"The New Light of Myanmar" 13 May 2006 - ibiblio of the State Constitution is the duty of all...

Volume XIV, Number 27 2nd Waning of Kason 1368 ME Saturday, 13 May, 2006

Established 1914

Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.

* Development of agriculture as the base andall-round development of other sectors ofthe economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-orientedeconomic system

* Development of the economy inviting par-ticipation in terms of technical know-howand investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrityand preservation and safeguarding ofcultural heritage and national charac-ter

* 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 na-

tion in accord with the new State Consti-tution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

True patriotism* It is very important for everyone of the nation regardless of

the place he lives to have strong Union Spirit.* Only Union Spirit is the true patriotism all the nationalities

will have to safeguard.

YANGON, 12 May — A ceremony to mark thecompletion of setting up self-reliant village librariesin Bago Division was held in conjunction with thecash, TV and radio sets, and books donationceremony at Khabaung Hall in Toungoo yesterdaymorning, with speeches by Chairman of BagoDivision Peace and Development Council Com-mander of Southern Command Maj-Gen Ko Ko andMinister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan.

On the occasion, the commander said that allthe people need to possess theoretical knowledge andachieve technological advances in a constant learn-ing society to be able to build a modern and devel-oped nation. As today is the knowledge age, all humanbeings have to learn lessons from every stage of life.In Myanmar, the Government is implementing the30-year national education promotion plan.

The Government has been opening the self-reliant village libraries to contribute toward ensuringpeace and stability, and development of the nation.

All villages in Bago Divisionfacilitated with self-reliant libraries

Hence, officials are to undertake the tasks to im-prove functions of library and disseminate know-ledge on beneficial use of library to rural people.

Next, Minister for Information Brig-Gen KyawHsan delivered an address. He said that the presentceremony marked the completion of the establish-

ment of self-reliant libraries in all villages in BagoDivision. So, today’s occasion is a victory of thenation, Bago Division and all the people of ruralareas. He expressed gratitude to the wellwishers fortheir contributions to open the libraries.

Myanmar can beproud to be the first-evernation in the world whereeach village has a library.

(See page 8)

Commander Maj-Gen Ko Ko accepts cash for self-reliant village librariesdonated by a wellwisher. — MNA

A wellwisher presents cash donation for self-reliant village libraries toMinister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan. — MNA

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Saturday, 13 May, 2006

PERSPECTIVES

The agricultural sector plays an impor-tant role in strengthening national economy,enhancing the socio-economic life of ruralpeople including farmers and bringing aboutrural development.

Therefore, the government is engagedin extended reclamation of virgin and fallowland, boosting the per acre yield, increasingthe production of crops, and minimizing lossand wastage.

The agriculture contributes not only toensuring self-sufficiency in food but also toenhancing the socio-economic life of the re-gion and improvement of the living standardof rural people. Such being so, the onus is onfarmers to extensively engage in agriculturaltasks making the most of favourable condi-tions created by the government.

Bago Division has favourable land andweather conditions for agriculture. Hence, no-ticeable progress has been made in the agri-cultural sector, and as a result the division isseeing economic development and surplus offood.

In 2005-2006, Bago Division put 2.8 mil-lion acres under monsoon paddy. In 2006-2007,work is well under way for the division to put3 million acres under monsoon paddy.

Efforts are to be made for extendedcultivation of edible oil crops such as pulsesand beans, groundnuts, sesame, sunflower andsugarcane, maize and chilli that suit the re-gion and weather of the division. Furthermore,extended reclamation of virgin and fallow landis to be carried out in the division for cultiva-tion of seasonal and perennial crops capableof boosting the income of the farmers.

The farmers as well as theTatmadawmen of regiments and units in thedivision are engaged in extended reclamationof virgin and fallow land. Southern Commandis reclaiming over 2,000 acres of virgin andfallow land in the area between Kyungon Vil-lage-tract and Do-in Village-tract in ToungooTownship for Ketumadi Farm. Sugarcane wascultivated on 900 acres and paddy on 400 acresof the plantation.

The Tatmadawmen, departmental per-sonnel and local people are now actively par-ticipating in the drive for extensive cultivationof physic nut plants in the division.

All in all, we would like to call on thefarmers and local authorities to actively takepart in extended reclamation of virgin andfallow land for cultivation of monsoon andsummer paddy as well as seasonal crops thatsuit the region and physic nut plants.

Extended reclamation ofland for seasonal crops

* 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

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Talks on national policy andState’s progress givenYANGON, 12 May — USDA CEC Member

Deputy Minister for Information U Thein Sein gavea talk on the national policy and the State’s devel-opment to 100 trainees of the No 18 Basic Organ-izing Course being conducted at Botahtaung Town-ship USDA Office this morning. — MNA

YANGON, 12 May —The State Peace andDevelopment Council has appointed Deputy Di-rector-General U Tun Lwin of Meteorology andHydrology Department as Director-General of thesame department on probation from the date heassumes charge of his duties. — MNA

Membership applicationspresented to social

organizationsYANGON, 11 May — A ceremony to present

membership applications to Union Solidarity andDevelopment Association, Maternal and Child Wel-fare Association, Women’s Affairs Organization, andRed Cross Brigade was held at Thaungyin Hall inMyawady on 26 April.

Chairman of the District Peace and Develop-ment Council Lt-Col Myint Oo and Deputy Com-missioner of District General Administration Depart-ment U Aung Swe Nyunt gave speeches. Next, of-ficials accepted the applications and presented cer-tificates of honour to wellwishers who donated K3.1 million to District Child Rights Committee.

On the occasion, 200 membership applicationsfor USDA, 426 for WAO, 347 for MCWA and 53for Red Cross Brigade were handed over to officials.

MNA

YANGON 11 May — Deputy Minister for In-dustry-1 Brig-Gen Thein Tun inspected installationof machinery at the production belt of Maize Prod-uct Factory (Yanpei) of Myanma Foodstuff Indus-tries near Paratkyei Village of Taungdwingyi Town-ship on 5 May morning.

The deputy minister also oversaw the Sheepand Horse Breeding Project (Yanpei) of MyanmaPharmaceutical Industries.

On 6 May, he heard reports on production ofindustrial-crop cotton for 2006-07 at the briefing hallof Cotton Cultivation Project (Lema-Thazi) ofMyanma Textile Industries. In the afternoon, thedeputy minister arrived at No 2 Cement Plant ofMyanma Ceramics Industries. Managing Director USoe Yee and officials reported on prevention againstfloods at the main building of the plant.

On 7 May afternoon, Brig-Gen Thein Tuninspected growing of physic nut plants and renova-tion of Glass Factory (Pathein).

While in Thabaung, the deputy minister in-spected production and progress of Paper and PulpFactory (Thabaung), and the construction site ofAdvanced Paper Factory Project.

On 9 May, the deputy minister inspected pro-duction process of Thayet Cement Plant. — MNA

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gion 10 of Yetsu Ward of Hispaw, Shan State (North),yesterday. The fire started from U Shi Pan’s house

of the region, and four houses were destroyed by the

fire. — MNA

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Deputy Minister forIndustry-1 inspects progress

of factories, projects

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UN’s Arbour says Rights Bodymarks new beginning

GENEVA, 11 May —UN human rights chiefLouise Arbour onWednesday said theelection of members to theorganization’s new rightswatchdog marked a newbeginning in the fightfor fundamental free-doms.

The 47-member stateHuman Rights Council,whose members werechosen on Tuesday for thefirst time by a ballot of theUN General Assembly,replaces the Commissionon Human Rights whichhad become largelydiscredited by politicalinfighting.

“The signs from theelection of the 47 membersof the council yesterdayare very encouraging Thepolls were not ‘businessas usual’,” the HighCommissioner for HumanRights said in a statement.

Human rights groups,including Human RightsWatch and AmnestyInternational, havegenerally applauded the

council, saying it has abetter chance of providingprotection for victims ofrights’ abuse than itspredecessor. Arbour, aformer Canadian SupremeCourt judge, said the factthat the council’s membershad faced an open electionand that they had givenpledges to promote humanrights was positive.

“There is good reasonto believe that we areputting aside some of thedifficulties we saw with

the Commission onHuman Rights,” she said.

Critics, including Ar-bour and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, saidthe commission becameincreasingly hobbledbecause states whoserights’ records were ques-tionable had sought andwon seats in order to shieldthemselves.

One of the biggestdifferences with the com-mission is that membersof the council themselves

will have to submit to areview of their records.

However, the UnitedStates declined to take partin the council electionsbecause it said that it wasstill too easy for states witha history of abuse to getelected.

The council, due tomeet three times a year,not once like its prede-cessor, will open its firstsession in Geneva on 19June.

MNA/Reuters

20 Nepali women rescued from India

Tornado hits N Philippines MANILA, 11 May—Strong tornado on Wednesday

night struck a village in Pampanga Province, about100 kilometres north of Manila, destroying at least 70houses and injuring a boy, local media reported onThursday.

Most of the residents were still awake watchingtelevision when the tornado walloped through thevillage at around 8:45 pm, according to Inquirer News.

A seven-year-old boy was wounded in the legwhen the winds flung a metal sheet in his direction,according to reports. On Thursday morning, residentsstarted to rebuild their homes, rummaging what theycould from the debris. — MNA/Xinhua

Bolivia, Brazil create gas commissionLA PAZ, 11 May—

Bolivia and Brazil willform a commission todiscuss the implemen-tation of Bolivia’s decisionto nationalize its naturalgas industry, a move thatraised tensions between theSouth American neigh-bours. Energy officialsfrom the countries metWednesday night todiscuss Bolivia’s decisionlast week to set gas pricesand transfer majoritycontrol of all energyoperations to its stateenergy company.

In a statement after themeeting, officials fromboth countries said theBrazilian government“reiterates its absoluterespect for the sovereigndecisions taken by the

government and people ofBolivia” in the nationa-lization decree.

They also agreed to createa high-level commission andthree sub-commissions todetermine the operatingconditions for Brazil’s state-run petroleum company,Petrobras, in Bolivia within180 days.

Bolivia has given foreigncompanies six months tonegotiate their contracts orleave the country. Mean-while, the government ofPresident Evo Morales isseeking to raise the price ofgas it sells to Brazil, whichgets half of its natural gassupply from Bolivia.

Gas prices would bereviewed by the com-mission, which will includegovernment and business

officials from both countries.On 1 May, Morales

ordered the takeover of hiscountry’s 53 foreign-ownednatural gas installations,sending white-helmetedmilitary police withsemiautomatic rifles toguard the continent's second-

Bolivian oil minister Andres Soliz, left, smiles ashis Brazilian counterpart Silas Rondeau wave tojournalists prior entering a meeting to discuss thegas nationalization process in La Paz, Bolivia on

10 May, 2006.—INTERNET

Death toll from Iraq Tal Afarbombing rises to 24

TAL AFAR (Iraq), 11 May—The death toll fromTuesday’s suicide bombing in the northern Iraqi city ofTal Afar has risen to 24 from 17, police said onWednesday.

An Iraqi police official said 35 people were alsowounded in the blast. A hospital source said thecasualties included civilians as well as Iraqi police andtroops.

The US military earlier said the bombing killed atleast 16 civilians and wounded 134 others, adding thatUS troops treated more than 60 of the victims and that24 of them were in a critical condition.

MNA/Reuters

largest gas reserves.The takeover shocked

Argentina and Brazil,Bolivia’s biggest gascustomers, raising con-cerns of future energyshortages and price hikesthat might damage theireconomies.—Internet

KATHMANDU, 11May—The Maiti Nepal(MN) has rescued 20Nepali women traffickedto different cities of India,chairman of MN said hereon Thursday.

“The MN, a non-

governmental organiza-tion working for womenrights, has also helpedto arrest four brokersinvolved in the traffickingof Nepali women toIndia,” Anuradha Koirala,chairman of MN, toldreporters in a Press con-ference.

The MN has rescuedhundreds of sold girls sofar. MN had been pro-viding various sorts ofemployment-orientedtraining to about 100rescued girls at present,Koirala revealed. “Thereis the need of effectiveimplementation of thelaws toward controllingthe women's trafficking,”she said.

MNA/Xinhua

Workers observe on the first day of the assemblingof the number 26 generator on the right bank ofthe Yangtze River on 11 May, 2006 in Yichang of

central China's Hubei Province.—INTERNET

NTT DoCoMo’s newFOMA SO902iWP+

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11 May, 2006.INTERNET

Health serviceworkers protest

against job cuts incentral London, on 11

May, 2006.INTERNET

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JAKARTA, 11 May—Iran’s nuclear programmeis peaceful and has nomilitary purpose, IranianPresident MahmoudAhmadinejad said onThursday, adding he wasready to engage in dia-logue with anybody.

“It has nothing to dowith nuclear weapons, ormilitary purposes,” he saidduring a visit to Indonesiain an interview broadcastlive on Metro television.

He also said it was“ridiculous” for countrieswith nuclear arsenals oftheir own to be pressingIran to curb its effort todevelop nuclear energy.

He said Iran had“capabilities” to defend itsinterests.

Washington and itsEuropean allies are

MOSCOW, 11 May— President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday thatRussia’s population was shrinking so fast the state would pay women to havemore children.

BEIJING, 11 May — Thediscovery of a 7,000-year-old altar and the

Colombian police train rats to sniff out landmines

Putin offers Russian motherscash for more babies

“Let’s talk about themost acute problem facingRussia — demography,”the Kremlin leader said inhis annual state-of-the-nation address. “Thenumber of our citizensshrinks by an average of700,000 people eachyear.”

To rapturous applausefrom his Russian esta-blishment audience, Putinsaid the governmentwould include specialfinance to boost the birthrate in next year’s budget.

He proposed more thandoubling monthly payouts

to families for the firstbaby to 1,500 roubles (55US dollars), and givingtwice that for a secondchild. Average wages arebelow 100 US dollars aweek.

“But the problem of lowbirth rates cannot beresolved without a generalchange in the attitude ofour society towards theissue of family and familyvalues,” Putin said.

More than 200,000children lived in or-phanages across Russia,he said, adding: “It lookslike foreigners are already

adopting more (Russian)children than we areourselves.”

Putin has set anambitious target ofdoubling the oil-richnation’s gross domesticproduct in a decade, butsome economists say itmay be thwarted by therapid decline in thepopulation. According toofficial data, Russia’spopulation fell fromaround 148 million at theend of the communist erain 1991 to 145 million in2003 and 143 million now.

MNA/Reuters

Runcho walks on the hand of a police animaltrainer at a police school in Sibate, Colombia,

on 3 May, 2006. —INTERNET

SIBATE, 11 May—Her name is Lola and she’s at the top of her class of risk-running rodents being trainedto sniff out landmines in Colombia, home to the world’s highest number of mine-related deaths andinjuries last year.

The smartest rat amongthe first six that thegovernment is teaching tolocate explosive devicesplanted by leftist rebels,she has a 90 percentsuccess rate in locatingexplosive material in herlaboratory training maze.

Police animal trainers,tired of seeing theirexplosive-sniffing dogsblown up by stepping onmines, hope the white-furred, pink-eyed creaturewill lead her classmatesthrough upcoming openfield tests and then intothe Andean country’s livemine fields before the endof the year.

At about 7.8 ounces

(220 grams) Lola is toolight to detonate land-mines that guerillas set toprotect crops used to makecocaine, which they sellto fund their four-decade-old revolution. It takeabout 14 ounces (400grams) of pressure todetonate a mine.

“The dogs are heavyenough to set off theexplosion, sometimeskilling officers nearby,”said Police Col JavierCifuentes, head of theprogramme at theNational Police base inSibate, near the capital cityof Bogota.

“The rats can stand on amine without anything

happening.”More than 1,075

Colombians were killed ormaimed by stepping onmines in 2005, thegovernment says, a highernumber than in any otherheavily mined countrysuch as CambodiaorAfghanistan. More than375 deaths and injuries

have been recorded so farthis year.

The guerillas say theyare fighting for socialjustice in a country withdeep divisions betweenrich and poor. But evenmainstream leftistpoliticians say the rebelshave scant popularsupport.—Internet

Iran says no military purpose in nuclear programmeseeking a UN SecurityCouncil resolution thatwould oblige Iran to haltall uranium enrichmentwork or face possiblesanctions. Teheran says itonly wants to producelow-grade enricheduranium to use in atomic

power reactors, not thehighly enriched uraniumneeded to make bombs.

Iran is “ready to engagein dialogue with any-body”, Ahmadinejad saidin the interview, inresponse to a questionabout a letter he wrote to

US President George WBush this week.Bush saidthe lengthy letter fromAhmadinejad failed toanswer internationaldemands that Iran stopwork which could be usedto make nuclear arms.

MNA/Reuters

China selects top tenarchaeological discoveries

in 2005unearthing of an entirevillage buried 2,000years ago are amongChina’s top 10 archaeo-logical finds in 2005.

The altar, the earliestsacrificial site in China,was discovered at theGaomiao site in cen-t ra l China’s HunanProvince.

And the village wasexcavated in HenanProvince in the oldcourse of the YellowRiver, the second longestwaterway in China.

MNA/Xinhua

Gold bangles sit in a display case at a jewelleryshop in Singapore, on 10 May, 2006.—INTERNET

A clerk grabs a pack

of cigarettes for a

customer. More than

80 million American

adults are smokers,

obese or both and face

an increased risk of

poor health and an

early death,

researchers said on 11

May,2006.—INTERNET

Vietnamese Buddhists gather around a Buddha's statue during Buddha'sbirthday anniversary at the Vietnam Buddhism Academy in Hanoi, on 12

May, 2006. Vesak Day commemorates the birth of Buddha, his attaining ofEnlightenment and his passing away into Nirvana.—INTERNET

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Indonesia stresses mutually beneficialtrade with China

JAKARTA, 11 May —The Indonesian Govern-ment said it is ready toenhance trade andinvestment cooperationwith China to implementthe strategic partnershipsigned last year, stressingthat the cooperation mustbe mutually beneficial.

Trade Minister MariElka Pangestu said thetime has come for both

countries to substantiatethe strategic partnershipin trade and investmentinto concrete actions.

“I think we are now atthe stage that we muststart implementing (thestrategic partnership). Onthe trade fronts, we havebeen given a target by ourleaders,” she said in aseminar on Sino-Indonesian relations here.

“The strategic tradetarget is to triple trade atthe level of 2005 to 30billion US dollars by 2010and of course from ourperspective, given whathappened in 2005, wereally would like to see itmutually beneficial,” saidthe minister.

Last year, Indonesia forthe first time ever saw adeficit in its non-oil tradewith China, although itremained to enjoy asurplus in overall trade.

In achieving thetripling of bilateral tradevolume, Pangestu saidIndonesia prefers to havea balanced outcome.

“I mean it would not bea good outcome if it was 20billion dollars Chineseimport and 10 billionIndonesian export, forinstance,”she said. ButPangestu underlined thather government wouldmaintain cooperative waysin enhancing trade andinvestment cooperationwith China.

MNA/Xinhua

Ancient city ruins, tombs foundon Sino-N Korean border

CHANGCHUN, 11 May —Chinese archaeologistshave discovered ruins ofan ancient city that arebelieved to date back tothe Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 220 ) and legions oftombs of the ancientKoguryo kingdom in amajor reservoir on theborder shared by Chinaand North Korea. The ruins were spottedduring repair work onthe Yunfeng Reservoir

situated in the outlyingmountainous regionsnear the Sino-NorthKorea border, said ZhangFuyou, Chairman of theMount Changbai Cul-tural Society of JilinProvince in northeastChina. As a leader of a three-member research team,Zhang has just concludeda month-long inspectiontour of the reservoir, alsoa tributary of the Yalu

River flowing along theSino-North Korea borderand built in the 1950s.The water level in thereservoir was lowered bya depth of 41.13 metres tofacilitate the repairingefforts. The ancient city ruins,now covered by thickmud, are in a squareformation and have acity wall 1.5 metres talland four metres wide.There is also evidenceof a moat around the citywall. The 180-metre-longwestern side and a six-metre-wide gate on thewestern side are stillvisible, along with the220-metre-long northernside. The eastern sidewas buried by housingfoundations built in lateryears and the southern sidewas destroyed by waterfrom a local river. A dozen tombs werealso found inside the cityruins and in an area to thenorth.

MNA/Xinhua

Napolitano elected Italy’s new president ROME, 11 May —

Giorgio Napolitano, anItalian Senator, was electedas Italy's 11th postwarpresident on Wednesday.

The 80-year-old senatorwon 543 votes, well abovethe minimum 505-votemark, during the fourthround by more than 1,000voters. The centre-leftpresident-elect is to succeedPresident Carlo AzeglioCiampi, 85, whose seven-year mandate expires on 18May. Napolitano, a former

interior minister and Housespeaker, is the second-oldest president to takeoffice after Sandro Pertini,who was elected in 1978 atthe age of 82. The firstthree rounds of voting hadfailed, in which a two-thirds majority wasrequired to decide thewinner. Italy’s outgoingpremier Silvio Berlusconirefused to give his backingfor Napolitano, arguingthat his past as a memberof the Italian Communist

Party (PCI) made him an“unacceptable” candidate.

Berlusconi raised thesame objection to thecentre left’s first candidate,the former premier andchairman of the De-mocratic Left partyMassimo D’Alema.

The Democratic Left,of which Napolitano is alsoa member, is the largestparty in Premier-electRomano Prodi's coalitionand the main heir to thePCI. — MNA/Xinhua

FM says India, Thailand atheart of Belgian Asia policy

Film crew criticized for harming environment

BRUSSELS, 11 May—India and Thailand havebeen put at the heart ofBelgium’s foreign policyin Asia, according to apolicy document ofForeign Minister Karel DeGucht.

De Gucht’s documenton Asia has received thebacking of the federalgovernment, reported VRTnews on Tuesday. The newpolicy document will bringwith it a more structuredapproach to Belgium'sdealing with two of itsincreasingly importanttrading partners, saidVRT news. The ForeignMinister expects that“diversified and intelligentpolicies” will not onlymake it easier for Belgianbusiness to invest in Asiabut also attract Asianinvestors to Belgium.

De Gucht intends toinvest in both the Belgiandiplomatic presence inAsia and promoting Bel-gium in the continent'semerging economies.

Marketing Belgium asa visible brand in Asia isof the essence of hispolicy, De Gucht wasquoted as saying.

He said more efforts

need to be made to offerfinancial support toBelgian exporters, as wellas to help Asian firms findstrategic partners inBelgium.

Belgian universitieswill be called on to attractmore Asian students,while Belgian studentswill also be encouraged totake a greater interest inAsia, said VRT news.

MNA/Xinhua

BEIJING,11 May— Thecrew of China’s mostexpensive movie, “ThePromise” by Oscar-nominated director ChenKaige, has been criticizedfor damaging the environ-ment in a beautiful countycalled Shangri-la whilefilming.

The official ChinaDaily, Xinhua newsagency and other Chi-nese newspapers carriedreports or editorials onThursday criticizing thecrew for leaving rubbisharound the Bigu Lake inthe southwestern pro-vince of Yunnan.

“There is no doubt thatfilm crews are to blame

for their irresponsibleactions,” the English-language China Daily saidin an editorial.

“The big names of filmstars or directors shouldnever be an excuse forshowing no regard forrelevant rules that protectthe environment or fortaking no responsibilityfor what they do,” thenewspaper said.

But producer anddirector Chen Kaige’swife, Chen Hong, rejectedthe charges, saying thecrew had left “enoughmoney” for the localgovernment to deal withthe aftermath, the BeijingMorning News said.

Earlier this week, Vice-Minister of ConstructionQiu Baoxing was quotedas telling a forum that thefilm crew had abandoneda reinforced concretestructure on the lake’sshore.—Internet

A chimp sips coolingbeverage in an air-conditioned room ata wild animal parkin Shenzhen, southChina's GuangdongProvince on 10 May,

2006. Astemperatures soar,

zoo keepersendeavour to keepthe animals cool.

INTERNET

Locals perform during the test show of "Impression Lijiang" at the foot of theJade Dragon Mountain in Lijiang, an ancient town in southwest China's

Yunnan Province, on 10 May, 2006.—INTERNET

A dog plays a chute board at ElectronicEntertainment Expo (E3) opened in Los Angeles,

on 10 May, 2006.—INTERNET


Putin says WTO entry must be in Russia’s interest MOSCOW, 11 May — President Vladimir Putin, commenting on Russia's stalled bid to become a WTO

member, said on Wednesday that his country should join the global trade body only if it protects Russianeconomic interests.

Putin, who said inMarch that US negotiatorswere creating artificialobstacles to Russian entry,said his country's entrytalks "must not become theinstrument of trade onquestions which havenothing to do with thisorganization".

Russia should jointhe World Trade Organi-zation "only on theconditions that take intoaccount the economicinterests of Russia", Putinsaid at his annual keynoteaddress to the nation.

Russia, a major energyproducer that has seen its

trade weight boom amidsoaring world oil prices, isthe biggest power stilloutside the currently 149-member WTO, which actsas a forum for internationalnegotiations and a tradewatchdog.

Moscow has beennegotiating membershipfor over a decade.

Striking a trade dealwith the United States iskey to Russia's entry buttalks with Washingtonhave been stalled formonths over violations ofintellectual property rightsand access to Russianfinancial markets.

While Putin said Russiamust fight video, music andsoftware piracy, he madeno reference to opening upfinancial markets.

Putin alarmed financialmarkets last Decemberwhen he said the activityof branches of foreignbanks working in Russiamust be banned, a remarkseen by the businesscommunity as hostile.

"A necessary conditionfor developing newtechnology is more reliableprotection of intellectualproperty. We must defendcopyright inside thecountry. That is our

obligation to our foreignpartners," Putin said.

"We must also ensureprotection of intellectualproperty rights of our ownproducers."

Putin has said it is oneof his top economicpriorities to bring Russiainto the Geneva-basedbody, a move that wouldensure its exports wouldnot face barriers in keymarkets.

MNA/Reuters

Indonesia bans purchaseof “Boeing 737-200s”

JAKARTA, 11 May — The Indonesian Governmentsaid Wednesday it banned local airliners from purchasingpassenger plane Boeing 737-200s due to many seriousaccidents involving the type of aircraft.

"The government no longer permits airliners toimport that kind of plane, and all kinds of planes whoseflight cycles have reached 50,000 or have attained theage of 32 years," Transportation Minister Hatta Radjasawas quoted by the Detikcom news website as saying.

The minister said he has ordered thorough investigationon all Boeing 737-200s operated by local airliners. Thelatest accident involving a Boeing 737-200s occurred lastyear when the Mandala Airline plane crashed only minutesafter taking-off from the Polonia Airport in North Sumatra.The accident killed at least 110 passengers and somepeople on the ground. — MNA/Xinhua

Indonesia, Iran to build $3b oil refineryJAKARTA, 11 May —

Indonesia's state-run oilfirm Pertamina and theNational Iranian OilCompany (NIOC) willbuild a 3-billion-US dollarsoil refinery with productioncapacity of 300,000 barrelsper day, an executive saidWednesday.

"We have beenlooking for the bestlocation. It will probably

be in the eastern coast ofJava," Pertamina Presi-dent Ari Soemarno toldreporters here.

He made the remarksafter witnessing the signingof the memoran-dum ofunderstanding on energycooperation betweenIndonesia and Iran at thestate palace, in the presenceof Indonesian Presi-dent Susilo Bambang

Yudhoyono and his Iraniancounterpart MahmoudAhmedinejad, who is inJakarta for a four-day visit.

The refinery willexclusively produce fuelfrom crude oil importedfrom Iran, he said.

Ari said he hopedIndonesia would be givena wider access to manageIran's oil blocks.

MNA/Xinhua

Israel thwarts attempt to smuggleexplosives into Gaza

JERUSALEM, 11 May—The Israel Navy hasrecently foiled a Palesti-nian attempt to smuggleat least 550 kilos ofexplosives into the GazaStrip, the Ha'aretz dailyreported on Tuesday.

Citing military infor-mation which was justreleased on Tuesday, thereport said that the attemptwas thwarted on 3 May,

Israel's IndependenceDay.

Patrolling navaltroops south of Ashdodfound three suspiciousPalestinian fishing boats,which fled after throwinga number of bags into thesea. In an inspection of thearea on Sunday, Navydivers brought 11 bagsfrom the water, whichcontained 550 kilos of

standard explosive de-vices.

Navy sources believethat the explosives weresmuggled in from Egypt.

"The cargo wasthrown into the sea," amilitary spokesman wasquoted as saying, "Israelinaval divers searched andretrieved 550 kilos ofmilitary grade TNT."

MNA/Xinhua

VenezuelanAmbassador says

ties with Italystrengthening CARACAS, 11 May —

Venezuela's relations withItaly has strengthened invarious fields, especiallyin trade, Venezuela'sAmbassador to Italy saidon Tuesday.

Speaking to the officialBolivarian News Agency,Rodrigo Chavez said tradevolume between the twocountries now stood at 700to 900 million US dollarsa year, up from around300 million dollars in2002.— MNA/Xinhua

A Russian Mi-14 helicopter crashes into the Sea ofOkhotsk during rescue exercises near the Russianisland of Sakhalin, Far East, on 11 May, 2006 in this photo made from television. INTERNET

UUUUUruguayan environmentalist Richard Tesore washes a penguin with fresh waterand soap to remove oil from its feathers in Piriapolis, near the seaside resort ofPunta del Este on 11 May, 2006. At least 150 penguins were found on severalUruguayan beaches covered with oil. Tesore has been taking care of 35 of them but 10 of those 35 have died in the last number of days.—INTERNET

Venezuela's President

Hugo Chavez uses a

laser light to point at

a map during a

speech at the Institute

for Peace in Vienna,

on 11 May, 2006.

Chavez is in Vienna to

participate in the

European Union,

Latin American and

Caribbean Summit.

INTERNET

Belgium’s second largestseaport expanded

BRUSSELS, 11 May — A new terminal has been putinto service in the out port of Zeebrugge, Belgium'ssecond largest seaport. A first container ship docked atthe terminal on Tuesday, VRT news reported. The new terminal is crucial for the growth of theport of Zeebrugge, just north of Brugge. The Presidentof the Zeebrugge Port Authority, Joachim Coens, saysthat more is needed to ensure that Zeebrugge canexpand further. "Better road, rail and inland waterway links areurgently needed," Coens was quoted as saying. Theharbour will soon process 1 million extra containerseach year. In 2005, 1.2 million containers passedthrough the port of Zeebrugge. The new terminal in theout port should allow this figure to grow by a further 1million in the next three years. — MNA/Xinhua


Today, Saturday, the 13th of May, 2006, is World

Hypertension Day which is a special day designated

by the World Hypertension League which was

formed in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1984. Hyperten-

sion is by far the largest risk factor for heart disease,

stroke and kidney diseases. The objective of cel-

ebrating the World Hypertension Day is to commu-

nicate to the public the importance of hypertension

and its serious medical complications and to pro-

vide information on prevention, detection and treat-

ment. Approximately,1.5 billion (one fourth of the

adults) of the world’s population, is hypertensive.

Only half of them know they have hypertension and

again, only half of these hypertensives are ad-

equately treated. Over 50% of the population above

50 years of age, have high blood pressure. In

Myanmar, according to nationwide surveys, the

prevalence of hypertension is approximately 20%

and it affects men and women in all socio-economic

groups. There is no difference in prevalence amomg

the urban and rural population.

WHD is celebrated once a year all over the world.

This day is being celebrated for the second time in

Myanmar this year. The special message to the public

for the year 2006, is to identify hypertensive indi-

viduals and "to treat to goal”.

Hypertension, if untreated, can affect the “target

organs” and lead to complications like stroke, heart

attack and kidney failure and sudden death. Impor-

tantly, there may not be any warning symptoms,

hence the term “silent killer”. Hypertension may

occur without any detectable underlying cause (pri-

mary) or may be (secondary) to an underlying disease

condition (secondary). The majority of the patients

have primary hypertension and only 10-15% has a

secondary cause which in Myanmar, is mostly due to

kidney disease (diabetic nephropathy, glomerulo-

nephritis). The relatioship between hypertension and

the kidneys can be vice versa.

It is very important to know whether you have

hypertension or not.

Firstly, you need to know your “blood pressure

goal”. According to the many guidelines of renowned

cardiac societies, a BP of less than or equal to 120/80

mmHg is very good. You may have high blood

Professor Dr Daw Khin May San

pressure if it is more than

* 140/90 (when measured in a clinic)

* 135/85(when measured at home)

* 130/80 (if you have diabetes or kidney disease)

Secondly, you need to know your own blood pres-

sure. Therefore have it checked by at least once a year

by a doctor or a health professional, especially if you

are 40 years in age or above.

Thirdly, if you have been diagnosed to be hyperten-

sive, follow these instructions.

Follow a healthy lifestyle to lower high blood

pressure.

- Be physically active. Try walking, biking or

swimming for 30 to 60 minutes on most days.

Inactive individuals can lower their blood pres-

sure and lose weight by increasing their physical

activity.

- Eat a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables, low fat

diary and foods low in fat. Avoid fastfoods.

- Eat less salt in your diet. If you are over 50 years

of age, high blood pressure may be caused or

worsened by excessive salt in the diet. Reducing

sodium intake will usually reduce blood pres-

sure in persons who have hypertension. Avoid

salty foods and do not add salt to food at the table.

Significant decrease in BP by 5-10 mmHg can be

achieved by decreasing sodium in the diet.

- If you drink, do not have more than two alcoholic

drinks each day. One drink is the equivalent of 12

oz of 5% beer, 5 oz of 12% wine or 1 oz of 40%

spirits. Excessive intake of alcohol both increases

blood pressure and causes hypertension.Women

are more sensitive to the adverse effects of alco-

hol. A reduction in alcohol consumption can also

assist with weight reduction.

- Keep your body weight within a healthy range.

Losing 4.5 kg can lower your blood pressure,

even without the help of medications.

- Quit smoking. Smoking does not increase your

blood pressure but markedly increases the risk of

heart disease in hypertensives and can reduce the

effectiveness of blood pressure lowering medi-

cation.

- Avoid stressful situations. You may be able to

reduce your blood pressure.

Lifestyle change can be as effective as drugs in

some cases.

* You should also get checked for diabetes and

high cholesterol. Most people who have high

blood pressure also have these other risks for

heart disease and stroke.

* Ask your doctor to test your kidney function

through a blood and urine test. Kidney problems

can cause high blood pressure.

* Control your high blood pressure by following a

healthy lifestyle, take medications regularly as

instructed by your physician. Medicines will not

work if you do not take them regularly.

* Every drug can have side effects and you need

to report them to your doctor.

* Monitor your blood pressure regularly.

* Sudden increases in BP, termed as hypertensive

urgencies and emergencies, may arise in a pa-

tient with hypertension. These conditions can

cause serious complications to develop sud-

denly and therefore they need to be diagnosed

and treated immediately. Do not delay to see

your doctor when you become suddenly unwell.

Medications can help. Many drugs that lower

blood pressure also prevent heart attacks and strokes.

Lowering the blood pressure by 1 mmHg can result

in 1% decrease in stroke.

The drugs known to prevent heart attacks and

strokes include:

* Diuretics (water pills)

* Beta blockers

* Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE

inhibitors)

* Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)

* Calcium channel blockers

On average all of these medications reduce

blood pressure and are shown to improve the quality

of life, but some people have better results with one

drug than another and some need more than one drug.

The drugs have different costs and different side

effects and treatment should be individualized and

therefore, you should seek professional advice to

control high blood pressure.

There are other important cardiovascular risk

factors which are commonly found together with

high blood pressure. These are smoking, high cho-

lesterol, diabetes, being overweight and physical

inactivity. In Myanmar, the prevalence of smoking

is approximately 20% (CVD Project), with no dif-

ference between the urban and rural areas but with

a high male preponderance. High cholesterol levels

are detected in about 26% (Diabetes Project); 8-

12% of the adult population is diabetic (CVD &

Diabetes Project); 18% is overweight (CVD Project).

In order to prevent cardiovascular diseases, all the

above risk factors need to be controlled simultane-

ously.

In summary, since hypertension can be pre-

vented and controlled, let us detect hypertension in

its early stage and “treat to goal”.

On average all of the medications reduce bloodpressure and are shown to improve the quality oflife, but some people have better results with onedrug than another and some need more than onedrug. The drugs have different costs and differentside effects and treatment should be individual-ized and therefore, you should seekprofessional advice to control high blood pressure.

World Hypertension Day, 2006


(from page 1)As today is knowledge age, he said, all the

people use technologies in production, educationand health sectors. If Myanmar cannot stand shoul-der to shoulder with other nations in the knowl-edge age, it will suffer losses and miss opportuni-ties. Head of State Senior General Than Shwe hadgiven guidance that Myanma must be a constantlearning society. At present, youth in the nationhave access to education at international level.However, rural people, 70 per cent of the nation’spopulation have the least opportunity to gain knowl-edge. Therefore, the plan was laid down to openself-reliant village libraries. Up to 18 April, self-reliant libraries have been opened in 53,554 vil-lages out of 61,949 villages in the entire nation. InBago Division, all the 6,602 villages have beenequipped with self-reliant libraries. Thus, Myanmarcan be proud to be the first-ever nation in the world

All villages in Bago Divisionfacilitated with self-reliantlibraries

where each village has a library. Therefore, all areto take pride in discharging the national duty withthe strengths of the State, local people andwellwishers. So far, wellwishers had donated vari-ous kinds of books worth K 2 million, 1,220 sets ofTVs and radio, K 71.3 million at 13 book donationceremonies.

The minister urged all to maintain the li-braries for their durability, organize rural peopleto use the library and nurture skilled librarians. Inconclusion, the minister called on local authori-ties, library committees, USDA members and staffof the Ministry of Information to develop the li-braries.

Afterwards, the commander acceptedK 1 million donated by Southern Command Head-quarters; K 1.4 million by wellwishers fromToungoo District; K 3.1 million by people of BagoDistrict; and K 1.4 million by people from PyayDistrict.

The minister also accepted K 500,000 eachby Division MCWA, WAO, USDA, and WVO;K 300,000 by Bago Division Fisheries Department,K 1.5 million by U Khin Thaung of Oktha Kyaw

Co of Bago; K 1.8 million by U Aung Kyi of ShweKhayar Soft Drinks Industry; and K 100,000 byDaw Myint Myint Thaung of Shwe Myitta RiceMill of Zigon.

Departmental officials presented TV and ra-dio sets and batteries for the libraries to Director-General U Chit Naing of Information and PublicRelations Department. Deputy Director U Than Tunof IPRD accepted furniture and books.

Director-General U Chit Naing presented first,second and third prizes to Bago, Toungoo andThayawady Townships respectively for their per-formance in opening self-reliant libraries.

Head of Bago Division IPRD U Thant Zinand Head of Bago Division (West) IPRD U SeinToe presented a commemorative pennant to Direc-tor-General U Chit Naing.

The commander, the minister and guestsviewed books, materials, and documentary photoson opening of self-reliant village libraries in BagoDivision.

Today’s donations for self-reliant villagelibraries amounted to 237 TV sets, 615 radios, 442batteries, K 6.3 million for buildings, 13,110 booksand periodicals worth K 5,590,000 and K 12.4 mil-lion, totalling K 57,899,000.

Also present on the occasion were wife ofthe commander Chairperson of Bago DivisionMaternal and Child Welfare Supervisory Commit-tee Daw Sao Han Khun Hsam, Deputy CommanderCol Win Myint and officials.

MNA

YANGON, 12 May — Myanmar NursesAssociation celebrated the International Day ofNurses for 2006 at the Institute of Nursing heretoday.

Deputy Director-General of the HealthDepartment Dr Tin Nyunt read out the message ofHealth Minister Dr Kyaw Myint.

At the ceremony to mark the InternationalDay of Nurses, wellwishers also donated cash toMyanmar Nurses Association and Vice-Presidentof MNA Dr U Min Tha Shein accepted the donation.

MNA

MNA marksInternational Day of

Nurses

YANGON, 12 May —Korean tourists will visitMyanmar by a charteredflight two times a weekfrom May to October.

An official ofMyanmar Global ServiceCo which organized the

Arrivals of Korean tourists to increase

Korean tours to Myanmarsaid the tour corporationplanned to extend its touroperations as Koreans aremore interested inMyanmar.

According toMyanmar Global Service

Co, a direct flight fromthe Republic of Korea toMyanmar saves six hoursthan a transit flight.

Among the touristattractions in Myanmar,Bagan caught the attentionof Koreans. —NLM

YANGON, 12 May— Myanma Oil and GasEnterprise and TotalMyanma Oil Companyare jointly exploringGIAC (Geodynamics ofIndia Asia Collision). Ageological survey will be

Notice to Mariner’s announced

conducted at Block No 1on offshore Rakhine andBlock No 2 on offshoreMottama from 15 and 30May.

A Notice toMariner’s has beenannounced that no

vessels small and largewill have to pass and layat anchor in the abovementioned areas so thatany delays may not befaced during the surveywork.

MNA

As today is knowledge age, all the people use technologiesin production, education and health sectors. If Myanmarcannot stand shoulder to shoulder with other nations in theknowledge age, it will suffer losses and miss opportunities.

Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan delivers an address at a ceremony to mark the completion of the establishment ofself-reliant libraries in Bago Division. — MNA

Deputy Director-General Dr Tin Nyunt of Health Department reads out the message ofHealth Minister. — MNA


Organization ensures success, successstrengthens organization

YANGON, 12 May — Two high level officialsmet with members of the Union Solidarity andDevelopment Association in Toungoo, Bago Division,on 11 May.

At the meeting, member of the USDA CentralPanel of Patrons Patron of Bago Division USDAChairman of Bago Division Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of Southern Command Maj-GenKo Ko and USDA Secretariat member Minister forInformation Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan focused theirdiscussions on regional development.

In his discussions, the minister said that all themembers should take pride in their association as theone serving the historic task and the national duty.With organization as the main strength, the membersare duty bound to successfully serve the nationalinterest. Organization ensures success and success

strengthens organization, a task which must be donewith theoretical and practical efforts and personalrelationships.

About 22 million or half the nation’s populationof over 54 million are USDA members, who are in theprocess of improving their association from quantity toquality. They will have to nurture themselves to becomeorganizers and nation builders. Organiztional taskinvolves self motivation, camaraderie consolidationand public organization. The members will have toenhance their qualifications first and then theircomrades’ before developing their association andtaking part in the nation-building task.

Apart from keeping in the fore Our Three MainNational Causes, implementing the 12 State’sobjectives, and adhering to the oath and the codes ofconduct, the members should give priority to the five

rural development project, rural libraries and ruralpower supply. Constant development of individualqualification is required for the success of association’stask.

Next, the commander said that the associationmembers should take part in the anti-terrorist campaignin addition to successfully realizing the objectives.The territory, the population, the government and thesovereignty are the requirements of a nation to standfirm as an independent state in the world. Our ThreeMain National Causes is a policy always to be kept inthe fore as it is essential for national perpetuation. Themembers’ tasks involve the vitalization of Union Spiritand patriotism among the people. They will have topay attention to regional development and nationalsecurity.

MNA

YANGON, 12 May—Chairman of Mon StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofSouth-East Command Maj-Gen Soe Naing inspectedphysic nut farm in BilinTownship on 7 May.

Township ChairmanU Kyaw Lwin reported onprogress of growingphysic nut plants. The

Commander visits physic nutfarm in Bilin

commander elaborated onthe growing of physic nut.

Next, he inspected thegrowing of physic nutplants by departmentalofficials and members ofsocial organizations.

So far, Bilin Town-ship has put 912.40 acresunder the crop.

The commanderattended the sixth

ordination ceremony oflocal regiment at themonastery at the foot ofKusinaron Hill in thetownship.

Abbot SayadawBhaddanta Acintadelivered a sermon. Thecommander, officials andwellwishers offered almsto members of the Sangha.

MNA

YANGON, 12 May—The Directorate of WaterResources and Improve-ment of River Systemstoday announced thatthe waterway of theHlaing River betweenShwehlaygyi in Hmawbyand Htantabin in

Temporary closure of KVgrip extended

Htantabin Township isdue to be closed from 6am until 6 pm daily from 8to 12 May while theMyanma Electric PowerEnterprise is laying 230KV grip (Htantabin).

However, theEnterprise faced delay

owing to the heavy rain andstrong wind, and so thework has not beencompleted yet. The layingof the 230 KV grip(Htantabin) will go on andthe waterway will be closedfrom 6 am to 6 pm dailyfrom 13 to 15 May. — MNA

YANGON, 12 May— The prize presentationceremony of the SecondMayor’s Cup TennisTournament, organized byMyanmar TennisFederation, was held atTheinbyu Tennis Plaza onTheinbyu Road, here, thisevening.

Officials presentedprizes to winners in the U-12 and U-14 girls’ singleevents.

MTF President UZaw Zaw also gave prizesto winners in the U-10, U-12, and U-14 boys’ singleevents. He also presentedfirst and second prizes toAik Kyauk and Tin MyoWai in the U-14 boys’selected player event.

In the B class men’steam event, Director-General U Thaung Htaikof Sports and PhysicalEducation Departmentsawarded the first prize toWinner (A), the secondprize to YCDC and joint-third prize to Tacco (A)and Tacco (B) teams.

MTF Patron MayorBrig-Gen Aung Thein Lin

presented prizes toForestry (A) team thatstood first in the men’s Aclass team event andYCDC, second.

Executive of the

federation Dr AungKyaw Hsan donated ahand-made digital scoreboard to President U ZawZaw.

MNA

Prizes presented to winners in SecondMayor’s Cup Tennis Tournament

The best time to plant a tree was 20years ago.

The second best time is now.

Bago Division USDA Patron Commander Maj-Gen Ko Ko meets USDA members of Bago Division in Toungoo. — MNA

Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin presentschampionship trophy to Forestry (A) Team in

Second Mayor’s Cup Tennis Tournament.MNA


Mandalay Division celebrates…

(from page 16)spokeswoman Okon Umoh said many of the bodieshad fallen into the water.

The blast occurred after the pipeline ruptured andvillagers flocked to the conduit to scoop up fuel thatwas gushing out.

Nigeria is Africa’s leading oil producer, the world’sseventh-biggest exporter and fifth-biggest source ofUS oil imports.

In September 2004, an oil pipeline exploded nearLagos as thieves tried to siphon oil from it, with up to50 people perishing in the flames. A 1998 pipelineblast killed more than 1,000 people in southern Ni-geria.

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200 feared dead in …

YANGON, 12 May — The painting, cartoon,poster, computer arts and articles competitions tomark the 9th International Day for Drug Abuse andIllicit Trafficking took place at Government Compu-ter College in Myitkyina on 9 May, attended byKachin State Peace and Development Council Chair-man Northern Command Commander Maj-Gen OhnMyint, Deputy Minister for Information Brig-GenAung Thein and military officers, Kachin State PDCSecretary Lt-Col Maung Myo and members,Myitkyina district and township PDC chairmen anddepartmental heads.

After the competition, Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Aung Thein donated K 500,000 needed forMyitkyina Computer College to buy teaching aidsand cordially greeted the students learning at thecollege.

Development tasksinspected in Myitkyina

MYITKYINA, 12 May — Executive Officer UAye Swe of Myitkyina Township DevelopmentAffairs Committee and Senior Engineer U TheinMyint made inspection on completion of 5-milelong Padaukmyaing-Yuzanamyaing village-to-vil-lage gravel road, one mile long Tanphare-Myitsontarred road, Shwe-aik bridge, and sinking 3.5feet diameter and 45 feet in depth wells in 10villages on 20 April, and attended to the needs.

KYEMON

Commander Maj-Gen Ohn Myint presents cash donations and publications to Khatcho Villageself-reliant library in Waingmaw Township, Myitkyina. — MNA

Cash and books donated to librariesin Waingmaw

(from page 16)of the Red Cross, donors and guests.

First, the commander spoke on the occasion.Next, the commander and wife presented cash awardsto those who won medals for outstanding perform-ance in social field. Police Col Aung Htut acceptedK 200,000 donated by Mandalay Division PDC; K100,000 by MCDC; K 670,000 by seven districts ofMandalay District; K 200,000 by U Soe Win Aungof Seinpwint Enterprise Co; K 100,000 each by UThan Htwe, U Aung Win + Dr Kyi Kyi Win, UThein Dan and Shwepyitha Gold Mining Co total-ling 1.6 million.

Mandalay Division Red Cross SupervisoryCommittee Chairman Dr Khin Maung Tun accepted50 permanent membership applications each fromDivision Police Force, Office of Division EducationOfficer and Division Fire Brigade.

After the ceremony, the commander and partyviewed documentary photos showing activities ofMandalay Division Red Cross Society. — MNA

Next, the commander, the deputy minister at-tended the ceremony to donate books to the self-reliant Bawapiti Library held at Khatcho Village inWaingmaw Township.

Afterwards, the commander and the deputyminister made speeches. The donation ceremony con-tinued and 1,000 books by deputy minister, K 500,000by the commander, K 100,000 by families of Min-istry of Information and Ministry of Home Affairsfrom Waingmaw Township, K 150,000 byWaingmaw Bus lines, K 100,000 each byHkitmyatwon Co, Khitcho village rice millers asso-ciation, fuel oil entrepreneurs and rice millers andK 20,000 by village PDC chairman, K 22,000 bylocal battalion commander, K 20,000 each by fourwellwishers and K 10,000 each by 11 otherwellwishers, altogether K 1.36 million were donatedto the library through the village PDC chairman.

Afterwards, the commander, the deputy min-ister and party attended the books-donation ceremonyheld at Wah Shaung Village in Waingmaw Town-ship and the commander and the deputy ministermade speeches. Next, the deputy minister donated300 books and the commander K 100,000 to thelibrary.

Later, the commander, the deputy minister andparty inspected the upgrading tasks of Waingmaw roadsection undertaken by Kachin Special Region-2 andJadelin Myanmar Co and gave necessary instructions.For road construction, the commander and the deputyminister donated K 300,000 each. — MNA

Fire prevention measuresinspected

TWANTAY, 12 May — Executive Officer UMya Lin of Twantay Township Development Af-fairs Committee, the Head of Twantay TownshipFire Services Department and members, togetherwith the in-charge of Twantay Myoma market andstaff inspected the 1,600-gallon-capacity water tank,the 800-gallon-capacity underground water tank andwater taps installed at the busy places of the Myomamarket of Twantay Township Development AffairsCommittee on 9 April. — KYEMON

Plan under way to grow physicnut saplings inT aungtha DAC

TAUNGTHA, 12 May — Taungtha TownshipDevelopment Affairs Committee is nurturing100,000 physic nut saplings at its nursery. DeputyDirector U Lay Lwin of Myingyan Township De-velopment Affairs Committee inspected thrivingphysic nut saplings on 27 April. Arrangementsare being made to put the physic nut saplings oneither side of the village road and 10 acres ofland of Taungtha Township DAC in the rainyseason. — KYEMON

Executive Officer U Kyin Aye of TaungthaTownship Development Affairs Committeereports on growing of physic nut saplings

at the nursery.

District NEWS

Officials ofTwantayDevelop-ment Af-

fairs Com-mittee viewpreventionmeasures

against fireat MyomaMarket inTwantay.

Commander inspectsphysic nut cultivation in

Lashio StationNAY PYI TAW, 12 May — Chairman of Shan

State (North) Peace and Development Council Com-mander of North-East Command Maj-Gen MyintHlaing on 8 May inspected the command’s model farmof physic nut plants. Before his inspection, the com-mander sowed the seeds of physic nut in the farm inLashio.

He also inspected the command’s lychee, physicnut and thitseint plantations and attended to the needs.

Afterwards, he went to the construction of thebuilding for the Basic Education High School in LashioStation to assist in the construction tasks.

During his tour, he also inspected the localbattalion’s research paddy cultivation of Hsinshweliand Shweli-1 species of high yield. — MNA


Workers walk past huge grain depots in Qingdao, east China's

Shandong Province, on 12 May, 2006. China's demotic corn prices

jumped this week due to a shortage in a northern province.

INTERNET

Some 100 participants took part in an entirely new sort of “Zhajiangnoodle” (noodle served with fried bean sauces) competition held in

north Beijing’s Zhongguancun, on 10 May, 2006.—INTERNET

A salesperson displays a Swiss Ulysse Nardinwristwatch in Beijing Xidan Department Store

on 11 May, 2006.—INTERNET

TOKYO, 12 May — Privately developed small satellites in Japan may belaunched by the H-2A rocket free of charge through its space agency fromfiscal 2008, local media said Thursday.

BEIJING, 12 May — The Chinese Foreign Minis-try on Wednesday declassified its diplomatic filesfrom between 1956 and 1960 containing a total of25,651 items.

China releases olddiplomatic

files to public

Japan's space agency to offerfree ride for private satellites

Japan Aerospace ExplorationAgency (JAXA) will launch one ormore private satellites, weighing oneto 50 kilogrammes, along with itsown larger satellites at least once ayear, the agency said Wednesday.

The programme is designed to"promote research activities that willlead to the expansion of the use ofspace and promote satellite develop-ment for the purpose of educating peo-ple studying in the field", the YomiuriShimbun newspaper reported.

The first private satellites will be

launched with JAXA's gases observ-ing satellite (GOSAT) in fiscal 2008.JAXA starts receiving applications forthe first free launches from 11 May to31 August.

The expence to launch a one-kilo-gramme private satellite can run fromthree million yen (27,000 US dollars)to four million yen (36,000 dollars),the paper cited experts as saying.

The free ride offer is expectedto encourage students in the aerospacefield.

MNA/Xinhua

The files containrecords of China's majordiplomatic events duringthe five-year period, in-cluding its forging diplo-matic links with 14Asian, African and LatinAmerican countries, theformer Soviet Union'swithdrawal of its expertsworking in China andthe Sino-US ambassado-rial talks.

The files include re-corded conversations,telegrams and documentssigned by late Chineseleaders Mao Zedong andZhou Enlai.

The Archives Bu-reau is open to the publicduring the week from8:00-11:30 am and 1:00-4:30 pm. People interestedin the files, including Chi-

nese citizens and organi-zations and individualsand organizations fromoverseas can read thefiles with valid identitycards and documents.

MNA/Xinhua

MANILA, 12 May — Coast Guard officials on Thursday barred seacraft inBicol region and Samar provinces in central Philippines from venturing intorough waters due to tropical storm “Caloy”, stranding over 2,000 passengers,local media reported.

2,000 passengers strandedin C Philippines

According to the weather bureau,"Caloy" was estimated at 330 kilome-tres east southeast of Guiuan, EasternSamar, at 2 am on Thursday, with maxi-mum sustained winds of 85 kilometresper hour near the centre, and gustiness ofup to 100 kilometres per hour, GMA TVreported.

State weather forecasters said theweather disturbance has gained strength,prompting them to hoist Public StormSignal No 2 over the central Philippinesof Catanduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, TicaoIsland and the Samar provinces.

Signal No 1 was in effect over

Camarines Sur, Burias Island, Masbate,Leyte provinces, Biliran Island, Surigaoprovinces, Siargao and Dinagat Islands.

Affected provinces were warnedagainst possible floods and landslideswith the increased rainfall and strongwinds, the weather bureau said.

"Caloy" would be the first storm to hitthe Philippines this year.

An average of 19 tropical storms andtyphoons strike Philippine soil every year,killing hundreds of people through floods,landslides and other hazards induced bystrong winds and heavy rain.

MNA/Xinhua

JAKARTA, 12 May — Three suspected bird flu pa-tients have died in Indonesia's North Sumatra Pro-vince during the past week, all were the residents of asame village in Karo Regency, a newspaper reportedThursday.

The province's Bird Flu Prevention Team alsoannounced three other suspected bird flu patients arecurrently being treated at Adam Malik Hospital in theprovincial capital of Medan, said The Jakarta Post.

The three dead victims reportedly had eaten chickentogether, and several days later they experienced breath-ing problems and high fever.

MNA/Xinhua

Three suspected bird flupatients die in Indonesia

ABUJA, 12 May — The Nigerian Government on Wednesday announced that it had drawn up a masterplan through which the first Nigerian would “land on the moon by 2030”.

Nigeria draws roadmap to the moon

Giving details of theplan, which was approvedat Wednesday's meetingof the Federal ExecutiveCouncil (FEC), Scienceand Technology MinisterProf Turner Isuon said aCabinet committee hasbeen established for thepurpose.

At a news briefing af-ter the FEC meeting, Isuontold reporters that mem-bers of the council com-mittee include the Minis-ters of Science and Tech-nology, FCT, Education,Communications and theMinister of State for fi-nance.

He said the committee"is to draw up the plan andbudget for the actualiza-tion of the presidential ini-tiative is also empoweredto invite Nigerians in thediaspora who are special-ists in space science."

The minister saidwithin the next 25 years,

Nigeria would aspire toproduce and launch a sat-ellite in the country andalso be able to help othersachieve a similar goal.

He added that the mostpopulous African countrywould not go solo on thesearch for a place in space,adding that throughits National Space Re-search and DevelopmentAgency, the federal gov-ernment hopes to go intopartnerships with othernations that were ahead inspace.

"As we speak, 55young engineers are un-dergoing training on sat-ellite technology inChina," he said, addingthat the government wasplanning to establish theneeded institutions andinfrastructure for the pro-gramme.

"There will be a yearby year plan, and capacitywould be developed," hesaid, noting that by the endof 2007, between 60 and70 satellite engineerswould have been fullytrained and ready for thetask ahead.--MNA/Xinhua


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Lake Victoria water levelrises slightly

Internet info on prostate cancer may be flawed

DAR-ES-SALAAM, 11May— The water levelon Lake Victoria hasrisen by 30 centimetresat the South Port ofMwanza, according toreports reaching here onTuesday. The rise ofwater level was reportedto a fact-finding commis-sion from the East AfricanLegislative Assembly, the

lawmaking organ of theEast African Communitythat consists of membercountries of Kenya,Tanzania and Uganda.

Dickson Rutagem-wa, chief of the LakeVictoria EnvironmentalManagement Project,attributed the rise of waterlevel to the ongoingrainfalls in and around thelake area.

A general reductionof water feeding into theworld’s second largestfresh-water lake and itsbasin has led to a declineof water level on LakeVictoria by 2.3 metresbetween 1998 and 2006.

Rutagemwa hasattributed the decline ofwater level on LakeVictoria to reducedrainfalls, evaporation,power generation andirrigation. The expert saidthat 0.34 metres orequivalent to some 14 percent of the 2.3-metre dropof water level on the lakecould be associated withthe power generationactivities at Uganda’s Jinjahydropower plant.

MNA/Xinhua

BUJUMBURA, 11May— Burundi hasboosted security at itsairport and will operate24 hours a day in a bid toboost tourism and trade asthe Central African nationtastes peace after 12 yearsof civil war.

Most internationalairlines suspended flightsto Burundi after war brokeout in 1993.

As of 19 May, theairport, located on theoutskirts of the capitalBujumbura, will operate24 hours a day, PresidentPierre Nkurunziza saidduring a tour there late on

Monday.“I saw myself that

there are improvementswith security equipment.This sufficiently provesthat now Bujumbura’sInternational Airportmeets internationalstandards for airtransport,” Nkurunzizasaid.

The airport has addedcameras and luggagescreening equipment, fournew fire trucks and anambulance, at a cost ofone million US dollars.Airport officials said theyare continuing work toboost the number of flights

the airport can handle.“I hope that all

international airlineswhich had stopped theirflights to Bujumbura willnow resume them,”Nkurunziza said.

Only two inter-national airlines, KenyaAirways and state-ownedEthiopian Airlines,operate regularcommercial flights toBujumbura, in addition tosome air cargo firmscarrying goods. Burundiwants to boost its economyby encouraging foreigninvestment.

MNA/Reuters

NEW YORK, 11 May—Websites that provideinformation on prostatecancer often fail to providebalanced coverage of theissues involved in screen-ing for and treatment ofthe disease, a new studyshows.

Balanced informationis particularly crucial forprostate cancer patients, DrsPeter C Black of theUniversity of Washington,Seattle and David F Penson

of the University ofSouthern California, LosAngeles note, becausecontroversy surrounds anumber of aspects ofscreening and treatment.

Their survey of 39websites, published in TheJournal of Urology, foundthat only 9 sites had beenupdated in the past 6months, while just 18included a disclaimerstating that a patient shoulddiscuss any information

included on the site with ahealth care provider.

Sites sponsored byuniversities and non-profitinstitutions tended toprovide the most extensivecoverage of prostate cancer,Black and Penson report.However, the best 6 sitesoverall were sponsored bya variety of sourcesincluding the AustralianLions Society,the US National CancerInstitute, the self-help group

UsTOO and the drugcompany AstraZeneca.Sites with little informationtended to be promotingproducts or addressing onlyspecific aspects of prostatecancer.—MNA/Reuters

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NEW YORK, 11 May — Survivors of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) facea 30-per-cent increased risk of a second malignancy, a new study from the UKshows.

Study finds how grapefruitjuice affects drugs

The study, whichincluded 2,456 NHLpatients treated between1973 and 2000, found thatmost of the risk was due toleukemia or lung cancer.

There is relatively littleinformation about the long-term risk of second cancersin NHL patients, Dr NadejdaY Mudie of the Institute ofCancer Research in Sutton,Surrey and colleagues note.

To investigate, theylooked at patients treated atcentres participating in theBritish National LymphomaInvestigation.

All of the subjects were

younger than 60 years old atfirst treatment.

A total of 123 secondmalignancies occurred overan average of 7.7 yearsfollow-up, for a 15-yearcumulative probability of asecond cancer of 11 per cent,the researchers found. Therisk was greater for men,among whom the 15-yearprobability was 14 per cent,compared with 9 per centfor women.

Survivors had an 8.8-fold increased risk ofleukemia and a 1.6-fold riskof lung cancer, according tothe report in the Journal of

More Chinese youngsters findingromance on Internet forums

India to create Ministry ofEarth Sciences

NEW DELHI, 11 May — The Indian Governmenthas re-organized the Ministry of Ocean Developmentas that of Earth Sciences and also decided to set up anEarth Commission on the lines of Atomic Energy andSpace Commissions with a view to giving more driveto research and science studies. The Ministry of EarthSciences would consist of two major entities — OceanScience and Technology Department and IndiaMeteorological Department, Science and TechnologyMinister Kapil Sibal told reporters here on Wednesday.

There would also be an Earth System Organization(on the lines of Indian Space Rersearch Organization)to act as an executive mechanism under the EarthScience Ministry while a 12-member EarthCommission would be at the apex which would haveadministrative and financial powers.

Secretary of the Earth Sciences Ministry would bethe chairman of the Earth Commission and the EarthSystem Organization, he said.— MNA/PTI

Bangladeshi labourers struggle as they pull down a newly built-vessel ( not inthe photo) onto the river near the Capital Dhaka on 11 May, 2006 .—INTERNET

A businessman looks at an electric display showingfall of the share prices in Tokyo stock market on 12May, 2006. The Nikkei average slid to its lowest closein seven weeks on Friday, dropping 1.54 percent asexporters such as Toyota Motor Corp fell after theyen rose to an eight-month high against the dollar. INTERNET

Men more vulnerable thanwomen after stroke

NEW YORK, 11 May — Among stroke sufferers,men are typically younger than women but they donot fare as well.

A Customs officer walks past seized elephant tusks in Hong Kong , on 10 May,2006. Hong Kong Customs made the seizure of 3.9 tonnes of elephant tusks, thelargest in the last 20 years, worth some HK$8 million ($1.03 million) on Tuesday.The tusks were found in a 40-foot container from Douala, Cameroon, enroute to Macau. —INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 11 May— US researchers saidthey have identified thecompound in grapefruitjuice that affects how somedrugs are absorbed in thebody and said on Tuesday itmight be used to help lowerdosages for some patients.

Grapefruit juice is knownfor its effects on drugmetabolism and is avoidedby some patients while otherdeliberately take their drugswith the juice.

The reason is an intestinalenzyme called CYP3A,which partially destroysdrugs as they are absorbed.

Grapefruit juice, like noother fruit juice, interfereswith CYP3A, so the bodyends up absorbing more ofthe drug. Dr Paul Watkinsof the University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill andcolleagues say they haveidentified the substance ingrapefruit juice that isresponsible — furano-coumarin. "It should nowbe possible to market thefuranocoumarin-freegrapefruit juice to patientswho would otherwise needto avoid grapefruit,"Watkins said in a statement.

MNA/Reuters

BEIJING, 11 May — Agrowing number ofChinese youngsters are

finding love on theInternet through an onlinemeeting place known asBulletin Board System, orBBS, where youngsterscan voice their views onvarious subjects.

Li Mei met herboyfriend Liu Wei in achatroom called "PieLove" set up by the well-known Shuimu TsinghuaBBS (SMTH), which isrun by students fromprestigious TsinghuaUniversity in Beijing, andfour months later they areengaged.

"BBS is a bridge forour romance," said LiMei, who was one of thehundreds of girls whoreplied to Liu Wei'sdating advert.

MNA/Xinhua

At the American HeartAssociation's 7th ScientificForum on Quality of Careand Outcomes Research thatis being held in Washington,DC, Dr Allan L Andersonpresented a study of 56,417stroke patients admitted to166 hospitals between 1January, 2003 and 31December, 2004.

Anderson, of MedicalCity Dallas Hospital, Texas,reported that the average ageat the time of stroke was 73years in women and 67 yearsfor men. The use of clot-busting therapy was lowoverall, administered to only1.28 per cent of women and1.70 per cent of men. Despitebeing younger, men were

more likely to developpneumonia or die after astroke, Anderson noted.However, if they survived,men were more likely to bedischarged to home thanwere women.

The same trendregarding 'discharge home'has been seen in studies ofother illnesses such as heartattacks or after variousprocedures, Andersoncommented. “An explana-tion is lacking; whetherfewer women are imme-diately discharged to homeis the result of biological orsocioeconomic reasonswould be purely specu-lative.”

MNA/Reuters

Clinical Oncology.The older the patient

was at first treatment, thehigher the risk of subsequentmalignancy, with 15-yearincidence of 17 per cent forpatients treated at age 50 orolder, compared with 7 percent for patients treated at ayounger age.

Women showed areduced risk of breast cancercompared with the gen-eral population, possiblybecause NHL treatmentinduced premature meno-pause, Mudie and her teamnote.

MNA/Reuters


S P O R T S Inter Milan win Italian Cup MILAN, 12 May — Inter Milan won the Italian Cup on Thursday after a 3-1 second-leg win gave them

a 4-2 aggregate win over AS Roma.Rampant Scotland crushBulgaria 5-1 in Kirin Cup

KOBE (Japan), 12 May — Rangers pair Kris Boydand Chris Burke marked their Scotland debuts withtwo goals apiece in a 5-1 win over Bulgaria in a KirinCup friendly on Thursday.

The margin of Scotland's victory means hosts Ja-pan need to beat Walter Smith's team by three goals inSaturday's deciding game in Saitama to win the three-team tournament.

World Cup-bound Japan lost 2-1 to Bulgaria inOsaka on Tuesday.

Boyd put Scotland ahead in the 12th minute with aclinical finish after latching on to a through ball fromDarren Fletcher.

Bulgaria struck back in the 25th through YordanTodorov before Boyd restored Scotland's advantagefrom close range three minutes before halftime.

Scotland took complete control after the break,Fletcher coming close and substitute James McFaddencrashing a free kick against the bar after 61 minutes.

McFadden made it 3-1 in the 68th minute, theEverton striker prodding home a Gary Teale crossfrom point-blank range.— MNA/Reuters

Saudi Arabia slip-up against Belgium SITTARD (Netherlands), 12 May — Belgium dented Saudi Arabia's World

Cup preparations on Thursday with a 2-1 win over their Middle East oppo-nents.

Roddick beatsBaghdatis to reach

last 16 in Rome ROME, 12 May —

Andy Roddick camethrough a seesaw encoun-ter with Cyprus' MarcosBaghdatis 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 toreach the last 16 of theRome Masters on Wed-nesday. It was sweet re-venge for the Americanfifth seed, who lost theironly previous meeting inthe fourth round of thisyear's Australian Openwhere Baghdatis reachedthe final.

Roddick made an er-ratic start to the matchwith a series of doublefaults and forehand er-rors to drop serve fourtimes and lose the firstset.

MNA/Reuters

Hingis sets up Mauresmo German Open clash BERLIN, 12 May — Former world number one Martina Hingis

brushed aside fifth seed Elena Dementieva 6-3, 6-2 at the GermanOpen on Thursday to set up a quarterfinal clash with top seed AmelieMauresmo.

Unseeded Hingis, champion here in 1999 and a five-time GrandSlam winner, had a surprisingly easy time against the Russian.

World number eight Dementieva has won the pair's last threematches in straight sets but only one of those was since January whenthe 25-year-old Hingis made her return from a three-year breakrecovering from foot and ankle injuries.

Dementieva, one of six Russians in the last 16 here, had a greatchance to get back into the match in the second set with Hingis on 0-40 in the key fourth game. But the Swiss held her nerve and her servefor 3-1.

In the quarters Hingis will face world number one Mauresmo. Thepowerful Frenchwoman took some time to tame Russian teenagerAnna Chakvetadze, losing her service in the first game of the match,but eventually won 6-4, 6-2.

Nadal wins 50th straightmatch on clay

ROME, 12 May — Rafael Nadal won his 50thstraight match on clay Thursday and stayed on track foranother final showdown with Roger Federer.

Nadal crushed British veteran Tim Henman 6-2,6-2 to reach the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters. Thesecond-ranked Spaniard can match Guillermo Vilas'record 53-match winning streak on clay if he success-fully defends his title here.

Top-ranked Federer breezed past 14th-seeded RadekStepanek of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-4 in 56 minutes.

Nadal has handed Federer his only two losses thisyear, in finals in Dubai and the Monte Carlo Masterslast month.

He next faces 10th-seeded Fernando Gonzalez ofChile. Gonzalez, who booked his passage after defeat-ing Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-4,has won both of his previous meetings with Nadal, in2003 and 2004.

Third-ranked David Nalbandian and No. 5 AndyRoddick also advanced.

Manuel Fischer of Germany (L) jumps for the ballwith goalkeeper Evgeny Pomazan of Russia duringtheir semi-final soccer match in the UEFA under17 Championship at the Josy Barthel Stadium in

Luxembourg, on 11 May , 2006. —INTERNET

Bernhard Langer, of Germany, hits ashot from between two trees on the 10thduring the first round of play at theByron Nelson Championship golf tour-nament in Irving, Texas, on 11 May, 2006.—INTERNET

Inter Milan's forward Julio Ricardo Cruz of Argentina, centre, scores against ASRoma during the Italian Cup final soccer match, at the San Siro Stadium inMilan, Italy, on 11 May, 2006. On the right is AS Rome's Brazilian goalieAlexander Doni and on the left defender Leandro Cufre' of France.—INTERNET

First half goals fromArgentines EstebanCambiasso and Julio Cruzgave Inter a clear advan-tage before NigerianObafemi Martins added thethird in the 76th minute.Congolese forward ShabaniNonda pulled a goal backfor Roma in the 80thminute.

Inter's fifth Italian Cupwin follows their triumphin the competition last sea-son and offers some com-pensation for another sea-son in which they failed tomount a serious bid for theleague title they have beenunable to win since 1989.

"I'm glad for the lads,there have been a few dis-appointments in the last fewmonths and they deservethis," said Inter coachRoberto Mancini whoclaimed his 10th Italian Cupas a player and coach.

Roma's consolationcame in the form of thereturn to action of their cap-

tain Francesco Totti whohad not played since hebroke his ankle in a SerieA game against Empoli on19 February.

The Roma forward, akey part of Italy coach'sMarcello Lippi's WorldCup squad, came on as a

53rd minute substitute butby that time Roma werealready 2-0 down on thenight. Roma were withoutBrazilian forward RodrigoTaddei and midfielderSimone Perotta who weresuspended and were alsomissing several players

through injury. Cambiasso opened the

scoring in spectacular fash-ion in the sixth minute witha thundering volley fromthe edge of the area after hehad been picked out bycompatriot Javier Zanetti.

MNA/Reuters

Goals in either half from Tom Caulweand Anthony Vanden Borre cancelledout Bart Goor's own goal to give Belgiancoach Rene Vandereycken his secondwin in as many games since taking overin January.

FC Utrecht's Caulwe crowned hisdebut with a goal after just three minutesbefore Goor headed in to his own net halfan hour later.

But Anderlecht full back VandenBorre fired home from the edge of thebox to restore Belgium's lead in the 55thminute.

It was a sweet victory for Belgiumwho lost 1-0 to their opponents in theironly other meeting in Washington -- adefeat which sent them home from the1994 World Cup finals.

Belgium failed to qualify for nextmonth's finals in Germany, the first timesince 1978 they have failed to reach

football's greatest stage. "I am delighted with the performance

tonight, especially since it was really ayoung team with new players,"Vandereycken said.

Saudi Arabia will be in Germany, fortheir fourth finals in succession, andopen their campaign against Tunisia on14 June in Munich.

"Belgium were good and gave us thetough game we needed," said Saudi coachMarcos Cesar Dias Castro, better knownas Marcos Paqueta.

"But what really matters is that weget it right in Germany and learn fromthese games."

MNA/Reuters

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WEATHER

Friday, 12 May, 2006

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30hours MST: During the past 24 hours, weather hasbeen partly cloudy in Magway Division, rain or thun-dershowers have been isolated in Kayah, Kayin States,Mandalay and Ayeyawady Divisions, scattered in Shanand Rakhine States, lower Sagaing and Bago Divisionsand widespread in the remaining areas. Day tempera-tures were (4°C) above normal in Kayin State, (6°C)above normal in Taninthayi Division, (4°C) below nor-mal in Kachin and Rakhine States, (6°C) below normalin upper Sagaing Division and about normal in theremaining areas, The significant day temperatures wereMyingyan and Minbu (39°C) each. The noteworthyamounts of rainfalls recorded were Gwa (1.97) inches,Kanbalu (1.49) inches, Myitkyina (1.26) inches,Homalin, Kalay, Mogkok and Pathein (1.14) incheseach.

Maximum temperature on 11-5-2006 was 90°F.Minimum temperature on 12-5-2006 was 70°F. Rela-tive humidity at 09:30 hrs MST on 12-5-2006 was(79%). Total sunshine hours on 11-5-2006 was (2.8)hours approx.

Rainfalls on 12-5-2006 were (0.51) inch atMingaladon, (0.20) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.35) inch atCentral Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006 were(6.62) inches at Mingaladon, (8.23) inches at Kaba-Ayeand (5.94) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum windspeed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph from West at(12:30) hours MST on 11-5-2006.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy inthe Andaman Sea, Southeast and East Central Bay andgenerally fair elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 13-5-2006: Rain orthundershowers will be widespread in Kachin, Chin,Mon, Kayin States, upper Sagaing, Yangon, Ayeyawadyand Taninthayi Divisions, scattered in Rakhine and ShanStates, lower Sagaing and Bago Divisions and isolated inthe remaining States and Divisions. Degree of certainty is(80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofadvancement of southwest monsoon over TaninthayiDivision.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areasfor 13-5-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain or thunder-showers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 13-5-2006: One or two rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 13-5-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Weather outlook for third weekend of May2006: During the coming weekend, isolated rain orthundershowers are likely in Nay Pyi Taw and MandalayDivision and widespread in Yangon Division.

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9:00 am Music:-Shame ShameShame

9:05 am Internationalnews

9:10 am Music:- A n o t h e rSomebody

1:30 pm News / Slogan1:40pm Request

-Jambalaya9.00pm World Hyperten-

sion Day 069.10 pm Article9.20 pm ASEAN news

review-Exchange newsfrom ASEANmember countries

9.30 pmMyanma cultureby Dr KhinMaung Nyunt

9.40 pm Souvenirs9.45 pm News / Slogan10.00 pm PEL

11:40 am4. Games for children

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4:15 pm2. Song to uphold

National Spirit4:30 pm3. English for Everyday

Use

7:00 am1. Recitation of Parittas

by Missionary Saya-daw U Ottamathara

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7:25 am 3.To be healthy

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8. ASiu‘pic\p´∑ASiu‘pic\p´∑ASiu‘pic\p´∑ASiu‘pic\p´∑ASiu‘pic\p´∑8:30 am

9. International news8:45 am10. Happy and Educa-

tional EnglishSummer CourseMRTV

11:00 am1. Martial song

11:15 am2. Musical programme

11:30 am3. News

4:45 pm4. Musical programme

5:00 pm5. Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;

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5:30 pm9. Musical programme

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20. The next day’sprogramme

Assorted pills are seen in a recently filephoto illustration. At least a quarter of a

million people in Britain are admitted to hospi-tal each year with a harmful reaction to a

drug, at a cost of nearly half a billion pounds,according to a report on Thursday.—INTERNET

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Ahmadinejad criticizesWest countries on N-issue

JAKARTA, 12 May— Visiting IranianPresident MahmoudAhmadinejad on Thurs-day criticized some West-ern countries for doublestandard on the develop-ment of nuclear energy,saying that Iran was will-ing to talk with any coun-try on the issue.

In an exclusive inter-view with Indonesia'sMetro TV, Ahmadinejadsaid some Western pow-ers had mastered nuclearknowledge, but they do

not share that with othercountries.

He said, although hehas sent recently an eight-een-page letter to USPresident George W Bushfor repairing relations be-tween their two countries,but he has not yet receiveda positive response fromthe White House.

However, he said, heis still open for diplomatictalks with the UnitedStates on the nuclear is-sue.

MNA/Xinhua

EARTHQUAKE REPORT(Issued at 02:00 hours M.S.T, Today)

A moderate earthquake of intensity (5.4)Richter Scale with its epicentre inside Myanmar(near Kalay) about (465) miles North northwest ofKaba-Aye seismological observatory, was recordedat (23) hrs (52) min (54) sec M.S.T on 11th May2006.

2nd Waning of Kason 1368 ME Saturday, 13 May, 2006

Mandalay Division celebrates WorldRed Cross Day

NAY PYI TAW, 11 May — Mandalay DivisionRed Cross Supervisory Committee organized WorldRed Cross Day ceremony on 8 May at the office ofMandalay Division Union Solidarity and Develop-ment Association in Chanayethazan Township.

Present on the occasion were Chairman of

Mandalay Division Peace and Development Coun-cil Commander of Central Command Maj-Gen KhinZaw, Chairperson of Mandalay Division Maternaland Child Welfare Supervisory Committee DawKhin Pyone Win, wife of the commander, andmembers, Chairman of Mandalay City Develop-

ment Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Phone Zaw Han,Secretary Lt-Col Kyi Thein of Mandalay DivisionPDC and departmental officials, members of RedCross Society from districts and townships in thedivision, officials of the International Committee

(See page 10)

YANGON, 12 May — Twelve executive mem-bers of Nyaungshwe Township National League forDemocracy in Shan State (South) — U Tin MaungWai (Chairman), U Than Nyunt (Vice-Chairman), U

NLD, ignoring desire of the people, walkedout of National Convention with

decision of a handful of its leadershipRemains on collision course with govt

Members of Nyaungshwe Township NLD

in Shan State (South) resignBa Oo (Vice-Chairman), U Than Aung Khaing (Sec-retary), U Tin Ohn (Joint-Secretary), U MaungMaung (Treasurer), U Phyo Than (Social field), UKyaw Than (leader of youths’ affairs group), U MyintSoe (Township organizer) and members of townshiplevel organizing group Daw Kyi San, Daw Hla Shweand Daw Mya Than — resigned from the party bysending their resignation letter to NLD (HQ) andauthorities concerned.

In the letter dated 6 May, they said they joinedNyaungshwe Township NLD with the aim of doingparty politics with sincerity and serving locals’ in-terest. However, the NLD, ignoring the desire of thepeople, walked out of the National Convention withthe decision of a handful of its leadership. In addi-tion, it has remained on collision course with thegovernment and never directed its members to servethe interest of the local people. That was why, theysaid, they no longer had faith in the party and theyresigned of their own volition as members of NLDand as executives of Nyaungshwe Township NLD.

ILADO (Nigeria) , 12 May— A ruptured gas pipelineexploded as villagers collected fuel in southwesternNigeria Friday, killing up to 200 people and leavingcharred bodies scattered around the blast site.

Rescue workers dug a ditch near the blast site inIlado, a village about 25 miles east of Nigeria’s maincity of Lagos. Lagos Police Commissioner EmmanuelAdebayo said the victims would be buried in a com-mon grave.

“Between 150 and 200 people died,” Adebayo toldreporters. Dozens of burned corpses were lying on theground and plumes of black smoke rose into the air.

Firefighters were on the scene and the Red Crosssaid it had workers helping survivors. Red Cross

(See page 10)

200 feared dead inNigeria oil blast

Map locates blast site near Lagos, Nigeria.INTERNETINSIDE

PAGE 7 PROFESSOR DR DAW KHIN MAY SAN

Hypertension, if untreated, canaffect the “target organs” andlead to complications like stroke,heart attack and kidney failureand sudden death. Importantly,there may not be any warningsymptoms, hence the term“silent killer”.

The ceremony to

pour water at

the Bo tree in

the precinct of

the Shwedagon

Pagoda in

progress on

Fullmoon Day

of Kason, Bud-

dha Day.

(News reported)

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