Hai-tian children out of thecountry without properdocuments on 29 Jan.

The increasing num-ber of child trafficking in-cidents in Haiti at this di-sastrous time is worryingUNICEF, said Veneman.

Xinhua

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Manchester United’sRio Ferdinand

Ferdinand’s England captaincy‘will boost United’

Dustin Johnson chipsfrom the rough to the18th green during therain-delayed secondround of the NorthernTrust Open golf tourna-ment at Riviera CountryClub in the Pacific Pali-sades area of Los Ange-les, on 6 Feb, 2010.Johnson sunk the chipfor a birdie.— INTERNET

Stricker takes big lead at Riviera

Liverpool’s English midfielder Steven Gerrard (L)vies with Everton’s Australian midfielder

Tim Cahill. —INTERNET

Benitez expects win tokick-start Liverpool’s season

LIVERPOOL, 7 Feb—Rafa Benitez expects 10-manLiverpool’s battling 1-0 win over Merseyside rivalsEverton to prove a defining moment in their bid toland a Champions League place. After a dismal run inthe first half of the campaign threatened to wreck Liv-erpool’s hopes of securing a top four finish, Benitez’steam are now unbeaten in seven league matches andback in the hunt for a European spot. For much of theseason, Benitez has been forced to find excuses forLiverpool’s failings and at times he has looked in dan-ger of losing his job.

But the spirit in Liverpool’s dressing room remainsstrong judging by the way they recovered from SotiriosKyrgiakoss’ first half dismissal to beat Everton thanksto Dirk Kuyt’s second half header at Anfield. The gamewill be remembered as a bad tempered affair, Liver-pool forced to play with 10 men for almost an hourafter Greek defender Kyrgiakos was sent off for a two-footed challenge on Marouane Fellaini. Fellaini wasfortunate not to be red-carded in the same incident afterappearing to stamp on Kyrgiakos while Steven Pienaar,who was later dismissed in stoppage time after his sec-ond yellow card, escaped after a poor challenge onJavier Mascherano as tempers boiled over atAnfield.— Internet

Redknappstill looking

on the brightside of lifeLONDON, 7 Feb—Harry

Redknapp insists the raceto finish in the top fouris wide open afterTottenham blew theirchance of reclaimingfourth spot in a 0-0 drawwith Aston Villa on Sat-urday. Redknapp’s Spursside had been pusheddown to fifth spot follow-ing Liverpool’s victoryover Everton and theirfailure to overcome AstonVilla at White Hart Lanemeans they now sit onepoint behind RafaelBenitez’s side.—Internet

Bayern Munich’s strikerArjen Robben

Three-star Robben strikes as Bayern draw level

9-man Barcelona secures vitalhome win against Getafe

MADRID, 7 Feb—FC Barcelona beat Getafe 2-1 inthe Camp Nou Stadium after playing for 65 minuteswith a player less. Goals from Leo Messi and XaviHernandez gave Barcelona the win, while RobertoSoldado scored a late penalty for the visitors. Barce-lona ended with just nine players after defendersGerard Pique and Rafael Marquez were sent off.Pique was sent off in the first half, while Marquezwas shown a red card in virtually the last action ofthe game.

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola welcomedmidfielder Toure Yaya back into his starting line upfollowing his return from the African Nations Cup.Brazilian full back Maxwell started at right back forBarca after Dani Alves suffered a recurrence of hismuscle problem while warming up shortly beforekick off, meanwhile recent Getafe signing Miku wasin his side’s starting 11. Barcelona got off to a per-fect start when Leo Messi put them ahead with his15th goal of the season after just six minutes.

Xinhua

US player MelanieOudin returns the ballto Pauline Parmentierof France during theirFed Cup tennis tourna-ment match in Lievin,

northern France.INTERNET

Americans take early Fed Cupcommand as Italy labour

PARIS, 7 Feb—Bethanie Mattek-Sands and MelanieOudin gave the United States a dream start to theirFed Cup World Group first round match against Franceon Saturday - but holders Italy were finding Ukraine atough nut to crack. Mattek-Sands and Oudin both wontheir singles rubbers to put Mary-Joe Fernandez’s 17-time champions firmly in the driving seat in the north-ern French town of Lievin despite the absence of bothWilliams sisters.

Mattek-Sands, from Rochester, Minnesota andranked 140th in the world, saw off 65th-ranked oppo-nent Alice Cornet 7-6 (9/7), 7-5, to achieve her firstFed Cup match win before 53rd-ranked Oudin beat tour-nament debutante Pauline Parmentier, ranked 104, 6-4,6-4. Cornet’s loss left her tournament career mark at 0-6 and she blamed pre-match nerves which hung heavyon her throughout her loss to Mattek-Sands.—Internet

MANCHESTER , 7 Feb—Sir Alex Ferguson believesManchester United canbenefit from FabioCapello’s decision to makeRio Ferdinand the newEngland captain. Ferdinandserved the second game ofhis four-match suspensionas United returned to the

top of the table with a 5-0victory over Portsmouth.The defender, 31, waswatching from the standsjust 24 hours after takingthe England skipper’s arm-band from John Terry, whowas stripped of the cap-taincy by Capello on Fridayfollowing allegations abouthis private life.

Ferguson admits he isproud that a United playerwill captain England at theWorld Cup in South Africalater this year and hopes theaccolade has a positive ef-fect on Ferdinand’s per-formances during the Pre-mier League title run-in. Hesaid: “We’re pleased forhim and it’s great for Man-chester United to have oneof our players captaininghis country. “Over the yearswe’ve had Gary, BobbyCharlton and BryanRobson for 60-odd gamesor something so we’re veryproud of that.” Fergusonwas happy with the patientdisplay of his team againstAvram Grant’s strug-glers.— Internet

BERLIN, 7 Feb—Bayern Munichdrew level on points with Bundesligaleaders Bayer Leverkusen on Saturdaywith a 3-0 win over VfL Wolfsburg asDutch winger Arjen Robben scored histhird goal in consecutive games. WithBayer drawing 1-1 with Bochum,Bayern’s eighth straight league winleaves Louis van Gaal’s side level withLeverkusen on 45 points and secondonly on goal difference.—Internet

LOS ANGELES, 7 Feb—Steve Stricker had quitethe Hollywood experienceduring a night out from theNorthern Trust Open. Hewent to a Lakers game onFriday and spent moretime watching the starsthan players. DenzelWashington in the parkinglot. Jack Nicholsoncourtside, along withGeorge Lopez and one ofthe Kardashian sisters (helooked it up on the Internet— it was Khloe). In unex-pected sunshine on Satur-day afternoon at Riviera,Stricker was the star of hisown show.

With an impeccabledisplay of wedges andputting during a pivotalstretch in the middle of hisround, Stricker turned aone-shot deficit into a five-shot lead in the NorthernTrust Open before dark-ness halted the third roundas he faced a 30-foot birdieputt on the 15th hole. “I dida lot of good things,” saidStricker, who was at14-under par. The club-

house leaders were LukeDonald, who shot a bogey-free 66, and JB Holmes,who made one final birdieto finish his 67. They wereat 9-under 204, tied withAndres Romero, who was9 under and in the finalgroup with Stricker.

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kachin and Rakhine States, upper Sagaing andTaninthayi Divisions and generally fair in the remainingareas. Night temperatures were (7 °C) to (9°C) belowFebruary average temperatures in Chin State, (5°C) to(6°C) below February average temperatures in Shan State,Mandalay and Bago Divisions, (3°C) to (4°C) belowFebruary average temperatures in Kachin, Rakhine andKayin States, Sagaing, Magway and Yangon Divisions,(5°C) to (6°C) above February average temperatures inMon State and Taninthayi Division and about Februaryaverage temperatures in the remaining States and Divisions.The significant night temperatures were Haka (-3°C),Loilem (-2°C), Namsan and Lashio (1°C) each, Pinlaung(3°C) and Putao (4°C).

Maximum temperature on 6-2-2010 was 96°F.Minimum temperature on 7 -2-2010 was 59°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 7-2-2010 was 66%.Total sun shine hours on 6-2-2010 was (9.2) hours approx.

Rainfall on 7-2-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010was (Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(5) mph from Southwest at (21:30) hours MST on 6-2-2010.

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Forecast valid until evening of 8thFebruary 2010:Weather will be partly cloudy in Kachin State, upperSagaing and Taninthayi Divisions and generally fair in theremaining areas.

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofisolated light rain in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for8-2-2010: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for8-2-2010: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for8-2-2010: Generally fair weather.

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Former star soccer player Edison Arantes doNascimento, Pele, holds up the FIFA World Cup

trophy in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, 6 Feb,2010. The trophy is in Rio de Janeiro as part of

its nine-month world tour.—INTERNET

Real Madrid coach Pellegrinipraises fit again HiguainMADRID, 7 Feb— Real

Madrid coach ManuelPellegrini praised strikerGonzalo Higuain afterthe Argentinean markedhis return from injurywith a goal.

Higuain played thelast 20 minutes of hisside’s comfortable 3-0win against Espanyol andscored the last goal of thenight in the final minute.

He collected RafaelVan der Vaart’s pass,rounded Espanyolkeeper Carlos Kameniand slotted the ball intothe net.

It was the perfect wayto celebrate his returnfollowing three weeks outwith a muscle injury and

answered the criticism ofthose who had beensaying that either Raul orKarim Benzema shouldalways play ahead of himPellegrini, however, thatHiguain would always bein his starting 11 if fit.

“He has never beenout of my starting lineup. He lost his placebecause of injury andtoday it was notconvenient for him tohave played more time.”

“It’ s not a questionof today he has earned aplace in the side, he neverstopped being firstchoice,” said the Madridcoach in Sunday’ s editionof sports paper DiarioAS.—Xinhua

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10th Waning of Tabodwe 1371 ME Monday, 8 February, 2010

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire ★ VOA, BBC-sowing hatred amongthe people

★ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

★ Do not allow ourselves to be swayedby killer broadcasts designed tocause troubles

■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest

and violence

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Lt-Gen Tin Aye attends upgrading ofHtongyi BEHS in Bago Township

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Feb—Member of the StatePeace and Development Council Lt-Gen Tin Ayeattended the ceremony to upgrade Basic EducationHigh School in Htongyi Model Village of Bago Town-ship yesterday.

Chairman of Bago Division PDC Commanderof Southern Command Maj-Gen Hla Min, the director-general of No. 1 Basic Education Department and thechairman of School Board of Trustees formally openedthe ceremony.

Lt-Gen Tin Aye unveiled the plaque and sprin-kled scented water on it.

(See page 10)

Lt-Gen Tin Aye views documentary photosand learning aids displayed at the hall.

MNA

Today, neo-colonialists are resorting to all possible ways

and means and tactics and driving a wedge among national

races to undermine national unity, and disrupt the nation’s

political, economic and social development.PAGES 8+9

Only the unity* Kith and kin in harmony

People of the UnionAny enemy they never yield toFear never they for having unityDefeating every enemyIn the 550 Jatakas alsoSmall creatures with united strengthSHWE EIN SI

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