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3rd Waning of Taboung 1368 ME Monday, 5 March, 2007Volume XIV, Number 323

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

Chief of Armed Forces Training Lt-Gen Aung Htwe at the entertainment presented by artistes to military columns that will participatein the 62nd Anniversary Armed Forces Day Parade. — MNA

* 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, 4 March—Under the arrange-ment of Directorate of Public Relations and Psycho-logical Warfare, Defence Services TV ProductionUnit (Myawady TV), No 1 Mobile Public RelationsUnit, No 2 MPRU and No 3 MPRU yesterdayevening presented the entertainment programmes atNo 7 Transit Centre in Ywadaw where militarycolumns which will participate in the 62nd Anniver-sary Armed Forced Day Parade.

Among the audience were Chairman of the

Entertainment programmes atNo 7 Transit Centre in Ywadaw

Leading Committee for Observance of the 62ndAnniversary Armed Forced Day Member of theState Peace and Development Council Chief ofArmed Forces Training Lt-Gen Aung Htwe, Chair-man of the Management Committee Commander ofNay Pyi Taw Command Brig-Gen Wai Lwin, Vice-Adjutant-General Maj-Gen Hla Shwe, Vice-Chiefof Armed Forces Training Brig-Gen Zaw Win, Pa-rade Commander Brig-Gen Myint Naung and col-umn commanders and senior officers.

No 1, 2 and 3 Mobile Public Relations Unitsand Defence Services TV Production Unit(Myawady TV) presented musical concerts andAnyeint to Anawratha , Kyansittha ,Bayintnaung,Aungzeya, Hsinphyushin, Bandoola and Myawadycolumns.

Commanding officers, officers and Tatmadawmembers watched the entertainment programmes hap-pily.

MNA

I N S I D E WEATHER FORECAST FOR (5-3-2007)

Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areasGenerally fair weather.

Yangon and neighbouring areasGenerally fair weather.

Mandalay and neighbouring areasGenerally fair weather.

MAUNG SWE WIN (BAGO)

The government has so far issued licences to 70 over-seas job hunting agencies, and they have made contactwith 14 nations and generated more than 30,000 jobs. Inthis regard, it is perceived that many people of variousages and different social classes go to Thailand that sharesborder with Myanmar and is easily accessible. Some naiveyoung men and women go there, relying on inhumanehuman traffickers and they have to undergo hell-likecondition during their stay there.PAGE 7

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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 DesireMonday, 5 March, 2007

The government is making efforts foremergence of a peaceful modern developednation while utilizing a large volume ofwater resources available for developmentof agriculture and hydel power generation.

Chairman of the State Peace and De-velopment Council Commander-in-Chief ofDefence Services Senior General Than Shweinspected Ma Mya Dam Project and con-struction of Ngawun Bridge (Myokwin) andPyapon Bridge in Ayeyawady Division theother day and gave guidance on the projects.

In his inspection tour of Ma Mya DamProject, Senior General Than Shwe saidnearly 200 dams have been built nationwideand the country is capable of building vari-ous types of dams. Engineers must haveability to design and build dam projects plushydro-electric power generation by them-selves.

Ma Mya Dam Project is the one thatcan also generate 500 kilowatts and about 90per cent of the project has been completed.The government is building irrigation net-works continuously nationwide on self-reli-ance basis.

Altogether 368 dams and 305 riverwater pumping projects now benefit over7.3 million acres of farmland and irrigatedcultivation acreage has increased up to 18.8per cent. With the early completion of damsand hydro-electric power projects being im-plemented in the country, all the people canenjoy the benefits sooner and their socio-economy will improve rapidly.

Dams and hydro-electric powerprojects for regional progress

YANGON, 4 March — Taze Association (Yangon)held the 45th annual meeting the Association and paidhomage to the Sayadaw who was conferred MahaGanthavaçaka Pandita title by the State, at the office ofthe association on 3rd Street in Bahan Township heretoday.

The congregation received the Five Preceptsfrom Secretary Sayadaw of Bahan Township SanghaNayaka Committee Sayadaw Saddamma JotikadhajaBhaddanta Vayama.

Patron of the Association U Tun Myaing readout the biography of title holder Sayadaw BhaddantaÑanobhasalankara of Phayathonsu Monastery inThingangyun Township.

President U Win Myint of Union ofMyanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce andIndustry and wellwishers donated provisions to theSayadaw.

U Win Myint of UMFCCI presented gifts toThiha Thudhamma Manijotadhara title winner U ChitHmwe, Vice -Chairman of the association.

And then, they shared merits gained. After-wards, the annual meeting of the association followed,and the President of UMFCCI delivered an address.Responsible personnel of the association awarded theoutstanding persons.

MNA

Taze Association (Yangon)holds annual meeting

Prizes presented to winners in ASEANLogo Contest at National LevelYANGON, 4 March — A ceremony to present

prizes to the winners in the ASEAN Logo Contest(National Level) to mark the 40th Anniversary ASEANFounding Day which falls on 8 August 2007 was heldat the National Theatre on Myoma Kyaung Street,here, this morning.

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U KyawThu delivered an address. He said that BruneiDarussalam won the award in the ASEAN Logo Con-test at ASEAN regional level. He added that Myanmaris planning to celebrate activities for the 40th Anniver-sary of ASEAN which falls on 8 August as well as forthe 10th Anniversary of Myanmar’s entry into ASEANwhich is on 23 July.

Next, the minister presented prizes to the winners.First prize winner Maung Thuta Win expressed

gratitude. The invitees viewed the prize winning logodesigns at the national level and the regional level.

MNA

Education Minister visitsuniversities

YANGON, 4 March—Minister for Education DrChan Nyein, accompanied by officials, this morningvisited Yangon West University where he heard areport by Pro-rector U Thein Win on academic andmanagement matters and research work. The ministerstressed the need for cooperation among universitiesand among subject-wise departments in conductingresearch and for greening tasks. Next, he viewedstudents conducting experiments in physics and chem-istry practical rooms.

The minister and party proceeded to DagonUniversity and inspected lecture halls for Zoology andBotany students. He next met the pro-rector and pro-fessors. The minister and party also visited YangonInstitute of Education and gave instructions on aca-demic and management matters.

After inspecting laboratory equipment at Dia-mond Jubilee Hall, the minister and party visitedYangon University of Distance Education, met thepro-rector and professors, and stressed the need foreffective use of e-Education learning centres andteaching aids. — MNA

YANGON, 4 March — The house No 185 of U KyiMaung on 86th Street between 23rd and 24th Streets inAungmyethazan Township, Mandalay, was on firedue to negligence at 7 am today.

A total of 37 fire engines rushed to the scene andmanaged to put out the fire. At about 7.30 am, the firewas put under control. The fire destroyed 10 houses.

MNA

Fire breaks out inMandalay

U Win Myint, President of UMFCCI, offersprovisions to a Sayadaw.— MNA

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U KyawThu presents prize to an outstanding person in

ASEAN Logo Contest.—MNA

Fire prevention iscompulsory

All this needs to be known

* Do not be frightened wheneverintimidated

* Do not be bolstered whenever flat-tered

* Do not be softened whenever appeased

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An image captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on 4 Feb, 2007 andreleased on 1 March, 2007 shows never-before-seen views of Saturn.

XINHUA

An artist applies finaltouches on a model

during a body-painting contest at the‘Beauty days’ fair in

Bucharest on 1March, 2007.

INTERNET

A model poses in a kimonoduring the MimatsuKimono Fashion Showat the Japan Grand PrixInternational OrchidFestival in Tokyo, on 3March, 2007.—INTERNET Ahmadinejad vows to support Sudan

in facing “Western pressures”

UN drug control watchdogpraises China’s efforts

VIENNA, 3 March — The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) onThursday praised the Chinese Government's political will and commitmenttowards the implementation of international drug control treaties.

The INCB sent amission to China in Januarylast year in which the groupfound that “in China drugcontrol is not onlyincorporated into theprogramme for nationaleconomic and socialdevelopment, but is alsomade an important duty of

governments at all levels”,INCB's said in its annualreport.

Noting that China nowplays “an increasing role”in drug control in East andSouthEast Asia, the reportalso praised the fact that“China has made achieve-ments in various areas ofdrug control throughbilateral and multilateralcooperation.”

Due to the serious illegalmanufacture of ampheta-mine-type stimulant inAsia, the board hoped thatthe Chinese Government

could “further strengthenits cooperation, particularlywith neighbouring coun-tries and play a more activerole in combating thisproblem”.

Moreover, it alsoencouraged China “to takethe measures necessary toensure that progress ismade in implementing thenew laws, as well as incombating drug abuse andillicit trafficking in thecountry.

MNA/Xinhua

KHARTOUM, 3 March —Visiting Iranian PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejadpromised here on Thursdaythat his country wouldstand on the side of Sudanin the latter’s confrontationwith what he called the“Western pressures”.

Ahmadinejad voicedthe support at a joint Pressconference with hisSudanese counterpart Omeral-Bashir at the end of histwo-day visit to Sudan.

He told the reportersthat “we denounce theschemes and hostilities

against the Sudanese peopleand the Sudanese Govern-ment.“ “When we see thatSudan is standing firmly inthe face of the schemes ofits enemies, we support thisfirmness and stand on theside of Sudan,” said theIranian President.

Ahmadinejad revealedthat during his visit inSudan, the two countriessigned seven accordscovering the fields ofscience, culture, trade,investment and economy.

He, meanwhile,reiterated his country’slegitimate right of using thenuclear energy for peacefulpurposes, saying that theIranian Government wouldnever yield to the pressuresaiming at forcing Teheranto abandon its nuclearprojects. — MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 4 March —Moammar Kadaffi hascomplained that Westerncountries have failed toproperly compensateLibya for scrapping itsnuclear arms programmeand as a result countries

like Iran and North Koreawould not follow his lead.

Speaking on the30th anniversary of hisdeclaration of Libya as aJamahiriyah (state of themasses), Kadaffi told theBBC in an interviewbroadcast late on Fridaythat the West had failed tohelp transform his nuclearweapons programme intonuclear power.

“This should be amodel to be followed. ButLibya is disappointedbecause the promises givenby America and Britain sothat we could give up our

capabilities were notfulfilled,” the BBC websitequoted Kadaffi as say-ing.— MNA/Reuters

Kadaffi says Libya unrewarded forending nuclear plans

See-through trash bins serve utility,security purposes

BANGKOK, 2 March —The Thai capital is undergoing a face-lift, as the BangkokMetropolitan Administration (BMA) has introduced many new features in the city,quiet green mini-gardens and see-through trash containers.

To begin with,Bangkok governor Apirak Kosayodhin unveiled a new type ofcity garden at a bus station near the Chatuchak Park ‘Skytrain’ terminus.

Lush gardens in thecity’s traffic islands are already a common sight forBangkokcommuters. To help thecapital's residents and visitors to further fight the heat,smallgreen ‘corners’ will be added to some 500 bus stations around the city, a quiet greengarden nook. Moreover a new type of transparent ‘see-through’ trash bin with amaximum capacity of 80 litres will be installed citywide. The transparency is toboostthe confidence of city residents and trash collectors alike.

Mr Apirak said that in the initial stage, 2,000 new trash bins will replace the old containersat bus stations, electric mass transit stations, hospitals and at Victory Monument before 15March. The move came after New Year’s Eve bombings in Bangkokand suburbanNonthaburi province which killed three people and injured more than 40 others. —Internet

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A model displays a wedding dress priced at 65 millionyuan (about 8.4 million US dollars) during the 2007International Wedding Dress Show in Beijing,on 2 March,2007. The dress was made of Indian nonsuch embroi-deries and adorned with rare green diamonds.— XINHUA

It is a time-honoured tradition for the Chinese to hang up red lanterns during

Spring Festival, especially on the day of Lantern Festival which falls on

Sunday, 4 March this year. Qian Qiulian shapes the bamboo frame of a

lantern. — XINHUA

Cuba curbs narcotics flow without US helpHAVANA, 3 March — Fewer drug traffickers are using Cuba as a corridor to the United States thanks

to tough enforcement and cooperation with other countries, the ruling Communist Party newspaperGranma said on Friday.

Cuba intercepted1.7 tons of marijuana andcocaine in 2006, thelowest level of seizuresin 11 years, it said.

Smugglers fly ship-ments of narcotics upfrom Jamaica andColombia and drop balesinto the sea betweenthousands of uninhabitedislands off Cuba’s northcoast for pick up inspeedboats that ship thedrugs to the US market.

Severe prison sen-tences and the ex-change of informationwith police forces ofneighbouring countries— though not the UnitedStates —have helpedcrack down on theillegal trade, Granmasaid.

“The shipmentsdecrease.” “The routes ofinternational drug traf-fickers are moving awayfrom our coasts,” the

Bolivian President rejectscriticism from US spy chiefLIMA, 3 March — Bolivian President Evo Morales

on Thursday criticized a US top intelligence officerwho alleged that democracy is at risk in Bolivia andVenezuela, said reports from La Paz.

“US intelligence lacks intelligence, because it isnot only lying to its government but misinformingthe world with its irresponsible declarations,” saidMorales, the nation’s first president of indigenousorigin. “These statements are not only false andmanipulated, but they are hiding the clear intentionto destabilize the democracy that we are building,”he added.

“We are a culture of dialogue and consensus,” hesaid. “We defend life. We are not a culture of impositionand war. We do not promote the culture of death.”

Bolivia’s non-governmental organizations havealso made statements rejecting US NationalIntelligence Director Michael McConnell’s as-sertions.— MNA/Xinhua

Stargazers thrilled by total lunar eclipseLONDON, 3 March —A dark red

shadow crept across the moon Saturdayduring the first total lunar eclipse innearly three years, thrilling stargazersand astronomers around the world.

Partly visible on every continent,residents of Europe, Africa and theMiddle East had the best view of thephenomenon, weather permitting.

About a dozen people gathered at theCroydon Observatory in southeastLondon to watch the start of the eclipse.

“It’s starting to go!” said Alex Gikas,8, a Cub Scout who was studying for hisastronomy badge. “I’ve never seen

anything like it before. I’m reallyexcited.” By the time greatest eclipse,shortly after 5:44 pm ET, the light of thefull moon was replaced by near-totalobscurity.

“It was really very dark,” said PaulHarper, Chairman of the CroydonAstronomical Society, who estimatedthat moon had lost over four-fifths of itsluminosity. “It was quite a nice one.”

Lunar eclipses occur when Earth passesbetween the sun and the moon, anuncommon event because the moonspends most of its time either above orbelow the plane of Earth’s orbit.—Internet

paper said. The US

Government, Cuba’slongtime ideologicalenemy, has not co-operated with Hava-na’s war on drugtrafficking and Washing-ton has refused to signagreements proposed byCuba to jointly fight the

narcotics trade, Granmasaid.

Nonetheless, Cubalast month deportedsuspected top Colom-bian drug lord LuisHernando Gomez toBogota where he iswanted for extraditionby Washington to facetrafficking charges in

the United States. Gomez, known as

“Scratch” and one of theheads of the powerfulNorte del Valle druggang, was arrested atHavana Airport in 2004for entering Cuba on aforged Venezuelan pass-port.

MNA/Reuters

Kaddafi mocks at Western democracySEBHA, (Libya ), 4 March— Libyan leader Moammar Kaddafi mocked the

West’s concept of democracy, in a speech to mark the 30th anniversary of theestablishment of Libya’s Jamahiriyah, or State of the Masses.

“Elections are a farce,” said the Arab world’s longest-serving leader, addressinga special session of parliament in Sebha, 1,000 kilometres south of Tripoli,attended by the presidents of Chad, Uganda and Niger.

He defended the Jamahiriya system, which in theory allows the people toexercise power through popular committees. “It is not the ballot box whichguarantees democracy. The electoral system in the West can encourage fraud andvote buying, it is not transparent,” Colonel Kaddafi said, compared to the “directdemocracy” of Libya. “How can 300 persons representing political partiesrepresent millions of people?” asked Kaddafi, who opposes the formation ofparties. “Political parties only represent the persons, not the people.”

He pledged to give up attempts to develop weapons of mass destruction andto compensate victims of terrorist bombings carried out by or at the behest ofTripoli. —Internet

Malaysians and touriststoss and mix Malaysia’slongest 500 metre ‘Yee

Sang’ or Raw Fish Saladwith their chopsticks highin the air in conjunctionwith the Chinese New

Year celebration and ‘VisitMalaysia’ promotion 2007

held at the shoppingdistrict in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia, on Saturday, 3March 3, 2007. Yee Sangis made from thin slices of

raw fish, shreddedvegetables, herbs, spicesand oil which is usuallyeaten during The LunarNew Year. —INTERNET

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Dresses made of biodegradable tyvek material are seen at an exhibition of papergarments at the Benaki Museum in Athens, on 2 March, 2007. — XINHUA

Oracle buys Hyperion Solutionsfor $3.3b

France’s President Jacques Chirac (C) waves as he inaugurates the 44thInternational Agriculture Fair in Paris on 3 March, 2007.—INTERNET

Vietnam’s computer,electronics exports up

21.7% in first two months

Switzerland, Austria most competitive in tourism

India’s state-run airline firmsto finish merger in next two years

Harry Potter will remain Harry Potter becauseBritish actor Daniel Radcliffe has inked an

agreement to play the part in the final two films ofthe seven-part series, according to his

spokeswoman on 2 March , 2007.—INTERNET

HANOI, 3 March —Vietnam earned over 280million US dollars fromexporting computers andelectronics appliances in thefirst two months of this year,up 21.7 6 per cent over thesame period last year.

Many of the productswere exported to Thailand,Japan, the United States andthe Philippines, accordingto the Vietnam ElectronicIndustries Association onFriday.

To gain bigger exportrevenues and maintain

domestic market sharesunder pressure of regionaltariff reduction roadmaps,electronics producers inVietnam, many of themare making electronicsappliances under out-sourcing contracts withforeign firms, shouldincrease the added valuein their products, whichcurrently stands at only10-15 per cent, said theassociation’s generalsecretary Tran QuangHung.

The producers should

either design their ownproduct models, instead ofrelying on models suppliedby the foreign firms, orstrengthen production ofcomponents and spare partsfor export, he said, notingthat foreign-invested enter-prises in Vietnam are doingthat very well.

Vietnam gained nearly1.8 billion dollars fromexporting computers andelectronics appliances in2006, up 24 per cent over2005, said the association.

MNA/XinhuaBEIJING, 2 March —

Oracle Corp, US businesssoftware company, hassigned a deal of 3.3 billionUS dollars to buy HyperionSolutions Corps in a bid todominate the businesssoftware industry, USmedia reported Friday.Oracle, the world’s

number one seller ofdatabase systems, madeclear that buying HyperionSolutions company was acompetitive move meantto undercut a major rival,SAP of Germany.“Thousands of SAPcustomers close theirbooks with the Hyperion

product,” said OraclePresident Charles Phillips.“Hyperion is the latestmove in our strategy toexpand Oracle’s offeringsto SAP customers.”However, SAP VicePresident Bill Wohlquickly dismissedOracle's threat, claimingthat despite its recentbuying spree, Oracle hasyet to catch up with theSAP in the businessapplications market.“The fact that Oraclehas added another tool intheir toolkit isn’t goingto make SAP custo-mers become Oraclecustomers,” said Wohl.SAP is the world'snumber one seller ofbusiness applications, andhas 21 percent share of theroughly 28 billion dollarsbusiness applicationsmarket in 2005, followedby Oracle with 11 percent,according to the media.

Internet

NEW DELHI, 3 March—India's two state-run airlinecompanies Air India andIndian will finish theirmerger in next two years,said Indian Civil AviationMinister Praful Patel hereon Friday.

Indo-Asian NewsService quoted the ministeras saying that the technicaland procedural formalitiesfor the merger will startimmediately.

“One company with onename, one brand, one logo,one code and singlefinancials is expected to bein place in the coming 16

weeks,” he said whenaddressing the IndianParliament.

The Indian Cabinet hadjust approved the mergerThursday.

Air India mainlyoperates internationalflights while Indian runsdomestic business.

“In the past decade, theirmarket position has beenadversely affected due tointense competition andtheir inability to induct newfleet,” Patel said. “It isestimated that this decisionwould result in net benefitof 6 billion rupees (133

million US dollars) at theend of the third year ofmerger.” — MNA/Xinhua

GENEVA, 3 March—Switzerland and Austriahave the most attractiveenvironments for de-veloping the travel andtourism industry, ac-cording to a new reportreleased by the WorldEconomic Forum onThursday.

After Switzerland andAustria, Germany,Iceland, the United States,Hong Kong, Canada,Singapore, Luxembourgand Britain complete thetop ten list of mostattractive tourist sites, saidthe first-ever report of“travel and tourism

competitiveness”. The report is based on a

combination of data frompublicly available sources,international travel andtourism institutions andexperts, as well as theresults of a comprehensiveannual survey, theGeneva-based WorldEconomic Forum said.

It provides a travel andtourism competitivenessranking of 124 countriesand regions around theworld.

“Our study is not a'beauty contest’, or astatement about theattractiveness of acountry,” said JenniferBlanke, senior economistof the World EconomicForum’s Global Compe-titiveness Network.

“On the contrary, weaim to measure the factorsthat make it attractive todevelop the travel andtourism industry ofindividual countries,” shesaid.—MNA/Xinhua

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Labourers work on a cricket bat-shaped car in Hyderabad on 2 March,2007.— XINHUA

Heavy wind and rainplays havoc with a

pedestrian’s umbrellaon 2 March, 2007, at

Copley Square inBoston.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 3 March — Technology experts are warning about newstrains of RINBOT computer virus that could potentially attack networksystems of businesses worldwide, CNN reported Friday.

New strain of computer virusthreatens business networks

RINBOT first emergedin March 2005, however,since February 15 IT securityfirm has been aware of “anumber” of new versions ofthe RINBOT virus, GrahamCluley, senior technologyconsultant with Boston-based anti-virus firm Sophos,was quoted by CNN.

“We believe the lateststrain is the 7th version ofRINBOT,” Cluley said.This version is designedto exploit securityvulnerabilities embeddedin anti-virus software. Adisgruntled hacker with a

personal grudge againstSymantec could be behindthe new, crippling strain.

Turner BroadcastingSystem, a division ofTime Warner, confirmedthat its systems were hitby the virus strain onThursday. Cluley warnedthat the virus is notgeographically limited.“It’s very stealthy andinsidious and workswithout you knowing it.”If it spreads, technologyexperts warn the lateststrains of RINBOT couldhijack business networks

worldwide. Thomas Parsons, an IT

specialist with Symantec,confirmed that the mostrecent variants ofRINBOT have targetedSymantec’s anti-virusprogrammes.

“Traditionally hackersalways went afterMicrosoft’s anti-virusprogrammes. But nowthey’re increasinglytargeting other commonlyused programmes such asSymantec programmesand others,” Cluley said.

MNA/Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 3 Mar — US Army Secretary Francis Harvey has resigned hispost as the service’s top civilian official, CNN quoted Defence SecretaryRobert Gates as saying on Friday.

Germany’s SilkeSpiegelburg attempts aclearance as she compe-tes in Women’s polevault qualifying at theEuropean Indoor Ath-letics Championships inBirmingham, England, on3 March, 2007.—INTERNET

US Army Secretary resigns

“I have accepted hisresignation,” Gates said,adding that Harvey was“disappointed that somein the Army have not

adequately appreciatedthe seriousness of thesituation pertaining tooutpatient care at WalterReed.” He did not givefurther explanations forthe resignation. Harveywas resigning at a timewhen a scandal oversubstandard conditionsfor wounded troopsreturning from Iraq atWalter Reed ArmyMedical Centre wasunfolding.

The commander of thehospital was fired byHarvey on Thursday. Therevelations about poorconditions at the WalterReed, one of the leadingUS military medicalfacilities for treatingwounded soldiers, haveembarrassed the Armyand prompted twoinvestigations.

A series of disclosurespublished prominently inthe Washington Postabout the living con-ditions, the red tape that

ensnarled the treatment ofsoldiers, and otherproblems havechallenged the notionpromoted for years by theArmy — especially sincethe war in Iraq — thatwounded soldiersreceived best care atWalter Reed. DefenceSecretary Robert Gateshas promised “swift anddirect corrective actionand where appropriate,accountability up thechain of command”.

The Army is alreadycracking down on somestaff members after thereport of poor care at WalterReed. A number of staffmembers have beenreassigned from their dutiesat the hospital, including acaptain. On Thursday,Major General George W.Weightman, commander atWalter Reed, was fired afterthe Army said it had losttrust and confidence in hisleadership.

MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 3 March —Germany is preparing tofollow Britain in decidingto withdraw its troops fromBosnia, the FinancialTimes reported on Friday,citing an EU diplomat.

“The decisions for forcetransition are still inprogress. But the Germansare on the way out,” theunnamed diplomat said.

The move, if confirmed,would come after Londonannounced on Thursday itwould pull out its more than600 remaining soldiersfrom the Balkan State assecurity concerns ease.British Armed ForcesMinister Adam Ingram saidthe planned withdrawalfollowed a European Union

decision to cut its 6,000strong peacekeeping forcein Bosnia to 2,500 in June.

EU foreign policy chiefJavier Solana said thisweek EU officials weremuch more relaxed about

security. They have saidthey ultimately want toconvert the militarypresence into a civilianforce for lighter police-styletasks.

MNA/Reuters

Germany prepares to withdrawtroops from Bosnia

Two US soldiers, oneinterpreter killed in

Baghdad roadside bombAl-Qaeda-linked groupkills 18 Iraqi policemen

DUBAI, 3 March — An al-Qaeda-linked Iraqi militantgroup said on Friday it had killed 18 policemen itseized in Diyala Province after the government ignoreddemands it made for their release.

“The Islamic State in Iraq has given the infidelgovernment of (Nuri) al-Maliki 24 hours to respondto its demands ... but it (the government) did not giveany importance for their blood,” said the self-styledgroup in a statement. “We will show the film of theimplementation (of the execution ruling) soon, Godwilling,” it said in the statement posted on theInternet.

BAGHDAD, 3 March —Two US soldiers and aninterpreter were killed by aroadside bomb attack inBaghdad on Friday, the USmilitary said in a statement.

Another US soldier waswounded in the blast whichstruck a US patrol whileconducting a route clearancepatrol from improvisedexplosive devices northwestof the Iraqi capital, said thestatement.

Since the US-led war inIraq broke out in March2003, more than 3,160 USsoldiers have been killed inthe country, according tomedia count based onPentagon figures.

MNA/Xinhua MNA/Reuters

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Recently, a friend of mine asked me for my advice

on a matrimonial affairs of his daughter. That brought

a mental fatigue to me. The case was like that. His

daughter, 25, had eloped with her boyfriend. So, I

had to console him and told him, “Don’t worry about

that. She is now old enough to get married.” He said,

“Yes, that is right. I understand it well. I know the

life of the youth and now I have got several children.

But, they have been away for ten days. I asked my

sons to enquire about them, but in vain. I don’t mean

I disagree to their love affairs. I fear they may fall

victim to human trafficking. Her mother is always

crying for that.” My friend’s explanation made me

worried about his daughter.

He could not consider the status of his would-be

son-in-law. Instead, he was worried that his daughter

might be trafficked in. Thank God! About two weeks

later, he could find out where the couple were staying

hidden. He brought the two home and held a wedding

reception for them.

In reality, human trade is “trafficking in persons”

and it is similar to enslavement practised in Rome

long long ago. Man is a civilized animal. So,

trafficking in persons has been unacceptable and

abhorrent to human society for long. Due to very

rapid development in technology, the world is now

like a global village. It is not difficult for anyone to

get a job if he is somewhat educated and skilled.

Newspapers are carrying heartbroken news stories

that human traffickers were exposed and punitive

action was taken against them, especially the news

that some illegal migrant Myanmar female workers

were exploited and trafficked in Thailand. Such awful

news is absolutely abhorrent to a civilized society.

No country prohibits its citizens earning money in

Follow procedures correctly to work abroadMaung Swe Win (Bago)

other countries. Anyone may go abroad to earn money.

In colonial days, a large number of Indians migrated to

Myanmar to do business or to get jobs.

I was completely filled with a sense of

overwhelming outrage to read a news story about

trafficking in persons carried in 22-2-2007 issue of

Myanma Alin daily. It said that Human Trafficking

Multi-Disciplinary group of Thailand raided a sea food

factory in Maha Chai and rescued 66 Myanmar workers;

that responsible persons from the Myanmar Women’s

Affairs Federation and the Myanmar Police Force went

to Thailand and made an enquiry about the case and

coordinated with Thai officials so that Thai Police Force

would make investigation into the case correctly and

quickly, and hand down sentences on the accused, and

for the victims to get unpaid wages and compensation

for the grievances; that some of illegal migrant

Myanmar workers were held captive and tortured

variously, and had to work so hard without any wages

paid to them for as many as seven years; and that those

wishing to work abroad were urged to systematically

follow the procedures so that they would not be

trafficked in or exploited.

Since Myanmar started to practise the market-

oriented economic system, the number of national

people working abroad has increased. Many of my

friends asked me for my advice and suggestions

regarding the dreams of their children, nephews and

nieces to work abroad. Then, I introduced them to

reliable and legal overseas job hunting agencies. Many

of them have got jobs in foreign countries.

The government has so far issued licences to 70

overseas job hunting agencies, and they have made

contact with 14 nations and generated more than 30,000

jobs. In this regard, it is perceived that many people of

various ages and different social classes go to Thailand

that shares border with Myanmar and is easily

accessible. Some naive young men and women go there,

relying on inhumane human traffickers and they have

to undergo hell-like condition during their stay there.

As regards that, the best way is to follow the

procedures in the framework of the rules and

regulations. Thanks to the coordination between

Myanmar and Thai officials, enthusiastic people can

now work legally in Thailand. Beginning on 6

November 2006, the government has been issuing

temporary passports to Myanmar workers who in the

past worked illegally in Thailand. Under the bilateral

cooperation agreement between the two governments,

collective arrangements are being made for new

workers to travel to Thailand through border points at

low cost.

A person who went to Thailand through a

Thailand-Myanmar border point holding a one-day

permit and worked there for a long period said that

the Thai employer paid low wages to three illegal

Myanmar workers; that they had to work in a state of

alarm at the worksite; that they did not dare to go

downtown because they might be arrested by Thai

police; that such illegal workers were deprived of all

the rights that legal workers could enjoy; and that he

returned to Myanmar and got legal documents and

then he was getting well in his job in Thailand.

Trafficking in persons is related to overseas

employment. So, if one goes abroad illegally, one

may fall victim to human trade. In Myanmar, when

some people unjustly treat their housemaids such cases

can be dealt with. Therefore, Myanmar people in

foreign countries should not ignore such cases in which

their compatriots are being exploited, and should tackle

such cases in cooperation with local responsible

persons there. If a Myanmar national is exploited and

tortured in a foreign country, he is unlikely to be

rescued and may be physically and mentally miserable

for many years.

I do not need to put blame on my friend and his

wife who were worried about their daughter. He made

a positive suggestion to me, saying, “You've got a

daughter, haven’t you? When she is old enough to get

married, ask her to be frank to you in that regard.” I

have to avert such an alarming situation he had

experienced.

Translation: MS

Myanma Alin: 4-3-2007

In reality, human trade is “trafficking in persons”and it is similar to enslavement practised in Rome longlong ago. Man is a civilized animal. So, trafficking inpersons has been unacceptable and abhorrent to humansociety for long. Due to very rapid development intechnology, the world is now like a global village. It isnot difficult for anyone to get a job if he is somewhateducated and skilled.

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YANGON, 4 March—Chairman of YangonDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen HlaHtay Win unveiled thesignboard of the newfactory of Golden LionWire Co Ltd at No 3Industrial Zone inHlinethaya Townshiptoday.

Also present were

YANGON, 4 March—The Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department is taking measures asto the death of fowls and birds in townships of Yangon Division.

The death of four crows and one quail was found in Insein Township on 4-3-2007, six crowsand one pigeon in Mayangon Township on 4-3-2007, three crows in Botahtaung Township on 4-3-2007, one crow and one pigeon in Hline Township on 4-3-2007, one crow in Dagon Myothit (South)on 4-3-2007, one sparrow in South Okkalapa Township on 4-3-2007, one crow in Thanlyin Townshipon 4-3-2007, one crow in Hlinethaya Township on 4-3-2007, one crow in Kamayut Township on 4-3-2007 and four pigeons in Bahna Township on 4-3-2007. Regarding this, bird flu was not detected.

The death of two domestic fowls was found in Hmawby Township on 4-3-2007.Altogether 26 crows, quail, pigeons and sparrow were found dead in the townships of Yangon

Division on 4-3-2007. Of them, 15 were sent to the laboratory and bird flu was not detected. Theremaining 11 were buried as they had decomposed.

The two dead domestic chickens in Hmawby Township were buried as they were decomposed.No other chickens and ducks were dead in the township.

The LBVD came to the conclusion that the death of fowls and birds in Yangon Division wasnot due to bird flu.

The department has requested the public including breeders to control the moving of crows andsparrows which can be the carriers of bird flu, to avoid eating, selling and undisciplined dumping ofdead fowls and birds and to pay serious attention to bio-security at poultry farms.—MNA

(from page 16)Today’s donations

for the pagoda by 92

YANGON, 4 March — A ceremony to honourteachers at Saytana teaching classes and present teachingaids, organized by Yangon Command’s Maternal andChild Welfare Association this morning, with an addressby Yangon Command Commander Maj-Gen Hla HtayWin.

First, Chairperson of Yangon DivisionMCWSC Daw Mar Mar Wai explained the purpose ofthe ceremony.

Next, Chairperson of Yangon DivisionMCWSC Daw Mar Mar Wai accepted teaching aidesdonated by donor U Soe Thein and Thiri ThudhamaTheingi Daw Khin Cho Ohn (Dana Aung Company).

Afterwards, Chairperson of Yangon DivisionMCWSC Daw Mar Mar Wai presented souvenirs toteachers. Next, Maung Zin Aung spoke words ofthanks. — MNA

Golden Lion Wire Co Ltd opensnew factoryMinister for ElectricPower No 2 Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint,Deputy Chief JusticeU Soe Thein, depart-mental officials andthe Chairman of theBoard of Directors of thefactory.

Minister Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint, thedeputy chief justice,Chairman U Cho Ayeand Vice-Chairman

U Tin Tun of the Boardof Directors andManaging Director UZaw Myo Lin formallyopened the new factory.

Afterwards, UZaw Myo Lin explainedfacts about the factoryand the ceremony ended.After the ceremony, theCommander and theMinister visited thefactory.

MNA

Lt-Gen Tin Aye attends consecration…

Measures taken as to death of fowlsand birds in townships of

Yangon Division

Teachers honoured atSaytana teaching class

wellwishers totalledK 202,452,398.

At the consecrationceremony, Lt-Gen TinAye, Minister Brig-GenThura Myint Maung andwellwisher U KyawNyunt offered Shwekyarrobes, the emerald bowland alms to ManorammaBronze Buddha Image.Next, members of the

Sangha consecratedDatpaungsu Pagoda.Later, Lt-Gen Tin Ayeperformed the rituals ofgolden and silver show-ers to mark successfulcompletion of the cer-emony. Afterwards, almswere offered to membersof the Sangha atManoramma SasanaBeikman. — MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win unveils signboard

of the new factory.

MNA

Chairperson of Yangon Division MCWSCDaw Mar Mar Wai gives examination aids to a

student.— MNA

Lt-Gen Tin Aye of Ministry of Defence presents documents related toManoramma Sasana Beikman to Chairman of SSMNC Sayadaw

Bhaddanta Kumara. — MNA

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RURAL ROAD INSPECTED: Director U TinHlaing of Development Affairs Department(Head Office) inspected progress ofKannyiko-Taungpohthaya rural earth roadbeing constructed by Zigon Township DACfor 2006-07 financial year recently. Town-ship DAC Executive Officer U Tin Aung Sawand Junior Engineer-2 Daw Saw Swe Winreporting on construction of the road.

KYEMON

YANGON, 4 March— Chairman of YangonDivision Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Hla HtayWin and Minister for Electric Power No 2 Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint inspected a fuel-substitute factoryin Hlinethaya industrial zone this afternoon.

Next, the commander and the minister lookedinto paddy husk-fired engines and gave instructions.

A total of 519 15KV-100 KV generators

Commander, Minister inspectfuel-substitute factory

Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi meeting with employes of CNGfilling station in Kyimyindine.— ENERGY

YANGON, 4March — Minister forEnergy Brig-Gen LunThi accompanied by of-ficials inspected CNGfilling station No 019(Sawbwagyigon), fillingstation No 002 (Insein)and filling station 016(Kyimyindine) here to-day.

General ManagerU Thein Htay reported tothe minister on filling ofvehicles with CNG andfitting CNG cylinders.The minister called forfire prevention.

Twenty CNGstations are open daily.The Ministry of Energyis conducting the con-

Energy Ministry to open new CNG stations

struction tasks to openmore CNG filling sta-tions in Yangon area.

The ministry isscheduled to open newCNG filling stations to

fulfil CNG demand of theCNG vehicles.

MNA

RURAL DEVELOPMENTDRIVES

Director U Kyee Myint of Yangon DivisionDevelopment Affairs Committee inspects

sales of fresh goods and sanitation ofMyoma Market in Taikkyi Township on

7 February. — KYEMON

TUBEWELL LAUNCHED: In commemora-tion of the 60th Anniversary Union Day, Aceremony to open the tubewell, sunk byPyawbwe Township Development AffairsCommittee, was held in Pekan (North) Vil-lage in Pyawbwe Township on 4 February.The Chairman of District Peace and Devel-opment Council, the Township DAC Execu-tive Officer and the Chairman ofVillage-tract PDC formally open the tubewell.

K YEMON

were produced in 1995.These generators are being used widely in

water pumping projects, iced factory, saw mill andwatercraft.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 March — Minister for Hotelsand Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing together with of-ficials inspected construction tasks of Hotel Sofitelof the LP Holding Co Ltd in Yangon on 28 Februaryand urged officials to expedite the tasks.

On his tour, Minister Maj-Gen Soe Naingalso inspected Beverages section (Lower Myanmar)and Yangon branches.

The minister met with the trainees who wereattending the tourism management course No 7 atthe Tourism Training School, and called for devel-opment of the tourism industry.

A total of 108 trainees are attending theseven-week course.— MNA

YANGON, 4March — Minister forCommunications, Postsand Telegraphs Brig-Gen Thein Zaw in-spected the knowledgebased website and theinformation basedwebsite at MyanmarInfo-Tech in HlineTownship on 2 March.The minister also in-spected functions of in-ternational express mailservice and internationalparcel service on PyayRoad.

At the meeting

Functions of posts andtelecommunications

inspectedhall, the minister heardreports on extension ofauto-telephone cables be-ing undertaken by thechief engineer, andinstructed officials to sys-tematically carry out im-provement of the func-tions of the telephone sys-tems in Yangon.

Yesterday after-noon, the minister in-spected installation ofcommunication devices atthe annexe to the AirportBuilding of Yangon Inter-national Airport.

MNA

Minister inspectsconstruction tasks of

Hotel Sofitel

LOS ANGELES, 4 March — A Norman Rockwellpainting stolen more three decades ago was found inSteven Spielberg’s art collection, but the Oscar-winningfilmmaker acquired it legally, the FBI said on Friday.

Rockwell’s “Russian Schoolroom”, worth as muchas 700,000 US dollars today, was stolen from a StLouis gallery in 1973 and purchased by Spielberg froma legitimate dealer in 1989, the FBI said in a statement.

The Hollywood mogul only realized the stolenorigin last week when the FBI posted a picture and

Stolen Rockwell turns up in Spielberg collectiondescription of the painting on a web site. The FBI ArtCrime Team confirmed a match on Friday.

The 16-by-37-inch (40.5-by-94-centimetre), oil-on-canvas painting shows children in a classroom witha bust of Lenin.

Spielberg, director of hit movies like “ET” and“Schindler’s List”, is “cooperating fully” and willretain possession of the painting while its rightfulownership is determined, the FBI said.

MNA/Reuters

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Damage from Thursday’s tornado at EnterpriseHigh School is shown, on Friday, 2 March, 2007

in Enterprise, Ala.— INTERNET

A Filipino contestant eats ‘gyudon’, a Japanese dish consisting of a bowl ofrice topped with beef and onion, during the ‘Yoshinoya’s Gyudon Eating

Contest’ at a Manila mall on 3 March, 2007. About 27 ‘heavy eater’ finalistsof the ‘gyudon’ eating contest entered the event to win the first prize of 50,000

pesos (US$1,041). — INTERNET

LONDON, 4 March — The British Broadcasting Corporation has beenbarred from running a story about a political funding scandal that has cast ashadow over Prime Minister Tony Blair’s final months, police said on Saturday.

BBC gagged over British politicalfunding scandal

The government’s toplawyer, Attorney GeneralLord Peter Goldsmith,obtained a court injunctionstopping the broadcast lateon Friday following arequest by police probingwhether political partiesawarded state honours inreturn for loans.

Police sought theinjunction “because of theirconcern that disclosure ofcertain information at thisstage would impede theirinquiries”, a joint statementfrom the Metropolitanpolice and Goldsmith said.

The move sparked

speculation amongpoliticians that officerswere planning to bringcharges against one ormore individuals.

Two Blair aides wererecently arrested onsuspicion of pervertingthe course of justice orconspiring to do so as theprobe appeared to wideninto a potential cover-upinquiry.

Blair, who is set tostep down this year after adecade in office, has beenquestioned twice as awitness by detectivesinvestigating whether

businessmen were offeredhonours, that come withseats in Parliament’sHouse of Lords, for cash.

The injunction wasgranted shortly before theBBC was due to broadcastthe story on its ten o’clocknews.

“The Attorney Gen-eral acted in this regardcompletely independentof government and (in)his independent publicinterest capacity,” saidthe statement.

MNA/Reuters

TIRANA, 4 March — Macedonia police seized 11 pounds of heroin onFriday at a border crossing with its southern neighbour of Greece anddetained three people on suspicion of drugs trafficking, news reaching herefrom Skopje reported.

Macedonian police seize heroin atborder crossing

Customs officers atthe Bogorodica bordercrossing in southernMacedonia stopped a bustravellng from Istanbul,Turkey, to Pristina, inSerbia’s Kosovo Province,and found the drugswrapped in six packets andhidden under a seat, aMacedonian televisionreported.

The newly releasedUS State Department’sInternational NarcoticsControl Strategy Reportfor 2006 said thatMacedonia’s borders areporous and that it remainsto be an important routefor drugs trafficking.

Macedonia liesalong one of several landroutes used by drug mules

to ship southwest Asiandrugs to the markets inwestern Europe. In thepast two months,Macedonian policebusted three cases ofdrugs trafficking,involving 483 kilos ofcocaine, 135.7 kilos ofmarijuana and 33 kilos ofheroin respectively.

MNA/Xinhua

JAKARTA, 4 March — A small homemade bombfilled with nails exploded at a port in Indonesia’sAmbon Island on Saturday injuring 14 people,police said.

Bomb injures 14 inIndonesia’s Ambon Island

The blast occurredsoon after passengersdisembarked from a shipthat had just arrived inAmbon, part of theMoluccas Islands, fromSulawesi Island,

Most of the injuredwere street vendors andmotorbike drivers whilethree of them werepassengers, Moluccaspolice spokesman TommiNapitupulu told Reuters.

“Our initial inves-tigation shows it was alow explosion, but thecomponents of the pieceshow it had high potentialfor wounding. It containedsmall iron nails of about 2centimetres (1 inch) each,”Napitupulu said.

The Moluccas

Islands, 2,300 kilome-tres (1,440 miles) east ofJakarta, saw viciousfighting between Mu-slims and Christiansfrom 1999 to 2002 thatkilled more than 5,000.

The conflict also drewMuslim militants fromgroups such as the al-Qaeda-linked JemaahIslamiah, a SoutheastAsian network blamed fora series of bomb attacksacross Indonesia.

Since a 2002 trucebetween Muslim andChristian communities,sectarian violence haslargely subsided on theIslands. — MNA/Reuters

Mak, a five-year-old boy, holds a candle in celebration of Makha Bucha Dayin front of the Marble temple in Bangkok on 3 March, 2007. The festival,which commemorates events in Buddha’s lifetime, is celebrated on the full

moon of the third lunar month.—INTERNET

BUCHAREST, 4 March — Romania’s famouscastles of Peles and Pelisor have been returned tothe Romanian Royal House, the country’s Cultureand Religious Affairs Minister told a Press con-ference on Friday.

Former Romanian Kingregains possession of castles

Minister AdrianIorgulescu signed thedocument on the return ofthe two castles to theRomanian Royal Houseon Thursday, and thememorandum on this issueis likely to be signed nextweek.

According to thememorandum negotiatedbetween the two sides, thePeles property will bereturned to the Royal Houseand the Royal House is to askthe government to purchaseit.

After being sold, PelesCastle will continue to be a

museum and its managementwill be ensured by a boardof directors to which arepresentative of the RoyalHouse will also be appointed,according to Iorgulescu.

In exchange, as the royalfamily wished, Pelisor Castlewill become its residence and‘’a small part’’ of Pelisor willcontinue to be a museum.

Former Romaniansovereign King Mihaipromised the Peles Castlewill stay a museum, saying“this castle will never begiven away in favour ofcommercial interests at homeor abroad”. — MNA/Xinhua

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India’s Jeev Milkha Singh tees off on the first holeon day three of the Johnnie Walker Classic in

Phuket on 3 March, 2007. Singh, 35, was namedAsian Player of the Year on Saturday after

winning four titles and finishing top of the AsianTour Order of Merit in 2006. — INTERNET

LONDON, 4 March — Trading standards officialssaid on Friday they had found traces of siliconduring tests on petrol which thousands of Britishmotorists say damaged their vehicles.

PRAGUE, 4 March — Two people died, about 50injured and six were trapped under the rubble inthree explosions in an ammunition storage facilityof the Military Repairs Company in Novaky,Slovakia, Slovak Defence Ministry spokesmanVladimir Gemela said on Friday.

British petrol probe findssilicon in fuel

Motorists across thecountry have said theirvehicles broke down orsuffered serious problemsafter leaving filling stationforecourts.

The Trading Stand-ards Institute (TSI),which began an inquiryafter complaints frommotorists, said officershad found silicon in a

sample of petrol suppliedby a member of the publicin Cambridgeshire, cen-tral England.

“Silicon products areused by fuel producers asanti-foaming agents indiesel,” said Ian Hillier,Lead Officer Petroleumfor the TSI.

“However silicon cancause serious problems inpetrol engines, particu-larly in modern cars withcomputerized fuel man-agement systems. Siliconcan build up as a depositon sensors causing themto malfunction.”

The TSI said that,because the findings werepreliminary, it would notreveal where the petrol hadbeen bought.

Several motoristshave blamed petrol theybought from supermar-kets Tesco, Morrisons andWal-Mart’s Asda.

MNA/Reuters

Two died, about 50 injuredin Slovak explosions

The blast, whichstarted a big fire, occurredin a room for liquidation ofmilitary material around4:30 pm (local time) when25 people worked on theafternoon shift, SlovakTA3 television channelquoted Gemela as saying.

The blast could beheard in distances oftens of kilometres fromNovaky. Dense smoke canbe seen, the report said.

Gemela said that theblast demolished buildingsin the area as large as threefootball pitches.

Nevertheless, Gemelasaid that neighbouringmunicipalities were notthreatened as there wereno chemical substances inthe area.

The fire, triggered bythe blast, has already beenextinguished, according tothe ministry’s website.

Health Ministry

spokeswoman SilviaBalazsikova told TA3television that hospitalstreated 20 serious injuriesand 30 less serious in-juries.

Specialists are stillcooling some 3,000artillery shells to preventfurther explosions.

MNA/Xinhua

British legislators blastgovernment over terrorism curbs

LONDON, 4 March — A British parliamentarycommittee accused the government on Sunday ofbreaking European human rights law with its curbson terrorism suspects and urged it to do more toprosecute suspects instead.

British PrimeMinister Tony Blairrushed “control orders”through Parliament in2005 after courts threwout emergency 11 post-September powers tojail foreign suspectsindefinitely.

The orders gaveauthorities the power toimpose a variety ofrestrictions on terrorismsuspects ranging fromsurrendering theirpassports or restrictingmovement to electronictagging.

A judge last yearthrew out control ordersthat confined six terrorismsuspects to their housesfor 18 hours a day, sayingthey broke the EuropeanConvention on HumanRights by depriving themen of liberty withouttrial. Three other terrorism

suspects under controlorders have absconded.

The BritishParliament is debatingwhether to renew foranother year the gov-ernment’s authority toimpose the control orders.The Lower House ofParliament has given itsassent while the UpperHouse of Lords debatesthe issue on Monday.

The Joint Committeeon Human Rights, madeup of legislators fromboth houses of Par-liament, voiced concernthat the government wasasking Parliament torenew a power it saidwas “being routinelyexercised in breach ofthe right to liberty”enshrined in the Euro-pean Convention onHuman Rights.

MNA/Reuters

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Car bomb kills 10 inBaghdad’s Sadr City

BAGHDAD, 3 March —A car bomb on Friday killed10 people and wounded 17in Habibiya, a district in theShi'ite militia stronghold ofSadr City in Baghdad, apolice source said.

A Reuters photo-grapher on the scene saidthe blast ripped through aused car market in SadrCity, a Shi'ite militiastronghold in northeastBaghdad. Residents theretold him 11 people had beenkilled.— MNA/Reuters

Indian pilot feared dead afterplane crash

NEW DELHI, 3 March — An MiG-21 fighter jet pilotof the Indian Air Force was feared dead after theaircraft crashed over east Indian state of west BengalThursday afternoon, Indo-Asian News Servicereported.

Anonymous defence sources were quoted as sayingthat Squadron Leader S Pandey was killed in the crashafter the aircraft broke up mid-air soon after take-off.

The accident took place over West Bengal’sDarjeeling District, which is forested and difficult toaccess.— MNA/Xinhua

Italian “localrascal”investorarrested

ROME, 3 March — Areal estate developerwhose dealings had helpedspark speculation of atakeover of influentialItalian bank Mediobanca,has been arrested in a fraudand money-launderingcase, judicial sources said.

Danilo Coppola,member of a brash groupof Roman propertydevelopers that rose toprominence in 2005 afterbuying into a number ofItalian companies, wasarrested by order of theprosecutor’s office inRome, the sources toldReuters on Thursday.

Italy's financialpolice, who deployedsome 100 officers inmorning raids through-out the country, hadarrested six other peopleand were looking for aseventh, they said.

A source at IPI, a smallreal estate companycontrolled by Coppola,confirmed the arrest, aswell as that of IPI ChiefExecutive Alfonso Cic-caglione.

“IPI is not involved,”the source told Reuters oncondition of anonymity.

Shares in IPI, whereCoppola acts as chairman,were suspended fromtrade in Milan pending astatement. They closed at7.50 euros on Wednes-day.

Coppola’s lawyer,Carlo Taormina, toldReuters he had yet to beinformed of the arrest.

MNA/Reuters

China urged to open Great Hall to the peopleBEIJING, 3 March — A

Chinese Governmentadviser has urged Bei-jing’s Great Hall of thePeople to stop chargingentry fees, saying thatthe practice hurts thecountry’s “democraticimage” and taxpayers areentitled to free visits.

But the ticket price hasrocketed from 0.3 yuan in

1979, when it first openedsome of its 100 or so hallsto the public, to 30 yuan (4US dollars), said HanFangming, an economistwho sits on an eliteadvisory panel that meetsalongside the Parliamentsession.

“It is very inappropriateto levy the entrance fee inlight of either building the

nation’s democratic imageor the trend of sharingpublic resources,” Hansaid in a written proposalto the panel, the ChinesePeople’s Political Con-sultative Conference. Hereferred to the seats ofWestern parliamentswhich are open to theircitizens, citing CapitolHill as an example.

“Visitors there caneven audit all kinds ofhearings inside,” said theproposal, a copy of whichwas given to Reuters.

“It speaks of acountry’s democracy ...People can only come herefeeling like masters (of thenation) when the GreatHall is free of charge.”

MNA/Reuters

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Charles Simonyi (C), a former software developerat Microsoft, cosmonauts Oleg Kotov (L) and FyodorYurchikhin of Russia, pose for an official photo atStar City, outside Moscow, on 3 March, 2007. Thecrew is due to fly to the International Space Stationfrom Baikonur cosmodrome on board of Soyuz TMA-10 rocket in spring.—INTERNET

LONDON , 2 March — British scientists have conducted the first clinical trial to demonstrate that anintensive treatment for periodontitis (gum disease) directly improves the health of blood vessels.

Clinical trial shows gum disease treatment helps the heart

The first clinical trial,conducted by scientists atUniversity College London(UCL), demonstrated that reliefof inflammation in the mouth,through intensive treatment ofperiodontitis, a common in-flammatory disease of the gumssupporting the teeth in themouth,results in improvedfunction of the arteries, sciencenews website of AlphaGalileoreported on Friday. This is thefirst time that a direct link has beenmade between treatment for gumdisease and improved circulatoryfunction, the researchers said.

In the study, middle-agedsubjects with severe periodontitis,but no evidence of cardiovasculardisease, were randomly allocatedto dental treatments of two levelsof intensity and after six months,those who received the more

led to an improvement in both oralhealth and arterial function.

The researchers who reportedtheir finding in the latest edition ofthe New England Journal ofMedicine said the finding haspotential implications for publichealth, but further studies are nowrequired to determine whether thetreatment of severe periodontitiscould directly contribute to theprevention of disease of the arteries(atherosclerosis), stroke and heartattacks.

The gum disease involves abacterial infection that invades thetissue around the teeth, and thebacteria possibly disturb endothelialfunction directly, since somebacteria can enter the bloodstream,alternatively triggering a low gradeinflammatory response throughoutthe body that has a detrimental effecton the vascular wall.— Internet

UNICEF donatesanti-malaria drugsto Nigerian state

LAGOS, 3 March — The United Nations Children’sFund (UNICEF) has donated 142,000 doses of anti-malaria drugs to Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara StateGovernment for distribution to pregnant women andchildren below the age of five, official said on Wed-nesday.

Alhaji Aliyu Moh-ammed, state commissioner of health,said in the state capital Gusau that the movement was partof the assistance given to the state government this year tofight the disease.

The government would soon begin the distributionof drugs to all clinics, hospitals and secondary schoolsin the state, he said.

In addition, he said the UNICEF donated 37,500treated mosquito nets to the government last Novemberas part of its contribution to combat the disease in thestate.

The commissioner said the state governmenthad distributed a number of treated nets free womenwho brought their children for immunization lastyear.

MNA/Xinhua

intensive periodontitis treatment, had amarked improvement in their gum diseaseand also demonstrated a significantrestoration of blood vessel function,project leader Francesco D’Aiuto said.

The intensive treatment involvedremoval of plaque through scaling androot planning techniques, as well asextraction of teeth that could not be saved,which initially resulted in someinflammation and dysfunction of the bloodvessels and arteries, but that was short-lived and six months later the treatment

Spanish actress Penelope Cruz receives a chocolate replica of the Oscarstatue from Pippo Baudo during the ‘Festival di Sanremo’ Italian songs

contest, in San Remo, Italy, on 2 March, 2007. — XINHUA

HK Customs seize herbal cannabis at airport

Top polluters aim to build globalbiofuel market

UNITED NATIONS, 3 March — Leading polluters the United States, China andIndia on Friday announced a bid to increase global production and use ofbiofuels so fossil fuel dependence and greenhouse gas emissions can be cut.

But the InternationalBiofuels Forum, whichalso includes Brazil, SouthAfrica, and the EuropeanCommission, will notaddress biodiesel trade andtariff issues — points ofcontention between majorproducers the UnitedStates and Brazil.

Brazil’s UN Am-bassador, AntonioPatriota, told a newsconference that hispresident, Luiz InacioLula da Silva, plans to

raise the issue of US ta-riffs on ethanol importswhen he meets with USPresident George W Bushnext week in Brazil.

“Biofuels will be on theagenda, very much at thetop of the agenda and Ithink ... bilateral trade inthat context will be dealtwith and we will indeedraise the issue of tariffs,”Patriota said of Bush’svisit.

The forum aims tocreate a world market to

boost efficiency ofproduction, distributionand use of biofuelsthrough talks betweenproducers and consumers.Brazil hopes to host aglobal biofuels conferencein 2008.

Brazil is the topproducer of ethanol fromsugarcane, while theUnited States holds thesame position for corn andtogether they make up 70per cent of the globalmarket.— MNA/Reuters HONG KONG, 3 March

— A haul of herbalcannabis with a streetvalue of about 680,000HK dollars (87,179 USdollars) was seized byHong Kong Customsofficers from an arrivingSouth African woman atHong Kong InternationalAirport Thursday.

At about 8:30 am localtime, Customs officersintercepted a 30-year-oldwoman who had arrivedin Hong Kong fromJohannesburg, SouthAfrica. From her luggage,they seized 20 slabs ofherbal cannabis, weigh-ing a total of 20 kilos,according to a Press

release from the gov-ernment of the HongKong Special Admini-strative Region.

The woman will becharged with one count of“trafficking in a dangerousdrug” and will appear inTsuen Wan Magistrates’Courts of Hong KongFriday. Under the Dan-gerous Drugs Ordinance ofHong Kong, drug traffick-ing is a serious offense.The maximum penalty islife imprisonment and afine of five million HKdollars (641,025 USdollars). — MNA/Xinhua

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CSKA Moscow’s captain Sergei Ignashevich (L)holds the trophy as he and his teammates

celebrate the victory over Spartak Moscow in theirmatch for Russia’s supercup in Moscow,

on 3 March, 2007. —INTERNET

Sevilla beatBarca to go top inexplosive match MADRID, 4 March— Ten-

man Sevilla fought backfrom a goal down to beatBarcelona 2-1 at home andmove to the top of thePrimera Liga in an explo-sive encounter on Saturday.

Ronaldinho headedBarca in front after 13 min-utes and when Sevilla de-fender Aitor Ocio was sentoff in the 28th for bringingdown the Brazilian for apenalty the home sidelooked to be out of the match.But Ronaldinho's spot-kickwas saved and Sevilla's Al-exander Kerzhakov levelledbefore the break.

Daniel Alves put theAndalucians in front with afreekick early in the secondhalf, and Barcelona soon losttheir numerical advantageas Ludovic Giuly andGianluca Zambrotta weresent off.—MNA/Reuters

Inter beat Livorno to go 16 points clear

Bayern beat Hertha to revivetitle hopes

Lyon win derby marred bycrowd trouble

PARIS, 4 March— Olympique Lyon took a decisivestep towards a record sixth consecutive title when theythrashed bitter rivals St Etienne 3-1 in a Ligue 1 derbymarred by crowd trouble on Saturday.

The match was halted for 20 minutes after a flare wasfired from a section packed with Lyon fans towards St.Etienne supporters, one of whom sent it back. Policethen moved in and sprayed tear gas, which promptedreferee Tony Chapron to send the players back to thedressing rooms in the 52nd minute.—MNA/Reuters

Chris John of Indonesia celebratesafter defeating Jose Cheo Rojas of

Venezuela during their WBAfeatherweight championship boxingmatch in Jakarta on 3 March, 2007.

John defeated Rojas to retain his title.INTERNET

Justine Henin of Belgium (L) and SvetlanaKuznetsova (C) of Russia pose with their trophiesnext to Sheikh Mohammed bin Faleh Al-Thani,

head of the Qatari Tennis Federation, during thefinal at the Qatar Open tennis tournament in Doha

on 3 March, 2007. —INTERNET

BERLIN, 4 March— Bayern Mu-nich tuned up for their ChampionsLeague showdown against RealMadrid next week and climbed backinto the Bundesliga championshiprace with a 3-2 victory at HerthaBerlin on Saturday.

Hasan Salihamidzic, LukasPodolski and Roy Makaay scoredin front of a sell-out crowd of 75,400at Berlin's Olympic Stadium to endBayern's five-match away losingstreak in the Bundesliga.

Their second straight victorylifted the defending champions towithin six points of faltering lead-ers Schalke 04, who remain on 49points after losing at home to Ham-burg SV on Friday. Werder Bremenjumped from third to second on 46points with a 3-0 win over VfLBochum, moving in front of VfBStuttgart, who were beaten 3-1 by

Bayer Leverkusen. German inter-national Podolski, enjoying an up-turn in form since the arrival ofcoach Ottmar Hitzfeld, played apart in all three Bayern goals.

Hertha keeper Christian Fiedlerjust managed to get his hand toPodolski's sharp header from a WillySagnol corner in the 30th minutebut Salihamidzic was alert to tap inthe rebound. Less than a minutelater Podolski doubled Bayern'slead, slamming a superb low volleypast Fielder into the right corner. Itwas his third league goal for Bayern.

After Hertha's Christian Jimenezoutjumped Bayern defender PhilippLahm and knocked his header pastOliver Kahn in the 58th minute tocut Bayern's lead to 2-1, it wasPodolski who once again jolted histeammates back to life.

MNA/Reuters

ROME, 4 March— SerieA leaders Inter Milan ex-tended their advantage to16 points by coming frombehind to win 2-1 atLivorno on Saturday.

Trailing to CristianoLucarelli's goal, the Ital-

ian champions hit backthrough Julio Cruz andZlatan Ibrahimovic, thenhung on with 10 men afterthe 83rd-minute dismissalof defender DouglasMaicon.

Inter have 70 points

from 26 matches. Second-placed AS Roma lostground on the leaderswhen they were held to a1-1 draw by basement clubAscoli. Palermo lie thirdon 45 points and playMessina on Sunday.

AC Milan will drawlevel on points with fourth-placed Lazio if they beatChievo Verona at the SanSiro Stadium in a latermatch kickoff.

Inter's win meant nor-mal service was resumedafter their midweek 1-1draw with Udinese — aresult that broke theirrecord-breaking 17-matchwinning streak in the divi-sion.

Lucarelli gave Livornoan unexpected lead with a27th-minute free kick.

Cruz pulled Inter levelshortly after when he vol-leyed in an Ibrahimoviccross.—MNA/Reuters

Leaders PSV beat RKCwith Farfan, Alcides goals AMSTERDAM, 4 March— South Americans Jefferson

Farfan and Alcides struck early for PSV Eindhoven toseal a 2-0 home win over struggling RKC Waalwijk asthey edged closer to the Dutch league title on Saturday.

Peruvian Farfan curled a free kick around the wallafter two minutes and Brazilian defender Alcidessettled the match 16 minutes later with a deflectedstrike from eight metres.

With seven matches left, PSV are top with 66points, nine ahead of Twente Enschede who won 3-0at NEC Nijmegen on Friday.

Ajax Amsterdam, third with 56, host Heerenveenon Sunday, while fourth-placed AZ Alkmaar, on 55points, visit Utrecht.

Groningen booked a 3-1 home win over sixth-placed NAC Breda, who finished with 10 men after ared card for Mike Zonneveld.

Mark-Jan Fledderus opened the scoring forGroningen after six minutes when he netted a reboundbut five minutes into the second half Edwin de Graafequalized. Erik Nevland, 67th minute, and a convertedpenalty from Koen van der Laak, 12 minutes latersettled the match for Groningen, who moved into ninthwith 38 points.

Excelsior Rotterdam stunned Vitesse Arnhem witha 3-2 away win, their first victory since 25 November.

MNA/Reuters

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Sunday, 4 March, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thunder-showers have been isolated in Kachin State and weatherhas been generally fair in the remaining States andDivisions. Day temperatures were (3°C) to (4°C)above normal in Kachin, Kayin and Mon States,Taninthayi Division, and about normal in the remain-ing areas. The significant day temperatures were NayPyi Taw, Minbu, Aunglan and Hpa-an (38°C) each.

Maximum temperature on 3-3-2007 was 96°F.Minimum temperature on 4-3-2007 was 68°F. Rela-tive humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 4-3-2007 was84%. Total sunshine hours on 3-3-2007 was (7.8)hours approx.

Rainfall on 4-3-2007 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 (8) mph from Northwest at (13:30)hours MST on 3-3-2007.

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

Forecast valid until evening of 5-3-2007: Pos-sibility of isolated rain or thundershowers in KachinState, upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisions, weatherwill be partly cloudy in Shan, Rakhine, Mon andKayin States and Yangon Divisions and generally fairin the remaining States and Divisions. Degree ofcertainty is (40%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continua-tion of likelihood of slight increase of day tempera-tures in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 5-3-2007: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 5-3-2007: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 5-3-2007: Generally fair weather.

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Belgium bans investments incluster bomb makers

BRUSSELS, 4 March — Belgium became the first country to make it a crime to invest in companies thatmake cluster bombs, said the author of a law passed on Thursday.

“The financialgroups which invest in orfinance (cluster bombmanufacturers) will beoutlawed,” SocialistSenator Philippe Mahouxtold Reuters on Friday.

This move followeda pledge in Oslo last weekby 46 countries to workfor a treaty next year toban the bombs, whichhave killed thousands ofcivilians around the world.

Belgium’s law,approved by the UpperHouse, specified that

a list of manufacturerswould be published byParliament, Mahoux said.It would prohibit banksfrom offering credit tocluster bomb makers andfrom owning shares orbonds in these companies.

Designed to attacktroops and vehicles spreadover a wide area, clusterbombs are released overtargets from a larger shellfired from jets or artillery,hundreds at a time, oftenwith dozens failing toexplode.

Used in conflicts fromVietnam to Iraq, the bombscan remain lethal fordecades after combat ends,experts say. Small and hardto see, they are often set offaccidentally by civilians.

Belgian bankinggroup KBC has alreadyestablished a blacklist ofweapons manufacturerswhich it believes makecluster bombs or mines andexcluded them from allinvestments.

Fortis, anotherBelgian banking group,

said it stopped investingin firms that produced theweapons in 2005.

Companies listed byKBC denied theyproduced cluster bombs —which are not illegaleverywhere in the world— or were unavailable tocomment.

Banks in Australia,the European Union,Switzerland and theUnited States providedmore than 12 billion USdollare in finance forthe six main Westernproducers of the weaponsfrom 2004 to 2007,according to a Brussels-based campaigner forethical investment.

MNA/Reuters

Bolton Wanderers Jussi Jaskelainen holds his head after Benni McCarthy ofBolton scored two penalies to give Blackburn a 2-1 win at Bolton at the

Reebok Stadium, Bolton, England ,on Sunday 4 March, 2007. —INTERNET

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Lt-Gen Tin Aye attends consecration ceremony ofDatpaungsu Pagoda in Hlinethaya Township

Lt-Gen Tin Aye of Ministry of Defence and party take Nine Precepts from a Sayadaw at consecration ceremony of Datpaungsu Pagoda and meritsharing for Manoramma Sasana Beikman in Hlinethaya Township. — MNA

YANGON, 4 March — A ceremony to conse-crate Datpaungsu Pagoda was held in conjunctionwith the merit-sharing ceremony for construction ofManoramma Sasana Beikman in the precinct of MahaTezamuni Pagoda on Bawgawady Hill at Silver SeaFisheries Industrial Zone in Hlinethaya Townshipthis morning.

Present on the occasion were Chairman ofthe State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee MagwaySayadaw Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru AbhidhajaAgga Maha Saddhammajotika Bhaddanta Kumaraand member Sayadaws, Member of the State Peaceand Development Council Lt-Gen Tin Aye of theMinistry of Defence, Minister for Religious AffairsBrig-Gen Thura Myint Maung, wellwisher of Htidaw(Umbrella) U Kyaw Nyunt, senior military officers,officials, local authorities and wellwishers.

First, the Chairman Sayadaw administeredthe Nine Precepts. Members of the Sangha recitedParittas.

Lt-Gen Tin Aye presented documents relatedto Manoramma Sasana Beikman to the Chairman

NAY PYI TAW, 4 March — The 15th Defence Services (Army, Navyand Air) Military Band Competition to mark the 62nd Anniversary ArmedForces Day 2007 continued for the final day at the parade ground, here, thismorning.

Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Military Band Com-petition Vice-Adjutant-General Maj-Gen Hla Shwe and members, senior mili-tary officers of the Ministry of Defence, members of the panel of judges andTatmadawmen.

Military bands representing No 2 company of North-East Command,Central Command, No 1 company of Central Command, No 2 company ofCoastal Region Command and No 3 company of Western Command partici-pated in the competition.

MNA

Military Band Competitioncontinues for final day

Sayadaw. Next, he donated robes and alms to theSayadaw.

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung,members of the pagoda construction committee andwellwishers presented offertories to the Sayadaws.

Abbot of Thayagon Monastery of HlinethayaTownship Ganthavaçaka Pandita BhaddantaTejavamta delivered a sermon, and Lt-Gen Tin Ayeand party shared merits gained.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Tin Aye accepted K 8.1million donated by Myanmar Land & DevelopmentLtd and other construction companies (Nay Pyi Taw);

K 6 million by U Bo Ni of East Shan Yoma Co; K5.6 million by U Thein Lwin-Daw Nyo Nyo of NyoNyo Store; K 5.3 million by Nilar Yoma Co; K 5million each by Rothmans of Pall Mall MyanmarPrivate Ltd and Myanmar Brewery Ltd; K 4.5 mil-lion by the 9th Intake of DSA; and K 4 million eachby Victory Co Ltd and Ayeyawady Group Co Ltd.

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung, ColTint Hsan of the local station and Chairman of theConstruction Committee Col Myint Aung (Retd)accepted cash donations from wellwishers.

(See page 8)

Altogether 92 wellwishers donate K 202,452,398

for all-round renovation of Maha Tezamuni Pagoda

on Bawgawady Hill at Silver Sea Fisheries Industrial

Zone in Hlinethaya Township.

Lt-Gen Tin Aye of Ministry of Defence accepts cash donated by a

wellwisher.—MNA

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