The New Light of Myanmar 19-01-2010

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 278 5th Waxing of Tabodwe 1371 ME Tuesday, 19 January, 2010

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

A discussion at new Yatanarpon ICT city inPyinOoLwin Township

Article & photos: Tin Htwe (MNA)

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Jan – Lt-Gen Tha Aye of theMinistry of Defence delivered an address at the open-ing of Nankwae Creek Bridge at the archway of thebridge on Myitkyina-Namtee (Tanai) Road inMyitkyina, Kachin State on 15 January.

Chairman of Kachin State Peace and Develop-ment Council Commander of Northern CommandMaj-Gen Soe Win and officials formally opened the

Lt-Gen Tha Aye of Ministry of Defenceattends inauguration of Nankwae

Creek Bridge in Myitkyina

True patriotism

* It is very important for every-one of the nation regardless ofthe place he lives to have strongUnion Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the truepatriotism all the nationalitieswill have to safeguard.

bridge. Lt-Gen Tha Aye, the commander and localpeople posed for a documentary.

Next, Lt-Gen Tha Aye strolled along the bridgeand cordially greeted local people.

The newly-opened Nankwae Creek Bridge isbuilt on Myitkyina-Namtee (Tanai) Road. The 262-footlong and 24-foot wide bridge with four spans is of broadcrest type, and can withstand 60-ton loads.—MNA

At a time when Yatanarpon Myothit inPyinOoLwin Township is being built into a new ICTcity, it is attracting the attention from IT techniciansat home and abroad with the holding of ICT exhibi-tions. The eighth Myanmar ICT Week with over 40booths staged by local and foreign companies washeld from 26 to 30 December 2009.

The Myanmar ICT Week was characterizedby the opening of Yatanarpon Cyber Hall, holding oftalks on ICT development at the Yatanarpon TeleportMain Building, opening of MCC Training Institute(Yatanarpon) Building and holding of the 5th MCCFranchise Conference.

On my visit to MCC Training Institute(Yatanarpon) on duty, I met with course instructorsand trainees and held a round of discussion with them.

Principal of MCC Training Institute(Yatanarpon) Mr Chiris Harison in the discussion saidthat ICT plays a pivotal role in all spheres; that withoutICT all could be left behind in development; that it cannow be said that a society based on ICT has emergedwith the birth of companies like MCC that is applyingICT in various sectors; and that ICT is being appliedglobally as a tool of learning.

Ma May Zin Htut, a first year student, fromPyinOoLwin said, “I joined this course because I aminterested in computer technology that is important toeveryday life. Holding such ICT exhibitions makes iteasy in learning. We find the course convenient, foreach of us has to use learning aids. I want to be acomputer professional, a career that also suits women. MCC Training Institute (Yatanarpon) in Yatanarpon ICT city in PyinOoLwin.

And we are easy to understand the technology since thecourse is being conducted through on job training(OJT).”

Ma Thanda Soe, first year student from Pyawbwe,told us, “Using laptop individually enables us moreeffective in learning technology. In practice, we can

directly discuss with teachers what we want to know.The lecture is being given step by step based onunderstanding of learners. Twenty four hours Internetaccess also helps us find what we want swiftly. I wantto be a programmer and then a System Analyst over-seas.” (See page 7)

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Tuesday, 19 January, 2010

PERSPECTIVES

Work in concert to scale uppost-literacy programmes

* 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

To ensure everyone is literate is one ofthe fundamental requirements fordevelopment of the whole human society.Millions of people are still illiterate in theThird World. Adult literacy campaign isunder way as a global vision because thenumber of adult illiterate people touchesmore than 700 million.

In Myanmar, literate people account forover 94 per cent in 2009 as a result of effectiveencouragement to formal and non-formaleducation plans.

Three R’s skill and continuing educationare integral to the non-formal educationprogramme. Now, the nation has seen a largenumber of community learning centres due tothe participation of social organizations andwell-wishers. The nation’s literate populationis on the increase as a result of literacycampaigns, follow-up literacy programme, andThree R’s courses in borders.

Literacy is, in fact, necessary for humanbeings, and can improve social relations. Peoplecan widen their horizons by reading. So, post-literacy programme deserves a seriousattention.

Establishment of self-reliant villagelibraries is a driving force for the process. Sofar, the number of self-reliant village librarieshas reached over 50,000. More libraries arebeing opened in many villages, and well-wishers continue to donate cash and kind andpublications to the libraries.

The population of intensive readers isgrowing owing to the extensive opening oflibraries. Sustainable development of thelibraries calls for collaborative efforts, whichcan improve post-literacy practice and thereasoning power of rural folks.

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Jan –The 18th MMMC Pre-conference LaparoscopicWorkshop took place atNo (2) Military Hospital(1000-bed) here thismorning.

Myanmar medicalteam led by Head of GITrack and Liver and BileTrack Department ColDaw Than Than Yiprovided laparoscopic

YANGON, 18 Jan—The final match ofMyanmar-Bangladeshvolleyball friendly washeld at National IndoorStadium (Thuwunna)here this afternoon.

Selected Myanmarmen’s team beat selectedBangladeshi men’s team(25-18), (25-16), (16-25)and (25-22). In fourmatches, Myanmar tookthree wins and one loss.Bangladeshi team willreturn home on 19January.—MNA

18th MMMC Pre-conference LaparoscopicWorkshop held

surgeries to 11 familymembers ofTatmadawmen incooperation withSingaporean, Malaysianand Vietnameseprofessors and surgeons.During the process ofperforming surgeries, theyheld direct discussions,made explanations andanswered the queriesraised by an audience of150 throughteleconferencing.

Consultant Surgeon

Dr. Le Quan Ann Tuan ofVietnam NationalUniversity Hospital andProfessor Kin Fah Chinof Malaysia NationalUniversity Hospital gaveaccounts of laparoscopicsurgery.

The 18th DefenceServices MedicalSeminar will starttomorrow at HsinbyushinHall of Transit Center inNay Pyi Taw up to 20January.

MNA

The 18th MMMC Pre-conference LaparoscopicWorkshop in progress at No (2) Military

Hospital (1000-bed).MNA

Final match of Myanmar-Bangladesh volleyball friendly

Final match of Myanmar-Bangladesh volleyball friendly inprogress.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 18Jan—Minister for HealthDr Kyaw Myint addressedthe opening of RefresherCourse (1/2010) forIssuing Sa Ma Number ofUniversities of Medicine(1) and (2) at the hall ofUniversity of Nursing(Yangon) on BogyokeAung San Street here on16 January.

The minister said in hisaddress that the governmentopens the course to issue SaMa Number and Tha MaNumber enabling to payhealth care by unidentifieddoctors. He urged traineesto make utmost effort for

Refresher Course opened to issue Sa Ma Number

public health care servicesand to abide by medicalethics as they practice thesystematic health care

procedures. Next, theminister proceeded toUniversity of DentalMedicine (Yangon) in

Thingangyun Townshipand met the rector of theUniversity, officials andtrainees.—MNA

Minister Dr Kyaw Myint making speech at the opening of RefresherCourse (1/2010) for Issuing Sa Ma Number of Universities of

Medicine (1) and (2).—MNA

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In this 18 Aug, 2009 file photo, an unidentified child,wounded in a rocket attack, lays on a bed at the hos-pital in Jalalabad the provincial capital of Nangarharprovince east of Kabul, Afghanistan.—INTERNET

A US Marine from 3rd

Battalion 4th Marineschecks an Afghanman at an entry

control point at baseDelaram in NimrozProvince, southernAfghanistan on 13

Jan, 2010.—INTERNET

Iraqi police and civilians respond moments after a bombing in Najaf, 100 miles(160 kilometres) south of Baghdad, Iraq, on 14 Jan, 2010. Three explosions,including one caused by a car bomb, rocked the southern city of Najaf at about5:45 pm near a commercial area, police said. An official in the city’s healthdepartment said at least one person was killed and 50 were wounded.— INTERNET

Marines exit Iraq in first wave ofUS forces out

Canadian soldier killedin Afghanistan

US drone strike kills 15 in NWPakistan tribal area

Somali pirates fight over hugetanker ransom

The Maran Cantaurus was seized nearthe Seychelles.— INTERNET

15 Mexican shipwrecksurvivors rescued off

California coast MEXICO CITY, 18 Jan—The US Coast Guard and

the fire brigade of San Diego city on Sunday rescued15 undocumented Mexicans and recovered one bodyin the wake of a Pacific Ocean shipwreck close to theMexican border, Mexican media reported.

The shipwreck of a 10-metre long boat occurred ataround 4:30 am local time off the coast near the UStown of La Jolla, when the El Nino weather phenom-enon produced two meter high waves in the PacificOcean off the Mexican state of Baja California andthe neighboring US state of California.

A fire brigade spokesman was quoted as saying that29 lifejackets had been found at the site and it remainsunknown there were missing Mexicans.

Xinhua

OTTAWA, 18 Jan — ACanadian soldier waskilled in Afghanistan onSaturday, becomingthe first Canadian killedin action there in 2010,Ottawa Citizen andCanadian TV reported onSunday.

The 44-year-old SgtJohn Wayne Faughtstepped on a buried bombat about 2 pm local timeon Saturday when heconducted a joint foot pa-trol with Afghan soldiersabout 15 kilometressouthwest of KandaharCity. No one else was in-jured.

Faught was a memberof the Edmonton-basedfirst Battalion PrincessPatricia’s Canadian LightInfantry, and plannedto retire in two years.He is the latest of the139 soldiers to die in theeight-year-old mission.

Faught’s body wascarried by a militarytransport aircraft back toCanada, with more

than 1,000 soldiers bidfarewell to him on Sun-day.

Xinhua

NAIROBI, 18 Jan—So-mali pirates have beenfighting over a huge ran-som paid to free a Greek-owned oil tanker, piratesand a maritime officialsaid. The argument be-tween rival pirate gangsmeans that the ship, theMaran Centaurus, has notyet been freed, a localgroup that monitorspiracy said.

A ransom of between$5.5m and $7m (£3.4m-£4.3m) is believed to havebeen dropped on the deckof the tanker. The MaranCentaurus was seized inNovember with 28 crewmembers. As the ransomwas due to be delivered onSunday, pirates on boardthe tanker and others in

speedboats were report-edly already tussling, fir-ing weapons at each other.

“The argument intensi-fied when the ransommoney was brought,”Ahmed Ganey, a memberof the gang that hijacked

the ship, was quoted assaying by the AFP newsagency. “Some of the pi-rates are on board the shipwhile others are onshoreand refusing anybody toget down or to go onboard,” he said.—Internet

ISLAMABAD, 18 Jan—At least 15 alleged mili-tants were killed in a mis-sile attack in Pakistan’sNorth Waziristan tribalarea, local TV channel re-ported on Sunday.

A US surveillanceplane targeted a house inthe North Waziristan areaof Shaktoi, where at least15 militants were killed,the private TV GEO Newsreported.

The US drone missileshelled a hideout in thesame area on 14 Jan,fueling the contradictoryreports regarding the

killing of PakistaniTaleban chief HakimullahMehsud. Sources said thatthe target was a militantcompound and the deathtoll may go up.

There were reports ofthree to four drones flyingin the area while the deadbodies were being re-

moved from the rubble. After attack against a

CIA base in Khost prov-ince of Afghanistan, theUS has intensified thedrone attacks in Paki-stan’s North Waziristan asthe hit was attributed tothe militants based in thearea.—Xinhua

AL-ASAD, 18 Jan—Thebase loudspeaker nolonger wakes them upwith calls for blood do-nors; armored trucks sitidle in neat rows. The USMarines who stood atsome of the bloodiestturning points of the Iraqwar are packing up andleaving. Among the firsttroops to invade in March2003, and the first to helpturn enemy insurgentsinto allies, the Marineswill be the first major

wave of American forcesto go as the US militarybegins a withdrawal to becompleted by the end ofnext year. For them, as forthe rest of the US military,this has been the longestwar since Vietnam.

At their peak in Octo-ber 2008, an estimated25,000 Marines were inIraq, mostly in the coun-try’s western Anbar prov-ince. Now only about4,000 remain. They, too,will be gone shortly after

the Marines officiallyhand over responsibilityto the Army on Saturday.“The security and stabil-ity that exists here is wellwithin the means of theIraqi security forces tomaintain,” Maj Gen RickTryon, the Marine com-mander in Iraq, said ina recent interview.“You don’t need UnitedStates Marines to do thisat this point. So it’s time,and it’s timely.”

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Members of Chinese International Rescue Team work at the debris at theheadquarters of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) in

Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, on 15 Jan, 2010. —XINHUA

ABU DHABI, 18 Jan—Amassive Johnson & John-son recall of over-the-counter drugs includingpain relievers Tylenol,Motrin and St Joseph, achildren’s aspirin, wasextended to the UnitedArab Emirates (UAE) af-ter a warning from the USdrug agency, a local busi-ness journal reported onSunday.

McNeil ConsumerHealthcare, a unit of the USpharmaceutical giant J&J,

BEIJING, 18 Jan—Mazda Motor Corp andFord Motor Co will dis-solve their joint venturein China by 2012, a movethat would furtherweaken the ties betweenthe two auto makers, Ja-pan’s Nikkei businessdaily reported yesterday.

BEIJING, 18 Jan— China Mobile Ltd, the world’sbiggest telecom operator, may rally 13 percent afterbreaking out of a so-called “ichimoku cloud” thisweek, according to technical analysis by BTIG HongKong Ltd.

Christian Kielland, head of trading at BTIG, saidChina Mobile will rally toward the HK$90 level afteranalyzing the stock using the Japanese method of“ichimoku kinko”, which looks at wave patterns andrepeating trends. The stock closed at HK$78.9 last week.Technical analysts make predictions based on patternsin price charts and market data. Ichimoku kinko, a strat-egy developed by a Japanese journalist before WorldWar II, translates as “one glance equilibrium chart”because of the cloud-like patterns formed by trend linesthat make it easy to understand at a glance.

“China Mobile breaking out of the ichimoku cloudis a strong bull signal,” said Kielland. “This stockcould be one of the best performers in Hong Kongthis year.”

Internet

Mazda Motor CorpChief ExecutiveOfficer Takashi

Yamanouchi attends anews conference for

the launch of theremodelled Mazda3

compact car in Tokyoon 11 June, 2009.

XINHUA

UAE recalls J&J drugs afterwarning from US agency

said it was voluntarily re-calling some 500 batchesof the products from theUAE, the Americas andFiji after customers re-ported an “unusual,moldy” odor that had beenlinked to gastroint-estinaldisorders, including stom-ach pain, nausea and diar-rhoea, according to Ara-bian Business.

Consumers who havean item on the recall listhave been urged to stopusing the product and con-

tact the company for a re-fund, the report said.

The drugmaker said itbelieved that the smell wasrelated to a chemical onwood pallets used to trans-port and store productpackaging material.

“The health effects of thischemical have not been well-studied, but no serious eventshave been documented in themedical literature,” the com-pany was quoted as sayingin a statement.

Xinhua

Cloud theory implies rallyat telecom co

TOKYO, 18 Jan—Foreign Ministers from 34 EastAsian and Latin American nations on Sunday agreedto deepen economic ties at a cooperation forum in To-kyo.

At the end of the Fourth Foreign Ministers’ Meet-ing of the Forum for East Asian-Latin American Co-operation (FEALAC), the Tokyo Declaration issuedsaid “we share the view that cooperation and mutuallearning through sharing experiences and technologies,capacity building, knowledge and lessons, in particu-lar the development and transfer of environmentalfriendly technology, is beneficial and should be fur-ther promoted.’’

The environment was a key focus of the meeting,which was organized by FEALAC, a group that waslaunched to promote deeper political understanding andgreater economic cooperation between the two regions.

“We especially noted that the bi-regional trade be-tween East Asia and Latin America has quadrupled,far outpacing the increase of other region-to-regiontrades in the world,” the declaration noted.

“The links between the two regions and their peo-ple, once described as missing, are getting broader anddeeper.” At the meeting, foreign ministers agreed thatties could be further deepened.

“We commited ourselves to further strengtheningour activities and interactions through the frameworksof FEALAC, in order to make the most of the vastpotential in the bi-regional co-operation as well as tojointly tackle major challenges that we face in the worldof today and future,” the ministers wrote in the decla-ration.—Xinhua

East Asian, Latin Americannations agree on co-op

CHANGSHA, 18 Jan—China’s investment in waterconservancy projects reached a record high of 142.7billion yuan (20.9 billion US dollars) in 2009, Minis-ter of Water Resources Chen Lei said on Sunday. Thetotal spending more than doubled the investment of65.54 billion yuan in 2008.

Among last year’s spending, 63.7 billion yuan werefrom the central budget while the rest from provincial-level governments, Chen said. The massive investmentlast year had pushed forward maintenance and upgrad-ing of 6,124 reservoirs around the country, and helpednearly 61 million people gain access to safe drinkingwater, said Chen.—Xinhua

Mazda, Ford to dissolve JVMazda, Ford and Chi-

na’s Chongqing ChanganAutomobile Co have basi-cally agreed to split theirthree-way tie-up, Chang-an Ford Mazda, into twoentities, Nikkei reported,citing sources. They willlikely spin off the jointventure’s factory in

Nanjing in east China’sJiangsu Province, as a 50-50 joint venture betweenMazda and Changan Au-tomobile Group, whileFord and Changan will runthe venture’s other factoryin southwest China’sChongqing Municipality,the business paper said.

Mazda wants morefreedom to accelerate itsbusiness in China, nowthe world’s biggest carmarket, Nikkei reported.

“It was sometimes dif-ficult to coordinate pro-duction (in the three-wayjoint venture,)” Nikkeiquoted a senior Mazda of-ficial as saying. Mazda’sties with Ford have weak-ened since the cash-strapped American automaker cut its controllingone-third stake in Mazdato 13 percent in 2008.

Internet

China’s investment in waterconservancy projects reaches

record high

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Chinese, Japanese FMs meet onfurther advancement of bilateral ties

UN food aid reaches 60,000Haitian quake victims

UNITED NATIONS, 18 Jan—The United Nations has sofar extended food assistance to 60,000 people in thecapital of Haiti, which was struck by a catastrophicearthquake last week, with UN Secretary-General BanKi-moon expected to touch down in the capital Port-au-Prince on Sunday afternoon.

Within 24 hours of the 12 Jan tremors, the UN WorldFood Programme (WFP) had started distributing foodand ultimately aims to reach 2 million people as part ofits emergency programme.

By Saturday night, it had fed at least 60,000 peopleimpacted by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake, which isbelieved to have affected one third of Haiti’s 9-mil-lion strong population, with ready-to-eat meals.

Given the security and logistical issues in transport-ing and delivering food in the capital, which was hithardest by the tremors, WPF flew over Port-au-Princeon Saturday and Friday, as well as conducting on-the-ground inspections, to determine possible locations forfood distributions, which require military escorts fromthe UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).

Xinhua

Half of New Zealandersdoubt global warming

WELLINGTON, 18 Jan—Almost half of New Zealand-ers are not convinced global warming is real, a surveypublished on Monday suggests.

A New Zealand Herald survey has found that al-though United Nations experts have grown steadilymore certain about climate change, the public is notso sure. Almost one in five of 2296 respondents saidthe concept was a giant con, and a further 28 percentsaid global warming had not been conclusively proved.

New Zealand Prime Minister’s science adviser, SirPeter Gluckman, said the 28 percent figure was notsurprising as scientists were not claiming conclusiveproof. But he said there was a problem communicat-ing climate science to the public - and scientists andthe media were equally to blame.

An online survey was conducted by the NielsenCompany on 10-17 December, 2009, during the UNclimate change conference in Copenhagen.

Xinhua

Moderate earthquake hitseast of Japan

HONG KONG, 18 Jan—A moderate earthquake meas-uring 5.6 on the Richter scale occurred off the eastcoast of Honshu, Japan at 3:11 pm local time on Sun-day (0611GMT), according to a bulletin released bythe Hong Kong Observatory on Sunday. The epicen-tre was initially determined to be 38.0 degrees northlatitude and 143.6 degrees east longitude, about 240kilometers east of Sendai, Japan.—Xinhua

Strong earthquake strikesoff Argentine coast

BUENOS AIRES, 18 Jan—Argentina’s Civil Protec-tion Directorate reported an earthquake measuring6.3 degrees on the Richter Scale on Sunday, with itsepicenter 354 kilometres southeast of Tierra delFuego.

“The quake was not felt in Ushuaia (the provin-cial capital),” said Hector Varela, head of the direc-torate in Ushuaia, 3,260 kilometers from the nationalcapital of Buenos Aires.

“There are no victims nor damage. The movementwas not felt anywhere in the province,” he added.

Even the Argentine Army Intelligence’s watchingstations and those of the Navy Prefecture did notdetect the quake, he said.—Xinhua

Moderate earthquake jolts SWChina province, causing casualtiesGUIYANG, 18 Jan—At least seven people were con-

firmed dead after a moderate earthquake jolted thejuncture area of three counties in southwest China’sGuizhou Province on Sunday, earthquake authori-ties said on Monday.

The quake, measuring 3.4 on the Richter scalestruck at 5:37 pm on Sunday, according to ChinaEarthquake Administration.

At least one person was missing and nine othersinjured, including two seriously, said the Anshun CityEmergency Management Office. All the injured arereceiving treatment at hospital.

With a depth of about 7 km, the epicenter wasdetected at 25.6 degrees north latitude and 105.8 de-grees east longitude in a juncture area betweenGuanling Buyi and Miao Autonomous County,Zhenning Buyi and Miao Autonomous County andZhenfeng county, according to China EarthquakeAdministration.—Xinhua

A group of Chinese personnel greet the rescue and relief goods from China atthe airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 17 Jan, 2010. The goods weigh about90 tons, and are worth about 13 million Chinese yuan (about 1.9 million USdollars), including drugs, tents, portable lamps, water purifying equipments,

food and water, and clothing.—XINHUA

TOKYO, 18 Jan—ChineseForeign Minister Yang Jiechimet on Sunday with his Japa-nese counterpart KatsuyaOkada on further promotionof China-Japan relations onthe sidelines of the 4th ForeignMinisters’ meeting of the Fo-rum for an East Asia-LatinAmerica Cooperation (FEALAC).

During the talks, Yang saidthat leaders of both nationshave met on several occa-sions and reached a series ofconsensus over further deep-ening bilateral strategic and

mutually beneficial relationssince the Democratic Partyof Japan came to power.China is ready to work withJapan, in the spirit of the con-sensus, take favorable oppor-tunities to make fresh head-way in advancing the strate-gic and mutually beneficialrelations, said Yang.

The Chinese Foreign Min-ister said the two sides needto keep high-level ex-changes, conduct dialogueand facilitate coordination infiscal, financial and macr-oeconomic policies, and pro-

mote cooperation in greeneconomy as well as on ma-jor international issues suchas the financial crisis and cli-mate change.

Okada, for his part, saidthat the Japanese govern-ment is willing to keep high-level exchangeswith China, boost Japan-China high-level economicdialogue and cooperation,and facilitate communica-tion and coordination onsuch issues as climatechange.

Xinhua

Egyptian television

crew members wear

protective masks

during a news confer-

ence at the American

University in Cairo

on 9 June , 2009.

XINHUA

CAIRO, 18 Jan—Egypt on Sunday reported five more death cases of influenzaA/H1N1, bringing the nationwide death toll to 224, said the Health Ministry in astatement.

The dead cases came from the governorates of Gharbiya, Sohag, Port Said, BeniSuef and Giza, said the statement.

Up till now, Egypt has reported more than 15,000 cases of the novel flu, accord-ing to the Health Ministry.

Egypt confirmed its first influenza A/H1N1 death case on 19 July. A 28-year-old Egyptian woman, who was back from Saudi Arabia after making

Umrah (pilgrimage to Mecca at any time of the year), died of the flu virus.Xinhua

A/H1N1flu death

tollreaches

224in Egypt

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NEWS ALBUM

LUANDA, 18 Jan—Dur-ing a visit in August, USSecretary of State HillaryClinton publicly urged thegovernment of Angola tohold “timely” presidentialelections. Just fourmonths later, PresidentEduardo dos Santos an-nounced that presidentialelections would be de-layed from 2009 to at least2012.

The move was hardlysurprising in Angola,which is seeing consider-

BERLIN, 18 Jan—As climate change poses agreat challgenge to China’sagricultural sector, the gov-ernment and farmersshould tackle it in a scien-tific and systematic way,Chinese Vice Minister of

Technicians work in a cleanroom at a semiconduc-tor manufacturing plant. Industry shortages meanthe semiconductors needed for an average compu-ter are likely to be 2.8 percent more expensive thisyear than last, marking the first rise since 2004,

according to an IT sector analyst.—INTERNET

PISCO, 18 Jan—It’s been two years since Pisco wasdestroyed, two years since a 7.9-magnitude earthquakekilled 596 people and reduced this gritty, poverty-rav-aged fishing town to a maze of rubble and garbageand corpses.

In the days just after the quake on Aug. 15, 2007,thousands of rescuers, aid workers and governmentofficials flocked to the area. Millions of dollars in aidflowed in. Plans were quickly drawn up to help survi-vors, put up tens of thousands of earthquake-resistanthomes and rebuild the main regional hospital. Pisco,they said, would be built anew. They were wrong.

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MANILA , 18 Jan — An American man wanted inthe Philippines for allegedly killing a government of-ficial’s son in a road-rage shooting was criticallywounded on Monday when he opened fire at policeofficers trying to arrest him, officials said.

Two police agents also were wounded when au-thorities swooped down on Jason Ivler’s parents’ housein a Manila suburb, triggering a shootout with the sus-pect, who was hiding in the basement, said NationalBureau of Investigation spokesman Ricardo Diaz. Ivlerwas arrested and taken to a hospital in critical condi-tion, police said. He was undergoing surgery.

Ivler, 28, from Hawaii, is accused of fatally shoot-ing the son of an official working in President GloriaMacapagal Arroyo’s office following an argument dur-ing a traffic altercation 18 Nov in Manila.—Internet

China to tackle climate change challengesto agriculture

Agriculture Niu Dun saidin an interview withXinhua.

Climate change hasposed great threats to thetraditional farming sector,and extreme weatherevents, such as droughts,floods, hailstorm, tropicalstorms, have ruined har-vests far more often thanbefore, Niu said.

He was in Berlin toattend the Global Forumfor Food and Agriculture,held during the 75th In-

ternational Green Week inBerlin, the world’s largestagricultural and food fair.

“The destructive pow-er of climate change hasreminded us of the needto view the issue with amulti-dimensional per-spective,” he said.

“We should tackle thechallenges by renewingthe agricultural systemand continuously devel-oping the country’seconomy.”

Xinhua

Seeking answers in a

forgotten Peruvian quake

After four decades of war, Angola tries to recoverable economic develop-ment but is still ruled bythe longest-serving presi-dent in sub-Saharan Af-rica. After four decades ofwar, peace and a buildingboom are visibly chang-ing its capital, Luanda.However, even Angola’sfriends, let alone its crit-ics, acknowledge it is stilla virtual one-party stateplagued by corruption andpropped up by US, Euro-pean and Chinese oilcompanies.

US Ambassador DanMozena said it was nothis place to pronounce onthe presidential vote.“They have their elec-tions when they havetheir elections,” Mozenasaid. “They build the de-mocracy they build.”

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Philippine police wound, arrestUS murder suspect

Visitors look at a Mercedes-BenzSL-600 covered by Swarovski’s

300,000 gold shadow crystal pieces,designed by Japanese automotive

accessories company DAD atMakuhari Messe in Chiba, east of

Tokyo, Japan,on 15 Jan, 2010.

A 32-year-old woman said she mar-ried her new husband while standingin the frigid waters of a river in Nachod,Czech Republic.

The new bride, identified only asTatana, said the reason for Saturday’sunusual wedding setting was becauseshe met her husband Tomas Prokop,while taking part in outdoor swimmingin the middle of winter, the Czech newsagency CTK reported. “From the ageof 15 I have always been swimmingon New Year. Last year I joined a groupof tough fellows in which I metTomas,” Tatana said.

Prokop, 34, said he was more thanwilling to don his swimming trunks forthe Metuje River wedding.

A 77-year-old woman in Auburndale,Mass., left her cats a $300,000 trust fundand a home to live in due to concernsfor the felines’ welfare, an attorney says.

Attorney George Kickham, who wasresponsible for ensuring Muriel Bayne’sfour cats stayed at home, said he at-tempted to talk Bayne out of creatingsuch a large financial trust for her petsprior to her death, The Boston Globesaid on Sunday.

“It is kind of bizarre, quite frankly,’’Kickham said. “We tried to talk thiswoman out of it.’’

Czech couple marries in icy river“It has been a joint idea. When we

fell in love at first sight, we knew that ifwe had a wedding, it would be in coldwater,” he said. CTK said Tatana ap-peared to be pregnant while donning herwhite bridal bikini coupled with whiteboots and a white veil.

Red Cross volunteer Jean Zachariedelivers first aid to a 1-month old

baby whose mother was killed by theearthquake, on 15 Jan, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Thousands of localRed Cross volunteers, many of whom

were impacted by the earthquake,continue to provide first aid and

distribute relief supplies to people onthe streets of Port-au-Prince.

Woman leaves cats a home, trust fundThe last of the four cats died in 2008

and the two-bedroom home occupied bythe felines for seven years was eventu-ally sold to a medical student.

While Kickham questioned Bayne’sestate bestowal decision, MassachusettsHumane Society President Joanne GMainiero applauded the late senior’sdedication to her pets.

“The cats were at least taken care ofwithout being euthanized or dumpedsomewhere,’’ Mainiero told the Globe.

“It’s great they could enjoy the restof their lives.’’

Mahru-Z (R), a robot developed bythe Korea Institute of Science andTechnology picks up a sandwich inSeoul. South Korean scientists have

developed a walking robot maidwhich can clean a home, dump

clothes in a washing machine andeven heat food in a microwave. Theinstitute took two years to develop

Mahru-Z.

Winston Churchill’s cigar for saleA half-smoked cigar British Prime

Minister Winston Churchill put downbefore a Cabinet meeting in 1941 is upfor auction. Andrew Bullock, from theauction firm Keys in Aylsham in Nor-folk, England, said he expects the 4-inch cigar butt to go for about 300pounds (almost $500), the Daily Mailreported. The auction is scheduled atKeys on 29 Jan.

Churchill smoked the cigar at oneof the most difficult times in World WarII for Britain. British troops werebogged down in North Africa, theWehrmacht was at the gates of Lenin-grad in Russia and the United States hadnot yet entered the war.

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Information Minister attendsstake-driving ceremonies for self-reliant

libraries, donates publicationsNAY PYI TAW, 18 Jan – Minister for Information

Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan attended a ceremony to drivestakes for construction of Panhlaing self-reliant library

in Palaung Village, Ywashe village-tract, SalingyiTownship, Monywa District, Sagaing Division, on 14January afternoon. The minister, officials and donorPresiding Sayadaw Bhaddanta Arvudha of MahaThodra Yama Pariyatti Sarthintaik in PyigyidagunTownship, Mandalay Division, drove stakes at theauspicious time and sprinkled scented water on them.

Next, the minister donated periodicals to thelibrary. Daw Khin Aye and Daw Khin Mya of Palaungvillage handed over the documents related to the plot(74x47ft) for construction of the library; U Ngwe Sanand Daw Thein Paing, the documents related to theplot (117x30ft) for construction of village peace anddevelopment council office; U Ngwe and Daw Ni, thedocuments related to the plot (30x30ft) for constructionof village peace and development council office; andSayadaw Bhaddanta Arvudha donated K 500,000 andthe village people K 1 million for construction ofPanhlaing library.

Next, Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan attendedceremonies to drive stakes for construction of ThutaPhyowai village library and for construction of a newbuilding of primary school. He presented publicationsto the library.

Sayadaw Bhaddanta Arvudha donated K 5million for San Myawady Monastery in Zitaw villageand a set of computer to the local people. On behalf ofHsetee village, townselder U Hla Thaung donated K 3million and U Aung Kyaw Win K 100,000 for

construction of the new school building.At the stake-driving ceremonies, the minister

said that with the people willing to cultivate readinghabit, their knowledge of education, health andeconomy will improve, thereby contributing totheir socio-economic life. He then called forparticipation in maintaining the village self-reliantlibraries.—MNA

(from page 1)Maung Hein Thu

Naung, first year studentfrom Yangon, said,“Every student is pro-vided a laptop and OJTsix times a week. Thetraining consists of Eng-lish courses. IT is cur-rently found out to be themost popular subject. Ijoined MCC because Iam interested in IT. ITwas unfamiliar to me be-fore. My interest pushes

A discussion at newYatanarpon ICT city…

Discussions between teachers and trainees at MCC Training Institute(Yatanarpon).

Trainees attending internationally recognized computer sciencecourse at MCC Training Institute (Yatanarpon).

me into this field. First Ifound it difficult. Later on,I was able to understand itwith the help of teachersand guides. Only when Ijoined this training institutehave my horizon of IT beenwidened. My ambition is tobecome an internationallyrecognized IT expert.”

Ma Myat Thiri Cho,first year student fromYangon said, “I am attend-ing this institute because Itake interest in IT. I want to

study computer science sothat I can be a skilledprogammer. The instituteis outfitted with full educa-tional facilities. Study hoursare from 10 am to 5 pm aday. We can browse anywebsites we want throughhigh speed Internet connec-tion.”

CEO U Nyein Ooof MCC Group said, “Wetake pride by doing our bitin human resources devel-opment programme inYatanarpon new technol-ogy city. MCC now openscourse for B.Sc (BusinessIT) degrees conferred byUniversity of Greenwish

sity of Greenwish. It takesthree years—IDCS di-ploma for first year, IDCASdiploma for second year andB.Sc (Hons) degree for thirdyear. Any matriculationpassed students can join thecourse. Only when traineespass the exam year by year,can they carry on next di-ploma.

Today, the govern-ment is constructing in-frastructures to keep pace

with changes and devel-opments in IT fields.Yatanarpon ICT city inPyinOoLwin is playing amajor role in human re-sources development.The MCC Training Insti-tute (Yatanarpon) is alsonurturing and producingIT experts who can con-tribute to IT develop-ment.

Translation: ZZS(Kyemon: 17-1-2010)

of England. A total of 200students are attending thecourse. After three years,the institute will nurtureinternationally recognizeddegree holder IT expertswho can join IT industries.The main theme of ourMCC Group is to produceIT experts.”

MCC Training In-stitute (Yatanarpon) openscourse for B.Sc (Hons) de-gree conferred by Univer-

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan drives stake forconstruction of Thuta Phyowai self-reliant

library in Salingyi Township.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presentspublications to a responsible person for Thuta

Phyowai self-reliant library.—MNA

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Photo shows

newly opened

Nankwae Creek

Bridge in

Myitkyina.

(News on page 1)

MNA

Lt-Gen Tha Aye of the Ministry of Defence addresses at the opening of Nankwae Creek Bridge.(News on page 1)—MNA

Workshop on Capacity Enhancementof Myanmar Civil Service-2010

(Nay Pyi Taw) opened

NAY PYI TAW, 18Jan—Workshop on Ca-pacity Enhancement ofMyanmar Civil Service-2010 (Nay Pyi Taw), or-ganized by the Civil Serv-

ice Selection and Train-ing Board and sponsoredby the Sasakawa PeaceFoundation of Japan wasopened at Aureum PalaceHotel, this morning.

Chairman of theCSSTB U Kyaw Thu de-livered a welcoming ad-dress and President of theSPF Dr Akinori Seki pre-sented the opening re-marks. The opening cer-emony was attended byMembers of the CSSTBU Aung Myint, U HlaMyint Oo, U Win Aung,U Soe Oo, U Nyi Htun, UKyaw Aung, directors-general and rectors, re-source persons, and par-ticipants.

A total of 60 partici-

pants from various minis-tries and government or-ganizations are currentlyattending the workshopwhere three main themesfocusing on the role of CivilService in Central and Lo-cal Governments, PublicSector and Market-Ori-ented Economic System,Development Policy andGood Governance will bediscussed. It is learnt thatthe duration of the work-shop will be five days up to22 January.

MNA

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

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever flat-

tered* Do not be softened whenever ap-

peased

President of the SPF Dr Akinori Sekiaddresses workshop on Capacity Enhance-

ment of Myanmar CivilService-2010 (Nay Pyi Taw).—MNA

Chairman U Kyaw Thu of CSSTB extends greeting at the opening of workshop on CapacityEnhancement of Myanmar Civil Service-2010 (Nay Pyi Taw).—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Jan — Mandalay City Devel-opment Committee will organize the 8th MandalayMayor’s Cup Horticultural Show and Competitions atKandawgyi Park in Mandalay starting from 12 Febru-ary.

Winners will be presented handsome prizes atthe show. Those who want to enter the competitions atthe show are to send their products to the office of thePark not later than at 4 p.m. on 10 February. Furtherinformation, contact Parks and Playgrounds Depart-ment of MCDC and office of Mandalay KandawgyiPark (Ph: 02-59171). —MNA

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(from page 16)higher living standard of the people. With this end inview, Mindon Bridge (Yenatha) was inaugurated on26 September 2009. It is located at milepost (20/0) onThayet-Natmeetaung-Kanma road section of Pathein-Monywa road (North) in Kanma Township, MagwayDivision.

The bridge is of bailey type with concrete

Mindon Bridge (Yenatha)…foundation and RC bole piles. The 700-foot longbridge with 10-foot and 10.5-inch wide motorway canwithstand 13 tons per vehicle.

With the advent of the transport facility, marineproducts and paddy and rice from Rakhine State maybe marketed in Shan State through the Sittway-An-Minbu-Magway and Magway-Mandalay-PyinOoLwin-Lashio roads. Marine products fromAyeyawady Division may also be transported to ChinState and Sagaing Division through the Pathein-Monywa road and to Kachin State through the Monywa-

Shwebo-Myitkyina road. Trucks loading pulses,beans, maize and sesame from Magway Divisionmay be driven to every states and divisions throughthe cluster of roads. So, the nightmare of transporta-tion will no longer exist for rural dwellers across thenation. They are now living a better life with highersocio-economic status owing to the fruitful result ofswift and smooth commodity flow.

Translation: HKAMyanma Alin (16-1-2010)

*****

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw inspects maintenance of Gyaing (Kawkareik) Bridge.(News on page 16)—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Jan—Deputy Minister forProgress of Border Areas and National Races andDevelopment Affairs Col Tin Ngwe inspectedprogress in construction of Hanlin-Thakhuttaw-WetletRoad, concrete pavement in Wetlet rail station,Myoma artesian well and Wetlet Myoma Market thismorning.

The deputy minister also viewed the installa-tion of pipelines in Shwebo and Mahananda Lake.On 16 January, the deputy minister looked roundShwebo Myoma Market, artesian well in SagaingTownship and gravel pavement on inter-district road.

MNA

PBANRDA DyMinister inspects

developmentaffairs tasks

Air Bagan Myanmar Masters on 28-31 JanYANGON, 18 Jan—

Jointly organized by AsianDevelopment Tour andMyanmar PGA, AirBagan Myanmar Masters2010 will be held at PanHlaing Golf Club herefrom 28 to 31 January.

A total of 100 golf-

ers at home and abroadwill participate in AirBagan Myanmar Masters2010 and the prize is75,000 US Dollars. Thetournament is free ofcharge.

Title sponsor AirBagan Ltd and presenting

sponsor InternationalBeverages Trading Co Ltd(IBTC) mainly sponsoredthe event cooperativelywith the sponsorship ofMax Myanmar, PunHlaing Golf Club, HotelYangon, Myanmar GolfFederation and MPGA.

MGF

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Jan—The opening ceremonyof Basic English Course for staff of Ministry ofSocial Welfare, Relief and Resettlement was held atthe meeting hall of the ministry here this morning,with an address by Minister for Social Welfare,Relief and Resettlement Maj-Gen Maung MaungSwe.

Also present on the occasion were DeputyMinister Brig-Gen Kyaw Myint, departmental heads,officials, course instructors, trainees and guests. Atotal of 34 trainees under the ministry are attendingthree-month course.

MNA

Ministry of SocialWelfare, Relief andResettlement opens

Basic English Course

Minister U Aung Thaung unveils signboard of LaywadyWeaving Workshop.

MNA

Laywady Weaving Workshopopen in Sittway

NAY PYI TAW, 18Jan—The opening ofLaywady WeavingWorkshop was held atWeaving High School atBauktheesu Ward in

Sittway, Rakhine Stateyesterday, attended byChairman of RakhineState Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of Western Com-

mand Maj-Gen ThaungAye, Minister for Indus-try-1 U Aung Thaung,Minister for TransportMaj-Gen Thein Swe, of-ficials and townselders.

The headmaster ofthe school, the chairmanof Sittway TownshipPDC and a local for-mally opened the work-shop.

Next, Minister UAung Thaung unveiledthe signboard of theworkshop, and the com-mander and the minis-ters inspected weavingcloth and learning oftrainees at the workshop.

On 15 January, theministers visited WinThuza Shop (MraukU)of the Ministry of In-dustry-1 in MraukU,Rakhine State.

MNA

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Cord blood stem cell transplanthopes lifted

Historic Resort Mt Rooster eyestourism development

S Korea to host itsfirst ever G20

meeting in February SEOUL, 18 Jan—South Korea will

host its first ever G20 meeting in Feb-ruary as the group will have the year’sfirst gathering in the port city of Incheon,a government official said on Monday.

Senior level policy makers and bankofficials including Vice finance minis-ters and vice governors of central banksfrom the Group of 20 advanced andemerging economies will convene inIncheon, 50 km west of Seoul, from Feb.27 to 28 in order to discuss issues per-taining to the global economic recov-ery and the overall global economic sys-tem, the Ministry of Strategy andFinance said.

The gathering will kickstart thisyear’s G20 meeting, which has alsoselected South Korea to be the chair ofthe G20 summit to be held in Seoul thisNovember. South Korea also took overthe management of the official websiteof the G20 finance minister meeting(www.g20.org) from Britain on 1 Janu-ary , as it will be in charge of the websiteuntil the end of the year, according tothe official.—Internet

Asia’s top Fashion Weekopens in Hong Kong

A Russian plane sits on the tarmac at Maiquetia Simon Bolivar internationalairport in Caracas on 17 Jan, 2010. A Russia-Venezuela mission was set toleave Venezuela on Monday carrying over 60 tonnes of aid to Haiti. Venezuelahas sent several planes to Haiti with doctors, aid and some soldiers.— INTERNET

Architectural culturesof different countriesand regions can be

found in Jigongshan,making the place an

expo of mixed foreigncultures.—XINHUA

Members of a business delegation from Detroit, visit the ShibeiHigh-tech Park.—XINHUA

Hi-tech park puts service sector firstBEIJING, 18 Jan—As the only high-tech park in downtown

Shanghai, Shibei Hi-Tech Park is actively developing itself as amodern service industry base to keep pace with the city’s rapid growth.The park was founded in 1992 by the local government of ZhabeiDistrict to focus on the information technology, logistics, new en-ergy and new materials industries, which China has given top prior-ity to of late.

It was listed by the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordinationas one of the sites in a series of campaigns that promote the theme ofShanghai Expo. The 3.13-sq-km park, which sits on the northernedge of the downtown area, hopes to exploit its geographical advan-tage and transform itself into a cluster of headquarters of Chineseand foreign enterprises.—Xinhua

BEIJING, 18 Jan—Central China’sHenan province has made it possible tobring one of its unique and legendaryscenic attractions, the enchantingJigongshan, or Mt Rooster, to a widerplatform at the 2010 Jigongshan Inter-national Cultural and Tourism Presen-tation Seminar held at the Great Hall ofthe People in Beijing on 15 January.

The seminar aimed to furhter show-case the attraction’s rich cultural andhistorical resources. State and provin-cial officials, ambassadors from 43countries and regions, representativesfrom international organizations, offi-cials from the Chinese People’s Asso-ciation for Friendship with Foreign

Countries and representatives fromleading domestic travel service compa-nies attended the seminar.

Discovered by a Norwegian-Americanin 1902, Jigongshan used to be a glori-ous summer resort for foreigners at thebeginning of last century, when it at-tracted overseas diplomats and mission-aries from 23 countries. More than 500villas featuring distinguished exoticflavors were built thereafter in the region.Jigongshan was considered an expo offoreign cultures mixed together with his-torical and cultural heritages, and a place“near heaven.”— Xinhua

HONG KONG, 18 Jan—Hong Kong Fashion Week,Asia’s largest fashion event,opened in the city on Mon-day, showcasing the indus-try’s newest collections,looks and products and at-tracting exhibitors and buy-ers from all around theworld. The 41st edition ofHong Kong Fashion Weekfor Fall/ Winter 2010 andthe 8th World Boutique isheld from Monday toThursday at the Hong KongConvention and ExhibitionCentre. The twin events fea-ture altogether over 2,000exhibitors from 30 countriesand regions, a 17 percent in-crease over last year, as wellas close to 5,000 buyersfrom 39 countries and re-gions, according to the

Hong Kong Trade Develop-ment Council. During fourdays of the two flagship fairsof Asia’s fashion industry,there will be a series of run-way shows, presenting ideasfrom leading local and over-seas designers.

Fair highlights includethe Hong Kong Fashion Ex-travaganza on Monday, fea-turing four celebrated fash-ion designers, includingDorian Ho from HongKong, Guo Pei and XieFeng from the Chinesemainland, as well as Japan’sToshikazu Iwaya. Theevents also offer 25 specialseminars to address currentfashion topics, including aforecast of 2011-2012 Fall/Winter fashion influ-ences.— Xinhua

LONDON, 18 Jan—Atechnique which may even-tually remove the need formatched bone marrowtransplants has been used inhumans for the first time.It is hoped that “mastercells” taken from umbilicalcords could be used on anypatient without rejection.The latest advance, pub-lished in the journal NatureMedicine, greatly multi-plies the tiny number ofcells from the cord readyfor a transplant. UK char-ity Leukaemia Researchsaid this could be the “holy

grail” for doctors.The current system of

bone marrow transplanta-tion helps patients whohave diseases, such as leu-kaemia, which affect thestem cells in their bonemarrow where new bloodcells are grown. Their ownbone marrow cells arekilled off by aggressivetreatment and cells from amatched donor are intro-duced in their place.

However, a matchingdonor cannot always befound, despite extensivedonor registries held by or-

ganisations such as theAnthony Nolan Bone Mar-row Trust and, even with acarefully matched donor,there is still a risk that thepatient’s body will rejectthe new cells. Cells ex-tracted from umbilicalcords could overcomethese problems - they donot have the characteristicswhich would normally trig-ger immune rejection, so itis likely that cells from asingle baby’s cord could beused in any patient, with-out the need for match-ing.—Internet

At least three killed inUkrainian hospital explosionKIEV, 18 Jan—At least three people were killed as

oxygen tanks exploded at a hospital in Ukraine’s east-ern city of Luhansk, the Interfax news agency reportedon Monday. The blast at Luhansk’s No 7 Hospitalpartly damaged the hospital building, Interfax quoteda government source as saying.

There may be two more dead under the debris, thesource said. Police and rescuers were working at thescene. Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenkois due to arrive in Luhansk soon.— Xinhua

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Iran-bound plane slides off runwayin Sweden

Hospital faces wrongfuldeath Katrina suit

An Iran Air Airbus300-600 stands in the

snow after skidding offthe runway on takeoff

from Stockholm ArlandaAirport on 16 Jan,

2010. The aircraft wasbound for Teheran andcarried 173 passenger

and crew, none of whomwere injured.—INTERNET

STOCKHOLM, 18 Jan—An Iran Air-owned Airbusbound for Teheran slid offa Stockholm runway onSaturday, but no one was

hurt, a Swedish Airport of-ficial said.

Some 172 people, in-cluding 23 crew members,were on board the Airbus300-600 when it swervedoff the runway and glidedsome 130 yards (100 me-ters) into the snow. Every-one was safely evacuated,Arlanda Airport spokes-man Anders Bredfall said.

One of the airport’sthree runways was closedas officials launched an in-vestigation into the acci-

dent.“Everyone has been

safely evacuated and willbe flown tomorrow in-stead,” Bredfall said.

Bredfall said the causeof the accident was notimmediately clear, but thatit is possible that therewere problems with one ofthe plane’s two engines,possibly causing it toswerve. “But the investi-gation has to show whatreally caused it,” hesaid.—Internet

Mini drone and iPhone take videogames to real world

Five killed in horror crashMELBOURNE , 18 Jan —

An ambulance paramedicsays the carnage at a high-speed crash that killed fiveyoung men in Mel-bourne’s north is the worsthe’s seen in 30 years in thejob. Among the six peoplein the car was a 19-year-old P-plate driver fromWallan and his 21-year-old brother. Also killedwere a 19-year-old manfrom Morang and anotherman from Wallanwhose age has not beenconfirmed.

A 15-year-old Eppinggirl seated in the back ofthe car and restrained by aseatbelt was the onlysurvivor. She is in a serious

but stable condition inRoyal MelbourneHospital. Her 19-year-oldbrother was one of thosekilled in the crash.Ambulance paramedicRon McLeod said rescueworkers had to lift three ofthe dead teens off the 15-year-old to free her fromthe crushed vehicle.

Internet

A man maneuvers the AR drone fromFrench company Parrot — a smallremote-controlled helicopter using theaccelerometer in an Apple iPhone. Parrotspecializes in making hands-free wirelesssystems for cars and company founderHenri Seydoux said the AR.Drone is thefirst product of its kind from the Paris- based firm, which employs 450 people worldwide.— INTERNET

Magnitude5.0 quake

hits westernIranian town

WASHINGTON, 18 Jan —A magnitude 5.0 quakestruck very close to thewestern Iranian town ofDezful on Saturday, theUS Geological Surveyreported.

It said the quakeoccurred at 11:53 pm (8:23pm British time) and wascentred 15 miles (25 km)north of Dezful towardsthe Iraqi border. It wasonly 6.2 miles (10 km)deep. Iranian mediacarried no immediatereports on the quake, orany damage it may havecaused.—Internet

PARIS, 18 Jan—Drones have becomesynonymous with US military strikes inhotspots like Afghanistan. But now a Frenchfirm has built a mini version piloted by aniPhone that brings video games to the streets.The flying saucer-like AR Drone — ARstands for augmented reality — caused asensation when it was revealed to anunsuspecting world at a trend-settingconsumer electronics show in Las Vegaslast week.

This week its creators gave AFP ademonstration near their company’s officeson the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, wherethe “quadricopter” perplexed and impressedpassers-by on a cold winter afternoon. One

of the 10 engineers who spent four yearsdeveloping the drone tapped a button on hisiPhone to lift it off the ground and make ithover near the dark waters of the canal.Then he tilted the phone forward or sidewaysto make it manoeuvre around nearby treesand park benches. The machine’s fourpropellers whirred quietly as it movedthrough the air, its camera streaming livevideo from two cameras, via wi-fi, to thepilot’s phone

Internet

NEW ORLEANS, 18 Jan—The former topexecutive of a NewOrleans hospital testifiedhe was unaware of a pre-Katrina documentsuggesting the hospitalgenerator might fail in aflood. Larry Graham wastestifying in a wrongful-death trial dating to histenure as chief executiveofficer of PendletonMemorial MethodistHospital during HurricaneKatrina in 2005, The (NewOrleans) Times-Picayunereported on Saturday.

Graham claimed he hadnot been informed byCameron Barr, a hospitalvice president, that agenerator system couldpotentially flood withdisastrous results, thenewspaper said. “That wasnot my responsibility, andI did not ask him those

questions,” Graham said.But records show Barrwrote a 2002 documentoutlining his concerns.“The first question is, ‘Dowe have generators placedto accommodate anemergency flood with 15feet of water?’ The answerto that question is ‘no,’”the document read.

The system’s failure isat the heart of a wrongful-death claim filed againstMethodist and UnitedHealth Services, whichtook over the hospital in2004, by the family ofAlthea LaCoste, who wason an electricity-dependent ventilator at thetime of the flood, TheTimes-Picayune said. Shesurvived with manualbreathing assistance fromhospital staff buteventually died.

Internet

India sculptor creates granite‘woodwind’ instrument

KOLKATA,18 Jan—Asculptor in the south Indianstate of Tamil Nadu hascreated a traditional windinstrument—or nadhas-waram — for the first timein stone.

The nadhaswaramis one of the most populartraditional Tamil instru-ments and is usually madeof wood. Sculptor Chinna-kkannu used a single pieceof hard black granite tomake the instrumentwhich is more than twofeet in length. Musicianssay that they are amazedat how well it plays.

Chinnakkannu told the

BBC that he was inspiredto make the instrument byhis admiration of templeart and religious sculpturesacross Tamil Nadu. Hailedas one the world’s loudestnon-brass acoustic instru-ments, the nadhaswaram istraditionally made from aspecial variety of wood.The instrument has a rangeof two and a half octaves—similar to the flute.

Chinnakkannu said thatmaking a stone version ofthe nadhaswaram wasfraught with difficulties,not least in finding a suit-able piece of stone.

Internet

More survivors found in quake -ravaged Haiti amid strong

aftershocksBEIJING, 18 Jan— Five

days after a 7.3-magnitudeearthquake battered Haition Tuesday, rescue workershave found more survivorsin the collapsed buildingsamid strong aftershocks.

Rescue teams fromdifferent countries had alreadysaved more than 70 lives,according Elisabeth Byrs, theUN spokeswoman.International rescue teamshave completed about 60percent of the search andrescue work in the quake-ravaged Caribbean nation,according to Brazilian media

reports.But the rescue teams

said they would not give upany hope of finding moresurvivors under the rubbleof flattened buildings inPort-au-Prince, capital ofHaiti. Among the survivorswas a 29-year-old Americanwoman, who was pulledalive from a collapsedbuilding in the Universityof Port-au-Prince onSaturday evening by aUS.rescue team, afterhaving been trapped therefor 97 hours.

Xinhua

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MINISTRY OF RAIL TRANSPORTATIONMYANMA RAILWAYS

INVITATION TO SEALED TENDERS1. Sealed Tenders are invited for supply of the following items in JapaneseYen (or) in United States Dollar (or) in Euro:- (must mention the price in FOBbasis as well as in CIF Yangon basis)

Tender No Description Qty12(T)14/MR(MC) Meter gauge (including 3 feet 20 Nos2009-2010 6 inches gauge) refurbished inservice

Air conditioned passenger coach withsoft seat. (with self power generating dieselengine in each individual passenger coachfor lighting and for air conditioning).

Closing Date/Time - 5.2.2010 (Friday) (12:00) Hours2. Tender documents are available at our office starting from 18.1.2010(Monday) during office hours and for further details, please contact: DeputyGeneral Manager, Supply Department, Myanma Railways, corner of TheinbyuStreet and Merchant Street, Botahtaung Township, Yangon. Phone: 95-1-291985,95-1-291994.

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV RATHA BHUM VOY NO (507)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV RATHA BHUMVOY NO (507) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 19.1.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand 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 Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S REGIONAL CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BANGKAJA VOY NO (56)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BANGKAJAVOY NO (56) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 19.1.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S WONGSAMUT OCEANSHIPPING CO., LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SINAR BIMA VOY NO (051)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SINAR BIMAVOY NO (051) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 19.1.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S SAMUDERA SHIPPINGLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA RAJA VOY NO (917)

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Spain plansworld’s first‘gastronomicuniversity’

MADRID, 18 Jan —Spain is to open theworld’s first “gastronomicuniversity” complete witha research laboratory toexplore the mysteriouschemistry of taste. Studentchefs will be encouragedto master the craft of “mo-lecular gastronomy” underthe tuition of Spain’s mostcelebrated restaurateur,Ferran Adria, and encour-aged to use scientific inno-vation to design the reci-pes of the future.

Construction began lastmonth on the Basque Cu-linary Centre in San Se-bastian and it will beready for its first intake ofstudents in September2011 in a building that isdesigned to resemble apile of stacked plates. Theuniversity will be the firstof its kind to offer a four-year undergraduate de-gree course in culinaryarts taught in English andSpanish and a one-yearmaster’s degree, as well asshorter courses for cook-ing enthusiasts.—Internet

Shell signs Iraq oil field deal

Somali piratesfree Greek tanker

MOGADISHU, 18 Jan —Somali pirates have freeda Greek-owned oil tanker,a day after a ransom wasdelivered aboard theship, the pirates and offi-cials say. The MaranCentaurus was seized on29 November with 28crew members. “She’sfree. She’s preparing tosail out” from Harardhere,Andrew Mwangura, ofthe East African SeafarersAssistance Programme,told AFP.

A ransom of between$5.5m (£3.4m) and $7m(£4.3m) is believed tohave been dropped on thedeck of the tanker. Whenit was hijacked, the MaranCentaurus was sailingnear the Seychelles in theIndian Ocean, about1,300km (800 miles) offSomalia.

Its crew is made up of16 Filipinos, nine Greeks,two Ukrainians and oneRomanian.—Internet

Iraq has the world’s third largest oilreserves.— INTERNET

BAGHDAD , 18 Jan—Oil giant Shell andMalaysia’s state-run Petronas oil com-pany finalised a contract on Sunday to

develop Iraq’s giant Majnoon oil field.In December Shell and Petronas beat arival bid from France’s Total and Chi-na’s CNPC to develop the 12.6bn barrelfield in southern Iraq. The field currentlyproduces just 46,000 barrels per day.Shell and Petronas have pledged to in-crease that output to 1.8 million barrelsper day.

The deal was signed at Iraq’s Oil Min-istry in the presence of Iraqi Oil Minis-ter Hussain al-Shahristani and MounirBouaziz, an executive of Shell Gas andPower.

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Pine beetle outbreakmay be ebbing

DENVER, 18 Jan—The mountain pine beetles thathave been devastating forests in the western UnitedStates may have eaten their way through their foodsupply, scientists say. That means Lodgepole Pine for-ests in Colorado and Wyoming have a chance to makea comeback, The Denver Post reported.

“I think we’ve seen the worst of it,” Sky Stephens,an entomologist with the Colorado State Forest Serv-ice, said. Pine beetles are native to western NorthAmerica. But the current outbreak, now about 15 yearsold, is far larger than previous ones, with some scien-tists blaming rising temperatures because of globalwarming.

Cal Wettstein, a beetle specialist with the US For-est Service, said the millions of dead trees left by thebeetles are a major problem. “We’re still left with theaftermath,” Wettstein said. “We’ve got wildfire threats.The most immediate hazard right now is falling trees.We’ll have falling tree hazards for at least 10 years.”

Internet

Scientists discover avianinfluenza outbreak closelyrelated to bird migration

Skin lightening creamoften misused

EU unlikely toextend emissions cuts

SEVILLE, 18 Jan—The European Unionis unlikely to raise its commitment to cutcarbon emissions by 30 percent from 20percent until other countries show greaterwillingness to follow suit, ministers saidon Saturday.

The EU has set a target of cutting car-bon dioxide (CO2) by 20 percent from1990 levels over the next decade. It prom-ised ahead of climate talks in Copenha-gen in December that it would deepenthose cuts to 30 percent if other countriesdid likewise.

The United Nations has fixed a 31 Jandeadline for countries to commit to emis-sions cuts and the EU sees no sign thatmajor economies will set comparable tar-gets that soon. “The final evaluation is thatit probably cannot be done,” Spanish Sec-retary of State for Climate Change TeresaRibera told journalists after a meeting ofEU environment ministers in Seville,Spain. The decision had been widelyexpected.The EU, which accounts forabout 14 percent of the world’s CO2 emis-sions, is keen to lead climate talks despiteits marginalisation at last year’s meetingin Copenhagen.—Internet

A woman surfs the

Internet at a cafe in

Shanghai. Web secu-

rity firm McAfee said

in its “Virtual Crimi-

nology Report” re-

leased in November

that China, France,

Israel, Russia and the

United States were

among the countries

which have developed

“advanced offensive

cyber capabilities.

INTERNET

A man sits in the cockpit of a one-seat Lumeneocar, at the start of the European Motor Show

in Brussels, on 13 Jan, 2010.— INTERNET

A woman walks past ashop window advertis-

ing sales in centralAthens. Greek officials

are bracing for aEuropean Union

grilling next week overfaulty national statis-

tics as the countryawaits approval of a

national crisis plan onits debt-hit economy.

INTERNET

KUNMING, 18 Jan—Aresearch jointly con-ducted by Chinese andAsian scientists has dis-covered that highly patho-genic avian influenza(H5N1) outbreak wasclosely related to bird mi-gration.

The discovery was re-vealed at the fifth regionalmeeting of the Asian Part-nership on Emerging In-fectious Diseases Re-search (APEIR),whichconcluded on Saturday inKunming, capital ofsouthwest Yunnan Pro-vince.

Lei Fumin, researcherof Institute of Zoologywith Chinese Academy ofSciences, told Xinhua that

the research team hadstudied avian influenzaoutbreaks along the birdmigration routes in theQinghai-Tibet Plateau.

The research teamconsisted of Vietnamese,Cambodian, Thai, Indo-nesian and Chinese scien-tists.

Studies showed thatavian influenza outbreaksin the Qinghai-TibetPlateau were frequentlycoincided with bird mi-gration both in time andlocation.

Xinhua

NEW YORK, 18 Jan—Skin-lightening creamscan mean severe side ef-fects for people who mis-use them or buy counter-feit products, US derma-tologists said.

People of African andHispanic descent, amongothers, obtain the creamsfrom dermatologists or buythem over-the-counter inbeauty shops, ethnic gro-ceries and online, The NewYork Times reported on Sat-urday. The creams, withnames like Hyprogel andFair & White, can causeacne when misused andweaken skin, dermatolo-

gists said. Mercury, whichcan damage the nervoussystem, has been found incounterfeit products.

There is a strong de-mand for the creams, saiddermatologist Erin Gilbertof the Downstate MedicalCentre in New York’sBrooklyn borough. Gilbertsaid she and her colleaguessee cases of severe side ef-fects from the creams eachweek. Many users believelighter skin will elevatetheir standing in society,said Evelyn Nakano Glenn,who teachers gender stud-ies at the University of Cali-fornia-Berkeley.—Internet

FDA to study potentialBPA risks

WASHINGTON, 18 Jan — US regulators say they“have some concern” about the safety of BisphenolA, a chemical widely used in food and beverage con-tainers.

The Food and Drug Administration Deputy Com-missioner Joshua Sharfstein said the agency will carryout a study of possible health risks of BPA, The Wash-ington Post reported.

“We have some concern, which leads us to recom-mend reasonable steps the public can take to reduceexposure to BPA,” Sharfstein told reporters in a con-ference call on Friday.

Research has suggested a link between BPA to can-cer, sexual dysfunction, heart disease and other healthproblems. US health officials have expressed concernabout the chemical’s possible impact on fetal devel-opment as well as on infants and children, the Postsaid.—Internet

Mexicans short of swine flu vaccines MEXICO CITY, 18 Jan — The epicentre of last year’s swine flu

outbreak has received less than half of the 30 million vaccine dosesit ordered last year. Mexico’s health secretary Jose Angel Cordovasaid it has struggled to secure enough vaccine because there wereno factories in the country producing it. Meanwhile, other nationshave started to sell surplus swine-flu vaccines.

“We had to wait in the second line to buy the vaccine, becauseobviously, the first shipments were for the countries that make thevaccine,” said Cordova. After the first case of the H1N1 virus in theworld was confirmed in Mexico last April, drug makers began pre-paring vaccines to control a potential pandemic.— Internet

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Cameroon edge Zambia in Cupof Nations thriller

LUBANGO, 18 Jan—Cameroon edged Zambia 3-2 in an Africa Cupof Nations Group D thriller at Tundavala Stadium on Sunday to re-vive hopes of winning the tournament for a fifth time.

Substitute Mohamadou Idrissou headed the 86th-minute winner tocomplete a late scoring flurry in which Cameroon struck twice withinfive minutes to snatch the lead only for Zambia to level from a penalty.

Geremi and Samuel Eto’o were the other marksmen for the win-ners while Jacob Mulenga gave Zambia an early lead and captainChristopher Katongo levelled from a spotkick with nine minutes left.

Gabon, who fought out a dour goalless draw with Tunisia in thefirst half of a double header, lead the pool with four points. Cameroonhave three, Tunisia two and Zambia one ahead of the final mini-leaguefixtures next Thursday.—Internet

Samuel Eto’o and MohamadouIdrissou of Cameroon (R) celebrateafter scoring against Zambia during

their group stage match at theAfrican Cup of Nations CAN2010 atthe Tundavala stadium in Lubango,

Angola.—INTERNET

Wenger targets title after Bolton win BOLTON, 18 Jan—Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insisted his side

were now genuine title contenders after goals from Cesc Fabregas andFran Merida helped them beat Bolton 2-0 at the Reebok Stadium.

Sunday’s success left the third-placed Gunners just three points be-hind Premier League leaders Chelsea and they will go top, on goaldifference, if they beat Bolton again at the Emirates Stadium on Wednes-day in a fixture re-arranged following the recent cold snap in Britain.

After losing 3-0 at home to Chelsea on 29 November, Wenger’smen were written off as potential champions but have since gone eightmatches unbeaten to transform their season.

However, having seen Fabregas mark his return to the Arsenal sidein style to help ruin Owen Coyle’s first match in charge of Bolton,Wenger said: “We are now in a quite interesting position that nobodyexpected us to be in.—Internet

Arsenal’s Spanish midfielder CescFabregas (R) vies with Bolton

Wanderers’ Finnish goalkeeperJussi Jaaskelainen during the

English Premier League footballmatch at The Reebok stadium,

Bolton. Arsenal won 2-0.—INTERNET

Ronaldinho hat-trick puts heat on Inter

AC Milan’s Brazilian forwardRonaldinho (L) kicks to score a pen-alty during their Serie A football matchAC Milan vs Siena at San Siro Stadiumin Milan. Milan won 4-0.—INTERNET

Safina, Clijstersthrough asSharapovacrashes out

MELBOURNE, 18 Jan—Former champion MariaSharapova crashed out ofthe Australian Open onMonday but there were nodramas for Dinara Safinaand Kim Clijsters whospearheaded the chargeinto the second round.

American AndyRoddick also cruisedthrough, in stark contrastto former world numberone Sharapova who was ashadow of her former selfin a 7-6 (7/4), 3-6, 6-4 de-feat to fellow RussianMaria Kirilenko.

It was a disastrous startto the year for the under-done 22-year-old, seeded14, who opted to only playexhibitions in Thailandand Hong Kong as awarm-up to the openingGrand Slam of the season.

Playing with the roofclosed on the Rod LaverArena due to rain, whichdisrupted play on outsidecourts, she struggled tofind consistency against aplayer ranked 58. “I cer-tainly had my chances andjust didn’t execute,” shesaid.—Internet

Palmer wins the Sony Open

Ryan Palmer reactsafter tapping in for

birdie on the 18th holeand winning the SonyOpen golf tournament,

on 17 Jan, 2010 inHonolulu.—INTERNET

Kuranyi proves his worthto fire Schalke second

Schalke’s strikerKevin Kuranyi

MADRID, 18 Jan—David Villa joined Lionel Messiat the top of the goalscoring charts, hitting his 13thand 14th goals, as Valencia moved three points be-hind second-placed Real Madrid after a 4-1 derby winover 10-man Villarreal at the Mestalla on Sunday.

Argentine Ever Banega opened the scoring in thesixth minute and Villa converted a 28th-minute pen-alty which he had won.

Villarreal’s centre-back Francisco Kiko was sentoff for conceding the spot-kick, giving Valencia a manextra for over an hour.—Internet

Ghana blow as Essien injuresknee at training

Black Star of GhanaNational football teamplayer Micheal Essien

Villa brace helps Valenciaclose in on Real

ROME, 18 Jan—Ronaldinho plun-dered a hat-trick as AC Milan crushed10-man Siena 4-0 on Sunday to closethe gap on Serie A leaders Inter Milan

to just six points and with the Milanderby to come next week.

Milan also have a game in hand mean-ing they could potentially draw level withthe four-in-a-row champions if they wereto win next weekend’s crunch clash.

Playing the league’s basement sittersMilan hardly needed a helping hand butthey got exactly that as Siena goalkeeperGianluca Curci was harshly sent off on 10minutes. Ronaldinho despatched the result-ing penalty and Marco Borriello scored on28 minutes to put the game to bed beforehalf-time before the Brazilian rounded offthe scoring in the second period.

Milan coach Leonardo paid tribute tohis Brazilian compatriot and looked for-ward to the derby.—Internet

LUANDA, 18 Jan—Ghana star MichaelEssien injured his rightknee training on Sundayand could miss a keyAfrica Cup of Nationsclash against BurkinaFaso here.

A team spokesman saidthe Chelsea midfielderwas taken to hospital fora scan and later rejoinedhis ‘Black Stars’ team-mates as they prepare fora must-win Group B fix-ture on Tuesday.

Ghana’s media officerRandy Abbey told AFP:

“Michael suffered a rightknee injury after a colli-sion with a couple ofteammates in the trainingsession this morning.

“He was taken to a lo-cal hospital for a scan andwe’ll get the results backtomorrow and then havea clearer idea of whetherhe can play.”

Internet

BERLIN, 18 Jan—Ex-Germany striker KevinKuranyi proved his worthby sealing Schalke 04’s 1-0 win over Nuremberg onSunday, to put the RoyalBlues second in theBundesliga, despite nearlybeing sold over the winterbreak. The 27-year-old,who notoriously walkedout on the Germany teamin October 2008, struck inthe 48th minute with hisninth league goal of theseason to put Schalke sec-ond, a point behind lead-ers Leverkusen.

Before the game,Schalke coach FelixMagath admitted he hadwanted to sell the striker to

English side Sunderlandearlier this month for a re-ported four million euros toease the club’s debts, butthe player had scupperedthe deal.—Internet

HONOLULU, 18 Jan—The surname alone getsRyan Palmer some atten-tion when he tells peoplehe plays golf for a living.There are times whenPalmer will play alongand not bother to correctanyone who wonders ifhe is related to one of thebiggest names in golf.

For a brief momentSunday in the Sony Open,he showed flashes ofArnold Palmer.

First came the hard-charging chip, even ifPalmer never meant to hitit that hard, which dramati-cally banged into the mid-dle of the pin on the 18thgreen and settled inchesaway for a tap-in birdie.Then came the raw emo-tion, a smile he couldn’tcontain as he fell backwardto the ground in a mixtureof shock and relief.

Moments later, whenRobert Allenby failed tomake a birdie putt fromjust inside 10 feet, Palmerhad a one-shot victory andhis immediate futurelooked as bright as the sunthat shone down on theWaikiki shores all week.

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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, Shan, Rakhine and Mon States, upperSagaing, Bago, Yangon, Ayeyawady and TaninthayiDivisions and generally fair in the remaining areas. Nighttemperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) below January averagetemperatures in Kachin and Chin States, (3°C) to (4°C)above January average temperatures in Rakhine and MonStates, Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions, (5°C) to (6°C)above January average temperatures in Shan State, Bagoand Ayeyawady Divisions, (8°C) above January averagetemperatures in Kayah State and about January averagetemperatures in the remaining States and Divisions. Thesignificant night temperatures were Haka (0°C), Putao,Machanbaw and Loilem (4°C).

Maximum temperature on 17-1-2010 was 95°F.Minimum temperature on 18 -1-2010 was 62°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 18 -1-2010 was 76%.Total sun shine hours on 17 -1-2010 was (7.9) hours approx.

Rainfall on 18-1-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010was (Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(5) mph from Northeast at (14:30) hours MST on 17-1-2010.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theSouthwest Bay and generally fair in the Andaman Sea andelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 19th January 2010:Weather will be partly cloudy in Kachin, Chin, Shan andMon States and Taninthayi Division and generally fair inthe remaining States and Divisions.

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Generally fair inthe whole country.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for19-1-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for19-1-2010:Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for19-1-2010:Partly cloudy.

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Two dead, two stilltrapped in north Chinatrapped in north Chinatrapped in north China

colliery floodingTAIYUAN, 18 Jan—

Rescuers have retrievedtwo bodies from aflooded coal mine innorth China’s ShanxiProvince, but two otherworkers are stilltrapped underground,local authorities said onMonday.

The floodingoccurred at about 4:30pm Friday in a coal pitrun by the Lingshi CoalMine Co. Ltd. in LingshiCounty when sixminers were workingunderground. Twomanaged to escape.

Currently, 260

rescuers are strugglingto pump out the waterand trying to reach thetrapped workers, and12 pumps have beenused, said WangShiqiang, deputydirector of the rescueheadquarters.

“But the undergro-und geologicalcondit ion is verycomplicated, andwater constantly poursinto the flooded tunnelfrom neighbouringareas, which adddifficulty to the rescuework,” he said.

Xinhua

Dragon boat : A child plays with the dragon-head bow of a dragon boat before a race on

Manila Bay.INTERNET

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5th Waxing of Tabodwe 1371 ME Tuesday, 19 January, 2010

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

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

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

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

and violence

Mindon Bridge (Yenatha) in service of rural people

Article: Tin Mar Win & Aye ThandaThein; Photo: Myanma Alin

YANGON, 18 Jan—A ceremony to donate prop-erty, cash fund, multimedia products and publica-tions to self-reliant libraries in Yangon Division willbe held at Basic Education High School No (2) inSangyoung Township here on 23 January.

Wellwishers may contact Yangon DivisionPeace and Development Council Office (Ph: 370507)and Yangon Division Office of Information andPublic Relations Department at No (22/24) onPansodan Street (Ph: 371339).—MNA

Donations to self-reliantlibraries invited

Mindon Bridge (Yenatha) in Kanma Township of Magway Division.

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Jan—Lt-Gen Khin Zaw of theMinistry of Defence, accompanied by Chairman ofMon State Peace and Development Council Commanderof South-East Command Maj-Gen Thet Naing Win,Chairman of Kayin State PDC Brig-Gen Zaw Min andpersonnel, on 14 January, met with officers, other ranksand their families at the local battalion of KawkareikTownship and presented sports gear and gifts to them.

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw of Ministry of Defence inspectsupgrading of Hpa-an-Kawkareik-Myawady road section

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw and party oversaw roadworkson Hpa-an-Kawkareik-Myawady road section nearKyonedoe village. They also inspected durability ofGyaing (Kawkareik) Bridge and newly-built pontoonbridge near the bridge.

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw then inspected roadworksbetween mile post No. 30/5 and 30/6 and Lunnyaquarry at mile post No. 15/7.—MNA

The government is building a string of largeand small bridges for the rural people to be able totravel from one place to another and transport com-modities with peace of mind and to enjoy higher

socio-economic status.Better transport is indispensable in the building of

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