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13th Waxing of Tazaungmon 1369 ME Thursday, 22 November, 2007Volume XV, Number 220

Established 1914

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* 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 ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

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

standards of the entire nation

Four social objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Nov— Vice-Chairman of the

State Peace and Development Council of the Union

of Myanmar Deputy Commander-in-Chief of De-

fence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-

Senior General Maung Aye received new Military

Attaché of Thailand to Myanmar Colonel Ekachai

Harnpoonvittaya, Deputy Military Attaché (Navy)

Captain Choomsak Nakwijit and Deputy Military

Attaché (Air) Group Captain Cherdpong Iamsamut

at Bayintnaung Yeiktha, here, at 9 am today.

Also present at the call were Member of the

State Peace and Development Council General Thura

Shwe Mann of Ministry of Defence, Commander-

in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Soe Thein, Com-

mander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein and Mili-

tary Affairs Security Chief Lt-Gen Ye Myint.

MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Ayereceives Thai Military Attachés

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye greets incoming Military Attaché of ThailandCol Ekachai Harnpoonvittaya in Nay Pyi Taw. — MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye shakes hands with Deputy MilitaryAttaché (Navy) of Thailand Captain Choomsak Nakwijit

in Nay Pyi Taw. — MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye shakes hands with Deputy MilitaryAttaché (Air) of Thailand Group Captain Cherdpong Iamsamut

in Nay Pyi Taw. — MNA

Four political objectives Four economic objectives

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 22 November, 2007

PERSPECTIVES* 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 DesireThursday, 22 November, 2007

Strive for IT developmentNowadays computer studies and infor-

mation technologies have been advancing in

the world and Myanmar has been making

efforts for development of these fields in the

national interest.

Workshops, talks and IT products and

related exhibitions are being held for wider

application and development of sophisticated

IT in building a modern developed nation.

The government has extended its eco-

nomic relations in international field for suc-

cessful adoption of market-oriented economic

system in the nation. It has also been provid-

ing technology of international level in trade,

investment and banking sectors.

The youth today take great interest in IT

and they can now utilize the latest technology

in practical field. IT-based services will con-

tribute much towards economic progress of

the country.

Economic and IT sectors are related to

each other. We are confident that more de-

velopment can be made in IT and economic

sectors with the help and cooperation of IT

technicians.

YANGON, 21 Nov —The Mid-year Gems Em-porium 2007 continued forthe fifth day at MyanmarConvention Centre onMindhamma Road,Mayangon Township,here, this morning.

Patron of MyanmaGems Emporium Central

Committee Minister forMines Brig-Gen OhnMyint visited the empo-rium and cordially greetedthe gem merchants.

Altogether 508 jadelots were sold through ten-der at MCC today. So far,2,213 jade lots have beensold through tender from

17 November to date.A total of 3,600

gem merchants at homeand abroad are attendingthe sales. More gem mer-chants will arrive. Theremaining jade lots willbe sold up to 26 Novem-ber.

MNA

2,213 jade lots sold in five days atMid-year Gems Emporium

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Nov— Chairman of Shan StatePeace and Development

Council Commander ofEastern Command Maj-Gen Thaung Aye and Min-ister for Construction Maj-Gen Saw Tun formallyopened newly-builtMongpun Bridge crossingMongpun Creek situatedon Meiktila-Taunggyi-Kengtung-Tachilek Roadat the pandal near thebridge in Loilem Town-ship, this morning.

Commander Maj-Gen Thaung Aye made aspeech on the occasion,saying that the newly-opened Mongpun Bridgeplays a leading role onUnion Highway. The pre-vious Mongpun Bridgewas old and thus PublicWorks of the Ministry ofConstruction has built it.It is reinforced concretetype with 208 feet inlength. Its motorway is 24feet in width. It can with-stand 60 tons of load andhas two 3-foot walkways.The bridge will ensurespeedy flow of commodi-ties in the cities betweenShan State (East) and(South). Moreover, edu-cation, health, economyand transport sectors will

develop and friendshipamong national brethrenwill further be strength-ened.

Next, Minister Maj-Gen Saw Tun deliveredan address on the occa-sion, saying that a total of229 bridges of over 180feet have been built allover the country. Of them,the Ministry of Construc-tion had built 209 bridges,the Ministry of Defence11, the Ministry of RailTransportation seven andthe Ministry of ElectricPower two. Thanks tocompletion of the bridge,local people in Shan State(South) will have easy ac-cess to the central area ofMyanmar and Shan State(East). Hence, all the peo-ple are to take part in theregional developmenttasks while guardingagainst dangers posed byinternal and external de-structive elements.

A local spoke words

of thanks.The commander and

the minister formallyopened the bridge. Thecommander unveiled thestone plaque of the bridgeand sprinkled scented wa-ter on it.

The lower structure ofthe bridge is steel shellcassion foundation typeand the upper structure,the reinforced concretetype. The 208 feet longbridge has a 24-foot-widemotorway flanked bythree feet wide pedestrianways. The bridge can with-stand 60-ton loads.

The old bridge is bai-ley type and it withstood20-ton loads. Thanks tocompletion of the newbridge on Meiktila-Taunggyi-Kengtung-Tachilek Union Highway,local people in Shan State(East) and (South) enjoyfruits of transport facili-ties.

MNA

Commander, Minister open newly-built MongpunBridge in Loilem Township

Local people attend opening ceremony of Mongpun Bridge in Loilem Townshipin Shan State. — MNA

Local and foreign merchants inspect lots of jades at Mid-year GemsEmporium 2007. — MNA

The best time to plant a tree was 20

years ago.

The second best time is now.

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A Beijing man talks next to a billboard showing the Chinese made Chang’e Iblasting off. China is aiming to replace all its imported communications andbroadcast satellites with home-made ones by 2010 as part of efforts to reduce

its reliance on overseas technology.—INTERNET

I N T E R N A T I O N A L N E W S

China strongly opposesUS recent report

BEIJING, 20 Nov—Chinese Foreign Ministryspokesman Liu Jianchaorefuted here Monday arecent US report that hesaid smeared China andinterfered in China’sinternal affairs.

“China sternlyopposes the report andhas lodged strongrepresentations to the USside,” said Liu whenasked to comment on therecent annual reportpresented to the USCongress by the US-

China Economic andSecurity ReviewCommission.

The report criticizedChina’s economic andtrade policies, intellectualproperty rights and otherissues, saying China hasposed threat to the UnitedStates in the securitysector. It suggested theUS Government andCongress to take actionsand exert more pressureson China.

Liu said thecommission ignored

China’s progress anddevelopment in politics,economic, social affairsand other causes andstuck to bias.

It flagrantlyinterfered in China’sinternal affairs andsmeared China, Liu said.Their intended to setobstacles for the China-US cooperation inextensive fields throughmisleading the generalpublic, Liu said, warningthat such a plot is doomedto fail. — MNA/Xinhua

Grand jury opens Blackwatershooting probe

Broadway strike talks fail, shows off a second week

An arial view of Mount Kenya. Kenyan rescuers on Sunday scoured aforested Mount Kenya region in search of the country’s chief wildlife pilot

and his helicopter missing for four days, an official said recently.— INTERNET

Eight killed, nine injuredin truck accident in Peru LIMA, 12 Nov—At least eight people were killed

and nine more were injured on Monday when a truckturned over in a mountainous area in Peru, theNational Police said.

The accident, which occurred near a village some1,400 kilometres southeast of Lima, may have beencaused by speeding and overloading, police said.

The dead and injured were all passengers on thetruck, which was also carrying a large amount ofgoods, police said. — MNA/Xinhua

NEW YORK, 20 Nov—Most of Broadway’stheatres will remain darkfor a second week afterweekend talks betweenowners and producers andstriking stagehands brokedown, theater producerssaid.

Some 25 Broadwayshows have been canceled,including profitableproductions like“Chicago”, “The Phantomof the Opera”, “Wicked”and “Hairspray” since thestagehands, workingwithout a contract sinceJuly, went on strike on 10November.

The League ofAmerican Theaters andProducers said the strikeis costing about 17million US dollars for

every day it lasts. NewYork Mayor MichaelBloomberg has called onboth sides to resolve theirdifferences, saying thatthe economic impact ofthe strike is felt far

beyond the closedtheaters. Broadwayshows are a major touristattraction, bringinghundreds of millions ofdollars into the city.

MNA/Reuters

WASHINGTON, 20Nov—A US grand jury hasopened an investigationinto the shooting deaths of17 Iraqi citizens inSeptember by Blackwaterprivate security emp-loyees guarding a USEmbassy convoy inBaghdad, ABC Newsreported on Monday.

ABC said on itswebsite that severalBlackwater guards were

subpoenaed in the probeby the federal grand juryin Washington.

US Justice Departmentspokesman Dean Boyddeclined to comment.

Blackwater spokes-woman Anne Tyrrell saidshe could not confirm anyprobe. The company hassaid its guards actedlawfully after being shotat in the 16 Septemberincident, when Black-

water guards opened fireas they conducted aconvoy through Baghdad.

Blackwater has about1,000 personnel to protectthe US mission and itsdiplomats from attack.

“We will cooperatewith all investigations andwe’ve always supportedstrong accountability,”Tyrrell said. “If anyone wascomplicit in wrongdoingwe want that person heldaccountable. Otherwise,we’re withholding furthercomment until anything isfinal.” A grand jurydetermines whether a crimehas been committed andthere is enough evidence tobring a case to trial.

There are at leastthree investigations intothe incident. The IraqiGovernment has called thekillings deliberate. The USmilitary has said theguards acted withoutprovocation. The NewYork Times reported thatan FBI investigation foundat least 14 of the 17 deathswere unjustified.

MNA/Reuters

Suicide blast outsidegovernor house kills seven

in S-W AfghanistanKABUL, 20 Nov—A suicide bomber exploded

himself outside the governor’s house com-pound inZaranj, capital of southwestern Afghan province ofNimruz, killing one of the gov-ernor’s son and sixsecurity bodyguards, the governor of Nimruz said.

Some 14 others including bodyguards and civilianswere injured in the blast, Governor Ghu-lam DastagirAzad said. “The explosion occurred just about twominutes before I entered the compound,” thegovernor told Xinhua via phone.

The governor was unhurt in the explosion whichobviously targeted him. Malang Rasouli, deputygovernor of Nimruz, earlier told Xinhua that theattacker while approaching the compound by footsuddenly exploded him-self. The injured civiliansincluded some civilian workers at the governor’shouse, officials said. — MNA/Xinhua

Dutch police catch most wanted British criminalAMSTERDAM, 21 Nov

— Dutch police havearrested one of Britain’smost wanted criminals,James Hurley, 13 yearsafter he escaped fromBritish custody afterkilling a policeman.

In a statement onMonday, Dutch police

said they found him in TheHague on November 9when investigating ahouse which had raisedsuspicions due to its highenergy use, sometimes asign of illegal drugsfactories.

“Officers expected tofind a cannabis farm but

instead found a largequantity of hard drugs,”the police said.

The Dutch publicprosecutor will discusswith British authoritieswhether and whenHurley is to be handedover.

MNA/Reuters

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Uruguay President Tabare Vazquez, left, talkswith his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Minh

Triet, right, in Hanoi, Vietnam on 19 Nov, 2007.Vazquez, the first Uruguay president to visit

Vietnam, is on a two-day official visit to boost tiesbetween the two countries.— INTERNET

A woman wearing a veil to cover her face, to protect it from cold wind, walksbehind another pedestrian in Beijing on 19 Nov, 2007. Temperatures in China’s capital continue to get colder as the winter months approach. — INTERNET

US says troops involvedin shooting of Iraqis

SAMAWA (Iraq), 20Nov—An Iraqi provincialgovernor accused USforces of opening fire oncivilian cars south ofBaghdad on Sunday, in anincident in which twopeople died, and threatenedto suspend ties with USofficials. US officialsconfirmed that a militaryconvoy was involved in“an incident” that resultedin the death of two Iraqisand wounded four others,but gave no further details.

The governor of thesouthern Shiite province ofMuthanna, AhmedMarzok, earlier said sixpeople were wounded inthe attack, including twopolicemen, near Rumaitha,north of the provincialcapital Samawa, 270

kilometres (170 miles)south of Baghdad.

A minibus driver saidtwo of his passengers werewounded when soldiers ina military convoy openedfire. “We were driving onone side of the road andwhen they came we pulledaside, but they openedfire,” the driver, who didnot give his name, toldReuters.

Marzok called the attack“barbaric, brutal andillegal” and sum-monedprovincial officials into ameeting, where hedemanded a full investi-gation of the incident bythe Iraqi Government.

He also called forMuthanna officials tosuspend work with multi-national forces in theprovince, including

military engineers and aUS provincial recon-struction team.

A statement from theUS military and the USEmbassy in Baghdad saidthat initial reports in-dicated that an incidentinvolving the US militaryconvoy led to the Iraqis’deaths, but did not giveadditional details.

MNA/Reuters

Bush’s homeland securityadviser resigns

WASHINGTON, 20Nov—US PresidentGeorge W Bush’s WhiteHouse adviser on counter-terrorism and homelandsecurity has resigned, heannounced on Monday,the latest in an exodus oftop aides with 14 monthsleft of his presidency.

Bush said in astatement that FranTownsend “has alwaysprovided wise counsel onhow to best protect theAmerican people fromthe threat of terrorism”.

“She has been a steadyleader in the effort toprevent and disruptattacks and to betterrespond to naturaldisasters,” the Presidentsaid. He gave no reasonfor her departure.

Townsend, whoserved 4-1/2 years in apost created after the 11September attacks on theUnited States in 2001,had also been aprosecutor in New Yorkand deputy nationalsecurity adviser.

Her resignation addsto a list of high-profiledepartures from theadministration in recentmonths. Senior Bushadviser Karl Rove left inAugust, White HousePress secretary Tony Snowresigned in September andWhite House counsellorDan Bartlett stepped downin June. Attorney GeneralAlberto Gonzales, anothermember of Bush’s innercircle, resigned underpressure in August.

MNA/Reuters

Dominican disease outbreakkills 25 after storm

Floods claim 48 in centralVietnam

SANTO DOMINGO, 20Nov—An outbreak of thewaterborne diseaseleptospirosis has killed atleast 25 people in theDominican Republic andsickened nearly 200, theCaribbean nation’s HealthMinister said.

Bautista Rojas Gomezconfirmed the toll toreporters late on Sunday

after talks with PresidentLeonel Fernandez on waysto fight the disease, whichspreads through exposureto water contaminatedwith the urine of infectedrats and other animals.

The outbreak, linked toflooding caused byTropical Storm Noel lastmonth, was initiallylimited to a region along

the banks of the OzamaRiver north and east of thecapital. But Rojas Gomezsaid cases had now beenconfirmed as far away asthe Barahona beach resorton the southern coast.

In addition to the 25deaths, Rojas Gomez said193 people had fallen illwith the disease.

MNA/Reuters

Seven dead as tropical storm“Lando” sweeps PhilippinesMANILA, 21 Nov—At least seven people were killed

in the heavy rains and landslide in central and southernPhilippines brought by tropical storm “Lando”, localnewspaper the Philippine Daily Inquirer said onTuesday.

According to National Disaster CoordinatingCouncil, five other people were injured while twoothers were still missing. Floods and landslides alsodisplaced 3,310 people, prompting officials in certaincentral Philippine provinces to declare a state ofcalamity, the report said.

“Lando”, which packs winds of 65 kilometres perhour and gusts of up to 85 kilometres per hour, enteredthe Philippines on Monday and kept moving west at19 kilometres per hour.

The storm was expected to cross the Sulu Sea,heading towards the South China Sea, the PhilippineAtmospheric Geophysical Astronomical ServicesAdministration said. — MNA/Xinhua

HANOI, 20 Nov—Flooding sparked bytorrential rain in Viet-nam’s central region haskilled 48 local people, leftfour missing, and injured209, since 10 November,local newspaper VietnamAgriculture reported onMonday.

The floods alsoinundated hundreds ofthousands of houses,damaged thousands ofhectares of paddy rice, andisolated some areas in theregion, causing totalproperty losses of trillionsof Vietnamese dong(VND) (hundreds of

millions of US dollars).The Vietnamese Govern-

ment has decided to fundthe central localities 205billion VND (over 12.8million US dollars), 8,200tons of rice and 250 tons ofinstant noodle.

Last weekend, Viet-namese Deputy PrimeMinister Hoang Trung Haicame to some centrallocalities to direct the workof overcoming the floods'aftermath. He has askedlocal relevant agencies toprovide sufficient supplyof food and clean water forflood-victims, en-suringthat no people would facestarvation, and keepenvironmental hygiene toprevent diseases. Theregion may face a newwave of flooding in thenext few days, after a spellof torrential rain, accordingto the National Hydro-Meteorology ForecastCentre. Water in somerivers in the region is risingdue to heavy rain.

MNA/Xinhua

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Announcement of national race delegates from Shan State (East) toNational Convention

Date: 21 November 2007Altogether over 1000 national race delegates from 325 townships in the country attended the successfully-completed National Convention and eight delegate

groups participated in the discussions. Out of the eight delegate groups, the delegate group of national races comprises 641 delegates and it is the largest in number.A total of 29 delegates from Shan State (East) participated in the discussions of the delegate group of national races.

We view the meetings between Minister for Relations U Aung Kyi and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi as positive move to national reconsolidation.Mr Gambari, special adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General released the statement of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi written in English on her behalf in

Singapore on 8 November.Obviously the usage contained in the statement is seen as arrogance and does not reflect Myanma customs and Myanmar way of life. We are opposed to

the statement in such a time.Those who are going to draft the State Constitution must be the ones who have a wide range of knowledge of Myanmar history, culture and customs. During

the period of independence struggle, the constitution was drawn with the assistance of foreign experts. However, nowadays we believe that the constitution capableof serving the interests of Myanmar nationals will emerge as educated and experienced Myanmar citizens are going to draft it.

Therefore, we hereby declare that we support the Commission for Drafting State Constitution formed on 18 October 2007.Delegates from Shan State (East)

Delegate Group of National Races

Announcement of Monhin/Monha People’s Militia (Local) GroupLetter No. 100/Ma Ha/ 2007

Date: 15 November 2007Monhin/Monha People’s Militia (Local) Group in Mongyai Township of Shan State (North) was set up on 29-11-2001 with a view to implementing

regional development and security tasks according to the government programme. Upholding Our Three Main National Causes for perpetuation of the Union,we discussed the fundamental principles and detailed basic principles with Union Spirit and adopted them at the National Convention represented by all thenational race delegates.

The 12-11-2007 statement issued by National League for Democracy implies that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi represents all the national races as her duty. Inreality, it is against our wishes and therefore we do not accept it.

Monhin/Monha People’s Militia (Local) Group hereby announces that we will participate in realization of the seven-step Road Map under the leadershipof the Tatmadaw Government, and we support the fundamental principles and detailed basic principles concerning the affairs of national races that the NationalConvention has already adopted.

Monhin/Monha People’s Militia (Local) Group

Announcement of Monekoe/Phaunghsai People’s Militia (Local) GroupLetter No. 10/ Ma Ka-Pha Hsa/ 2007

Date: 15 November 2007Monekoe/Phaunghsai People’s Militia (Local) Group in Monekoe Township of Shan State (North) was formed with local national races in 1972. As ours

is a border region, we are constantly carrying out tasks for regional security, prevalence of law and order and regional development.We support and welcome the formation of the Commission for Drafting State Constitution by the State with national legal experts to draft a State

constitution based on fundamental principles and detailed basic principles that the National Convention has already adopted.Likewise, we welcome meetings between Minister U Aung Kyi appointed as Minister for Relations on behalf of the government and Daw Aung San Suu

Kyi.The 12-11-2007 statement by National League for Democracy implies that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi represents the wishes and interests of all the national

races as her duty. In reality, it is against our wishes and therefore we do not accept it.Monekoe/Phaunghsai People’s Militia (Local) Group hereby announce that upholding Our Three Main National Causes, we will steadfastly continue joining

hands with the government in the realization of the seven-step Road Map. Monekoe

People’s Militia (Local) Group Phaunghsai People’s Militia (Local) Group

Peinhsar (Lahu) People’s Militia (Local) GroupAnnouncement

Letter No. 101/Pahsa (Laha)/2007Date: 15 November 2007

Peinhsar (Lahu) People’s Militia (Local) Group in Hsenwi Township, Shan State (North), was set up on 21 February 1979 and is carrying out regionaldevelopment works and security in collaboration with the Tatmadaw.

Our group firmly believes that all national races residing in the Union of Myanmar are to uphold Our Three Main National Causes for perpetual existenceof the State.

Our group does not agree and is totally opposed to the point included in the statement of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi released by National League for Democracyon 12 November 2007 that she represented the wishes and interests of all national races and it was her duty.

Our group hereby declares that under the guidance of the Tatmadaw Government, we will steadfastly participate in the successful implementation of theseven-step Road Map of the State.

Peinhsar (Lahu) People’s Militia (Local) Group

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Yangon Division USDA disburses K 506.09min cultivation loans to 6,511 farmers

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Nov — The Annual GeneralMeeting 2007 of the Union Solidarity and DevelopmentAssociation was held on the campus of the Universityof Veterinary Science, here, from 12 to 16 November.

Secretary of Hline Township USDAU Min Lwin. — MNA

Secretary U Min Lwin of Hline TownshipUSDA reported on accomplishments of the tasks ofthe USDA undertaken in a year. He said that so far,Yangon Division USDA has organized 3,426,189members or 64.26 per cent of the population inYangon Division. On 13 October, Yangon DivisionUSDA organized the mass rally to support andwelcome the National Convention and theforthcoming constitution at the Thuwunna NationalIndoor Stadium attended by over 120,000 people.

In 45 townships of Yangon Division, massrallies to support and welcome the National Conventionand the forthcoming constitution and denounce externaland internal destructive elements were held with theparticipation of over 630,000 people from 24 to 30October.

In the administration sector, telephones andfacsimile machines have been installed at 50 division,district and township USDA offices. With regard to thesocial welfare task, blood donors associations were setup. Likewise, free funeral services were provided with11 hearses for the needy people.

The division association managed to installpipelines from Gyobyu Reservoir to residents in watersupply task. In the education sector, the associationcooperated with wellwishers in renovating the schoolsand donating school equipment in Thanlyin andKyauktan townships.

For providing health care services to the citydwellers, a total of 14 Phyo Cetana free clinics in 13townships including Myodaw Clinic in MayangonTownship were kept open with 57 doctors and 45traditional medicine practitioners.

Beginning 1 October 2007, the association hasdonated provisions to 80 monasteries and one nunneryin 15 townships. In addition, the association presentedcash and kind to inmates of Insein Jail.

The division association disbursed K 506.09million in cultivation loans to 6,511 farmers in sixtownships. Furthermore, the division association sold34,040 bags of rice to the people at reasonable price.Moreover, the association performed power supplytask for rural areas of the division.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Nov —The Annual GeneralMeeting 2007 of the Union Solidarity and DevelopmentAssociation was held on the campus of University ofVeterinary Science, here, from 12 to 16 November.

Executive of Shan State (South) USDA UKyaw Soe Hlaing reported on accomplishments of thetasks of Shan State (South) USDA in a year.

In his report, he said there are seven townshipUSDAs and 550 village USDAs under Shan State(South) USDA. The number of members of Shan State(South) USDA has reached 803,363 accounting for the56 per cent of those who are eligible to become USDAmembers in the state.

Altogether 59 members were sent to coursesconducted by the USDA (Central) and 9,475 attendedthe courses in the state. Two were sent to a foreign

Shan State (South) USDA organizes 803,363 members, cultivates1.7m saplings at 63 farms in 2007 to distribute them to villages

Executive of Shan State (South) USDAU Kyaw Soe Hlaing. — MNA

country as scholars and three went on an excursion ofa foreign country.

The prevalence of community peace andstability, strong economy of the State and the peopleand the high education standard are necessary forbuilding a democracy. Shan State (South) USDA hasmade efforts for producing one product from everyvillage in the state since 2005 so that the people canenjoy the strong economy. Local people have enjoyedthe fruits of the association’s efforts.

The association set up 63 farms in Shan State(South) in 2007 to distribute saplings to all villages inthe state. There are over 1.7 million of saplings of 14species of perennial trees in the farms and these saplingswould be distributed to farmers in the coming plantingseason. The in-charge of the Shan State (South) USDAprovided K 50 million to the association to disburseagricultural loans to farmers.

As part of supplying electricity to rural areas,the association, spending K 10 million provided by theUSDA (central), could supply power to six village-tracts in six townships in the state. Township USDAsin the state also carried out power supply tasks andwater supply tasks in rural areas. Upon completion ofa self-reliant hydropower station in Kaungbo Village-tract in Yaksawk Township, the station will supplypower to over 500 households.

In cooperation with Information and PublicRelations Department, the association has established3,503 self-reliant libraries in Shan State (South) anddonates publications to libraries every month.

For the development of youths in the state, theassociation conducted IT tests, contests for Englishproficiency skills and On-line tests. Besides, the

association made arrangements for excursions in which320 students in the state participated. Moreover,members of the association took part in hiking arrangedby USDA (Central). Shan State (South) USDA hadspent over K 9.6 million on social welfare tasks.

Regarding the Information andCommunication Technology sector, the associationalso established the Public Internet Access Centre, andthe association earns over K 1 million every monthfrom the centre. The association also set up ITDevelopment Research Department with theparticipation of outstanding youths and has publishedTaunggyi Internet News journal covering internationalnews translated from English into Myanmar.

Moreover, news happened in the state are put inthe association’s taunggyiinternetnews.blogspot.com.The association has to report up-to-date news in the stateto the headquarters of USDA daily.

Shan State (South) USDA establishedComputer Professionals’ Association (Shan State) andComputer Industrialists’ Association (Shan State).Three members of the association also attended theICT Conference in the Republic of Korea.

Arrangements were made to stage ICTExhibition in Taunggyi from 16 to 18 November. Itwas the second such exhibition.

Executives of the association have carried outregional development tasks joining hands withpersonnel of social organizations.

Arrangements are being made to organize theShan State (South) Association to conduct research oneconomic, agricultural, political, industrial,environment and natural resources and cultural issuesand dialects in the state.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 21 Nov— The annual generalmeeting of the Union Solidarity and DevelopmentAssociation was held at the Veterinary ScienceUniversity in Nay Pyi Taw Yezin from 12 to 16November.

State and Division USDAs reported on

All citizens firmly believe that forthcomingconstitution will lead to golden land in future

Executive of Shan State (North) USDADr Nan Soe Soe Aung. — MNA

implementation of the tasks in a year.Executive Dr Nan Soe Soe Aung of Shan State

(North) USDA said the USDA has turned 14 years.The association formed with national brethren withthe same belief and concept organized 456,896 personswho wish to carry out regional development.

In order to enhance their qualifications, 70417members were trained and 109 executives were sent tocourses conducted in Nay Pyi Taw and Yangon.

Shan State (North) is a region where variousnational races reside. With the assistance of thecommander, water supply was undertaken in eightvillages in Hsenwi Se-u region. On 19 January 2007,the government upgraded Lashio Degree College,Technological College and Computer College touniversity level.

On 1 July 2007, the Secretary-1 of the StatePeace and Development Council (now the PrimeMinister) himself formally opened LashioTechnological University.

Free medical treatments were performed invillages where most Danu nationals live in cooperationwith USDA and traditional practitioners of Shan State.Officials of traditional practitioners provided medicalcare to inmates in Hsipaw and Lashio prisons.

Mongyulay Bridge in Kutkai Township wasdestroyed by the floods. The bridge was rebuilt at acost of K 38.5 million within three months under theinstructions of the commander.

The Patron of the USDA Head of State gaveguidance that a new modern developed discipline-flourishing democratic nation cannot be built in hasteand it is necessary to take time for step-by-stepimplementation. Firm foundations must be built forlong-term interest. This is why the seven-step RoadMap is being implemented step by step. All the citizensfirmly believe that the forthcoming constitution willlead to the golden land in the future.

On 2 October, a ceremony to support the NationalConvention and the forthcoming constitution was heldin Lashio. Over 120,000 people including Mr Gambari,the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General,attended it.

In last September some protests took place inYangon and Mandalay. We do not want to see thesituation that leads to trouble. Therefore, the peoplefrom 10 townships in Shan State (North) expressedtheir opposition to the disturbances. All the localpeople are determined to march towards the goldenland.—MNA

Secretary of Mongyawng Township USDAU Sai Win Tin. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Nov — The annual generalmeeting of the Union Solidarity and DevelopmentAssociation was held at the Veterinary ScienceUniversity in Nay Pyi Taw Yezin from 12 to 16November.

State and Division USDAs reported onimplementation of the tasks in a year.

Secretary of Mongyawng Township USDA USai Win Tin said altogether 450 youths took thetraining courses conducted by Shan State (East) USDAin Monghsat and Kengtung Townships. The associationopened other courses including computer and culturalcourses.

The association presented K 250,000 tooutstanding students in Shan State (East). It alsoprovided K 399,380 to primary schools in tentownships.

The USDA provided cash assistance to students

Members of USDAs at different levels determined to participatein tasks for implementation of seven-step Road Map

from middle and high schools. For rural regiondevelopment K 5.26 million was spent on hydro powerproject, construction of school and water supply projectsin four villages. The USDAs at different levelsorganized ceremonies to support the NationalConvention and forthcoming constitution in thetownships.

Cash and kind worth K 1,288,000 were providedto the prisons in Monghsat and Kengtung Townshipsin cooperation with Myanmar Red Cross Society,Maternal and Child Welfare Association and Women’sAffairs Organization and War Veterans Organizations.

Members of USDAs at different levels of ShanState (East) are determined to participate in the tasksfor implementation of the seven-step Road Mapupholding Our Three Main National Causes incooperation with the government whatever role theyare in.—MNA

Patrons of MyanmarWomen’s Sport

Federation presentfruits to women

athletes. NLM

Nutritious food, sports wears provided toMyanmar women’s football and Futsal teams

YANGON, 21 Nov—Aceremony to providenutrious food and sportswears to MyanmarSelected Women’sFootball Team, MyanmarSelected Women’s FutsalTeam, and Myanmar U-19 Women’s SelectedTeam was held at Y.T.C(Thuwunna) this morning,attended by Chairperson

of Central WorkCommittee for MyanmarWomen’s SportsFederation Daw Aye Aye,Patrons In-Charge,Secretary Daw L Khun Yi,officials and selectedplayers.

Patrons Dr DawSandar Aung, Daw ThidarWin, Daw Aye Aye Kyi,Daw Htay Htay Khaing

presented nutritious foodand sports wears worthK 300,000 to the players.The players spoke wordsof thanks.—NLM

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NAY PYI TAW, 21 Nov—The fourth and final daysession of the Annual General Meeting 2007 of the UnionSolidarity and Development Association took place atthe University of Veterinary Science on Nay Pyi TawYezin University Campus on 19 November.

The attendees were the USDA Secretary-General,the Joint-Secretary-General, secretariat members, CECmembers, secretaries of State/Division USDAs, andrepresentatives of state/division, district, township andtown USDAs.

Secretary-General U Htay Oo chaired the meetingtogether with CEC members U Ohn Myint and U MaungPa.

After seeking the opinion of the representatives, UHtay Oo announced that the resolutions of the meetingwere approved and put on record.

At the meeting, two resolutions were passed, onematter approved and four matters were recorded.

The Secretary-General in his speech said that at themeeting, the representatives have held discussions andpassed resolutions in accordance with the seven objectivesof the Association.

He praised USDA members for their brilliantperformances in social welfare services, organizingmeasures and realization of the future plans adopted bylast year’s annual general meeting, calling for the membersto join hands with the people in maintaining the already-achieved development momentum.

He quoted Head of State Senior General ThanShwe, as saying that the task for building a new nationwas a noble one and it was the concern of the entirepeople. The Association was established to help organizethe people to participate in the task with a sense of duty,he said.

He added that the associations at all levels are to

Union Solidarity and Development AssociationAnnual General Meeting concludes

The attendees chanting slogans at final day session of Annual General Meeting 2007 of Union Solidarity and Development Association.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Nov — The Annual GeneralMeeting 2007 of the Union Solidarity and DevelopmentAssociation took place at the University of VeterinaryScience from 12 to 16 November. The meeting passedtwo resolutions, approved one matter and put four matterson record.

The two resolutions are as follows:-(1) The guidance given by Patron of the USDA

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services SeniorGeneral Than Shwe at the fourth day session of theUSDA AGM 2007 on 16 November is to be followedas a work guideline of USDAs at different levels.

(2) The USDA AGM 2007 laid down the following ninefuture work programmes:-

All the USDA members are:— to join hands with the people for making efforts to

ensure stability and development of the Stateupholding the national policy — Non-disintegration of the Union, Non-disintegration ofnational solidarity and perpetuation of sovereignty.

— to actively participate in the successful realizationof the 12 State objectives together with the peoplefor the emergence of a peaceful, modern, developednew nation that all the national people aspire.

— to organize the entire national people to activelytake part with Union Spirit in the successfulimplementation of the seven-step Road Map adoptedfor perpetual existence of the State and sustainabledevelopment.

— to guard against internal and external destructiveelements trying to harm the stability anddevelopment of the State through the united strengthof the people.

— to actively take part in the tasks for peace andstability of the State, robust economy of the Stateand the people and uplift of national education,which are essential requirements in building a newnation.

— to participate in the tasks for successful

USDA AGM 2007 passes two resolutions, approvesone matter, puts four matters on record

implementation of the fourth five-year short-termplan and development of agriculture, electric powerand industrial sectors.

— to try to become brilliant and efficient members andto strengthen the membership in all regions of theState with a view to serving the interest of thenational people.

— to actively take part in undertaking developmenttasks including five rural development tasks foruplift of living standard of the rural people, and

— to follow the guidance of the USDA Patron as awork guideline.

One matter approved is as follows:-The report of USDA CEC members put forward

at the first day session of the AGM 2007 on 13 Novemberis approved.

Three matters put on record are as follows:-(1) The matter of condolences message on the demise of

member of the Panel of Patrons of USDA Centraland Vice-Chairman General Soe Win is put onrecord.

(2) Objectives of the USDA AGM 2007 in the CECreport submitted on the first day session on 13November to the USDA AGM are put on record.

(3) Accomplishments of the tasks implemented by theState and Division USDAs submitted on the firstday session on 13 November are put on record.

(4) Organizational and administrative sector, education,of social and cultural sector, economic sector, thesector of new generation youth who will realize theState national policies, the sector to organize theentire people to firmly support the fundamentalprinciples and detailed basic principles adopted bythe National Convention for the emergence of aconstitution and the sector to guard against thedangers posed by internal and external destructiveelements through united strength of the people withthe patriotic spirit risking lives are put on record.

MNA

uphold and implement the guidance of the Patron as workguidelines.

In conclusion, he said that the resolutions, futuretasks and work guidelines the meeting had passed wouldbenefit the people, urging the representatives to clarifythem for other members in the region concerned. He alsoexhorted them to work hard to mobilize the active

participation of the entire people in the building of a newnation. He said he believes that all members will alwaysstand as a strong national force on which the State and thepeople can place their reliance.

The attendees chanted slogans and the meeting endedin the afternoon.

MNA

Members of Panel of Chairmen chantingslogans at final day session of AGM 2007 of

USDA. — MNA

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(from page 16)rates of edible oil and rice,and progress of highlandreclamation. Thecommander gave asupplementary report.

Speaking on theoccasion Lt-Gen Kyaw Winsaid that Shan State (East)had enjoyed paddy surplus,calling for maintaining thedevelopment momentumand extensive reclamationof vacant lands andhighlands for theagricultural purpose. Heurged local farmers to workhard for sufficiency ofedible oil. He instructed theofficials to make field trips

Kengtung Township marks monsoon paddy …to the grassroots level toorganize departments,social organizations andlocal people to meet thetarget of growing physicnut.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Wininspected the harvesting ofpaddy in the four-acre fieldof farmer U Aik Tun, andpaddy, display of industrialcrops, edible oil crops, andkitchen crops.

The rice sufficiency ofShan State (East) is 215.47per cent.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Wininspected the road sectionsand rubber plantationsalong Kengtung-

Mongyawng Road. AtMongyawng BasicEducation High School,Township EducationOfficer U Salai Chit Seingave an account of thetownship’s educationimprovement. Lt-GenKyaw Win called for hardwork for turning outoutstanding students.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Windonated TV and computersets to the school throughthe headmistress.

At the venue, he had ameeting with servicepersonnel, socialorganizations andtownselders.

Officials reported onfacts about the region. Thecommander gave asupplementary report.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Winfulfilled the requirements,calling for extensivecultivation of paddy. Thetownship PDC chairman

and the manager of ShanState (East) MyanmaAgriculture Service are todisseminate opportunitiesof growing rubber to bebestowed upon the growers.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Winvisited MongyawngPeople’s Hospital anddonated K 300,000 to the

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Nov— Minister for EnergyBrig-Gen Lun Thi met withemployees at Yenangyoungoilfield in Yenangyoung on18 November.

Speaking on theoccasion, the ministerstressed the need for theemployees to makeconcerted efforts forproducing oil and gas tomeet the target.

Energy Minister visits Mann oilfield

200-bed teaching hospital(Magway) commissionedinto service in Magway

YANGON, 21 Nov —Under the leadership of theState Peace andDevelopment Council, theMinistry of Health openedthe 200-bed teachinghospital (Magway) on 18November for developmentof Magway region.

Joint Secretary-General of the UnionSolidarity and Develop-ment Association in-chargeof Magway DivisionMinister for Electric PowerNo 1 U Zaw Min, Chairmanof Magway Division PDCCol Phone Maw Shwe andDeputy Minister for HealthDr Paing Soe formallyopened the hospital.Minister for Health DrKyaw Myint unveiled theplaque of the hospital andsprinkled scented water onit. Next, they visited therooms, intensive care unit,

patient wards and lecturehall.

The government hasspent K 1,547.826 millionon the two-storeyreinforced concreteteaching hospital thatcomprises the emergencyunit, out-patient unit, in-patient unit, the lab, X-rayroom, physiotherapy unit,ICU, delivery room,operation theatre andlecture halls.

There are threeteaching hospitals namelythe 200-bed teachinghospital (Magway),Magway General Hospital(200-bed) and MinbuGeneral Hospital (200-bed). At present, a total of38 teaching hospitals and839 other hospitals havebeen set up in the entirenation.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Nov— Jointly organized byMeteorology andHydrology Department ofMinistry of Transport andESCAP, a workshop onTsunami Alert RapidNotification System(TARNS) and Concept ofOperations (CONOPS) andMonsoon Forum com-menced at the ministry,here, this morning.

Minister for TransportMaj-Gen Thein Swe madean opening speech.

Next, Ms Kareff MayL Rafisura, manager ofADPC, and expert Mr SHMFakhruddin gave talks onTsunami. The workshopcontinues till 23November, and discusses

Workshop on Tsunami commencesmeasures successfullytaken for overflowprevention in AyeyawadyRiver and Chindwin Riverin monsoon season thisyear, prevention tasks ofMyanmar for Tsunami, andmatters to take immediateactions and rapidlyresponse to thenotifications of ADPC.Then, the minister

fulfilled the need of theemployees.

Next, he inspectedthe functions of No 3229Oil Well of Gold PetroCo Ltd which is beingundertaken joint venturewith Myanma Oil and GasEnterprise at Yenan-gyoung Oil Field.

In the afternoon, theminister held a meeting

with employees of MannOilfield of MOGE inMimbu.

Next, he inspectedfunctions of No 664 oilwell being undertaken byMyanmar PetroleumResources Limited,drilling of No 663 oil wellwith the use of AsiaDrilling 1 and leftnecessary instructions.

MNA

medical superintendent.In the meeting with

servicemen and their familymembers of local regimentsand units at MongyawngStation, Lt-Gen Kyaw Wingave instructions onregional developmenttasks.

MNA

Opening ceremony of the new 200-bed teaching hospital (Magway) in progress. — HEALTH

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win of Ministry of Defence views paddy harvesting in Kengtung. — MNA

Also present on theoccasion were Minister forSocial Welfare, Relief andResettlement Maj-GenMaung Maung Swe,Deputy Minister forTransport Col Nyan TunAung, Deputy Minister forHealth Dr Mya Oo andothers.

MNA

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Wen Jiabao vows tostrengthen ties with

Vietnam

A street vendor looks on while selling magazinesin Moscow, on 19 Nov, 2007.— INTERNET

China begins 16 express rail projects

E C O N O M I C N E W S

BEIJING, 20 Nov —China has started building16 new express railprojects, including a 115-kilometre line that will cutTianjin-Beijing traveltime in half ahead of the2008 Beijing Olympics,Xinhua news agencyreported on Sunday.

Work began severaldays ago on the Tianjin-Beijing line, and trainswith maximum speed of300 kilometres per hour(185 miles per hour) will

shorten the journey from70 minutes to around 30minutes, Liu Rong,director of the Ministry ofRailways constructionproject, was quoted assaying.China aims to have12,000 kilometres (7,500miles) of express-rail linesby 2020, linking provin-cial capitals and large- andmedium-sized cities, aswell as cities in the boom-ing Bohai Sea, Yangtzeand Pearl River regions,Xinhua said.

China’s State Councilhas also approved a feasi-bility study on a planned1,318 kilometres (818miles) high-speed railwayto link Shanghai andBeijing, a plan that has beenin the works for nearly 10years. It would be thelongest high-speed rail linein the world and would cuttravel time between the twocities from around 10 hoursat present to about fivehours, according to thereport.—MNA/Reuters

A crusher crane destroys a disc manufacturing machine, used to producepirated DVDs and CDs, during an anti-piracy media event in Nilai, Malaysia,

on 1 Nov, 2007. Cinema chiefs have announced that local authorities havebusted a 52 million dollar secret optical disc burner lab —the biggest pirate

lab ever to be found in Malaysia.—INTERNET

Iran to consult about uraniumenrichment in neutral country

SINGAPORE, 20 Nov —Chinese Premier WenJiabao said on MondayChina and Vietnam aremajor partners for co-operation and pledgedChina’s efforts to furtherstrengthen ties withVietnam.

China is willing topromote bilateral relationswith Vietnam, guided bythe principles of long-termstability, orientationtoward future, good neigh-bourliness and all-roundcooperation, Wen saidwhile meeting Vietna-mese Prime MinisterNguyen Tan Dung.The

economic and traderelations between the twocountries have beendeveloping smoothly,Wen said. China andVietnam should explorepossibilities for co-operation projects in twoeconomic corridors andone economic belt in theregion, he said.

The two corridors linksouthwestern China andVietnam and the economicbelt is located around theBeibu Bay.

The two countriesshould also promotecooperation in industry,infrastructures and

energy, Wen added.On territorial issues,

Wen expressed hope thatthe two sides will speedup the demarcation ofterrestrial border andsolve the South China Seaissue under the principleof joint exploitation whileputting aside thedifferences.

Dung said Vietnam andChina have witnessedcomprehensive growth ofbilateral ties in recentyears with frequent high-level exchanges andfruitful economic andtrade cooperation.

MNA/Xinhua

IMF cancels $82m of debtfor Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, 21 Nov—The International Mon-etary Fund (IMF) hascancelled 82 million USdollars of debt owed byCambodia, a seniorofficial said here onMonday.

The debt cancellationis for the National Bank ofCambodia, because “wehave worked with goodresults and our achieve-ments are great”, said KeatChhon, Minister ofFinance and Economy, ata workshop on national

budget preparation for2008.

IMF has the principleof deleting debt for thenational banks of somecountries like Cambodia,he said. “IMF wants toencourage us to workbetter, so it omitted ourdebt,” he added.

Since the 1990s,Cambodia has borrowedmoney from IMF tostrengthen its financialbalance.

Half budget of thekingdom used to be met

RIYADH, 20 Nov —Iran’s President Mah-moud Ahmadinejad saidhere on Sunday that hewould consult with otherArab nations on a plan toenrich uranium in a neutralcountry, Sky News TVchannel reported in arolling caption.

Ahmadinejad made theremarks on the sidelines

of the third summit of theOrganization of Petro-leum-Exporting Coun-tries’ (OPEC) in the Saudicapital of Riyadh.

Earlier this month, theIranian President announ-ced that Iran has made3,000 centrifuges opera-tional. The UN SecurityCouncil has alreadyadopted two sanction

resolutions against Iran’snuclear programme sincelast December, but both ofthem failed to persuade theIslamic Republic to giveup uranium enrichmentwork. Iran insisted that itsnuclear programme is forpeaceful purposes only andvoiced hope for talks todefuse the nuclear standoff,while the United States andsome other Westerncountries fear Iran may tryto develop atomic bombsunder a civilian cover.

MNA/Xinhua

by donor countries andinternational institutionslike IMF.—MNA/Xinhua

An Iraqi security guardsecures the site of a car

bomb in the northern cityof Mosul. Insurgents killed

at least 18 people acrossIraq on Sunday, includingnine in a car bomb attack

targeting a top financeministry official,

security officials said.INTERNET

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KIEV, 20 Nov — Thedeath toll in Sunday’scoalmine blast in easternUkraine has climbed to 80while the fate of 20 othersis still nuclear, Ukraine’sVice-Prime MinisterAndry Kliuev said onMonday.

Kliuev, heading agovernmental commis-sion probing into theaccident at the scene, saidthat 66 bodies have beenbrought to the ground bynow, according to theInterfax-Ukraine newsagency.

He said there have 30injured miners in hos-pitals, one of them was ina very serious condition,others were diagnosedwith gas poisoning.

The methane explosionoccurred at the Zasyadkamine in the Donetsk regionat a depth of more than1,000 metres at 3:11 amlocal time (0111 GMT) on18 November.

The Donetsk region isabout 640 kilometres

BAGHDAD, 20 Nov— An Iraqi Governmentspokesman said on Monday that Iraqi security forceshad arrested 43 people, including two Americans and31 other foreigners, over a shooting in which a womanwas wounded in central Baghdad.

“This is a message to security companies that noone is above the law,” government spokesman Alial-Dabbagh told Reuters.

Dabbagh said those arrested would appear beforean investigating judge in Baghdad on Tuesday.

“Those involved will be put on trial and the innocentwill be released,” he said.

Dabbagh said a convoy of workers being escortedby guards working for an Iraqi-registered securitycompany was travelling through Baghdad’s KarradaDistrict on their way to the airport when they openedfire at civilians, wounding the woman.

The four-vehicle convoy included 21 Sri Lankans,nine Nepali and one Indian worker.

The security guards included 10 Iraqis and twoAmericans.

It was not clear who fired at the woman. Foreign security guards have been under the

spotlight in Iraq since 17 Iraqis were killed in ashooting involving US firm Blackwater in September.

MNA/Reuters

BAGHDAD, 20 Nov—An Iraqi TV journalistwho was kidnapped lastweek in a busy Baghdadneighbourhood said hewas released unharmedbefore dawn on Monday.

Muntazer al-Zaidi, acorrespondent for theindependent al-Baghdad-iya television station, saidhe spent more than twodays blindfolded, barelyeating and drinking, afterarmed men forced him intoa car as he walked to workon Friday morning in thebustling Bab al-Sharji area

UNITED NATIONS, 20Nov— UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-mooncalled on Lebanon’spolitical factions onMonday to work toward aconsensus on a presi-dential candidate.

The Secretary-Gene-ral, who just returned froma nearly two-week over-seas trip which included abrief stop in Lebanon, toldreporters that he had metwith a wide range ofpolitical leaders in thecountry.

“I have urged themthat, for the future of their

Strollers make their

way through the snow

after sunset on 18

Nov, 2007, on the

Schauinsland

mountain, in southern

Germany. — INTERNET

Gold swan heads from

the second millennium

BC, discovered in a

royal tomb in the Syrian

city of Homs, are

displayed at the

National Museum in

Damascus on 19 Nov ,

2007. — INTERNET

Kidnapped Iraqi reporterfreed, says no ransom paid

of central Baghdad.“My release is a

miracle. I couldn’t believeI was still alive,” Zaidi,28, told Reuters by tele-phone.

Zaidi said the kidnap-pers had beaten him untilhe lost consciousness.

They used his necktieto blindfold him andbound his hands with hisshoelaces.

He never learned theidentity of the kidnappers,who questioned himclosely about his work butdid not demand a ransom.

The captors later toldZaidi he would be rele-ased, throwing him on to adark street, still blind-folded, around 3 am (0000GMT) on Monday.

He was then picked upby his brother.

At least 122 journalistsand 41 media support staffhave been killed in Iraqsince the US-led invasionin 2003, according to theNew York-based Com-mittee to Protect Journa-lists. About 85 per cent ofthose killed were Iraqis.

MNA/Reuters

Lebanese parties urged to agreeon presidential candidate

nation, they should electthe president in accor-dance with their constitu-tional procedures,” Bansaid, stressing that thePresident should beelected without outsideinterference and on thebasis of internationallegitimacy.

Ban said the UnitedNations will support anyPresident who will beelected on a broadestpossible basis with thestrong commitment tointernational legitimacy.

“I am still concernedthat they have not been

able to agree on a con-sensus on a presidentialcandidate,” he said,voicing hope that politicalleaders in the country canfind out “a commonsolution which will beacceptable to all Lebanesepeople”.

MNA/Xinhua

80 killed, 20 missing in Ukraine’scoalmine blast

southeast of the capital,Kiev.

Local authorities de-clared three days ofmourning for dead minersin the Donetsk region from19 November.

The Zasyadko mine,one of Ukraine’s largest,produces up to 10,000 tonsof coal every day. Butseveral deadly accidentstook place at the coal minein recent years.

A gas leak at theZasyadko mine in Sep

-tember 2006 killed 13miners.

In 1999 an explosionthere claimed 50 lives,while in 2001 anotherblast claimed 55 lives.

Before this Sunday’sexplosion, Ukraine’smost deadly mine acci-dent was in March 2000,when 80 miners werekilled in an explosion atthe Barakov coalmine inthe eastern region ofLuhansk.

MNA/Xinhua

Iraq says 43 arrestedover Baghdad

shooting

Moderatequake hits

iran, 30reported hurt

TEHERAN, 21 Nov —Some 30 students werelightly injured as theyrushed out of classroomswhen a 5.1 magnitudeearthquake jolted Iran’soil-rich southwest onTuesday, an Iranian newsagency said.

Official mediareported only minordamage to buildings. Thequake occurred at 0520GMT near the town ofGhaleh-tal in easternKhuzestan Province. Itwas felt in the provincialcapital Ahvaz andelsewhere.

“Some 30 studentswere slightly hurt as theywere trying to leaveschools when theearthquake happened,”ISNA news agency quoteda local official, ShapourRostami, as saying.

State televisionearlier said 20 people wereinjured. — MNA/Reuters

Car bombingwounds 5 in

northern iraq TIKRIT (Iraq), 21 Nov

— A car bomb went off ina village in SalahudinProvince north ofBaghdad on Monday,wounding five-familymembers, a provincialpolice source said.

The blast occurredearly in the morning neara house of a police officerin the Albu-Jawari Villageoutside the town of Beiji,some 200 kilometres northof Baghdad, injuring thefive-family members, thesource told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

MNA/Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TERAJU VOY NO (TRJ-269)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTATERAJU VOY NO (269) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 22.11.2007 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm 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 ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES PTE LTD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Residents of Brazil’s Amazon Basin try to help a Minke whale reach deeperwater after it swam some 1,000 km (621 miles) from the Atlantic Ocean up

the Amazon River and into the tributary Tapajos River, in the village ofBelterra near Santarem,on 14 Nov, 2007.—INTERNET

MYANMA PORT AUTHORITYHOLIDAY NOTICE

As the wharves, warehouses and chellan officesof Yangon Port will be closed on the 24th

November 2007, being the public Holiday,Goods will be received, shipped or delivered onpayment of Holiday Fees.

Malaysian oil giant signsnew deal to supply Japan

with LNG

Indonesia launches “StopChild Abuse” campaign

Traffic accidents claimmore lives in Vietnam

in first 10 monthsHANOI, 20 Nov—Traffic accidents killed 10,892

people in Vietnam in the first 10 months of this year,up from 10,436 in the same period last year, localnewspaper Pioneer reported on Monday.

In the period, the country experienced 12,128 trafficaccidents, which also injured 9,124 people, the paperquoted the country's National Traffic Safety Committeeas reporting.

In October alone, the country reported 1,095 trafficaccidents which killed 973 people and injured 733others, down 11.2 per cent, 11.1 per cent and 42.3 percent respectively over last October. Of the total accidentcases, 1,036 were road incidents,.

The Vietnamese Government has recently instructedrelevant agencies to focus on asking motorbike driversto wear helmets, strictly dealing with traffic lawviolators, and intensifying propagandizing on trafficsafety.— MNA/Xinhua

Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air to openMalaysia, Singapore routes

JAKARTA, 20 Nov—Indonesia's budget carrierSriwijaya Air plans to open its first overseas routes tocities in neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore earlynext year.

The company said the new routes would link overseasdestinations with Indonesian cities other than Jakarta.

“We will fly Malaysia and Singapore from Medan,Surabaya and Makassar,” Sriwijaya director ChandraLie was quoted Monday by economic daily BisnisIndonesia as saying.

“For our overseas routes, we choose to fly fromIndonesia’s second cities. We have considered it (good)for the business,” he said, specifying the destinationsin Malaysia as Ipoh, Penang and Kuala Lumpur.

Sriwijaya will rent four Boeing 373-series from aFrance-based company to serve the routes, he said.Sriwijaya currently operates 17 B-373 planes.

MNA/Xinhua

KUALA LUMPUR, 20Nov—Malaysia’s state-owned oil companyPetronas signed a deal hereon Monday with Japan’sOsaka Gas Co Ltd tosupply 920,000 tons ofliquefied natural gas(LNG) each year to thelatter over the coming 15years beginning in April2009.

The sale and purchaseagreement was signed byMalaysia LNG Sdn Bhd(MLNG), a subsidiary ofPetronas, and Osaka Gas,said Petronas in a Pressrelease.

The LNG would betransported from thePetronas LNG Complexin Bintulu, Sarawak inEast Malaysia, to OsakaGas’ receiving terminals

in Senboku and Himeji,Japan.

Osaka Gas is the secondlargest gas company inJapan, supplying house-hold and industrial gas tomore than 6.8 millionusers in the Kansai area,Petronas said.

In March this year,MLNG signed a sale andpurchase agreement withJapan’s Saibu Gas Co tosupply up to 390,000 tonsof LNG per annum toSaibu Gas Co for 15 yearsbeginning from October2013.

MLNG and Saibu GasCo first signed a 20-yearsupply contract in 1990,under which Saibu Gasreceives 357,000 tons ofLNG per annum fromMLNG.— MNA/Xinhua

JAKARTA, 20 Nov—TheIndonesian Governmentin cooperation with theUnited Nations Children’sFund launched on Mondaya “Stop Child Abuse”campaign to counter theincreasing number of

violent acts againstchildren.

The campaign, laun-ched on the occasion ofWorld Prevention of ChildAbuse Day, was aimed atmaking parents moreaware of children’s rights,State Minister ofWomen’s EmpowermentMeutia Hatta Swasonosaid.

“The campaign is alsodesigned to change themindset on the part ofsome people that childabuse in any form is notjustified,” Antara newsagency quoted theminister as saying at thefunction.

Mutia said thecampaign which wouldamong others be carriedout through advertise-ments in the mass media,would be very strategic toinform the public aboutthe impact of child abuse.

“That’s why I hope themessage of this campaignwill be heard not only bypeople living in majorcities but also by peoplefrom all walks of life inIndonesia,” she said.

MNA/Xinhua

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China aims to double satellite lifeexpectancy by 2010

BEIJING, 20 Nov—China is likely to double the lifeexpectancy of its homemade satellites by 2010, a Vice-Minister in charge of the Commission of Science,Technology and Industry for National Defence said onSunday.

Sun Laiyan, also chief of the China National SpaceAdministration, said the country would strive to boostthe life expectancy of its satellite designs in sun-synchronous orbit to four to five years by the end of the11th Five-Year period (2006-2010). Currently, it istwo to three years.

The life expectancy of satellites in geo-stationaryorbit is expected to nearly double to 15 years fromeight years at present, Sun said at the country’s thirdcivil space work conference.

MNA/Xinhua

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A humpback whale off the coast of Australia. Japan’s whaling fleet set offSunday for the Antarctic Ocean trailed by environmentalists for a hunt that

will include famed humpback whales for the first time.— INTERNET

Members of a family rest amid the wreckage of their home in Raniganj, 330km (205 miles) southeast of the capital Dhaka, on 19 Nov, 2007. — INTERNET

Four indicted inFlorida in huge 2004

drug seizures MIAMI, 21 Nov — Four men have been indicted in

connection with two of the largest drug seizures in UShistory, more than 22,000 kilos (48,500 pounds) ofcocaine found aboard two ships in the Pacific Ocean,officials said on Tuesday.

One of the suspects, Heberto Yesquen Estupinan,was captured by Colombian police on Sunday at acemetery in Cali while he was attending the funeral ofhis son, the US Attorney’s Office in Tampa said. TheUnited States is seeking his extradition.

The seizures of 12,000 kilogrammes (26,460pounds) and 10,500 kilogrammes (23,150 pounds)respectively from the fishing vessels “Lina Maria” and“San Jose” a week apart in September 2004 are amongthe largest maritime seizures ever by the US CoastGuard.

The combined drug haul had an estimated streetvalue of more than 345 million US dollars .

MNA/Reuters

Migraine brains ‘are different’LONDON , 20 Nov—Scientists have

discovered differences in the sensoryareas of the brains of people who developmigraines.

They found a part of the cortex isthicker than in people who are free fromthe debilitating headaches.

What is not clear is whether thedifference causes, or is the result ofmigraine attacks.

The Neurology study, by Mas-sachusetts General Hospital in Boston,suggests the changes may makepatients hyper-sensitive to pain ingeneral.

The researchers, from the hospital’sMartinos Center for BiomedicalImaging, compared 24 people who getmigraines with 12 who do not suffer thecondition.

They found the somatosensory cortexarea of the brain was up to 21% thickerin the migraine sufferers.

Lead researcher Dr NouchineHadjikhani said: “Repeated migraineattacks may lead to, or be the result of,these structural changes in the brain.

Internet

UN slashes AIDS estimatesin latest report

WASHINGTON, 21 Nov— The United Nations hasslashed its estimates ofhow many people areinfected with the AIDSvirus, from nearly 40million to 33 million.

In a report to be issuedon Tuesday, the UN saysrevised estimates on HIVin India account for a largepart of the decrease.

The agency admitted itoverestimated how manypeople are infected with theincurable virus, and saidbetter methods of collectingdata show it is not quite a

common as feared.“The single biggest

reason for this reductionwas the intensive exerciseto assess India’s HIVepidemic, which resultedin a major revision of thatcountry’s estimates,” thereport said.

After originally estimatingsome 5.7 million people wereinfected in India, the UNmore than halved thatestimate, to 2.5 million.

“These improved datapresent us with a clearerpicture of the AIDSepidemic, one that reveals

both challenges andopportunities,” UNAIDSExecutive Director Dr PeterPiot said in a statement.

“Unquestionably, we arebeginning to see a return oninvestment — new HIVinfections and mortality aredeclining and the prevalenceof HIV leveling. But withmore than 6,800 newinfections and over 5,700deaths each day due to AIDS,we must expand our effortsin order to significantlyreduce the impact of AIDSworldwide.”

MNA/Reuters

Brain

13,000 Nepali children diedue to contaminated water

KATHMANDU, 20 Nov —About 13,000 Nepalichildren die every year dueto contaminated water andlack of cleanliness, andconstructing toilet andmaintaining hygiene stillremains a great challengeto the country, especiallyin rural areas.

According to TheKathmandu Post Mon-day’s report, Nepal is tomark World ToiletDay on Monday to

take action, increaseawareness of the toiletuser’s right to a bettertoilet environment, and todemand it from toiletowners. According to2003 national census,about 17 million peoplein the country defecate inthe open every morning.

Issuing a state menthere Sunday, theNepal Water for Healthsaid, “To maintain hy-giene, the toilet user’s dutyis to contribute to main-tenance, cleanliness andhygiene of toilet.”

The government in2003 had declared that 80per cent of diseases in thecountry was due to lack of

safe drinking water andcleanliness. Diarrhoea isthe second main cause ofchildren’s death, afterpneumonia.

The statement said thatconstruction of toilet aloneis taken as the indicator ofcleanliness in the country.

It also said that due tolack of proper toilet, girlchildren remain absentfrom school duringmenstrual period. Of 130million children who donot go to school, 60 percent are girls. “Improvedtoilet in the school canincrease the number of girlchildren’s enrollment inschool,” the statementadded. — MNA/Xinhua

Bangladesh says reaches all cyclone-hit areasDHAKA, 21 Nov —

Relief workers and theBangladesh military onTuesday reached the lastremaining pockets of thecountry devastated by acyclone that killed nearly3,500 people along theBay of Bengal.

It has taken somefive days to gain access tothe hardest hit areas in anoperation involvinghelicopters, planes andboats, as well as thousandsof ground troops and aidworkers.

Two US C-130transport aircraft and twoAmerican naval vesselswere poised to join theeffort.

“We have reinforcedrelief efforts by addingmore helicopters andcargo planes to fly food,medicine, water and otheressential goods to thesurvivors,” said an Army

official. But food supplies

were still woefullyinadequate.

“Hundreds of handsgo up to grab just onefood packet. This is amad rush but a tragicreality on the entire

coastline ravaged by thecyclone,” said a reliefoperator in the PatuakhaliDistrict.

The Category Fourcyclone struck late onThursday with 250kilometres per hour (155miles per hour) winds that

whipped up a five-metre(16-foot) tidal surge.

The disaster was theworst in the impoverishedcountry of 140 millionsince 1991 when a cycloneand storm surge killedaround 143,000 people.

MNA/Reuters

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S P O R T S

San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker(L) goes up for a layup past AtlantaHawks forward Joe Johnson (R) in thesecond half at their NBA basketballgame in Atlanta, Georgia on 20 Nov,2007. At rear is San Antonio Spurs Tim

Duncan.—INTERNET

Colombia’s Dayro Moreno (R) scores their secondgoal past Argentina’s goalkeeper RobertoAbbondanzieri in their World Cup qualifying soccermatch in Bogota on 20 Nov, 2007. —INTERNET

Brazil’s Andre Heller (R) and Andre Luiz da SilvaNascimento (C) block the ball during the 1st roundmatch against Eygpt at 2007 FIVB Men’s World

Cup in Matsumoto, Japan, on 20 Nov, 2007. Brazilwon the match 25-18, 25-14, 25-17. —XINHUA

Roger Federerof Switzer-

land, wearingtraditional

Koreanclothes, hits aball to specta-

tors afterwinning aninvitationalexhibition

tennis matchagainst PeteSampras ofthe US in

Seoul on 20Nov, 2007.

XINHUA

Venezuela score three late goals to beat Bolivia

Nigeria defeat sees Swiss end yearwith negative balance

Injured Chivu to missAlbania qualifierBUCHAREST, 21 Nov —

Romania skipper CristianChivu has a muscular le-sion and will miss theteam's final Euro 2008qualifier against Albaniaon Wednesday.

"Chivu suffered legmuscle damage during to-day's training session,"Romania coach VictorPiturca told reporters onTuesday.

Romania have alreadyqualified for next year'sfinals from Group G withthe Netherlands.

Chivu will join injuredFiorentina striker AdrianMutu on the sidelines forthe game. Piturca also saidBanel Nicolita was doubt-ful for the match in Bu-charest. — MNA/Reuters

Terry boosts England before crunch qualifier

Bosnia striker Muslimovic to missEuro qualifier against Turkey

SARAJEVO, 21 Nov — Bosnian striker ZlatanMuslimovic has been ruled out of Wednesday's Euro2008 Group C qualifier against Turkey in Istanbulbecause of injury, the national soccer association saidon its website.

The injured Atalanta player and Bosnia's top scorerwill be replaced by home-based striker Sanel Jahic ofZeljeznicar, the association said on Tuesday, althoughit failed to elaborate on the Muslimovic's injury.

European champions Greece, who have alreadyqualified for the finals, top the group on 28 points.Turkey, on 21 points, are vying for the second qualify-ing spot alongside Norway (20). Bosnia are in fourthplace on 13 points. The finals will be co-hosted byAustria and Switzerland. —MNA/Reuters

Modise double gives SouthAfrica morale-boosting winDURBAN, 21 Nov — Teko Modise

scored two goals in the space of fiveminutes at the end of the first half to giveSouth Africa a morale-boosting 2-0 winover Canada in a friendly on Tuesday.

The midfielder broke the deadlockwith a long-range shot in the 39th minuteafter the 2010 World Cup hosts had squan-dered two earlier chances in the openingminutes. Modise added a second from thepenalty spot after Canada captain PaulStalteri had brought down strikerThembinkosi Fanteni on the stroke ofhalftime. Stalteri was sent off 11 minutesfrom time for swearing at a linesman.

The result eased the pressure on SouthAfrica coach Carlos Alberto Parreira af-ter a run of just one win in their last sevenmatches, including a home defeat by theUnited States in Johannesburg on Satur-day.—MNA/Reuters

ZURICH, 21 Nov — Euro 2008 co-hosts Switzerland suffered a disappoint-ing end to an indifferent year when theylost 1-0 at home to Nigeria on Tuesday.

Already qualified for Euro 2008 be-cause of their status as tournament hosts,Switzerland have won four of their 10friendlies this year — drawing one andlosing the remaining five.

Nigeria, currently ranked by FIFA asAfrica's top side and coached by formerGermany trainer Berti Vogts, were with-out injured Portsmouth strike pairNwankwo Kanu and John Utaka forTuesday's match.

Newcastle United forward ObafemiMartins was also absent, after failing tosecure a visa for Switzerland.

With the home side also depletedupfront by injuries to top scorer Alex Freiand his regular attacking partner MarcoStreller, the game was understandablyshort of firepower.

Aptly it was a defender who eventu-ally broke the deadlock, Marseille left-back Taye Taiwo firing in a fierce left-footed 79th minute strike from just out-side the area following a neat lay-back byPeter Odemwingie. Switzerland's fellowco-hosts Austria are set to end their owndifficult year of friendlies on Wednesdaywhen they take on Tunisia in Vienna.

The Austrians are in even poorer formthan the Swiss, having won just once —against a 10-man Ivory Coast side — in11 matches this year.— MNA/Reuters

LONDON COLNEY (Eng-land), 21 Nov — InjuredEngland captain JohnTerry trained with hissquad on Tuesday, boost-ing morale before their fi-nal Euro 2008 qualifieragainst Croatia.

A bullish coach SteveMcClaren, convincedEngland would earn thepoint they need to reachnext year's finals along-side Croatia, said Terrywould not be fit to play atWembley on Wednesdaybut described his presenceas "fantastic".

Mcelaren said he hadpicked the team for thefinal Group E game butwould not say whetherDavid Beckham, Terry'spredecessor as captain,

was in the starting lineup. "You need players with

big match experience forthese games, but you alsoneed the innocence ofyouth," he said.

Until Israel beat Russia2-1 in Tel Aviv last Satur-day, England's chances ofreaching the finals in Aus-tria and Switzerlandlooked slim but Israel'svictory meant they neededonly to draw their lastqualifier.

"When we play as ateam then we can beat any-one," McClaren told re-porters at England's train-ing base just north of Lon-don.

"I have no doubts weare going to do the job andqualify and take this teamforward and get even bet-ter." Croatia come toWembley leading thegroup with 26 points fromtheir 11 matches.

MNA/Reuters

SAN CRISTOBAL (Ven-ezuela), 21 Nov — Ven-ezuela scored three timesin the last 10 minutes tobeat Bolivia 5-3 in a WorldCup qualifier on Tuesday,their last two goals com-ing after an injury to Bo-livia goalkeeper CarlosArias.

Arias, barely able tomove and with Boliviaalready having made theirthree substitutions, wasslow coming off his lineas Giancarlo Maldonadoheaded Venezuela 4-3ahead in the 89th minuteof an extraordinary game.

Arias then went off andwas replaced by left backLuis Gutierrez, who wascaught off his line by aMaldonado lob in injurytime. The result left Ven-ezuela, who have neverplayed at a World Cup,with six points from fourgames in the South Ameri-can group and Bolivia withone.

Bolivia, who failed toscore in their first threegames in the group, ledthree times and appearedset for their first away winin a World Cup qualifierfor 14 years before com-ing undone late in thegame.

Marcelo Martins putBolivia ahead for the firsttime in the 19th minutewith an individual goalafter Venezuela had lostpossession trying to play

their way out of defence. Daniel Arismendi lev-

elled one minute later afterJorge Rojas's cross foundhim at the far post but Bo-livia needed only sevenminutes to regain the leadwhen Juan Carlos Arceturned in Joselito Vaca's

low cross at the near post.Venezuela equalized justbefore halftime when JuanArango's lobbed pass for-ward inadvertently hitMaldonado on the back ofthe head and fell perfectlyfor Arismendi to score.

MNA/Reuters

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WEATHER

*R 489 Published by the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar. Edited and printed at The New Light of Myanmar Press,No 22/30 Strand Road at 43rd Street, Yangon. Cable Newlight, PO Box No. 43, Telephones: Editors 392308, Manager 392226, Circulation 392304, Advertisement 392223,Accounts 392224, Administration 392225, Production/Press 392369

Wednesday, 21 November, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thun-dershowers have been isolated in Shan State, Bago,Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions and weather has beenpartly cloudy in the remaining States and Divisions.Night temperatures were (3ºC) to (4ºC) below Novem-ber average temperatures in Chin State and upperSagaing Division, (3ºC) to (4ºC) above Novemberaverage temperatures in Shan, Rakhine and KayahStates, Mandalay, Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions,(5ºC) above November average temperatures in MonState and about November average temperatures in theremaining areas. The noteworth amounts of rainfallrecorded were CoCo Island (1.18) inches andKawthoung (0.12) inch. The significant night tempera-tures was Haka (2ºC).

Maximum temperature on 20-11-2007 was 94ºF.Minimum temperature on 21-11-2007 was 71ºF. Rela-tive humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 21-11-2007 was78%. Total sunshine hours on 20-11-2007 was (6.4)hours approx.

Rainfall on 21-11-2007 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2007 was (136.46) inches at Mingaladon, (140.94)inches at Kaba-Aye and (144.29) inches at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye)was (6) mph from East at (14:30) hours MST on 20-11-2007.

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

Forecast valid until evening of 22-11-2007: Rainor thundershowers are likely to be scattered inTaninthayi Division, isolated in Shan, Rakhine and MonStates, Mandalay, Bago, Yangon and Ayeyawady Di-visions and weather will be partly cloudy in the re-maining States and Divisions. Degree of certainty is(60)%.

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofcontinuation of rain or thundershowers in the SouthernMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringarea for 22-11-2007: Possibility of isolated rain orthundershowers. Degree of certain is (40%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 22-11-2007: Possibility of isolated rain or thunder-showers. Degree of certainty is (40%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 22-11-2007: Partly cloudy.

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9:00 am Music-With you

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9:10 am Music-Walking mybaby backhome

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9:00 pm Aspects ofMyanmar(Inlay lake)

9:10 pm Article9:20 pm Pourri1. Smoking not linked

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UN urges investment to improve sanitationfor poor

Iran argues nuclear case in letter to “world” TEHERAN, 21 Nov — Iran sent a letter to the world’s top diplomats on Tuesday to argue its case in the

deepening nuclear row with the West, official media reported. “I would like to

emphasize that Iran’snuclear programme iscompletely peaceful,”Foreign MinisterManouchehr Mottaki wrotein the letter, published bynews agency IRNA in Farsi.

“This programme isnot a threat against any

country.” The agency said the

letter was sent to “theworld’s foreign ministers”but did not specify whetherit went to the United Statesand Iran’s other Westernfoes, who fear the IslamicRepublic wants to use theprogramme to pursue

nuclear weapons. Teheran says it only

aims to generate electricityso that, as the world’sfourth-largest crudeproducer, it can export moreoil and gas.

Mottaki said Iran hadshown goodwill “evenbeyond its legal

commitments” to removeambiguities about its atomicactivities, working with theUN International AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA).

“All Iran’s nuclearactivities... are based on theagency’s charter and theNPT (nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty), underthe agency’s full andcontinuous supervision,”said his letter, which ran tofour pages on.

The IAEA said in areport last week that Iranhad made important stridestowards clarifying pastnuclear work, as part of anAugust agreement betweenthe two sides.

MNA/Reuters

UNITED NATIONS, 21 Nov — Investing10 billion US dollars a year could halvethe proportion of people without basictoilet facilities by 2015, an issue thataffects 2.6 billion people worldwide, theUnited Nations said on Tuesday.

“An estimated 42,000 people dieevery week from diseases related to lowwater quality and an absence of adequatesanitation,” UN Secretary-General BanKi-moon said in a statement announcing2008 as the Year of Sanitation.

The world body is calling for a renewedeffort to improve sanitation to meetinternational commitments made in the UNMillennium Development Goals in 2000.

Lack of clean and safe sanitation leadsto diarrhoea and other diseases and has aparticular impact on women and girls indeveloping countries who can bevulnerable to attack or deterred from goingto school because of a lack of properfacilities, the UN statement said.

MNA/Reuters

Two soldiers killed in Iraq helicopter crash BAGHDAD, 21 Nov —

A coalition forceshelicopter crashed in Iraqon Tuesday, killing twosoldiers and injuring 12, theUS military said.

Major BradLeighton, a US militaryspokesman, said initialreports indicated the crashnear the town of SalmanPak, 45 kilometres (28

miles) southeast ofBaghdad, was not theresult of enemy fire.

He declined to say ifthe casualties wereAmerican or give detailson the type of aircraft. Thenumber of soldiers on boardsuggest it was a Black Hawkhelicopter, the workhorseof the US military, which isused to transport troops

around Iraq. Two US military

helicopters crashed in Iraqin August, killing a total of19 US service personnel.

Nearly 70 helicoptershave crashed in Iraq sincethe 2003 invasion to toppleSaddam Hussein, abouthalf of them because ofhostile fire.

MNA/Reuters

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13th Waxing of Tazaungmon 1369 ME Thursday, 22 November, 2007

People’s Desire� We favour stability.� We favour peace.� We oppose unrest and violence.

(See page 5)

Announcement of national racedelegates from Bago Division to

National ConventionDate: 21 November 2007

Bago Division is home to 30 national races, and our delegate grouprepresenting these national races attended the National Convention. Our delegategroup had the opportunity to freely express our opinion at the National Conventionand cordially participated in the discussions to formulate the fundamental princi-ples and detailed basic principles that most of the delegates accept.

Therefore, we firmly believe that at present, the fundamental principlesand detailed basic principles unanimously approved by over 1,000 delegates fromeight delegate groups are the most appropriate for the Union of Myanmar and allthe national people.

Now, we firmly state that we do not agree to all the hints lacking recognitionof the fundamental principles and detailed basic principles which all the delegatesin addition to national race delegates have already discussed and adopted.

Our group hereby announces that we welcome the Commission forDrafting State Constitution and invite the groups that did not attend the NationalConvention to join hands with us in realization of the remaining steps of the seven-step Road Map.

Delegates from Bago DivisionDelegate Group of National Races

Bago Division, Yangon Division and Shan State (East) Delegate Groupsof National Races, Monhin/Monha People’s Militia (Local) Group,Monekoe/Phaunghsai People’s Militia (Local) Group and Peinhsar

(Lahu) People’s Militia (Local) Group issue announcementsNAY PYI TAW, 21 Nov — Mr Gambari, the special adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General, released a statement of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on her

behalf in Singapore on 8 November.Political parties, national race armed groups, which have returned to the legal fold and State/Division delegates of national race delegate groups are releasing

announcements to express their disagreement and objection to the points in the statement.Among the announcements sent to the dailies, those of Bago Division delegates, Yangon Division delegates and Shan State (East) delegates of the Delegate

Group of National Races, Monhin/Monha People’s Militia (Local) Group, Monekoe/Phaunghsai People’s Militia (Local) Group and Peinhsar (Lahu) People’s Militia(Local) Group are as follows:-

Announcement of national racedelegates from Yangon Division

to National ConventionDate : 21 November 2007

Since the Union of Myanmar regained its independence, the country hasbecome a member of the United Nations and has cooperated with the UN.

Therefore, we view that appointment of U Aung Kyi as Minister forRelations as advised by Mr Gambari, special adviser to the Secretary-General ofthe United Nations, and meetings held between U Aung Kyi and Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi to be a move to the national reconsolidation.

We believe that Mr Gambari understands the objective conditions ofMyanmar and will stand by the truth and will help remove the pressure being putunfairly on the country.

We hereby announce that we fully support the clarification of the SpokesAuthoritative Team of the State Peace and Development Council in meeting withMr Gambari at the Ministry of Information in Nay Pyi Taw on 6 November andit reflects the wishes of the delegates from Yangon Division to the NationalConvention.

Delegates from Yangon DivisionDelegate Group of National Races

Kengtung Township marksmonsoon paddy harvest

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Nov—Kengtung Township helda ceremony to mark harvesting of monsoon paddy atplot No 107 in the township yesterday morning.

It was attended by Member of the State Peace and

Development Council Lt-Gen Kyaw Win of the Min-istry of Defence, Shan State (East) PDC ChairmanTriangle Region Command Commander Maj-Gen MinAung Hlaing, departmental officials and farmers.

Manager U Aung Khin of Shan State (East)Myanma Agriculture Service reported on progress ofharvesting monsoon paddy, the region’s sufficiency

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