The New Light of Myanmar 14-02-2010

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Volume XVII, Number 304 2nd Waxing of Taboung 1371 ME Sunday, 14 February, 2010

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic sys-tem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire nation* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and preser-

vation and safeguarding of cultural heritage andnational character

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

the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace and tranquil-lity, prevalence of law and order

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Constitution* Building of a new modern developed nation in accord

with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 13 Feb—Lt-Gen Ko Ko of theMinistry of Defence, together with Vice-Chairmanof Bago Division Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Brig-Gen Sein Myint, inspected theplantation of sunflower grown as a mixed-cropingof farmer U Thein Tun of NgarmyethnarVillage in Padaung Township, Pyay District,on 8 February.

The following day, he inspected the sitechosen for construction of the railway station atTechnological University (Pyay) and groundworkon Pyay (Shwedagar)-Paukkhaung railroad sec-tion. At the briefing hall of Paukkhaung Stationyard Project, Lt-Gen Ko Ko gave instructions on

Railroad, road projects ongoing forsmooth transport in Bago Division

the project and inspected construction tasks.Next, Lt-Gen Ko Ko inspected Pyay-

Paukkhaung road section under construction. Atthe briefing hall of Kyetmanit Station of the Projectfor Upgrading Pyay-Paukkhaung-Toungoo Road,he heard a supplementary report by Chairman ofBago Division PDC Commander of Southern Com-mand Maj-Gen Hla Min. He also stressed the needof meeting the set standards.

Lt-Gen Ko Ko in a motorcade inspected theupgrading of Pyay-Paukkhaung-Toungoo Road be-tween mile post Nos 94/7 and 95/0 and between105/6 and 107/3.

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Today’s vehicles and motorways in Myanmar (13)Article: Kayan Soe Myint; Photos: Ministry of Construction

13 tons(vehicle+

commodity)

Vehicle - 6.5 tonsCommodity- 6.5 tonsTotal -13 tons

5 tons 10 tons

Front axel Rear axel6-wheel car (medium-sized car)

Vehicle - 15 tonsCommodity- 40 tonsTotal -55 tons

10 tons 10 tons 10 tons 10 tons

Rear axel22-wheel car

Weight on axle and total weight of vehicle+commodity for 13-ton truckwith two axels (a pair rear wheels)

55 tons(vehicle+

commodity)

3.5 tons 9.5 tons

Rear axelFront axel

Weight on axle and total weight of vehicle+commodity for 55-tontruck with six axels (a pair rear wheels)

I have writtenbylines No. 1 to No. 12entitled “Today’svehicles and motorwaysin Myanmar” that

appeared in thenewspapers in Septemberand November last year.

N o w a d a y s ,vehicles are mostly used

for social and commercialpurposes. The transportcost shares 12 per centfor road construction,

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I would like to make a suggestion that they give up their lifestyle ofbeing minions of opportunist politicians, and certain countries that aredesperate to destabilize our country. It is time they quit sticking to oldstereotypes, realized the objective conditions, and chose the correct path,as aspired by the public.

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Sunday, 14 February, 2010

PERSPECTIVES

Try to open more import-substitute product factories

* 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

The State is striving for industrialdevelopment by tapping rich naturalresources in the country and enlisting thestrength of the people. With the extendedestablishment of industrial zones andfactories and workshops, production ofimport-substitute items has increased.

The Ministries of Industry-1 and -2are manufacturing consumer goods,medicine and foodstuff, diesel engines,heavy machinery and machine parts. Dueto the emergence of more heavy industries,percentage of industrial sector involvementin GDP has increased year by year.

No (2) Tyre and Rubber ProductsFactory (Bilin) of the Ministry of Industry-2 was opened on 10 February. It canproduce 300,000 tyres of eleven kinds ayear and other rubber products, includingpenstock rubber pipes and gloves forhospital use.

The nation has acquired modernproduction techniques as a result ofestablishing more industrial regions andzones, modern factories and import-substitute product factories, therebycontributing to regional development withjob opportunities.

Nowadays, measures are beingtaken to be able to increase export itemsand build more import-substitute productfactories by reducing import items. So it isnecessary to manufacture products thatare good in quality and quantity and thatare in demand.

Myanma industrial sector willdevelop significantly if each and everyfactory tries to run at full capacity,manufactures quality products as targetedand gets full supply of raw materials.

MoU on implementation of coal-firedThermal power plant (Yangon) signed

NAY PYI TAW, 13 Feb—A ceremony to signMoU on implementation of coal-fired Thermal powerplant (Yangon) among Department of Hydro PowerPlanning under Ministry of Electric Power No.1, HtooGroup of Companies and Huaneng Lancang RiverHydropower Co., ltd of the People’s Republic ofChina was held at the meeting hall of the Ministry hereon 11 February.

It was attended by Minister for Electric PowerNo.1 Col Zaw Min, Minister for National Planningand Economic Development U Soe Tha, Attorney-General U Aye Maung, Deputy Minister for ElectricPower No.1 U Myo Myint, heads of departments andofficials concerned, chairman and officials of Htoo

Group of Companies and president and officials ofHuaneng Lancang River Hydropower Co., ltd.

Minister Col Zaw Min made an opening speechon the occasion. Chairman U Teza of Htoo Group ofCompanies and president Mr Yuan Xianghua ofHuaneng Lancang River Hydropower Co., ltd spokewords of thanks.

Afterwards, director-general U Gyi Soe ofHydro Power Planning Department, the chairman ofHtoo Group of Companies and the president of HuanengLancang River Hydropower Co., ltd signed MoUs andexchanged documents. They had the documentaryphoto taken.

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Myanmar to beef up control of malaria, TB, HIV/AIDS

NAY PYI TAW, 13Feb—At a meeting heldat the Ministry of Health,here,on 11 February,Minister for Health Dr.Kyaw Myint togetherwith Project ManagerMr. ChrishanThuraisingham andProject Officer Ms.Izaskun Gaviria of theGlobal Fund, and Resi-

Want to be a JAVAprogrammer?

YANGON, 13Feb—For those studyingInformation Technologyand wishing to work as asuccessful programmerat home and abroad,Gusto ComputerTechnology Trainingschool will conductSoftware Solution withJAVA course soon.

JAVA Pro-gramming Language is

widely used in softwareindustry. Nowadays, it isa major subject in thei n t e r n a t i o n a luniversities. The coursewill be more beneficialto students fromUniversities ofComputer Studies andT e c h n o l o g i c a lUniversities, those whoare studying computertechnologies and intend

dent Representative Dr.Sun Gang of UNAIDSfocused on the fund forpreventive measure inMyanmar against ma-laria, tuberculosis andHIV/AIDS.

Present on the occa-sion were Deputy Min-ister Dr. Mya Oo andofficials.

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to study in foreignuniversities. The courseincludes advancedlanguage features,namely generics,annotations, threadingand collection as well ascore programmingtechniques of JAVA.

The course willstart on 24 February andlast for three months. The

number of trainees islimited to 15. Thosewhishing to attend thecourse may register atGusto ComputerTechnology Trainingschool, No.26, 14th road(Lower block),Lanmadaw Township,here, (Ph-222052 and224496) not later than20 February.—MNA

Ceremony to signMoU on implementa-

tion of coal-firedThermal power plant

(Yangon) amongMinistry of ElectricPower No.1, Htoo

Group of Companiesand Chinese

Huaneng LancangRiver HydropowerCo., ltd in progress.

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Minister Dr. KyawMyint receives

Project ManagerMr. Chrishan

Thuraisingham andProject Officer Ms.Izaskun Gaviria ofthe Global Fund

and UNAIDS Resi-dent Representative

Dr. Sun Gang.MNA

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A resident pushes a carton a flooded street in

Baghdad’s Sadr City on7 February, 2010.

INTERNET

A string of explo-sions killed six Iraqisincluding a womanand child on Friday

in coordinatedattacks in the holyShiite city of Najaf,emergency services

said.—INTERNET

NATO says militants killed;family says civilians

US snowstorms cause$2 billion insured losses

Motorcyclists ride past a poster warning people aboutbird flu in Ho Chi Minh City in 2009. Thousands ofducks and chickens have been slaughtered in Viet-nam as the government tries to contain an outbreakof bird flu ahead of the Lunar New Year, the government said Wednesday.—INTERNET

Honduras declares emergency for El Nino

Seven killed in Iraqi, USraid of village

BAGHDAD, 13 Feb — Seven people were killedand another was wounded after Iraqi and US forcesraided a village in Iraq’s southeastern province ofMissan, an Iraqi official said on Friday.

Major General Mohammed al-Askari, spokesmanfor the Iraqi Defence Ministry, said 12 others weredetained in the joint raid operation targeting wantedmilitants in the village near the border between Iraqand Iran in the early hours on Friday.

The joint forces came under fire when they en-tered the village and then returned fire, killing sevenpeople, the spokesman said in a statement to thestate-run Iraqiya TV.—Xinhua

Four killed, 35 wounded inIraq’s Najaf blasts

BAGHDAD, 13 Feb — Four Iraqi Shiite pilgrimswere killed and 35 others injured in three attacksFriday evening near southern Iraqi city of Najaf, anIraqi Interior Ministry source said.

The first was conducted by a female suicidebomber. The other two were roadside explosive de-vices. They occurred on a road that links Najaf, some160 km south of Baghdad, to Kufa, about seven kmeast of Najaf, the source said.

Shiite pilgrims were often attacked by militants.Earlier this month, more than 60 Shiite pilgrims werekilled in explosions targeting them in Baghdad andKarbala when they were observing their religiousArbaeen ritual.�—Xinhua

Mexican soldiers discovertunnel near US border

TIJUANA, 13 Feb — Mexican troops have found anunfinished tunnel apparently designed to burrow un-der the US border starting from a Mexican customsfacility. Drug smugglers and human traffickers oftenuse such tunnels. Mexico’s customs service has beenbeset by corruption for decades.

A statement issued Friday by Mexico’s army says sol-diers found the 16-yard-long (15-meter) tunnel at Mexi-can federal customs in Tijuana. The army says the tunnelis 3 feet (1 meter) across but provides no other details.US Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokes-woman Lauren Mack says the Mexican army has toldUS officials that the tunnel was about 160 feet (50meters) from reaching the border.—Internet

TEGUCIGALPA, 13 Feb— The Honduran govern-ment on Friday declareda state of emergency forthe agriculture sectoragainst possible impactsof the climate phenom-enon El Nino, and orderedthe adoption of measuresto avoid a possible lack ofbasic grains.

The Honduran Councilof Ministers assigned600,000 US dollars to aid7,000 agriculture produc-ers in the country, in or-der to get the harvest of20,000 tons of beans, tocover the demand of Julyand August.

Honduran Agricultureand Livestock Minister,Jacobo Regalado, said

that they had set the goalof producing 20,000 tonsof beans in 2010.

Regalado added thatthe harvest should beready before the rainingseason, the last days ofMay, and the beans will becommercialized betweenJune and July.

Meanwhile, HonduranVice President SamuelReyes, also Agriculturesector coordinator, saidthat the “El Nino climatephenomenon is affectingsome beans and othergrains harvests, and it willimpact the supply. Theemergency declarationaims to avoid such a prob-lem.”

The goal is guarantee

market supply and avoidrunaway increase of ba-sic grain prices, Reyesadded.

Xinhua

NEW YORK, 13 Feb—Insurers are likely to facemore than $2 billion of in-sured losses resulting fromthe two major snowstormsthat barreled through theeastern United States thismonth, the risk assessorEqecat said on Friday.Eqecat said the majority oflosses will be realized be-

tween northern Virginiaand the New York metro-politan area.

It said roof damage,pipe damage and “icedams” — buildups of iceon roofs along overhangs,which cause water to leakinto buildings — are themost common sources oflosses. The storms werestrongest on 6 Februaryand 10 February, and gen-erated upwards of threefeet of snow in some ar-eas. Seasonal snowfallrecords were set in Wash-ington, DC, Baltimore andPhiladelphia.

US President BarackObama dubbed the firststorm “Snowmageddon,”and the bad weathercaused federal govern-ment offices in Washing-ton to close from 8 Febru-ary to 11 February.

Eqecat’s insured lossforecast is higher thansome estimates given forthe devastating 12 Januaryearthquake in Haiti, wheremany structures are notinsured. About 212,000people are believed tohave died in that catas-trophe.—Internet

KABUL, 13 Feb — A jointAfghan-NATO force killedseveral militants during araid on a compound wheretroops discovered the bodiesof two men and two boundand gagged women, NATOsaid on Friday. Family mem-bers accused US soldiers ofkilling innocent civilians.

Afghan officials inPaktia Province confirmedFriday they are investigat-

ing the deaths of five peo-ple in a home near the pro-vincial capital of Gardez.

Police Chief GenAzizudin Wardak said thefive — two men and threewomen — were killedThursday night during aparty. One of the menworked for the police,while the second manworked for the attorneygeneral’s office, he said.

“Who killed them? Westill don’t know,” he said,adding the investigation isunder way.

Civilian deaths duringmilitary operation are ahot-button issue in Af-ghanistan, and US com-manders have issued strictorders to limit the use offorce when civilians are atrisk. President HamidKarzai has also called onNATO to stop night raidsinto private homes be-cause they offend Afghanculture and help turn peo-ple away from the govern-ment and its allies.

The Interior Ministrysent a team Friday toPaktia to investigate theincident, indicating thehigh level concern overnew allegations of civiliancasualties.—Internet

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Eurozone industrial productiondown by 1.7 percent in December

China, Russia to opennew transport service line

HARBIN, 13 Feb—Northeast China’s HeilongjiangProvince has planned to open a new transport line link-ing the province with Birobidzhan, capital of Russia’sJewish Autonomous Oblast.

Li Xiaohao, road transport official with the pro-vincial communications and transport bureau, saidearlier this week that both passenger and cargo serv-ices will be opened on the 410 km route linking YichunCity, Heilongjiang with Birobidzhan.

He said Heilongjiang has 48 road transport routeswith Russia, covering Russia cities of Vladivostok,Khabarovsk, Chita and Ulan-Ude.—Xinhua

Despite uncertainties, Asian economiesheading towards full recovery in 2010

Baku wants new gaspipeline to Iran

Mexico should boosttrade with EU

People walk past decorative landscapes in front of the National Stadium, alsoknown as the “Bird’s Nest”, in Beijing, capital of China, on 12 Feb, 2010.—XINHUA

A junk food machine ispictured in a subway

station in Bucharest. Aproject of the Roma-

nian government to taxthe fast food restau-

rants and junk food tofight against obesityhas triggered groans

from the food industryand skepticism about

its efficacy.—INTERNET

Turkish President visits Bangladeshwith trade, investment on agenda

HONG KONG, 13 Feb—The global recession,which started late 2008,hit Asia hard as its econo-mies were mainly pow-ered by manufacturingsector that exports most ofthe products to industrial-ized economies.

Thanks to swift gov-ernment response — in-cluding reduction of inter-est rates, decreasing bankreserve requirements andstimulus spending —Asian economies led the

global recovery from theworst recession in dec-ades. The Asian Develop-ment Bank (ADB) saidthe region’s GDP wouldgrow by 4.5 percent lastyear, a rate higher thanmany other parts of theworld.

Experts, however, alsowarned that early signs ofgrowth will not necessar-ily translate to a long termrecovery, especially asexport-reliant Asianeconomies were still

hinged on the perform-ance of developed coun-tries in 2010. And thereare no indications yet thatthe crisis that crippled theUS and Europe is finallyover.

A question is thusraised for Asian govern-ments in 2010 on how andwhen to implement theirexit strategies. It would beone of the key issues af-fecting Asia’s sustainedrecovery.

Xinhua

DHAKA, 13 Feb—Turkish PresidentAbdullah Gul arrived inBangladesh’s capitalDhaka on Friday on atwo-day state visit to theSouth Asian country withincreasing trade andinvestment high on hisagenda.

Bangladeshi PresidentZillur Rahman receivedGul at Zia International

Airport as he alightedfrom a special aircraft at2: 35 pm.

Gul is leading a 210-member delegation com-prising the Minister ofState, Minister of Healthand Minister of Transpor-tation, high- ranking bu-reaucrats and about 80leading businessmen.

Officials here saidPresident Gul’s visit is

aimed at examining howto improve trade and busi-ness between Turkey andBangladesh.

This is the first visit toBangladesh by a TurkishPresident in 13 years. In1997, Turkish PresidentSoleiman Demirel visitedBangladesh to attend thesilver-jubilee celebrationsof Bangladesh’s inde-pendence.—Xinhua�

BAKU, 13 Feb—TheState Oil Co of theAzerbaijan Republic saidit would start constructionthis year of a 124-milenatural gas pipeline toIran, gas officials said.

Nazim Samadzade, thedeputy chief at AzerigasPU, said SOCAR is set tobuild the Sangachal-Azadkend-Astara pipe-line, Azerbaijan’s Trendnews agency reports.

“It is expected thatconstruction of the newpipeline will begin in2010,” he added.

Samadzade said the

decision was made to ex-pand its pipeline optionsto Iran because current in-frastructure was inad-equate for increased gasexports.

Iran said the mountain-ous terrain in its northernprovinces prevents tran-sits from energy-rich re-gions in the south of thecountry, forcing it to relyon imports.

The 916-mile Kazi-Magmoed-Astara gaspipeline delivers 353 bil-lion cubic feet of Azerigas to northern Iran eachyear.—Internet

MEXICO CITY, 13 Feb—Mexican President FelipeCalderon said Friday thathis country must reduceits economic dependenceon neighbouring UnitedStates and seek greatertrade opportunities withEurope.

Standing beside visit-ing Prince Andrew ofBritain, Calderon said that“a key strategy forMexico is to diversify itstrade and investment(and) reduce its depend-ence on the United States.

“The opportunity is

primarily in the EuropeanUnion,” Calderon told re-porters.

The president confi-dently stated that theDuke of York’s three-day visit would help“strengthen the bonds ofcooperation and promotebetter mutual investment”between Mexico andBritain.

Internet

BRUSSELS, 13 Feb—In-dustrial production in theeuro zone dropped by 1.7percent in Decembercompared with the previ-ous month, indicating re-covery remained fragile,the European Union(EU)’s statistics bureauEurostat said on Friday.

In December, eurozoneproduction of intermediategoods decreased by 2.4percent on monthly basis.Capital goods fell by 1.6percent. However, durable

consumer goods and non-durable consumer goodsrose by 0.7 percent and 1.0percent respectively.Energy increased by 2.1percent.

Compared with De-cember 2008, industrialproduction in the 16 EUnations that use the eurodeclined by 5.0 percent.

For the whole year of2009, the average produc-tion index fell by 14.9 per-cent from the previousyear.—Xinhua

Workers prepare for a float in the SambadromeAnhembi of Sao Paulo, Brazil on 11 Feb. The national

fest Carnival 2010 will kick off in Brazil. —XINHUA

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China’s missile frigate “Ma’anshan” receives supplies from Chinese“Qiandaohu” supply ship in the Gulf of Aden, on 11 Feb 2010. —XINHUA

Greek, Turkish Cypriot leaders agreeon continuation of peace talks

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

NICOSIA, 13 Feb—The Greek and TurkishCypriot leaders in Cyprushave agreed on continu-ing their talks aimed atreunifying the island de-spite an upcoming votefor the election of a newcommunity leader by theTurkish Cypriots.

A government spokes-man said on Friday thatPresident DemetrisChristofias, who is theleader of the Greek Cyp-riot community, had pro-posed four more meet-ings before the April 18vote.

“In consultation withthe United Nations in Cy-prus the meetings willtake place on 24 Feb andthen on 4 March 16 and30,” the spokesman saidin a written statement.

Christofias and Turk-ish Cypriot leaderMehmet Ali Talat havebeen discussing a solutionto the Cyprus problem forthe past 17 months.

Last month, they helda series of intensive talkswhich culminated in avisit to Cyprus by UNSecretary-general Ban Ki-moon. Ban announced

“significant progress” onissues related to govern-ance and power sharing.

The UN chief encour-aged the two leaders tocontinue their talks andshow more flexibility anddetermination to reach asettlement.

The United Nationsare concerned that theApril 18 elections for anew Turkish Cypriotleader may result in a winby right-wing nationalistpolitician Dervis Eroglu,who advocates a hardlinepolicy.

Xinhua

NASA invites Indonesiato join in space researchJAKARTA, 13 Feb—The United States’ National

Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of-fered Indonesia’s National Flight and Space Agency(LAPAN) to participate in researches at the Interna-tional Space Station, Kompas daily quoted an officialas saying on Saturday.

The step is a follow up of President Barack Obama’spolicy to embrace Asian countries to participate inspace research activities.

The LAPAN’s Head Adi Sadewo Salatun said thatthe offer would be studied while waiting for meetingresult brought by Indonesian negotiation team involvedin discussion of “Science and Technology Agreement”in Washington on 22-23 March .

The agreement is the law umbrella consisting spaceresearch, nanotechnology, advanced technology andremote sensing. Adi said that NASA’s offer was sub-mitted by Michael F O’ Brien,the agency’s AssistantAdministrator for External Relations.—Xinhua

Three killed, three wounded in Ala-bama campus shooting

In this still image from

video courtesy of

WAFF via CNN, Police

respond to the scene of

a shooting on 12 Feb,

2010, at the University

of Alabama in

Huntsville, Ala.

XINHUA

Washington Fire Chief DL Rubin answers to

reporters near the Farragut North metro station in

downtown Washington, DC, where a metro train

derailed, on 12 Feb, 2010. A six-car metro trainderailed near the underground Farragut North

metro station Friday morning, leaving three

people slightly injuried.—�XINHUA

WASHINGTON, 13Feb—Three people werekilled and three otherswere injured when awoman faculty memberopened fire at the Univer-sity of Alabama’s

Huntsville campus onFriday, a spokesman forthe university said.

Spokesman Ray Gar-ner told reporters inHuntsville, Alabama, thatthe shooter was caughtoutside a science build-ing in the campus. Butthe spokesman declinedto identify the shooter orthe victims.

According to thespokesman, five of thevictims, including allthree of those killed andtwo of the injured, werefaculty members of theuniversity. The third in-jured was a staff member.No students were in-volved in the incident.

Local hospital offi-cials said two of thoseinjured were in criticalconditions.

The shooting tookplace at a biology facultymeeting at the universi-ty’s Huntsville campus.The suspect was report-edly denied tenure on Fri-day afternoon, whichprompted the shooting.But the exact cause of theincident has not yet beenconfirmed.

The Huntsville cam-pus, which has more than7,000 students, wasclosed Friday night andall students were advisedto go home.

XinhuaFreight train carrying

fertilizer derailsin central Canada

OTTAWA, 13 Feb—Nearly five dozen cars ofa freight train carryingpotash derailed Thursdaymorning in Canada’s cen-tral province of Manitobawith no casualties re-ported, local media said.

The Canadian Na-tional Railway Company(CNR) train, bound forthe United States, cameoff the tracks 16 km westof Rivers, Manitoba, atabout 9:30 am local time.CNR spokeswomanKelly Svendson said lateThursday that no onewas injured and thecleanup was continuingafter 56 cars on the east-bound potash train

jumped the tracks.She said there was no

word on how long thecleanup of potash, nor-mally a non-dangerouscommodity, would takeand trains were being re-routed in the interim.

Xinhua

Six soldiers killed,injured in first breach of

north Yemen ceasefire

DC metro train derails,minor injuries reported

SANAA, 13 Feb—TwoYemeni soldiers werekilled and four others in-jured in clashes betweengovernment troops andShiite rebels in the north,breaching a ceasefire be-tween the two sides justhours after it came into

effect.The Houthi rebels

opened fire on Friday ata convoy of the com-mander of military op-erations in Saada prov-ince, an official at theYemeni government toldXinhua.

The military officialsurvived the “assassina-tion attempt” by theHouthis, but the attackleft two soldiers killedand four others injured,the official, who spokeon the condition of ano-nymity, said.

Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 13Feb—Hundreds ofpeople were evacuatedon Friday after a metrotrain in Washington,DC, derailed, and threeminor injuries have beenconfirmed.

Washington Metro-politan Area Transit Au-thority said in a state-

ment that the six-cartrain on the Red Line de-railed near the under-ground Farragut NorthMetro Station in down-town DC around 10:13am EST.

The preliminaryinvestigation showedthat the front wheelsof the lead car is the onecoming off the tracks,said the statement.

Xinhua

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(from page 1)3 per cent for roadmaintenance and 85 percent for the use ofvehicles. Therefore, the

Today’s vehicles and motorways…34 tons

(vehicle+commodity)

Vehicle -14 tonsCommodity -20 tonsTotal -34 tons

14-wheel car

6 tons

Front axel

10 tons 9 tons 9 tons

Rear axel6 tons 10 tons

Front axel Rear axel

16 tons(vehicle+

commodity)

Vehicle - 8 tonsCommodity - 8 tonsTotal -16 tons

Weight on axle and total weight of vehicle+commodity for 34-tontruck with four axels (a pair rear wheels)

6-wheel car (large-sized car)

Weight on axle and total weight of vehicle+commodity for 16-tontruck with three axels (a pair rear wheels)

Weight on axle and total weight of vehicle+commodity for 21-tontruck with three axels (a pair rear wheels)

21 tons(vehicle+

commodity)

Vehicle - 10.5 tonsCommodity - 10.5 tonsTotal - 21 tons

5 tons 8 tons


8 tons

10-wheel car

Weight on axle and total weight of vehicle+commodity for 25-tontruck with four axels (a pair rear wheels)

25 tons(vehicle+

commodity)

Vehicle - 12.5 tonsCommodity - 12.5 tonsTotal - 25 tons

4.2 tons 8.3 tons 8.3 tons


12-wheel car

4.2 tons

road maintenance coststhe least amount.

Due to heavydamages of roads within10 years, not only cost ofthe vehicle use but alsothe cost of roadmaintenance is high.

In the countries ofAfrica and the MiddleEast, some roads causedgot damaged within twoyears after theconstruction the roadsdue to the vehicles withoverloads. According tothe findings ofengineering societies ofi n t e r n a t i o n a lcommunity, the roadswere also damaged bythe vehicles that did not

follow the prescribeddesigns and standards.Moreover, the vehiclescarrying 40 per cent morethan the prescribed load

can destroy the roads by300 per cent more thanthose carrying theprescribed weight.

Only when themeasurement of vehiclebody and weight of loadsfollow the prescribedconditions, disciplinesand norms of automobilemanufacturers and roaddesigners, will thevehicles and road users befree from traffic accidentsand the roads be lessdamaged.

The creation ofroad design is interrelatedwith the design of vehicle.Depending on length,width and height of thedesign vehicle, it is

necessary to create thesmooth bends and clearvision for the roads in linewith the prescribedstandards on the width of

traffic islands and thebreadth of motor roads.

The vehicles failingto meet the set standardsdestroy the roads.Moreover, these vehiclesdelay the runs of smallcars and cause damagesto the engines and bodyparts. Therefore, the costof repair is greater thanthe expected.

In the internationaltraffic rules, the truckswith loads are allowed todrive along the side laneof the road. When thetrucks take over eachother, they are allowed todrive on the middle laneof the road. Afterovertaking other vehicle,

the truck has to re-enterthe designated lane.

Thus, the small carscan quickly take themiddle lane for their run.In Myanmar, the smallcars cannot drive speedilyon the road since the trucksare on the middle lane.The traffic rules mentionthat the vehicle wishingto overtake another onemust pasts it from the leftlane. Therefore, thebreach of trucks in trafficrules is very dangerous forthe small cars. The vehiclethat overtakes another onefrom the right lane breaksthe traffic rules. If thevehicle in the frontsuddenly enters the sidelane, the traffic accidentwill happen. In overtakingthe truck on the left lane

in line with the trafficrules, the front scene ofthe vehicle will be blockedby the truck. Therefore,the vehicle may collidewith the small car on theopposite lane. Especially,it will be more dangerouson the narrow hilly roads.

If the trucks areallowed to drive on theside lane of the road inaccordance with theinternational traffic rules,it is necessary to createthe design of side lane forthe trucks and the innerlane for the small cars. Ifso, the road layer of theside lane will be thickerthan that of the lane forsmall cars. That is meantto save road constructioncosts.

The role of motor

road is the mostimportant in the transportsector of Myanmar. Withthe aim of developing thetransport and productionsector and enhancing thelivelihoods of the people,the government hasconstructed the roads andbridges. Up to November2009, the Ministry ofConstruction built andmaintained 21,154 milesand 2 furlongs, up 7519miles and two furlongsfrom 13,635 miles in1998. The governmenthas provided the fundsto construct more roadsannually. Maintenanceof roads for all-weatheruse will contribute tosecure and smoothtransport.

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Lt-Gen Ko Ko of Ministry of Defence inspects earth work between Inngagwa station andPaukkhaung station in Pyay (Shwedagar)-Paukkhaung railroad section.

(News on page 1) —MNA

Today’s vehicles andmotorways…

(from page 6)Being an ASEAN member nation, Myanmar

must follow the disciplines on maximum weight onthe axle, total weight and prescribed measurementof vehicle body agreed by the ASEAN.

The maximum weight on each axle isdesignated as 10 tons. Therefore, it is necessary toprohibit the run of vehicles with overloads on themotor roads owned by the Ministry of Construction.The road damage caused by a vehicle with threeaxles weighing 40 tons in total is equal to that of 18vehicles with two axles weighing 13 tons each.

Only when the trucks follows payloadmentioned in the catalogue of automobilemanufacturer, will the vehicle and road users be freefrom traffic accidents. The roads are to be constructedin accord with the rules of road designers for theirdurability. The total weight of vehicle and axles forthe roads in Myanmar is to be designated as follows:-Six-wheel truck with two axles13 tons (6.5 tons

for truck+6.5 tonsfor goods)(medium-sizedcar)

Six-wheel truck with two axles 16 tons (8 tons fortruck+8 tons forgoods) (large-sized car)

10-wheel truck with three axles 21 tons (10.5 tons

for truck+10.5 tonsfor goods)

12-wheel truck with four axles 25 tons (12.5 tons fortruck+12.5 tons forgoods)

20 feet container trailer with 4 axles 34 tons (14tons for trailer+14tons for goods)

40 feet container trailer with 6 axles 55 tons (15tons for trailer+40tons for goods)

It is found that the weigh on an axel was notheavier than 10 tons. The followings are points to befollowed before this system is used according to theinternational standards.(a) A departmental road institution and a company

which is responsible for road construction andmaintenance work are to understand this system,and they will have to organize the public tofollow it the point cooperation with the trafficpolice.

(b) It is necessary to set up offices in order to dealwith system management and road maintenanceworks.

(c) It is required to install devices to measure theweigh of the axle at the toll gates. This devicemust withstand 45-ton loads. Weighing machinemust be usable while the car is in non-motion ormoving at 5-10 kph. It must be a simple devicewithout applying electronic equipment. Theportable devices must be used for surpriseconducting check on trucks with overloads and

for inspecting the one assuring equipment at tollgates.The system will help ensure traffic safety,

minimize road damage and maintenance cost ofvehicle. The following points will disseminateknowledge to the people through articles on today’svehicles and motorways in Myanmar

- to explain facts about the traffic rules to thevehicle owners and transport organizations, and

- to practise such system and to cooperate withroad construction and maintenance organizationsand companies in implementing the proper trafficsystem.

- Moreover, it is necessary to fix the standardsand norms for expected vehicles in the future.

- It is true that overloaded and under loaded carswill pass through the toll gate. The flexibleinternational traffic rules are as follows:-

- The places of commodities are to be adjustedonboard the vehicle.

- Overloads are to be allowed till reaching thedesignated weight and the fact should be takeninto account in the creation of roadsconstruction.

- Rate for excessive load must be fixed.- The excessive load must be loaded on other

trucks.- Reloading is not required for perishable goods

and animals. Only a fine must be imposed.*****

Translation: TTAMyanma Alin: 4-2-2010

EP-1, YUPD ink Supplementary Agreement for Shweli-1

The Director-General of

HydropowerPlanning

Department andChairman Mr.

Huang Guangmingof YUPD seen in

signing ceremony ofSupplementaryAgreement for

Shweli-1Hydropower

Project.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 13Feb—Minister forElectric Power No. 1 Col.Zaw Min receivedChairman Mr. HuangGuangming and party ofYunnan United PowerDevelopment Co. Ltd(YUPD) of the People'sRepublic of China at theMinistry on 9 Februaryon 11 February

Present on theoccasion were DeputyMinister U Myo Myint andofficials, and PresidentMr. Jiang Diwei and

officials of YUPD.In the presence of

the minister, the deputyminister and officials,Director-General UMyint Zaw of Hydro-power PlanningDepartment andChairman Mr HuangGuangming of YUPDsigned the Supple-mentary Agreement ofthe joint agreement forimplementing Shweli-1Hydropower Project andexchanged notes.

MNA

1. To uphold Our Three Main NationalCauses at risk to life as the nationalpolicy

2. To work hard with national people forsuccessful completion of elections dueto be held in accordance with the newconstitution

3. To crush internal and externalsubversive elements through thestrength and consolidated unity of thepeople

4. To build a strong, patriotic modernTatmadaw capable of safeguarding thesovereignty and territorial integrity ofthe nation

Objectives of65th Anniversary

Armed Forces Day

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In previous article, I gave answer to the question"What is KNU?" Now, there has been a popularquestion "Which way, KNU?"

To reply to that question, it is needed to identifywhere KNU is now, and then which way KNU istaking. To be able to give a correct answer in thatregard, we have to find out to what extent KNU hasachieved its initial goal of working for the liberationand a prosperous future of Kayin nationals.

The phrase "liberation of Kayin State", whichcame into existence about 60 years ago, is now absolutenonsense. The armed struggle line KNU practises tosecede from the Union due to dissension sowed by thecolonialists and its narrow-minded attitude has beenfound fruitless. Those who really suffered a wide vari-ety of evil consequences of its armed insurgency mostare local people. That point is supported by a greatnumber of events Kayin State has encountered so far.According to the terrible experiences of local people,KNU has to give up its old stereotype of secession fromthe motherland without fail.

From time immemorial, Kayin nationals havelived in the Union together with other nationalraces, sharing joys and sorrows. They also have tomake the Union their home in harmony with othernational races as long as the world exists. Nationalraces differ in name such as Kachin, Kayah, Kayin,Chin, Mon, Rakhine, Shan and Bamar. Variousnational races live in amity in each of the regionsacross the Union. Therefore, in each and everyregion, there should no longer be any prejudicedattitudes with which a national race demands forunnecessary privileges in its interest.

Therefore, KNU's attempt for Kayin State lib-eration is unacceptable not only to local Kayin nation-als in Kayin State but also to other national people. Thearmed insurgency KNU practises under the pretext ofliberation of Kayin State is repugnant to the entirepeople.

No one has trust in KNU's goal of creating abetter future for Kayin nationals. What has KNU donein over past 60 years in the interest of their country andpeople? KNU has constructed no dams and bridges,but destroyed numberless facilities in Kayin State,which has come to common knowledge. Its subversiveacts have strong negative impact not only on Kayin

Which way, KNU?Saw Po Si

nationals but also on many innocent civilians psysicallyand mentally.

Our Kayin nationals are by nature open-mindedand willing to lead a peaceful life, and love peace. Theyhave immense attachment to their native land and valueand adore their customs and traditions. Nevertheless,Kayin State lacked stability and peace for more than60 years due to the fact that KNU sticks to armedstrife which it claims for a better future of its ownrace. So, the black sheep's misbehavior has cast ashadow over Kayin nationals' characteristics of open-ness and honesty. Many of Kayin nationals havecome under pressure to flee their native state forrefugee camps in a neighbouring country because ofKNU. According to my firsthand experience, there,their traditions and customs have become dim, andthey are under suppression as refugees in a foreigncountry.

As a matter of fact, Kayin refugee camps in thepast were to provide temporary accommodation forthose local people who fled their state on the ground ofbattles. Later, KNU leaders, politician expatriates, andorganizations under the name of relief organizationscame to exploit the refugee camps to gain funds of USdollars. Vividly clear, they are resorting to variousmeans to force Kayin nationals to flee for the camps,because the more refugees there are in camps, the moredollars they will earn.

To be blunt, refugee camps are the places whereKNU troops of us stay to temporarily keep themselvesaway from military attacks. But now, the camps havebecome a place where outlaws anxious to exploit refu-gees rights set up their bases. Refugees are troops andtheir family members of KNU, those who were relo-cated due to mines planted in their villages, non-Kayincriminals who absconded from the nation, and traf-ficked people who enter the neighbouring country withfake visas with the hope of migrating to a third foreigncountry. In that regard, what is the worst is that KNU hasto accomodate massive influx of aliens from the south-ern part of Thailand as refugees, despite its knowledgethat they are so-called refugees. The number of realrefugees is very low, and the majority of the refugeesare those who are there for economic gains fromrefugee camps. They are trying to earn dollars at theexpense of the dignity of their people. According to

the objective conditions, it can be found that KNU’spolicy of better future for Kayin nationals is inreality making its own people the downtrodden inforeign countries through refugee camps.

That is why Kayin nationals in the nation hate andabhor KNU. Our Kayin nationals' real desire of a betterfuture is development of our native land and life security.We hate to be in a state of panic, and we have a greathunger for a peaceful lifestyle with dignity.

I am sure that the supporters of KNU are not Kayinnationals. They are indeed ideologists in foreign countries,opportunist politicians who rely on and exploit KNU intheir interest, aliens who wish to destabilize the nation, andforeign opportunist businessmen doing well in businessdue to KNU. In particular, anti-government politicalactivists in foreign countries are under deep fear that KNUand the government will reach a peace agreement. So, theydrive a wedge between KNU and the government, andbrand KNU's armed insurgency as revolution to reinforcethe armed insurgency. I have faced many times thatwhenever KNU holds peace talks with the government,there are problems stirred up by external elements.

Many of the KNU members have no wish to handdown the armed insurgency to their younger genera-tions. Some KNU leaders struggling for their survival inthe nation, and the majority of subordinates have saidthat they are wary of armed conflicts. The majority of thepeople have strong desire for peace and do not wish toface evil consequences.

In my opinion, peace talks are aimed at fulfill-ing the wishes of the people, not deciding on theresult: win or loss. It will be virtually impossible forKNU members to escape from the circle of terroristacts, if they let themselves swayed by the words ofanti-peace elements that making peace is a means ofsurrender. They should have realized the value ofpeace, comparing their living conditions and that ofother national race groups that have made peace.

The democratization process has taken its shapethat can guarantee equal rights for all national racesunder the State policy of non-disintegration of the Unionand non-disintegration of national solidarity. The Stateconstitution approved with the massive support of thepeople guarantees rights with which national races candevelop their characteristics, customs and traditionswithout infringing the goal of non-disintegration of theUnion. To be frank, they should not waste the goldenopportunity to hold arms legally.

I would like to make a suggestion that theygive up their lifestyle of being minions of opportun-ist politicians, and certain countries that are desper-ate to destabilize our country. It is time they quitsticking to old stereotypes, realized the objectiveconditions, and chose the correct path, as aspired bythe public.

So, the people of us will have to watch and seewhich way KNU will choose: the way of honouring thepeople's desire of regional stability and peace, or cling-ing on to armed struggle line at the instigation ofexpatriate politicians and aliens.

Translation: MS*****

The number of real refugees is very low, and themajority of the refugees are those who are there foreconomic gains from refugee camps. They are trying toearn dollars at the expense of the dignity of their people.According to the objective conditions, it can be foundthat KNU’s policy of better future for Kayin nationals isin reality making its own people the downtrodden inforeign countries through refugee camps.

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(from page 16)made to constructAyeyawady RiverSpanning Bridge (Singu-Kyaukmyaung). Thanksto government’s effortsfor swift flow of

236th bridge in the nation…

commodities in all partsof the nation includingborder region, it can bewitnessed that the socio-economic life of thepeople has developed, hesaid.

The commandercalled for durability of theoverpass and expressedthanks to the governmentand the Ministry ofConstruction for buildingthe overpass that can

Commander Maj-Gen Myint Soe and Minister for Construction Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint stroll along Thiri Mingala Overpass.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 13Feb—Following the bookentitled “Life of a lawyer”,“Barrister U Nat Kyawand selected short stories”by lawyer as well as writerChit Ko Ko Yu, creator of“Bad guy with golden

Barrister U Nat Kyaw and selected shortstories comes out

heart” which won fiveacademy awards has beenpublished recently.

The book which is theninth work of Chit Ko KoYu comprises 15 shortstories, all of which arebased on fictionalized

experiences of the author.The book is available

at Soe Publishing House,No. 55 (E), West HorseRace Course Road, BahanTownship, Yangon, andother book shops with K1,500 per copy.—MNA

enable the local people totravel Sagaing Divisionthrough the overpass,thereby contributingtowards remarkableprogress in the region.

Next, Minister forConstruction Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint and

officials opened theoverpass and thecommander unveiled thestone inscription.

The broad crest typeoverpass is 485 feet long.The four-way lane facilityhas 48 feet widemotorway and four feet

pedestrian each. Itsclearance is 52 feet wideand 17 feet high. It canwithstand 60-ton load.

The overpass is 236th

bridge of above 180 feetlong in the nation and the17th in Sagaing Division.

MNA

Minister for Construction Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint formallyopens Thiri Mingala Overpass.—MNA

63rd Anniversary Union Day observedin Laukkai

NAY PYI TAW, 13Feb—A ceremony tomark 63rd AnniversaryUnion Day was held at thecompound of TonchainHotel Zone in No.1 Ward,Laukkai of Shan State(North) yesterday.

It was attended bysenior military officers ofLaukkai station,

chairmen of District andTownship Peace andDevelopment Council,departmental officials,the chairman of KokangRegion ProvisionalLeading Committee andmembers, local peopleand members of socialorganization.

Attendees saluted

the State Flag, and thenLaukkai District Peaceand Development CouncilChairman U Khine HtunOo read out the messagesent by the Chairman ofthe State Peace andDevelopment Council onthe occasion of the 63rd

Anniversary Union Day.MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Thaung Aye, Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaungand Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe at 2nd horticultural

exhibition in Sittway.—MNA

Commander and ministers visit 2nd

horticultural exhibition

YANGON, 13 Feb—The 2nd horticulturalexhibition in honour of63rd Anniversary UnionDay was held at WaithaliSports Ground in Sittway,Rakhine State yesterday.Chairman of RakhineState Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of Western

Command Maj-GenThaung Aye together withMinister for Industry-1 UAung Thaung andMinister for TransportMaj-Gen Thein Swevisited the exhibition andviewed the boothsdisplayed there.

The commander andthe ministers then went to

1st Rakhine traditionalcloth weaving contestwhere they viewed thebooths and encouraged theparticipants.

A total of 21 boothsfrom the ministries andproducers were put ondisplay in the horticulturalexhibition from 7 to 13February.—MNA

Armanthit Trawlergyi distributed by Ever Smile Group seen in a row.MNA

Armanthit Trawlergyi on sale

YANGON, 13 Feb—Ever Smile Group isdistributing ArmanthitTrawlergyi with China-made engine.

Armanthit trawlergyican be used in all hilly andplain regions and spareparts can be availableeasily at reasonable prices.It is good not only foragricultural purpose but

for general use. Price forsuch kind of vehicle is K8.2 million and ESG hasarranged installmentprogramme.

One may buyArmanthit trawlergyi atthe factory at No. 229,Kanaung MinthagyiStreet, No (2) IndustrialZone, HlinethayaTownship, Yangon;

Shworoom (1) at No. 381,Lower KyimyindineRoad, Yangon; andShowroom (2) at No. 423,Lower KyimyindineRoad, Yangon (Ph:217379, 224765, 220502,682814, 098650144,095135380, 095138223,095030336 and098030336).

MNA

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Gadgets don’t cause teenagers’ headaches

Many older adults needpneumonia shot

Scientists reverse bloodstem cell aging Institutionalizing affects young brains

MUNICH, 13 Feb—German scientists saythey’ve determined theuse of most electronicmedia is not associatedwith headaches, at leastnot in adolescents.

Astric Milde-Bushfrom Ludwig-Maximili-ans-University in Munich,Germany, studied 1,02513- to 17-year-olds andfound no association be-tween their use of compu-ter games, mobile phonesor television and the oc-currence of headaches or

migraines.But the scientists did

find listening to one ortwo hours of music everyday was associated withheadaches.

“Excessive use ofelectronic media is oftenreported to be associatedwith long-lasting adverseeffects on health likeobesity or lack of regularexercise, or unspecificsymptoms like tiredness,stress, concentration dif-ficulties and sleep distur-bances,” Milde-Bush

said. “Studies into the oc-currence of headacheshave had mixed resultsand for some types ofmedia, in particular com-puter games, are com-pletely lacking.”

The researchers inter-viewed 489 teenagerswho claimed to sufferfrom headaches and 536who said they did not.When the two groupswere compared, no asso-ciations were found fortelevision viewing, elec-tronic gaming, mobilephone usage or computerusage.—Internet

BOSTON, 13 Feb—USscientists say they have re-versed the aging of bloodstem cells through the in-fluence of bone-formingcells known asosteoblasts.

Principal InvestigatorAmy Wagers of the JoslinDiabetes Centre in Bostonsaid aging leads bloodstem cells in bone marrowto produce an aberrant ar-ray of blood cell types thatenhances vulnerability todisease. An earlier study atJoslin by postdoctoral fel-low Shane Mayack re-vealed bone-forming cellsknown as osteoblasts havea critical role in the main-tenance and regenerationof blood stem cells.

Wagers said her teamfound blood factors fromosteoblasts influence theaging of blood stem cells,making them less able toproduce the right mixtureof blood cells.

Wagers’ team con-ducted tests in which twomice shared a commonblood circulation. Whenold mice were paired withyoung mice, osteoblastsand existing stem cells ofthe older mice showedsigns of rejuvenation, sothat the older mice hadblood-forming abilitiesmore characteristic ofyounger mice.—Internet

Depressed people seegray not blue

MADISON, 13 Feb—USresearchers have linkedlength of time in institu-tional care and child braindevelopment.

Researchers at the Uni-versity of Wisconsin,Harvard Medical School/Children’s Hospital Bos-ton and the University ofMinnesota found childrenadopted early from fostercare didn’t differ from

children raised in theirbirth families. However,children adopted from in-stitutional care performedat developmentally appro-priate levels on tests in-volving sequencing andplanning, but worse thanthose raised in families, ontests measuring visualmemory and attention,learning visual informa-tion and impulse control.

The researchers saidthe study, published inChild Development, sug-gested children make tre-mendous advances

cognitively once in theiradoptive families, but theimpact of early deprivationon their brains’ develop-ment is difficult to reversecompletely.

Study leader SethPollak of the University ofWisconsin and colleagueslooked at 132 8-to-9 year-olds adopted by US fami-lies for more than six years— some of whom hadbeen adopted after spend-ing a year or more and ininstitutions in Asia, LatinAmerica, Eastern Europeand Africa.—Internet

MANCHESTER, 13Feb—People with anxietyand depression are mostlikely to use a shade ofgray to represent theirmental state than blue, re-searchers in Britain say.

Peter Whorwell of the

University Hospital SouthManchester worked with ateam of researchers fromthe University of Man-chester to create an instru-ment that would allowpeople a choice of coloursin response to questions.

“Colours are frequentlyused to describe emotions,such as being ‘green withenvy or ‘in the blues,’”Whorwell said in a state-ment. The researchers cre-ated a wheel of colours ofvarious intensities, includ-ing shades of gray. Theythen asked a control groupof non-anxious, non-de-pressed people to describewhich colour they feltmost “drawn to.”

When the test was re-peated with anxious anddepressed people, mostchose the same drawn-tocolour as the healthy par-ticipants, yellow, and thesame favourite colour,blue.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 13Feb—More than 30 per-cent of US adults ages 65and older had not been im-munized against pneumo-nia in 36 states as of 2008,researchers found.

The report by the Trustfor America’s Health, theInfectious Diseases Soci-ety of America and theRobert Wood JohnsonFoundation said nation-ally, 33.1 percent of sen-iors had not been immu-nized against pneumonia.

Oregon, the state withthe highest immunization

rate, has 27 percent of sen-iors not immunized, whileWashington, DC, had thelowest number of seniorsimmunized, with 45.6 per-cent of seniors not immu-nized for pneumonia.

The US Centres forDisease Control and Pre-vention recommends thatall seniors should be vac-cinated against pneumo-nia, which is a one-timeshot for most individuals,since seniors who get theseasonal flu are at risk fordeveloping pneumonia asa complication.—Internet

Spectators are seen

geting information

at a ticket box office for

the 2010 Winter Olym-

pics in Whistler, on 8

February. Whistler

hosts skiing, ski jump-

ing and the sliding

events of the 12-28

February Olympics.

INTERNET

Zebras run at the Soysambu Conservancy, 25 km from the Rift Valleytown of Nakuru, on 10 Feb, 2010.—XINHUA

Memory drug may help Huntington’s patientsROCHESTER, 13 Feb—

US researchers suggesta medication studied inAlzheimer’s patientsmay benefit those withHuntington’s disease.

Researchers at theUniversity of Roches-ter in New York, ledby Dr Karl Kieburtz,f ound Hun t ing ton ’sdisease patients takingthe Alzheimer ’s medi-cation latrepirdine hadimproved scores forthinking, learning andmemory skills.

Current treatment forHuntington’s disease —a hereditary neuro-

dege-nerative disorderleading to death within20 years of onset —treats motor symptomsbut not the loss of cog-nitive abilities that occurearly on in the disease.

“Taken together, ourdata suggest thatlatrepirdine, at a dosageof 20 milligrams threetimes daily, is well tol-erated for 90 days in pa-tients with Huntington’sdisease and may have abeneficial effect on cog-nition,” the study au-thors say in a statement.Kiebur tz and col -leagues randomly as-

signed 46 patients withmild to moderate Hunt-ington’s d isease tolatrepirdine treatmentand the other 45 to amatching placebo andfound 87 percent oflatrepirdine pat ientscompleted the s tudyvs. 82 percent in thecontrol group.

The study, reportedin the Archives of Neu-rology found adverseevent ra tes were 70percent in the treat-ment group vs. 80 per-cen t in the p lacebogroup.

Internet

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NEWS ALBUM

A self-portrait of Lucian Freud nurs-ing a black eye after a fight with a taxidriver sold for more than 2.8 millionpounds (3.2 million euros, 4.4 milliondollars) at a London auction.

Self-Portrait With A Black Eye, anoil on canvas from around 1978, wasdescribed by Sotheby’s as “the artist’smost important self-depiction ever toappear at auction”.

Aged almost 60 when he did thework, Freud is shown with a swollenleft eye after being struck in the faceby a taxi driver during a row.

Rather than seeking medical treat-

Baltic, the Polish dog rescued fromthe frigid Baltic Sea after a long jour-ney on an ice floe, is again braving thosewaters — this time safely onboard theship that saved him.

Wearing a bright orange lifejacket,Baltic embarked on a three-day missionalongside his new owner AdamBuczynski, a seaman who pulled him tosafety from an ice sheet in the Baltic Sealast month.

Buczynski said the dog seemedstressed by the commotion of preparingfor the trip. In footage shown on PolishTV, Baltic sat on his lap, his head nes-

With the help ofan ancient mosaicmap, Israeli ar-chaeologists saidthey have un-earthed a section ofan old flagstonestreet in Jerusalemthat provides im-portant new evi-dence about thecity’s commerciallife 1,500 yearsago.

The 20-foot (6-meter) section of

Freud self-portrait fetches 2.8 million pounds

A painting entitled ‘Self-Portraitwith a Black Eye’ by artist Lucian

Freud is displayed at Sotheby’sauction house in central London, inJanuary. The self-portrait of Freudhas sold for more than 2.8 million

pounds at a London auction.

ment following the brawl, the artist issaid to have retreated to his studio andused his crumpled features as inspira-tion for the painting.

The portrait, which had not been dis-played before in public, was the star lotin a group of works by Freud that havebeen in a private European collection.

The artist, now 87, previously dis-cussed his habit of getting into scrapes,saying: “I used to have a lot of fights.

“It wasn’t because I liked fighting, itwas really just that people said things tome to which I felt the only reply was tohit them.”

Dog rescued from icy Baltic waters returns to sea

Baltic, a Polish dog that survived anordeal of several days on an ice floe,

is seen with his new owner AdamBuczynski just before they head out

on a three-day mission at sea, inGdynia, Poland.

tled between Buczynski’s legs.Ewa Baradziej-Krzyzankowska,

spokeswoman for the Sea Fisheries In-stitute in Gdynia, co-owner of the ship,said the crew had anti-nausea pills forBaltic in case he gets seasick.

She said the crew is also taking otherprecautions to keep the dog safe andcomfortable during the voyage, whosepurpose is to collect samples of fish andsea plants for an aquarium in Gdynia.

As for answering the call of naturewhile at sea, Baltic quickly learned thathe was to only use one spot on an out-door deck that gets hosed down regu-larly, Baradziej-Krzyzankowska said.Byzantine-era street uncovered in Jerusalem

A worker for the Israel AntiquitiesAuthority stands at an archaeological

dig in the Old City of Jerusalem.

the street passes from the west into thecenter of Jerusalem’s Old City, andstands upon a large cistern that suppliedwater to the city’s 30,000 to 40,000 resi-dents. Pottery, coins and bronze weights

used to measureprecious metalsfrom Byzantinetimes also werefound.

The discoveryconforms to thelayout of the citydepicted in a fa-mous 6th-centurymosaic map dis-covered more than100 years ago in aJordanian church,said excavation di-rector Ofer Sion.

EU to start training of 2,000Somali troops in Uganda in May

NAKASEKE, 13 Feb—The European Union (EU) willstart the training of 2,000 Somali troops in Uganda inMay, a senior French army official said here on Fri-day. Brigadier General Thierry Caspar-Fille-Lambie,the commanding officer of the French Forces based inDjibouti said the Somali troops will be trained withthe necessary military skills to help pacify and stabi-lize the volatile country.

The Somali troops will be trained for six months inBihanga in western Uganda.

“As France was one of the countries stressing theneed for the involvement of EU in training Somaliaforces, around 30 French trainers shall be part of thatmission,” said Lambie at the closing ceremony of four-week French operational training of 1,700Ugandantroops to be deployed in the lawless country in Mayfor peacekeeping mission.—Xinhua

Samoa,Tonga, Fiji

on highcyclone alert

WELLINGTON, 13Feb—Cyclone Renegathered strength be-tween Samoa and Tongaon Saturday as theFiji MeteorologicalOffice warned that thetropical cyclone waslikely to be upgraded toa category-3 storm as ittracks south.

Fiji’s forecaster DainiDonu said extremelyhigh waves and damageto coastlines can be ex-pected as water is pushedonto land by winds of upto 85 knots, Radio NewZealand reported on Sat-urday.

American Samoa, Sa-moa and Tokelau are al-ready feeling some of theeffects, he said.

Red Cross New Zea-land’s international op-erations manager,Andrew McKie, saidstaff in Tonga, Samoaand Fiji have beenwarned to prepare.

Xinhua

Despite rain, California stillfighting over water

Airlines cancel flights as winter storm hits South

File photo, a Delta airplane is de-iced at Washing-ton’s Ronald Reagan National Airport. Delta AirLines, based in Atlanta, and its feeder partnerscanceled 1,100 flights in anticipation of 2 to 4

inches of snow in the metro Atlanta areaon 12 Feb.—INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 13Feb—California has beendeluged with rain andsnow this winter, but itsepic tug-of-war over wa-ter rages on, this time inthe form of a plan by USSenator Dianne Feinsteinto divert more water to thestate’s farmers.

Feinstein has infuri-ated environmental activ-ists, fishing groups andeven fellow CaliforniaDemocrats by draftingfederal legislation thatwould ease Endangered

Species Act restrictionsto allow more water to bepumped out of theSacramento-San JoaquinRiver Delta for growersin the state’s CentralValley.

Drastic cutbacks in ir-rigation supplies this yearalone from both state andfederal water projectshave idled about 23,000farm workers and 300,000acres of cropland, accord-ing to University of Cali-fornia at Davis research-ers.

“The unemploymentrate is 40 percent in somevalley towns and peopleare standing in breadlines,” Feinstein said in astatement releasedthrough her office.

“I believe we need afair compromise that willrespect the EndangeredSpecies Act while recog-nizing the fact that peoplein California’s breadbas-ket face complete eco-nomic ruin without help,”she added.

Internet

ATLANTA, 13 Feb—Airlines canceled nearly1,900 flights Friday assnow pounded parts of theSouth and dumped severalinches of white on At-lanta, home to the world’sbusiest airport.

Light to moderate snowfell steadily throughout theafternoon in Atlanta and itsnorthern suburbs. It wasn’texpected to taper off untillate evening. There was achance of more snow forthe area on Monday, a fed-

eral holiday when manyworkers will have the dayoff. Snow totals weren’texpected to be big by mid-Atlantic and Northeaststandards, but for a regionof the country that rarelygets snow and doesn’tbudget snow and ice re-moval the way other partsof the country do, airlinesweren’t taking anychances. That left thou-sands of passengers look-ing for other travel options.

Airline passengers were

encouraged to check thestatus of their flights onlinebefore leaving for airports.Passengers seemed to beheeding that advice.Officials reported shortlines at ticket counters atHartsfield-Jackson AtlantaInternational Airport. Otherflights early in the day be-fore the snow hit were tak-ing off on time and the air-port was pretreatingtaxiways and runways toslow the buildup of snowand ice.—Internet

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Heat wave kills 56 in southeastern Brazil

UN to build peacekeeping force’straining centre in Indonesia

JAKARTA, 13 Feb—The United Nation (UN) willbuild a peacekeeping force’s education and trainingcentre in Indonesia’ s Bogor of West Java Province,Kompas.com online news quoted a regent as sayingon Thursday.

“This is an honor for Indonesia, especially for us asBogor residents as the UN trusted us to build educa-tion and training centre for its peacekeeping force. Thisis not a military base,” said Bogor’s Regent RachmatYasin at regency capital city of Cibinong.

He said that Defence Ministry will supervise the con-struction that has already approved by President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono.

Rachmat said that he had met Defence Ministry’senvoys to talk about the training centre location.

He said that they had observed the location that is a200 hectare-land. The training centre will be completedwith runway facility to accelerate peacekeeping force’smovement and to reduce reliance on Halim PerdanaKusuma Airport in Jakarta.—Xinhua

ITU to help Haiti build wirelessnetworks to re-establish communications

Fatah urges Hamas to signreconciliation file before AL summitCAIRO, 13 Feb—A high-ranking official of Palestin-

ian Fatah movement Thursday in Egypt urged Hamasto sign the Egyptian-brokered reconciliation file beforethe yearly Arab summit next month.

Nabil Shaath, a member of the Fatah central commit-tee, made the remarks in a statement carried by the state-run MENA news agency.

“The movement (Fatah) will not hold any discussionswith Hamas unless Hamas accepts an Egyptian-spon-sored paper on inter- Palestinian reconciliation,” Shaathsaid in the statement.

Moreover, Shaath urged Hamas to sign the Egyptianreconciliation paper before the 22nd Arab summit, whichwill be held in Libya in late March. So far, Hamas hasbalked at any deadline of the moribund reconciliation.

Earlier in the day, Shaath met with Egyptian ForeignMinister Ahmed Abul-Gheit and intelligence chief OmarSoleiman, Egypt’s point man of Mideast peace nego-tiations and inter-Palestinian reconciliation talks.

The meetings with Egyptian officials were “impor-tant,” said Shaath, who briefed them on the results ofhis latest visit to Gaza.—Xinhua

Russia launches US communications satellite

Yemen declares ceasefire with rebels

RIO DE JANEIRO, 13Feb—At least 56 elderlydied this week because ofa heat wave which hasscorched Sao Paulo statein southeastern Brazil, of-ficials said on Thursday.

In the coastal city ofSantos, 32 elderly died.Seventeen of them died athome and 15 in hospitals

due to complications re-lated to the high tempera-tures. Last year, there wasa total of 24 deaths in Feb-ruary.

According to local au-thorities, the victims hadunderlying health condi-tions which were exacer-bated by the extreme heat,such as hypertension, dia-

betes or heart disease.The temperature in the

coast of Sao Paulo statehad been around 40 de-grees Celsius (104 de-grees Fahrenheit) in thepast days. In some places,the air temperaturereached 45 degrees Cel-sius (113 degrees Fahren-heit).—Xinhua

Bulgarian visitors look at the photo exhibition at the art salon “Two Cultures,One World” in Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, on 11 Feb, 2010.—XINHUA

GENEVA, 13 Feb—TheInternational Telecommuni-cation Union will helpearthquake-stricken Haitibuild wireless networks tore-establish reliable com-munications, the ITU said

on Thursday. The ITU, theUN’s oldest agency, willpartner with Singapore-based SmartBridges Solu-tions to provide equipmentfor 100 wireless hotspots inPort-au-Prince and other cit-ies affected by the apocalyp-tic 12 Jan earthquake thatHaiti officials say killed asmany as 230,000 people.

The 7.3 magnitudeearthquake destroyed Hai-ti’s telecommunicationlinks, the reestablishmentof which is critical in dis-aster management andpost-quake rebuilding. TheITU earlier sent 100 satel-lite terminals to Haiti, partof the 1 million US dollarsit has allocated to the dev-astated country.—Xinhua

Herdsmen unload herbage subsidized by government in Xilingol League ofnorth China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on 10 Feb, 2010. —XINHUA

SANAA, 13 Feb—Yemen declared Thursdayceasefire and end of thewar against Shiite rebelsin its northern province ofSaada, a well-informedsenior official toldXinhua.

The Yemeni govern-ment and Shiite rebels

have reached on Thursdaynight an agreement to endtheir months-long conflictafter the rebels acceptedthe government’s sixconditions, the seniorofficial told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

“Eventually, the dealwas announced after

Houthi representativesagreed to the govern-ment’s newly-added sixthcondition, namely, tostop attacking SaudiArabia and withdrawingcompletely from Sauditerritories,” said theofficial.

Xinhua

MOSCOW, 13 Feb—Rus-sia launched a carrierrocket carrying a UStelecommunications satel-lite from the Bai-konur cosmodromein Kazakhstan early onFriday.

The Proton-M carrierrocket with the Intelsat-16satellite atop lifted off ataround 03:39 am MoscowTime (0039 GMT), ac-

cording to the KhrunichevAerospace Centre.

The satellite is expectedto separate from the Briz-M booster and take the po-sition at 58 degrees Westin the geostationary orbitabout nine hours after thelaunch.

The Intelsat-16 satellitewas developed by OrbitalSciences Corporation forthe Intelsat Ltd, a leading

provider of satellite serv-ices worldwide. Equippedwith 24 transponders, thesatellite will provide tel-ecommunications serv-ices for customers in Bra-zil and Mexico.

Intelsat operates theworld’s most extensivesatellite network, com-prising more than 50 sat-ellites.

Xinhua

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GATI MAJESTIC VOY NO ( )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV GATI MAJES-TIC VOY NO ( ) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 14.2.2010 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S GATI COAST TO COASTPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

Moderatequake hits

eastern CubaHAVANA, 13 Feb — A

magnitude-5.4 earthquakehit eastern Cuba early Fri-day, rattling nerves but caus-ing no reported injuries ordamage.

The temblor hit just af-ter 7 a.m. Friday, centeredabout 35 miles (55kilometers) southeast ofBaracoa, near the eastern-most tip of the island, ac-cording to the U.S. Geologi-cal Survey. That is just 160miles (255 kilometers) fromPort-au-Prince, Haiti, wherea Jan. 12 quake destroyedmuch of the city and killedcountless thousands.

“Yes we felt it. We felt itstrong,” said Maira Legra,whose son runs a home of-fering lodging to tourists inthe colonial beach-side cityof Baracoa. “There was noproblem. I was in bed be-cause it was early, but Ididn’t get up.”—Internet

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The “mud volcano” and its surrounding area in Sidoarjo, East Java, in 2008.Scientists Friday unveiled fresh evidence that gas drillers were to blame for

unleashing a mud volcano in Indonesia’s East Java that claimed 14 lives anddisplaced tens of thousands of people.—INTERNET

Showgoers try outgames at the 2009 E3Expo in Los Angeles,

California. USvideogame sales inJanuary slipped to

1.17 billion dollars, a13 percent drop fromthe same month lastyear, according tofigures released

Thursday by market-tracker NPD Group.

INTERNET

Performers play drums during a temple fair to celebrate upcoming ChineseNew Year in Beijing on 12 Feb, 2010. The Lunar New Year begins on 14

February and is traditionally a time when Chinese return home to visit theirfamily. Sunday marks the start of the Year of the Tiger according to the

Chinese zodiac.–INTERNET

Early eczema linked to problems later

Med diet may lower thinking problemsPeople with anorexia have fat in bones

Early stress may predictheart disease

AUGUSTA, 13 Feb — Early life stress — such asseparation from mothers — may be a risk factor forcardiovascular disease in adulthood, US researchersreport.

Dr Jennifer Pollock of the Medical College ofGeorgia said the studies involved a proven model ofchronic behavioral stress — separating rat pups fromtheir mother three hours daily for two weeks. The ratpups showed no long-term impact on key indicators ofcardiovascular disease such as increased blood pres-sure, heart rate or inflammation in blood vessel walls.

However, when the rats reached adulthood, aninfusion of the hormone angiotensin II resulted in rapidand dramatic increases in all key indicators in animalsthat experienced early life stress. Stress activates therenin-angiotensin system, which produces angiotensinII and is a major regulator of blood vessel growth andinflammation — both heavily implicated in heart dis-ease. —Internet

NEW YORK, 13 Feb — People who eata Mediterranean-like diet are less likelyto have brain infarcts, small areas ofdead tissue linked to thinking problems,US researchers say.

Researchers assessed the diets of 712people in New York and divided theminto three groups based on how closelythey were following the Mediterraneandiet.

The Mediterranean diet is high invegetables, legumes, fruits, cereals, fish

and monounsaturated fatty acids such asolive oil, and is low in saturated fat, dairyproducts, meat and poultry and moder-ate amounts of alcohol.

Dr Nikolaos Scarmeas, the study au-thor from the Columbia University Medi-cal Center in New York, and colleaguesconducted magnetic resonance imagingbrain scans of the people an average ofsix years later. A total of 238 people hadat least one area of brain damage.

Internet

DRESDEN, 13 Feb —German researchers havelinked early eczema withpsychological problems byage 10.

Study leader JochenSchmitt of Dresden Uni-versity Hospital, alongwith Dr. ChristianApfelbacher of HeidelbergUniversity Hospital andDr. Joachim Heinrich ofHelmholtz ZentrumMunchen, found childrenwith eczema during thefirst two years of life weremore likely than same-age

children without eczema todemonstrate psychologicalabnormalities, in particularemotional problems, as 10-year-olds.

Also, children whoseeczema persisted beyondthe first two years of lifewere more likely to havemental health problemsthan children who had ec-zema only in infancy.

“This indicates that ec-zema can precede and leadto behavioral and psycho-logical problems in chil-dren,” Heinrich said in a

statement.The study, published in

the Journal of Allergy andClinical Immunology,tracked 5,991 children bornbetween 1995-1998. It waspart of a prospective birthcohort study conducted byresearchers at HelmholtZentrum Munchen,Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat and TechnischeUniversitat Munchen, all inMunich, as well as col-leagues at Marien-Hospitalin Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia.—Internet

BOSTON, 13 Feb —People with anorexianervosa have strikinglyhigh levels of fat within theirbone marrow, US research-ers found.

Researchers at Chil-dren’s Hospital Boston saidtheir findings are based onMRI imaging of the knees

of 20 girls with anorexiaand 20 healthy girls of thesame age.

“It’s counter-intuitivethat an emaciated youngwoman with almost no sub-cutaneous fat would be stor-ing fat in her marrow,” DrCatherine Gordon, the se-nior investigator and direc-

tor of the bone health pro-gram at Children’s Hospi-tal Boston, said in a state-ment. For the study, the kneemagnetic resonance imag-ing images were read byradiologists who were un-aware of the patient’s clini-cal status.

Compared with con-trols, the patients with an-orexia had markedly in-creased fat content — visu-alized as “yellow marrow”— and less than half asmuch healthy red marrowin the lower thigh bone andupper shinbone.

“Bone formation is verylow in girls with anorexia,and that’s a particular prob-lem because they are grow-ing adolescents who shouldbe maximally formingbones,” Gordon said. “Butbecause of the hormonalalterations induced by mal-nutrition, the bone marrowstops yielding the neededcells to form bone. Insteadthe stem cells are pushedtoward fat formation.”

Internet

Record of Mars geologicalchanges found

PASADENA, 13 Feb —Geologists using NASA’sMars ReconnaissanceOrbiter say they’ve foundevidence of major envi-ronmental changes thatoccurred on Mars billionsof years ago.

That historic evidenceis located near the centerof Mar’s Gale Crater.There hundreds of ex-posed rock layers form amound as tall as theRockies, revealing arecord that matches whathas been proposed in re-cent years as the dominantplanet-wide pattern forearly Mars.

“Looking at the layersfrom the …oldest to theyoungest, you see a se-quence of changing rocksthat resulted from changesin environmental condi-tions through time,” saidRalph Milliken of NASA’sJet Propulsion Laboratoryin Pasadena, Calif. “Thisthick sequence of rocksappears to be showing dif-ferent steps in the drying-out of Mars.”

The scientists, usinginstruments on the NASAspacecraft, determinedclay minerals, which formunder very wet condi-tions, are concentrated in

layers near the bottom ofthe Gale stack. Abovethat, sulfate minerals areintermixed with the clays.Sulfates form in wet con-ditions and can be depos-ited when the water inwhich they are dissolvedevaporates, the research-ers said. Higher still aresulfate-containing layerswithout detectable clays.And at the top is a thickformation of regularlyspaced layers bearing nodetectable water-relatedminerals.—Internet

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S P O R T SRonaldinho inspires Milan to

Udinese win

AC Milan’s forwardRonaldinho celebratesafter he helped Milan’sforward Klaas-JanHuntelaar to score a goalduring their Italian SerieA football match againstUdinese at San Siro Sta-dium in Milan. AC Milan

won 3-2.—INTERNET

Sergio Canales

Real Madrid sign Canaleson six-year deal

Dementieva edges closer toParis Indoor final

Russia’s ElenaDementieva celebratesafter defeating GermanAndrea Petkovic in theirParis indoors WTA open

quarter final tennismatch. Dementieva beat

Petkovic 3-6, 6-4,6-2.—INTERNET

Australian Openfinalist

Andy Murray

Murray, del Potro, pull out of Marseille

England nationalsoccer team coach

Fabio Capello

Capello rocked by Cole injury news

Benitez expects Torres to miss City clash

Liverpool’sSpanishforward

FernandoTorres (R)leaves thefield afterbeing in-jured inJanuary.INTERNET

ROME, 13 Feb—Ronaldinho was at his in-spirational best as ACMilan ended a four-gamewinless streak with a 3-2success against Udinese atthe San Siro to move upto second in Serie A.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaarscored a brace and Patomarked his injury come-back as a substitute witha goal as Milan closed thegap on leaders Inter Mi-lan to eight points.

And the win was amuch needed boost aheadof the resumption ofChampions League dutiesnext week but if there wasany concerns that Milanwould have one eye onManchester United, theywere quickly dispelled.

Two-goal heroHuntelaar said he hoped

his strikes would help himclaim a regular startingberth while he demon-strated that Milan aremore concerned with theteam immediately belowthem rather than Inter.

Internet

PARIS, 13 Feb—Rus-sian top seed ElenaDementieva marched intothe semi-finals of the WTAParis Indoor Open on Fri-day by beating Germany’sAndrea Petkovic 3-6, 6-4,6-2. The world numberseven struggled to hit topform from the start, drop-ping the first set against theunseeded 22-year-old.

Petkovic fought hardin the second but the 28-year-old Russian’s firstserve was too strong andDementieva went on towin in three sets for a lastfour match-up againstunseeded American teen-ager Melanie Oudin.

Internet

MADRID, 13 Feb—RealMadrid have agreed tosign Racing Santander’s18-year-old midfielderSergio Canales, the twoSpanish clubs said in astatement on Friday.

“Real Madrid CF andReal Racing ClubSantander have reached adeal for the transfer ofplayer Sergio CanalesMadrazo.

“The contract will takeeffect as of 1 July 2010

and will keep Canales atReal Madrid for the nextsix seasons,” the state-ment said.

Spanish media reportssay Real Madrid will payRacing Santander somefive million euros for Ca-nales’ signature, who willthen be loaned back to theLos Verdiblancos for oneyear.

Canales has playedeight matches this season,starting four and scoringfive goals.

Internet

LONDON, 13 Feb—Liv-erpool manager RafaelBenitez admits reportsthat Fernando Torres willreturn to action in nextweekend’s match at Man-chester City are wide ofthe mark.

Torres is currently

sidelined with a knee in-jury suffered in Liver-pool’s shock FA Cup lossto Reading last month.

But the Spain strikerwas reported to be mak-ing quick progress in hisrecovery, fuelling specu-lation that he may featureagainst city. However,

Benitez insists Torres,who is Liverpool’s topgoalscorer with 12 thisseason despite makingonly 21 appearances, isunlikely to be risked atEastlands because he isstill not taking part in fulltraining.

Internet

LONDON, 13 Feb—England boss FabioCapello has admitted thatthe potential loss ofAshley Cole from hisWorld Cup squad is a se-vere blow to his prepara-tions for South Africa.

Chelsea left-back Colewill be sidelined untilearly or mid-May after

suffering a fracture of hisleft ankle, leaving himwith only a few weeks toprove his fitness beforethe World Cup gets underway in mid-June.

“It is sad news for mebecause he is a very im-portant player,” Capelloacknowledged. “He isgood when he defendingand really dangerouswhen we go forward. Ihope this problem will notbe so serious.”

Cole’s injury, sufferedin a defeat by Everton onWednesday, is also a ma-jor setback for Chelsea, forwhom Cole had been insuperb form, as they pur-sue a Champions League,Premier League and FACup treble.—Internet

MARSEILLE, 13 Feb—Australian Open finalistAndy Murray and USOpen champion JuanMartin del Potro haveboth pulled out of theMarseille Open, organis-ers announced on Friday.

World number threeMurray blamed his defec-tion on fatigue, telling hispersonal website that heneeded “another week ofrest to recover after fiveweeks of competition inAustralia”.

Del Potro is reportedlysuffering from a wrist in-jury.

One of the two vacan-cies could be filled byRussian world number sixNicolai Davydenko.

Internet

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4 Sharp-tasting

5 Cathy (anag.)

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7 Ghost

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CROSSWORDS PUZZLE

LONDON, 13 Feb—Holders Chelsea eased into thequarter-finals of the FA Cup with a 4-1 home victoryover Championship side Cardiff City on Saturday whilePortsmouth won by the same score at local rivalsSouthampton.

Chelsea were up and running early in their noonkick-off with in-form Didier Drogba running on to along ball from Jon Obi Mikel to tuck in the opener aftertwo minutes.

The west London club looked comfortable but,with centre back John Terry off duty on special leave,their vulnerability to the cross was exposed again after34 minutes when Michael Chopra was left unmarked tohead the equaliser for the second division promotionhopefuls.

Chelsea were similarly quick out of the blocks inthe second half when Drogba played in Michael Ballackand the German midfielder finished calmly sevenminutes after the restart.

Daniel Sturridge tucked in the third after 69 minutesand Kalou finished it off with a header four minutesfrom time.—Internet

Chelsea and Portsmouth into FA

Cup last eight

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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 Mon States, Mandalay andTaninthayi Divisions and generally fair in the remainingStates and Divisions. Night temperatures were (4°C) belowFebruary average temperatures in upper Sagaing Division,(3°C) above February average temperatures in Kayah andMon States, lower Sagaing, Mandalay and TaninthayiDivisions and about February average temperatures in theremaining States and Divisions. The significant nighttemperatures were Putao, Heho, Namhsan and An (6°C)each and Lashio (7°C).

Maximum temperature on 12-2-2010 was 98 °F.Minimum temperature on 13 -2-2010 was 66°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 13-2-2010 was 55%.Total sun shine hours on 12-2-2010 was (10.0) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 13-2-2010 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(4) mph from Northwest at (15:30) hours MST on 12-2-2010.

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A male lion and afemale white tiger

celebrateValentine’s Day

amid SpringFestival at the

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Nikolay Davydenko ofRussia is prepared for

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NAY PYI TAW, 13 Feb—Some cases of NewInfluenza A (H1N1) have been reported in ChinState, Yangon Division and Shan State since thebeginning of February. Ministry of Health incollaboration with authorities concerned is tak-ing preventive measures against the pandemicdisease.

In the recent outbreak in a hostel in DagonMyothit (North), Yangon, two more patients werehospitalized, raising the number of hospitalizedpatients to 49. Ministry of Health is trying to keepthe epidemic under control.

In another case, two more persons inMingaladon Township, Yangon Division weretested virus positive while two patients werefound to be infected with the virus in a religiousschool in Dagon Myothit (North), all of whomwere hospitalized. Other 197 living in the schoolare being kept in quarantine and under surveil-lance.

Ministry of Health has urged the people tostrictly follow the warnings on preventive meas-ures against the virus and to partake in the cam-paign against the epidemic.—MNA

New Influenza A (H1N1)cases reported

Public urged to cooperatewith Ministry of Health to

control virus

Thiri Mingala Overpass onMandalay-Sagaing-Shwebo-Myitkyina

Road.—MNA

236th bridge in the nation on Mandalay-Sagaing-Shwebo-Myitkyina road put into use

NAY PYI TAW, 13 Feb— The inaugurationceremony of Thiri MingalaOverpass built by BridgeConstruction SpecialGroup (4) of Public Worksunder the Ministry ofConstruction took place atthe pandal near the bridgeon Mandalay-Sagaing-Shwebo-Myitkyina Roadin Sagaing Township,

Sagaing Division thismorning with an openingaddress by Chairman ofSagaing Division Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of North-West Command Maj-GenMyint Soe.

In his address, thecommander said theconstruction works startedon 19 December, 2008.

Thanks to emergence ofthe overpass, 30 down-and up-trains runningalong Mandalay-Shwebo-Myitkyina railroad dailyand vehicles onM a n d a l a y - S h w e b o -Myitkyina road andManda l ay -Monywa-Gangaw-Kalay road andlocal people enjoy safeand sound. Construction

of Yama Creek Bridge onPathein-Monywa Road,Phaungku Bridge onKalay-Kyikon Road andTamu Bridge on Tamu-Zedi are underway, headded.

In compliance with theguidance given by theHead of State,arrangements are being (See page 9)

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