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New Light of MyanmarNay Pyi Taw, 23 Dec On the occasion of the birthday of His Majesty
Akihito, Emperor of Japan, which falls on 23 December 2012, U Thein Sein,President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, has sent messages of
felicitations to His Majesty Akihito, Emperor of Japan and His Excellency Mr.
Yoshihiko Noda, Prime Minister of Japan.
MNA
President U Thein Sein sendsmessages of felicitations to
Emperor of Japan, Japanese PM
NayPyiTaw, 22 Dec
President U Thein Sein ew
to Ratnagiri of India thismorning to visit and lay
a wreath at Tomb of King
Thibaw, the last monarch
of Myanmar, on his visit to
the neighbouring country.
The President and party
left Mumbai for Ratnagiri
at 9.30 am.
I n d i a n o f f i c i a l s
welcomed the President
and party at the Ratnagiri
Airport.
The President then
proceeded to the tomb in a
motorcade.
The President visited
the Royal Residence of theKing where the portrait and
furniture of the King and
traditional appliances were
displayed as well and signed
President U Thein Sein visits the last kings tomb in India
in the visitors book.
President U Thein
Sein met ve descendentsof King Thibaw at the
administrator office of
Ratnagiri district and
provided cash assistance.
In meeting with ofcials
of the Indian district, the
President requested them
to conserve the tombs of
King Thibaw and the royal
family.
The colonialist British
kept the last king of
Myanmar in exile in India
in 1886 and Zafar Shah, the
last king of India, in Yangon
of Myanmar.
The President viewedround the compound of the
residence.
Then, the President and
party returned to Mumbai in
President U Thein Sein and party pose for documentary photo in front of Royal Residence of King Thibaw
in Ratnagiri of India.mna
President U Thein Sein lays a wreath at Tomb of King Thibaw in Ratnagiri of India.mna
the afternoon.
King Thibaw, the last
king of Myanmar, excelled
in Buddhist literature and
was a religious king but
not a superstitious one.
It was made clear by hisencouragement of religious
reform and printing of legal
publications. He was known
to be a kind and generous
king who released slaves.
The British govern-
ment dethroned him on
2 8 No v em b er , 1 8 8 5 ,
and the king alongside with
his royal family arrived at
Ratnagiri where they lived
for 24 years in exile on 10
April, 1886.
He passed away on 15
December, 1916, due to
diabetes and kidney failure.
The remains of KingThibaw and of his wives
were kept at a tomb in
the compound of the
royal residence since 29
December, 1916.
T h e q u e e n a n d
d a u g h t e r s r e q u e s t e d
the colonialist Brit ish
government to convey the
remains back to Mandalay
Palace for many times.
(See page 8)
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New Ngamoeyeik Br idge (Par ami) put into
public serviceYangon, 22 Dec For
enabling the public to use
it as soon as possible, the
opening of new Ngamoeyeik
Bridge (Parami) took place
on 19 December and Yangon
Region Chief Minister U
Myint Swe formally opened
the bridge.
Yangon Ci ty De-
velopment Commit tee
started construction of the
bridge on 8 October 2011
and put the nishing touches
to it on 30 June 2012, taking
eight months and 23 days to
complete all bridge works.
Of nine bridges linking
with Dagon Myothit (North)
Township, the newly-
built Ngamoeyeik bridge
(Parami) was constructed
next to the old one on which
more than 20000 vehicles
were passing daily, aiming
at ensuring better transport
in the region.
For overcoming the
various kinds of challenges
that are born together with
developmental momentum,
the bridge will serve the
locals in Dagon Myothit
(North) Township with
sp eed y p u b l i c t r an -
sportation.
The main structure
of the newly-inaugurated
bridge that links Dagon
Myothit Townships and
South Okkalapa Township
is 600 feet in length and 40
feet in width. Its motorway
is 28 feet in width and it
is anked by 6-foot wide
pedestrian lanes on both
sides. The RC type facility
can withstand 75-ton loads.
Thanks to emergence
of one more Ngamoeyeik
(Parami) bridge, it can help
reduce trafc congestions
on roads in South Okkalapa
Township and Pinlaung
junction in Dagon Myothit
(North).
Kyemon
Photo shows T atmadawmen providing health care services to local people in
quake-stricken regions recently. Kyemon
Padaukbin oil eld sees 20th re ThaYeT, 22 Dec Are broke out at the block of
Shwe Season Company that
is dealing with oil drilling in
Padaukbin oil eld in Thayet
District of Magway Region at
about 5 pm on 19 December.
It was the 20th time for the
oil eld.The fire started at
Oil Well No. GS 55 in
the block of the company
while drawing oil from the
Cold season crop cultivation needs more efforts
to meet tar geted acreage in Thongwa,
Kayan Townships
Yangon, 22 Dec With
the technical assistance of
Yangon Region Agriculture
Department, efforts are
being made to meet the
targeted acreage of previous
year in putting winter crops
and edible oil crops into
farmlands of Thongwa
and Kayan Townships of
Yangon Region. There had
been untimely rainfalls in the
region till November, with
the result that paddies were
destroyed and rain water
remained in the farmlands,
making the farmers late
for winter crop cultivation.
So they are very busy with
their farming works to be
able to meet the targeted
acreage. A team led by
the head of Yangon Region
Agriculture Department is
providing them with scientic
agricultural methods for
timely completion of winter
crop cultivation works and
per acre high yield.
Kyemon
Award winner Wri ter
Natmauk U Tun Shein and
writer Nyi Say Min left here
for Kunming in Yunnan
Province of the Peoples
Republic of China by air
on 20 December.
1. All the nat ional people to live together in the Union through th ick
and thin
2. All the national people to constantly safeguard non-disintegrat ion
of the Union, non-disintegration of national solidarity andperpetuation of sovereignty
3. All the national people to par ticipate in the tasks for br inging
about genuine, eternal peace putting an end to the armed conicts
4. To make relentless efforts, in building a modern , developed and
democratic nation, in order to better serve public interest, to
ensure poverty reduction and bring about righteous legislative,
administra tive and j udicial pillars
National Objectives of 65th Anniversary
Independence Day for 2013
Wr iters, poets and journalists in Mandalay go onexcursion tour to Kunming
Ayeyawady Region Trafc Rule Enforcement
Supervisory Committee meets
PaThe i n , 2 2 Dec
A work coordination
meeting of Ayeyawady
Reg io n Tra f f i c Ru le
Enforcement Supervisory
Committee was held at the
briefing hall of the office
of Senior Engineer of
Ayeyawady Region Public
Works on 4 December. Inhis address, Ayeyawady
Region Mini-ster for Road
Transportation U Than
Tun pointed out parallel
During thei r v is i t
to China from 20 to 25
Decem b er , t h ey wi l l
observe the development
of Kunming, sister city of
Mandalay.
Kyemon
MandalaY, 22 Dec
At the invitation of Oversea
Chinese Association, a
12-member delegation
com-prising writers, poets
and journalists in Mandalay
led by National Literary
well by an oil worker. The
fire destroyed nearby oildrilling equipment. Thayet
Police Station led a lawsuit
against the oil worker for his
negligence. Kyemon
trends of infrastructural
develop-ment, a sharp rise
in number of vehicles and
road accidents, calling for
more educative talks on
traffic rules. Next, thosepresent held discussions
a n d p r e s e n t e d t h e i r
respective tasks.
Kyemon
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US gun lobby calls for armed guar ds for
every schoolWashington, 22 Dec
National Rie Association(NRA) , a powerful USgun lobby, on Friday called
for armed guards for everyschool in the country, as theresponse of the gun industry
to the mass shooting in SandyHook Elementary School inNewtown, Connecticut.
W a y n e L a P i e r r e ,executive vice president ofthe NRA, told a Washington
Press conference that theonly way to stop a bad guywith a gun is a good guy
with a gun, and called onCongress to appropriate
enough funds to post an
armed guard at every school
in the nation.In the first official
response of NRA after
the Sandy Hook tragedy,LaPierre put the blame onHollywood, video games
industry and the media,saying they were purveyingimages of violence.
At the conference,LaPierre put forward aprogramme called National
School Shield, which wouldessentially put armed guardsat schools, relying mostly
on local police forces.He called on Congress to
appropriate money to fund
the programme, and said the
NRA would put forward amodel of the programme forothers to use. The conference
was interrupted twice byprotesters.
Th e San d y Ho o k
Elementary Massacre,which took place a weekago, saw 20 school kids
killed by one shooter. Sixadults were also killed bythe shooter at the school
before he commit tedsuicide. The shooter killedhis mother before the
shooting rampage. Themassacre renewed calls for
gun control.Xinhua
Russia clashes over energy with Belarus,
Ukraine, EUremarks by BelarusianP r e s i d e n t A l e x a n d e r
Lukashenko that it hadagreed to increase its crudeoil supplies to Minsk, vital
for the Belarus economy,and said that it still intendedto cut them next year.
On Thursday, RussianPresident Vladimir Putincriticised Ukraine for failing
to agree on a deal, in returnfor cheaper gas, under whichit would lease its pipeline
network to Moscow and theEuropean Union.
Russia, the worlds top
energy producer, supplies
Pipes are seen at a gas compressor station in the village
of Boyarka, outside Kiev, on 19 Dec, 2012.
ReuteRs
Minsk/MoscoW, 22
DecRussia plunged backinto the disputes over energywith Ukraine and Belarus that
have repeatedly disrupted oil
and gas supplies to European
Union countries, and it alsotermed EU energy policy asuncivilised.
Russia on Friday denied
over a quarter of Europesgas and oil needs. Ukraine
ships around two thirds ofEuropes imports of Siberiangas through pipelines across
its territory, while Belarusis mainly responsible for oildeliveries.
Clashes over energypricing and pipeline transitwith Ukraine and Belarus
have led over the past decadeto cuts or halts in Russian oiland gas supplies to Central
and Western Europe. Thesehave most often happenedover the New Year, when
Russia failed to agree on
energy supply terms with thetwo countries.
The European Unionhas accused the Kremlin ofusing its energy might as a
political tool, while Moscowhas argued it wants itsneighbours to pay fair prices
promptly for energy.On Friday, Belarusian
state news agency BelTAquoted Lukashenko as sayingRussia had agreed to increase
oil supplies next year to 23million tonnes (460,000barrels per day) from 21.5
million this year.Reuters
Ten killed
in ring at
passenger
vehicle in SW
PakistanislaMabad
, 22 DecSome unknown gunmenkilled at least 10 peopleon Friday evening as they
attacked a passenger vehiclein Pakistans southwesternProvince of Baluchistan, local
media reported. According tothe reports, the incident took
place in Makran District ofBaluchistan Province nearPak-Iran border.
The bus was comingfrom Sindh Province and washeading towards Iran. Local
sources told media that thepeople on board were goingto Iran illegally.
When the passengervehicle reached the DashtBishuli area of Makran, the
unknown militants stopped itand opened re at it, killingat least 10 people on the spot
and leaving many othersinjured. Security forces andrescue teams have been sent
to the spot and no furtherdetail are available yet.
On Thursday night, at
least ve people were killedand six others were injured
in an attack on two passengerbuses in the Machh area ofthe Bolan District in the same
province.Xinhua
Wayne L aPierre, executive vice president of the
National Rie Association (NRA), attends a newsconference in Washington DC on 21 Dec, 2012. NRA,a powerful US gun lobby, on Friday called for armed
guards for every school in the country, as the response
of the gun industry to the mass shooting in Sandy Hook
Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
Xinhua
Russian President Vladimir Putin (5th L), Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (4thL) and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (2nd R), EuropeanCommission President Jose Manuel Barroso (3rd R) and European Unions
Foreign Policy chief Catherine Ashton (1st R) attend EU-Russia Summit at the EU
headquarters in Brussels, capital of Belgium, on 21 Dec, 2012.Xinhua
Hollande says Frances combat mission in
Afghanistan completedParis, 22 DecFrench
President Francois Hollandeannounced on Friday that the
mission of French ghtingforces in Afghanistan was
achieved, and only non-combat troops are to stayin the country by mid 2013.
Addressing combattroops that already quit Afghanterritory, Hollande said
France has fought for the rightcause in Afghanistan to crackdown terrorist cells. Today
the mission is completed. Al-Qaeda has been driven out ofAfghanistan, its leader was
killed and those who supportedthis organization have been
permanently weakened anddisorganized, the presidentadded.
By mid 2013, 500French soldiers will remain inAfghanistan to support local
authorities in civilian eldsincluding health, education,culture, agriculture and also
assist Afghan defence andinterior ministries in training.
About 2,000 French
soldiers have returned homeso far and 1,500 others were
still in the restless country tobring back military materials,according to the president
who kept his promise towithdraw French combattroops from Afghanistan by
the end of this year, two yearsahead of the alliances plan.
Xinhua
Syr ian r ebels say will target Aleppo Airpor tbeirut, 22 DecSyrian
rebels warned on Friday theywill target the international
airport of the northern Cityof Aleppo after ring at anairliner preparing to take
off, the rst direct attackon civilian a ight in the21-month-old revolt.
Thursdays attack wasanother sign of the growing
condence of rebels who arealso ghting an offensive inthe central province of Hama,
pursuing a string of territorialgains to try to cut armysupply lines and pressure
the capital Damascus to thesouth.
Free Syrian Army ghters are seen at a front lineduring ghting with Syrian forces loyal to PresidentBashar al-Assad at Bustan al-Qasr District in Aleppo
on 21 Dec, 2012.ReuteRs
A rebel commander whogave his name as Khaldountold Reuters by Skype that
snipers from the IntelligenceArmed Struggle Battalion,part of the Islamist Jundallah
brigade, had hit the wheels ofSyrian Airways ight RB201on Thursday.
Those were warningshots, he said, adding that
the plane had been unable totake off. We wanted to senda message to the regime that
all their planes militaryand civilian are withinour reach.
There was no immediatemention of the incident on
Syrian state media.Rebels accuse the
government of using civilian
aircraft to transport weaponsand Iranian ghters who theysay are helping President
Bashar al-Assads forces.Insurgents have cut off manyof the road links to Aleppo,
Syrias biggest city.F i g h t i n g a r o u n d
Damascus has made the roadto the capitals internationalairport unsafe for traffic.
Foreign airlines have stoppedying there. According toight schedules, the Cairo-
bound RB201 usually iesfrom Damascus rather thanAleppo.
What happened withDamascus airport willhappen to Aleppo, even if the
price is higher, Khaldounsaid.
Another rebel urged
civilians not to use Aleppoairport or Syrian Air ightsas they will be targets from
now on.The rebels have scored
advances across the country,
announcing on Friday theyhad taken over Rayhaneya
town in rural Damascus andseveral other towns in Hama.
Reuters
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NASA posts YouTube video debunking Maya
Armageddon
Cape Canaveral, 22DecNASA is so surethere will be a 22 Decem-ber, 2012, it has alreadyposted a YouTube video ti-tled Why the World DidntEnd Yesterday.
Scientists say rumourson social media and the In-ternet of Earths prematuredemise have been promptedby a misunderstanding ofthe ancient Maya calendar,which runs through 21 De-cember, 2012.
Its just the end of thecycle and the beginning of
A family of
Osprey are
seen outside
the NASA
Kennedy
Space Centre
VehicleAssembly
Building
(VAB) in
Cape Canav-
eral, Florida
on 13 May,
2010.
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the new one. Its just likeon 31 December, our cal-endar comes to an end, buta new calendar for the nextyear begins on 1 January,Don Yeomans, head ofNASAs Near-Earth Ob-
ject programme at the JetPropulsion Laboratory inPasadena, Calif, said in aseparate YouTube video.
According to the storycirculating on the Internet,an enormous rogue planetcalled Niburu is on a colli-sion course with Earth.
If it were, we would
have seen it long ago andit if were invisible some-how, we would have seenits effects on the neighbour-ing planets. Thousands ofastronomers who scan thenight skies on a daily basis
have not seen this, Yeo-mans said.Still, thousands of mys-
tics and New Age dreamershave descended on ancientMaya temples across Mex-ico and Central Americahoping to witness the birthof a new era when the daydubbed end of the world
dawns on Friday.So is NASA covering
up to prevent panic?Can you imagine
thousands of astronomerskeeping the same secret
from the public for severalyears? Yeomans said.
Initially, Niburu, alsoknown as Planet X, was toimpact in May 2003, butwhen that didnt happen thedoomsday date was movedto coincide with the endof one of the cycles of theancient calendar at wintersolstice 21 December,2012.
Other celestial eventsthat will not be happening:a planetary alignment caus-ing a massive tidal surge ora total blackout of Earth; a
reversal in Earths rotation;an impact by a giant aster-oid; a giant solar storm.
Since the beginningof recorded time, there havebeen literally hundreds ofthousands of predictionsfor the end of the world,Yeomans said. Were stillhere.Reuters
Panasonic to appeal EU ruling
on cathode-ray tube cartelTokyo, 22 DecJa-
pans Panasonic Corp saidon Friday that it would ap-peal a decision by the Eu-ropean Commission to ne
it 252 million euros ($327
million) on charges of x-ing prices for TV and com-puter monitor cathode-raytubes along with ve other
companies.The European Com-
mission ned six rms,
Panasonic Corp logos are seen at an electronics store in
Tokyo on 15 Nov, 2012.ReuteRs
including Philips, LGElectronics Toshiba CorpSamsung SDI and Frenchcompany Technicolour atotal of 1.47 billion euros,its biggest antitrust penalty
in history. The Commissionon 5 Dec said executivesfrom the European andAsian companies had metuntil six years ago to x
prices and divide up mar-
kets for TV and computermonitor cathode-ray tubes,a business that has sincebeen replaced by at panel
displays.Panasonic in a state-
ment said it will seek a fair
judgment. Until now, theCommissions biggest anti-trust penalty had been a 1.38billion euro ne imposed on
participants in a car glass car-tel in 2008.Reuters
Nokia to get payments in patent deal with RIM
A woman walks past a Nokia advertisement board at a
home appliances store in Shenyang, L iaoning Province
on 6 Dec, 2012.ReuteRs
Helsinki, 22 DecStruggling Finnish mobilephone maker Nokia has set-tled its patent dispute withBlackBerry maker Researchin Motion in return for pay-ments, as it tries to exploit itstrove of technology patentsto boost its nances.
Terms of the agreementwere condential, but Nokia
said on Friday it includeda one-time payment to bebooked in the fourth quarter,as well as ongoing fees, all tobe paid by RIM.
Nokia is one of the in-dustrys top patent holders,having invested 45 billioneuros ($60 billion) in mobileresearch and developmentover the past two decades.
Facebook tests char ging users
to send certain messages
The loading screen of the Facebook application on a
mobile phone is seen in this ph oto illustration taken in
Lavigny on 16 May, 2012.ReuteRs
san FranCisCo, 22DecFacebook Inc un-veiled a test on Thursdaythat charges users to send
certain types of messagesthrough the social network,the latest example of thecompany looking for newsources of revenue and prof-it. Until now, Facebooksmessaging system sends themost-relevant messages,including those from usersFacebook friends, into anInbox and siphons off less-relevant messages, such aspotential spam, in an Oth-er folder.
Today were start-ing a small experiment totest the usefulness of eco-nomic signals to determinerelevance, Facebook said.This test will give a smallnumber of people the optionto pay to have a messagerouted to the Inbox rather
Red Hat r evenue beats estimates on
subscr iption gains
than the Other folder of arecipient that they are notconnected with. A Face-book spokesman said the
charge for the test is $1 permessage, but added that thecompany is still looking forthe optimum price. Us-ers can only receive one ofthese paid, re-routed mes-sages per week, he noted.
The company said itstest service may be usefulin certain situations, suchas allowing users to send amessage to someone theyheard speak at an event butare not friends with, or con-tacting someone about a jobopportunity.
Facebook, which wentpublic earlier this year, isunder pressure from WallStreet to nd new sourcesof revenue and prot. The
company has respondedwith a series of new ser-
vices and tests in recentmonths. In September, thecompany said it would startcharging merchants to runoffers on its social network.
The test messagingservice is similar to the In-Mail service from LinkedInCorp, the professional net-working rival to Facebook,which lets users with high-end subscriptions sendmessages to other LinkedInmembers outside their net-works. For the receiver,this test allows them to hearfrom people who have animportant message to sendthem, Facebook added.
Reuters
WasHingTon, 22Dec Red Hat Inc, theworlds largest distributorof Linux operating soft-ware, posted third-quarterrevenue above analystsestimates on strong growthin its subscription busi-ness, sending its shares up6 percent in after-markettrading.
The company alsosaid it would buy privatelyheld ManageIQ, whichprovides management andautomation programs forcloud computing, for $104million in cash.
The acquisition, itsfourth since October last
year, is not expected tohave any material impactto Red Hats revenue forthe scal year ending Feb-ruary 28.
Red Hat expects toearn between 29 cents and30 cents per share in thefourth quarter, on revenueof $347 million to $351million, it said on a con-ference call with analysts.
Analysts were expect-ing earnings of 30 cents onrevenue of $350.9 million,according to Thomson Re-uters I/B/E/S.
Third-quarter net in-come fell to $34.8 million,or 18 cents per share, from
$38.2 million, or 19 centsper share, a year earlier.
On an adjusted ba-sis, the company earned29 cents per share, in linewith expectations. Rev-enue rose 18 percent to$344 million, beating esti-mates of $338 million.
Red Hats subscriptionrevenue rose 19 percentto $294.2 million in thequarter ended 30 Novem-ber. Shares of the Raleigh,North Carolina-based com-pany were trading at $55.60after the bell. The stockclosed at $52.61 on theNew York Stock Exchangeon Thursday.Reuter s
It has been trying tomake use of that legacy toensure its survival, amid afall in sales as well as cash.The Finnish rm is battling
to recover lost ground in thelucrative smartphone mar-
ket to the likes of Apple andSamsung. The agreementwith RIM settles all existingpatent litigation between thetwo companies, Nokia said,adding similar disputes withHTC Corp and ViewSonic
still stood. This agreementdemonstrates Nokias indus-try leading patent portfolioand enables us to focus onfurther licensing opportuni-ties in the mobile commu-nications market, said PaulMelin, Nokias chief intel-lectual property ofcer.
Nokia has earnedaround 500 million euros ayear from patent royalties inkey areas of mobile telepho-ny. Some analysts have saidit could earn hundreds of mil-lions more if it can negotiatewith more companies suc-cessfully. Analysts estimatedits June 2011 settlement withApple was worth hundredsof millions of euros. ($1 =0.7555 euros)Reuters
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US budget setback hits
shares, euro
A cameraman lms rises in share prices at the Tokyo
Stock Exchange in Tokyo on 17 Dec 2012.
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London, 22 DecEuropean and Asian sharesweakened on Friday and boththe euro and gold slipped, as anew setback in talks to avert a
US scal crisis stoked investornerves.
A proposal f romRepublican leader JohnBoehner to avoid the so-called scal cliff failed to
get support from his partyon Thursday, casting freshuncertainty over talks to avoidacross-the-board tax hikesand spending cuts that couldpush the US economy intorecession in 2013.
The worries promptedselling in European sharesas trading resumed, with theFTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3
index of the top Europeanstocks down 0.4, albeit stillon course for a fth straight
week of gains. The marketis still too complacent and theodds are increasing that a (USbudget) deal will not get donein the immediate future, SaxoBank Chief Economist SteenJakobsen said. That leavesEuropean equities (in terms ofearnings multiples) vulnerableto the negative exposure of
the scal drag and even a
compromised deal is goingto do very little to structurallyreform anything, he added.
Londons FTSE 100
.FTSE, Pariss CAC-40
.FCHI and Frankfurts DAX
.GDAXI were down 0.3-0.5 percent following a 0.7percent tumble in Asian stocks.MIAPJ0000PUS, and futuresprices pointed to sharp fallsWall Street later. Anxietywas exacerbated by weaker-than-expected German datawhich showed consumermorale dropped for the fourthmonth running to its lowestlevel in more than a year. Thecombined worries helped pushup German government bondsand the dollar .DXY, both
traditionally favoured by riskadverse investors. The euroeased back to just over $1.32,trimming some of the gainsit has seen this week as eurozone sentiment continued toimprove. Gold was also caughtup in the US disappointment,slipping $1.38 to $1,645.76an ounce, putting it near afour-month low and on trackfor its steepest weekly dropsince June.Reuters
Whole gra ins linked to lower pr ediabetes risk
new York, 22 DecEating whole grains isassociated with a decreasedrisk of prediabetes, a bloodsugar elevation that canprecede diabetes in adults,according to new research.
Swedish residents whoate food containing morethan 59 grams roughly twoounces of whole grainsper day were 27 percent lesslikely to become prediabeticcompared with residentswho ate 30 grams or less,according to the research.
This i s o f g reati m p o r t a n c e b e c a u s eprediabetes is increasing,lead author Tina Wirstrm,a postdoctoral fellow atthe Karolinska UniversityHospital in Sweden, toldReuters Health.
The American DiabetesAssociation estimates thatone in four Americans olderthan 20 have prediabetes.
Nearly a quarter of peoplewith prediabetes eventuallydevelop full-blown diabetes.
Previous research haslinked whole grain rich dietswith a decreased risk ofdiabetes, but the new studyin the American Journal ofClinical Nutrition makes theconnection to the diseaseprecursor.
Whole grains rangefrom oatmeal to popcorn,from brown rice to wholewheat - as long as the entirekernel is consumed.
The study included5,477 Stockholm residentsfrom 35 to 56 years oldwithout diabetes who keptfood diaries of how muchwhole and rened grains they
ate. Researchers measuredblood glucose in study
participants and followed up10 years later.
Overall, one in 13p a r t i c i p a n t s b e c a m e
prediabetic, while one in 33became diabetic, the studyfound. When researcherstook into account the dailyamount of whole grainseaten, they found that eatingmore than 59 grams versus30 grams of whole grain wasassociated with a 27 percentdecreased risk of becomingprediabetic.
The association wasstronger for men, and thosewith an increased geneticrisk for developing diabetesdid not see a difference,researchers found.
Nutrition experts notedthat the study had littlerelevance to the US sincemost Swedes get their grainsfrom whole grain sourcessuch as rye crisps. In contrast,Americans get most grains
from refined wheat suchas our that contains fewernutrients and ber compared
to rye. To say it has any
relevance to the U.S. isreally a stretch, said JoanneSlavin, nutrition professor atthe University of Minnesota,who was not involved inthe current study. US foodmanufacturers can label foodthat contains eight gramsper serving as whole grain,whereas Sweden requiresthat a food product containat least half whole grains toreceive the label.
Many foods with claimsof whole grain goodnesshave extra calories, fats andcarbohydrates in additionto the grains, which can berisk factors for diabetes,Slavin said.
Further, fewer thanthree percent of Americansget the recommended 48grams per day of whole
g ra i n s . Th e av erag eAmerican eats 15 grams ofwhole grain daily.
Reuters
Former Singapore banker ar rested in US over
Olympus fraud
A man sits near a logo of Japans Olympus Corp at the
company headquarters in Tokyo on 19 June 2012.
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new York, 22 Dec-A former Singapore bankerwas arrested in Los Angeleson Thursday and accused of
helping liquidate hundredsof millions of dollars in anaccounting fraud at OlympusCorp (7733.T), one of the
biggest corporate scandals inJapans history.
Chan Ming Fon, a one-time bank vice president, isthe latest former executiveand the rst from outside of
Japan to become ensnared inthe $1.7 billion accountingcover-up at the camera and
medical equipment maker.The company has admitted itused improper accounting toconceal massive investmentlosses under a scheme thatbegan in the 1990s. Courtpapers in the United States saidChan was paid $10 million byOlympus or entities controlledby Olympus for his role in thefraud. The case against Chanwas led in a federal court in
New York.
The defendant hada direct role in the secretliquidation of hundreds ofmillions of dollars of Olympusinvestments. He then waged asix-year campaign to concealthat misdeed by lying,certifying to auditors that theinvestments still existed years
after liquidation, said FBIAssistant Director-in-ChargeGeorge Venizelos. Olympusdeclined to comment. Chansarrest comes after three formerOlympus executives pleadedguilty in September to chargesrelated to the fraud.
Chan,was interviewedby the Federal Bureau ofInvestigations this week, USauthorities said.
Reuters
A logo is seen infront of a Credit
Suisse building
in Zurich,
on 4 May, 2012.
ReuteRs
ECBs Weidmann sees no big leap
toward EU scal union
Presidentof German
Bundesbank Jens
Weidmann reacts on
the podium duringthe Frankfurt Euro
Finance Week in
Frankfurt on 19 Nov,
2012.ReuteRs
FrankFurt, 22 DecEuropean Central BankGoverning Council memberJens Weidmann expectslittle progress toward aEuropean fiscal unionbecause there is little politicalwill to relinquish nationalsovereignty, he was quotedas saying in an interview.
I do not see the bigleap toward scal union,Weidmann said in aninterview with Germanmagazine Wirtschaftswochepublished online.
W e i d m a n n , w h o
also heads GermanysBu n d esb an k , warn edagainst pooling risks withoutaddressing the issue ofsovereignty that a fiscal
union would entail.If responsibility and
control are not aligned,it would undermine thecurrency union, he said.
Weidmann repeatedprevious objections tothe ECBs bond-buyingprogramme for crisis-struckeuro zone states, saying, Wehave embarked on a slipperyslope. Once a country slipsinto crisis and requires ECB
support through the program,it would be difcult for the
ECB to then withdraw itssupport should the countrydepart from reforms agreedto as a condition for thesupport, he was quoted assaying. We should interpretour mandate narrowly andnot even put ourselves insuch a predicament in therst place, he said.
Reuters
Business
Credit Suisse tops US IPO tables for rst timenew York, 22 Dec
Credit Suisse Group AG
(CSGN.VX) was the topunderwriter for U.S. initialpublic offerings this year forthe rst time, bolstered by its
role in helping large privateequity backed companiesgo public. The Swiss bankgenerated $4.7 billion inIPO proceeds during 2012from 41 issues, vaultingit in front of JP MorganChase & Co (JPM.N) with$4.6 billion, according toThomson Reuters data.
Goldman Sachs GroupInc (GS.N) placed thirdwith $4.5 billion, whilethe previously top-ranked
Morgan Stanley (MS.N)came in fourth. Credit Suissewas ranked eighth lastyear in the US IPO leaguetables with $2.8 billion in
proceeds.2012 was a challenging
year for IPO issuances,said Joe Reece, global headof Credit Suisses equitycapital markets group.This fact makes it evenmore critical to be acutelyfocused on clients. Largedeals the bank helpedunderwrite include private
equity rm Carlyle Groups(CG.O) $671 millionoffering, payment processorVantiv Incs (VNTV.N)$575 million offering and
industrial company RexnordCorps (RXN.N) $426million offering. It alsomade a number of changesinternally which may havecontributed to its climb,Reece said.
In May, formersyndicate head DavidHermer was named head ofequity capital markets of the
Americas. The group alsointegrated its originationand syndicate units underone structure.
Reuters
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Argentina r ejects British decision to name disputed
Antarctica terr itoryBue nos A ir e s , 22
Dec Argentina on Fridaycondemned Britains decisionto name a controversial part
of the Antarctica as QueenElizabeth Land to honour
Queen Elizabeth II.Argentina expressed
its strongest rejection ofBritains decision to give
a name to an area in theArgentine Antarctic sector,the Foreign Ministry said in
a statement. It said London,in naming the territory, hasviolated the spirit of the
Antarctic Treaty System,
signed half a century ago bydozens of countries includingBritain and Argentina to
avert territorial disputes inthe Antarctic. The Argentine
government summonedBritains Ambassador toexpress its rejection of anyBritish territorial claim in
Antarctica and reaffirmits sovereignty over theArgentine Antarctic sector,
the statement said.Britain on Tuesday
named the southern portion
of the so-called British
Antarctic Territory asQueen Elizabeth Landin tribute to the throne of
the reigning monarch. TheBritish Antarctic Territory
was the rst ofcial claimin Antarctica, made in 1908.
With no ofcial namebefore, the portion is located
on the west side of thecontinent and has an area ofabout 169,000 square miles
(437,000 square kilometres).Argentina and Chile madeoverlapping claims to the
area in the 1940s, though all
claims were suspended bythe Antarctic Treaty System.
To be able to recognize
the UKs commitment toAntarctica with a permanent
association with Her Majestyis a great honour, BritishForeign Minister WilliamHague said in a statement.
The dispute has stokedtensions between the twocountries which went into
war in 1982 over the disputedMalvinas Islands, known asFalkland in Britain.Xinhua
People visite New Y ork Citys Intrepid Sea, Air an d
Space Museum on 21 Dec, 2012. After six week closure
to repair major damage to the electrical
systems caused by Hurricane S andy, Intrepids
doors are reopened on Friday.
Xinhua
Soldiers march during a celebration of the 77th
foun ding ann iversary of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, the
Philippines, on 21 Dec, 2012.Xinhua
More non-Mexican illegal migrants apprehended
in TexasHouston, 22 Dec
Illegal migrants from CentralAmerican countries account
for a slight majority ofthe US Border Patrols
recent apprehension in SouthTexas, US media reportedon Friday.
Usually, about 35percent of the Border Patrolsapprehensions are illegal
immigrants from CentralAmerican countries, but now,
the apprehensions of illegalimmigrants from Mexico andCentral America are about
50/50, an online report by theHouston Chronicle quoted
a Border Patrol ofcial asreporting. From October2011 to 31 July, Border
Patrol agents apprehendedmore than 40,000 non-Mexican migrants from
Central American countriesincluding El Salvador,
Guatemala and Honduras,compared to about 39,000individuals from Mexico,
according to the report.The number of non-
Mex ican im m ig ran t sapprehended during thesame 10-month period a year
earlier was about 16,000.Rising violence as well
as economic conditions in
various Central Americancountries may be fueling the
increase in illegal migrants,the report said.
Meanwhile, the number
of illegal immigrant deathsand rescues of migrants also
saw an increase, ofcialssaid. In 2011, the Rio GrandeValley sector had 66 deaths
and 238 rescues. In 2012,there were 140 deaths andmore than 300 rescues,
according to the report.Xinhua
Venezuelas Chavez muses politics while
recovering from cancer surgeryCArACAs, 22 Dec
While recovering from a
cancer surgery on bed,Venezuelan President HugoChavez was studying the
results of the latest localelections, Vice PresidentNicolas Maduro said on
Thursday.Chavezs general
state of health continues
to progressively stabilize,Maduro said of Chavezsrecovery following hiss
fourth surgery in Cuba.The president was
informed of the election
results, in which the ruling
party won 20 of 23 stategovernorships, Maduro said.
I have been informedthat the report of Sundaysvictory was given to the
president and that hehas expressed his deeprecognition for all the men
and women of the country.He is evaluating the gures,Maduro said.
He said the respiratoryinfection that was diagnosedis still being treated and
controlled by the medicalteam through rigorous andconstant monitoring.
Earlier this week, the
Two killed as looter s raid supermar kets
in Argentina
An employee sits amidst a ransacked gas station after
looters stole goods from it in San Fernando, on the
outskirts of Buen os Aires, on 21 Dec, 2012.
ReuteRs
Bu e n o s A ir e s , 22
DecTwo people werekilled in Argentina on
Friday as looters broke intosupermarkets in severalcities, stirring memories of
the countrys devastatingeconomic crisis 11 years ago.
Police fired teargas
and rubber bullets to stopdozens of stone-throwingyouths from looting a
supermarket owned by
French retailer Carrefournear the capital, a day after
the unrest erupted in thePatagonian ski resort ofBariloche.
Venezuelan governmentreported Chavez had suffered
a respiratory infection thatwas brought under control.The infection was a common
occurrence among patientswho undergo complicatedsurgeries, they later said.
Chavez was orderedto bed rest and had hisfamily and friends by his
side, Maduro said. Chavezwas first diagnosed withcancer in 2011 and has since
undergone four operations,as well as radiotherapy andchemotherapy treatments in
Havana.Xinhua
Government ofcialscondemned the violenceand sent 400 military
police to the southern city,where raiders stormed a
supermarket owned by thelocal unit of Wal-Mart andmade off with at-screen
televisions and other goods.The violence spread to
the central city of Rosario,
where two people werekilled, and to the northernProvince of Chaco. About
250 people were arrestedin total in four differentprovinces and police battled
to avert fresh incidents
in the urban sprawl that
encircles Buenos Aires.When you see that
theyre taking at-screens,you know its not hunger,said Daniel Scioli, governorof Buenos Aires province
and an ally of PresidentCristina Fernandez.
F e r n a n d e z o f t e n
contrasts the countryscurrent economic stabilitywith the 2001/02 crisis
that plunged millions ofArgentines into poverty andunleashed a wave of looting
for food in supermarkets.She was re-elected
by a landslide just over ayear ago, but her approval
ratings have since plungeddue to sluggish economicgrowth, surging prices, andmiddle-class anger over
currency controls and hercombative style.
Fernandezs admini-
stration blamed the violenceon opposition trade unionleaders, who rallied in
the capital this week todemand wage rises andlower taxes due to double-
digit ination.There are elements
in Argentina that want to
provoke havoc and violenceand stain our holiday season
with b lood , nat ionalsecurity secretary SergioBerni said. Argentina is
not the same as it was in2001.Xinhua
Cuba slams US nes against rms for
violating tr ade embar goHAvAnA, 22 Dec Cuba
on Thursday denounced theUS government for imposing
hefty nes on banks and rmsthat do business with theisland nation over alleged
violations of the US tradeembargo.
In a statement published
by the ofcial dailyGranma,the Cuban Ministry ofForeign Affairs said that
British bank HSBC wasned 375 million US dollarson 11 December by the US
Department of TreasurysOffice of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC).A day later, OFAC
announced a ne of some 8.6
million US dollars againstthe Japanese bank Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ for the same
reason.The implementation
of these unjust and illegal
penalties demonstratesthat the policy of viciouspersecution by the United
States of Cuban nancialand commercial transactionsand of those countries which
have legitimate relationswith our country, protectedby international law, not only
remains unchanged, but hasintensified, the ministry
said. The ministry alsocondemned the extensionof the blockade to third
countries and stressedthat merely a monthago the United Nations
General Assembly onceagain demanded, virtuallyunanimously, an end to the
long-running blockade. In1962, Washington imposedan economic, nancial and
trade embargo against Cuba.The policy has been votedagainst 21 times by nearly
all UN member states, exceptthe US its political ally Israeland several small countries
dependent on US aid.According to Cuban
authorities, the embargo hascost Cuba more than 100billion dollars.Xinhua
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NayPyiTaw, 22 Dec
In commemoration of the
Literary Day, a talks on literary
affairs took place at Basic
Education Middle School
No. 3 in Kintha of Tatkon
Township on 14 December
afternoon.
At rst, Headmaster U
Kyar Nyo of the school made
a speech.
Anti-human trafcking entertainment draws
large audienceyaNgoN, 22 Dec
Under the arrangements of
MTV Exit, Grammy award
winner Jason Mraz and
Cauliower of cold season
crops in regular trading
MyiNMu, 22 DecA
ceremony to open the
administrative law and rules
course for townselders and
clerks of ward/village-tract
was held at the hall in
Myinmu Township General
Administration Department
Administrative law, rules
course openedon 15 December morning.
At first, Township
Administrator U Thein Zaw
explained matters related to
law and rules in detail.
Next, Township Law
Officer U Aung Paing
discussed abiding by the
Tatkon high school hosts
literary talksWriter Soe Myint Nge
(Law) read the message
sent by Myanmar Writers
Association.
After that, writers Myat
Phone (Tatkon), Myakyauk
Aye Chan (TeinU Nannwe)
and Nyan Lin (Tatkon)
shared knowledge about
literary affairs.
Myanma Alinn
Shwegu, 22 DecThe
Forest Department under the
Ministry of Environmental
Conservation and Forestryis making management for
fully applying economic
benets from forest resources
in social and environmental
con-servation while exposing
and seizing illegal timber
extraction.
Forest workers from
Tiddim Township of Falam
District seized 15.0420 tons
of teak timber, 2.1500 tons of
hardwood and 1.9400 tons of
other woods totalling 19.1320
tons and two saw mills from
four places in Naychinsara
protected public forests
on 2 December. The staff
members are conducting
investigation for arresting
the related persons.
Likewise, forest workers
of Momauk, Bhamo and
Shwegu townships of Bhamo
District, Tatmadawmen of
No. 21 Operations ControlCo m m an d an d lo ca l
battalions, staff of Bhamo
Township General Ad-
ministration Department
and members of Myanmar
Police Force participated
in searching and seizing
the illegal timber extraction
in Momauk, Bhamo and
Shwegu townships of the
district on 30 November.
They seized 1182
pieces of illegal teak sawn
timber weighing 36.7296
tons, four vehicles, four
motorcycles and one person.
The department opened a le
of lawsuit against the person
under section 6 (1) of the
Public Property Protection
Law.Myanma Alinn
Illegal timber, saw mills seized
in Falam, Bhamo Districts
law and rules.
Township Judge Daw
Margret Tharmi and Head
of Township Immigration
and National Registration
Department lectured 11
significant points. The
elections of 10-house group
and administrators will be
held from 17 to 23 December.
Myanma Alinn
artistes recently presented
entertainment for combating
human trafcking, crowded
with audiences f rom
Mandalay, Taunggyi and
Pathein in addition to those
of Yangon, exceeding the
estimated numbers.
The show was packed
with a large number of
e n t h u s i a s t s d u e t o
entertainment of Jason Mraz.
Even Jason Mraz arrived
here to entertain, we must
cheer the entertainment.
Wonderfully, there was
no one problem. All the
audiences happily enjoyed
the entertainment. It was
benefic ial to comba tin g
human trafficking. The
d rama p ro g ram g av e
message to the youths. It
was excellent, said Ko Sai
Naung (Taunggyi).
Jason Mraz and Slot
Machine Band of Thailand
joined hands with Myanmar
Anti-Human Trafficking
Representatives star singer
Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein and
R Zarni and Lin Lin, Phyo
Gyi, Chit Thu Wai and Chan
Chan participated in the
entertainment.
Grammy Award winner
Jason Mraz who is focusing
on anti-human trafficking
tasks in developing countries
said, I am pleased for sharing
knowledge of anti-human
trafficking and showing
off my entertainment in
Myanmar. The entertainment
is a plan to organize a large
number of people at the
same time and educative
works to be handed to new
generations.
The show was attended
by over 50,000 people from
all walks of life who ooded
the whole Peoples Square in
addition to streets.
Myanmar is one of the
countries with problems
of trafficking in persons.
Human trafficking occur
in some townships for
many times. The authorities
c o n c e r n e d a n n o u n c e
emerg en cy t e l ep h o n e
numbers for prevention
against trafcking in persons.
Myanmar is now joining
hands with the international
organizations for combating
human trafcking.
Myanma Alinn
Nay Pyi Taw, 22DecIn cold season, farmers of
male and female are actively
carrying out farming works
at cauliowers.
In an interview, a farmer
said, I live in Nweyit
Village. I grow cauliower
and cabbage. Now, I am
nurturing 10000 cauliower
plants . Al though I hav e
spent money on pesticide,
fertilizers and labour, I thinkI might have much benet
from the plantations due to
raising price of cauliowers.
He continued, Last
week, the price of cauliower
was lower. It was sold at K
80-100 per cauliower. With
regard to many reasons that
cauliflowers were wet in
untimely rain and Shan State
produced same products to
the market, we could not get
good price. Now, we have
access to good price but not
much. Last year, we sold
cauliower at K 200.Thahtaygon-Nweyit
bus stop is bustling with
vegetable trading. It is a
place for grading of maize,
cauliower and carrot.
A broker load ing
cauliowers onto the truck
said, This season every
year, I buy cauliflowers
and cabbage. Trucks from
Yangon, Mawlamyine, Hpa-
an, Kyaikto and Thaton carry
vegetables from Nweyit.
Brokers from Meiktila,
Yamethin, Pyawbwe and
Pyinmana arrive here to
check and buy vegetables.At present each cauliower
is sold for K 140-150. About
10 trucks carry the vegetables
daily. Local farmers from
Kyathayaing, Thahtaygon,
Nweyit and other villages in
Tatkon Township gather here
to sell vegetables.
Now, local farmers
wear sweet smiles on their
faces due to good price of
vegetables that can exceed
cultivation costs.
Myanma Alinn
Bewareof Fire
Roads upgraded
in KathaKaTha, 22 DecLocal
people of Katha Townshipjoin hands with Development
Affairs Committee of the
township in repaving andupgrading roads. They
emphasize expansion of roadwidth and placing of asphaltconcrete on the roads for
better and smooth transport
on a self-reliant basis.Myanma Alinn
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Public transit efciencyIs that such strange that Yangonites are
frustrated with trafc woes daily, especially in
ru sh hours? Th e answer is No. It now seems
fairly common. Sounds of a collective sigh ofannoyance came from the crowded bus stops
and a weary sigh given by those seated behind
the wheel in Yangon are recently revealed to
be famed as the commercial hub of gridlock
within an upcoming decade. Precious time of
common people has been stolen on the buses
stranded in the trafc jams and at the bus
stops, waiting in spending several minutes for
an already-crowded bus. For taxi drivers, they
have to spend much of their time sitting in the
trafc moving at a snails pace, with the result
that their daily earnings have been reduced.
Some analysts put a blame for breach of
trafc disciplines on all road users, calling for
mass participation in obedience to laws. Someargued that trafc rule enforcement measures
need to be inculcated in all r oad users a s well
as cops. Trafc delays and public frustrations
in Yangon have ooded media reports. The
blame, moreover, was laid on relaxation of
vehicle import restrictions that leads to more
luxurious cars to take to the roads instead of
improvement in bus services. Some experts
envision reduction in the volume of trafc
by 60 per cent when ongoing construction of
three yovers at Hledan, Bayintnaung and
Shwegondine junctions where trafc is brought
to a grinding halt frequently.
Trafc congestion is common to a certain
developing country with full of potentials tobecome a gem of Asia. When a population
threshold of more than one million is reached,
cities start to encounter a vicious headache
for congestion problems. It is a bit of a
modernization shock when the doors began to
open up. If short-term and long-term plans of
public transportation are employed effectively
and efciently, they can help lessen the recent
problems on the roads.
Options in long-term solutions for
overcoming congestion include establishment
of an excellent public transportation system
like sky trains and subways that can carry
a large number of people at one time and
at low cost and building of more overheadbridges at all intersections of railroads with
motorways and yovers at the places clogged
with trafc. Investing in speedy services with
the help of foreign investments is a must for
possible occurrence of unbelievable trafc jams
in Yangon. Options in short-term solutions
include increasing nes for trafc violations and
more deployment of trafc inspectors with the
incentive of the percentage of nes collected as
bonus to make them more vigilant and improve
the law enforcement. All aforesaid solutions
are within our reach.
Beauty is in the eye ofthe beholder.
Yangon, 22 Dec The
second talent show of Fine
Arts Department under the
Ministry of Culture and
National Culture and Fine
Arts University (Yangon)
took place at National
Theatre on Myomakyaung
Street yesterday evening with
the participation of Yangon
Region Chief MinisterU Myint Swe and region
ministers, enthusiasts and
students.
The doyen Thabin
Second talent show ofNational Culture and Fine
Arts University (Yangon)
performedartistes above 65 years were
paid respect by students from
National Culture and Fine
Arts University (Yangon).
The students from
various departments of the
university and staff from Fine
Arts Department entertained
their performances at the
talent show.
Before the show,paintings and sculptures of
students from paintings and
sculptures departments were
displayed.MNA
Yangon, 22 DecThe
course is an important step
towards the emergence of
Biomedical Engineering
Department that can help
the staff carry out the
maintenances and handling
of modern equipment
installed at hospitals and
health departments, said
Union Minister for Health
Dr Pe Thet Khin, at the
concluding ceremony of
Biomedical Engineering
Training Course, at National
Blood Centre, here, this
morning.
Next, Senior Lecture
Mr. Chua Tji Leng of Ngee
Ann Polytechnic of School
Biomedical Engineering
Tr aining Course concludesof Enginnering Singapore
shared experiences to those
present and Chief Marketing
Ofcer Mr. Moez Attia spoke
words of thanks.
The Union Minister
and Vice President Prof Toh
Siew Lak of Singaporean
Biomedical Engineering
Society presented the
certicates. A total of 40
trainees from departments
under the Ministry of Health
and Hospitals, attended the
two-semester course, jointly
conducted by Ministry of
Health and Biomedical
Engineering Society of
Singapore.
MNA
President U Thein Sein and party visit King Thibaw Museum in Ratnagiri of India.mna
President U Thein Sein views portrait of King
Thibaw and spouse at King Thibaw Museum.
mna
(from page 1)
The remains were
President U Thein Sein visits the last kings....moved and buried by the
British government in the
outskirts of Ratnagiri on 5
February, 1917.
The tomb is now under
management of Maharashtra
state government.
President U Thein Sein
is the rst-ever Myanmar
leader visiting the residence
and tomb of the king in
Ratnagiri.
MNA
Whom or what
does the zebr a
crossing stop?
Ive found only
pedestrians stop
for vehicles.
Thein Tun
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invites Indian (from page 16)
tax reforms and changes
in the banking system
which has become more
customers friendly. Thanks
to easing of economic and
financial restrictions bythe United States and the
European Union and return
of the World Bank and
other international nancial
institutions to Myanmar,
he said he hoped for the
increase of commerce, trade
and investment in Myanmar.
While introducing the
recently enacted Foreign
Investment Law, the
President said the new
Foreign Investment Law
will provide various degrees
of privileges to the potential
investors in respect of taxes
and duties and guarantees
protection of property and
profits and rights of the
investors.
He said the Myanmar
government put huge
emphasis on infrastructural
development projects as
it saw the connectivity as
one of the main factors in
promoting trade. He said
India-Myanmar-Thailand
Tripatite Highway project
which would be extended
to Laos and Cambodia with
the assistance of the Indian
government would enhanceregional connectivity and
Nay Pyi Taw, 23 Dec On the occasion of
the birthday of His Majesty Akihito, Emperor of
Japan, which falls on 23 December 2012, U Wunna
Maung Lwin, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of
the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a
message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr. Koichiro
GEMBA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan.MNA
Union Foreign Affairs
Minister felicitates
Japanese FM
yaNgoN, 22 Dec
An opening of a Seminar
on ICT for e-Government,
sponsored by Korea
International Cooperation
Agency (KOICA), was
held at Myanma Science
and Technology Research
Department, here, on 17
December, attended by 40
trainees from the Ministry of
Science and Technology.
Experts from the Republic
of Korea gave lectures on
procedures required for
e-Government based on
advancements in information
a nd c ommun i -c a t ion
technology and provided
trainees with suggestions
and made suggestions for
ongoing e-Government
procedures at the seminar.
Directors-general, rectors, pro
rectors, the KOICA residentrepresentative and ofcials
attended the opening and
closing ceremonies of the ve-
day seminar.MNA
Seminar on
ICT for
e-Government
held
Union Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation U Myint Hlaing observes farm
machinery.mna
Investment opportunities in agricultural sector
Nay Pyi Taw , 22
DecThere are still lots
of investment opportunities
in agricultural sector, said
Union Minister for Agriculture
and Irrigation U Myint Hlaing,
at the implementation of 3000-acre farmlands in Nay Pyi
Taw Dekkhinathiri Township,
here, this morning.
It was also attended
by Chairman of Pyithu
Hluttaw Economic and Trade
Development Committee
U Maung Maung Thein,
Chairman of Pyithu Hluttaw
Agriculture, Livestock and
Fisheries DevelopmentCommittee U Soe Naing,
ofcials and farmers.
The Union Minister and
party visited sunower and
maze plantations and land
reclamation there.
Afterwards, they also
visited farmer educative
farms, seeds sales room of
Shwethanlwin Co and CETC
Co in Chaing village ofDekkhinathiri Township and
Agricultural Research Farm in
Tatkon Township.
MNA
President U Thein Sein being seen off at Mumbai Airport by ofcials.mna
trade.
He said that the new
Foreign Investment Law
allows 100 percent foreign
ownership while it also
allows joint ventures. It also
allows foreign investors to
sell, exchange and transfershares with the approval
of the Investment Com-
mission.
He said the investment
commission could also
reward investors for their
quality enhancement and
environmental friendly
initiatives while introducingtax exemption and tax relief
granted to the investors
for investments in less-
developed areas.
He invited investments
in D a w e i , Th i l a w a ,
Kyaukpyu deep sea ports
projects and other special
economic zones.
The President said there
are still many untapped oil
and gas deposits for Indian
companies to invest.
Director-General of
the Confederation of Indian
Industry Mr Chandrajit
Banerjee spoke words of
thanks.
The President and the
confederation president
exchanged gifts before they
enjoyed dinner.
MNA
Union C & IT Minister meets
Thai ICT Minister and par tyNay Pyi Taw , 22
Dec Union Minister
for Communication and
Information Technology U
Thein Tun met Information
a n d C o m m u n i c a t i o n
Technology Minister of
Thailand Mr Anudith
Nakornthap and party at the
ministry yesterday morning.
They discussed measures for
construction of communica-
tion network in Dawei
SEZ with the effectively
use of GMS Superhighway
and Myanmar-Thai Trans-border Fiber Network,
opportunities for offering
communication and IT
services in cooperation with
Thailand, linking direct
underwater fiber cables
from Myanmar to Thailand
in fullling communication
need for Tha i Pe t ro l
company and extension of
roaming between Myanmar
and Thailand.
The Union minister
also discussed factors being
undertaken in Myanmar
for use of internet access
rapidly, communication
bill to be discussed with
a group led by the deputy
minister in detail andimplementation of roaming
between Myanmar and
Thailand before ASEAN
sport festival.MNA
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Abdulahat Abdulrix it (C), vice chairman of th e National Committee of the Chin ese
Peoples Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), attends the ceremony for
the 4th China-Africa Friendship Award in Beijing, capital of China, on 21 Dec,
2012.Xinhua
Italy PM Monti resigns, elections likely
in Februar yRome, 22 DecItalian
Prime Minister Mario Monti
tendered his resignationto the president on Fridayafter 13 months in ofce,
opening the way to a highlyuncertain national electionin February.
The former Europeancommissioner, appointed tolead an unelected government
to save Italy from nancialcrisis a year ago, has kept hisown political plans a closely
guarded secret but he hasfaced growing pressure toseek a second term.
President Giorg ioNapolitano is expected to
dissolve parliament in thenext few days and hasalready indicated that themost likely date for the
election is 24 February.In an unexpected move,
Napolitano said he would
hold consultations withpolitical leaders from all themain parties on Saturday to
discuss the next steps. Inthe meantime Monti will
continue in a caretakercapacity.
Eu ro p ean l ead er s
i n c l u d i n g G e r m a nChancellor Angela Merkel
and European CommissionPresident Jose Manuel
Barroso have called forMontis economic reformagenda to continue but
Italys two main parties havesaid he should stay out ofthe race.
Monti, who handedin his resignation duringa brief meeting at the
presidential palace shortlyafter parliament approvedhis governments 2013
budget, will hold a newsconference on Sunday atwhich he is expected clarify
his intentions.
Ordinary Italians areweary of repeated tax hikes
and spending cuts andopinion polls offer littleevidence that they are ready
to give Monti a second term.A survey this week showed61 percent saying he should
not stand.Whether he runs or not,
his legacy will loom over an
election which will be foughtout over the painful measureshe has introduced to try to
rein in Italys huge publicdebt and revive its stagnanteconomy.
Reuters
Italys Prime Minister Mario Monti (C) looks as he makes
his speech during a visit to the Fiat car factory in the
southern city of Mel on 20 Dec, 2012.ReuteRs
WTO race wide open as NZ, Kenya, Jordan,
Mexico joinWellington/geneva, 22
DecThe eld of candidatesto succeed Pascal Lamy ashead of the World TradeOrganization burst open on
Friday, as New Zealand,Mexico, Jordan and Kenya
threw names into the ring with10 days left for nominations.
Whoever wins, faces
the challenge of being theface of an institution thathas been stuck for years
in stalled global tradenegotiations, with little realpower to force a deal beyond
cajoling, encouraging andoccasional ly b lamingmembers.
K e n y a s A m i n aMohamed, deputy head of theUnited Nations Environment
Programme, became the third
woman and second Africancontender, while Jordan
nominated former ministerof trade and industry AhmadHindawi, the first Middle
Eastern nominee so far.Mexico put forward its
former trade minister HerminioBlanco, who negotiated the
North American Free TradeAgreement.
Earlier on Friday New
Zealand nominated itstrade minister Tim Groser,
who joins Ghanas AlanKyerematen, Costa RicasAnabel Gonzalez and
Indonesias Mari Pangestuin the race to take over afterLamys second term expires
on 31 August.Many trade diplomats
think the job should go to an
African, Latin American orCaribbean candidate, since allbut one head of the 17-year-
old WTO has been fromdeveloped countries. The
exception was ThailandsSupachai Panitchpakdi.
As well as seeking trade
agreements, the body is alsothe global trade policeman,
facing a surge of litigation asmembers ght for a share of apie that is not quite shrinking,
but expected to grow by a mere2.5 percent this year.
The boom in disputes is
forcing the WTO to reallocatestaff, according to diplomatsand documents at the global
trade body in Geneva that inAugust had 157 members.
Reuters
New Zealands
Trade Minister
Tim Groser
speaks at the
Asia-Pacic
Business
Symposium in
Honolu lu, Hawaii
on 10 Nov, 2011.
ReuteRs
Colombia peace talks said advancing, many
challenges aheadHavana, 22 DecTalks
to end Colombias bloody,
half-century-long conictwith Marxist-led FARCrebels have made progress,but many challenges lie
ahead, the governments topnegotiator said on Friday.
Former vice president
Humberto de la Calle,speaking after the two sides
nished their second round ofmeetings and broke until 14January, said they had agreedon some unprecedented
mechanisms for civic inputinto the peace process.
Since 19 Novemberwhen we formally began,weve had 21 sessions and
more than 100 hours of intensework, and concrete advances,
all as expected, said de laCalle, who read a statement butdid not take questions.
The challenge is great.We have ve more points(on the agenda), all sensitive
and vital, he said. We hopeto be able to advance withgreater celerity and in an
expedited way.The two sides are trying
to end a war that dates back
to 1964 when the FARC,or Revolutionary ArmedForces of Colombia, was
formed as a communistagrarian movement to ght
decade-long, US-backedoffensive has weakened therebels enough that they will
want to end the ghting onthe best possible terms.
If peace is not achieved,
the FARC still has 9,000troops that can keep inictingdamage on the continents
fourth-largest economy.The negotiations, which
are being held in a Havana
convention centre in theritziest part of the Cubancapital, have begun with the
topic of rural development,the rst of six points to be
Colombias lead government negotiator Humberto de la
Calle arrives to talks in Havana on 6 Dec, 2012.
ReuteRs
addressed. Others range from
the rebels involvement in theillicit drug trade to their futurepolitical participation.
De la Calle said so farColombians, whose opinions
are being sought online and in
public forums, had providednearly 3,000 suggestions to
aid the peace process, someof which were being closelystudied.Reuters
the countrys long history of
social inequality.Tens of thousands of
people have died and millions
have been displaced in SouthAmericas last Marxist-led
armed rebellion, a vestige
of the Cold War.Three previous peace
attempts have failed, butColombian President JuanManuel Santos hopes a
UN Security Council str onglydeplores shooting down of UN
helicopter in South Sudan
United nations , 22DecThe UN SecurityCouncil on Friday strongly
deplored the shootingdown of a UN helicopter inSouth Sudan and strongly
urged the UN mission inthe country, known as theUNMISS, and the South
Sudanese government toconduct a swift and thorough
investigation into theincident.
The members of the
Security Council stronglydeplored the shooting downin Jonglei, the largest state
in the eastern part of SouthSudan, a UNMISS MI8helicopter performing
reconnaissance ights to thearea, by the Sudan PeoplesLiberation Army (SPLA),
with all four Russian ightmembers killed, said a UNstatement.
The members of thesecurity council extended
their heartfelt condolencesto the families of thecrew, members and to the
government of the RussianFederation, the statementsaid.Xinhua
Raiders armed with machetesburn Kenya village, kill 30mombasa, 22 Dec
Raiders armed with guns,machetes and spears killed
30 people, including severalchildren, and torched theirhouses in Kenyas coastal
region on Friday, police said,heightening security concernsahead of next years election.
Nine of the raiders werealso killed in what appeared
to have been a revenge attackby settled Pokomo farmersagainst the semi-nomadic
Orma pastoralists after a seriesof clashes in August in whichmore than 100 people were
killed.The two groups have
fought for years over accessto grazing, farmland andwater, but human rights
groups have blamed the latestviolence on politicians seekingto drive away parts of the
local population they believewill vote for their rivals inpresidential and parliamentary
elections in March.If those charges are true, it
further raises fears of a repeat ofthe ethnic violence that rockedKenya after the disputed 2007
presidential election, in whichmore than 1,200 people werekilled countrywide and many
more thousands driven fromtheir homes.Reuters
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Abe to seek r elocating US Futenma bases
within OkinawaTokyo, 22 DecShinzo
Abe, Japans premier-in-waiting, said on Fridaythat he will seek to relocate
the US Futenma base toa less populated placewithin Okinawa Prefecture,
according to Japans KyodoNews Agency.
Abe said at a press
c o n f e r e n c e h e l d i nYamaguchi Prefecture thathe will try to gain supports
from local community soas to move the air base to
Okinawas coastal Henoko
area in Nago city, where isless populated than its currentlocation.
The plan was existed foryears under the rule of theLiberal Democratic Party,
but it was interrupted whenthe Democratic Party ofJapan (DPJ) swept to power
in 2009.However, the DPJ
complicated the thorny issue
and made then DPJ PrimeMinister Yukio Hatoyama
resigned for the very issue as
he failed to realize his wordsthat to remove the base.
Abe also said he will
try to ask for supports fromvarious communities to easeOkinawas burden while
maintaining deterrence.The issue of relocating
the Futenma base has been
an obstacle between Japanscentral government and localresidents, who want the US
base moved out of Okinawa.Xinhua
People play
motorboats on the
sea in Haikou,
capital of south
Chinas Hainan
Province, on 21
Dec, 2012. Thu rsday
marks the Dongzhi
Festival, or Winter
Solstice. Contraryto people in north
China who are
expected to welcome
the coldest winter
days, people in
Hainan still enjoy
the warm climate.
Xinhua
A supporter of Bh aratiya Janata Party (BJP) wears
the mask of Narendra Modi to celebrate BJPs
victory in the Gujarat assembly elections in Varanasi,
India, on 20 Dec, 2012. Indias main opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJ P)-led governmen t in the
western state of Gujarat scored a political hat-trick
by winning the state assembly elections by a huge
margin un der the leadership of controversial Hindu
nationalist Chief Minister Narendra Modi.Xinhua
US
unmanned
aircraft
crashes in
NW PakistanIslamabad, 22 DecA
US unmanned aircraft, which
was reportedly being used totarget militants hideouts,crashed in Pakistans
northwestern tribal regionof South Waziristan, localmedia reported on Friday.
According to the reports,the pilotless plane crashed onThursday night in the Wana
District of South Waziristan,a restive tribal regionbordering Afghanistan.
Local media quoting
official sources reportedthat the US drone crashed
apparently due to sometechnical fault. US-ledNATO forces fighting in
Afghanistan believed thatPakistans bordering areasespecially North Waziristan
and South Waziristan are thesafe haven for the militants
who allegedly attack NATOforces in Afghanistan.
In 2012, US-led NATO
forces conducted around38 drone attacks (countedon daily basis) in Pakistan,
killing at least 269 people.On 9 Dec, at least four
people were killed when aUS drone red four missilesat a house in Pakistansnorthwest tribal area of North
Waziristan.Xinhua
Cambodia opens rescue centr e for
endangered pangolinsPhnom Penh, 22 Dec
Cambodia opened a newPangolin Rehabilitation
Centre (PRC) on Friday
to provide special care tothe kingdoms endangered
pangolins rescued from thegrowing wildlife trade.
The facility is established
to rehabilitate injured pangolins(scaly ant-eaters) rescuedfrom hunters throughout
Cambodia, according to ajoint Press release from theConservation International
(CI) and Cambodian ForestryAdministration (FA) onFriday. The center aims to
bolster conservation effortsfor this species.
The facility is located atthe Phnom Tamao ZoologicalPark and Wildlife Rescue
Centre in Takeo Province and
staffed by a well- trained anddedicated team who care for
the pangolins until they areready for release back into thewild, the Press release said.
The centre also aimsto raise awareness of theplight of the pangolin and to
do so have been tted withinformation signs about thespecies, the wildlife trade
and how the public can help, it said. There are alreadysix pangolins under its care,
which are all victims ofthe wildlife trade and are
receiving treatment for arange of injuries. Annette
Olsson, Scientic TechnicalAdvisor of CIs Greater
Mekong programme saidthat the launch of the facility
gave rescued pangolins hope.Pangolins are often
transported in very cruel
ways by trafckers to avoiddetection by authorities.Sometimes they are kept for
days in plastic bags, withoutfood or water, hidden in smallspaces. Its common for the
animals to die in transit, orafter rescue, due to theseterrible practices, Olsson
said in the statement.Xinhua
Stewardesses provide service for passengers during
a trial trip for journalists from Beijing, capital of
China, on 22 Dec, 2012. China is set to open the
worlds longest high-speed railway on 26 Dec,
linking Beijing and the southern economic centre ofGuangzhou. Ru nning at an average speed of 300 km
per hour, the 2,298-km Beijing-Gu angzhou high-
speed railway will cut travel time between the two
cities to about 8 hours.Xinhua
Cambodia r emoves about 3 million mines,
unexploded ordnances in 2 decadesPhnom Penh, 22 Dec
Cambodia has removed anddestroyed some 3 million
mines and unexplodedordnances in the last twodecades and the country
will completely eliminatelandmines in the next 10
years, a senior ofcial saidon Friday.Heng Ratana, Director
General of Cambodian Mine
Action Centre ( CMAC),said that since 1992 to
date, the center has clearedsome 2. 5 million minesand unexploded ordnances
and the Royal CambodianArmed Forces and non-governmental organizations
have removed about 500,000mines.
We set the target toclear all types of landminesfrom Cambodia in the next10 years, he said, adding
that to realize this goal, thecountry needs an estimated
30 million US dollars a year.The Southeast Asian
nation is one of the worlds
worst countries affected bymines as the result of almostthree decades of war and
internal conicts from themid-1960s until the end of
1998.The ve most mine-laidProvinces are Battambang,Banteay Meanchey, Oddar
Meanchey, Pailin and PreahVihear.Xinhua
ADB provides 251 mln USD loans forsustainable development in Vietnamhano I , 2 2 Dec
The Asian DevelopmentBank (ADB) and the
Vietnamese governmentsigned on Friday threeloan agreements totaling
251 million US dollarsto help Vietnam improveeducation quality, enhance
capacity of the powertransmission network and
improve ood and droughtr i sk management andmitigation.
At the signing ceremony,
ADB Country Director forVietnam Tomoyuki Kimurasaid although Vietnam has
experienced rapid growthover the past two decades,
future growth will dependon a labour force skilledenough to meet the needs
of the job market, a reliableelectricity supply to meetrapidly growing energy
demands, and the countryscapacity to mitigate risksand vulnerabilities posed by
ood and drought.According to ADB,
a 90 million US dollars
concessional loan from theADBs Asian DevelopmentFund (ADF) for the
Second Upper SecondaryEducation DevelopmentProject will focus on
improving readiness of uppersecondary school graduates
for tertiary and vocationalcareer development throughenhancing upper secondary
education quality to meetthe international standards,increasing access and
retention of disadvantagedgroups with a special focuson girl and ethnic minority
students coming from poorand near- poor households.
The second 110.19
million US dollars loanagreement represents thesecond tranche of the 730
million US dollars powertransmission investmentprogramme to Vietnam that
ADB approved in Dec 2011.Xinhua
Soldiers try to
get through a
brook during a
military training
in central
Chinas Henan
Province, on
19 Dec, 2012.
Thousands of
soldiers went
through harsh
environment asthey participated
in the m ilitary
training here.
Xinhua
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Chengdu, 22 DcFiv pop wr kid and
27 injured after a bus fellinto a ravin in southwstChinas Sichuan Provinc on
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at about 9:30 am whn a bus
brok through a guardrai andoverturned off a 47-metre-dp ravin in th Daxian
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Fireghters conduct a rescue operation at the site of
an accident during which a bus fell into a ravine in
the Daxian County of Dazhou City, southwest ChinasSichuan Province, on 20 Dec, 2012. Xinhua
Passengers wait bus in snow in Beijing, capital of
China, on 20 Dec, 2012. A strong cold front senttemperatures down across China and brought heavy
snow to some regions from Wednesday and Thursday,
according to the National Meteorological Centre ofChina.Xinhua
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