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

* 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

* 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

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 12 March — A 260-footbridge was opened on a district-to-district roadin Sagaing Division on 10 March.

Member of the State Peace and Develop-ment Council Lt-Gen Ye Myint unveiled the sign-

260-foot bridge commissioned ondistrict-to-district road in Sagaing Division

board marking the commissioning of the bridgebuilt on Meza Creek at Doepin Village, HtigyiantTownship, Katha District in Saging Division.

The 14-foot wide bridge was built at acost of K 18.7 million allotted by the govern-

ment, said Chairman of Sagaing Division Peaceand Development Council Commander of North-West Command Maj-Gen Tha Aye at the cer-emony.

YANGON, 12 March — Lt-Gen Myint Swe ofthe Ministry of Defence attended a ceremony to donatecash to build a two-storey monastic school in HlinethayaTownship, Yangon North District this afternoon andaccepted the donations.

Present at the cash donation ceremony wereVice-Chairman of the State Sangha Maha NayakaCommittee Dhamikayama Kyaikpyi Sayadaw AggaMaha Pandita Agga Maha Saddhamma Jotika DhajaBhaddanta Gunesana and members of the Sangha,Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Develop-ment Council Commander Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win,Secretary of Yangon Division PDC U Hla Soe, thechairmen of Yangon North District PDC and HlinethayaTownship PDC, responsible personnel and donors.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe accepts cash donationsto build two-storey monastic school

First, the congregation received the Five Pre-cepts from Sayadaw Agga Maha Pandita Agga MahaSaddhamma Jotika Dhaja Bhaddanta Gunesana. Next,Lt-Gen Myint Swe offered alms to members of theSangha.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Myint Swe, Maj-Gen HlaHtay Win, Col Tint Hsan and secretary U Hla Soeaccepted cash donations and presented certificates ofhonour to the donors.

Today’s donations towards the monastic schoolwere K 19,475,000. The congregation then sharedmerits gained.

Upon arrival at United Wood IndustriesCo Ltd, managing director U Zaw Myo Kyaw and

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Lt-Gen Ye Myint unveils the signboard marking the commissioning of the bridge built on Meza Creek at Doepin village,Htigyiant Township, Katha District in Sagaing Division. — MNA

Course instructor Sayadaw UDhammika said “the objectives of opening gratismonastic education classes, are to provideproper education for needy students who can-not afford tuition or private boarding schoolsand to teach them religious culture and moraleducation. Students of any religion can pursuetheir education at the monastery. Since 1996-1997 academic year, gratis education has beenprovided by volunteer teachers. But studentsare permitted to pursue their education at themonastery only after they have passed the en-trance tests and the number of students is lim-ited due to space.”

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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 DesireTuesday, 13 March, 2007

Myanma jade is popular among theworld nations and in high demand.

In Asia, Myanmar is a nation whichproduces and sells quality jade most.Myanma Gems Emporium is held annuallywith the sale of gems and jades includingruby, sapphire and pearl. The 44th MyanmaGems Emporium is being held in Yangon.Up to 11 March, altogether 3158 gem mer-chants at home and abroad arrived inYangon and are attending the gem empo-rium.

With the improvement of the gem in-dustry there has been a great demand forgems and jade. As gems and jade are thenatural resources of the State, those who areengaged in the mining and sale of gems andjade need to strike a balance between theinterests of the State and their own.

The gem miners and gem merchantsare to pay serious attention to environmen-tal conservation and worksite safety. Moreo-ver, they are to put on sale gems and jademined from the blocks at Myanma GemsEmporia held by the State.

As the quality Myanma gems and jadealready have markets, it is more beneficialto put on sale the value-added finished prod-ucts than that of uncut gems and jade.

At a time when the government is tak-ing systematic steps for development of thegem industry, companies, cooperative syn-dicates and individuals are to mine andproduce gems and jade in line with theMyanma Gems Law, rules and regulationsand put on sale gems and jade at MyanmaGems Emporia. Only then, will the Myanmagems industry develop.

Produce and sell moregems and jade

YANGON, 11 March—Gas filling station No 021 ofthe Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise under the Minis-try of Energy at the corner of Ayeyawun road andBago River Road in Dagon Myothit (Seikkan) Town-ship was opened this morning.

Present on the occasion were Chairman of YangonDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Yangon Command Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win andMinister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi and officials.

General Manager of MOGE U Thein Htay re-ported on matters related to the station.

Gas filling station No 021 opened

Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi cut the ribbon to openthe filling station and Commander Maj-Gen Hla HtayWin unveiled its signboard.

The commander, the minister and officials ob-served the facility.

So far, 21 gas filling stations have been opened inYangon City. To meet the fuel requirement of CNG-run vehicles, an order has been placed to importnecessary machines. More CNG stations will be openedaccording to the arrival of the items. Those fillingstations open round the clock.—MNA

YANGON, 11 March — Minister for ElectricPower No 2 Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint and officialsinspected building of 230 KV Hlinethaya-Yaykyi(Athot) power grid in Pantanaw District, AyeyawadyDivision, yesterday.

The minister and party inspected installationof power lines across the Ayeyawaday river and of

Installation of power lines inspected in Ayeyawady Div

power lines at a power grid near Ahtet Kazintawvillage with the use of Puller Machine . The ministercalled for the safety of the worksites. The 230 KVpower grid is a kind of Twin Bundle Single CircuitTransmission Line that supplies more power to Yangonand Ayeyawady Divisions. The minister urged theofficials to expedite the work for completion.—MNA

Nyaungyan Road put into service inShwepaukkan Myothit

YANGON, 11 March —Hailing the 62nd Anni-versary Armed Forces Day, opening ceremony of awater supply facility in Shwepaukkan Myothit Town-ship was held in conjunction with opening ofNyaungyan Road at the junction of Bagan Road andNyaungyan Road in the township this morning.

CEC member of USDA (Yangon Division in-charge) Yangon Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin andVice-Mayor Col Maung Pa, Head of EngineeringDepartment (Water and Sanitation) Dr Tun Than Tun,Secretary of North Okkalapa Township USDA UKyaw Kyaw Soe and officials formally opened taps ofthe pipes and the road.

They sprinkled scented water on the stoneinscription and inspected water supply and the road.

Yangon Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Linand Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa accepted 2,397 USDAmembership applications.

MNA

Hospitals and rural healthcare centres inspectedNAY PYI TAW, 11 March — Accompanied by

departmental officials, Deputy Minister for Health DrMya Oo met with township health committee mem-bers, staff of township health department and mem-bers of social organisations at Madaya TownshipHospital in PyinOoLwin District on 6 March, andurged them to participate in public health care servicesand disease control tasks. Next, he comforted thepatients and fulfilled the needs.

The deputy minister inspected health care serv-ices of Latpanhla rural health care centre in SinguTownship and visited Singu Township Hospital. Atthe hospital, he met local people, hospital staff andmembers of social organisations, and gave necessaryinstructions. — MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint inspects progress of work of 230 KV power gridbuilding in Kazintaw village, Pantanaw District. — MNA

Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin and Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa open the taps of Gyobyu water pipe line in Shwepaukkan. — YCDC

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China’s advisory calls for launching ofnat’l Russian-language paper

BEIJING, 11 March—Amember of China’s topadvisory body on Saturdaycalled for the publicationof a national Russian-language newspaper tohelp Russian-speakingpeople have a betterunderstanding of China.

“With the increasingexchange between Chinaand Russian-speakingcountries, it’s high timewe launch an influentialRussian-language news-paper like China Daily,the only national English-language newspaper in thecountry,” said Li Jingjieat a panel discussionduring the annual sessionof the top advisory body.Li cited China: Economyand Partner, a Russian-language newspaper in thenortheastern HeilongjiangProvince, which bordersRussia. “It is a goodpublication, but has alimited circulation,” saidLi, a research follow withthe Institute of Russian,East European and Central

Asian Studies under theChinese Academy of So-cial Sciences.

Nearly 300 millionpeople in the world speakRussian and most of themliving in the countriesnear China. “The peopleof these countries are eagerto learn about China,but there are not enoughChina-related publi-cations for them,” said Li.

Meanwhile, China has

seen an increasing numberof Russian- speakingvisitors in recent years. In2005, Li said, the numberof the visitors from Russiaalone reached 2.2 million.

“Now, we can seepeople speaking Russiannot only in China’snorthern and westernborder areas, but also inbig cities and scenic spotsin inland provinces.

MNA/Xinhua

German pensioner bins jackpotlottery ticket

BERLIN, 11 March—A79-year-old grandmotherin Germany rescued afortune from oblivion aftershe realized a lottery ticket

she had thrown in the binwas worth more than 13.7million euros (18.02million US dollars).

“She searched and

searched, turned the houseupside down, but couldn’tfind the ticket,” said ElmarBamfaste, a spokesmanfor the WestLotto lotteryin northwestern Germany.“Finally, she looked in therubbish bin, and there itwas. She was lucky.”

Bamfaste said thewoman copied the winningnumbers from her horo-scope in a magazine, andthen forgot about the ticket.She later threw away boththe magazine and the ticket.After WestLotto launcheda media campaign to findthe winner on Monday, theresident of the BergischesLand region in westernGermany realized she hadhit the jackpot.

Three days later, shefound the 11.75 euro ticketthat netted her the 8thhighest lottery win inGerman history.

MNA/Reuters

Stolen diamond shows upin prison shower

Southern Californiabraces for record heatLOS ANGELES, 12 March— A heat wave over the next

three days will push temperatures into the 90sFahrenheit in Southern California, probably breakingrecords, according to the National Weather Service onSaturday. The forecast is the latest twist in a period ofunseasonable weather, with the Southland on pace toexperience its driest year on record. David Sweet, ameteorologist for the weather service, told the LosAngeles Times that its forecast calls for Monday’sprevious record high of 87 in downtown Los Angelesto be broken. Sunday’s record of 93, set in 1916, willbe harder to reach, though it is possible, he said.

Southern California has witnessed abnormal weatherin the past year. Last spring, the coastal gloom gaveway to hot weather that turned blistering in earlysummer. —MNA/Xinhua

People visit the model of the Temple of Heavenat Chateau de Chambord in Loire Valley, France

on 9 March, 2007. The model of the Temple ofHeaven which is made from red sandalwood by

100 skilful craftsmen in 2 years was presented toChateau de Chambord by China Red

Sandalwood Museum. — XINHUA

The Wright Flyer ondisplay at MaxwellAir Force Base in

Montgomery, Ala, isseen on 7 March,2006.— INTERNET

ORANGE, 12 March—A$25,000 diamond wasfound stuck in a showerdrain at the prison housingthe man accused ofstealing it two years ago.

Bret Allen Langford,39, allegedly asked theowner of a Jewelry Ex-press store to show him a2-carat colourless dia-mond in April 2005.Langford then grabbed thediamond and sped away,said sheriff’s spokesmanJim Amormino.

Langford was arrestedshortly after but the policedid not retrieve thediamond. Langford was

charged with commercialburglary and, after severaltransfers, ended up at TheoLacy Branch Jail in Orange,where he awaited trial. Thisweek, an investigatorrepresenting Langfordtold jail officials to searchthe jailhouse drains ifthey wanted to find thediamond. Officials dis-covered the rock wedgedin a screen beneath one ofthe facility’s shower stalls.

Authorities said Lang-ford told them he stolethe diamond and swallow-ed and regurgitated therock each time he wastransferred. But 14 months

ago, just as Langford wasabout to be searched hethrew the diamond into ashower stall and it fell downthe drain.

Amormino suspectsLangford came forward aspart of a bargain he madewith prosecutors. FarrahEmami, a spokeswomanfor the Orange Countydistrict attorney’s office,would not confirm such adeal. Langford’s trial is setto begin 7 May and thediamond is expected to bea featured piece ofevidence. Then it will becleaned and returned to thestore.—Internet

People enjoy the sunshine as they sit on a bankof the canal Landwehrkanal in Berlin

on 11 March, 2007. — INTERNET

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LONDON, 11 March—A British woman awarded£48 million ($92.7million) in a landmarkdivorce settlement lastyear was tied up androbbed of jewelry at herhome in Kent, southeastEngland, according topolice and media reportson Sunday.

Beverley Chapman,53, was alone on Saturdayevening when a maskedrobber carrying a gunforced his way into herSevenoaks home.

Police said severalhundred thousand poundsof jewelry was stolen inthe raid which occurred ataround 9.40 pm.

LIMA, 12 March —Bolivian specialized anti-drug forces have seized250 kilos of drugs insouthwestern Bolivia,according to the reportsarriving here from La Pazon Saturday.

About 175 kilos ofcocaine and 75 kilos ofmarijuana, valued at 1million US dollars, have

HONG KONG, 12March— A moderateearthquake with a pre-liminary magnitude of 5.6shook northern JapanSunday, according toHong Kong radio’s report.

BAGHDAD, 11 March—A US Marine was killedwhile conducting combatoperations in the westernAnbar Province, the USmilitary said on Saturday.

A Marine, assigned toMultiNational Force-West, was killed onFriday, the military said

TEHERAN, 11 March —Iran has renewed its offerof opening the gates of itsnuclear facilities for for-eign tourists to show thepeaceful nature of itsnuclear programme, theofficial IRNA newsagency reported onSaturday.

Akbar Ghamkhar,chairman of Teheran’sTourism Union, told IRNA

An Indian Air Force (IAF) skydiving team displaystheir skills during IAF platinum jubilee

celebrations in Allahabad, on 11 March , 2007. INTERNET

An Indonesian worker cuts the wreckage of a plane from Indonesia’s statecarrier Garuda Indonesia at Adisucipto airport in Yogyakarta

on 11 March, 2007. —INTERNET

Spanish matador Enrique Ponce performs a pass

during a bullfighting festival at Coso de los

Califas bullring in Cordoba on 10 March , 2007.

XINHUA

Iran renews offer of nuclear toursfor foreigners

Friday on the sidelines ofthis year’s ITB tourismfair in Berlin that theIranian Government haspaved the way for foreigntourists to visit its nuclearinstallations.

It would be a chancefor foreigners to witnessfirsthand Iran’s peacefulnuclear activities, headded.

Iran’s state media re-

ported last year thatIranian President Mah-moud Ahmadinejad hadgiven permission forforeign tourists to visit thecountry’s nuclear facili-ties, a move aimed atproving peaceful nature ofIran’s nuclear program-me.

But so far no foreigntourists have reportedlyvisited those nuclear

facilities. Early last month, Iran

showed its uraniumconversion factory (UCF)in central city of Isfahanto envoys from the Non-Aligned Movement(NAM) troika and Group77 states.

The NAM envoysinclude Cuban, Malaysianand Egyptian ambas-sadors to the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency(IAEA), while the Groupof 77 envoys are fromSudan and Bolivia.

It was widely believedthat the trip was intendedto show that Iran’sdisputed nuclear program-me is peaceful and not acover for nuclear bombmaking.

MNA/Xinhua

250 kilos of drugs seized in Boliviabeen seized in an anti-drugoperation carried out onFriday in the PotosiProvince bordering Chile,the Bolivian News Agencyreported.

Over 4,200 suspecteddrug traffickers have beenarrested during the lastyear, and 120 tons of drugshave been seized by theBolivian specialized anti-

drug forces, according tothe Bolivian Army.

Sitting in the noto-rious ”Silver Triangle”area of South America,Bolivia is one of the threelargest drug-planting andproducing bases in LatinAmerica, with 30,000hectares coca-plantedland.

MNA/Xinhua

Moderate earthquake hits JapanThe 4:09 pm (0709

GMT) quake was centredoff the eastern coast ofJapan’s main northernisland of Hokkaido at adepth of about 30kilometres (19 miles)

under the ocean floor.There were no danger

of a tsunami, it said. Hokkaido is about 829

kilometres (518 miles)northwest of Tokyo.

MNA/Xinhua

US Marine killed in western Iraqin a brief statement.

Since the US-led warin Iraq broke out in March2003, about 3,190 USsoldiers have been killedin the country, accordingto media count based onPentagon figures.

The latest militaryannouncement came as

representatives fromIraq’s neighbours and thepermanent members ofthe UN Security Councilare expected to holdmeeting at the ForeignMinistry building todiscus the crisis in Iraqlater in the day.

MNA/Xinhua

$92m divorce woman robbedat gunpoint

“The police werealerted after the woman’sson came home at 10 pmand found her,” a KentPolice spokeswoman said.

“No violence was usedand she was not injured inthe incident.”

Police said the robber’sweapon may have beenan imitation or ball-bearing gun.

Charman was awardedthe multi-million poundpayout last August in whatis believed to be Britain’s

largest ever contesteddivorce settlement.

Last week her ex-husband, insurance un-derwriter John Charman,54, went to the Court ofAppeal seeking to cut thesettlement to 20 millionpounds.

The final ruling islikely to be studied closelyby lawyers negotiating thedivorce pay-off betweenPaul McCartney and hisestranged wife HeatherMills.—Internet

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India to promote tea-tasting tourism BERLIN, 12 March —If

Europe has wine-tastingtourism, India’s answer tothat is a tea-testing touristcircuit.

That, along withholding internationalconferences, is the newarea India plans to focuson as it seeks to boost in-bound tourism in thecoming years, Tourism andCulture Minister AmbikaSoni has said here.

There are plans todevelop tea-tasting cir-cuits similar to the wine-tasting tours offered inEurope, she said at a Pressconference here.

Convention tourism isanother area which thegovernment is keen todevelop as it holds greatpotential in India, Soni, whowas here to launch “IndiaIncredible” campaign at theInternational TourismExchange, said.

At present, India’sshare is only about 8 percent of the annual globalbusiness of 280 millionUS dollars generated byconvention tourism.

Outlining the measurestaken by the governmentand the industry topromote tourism sector,

Soni said hotel capacitywill be significantlyimproved with theaddition of 100,000 newbeds planned for thecurrent year. Liberali-zation of aviation sectorand 100 per cent foreigninvestments allowed intourism sector areexpected to attract moreforeign investments intothe country, she said.

Current efforts todiversify tourist attrac-tions by offering newproducts such as adven-ture tourism, wellness

tourism, medical tourismand golf tourism will havea positive effect on foreigntourist arrivals as well ason domestic tourism, sheadded.

India’s tourismpromotion campaign asthe “Partner Nation” at theInternational TourismExchange in Berlin hashelped to generate a stronginterest in the country’stourism offers among thetrade visitors from aroundthe world as well as amongthe German public.

MNA/PTI

A photo released by the Institut Polaire Francais Paul Emile Victor (IPEV) inJanuary 2007 shows an iceberg in Antarctica. UN Secretary- General BanKi-moon has said recently that global warming posed the same threat to

humanity as war and warned of an “unconscionable legacy” being left forfuture generations. — INTERNET

A model displays her hair-style during the International Festival of hair andbeauty, in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, on 11 March, 2007. — INTERNET

A man walks in snow in Neelum Valley some77 km (48 miles) northeast of Muzaffarabad the

capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir on11 March , 2007. — INTERNET

China’s Shengli oilfieldincreases offshore oil

production BEIJING, 11 March — Shengli oilfield, China’s

second largest, targets 2.25 million tons of offshore oilproduction this year, an increase of 92,000 tons overlast year.

Controlled by the China Petroleum and ChemicalCorporation (Sinopec), the oilfield is located in theBohai area off the coast of eastern Shandong Province.

The company will rely more on offshore fields forproduction as its onshore field dwindles after decadesof drilling, sources with the company said Wednesday.

The company did not specify what percentage oftotal production comes from offshore fields.

Shengli has an estimated 1.2 billion tons of shallow-water oil reserves, with 550 million tons of proven andcontrolled reserves.— MNA/Xinhua

Abu Dhabi’s tourism sector harvests $2.37b in 2006 Tanzanian nationaldebt rises to $7,188m

DAR-ES-SALAM, 11March—Tanzania’s debtburden, external anddomestic combined, rose to7,188.5 million US dollarsin December last year, upfrom 7,033.2 million dollarsin September the same year,according to the latest reportby the Bank of Tanzaniaavailable on Friday.

The debt burden roseby 2.2 per cent, said thereport. Debt servicingamounted to 9.8 milliondollars in the quarterending in December whilethe preceding quarterwitnessed a debt service

payment of 12.7 milliondollars, according to thebank report.

Most of the country’sdebt was external accoun-ting for upwards of 85 percent of the debt total whiledomestic debts wrappedup the remainder.

Tanzania’s debt owingto multilateral lendersaccounted for more than65 per cent of the totalexternal debt whilebilateral creditors andcommercial and suppliercreditors accounted for theremaining external debts.

MNA/Xinhua

ABU DHABI, 11 March— The tourism sector ofAbu Dhabi, the capital ofthe United Arab Emirates(UAE), harvested arevenue of 8.68 billiondirhams (2.37 billion USdollars) in 2006, localnewspaper Gulf Newsreported on Saturday.

According to the re-port, international touristarrivals in Abu Dhabigrew 12 per cent to 1.35million in 2006 from 1.21million in 2005.

In 2006, the tourismsector’s contribution tothe Abu Dhabi’s grossdomestic product (GDP)hit 2.9 per cent.

“But if you onlycalculate the non-oil GDP,tourism sector’s contri-bution stands at 7.1 percent,” Mubarak Al Mu-hairi, director-general of

the Abu Dhabi TourismAuthority, was quoted assaying. Abu Dhabi has anambitious plan for itstourism industry, aimingto be a high-end destinationby attracting high spenders.

“We do not want AbuDhabi to be a massdestination. It will be a

destination of culture,heritage and museums.Culture and ecotourismwill be the two keyattractions in our overalltourism master plan,” AlMuhairi said.

Abu Dhabi signed anagreement with France onTuesday to build Louvre

Abu Dhabi Museum onits Saadiyat Island.

Besides the 24,000-square-metre Louvre AbuDhabi, four additionalmuseums will be built onthe island, which isenvisioned to be a world-class cultural destination.

MNA/Xinhua

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BERLIN, 12 March —The European Union’sadoption of measures tofight climate change thisweek could set an examplefor the United States,China and India, GermanChancellor Angela Mer-kel said on Saturday.

Under Germany’spresidency, EU leaders seta binding target on Fridayfor renewable sources tomake up 20 per cent of EUenergy consumption by2020 and agreed to cutgreenhouse gas emissionsby the same amount in thesame period.

“We think that Europecould set an example for

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez (R) receivesmilitary honours upon his arrival in the flood-

ravaged city of Trinidad, some 400 km (248 miles)northeast of the Bolivian capital La Paz,

on 10 March , 2007 . — XINHUA

Protesters chant slogans at a demonstration against free trade agreement(FTA) talks between South Korea and the United States in Seoul,

on 10 March , 2007. — XINHUA

Relatives tour the interior of the Madrid trainbombing memorial in central Madrid

on 11 March , 2007. — XINHUA

Merkel says EU can be green modelfor US, India, China

others to implement moreattractive and betterclimate protection goals,”Merkel said in her inweekly video “podcast”available for download onher Internet site.

“By this I mean, forexample, the United Statesand developing countriesIndia and China. We wantto discuss this at the G-8summit in Heiligendammin June.”

In addition to its six-month EU presidencywhich runs until July,Germany is president ofthe Group of Eight (G-8)club of industrializednations for the entire year.

Merkel has focused onclimate change in bothpresidencies.

The new EU targetswill form the basis of the27-nation bloc's negoti-ating position for aninternational agreement toextend the Kyoto Protocolon climate change andemissions reductiontargets past 2012.

The EU producesabout 14 per cent of theworld's greenhouse gasemissions, while theUnited States, the world'slargest polluter, producessome 25 per cent.

US President GeorgeW. Bush pulled the UnitedStates out of the KyotoProtocol in 2001.

MNA/Reuters

SAO PAULO , 11 March— US President GeorgeW Bush said here onFriday that his countryplans to reduce by 20 percent the consumption ofgasoline in 10 years.

Bush made the

BAGHDAD, 12 March — The top Iranian officialattending a regional conference on Iraq said on Saturdayhe had no one-to-one talks with US officials but he didcall for a withdrawal of US forces and rejected chargesof interference.

“There were no one-to-one meetings, everythingwas in the framework of the meeting,” Abbas Araghchi,Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and InternationalAffairs, told a news conference after the one-dayconference in Baghdad.

“There were no direct talks between us and theAmericans,” Araghchi said.

Asked if he had direct talks with the Iranians, USAmbassador Zalmay Khalilzad told an earlier newsconference: “I did talk to them directly and in thepresence of others. We engaged across the table aswell.”

Iraq called Saturday's meeting to enlist the supportof neighbours to achieve peace in Iraq but it was alsoclosely watched as a rare opportunity for US andIranian officials to sit down together as tension growsover Iran’s nuclear aims.

Araghchi said foreign forces were fuelling a cycleof bloodshed in Iraq.

Their presence was used to justify violence, and inturn the violence was used to justify the presence offoreign forces.— MNA/Reuters

NEW DELHI, 12 March— At least nine peoplewere killed and 30 othersinjured after a mini truckoverturned in east Indianstate of Orissa Sundayafternoon, Indo-AsianNews Service reported.

The truck with 39people on board overturednear a village namedTalmenda in Orissa'sBargarh District, about400 kilometres from thestate capital Bhubane-swar, at about 1:00 pm,local police said.

Six were killed at thespot while three othersdied at hospital, saidAnanda Barjan Guru, apolice officer. Among theinjured, 18 were in seriousconditions, he said. Thepassengers were returningfrom a wedding party.

MNA/Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 12March —Two peopleaboard a small plane werekilled when the aircraftcrashed in the MidwestUS state of Indiana Fri-day evening, US mediareported Saturday.

The two-engine plane

Nine killedin traffic

accident ineast India

Bush says US plans to reduce20% gas consumption by 2017

remarks in Brazil, the firststop on his eighth trip toLatin America, which alsoincludes visits to Uruguay,Colombia, Guatemala andMexico.

Bush said the UnitedStates also plans to

increase the productionof alternative fuels to 35billion gallons by 2017,which is seven times theamount currently pro-duced in his country.

In January, Bush calledon US Congress to requirethe annual use of 35 billiongallons (132 billion litres)of ethanol and otheralternative fuels such asbiodiesel by 2017, a five-fold increase over currentrequirements.

To help meet the goal,the President also ispushing research intomaking ethanol frommaterial such as woodchips and switchgrass.

MNA/Xinhua

Two killed in small planecrash in US

crashed in rain and fog eastof Lansing MunicipalAirport in Munster, a townin northwestern Indiana.

The Beechcraft Baron,registered to SL AirInternational based inthe Chicago suburb ofHinsdale, had taken off

moments earlier, reportssaid.

The Federal AviationAdministration and theNational TransportationSafety Board were in-vestigating the cause of thecrash.

MNA/Reuters

Iran says no one-to-onetalks with US

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Kalay developing in all aspects

I paid a visit to Kalay recently. Geographically,

Kalay lies at the foot of Chin mountain range in the

northwest of Myanmar. It is an ancient city.

According to Myanmar history, Kalay was first

built on 5th Wanning of Tabodwe 328 ME (Sunday). So

it is now 1,040 years old. Kalay was built in the time of

King Kunsaw Kyaungbyu in Bagan Period. The site of

old city wall and moat can still be seen there. It was said

that Kalay was rebuilt for four times — in 328 ME, 999

ME, 1123 ME and 1251 ME.

Kalay rebuilt in 1251 (Colonial period) was

reduced to ashes due to the British bombings in WWII.

It had to be rebuilt after WWII.

I last visited Kalay more than 20 years ago. But

it is very different now and it is developing with religious

edifices such as pagodas, stairways and monasteries.

The number of Buddhist monks has increased in the

town as Pariyatti (the study of the three repositories of

Buddhist Scriptures) can be studied at such Pariyatti

Monasteries as Maha Withokdayon, Thantayon,

Taungphila and TatU. It is heartening to see Buddhism

flourishing in the town which is progressing with a

network of roads, markets and modern brick houses.

It was also a great pleasure for me to visit

Naytha Monastery on Bogyoke Street in Nyaungbintha

Ward where Township Sangha Nayaka Committee Office

is situated. As soon as I entered the monastery compound,

I saw bikes and motorbikes being parked in order. I

thought there was a meeting but I heard students learning

their lessons in the classrooms. Free education under the

name of Naytha Gratis Education was being provided for

8th, 9th and 10th standard students.

Course instructor Sayadaw U Dhammika said

“the objectives of opening gratis monastic education

classes are to provide proper education for needy students

who cannot afford tuition or private boarding schools and

to teach them religious culture and moral education.

Students of any religion can pursue their education at the

monastery. Since 1996-1997 academic year, gratis

education has been provided by volunteer teachers. But

students are permitted to pursue their education at the

monastery only after they have passed the entrance tests

and the number of students is limited due to space.”

I leant that there has been a total of 1,265 students

who passed the matriculation within 10 years thanks to

the Naytha Gratis Education Classes. It could train 10

students to enter the Institute of Medicine and other

students to attend various universities such as University

of Pharmacy, Institute of Nursing, University of

Traditional Medicine, Institute of Marine Technology

and Maritime University, DSA, University of Education

and arts and science universities. There are 137

matriculation students, 140 ninth standard students and

150 eighth standard students in 2006-2007 academic

year.

The students have to take tests to improve their

grades. Gratis education is provided under the motto of

“Learn, undergo training and follow discipline”.

Therefore, it is heartening to see the following table

showing pass rate of students in the matriculation exam.

I last visited Kalay more than 20 years ago. But it is very different now

and it is developing with religious edifices such as pagodas, stairways and

monasteries. The number of Buddhist monks has increased in the town as

Pariyatti (the study of the three repositories of Buddhist Scriptures) can be

studied at such Pariyatti Monasteries as Maha Withokdayon, Thantayon,

Taungphila and TatU. It is heartening to see Buddhism flourishing in the

town which is progressing with a network of roads, markets and modern

brick houses.

Sayadaw U Dhammika himself tried to obtain

a degree in BA and started free education classes. If there

are more free monastic education schools in our country,

it will help more students pursue their education.

Naytha Monastery not only provides education

gratis but also donates blood to needy patients by

forming a blood donor association named 'Thitsa

Jivitadana'. It has also formed an association for free

funeral services named 'Kayakan Myitta'. I write this

article to hail and honour Kalay for its development in all

aspects.

Translation: ST

Kyemon: 12-3-2007

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Htay Lwin (Salingyi)

YANGON, 12March —A fire broke outat Khema Zeya Street inMamann Ward, Bago at11 am yesterdaydestroying four houses.Regarding this, theauthorities concerned wereproviding basic needsincluding rice and edibleoil to the fire victims.

Likewise, a house

Fires break out in Bago,Kamayut

on Thirimingala Lane inWard 8, Kamayut, YangonDivision caught fire whichstarted from a lightedcandle this morning.

The upper part ofthe house and somebelongings were gutted bythe fire. The firemen rushedto the scene and were ableto put out the fire.

MNA

Booth of Myanmar

Paddy Producers

Association at the

16th Annual

General Meeting of

UMFCCI.

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Passrate (%)

1 1996-1997 170 110 65

2 1997-1998 170 121 70

3 1998-1999 70 150 85

4 1999-2000 238 195 81

5 2000-2001 161 158 98

6 2001-2002 146 104 71

7 2002-2003 117 82 70

8 2003-2004 128 112 87

9 2004-2005 122 106 86

10 2005-2006 140 127 91

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 13 March, 2007

NAY PYI TAW, 12 March — Dr Than Nyun,Vice-Chairman of University Council of the Universityfor Development of National Races and Chairman ofCentral Management Committee, Chairman of CivilService Selection and Training Board, hosted dinnerto the trainees who had completed the courses of one-year BEd No 16, two-year BEd No 2, four-year BEdNo 38, teachership training No 5 and JAT No 16 on theuniversity campus on 8 March.

Present on the occasion were Chairman of theUniversity Council of the UDNR Commander of North-West Command Maj-Gen Tha Aye and wife, membersof CSSTB U Aung Myint and U Soe Oo, the director-

UDNR holds workcoord meeting

NAY PYI TAW, 12 March — A work coordinationmeeting of the University for Development of NationalRaces was held at the meeting hall of the university on8 March.

Present on the occasion were Chairman of theUniversity Council of the UDNR Commander of North-West Command Maj-Gen Tha Aye, Chairman of CentralBoard for Trainees Scrutiny Chairman of Civil ServiceSelection and Training Board Dr Than Nyun, CSSTBmembers, the director-general of Civil Service Selectionand Training Department, the director-general of CivilAffairs Department, the rector of Central Institute ofCivil Service (Upper Myanmar), the rector of UDNRand delegates to the state and division PDCs.

First, Commander Maj-Gen Tha Aye made aspeech on the occasion, saying that the states anddivisions should correctly select trainees and send themto the university so that they would become qualifiededucation service personnel and then could serve theinterest of the State and their regions. The states anddivisions are to provide the trainees with necessaryassistance during the academic year.

Next, CSSTB Chairman Dr Than Nyun made aspeech on the occasion. Afterwards, Rector U Zaw MinThein briefed Commander Maj-Gen Tha Aye on selectionof the trainees, lectures and training, further studies foroutstanding students and necessary assistance for thetrainees. The decisions were made following the discussionsof the delegates to the state and division PDCs. The meetingended with concluding remarks. — MNA

Dinner of 16th Convocation of UDNR held

(from page 1)As an important

facility on the No 3 district-to-district road, the bridgewill help facilitate trans-port of people from anumber of villages in thearea. Its load-bearing ca-pacity is 13 tons.

Thanks to the har-monious efforts of theTownship DevelopmentAffairrs Committee andlocal people, the bridge wascompleted earlier than theschedule, he said.

The nation nowhas over 64,000 miles ofroads, up from over 21,000miles in 1988, he said, add-ing, the number of majorbridges including 20 river-crossing bridges hasreached 221. In 1988, therewere only five bridges on

260-foot bridge commissioned…Ayeyawady, Chindwin,Thanlwin and SittoungRivers.

The governmenthas been implementing spe-cial programmes for pro-portionate development ofall the states and divisions.The nation has witnessedsignificant development ineconomic, transport, farm-ing, health and educationsectors thanks to the effortsof the government to en-sure equitable develop-ment in all states and divi-sions, he said.

As transport facili-tation plays a vital role inregional development, thegovernment has been build-ing and upgrading village-to-village, town-to-townand district-to-districtroads, highways, bridges

large and small, railroads,ports and airports. Of the4500 people attending theceremony, a person, on be-half of his region, thankedthe government.

An official ofTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee pre-sented commemorativepennants to Lt-Gen YeMyint and Maj-Gen ThaAye. The commander pre-sented gifts to members ofthe pom pom dance troupes.The commander and offi-cials formally opened thebridge.

Also present at theceremony were senior mili-tary officers, officials ofSPDC and departments,local authorities and socialorganizations.

MNA

(from page 1)chairman of managementcommittee of Shwepyithaindustrial zone-5 U MyaMaung conducted Lt-Gen

Lt-Gen Myint Swe accepts…Myint Swe around the pro-duction process of finishedwood and furniture. Theindustry exports finishedwood and furniture to Bel-

gium, Holland, England,France, Italy and Thailand.

After Lt-GenMyint Swe had given nec-essary instructions, he leftin the evening.

MNA

general of Civil Service Selection and TrainingDepartment, the director-general of Civil AffairsDepartment, the rector of Central Institute of CivilService (Upper Myanmar), the rector of UDNR, UCmembers, guests and the trainees.

First, the chairman and vice-chairman cordiallygreeted the trainees. During the dinner, songs to upliftUnion spirit and national integrity were presented tothose present. After the dinner, the trainees performedtraditional dances and songs.

Next, the chairman and vice-chairman handeda basket of flowers and cash award to the trainees.

MNA

The trainees of respective BEd courses performing traditional dances and songs at the dinner to mark 16th Convocation of UDNR. — MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence accepts cash donation tobuild a two-storey monastic school in Hlinethaya Township. — MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Tha Aye addresses opening ceremony of Meza Creek (Doepin Village)Bridge in Htigyiant. — MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 13 March, 2007 9

(from page 16)Supply Board Col Khin Maung Soe, the managingdirector of Myanma Electric Power Enterprise, depart-mental officials at division and district levels and localpeople.

First, Director U Than Hlaing of Electric PowerSupply Project (South) reported to the commandersand minister on the condition of 73 mile long of 230power grid. The length of power line crossingAyeyawady river is 1.36 mile. A total of 319 towers areincluded along the power grid. Its kind is 230 KV TwinBundle Single Circuit Transmission Line.

Next, the commanders and the minister madespeeches on the occasion. Afterwards, Minister Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint presented cash award toservice personnel who participated in the constructionof the power grid through Director U Than Hlaing ofElectric Power Supply Project (South). —MNA

Advanced Management Course … Construction of Yekyi 230KV Power… (from page 16)

He spoke of the need for USDA members to ensurethe participation of USDA in the nation-building taskreviewing the lofty aims, fundamental principles andattitudes of the association and history of the past, thepresent and the future and international situations.

It is heartening to note that the association laysdown future programmes every year to participate inthe nation-building tasks as a national force.

Tasks based on the future programmes were im-plemented in various parts of the country. Altogether24 million USDA members hand in hand with othersocial organizations of the same belief and aims aretaking part in the national endeavours, he added.

The increasing number of the USDA membersneed qualifications to serve the interest of the people.This is why the members are being trained to bequalified ones, he said.

Nowadays, the government, the Tatmadaw andthe people are making endeavours for the emergenceof a new discipline-flourishing democratic nation.

As is known to all, any buildings will not lastlonger without firm foundations. Therefore, efforts arebeing made for stability of the State, strong economyof the State and human resource development. Achieve-ments have been made due to the correct policy andpractical efforts with goodwill and there is now peaceand stability and progress in the nation, he said.

USDA members are to participate in the 24 specialregions project, border areas development project andrural development project with greater momentum, headded. He said national people have been living inunity in the country for years countable by the thou-sand. Only when efforts based on patriotism are to bemade for the nation and the people will the success beachieved.

As the seven-step Road Map of the State is beingimplemented, all the members of the association are to

take part in it in cooperation with the people for itssuccess. Today's changes and developments of theState are due to the efforts of the people and thegovernment.

However, some internal and external organiza-tions, are ignoring the prevailing conditions, exag-gerating Myanmar affairs and inventing fabricatednews. And they are instigating to cause unrest in thecountry under the pretext of social and economicmatters of Myanmar. So, all the people are to beaware of that, the Secretary-General said. Moreover,some big powers are trying to put various kinds ofpressure on Myanmar and incite the people to haveanti-government sentiment in order to cause instabil-ity of the State. Myanmar had to face tragic and bitterexperiences in 1988 due to the instigation underdemocracy and human rights pretext. But some areattempting to incite public unrest again instead oftaking lessons in 1988. Now is the time when Myanmaris developing significantly as the market-orientedsystem has been adopted. State-owned factories,workshops and shops have become private-ownedones. He noted if there caused instability of the State,such facilities would be destroyed and thus thrivingnational economy would be stagnant. Therefore, it isimportant to convince the people of the goodwillefforts of the government.

In conclusion, all the trainees are to serve theinterest of the people though application of experi-ences gained from the course, to try to ensure the ever-flourishing of patriotism, to actively participate innation-building tasks in accord with the future workprogrammes of the association and to take part in thesuccessful implementation of the seven-step RoadMap in collaboration with the people.

After the ceremony, Secretary-General U Htay Oogreeted the trainees. A total of 201 trainees attendedthe four-week course. — MNA

YANGON, 12 March — Media Star Companydonated cash to Union Solidarity and DevelopmentAssociation. The cash donation ceremony was held atUSDA’s headquarters, and Managing Director UTun Shwe of Media Star Co explained the purpose ofdonation and handed over K 1 million to Secretary-General of USDA U Htay Oo.

U Htay Oo presented a certificate of honour tohim.— MNA

Media Star Co donatescash to USDA

Myanmar delegationleaves for Indonesia

NAY PYI TAW, 12 March—A delegation led byMinister for Education Dr Chan Nyein yesterday lefthere to attend the 42nd Conference of ASEAN Educa-tion Ministers Council and the second ASEAN Educa-tion Ministers Meeting in Indonesia. They were seen off at the airport by Minister forIndustry-2 Maj-Gen Saw Lwin, Minister for HealthDr Kyaw Myint, Deputy Minister for Education UMyo Nyunt and departmental officials.

The delegation was accompanied by RectorDr Myo Myint of Yangon University of ForeignLanguages.

MNA

YANGON, 12 March — Members of the panelof alternate chairmen of the National Convention Ple-nary Session met at the meeting hall of the NationalConvention Convening Work Committee inKyaikkasan ground here this morning.

Present at the meeting were NCCWC Secre-tary U Thaung Nyunt, Joint Secretary-1 U Khin MaungMyint, Joint Secretary-2 Dr Thaung Myint, commit-tee member U Ba Han, members of panel of alternatechairmen of the National Convention Plenary SessionDr Maung Maung Wint, U Myo Thant (Maung HsuShin), U Saw Philip (a) U Philip Hsam, U Maung Gyi,U Maung Hla (a) U Hla Myint, U Kan Nyunt, U KyawWin Tun, U Tin Kha and Dr Ma Nam Tuja, membersof the work committee office.

Speaking on the occasion, U Thaung Nyuntsaid NCCWC Chairman U Aung Toe explained de-

Members of panel of alternate chairmen ofNational Convention Plenary Session meet

Secretary-General of USDA U Htay Ooaccepts cash presented by U Tun Shwe of

Media Star Company.— MNA

tailed basic principles for the Chapters “Election; Po-litical Parties; Provision on State of Emergency;Amendment of the Constitution; State Flag, State Seal,National Anthem and the Capital; Transitory Provi-sions; and General Provisions” at the National Con-vention Plenary Session held from 10 October to 29December 2006. Regarding that, the eight delegategroups of the National Convention submitted theirproposal papers to the Plenary Session. Today’s meet-ing was held for the members of the panel of alternatechairmen in order to present their findings of the pro-posal papers and compile papers at the NC PlenarySession when it resumes. To do so, the NCCWC hasformed a supporting group. At the second session,the members of the panel of alternate chairmen ana-lyzed the proposal papers submitted by the eight del-egate groups and compiled them. — MNA

Secretary of National Convention Convening Work Committee U Thaung Nyunt addresses workcoordination meeting of Members of panel of alternate chairmen of NCPS.— MNA

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YANGON, 12 March— Forty-seven lots of gemwere sold today throughthe tender at the44th Myanma GemsEmporium at MyanmaGems Mart on KabaAyePagoda Road.

A total of 3308 gemmerchants at home andabroad gathered at the

47 gem lots sold at MyanmaGems Emporium

emporium today.Jade lots will be sold

through the tender andcompetitive biddingsystem at MyanmarConvention Centre inMayangon Townshipfrom 13 to 20 March.

Patron of MyanmaGems Emporium CentralCommittee Minister for

Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myintvisited the Myanma GemsMart today and greeted thegem merchants.

Patron of MyanmaGems Emporium CentralCommittee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin alsovisited the MyanmarConvention Centre today.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Ohn Myint greets local and foreign gemmerchants at Myanma Gems Mart.— MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi meets with Indian AmbassadorMr Bhaskar Kumar Mitra and Mr R S Butola of OVL Company.

ENERGY

Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun speaks at opening of proficiency course No 2/2007.—F&R

Brig-Gen Than Htay accepts cash donation forsummer courses at Thayawady District USDA

office.— MNA

YANGON, 12 March — Myanmar WomenEntrepreneurs Association will stage an exhibition tomark its 12th founding anniversary.

The exhibtion is scheduled to be held from 6 to 8April at Tatmadaw Convention Hall on U WisaraRoad here. Textile and cotton, handicrafts, traditionalfoodstuff and medicines, cosmetics, pearls and productsof local factories will be exhibited.

MWEA’s exhibition on 6-8 AprilThe holding of the exhibition is aimed at enhancing

the cooperation and friendship and improving theefficiency of members of the association.

The association met the press at its office inDagon Township today, and Vice-President of theassociation Daw Nu Nu Yi explained matters relatedto the exhibition.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12March — Mr BhaskarKumar Mitra, IndianAmbassador to Myanmar,and Mr R S Butola,Managing Director of OVLCompany of the Republic

Energy Minister receivesIndian Ambassador

of India, called on Brig-Gen Lun Thi, Minister forEnergy, at the minister’soffice here on 9 March.

Also present at thecall were DeputyMinister Brig-Gen Than

Htay, Director-General USoe Myint of EnergyPlanning Department,Managing-DirectorU MyintKyi of Myanma Oil andGas Enterprise and offi-cials concerned.— MNA

NAY PYI TAW,12March— A total of 58trainees of the Ministry ofFinance and Revenue hasreceived proficiency skillsfor office work atProficiency Course No2/2007 of the ministry.

The four-week

Finance & Revenue Ministryopens proficiency course

course was opened at theministry here today with anaddress by Finance andRevenue Minister Maj-GenHla Tun.

Also present wereDeputy Minister Col HlaThein Swe, Governor ofCentral Bank of

Myanmar U Kyaw KyawMaung, directors-general and managingdirectors of thedepartments andenterprises under theministry, courseinstructors and trainees.

MNA

Textbooks donated to villageprimary school

YANGON, 11 March— Under the aegis ofBago Division (West)Union Solidarity andDevelopment Asso-ciation, a ceremony topresent textbooks for2007 was held at Belet

Village in ShwedaungTownship on 10 March.

CEC member ofUSDA Deputy Ministerfor Energy Brig-Gen ThanHtay spoke on theoccasion.

Organizer Daw NiNi Khaing presentedtextbooks to HeadmasterU Naing Win Aung ofBelet Village BasicEducation PrimarySchool and HeadmistressDaw Myint Myint Aye ofPotheindan Village BEPSrespectively.

Similar ceremonieswere held in PyinpinkaingVillage and MyepadethaVillage in Pyay.

USDA CEC memberBrig-Gen Than Htayexplained future tasks,organizational matters andconducting summercourses. He presented cashfor the courses.

Similar ceremornieswere held in villages inPaungde, Letpadan andThayawady. The CECmember met with USDAmembers.—MNA

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A Pakistani warship leads multi-national naval ships during exercise Aman07in the Arabian Sea near Karachi on 8 March, 2007. — XINHUA

A Kashmiri wildlife official holds a new born bearcub found in a park in Srinagar,on 11 March , 2007.The wildlife officials said that they found two newlyborn bear cubs while working on the extension of a

public park in Srinagar. — INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 12 March — The Chinese ambassador on Saturday told asecurity conference here that the world should help war-torn Iraq to achievestability, peace and development.

Seven killed in attackssouth of Baghdad

BAGHDAD, 12 March — Seven people, includingfive policemen, were killed and five others woundedin two incidents in a town south of Baghdad onSunday, police source said.

A roadside bomb detonated when experts fromthe Iraqi police were trying to defuse it on the mainroad in the town of Mussaiyab, some 80 kilometressouth of Baghdad, on Sunday morning, the sourcetold Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The blast killed five police experts and woundedfive others, the source added. — MNA/Xinhua

LUSAKA, 12 March — France will this yearcancel a 9-million-US-dollar debt Malawi has owedto it, according to Nation Online of Malawi.

DAR-ES-SALAAM, 12 March — Tanzania exported less traditional crops in thethird quarter of last year as compared with the corresponding period in 2005.

Int’l conference onadoption kicks off in

KathmanduKATHMANDU, 12 March — The first International

Conference on Inter-country adoption kicked offSunday in the Nepali capital Kathmandu.

The three-day conference was attended by 150representatives from 15 nations, most of them from Europe.

The conference will discuss the existing adoptionpractices in other countries.

Organized by the Ministry for Women, Children,and Social Welfare in association with Central ChildWelfare Board and Child NGO Federation Nepal andNepal Children’s Organization, the meeting will discussthe need for clear policies concerning adoptions.

The meeting is also expected to issue Kathmandudeclaration paper on the existing national andinternational legal provisions regarding Inter-countryAdoption. — MNA/Xinhua

Tanzania exports less traditional crops

The procurement ofthe traditional exportcrops dropped to 265,785tons between July andSeptember last year, downfrom 329,064 tons in thesame months of 2005,according to a report fromthe Bank of Tanzaniaavailable on Saturday.

Tanzania’s centralbank attributed the declineto dry weather in the 2005/

2006 sowing-growing-harvesting season.

“The downturn isexplained ostensibly bysubstantial declines inproduction of cotton andtobacco mainly on accountof dry weather conditionsexperienced duringsowing period in thewestern growing area,”read part of the bankreport.

The production ofother export crops likecashew nuts, coffee, sisaland tea, however,increased thanks tofavourable market pricesas well as to increasedareas of cultivation in thecountry.

Tanzania is atraditional agriculturalcountry where agriculturalproduction contributes tohalf of the country’sannual gross domesticproduct.— MNA/Xinhua

France to cancel debt owedby Malawi

It quoted FrenchAmbassador to Malawiand Zambia FrancisSaudubray as saying inMalawi that Malawi’smacro-economic con-ditions have improvedconsiderably, hence thedecision to cancel thedebt.

The Lusaka-basedenvoy said earlier thisweek his country isdiscussing with theMalawian authorities onhow to efficiently andeffectively utilize the

freed resources for thebenefit of the poor andthe economy in gen-eral.”On our part, wewould like to see most ofthese resources going intothe mining sector and theconservation of theenvironment,” he said.

Saudubray saidMalawi and France willsign an agreement be-tween June and Septem-ber this year to formalizethe debt relief.

France’s announce-ment comes on the backof decisions by theInternational MonetaryFund (IMF) and theWorld Bank at the end oflast August to cancelMalawi’s debts after thecountry became the 20thto reach the completionpoint under the HeavilyIndebted Poor Countries(HIPC) debt relief pro-gramme.

MNA/Reuters

World should help Iraq gain stability,peace, development

“Under the guideline ofmutual trust and benefit, andequality, all sides concernedshould strengthen collectivedialogue and cooperation inthe fields of politics, securityand economy to help Iraqachieve stability, peace anddevelopment as soon aspossible,” AmbassadorChen Xiaodong said.

The one-day securityconference, attended by thefive permanent membersof the UN Security Council,Iran, Syria and the ArabLeague, was aimed at seek-ing solutions to the coun-try’s deteriorating situation.

Neighbouring countriesof Iraq play a unique andimportant role in dealingwith the Iraq issue, Chenadded.

As a permanentmember of the UNSecurity Council, Chinasupports the UN in playingan important role in Iraq,and consistently maintains

that Iraq’s sovereignty,independence and terri-torial integrity should berespected and safeguard-ed, the ambassador said.

MNA/Xinhua

LOS ANGELES, 12 March — Residents of about200 Southern California homes were ordered toevacuate on Sunday as a brush fire whipped by hotgusting winds scorched 500 acres (200 hectares neara large hillside community, firefighters said.

Fire officials said two homes had burned in thefast-moving blaze in brush about half a mile (0.8kilometres) from the Anaheim Hills neighbourhoodin Orange County, about, 35 miles (56 kilometres)southeast of Los Angeles.

“This is a very dangerous firefight. The terrain isquite rugged and the homes are at the top of the ridges.The fire picks up speed as it runs up the hill and as itruns through the canyons.” Orange County battalionchief Ed Fleming said. —MNA/ Reuters

California wildfire forcesevacuations

A general view of the peace conference in Baghdad. A one-day securityconference aimed at seeking solutions to Iraq’s deteriorating situation ended

with limited results in Baghdad on Saturday, 10 March , 2007. — XINHUA

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12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 13 March, 2007

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

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TERAJU VOY NO (209)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTATERAJU VOY NO (209) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on13.3.2007 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 up 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

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KARANA SEMBILAN VOY NO (EALO2)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KARANASEMBILAN VOY NO (EALO2) are hereby notifiedthat the vessel has arrived on12.3.2007 and cargo willbe discharged into the premises of MYANMA PORTAUTHORITY where it will lie at the consignee’s riskand expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditionsof the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm up 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: EASTERN CAR LINER S’PORELTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

Egypt hits back at US overhuman rights

CAIRO, 12 March—Egypt said onSaturday that the United States had noright to set itself up as a global guardianof human rights and rejectedWashington’s criticism of Cairo’srecord, saying it was based on inaccurateinformation.

The US State Department, in anannual report, cited Egypt as one ofseveral countries where observance ofhuman rights had deteriorated in 2006and said violations there included“severe” cases of torture.

“The United Nations did not grantany state the right to consider itself aguardian of human rights in the world,”Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheitwas quoted as saying in a statement.

“It seems that those who prepared it(the report) are unfamiliar with theobjective realities of some of thecountries they dealt with, includingEgypt,” the statement said.

Aboul Gheit said the report was basedon inaccurate and incompleteinformation. While Egypt and the UnitedStates were in agreement about theimportance of human rights issues, theynonetheless disagreed “sometimes” over

some of the practical aspects, he said. The report, released on Tuesday, said

torture and abuse of prisoners anddetainees by police, security personneland prison guards remained “commonand persistent” in Egypt.

Egypt says it does not condone tortureand that it only occurs in isolatedinstances. The Interior Ministry has saidbefore that allegations of systematictorture were exaggerated to tarnish theimage of the police.

But both international and local rightsgroups say torture is systematic inEgyptian jails and police stations.

Human rights activists say emergencylaws in place since 1981 and which allowprisoners to be held incommunicadocreate a fertile environment for torture.

The journalists’ rights group,Reporters Without Borders, last yearadded Egypt to a list of worst suppressorsof freedom of expression on the Internet.

Rights groups have said the recentconviction of a blogger for insultingPresident Hosni Mubarak and Islam couldset a legal precedent limiting Internetfreedom in Egypt.

MNA/Reuters

Bush, Lula sign cooperationagreement for biofuels

SAO PAULO, 11 March—The presidents of the UnitedStates and Brazil on Friday signed a memorandumstating cooperation in the development of biofueltechnology in three different levels.

In the agreement, US President George W Bush andBrazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva committedto reducing their countries dependence on the use ofpetroleum and other non-renewable fossil fuels.

The document stated clearly that opportunitiesshould be created in order to provide other countries inthe world with access to biofuel technologies.

According to President Lula, the agreementinaugurated a path that leads to true democratization ofenergy in the world.

In his speech, President Bush said that he wassatisfied with the negotiations that led to thememorandum. He added that some time ago it wasimpossible to think of an American President comingto Brazil to discuss energy.

Bush stressed that dependence on petroleum was aquestion of national security to a country like the US,which has to import it from other regions.

MNA/Xinhua

Italian firms sue S Africaover Black mining law

JOHANNESBURG, 11 March—The Italianowners of two granite firms are suingSouth Africa for 266 million euros (350.4million US dollars), arguing that lawswhich force firms to sell stakes to Blackinvestors violated international invest-ment treaties, the investors’ lawyer saidon Friday.

The action marks the first legal actionalleging that South Africa’s mining charter,which seeks to boost involvement of Blacksin a sector that excluded them duringapartheid, amounts to expropriation. “Weare saying that these Italian investors areunfairly discriminated against in relationto BEE (Black economic empowerment)investors in South Africa,” lawyer PeterLeon said. After unsuccessfully seekingcompensation from the government, thetwo Italian-owned firms — FinstoneS.a.r.l. group and RED Graniti Spa —have been granted compulsoryinternational arbitration by an arm of theWorld Bank, he said.—MNA/Reuters

Morocco, DRC to strengthenagricultural cooperation

RABAT, 11 March—MoroccanAgriculture and Rural DevelopmentMinister Mohand Laenser on Friday helddiscussions with his DemocraticRepublic of Congo (DRC) counterpartFrancois Joseph Nzanga Mobutu onways of strengthening bilateral co-operation in agriculture.

During the meeting, they exploredways of implementing the agricultureagreement which was signed by the twocountries during Moroccan KingMohammed VI’s visit to Kinshasa,capital of DRC in 2006.

The agreement covers the domainsof vegetable production, developmentand management of irrigation andirrigation schemes as well as education,research and professional training.

In a Press statement, Mobutu saidthat his visit is also aimed to encouragebusinessmen from the two countries towork together particularly in the field ofinformation sharing.— MNA/Xinhua

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speaks to theNew Hampshire

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Club’ dinner inNashua, NewHampshire on

10 March ,2007.—XINHUA

French art heritage for salePARIS, 12 March—The most visited museum in the world “The Louvre” is

set to open its first international outpost on a currently uninhabited island offthe coast of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates — Washington Postreports.

In the largest foreignmuseum deal in Frenchhistory, the oil-rich butmuseum-poor PersianGulf Emirate agreed lastweek to pay France $1.3billion to borrow theLouvre’s name andhundreds of its artworks,as well as treasures fromthe Picasso Museum,Pompidou Centre, Cha-teau de Versailles andother French museums.

The “Desert Louvre,” asthe French Press has dub-bed the deal, is part of arevolutionary initiative byFrance to expand its globalinfluence through its vastcultural heritage andholdings — the one realmwhere it remains adominant world power —in the face of its shrinkingdiplomatic and economic

clout.The global outreach

effort includes othercultural icons too. TheSorbonne university inParis opened a satellitecampus in Abu Dhabi inOctober, the firstexpansion in its 750-yearhistory. And the elitemilitary academy estab-lished by NapoleonBonaparte, the EcoleSpeciale Militaire deSaint-Cyr, is consideringa training academy formilitary officers in thePersian Gulf nation ofQatar.

The Louvre’s director,Henri Loyrette, assuredreporters in Paris that theLouvre’s most famousworks, such as the MonaLisa and the Venus deMilo, which helped attract

8.35 million visitors to themuseum last year, would“never be loaned out.”

Under the agreement,eight French art institut-ions would lend piecesto Abu Dhabi over a 30-year period until theemirate is able to build itsown collections. In returnfor the Louvre name, theartworks and assistancefrom the French in settingup the Abu Dhabimuseum, the $1.3 billionpackage includes $33million for the renovationof a wing of the ParisLouvre and donationsfor major renovations atthe seven other Frenchmuseums involved inthe project. It also includesmoney for an art resto-ration centre in Paris.

Internet

Two 45-day-old whitelion cubs play inside a

zoo in Harbin,northeast China’s

Heilongjiang Provinceon 8 March, 2007. Thecubs will be releasedback into the wild.

INTERNET

A three-day-old baby seal named Viking is seen atthe Zoo in Warsaw on 5 March, 2007. —INTERNET

Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways tooperate flights to Teheran

KUWAIT CITY, 12 March— The Kuwait-basedJazeera Airways an-nounced on Saturday thatit would operate threedirect flights betweenKuwait and Teheran everyweek as of 26 March, theofficial KUNA newsagency reported.

“Teheran is the 20thdestination after welaunched our first flight15 months ago,” JazeeraChairman and CEOMarwan Boodai wasquoted as saying.

As a low-fare airline,Jazeera is expected tocharge 11 Kuwaiti dinars(about 37.4 US dollars)per ticket for flightsrespectively on Tuesday,Wednesday and Friday,said KUNA.

Jazeera Airways’current destinations in-clude India, Iran, Egypt,Jordan, Syria, Lebanon,Bahrain and Dubai.

With an initial capitalof 34 million dollars,the airline has four AirbusA320s and it has orderedsix more due to be

delivered by 2010. Jazeera Airways was

founded in May 2004by Boodai Group, aleading Kuwaiti businessgroup which has in-vestment in media,transport and aviationsectors.

MNA/Xinhua

Courtney Love sued byrehab centre over fees

LOS ANGELES, 12 March — Rock star Courtney Love is being sued by aluxury Southern California rehab centre that says she has not paid a 180,000-US-dollar bill for drug and alcohol treatment in 2005, court document show.

The Beau MondeCentre, which offersmassages, gourmet foodand whale watching to its

predominantly wealthycelebrity clients, said in alawsuit that the singerpaid 10,000 US dollarsup front but failed to paythe remaining fees.

Love, 42, spent fourmonths at the residentialfacility in 2005 on theorders of a Los Angelesjudge after the singerspent months in and outof courts on drug chargesand one charge of

assaulting a woman friendof her ex-boyfriend.

The widow of Nirvanasinger Kurt Cobain haspublicly spoken about hertime at Beau Monde inNewport Beach, south ofLos Angeles. Citing clientconfidentiality, BeauMonde declined commenton the breach of contractlawsuit, filed this month inOrange County SuperiorCourt.— MNA/Reuters

Increased attention to cancercalled for in Tanzania

DAR-ES-SALAAM, 11 March — A senior medicalcare expert in Tanzania has called for increasedattention to cancer, as there are more than 20,000new cancer cases registered every year in thecountry.

HIV/AIDS-relatedcancer of the skin are mostcommon in Tanzania.

The alarming figurewas revealed by theexecutive director of theOcean Road CancerInstitute in Dar-es-

Salaam. Twalib Ngoma told on

Thursday a local seminarheld in Arusha of northernTanzania that the countryneeded a special drive forresearch on preventionand early detection ofthe disease which iscausing more deathsglobally than HIV/AIDS,malaria and tuberculosisput together.

As the only specializedcancer hospital inTanzania, the Ocean RoadCancer Institute can treatabout 2,500 patients ayear through radio-therapy. Research oncancer demands at least250 million Tanzanianshillings (200,000 USdollars) annually whereasthe country currentlytrickles 0.01 per cent of itshealth budget to this field,according to Ngoma.

MNA/Xinhua

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S P O R T S

FIFA inspects stadia inTanzania for World Cup

Sultan Ibragimov (R) of Russia fights with JavierMora of Mexico during their heavyweight boxing

bout at Madison Square Garden in New Yorkon 10 March, 2007. Ibragimov knocked Mora out

in 46 seconds in the first round of theirheavyweight bout.— INTERNET

Sevilla suffer surprisedefeat at Gimnastic

MADRID, 12 March— Sevilla missed the chance toregain top spot in the Primera Liga when they slippedto a shock 1-0 defeat at relegation-threatened GimnasticTarragona on Sunday.

Former Real Madrid striker Javier Portillo earnedNastic a deserved win 14 minutes from time when hegot between two defenders to send a header spinninginto the net after Jose Maria Calvo had swept a finecross into the area.

Sevilla's first defeat in eight league games meantBarcelona stayed top, level on 50 points with theAndalucians, after their thrilling 3-3 draw at home torivals Real Madrid on Saturday.

Valencia, who travel to Osasuna in Sunday's latematch, are in third place on 46, one ahead of Real whoare fourth.

Real Zaragoza remained in fifth spot after a 1-1draw at Real Betis but Atletico Madrid drew level withthem on 43 points after a 2-0 win at home to DeportivoCoruna.

Argentine winger Luciano Galletti got Atletico offto a flying start when he chested down a long pass,shrugged off a challenge from a defender and thenrifled a shot under Depor keeper Dudu Aouate just 38seconds after kickoff.— MNA/Reuters

Inter squeeze past Milan in San Siro derby

Japan’s Yasuko Hashimoto crossesthe finish line to win the Nagoya

International Women’s Marathon inNagoya, central Japan, on 11 March,2007. Hashimoto clocked 2 hours, 28minutes and 49 seconds. — INTERNET

Reggina’s Francesco Modesto, left,and Lazio’s Gaby Mudingayi in

action, during the Italian Serie Asoccer match between Reggina andLazio in Reggio Calabria’s ‘OresteGranillo’ stadium, southern Italy,on 11 March , 2007. — INTERNET

Werder Bremen hold Bayernto 1-1 draw in Munich

BERLIN, 12 March — Bayern Munich missed a greatchance to close the gap on Bundesliga leaders Schalke04 after being held to a 1-1 draw at home to WerderBremen on Sunday.

Bayern took the lead through Lukas Podolski in theseventh minute and played their best attacking footballof the season only to miss chance after chance.

Inevitably Werder hit back, grabbing an equalizer inthe 66th minute when Hugo Almeida chipped keeperOliver Kahn and Markus Rosenberg beat the defenceto head over the line.

Bayern would have closed to within four points ofSchalke with victory but stay in fourth place on 44points, six behind the leaders and outside the Cham-pions League places.

Schalke are top with 50 points from 25 games aftera 1-1 draw with Hanover 96 on Saturday. Werder aresecond on 47 followed by VfB Stuttgart with 46 aftertheir goalless draw with VfL Wolfsburg.

Bayern beat Real Madrid in midweek to reach theChampions League quarterfinals, Roy Makaay settingthem on the way with the fastest goal in ChampionsLeague history after 10 seconds.

MNA/Reuters

China’s skiers Li Nina (L) and Han Xiaopeng displaytheir gold medals after winning their aerials finalsrace at the Freestyle World Championship in thenorthern Italian resort of Madonna Di Campiglio on

10 March, 2007. — XINHUA

Murray cruises as Ljubicicscrapes through in California

INDIAN WELLS (California), 12 March— Briton Andy Murray eased past SouthAfrican Wesley Moodie 6-3, 6-3 to reachthe third round of the Pacific Life Openon Sunday.

Number eight seed Ivan Ljubicic ofCroatia also progressed but was made towork hard by Colombia's Alejandro Fallabefore scraping through 6-7, 6-4, 6-4.

Number 11 seed Tomas Berdych ofthe Czech Republic was not so lucky ashe lost 7-6, 6-4 to US journeymanMichael Russell.

The 19-year-old Murray bluntedMoodie's serve and volley attack byfiring his returns low to the South Afri-can’s feet and cleverly reading hisopponent’s passing shots.

MNA/Reuters

Calcavecchia triumphs byone shot at Tampa Bay

MIAMI, 12 March— Mark Calcavecchia, boosted bythree birdies in four holes after the turn, held his nerveto clinch his 13th PGA Tour title by one shot at theTampa Bay Championship in Palm Harbour on Sun-day. Tied for the overnight lead with fellow AmericanHeath Slocum, Calcavecchia survived two bogeys onthe last three holes to card a one-under-par 70 on theCopperhead Course.

The 46-year-old, whose only major victory came atthe 1989 British Open, birdied the 11th, 13th and 14thto tighten his grip before his untidy finish left him on10-under 274.— MNA/Reuters

DAR-ES-SALAAM, 12 March— Technical officials from theInternational Football Federa-tion (FIFA) on Saturday in-spected two stadia in Dar-es-Salaam, one existing and onestill under construction.

The FIFA on-the-spot in-spection aimed at okaying thesetwo soccer facilities for warm-up and tune-up matches priorto the 2010 World Cup soccertournament to be held in SouthAfrica.

Thirteen African countries,including Tanzania, have beensorted out by an agreementstruck between FIFA and theAfrican Football Confederationlast month to provide soccer

ROME, 12 March — In-ter Milan shrugged off theirmidweek ChampionsLeague elimination bydefeating city rivals ACMilan 2-1 on Sundaywith goals from strikersJulio Cruz and ZlatanIbrahimovic.

Trailing to a first-halfstrike by Ronaldo, Interequalized in the 54thminute through substituteCruz. The Argentine inter-national then set upIbrahimovic for the win-ner in the 75th.

Inter have 73 pointsfrom 27 matches, 19 aheadof second-placed ASRoma, who host Udineselater. Milan lie sixth on 40points. Elsewhere, Laziobeat Reggina 3-2 to climbto third on 46 points, levelwith Palermo who wereheld to a 1-1 draw byFiorentina.

Inter's fans showed theyhad not forgiven Ronaldofor leaving the club for RealMadrid in 2002, whistlingevery time the Brazilian

touched the ball in the earlystages at the San Siro.

The triple World Playerof the Year silenced themwith a goal five minutes

before the interval whenhis angled shot from out-side the area flew pastkeeper Julio Cesar.

MNA/Reuters

pitches where qualified teamswill warm up and tune up forthe World Cup proper.

FIFA has agreed to fi-nance the changeover of theexisting natural turf of grassinto artificial turf of fibres soas to enable the existing Tan-zania National Stadium to lastlonger.

The 60,000-seater newTanzania National Stadium,now in the final phase of con-struction with a joint financingby the Chinese and Tanzaniangovernments, will be up to therequirements by both FIFA andthe International Olympic Com-mittee upon completion.

MNA/Xinhua

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Monday, 12 March, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, weather hasbeen generally fair in the whole country. Day tempera-tures were (3°C) to (4°C) above normal in Kachin andKayin States, Mandalay, Magway and AyeyawadyDivisions, (5°C) above normal in Taninthayi Divisionand about normal in the remaining areas. The signifi-cant day temperatures were Aunglan (40°C), Magway,Yangon (Kaba-Aye), Pathein and Hpa-an (39°C) each.

Maximum temperature on 11-3-2007 was 102°F.Minimum temperature on 12-3-2007 was 68°F. Rela-tive humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 12-3-2007 was56%. Total sunshine hours on 11-3-2007 was (9.6)hours approx.

Rainfall on 12-3-2007 was (nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since1-1-2007 was (nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye andCentral Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (10) mph from West at (11:15) hoursMST on 11-3-2007.

Bay inference: Weather will be partly cloudyin the Andaman Sea and South Bay and fair elsewherein the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 13-3-2007: Pos-sibility of isolated light rain in Kachin State andTaninthayi Division, weather will be partly cloudy inRakhine, Mon and Kayin States, Ayeyawady andYangon Divisions and generally fair in the remainingareas. Degree of certainty is (40%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderatein Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihoodof isolated rain or thundershowers in northern Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 13-3-2007: Fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 13-3-2007: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 13-3-2007: Fair weather.

WEATHER

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LONDON, 12 March — British soldiers sufferingfrom mental illness after serving in Iraq andAfghanistan are being told to wait 18 months orlonger for treatment from the National HealthService (NHS), a British newspaper said on Sunday.

The Sunday Timessaid that the figuresreleased by BritishMinistry of Defence(MoD) showed 2,123servicemen and womenhave been treated formental health conditionsafter returning from Iraqsince 2003, more than 320soldiers who served inIraq have been treated forpost-traumatic stressdisorder, while manyothers have suffered fromanxiety, depression orother neuroses.

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According to thereport, those veterans withpost-traumatic stressshould be given priorityNHS treatment, but manyare being put on waitinglists or not even referredfor treatment.

British servicesmental health charityCombat Stress said that ithas been overwhelmedwith ex-servicemen whohave been unable to gettreatment on the NHS, andthe number sufferingtrauma has doubled in sixmonths, as soldiers inBritain’s overstretchedforces are sent back tocombat zones withoutenough time to recupe-rate. — MNA/Xinhua

YANGON, 12 March —The final match of HassanalBolkiah Trophy For 21ASEAN Youth FootballChampionship 2007 washeld at Stadium NegaraBilkiah in Brunei at 8.15pm local time there today.

Myanmar and

Thailand were held to agoaless draw until the fulltime. The result remainedunchanged in the extra time.Myanmar won second prizeafter losing to Thailand with4-5 on penalties in the finalmatch.

MNA

Myanmar wins second prizein Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy

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11th Waning of Taboung 1368 ME Tuesday, 13 March, 2007

YANGON, 12 March—A ceremony to mark the com-pletion of Hlainethaya- Athoat (Yekyi) 230 KV powergrid across Ayeyawady River was held in Kazintawvillage, Pantanaw, Ayeyawady Division yesterday.

Construction of Yekyi 230 KV Power Gridacross Ayeyawady River completed

Present on the occasion were Chairman of YangonDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Yangon Command Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win, Chair-man of Ayeyawady Division PDC Commander of

South-West Command Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung,Minister for Electric Power No 2 Maj-Gen Khin MaungMyint, Chairman of Yangon City Electric Power

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Local and foreign gem merchants observe jade lots at MyanmarConvention Centre. (News on page 10) — MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win, Commander Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung and Minister Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint inspect constructionof Power Grid across Ayeyawady River.— MNA

Secretary-General of USDA U Htay Oo addresses opening ceremony of Advanced Management Course (Special) No 5for executives of USDA .— MNA

YANGON, 12 March —The Advanced Manage-ment Course (Special) No5 for Executives of theUnion Solidarity and De-velopment Associationwas opened at the USDAtraining school inHmawby Township thismorning. Also present were CECmembers of the USDA,guests, course in-chargeLt-Col Khin Win and su-pervisor officers and train-ees. Secretary-General ofthe USDA U Htay Oodelivered an address. Hesaid based on youths withstrong belief and correctconviction and genuinepatriotism the USDAwas formed to participatein the national develop-ment tasks and efforts forstability of the State incooperation with the peo-ple. USDA members areto organize the people totake part in community

USDA members need to ensureparticipation of USDA in thenation-building task.

Advanced Management Course (Special)No 5 for Executives of USDA opened

welfare services, he said. In reminiscence, the as-sociation was formed 13years ago when lawlesssituations in the nationwere restored as therereigned anarchism due tothe instigation of certainorganizations and indi-viduals that were desir-ous of grabbing the Statepower through short cut

and were advocating de-mocracy and humanrights. According to thepresent developments inthe country, active par-ticipation of the peoplein the nation-buildingtasks is the actual neces-sity. The USDA wasformed in order to estab-lish a new nation, he said.

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